cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
EBT
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Whenever we went shopping, she’d have to go figure out how much money she had left on our EBT card, receding to a corner to call customer service, because she inevitably lost the last receipt.
ref: 2022, Leila Mottley, Nightcrawling, Bloomsbury, page 129:
text: Some 35 states, all five US territories and four tribes have told the US Department of Agriculture that they will participate in Summer EBT this year, covering about 70% of the children eligible for the program.
ref: 2024 January 10, Tami Luhby, “New program will help feed millions of kids over the summer, but not all states are participating”, in CNN:
glosses: Template:init of
electronic benefit transfer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: synonyms: EBT
glosses: An electronic system that allows state welfare departments to issue benefits using a magnetically encoded payment card.
Related terms: food stamp
Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: SNAP
Senses: glosses: a federal program that provides food-purchasing assistance for low-income individuals
chanca piedra
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A plant native to tropical coastal areas, Phyllanthus niruri, used to produce an herbal supplement.
Synonyms: shatterstone
TNF inhibitors
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of TNF inhibitor
Alumbrados
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A member of a 16th century mystical Spanish sect striving for spiritual illumination and union with God.
Synonyms: Perfectibilist
Perfectibilist
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Alumbrados.
synonyms: word: Alumbrados
Perfectibilists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Perfectibilist
disabled list
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: disabled lists
Senses: topics: hobbies
lifestyle
sports
synonyms: DL
glosses: A list of players on a team who are unable or ineligible to play because of an injury.
Related terms: binnacle list
sick list
disabled lists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of disabled list
D.L.
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: D.L.s
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of DL.
D. L.
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: D. L.s
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of DL.
fpms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of fpm
foot per second
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: feet per second
form: fps
Senses: glosses: a unit of both speed and velocity, expressing the distance in feet traveled or displaced, divided by the time in seconds
feet per second
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of foot per second
Dewey Decimal Classification
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: DDC
Etymology: Named after American librarian and educator Melvil Dewey.
Senses: qualifier: library studies
glosses: A proprietary library classification system that allows new books to be added to a library in their appropriate location based on subject.
Synonyms: Dewey Decimal System
Dewey Decimal System
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Dewey Decimal Systems
form: DDS
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Dewey Decimal Classification.
synonyms: word: Dewey Decimal Classification
triskaidekaphobe
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: triskaidekaphobes
Etymology: From triskaideka- (“thirteen”) + -phobe.
Senses: examples: text: After reading through Lachenmeyer’s 13: The Story of the World's Most Popular Superstition, I discovered that very few triskaidekaphobes today connect unlucky 13 to the Last Supper, even though this is thought to be the major historical basis for the superstition (Lachenmeyer 132). […] Lachenmeyer gives an example of a typical triskaidekaphobe, a 40-year-old man from Wisconsin who has paranoia regarding Friday the 13ᵗʰ.
ref: 2014, Adithep Narula, “Unlucky 13 and Human Nature”, in University of California, Santa Barbara, pages 9-10:
text: For example, triskaidekaphobes like to point out the fate of the 1970 Apollo 13 lunar mission, blaming its near-disastrous outcome on its number and the time it launched, 13:13 CST.
ref: 2017 October 12, Albert Garcia, “What is the word for fear of the number 13? Triskaidekaphobia”, in Calliope Magazine, page 3:
glosses: Someone who suffers from triskaidekaphobia.
triskaidekaphobes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of triskaidekaphobe
file clerks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of file clerk
gun-layer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gun-layers
form: gun layer
form: gunlayer
Senses: examples: text: A ship carries comparatively small guns to repel attacks by torpedo craft. We carry eight twelve-pounders, three three-pounders for the purpose. Each of these guns has its appointed gun-layer who is supposed to shoot straight.
ref: 1930, Stephen Lucius Gwynn, Captain Scott, page 112:
text: The breech is opened by hand and the auto-loader primed, after which the gun-layer aims and stamps on the firing pedal.
ref: 1998, Ian V. Hogg, Allied Artillery of World War Two, page 111:
text: 'Well, comrade Colonel, it's started now!" said a gun-layer.
ref: 2019, Vasily Grossman, translated by Robert Chandler and Yury Bit-Yunan, Stalingrad, page 114:
glosses: A soldier who is assigned to aim and fire a mounted machine gun such as that on the turret of a tank.
gun-layers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of gun-layer
gun layer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gun layers
Senses: examples: text: He may become a gun layer or other specialist and get a little extra,
ref: 1931, Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons, Parliamentary Debates (Hansard) Official Report, page 1113:
text: When 20 German tanks appeared, Diskin took over the duties of gun layer.
ref: 1967, Jewish Observer and Middle East Review, page 12:
text: I saw how cadet Sineokov, the gun layer, covered his face with his hands and slowly subsided to the ground.
ref: 1974, Culture and Life:
glosses: Alternative form of gun-layer.
gun layers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of gun layer
play a double game
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: glosses: to be two-faced or to engage in double-dealing
gunlayer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gunlayers
Etymology: From gun + layer.
Senses: examples: text: In the heavier type of the secondary armament — that is to say, the 6-in. mountings — the gunlayer is accommodated in a seat close up to the trunnions of the gun, and has the eye-piece of the telescope approximately on the centre of the trunnions of the gun.
ref: 1913, Royal United Services Institute for Defence Studies, Brassey's Naval Annual, page 347:
text: The gunlayer manipulated the mounting by various movements of the control handles, which were linked to balanced pistons in the universal control valve box.
ref: 1985, John Lambert, The Fairmile 'D' Motor Torpedo Boat, page 16:
text: The gunlayer trained his gun as the aeroplane approached.
ref: 2010, John Slader, The Fourth Service:
glosses: Alternative form of gun-layer.
gunlayers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of gunlayer
Laugher
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /lɔːɹ/
homophone: lore
homophone: law (non-rhotic)
Forms: form: Laughers
Senses: glosses: A surname.
karmic debt
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: karmic debts
Etymology: From karmic + debt. First use appears c. 1888.
Senses: topics: human-sciences
mysticism
philosophy
sciences
qualifier: metaphysics; spirituality; metaphysics; spirituality
glosses: The accumulation of negative energy resulting from misdeeds in one's past.
Related terms: duskarma
instant karma
karma
karmic blowback
varitron
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: varitrons
Senses: examples: text: The mass of a varitron varies from 100 to 25,000 electron masses.
ref: 1955, Nuclear Science Abstracts - Issues 4344-8020, page 644:
text: The discovery of the varitron brought the brothers Alikhanov not only immediate fame, but considerable fortune as well in the form of a Stalin Prize First Class accompanied by 200,000 rubles.
ref: 1963 ·, Martin Caidin, Red Star in Space, page 52:
text: This high official exercised "self-criticism" in his own name and that of Soviet science for this "gross mistake”, and denounced all those who tried to protect the varitron story against experimental evidence.
ref: 1964, George Paloczi-Horvath, The Facts Rebel: the Future of Russia and the West, page 65:
text: These first flickering stars were perhaps giving birth in his mind to the thoughts of proton explosions, of developmental phases and cycles, of super-dense matter, of cosmic showers and storms of varitrons, of different theories of cosmogony, including his own, of instruments for recording invisible streams of stellar energy...
ref: 2019, Vasily Grossman, translated by Robert Chandler and Yury Bit-Yunan, Stalingrad, page 215:
topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: An alleged subatomic particle with variable mass that Armenian physicists claimed to have discovered in the 1940s, but which was subsequently debunked.
varitrons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of varitron
karmic debts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of karmic debt
hard white
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Cocaine
California corn flakes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: “Ya know,” Tim continues, “Bolivian marching powder, blow, California corn flakes? Surely you brought a couple weeks' supply?”
ref: 2019, Chaunceton Bird, Malibu Motel:
glosses: Cocaine.
B2E
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: topics: business
glosses: Initialism of business-to-employee.
Related terms: B2B
B2C
leg sweep
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: leg sweeps
Senses: topics: government
hobbies
lifestyle
martial-arts
military
politics
sports
war
glosses: A swipe of a fighter's leg meant to destabilize the adversary
topics: ball-games
cricket
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: A sweep shot played to the leg side
business-to-employee
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more business-to-employee
form: most business-to-employee
Senses: glosses: How a business interacts with its employees.
Synonyms: B2E
Related terms: business-to-business
business-to-customer
Comrat
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Romanian Comrat.
Senses: glosses: A city and municipality of Moldova.
Sicilianisms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Sicilianism
Enichioi
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from Romanian Enichioi.
Senses: glosses: A commune and village in Cantemir Raion, Moldova.
bush rose
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bush roses
Senses: glosses: A flowering rose cultivar grown in bush form.
passive resistance
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: On June 2, Gandhiji declared in an interview that passive resistance was inevitable if Government failed to meet Indian demands.
ref: 1964, The Collected Works of Mahatma Gandhi, volume XII, →OCLC, page vi:
text: Some Maoist “party cadres” at the lower echelon have taken an attitude of passive resistance against the “campaign of learning from Tachai in agriculture,” that was launched by Mao Tse-tung.
ref: 1975 December 21, “Difficulties in agriculture”, in Free China Weekly, volume XVI, number 50, Taipei, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 3:
glosses: noncompliance with an authority as a form of protest against injustice, as by fasting, peaceful demonstration, or refusal to cooperate
Related terms: passive-aggressive
McCusker
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: McCuskers
form: Mc Cusker
form: Mccusker
form: MacCusker
form: Mac Cusker
form: Maccusker
form: Macusker
form: MaCusker
form: M'Cusker
form: Cusker
Etymology: Anglicized form of Irish and Scottish Gaelic Mac Oscair (“son of Oscar”).
Senses: glosses: A surname.
air sense
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: airsense
Senses: topics: gymnastics
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: Aerial awareness, the perception of the location and orientation of one's body in the air and in relation to the gymnastics apparatus and the floor and ground mats.
Related terms: aerial awareness
awareness
perception
proprioception
sense
situational awareness
twisties
Roberg
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Robergs
Etymology: Borrowed from German and Norwegian Roberg or Swedish Röberg.
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Sabats
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Sabat
Robergs
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Roberg
Crasnîi Vinogradari
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from Romanian Crasnîi Vinogradari.
Senses: glosses: A village and commune of Transnistria, Romania.
Trageser
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Tragesers
Etymology: Borrowed from German Trageser.
Senses: glosses: A surname from German.
Tragesers
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Trageser
Szczepaniks
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Szczepanik
Humberston Fitties
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: text: Well, during our short staycation at Humberston Fitties, just south of Cleethorpes, we cycled through the very unspoilt Lincolnshire Wolds, which are by no means flat and boring as conventional wisdom about the county suggests.
ref: 2021 July 28, Christian Wolmar, “Forgotten by the railways, but ripe for the exploring”, in RAIL, number 936, page 35:
glosses: A coastal settlement in Humberston parish, North East Lincolnshire district, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref TA3305).
Stofko
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Stofkos
Etymology: Borrowed from Slovak Štofko.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Slovak.
Stofkos
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Stofko
Arbaiza
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Arbaizas
Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish Arbaiza, Castilianized form of Basque Arbaitza. This surname is mostly found in Peru.
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Arbaizas
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Arbaiza
Birrueta
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Birruetas
Etymology: Variant of Berrueta.
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Hu Nan
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Borrowed from Mandarin 湖南 (Hú Nán).
Senses: examples: text: The thousand or so of men newly arrived from Hu Nan were at once sent by K'ISHEN to the front. The Cantonese fled the moment the engagement began; but the Hu Nan men fought as they retreated, and half of them were drowned, together with their Commander SIANGFUH.
ref: 1888, E. H. Parker, Chinese Account of the Opium War, →OCLC, →OL, page 27:
text: From Kong Wa, a district in the Southern Hu Nan Province, the names of ten men have been sent to Lien Chow as inquirers and applicants for baptism. During the year four men from Hu Nan, one a literary graduate, have been baptized and received into the Lien Chow church, all bearing testimony to the spirit of inquiry that is spreading among the people in that district.
ref: 1889, Nineteenth Annual Report of the Board of Home Missions of the Presbyterian Church in the United States of America, New York: Presbyterian House, →OCLC, page 136:
text: It is said at Hankau that boats can travel up stream 4000 li by three different routes—the Yangtse Chiang, the Yuan river in Hu Nan, and the Han river.
ref: 1898 September, W. R. Carles, “THE YANGTSE CHIANG”, in The Geographical Journal, volume XII, number 3, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 236:
text: We passed the walled district city of I-tu, situated upon a small affluent called the Ching Chiang, or Clear River, which takes its rise in the province of Hu-Nan to the south.
ref: [1898, Archibald John Little, “Shanghai to Ichang”, in Through the Yang-tse Gorges, 3rd edition, Sampson Low, Marston & Company, →OCLC, page 33:
text: The family that had brought Hop Toy to the United States as a little boy were from the Hu Nan province, whose food was reputed to be hot, spicy, and wholesome. But they eschewed nothing edible, so far as Stanley could tell; any kind of vegetable, fish, fowl or meat, the Hu Nan kitchen could countenance it, and prepare it well.
ref: 1997, Jim Nisbet, Prelude to a Scream, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 99:
text: It was then that Mao Tse-tung, who had his roots in rural central China, proclaimed that Chinese Communism must be based on the peasantry. Quite independent of Moscow, he built a new Communist movement in rural Hu Nan Province in central China.
ref: 2007, Leonard C. Meeker, Philosophy and Politics, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 255:
text: A clinical investigation of the possible benefits of green tea poly' phenols for radiation and chemotherapy patients was conducted at the Hu Nan province Hospital of Carcinology in China.
ref: 2008, Lester A. Mitscher, Victoria Dolby Toews, The Green Tea Book: The Science-Backed "Miracle Cure", →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 90:
text: He rides a Yellow Hornet and is from Hu Nan province. We have chatted about our bikes in the sandstorm.
ref: 2009, Y.J. Zhu, “Taklamakan Desert Moon Ride”, in Lucy McCauley, editor, The Best Women's Travel Writing 2009: True Stories from Around the World (Travelers' Tales), →ISBN, →ISSN, →OCLC, →OL, page 175:
glosses: Alternative form of Hunan.
Bin
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Bins
Etymology: Borrowed from Chinese 賓 /宾 (Bīn).
Senses: glosses: A surname from Chinese.
Bins
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Bin
Birruetas
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Birrueta
Beg
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Begs
Etymology: Various origins:
* As an Islamic (Indian subcontinent as Hindi बेग (beg)) and sometimes Serbo-Croatian surname, from the Turkish title beg, an older form of bey. See Bey; also compare Baig.
* Borrowed from Slovene Beg, from beg (“escape, getaway”).
Senses: glosses: A surname from Hindi.
Bozza
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Bozzas
Etymology: Borrowed from Italian Bozza.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Italian.
Bozza
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Boris + -zza.
Senses: topics: government
politics
synonyms: BoJo
glosses: The British politician and journalist Boris Johnson (born 1964), Mayor of London from 2008 to 2016 and Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 2019 to 2022.
Bozzas
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Bozza
Begs
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Beg
presealed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From pre- + sealed.
Senses: glosses: sealed in advance
McEntyre
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: McEntyres
Etymology: Variant of McIntyre.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Scottish Gaelic.
glosses: An unincorporated community in Clarke County, Alabama, United States.
Rialses
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Rials
McEntyres
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of McEntyre
McCuskers
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of McCusker
Teacheys
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Teachey
Jiang Xi
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Borrowed from Mandarin 江西 (Jiāng Xī).
Senses: examples: text: For example, in order to increase the previous yield of only 750 kg/ha, Ms. Ai He-Xiang, a woman committee member of Kong Zhuang Production Brigade, Hunan Commune, Lin Chuan County, Jiang Xi Province, had led the farmers to change the wasted ponds and shady hills for eight years since 1960.
ref: 1985, Li Chen-Quan, Feng Rui-Yin, Xu Xue-Bin, “'Half-sky' role of China's women in rice farming systems”, in Women in Rice Farming, Gower Publishing, →ISBN, →OCLC, →OL, page 67:
text: An intuitive approach to feng shui, Form School uses analysis, common sense and perception to create lucky placements. Also called Hsing Fa, it was formed in Jiang Xi province.
ref: 2001, Zaihong Sara Shen, Feng Shui: Harmonizing Your Inner & Outer Space, Dorling Kindersley, →ISBN, →OCLC, →OL, page 187:
text: WEE MOLLY was fetched by her new parents, Graham and Julie, from distant Jiang Xi province in China, and came home to Glasgow in time for her first birthday.
ref: 2001, Liz Lochhead, “A Glasgow nonsense rhyme for Molly”, in The Thing that Mattered Most: Scottish Poems for Children, Black & White Publishing, →ISBN, →OCLC, →OL, page 91:
text: Other such educational efforts are developing in China, including a three-year training program in sexual medicine, theory, and sex therapy techniques offered by the South China Institute of Sexology in Jiang Xi Province.
ref: 2007, Judy Kuriansky, “Eros in the Dragon Empire: The Open Door to Sex in China”, in Sexual Health, volume 3, →ISBN, →ISSN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 258:
text: "I'll get something from the kitchen."
She jumped up.
"No let me. I'll get you the tea I promised. She quickly returned with some sweet uncut oranges."
“These are from Jiang Xi province.”
"Really?"
"Many people there plant oranges. They are famous all over China."
ref: 2009, Mark Obama Ndesandjo, Nairobi to Shenzhen : a novel of love in the east, Aventine Press, →ISBN, →OCLC, →OL, page 189:
text: For Chiang's government, the Communists were simply "bandits" (共匪). From 1930 to 1934, Chiang launched five "extermination," or COIN, campaigns against Communist base areas in Jiang Xi Province.
ref: 2011 November, Yu Bin, “Learning from the Neighbors: The People's Liberation Army Examines the Small Wars and Counterinsurgencies Waged by Russia”, in Andrew Scobell, David Lai, Roy Kamphausen, editors, Chinese Lessons from Other Peoples' Wars, Carlisle, PA: US Army War College, →ISBN, →OCLC, →OL, page 281:
glosses: Alternative form of Jiangxi.
Comisarovca Nouă
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from Romanian Comisarovca Nouă.
Senses: glosses: A commune and village in Transnistria, Moldova.
crispants
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of crispant
parabronchiolitis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: inflammation of the parabronchia
cytoslide
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cytoslides
Etymology: From cyto- + slide.
Senses: glosses: A cytological microscope slide
cytoslides
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cytoslide
protistal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From protist + -al.
Senses: glosses: Relating to, or characteristic of protists
telacebec
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: A drug used to treat tuberculosis
Fu Jian
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Borrowed from Mandarin 福建 (Fú Jiàn).
Senses: examples: text: Ng Moy and the Crane
The history of Wing Chun Kuen can be traced back to the Southern Shaolin Temple, in Fu Jian Province , and dates back 400 years to the Qing Dynasty.
ref: 1998, Ip Chun, Michael Tse, Wing Chun Traditional Chinese Kung Fu for Self-defense & Health, New York: St. Martin's Griffin, →ISBN, →OCLC, →OL:
text: Taiwanese is a dialect from the Fu Jian province in China. The majority of Taiwanese people are descendants of Fujianese settlers who immigrated from China to Taiwan in the seventeenth and the eighteenth centuries.
ref: 2000, Wen Shu Lee, “In Search of My Mother's Tongue: From Proverbs to Contextualized Sensibility”, in Myron W. Lustig, Jolene Koester, editors, AmongUS: Essays on Identity, Belonging, and Intercultural Competence, Longman, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 55:
text: A HAPPY REUNION
The Chinese crested tern, a sizeable seabird, had not been seen since 1937. In June 2000, eight adults with some young birds were sighted on the Taiwanese island of Mazu, off the Chinese coast of Fu Jian province. Measures to protect them were taken immediately because fishermen collect the eggs of seabirds nesting on the island. Since then, more of these rare birds have been sighted in other locations.
ref: 2004, Sandy Shepherd, editor, The Amazing Secrets of Nature, Reader's Digest, published 2005, →ISBN, →OCLC, →OL, page 120:
text: In the inspection of Fu Jian Province, I was very interested in the 'Hearing Hall' of Jiao Mai City, located in the southeast of Fu Jian Province.
ref: 2017, Qi Hong Dong, “Structure and Strategy for In Situ Rural Urbanization”, in Urban Transformation in China (The Chinese Economy Series), Routledge, →ISBN, →OCLC:
glosses: Alternative form of Fujian.
herzog
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: herzogs
Etymology: From German Herzog. Doublet of heretog and heretoga.
Senses: examples: text: Germany had its herzogs and landgrafs, each of whom had his territories, where he ruled, “monarch of all he surveyed.”
ref: 1847, Washington M’Cartney, The Origin and Progress of the United States, Philadelphia, Pa.: E. H. Butler & Co., pages 58–59:
text: He was a herzog, going to meet the Queen of England; stopped for the slightest possible refreshment—a glass of Rhenish and a biscuit—and going on at once.
ref: 1848, the author of “Paddiana,” etc., “Difficulties in a Tour to Wiesbaden”, in Bentley’s Miscellany, volume XXIII, London: Richard Bentley, […], page 188:
text: You may luxuriate through the smoke on apparitions of dainty German damsels; or, if you are of a chivalrous temperament, on brightly-tinted herzogs and burgraves, performing noble feats of arms; or, if your taste leads you further back to the antique, the gods of peace are not wanting to consecrate the pipe of peace.
ref: 1851, The Illustrated Exhibitor, a Tribute to the World’s Industrial Jubilee; Comprising Sketches, by Pen and Pencil, of the Principal Objects in the Great Exhibition of the Industry of All Nations, London: […] John Cassell, […], page 307:
text: Feudal nobles divided Europe into numerous principalities: Spain had some twenty or more little princedoms; Germany no small number of herzogs and landgraves; Portugal her nobility; England, though more consolidated than any other state yet mentioned, yet had many Earls, Dukes and Counts, who bore an almost kingly rule over their narrow possessions.
ref: 1852, R. M., “God in the History of Our Country”, in The Presbyterian Casket, page 40:
text: It therefore follows that only those families of the high nobility abroad, viz., the herzogs and a few landgraves in Germany, and in France the dukes and two or three of the feudatory comtes, can claim our peerage (dukes to barons) as equals, while the marquesses in France and the margraves and grafs of the Empire in Germany—if the latter are the titular chiefs of their families—are equal to our rank of baronet, the next rank (but without parliamentary seat) in England below the peerage; […]
ref: 1901, The Genealogical Magazine, page 19:
text: The herzogs and the bishops hampered political independence, and the attempts of some German Carolingians to restore the empire fell through.
ref: 1968, Simon Dubnov, translated by Moshe Spiegel, History of the Jews: From the Roman Empire to the Early Medieval Period, volume 2, South Brunswick, N.J.; New York, N.Y.; London: Thomas Yoseloff, A. S. Barnes and Co., Inc., →LCCN, page 562:
glosses: A German duke.
heptosylation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: heptosylations
Etymology: From heptosyl + -ation.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any reaction that adds a heptosyl group
proteometabolic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From proteo- + metabolic.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Relating to proteometabolism
proteometabolism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: proteometabolisms
Etymology: From proteo- + metabolism.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: The metabolism of proteins
Related terms: proteometabolic
the heat is on
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: glosses: A situation has reached a point of great commotion, energy, or activity.
triacontanate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any salt or ester of triacontanoic acid
Synonyms: melissate
Weedon Bec
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: synonyms: Weedon
glosses: A village and civil parish in West Northamptonshire district, Northamptonshire, England, formerly in Daventry district (OS grid ref SP6259).
largemouth basses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of largemouth bass
West Northamptonshire
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A unitary authority of Northamptonshire, England, created on 1 April 2021 through the merger of Daventry district, Northampton borough and South Northamptonshire district; Northamptonshire County Council was also abolished.
Related terms: North Northamptonshire
Kao Hsiung
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Borrowed from Mandarin 高雄 (Gāo Xióng) Wade–Giles romanization: Kao¹ Hsiung².
Senses: examples: text: In the south, around Kao Hsiung, where many of the training activities of the Nationalist Army, Navy and Air Force are located, the military atmosphere is even more evident.
ref: 1950 December 24, Hanson W. Baldwin, “Tense Lands in China's Shadow”, in Lloyd C. Gardner, editor, The Korean War, Quadrangle Books, published 1972, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, pages 132–133:
text: When I was thirteen years old I went for the first time to the provincial capital city of Kao Hsiung, there to attend junior high school.
ref: 1973, Wang Tien Te, Julie Wang, “Taiwan Congregation Follows Teen-ager”, in Hartman Rector, Connie Rector, editors, No More Strangers, volume 2, Salt Lake City, Utah: Bookcraft, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 29:
text: In the early-morning hours of the one hundred ninety-first day of our voyage we passed Liu-Chiu-Yü island, entering Kao Hsiung approaches. The weather was stormy with low, racing clouds and an angry, slate-coloured sea. The awning over the open bridge flopped and thundered in the breeze. To the north I could see the barren peak of Shou Shan mountain, half obscured by rain, a mile and a half from the entrance to Kao Hsiung harbor.
I was quite calm, surprisingly so. Ever since Merir Island, I had resigned myself to the prospect of having to live on the Kao Hsiung waterfront until the Isabel had acquired her permanent low profile.
ref: 1986, Jan de Hartog, The Commodore: A Novel of the Sea, Harper & Row, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 376:
text: It also became apparent that his family was dissatisfied with the medical treatment he was receiving and were praying for some solution to their concern. The answer came when word reached them of a 'miracle doctor' who was noted for his treatment of similar cases at his clinic in Kao Hsiung.
ref: 2005, Marc Alexander, “Shih-Feng Chen”, in Artists above all: Men and women who triumphed over adversity through their art, →ISBN, →OCLC, →OL, page 122:
glosses: Alternative form of Kaohsiung.
Hîrtop
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from Romanian Hîrtop.
Senses: glosses: Various communes and villages in Moldova.
shatterstone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: shatterstones
Senses: glosses: Synonym of chanca piedra.
synonyms: word: chanca piedra
shatterstones
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of shatterstone
Boldurești
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from Romanian Boldurești.
Senses: glosses: A commune and village in Nisporeni Raion, Moldova.
Fălcoiu
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from Romanian Fălcoiu.
Senses: glosses: A commune and village in Olt County, Romania.
Mannella
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Mannellas
Etymology: Borrowed from Italian Mannella.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Italian.
Roycroft
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Roycrofts
Etymology: Variant of Rycroft.
Senses: glosses: A surname.
glosses: A reformist community in East Aurora, Erie County, New York, United States.
Derived terms: Roycrofter
Zhe Jiang
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Borrowed from Mandarin 浙江 (Zhè Jiāng).
Senses: examples: text: In the Wen Zhou City Hospital in Zhe Jiang Province, there is a seventy-four-year-old doctor of Chinese medicine called Lin Hung Da. When he wants to, he can jump up from the ground and suspend himself in the air with only his hands touching a wall.
ref: 1984, Paul Dong, The Four Major Mysteries of Mainland China, Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice Hall, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 167:
text: Religious faith is stronger in rural areas, she said, as she recalled how her grandparents in the Zhe Jiang Province, one of the richest in China, made their own bean curd by hand with a mill and cooked on a medieval stove.
ref: 1999, Robin Robertson, Jon Robertson, The Sacred Kitchen, Novato, CA: New World Library, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 106:
text: XIAOLU GUO was born in the Zhe Jiang province of southern China. After graduating from the Beijing Film Academy, she wrote several books published in China.
ref: 2007, Xiaolu Guo, “A Note About the Author”, in A Concise Chinese-English Dictionary for Lovers, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 287:
text: Chinese physicians have taken an interest in the ability of green tea extract to assist with the health problems associated with chronic renal failure. After treating twenty-five patients with this condition, physicians at the First People’s Hospital of Xiao Shan City in the Zhe Jiang Province of China reported very promising results.
ref: 2008, Lester A. Mitscher, Victoria Dolby Toews, The Green Tea Book: The Science-Backed "Miracle Cure", →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 130:
glosses: Alternative form of Zhejiang.
East Aurora
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A village in the town of Aurora, Erie County, New York, United States.
Hochul
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Hochuls
form: Chochol
form: Chochul
form: Hochol
Etymology: Variant of Polish Chochół. Ultimately from Proto-Slavic *xoxolъ.
Senses: examples: text: In a statement shared with CNN late Saturday, Hochul apologized for her “poor choice of words” and for the use of an “inappropriate analogy that I now realize could be hurtful to members of our community.”
ref: 2024 February 17, Zenebou Sylla, “New York Gov. Kathy Hochul apologizes for using Canada-Hamas analogy in defending Israel”, in CNN:
text: Publicly, Ms. Hochul has embraced the mantle of climate leader, even serving as a chair on the U.S. Climate Alliance, a network of governors committed to reducing domestic emissions.
ref: 2024 November 29, Grace Ashford, “Will Hochul’s Political Concerns Put New York’s Climate Goals at Risk?”, in The New York Times:
glosses: A surname from Polish.
nominee purchase
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nominee purchases
Senses: glosses: Synonym of straw purchase.
synonyms: word: straw purchase
nominee purchases
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nominee purchase
straw owner
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: straw owners
Senses: glosses: A person who owns property legally or has the legal appearance of owning something but does so on behalf of another.
Related terms: straw buyer
straw purchase
straw owners
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of straw owner
Ping Tung
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Mandarin 屏東 (Píng Dōng) Wade–Giles romanization: Pʻing² Tung¹.
Senses: examples: text: The Puyumas, a small, rather civilized tribe, live together with native Chinese in many villages around the city of Ping Tung.
ref: 1967, Chen Kang Chai, Taiwan Aborigines: A Genetic Study of Tribal Variations, Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 36:
text: At Ping Tung, a professional geomancer checks the alignment of a grave, to ensure that ancestors will rest happily
ref: 1991, Derek Walters, The Feng Shui Handbook, Thorsons, →ISBN, →OCLC, →OL, page 183:
text: After securing Ping Tung, Taiwan and Batan island regular air patrols have resumed. It has been noted that increasing ground activity was occurring around daybreak.
ref: 1993 September, Paul A. Forbes, Using a Wargame to Explore the Effects of the Information Content of Messages on CVBG Anti-Air Warfare Defense, Naval Postgraduate School, →OCLC, →OL, page 53:
text: My duty assignment was[...]Tasked the Wing’s Squadrons to provide aircrew members for ferry missions to the United States and Ping Tung, Taiwan.[...]Regarding the ferry missions to Ping Tung, Taiwan. The 3rd wing had one squadron of T-38 (F-5s) called the Aggressor Squadron.[...]The reason for the flights to Ping Tung was the contractor's location that painted the aircraft to soviet specifications.
ref: 2009, Billy Ray Wilson, Enough is Enough, AuthorHouse, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, pages 122–123:
glosses: Alternative form of Pingtung.
Archiș
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from Romanian Archiș.
Senses: glosses: A commune and village in Arad County, Romania.
Băcia
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from Romanian Băcia.
Senses: glosses: A commune and village in Hunedoara County, Romania.
subrisk
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: subrisks
Etymology: From sub- + risk.
Senses: glosses: Risk that is subordinate or subsidiary to other risk; thus:
Subsidiary risk as opposed to primary risk, where the latter is what governs the assignment of a hazard class but the former is nonetheless important to know about.
qualifier: hazard classes for dangerous goods
topics: epidemiology
medicine
sciences
glosses: Risk that is subordinate or subsidiary to other risk; thus:
Subsidiary risk as opposed to primary risk, as with risk factors that are less important than others, that exist only when certain others are present, or that matter more when certain others are present (for example, condomless sex and sex work).
qualifier: public health; occupational health; environmental health; public health; occupational health; environmental health
subrisks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of subrisk
ORR
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ORRs
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Initialism of overall response rate or objective response rate.
ORR
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Initialism of Office of Rail and Road, a non-ministerial government department in the United Kingdom.
Ji Lin
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Borrowed from Mandarin 吉林 (Jí Lín).
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Jilin.
ever-growing
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: It's close to the sprawling University of Birmingham campus and the ever-growing Queen Elizabeth Hospital site, which also includes a large medical school.
ref: 2021 July 28, Peter Plisner, “The race to the Games has begun”, in RAIL, number 936, page 54:
glosses: Alternative form of evergrowing.
Korana
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the Korana
Senses: glosses: A river in central Croatia and west Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Korana
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A moribund Khoe language of South Africa.
Korana
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A subgroup of South Africa's native people.
proemially
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: glosses: As or in the manner of a proem; prefatorily.
earthberg
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: earthbergs
form: earth-berg
Etymology: In some senses, a blend of earth + iceberg; in other senses from earth + berg.
Senses: examples: text: The landscape of the Elemental Chaos is broken up by rivers of lightning, seas of fire, floating earthbergs, ice mountains, and other fantastic terrain features.
ref: 2008, Jennifer Clark Wilkes, Wizards Presents Worlds and Monsters, page 16:
text: Marrec mentally labeled the floating islands 'earthbergs.' He saw a few perfect cubes, each face a mirror, tumbling through the darkness.
ref: 2010, Bruce R. Cordell, Lady of Poison: The Priests:
text: All land is floating islands, like icebergs of earth, or “earthbergs,” honeycombed with caves.
ref: 2019, Mike Pritchard, A Player's Guide to Strinrath, page 26:
topics: fantasy
glosses: A mass suspended or floating in water, similar to an iceberg, but consisting of earth (dirt, soil, etc.).
examples: text: Unsurprising, given that he'd spent most of his life in the Well, sheltered by the very earth-berg he now rose beside, hoisted on creaking cables.
ref: 2008, Elizabeth Bear, All the Windwracked Stars:
glosses: A mountain or large mound of earth.
Related terms: barrow
berg
earthbergs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of earthberg
vendavel
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: vendavels
Senses: examples: text: Once clear of Manila bay, the Nuestra Señora de Guia picked up the vendavels, or winds. Sailing up the western coast of Luzon, she rounded the rocky headland of Bojeador, sheeted home all her great sails and bowled away ...
ref: 1925, Percy A. Hill, Romantic Episodes in Old Manila: Church and State in the Hands of a Merry Jester, Time, page 53:
text: […] Daily the sun like a red target sank into horizons left behind them, the vendavel hung steady from the west ...
ref: 1934, Percy A. Hill, Philippine Short Stories:
text: It is very capacious and well sheltered from the vendavels -- whether the southwest and the southeast. It has a good anchorage, with a clean and good bottom.
ref: 1973, Soledad Masangkay Borromeo, El Cadiz Filipino: Colonial Cavite, 1571-1896, page 39:
text: As we rode I wondered if the wind should be called a vendavel from Gibraltar, or maybe a libeccio from Italy, or perhaps simply it would be better, ...
ref: 2019, Dominic M. Martin, Ventitre Viaggi: Twenty Three Journeys, iUniverse, →ISBN:
text: And what monsters: the Vendavel, the Mistral, the Bora, the Meltemi, the Sirocco, the Levanter, often heralding their arrival with screeching like a banshee ...
ref: 2020, Nic Fields, Lepanto 1571: Christian and Muslim Fleets Battle for Control of the Mediterranean, Pen and Sword Maritime, →ISBN, page 175:
glosses: Alternative form of vendaval.
Ietsist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Ietsists
Senses: glosses: A person who believes in Ietsism.
Wabun codes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Wabun code
Morse codes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Morse code
base tunnel
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: base tunnels
Senses: topics: civil-engineering
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
transport
glosses: A tunnel driven through the base of a mountain pass, rather than through the upper slopes of the mountains.
Coordinate terms: summit tunnel
ghost population
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ghost populations
Etymology: From ghost + population.
Senses: examples: text: The Ancient North-Eurasians are a ghost population whose existence can be inferred from analysis of European and Native American genes.
glosses: A population that is inferred to have existed based on data that has been reconstructed rather than on direct sampling.
ghost populations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ghost population
domestic arts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Synonym of household arts.
synonyms: word: household arts
tule fog
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈtuːli fɑɡ/
Forms: form: tule fogs
Etymology: Named for the tule wetlands of the Central Valley of California in the United States, where it forms.
Senses: examples: text: Tule fogs last until they are "burned off" by the sun or are displaced by the wind.
ref: 1918, School Science and Mathematics, page 751:
text: When summer ended—when the State Fair closed and the heat broke, when the last green hop vines had been torn down along the H Street road and the tule fog began rising off the low ground at night—[…]
ref: 1968, Joan Didion, “Notes from a Native Daughter”, in Slouching Towards Bethlehem:
text: This sentiment spreads like thick tule fog today. Ask the former San Diego mayor who commandeered the Light Up the Border forces at the San Diego-Tijuana[…]
ref: 2009, Frances Payne Adler, Debra Busman, Diana Garc’a, Fire and Ink: An Anthology of Social Action Writing, University of Arizona Press, →ISBN, page 195:
text: On the evening of the wedding, a thick tule fog enveloped the area around Discovery Bay. The fog delayed the arrival of the minister and caused some […]
ref: 2010, William F. Scanlin, No Regrets: I’ve Enjoyed a Great Life, AuthorHouse, →ISBN, page 133:
text: A thick tule fog enveloped the island. […]
ref: 2011, Marcia Muller, Eye of the Storm, Blackstone Publishing, →ISBN:
text: The winds that create the fog die down, and the Bay Area is clear. […] sank not during the summer fog season, but rather in winter during a thick tule fog.
ref: 2015, Kyle Boelte, The Beautiful Unseen: A Memoir, Catapult, →ISBN:
glosses: A thick, persistent ground fog, canonically found in parts of California's Central Valley, where cold air from the Sierra Nevada collects on the valley floor during the cooler part of the year and causes moisture to condense into fog or cold/freezing drizzle.
tule fogs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tule fog
Rachmaninoff
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Rachmaninoffs
Etymology: From Russian Рахма́нинов (Raxmáninov).
Senses: glosses: A transliteration of the Russian surname Рахма́нинов (Raxmáninov).
glazier's putty
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: glazier's putties
Senses: glosses: Any of various putties used in glazing (window installation and repair) to affix the panes to the muntins, mullions, and frames, traditionally or archetypically used by glaziers (although today likely to be used by renovation contractors or DIY renovators).
Related terms: glazier's points
glazier's putties
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of glazier's putty (denoting types or brands thereof)
muzzle sweep
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: muzzle sweeps
form: muzzle sweeping
form: muzzle swept
form: muzzle swept
Senses: glosses: To carelessly point a firearm at / across non-targets in a sweeping manner. It is a violation of muzzle discipline.
glazier's point
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: glazier's points
Senses: glosses: A small spike or clip (such as a triangular bit stamped from sheet metal) used in glazing (window installation and repair) to affix the panes to the muntins, mullions, and frames, before glazier's putty is applied over it; traditionally or archetypically used by glaziers (although today likely to be used by renovation contractors or DIY renovators).
glazier's points
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of glazier's point
independentizes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of independentize
independentizing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of independentize
independentized
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of independentize
Gallocentric
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Gallocentric
form: most Gallocentric
Etymology: From Gallo- + -centric.
Senses: glosses: Emphasizing France or the people or culture or national language of France.
Related terms: Gallocentrism
Arabocentric
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Arabocentric
form: most Arabocentric
Etymology: From Arabo- + -centric.
Senses: glosses: Emphasizing the Arabs, their culture or what is in their language.
Related terms: Arabocentrism