cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
socially mobile
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more socially mobile
form: most socially mobile
Senses: examples: text: Working class children in Britain are less likely to be socially mobile than in any other developed nation.
glosses: Having social mobility.
Related terms: upwardly mobile
Old Punjabi
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Old Panjabi
Senses: examples: text: The age of Old Punjabi: up to 1600 A.D. […] It is said that evidence of Old Punjabi can be found in the Granth Sahib.
ref: 2000, Gopal Haldar, Languages of India, →ISBN, page 149:
text: As an independent language Punjabi has gone through the following three stages of development: Old Punjabi (10th to 16th century). Medieval Punjabi (16th to 19th century), and Modern Punjabi (19th century to Present).
ref: 2013, Tej Bhatia, Punjabi, →ISBN, page XXV, →ISBN:
text: The Adi Granth is written in Old Punjabi language.
ref: 2021, Zhanna Chalabayeva, Red Indian Sun, →ISBN:
glosses: An early New Indo-Aryan language, ancestor of modern Punjabi, spoken from c. 1000–1600 CE which is found in many hymns of the Guru Granth Sahib which were written by the first five Sikh Gurus, and in the poems of Fariduddin Ganjshakar.
Related terms: Wiktionary’s coverage of Old Punjabi terms
Kilnwick Percy
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Manorial affix from the de Percy family of the 12th century.
Senses: glosses: A hamlet in Nunburnholme parish, East Riding of Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE8250).
static efficiency
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: static efficiencies
Senses: glosses: Static efficiency refers to the efficiency of a firm at a certain point in time given what resources and technology they have available.
supernormal profit
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: supernormal profits
Senses: topics: business
economics
sciences
glosses: Any profit that exceeds a normal range.
Fangfoss
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A village and civil parish (served by Fangfoss with Bolton Parish Council) in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE7653).
Lampells
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Lampell
Luckhams
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Luckham
Meynells
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Meynell
Ellroys
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Ellroy
Baldassarres
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Baldassarre
Olshers
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Olsher
busy as a nailer
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: So the Colonel went down stairs, and the Ould Fellow worked away as busy as a nailer, shovellin' in the guineas by hundherds and thousands.
ref: 1832 Samuel Lover "The Devil's Mill" Legends and Stories of Ireland (Dublin: Wakeman) 2nd ed., p. 139
text: The result was obvious; the nailer was no longer “as busy as a nailer,” and there was no prospect that he ever would be fully employed.
ref: 1888, Pennsylvania Secretary of Internal Affairs, Bureau of Industrial Statistics; Annual Report for 1887 (Harrisburg: E. K. Meyers) "G: The Amalgamated Association of Iron and Steel Workers" p. 24
text: … she would be as busy as a nailer in the Abbey Shop ensuring that Mass cards were ready for those who came, and helping out in any other way she could.
ref: 2017 May 30, Noel Dundon, "Appreciation: The Late Eileesh Quirke, Holycross" Tipperary Star (Thurles)
qualifier: simile
glosses: working constantly.
Related terms: work like a nailer
Headlams
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Headlam
Seidlins
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Seidlin
Vinogradoffs
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Vinogradoff
Hasdays
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Hasday
Clappertons
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Clapperton
Warthill
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A village and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England, previously in Ryedale district (OS grid ref SE6755).
Xuhui
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ʃuːhweɪ/
enpr: shüʹhwāʹ
Forms: form: Hsu-hui
Etymology: The atonal Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 徐匯 /徐汇 (Xúhuì, literally “Xu Confluence”), a clipping of 徐家匯 /徐家汇 (Xújiāhuì, literally “Xu Family Confluence”) in reference to the prominence of the Xu family in the area during the Ming dynasty and the previous junction of several streams and canals in the district's Xujiahui neighborhood.
Senses: examples: text: Because of the pressures exerted, in some areas it was unnecessary for the ch'ü IPPE committees to take any action at all. For example, in Hsühui ch'ü all the firms which the IPPE Committee had intended to inspect came forward and made voluntary confessions, apologizing for their sins.
ref: [1969, John Gardner, “The Wu-fan Campaign in Shanghai: A Study in the Consolidation of Urban Control”, in A. Doak Barnett, editor, Chinese Communist Politics in Action, University of Washington Press, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 521:
text: (Hsinlo) and (Hsuchen) neighborhoods in Hsuhui District, which have offered educational classes for educated youths since September and November, respectively, have recently invited returning educated youths to attend these classes free of charge.
ref: [1978 December 15 [1978 December 13], “Shanghai Assists Youths Returning from Countryside”, in Daily Report: People's Republic of China, volume I, number 242, Foreign Broadcast Information Service, sourced from Shanghai City Service, translation of original in Mandarin, →OCLC, page G 2:
text: According to a report from Xuhui District, over 40 of its intersections are blocked.
ref: 2018 [1989 June], Rongji Zhu, “Get Organized and Maintain Shanghai's Stability”, in Zhu Rongji on the Record: The Shanghai Years, 1987-1991, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page https://books.google.com/books?id=Fe_WDgAAQBAJ&pg=PT327&lpg=PT327:
text: Another boy and a woman were also stabbed, but their injuries were not life-threatening, according to a statement from the police in the Xuhui district of Shanghai.
ref: 2018 June 28, Austin Ramzy, “Shanghai Knife Attack Kills Two Schoolchildren”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 28 Jun 2018, Asia Pacific:
glosses: A district of Shanghai, China.
wikipedia: Ming dynasty
Synonyms: word: French Concession
word: Siccawei
word: Zikawei
word: Ziccawei
Related terms: Xujiahui
pitch-and-toss
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of pitch and toss.
Jing'an
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /d͡ʒɪŋæn/
ipa: /d͡ʒɪŋɑn/
rhymes: -ɪŋæn
rhymes: -æn
rhymes: -ɑːn
Forms: form: Jingan
form: Ching-an
Etymology: From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 靖安.
Senses: glosses: A county of Yichun, Jiangxi, China.
Jing'an
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /d͡ʒɪŋæn/
ipa: /d͡ʒɪŋɑn/
rhymes: -ɪŋæn
rhymes: -æn
rhymes: -ɑːn
Forms: form: Jingan
form: Ching-an
Etymology: The atonal Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 靜安 /静安 (Jìng'ān, literally “Quiet & Peaceful”) after the most prominent local monastery.
Senses: examples: text: With coffee shops now as their rivals — among them the mammoth 30,000-square-foot storefront of Starbucks Reserve Roastery that opened in 2017 in Shanghai’s Jing’an district — teahouses have had to adapt.
ref: 2021 October 12, Ligaya Mishan, “In Shanghai, Teahouses Offer Both Community and Solitude”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 12 Oct 2021, Food Matters:
text: Residents of a compound in Jing’an district saw the gates of neighboring compounds open over the past month — yet theirs remained locked. On Wednesday, about two dozen gathered at the gate, calling out to speak with a representative.
ref: 2022 May 28, Emily Wang Fujiyama, Si Chen, Joe McDonald, “Shanghai lockdown: Residents demand release, and some get it”, in AP News, archived from the original on 27 May 2022:
glosses: A district of Shanghai, China.
Jingan
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: text: The central district of Jingan, home to nearly 1 million people and some of the city's flashiest malls, announced on Thursday it would no longer allow any residents out of their housing compounds, citing risks of large gatherings.[…]
"I no longer have strength to complain about the measures that change from day to night," one Jingan resident wrote on social media. "And this is not even a problem worth mentioning among the serious problems Shanghai is facing."
A video of a tense interaction between a resident of Jingan and a neighbourhood committee official was circulated widely on Chinese social media on Wednesday evening.
ref: 2022 April 21, Brenda Goh, Ella Cao, Marius Zaharia, “Shanghai people 'not free to fly' out of homes as COVID cases tick back up”, in Simon Cameron-Moore, editor, Reuters, archived from the original on 21 Apr 2022, China:
glosses: Alternative form of Jing'an.
gamsbart
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gamsbarts
Etymology: Borrowed from German Gamsbart.
Senses: glosses: A tuft of chamois or other hair traditionally worn as a decoration on hats in alpine Austria and Bavaria.
Minhang
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /mɪnhɑŋ/
ipa: /mɪnhæŋ/
enpr: mǐnʹhängʹ
Forms: form: Minhong
Etymology: From the Mandarin pronunciation of Chinese 閔行 /闵行 (Mǐnháng).
Senses: examples: text: Innovations and new construction of the last decade have brought about remarkable changes in Shanghai’s industrial outlook. A dozen industrial districts, such as Minhang, Woosung and Pengpu, which have been built up or extended, have done much to remedy the inadequacies and overconcentration of the past.
ref: 1964, Yu-ti (任育地) Jen, “The Middle and Lower Yangtze Region”, in 中国地理概述 [A Concise Geography of China], Peking: Foreign Languages Press, →OCLC, page 114:
english: A Concise Geography of China
translation: A Concise Geography of China
text: Unlike the crowds of poor and elderly who often braved repeated arrest to protest the evictions, the opponents of the maglev line have mostly been members of the city's new and fast-growing middle class who live along the proposed train route, in the city's Minhang district.
ref: 2007 August 8, Howard W. French, “Dream of high-speed rail may prove Shanghai politician's final nightmare”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 02 Sep 2023, Asia Pacific:
text: A resident of the Minhang district on Shanghai’s west side who asked to be identified only by her surname, Chen, said her household of five was given government food packages on March 30 and April 4. They included chicken, eggplant, carrots, broccoli and potatoes.
ref: 2022 April 7, Joe McDonald, “Shanghai wrestles with food shortages under virus shutdown”, in AP News, archived from the original on 07 Apr 2022:
text: The sprawling district of Minhang in central Shanghai has implemented new lockdown measures to detect and control COVID-19 transmission risks, the district government said on Thursday.
ref: 2022 June 8, “Shanghai's Minhang district announces new lockdown”, in Reuters, archived from the original on 09 Jun 2022, China:
glosses: A district of Shanghai, China.
Torresdale
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Originally spelt Torrisdale, a place name from Scotland.
Senses: glosses: A neighbourhood in north-east Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States.
wikipedia: Torrisdale
Dershowitz
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Dershowitzes
Senses: glosses: A surname.
mycophobia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From myco- (“fungus, mushroom”) + -phobia.
Senses: glosses: The fear of mushrooms or fungi.
Related terms: mycophobe
mycophobic
gestorne
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gestornes
Senses: examples: text: [25 APRIL 1513] Item of Isabell Longland the sam day above wretine a gestorne, pretio ijs. [f.30]
ref: 1513, record, in 1960, Henley-on-Thames (England), Henley Borough Records: Assembly Books I-iv, 1395-1543
text: A. John Kanke a gestorne. A. Robert Grenyer a byll. Ar. Thomas Saunder a bowe xij arrowes a payer splyntes and hors. Ar. Godfre Grene a gestorne a payer splyntes and salet. A. John Hyll a sword a gestorne and a salet.
ref: 1539, "Muster Roll, Staffordshire", in 1902, Staffordshire Record Society, Collections for a History of Staffordshire, page 319
glosses: Obsolete spelling of jazerant.
gestron
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gestrons
Senses: glosses: Obsolete spelling of jazerant.
gestrons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of gestron
mycophobic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more mycophobic
form: most mycophobic
Etymology: From myco- + -phobic.
Senses: examples: text: Not all European countries are as mycophobic as the English. In Italy, Poland, and much of Eastern Europe and Russia, mushrooms are an important part of the diet [...]
ref: 2002, Georges M. Halpern, Andrew P. Miller, Medicinal Mushrooms, page 10:
text: Mycophobic attitudes might fuel a moral panic that leads to their illegalisation, or prompt Albertus Magnus and John Gerard to issue stark warnings about the dangers of these 'new fangled meates'.
ref: 2020, Merlin Sheldrake, Entangled Life, page 231:
antonyms: fungiphilic
mycophilic
glosses: Having or relating to an aversion to mushrooms or fungi.
Related terms: fungophobia
mycophilia
mycophobe
mycophobia
jazarine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: For quotations using this term, see Citations:jazarine.
glosses: Alternative form of jazerant.
mycophilic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more mycophilic
form: most mycophilic
Etymology: From myco- + -philic.
Senses: examples: text: Mycophilic cultures were descendants of those who had worshipped mushrooms.
ref: 2020, Merlin Sheldrake, Entangled Life, page 231:
synonyms: fungiphilic
antonyms: mycophobic
glosses: Having or relating to mycophilia, the love of mushrooms or fungi.
topics: biology
mycology
natural-sciences
glosses: Commonly found in an interspecific relationship with another fungus.
raw_tags: of fungi
Related terms: fungiphile
fungophile
mycophile
mycophilia
diaperfur
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: diaperfurs
Etymology: From diaper + fur (“a furry, a member of the furry fandom”).
Senses: examples: text: i am a diaperfur and an adult baby
ref: 2012 April 26, @stagmont, Twitter:
text: Called someone out in a cub chat for taking pics of diapers in public at cons and showing them to non-cubs for a laugh. Apparently trying to stop someone from framing diaperfurs is frowned upon *shrug*
ref: 2019 April 23, @OtterPopsAB, Twitter:
text: I'm a diaperfur myself and I was so confused bc I forgot that whole thing happened and now that I remember it I wish I hadn't remembered it
ref: 2025 September 11, @catbell-comet.bsky.social, Bluesky:
topics: lifestyle
hypernyms: diaper lover
furry
glosses: A furry (member of the furry fandom) who has an interest in wearing diapers, occasionally roleplaying as a baby; a furry who is a diaper lover.
examples: text: His diaperfur artwork is on Nursery Tails. Unfortunately, some asshole wiped the server out with the new virus that's been making the rounds lately. Until I can rebuild the server, Nursery Tails will be offline.
ref: 2001 September 21, Unicorn, “FUR: Anyone know Mechlion's website?”, in fur.artwork.erotica (Usenet):
text: Why the fuck is it that every time I watch an artist on FA [Fur Affinity] they start drawing MLP art, which is usually porn. Or diaperfurs.
ref: 2013 November 28, @Korozjin, Twitter:
text: Cant wait to draw diaperfurs again after a two week vacations >,,w,,<
ref: 2023 April 17, @ion_kitten, Twitter:
topics: lifestyle
hypernyms: furry
fursona
glosses: A furry fictional character, usually older than a young child, who wear diapers.
examples: text: I love diaperfur!!!
ref: 2015 May 29, @mit72129406, Twitter:
text: Wow Louise calling me out like this when you yourself are into diaperfur
ref: 2017 November 27, @JC_136, Twitter:
text: lrt not all furries r into like, diaperfur or anything. i'm not particularly a furry, but i have fursonas and it's really just a cute little subculture for most people
ref: 2020 September 9, @missacaciamity, Twitter:
text: But some people, including the Penistone and Stocksbridge MP Miriam Cates, have raised concerns about her appearance due to the 'diaperfur' art – described as artwork involving furry creatures wearing nappies – she has made in the past.
ref: 2023 February 23, Robert Cumber, “Sophie Labelle Sheffield: Trans cartoonist who made 'diaperfur' art responds to MP’s concerns over event at library”, in The Star:
text: oh, thats insane sorry to hear that. i had my boyfriend find out i was into diaperfur stuff and abdl in general when one of his freinds found my twitter which was devoted to kink stuff, that was a fun week. but familys a different beast.
ref: 2025 March 6, @mugendra.bsky.social, Bluesky:
topics: lifestyle
hypernyms: ABDL
diaperism
glosses: Practices and activities involving furries and paraphilic infantilism, especially furries wearing diapers and engaging in diaperplay; artwork of furries in diapers (diaperstuff); ABDL activities in the context of the furry fandom.
Related terms: babyfur
cubfur
kidfur
littlefur
toddlerfur
Courthope
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Courthopes
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Courthopes
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Courthope
batchy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: batchies
Etymology: From bachelor + -y.
Senses: examples: text: Well, they argue until in the end Brackley find himself holding on to Teena suitcase and they on the way to the little batchy he have in Golders Green at the time.
ref: 1957, Sam Selvon, “Brackley and the Bed”, in Victor J. Ramraj, editor, An Anthology of World Writing in English, Peterborough: Broadview Press, published 1995, pages 374–375:
synonyms: bachelor apartment
studio apartment
glosses: An apartment consisting mainly of one large room which is the living room, dining room, and bedroom combined.
examples: text: For the batchies, Dr. Gieseler was on the firing line, but he weakened toward the end, after having his opponents at his mercy, and let the married men clout the ball all over the lot.
ref: 1912, H. F. Harrington, T. T. Frankenberg, Essentials in Journalism, Boston: Ginn, page 240:
glosses: An unmarried man, a bachelor; a roommate who is a fellow bachelor.
batchy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: batchies
Etymology: From batch + -y.
Senses: glosses: A baker.
batchies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of batchy
cervellieres
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cervelliere
cerveliere
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cervelieres
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of cervelliere.
cervelieres
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cerveliere
cervelière
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cervelières
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of cervelliere.
cervelières
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cervelière
tassette
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tassettes
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of tasset (“tasse”).
tassettes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tassette
faudes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of faulds.
Changning
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /(ˈ)t͡ʃɑŋˈnɪŋ/
ipa: /(ˈ)t͡ʃæŋˈnɪŋ/
enpr: chängʹnǐngʹ
Forms: form: Ch'ang-ning
Etymology: The atonal pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 長寧 /长宁 (Chángníng, literally “Long Pacified”).
Senses: examples: text: With the help of these repressive forces, Chang Ch’un-ch’iao’s regime managed to weld some unity in the administration. The Shanghai Revolutionary Committee was little more than a name, for it lacked mass support and roots in the districts and suburbs of the municipal areas. To remedy this, the formation of local Revolutionary Committees was given top priority. By the time I left in April, two key districts had set up such committees — the downtown area of Whangpoo and the western district of Changning.
Opposition was still strong in the city. In Changning District, where I lived, it took weeks of argument and compromise to get a workable committee set up.
ref: 1969, Neale Hunter, “The New Dispensation”, in Shanghai Journal: An Eyewitness Account of the Cultural Revolution, New York; Washington; London: Frederick A. Praeger, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 272:
text: In an early 20th-century shikumen (stone gate) house on Lane 1376 Yuyuan Road is the Changning District Revolutionary Historical Relic Exhibition Hall and Editorial Offices of the Bolshevik ③ (Changning Qu Geming Wen Wu Chen Lie Guan: Mon-Fri, 9am-5pm; free).
ref: 2005, Shanghai (Insight Guides), Apa Publishers, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 189:
text: By early afternoon, 11 out of the approximately 20 people buried in the collapse had been pulled from the rubble. Their conditions were not immediately known.
The building is in the Changning district of China’s financial hub.
ref: 2019 May 16, “At least 9 trapped in Shanghai building collapse”, in AP News, archived from the original on 13 Jun 2022:
text: Reached by phone, a staff member of the labor protection department of Shanghai’s Changning district said officials were investigating the case but could not release any detail at this stage.
ref: 2021 January 5, Eva Dou, “China’s tech firms draw fire for brutal working hours after Pinduoduo employee’s death”, in The Washington Post, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 05 Jan 2021, Asia & Pacific:
glosses: A district of Shanghai, China.
Putuo
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /putwoʊ/
Forms: form: P'u-t'uo
Etymology: The atonal pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 普陀 (Pǔtuó), a clipped transcription of Sanskrit पोतलक (Potalaka, literally “Brilliance”), the name of the palace of the god or bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara (known in China as the goddess or bodhisattva Guanyin) in the influential Flower Garland Sutra. The island in Zhejiang has been a center of Buddhist pilgrimage related to the worship of Guanyin since at least the Tang dynasty.
Senses: glosses: An island of Zhoushan, Zhejiang, China.
examples: text: The typhoon landed in the Putuo district of the city of Zhoushan, a major port in the east coast province of Zhejiang, at 12:30 p.m. (0430 GMT) on Sunday, state broadcaster CCTV said, citing the China Meteorological Administration.
ref: 2021 July 25, Dominique Patton, Sophie Yu, “East China braces for typhoon In-fa after flooding in country's centre”, in Christian Schmollinger, editor, Reuters, archived from the original on 25 Jul 2021, China:
glosses: A district of Zhoushan, Zhejiang, China.
examples: text: Satisfied, she poked at scraps of wood glowing in the small stove holding the wok, which stood on a pile of rubble outside her door in the slums of this city's Putuo District.[…]
Altogether, about 15,000 people live along with Mrs. Zhi in the Putuo slums, a raged swath of land on the northwestern edges of the city crowded with ramshackle miniature houses that were thrown up helter-skelter in the 1930's and 40's.
ref: 1987 January 5, Edward A. Gargan, “SHANGHAI JOURNAL; ERASING THE SLUMS? THE 64-SQUARE-FOOT QUESTION”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 06 Jul 2009, World:
text: At one apartment complex in Shanghai’s Putuo district, residents fiercely protested after the residential committee put a U-lock on the door to their building on April 16.
ref: 2022 April 29, Huizhong Wu, Chen Si, “EXPLAINER: How China is using metal barriers to fight COVID”, in AP News, archived from the original on 30 Apr 2022:
glosses: A district of Shanghai, China.
Related terms: Potala
everything happens for a reason
Language: English
Part of speech: proverb
Senses: examples: text: I also believe that everything happens for a reason, so as the tears and self-pity subsided, I knew that there must be another way in which my newfound knowledge and Punch's sparkling desire to perform could be utilized.
ref: 1978, Donald Myrus, Dog Catalog, page 251:
text: Okay, everything happens for a reason. All is for the good. Only fear G-d. All the Chassidic dictums about life were racing through my mind.
ref: 1996, Tzvi Jacobs, Truths Revealed: Modern Day Stories of Faith & Miracles, page 10:
text: As she put it, “I keep telling myself,'everything HAPPENS for a reason. 'So, I mean I think everything happens for a reason, and hopefully something positive will come out of it.
ref: 1998, Pamela Judith Aronson, Coming of Age in the 1990s: Women's Identities, Life Paths,, and Attitudes Towards Feminism, page 92:
text: Louise Wilson notes that everything happens for a reason. She believes the adversity she has faced in her life only serves to make her stronger.
ref: 2003, Tom Mould, Choctaw Prophecy: A Legacy for the Future, page 161:
text: Everything happens for a reason. I don't think I would be alive if I did not have that hope.
ref: 2005, Charles Edward Jones, Daniel Ledwith, Finding Freedom in Forgiveness, page 136:
text: At that moment this incredible feeling of peace came over me, and I was filled with a belief that everything happens for a reason. I realized that I lost my job for a reason, and I needed to trust that everything would work out.
ref: 2006, Jon Gordon, The 10-minute Energy Solution: A Proven Plan to Increase Your Energy, Reduce Your Stress, and Transform Your Life, page 193:
text: I also remember when you told us all that your mother would say “Everything happens for a reason” from time to time when you were a girl and that helped with the choice that was made on behalf of the firm.
ref: 2019, Jacqueline Harvey, Everything Happens for a Reason, page 412:
text: I also believe that everything happens for a reason, so as the tears and self-pity subsided, I knew that there must be another way in which my newfound knowledge and Punch's sparkling desire to perform could be utilized.
ref: 1978, Donald Myrus, Dog Catalog, page 251:
glosses: Used for consolation, possibly self-consolation, after someone has experienced something unfavorable or unpleasant, and hence an encouragement to make the best of the situation.
Yangpu
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /jɑŋpu/
ipa: /jæŋpu/
enpr: yängʹpo͞oʹ
Forms: form: Yang-p'u
form: Yangpoo
Etymology: From the Mandarin pronunciation of Chinese 楊浦 /杨浦 (Yángpǔ, literally “Poplar Bank”), a 1950 clipping of earlier 楊樹浦 /杨树浦 (Yángshùpǔ, literally “Poplar Tree Bank”), after the name of a creek that formerly ran through the area beside present-day Lanzhou Rd.
Senses: examples: text: Shanghai has built steelworks, chemical plants, and factories for machine tools. The one I visited in Yangpu, with 5,200 workers, manufactures about forty different types of machines; the factory is proudest of its grinding machines, some of which attain very great precision.
ref: 1966 April 7, Robert Guillain, “Shanghai's Repentant Capitalists”, in The Reporter, volume 34, number 7, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 38, column 3:
text: The actual turnover of leading cadres in district committees was not as sweeping as it was at the highest level of municipal government. For example, Chang Ching-piao, the First Secretary of the Yangpu District Party Committee, after undergoing mass criticism and reform became the chairman of the Yangpu District Revolutionary Committee.
ref: 1973, Victor Nee, “Revolution and Bureaucracy: Shanghai in the Cultural Revolution”, in China's Uninterrupted Revolution: From 1840 to the Present, 1st edition, New York: Pantheon Books, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 365:
text: Now they, along with their 20-month-old daughter, Anna, rent a warehouse in the Wu Wei Creative Park, a government-owned space in the northern district of Yangpu.
ref: 2014 May 1, Casey Hall, “In Shanghai, a Warehouse Becomes a Home”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 29 Apr 2015, Great Homes & Destinations:
glosses: A district of Shanghai, China.
Synonyms: word: Yangshupu
word: Yangtzepoo
word: Yangtszepoo
Cornwells Heights
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: The railroad station was originally named Cornwells, giving its name to the community, the Heights affix coming later. It is unclear whether it came from the Cornwell surname.
Senses: glosses: A census-designated place in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, United States.
Fitt
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Fitts
Etymology: From Middle English fit (“proper, suited”), a nickname for a polite and amiable person.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Middle English.
Costie
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Costies
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Costies
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Costie
Rexroth
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Rexroths
Etymology: Borrowed from German Rexroth.
Senses: glosses: A surname from German.
Qingpu
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /t͡ʃɪŋpu/
Forms: form: Ching-pu
form: Tsingpu
Etymology: The atonal Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 青浦 (Qīngpǔ, literally “Verdant Bank”), a 1542 combination of the name of 青龍 /青龙 (Qīnglóng), the principal local town at the time, and 浦 (pǔ, literally “riverbank”) after the many streams flowing into the Wusong River (now Suzhou Creek) in the area.
Senses: examples: text: The result has been that in response to a petition from the people of Chingpu, forwarded by the Shanghai Taotai, in whose jurisdiction the district lies, Viceroy Chou Fu, of Nanking, has informed the Waiwupu as to how matters are, with the request that, as Chingpu is not a Treaty port, nor a dependency of Shanghai district, the Waiwupu should communicate with the British and American Ministers in Peking and ask them to stop all further encroachments into Chingpu district.
ref: [1905 June 16, “The Proposed Municipal Read to the Hills.”, in North-China Herald, volume LXXV, number 1975, Shanghai, →OCLC, page 587, column 2:
text: Although most of the new commuter towns are "characterless," according to Sun Jiwei, the local government's vice district chief in the Qingpu district, Zhujiajiao New Town, where Cambridge Watertown is situated, is an exception.
ref: 2006 April 20, Elaine Louie, “China 's New Home Life”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 28 Oct 2006, Style:
glosses: A district of Shanghai, China.
Fengxian
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /fɛŋʃiən/
enpr: fǔngʹshyěnʹ
Forms: form: Feng-hsien
form: Fenghsien
form: Fengsien
Etymology: The atonal Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 奉賢 /奉贤 (Fèngxián, literally “offer to the worthy”), a 1726 modification of the earlier name 齊賢 /齐贤 (Qíxián, literally “equal to the worthy”).
Senses: examples: text: At Fengsien, 45 kilometres due south of Shanghai, a Japanese force attacked a band of 400 guerillas at 4 a.m. on August 13, putting them to flight.
ref: 1938 August 24 [1938 August 21], “Japanese Round Up Guerillas^([sic])”, in North-China Herald and Supreme Court & Consular Gazette, volume CCVIII, number 3707, Shanghai, →OCLC, page 316, column 4:
text: He found a Rev. Dr. Arthur Cannon at an address on the Shanghai road near to Fengsien.
ref: [1987, Ronald Hardy, “Escape”, in The Wings of the Wind (Fiction), New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 34:
text: At the Shanghai Fengxian District Huangpu River Flood Prevention Center, which was seeking an accountant, a man who answered the phone said: “We have female employees. We do not discriminate against women. But we want to hire more men, because this work includes night shifts. Women might be frightened to be alone in the building at night.”
ref: 2014 September 26, Didi Kirsten Tatlow, Slyvia Zhang, “For Shanghai Jobs, Only ‘Normal Size’ Need Apply”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 19 Mar 2023:
glosses: A district of Shanghai, China.
Circle City
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: text: Herschel Ringold joined his son-in-law Moses Cohen in the scarp business a year after Moses opened his yard, but he left part of his family in Indianapolis. Herschel’s son Samuel remained in the Circle City in order to finish his schooling.
ref: 1913, “Jews in Muncie”, in Indiana Magazine of History, volumes 80–81, Indiana University, page 135:
text: With its selection as Indiana’s capital in 1821, Indianapolis was destined to become a major Midwestern hub. Through the decades that followed, the Circle City led Indiana into its golden age, when the state was one of the largest industrial and agricultural producers in the nation.
ref: 2005 October 24, Jeffrey Tenuth, Indianapolis: A Circle City History, Arcadia, →ISBN, page back cover:
glosses: The city of Indianapolis, Indiana, United States.
glosses: The city of Corona, California, United States.
glosses: The city of Dothan, Alabama, United States.
glosses: The city of Pittsboro, North Carolina, United States.
unslice
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: unslices
form: unslicing
form: unsliced
form: unsliced
Etymology: From un- + slice.
Senses: examples: text: While unshowering, driving in reverse, or unslicing a loaf of bread, all thoughts would proceed backward as well, so nobody would even know the difference between the strange events taking place and normal life.
ref: 2013, Paul G. Halpern, The Cyclical Serpent: Prospects for an Ever-Repeating Universe, page 235:
text: If only sliced bread is available, you buy it, and it is both superfluous and impossible to try to unslice it; so you end up eating it, and enjoying the convenience.
ref: 2017, John Theobald, The Media and the Making of History:
glosses: To undo the process of slicing.
unslices
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of unslice
unslicing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of unslice
FYSA
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Senses: topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: Initialism of for your situational awareness.
Related terms: FYI
Mulciberian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Mulciberian
form: most Mulciberian
Etymology: From Latin Mulciber (“an epithet of Vulcan, the Roman god of blacksmithing”) + -ian.
Senses: examples: text: and, like the Mulciberian bellows, roared loudly the huge sea-coal fire
ref: 1832 November 10, Edgar Allan Poe, “A Decided Loss”, in Saturday Courier, volume II, number 35, Philadelphia:
text: Yon black clouds are the fume / Of that great crucible, in which, with torturing fire, / The Mulciberian artist, practice-taught, / Transmutes, with skill ne'er known to th' alchemist, / Each sordid metal into price of gold.
ref: 1837, John Holland, The Tour of the Don, page 282:
text: What powerful Mulciberian fellows they must be, those Goldbeaters, whacking and thumping with huge mallets at the precious metals all day.
ref: 1847, William Makepeace Thackeray, The Curates' Walk:
synonyms: Vulcanian
glosses: Pertaining to metalworking.
paraductal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From para- + ductal.
Senses: glosses: Above or over a duct
multangle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: multangles
Etymology: From Latin multangulus.
Senses: topics: geometry
mathematics
sciences
glosses: A polygon.
Related terms: multangled
multangular
multiplee
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: multiplees
Etymology: From multiply + -ee.
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: A partial product, i.e., the result of one step of a full multiplication algorithm.
topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: A multiple.
hunbot
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hunbots
Etymology: From hun + -bot, from the affectionate use of the word "hun" (from honey) and the resemblance to a spambot.
Senses: examples: text: Throughout the past year, the anti-MLM group on Reddit has been documenting what it refers to as the efforts by the “hunbots” to “infiltrate” TikTok.
ref: 2020 December 18, Kaitlyn Tiffany, “The Internet Is Starting to Turn on MLMs”, in The Atlantic:
text: I am so frustrated to see an MLM at the same market as women owned businesses that have built their shit up from the ground up, not with a $99 starter kit.[…] #antimlm #pyramidscheme #hunbot #mlm #mlmfail
ref: 2019 November 29, Alley Pascoe, quoting Instagram user “jiniandtonic”, “5 Women Reveal The Moment They Realised They Were In A Pyramid Scheme”, in Marie Claire:
text: Junior non-traditional student Allie London said “hunbots” frequently take advantage of vulnerable women by convincing them to join the MLMs they work for.
ref: 2021 October 11, Paige Nicewaner, “Nicewaner: Hey, girly: Exploring the hidden world of the multi-level marketing industry”, in The Standard: Missouri State University:
glosses: One who uses false endearments in pursuit of online sales or MLM (multi-level marketing).
Related terms: MLM
pyramid scheme
nerd-snipe
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: nerd-snipes
form: nerd-sniping
form: nerd-sniped
form: nerd-sniped
form: nerd snipe
form: nerdsnipe
Etymology: From nerd + snipe. Coined by American cartoonist, author and engineer Randall Munroe in 2007 in his webcomic xkcd.
Senses: examples: text: […]I am looking forward to revising this chapter when better tooling becomes available (or I get nerd-sniped into writing it).
ref: 2022, Luca Palmieri, Zero to Production In Rust: An introduction to backend development in Rust, →ISBN, page 330:
glosses: To present someone with a very interesting problem to solve, distracting them from whatever they were doing previously.
wikipedia: xkcd
Related terms: nerd-sniper
nerd snipe
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: nerd snipes
form: nerd sniping
form: nerd sniped
form: nerd sniped
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of nerd-snipe.
taco-benders
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of taco-bender
spaghetti bender
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: spaghetti benders
Senses: glosses: An Italian American.
Related terms: bagel bender
taco-bender
spaghetti benders
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of spaghetti bender
chuke
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: chukes
Senses: examples: text: What have you done to find those chukes who roughed up Bam Stegner? Nothin'.
ref: 2015, Meryl Sawyer, The Hideaway:
glosses: Clipping of pachuco (“Mexican American, especially juvenile delinquent”).
chukes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of chuke
Dershowitzes
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Dershowitz
Fitts
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Fitt
Rexroths
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Rexroth
Hungerfords
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Hungerford
Zaccone
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Zaccones
Etymology: Borrowed from Italian Zaccone.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Italian.
outwring
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: outwrings
form: outwringing
form: outwrung
form: outwrung
Etymology: From out- + wring.
Senses: examples: text: The husband's tears are big and hot, / E'en from his heart outwrung; / The pearls of sorrow on his cheek / In anguish'd rays are strung
ref: 1839, Joseph Philip Robson, Poetic Gatherings: or, Stray Leaves from my portfolio, page 54:
glosses: To wring out.
outwrung
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of outwring
outwrings
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of outwring
outwringing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of outwring
Zelaznys
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Zelazny
Zaccones
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Zaccone
Bonaventures
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Bonaventure
outweave
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: outweaves
form: outweaving
form: outwove
form: outwoven
Etymology: From out- + weave.
Senses: glosses: To surpass in weaving; to weave more or better than.
outweaving
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of outweave
outwove
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past of outweave
outwoven
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: past participle of outweave
outweaves
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of outweave
Beitz
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Beitzes
Etymology: Borrowed from German Beitz.
Senses: glosses: A surname from German.
Beitzes
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Beitz
outwittal
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From outwit + -al.
Senses: glosses: The act of outwitting somebody.
Faustianly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more Faustianly
form: most Faustianly
Etymology: From Faustian + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a Faustian manner.
Faustianness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Faustian + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The quality of being Faustian.
outvoyage
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: outvoyages
form: outvoyaging
form: outvoyaged
form: outvoyaged
Etymology: From out- + voyage.
Senses: glosses: To voyage further or longer than.
outvoyaged
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of outvoyage
outvoyages
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of outvoyage
outvoyaging
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of outvoyage
Bacilio
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Bacilios
Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish Bacilio. This surname is predominantly found in Mexico and Peru.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Spanish.
Bacilios
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Bacilio
Arnses
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Arns
Tiulana
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Tiulanas
Etymology: From an Alaskan indigenous language.
Senses: glosses: A surname.
competitive market
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: competitive markets
Senses: topics: economics
sciences
glosses: A market in which no single firm can influence the price of a good or service due to the competitive nature of other firms in the market.
Related terms: perfect competition
Van Maanen
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Van Maanens
Etymology: Borrowed from Dutch van Maanen.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Dutch.
competitive tendering
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: competitive tenderings
Senses: glosses: A process in which the public sector requires private firms to bid for contracts or projects in order to provide goods or services to the public.
Veracruzes
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Veracruz
Van Maanens
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Van Maanen
Tiulanas
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Tiulana
composite demand
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: economics
sciences
glosses: The demand for a good that has multiple uses and can satisfy different kinds of consumer wants.
consumer surplus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: economics
sciences
glosses: The satisfaction that a consumer gets from the price they paid compared to what they were willing to pay over and above the current price, i.e. the difference between what they paid and what they were willing to pay.
outspurt
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: outspurts
form: outspurting
form: outspurted
form: outspurted
Etymology: From out- + spurt.
Senses: glosses: To spurt outward.
outspurt
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: outspurts
Etymology: From out- + spurt.
Senses: glosses: A spurting outward.
outspurted
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of outspurt
outspurts
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of outspurt
outspurts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of outspurt
outspurting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of outspurt
braconnieres
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of braconniere
Schachtman
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Schachtmans
Etymology: Variant of German Schachtmann, a Jewish Ashkenazi surname.
Senses: glosses: A surname from German.
Varietyese
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From variety + -ese.
Senses: synonyms: Varietyspeak
coordinate_terms: Billboardese
glosses: The idiosyncratic language used by Variety magazine.
Varietyspeak
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From variety + -speak.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Varietyese.
synonyms: word: Varietyese
Umbaugh
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Umbaughs
Etymology: Americanized spelling of German Umbach.
Senses: glosses: A surname from German.
Ovaherero
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The Herero people of Africa.
Updegrove
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Updegroves
Etymology: Altered spelling of Dutch Updegraff.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Dutch.
ovalescent
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more ovalescent
form: most ovalescent
Etymology: From oval + -escent.
Senses: glosses: Approaching an oval shape.
Updegroves
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Updegrove
Umbaughs
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Umbaugh
Schachtmans
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Schachtman
Utech
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Utechs
Etymology: Borrowed from German Utech.
Senses: glosses: A surname from German.
Widley
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A rural locality in Southwick and Widley parish, City of Winchester district, Hampshire, England (OS grid ref SU6506).
glosses: A suburban area in Havant borough, Hampshire, adjoining Winchester district (OS grid ref SU6707).
Treen
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Treens
form: Treon
Etymology: Anglicized form of Cornish Tredhin, a placename composed of the elements tre (“settlement”) and dyn (“fort”).
Senses: glosses: A village in St Levan parish, Cornwall, England (OS grid ref SW3923).
glosses: A hamlet in Zennor parish, Cornwall, England (OS grid ref SW4337).
glosses: A habitational surname from Cornish.
Treens
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Treen
country sausage
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: country sausages
Senses: glosses: Synonym of breakfast sausage.
synonyms: word: breakfast sausage
Utechs
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Utech
country sausages
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of country sausage
breakfast sausage
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: breakfast sausages
Senses: synonyms: country sausage
glosses: A kind of seasoned pork sausage, sometimes formed into patties, usually served at breakfast in the United States.
breakfast sausages
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of breakfast sausage
conclamatio
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A communal wailing at a funeral.
ovoflavin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ovoflavins
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: riboflavin
ovoflavins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ovoflavin