cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
Hoo-Hoo
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Hoo-Hoos
form: Hoo-Hoo
Etymology: From the hooting call of a lumberjack to his co-workers in the woods.
Senses: examples: text: There have been initiated into the order nearly thirty thousand Hoo-Hoos scattered all over the entire world.
ref: 1917, National Magazine - Volume 46, page 244:
text: The fifty-3econd annual convention of the International Concatenated Order of Hoo-Hoo was a radical departure from the previous meetings held at a central place, with members traveling across the States to fraternize with fellow Hoo-Hoo.
ref: 1943, American Lumberman, page 40:
text: A couple of Hoo-Hoos I knew, dragged me out to my rig and drove me home.
ref: 1994, Judy Jewell, Oregon, page 103:
glosses: A member of Hoo-Hoo.
Hoo-Hoos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Hoo-Hoo
jerkishness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From jerkish + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The quality of being jerkish.
jerkness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From jerk + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The quality of being jerkish or obnoxious.
ambari
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ambaris
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of ambaree (“type of howdah”).
glosses: Alternative form of ambaree (“fiber plant”).
laminate floorings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of laminate flooring
togwa
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: togwas
Senses: glosses: a sweet, unfermented beverage, traditionally made from sorghum
gigantomaniac
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: By surface analysis, gigantomania + -ac, or, by surface analysis, giganto- + -maniac.
Senses: examples: text: Stalin's gigantomaniac visions
text: What was overlooked, or faced with reluctance, was that the mammoth projects of industrialization[,] which had all sprung from Stalin's gigantomaniac visions, gradually reversed the trend toward a better life for the workers and carried political risks that would in time assume dangerous proportions.
ref: 1999, Eric Roman, The Stalin Years in Hungary (Studies in Russian History), volume 2, E. Mellen Press, →ISBN, page 37:
glosses: Relating to, or characteristic of, gigantomania.
Related terms: megalomaniac
gigantomania
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From giganto- + -mania.
Senses: examples: text: The issue entered the election campaign when Schroeder's shadow culture minister, Michael Naumann, compared the memorial designs to the gigantomania of Hitler's achitect, Albert Speer. He said that none of his American Jewish friends were in favour of the memorial and that it should be cancelled.
ref: 1998 August 12, Denis Staunton, “Haunted still”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
glosses: An obsession with the production of works on a very large scale, such as huge buildings, factories, weapons, or social engineering schemes; such production itself.
Related terms: word: gigantomaniac
word: megalomania
D-pad
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: D-pads
Senses: examples: text: The first known way past the brick wall of Level 29 was a technique that became known as hypertapping. By using a special grip that lets you vibrate a finger over the D-pad directions at least 10 times a second, you can effectively skip the "delayed autoshift" (DAS) that limits how fast pieces can move laterally when the D-pad is held down.
ref: 2024 January 2, Kyle Orland, “34 years later, a 13-year-old hits the NES Tetris “kill screen””, in Ars Technica:
glosses: Alternative letter-case form of d-pad.
D-pads
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of D-pad
control pad
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -æd
Forms: form: control pads
Senses: glosses: Synonym of d-pad.
synonyms: word: d-pad
control pads
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of control pad
directional pad
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: directional pads
Senses: glosses: Synonym of d-pad.
synonyms: word: d-pad
directional pads
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of directional pad
regrower
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: regrowers
Etymology: From regrow + -er.
Senses: glosses: Something that grows again, or causes to grow again.
regrowers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of regrower
DYKs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of DYK
flatulator
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: flatulators
form: flatulater
Etymology: From flatulate + -or.
Senses: glosses: A person who flatulates.
flatulators
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of flatulator
flatulater
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -eɪtə(ɹ)
Forms: form: flatulaters
Etymology: From flatulate + -er.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of flatulator.
flatulaters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of flatulater
Azalia
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From azalia, an archaic form of azalea.
Senses: glosses: A female given name.
glosses: An unincorporated community in Bartholomew County, Indiana.
glosses: An unincorporated community in Monroe County, Michigan.
express oneself
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: expresses oneself
form: expressing oneself
form: expressed oneself
form: expressed oneself
Senses: glosses: To convey or communicate one's own feelings or views.
expresses oneself
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of express oneself
expressing oneself
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of express oneself
expressed oneself
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of express oneself
whistle down the wind
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: whistles down the wind
form: whistling down the wind
form: whistled down the wind
form: whistled down the wind
Senses: examples: text: Can he do nothing for his Burns but make a Gauger of him; lionise him, bedinner him, for a foolish while: then whistle him down the wind, to desperation and bitter death?
ref: 1843 April, Thomas Carlyle, “chapter VI, The Landed”, in Past and Present, American edition, Boston, Mass.: Charles C[offin] Little and James Brown, published 1843, →OCLC, book IV (Horoscope):
glosses: To set (someone) free, allowing them to go their own way and do what they choose.
examples: text: It is very easy for you to whistle down the wind an eligible partner. There are far too many of us who can only wish we might have had the choice!
ref: 2013, April Kihlstrom, An Outrageous Proposal:
glosses: To badmouth someone or something; to disparage.
glosses: To talk to no purpose.
Related terms: whistle in the dark
whistle in the wind
whistle past the graveyard
whistle Dixie
Hinsdale County
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Named after George A. Hinsdale.
Senses: glosses: One of 64 counties in Colorado, United States. County seat: Lake City.
Hinsdale
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname.
glosses: A village in Cook County and DuPage County, Illinois, United States.
glosses: A town in Berkshire County, Massachusetts, United States.
glosses: An unincorporated community and census-designated place in Valley County, Montana, United States.
glosses: A town in Cheshire County, New Hampshire, United States.
glosses: A town in Cattaraugus County, New York, United States.
Derived terms: Hinsdale County
hinsdalite
thickshake
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: thickshakes
Etymology: From thick + shake.
Senses: examples: text: He looked up at Gestas and said, “Get me a Carvel vanilla thickshake.” “Sir?” “You heard me. A vanilla thickshake. And not one of those watered down things they pass off in the cafeteria. I want the real thing.”
ref: 2009, George R. Hopkins, Collateral Consequences: A Mystery/Suspense Novel, →ISBN:
text: Again—we stopped to get something to eat. I got a thickshake and some hot chips but only managed to eat one chip and was lucky if I took a sip of the thickshake —I was beginning to feel worse and worse.
ref: 2011, Lisa Wisemantel, Smiling on the Inside, →ISBN:
text: All Johnny really had on his schedule was a plan to order a thickshake, which to him represented the ultimate American experience.
ref: 2013, Jeff Apter, Johnny O'Keefe: Rocker. Legend. Wild One, →ISBN, page 1923:
text: The idea was to win her heart by getting really close and really pointedly ignoring her, only this time – and here was the genius of it – at McDonalds.^([sic]) I ordered a thickshake and some fries and as I walked nonchalantly past her table, my attention fixed on a Hamburgler^([sic]) poster in the middle distance, a tiny rift opened in the space-time continuum.
ref: 2002, Craig Bolland, I Knit Water, →ISBN, page 132:
text: Edek sipped his chocolate thickshake. She and Edek were the oldest people in McDonald's.
ref: 2015, Lily Brett, Too Many Men, →ISBN:
glosses: A beverage consisting of milk and ice cream mixed together, often with other flavorings as well.
examples: text: Pawpaw contains an enzyme papain which breaks down protein and is said to help clear mucus and excess saliva excretions. Give this thickshake a try; it is really easy to swallow and tastes wonderful.
ref: 1993, Janet Martin, Jane Backhouse, Good looking, easy swallowing:
glosses: An imitation milkshake (in locales where "milkshake" refers to the drink specified above), often containing no milk.
thickshakes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of thickshake
Sunhung
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Sunheung
form: Sunhŭng
Etymology: An improper simplification of the McCune-Reischauer romanization Sunhŭng of Korean 순흥(順興) (Sunheung), literally meaning "Following", "Obeying", or "Adhering to Prosperity" or "Success" but also used as a Sino-Korean transcription of a local clan name.
Senses: glosses: A township administered as part of the municipality of Yeongju in North Gyeongsang, South Korea, (historical) formerly the seat of a district of Joseon Korea.
Hypernyms: Yeongju
Moultrie County
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: -aʊnti
Etymology: Named after William Moultrie.
Senses: glosses: One of 102 counties in Illinois, United States. County seat: Sullivan.
wikipedia: William Moultrie
Barber County
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: -aʊnti
Etymology: Named after abolitionist Thomas Barber.
Senses: glosses: One of 105 counties in Kansas, United States. County seat: Medicine Lodge.
Medicine Lodge
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A city, the county seat of Barber County, Kansas, United States.
glosses: the Medicine Lodge River in Kansas and Oklahoma, a tributary of the Salt Fork of the Arkansas
glosses: the Medicine Lodge River in Kansas and Oklahoma, a tributary of the Salt Fork of the Arkansas
River.
River.
glosses: A locality in Yellowhead County, Alberta, Canada.
Land of the Morning Calm
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the Land of the Morning Calm
Etymology: Calque of Korean 조선(朝鮮) (Joseon, “Korea”), from 조(朝) (jo, “morning”) + 선(鮮) (seon, “fresh”).
Senses: glosses: Korea.
Gojoseon
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Borrowed from Korean 고조선 (Gojoseon).
Senses: glosses: An ancient Korean kingdom.
Joseon
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈd͡ʒəʊsʌn/
ipa: /ˈt͡ʃəʊsʌn/
ipa: /ˈd͡ʒoʊsʌn/
ipa: /ˈt͡ʃoʊsʌn/
rhymes: -əʊsʌn
Forms: form: Chosŏn
form: Choson
form: Cosen
form: Chosen
Etymology: From the Revised Romanization of Korean 조선(朝鮮) (Joseon).
Senses: glosses: A former Korean kingdom and dynasty in East Asia which ruled the Korean Peninsula from 1392 CE to 1897 CE.
wikipedia: Revised Romanization
Synonyms: sense: from Mandarin Chinese
word: Chaoxian
word: Ch'ao-hsien
Allen's rule
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Formulated by Joel Asaph Allen in 1877.
Senses: glosses: An ecogeographic principle broadly stating that animals adapted to cold climates have relatively short limbs. Specifically, homeothermic animals in hot climates have low volume-to-surface ratios, and homeothermic animals in cold climates have high volume-to-surface ratios, due to thermal adaptation.
my emphasis
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Senses: glosses: Inserted in or after a quote to proclaim that italicisation was done by the quoter and was absent in the original text.
Beskids
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /ˈbɛskɪdz/
Etymology: See Polish Beskidy. According to Albanologists Orel and Çabej, it is possibly derived from Proto-Albanian *beškāi tāi (“the mountain pastures”); compare modern Albanian bjeshkët, plural of bjeshkë.
Senses: glosses: A mountain range in Central Europe, running from Czech Republic to Ukraine along the Polish-Slovakia border, with its highest peak Hoverla at 2061 meters.
Missaukee County
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: See Wikipedia.
Senses: glosses: One of 83 counties in Michigan, United States. County seat: Lake City.
Goodhue County
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Named after James Madison Goodhue.
Senses: glosses: One of 87 counties in Minnesota, United States. County seat: Red Wing.
beefed up
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: beefed-up
Senses: glosses: past participle of beef up
Goodhue
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname.
glosses: A city in Goodhue County, Minnesota, United States.
Derived terms: Goodhue County
Red Wing
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From the title of a Sioux chief, which in turn is from the use of a dyed swan's wing as a symbol of rank.
Senses: glosses: A city, the county seat of Goodhue County, Minnesota, United States.
man management
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Man management is the point d'appui around which all organisations revolve.
ref: 2000, Praveen Kumar, Policing the Police, page 163:
text: Pundits differ in their view of man management. Some say it is an art, which is ingrained into individuals and can only be fine-tuned, never learnt afresh if you do not already have it in you. Others say it is a science, based on the study of human nature and can be mastered by anyone who cares to do so.
ref: 2010, Ashok Menon, Life Style Grooming, →ISBN:
text: It is Conte’s part in this that shines through, not just as an example of ruthlessly detailed coaching and man management, but as something new also. There have been 11 changes of manager during that run of Chelsea trophies, with the implication always that the structures and hierarchy are what really keep this club rolling on.
ref: 2017 May 13, Barney Ronay, “Antonio Conte’s brilliance has turned Chelsea’s pop-up team into champions”, in the Guardian:
glosses: The organization and motivation of people who work in an organization.
lightning bolt
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lightning bolts
Senses: examples: text: Shortly after dinner one day — it was a hot summer afternoon — a very severe thunderstorm broke out over the city and after it had lasted some ten to fifteen minutes an exceptionally bright lightning bolt flashed through the air followed immediately by a terrific crash of thunder.
ref: 1913, Popular Electricity and the World's Advance, page 192:
glosses: A single, visible discharge of lightning.
glosses: A conventional representation of a lightning bolt as a zigzag line.
glosses: A conventional representation of a lightning bolt in heraldry or in artistic depictions of thunder gods, for example as a winged and barbed torch.
examples: text: In this sense there was an uncomfortable similarity between the lettre de cachet, the “lightning bolt of despotism,” and the people that judged, not like a court of law, but like a force of nature.
ref: 2011, Mary Ashburn Miller, A Natural History of Revolution, →ISBN:
text: She'd found her lightning bolt, but he didn't want her.
ref: 2012, Trisha David, Falling For Jack, →ISBN:
text: In Conte Chelsea have something different, a manager who inherited a messy, enervated squad fresh from the worst title defence in 25 years and threw a lightning bolt through pretty much the same group of players to create a fresh champion team.
ref: 2017 May 13, Barney Ronay, “Antonio Conte’s brilliance has turned Chelsea’s pop-up team into champions”, in the Guardian:
glosses: Something that shocks or energizes, especially something that does so suddenly.
Related terms: thunderbolt
get this
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: examples: text: She opened her eyes about an hour after Blue arrived, and—get this! She looks at him and she goes, 'I'm bald. They had to shave my head.'
ref: 2015, Suzanne Brockmann, Get Lucky, →ISBN:
text: Plus Kanté is something new. Get this: Chelsea have the most popular player in the league, a man nobody could seriously boo, albeit even the notably lovable Kanté is perhaps a little fetishised in his humility, his scooter-riding, the Premier League’s own friendly, scuttling Bilbo Baggins.
ref: 2017 May 13, Barney Ronay, “Antonio Conte’s brilliance has turned Chelsea’s pop-up team into champions”, in the Guardian:
glosses: Used to emphasize or call attention to the next thing that is said.
stagnative
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more stagnative
form: most stagnative
Etymology: From stagnate + -ive.
Senses: glosses: That causes or tends to cause stagnation.
Florence County
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: One of 46 counties in South Carolina, United States. County seat: Florence.
glosses: One of 72 counties in Wisconsin, United States. County seat: Florence.
nevvies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nevvy
glosses: plural of nevvie
San Patricio County
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: One of 254 counties in Texas, United States. County seat: Sinton.
firebay
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: firebays
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of fire bay.
firebays
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of firebay
yuccies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of yuccie
remow
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: remows
form: remowing
form: remowed
form: remowed
form: remown
Etymology: From re- + mow.
Senses: examples: text: Anne's lawn needed to be remown after it rained yesterday.
glosses: To mow again.
remows
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of remow
remowing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of remow
remowed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of remow
San Patricio
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: The Spanish name for Saint Patrick.
Senses: glosses: A small community in Lincoln County, New Mexico, United States.
glosses: A small city in Nueces County and San Patricio County, Texas, United States.
glosses: A community called San Patricio-Melaque in Jalisco, Mexico.
glosses: A town and district of Misiones department, Paraguay.
glosses: A barrio (neighbourhood) in Ponce, Puerto Rico.
Derived terms: San Patricio County
Sudani
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Sudani
form: most Sudani
Senses: glosses: Sudanese.
Sudani
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Sudanis
Senses: glosses: A Sudanese person.
Craighead County
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Named after Thomas Craighead.
Senses: glosses: One of 75 counties in Arkansas, United States. County seats: Jonesboro and Lake City.
wikipedia: Thomas Craighead
Craighead
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Craghead
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Derived terms: Craighead County
Porter County
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Named after David Porter.
Senses: glosses: One of 92 counties in Indiana, United States. County seat: Valparaiso.
obstructing the field
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of obstruct the field
Cambria County
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: One of 67 counties in Pennsylvania, United States. County seat: Ebensburg.
Ebensburg
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Eben, a given name.
Senses: glosses: A borough, the county seat of Cambria County, Pennsylvania, United States.
Portage County
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Both counties are named after portages.
Senses: glosses: One of 88 counties in Ohio, United States. County seat: Ravenna.
glosses: One of 72 counties in Wisconsin, United States. County seat: Stevens Point.
chauki
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: chaukis
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of chowki.
chaukis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of chauki
chawki
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: chawkis
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of chowki.
chawki
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: chawkis
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of chawkie.
chawkis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of chawki
Stevens Point
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Named after George Stevens, a local trader.
Senses: glosses: A city, the county seat of Portage County, Wisconsin, United States.
Haast
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A remote township in the West Coast Region, South Island, New Zealand, named after Julius von Haast.
glosses: A surname from German.
Fleming County
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Named after Colonel John Fleming.
Senses: glosses: One of 120 counties in Kentucky, United States. County seat: Flemingsburg.
Ripoll
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Ripolls
Etymology: Borrowed from Catalan Ripoll.
Senses: glosses: The capital of Ripollès, Girona, Catalonia.
glosses: A surname from Catalan.
RDA
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Initialism of Resource Description and Access; standard for descriptive cataloging initially released in June 2010, providing instructions and guidelines on formulating bibliographic data.
RDA
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: RDAs
Senses: glosses: Initialism of Recommended Dietary Allowances.
glosses: Initialism of Regional Domicile Analytics.
glosses: Initialism of Regional Development Authority.
Related terms: DRI
EAR
hotflash
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hotflashes
Senses: examples: text: The only constant symptom of the radiotherapeutic menopause is the so-called 'hotflash.'
ref: 1982, Stephen Hilgartner, Richard C. Bell, Rory O'Connor, Nukespeak: Nuclear Language, Visions, and Mindset, page 6:
text: Some women can count on hotflashes coming day or night as steady and as forceful as wheat coming out of the combine auger and into the truck bin during harvest.
ref: 1997, Janet L. Martin, Martin House, Helga Hanson's Hot Flash Handbook, →ISBN, page 40:
text: The hotflashes of menopause represent a Pitta imbalance (Lonsdorf et al., 1993).
ref: 2000, Carolyn Chambers Clark, Integrating Complementary Health Procedures Into Practice, page 121:
text: I was a lightning rod, now cold, now hotflashes, all weather gathered into my epicenter, reality a useless thermometer on the wall.
ref: 2007, Claudia Carlson, The Elephant House, →ISBN, page 23:
glosses: Alternative form of hot flash.
RCD
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: RCDs
Senses: glosses: Initialism of residual-current device.
hot-flash
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hot-flashes
Senses: examples: text: The instant his feet touched the cold metal floor of the storage room he felt a hot-flash pass through his body.
ref: 2000, Illya, Council of Light, →ISBN:
text: I'm seriously agitated all of a suddden, my temperature soars, a hot-flash.
ref: 2012, Fons Burger, The 5 Women Theory, →ISBN:
glosses: Alternative form of hot flash.
hot-flashes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hot-flash
hotflashes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hotflash
Flemingsburg
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Fleming (“surname”) + -burg.
Senses: glosses: A home rule city, the county seat of Fleming County, Kentucky, United States.
Scott County
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: One of 75 counties in Arkansas, United States. County seat: Waldron. Named after Andrew Scott.
glosses: One of 102 counties in Illinois, United States. County seat: Winchester. Named after a pioneer family.
glosses: One of 92 counties in Indiana, United States. County seat: Scottsburg. Named after Charles Scott.
glosses: One of 99 counties in Iowa, United States. County seat: Davenport. Named after Winfield Scott.
glosses: One of 105 counties in Kansas, United States. County seat: Scott City. Named after Winfield Scott.
glosses: One of 120 counties in Kentucky, United States. County seat: Georgetown. Named after Charles Scott.
glosses: One of 87 counties in Minnesota, United States. County seat: Shakopee. Named after Winfield Scott.
glosses: One of 82 counties in Mississippi, United States. County seat: Forest. Named after Abram M. Scott.
glosses: One of 114 counties in Missouri, United States. County seat: Benton. Named after John Scott.
glosses: One of 95 counties in Tennessee, United States. County seat: Huntsville. Named after Winfield Scott.
glosses: One of 95 counties in Virginia, United States. County seat: Gate City. Named after Winfield Scott.
Cupeño
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish cupeño.
Senses: glosses: The American Indian people of Southern California who formerly lived at what is now Warner Springs, California.
Cupeño
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish cupeño.
Senses: glosses: Their extinct Uto-Aztecan language, which was closely related to Cahuilla.
Cupeños
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Cupeño
Cupa
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Borrowed from Cupeño.
Senses: glosses: The homeland of the Cupeño people of southern California, now Warner Springs.
Cupan
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Cupan
form: most Cupan
Etymology: From Cupeño Cupa, the name of the Cupeño people for their homeland, or from Cupeño + -an.
Senses: topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: Of or pertaining to the branch of the Uto-Aztecan languages containing the Cahuilla, Cupeño and Luiseño languages of southern California.
Luiseño
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Luiseños
form: Luiseño
Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish luiseño, from the name of Mission San Luis Rey de Francia + -eño.
Senses: glosses: A member of an American Indian people of southern California, living in what is now Orange County and in neighboring areas of San Diego County and Los Angeles County.
Luiseño
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish luiseño, from the name of Mission San Luis Rey de Francia + -eño.
Senses: glosses: The Uto-Aztecan language of the Luiseño people, related to Cahuilla and Cupeño.
Luiseños
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Luiseño
Serran
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From Serrano, one of the Serran languages.
Senses: topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: Of or pertaining to the branch of the Uto-Aztecan languages that contains Serrano, Kitanemuk, and Gabrielino-Fernandeño
flindered
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of flinder
flindering
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of flinder
butterbrot
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈbʊtə(ɹ)ˌbɹoʊt/
Forms: form: butterbrots
Etymology: Borrowed from German Butterbrot (literally “butter bread”).
Senses: glosses: A German open sandwich.
touch-dry
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Dry to the extent that it can be touched without leaving a mark and a foreign body will not stick to it. (of a painted surface)
Scottsburg
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Scott + -burg.
Senses: glosses: A city, the county seat of Scott County, Indiana, United States.
glosses: An unincorporated community in Pike County, Indiana.
glosses: A small town in Halifax County, Virginia, United States.
Scott City
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: An unincorporated community in Fairbanks Township, Sullivan County, Indiana, United States.
glosses: A city, the county seat of Scott County, Kansas, United States, named after Winfield Scott.
glosses: A city in Cape Girardeau County and Scott County, Missouri, United States.
Kokang
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Borrowed from Burmese ကိုးကန့် (kui:kan.).
Senses: glosses: A region of Myanmar.
Shakopee
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /ˈʃɑːkəpiː/
Etymology: See Wikipedia.
Senses: glosses: A city, the county seat of Scott County, Minnesota, United States.
Huntsville
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Hunt + -s- + -ville.
Senses: examples: text: Sidewalks in Huntsville were mostly decorative. People drove their SUVs to grocery stores two blocks away, their air-conditioning on full blast.
ref: 2020, Yaa Gyasi, Transcendent Kingdom, Viking (2021), page 103:
glosses: A city, the county seat of Madison County, Alabama, United States.
glosses: A city, the county seat of Madison County, Arkansas, United States.
glosses: A community in Canaan, Litchfield County, Connecticut, United States.
glosses: An unincorporated community in Schuyler County, Illinois, United States.
glosses: An unincorporated community in Madison County, Indiana, United States.
glosses: An unincorporated community in Randolph County, Indiana, United States.
glosses: An unincorporated community in Reno County, Kansas, United States.
glosses: A city, the county seat of Randolph County, Missouri, United States.
glosses: An unincorporated community in Yadkin County, North Carolina, United States.
glosses: A village in Logan County, Ohio, United States.
glosses: A town, the county seat of Scott County, Tennessee, United States.
examples: text: There was this boy I sent to the gas chamber at Huntsville here a while back. My arrest and my testimony. He killed a fourteen-year-old girl. Papers said it was a crime of passion but he told me there wasn't any passion to it. Told me that he'd been planning to kill somebody for about as long as he could remember. Said that if they turned him out he'd do it again.
ref: 2007, Joel Coen, Ethan Coen, No Country for Old Men (motion picture), spoken by Ed Tom Bell (Tommy Lee Jones):
glosses: A city, the county seat of Walker County, Texas, United States.
glosses: A town in Weber County, Utah, United States.
glosses: An unincorporated community in Columbia County, Washington, United States.
glosses: A former community in Jackson County, West Virginia, United States.
glosses: A town in Muskoka district municipality, Ontario, Canada.
bay tree
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -iː
Forms: form: bay trees
Etymology: From bay + tree.
Senses: examples: text: I have seen the wicked in great power, and spreading himself like a green bay tree.
ref: 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Psalm 37:35:
glosses: A laurel tree.
Gate City
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: The town was described as the "Gate Way to the West" when it received this name in 1886. It had two other names prior to this.
Senses: glosses: A town, the county seat of Scott County, Virginia, United States.
bay trees
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bay tree
Highland County
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Both counties are named after their hilly or high terrain.
Senses: glosses: One of 88 counties in Ohio, United States. County seat: Hillsboro.
glosses: One of 95 counties in Virginia, United States. County seat: Monterey.
Related terms: Highlands County
flop-eared
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more flop-eared
form: most flop-eared
Etymology: From flop + eared.
Senses: examples: text: A buckboard with a patient flop-eared bay between shafts stood in front of ROOMS & EATS.
ref: 1963, Jack Schaefer, Monte Walsh, page 152:
glosses: Having ears that flop, having long ears which hang down loosely.
Synonyms: word: floppy eared
word: lop-eared
english: for animals
translation: for animals
word: flap-eared
miniwarehouses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of miniwarehouse
present conditionals
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of present conditional
link juice
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: A brief aside about hoarding PageRank: many people have taken this to an extreme and built sites where they refused to link out to other quality websites, because they feared losing visitors and link juice. Ignore this idea!
ref: 2012, Eric Enge, Stephan Spencer, Jessie Stricchiola, Rand Fishkin, chapter 4, in The Art of SEO, O'Reilly Media, →ISBN, page 111:
glosses: The implicit recommendation given to a website (and noted by search engine crawlers) when it is linked to; the focus of search engine optimization.
commaundements
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of commaundement
Coffee County
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: All named after John Coffee.
Senses: glosses: One of 67 counties in Alabama, United States. County seat: Elba.
glosses: One of 159 counties in Georgia, United States. County seat: Douglas.
glosses: One of 95 counties in Tennessee, United States. County seat: Manchester.
Related terms: Coffey County
e-fame
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From e- + fame.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of cyberfame.
synonyms: word: cyberfame
Hill County
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: One of 56 counties in Montana, United States. County seat: Havre. Named after James J. Hill.
glosses: One of 254 counties in Texas, United States. County seat: Hillsboro. Named after George Washington Hill.
Coolidgian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Coolidgian
form: most Coolidgian
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Coolidgean.
Coolidgean
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Coolidgean
form: most Coolidgean
form: Coolidgian
Etymology: From Coolidge + -an.
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to John Calvin Coolidge Jr. (1872–1933), 30th president of the United States (1923–29), famed for his laconism.
King and Queen County
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: -aʊnti
Etymology: Named after King William III and Queen Mary II.
Senses: glosses: One of 95 counties in Virginia, United States. County seat: King and Queen Court House.
cyberphilosophical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more cyberphilosophical
form: most cyberphilosophical
Etymology: From cyber- + philosophical.
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to cyberphilosophy.
argils
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of argil
graphorrhea
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: graphorrhoea
Etymology: From grapho- + -rrhea.
Senses: glosses: The writing of random lists of meaningless words, linked to schizophrenia.
King and Queen Court House
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: King and Queen Courthouse
Senses: glosses: A census-designated place, the county seat of King and Queen County, Virginia, United States.
renegaded
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of renegade
renegading
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of renegade
wormridden
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more wormridden
form: most wormridden
form: worm-ridden
Etymology: From worm + ridden.
Senses: examples: text: […] it has been again and again demonstrated that with a little care and slight expense an Apple orchard can be easily preserved from the attacks of caterpillars. But when a few keep these pests away by the use of simple preventives, their careless neighbors take no precautions and suffer their shade-trees and orchards to be worm-ridden.
ref: 1890 March 26, “Legislation Against the Gypsy Moth”, in Garden and Forest, page 150:
text: The stone is new and white, the plans are penciled upon paper still unspoiled; but the spirit, the idea, the belief, the ideology, in which these buildings are being reared, are old, worm-ridden, petrified.
ref: 1922, Frank Tannenbaum, Wall Shadows: A Study in American Prisons, New York: G.P. Putnam’s Sons, Chapter IV, Part III, p. 144:
text: 1959, Richard Harwood, “East Kentucky’s Mountain—No. 3.—Mountain Areas Make Progress in War on Sickness, Poverty, Dirt,” Louisville Times, 18 February, 1959, cited in U.S. Senate, 86th Congress, Session 1, Area Redevelopment Act. Hearings before a subcommittee of the Committee on Banking and Currency, p. 650,
The children inside are wormridden and indescribably filthy.
text: Through a window he glimpses the Shaws’ back yard: an apple tree dropping wormridden fruit, rampant weeds, an area fenced in with galvanized-iron sheets, wooden pallets, old tyres, where chickens scratch around and what looks uncommonly like a duiker snoozes in a corner.
ref: 1999, J. M. Coetzee, chapter 8, in Disgrace, New York: Penguin, published 2000, page 73:
glosses: Full of or parasitized by worms.
worm-ridden
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more worm-ridden
form: most worm-ridden
Etymology: From worm + -ridden.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of wormridden.
dicksicles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dicksicle
domain of convergence
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: domains of convergence
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: The process of approaching some limiting value.
biocalcified
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of biocalcify
biocalcifies
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of biocalcify
Pocahontas County
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Both are named after Pocahontas, the chief's daughter.
Senses: glosses: One of 99 counties in Iowa, United States. County seat: Pocahontas.
glosses: One of 55 counties in West Virginia, United States. County seat: Marlinton.
Marlinton
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Marlin (“surname”) + -ton.
Senses: glosses: A town, the county seat of Pocahontas County, West Virginia, United States.
uskebeaghe
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Obsolete spelling of usquebaugh.
usquebath
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Obsolete spelling of usquebaugh.
orthotetrahedral
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From ortho- + tetrahedral.
Senses: glosses: Relating to, or having the form of, an orthotetrahedron.
Vernon County
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: One of 114 counties in Missouri, United States. County seat: Nevada. Named after Colonel Miles Vernon.
glosses: One of 72 counties in Wisconsin, United States. County seat: Viroqua.
Related terms: word: Vernon Parish
obtrudeth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: obtrude + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of obtrude
French mustards
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of French mustard
Viroqua
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A city, the county seat of Vernon County, Wisconsin, United States.
Vernon Parish
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Named after Mount Vernon, George Washington's estate.
Senses: glosses: One of 64 parishes in Louisiana, United States, the equivalent of a county in other US states.. Parish seat: Leesville.
wikipedia: Mount Vernon
Related terms: Vernon County
Aminda
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Esperanto aminda (“lovable”).
Senses: glosses: A female given name from Esperanto.
Leesville
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: An unincorporated community in Colusa County, California, United States.
glosses: An unincorporated community in Lawrence County, Indiana, United States.
glosses: A city, the parish seat of Vernon Parish, Louisiana, United States.
glosses: An unincorporated community in Henry County, Missouri, United States.
glosses: An unincorporated community in Ocean County, New Jersey, United States.
glosses: A village in Carroll County, Ohio, United States.
glosses: An unincorporated community in Crawford County, Ohio.
glosses: An unincorporated community in Gonzales County, Texas, United States.
Derived terms: Batesburg-Leesville
menorot
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of menorah
Iroquois County
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Named after the Iroquois people.
Senses: glosses: One of 102 counties in Illinois, United States. County seat: Watseka.
wikipedia: Iroquois
Watseka
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From the name of a Native American woman, Watseka.
Senses: glosses: A city, the county seat of Iroquois County, Illinois, United States.
wikipedia: Watseka
for goodness' sakes
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Etymology: A euphemistic replacement of "God" in for God's sake.
Senses: examples: text: 'For goodness' sakes, Father,' cried Emma, the bright tears in her eyes drying because her eyeballs were so hot and angry, 'for goodness' sakes, Father, the idea of acting - so - horrid.
ref: 1928, Fannie Hurst, A President is Born, page 23:
text: "Didn't you talk to her, for goodness sakes? Just what have you been doing in there for the past hour?"
ref: 1991, John S. Applegate, Thy Kingdom Come: Tales of a Small-Town Lawyer, →ISBN, page 169:
text: "Oh, for goodness sakes. At least can you tell me if she's there?"
ref: 2000, Parnell Hall, A Clue for the Puzzle Lady, →ISBN, page 272:
text: 'For goodness sakes, Ray,' Aunty Bea exclaimed exasperated, 'haven't you noticed the state of your niece?'
ref: 2014, Anne McCullagh Rennie, Reach for the Dream, →ISBN:
glosses: Used to express frustration, exasperation, annoyance.
examples: text: Learn to play a reed instrument; do not borrow money; do not lend money; do not make money — [laughter] — and for goodness sakes, do not lose money.
ref: 1994, Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States, page 769:
text: The most important thing that I would say to you, is as you develop those priorities, for goodness sakes, also take the time to think about the future and the burden that we are going to put on future generations by what you do today.
ref: 2004, United States Congress Senate Committee on Finance, Examination of proposals for economic growth and job creation:
text: They finished each other's sentences, for goodness sakes!
ref: 2010, Julie Christensen, Searching For Meredith Love, →ISBN:
text: He was an undercover agent, for goodness sakes. Once a job was done, of course he would move on.
ref: 2012, Andrea Edwards, Secret Agent Groom, →ISBN:
glosses: Used for emphasis.
examples: text: For goodness' sakes!" Fannie broke out in surprise when she saw Molly there. "For goodness' sakes! Where you been hiding these days?"
ref: 1943, Estelle Schrott, Heaven is for the Angels, page 352:
text: Surprise, surprise, do you believe your eyes? Well for goodness sakes, that takes the cake.
ref: 2002, Spotlight Grade 1 Songs and Stories, →ISBN, page 10:
text: "For goodness sakes — " she repeated. Now she was just surprised.
ref: 2005, Wallace J. Gordon, One Day in Paris, →ISBN:
glosses: Used to express surprise or amazement.
Synonyms: word: for God's sake
word: for Christ's sake
word: Jesus Christ!
word: Christ almighty!
word: for fuck's sake
word: FFS
word: for crying out loud
word: for Pete's sake
word: land sakes
word: mercy me
word: sakes alive
Preble County
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Named after Edward Preble.
Senses: glosses: One of 88 counties in Ohio, United States. County seat: Eaton.
wikipedia: Edward Preble
Preble
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Prebles
Senses: glosses: A surname.
glosses: A placename
An unincorporated community in Adams County, Indiana, United States.
glosses: A placename
A town in Cortland County, New York, United States.
glosses: A placename
Ellipsis of Preble County.
Derived terms: Preble County
Related terms: Prebble
ridged bands
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ridged band
groundshares
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of groundshare
Independence County
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Named in commemoration of the Declaration of Independence.
Senses: glosses: One of 75 counties in Arkansas, United States. County seat: Batesville.
semi-positive
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: But it's really tough to like or even keep a semi-positive attitude toward people who seem to try to make your life miserable -- people like one of my drill instructors in Recon school that hated me from the first second he saw me for some unknown reason.
ref: 2006, John Trent, The 2-Degree Difference: How Little Things Can Change Everything, →ISBN:
text: In any event, she nodded at the appropriate moments, initiating the mumbling semi-positive responses which pass for acquiescence in a seventeen year-old and so I felt confident that at least 10% of the rules would be adhered to about 5% of the time.
ref: 2009, Greg Stott, Notes from Beyond the Fringe, →ISBN, page 446:
text: A few days later Jack told us the consensus of opinion was that the small tumor had looked highly suspicious, as in cancerous, but not the pancreatic kind. That was semi-positive, although I had a feeling it was his way of not scaring the crap out of us.
ref: 2015, Susan Fayne, Possible Micracle, →ISBN:
text: Figure 5 illustrates the action of a semi-positive mold.
ref: 1945, Modern Plastics Encyclopedia Issue, page 426:
text: Usually, T-invariants are defined to be vectors over T, that is, mappings from T to the integer numbers Z. For the BA, we are only interested in semi-positive T-invariants, that is, mappings from T to the natural numbers N.
ref: 2003, Wil van der Aalst, Eike Best, Applications and Theory of Petri Nets 2003:
glosses: Alternative form of semipositive.
Batesville
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Bates + -ville.
Senses: glosses: A city, the county seat of Independence County, Arkansas, United States.
glosses: A city in Franklin County and Ripley County, Indiana, United States.
glosses: A city in Mississippi, United States and one of the two county seats of Panola County.
glosses: An unincorporated community in Butler County, Missouri, United States.
glosses: A village in Noble County, Ohio, United States.
glosses: A census-designated place in Zavala County, Texas, United States.
glosses: An unincorporated community in Albemarle County, Virginia, United States.
hunkvertising
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Blend of hunk + advertising
Senses: examples: text: Other hunkvertising campaigns make more of an effort.
ref: 2013 October 7, David Gianatasio, “Hunkvertising: The Objectification of Men in Advertising”, in Adweek:
text: In his book Love, Sex & Tragedy: Why Classics Matters, Professor Simon Goldhill argues that images of the perfect body, defined by its "well-muscled torso, the elegant symmetry of form," stem from Ancient Greece, thousands of years ago. Even then, it seems, hunkvertising was a force.
ref: 2015 August 18, Benjamin Caven-Roberts, “'Hunkvertising' is the trend advertisers are obsessed with”, in Business Insider:
text: But where hunkvertising was once the exception, it seems it has now become the norm.
ref: 2016 February 2, Dan Jude, “It's time Ken was given a dad bod”, in The Telegraph:
text: David Gandy for Marks & Spencer is a classic of the hunkvertising genre.
ref: 2016 December 25, Patrick Hosking, “From Article 50 to zero bound, key words on the City's streets”, in The Times:
glosses: The use of men with sexy physiques in advertising.