cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
borodinskii bread
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: I made the black bread and borodinskii bread on Saturday. My culture did quite well but it was perhaps not as sour as I would have liked. This could be due to the sweetness of the breads though. (The borodinskii bread is even sweeter than the black bread but has a very hearty rye taste. It is darker than the "black bread"). […] The borodinskii bread also used a rye starter.
ref: 1992 October 6, David Adams, “FAQ.recipes v2.0 (part 4/13)”, in rec.food.sourdough (Usenet), archived from the original on 18 May 2025:
text: At Royal Gourmet there’s a little stand holding a collection of traditional-style loaves. The dense borodinskii bread, a Pullman-shaped loaf of coarse rye flavored with molasses and coriander seeds, is imported from Brooklyn. It’s famous for its outstanding keeping quality, a result of the compactness of the bread and long slow baking.
ref: 1995 May 11, Linda Burum, “Markets: Eastern Europe Meets West Hollywood”, in Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles, Calif.: Los Angeles Times Communications, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 18 May 2025, page H20, column 5:
text: The market specializes in Eastern European and Russian foods and liquors. There, we picked up some filleted herring and a loaf of Russian borodinskii bread made with rye, barley, molasses and coriander. “It is heavy, dark and sweet,” Olga said, and just right for “mopping up sauce on the plate” or as toast points for pickled herring. […]
ref: 2014 February 18, Marcia Vanderlip, “Olympic feast: A Russian (and Ukrainian) way to celebrate the athletes in Sochi”, in Columbia Daily Tribune, volume CXIII, number 147, Columbia, Mo., archived from the original on 18 May 2025, page 7A, columns 3–4:
text: Me: Is a buckwheat porridge good for me to eat now? Quantum DNA: No. I also asked about the following foods and got the answer NO from my Quantum DNA: butter, meat, borodinskii bread, sour cream, oatmeal, smoked sprats, smoked sturgeon fish, maple walnut ice-cream, potatoes chips, chocolate, coffee, black tea, eggs, salmon, tilapia, cod, chicken, goose, turkey, raspberries, lemons, milk, cream, cottage cheese, tomato juice, black pepper, vinegar, ketchup, garlic, brandy.
ref: 2017 July 26, Alexander Khomoutov, “The message from Gosha: Love yourself first or die”, in Heal Yourself! Discover Quantum Healing Energy, Attract Miracles and Good Luck in 3 Easy Steps, →ISBN:
glosses: Alternative form of Borodinsky bread.
bishopwort
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: [L]et it lie till the sun be up, wash it afterwards, and make into a drink with bishopwort and lichen off a crucifix[.]
ref: 1922, Eleanour Sinclair Rohde, The Old English Herbals, London: Longmans, Green and Co., page 16:
glosses: Alternative form of bishop's-wort.
multilamp
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From multi- + lamp.
Senses: examples: text: Steiffel's Light Touch is a multilamp fingertip lighting control that will accommodate up to three lamp plugs, or 450 watts.
ref: 1979 November 8, Barbara J. Isenberg and Mary Smith, “HELPFUL HARDWARE”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 18 May 2025:
glosses: Involving multiple lamps.
mere pool
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mere pools
Senses: examples: text: A supernatural terror brooded over the trackless heaths, the dark mere pools were inhabited by the water elves.
ref: 1922, Eleanour Sinclair Rohde, The Old English Herbals, London: Longmans, Green and Co., page 3:
glosses: A mere or pond.
mere pools
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mere pool
plateskirt
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: plateskirts
Etymology: From plate + skirt.
Senses: examples: text: The three satyrs wear silver armored chest plate, with gold trim, and helmets matching their color. Their legs are partially covered as a plateskirt extends halfway to their horse legs.
ref: 2014, T. Cannon, “Waking up the rest”, in Artésque (The Fragment of Stoná; 1), [Bloomington, Ind.]: Xlibris, →ISBN:
text: The lamps held by many of the Timberwolves dropped. The mighty gust of wind that followed the giant’s landing was the culprit. He stood around ten feet tall, had muscles the size of car tires, and wore a horned helmet, chest plate, plateskirt, and large, brown boots.
ref: 2018, J.H. Hutchins, “The Finale”, in Dhampir (Avalon; 1), ASIN B07DN2WGBS:
text: For example, in the game Old School RuneScape, you start out with a bronze sword, dagger, helm, shield, and platelegs or plateskirt, which forms the weakest melee equipment.
ref: 2022, Maithili Dhule, “Unlocking New Content”, in Exploring Game Mechanics: Principles and Techniques to Make Fun, Engaging Games, New York, N.Y.: Apress, →ISBN, chapter 3 (Crafting Meaningful Experiences), “Player Progression” section, page 73:
glosses: A skirt of plate armour.
plateskirts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of plateskirt
Ziyuan
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: dzûʹyüǎnʹ
Forms: form: Tzeyüan
form: Tzu-yüan
form: Tzŭ-yüan
Etymology: From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 資源 /资源 (Zīyuán).
Senses: examples: text: Han cadres on (Liangshui) commune in Tzuyuan County have actively learned minority dialects, the better to serve the minority nationalities. The commune, located in a mountainous area, is inhabited largely by Yao and Miao people.
ref: [1973 May 10 [1973 May 1], “Kwangsi Han Cadres Learn Dialects”, in Daily Report: People's Republic of China, volume I, number 91, Foreign Broadcast Information Service, sourced from Nanning Kwangsi Regional Service, translation of original in Cantonese, →ISSN, →OCLC, People's Republic of China: Central-South Region, page D 3:
text: The girl, a student whose surname is Tang, lives in Ziyuan County in the Guangxi region, the official New China News Agency said, citing the Health Ministry.
ref: 2005 December 7, “Fourth Case of Bird Flu Is Reported in China”, in The New York Times, sourced from ASSOCIATED PRESS, BEIJING, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 29 May 2015, World:
glosses: A county of Guilin, Guizhou, China.
DMDS
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
coordinate_terms: DMS
DMSP
glosses: Initialism of dimethyl disulfide.
goodmorning
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: goodmornings
Senses: examples: text: Instead of returning my goodmorning smile, he says, ‘What happened to YOU this morning? Hurry up and get your hat off, we have work to do.’
ref: 1947 December 10, Trille Germon, “Sounds Off About the Bass”, in The Atlanta Constitution, volume LXXX, number 178, Atlanta, Ga., →OCLC, page 16, column 6:
text: The other morning / I was lying next to a lady / we said our goodmornings / then our goodbye’s.^([sic])
ref: 1994, Jason Gray, “Untitled”, in Caroline Sullivan, editor, River of Dreams, Owings Mills, Md.: National Library of Poetry, →ISBN, page 255:
text: It was nearly two in the morning when Hally and her family finally said their goodnights, or goodmornings as dad merrily put it and made their way home.
ref: 2012, Stephanie M. Turner, “New Year”, in Fifteen Going On Grown Up, Kibworth Beauchamp, Leicestershire: Matador, →ISBN, page 160:
glosses: Alternative form of good morning.
goodmorning
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: goodmornings
form: goodmorninging
form: goodmorninged
form: goodmorninged
Senses: examples: text: And Mr. Van Dorn, not oblivious to the impression he was making, smiled and bowed and bowed and smiled, and hellowed Dick, and howareyoued Hiram, and goodmorninged John, down the street, into his office.
ref: 1918 October, William Allen White, “Our Hero Rides to Hounds with the Primrose Hunt”, in In the Heart of a Fool, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company, →OCLC, page 192:
text: It was hard farming country we lived. / The land stood ready to give up. / The few farmers it had didn’t cotton to strangers, / And Broadway was a strange man among us – / Strange in the way he Goodmorninged / Or shopped in the village at store open, / And then back home by some dirt road.
ref: 1972, Max Ellison, The Happenstance, Conway, Mich.: Conway House, →OCLC, page 26:
text: Since earliest boyhood I have ever loved the truth, so I shall not pretend that I passed an untroubled, dreamless night. […] I was therefore in no sort of shape to answer cheerily to Jock’s goodmorninging, especially since the grey light of dawn told me that the time could be no later than 10 a.m., quite half an hour before it is possible for right-thinking men to drift to the surface.
ref: a. 1986, Kyril Bonfiglioli, “Queen high backs into the game”, in Kyril Bonfiglioli, Craig Brown, The Great Mortdecai Moustache Mystery (Mortdecai), London: Penguin Books, published 2014, →ISBN, page 17:
glosses: Alternative form of good-morning.
good-morning
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: good-mornings
Etymology: From good morning.
Senses: examples: text: But if they are greeted with the sunrise and good weather, they cheep a good-morning to one another in soft, cheerful voices, and go at once to their feeding-grounds, where they regale themselves on the wheat of the stubbles, the buckwheat, the seeds of grasses, and the rag-weed, and on the berries of the haw, the gum, and the chicken-grape.
ref: 1883, Alfred M[arshall] Mayer, “Bob White, the Game Bird of America”, in Alfred M. Mayer, editor, Sport with Gun and Rod in American Woods and Waters, volume II, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC, page 672:
text: She was just helping herself to kidneys at the sideboard, however, when Lady Lavinia entered. It was all she could do to suppress a sigh. Her good-morning was not entirely free of embarrassment.
ref: 1994 December, Marian Devon, chapter 14, in Lord Harlequin, New York, N.Y.: Fawcett Crest, →ISBN, page 103:
text: Once we’d said our good-mornings, I asked if he’d been to the screaming mouth.
ref: 2016, Frederic S. Durbin, A Green and Ancient Light, New York, N.Y.: Saga Press, →ISBN, page 253:
glosses: Alternative form of good morning.
good-morning
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: good-mornings
form: good-morninging
form: good-morninged
form: good-morninged
Etymology: From good morning.
Senses: examples: text: “Good morning!” he said at last. “We don’t want any adventures here, thank you![…]” By this he meant that the conversation was at an end. / “What a lot of things you do use Good morning for!” said Gandalf. “Now you mean that you want to get rid of me, […] And you do know my name, though you don’t remember that I belong to it. I am Gandalf, and Gandalf means me! To think that I should have lived to be good-morninged by Beladonna Took’s son, as if I was selling buttons at the door!”
ref: 1937 September 21, J[ohn] R[onald] R[euel] Tolkien, “An Unexpected Party”, in The Hobbit: Or There and Back Again, revised edition, New York, N.Y.: Ballantine Books, published February 1966 (August 1967 printing), →OCLC, page 19:
text: After breakfast this lad came in and said “Heil Hitler” and “Good morning.” Sam heiled Hitler and good-morninged right back, and the chap opened a portfolio and put down a lot of letters for Sam to sign.
ref: 1941, Eric Knight, “The Yorkshire Man Flies Again”, in Wesley Winans Stout, editor, Post Stories of 1941, Boston, Mass.: Little, Brown and Company, published 1942, →OCLC, page 210:
text: The orderly arrived promptly in his well-pressed loose green tunic, good-morninged cheerfully, and bustled around locating bedroom slippers and dressing gown.
ref: 1988 October 10, Douglas Adams, The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul, London: William Heinemann, pages 83–84:
related: word: good morning#Verb
word: goodmorning#Verb
glosses: To say good morning (to someone).
good-morning
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Etymology: From good morning.
Senses: examples: text: Sturnus Corvus, and Caius Alaudus. Good-morning, gentlemen. / Gallinarius Falco and Caius Graculus. Good-morning. / Caius Alaudus. Good-morning monsieur Falco. / Gallinarius Falco. Good-morning, you little fawning, meeching, creeping, sneaking, stinking puppy-dog.
ref: 1808, Noah Bisbee, The History of the Falcos. A Comedy, in Four Acts., part first, Walpole, N.H.: […] Observatory Press, →OCLC, act 3, scene 2, page 80:
text: “Good-morning, Sir. It is a fine day.” […] “Good-morning, Sir. It is a fine day for pleasuring.[…]”
ref: 1869, Mark Twain [pseudonym; Samuel Langhorne Clemens], chapter III, in The Innocents Abroad, or The New Pilgrims’ Progress; […], Hartford, Conn.: American Publishing Company. […], →OCLC, pages 33–34:
text: He would always say, with grave cheer, ‘Good-morning, madam!’ to which Mary would reply, with her pure Quaker simplicity, ‘Art thou well, George?’ and pass on, to spread her napkined butter and cheeses in the quaint, breezy colonnades which you remember on Market street.
ref: 1872 September, “Through William Penn’s ‘Low Counties’”, in Lippincott’s Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, volume X, number 17, Philadelphia, Pa.: J[oshua] B[allinger] Lippincott and Co., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 260, column 1:
glosses: Archaic form of good morning.
good-mornings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of good-morning
good-mornings
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of good-morning
good-morninging
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of good-morning
good-morninged
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of good-morning
good morninging
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of good morning
good morninged
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of good morning
goodmornings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of goodmorning
goodmornings
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of goodmorning
goodmorninging
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of goodmorning
goodmorninged
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of goodmorning
North Cypress-Langford
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Formed in 2015 on the merger of the rural municipalities of North Cypress and Langford.
Senses: glosses: A rural municipality in south-west Manitoba, Canada.
North Cypress
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A former rural municipality in Manitoba, Canada, now part of the Municipality of North Cypress-Langford.
Navajoland
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Navajo Nation.
synonyms: word: Navajo Nation
Cambrophones
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Cambrophone
keep one's eyes on the ball
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: keeps one's eyes on the ball
form: keeping one's eyes on the ball
form: kept one's eyes on the ball
form: kept one's eyes on the ball
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of keep one's eye on the ball.
keeps one's eyes on the ball
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of keep one's eyes on the ball
keeping one's eyes on the ball
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of keep one's eyes on the ball
kept one's eyes on the ball
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of keep one's eyes on the ball
take one's eyes off the ball
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: takes one's eyes off the ball
form: taking one's eyes off the ball
form: took one's eyes off the ball
form: taken one's eyes off the ball
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of take one's eye off the ball.
takes one's eyes off the ball
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of take one's eyes off the ball
taking one's eyes off the ball
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of take one's eyes off the ball
took one's eyes off the ball
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past of take one's eyes off the ball
taken one's eyes off the ball
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: past participle of take one's eyes off the ball
hugs it out
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of hug it out
hugging it out
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of hug it out
hugged it out
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of hug it out
pushes paper
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of push paper
pushing paper
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of push paper
pushed paper
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of push paper
senior highs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of senior high
subsistence level
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: subsistence levels
Senses: examples: text: Most families in the village are barely on the subsistence level.
glosses: The threshold of income at which one's most basic necessities of survival are met.
Synonyms: word: poverty line
word: breadline
subsistence levels
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of subsistence level
unreddens
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of unredden
unreddening
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of unredden
undereddened
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + dereddened.
Senses: examples: text: A good rectification of the 2200 A dip, which is clearly visible in the undereddened spectrum, is obtained for 0.4<E_(B-V)<0.5.
ref: 1981, L. Chiappetti, L. Maraschi, E.G. Tanzi, A. Treves, “Ultraviolet Study of V1341 Cyg = Cyg X-2. Observation of an Accretion Disk”, in R[olf] D. Andresen, editor, X-Ray Astronomy: Proceedings of the XV ESLAB Symposium Held in Amsterdam, […], Dordrecht: D. Reidel Publishing Company, →OCLC, session 4 (Galactic Astronomy: SNR and Other Galactic Sources), page 288:
text: The linear fit gives A = 0.067 ± 10⁻³; B = 6.77 ± 0.04; σ = 0.17 for the undereddened sample with (B − V) > −0.09 and |(d− < d >)| ≤ 1.5Σ.
ref: 1989, M. Alongi, C. Chiosi, “LMC Star Clusters: Age Calibrations and Mass Estimates”, in Astrophysical Ages and Dating Methods: Proceedings of the Fifth IAP Workshop, Gif-sur-Yvette: Editions Frontières, published 1990, →ISBN, part III (Stellar Ages: Magellanic Clouds), page 211:
text: Note that Jones et al. 1992 actually consider 17 type ab RR Lyrae stars, but we are unable to reconstruct the undereddened photometry for one of these, SS Leo, from their sources, Liu & Janes 1990 and Jones, Carney, & Latham 1988.
ref: 1998, Andrew Gould, Piotr Popowski, “Systematics of RR Lyrae Statistical Parallax III: Apparent Magnitudes and Extinctions”, in The Astrophysical Journal, Bristol: IOP Publishing for the American Astronomical Society, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 9:
glosses: Not dereddened.
do svidaniia
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Senses: examples: text: DO SVIDANIIA, COMRADE LOGAN.
ref: 1990, Walter Simonson, Louise Simonson, Havok & Wolverine: Meltdown, New York, N.Y.: Epic Comics, →ISBN:
text: I identified myself and said I was writing a paper on Soviet foreign policy and I was concluding that the Russians would not offer their friendship treaty to the United States for a third time. Would the Russians offer the treaty again? There was a silence at the other end. Then after a few moments, the heavily accented voice said, “No.” I thanked him and said, “Do svidaniia.” He chuckled and said, “Do svidaniia.”
ref: 1999, Charles L[ouis] Mee, chapter 19, in A Nearly Normal Life: A Memoir, Boston, Mass.: Little, Brown and Company, →ISBN, page 196:
text: Do you remember our joint plans and propositions? Is it still possible to carry them out, even if only partially? Do svidaniia: all the best to you
ref: 2005 April 26, Randall Baker, “The Fax”, in Adopting Eldar: Joy, Tragedy and Red Tape: A Unique International Adoption, Bloomington, Ind.: AuthorHouse, →ISBN, page 5:
text: Since Baddick remarried a Russian woman, Isabella and her father have a saying before they hang up: “Do svidaniia,” goodbye in Russian.
ref: 2010 January 23, Ofelia Casillas, “Divorced parents get virtual visitation”, in Chicago Tribune, 163rd year, number 23, Chicago, Ill., →ISSN, →OCLC, section 1, page 2, column 6:
glosses: Alternative spelling of do svidaniya.
cot-caught
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A minimal pair or homophone pair demonstrating the vowels merged in the cot-caught merger.
Slowjamastani
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Slowjamastani
form: most Slowjamastani
Etymology: From Slowjamastan + -i.
Senses: examples: text: The burglary was, hand to God, a real burglary, not a Slowjamastani stunt for attention, the Sultan says. And he’s not laughing about it.
ref: 2025 February 1, Noah Goldberg, “He runs a desert micro-nation by the Salton Sea. Population Zero.”, in Los Angeles Times, archived from the original on 01 Feb 2025:
glosses: Of or related to Slowjamastan.
Slowjamastani
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Slowjamastanis
Etymology: From Slowjamastan + -i.
Senses: examples: text: The micronation of Slowjamastan has its own passports, flag, currency (“the duble”), national anthem, time zone (Slowjamastan Standard Time), national animal (the Slowjamastan raccoon),12 states — including the capital of Dublândia — and more than 5,000 registered Slowjamastanis in their census (none of whom live in Slowjamastan).
ref: 2023 June 14, Adriana Diaz, “I’ve already been to every country on Earth — so I founded Slowjamastan”, in New York Post:
text: To much fanfare, Slowjamastanis may now legally own miniature giraffes and pygmy elephants, provided they obtain an exotic pet license.
ref: 2024 November 6, Harvey Schmidlap, “BREAKING: The Sultan Wins Big in Slowjamastan Blowout Election…”, in Republic of Slowjamastan:
text: Fellow Slowjamastanis, the unthinkable has happened. On December 14, 2024, our beloved nation fell victim to an act of vandalism, leaving the community in shock.
ref: 2025 January 12, Mark Corona, “Vandalism in Slowjamastan: Where Was Chief Porder Batrol Agent Mark Corona?”, in Porder Batrol:
glosses: A citizen or inhabitant of Slowjamastan.
Slowjamastanis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Slowjamastani
sweat trousers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sweat-trousers
Senses: examples: text: A stiff north wind spoiled any chance for records and Glenn Cunningham, Kansas distance ace, didn’t even take off his sweat trousers to win the mile and 880-yard runs.
ref: 1934 April 15, “Glenn Cunningham, in Sweat Clothes, Runs Slow Mile”, in St. Louis Post-Dispatch, volume 86, number 222, St. Louis, Mo., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 1D, column 2:
text: Things hadn’t got quite that bad – someone playing a computer game in his room. By himself with the volume on full-whack and his door wide open. Up I got, sweat trousers on and marched to the source of the noise to order a cease fire.
ref: 2013, Jonathan Robinson, “Sunday, November 20ᵗʰ, 2011”, in In It, published 2014, →ISBN:
text: I took up wrestling, but I didn’t like having to stay for ten minutes in somebody’s crotch with the same smelly sweatshirts and sweat trousers.
ref: 2017, Jim Korkis, “Hobbies”, in Call Me Walt: Everything You Never Knew About Walt Disney, Theme Park Press, →ISBN, page 93:
glosses: Synonym of sweatpants.
synonyms: word: sweatpants
Exelby, Leeming and Londonderry
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A civil parish in North Yorkshire, England, previously in Hambleton district, that includes the named places.
Whig history
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Whig histories
Etymology: Described by English historian Herbert Butterfield in The Whig Interpretation of History (1931).
Senses: examples: text: He [William Cronon] concisely explains that Whig histories tend to "praise revolutions [for history of science, we could read novelties, ideas or individuals]^([sic]) provided they have been successful, emphasise certain principles of progress in the past and produce a story which is the ratification if not the glorification of the present".
ref: 2012 October 3, Rebekah Higgitt, “Why whiggish won't do”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
text: The British, in other words, “do right” by their colonial subjects, referred to as “charges”, while the only massacres of the 19th century apparently were those committed by the Ottomans in the Balkans. This is Whig history on steroids, repackaged as a mirthless morality tale for the 21st century.
ref: 2019 May 19, Kim A. Wagner, “Rees-Mogg’s book is ‘sentimental jingoism and empire nostalgia’”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
topics: historiography
history
human-sciences
sciences
glosses: An approach to historiography that presents history as a journey from an oppressive and benighted past to a “glorious present”.
wikipedia: Herbert Butterfield
Derived terms: Whiggish
Related terms: arc of history
end of history
Whig histories
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Whig history
Cronon
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: text: One was a piece, Two Cheers for the Whig Interpretation of History, by William Cronon, president of the American Historical Association.
ref: 2012 October 3, Rebekah Higgitt, “Why whiggish won't do”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
glosses: A surname
Burnham Norton
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A village and civil parish of Norfolk, England.
Bærbock
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of Baerbock.
Bokij
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Boki
form: Bokii
form: Bokiy
form: Boky
Senses: glosses: A transliteration of the Ukrainian surname Бокій (Bokij).
glosses: A transliteration of the Belarusian surname Бокій (Bókij).
glosses: A transliteration of the Russian surname Бокий (Bokij).
Exelby
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A village in Exelby, Leeming and Londonderry parish, North Yorkshire, England, previously in Hambleton district (OS grid ref SE2987).
glosses: A surname.
Dublândia
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Dublandia
Etymology: From dub + -landia.
Senses: examples: text: Wearing his best suit and sunglasses, the sultan of Slowjamastan officially declared independence from the United States of America at 12:26 p.m. on December 1, 2021 as he broadcast the secession live from his open-air government “office” in Dublândia, the capital of the Republic of Slowjamastan.
ref: 2023 June 8, Richard Collett, “He ran out of countries to visit, so he created his own”, in CNN:
text: The micronation of Slowjamastan has its own passports, flag, currency (“the duble”), national anthem, time zone (Slowjamastan Standard Time), national animal (the Slowjamastan raccoon),12 states — including the capital of Dublândia — and more than 5,000 registered Slowjamastanis in their census (none of whom live in Slowjamastan).
ref: 2023 June 14, Adriana Diaz, “I’ve already been to every country on Earth — so I founded Slowjamastan”, in New York Post:
glosses: The capital of Slowjamastan, a self-proclaimed micronation.
Dublandia
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: text: At the center of its capital, dubbed Dublandia, is a square patch of concrete that supports a call box, a flagpole and the desk of the Sultan, a man known outside the borders of Slowjamastan as Randy Williams.
ref: 2025 February 1, Noah Goldberg, “He runs a desert micro-nation by the Salton Sea. Population Zero.”, in Los Angeles Times, archived from the original on 01 Feb 2025:
glosses: Alternative form of Dublândia.
SVCD
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: SVCDs
Senses: glosses: Initialism of Super Video compact disk.
Central Bohemian Region
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the Central Bohemian Region
Senses: glosses: An administrative unit in the Czech Republic.
Dezna
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from Romanian Dezna.
Senses: glosses: A commune, village, and river in Arad County, Romania.
Dmosin
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from Polish Dmosin.
Senses: glosses: A village in Lodz Voivodeship, Poland.
Orpin
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname.
ACWA
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America.
O'Hagan
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname.
sweat-trousers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: One member of the Eagleites came onto the floor wearing a pair of bright orange sweat-trousers.
ref: 1932 April 7, Ray J. Gillespie, “Stags Gain Third Tourney Victory by Closing Rally […]”, in The St. Louis Star, volume 46, number 161, St. Louis, Mo., →OCLC, page 19, column 5:
text: Atencio, a frshman^([sic]) from Dixon, New Mexico, broke the tape in 15 minutes, 35.8 seconds, remarkably fast time for the weather in which the event was run, to say nothing of running with heavy sweat-trousers and woolen sweat-shirt against the cold, icy under-footing.
ref: 1935 November 28, “New Mexico Boy Wins Marathon at University of Dubuque”, in Santa Fe New Mexican, volume 71, number 281, Santa Fe, N.M., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 5, columns 1–2:
text: For casual trousers, branches of Value-For-Money and Hennes (Sales started June 28) have striped sweat-trousers in grey or green, at £7.99 down from £9.99, and high-waisted cotton twill trousers at £14.99, down from £19.99.
ref: 1988 June 30, “Many gems amid the sales junk”, in Evening Post, number 17,039, Bristol, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 82, column 2:
glosses: Alternative form of sweat trousers.
Dornod
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Mongolian Дорнод (Dornod).
Senses: glosses: A province in eastern Mongolia.
GSLV
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Initialism of Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle.
Hamgyeong
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of Hamgyong.
Derived terms: North Hamgyeong
shit end of the stick
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: the shit end of the stick
Senses: examples: text: The supplier had four pallets and five vendors placed orders. Guess we're the getting the shit end of the stick again!
glosses: Synonym of short end of the stick.
synonyms: word: short end of the stick
Hodogaya
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A ward of Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan.
micathermic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: mica-thermic
Etymology: From mica + thermic.
Senses: examples: text: Bionaire Micathermic Console Heater […]
ref: 2005, Good Housekeeping, volume 241, page 253:
text: Micathermic heaters feature a fanless technology that combines convection and radiant heating, circulating air through a natural convection process.
ref: 2020, Chris Peterson, Home Office Solutions: How to Set Up an Efficient Workspace Anywhere in Your House:
text: The J&X Technologies Solid State Modulator (SSM1800) utilizes a thermoelectric cooler and mica-thermic heating as well as a specific modulation column.
ref: 2020, Melissa N. Dunkle, William L. Winniford, editors, Analytical Techniques in the Oil and Gas Industry for Environmental Monitoring, page 185:
glosses: Of or relating to heating systems which incorporate mica and produce both radiant and convective heat.
in stock
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Senses: topics: business
antonyms: out of stock
glosses: Available for immediate sale or use.
raw_tags: of an item
Related terms: in short supply
criminocracy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Rule by criminals.
psychophysicotherapeutics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The study of psychophysicotherapy.
hydrolic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more hydrolic
form: most hydrolic
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of hydraulic.
Khövsgöl
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A province of Mongolia.
Derived terms: Khövsgöl Nuur
Connerty
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Heihsiatzu
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Mandarin 黑瞎子島 /黑瞎子岛 (Hēixiāzǐ Dǎo) Wade–Giles romanization: Hei¹-hsia¹-tzŭ³ Tao³.
Senses: examples: text: The Soviet revisionists dispatched fully armed troops to occupy by force the Chinese territory of Heihsiatzu Island and once again invaded the Chinese territory of Wupalao Island, Chilihsing Island, and other islands.
ref: 1969 April 21 [1969 April 18], “New Film Exposes Soviet Border Violations”, in Daily Report: Communist China, volume I, number 76, Foreign Broadcast Information Service, sourced from Peking NCNA Domestic Service, translation of original in Chinese, →OCLC, Communist China: International Affairs, page A 2:
text: Heihsiatzu Island, the most strategically important of the Amur islands, is situated at the juncture of the Amur and Ussuri Rivers and screens Khabarovsk from Manchuria. Here too, the main channel had shifted from south to north of the island.³² Khabarovsk was the second largest city in the Soviet Far East and the administrative center of the Far Eastern Army. If the channel north and east of Heihsiatzu Island were recognized as the boundary, Japanese naval vessels would be within their rights to steam right up to the city’s docks and Japanese artillery on the island would have the ability to fire at point-blank range into the city.
ref: 2012, Stuart D. Goldman, “The Global Context”, in Nomonhan, 1939: The Red Army's Victory That Shaped World War II, Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 32:
glosses: Alternative form of Heixiazi.
Gleig
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Zhenlai
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: jǔnʹlīʹ
Etymology: From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 鎮賚 /镇赉.
Senses: glosses: A county of Baicheng, Jilin, China.
circumsised
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of circumcised.
Taobei
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: touʹbāʹ
Etymology: From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 洮北.
Senses: glosses: A district of Baicheng, Jilin, China.
Taonan
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: touʹnänʹ
Etymology: From Mandarin 洮北.
Senses: glosses: A county-level city of Baicheng, Jilin, China.
Tongyu
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: to͝ongʹyüʹ
Etymology: From Mandarin 通榆.
Senses: examples: text: In carrying out in depth the mass movement to learn from Tachai in agriculture, Tungyu County, Kirin Province, has thoroughly implemented the principle /' take grain as the key link and insure an all-round development,'/ strengthened leadership at all levels, and conscientiously grasped typical examples well.
ref: [1971 March 10 [1971 March 7], “'Take Grain as the Key Link and Insure an All-Round Development'--Establishing a Whole-Situation Concept in the Development of Sugar Crop Production”, in Daily Report: China, volume I, number 47, sourced from Peking NCNA Domestic Service, translation of original in Chinese, →ISSN, →OCLC, Communist China: National Affairs, page B 3:
glosses: A county of Baicheng, Jilin, China.
Quail Hollow
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A neighbourhood of Charlotte, North Carolina, United States.
anteater chat
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: anteater chats
Senses: glosses: A bird of species Myrmecocichla aethiops, found in Africa.
Cnile
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsiːnaɪl/
ipa: /ˈsinaɪl/
rhymes: -aɪl
Forms: form: Cniles
Etymology: Blend of C + senile.
Senses: examples: text: it's almost 2023 and cniles still can't handle generics. bit sad innit?
ref: 2022 October 30, u/jalembung, “#define __EVAL3(_0,_1,_2) _ARG_T(_0),_ARG_T(_1),_ARG_T(_2),#define __EVAL125(_0,_1,_2,_3,_4,_5,_6,_7,_8,_9,_10,_11,_12,_13,_14,_15,_16,_17,_18,_19,_20,_21,_22,_23,_24,_25,_26,_27,_28,_29,_30,_31,_32,_33,_34,_35,_36,_37,_38,_39,_40,_41,_42,_43,_44,_45,_46,_47,_48,_49,_50,_51,_52,_53,_54,_55,_56,_57,”, in Reddit, r/programmingcirclejerk, archived from the original on 18 May 2025:
text: Cniles will literally create this abomination rather then^([sic]) just using a language with OOP support
ref: 2024 March 10, @NoctreSharp, Twitter, archived from the original on 18 May 2025:
text: I've dealt with a lot of Cniles in my time who have dismissed the importance of pattern matching for general programming, but then pointed to projects that rely heavily on custom pattern matching esolangs for their operation.
ref: 2024 June 29, u/dostosec, “Why ml/ocaml are good for writing compilers”, in Reddit, r/Compilers, archived from the original on 18 May 2025:
text: I have a theory that the only reason why Rustaceans hate Crust is because it actually democratizes Rust. "No, I spent so much time learning how to fight the Borrow Checker and these god damn Cniles just put unsafe everywhere!!!". Get with the times Luddites!
ref: 2025 May 15, @tsoding, Twitter, archived from the original on 18 May 2025:
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
programming
sciences
glosses: A C programmer, especially one who dismisses newer programming languages.
Cniles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Cnile
super spreader
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: super spreaders
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of superspreader.
super spreaders
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of super spreader
glottopolitics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌɡlɒtəʊˈpɒlɪtɪks/
ipa: /ˌɡlɒtəˈpɒlɪtɪks/
ipa: /ˌɡlɑɾoʊˈpɑlɪtɪks/
Etymology: From glotto- + politics
Senses: glosses: The study of how language use is shaped by political forces, ideologies and power relations within a society.
Related terms: glottophobia
shibboleth
WMSC
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: text: The World Motor Sport Council (WMSC) of the FIA, motor sport's governing body, has fined McLaren -- the team at the center of the "spygate" scandal -- $100m and stripped it of its constructors' championship points for the season. And McLaren faces further penalties when the WMSC reconvenes in December 2007.
ref: 2007 September 11, James Snodgrass, “F1 'Spygate': $100m fine for McLaren”, in CNN:
glosses: Initialism of World Motor Sport Council.
incelly
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more incelly
form: most incelly
Etymology: From incel + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: Whereas in the space of the art institution what is perceived as really disturbing and far-reaching criticality becomes a language only available to white men, such as Jordan Wolfson, associating it with spectacular and solipsistic, capital-intensive self-loathing (a bit incelly?).
ref: 2019 July 4, Larne Abse Gogarty, Angela Dimitrakaki, Marina Vishmidt, “Antifascist Art Theory: A Roundtable Discussion”, in UCL Discovery, →DOI, page 22:
text: Those were not pure reasons; in fact, it was as incelly as it sounds.
ref: 2020 October 3, Rav, “Why I Couldn’t Stop Replaying The Saekano Kiss Scene”, in Elitist's Opinions:
glosses: Resembling or characteristic of an incel.
proshot
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: proshots
Etymology: Blend of professionally + shot.
Senses: examples: text: Over a year later, the show is slated to hit Broadway in November, with the proshot version hitting Netflix a month earlier to—in theory—drive up ticket sales.
ref: 2021 October 6, Madison Malone Kircher, Slate:
text: I was able to see the Into the Woods proshot (professionally shot) she was in.
ref: 2022 July 26, Shawn Connor, “This Cats Musical has 'Kittens' as Young Actors Tackle Purr-Fect Roles”, in The Vancouver Sun:
text: Although rarer and much more difficult to come by, proshots don’t have these same problems. Proshots are aimed at musical theater fans, who are in some way invested in the live shows, and so have less need to cater to broad tastes.
ref: 2025 April 11, Melanie Webb, “The Great White Way on the Silver Screen: Proshots vs. Film Adaptations”, in The Student Movement, volume 104, number 9, Andrews University:
glosses: A professionally filmed version of a live stage production.
proshots
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of proshot
Wawarsing
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A town in Ulster County, New York, United States.
Napanoch
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A hamlet in Wawarsing, Ulster County, New York, United States.
Mamakating
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A town in Sullivan County, New York, United States.
Shongum
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Shongums
Etymology: From Lenape. Doublet of Shawangunk.
Senses: glosses: An unincorporated community in Randolph, Morris County, New Jersey, United States.
Odenville
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A city in St. Clair County, Alabama, United States.
dónde está la biblioteca
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of donde esta la biblioteca.
scalenectomy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: scalenectomies
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
surgery
glosses: Surgical removal or excision of the scalene muscles.
cryomicrobiology
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From cryo- + microbiology.
Senses: glosses: The study of microorganisms under low temperatures.
wolvens
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of wolven
chloropentane
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: chloropentanes
Senses: glosses: A chlorinated derivative of pentane.
sea-crow
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sea-crows
form: sea crow
form: seacrow
Etymology: Calque of Latin corvus maritimus (“cormorant”).
Senses: examples: For quotations using this term, see Citations:sea-crow.
glosses: Any of various birds which may be found at sea or along the coast, especially those of a size or color similar to a crow, or with similar habits:
A gull.
examples: For quotations using this term, see Citations:sea-crow.
glosses: Any of various birds which may be found at sea or along the coast, especially those of a size or color similar to a crow, or with similar habits:
A chough (Pyrrhocorax spp.).
examples: For quotations using this term, see Citations:sea-crow.
glosses: Any of various birds which may be found at sea or along the coast, especially those of a size or color similar to a crow, or with similar habits:
A cormorant (Phalacrocoracidae spp.).
sea-crow
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sea-crows
Etymology: Named either for its dark colour, or from the noise it makes when caught, which is fancied to resemble a crow's caw.
Senses: examples: text: [...] the Sea-Crow[, so called] from his Blackness.
ref: 1722, Oppian, Oppian's Halieuticks of the Nature of Fishes and Fishing of the Ancients, page 229:
text: [page 137:] And here the Dory spends his easy Days. / Here Sea-Crows dwell, nam'd from their dusky Hue, / And tim'rous Shade-Fish the blind Haunts pursue. [page 244:] Here sea-crows dwell, and the lov'd haunt pursue, / Smeetch'd with dark stain, and nam'd from dusky hue.
ref: 1952, William Diaper, Complete Works, page 137,244:
glosses: A sapphirine gurnard, a fish of species Chelidonichthys lucerna (syn. Trigla hirundo).
sea-crows
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sea-crow
chlorohexane
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: chlorohexanes
Senses: glosses: A chlorinated derivative of hexane.
biver
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: /ˈbɪvə(ɹ)/
Forms: form: bivers
form: bivering
form: bivered
form: bivered
Etymology: From Middle English biveren, beveren (“to tremble”), frequentative form of Old English beofian, bifian (“to tremble, be moved, shake, quake”), from Proto-West Germanic *bibēn, from Proto-Germanic *bibāną (“to quake, shiver”).
Cognate with West Frisian bibberje (“to shiver”), Dutch bibberen (“to shiver, quiver”), Low German beveren (“to shiver”), German Low German bevern (“to tremble”), German bibbern (“to shiver”). Related also to Dutch beven (“to quake”), German beben (“to quake, tremble”), Swedish bäva (“to quake, tremble”), Icelandic bifa (“to budge, be moved”), Latin foedus (“disgusting, shocking, abominable, heinous”).
Senses: examples: For quotations using this term, see Citations:biver.
glosses: To shiver; to tremble, shake, quiver.
bivers
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of biver
bivering
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of biver
bivered
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of biver
radium emanation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Synonym of radon (“the isotope radon-222”).
synonyms: word: radon
extra: the isotope radon-222
Oporelu
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from Romanian Oporelu.
Senses: glosses: A commune and village in Olt County, Romania.
psocodean
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: psocodeans
Senses: glosses: Any insect of the superorder and order Psocodea.
psocodeans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of psocodean
fractitious
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more fractitious
form: most fractitious
Senses: glosses: See Citations:fractitious
Hickory
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A census-designated place in Graves County, Kentucky, named for the hickory trees.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Harford County, Maryland.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A town in Newton County, Mississippi, named for "Old Hickory" (Andrew Jackson).
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A city mostly in Catawba County, North Carolina, named after the Hickory Tavern.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A town in Murray County, Oklahoma.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A census-designated place in Mount Pleasant Township, Washington County, Pennsylvania.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in the city of Chesapeake, Virginia.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A number of townships, listed under Hickory Township.
click-baitier
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of click-baity: more click-baity
click-baitiest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of click-baity: most click-baity
clickbait-ier
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of clickbait-y: more clickbait-y
clickbait-iest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of clickbait-y: most clickbait-y
VTI
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Initialism of Vallacar Transit Incorporated.
Iberian magpie
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Iberian magpies
Senses: glosses: A bird in the family Corvidae, Cyanopica cooki, that's endemic to the Iberian Peninsula.
Related terms: english: formerly considered the same species
translation: formerly considered the same species
word: azure-winged magpie
reefwards
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From reef + -wards.
Senses: glosses: Towards a reef.
reefward
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From reef + -ward.
Senses: glosses: Toward a reef.
reefward
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From reef + -ward.
Senses: glosses: Toward a reef.