cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
NRHO
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: NRHOs
Senses: examples: text: 2017; D. Davis; "Orbit maintenance and navigation of human spacecraft at cislunar Near Rectilinear Halo Orbits"; 27th AAS/AIAA Space Flight Mechanics Meeting Proceedings; NASA id: JSC-CN-38626
An NHRO would enable a cislunar space station to save propellant for orbital corrections and avoid the blocking of sunlight by the Moon from reaching the station’s solar panels, while always keeping the spacecraft within a line of sight to ground controllers on Earth.
text: 2018; Piotr Burnos, Janusz Gajda, Ryszard Sroka; "Accuracy criteria for evaluation of weigh-in-motion systems", Metrology and Measurement Systems, volume 24, issue 4; DOI: 10.24425/mms.2018.124881
Various aspects of operating the lunar station in a resonant NRHO have been deeply studied, including station-keeping techniques, Earth-NRHO and NRHO-Earth transfer opportunities, challenges in short-term and long-term navigation, eclipse conditions, and shadow avoidance strategies.
text: 2018; C. Hibbits; "Mapping Water on the Moon from a Near-Rectilinear Halo Orbit"; AGU Fall Meeting Proceedings; Bibcode: 2018AGUFM.P54D..08H
Infrared spectral mapping in the 3 to 6 um range, at the long distance and over the long periods afforded by NRHO orbits can address or answer these questions and have some advantages over lower altitude high spatial resolution mission concepts.
text: 2019; Michelle Star; "Just Look at This Animation of How The First Lunar Outpost Is Going to Orbit The Moon"; Science Alert
Unlike the low lunar orbit, an NRHO leverages Lagrange points for stability - these are points where the combined gravitational forces of two larger bodies (in this case Earth and the Moon) create a small area of gravitational stability, or near-stability.
glosses: Initialism of near-rectilinear halo orbit.
Saint Martin
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌseɪnt ˈmɑɹ.tɪn/
ipa: /ˌseɪnt ˈmɑɹ.tən/
ipa: /ˌseɪnt ˈmɑː.tɪn/
Senses: synonyms: Sint Maarten
glosses: An island in the northeast of the Caribbean Sea, whose northern portion is a dependent territory and overseas collectivity of France and whose southern portion is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands.
historicalities
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /(h)ɪˌstɒɹɪˈkælɪtiz/
Senses: examples: text: These essayists show their strong commitment to[…]projects, which[…]will not forget their necessary ties to historicalities much too compounded[…].
ref: 2001, Rey Chow, Modern Chinese Literary and Cultural Studies in the Age of Theory: Reimagining a Field, Duke University Press, →ISBN, Afterword, page 313:
glosses: plural of historicality
historicality
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /(h)ɪˌstɒɹɪˈkælɪti/
Forms: form: historicalities
Etymology: From historical + -ity.
Senses: examples: text: Relevant research findings that demonstrate the confluence of scholarly thought concerning historicality across five[…]domains are presented[…].
ref: 1992 April, James H. Wandersee, “The historicality of cognition: Implications for science education research”, in Journal of Research in Science Teaching, volume 29, number 4, →DOI, abstract:
text: But, its historicality is related to the one who makes them happen.
ref: 2000, Vensus A. George, The Experience of Being as Goal of Human Existence: The Heideggerian Approach, CRVP, →ISBN, page 124:
text: The Historicality of Individuals
ref: 2005 Spring, Andrew Abbott, “The Historicality of Individuals”, in Social Science History, volume 29, number 1, →JSTOR, title, pages 1–13:
glosses: The quality of being historical.
examples: text: These essayists show their strong commitment to[…]projects, which[…]will not forget their necessary ties to historicalities much too compounded[…].
ref: 2001, Rey Chow, Modern Chinese Literary and Cultural Studies in the Age of Theory: Reimagining a Field, Duke University Press, →ISBN, Afterword, page 313:
glosses: A historic property.
Related terms: historicity
reënactments
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Most of these laws were simply reënactments of old vagrant laws on the statute books and some still stand on the statute books[…].
ref: 1904, McClure's Magazine, volume 22, page 622:
glosses: plural of reënactment
oriental rugs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: It is surprising how many estates will have one or more of these mixed with their oriental rugs.
ref: 1979, Charles W. Jacobsen, Check Points on How to Buy Oriental Rugs, Boston: Tuttle Publishing, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 130:
glosses: plural of oriental rug
oriental carpets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Oriental carpets first appeared in Italian paintings in the early fourteenth century[…].
ref: 2002, Rosamond E. Mack, Bazaar to Piazza, University of California Press, →ISBN, page 73:
glosses: plural of oriental carpet
NRHOs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of NRHO
yardage book
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈjɑːdɪdʒ ˌbʊk/
Forms: form: yardage books
Senses: examples: text: I noticed Bruce looking at two yardage books, one bright and brand-new, the other beaten up.
ref: 2008, John Feinstein, Caddy for Life: The Bruce Edwards Story, Little; Brown, →ISBN:
glosses: A book of maps of a golf course, with distances indicated to specific points of interest.
yardage books
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈjɑːdɪdʒ ˌbʊks/
Senses: examples: text: I noticed Bruce looking at two yardage books, one bright and brand-new, the other beaten up.
ref: 2008, John Feinstein, Caddy for Life: The Bruce Edwards Story, Little; Brown, →ISBN:
glosses: plural of yardage book
Kidsgrove
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A town and civil parish with a town council in Newcastle-under-Lyme borough, Staffordshire, England (OS grid ref SJ8354).
Langley Mill
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A small town in Aldercar and Langley Mill parish, Amber Valley district, Derbyshire, England (OS grid ref SK4447).
trans-friendly
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more trans-friendly
form: most trans-friendly
form: transfriendly
Senses: examples: text: The trans community is also ravaged by aids; we need aids education and services that are offered in trans-friendly space.
ref: 1996, Leslie Feinberg, Transgender warriors: making history from Joan of Arc to RuPaul, page 125:
text: A true trans-friendly business should have a unisex restroom in addition to the traditional men's and women's rooms meant for those stuffy people who define themselves by their genitalia.
ref: 2002, Matt Kailey, Tranifesto: selected columns and other ramblings from a transgendered mind, page 38:
text: America isn't exactly as trans-friendly as it is gay-friendly.
ref: 2009, James E. Beasley School of Law of Temple University, Symposium: intersections of transgender lives and the law, page 453:
text: There are also social scenes that are traditionally more trans-friendly.
ref: 2014, Laura Erickson-Schroth, editor, Trans Bodies, Trans Selves: A Resource for the Transgender Community, page 293:
glosses: Welcoming of transgender people.
Matlock Bath
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A village and civil parish near Matlock, Derbyshire Dales district, Derbyshire, England (OS grid ref SK2958).
Piddington
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A hamlet in southern Buckinghamshire, England (OS grid ref SU8094).
glosses: A village in Hackleton parish, South Northamptonshire district, Northamptonshire, England (OS grid ref SP8054).
glosses: A village in Cherwell district, Oxfordshire, England (OS grid ref SP6417).
glosses: A surname.
milsurp
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: milsurps
Etymology: From military surplus.
Senses: examples: text: This catalog has milsurp rifles and ammunition on sale.
text: I'll be in the milsurp section of the store, looking for tents and camping gear.
topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: Obsolete, unneeded, or retired military equipment, often rifles, sold to individuals or businesses.
Jello salad
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈdʒɛloʊ ˈsæləd/
Forms: form: Jello salads
form: jello salad
Senses: glosses: A salad made with flavored gelatin (often of the Jello brand), fruit or vegetables, and other ingredients such as cottage cheese, cream cheese, marshmallows, nuts, or pretzels.
Hypernyms: salad
Coordinate terms: chicken salad
tuna salad
Deccani
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: Deccanee
form: Deccany
form: Dakhini
Etymology: From Deccani دکنی (compare Hindi दक्खिनी (dakkhinī)).
Senses: glosses: Of, belonging, or relating to the Deccan.
Deccani
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Deccanis
form: Deccani
form: Deccanee
form: Deccany
form: Dakhini
Etymology: From Deccani دکنی (compare Hindi दक्खिनी (dakkhinī)).
Senses: glosses: An inhabitant of the Deccan.
Deccani
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Deccanee
form: Deccany
form: Dakhini
Etymology: From Deccani دکنی (compare Hindi दक्खिनी (dakkhinī)).
Senses: glosses: The descendent of Old Hindi spoken by the Deccani people, closely related to Hindustani.
Related terms: Wiktionary’s coverage of Deccani terms
Ifield
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A suburb in the borough of Crawley, West Sussex, England (OS grid ref TQ2537)
HEENT
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Initialism of head, eyes, ears, nose, throat.
digital handcuffs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: synonyms: digital restrictions management
glosses: digital rights management, seen as undesirably restrictive
Bachmann hitch
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Bachmann hitches
Etymology: Named after Franz Bachmann, an Austrian alpinist.
Senses: synonyms: Bachmann knot
glosses: A type of quick-release friction hitch used to hitch a carabiner to a main supporting rope.
Bachmann hitches
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Bachmann hitch
Bachmann knot
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Bachmann knots
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Bachmann hitch.
synonyms: word: Bachmann hitch
Bachmann knots
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Bachmann knot
Foxton
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Foxtons
Etymology: From Old English fox (“fox”) + either tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”) or denu (“valley”).
Senses: glosses: A placename:
A place in England:
A village and civil parish in South Cambridgeshire district, Cambridgeshire (OS grid ref TL4148).
glosses: A placename:
A place in England:
A small village in Sedgefield parish, County Durham (OS grid ref NZ3624).
glosses: A placename:
A place in England:
A village and civil parish in Harborough district, Leicestershire (OS grid ref SP7090).
glosses: A placename:
A place in England:
A hamlet in Thimbleby parish, North Yorkshire, previously in Hambleton district (OS grid ref SE4296).
glosses: A placename:
A town in Manawatū-Whanganui, New Zealand.
glosses: A placename:
An unincorporated community in Jefferson County, Colorado, United States.
glosses: A habitational surname from Old English.
imbraceth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: From imbrace + -eth.
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of imbrace
miller's knot
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: miller's knots
Senses: glosses: Any of various types of knot used by millers to fasten the neck of a sack of grain or flour.
Related terms: bag knot
sack knot
constrictor knot
imbracest
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: From imbrace + -est.
Senses: glosses: second-person singular simple present indicative of imbrace
miller's knots
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of miller's knot
bag knot
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bag knots
Senses: glosses: A type of knot often used by millers to fasten the neck of a sack of grain or flour.
Related terms: miller's knot
sack knot
constrictor knot
bag knots
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bag knot
sack knot
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sack knots
Senses: glosses: A type of knot often used by millers to fasten the neck of a sack of grain or flour.
Related terms: miller's knot
bag knot
constrictor knot
sack knots
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sack knot
noli-me-tangeres
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of noli-me-tangere
Cockenzie
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: The western half of the town of Cockenzie and Port Seton, East Lothian council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NT3975).
constrictor knot
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: constrictor knots
Senses: glosses: A type of knot or hitch often used to fasten the neck of a sack of grain or flour. This knot has diverse practical applications as it is very stable and can be difficult to release.
Related terms: english: similar, but distinct
translation: similar, but distinct
word: clove hitch
word: miller's knot
word: sack knot
word: bag knot
constrictor knots
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of constrictor knot
Slateford
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A suburb of Edinburgh, Scotland (OS grid ref NT2271).
micronationalist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: micronationalists
Etymology: From micronational + -ist.
Senses: examples: text: When micronationalists from Ethiopia label Menelik II's expansion as colonialism and participation in the scramble for Africa, they are simply becoming systematic magicians, or to give them respect, systematic empiricists.
ref: 1987, The Ethiopian Revolution and Its Impact on the Politics of the Horn of Africa:
glosses: One who believes in micronationalism.
glosses: One who runs, or othwerise participates in, a micronation.
micronationalist
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From micronational + -ist.
Senses: examples: text: But the Mataungan Association significantly enlarged the scale of anti–colonial protest as well, becoming what one writer has called a micronationalist phenomenon.
ref: 1984, Peter J. Hempenstall, Noel Rutherford, Protest and Dissent in the Colonial Pacific:
glosses: Of, or relating to a micronation; micronational.
Jello salads
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Jello salad
Balerno
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A village and community in the City of Edinburgh, Scotland (OS grid ref NT1666).
zootope
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: zootopes
Etymology: From zoo- (“animal”) + -tope (“place”).
Senses: glosses: The total habitat available for colonization within any certain ecotope or biotope by animal life.
Colinton
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A suburb of Edinburgh, Scotland (OS grid ref NT2269).
glosses: A hamlet in Athabasca County, northern Alberta, Canada.
glosses: A locality in Somerset Region, Queensland, Australia.
glosses: A locality in Snowy Monaro council area, southern New South Wales, Australia.
galactoid
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more galactoid
form: most galactoid
Etymology: Ultimately from Ancient Greek γάλα (gála, “milk”) + -oid.
Senses: examples: text: The third method of forming the mixed material comprises the steps of: adding a benzoguanamine resin to formaldehyde to form an intermediate; adding the intermediate to a solution consisting of polyethylene to form a galactoid solution; adding a hardening catalyst and mixing the galactoid solution with the protrusion material; and performing sequentially the steps of heating, disengaging, cleaning and drying to form a hardened resin.
ref: 2002, Ting-Chiang Hsieh, Method of forming spacer for liquid crystal display devices (US Patent 6466295B1):
text: After agitation for 30 sec, white galactoid microbubble suspension was prepared.
ref: 2013 January, Yun-Hua Li, Qiu-Sheng Shi, Jing Du, Li-Fang, Jin Lian-Fang Du, Pei-Feng Liu, You-Rong Duan, “Targeted delivery of biodegradable nanoparticles with ultrasound-targeted microbubble destruction-mediated hVEGF-siRNA transfection in human PC-3 cells in vitro”, in International Journal of Molecular Medicine, volume 31, number 1:
text: Furthermore, petroleum sulfonate was not readily dissolved and its aqueous solution was susceptible to stratification when the reaction time was 0 min because of its high free oil content, while at an extended reaction condition, the sulfonate solution was aqueous with a tea-like color but not galactoid.
ref: 2015, W Zhan, Z Pengyuan, C Guangwen, “Synthesis of petroleum sulfonate surfactant with ultra-low interfacial tension in rotating packed bed reactor”, in China Petroleum:
glosses: Milk-like.
Sedgefield
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A town and civil parish in County Durham, England (OS grid ref NZ3528).
glosses: A former local government area created in 1974 (and borough from 1996) within County Durham, England, which was abolished in 2009.
glosses: A coastal town in the Western Cape, South Africa.
glosses: A neighborhood of Charlotte, North Carolina, United States.
glosses: A populated place in Greensboro, North Carolina, United States.
gallowsbird
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gallowsbirds
Senses: examples: text: Now leave my sight, begone, thou gallowsbird.
ref: 1710, The Sale of Joseph:
text: I'm none of your parry-bellygrums, you rascally gallowsbird ; you cowardly, sneaking, plate-lickin' bliggard
ref: 1881, Daniel O'Connell, “His Encounter With Biddy Moriarty”, in James Edward McGee, editor, The Glories of Ireland- Volume IV, page 205:
text: An old black cloak nailed to the wall, and flapping to and fro in the draught like some dead gallowsbird, hung in front of the unglazed window.
ref: 1893, Stanley John Weyman, A Gentleman of France:
text: A gallowsbird's luck, that's what I had.
ref: 1953, Elsa Triolet, The Inspector of Ruins, page 12:
glosses: Alternative form of gallows bird.
gallowsbirds
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of gallowsbird
gallows-bird
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gallows-birds
Senses: examples: text: He had been seen to arrive by the way of the boulevard Gassendi and roam about the streets in the gloaming. A gallows-bird with a terrible face.
ref: 1862, Victor Hugo, Les Miserables:
text: "And you would be a highwayman, would you, gallows-bird—" began the Countess.
ref: 1903, Stephen Crane, Robert Barr, The O'Ruddy:
text: Well, I see no reason why every gallows-bird in the district should wear out the King's gaol before his time; so you can wait until you're ready to hang, and I'll promise you'll have the same cell as the late dear departed.
ref: 1926, Stanley Hart Cauffman, The Ghost of Gallows Hill, page 111:
text: Small wonder, then, that at this juncture my mind should be drawn to you, but be assured, sir, that I hold you to be more than a mere gallows-bird, more than my fellow following four years behind.
ref: 1989, John B. Sanford, A Walk in the Fire:
glosses: Alternative form of gallows bird.
gallows-birds
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of gallows-bird
Redhill
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /ˈɹɛdhɪl/
/ɹɛdˈhɪl/
Senses: glosses: A suburb of Arnold, Gedling borough, Nottinghamshire, England; there is also a hamlet named Red Hill just north of Arnold (OS grid ref SK5846).
glosses: A hamlet near Hook-a-Gate, Shropshire, England (OS grid ref SJ4609).
glosses: A village in Wrington parish, North Somerset district, Somerset, England (OS grid ref ST4963).
glosses: A town in Reigate and Banstead borough, Surrey, England (OS grid ref TQ2750).
glosses: A locality in Bukit Merah, Singapore.
glosses: A small town in the Mid North of South Australia.
Related terms: Red Hill
Redhills
Rose Hill
Rosehill
Rose Hills
Rosenberg
Rotenberg
gang-bang
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gang-bangs
Senses: examples: text: This cut-throat competition traditionally climaxes on the afternoon of the second day with a ritual humiliation of the journalists charmingly known as the 'gang-bang'.
ref: 2011, David Strahan, The Last Oil Shock:
text: One man's gang-bang is the next guy's supersession.
ref: 2011, Charles Shaar Murray, Boogie Man:
text: But last night you ended up in a gang-bang with a bunch of twenty-year-olds.
ref: 2013, Prue Leith, Sisters:
text: Well, I think she was a willing participant in what we used to call a gang-bang.
ref: 2015, William W. Johnstone, The Devil's Cat, page 40:
glosses: Alternative form of gangbang.
gang-bang
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: gang-bangs
form: gang-banging
form: gang-banged
form: gang-banged
Senses: examples: text: In some ways, she hated her own whiteness, and secretly she lusted for the Cuban busboys at Wolfie's to gang-bang her late one night in the kitchen after closing.
ref: 2010, Will Viharo, Down a Dark Alley, page 39:
text: And I hear a few of those guys who like to gang-bang sweeties like you got AIDS.
ref: 2012, Joseph D. McNamara, Fatal Command, page A-164:
text: Or maybe our dog had injured her, unless she was just depressed because we'd left her on a hillside to get gang-banged for six weeks.
ref: 2015, Antonia Murphy, Dirty Chick: Adventures of an Unlikely Farmer, page 98:
glosses: Alternative form of gangbang.
gang-bangs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of gang-bang
gang-bangs
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of gang-bang
gang-banging
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of gang-bang
gang-banged
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of gang-bang
Ayton
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Aytons
Etymology: Probably from Old English ēa (“river”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).
Senses: glosses: A placename:
A village in the Scottish Borders council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NT9261).
glosses: A placename:
A community in the municipality of West Grey, Grey County, Ontario, Canada.
glosses: A habitational surname from Old English.
Derived terms: East Ayton
Great Ayton
Little Ayton
West Ayton
gang-plank
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gang-planks
Senses: examples: text: If the landsman should wish the gang-plank moved a foot farther forward, he would probably say: “James, or William, one of you push that plank forward, please”; but put the mate in his place, and he would roar out: “Here, now, start that gang-plank for'ard! Lively, now! What're you about!..."
ref: 1883, Mark Twain, Life on the Mississippi:
text: Amid the rabble of Greeks, Armenians, Turks, and Italians we trundled our bicycles across the gang-plank, which for us was the threshold of Asia, the beginning of an inland journey of seven thousand miles from the Bosporus to the Pacific.
ref: 1894, Thomas G. Allen, Across Asia on a Bicycle, page 1:
text: In a yellow morning the Kittawa docked at Lyttelton, and before the gang-plank was down Starkie was off the ship, swinging himself monkey-like along a rope.
ref: 2015, Robin Hyde, Passport to Hell, page 29:
glosses: Alternative form of gangplank.
gang-planks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of gang-plank
gang plank
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gang planks
Senses: examples: text: Then it was across the narrow gang plank from Forth to Triad, steaming kits through a narrow hatch and down through the engine room and the motor room to the stokers' mess right aft.
ref: 2011, Tim Clayton, Sea Wolves: The Extraordinary Story of Britain's WW2 Submarines:
text: Our ship docked first and the gang plank was secured.
ref: 2014, Alexander Mescavage, Eunice Taylor, The Angry Man and the Weaver: Re-Imagining the Odyssey, page 168:
text: Then the long climb up the gang plank ended and the even more difficult one, climbing the ladders downward to their racks while outfitted in field transport packs into the bowels, of the Billy Weigel.
ref: 2014, Frank Sousa, The Tree of Lost Dreams, page 245:
glosses: Alternative form of gangplank.
gang planks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of gang plank
walk the gangplank
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: walks the gangplank
form: walking the gangplank
form: walked the gangplank
form: walked the gangplank
Senses: examples: text: I couldn't figure out whether Porterfield was being patient, a rare occurrence, or whether he was cleverly setting me up to walk the gangplank of my career.
ref: 2001, Richard Haddock, The Ninth Sabbat:
text: Then he made Lumpy Lawson the Ship's Cook, Bald Ben his First Mate, and told the twins he would make them walk the gangplank.
ref: 2009, Jeremy Strong, The Indoor Pirates:
text: All passengers without permission to sail must walk the gangplank.
ref: 2012, Rosalyn Rikel Ramage, The Graveyard, page 88:
glosses: Synonym of walk the plank.
synonyms: word: walk the plank
examples: text: We walk the gangplank together, locked arm in arm.
ref: 2008, Kaiser Kuo, The Insider's Guide to Beijing 2005-2006:
glosses: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see walk, gangplank.
walks the gangplank
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of walk the gangplank
walking the gangplank
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of walk the gangplank
walked the gangplank
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of walk the gangplank
magenstrasse
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmɑː.ɡənˌstrɑː.sə/
Forms: form: magenstrassen
Etymology: From German Magenstraße, from Magen (“stomach”) + Straße (“road, street”).
Senses: glosses: a groove in the stomach along the lesser curvature that is the route food and liquids tend to take in moving toward the pylorus and that is a frequent site of peptic ulcer formation
parisology
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /pærɪˈsɒləd͡ʒi/
Forms: form: parisologies
Etymology: From Ancient Greek πάρισος (párisos, “almost equal, balanced”) + -logy (“way of speaking”).
Senses: glosses: The use of equivocal or ambiguous words.
Cherchen
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: chěrchěnʹ
Senses: examples: text: This species-named by me after my travelling companion P. P. Teleschow, senior subaltern of the Trans-Baikalian Cossacks, who prepared the skins of all specimens obtained on my fourth journey, and actively cooperated in the general work of the expedition- frequents the mountainous border of Northern Tibet, in the region between the gorges of the Cherchen and Khoten, i.e., the newly discovered Russian range and that of Keria.
ref: 1887, General N. M. Prjevalsky, “On new Species of Central-Asian Birds”, in E. Delmar Morgan, transl., The Ibis, volume 5, page 417:
text: Mr. Mair first spotted one of the mummies, a red-haired corpse called the Cherchen Man, in the back room of a museum in Urumqi while leading a tour of Americans there in 1988, the first year the mummies were put on display.[...]
Of the hundreds of mummies discovered, there are some that are East Asian, but they are not as ancient as the Loulan Beauty or the Cherchen Man.
ref: 2008 November 18, Edward Wong, “The Dead Tell a Tale China Doesn’t Care to Listen To”, in New York Times, archived from the original on 20 Oct 2020:
text: Reports about China's promoting intermarriage between Uighurs and Han Chinese go back to as early as August 2014 when local authorities in Cherchen county of Xinjiang announced, “Incentive Measures Encouraging Uighur-Chinese Intermarriage.”
ref: 2020 August 21, Asim Kashgarian, “China Video Ad Calls for 100 Uighur Women to ‘Urgently’ Marry Han Men”, in Voice of America, archived from the original on 29 Sep 2021:
glosses: Alternative form of Qarqan.
Tatran
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Tatrang.
negimaki
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Japanese ねぎ巻き.
Senses: glosses: A Japanese dish of broiled strips of beef marinated in teriyaki sauce and rolled with scallions.
smoothstep
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From smooth + step.
Senses: glosses: A family of sigmoid-like interpolation and clamping functions commonly used in computer graphics and game engines.
smoothtongues
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of smoothtongue
sure-enough
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Real; actual; genuine.
ordre public
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: In international law, law and order.
Ozymandias
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌɒziˈmændiəs/
rhymes: -ændiəs
Forms: form: Ozymandiases
Etymology: From Ancient Greek Ὀσυμανδύας (Osumandúas), from Demotic wsr-mꜣꜥ.t-rꜥ, smn-rꜥ, ns-mn-rꜥ, from Egyptian wsr-mꜣꜥt-rꜥ, the first part of the throne name of pharaoh Ramesses II. Modern usage derives from the poem Ozymandias, about a proud king whose empire and memory have long since crumbled into obscurity, written by Percy Bysshe Shelley and inspired by Diodorus Siculus's description of a colossal statue in the Ramesseum.
Senses: examples: 2013, Will Self, quoted in The Guardian: "Falling short: seven writers reflect on failure" https://www.theguardian.com/books/2013/jun/22/falling-short-writers-reflect-failure
An unavoidable sequel of the posterity delusion is the death of the writerly self, which depends too much on incoherence and inconsistency to remain pompous for long. And of course, the vast majority of today's mummified immortals are tomorrow's Ozymandiases.
glosses: A person once famous and respected who has since been utterly forgotten.
wikipedia: Diodorus Siculus
Ozymandias
Percy Bysshe Shelley
Ramesses II
Ramesseum
Coordinate terms: Ramesses
Derived terms: Ozymandian
Ozymandiases
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Ozymandias
boedelscheiding
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: law
glosses: The division of an estate.
Wednesbury
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /ˈwɛnzbəɹi/
Etymology: From Middle English Wadnesberie, from Old English divinity Wōden, genitive case Wōdnes + byriġ, from burg (“fort”), meaning "Woden's stronghold".
Senses: glosses: A market town in the Metropolitan Borough of Sandwell, West Midlands, England (OS grid ref SO9894).
Related terms: Wednesday
Wednesbury unreasonable
Wednesbury unreasonableness
Brierley Hill
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A town in the Metropolitan Borough of Dudley, West Midlands, England (OS grid ref SO9187).
auto loan
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: auto loans
Senses: glosses: A loan taken for the purpose of purchasing an automobile.
Battle Ground
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: *Indiana: From the Battle of Tippecanoe.
*Washington: The site of a stand-off between the Klickitat people and US forces.
Senses: glosses: A town in Tippecanoe Township, Tippecanoe County, Indiana, United States, which absorbed the old town of Harrisonville.
glosses: A city in Clark County, Washington, United States.
reconcealment
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The act or process of concealing something again.
Related terms: reconceal
reconcatenations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of reconcatenation
reconcatenate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: reconcatenates
form: reconcatenating
form: reconcatenated
form: reconcatenated
Etymology: From re- + concatenate.
Senses: glosses: To concatenate again.
reconcatenated
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of reconcatenate
reconcatenates
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of reconcatenate
reconcatenating
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of reconcatenate
battle ground
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: battle grounds
Senses: examples: text: "The North has - rightly - been a key battle ground in this election, with pledges made on improving our transport and creating opportunities."
ref: 2020 January 2, “North demands Johnson delivers on promises”, in Rail, page 14:
glosses: Alternative form of battleground.
battle grounds
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of battle ground
fisherman's loop
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fisherman's loops
Etymology: From fisherman + -'s + loop.
Senses: synonyms: fisherman's knot
English knot
Englishman's knot
water knot
waterman's knot
glosses: A loop knot made in the bight and favored by fishermen as quick and secure.
fisherman's loops
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of fisherman's loop
English knot
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -ɒt
Forms: form: English knots
Senses: synonyms: fisherman's knot
fisherman's loop
Englishman's knot
water knot
waterman's knot
glosses: A loop knot made in the bight, favored by fishermen as quick and secure.
English knots
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of English knot
Englishman's knot
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Englishman's knots
Senses: synonyms: fisherman's knot
fisherman's loop
English knot
water knot
waterman's knot
glosses: A loop knot made in the bight, favoured by fishermen as quick and secure.
Englishman's knots
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Englishman's knot
waterman's knot
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: waterman's knots
Etymology: From waterman + -'s + knot.
Senses: synonyms: fisherman's knot
fisherman's loop
English knot
Englishman's knot
water knot
glosses: A loop knot made in the bight, and favored by fishermen as quick and secure.
waterman's knots
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of waterman's knot
Mucking
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A hamlet in Thurrock borough, Essex, England (OS grid ref TQ6881).
automatic half-barrier level crossing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: automatic half-barrier level crossings
Senses: examples: text: The incident occurred when the 1111 Fenchurch Street-Southend Central passed over Mucking automatic half-barrier level crossing (between East Tilbury and Stanford-le-Hope) just six seconds after a lorry partially loaded with concrete had reversed off the crossing. The train was travelling at 57mph at the time.
ref: 2020 January 2, “Safety procedures addressed after Essex level crossing near-miss”, in Rail, page 15:
topics: rail-transport
railways
transport
glosses: A level crossing with a single barrier on each side of the railway line, the barriers when lowered only block half of the road.
Synonyms: AHB
dog's ballocks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of dog's bollocks.
automatic half-barrier level crossings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of automatic half-barrier level crossing
copularity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The quality of being copular.
surfpunk
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of surf punk.
Dallasite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Dallasites
Etymology: From Dallas + -ite (“native or resident of a specified place”).
Senses: glosses: a native or resident of Dallas, Texas
Templepatrick
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Irish.
Senses: glosses: A village in County Antrim, Northern Ireland.
Little Shelford
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A village and civil parish in South Cambridgeshire district, Cambridgeshire, England (OS grid ref TL4551).
Related terms: Great Shelford
unsubsiding
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more unsubsiding
form: most unsubsiding
Etymology: From un- + subsiding.
Senses: glosses: not subsiding or stopping; continuing
kopapa
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Borrowed from Maori kōpapa (“land”).
Senses: examples: text: "The whole gang does this nationwide," said Mason. "That's our kopapa and we want to help, but there are a lot of us out there and not everyone's angels."
ref: 2014 September 24, Sue Fea, “Mongrel Mob seeks redemption”, in Stuff:
text: "And turning it into something that's really beautiful and really meaningful is a real testament to the Mamas and their kopapa and what they're doing in terms of thinking about future generations and passing on knowledge," she said.
ref: 2019 May 24, Christine Rovoi, “Pacific Mamas drape Auckland Town hall with gift of love”, in RNZ (Radio New Zealand):
text: "Tipene and I were really close. He was just a happy fella. Very kopapa driven. He lived hard and worked hard."
ref: 2019 October 6, Matt Shand, “Matakana Island reeling from the sudden deaths of three”, in Waikato Times:
glosses: Set of operating principles and ground rules.
when it comes to
Language: English
Part of speech: prep
Senses: examples: text: I’d prefer to keep things straightforward and stick in the lovely, tasty yolks, too. After all, there’s no such thing as too rich when it comes to brownies.
ref: 2020 January 8, “How to make the perfect gluten-free chocolate brownies – recipe”, in The Guardian, archived from the original on 12 Nov 2024:
text: Researchers believe automated coupling would save time and cost, but there are questions about the return on investment when it comes to retrofitting old wagons.
ref: 2025 October 1, Chris Edwards, “Digital network”, in RAIL, number 1045, page 27:
glosses: as for; with regard to
Grantchester
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɡɹɑːn.t͡ʃɪs.tə/
ipa: /ˈɡrɑːn.t͡ʃɛs.tə/
ipa: /ˈɡɹæn.t͡ʃɛs.tɚ/
Etymology: Appeared in the Domesday Book as Granteseta (settlers on the River Granta). The present spelling is derived from Old English ceaster.
Senses: glosses: A village and civil parish in South Cambridgeshire district, Cambridgeshire, England (OS grid ref TL4356).
wikipedia: River Granta
toffeeish
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more toffeeish
form: most toffeeish
Etymology: From toffee + -ish.
Senses: examples: 8 Jan 2020, Felicity Cloake in The Guardian, How to make the perfect gluten-free chocolate brownies – recipe
Sugar-wise, caster will work just fine, but I like Eastwood’s toffeeish light muscovado here; the darker version in Christmas’ recipe is a bit intense for an afternoon treat, though I’m sure it works wonderfully on the dessert menu at his restaurant.
glosses: Similar to toffee
moreishness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From moreish + -ness.
Senses: examples: 8 Jan 2020, Felicity Cloake in The Guardian, How to make the perfect gluten-free chocolate brownies – recipe
First point, nuts provide textural interest, further increasing the moreishness factor.
glosses: The state of being moreish.
Alices in Wonderland
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Alice in Wonderland
Stapleford
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: First recorded as Stapelford, from an unknown language .
Senses: glosses: A number of places in England:
A village and civil parish in South Cambridgeshire district, Cambridgeshire (OS grid ref TL4751).
glosses: A number of places in England:
A village and civil parish in East Hertfordshire district, Hertfordshire (OS grid ref TL3116).
glosses: A number of places in England:
A village in Freeby parish, Melton borough, Leicestershire (OS grid ref SK8018).
glosses: A number of places in England:
A village and civil parish in North Kesteven district, Lincolnshire (OS grid ref SK8857).
glosses: A number of places in England:
A town and civil parish with a town council in Broxtowe borough, Nottinghamshire (OS grid ref SK4937).
glosses: A number of places in England:
A village and civil parish in southern Wiltshire (OS grid ref SU0737).
glosses: A village in Manicaland Province, Zimbabwe.
Alice-in-Wonderland
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Alice-in-Wonderland
form: most Alice-in-Wonderland
Senses: examples: text: Members with a fascination for the horrid to look at the explanatory memorandum, which deals with fresh fruit and vegetables. It discloses the most Alice-in- Wonderland situation ever.
ref: 1984, Great Britain, Parliament, House of Commons, Parliamentary debates: Official report, volume 75, page 335:
text: What gives this an even more Alice-in-Wonderland feel is that the Average Yearly Progress targets are based on what must be done to achieve this impossible goal...
ref: 2008, Gordon Stobart, Testing Times, page 137:
text: After the creature recites the value of pi—erroneously, as it turns out—its mouth disappears and it splits back into separate geometric shapes. It's an Alice-in-Wonderland moment, to be sure.
ref: 2011, A. Bowdoin Van Riper, Learning from Mickey, Donald and Walt, page 120:
text: Declaring that you've agreed to something before you could have known that that is what you were doing has an Alice-in-Wonderland quality to it.
ref: 2012, Margaret Jane Radin, Boilerplate, page 14:
text: There was an Alice-in-Wonderland quality to these discussions: most of the key provisions of the draft agreement, aside from the return of POWs, would be made irrelevant by the transcending legitimation of Hanoi's presence in force south of the DMZ.
ref: 2012, James MacGregor Burns, The Crosswinds of Freedom, 1932–1988:
text: Gilbert and Sullivan's operetta The Mikado (1885) —which was a hit in America as well as Britain—depicted the Japanese as comic aliens from an Alice-in-Wonderland world.
ref: 2014, John H. Miller, American Political and Cultural Perspectives on Japan:
glosses: Alternative form of Alice in Wonderland.
Alice-in-Wonderland
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Alices-in-Wonderland
form: Alice-in-Wonderlands
Senses: examples: text: Now we find Alices-in-Wonderland popping up in Washington, naively believing that they have discovered the cargo airplane and that it is necessary to go outside the aviation industry in order to get transport production rolling so that American troops and munitions may be flown to the fighting fronts.
ref: 1942, Western Flying - Volume 22, Issues 7-12, page 34:
text: If you haven't fallen too deeply into the Alice-in-Wonderland of corporate writing, you're probably still in touch with that childhood advantage.
ref: 2001, Phyllis Mindell, How To Say It for Women:
text: My leg aches with each step I take toward the elevator; the army of Alice-in-Wonderlands that once travailed the hallways of the hospital are now clad in summer-yellow scrubs.
ref: 2012, Juan Aguilera, Diego Pardo, M.D.: And the Darkness Within Diego Pardo, M.D.: And the Darkness Within, page 22:
text: A case currently before our courts strains our credulity, even in the Alice-in-Wonderland of Northern Ireland.
ref: 2019 June 10, “Editor's Viewpoint: Killer McConville's legal action is a sickening irony”, in Belfast Telegraph:
glosses: Alternative form of Alice in Wonderland.
Alices-in-Wonderland
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Alice-in-Wonderland
Alice-in-Wonderlands
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Alice-in-Wonderland
Alice in Wonderlands
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Alice in Wonderland
guard stone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: guard stones
Senses: glosses: A projecting metal, concrete, or stone exterior architectural element located at the corner and/or foot of gates, portes-cochères, garage entries, and walls to prevent damage from vehicle tires and wheels.
wikipedia: guard stone
abdominizer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: abdominizers
form: abdominiser
Etymology: From a brand name, coined as abdomin- + -izer.
Senses: examples: text: No matter how many "age-defying" wrinkle creams, miracle vitamins or "abdominizers" we buy for firming up and smoothing out, the reality is that the average number of birthday candles on the cake is rising.
ref: 1999, Ken Dychtwald, Healthy Aging: Challenges and Solutions, page 261:
text: "Miss Fortune was born in a place where hit singles, formats and abdominizers don't matter," said Moorer on her Web site, taking a playful swipe at Shania Twain's celebrated bare midriff.
ref: 2008, Tracie Ratiner, Contemporary Musicians: Profiles of the People in Music, page 161:
text: Having read and digested the miso soup article, Jo was now looking at an advert for an 'abdominizer' machine that promised amazing results – 'lose both pounds and inches within weeks,' the ad proclaimed.
ref: 2010, Kevin Laye, Positive Shrinking:
glosses: Any type of exercise equipment designed to work the abdominal muscles.
examples: text: The combination of losing body fat and doing these exercises make baring your midriff something to be proud of. Cher was the original abdominizer.
ref: 1994, Keli Roberts, Keli Roberts' Fitness Hollywood: The Trainer to the Stars, page 278:
text: Yes, he is the walking, talking, jewelry-designing, filmmaking abdominizer.
ref: 2003, Jose Javier Reyes, Porn Again: Midlife Outtakes and Mistakes, page ix:
glosses: A person who exercises the abdominal muscles and dresses to show off their trim midriff.
abdominizers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of abdominizer
abdominiser
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: abdominisers
Senses: examples: text: Sadly, the spammers have long since grown savvy. They now dissemble behind innocent-looking addresses and send messages like: 'Just wrote to say Hi.' This is a lie. They wrote because they want to sell you spare parts for abdominisers.
ref: 1998 September, Neil Wills, “Surfers' Paradise”, in ThirdWay, volume 21, number 7, page 14:
text: I'm on the floor doing the abdominiser.
ref: 2014, Shyama Perera, Bitter Sweet Symphony:
text: Case in point: how many of you have abdominal machines (abdominisers) gathering dust in the back shed?
ref: 2015, Suzy Clarkson, Fit for Birth and Beyond: A guide for women over 35, page 31:
glosses: Alternative form of abdominizer.
abdominisers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of abdominiser
abdominize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: abdominizes
form: abdominizing
form: abdominized
form: abdominized
Etymology: Back-formation from abdominizer
Senses: examples: text: Do you need to accessorize, moisturize, abdominize, and downsize your thighs to find true happiness?
ref: 1997, Judy Cole, Playing for Keeps, page 16:
text: Likewise he knew the brand of abdominizing exerciser that she'd ordered in an insane moment of optimistic piety from the back of a colour supplement.
ref: 2012, Ben Elton, Blast From The Past, page 38:
text: The models in the infomercial used it effortlessly, “abdominizing” their way to a flat stomach by doing sit-ups with the contraption for support.
ref: 2019 January 11, “The retro piece of exercise equipment my parents couldn't give up”, in Vox:
glosses: To exercise the abdominal muscles.
abdominizes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of abdominize
abdominizing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of abdominize
abdominized
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of abdominize
refactorer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: refactorers
Etymology: From refactor + -er.
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
programming
sciences
glosses: A person or system that performs refactoring.
refactorers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of refactorer
geocritical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From geo- + critical.
Senses: glosses: Relating to geocriticism.
geocriticism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From geo- + criticism.
Senses: topics: literature
media
publishing
glosses: A form of literary criticism focusing on location and spaces.
Related terms: geocritical