cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
acmè
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: acmès
Senses: examples: text: "As we have not as yet," says he, "spoken a single word about the very ancient, and I know not whether more ridiculous or perverse, persuasion of our forefathers about semigods, this seems the proper place for saying a few words about this so celebrated figment, as it was chiefly in this period it attained its acmè, and it was believed as a true and necessary article of faith, that there are genii or semigods, called in our language Alfa and Alfa-folk."
ref: 1828, Thomas Keightley, The Fairy Mythology, volume I, London: William Harrison Ainsworth, page 252:
glosses: Obsolete spelling of acme.
acmès
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of acmè
præ-Adamite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: præ-Adamites
Senses: examples: text: Some hold that they have been created by God immediately and without the intervention of parents, like some kinds of spirits: others maintain that they are sprung from Adam, but before the creation of Eve: lastly, some refer them to another race of men, or to a stock of præ-Adamites.
ref: 1828, Thomas Keightley, The Fairy Mythology, volume I, London: William Harrison Ainsworth, page 252:
glosses: Obsolete spelling of pre-Adamite.
præ-Adamites
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of præ-Adamite
widow's cruise
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: widow's cruises
Senses: examples: text: This he said he got from the hills, and, like the widow's cruise, its contents never failed.
ref: 1828, Thomas Keightley, The Fairy Mythology, volume I, London: William Harrison Ainsworth, page 262:
glosses: Alternative spelling of widow's cruse.
widow's cruises
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of widow's cruise
microwelding
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From micro- + welding.
Senses: examples: text: To investigate the effect of cylinder pressure on this micro-welding of the ring and cylinder surface, the test engine was motored with the head and valves in place.
ref: 1948, The Institution of Mechanical Engineers (Great Britain). Automobile Division. Proceedings 1947-48., page 171:
text: Since the amount of material transferred may be very small, the sensitivity of the auto-radiographic method makes it a very useful tool for studying metal transfer or “microwelding”.
ref: 1954 May, James L. Williams, DIRECTIONAL STABILITY CHARACTERISTICS OF TWO TYPES OF TANDEM HELICOPTER FUSELAGE MODELS (NATIONAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE FOR AERONAUTICS; TECHNICAL NOTE 3201), page 8:
text: Microwelding is not usually visible to the naked eyes and is usually performed under a microscope.
ref: 2018, Rasheedat Modupe Mahamood, Esther Titilayo Akinlabi, Advanced Noncontact Cutting and Joining Technologies: Micro- and Nano-manufacturing, Springer, →ISBN:
glosses: A welding technique that uses a highly focused energy source, such as a laser, to create extremely small and precise welds. This method is particularly useful for joining delicate or intricate components where traditional welding methods might cause damage or distortion.
widow's cruses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of widow's cruse
scathold
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: scatholds
Etymology: From scat + hold.
Senses: examples: text: When they want beef or mutton on any festal occasion, they betake themselves to the Shetlanders' scatholds or townmails, and with elf-arrows bring down their game.
ref: 1828, Thomas Keightley, The Fairy Mythology, volume I, London: William Harrison Ainsworth, page 262:
glosses: An area of open ground for pasture or for furnishing fuel; a scatland.
scatholds
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of scathold
PCPG
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Coordinate term: UPG
text: PCPG is a process that requires great patience, communication, and open-mindedness, and an ethic of courtesy while going about the process.
ref: 2009, Galina Krasskova, Raven Kaldera, Northern Tradition for the Solitary Practitioner: A Book of Prayer, Devotional Practice, and the Nine Worlds of the Spirit, page 32:
text: So although it may start out as a piece of information you have no way to prove, the more others agree with it and experience it for themselves, the more it moves from being UPG to PCPG.
ref: 2013, Kenaz Filan, Raven Kaldera, quoting Del, Talking to the Spirits: Personal Gnosis in Pagan Religion, page 26:
text: PCPG might entail an acquaintance who shares your suspicion that there is something otherworldly about you.
ref: 2012, Joseph P. Laycock, “'We are Spirits of Another Sort': Ontological Rebellion and Religious Dimensions of the Otherkin Community”, in New Religion: The Journal of Alternative and Emergent Religions, volume 15, number 3, page 82:
topics: lifestyle
paganism
religion
glosses: Initialism of peer-corroborated personal gnosis; in neopagan communities, beliefs and knowledge derived from the subjective experiences, revelation, or intuition of multiple individuals rather than established tradition or lore.
Lilac
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From lilac.
Senses: examples: text: "Lilac Kingsmith," I said. "What a neat name."
ref: 1989, Barbara Corcoran, The Potato Kid, page 23:
text: As he worked he said conversationally: ‘You’re Lilac Larkin, ain’t you? I reckernise you from your photograph.’
ref: 1993, Katie Flynn, The Girl from Penny Lane, page 291:
text: Lilac Devere looked at her elderly maiden aunt and sighed.
ref: 1997, Dara Joy, Rejar, page 11:
glosses: A female given name from English.
silver mail
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Rent that has been paid in money.
examples: text: The colours all inflam’d throughout her train, / She writh’d about, convuls’d with scarlet pain: / A deep volcanian yellow took the place / Of all her milder-mooned body’s grace; / And, as the lava ravishes the mead, / Spoilt all her silver mail, and golden brede; […]
ref: 1819, John Keats, “Lamia”, in Lamia, Isabella, the Eve of St. Agnes, and Other Poems, London: […] [Thomas Davison] for Taylor and Hessey, […], published 1820, →OCLC, part I, page 12:
text: In silver mail all shadowy pale, / The moon shines white, so white . . .
ref: 1897, Olive Custance, “A Pause”, in Opals, London; New York, N.Y.: John Lane, The Bodley Head, page 59:
text: The flying-fishes in their silver mail / Rose up like stars, and pattered down like hail, […]
ref: 1924, Roy Campbell, part II, in The Flaming Terrapin, New York, N.Y.: Lincoln MacVeagh, The Dial Press, page 19:
text: The gleam of his silver mail was as brilliant as the scarlet cloak rippling from his shoulders.
ref: 2013, John R. Fultz, “A Council of Kings”, in Seven Kings (Books of the Shaper; II), London: Orbit, →ISBN, page 395:
glosses: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see silver, mail.
Related terms: buttock mail
high-masking
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more high-masking
form: most high-masking
Senses: examples: text: Privilege works both ways – a high-masking autistic has the privilege of choosing whether or not to share their identity, while a low-masking autistic has the privilege of not having their identity doubted or questioned.
ref: 2023, Jolene Stockman, Notes for Neuro Navigators: The Allies' Quick-Start Guide to Championing Neurodivergent Brains, page 34:
text: 'Rules are very important to my girl and she will always follow them, also she is a high-masking autistic and tends to shut down rather than meltdown, so she rarely gets in trouble.'
ref: 2024, Rebecca Sparrow, Madonna King, Out of the Box: A One-stop Guide to Navigating Neurodivergence, unnumbered page:
text: My high-masking autistic personality, having achieved a semblance of “normalcy” by listening carefully to every word and every nuance, caught the hidden subtext.
ref: 2024, Tom Equels, The Horseman's Tale, unnumbered page:
topics: human-sciences
psychology
sciences
antonyms: low-masking
glosses: Engaging in a high level of masking; prone to concealing or subduing one's autistic traits.
raw_tags: of an autistic person
buttock mails
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of buttock mail
low-masking
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more low-masking
form: most low-masking
Senses: examples: text: Privilege works both ways – a high-masking autistic has the privilege of choosing whether or not to share their identity, while a low-masking autistic has the privilege of not having their identity doubted or questioned.
ref: 2023, Jolene Stockman, Notes for Neuro Navigators: The Allies' Quick-Start Guide to Championing Neurodivergent Brains, page 34:
text: It worries me that for some of us our initial spark of awareness might be snuffed out by dismissive therapists who think they know what autism looks like when their clinical knowledge is limited to low-masking autistics.
ref: 2024, Steph Jones, The Autistic Survival Guide to Therapy, page 153:
text: Autistic men's and low-masking perspectives were also less represented.
ref: 2024, Eleonora Marocchini, Irene Baldin, “Cross-Neurotype Communication from an Autistic Point of View: Insights on a Autistic Theory of Mind from a Focus Group Study”, in International Journal of Language & Communication Disorders, volume 59, number 6:
topics: human-sciences
psychology
sciences
antonyms: high-masking
glosses: Engaging in a low level of masking; not prone to concealing or subduing one's autistic traits.
raw_tags: of an autistic person
low-support
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more low-support
form: most low-support
Senses: examples: text: My part was to help to organise and run the first workshop for low support autistic adults and their parents.
ref: 2018, Niina Laitila, "Awareness, Acceptance & Appreciation: A Road to Changing Views on Autism in South Africa", thesis submitted to Laurea University of Applied Sciences, page 29
text: While the diagnostic label of Asperger's Syndrome for low-support autistic people was removed from the DSM-5 and has mostly fallen out of favour on Tumblr, some still people still use and identify with that label […]
ref: 2019, Andrew Kirkconnel, "'Where Everyone Waddles Like Me': An Examination of the Autistic Community on Tumblr", thesis submitted to McMaster University, page 41
text: However, there is considerable potential for the evolution of these technologies, aiming to specifically address pragmatic deficits and social skills challenges present in low-support autistics at level 1.
ref: 2024, Keylla Ramos Saes, Anarosa Alves Franco Brandão, Elthon Manhas de Freitas, & Fraulein Vidigal de Paula, "Educational Content Personalization for Neurodiversity: A Survey of Technologies Supporting Linguistic Development in Individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD)", Artificial Intelligence in Education
topics: human-sciences
psychology
sciences
antonyms: high-support
glosses: Requiring a low level of assistance to meet one's personal care needs.
raw_tags: of an autistic person
creelful
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: creelfuls
form: creelsful
Etymology: From creel + -ful.
Senses: examples: text: Of courſe, a Scots acre ſhould produce about 1653 creelfuls, weighing about 44 tons 12 cwt., which, according to the above opinion of kelpers, would produce about 1 ton and 14 cwt. of kelp of 21 cwt. per ton, which is about 13 cwt. more p. acre than the reſult of the above manufacture.
ref: 1807 February, D., “On the Cultivation of Kelp”, in The Farmer’s Magazine: A Periodical Work, Exclusively Devoted to Agriculture and Rural Affairs, volume VIII, number XXIX, Edinburgh: […] D[avid] Willison, […] for Arch[ibald] Constable & Co. […], branch I (Original Communications), page 45:
text: The wives of the Newhaven fishermen carry the fish caught by their husbands to Edinburgh, a distance of about two miles, in wicker baskets, or creels, on their shoulders and hawk them about the streets to the musical refrain of “Caller Haddies;” at night the fisher girls go about with creelsful of oysters in the same way, their cry being “Caller Ou.”
ref: 1862 October 1, “Art[icle] II.—The British Sea-Fisheries.”, in The Westminster and Foreign Quarterly Review, volume XXII, number II, London: Trübner & Co., […], footnote, page 325:
text: He’s luring the salmon to rise at the fly, / He’s catching the trout by the creelful; / He’s shooting the pheasant to put in the pie, / And of wild-duck he’s getting a mealful.
ref: 1884 August 9, “The Member’s Nightmare”, in Vanity Fair: A Weekly Show of Political, Social, & Literary Wares, volume XXXII, London, page 95, column 1:
text: Sometimes these little ponds were generous, and I remember the time that Frank Klune and I caught such creelsful of big brook trout from the beaver ponds on Empire Creek that we were arrested and accused of poaching a lake belonging to the mayor of Leadville.
ref: 1978, Ernest Schwiebert, “Field Problems in Fishing Lakes, Ponds, and Reservoirs”, in Trout, volume II, New York, N.Y.: E.P. Dutton, →ISBN, page 1487:
text: Between them they had carried the packages of paintings and drawings the three miles to Ardessie, two creelsful, burdens that made them breathe heavily.
ref: 2005, David Craig, chapter 52, in The Unbroken Harp, Dunbeath, Caithness: Whittles Publishing, →ISBN, page 300:
text: Then creelfuls of darker peat, broken smaller, were just piled inside.
ref: 2014, Ian Stephen, “Torcuil’s Olman”, in A Book of Death and Fish, Glasgow: Saraband, →ISBN, book 1 (Migrations), page 55:
glosses: The amount that fills a creel.
creelfuls
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of creelful
creelsful
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of creelful
high-support
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more high-support
form: most high-support
Senses: examples: text: "High support" autistic people meanwhile may be non-verbal and have more difficulties with fine motor skills, or any number of other difficulties that require a great deal of support to adapt to the neurotypical world.
ref: 2019, Andrew Kirkconnel, "'Where Everyone Waddles Like Me': An Examination of the Autistic Community on Tumblr", thesis submitted to McMaster University, page 13
text: In this regard, Participant 3 explained how the series initiated an interesting dialogue in episode 3 (Moon Ji-won & Yoo In-shik, 2022) by portraying how Attorney Young-woo’s autism was utilized by the prosecution in court as evidence to argue the reduced capacity of a high-support autistic defendant.
ref: 2022, Allegra Guizzon, "Extraordinary Attorney Woo: A Study into Perceived Representation of Autism by Autistic Women", thesis submitted to Erasmus University, page 34
text: In 2020, Eric Parsa, a high-support autistic young man, died after being restrained and sat on for 9 minutes by Jefferson Parish police in Louisiana.
ref: 2023, Alisha Salerno-Ferraro, "Improving Police Response to Autistic Persons: A Community-Informed, Attributional Approach", dissertaiton submitted to York University, page 2
topics: human-sciences
psychology
sciences
antonyms: low-support
glosses: Requiring a high level of assistance to meet one's personal care needs.
raw_tags: of an autistic person
somatic nervous systems
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of somatic nervous system
Bordoy
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of Borðoy.
Brownville
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A village in Nebraska, United States.
Related terms: Brown City
Brown's Town
Brownstown
Brownsville
Brownton
Browntown
Brown Township
Drâa-Tafilalet
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: One of the twelve regions of Morocco.
Rabat-Salé-Kénitra
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Rabat-Salé-Kenitra
form: Rabat-Sale-Kenitra
Senses: glosses: One of twelve regions in Morocco.
Rabat-Salé-Kenitra
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of Rabat-Salé-Kénitra.
Béni Mellal-Khénifra
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: One of the twelve regions of Morocco.
Tanger-Tetouan-Al Hoceima
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: One of the twelve regions of Morocco.
Guelmim-Oued Noun
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: One of the twelve regions of Morocco.
Dakhla-Oued Ed-Dahab
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: One of the twelve regions of Morocco.
Laâyoune-Sakia El Hamra
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: One of the twelve regions of Morocco.
Cotabato City
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: Meronyms: Bagua I, Bagua II, Bagua III, Bagua Mother, Kalanganan I, Kalanganan II, Kalanganan Mother, Poblacion I, Poblacion II, Poblacion III, Poblacion IV, Poblacion IX, Poblacion Mother, Poblacion V, Poblacion VI, Poblacion VII, Poblacion VIII, Rosary Heights I, Rosary Heights II, Rosary Heights III, Rosary Heights IV, Rosary Heights IX, Rosary Heights Mother, Rosary Heights V, Rosary Heights VI, Rosary Heights VII, Rosary Heights VIII, Rosary Heights X, Rosary Heights XI, Rosary Heights XII, Rosary Heights XIII, Tamontaka I, Tamontaka II, Tamontaka III, Tamontaka IV, Tamontaka Mother, Tamontaka V — barangays of Cotabato City
glosses: A city in Bangsamoro, Mindanao, Philippines.
underground people
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: The inhabitants of Rügen believe in three kinds of Dwarfs, or underground people, the White, the Brown, and the Black, so named from the colour of their several habiliments.
ref: 1828, Thomas Keightley, The Fairy Mythology, volume I, London: William Harrison Ainsworth, page 281:
text: Gross superstition still prevails in most parts of Nordland, particularly regarding the underground people.
ref: 1872 November 24, Overland Monthly: Devoted to the Development of the Country, San Francisco, page 425, column 1:
topics: arts
folklore
history
human-sciences
literature
media
publishing
sciences
glosses: Any of the fairy folk, trolls, dwarfs, or other supernatural beings, that primarily live underground.
poster color
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: poster colors
Senses: glosses: Synonym of poster paint.
synonyms: word: poster paint
poster colors
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of poster color
block code
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: block codes
Senses: examples: text: Owing to their structure, linear codes are by far the predominant block codes in practical usage, and virtually all codes that will be considered in subsequent chapters are linear.
ref: 2007, Ron M. Roth, “Linear Codes” (chapter 2), in Introduction to Coding Theory, second edition, Cambridge University Press, page 26:
qualifier: coding theory
glosses: A type of error-correcting code that encodes messages divided into fixed-sized blocks to codewords with a specific length.
rune book
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rune books
Senses: examples: text: And it was Thora, the little Dwarf's wife,
The five rune-books she took out;
So she loosed him fully out of the runes,
Her daughter had bound him about.
ref: 1828, Thomas Keightley, The Fairy Mythology, volume I, London: William Harrison Ainsworth, page 167:
glosses: A book written in runic script, especially one containing spells or magic formulae.
rune books
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of rune book
Koksan
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Korean 곡산(谷山) (Goksan).
Senses: examples: text: According to a Daily NK source in North Korea, about 60 homes were flooded and fields destroyed in Unpa County and Koksan County, North Hwanghae Province, during recent monsoon rains.[…]
In Koksan County, strong winds blew the roofs off homes, while torrential rains poked holes in or collapsed the walls of houses.
ref: 2022 July 6, Kim Chae Hwan, “North Hwanghae Province hit hard by torrential rains”, in Daily NK, archived from the original on 07 Jul 2022:
glosses: A county of North Hwanghae Province, North Korea.
glosses: Ellipsis of M-1978 Koksan, a model of North Korean heavy artillery.
Devane
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Devne
form: Davne
form: Davane
Etymology: Transliteration of Marathi देवणे (devṇe).
Senses: glosses: A surname from Marathi and a prominent group within the Maratha clan system.
Savarkar
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Transliteration of Marathi सावरकर (sāvarkar).
Senses: glosses: A transliteration of the Marathi surname सावरकर (sāvarkar).
Vinayak Damodar Savarkar, an Indian activist and writer of Hindu nationalism.
glosses: A transliteration of the Marathi surname सावरकर (sāvarkar).
A surname from Marathi.
Derived terms: Savarkarian
Savarkarite
changed course
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of change course
Savarkarite
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Savarkarite
form: most Savarkarite
Etymology: From Savarkar + -ite.
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to Vinayak Damodar Savarkar.
Savarkarite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Savarkarites
Etymology: From Savarkar + -ite.
Senses: glosses: A supporter or follower of Vinayak Damodar Savarkar or his ideology.
Savarkarites
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Savarkarite
well-tended
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: Honeysuckle clings to the ancient stone walls; and the well-tended cottage gardens on the south side are a patchwork of fruit, flowers and vegetables.
ref: 1980, AA Book of British Villages, Drive Publications Ltd, page 195:
glosses: looked after, neat and tidy.
raw_tags: relating to a garden
Garvald
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A place in Scotland:
A village in East Lothian council area, south of East Linton (OS grid ref NT5870).
glosses: A place in Scotland:
A hamlet in the Scottish Borders council area, west of Heriot (OS grid ref NT3551).
glosses: A place in Scotland:
A hamlet on the border of Scottish Borders council area and South Lanarkshire council area (OS grid ref NT0949).
block codes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of block code
well-documented
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more well-documented
form: most well-documented
Etymology: From well + documented.
Senses: examples: text: People are assumed to follow the maxim and submaxim, but cross-cultural differences are well-documented regarding the enactment of the submaxim.
ref: 2004, Michele J. Gelfand, Jeanne M. Brett, The Handbook of Negotiation and Culture, page 316:
text: It also entailed well-documented disadvantages: a population increase in an unsustaining economy, a battered self-identity, a plague of substance abuse.
ref: 2009 July 24, Holland Cotter, “Postcards From Canada’s ‘New North’”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 26 Nov 2022:
text: It also means that when a right-wing Jewish group such as the ZOA chooses to overlook Bannon’s well-documented links to anti-Semitic white nationalists, it puts itself on a moral par with J.V.P. Bannon is the man who expressly called Breitbart News “the platform for the alt-right,” knowing full-well the toxic range of opinion encompassed by the term.
ref: 2017 November 16, Bret Stephens, “Steve Bannon Is Bad for the Jews”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 18 Nov 2017:
glosses: Having extensive documentation and evidence.
comest from
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: second-person singular simple present indicative of come from
camest from
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: second-person singular simple past indicative of come from
cometh from
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of come from
Gen Beta
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: demographics
demography
glosses: Generation Beta
Gen Beta
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Gen Betas
Senses: synonyms: Beta
Generation Beta
glosses: A member of Generation Beta.
hlep
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of help.
hlep
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: hleps
form: hlepping
form: hlepped
form: hlepped
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of help.
hlep
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Forms: form: hlep!
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of help.
anti-furries
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of anti-furry
antifurry
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: antifurries
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of anti-furry.
antifurry
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more antifurry
form: most antifurry
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of anti-furry.
antifurries
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of antifurry
Chicheley
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /ˈt͡ʃɪt͡ʃli/
Forms: form: Chichele
Etymology: From Old English personal name *Ċiċa + lēah (“clearing”).
Senses: glosses: A habitational surname from Old English.
glosses: A village and civil parish in Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, England.
secondary legislations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of secondary legislation
delegated legislations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of delegated legislation
subordinate legislations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of subordinate legislation
subsidiary legislations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of subsidiary legislation
smoke-wagon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: smoke-wagons
Senses: examples: text: The village priests were seen to go to and fro by train, and the simple country folk thought that what they did could not be wrong. By degrees the peasants themselves began to try the "smoke-wagons" too, […]
ref: 1888 August, David Ker, “A Wonderful Railroad”, in Harper’s New Monthly Magazine, volume LXXVII, number CCCCLIX, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers, […], →OCLC, page 483:
text: I am not old enough to remember those one- and two-cylinder primitives that first chugged on the scene around the turn of the century. But those who can remember attest to the fact that they came in with billowing plumes of smoke in their wake. Indeed, "smoke-wagon" was commonly their derisive designation. You can still see why, if you witness a demonstration of antique cars restored to their prime by proud owners today.
ref: [1958 November 18 (date delivered), Harry A. Williams, “Accomplishments in Air Pollution Control by the Automobile Industry”, in Proceedings: National Conference on Air Pollution, Washington, D.C., November 18–20, 1958 (Public Health Service Publication; number 654), Washington, D.C.: United States Government Printing Office [for the Public Health Service, U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare], published 1959, →OCLC, page 58:
text: I soon heard two smoke-wagons [pistols] banging. […] There they lay both shot and dying.
ref: 1997, Mike Cox, quoting John P. “Slim” Jones, “The Battle of Borger”, in Texas Ranger Tales: Stories that Need Telling, Lanham, Md.: Republic of Texas Press, Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group, →ISBN, page 201:
glosses: Alternative form of smoke wagon.
smoke-wagons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of smoke-wagon (alternative form of smoke wagons)
blargons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of blargon
the dress
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative letter-case form of The Dress.
Cukier
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Cukiermann
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Lealholm
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A village in Glaisdale parish, North Yorkshire, England, previously in Scarborough district (OS grid ref NZ7607).
Candon
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A city in Ilocos Sur, Philippines.
Carasi
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: Meronyms: Angset, Barbaqueso, Virbira — barangays of Carasi
glosses: A municipality of Ilocos Norte, Philippines.
Vintar
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A municipality of Ilocos Norte, Philippines.
glosses: A barangay of Quirino, Isabela, Philippines.
glosses: A barangay of Valencia, Bukidnon, Philippines.
Pasuquin
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A municipality of Ilocos Norte, Philippines.
Currimao
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A municipality of Ilocos Norte, Philippines.
Dingras
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: Meronyms: Albano, Bacsil, Bagut, Baresbes, Barong, Bungcag, Cali, Capasan, Dancel, Elizabeth, Espiritu, Foz, Guerrero, Lanas, Lumbad, Madamba, Mandaloque, Medina, Parado, Peralta, Puruganan, Root, Sagpatan, Saludares, San Esteban, San Francisco, San Marcelino, San Marcos, Sulquiano, Suyo, Ver — barangays of Dingras
glosses: A municipality of Ilocos Norte, Philippines.
Dumalneg
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: Meronyms: Cabaritan, Kalaw, Quibel, San Isidro — barangays of Dumalneg
glosses: A municipality of Ilocos Norte, Philippines.
Sarrat
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: Meronyms: San Agustin, San Andres, San Antonio, San Bernabe, San Cristobal, San Felipe, San Francisco, San Isidro, San Joaquin, San Jose, San Juan, San Leandro, San Lorenzo, San Manuel, San Marcos, San Nicolas, San Pedro, San Roque, San Vicente, Santa Barbara, Santa Magdalena, Santa Rosa, Santo Santiago, Santo Tomas — barangays of Sarrat
glosses: A municipality of Ilocos Norte, Philippines.
Piddig
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: Meronyms: Ab-abut, Abucay, Anao, Arua-ay, Bimmanga, Boyboy, Cabaroan, Calambeg, Callusa, Dupitac, Estancia, Gayamat, Lagandit, Libnaoan, Loing, Maab-abaca, Mangitayag, Maruaya, San Antonio, Santa Maria, Sucsuquen, Tangaoan, Tonoton — barangays of Piddig
glosses: A municipality of Ilocos Norte, Philippines.
Pinili
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A municipality of Ilocos Norte, Philippines.
glosses: A barangay of Abulug, Cagayan, Philippines.
glosses: A barangay of San Jose, Nueva Ecija, Philippines.
Nueva Era
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: Meronyms: Acnam, Barangobong, Barikir, Bugayong, Cabittauran, Caray, Garnaden, Naguillan, Poblacion, Santo Niño, Uguis — barangays of Nueva Era
glosses: A municipality of Ilocos Norte, Philippines.
glosses: A barangay of Cabatuan, Isabela, Philippines.
glosses: A barangay of San Manuel, Isabela, Philippines.
glosses: A barangay of Bunawan, Agusan del Sur, Philippines.
patchwork ruler
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: patchwork rulers
Senses: glosses: A tool used for cutting and measuring fabric accurately for quilting, sewing, and crafting projects.
patchwork rulers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of patchwork ruler
Donghai
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: enpr: do͝ongʹhīʹ
rhymes: -aɪ
Etymology: From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of Mandarin 東海 /东海 (Dōnghǎi).
Senses: glosses: A county of Lianyungang, Jiangsu, China.
succesful
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of successful.
hard-edged
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more hard-edged
form: most hard-edged
Senses: examples: text: Duffy also manages to completely avoid sentimentality, maybe because the world in which her characters live doesn't allow much softness. Both mother and daughter have a hard-edged survival mentality, but both are able to preserve a deep ability to love.
ref: 1985 February 2, Andrea Freud Loewenstein, “Lust, Guilt and Authentic Lesbian Lives”, in Gay Community News, volume 12, number 28, page 11:
glosses: tough and unsentimental
Rabat-Sale-Kenitra
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of Rabat-Salé-Kénitra.
open field
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: open fields
Senses: topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: A large, unobstructed area of land with minimal cover, exposing troops to potential enemy fire with little opportunity to hide or take cover.
glosses: A situation with no obstacles or limitations; a clear opportunity to act freely or without significant competition.
Related terms: field day
in the open
open season
wide open
open fields
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of open field
run for cover
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: runs for cover
form: running for cover
form: ran for cover
form: run for cover
Senses: glosses: Synonym of take cover.
synonyms: word: take cover
open-field
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: topics: agriculture
business
lifestyle
glosses: Of a farming system, in which each manor or village had two or three large fields divided into narrow strips of land individually cultivated by tenants or serfs.
topics: American-football
ball-games
football
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: Of a player, capable of obtaining yardage in a broken field.
Derived terms: open-field system
Pinal Mountains
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the Pinal Mountains
Senses: examples: text: Its different portions have been named by the people living below as distinct mountains, as Shiwits Mountains, Mogollon Mountains, Pinal Mountains, Sierra Calitro, etc., but they all rise to the summit of the same great plateau region.
ref: 1895, J[ohn] W[esley] Powell, chapter I, in Canyons of the Colorado, Meadville, PA: Flood & Vincent; republished as The Exploration of the Colorado River and Its Canyons, New York: Dover, 1961, →ISBN, →OCLC, pages 27-28:
glosses: A mountain range in Gila County, New Mexico.
Gnosall Heath
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A village in Gnosall parish, Stafford district, Staffordshire, England (OS grid ref SJ8220).
Myrtilla
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: A feminine form of Myrtle.
Senses: glosses: A female given name from English.
art epic
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: art epics
Senses: topics: art
arts
glosses: A work of art that is similar to a traditional epic, especially in its depiction of heroic deeds and adventures.
art epics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of art epic
heroic epic
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: heroic epics
Senses: topics: literature
media
publishing
glosses: A long poem that recounts the story of a hero's adventures and deeds, and is usually written in an elevated style.
heroic epics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of heroic epic
runs for cover
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of run for cover
running for cover
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of run for cover
ran for cover
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past of run for cover
epicharicacy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of epicaricacy.
Archaic Greek
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to a period in Ancient Greek history that lasted from c. 700–500 BC.
topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: Of or pertaining to the Archaic Greek language.
Archaic Greek
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: The early form of the Greek language that was spoken from c. 800–500 BC.
izzle fo shizzle
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Senses: topics: dancing
hip-hop
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: A more emphatic and familiar form of fo shizzle; “For sure, my friend”, used to stress the following sentence.
avizefull
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more avizefull
form: most avizefull
Senses: glosses: Obsolete form of adviceful.
turtle socks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: That reminded me of Trinidad many, many years ago when people shared their abundance, whether it be fruit or fish. One day I would get dandelion roots, some bring burdock. Elaine came back from a trip out West with sassafras, Sugem gave me some turtle socks, Jerome gave me sweet grass.
ref: 2004, Claude A. Peters, Best Kept Secret, AuthorHouse, →ISBN, page 165:
synonyms: hunter's cup
glosses: The purple pitcher plant (Sarracenia purpurea).
Limpsfield
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A village and civil parish in Tandridge district, Surrey, England (OS grid ref TQ4053).
extra-articularly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: examples: text: If, on the other hand, on injecting saline there is no back-flow, it usually indicates that the needle is lying extra-articularly.
ref: 2013, Paul Grech, Hip Arthrography, page 28:
text: Using the bone block extra-articularly allows the capsular repair anterior to the graft to act as a soft tissue interposition.
ref: 2015, Sam W. Wiesel, Operative Techniques in Orthopaedic Surgery:
text: The post suture should be free and the lead suture should be in a vertical mattress through the labrum and the graft so that when this suture is tied, appropriate tension is achieved, the graft and the labrum are lying opposed with the graft and any remaining lenth situated extra-articularly (Fig. 7).
ref: 2016, F. Winston Gwathmey, Hip Arthroscopy, An Issue of Clinics in Sports Medicine, page 357:
glosses: Alternative form of extraarticularly.
intra-articularly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: examples: text: The method may include administering a first and second ion channel regulator intra-articularly by injection.
ref: 2013, Joint Diseases: New Insights for the Healthcare, page 47:
text: Another systematic review by Kalso and coworkers found that 5 mg of morphine injected intra-articularly into the knee joint provides relief of postoperative pain for up to 24 hours.
ref: 2013, Honorio MD Benzon, James P. Rathmell, Christopher L. Wu, Practical Management of Pain, page 773:
text: There is considerable interest in using anakinra intra-articularly in the treatment of osteoarthritis (OA) and injured joints.
ref: 2016, Santos F. Martinez, Regenerative Medicine, page 24:
glosses: Alternative form of intraarticularly.
peri-articularly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: examples: text: In some embodiments, described is a method of treating of joint pain in a mammal comprising intra-articularly or peri-articularly administering an injectable formulation comprising a therapeutically-effective amount of a leukotriene systhesis inhibitor compound to at leas one joint of a mammal with a joint disease, disorder or condition.
ref: 2013, Joint Pain, page 37:
glosses: Alternative form of periarticularly.
paraarticularly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: para-articularly
Etymology: From paraarticular + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: […] paraarticularly and extraarticularly, more rarely intraarticularly, most frequently in the course of the attachments of the ligaments, from which arises the last name of the illness : "Diffuse enthesopatic hyperostosis"
ref: 1986, Acta Universitas Carolina: - Volume 32, page 373:
text: The attempt at repair by formation of excessive callus is observable at the site of these fractures, while shadows of osseous density lie paraarticularly close to the articular epiphyses.
ref: 2012, Arnold Soren, Arthritis and Related Affections, page 328:
glosses: In a paraarticular manner; in the area around or near a joint; periarticularly.
paraarticular
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more paraarticular
form: most paraarticular
Etymology: From para- + articular.
Senses: examples: text: Longitudinal color Doppler ultrasound of the same joint in a slightly flexed position shows marked paraarticular hyperemia.
ref: 2015, James F. Griffith, Diagnostic Ultrasound, page 6:
glosses: Surrounding a joint.
Derived terms: paraarticularly
para-articularly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: examples: text: Only sometimes little para-articularly localized ossicles are found .
ref: 1973, Vasil Tinev Tsonchev, The Radiology of Joint Diseases:
text: Rheumatoid arthritis (RA), the hallmark of which is the presence of an intense inflammation o fthe synovium, is a systemic autoimmune inflammatory disease that causes secondary osteoporosis para-articularly as well as systemically ( Figure 9.15 ).
ref: 2012, Hirotoshi Morii, Yoshiki Nishizawa, Shaul G. Massry, Calcium in Internal Medicine:
text: The first finger is fixed in extension position with a syringe needle para-articularly (Fig. 29.16c)
ref: 2018, Viktor M. Grishkevich, Max Grishkevich, Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery of Burns, page 284.:
glosses: Alternative form of paraarticularly.
transarticularly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: trans-articularly
Etymology: From transarticular + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: In bone, they are either in the medullary canal or occasionally transarticularly in an adjacent metaphysis .
ref: 1990, Narayan Sundaresan, Tumors of the Spine: Diagnosis and Clinical Management, page 25:
text: Lateral (a) and vetrodorsal (b) radiographs of surgical correction of an atlantoaxial stability using two screws placed transarticularly between C1 and C2.
ref: 2012, Simon Platt, Laurent Garosi, Small Animal Neurological Emergencies, page 396:
text: fixator applied transarticularly to repair proximal metacarpal fracture in a cattle
ref: 2023, Hari Prasad Aithal, Amar Pal, Prakash Kinjavdekar, Textbook of Veterinary Orthopaedic Surgery, page 128:
glosses: In a transarticular manner; through or across a joint or joints.
trans-articularly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: examples: text: He circumvented doing extensive soft tissue dissection by approaching the fragment trans-articularly after performing an osteotomy of the olecranon.
ref: 1984, Charles A. Rockwood, Kaye E. Wilkins, Richard E. King, Fractures in Children - Volume 3, page 448:
text: The metacarpophalangeal *MP) joint can be temporarily fixed trans-articularly with a Kirschner wire (Ø1 mm).
ref: 2011, Matthias Wichmann, David C. Borgstrom, Nadine R. Caron, Rural Surgery: Challenges and Solutions for the Rural Surgeon:
glosses: Alternative form of transarticularly.
pre-stellar
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of prestellar.
textbook fears
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of textbook fear
for fear that
Language: English
Part of speech: prep
Senses: glosses: Synonym of for fear of.
synonyms: word: for fear of
animal companion
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: animal companions
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of companion animal.
animal companions
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of animal companion
upper-class twit
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: upper-class twits
Senses: glosses: Synonym of chinless wonder.
synonyms: word: chinless wonder
upper-class twits
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of upper-class twit
Man Jose
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From a purported large number of single men in their 20s and 30s compared to single women in the same age group.
Senses: examples: text: San Jose, the county seat, is jokingly referred to as “Man Jose” by the locals, and with good reason: In the 22 to 29 age cohort, Santa Clara County has 37,410 never-married, college-grad men versus 27,147 never-married, college-grad women.
ref: [2015, Jon Birger, Date-onomics: How Dating Became a Lopsided Numbers Game, Hachette UK, →ISBN:
glosses: Nickname for San Jose: a major city in California, United States.
claw clips
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of claw clip
sprucens up
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of sprucen up
sprucening up
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of sprucen up
sprucened up
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of sprucen up
sprunts up
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of sprunt up
sprunting up
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of sprunt up
sprunted up
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of sprunt up
spunking off
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of spunk off
spunks off
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of spunk off
spunked off
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of spunk off
spies out
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of spy out
spying out
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of spy out
spied out
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of spy out
squares around
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of square around
squaring around
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of square around
squared around
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of square around
squeezes up
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of squeeze up
squeezing up
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of squeeze up
squeezed up
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of squeeze up
squigs out
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of squig out
squigging out
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of squig out
squigged out
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of squig out
stacks off
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of stack off
stacking off
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of stack off
stacked off
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of stack off
stalls off
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of stall off
stalling off
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of stall off
stalled off
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of stall off
stands apart
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of stand apart
standing apart
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of stand apart
stood apart
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of stand apart
stands around
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of stand around
standing around
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of stand around
stood around
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of stand around
stands from under
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of stand from under
stands under
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of stand under
standing under
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of stand under
stood under
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of stand under
starts back
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of start back