cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
Xigong
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: enpr: shēʹgo͝ongʹ
rhymes: -ʊŋ
Etymology: From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 西工.
Senses: examples: text: In March this year when production of the factory was in full swing, four procuratorial personnel of Jili District took away account books of a service company at the factory’s dormitory in Xigong District of Luoyang City. Four days later the procuratorate sealed two safes belonging to the company, forcing the company to stop doing business.
ref: 1988 June 29 [1988 June 20], Chen Chaozhong (7115 2600 0022) [陳朝中], “District Party Committee Secretary Causes Production at a Chemical Works To Be Partly Stopped Because He Fails To Extort What He Wants”, in Daily Report: China, number 88-125, Foreign Broadcast Information Service, sourced from Beijing RENMIN RIBAO, p1, translation of original in Chinese, →ISSN, →OCLC, National Affairs, page 25, column 2:
english: 陳朝中
translation: 陳朝中
text: Xigong, a district of Luoyang in the central province of Henan, paid out more than 1,000 yuan (65 pounds) for about 2,000 dead flies on July 1, the day it launched the scheme with the aim of encouraging cleanliness in residential areas.
ref: 2007 July 10, “City suburb puts a bounty on flies”, in Reuters, archived from the original on 19 Jun 2023, Oddly Enough:
text: In another example which took place in 2006, the People's Court of Xigong District, Luoyang City, and Henan Province accepted and tried the first case that a driver filed a suit against the traffic police authorities for traffic signs that were in violation of his rights.
ref: 2009, The China Legal Development Yearbook, volume 2, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 219:
text: In an effort to promote public hygiene, a Chinese city recently offered to buy dead flies from residents at the equivalent of 0.06 cents per fly.
Officials in the Xigong district of Luoyang city instigated the plan. According to Hi^([sic – meaning Hu]) Guisheng, the district’s administrative director, ‘We think giving people money will be more effective than fining them to keep the city clean.'
ref: 2013, Graeme Garden, Jon Naismith, The Unbelievable Truth, Random House, →ISBN, →OCLC, →OL, page 123:
text: Researchers at Luoyang Municipal Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology were excavating a group of more than 300 ancient tombs in Luoyang's Xigong district when they made the discovery.
ref: 2018 November 9, Tracy You, “Vintage wine, anyone? 2,000-year-old alcohol is found inside a lavish ancient tomb in China”, in Daily Mail, archived from the original on 09 Nov 2018:
glosses: A district of Luoyang, Henan, China.
Jianxi
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Chien-hsi
Etymology: From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of Mandarin 澗西 /涧西.
Senses: examples: text: It was decided to build the industrial district in Chienhsi far to the west, where there are fewer ancient tombs than in other places.
ref: [1978 May, TANG HSIA, “LOYANG, A City Both Ancient and Young”, in China Reconstructs, volume XXVII, number 5, Peking, →OCLC, page 15, column 3:
text: You will normally be lodged at the International Hotel (tel. 7155), Zhongzhou, Xigong district, or at the Friendship Hotel (tel. 22991), 1-6 Xiyuan Road, Jianxi district, in the southwest of the town.
ref: 1988, John Summerfield, “Luoyang”, in Fodor's People's Republic of China (Fodor's), New York; London: Fodor's Travel Publications, Inc., →ISBN, →OCLC, page 431:
text: The Three Kingdom jade cup found in a tomb in the Jianxi district is a masterpiece.
ref: 2009, Miriam Clifford, Cathy Giangrande, Antony White, China: Museums, Odyssey Books, →ISBN, →OCLC, →OL, page 121:
text: The question, given to pupils at 27 primary schools in the district of Jianxi in Luoyang, Henan province, instructed them to watch the video twice before answering four multiple-choice questions. One of the questions was: “What is Huawei’s competitive advantage? A. quality. B. design. C. functionality.”
ref: 2019 February 14, Michelle Wong, “Huawei video in Chinese school exam sparks product placement row”, in South China Morning Post, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 14 Feb 2019, People & Culture:
glosses: A district of Luoyang, Henan, China.
Luolong
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin Chinese pronunciation for 洛龍／洛龙.
Senses: examples: text: First, inappropriate locations of disclosure of information that affect public access to the information. The assessment shows that some local government have not disclosed different kinds of information in their corresponding columns. For example, on the website of the Government of Luolong District, Luoyang City, Henan Province, the interpretations and explanations of enrollment policies of schools of compulsory education are put not in the column of Policy Interpretations", but in the column "Luolong Today", in which the information is updated more quickly than in other columns, thus making these explanations and interpretations even more difficult to find.
ref: 2021, He Tian, Yanbin Lv, editors, Assessing Government Transparency in China (2018), →ISBN, →OCLC, pages 79–80:
text: As the city of Luoyang is striving to increase its appeal to young people, the program also featured a youth station located in the Luolong District, where young talents coming to the city can not only enjoy comprehensive infrastructures, comfortable environments and considerate services, but also receive employment and daily life guidance.
ref: 2022 April 8, “Xinhua Silk Road: Peony-themed live streaming activities kick off in C. China Henan's Luoyang”, in PR Newswire, archived from the original on 14 Apr 2022:
glosses: A district of Luoyang, Henan, China.
Yanshi
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: yěnʹshûʹ
Etymology: From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 偃師 /偃师 (Yǎnshī).
Senses: examples: text: Continued excavation at the Shang dynasty site at Erlitou in Yenshih county, Honan province, has yielded more finds of importance.
ref: [1975 November, Nai Hsia, “The Slaves Were the Makers of History—New archaeological finds on ancient Chinese slave society”, in China Reconstructs, volume XXIV, number 11, China Welfare Institute, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 40, column 2:
text: Another small plant in Yenshih County, Honan, reportedly raised daily output of vertical kilns from 80 to 140 tons while cutting its work force in half, through lengthening air-blast pipe and installing simple mechanical discharging devices.
ref: [1977, K. P. Wang, Mineral Resources and Basic Industries in the People's Republic of China, Boulder, Colorado: Westview Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 168:
text: At present the direct antecedents of the sophisticated cast vessels from Erlitou-period tombs excavated at Yanshi near Luoyang remain undiscovered. Traces of earlier metal-working at Yanshi are hinted at in remains of crucibles and metal fragments, but much more information is still required.
ref: 1987, Jessica Rawson, “Introduction”, in Chinese Bronzes: Art and Ritual, British Museum Publications, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 9:
glosses: A district of Luoyang, Henan, China, formerly a county-level city.
wikipedia: Cambridge University Press
Prigmores
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Prigmore
McVeigh
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: McVeighs
Etymology: Variant of McVey.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Scottish Gaelic.
glosses: An unincorporated community in Pike County, Kentucky, United States.
Teeterses
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Teeters
McVeighs
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of McVeigh
Devil's Dyke
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A deep V-shaped valley and area of the South Downs in Mid Sussex district, West Sussex, England (OS grid ref TQ2611).
Teetersville
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Teeters + -ville.
Senses: glosses: An unincorporated community in Harlan County, Kentucky, United States.
new Australian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: new Australians
Senses: examples: text: The New Australians are the sober ones here. All saving their money for when their two years are up, to buy a house or start a business or something. But for the language trouble, they're the best men that I've got.
ref: 1952, Nevil Shute, chapter 7, in The Far Country, Melbourne: Heinemann:
glosses: A post-WWII migrant to Australia, especially one from Europe whose first language was not English.
examples: text: To go to Paraguay to-day involves at least six months absence from Australia[.] Our "New Australians," in order to reach this promised land, bought the S.S. "Royal Tar" for £1,620, and on the 16th July, 1893, 240 idealists set sail.
ref: 1935, Eric N Birks, “As a Boy in Paraguay”, in The Australian Quarterly, volume 7, number 26, page 57:
glosses: A member of the New Australia settlement in Paraguay.
new Australians
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of new Australian
running battle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: running battles
Senses: examples: text: A ferocious running battle now developed between the Heinkels and their escort and the Spitfires and Hurricanes of 72, 605, 41 and 79 Squadrons.
ref: 2010, Richard Hough, Denis Richards, The Battle of Britain, page 174:
text: But that's a running battle down Rossville Street!
ref: 2015, Greg McLaughlin, Stephen Baker, The British Media and Bloody Sunday:
text: At the battle of Oriskany on August 6, 1777, Native American forces sprang their ambush on passing militia too soon, resulting in a ferocious running battle through surrounding woodland.
ref: 2021, Robbie MacNiven, Battle Tactics of the American Revolution, page 24:
glosses: A fight that moves, with attacks occurring in various places.
examples: text: Not only did they not get on, but they also had a constant running battle which had become increasingly bitter over time.
ref: 2007, Belinda Brewin, Trouble Brewin - A True Story of Sex, Murder, Love and Betrayal:
text: I have fought a running battle with medicine for much of my career. I have wanted to leave it for poetry.
ref: 2016, Glenn Colquhoun, Late Love:
text: Prue delivers herself of a capsule account of her running battle with the barons of Big Pharma.
ref: 2019, John le Carré, Agent Running in the Field:
glosses: A conflict that continues over a long period of time, usually with periodic eruptions of fighting.
elbow joint
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: elbow joints
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Synonym of elbow.
synonyms: word: elbow
trochlear notch
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: trochlear notches
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
synonyms: semilunar notch
sigmoid notch
glosses: A deep depression in the proximal end of the ulna by which the ulna articulates with the trochlea of the humerus at the elbow.
Pollok
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Polloks
Etymology: Variant of Pollock.
Senses: glosses: A surname.
glosses: A suburb in the south-west of the City of Glasgow, Scotland (OS grid ref NS5361).
glosses: An unincorporated community in Angelina County, Texas, United States.
NDRs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of NDR
kallipyg
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: kallipygs
Senses: glosses: A callipygian person
kapha
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The dosha composed of water and earth
ringleting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of ringlet
fifth nerve
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fifth nerves
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
neuroanatomy
neurology
neuroscience
sciences
glosses: Synonym of trigeminal nerve.
synonyms: word: trigeminal nerve
karrusel
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: karrusels
Senses: glosses: The carousel of a clock or watch
semihysterical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From semi- + hysterical.
Senses: examples: text: The next four hours passed in a kind of dream. There was a long and semihysterical discussion following Brown’s confirmation, or maybe the discussion wasn’t as long as it seemed; maybe it was just the grim necessity of people chewing over the same information, trying to see it from every possible point of view, working it the way a dog works a bone, trying to get at the marrow.
ref: 1980, Stephen King, The Mist, Viking Press:
glosses: Somewhat or partly hysterical.
trigeminal ganglion
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: trigeminal ganglia
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
neuroanatomy
neurology
neuroscience
sciences
synonyms: Gasserian ganglion
semilunar ganglion
glosses: A large flattened sensory root ganglion of the trigeminal nerve that lies within the skull and behind the orbit.
trigeminal ganglia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of trigeminal ganglion
keelivine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: keelivines
Etymology: origin unknown
Senses: glosses: Synonym of keelyvine pen.
synonyms: word: keelyvine pen
sensory root
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sensory roots
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
neuroanatomy
neurology
neuroscience
sciences
antonyms: motor root
glosses: A nerve root containing only sensory fibers.
Related terms: dorsal root
gasserian ganglion
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gasserian ganglia
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
neuroanatomy
neurology
neuroscience
sciences
glosses: Synonym of trigeminal ganglion.
synonyms: word: trigeminal ganglion
keffekilite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From keffekil + -ite.
Senses: topics: chemistry
geography
geology
mineralogy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A form of lithomarge from Crimea.
gasserian ganglia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of gasserian ganglion
Carss
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname.
glosses: A community in Armour, Ontario, Canada.
semilunar ganglion
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: semilunar ganglia
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
neuroanatomy
neurology
neuroscience
sciences
glosses: Synonym of trigeminal ganglion.
synonyms: word: trigeminal ganglion
keffekill
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of keffekil.
semilunar ganglia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of semilunar ganglion
kelebe
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: kelebes
Etymology: Borrowed from Ancient Greek κελέβη (kelébē, “a cup, a jar”).
Senses: glosses: A type of krater
kempy
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of kemp.
out-of-stater
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: out-of-staters
Etymology: From out-of-state + -er.
Senses: examples: text: “They’re all out-of-staters, strangers to me,” Ollie said. “I didn’t ask any of them.”
ref: 1980, Stephen King, The Mist, Viking Press:
coordinate_terms: out-of-towner
glosses: A person visiting a state.
out-of-staters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of out-of-stater
keraulophon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: keraulophons
form: keraulophone
Etymology: Derived from Ancient Greek κέρας (kéras, “horn”) + αὐλός (aulós, “pipe”) + φωνή (phōnḗ, “sound, voice”).
Senses: topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: A particular flue organ stop of 8' pitch which produces a reedy tone.
kersanton
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: kersantons
Senses: topics: chemistry
geography
geology
mineralogy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A form of kersantite
keruing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: keruings
Senses: glosses: A hardwood timber from Malaysia and Indonesia, genus Dipterocarpus
keylet
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: keylets
Etymology: From key + -let.
Senses: glosses: A small key
training pants
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: synonyms: diaper pants
nappy pants
potty pants
pull-up
glosses: Undergarments worn by incontinent people, typically infants, to aid in toilet training during the transition between diapers and underpants.
Massingham
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Massinghams
Etymology: Habitational surname from two villages in Norfolk, from an Old English personal name *Mæssa + -ing (“belonging to”) + hām (“village, hamlet”).
Senses: glosses: A surname from Old English.
Ruyang
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 汝陽 /汝阳.
Senses: examples: text: A memorial of 1325 says that two Honan men, Chao Ch’ou-ssu and Kuo P’u-sa (Kuo the Bodhisattva), from Hsi-chou (modern Ju-yang county) preached heretical doctrines, saying, "The Buddha Maitreya should possess the world."
ref: [1976, Daniel L. Overmyer, “The White Lotus Tradition”, in Folk Buddhist Religion: Dissenting Sects in Late Traditional China, number 83, Harvard University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 84:
text: In 1229, after having served for five years in the academy, Wang E was appointed district assistant in the Kuei-te administration and acting magistrate of the Ch’eng-fu county of Po-chou, both in Honan. A year later, he was promoted to be vice-prefect of Shen-chou, as well as acting magistrate of Ju-yang county in Ts’ai-chou (modern Ju-nan), Honan.
ref: [1993, Hok-lam Chan, “Wang E (1190-1273)”, in Igor de Rachewiltz, Hok-lam Chan, Hsiao Ch’i-ch’ing, Peter W. Geier, May Wang, editors, In the Service of the Khan: Eminent Personalities of the Early Mongol-Yüan Period (1200-1300), Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, →ISBN, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 301:
text: In October 1991, five months after my arrest, the PSB sent a special team of armed guards to take me and several other prisoners from the detention centre to the Da’an labour camp, which is located in Ruyang County in the north-west part of Henan Province.
ref: 2002, Brother Yun, The Heavenly Man: The Remarkable True Story of Chinese Christian Brother Yun, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 201:
text: Liu said that last week, he and his friends in Henan's Ruyang County helped gather nearly 10,000 signatures of people pledging to boycott Japanese products because of the new textbook approved in Tokyo.
ref: 2005 April 20, Edward Cody, “In China, Roots Of Anger Toward Japan Run Deep”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 15 Aug 2023:
glosses: A county of Luoyang, Henan, China.
hold in derision
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: holds in derision
form: holding in derision
form: held in derision
form: held in derision
Senses: glosses: To regard with scorn.
Related terms: hold in contempt
laborously
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more laborously
form: most laborously
Etymology: From laborous + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a laborous manner.
laboursomely
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more laboursomely
form: most laboursomely
Etymology: From laboursome + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a laboursome manner.
labradoritic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more labradoritic
form: most labradoritic
Etymology: From labradorite + -ic.
Senses: glosses: Containing or relating to the mineral labradorite.
labyrinthally
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more labyrinthally
form: most labyrinthally
Etymology: From labyrinthal + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a labyrinthal manner.
lachrymally
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From lachrymal + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a lachrymal manner.
lackadaisicality
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From lackadaisical + -ity.
Senses: glosses: The quality of being lackadaisical.
lactescency
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of lactescence.
hold in contempt
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: holds in contempt
form: holding in contempt
form: held in contempt
form: held in contempt
Senses: topics: law
glosses: To judge someone to have been in contempt of court.
glosses: To consider someone unworthy of respect.
Related terms: hold in derision
laevogyrous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of levogyrous.
bid-ask spreads
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bid-ask spread
Lahnda
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Punjabi لَہَنْدا / ਲਹਿੰਦਾ (lahindā, “west, western”), from Punjabi لَہَݨا / ਲਹਿਣਾ (lahiṇā, “to come down”), coming from the sense that the sun sets in the West. Compare Sindhi لهڻ (lahaṇu, “to obtain, get down, go down”).
Senses: glosses: A group of northwestern Indo-Aryan language varieties spoken in parts of Pakistan and India.
laicizer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: laicizers
Etymology: From laicize + -er.
Senses: glosses: One who laicizes.
laicizers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of laicizer
Lahuli
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Lahauli
Senses: synonyms: Stod Bhoti
glosses: A Tibetic language spoken in the Lahaul and Spiti region of Himachal Pradesh, India.
wikipedia: + language
Lahauli
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Lahuli.
Lakism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From lake + -ism.
Senses: glosses: The style or approach of the Lake Poets, a group of English Romantic poets from the Lake District.
Related terms: Laker
Lakist
Lakelander
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Lakelanders
Etymology: From Lakeland + -er.
Senses: glosses: A native or inhabitant of the Lake District.
Lakelanders
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Lakelander
lakemanship
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: coordinate_terms: seamanship
glosses: Skill in, and knowledge of, the work of navigating, maintaining, and operating a vessel on a lake.
keep one's side of the bargain
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: keeps one's side of the bargain
form: keeping one's side of the bargain
form: kept one's side of the bargain
form: kept one's side of the bargain
Senses: glosses: To fulfill a commitment as part of keeping to an agreement.
lamentational
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to lamentation.
lamentatory
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to lamentation.
lamplet
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lamplets
Etymology: From lamp + -let.
Senses: glosses: A little lamp.
beachlet
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: beachlets
Etymology: From beach + -let.
Senses: glosses: A little beach.
beachlets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of beachlet
lamplets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lamplet
lampful
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lampfuls
form: lampsful
Etymology: From lamp + -ful.
Senses: examples: a lampful of oil
glosses: Enough to fill a lamp.
lampsful
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lampful
lampfuls
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lampful
lamplighted
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From lamp + lighted.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of lamplit.
synonyms: word: lamplit
lamziekte
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lamsiekte
Etymology: From Afrikaans lamziekte.
Senses: synonyms: lame sickness
parabotulism
glosses: A form of botulism in cattle.
Related terms: styfziekte
lanceman
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lancemen
Etymology: From lance + -man.
Senses: synonyms: lancer
glosses: A soldier armed with a lance.
lancemen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lanceman
landgafol
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A form of ground rent paid in medieval times.
Related terms: gavel
land
landgravess
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: landgravesses
Etymology: From landgrave + -ess.
Senses: glosses: A female landgrave.
landgravesses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of landgravess
caziqueship
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: caziqueships
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of caciqueship.
caziqueships
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of caziqueship
caciqueship
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: caciqueships
Senses: glosses: The role or status of cacique.
caciqueships
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of caciqueship
landgraveship
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: landgraveships
Senses: glosses: The role or status of landgrave.
landgraveships
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of landgraveship
caziquism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of caciquism.
landlubberish
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more landlubberish
form: most landlubberish
Etymology: From landlubber + -ish.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of landlubberly.
synonyms: word: landlubberly
landladyship
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The role or status of landlady.
landladyhood
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The role or status of landlady.
dopeless
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From dope + -less.
Senses: glosses: Without dope (narcotic drug).
glosses: Without pipe dope.
pipe dope
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pipe dopes
Senses: glosses: Any of various lubricants and sealants used to make a pipe thread joint leakproof and pressure-tight.
pipe dopes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pipe dope
langarai
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The tree Bruguiera parviflora.
lankish
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more lankish
form: most lankish
Etymology: From lank + -ish.
Senses: glosses: Somewhat lank.
Goodwood
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A place in England:
A large country estate mainly in Westhampnett parish, with the racecourse in Singleton parish, Chichester district, West Sussex, England, including Goodwood House and Park, a racecourse, airfield, motor racing circuit and a car factory (OS grid refs SU8707 to SU8811).
glosses: A place in England:
A suburb in Evington ward, Leicester, Leicestershire, England (OS grid ref SK6304).
glosses: A place in Canada:
A suburban community in Halifax, Nova Scotia.
glosses: A place in Canada:
A settlement in Uxbridge, Regional Municipality of Durham, Ontario.
glosses: A place in Australia:
A suburb of Adelaide in the City of Unley, South Australia.
glosses: A place in Australia:
A suburb of the City of Glenorchy, Tasmania.
glosses: A suburb of Cape Town, South Africa.
glosses: A rural community south of Palmerston, Otago, New Zealand.
glosses: A village in Trinidad and Tobago.
lapidators
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lapidator
lapsability
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of lapsibility.
lapsibility
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The property of being lapsible.
larderful
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: larderfuls
Etymology: From larder + -ful.
Senses: glosses: Enough to fill a larder.
larderfuls
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of larderful
larixinic acid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Synonym of larixin.
synonyms: word: larixin
larixin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
synonyms: larixinic acid
glosses: A crystallizable principle found in the bark of the larch.
larcenic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more larcenic
form: most larcenic
Senses: glosses: larcenous; thievish
larrikinish
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more larrikinish
form: most larrikinish
Etymology: From larrikin + -ish.
Senses: glosses: Characteristic of larrikins or larrikinism.
latexosis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From latex + -osis.
Senses: glosses: An abnormal flow of latex from a plant.
lecturette
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lecturettes
Etymology: From lecture + -ette.
Senses: glosses: A short lecture.
lecturettes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lecturette
legislatorially
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From legislatorial + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a legislatorial manner.
leprologic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From leprology + -ic.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of leprological: Of or related to leprology.
synonyms: word: leprological
extra: Of or related to leprology
leprological
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From leprology + -ical, equivalent to leprosy + -logical.
Senses: glosses: Of or related to leprology, the scientific study of leprosy.
Synonyms: word: leprologic
leucoblastic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of leukoblast.
leukoblastic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Relating to leukoblasts.
levelish
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more levelish
form: most levelish
Etymology: From level + -ish.
Senses: examples: text: Between this ridge and the sea, on the east and south-east, there stretches out from the sort of bay described a breadth of five or six miles of levelish country, […]
ref: 1880, Edinburgh Geological Society, Transactions, volumes 3-4, page 119:
glosses: Somewhat level.
levellish
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more levellish
form: most levellish
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of levelish.
levoversion
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: levoversions
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of laevoversion.
levoversions
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of levoversion
Luanchuan
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Luan-ch'uan
Etymology: From Mandarin 欒川／栾川.
Senses: examples: text: Luanchuan County of Loyang Special District is abolished. The administrative area of the former Luanchuan County is transferred to Sung County.
ref: 1960, Daily Report: Foreign Radio Broadcasts, volumes 166-170, Foreign Broadcast Information Service, →OCLC, page 10:
text: In Luanchuan County, Henan Province, for example, people subsist on 0.052 ha per capita. Government subsidies and cheap loans for agriculture are the only vehicles to keep the area afloat. Annual per capita income is approximately RMB 230 yuan. One of the three largest mines in the world—the Luanchuan molybdenum, lead, and zinc mine—attracted a deluge of miners.
ref: 1994, Geping Qu, Li Jinchang, translated by Jiang Baozhong and Gu Ran, edited by Robert B. Boardman, Population and the Environment in China, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 91:
text: Another 19 people were still missing, the local Dahe newspaper reported on its website, www.dahe.cn, after a 153-meter-long bridge in mountainous Luanchuan county in the central province of Henan collapsed on Saturday afternoon.
ref: 2010 July 26, Huang Yan, Ken Wills, “Flooding causes China bridge to collapse, killing 37”, in Andrew Marshall, editor, Reuters, archived from the original on 12 May 2022, Asia Crisis:
glosses: A county of Luoyang, Henan, China.
Yiyang
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: yēʹyängʹ
Etymology: From Mandarin 弋陽 /弋阳 (Yìyáng).
Senses: glosses: A county of Shangrao, Jiangxi, China.
Yiyang
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: yēʹyängʹ
Etymology: From Mandarin 宜陽 /宜阳 (Yíyáng).
Senses: examples: text: A scene from China’s great drought of 1960. Members of the Sanhsiang people's commune in Yiyang County form a "bucket brigade" to bring water from the Lo River, reduced to a trickle.
China Reconstructs (Peiping), November 1960
ref: 1961 May [1961 January 22], “China: Re-educating Capitalists”, in East Europe, A Monthly Review of East European Affairs, volume 10, number 5, New York: Free Europe Committee, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 14, column 1:
text: Li Ho (790-816), or Li Chang-chi, came from Changku County (present-day Yiyang County) in the province of Honan.
ref: 1976, Chung Wen, “Legalist Ideas in Li Ho's Poetry”, in Chinese Literature, number 2, Peking: Foreign Languages Press, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 94:
text: 2. In 1980, a batch of more than 75 kilograms (about 2,000 pieces) of hollow head spades with slant shoulder and arc foot was excavated at Liuquan Village, Yiyang County, Henan Province².
ref: 1990, Zhang Jiqi, “The development of denomination systems in early Chinese coins”, in I.A. Carradice, editor, Proceedings of the 10th International Congress of Numismatics, →OCLC, page 527:
text: Chickens ranged freely down the single mud lane of Wu Yuegou village, pecking at stray seeds and scattering with excited clucks when the dogs came barking.[…]
In this small community in the plains of northern Henan province, and across the rest of China, farmers in remote villages have made a tradition of keeping a few chickens around the barnyard.[…]
Even though the chickens in Li's village have not been vaccinated, officials in surrounding Yiyang County appear to have reacted to the call for action from Beijing. The Communist Party's tight organization at every level of the country's administration has long been an effective tool for handing down orders.
ref: 2005 November 20, Edward Cody, “China's Remote Villages Portend A Tough Fight Against Bird Flu”, in The Washington Post, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 03 Dec 2023:
text: Piglets at a farm in Yiyang County in China’s Henan Province. China has culled 1.2 million pigs in an effort to contain a deadly swine disease.
ref: 2019 September 10, Alexandra Stevenson, Raymond Zhong, “China’s Pork Prices Soar, Adding to Beijing’s Troubles”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 10 Sep 2019, BUSINESS:
glosses: A county of Luoyang, Henan, China.
Yiyang
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: yēʹyängʹ
Etymology: From Mandarin 益陽 /益阳 (Yìyáng).
Senses: glosses: A prefecture-level city of Hunan, China.
Xin'an
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈʃɪnˈɑn/
ipa: /-æn/
enpr: shǐnʹänʹ
Etymology: From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 新安 (Xīn'ān).
Senses: examples: text: One village in Xin’an county in Henan province has 120 women of childbearing age. Except for five women who are sterile, the rest each have three, four, or even five children. The husbands of these women are prosperous, and willing to accept financial penalties in order to have more children. “The fines are no problem for us, it’s just a matter of raising one more ox or two pigs. We don’t mind paying,” say the village farmers.
ref: 1989 December, Shulin Deng, “Sound the Alarm on Population Growth”, in Current World Leaders, volume 32, number 8, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 1038:
text: During the Jin Dynasty, a woodcutter by the name of Wang Qiao lived at the foot of a mountain in Xin’an County of He’nan^([sic – meaning Henan]).
ref: 2001, “The Legend of Mt Lanke”, in 韩玉 [Y N Han], transl., edited by 李小香 [Li Xiaoxiang], 中华文化的故事 [Origins of Chinese Culture], Asiapac Books, published 2005, →ISBN, →OCLC, →OL, page 145:
english: Origins of Chinese Culture
translation: Origins of Chinese Culture
text: At midday Wednesday, a few hours after the video began circulating online, the government of Xin’an County, in the city of Luoyang, announced that Mr. Si had been suspended from office and that the county discipline inspection commission had begun an investigation into his conduct.
ref: 2015 July 29, Austin Ramzy, “After Appearing Drunk on Television, Chinese Official Faces Inquiry”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 17 Oct 2022, Sinosphere:
glosses: A county of Luoyang, Henan, China.
examples: text: The Hong Kong region belonged to Xinan county, under the charge of the county magistrate, whose yamen or official office was located in the walled city of Nantou within present-day Shenzhen.
ref: [2001, James Hayes, “Shaping Village Culture: Imperial Government and Local Self-Management”, in South China Village Culture, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 12:
text: In China, the compilation of local chronicles has a history for more than 2,000 years and can be traced back to the Qin dynasty. The last chronicles to include Hong Kong were completed in 1819, when it was still part of Xinan county during the Qing dynasty.
ref: [2020 December 28, Ng Kang-chung, Jeffie Lam, Robbie Hu, “First volume of ‘Chronicles of Hong Kong’ launched as part of HK$780 million, eight-year project”, in South China Morning Post, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 28 Dec 2020, Politics:
glosses: A former county Guangdong, China.
Sanmenxia
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: San-men-hsia
form: Sanmenhsia
Etymology: c. late 20th c., from the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 三門峽 /三门峡 (Sānménxiá).
Senses: examples: text: China's largest hydroelectric station is under construction at Sanmensia, and will supply power to the industrial centers of Loyang, Sian and Chengchow.
ref: [1961 January [1960], “Basic Shifts in the Structure and Distribution of China's Industry”, in Soviet Geography: Review & Translation, volume II, number 1, New York: American Geographical Society, sourced from Vestnik Moskovskogo Universiteta, seriya geografiya, 1960, No. 2, Pages 28-32 (Вестник Московского университета), translation of original by I. Kh. Ovdiyenko (in Russian), →ISSN, →OCLC, page 52:
text: Several vehicles were reported to have fallen from the elevated section of the highway after a truck laden with fireworks exploded, severely damaging a roughly 80-meter (262-foot) section of the road.
The incident occurred near the city of Sanmenxia, to the east of Xi'an, in the inland, eastern province of Henan.
ref: 2013 February 1, “China highway collapse”, in Deutsche Welle, archived from the original on 02 Feb 2024:
text: Law enforcement in the central Chinese city of Sanmenxia, along the Yellow River, ran a system that over the course of a month this year screened whether residents were Uighurs 500,000 times.
ref: 2019 April 14, Paul Mozur, “One Month, 500,000 Face Scans: How China Is Using A.I. to Profile a Minority”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 14 Apr 2019, Technology:
glosses: A prefecture-level city of Henan, China.
wikipedia: Frederick A. Praeger
Yima
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ēʹmäʹ
Etymology: From Mandarin 義馬 /义马 (Yìmǎ).
Senses: examples: text: On the mainland, Yima city, a coal-mining center in central China’s Henan Province, had the highest sex ratio of 153.18 among China’s cities, while Tumeng^([sic – meaning Tumen]) city in Jilin Province had the lowest sex ratio of 99.15.
ref: 1988, “Sex and Age Composition of China's Population”, in New China's Population, Macmillan Publishing Company, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 112, column 2:
text: Henan Yima Group Ltd. was constructing a 400,000-t/yr alumina refinery in Yima, Henan Province, and planned to start production early 2010 (CRU Alumina Monitor, 2009j).
ref: 2009, Minerals Yearbook Metals and Minerals 2009, volume I, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 10.3, column 1:
text: The Friday evening explosion in Yima city in Henan province shattered windows 1.9 miles away and knocked off doors inside buildings, Chinese state media reports said. Yima is part of Sanmenxia city.
ref: 2019 July 19, “At least 10 killed in explosion at gas factory in central China”, in CBS News, archived from the original on 20 Jul 2019:
text: The explosion on Friday evening, in the city of Yima in Henan Province, sent a ball of fire and thick plumes of smoke into the air, according to local state media.
ref: 2019 July 20, Jane Perlez, “Gas Plant Explosion in Central China Kills at Least 10”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 20 Jul 2019, ASIA PACIFIC:
glosses: A county-level city of Sanmenxia, Henan, China.
Mianchi
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: myěnʹchûʹ
Forms: form: Mien-ch'ih
form: Mienchih
Etymology: From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin Chinese pronunciation for 澠池／渑池 (Miǎnchí).
Senses: examples: text: But in 1920 Andersson discovered in Mien-ch’ih Hsien, western Honan, in the heart of Chinese civilization, a Stone Age site near Yang-shao-ts’un, which was to be followed by his discovery of another Painted Pottery site at the cave of Sha-kuo-t’un in Liaoning in 1922 and many other Painted Pottery Culture sites in Kansu in 1923-24.
ref: [1968, Kwang-chih Chang, “Introduction”, in The Archaeology of Ancient China, Yale University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 5:
text: Both these sites are also identified as belonging to the Yangshao culture, similar remains having first been discovered at Yangshao Village in Mianchi County, Henan Province.
ref: 1991 [1987], Zongxu Zou, translated by Susan Whitfield, The Land Within the Passes: A History of Xian, Viking, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 41:
text: A truck stops near a section of a partially collapsed expressway bridge on the Lianhuo highway in Mianchi county, Henan province, China, February 1, 2013. According to Xinhua News Agency, five people died and eight others were injured after an expressway bridge partially collapsed due to a truck explosion.
ref: 2013 February 1, “China bridge collapse”, in Reuters, archived from the original on 08 May 2022:
glosses: A county of Sanmenxia, Henan, China.
Shanzhou
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 陝州 /陕州 (Shǎnzhōu).
Senses: examples: text: This paper focuses on the sunken courtyard, a typical vernacular architecture that utilizes underground space, carries out field investigation and questionnaire survey in villages of Shanzhou District, China.
ref: 2022, Fang Wang, Shunyi Wang, Beijia Cheng, Wanjing Wang, “To inhabit, retain or abandon? Adaptive utilization of energy-efficient sunken buildings by rural households in Shanzhou, China”, in Energy and Buildings, volume 255, →DOI, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 21 Jan 2022:
glosses: A district of Sanmenxia, Henan, China.
Ludwigshafen
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: synonyms: Ludwigshafen am Rhein
glosses: A city in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany, across the Rhine from Mannheim.
Chișcani
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from Romanian Chișcani.
Senses: glosses: A commune and village in Brăila County, Romania.
Cicănești
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Romanian Cicănești.
Senses: glosses: A village and commune of Argeș County, Romania.
Ciochina
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from Romanian Ciochina.
Senses: glosses: A village and commune of Ialomița County, Romania.
Ciolpani
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from Romanian Ciolpani.
Senses: glosses: A village and commune of Ilfov County, Romania.
Cojasca
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from Romanian Cojasca.
Senses: glosses: A village and commune of Dâmbovița County, Romania.
Colți
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Romanian Colți.
Senses: glosses: A village and commune of Buzău County, Romania.
lordlily
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more lordlily
form: most lordlily
Etymology: From lordly + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a lordly manner.
lordlet
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lordlets
Etymology: From lord + -let.
Senses: glosses: A little or petty lord.
lordlets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lordlet
Cotești
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Romanian Cotești.
Senses: glosses: A village in Godeni, Argeș County, Romania.
glosses: A village and commune of Vrancea County, Romania.
logometrical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Synonym of logometric.
synonyms: word: logometric
logometrically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: glosses: In a logometric manner.
Coșești
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Romanian Coșești.
Senses: glosses: A commune of Argeș County, Romania.
glosses: A village in Coșești, Argeș County, Romania.
glosses: A village in Ivănești, Vaslui County, Romania.
logicalization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The process of logicalizing.
Dichiseni
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from Romanian Dichiseni.
Senses: glosses: A village and commune of Călărași County, Romania.
Dudești
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from Romanian Dudești.
Senses: glosses: A commune and village in Brăila County, Romania.
glosses: A village in Luncoiu de Jos, Hunedoara County, Romania.
Lockatong
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: geography
geology
natural-sciences
glosses: A mapped bedrock unit in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and New York.
locklet
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: locklets
Etymology: From lock + -let.
Senses: glosses: A little lock of hair.
locklets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of locklet
loaflet
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: loaflets
Etymology: From loaf + -let.
Senses: examples: text: […] asked the young Brother Benedict, early one Good Friday morning, as he carried off, on a board, one batch after another of the loaflets of white “lord's bread.”
ref: 1895, William Andrews, The New Fairy Book, page 269:
glosses: A little loaf.
loathfully
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more loathfully
form: most loathfully
Etymology: From loathful + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a loathful manner.
loaflets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of loaflet
livingless
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From living + -less.
Senses: examples: a livingless parson
glosses: Without a living.
Hubin
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /hu.bin/
/-bɪn/
Etymology: From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin Chinese pronunciation for 湖濱／湖滨 (Húbīn).
Senses: examples: text: The monk who performs the dance of the top light is not a true Buddhist disciple, but a farmer in Xiangyang Village, Yadi Township, Hubin District, Sanmenxia City.
ref: (Can we date this quote?), Ni Hao, Travel Guide of Henan, China, DeepLogic, page https://books.google.com/books?id=ftGJDwAAQBAJ&pg=PT189:
text: […]in Hualong District of Puyang City (8.44/105), followed by Hubin District of Sanmenxia City and Luoyang City. In females, it was the highest in Luoyang City (5.22/105), followed by Hebi City and Hubin District of Sanmenxia City.
ref: 2020, 张建功, 张韶凯, 2019河南省肿瘤登记年报, →ISBN, page 273:
glosses: A district of Sanmenxia, Henan, China.
litiscontestation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: law
glosses: The situation where both parties in a case have stated their pleas and agreed to abide by the judge's decision.
lixiviator
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lixiviators
Senses: glosses: One who or that which lixiviates.
lixiviators
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lixiviator
Lityerses
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Ancient Greek Λιτυέρσης (Lituérsēs).
Senses: topics: human-sciences
mysticism
mythology
philosophy
sciences
glosses: An illegitimate son of Midas (or of Comis) and Demeter, who challenged people to harvesting contests and beheaded those he beat, putting the rest of their bodies in the sheaves. Heracles won the contest and killed him.
Lingbao
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: lǐngʹbouʹ
Forms: form: Ling-pao
Etymology: From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 靈寶 /灵宝 (Língbǎo).
Senses: glosses: A county-level city of Sanmenxia, Henan, China.
wikipedia: Cambridge University Press