cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
intromittent
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: And, in the end, there must be a way for the developed young to leave the maternal nidus, and the intromittent canal may answer this purpose or, by chance, it may not.
ref: 1939, Frederic Wood Jones, Life and Living, Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Company Ltd, page 181:
text: 1990, Raymond R. Forster, Norman I. Platnick, Jonathan A. Coddington, A Proposal and Review of the Spider Family Synotaxidae (Araneae, Araneoidea), American Museum of Natural History, page 39,
Epigynum well developed, often with prominent paired lobes; internal female genitalia consisting of two widely separated pairs of receptacula with short intromittent ducts; […] .
text: In Microbrachius males, the paired intromittent structures occur ventromedially behind the posterior ventral lateral plates (Long et al., 2015: Fig. 1).
ref: 2019, Kate Trinajstic, Catherine Boisvert, John A. Long, Zerina Johanson, “12: Evolution of Vertebrate Reproduction”, in Zerina Johanson, Charlie Underwood, Martha Richter, editors, Evolution and Development of Fishes, Cambridge University Press, page 212:
topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: Conveying, sending or passing into a body.
glosses: Used for intromission.
Related terms: intromittence
introscan
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: intro scan
Etymology: From intro + scan.
Senses: glosses: A feature on some CD players that plays the first few seconds (the intro) of each track so that the required track can be found
pecunious
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: /pɪˈkjuːniəs/
Forms: form: more pecunious
form: most pecunious
Etymology: Ultimately from Latin pecūnia (“money”).
Senses: examples: text: Initially these outlets catered for the more pecunious element in the population and sold imported and processed goods, ...
ref: 1986, Stella Lowder, Inside Third World Cities, →ISBN, page 182:
glosses: With money, wealthy; financially independent.
glosses: rich (of quality, etc.)
Related terms: pecuniarily
pecuniarly
pecuniary
pecuniosity
dancercises
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dancercise
bowknots
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bowknot
clinical psychology
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: human-sciences
psychology
sciences
glosses: A branch of psychology with the purpose of understanding, preventing, and relieving psychologically based distress or dysfunction and to promote subjective well-being and personal development.
Related terms: parapsychology
kickshaw
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈkɪk.ʃɔː/
Forms: form: kickshaws
Etymology: From Middle French quelque chose (“something”).
Senses: examples: text: Some Pigeons Davy, a couple of ſhort-legg'd Hennes: a / ioynt of Mutton, and any pretty little tine Kickſhawes, / tell William Cooke.
ref: c. 1596–1599 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Second Part of Henry the Fourth, […]. Epilogue.”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act V, scene i], page 96, column 1:
text: Allow me now to recommend this dish— / A simple kickshaw by your Persian cook, / Such as is served at the great King’s second table.
ref: 1820, Percy Bysshe Shelley, Oedipus Tyrannus; Or, Swellfoot The Tyrant: A Tragedy in Two Acts, page 39:
text: The "Penny Magazine" for 1842 has a good and suggestive paper on "Feasts and Entertainments," with extracts from some of the early dramatists and a woodcut of "a new French cook, to devise fine kickshaws and toys."
ref: 1886, William Carew Hazlitt, “The Early Englishman and His Food”, in Old Cookery Books and Ancient Cuisine, published 1902:
text: The lunch […] consisted […] of […] lobster mayonnaise, cold game sausages, an immense veal and ham pie farced with eggs, truffles, and numberless delicious flavours; besides kickshaws, creams and sweetmeats.
ref: 1923, Walter de la Mare, Seaton's Aunt:
glosses: A dainty or delicacy.
examples: text: Art thou good at theſe kicke-chawſes Knight?
ref: c. 1601–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “Twelfe Night, or What You Will”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene iii], page 257, column 1:
glosses: A trinket or gewgaw.
leporid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: leporids
Etymology: From translingual Leporidae.
Senses: topics: biology
mammalogy
natural-sciences
zoology
synonyms: leporine
glosses: Any mammal of the family Leporidae: the hares and rabbits.
malacostracan
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: malacostracans
Etymology: From Malacostraca + -an.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: Any of very many crustaceans of the class Malacostraca.
Related terms: malacostracous
nickeled
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of nickel
nickelled
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more nickelled
form: most nickelled
Derived terms: unnickelled
nickelled
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of nickel
rebite
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: rebites
form: rebiting
form: rebit
form: rebitten
Etymology: From re- + bite.
Senses: glosses: To freshen worn lines in (an etched plate) by subjecting it to acid again.
oversew
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: oversews
form: oversewing
form: oversewed
form: oversewn
Etymology: From over- + sew.
Senses: glosses: To sew together the edges of two pieces of fabric, with every stitch passing over the join.
palmcorder
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: palmcorders
Etymology: Blend of palm + camcorder, suggesting one that fits in the palm of the hand. Originally a trademark of Panasonic.
Senses: glosses: A small camcorder.
wikipedia: Panasonic
plateia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: plateias
Senses: glosses: A town square in Greece or Cyprus
powerhead
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: powerheads
Etymology: From power + head.
Senses: glosses: The part of a machine that is the source of power.
glosses: A small pump used in aquariums.
glosses: Synonym of bangstick (“kind of underwater firearm”).
synonyms: word: bangstick
extra: kind of underwater firearm
People's Republic of Bangladesh
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the People's Republic of Bangladesh
Senses: glosses: Official name of Bangladesh: a country in South Asia.
preachify
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: preachifies
form: preachifying
form: preachified
form: preachified
Etymology: From preach + -ify.
Senses: examples: text: "Shut up your sarmons^([sic]), Pitt, when Miss Crawley comes down," said his father; "she has written to say that she won't stand the preachifying."
ref: 1847 January – 1848 July, William Makepeace Thackeray, Vanity Fair […], London: Bradbury and Evans […], published 1848, →OCLC:
glosses: To preach didactically; to sermonize.
prebaiting
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From pre- + baiting.
Senses: glosses: The practice of laying harmless bait so that vermin or fish become accustomed to it, prior to laying poisoned or hooked bait
amisse
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more amisse
form: most amisse
Senses: glosses: Obsolete form of amiss.
amisse
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: glosses: Obsolete form of amiss.
predeterminable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more predeterminable
form: most predeterminable
Etymology: From pre- + determinable.
Senses: glosses: That can be predetermined
predicant
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more predicant
form: most predicant
Etymology: From Latin praedicāns.
Senses: glosses: Predicating; affirming; declaring; proclaiming.
examples: N. Brit. Rev.
the Roman predicant orders
glosses: preaching
predicant
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: predicants
Etymology: From Latin praedicāns.
Senses: glosses: Someone who predicates
glosses: Someone who preaches, especially a Dominican friar
prefixation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: prefixations
Etymology: First attested in 1889; formed as prefix + -ation.
Senses: topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
synonyms: prefixion
antonyms: suffixation
coordinate_terms: affixation
circumfixation
infixation
interfixation
suffixation
glosses: The adding of a prefix to a word.
prefixation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: prefixations
Etymology: First attested in 1921; formed as pre- + fixation.
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: The state or condition of being prefixed.
raw_tags: of a nerve
topics: biology
cytology
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
glosses: Initial treatment of tissue with a fixative, as a preliminary to the application of another fixative or to the use of a different treatment.
Related terms: prefixative
prefocus
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From pre- + focus.
Senses: glosses: Describing a lamp whose light source is positioned to be in focus when fitted (especially in a motor car)
prefocus
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: prefocuses
form: prefocusses
form: prefocusing
form: prefocussing
form: prefocused
form: prefocused
form: prefocussed
form: prefocussed
Etymology: From pre- + focus.
Senses: glosses: To focus in advance
pregenital
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From pre- + genital.
Senses: topics: human-sciences
medicine
psychiatry
psychology
sciences
glosses: Describing psychosexual development prior to the genital phase
topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: In front of the genital region
pregnable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more pregnable
form: most pregnable
Etymology: From Middle English parnable, pernable, preignable, prenable, from Old French; compare Anglo-Norman pernable; Continental French prenable, pregnauble.
Senses: glosses: vulnerable to attack
prelingually
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From prelingual + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a prelingual manner
rick-roll
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: rick-rolls
form: rick-rolling
form: rick-rolled
form: rick-rolled
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of rickroll.
rick-roll
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rick-rolls
Senses: examples: text: This seems much more likely to be the work of a talented but inexperienced individual. […] The rick-roll in the code seems juvenile and unprofessional.
ref: 2020, William O’Sullivan, Kim-Kwang Raymond Choo, Nhien-An Le-Khac, “Defending IoT [Internet of Things] Devices from Malware”, in Nhien-An Le-Khac, Kim-Kwang Raymond Choo, editors, Cyber and Digital Forensic Investigation: A Law Enforcement Practitioner’s Perspective (Studies in Big Data; 74), Cham, Switzerland: Springer Nature, →DOI, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 10:
glosses: Alternative form of rickroll.
rick-rolls
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of rick-roll
rick-rolling
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of rick-roll
rick-rolled
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of rick-roll
vernacular dance
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: vernacular dances
Senses: synonyms: street dance
glosses: Any form of dance that evolves naturally within a particular community, without the intervention of professional choreographers.
Related terms: street dancer
Iñupiaq
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of Inupiak.
Rangpur Division
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: The northernmost of the eight administrative divisions of Bangladesh.
sustention
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sustentions
Etymology: First attested in 1868: a nominalisation of sustain, by analogy with detain → detention, retain → retention, etc., coined for contradistinction with sustentation.
Senses: glosses: sustentation
sustentions
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sustention
discursion
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: dĭskûrʹzhən
ipa: /dɪˈskɝʒən/
enpr: dĭskûrʹshən
enpr: dĭskûrʹzhən
ipa: /dɪˈskɜːʃən/
ipa: /dɪˈskɜːʒən/
Forms: form: discursions
form: discorsioun
Etymology: From Latin discursiō, from discurrō (“I run to and fro”); compare the English discurre, discurrent, discursation, and discurse.
Senses: glosses: The action of hurriedly moving hither and thither.
glosses: Digression.
topics: human-sciences
philosophy
sciences
glosses: Ratiocination; step-by-step philosophical reasoning, as opposed to intuition.
discursions
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of discursion
go-around
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: go-arounds
Senses: examples: text: After the autopilot was disconnected, the aircraft drifted above the glide path, and twice the captain coached the first officer to get the aircraft down to the glide path. The first officer reduced thrust in response to the captain’s first mention to get the aircraft down, and he reduced thrust to idle at about 80 feet agl. Moments later, the captain, aware that the aircraft was left of the centre line but not knowing the distance travelled down the runway, and not sure that a safe landing could be made, ordered a go-around, which the first officer acknowledged. The thrust levers were advanced, the first officer selected the go-around mode for the flight director, and he started to increase the pitch of the aircraft to the command bar indications, 10 degrees nose up. About one second after the first officer acknowledged the go-around, the stick shaker (stall warning) activated.
ref: 1999 April 15, Transportation Safety Board of Canada, “1.1 History of the Flight”, in Aviation Investigation Report A97H0011, Loss of Control on Go-around (Rejected Landing), Air Canada Canadair CL-600-2B19 C-FSKI, Fredericton Airport, New Brunswick, 16 December 1997, archived from the original on 25 May 2024, page 1:
topics: aeronautics
aerospace
aviation
business
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: An abort of a final approach where the pilot circles the airport to make another attempt at landing.
examples: text: The whole issue of male versus female sexuality seems to be an issue we all love to hate each other over. The battle has become an annual event in these pages. I had hoped to stay out of the latest go-around, but I am moved to reply, to her cruel reaction to […]
ref: 1980 April 12, John Kyper, “Poisoned”, in Gay Community News, page 4:
text: She looked... something. He was no good at reading expressions. Hurt? Worried? "Other me was doing something I can't comprehend, and I was gonna do it too. If I'd seen my chance last year, I would've raised hell. I believed."
ref: 2023 September 28, HarryBlank, “Hooking Up”, in SCP Foundation, archived from the original on 25 May 2024:
glosses: An iteration; an instance of repeating or redoing something.
Rajshahi Division
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: One of the eight administrative divisions of Bangladesh.
Barisal Division
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: One of the eight administrative divisions of Bangladesh.
Dhaka Division
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: One of the eight administrative divisions of Bangladesh.
Khulna Division
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: One of the eight administrative divisions of Bangladesh.
Chittagong Division
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: One of the eight administrative divisions of Bangladesh.
Sylhet Division
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: One of the eight administrative divisions of Bangladesh.
Barguna District
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: One of the six districts in the Barisal Division of Bangladesh.
Barisal District
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: One of the six districts in the Barisal Division of Bangladesh.
Pirojpur District
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Named after a certain royal figure called Firoz, whose exact identity is debated; thus ultimately a corruption of ফিরোজপুর (phirōjpur), a bilingual compound of Classical Persian فَیروز (fīrōz, “victorious”) + Sanskrit पुर (pura, “fortress, town”).
Senses: glosses: One of the six districts in the Barisal Division of Bangladesh.
Patuakhali District
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: One of the six districts in the Barisal Division of Bangladesh.
Jhalokati District
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: One of the six districts in the Barisal Division of Bangladesh.
Bhola District
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: One of the six districts in the Barisal Division of Bangladesh.
premaster
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: premasters
form: premastering
form: premastered
form: premastered
Etymology: From pre- + master.
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: To make a master copy of (data) on a hard disk before writing it to optical disc.
premaster
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: premasters
Etymology: From pre- + master.
Senses: glosses: A version of an audio track prior to mastering.
Kurigram District
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: One of the eight districts in the Rangpur Division of Bangladesh.
Lalmonirhat District
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Refers to the district of Lalmonirhat, which is a transliteration of Bengali লালমনিরহাট (lalomnirhaṭ), a corruption of লালমণিরহাট (lalomnirhaṭ), which is ultimately a compound of লাল (lal, “red”) + মণির (monir, the genitive of মণি (maṇi, “gem, jewel”)) + হাট (haṭ, “market”).
Senses: glosses: One of the eight districts in the Rangpur Division of Bangladesh
Nilphamari District
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Refers to the district of Nilphamari, which is a transliteration of নিলফামারী (nilphamari), a corruption of নীলখামারী (nilkhamari), a compound of নীল (nil, “indigo”) + খামারী (khamari, a suffixed form of খামার (khamar, “farm”)), literally meaning "indigo farm", referring to the former indigo cultivation in this region.
Senses: glosses: One of the eight districts in the Rangpur Division of Bangladesh
Panchagarh District
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Named after the district of Panchagarh, the transliteration of Bengali পঞ্চগড়, a compound of পঞ্চ (ponco, “five”) + গড় (goṛ, “fort, stronghold”), due to the presence of five forts in this region.
Senses: glosses: One of the eight districts in the Rangpur Division of Bangladesh
Rangpur District
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: One of the eight districts in the Rangpur Division of Bangladesh
Thakurgaon District
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: One of the eight districts in the Rangpur Division of Bangladesh
Dinajpur District
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: One of the eight districts in the Rangpur Division of Bangladesh
Related terms: Dakshin Dinajpur
Uttar Dinajpur
Gaibandha District
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: One of the eight districts in the Rangpur Division of Bangladesh
premultiply
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: premultiplies
form: premultiplying
form: premultiplied
form: premultiplied
Etymology: From pre- + multiply.
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: To multiply a matrix or quaternion by a preceding factor noncommutatively
Related terms: postmultiply
premultiplication
premultiplier
unpremultiply
Habiganj District
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Refers to the district of Habiganj, which is a transliteration of হবিগঞ্জ (hobigonj), a corruption of হবিবগঞ্জ (hobibogonj), ultimately a bilingual compound of Arabic حبيب (“beloved”) + Persian گنج (“treasury, store”), as the district was named after the local ruler Syed Habibuddin.
Senses: glosses: One of the four districts in the Sylhet Division of Bangladesh.
noncommutatively
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From non- + commutatively.
Senses: glosses: In a noncommutative manner
Maulvibazar District
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Named after the maulvi Syed Qudratullah; thus ultimately a bilingual compound of Arabic مَوْلَوِيّ (mawlawiyy, “maulvi, master”) + Bengali বাজার (bajar, “bazar, market”).
Senses: glosses: One of the four districts in the Sylhet Division of Bangladesh.
Sunamganj District
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Named in honor of a soldier called Sunam Uddin; thus ultimately a bilingual compound of Bengali সুনাম (śunam, “fame, reputation”) + Persian گنج (“treasury, store”); the first element is a compound of সু- (su-, “good”) + নাম (nam, “name”).
Senses: glosses: One of the four districts in the Sylhet Division of Bangladesh.
Sylhet District
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: One of the four districts in the Sylhet Division of Bangladesh.
presentationally
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From presentational + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a presentational manner; as part of a presentation
presentient
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more presentient
form: most presentient
Etymology: From pre- + sentient.
Senses: glosses: Having a presentiment.
examples: a presentient foetus
glosses: Not yet having achieved sentience.
Sirajganj District
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Named after a local zamindar called Sirajuddin Chowdhury; thus ultimately a bilingual compound of Arabic سراج (“lamp, lantern”) + Persian گنج (“treasury, store”).
Senses: glosses: One of the eight districts in the Rajshahi Division of Bangladesh.
Rajshahi District
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: One of the eight districts in the Rajshahi Division of Bangladesh.
Pabna District
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: One of the eight districts in the Rajshahi Division of Bangladesh.
Natore District
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: One of the eight districts in the Rajshahi Division of Bangladesh.
Bogra District
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: One of the eight districts in the Rajshahi Division of Bangladesh.
Naogaon District
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Refers to the district of Naogaon, which is a transliteration of নওগাঁ (noōgã), a compound of নও (nō, from Classical Persian نو (naw, “new”)) + গাঁ (gã, “village”), literally meaning "new village".
Senses: glosses: One of the eight districts in the Rajshahi Division of Bangladesh.
Nawabganj District
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Named after the nawabs of Bengal; thus ultimately a bilingual compound of Arabic نواب (“representative, deputy”) + Persian گنج (“treasury, store”).
The alternative name "Chapainawabganj" (Bengali: চাঁপাইনবাবগঞ্জ) comes from prefixing the discussed term with চাঁপাই (cãpai).
Senses: glosses: One of the eight districts in the Rajshahi Division of Bangladesh.
proemial
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From Middle English prohemyal, from Medieval Latin proēmiālis.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to a proem or proemium.
squier
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: squiers
Senses: examples: text: Not the worst of the three but jumps twelve foot and a half by the squier.
ref: c. 1610–1611 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Winters Tale”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene iv]:
glosses: Obsolete form of square.
Satkhira District
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: One of the ten districts in the Khulna Division of Bangladesh.
Narail District
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: One of the ten districts in the Khulna Division of Bangladesh.
Magura District
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Named after the district of Magura, a transliteration of মাগুরা (magura), which is probably from মাগুর (magur, “catfish”), supposedly because catfish were abundant in its marshes in the past.
Senses: glosses: One of the ten districts in the Khulna Division of Bangladesh.
Meherpur District
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Refers to the district of Meherpur, a transliteration of মেহেরপুর, a compound of মেহের (meher) + পুর (pura, “city”); there are two theories on the origin of the first element:
* Named after the Sufi saint Meher Ali Shah; thus from Persian مهر (“friendship, love”).
* Named after the astrologer-astronomer Varāhamihira; thus from Sanskrit मिहिर (mihira, “sun”).
Senses: glosses: One of the ten districts in the Khulna Division of Bangladesh.
wikipedia: Varāhamihira
Kushtia District
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: One of the ten districts in the Khulna Division of Bangladesh.
Khulna District
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: One of the ten districts in the Khulna Division of Bangladesh.
Jhenaidah District
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: One of the ten districts in the Khulna Division of Bangladesh.
Jessore District
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: One of the ten districts in the Khulna Division of Bangladesh.
Chuadanga District
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: One of the ten districts in the Khulna Division of Bangladesh.
Bagerhat District
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: One of the ten districts in the Khulna Division of Bangladesh.
Bandarban District
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: One of the eleven districts in the Chittagong Division of Bangladesh.
Brahmanbaria District
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Refers to the district of Brahmanbaria, a transliteration of Bengali ব্রাহ্মণবাড়িয়া (brahmonbaṛiẏa), a compound of ব্রাহ্মণ (brahmon, “Brahmin”) + বাড়ি (baṛi, “home”) + -ইয়া (-iẏa, suffix to mean relationship), literally meaning "home of the Brahmins".
Senses: glosses: One of the eleven districts in the Chittagong Division of Bangladesh.
Chandpur District
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: One of the eleven districts in the Chittagong Division of Bangladesh.
Chittagong District
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: One of the eleven districts in the Chittagong Division of Bangladesh.
Comilla District
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: One of the eleven districts in the Chittagong Division of Bangladesh.
Cox's Bazar District
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Named after the Cox's Bazar town.
Senses: glosses: One of the eleven districts in the Chittagong Division of Bangladesh.
Feni District
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: One of the eleven districts in the Chittagong Division of Bangladesh.
Khagrachari District
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Bengali খাগড়াছড়ি (khagṛachoṛi), a compound of খাগড়া (khagoṛa, “reed”) + ছড়ি (choṛi, “river”, from Sanskrit सरित् (sarit, “river, stream”)), referring to the reeds around the banks of the Chengi River, near which the district headquarters are located.
Senses: glosses: One of the eleven districts in the Chittagong Division of Bangladesh.
Lakshmipur District
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: A transliteration of Bengali লক্ষ্মীপুর (lokkhipur), a compound of লক্ষ্মী (lakṣmī, “Lakshmi”) + পুর (pura, “city”).
Senses: glosses: One of the eleven districts in the Chittagong Division of Bangladesh.
Noakhali District
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Refers to the district of Noakhali, which is a transliteration of নোয়াখালী (nōẇakhali), a compound of নোয়া (nōẇa, a dialectal variant of নয়া (noẏa, “new”)) + খালী (khali, a suffixed form of খাল (khal, “canal”)), literally meaning "new canal".
Senses: synonyms: Noacolly
glosses: One of the eleven districts in the Chittagong Division of Bangladesh.
Rangamati District
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Refers to the district of Rangamati, which is a transliteration of রাঙ্গামাটি (raṅgamaṭi), a compound of রাঙা (raṅa, “colored, red”) + মাটি (maṭi, “soil”).
Senses: glosses: One of the eleven districts in the Chittagong Division of Bangladesh.
Mymensingh District
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: One of the four districts in the Mymensingh Division of Bangladesh.
Narayanganj District
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Named after a market which was dedicated to the god Narayana; thus ultimately a bilingual compound of Bengali নারায়ণ (naraẏon) + Bengali গঞ্জ (gonj, “treasury, store”), from Persian گنج.
Senses: glosses: One of the thirteen districts in the Dhaka Division of Bangladesh.
Narsingdi District
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: One of the thirteen districts in the Dhaka Division of Bangladesh.
Rajbari District
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: A transliteration of Bengali রাজবাড়ী (rajbaṛi), a compound of রাজ (raj, “royal”) + বাড়ী (baṛi, “house”), literally meaning "palace, royal-house", as it is an homage to the former royalties (nawabs) and wealthy landowners (zamindars) of the region.
Senses: glosses: One of the thirteen districts in the Dhaka Division of Bangladesh.
Shariatpur District
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Refers to the district of Shariatpur, a transliteration of শরীয়তপুর, ultimately a bilingual compound of Arabic شَرِيعَة (šarīʕa, “law, shari'a”) + Bengali পুর (pura, “city”), named in honor of Haji Shariatullah.
Senses: glosses: One of the thirteen districts in the Dhaka Division of Bangladesh.
wikipedia: Haji Shariatullah
Sherpur District
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Refers to the district of Sherpur, a transliteration of শেরপুর, ultimately a bilingual compound of Classical Persian شیر (šēr, “lion”) + Bengali পুর (pura, “city”), named in honor of Sher Ali Gazi, the last zamindar of the region.
Senses: glosses: One of the four districts in the Mymensingh Division of Bangladesh.
Tangail District
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: One of the thirteen districts in the Dhaka Division of Bangladesh.
Netrokona District
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: One of the four districts in the Mymensingh Division of Bangladesh.
Munshiganj District
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Named after a local faujdar called Munshi Hayder Hossain; thus ultimately a compound of Persian منشی (“secretary, munshi”) + گنج (“treasury, store”).
Senses: glosses: One of the thirteen districts in the Dhaka Division of Bangladesh.
wikipedia: faujdar
Madaripur District
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Named after the saint-preacher Shah Madar; thus ultimately a trilingual compound of Arabic مَدَار (madār, “orbit”) + Bengali -ঈ (-i, adjectival suffix) + Sanskrit पुर (pura, “fortress, town”). The Bengali suffix itself is influenced by both Sanskrit and Arabic
Senses: glosses: One of the thirteen districts in the Dhaka Division of Bangladesh.
Manikgonj District
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Named after a Sufi preacher called Manik Shah; thus ultimately a bilingual compound of Bengali মানিক (manik, “ruby”) + Persian گنج (“treasury, store”); the first element is from Sanskrit माणिक्य (māṇikya), a vriddhi of मणिक (maṇika), a compound of मणि (maṇi, “gem, jewel”) + -क (-ka, diminutive suffix).
Senses: glosses: One of the thirteen districts in the Dhaka Division of Bangladesh.
Kishoreganj District
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Named after a market founded by Nanda Kishore Pramanik; thus ultimately a bilingual compound of Bengali কিশোর (kiśōr, “youth, teenager”) + Persian گنج (“treasury, store”).
Senses: glosses: One of the thirteen districts in the Dhaka Division of Bangladesh.
Jamalpur District
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Refers to the district of Jamalpur, a transliteration of জামালপুর, ultimately a bilingual compound of Arabic جمال (“beauty”) + Bengali পুর (pura, “city”), named in honor of Baba Shah Jamal.
Senses: glosses: One of the four districts in the Mymensingh Division of Bangladesh.
wikipedia: Baba Shah Jamal
Gopalganj District
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Named after Nabo Gopal, the son of a local landlord called Ganeshchandra, the grandson of Rani Rashmoni; thus ultimately a bilingual compound of Bengali গোপাল (gōpal, “cowherd”) + Persian گنج (“treasury, store”).
Senses: glosses: One of the thirteen districts in the Dhaka Division of Bangladesh.
wikipedia: Rani Rashmoni
Gazipur District
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Refers to the district of Gazipur, a transliteration of গাজীপুর, ultimately a bilingual compound of Arabic غَازِي (ḡāzī, “warrior, ghazi”, construct state of غَازِ (ḡāzi)) + Bengali পুর (pura, “city”), named in honor of Fazl Gazi, one of the Baro Bhuyans of Bengal and the first zamindar of Bhawal Estate.
Senses: glosses: One of the thirteen districts in the Dhaka Division of Bangladesh.
wikipedia: Baro Bhuyans
Bhawal Estate
Faridpur District
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Named after the mystic-preacher Fariduddin Ganjshakar; thus ultimately a bilingual compound of Arabic فَرِيد (farīd, “single, unique”) + Sanskrit पुर (pura, “fortress, town”).
Senses: glosses: One of the thirteen districts in the Dhaka Division of Bangladesh.
Dhaka District
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: One of the thirteen districts in the Dhaka Division of Bangladesh.
flangeway
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈflændʒ.weɪ/
Forms: form: flangeways
Etymology: From flange + way.
Senses: topics: rail-transport
railways
transport
glosses: An early type of railway that used flanged rails rather than flanged wheels.
examples: text: The factors in determining the width of flangeways between check rails and the main rail are the thickness of the wheel flange and the clearance allowed […]
ref: 1895, Tables and Diagrams of Switches and Crossings: A Handy Platelayer's Guide, 3rd edition, Bemrose and Sons, Flangeway clearance, page 22:
text: The use of a high-temperature gas torch for melting the ice out of the check-rail flangeways, was found to be effective, although somewhat tedious; neglect of this precaution may cause derailment, [...].
ref: 1941 April, “Notes and News: Railwaymen and Snow”, in Railway Magazine, page 178:
text: Insure that ample flangeway is available between the open point of switch and the stock rail; this is controlled by flange width of crane wheels using the track system
ref: 1980, United States Department of the Army, Maintenance of Trackage, United States Department of Defense, Chapter 3 Track Structure Elements, Section 3–31. Turnouts and Crossovers, Paragraph 3.31.7.4, pages 3–35:
text: Available at most hobby shops, this tool allows you to check track gauge, flangeway spacing and width, and many other dimensions.
ref: 2004, Jeff Wilson, “Track basics”, in Basic Trackwork for Model Railroaders: The Complete Photo Guide, Kalmbach Publishing, →ISBN, NMRA Standards Gauge, page 14:
topics: rail-transport
railways
transport
glosses: The gap in road surfaces, running rails at rails at junctions, etc, that allows the wheel flange of a rail vehicle to pass.
Synonyms: sense: space for rail wheel flange
word: groove
Coordinate terms: sense: space for rail wheel flange
word: flange rail
flangeways
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of flangeway
Jaipurhat District
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: One of the eight districts in the Rajshahi Division of Bangladesh.
sowwy
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Pronunciation spelling of sorry.
taffrail log
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: taffrail logs
Senses: topics: nautical
transport
glosses: A mechanical device dragged from the stern of the vessel that indicates the vessel's speed through the water; usually consists of a propeller, a reading unit and a stiff line connecting them.
Synonyms: patent log
Related terms: chip log
patent log
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: patent logs
Senses: topics: nautical
transport
glosses: A taffrail log
queenship
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: queenships
Etymology: From queen + -ship.
Senses: examples: text: Near-synonym: queendom
text: In the home-circle and among her companions, Charlotte lays aside her queenship and becomes a gentle Lottie.
ref: 1852 August, D. H. Jacques, “A Chapter on Names”, in The Knickerbocker, or, New-York Monthly Magazine, volume XL, page 117:
text: Elizabeth's queenship elicited her subjects' fantasies and fears that she was, as Shakespeare's Cleopatra puts it, “no more but e'en a woman,” and that a woman ruling over men would necessarily subject her entire realm to unbridled feminine sexual desire.
ref: 1994, M. Lindsey Kaplan, Katherine Eggert, ““Good queen, my lord, good queen” - Sexual Slander and the Trials of Female Authority in “The Winter's Tale””, in Renaissance Drama, volume 25, →DOI, page 91 of 89–118:
coordinate_terms: kingship#Noun
kingdom#Noun
princessship#Noun
princessdom#Noun
princeship#Noun
princedom#Noun
glosses: The rank, status, position, or dignity of a queen.
reedbuck
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: reedbucks
form: reedbuck
Etymology: From reed + buck.
Senses: glosses: Any of several African antelopes of the genus Redunca.
Synonyms: reed antelope
Derived terms: bohor reedbuck
reintermediation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From re- + intermediation.
Senses: topics: business
finance
glosses: The reintroduction of an intermediary between producer and consumer in order to provide a flow of funds.
Related terms: disintermediation
chip log
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: chip logs
Senses: topics: nautical
transport
synonyms: hand log
glosses: A simple device for measuring the speed of a vessel, consisting of a wooden board (drag) attached to a line on a reel.
Related terms: logbook
taffrail log
repeople
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: repeoples
form: repeopling
form: repeopled
form: repeopled
Etymology: From re- + people.
Senses: examples: text: they issued forth of the mountaines, to repeople the world againe, which they found replenished onely with Serpents.
ref: 1603, Michel de Montaigne, translated by John Florio, The Essayes […], book II, London: […] Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], →OCLC, page 333:
glosses: To repopulate.
reskin
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: reskins
form: reskinning
form: reskinned
form: reskinned
Etymology: From re- + skin.
Senses: examples: text: A row of original, large and life-expired MoD 'wriggly tin' Nissen huts close to the Rail Live entrance haven't simply been reskinned, they have been replaced with new, modern equivalents to the original design.
ref: 2023 May 31, Nigel Harris, “The Rail Live story...”, in RAIL, number 984, page 36:
glosses: To replace or repair the skin of a motor vehicle, aircraft, etc., especially so as to market the same car under different brands
examples: text: The editor can be reskinned. In other words, the color scheme and look and feel of the buttons can be changed.
ref: 2007, Quentin Zervaas, Practical Web 2.0 Applications with PHP, page 291:
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: To change the skin, or visual appearance, of an application or a video game character etc.
reskin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: reskins
Etymology: From re- + skin.
Senses: examples: text: The result would be a reskin of an old game instead of an interesting new game.
ref: 2012, Wendy Despain, 100 Principles of Game Design:
glosses: Something that uses the exact same model as something else, but has superficial differences such as textures.
Related terms: rebadge
hand log
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hand logs
Senses: topics: nautical
transport
glosses: A chip log.
resumable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From resume + -able.
Senses: examples: text: Support for resumable downloads means that you can carry on where you left off if you are disconnected from the Internet halfway through.
text: Oracle9i provides resumable space management features that can be used to suspend sessions at the database level when space problems are encountered, until the DBA adds more space.
ref: 2002, Geoff Ingram, High-Performance Oracle: Proven Methods for Achieving Optimum Performance and Availability, John Wiley & Sons, →ISBN, page 149:
glosses: That can be resumed.
revivable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more revivable
form: most revivable
Etymology: From revive + -able.
Senses: glosses: That can be revived. Possible to return to life.
rimrock
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rimrocks
Etymology: From rim + rock.
Senses: topics: geography
geology
natural-sciences
glosses: An outcrop of hard rock, often in the form of a cliff at the edge of a plateau, that forms the margin of a gravel deposit
rimrock
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: rimrocks
form: rimrocking
form: rimrocked
form: rimrocked
Etymology: From rim + rock.
Senses: glosses: To drive (animals) over a cliff edge.
reskins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of reskin
reskins
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of reskin
reskinning
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of reskin
reskinned
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of reskin
potash kettle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: potash kettles
Senses: glosses: A thick-walled iron pot used in the small-scale manufacture of potash
dürüm
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dürüms
Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from Turkish dürüm.
Senses: examples: text: Lara says she’s going to get something to eat from the Turkish place on the corner; she asks if she should bring me anything. I ask for a dürüm with everything, except onions.
ref: 2015, Andreas Pritzker, translated by Alex Gabriel, Lies, Lies and More Lies, Norderstedt: BoD – Books on Demand, →ISBN, page 177:
text: They grabbed the tray with a dürüm and ayran from my bedside table and put it on my lap.
ref: 2021, Ahmet Halûk Ünal, translated by Nicholas Glastonbury, “Soramin’s Diary”, in The American Way: Stories of Invasion, Manchester: Comma Press, “Kurdistan, 1999” section:
text: Just before 2 p.m., we entered Neco Tantuni, a one-room restaurant in Enfield that specializes in tantuni (meat fried in cottonseed oil, garnished with tomatoes, parsley, and onion, and rolled up in a dürüm wrap), a street food from Mersin, in southern Turkey.
ref: 2023 March 8, Sam Knight, “The Writer Changing How London Thinks About Its Food”, in The New Yorker, New York, N.Y.: Condé Nast Publications, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 08 Mar 2023:
text: If you can't follow a PHP guru's talk, two dürüms might help clear your head and restore your sanity.
ref: 2024, Mathias Weber, Europe’s Sweet Spot for Software Architects, [Vienna]: story.one publishing, →ISBN, page 52:
glosses: A traditional Turkish wrap (which is made from lavash or yufka flatbread) that is filled with typical doner kebab ingredients.
pharmacognosies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pharmacognosy
with a view to
Language: English
Part of speech: prep
Senses: examples: text: We read the contract with a view to finding a way out of it.
text: We read the contract with a view to its renegotiation.
text: We read the contract with a view to how it could be made to appeal to voters.
synonyms: with an eye to
with an eye towards
glosses: With the intention of, with the goal of (followed by a noun or a gerund).
fremdest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of fremd: most fremd
virgae
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of virga
unblouse
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ʌnˈblaʊs/
ipa: /ʌnˈblaʊz/
rhymes: -aʊs
rhymes: -aʊz
Forms: form: unblouses
form: unblousing
form: unbloused
form: unbloused
Etymology: From un- + blouse.
Senses: examples: text: Some straight legs caught a trooper at the post exchange (PX) one day and made him unblouse his boots.
ref: 2002, Jack Allsup, Mountains of Hope, page 50:
text: "Alright men. Lay your ponchos out on the ground and take everything out of your rucksacks. Empty your pockets, too. Everything goes on the poncho. Hurry up! We haven't got all day.
"You, Parker! Unblouse those boots. Do it! What's all this shit? Cans of Spam. Tuna fish. Nice try, Asshole. Okay, everybody. Unblouse those boots."
ref: 2003, Edward F. Fitzgerald, Bank's Bandits, page 162:
text: Not only were the soldiers not allowed to tell anyone what was happening, but they had to remove their shoulder patches and the airborne patches from their hats, take off their jump wings, and unblouse their trousers to hide their jump boots.
ref: 2004, Ed Ruggero, Combat Jump: The Young Men Who Led the Assault Into Fortress Europe, July 1943, page 89:
text: In front of the entire regiment, the condemned trooper was forced to unblouse his trousers, remove his airborne boots, and replace them with regular shoes.
ref: 2006, Major Richard D. Winters, Beyond Band of Brothers, page 37:
topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: To untuck (leggings from footwear); to make (pants or trousers) unrestricted or untightened at the ankle, often as a sign of rank or service.
examples: text: Am I awfully sunburnt? Miss Bronze unbloused her neck.
ref: 1922, James Joyce, Ulysses:
text: Unblouse yourself and be getting your clothes off.
ref: 2001, Dario Fo, Franca Rame, We won't pay! We won't pay! and other plays: the collected plays of Dario Fo, page 173:
text: The thin little man with a sharp face straw hat and cane told it in a patter, his voice almost too scratchy to hear in the littered theater rustling and seething with impatience, not much of a crowd to say the least waiting for blowsy Venus to unblouse who had something to show (beside whom Hecuba would have looked like a svelte dryad), valiantly pretending he had the house in his hand as he took expert pratfalls, though in truth all but a decibel or two of the noise that could be identified as response was provided by the two-piece orchestra the straightman and himself.
ref: 2015, Jonathan Bayliss, Prologo, →ISBN:
glosses: To remove one's blouse (from).
Related terms: blouse
deblouse
tuck
unblouses
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of unblouse
unbloused
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of unblouse
unbloused
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: The uniform is worn with combat boots, but unbloused.
ref: 2005, Keith E. Bonn, Army Officer's Guide, page 520:
glosses: Not bloused.
unblousing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of unblouse
Babbitt
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbæbɪt/
note: weak vowel merger
ipa: /ˈbæbət/
rhymes: -æbɪt
Forms: form: Babbitts
Senses: glosses: A surname.
glosses: A city in Saint Louis County, Minnesota, United States.