cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
Runcorn
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: The earliest written reference to the town is in the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, where it is spelled "Rumcofan", literally meaning "a wide cove or bay". This word is derived from the Old English words rúm (“wide, broad”) and cofa (“cave, cove”). Other historical spellings of Runcorn include "Rumcoven", "Ronchestorn", "Runckhorne", and "Runcorne".
Senses: glosses: A town in Halton borough, Cheshire, England (OS grid ref SJ5183).
Evesham
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈiːvʃəm/
ipa: /ˈiːsəm/
ipa: /ˈiːvɪʃəm/
Etymology: Inherited from Middle English Evesham, from Old English Eofesham (literally “Eof's enclosure”), from Eof (given name) + hamm (“enclosure”).
Senses: glosses: A town and civil parish with a town council in Wychavon district, Worcestershire, England (OS grid ref SP0343).
Derived terms: Vale of Evesham
Bagshot
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A large village in Windlesham parish, Surrey Heath borough, Surrey, England (OS grid ref SU9163).
glosses: A hamlet in Shalbourne parish, eastern Wiltshire, England, south-west of Hungerford, West Berkshire (OS grid ref SU3165).
normomagnesaemia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From normo- + magnesaemia.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of normomagnesemia.
magnesaemia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From magnesium + -aemia.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of magnesemia.
Derived terms: normomagnesaemia
tear-cat
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tear-cats
Senses: examples: text: Fie upon't, mere fustian; I had rather hear two good bawdy jests then a whole play of such tear-cat thunder-claps.
ref: 1606, John Day, The Isle of Gulls, in White, Thomas, editor, The Old English Drama, volume 4, published 1830, Induction, page 15:
text: I am cal'd by those that have seen my valour, Tear-Cat.
ref: 1611, Thomas Middleton, Thomas Dekker, The Roaring Girl, act 5, scene 1:
topics: acting
broadcasting
entertainment
film
lifestyle
media
television
theater
glosses: An overactor.
Synonyms: ham
hambone
hamfatter
overactor
Related terms: tear a cat
Altrincham
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɒltɹɪŋɡəm/
ipa: /ˈɒltɹɪŋəm/
Senses: glosses: A town in the Metropolitan Borough of Trafford, Greater Manchester, England.
scarlet reds
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of scarlet red
Worksop
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /ˈwɜː(ɹ)ksɒp/
Senses: glosses: A town in Bassetlaw district, Nottinghamshire, England.
rainbowism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From rainbow + -ism.
Senses: glosses: The disregarding or sugarcoating of race-related issues using the idea of the Rainbow Nation.
quantitative researches
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of quantitative research
lavender waters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lavender water
Rotherham
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɹɒðəɹəm/
ipa: /ˈɹɒðɹəm/
Forms: form: Rotherhams
form: Rotheram
form: Rudrum
Etymology: From Rother (“a river in South Yorkshire”) + Old English hām (“homestead, estate”).
Senses: glosses: A large town and metropolitan borough of South Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SK4392).
glosses: A habitational surname from Old English.
rajmahal
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rajmahals
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of raajmahal.
rajmahals
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of rajmahal
tears a cat
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of tear a cat
tearing a cat
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of tear a cat
tore a cat
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past of tear a cat
torn a cat
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: past participle of tear a cat
Clevedon
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /ˈkliːvdən/
Senses: glosses: A coastal town and civil parish with a town council in North Somerset, Somerset, England (OS grid ref ST4071).
glosses: A small rural town south of Auckland, New Zealand.
Highbridge
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A place in England:
A hamlet in Dalston parish, Cumberland, (previously in Carlisle district, ) and Skelton parish, Westmorland and Furness, (previously in Eden district, ) Cumbria (OS grid ref NY3943).
glosses: A place in England:
A hamlet in Colden Common parish and Otterbourne parish, Winchester district, Hampshire (OS grid ref SU4621).
glosses: A place in England:
A market town in Burnham-on-Sea and Highbridge parish, Somerset, previously in Sedgemoor district (OS grid ref ST3147).
glosses: A place in England:
A suburb of Pelsall, Metropolitan Borough of Walsall, West Midlands (OS grid ref SK0204).
glosses: A hamlet near Spean Bridge, Highland council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NN1982).
glosses: A neighborhood of the Bronx, New York City.
glosses: An unincorporated community in the town of Ashland, Ashland County, Wisconsin, United States.
Trowbridge
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Trowbridges
form: Troubridge
Etymology: From Old English trēow (“tree”) + brycġ (“bridge”).
Senses: glosses: A town and civil parish in and the county town of Wiltshire, England (OS grid ref ST8557).
glosses: A census-designated place in Sutter County, California, United States.
glosses: A habitational surname from Old English.
Uppingham
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A market town in Rutland, England.
Derived terms: Uppinghamian
Melton Mowbray
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A town (unparished) in Melton borough, Leicestershire, England. (OS grid ref SK7519).
Derived terms: melton
Melton Mowbray
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Melton Mowbrays
Senses: examples: text: England's traditional steak-kidney-mushroom-and-oyster pie is a carry-over from the cooked dish. So to an extent are Melton Mowbrays, the pies made of pork, game or lamb which originated in a market town in Leicestershire […]
ref: 1970, James Trager, The enriched, fortified, concentrated, country-fresh, lip-smacking, finger-licking, international, unexpurgated foodbook, page 60:
glosses: A pork pie with a hand-formed crust, containing chopped rather than minced meat.
refridgerate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of refrigerate.
Huntingdon
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /ˈhʌn.tɪŋ.dən/
Forms: form: Huntingdons
Etymology: From Old English Huntandūn, equivalent to hunta (“hunter”) + dūn (“hill, mountain”).
Senses: glosses: A surname.
glosses: A market town and civil parish with a town council in Huntingdonshire district, Cambridgeshire, England, and former county town of Huntingdonshire (OS grid ref TL2372).
glosses: A borough, the county seat of Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania, United States.
glosses: A town, the county seat of Carroll County, Tennessee, United States.
glosses: A community in the city of Abbotsford, British Columbia, Canada, located on the US border and named after Collis Potter Huntington.
glosses: A former township in Hastings County, Ontario, Canada, now part of Centre Hastings municipality (see there).
glosses: A town in Le Haut-Saint-Laurent Regional County Municipality, Montérégie region, Quebec, Canada, originally in Huntingdon County.
glosses: A rural locality south of Ashburton, Canterbury, New Zealand.
Derived terms: Huntingdon and Peterborough
Huntingdon County
Huntingdon elm
Huntingdonian
Huntingdonshire
Related terms: Huntington
malperfusions
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of malperfusion
Diss
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A market town and civil parish with a town council in South Norfolk district, Norfolk, England (OS grid ref TM1179).
glosses: A locality in Yellowhead County, Alberta, Canada.
reenactress
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: reenactresses
Etymology: From reenactor + -ess.
Senses: glosses: A woman reenactor.
Hypernyms: actress
actrix
Sevenoaks
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A town and civil parish with a town council in Sevenoaks district, Kent (OS grid ref TQ5255).
glosses: A local government district in Kent, England.
cutting edges
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cutting edge
Tonbridge
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A market town in Tonbridge and Malling district, Kent, England (OS grid ref TQ5946).
Derived terms: Tonbridge and Malling
Tunbridge Wells
Related terms: Tonbridgian
Tunbridge Wells
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From the nearby town of Tonbridge.
Senses: glosses: A town in Kent, England, officially Royal Tunbridge Wells (OS grid ref TQ5839).
glosses: A local government district with borough status in Kent, the Borough of Tunbridge Wells, formed in 1974, with its headquarters in the town.
Derived terms: Disgusted of Tunbridge Wells
Royal Tunbridge Wells
Bicester
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbɪs.tə/
ipa: /ˈbɪs.tɚ/
Senses: glosses: A town and civil parish with a town council in Cherwell district, Oxfordshire, England (OS grid ref SP5822).
LTG
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: LTGs
Senses: glosses: US army abbreviation of lieutenant general.
Leamington Spa
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /ˈlɛ.mɪŋ.tən spɑː/
Senses: glosses: A spa town in Royal Leamington Spa parish, Warwick district, Warwickshire, England, also known as Royal Leamington Spa or just Leamington (OS grid ref SP3165).
Derived terms: word: Lem
english: clippings
translation: clippings
word: Leam
Westbury
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Westburys
Etymology: From Old English west (“west”) + byriġ, the dative case of burh (“fortified place”), alternatively west + -bury.
Senses: glosses: A village and civil parish in Buckinghamshire, England, formerly in Aylesbury Vale district (OS grid ref SP6235).
glosses: A village and civil parish in Shropshire, England (OS grid ref SJ3509).
glosses: A town and civil parish in Wiltshire, England (OS grid ref ST868511).
glosses: A suburb of Limerick, within County Clare, Ireland.
glosses: A township municipality in Le Haut-Saint-François regional county municipality, Quebec, Canada.
glosses: A town in Litchfield County, Connecticut, United States.
glosses: A village in the town of North Hempstead, Nassau County, Long Island, New York, United States.
glosses: A hamlet in the towns of Victory, Cayuga County and Butler, Wayne County, New York.
glosses: A neighbourhood in south-west Houston, Texas, United States.
glosses: A suburb of Johannesburg, South Africa.
glosses: A town in Meander Valley council area, Tasmania, Australia.
glosses: A habitational surname from Old English.
Derived terms: Westbury-on-Severn
Westbury-on-Trym
Westbury-sub-Mendip
RSVP'd
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of RSVP
emery papers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of emery paper
Hemel Hempstead
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A town in Hertfordshire, England.
Synonyms: Hemel
thymo-
Language: English
Part of speech: prefix
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: thymus
Hemel
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Clipping of Hemel Hempstead.
showfolks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From show + folks.
Senses: glosses: showpeople
koa wilt
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A disease of the koa tree caused by Fusarium oxysporum fungi, which clog the xylem and cause wilting.
disdrometer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: disdrometers
Senses: examples: text: The scale and logistics of Vortex2 are enormous. Some 30 vehicles will participate, including 10 mobile radar trucks, four weather-balloon launchers, and two vehicles bearing a total of four disdrometers (to measure the size distribution of rain or hail).
ref: 2009 May, Leora Frankel, “Funnel Vision”, in Corey S. Powell, Patrice G. Adcroft, Michael F. Di Ioia, editors, Discover, page 39:
glosses: An instrument used to measure the drop-size distribution and velocity of falling hydrometeors.
disdrometers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of disdrometer
New Zealand swan
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: New Zealand swans
Senses: glosses: Cygnus atratus sumnerensis, an extinct swan from the Chatham Islands and the South Island of New Zealand.
New Zealand swans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of New Zealand swan
Bridgwater
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Bridgwaters
form: Bridgewater
Etymology: Recorded as Brigewaltier in the Pipe rolls, the town's name derives from Old English bryċġ (“bridge”) + the personal name Walter, from the local landowner Walter of Douai.
Senses: glosses: A market town and civil parish with a town council in Sedgemoor district, Somerset, England (OS grid ref ST3037).
glosses: A habitational surname from Old English.
Bachman's warbler
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Bachman's warblers
Etymology: Discovered in 1832 by the Reverend John Bachman.
Senses: examples: text: Perhaps nothing speaks more vividly for the strangeness of the times than the fate of the lovely little Bachman's warbler. A native of the southern United States, the warbler was famous for its unusually lovely song, but its population numbers, never robust, gradually dwindled until by the 1930s the warbler vanished altogether and went unseen for many years.
ref: 2005, Bill Bryson, chapter 30, in A Short History of Nearly Everything: Special Illustrated Edition, page 593:
glosses: Vermivora bachmanii, a small passerine migratory bird of America. It was declared extinct in 2021.
Bachman's warblers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Bachman's warbler
snail darter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: snail darters
Senses: glosses: A freshwater fish of species Percina tanasi, of the perch family, found in East Tennessee, United States.
snail darters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of snail darter
five-spice powders
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of five-spice powder
Dorking
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A market town, the seat of Mole Valley district, Surrey, England (OS grid ref TQ1649).
Derived terms: Dorking fowl
Dorking
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Dorkings
Senses: examples: text: Thus, a poultry-breeder describes a hen (colored Dorking) crowing like a cock, only somewhat more harshly, as a cockerel crows, and with an enormous comb, larger than is ever seen in the male
ref: 1927, Havelock Ellis, Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 2 (of 6):
glosses: A Dorking fowl.
hyperhomology
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From hyper- + homology.
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: A generalization of homology of an object to complexes.
hypergluon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hypergluons
Etymology: From hyper- + gluon.
Senses: glosses: A hypothesized fundamental massless gauge field which enables the binding of prequarks by the hypercolor force.
HSAP
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: education
glosses: High School Assessment Program.
think-pair-share
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: think-pair-shares
form: TPS
Etymology: First proposed by Frank Lyman of the University of Maryland in 1981.
Senses: topics: education
glosses: A collaborative teaching strategy in which the teacher poses a question or a problem to the students, who think about it and then pair up to discuss their thoughts.
wikipedia: University of Maryland
Derived terms: think-pair-sharing
think-pair-shares
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of think-pair-share
colourish
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Muffola, a kind of colour that goldsmithes call colourish.
ref: 1598, John Florio, A Worlde of Wordes, or, Most Copious, and Exact Dictionarie in Italian and English, London: Edw. Blount, page 234:
text: 1671, Robert Boyle, Some Considerations Touching the Usefulnesse of Experimental Naturall Philosophy, Oxford: Ric. Davis, Volume 2, Essay I, Section V, p. 27,
For having by this means overlaid it evenly with Gold, they can easily with fire force away the Mercury; and, with a liquor impregnated with Nitre, Verdigrease, Sal Armoniack, and other Saline Bodies, which they call a Colourish, restore its lustre to the remaining Gold, which they after make bright by polishing.
glosses: A substance used in gilding to brighten the finish of the gilded object.
colourish
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: colourishes
form: colourishing
form: colourished
form: colourished
Senses: examples: text: Would truth dispense, we could be content, with Plato, that knowledge were but Remembrance; that Intellectuall acquisition were but Reminiscentiall evocation, and new impressions but the colourishing of old stamps which stood pale in the soul before.
ref: 1646, Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica, 2nd edition, London: Edw. Dod & Nath. Ekins, published 1650, Preface:
glosses: To add colour to, to brighten with colour.
colourishing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of colourish
TPS's
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of TPS
TPSes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of TPS
think-pair-sharing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From think-pair-share + -ing.
Senses: topics: education
glosses: The act of using the think-pair-share strategy.
resurveil
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɹiːˈsɚˈveɪl/
rhymes: -eɪl
Forms: form: resurveils
form: resurveilling
form: resurveilled
form: resurveilled
Etymology: From re- + surveil.
Senses: examples: text: Brink's delivery operations were resurveilled, and although little change in procedure was noted, the robbery ring displayed an antipathy for company customers.
ref: 2016, Noel Behn, Big Stick-Up at Brink's!:
glosses: To surveil again.
resurveils
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of resurveil
resurveilling
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of resurveil
resurveilled
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of resurveil
unsurveilled
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more unsurveilled
form: most unsurveilled
Etymology: From un- + surveilled.
Senses: glosses: Not surveilled; not subjected to surveillance.
wind tunnel testing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: We need to do some wind tunnel testing before this project is formally approved.
topics: business
glosses: The application of a rigorous testing regime to a new corporate idea, structure or project to see if it is viable and fit for purpose.
here goes
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Senses: examples: text: "Well, then, here goes to shatter his timbers," said Grasper, with a lively tone; and seizing, as he spoke, a weighty crowbar from Dan, he assailed the door.
ref: 1863, J. Pascoe, The Brigantine, page 263:
glosses: Synonym of here we go (on starting something)
synonyms: word: here we go
extra: on starting something
whitehood
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From white + -hood.
Senses: examples: text: The white ruling class of yesteryear also manifested this prejudice in favour of the Chinese, in that the Chinese were the first to penetrate the inner circle of 'whitehood'.
ref: 1978, Winston Mahabir, In and Out of Politics, page 210:
text: American nationality seems to be linked to whitehood.
ref: 1991, Janice Caiafa, Fast trips and foreignnesses:
glosses: The condition of being (racially) white.
undespised
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more undespised
form: most undespised
Etymology: From un- + despised.
Senses: glosses: not despised
Horsham
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /hɔːʃəm/
Senses: glosses: A market town in West Sussex, England (OS grid ref TQ1730).
glosses: A local government district in West Sussex formed in 1974, with its headquarters in the town.
glosses: A hamlet in Martley parish, Malvern Hills district, Worcestershire, England (OS grid ref SO7357).
glosses: A city and local government area (Rural City of Horsham) in western Victoria, Australia.
glosses: A township and census-designated place therein, in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, United States.
Derived terms: Horsham stone
Skipton
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Skiptons
Etymology: From Old English sċēap (“sheep”) (with change from sh to sk due to Scandinavian influence) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).
Senses: glosses: A market town and civil parish with a town council in North Yorkshire, England, previously in Craven district (OS grid ref SD9851).
glosses: A habitational surname from Old English.
Derived terms: Skipton-on-Swale
Matlock
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Old English mæthel or mæðel "assembly, speech" and āc "oak."
Senses: glosses: A town in Matlock Town parish, Derbyshire Dales district, and the county town of Derbyshire, England (OS grid ref SK2960).
glosses: A community in the village of Dunnottar, Manitoba, Canada.
glosses: A minor city in Sioux County, Iowa, United States.
glosses: An unincorporated community in Mason County, Washington, United States.
glosses: A rural locality in the Shire of Mansfield and Shire of Yarra Ranges, Victoria, Australia.
glosses: A surname.
Derived terms: Matlock Bath
Matlock Town
Byfleet
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A large village within Woking borough, Surrey, England (OS grid ref TQ0661).
Derived terms: West Byfleet
Addlestone
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A town in Runnymede borough, Surrey, England (OS grid ref TQ0564).
Virginia Water
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A small town (and lake of the same name) in Runnymede borough, Surrey, England. The lake is partly in Berkshire (OS grid ref SU9968).
footbow
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈfʊtbəʊ/
Forms: form: footbows
Etymology: From foot + bow.
Senses: glosses: A bow whose arc is kept in place by the archer's feet when its string is drawn by hand.
footbows
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of footbow
Windermere
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: "Winand's lake", from Continental Germanic personal name Wînand + Old Norse genitive singular ending -ar + Old English mere (“lake, pond”).
Senses: glosses: A lake in Cumbria, England, formerly divided between Lancashire and Westmorland.
glosses: A town near this lake in Windermere and Bowness parish, Westmorland and Furness district, Cumbria, previously in South Lakeland district (OS grid ref SD4198).
glosses: A town in Orange County, Florida, United States.
glosses: A rural locality in Bundaberg Region, Queensland, Australia.
glosses: A rural locality north-east of Hinds, Canterbury, New Zealand.
Derived terms: Bowness-on-Windermere
Windermere and Bowness
Keswick
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /ˈkɛzɪk/
Etymology: From Old English ċȳse (“cheese”) and wīc (“farm”); alternatively, cheese + -wick; the alteration of /tʃ/ to /k/ is down to Old Norse influence.
Senses: glosses: A place in England:
A market town and civil parish in Cumberland district, Cumbria, previously in Allerdale district, and historically in the county of Cumberland (OS grid ref NY2623).
glosses: A place in England:
A coastal village in Bacton parish, North Norfolk district, Norfolk (OS grid ref TG3533).
glosses: A place in England:
A small village in Keswick and Intwood parish, South Norfolk district, Norfolk (OS grid ref TG2004).
glosses: A place in Canada:
A neighbourhood in south-west Edmonton, Alberta.
glosses: A place in Canada:
A community in the town of Georgina, Regional Municipality of York, Ontario.
glosses: A place in the United States:
A census-designated place in Shasta County, California.
glosses: A place in the United States:
A minor city in Keokuk County, Iowa.
glosses: A place in the United States:
A neighbourhood of Baltimore, Maryland.
glosses: A place in the United States:
A ghost town in Bingham township, Leelanau County, Michigan.
glosses: A place in the United States:
A census-designated place in Albemarle County, Virginia.
glosses: A suburb of Adelaide in the City of West Torrens, South Australia.
Derived terms: Keswick and Intwood
Keswickian
Keswickism
Related terms: Cheswick
Chiswick
Farnham
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈfɑːnəm/
Forms: form: Farnhams
Etymology: From Old English fearn (“fern”) + hām (“homestead”) or hamm (“water meadow”).
Senses: glosses: A placename:
A place in England:
A village and civil parish in Dorset, previously in North Dorset district (OS grid ref ST9515).
glosses: A placename:
A place in England:
A village and civil parish in Uttlesford district, Essex (OS grid ref TL4724).
glosses: A placename:
A place in England:
A village and civil parish in Harrogate district, North Yorkshire (OS grid ref SE3460).
glosses: A placename:
A place in England:
A village and civil parish in East Suffolk district, Suffolk (OS grid ref TM3660).
glosses: A placename:
A place in England:
A market town and civil parish with a town council in Waverley district, Surrey (OS grid ref SU8447).
glosses: A placename:
A village in Erie County, New York, United States.
glosses: A placename:
An unincorporated community in Richmond County, Virginia, United States.
glosses: A habitational surname from Old English.
Derived terms: Farnham Common
Farnham Green
Farnham Park
Farnham Royal
Godalming
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /ˈɡɒdəlmɪŋ/
Etymology: From the unrecorded Old English personal name *Godhelm + -ing (“belonging to”).
Senses: glosses: A town and civil parish with a town council in Waverley borough, Surrey, England (OS grid ref SU9643).
AOG
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: AOGs
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of abscisate beta-glucosyltransferase.
glosses: Abbreviation of act of God.
glosses: Initialism of aircraft on ground.
Petersfield
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A market town and civil parish with a town council in East Hampshire district, Hampshire, England (OS grid ref SU7423).
glosses: A community in the Rural Municipality of St. Andrews, Manitoba, Canada.
glosses: A small town in Westmoreland parish, Jamaica.
Reigate
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /ˈraɪɡeɪt/
Senses: glosses: A market town in, and the administrative headquarters of, Surrey, England.
Derived terms: Reigate and Banstead
Leigh-on-Sea
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /ˌliːɒnˈsiː/
Etymology: *Recorded as Legra in 1086 (DB), and Legha in 1226.
Senses: glosses: A coastal town and civil parish with a town council in Southend-on-Sea borough, Essex, England (OS grid ref TQ8386).
Related terms: Leigh
leigh
Shoeburyness
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ʃuːbɛɹiˈnɛs/
Etymology: Shoebury Ness is a ness (flat headland) in the Thames Estuary, on the southern edge of the town. Shoebury is from Old English scēo + burh (“fortress providing shelter”), recorded as Sceobyrig early 10th century, Soberia in 1086 (DB), and Shoberynesse in the 16th century.
Senses: glosses: A town situated on the Thames Estuary in Southend-on-Sea borough, Essex, England (OS grid ref TQ9485).
Related terms: english: a northern suburb
translation: a northern suburb
word: North Shoebury
Canvey Island
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A small but well-populated island in the Thames Estuary which is connected by bridge to the mainland, and which is a town and civil parish with a town council in Castle Point borough, Essex, England.
Canvey
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Clipping of Canvey Island.
Brentwood
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Middle English brende (“burnt”) + wode (“wood”).
Senses: glosses: A town in Brentwood borough, Essex, England (OS grid ref TQ5993).
glosses: A local government district with borough status in Essex, formed in 1974.
glosses: A town, the county seat of Rockingham County, New Hampshire, United States.
glosses: A city in Contra Costa County, California, United States.
glosses: A neighborhood of Los Angeles, California, United States.
madstone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmadstəʊn/
Forms: form: madstones
Etymology: From mad + stone.
Senses: examples: text: I gathered my things and asked the Negroes to return the scalps they'd stolen, along with my madstone.
ref: 2013, Philipp Meyer, The Son, Simon & Schuster, published 2014, page 332:
glosses: A stone believed to have the power to heal the bite of a rabid or venomous animal.
Trimble County
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Named in honour of Robert Trimble.
Senses: glosses: One of 120 counties in Kentucky, United States. County seat: Bedford.
Trimble
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: enpr: trĭm′bəl
ipa: /ˈtɹɪm.bəl/
ipa: /ˈtɹəm.bəl/
ipa: /ˈʈɾɪm.bel/
rhymes: -ɪmbəl
Forms: form: Trimbles
Senses: examples: David Trimble, First Minister of Northern Ireland from 1998 to 2002 (1944–2022)
glosses: An English and Irish surname, variant of Trumble.
glosses: A surname from French, Americanized variant of Tremblay.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Cullman County, Alabama.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in La Plata County, Colorado.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Crawford County, Illinois.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A city in Clinton County, Missouri.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A village in Athens County, Ohio.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A town in Dyer County, Tennessee.
Derived terms: Trimble County
Hoddesdon
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From the Old English personal name *Hod + -s- + dūn (“hill”).
Senses: glosses: A town in Broxbourne district, Hertfordshire, England (OS grid ref TL365085).
Related terms: Hodsdon
East Ham
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A suburb in eastern London in the borough of Newham, Greater London, England (OS grid ref TQ4283).
Related terms: Eastham
North Ham
South Ham
West Ham
Looe
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /luː/
Etymology: From Cornish logh (“inlet”). Doublet of lay, loch, and lough.
Senses: glosses: A coastal town and civil parish with a town council in south-east Cornwall, England, situated on the River Looe (OS grid ref SX2553).
Derived terms: St Martin-by-Looe
self-encrypting
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From self- + encrypting.
Senses: examples: text: a self-encrypting hard disk
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Automatically encrypting data without user intervention.
Bishop's Stortford
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Uncertain. Possibly the Saxon settlement derived its name from 'Steorta's ford' or 'tail ford', in the sense of a 'tail', or tongue, of land. The town became known as Bishop's Stortford due to the acquisition in 1060 by the Bishop of London. The River Stort is named after the town: 16th-century cartographers assumed that the town must have been named after the ford over the river.
Senses: glosses: A town and civil parish with a town council in East Hertfordshire district, Hertfordshire, England (OS grid ref TL4821).
Derived terms: sense: River
word: Stort
etys
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ety
creamwove
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: cream wove
Senses: glosses: Describing wove paper that is cream in colour.
creamwove
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: creamwoves
form: cream wove
Senses: glosses: Wove writing paper that is cream in color.
creamwoves
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of creamwove
Maldon
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Old English Mældūn.
Senses: glosses: A town and civil parish in Essex, England (OS grid ref TL8507).
glosses: A local government district in Essex formed in 1974, with its headquarters in the town.
långbanite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of langbanite.
langbanite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: långbanite
Senses: glosses: A black, trigonal, sub-metallic mineral with the chemical formula of Mn_4²⁺Mn_9³⁺Sb⁵⁺O_16(SiO_4).
Tiptree
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A large village and civil parish in the City of Colchester district, Essex, England, large enough to be called a town but the villagers rejected town status (OS grid ref TL8916).
homoiomerous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of homoeomerous.
Homologumena
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Homologoumena.
Waltham Cross
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A town in Broxbourne borough, Hertfordshire, England, just outside Greater London (OS grid ref TL3600).
Related terms: Waltham Abbey
Waltham Abbey
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A town, abbey church, and civil parish with a town council in Epping Forest district, Essex, England (OS grid ref TL3800).
Related terms: Waltham Cross
Burnham-on-Sea
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A town in Burnham-on-Sea and Highbridge parish, Sedgemoor district, Somerset, England (OS grid ref ST3049).
Burnham-on-Crouch
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A town and civil parish with a town council in Maldon district, Essex, England (OS grid ref TQ9595).
on the regular
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Senses: synonyms: word: on the reg
word: on the reggo
glosses: On a regular basis, regularly; frequently.
Bury St Edmunds
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Bury Saint Edmunds
Etymology: See Wikipedia.
Senses: glosses: A cathedral and market town and civil parish in West Suffolk district, Suffolk, England, previously in St Edmundsbury district (OS grid ref TL8564).
Related terms: St Edmundsbury
Cromer
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: text: “You should have gone to Cromer, my dear, if you went anywhere.—Perry was a week at Cromer once, and he holds it to be the best of all the sea-bathing places. […]
ref: 1815 December (indicated as 1816), [Jane Austen], chapter XII, in Emma: […], volume I, London: […] [Charles Roworth and James Moyes] for John Murray, →OCLC, page 223:
glosses: A coastal town and civil parish with a town council in Norfolk, England, which is the headquarters of North Norfolk district (OS grid ref TG2142).
glosses: A hamlet in Ardeley parish, East Hertfordshire district, Hertfordshire, England (OS grid ref TL2928).
glosses: A village in the Rural Municipality of Pipestone, Manitoba, Canada.
glosses: A suburb of Sydney in Northern Beaches council area, New South Wales, Australia.
glosses: A locality in Adelaide Hills council area and Barossa council area, South Australia.
glosses: A surname.
Chesham
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈt͡ʃɛʃəm/
Senses: glosses: A market town and civil parish with a town council in Buckinghamshire, England, previously in Chiltern district (OS grid ref SP9501).
glosses: An unincorporated community in the town of Harrisville, Cheshire County, New Hampshire, United States. See Chesham, New Hampshire on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Derived terms: english: river
translation: river
word: Chess
disablists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of disablist
Kristyn
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A female given name.
Didcot
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A town and civil parish with a town council in South Oxfordshire district, Oxfordshire, England, formerly in Berkshire (OS grid ref SU5290).
glosses: A rural locality in North Burnett Region, Queensland, Australia.
High Wycombe
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈhaɪ ˈwɪkəm/
rhymes: -ɪkəm
Forms: form: Much-Wiccomb
Etymology: Distinguishing this place from the other Wycombe.
Senses: glosses: A large town in Buckinghamshire, England, previously in Wycombe district (OS grid ref SP8693).
car racing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: auto racing
sinsational
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more sinsational
form: most sinsational
Etymology: Blend of sin + sensational
Senses: glosses: Both sinful and sensational.
scriptal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From script + -al.
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to a written script used in language.
Derived terms: biscriptal
monoscriptal
multiscriptal
ungrow
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: ungrows
form: ungrowing
form: ungrew
form: ungrown
Etymology: From un- + grow.
Senses: glosses: To reverse the process of growth; to shrink or decrease.
ungrew
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past of ungrow
ungrows
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of ungrow
ungrowing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of ungrow
codgerhood
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From codger + -hood.
Senses: examples: text: I am feeling a touch of performance anxiety. James Brewer has already knocked down my sense of agelessness a notch or two with the news that my brain is shrinking. Now I am subjecting myself to a test that might reveal me to be prematurely transforming into mental codger-hood.
ref: 2009 May, David Ewing Duncan, “Experimental Brain”, in Corey S. Powell, Patrice G. Adcroft, Michael F. Di Ioia, editors, Discover, page 67:
glosses: The quality of being a codger; grouchy old age or fogeydom.
Synonyms: fogeydom
geezerdom
oldhood
old age
codger-hood
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of codgerhood.
Blyth
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /blaɪð/
homophone: blithe
Etymology: From Old English blīþe. The surname derives partly from the place names, partly from a nickname.
Senses: glosses: A town and civil parish with a town council in south-east Northumberland, England (OS grid ref NZ3181).
glosses: A river in Northumberland, which flows into the North Sea at Blyth.
glosses: A village and civil parish in Bassetlaw district, Nottinghamshire, England (OS grid ref SK6286).
glosses: A river in Suffolk, England, which flows into the North Sea.
glosses: A surname from Old English.
Derived terms: Blythburgh
North Blyth
Related terms: Blythe
ADDL
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ADDLs
Senses: examples: text: One experiment examined the effect of the protein insulin on ADDLs (amyloid-beta derived diffusible ligands), toxic proteins that build up in the brains of Alzheimer's patients, causing cell death.
ref: 2009 May, Sam Kissinger, edited by Corey S. Powell, Patrice G. Adcroft, and Michael F. Di Ioia, Discover, page 14:
topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Initialism of amyloid beta-derived diffusible ligand: a kind of toxic oligomer implicated in Alzheimer's disease.
ADDLs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ADDL
baryo-
Language: English
Part of speech: prefix
Etymology: Clipping of baryon. From Ancient Greek βαρύς (barús, “heavy”).
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: baryon
SEMs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of SEM
moshavas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of moshava
moshavoth
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of moshava
intraprovincial
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From intra- + provincial.
Senses: glosses: Within a province.
Maryport
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A coastal town and civil parish with a town council in Cumberland district, Cumbria, England, previously in Allerdale borough, and historically in the county of Cumberland (OS grid ref NY0336).
metacomputations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of metacomputation
presser feet
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of presser foot
Solway Firth
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the Solway Firth
Senses: synonyms: the Solway
glosses: An arm of the Irish Sea, which forms part of the border between England and Scotland.
Related terms: Bowness-on-Solway
transpolyisoprenes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of transpolyisoprene
schizoaffective disorders
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of schizoaffective disorder
inquietations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of inquietation
Saffron Walden
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A market town and civil parish with a town council in Uttlesford district, Essex, England (OS grid ref TL5338).
Thetford
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Recorded as Theodford late 9th century, and Tedfort in 1086 (DB), from Old English þēod + ford, "people's or public ford".
Senses: glosses: A place in England:
A civil parish (served by Little Thetford Parish Council) in East Cambridgeshire district, Cambridgeshire.
glosses: A place in England:
A hamlet in Baston parish, South Kesteven district, Lincolnshire (OS grid ref TF1114).
glosses: A place in England:
A market town and civil parish with a town council in Breckland district, Norfolk (OS grid ref TL8783).
glosses: A place in the United States:
A township in Genesee County, Michigan.
glosses: A place in the United States:
A town in Orange County, Vermont.
Derived terms: word: Little Thetford
english: back-formation for the river
translation: back-formation for the river
word: Thet
bewhacked
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of bewhack
Wisbech
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /ˈwɪzbiːt͡ʃ/
Senses: glosses: A market town and civil parish with a town council in Fenland district, Cambridgeshire, England (OS grid ref TF4609).
Derived terms: Wisbech St Mary
Wellingborough
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A market town with a town council in North Northamptonshire district, Northamptonshire, England (OS grid ref SP8967).
glosses: A former borough in Northamptonshire, formed in 1974, with its headquarters in the town, abolished 1 April 2021 and merged into North Northamptonshire.
Stamford
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: An assimilated (labialised) variant of Stanford.
Senses: glosses: A town and locality in the Shire of Flinders, in northern Queensland, Australia.
glosses: A town and civil parish with a town council in South Kesteven district, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref TF0207).
glosses: A hamlet in Rennington parish, Northumberland, England (OS grid ref NU2219)
examples: text: Authorities in Connecticut are investigating after swastikas were found drawn on a high school campus in Stamford for the second time since Hamas launched a surprise attack on Israel earlier this month, the school district said.
ref: 2023 October 30, Sara Smart and Elizabeth Wolfe, “Swastikas found drawn on Connecticut high school campus for second time since Israel-Hamas war ignited, district says”, in CNN:
glosses: A city in Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States.
glosses: A village in Harlan County, Nebraska, United States.
glosses: A town and village in Delaware County, New York, United States.
glosses: An unincorporated community in Jackson County, South Dakota, United States.
glosses: A city in Jones County and Haskell County, Texas, United States.
glosses: A town in Bennington County, Vermont, United States.
Related terms: Stamford Bridge
Stamford Brook
Stamford Hill
Eurodeterrent
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: enpr: yo͝o'rōdĭtĕʹrənt
ipa: /ˌjʊəɹəʊdɪˈtɛɹənt/
ipa: /ˌjʊɹoʊdiˈtɛɹənt/
Forms: form: Euro-deterrent
Etymology: From Euro- + deterrent.
Senses: examples: text: The idea of a Eurodeterrent, essentially based on Anglo-French or Franco-German cooperation, has not materialized, for national political reasons. In the meantime the Soviet Union has increased the number of its SS-20 nuclear missiles and of its Backfire bombers, which were excluded from the SALT II agreement as “non-strategic,” but which can, with their respective ranges, easily hit the obsolete French and British nuclear arsenals and the European airports on which the strategic air-forces are based.
ref: 1980, Leopold Łabędź, “1983: How Europe Fell”, in Policy Review, number 17, Washington, D.C.: Hoover Institution, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 11:
text: If a group of European nations under EU, WEU [Western European Union]or other auspices succeeded in building a collective ‘Eurodeterrent’, some Americans might conclude that US commitments and forces in Europe were no longer necessary.
ref: 1999, Kōrō Bessho, Identities and Security in East Asia (Adelphi Papers; 325), Oxford: Oxford University Press for the International Institute for Strategic Studies, →ISBN, page 40:
text: A number of European governments publicly criticized France to the clear dismay of French leaders. The effort by Paris to portray its nuclear weapons as the 'European deterrent' (or Euro-deterrent) failed to win many hearts and minds in Europe.
ref: 2015, Ramesh Thakur, “The Nuclear Debate”, in Nuclear Weapons and International Security: Collected Essays, Abingdon, Oxon.; New York, N.Y.: Routledge, →ISBN, page 72:
glosses: The proposed unified nuclear deterrent of the European Community (before November 1993) and the European Union (after November 1993).
Euro-deterrent
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: text: A number of European governments publicly criticized France to the clear dismay of French leaders. The effort by Paris to portray its nuclear weapons as the 'European deterrent' (or Euro-deterrent) failed to win many hearts and minds in Europe.
ref: 2015, Ramesh Thakur, “The Nuclear Debate”, in Nuclear Weapons and International Security: Collected Essays, Abingdon, Oxon.; New York, N.Y.: Routledge, →ISBN, page 72:
glosses: Alternative form of Eurodeterrent.
run-of-the-river
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A type of hydroelectric generation plant with little or no water storage, which is therefore subject to seasonal river flows.
Sutton Coldfield
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /sʌtən kəʊldfiːld/
Senses: glosses: A town and civil parish with a town council in the Metropolitan Borough of Birmingham, West Midlands, England, historically in Warwickshire.
Stockton-on-Tees
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A market town in County Durham, England, known as Stockton for short. Formerly a Metropolitan Borough, and merged into the County Borough of Teesside between 1968 and 1974.
glosses: A borough created in 1974 as part of Cleveland County, becoming a unitary authority in 1996 within Tees Valley region, and split between the ceremonial counties of County Durham and North Yorkshire. The River Tees acts as the boundary between the two halves.
incl.
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of including.
glosses: Abbreviation of inclusive.
UOG
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: University of Guam
glosses: United Arab Emirates Offset Group
sexdroid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sexdroids
Etymology: From sex + droid.
Senses: glosses: A sexbot.
hooscow
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈhuːskaʊ/
Forms: form: hooscows
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of hoosegow.
hoosecow
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈhuːskaʊ/
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of hoosegow.