cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
Longtan
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: lo͝ongʹtänʹ
Forms: form: Lungtan
Etymology: From Mandarin 龍潭 /龙潭 (Lóngtán).
Senses: examples: text: A forest fire brigade member transfers vegetables in Longtan District, Jilin of northeast China's Jilin Province, March 30, 2022.
ref: 2022 April 2, “Xinhua Photo Daily April 2, 2022”, in huaxia, editor, Xinhua News Agency, archived from the original on 02 Apr 2022:
glosses: A district of Jilin, Jilin, China.
examples: text: The building in Longtan, north of the island, has at least 50 engineers and other workers creating new screens for devices including iPhones and iPads, said the people, who asked not to be identified as the details were not public. Apple hired workers from local display maker AU Optronics as well as Qualcomm, which used to own the building, they said.
ref: 2015 December 15, “Apple opens ‘secret’ lab in northern Taiwan to develop new displays”, in South China Morning Post, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 16 Dec 2015, China:
text: Wei Hsin-hsi and his wife pose for a picture outside their family’s temple that is located inside the proposed expansion area of an industrial park in the Longtan district of Taoyuan, in Taoyuan, Taiwan September 22, 2023.[…]
Two weeks later, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Ltd (2330.TW) (TSMC), the world's largest contract chipmaker, dropped plans to build a factory as part of the science park expansion in the bucolic Longtan district nearby - a development that heartened protesters and laid bare one of Taiwan's increasingly fraught "five shortages".[…]
The science park administration, which had noted that Hsinchu and Longtan are running out of space to create advanced chips, said it would proceed with the expansion for other companies.
ref: 2023 November 8, Sarah Wu, “Taiwan's land squeeze pits advanced chips against ancestral temples”, in Reuters, archived from the original on 08 Nov 2023, Climate & Energy / Climate Change:
glosses: A district of Taoyuan, Taiwan.
Weighell
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Weighells
Etymology: Habitational surname for someone from the village of Wighill, in North Yorkshire.
Senses: glosses: A surname.
marital congress
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: The ardent desire which he felt to bring about that consummation of their mutual wishes led him into inordinate excess in his marital congress, and his spermatic secretion was consequently thin, and very deficient in spermatozoa.
ref: 1875, The Generative System and Its Functions in Health and Disease:
text: The labia may also be greatly enlarged from elephantiasis or from the presence of fibrous, cystic, or other tumors, so as to prevent marital congress.
ref: 1887, A System of Gynecology:
text: Such instances of incompleteness of the marital act are most frequently to be explained by the nervous terror of the patient , and her refusal to submit to the act of marital congress.
ref: 1889, Diseases of Women and Abdominal Surgery:
text: Authorities on obstetrics, on the contrary, say that one of the causes of abortion in the early months of pregnancy is marital congress; and one of the sources of sepsis in women, which may result in the death of both mother and child.
ref: 1922, The Ethics of Medical Homicide and Mutilation:
text: the generation of children . . . is achieved by marital congress
ref: 2016, Patrick Riley, Civilizing Sex:
glosses: Sexual intercourse as performed by two people married to each other.
Related terms: marital act
carnix
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: carnixes
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of carnyx.
Lumity
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Blend of Luz + Amity.
Senses: examples: text: Lumity isn't the only queer couple confirmed in the lastest^([sic]) episode!
ref: 2021 August 3, Mey Rude, “Disney's The Owl House Just Made Lumity's Relationship Official”, in Out:
text: The most popular and well-known aspect of this in The Owl House is Lumity, or the bond between Luz and Amity.
ref: 2021 September 10, Emma Tong, “Review of the second season of The Owl House”, in The Stute, Stevens Institute of Technology, Hoboken, NJ, page 10:
text: Fans wait eagerly for the next episode excited to see more Lumity and to see how the story will progress despite the shortened season.
ref: 2022, Tiffany Wells, "The Gay Agenda: Being Accepted in Children's Media", thesis submitted to Georgia Southern University, page 36
topics: lifestyle
glosses: The ship of characters Luz Noceda and Amity Blight from the animated television series The Owl House.
snoburbs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Blend of snob + suburbs
Senses: synonyms: snoburbia
glosses: The suburbs, particularly those which are affluent.
VVP
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Initialism of Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin.
directive case
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: directive cases
Senses: examples: text: Mongolian is a language that uses the directive case.
topics: grammar
human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
synonyms: directional case
glosses: Case used to express motion towards a location; generally indicated in English by down to, up to, toward, headed for etc. in combination with the objective case.
directive cases
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of directive case
under-steward
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: under-stewards
form: understeward
Etymology: From Middle English understuard, understeward; equivalent to under- + steward.
Senses: examples: text: Ed. 6. Bract. No. case. 84. pli. 387. the under-steward in Court, without authority of the L. or of the high-steward, may demise Copy-hold, & it is a good grant, for it is in full Court; but contrary it is if it bee out of Court.
ref: 1635, Char[les] Calthrope, The Relation Betweene the Lord of a Mannor and the Coppy-Holder his Tenant, London: […] [J. Okes] for William Cooke, pages 73–74:
text: IF any Nobleman, or other Perſon of Quality, hath occaſion for an Under-Steward or Bailiff to look after their Grounds, and manage their other Affairs in the Country, if they pleaſe to ſend to Edward Evans, Netmaker, in Shugg-lane near Piccadilly, they may hear of a Perſon that will be ready to wait on them, who has been many Years ſo employ’d, and can be well recommended.
ref: 1718 March 22, The Post Boy, number 4471, London: […] John Morphew:
text: A new acting under-steward arrives on a pleasure cruiser to be trained by an experienced steward.
ref: 1990 March 27, Daily Record, number 31,443, page 22:
glosses: A deputy or an assistant to a steward.
under-stewards
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of under-steward
understeward
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: understewards
Senses: examples: text: The under steward is the Stewards deputy, and sometimes appointed by writing, sometimes by paroll, and the extent of his Authority, is as great as the Stewards owne Authority, and his office consisteth in performance of the selfe same duties, that the high Steward himselfe is to performe, onely in this point the power of the Steward goeth beyond the power of the understeward, that the Steward can make an admittance out of Court, and it shall stand good if entry be made in the Court Roll, that he that is admitted, hath paid his fine and hath done fealty, but the understeward though he may take a surrender out of the Court, yet he cannot make any admittance out of Court, without especiall Authority or particular Custome.
ref: 1641, Edward Coke, The Compleate Copy-Holder Wherein Is Contained a Learned Discourse of the Antiquity and Nature of Manors and Copy-Holds, vvith All Things Thereto Incident, as Surrenders, Presentments, Admittances, Forfeitures, Customes, &c. Necessary Both for the Lord and Tenant: Together, with the Forme of Keeping a Copy-Hold Court, and Court Baron, London: […] T. Cotes for W. Cooke, pages 130–131:
text: On R.'s first morning, for instance, the innkeeper tells him that Schwarzer had exaggerated his parentage: he is not the son of the castle steward, but the son of an "understeward," and even one of the lowest understewards.
ref: 1988, Michael Metteer, Desire in Fictional Communities, New York, N.Y.; London: Garland Publishing, Inc., →ISBN, pages 203–204:
text: Amid the hubbub of bustling servants and cooks and pages and understewards crowded into the bowels of the palace, the two newest members of the domestic staff were able to escape notice not only by the harried steward, but also by the guards from the yard, who were still conducting a frantic search
ref: 1988, Mallory Burgess, Passion Fire, Avon Books, →ISBN, page 367:
glosses: Alternative form of under-steward.
understewards
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of understeward
West Helmsdale
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A small settlement near Helmsdale, Highland council area, Scotland (OS grid ref ND0115).
xdress
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: xdresses
form: xdressing
form: xdressed
form: xdressed
form: x-dress
form: Xdress
form: X-dress
Etymology: From x- + dress.
Senses: examples: text: I'm taking it one day at a time. I haven't xdressed since this has happened and probably won't for awhile.^([sic])
ref: 1996 July 19, CybreGrrl, “My world turned upside down and ended”, in soc.support.transgendered (Usenet), retrieved 19 May 2022:
text: Do you xdress too? To bad you can't get a crowd to join in. EM me and tell me more about yourself and Ill send a pic.
ref: 2001 July 12, CDLAYMN, “Minneapolis, Sun-Wed 7/15 - 18”, in alt.personals.transgendered (Usenet), retrieved 19 May 2022:
text: Grace, when you say fake nails, do you mean drugstore stickon/glueon nails or acrylic salon nails? Since you mention getting the wrong size, I suspect you are talking about the drugstore ones which are pretty flimsy. My sweetie wears them when he xdresses for a night but that's all they are good for.
ref: 2002 August 31, Klarissa, “OT(nails fake or real )”, in alt.gothic.fashion (Usenet), retrieved 19 May 2022:
text: When did you start to Xdress?
ref: 2004 February 1, w, “unbelievable Jethro Tull news”, in alt.music.yes (Usenet), retrieved 19 May 2022:
text: It is a terrible shame that you are not a TS and attracted to men, because you my dear make a darling woman and you would give men serious hottie fever. You could xdress 100% of the time and look amazing, and you have nothing to be ashamed about appearance-wise.
ref: 2006 November 2, Alison, “Updated my site - Halloween outfits”, in alt.fashion.crossdressing (Usenet), retrieved 19 May 2022:
glosses: Abbreviation of cross-dress.
Related terms: xdresser
xdresses
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of xdress
xdressing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of xdress
xdressed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of xdress
Ɒ
Language: English
Part of speech: character
Forms: form: ɒ
Senses: glosses: The capital form of the letter ɒ, used when transcribing English into IPA with capital letters.
mongress
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mongresses
Senses: examples: text: And brooding let her sink to starless night, / Swifter than she sunk to a vote-mongress, / And on her grave this epitaph I’ll write—“Liberty: Sent here, poor girl, by Congress!”
ref: 1889 July 2, Will Garland, “Congress. With Thanks to Gray’s Elegy For the Rythm^([sic]) and No Apologies to Others For the Rhyme.”, in Santa Cruz Daily Sentinel, volume XXXI, number 67, Santa Cruz, Calif.:
text: […]her household in a spick and span condition free from dirt and scandal mongresses she is lost.
ref: 1920, The Mentor, page 14:
text: The painting of which the disputed canvas is either the original or a copy has long been popularly known as “La Belle Ferroniere,” which translated literally means “The Beautiful Iron-mongress.”
ref: 1922 June 25, Guy Hickok, “The Real “La Belle Ferroniere””, in Brooklyn Daily Eagle, volume 82, number 175, New York, N.Y., page 4 E:
text: I am listing a dozen of them, without naming names, including the one about little old me, which was so wonderfully disproved when my daughter grew up in my veritable image, as Helen Gude once put it, and dismayed and disappointed what I call the New Yorker’s scandal[-]mongers and mongresses, the leading ones in the country.
ref: 1958 March 19, James Thurber, “The Twilight Years”, in Harrison Kinney, editor, The Thurber Letters: The Wit, Wisdom, and Surprising Life of James Thurber, Simon & Schuster, published 2002, page 687:
text: Little Miss Jane Berbie, the war-mongress Preziosilla, sings well and with a fetching verse and she added the gaiety this heavy tragedy opera with its psychologically unreal thinking needs.
ref: 1969 March 19, Doris Reno, “A Stage Full of Top Voices in ‘Forza del Destino’”, in The Miami Herald, 59th year, number 109, page 8-B:
text: Evita Peron at 10 (3) stars Faye Dunaway as the power-mongress in this autobiographical look at Juan Peron’s wife and political colleague.
ref: 1981 February 20, Lindsay Brown, “Worth Watching”, in TV Times (The Herald), page 26:
text: Meanwhile, it seems marriage isn’t in the cards after all for New York Sen. Alfonse D’Amato and Live With Regis and Kathie Lee gossip-mongress Claudia Cohen.
ref: 1996 February 24, “Valentine’s Day post-mortem: A special report”, in The Des Moines Register, Des Moines, Iowa, page 2A:
glosses: Alternative form of mongeress.
mongresses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mongress
fish mongress
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fish mongresses
Senses: examples: text: The venerable fish mongress deposed that the law student was in the practice of occasionally taking oysters at her shop;
ref: 1826 January 24, Vermont Gazette, volume XVII, number 8 (whole 840), Bennington, Vt.: Darius Clark:
text: The fish mongress then puts the fish in whatever container she may have, or just spreads them out on a mat, figure 10.
ref: 1963, Alexandria Journal of Agricultural Research, page 28:
text: Laura Foley Ramsden is a fourth-generation fish mongress and owner of Foley Fish.
ref: 2012, Robert Garlough, Angus Campbell, Modern Garde Manger: A Global Perspective, 2nd edition, Delmar, page 382:
glosses: Alternative form of fishmongeress.
fish-mongress
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fish-mongresses
Senses: examples: text: Simple Sandford took his eel / To an old fish-mongress: / “ ’Tis is no conger-eel,” she said, / “But it is a Congress.”
ref: 1866 October, “A Nursery Rhyme on the Great Eel, Fished up in the See of Worcester”, in The Town Crier: Or, Jacob’s Belles Lettres, volume VI, number 3, Birmingham, page 7:
text: Good Mère Lollier wished to make a fish-mongress of her; mademoiselle spurned the proposal. What! she, a genius, a beauty, a divine voice, waste her life on horrid, ill-smelling fish?
ref: 1877 May, “Nanette. A Legend of the Days of Louis XV.”, in The Catholic World. A Monthly Magazine of General Literature and Science., volume XXV, number 146, New York, N.Y.: The Catholic Publication Society Company, chapter I, page 271:
text: This latter class at the time possessed the delicacy of the Hamburg fish-mongress of to-day.
ref: 1916, Heinrich Böhmer, “Luther as a Scholar and Author”, in Carl F. Huth, Jr., transl., Luther in Light of Recent Research, New York, N.Y.: The Christian Herald, page 195:
glosses: Alternative form of fishmongeress.
Darbhanga
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Transliteration of Hindi दरभंगा (darbhaṅgā).
Senses: glosses: A city in Darbhanga district, Bihar, India.
glosses: A district of Bihar, India.
cheesemongeress
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cheesemongeresses
form: cheesemongress
Etymology: From cheesemonger + -ess.
Senses: examples: text: My lady in a way, because my Lord Doldrum was seen speaking in Hyde Park to Miss Stilton, the rich cheesemongeress’s daughter.
ref: 1843, “Jemima’s Journal of Fashionable Life and Conversation”, in Bentley’s Miscellany, volume XIII, London: Richard Bentley, page 342:
text: But, as the cheesemongeress had by this time so far recovered her forces as to be able to undertake the charge of her own offspring, and as the young cheesemonger is at the present moment a vigorous and thriving student at a Clapham boarding school, with every prospect of succeeding honourably to his father’s business, it may be assumed that Miss Hipswidge had fulfilled this early portion of her Curtius-like destiny with perfect satisfaction.
ref: 1860, Charles H[enry] Bennett, Robert B[arnabas] Brough, “Memoir of Miss Juliana Hipswidge. The Infant Prodigy.”, in Shadow and Substance, London: W. Kent & Co. (late D. Bogue), pages 29–30 (1872 edition):
text: For Mrs. Jones the draper’s wife to be able to boast that she bought a silk pincushion at twenty times its value from the Countess of Belminster—for Mrs. Smith the cheesemongeress to be able to show a photograph of Lady Eleanor Gore-Layton, signed with her own hand, are occasions that do not occur twice in a lifetime.
ref: 1880 November, Mrs. G[eorge] W[illiam] Godfrey [i.e., Mary Rose Godfrey], “A Little Bohemian”, in Temple Bar: A London Magazine for Town and Country Readers, the sixtieth volume, London: Richard Bentley & Son; New York, N.Y.: Willmer and Rogers; Paris: Galignani, page 377:
text: Paris. English Cheesemongeress: “How horrid, John; here is a fly in the soup.” Cheesemonger: “Hush, Maria, don’t expose your ignorance; the bill of fare is in French, and may be I ordered fly soup for what I know.”
ref: 1893 July 15, “Facetiæ”, in The London Reader of Literature, Science, Art, and General Information, volume LXI, number 1576, page 310:
glosses: A female cheesemonger.
cheesemongress
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cheesemongresses
Senses: examples: text: How did I now regret that I had deserted my pretty and well provided cheesemongress!
ref: 1801 October 5, John, Lord Campbell, “January 1800—August 1802”, in Mary Scarlett Hardcastle, editor, Life of John, Lord Campbell, Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain: Consisting of a Selection from his Autobiography, Diary, and Letters, volume I, London: John Murray, published 1881, page 75:
text: My lady in a way, because my Lord Doldrum was seen speaking in Hyde Park to Miss Stilton, the rich cheesemongress’s daughter.
ref: 1845, John Fisher Murray, “Jemima’s Journal of Fashionable Life and Conversation”, in The World of London, volume II, London: Richard Bentley, page 252:
text: Had she ever dreamed she would grow up to be a spinster cheesemongress?
ref: 2017, Peni Jo Renner, Raid on Cochecho (book three of The Puritan Chronicles), Lulu, →ISBN:
text: “The mold is what gives the cheese its character,” says Tonda Corrente, Orlando’s foremost cheesemongress (yes, I made that up) and proprietor of La Femme du Fromage.
ref: 2020 October 8, Amy Drew Thompson, “Don’t break the mold: Enjoying moldy cheese, for some, is a process — an acquired taste”, in Orlando Sentinel, page D1 (online):
glosses: Alternative form of cheesemongeress.
xmission
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: xmissions
Etymology: From x- + (trans)mission.
Senses: examples: text: A federal judge found him guilty of six or seven counts of profane language, indecent exposure (as the nickname implies... he QUITE HEAVY!!!); he once tipped over a LARGE round picnic table (the food went flying!) just by sitting down! but that's another story... he also got gigged for xmissions across international bourders (the F.C.C. claimed that Richard's xmissions could be detected in MEXICO!... He used 5-30 watts). A few other convictions too...
ref: 1982 September 14, PARC-MAXC@sri-unix, “Weslink Metroplex”, in net.ham-radio (Usenet), retrieved 19 May 2022:
text: One of our promotional activities upcoming is the live xmission of a drum and bass rave (one of the largest parties to hit our city to date) on June 29 (First Bass). This Xmission will include live pictures form the event and audio interviews over our web site at http://atmos.co.nz/FIRST-BASS.
ref: 1996 June 19, ATMOS, “live rave Xmission”, in nz.rec (Usenet), retrieved 19 May 2022:
text: I've been wondering about the same types of things. Broken motor mount or xmission mount, etc.
ref: 2007 March 11, Gordon, “Help 98 ISB xmission”, in alt.autos.dodge.trucks (Usenet), retrieved 19 May 2022:
glosses: Abbreviation of transmission.
xmissions
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of xmission
chum in the water
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: An allusion to a feeding frenzy that occurs when fishermen ladle chum into the ocean to attract sharks.
Senses: examples: text: The year 1999 was a big one for polls here at TIME.com. […] Pre-millennial fever seemed to add an extra edge to all the passions that motivate people to express themselves — political tension, national pride, economic disparity, religious fervor — and our polls were chum in the water for those with an overwhelming need to make themselves heard. […] The polls that touched a nerve and set off huge responses gave us insights.
ref: 1999 December 3, Nick Oredson, “Behind the Scenes: When Robots Attack, Part 2”, in Time, retrieved 19 May 2022:
text: It will be like chum in the water, almost as invigorating to the crazies as bagging Dan Rather.
ref: 2009 September 7, David Roberts, “Van Jones resignation: is green the only colour issue?”, in Guardian, UK, retrieved 19 May 2022:
text: It happened again in Medinah. […] "Major winner! Major winner!" was the chant-cum-taunt from the crowd as Poulter came out to play his singles match. […] That might have unsettled more bashful characters, but with Poulter, it was throwing chum in the water. […] Poulter won all four of his matches at Medinah.
ref: 2012 October 1, Christopher Clarey, “On Golf: A Miracle of Their Own Making”, in New York Times, retrieved 19 May 2022:
glosses: Synonym of blood in the water.
synonyms: word: blood in the water
xwind
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: xwinds
Etymology: From x- + wind.
Senses: examples: text: I was back taxiing to takeoff position in a xwind yesterday. The xwind was coming from the right when I was in position to take off.
ref: 1998 October 29, Mike Regish, “Taxiing in xwind”, in rec.aviation.student (Usenet), retrieved 19 May 2022:
text: I believe that all xwind landings should end in a wing low slip with the longitudinal axis aligned with the direction of movement.
ref: 2003 September 17, Maule Driver, “Cherokees and X-winds”, in rec.aviation.student (Usenet), retrieved 19 May 2022:
text: I bit the bullet today and went out to the airport to work on my Xwind landings.
ref: 2006 February 4, A Lieberman, “Xwind landing experiences today & questions”, in rec.aviation.student (Usenet), retrieved 19 May 2022:
glosses: Abbreviation of crosswind.
xwinds
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of xwind
cheesemongeresses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cheesemongeress
cheesemongresses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cheesemongress
costermongresses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of costermongress
fish mongresses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of fish mongress
fish-mongresses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of fish-mongress
ironmongresses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ironmongress
solid-state drive
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: solid-state drives
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
technology
glosses: A solid-state storage device that uses integrated circuit assemblies to store data persistently, typically using flash memory, and functioning as secondary storage in the hierarchy of computer storage.
solid-state drives
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of solid-state drive
sable mouse
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sable mice
Senses: glosses: Synonym of lemming.
synonyms: word: lemming
sable mice
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sable mouse
sable iron
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: business
manufacturing
glosses: A superior quality of Russia iron.
storm in a glass of water
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Synonym of tempest in a teapot.
synonyms: word: tempest in a teapot
tea-kettle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tea-kettles
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of teakettle.
tea-kettles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tea-kettle
corflutes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of corflute
alongsides
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: ipa: /ə.lɒŋˈsaɪdz/
ipa: /ə.lɔŋˈsaɪdz/
ipa: /ə.lɑŋˈsaɪdz/
Etymology: From alongside + -s (adverbial suffix), probably on the model of besides.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of alongside.
synonyms: word: alongside
alongsides
Language: English
Part of speech: prep
Pronunciation: ipa: /ə.lɒŋˈsaɪdz/
ipa: /ə.lɔŋˈsaɪdz/
ipa: /ə.lɑŋˈsaɪdz/
Etymology: From alongside + -s (adverbial suffix), probably on the model of besides.
Senses: examples: text: Ay, ay, this is all very well, in the animal way, though it makes but a poor figure alongsides of scalps and and-bushes.
ref: 1841, J[ames] Fenimore Cooper, chapter I, in The Deerslayer: A Tale. […], 1st British edition, volume I, London: Richard Bentley, […], →OCLC, page 12:
text: What is a simple master-mariner at best alongsides a parson with a persuasive voice?.
ref: 1907, Frank Frankfort Moore, chapter XXIV, in The Love that Prevailed, New York: Empire Book Company, page 299:
text: Alongsides his hired labour work on the sugar cane farms, Ambo learned carpentry skills from his uncle through an apprenticeship.
ref: 2000, Yujiro Hayami, Masao Kikuchi, “Population Growth and the Evolution of Households”, in A Rice Village Saga: Three Decades of Green Revolution in the Philippines, Basingstoke: Macmillan Press Ltd., page 70:
glosses: Synonym of alongside.
synonyms: word: alongside
McAleenans
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of McAleenan
Karks
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Kark
Weighells
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Weighell
Wighill
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Old English wīċ (“village; farm”) + healh (“corner, angle, nook”).
Senses: glosses: A village and civil parish in Harrogate district, North Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE4746).
Related terms: Weighell
Longwitton
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A hamlet in Netherwitton parish, Northumberland, England (OS grid ref NZ0788).
Rayaprolus
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Rayaprolu
Halafian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From Halaf (“referring to Tell Halaf in northern Syria”) + -ian.
Senses: examples: text: According to Mellaart, the Halafian culture on the shores of the Euphrates in the mid-sixth millennium B.C. seems to have been greatly influenced by Anatolia.
ref: 1981, William Irwin Thompson, The Time Falling Bodies Take to Light: Mythology, Sexuality and the Origins of Culture, London: Rider/Hutchinson & Co., page 160:
glosses: Of or relating to the Mesopotamian Neolithic Halaf culture.
wikipedia: Halafian
Tell Halaf
mid-central
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From mid + central.
Senses: topics: human-sciences
linguistics
phonetics
phonology
sciences
glosses: pronounced with the tongue in a position approximately halfway between an open and a close vowel and approximately halfway between a front and a back vowel.
raw_tags: of a vowel
Rachabattunis
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Rachabattuni
Donikian
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Donikians
Etymology: From Armenian Տոնիկյան (Tonikyan).
Senses: glosses: A surname from Armenian.
Moomjian
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Moomjians
Etymology: From Armenian Մումջյան (Mumǰyan), a variant of Մոմջյան (Momǰyan).
Senses: glosses: A surname from Armenian.
Moomjians
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Moomjian
Donikians
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Donikian
Ehrich
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Ehrichs
Etymology: Borrowed from German Ehrich.
Senses: glosses: A surname from German.
Ehrichs
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Ehrich
Delney
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Delneys
Senses: glosses: An unknown-gender given name.
Ngeh
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /(ə)ŋɛ/
/nɛ/
Etymology: From Eastern Min 倪 (Ngà̤).
Senses: glosses: A surname from Eastern Min.
Related terms: Nga
Ngai
actagardin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of actagardine.
caspid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of capsid.
phosphonatase
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: phosphonatases
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Any enzyme that hydrolyses phosphonates
spruceless
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From spruce + -less.
Senses: glosses: Without a spruce or spruces.
xbreed
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: xbreeds
Etymology: From x- + breed.
Senses: examples: text: I have a xbreed JR dog Judy ,16,
Kim the cat ,2
Chloe the Guinea Pig, 5
Peeps the cockatiel
ref: 2001 June 3, Alison, “Hi, I'm New :-)”, in uk.rec.pets.misc (Usenet), retrieved 20 May 2022:
text: I understand that yes, they can and are being crossbred for various reasons. Been told that there are a few "miniture"^([sic]) llamas that are really an Xbreed between the two.
ref: 2001 October 26, RSMEINER, “Crossbreeding”, in alt.animals.llama (Usenet), retrieved 20 May 2022:
text: To this end, Jabby attempts to xpost across USENET, telling rape victims that Evolution says that 'rape is good', telling depressed teenagers that suicide is good, telling war refugees that the fact that they got hammered shows that they are Not Fit, etc. Jabby also wants to create the Manpanzee, a human-chimp xbreed.
ref: 2002 July 10, Patrick James, “Atheism wins another one!!”, in alt.folklore.science (Usenet), retrieved 20 May 2022:
glosses: Abbreviation of crossbreed.
xbreed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: xbreeds
form: xbreeding
form: xbred
form: xbred
Etymology: From x- + breed.
Senses: examples: text: Hmmmmm .... and what kind of dogs are these, Len? Have you been Xbreeding dingos with Tasmanian devils, with a little gecko mixed in?
ref: 2001 December 5, lflo...@mindspring.com, “My (edible) plant list.”, in alt.permaculture (Usenet), retrieved 20 May 2022:
text: I'm hoping xbreeding with the mauve wonder will create a sterile mutation. Like with fruit flies.
ref: 2002 November 22, chaosisrael, “You people”, in alt.slack (Usenet), retrieved 20 May 2022:
text: > 7. According to Aggieathletics.com, Texas A&M has a basketball team, too. How did this happen?
Xbreeding sheep to goats to Maggies caused this.
ref: 2005 November 7, MoParMaN, “RSFC Quiz”, in rec.sport.football.college (Usenet), retrieved 20 May 2022:
glosses: Abbreviation of crossbreed.
xbreeds
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of xbreed
xbreeds
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of xbreed
xbreeding
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From x- + breeding.
Senses: examples: text: Another thing that was new to me was the turnaround in the herping industry as far as Xbreeding is concerned.
ref: 1998 April 21, Shadow-Eyes, “Chimps”, in talk.origins (Usenet), retrieved 20 May 2022:
text: Sure there has been chimp/human xbreeding research. Karl's a product of such an experiment. He's a chump. And if you believe any of the above, I got me some beachfront property for sale in Zimbabwe.
ref: 1998 July 4, Splifford, “Chimps”, in talk.origins (Usenet), retrieved 20 May 2022:
text: He designed the original brain from which all other brains descended after its kind. Subject to sin and the results of Xbreeding.
ref: 2020 January 28, Robert, “Evolution is blind faith.”, in alt.christnet.christianlife (Usenet), retrieved 20 May 2022:
glosses: Abbreviation of crossbreeding.
xbreeding
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of xbreed
xbred
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From x- + bred.
Senses: examples: text: Hi can anyone help me with locating a breeder in Australia who breeds Hackney horses or xbred hackney horses.
ref: 2000 February 15, Freedom Park Warmbloods, “hackney horse”, in alt.animals.horses.breeding (Usenet), retrieved 20 May 2022:
text: 1 x Kelpie X female 10 weeks (in poor condition) (sister to Jack)
1 x Crossbred Tan and White male pup (mature medium sized) 16 weeks
1 x Chihuahua female 5 mths
1 x Black with brindle markings Staffy X Female 4 mths (LOVELY LOVELY little girl, extremely submissive)
1 x BP Black and Tan Xbred male 7 mths
1 x Cass Brindle and white bully X 2yrs
1 x ALF Black and Tan shepherd X 3-5yrs
1 x Red Staffy 2-3 years male
1 x Shepherd X black and tan female 18ths
1 x Black and fawn male kelpie 2 yrs
ref: 2002 May 14, karen h, “ARF: need Your Help with Regressive QBN Council "Kill" Policy”, in canb.general (Usenet), retrieved 20 May 2022:
text: We have recently adopted a 1 year Xbred dog from the local animal sanctuary and up to now been very pleased with her. It is only in the last few days that she as become a worry in that when she is left in the garden (kennel and food provided) she likes to dig huge holes in my lawn.
ref: 2003 January 15, Graham Lee, “Dog Digging?”, in rec.pets.dogs.behavior (Usenet), retrieved 20 May 2022:
glosses: Abbreviation of crossbred.
xbred
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: xbreds
Etymology: From x- + bred.
Senses: examples: text: I would like to add not to forget the lowly Xbreds. I own a TWH/Arab who possesses (in very ample quantities) all the qualities that this person is looking for in a trail/hunting horse. Of course, every Xbred is an individual (just as every purebred is) so you will have to do some looking and asking.
ref: 1995 February 1, ujs...@cc.memphis.edu, “What breed to get?”, in rec.equestrian (Usenet), retrieved 20 May 2022:
text: We have a 9 year old extremely lovable xbred (lab & maybe collie/spaniel). He rarely barks and is very well behaved. It is very heartbreaking for us to see him become so distressed when a thunderstorm is looming and he absolutely goes into "ga-ga land" when a storm is in process.
ref: 1996 July 12, SANDRA CARR, “Thunderstorms & Fireworks”, in rec.pets.dogs.behavior (Usenet), retrieved 20 May 2022:
text: Yep, I've travelled with my dog, 'Spike' (Fox Terrier/long-haired Chihuahua Xbred) on various bikes for the last 12 years. He's been to every state in Australia by bike and to over 100 rallies, even got his pic in the one and only "Rallyman" magazine.
ref: 1999 October 31, Alan Pennykid, “Dogs as pillions”, in aus.motorcycles (Usenet), retrieved 20 May 2022:
text: The larger 3 1/2 yo Blue Cattle Dog gets a small saucepan of dry stuff about 36 hourly and the 2 1/2yo Cattledog Kelpie X (never have a Xbred again) gets 3/4 that as she has a smaller frame.
ref: 2003 July 27, SG1, “How much do you feed your dogs?”, in aus.gardens (Usenet), retrieved 20 May 2022:
glosses: Abbreviation of crossbred.
xbred
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: From x- + bred.
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of xbreed
Club Med
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From the French travel operator Club Med, short for Club Méditerranée, from club+Méditerranée (“Mediterranean”)
Senses: examples: text: One nation that was invited to join with more enthusiasm than the invitations to the Club Med was the United Kingdom.
ref: 2011 July 16, William Keegan, “‘Club Med’ countries have spoiled the eurozone party”, in The Guardian:
topics: government
politics
glosses: The EU Med Group, especially Greece, Italy, Portugal, and Spain.
Club Med
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Club Meds
Etymology: From the French travel operator Club Med, short for Club Méditerranée, from club+Méditerranée (“Mediterranean”)
Senses: qualifier: genericized trademark
glosses: A luxury vacation beach resort
qualifier: genericized trademark
glosses: A low-class decrepit beach resort
Related terms: Club Fed
4 × 4
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: 4 × 4s
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of 4x4.
El Desemboque
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish El Desemboque.
Senses: glosses: A village in Sonora, Mexico.
magnus annus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From the Latin magnus annus (literally “great year”).
Senses: examples: text: The sign of Gemini does not seem to have exerted a beneficent influence on the growth of human culture, but as the Magnus Annus of Taurus came round, things seem to have grown more stable and solid.
ref: 1981, William Irwin Thompson, The Time Falling Bodies Take to Light: Mythology, Sexuality and the Origins of Culture, London: Rider/Hutchinson & Co., page 161:
glosses: A cycle of years that ends in a final death, conflagration, apocalypse, or the like, and the cycle begins again with a rebirth.
Great Father
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Great Fathers
form: great father
Senses: examples: text: In this ode to the Great Father, the land of the Sumerians is literally awash with semen.
ref: 1981, William Irwin Thompson, The Time Falling Bodies Take to Light: Mythology, Sexuality and the Origins of Culture, London: Rider/Hutchinson & Co., page 162:
topics: lifestyle
paganism
religion
glosses: The preeminent male deity of various religions.
Coordinate terms: Great Mother
Great Fathers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Great Father
Cleopatras
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Cleopatra
Cleopatras
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Cleopatra
Teehan
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Teehans
Etymology: Variant of Teahan.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Irish.
Tolas
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Tola
Teehans
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Teehan
Sidle
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Sidles
Etymology: Variant of Siddall.
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Soters
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Soter
Sidles
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Sidle
Squierses
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Squiers
demand destruction
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: demand destructions
Senses: topics: economics
sciences
glosses: A permanent or sustained decline in the demand for a good in response to persistent high prices or limited supply.
Schlotterbeck
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Schlotterbecks
Etymology: Borrowed from German Schlotterbeck.
Senses: glosses: A surname from German.
Schellhorn
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Schellhorns
Etymology: Borrowed from German Schellhorn.
Senses: glosses: A surname from German.
Schellhorns
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Schellhorn
Schlotterbecks
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Schlotterbeck
Shammas
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Shammases
Etymology: Borrowed from Arabic شماس (šammās, “deacon, sexton”), a popular surname in the Christian community.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Arabic.
Saadat
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Saadats
Etymology: Borrowed from Persian سعادت (sa'âdat, “happiness”).
Senses: glosses: A surname from Persian.
Saadats
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Saadat
Shammases
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Shammas
Werre
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Werres
Etymology: Borrowed from German Werre.
Senses: glosses: A surname from German.
Tuchman
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Tuchmans
Etymology: Variant of German Tuchmann.
Senses: glosses: A surname from German.
Tuchmans
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Tuchman
Werres
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Werre
Tufte
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Tuftes
Etymology: Borrowed from Norwegian Tufte.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Norwegian.
Uleps
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Ulep
Tuftes
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Tufte
McLaverty
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: McLavertys
Etymology: Variant of McLafferty.
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Lowthorpes
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Lowthorpe
McLavertys
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of McLaverty
Lowthorps
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Lowthorp
Wersching
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Werschings
Etymology: Borrowed from German Wersching.
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Walmersley
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Walmersleys
form: Walmesley
form: Walmisley
form: Walmsley
Etymology: From the Old English personal name Waldmǣr, which is composed of the elements weald (“power, authority”) and mǣre (“famous”), + -s- + lēah (“woodland clearing, glade”).
Senses: glosses: A village in the Metropolitan Borough of Bury, Greater Manchester, England (OS grid ref SD8013).
glosses: A habitational surname from Old English.
Walmesley
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Walmesleys
Etymology: Variant of Walmersley.
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Walmesleys
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Walmesley
Walmersleys
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Walmersley
Werschings
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Wersching
Geelong West
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A suburb of Geelong, and former city in Victoria, Australia. Former name: Ashby.
Nocifora
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Nociforas
Etymology: Borrowed from Italian Nocifora.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Italian.
Nociforas
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Nocifora
Somerleyton, Ashby and Herringfleet
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A civil parish in East Suffolk district, Suffolk, England, formed in 1987 on the merger of these three civil parishes.
Herringfleet
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A hamlet in Somerleyton, Ashby and Herringfleet parish, East Suffolk district, Suffolk, England, previously in Waveney district (OS grid ref TM4797).
Grynbaum
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Grynbaums
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Kaihsienkung
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Mandarin 開弦弓 /开弦弓 (Kāixiángōng), Wade–Giles romanization: Kʻai¹-hsien²-kung¹.
Senses: examples: text: The village chosen for my investigation is called Kaihsienkung, locally pronounced kejiug’on. It is situated on the south-east bank of Lake Tai, in the lower course of the Yangtze River and about eighty miles west of Shanghai.
ref: 1939, Hsiao-tung (費孝通) Fei, 江村經濟 [Peasant Life in China], London: George Routledge and Sons, →OCLC, →OL, pages 9–10:
english: Peasant Life in China
translation: Peasant Life in China
text: At the time of Fei’s study, Kaihsienkung had two headmen. The elder of the two did not deal with the higher government, having allowed a younger man to fill the official post.
ref: 1958, Elman R. Service, Profiles in Ethnology, Harper & Row, published 1963, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 451:
text: Geddes goes over what Fei said on cross-cousin marriage in the village, amplifying the analysis at one point, but not treating the matter more generally. The implication appears to be that cross-cousin marriage no longer takes place in Kaihsienkung.
ref: 1966, Maurice Freedman, “Relations Between Lineages”, in Chinese Lineage and Society: Fukien and Kwangtung, Athlone Press, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 98:
text: Since it is unlikely that these families averaged more than one unmarried son old enough to be matched with a t’ung-yang-hsi, these figures suggest that minor marriages accounted for approximately 20 percent of all first marriages. This was in 1931. Five years later the distinguished anthropologist Fei Hsiao-tung found approximately the same incidence of minor marriage in Kaihsienkung, a village on the shore of Lake T’ai in southern Kiangsu.
ref: 1980, Arthur P. Wolf, Chieh-shan Huang, “Introduction”, in Marriage and Adoption in China, 1845-1945, Stanford, Cal.: Stanford University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 8:
glosses: Alternative form of Kaixiangong.
Chong Qing
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Borrowed from the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of Mandarin 重慶／重庆 (Chóng Qìng).
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Chongqing.
Catherine Archipelago
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Aleutian Islands.
synonyms: word: Aleutian Islands
island arc
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: island arcs
Senses: examples: text: Offshore to the west of the continental margin during the Early Triassic, the Sonoma highlands formed a volcanic island arc, separated from the mainland by a shallow sea that cut through western Nevada and northwestern Utah.
ref: 2012, Chinle Miller, “The Tectonic Forces of the Mesozoic”, in In Mesozoic Lands: The Mesozoic Geology of Arches and Canyonlands National Parks, Kindle edition, page 34:
topics: geography
geology
natural-sciences
glosses: A long chain of active volcanoes with intense seismic activity found along convergent tectonic plate boundaries.
island arcs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of island arc
Peterborough County
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpiː.tɚˌbʌ.ɹoʊ ˈkaʊn.ti/
rhymes: -aʊnti
Etymology: The county is named in honour of Canadian politician Peter Robinson (1785 - 1838).
Senses: glosses: A county in Southern Ontario, Canada, with its county seat in Peterborough, an independent city.
wikipedia: Peter Robinson (Canadian politician)
Chong-qing
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Borrowed from the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of Mandarin 重慶／重庆 (Chóngqìng).
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Chongqing.
Trent Lakes
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A municipality in Peterborough County, Southern Ontario, Canada, and named in recognition of the Trent-Severn Waterway.
antalgesia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˌæntəlˈd͡ʒiːziə/
Etymology: From ant- + algesia.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Alternative form of analgesia.
Related terms: antalgesic
postfatigued
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From post- + fatigued.
Senses: glosses: After undergoing fatigue.
antimediaeval
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of antimedieval.
mechanisms of death
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mechanism of death
antiscientist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: antiscientists
Etymology: By surface analysis, anti- + scientism + -ist, or, by surface analysis, anti- + scientistic + -ist; not to be misparsed as anti- + scientist, nor as anti- + science + -ist.
Senses: glosses: One who opposes scientism.
Related terms: english: different concept involved
translation: different concept involved
word: antiscience
antiscientists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of antiscientist
echinology
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From echino- + -logy.
Senses: glosses: The scientific study of echinoderms.
echinologist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: echinologists
Etymology: From echino- + -logist.
Senses: glosses: One who studies echinology.