cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
gronking
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of gronk
Porthcawl
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /pɔːθˈkɔːl/
Etymology: From Welsh.
Senses: glosses: A coastal town and community with a town council in Bridgend borough county borough, Wales (OS grid ref SS8176).
smartlet
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: smartlets
Etymology: From smart + -let.
Senses: topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: A guided bomblet.
smartlets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of smartlet
babishes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of babish
babishing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of babish
babished
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of babish
baboonize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: baboonizes
form: baboonizing
form: baboonized
form: baboonized
Etymology: From baboon + -ize.
Senses: examples: text: but we declaim against the introduction of foreign locks, curls, and fripperies, which serve to baboonize and obscure, rather than to ornament and illustrate the face of man, however whimsical or parsimonious nature may have been in the moulding of it.
ref: 1834, The Toilette of Health, Beauty, and Fashion, page 19:
text: They became "baboonized," as it were, joining ranks and traveling together in disciplined troops.
ref: 1969, John E. Pfeiffer, The emergence of man, page 281:
text: Their success was boosted by public figures who took note of the way she complimented friends and baboonized enemies.
ref: 1996, Mid-Atlantic Country - Volume 17, Issues 1-5, page 82:
text: Some of these models continue to emphasize the importance of hunting, others "baboonize" hominid origins by positing a baboon-like adaptation.
ref: 1999, Milford H. Wolpoff, Paleoanthropology, page 224:
glosses: To become, make, or treat like a baboon.
baboonizes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of baboonize
baboonizing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of baboonize
baboonized
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of baboonize
raindrop cake
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: raindrop cakes
Senses: examples: text: FIGURE 2-23: A piece of fruit in the raindrop cake makes it even more fun.
5. Variation: To add a piece of fruit inside the raindrop cake, fill the mold halfway and put it in the refrigerator to set for about five minutes. Then place the fruit on top, […]
ref: 2016, Kathy Ceceri, Edible Inventions: Cooking Hacks and Yummy Recipes You Can Build, Mix, Bake, and Grow, Maker Media, Inc., →ISBN, page 25:
text: Raindrop cakes are usually served on bamboo plates with a drizzle of black sugar syrup and a dusting of roasted soybean powder, but go ahead and use your favorite flavorings. To create the round shape, you need a mold.
ref: 2016, Kathy Ceceri, Edible Inventions: Cooking Hacks and Yummy Recipes You Can Build, Mix, Bake, and Grow, Maker Media, Inc., →ISBN, page 22:
text: More food trends subject to the whims of the moment are the rainbow bagel, raindrop cake, faro, party brunch, and our favorite for now, the cronut.
ref: 2017, Kevin Nelson, Foodie Snob, Rowman & Littlefield, →ISBN, page 48:
text: Shrugging, the twins lowered their faces in concentration over the intricate raindrop cake they were decorating. Lottie couldn't really blame them for not having more urgency about the whole thing, since neither of them had any idea […]
ref: 2019, Connie Glynn, The Lost Princess, Penguin UK, →ISBN:
text: Not in the center of the ooze but along the outer edge of what constituted its “legs,” there was something shiny and reflective, like an eyeball, or a fishegg pouch, or one of those clear raindrop cakes. "That's the slime's core!"
ref: 2019, Reki Kawahara, Sword Art Online Progressive 6 (light novel), Yen Press LLC, →ISBN:
glosses: A dessert made with water and agar which resembles a drop of water, sometimes with fruit suspended inside (first popular in Japan circa 2014).
raindrop cakes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of raindrop cake
Mundesley
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A coastal village and civil parish (served by Mundesley-on-Sea Parish Council) in North Norfolk district, Norfolk, England (OS grid ref TG3136).
Synonyms: Mundesley-on-Sea
SNARE
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: SNAREs
Etymology: Short for SNAP receptor.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Any of a class of proteins whose primary role is to mediate vesicle fusion.
SNAREs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of SNARE
SNAPs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of SNAP
snare-picture
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: snare-pictures
Etymology: Calque of French tableau-piège
Senses: topics: art
arts
glosses: A kind of artwork, introduced by Daniel Spoerri, in which objects found in chance positions (such as cutlery and crockery after a meal) are permanently fixed in those positions.
snare-pictures
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of snare-picture
baby boomlet
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: baby boomlets
Senses: examples: text: The baby boomlet was a period marked by increases in the number of women of childbearing age and increases in fertility rates of those women.
ref: 2002, Laura E. Hill, Hans P. Johnson, Understanding the Future of Californians' Fertility, page 87:
text: Cashing in on the baby boomers' baby boomlet of the '80s and '90s, the children's apparel market saw a significant increase and was among the fastest-growing segments of the overall retail market.
ref: 2011, Entrepreneur Press, Start Your Own Clothing Store and More:
text: We can estimate three separate US generations based on census data as follows: baby boomers (born between 1946 and 1964), Generations X'ers (born between 1965 and 1976), and the baby boomlet (born between 1977 and 1994) (Edmondson, 1995).
ref: 2013, M. Babula, Motivation, Altruism, Personality and Social Psychology:
glosses: An increase in birth rate that occurred when the baby boomers reached childbearing age.
examples: text: Over a long-term period, population growth would be affected by changing birth rates due to shifts in social values and movement of age cohorts such as baby-boomers and baby-boomlets through the child-bearing years.
ref: 2000, Washington State Labor Area Summaries - Volume 15, page 12:
text: Baby boomlets (consumers born between 1977 and 1997 and also known as "Gen Y") have emerged as the next cohort since the baby boomers to receive the close attention of retailers (Bounds, 2000).
ref: 2002, Journal of Retailing - Volume 78, page 78:
text: My fellow baby boomlets also engaged in strong civic engagement.
ref: 2013, M. Babula, Motivation, Altruism, Personality and Social Psychology:
text: Baby boomers, baby busters, and baby boomlets view God in action differently than the generations of slavery, convict leasing, the civil rights movement, and the War on Drugs.
ref: 2014, Rev. Roger W. Baker, Who Authorized You to Quit?::
synonyms: echo boomer
glosses: A child of a baby boomer, born during the baby boomlet.
examples: text: Following the Second World War there were "baby boomlets" in Europe, but these lasted for only a year or two, unlike the prolonged birth rise in New Zealand, Australia, Canada, and the United States.
ref: 1992, Gary R. Collins, Baby Boomer Blues, page 6:
text: "There've been two baby boomlets, one now going into middle school or junior high, and a new one that has just come, ages one, two, or three," says Donovan.
ref: 2000, Catherine Frey Murphy, Vicki Hambleton, Joan Broerman, Children's Writer Guide To 2000, page 20:
text: Popular wisdom has it that baby boomlets spring from tragedy — earthquakes, hurricanes, and the like.
ref: 2002, Adam Lashinsky, Fortune - Volume 145, page 174:
glosses: Any spike in birth rate that is smaller than the baby boom.
baby boomlets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of baby boomlet
sneaky suspicion
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Misconstruction of sneaking suspicion.
sneakies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sneaky
redeny
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: redenies
form: redenying
form: redenied
form: redenied
Etymology: From re- + deny.
Senses: glosses: To deny again.
redenies
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of redeny
redenying
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of redeny
redenied
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of redeny
redenial
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: redenials
Etymology: From re- + denial.
Senses: glosses: A second or subsequent denial.
redenials
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of redenial
baby buster
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: baby busters
Etymology: From baby bust + -er, following baby boomer.
Senses: examples: text: Since today’s young adults were born during a period when the U.S. birthrate decreased to half the level of its postwar peak, in the wake of the great baby boom, they are sometimes called the baby busters. By whatever name, so far they are an unsung generation, hardly recognized as a social force or even noticed much at all.
ref: 1990 July 16, David M. Gross, Sophfronia Scott, “Proceeding With Caution”, in Time:
text: As was made clear in Section III. A, a baby buster spends more time with his parents, since the burden of taking care of one's parents is shared by fewer siblings.
ref: 2001, Erik Lueth, Can inheritances Alleviate the Fiscal Burden of An Aging Population:
text: The solution of some is to design what are in effect baby buster churches, or at least baby buster church services.
ref: 2009, D. A. Carson, The Gagging of God: Christianity Confronts Pluralism, page 45:
text: In the medium term, 2015-2030, the average baby boomer is of age 60-75 – his parents are no longer living in this period — and the average baby buster is of age 30–45.
ref: 2012, Jan B. Kune, On Global Aging:
text: The force of media means that popular culture creates the sensibility, rather than offering a 'statement' of the 'authentic baby buster mentalitae ' (2005:19).
ref: 2013, American Smart Cinema, page 8:
glosses: Someone born between the baby boom and the baby boomlet; a Gen-Xer.
baby busters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of baby buster
snippet journalism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A form of journalism that presents brief reports and articles with little detail in order to cater to readers who have short attention spans.
Gen Xer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Gen Xers
Senses: examples: text: Gen Xers have been described by author Douglas Coupland as the first generation raised without religion.
ref: 2003, Ross Lockhart, Gen-X: Y-Faith?:
text: Jason, a thirty-two-year-old computer programmer, and a typical Gen Xer, summed it up beautifully when he talked with me.
ref: 2007, Larry D. Rosen, Me, MySpace, and I: Parenting the Net Generation, page 28:
text: Gen Xers were said to be lazy—“slackers” in the parlance of the time—who didn’t exhibit the straightforward work ethic of their predecessors.
ref: 2010, Clay Shirky, Cognitive Surplus, page 121:
text: Gen Xer's are children of two working parents. And they are children of divorce: more than half of Gen Xer's parents divorced while they were growing up and living at home.
ref: 2011, Kelly McDonald, How to Market to People Not Like You:
glosses: Alternative form of Gen-Xer.
Gen Xers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Gen Xer
sopers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of soper
social atom
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: social atoms
Senses: glosses: A psychotherapeutic diagram presenting individuals as nodes (with the patient at the centre) connected by lines indicating their relationships.
social atoms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of social atom
social imperialism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: government
politics
glosses: A political ideology that uses socialist rhetoric but engages in imperialist actions.
examples: text: Moreover, industrial capitalism not only produced a new form of economic integration between metropolitan and colonial societies, it also stimulated the emergence of what is known as social imperialism—that is, the projection overseas of the social discontents and dislocations engendered by industrialization at home. In Japan’s case, social imperialism operated both to diffuse radical demands of factory workers and to deflect class tensions in a rural economy battered by the effects of industrialization.
ref: 1998, Louise Young, chapter 1, in Japan’s Total Empire: Manchuria and the Culture of Wartime Imperialism, Berkeley: University of California Press, published 1999, →ISBN, →OCLC, pages 12–3:
topics: government
politics
glosses: The governmental use of imperialism to preserve the domestic social status quo.
software rot
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Synonym of bit rot.
synonyms: word: bit rot
Melton Constable
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Listed as Maeltuna in the Domesday Book, to Melton Constable by 1320; for land held by the constable of the Bishop of Norwich.
Senses: glosses: A village and civil parish in North Norfolk district, Norfolk, England; the village is partly in Briston parish to the east (OS grid ref TG0433).
Habrough
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A village and civil parish in North East Lincolnshire district, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref TA1413).
Bennett pinch
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Bennett pinches
Etymology: Named after Willard Harrison Bennett.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Z-pinch.
synonyms: word: Z-pinch
Bennett pinches
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Bennett pinch
night of the long knives
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nights of the long knives
form: night of long knives
form: Night of Long Knives
form: Night of the Long Knives
Etymology: Calque of German Nacht der langen Messer, which see for more. In English it tied in with earlier uses of the motif of long knives, as in phrases like the Treachery of the Long Knives (a pseudohistorical massacre of Celts by Anglo-Saxons), used since at least the 1800s.
Senses: examples: text: (It was to precede yet another night of the long knives—this one of Republican knives honed up for Truman and the new Truman-Democratic Party. But this latter would in some ways be actually a manifestation of secondary importance.)
ref: 1961, William Smith White, Majesty & mischief: a mixed tribute to F.D.R., page 77:
text: Although the business world has its “nights of the long knives,” the affluent are generally reluctant to be totally ruthless either in competition with one another or against individuals of lesser financial standing.
ref: 1970, Investors Chronicle and Stock Exchange Gazette, volume 13, page 11:
text: […] was unable to fight, Americans didn't understand the Vietnamese, all whites must encourage only selected Vietnamese loyal to the French because the remainder would turn against all whites in another "night of the long knives" similar to that of 1946.
ref: 1971, United States Dept. of Defense, United States House Committee on Armed Services, United States-Vietnam relations, 1945-1967: study, page 29:
text: […] while the architects watched hopelessly and helplessly. Again, it was a group of young Nigerian revolutionaries in military uniform who rushed to the rescue and tried to save the country from the experience of another night of the long knives.
ref: 1988, Arthur Agwuncha Nwankwo, The power dynamics of the Nigerian society: people, politics and power, page 17:
text: […] who understand 2008 NHS dynamics, and while some trusts have to strengthen their line-ups during the course of the application process, I would counsel against dramatic nights of the long knives.
ref: 2008, The Health Service Journal:
glosses: A purge, in which opponents of a regime or political party are killed or removed.
wikipedia: Treachery of the Long Knives
night of long knives
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nights of long knives
Senses: examples: text: A Von Thadden success, observers predicted, would bring another “night of long knives” in German politics. A meeting in a German provincial city between David and the man who has been called a latter-day Adolf was arranged.
ref: 1972, Willi Frischauer, David Frost, Michael Joseph:
text: […] few of the Shabaqniks helped Ariel Sharon and had secret links with zealot settlers in the West Bank is quite another matter. The Al Najdah incident increased the likelihood that Rabin will order another night of long knives - this time against […]
ref: 1992, I & P.:
text: Some day there would be another night of long knives at the KGB, and he would come home and find that the wrong side had won. The furniture would be smashed and the wallpaper and carpets ripped up from the hurried search, and […]
ref: 2002, Ted Allbeury, Special Forces, Severn House Publishers, →ISBN:
text: I've been waiting to hear it for the last seven years, this echo of another night of long knives in another time, another place. Things happen slower in this world, not quite so condensed. But they still happen.
ref: 2009, Hal Duncan, Ink: The Book of All Hours, Del Rey, →ISBN, page 255:
text: The book critically appraises the eras of all the Senate Presidents and four Speakers, focusing essentially on their leadership dexterousness and the challenges, intrigues, brinkmanship, debilitating drama, power play and nights of long knives […]
ref: 2014, Austin Uganwa, Nigeria: Fourth Republic National Assembly, →ISBN, page 395:
text: The hunting spree against the country's peaceful population by criminals dispatched under the guise of “Putin's tourists” will be perpetrated in broad daylight, and gory memories of the nights of long knives will seem to mankind but a daunting prelude to a massacre never heard of before on the planet.
ref: 2016, Vasyl Baziv, Armageddon at Maidan, Anaphora Literary Press, →ISBN, page 130:
glosses: Synonym of night of the long knives.
synonyms: word: night of the long knives
Third World briefcase
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Third World briefcases
Etymology: So called from the size and shape (with carrying handle) and their stereotypical popularity among poor black youth.
Senses: examples: text: Be a bum in this part of town, he knew, keep rhythm with your fingers, sport a Walkman or a third-world briefcase—people might shrug, but they would never remember your face.
ref: 1987, Thomas Caplan, Parallelogram, page 121:
text: "Do you have a cassette tape player?"
"I've got a Third World briefcase," Katie said to Agnes, and then turned scarlet, thinking the black officer would take offense.
ref: 1991, Ralph McInerny, Judas Priest, page 122:
glosses: A portable ghetto blaster.
Third World briefcases
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Third World briefcase
nights of long knives
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of night of long knives
nights of the long knives
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of night of the long knives
Night of the Long Knives
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Nights of the Long Knives
Etymology: See night of the long knives.
Senses: glosses: Alternative letter-case form of night of the long knives (“purge”)
glosses: Alternative letter-case form of night of the long knives (“purge”)
The violent purge against the Sturmabteilung ordered by the leadership of Nazi Party in 1934.
Nights of the Long Knives
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Night of the Long Knives
Night of Long Knives
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Nights of Long Knives
Etymology: See night of the long knives.
Senses: glosses: Alternative letter-case form of night of long knives (“purge”) used especially in reference to a specific one, particularly the 1934 one in Germany, but also e.g. the British one of 1962.
Nights of Long Knives
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Night of Long Knives
30 Rock
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: 30 Rockefeller Plaza, a skyscraper in Midtown Manhattan, New York City, United States.
firehouse caucus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: firehouse caucuses
Senses: qualifier: now chiefly North Dakota
glosses: Synonym of firehouse primary.
synonyms: word: firehouse primary
firehouse primary
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: firehouse primaries
Etymology: In reference to firehouses as a common place where voting is conducted.
Senses: topics: government
politics
glosses: A state primary election run by a political party rather than by the government.
Synonyms: english: now chiefly North Dakota
translation: now chiefly North Dakota
word: firehouse caucus
firehouse primaries
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of firehouse primary
1600 Penn
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Clipping of 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue (“the White House”).
Three-I League
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the Three-I League
Senses: topics: ball-games
baseball
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
synonyms: word: Three-Eye League
glosses: A Minor League Baseball organization that operated mainly in Illinois, Indiana, and Iowa.
topics: government
politics
glosses: People of Irish, Italian, and Israeli descent, constituting three important minority groups in the United States.
Three-Eye League
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the Three-Eye League
Etymology: A pun on the letter I and the word eye.
Senses: topics: ball-games
baseball
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: Synonym of Three-I League.
synonyms: word: Three-I League
three-way girl
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: three-way girls
Senses: examples: text: Three-way girls offered the widest array of services. One twenty-two-year-old prostitute declared to an undercover vice investigator in New York City, "I am a three-way girl."
ref: 2014, Jessica R. Pliley, Policing Sexuality, page 192:
glosses: A female prostitute who offers oral, vaginal, and anal sex.
three-way girls
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of three-way girl
threshold worker
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: threshold workers
Senses: examples: text: Several special types of unemployed workers are described. These include nonmodal workers, threshold workers, "the unemployables", and the physically handicapped.
ref: 1934, United States. Bureau of Employment Security, Employment Security Review, volumes 2-5, page 15:
text: "Lack of education" and similar replies have been traditional responses to research questions regarding reasons for unemployment of youths or threshold workers.
ref: 1969, American Vocational Journal, volume 44, page 35:
glosses: A worker with very limited skills and experience in his/her chosen career.
threshold workers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of threshold worker
tiger country
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: These open holes are followed by an adventurous hole of 323 yards that takes the player through some real tiger country on the left and private property on the right.
ref: 1950, William Galbraith, Pestwick St. Nicholas Golf Club, page 54:
text: The approach shot is uphill, guarded by bunkers, so if you miss it you're on your own in "tiger" country.
ref: 1991, William H. Davis, Sally Peters, The world's best golf, page 286:
topics: golf
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
synonyms: jungle
glosses: Dense rough.
titting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of tit
algorithmicization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The process of algorithmicizing.
scallywaggery
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From scallywag + -ery.
Senses: glosses: The behaviour of a scallywag.
octogintillion
Language: English
Part of speech: num
Pronunciation: -ɪljən
Etymology: From Latin octōgintā (“eighty”) + -illion.
Senses: examples: For quotations using this term, see Citations:octogintillion.
qualifier: short scale
glosses: 10²⁴³
quadragintillion
Language: English
Part of speech: num
Pronunciation: -ɪljən
Etymology: From Latin quadrāgintā (“forty”) + -illion.
Senses: qualifier: modern British & Australian; short scale; modern British & Australian; short scale
glosses: 10¹²³.
Related terms: Previous: novemtrigintillion: short scale 10120
long scale 10234
Next: unquadragintillion: short scale 10126
long scale 10246
Lemberg
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Lembergs
Etymology: Borrowed from German Lemberg.
Senses: glosses: A surname from German.
glosses: Synonym of Lviv (a city in Lviv Oblast, Ukraine).
synonyms: word: Lviv
extra: a city in Lviv Oblast, Ukraine
examples: text: This morning, a flight radar showed a plane flying in the Lemberg region.
ref: 2025 April 21st, Torsten Heinrich, “Trump’s Peace Plan and the ‘Easter-Truce’. Ukraine SITREP”, in Military & History, via YouTube, 15:22–15:26:
glosses: Synonym of Lviv (an oblast of Ukraine).
synonyms: word: Lviv
extra: an oblast of Ukraine
Ch'ung-ch'ing
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Mandarin 重慶 (Chóngqìng), Wade–Giles romanization: Chʻung²-chʻing⁴.
Senses: examples: text: In February, 1883, Mr. Hosie again left Chʻung-chʻing, and proceeded north-west to Chʻêng-tu, the capital of the province of Ssŭ-chʻuan, by way of the brine and petroleum wells of Tzŭ-liu-ching....In June, 1884, Mr. Hosie again left Chʻung-chʻing, and form Ho Chou, a three days' journey to the north of that city, he struck westward through a beautifully cultivated and fertile country to Chia-ting Fu, on the right bank of the Min at its junction with the Tʻung River.
ref: 1885 October 8, “The British Association”, in Nature, volume 32, number 832, page 564:
text: In considering the overall evidences, the present writer is inclined to believe that the Min-chia of Yun-nan are derived from some early Ssu-ch'uan people, either the Shu-shan of the Ch'eng-tu region, or the Pa-ti of the Ch'ung-ch'ing region.
ref: 1954, Herold J. Wiens, Han Chinese Expansion in South China, Shoe String Press, published 1967, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 36:
text: Adler, who served under White, was Treasury's man in Ch’ung-ch’ing, China. After being cleared in a series of security and loyalty investigations, Adler resigned and went back to China to spend the rest of his career working for the Chinese Communists.
ref: 2011, Myra Immell, editor, The McCarthy Era, 1st edition, Greenhaven Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 87:
text: 9.25 The Bank of Taiwan's main branch in 1937 shortly after it was built; the bank is situated on present-day Ch’ung-ch’ing South Road.
ref: 2015, Wan-yao Chou (周婉窈), translated by Carole Plackitt and Tim Casey, A New Illustrated History of Taiwan, Taipei: SMC Publishing, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 209:
glosses: Alternative form of Chongqing.
wikipedia: Defense Mapping Agency
Encyclopædia Britannica
Wu-han
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From the Wade-Giles romanization of the Mandarin 武漢 /武汉 (Wu³-han⁴).
Senses: examples: text: At the moment much industry of the Wu-han Cities is at a standstill.
ref: 1948 March, W. Robert Moore, “Along the Yangtze, Main Street of China”, in National Geographic Magazine, volume XCIII, number 3, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 341:
text: My flight was going to Wu-han and Nan-ning and thence to Hanoi, which caused a certain interest; it is not every day that British passports go to North Vietnam. My immigration official was suitably inscrutable; he took the thing as no great drama (which it certainly was to me), rather did he appear to regard the trip as a quaint eccentricity.
ref: 1965, James Cameron, Here is Your Enemy, Holt, Rinehart and Winston, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, pages 16–17:
text: Logically, coal should have been imported from the P’ing-ting-shan mine which is far closer to the Wu-han market.
ref: 1967, Yuan-li Wu, The Spatial Economy of Communist China, Frederick A. Praeger Publishers, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 192:
text: The population is mostly concentrated in the eastern lowlands where the Han river joins the Yangtze at the great tri-city metropolis of Wu-han (q.v.).
ref: 1968, “HUPEH”, in Encyclopedia Britannica, volume 11, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 902, column 1:
text: The Wu-han cities are physically separated by the rivers: Han-k'ou and Han-yang are located on the left bank of the Yangtze and north and south of the Han Shui, respectively; Wu-ch'ang lies on the right bank of the Yangtze.
ref: 1975, Wu-han (Briefs on Selected PRC Cities), Central Intelligence Agency, page 2:
glosses: Alternative spelling of Wuhan.
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Huang-kang
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From the Wade–Giles romanization of the Mandarin 黃岡 /黄冈 (Huang²-kang¹).
Senses: examples: text: The tsu of Chʻên in Huang-kang, Hupei, instituted school-land which was contributed by a number of members, each giving 5 mou.
ref: 1948, Hsien Chin Hu, edited by Ralph Linton, The Common Descent Group in China and its Functions, New York: The Viking Fund, page 71:
text: Comrade Hu Liang-yin, the principal of the school, was one of the earliest founders of the Party organization at the Huang-kang area, and he was an outstanding member of our Party.
ref: 1975, Michael Y. M. Kau, editor, The Lin Piao Affair, International Arts and Sciences Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 9:
text: Men who lectured at Wen-Chin itself came predominantly from the same region. There were twenty-nine from Huang-kang, six from Ma-ch'eng, and three each from Huang-an and Huang-p'o.
ref: 1982, John Meskill, Academies in Ming China, University of Arizona Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 123:
text: Lin Biao or Lin Piao [lin byow] (1907-71) Chinese military leader, born in Huang-kang, EC China. He trained at Whampoa military academy in 1926, joined the Communists, and became a marshal of the Red Army.
ref: 2004, David Crystal, editor, The Penguin Encyclopedia, 2nd edition, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 901:
glosses: Alternative form of Huanggang.
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Hsiao-kan
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From the Wade–Giles romanization of the Mandarin 孝感 (Hsiao⁴-kan³).
Senses: examples: text: He could not be restrained from again visiting the country, and in 1908, at the period of the Chines New Year, accompanied by his daughter and Mr. Nelson Bitton, he set out on what was to prove the last missionary journey of his travel-filled life. The trip was to Hsiao-kan, the scene of many an early disappointment and triumph. Now the line of railway from Hankow to Peking passes within a few miles of Hsiao-kan City, and the trip was very different one from the old, uncomfortable journeys. Arrived at Hsiao-kan the veteran worker could scarcely rest until he had seen the lepers, and admired the chapel which had just been erected for their Christian worship. In the afternoon a visit was paid to the house which had first sheltered the missionary in Hsiao-kan, and where he had met with the few believers who had been gathered into the Church by the earnest efforts of Mr. Wei.
ref: 1910s, William Robson, Griffith John of Hankow (Bright Biographies Series), Pickering & Inglis, →OCLC, page 189:
text: On November 11 while Yüan was with the army at Hsiao-kan, he received the imperial decrees appointing him premier of the cabinet, but he declined the offer.
ref: 1956, Chien-nung Li, The Political History of China 1840-1928, D. Van Nostrand Company, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 254:
text: A late Ming gazetteer for Hsiao-kan county in Hupeh province observed, after listing abuses in the assessment and exaction of various levies, that 'people living in the villages have to provide twice as much as those who live in towns, and those in economically distressed circumstances provide twice as much again as the [ordinary] countryfolk'.
ref: 1978, Mark Elvin, “Chinese Cities since the Sung Dynasty”, in Philip Abrams, E. A. Wrigley, editors, Towns in Societies, Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, pages 86–87:
glosses: Alternative form of Xiaogan.
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unremember
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: unremembers
form: unremembering
form: unremembered
form: unremembered
Etymology: From un- + remember.
Senses: glosses: To fail to remember; to lose the memory or remembrance of; to forget.
unremembers
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of unremember
front holes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of front hole
bonus holes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bonus hole
glassed-off
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: [H]is father entered the little glassed-off partition of the central shop, where the books were kept.
ref: 1930, Norman Lindsay, Redheap, Sydney, N.S.W.: Ure Smith, →OCLC, page 37:
glosses: Enclosed or sectioned off by a glass pane, divider, or the like.
electronizes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of electronize
electronizing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of electronize
electronized
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of electronize
Sebek
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Borrowed from Egyptian sbk.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Sobek (Egyptian crocodile-headed god)
Sebek
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Sebeks
Etymology: Borrowed from Czech and Slovak Šebek.
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Sebec
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A placename
A town in Piscataquis County, Maine, United States.
glosses: A placename
A river in Piscataquis County, Maine, United States.
glosses: A placename
A lake in Piscataquis County, Maine, United States.
glosses: A placename
A crater in Mars.
glosses: Alternative form of Sobek (Egyptian god)
for the high jump
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Senses: examples: text: I saw you steal those sweets. Now you're for the high jump!
glosses: In trouble; facing punishment for a misdeed.
Related terms: for it
hard passes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hard pass
Firsby
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A village and civil parish (served by Firsby Group Parish Council) in East Lindsey district, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref TF4563).
sportsboat
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sportsboats
Senses: glosses: A boat designed for competitive racing
sports supplement
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sports supplements
Senses: glosses: A type of supplement designed to enhance performance in sport
spruce pine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: spruce pines
Senses: glosses: A pine of species Pinus glabra.
staff nurse
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: staff nurses
Senses: glosses: A nurse in a hospital, ranked below a charge nurse
standing room
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: standing-room
Senses: examples: text: The bus was packed, and all standing room was taken.
text: Since then we have had the opportunity to travel in them and were much impressed by the internal styling and comfort of the seating (with the minor exception of the single seats which have been tucked in longitudinally alongside some of the entrance vestibules and which are so cramped that only the slimmest of female figures could be comfortable in them; the space they occupy would have been better utilised to increase standing room).
ref: 1960 December, “The Glasgow Suburban Electrification is opened”, in Trains Illustrated, page 715:
glosses: Space in a public area, e.g. on public transport or at a sports or entertainment venue, for people to stand
Derived terms: standing room only
Stalin Peak
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Ismoil Somoni Peak, the highest peak in Tajikistan
starting grid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: starting grids
Senses: topics: hobbies
lifestyle
motor-racing
racing
sports
glosses: The part of the track on which the vehicles line up in order, according to their performance in qualifying.
Buntingford
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Buntas Ford and Buntingeford.
Senses: glosses: A small market town and civil parish with a town council in East Hertfordshire district, Hertfordshire, England (OS grid ref TL3629).
Zebec
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Serbo-Croatian Zebec.
Senses: glosses: A Balkan surname from Serbo-Croatian.
sargability
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From sargable + -ity.
Senses: topics: computing
databases
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: The property of being sargable.
onychitides
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of onychitis
Woolfardisworthy
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /ˈwʊlz(ə)ɹi/
Senses: glosses: A small village and civil parish in Mid Devon district, Devon, England (OS grid ref SS8208).
synonyms: Woolsery
glosses: A village and civil parish in Torridge district, Devon (OS grid ref SS3321).
Ballachulish
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌbaləˈxuːlɪʃ/
Etymology: From Scottish Gaelic Baile a' Chaolais (literally “town of the strait”), from baile (“town”) + caolas (“narrows, strait”), from narrow.
Senses: glosses: A village in Lochaber, Highland council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NN0858).
Derived terms: North Ballachulish
South Ballachulish
BPI
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: Initialism of British Phonographic Industry.
topics: banking
business
glosses: Initialism of Bank of the Philippine Islands.
IFPI
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Initialism of International Federation of the Phonographic Industry.
Croxley Green
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A suburb and civil parish east of Rickmansworth, Three Rivers district, Hertfordshire, England (OS grid ref TQ0795).
plays into someone's hands
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of play into someone's hands
playing into someone's hands
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of play into someone's hands
played into someone's hands
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of play into someone's hands
seizes the initiative
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of seize the initiative
seizing the initiative
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of seize the initiative
seized the initiative
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of seize the initiative
unrestorability
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Incapability of being restored.
unrestorably
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From unrestorable + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: Only recently, it has been accepted that unbalanced tourism development might unrestorably damage the urban environment.
ref: 2012, Helen Briassoulis, Jan van der Straaten, Tourism and the Environment:
glosses: Such that it cannot be restored.
restorably
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From restorable + -ly.
Senses: glosses: Such that it can be restored.
Silverdale
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A place in England:
A coastal village and civil parish in Lancaster district, Lancashire (OS grid ref SD4675).
glosses: A place in England:
An area of Wilford, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire (OS grid ref SK5635).
glosses: A place in England:
A minor valley (dale) in Craven district, North Yorkshire (OS grid ref SD8369).
glosses: A place in England:
A village and civil parish in Newcastle-under-Lyme borough, Staffordshire (OS grid ref SJ8146).
glosses: A place in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Spencer County, Indiana.
glosses: A place in the United States:
An unincorporated community and township in Cowley County, Kansas.
glosses: A place in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Koochiching County, Minnesota.
glosses: A place in the United States:
A borough in Bucks County, Pennsylvania.
glosses: A place in the United States:
A census-designated place and unincorporated community in Kitsap County, Washington.
glosses: A semi-rural neighbourhood in Mission district, British Columbia, Canada.
glosses: A small town in Wollondilly Shire, New South Wales, Australia.
glosses: A village in Northland, New Zealand.
glosses: A suburb of Hamilton, Waikato, New Zealand.
vouches for
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of vouch for
vouching for
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of vouch for
vouched for
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of vouch for
brooms up
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of broom up
brooming up
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of broom up
broomed up
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of broom up
balling up
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of ball up
still-birth
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: still-births
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of stillbirth.
still-births
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of still-birth
Swan Village
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: text: He pounded through the estate […] and caught the 74 from Swan Village bound for Birmingham.
ref: 2020, Paul Mendez, Rainbow Milk, Dialogue Books (2021), page 105:
glosses: A village in West Bromwich, Metropolitan Borough of Sandwell, West Midlands, England (OS grid ref SO9892).
dextrograms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dextrogram
dharmachakras
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dharmachakra
diabroticines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of diabroticine
diacylaminos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of diacylamino
diacylgalactosylglycerols
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of diacylgalactosylglycerol
diagnostications
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of diagnostication
dialkylcarbodiimides
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dialkylcarbodiimide
dialkylphenyls
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dialkylphenyl
Knottingley
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A town in the Metropolitan Borough of Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE4923).
unbeaches
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of unbeach
unbeaching
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of unbeach
hillbillyism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From hillbilly + -ism.
Senses: glosses: The attitudes or behavior of hillbillies.
Related terms: hillbillyish
supercommutators
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of supercommutator
superbrackets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of superbracket
in back
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Senses: examples: text: We were sitting in back.
glosses: At the back.
wholsome
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: wholsomer
form: wholsomest
Senses: glosses: Obsolete form of wholesome.
wholsomest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of wholsome: most wholsome
wholsomer
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of wholsome: more wholsome
Mulben
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Scottish Gaelic Am Muileann Bàn, from am (the) + muileann (mill) + bàn (white). Literally "the white mill".
Senses: glosses: A hamlet in Moray council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NJ3550).
core time
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: core times
Senses: examples: text: An earlier starting time would interfere with the coordination of core times among the modified flexible schedules […]
ref: 1987, United States. Federal Service Impasses Panel, Panel Release (issue 253, page 8)
text: Under the old flexi-time arrangement, core times (defined partly by the branches' opening hours) were specified.
ref: 2002, Isik Zeytinoglu, International Industrial Relations Association. European Regional Congress, Flexible Work Arrangements: Conceptualizations and International Experiences (page 154)
topics: business
qualifier: human resources
glosses: The period of the working day during which all employees are expected to be present, regardless of any flexitime arrangement.
core times
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of core time
Coriolis effect
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Coriolis effects
Senses: glosses: The supposed effect exhibited by the Coriolis force.
Coriolis effects
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Coriolis effect
Dufftown
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Duff + town; founded in 1817 by James Duff, 4th Earl of Fife.
Senses: glosses: A small town or burgh in Moray council area, Scotland, originally in Banffshire (OS grid ref NJ3239).
wikipedia: James Duff, 4th Earl of Fife
put a cork in it
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: puts a cork in it
form: putting a cork in it
form: put a cork in it
form: put a cork in it
Senses: glosses: Synonym of put a sock in it (“be quiet”).
synonyms: word: put a sock in it
extra: be quiet
Related terms: cork it
recorker
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: recorkers
Etymology: From recork + -er.
Senses: examples: text: In 1984 they sent their recorkers and special equipment to the East Coast where they replaced corks in hundreds of bottles of Lafites. This year they journey to Houston, Dallas, Los Angeles, San Francisco, and Chicago.
ref: 1984, Quarterly Review of Wines, volumes 7-9, page 37:
text: If you're concerned about uncorking a bottle for just a few ounces, then purchase one of the nifty special bottle recorkers […]
ref: 2001, Zorba Paster, The Longevity Code:
glosses: A person or device that replaces corks in bottles.
recorkers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of recorker
depping
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of dep
hog-corn ratio
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hog-corn ratios
Senses: synonyms: corn-hog ratio
glosses: The number of bushels of corn equal in value to 100 pounds of live hogs, used by farmers to decide whether it is more lucrative to sell their corn or to feed hogs with it and sell those.
corn-hog ratio
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: corn-hog ratios
Senses: glosses: Synonym of hog-corn ratio.
synonyms: word: hog-corn ratio
hog-corn ratios
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hog-corn ratio