cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
Longview
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From long + view.
Senses: glosses: A village in Alberta, Canada.
glosses: A ghost town in British Columbia, Canada.
glosses: An area of Huyton, Knowsley borough, Merseyside, England (OS grid ref SJ4492).
glosses: A village in Champaign County, Illinois.
glosses: A neighborhood of Louisville, Kentucky.
glosses: An unincorporated community in McDonald County, Missouri.
glosses: A city, the county seat of Gregg County, also partly in Harrison County, Texas.
glosses: A city in Cowlitz County, Washington.
glosses: An unincorporated community in Benton County, Washington.
glosses: An unincorporated community in Barbour County, West Virginia.
qingtuan
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /tʃɪŋ.twɑn/
/-tu.ɑn/
Forms: form: qingtuan
Etymology: Borrowed from Mandarin 青團／青团 (qīngtuán) via Hanyu Pinyin.
Senses: examples: text: [...] qingtuan, which are green sticky rice balls, are eaten.
ref: 2016 January 12, DK Travel, DK Eyewitness Travel Guide Beijing and Shanghai, Penguin, →ISBN:
text: [...] qingtuan, which are sweet green rice dumplings made from glutinous rice colored with vegetable juices […]
ref: 2017 April 17, Paul Fieldhouse, Food, Feasts, and Faith, Bloomsbury Publishing USA, →ISBN, page 425:
text: [...] are used to make Chinese dishes such as qingtuan and dumplings.
ref: 2023 January 4, Chunnian He, Da-Cheng Hao, Richard Spjut, Peigen Xiao, Plant-derived natural compounds in drug discovery: The prism perspective between plant phylogeny, chemical composition, and medicinal efficacy, Frontiers Media SA, →ISBN, page 161:
glosses: A sweet rice-flour ball, usually filled with red bean paste, traditionally consumed on Tomb Sweeping Day in China.
Synonyms: green dumpling
Related terms: caozaiguo
the Taiwanese form
kusa mochi
the Japanese form
Pure Brightness Festival
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: A calque of Chinese 清明節 /清明节 (Qīngmíngjié), from 清明 (Qīngmíng, “Pure & Bright”), one of the 24 solar terms of the traditional Chinese lunisolar calendar. Doublet of Qingming Festival.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Tomb Sweeping Day.
synonyms: word: Tomb Sweeping Day
wikipedia: Chinese lunisolar calendar
Minecrafter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmaɪnkɹɑːftə/
ipa: /ˈmaɪnˌkɹæftɚ/
Forms: form: Minecrafters
Etymology: From Minecraft + -er.
Senses: examples: text: If the game is on easy mode, the zombies will just pound on the doors and create a really nice scare and, as any Minecrafter knows, they won’t even spawn on peaceful mode.
ref: 2012 February 27, Meg Iserloth, “Mojang: Where are They Now?”, in University Chronicle, volume 88, number 33, St. Cloud, Minn.: St. Cloud State University, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 9, column 3:
text: Furthermore, you can sync with other Minecrafters on a local area network in order to invite and play with friends in your own little world.
ref: 2013, Darren Murph, “The Best Not-exactly-productive Apps”, in iPhone Secrets: Do What You Never Thought Possible with Your iPhone, Indianapolis, Ind.: John Wiley & Sons, →ISBN, part III (Diving into Software), page 185:
text: He and others in the community had begun discussing the opportunity for a gathering of Minecrafters, similar to anime and sci-fi conventions.
ref: 2013 November 4, David Langlois, “Minecon 2013 – Creepin’ around the Corner”, in The Bay Window, volume 14, number 3, Muskegon, Mich.: Muskegon Community College, →OCLC, page 5, column 2:
topics: video-games
synonyms: Minecraftian
glosses: A person who plays the game Minecraft.
Minecrafters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Minecrafter
fooligan
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fooligans
Etymology: Blend of fool + hooligan.
Senses: examples: text: Indeed, it is being erroneously taken for granted that this Suffrage foolery is a kind of game between the police and the fooligans.
ref: 1909, The Academy and Literature, volume 75, page 44:
text: CHANDLER: She's not my wife, she's not my wife you fool! You german fooligan! I went to high school I know what your country did to France!
ref: 1999 January 16, Xena (Chis) Warrior Princess [username], “[FANFIC] TOW the Jigsaw”, in alt.tv.friends.fanfic (Usenet):
text: A lot of these rappers that come in here could break out in a major way if they wasn't so busy slanging and bangin' and acting like a bunch of fooligans.
ref: 2009, Noire, Hittin' the Bricks, One World Books, →ISBN, page 117:
glosses: A foolish or naive troublemaker.
fooligans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of fooligan
subjectable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From subject + -able.
Senses: examples: text: The meddling young officer was striding toward him. “What are you doing here?” Dennison demanded. His own appearance in the corridor at this hour might have been subjectable to inquiry.
ref: 1921, Harold MacGrath, The Pagan Madonna:
glosses: Capable of being subjected (to something).
religiofascist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: religiofascists
form: religio-fascist
Etymology: Blend of religion + fascist.
Senses: examples: text: i.e. Trying to allow the state to subsidize one particular religion, get that religion's crap put into public schools sponsored by the state, and subject captive unbelievers to their crap. I've listened to their radio program on my local religiofascist AM hate radio station.
ref: 2001 May 20, Ernie DiMicco, Jr., “Re: Meanwhile, the Ten Commandments sparked a different dispute.”, in alt.politics (Usenet):
text: Rational, thoughtful debate about any such changes to our Constitution is preferable to the irrational animus and hysteria that is currently cultivated by the political opportunists and antigay religiofascists.
ref: 2004 June 4, Letao, “Re: The Case Against Gay Marriage”, in alt.politics.homosexuality (Usenet):
text: Why is it that all religiofascists are so down on higher education.
ref: 2009 June 5, Chainsaw [username], “Re: ot religionistas at it again...”, in alt.sports.basketball.nba.la-lakers (Usenet):
glosses: A hardline religious conservative.
Synonyms: religofascist
religiofascists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of religiofascist
religio-fascist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: religio-fascists
Senses: examples: text: The Christian or Muslim religio-fascist, for example, envisions a world in which individualism has faded, degeneracy has been ruthlessly eliminated, discipline is absolute, and the state is the embodiment of the one Truth.
ref: 2010, Jim Kenney, Thriving in the Crosscurrent: Clarity and Hope in a Time of Cultural Sea Change, Quest Books, →ISBN, page 161:
text: "My dad taught me never to be a good Indian. That's what they want – good Indians. Lobotomized in their religio-fascist schools."
ref: 2011, William Deverell, I'll See You in My Dreams, McClelland & Stewart, →ISBN, page 62:
text: Tens of millions of people tuned in and religio-fascists fulminated from every pulpit.
ref: 2011, Kamila Shamsie, “Pop Idols”, in Granta, number 112, unnumbered page:
glosses: Alternative form of religiofascist.
religio-fascists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of religio-fascist
grabbings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈɡɹæbɪŋz/
Senses: glosses: plural of grabbing
tryings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of trying
divings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of diving
clingings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of clinging
wreckings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of wrecking
lackings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lacking
empyreans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of empyrean
slightings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of slighting
shirkings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of shirking
sappings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sapping
confoundings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of confounding
tetherings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tethering
doctorings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of doctoring
purchasings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of purchasing
lollings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lolling
aimings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈeɪ.mɪŋz/
Senses: glosses: plural of aiming
torpedoings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of torpedoing
smitings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of smiting
smilings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of smiling
floatings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of floating
imzadis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of imzadi
drivellings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of drivelling
drivelings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of driveling
ropings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of roping
saggings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sagging
bulgings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bulging
unarousable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more unarousable
form: most unarousable
Etymology: From un- + arousable.
Senses: glosses: That cannot be aroused.
rousings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of rousing
disposably
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more disposably
form: most disposably
Etymology: From disposable + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: The brief segments trying to generate thriller-type suspense are disposably perfunctory.
ref: 2008, Jon L. Breen, A Shot Rang Out: Selected Mystery Criticism, page 274:
glosses: So as to be disposable.
stridings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of striding
cleavings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cleaving
Spenserianism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Spenserian + -ism.
Senses: glosses: writing in a Spenserian style
kilofoot
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: kilofeet
Etymology: From kilo- + foot.
Senses: glosses: A unit of measure for length, equal to one thousand feet.
Synonyms: kft
kilofeet
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of kilofoot
lungings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lunging
gushings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈɡʌʃɪŋz/
Senses: glosses: plural of gushing
gushingness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From gushing + -ness.
Senses: examples: text: There is, in most Frenchwomen, a gushingness, an unrestrained outpouring of inner self […]
ref: 1872, The Living Age, volume 112, page 260:
glosses: The quality of being gushing or effusive.
monkless
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From monk + -less.
Senses: examples: text: A certain monkless monastery on the side of the mountain receives travellers within its shady courts, and allows them to feed, rest, and amuse themselves according to their own pleasure.
ref: 1868, Julia Ward Howe, From the Oak to the Olive: A Plain Record of a Pleasant Journey:
glosses: Without monks.
ravagings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ravaging
mistakings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mistaking
nublets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nubblets
Senses: glosses: plural of nublet
telescopings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of telescoping
peerings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of peering
starcrafts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of starcraft
squirtings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of squirting
cross bottony
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: crosses bottony
Senses: topics: government
heraldry
hobbies
lifestyle
monarchy
nobility
politics
glosses: A cross having each arm terminating in three rounded lobes, forming a sort of trefoil.
crosses bottony
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cross bottony
manslaying
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: manslayings
Etymology: From man + slaying.
Senses: glosses: The deliberate killing of a human being; murder.
manslayings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of manslaying
trudgings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of trudging
magnetostratigraphic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From magneto- + stratigraphic.
Senses: glosses: Relating to magnetostratigraphy.
ARGB
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: computer-graphics
computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
synonyms: RGBA
glosses: Initialism of alpha, red, green, blue: a system used to represent digital colors with various levels of translucency.
glosses: Initialism of addressable, red, green, blue: a protocol standard for LED strips, in which each individual LED can be controlled.
forklift truck
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: forklift trucks
Senses: glosses: Synonym of forklift.
synonyms: word: forklift
executive produce
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: executive produces
form: executive producing
form: executive produced
form: executive produced
form: executive-produce
Etymology: Back-formation from executive producer.
Senses: examples: text: Off camera, he also frequently gets involved in bringing to the screen projects around this great passion of his, telling the story of his nation, such as the punishing HBO World War Two series Band of Brothers, which he executive produced.
ref: 2021 February 9, Christina Newland, “Is Tom Hanks part of a dying breed of genuine movie stars?”, in BBC:
synonyms: exec-produce
glosses: To act as executive producer on.
executive produces
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of executive produce
executive producing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of executive produce
executive produced
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of executive produce
New Zealand scaup
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: New Zealand scaups
Senses: glosses: A duck of the Anatinae subfamily endemic to New Zealand; Aythya novaeseelandiae.
Synonyms: black teal
black teal
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: black teals
Senses: glosses: the New Zealand scaup
brown teal
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: brown teals
Senses: glosses: A member of the dabbling duck subfamily endemic to New Zealand; Anas chlorotis.
Synonyms: New Zealand teal
New Zealand teal
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: New Zealand teals
Senses: glosses: the brown teal
grey teal
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: grey teals
form: gray teal
Senses: glosses: A species of dabbling duck, Anas gracilis, found in open wetlands in Australia, New Zealand, New Guinea and Indonesia.
gray teal
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gray teals
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of grey teal.
supersimplification
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From super- + simplification.
Senses: glosses: The process of making something excessively simple.
Synonyms: oversimplification
Banff
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbænf/
Etymology: From Scottish Gaelic, possibly banbh (“piglet”) or bean (“woman”) + naomh (“holy”).
Senses: glosses: A town in Alberta, Canada.
glosses: A town in Aberdeenshire council area, Scotland, and the former county town of Banffshire.
Derived terms: Banffshire
Leduc
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname from French.
glosses: A city in Leduc County, Alberta, Canada.
Derived terms: Leduc County
grey teals
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of grey teal
brown teals
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of brown teal
black teals
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of black teal
Olds
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Oldses
Senses: glosses: A surname.
glosses: A town in Alberta, Canada.
glosses: A city in Iowa.
Derived terms: Olds Cove
Olds
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Oldsmobile, a brand of car by GM.
Olds
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Olds
Senses: hypernyms: car#Noun
auto#Noun
automobile#Noun
<
vehicle#Noun
glosses: A car of this make: an Oldsmobile.
Olds
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Old
Oyen
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A town in Alberta, Canada.
Oyens
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A city in Iowa.
polygonised
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of polygonise
polygonising
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of polygonise
polygonises
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of polygonise
New Norway
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A hamlet in Alberta, Canada.
Nisku
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A hamlet in Alberta, Canada.
Hays
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /heɪz/
homophone: haze
homophone: hays
homophone: heys
homophone: Hayes
rhymes: -eɪz
Etymology: Spelling variant of Hayes, which has multiple origins.
Senses: glosses: A surname.
glosses: A hamlet in Alberta, Canada.
glosses: A city, the county seat of Ellis County, Kansas.
glosses: A census-designated place in Montana.
glosses: A census-designated place in North Carolina.
glosses: A city in Hays County, Texas.
glosses: A male given name.
Derived terms: Hays County
Komi-Permyak
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A Permic language in the Finno-Ugric branch of the Uralic language family, smaller of the two main regional varieties (ISO 639-3 language code: koi) of the pluricentrical Komi language, the other variety being Komi-Zyrian. It's the standard language of Komi people in Komi-Permyak Okrug.
Synonyms: Permyak
Hypernyms: Komi
Hyponyms: english: dialect of Komi-Permyak or a language, depending on source
translation: dialect of Komi-Permyak or a language, depending on source
word: Komi-Yazva
Related terms: Komi
Komi-Yazva
Komi-Zyrian
Komi-Zyrian
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Komi-Zyr + -ian.
Senses: glosses: A Uralic language, the more common of the two main regional varieties of the pluricentric Komi language, the other variety being Komi-Permyak. It's the standard language of Komi people in Komi Republic and, along with Russian, an official language in the republic.
Synonyms: Komi
Zyrian
Related terms: Komi-Yazva
Komi-Permyak
out of central casting
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Etymology: From Central Casting, an American company that specializes in casting extras, body doubles, and stand-ins.
Senses: examples: text: "Do I or do I not have the quintessential in-laws? I swear they're right out of central casting. A blowhard brother-in-law, bratty kids, and a sourpuss mother-in-law wide as a billboard. […]
ref: 2006, Richard Matturro, Luna, Livingtson Press, →ISBN, page 92:
text: Frank Grandin was straight out of central casting, the pompous, self-important, narrow-minded, big businessman, from his full head of suspiciously jet-black hair right down to the oversized gold watch on his wrist.
ref: 2008, Holly Chamberlain, Tuscan Holiday, Kensington Books, →ISBN:
text: As cult leaders go, Rajneesh was straight out of central casting. His preferred garb was a satin-trimmed velvet robe and shoes, usually adorned with expensive jewelry.
ref: 2013, Linda Clark, "The Bhagwan's 93 Rolls-Royces", in Keith Martin, Strange but True Tales of Car Collecting: Drowned Bugattis, Buried Belvederes, Felonious Ferraris and other Wild Stories of Automotive Misadventure, Motorbooks (2013), unnumbered page
glosses: Conforming to the stereotypical image of a particular type of person or group.
wikipedia: Central Casting
Synonyms: central casting
Related terms: look the part
from central casting
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Senses: examples: text: He was not the pompous university president from central casting, always pontificating; he was more like a charming professor who walked around his campus wearing the navy blue cap of his beloved Boston Red Sox and who just happened to be university president.
ref: 2002, Fay Vincent, The Last Commissioner: A Baseball Valentine, Simon & Schuster, →ISBN, page 70:
text: Luckily for Giacomo, he had Marzia, an Italian grandmother straight from central casting.
ref: 2009, John Lloyd, John Mitchinson, The Book of the Dead: Lives of the Justly Famous and the Undeservedly Obscure, Crown Publishers, →ISBN:
text: The fact that David Cameron, the conservative prime minister, is a plummy-voiced, Eton-educated, upper-class Brit from central casting has played into [Alex] Salmond's hands.
ref: 2014 April 1, Roger Cohen, “The case for Scotland”, in International New York Times, page 9:
glosses: Synonym of out of central casting.
synonyms: word: out of central casting
Abee
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Abees
Etymology: Reduced form of McAbee.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Irish.
glosses: A hamlet in Alberta, Canada.
glosses: An enstatite chondrite meteorite found in the aforementioned hamlet.
Port Dickson
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A town and district in Negeri Sembilan, Malaysia.
Synonyms: word: PD
Ensign
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname.
glosses: A hamlet in Vulcan County, Alberta, Canada.
glosses: A minor city in Gray County, Kansas, United States, named after founder G. L. Ensign.
glosses: A township in Delta County, Michigan, United States.
glosses: The official magazine of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Derived terms: Ensign Peak
Bridgettine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Bridgettines
form: Birgittine
form: Brigettine
form: Brigittine
Etymology: Named after Bridget of Sweden, a Swedish mystic and saint of 14th century, founder of the Bridgettine nuns and monks and one of the six patron saints of Europe.
Senses: glosses: A member of the Order of the Most Holy Savior, an Augustinian monastic order of nuns, religious sisters and monks founded by Saint Bridget of Sweden a.k.a. Saint Birgitta in 1344, and approved by Pope Urban V in 1370.
Bridgettine
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: Birgittine
form: Brigettine
form: Brigittine
Etymology: Named after Bridget of Sweden, a Swedish mystic and saint of 14th century, founder of the Bridgettine nuns and monks and one of the six patron saints of Europe.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to this order, its teachings or its members.
ur-cool
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more ur-cool
form: most ur-cool
Etymology: From ur- + cool.
Senses: examples: text: Helen, who is sitting just in front of her, stops playing, and turns to her. "Petra, I think we should cool it here."
"But that is what I do," says Petra. "This is supposed to be cool. Ur-cool."
ref: 1999, Vikram Seth, An Equal Music, Penguin Books, published 1999, →ISBN, page 221:
text: The pavements were turned into tree-lined, fountained boulevards; which boulevards are enlivened by jazz bands and lasers, lined by new cafes and bars, ur-cool by any standards; […]
ref: 2003, Ramesh Kumar, Malaysia: Riches from the Golden Land, Springer, published 2003, →ISBN, page 81:
text: His film, opening April 11, stars Tom Hiddleston and Tilda Swinton as Adam and Eve, an ur-cool bloodsucking couple whose love spans centuries and continents […]
ref: 2014 April 3, Melena Ryzik, “This Time, Jim Jarmusch Is Kissing Vampires”, in The New York Times:
glosses: Extremely cool.
unadd
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: -æd
Forms: form: unadds
form: unadding
form: unadded
form: unadded
Etymology: From un- + add.
Senses: examples: text: i ve added him to /friends and will tell him about this thread next time we are both on. then unadd him from /friends and forget about it.
ref: 2001 October 24, Jim Quinn, “Re: Camp check”, in alt.games.everquest (Usenet):
text: Adding fertilizer to a terrarium is a lot like adding salt to a recipe: Once you've added too much, you can't unadd it, and you've likely ruined the recipe!
ref: 2007, Philip Purser, Natural Terrariums, T. F. H. Publications, →ISBN, page 82:
text: Collaboration tends to be a one-way street: once you've added people to the project, it's hard to unadd them.
ref: 2011, Tim Phillips, Talk Normal: Stop the Business Speak, Jargon and Waffle, Kogan Page Limited, →ISBN, page 50:
glosses: To remove something after it has been added.
GSD
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: GSDs
Senses: glosses: Initialism of German shepherd dog.
glosses: Initialism of Gender and Sexual Diversity.
glosses: Initialism of getting shit done.
GSDs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of GSD
Sana'a
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: text: Five people were killed and six injured in the overnight offensive that the Houthis said on Friday had targeted 73 sites in the capital Sana’a, around the port city of Hodeidah and three other regions.
ref: 2024 January 12, Dan Sabbagh, “Houthi threats of retaliation and mass protests in Yemen after US-UK airstrikes”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
glosses: Alternative spelling of Sanaa.
unadded
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + added.
Senses: examples: text: These statistics were simple columns of unadded figures, which took more than six months of all the time I could command to collate.
ref: 1885 May 14, S. B. Halliday, “Concerning Population”, in The Christian Union, volume 31, number 20, page 22:
text: She stared at the unadded column and the unpaid bills, then slowly closed the book.
ref: 1994, Trisha Alexander, What Will the Children Think?, Harlequin, →ISBN:
text: The column of figures still lay unadded on the coffee table, […]
ref: 2002, Kate Hoffman, My Christmas Cowboy, Harlequin, →ISBN:
glosses: Not yet added together.
raw_tags: of numbers
unadded
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: From un- + added.
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of unadd
Deloraine
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A community, formerly a town, in Deloraine-Winchester municipality, Manitoba, Canada, named after a remote place in the Scottish Borders.
glosses: A town in Meander Valley council area, Tasmania, Australia.
Derived terms: Deloraine-Winchester
Erickson
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /ˈɛɹɪksən/
Forms: form: Ericksons
form: Erekson
form: Ericson
form: Ericsson
form: Erikson
form: Errickson
Etymology: Borrowed from Danish and Norwegian Eriksen or Swedish Eriksson, equivalent to Erick + -son.
Senses: examples: text: Jill Erickson and her partner have embraced the label ever since it was first coined on the television show, "The OC," in the mid-2000s. To Erickson, who is Episcopalian, and her Jewish partner, Chrismukkah represents their efforts to incorporate their respective traditions into the holiday season.
ref: 2012 December 14, Emanuella Grinberg and Christina Zdanowicz, “Celebrating Chrismukkah: Shalom stockings and Hanukkah bushes”, in CNN, archived from the original on 10 Dec 2013:
glosses: A surname from Nordic
glosses: A surname from Nordic
A surname from Danish [in turn originating as a patronymic], anglicized from Eriksen.
glosses: A surname from Nordic
A surname from Norwegian [in turn originating as a patronymic], anglicized from Eriksen.
glosses: A surname from Nordic
A surname from Swedish [in turn originating as a patronymic], anglicized from Eriksson.
glosses: A placename
An unincorporated community in British Columbia, Canada.
glosses: A placename
A community and former town in the Municipality of Clanwilliam-Erickson, Manitoba, Canada; named for postmaster E. Albert Erickson.
glosses: A placename
An unincorporated community in California, United States.
Derived terms: Abruzzo-Erickson syndrome
Clanwilliam-Erickson
Ericksonian
Riverton
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From river or River + -ton.
Senses: glosses: A small town in South Australia.
glosses: A suburb of Perth, Western Australia.
glosses: A small coastal town in Southland, South Island, New Zealand.
glosses: An urban unincorporated community in Manitoba, Canada.
glosses: A rural unincorporated community in Pictou County, Nova Scotia, Canada.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A small unincorporated community in El Dorado County, California.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A historic district in the town of Barkhamsted, Connecticut.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A village in Sangamon County, Illinois.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Gill Township, Sullivan County, Indiana.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A tiny city in Fremont County, Iowa.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Cherokee County, Kansas.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A tiny city in Crow Wing County, Minnesota.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A ghost town in Oregon County, Missouri.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A village in Franklin County, Nebraska.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A borough in Burlington County, New Jersey.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A former planned community in the town of Henrietta, Monroe County, New Jersey.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A city in Salt Lake County, Utah; a suburb of Salt Lake City.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A neighbourhood of Burien, and former CDP in King County, Washington.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Pendleton County, West Virginia.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A city in Fremont County, Wyoming.
Derived terms: Bifrost-Riverton
Flin Flon
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Josiah Flintabbatey Flonatin, the lead character in the novel The Sunless City by J. E. Preston Muddock.
Senses: glosses: A city in Manitoba and Saskatchewan, Canada, mostly in Manitoba.
wikipedia: J. E. Preston Muddock
The Sunless City
Estevan
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A city in Saskatchewan.
Humboldt
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Borrowed from German Humboldt.
Senses: glosses: A surname from German.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A part of Dewey-Humboldt, Yavapai County, Arizona, previously unincorporated.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A village in Coles County, Illinois.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A city in Humboldt County, Iowa.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A small city in Allen County, Kansas.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A small city in Kittson County, Minnesota.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A small city in Richardson County, Nebraska.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A community in Nevada.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Ross County, Ohio.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A neighbourhood of Portland, Oregon.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A town in Minnehaha County, South Dakota.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A city in Gibson County and Madison County, Tennessee.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A town and unincorporated community in Brown County, Wisconsin.
glosses: A city in Saskatchewan, Canada.
Derived terms: Dewey-Humboldt
Humboldt Bay
Humboldt City
Humboldt County
Humboldt Glacier
Humboldtian
humboldtine
Humboldt Lake
Humboldt Mountains
Humboldt Park
Humboldt Peak
Humboldt penguin
Humboldt Range
Humboldt's flying squirrel
Humboldt squid
abey
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: -eɪ
Forms: form: abeys
form: abeying
form: abeyed
form: abeyed
Etymology: Back-formation from abeyance.
Senses: glosses: To hold in abeyance; to suspend.
Related terms: abeyance
abeyancy
abeyant
Warman
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname.
glosses: An unincorporated community in Peace Township, Kanabec County, Minnesota, United States.
glosses: A city in the Rural Municipality of Corman Park, Saskatchewan, Canada.
Weyburn
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A city in Saskatchewan, Canada.
fallacy of composition
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fallacies of composition
Senses: examples: text: A theorist who moves from the putative fact that every shot in a given nonfiction film represents a personal point-of-view to the conclusion that every nonfiction film is a personal vision commits the fallacy of composition.
ref: 1996 March 29, Noël Carroll, Theorizing the Moving Image, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, →OL, page 229:
text: There is a small segment of the psychology literature that effectively commits a fallacy of composition, reasoning that if we can explain individual behavior, then this carries over immediately to the group.
ref: 2012, “Conclusion: Psychology, Neuroscience, and Economics”, in David K. Levine, editor, Is Behavioral Economics Doomed?: The Ordinary versus the Extraordinary, Cambridge: Open Book Publishers, →ISBN, →OL, page 127:
text: The cosmological argument, according to Edwards, commits the fallacy of composition because it assumes that because each part of the universe is caused that therefore the universe as a whole must have a cause, but that doesn't take into account the possibility of an infinite regress of events.
ref: 2013 August 5, Richard E. Creel, Philosophy of Religion: The Basics, Wiley Blackwell:
glosses: A presumption that if something is true of part(s) of a whole, then it is true of the whole itself.
Related terms: spotlight fallacy
Hubbards
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A rural community of Nova Scotia, Canada.
scholarch
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: scholarchs
Etymology: Borrowed from Ancient Greek σχολάρχης (skholárkhēs, “head of a school”).
Senses: glosses: The head of a school of philosophy in Ancient Greece
Related terms: scholarchate
synchrotronic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From synchrotron + -ic.
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: Relating to or produced by a synchrotron.
Duff
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /dʌf/
homophone: duff
rhymes: -ʌf
Forms: form: Duffs
Etymology: From the Irish and Scottish Gaelic surname, from dubh (“dark”).
Senses: glosses: A surname.
glosses: A placename
A village in Saskatchewan, Canada.
glosses: A placename
An unincorporated community in Indiana, United States.
glosses: A placename
An unincorporated community in Nebraska, United States.
glosses: A placename
An unincorporated community in Tennessee, United States.
glosses: A male given name.
topics: rail-transport
railways
transport
glosses: A BR class 47, a class of British diesel locomotive.
Derived terms: Duff Hill
Duff Islands
Duff Peak
Duff Point
Duff River
Duff's device
Dufftown
Leoville
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Leo + -ville.
Senses: glosses: An unincorporated community in Kansas.
glosses: A village in Saskatchewan, Canada.
Spinozian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Spinozian
form: most Spinozian
Etymology: From Spinoza + -ian.
Senses: glosses: Relating to, or characteristic of Dutch philosopher Baruch Spinoza
Vonda
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A female given name.
glosses: A town in Saskatchewan, Canada.
Roxbury
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Old English hrōc (“rook”), in the genitive singular case hrōces + byriġ, from burg (“fortified place”).
Senses: glosses: A community in Prince County, Prince Edward Island, Canada.
glosses: A town in Litchfield County, Connecticut.
glosses: An unincorporated community and census-designated place in McPherson County, Kansas.
glosses: A small town in Oxford County, Maine.
glosses: A neighbourhood of Boston, Massachusetts.
glosses: A small town in Cheshire County, New Hampshire.
glosses: A town in Delaware County, New York.
glosses: A neighbourhood of Queens, New York.
glosses: An unincorporated community in Morgan County, Ohio.
glosses: An unincorporated community in Lurgan Township, Franklin County, Pennsylvania.
glosses: A small town in Washington County, Vermont.
glosses: A town and unincorporated community in Dane County, Wisconsin.
glosses: A township in Morris County, New Jersey.
Knutsford
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈnʌtsfəd/
Etymology: From Knut's + ford.
Senses: glosses: A town and civil parish with a town council in Cheshire East district, Cheshire, England (OS grid ref SJ7578).
glosses: A rural community in Prince County, Prince Edward Island, Canada.
glosses: A neighbourhood of the city of Kamloops, British Columbia, Canada.
Kamloops
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Borrowed from Shuswap tk'əmlúps (“meeting of the rivers”). A derivation from French Camp des Loups (“Camp of Wolves”) is probably a folk etymology.
Senses: glosses: A city, the seat of the Regional District of Thompson-Nicola, British Columbia, Canada, located at the confluence of the two branches of the Thompson River.
glosses: Ellipsis of Kamloops Lake: a lake in British Columbia, Canada, located at the confluence of the two branches of the Thompson River.
Derived terms: Kamloops rainbow trout
Kamloops trout
special pleading
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: special pleadings
Senses: examples: text: Lt. Gilbert deserves a full and fair hearing just like everyone else, no matter how the chips fall, no special pleading, and no playing the gender card.
ref: 1997 September 30, The Court-Martial of Sandra Gilbert (JAG), season 3, episode 2:
glosses: Arguing that a particular case is an exception to a generally accepted rule, without justification and without a relevant basis.
Synonyms: stacking the deck
Derived terms: special pleader
Related terms: double standard
argumentum ad baculum
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from Latin argūmentum ad baculum (literally “argument to the cudgel”).
Senses: synonyms: appeal to force
glosses: The use or threat of force to coerce acceptance of an argument.
wikipedia: argumentum ad baculum
Related terms: might makes right
Joliette
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: An unincorporated community in North Dakota.
glosses: A city in Quebec, Canada.
lipoblast
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lipoblasts
Etymology: From lipo- + -blast.
Senses: glosses: An adipocyte precursor.
Synonyms: adipoblast
preadipocyte
granulation tissue
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: granulation tissues
Senses: glosses: New connective tissue and tiny blood vessels that form on the surfaces of a wound during the healing process.
play the gender card
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: plays the gender card
form: playing the gender card
form: played the gender card
form: played the gender card
Senses: examples: text: Oh, I don't wanna play the gender card card right now. You wanna play a card? Let's play the "let's not die" card.
ref: 2003, 01:04:56 from the start, in Finding Nemo, spoken by Marlin (Albert Brooks):
text: What worries me is that she is accused of "playing the gender card" when citing the old boys’ club, while he is seen as unifying by citing civil rights confrontations.
ref: 2008 January 8, Gloria Steinem, “Women Are Never Front-Runners”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
text: […] the CAS was going to lose two of its best teachers; tolerate a mediocre one who had skillfully played the gender card by hiding behind her pregnancy; and retain an ineffective one.
ref: 2010, Robert Fedorchek, The Translators: A Novel, Bloomington: iUniverse, →ISBN, page 463:
text: How can you tell the difference between someone playing the gender card and someone actually calling out misogyny when you so obviously have no expertise on the matter?
ref: 2013 June 19, “Did someone play their gender card at you? Poor baby.”, in We, the Intelligentsia, …, archived from the original on 29 Mar 2014:
glosses: To assert that sexism is involved in a situation, especially in order to exploit sexist or antisexist attitudes.
Coordinate terms: play the race card
Related terms: play the victim card
foo-foo band
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: foo-foo bands
Senses: examples: text: We sighted the Jennie Harkness, obviously American, at daylight right ahead in the S.E. trades; at noon we were alongside her, and our Foo-Foo band played "Yankee-Doodle" as we passed her.
ref: 1921, Basil Lubbock, The Colonial Clippers, pages 158–159:
topics: nautical
transport
glosses: An impromptu musical band on late 19th-century sailing vessels, made up of members of the ship's crew.
N-terminus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: N-termini
form: N-terminal
Etymology: From N- + terminus.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
synonyms: aminoterminus
glosses: The end of a polypeptide chain that consists of an amino acid with a free amino group.
Related terms: C-terminus
C-terminus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: C-termini
form: C-terminuses
form: C-terminal
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
synonyms: carboxy-terminus
glosses: The end of a polypeptide chain that consists of an amino acid with a free carboxyl group.
Related terms: N-terminus
amnioblast
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: amnioblasts
Etymology: From amnio- + -blast.
Senses: glosses: Any of the cells of the amniotic membrane.
septennium
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /sɛpˈtɛniəm/
ipa: /sɛpˈtɛnɪəm/
Forms: form: septenniums
form: septennia
Etymology: From Late Latin septennium, from septennis (“7-year”) + -ium (suffix forming abstract nouns).
Senses: examples: text: It might be sufficient to answer, that, of the septennium required for the arts degree in the old system the greater portion is now spent at school.
ref: 1868, Mark Pattison, Suggestions on Academical Organisation with Especial Reference to Oxford, section VI: “Of the Studies Preliminary to the Degree”, § 4: ‘Liberal Studies (Arts) and Special Studies (Science)’, page 265
glosses: A period of seven years.
Synonyms: word: septenniad
Hypernyms: septet
heptad
septuor
Related terms: word: septennial
word: septennian
emission nebula
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: emission nebulae
form: emission nebulas
Senses: examples: text: The Orion nebula is an emission nebula—it glows with its own light.
ref: 2000 October 12, Prof. Daniel Styer, “Nebulae”, in Oberlin College Physics Department, retrieved 07 Apr 2014:
text: Kitt Peak National Observatory, in Arizona, 56 miles southwest of Tucson, offers a rare opportunity to spend an entire night looking through powerful telescopes at galaxies, planetary emission nebulae and star clusters.
ref: 2005 June 5, Suzanne MacNeille, “On a Dig or Through a Telescope, You Just Might Learn Something”, in New York Times, retrieved 07 Apr 2014:
topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
glosses: A nebula composed of ionized gases which produce visible light (as distinct from a reflection nebula, which reflects the light produced by neighboring stars).
Related terms: dark nebula
reflection nebula
West Banker
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: West Bankers
Etymology: From West Bank + -er.
Senses: examples: text: And West Bankers with permits would be hurrying to Jerusalem to be ready for the morning’s protest, which meant that even those who’d normally take the shorter route to Bethlehem via Jerusalem, having the Israeli or foreign passports or Jerusalem IDs or temporary permits that afforded them that privilege, would probably take the West Bank way through Wadi an-Nar to skip the traffic.
ref: 2023, Isabella Hammad, Enter Ghost, Jonathan Cape, page 217:
glosses: An inhabitant of the West Bank.
Hyponyms: Palestinian
Baluch
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /bəˈluːtʃi/
rhymes: -uːtʃi
Forms: form: Baluchs
form: Baluches
form: Baluch
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Baloch.
Baloch
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Balochs
form: Baloches
form: Baloch
form: Baluch
form: Belooch
form: Buluch
Senses: glosses: A member of an Iranian people who primarily speak the Balochi language and inhabit Balochistan and other nearby areas.
Related terms: Balochi
Baloch
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Balochs
form: Baluch
form: Belooch
form: Buluch
Senses: glosses: A surname.
cryokinetic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From cryo- + kinetic.
Senses: glosses: Relating to cryokinetics.
examples: text: Habraum checked the stats coming in from HL-4 and then was pleasantly surprised to see that Tyris, as the proprietor of this forcefield, had a personal sub-zero cover of minus 120°C. Another feature of Tyris' cryokinetic talents that the Cerc had no clue about.
ref: 2005, C. C. Ekeke, Star Brigade: First Renaissance, Trafford, →ISBN, page 197:
text: Elsa was born, for some reason, with cryokinetic powers. She can literally set off a winter wonderland with her hands, […]
ref: 2013 November 26, Craig D. Lindsey, “‘Frozen’ reminds us that Disney is more than just Pixar’s owner”, in Metro, New York:
text: The kingdom of Arendelle has two princesses: Anna (Kristen Bell) and Elsa (Idina Menzel), the latter of whom can create ice and snow. However, Elsa has been suppressing her cryokinetic abilities due to her sister nearly getting killed once.
ref: 2013 November 27, Noah S. Lee, “Disney’s magic is in full display with ‘Frozen’”, in The Coast News, Encinitas, California:
glosses: Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of cryokinesis.
cryokinetic
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cryokinetics
Etymology: From cryo- + kinetic.
Senses: examples: text: Iceman is a Cryokinetic, meaning he can absorb and displace thermal energy from the air and objects around him. By freezing water particles, he can materialize solid objects out of thin air.
ref: 2006, X-Men III: The Official Game Guide, Brady, →ISBN, page 15:
text: Cryokinetics are especially helpful around avalanches and icebergs. They are also immune to frostbite.
ref: 2007, Sherrilyn Kenyon, The Dark-Hunter Companion, St. Martin's Press, →ISBN:
text: She fought off her smile, feeling guilty that everyone else suffered while she had fun. "What are Frosters?"
Dex rested his cheek against the table. "Cryokinetics. They freeze things by manipulating the ice particles in the air. […]
ref: 2013, Shannon Messenger, Keeper of the Lost Cities, Aladdin, →ISBN, page 285:
glosses: One with the power of cryokinesis.
cryokinetics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A form of physiotherapy combining cold therapy and exercise.
cryokinetics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cryokinetic
Kemmerer
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Kemmerers
Etymology: Variant of Kammerer.
Senses: glosses: A surname from German.
glosses: A city, the county seat of Lincoln County, Wyoming, United States.
ingenius
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of ingenious.