cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
tradlarpers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tradlarper
Kirkheaton
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /ˈkərkhiːtən/
Etymology: From Old English cirice (“church”) + heah (“high”) + tun (“tun”).
Senses: glosses: A small village in Capheaton parish, Northumberland, England (OS grid ref NZ0177).
glosses: A village in Kirkburton parish, Huddersfield district, West Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE1818).
manablins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of manavelins.
manavalins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of manavelins.
mancipleship
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mancipleships
Etymology: From manciple + -ship.
Senses: glosses: The state or business of a manciple.
mancipleships
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mancipleship
manarvel
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: manarvels
form: manarveling
form: manarvelling
form: manarveled
form: manarveled
form: manarvelled
form: manarvelled
form: manavel
Etymology: Unknown; probably related to manavelins.
Senses: examples: text: The other three quarters didn't have the guts to manarvel the cargo. They were like jackals that are too cowardly to make their own kill, but must follow the trail of carcasses left by the lions and tigers.
ref: 1967, Hal Travers, Voyage Sixty-nine, page 458:
text: Zachary began to wonder whether the gomusta was not some kind of investigator, looking into a report of misplaced or manarveled provisions. Yet, why would he concern himself with butter of all things?
ref: 2009, Amitav Ghosh, Sea of Poppies, page 152:
text: His spirit lingers near the fortress at the other end of the remoseless depths where Theseus manarvels fleece.
ref: 2010, Henry Gould, Lanthanum, page 91:
topics: nautical
transport
glosses: To steal food or supplies from a ship's store.
manarvels
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of manarvel
mangkono
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mancono
Senses: synonyms: Philippine ironwood
glosses: The tree Xanthostemon verdugonianus.
mancono
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of mangkono.
Philippine ironwood
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Synonym of mangkono (Xanthostemon verdugonianus).
synonyms: word: mangkono
extra: Xanthostemon verdugonianus
manavel
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: manavels
form: manaveling
form: manavelling
form: manaveled
form: manaveled
form: manavelled
form: manavelled
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of manarvel.
manavelling
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of manavel
glosses: simple past and past participle of manavel
manavels
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of manavel
manaveling
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of manavel
manaveled
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of manavel
manarveling
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of manarvel
manarvelling
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of manarvel
glosses: simple past and past participle of manarvel
manarveled
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of manarvel
mandarinize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: mandarinizes
form: mandarinizing
form: mandarinized
form: mandarinized
Etymology: From mandarin + -ize.
Senses: examples: text: Kojève […] sought to depoliticize and “mandarinize” the process through economic arrangements […]
ref: 2012, Will Kymlicka, Kathryn Walker, Rooted Cosmopolitanism: Canada and the World, page 200:
glosses: To adapt for the use of government bureaucrats, or mandarins.
mandarinizes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of mandarinize
mandarinizing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of mandarinize
mandarinized
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of mandarinize
mandarinization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: It may be more than coincidence that following the mandarinization of impoundment, budget deficits have swollen inordinately, and we now find President Reagan and some of his congressional allies thinking about an item veto!
ref: 1988, Robert S. Peck, The Blessings of Liberty, page 142:
glosses: The process of mandarinizing (adapting for government bureaucrats).
Sir Francis Drake Channel
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsɜː ˈfɹɑːn.sɪs ˈdɹeɪk ˈt͡ʃæn.əl/
rhymes: -ænəl
Etymology: The strait is named after English explorer and privateer Sir Francis Drake (around 1540 - 1596).
Senses: glosses: A strait in the British Virgin Islands.
wikipedia: Sir Francis Drake
customerization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The process of customerizing.
customerize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: customerizes
form: customerizing
form: customerized
form: customerized
Etymology: From customer + -ize.
Senses: examples: text: He knew, however, that he wanted to reposition and “customerize” the HR department at SBC.
ref: 1996, Randall S. Schuler, Paul F. Buller, Cases in Management, Organizational Behavior and Human Resources Management, page 259:
text: Customerize the company! Am I right or am I right? For forty years or thereabouts, marketers have worshipped at the feet of the customer.
ref: 2004, Stephen Brown, Free Gift Inside!!: Forget the Customer. Develop Marketease, page 7:
topics: business
glosses: To adapt to the needs or goals of a customer, or customers in general.
manarvelled
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of manarvel
customerized
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of customerize
customerizes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of customerize
customerizing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of customerize
VLU
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: VLUs
Senses: glosses: Initialism of vehicle location unit.
glosses: Initialism of vehicle logic unit.
VLUs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of VLU
HUs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of HU
Anegada Passage
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌænəˈɡɑː.də ˈpæs.ɪd͡ʒ/
rhymes: -æsɪdʒ
Etymology: The passage is named after the nearby island of Anegada.
Senses: glosses: A strait in the British Virgin Islands.
Runyakitara
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Borrowed from Nyankole, Rukiga, Nyoro, and Tooro Orunyakitara, from oru- (class 11 prefix for languages) + -nya- (“belonging to”) + Kitara.
Senses: glosses: A standardized language comprised of Nyoro (Runyoro), Kiga (also Chiga or Rukiga), Nkore (Runyankole), and Tooro (Rutooro), mostly spoken in Uganda.
Mayite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Mayites
Etymology: From May + -ite.
Senses: examples: text: In the House of Commons, Mayites are few in number. Beyond the tight circle of her husband Philip and her two indispensable advisers, Nick Timothy and Fiona Hill, no one seems certain about what makes May tick.
ref: 2017 February 10, Sebastian Payne, “Who is Theresa May? In pursuit of a very private prime minster”, in Financial Times:
topics: government
politics
glosses: A political supporter of Theresa May (born 1956), British Conservative politician who served as Prime Minister from 2016 to 2019.
Mayite
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From May + -ite.
Senses: examples: text: Immediately, Johnson slipped back into the old British policy, announcing that despite furious opposition from the U.S., the U.K. would allow Huawei to play a part in Britain’s 5G rollout. It was, in essence, a continuation of the Mayite policy—which itself was little more than a continuation of the cautious engagement that had been in place for decades.
ref: 2022 August 2, Tom McTague, “Why Britain Changed Its China Stance”, in The Atlantic:
topics: government
politics
glosses: Of or relating to the government, policies, or supporters of Theresa May.
Mayites
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Mayite
Johnsonites
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Johnsonite
Vilniusite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Vilniusites
Etymology: From Vilnius + -ite.
Senses: synonyms: Vilnian
glosses: A native or inhabitant of Vilnius, Lithuania.
Vilniusites
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Vilniusite
Marchmont
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A residential area of Edinburgh.
glosses: A male given name.
Altonah
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: An unincorporated community in Duchesne County, Utah, United States. Alternative spelling: Altona. Former name: Alexander.
Don-Quixotic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Don-Quixotic
form: most Don-Quixotic
Senses: examples: text: To interfere in behalf of a woman so situated, would cast a sort of contamination on her; and therefore have the effect of Don-Quixotic interruption of the boy’s castigation from his master,—only redouble the stripes.
ref: 1822, Robert Ker Porter, Travels in Georgia, Persia, Armenia, Ancient Babylonia, &c. &c. During the Years 1817, 1818, 1819, and 1820, volume II, London: […] Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, […], page 721:
text: After waiting for fully three-quarters of an hour the Don-Quixotic looking individual who had received me announced himself as ready to show us the remaining parlors.
ref: 1883 February 21, Rex, “Our Washington Letter—A Visit to the White House—What is to be Seen in Some of the Rooms”, in Morning Journal and Courier, volume LI, New Haven, Conn.: Carrington & Co., published 27 February 1883:
text: It was true that in the levities of her own infatuation, in the insolences of her sudden social triumph, she had showered upon the Don-Quixotic mentor of her girlhood, open, cruel, and contemptuous slights.
ref: 1889 February 2, H. F. Wood, “The Englishman of the Rue Cain”, in Supplement to the York Herald, number 11,755, page 2:
text: A Don Quixote he lived, and a Don Quixote he died, according to Wasserman, who writes: “When he felt his last hour was near, he sent for a notary and witnesses, intending to cancel the will of 1498 and draw up another. It begins with the Don-Quixotic dictum: ‘As I am making a free gift of India to the King and Queen . . .’[…]”
ref: 1930 September 24, Elmo Scott Watson, “The “Don Quixote of the Seas””, in Thomas County Herald and Thomas County Clipper, volume XLIII, number 18, Thedford, Neb.:
text: Of all of the inane, misdirected and Don-Quixotic editorials and cartoons you’ve ever run to knock down a strawman argument, your sophomoric pap about the introduction of Encore to cable viewers takes the cliche.
ref: 1991 June 16, Joseph Corfield Jr., “Encore”, in Sunday Montgomery Advertiser, 164th year, number 167, Montgomery, Ala., page 3D:
text: If I knew, at least, that you meant to write a fictional life of Zacharias Lichter, so be it! Or a comedic history, serene, Don-Quixotic, naive, larger than life.
ref: 2018, Matei Calinescu, “Epilogue: Zacharias Lichter and His Biographer”, in Adriana Calinescu, Breon Mitchell, transl., The Life and Opinions of Zacharias Lichter, New York, N.Y.: New York Review Books, →ISBN, page 143:
text: But this Sancho Panza on the other hand represents the very mass of human nature that made the Don-Quixotic phenomenon of human existence possible in the first place: […]
ref: 2019, Willi Goetschel, Heine and Critical Theory, Bloomsbury Academic, →ISBN:
glosses: Alternative form of Don Quixotic.
dithrycine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dithrycines
Etymology: Clipping of translingual Dithrycini
Senses: examples: text: ... Artemisia (B. Merz, unpublished data); however, Ptiloedaspis does not share synapomorphies with other dithrycines, which induce stem galls on Artemisia.
ref: (Can we date this quote?), Phylogenetic relationships, ecology and ecological genetics of cecidogeneous Tephritidae. Raman, A., Schaefer, C. W., Withers, T. M., eds: Biology, Ecology and Evolution of Gall-Inducing Arthropods. Enfield, New Hampshire, USA:
topics: biology
entomology
natural-sciences
glosses: Any fly of the tribe Dithrycini.
Nantzu
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Borrowed from Mandarin 楠梓 (Nánzǐ) Wade–Giles romanization: Nan²-tzŭ³.
Senses: examples: text: The three EPZs are the Kaohsiung Export Processing Zone in southern Taiwan, the Nantzu Export Processing Zone at Nantzu near Kaohsiung and the Taichung Export Processing Zone at Tantzu near Taichung in central Taiwan.
ref: 1977 December 11, “EPZ exports worth US$3.2B”, in 自由中國週報 [Free China Weekly], volume XVIII, number 49, Taipei, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 4, column 1:
english: Free China Weekly
translation: Free China Weekly
text: Another fact deserving note is that owing to heavy opposition and protests in the Kaohsiung City Nantzu District Fifth Naphtha Plant case listed in Table 4, opposition registered in a May 6, 1990 referendum led the developer, China Petroleum, to donate a local construction fund of NT$1.5 billion to the local government of the Nantzu District’s Houchin area.
ref: 2000, “Taiwan”, in The State of the Environment in Asia 1999/2000, Springer, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 118, column 1:
text: This park is the first large-scale public park in Taiwan. It is located on the border of Nantzu District in Kaohsiung City and Chiaotou village, Kaohsiung County and this park measures 95 hectares.
ref: 2003, An Outline of Interior Affairs, Republic of China, 2003, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 114:
text: Most of the wetland parks are located in the city's Sanmin (三民), Zuoying and Nantzu (楠梓) districts.
ref: 2007 February 5, Flora Wang, “Mayor Chen Chu, Kaohsiung officials sign wetland pact”, in Taipei Times, archived from the original on 06 Feb 2007:
text: Another winner bought beverages and cigarettes for NT$258 at a 7-Eleven convenience store in Sanmin District of Kaohsiung, while the third winner spent NT$130 at a McDonald's outlet in Nantzu District in Kaohsiung, the MOF said.
ref: 2020 January 1, “Three NT$10 million receipt prizes remain unclaimed”, in Taiwan News (Business), archived from the original on 17 Jun 2021:
glosses: Alternative form of Nanzih.
Marcionitic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Marcionitic
form: most Marcionitic
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to Marcionism or the Marcionites.
Marcionitish
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Marcionitish
form: most Marcionitish
Senses: glosses: Marcionitic
Marcionitism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Marcionism.
New Holstein
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A town and independent city therein, in Calumet County, Wisconsin, United States. Former name (of city): Altona.
Trussite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Trussites
Etymology: From Truss + -ite.
Senses: examples: text: There are the Trussites, hovering over her Instagram posts in political adoration, and then there are others who consider her a menace who is about to be made Prime Minister in a sinister conspiracy by Brexiteers.
ref: 2022 May 11, George Trefgarne, “In defence of Liz Truss’s retro economics”, in The Spectator:
text: So it is a measure from Liz Truss’s government and that allows the Labour party to tell a story that has the potential to do real damage to the Conservatives: that Sunak is simply too weak, and his party is sufficiently Trussite that he is essentially a puppet for his predecessor.
ref: 2023 October 25, Stephen Bush, “Bankers’ bonuses: Sunak’s Trussite hangover carries political costs”, in Financial Times:
text: resignations brought about Johnson’s demise and those loyal Johnsonites who favoured the return of their betrayed leader; and then between tax-cutting Trussites and orthodox Thatcherite supporters of Rishi Sunak.
ref: 2024 May 15, Colin Kidd, “The strange death of conservatism”, in New Statesman:
topics: government
politics
glosses: A political supporter of Liz Truss (born 1975), British Conservative politician and Prime Minister in September–October 2022.
Trussites
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Trussite
Don Quixotic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Don Quixotic
form: most Don Quixotic
form: Don-Quixotic
Etymology: From Don Quixote + -ic.
Senses: examples: text: We ſhall not be authorized, to anſwer for any ſuch Don Quixotic Schemes—Fair and ſoftly go far.
ref: 1757, The Secret Expedition. A Farce; (in Two Acts) as It Has Been Represented upon the Political Theatre of Europe. With the Highest Applause., London: […] J. Scott, […], page 19:
text: […]while in all those, not very rare cases, which are necessarily and essentially fatal from the onset, he [the physician] will quickly reject all Don Quixotic and enthusiastic attempts at cure, and limit his endeavors to the palliation of present suffering.
ref: 1852, John C[harles] Peters, “American Editor’s Preface”, in A Treatise on Apoplexy: With an Appendix on Softening of the Brain, and Paralysis. Based on Th. J. Rückert’s Clinical Experience in Homœopathy., New York, N.Y.: William Radde, […], page vi:
text: Concomitant with this illumination is the acceptance and implementation of behaviors endemic with new paradigms, those which lead to a transformed culture and society, those which lead to horizontal connectedness with multiple prospects for rooting deeply, fostering a balanced, systematic and sensible relationship between needs and resources, rather than vertical, hierarchial structures rooted in power and control. There is a Don Quixotic tone to this posture, at first blush.
ref: 1984, Marvin B. Sussman, “Women’s Roles in Mythic Tradition and a Planetary Culture”, in Beth B. Hess, Marvin B. Sussman, editors, Women and the Family: Two Decades of Change, New York, N.Y.; London: The Haworth Press, →ISBN, page 5:
glosses: Synonym of quixotic.
synonyms: word: quixotic
Nanhsi
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Borrowed from Mandarin 楠西 (Nánxī) Wade–Giles romanization: Nan²-hsi¹.
Senses: examples: text: The Tsengwen Reservoir, located at Nanhsi village, Tainan, was completed in 1973.
ref: 1981, A Pictorial History of the Republic of China: Its Founding and Development, volume II, Taipei: Modern China Press, →OCLC, page 416:
text: After Nanhsi, head into the hills again as you skirt Tsengwen Reservoir on a roller coaster of steep grades.
ref: 1994, Roger Grigsby, Taiwan, Hong Kong, China's East Coast (China by Bike), The Mountaineers, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 108:
text: In order to realize how is the crustal shortening distributed, a dense GPS profile of 11 new stations was deployed along the highway from Liuchia to Nanhsi in 1993 (Figure 9).
ref: 1998, Shui-Beih Yu, Horng-Yue Chen, “Strain Accumulation in Southwestern Taiwan”, in Terrestrial, Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, volume 9, number 1, →DOI, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 02 Oct 2022, page 43:
text: Officers Wang and Yan from the Yujing Police station were on patrol on a mountain road in Nanhsi Township at around 10:20pm last night when they spotted a man pushing a bicycle in the remote area.
ref: 2018 December 13, Phillip Charlier, “Two Police Officers Shot and Injured in Tainan”, in Taiwan English News, archived from the original on 15 Dec 2018:
text: Danei District is located east of Tainan City, on the border of the mountainous area with Jianan Plain, adjacent to Liuchia District on the north, Guantian and Shanhua on the west, Shanshang on the south, and Yuching and Nanhsi on the east. It has a land area of approximately 70.3125 square kilometers, with a population of more than 10,000 people.
ref: 2019 August 1, “Natural Environment”, in Danei District Office, archived from the original on 06 Jul 2022:
text: Tainan’s Bureau of Travel and Tourism initiated holiday traffic control measures to step up the epidemic prevention and control efforts in face of the much-anticipated firefly season in Meiling (or Plum Mountain) in Nanhsi District.
ref: 2020 April 15, “Latest News”, in Department of Information & International Relations, archived from the original on 22 Jan 2025:
glosses: Alternative form of Nansi.
Namahsia
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Mandarin 那瑪夏 (Nàmǎxià), Wade–Giles romanization: Na⁴-ma³-hsia⁴.
Senses: examples: text: Citing an example of cooperation at the local level, Her says the foundation built nearly 1,000 houses - powered by state-of-the-art solar energy systems - on land provided by the Kaohsiung County government for those displaced from devastated regions around Namahsia.
ref: 2009, Taiwan Business Topics, volume 39, American Chamber of Commerce in Taipei, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 25, column 2:
text: Hu Jui-chou, an army major-general involved in rescue operations, said those trapped included people buried by a massive landslide in Hsiao Lin, a village of 1,000 in Kaohsiung county. Many were also trapped in a second village, Namahsia.
ref: 2009 August 11, “700 trapped, possibly dead, in Taiwan: military”, in Reuters, archived from the original on 02 Oct 2022, Editor's Picks:
text: February 26 Exhibition
Sunshine Moving Elementary School
A traveling exhibition titled 'Sunshine Moving Elementary School', presented by the National Museum of Natural Science in partnership with DELTA Electronics Foundation, will be showcased at the Museum's plaza on Shi-tun Road from Feb. 27 through Apr. 9, 2014. The exhibition will inspire people of every age to be part of green revolution with the example of Ming-chuan Elementary School in Namahsia District, Kaohsiung City.
ref: 2015 August 21, “Archives 2014”, in National Museum of Natural Science, archived from the original on 06 Oct 2022:
text: As to the Provincial Highway 29 at Namahsia District, eight road foundations were lost, but local residents use an alternative route for ins and outs.
ref: 2017 June 5, Jou-Ting (王柔婷) Wang, 陳顯坤 [Chen Hsien-Kun], “桃源累積雨量冠全台 勤和部落10民宅沖毀 [KAOHSIUNG'S TAUYUAN HAS ACCUMULATED RAINFALL OF 1,337 MM IN 3 DAYS, MOST IN TAIWAN]”, in Anthony Lin, transl., Public Television Service, archived from the original on 07 Jun 2017:
english: KAOHSIUNG'S TAUYUAN HAS ACCUMULATED RAINFALL OF 1,337 MM IN 3 DAYS, MOST IN TAIWAN
translation: KAOHSIUNG'S TAUYUAN HAS ACCUMULATED RAINFALL OF 1,337 MM IN 3 DAYS, MOST IN TAIWAN
glosses: Alternative form of Namasia.
Wandsbek
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A borough in the city state of Hamburg, Germany.
fat-tailed dunnart
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fat-tailed dunnarts
Senses: examples: text: The scientists aim to reverse this by taking stem cells from a living species with similar DNA, the fat-tailed dunnart, and turning them into “thylacine” cells – or the closest approximation possible – using gene editing expertise developed by George Church, a professor of genetics at Harvard Medical School and Colossal’s co-founder.
ref: 2022 August 16, Adam Morton, “De-extinction: scientists are planning the multimillion-dollar resurrection of the Tasmanian tiger”, in The Guardian:
glosses: A small carnivorous marsupial, Sminthopsis crassicaudata, native to Australia.
AVA
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: AVAs
Senses: topics: beverages
food
lifestyle
oenology
wine
glosses: Initialism of American Viticultural Area: a designated wine grape-growing region in the United States, providing an official appellation for the mutual benefit of wineries and consumers.
topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Initialism of arteriovenous anastomosis.
AVAs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of AVA
AVAS
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: The coming Audi E-tron GT, for example, has control units that remix the sound effects based on the car’s speed or the position of the accelerator pedal. Also fitted to the Audi is an AVAS — an acoustic vehicle alerting system, required to alert pedestrians that an electric car is close by.
ref: 2021 February 4, Stephen Williams, “E.V.s Force Carmakers to Reinvent the Wheel, and Brakes, and Mirrors …”, in The New York Times:
topics: automotive
transport
vehicles
glosses: Initialism of acoustic vehicle alerting system: a system that emits vehicle warning sounds alerting pedestrians to the presence of electric vehicles.
S.U.V.s
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of S.U.V.
Šar cheese
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Šar cheeses
Etymology: From either Serbo-Croatian or Macedonian Шар Планина (Šar Planina) "Šar Mountains" + cheese.
Senses: glosses: A certain type of hard cheese deriving from the Šar Mountains of Kosovo.
pipe chases
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pipe chase
quixotics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of quixotic
serfitude
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From serf, perhaps influenced by servitude.
Senses: examples: text: The talk in their little hamlet in the province of Cosenza, where the Lanzas had been known for generations for their fine castile soap, played up America as a place where accidents of birth didn't doom you to a lifetime of serfitude[…]
ref: 1985, Joe Adamson, The Walter Lantz Story: With Woody Woodpecker and Friends, Putnam Adult:
text: Before you know it you are twitterpated and on your way to 30 years of “serfitude” working morn and night to refill a refrigerator that is the favorite meeting place ofa half-dozen fat locusts with thyroid conditions.
ref: (Can we date this quote?), Robert Winthrop Curley, So Far Out That He's In: Opinions from an Opinionated Journalist, Prometheus Books, →ISBN, page 274:
glosses: Synonym of serfdom (“the condition of being a serf”).
synonyms: word: serfdom
extra: the condition of being a serf
International Master
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: International Masters
Senses: topics: board-games
chess
games
synonyms: word: IM
glosses: A chess player of high ability but below the level of Grandmaster, as determined by FIDE.
International Masters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of International Master
individual medley
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: individual medleys
Senses: examples: Coordinate term: medley relay
topics: hobbies
lifestyle
sports
swimming
synonyms: word: IM
glosses: A medley swimming race consisting of a single competitor swimming equal distances of four different strokes.
individual medleys
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of individual medley
Irken
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From иркен (irken, “spacious, free; freedom”).
Senses: glosses: A rural locality in Karabash, Bugulminsky district municipality, Tatarstan, Russia.
lekku
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lek
lekku
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lekkus
Senses: glosses: Either of the two appendages that protrude from the head of a Twi'lek (a race of creatures in Star Wars)
Dostoevsky
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Dostoyevsky
Etymology: From Russian Достое́вский (Dostojévskij).
Senses: glosses: A transliteration of the Russian surname Достое́вский (Dostojévskij).
Dostoyevsky
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Dostoevsky
Etymology: From Russian Достое́вский (Dostojévskij).
Senses: glosses: A transliteration of the Russian surname Достое́вский (Dostojévskij).
Tzutung
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Borrowed from Mandarin 莿桐 (Cìtóng) Wade–Giles romanization: Tzʻŭ⁴-tʻung².
Senses: examples: text: The Tzutung Township Farmers' Association grew two hectares of stock seed in net houses during this fiscal year; this could supply farmers enough for the planting of 16 hectares, and the use of this technique will be expanded year by[…]
ref: 1990, General Report of the Council of Agriculture, number 5, →OCLC, page 60:
text: Taking baseline data from past surveys and assessments of Taiwan's paddy fields, the COA designated 72 hectares of paddy fields at Tienchung in Changhua County and Tzutung Township in Yunlin County as a fallow field water replenishment[…]
ref: 1998, 1998 Annual Report, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 55, column 1:
text: There are 41 samples collected in Yunlin area (Fig. 5). The nitrate-N contents of two samples are higher than the limit of drinking water quality standards (10 mg/l) at Tzutung and Kukeng Townships, respectively.
ref: 2008, Chiling Chen et al., “部分農業區地下水氮和磷污染現況 [Nitrogen and Phosphorus Contamination of Groundwater in Some Agricultural Area of Taiwan]”, in 農業非點源污染研討會論文集(2008), →ISBN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 26 Aug 2022, page 109:
english: Nitrogen and Phosphorus Contamination of Groundwater in Some Agricultural Area of Taiwan
translation: Nitrogen and Phosphorus Contamination of Groundwater in Some Agricultural Area of Taiwan
text: This dissertation focuses on agriculture and the farmers' association in Tzutung township of Yunlin. Using innovative results executed by Tzutung Farmers' Association in recent years as cases studied, notably "Agricultural Calendar in Life" and garlic promotions, this dissertation, by adopting six models (A~F) theorised by Dr. Phillip Kotler in “Winning at Innovation: The A-to-F Model”, aims to analyze how a traditional farmers' association can escape structural limitations to pursue industrial innovations.
ref: 2015, Yu-Hsuan (張鈺萱) Chang, “農業創新成功關鍵因素個案分析 －以雲林莿桐鄉為例 [Case Study on the Key Success Factors of Agriculture Innovation - On the Case of Citong Township, Yunlin County]”, in Airiti Library, archived from the original on 02 Oct 2022:
english: Case Study on the Key Success Factors of Agriculture Innovation - On the Case of Citong Township, Yunlin County
translation: Case Study on the Key Success Factors of Agriculture Innovation - On the Case of Citong Township, Yunlin County
text: The second location of Shi-Yuan bakery workshop is located at Tzutung township in Yunlin (No.238, Zhongshan Rd., Tzutung Township, Yunlin County 647, Taiwan (R.O.C.).
ref: (Can we date this quote?), Director Shih, “RCSAG in Tzutung”, in Rejoice Community Supported Agriculture Group, archived from the original on 06 Oct 2022:
glosses: Alternative form of Cihtong.
Blankenese
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A suburban quarter in Altona borough, Hamburg, Germany.
lambsfoot
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lamb's foot
Etymology: From lamb + -s- + foot.
Senses: examples: text: We have a lambsfoot knife, a thing for cleaning pipes, a pipe, a tobacco pouch, three crushed boxes of matches, three throat lozenges (engrimed), nuts and bolts (assorted), a bill for sheep feed with something illegible written on the[…]
ref: 2014 December 22, R. W. F. Poole, The Buried Treasures, Lulu Press, Inc, →ISBN:
coordinate_terms: sheepsfoot
Wharncliffe
glosses: A claw-like blade with one straight edge and one edge which tapers to a point at the tip less abruptly than a sheepsfoot but not as gradually as a Wharncliffe.
examples: text: Hanging from the beams were bunches of dried herbs, still fragrant from the last spring: moly and mint, yarrow and lambsfoot, tansy and thyme. A small pallet lay in the corner. Gawen guessed it was a daybed for naps.
ref: 2013 May 6, Jane Yolen, Sword of the Rightful King: A Novel of King Arthur, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, →ISBN:
coordinate_terms: lamb's ears
lamb's quarters
glosses: Synonym of birdsfoot trefoil (Lotus corniculatus).
synonyms: word: birdsfoot trefoil
extra: Lotus corniculatus
wharncliffe
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: wharncliffes
Senses: examples: text: Compact 3 fingered fixed blades often with modified wharncliffes. Survival knife with mortised handles.
ref: 2008 September 8, Joe Kertzman, Knives 2009, F+W Media, Inc., →ISBN:
text: The "Needs Work" by Kershaw Knives needs very little work, but an introduction is in order. A funny name for a knife, the Needs Work folder is purpose-built as a working folder, and includes a straight, plain-edge, modified-wharncliffe blade, and a comfortable, ergonomic handle. Thomas Welk, director of sales and marketing for Kershaw, says, “The Needs Work is really a nice total package,[…]
ref: 2010 August 20, Joe Kertzman, Knives 2011: The World's Greatest Knife Book, F+W Media, Inc., →ISBN:
glosses: Alternative letter-case form of Wharncliffe.
Wharncliffe
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Wharncliffes
form: wharncliffe
Etymology: Named for James Archibald Stuart-Wortley-Mackenzie, Lord of Wharncliffe, the source of the modern design.
Senses: examples: text: Failing special instruments, the spine may be divided by strong scissors, or even by a penknife or a Wharncliffe blade.
ref: 1886, Robert Barnes, Lectures on obstetric operations including the treatment of haemorrhage and forming a guide to the management of difficult labour, page 192:
text: The edge of the Wharncliffe is straight and the spine rises and falls in a graceful, round arc producing a small, natural point, so it, too, offers a well-defined point of contact. However, it might not be the first choice for hard use[…]
ref: 2012 April 20, Roger Eckstine, Shooter's Bible Guide to Knives: A Complete Guide to Hunting Knives Survival Knives Folding Knives Skinning Knives Sharpeners and More, Simon and Schuster, →ISBN:
text: The author's second-generation Wharncliffe folder design for Spyderco is the Yojimbo 2 (bottom), which also inspired a second-generation fixed blade called the Ronin 2 (top). Original Wharncliffe blades sported full flat-ground edges[…]
ref: 2017 September 14, Joe Kertzman, Knives 2018: The World’s Greatest Knife Book, F+W Media, Inc., →ISBN:
coordinate_terms: sheepsfoot
lambsfoot
sheepstoe
glosses: A knife with one straight edge and one rounded spine which tapers gradually to a point.
Wharncliffe
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Named for James Archibald Stuart-Wortley-Mackenzie, Lord of Wharncliffe, the source of the modern design.
Senses: glosses: An unincorporated community in Mingo County, West Virginia, United States.
glosses: A British earldom.
wharncliffes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of wharncliffe
Wharncliffes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Wharncliffe
DMer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: DMers
Etymology: From DM + -er.
Senses: examples: text: You might soft-launch a new partner in an Instagram Story, or in the background in the fourth pic in a carousel, but a cute couple shot front and center on the main feed informs your most dedicated DMers that the club is closed to new members until further notice.
ref: 2021 January 14, Alex Zaragoza, “Bow Down to Lori Harvey, the Queen of Dating”, in Vice:
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A person who sends a direct message (DM).
Related terms: IMer
DMers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of DMer
Pritzker
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Pritzkers
Senses: examples: text: On the invitation list: Govs. Andy Beshear of Kentucky, Tim Walz of Minnesota, J.B. Pritzker of Illinois, Gretchen Whitmer of Michigan, Tony Evers of Wisconsin, Josh Shapiro of Pennsylvania, Roy Cooper of North Carolina, Wes Moore of Maryland and Michelle Lujan Grisham of New Mexico.
ref: 2024 February 7, Edward-Isaac Dovere, “Harris set to host Democratic governors this weekend to discuss 2024 campaign”, in CNN:
text: Democratic Gov. JB Pritzker of Illinois said in a social media post that he is “aware of the troubling incident that has unfolded in Franklin Park.”
ref: 2025 September 12, Nicole Acevedo, “A person is killed and an ICE agent injured at an immigration arrest near Chicago”, in NBC News:
glosses: A surname.
Derived terms: Hashimoto-Pritzker disease
Hashimoto-Pritzker syndrome
Pritzkers
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Pritzker
Culebra
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: An island, town, and municipality of Puerto Rico, United States.
friendmaking
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: friend-making
Etymology: From friend + making.
Senses: glosses: The process or activity of making friends.
Indo-Canadian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Canadian with Indian ancestry
Indo-Canadian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Indo-Canadians
Senses: glosses: A Canadian with Indian ancestry
Indo-Pacific crocodile
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Indo-Pacific crocodiles
Senses: glosses: saltwater crocodile
high modernism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: It is not just that the borders between high and low have begun to blur significantly after high modernism in the West, bringing some critics to misread the Latin American boom novel as a kind of postmodernism avant la lettre […]
ref: 2005, Peter Brooker, Andrew Thacker, editors, Geographies of Modernism: Literatures, Cultures, Spaces, Taylor & Francis, →ISBN, page 11:
text: The idea that silence suits serious art goes back to the age of high modernism in the 1950s. It is hard to imagine Mark Rothko calling an exhibition "Daddy, I Want to Be a Jewish Artist" or indeed calling it anything at all. His paintings have plain titles such as Red on Maroon.
ref: 2013 September 25, Jonathan Jones, “Dissecting the Exploding Whale: why do modern art shows have odd names?”, in The Guardian:
synonyms: high modernity
glosses: A form of modernity prevalent during the 1950s and 1960s, characterized by an unfaltering confidence in science and technology as means to reorder the social and natural world.
induction cooking
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: cooking performed using direct induction heating of cooking vessels, rather than relying on indirect radiation, convection, or thermal conduction.
Related terms: induction oven
Indy car
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Indy cars
Senses: glosses: An open-wheel racecar
Derived terms: IndyCar Series
high modernity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: High modernity, according to James C. Scott, claims to speak about the improvement of the human condition with the authority of scientific knowledge. Thus, it implies a radical break with history and tradition.
ref: 2018, Roel Meijer, The Quest for Modernity […] , Routledge, →ISBN:
glosses: Synonym of high modernism.
synonyms: word: high modernism
infant industry
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: infant industries
Senses: topics: economics
sciences
glosses: A new industry, one in its earlier stages unable to keep up or compete against global competitors.
Swedish bitters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Today, arranged within the store’s hand-carved wood-paneled interior are roughly 9,000 products, some of which — the Austrian folk herbalist Maria Treben’s digestive Swedish bitters, for example — have been stocked for decades, […]
ref: 2021 May 11, Kari Molvar, “The Beauty Stores, Near and Far, That Are Destinations in Their Own Right”, in The New York Times Style Magazine:
text: Mid-March 2021, at a bowling alley, I watch balls thunder down lanes and wonder if I’ve had a bowel movement since Presidents’ Day. I try: Miralax, Restoralax, magnesium citrate (liquid and powder), senna (tea and pills), psyllium (powder and pills), Benefiber, Citrucel, digestive enzymes, Swedish bitters, […].
ref: 2022 October 2, Cara Schacter, “My Year of Stress and Constipation”, in The New York Times:
glosses: A traditional herbal bitters, popularized by Maria Treben, claimed to aid digestion and cure numerous ailments.
imagineer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: imagineers
Senses: glosses: Alternative letter-case form of Imagineer.
PEGOT
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Initialism
Senses: glosses: Five major annual US entertainment awards: the Peabody, Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, and Tony
glosses: Five major annual US entertainment awards: the Pulitzer, Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, and Tony
Related terms: EGOT
Maund
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname.
anomine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: anomines
Senses: topics: biology
entomology
natural-sciences
glosses: Any moth of the tribe Anomini.
ephemeroid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ephemeroids
Etymology: From ephemerous + -oid.
Senses: topics: biology
ecology
natural-sciences
glosses: Any kind of short-lived plant.
savannoids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of savannoid
ephemeroids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ephemeroid
painiu
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A local common name for Astelia waialealae.
mailed-in
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more mailed-in
form: most mailed-in
Senses: examples: text: This was just a waste of a remake. Amber Heard gave the most mailed-in performance I’ve ever seen.
ref: 2021 February 18, Realityczech (commenter), “The Stand Is Half of a Great Television Series”, in Tor:
text: Benedict Cumberbatch's mailed-in performance as the disinterested wyrm is a bit disappointing and far from the fearsome foe found in the original book.
ref: 2022 August 15, Izsak Barnette, “The Middle Earth Masterpieces: Ranking the Lord of the Rings and Hobbit Films”, in Tilt Magazine:
text: That might sound a little harsh, but the truth is that this movie is one of those that a lot of people should be able to recognize as a mailed-in attempt at something that could have loosely been called an appealing story had the writer decided to go back and, with their eyes open, find the glaring inaccuracies and inconsistencies that they’d included in the story.
ref: 2022 September 22, “Movie Review: Kill Chain”, in TV Overmind:
synonyms: lacklustre
glosses: Done with a lack of enthusiasm; Half-hearted.
Related terms: mail it in
mails it in
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of mail it in
mailing it in
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of mail it in
mailed it in
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of mail it in
woman ☕
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: women ☕
Etymology: Back-formation from women ☕.
Senses: examples: text: Bro💀, I was on my way back home and this woman ☕ driver almost ran her car over me..
ref: 2022 July 21, @Manit_BS, Twitter:
text: As a woman☕️, I find this funny.
ref: 2022 July 31, u/ApatheticScoundrel, “get it guys? because women!”, in Reddit, r/terriblefacebookmemes, archived from the original on 01 Aug 2022:
text: that's not just a woman, that's a Woman☕️
ref: 2022 August 11, u/Clear-Mongoose-3935, “Woman☕️☕️☕️☕️☕️”, in Reddit, r/antimeme, archived from the original on 12 Aug 2022:
glosses: A woman, especially one acting in a stereotypically feminine way.
women ☕
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Etymology: In reference to the 2017 YouTube video "Infomercial: The Pill" [0:13], in which two animated characters say "hmpf, women", then loudly sip their coffee. The phrase women ☕ became an Internet meme around early 2022 on TikTok and Instagram. The term later came to be used as a noun, leading to the back-formation woman ☕.
Senses: examples: text: At the end of the day, "Women ☕" is just a snarkier, more conspicuous way of saying "Woman Moment," another meme that has been used for the same purposes.
ref: [2022 August 10, Philipp Kachalin, “What Does Women ☕ Mean? Coffee Emoji Meme Explained”, in KnowYourMeme:
text: men be like 'women ☕' and then forget about their vaginal birth. real clownery.
ref: 2022 September 22, @bfulaura, X (Twitter), archived from the original on 02 Mar 2023:
text: Thank you DeMC for giving us a true "Women☕" moment.
ref: 2022 September 25, @Harshalreacts, X (Twitter), archived from the original on 02 Mar 2023:
text: Real men don't say "Women ☕"
ref: 2022 September 30, @dreeaamie, X (Twitter):
glosses: Expressing disapproval of the actions of a woman, especially one associated with stereotypically feminine traits.
women ☕
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: In reference to the 2017 YouTube video "Infomercial: The Pill" [0:13], in which two animated characters say "hmpf, women", then loudly sip their coffee. The phrase women ☕ became an Internet meme around early 2022 on TikTok and Instagram. The term later came to be used as a noun, leading to the back-formation woman ☕.
Senses: examples: text: I wish people would stop putting pictures of Women☕ in front of them.
ref: 2022 September 4, u/therapistFind3r, “Anon wants the original”, in Reddit, r/greentext, archived from the original on 02 Mar 2023:
text: Women being women ☕ trying to gaslight us men.
ref: 2022 September 24, @AutismoGamer, Twitter, archived from the original on 02 Mar 2023:
text: So elementary schools are always full of the dumbass women ☕️ who grew up helping and raising children in their family, but wouldn’t know how to write an essay or solve a basic algebra equation to save their lives.
ref: 2022 October 1, u/HughMungusVII, “Anon n'est pas mathématicien”, in Reddit, r/greentext, archived from the original on 02 Oct 2022:
text: Finally an explanation why women are women☕
ref: 2022 October 17, @ahmadsaleem06, Twitter, archived from the original on 15 Dec 2022:
glosses: plural of woman ☕
Related terms: men ☕
garnyson
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of garnison.
Nanase
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /na.naˈse/
Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese ななせ (Nanase).
Senses: glosses: A female given name from Japanese.
NAPQI
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Initialism of N-acetyl-p-benzoquinone imine.