cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
only game in town
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: only games in town
Etymology: An allusion to a gambling venue.
Senses: examples: text: It was the first elected position he had ever held, his single incumbency and, he had to admit, his best prospect, the only game in town.
ref: 1973, Stanley Elkin, Searches & Seizures: Three Novellas, Boston, Mass.: Nonpareil Books, David R. Godine, Publisher, →ISBN, page 265:
text: Java won't long be the only game in town. Microsoft already plans to publish a rival software, code-named Blackbird.
ref: 1995 November 12, Adam Rogers, “Now for some Hotjava”, in Newsweek, retrieved 01 Jan 2014:
text: If you surf the Web, chances are you're using some version of either Netscape Navigator or Microsoft Internet Explorer. […] But contrary to popular belief, they aren't the only games in town. While the two combatants offer great interfaces and features, there is something to be said for taking the road less traveled.
ref: 1999 November, Rebecca Rohan, “Beyond the browser wars: Navigator and Explorer aren't the only games in town”, in Black Enterprise, volume 30, number 3, New York, N.Y.: Earl G. Graves Publishing, →ISSN, page 48:
text: When exports are the only game in town, currency gyrations can be a killer.
ref: 1999 December 12, “Will the yen's surge do Japan in?”, in BusinessWeek, retrieved 01 Jan 2014:
text: Once myth and error are dissipated, these are the only games in town. The empirical approach is the only valid way of acquiring knowledge, and this becomes evident as soon as we free ourselves from the thraldom of a false metaphysics.
ref: 2007, Charles Taylor, “What is Secularity?”, in Kevin [Jon] Vanhoozer, Martin Warner, editors, Transcending Boundaries in Philosophy and Theology: Reason, Meaning and Experience (Transcending Boundaries in Philosophy and Theology), Aldershot, Hampshire; Burlington, Vt.: Ashgate Publishing, →ISBN, page 69:
text: […]the underlying message for Britons is relentless: raw capitalism is the only game in town, and you need to start working much harder.
ref: 2012 August 22, Andy Beckett, “Britannia Unchained: the rise of the new Tory right”, in The Guardian:
text: Political power, after all, is the only game in town that ensures unfettered access to the nation's oil riches.
ref: 2013 October 24, Adewale Maja-Pearce, “Nigeria's talking shop”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 29 Oct 2013:
text: He said that the increasingly fractious tone of interventions from the campaign teams over the weekend had begun to appear like “a race over who can sound more rightwing, as if that’s the only game in town”.
ref: 2022 July 25, Lord Maude, quotee, “Truss and Sunak trade blows in acrimonious first TV debate”, in The Guardian:
qualifier: almost always preceded by the
glosses: The only opportunity, activity, or resource available.
Menelaus
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌmɛn.ɪˈleɪ.əs/
Etymology: From Latin Menelāus, from Ancient Greek Μενέλαος (Menélaos).
Senses: topics: human-sciences
mysticism
mythology
philosophy
sciences
glosses: The king of Mycenaean Sparta, the husband of Helen of Troy, the brother of Agamemnon, and the leader of the Spartan contingent of the Greek army during the Trojan War.
Related terms: Menelaos
memapsin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: memapsins
Etymology: Shortened form + -in.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: membrane-associated aspartic protease
Herostratus
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Herostratos
Etymology: Learned borrowing from Latin Hērostratus, from Ancient Greek Ἡρόστρατος (Hēróstratos).
Senses: glosses: an Ancient Greek arsonist who destroyed the Temple of Artemis, one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, in order to become famous
Derived terms: herostratic
herostratic fame
Hesperia
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /hɛˈspɪəɹi.ə/
Etymology: From Latin Hesperia, from Ancient Greek Ἑσπερία (Hespería).
Senses: glosses: Literally "western land", a term poetically applied by Ancient Greeks to Italy and by Romans to the Iberian Peninsula and Western Africa.
topics: human-sciences
mysticism
mythology
philosophy
sciences
glosses: One of the Hesperides.
topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
glosses: 69 Hesperia, a main belt asteroid.
glosses: A city in San Bernardino County, California, United States.
glosses: A village in Newaygo County and Oceana County, Michigan, United States.
reserve price
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: reserve prices
Senses: examples: text: Bidding did not reach the reserve price, so the lot was withdrawn.
glosses: The price set by a seller in an auction, below which the lot or item cannot be sold.
Synonyms: reservation price
reserve
upset price
Related terms: starting price
Hesperides
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /hɛˈspɛɹɪdiːz/
Etymology: From Latin Hesperides, from Ancient Greek Ἑσπερίδες (Hesperídes).
Senses: topics: human-sciences
mysticism
mythology
philosophy
sciences
glosses: A group of nymphs who tend a blissful garden filled with trees that grew golden apples in a far western corner of the world, located in Libya or the Atlas Mountains in North Africa at the edge of the encircling Oceanus; they are said to be the daughters of Hesperus.
topics: human-sciences
mysticism
mythology
philosophy
sciences
glosses: The garden of the Hesperides.
examples: text: Inclinations no leſs vigorous have of late been obſerved in Europe, but with more ſucceſs; who not being bounded by Herculean Bars, paſt ſo far through (till then) the unmeaſured Atlantick, that they lighted upon a new World, a flouriſhing Heſperides, Regions whoſe Sands were Gold, Earth Plate, and Rivers Silver, a Paradice extended to the Arctick and Antarctick Circles, with ſeveral other Countries and Iſlands that reach almoſt the utmoſt latitude of either Poles, out-ſhining all the Fables of Antiquity, and boldeſt Tales of their Poetick Dreams; […]
ref: 1669, John Nievhoff, translated by John Ogilby, An Embassy from the Eaſt-India Company of the United Provinces, to the Grand Tartar Cham Emperour of China, London: John Macock, →OCLC, page 2:
glosses: A paradisaical land of plenty, especially one in the far West.
Related terms: Hesperid
Hesperid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Hesperids
Senses: topics: human-sciences
mysticism
mythology
philosophy
sciences
glosses: any one of the Hesperides
Gessler
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From German Gessler.
Senses: glosses: A surname from German.
argue the toss
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: argues the toss
form: arguing the toss
form: argued the toss
form: argued the toss
Etymology: Possibly derived from the toss of a coin to decide something, such as before a cricket or football match.
Senses: glosses: To dispute a decision already made, when inappropriate to do so.
unspoken rule
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: unspoken rules
Senses: synonyms: unwritten rule
glosses: A rule that is understood to apply but does not exist in written form.
Related terms: oral law
unwritten rule
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: unwritten rules
Senses: glosses: An unspoken rule.
STDs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of STD
S.T.D.
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: S.T.D.'s
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of STD (“sexually transmitted disease”).
gentleman's agreements
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of gentleman's agreement
Amenia
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A town in New York.
glosses: A city in North Dakota.
Ozona
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /oʊˈzoʊnə/
Etymology: Named in 1897, from ozone.
Senses: glosses: A town, the county seat of Crockett County, Texas, United States.
wikipedia: unincorporated community
Bolivar
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /ˈbɒlɪvɚ/
/bəˈliːvaɹ/
Etymology: Most places named Bolivar are named after Simón Bolívar (1783–1830), a South American leader—even those whose naturalized English name does not use the Spanish-language orthography or pronunciation.
Senses: glosses: A city, the county seat of Polk County, Missouri, United States.
glosses: A village in Ohio.
glosses: A city, the county seat of Hardeman County, Tennessee.
Derived terms: Bolivar County
Bolivar Peninsula
Related terms: For a comprehensive list of places named Bolivar
Bolívar worldwide
Bolivar
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈbɒlɪvɚ/
/bəˈliːvaɹ/
Forms: form: Bolivars
Etymology: Most places named Bolivar are named after Simón Bolívar (1783–1830), a South American leader—even those whose naturalized English name does not use the Spanish-language orthography or pronunciation.
Senses: examples: text: The mining law of 1925 places taxes at two Bolivars ($0.39) per hectare on property not in operation. […] The 125,000,000 Bolivars surplus in the treasury, while not a great deal of money in London or New York ($25,000,000) denotes a condition of things in Venezuela that the British and French like.
ref: 1929, Mining and Metallurgy, volume 10, pages 450 and 452:
text: “These people want to buy some arepas. How much are they?” “They are two Bolivars apiece, and I haven’t gone yet.[…]”
ref: 2000, Charlotte Mijares, Blood, Sweat and Cheers: A Madman’s Rise to Fame in Professional Wrestling, San Jose, Calif.: Writers Club Press, →ISBN, page 173:
text: The Venezuelan unit of currency is the Bolivar (VEB). […] The Bolivar is nominally subdivided into 100 céntimos, although coins denominated in céntimos no longer circulate.
ref: 2009, Mercer, The Global Manager’s Guide to Living and Working Abroad: Western Europe and the Americas, Westport, Conn.: Praeger Publishers, Greenwood Publishing Group, →ISBN, page 287:
glosses: Alternative form of bolívar.
kafenio
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: kafenios
form: cafenio
form: cafenion
form: kafeneio
form: kafenion
form: kapheneion
Etymology: From Greek καφενεῖον (kafeneíon), Greek καφενείο (kafeneío).
Senses: examples: text: Kokolios […] was unashamed of his Communist convictions and devoted much time in the kapheneion to criticising the dictator and the King.
ref: 1994, Louis de Bernières, Captain Corelli's Mandolin, Minerva, published 1995, page 20:
text: The traditional men-only kapheneion, where elderly denizens played backgammon, drank coffee and disputed the contents of the daily newspapers, began to be displaced by smart bars where young people of both sexes would congregate.
ref: 2019, Roderick Beaton, Greece: Biography of a Modern Nation, Penguin, published 2020, page 350:
glosses: A Greek coffeehouse or cafe.
kafenios
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of kafenio
kafeneio
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: kafeneios
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of kafenio.
kafenion
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: kafenions
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of kafenio.
cafenio
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cafenios
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of kafenio.
cafenios
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cafenio
kafenions
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of kafenion
kafeneios
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of kafeneio
at one stroke
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Forms: form: at a stroke
form: at a single stroke
form: in one stroke
Senses: examples: text: I made up my mind that a man confined to his room by inflammation of the lungs, a fellow who had only two wishes left in the world, to see a particular woman, and then to die, could neatly accomplish those two wishes at one stroke by taking this journey in the rain.
ref: 1895, Thomas Hardy, chapter 9, in Jude the Obscure:
text: I should be ready to do the job without being paid for it, though I don't say it is not sweeter to get both gold and revenge at one stroke.
ref: 1898, G. A. Henty, “On A Mexican Ranche”, in Yule Logs: Longmans' Christmas Annual:
qualifier: literal
glosses: With a single blow, effort, or act.
examples: text: [T]he whole object of the poem is to show what infinities of spiritual good and evil a current and sordid story may contain. When once this is realised, it explains at one stroke the innumerable facts about the work.
ref: 1903, Gilbert Keith Chesterton, chapter 7, in Robert Browning:
text: . . . with the wind of ruin in his hair,
Soul sprang full-statured from the broken flesh,
And at one stroke he lived the whole of life.
ref: 1909, Edith Wharton, “A Torchbearer”, in Artemis to Actaeon and Other Verses:
text: At one stroke his dashing raiment gave him high superiority over Johnnie Watson and other rivals who might loom.
ref: 1916, Booth Tarkington, chapter 7, in Seventeen:
text: In a blaze of creativity during 10 days in 1950 photographing the Paris collections, he became at one stroke one of the major fashion photographers of the century.
ref: 1997 December 14, Vicki Goldberg, “Photography View: One Eye on Art, the Other on Commerce”, in New York Times, retrieved 01 Jan 2014:
glosses: At once, immediately; in an instant.
Synonyms: sense: with a single blow, effort, or act
word: in one fell swoop
sense: at once, immediately, in an instant
word: all of a sudden
sense: at once, immediately, in an instant
word: in one fell swoop
sense: at once, immediately, in an instant
word: suddenly
Related terms: at one blast
at one blow
at a stroke
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of at one stroke.
at a single stroke
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of at one stroke.
in one stroke
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of at one stroke.
Lorain
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname.
glosses: A place in the United States:
A township in Nobles County, Minnesota.
glosses: A place in the United States:
A city in Lorain County, Ohio.
glosses: A place in the United States:
A borough in Cambria County, Pennsylvania.
glosses: A place in the United States:
A town in Polk County, Wisconsin.
Derived terms: Lorain County
New Zealandress
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -ɛs
Forms: form: New Zealandresses
Etymology: From New Zealander + -ess.
Senses: examples: text: …her last despairing, supplicating look, as she was taken a few yards off, and killed, by that virago, Mrs. Haupapa—the fiendish New Zealandress.
ref: 1866, John Alexander Wilson, The Story of Te Waharoa … A Chapter in Early New Zealand History, →ISBN, page 54:
text: Being an easily enfranchised New Zealandress, I found myself lodged midway between the two camps…
ref: 1912 December 14, Mrs. Leopold Myers, “Pankhurst and Party.”, in New Zealand Herald, page 1:
text: Neptunes in hempen wigs waltzed with the lean New Zealandress, who had stuck flowers from a hat into her fair hair, to impersonate Oceania.
ref: 1928, Marc Chadourne, Vasco, →ISBN, page 87:
text: The New Zealandress is as sports-minded as her brother…
ref: 1977, Nina and Jim Munro, A Taste of New Zealand in Food and Pictures, →ISBN, page 92:
glosses: A female New Zealander.
Hypernyms: word: New Zealander
word: flax-stick
word: Kiwi
Related terms: New Zealand
Aotearoan
Maori
pakeha
selenosulfide
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: selenosulfides
form: selenosulphide
Etymology: From seleno- + sulfide.
Senses: topics: chemistry
inorganic-chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Any mixed selenide and sulfide
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any compound, analogous to a disulfide, containing a sulfur-selenium bond
chookhouse
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈtʃʊkhæɔs/
ipa: /ˈtʃʊkhaʊs/
Forms: form: chookhouses
Etymology: From chook + house.
Senses: examples: text: The hens were my witness to the ghost. They set up the sort of fuss and panic you hear when a snake enters the chookhouse late at night.
ref: 1985, Peter Carey, Illywhacker, Faber and Faber, published 2003, page 178:
glosses: A henhouse.
chookhouses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of chookhouse
king parrot
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: king parrots
Senses: examples: text: The king parrot is a magnificent bird, and the clear blue of a Melbourne spring day sets them off perfectly.
ref: 1985, Peter Carey, Illywhacker, Faber and Faber, published 2003, page 184:
glosses: Any of several species of parrots of the genus Alisterus, often kept in homes.
Derived terms: Australian king parrot
Moluccan king parrot
Papuan king parrot
king parrots
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of king parrot
cat bird
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cat birds
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of catbird.
bushie
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbʊʃi/
Forms: form: bushies
form: bushy
Etymology: From bush + -ie.
Senses: examples: text: I bought the king parrot from an old bushie in a pub in Exhibition Street.
ref: 1985, Peter Carey, Illywhacker, Faber and Faber, published 2003, page 184:
text: Timber was a sign of poverty, of our poor-white condition and backwardness: it made ‘bushies’ of us.
ref: 1998, David Malouf, A First Place, Vintage, published 2015, page 179:
glosses: Someone who lives in or is familiar with the Australian outback; a bushman or bushwoman.
bushies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bushie
glosses: plural of bushy
friar bird
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: friar birds
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of friarbird.
picture bride
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: picture brides
Senses: qualifier: early 20th century Japanese immigrants in the US
glosses: A bride chosen solely on the basis of a photograph provided by an intermediary
small seal script
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Small Seal Script
Etymology: Calque from Chinese 小篆 (xiǎozhuàn).
Senses: glosses: An ancient Chinese calligraphic script, standardized in 220 BC by Li Si, the chancellor of the First Emperor of the Qin dynasty, from various forms used by Qin
Synonyms: seal script
Seal Script
Hsiao-chuan
lesser seal script
Lesser Seal Script
Qin script
glow-lamp
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: glow-lamps
Etymology: Dutch gloeilamp, Swedish glödlampa
Senses: examples: text: In the night, or in a dark day the runner, on going in, touches a knob, which lights an electric glow-lamp in the middle; that shows him his way.
ref: 1883, Charles Ammi Cutter, (Please provide the book title or journal name):
glosses: A light bulb.
Seal Script
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of seal script.
Small Seal Script
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of small seal script.
Hsiao-chuan
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From the Wade-Giles romanization of the Mandarin Chinese 小篆 (xiǎozhuàn).
Senses: glosses: Synonym of small seal script.
synonyms: word: small seal script
lesser seal script
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Lesser Seal Script
Etymology: An alternate translation of the calque of Chinese 小篆 (xiǎozhuàn)
Senses: glosses: Synonym of small seal script.
synonyms: word: small seal script
Lesser Seal Script
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of lesser seal script.
Galena
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A place name for a number of United States towns and cities.
A small city in Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area, Alaska.
glosses: A place name for a number of United States towns and cities.
A city, the county seat of Jo Daviess County, Illinois. Named after the mineral galena.
glosses: A place name for a number of United States towns and cities.
A census-designated place in Floyd County, Indiana.
glosses: A place name for a number of United States towns and cities.
A city in Cherokee County, Kansas.
glosses: A place name for a number of United States towns and cities.
A town in Kent County, Maryland.
glosses: A place name for a number of United States towns and cities.
A small city, the county seat of Stone County, Missouri.
glosses: A place name for a number of United States towns and cities.
A ghost town in Lander County, Nevada.
glosses: A place name for a number of United States towns and cities.
A ghost town in Washoe County, Nevada.
glosses: A place name for a number of United States towns and cities.
A village in Delaware County, Ohio.
glosses: A place name for a number of United States towns and cities.
An unincorporated community in Grant County, Oregon, United States.
glosses: A place name for a number of United States towns and cities.
An unincorporated community in Lawrence County, South Dakota, United States.
glosses: A place name for a number of United States towns and cities.
A ghost town in Snohomish County, Washington.
Qin script
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: A translation of the Mandarin Chinese 秦篆 (Qínzhuàn).
Senses: glosses: Synonym of small seal script.
synonyms: word: small seal script
Holy Cross
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Middle English Holy Crosse, equivalent to holy + cross.
Senses: topics: Christianity
glosses: The historical cross on which Christ died.
glosses: A church, religious institute, or educational institution dedicated to the cross on which Jesus died.
glosses: A city in Alaska, United States.
glosses: A city in Iowa, United States.
glosses: A barangay of Manay, Davao Oriental, Philippines.
Synonyms: Cross
Holy Rood
True Cross
Derived terms: Congregation of Holy Cross
Holy Cross Day
Mount of the Holy Cross
Sisters of the Holy Cross
Holycross
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A village in Ireland.
pit of the stomach
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pits of the stomach
form: pits of stomachs
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: The epigastric region.
glosses: The part of a person's abdomen that experiences a fluttery sensation due to nervousness or excitement.
Chicken
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Chosen instead of ptarmigan (a common local bird) because of a dispute over the correct spelling.
Senses: glosses: A census-designated place in Alaska.
John Chinaman
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: text: John Chinaman is playing the devil with us shipmasters of the English nation.
ref: 1840 March 25, The Colonist, Sydney, page 2, column 1:
text: The simple cup of tea, and frugal meal of rice and salt fish, are the principal factors to " John Chinaman's " success wherever he goes.
ref: 1887, Harriet W. Daly, Digging, Squatting, and Pioneering Life in the Northern Territory of South Australia, page 234:
text: My head was full of stories about John Chinaman: opium, slavery, how they ate the hands of Christian babies.
ref: 1985, Peter Carey, Illywhacker, Faber and Faber, published 2003, page 193:
glosses: A Chinese man; the Chinese people generally.
Synonyms: Johnny Chinaman
Tok
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A census-designated place in Alaska.
Tok
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Toks
Etymology: From Khmer តក់ (tɑk).
Senses: glosses: A surname from Khmer.
reserve bank
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: reserve banks
Senses: examples: The Reserve Bank of New Zealand.
qualifier: and other countries
glosses: A central bank.
examples: The Federal Reserve Bank of New York.
glosses: A regional bank operating under and implementing the policies of the Federal Reserve.
unwritten rules
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of unwritten rule
unspoken rules
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of unspoken rule
Chena
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A river in Alaska.
Canning
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkæn.ɪŋ/
rhymes: -ænɪŋ
Etymology: * The civil parish in New Brunswick is likely named after British prime minister George Canning (1770 - 1827).
* The village in Nova Scotia is named after British prime minister George Canning (1770 - 1827).
Senses: glosses: A surname.
glosses: A river in Alaska.
glosses: An unincorporated community in Hughes County, South Dakota, United States.
glosses: A civil parish in Queens County, New Brunswick, Canada.
synonyms: Apple Tree Landing
Habitant Corner
glosses: A village in Kings County, Nova Scotia.
glosses: A town in Buenos Aires province, Argentina.
glosses: A river in Western Australia, named after George Canning.
glosses: A local government area in Perth, Western Australia; in full, the City of Canning.
glosses: A town in South 24 Parganas district, West Bengal, India.
Derived terms: word: Cannington
word: Canning Town
word: Lady Canning
Related terms: All Cannings
Bishops Cannings
Eek
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A river in Alaska.
Cinder
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A river in Alaska.
glosses: A female given name.
Unuk
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A river in Alaska and British Columbia.
Knik
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A river in Alaska.
velcome
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more velcome
form: most velcome
Senses: glosses: Pronunciation spelling of welcome.
velcome
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Senses: glosses: Pronunciation spelling of welcome.
velcome
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Pronunciation spelling of welcome.
velcome
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: velcomes
form: velcoming
form: velcomed
form: velcomed
Senses: glosses: Pronunciation spelling of welcome.
electric vehicle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: electric vehicles
Senses: examples: text: By the middle of the decade, he [Clive Sinclair] had sold his computer businesses and moved on to transportation with the Sinclair C5 electric vehicle, which was designed with a single seat but, bafflingly for as wet and chilly a country as Britain, without a roof.
ref: 2012 March 4, Alice Rawsthorn, “Farewell, Pocket Calculator?”, in The New York Times:
text: His car company, Tesla, controls two-thirds of the multibillion-dollar electric-vehicle market it pioneered and is valued at a cool $1 trillion.
ref: December 13 2021, Molly Ball, Jeffrey Kluger, Alejandro de la Garza, “Elon Musk: Person of the Year 2021”, in Time, archived from the original on 13 Dec 2021:
synonyms: word: EV
glosses: A vehicle that uses an electric motor as the means of propulsion; most especially, an e-car or e-truck.
Hyponyms: english: battery electric vehicle; an EV that is fully electric as opposed to hybrid electric
translation: battery electric vehicle; an EV that is fully electric as opposed to hybrid electric
word: BEV
word: e-car
word: e-truck
word: e-van
english: hybrid electric vehicle; an EV that has both an electric powertrain and an ICE for charging and/or propulsion
translation: hybrid electric vehicle; an EV that has both an electric powertrain and an ICE for charging and/or propulsion
word: HEV
Coordinate terms: word: e-bike
word: e-scooter
english: usually used coordinately rather than hyponymously, when the governing mental schema implicitly restricts EVs to the larger, heavier vehicles
translation: usually used coordinately rather than hyponymously, when the governing mental schema implicitly restricts EVs to the larger, heavier vehicles
word: e-skateboard
Derived terms: word: EV
Taiya
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A river in Alaska.
Auke
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A lake in Alaska.
electric vehicles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of electric vehicle
Sears
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Derived terms: Searsport
observation post
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: observation posts
Senses: examples: text: The south polar region of Promethei Planum developed a Bermuda Triangle reputation. Satellites detected intermittent mass concentrations and magnetic field shifts. In 2148, prospectors working near Deseado Crater discovered an underground complex: a Prothean observation post. The odd phenomena were generated by the operation and discharge of a mass effect core, struggling to function despite fifty millennia of neglect.
ref: 2008, BioWare, Mass Effect (Science Fiction), Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →ISBN, →OCLC, PC, scene: Protheans: Mars Ruins Codex entry:
glosses: a lookout or vantage point
Lott
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /lɒt/
Etymology: * As an English surname, from the noun lot.
* As a German surname, pet form of Ludwig.
Senses: glosses: A surname.
silver skin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: silver skins
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of silverskin.
Noll
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Oliver, compare Neddie and Nellie, respectively from Edward and Eleanor
Senses: examples: text: Old Noll (a nickname of Oliver Cromwell)
glosses: A diminutive of the male given name Oliver
glosses: A surname.
Colley
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname.
glosses: A township in Sullivan County, Pennsylvania, United States.
glosses: An unincorporated community in Dickenson County, Virginia, United States.
Derived terms: Colleyville
Sanz
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Sanzes
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Burnet
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /ˈbɜː(ɹ)nɪt/
Forms: form: Burnets
Senses: glosses: A surname.
glosses: A city, the county seat of Burnet County, Texas, United States.
Derived terms: Burnet County
Related terms: Burnett
Burnette
Edelman
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /ˈɛdəlmən/
/ˈeɪdəlmən/
Etymology: Borrowed from German Edelmann (“nobleman”). Doublet of Edelmann.
Senses: glosses: A surname from German.
Lehr
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname.
glosses: A city in North Dakota.
Killeen
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Killeens
form: Killian
form: Killion
Etymology: Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Cillín.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Irish.
glosses: The name of a few villages in Ireland.
examples: text: The Killeen Police Department told CNN they became involved after a request from Animal Control but didn’t offer more details on how the arrest unfolded.
ref: 2025 July 8, Zoe Sottile, “He was born to a US citizen soldier on an army base in Germany. Now he’s been deported to Jamaica, a country he’d never been to”, in CNN, archived from the original on 10 Jul 2025:
glosses: A city in Bell County, Texas, United States.
Graue
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Wynn
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Wynns
Etymology: From the Welsh surname, from the name Gwyn. Also spelled as Wynne. Doublet of Gwynne.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Welsh.
glosses: A unisex given name.
Pace
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname.
glosses: A census-designated place in Santa Rosa County, Florida, United States.
glosses: A town in Bolivar County, Mississippi, United States.
triselane
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: triselanes
Etymology: From tri- + selane.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any compound, R-Se-Se-Se-R', having a string of three selenium atoms
viral load
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: viral loads
Senses: topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
synonyms: viral burden
viral titre//viral titer
glosses: A measure of the severity of a viral infection based on the amount of virus in a bodily fluid.
Hohenzollern
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌhəʊənˈzɒlən/
ipa: /ˈhoʊənˌzɑləɹn/
Etymology: From German Hohenzollern.
Senses: glosses: a noble family and royal dynasty of electors, kings, and emperors of Brandenburg, Prussia, Germany, and Romania.
glosses: a mountain and castle in Baden-Württemberg, Germany, from which the family takes its name.
Hohenzollern
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌhəʊənˈzɒlən/
ipa: /ˈhoʊənˌzɑləɹn/
Forms: form: Hohenzollerns
Etymology: From German Hohenzollern.
Senses: glosses: a member of the Hohenzollern family and dynasty.
Hohenzollern
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌhəʊənˈzɒlən/
ipa: /ˈhoʊənˌzɑləɹn/
Etymology: From German Hohenzollern.
Senses: glosses: relating to the Hohenzollern family and dynasty.
Hohenzollerns
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Hohenzollern
mud-eye
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mud-eyes
form: mudeye
Senses: examples: text: I lifted up the rocks and looked for beetles or mud-eyes to torment.
ref: 1985, Peter Carey, Illywhacker, Faber and Faber, published 2003, page 202:
glosses: A dragonfly larva.
mud-eyes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mud-eye
Plano
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpleɪnoʊ/
rhymes: -eɪnəʊ
Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish plano (“flat”).
Senses: glosses: A place in the United States:
A city in Kendall County, Illinois, suburb of Chicago
glosses: A place in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Ashland Township, Morgan County, Indiana.
glosses: A place in the United States:
A city in Appanoose County, Iowa.
glosses: A place in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Greene County, Missouri.
glosses: A place in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Fayette County and Ross County, Ohio.
examples: text: The relocation is part of Yum’s broader plans to have just two US headquarters for its restaurants, which also includes Irvine, California-based Taco Bell and Habit Burger. Combining KFC’s offices with Pizza Hut in Plano will “foster greater collaboration among brands and employees,” the company said in a press release.
ref: 2025 February 19, Jordan Valinsky, “KFC is leaving Kentucky”, in CNN Business:
glosses: A place in the United States:
A city in Collin County, Texas, suburb of Dallas.
Derived terms: Planoite
Holbach
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From German Holbach.
Senses: glosses: A surname from German.
Gordias
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Gordius
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin Gordiās, from Ancient Greek Γορδίας (Gordías).
Senses: topics: human-sciences
mysticism
mythology
philosophy
sciences
glosses: The name of at least two members of the royal house of Phrygia, the best-known of which was reputedly the founder of the Phrygian capital city Gordium, the maker of the legendary Gordian knot, and the father of the legendary king Midas.
Gracchus
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɡɹækəs/
rhymes: -ækəs
Etymology: From Latin Gracchus.
Senses: glosses: a Roman cognomen
tompot blenny
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tompot blennies
Senses: glosses: Parablennius gattorugine, a marine blenny found around Europe.
tompot blennies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tompot blenny
overfeminine
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more overfeminine
form: most overfeminine
Etymology: From over- + feminine.
Senses: glosses: Excessively feminine.
sporadicity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From sporadic + -ity.
Senses: glosses: The quality of being sporadic.
antiduelling
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more antiduelling
form: most antiduelling
Etymology: From anti- + duelling.
Senses: glosses: Opposing the fighting of duels.
like a spare prick at a wedding
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Senses: glosses: Uselessly superfluous.
mournfullest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of mournful: most mournful
Grigory
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Grigori
Etymology: From Russian Григо́рий (Grigórij), from Byzantine Greek Γρηγόριος (Grēgórios). Doublet of Gregory.
Senses: glosses: A transliteration of the Russian male given name Григо́рий (Grigórij), equivalent to Gregory.
Related terms: Gregory
Grigori
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Grigory.
Hus
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Huss
Etymology: * As a Polish, Czech, Slovak (Hús) and Jewish surname, from husa (“goose”). Compare Husa.
* As a Dutch surname, variant of Huss, also found in German, from the nouns huis or Haus, and derivatives of Proto-West Germanic *hugi (“spirit, mind”) (as in Hugh).
* As a Norwegian surname, from hus (“house”). This sense also entered French through Frankish *hūs.
Compare Paulhus.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Czech, notably borne by Jan Hus, a Czech religious reformer.
memapsins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of memapsin
Daniil
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Russian Дании́л (Daniíl).
Senses: glosses: A transliteration of the Russian male given name Дании́л (Daniíl).
Related terms: Daniel
Codomannus
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Latin Codomannus, from Ancient Greek Κοδομανός (Kodomanós).
Senses: glosses: the personal name of Darius III, which he bore before gaining prominence
Desiderius
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌdɛzɪˈdɪəɹɪəs/
Etymology: Learned borrowing from Latin Dēsīderius (literally “the longed-for”).
Senses: glosses: A male given name in Latin, Dēsīderius.
likey
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈlaɪki/
rhymes: -aɪki
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of like.
Related terms: likee
as a matter of factly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From as a matter of fact + -ly.
Senses: glosses: Nonstandard form of as a matter of fact.
Duilius
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Duillius
Etymology: From Latin Duilius.
Senses: glosses: a Roman nomen gentilicium
Eusebius
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /juˈsibi.əs/
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *h₁wes-
Proto-Indo-European *h₁wésus?
Proto-Indo-European *h₁es-?
Proto-Indo-European *h₁su-
Proto-Hellenic *ehu-
Ancient Greek ἐΰς (eǘs)
Ancient Greek εὖ (eû)
Ancient Greek εὐ- (eu-)
Proto-Indo-European *tyegʷ-
Proto-Indo-European *tyégʷ-e-tor
Proto-Hellenic *tségʷomai
Ancient Greek σέβομαι (sébomai)
Proto-Indo-European *-os
Proto-Indo-European *-ēs
Ancient Greek -ής (-ḗs)
Ancient Greek εὐσεβής (eusebḗs)
Proto-Indo-European *-yósder.
Ancient Greek -ῐος (-ĭos)
Ancient Greek Εὐσέβιος (Eusébios)bor.
Latin Eusebiuslbor.
English Eusebius
Learned borrowing from Latin Eusebius, borrowed from Ancient Greek Εὐσέβιος (Eusébios), from εὐσεβής (eusebḗs) + -ῐος (-ĭos).
Senses: glosses: A transliteration of the Ancient Greek male given name Εὐσέβιος (Eusébios).
Derived terms: Eusebian
Eusebius
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /juˈsibi.əs/
Forms: form: Eusebiuses
form: Eusebiusses
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *h₁wes-
Proto-Indo-European *h₁wésus?
Proto-Indo-European *h₁es-?
Proto-Indo-European *h₁su-
Proto-Hellenic *ehu-
Ancient Greek ἐΰς (eǘs)
Ancient Greek εὖ (eû)
Ancient Greek εὐ- (eu-)
Proto-Indo-European *tyegʷ-
Proto-Indo-European *tyégʷ-e-tor
Proto-Hellenic *tségʷomai
Ancient Greek σέβομαι (sébomai)
Proto-Indo-European *-os
Proto-Indo-European *-ēs
Ancient Greek -ής (-ḗs)
Ancient Greek εὐσεβής (eusebḗs)
Proto-Indo-European *-yósder.
Ancient Greek -ῐος (-ĭos)
Ancient Greek Εὐσέβιος (Eusébios)bor.
Latin Eusebiuslbor.
English Eusebius
Learned borrowing from Latin Eusebius, borrowed from Ancient Greek Εὐσέβιος (Eusébios), from εὐσεβής (eusebḗs) + -ῐος (-ĭos).
Senses: examples: text: Ye little Eusebiuses hide your diminished heads!
ref: 1829, Robert Taylor, The Diegesis; Being a Discovery of the Origin, Evidences, and Early History of Christianity, page 360:
text: 1994, Mark Greengrass, “Nicolas Pithou: experience, conscience and history in the French civil wars” in Religion, Culture and Society in Early Modern Britain: Essays in Honour of Patrick Collinson, eds. Anthony Fletcher and Peter Roberts, Cambridge University Press (digitally printed first paperback version, 2006), chapter 1, pages 1–2
roman: In provincial synods across France, local Eusebiuses were put to the task; by May 1565 the results were piling up in Geneva, ‘tantae molis’ lamented Beza ‘ut camelum, nedum asinum possint obruere’.
text: The extreme Puritans had an impact of no less import on the publishing activities of their enemies. In their attempt to halt the progress of forms of religion and religious opinion that had gone far beyond their own goals, several Presbyterian divines produced carefully assembled accounts of the heresies of their own times – they were the Eusebiuses of their day, and their works are now major sources for the history of the period.
ref: 2002, Nigel Smith, “Non-conformist voices and books” in The Cambridge History of the Book in Britain, Cambridge University Press, volume IV: 1557–1695, eds. John Barnard and D.F. McKenzie, chapter 19, page 416
glosses: One who is comparable to Eusebius of Caesarea; an ecclesiastic historian.
examples: 1957, James Stevenson (editor), A New Eusebius: Documents illustrative of the history of the Church to A.D. 337, SPCK, main title
glosses: A thorough ecclesiastic history.
Related terms: Eusebia
Eugenius
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin Eugenius, from Ancient Greek Εὐγένιος (Eugénios). Doublet of Eugene and Yevgeny.
Senses: examples: text: Most were built using screw-piles and 10 of them were designed by the great leader of his craft Eugenius Birch.
ref: 1982 February 4, Fred Pearce, “The end of the pier show”, in New Scientist, volume 93, number 1291, pages 298–299:
glosses: A male given name from Latin [in turn from Ancient Greek].
bluefaced
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more bluefaced
form: most bluefaced
Etymology: From blue + faced.
Senses: examples: text: Mrs. Provo smiled but Rosacoke said, "That's a bluefaced lie. I don't like boys yet.
ref: 1999, Reynolds Price, A Singular Family: Rosacoke and Her Kin, page 64:
text: A bluefaced shock troop leader staggered over to see what it might command.
ref: 2005, William Vollmann, Europe Central, part 25:
text: Then when the money got scarce as hens' back teeth and his drunks commenced coming so close they were one long drunk and he was sleeping nights wherever he dropped in fields or by the road—I took all that like a bluefaced fool.
ref: 2009, Reynolds Price, A Long and Happy Life: A Novel, page 89:
text: But we lacked the collector's instinct that impels a true birder to travel hundreds of miles just to add a bluefaced booby to his life list.
ref: 2012, Donald G. Schueler, A Handmade Wilderness, page 174:
glosses: Having a blue face.
Happy New Year's
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of happy New Year.
Yevgeny
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Borrowed from Russian Евге́ний (Jevgénij), from Ancient Greek Εὐγένιος (Eugénios). Doublet of Eugene and Eugenius.
Senses: glosses: A transliteration of the Russian male given name Евге́ний (Jevgénij).
Related terms: Eugenius
Eugene
nonconcordant
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: non-concordant
Etymology: From non- + concordant.
Senses: examples: text: The patient's left leg symptoms were nonconcordant with the right leg symptoms.
glosses: Discordant; inharmonious; disconsonant; not in keeping with; not agreeable with; disagreeing.
topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: not preserving the sign; of opposite sign or zero
Derived terms: serononconcordant
non-concordant
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more non-concordant
form: most non-concordant
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of nonconcordant.
co-grandparent
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: co-grandparents
Etymology: * co- + grandparent
Senses: examples: text: Most grandparents aren't engaged in a duel with their co-grandparents, but the desire to be the most beloved, most generous grandparent often simmers beneath the surface. […] “It can get to the point where they can't speak to the co-grandparents, or the parents can't have events where they're both there,” she said.
ref: 2009 May 19, Beth Teitell, “Horns Come Out When Grandparents Envy Each Other”, in Boston Globe, archived from the original on 03 Jun 2009, page B7:
glosses: The parent of one's son- or daughter-in-law, as a common grandparent to one's children.
Synonyms: english: relative to the children rather than to the grandchildren
translation: relative to the children rather than to the grandchildren
word: co-parent-in-law
Coordinate terms: co-grandmother
co-grandfather
Related terms: co-in-law
ocean tramp
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ocean tramps
Senses: examples: text: She was a massive lady, with a prominent forehead, some half-dozen chins, and a manner towards those in her employment which would have been resented in a second mate by the crew of a Western ocean tramp.
ref: 1911, P. G. Wodehouse, The Best Sauce:
glosses: Synonym of tramp steamer.
synonyms: word: tramp steamer
black nightshades
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of black nightshade
northwestermost
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of northwesternmost.
northwestmost
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From northwest + -most.
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of northwesternmost.
northeastermost
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of northeasternmost.
northeastmost
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of northeasternmost.
southeastermost
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of southeasternmost.
southeastmost
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From southeast + -most.
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of southeasternmost.
southwestermost
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of southwesternmost.
southwestmost
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of southwesternmost.
stomas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: stomata
Senses: glosses: plural of stoma