cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
Shannan
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Borrowed from Mandarin 山南 (Shānnán).
Senses: examples: text: People in Sangjih County in Shannan Prefecture are now working to complete in the shortest possible time a 30 km canal across 10 hills, 13 gullies and seven cliffs.
ref: 1976, Summary of World Broadcasts: The Far East. Weekly Supplement, →OCLC, page 4:
text: Tsetong, the capital of Shannan prefecture, has merged with Nêdong into a sprawl of Tibetan and Chinese buildings.
ref: 1992, Robert Strauss, “Yarlung Valley Monasteries & Sites”, in Tibet: A Travel Survival Kit (Lonely Planet), 2nd edition, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 130, column 1:
text: The second generation of Tibetan cadres arose, also in surrounding provinces, during the march of the People’s liberation Army into Tibet itself in the early 1950s. In social origin and motivation they were much like the first group, though in numbers much greater. Among them I met and interviewed Lobsang Tsechen, originally a carpenter, who in the 1960s became a vice-chairman of the Tibet Autonomous Region; Zhen Ying, of peasant origin, who became the vice-Party secretary of Xigatse prefecture; Dorje Ben, a former “masterless man” (which unfortunately meant he could be mistreated by any superior without the protection of his “owner”) who became vice-head of the Lokha (Shan Nan) prefecture; and an industrial administrator, Shirob Watsa, assistant director of the important Auto Vehicle Repair Works of the Tibet Autonomous Region, who as a young man had had his knees shattered by order of his serf owner (after the democratic reform in Tibet they had been surgically repaired so that he could walk, but still with a bad limp).
ref: [2005, Israel Epstein, “Tibet”, in My China Eye: Memoirs of a Jew and a Journalist, 1st edition, San Francisco: Long River Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 278:
text: June 19-21: Tibet; flame travels to Shannan Diqu and Lhasa.
ref: 2008 March 30, “The Olympic flame's journey to the opening ceremony”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 11 Aug 2023, Asia Pacific:
text: Chinese Premier Li Keqiang visited Tibet's capital Lhasa, the Yarlung Zangbo (Brahmaputra) river and the cities of Nyingchi and Shannan between Jul. 25-27, official news agency Xinhua reported.
ref: 2018 July 29, “Chinese premier completes secretive Tibet visit”, in EFE, archived from the original on 29 Jul 2018:
synonyms: Lhoka
glosses: A prefecture-level city of the Tibet Autonomous Region, China, on the border with Bhutan.
preconsolidate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: preconsolidates
form: preconsolidating
form: preconsolidated
form: preconsolidated
Etymology: From pre- + consolidate.
Senses: glosses: To consolidate in advance.
preconsolidates
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of preconsolidate
preconsolidating
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of preconsolidate
Lhoka
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Lhokha
Etymology: From Tibetan ལྷོ་ཁ (lho kha).
Senses: examples: text: Meanwhile, Radio Lhasa announced on 18 June that advisory committees in all Tibetan villages had sent memorandums condemning counterrevolutionaries and royalists and pledging full support to Mao. Paradoxically, it was also announced that farmers in the Lhoka area were slow in adapting themselves to mechanized farming despite elaborate manuals being dispatched along [with] the Chinese tractors to the area. It seems Tibetans are quicker in condemning political shakeups than learning technical knowhow.
ref: 1966 June 23 [1966 June 21], “Buddhist Describes Lhasa Under Chinese Rule”, in Daily Report: Foreign Radio Broadcasts, number 121, Foreign Broadcast Information Service, sourced from Delhi Information Service of India, →OCLC, Communist China: Regional Affairs, page DDD 7:
text: The government is also trying to end the rural tradition of sending children to study in the monasteries, arguing that they should attend secular schools. "In the monasteries, they only learn Tibetan and the sutras," said Deji, the top government official in Lhoka prefecture, who like many Tibetans has only one name. "They won't be well-educated because they won't have physics or chemistry or other modern subjects."
ref: 2003 September 19, Philip P. Pan, “In the Name of the Panchen Lama”, in The Washington Post, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 29 Jan 2024:
text: On Tuesday, Radio Free Asia, which is financed by the United States government, reported that a large number of the detainees being held in Lhasa had been released that day, while at least 200 others being held in Lhoka, outside Lhasa, were still in custody.
ref: 2012 April 7, Edward Wong, “China Said to Detain Returning Tibetan Pilgrims”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 07 Apr 2012, Asia Pacific:
text: Dawa, a 55 year-old herder resettled in Lhoka prefecture’s Gongkar county, proudly showed visiting officials and journalists how each member of the family now has a separate room.[…]
In Lhoka’s Tradruk monastery, the secular management office has obtained funds for the latest renovation of this 12-century-old institution, one of the earliest Buddhist constructions in Tibet.
ref: 2015 September 30, Artiz Parra, “China micromanages Tibet, floods it with money to woo locals”, in AP News, archived from the original on 23 Mar 2024:
text: A woman walks in a purpose built village for Tibetans who have been relocated from high-altitude locations in what the authorities call a poverty alleviation program during a government organised tour in Gongga County, Lhoka City, near Lhasa, Tibet Autonomous Region, China, October 14, 2020.
ref: 2022 August 8, Roxanne Liu, Ryan Woo, “China's Tibet region faces rare COVID flareup, fresh curbs imposed”, in Toby Chopra, Bernadette Baum, editors, Reuters, archived from the original on 08 Aug 2022, Asia Pacific:
synonyms: Shannan
glosses: A prefecture-level city of the Tibet Autonomous Region, China.
predeterministic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Relating to predeterminism.
prediet
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From pre- + diet.
Senses: glosses: Before starting a diet.
arming to the teeth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of arm to the teeth
arms to the teeth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of arm to the teeth
prediscontinuation
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From pre- + discontinuation.
Senses: glosses: Before discontinuation.
prediluvial
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From pre- + diluvial.
Senses: glosses: Before a flood or deluge.
predissolution
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From pre- + dissolution.
Senses: glosses: Before dissolution.
predisruption
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From pre- + disruption.
Senses: glosses: Before disruption.
prediversion
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From pre- + diversion.
Senses: glosses: Before a diversion.
predisturbance
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From pre- + disturbance.
Senses: glosses: Before a disturbance.
Melvilles
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Melville
predivider
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: predividers
Senses: topics: business
electrical-engineering
electricity
electromagnetism
electronics
energy
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: Synonym of prescaler.
synonyms: word: prescaler
predividers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of predivider
Mount Hope
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: In Rhode Island, often said to be from Massachusett Montaup, but there is little to back up this claim. That word has been compared to Montauk, but may not be identical. Alternatively, named after the Puritan virtue of Hope, or from Old Norse hóp (“narrow bay”).
Senses: glosses: A place in Australia:
A small settlement in Cobar Shire, western New South Wales.
glosses: A place in Australia:
A small town in Lower Eyre Peninsula district council area, South Australia.
glosses: A place in Australia:
A hill (granite outcrop) in northern Victoria.
glosses: A number of places in the United States, including:
A town in Orange County, New York.
glosses: A number of places in the United States, including:
A hill in Bristol, Rhode Island.
Derived terms: Mount Hope Bay
predistress
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From pre- + distress.
Senses: glosses: Prior to distress.
postdistress
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From post- + distress.
Senses: glosses: After distress.
prefamous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From pre- + famous.
Senses: examples: text: While most are familiar with the history of the Third Reich from 1933 onward, this essay offers insight into the undistinguished, prefamous Hitler.
ref: 2015, J. Ward Regan, Great Books Written in Prison, page 167:
glosses: Not yet famous.
prefacist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: prefacists
Etymology: From preface + -ist.
Senses: glosses: The writer of a preface.
prefacists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of prefacist
prefatial
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From Medieval Latin prefātia (“preface”) + English -al.
Senses: glosses: Relating to a preface.
Synonyms: prefatory
preferredly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more preferredly
form: most preferredly
Etymology: From preferred + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: Their locations being preferredly correct, the plaintiffs were at liberty to read the patent in evidence, the concession of the defendant being, that there is no disagreement between the courses and distances as located and the supposed calls.
ref: 1856, Oliver Miller, editor, Maryland Reports, Containing Cases Argued and Determined in the Court of Appeals of Maryland, volume VIII, Annapolis, Md.: Robert F. Bonsall, page 66:
text: The ordinary woven felting or other flat wicking may be used, and preferredly is taken while yet in the web, and by passing it through rolls or other suitable mechanical device for printing or stamping, it is stamped or printed so as to form lines or marks across the wick, as shown at a a a in the drawing.
ref: 1876 May 23, William Y. A. Boardman, “177,796. Lamp-Wicks.”, in Specifications and Drawings of Patents Issued from the United States Patent Office for May, 1876, Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, page 1008:
text: Blackberries and Raspberries are preferredly planted in the fall, as they make such an early start in the spring, that the shoots may get broken.
ref: 1879 September, The American Agriculturist. For the Farm, Garden, and Household., volume XXXVIII, numbers 9; new series—number 392, New York, N.Y.: Orange Judd Company, page 329:
qualifier: non-native speakers' English
glosses: preferably
prefixedly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From prefixed + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: This is because when a name is applied prefixedly to an argument, the default interpretation is that this is function application syntax.
ref: 1994, Bryan Ratcliff, Introducing Specification Using Z: A Practical Case Study Approach, page 129:
glosses: With a prefix applied.
prehumiliation
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From pre- + humiliation.
Senses: glosses: Before humiliation.
posthumiliation
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From post- + humiliation.
Senses: glosses: After humiliation.
Citian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsɪtiən/
ipa: [ˈsɪɾiən]
rhymes: -ɪtiən
Forms: form: Citians
Senses: glosses: A native or inhabitant of Citium.
Citian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsɪtiən/
ipa: [ˈsɪɾiən]
rhymes: -ɪtiən
Forms: form: Citians
Senses: examples: Dodge Citian, Garden Citian, Iowa Citian, Kansas Citian, New York Citian, Queen Citian, River Citian, Sun Citian, Twin Citian
For quotations using this term, see Citations:Citian.
glosses: A native or inhabitant of a specified city, used in forming demonyms.
Derived terms: Kansas Citian
Quad Citian
Citians
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Citian
preguidance
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From pre- + guidance.
Senses: glosses: Before guidance.
postguidance
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From post- + guidance.
Senses: glosses: After guidance.
enemies of the state
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of enemy of the state
Acushnet
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Massachusett [Term?].
Senses: glosses: A town in Bristol County, Massachusetts, United States.
glosses: Ellipsis of Acushnet River.
Derived terms: Acushnet River
Mattapoisett
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Massachusett [Term?].
Senses: glosses: A town in Plymouth County, Massachusetts, United States.
glosses: Ellipsis of Mattapoisett River.
Derived terms: Mattapoisett River
Woods Hole
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A census-designated place in Falmouth, Massachusetts.
glosses: A strait in Massachusetts, located between Buzzards Bay and Vineyard Sound, and separating Cape Cod from the Elizabeth Islands.
Derived terms: WHOI
Wellfleet
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A town in Barnstable County, Massachusetts, United States.
Derived terms: Wellfleet oyster
Gay Head
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: A reference to the headland cliffs, which were considered pleasant or lively.
Senses: glosses: Former name of Aquinnah, Massachusetts.
Derived terms: Gay Header
CGL
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Initialism of chronic granulocytic leukemia.
topics: BDSM
lifestyle
sexuality
glosses: Alternative form of CG/L.
Gay Header
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Gay Headers
Etymology: From Gay Head + -er.
Senses: hypernyms: Vineyarder
glosses: A native or resident of Gay Head (now Aquinnah), a town on Martha's Vineyard with a significant Wampanoag population.
CG/L
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: CGL
Senses: topics: BDSM
lifestyle
sexuality
glosses: Initialism of caregiver/little: a paraphilia involving ageplay between an older, caring, parentlike and a child persona.
Related terms: word: CG
word: LRE
english: daddy dom/little boy
translation: daddy dom/little boy
word: DD/LB
english: daddy dom/little girl
translation: daddy dom/little girl
word: DD/LG
Kennebunk
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /ˈkɛniˌbʌŋk/
Etymology: From Penobscot or Abenaki kini-banek (“long cut bank”).
Senses: glosses: A town in York County, Maine, United States.
Derived terms: Kennebunkport
thembos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of thembo
whaleless
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈweɪl.ləs/
note: without the wine–whine merger
ipa: /ˈʍeɪl.ləs/
Etymology: From whale + -less.
Senses: glosses: Without whales.
eat my ass
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Senses: glosses: Synonym of bite my ass.
synonyms: word: bite my ass
Eds
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Ed
rempah
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rempahs
Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from Malay rempah.
Senses: glosses: A paste of ground herbs and spices.
Zarkie
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Alexondra
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌæ.lɪɡˈzɑn.dɹə/
ipa: /ˌæ.lɪɡˈzɑːn.dɹə/
rhymes: -ɑ(ː)ndɹə
Etymology: Variant of Alexandra to explicate /-ɑ(ː)-/ 〈-o-〉, as opposed to /-æ-/ 〈-a-〉.
Senses: examples: text: Alexondra gained fame as an actress by playing the role of Callie on Fox's "Party of Five", as well as several David E. Kelley shows - "Boston Public", "LA Law" and "Picket Fences" and movies like "What Women Want" and "Shopgirl".
ref: 2014 December 28, Alexondra Lee, “Alexondra Lee”, in IMDB:
glosses: A female given name from Ancient Greek.
hyper explosion
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hyper explosions
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of hyperexplosion.
hyper-explosion
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hyper-explosions
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of hyperexplosion.
hyper-explosions
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hyper-explosion
hyper explosions
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hyper explosion
social constructs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of social construct
Poppasquash
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Massachusett [Term?].
Senses: glosses: A peninsula in Bristol, Rhode Island, United States.
Grim Reapers
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Grim Reaper
Barrack Hill
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From barrack + hill.
* (Canada): From being a rise and promontory over the Ottawa River that hosted barracks of the military outpost.
Senses: glosses: Former name of Parliament Hill: a hill in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: A former military outpost in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
Hougasian
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Hougasians
Etymology: Variant of Ghukasyan.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Armenian.
Parliament Hill
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From parliament + hill.
* (Ottawa): From being a rise and promontory over the Ottawa River hosting parliament buildings.
* (Quebec): Calque of French Colline parlementaire From being a rise and promontory over the Saint-Lawrence River hosting parliament buildings.
* (London): From being a gathering place for troops of the Parliamentarians (Roundheads) during the English Civil War. Apocryphally, the location where the Gunpowder Plot was planned, to blowup the Palace of Westminster (Parliament).
Senses: synonyms: Barrack Hill
glosses: A hill in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
topics: government
politics
glosses: The Canadian federal government and its houses of parliament
synonyms: Parlement Hill
glosses: A hill in Quebec City, Quebec, Canada.
synonyms: Traitors' Hill
glosses: A hill in North London, England, United Kingdom.
Related terms: Capital
Capital Hill
Capitol
Capitol Hill
House of Parliament
Houses of Parliament
Palace of Parliament
Parliament
Khazoyan
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Khazoyans
Etymology: From Armenian Խազոյան (Xazoyan).
Senses: glosses: A surname from Armenian.
Khazoyans
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Khazoyan
Hougasians
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Hougasian
Kilbridge
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Kilbridges
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Gaotian
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: gouʹtyěnʹ
Etymology: From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 高田 (Gāotián).
Senses: examples: text: Compared With the scenery of Xingping that of Gaotian is more colourful. Gaotian lies In the south of the town of Yangshuo. Along both sides of the rivers, rice fields and villages form into a pastoral scene, which changes its colour in different seasons.
ref: 2004 March, Li River: A Photographic Collection of Teng Bin, Jieli Publishing House, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 61:
text: Gaotian is located in the Yueliang (Moon) Hill scenic area in Gaotian Township, Yangshuo County. The Jinbao River, Yulong River, both branches of the Lijiang River, merge here as the Tianjia River and flow back into the Lijiang River.
ref: 2006 May/June, Teng Bin, “10 Best Views in Yangshuo”, in China Tourism, number 303, H.K. China Tourism Press, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 28, column 1:
text: Gaotian Town[…]高田镇[…]
The attached Yangshuo Village Inn has delectable rooms too, if you need somewhere to kip after your fill. It’s not easy to find, in a village called Li Village (历村 Lì Cūn), before you reach Gāotián Town.
Minibuses (¥2) run from Yángshuò to Gāotián. Before Gāotián, disembark at Li Village and it’s a five-minute walk to the restaurant.
ref: 2017, Damian Harper et al., “Guǎngxī”, in China (Lonely Planet), 15th edition, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 626, column 1:
glosses: A town in Yangshuo, Guilin, Guangxi autonomous region, China.
Hollenkamp
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Hollenkamps
Senses: glosses: A surname.
bunger
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bungers
Senses: glosses: A cigarette.
glosses: A type of simple firecracker that explodes to give an extremely loud noise.
Derived terms: full bunger
bungers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bunger
imidazolopiperazine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: imidazolopiperazines
Senses: topics: chemistry
medicine
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Any imidazole derivative of a piperazine; they are antimalarial compounds
imidazolopiperazines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of imidazolopiperazine
mitoregulin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A microprotein that supports mitochondrial supercomplexes
myoregulin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From myo- + regulin.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A micropeptide that regulates muscle performance
Zeimet
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Zeimets
Etymology: Borrowed from German Zeimet.
Senses: glosses: A surname from German.
Zandstra
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Zandstras
Etymology: Borrowed from West Frisian Zandstra.
Senses: glosses: A surname from West Frisian.
Zandstras
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Zandstra
Zeimets
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Zeimet
Allocca
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Alloccas
Etymology: Borrowed from Italian Allocca.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Italian.
Blalack
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Blalacks
Etymology: Variant of Blacklock.
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Blalacks
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Blalack
Alloccas
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Allocca
salt-cellar
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: salt-cellars
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of salt cellar.
Bjorge
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Bjorges
Etymology: Borrowed from Norwegian Bjørge.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Norwegian.
Birchard
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Birchards
Etymology: Variant of Burchett.
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Birchards
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Birchard
Bjorges
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Bjorge
Bendorf
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Bendorfs
Etymology: Borrowed from German Bendorf.
Senses: glosses: A surname from German.
Baquera
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Baqueras
Etymology: Variant of Vaquera.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Spanish.
Baqueras
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Baquera
Bendorfs
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Bendorf
Ulin
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Ulins
Etymology: Various origins:
* An altered form of Dutch Ulijn, a derivative of the personal name Hugh.
* Borrowed from Swedish Ulin, an ornamental surname from an unknown source.
* Borrowed from Mexican and Guatemalan Spanish Ulín, of unexplained origin.
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Vilsaint
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Vilsaints
Etymology: Borrowed from French Vilsaint; this surname is predominantly found in Haiti.
Senses: glosses: A surname from French.
Vilsaints
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Vilsaint
Ulins
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Ulin
Wootan
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Wootans
Etymology: Variant of Wootton.
Senses: glosses: A surname.
White Eagle
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: White Eagles
Etymology: Calque of any of several indigenous languages of North America.
Senses: glosses: An Amerindian surname.
White Eagles
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of White Eagle
Wootans
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Wootan
biosib
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: biosibs
Etymology: From bio- + sib.
Senses: examples: text: Adjust their _ identity, _ power, _ loyalties, and _ “rank” in their _ home/s and _ stepfamily each time _ their co-parents have a new child (i.e. a half-sib); or _ a biosib or stepsib moves in or out of their home; or _ a key person dies, moves away, re/marries, or re/divorces.
ref: 2002, Peter K. Gerlach, Build a Co-parenting Team: After Divorce or Re/marriage (volume 6 of the Stepfamily inFormation Series), Xlibris, →ISBN:
text: She has to deal with sharing her mom with kids who aren’t even her biosibs.
ref: 2011, Liane Shaw, Fostergirls, Second Story Press, →ISBN, page 149:
text: The logic behind this argument is the same as the logic of behavioral genetics, in which comparisons are made between MZ and DZ twins and biosibs and adopted siblings.[…]For example, the equal-environments assumption (EEA) is unlikely to apply to orphans and non-orphans, just as it is unlikely to apply to MZ and DZ twins or to biosibs and adopted siblings.
ref: 2012, Michael Beenstock, “Empirical Knowledge on the Causes of Correlations within the Family”, in Heredity, Family, and Inequality: A Critique of Social Sciences, Cambridge, Mass.; London: The MIT Press, →ISBN, page 248:
glosses: A biological sibling.
Synonyms: biosibling
biosibs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of biosib
McCanna
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: McCannas
Etymology: Variant of McCann.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Irish.
Easts
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of East
Norths
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of North
DelGreco
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: DelGrecos
Etymology: Borrowed from Italian Del Greco.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Italian.
DelGrecos
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of DelGreco
McCannas
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of McCanna
Souths
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of South
qualifier: rugby league
glosses: the South Sydney Rabbitohs (a rugby league club based in Sydney, Australia)
Cumberledge
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Cumberledges
form: Cumberlidge
Etymology: Habitational surname from a minor place in Staffordshire.
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Plants
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Plantses
Etymology: Americanized spelling of German Pflanz.
Senses: glosses: A surname from German.
Plants
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Plant + -s.
Senses: glosses: plural of Plant
Plantses
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Plants
Cumberledges
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Cumberledge
Denton with Wootton
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A civil parish in Dover district, Kent, England, which includes these two villages.
Related terms: Denton
Wootton
Mocchi
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Mocchis
Etymology: Borrowed from Italian Mocchi or French Mocchi.
Senses: glosses: A surname.
gigaboo
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gigaboos
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of jigaboo.
BSHRM
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: BS HRM
Senses: glosses: Initialism of Bachelor of Science in hotel and restaurant management.
ORCID
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /ˈɔːɹ.kɪd/
Senses: examples: text: This is a substantial underestimate of the likely number of ORCIDs associated with these tweets. However, relatively few ORCIDs have Twitter accounts registered as part of the profile.
ref: 2016, Ian Foster et al., editors, Big Data and Social Science: A Practical Guide to Methods and Tools, CRC Press, →ISBN, page 57:
glosses: Acronym of Open Researcher and Contributor ID.
rafidah
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rafidahs
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of rafida.
Rafidi
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Rafidis
form: Rawafid
Senses: glosses: Alternative letter-case form of rafidi.
Nasibi
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Nasibis
form: Nawasib
Senses: glosses: Alternative letter-case form of nasibi.
nawasib
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nasibi
nasibis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nasibi
rafidis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of rafidi
rafidhi
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Nonstandard spelling of rafidi.
tutsoon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tutsoons
Senses: examples: text: “Eenie, meenie, minie, moe, catch a tutsoon by the toe,” he sang loudly.
ref: 1977, Omar Fletcher, Black Godfather, page 5:
glosses: Alternative form of tootsoon.
tutsoons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tutsoon
tootsune
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tootsunes
Senses: examples: text: The interaction is as follows: LOUIE: Hey, Lip, tell us about the trip. RUDY: Yeah. So how was he, the tootsune. He gets on your nerves?
ref: 2019, Albertus Revo Pramudya, The Impacts of Don Shirley's Influence Towards Tony Lip's Personality Development in Farrelly's Green Book Script (Undergraduate Thesis, Universitas Sanata Dharma Yogyakarta):
glosses: Alternative form of tootsoon.
tootsunes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tootsune
cucky
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cuckies
Etymology: From cuck + -y.
Senses: topics: BDSM
lifestyle
sexuality
glosses: A cuckold or cuckquean.
cuckies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cucky
fightcha
Language: English
Part of speech: contraction
Etymology: From fight + -cha.
Senses: examples: text: He’ll never fightcha but once.
ref: 1915 January, Madge Jenison, “Patience and Shuffle the Cards”, in McClure’s Magazine, volume XLIV, number 3, page 35:
text: Gwan, I wouldn’t fightcha.
ref: 1925, The Calyx, volume XXXI, page three hundred sixty:
text: I'LL SPRIZE FIGHTCHA HERE AN' NOW!
ref: 1931 September 20, “Thimble Theatre”, in The Longview Daily News:
glosses: Pronunciation spelling of fight you.
Wedeles
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Wedeleses
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Kimbangu
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname
insertion time
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: insertion times
Senses: qualifier: nuclear physics
glosses: The length of time which is required to rearrange a subcritical mass of fissile material into a prompt critical mass.
insertion times
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of insertion time
predetonation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: predetonations
Senses: glosses: When a nuclear bomb fails to produce full yield, due to the chain reaction starting prematurely, before the system is at optimum criticality.
predetonations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of predetonation
plutonium bombs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of plutonium bomb
zoll
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: zolls
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of zol.
Kerckhoffs
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname from Dutch.
ironcaps spider orchid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ironcaps spider orchids
Etymology: From iron + caps + spider orchid.
Senses: glosses: Caladenia paradoxa, a species of spider orchid found in Western Australia.
Hypernyms: spider orchid
security by obscurity
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of security through obscurity.
security-by-obscurity
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of security through obscurity.
security-through-obscurity
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of security through obscurity.
red-billed woodcreeper
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: red-billed woodcreepers
Etymology: From red-billed + woodcreeper.
Senses: glosses: Hylexetastes perrotii, a species of woodcreeper bird found in regions of Africa and South America.
Hypernyms: woodcreeper
security-by-design
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of security by design.
longhorn forestfly
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: longhorn forestflies
Etymology: From longhorn + forestfly.
Senses: glosses: Prostoia similis, a species of spring stonefly.
Hypernyms: spring stonefly
stonefly
mazhab
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mazhabs
Etymology: Transliteration of Persian مذهب (mazhab), from Arabic مَذْهَب (maḏhab).
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of madhhab.
Binsted
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Binsteds
Etymology: From Old English bēan (“bean”) + stede (“stead”); compare the doublet Binstead.
Senses: glosses: A placename:
A village and civil parish in East Hampshire district, Hampshire, England (OS grid ref SU7741).
glosses: A placename:
A hamlet in Walberton parish, Arun district, West Sussex, England (OS grid ref SU9806).
glosses: A habitational surname from Old English.
Related terms: Binstead
pack a wallop
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: packs a wallop
form: packing a wallop
form: packed a wallop
form: packed a wallop
Senses: glosses: Synonym of pack a punch.
synonyms: word: pack a punch
FASTER
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
coordinate_terms: CVA
FAST
glosses: Acronym of face, arms, stability, talking, eyes, react, a mnemonic for diagnosing a cerebrovascular accident (“CVA”) or stroke; coined in recognition of the word faster, as a need for speedy diagnosis and treatment.
hot-pots
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hot-pot
pay down
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: pays down
form: paying down
form: paid down
form: paid down
Senses: examples: text: He paid down his loan for the first five months.
text: He ought to pay down his car before he even thinks about buying any more collectibles.
coordinate_terms: pay off#Verb
glosses: To partially repay (a loan or, metonymically, the thing financed by it).
Derived terms: word: paydown
Related terms: word: down payment
word: pay back
madhhabi
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: madhhabis
Etymology: From madhhab + -i.
Senses: synonyms: madhhabite
glosses: A Muslim who follows a madhhab.
Dong Zong
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /doŋ t͡soŋ/
Etymology: From Mandarin 董總 /董总 (Dǒngzǒng), short for 馬來西亞華校董事聯合會總會 /马来西亚华校董事联合会总会 (“United Chinese School Committees Association of Malaysia”).
Senses: examples: text: Chinese educationist group Dong Jiao Zong is urging other Chinese groups to register their interest in attending its rally against the introduction of Jawi lessons in vernacular schools.
ref: 2019, MalaysiaKini:
glosses: an association that manages Chinese-language private schools in Malaysia, and advocates for Chinese-language education.
Synonyms: Dong Jiao Zong
madhhabis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of madhhabi
Usenetite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Usenetites
Etymology: From Usenet + -ite.
Senses: examples: text: I'm not a enough of a Usenetite to know how to make these things happen, and I'm not interested in investing any signifigant time in it, but perhaps some of the "old time" a.c.h.h'ers could get it done.
ref: 1995 March 8, Mike Inman, “That's it -- I'm building my own PC!.”, in alt.comp.hardware.homebuilt (Usenet):
text: Oh, incidentally, the Usenetite known as Sir Launcelot du Lak (who posts occasionally on csipg.rpg) wrote a review of the first two CD's for Game Bytes magazine a couple of years ago. The review is still available online, if you're interested.
ref: 1996 November 5, Robert S. Gregg, “LADY WHISPER, HELP!!!!”, in rec.games.computer.ultima-dragons (Usenet), retrieved 11 Jul 2022:
text: Yes folks, I have a CD copy of the Buffy the Vampire Slayer soundtrack. It wasn't easy to get either -- I had to part with six whole dollars for it. A harsh sacrifice, to be sure, but worth it, for now I have one more elusive Matthew Sweet non-album track available at my fingertips. "Huh?" I hear you all saying, "Matthew Sweet's never been on BtVS -- have you been dipping into grandpa's old cough remedy again?" Not so, good Usenetites, for you see, it's the movie soundtrack I have, not the upcoming TV soundtrack. It's all a big joke; deal.
ref: 1999 January 2, Aaron S. Veenstra, “I have the soundtrack!!!”, in alt.tv.buffy-v-slayer (Usenet), retrieved 11 Jul 2022:
text: Well, that's where my Rule #3 applies (I'm formulating them officially now, for the benefit of my following, to make them easier to quote later): Usenetites, Entertain Thyselves.
ref: 1999 July 28, Fabulana, “Intellectual Honesty”, in alt.anger (Usenet), retrieved 11 Jul 2022:
text: Thanx for your continued support, all you USENETites are great to do business with!
ref: 1999 November 19, Sffbclub, “!! *** Announcing: The Science Fact & Fiction Bookclub *** !!!”, in rec.games.trading-cards.marketplace.magic.auctions (Usenet), retrieved 11 Jul 2022:
text: Hey usenetites, I posted up pics of Steph from Raw. Click below for them.
http://www.crosswinds.net/~pwpix/wow
ref: 2001 September 11, Daniel Pena, “Pics of Steph From Raw (HERE)”, in alt.pro-wrestling.wwf (Usenet), retrieved 11 Jul 2022:
text: People are still getting over Christmas, and will no doubt require a period of recuperation after the next great festival of Hic!.
Then Usenetites will begin to emerge from hibernation or whatever. This is a very quiet period on all the groups I collect.
ref: 2005 December 30, Rusty Hinge 2, “RFD: create unmoderated newsgroup uk.tech.heating”, in uk.net.news.config (Usenet), retrieved 11 Jul 2022:
text: Hey Usenetites!
I have a horrible Python program to allow two people to chat with each other. It has horribly any functionality, but it is meant for the public to work on, not necessarily me. Anyways, here's a quick FAQ.
ref: 2013 April 5, Hunter D, “im.py: a python communications tool”, in comp.lang.python (Usenet), retrieved 11 Jul 2022:
glosses: A user of Usenet.
Synonyms: Usenetian
Usenetizen
Usenetter
Usenetites
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Usenetite
takes a liking to
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of take a liking to
taking a liking to
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of take a liking to
took a liking to
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past of take a liking to
taken a liking to
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: past participle of take a liking to
cytosomal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: In humans, a number of enzymes with phospholipase exist, including two from the liver, one cytosomal and one membrane-bound
glosses: Of or pertaining to the cytosome.
clown nose
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: clown noses
Senses: glosses: A fake nose, typically near spherical, bright red in color and sometimes capable of producing a honking sound when squeezed, commonly used by clowns and occasionally as a prop by people during parties.
examples: Giacomo Colletti, Fabiana Allevi, Laura Moneghini, and Marina Palvarini (31 January 2014), “Clown nose: a case of disfiguring nodular squamous cell carcinoma of the face”, in Case Reports, volume 2014, →DOI, →PMID, page bcr2013200471: “The clown nose is characterised in the patient by a dome-shaped reddish nodular lesion with an incomplete central keratin-filled crater.”
glosses: A reddish-brown cancerous bulge in the area of the tip of the nose.
kraterocracy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: kraterocracies
Senses: glosses: Synonym of kratocracy.
synonyms: word: kratocracy
Derived terms: kraterocratic
kraterocracies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of kraterocracy
three-point landing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: three-point landing landing
form: three-point landings
Senses: glosses: An airplane landing in which the two main landing gears and the front landing gear or rear landing gear or skid all touch the ground simultaneously.
glosses: Synonym of superhero landing.
synonyms: word: superhero landing
Related terms: pancake landing
three-point landings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of three-point landing
Trevontae
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A male given name originating as a coinage, of African-American usage.
another nail in the coffin
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of another nail in someone's coffin.
kraterocratic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to kraterocracy.
kratocratic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to kratocracy.
half-dead
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of halfdead.
Walberton
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A village and civil parish in Arun district, West Sussex, England (OS grid ref SU9706).
Voldemorting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of Voldemort
Voldemorted
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of Voldemort
tenbagger
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈtɛnˌbæɡə(ɹ)/
Forms: form: tenbaggers
form: ten bagger
form: ten-bagger
form: 10-bagger
Senses: glosses: A stock that grows tenfold as compared to its value at the time it has been acquired.
ten bagger
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ten baggers
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of tenbagger.
ten baggers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ten bagger
ten-bagger
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ten-baggers
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of tenbagger.
ten-baggers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ten-bagger
10-bagger
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: 10-baggers
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of tenbagger.
10-baggers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of 10-bagger
tenbaggers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tenbagger
Boring Billion
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the Boring Billion
Etymology: From boring + billion. From the remarkably stable environment of the time, over a period of 1 billion years, from climate, weather, geology, tectonic shifting, lifeforms.
Senses: topics: geography
geology
natural-sciences
glosses: The period of time from 1.8 Gya to 800 Mya, on Earth, lying in the middle of the Proterozoic.
Synonyms: Barren Billion
Dullest Time in Earth's History
Nuttalls
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Nuttall
Chatham-Kent
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Formed in 1998. Chatham was a township and city, Kent was formerly Kent County. Chatham in England is in the county of Kent.
Senses: glosses: A municipality in south-western Ontario, Canada.
Westarctica
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Blend of west + Antarctica. Chosen to evoke images of Western Antarctica, and also, as an homage to the Napoleonic Kingdom of Westphalia.
Senses: examples: text: There has even been a claim from the unrecognised state of Westarctica, whatever that might be.
ref: 2005, Jim Taylor, “Antarctica”, in Space Race: An Inside View of the Future of Communications Planning, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd, page 181:
text: Westarctica is moving steadily to establish a frozen foothold in the large unclaimed portion of the frozen continent.
ref: 2006 September, Lonely Planet:
text: X # 2 25 WESTARCTICAN DOLLARS Copper-Nickel, 39 mm. Ruler: Grand Duke Travis I Obv: Arms Rev: Crown and rearing horse on quartered flag background Rev. Legend: Treaty of Friendship between Westarctica and Molossia Edge: Reeded
ref: 2011, George S. Cuhaj, Thomas Michael, editors, Unusual World Coins (companion volume to the Standard Catalog of World Coins), 6th edition, Krause Publications:
text: The most established attendees were by far the long-standing Republic of Molossia, whose President Kevin Baugh is one of the go-to interviewees for features on micronations, and the Grand Duchy of Westarctica, a territory claimed on an unclaimed piece of land on Antarctica whose Grand Duke Travis McHenry is fundraising for an expedition to the actual Westarctican territory.
ref: 2020, Dylan Taylor-Lehman, Sealand: The True Story of the World’s Most Stubborn Micronation, Icon Books, →ISBN:
text: On 2 November 2001, McHenry wrote letters to each of the twelve original signatories of the Antarctic Treaty announcing his formal claim and the creation of the Grand Duchy of Westarctica.
ref: 2021, Harry Hobbs, George Williams, “Performing Sovereignty”, in Micronations and the Search for Sovereignty, →ISBN:
text: Where is Westarctica’s claimed territory located?
ref: 2022, Ryan North, How to Take Over the World: Practical Schemes and Scientific Solutions for the Aspiring Supervillain, Riverhead Books, →ISBN, page 78:
glosses: An unrecognized micronation in Antarctica, founded in 2001 by Travis McHenry, who styles himself as Grand Duke Travis, claiming a region of West Antarctica which has not been claimed by any nation state, comprising most of Marie Byrd Land.
Synonyms: english: official name
translation: official name
word: Grand Duchy of Westarctica
Derived terms: Westarctican
Brickaville
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A town and commune in Atsinanana region, Madagascar.
St. Felix
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈseɪnt ˈfiː.lɪks/
rhymes: -iːlɪks
Forms: form: Saint Felix
Etymology: The community is named after Felix I (d. 274).
Senses: glosses: A community and rural municipality of Prince County, Prince Edward Island, Canada.
wikipedia: Felix I
Tignish Shore
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈtɪɡ.nɪʃ ˈʃɔɹ/
rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)
Etymology: The community is named for its location on a shoreline close to Tignish.
Senses: glosses: A community and rural municipality of Prince County, Prince Edward Island, Canada.
Tyne Valley
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈtaɪn ˈvæ.li/
rhymes: -æli
Etymology: The community is named after the River Tyne in England.
Senses: glosses: A community and rural municipality of Prince County, Prince Edward Island, Canada.
Yapp
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Yapps
Etymology: Nickname for a clever or cunning person, from Middle English yap (“deceitful, shrewd”), from Old English gēap (“crooked, bent; devious, cunning”).
Senses: glosses: A surname transferred from the nickname.
Shontz
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Shontzes
Etymology: Americanized form of German Schantz.
Senses: glosses: A surname from German.
Shontzes
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Shontz
Yapps
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Yapp
Điện Biên Phủ
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /djɛnbjɛnˈfuː/
Forms: form: Dien Bien Phu
form: Dienbienphu
Etymology: Borrowed from Vietnamese Điện Biên Phủ.
Senses: glosses: The provincial capital of Điện Biên Province, Vietnam.