cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
paramahamsa
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: paramahamsas
form: paramahansa
form: paramhansa
Etymology: From Sanskrit परम (parama, “supreme”) and Sanskrit हंस (haṃsa, “swan”).
Senses: glosses: A Hindu spiritual teacher who has become enlightened.
paramahansa
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: paramahansas
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of paramahamsa.
paramahamsas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of paramahamsa
paramahansas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of paramahansa
paramhansa
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: paramhansas
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of paramahamsa.
paramhansas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of paramhansa
Middle-earthian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Middle-earthians
form: Middle-Earthian
Etymology: From Middle-earth + -ian.
Senses: examples: text: The animation, in a style somewhere between Arthur Rackham’s and Disney gothic, is handsome enough to have furnished publisher Harry Abrams with a new, coffee-table edition of “The Hobbit,” and the voices of the characters—Orson Bean, John Huston, Richard Boone, Cyril Ritchard and Brother Theodore—are as distinctive as you’d want for this odd assortment of Middle-earthians.
ref: 1977 November 25, Alexander Keneas, “‘Rolling Stone’ a musical show to miss”, in Newsday, page 80A, column 2:
text: Middle-earthians head for Mordor to destroy object in the fires.
ref: 1994, Jack Umstatter, Hooked on Literature!: Ready-to-Use Activities & Materials to Spark Students’ Interest in Literature, Grades 9 & Up, Center for Applied Research in Education, →ISBN, page 156:
text: Those Middle-earthians from the First Age knew enough to recognize that even death wasn’t necessarily going to keep witch-kings and giant flaming eyes from harassing you later.
ref: 2022, Smart Pop Explains Peter Jackson’s The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit Movies, Smart Pop, BenBella Books, →ISBN:
glosses: An inhabitant of Middle-earth.
Synonyms: Middle-earther
parasol pine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: parasol pines
Senses: glosses: Synonym of stone pine (“Pinus pinea”).
synonyms: word: stone pine
extra: Pinus pinea
parasol pines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of parasol pine
paratrooped
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of paratroop
paratrooping
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of paratroop
Middle-earthians
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Middle-earthian
parent-teacher organization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: parent-teacher organizations
Senses: glosses: Synonym of parent-teacher association.
synonyms: word: parent-teacher association
parent-teacher organizations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of parent-teacher organization
paris-mutuels
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pari-mutuel
parley-voo
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: parley-voos
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of parleyvoo.
parley-voo
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: parley-voos
form: parley-vooing
form: parley-vooed
form: parley-vooed
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of parleyvoo.
parley-voos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of parley-voo
parley-voos
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of parley-voo
parley-vooed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of parley-voo
parley-vooing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of parley-voo
parochial church council
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: parochial church councils
Senses: synonyms: word: PCC
glosses: The executive committee of a Church of England parish, consisting of clergy and churchwardens of the parish, together with representatives of the laity.
parochial church councils
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of parochial church council
parson-in-the-pulpit
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The orchid Caladenia major.
Trulliberian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Trulliberian
form: most Trulliberian
Etymology: From Parson Trulliber, a character in Henry Fielding's Joseph Andrews (1742), + -ian.
Senses: glosses: Resembling or characteristic of a rude, vulgar country clergyman, devoted to agricultural pursuits.
pasta filata
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Italian pasta filata (literally “spun paste”).
Senses: glosses: A cheesemaking technique in which the curds are steeped in hot water or whey, then kneaded to obtain a soft, elastic, stringy texture.
past mistress
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: past mistresses
Senses: glosses: A female past master.
past mistresses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of past mistress
pastoralization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pastoralizations
Senses: glosses: The process or result of pastoralizing.
pastoralizations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pastoralization
pat-a-cake
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of patty cake (“game”).
overinformative
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more overinformative
form: most overinformative
Etymology: From over- + informative.
Senses: glosses: Excessively informative.
paternoster lake
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: paternoster lakes
Senses: glosses: Any of a series of glacial lakes connected by a single stream or a braided stream system.
paternoster lakes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of paternoster lake
paternoster while
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: paternoster whiles
Senses: glosses: The amount of time required to recite the Lord's Prayer.
paternoster whiles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of paternoster while
enslumber
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: enslumbers
form: enslumbering
form: enslumbered
form: enslumbered
Etymology: From en- + slumber.
Senses: glosses: To dull or weaken.
patimokkha
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: patimokkhas
Senses: glosses: A code of monastic discipline in Theravada Buddhism.
patimokkhas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of patimokkha
enslumbered
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of enslumber
enslumbers
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of enslumber
enslumbering
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of enslumber
patriotics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of patriotic
glosses: The attitudes or behavior of patriots; patriotism.
off-metal
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: off-metals
Senses: examples: text: Most patriotics in copper or brass are common. They are rare in off-metals.
ref: 1971, Grover C. Criswell, The Official Guide to Confederate Money & Civil War Tokens, Tradesmen & Patriotic, page 121:
glosses: A coin or token struck in an abnormal choice of metal.
Related terms: planchet
off-metals
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of off-metal
Middle-earthers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Middle-earther
patterny
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more patterny
form: most patterny
Etymology: From pattern + -y.
Senses: examples: text: 'This is where the big one goes,' suggested Joshua, 'And that is where the patterny one goes and that's where the heavy one goes. That one is quite stony. That one is quite patterny. Let's put it with the patterny ones.
ref: 2019, Marion Leeper, Developing Early Maths Through Story, page 37:
glosses: Resembling or bearing a pattern; patterned.
Pedersen device
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Pedersen devices
Etymology: Developed by John Pedersen (arms designer).
Senses: topics: engineering
firearms
government
military
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
politics
tools
war
weaponry
glosses: An experimental weapon attachment for the M1903 Springfield bolt action rifle that allowed it to fire a .30 caliber (7.62 mm) pistol-type cartridge in semi-automatic mode.
wikipedia: John Pedersen (arms designer)
Pedersen devices
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Pedersen device
peh-tsai
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of petsai.
marginalized out
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of marginalize out
dog-bear
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dog-bears
Senses: examples: text: The dog-bears (hemicyonines) looked like bulky, short-tailed dogs, but were in fact related to bears, and if this is not confusing enough, there was also a group of bear-dogs (amphycyonids).
ref: 2018, Tim Flannery, Europe: A Natural History, page 87:
glosses: An extinct doglike species of bear found in Europe, Asia and North America during the Miocene epoch; a hemicyonine.
dog-bears
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dog-bear
tan house
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tan houses
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of tanhouse.
tan houses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tan house
tankdozer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tankdozers
Senses: glosses: A tank (military vehicle) fitted with a blade at the front to act as a bulldozer.
tankdozers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tankdozer
fancy stitches
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of fancy stitch
tapestry moth
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tapestry moths
Senses: glosses: Synonym of carpet moth.
synonyms: word: carpet moth
tapestry moths
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tapestry moth
gempylotoxism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: poisoning caused by eating gempylid fish
gempylotoxic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Relating to gempylotoxism.
tapioca fish
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The escolar or oilfish.
Tarquinian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Tarquinian
form: most Tarquinian
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to Lucius Tarquinius Superbus (died 495 BC), the legendary seventh and final king of Rome, famed for being proud.
glosses: Of or relating to the city of Tarquinia in Italy.
Tarquinian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Tarquinians
Senses: glosses: A native or inhabitant of Tarquinia.
Tarquinians
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Tarquinian
lobster claw
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lobster claws
Senses: glosses: A tropical flowering plant of the genus Heliconia
saka siri
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: saka siris
Senses: glosses: Achira, Indian shot, purple arrowroot; an edible canna (Canna indica).
Hogwarts-esque
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Hogwarts-esque
form: most Hogwarts-esque
form: Hogwartsesque
Etymology: From Hogwarts + -esque.
Senses: examples: text: > Hermione Youlanda Ruby Clinton-Baddeley played Ellen, the Banks' Maid. / Interesting... Though if there were any British actress that our Hermio-ninny was named after, I would like it to be Hermione Gingold (Who once *did* play a Hogwarts-esque witch).
ref: 2001 August 13, Dave Hardenbrook, “Is Rowling a Mary Poppins fan?”, in alt.fan.harry-potter (Usenet):
text: The castle will masquerade as the same location played by Toronto’s Casa Loma — Xavier’s School for Gifted Youngsters, a Hogwarts-esque academy where telepathic Prof. Charles Xavier (Stewart) teaches mutants-in-training to control their superpowers.
ref: 2002 May 29, Michael D. Reid, “X-Men to save universe at Royal Roads”, in Times Colonist, 144th year, number 167, Victoria, B.C., page C1, column 3:
text: Near the campus’ east gate, medieval-looking Healy Hall impresses with its tall, Hogwarts-esque clock tower.
ref: 2014, Karla Zimmerman, Pocket Washington DC, Lonely Planet, →ISBN, page 61, column 1:
text: The sky is definitely brightening and I can even see a patch of watery blue hanging around above a gobsmackingly large building with a huge carved stone doorway and ranks of stone animals tucked up against its Hogwarts-esque roofline.
ref: 2017, Tallia Storm, Signed with a Kiss, Scholastic Children’s Boos, →ISBN, page 121:
glosses: Resembling or characteristic of Hogwarts.
Synonyms: Hogwartsian
Hogwartsy
Cutino
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Cutinos
Etymology: Borrowed from Italian Cutino.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Italian.
Modestino
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Modestinos
Etymology: Borrowed from Italian Modestino.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Italian.
majestrix
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: fiction
literature
media
publishing
glosses: A title granted to a female ruler.
pseudomnesia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: human-sciences
psychology
sciences
glosses: A false memory
perusement
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From peruse + -ment.
Senses: glosses: perusal
poophyte
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpoʊ.əˌfaɪt/
Forms: form: poophytes
Etymology: Derived from Ancient Greek πόα (póa, “grass”) + φυτόν (phutón, “plant”). By surface analysis, poa + -phyte.
Senses: examples: text: Passing through the heliophilous poads and poophytes, we arrived at a forewold abounding in driodads and sciophytes, the cyriodoche of the latter being somewhat interfered with by pyrium and ecballium; further on, hylads, hylodads, and hylophytes diversified the scene.
ref: 1905, Journal of Botany, British and Foreign, Robert Hardwicke, page 335:
glosses: A plant that grows best in grass-covered meadows.
outspy
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: outspies
form: outspying
form: outspied
form: outspied
Etymology: From out- + spy.
Senses: examples: text: Comrade Zelenko, as a spy, you are worthless! That girl could outspy you any day.
ref: 1939, Anna M. Kluchansky, Commissar Krilenko, page 178:
glosses: To surpass in spying.
outspied
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of outspy
outspies
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of outspy
outspying
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of outspy
eoan
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: I believe, nay, I assert with confidence and deliberation, having clearly in mind all other bedroom woes—such as hard mattress, flock pillows, scant covering, intrusive dawn, eoan bird-songs, disappointed or fatiguing love, companions lapped and chrysalised in robbed blankets and close-gripped sheets, and yet turning and ever turning still—I say with deliberation, that this is the shrewdest stroke of fortune, the harshest bedroom chance, a light only extinguishable by the door.
ref: 1935, Rose Macaulay, “Bed”, in Personal Pleasures, London: Victor Gollancz Ltd, section 1 (Getting into it), page 64:
text: But we can note how wonderfully Pirip has woven the eoan light to recreate the images of life's grey, last sickly days […]
ref: 2015, Bill Reed, The Pipwink Papers, Melbourne, Vic.: Reed Independent, →ISBN:
glosses: Alternative letter-case form of Eoan.
pinaforing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of pinafore
petticoat punishment
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: petticoat punishments
Senses: synonyms: petticoat discipline
glosses: The supposed traditional punishment (mainly encountered in BDSM fantasy scenarios) of dressing a boy in girls' clothing to shame him.
petticoat discipline
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Synonym of petticoat punishment.
synonyms: word: petticoat punishment
petticoat punishments
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of petticoat punishment
Brandywine
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /ˈbɹændiwaɪn/
Etymology: Not known with certainty; so named since the 17th century; several long-held hypotheses exist, including a story of casks of brandywine that were spilled in the river's mouth in the colonial era, a fancied resemblance of the turbid water's color to that of brandywine, and an early Euro-American settler whose surname was similar to brandewijn or brandywine.
Senses: glosses: A river or place in the United States:
A stream in Pennsylvania and Delaware (variously called the Brandywine Creek, the Brandywine River, and often just the Brandywine); the Battle of Brandywine was fought along its banks.
glosses: A river or place in the United States:
A township in Hancock County, Indiana.
glosses: A river or place in the United States:
A township in Shelby County, Indiana.
glosses: A river or place in the United States:
A census-designated place in Prince George's County, Maryland.
glosses: A river or place in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Summit County, Ohio.
glosses: A river or place in the United States:
A census-designated place in Pendleton County, West Virginia.
Brandywine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈbɹændiwaɪn/
Forms: form: Brandywines
Etymology: Unknown; the plant variety has been traced back far into the 19th century by seed savers, but the origin of its name is lost; speculations include the possibility that the fruit's color was likened to that of brandywine, or that the variety was bred in the Brandywine Valley.
Senses: glosses: An heirloom cultivar of tomato with large potato-leaved foliage and large pink fruit.
Brandywines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Brandywine
Fordell
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A small village east of Crossgates and north of Fordell Castle, Fife council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NT1588).
glosses: A rural settlement south-east of Wanganui, Manawatū-Whanganui region, New Zealand.
religiotheological
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Relating to religion and theology.
sea-green incorruptible
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sea-green incorruptibles
Etymology: In reference to Carlyle's description of Robespierre, who reportedly tended to wear sea-green clothing.
Senses: glosses: A person who is unswervingly dedicated to a cause.
sea-green incorruptibles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sea-green incorruptible
Knysna boxwood
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: synonyms: Cape boxwood
glosses: The wood of Gonioma kamassi.
Cape boxwood
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Knysna boxwood.
synonyms: word: Knysna boxwood
koaliang
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: koaliangs
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of kaoliang.
koaliangs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of koaliang
kaolin clotting times
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of kaolin clotting time
like the bottom of a birdcage
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Senses: examples: text: At ten to one, Sid slouched in with an overflowing briefcase in one hand and a basketball under his arm, complaining of a hangover. 'Mouth like the bottom of a birdcage.'
ref: 1999, Ray Smith, The Man who Loved Jane Austen, page 158:
text: Does the bottom of your mouth taste like the bottom of a birdcage? Did you make a fool of yourself last night? Or don't you remember?
ref: 2009, Elisabeth Blandford, How to Write the Best Research Paper Ever!, page 49:
qualifier: simile
glosses: Very foul-tasting; said of a person's mouth after heavy drinking etc.
knobbed whelk
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: knobbed whelks
Senses: glosses: Busycon carica, a large predatory sea snail.
knobbed whelks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of knobbed whelk
thinstripe hermit
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: thinstripe hermits
Senses: glosses: Ellipsis of thinstripe hermit crab.
thinstripe hermits
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of thinstripe hermit
thinstripe hermit crab
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: thinstripe hermit crabs
Senses: synonyms: thinstripe hermit
glosses: The hermit crab Clibanarius vittatus.
thinstripe hermit crabs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of thinstripe hermit crab
Ku Kluxism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Ku Klux Klanism.
synonyms: word: Ku Klux Klanism
Caradon
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A former local government district in eastern Cornwall, England, named after Caradon Hill, which was formed in 1974 and abolished in 2009.
klydonographs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of klydonograph
klydonographic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Relating to the klydonograph.
Ku Kluxery
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Ku Klux Klanism.
synonyms: word: Ku Klux Klanism
K-meson
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: K-mesons
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: Synonym of kaon.
synonyms: word: kaon
K-mesons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of K-meson
V particle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: V particles
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: Any heavy, unstable subatomic particle that decays into a pair of particles, thereby producing a characteristic letter V in a bubble chamber or other detector.
V particles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of V particle
Kennedy Town
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Named after Arthur Kennedy, the 7th Governor of British Hong Kong.
Senses: examples: text: The Tung Fat Building has a prized waterfront position in Kennedy Town, the westernmost neighborhood on the crowded north shore of Hong Kong Island.
ref: 2014 December 18, Alex Frew McMillan, “A Pair of Developers Break With Tradition in Hong Kong”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 18 Dec 2014, GREAT HOMES & DESTINATIONS:
text: Julianne Chan, 27, joined a recent tour about architecture in Kennedy Town, the neighbourhood where she grew up, after having to cancel a trip to London due to COVID-19.
ref: 2020 August 24, Carol Mang, Yoyo Chow, Marius Zaharia, “Walk from home: Hong Kong tour company moves online to survive pandemic”, in William Mallard, editor, Reuters, archived from the original on 08 Mar 2025:
text: A steady stream of young Chinese tourists stops by a seaside cafe in Hong Kong’s Kennedy Town to take pictures of the harbor — but only for a moment.
ref: 2023 September 29, Theodora Yu, Christian Shepherd, “Young people in China call themselves ‘special forces’ of budget travel”, in The Washington Post, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 07 Jan 2024, World:
glosses: An area of Central and Western district, Hong Kong.
glosses: A former district of Victoria, Hong Kong, United Kingdom.
Synonyms: sense: area in Hong Kong
word: K-Town
kitchen bouquet
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Piping gel, clear—can be used as a lightweight food glue or thickener for sauces. You can add kitchen bouquet to color it and patch holes and tears in meats.
ref: 2010, Denise Vivaldo, Food Stylist's Handbook, page 84:
glosses: A sauce for browning and seasoning, primarily composed of caramel with vegetable flavorings.
wet beriberi
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: coordinate_terms: dry beriberi
glosses: A form of beriberi characterized by cardiac failure.
dry beriberi
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: coordinate_terms: wet beriberi
glosses: A form of beriberi characterized by neuromuscular symptoms.
Superman-esque
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Superman-esque
form: most Superman-esque
form: Supermanesque
Etymology: From Superman + -esque.
Senses: examples: text: Wagner stands at a height (more like an altitude) of 6’4" with a Superman-esque stature.
ref: 1993 July 29, Joy Catania, “Broadway Star Calls Verona Home”, in Verona-Cedar Grove Times, volume 47, number 30, page 1:
text: What Arrington did was use a Superman-esque flying leap to soar over and between the left guard and center and stop Illini running back Elmer Hickman for no gain on fourth-and-inches at the Penn State 31-yard line.
ref: 1999, Penn State Football 1999 Media Guide, page 86:
text: Heroism, as I always understood it, was always one masculine, life-saving, Superman-esque act, but my definition had been broadened.
ref: 2012, David Hale Sylvester, Traveling at the Speed of Life, →ISBN, page 296:
text: She had the weirdest urge to reach up and brush back the whorl of Superman-esque hair that had fallen over his brow.
ref: 2015, Julie Ann Walker, Hell or High Water, →ISBN, page 298:
text: It took Superman-esque skill not to let my bare feet touch down on the public restroom tile as I produced flip-flops from my miracle purse and hid away those conservative flats.
ref: 2015, Nina Mansfield, Swimming Alone, Fire and Ice, →ISBN, page 9:
glosses: Resembling or characteristic of Superman.
Synonyms: Supermannish
Supermanesque
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Supermanesque
form: most Supermanesque
Senses: examples: text: Reeve, at times seeming to revert to Supermanesque mannerisms, is credible as the wayward priest, yet not allowed, through the screenplay (by Abraham Polonsky and Wendell Mayes, from a Jack Alain Leger novel), to reveal motivations.
ref: 1982 October 29, Susan Green, “Characters Lack Depth, but ‘Monsignor’ Holds Attention”, in The Burlington Free Press, 156th year, number 311, page 3D:
text: “Howard” the comic was a book for comic readers, especially those who’d gotten tired of the Supermanesque exploits of costumed, pontificating superheros.^([sic])
ref: 1986 August 8, David Neiwert, “‘Howard the Duck’: a joke that’s not all that funny”, in Missoulian, Missoula, Mont., page A-2:
text: The rest of the descent was simply “Supermanesque” even though this was feet first and far slower than a speeding bullet.
ref: 1990 September 23, Kathy Berdan, “The white-knuckle thrill of first-time falling”, in Sunday Register, Des Moines, Iowa, page 2F:
text: Even I, your mild-mannered reporter, took to the skies, though a Supermanesque flight it was not.
ref: 1992 March 30, Mickey Smith, “The Sweet (and Sometimes Scary) Science of Bungee Jumping”, in The Transcript, volume 20, number 5, Morrisville, Vt., page 1:
text: bruce mcguire: […] It might have only been a jacket over his shoulders but it looked real Supermanesque.
ref: 1994, Denise Sullivan, Talk About the Passion: R.E.M., an Oral History, Lancaster, Pa.: Underwood–Miller, Charles F. Miller, →ISBN, page 156:
glosses: Alternative form of Superman-esque.
Kipp generator
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Kipp generators
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Kipp's apparatus.
synonyms: word: Kipp's apparatus
Kipp generators
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Kipp generator
kitambilla
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: kitambillas
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of ketembilla.
kitambillas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of kitambilla
Ceylon gooseberry
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Ceylon gooseberries
Senses: glosses: Synonym of ketembilla.
synonyms: word: ketembilla
Ceylon gooseberries
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Ceylon gooseberry
Lamellion
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A hamlet south-west of Liskeard in Liskeard parish, Cornwall, England (OS grid ref SX2463).
Pilbrow
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname.
plasticosis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From plastic + -osis.
Senses: topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: Fibrosis caused by the ingestion of plastic.
Hypernyms: fibrosis
fibrotic scarring
Frankfurt kitchen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Frankfurt kitchens
Etymology: It was designed in 1926 for a project based in Frankfurt, Germany.
Senses: glosses: A compact domestic kitchen designed for the efficient completion of culinary tasks; the forerunner to the fitted kitchen.
Frankfurt kitchens
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Frankfurt kitchen
agriplastic
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: agriplastics
Senses: glosses: Plastic for use in agriculture.
Related terms: plasticulture
agriplastics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of agriplastic
Klinefelter's syndrome
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Klinefelter syndrome.
knave bairn
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: knave bairns
Senses: glosses: A male child; a boy.
knave bairns
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of knave bairn
Knop's solution
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Introduced by Wilhelm Knop (1817–1891), German agrochemist.
Senses: glosses: A mixture of macronutrient salts in solution, used in plant growth experiments.
Koettstorfer value
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Koettstorfer values
form: Köttstorfer value
Senses: synonyms: saponification number
saponification value
glosses: The number of milligrams of potassium hydroxide required to saponify one gram of a given oil or fat.
saponification number
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: saponification numbers
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Koettstorfer value.
synonyms: word: Koettstorfer value
Koettstorfer values
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Koettstorfer value
saponification numbers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of saponification number
Kohlrausch flask
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Kohlrausch flasks
Etymology: Named after Friedrich Kohlrausch.
Senses: glosses: A wide-necked volumetric flask for handling large quantities of solids prior to their dissolution.
Kohlrausch flasks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Kohlrausch flask
konohiki
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: konohikis
form: konohiki
Etymology: From Hawaiian konohiki.
Senses: glosses: A head man of a land division of the Kingdom of Hawaii.
konohikis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of konohiki
Bunas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Buna
Köttstorfer value
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Köttstorfer values
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Koettstorfer value.
Köttstorfer values
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Köttstorfer value
koudou
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: koudous
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of kudu.
koudous
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of koudou
Krider's hawk
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Krider's hawks
Etymology: Named after John Krider, the gunsmith from Philadelphia who collected the type specimen.
Senses: synonyms: Krider's red-tailed hawk
glosses: The red-tailed hawk Buteo jamaicensis kriderii.
Krider's hawks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Krider's hawk
kutnahorites
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of kutnahorite
Kuyunon
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Cuyonon (“language”).
Kuyonon
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Cuyonon (“language”).
Cuyunon
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Cuyonon (“language”).
kwazoku
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: kwazoku
Etymology: Archaic romanization of Japanese 華族 (kazoku), reflecting the former spelling of くわぞく.
Senses: glosses: A Meiji-era Japanese noble, one who would formerly have been classed as a samurai or a daimyo.
wikipedia: historical kana orthography
kway chaps
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of kway chap
Kwalhioqua
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Kwalhioquas
form: Kwalhioqua
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Willapa.
synonyms: word: Willapa
Kwalhioquas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Kwalhioqua
Willapah
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Willapahs
form: Willapah
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Willapa.
Willopa
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Willopas
form: Willopa
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Willapa.
Willopah
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Willopahs
form: Willopah
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Willapa.
Willopas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Willopa
Willopahs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Willopah
Willapahs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Willapah
lacerability
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The quality of being lacerable.
LACW
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: LACWs
Senses: coordinate_terms: LAC
glosses: Abbreviation of leading aircraftwoman.
LACWs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of LACW
LACs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of LAC
Lady Bountifuls
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Lady Bountiful
lady-killing
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more lady-killing
form: most lady-killing
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of ladykilling.
lagabags
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lagabag
Lahaina disease
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A disease of sugar cane.
Bordeauxs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Bordeaux
Bordeaux mixtures
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Bordeaux mixture
Lake Bordeaux B
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A deep-reddish dyestuff made from a derivative of alpha-napthylamine coupled with beta-oxy-naphthoic acid.
Barlow knives
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Barlow knife
Lancashire wrestling
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A submission wrestling style from Lancashire in England.
land rail
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: land rails
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of landrail.
land rails
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of land rail
land scrip
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: land scrips
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of landscrip.
land scrips
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of land scrip
laryngealizes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of laryngealize
laryngealizing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of laryngealize
laryngealization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: laryngealizations
Senses: glosses: The process or result of laryngealizing.
laryngealizations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of laryngealization
least common denominator
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: least common denominators
Senses: glosses: Synonym of lowest common denominator.
synonyms: word: lowest common denominator
least common denominators
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of least common denominator
sensimotor
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Synonym of sensorimotor.
synonyms: word: sensorimotor
Kirmancki
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: synonyms: Northern Zazaki
glosses: A dialect of Zazaki, spoken in Dersim, Erzincan and Erzurum.
Related terms: word: Zazaki
word: Kurmanji
word: Central Kurdish
word: Sorani
alt: Kermanshani/Kermanshahi
word: Southern Kurdish
Cloncurry
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A river in north-west Queensland, Australia, which joins the Flinders River named after Lady Cloncurry in Ireland; in full, the Cloncurry River.
glosses: A town in the Shire of Cloncurry, Queensland, named after the river, on which it is situated.
glosses: A local government area in Queensland, Australia, with its administrative centre in the town; in full, the Shire of Cloncurry.
piss shivers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Synonym of post-micturition convulsion syndrome.
synonyms: word: post-micturition convulsion syndrome
PLAAF
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: aeronautics
aerospace
aviation
business
engineering
government
military
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
politics
war
coordinate_terms: PLA
PLAN
glosses: Abbreviation of People's Liberation Army Air Force The national air force of the People's Republic of China.
Deere
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Deeres
Senses: glosses: A surname
Derived terms: John Deere
Deere
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Deeres
Senses: glosses: Ellipsis of John Deere.
Coordinate terms: Bobcat
bobcat
Cat
cat
caterpillar
Caterpillar
JCB
Related terms: Dare
Dear
Deare
Deer
high tunnel
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: high tunnels
Senses: glosses: Synonym of hoop house.
synonyms: word: hoop house
hoop house
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hoop houses
Etymology: From being an enclosed roofed structure with a hoop (arch) frame.
Senses: glosses: A hoop-framed building, consisting of a line of hoops braced to each other, attached to ground posts, and covered.
Synonyms: high tunnel
Hyponyms: Quonset hut
Tempo
off one's hinge
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Senses: examples: text: Why, Albro was quite off his hinge one time. They had to put him in a sanitarium.
ref: 1928, Chester K. Steele, The Great Radio Mystery, page 208:
text: “Oh, I see. The solitude has driven you off your hinge. Rather ironic, actually,” he added with a hollow chuckle.
ref: 1970, Keith Laumer, The World Shuffler, page 120:
text: “He's got a couple of hysterical people in there with him. The mother is right off her hinge. She's brought along her boyfriend. Chief is trying to calm them down.”
ref: 2001, Jon Redfern, The Boy Must Die, unnumbered page:
glosses: Alternative form of off one's hinges.
Reuterman
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Reutermans
Senses: glosses: A surname
Related terms: Reut
Reute
Reuteman
Reutemann
Reuter
Reutermann
Reuters
Reuteman
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Reutemans
Senses: glosses: A surname
Related terms: Reut
Reute
Reutemann
Reuter
Reuterman
Reutermann
Reuters
City of Victoria
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Named after Queen Victoria.
Senses: examples: text: Hong Kong is an indifferent guardian of its past, with old buildings too frequently torn down in favor of nondescript high-rises. But a new exhibit of historical photographs, "City of Victoria," offers a fascinating record of Hong Kong's history.
ref: 1999 April 18, Mark Landler, “WHAT'S DOING IN; Hong Kong”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 04 Sep 2009, Travel:
text: In addition to non-stop demolition and construction, Hong Kong is constantly re-constructing and re-figuring its past. Another fictional work, Dung Kai-chung’s The Atlas: Archaeology of an Imaginary City (2011) echoes Calvino. In this novel, the “City of Victoria” (Hong Kong) no longer exists and narrators can only divine from old maps and atlases what it was like and how it changed during 156 years as a British colony because of rapid erection and demolition of the city’s physical structures. The Hong Kong its people know, according to the writer cannot be actually pinpointed on a map, the map being only a limited and artificial translation of the place.
ref: 2015 July 9, Jennifer Eagleton, “A work in progress: An imaginary and re-imagined Hong Kong”, in Hong Kong Free Press, archived from the original on 05 Jul 2025, Opinion:
text: Seven such stones were found earlier, marking out the City of Victoria, Hong Kong’s first urban settlement after it became a British colony. The boundary of the settlement was gazetted in 1903.
ref: 2021 December 17, Joyce Ng, Sammy Heung, “Where is the City of Victoria? Authenticity confirmed for 3 more boundary stones marking Hong Kong’s first colonial settlement”, in South China Morning Post, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 17 Dec 2021, Society:
glosses: A city in Hong Kong.
Alboreto
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Alboretos
form: Alboretoes
Etymology: From Italian Alboreto.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Italian
Central and Western
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: The merger of two former districts, Central and Western.
Senses: examples: text: Olivia Parker and Jim Woods at the end of their marathon on Central and Western District Promenade in Hong Kong.
ref: 2020 February 25, Olivia Parker, “Running in the Time of Coronavirus”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 25 Feb 2020, Covid-19:
text: Since January, 15 newly elected district councilors have been arrested on questionable charges. The Hong Kong government revived a colonial-era offense — sedition — to prosecute Cheng Lai-king, chairwoman of Central and Western District Council, over an online post calling for justice for the Indonesian journalist who lost her eye in September after being hit by a police projectile.
ref: 2020 April 23, Maggie Shum, “Coronavirus may have emptied Hong Kong’s streets, but the pro-democracy protests continue”, in The Washington Post, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 12 May 2020, Monkey Cage:
text: The lawmaker’s comments came as legislators discussed the removal of the word ‘temporary” from five government-run parks in the Central and Western District, among them Brewin Path Temporary Playground and Forbes Street Temporary Playground.
ref: 2022 November 9, Hillary Leung, “Name Hong Kong’s parks after Chinese heroes not colonial figures, pro-Beijing lawmaker proposes”, in Hong Kong Free Press, archived from the original on 06 Jul 2025, Hong Kong:
glosses: A district of Hong Kong.
Shek Tong Tsui
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Cantonese 石塘咀 (sek⁶ tong⁴ zeoi²).
Senses: examples: text: The man had arrived in a sampan while the cargo was being transferred from the barges which had been towed out to the Yorktown from the cargo handling basin at Shek Tong Tsui on the Island.
ref: 1992, Brian Nicholson, chapter 16, in 1997: A Conspiracy to Destroy Hong Kong, Saffron Walden, Essex: Bear Books, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 252:
text: Although the nomination period of the district council election ended in October, a banner for a new “candidate” has been spotted on the streets of Shek Tong Tsui in Sai Wan.
ref: 2015 November 10, Kris Cheng, “Mysterious ‘fake’ district council election candidate emerges in Sai Wan”, in Hong Kong Free Press, archived from the original on 27 Jan 2024, Business, HKFP Buzz, Politics & Protest:
text: Nestled between Sai Ying Pun and Kennedy Town, Shek Tong Tsui is home to busy restaurants, quirky cafes and hipster hang-outs serving all kinds of cuisines, including the best Singaporean and Malaysian food in town.
ref: 2019 June 17, Vicki Williams, “7 of the best restaurants, cafes and hipster hang-outs to hit in Shek Tong Tsui”, in South China Morning Post, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 06 Nov 2024, Leisure:
glosses: An area of Central and Western district, Hong Kong.
Related terms: Shektongtsui
Shektongtsui
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Cantonese 石塘咀 (sek⁶ tong⁴ zeoi²).
Senses: glosses: A former district of Victoria, Hong Kong.
Related terms: Shek Tong Tsui
off one's hinges
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Forms: form: off one's hinge
Senses: examples: text: 'She’s hysterical already,' he murmured gloomily. 'She'll fly off her hinges if you suggest it.'
ref: 1995, John Sherwood, Bones Gather No Moss, page 164:
text: “Yeah, I’m okay,” she answers with Zen calm, as if she wasn’t completely off her hinges a minute ago.
ref: 2008, Debbie Reed Fisher, Swimming with the Sharks, page 196:
text: Facing the business end of the large revolver was bad enough, but the man wielding the gun was off his hinges.
ref: 2012, George R. Appelt Jr., Shepherd's Fall, page 153:
glosses: Unstable or irrational; crazy.
Sai Ying Pun
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /saɪ jɪŋ puːn/
Forms: form: Sei Ying Poon
form: Sei-ying-poon
form: Sai Ying Poon
form: Sy-ing-poon
Etymology: From Cantonese 西營盤 /西营盘 (sai¹ jing⁴ pun⁴, literally “West Camp”).
Senses: examples: text: The winter of poor air had also forced my partner, Zamira, and me to relocate from our apartment in Sai Ying Pun, an aging urban district in Western Hong Kong where we had been living since arriving in the city, to a flat in a village house in Mui Wo, a rural town on the coast of Lantau Island.
ref: 2012, Timothy Choy, “Air's Substantiations”, in Kaushik Sunder Rajan, editor, Lively Capital: Biotechnologies, Ethics, and Governance in Global Markets, Duke University Press, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 123:
text: Voters wait in line outside a polling station in the Sai Ying Pun district of Hong Kong.
ref: 2019 November 24, Shibani Mahtani, Simon Denyer, Tiffany Liang, Anna Kam, “Hong Kong’s pro-democracy parties sweep pro-Beijing establishment aside in local elections”, in The Washington Post, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 24 Nov 2019:
text: Sage Ip, a 29-year-old flight attendant who cast her ballot on Sunday in the Sai Ying Pun district, said she voted in the primary because she was worried that she would never get a chance to do so again. “Voting is something that is still within our capacity. We can’t express ourselves at protests anymore.”
ref: 2020 July 13, Austin Ramzy, Elaine Yu, Tiffany May, “Hong Kong Voters Defy Beijing, Endorsing Protest Leaders in Primary”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 14 Jul 2020:
text: Hong Kong’s health department told a briefing that around 47 cases were related to the outbreak at Ursus Fitness, a gym in the city’s trendy Sai Ying Pun district, which is popular with expatriate lawyers, bankers and hedge fund executives.
ref: 2021 March 12, Farah Master, Twinnie Siu, “COVID-19 outbreak at Hong Kong gym sends shivers through expat community”, in Simon Cameron-Moore, editor, Reuters, archived from the original on 12 Mar 2021, Emerging Markets:
text: Following the outbreak at the Ursus Fitness gym in Sai Ying Pun, the government announced two ambush lockdowns on Saturday, and another on Sunday, in the Mid-Levels district.
ref: 2021 March 15, Candice Chau, “Covid-19: 2 cases found after almost 3,500 people tested in Mid-Levels ‘ambush’ lockdowns”, in Hong Kong Free Press, archived from the original on 03 Mar 2024, Hong Kong:
text: Some residents who had appointments to receive the Pfizer shots stood in line outside a community center in the city’s Sai Ying Pun neighborhood at about 10.30 a.m. They eventually left when it became clear the vaccines would not be administered.
ref: 2021 March 24, Zen Soo, “Hong Kong halts use of Pfizer vaccine, cites defective lids”, in AP News, archived from the original on 24 Mar 2021:
glosses: An area of Central and Western district, Hong Kong.
Synonyms: sense: area in Hong Kong
word: SYP