cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
higgledy
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more higgledy
form: most higgledy
Etymology: Shortened from higgledy-piggledy.
Senses: examples: text: The ride was an overdose of gaudy, hurdy-gurdy, sugary surrealism, as cartoon cacao beans cavorted in a myriad poses, among higgledy houses, in forest glades and up snowy mountains, my purple buggy trundling with agonising slowness through a hallucinatory vision of marketing hell.
ref: 2003, Paul Richardson, Indulgence: Around the World in Search of Chocolate, Little, Brown, →ISBN, page 179:
text: Small in scale, the town still reminded him of the ugly underside of cities he had seen from trains, of rubbish tumbling over rubbish along the embankments, higgledy houses, beaten streets.
ref: 2007, Carol Lefevre, Nights in the Asylum, Picador, →ISBN, page 134:
text: Your view towards the Old Town is, for me, the most wonderful cityscape in the world — a pulsing crowd of higgledy houses, stacked, ready to topple, like spectators craning their necks to see into the New Town.
ref: 2007, “The New Town”, in Lindsey Fraser, Kathryn Ross, editors, Reading Round Edinburgh: A Guide to Children’s Books of the City, Floris Books, →ISBN, page 51, column 2:
text: The acres of parkland and the huge volcano thing (it is dormant, isn’t it?) allow for plenty of outdoor romping when the weather holds. And when it doesn't, higgledy old houses and some Harry Potteresque buildings have their attractions, while the city’s gloriously gory history should keep even the most jaded of teenagers switched on to the capital and its delights.
ref: 2015, Edinburgh, Time Out Digital Ltd, →ISBN, page 168:
text: She thought about Montenello with its steep streets and higgledy houses, of summer sunshine, big bowls of pasta and glasses of flinty red wine.
ref: 2019, Nicky Pellegrino, A Dream of Italy, Orion Books, →ISBN:
text: This is not a yard but a row of higgledy houses with barefoot children on every doorstep, and the roofs patched and falling in, and the walls streaked with damp, and the ground a quagmire.
ref: 2019, Kat Armstrong, A Pair of Sharp Eyes, Hookline Books, →ISBN:
glosses: Synonym of higgledy-piggledy.
synonyms: word: higgledy-piggledy
fightin'
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: Pronunciation spelling of fighting.
countin'
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: Pronunciation spelling of counting.
botherin'
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: Pronunciation spelling of bothering.
pushin'
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: -ʊʃən
-ʊʃɪn
Senses: glosses: Pronunciation spelling of pushing.
starin'
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: Pronunciation spelling of staring.
beginnin'
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: Pronunciation spelling of beginning.
smokin'
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -əʊkɪn
Senses: glosses: Pronunciation spelling of smoking, particularly used with slang senses.
smokin'
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: -əʊkɪn
Senses: glosses: Pronunciation spelling of smoking.
Derived terms: antismokin'
holdin'
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: Pronunciation spelling of holding.
lettin'
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: examples: text: "Jesus Christ! Was my folks refined. My mam she wouldn't think-a lettin' us young'uns call a pee pot a pee pot. A chamber's what she called it... And by God! Us young'uns had ter call the pee pot a chamber or git our God damn necks wrang."
ref: 1946, Elizabeth Metzger Howard, Before the Sun Goes Down, page 31:
glosses: Pronunciation spelling of letting.
settin'
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: Pronunciation spelling of setting.
carryin'
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: Pronunciation spelling of carrying.
aerothermochemistry
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From aero- + thermochemistry.
Senses: topics: aeronautics
aerospace
aviation
business
chemistry
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: The thermochemistry of gases, especially in regard to high-speed flight and aeropropulsion
heared
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: -ɪə(ɹ)d
Forms: form: heard
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of hear
partic'lar
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Pronunciation spelling of particular, representing nonstandard English.
sonsabitches
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sonofabitch
obleeged
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of obleege
sweetcakes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From sweet + cakes.
Senses: examples: text: Not bad, huh sweet-cakes?
ref: 1980 April 19, Andrea Loewenstein, “Random Lust”, in Gay Community News, page 10:
glosses: A term of affection for someone
stepdaddy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: stepdaddies
Etymology: From step- + daddy.
Senses: examples: text: And because I was so quiet and mopy my stepdaddy Winn would get great kicks out of tickling me till I almost had a spasm.
ref: 2010, Sarah Bruce Kelly, Jazz Girl, page 6:
glosses: stepfather
stepdaddies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of stepdaddy
poornesses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of poorness
Midland
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmɪdlənd/
Forms: form: more Midland
form: most Midland
Etymology: From Middle English mydlonde, equivalent to mid- + land.
Senses: examples: text: In the more Midland counties, there are thirteen ; in Staffordshire (Wolverhampton), one; in Warwick (Birmingham), seven; in Nottingham, three; in Leicester, one; and Northampton, one.
ref: 1908, “Report of the Royal Commission on the Care and Control of the Feeble-Minded”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name), page 88:
text: The obvious inference was that Midland culture found its centre in Lichfield, and that the only claim to distinction which the larger town could make was based on commercial grounds.
ref: 1923, “The Old Book Trade in Birmingham”, in The Publishers' Circular and Booksellers' Record, page 235:
text: His only visit to London had been that on which been touched by Queen Anne for the King's Evil and throughout his life he preserved a Midland accent in his speech.
ref: 1930, Victoria Roberts, Eighteenth Century Gentlemen, →ISBN, page 73:
text: This stimulated sales and suited the needs of small manufacturers in the Midland city, who could not afford to trade on credit.
ref: 2004, Kenneth Morgan, Bristol and the Atlantic Trade in the Eighteenth Century, →ISBN, page 109:
glosses: From or pertaining to the English Midlands.
glosses: Relating to the dialect of American English spoken in the Midwest known as Midland American English.
seastorm
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsistɔɹm/
ipa: /ˈsiːstɔːm/
Forms: form: seastorms
Etymology: From sea + storm.
Senses: glosses: A thunderstorm, waterspout, tropical storm, or other storm over an ocean.
kortholt
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: kortholts
Etymology: Borrowed from German Kortholt.
Senses: topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: a low-pitched capped double reed instrument of the European Renaissance
Barrie
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Barries
Senses: glosses: A surname.
glosses: A male given name.
glosses: An independent city in Simcoe County, Ontario, Canada.
Related terms: Barry
Brantford
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Brant + ford.
Senses: glosses: A city in Ontario, Canada.
Brant
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /bɹænt/
rhymes: -ænt
Etymology: English, German, Jewish and Dutch surname, variant of Brand.
The municipality in Ontario is named after Mohawk political leader Joseph Brant (1743 - 1807).
Senses: glosses: A surname.
glosses: A place in the United States:
A township and unincorporated community therein, in Saginaw County, Michigan.
glosses: A place in the United States:
A town in Erie County, New York.
glosses: A place in the United States:
An unincorporated community in the town of Chilton, Calumet County, Wisconsin.
glosses: A hamlet in Vulcan County, Alberta, Canada.
glosses: A municipality in Ontario, Canada, named Brant County or the County of Brant.
Derived terms: Brantford
Brantville
name card
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: name cards
Senses: glosses: A business card.
examples: text: In one first-grade classroom at the beginning of the semester, the children wore name cards suspended from their necks with a string, as an aid to the teacher in learning their names, […]
ref: 1937, The National Elementary Principal, volume 17, page 451:
glosses: A nametag in the form of a card.
name cards
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of name card
Brantville
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Brant + -ville.
Senses: glosses: A rural community of New Brunswick, Canada.
glosses: An unincorporated community in West Virginia.
Goldenville
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Golden + -ville.
Senses: glosses: A community in Nova Scotia, Canada.
glosses: A community in Pennsylvania.
Tracyton
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Tracy + -ton.
Senses: glosses: A census-designated place in Washington.
Mouhammad
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Rare spelling of Muhammad.
Mouhamad
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Rare spelling of Muhammad.
Mouhamed
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Rare spelling of Muhammad.
Mahamath
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Rare spelling of Muhammad.
Mahometh
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Rare spelling of Muhammad.
Mahoumed
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Rare spelling of Muhammad.
Mahoumet
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Rare spelling of Muhammad.
Mohomet
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Rare spelling of Muhammad.
Mouhammed
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Rare spelling of Muhammad.
Belles
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Named after British colonial administrator and author Henry Hesketh Bell (1864–1952).
Senses: glosses: A village in Dominica.
Belles
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Belle
Bataka
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A village or small town in Dominica
Muhammads
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Muhammad
Mero
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A village in Dominica.
Bense
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A village in Dominica.
Laudat
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A village in Dominica.
Hampstead
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈhæmpstɪd/
ipa: /ˈhæmpstɛd/
Etymology: From Old English hām (“homestead”) + stede (“place”). Doublet of Hempstead.
Senses: glosses: An affluent suburban area in the borough of Camden, London, England (OS grid ref TQ2685).
glosses: A parish and community therein, in Queens County, New Brunswick, Canada.
glosses: A suburb and municipality in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
glosses: A town in Carroll County, Maryland.
glosses: A town in Rockingham County, New Hampshire.
glosses: A census-designated place in Pender County, North Carolina.
glosses: A village in Saint Andrew parish, Dominica.
glosses: A suburb of Ashburton, Canterbury, New Zealand.
Derived terms: Hampstead Heath
Hampstead Norreys
Hampstead Norris
South Hampstead
West Hampstead
Hampstead
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈhæmpstɪd/
ipa: /ˈhæmpstɛd/
Forms: form: Hampsteads
Etymology: From Hampstead Heath.
Senses: examples: text: That geezer knocked out his bloody Hampsteads, he did!
glosses: shortened form of Hampstead Heath: teeth (Cockney rhyming slang).
Soufrière
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From French soufrière (“sulphur mine”).
Senses: glosses: A village in Dominica.
glosses: A town in Saint Lucia.
Sarot
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A town in Saint Lucia.
Mamiku
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A town in Saint Lucia.
Vanard
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A town in Saint Lucia.
Tourat
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A town in Saint Lucia.
Micoud
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A village and quarter in Saint Lucia
Piaye
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A town and river in Saint Lucia.
Monchy
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A town in Saint Lucia.
Laborie
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A village in Saint Lucia.
hamsin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hamsins
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of khamsin.
hamsins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hamsin
La Treille
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A town in Saint Lucia.
glosses: A neighborhood of Marseille, France.
Treille
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A tributary of the Loing river
Loing
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A river in France.
Related terms: Moret-Loing-et-Orvanne
Moret-sur-Loing
Chassin
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A town in Saint Lucia.
what's the haps
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: glosses: What's happening?; what's up? (a greeting)
Bongalo
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A town in Saint Lucia.
scurvygrass
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: scurvygrasses
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of scurvy-grass (Cochlearia)
scurvygrasses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of scurvygrass
you're the doctor
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Forms: form: you are the doctor
Senses: glosses: Indicates that the speaker defers to the addressed person's authority or expertise.
Related terms: you're the boss
rerack
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: reracks
form: reracking
form: reracked
form: reracked
Etymology: From re- + rack.
Senses: examples: text: Please rerack the weights before you leave the gym.
glosses: To place back in a rack.
topics: ball-games
billiards
games
hobbies
lifestyle
pool
snooker
sports
glosses: To rack (the balls) again, as when preparing for a new game.
rerack
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: reracks
Etymology: From re- + rack.
Senses: topics: ball-games
games
hobbies
lifestyle
snooker
sports
glosses: An instance of reracking the balls to restart a frame.
reracks
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of rerack
Choiseul
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname.
glosses: A commune of Haute-Marne department, France.
glosses: A town and district of Saint Lucia.
glosses: An island and province of the Solomon Islands.
reracking
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of rerack
reracked
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of rerack
Makira
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: An island of the Solomon Islands.
toilet tube
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: toilet tubes
Senses: glosses: The cardboard tube at the centre of a roll of toilet paper.
toilet tubes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of toilet tube
Janus-faced
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Janus-faced
form: most Janus-faced
Senses: glosses: double-faced; deceitful
Related terms: Janus-faced lock
Janus-headed
Janus-faced lock
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Janus-faced locks
Senses: glosses: A lock with duplicate faces so that the key can enter on either side and the lock can be mounted on either a right-hand or a left-hand door.
Taro Island
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: One of the Solomon Islands.
ghettoish
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more ghettoish
form: most ghettoish
Etymology: From ghetto + -ish.
Senses: examples: text: It is the perception of this as contrasted with the somewhat ghettoish aspect of our orthodox schools, institutions and synagogues, that tends so much to estrange American born and bred Jewish youths and maidens from their ancestral faith.
ref: 1911, Granville Stanley Hall, The Pedagogical Seminary, page 217:
text: […] she sat down, waving her hands and acting ghettoish and defensive, but, before she could go any further with the drama, Emma stopped her.
ref: 2008, Suzanne A. Glassé, Elegant Emma Trent, page 8:
glosses: Characteristic of the ghetto, or of being from a ghetto.
Taro
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Latin Tarus.
Senses: glosses: A river and valley in Italy.
purple marshlocks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Comarum palustre (syn. Potentilla palustris), a waterside shrub.
Synonyms: sense: Comarum palustre
word: marsh cinquefoil
sense: Comarum palustre
word: swamp cinquefoil
Gizo
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: The capital of the Western Province, Solomon Islands
aluminium bronzes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of aluminium bronze
Auki
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: The provincial capital of Malaita Province, Solomon Islands
turuq
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Borrowed from Arabic طُرُق (ṭuruq)
Senses: glosses: plural of tariqa
Noro
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A male given name from Japanese.
glosses: A surname.
glosses: A town in the Solomon Islands.
Buala
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A town in the Solomon Islands.
dog-day cicada
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dog-day cicadas
Senses: glosses: A large American cicada (Neotibicen canicularis), which emits a loud, high-pitched whining sound in midsummer.
dog-day cicadas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dog-day cicada
cross and pile
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: One side of the coin bore a cross; the other was called the pile.
Senses: glosses: The game of wagering money on heads or tails.
Tignish
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈtɪɡ.nɪʃ/
rhymes: -ɪɡnɪʃ
Etymology: Derived from the Mi'kmaq toponym Tedeneche, originally referring to the Tignish River.
Senses: glosses: A town in Prince County, Prince Edward Island, Canada.
Derived terms: Anglo Tignish
Tignish Shore
polychrest salt
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: polychrest salts
Senses: topics: chemistry
medicine
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: potassium sulfate obtained by fusing niter with sulfur
hyperfictional
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From hyper- + fictional.
Senses: glosses: Relating to hyperfiction.
hypertravel
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From hyper- + travel.
Senses: topics: literature
media
publishing
science-fiction
glosses: travel through hyperspace
off the hinges
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Senses: examples: text: […] they were enabled to bear it, 'till being distracted by their torments, their understandings were thrown off the hinges […]
ref: a. 1694, John Tillotson, The Support of Good Men:
glosses: In a state of disorder or irregularity.
cut up shines
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: cuts up shines
form: cutting up shines
form: cut up shines
form: cut up shines
Senses: glosses: To play pranks.
bone ashes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bone ash
minicomic
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: minicomics
Etymology: From mini- + comic.
Senses: glosses: A small comic book, especially one that is home-made and self-published.
minicomics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of minicomic
unanatomical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more unanatomical
form: most unanatomical
Etymology: From un- + anatomical.
Senses: examples: text: […] a politely apolitical and unanatomical language for figuring sexual difference […]
ref: 2007, Julian B. Carter, The Heart of Whiteness, page 81:
glosses: Not anatomical.
examples: text: […] the action, being no longer impeded by these mechanical obstacles, is far more varied; but still the figures are unanatomical and graceless in the extreme.
ref: 1840, Friendship's Offering: And Winter's Wreath, page 71:
glosses: Not anatomically correct.
Adamic earth
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From the spiritual substance said to have formed Adam, the first man, in the kabbalistic tradition; symbolically, the clay of Genesis.
Senses: examples: text: This is the Created Aleph, the true Adamic Earth⁵—the basis of every building in heaven and earth. [Waite: ⁵ Terra Adama, the sophic, spiritual earth, of which the first man was made—according to the Zohar. Thereon also the Temple was built in Zion. It is red, veined earth, after the manner of a pomegranate.]
ref: 1648, Thomas Vaughan, Anthroposophia Theomagica […]; republished as Arthur Edward Waite, editor, The Works of Thomas Vaughan: Eugenius Philalethes, 1919, page 27:
text: For the preparation of the philosopher’s stone the first requisite was the raw material, the Adamic earth, virgin earth, which is indeed to be found everywhere, but its discovery is dependent on certain conditions known to the initiated alone. “When we have once obtained this,” says Isaacus Hollandus, “the preparation of the stone is only a labour fit for women, or child’s play.[…]”
ref: 1851, Justus von Liebig, “Letter III”, in Familiar Letters on Chemistry […], 3rd edition, pages 34–5:
text: The end was more arduous and sublime; it was a question of recovering the adamic earth, which is the coagulated blood of the vital earth; and the supreme dream of philosophers was to accomplish the work of Prometheus by imitating the work of God […]
ref: 1913 [1860], Éliphas Lévi, translated by Arthur Edward Waite, Magic: A History of Its Rites, Rituals and Mysteries, page 204:
text: “The old theory of Adamic Earth is proven true. That earth is Adamic Earth. Earth as it was when God first made the earth in six days—before man was. […] It has power by fermentation to change all baser metals to gold.[…]”
ref: 1920, Adventure, volume 25, page 60:
topics: alchemy
pseudoscience
synonyms: Adam's earth
Adamic stone
glosses: The primordial substance of corporeal matter, said to be closely related to the philosopher’s stone and symbolically identified as “red earth” or sometimes other substances.
wikipedia: Adam
Related terms: prima materia
rule the roast
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: rules the roast
form: ruling the roast
form: ruled the roast
form: ruled the roast
Senses: glosses: Archaic form of rule the roost.
alarm gauge
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: alarm gauges
Senses: glosses: A device attached to a steam boiler to indicate excessive steam pressure or insufficient water.
alarm gauges
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of alarm gauge
gunpowder tea
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gunpowder teas
Senses: glosses: A form of Chinese green tea in which each leaf has been rolled into a small round pellet.
Synonyms: gunpowder
pearl tea
tea
foldyard
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: foldyards
Etymology: From fold + yard.
Senses: glosses: An enclosure for sheep or cattle.
foldyards
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of foldyard
dam plate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dam plates
form: damplate
form: dam-plate
Senses: glosses: An iron plate positioned in front of the dam of a blast furnace, in order to strengthen it.
glosses: A structural component used in the construction of dams, serving as a waterproof barrier to prevent water seepage.
dam plates
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dam plate
precoalition
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From pre- + coalition.
Senses: glosses: Before a coalition.
pipefitting
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pipefittings
Etymology: From pipe + fitting.
Senses: glosses: The work of a pipefitter.
glosses: A piece, such as a coupling, elbow, or valve, used for connecting lengths of pipe or as accessory to a pipe.
Spring
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /spɹɪŋ/
Forms: form: Springs
Senses: glosses: A surname.
glosses: A census-designated place in Harris County, Texas, United States.
examples: text: There the roſy-finger'd Spring, by the liquid mirror of a cryſtalline pool, was attiring her fair daughters in ſeven-fold ornaments, while the love-whiſpering breezes ſtole kiſſes as they paſſed, and fanned their glowing beauties.
ref: 1769, Firishta, translated by Alexander Dow, Tales translated from the Persian of Inatulla of Delhi, volume I, Dublin: P. and W. Wilson et al., page iii:
glosses: Alternative form of spring, the season of warmth and new vegetation following winter.
Derived terms: Houghton-le-Spring
counterpotent
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: counterpotents
form: counter-potent
Etymology: From counter- + potent.
Senses: topics: government
heraldry
hobbies
lifestyle
monarchy
nobility
politics
glosses: A fur differing from potent in the arrangement of the patches: the T shapes are alternatingly upright and inverted, such that the broad side of each T touches the broad sides of the adjacent row's like-colored T.
Related terms: counterpotenty
counterpotente
Qingming
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Chingming
form: Ching Ming
form: Ching-ming
form: Ch'ing-ming
form: Ch'ing Ming
form: Qing Ming
form: Tsing Ming
Etymology: From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin pronunciation of Chinese 清明 (Qīngmíng, literally “Pure & Bright”).
Senses: glosses: The first day of the fifth solar term in the traditional Chinese lunisolar calendar, the 15th day after the Spring equinox (April 4 or 5).
examples: text: Although the Hui in the northwest do not celebrate the Han holidays of Zhongqiu, Qingming, or even Chun Jie (Spring Festival), the Hui in most of China's cities gladly participate.
ref: 2020, Dru C. Gladney, Muslim Chinese..., page 192:
glosses: Synonym of Tomb Sweeping Day, a Chinese holiday observed on that day.
synonyms: word: Tomb Sweeping Day
extra: a Chinese holiday observed on that day
Chingming
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From the Wade-Giles romanization of Mandarin Chinese 清明 (Qīngmíng, "pure brightness").
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Qingming.
Ching Ming
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From the Wade-Giles romanization of Mandarin Chinese 清明 (Qīngmíng, "pure brightness").
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Qingming.
stuck like Chuck
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: Like the lady said, she could have gotten in the truck and driven away. Left us here, stuck like Chuck, out here on this ledge.
ref: 2006, Geri Guillaume, Her Brother's Keeper, page 126:
text: Our big Lab, Gracie Burns, will start barking to alert us that he is stuck like Chuck.
ref: 2013, Lorelei Branam, A Little Bit of Ivey:
glosses: stuck; immobilized or unable to proceed
feignedly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: /ˈfeɪ.nɪd.li/
Etymology: From feigned + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a way that is feigned.
uncountenanced
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + countenanced.
Senses: glosses: Not countenanced.
reconnector
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: reconnectors
Etymology: From reconnect + -or.
Senses: glosses: One who or that which reconnects.
reconnectors
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of reconnector
Tomb Sweeping Day
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Tomb-Sweeping Day
form: Tomb Sweeping Festival
Etymology: From its former Chinese name 掃墳節 /扫坟节 (Sǎofénjié, “Sweep-Tomb Festival”), from the traditional act of cleaning one's family grave with willow branches during the holiday.
Senses: glosses: An annual Chinese holiday on the first day of the fifth solar term in the traditional Chinese lunisolar calendar (April 4 or 5), during which families gather to honor their ancestors and clean their tombs. The festival is also associated with the consumption of qingtuan.
Synonyms: Qingming
Ching-ming
Ching Ming
Qingming Festival
Ching Ming Festival
Pure Brightness Festival
All Souls' Day
Chinese Memorial Day
Ancestors' Day
Mourning Day
Related terms: hell money
sycee
Tomb Sweeping Festival
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the Tomb Sweeping Festival
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Tomb Sweeping Day.
synonyms: word: Tomb Sweeping Day
Jeremy Diddler
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Jeremy Diddlers
Etymology: Name of a character in Raising the Wind, an 1803 play by James Kenney.
Senses: examples: text: The Jeremy Diddlers will have designs upon your purse; the politicians upon your influence; and mammas, who have marriageable daughters, upon your person
ref: 1854, Lucien Bonaparte Chase, English Serfdom and American Slavery:
glosses: A needy, artful dealer; a confidence man.
wikipedia: James Kenney (dramatist)
Related terms: diddle
Jeremy Diddlers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Jeremy Diddler
Qing Ming
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Qingming.
Ching-ming
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From the Wade-Giles romanization of Mandarin Chinese 清明 (Qīngmíng, "pure brightness").
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Qingming.
breast pang
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: angina pectoris
Qingming Festival
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the Qingming Festival
form: Chingming Festival
form: Ching Ming Festival
form: Ching-ming Festival
form: Feast of Tsing Ming
form: Qing Ming Festival
Etymology: A partial calque of Mandarin 清明節 /清明节 (Qīngmíngjié), using the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin pronunciation of Chinese 清明 (Qīngmíng, “Pure & Bright”), the solar term of the traditional Chinese lunisolar calendar on which the holiday is celebrated. Doublet of Pure Brightness Festival.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Tomb Sweeping Day.
synonyms: word: Tomb Sweeping Day
wikipedia: Chinese lunisolar calendar
Qing Ming Festival
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Qingming Festival.
Chingming Festival
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From the Wade-Giles romanization of Mandarin Chinese 清明 (Qīngmíng, "pure brightness") and the English translation of 節 (jié, "festival").
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Qingming Festival.
Ching Ming Festival
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From the Wade-Giles romanization of Mandarin Chinese 清明 (Qīngmíng, "pure brightness") and the English translation of 節 (jié, "festival").
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Qingming Festival.
Ching-ming Festival
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From the Wade-Giles romanization of Mandarin Chinese 清明 (Qīngmíng, "pure brightness") and the English translation of 節 (jié, "festival").
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Qingming Festival.
nonparticipator
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nonparticipators
Etymology: From non- + participator.
Senses: glosses: One who is not a participator.
nonparticipators
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nonparticipator
sieve cell
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sieve cells
Senses: glosses: One of the long, slender, conducting cells of the phloem that do not form a constituent element of a sieve tube, but which are provided with relatively unspecialized sieve areas, especially in the tapering ends of the cells that overlap those of other sieve cells. Sieve cells are typically associated with gymnosperms.
sieve cells
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sieve cell
All Souls Day
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of All Souls' Day.
arming press
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: arming presses
Senses: glosses: A bookbinder's press for stamping titles and designs on the covers of books.
arming presses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of arming press
phum
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: phums
Etymology: From Kmer ភូមិ.
Senses: glosses: A village of Cambodia, a subdivision of a khum.
turmeric paper
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: turmeric papers
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Paper impregnated with turmeric, used as a test of acidity. For alkaline substances, it is changed from yellow to brown.
Feast of Light
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From the importance of candles or light in the celebration.
Senses: examples: ref: 1940, Emily Solis-Cohen, Jr., Hanukkah: The Feast of Light, Jewish Publication Society:
text: We celebrate Hanukkah, the Feast of Light, in commemoration of the Maccabees' putting an end to the sinister oppression [...]
ref: 1942, Jewish Spectator, volume 7, page 46:
text: Chanukah recounts the rededication of the Sanctuary which had been despoiled by the Greeks. The celebration of the eight-day Feast of Light recalls the victorious survival of the Sanctuary, not the courage of the Maccabees.
ref: 1997, The collected writings, volume 7, →ISBN, page 200:
glosses: Hanukkah, the Festival of Lights.
Related terms: Festival of Lights
baritone saxophone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: baritone saxophones
Senses: glosses: A member of the saxophone family of woodwind instruments that is smaller than the bass saxophone but larger than the tenor saxophone, with a range of D♭₂ to A₄ or similar.
Synonyms: bari
bari sax
Derived terms: baritone saxophonist
Knidian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Of or from Knidos
Knidos
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈ(k)naɪdɒs/
Forms: form: Cnidus
Etymology: A respelling of earlier Cnidus to reflect more closely its ultimate etymon, Ancient Greek Κνίδος (Knídos).
Senses: examples: text: the Aphrodite of Knidos
glosses: An ancient settlement in southwestern Asia Minor; the location of the Ancient Greek city Caria.
Related terms: Knidian
rolling stocks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of rolling stock
pig yoke
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pig yokes
Senses: topics: nautical
transport
glosses: A quadrant or sextant.
pig yokes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pig yoke
South River
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsʌʊθ ˈɹɪv.ɚ/
rhymes: -ɪvə(ɹ)
Etymology: The town in Newfoundland is named after a nearby river.
Senses: glosses: Any of several North American rivers.
glosses: A small town in Newfoundland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
glosses: A village in the Parry Sound District, Ontario, Canada.
glosses: An unincorporated community in Anne Arundel County, Maryland.
glosses: A borough of Middlesex County, New Jersey.
glosses: A town in North Carolina.
tin penny
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: He further said, that the plaintiff had sometimes at Easter, when he received his Easter dues, received some payment for some kinds of small tithes in respect of those tenements which were no part of the Demesne Lands, viz. for every milch cow, three halfpence ; […] and a tithe penny, otherwise tin penny, otherwise tithing penny, as a modus in lieu of all other small tithes and vicarial dues in kind,
ref: 1798, Hutton Wood, A Collection of Decrees by the Court of the Exchequer in Tithe-Causes, from the Usurpation to the Present Time, volume the third, page 526:
glosses: A duty paid to tithingmen.
strike tallies
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: strikes tallies
form: striking tallies
form: struck tallies
form: struck tallies
Senses: examples: text: The Clergie in the Province of York did also for a long time deny the Kings Supremacy. Indeed the Convocation of York hath ever since struck Talies with that of Canterbury, (though not implicitly) unanimously post-concurring therewith;
ref: 1655, Thomas Fuller, “Section 2”, in The Church-history of Britain; […], London: […] Iohn Williams […], →OCLC, (please specify |book=I to XI), page 188:
glosses: To act in correspondence, or alike.
dianoia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -ɔɪ.ə
Etymology: From Ancient Greek διάνοια (diánoia).
Senses: topics: human-sciences
philosophy
sciences
coordinate_terms: noesis
glosses: Discursive thought on mathematical or scientific subjects.
clasp lock
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: clasp locks
Senses: glosses: A lock that closes or secures itself by means of a spring.
marshalings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of marshaling
diffractometric
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From diffractometry + -ic.
Senses: glosses: Relating to diffractometry; measured using a diffractometer
Derived terms: diffractometrically
figure up
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: figures up
form: figuring up
form: figured up
form: figured up
Senses: examples: text: Third, clover increases the fertility of the soil by shading it almost constantly during the season of its growth. In figuring up the greater amount of fertility that clover could store up, I did not put this in.
ref: 1893, Theodore Brainard Terry, Our Farming:
text: The room was jammed; we'd never figured up its cubic space and measured it against the things we were buying
ref: 1992, G. W. Hawkes, Spies in the Blue Smoke:
text: In order to figure up the list price value of its sales items the company management must decide how much the item must be marked up in order to maintain certain gross margins.
ref: 2016, Michael "Terry" Marks, Scaffolding:
synonyms: figure out
tally up
glosses: To add up or calculate.
Synonyms: reckon out
pure blue
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: methylene blue
invincible ignorance
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: lifestyle
religion
theology
glosses: Ignorance beyond the individual's control and for which, therefore, he/she is not responsible before God.
Oshawa
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɒʃəwə/
ipa: /ˈɑʃəwə/
Etymology: From Ojibwe aazhaway.
Senses: glosses: A city in the Regional Municipality of Durham, Ontario, Canada.
glosses: An unincorporated community in Bull Moose Township and Deerfield Township, Cass County, Minnesota, United States.
glosses: A township and unincorporated community therein, in Nicollet County, Minnesota, named after Oshawa, Ontario.
Derived terms: Oshawan
Samson post
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Samson posts
Etymology: After the Biblical character, renowned for his strength.
Senses: topics: nautical
transport
glosses: A strong post resting on the keelson and supporting a beam of the deck.
topics: nautical
transport
glosses: A temporary or movable pillar carrying a leading block or pulley for various purposes.
glosses: In deepwell boring, the post which supports the walking beam of the apparatus.
Samson posts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Samson post
cook-up rice
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A Guyanese dish made with rice, meat, and peas.
barium meals
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of barium meal
waxen chatterer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: waxen chatterers
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Bohemian chatterer.
synonyms: word: Bohemian chatterer
waxen chatterers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of waxen chatterer
desert mouse
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: desert mice
Senses: glosses: Pseudomys desertor, a murid found only in Australia.
desert mice
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of desert mouse
Mourning Day
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From the primary activity during the festival.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Tomb Sweeping Day.
synonyms: word: Tomb Sweeping Day
Ancestors Day
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Ancestors' Day.
Ancestors' Day
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Ancestors Day
Etymology: From the primary object of the festival.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Tomb Sweeping Day.
synonyms: word: Tomb Sweeping Day
respoked
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of respoke
respoked
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: It got the works [...] canvas hood, tyres and re-spoked wooden wheels.
ref: 2000, Bob Foster, Birdum or Bust!, Henley Beach, SA: Seaview Press, page 21:
glosses: Of a wheel, having the spokes replaced.
respokes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of respoke
respoking
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of respoke
subsect
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: subsects
Etymology: From sub- + sect.
Senses: glosses: A secondary or subsidiary sect.
subsects
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of subsect
Clarington
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: In Ontario, a blend of Clarke + Darlington, introduced in 1994 as a portmanteau of the names of two former townships.
Senses: glosses: A municipality in the Regional Municipality of Durham, Ontario, Canada.
glosses: A village in Monroe County, Ohio, United States.
glosses: An unincorporated community in Barnett Township, Forest County, Pennsylvania, United States.
Deseronto
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Named for Captain John Deseronto, a native Mohawk leader who was a captain in the British Military Forces during the American Revolutionary War.
Senses: glosses: A town in Ontario, Canada.
golden share
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: golden shares
Senses: glosses: A nominal share which is able to outvote all other shares in certain specified circumstances, often held by a government organization in a government company undergoing privatization and transformation into a stock company.
golden shares
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of golden share
Belleville
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /ˈbɛlˌvɪl/
/ˈbɛlvəl/
/ˌbɛlˈvil/
Forms: form: Bellevilles
Etymology: From Belle + -ville.
* (French commune): From French Belleville, derived from belle vue (“beautiful view”).
* (neighbourhood of Paris): From French Belleville, literally “beautiful town”.
* (city in Ontario): Renamed in honour of Lady Annabella Gore after an 1816 visit with her husband, Francis Gore.
Senses: glosses: A surname.
glosses: A neighborhood of Bouaké, Gbêke, Vallée du Bandama district, Ivory Coast.
glosses: A village in Haut-Sassandra, Sassandra-Marahoué district, Ivory Coast.
glosses: A neighborhood of Paris, France.
glosses: A commune of Meurthe-et-Moselle department, Grand Est, France.
glosses: A former commune of Deux-Sèvres department, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France, since 2018 part of the commune of Plaine-d'Argenson.
glosses: A former commune of Rhône department, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France, since 2019 part of the commune of Belleville-en-Beaujolais.
glosses: A community in Ireland.
glosses: A community in New Brunswick, Canada.
glosses: A community in Nova Scotia, Canada.
glosses: A city, the county seat of Hastings County, Ontario, Canada.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A town in Yell County, Arkansas.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A ghost town in San Bernardino County, California.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A city, the county seat of St. Clair County, Illinois.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A small city, the county seat of Republic County, Kansas.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A city in Wayne County, Michigan.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Jasper County, Missouri.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A ghost town in Mineral County, Nevada.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A township in Essex County, New Jersey.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A hamlet and census-designated place in the town of Ellisburg, Jefferson County, New York.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A census-designated place in Mifflin County, Pennsylvania.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Lincoln County, Tennessee.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in the city of Suffolk, Virginia.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Wood County, West Virginia, also spelt Belville.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A village in Dane County and Green County, Wisconsin.
Derived terms: Belleville boiler
Belleville washer
club law
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: The enemies of our happy establishment seem at present to copy out the piety of this seditious prophet , and to have recourse to his laudable method of club-law, when they find all other means of enforcing the absurdity of their opinions to be ineffectual.
ref: 1715 June 22 (Gregorian calendar), Joseph Addison, “The Free-holder: No. 50. Saturday, June 11. [1715.]”, in The Works of the Right Honourable Joseph Addison, Esq; […], volume IV, London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], published 1721, →OCLC:
glosses: government by violence; lynch law; anarchy
Wawa
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Ojibwe wewe (“wild goose”).
Senses: glosses: A township in Ontario, Canada.
Wawa
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A Mambiloid language spoken in Cameroon.
Thessalon
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A river in Canada.
glosses: A town in Ontario, Canada.
Moosonee
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Cree.
Senses: glosses: A town in Ontario, Canada.
Timmins
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /ˈtɪmɪnz/
Senses: glosses: A surname.
glosses: A city in Cochrane District, Ontario, Canada.
Iroquois Falls
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A town in Ontario, Canada.
Kapuskasing
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /ˌkæpʉsˈkeɪsɪŋ/
Etymology: Borrowed from Cree [Term?].
Senses: glosses: A river in Canada.
glosses: A town in Ontario, Canada.
Mattawa
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Ojibwe [Term?].
Senses: glosses: A river in central Ontario, Canada.
examples: text: My own grandfather, Eugene Bourgeault, a young man in grade eight, was threatened with a beating by Mattawa’s village priest for refusing to learn the Lord’s Prayer in English. The episode spelled the end of his education.
ref: 2018 November 30, Isabelle Bourgeault-Tassé, “How a family recipe taught me what’s at stake when Franco-Ontarians lose their roots”, in The Globe and Mail:
glosses: A town in Nipissing District, Ontario, Canada.
Temagami
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A lake in Canada.
glosses: A municipality of Ontario, Canada.
Derived terms: temagamite
Latchford
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From latch + ford.
Senses: glosses: A town in Ontario, Canada.
glosses: A suburb of Warrington, Cheshire, England (OS grid ref SJ6187).
Amherstburg
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A town in Ontario, Canada.
Camrose
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A city in Camrose County, Alberta, Canada.
glosses: A village in Wales.
Derived terms: Camrose County
Ryley
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Variant of Riley.
Senses: glosses: A habitational surname from Old English.
glosses: A male given name transferred from the surname.
glosses: A village in Alberta, Canada, which is the headquarters of Beaver County.