cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
indoctrinator
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: indoctrinators
Etymology: From indoctrinate + -or.
Senses: examples: text: ndeed, indoctrination is possible if and only if the intelligence of the indoctrinatee is (significantly) lower than the intelligence of the indoctrinator.
ref: 2018 July 13, Jiwoon Hwang, “Pro-mortalist AI omnicide: A likely outcome of the technological singularity?”, in Jiwoon Hwang:
antonyms: indoctrinatee
glosses: One who indoctrinates.
counterindoctrinate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: counterindoctrinates
form: counterindoctrinating
form: counterindoctrinated
form: counterindoctrinated
Etymology: From counter- + indoctrinate.
Senses: glosses: To indoctrinate (somebody) against a previously imparted doctrine.
Related terms: counterindoctrination
indoctrinators
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of indoctrinator
counterindoctrinated
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of counterindoctrinate
counterindoctrinates
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of counterindoctrinate
counterindoctrinating
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of counterindoctrinate
Stewiacke
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈst(j)uː.i.æk/
rhymes: -uːiæk
Etymology: Derived from a corruption of the Mi'kmaq toponym Esiktaweak, translated as "whimpering and whining as it goes" (referring to the Stewiacke River).
Senses: glosses: A town in Nova Scotia, Canada.
Kentville
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkɛnt.vɪl/
rhymes: -ɛntvɪl
Etymology: Compound of Kent + -ville. The town is named after Prince Edward, Duke of Kent and Strathearn (1767 - 1820), who visited the area in 1794.
Senses: synonyms: Horton Corner
glosses: A town in Nova Scotia, Canada.
wikipedia: Prince Edward, Duke of Kent and Strathearn
Lunenburg
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈluː.nən.bɝɡ/
rhymes: -uːnənbɜː(ɹ)ɡ
Etymology: From German Lüneburg. Because the Elector of Brunswick-Lüneburg became King of Great Britain in 1707, many places in former British colonies also carry this name.
Senses: glosses: Former name of Lüneburg: a city in Lower Saxony, Germany, in English.
glosses: A port town in Nova Scotia, Canada.
glosses: A district municipality (the Municipality of the District of Lunenburg) in Lunenburg County, Nova Scotia.
glosses: A small unincorporated community in Izard County, Arkansas, United States.
glosses: A town in Worcester County, Massachusetts, United States.
glosses: A town in Essex County, Vermont, United States.
glosses: A census-designated place, the county seat of Lunenburg County, Virginia, United States.
glosses: Ellipsis of Lunenburg County.
Derived terms: County of Lunenburg
District of Lunenburg
Lunenburg County
Lunenburg pudding
Lunenburg sausage
the Lunenburg cure
Pictou
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpɪk.təʊ/
rhymes: -ɪktəʊ
Etymology: The name of the town is derived from Mi'kmaq piktook (“explosion, fire”). The toponym refers to highly explosive methane from coal seams located under the town's harbour.
Senses: glosses: A town in Nova Scotia, Canada.
Derived terms: Pictou County
Pictou disease
Rocklin
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A city in Placer County, California, United States.
glosses: A community in Nova Scotia, Canada.
Eastville
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From east + -ville.
Senses: glosses: A district of Bristol, England near Stapleton and Fishponds
glosses: A village and civil parish (served by Eastville, Midville and New Leake Parish Council) in East Lindsey district, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref TF4056).
glosses: A community in Nova Scotia, Canada.
glosses: A small town, the county seat of Northampton County, Virginia, United States.
Whalley
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: note: UK, village in Lancashire
ipa: /ˈwɔːli/
Forms: form: Whalleys
Etymology: Variant of Whaley.
Senses: glosses: A village and civil parish in Ribble Valley district, Lancashire, England (OS grid ref SD7336).
glosses: The city centre of Surrey, British Columbia, Canada, named after Arthur Whalley.
glosses: A surname.
Derived terms: Whalley Range
erenagh
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: erenaghs
form: erenach
Etymology: Borrowed from Old Irish airchinnech, from Proto-Celtic *ɸare-kʷenno- (“extremity, end”); see *kʷennom (“head”).
Senses: topics: ecclesiastical
history
human-sciences
lifestyle
religion
sciences
glosses: The head of a clan occupying church lands under a bishop in Gaelic Ireland.
Related terms: erenaghy
coarb
erenaghy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: erenaghies
Etymology: From erenagh + -y.
Senses: examples: text: If the clan in which the erenaghy was vested became extinct, the bishop could not keep the lands in his own hands but must instal a new erenagh family
ref: 1973 Kenneth Nicholls, Gaelic and Gaelicised Ireland in the Middle Ages, Gill and Macmillan, ISBN 7171 0561 X p.113
topics: ecclesiastical
history
human-sciences
lifestyle
religion
sciences
glosses: the office of erenagh
erenaghys
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: the Mac Brady family occupied a large number of distinct erenaghys in the diocese of Kilmore
ref: 1973 Kenneth Nicholls, Gaelic and Gaelicised Ireland in the Middle Ages, Gill and Macmillan, ISBN 7171 0561 X p.113
glosses: plural of erenaghy
Tioga
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: The former name of a former settlement and ghost town in Mono County, California, now Bennettville.
glosses: A ghost town in Huerfano County, Colorado.
glosses: An unincorporated community in Alachua County, Florida.
glosses: An unincorporated community in Mahaska County, Iowa.
glosses: An unincorporated community in Rapides Parish, Louisiana.
glosses: A town in Tioga County, New York.
glosses: A small city in Williams County, North Dakota.
glosses: A borough of Tioga County, Pennsylvania.
glosses: A neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
glosses: A small town in Grayson County, Texas.
glosses: A census-designated place in Nicholas County, West Virginia.
glosses: An unincorporated community in the town of Hendren, Clark County, Wisconsin.
Derived terms: Tioga County
Tioga Lake
Tioga Pass
Tioga River
TTIP
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: TTIPs
Senses: examples: text: TTIP, an alkoxide with a diamagnetic tetrahedral molecule of titanium(IV) having the formula Ti{OCH(CH₃)₂}₄, is used in organic synthesis and materials science.
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Initialism of titanium isopropoxide, a chemical compound.
TTIP
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: text: TTIP, which is also abbreviated as TAFTA, is a proposed free-trade agreement between the European Union and the United States of America.
topics: business
finance
trading
glosses: Initialism of Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership, a proposed free trade area between the United States and the European Union.
Related terms: CETA
TTIPs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of TTIP
Putinstan
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /ˈpuːtɪnstɑːn/
/-stæn/
/ˌpuːtɪnˈstɑːn/
/-ˈstæn/
/ˈputənˌstæn/
Etymology: From Putin + -stan.
Senses: glosses: Russia under the government of Vladimir Putin.
Putinland
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Putin + -land.
Senses: glosses: Russia under the presidency of Vladimir Putin
Synonyms: Russia
Garrison
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɡæɹɪ.sən/
ipa: /ˈɡæɹɪ.sən/
note: Mary–marry–merry merger
ipa: /ˈɡɛɹɪ.sən/
rhymes: -æɹɪsən
Forms: form: Garrisons
Etymology: From Garrett + -son.
Senses: glosses: A surname.
glosses: A village in County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland.
glosses: A city in Benton County, Iowa.
glosses: An unincorporated community and census-designated place in Lewis County, Kentucky.
glosses: A census-designated place in Baltimore County, Maryland.
glosses: A city in Crow Wing County, Minnesota.
glosses: An unincorporated community in Christian County, Missouri.
glosses: A census-designated place in Powell County, Montana.
glosses: A village in Butler County, Nebraska.
glosses: A hamlet in Putnam County, New York.
glosses: A small city in McLean County, North Dakota.
glosses: A small city in Nacogdoches County, Texas.
glosses: An unincorporated community in Millard County, Utah.
Derived terms: Garrison finish
Garrisonian
blue book
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: blue books
Etymology: The term dates back to the 15th century, when large blue velvet-covered books were used for record-keeping by the Parliament of the United Kingdom.
Senses: examples: text: "I was the flail of the Lord up in those parts, I may tell you, though you won't find it in any Blue-book."
ref: 1912, Arthur Conan Doyle, The Lost World […], London; New York, N.Y.: Hodder and Stoughton, →OCLC:
glosses: A book of statistics or almanac, usually published by an agency or as a trade publication.
glosses: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see blue, book.
Related terms: Project Blue Book
blue book exam
susuki grass
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Japanese 薄 (susuki) + grass.
Senses: glosses: Miscanthus sinensis, a species of grass native to eastern Asia, including China, Japan, Taiwan and Korea.
feely-omi
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From feely (“child”) + omi (“man”).
Senses: examples: text: As feely homies, when we launched ourselves onto the gay scene, polari was all the rage.
ref: 1977, Peter Burton, quoted in: Rictor Norton, A Critique of Social Constructionism and Postmodern Queer Theory, "Queer Language," 16 July 2002, updated 2 July 2011
text: Will you take a varder on the feely-omi in the naf strides?
ref: 1997, James Gardiner, Who's a Pretty Boy, Then?, page 123:
text: O vada mi bona omi, the feely omi, the bona riah, the fantabulosa paliasse and leucoddy.
ref: 2005, sam_storyteller, “The Rules Of Torchwood Three, Nicholas Redux: 3 of 4”, in dreamwidth.org:
glosses: A young male; a boy.
ajax
Language: English
Part of speech: prep
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈeɪ.d͡ʒæks/
Etymology: Possibly from adjacent.
Senses: examples: text: In the bar we would stand with our sisters, varda (look at) the bona cartes (male genitals) on the butch homme (man, pronounced o-me) ajax (nearby), who, if we fluttered our ogle riahs (eye lashes) at him sweetly, might just troll over to offer a light for the unlit vogue (cigarette) clenched between out teeth. [The explanations in round brackets are by Peter Burton]
ref: 1985, Peter Burton, Parallel Lives, page 38:
text: Oh, vada well that omee-palone ajax who just trolled in[.]
ref: 2004, Paul Baker, Fanatabulosa: A Dictionary of Polari and Gay Slang, page 1:
text: [O]oh[,] will just vada that filiomi ajax[.]
ref: 2006, Matt Houlbrook, Queer London: Perils and Pleasures in the Sexual Metropolis, 1918-1957, page 152:
glosses: Nearby, over there
ajax
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈeɪ.d͡ʒæks/
Etymology: Humorous respelling of a jakes.
Senses: examples: text: I say this much of this action, that it is requisite we should remit the same unto certaine prescribed night-houres, and by custome (as I have done) force and subject our selves unto it; But not (as I have done), growing in yeeres, strictly tie himselfe to the care of a particular convenient place, and of a commodious Ajax or easie close-stoole for that purpose, and make it troublesome with long sitting and nice observation.
ref: 1603, Michel de Montaigne, translated by John Florio, Essays, III.13:
glosses: A toilet.
ajax
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈeɪ.d͡ʒæks/
Etymology: Phonetic similarity to ace jack.
Senses: topics: card-games
poker
glosses: An ace and a jack as a starting hand in Texas hold 'em.
pangender
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: pan-gender
Etymology: From pan- + gender.
Senses: examples: text: These critiques distort Gilligan's thesis, it seems to me; she can be read as arguing that the morality of women is currently undervalued culturally and as calling for its reintegration into pangender morality, not for its use as a universal standard.
ref: 1988, Catherine Lutz, Unnatural Emotions: Everyday Sentiments on a Micronesian Atoll & Their Challenge to Western Theory, University of Chicago Press, published 1988, →ISBN, page 234:
text: On one level, these changes many have served as a defensive maneuver to tone down some of the actor's pangender sexual magnetism and the homoeroticized responses associated with him as a male theatrical idol.
ref: 1996, Gaylyn Studler, This Mad Masquerade: Stardom and Masculinity in the Jazz Age, Columbia University Press, →ISBN:
text: Then came the tidal wave of drugs, specifically heroin, and what had once been a haven for male alcoholics became a pangender hole-in-the-wall hideout for depraved junkies.
ref: 2002, James Wagner, Patrick Picciarelli, My life in the NYPD: Jimmy the Wags, Onyx, published 2002, →ISBN:
glosses: Encompassing or including all genders.
examples: text: Born as a physical male, she now identifies as transfeminine, or pangender.
ref: 2012, Alessandra Robertson, "Trans Stories", Sex and the Steel City (The Silhouette special edition), page 14
text: Just don't be surprised if you meet someone who identifies as a "non-binary neutrois pangender genderpunk autistic aspiequeer queer lithsexual punk anti-kyriarchist anarchist."
ref: 2012, Harrison Vaporciyan, "Tumbling into Trouble", The Oracle (Stratford High School, Houston, Texas), Volume 41, Issue 4, 16 November 2012, page 8
text: Ranging from pangender to genderqueer and even intersex, the choices Facebook has included accurately reflects the diversity and differences of this day and age.
ref: 2014 February 25, Aysha Mahmood, “Media companies take a more progressive stance on gender”, in The Daily Campus, volume 120, number 92, University of Connecticut, page 4:
glosses: Identifying with all genders.
raw_tags: of a person
Related terms: omnigender
multigender
polygender
pan-gender
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more pan-gender
form: most pan-gender
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of pangender.
mons Venus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Latin mōns (“mountain”) + Venus.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of mons veneris.
synonyms: word: mons veneris
Hypernyms: mons pubis
Schmaltz
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Schmaltzes
Etymology: Borrowed from German Schmaltz.
Senses: glosses: A surname from German.
subconversation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: subconversations
Etymology: From sub- + conversation.
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A conversation making up part of a larger conversation.
subconversations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of subconversation
kick ass and take names
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: kicks ass and takes names
form: kicking ass and taking names
form: kicked ass and took names
form: kicked ass and taken names
Senses: examples: text: We kick ass and take names and call muster.
ref: 1987, Pat Conroy, The Lords of Discipline, page 394:
text: Hell, I thought, if I were wearing that star, I'd kick ass and take names and have this place turned upside down in a week.
ref: 1990, David H. Hackworth, Julie Sherman, About Face: The Odyssey of an American Warrior, page 217:
text: “Fitz,” Assistant Director Roy McKinnon said the day he summoned me to his office at headquarters in Washington in late 1980, “we need an Irishman to go to Boston to kick ass and take names.”
ref: 2012, Robert Fitzpatrick, Betrayal, page 17:
glosses: To beat someone in a competition, fight, or other situation.
kicks ass and takes names
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of kick ass and take names
kicking ass and taking names
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of kick ass and take names
kicked ass and took names
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of kick ass and take names
geoidal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -ɔɪdəl
Etymology: From geoid + -al.
Senses: glosses: Relating to, or shaped like a geoid
intermorainal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From inter- + morainal.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of intermorainic.
synonyms: word: intermorainic
intermorainic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From inter- + morainic.
Senses: glosses: Situated between moraines
mantellic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: topics: geography
geology
natural-sciences
glosses: Relating to, or formed in the Earth's mantle
bindy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bindies
Etymology: From bindii.
Senses: glosses: a stinging burr of the bindii plant
bindies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: The children came back to get their shoes, as the park had bindies.
glosses: an infestation of the bindii plant
examples: text: I walked barefoot outside and ended up with three bindies in my foot.
glosses: plural of bindy (a single burr of the plant)
pasteli
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: pă-stĕ′lē
ipa: /paˈstɛ.liː/
note: conservative Received Pronunciation
ipa: /pæˈstɛ.liː/
ipa: /pæˈstɛ.li/
ipa: /pæˈste.liː/
ipa: /pɛˈste.liː/
ipa: /paˈstɛ.li/
ipa: /paˈsʈɛ.liː/
rhymes: -ɛli
Forms: form: pastelia
Etymology: Borrowed from Greek παστέλι (pastéli).
Senses: hypernyms: sesame seed candy
glosses: A Greek/Cypriot confection made from sesame seeds and honey.
athenea
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of atheneum
atheneums
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of atheneum
miscarriages of justice
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of miscarriage of justice
vasilopita
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: vasilopitas
Etymology: From Greek βασιλόπιτα (vasilópita).
Senses: glosses: A Greek celebratory cake, often containing a hidden coin, typically eaten on New Year's Day which is St Basil's day.
Zogist
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Relating to King Zog of Albania.
Zogist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Zogists
Senses: glosses: A supporter of King Zog of Albania.
locatio et conductio
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin locātiō et conductiō.
Senses: topics: business
finance
law
glosses: A contract of hire. A bailment: goods delivered or property or land made available to the bailee in exchange for money or reward paid to the bailor. May be one of three main types: locatio rei, 'the hire of a thing'; locatio operarum, 'a worker for a wage'; locatio operis faciendi, a contract for 'services providing a result'
pupper
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpʌpɚ/
Forms: form: puppers
Etymology: From pup + -er.
Senses: examples: text: Around the same time, “wholesome” memes of cute doggos and puppers rejuvenated social media feeds that seemed daily filled with fresh horrors.
ref: 2019, Gretchen McCulloch, Because Internet: Understanding the New Rules of Language, Riverhead Books, →ISBN:
glosses: Synonym of dog or puppy.
synonyms: word: dog or puppy
Derived terms: pupperino
Alamogordo
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: text: That night at Alamogordo when, younger than I now was, Dad watched mankind’s first, artificial sunrise.
ref: 1995, Richard Powers, Galatea 2.2, Vintage (2019), page 175:
glosses: A city, the county seat of Otero County, New Mexico, United States, widely known for its connection with the 1945 Trinity test, which was the first ever explosion of an atomic bomb.
Derived terms: Alamogordo glass
Questa
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: A misspelling of Spanish cuesta (“ridge, slope”).
Senses: glosses: A surname from Spanish.
glosses: A village in Taos County, New Mexico, United States.
Loving
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /ˈlʌvɪŋ/
Forms: form: Lovings
Senses: glosses: A surname.
glosses: A placename
A village in Eddy County, New Mexico, United States.
glosses: A placename
An unincorporated community in Oklahoma, United States.
glosses: A placename
An unincorporated community in Young County, Texas, United States.
glosses: A placename
Ellipsis of Loving County.
topics: government
law
lifestyle
politics
sexuality
coordinate_terms: Eisenstadt
Obergefell
substantive due process
glosses: Ellipsis of Loving v. Virginia, a 1967 U.S. Supreme Court ruling that legalized interacial marriage under the Equal Protection and Due Process; and reaffirmed the existence of a right to privacy under due process following the 14th Amendment.
Derived terms: County of Loving
Loving County
Lovingston
Lovington
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From the Old English phrase for Lufa's settlement.
Senses: glosses: A village and civil parish (served by Cary Moor parish council) in South Somerset district, Somerset, England (OS grid ref ST5930).
glosses: A village in Illinois.
glosses: A city, the county seat of Lea County, New Mexico.
nonclathrate
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + clathrate.
Senses: glosses: Not clathrate.
luvved
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of luv
whitesplains
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of whitesplain
Thorsby
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A town in Alabama, United States.
glosses: A village in Alberta, Canada.
Related terms: Thoresby
whitesplained
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of whitesplain
methylhistidines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of methylhistidine
methylhistamines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of methylhistamine
methylitaconate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: methylitaconates
Etymology: From methylitaconic acid + -ate (“salt or ester”).
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Any salt or ester of methylitaconic acid.
methylitaconates
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of methylitaconate
slaframine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Old Norse slafra (“to slaver, to slobber”).
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: An indolizidine alkaloidal mycotoxin that causes salivation in most animals.
somatoliberin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From somato- + Latin līberāre- (“to set free”) + -in.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Somatocrinin.
streptothricins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of streptothricin
streptothricin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: streptothricins
Senses: glosses: Any of various antimicrobial agents produced by Streptomyces bacteria.
sulcotidil
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A particular vasodilator.
suloctidil
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: Alternative form of sulcotidil.
mfVSG
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mfVSGs
Senses: glosses: Initialism of membrane-form variable surface glycoprotein.
VSG
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: VSGs
Etymology: Initialism.
Senses: glosses: variable surface glycoprotein
Derived terms: mfVSG
stepdown
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: step-down
Etymology: Deverbal from step down.
Senses: glosses: Used to decrease the secondary voltage relative to the primary voltage.
raw_tags: of a transformer
stepdown
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: stepdowns
form: step-down
Etymology: Deverbal from step down.
Senses: glosses: A gradual reduction.
ECP
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ECPs
Senses: examples: text: For maximum effectiveness, ECP treatment should be started as soon as possible after unprotected intercourse, and within 120 hours.
ref: 2007, Felicia Stewart with James Trussell and Paul F.A. Van Look, “Emergency Contraception”, in Robert A. Hatcher, James Trussell, Anita L. Nelson, Willard Cates Jr., Felicia H. Stewart, Deborah Kowal, editors, Contraceptive Technology, 19th edition, Ardent Media, page 106:
synonyms: morning-after pill
glosses: Initialism of emergency contraceptive pill.
topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Initialism of eosinophil cationic protein.
glosses: Initialism of eyecare professional.
ECP
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Initialism of economic calculation problem.
glosses: Initialism of East Coast Parkway.
raw_tags: in road signs
honoris causa
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: h.c.
Etymology: From Latin honoris causa (“for the sake of the honor”).
Senses: examples: text: In the administration of his new responsibilities Professor Mugabe (honoris causa) has various role models to choose from.
ref: 2005 July 31, John Sutherland, “Professor Mugabe (honoris causa)”, in The Guardian:
glosses: honorary degree
Oromocto
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: The town is derived from the river, which is thought to have originated in Malecite-Passamaquoddy welamukotuk (“deep water”).
Senses: glosses: A river in New Brunswick, Canada.
glosses: A town in Sunbury County, New Brunswick, Canada, located at the mouth of the river of the same name.
glosses: A lake in New Brunswick, Canada, from which the North Oromocto River (a tributary of the Oromocto River) flows.
Nackawic
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /ˈnækəˌwɪk/
Senses: glosses: A town in New Brunswick, Canada.
Quispamsis
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A town in New Brunswick, Canada.
Grand Falls
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɡɹænd ˈfɔːlz/
rhymes: -ɔːlz
Etymology: * (town in New Brunswick): Calque of French Grand-Sault, derived from grand (“big, great”) and sault (“waterfall”). The town is named after a large set of waterfalls in the Saint John River.
* (Churchill Falls): grand+falls (“waterfall”). From being a waterfall located on the Grand River. Coined by Hudson's Bay Company explorer John McLean 1820s. From the river's name in Innu, Mishta-shipu. From Montagnais mishta (“grand, great”).
Senses: glosses: A waterfall system in Arizona, United States.
glosses: A town in Victoria County, New Brunswick, Canada.
glosses: Former name of Churchill Falls, former name of McLean Falls: a waterfall in Labrador, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada, on the former Grand River, now Churchill River.
Gagetown
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A village in Michigan, United States.
glosses: A village in New Brunswick, Canada.
Fairisle
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A community in New Brunswick, Canada.
some kind of
Language: English
Part of speech: det
Forms: form: some kinda
Senses: glosses: a mediocre; a bare minimum; (denoting that something only barely fits a certain category, or is very mediocre in it)
examples: text: I'm not going to pry into your life, but I wish you'd tell me how you got to the South Carolina Lowcountry. That trip must be some kind of story.
ref: 1998, Anne Rivers Siddons, Low Country, New York: Harper Collins:
text: Lindsey glanced at Tom, who smiled, apparently in no hurry to talk about that training op. Red Cell. That was going to be some kind of fun.
ref: 2005, Suzanne Brockmann, Patrick G. Lawlor (Patrick Girard), Melanie Ewbank, Into the storm, 1st edition, Grand Haven, MI: Brilliance Audio:
glosses: A remarkable.
glosses: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see some, kind, of.
Synonyms: sense: remarkable
word: some type of
sense: remarkable
word: some sort of
sense: remarkable
word: some
some kind of
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: some kinda
Senses: examples: text: "Why is he grounded?" / "Went to a^([sic]) underwear option party up in Natchitoches. That boy, he is some kind of wild."
ref: 2003, Sandra Hill, Tall, dark, and Cajun, New York City: Warner Books:
text: Those women must have been some kind of ugly.
ref: 2003, Cathy Day, “The Last Member of the Boela Tribe”, in The Antioch Review, volume 61, number 4, page 598:
text: Those women that stalk us have to be some kind of sick.
ref: 2012, Blaize Clement, The cat sitter's pajamas, 1st edition, New York: Minotaur Books:
glosses: Used as an intensifier of adjectives: remarkably
Synonyms: sense: remarkably
word: some type of
sense: remarkably
word: some sort of
Caliente
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Spanish caliente.
Senses: glosses: An unincorporated community in Kern County, California, United States.
glosses: A city in Lincoln County, Nevada, United States.
Derived terms: Caliente Mountain
Caliente Range
Pioche
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: An unincorporated town, the county seat of Lincoln County, Nevada, United States.
Derived terms: Pioche Hills
Goldfield
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Generally from goldfield (“place where gold ore is found”).
Goldfield, Iowa, was originally to be called Brassfield after the surname of a settler, but “Gold-” was felt to be more suitable as a place name.
Senses: glosses: A census-designated place in Teller County, Colorado.
glosses: A small city in Wright County, Iowa.
glosses: A census-designated place, the county seat of Esmeralda County, Nevada.
Dyer
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: * As an English surname, from dyer (“one who dyes”). Compare Dexter.
* As an Irish surname, variant of Dwyer.
Senses: glosses: An English surname originating as an occupation for a dyer of cloth.
glosses: A place in the United States:
A minor city in Crawford County, Arkansas; named for S. M. Dyer, who bought the town's land.
glosses: A place in the United States:
A town in St. John Township, Lake County, Indiana, a suburb of Chicago; named for early settler Martha Dyer Hart.
glosses: A place in the United States:
A census-designated place in Esmeralda County, Nevada; named for nearby Dyer's Ranch.
glosses: A place in the United States:
A city in Gibson County, Tennessee.
glosses: A place in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Webster County, West Virginia; named for postmaster G. M. Dyer.
glosses: A place in the United States:
A river in Maine; running from Jefferson into the Sheepscot River at the village of Sheepscot in Newcastle.
glosses: A place in the United States:
A bay near Steuben, Maine.
Derived terms: Dyer County
Dyerian
Dyerite
Dyersburg
second names
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of second name
Helheim
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Hel
Senses: topics: human-sciences
mysticism
mythology
philosophy
sciences
glosses: The realm of the dead, (also known as Hel), the domain of the goddess Hel. Located beyond Niflheim, (one of the Nine Realms).
khorovod
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: khorovods
Etymology: From Russian хорово́д (xorovód).
Senses: glosses: a Slavic art form, a combination of a circle dance and chorus singing, similar to chorea of ancient Greece, also in Romania (horă)
Related terms: word: chorea
english: various names and varieties exist
translation: various names and varieties exist
word: hora
khorovods
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of khorovod
slip opinion
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: slip opinions
Senses: glosses: A printed judicial opinion that is released by a court on the day that the decision is rendered, that is not the final form of the opinion because it is still subject to typesetting, formatting, and revisions to the text.
slip opinions
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of slip opinion
promo code
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: promo codes
form: promo-code
form: promocode
Senses: examples: text: If you found a promo code, a dollar amount automatically appears in the Total Funds text box.
ref: 2005, Marsha Collier, eBay Business All-in-One Desk Reference For Dummies, page 526:
text: After purchasing your book today, we found a promo code for a reduced rate.
ref: 2011, Bob Sehlinger, Len Testa, The Unofficial Guide Walt Disney World 2011:
text: How do I redeem a gift card or promo code in the Mac App Store?
ref: 2013, Ben Harvell, Teach Yourself VISUALLY Complete OS X Mavericks, page 495:
glosses: A term, number, or alphanumeric combination provided electronically to a vendor in order to redeem a marketing promotion.
latigos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of latigo
latigoes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of latigo
middle child
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: middle children
Senses: examples: text: I was the middle child of three, but there was a gap of five years on either side, and I barely saw my father before I was eight. For this and other reasons I was somewhat lonely.
ref: 1946, George Orwell, Why I Write:
text: As a middle child, you're not Mommy's big girl nor her little boy; you're just there.
ref: 1987 February 15, Jean M. Sarosy, “Topics: The Unseen Woman”, in New York Times, retrieved 27 Apr 2014:
text: Elliott [is] the forgotten 10-year-old middle child between a teenager with a lot of friends and a precocious golden girl.
ref: 2002 March 30, Richard Corliss, “That Old Feeling: "E.T." Goes Home”, in Time, retrieved 27 Apr 2014:
text: My husband is the classic middle child, the peacemaker often overlooked by his parents.
ref: 2013 October 17, Carolyn Hax, “Tell Me About It: Middle-child syndrome, 2d generation”, in philly.com, retrieved 28 Apr 2014:
topics: human-sciences
psychology
sciences
glosses: In an immediate family containing three children, the child who is neither the oldest nor the youngest.
Derived terms: middle child syndrome
Related terms: baby of the family
firstborn
roll in dough
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: rolls in dough
form: rolling in dough
form: rolled in dough
form: rolled in dough
Senses: glosses: Synonym of roll in wealth.
synonyms: word: roll in wealth
Galactic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: antonyms: extragalactic
glosses: Pertaining to the Milky Way Galaxy.
Related terms: galactic
Galaxy
Galactic
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: text: The sepoy spoke again. The meaning of the words finally penetrated. Oddly, Agayan was surprised more by the fact of those words than their actual content. He had not realized that Gha could speak Galactic beyond a few crude and simple phrases.
ref: 2001, Eric Flint, “Carthago Delenda Est”, in Foreign Legions, Riverdale, N.Y.: Baen Books, →ISBN, page 253:
topics: fantasy
literature
media
publishing
science-fiction
glosses: Denoting the name of a universal language spoken throughout a galaxy in various works.
Related terms: Common
Standard
lichenoid
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more lichenoid
form: most lichenoid
Etymology: From lichen + -oid.
Senses: examples: a lichenoid eruption on the skin
glosses: Resembling lichen
proofings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈpɹuːfɪŋz/
Senses: glosses: plural of proofing
Africanis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Africanis
Senses: glosses: An African breed of dog.
promo codes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of promo code
rains on one's parade
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of rain on one's parade
raining on one's parade
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of rain on one's parade
rained on one's parade
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of rain on one's parade
Euregion
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Euregions
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Euroregion.
greenline
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: greenlines
form: greenlining
form: greenlined
form: greenlined
Etymology: From green + line; compare redline, greenlight.
Senses: examples: text: Bankers, who must fight to stay even with inflation and face an uneven credit supply (even many "greenlined"' areas didn't get loans during the recession of 1974-1975)
ref: 1964, The Bankers Magazine, volume 162, page 47:
text: But ABN-AMRO redlined some small areas in largely yellowlined zip code areas, and greenlined some small areas in largely redlined areas.
ref: 2011, Manuel B. Aalbers, Place, Exclusion and Mortgage Markets:
text: If the new residents, especially the most recent arrivals, are less tolerant of lower or working-class behavior, these tensions may become serious. Banks begin to greenline the area, looking for spatial patterns of reinvestment
ref: 2013, Loretta Lees, Tom Slater, Elvin Wyly, Gentrification, page 32:
antonyms: redline
coordinate_terms: yellowline
glosses: To ease access to services to residents in specific areas, particularly by designating such areas as suitable for real-estate lending and property insurance.
Derived terms: greenliner
greenlining
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of greenline
greenlining
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: gerund of greenline: The process by which something is greenlined.
Kanoé
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Kanoê
Senses: glosses: A nearly extinct language isolate spoken in Rondônia, Brazil.
wikipedia: Kanoê language
Frostburg
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A city in Maryland.
pyloric caecum
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pyloric caeca
form: pyloric cecum
Senses: glosses: An outpocketing in the intestines of fish.
Nunica
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Derived from a Native American word meaning "clay earth", from which pottery was made.
Senses: glosses: A town in western Michigan 10 miles east of Muskegon.
Quinan
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A village in Nova Scotia, Canada.
culinology
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Derived from Latin culina (“kitchen”) + Ancient Greek -λογία (-logía, “branch of study, to speak”).
Senses: glosses: The blending of the culinary arts, food science, and food technology.
Ferryland
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈfɛɹ.i.lænd/
rhymes: -ɛɹilænd
Etymology: The name of the town derives from a reinterpretation of Portuguese farelho (“sharp rocks, reef”).
Senses: glosses: A town in Newfoundland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
Englee
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌɛn.ɡəˈliː/
rhymes: -iː
Etymology: Derived from a corruption of French anglais (“English”), referring here to a settlement created by English settlers in an area officially controlled by the French as a result of the Treaty of Utrecht.
Senses: glosses: A town in Newfoundland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
Aquaforte
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈæk.wə.fɔɹt/
rhymes: -ækwəfɔː(ɹ)t
Etymology: Derived from Portuguese Rio de Água.
Senses: glosses: A town in Newfoundland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
Rushoon
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɹʌˈʃuːn/
rhymes: -uːn
Etymology: Unknown; possibly from French ruisseau (“brook”).
Senses: glosses: A town in Newfoundland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
Ramea
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɹæ.mi.ə/
rhymes: -æmiə
Etymology: The name of the town probably derives from the French toponym La Ramée, a locality near Saint Peter Port in Guernsey.
Senses: glosses: A town in Newfoundland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
Forteau
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈfɔɹ.toʊ/
rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)təʊ
Etymology: Derived from French Forteau, derived in turn from a compound of fort (“strong”) and eau (“water”). The toponym refers to the powerful, unpredictable tides found near the village.
Senses: glosses: A town in Labrador, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
Hampden
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈhæmp.dən/
rhymes: -æmpdən
Forms: form: Hampdens
form: Hamden
Etymology: From Old English hām (“homestead”) + denu (“valley”).
Senses: glosses: A surname.
glosses: A locality in the Mackay Region, Queensland, Australia.
glosses: A rural locality in the Mid North, South Australia.
synonyms: Riverhead
glosses: A town in Newfoundland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
glosses: A small town in North Otago district, Otago, New Zealand.
glosses: A town in Penobscot County, Maine.
glosses: A neighborhood in northern Baltimore, Maryland, United States.
glosses: A town in Hampden County, Massachusetts.
glosses: A tiny city in Ramsey County, North Dakota.
glosses: An unincorporated community in Geauga County, Ohio.
glosses: A township municipality of Le Haut-Saint-François Regional County Municipality, Quebec, Canada.
Derived terms: Great and Little Hampden
Great Hampden
Hampden County
Hampden Park
Mount Hampden
-pathic
Language: English
Part of speech: suffix
Pronunciation: /pæθɪk/
Etymology: From Ancient Greek πάθος (páthos, “suffering”) + -ic.
Senses: examples: idiopathic
psychopathic
sociopathic
glosses: Adjectival form of suffix -pathy.
Related terms: -pathy
patho-
pathosis
pathology
pathosis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pathoses
Etymology: From patho- + -osis.
Senses: glosses: A disease; a pathologic condition.
Starke
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: enpr: stärk
ipa: /stɑɹk/
enpr: stärk
ipa: /stɑːk/
rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)k
Senses: glosses: A surname from German.
glosses: A city, the county seat of Bradford County, Florida, United States.
Derived terms: Starke County
bamboo ceiling
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bamboo ceilings
Etymology: Modeled on glass ceiling, popularized in 2005 by Jane Hyun in Breaking the Bamboo Ceiling, see quotations.
Senses: examples: text: The title Breaking the Bamboo Ceiling was selected because it acknowledges that Asian Americans do indeed face obstacles in the workplace and it asserts that there are cultural barriers that play a role in impeding career advancement.
ref: 2005, Jane Hyun, Breaking the Bamboo Ceiling, Harper Business, →ISBN, page xx:
text: Schools where admission is purely through a test, like the elite public New York City high school Stuyvesant, often have large percentages of Asian-Americans. The University of California at Berkeley and Los Angeles are more than half Asian. That doesn’t help them integrate effectively, to pierce what some call the bamboo ceiling in the corporate and political worlds.
ref: 2012 November 1, Ethan Bronner, “Asian-Americans in the Argument”, in New York Times, retrieved 28 Apr 2014:
text: Many Asian American attorneys are finding they may have excelled in law school and were able to land their first job, but their careers are not moving forward the way they would like. It has been described as a “bamboo ceiling.”
ref: 2014 April 14, Ed Silverstein, “Asian-American GCs meet in Chicago to expand career opportunities”, in Inside Counsel, retrieved 28 Apr 2014:
glosses: Especially in America, a social barrier to further promotion or progression, in employment and elsewhere, for a person of East Asian ethnicity.
examples: text: Nonetheless, women are definitely breaking through what has variously been called the glass ceiling, the bamboo ceiling, or the old boy's network.
ref: 1995, Mahnaz Sarachi, "Women: Being and Becoming" in The Emergence of Women Into the 21st Century (P. Munhall and V. Fitzsimons, eds.), p. 9 (Google preview)
text: She says the changes brought by the Internet will help crack the bamboo ceiling. "The business practice of face-to-face negotiation and drinking sake together into the night has made it difficult for women to advance in the business world," she said.
ref: 2000 May 14, Stephanie Strom, “Rising Internet Use Quietly Transforms Way Japanese Live”, in New York Times, retrieved 28 Apr 2014:
glosses: In East Asia, a social barrier to further promotion or progression, in employment and elsewhere, for women.
Hypernyms: glass ceiling
Related terms: Bamboo Curtain
Kissimmee
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Borrowed from Calusa, meaning "the long water / river", from k(a-) (“the”) + (ʔ)iśi (“water”) + -mi (“long”).
Senses: glosses: A city, the county seat of Osceola County, Florida, United States.
glosses: The Kissimmee River in Florida.
Derived terms: Lake Kissimmee
Niceville
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From nice + -ville, chosen in 1910 by the postmaster's daughter to replace the former name of Boggy.
Senses: glosses: A city in Florida.
Destin
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈdɛstɪn/
rhymes: -ɛstɪn
homophone: destine
Senses: glosses: A surname.
glosses: A city in Florida.
Eustis
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Eustises
Etymology: Variant spelling of Eustace.
Senses: glosses: A surname.
glosses: A city in Lake County, Florida, United States.
glosses: A town in Franklin County, Maine, United States.
glosses: A village Frontier County Nebraska, United States.
Derived terms: Lake Eustis
Rockledge
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A place in the United States:
A city in Brevard County, Florida.
glosses: A place in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Laurens County, Georgia.
glosses: A place in the United States:
A borough in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania.
Derived terms: Carlisle-Rockledge
Gillette
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Gillettes
form: Gillet
form: Gillett
Etymology: Alternative form of Gillett.
* Razor brand: invented by American businessman King C. Gillette.
Senses: glosses: A surname, variant of Gillett.
glosses: A placename
A ghost town in Teller County, Colorado, United States.
glosses: A placename
An unincorporated community in Manatee County, Florida, United States.
glosses: A placename
An unincorporated community in Long Hill, Morris County, New Jersey, United States.
examples: text: In those 18 years, Gillette, a small town in northeastern Wyoming, has changed from a group of houses and a railroad depot servicing a ranching and farming community to a mining boomtown, growing at a rate of 15 to 20 percent a year.
ref: 1979, United States Department of Commerce, “Jobs Through Economic Development”, in Boomtown Problems:
text: Gillette is a dusty, bustling coal-mining center in north-eastern Wyoming, bisected by a railroad operated by Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corp., which delivers coal to such cities as Chicago and Centralia, Wash.
ref: 2011, Anne Marie Chaker, “Should Junk Food Be Sold In Schools?”, in School Diet and Exercise Programs May Go Too Far, pages 70–1:
text: By one estimate, there are as many full-time craft artists in the United States as there are people in the town of Gillette, Wyoming. Never heard of Gillette? Well, no wonder; like the universe of craft artists, it has a relatively small population.
ref: 2014, Monica Moses, “American Craft”, in Creative Outliers, page 6:
glosses: A placename
A city, the county seat of Campbell County, Wyoming, United States.
examples: text: In the men's room he watched a man about his own age pathetically trying to shave a five-day beard with a rusty Gillette razor he had probably found in a trash bin.
ref: 2005, Dan Gerber, A Voice from the River, page 22:
glosses: A brand of razor blade
Related terms: Gilet
Gilett
Gilette
Gillet
Gillett