cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
ifs and ans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From the old rhyme "if 'ifs' and 'ans' were pots and pans, there'd be no work for tinkers" (and variations). Compare if wishes were horses, beggars would ride. See an in archaic sense meaning "if".
Senses: examples: text: Away with these ifs and ans, Hans, and these et caeteraes, by mine honor Rowland Lacy none but the king shall wrong thee: […]
ref: c. 1599, Thomas Dekker, The Shoemaker's Holiday:
text: "Oh!" quoth the Emperor, "Oh, excellent oats! . . . you feed your horses upon ifs and ans. The man that invented ifs and ans certainly made gold of chopped straw! […]
ref: 1865, The Musical World, page 46:
text: And yet such is the constitution of the human golfing soul that it not only fails to achieve it, but invents for itself multiform and manifold ifs and ans for not achieving it— […]
ref: 1912, Percy Adolphus Vaile, The Soul of Golf:
glosses: hypotheticals; counterfactuals; things that one only wishes were the case
Related terms: if ifs and ans were pots and pans, there'd be no work for tinkers' hands
ifs and buts
ifs, ands, or buts
gradualize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: gradualizes
form: gradualizing
form: gradualized
form: gradualized
Etymology: From gradual + -ize.
Senses: glosses: To make gradual, or introduce gradually.
gradualized
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of gradualize
gradualizing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of gradualize
gradualizes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of gradualize
wolves in sheep's clothing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of wolf in sheep's clothing
H-space
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: H-spaces
Etymology: The H was suggested by Jean-Pierre Serre in recognition of the influence exerted on the subject by Heinz Hopf.
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
topology
glosses: A topological space X (generally assumed to be connected) together with a continuous map μ : X × X → X with an identity element e such that μ(e, x) = μ(x, e) = x for all x in X.
H-spaces
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of H-space
susurring
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Making a whispering sound.
Derived terms: susurringly
susurring
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: susurrings
Senses: glosses: A whispering sound.
susurrings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of susurring
purity spiral
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: purity spirals
Etymology: Used by sociologists Bradley Campbell and Jason Manning.
Senses: examples: text: [T]he American right has been caught in a purity spiral — a form of vicious circle in which successive elites compete among each other over who is the “true conservative.”
ref: 2016, Matthew Sheffield, Rise of the alt-right: How mainstream conservatives' obsession with purity fueled a new right-wing radicalism:
text: This institutional slant has become most pronounced in universities, which have for several years gone through a 'purity spiral' as conservatives left the field, culminating in a sort of collective meltdown in the mid-2010s.
ref: 2020, Ed West, Small Men on the Wrong Side of History:
text: Many of TST's critics did frame the issue in terms of purity and contamination. In a debate on Facebook, one critic responded to Greaves's essay on purity spirals, "There's an old saying I like 'If there's a Nazi sitting at the table and 10 other people sitting there talking to him, you got a table with 11 nazis.'"
ref: 2020, Joseph P. Laycock, Speak of the Devil, page 74:
glosses: The situation in which members of an ideological group become increasingly zealous and intolerant, eventually turning on other members.
Related terms: eat one's own
infighting
purity spirals
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of purity spiral
equiconvergence
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From equi- + convergence.
Senses: glosses: The property of being equiconvergent.
equisummability
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From equi- + summability.
Senses: glosses: The property of being equisummable.
equiboundedness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From equibounded + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The property of being equibounded.
equiconvergent
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From equi- + convergent.
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: Of two series: such that the sum of all the terms in both series is convergent to zero.
Related terms: equiconvergence
equisummable
equicontinuously
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From equicontinuous + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In an equicontinuous manner.
Charlie Chaplin moustache
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Charlie Chaplin moustaches
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of Charlie Chaplin mustache.
Hitler moustache
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Hitler moustaches
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of Hitler mustache.
horseshoe moustache
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈhɔːs.ʃuː məsˈtɑːʃ/
ipa: /ˈhɔːɹs.ʃuː ˈmʌstæʃ/
Forms: form: horseshoe moustaches
form: horseshoe mustache
Senses: examples: text: They stood atop the rock with hand-held hammers and they beat the bit of the drills into the rock and it dulled their tools and the blacksmith set up station nearby, a man with sorrowful steel eyes and a sad horseshoe moustache, forging and heat-treating and resharpening.
ref: 2013, Paul Lynch, Red Sky in Morning, →ISBN, page 151:
glosses: A moustache covering the lip and having vertical extensions reaching down from the corners of the lips to the jawline, resembling an upside-down U or a horseshoe.
Zapata moustache
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Zapata moustaches
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of Zapata mustache.
ahnvelope
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ahnvelopes
Senses: glosses: Pronunciation spelling of envelope, representing the pronunciation with /ɑ/.
ahnvelopes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ahnvelope
on someone's tail
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Senses: examples: text: The police were on his tail for half an hour.
text: He was on my tail for the whole event, and he kept asking me about the food.
glosses: Following someone closely.
SLAM trap
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: SLAM traps
Senses: topics: biology
entomology
natural-sciences
glosses: Acronym of sea, land, and air Malaise trap
resatisfaction
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From re- + satisfaction.
Senses: glosses: The act of satisfying again.
Range of Light
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: The Sierra Nevada mountain range in California and Nevada, USA.
FER
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: biology
genetics
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
glosses: A gene responsible for encoding proto-oncogene tyrosine-protein kinase FER.
Cromford
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A village and civil parish in Derbyshire Dales district, Derbyshire, England (OS grid ref SK2956).
Lindros
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Lindroses
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Gretzky
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Gretzkys
form: Gretzkies
Etymology: From Belarusian Грэцкі (Hrecki).
Senses: glosses: A surname from Belarusian.
Gretzky
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Gretzkys
form: Gretzkies
Etymology: From Belarusian Грэцкі (Hrecki).
Senses: examples: text: Fantasy camp is where would-be Gretzkies can skate with members of professional teams.
topics: hobbies
ice-hockey
lifestyle
skating
sports
glosses: Ellipsis of Wayne Gretzky.
fossil damascus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Damascus steel created from scrap damascus pieces.
Andretti
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Andrettis
Etymology: From Italian Andretti.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Italian.
Derived terms: Mario Andretti
Andretti
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Andrettis
Etymology: From Italian Andretti.
Senses: topics: automotive
hobbies
lifestyle
motor-racing
racing
sports
transport
vehicles
glosses: Ellipsis of Mario Andretti (“(a) a street racer; (b) a U.S. racecar pilot outside of the U.S.”).
Dua's layer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Dua's layers
Etymology: Dua+layer. From Harminder Singh Dua, lead researcher of the group at the University of Nottingham which discovered this layer in 2013.
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: A layer of the cornea, between the corneal stroma and the Descemet's membrane, composed primarily of collagen.
Synonyms: DL
pre-Descemet's layer
PDL
saguaro fruit
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: saguaro fruits
Senses: glosses: The fruit of the saguaro cactus, Carnegiea gigantea
saguaro fruits
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of saguaro fruit
Descemet
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Descemets
Etymology: From French Descemet.
Senses: glosses: A surname from French.
Derived terms: Descemet's membrane
DM
Descemet's stripping endothelial keratoplasty
DSEK
Descemet stripping automated endothelial keratoplasty
DSAEK
pre-Descemet's endothelial keratoplasty
PDEK
pre-Descemet's layer
PDL
Nadjibullah
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Nadjibulla
form: Najibullah
form: Najibulla
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Sherrilynn
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Sherrilynns
form: Sherilynn
form: Sherrilyn
form: Sherilyn
form: Sheri Lyn
form: Sherri Lyn
form: Sheri Lynn
form: Sherri Lynn
form: Sheri-Lyn
form: Sherri-Lyn
form: Sheri-Lynn
form: Sherri-Lynn
Etymology: From Sherry + Lynn.
Senses: glosses: A female given name.
Chinese Turkestan
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Chinese Turkistan
Senses: examples: text: Greek and Chinese traders met on the great "Silk Route", which passed this way, while Buddhist missionaries, Arab dealers, the great Venetian, Marco Polo, followed by other European travellers in mediæval times, had all to tarry in the oases of Chinese Turkestan on their long journeys across the continent.
ref: 1884, A. H. Keane, editor, The Earth and Its Inhabitants: East Asia: Chinese Empire, Corea, and Japan, New York: D. Appleton and Company, pages 58–59:
text: It was midsummer when the three travellers I entered that strange town which is the capital of Chinese Turkestan. The Turki calls it Urumchi, but the Chinese have named it Tihwafu, though they familiarly refer to it as "Red Temple."
ref: 1935, Mildred Cable, Francesca French, The Making of a Pioneer, Hodder & Stoughton, page 105:
text: The horses in these paintings were gifts presented to Emperor Chien Lung (1736-1796) of the Ching Dynasty (1644-1911) by chieftains from Chinese Turkestan where the uprisings of Western Mongols and Moslems in 1750's had just been suppressed. Chien Lung cherished those horses so much that he ordered his court painter, Castiglione, to portray them on silk.
ref: 1973 October 28, “Paintings featured on stamps”, in Free China Weekly, volume XIV, number 42, Taipei, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 4, column 1:
text: By 1698 Tzevan-Ravdan had solidified his mastery over the Zunghar Khanate. In 1697 he had quickly moved his forces into Galdan's former domains in Chinese Turkestan to achieve domination there, too.
ref: 1993, Fred W. Bergholz, The Partition of the Steppe, Peter Lang, page 295:
glosses: Xinjiang.
Khwarazmshahs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Khwarazmshah
Shang-ch'iu
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Mandarin 商丘 /商邱 (Shāngqiū), Wade–Giles romanization: Shang¹-chʻiu¹.
Senses: examples: text: A certain lady, a member of a wealthy family of Shang-ch'iu, had been left a fine property by her late husband.
ref: 1961, Cyril Birch, Chinese Myths and Fantasies, New York: Henry Z. Walck, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 75:
text: Wang Kuo-wei 王國維, however, has convincingly demonstrated that Shang was located in eastern Honan, near the present city Shang-chʹiu 商丘.¹¹ Wangʹs view is widely accepted by modern historians.¹²
ref: 1980, Kwang-chih Chang, “Prolegomena: Five Doors to Shang”, in Shang Civilization, Yale University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 5:
text: In the winter of 633 BC Chʻu had besieged Shang-chʻiu, the capital of Sung, then an ally of Chin, and in the following spring Duke Wen led a large force to drive off the attackers.
ref: 1981, Arthur Cotterell, The First Emperor of China: The Greatest Archeological Find of Our Time, Holt, Rinehart and Winston, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, pages 93–94:
glosses: Alternative form of Shangqiu.
wikipedia: Encyclopædia Britannica
RAST
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: RASTs
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Acronym of radioallergosorbent test.
T'ao-ch'eng
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Mandarin 陶城 (Táochéng), Wade–Giles romanization: Tʻao²-chʻeng².
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Taocheng.
wikipedia: Army Map Service
Hsing-yang
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Mandarin 滎陽 /荥阳 (Xíngyáng) Wade–Giles romanization: Hsing²-yang².
Senses: examples: text: These passages refer, of course, to the rebellion of An Lu-shan. General Ku Shu defended the Han-ku Pass, which is an older name for Tun Kuan. By the twin imperial cities the poet very probably means Hsing-yang and Chang-an, unless he means the latter and city of Lo-yang.
ref: 1922, Shigeyoshi Obata, transl., Li Po, the Chinese Poet, →OCLC, page 180:
text: On August 11, the paper gave front-page coverage to Mao Tse-tung's inspection tour in Honan, where he had lavishly praised the performance of a "commune" there. "As long as we have a commune like this, there will be more communes," Mao was quoted . (The commune at Hsing-yang in Honan was one of the Communists' major experiments. What was done there was reported and popularized extensively, not only to inspire the nation but also to demonstrate it as a "model" to be followed.) Two days later, Mao was in Shantung and the paper headlined Mao's statement: "We should do well with communes. The advantage: to unite workers, peasants, merchants, intellectuals, and soldiers. Such a system will facilitate political guidance." By the middle of August, when the Politboro was reportedly meeting at Pai Tai Ho, stories suddenly mushroomed in Jen Min Jih Pao. There was a long article about a commune in Hsing-yang, Honan (August 18), another about one in Sinkiang (August 16), Chekiang (August 18), and Tientsin (August 19).
ref: 1964, Frederick T. C. Yu, Mass Persuasion in Communist China, Frederick A. Praeger, →LCCN, →OCLC, pages 98–99:
text: Liu Pang's general Han Hsin won the strategic city of Hsing-yang for him, but Hsiang-Yü put Liu Pang under siege there.
ref: 2001, Alfred S. Bradford, With Arrow, Sword, and Spear: A History of Warfare in the Ancient World, Praeger, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 145:
text: The recently discovered citadel at Ta-shih-ku in Hsing-yang, which was probably intended to project Hsia power at the limits of its domain, no doubt falls into this category of forward defenses.
ref: 2011, Ralph D. Sawyer, Ancient Chinese Warfare, Basic Books, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 77:
glosses: Alternative form of Xingyang.
wikipedia: Defense Mapping Agency
kilah
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: kilahs
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of keleh (“unit of volume”)
Ta-ch'ing
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Mandarin 大慶 /大庆 (Dàqìng) Wade–Giles romanization: Ta⁴-chʻing⁴.
Senses: examples: text: Four years earlier Mao had declared this area a model of self-sufficiency, saying, "In industry learn from Ta-ch'ing."
ref: 1977, Roxane Witke, Comrade Chiang Chʻing, Little, Brown and Company, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 350:
text: From the point of view of Japanese refineries and oil importers, the shorter distance to low-sulphur Chinese oil from Ta-ch'ing as an alternative to Indonesian oil appeared especially attractive, although the high wax content of Ta-ch'ing oil is a problem.
ref: 1977, Yuan-li Wu, Japan's Search for Oil, Hoover Institution Press, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 50:
text: From the standpoint of the Sino-Soviet feud, it is well to remember, too, that the Ta-chʻing field in northern Manchuria, China's most productive, is highly vulnerable to Soviet bombs and missiles and, in the event of war, would be one of the first objectives of a Russian offensive.
ref: 1978, Drew Middleton, The Duel of the Giants: China and Russia in Asia, New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 104:
text: The Ta-ch'ing Model The situation at Ta-ch'ing was quite different. This oil field had been discovered around 1960.
ref: 1980, Ramon H. Myers, The Chinese Economy Past and Present, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 218:
glosses: Alternative form of Daqing (Oil Field)
wikipedia: Cambridge University Press
Defense Mapping Agency
Encyclopædia Britannica
beer fridge
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: beer fridges
Etymology: So named because small refrigerators are often used to store beer.
Senses: glosses: A minifridge.
beer fridges
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of beer fridge
short accounts make long friends
Language: English
Part of speech: proverb
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of short reckonings make long friends.
letterwinner
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: letterwinners
Etymology: From letter + winner.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of letterman (“student awarded a letter”).
synonyms: word: letterman
extra: student awarded a letter
hydropowered
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: powered by water
midcard
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: midcards
Senses: topics: government
hobbies
lifestyle
martial-arts
military
politics
professional-wrestling
sports
war
wrestling
glosses: The part of a wrestling show in the middle of the card (programme or schedule). It is less prestigious than the uppercard and more so than the lowcard
Derived terms: midcarder
midcarder
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: midcarders
Senses: topics: government
hobbies
lifestyle
martial-arts
military
politics
professional-wrestling
sports
war
wrestling
glosses: A wrestler who performs in the midcard
Derived terms: upper-midcarder
uppercard
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: uppercards
Senses: topics: government
hobbies
lifestyle
martial-arts
military
politics
professional-wrestling
sports
war
wrestling
glosses: The part of a wrestling show towards the end of the card (programme or schedule). It is the most prestigious part of the show compared to the midcard and lowcard
Derived terms: uppercarder
lowcard
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lowcards
Senses: topics: government
hobbies
lifestyle
martial-arts
military
politics
professional-wrestling
sports
war
wrestling
glosses: The part of a wrestling show at the beginning of the card (programme or schedule). It is the least prestigious part compared to the uppercard and midcard
Derived terms: lowcarder
uppercarder
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: uppercarders
Senses: topics: government
hobbies
lifestyle
martial-arts
military
politics
professional-wrestling
sports
war
wrestling
glosses: A wrestler who performs in the uppercard
lowcarder
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lowcarders
form: low-carder
Etymology: From lowcard + -er.
Senses: topics: government
hobbies
lifestyle
martial-arts
military
politics
professional-wrestling
sports
war
wrestling
glosses: A wrestler who performs in the lowcard
'dis
Language: English
Part of speech: det
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of dis.
'dis
Language: English
Part of speech: pron
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of dis.
firebed
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: firebeds
Senses: examples: text: Another factor of great importance in everyday service is the degree to which the gas/steam ratio is influenced by growing firebed resistance, and this is again a matter in the hands of the designer if he kbows what to do about it. [...] poorer grades of coal require more air per unit of heat released as well as offering greater firebed resistance. [...] (Dr.) A. Giesl-Gieslingen, Vienna.
ref: 1962 April, “Letters to the Editor: The Giesl oblong ejector”, in Modern Railways, page 286:
glosses: A layer of fuel that burns under a heat source
counterlung
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: counterlungs
Senses: glosses: A rebreather
ASLE
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Initialism of Association for the Study of Literature and Environment.
cropraising
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From crop + raising.
Senses: glosses: The raising of crops
motoryacht
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: motoryachts
Senses: glosses: A yacht powered by a motor, and not sails.
geckolet
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: geckolets
Senses: glosses: Any of various small geckos in the Sphaerodactylus genus
CAAP
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Initialism of Coalition of African American Pastors.
glosses: Initialism of Clinical Assessment of Articulation and Phonology.
glosses: Acronym of Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines.
fireplan
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fireplans
Senses: topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: A plan of attack or siege using an array of firearms
fumarolically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more fumarolically
form: most fumarolically
Senses: glosses: In a fumarolic way or manner
flatwing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: flatwings
Etymology: From flat + wing.
Senses: glosses: Any of various damselflies in the Megapodagrionidae family
bombline
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bomblines
Etymology: From bomb + line.
Senses: topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: A line or limit beyond which aircraft may make attacks on the enemy without risking damage to their own troops.
West Barnstable
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A seaside village in the northwest part of the town of Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States.
assonanced
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: topics: human-sciences
linguistics
phonology
prosody
sciences
glosses: Containing assonance
CCSD
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Initialism of Calgary Catholic School District, Alberta, Canada.
glosses: Initialism of California College San Diego.
glosses: Initialism of Camden City School District, New Jersey.
glosses: Initialism of Central Columbia School District, Pennsylvania.
glosses: Initialism of Chappaqua Central School District, New York.
glosses: Initialism of Charleston County School District, South Carolina.
glosses: Initialism of Cherry Creek School District, Colorado.
glosses: Initialism of Clark County School District, Nevada.
glosses: Initialism of Clarkstown Central School District, New York.
glosses: Initialism of Coahoma County School District, Mississippi.
glosses: Initialism of County School District, Georgia.
hibbertopterid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hibbertopterids
Senses: glosses: Any of the aquatic arthropods of the extinct Hibbertopterus genus
Clemsonings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Clemsoning
sugar acids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sugar acid
CUNY
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Initialism of City University of New York.
ecocomposition
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From eco- + composition.
Senses: glosses: Writing with a strong ecological message or emphasis.
Hyponyms: ecopoetry
ERIC
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Acronym of Education Resources Information Center.
glosses: Acronym of European Research Infrastructure Consortium.
examples: text: ERIC was formed to help states maintain accurate voter rolls and spot illegal voting. But instances of duplicate voting and out-of-state or out-of-precinct voting continue despite ERIC’s involvement. ERIC has failed at its stated mission of maintaining voter rolls because its true mission is to increase voter registration. Fortunately, a growing number of states are leaving ERIC, and more should follow.
ref: 2023 December 12, Michael Greibrok, Kristi Stahr, “THE GREAT EXIT: Why States are Leaving Politically Driven ERIC and Why More States Should Follow.”, in Foundation for Government Accountability, page 3:
glosses: Acronym of Electronic Registration Information Center.
ERIC
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: education
glosses: Acronym of everybody reading in class (“a session in which pupils read books”).
Freireans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Freirean
def'n
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: def'ns
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of definition.
def'ns
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of def'n
Picken
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Pickens
Etymology: Either a nickname from Old French picon (“woodpecker”), or a patronymic surname from the personal name Picon, apparently from picon (“pointed object”).
Senses: glosses: A surname from Old French.
Orphic egg
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Orphic eggs
Senses: examples: text: The vessel used for containing the necessary substances was egg-shaped; the matrix, or Orphic egg, which is found at the base of all initiations.
ref: 1936, Rollo Ahmed, The Black Art, London: Long, page 130:
glosses: An ovoid vessel formerly used by alchemists for sublimation; an aludel.
Orphic eggs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Orphic egg
Anambra
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A state of Nigeria in the South East geopolitical zone. Capital and largest city: Awka.
Borno
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A state of Nigeria in the North East geopolitical zone. Capital and largest city: Maiduguri.
corears
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of corear
coreared
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of corear
corearing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of corear
kafferboom
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: kafferbooms
form: kaffirboom
Etymology: From Afrikaans kafferboom.
Senses: glosses: coral tree, especially Erythrina caffra
suit the action to the word
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: suits the action to the word
form: suiting the action to the word
form: suited the action to the word
form: suited the action to the word
Etymology: A phrase from William Shakespeare's play Hamlet.
Senses: examples: text: “Hide!” cried Ebony, with a roll of his huge eyes, as he suited the action to the word, […]
ref: 1887, R. M. Ballantyne, The Fugitives:
text: After giving vent to violent expressions of hostility, he grasped the bill in his hand and pronounced it to be a huge fraud, fit only to be spat upon, and trampled under foot—whereupon the honourable member suited the action to the word!
ref: 2011, James Fenton, A History of Tasmania, page 347:
glosses: To do what one has just proposed or spoken of.
Related terms: actions speak louder than words
biregularly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From biregular + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a biregular manner.
biregularity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From bi- + regularity.
Senses: glosses: The property of being biregular.
grateth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: grate + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of grate
draws attention
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of draw attention
shadouf
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: shadoufs
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of shadoof.
shadoufs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of shadouf
autoscaler
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: autoscalers
Etymology: From auto- + scaler.
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A system that automatically increases or decreases the resources available to a process depending on need and availability.
Related terms: autoscale
autoscalers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of autoscaler
filter bubbles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of filter bubble
counterexploitative
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more counterexploitative
form: most counterexploitative
Etymology: From counter- + exploitative.
Senses: glosses: Relating to counterexploitation.
counterexploit
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: counterexploits
form: counterexploiting
form: counterexploited
form: counterexploited
Etymology: From counter- + exploit.
Senses: glosses: To exploit in return; to carry out counterexploitation against.
counterexploited
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of counterexploit
counterexploits
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of counterexploit
counterexploiting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of counterexploit
Blakeans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Blakean
isms and schisms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Different beliefs and ideologies, and the conflicts between them.
ringtoned
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of ringtone
ringtoning
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of ringtone
picture hat
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: picture hats
Senses: examples: text: Mildred wore a black picture hat with ostrich feathers in it, which became her well.
ref: 1915, W. Somerset Maugham, chapter 61, in Of Human Bondage:
synonyms: Gainsborough hat
glosses: An elaborate woman's hat with a wide brim, typically black with feathers or other decorations.
picture hats
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of picture hat
klonkie
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: klonkies
Etymology: From Afrikaans klonkie.
Senses: glosses: A colored person
cartwheel hat
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cartwheel hats
Senses: examples: text: A hand-stitched black sabretache rested on the chair beside her, together with a wide cartwheel hat of gold straw, its crown encircled by a thin black velvet ribbon which tied at the back in a short bow.
ref: 1953, Ian Fleming, Casino Royale, page 32:
glosses: A hat with a very wide circular or saucer-shaped brim.
cartwheel hats
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cartwheel hat
halo hat
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: halo hats
Senses: synonyms: angel hat
aureole hat
glosses: A hat with a wide, round brim that frames the face.
halo hats
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of halo hat
angel hat
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: angel hats
Senses: glosses: Synonym of halo hat.
synonyms: word: halo hat
aureole hat
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: aureole hats
Senses: glosses: Synonym of halo hat.
synonyms: word: halo hat
angel hats
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of angel hat
aureole hats
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of aureole hat
blue lives matter
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Etymology: Coined in analogy to black lives matter; the color blue is frequently used for police uniforms.
Senses: topics: government
law-enforcement
politics
glosses: Synonym of police lives matter.
synonyms: word: police lives matter
Related terms: BLM
black lives matter
ALM
all lives matter
WLM
white lives matter
PLM
police lives matter
blue wall of silence
thin blue line
block instrument
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: block instruments
Senses: examples: text: The line is signalled with upper quadrant semaphores and Sykes lock and block three-wire two-position block instruments. [...] The Inspecting Officer concludes that both signalmen must share responsibility for the accident by the irregular release of the block instrument, but remarks that the two-position Sykes instruments, although ample for maintaining safety under normal working, do not show clearly the state of the block section ahead.
ref: 1960 March, “Talking of Trains: Collision at Slade Green”, in Trains Illustrated, page 133:
topics: rail-transport
railways
transport
glosses: An instrument installed in a cabinet, used in block signalling installations.
block instruments
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of block instrument
wreckovation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: wreckovations
Etymology: Blend of wreck + renovation
Senses: topics: architecture
glosses: The style of renovations which historic Catholic cathedrals, churches, and oratories have undergone since Vatican II and which some Catholics oppose.
Related terms: wreckreation
tradcath
Vatican II
pre-conciliar
reachables
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of reachable
wreckovations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of wreckovation
CFPB
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: text: The broad purpose of the CFPB is to protect consumers from financial abuses and to serve as the central agency for consumer financial protection authorities.
ref: 2023 March 3, Jeanne Sahadi, “CFPB: What it does and why its future is in question”, in CNN:
text: DOGE officials have been granted administrative access to CFPB systems, including content management system, back-end systems for the bureau’s website and the active directory of personnel, the source told CNN.
ref: 2025 February 9, Matt Egan, “Consumer watchdog ordered to stop fighting financial abuse and to work from home as HQ temporarily shuts down”, in CNN:
glosses: Initialism of Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.
egg in a nest
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Synonym of egg in a hole.
synonyms: word: egg in a hole
East Woodhay
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A hamlet and civil parish in Basingstoke and Deane district, Hampshire, England (OS grid ref SU4061).
Related terms: alt: in Berkshire
word: West Woodhay
beneficience
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of beneficence.
West Woodhay
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A hamlet and civil parish in West Berkshire district, Berkshire, England (OS grid ref SU3963).
Related terms: english: in Hampshire
translation: in Hampshire
word: East Woodhay
Swartberg
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Afrikaans Swartberg.
Senses: glosses: A mountain range in the Western Cape, South Africa.
Andrettis
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Andretti
Andrettis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Andretti; ellipsis of Mario Andrettis.
pop song
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pop songs
Senses: topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
synonyms: pop tune
glosses: A type of song from the genre of music derived from rock and roll music of the 1950s characterized by a short, catchy tune and the frequent repetition of a chorus.
Derived terms: pop singer
Andoversford
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A village and civil parish in Cotswold district, Gloucestershire, England (OS grid ref SP0219).
Xhosa Wars
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the Xhosa Wars
Senses: glosses: A series of wars between Europeans in the Cape Colony and the Xhosa to the east, from 1779 to 1879.
Kaffir Wars
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Xhosa Wars.
synonyms: word: Xhosa Wars
Uyghurization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From uyghurize, from Uyghur.
Senses: glosses: The process of making anything Uyghur.
Related terms: Uyghurize
Hong Kong harness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Hong Kong harnesses
form: Hongkong harness
Etymology: From its origins in Hong Kong.
Senses: topics: broadcasting
film
media
television
glosses: A stunt performance harness, typically used for wire fu, that resembles a rock climber's harness. It allows performers to be jerked up and suspended without much displacement of clothing, and to perform in the air.
Port Royal
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Port-Royal
Etymology: From port + royal.
* (Jamaica): Calque of Spanish Puerto Real
* (Annapolis, South Carolina): Calque of French Port-Royal
* (Virginia): From the name of a local landowning family, the Roy family.
Senses: glosses: A town and former capital of Jamaica.
glosses: A location in Canada:
The former capital city of Acadia, French North America.
glosses: A location in Canada:
The former capital city of Acadia, French North America.
Former name of Annapolis Royal: a town in Annapolis County, Nova Scotia.
glosses: A location in Canada:
A village in Annapolis County, Nova Scotia.
glosses: A location in Canada:
A village in Richmond County, Nova Scotia.
glosses: A location in Canada:
A neighbourhood of Queensborough, New Westminster, British Columbia.
glosses: A location in the United States:
Ellipsis of Port Royal Sound: an inlet in South Carolina.
Ellipsis of Port Royal Island.
glosses: A location in the United States:
Ellipsis of Port Royal Sound: an inlet in South Carolina.
A town on Port Royal Island, Beaufort County, South Carolina, named after Port Royal Sound.
glosses: A location in the United States:
A borough in Juniata County, Pennsylvania.
glosses: A location in the United States:
A town in Caroline County, Virginia.
Port-Royal
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Port Royal.
Puerto Real
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Spanish Puerto Real.
Senses: glosses: A city in Cadiz, Andalusia, Spain.
Karcist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Karcists
Senses: examples: text: In this the magician, or Karcist, traced the circle with an enamelled stone, and then outlined it with strips of the skin of a goat fastened down with four nails.
ref: 1936, Rollo Ahmed, The Black Art, London: Long, page 147:
glosses: A person who practises magic; a sorcerer or magician.
Karcists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Karcist
Seals of Solomon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Seal of Solomon
frost piece
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: frost pieces
Senses: glosses: A painting depicting a winter scene.
examples: text: Am now almost in despair of succeeding with this charming frost-piece by love or gentleness.
ref: 1748, [Samuel Richardson], Clarissa. Or, The History of a Young Lady: […], volume IV, London: […] S[amuel] Richardson; […], →OCLC:
glosses: Someone (especially a woman) who is emotionally unresponsive.
Su-ch'ien
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Mandarin 宿遷 /宿迁 (Sùqiān), Wade–Giles romanization: Su⁴-chʻien¹.
Senses: examples: text: The portion of the Canal known as the Su Yün-ho, which they have to pass, contains numerous shoals, which it has hitherto been the custom to dredge as occasion demands. Above the Su-ch’ien section there are six sluices which are opened or shut as circumstances dictate.
ref: 1881 [1880 May 16], Translation of the Peking Gazette for 1880, Shanghai, →OCLC, page 91:
text: In the Yeh clan genealogy, Yeh Tao-yüan of Su-ch'ien, Kiangsu, is recorded as a provincial graduate of 1870.
ref: 1962, Chung-li Chang, The Income of the Chinese Gentry, Seattle: University of Washington Press, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 96:
text: Even larger landholdings are attributed to a monastery in Su-ch'ien hsien, northern Kiangsu.
ref: 1967, Holmes Welch, The Practice of Chinese Buddhism 1900-1950, Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 495:
glosses: Alternative form of Suqian.
wikipedia: Defense Mapping Agency
Huai-an
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Mandarin 淮安 (Huái'ān) Wade–Giles romanization: Huai²-an¹.
Senses: examples: text: The site of Ch'ing-lien-kang in Huai-an, Kiangsu, furnishes a good example (17).
ref: 1966, 鄭徳坤 [Chêng Tê-k'un], Prehistoric China (Archaeology in China), volume 1, →OCLC, page 109:
english: Chêng Tê-k'un
translation: Chêng Tê-k'un
text: There have been several instances of discovery of Sung lacquer reported in Chinese publications in the past two decades; the most substantial is undoubtedly from a group of five tombs at Yang-miao Chen 楊廟鎭, a town about four miles southwest of Huai-an 淮安 in Kiangsu province.
ref: 1973, Hin-cheung Lovell, “Sung and Yüan Monochrome Lacquers in the Freer Gallery”, in Ars Orientalis, volume 9, →ISSN, →JSTOR, →OCLC, page 122:
text: Your Honours! The Governor General of Huai-an, His Excellency Shih K’o-fa, and the Military Governor of Feng-yang, His Excellency Ma Shih- ying, have both arrived.
ref: 1976, Shang-jen K'ung, translated by Harold Acton, The Peach Blossom Fan, New York Review Books, published 2015, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 90:
glosses: Alternative form of Huai'an.
wikipedia: Defense Mapping Agency
Encyclopædia Britannica
Yang-chou
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: yǎngʹchouʹ
yängʹjōʹ
Etymology: From Mandarin 揚州 /扬州 (Yángzhōu) Wade–Giles romanization: Yang²-chou¹.
Senses: examples: text: 53. This temple, in Yang-chou, Kiang-su Province, was on a terrace erected by General Wu of the Ch'ên Dynasty and was named after him.
ref: 1929, Witter Bynner, transl., The Jade Mountain, Alfred A. Knopf, published 1967, →OCLC, page 262:
text: As the second capital, Nanking maintained a separate smaller central government and the larger and more important Imperial Academy. Many of the officials and officers were so much attracted by the region's wealth and comfort that they chose to settle here permanently. Their descendants benefited frim family influence and often passed higher examinations under their official southern Kiangsu residential registrations. In addition, the reform in the salt administration around the turn of the fifteenth century further attracted many rich merchant groups to Yang-chou, the headquarters of the country's largest salt administration, although many of them chose to reside permanently in other southern Kiangsu cities.
ref: 1962, Ping-ti Ho, The Ladder of Success in Imperial China, Science Editions, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 232:
text: In the eighth month of the year, Ou-yang was exiled to Ch'u-chou prefecture in eastern-central Anhui, where he was to remain until early in 1048 when he became Prefect of Yang-chou.
ref: 1976, Jonathan Chaves, “Life”, in Mei Yao-chʻen and the Development of Early Sung Poetry, Columbia University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 24:
glosses: Alternative form of Yangzhou.
wikipedia: Cambridge University Press
Defense Mapping Agency
Encyclopædia Britannica
Wu-chiang
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: The Wade–Giles romanization of the Mandarin 吳江 /吴江 (Wújiāng).
Senses: examples: text: What is not mentioned in the cases of Ch'ang-shu and Ning-po is clearly explained in the history of Wu-chiang county in southern Kiangsu whose population may be seen in Table 7.[...]While Ch'ang-shu and Wu-chiang represented a minority of the localities in the southeast registering a mildly increasing or stationary population, most of the available late Ming southeastern local histories registered a steady decline.
ref: 1959, Ping-ti Ho, Studies on the Population of China, 1368-1953, Harvard University Press, →LCCN, →OCLC, pages 18–19:
text: The division of hsien cities, as opposed to sheng or fu cities, into two administrative units was unique to Kiangsu. One example is Wu-chiang hsien city....An exceptional example of flourishing nonadministrative cities was the above-mentioned Wu-chiang hsien on the Grand Canal south of Soochow near the Chekiang border. After the settlements in Chen-tze hsien were split off from this hsien during the Yung-cheng reign, Wu-chiang was left with four chen, five shih (interchangeable with chi meaning market) and 175 villages for a population of 247,000....Also southeast in Wu-chiang hsien was Sheng-tze chen, formerly a village of 50 to 60 households in the early Ming period, which first became a shih owing to trade in silk thread and later was reputed to have increased its population a hundred times, becoming the largest chen in the hsien.
ref: 1973, Gilbert Rozman, Urban Networks in Chʻing China and Tokugawa Japan, Princeton University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 220:
text: A good example was Sheng-tse, a town lying sixty-five li [or about 22 miles] southeast of the county city of Wu-chiang in Soochow prefecture.
ref: 1976, Shih Min-Hsiung, The Silk Industry in Chʻing China, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 5:
glosses: Alternative form of Wujiang.
wikipedia: Army Map Service
George Lucas
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: George Lucases
form: George Lucasing
form: George Lucased
form: George Lucased
Etymology: From George Lucas and his treatment of the Star Wars film series, most notably his alterations of the original trilogy in 1997.
Senses: examples: text: Since we are George Lucasing here, why not go the whole hog and replace all the animation models with the G1 designs? That would make for a much clearer film.
ref: 2011, alt.toys.transformers (Usenet):
text: In previous editions, I added notes to a few chapters.[…]Nothing was added this time around, because I George Lucased this thing enough already.
ref: 2019, Kevin Moyers, Kevin Hates Everything: Tenth Anniversary Edition:
topics: lifestyle
synonyms: Lucas
glosses: To modify or retcon a fictional work, usually a film, retroactively after release.
wikipedia: Changes in Star Wars re-releases
George Lucas
Star Wars
George Lucasing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of George Lucas
George Lucased
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of George Lucas
Lucasing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of Lucas
Lucased
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of Lucas
model dairy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: model dairies
Senses: glosses: A dairy or dairy farm where the milk is pasteurised and special care is taken with cleanliness and hygiene.