cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
psychodiagnostically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From psychodiagnostic + -ally.
Senses: examples: text: Psychodiagnostically, this patient would appear to be a case of alcoholism in association with a personality disorder.
ref: 1974, Richard S. Lazarus, The Riddle of Man: An Introduction to Psychology, page 494:
glosses: In terms of, or by means of, psychodiagnosis.
psychodiagnostics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From psycho- + diagnostics.
Senses: glosses: psychodiagnosis
charm pricing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Synonym of psychological pricing.
synonyms: word: psychological pricing
psychological pricing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: business
marketing
synonyms: charm pricing
glosses: The setting of prices for goods and services in a way thought to have a psychological impact on the consumer. For example, an "odd price" that is slightly under a round number, such as $19.98, may be perceived as lower than it really is.
pre-fortis
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From pre- + fortis.
Senses: examples: text: This pre-fortis shortening is most obvious in stressed monosyllables (i.e. single-syllable words) and is termed pre-fortis clipping. […] Listen to these sets of English words. Notice how pre-fortis clipping shortens the vowels.
ref: 2013, Beverley Collins, Inger M. Mees, Practical Phonetics and Phonology: A Resource Book for Students:
topics: human-sciences
linguistics
phonetics
phonology
sciences
glosses: Immediately preceding a fortis consonant.
familiolect
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: familiolects
Senses: synonyms: ecolect
familect
glosses: A language variety spoken within a single family.
familiolects
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of familiolect
DLP
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: topics: entertainment
lifestyle
theater
glosses: Initialism of dead letter-perfect: having learned one's lines with perfect accuracy.
DLP
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: DLPs
Senses: glosses: Initialism of data loss prevention.
glosses: Initialism of defect liability period.
glosses: Initialism of designated liaison person.
DLP
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Initialism of Digital Light Processing, a technology used in displays and projectors.
topics: education
glosses: Initialism of Dual Language Programme.
DJ copy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: DJ copies
Senses: examples: text: On the Brass' next single, the company is considering sending out DJ copies with one song on both sides.
ref: 1966 May 14, Billboard, page 10:
text: On DJ copies of singles, the "plug" side or A side is usually recorded in stereo on one side and in mono on the other side.
ref: 1974, Robert E. Runstein, Modern Recording Techniques, page 309:
text: The second side will be blank, not a duplicate of the hit side as many DJ copies have.
ref: 1982, Journal - Association for Recorded Sound Collections:
glosses: A copy of a single sent out to disc jockeys, having the B-side either blank or duplicating the A-side.
DJ copies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of DJ copy
betighted
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Dressed in tights.
becorseted
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Dressed in a corset.
begloved
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From be- + glove + -ed.
Senses: examples: text: With them were a rakish-looking elderly man and a young aristocrat, his eyeglass still in his eye, his cigarette burned down to the stub between the fingers of his begloved hand.
ref: 1913, Arthur Conan Doyle, “(please specify the page)”, in The Poison Belt […], London; New York, N.Y.: Hodder and Stoughton, →OCLC:
glosses: Wearing a glove or gloves.
Synonyms: gloved
Yen-ling
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From the Wade–Giles romanization of the Mandarin 鄢陵 (Yen¹-ling²).
Senses: examples: text: Long ago, when King Kung of Ch’u fought with Duke Li of Chin at Yen-ling, the Ch’u army was defeated and King Kung was wounded in the eye.
ref: 1964, Han Fei Tzu, translated by Burton Watson, Han Fei Tzu - Basic Writings, Columbia University Press, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 50:
text: Before joining battle, the officers and warriors gathered to make divinations "before the spirits of the former rulers," as at the battle of Yen-ling between Chin and Ch'u in 575 b.c.
ref: 1965, Cho-yun Hsu, “Problems and Background”, in Ancient China in Transition: An Analysis of Social Mobility, 722–222 b.c., Stanford University Press, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 19:
glosses: Alternative form of Yanling.
wikipedia: Army Map Service
Lissajous knot
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Lissajous knots
Senses: glosses: A knot defined by certain parametric equations. Its projection onto any of the three coordinate planes is a Lissajous curve.
Lissajous knots
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Lissajous knot
Lissajous orbit
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Lissajous orbits
Senses: glosses: A quasiperiodic orbital trajectory that an object can follow around a Lagrangian point of a three-body system without requiring any propulsion.
Related terms: Lissajous curve
Lissajous orbits
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Lissajous orbit
Lyapunov orbit
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Lyapunov orbits
Senses: coordinate_terms: halo orbit
Lissajous orbit
glosses: In the restricted three-body problem, a curved path around a Lagrangian point that lies entirely in the plane of the two primary bodies.
Related terms: Lyapunov stability
Lyapunov time
Lyapunov orbits
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Lyapunov orbit
BD-ROM
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /bi di ɹɒm/
Forms: form: BD-ROMs
Senses: glosses: Initialism of Blu-ray Disc read-only memory.
BD-ROMs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of BD-ROM
Zhangqiao
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈd͡ʒɑŋ.t͡ʃɑʊ/
ipa: /ˈd͡ʒæŋ-/
ipa: /-t͡ʃi.ɑʊ/
enpr: jängʹchyouʹ
Forms: form: Chang-ch'iao
Etymology: From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin Chinese pronunciation for 張橋／张桥 (Zhāngqiáo).
Senses: examples: text: The group of seven had driven up to a village in Zhangqiao town in a minivan late one September night. There, they used home-made traps to catch the geckos, which they planned to sell. But they were caught and the 1,689 geckos that they caught were released back into the wild.
ref: 2014 December 22, Zhuang Pinghui, “Chinese men fined for catching almost 1,700 protected wild geckos in one night”, in South China Morning Post, archived from the original on 23 Dec 2014:
glosses: A town in Yanling, Xuchang, Henan, China, formerly a township.
fuq
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Senses: glosses: Deliberate misspelling of fuck.
fuq
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fuqs
Senses: glosses: Deliberate misspelling of fuck.
fuq
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: fuqs
form: fuqqing
form: fuqqed
form: fuqqed
Senses: glosses: Deliberate misspelling of fuck.
Derived terms: dafuq
da fuq
Bily
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Czech bílý (“white”) or Ukrainian білий (bilyj, “white”).
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Polanski
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Polanskis
Etymology: From Polish Polański.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Polish.
Derived terms: Polanskian
fatigu'd
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more fatigu'd
form: most fatigu'd
Senses: glosses: Obsolete spelling of fatigued.
fatigu'd
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of fatigue
fatig'd
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more fatig'd
form: most fatig'd
Senses: glosses: Obsolete spelling of fatigued.
fatig'd
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of fatigue
pocket up
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: pockets up
form: pocketing up
form: pocketed up
form: pocketed up
Senses: examples: text: Well, ruffian, I must pocket up these wrongs
ref: c. 1596 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Life and Death of King Iohn”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene i]:
text: the two unbelievers began to gather and pocket up their mistake
ref: 1704, Jonathan Swift, A Tale of a Tub:
text: we pocketed up our loss
ref: 1883, Anne Gilchrist, Mary Lamb:
glosses: To receive (an insult, an affront, etc.) without open resentment, or without seeking redress.
Dowlais
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Welsh.
Senses: glosses: A village and community in Merthyr Tydfil borough county borough, Wales (OS grid ref SO0607).
Derived terms: Dowlais Top
Orzel
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Orzels
Etymology: From Polish Orzeł.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Polish.
Heads of the Valleys Road
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: text: Launched now on the long descent to Merthyr, initially at 1 in 38-40, the train skirts the town of Dowlais to the east and north, High Street Station standing high above the main Heads of the Valleys road.
ref: 1957 May 24, D. S. Barrie, “From Abergavenny to Merthyr—2”, in Railway Magazine, page 345:
glosses: The A465 trunk road in Wales, so-called for at least part of its length as it crosses the tops of the South Wales Valleys.
Orlowski
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Orlowskis
Etymology: Borrowed from Polish Orłowski.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Polish.
Slavicek
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Slaviceks
Etymology: From Czech slavíček and Slovak sláviček.
Senses: glosses: A surname.
pace oneself
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: paces oneself
form: pacing oneself
form: paced oneself
form: paced oneself
Senses: examples: text: Is this it, I remember thinking, as I dripped sweat and rainwater the last few yards to the manse. Is this when the body parts start to rebel and refuse to function?
So I'd learned to pace myself.
ref: 2006, James Robertson, The Testament of Gideon Mack, page 201:
glosses: To behave in a slow and careful way in order not to overexert oneself.
Chang-ch'iao
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From the Wade-Giles romanization of the Mandarin Chinese pronunciation for 張橋／张桥 (Chang¹-chʻiao²).
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Zhangqiao.
wikipedia: Defense Mapping Agency
International Map of the World
tarf
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tarfs
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of taraf (“Indian land division”).
New Tredegar
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A village and community in Caerphilly borough county borough, Wales (OS grid ref SO1403).
Llanidloes
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Welsh.
Senses: glosses: A small town and community with a town council in Powys, Wales (OS grid ref SN9584).
Derived terms: Llanidloes Without
surrender monkeys
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of surrender monkey
Eardisley
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A village and civil parish (served by Eardisley Group Parish Council) in west Herefordshire, England (OS grid ref SO3149).
Tondu
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Welsh ton + du (“black meadow”).
Senses: glosses: A village in Ynysawdre community, Bridgend borough county borough, Wales (OS grid ref SS8984).
ballooneer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ballooneers
Senses: glosses: A balloonist.
ballooneers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ballooneer
Llandrindod Wells
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A town and community with a town council in Powys, Wales (OS grid ref SO0561).
L square
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: L squares
Senses: glosses: A ruler shaped like a capital letter L, used for creating scaled versions of sewing patterns.
L squares
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of L square
Anubis baboon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Anubis baboons
Senses: glosses: Synonym of olive baboon (Papio anubis)
synonyms: word: olive baboon
extra: Papio anubis
olive baboons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of olive baboon
Anubis baboons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Anubis baboon
primatologically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From primatological + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In terms of primatology.
Pontarddulais
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Welsh Pontarddulais; traditionally spelt Pontardulais.
Senses: glosses: A town and community with a town council in the city and county of Swansea, Wales (OS grid ref SN5903).
freshmint
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From fresh + mint.
Senses: examples: text: Spearmint is an entirely new product, and has replaced the Freshmint flavor, which has been discontinued, Ken F. Fox, general sales manager, announced. The new gum is packaged in a white pack with the name of Clark in large letters […]
ref: 1955 November 19, Billboard, page 77:
text: I'm walking past the fruit store and a delicatessen and the lingerie store under a sky the color of a freshmint cough drop.
ref: 1997, Richard Scrimger, Still Life with Children, page 268:
text: Petra placed her hands either side of Jane's tummy and gave her a freshmint kiss.
ref: 2012, Louise Welsh, The Girl on the Stairs:
text: You can have the standard Tesco brand (for example, Tesco Daily Care freshmint toothpaste), the low-priced 'value' brand (for example, Tesco Value Kitchen Towel), or the premium 'finest' brand (for example, Tesco Finest Aftersun Lotion).
ref: a. 2018, unknown source, quoted in Gary M. Armstrong, Philip Kotler, Michael John Harker, Marketing: An Introduction, published 2018
glosses: A fresh, cooling, minty flavour.
raw_tags: in product names
Aksum
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Axum
Senses: glosses: A town in La'ilay Maychew district, Maekelay, Tigray, Ethiopia: The site of the historic capital of the Aksumite Empire, now a tourist town in Ethiopia.
Derived terms: Aksumite
Axum
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Aksum.
Kudlow
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Kudlows
Senses: glosses: A surname.
CRIA
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Initialism of Canadian Recording Industry Association.
Related terms: CRIA syndrome
Y theodolite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Y theodolites
Senses: glosses: A kind of theodolite shaped like the capital letter Y.
Y theodolites
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Y theodolite
T-intersection
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: T-intersections
Senses: glosses: Synonym of T-junction.
synonyms: word: T-junction
T-intersections
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of T-intersection
H hinge
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: H hinges
Senses: glosses: A hinge shaped like the capital letter H, used on flush-mounted doors.
H hinges
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of H hinge
H bones
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of H bone
delister
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: delisters
Etymology: From delist + -er.
Senses: glosses: One who delists.
delisters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of delister
F clamp
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: F clamps
Senses: examples: text: I will just clamp a quick clamp or an F clamp to whatever I'm working on and rest my hand on it.
ref: 2018, Shawn McDonald, Everything you NEED to Know About TIG Welding:
glosses: A kind of clamp shaped like the capital letter F.
F clamps
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of F clamp
W engine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: W engines
Senses: glosses: A kind of piston engine where three or four cylinder banks use the same crankshaft, resembling the letter W when viewed from the front.
W engines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of W engine
cyberproletariat
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cyberproletariats
Etymology: From cyber- + proletariat.
Senses: glosses: A proletariat in cyberspace or on the Internet.
cyberproletariats
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cyberproletariat
PEV
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: PEVs
Senses: synonyms: word: NEV
alt: new energy vehicle
hypernyms: word: EV
alt: electric vehicle
word: EV
alt: electrified vehicle
glosses: Initialism of plug-in electric vehicle.
qualifier: Anglicanism
glosses: Initialism of provincial episcopal visitor.
PEVs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of PEV
Chromebook
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkɹəʊmˌbʊk/
ipa: /ˈkɹoʊmˌbʊk/
Forms: form: Chromebooks
form: chromebook
Etymology: Blend of Chrome + notebook
Senses: examples: text: Technically a Chromebook is just a portable computer running Google's Linux-based Chrome OS, but the majority of Chromebooks are light, inexpensive, relatively modest in computing power and storage, and on the small end of the laptop spectrum.
ref: 2016, Mike Meyers, CompTIA A+ Certification All-in-One Exam Guide:
text: You can view a complete list of supported Chromebooks, Chromeboxes and Chromebases below: (followed by a list of devices from various manufacturers)
ref: 2016 May 19, Dan Graziano, “These are the Chromebooks that support Android apps”, in CNET:
text: Chrome OS tablets may be the new hotness, but the vast majority of devices that have shipped with Google’s Chrome operating system over the years have been laptops… also known as Chromebooks. But a few years ago we also saw the introduction of a few other categories including Chromeboxes (mini desktop computers), Chromebits (PC-on-a-stick devices), and Chromebases (all-in-one, iMac-like desktops).
ref: 2019 February 4, Brad Linder, “Chromebases are still a thing”, in Liliputing:
text: "Chromebooks, Chromebases, and Chromeboxes automatically manage updates to ensure your device always has the latest software and security features," said Google.
ref: 2019 December 19, Marius Nestor, “Chrome OS 79 Adds Media Controls in Lock Screen, Mouse Acceleration Control”, in Softpedia News:
glosses: A generic ChromeOS-based network-terminal-style netbook.
wikipedia: Chrome OS
Hypernyms: netbook
Related terms: Chromebase
Chromebit
Chromebox
Wintel
Chromebooks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Chromebook
Llanarthney
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Welsh.
Senses: glosses: A village and community in Carmarthenshire, Wales (OS grid ref SN5320).
make down
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: makes down
form: making down
form: made down
form: made down
Senses: examples: text: “Boy, is it really making down! And those flakes are the kind I used to think the fairies used for cushions when I was a little kid. It won't take long to pile up several inches of that stuff. I hope it quits soon so we can go out to the trail this afternoon.”
ref: 1952, Ethel Todd Anderson, Summer in Their Eyes, page 100:
text: “It's making down hard out there.” “Very hard. I almost can't see a thing.” “Cum,” Anna said, nudging him farther into the room. “Stand by the woodstove and warm your hands. You look like Jack Frost with that layer of snow on your hat.”
ref: 2015, Charlotte Hubbard, Jennifer Beckstrand, Kelly Long, An Amish Christmas Quilt, Kensington Books, →ISBN, page 227:
text: “Looks like it's going to make down hard.” Emma hadn't even noticed how dark the sky had grown. “I hope the tomatoes don't get waterlogged.”
ref: 2015, Jennifer Beckstrand, Huckleberry Spring, Zebra Books, →ISBN, page 222:
text: “It looks like it's going to make down hard with snow.”
ref: 2016, Kelly Long, Jennifer Beckstrand, Lisa Jones Baker, The Amish Christmas Kitchen, Kensington Books, →ISBN:
text: Surely Jacob must have discussed this with her over the weekend at the shore. “Aenti Miriam didn't say much else. Ach, I better put the mat by the door, it's making down hard!”
ref: 2017, Linda Maran, Stranger, Pelican Ventures Book Group, →ISBN:
glosses: To rain or snow; to precipitate.
examples: text: At length he said, feebly, “Betty, my dear, make down the bed, and help me to it—it will be the last time.”
ref: 1818, James Hogg, “Tales”, in The Edinburgh Magazine and Literary Miscellany, page 128:
text: He complained of a sore head and wanted to sleep so Ruby set about making down the bed. Emily watched with interest as she lowered the stretcher from the wall, plumped up a straw mattress and threw a blanket over it.
ref: 2011, Edw Gwilym, Shadows on Men, BoD – Books on Demand, →ISBN, page 109:
text: Hitori's eyes slowly open and he carefully slips away from Akaya. Father and son walk down the hallway toward Hitori's room. Slowly, Hitori makes down the bed so he and Akaya can sleep more comfortably.
ref: 2015, A. R. Easterling, The Smile, iUniverse, →ISBN:
glosses: To make ready or prepare (a bed).
makes down
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of make down
making down
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of make down
made down
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of make down
precataclysmic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From pre- + cataclysmic.
Senses: glosses: Before a cataclysm.
postcataclysmic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From post- + cataclysmic.
Senses: glosses: After a cataclysm.
Cymmer
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Cymer
Etymology: From Welsh.
Senses: glosses: A village in Cymer and Glyncorrwg community, Neath Port Talbot borough county borough, Wales (OS grid ref SS8696).
glosses: A village and community in Rhondda Cynon Taf borough county borough, Wales (OS grid ref ST0290).
back pedal brake
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: back pedal brakes
Senses: glosses: Synonym of coaster brake.
synonyms: word: coaster brake
shelter belt
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: shelter belts
Senses: examples: text: A well designed shelter belt will reduce the mean wind speeds from ground level up to the full height of the protected object (eg: house, greenhouse, agricultural crop).
ref: 2013, E. Bilgen, Intersol Eighty Five, page 252:
glosses: Alternative form of shelterbelt.
shelter belts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of shelter belt
Llangynwyd
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Welsh.
Senses: glosses: A village in Llangynwyd Middle community, Bridgend borough county borough, Wales (OS grid ref SS8588).
Pharaoh's chicken
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Pharaoh's chickens
Senses: examples: text: As for the eagle of Scripture, it is believed to be not merely "as often as not," but invariably, the vulture ; not Pharaoh's chicken, however, but the griffon vulture.
ref: 1883 September, Harriet C. W. Stanton, “Poets and Birds: A Criticism”, in The Atlantic Monthly, volume 52, page 346:
text: This strange bird, known in literature as the "Pharaoh's chicken," is a tool-user. Unlikely as it may seem, this places the lowly Pharaoh's chicken with man and higher primates as users of eating utensils.
ref: 1974, Philip S. Callahan, The Magnificent Birds of Prey, page 22:
text: Leave them for Pharoah's chickens, sailing up on their wide black-tipped wings on the thermals, rising in lazy circles before dropping to ground, graceful as circus acrobats, to hunch and tear.
ref: 2017, Fiona Farrell, Decline and Fall on Savage Street, →ISBN, page 84:
glosses: Alternative form of pharaoh's chicken.
Pharaoh's chickens
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Pharaoh's chicken
Egyptian vultures
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Egyptian vulture
rail trail
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rail trails
form: rail-trail
Senses: examples: text: As railroads fell into disuse, they left behind thousand of miles of corridor and, of course, potential trails. Today, the Great Lakes region of the Midwest boasts 381 rail-trails, and Wisconsin and Michigan are constantly vying for the most rail-trail miles of all 50 states and the more than 1500 rail-trails across the United States […]
ref: 2009, Rails-to-Trails Conservancy, Rail-Trails Midwest Great Lakes: Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Ohio and Wisconsin, Wilderness Press, →ISBN, page 1:
topics: rail-transport
railways
transport
glosses: A former railway track converted into a multi-use path, typically as a greenway for walking and cycling.
Related terms: greenway
rail-trail
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rail-trails
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of rail trail.
K truss
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: K trusses
Senses: topics: engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A kind of truss shaped like the capital letter K.
K trusses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of K truss
Warren truss
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Warren trusses
Etymology: Named after one of its designers, James Warren.
Senses: topics: engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A truss employing a weight-saving design based on equilateral triangles.
Warren trusses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Warren truss
rangette
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rangettes
Etymology: From range + -ette.
Senses: examples: text: The stove, or rangette, shown was handsomely finished and attracted a great deal of attention from the visitors at the exhibition.
ref: 1897, The Metal Worker:
text: When the heating oil was used up, Addie turned on the top burners and oven elements of the rangette.
ref: 1999, Audré Andrews, My Halo is Choking Me! : the Adventures of a Public Health Nurse:
text: She should definitely be cleaning the rangette in Number 2 in readiness for the new tenant, but The Most Dazzling Colour Spectacle Ever? Fifty gilrs, in pink bathing suits, executing perfectly synchronised overarm in a bright blue pool?
ref: 2017, Fiona Farrell, Decline and Fall on Savage Street, →ISBN, page 88:
glosses: A small stove for cooking.
rangettes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of rangette
X truss
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: X trusses
Senses: topics: engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A kind of truss shaped like the letter X.
X trusses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of X truss
Aberavon
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Welsh aber + (river) Afan.
Senses: glosses: A large settlement in Port Talbot, Neath Port Talbot borough county borough, Wales (OS grid ref SS7590).
apple box
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: apple-box
form: apple boxes
form: apple-box
form: applebox
Etymology: Presumably originally used to transport apples.
Senses: examples: text: The standard size of an apple box shall be eighteen inches long, eleven and one-half inches wide, ten and one-half inches deep, inside measurement.
ref: 1913, Fruit Products Congress, The Apple Annual, page 67:
text: Beside the bed is an apple box standing on end, on top of the box a candle planted in the neck of a wax-coated wine bottle.
ref: 1998, Edward Abbey, The Fool's Progress: An Honest Novel:
text: You would then nail an old wooden apple box, which we always had plenty of, on top of the board leaving a space behind for your foot to ride.
ref: 2010, James D. Heintz, Apple Box Boy: Slices of Life, page 34:
glosses: A wooden box measuring 12 × 20 × 8 inches.
Hypernyms: box
apple boxes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of apple box
applebox
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: appleboxes
Senses: examples: text: He took me to his old garage and there on the dirt floor was a miscellaneous assortment of items, enough to fill an applebox.
ref: 1967, The Westerners Brand Book, page 65:
text: I was jubilant when my mother tossed a pillow and me into the applebox, and sang popular songs to me.
ref: 2009, Lonnie L.Willis, The True Adventures of a Texas Sharecropper Kid, page 3:
text: Sybil had picked armfuls of lilies and daisies and roses from the garden and every single gladiolus, gathering them in the earliest morning when they were fresh and packing them carefully into an applebox on the carrier of her bike.
ref: 2017, Fiona Farrell, Decline and Fall on Savage Street, →ISBN, page 104:
glosses: Alternative form of apple box.
appleboxes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of applebox
bowcatting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of bowcat
bowcatted
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of bowcat
Afan
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Welsh Afan.
Senses: glosses: A river in Neath Port Talbot borough county borough, Wales, which flows into Swansea Bay at Aberavon.
SFV
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Initialism of San Fernando Valley.
wire-wove
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: It is from the great book of Nature, the same through a thousand editions, whether of black-letter, or wire-wove and hot-pressed, that I have vernturously essayed to read a chapter to the public.
ref: 1814, Sir Walter Scott, Waverley:
text: Abdul's wife, Tilkolo, with whom I enjoyed a joking relationship, brought Pauline three hearthstones, and Abdul found us an old wire-wove bed base to go with the straw and sacking paillasse we had carried from Kabala.
ref: 2011, Michael Jackson, Life Within Limits: Well-being in a World of Want, page 63:
text: Take one or more sheets of 'wire-wove roofing' cut to the size of the picture and fasten on to a wooden frame or stretcher by means of brass screws and copper nails.
ref: 2013, A. P. Laurie, The Painter's Methods and Materials:
glosses: Alternative form of wirewove (all senses)
M roof
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: M roofs
Senses: glosses: A roof having a valley instead of a flat at the top, giving it a vertical section somewhat like the capital letter M.
M roofs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of M roof
J-bar
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: J-bars
Senses: glosses: A J-shaped bar forming part of a ski lift; the rider holds the vertical portion while sitting or leaning on the lower horizontal portion.
J-bars
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of J-bar
perkedel
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of bergedel.
necklock
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: necklocks
Etymology: From neck + lock.
Senses: examples: text: Angelo sensed something behind him; he turned and Emmett's powerful arms encircled him, trapping him in a necklock. Connolly banged into them, and all three fell onto the sidewalk, Emmett still holding the necklock and Angelo turning blue.
ref: 1987, Edward F. Connolly, A Cop's Cop, page 81:
text: They circled one another at a crawl, each trying for a necklock.
ref: 2005, Walter Moers, Rumo & His Miraculous Adventures, page 224:
glosses: A wrestling move in which the opponent's neck is held immobile.
necklocks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of necklock
negatively privileged
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more negatively privileged
form: most negatively privileged
Senses: examples: text: Second, one might misunderstand Weber, as well as what follows, as an attempt at a complete explanation of the failures of negatively privileged groups to act politically in their own interests.
ref: 2016, Jason Stanley, How Propaganda Works, page 233:
text: When a negatively privileged challenger faces a positively privileged target, exchange and persuasion are not likely, because the challenger has no positive inducements for the target. The initiative therefore rests with the challenger.
ref: 1993, Anthony Oberschall, Social Movements: Ideologies, Interests, and Identities, page 98:
topics: human-sciences
sciences
social-science
sociology
glosses: Lacking benefits or advantages in society.
new class
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: new classes
Senses: synonyms: red bourgeoisie
glosses: The privileged ruling class of bureaucrats and Communist Party functionaries that arose in states that followed the Soviet style of communism.
Related terms: nomenklatura
new classes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of new class
makes after
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of make after
made after
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of make after
making after
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of make after
New Thing
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the New Thing
Senses: examples: text: I'm not sure if I understand Greg properly, but he seems to be arguing that the avant-garde is the "property" of black musicians, a "Black Thang," while somehow conflating "the New Thing" with all areas of free jazz.
ref: 2002, Yuval Taylor, The Future of Jazz, page 178:
text: But where could the relocation of the free jazz movement take place, and how has this transfer action of the new thing been articulated by its protagonists?
ref: 2008, Guerino Mazzola, Paul B. Cherlin, Flow, Gesture, and Spaces in Free Jazz:
text: The emergence of free jazz has only emphasized the issue of (white) commercial domination over jazz. Everything about the New Thing clashed with the habits of jazz lovers; […]
ref: 2015, Philippe Carles, Jean-Louis Comolli, Free Jazz/Black Power:
glosses: Free jazz music, as associated with the black civil rights movement.
NCAPs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of NCAP
containment line
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: containment lines
Senses: topics: firefighting
government
glosses: A linear area which has been cleared of inflammable material in order to prevent a fire from spreading across it.
containment lines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of containment line
ninety days
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: gambling
games
glosses: Nine, in the game of craps.
Taocheng
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: T'ao-ch'eng
Etymology: From the Mandarin Chinese pronunciation for 桃城 (Táochéng).
Senses: examples: text: Hengshui City lies in the southeast of Hebei Province, between the east longitude 115°10’ ~ 116°34’ and the north latitude 37°03’ ~ 38°23’. It occupies 8,815 square kilometers with a population of 4.3 million. The Taocheng District where the municipal government is located is 250 kilometers away from the state capital Beijing to the north and 119 kilometers away from the provincial capital Shijiazhuang to the west.
ref: 2009, Li Zhanbing, “The City of Hengshui”, in Fu Yuhua, Florentin Smarandache, V. Christianto, editors, Cultural Advantages in China: Tale of Six Cities, InfoLearnQuest, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 39:
text: For examples, the irrigation price for farmers to pay in Taocheng District of Hengshui City is increased by 0.15 RMB/m³ (from 0.35 to 0.5 RMB/m³), and, at the same time, the government grants a subsidy of 0.05 RMB/m³.
ref: 2015, Yue Che, Zhaoyi Shang, “Water Pricing in Colombia: From Bankruptcy to Full Cost Recovery”, in Water Pricing Experiences and Innovations, →ISBN, →ISSN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 106:
text: An official from Taocheng District Education Bureau of Hengshui, Hebei province in northern China, said they are investigating the Taocheng Middle School after a lengthy article by a student at the school went viral last week, news portal eastday.com reported.
ref: 2022 February 19, Alice Yan, “Chinese authorities investigate private boarding school after student blows whistle on alleged abuse, public shaming and excessive tests”, in South China Morning Post, archived from the original on 19 Feb 2022, Social Welfare:
glosses: A district of Hengshui, Hebei, China.
Taocheng
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: T'ao-ch'eng
Etymology: From the Mandarin Chinese pronunciation for 陶城 (Táochéng).
Senses: glosses: A town in Yanling, Xuchang, Henan, China, formerly a township.
MMRs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of MMR
pyroconvection
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From pyro- + convection.
Senses: glosses: Convection caused or intensified by a fire.
pyroconvective
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more pyroconvective
form: most pyroconvective
Senses: glosses: Of, relating to, or caused by pyroconvection.
cumulonimbus flammagenitus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A pyrocumulonimbus cloud.
pyrocumulonimbi
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pyrocumulonimbus
sadboi
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sadbois
Etymology: From sad + boi.
Senses: glosses: A young man who is open about his emotions, especially his feeling sad about failed relationships and unrequited love, and channels his sadness artistically.
Kagurazaka
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A neighborhood of Tokyo, Japan.
Brocton
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A hamlet in Bodmin, Cornwall, England (OS grid ref SX0168).
glosses: A village in Stafford borough, Staffordshire, England (OS grid ref SJ9719).
glosses: A village in Edgar County, Illinois, United States.
glosses: A village in Chautauqua County, New York, United States; derived from the surnames Brockway + Minton.
Related terms: Brockton
lawcode
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈlɔːˌkoʊd/
Forms: form: lawcodes
Etymology: From law + code.
Senses: topics: law
glosses: A body of law that is sanctioned by legislation.
lawcodes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lawcode
Horncastle
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A suburb of Reading, Berkshire, England (OS grid ref SU6772).
glosses: A market town and civil parish in East Lindsey district, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref TF2669).
glosses: A ghost town in the city of Kawartha Lakes, Ontario, Canada.
glosses: A surname.
Tomintoul
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Scottish Gaelic.
Senses: examples: text: Three generations of stonemasons were responsible for the limestone houses and slate cottages of Tomintoul, the highest village in the Highlands.
ref: 1980, AA Book of British Villages, Drive Publications Ltd, page 384:
glosses: A village in Moray council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NJ1618).
British Ogaden
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A former British protectorate in present day Ogadenia
pick a quarrel
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: picks a quarrel
form: picking a quarrel
form: picked a quarrel
form: picked a quarrel
form: pick quarrels
Senses: glosses: Synonym of pick a fight.
synonyms: word: pick a fight
wet cough
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: wet coughs
Senses: synonyms: chesty cough
loose cough
antonyms: dry cough
glosses: Coughing with expectoration of sputum.
one's own boss
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: glosses: Self-employed.
examples: text: Questioned on his relationship with the Ministry of Transport, Dr. Beeching said that he was "his own boss" to a large extent and that he could not recollect a veto by the Minister on any proposal, although it was true that in a number of matters B.T.C. plans had to be cleared with the Government.
ref: 1963 January, “"A lot of worry" for Dr. B.”, in Modern Railways, page 3:
synonyms: one's own master
glosses: In a position to make decisions or take a course of action without referring to or being overruled by another person.
neo-imperialists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of neo-imperialist
promise the stars
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: promises the stars
form: promising the stars
form: promised the stars
form: promised the stars
Senses: glosses: Synonym of promise the moon.
synonyms: word: promise the moon
Related terms: reach for the stars
promise the world
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: promises the world
form: promising the world
form: promised the world
form: promised the world
Senses: glosses: Synonym of promise the moon.
synonyms: word: promise the moon
self-sufficiently
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more self-sufficiently
form: most self-sufficiently
Etymology: From self-sufficient + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: For if what is decided now does not evolve a railway able to compete self-sufficiently in the transport world of the late 1960s, then we may as well resign ourselves to the lingering death of B.R., protracted only to the extent that it can maintain its services on a make-do-and-mend basis.
ref: 1963 January, “A second chance on brakes”, in Modern Railways, page 1:
glosses: In a self-sufficient manner.
NNSE
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: NNSEs
Senses: examples: text: As Braj Kachru (1985, 1992, 1996) and others have pointed out, the number of non-native speakers of English (NNSE) in the world has for some time been greater than the number of native speakers, and given the growing number of NNSE ...
ref: 2012, MaryAnn Christison, Denise E. Murray, Leadership in English Language Education: Theoretical Foundations and Practical Skills for Changing Times, Routledge, →ISBN, page 102:
text: Flowerdew interviewed the editors of 12 international journals from the fields of ELT and Applied Linguistics in order to find out their attitudes towards contributions from non-native speakers of English (NNSE).
ref: 2012, Ramona Tang, Academic Writing in a Second or Foreign Language: Issues and Challenges Facing ESL/EFL Academic Writers in Higher Education Contexts, A&C Black, →ISBN, page 210:
text: In ELF, native-speaker norms become less relevant. Imagine an international convention held in China where medical experts from various continents gather. Would it matter at all if an NNSE's (non-native speaker of English) pronunciation [were off]?
ref: 2012, Jo McDonough, Christopher Shaw, Materials and Methods in ELT, John Wiley & Sons, →ISBN, page 160:
synonyms: NNES
glosses: Initialism of non-native speaker of English.
Related terms: E1L
EFL
ESL
TOEFL
NNSE
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: text: Figure 8.1 shows the students' perceptions of the NSE and NNSE varieties in terms of intelligibility. […]
ref: 2016, Noor Azam Haji-Othman, James McLellan, David Deterding, The Use and Status of Language in Brunei Darussalam: A Kingdom of Unexpected Linguistic Diversity, Springer, →ISBN, page 104:
text: […] Holliday also argues that the native/nonnative dichotomy that gives rise to negative perceptions of NNSE is a political construction.
ref: 2013, Stephanie Ann Houghton, Damian J. Rivers, Native-Speakerism in Japan: Intergroup Dynamics in Foreign Language Education, Multilingual Matters, →ISBN, page 159:
glosses: Initialism of non-native speakers' English.
NNSEs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of NNSE
Peron
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Perons
Etymology: Borrowed from either Spanish Perón or French Péron.
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Derived terms: Peronism
Peronist
instabanning
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of instaban
instabanned
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of instaban
Ferrar
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Tamsyn
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Tamsyns
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of Tamsin. A female given name.
mobicentric
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more mobicentric
form: most mobicentric
Etymology: From mobility + -centric.
Senses: glosses: Tending to move from one position or opportunity to the next, especially between businesses or departments during one's career.
money illusion
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: In respect to our present problem, while there is a great field for research, the only perturbing influence of transcendent importance is that of an unstable monetary standard, and, as was seen in Chapter II, even that would make nothing more than a nominal difference in the results if it were not for the “money illusion.”
ref: 1930, Irving Fisher, The Theory of Interest: As Determined by Impatience to Spend Income and Opportunity to Invest It, New York: The MacMillan Company, page 322:
topics: economics
sciences
synonyms: price illusion
glosses: The cognitive bias that leads people to think of money in nominal rather than real terms, mistaking its face value for its purchasing power at some point in time.
Monty Haul
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Monty Hauls
Etymology: A pun on the name of game-show host Monty Hall and the word haul.
Senses: examples: text: Munchkinism is similar to "Monty Haul" gaming; however it involves playing at incredible power levels purely for the sake of watching the terrain get blown away by player characters who are unstoppable.
ref: 1993 February 22, Magnus, “What is Munchkinism? What does the Wizard of Oz have to do with roleplaying games?”, in (Usenet):
topics: games
gaming
glosses: A dungeon or scenario that offers the player great rewards for minimal risk.
wikipedia: Monty Hall
Monty Hauls
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Monty Haul
arty-farties
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of arty-farty
for one's own good
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Senses: glosses: To an excessive extent or degree, especially to the extent that it is negative, gets in the way, etc.
Related terms: by half
moondoggle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: moondoggles
Etymology: Blend of Moon + boondoggle
Senses: examples: text: We are virtually abandoning the first Outer Space area through which military attacks may be launched, to spend billions on a nonmilitary moondoggle — the attempt to put a man on the moon.
ref: 1963, Frank L. Kluckhohn, What's wrong with U. S. foreign policy?, page 9:
text: He stated that “as long as James E. Webb is the Administrator of NASA, I am not voting another dollar for this moondoggle. […]
ref: 1971, Thomas P. Murphy, Science, Geopolitics, and Federal Spending, page 372:
text: During the years of Vietnam and the moondoggle the balance of Pentagon prime contracts shifted sharply to the Southern Rim, with the percentages mounting every year, […]
ref: 1976, Roger E. Alcaly, David Mermelstein, The Fiscal crisis of American cities, page 170:
glosses: Efforts to transport people to the Moon, regarded as a useless waste of resources.
moondoggles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of moondoggle