cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
Cadnam
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A village in Copythorne parish, New Forest district, Hampshire, England (OS grid ref SU2913).
fundamental theorem of calculus
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the fundamental theorem of calculus
Senses: glosses: A theorem of calculus consisting of two parts:
For a continuous function f, an antiderivative or indefinite integral of F can be obtained as the integral of f over an interval with a variable upper bound, or: F(x)=∫ₐˣf(t),dt.
glosses: A theorem of calculus consisting of two parts:
The definite integral of a continuous function f over a closed interval [a,,b] is equal to the net change of any antiderivative F over [a,,b], or: ∫ₐᵇf(x),dx=F(b)-F(a).
Related terms: divergence theorem
Green's theorem
Stokes' theorem
Dagâța
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from Romanian Dagâța.
Senses: glosses: A village and commune of Iași County, Romania.
Jilin City
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Jilin (“a prefecture-level city in China”).
synonyms: word: Jilin
extra: a prefecture-level city in China
Yukon River
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Yukon (“a river in Canada and Alaska”).
synonyms: word: Yukon
extra: a river in Canada and Alaska
Ziou
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A department of Nahouri, Burkina Faso.
semivalvate
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From semi- + valvate.
Senses: glosses: Partially valvate.
semivalvular
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From semi- + valvular.
Senses: glosses: Partially valvular.
divergence theorem
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: calculus
mathematics
sciences
glosses: A three-dimensional generalization of the fundamental theorem of calculus, which states that given a solid region W bounded by a closed surface S oriented by a unit normal vector mathbf n, if a vector field mathbf F whose component functions have continuous first partial derivatives in W, then the flux of mathbf F through S is equal to the triple integral of the divergence of mathbf F over W, or ∬_S mathbf F· mathbf n,dS=∭_W∇· mathbf F,dV.
Related terms: fundamental theorem of calculus
levator scapulae
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Latin levator scapulae (“lifter of the shoulder blade”)
Senses: glosses: A skeletal muscle located at the back and side of the neck.
Sylvestrine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Sylvestrines
Senses: topics: Christianity
glosses: A Benedictine monk of a congregation founded in 1231 by Sylvester Gozzolini.
Related terms: Sylvester
Sylvestrines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Sylvestrine
Komi Republic
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the Komi Republic
Senses: glosses: Official name of Komi (“a republic in Russia”).
South Cockerington
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A village and civil parish in East Lindsey district, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref TF3889).
Related terms: North Cockerington
fundamental theorem of calculus for line integrals
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the fundamental theorem of calculus for line integrals
Senses: examples: ∫_C∇f·d mathbf r=f( mathbf r(b))-f( mathbf r(a)).
topics: calculus
mathematics
sciences
glosses: A generalization of the fundamental theorem of calculus to line integrals of vector fields, which states that the line integral of a conservative vector field along a path can be computed by evaluating the potential function at the endpoints of the path. Specifically, given a potential function f with continuous first partial derivatives on an open region R containing a curve C parameterized by mathbf r(t) for a≤t≤b
morozhenoe
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Russian моро́женое (moróženoje).
Senses: examples: text: Moscow contains most of the ingredients of the other Russian cities the Lisle Fellowship has visited. The morozhenoe stands selling Russian ice cream, the numerous kiosks which sell newspapers and magazines, the old women in white aprons and black boots who sweep the street with brooms made of twigs, the long lines at the counters inside the stores are all there.
ref: 1963 September 4, Diane Orr, “Metro Beautiful, Kremlin Fascinating-⁠-⁠-and Youth Predictable in Moscow”, in The Saginaw News, 105th year, number 81, Saginaw, Mich., →OCLC, section B, page 5, column 1:
text: Outside on Karl Marx Prospekt, the tanks of kvas, the liquefied black bread Russians quaff by the gallon in the hot months are gone. But the omnipresent morozhenoe ice cream stand is doing a brisk business selling “eskimos,” chocolate-covered vanilla logs, for 28 kopacks 37 cents.
ref: 1973 December 19, Christopher Ogden, “At Detski Mir the Crowds Buy for Nov God”, in Daily Evening Item, volume 184, number 10, Lynn, Mass., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 5, column 5:
text: 5:15 p.m. Dinner in the Ruutz-Rees dining hall on the upper campus. Menu will consist of borscht, chicken Kiev, beef stroganoff and morozhenoe.
ref: 1984 March 20, “Wallingford: Russian studies event set”, in Record-Journal, 117th year, number 67, Meriden, Conn., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 17, column 2:
text: Tempting a nation that chomps through gallons of morozhenoe even through the hardest winters is not going to be easy for the new parlour sited in Moscow’s chic Arbat quarter.
ref: 1990 June 8, Michael Smith, Patricia Knox, “ICI leads a new rush to Russia”, in Evening Standard, London, →OCLC, page 20, column 5:
text: For the main dish there was a choice of pirozhki, pelmeni, blini, shashlyk, beef stroganoff, ikra ending with their ice cream morozhenoe.
ref: 2021 February, Aniruddha Bose, If…, Salt Lake City, West Bengal: Smriti Publishers, →ISBN:
glosses: Russian ice cream.
Kersey Upland
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A hamlet in Kersey parish, Babergh district, Suffolk, England (OS grid ref TL9942).
Mother Christmas
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Mother Christmases
form: Mother Christmasses
Etymology: By analogy with Father Christmas.
Senses: examples: text: One ball is very much like another, just as one Academy is very much like another, Father Christmassses, Mother Christmasses, Red Riding Hoods, Flowers, Chinamen, Seasons, Brides, Bridesmaids, Carmens, Crusoes, and Costers, all were there, jostling one another as they have jostled one another a thousand times before.
ref: 1898 December 19, “Covent Garden Fancy Dress Ball”, in The Morning Post, number 39,481, London, →OCLC, page 6, column 4:
ref: 1958 December 1, “Mother Christmasses helped to make fair a success”, in Peterborough Evening Telegraph, Peterborough, Northamptonshire, →OCLC, page 10
text: A mild uproar at the other end of the bar told me without looking that Bunny, the Mother Christmasses and the rest of the band had arrived and had walked into the middle of the darts match.
ref: 1989, Mike Ripley, chapter 6, in Angel Hunt (Fitzroy Maclean Angel; 3), Long Preston, North Yorkshire: Magna Large Print Books, published 2007, →ISBN, page 134:
text: At Cape Town City Libraries the little children thought it was Christmas and the staff felt like Mother Christmasses handing out gifts all week.
ref: 1995, The Cape Librarian, volume 39, Cape Town, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 9, columns 1–2:
text: It's official: Santa is from Greenland, according to an edict from the world's top Father Christmases at their annual summit in Denmark. Sweating it out in the summer heat in white beards and red hats and robes, 130 Father and Mother Christmases and Santa's helpers from 12 countries put an end to debate about which nation is their real home.
ref: 2002 July 23, Reuters, Copenhagen, “I come from Greenland, says Santa”, in Alan Rusbridger, editor, The Guardian, London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 27 Aug 2013:
text: The previously submitted 67 images — which include a Mother Christmas figure as a counterpart to Santa Claus — were scheduled to be voted on this month.
ref: 2016 May 13, Karen Workman, “Emojis Would Show Women Doing More Than Painting Their Nails”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 12 May 2016:
glosses: Synonym of Mrs. Claus.
synonyms: word: Mrs. Claus
Mother Christmases
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Mother Christmas
Mother Christmasses
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Mother Christmas
Mrs. Christmas
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Mrs. Christmases
form: Mrs Christmas
Etymology: By analogy with Father Christmas.
Senses: examples: text: Wizard Merlin Costume Hire say their saucy Mrs. Christmas outfits were the season’s favourites — even more popular than traditional Santas.
ref: 1984 December 28, “Ho-ho! The girls are after our Santa”, in Evening Mail, Sandwell, →OCLC, page 14, column 2:
text: Committee chairman Mrs. Sylvia Garland, setting the style in a Mrs. Christmas outfit, wanted to revive the illuminated processions held in the town until the 1930s.
ref: 1985 December 16, Gordon Griffiths, “Christmas carnival is a runaway success”, in Southern Evening Echo, Southampton, Hampshire, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 3, column 1:
text: There were no Mrs. Christmases, and the song about Rudolph with his nose so bright hadn’t yet made his debut on the Christmas scene.
ref: 2012, Veronica Pinckard, chapter 5, in A Damn Fine Growth: Autobiography of a Cockney Kid, [Bloomington, Ind.]: Xlibris, →ISBN, page 18:
glosses: Synonym of Mrs. Claus.
synonyms: word: Mrs. Claus
Mrs. Christmases
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Mrs. Christmas
Mrs Christmas
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Mrs Christmases
Senses: examples: text: The party atmosphere was already bubbling nicely as the DJs called on the crowd’s vocal support for a gang of dancing ‘Mrs Christmases’.
ref: 1996 January 19, Tracy Fletcher, “Bridging the culture gap”, in Hull Daily Mail, Kingston upon Hull, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 17, columns 3–4:
text: We were slightly sceptical when they suggested that we might like to ‘appear’ as two ‘Mrs Christmases’, dress up in red suits, and sing Silent Night.
ref: 2001 November 30, Drew Kendell, “Christmas is launched in a blaze of lights: A cracker of a night!”, in Telegraph & Argus, Bradford, West Yorkshire, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 18:
text: The short, fat Mrs Christmas turned out to be, of course, Helen. […] The three Mrs Christmases all cooed and giggled, as though they were in the presence of a movie star.
ref: 2015, Ken Preston, chapter 12, in Danger in Paris (Linford Romance Library), Anstey, Leicestershire: Linford, published 2016, →ISBN, page 196:
glosses: Alternative form of Mrs. Christmas.
Mrs Christmases
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Mrs Christmas
ass-eater
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ass-eaters
Senses: glosses: Someone who performs anilingus.
Related terms: eat ass
eat someone's ass
Grogport
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A small settlement on the east coast of Kintyre, Argyll and Bute council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NR8044).
alvocado
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: alvocados
Senses: examples: text: Alvocado Pear, Alligator Pear, Avocado Pear[…]
ref: 1889, Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia:
text: ALVOCADO, each .......... 22¢
ref: 1950 February 3, Hamlin Herald (1950-02-03):
text: The mother of the groom wore an alvocado dress accented with beige and black accessories.
ref: 1969 November 10, Thief River Falls (MN) Times:
text: 1 diced alvocado
ref: 2012 March 29, Wendy Hood, Yummy Food ...That's Good for You!:
text: Don't cook with olive oil, use Alvocado Oil
ref: 2016, Body Evo All PDFS - Brendan Meyers:
glosses: Misconstruction of avocado.
AIing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of AI
AIed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of AI
Drinisiadar
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A small settlement in South Harris, Western Isles council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NG1794).
South Harris
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: The southern part of Harris, south of Tarbert, Western Isles council area, Scotland.
infundibulectomy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: infundibulectomies
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
surgery
glosses: Surgical removal or excision of an infundibulum.
Stopes
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname.
red tanager
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: red tanagers
Senses: synonyms: redbird
hypernyms: tanager
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bird#Noun
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animal#Noun
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creature#Noun
glosses: A species of tanager with red plumage; an individual thereof.
red tanagers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of red tanager
Saintongeais
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A langue d'oïl spoken in Saintonge, Aunis, and Angoumois.
Related terms: Wiktionary’s coverage of Poitevin-Saintongeais terms
Zinal
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A village and former municipality in Valais canton, Switzerland, now in Anniviers municipality.
northern mockingbird
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: northern mockingbirds
Senses: hypernyms: mockingbird[Appendix:Glossary#elliptically|elliptically]] synonymous>
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bird#Noun
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glosses: A mockingbird of species Mimus polyglottos, principally of North America.
northern mockingbirds
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of northern mockingbird
Lower Solva
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A village on Solva Harbour in Solva community, Pembrokeshire, Wales (OS grid ref SM8024).
autopenetration
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌɔː.tə.pɛ.nɪˈtɹeɪ.ʃən/
ipa: /ˌɔ.tə.pɛ.nəˈtɹeɪ.ʃən/
ipa: /ˌɑ.tə.pɛ.nəˈtɹeɪ.ʃən/
rhymes: -eɪʃən
Forms: form: autopenetrations
Etymology: From auto- + penetration.
Senses: glosses: The act, process, or practice of penetration of oneself.
Related terms: autopenetrate
autopenetrations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of autopenetration
fabellectomy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fabellectomies
Etymology: From fabella + -ectomy.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
surgery
glosses: Surgical removal or excision of the fabella.
Roussy
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Derived terms: Darier-Roussy disease
Darier-Roussy syndrome
Dejerine-Roussy syndrome
Roussy-Lévy areflexic dystasia
Roussy-Lévy syndrome
Holy Cross Voivodeship
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Calque of Polish województwo świętokrzyskie.
Senses: synonyms: Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship
Świętokrzyskie Province
glosses: A voivodeship of Poland.
Wartenberg
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname from German.
Derived terms: Wartenberg pinwheel
Wartenberg wheel
Wartenberg's migrant sensory neuritis
Wartenberg's migratory sensory neuropathy
Wartenberg's syndrome
Bongao
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A municipality of Tawi-Tawi, Philippines.
PPCRV
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Initialism of Parish Pastoral Council for Responsible Voting.
leukemia cutis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: leukaemia cutis
Senses: topics: dermatology
medicine
sciences
glosses: Infiltration of the skin with leukemia cells, causing discoloured lesions and patches to form.
Pigcawayan
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A municipality of Cotabato, Philippines.
Butlerian jihad
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Butlerian jihads
form: Butlerian Jihad
Etymology: By surface analysis, Butlerian + jihad (“holy war, crusade”). Named after the book Dune: The Butlerian Jihad, in which a war—namely, the Butlerian Jihad—is being waged by the last free humans against autonomous machines.
The term “Butlerian” refers to English novelist Samuel Butler. In Butler's 1872 work Erewhon, a society destroys all complex machines preemptively out of fear of their replacement by those very machines.
Senses: topics: government
politics
sociopolitics
glosses: A notional large-scale and vehement opposition to and suppression of artificial intelligence.
wikipedia: Dune: The Butlerian Jihad
Erewhon
Samuel Butler (novelist)
Habba
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: text: Newark Mayor Ras Baraka "committed trespass and ignored multiple warnings" to leave Delaney Hall, a facility being run by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), according to acting US attorney for New Jersey Alina Habba.
ref: 2025 May 9, Max Matza, “New Jersey mayor arrested in protest at migrant centre”, in BBC, archived from the original on 15 May 2025:
glosses: A surname.
tropical dial
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tropical dials
Senses: related: word: tropicalized dial
glosses: A watch face that has discolored from sun exposure. It is appreciated by watch collectors.
bridge translation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bridge translations
Etymology: "Bridge" refers to the intermediate literal translation.
Senses: topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
translation-studies
coordinate_terms: bridge translator
glosses: A translation that rewrites an intermediate literal translation.
nevermo
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nevermos
Etymology: From "never-Mormon".
Senses: related: word: never-mo
glosses: A never-Mormon.
barreler
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: barrelers
form: barreller
Etymology: From barrel + -er.
Senses: examples: text: The Northwest Fruit Barrelers association elected J. J. Fisher of Gresham, Ore., as its president for 1936.
ref: 1935, Edgar Harvey Defebaugh, Barrel and Box and Packages, volumes 40-41, page 9:
glosses: One who packs goods in barrels.
barreller
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: barrellers
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of barreler.
barrellers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of barreller
barrelers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of barreler
Defebaugh
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname.
rebeler
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rebelers
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of rebeller.
rebelers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of rebeler
Sooloo
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Obsolete form of Sulu.
Sooloo
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Sooloos
Senses: glosses: Obsolete form of Sulu.
Sooloos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Sooloo
sesamoidectomy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sesamoidectomies
Etymology: From sesamoid + -ectomy.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
surgery
glosses: Surgical removal or excision of a sesamoid bone.
subtitlist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: subtitlists
Etymology: From subtitle + -ist.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of subtitler (“one who writes subtitles”).
synonyms: word: subtitler
extra: one who writes subtitles
subtitlists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of subtitlist
hyoidectomy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hyoidectomies
Etymology: From hyoid + -ectomy.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
surgery
glosses: Surgical removal or excision of the hyoid bone.
zygomectomy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: zygomectomies
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
surgery
glosses: Surgical removal or excision of the cheekbone.
bustluscious
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: For quotations using this term, see Citations:bustluscious.
glosses: Having a luscious bust.
pisiformectomy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pisiformectomies
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
surgery
glosses: Surgical removal or excision of the pisiform.
janglery
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: See there be no entrance into princes' courts, either of drunkenneſs, ill-ſpeaking, babling indiſcreetly, flattery, janglery, buffoonery, and ſuch other vices, which ſoil and ſhame the reputation of men.
ref: 1767, Weever, John, 1576-1632, Tooke, William, 1744-1820, Antient funeral monuments, of Great-Britain, Ireland, and the islands adjacent, page 430:
text: For it is written, the janglery of women ne can nothing hide, save that which they wot not.
ref: 1861, Craik, George L. (George Lillie), 1798-1866, A compendious history of English literature, and of the English language, from the Norman conquest. With numerous specimens, page 343:
text: S. Gregory saith in his dialogues that there was a nun Sabina which held her continent of her flesh, but she eschewed not the janglery of her tongue [.]
ref: 1900, William Caxton, c. 1415-c. 1492, The Golden Legend or Lives of the Saints, as englished by William Caxton, London : J. M. Dent, page 217:
text: “Yes, I think. He doesn’t hold by Lancaster now, at all events. Ask Thomas! He knows all the scullions’ janglery!”
ref: 1975, Heyer, Georgette, 1902-1974, My Lord John, page 75:
text: And by this way of behaving, you shall not be put in their janglery and talking and will not have blame or defame of the world.
ref: 1995, Larrington, Carolyne, Women and writing in medieval Europe : a sourcebook, page 73:
text: ‘Nonsense!’ he shouted. ‘I never heard such folly! You are the elder, ’tis your right to be first, foolish one. Do not prate such janglery to me, my Lord Earl of Warwick!’
ref: 2001, Dessau, Joanna, Cock robin, page 107:
glosses: Chatter; gossip.
pisiformectomies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pisiformectomy
pisotriquetral
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Relating to the pisiform and triquetrum.
tendinitic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more tendinitic
form: most tendinitic
Etymology: From tendinitis + -ic.
Senses: topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: Of, or affected by, tendinitis.
tendonitic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more tendonitic
form: most tendonitic
Etymology: From tendonitis + -ic.
Senses: topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: Of, or affected by, tendonitis.
salpingooophorectomy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: salpingooophorectomies
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of salpingo-oophorectomy.
untendedness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From untended + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The state or condition of being untended.
hentetracontane
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hentetracontanes
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any of very many isomers of the aliphatic hydrocarbon having forty-one carbon atoms, but especially n-hentetracontane CH₃(CH₂)₃₉CH₃
Ms. Claus
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Ms. Clauses
Senses: examples: text: MORE THAN ANYTHING, the stories refelcted the vivid imaginations of readers, young and old. We read about every kind of trauma at the North Pole: missing reindeer, striking elves, sick Santa Clauses, feminist Ms. Clauses.
ref: 1975 December 20, Polk Laffoon IV, “Judges’ task was difficult”, in The Cincinnati Post, Cincinnati, Oh., →OCLC, page 13, column 5:
text: At shopping plazas and stores all over the country this year, children are sitting on the laps of buxom Santas with high voices and rouge on their beards. No “Ms. Clauses,[”] these gals ARE Santa.
ref: 1979 December 17, F.P., “I saw Daddy kissing Santa Claus”, in The Staunton Leader, volume 132, number 246, Staunton, Va., →OCLC, page 4, columns 3–4:
text: "I just took it a step further," said Ms. Stockford, who was wearing a "Ms. Claus" outfit: a long-sleeved, floor-length red velour dress with white fur on the scoop neckline, cuffs and bottom.
ref: 2005 December 25, Katie Zezima, “Risque Display Sets Off Debate Over Decency in Maine”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 29 May 2015:
text: We happily set to our task, creaming our presoftened butter and mixing in our dry ingredients, feeling like a couple of Ms. Clauses, when . . . oh no, waitaminute—we have baking soda, not baking powder!
ref: 2007 January, Erika Schickel, “Tossing the Cookies”, in You’re Not the Boss of Me: Adventures of a Modern Mom, New York, N.Y.: Kensington Books, →ISBN, page 68:
text: I talk to two middle-aged women who are SantaCon alumni and return annually because they just really love Christmas and “spreading holiday cheer.” One of the women is dressed as Ms. Claus and looking for a bathroom.
ref: 2014 December 14, Katie Van Syckle, “We Spent 9 Hours at SantaCon So You Didn’t Have To”, in Intelligencer, New York, N.Y.: New York Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 20 Nov 2018:
text: The film focuses on the New Hampshire campsite where professional Santas, Ms. Clauses, and elves visit each year to gear up for the holiday season.
ref: 2022 November 9, Daniel Kreps, “See Proud Boys Confront ‘Trans Santa’ in Clip From Upcoming Doc ‘Santa Camp’”, in Rolling Stone, New York, N.Y.: Penske Media Corporation, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 09 Nov 2022:
glosses: Synonym of Mrs. Claus.
synonyms: word: Mrs. Claus
Ms. Clauses
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Ms. Claus
Jakubów
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from Polish Jakubów.
Senses: glosses: Various villages in Poland.
Francosphere
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: enpr: frăng′kə-sfîr′
ipa: /ˈfɹæŋ.kəˌsfɪə/
ipa: /ˈfɹæŋ.kəˌsfɪɹ/
ipa: /ˈfɹɛŋ.kəˌsfiːə̯/
ipa: /ˈfɹaŋ.kəˌsfiɹ/
ipa: /ˈfɾaŋ.kəˌsfiːr/
rhymes: -ɪə(ɹ)
Forms: form: the Francosphere
Etymology: From Franco- + -sphere, modelled after Anglosphere.
Senses: examples: text: Unlike the Yugosphere however what is clear here is that what is outside France is relatively small, ie., France dominates. Still, turn on the European channel of Frances international station and the logo defines the European Francosphere. It says: TV5Monde Direct: France, Belgique, Suisse.
ref: 2009, Tim Judah, Yugosphere, LSE Press, pages 22-23:
text: Traditional cross-Channel dialogues continue to be valuable, with French Studies scholars in the UK and Ireland maintaining their debates with colleagues in France, Belgium, Switzerland and elsewhere in the Francosphere.
ref: 2011, chapter IV, in Philippe Lane, Michael Worton, editors, French studies in and for the twenty-first century, page 47:
text: Ranging across borders within and beyond the Francosphere — from Algeria to Armenia, to Egypt, to Romania — this book shows how a poetic practice inflected by exile, statelessness or non-belonging has the potential to disrupt long-held assumptions of the relation between subjects, the language they use and the place from which they speak.
ref: 2021, Greg Kerr, Exile, Non-Belonging and Statelessness in Grangaud, Jabès, Lubin and Luca - No man’s language, UCL Press, page Blurb:
glosses: The totality of Francophone countries, the geographical or cultural realm of native French-speakers.
Related terms: Francophonie
Mr. Claus
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Mr. Clauses
form: Mr Claus
Senses: examples: text: We Meet Mr. Claus […] Personality of Eugene S. Todd as "Throne" Santa at Macy's and the story of other Santas in various stores, […]
ref: 1927 December 9, James Thurber, “We Meet Mr. Claus”, in The New Yorker, New York, N.Y.: Condé Nast Publications, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 16 Sep 2021:
text: Another Mr. Claus was taken for a spin on the makeshift dance floor at One Liberty Plaza in lower Manhattan, where Merrill Lynch & Company had opened its house and its telephone lines to more than 1,000 older people.
ref: 1983 December 26, David W. Dunlap, “A Frigid New York Warmed by Season”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 24 May 2015:
text: The many Mr. Clauses, as well as the odd elf, crowded subways and filled sidewalks from Brooklyn Bridge Park to the South Street Seaport, and even got as far north as Times Square and the New York Public Library.
ref: 2011 December 11, Andre Tartar, “SantaCon Came to Town Yesterday”, in Intelligencer, New York, N.Y.: New York Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 19 Nov 2018:
text: What will kids find in their stockings this COVID Christmas? Behind plexiglass shields and colorful masks, Mr. Claus may have a harder time hearing whether kiddos have truly been naughty or nice.
ref: 2020 December 16, Mel Melcon, “Santa is getting socially creative in this distant Christmas season”, in Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles, Calif.: Los Angeles Times Communications, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 16 Dec 2020:
glosses: Synonym of Santa Claus.
synonyms: word: Santa Claus
Mr. Clauses
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Mr. Claus
dististylus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dististyli
Etymology: From disti-, from Latin distare (“to stand apart”) + Ancient Greek στῦλος (stûlos, “pillar”).
Senses: topics: biology
entomology
natural-sciences
glosses: In mosquitoes, the distal segment of the gonopods.
dististyli
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dististylus
leukaemia cutis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: British standard spelling of leukemia cutis.
waitaminute
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Senses: examples: text: “During the fight.” / “Waitaminute, waitaminute.” Eddie waved both hands in front of his face to contest his father’s last statement. “There was no ‘fight,’ okay? I don’t care what those witnesses say. All we had was . . . an exchange of words.” […] “Waitaminute, waitaminute,” Big Joe said. “What happened before that?” […] “Waitaminute. Where are you going with that?” […] “Waitaminute, waitaminute,” I broke in. “I think you two are forgetting something, aren’t you? This was supposed to be Vlade’s book, remember?” […] “Tuesday morning? Now, waitaminute,” Murphy said, shaking his head. “I didn’t say anything about working under a deadline.”
ref: 1995, Gar Anthony Haywood, Bad News Travels Fast, New York, N.Y.: G. P. Putnam’s Sons, →ISBN, pages 32, 42, 66, 146–147, and 198:
text: We happily set to our task, creaming our presoftened butter and mixing in our dry ingredients, feeling like a couple of Ms. Clauses, when . . . oh no, waitaminute—we have baking soda, not baking powder!
ref: 2007 January, Erika Schickel, “Tossing the Cookies”, in You’re Not the Boss of Me: Adventures of a Modern Mom, New York, N.Y.: Kensington Books, →ISBN, page 68:
text: Now, surely you must be saying, “Waitaminute! You can’t fit a house under a sign! Just how big is this sign anyway?” […] Ah, but surely you must now be saying, “Waitaminute, tuna fish would go bad if you kept it in your pocket for weeks and weeks without refrigerating it.” […] Now, surely you must be saying, “Waitaminute! How could they live for so many years inside the fact globe?”
ref: 2008, Jason Carter Eaton, The Facttracker, New York, N.Y.: HarperCollins Children’s Books, →ISBN, pages 5, 172, and 256:
glosses: Alternative form of wait a minute in rapid speech.
Mr Claus
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: text: The fjosnissen bears a strong resemblance to his more high-profile relative, with his white beard and his preference for furtive labour, but, while Mr Claus tinkers away in his polar workshop, the barn santa has his duties on the farm, making sure that the animals have enough food and heat and generally acting as a kind of guardian spirit.
ref: 2003 December 23, Hildegunn Soldal, “Santa's poor relation”, in Alan Rusbridger, editor, The Guardian, London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 20 Sep 2021:
text: Branson was Branson, Missouri, where you could find the world’s biggest Santa Claus convention with over seven hundred professional Santas, Mrs Clauses and helpers hanging out together for a five-day convention. ‘A Santa convention?’ ‘Oh yes,’ said Mrs Claus and Mr Claus echoed his agreement.
ref: 2020, William McInnes, Christmas Tales, Hachette, →ISBN:
text: Westfield announced that Mr Claus will arrive in its shopping centres on November 13 with strict measures in place to keep everyone safe. Kids won't be able to join Santa on his throne or sit on his lap to tell Mr Claus what is included on their Christmas present wish lists.
ref: 2021 October 16, Manoli Luxford, “Why Christmas photos with Santa will NEVER be the same - here's everything you need to know heading into the festive season”, in Daily Mail, London: DMG Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 16 Oct 2021:
glosses: Alternative form of Mr. Claus.
haute-contre
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hautes-contre
Etymology: From French haute-contre.
Senses: qualifier: baroque music jargon
glosses: The highest of the male modal voices (i.e. not a countertenor); it is lower than the female contralto and higher than the tenor.
Bronant
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Welsh.
Senses: glosses: A hamlet in Lledrod community, Ceredigion, Wales (OS grid ref SN6467).
assembly hall
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: assembly halls
Senses: glosses: A hall in a public building designed to hold meetings or deliberative assemblies.
Lledrod
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Welsh.
Senses: glosses: A village and community in Ceredigion, Wales (OS grid ref SN6470).
Petes
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Pete
Black Petes
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Black Pete
Black Peters
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Black Peter
Sinterklaases
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Sinterklaas
over-index
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: over-indexes
form: over-indexing
form: over-indexed
form: over-indexed
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of overindex.
covering index
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: covering indexes
Senses: examples: text: Ordinarily, using a covering index will save one disk read (GAIN: 6/8). The gain is automatic but only if the columns in the select list exactly match the columns in the covering index.
ref: 2003, Peter Gulutzan, Trudy Pelzer, SQL Performance Tuning, Addison-Wesley Professional, →ISBN, page 232:
topics: computing
databases
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A database table index that contains all the columns needed to fulfill the query.
Llechryd
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Welsh.
Senses: glosses: A village in Llangoedmor community, Ceredigion, Wales (OS grid ref SN2143).
glosses: A hamlet in Rhymney community, Caerphilly borough county borough, Wales (OS grid ref SO1009).
covering indexes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of covering index
advanced higher
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: advanced highers
Senses: topics: education
glosses: A national school qualification a level above higher, which allows for further study while still in secondary school.
Llangoedmor
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Welsh.
Senses: glosses: A settlement and community in Ceredigion, Wales (OS grid ref SN2045).
as be damned
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Senses: examples: text: I sud ha' been here as early as Maistress McCorkindale, but my devils o' boatmen are as stupid as mules, and as lazy as be damned.
ref: 1833, Thomas Dibdin, Lily of St. Leonards, London: John Dicks, page 3, column 2:
text: “But they were as fit as be-damned when I left them!” said Bobby. “Then you'd better make them as fit as be-damned when you rejoin,” said the Major, brutally.
ref: 1889, Rudyard Kipling, “Only A Subaltern”, in Under the Deodars, Boston: The Greenock Press, published 1899, page 145:
text: He did very little shoutin', and was as calm as be-damned, but you could see he was boilin' up inside with excitement.
ref: 1918 May 2, The Telegraph, Brisbane, page 6, column 6:
text: "I'm sixty and as fit as be damned, Sir!"
ref: 2945 July 29, The Truth, Sydney, page 24, column 2:
glosses: As possible; to the greatest extent.
Dinas Cross
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A village and community in north Pembrokeshire, Wales (OS grid ref SN0038).
UMID
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: UMIDs
Senses: glosses: Acronym of Unified Multi-Purpose ID
Brynhenllan
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Welsh.
Senses: glosses: A small settlement in Dinas Cross community, Pembrokeshire, Wales (OS grid ref SN0139).
profest
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: examples: text: O lawleſſe paunch the cauſe of much deſpight, / Through raunging of a curriſh appetite, / When ſplenish morſels cram the gaping Maw, / Withouten diets care, or trencher-law, / Tho neuer haue I Salerne rimes profeſt / To be ſome Ladies trencher-criticke gueſt; […]
ref: 1598, [Joseph Hall], “Lib[er] 4. Sat[yr] 4. Plus beau que fort.”, in Virgidemiarum. The Three Last Bookes. Of Byting Satyres, London: […] Richard Bradocke for Robert Dexter […], →OCLC, page 29:
text: Such honour was done in thoſe dayes to men who profeſt the ſtudy of wiſdome and eloquence, not only in their own Country, but in other Lands, that Cities and Siniories heard them gladly, and with great reſpect, if they had ought in publick to admoniſh the State.
ref: 1644, John Milton, Areopagitica; a Speech of Mr. John Milton for the Liberty of Unlicenc’d Printing, to the Parlament of England, London: [s.n.], →OCLC, page 3:
text: Well, Faithful, thou haſt faithfully profeſt / Unto thy Lord: with him thou ſhalt be bleſt; / When Faithleſs ones, with all their vain delights, / Are crying out under their helliſh plights / Sing, Faithful, ſing; and let thy name ſurvive, / For though they kill’d thee, thou art yet alive.
ref: 1678, John Bunyan, The Pilgrim’s Progress from This World, to That which is to Come: […], London: […] Nath[aniel] Ponder […], →OCLC, page 137:
glosses: simple past and past participle of profess
professly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more professly
form: most professly
form: profesly
Etymology: Apparently shortened from professedly. Compare Middle English profes (“professed”). Apparently unattested between the 17th and 20th centuries, hence a repeated coinage.
Senses: examples: text: But Padre Fulgentio profeſsly aſcribes the invention to that prodigy of Wiſdom, Learning, and Virtue, Padre Paolo the Venetian: […]
ref: 1683 March 29 (Gregorian calendar), Walter Charleton, “Prælectio I. Of the Circular Motion of the Bloud, and the Admirable Effects Thereof.”, in Three Anatomic Lectures, […], London: […] Walter Kettilby, […], published 7 April 1683 (Gregorian calendar), →OCLC, page 19:
text: But religious people are, even in spite of what they professly believe, optimists as a rule.
ref: 1978, Mahinda Palihawadana, “A Buddhist Response: Religion Beyond Ideology and Power”, in Donald G. Dawe, John B[raisted] Carman, editors, Christian Faith in a Religiously Plural World, Maryknoll, N.Y.: Orbis Books, →ISBN, part 1 (The Dialogue with Other Religions), page 43:
text: He had to professly sanction everything that we did from birth to death and from morning to night to strengthen this link between him and us.
ref: 2013 July 12, Danny Guy Lurie, “Moses—My Life as I Remember It”, in A Collection of Short Stories, [Bloomington, Ind.]: Xlibris, →ISBN, page 156:
glosses: Professedly (in a professed manner).
profesly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more profesly
form: most profesly
Senses: examples: text: Imputation argueth that I have and doe nothing, but another hath, and another doth for mee, and imputes it to mee: the Church of Rome profeſly holds the contrary, and punctually point blanke in the force of contradiction: they are the very words of the Councell, the alone formall cauſe, and that which gives life and being to the juſtification of a ſinner; it is the change and frame of holineſſe wrought in him, not imputed to him, this is profeſly contrary.
ref: 1638, T[homas] H[ooker], “1 Cor. 1. 30. Who of God Is Made unto Vs Wisedome, and Righteousnesse, and Sanctification, and Redemption.”, in The Soules Exaltation. […], London: […] Iohn Haviland, for Andrew Crooke, […], →OCLC, page 122:
text: Whether the Artiſts themſelves are ſo unread, as not to obſerve, that any curſory Reader might (with no great buſineſs) make a voluminous collection of teſtimonies and authorities, profeſly againſt their Arts?
ref: 1652, John Gaule, “From the Testimony of Authority”, in Πῦς-μαντία: The Mag-astro-mancer, or The Magicall-Astrologicall-Diviner Posed, and Puzzled, London: […] Joshua Kirton […], →OCLC, page 56:
text: But why in an Apoplexy, the Pulſe is hard and great, we muſt ſearch it from the nature of a diſeaſe, which I will at ſometime profeſly touch at in a Book, and that of the diſeaſe of the Stone.
ref: 1662, John Baptista Van Helmont, translated by John Chandler, “The Blas of Man”, in Oriatrike or, Physick Refined. The Common Errors Therein Refuted, and the Whole Art Reformed & Rectified: […], London: […] Lodowick Loyd, […], →OCLC, page 186:
glosses: Obsolete spelling of professly.
Ostrowiec
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from Polish Ostrowiec.
Senses: glosses: Several villages in Poland.
hawg
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: dôg
ipa: /hɔːɡ/
ipa: /hɑɡ/
rhymes: -ɔːɡ
Forms: form: hawgs
Senses: examples: text: In de mawnin' w'en he go to milk de cow, sho'nuf dey wuz a hawg a-lyin' on its side, daid.
ref: 1929, Carl Henry Grabo, The Cat in Grandfather's House:
text: Wild game, fish, chicken, beef, pork (hawg meat) cooked right and seasoned with salt and pepper and not gobbed up with wild sauces, garlic, curry powder, kumquats, turffles, olive oil, prawns or drown'ed in wine!
ref: 1957, Rayburn's Ozark Guide - Issues 51-66, page 32:
glosses: Pronunciation spelling of hog.
Great Wakering
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A village and civil parish in Rochford district, Essex, England (OS grid ref TQ9487).
Related terms: Little Wakering
Sindall
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname
Gidewall
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname
blyme
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Senses: examples: text: That ’ere ’ouse, guv’nor, is the rummiest I ever was in. Blyme!
ref: 1897, Bram Stoker, Dracula:
text: "Gor' blyme!" said Knifton, sitting down to the table, after an exhaustive survey of the apartment.
ref: 1898, Harry Lander, Lucky Bargee, page 108:
glosses: Obsolete form of blimey.
mahogany row
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: business
glosses: A suite of luxurious offices for high-ranking executives.
geomax
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: geomaxes
form: geomaxing
form: geomaxed
form: geomaxed
Etymology: From geo- + -max.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of geomaxx.
USTR
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: text: The USTR isn't reciprocating actual tariffs. It's just placing the biggest tariffs on the countries running the biggest trade surpluses.
ref: 2025 April 3, Felix Salmon, “How to read the White House's tariff formula”, in Axios:
glosses: Initialism of United States Trade Representative.
Fitzalan
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: FitzAlan
Senses: glosses: A surname.
broom-clean
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more broom-clean
form: most broom-clean
Etymology: From broom + clean.
Senses: topics: business
real-estate
glosses: Of a room, empty of personal property and swept clean of debris, though not necessarily professionally cleaned. Typically used in contracts to describe the expected vacated condition of a property upon moving out, despite having no unambiguous definition.
snake up
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: snakes up
form: snaking up
form: snaked up
form: snaked up
Senses: examples: text: I hate a niggga that act big tough but get shaked up when them jakes come
Way too many of my hood niggas got caked up & got snaked up
Thats why i dont fuck w the fake , i get u tossed in a lake w a weight
ref: 2019 August 20, “NaNaNa” (track 9), in Stack Bundi (lyrics), Eclipse:
text: It used to be bare better back.
What happened, why did it change?
Beef, people snaked up, same reason why we beef everyone, cause they snaked up.
ref: 2025 April 28, “Inside England’s Hidden Mental Health Epidemic...” (29:41 from the start), in Kaynan:
glosses: To switch sides by resorting to authorities, to become treacherous, to rat.
snaked up
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of snake up
Dobiegniew
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from Polish Dobiegniew.
Senses: glosses: A town in Lubusz Voivodeship, Poland.
winnow grain from chaff
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: winnows grain from chaff
form: winnowing grain from chaff
form: winnowed grain from chaff
form: winnowed grain from chaff
Senses: glosses: Synonym of separate the wheat from the chaff.
synonyms: word: separate the wheat from the chaff
black fatigue
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative letter-case form of Black fatigue.
Swerford
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Situated on the River Swere.
Senses: glosses: A village and civil parish in West Oxfordshire district, Oxfordshire, England (OS grid ref SP3731).
skyride
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: skyrides
Etymology: From sky + ride.
Senses: examples: text: It is the view of this Section that an agreement between the two Governments would not be necessary for construction of the proposed 'skyride' and we know of no reason why such an agreement would be desirable. Although unique, an international 'skyride' would seem to be generally comparable to an international bridge.
ref: 1959 June 1, International Boundary and Water Commission, United States and Mexico, quotee, Digest of International Law, volume 9, number 8419, United States Department of State, published 24 December 1968, page 927:
text: Up above, the skyride gondolas sailed along their wires. Julie took off running, dodging around tourists at every turn. She took a shortcut through the Nairobi train station. The path turned to the right. At the elephant display, the path, the train tracks and the skyride cables came within fifteen feet of each other. Julie gazed up as she passed.
ref: 2003, J. L. Hansen, LogOut, Hard Shell Word Factory, →ISBN, page 211:
text: A new exhibit at the Institute of Texan Cultures takes you on a trip down memory lane and shows you a roadmap for the future: the professor's model of how skyrides could revolutionize public transportation.
"The big idea would be to connect the airport to downtown,” Dr. [Antonio] Petrov says. "You just hop on one of those and glide down Broadway and experience the city."
ref: 2016 October 27, Emily Baucum, “Exhibit encourages city to revive popular skyride”, in News 4 San Antonio:
glosses: Synonym of aerial lift (“a system of transport that moves cabins, cars, gondolas or open chairs above the ground by means of one or more cables strung between supporting towers”).
synonyms: word: aerial lift
extra: a system of transport that moves cabins, cars, gondolas or open chairs above the ground by means of one or more cables strung between supporting towers
skyrides
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of skyride