cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
Skewes
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Skeweses
form: Skuse
Etymology: Habitational surname from a minor place in Cornwall, from Cornish skaw (“elder bush”).
Senses: glosses: A surname from Cornish.
Derived terms: Skewes' number
Sledge
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From sledge.
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Smoak
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: English surname, possibly a variant of Smock.
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Soignoli
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname.
class warrior
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: class warriors
Senses: topics: human-sciences
sciences
social-science
sociology
glosses: A participant in class warfare.
Sozzi
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Sozzis
Etymology: Borrowed from Italian Sozzi.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Italian.
Spurgeon
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname.
glosses: A male given name.
Stunkard
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Swadley
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Swadleys
Etymology: English habitational surname from a lost or unidentified place.
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Tharp
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Walley
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Derived terms: Walley's Green
Weinel
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Wilburn
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Woodside
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Woodsides
Etymology: From woodside.
Senses: glosses: A number of places in the United Kingdom, including:
A hamlet in Winkfield parish, Bracknell Forest district, Berkshire, England (OS grid ref SU9371).
glosses: A number of places in the United Kingdom, including:
A suburb in the borough of Croydon, Greater London, England (OS grid ref TQ3467).
glosses: A number of places in the United Kingdom, including:
A village next to Burrelton, Perth and Kinross council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NO2037).
glosses: A town in San Mateo County, California, United States.
glosses: A township in Sangamon County, Illinois, United States.
glosses: A locality near Greytown, Dunedin territorial authority, Otago, North Island, New Zealand.
glosses: A surname.
Derived terms: Tumby Woodside
Woodside Park
Worthy
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Possibly from worthy.
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Related terms: Kings Worthy
Zarate
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Zarates
form: Sarate
Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish Zárate, itself from a Basque toponym.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Spanish [in turn from Basque].
half-marathon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: half-marathons
Etymology: From half- + marathon.
Senses: examples: text: They did not expect to complete the 13.1 miles of a half-marathon, but decided to “just pretend — at least we’ll walk and talk.”
ref: 2007 July 15, Gerri Hirshey, “Sisterhood of the Walking Shoe”, in The New York Times:
text: The group will be on the starting line Sunday for the return of one of the country’s largest half-marathons.
ref: 2022 March 18, Matthew Futterman, “Running Stars Are Racing in New York City, and It’s Not the Marathon”, in The New York Times:
glosses: Alternative form of half marathon.
white alders
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of white alder
girdered
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From girder + -ed.
Senses: glosses: Having a specified number or kind of girders.
half-marathons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of half-marathon
ice candy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From ice + candy.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of freeze pop.
synonyms: word: freeze pop
ice drop
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ice drops
Etymology: From ice + drop.
Senses: examples: text: Envorcing regulations regarding approval of applications for license to operate ice drop factories and sale of ice drops
ref: 1922 June 27, “Philippine Health Service”, in Official Gazette, volume 20, number 76, page 1327:
text: Papa also “conscripted” a new “army” of ice cream and ice drop ambulant peddlers.
ref: 2020, Bartolomea Agatep-Enrico, Under His Wings:
glosses: Frozen fruit juice, flavored sugar water or the like, on a stick, of a size to be one serving; a popsicle.
examples: text: The cuticle of a plum, and of some other fruits, has a kind of powder upon it; and the cuticle of the ice-plant has on it a number of little clear spots, which look like ice-drops.
ref: 1842, Anne Pratt, The Pictorial Catechism of Botany, page 4:
glosses: The small vesicles, filled with fluid, occurring on the stems and leaves of certain plants of the family Aizoaceae.
examples: text: But then, as it were on a ſudden, the face of nature is changed; for though a little before, water thrown up in the air would deſcend in ice drops, and any metal graſped faſt in one's hand would ſtick to the ſkin and make it bliſter,
ref: 1752, Awnsham Churchill, A Collection of Voyages and Travels, Some Now First Printed from Original Manuscripts, Others Now First Published in English. In Eight Volumes. With a General Preface, Giving an Account of the Progress of Trade and Navigation, from Its First Beginning, page 241:
text: Every needle of the drooping pine tassels is weighted with an ice drop.
ref: 1907 February, Mary C. Dickerson, “The Pageant of Nature”, in Country Life, volume 11, page 554:
glosses: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see ice, drop.; a drop of ice.
fresh lumpia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fresh lumpias
Etymology: From Cebuano fresh lumpia.
Senses: glosses: Shredded heart of palm, shredded carrots, mixed with ground pork or chicken flakes and rolled in a crepe-like wrapper.
Shinola
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ʃɪˈnoʊ.lə/
ipa: /ʃaɪˈnoʊ.lə/
rhymes: -əʊlə
Etymology: From the name of a brand of shoe polish with a similar colour and texture to excrement, from shine + -ola.
Senses: examples: text: “[…]But he ran around with that literary crowd, you know, reading poetry by candlelight, with a few dames around for when the candles went out—that kind of Shinola […]”
ref: 1951, Herman Wouk, The Caine Mutiny, Doubleday & Company, Inc., page 64:
glosses: Euphemism for shit.
wikipedia: Shinola
Related terms: know shit from Shinola
BEWD
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: BEWDs
Senses: examples: text: I wouldn't call that card "rare"- Konami packages one BEWD in each Seto Kaiba starter deck... That is a far cry from 'rare.'
ref: 2002 July 4, Edson plays Green Eyed Ctarl-Ctarl, “Re: YU-GI-OH CARDS”, in alt.fan.digimon (Usenet), message-ID <hlOU8.403520$cQ3.27251@sccrnsc01>:
text: Out of curiosity, I looked at some pricelists, and BEWD is usually one of the most expensive cards on them. Yes, these are rare BEWDs from the Blue Eyes White Dragon sets, […]
ref: 2002 December 18, Chris Mattern, “Re: Shonen Jump Yugioh card”, in rec.arts.anime.misc (Usenet), message-ID <uQqdnS5-EYKY2JyjXTWcqQ@comcast.com>:
text: After Duelist's Kingdom, Yuugi duels the granddaughter of his grandfather's friend, Arthur Hawkins, for the rights to Sugoroku's BEWD, which, if you remember, Seto Kaiba tore up.
ref: 2003 October 5, Mizu-chan (P. Frederickson), “Re: Yu-Gi-Oh cards site?”, in rec.arts.anime.games (Usenet), message-ID <3f8035cf_6@corp.newsgroups.com>:
text: There are two very collectible BEWD cards. This one, and the 1st Edition card from Legend of Blue Eyes White Dragon.
ref: 2005, Bill Gill, Pojo's Yu-Gi-Oh! Annual 2005, Triumph Books, →ISBN, page 83:
topics: lifestyle
glosses: Abbreviation of Blue-Eyes White Dragon (a trading card in the game of Yu-Gi-Oh!).
Union County
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: One of 75 counties in Arkansas, United States. County seat: El Dorado.
glosses: One of 67 counties in Florida, United States. County seat: Lake Butler.
glosses: One of 159 counties in Georgia, United States. County seat: Blairsville.
glosses: One of 102 counties in Illinois, United States. County seat: Jonesboro.
glosses: One of 92 counties in Indiana, United States. County seat: Liberty.
glosses: One of 99 counties in Iowa, United States. County seat: Creston.
glosses: One of 120 counties in Kentucky, United States. County seat: Morganfield.
glosses: One of 82 counties in Mississippi, United States. County seat: New Albany.
glosses: One of 21 counties in New Jersey, United States. County seat: Elizabeth.
glosses: One of 33 counties in New Mexico, United States. County seat: Clayton.
glosses: One of 100 counties in North Carolina, United States. County seat: Monroe.
glosses: One of 88 counties in Ohio, United States. County seat: Marysville.
glosses: One of 36 counties in Oregon, United States. County seat: La Grande.
glosses: One of 67 counties in Pennsylvania, United States. County seat: Lewisburg.
glosses: One of 46 counties in South Carolina, United States. County seat: Union.
glosses: One of 66 counties in South Dakota, United States. County seat: Elk Point.
glosses: One of 95 counties in Tennessee, United States. County seat: Maynardville.
Related terms: word: Union Parish
field tent
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: field tents
Senses: examples: text: The peg-bag (containing for field tent, twenty pegs, two mallets, and one driver; for guard tent, ten pegs, 'One mallet, and one driver) is placed on one side of the tent covering. The wooden head is packed within the folds of the canvas; the storm and ground ropes for the field tent are laid on the top or sides of the canvas.
ref: 1858, Godfrey Rhodes, Tents and Tent-Life, from the earliest ages to the present time, page 192:
text: An ordinary “ single-poled circular conical tent," without any side walls, but occupying the same space of ground, and of the same height and width as my field tent, contains about 354 cubic feet of air, thus allowing about 44 1/2 cubic feet for each man, 8 min in the tent; and about 29 1/2 cubic feet for each man, 12 men in the tent.
ref: 1860, Journal of the Royal United Service Institution, Whitehall Yard:
text: The two-man field tent, commonly known as a pup-tent, was standard issue, and in boot camp a great deal of effort had been spent in teaching us to erect the pup-tent correctly.
ref: 1983, William Daniel Ehrhart, Vietnam-Perkasie: A Combat Marine Memoir, →ISBN, page 194:
text: I counted what looked like a Mess Hall, a single barracks and another under construction, and a field tent.
ref: 2011, Raymond George Ross, Heroes of Vietnam, →ISBN, page 22:
glosses: A canvas tent used by the military.
Union Parish
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: One of 64 parishes in Louisiana, United States, the equivalent of a county in other US states.. Parish seat: Farmerville.
Related terms: Union County
Grainger County
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Named after Mary Grainger Blount, the wife of William Blount.
Senses: glosses: One of 95 counties in Tennessee, United States. County seat: Rutledge.
wikipedia: William Blount
Navarro County
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Named after José Antonio Navarro.
Senses: glosses: One of 254 counties in Texas, United States. County seat: Corsicana.
wikipedia: José Antonio Navarro
Benton County
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: All are named after Thomas Hart Benton except in Tennessee (David Benton).
Senses: glosses: One of 75 counties in Arkansas, United States. County seat: Bentonville.
glosses: One of 92 counties in Indiana, United States. County seat: Fowler.
glosses: One of 99 counties in Iowa, United States. County seat: Vinton.
glosses: One of 87 counties in Minnesota, United States. County seat: Foley.
glosses: One of 82 counties in Mississippi, United States. County seat: Ashland.
glosses: One of 114 counties in Missouri, United States. County seat: Warsaw.
glosses: One of 36 counties in Oregon, United States. County seat: Corvallis.
glosses: One of 95 counties in Tennessee, United States. County seat: Camden.
glosses: One of 39 counties in Washington, United States. County seat: Prosser.
Rusk County
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: One of 254 counties in Texas, United States. County seat: Henderson. Named after Thomas Jefferson Rusk.
glosses: One of 72 counties in Wisconsin, United States. County seat: Ladysmith. Named after Jeremiah McLain Rusk.
Wood County
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: One of 88 counties in Ohio, United States. County seat: Bowling Green. Named after Eleazer D. Wood.
glosses: One of 254 counties in Texas, United States. County seat: Quitman. Named after George Tyler Wood.
glosses: One of 55 counties in West Virginia, United States. County seat: Parkersburg. Named after James Wood.
glosses: One of 72 counties in Wisconsin, United States. County seat: Wisconsin Rapids. Named after Joseph Wood.
Related terms: Woods County
Bonner County
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Named after ferry operator Edwin L. Bonner.
Senses: glosses: One of 44 counties in Idaho, United States. County seat: Sandpoint.
whatsanames
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of whatsaname
Linn County
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: All are named after Lewis F. Linn.
Senses: glosses: One of 99 counties in Iowa, United States. County seat: Cedar Rapids.
glosses: One of 105 counties in Kansas, United States. County seat: Mound City.
glosses: One of 114 counties in Missouri, United States. County seat: Linneus.
glosses: One of 36 counties in Oregon, United States. County seat: Albany.
Related terms: Lynn County
eckling
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of eckle
eckled
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of eckle
safen
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: safens
form: safening
form: safened
form: safened
Etymology: From safe + -en.
Senses: examples: text: She used to safen me when I was smaller, when I came here first. Her long, dark hair was my hiding place from the outside world.
ref: 2002, Malachy Doyle, Georgie, page 12:
text: I take a deep breath because his knowing Cora Blue seems to safen things up a little.
ref: 2016, Kathryn Stockett, The Help, page 189:
glosses: To make safe.
glosses: To protect a crop from injury from a herbicide by adding a safener.
Derived terms: safener
safened
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of safen
safens
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of safen
safening
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of safen
Allee effects
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Allee effect
Clinton County
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: All are named after DeWitt Clinton except in New York and Ohio (George Clinton).
Senses: glosses: One of 102 counties in Illinois, United States. County seat: Carlyle.
glosses: One of 92 counties in Indiana, United States. County seat: Frankfort.
glosses: One of 99 counties in Iowa, United States. County seat: Clinton.
glosses: One of 120 counties in Kentucky, United States. County seat: Albany.
glosses: One of 83 counties in Michigan, United States. County seat: St. Johns.
glosses: One of 114 counties in Missouri, United States. County seat: Plattsburg.
glosses: One of 62 counties in New York, United States. County seat: Plattsburgh.
glosses: One of 88 counties in Ohio, United States. County seat: Wilmington.
glosses: One of 67 counties in Pennsylvania, United States. County seat: Lock Haven.
priany
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more priany
form: most priany
Etymology: From prian + -y.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of pryany.
neuroretinitides
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of neuroretinitis
halfplane
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: halfplanes
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of half-plane.
palaeolongitudinal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From palaeolongitude + -in- + -al.
Senses: glosses: British standard spelling of paleolongitudinal.
artificial unintelligence
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From the analogy with artificial intelligence.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of artificial stupidity.
synonyms: word: artificial stupidity
Grant Parish
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Named after Ulysses S. Grant.
Senses: glosses: One of 64 parishes in Louisiana, United States, the equivalent of a county in other US states.. Parish seat: Colfax.
wikipedia: Ulysses S. Grant
Related terms: Grant County
Grant County
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Most are named after Ulysses S. Grant, except Indiana (Samuel and Moses Grant), Kentucky (Colonel John Grant) and Wisconsin (an Indian trader).
Senses: glosses: One of 75 counties in Arkansas, United States. County seat: Sheridan.
glosses: One of 92 counties in Indiana, United States. County seat: Marion.
glosses: One of 105 counties in Kansas, United States. County seat: Ulysses.
glosses: One of 120 counties in Kentucky, United States. County seat: Williamstown.
glosses: One of 87 counties in Minnesota, United States. County seat: Elbow Lake.
glosses: One of 93 counties in Nebraska, United States. County seat: Hyannis.
glosses: One of 33 counties in New Mexico, United States. County seat: Silver City.
glosses: One of 53 counties in North Dakota, United States. County seat: Carson.
glosses: One of 77 counties in Oklahoma, United States. County seat: Medford.
glosses: One of 36 counties in Oregon, United States. County seat: Canyon City.
glosses: One of 66 counties in South Dakota, United States. County seat: Milbank.
glosses: One of 39 counties in Washington, United States. County seat: Ephrata.
glosses: One of 55 counties in West Virginia, United States. County seat: Petersburg.
glosses: One of 72 counties in Wisconsin, United States. County seat: Lancaster.
Related terms: word: Grant Parish
xenomedicine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /zɛnəˈmɛd.sɪn/
Etymology: From xeno- + medicine.
Senses: examples: text: There had been people studying xenomedicine in the same class as the two of them who turned out not to have been particularly well fitted for it. Well, he thought, better they should find out in training, rather than in practicing on a patient.
ref: 2000, Diane Duane, Doctor's Orders:
text: You seem to be the first person in the history of xenomedicine who's simply been bitten by a yagghorth instead of disassembled into component pieces.”
ref: 2012, Barbara Hambly, Crossboard:
text: “I understand, Tobin. Being joined is a great responsibility.” Dax stared, flushing with panic. “You . . . you know?” “Don't look so surprised. I'm an expert in xenomedicine and I've been around the quadrant once or twice.
ref: 2015, Christopher L. Bennett, Rise of the Federation: Uncertain Logic:
topics: literature
media
publishing
science-fiction
glosses: The study and practice of medicine involving alien species.
Guilford County
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Named after the Earl of Guilford.
Senses: glosses: One of 100 counties in North Carolina, United States. County seat: Greensboro.
Van Zandt County
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Named after Isaac Van Zandt.
Senses: glosses: One of 254 counties in Texas, United States. County seat: Canton.
wikipedia: Isaac Van Zandt
xenopathology
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /zɛnəpəˈθɒləd͡ʒi/
Etymology: From xeno- + pathology.
Senses: examples: text: “I just completed my boards in theoretical xenopathology. You really should have been at the graduation party.
ref: 2006, Marc D. Giller, Prodigal:
text: ... being able to deal with battlefield injuries, were also expert in specific fields: xenopathology, bioweapons and battlestress analysis. And so it went. All carried laser carbines, grenades, missile launchers, mines—a whole panoply of death.
ref: 2008, Neal Asher, Prador Moon:
text: oo bad M'Benga is still attending that xenopathology conference on Samaritan Station, McCoy thought. We could use another MD at the moment.
ref: 2013, Greg Cox, Star Trek: The Original Series: The Weight of Worlds:
text: Of course she wouldn't, or Dr. Bonn, her redundancy. Xenopathology and emergency medicine are more practical.
ref: 2015, C. Gockel, Murphy's Star: A Story of First Contact:
topics: literature
media
publishing
science-fiction
glosses: The study of the nature of disease and its causes, processes, development, and consequences among different sentient species of the galaxy.
Van Zandt
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname from Dutch.
Derived terms: Van Zandt County
Whitman County
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Named after Marcus Whitman.
Senses: glosses: One of 39 counties in Washington, United States. County seat: Colfax.
wikipedia: Marcus Whitman
xenomythology
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /zɛnəmɪˈθɒləd͡ʒi/
Etymology: From xeno- + mythology.
Senses: examples: text: KaFrahkan was no student of xenomythology, but his intelligence briefing on the Humans had told him the origin of the name, and he found it grimly appropriate as he watched the massive, heavily armored giants grinding into position.
ref: 2005, David Weber, Keith Laumer, Old Soldiers:
text: Did you know that my first degree was in xenomythology?' 'I did not. Please continue.' 'The volcryn story was among the Nor T'alush myths.
ref: 2008, George R.R. Martin, Dreamsongs: A RRetrospective:
topics: literature
media
publishing
science-fiction
glosses: The study of myths and legends of alien species.
xenohistory
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /zɛnəˈhɪstəɹi/
Etymology: From xeno- + history.
Senses: examples: text: “He is a specialist in xenohistory and has recently written a paper on the Terran system and human social interactions.” “Doctor,” To'Jopeviq said, nodding his head. “Any initial thoughts?”
ref: 2011, John Ringo, Citadel:
text: Xenohistory and sociology was her passion and it was rare that she was given a chance to explore it.
ref: 2016, Scott Warren, Vick's Vultures:
topics: literature
media
publishing
science-fiction
glosses: The study of alien history.
Dunn County
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: One of 53 counties in North Dakota, United States. County seat: Manning. Named after John Piatt Dunn.
glosses: One of 72 counties in Wisconsin, United States. County seat: Menomonie. Named after Charles Dunn.
xenosociology
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /zɛnəˌsəʊʃiːˈɒləd͡ʒiː/
Etymology: From xeno- + sociology.
Senses: examples: text: The almostvirgin xeno- prefix should be used to designate extraterrestrial entities [...], concepts and subdisciplines (for example, xeno-biology, xenosociology), and exo- reserved for life outside of but native to Earth.
ref: 2007, Jeff Prucher, Brave New Words: The Oxford Dictionary of Science Fiction:
topics: literature
media
publishing
science-fiction
glosses: The study of alien sociology.
pull-out
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: Deverbal from pull out.
Senses: examples: text: There's a little pull-out table under the sink, too.
ref: 2023 February 8, Greg Morse, “Crossing the border... by Sleeper”, in RAIL, number 976, page 42:
glosses: That can be pulled out.
pull-out
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pull-outs
Etymology: Deverbal from pull out.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of pullout.
pyramidist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pyramidists
Etymology: From pyramid + -ist.
Senses: glosses: An expert in Egyptian pyramids.
psychiatric hospital
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: psychiatric hospitals
Senses: synonyms: word: mental hospital
word: bedlam
word: bin
word: booby-hatch
word: booby house
word: bughouse
word: crazy house
word: cuckoo's nest
word: funny farm
word: happy hotel
word: insane asylum
word: laughing academy
word: loony bin
word: lunatic asylum
word: madhouse
word: mental asylum
word: mental home
word: grippy sock vacation
word: mental health center
word: mental health hospital
word: mental hospital
word: mental institution
word: nutfarm
word: nuthouse
word: psych
word: psych hospital
word: psychiatric hospital
word: psychopathic hospital
word: psychiatric ward
word: psych ward
word: special hospital
word: Tanjung Rambutan
word: whack shack
glosses: A medical facility specializing in inpatient mental health treatment.
Fremont County
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: All are named after John C. Frémont.
Senses: glosses: One of 64 counties in Colorado, United States. County seat: Cañon City.
glosses: One of 44 counties in Idaho, United States. County seat: St. Anthony.
glosses: One of 99 counties in Iowa, United States. County seat: Sidney.
glosses: One of 23 counties in Wyoming, United States. County seat: Lander.
wizardliness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From wizardly + -ness.
Senses: glosses: the quality of being wizardly
examples: text: They hurriedly looked down the telescopes in front of them. 'No,Your Wizardliness ,' one of them cried. 'It's a man. It's an extremely hairy old man.' He paused and looked through the telescope again. 'Or maybe it's just another old guy in wolf furs.
ref: 2013, Ross Montgomery, Alex, the Dog and the Unopenable Door, Faber & Faber, →ISBN:
text: 2013, Ty Johnston, City of Rogues: Book I of The Kobalos Trilogy, Ty Johnston
Is there anything in particular I can do for you today?” Stilp's eyes wandered to the sleeping mage. “The boss sent me to check on his wizardliness.
text: Ah, you're here. Glad you made it through. His wizardliness pointed you our way I gather? Well I'm sure the boss knows what he's about.
ref: year unknown, Richard Gorman, Sulhan, Lulu.com →ISBN, page 4
text: "And don't call me Your Holiness, Daimbert, unless you expect me to start calling you Your Wizardliness!" The candles were lit, and the bishop's servant brought the soup.
ref: 1995, C. Dale Brittain, The Witch & the Cathedral, Baen Books, →ISBN:
qualifier: preceded by a possessive personal pronoun
glosses: A reverent mode of address towards a wizard.
quadrivalency
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Synonym of quadrivalence.
synonyms: word: quadrivalence
sail-yard
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sail-yards
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of sailyard.
semi-yearly
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of semiyearly.
semi-transparent
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of semitransparent.
semi-sweet
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of semisweet.
semi-regular
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From semi- + regular.
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of semiregular.
semi-paralyzed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: semiparalyzed
Senses: examples: text: Thus for instance the paralysis may not extend to all the parts below the injury; it may be attended by severe pain in some of the semi-paralyzed parts; or , motion may be affected in one limb and sensibility in another.
ref: 1873, Edward Carroll Franklin, The Science and Art of Surgery - Volume 2, page 157:
text: Sometimes the face remains semi-paralyzed after the other signs of paralysis have disappeared.
ref: 1895, Alfred Lebbeus Loomis, A Text-book of Practical Medicine, page 1008:
text: If we put an end to regionalism and normalize the flow of great energies in the body of Kyrgyzstan, then there will be a very rapid healing of the whole country and people, who have been vegetating in a semi-paralyzed state for many decades due to the grave illness of tribalism and regionalism.
ref: 2021, Rustam Atashov, Zamirbek Osorov, The Blessed Almakan:
glosses: Partially paralyzed.
set designer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: set designers
Senses: glosses: A designer specialised in set design
shaving lotion
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: shaving lotions
Senses: glosses: Shaving cream.
ship-builder
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ship-builders
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of shipbuilder.
shit-eater
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: shit-eaters
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of shiteater.
shirtseller
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: shirtsellers
Senses: glosses: Someone who sells shirts
showing-off
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Behaviour considered to be showing off
side-dish
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: side-dishes
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of side dish.
silent cinema
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The silent film-making industry
Kendall County
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: One of 102 counties in Illinois, United States. County seat: Yorkville. Named after Amos Kendall.
glosses: One of 254 counties in Texas, United States. County seat: Boerne. Named after George Wilkins Kendall.
side entrance
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: side entrances
Senses: glosses: An entrance to building through its side.
Related terms: side door
ship in a bottle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌʃɪp ɪn ə ˈbɒtl̩/
ipa: /ˌʃɪp ɪn ə ˈbɑtəl/
ipa: [-ɾəl]
rhymes: -ɒtəl
Forms: form: ships in bottles
form: ships in a bottle
Senses: glosses: An ornament consisting of a model ship inside a glass bottle, usually one with a narrow neck which makes it difficult to see how the ship was put in place.
Hypernyms: impossible bottle
Related terms: bottle episode
message in a bottle
Shetland Isles
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Shetland Islands
Gienah
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Arabic جَنَاح (janāḥ, “wing”).
Senses: glosses: The binary star Gamma Corvi.
glosses: Gamma Corvi A, one of the components of this star.
sound film
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sound films
Senses: topics: broadcasting
cinematography
film
media
television
glosses: A film with sound, as opposed to a silent film
song book
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: song books
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of songbook.
social club
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: social clubs
Senses: examples: text: The operators of a social club don't have to accept every troublemaker, every ne'er-do-well, and every opponent as a guest.
glosses: A group of people who meet socially, generally having a common interest.
Related terms: book club
country club
gentlemen's club
social climbing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The act of trying to improve one's social status, especially by obsequious means
Related terms: social climber
soapery
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: soaperies
Etymology: From soap + -ery.
Senses: glosses: A factory making soap
glosses: A shop selling soap
Nashira
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Gamma Capricorni, a giant star in the constellation of Capricornus.
snotty-nosed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more snotty-nosed
form: most snotty-nosed
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of snot-nosed.
smooth-tongued
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more smooth-tongued
form: most smooth-tongued
Senses: examples: text: Oun readers may recollect a certain smooth-tongued, lankhaired, buckram-suited, Scottish scrivener, who, in the first chapters of this history, appeared in the character of a protégé of George Heriot.
ref: 1832, Walter Scott, The Fortunes of Nigel: With the Author's Last Notes and Additions:
text: He kept always good clerks, he loved money, was smooth-tongued, gave good words, and seldom lost his temper.
ref: 1895, John Arbuthnot, Jonathan Swift, Herman Teerink, The History of John Bull, →ISBN:
text: Coleridge smiles mischievously: 'They pay smooth-tongued publishers to instil a sense of fairness and balance into proceedings.'
ref: 2012, Mark Tungate, Fashion Brands: Branding Style from Armani to Zara, →ISBN, page 118:
glosses: glib; able to flatter, seduce, and persuade with words.
smooth-talking
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more smooth-talking
form: most smooth-talking
form: smooth talking
form: smoothtalking
Senses: examples: text: By the time the campaign was finished, you never saw a quicker, more smooth-talking political animal than Afram Milovan.
ref: 1988, Owen Sela, The KGB Candidate, →ISBN, page 261:
text: Children are an increasingly attractive target for ID thieves, in part because they're easy prey for smooth-talking predators in chat rooms, and because the crime can go undetected for years.
ref: 2005, Dan Tynan, Computer Privacy Annoyances, →ISBN:
text: In another case, a young woman, a smooth-talking, parasitic psychopath, constantly complained to her friends that her parents were not contributing enough to her already lavish lifestyle.
ref: 2011, Robert D. Hare, Without Conscience: The Disturbing World of the Psychopaths Among Us, →ISBN:
text: At twenty-one, it was easy for strippers to fall for smooth-talking, married customers.
ref: 2011, Shara Azod, Irresistible, →ISBN:
glosses: Insincerely ingratiating; flattering.
smooth-talking
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: smooth talking
form: smoothtalking
Senses: examples: text: Anything is possible, but if you haven't begun talking smooth yet, then I would really like to have a demonstration of what you think smooth-talking is.
ref: 2008, Brian Peterson, Move Over, Girl: A Novel, →ISBN, page 114:
text: For instance, suppose that smooth-talking is important for business.
ref: 2013, David Hulme, John Toye, Understanding Poverty and Well-Being: Bridging the Disciplines, →ISBN:
text: No more smooth-talking or wheedling or coercing.
ref: 2014, Bonnie Dee, The New Leaf Pledge, →ISBN:
glosses: Synonym of smooth talk.
synonyms: word: smooth talk
smooth-talking
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: smooth talking
form: smoothtalking
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of smooth-talk
Segin
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /ˈsɛɡɪn/
Senses: topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
glosses: A main-sequence star, visible as a third-magnitude blue star in the northern constellation of Cassiopeia, a part of the constellation's prominent W asterism.
Synonyms: roman: epsilon
english: primary designation
translation: primary designation
word: ε Cassiopeiae
english: abbreviated form
translation: abbreviated form
word: ε Cas
english: Latinized form
translation: Latinized form
word: Epsilon Cassiopeiae
smoke bomb
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: smoke bombs
Senses: examples: text: It was the morning of the Fourth of July and kids were lighting smoke bombs, sulfurous coils of red and green, the colors dense and bright like concentrated dye blooming through water.
ref: 2013, Rachel Kushner, chapter 11, in The Flamethrowers, New York: Scribner, published 2014, page 56:
glosses: A firework designed to produce smoke upon ignition.
examples: text: Smoke bombs would be used. The thick fumes resulting from their explosion between the lines would cover our advance.
ref: 1916, Patrick MacGill, chapter 3, in The Great Push: An Episode of the Great War, London: Herbert Jenkins, page 48:
text: Over every German battery would soar the observation plane indicating by tinsel or smoke bombs the location of the guns […]
ref: 1918, Willis J. Abbot, chapter 9, in Aircraft and Submarines: The Story of the Invention, Development, and Present-Day Uses of War’s Newest Weapons, New York: Putnam:
text: Margot would plant smoke-bombs in Kuno’s bedroom and then rush in to rescue him from the fumes.
ref: 1935, Christopher Isherwood, chapter 13, in Mr Norris Changes Trains, Penguin, published 1942, page 147:
text: The agent gave them the two camera-cases you saw. […] He told them that the blue case contained a very powerful smoke-bomb. The red case was the explosive. As one of them threw the red case, the other was to press a switch on the blue case and they would escape under cover of the smoke.
ref: 1953, Ian Fleming, chapter 9, in Casino Royale, London: Jonathan Cape:
topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: An explosive or incendiary device designed to emit smoke in order to mark a position or produce a smokescreen.
ski-jump
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ski-jumps
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of ski jump.
ski-resort
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ski-resorts
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of ski resort.
skid-mark
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: skid-marks
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of skidmark.
slave market
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: slave markets
Senses: glosses: A market where slaves are bought and sold
slave trader
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: slave traders
form: slave-trader
form: slavetrader
Senses: synonyms: slaver
hyponyms: slatee
glosses: A trader who buys and sells slaves.
Related terms: slave trade
slow-wittedness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From slow-witted + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The state of being slow-witted
Kosciusko County
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Named after Tadeusz Kościuszko.
Senses: glosses: One of 92 counties in Indiana, United States. County seat: Warsaw.
wikipedia: Tadeusz Kościuszko
sports centre
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sports centres
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of sports center.
sports center
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sports centers
form: sports centre
Senses: glosses: A building or building complex housing in which a variety of sports can be played.
Related terms: multisport
sports hall
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sports halls
Senses: glosses: A building, or a room in a building, especially in a school, with facilities to play indoor sports.
stage light
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: stage lights
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of stagelight.
stain remover
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: stain removers
Senses: glosses: A liquid, usually a solvent or detergent, that is used to remove stains from fabric.
Synonyms: stain lifter
stair lift
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: stair lifts
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of stairlift.
starting pistol
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: starting pistols
Senses: glosses: starter pistol
starter pistol
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: starter pistols
Senses: glosses: A handgun that fires blanks in order to start races.
Synonyms: starting gun
Calexiter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Calexiters
Etymology: From Calexit + -er.
Senses: examples: text: Could it possibly be, #Calexiters, that maybe it's you who don't the share values with rest of the country?
ref: 2016 December 15, “California's Latest Ballot Initiatives Prove Residents Live In Fantasy World”, in The Federalist:
text: The Calexiters think that California would be better off as its own nation, and, taking a page from the British and their “Brexit” election last year, thinks that the rest of the state’s voters can be convinced that separation would be a good idea.
ref: 2017 July 13, David Ross, “The cuckoo “Calexit” movement”, in Valley Roadrunner:
text: The decision marked a revival of sorts for Calexiters: initial efforts at winning support for a ballot initiative collapsed in the spring after it was discovered that a prominent figure in the movement, Louis Marinelli, head of an organization called YesCalifornia, was living in Russia, and maintained close ties to a Kremlin-funded group.
ref: 2017 August 3, Casey Michel, “California Secessionists Retain Russian Connection”, in EurasiaNet:
text: Undeterred, Calexiters regrouped and strategized anew. Late last month, they returned with a new proposal they're certain will catch on.
ref: 2017 August 24, Ben Boychuk, “Calexit is our state's latest delusion, all three versions”, in The Sacramento Bee:
text: We'd like to think such a kooky idea has no shot at getting on the ballot, like the previous attempts by the two main Calexiters — Marcus Ruiz Evans and Louis J. Marinelli — to get some sort of secession proposal on the ballot. But crazier things have happened.
ref: 2018 August 7, “Save us from another kooky California breakup plan”, in w:Los Angeles Times:
topics: government
politics
glosses: Someone who supports Calexit.
Synonyms: Calexiteer
Coordinate terms: Texiter
stumblingstone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: stumblingstones
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of stumbling stone.
stuffed toy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: stuffed toys
Senses: synonyms: word: stuffy
word: soft toy
glosses: Synonym of soft toy.
Hyponyms: stuffed animal
teddy bear
liberalspeak
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From liberal + -speak.
Senses: glosses: Language used by political liberals; liberalese.
suicide attacker
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: suicide attackers
Senses: hyponyms: suicide bomber
kamikaze
glosses: A person who carries out a suicide attack.
suntan oil
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: suntan oils
Senses: coordinate_terms: bronzing oil
glosses: A type of sunscreen that used to attain a suntan.
suntan lotion
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: suntan lotions
Senses: hypernyms: lotion#Noun
coordinate_terms: tanning butter#Noun
glosses: Any of various lotions, used or (especially) formerly used by sunbathers, that provided little to no sun protection factor; many were baby oil or a combination of baby oil and other inactive ingredients.
hypernyms: lotion#Noun
glosses: Synonym of sunscreen.
synonyms: word: sunscreen
suntan cream
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: suntan creams
Senses: glosses: Synonym of sunscreen.
synonyms: word: sunscreen
libspeak
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From lib + -speak.
Senses: glosses: Language used by political liberals; liberalese.
sum total
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sum totals
form: sum-total
form: sumtotal
Senses: examples: text: It may be noted that the maximum number and sum total in points of the table may be changed to the second mode simply by multiplying them by two.
ref: 1890, The British Chess Magazine - Volume 10, page 494:
text: This column should contain the remainder after deducting the amounts for each town or ward in column 5 from those in column 4, observed that the sum total of column 5, when deducted from the sum total of column 4, is equal to the sum total of column 6.
ref: 1896, New York (N.Y.) Board of Aldermen, Proceedings of the Board of Aldermen - Volume 220, page 148:
text: The average Btu value of coal by coal-producing area was applied to the volume of deliveries to other industrial users from each coal-producing area, and the sum total of the heat content was divided by the total volume of deliveries.
ref: 2000, Monthly Energy Review: March 2000, →ISBN, page 160:
text: The sum total does not match current genebank holdings (1,238,000) as this table only covers those accessions properly described and reported to IBPGR as of 1991.
ref: 2013, Renee Vellve, Saving the Seed: Genetic diversity and European agriculture, →ISBN:
glosses: Total; the result of adding a set of figures or counting a number of items.
examples: text: A very wise person once told me that I was “greater than the sum total of everything that has happened, is happening, or will ever happen” in my life.
ref: 2014, DC Doyle, Greater Than The Sum Total: A Novel, →ISBN:
text: For six days I witnessed the giving of a number of treatments. That was the sum total of information that was transferred in exchange for tuition paid.
ref: 2002, Paul Benedetti, Wayne MacPhail, Spin Doctors: The Chiropractic Industry Under Examination, →ISBN, page 36:
text: Consider this definition of disease (to go back a step) from a medical dictionary: “A specific entity which is the sum total of the numerous expressions of one or more pathological processes.
ref: 2004, Eric J. Cassell, The Nature of Suffering and the Goals of Medicine, →ISBN, page 98:
glosses: Entirety; the aggregate of everything.
examples: text: Moreover, by and by the Church will come "out of the tribulation, the great one," the sum total of all tribulations.
ref: 1998, William Hendriksen, More Than Conquerors: An Interpretation of the Book of Revelation, →ISBN:
text: He is the sum total of all vice and that woman is the abode of all virtue; that wicked man is fire incarnate; she is cool like snow.
ref: 2006, Phyllis Granoff, The Forest of Thieves and the Magic Garden, →ISBN:
text: If there be one name more charming, more precious than another, it is this name. It is woven into the very warp and woof of our psalmody. Many of our hymns begin with it, and scarcely any, that are good for anything, end without it. It is the sum total of all delights.
ref: 2008, Charles Haddon Spurgeon, Devotional Classics of C. H. Spurgeon, →ISBN, page 8:
glosses: Epitome.
Synonyms: aggregate
Kosciusko
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /ˌkɒsiˈʌskoʊ/
Etymology: Named after Tadeusz Kościuszko.
Senses: glosses: A city, the county seat of Attala County, Mississippi, United States.
wikipedia: Tadeusz Kościuszko
Related terms: Kosciusko County
talent scout
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: talent scouts
Senses: synonyms: talent-spotter
glosses: A person who locates and recruits talented people in a specific field, especially in entertainment or sports.
Related terms: A&R
headhunter
recruiter
team game
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: team games
Senses: glosses: A game played in a team, as opposed to individually
Related terms: team sport
Labette County
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Named after LaBette Creek, which was named after Pierre LaBette.
Senses: glosses: One of 105 counties in Kansas, United States. County seat: Oswego.
Labette
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A tiny city in Labette County, Kansas, named after Pierre LaBette.
Derived terms: Labette County
Akazu
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Kinyarwanda, meaning "little house".
Senses: glosses: An informal organization of Hutu extremists whose members contributed to the 1994 Rwandan genocide.
loging
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: logings
Senses: glosses: Obsolete form of lodging.
logings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of loging
Sweetman
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Sweetmans
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Sinard
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Sinards
Senses: glosses: A surname.
badge of merit
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: badges of merit
Senses: glosses: Synonym of merit badge.
synonyms: word: merit badge
badges of merit
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of badge of merit
consonant cluster
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: consonant clusters
Senses: examples: text: In the word “spare”, /sp/ is a consonant cluster.
text: The word "scrub" begins with the S-C-R consonant cluster.
topics: human-sciences
linguistics
phonetics
phonology
sciences
glosses: Two or more consonants in succession.
strikeforces
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of strikeforce
merit badging
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: merit-badging
Etymology: From merit badge + -ing.
Senses: qualifier: scouting
glosses: The act of pursuing merit badges.
merit-badging
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of merit badging.