cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
encurse
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: encurses
form: encursing
form: encursed
form: encursed
Etymology: From Middle English *encursen (suggested by encursing), equivalent to en- + curse.
Senses: examples: text: The mythic story of a race encursed
To labor, by a vengeful king, because
One rash progenitor forgot his laws,
Was held as sacred, till it grew and burst […]
ref: 1885, Medora Clark, Dignity of Labor:
text: How dare ye blaspheme In the sunlight —
By heeding a despot's behest
That ye widow thy wife and encurse the unborn
To fodder a king-vulture's nest!
ref: 1914, The Painter and Decorator - Volume 28:
text: All that lured and enraged him, enticed and revolted him, bewitched and encursed him seemed to have peeled itself from the page of fictitious icons and been made tantalising flesh before him.
ref: 2002, Hal Westhead, After Life:
glosses: to place or bring a curse upon; curse
Valley County
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: One of 44 counties in Idaho, United States. County seat: Cascade. Named after a valley.
glosses: One of 56 counties in Montana, United States. County seat: Glasgow.
glosses: One of 93 counties in Nebraska, United States. County seat: Ord. Named for the presence of valleys.
undimming
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + dimming.
Senses: examples: text: The entire film is informed by the mere idea of George Clooney and Julia Roberts, and of all they represent: the glamour, the beauty, the mischievousness and the shared, undimming delight.
ref: 2022 October 21, Jason Bailey, “How George Clooney and Julia Roberts Quietly Became the Tracy-Hepburn of Our Time”, in The New York Times:
glosses: Not becoming dim.
undimming
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of undim
anti-Gaullists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of anti-Gaullist
encurses
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of encurse
encursing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of encurse
encursed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of encurse
Sumter County
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: All are named after Thomas Sumter.
Senses: glosses: One of 67 counties in Alabama, United States. County seat: Livingston.
glosses: One of 67 counties in Florida, United States. County seat: Bushnell.
glosses: One of 159 counties in Georgia, United States. County seat: Americus.
glosses: One of 46 counties in South Carolina, United States. County seat: Sumter.
smooth-talk
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: smooth-talks
form: smooth-talking
form: smooth-talked
form: smooth-talked
Senses: examples: text: This was his second time today, and announcing that she was "plum-tuckered and ready for a whirl," he mounted her, hanging tight on every jump, bouncing free of her when she hit her peak, then walking and smooth-talking her again.
ref: 2003, Steven M. Best, When Philosophers Were Kings, →ISBN, page 115:
text: Extraverts, because of their verbal prowess, would be able to smooth-talk their way through almost any situation.
ref: 2009, Otto Kroeger, Janet M. Thuesen, Hile Rutledge, Type Talk at Work, →ISBN:
text: Whenever he would get in trouble, Smith turned up the charm even more, smooth-talking his way out of serious punishment.
ref: 2014, Matt Green, Celebrity Biographies - The Amazing Life Of Will Smith:
glosses: Alternative form of smooth talk.
smooth-talk
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: It took two full minutes of Ron Scott's greasy smooth-talk to calm Richard, even lighting a fresh cigarette for him after he had finished brusing the ash off his boss's shoulders.
ref: 2000, Graham Hamer, Paperchase, →ISBN, page 166:
text: Smooth-talk isolates and distances the speaker and excludes the interlocutor from involvement.
ref: 2008, Luke Prodromou, English as a Lingua Franca: A Corpus-based Analysis, →ISBN, page 146:
text: When my ex burst out laughing, I quickly added that, over time, we stopped believing in Big Poupy's smooth-talk which cost us a lot for nothing.
ref: 2012, Alain Mabanckou, Black Bazaar, →ISBN:
glosses: Alternative form of smooth talk.
smooth talk
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: smooth talks
form: smooth talking
form: smooth talked
form: smooth talked
form: smooth-talk
form: smoothtalk
Senses: examples: text: In the blue corner was Mazher 'Fake Sheikh' Mahmood, a man said to be capable of smooth talking everyone from minor royals to millionaire football managers.
ref: 2009, Peter Cole, Tony Harcup, Newspaper Journalism, →ISBN, page 147:
text: It was the combination of his dark curly hair, which he let grow a bit wild, his half smile that showed his chipped front tooth, and his ability to smooth talk anyone with the sound of his voice that worked like magic.
ref: 2012, Eileen Cook, The Almost Truth, →ISBN:
text: Don't you try smooth talking me!
ref: 2013, Alain Mabanckou, Tomorrow I'll Be Twenty, →ISBN, page 78:
glosses: To speak glibly and persuasively; to persuade or achieve an objective with smooth talk.
Related terms: word: smooth talker
word: smooth-talking
smooth talk
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: smooth-talk
form: smoothtalk
Senses: examples: text: It took a full month and a half of his smooth talk, a few pieces of expensive jewelry and some very fine coke to get her in his bed.
ref: 2011, Bruce Roberts, Lethal Libido, →ISBN, page 45:
text: So she tempted him with her charms, and he gave in to her smooth talk.
ref: 2011, Fitzhugh G. Houston, Men Let's Talk (The Victory Over Lust Survival Handbook), →ISBN, page 61:
text: This they did, Paul says, when by smooth talk and flattery they deceive the minds of naive people.
ref: 2012, Colin G. Kruse, Paul's Letter to the Romans, →ISBN:
synonyms: smooth-talking#Noun
glosses: Glib flattery and persuasion.
Related terms: sweet-talk
smooth talks
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of smooth talk
smooth talked
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of smooth talk
nowish
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: /ˈnaʊɪʃ/
Etymology: From now + -ish.
Senses: examples: text: Harry: I'm afraid Father's feeling a bit under the weather. […] I am sure that he'd appreciate a little visit from you...
Edmund: Oh. Well, I'm sure I can pop my head round the door...
Harry: ...sort of nowish.
ref: 1983, Witchsmeller Pursuivant (episode of BBC TV series Blackadder)
glosses: About now; almost immediately.
smooth talking
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more smooth talking
form: most smooth talking
Senses: examples: text: No one addressed these issues when I posed this question some smarmy, smooth talking lecturer reiterated as if I were some innocent who had just woken up from my cradle.
ref: 1999, Marianna Sheldrake, The Crystal Healer, →ISBN:
text: But it was my mother's decision to take me to a psychiatrist as a young child for "selective mutism", (a period of time without talking to certain people in my case) after a smooth talking cousin attempted to do things with me on the old farm, and I was not informed of those things as children are today.
ref: 2007, Madeline Maxwell, The Red Grip, →ISBN, page 32:
text: Why do so many women turn into drooling idiots when it comes to a smooth talking man?”
ref: 2014, Renee Roszel, The Billionaire Daddy, →ISBN:
glosses: Alternative form of smooth-talking.
smooth talking
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: I never really trusted Richard, but you certainly were won over by his smooth talking and intelligent ideas.
ref: 2009, Richard Carlyon, The Tahoe Affair, →ISBN, page 145:
text: A combination of subtle pressure and smooth talking can make you feel that you are somehow either out of line or missing out on something great if you want to take it at a pace you are comfortable with.
ref: 2012, Stephen T. McCrea, Jerk Radar: How to Stop an Abusive Relationship Before It Starts, →ISBN:
text: I was lower than low in the face of a reality that none of my usual resourcefulness or smooth talking could erase or make better.
ref: 2012, Kenny Luck, Tom Crick, Sleeping Giant: No Movement of God Without Men of God, →ISBN, page 67:
glosses: Alternative form of smooth-talking.
smooth talking
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of smooth talk
smooth-talks
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of smooth-talk
smooth-talked
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of smooth-talk
Montezuma County
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Named after Moctezuma II.
Senses: glosses: One of 64 counties in Colorado, United States. County seat: Cortez.
wikipedia: Moctezuma II
lace leathers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lace leather
osteolineages
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of osteolineage
predealt
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From pre- + dealt.
Senses: examples: predealt cards
glosses: Having been dealt in advance.
Easterfest
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: EasterFest
Etymology: From Easter + -fest. Compare German Osterfest (“Easterfest”).
Senses: examples: text: Saturday morning I got my hair frosted at 8:30 then took the kids to Easterfest at Olde Armistead Park.
ref: 2002, Maggie Renaldi, Bless Me, Father, For I Have Sinned:
text: In the previous sentence, however, he describes Passover (Passah) as the Jewish Easterfest (Osterfest).
ref: 2007, Hans-Dieter Schütt, Moritz Mebel, Robert Weinberg, A Life on the Left:
text: It was nearly Easter and she was potting up daffodils and narcissi for sale at the EasterFest in the Park.
ref: 2010, Helen Slavin, The Stopping Place:
glosses: the festivities and events associated with the Easter holiday; Easter celebration
New London County
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈnju ˈlɑn.dən ˈkaʊn.ti/
rhymes: -aʊnti
Senses: glosses: One of 8 counties in Connecticut, United States, presumably named after the settlement of New London (now a city).
unvoyeuristic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more unvoyeuristic
form: most unvoyeuristic
Etymology: From un- + voyeuristic.
Senses: glosses: Not voyeuristic.
New London
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A seaport city in New London County, Connecticut.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Howard County, Indiana.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A city in Henry County, Iowa.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Frederick County, Maryland.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A city in Kandiyohi County, Minnesota.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A small city, the county seat of Ralls County, Missouri.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A town in Merrimack County, New Hampshire.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A town in Stanly County, North Carolina.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A village in Huron County, Ohio.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A small city in Rusk County, Texas.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Caroline County, Virginia.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A city in Outagamie County and Waupaca County, Wisconsin.
glosses: A rural community of Queens County, Prince Edward Island, Canada.
Derived terms: New London County
elephant dose
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: elephant doses
Senses: examples: text: Even with an elephant dose of sedative, the horse was still kicking at him when he tried to clean the wound.
ref: 2014, Bo Brock, Crowded in the Middle of Nowhere: Tales of Humor and Healing from Rural America, Austin, Texas: Greenleaf Book Group Press, →ISBN, page 73:
text: She had to be put to bed with an elephant dose of tranquilizers.
ref: 1992, Gloria Dank, As the sparks fly upward, New York: Doubleday, →ISBN, page 69:
glosses: a large amount
raw_tags: of drugs
elephant doses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of elephant dose
rollbacker
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rollbackers
Etymology: From roll back + -er.
Senses: glosses: Someone or something which rolls back, or returns things to prior states.
rollbackers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of rollbacker
St. Clair County
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: All except in Michigan named after Arthur St. Clair.
Senses: glosses: One of 67 counties in Alabama, United States. County seats: Ashville and Pell City.
glosses: One of 102 counties in Illinois, United States. County seat: Belleville.
glosses: One of 83 counties in Michigan, United States. County seat: Port Huron. Named after Lake St. Clair and the St. Clair River.
glosses: One of 114 counties in Missouri, United States. County seat: Osceola.
oarblade
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: oarblades
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of oar blade.
oarblades
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of oarblade
sumtotal
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sumtotals
Senses: examples: text: Disposable income is the sumtotal of money incomes that remain at the disposal of individuals.
ref: 1963, Satyendra Nath Sen, Sisir Kumar Das, Money, Trade and Public Finance, page 91:
text: The metallurgical and economic indices subsystem is intended for operative presentation (at the shift and day end) of sumtotal indices of teams, sections and plants operation, as well as that of the concentrator as a whole, to the plants and concentrator management.
ref: 1975, Proceedings: Eleventh International Mineral Processing Congress:
text: These periods have been computed by the Hindu students and are the sumtotal of time as we understand it or the duration of a solar system.
ref: 2012, Alice A. Bailey, Djwhal Khul, A Treatise on Cosmic Fire, →ISBN, page 300:
glosses: Alternative form of sum total.
Total.
examples: text: An object according to him, is the sumtotal of the appearances presented by it at all places at a given moment, and a mind is the sumtotal of all appearances presented at a place at which at a given moment there are brain and sense organs
ref: 1970, Swami Satyananda, World Philosophy: Epistemology, page 106:
text: According to the Grammarian philosopher, words present a specific meaning of the sentence. These words themselves are not meaningful in the sense that the sumtotal of the meanings of the words will constitute the meaning of the sentence.
ref: 1971, Ke Rāghavan Piḷḷa, The Vākyapadīya: Studies in the Vākyapadīya - Volume 1, page xxxii:
text: A cognition has got to be perceived in its turn like other objects and this cogniser must be the 'self,' that cognises the different cognitions which from the sumtotal of our life experience.
ref: 1997, Satkari Mookerjee, The Buddhist Philosophy of Universal Flux, →ISBN, page 141:
text: Employment is considered the key to self-esteem, for income is not the sumtotal of human life.
ref: 2003, K.N. Prasad, Indian Economy, →ISBN, page 1030:
glosses: Alternative form of sum total.
Entirety.
examples: text: Just what this thoughtform is, few people know, but their definition includes the idea of a huge elemental form which bars the way to the sacred portal, or the idea of a fabricated form, constructed sometimes by the disciple's Master to test his sincerity. Some regard it as the sumtotal of a man's faults, his evil nature, which hinders his being recognised as fit to tread the Path of Holiness.
ref: 1971, Alice A. Bailey, Ponder on this, →ISBN:
glosses: Alternative form of sum total.
Epitome.
Mabe
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Sanow
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Coghlan
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Coghlans
Etymology: Variant of Coughlin.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Irish.
Klinger
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname.
clottable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -ɒtəbəl
Etymology: From clot + -able.
Senses: glosses: Able to form clots.
clottability
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: clottabilities
Etymology: From clot + -ability.
Senses: glosses: The quality or degree of being clottable.
clottabilities
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of clottability
eutrophying
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of eutrophy
Zeiss
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Borrowed from German Zeiß.
Senses: glosses: A surname.
eutrophied
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of eutrophy
toast notification
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: toast notifications
Etymology: Drawing a parallel between the way it abruptly appears and toast emerging from a toaster.
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
graphical-user-interface
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A type of transient pop-up notification used to inform a user of something.
Synonyms: toast
sock hops
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sock hop
impedeth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of impede
gomere
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gomeres
Etymology: From gomer "an undesirable hospital patient", with French -e, by analogy to feminine nouns in French, such as cuisinière.
Senses: examples: text: Ina Goober, whom I admitted six times last year. A gomer, or rather, the feminine, gomere.
ref: 1978, Samuel Shem, The House of God, page 38:
text: "Did you buff that gomere?" "Sure thing, I buffed her, and they turfed her to urology, but she bounced back to me!"
ref: 1996, Jeffrey E. Nash, James M. Calonico, The Meaning of Social Interaction: An Introduction to Social Psychology, page 139:
text: It was called the Rose Room because for some strange reason the four beds were always occupied by gomeres named Rose. In fact, one of them, my patient, was named Rose Budz.
ref: 2019, Samuel Shem, Man's 4th Best Hospital, page 178:
glosses: A female gomer; a female hospital patient who is unpleasant to treat or who does not respond to treatment.
undominating
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + dominating.
Senses: glosses: Not dominating.
Javan rhinoceros
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Javan rhinoceros
form: Javan rhinoceroses
Senses: glosses: A rhinoceros of species Rhinoceros sondaicus, in the family Rhinocerotidae.
white rhino
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: white rhinos
Senses: glosses: A white rhinoceros.
Sumatran rhino
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Sumatran rhinos
Senses: glosses: Sumatran rhinoceros (Dicerorhinus sumatrensis)
Javan rhino
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Javan rhinos
Senses: glosses: Javan rhinoceros
Indian rhino
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -aɪnəʊ
Forms: form: Indian rhinos
Etymology: From Indian + rhino.
Senses: glosses: Indian rhinoceros
pygmy hippo
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pygmy hippos
Senses: glosses: pygmy hippopotamus (Choeropsis liberiensis)
imbibeth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: imbibe + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of imbibe
Barbee
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname.
tort law
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: law
glosses: The area of law dealing with wrongful acts, whether intentional or negligent, regarded as non-criminal and unrelated to contracts, which cause injuries and can be remedied in civil courts, usually through the awarding of damages.
machinatrix
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: machinatrices
Etymology: Learned borrowing from Latin māchinātrīx. By surface analysis, machinate + -trix.
Senses: examples: 1902, Watson Bradshaw, "Medea", Act II., in The Ten Tragedies of Seneca, page 421.
No; thou! thou art the sole machinatrix of all these terrible crimes, thou whose wickedness as a woman is supplemented with that masculine strength which has endowed thee with the audacity to perpetrate such deeds […]
glosses: A woman who machinates; a schemer, plotter.
Related terms: machinate
machination
machinator
beetus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈbiːtəs/
Etymology: Clipping of diabeetus.
Senses: examples: text: Ate too much candy! I surely MUST have the Beetus by now.
ref: 2007 November 1, Ivan Stang, “Well, I Have The Beetus Now”, in alt.slack (Usenet):
glosses: diabetes
flying knee
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: flying knees
Senses: examples: text: The flying knee is one of the most powerful strikes that one human being can use on another, short of employing a weapon.
ref: 1967, John Danaher, Mastering Jujitsu, →ISBN, page 76:
text: Provided that it makes impact with the head, a flying knee offers substantial momentum and knockout power.
ref: 2010, Robert Hill, World of Martial Arts !, →ISBN:
text: Although charging in with a flying knee can be a reckless move, it does overcome somewhat the limited range of the front knee strike and has a proven track record in MMA fights of getting a quick knockout when fighers have managed to connect with the head.
ref: 2012, Ashley Martin, The Complete Martial Arts Training Manual, →ISBN:
topics: government
hobbies
lifestyle
martial-arts
military
politics
sports
war
glosses: A strike performed by jumping forward and hitting the opponent with the knee.
for dear life
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: examples: text: Paolo sat crosslegged on his bench, stitching away for dear life.
ref: 1896, Jacob A. Riis, Out of Mulberry Street: Stories of Tenement Life in New York City, published 1970, →ISBN:
text: As they passed, accelerating, on to the bridge and felt the first bite of the incline beyond, one had a fleeting glimpse of driver and fireman, illumined as by the fires of hell, the one tugging at the regulator handle, the other shovelling for dear life.
ref: 1953 December, Henry Maxwell, “The Folkestone Harbour Branch: Some Evocations”, in Railway Magazine, page 809:
text: After 12 successive league wins[…]Charlton were nobbled by the First Division's no-hopers, who profited from a goalkeeping bloomer then held on to their lead for dear life.
ref: 2000 March 12, Stuart Barnes, “Swindon stunner for Curbishley”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
text: I remember the heat, the deluge of rain-squalls that kept us baling for dear life (but filled our water cask), and I remember sixteen hours on end with a mouth dry as a cinder and a steering oar over the stern to keep my first command head on to a breaking sea.
ref: 2005, Mary Jane McKinney, Grammardog Guide to Conrad Short Stories, →ISBN, page 27:
text: We want you to see that these years can be a rollercoaster ride where sometimes you have to hang on for dear life—but you will come through it.
ref: 2012, Jack Canfield, Mark Victor Hansen, Chicken Soup for the Girl's Soul, →ISBN:
text: Each morning you get in the roller coaster car, strap yourself in, and hold on for dear life hoping you won't throw up or pass out.
ref: 2014, Jillian Carmichael, Middle School Crazy, →ISBN, page 1:
text: Then came the collision: it was "like a rollercoaster ride" and she held onto the table in front of her "for dear life. Then it just stopped and all I could hear was people screaming."
ref: 2021 February 24, Greg Morse, “Great Heck: a tragic chain of events”, in RAIL, number 925, page 39:
synonyms: for life
glosses: Desperately.
Related terms: life and limb
risk life and limb
to save one's life
testosteronically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more testosteronically
form: most testosteronically
Senses: synonyms: testosteronally
glosses: In a testosteronic manner.
ROTJ
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: qualifier: Star Wars
glosses: Initialism of Return of the Jedi (a 1983 movie in the Star Wars series).
Related terms: ROTS
S.Sc.D.
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of Doctor of Social Science.
Litt.D.
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From an abbreviation of Latin litterārum doctor.
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of Doctor of Letters.
tie-breaker
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tie-breakers
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of tiebreaker.
to your health
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: glosses: Cheers; bottoms up (a phrase used when making a toast).
tooth mark
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tooth marks
form: teeth marks
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of toothmark.
tooth decay
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: dentistry
medicine
sciences
glosses: Dental caries.
town planner
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: town planners
Senses: glosses: Someone who works in town planning
town council
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: town councils
Senses: examples: Near-synonym: city council
hypernyms: council[Appendix:Glossary#elliptically|elliptically]] synonymous in context>
glosses: The governing body of people elected to oversee management of a town and represent the interests of residents.
Related terms: word: community council
word: parish council
english: metonymically synonymous in context
translation: metonymically synonymous in context
word: town hall
tow rope
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tow ropes
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of towrope.
tow hitch
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tow hitches
Senses: glosses: tow bar
tough guy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tough guys
Senses: qualifier: set phrase
glosses: A man known for his physical and/or emotional resilience.
Related terms: brute for punishment
tree-kangaroo
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tree-kangaroos
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of tree kangaroo.
truffle pig
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: truffle pigs
Senses: glosses: Synonym of truffle hog.
synonyms: word: truffle hog
trumpeter finch
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: trumpeter finches
Senses: glosses: A species of finch, Bucanetes githagineus, known for its buzzing nasal trill
Lake St. Clair
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A lake on the border between Michigan, USA, and Ontario, Canada. Although not one of the Great Lakes it forms part of the Great Lakes system.
St. Clair
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: St Clair
form: Saint Clair
form: Saint-Clair
form: St-Clair
form: St.-Clair
Etymology: An abbreviation of Saint Clair, variant of Saint Clare under influence from French Claire, a calque of Latin Sancta Clara (“holy Clara”), chiefly in reference to Italian Chiara Offreduccio, St. Clare of Assisi. The placenames listed below are typically spelt St. Clair—abbreviated with punctuation—following North American practice.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Sinclair, a surname.
glosses: Alternative form of Sinclair, a male given name.
glosses: A township in Lambton County, Ontario, Canada.
glosses: A city in St. Clair County, Michigan, United States.
glosses: A small city in Blue Earth County, Minnesota, United States.
glosses: A borough of Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, United States.
glosses: A neighbourhood of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States.
Derived terms: Lake St. Clair
St. Clair County
St. Clair River
St. Clairsville
St. Clair River
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: text: They followed the St. Clair River south to the fishing towns of Marine City and Algonac and back again.
ref: 2014, Emily St. John Mandel, Station Eleven, Picador (2022), page 37:
glosses: A river which flows from Lake Huron into Lake St. Clair, and forms part of the border between Ontario, Canada and Michigan, United States.
rehabituate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: rehabituates
form: rehabituating
form: rehabituated
form: rehabituated
Senses: glosses: To habituate again
Smith County
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: One of 105 counties in Kansas, United States. County seat: Smith Center. Named after J. Nelson Smith.
glosses: One of 82 counties in Mississippi, United States. County seat: Raleigh. Named after Major David Smith.
glosses: One of 95 counties in Tennessee, United States. County seat: Carthage. Named after Daniel Smith.
glosses: One of 254 counties in Texas, United States. County seat: Tyler. Named after James Smith.
Marion County
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Named after Francis Marion.
Senses: glosses: One of 67 counties in Alabama, United States. County seat: Hamilton.
glosses: One of 75 counties in Arkansas, United States. County seat: Yellville.
glosses: One of 67 counties in Florida, United States. County seat: Ocala.
glosses: One of 159 counties in Georgia, United States. County seat: Buena Vista.
glosses: One of 102 counties in Illinois, United States. County seat: Salem.
examples: text: In the late 1960s, the political and business establishment of Indianapolis and Marion County used the economic development argument, among others, to consolidate their governments into a single jurisdiction known as Unigov. Established by legislative action in 1970, this city/county consolidation stands out as the only major post-war consolidation to be accomplished without a voter referendum. This report considers Indianapolis’ experience under 40 years of consolidated government to better understand both the benefits and potential drawbacks of unified government in general and the Unigov model in particular.
ref: 2014 May 24, Jeff Wachter, “40 Years After Unigov: Indianapolis and Marion County’s experience with consolidated government”, in Abell Foundation, page 1:
glosses: One of 92 counties in Indiana, United States. County seat: Indianapolis. It is consolidated with Indianapolis as Indianapolis-Marion County.
glosses: One of 99 counties in Iowa, United States. County seat: Knoxville.
glosses: One of 105 counties in Kansas, United States. County seat: Marion.
glosses: One of 120 counties in Kentucky, United States. County seat: Lebanon.
glosses: One of 82 counties in Mississippi, United States. County seat: Columbia.
glosses: One of 114 counties in Missouri, United States. County seat: Palmyra.
glosses: One of 88 counties in Ohio, United States. County seat: Marion.
glosses: One of 36 counties in Oregon, United States. County seat: Salem.
glosses: One of 46 counties in South Carolina, United States. County seat: Marion.
glosses: One of 95 counties in Tennessee, United States. County seat: Jasper.
glosses: One of 254 counties in Texas, United States. County seat: Jefferson.
glosses: One of 55 counties in West Virginia, United States. County seat: Fairmont.
xenopsychology
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /zɛnəɛθsaɪˈkɑləd͡ʒi/
Etymology: From xeno- + psychology.
Senses: examples: text: Dr. Robert A. Freitas, Jr. XENOPSYCHOLOGY So far we have very little direct knowledge of alien minds — but we have some fascinating bases for speculation.
ref: 1984, Analog Science Fact, Science Fiction:
text: Specializations in xenopsychology and -psychiatry, and longterm experience as CMO of the Enterprise— thus an acquaintance with what amounted to a gestalt life form, for that defined the multi-racial, multi-species environment aboard the ...
ref: 2000, Diane Duane, Peter Morwood, The Romulan Way: Rihannsu #2:
text: Galactics were doing little to wrap their minds around xenopsychology as it applied from them to humans. The Tong was already gradually increasing its business transactions directly with various Galactics.
ref: 2009, John Ringo, Julie Cochrane, Honor of the Clan:
text: My original area of interest was in xenopsychology, but I had never been able to get even an entrylevel post in either the public or private sphere. Thus, social work. And now, everything changed.
ref: 2013, Kate Elliott, The Price of Ransom:
topics: literature
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science-fiction
glosses: The study of alien psychology.
Derived terms: xenopsychologist
xenopsychiatry
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /zi.no.saɪˈkaɪ.əˌtɹi/
Etymology: From xeno- + psychiatry.
Senses: examples: text: Xenopsychiatry. Yvette Heloise Renaud. Xenopsychology. Harold Nelson Bennett. Xenosociology.
ref: 1982, D. Alexander Smith, Marathon:
text: Specializations in xenopsychology and xenopsychiatry, and long-term experience as CMO of the Enterprise — thus an acquaintance with what amounted to a gestalt life form, for that defined the multi-racial, multi-species environment aboard the […]
ref: 2000, Diane Duane, Peter Morwood, The Romulan Way: Rihannsu #2:
text: […] between that of parole adviser for Hawk, and Chief of Xenopsychiatry. There were others equally qualified for the xeno position, but I fear I rather pulled strings and emphasized the illegal and unethical treatment Hawk received […]
ref: 2013, Kate Elliot, The Price of Ransom:
topics: literature
media
publishing
science-fiction
glosses: The study of alien mental and behavioral health (psychiatry).
quasi-transitive
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: topics: graph-theory
mathematics
sciences
glosses: Such that its vertex set can be partitioned into finitely many sets, so that there exists an automorphism mapping a vertex to another vertex if and only if the two vertices belong to the same set in that partition.
raw_tags: of a graph
Related terms: transitive
semi-transitive
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: topics: graph-theory
mathematics
sciences
glosses: Such that there exists a finite vertex set so that for any vertex there exists another vertex in that finite set and an injective homomorphism of the graph that maps the second vertex to the first vertex.
raw_tags: of a graph
Related terms: transitive
quasi-transitive
rool
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: rools
form: rooling
form: rooled
form: rooled
Senses: glosses: To raggle; to ruffle.
York County
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈjɔɹk ˈkaʊn.ti/
rhymes: -aʊnti
Etymology: The county in New Brunswick is named after Prince Frederick, Duke of York and Albany (1763 - 1827).
The county in Maine is named after the city of York in England.
Senses: glosses: A county of New Brunswick, Canada.
glosses: One of 16 counties in Maine, United States. County seat: Alfred.
glosses: One of 93 counties in Nebraska, United States. County seat: York.
glosses: One of 67 counties in Pennsylvania, United States. County seat: York.
glosses: One of 46 counties in South Carolina, United States. County seat: York.
glosses: One of 95 counties in Virginia, United States. County seat: Yorktown.
Synonyms: County of York
York
York Co
Red Willow County
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Named after Red Willow Creek.
Senses: glosses: One of 93 counties in Nebraska, United States. County seat: McCook.
pillageth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: pillage + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of pillage
fld
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: flds
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of field.
Red Willow Creek
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A river in Nebraska, United States, after which Red Willow County is named. The name "red willow" is a misnomer of red dogwood.
conspiracy hypotheses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of conspiracy hypothesis
pornorific
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌpɔː(ɹ).nəˈɹɪf.ɪk/
ipa: /ˌpɔɹ.nəˈɹɪf.ɪk/
rhymes: -ɪfɪk
Forms: form: more pornorific
form: most pornorific
Senses: glosses: Synonym of pornographic.
synonyms: word: pornographic
Hunterdon County
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Named after Robert Hunter.
Senses: glosses: One of 21 counties in New Jersey, United States. County seat: Flemington.
rehabituated
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of rehabituate
rehabituating
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of rehabituate
rehabituates
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of rehabituate
inquilab
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of inqilab.
refluctuations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of refluctuation
astrotechnology
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /əˈstɹɑtɛkˈnɒləd͡ʒi/
Forms: form: astrotechnologies
Etymology: From astro- + technology.
Senses: examples: text: Ford hunted excitedly through the technical specs of the ship, occasionally gasping with astonishment at what he read – clearly Galactic astrotechnology had moved ahead during the years of his exile.
ref: 2009, Douglas Adams, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy:
text: He observed using astrotechnology at his disposal to search out a civilization using updated technology.
ref: 2014, Darryl Gopaul, Escape from Jipadara: A Solar System of Three Planets with Sentient Life Forms:
text: Our scientist-kings and our brave new age of biotechnology (and then astrotechnology: the engineering of space) are the latest in giant steps that will take this Babel drive to a new level.
ref: 2016, Os Guinness, Impossible People: Christian Courage and the Struggle for the Soul of Civilization:
topics: literature
media
publishing
science-fiction
glosses: Space technology.
topics: literature
media
publishing
science-fiction
glosses: Synonym of xenotechnology.
synonyms: word: xenotechnology
glosses: The technology of astronomy
Synonyms: astrotech
Derived terms: astrotech
Bibb lettuces
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Bibb lettuce
yoni egg
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈjəʊniˌɛɡ/
Forms: form: yoni eggs
form: Yoni egg
Senses: examples: text: Start by creating a calm and pleasant environment where you can practice with your yoni egg.
text: The nature-based tools with which we work, whatever they are—yoga, astrology, yoni eggs, herbal remedies—aren't meant to be used dogmatically as crutches or bandages, but are symbols that remind us of ourselves.
ref: 2016, Chartreuse Tembo Barriere, The Yoni Egg Shadow Integration Workbook, page 7:
text: This book is for all women of all ages who may be a beginner or advanced at using the yoni egg. This book focuses on safely helping you make progress with their^([sic]) yoni egg in a manner that will stimulate you into orgasmic womb wisdom.
ref: 2018, Grace Diaz, How to Use the Yoni Egg for Sensual Healing:
text: In a staff meeting, Paltrow was reportedly staunch in the face of ridicule: “Goop defined the concept of modern wellness … Let’s own it.” Once again, she was right. The company had ordered 600 “Yoni” eggs; after the backlash, the waiting list to buy them, for about $60 each, was 2,000 names long.
ref: 2025 July 30, Elle Hunt, “Self-belief and sex eggs: 10 things we learned about Gwyneth Paltrow from an explosive new biography”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
glosses: An oviform object, made from jade or other precious stone, which is inserted into the vagina to strengthen the pelvic floor muscles.
Boston lettuces
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Boston lettuce
immortalizeth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: immortalize + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of immortalize
Warren County
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: All are named after Joseph Warren.
Senses: glosses: One of 159 counties in Georgia, United States. County seat: Warrenton.
glosses: One of 102 counties in Illinois, United States. County seat: Monmouth.
glosses: One of 92 counties in Indiana, United States. County seat: Williamsport.
glosses: One of 99 counties in Iowa, United States. County seat: Indianola.
glosses: One of 120 counties in Kentucky, United States. County seat: Bowling Green.
glosses: One of 82 counties in Mississippi, United States. County seat: Vicksburg.
glosses: One of 114 counties in Missouri, United States. County seat: Warrenton.
holonyms: Lehigh Valley
glosses: One of 21 counties in New Jersey, United States. County seat: Belvidere.
glosses: One of 62 counties in New York, United States. County seat: Queensbury.
glosses: One of 100 counties in North Carolina, United States. County seat: Warrenton.
glosses: One of 88 counties in Ohio, United States. County seat: Lebanon.
glosses: One of 67 counties in Pennsylvania, United States. County seat: Warren.
glosses: One of 95 counties in Tennessee, United States. County seat: McMinnville.
glosses: One of 95 counties in Virginia, United States. County seat: Front Royal.
spacescraper
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈspeɪsˌskɹeɪp.ɚ/
ipa: /ˈspeɪsˌskɹeɪp.ə(ɹ)/
Forms: form: spacescrapers
Etymology: From space + -scraper.
Senses: examples: text: Spacescraper city on the outskirts of New York–five miles square with nine buildings, each exactly one mile from the next, each a mile square, three miles high, 1,000 stories, 1,000 people per floor, a million folk behind its walls, nine million ...
ref: 2003, Arthur Herzog, Make Us Happy:
text: The ultimate game of belief is an unstoppable intonation. A word that spells the end of Jack and Susie. Twenty-eight missiles into a corporate spacescraper.
ref: 2012, John Trevillian, Forever A-Men:
text: It showed the lights of a city at night, viewed from great height, as if the room were the penthouse suite of a spacescraper. A huge black bed dominated the far wall. It was only a foot off the floor. "Amazing!" Arakaki exclaimed.
ref: 2013, Michael McCloskey, The Trilisk Hunt::
text: The biggest one packed enough punch to blow through a spacescraper all the way to the basement.
ref: 2014, Michael McCloskey, The Trilisk Revolution::
topics: literature
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glosses: A building that is tall enough to reach outer space.
earthscraper
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɝθˌskɹeɪp.ɚ/
ipa: /ɜːθˈskɹeɪp.ə(ɹ)/
Forms: form: earthscrapers
Etymology: From earth + -scraper.
Senses: examples: text: By Vox! We went down all right. Spacious rooms were here piled one upon another connected by wide staircases. This subterranean temple was rather like an inverted skyscraper, an earthscraper, perhaps.
ref: 2008, Alan Burt Akers, Gangs of Antares: Dray Prescot 45:
text: So then I dreamed up a subterranean skyscraper (or,if you will, an earthscraper) with various floors, each of them constituting a different infernal abode;
ref: 2014, Leopoldo Marechal, Adam Buenosayres: A Novel:
text: The earthscraper burst from the tunnel into daylight, sparks trailing. Elara turned hard against the wheel, corrected itstrajectory and spun one hundred and eighty degrees into a brigade of sentinels their weapons drawn.
ref: 2015, Joshua Viola, Blackstar:
topics: architecture
literature
media
publishing
science-fiction
synonyms: depthscraper
glosses: A building that is built underground; a subterranean skyscraper.
earthscraper
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɝθˌskɹeɪp.ɚ/
ipa: /ɜːθˈskɹeɪp.ə(ɹ)/
Forms: form: earthscrapers
form: earth-scraper
form: earth scraper
Etymology: Compound of earth + scraper.
Senses: topics: business
construction
manufacturing
mining
coordinate_terms: earth grader
bulldozer
glosses: Synonym of bellyscraper (“a piece of heavy equipment”).
synonyms: word: bellyscraper
extra: a piece of heavy equipment
yoni eggs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of yoni egg
seascraper
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsiːˌskɹeɪp.ɚ/
ipa: /ˈsiːˌskɹeɪp.ə(ɹ)/
Forms: form: seascrapers
Etymology: From sea + -scraper.
Senses: examples: text: "I'm going to build a seascraper. Those don't exist yet." Paul looked at me, totally amazed that I had uttered such a long sentence.
ref: 2013, Antonia Michaelis, The Secret Room:
text: Niki gestured for her AI to once again allow communications to come through from the outside world, something she'd turned off for the duration of her visits with the occupants of the seascraper.
ref: 2014, Colin Wright, Real Powers: Trilogy:
text: Soon the printer head is going to move so fast all you'll see is a blur. As that capability expands, we can create more ambitious projects, whether it's the FLIP or the seascraper." What does Chris mean by "seascraper"?
ref: 2017, Joe Quirk, Seasteading: How Floating Nations Will Restore the Environment, Enrich the Poor, Cure the Sick, and Liberate Humanity from Politicians:
topics: architecture
literature
media
publishing
science-fiction
glosses: A tall building that is built underwater; an underwater skyscraper.
Fiats
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Fiat
Potter County
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: One of 67 counties in Pennsylvania, United States. County seat: Coudersport. Named after James Potter.
glosses: One of 66 counties in South Dakota, United States. County seat: Gettysburg. Named after Joel A. Potter.
glosses: One of 254 counties in Texas, United States. County seat: Amarillo. Named after Robert Potter.
cloudscraper
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈklaʊdˌskɹeɪp.ɚ/
ipa: /ˈklaʊdˌskɹeɪp.ə(ɹ)/
Forms: form: cloudscrapers
Etymology: From cloud + -scraper.
Senses: examples: text: Milord Lucyd's cloudscraper, the Villa de Reve: Traitor. Regim crouched behind the garden wall of the aetherist's cloudscraper and watched him approach.
ref: 1999, Lisa Mason, Pangaea: Imperium Without End:
text: Hogg turned to look at Daniel. "Lad," he said quietly, "I didn't try to wrap you in gauze, you know that. But I wouldn't have let you try to fly from the top of a cloudscraper pine either." "Now, it's not as bad as that, Hogg,"
ref: 2012, David Drake, The Road of Danger:
text: The journey was soon over, as the car broke away from the main route, and turned towards the nearest cloudscraper.
ref: 2016, Alexander Lawes, Ring of Stones: Portal to Another World:
topics: literature
media
publishing
science-fiction
glosses: A very tall building; a skyscraper.
harvest homes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of harvest home
contravariantly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From contravariant + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a contravariant manner.
Saxony yarns
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Saxony yarn
Wilson County
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: One of 105 counties in Kansas, United States. County seat: Fredonia. Named after Hiero T. Wilson.
glosses: One of 100 counties in North Carolina, United States. County seat: Wilson. Named after Louis D. Wilson.
glosses: One of 95 counties in Tennessee, United States. County seat: Lebanon. Named after Major David Wilson.
glosses: One of 254 counties in Texas, United States. County seat: Floresville. Named after James Charles Wilson.
zephir
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: zephirs
Senses: glosses: Archaic form of zephyr.
zephirs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of zephir
UFDs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of UFD
tabbinet
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tabbinets
Senses: glosses: Archaic form of tabinet.
tabbinets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tabbinet