cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
mm-mm
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈm.m/
ipa: [ˈ(ʔ)ḿ̩.ʔm̩̀]
ipa: /mˈm/
ipa: [(ʔ)m̩̀ˈʔḿ̩]
Forms: form: mnh-mnh
Etymology: Nasalized form of uh-uh (negative) or uh-huh (positive), ultimately onomatopoeic; see fuller etymology there. Compare um, hem (expression of hesitation).
Senses: examples: text: "Need some help?" She shook her head. “Mm-mm.”
ref: 2008, M.J. Fredrick, Where There's Smoke:
text: “Mm-mm,” I mumble, shaking my head.
ref: 2009, Michael Batdorf, Pair of Jacks: A Novel, →ISBN, page 112:
text: Mia cocked her head. “This is my fiancé's second wedding. He has a daughter. So I'm not sure if I should wear something . . . more second-wedding-ish? Like a white suit?” “Mm-mm.” Mia shook her head.
ref: 2013, Allison Leotta, Speak of the Devil: A Novel, →ISBN, page 250:
glosses: no
examples: text: "Is the soda good, Princess?" her father asked.
"Mm Mm," replied Sarah Louise.
"She is a perfect little lady," thought Loo proudly
ref: 2005, Penelope Dyan, The Silk Princess, Bellissima Publishing, LLC, →ISBN, page 234:
text: < M01 > They were really very very hot on quality. < F01 > Mm. Mm. Yes .
ref: 2010 April 5, Anne O'Keeffe, Michael McCarthy, The Routledge Handbook of Corpus Linguistics, Routledge, →ISBN:
text: "Let me know if you need anything, all right ?" "Mm-mmm," she replied, looking down at the ground.
ref: 2017 November 16, Dan Krzyzkowski, Critical Mass, iUniverse, →ISBN:
synonyms: mhm
mm-hm
glosses: yes
Synonyms: uh-uh
hosts file
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hosts files
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
networking
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A plain text file used by an operating system to map hostnames to IP addresses.
hosts files
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hosts file
tied-up
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more tied-up
form: most tied-up
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of tied up.
Nazir
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Hebrew נָזִיר (nāzīr).
Senses: glosses: A treatise, in the Talmud, devoted to the Nazirite laws.
Nazir
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Nazirs
Etymology: From Hebrew נָזִיר (nāzīr).
Senses: examples: text: Lo, I am a Nazir if all of you are Nazirs,”— lo, all of them are Nazirs. M. 5: 7 The parallel cases, stated in apocopation, M. 5:5, 7, go over the ground of vows to be a Nazir made in error. The first case presents three pairs: […]
ref: 2007, Jacob Neusner, A History of the Mishnaic Law of Women, Part 3: Nedarim, Nazir: Translation and Explanation, Wipf and Stock Publishers, →ISBN, page 158:
glosses: A Nazarite (Nazirite).
Nazir
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Related to nazir (“custodian, official”)?
Senses: glosses: a surname and given name common in Pakistan
glosses: A village in Markazi Province, Iran, also Qeshlaq-e Nazarlu.
bessemerize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: bessemerizes
form: bessemerizing
form: bessemerized
form: bessemerized
Etymology: From Bessemer + -ize.
Senses: glosses: To convert iron to steel by the Bessemer process.
Derived terms: bessemerization
bessemerization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From bessemerize + -ation.
Senses: glosses: The conversion of iron to steel by the Bessemer process
duh factor
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: duh factors
Senses: glosses: The element of a situation or problem that should be obvious but may go unnoticed through human error.
duh factors
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of duh factor
pony keg station
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pony keg stations
Etymology: From pony keg + station, by analogy with gas station.
Senses: examples: text: The carrier also affords a convenient mode of merchandising beverages such as are commonly used for picnics and the like, a container containing, for example, twelve bottles of soft-drinks, beer, or the like being sold in iced condition by the retailer, such as an ice house, pony keg station or other outlets having facilities for icing the containers.
ref: 1954, US patent 2682988:
text: Under a January 29 divorce decree, Mrs. Johnson received real estate and a pony keg station, and although she said she lost both businesses, the judge ruled that she had the ability to pay her ex-husband, Thomas, and must now remain in jail until she makes arrangements to pay.
ref: “Mr. & Mrs.”, in Jet, volume 23, number 26, 18 April 1963, page 48
text: In 1969 two felons held up a pony-keg station in Philadelphia with two seven and one-half-foot medium action spinrods.
ref: Tallon, Jim (2 April 1971), “Outdoors Omnibus”, in High Country News, volume 3, number 6, page 13
glosses: A convenience store specializing in pony kegs.
Related terms: english: convenience store
translation: convenience store
word: pony keg
XDCC
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of extended DCC: a file sharing method using IRC, allowing for larger files than DCC.
pony kegs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pony keg
downies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of downie
splash-land
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: splash-lands
form: splash-landing
form: splash-landed
form: splash-landed
Senses: examples: text: "Two coots and a pintail flew low over the stream and splash-landed a few yards away."
ref: 2015, C. R. Bryan, The Vale of Unika: The Six Inversions of Purpose:
glosses: to land on the liquid surface with a splash
splash-lands
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of splash-land
splash-landing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of splash-land
splash-landed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of splash-land
Indias
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of India
outfriend
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: outfriends
form: outfriending
form: outfriended
form: outfriended
form: out-friend
Etymology: From out- + friend.
Senses: examples: text: I suggested that we must scale our values to match a world where millions can “friend,” “unfriend,” and “outfriend” each other with the click of a mouse and gain “followers” in 140 characters or less.
ref: 2011, Dov Seidman, How: Why How We Do Anything Means Everything - Page xix:
text: Ever since Frankie unintentionally outfriended her, Cleo had been intent on winning back her status. Lala tried to figure out which couple the sponsors would respond to more. It was nearly impossible to decide between the two.
ref: 2012, Lisi Harrison, Monster High: Back and Deader Than Ever:
text: While Clinton was outspending him 30 to 1, he was outfriending her by 1,000 to 1.
ref: 2013, Bob Garfield, Doug Levy, Can't Buy Me Like:
text: On Facebook, I out-friended cult-leaders and I trended worldwide on Twitter, garnering more followers than a miniskirted supermodel on a steep staircase. My Master Plan fitted the double standards of the mainstream media to a tee.
ref: 2014, Ray Glickman, Reality:
glosses: To befriend or gain more friends than (another)
spawnkill
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: spawnkills
form: spawnkilling
form: spawnkilled
form: spawnkilled
form: spawn kill
form: spawn-kill
Etymology: From spawn + kill.
Senses: examples: text: He was spawnkilled about 30-40 times in 20 minutes by one player.
ref: 2002 August 26, Flashheart [username], “Re: Why should CTF Flag Camping be wrong”, in alt.games.unreal.tournament (Usenet):
text: It is ridiculously easy to spawn-kill the VC at their outdoor spawn location, from several relatively safe locations inside the Embassy's ground floor, especially the library windows.
ref: 2004, Dan Irish, Men of Valor: Prima's Official Strategy Guide, Prima, →ISBN, page 110:
text: Nothing lowers your morale faster than some jerk spawn killing you for the fifth time and yelling that your mother worked in a Nevada brothel.
ref: 2004 October 23, Grl/Grl_Prn [username], “Re: Thank you... I guess”, in alt.games.battlefield1942 (Usenet):
topics: video-games
glosses: To kill a player or NPC enemy at a spawn point.
spawnkills
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of spawnkill
spawnkilling
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of spawnkill
spawnkilled
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of spawnkill
spawn kill
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: spawn kills
form: spawn killing
form: spawn killed
form: spawn killed
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of spawnkill.
spawn kills
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of spawn kill
spawn killing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of spawn kill
spawn killed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of spawn kill
spawn-kill
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: spawn-kills
form: spawn-killing
form: spawn-killed
form: spawn-killed
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of spawnkill.
spawn-kills
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of spawn-kill
spawn-killing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of spawn-kill
spawn-killed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of spawn-kill
out-friend
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: out-friends
form: out-friending
form: out-friended
form: out-friended
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of outfriend.
Savannah River
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A river in Georgia, United States.
cultural diffusion
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cultural diffusions
Senses: examples: text: important than trade in promoting cultural diffusion. Colonisation does continue to play an important role in cultural diffusion, and notable examples include Indonesian influence in Irian Java, Chinese influence in Tibet, and until 1989, Russian ...
ref: 2005, Stephen Codrington, Planet Geography, Solid Star Press, →ISBN:
text: Cultural diffusion refers to the spread of cultural elements such as ideas, styles, food, religions, technologies, etc., between individuals and groups within a single culture or from one culture to another. For example, the new fashion items and ...
ref: 2010, Yvette Reisinger, PhD; Frederic Dimanche, International Tourism, Routledge, →ISBN, page 71:
glosses: the spread and adoption of a culture in a region
cultural diffusions
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cultural diffusion
re-accredit
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: re-accredits
form: re-accrediting
form: re-accredited
form: re-accredited
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of reaccredit.
re-accredits
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of re-accredit
re-accrediting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of re-accredit
re-accredited
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of re-accredit
dry-lab
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: dry-labs
form: dry-labbing
form: dry-labbed
form: dry-labbed
form: dry lab
Senses: examples: text: What probably happened is that some damn intelligent bureaucrat dry-labbed it.
text: Have you ever had a lab instructor doubt your data, insisting that it is impossible and perhaps implying that he thinks you dry-labbed the whole experiment?
ref: 1951, {unattributed}, Illinois Technograph - Volume 67 - Page 11
glosses: To conduct an experiment in a fraudulent way that produces a desirable result, for example by inventing data.
Related terms: dry-labber
dry-labs
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of dry-lab
dry-labbing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The practice of falsifying experiment results by altering the experiment in order to produce the desired results.
dry-labbing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of dry-lab
dry-labbed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of dry-lab
dry labbed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of dry lab
fee splitting
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fee splittings
form: fee-splitting
Senses: examples: text: While it is impossible to remove all financial pressures from the decision-making process, there are some practices, such as fee splitting, that are unethical because they so strongly influence practice patterns solely on the basis of financial considerations.
ref: 1986 July 6, Dr. Carl Weber, “Westchester Opinion: Challenge to Doctor's Ethics Emerges”, in New York Times:
text: Some commenters believed that implementation of the employer-employee exemption would allow abusive practices to occur such as kickbacks, tie-ins, fee splittings, and conflicts of interest.
ref: 1997, Lauch Faircloth, Connie Mack, editors, Problems Surrounding the Mortgage Origination Process: Congressional Hearing, →ISBN, page 208:
text: The report complained of "a clear nexus between private medical practitioners and pharmacy shops," and "fee-splitting between diagnostic centres and referring doctors."
ref: 2008 March 25, Manjeet Kripalani, “Indian Pharma: Hooked on the Hard Sell”, in Businessweek:
topics: business
glosses: The practice, usually of questionable ethicality, by some professionals, such as medical doctors and lawyers, of sending a client to a second practitioner for an additional consultation in order to obtain another payment from the client or from his or her insurer, and in return for which the original practitioner receives a portion of the payment made to the second practitioner (a "commission" or "piece of the action").
Related terms: kickback
fee-splitting
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fee-splittings
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of fee splitting.
slayee
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: slayees
Etymology: From slay + -ee.
Senses: examples: text: "The obvious reason was that the slayee, the one who fell, landed on the floor at the foot of the slayor, and appeared to be subject to the power of the slayor."
ref: 2007, Kenneth D. Johns, THE PENTECOSTAL PARADIGM: A Seductive Paradise:
glosses: One who is slain.
slayees
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of slayee
slayor
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: slayors
Senses: examples: text: "The obvious reason was that the slayee, the one who fell, landed on the floor at the foot of the slayor, and appeared to be subject to the power of the slayor."
ref: 2007, Kenneth D. Johns, THE PENTECOSTAL PARADIGM: A Seductive Paradise:
glosses: Alternative spelling of slayer.
slayors
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of slayor
muah chee
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌmwɑː ˈtʃiː/
ipa: [ˌmwaː˨˩ ˈt͡siː˨˦]
Forms: form: macy
form: maci
Etymology: From Hokkien 麻糍 (môa-chî, “glutinous rice cake made with hemp-seeds”), from 麻 (môa, “hemp”) + 糍 (chî, “glutinous rice cake”).
Senses: examples: text: Nobody worried that it would rain on the vegetable briyani or the muah chee man.
ref: 1992 May 1, Hannah Pandian, The Straits Times, page 14:
text: Some parents prepared goodies such as muah chee and rojak for the fair while others helped run the stalls.
ref: 1995 August 9, The Straits Times, page 2:
text: Since we were already filled to the gills, we could only meekly manage a helping of muah chee, squares of glutinous rice paste lightly dusted with ground peanuts and black sesame seeds.
ref: 2001 Jaime Ee, The Business Times, 20 Jun page 13
glosses: A traditional snack made of glutinous rice, usually mixed with crushed peanuts and sugar.
'cher
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: [ˈt͡ʃə]
Forms: form: 'chers
form: cher
Etymology: Clipping of teacher.
Senses: examples: text: Student A: "Cher cher! Can I go to the loo?" Teacher: "Go lah go lah!".
ref: 1998 August 14, mrbrown, “The Great Singlish/Singapore Dialect Dictionary”, in mrbrown.com:
text: Teacher: WHO DID THAT? B: Cher cher, him! I saw! *points to A*
ref: 2014 May 2, Joshua Goh, TheSmartLocal:
text: I suppose it was a lot better than being addressed as ‘cher, but at the time I kept wishing I had ended up in a junior college instead.
ref: 2014 March 9, Manoj Harjani, Chapalang Magazine:
glosses: A teacher (a person who teaches in a school).
nuclear isomer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nuclear isomers
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: Any of two or more atomic nuclei with the same mass number and atomic number but with different radioactive properties
thermonuclear bomb
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: thermonuclear bombs
Senses: glosses: Synonym of thermonuclear weapon.
synonyms: word: thermonuclear weapon
ties down
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of tie down
tying down
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of tie down
filed out
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of file out
files out
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of file out
filing out
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of file out
Singapore English
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: text: A retired British civil servant and an Oxford graduate at that, vigorously advocates that Singaporeans should speak Singapore English.
ref: 1972, Evelyn Ng, The Straits Times, page 5:
text: This question has aroused considerable interest since the publication of Stephen Snow Menneer’s article on Singapore English in the January issue of the NYLTI (National Youth Leadership Training Institute) Journal.
ref: 1972, Pang Cheng Lian, New Nation, page 8:
text: I have always been of the opinion that anybody, particularly expatriates, who subscribe to the “Singapore English” idea is a saboteur, and should not be entrusted with the teaching of the language to our students.
ref: 1980, Vivian Quek, New Nation, page 6:
text: Dr Chua says that by the 21st Century, Singapore English will be qualitatively different but will retain its basic character.
ref: 1995, Catherine Lim, The Straits Times, page 21:
text: More recently, in the past five years, there has been the effort to collect, computerise, and analyse a million-word corpus of both written and spoken Singapore English.
ref: 1999, National University of Singapore, Singapore Studies: Critical Surveys of the Humanities and Social Sciences, Vol II, page 78
text: In the following paragraphs the term Singapore Colloquial English refers to the very informal variety used in some situations by native or proficient speakers of Singapore English, who choose this variety as an alternative to Standard English and often mix it with Standard English (or with other languages).
ref: 2000, Anthea Fraser Gupta, Postimperial & Postcolonial Literature in English, page (online)
text: If I could nominate a “dialect of the 21st Century,” I would probably go with Singapore English, a native English dialect spectrum spoken in a region with few competitors (for nearly 1/3 of Singaporeans, English is the primary language spoken at home).
ref: 2013, Ben Trawick-Smith, Dialect Blog, page (online)
text: As the number of native speakers of Singapore English and Mandarin increases, the colonial-era ideology of English vis-à-vis the languages of the immigrants needs to be re-examined.
ref: 2015, Zhiming Bao, The Making of Vernacular Singapore English: System, Transfer, and Filter, page 35:
synonyms: Singaporean English
glosses: A localised variety of English found in Singapore, made up of two varieties: high (Singapore Standard English) and low (Singapore Colloquial English, Singlish).
Hyponyms: Singlish
sextual
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more sextual
form: most sextual
Etymology: Blend of sext + sexual
Senses: examples: text: Below is a short rundown of a few of the top locations for sextual feelings. It's no surprise why these resources are so popular, but at the same time, the ease of sexting can put us in compromising positions if we're not careful.
ref: 2013, Margo Strupeck, Seven Deadly Clicks: Essential Lessons for Online Safety and Success, Zest Books, →ISBN:
text: It was the work of the late conservative blogger Andrew Breitbart that helped to expose the sextual shenanigans of Representative Andrew Weiner, […]
ref: 2014, Timothy Stanley, Citizen Hollywood: How the Collaboration between LA and DC Revolutionized American Politics, Thomas Dunne, →ISBN, page 251:
text: We have heard tales of couples with awesome sextual chemistry, but no sexual chemistry.
ref: 2014, Lisa Winning, Carrie Henderson McDermott, He Texted: The Ultimate Guide to Decoding Guys, Gallery Books, →ISBN, page 156:
glosses: Of, relating to, or characteristic of sexting.
Related terms: sextually
templatise
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: templatises
form: templatising
form: templatised
form: templatised
Etymology: From template + -ise.
Senses: glosses: Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of templatize.
templatises
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of templatise
templatising
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of templatise
templatised
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of templatise
sextually
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more sextually
form: most sextually
Etymology: From sextual + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: The story is basically this: On Wednesday a BuzzFeed reporter -- perhaps with sextually challenged New York politico Anthony Weiner on the brain -- posted a story about Lee exchanging private messages with Booker, the bachelor mayor of Newark, N.J.
ref: 2013 September 26, Matt Pearce, “Cory Booker's Twitter stripper: 'It's not a sex scandal!'”, in Los Angeles Times:
text: If you're a slow boiler sexually, then don't get overheated sextually.
ref: 2014, Lisa Winning, Carrie Henderson McDermott, He Texted: The Ultimate Guide to Decoding Guys, Gallery Books, →ISBN, page 151:
text: Last November, 22-year-old Khiry Johnson took the stand on the syndicated daytime television show Divorce Court and accused his significant other, Erin Rodgers, of being sextually untrue. “We both have iPhones, and we both have emojis,” Johnson testified. “Now, I feel like certain emojis shouldn’t just get sent to anybody. I’m referring to emojis with the heart eyes. Blowing a heart kiss. … Even the eggplant that some people refer to as male genitalia.”
ref: 2015 April 3, Amanda Hess, “Move Over, Banana”, in Salon:
glosses: In a sextual manner.
Jining
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /d͡ʒiˈnɪŋ/
rhymes: -ɪŋ
Forms: form: Chi-ning
form: Tsining
Etymology: From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 濟寧 /济宁 (Jǐníng).
Senses: examples: text: To top it off, the central branch in Jining loudly endorsed the experience of Teng County by declaring, at the region’s meeting of county bank managers and agricultural credit co-operative directors, “learn from Teng County; continue to mine the potential; go all out in savings accounts. Don’t be put off by this kind or that kind of interference!”
ref: 1980, Hugh Thomas, transl., Comrade Editor: Letters to the People's Daily, Hongkong: Joint Publishing Co., →ISBN, →OCLC, →OL, page 195:
text: Despite the fact that the canal is no longer navigable between Beijing and the city of Jining in Shandong Province, about one-third of its length, the remaining section south to Hangzhou remains in heavy use.
ref: 2007 July 24, David Lague, “On an Ancient Canal, Grunge Gives Way to Grandeur”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 27 May 2015, Asia Pacific:
glosses: A prefecture-level city in southwestern Shandong, China.
Jining
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /d͡ʒiˈnɪŋ/
rhymes: -ɪŋ
Forms: form: Chi-ning
form: Tsining
Etymology: From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 集寧 /集宁 (Jíníng).
Senses: examples: text: Vatican spokesman Matteo Bruni confirmed Tuesday that Monsignor Antonio Yao Shun had received a papal mandate. He was therefore legitimately consecrated bishop of Jining, in Inner Mongolia, at a ceremony Monday.
ref: 2019 August 27, “First Chinese bishop consecrated with pope’s OK after deal”, in AP News, archived from the original on 07 Mar 2023:
glosses: A district of Ulanqab, Inner Mongolia autonomous region, China; a former county-level city of Ulanqab, Inner Mongolia autonomous region, China.
time-shared
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of time-share
time-shares
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of time-share
Arpitanian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From Arpitania + -an.
Senses: glosses: Of or from Arpitania
Arpitania
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: The Alpine region of France in which the Arpitan language was once spoken
Derived terms: Arpitanian
artificialise
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: artificialises
form: artificialising
form: artificialised
form: artificialised
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of artificialize.
avicultural
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From aviculture + -al.
Senses: glosses: Relating to aviculture
Gniezno
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A city in Greater Poland, Poland.
camerae obscurae
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of camera obscura
love lives
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of love life
Chablais
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A former province in Savoy
chevrotin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈʃɛvɹə(ʊ)tɪn/
ipa: /ˈʃɛvɹoʊtɪn/
ipa: /-ɹə-/
Forms: form: chevrotins
Senses: examples: text: To this vve may add the Chevrotin, or little Guinea Deer, vvhich is the leaſt of all cloven-footed quadrupeds, and perhaps the moſt beautiful; its legs, at the ſmalleſt part, are not much thicker than the ſhank of a tobacco-pipe; it is about ſeven inches high, and about tvvelve from the point of the noſe to the inſertion of the tail.
ref: 1791, Oliver Goldsmith, “Of Animals of the Sheep and Goat Kind”, in An History of the Earth, and Animated Nature. […], new edition, volume III, London: […] F[rancis] Wingrave, successor to Mr. [John] Nourse, […], →OCLC, page 76:
glosses: Alternative form of chevrotain.
hiff
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: enpr: hif
ipa: /hɪf/
ipa: /hɘf/
rhymes: -ɪf
Forms: form: hiffs
form: hiffing
form: hiffed
form: hiffed
Senses: examples: text: hiff a ball
glosses: To throw (an object) through the air.
hiffs
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of hiff
hiffing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of hiff
hiffed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past of hiff
obsessive-compulsive disorders
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of obsessive-compulsive disorder
Cottian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From Latin Cottius, Marcus Julius Cottius, king of several Ligurian tribes in the 1st century BCE.
Senses: glosses: Relating to the Cottian Alps.
wikipedia: Cottius
kamote
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /kəˈmoʊ.teɪ/
Forms: form: kamotes
Etymology: Borrowed from Tagalog kamote, from Mexican Spanish camote (“sweet potato”), from Classical Nahuatl camohtli.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of camote.
Derived terms: kamote tops
rolls one's eyes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of roll one's eyes
rolling one's eyes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of roll one's eyes
rolled one's eyes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of roll one's eyes
disenclave
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: disenclaves
form: disenclaving
form: disenclaved
form: disenclaved
Etymology: From dis- + enclave.
Senses: glosses: To open up an enclave
stock markets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of stock market
commodity markets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of commodity market
cacoethically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: /ˌkakəʊˈiːθɪk(ə)li/
Forms: form: more cacoethically
form: most cacoethically
Etymology: From cacoethic + -ally or cacoethical + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: […] or it might be extenuated cacoethically, as though a new crop of fancies were sprung up already, an after-math rank and wild, before the gladdening shower of commendation has yet freshened-up my brown hay-field; […]
ref: 1841, “Appendix. An Afterthought.”, in M[artin] F[arquhar] Tupper, editor, An Author's Mind: The Book of Title-pages, London: Richard Bentley, New Burlington Street, →OCLC, pages 276–277:
glosses: In a cacoethic (or cacoethical) manner.
Related terms: cacoethes
cacoethic
cacoethical
cacoëthical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more cacoëthical
form: most cacoëthical
Senses: glosses: Dated spelling of cacoethical.
Related terms: cacoëthes
cacoëthic
cacoëthe
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cacoëthes. (Alternative form of cacoethe.)
not least
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: examples: text: His experiences debating made him a more articulate communicator, not least because the topics were often controversial.
text: For a variety of reasons, not least because it is quite cheap.
glosses: Especially; particularly.
Mărășești
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A city in Romania.
palafittes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of palafitte
Pitești
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Romanian Pitești.
Senses: glosses: A city in Argeș County, Romania.
proteaginous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Rich in protein
éboulements
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of éboulement
chevrotins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of chevrotin
mokatine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mokatines
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of mochatine.
mokatines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: That sense of the balance between restraint and indulgence is a constant; Berry’s recipes, as elaborated in more than 70 books, cover the culinary waterfront, taking us from the fish pie supper to the flashy bit of patisserie (think of those fiddly mokatines, tiny squares requiring genoise sponge, crème beurre and fondant icing from a recent episode of Bake Off).
ref: 2015 October 18, Alex Clark, “OFM awards 2015 lifetime achievement: Mary Berry”, in The Observer:
glosses: plural of mokatine
mochatine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mochatines
Etymology: From mocha.
Senses: glosses: A small coffee-flavoured cake, typically topped with almonds
unshiftingly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From unshifting + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: Yet the centre is unshiftingly dark.
ref: 2015 October 18, Susannah Clapp, “Measure for Measure review – a 21st-century vision of a medieval hell”, in The Observer:
glosses: unmovingly
upcomer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: upcomers
Etymology: From upcome + -er.
Senses: examples: text: Australian upcomer Levi Miller is an extremely likable lead as young Peter, but he has his work cut out for him breathing character into a drama whose primary agents include Rooney Mara’s controversially Caucasian Tiger Lily and Garrett Hedlund’s blandly hunky James Hook.
ref: 2015 October 18, Mark Kermode, “Pan review – in serious need of pixie dust”, in The Observer:
glosses: Eggcorn of up-and-comer.
Related terms: upcoming
downcomer
Biebel
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Biebels
Etymology: Borrowed from German Biebel.
Senses: glosses: A surname from German.
accelerating universes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of accelerating universe
gets one over on
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of get one over on
getting one over
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of get one over on
got one over on
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of get one over on
puts one over
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of put one over
putting one over
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of put one over
shows who's boss
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of show who's boss
showing who's boss
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of show who's boss
showed who's boss
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past of show who's boss
shown who's boss
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: past participle of show who's boss
John Deere
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: John+Deere. From John Deere, the name of a tractor company. Named after American blacksmith John Deere. Coined by American blacksmith John Deere
Senses: glosses: A farm equipment manufacturer founded by John Deere
Derived terms: Deere
deere
John Deere
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: John Deeres
Etymology: John+Deere. From John Deere, the name of a tractor company. Named after American blacksmith John Deere. Coined by American blacksmith John Deere
Senses: glosses: A vehicle made by the John Deere company
qualifier: trademark genericization
glosses: A tractor, usually used on a farm.
Synonyms: Deere
deere
Related terms: bobcat
Bobcat
Cat
cat
caterpillar
Caterpillar
JCB
John Deeres
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of John Deere
bigophone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bigophones
Etymology: From Bigot + -phone (after its French inventor Romain Bigot).
Senses: examples: text: Elsewhere, professionals could enthuse over new precision instruments capable, for instance, of measuring weights down to a tenth of a milligram, or over a host of self-registering thermometers and barometers, microscopes, typewriters, calculators and all sorts of technical and musical devices, including automatic concertinas, edeophones, auto-harps, bigophones and other long-forgotten objects.
ref: 1978, Jan Romein, The Watershed of Two Eras: Europe in 1900, page 303:
topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: Any of a series of cheap musical instruments, made to resemble orchestral instruments, that were blown in the manner of a kazoo
Borinage
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: An area in the Walloon province of Hainaut in Belgium
imprint on
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: imprints on
form: imprinting on
form: imprinted on
form: imprinted on
Senses: glosses: To come to accept, inaccurately, that a creature or object is one's parent and consequently to act as if it is.
raw_tags: of an animal
molly wop
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: molly wops
form: molly wopping
form: molly wopped
form: molly wopped
form: mollywop
form: mollywhop
form: molly-wop
form: molly whop
form: molly-whop
Senses: glosses: To hit (someone) hard.
imprinted on
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of imprint on
imprints on
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of imprint on
imprinting on
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of imprint on
pedocementation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From pedo- (“soil”) + cementation.
Senses: topics: geography
geology
natural-sciences
glosses: The process of forming a cementation from soil by the precipitation from groundwater of a crystalline matrix.
glosses: The cement so formed.
cross-countrys
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cross-country
wild hair
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: wild hare
Senses: examples: text: get a wild hair to do something
text: have a wild hair to do something
glosses: A fervent, usually sudden, desire to do something surprising or unexpected.
times of the month
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of time of the month
dosis-effect
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From Latin dosis (“dose”) + effect.
Senses: examples: text: "It especially features the results she achieved with regard to a dosis-effect relationship at the endothelium of the blood vessels, as well as the influence of shock waves on the membrane potential of the neuron."
ref: 2012, W. Siebert, M. Buch, Extracorporeal Shock Waves in Orthopaedics:
glosses: showing the relationship between the dose and the effect of some administered medication or chemical
raw_tags: of a graph or a table
straighthood
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From straight + -hood.
Senses: examples: text: Being with Paul was an interim solution. In effect, he and I seceded from straighthood together. Our relationship turned on a new kind of bisexual plot, its tension imparted by the lively possibility that one of us might leave the other for a gender.
ref: 1999, Jan Clausen, Apples & Oranges:
text: I think in general, it irritates me when straight people are allies and proclaim their straighthood. Like, publicly, if a famous person is like talking about, "Yes, everybody should be treated equal. It doesn't matter if you're gay. [...]"
ref: 2006, Daniel K. Cortese, Are We Thinking Straight?:
text: I see now how tenaciously he was questioning my whole commitment to straighthood, what an evasion it was of confronting the unreason of my shame at being queer.
ref: 2014, Paul Monette, Becoming a Man: Half a Life Story:
glosses: The state or condition of being straight (morally, sexually, etc.)
Related terms: gayhood
lithotripsic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more lithotripsic
form: most lithotripsic
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
surgery
glosses: of, or related to lithotripsy
Synonyms: lithotripsical
lithotripsical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more lithotripsical
form: most lithotripsical
Senses: glosses: Synonym of lithotripsic.
synonyms: word: lithotripsic
extraperiosteally
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From extraperiosteal + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In an extraperiosteal manner.
Adriatic Gulf
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Adriatic Sea (a sea near the Mediterranean Sea)
haematomae
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of haematoma
moonlight flit
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: moonlight flits
Senses: glosses: A disappearing act, often without paying the rent; supposedly at night by the light of the moon.
sednoids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sednoid
inner Oort Cloud
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: inner Oort Clouds
Senses: topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
glosses: A doughnut-shaped region of the Oort cloud located 2,000 to 20,000 AU from the sun. It is home to many minor planets, notably sednoids.
superpermeability
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From super- + permeability.
Senses: examples: text: "Early cases may show normal blood and occasional cases of superpermeability may show decreases in the total non-protein nitrogen."
ref: 1916, Howard T. Karsner, M.D., The Journal of Laboratory and Clinical Medicine, Volume 1:
glosses: permeability to a very high degree
hypopermeability
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From hypo- + permeability.
Senses: examples: text: "This may lead to hypopermeability of the pylorus and diminution of the filling of the bulbus."
ref: 1922, Teodor Barsony, International Medical and Surgical Survey: Obstetrics and ..., Volume 3, Issue 3:
glosses: permeability to a lesser than usual degree
xylophoning
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From xylophone + -ing.
Senses: glosses: An act of performance on a xylophone.
xylophoning
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: From xylophone + -ing.
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of xylophone
rings up
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of ring up
ringing up
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of ring up
rang up
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past of ring up
rung up
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: past participle of ring up
identifyee
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: identifyees
Etymology: From identify + -ee.
Senses: examples: text: In this form of examination the member merely places the number of the "identifyee" in front of the name on his paper.
ref: 1934, Harry Charles McKown, Home Room Guidance:
text: Are we to listen seriously to the identificatory evidence of people who do not notice the most strikingly obvious quality of the identifyee?
ref: 1989, Frank Kuppner, A Very Quiet Street, page 72:
glosses: a person or thing that is being identified
identifyees
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of identifyee
notifyee
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: notifyees
Etymology: From notify + -ee.
Senses: glosses: a person or organization that is being notified
rust out
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: rusts out
form: rusting out
form: rusted out
form: rusted out
Senses: glosses: To rust completely; to become covered in rust; by extension, to break down over time and cease working.
Derived terms: rusted-out
rusted-out
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more rusted-out
form: most rusted-out
Senses: examples: 20 January 2017, Donald Trump, Inauguration Speech
But for too many of our citizens, a different reality exists: Mothers and children trapped in poverty in our inner cities; rusted-out factories scattered like tombstones across the landscape of our nation
glosses: Having rusted completely; having become covered in rust; having become non-functional over time.
Related terms: rusted out
rusts out
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of rust out
rusting out
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of rust out
rusted out
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of rust out
Related terms: rusted-out
sack up
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: sacks up
form: sacking up
form: sacked up
form: sacked up
form: sac up
Senses: glosses: To put (something) in a sack.
glosses: To force oneself to become more manly; to toughen up or man up.
sac up
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: sacs up
form: saccing up
form: sacced up
form: sacced up
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of sack up (only in the "become more manly" meaning)
raw_tags: normally used only in imperative
frost-worked
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more frost-worked
form: most frost-worked
Senses: examples: text: This practice they carry so far, as neither to scarify, nor even harrow, putting the seed into the frost-worked surface, and their success is a justification of the system.
ref: 1804, Arthur Young, The farmer's kalendar:
glosses: that has been affected by the freeze-thaw cycle
raw_tags: of a surface
xylophoned
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of xylophone
freeze-thaw
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: Some of these properties are largely matrix dependent, and can be measured by the methods commonly used for conventional concrete, for example, compressive strength and freeze-thaw durability.
ref: 2006, Arnon Bentur, Sidney Mindess, Fibre Reinforced Cementitious Composites, Second Edition:
glosses: Involving both freezing and thawing.
melioristic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more melioristic
form: most melioristic
Etymology: From melior(ism) + -istic.
Senses: glosses: Of or related to meliorism, the belief that the world can be made better through human efforts.
Derived terms: melioristically
cryptarchy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkɹɪp.tɑː.ki/
Forms: form: cryptarchies
Etymology: From crypt- (“secret”) + -archy (“government”).
Senses: examples: text: Yet these “ubiquitary nullibists,” (to borrow the jargon of Henry More,) this cosmopolitan cryptarchy, is co-extensive with the habitable world; and while with one hand it is preparing for Paris and Marseilles the desertion and desolation of […]
ref: 1798, The Monthly Review, volume 25, page 511:
glosses: a secret government or rulership
cryptarchies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cryptarchy
melioristically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more melioristically
form: most melioristically
Etymology: From melioristic + -ally.
Senses: glosses: in a melioristic fashion
nitpickish
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more nitpickish
form: most nitpickish
Etymology: From nitpick + -ish.
Senses: examples: text: I have patiently liste[ne]d [t]o these improperly formed questions and remained silent so as not to be nitpickish on rules of evidence.
ref: 1964, {unattributed}, American Jurisprudence Trials: An Encyclopedic Guide to the Modern Practices, Techniques, and Tactics Used in Preparing and Trying Cases, with Model Programs for the Handling of All Types of Litigation, Volume 76
glosses: somewhat nitpicky
textident
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: textidents
Etymology: Blend of text + accident.
Senses: examples: text: It doesn’t take much for a driver to have a “textident,” according to Distractology 101, a hands-on tool to teach new drivers how texting, emailing, snacking or other distractions can lead to car accidents.
ref: 2011 September 6, Deborah Allard, “Crash course gets young drivers' attention”, in The Herald News:
text: The key is walking with a friend while you are texting. Any person will do as long as they have clear eyesight. While this may seem rude, you will have your own personal crossing guard to prevent textidents and possibly save your life.
ref: 2012, Katie Krall & Katie Kaminsky, "A Hawk's declassified school survival guide", Southwords (Maine Township High School, South), Volume 49, Number 1, 14 September 2012, page 10
text: Simulator instructor Robert Bliss told Zukowski the "textident" -- an accident caused by texting -- was inevitable.
ref: 2013 October 9, Dick Lindsay, “'Distractology 101' simulator teaches Lee students driving, texting don't mix”, in The Berkshire Eagle:
glosses: An accident caused by a driver or pedestrian focused on texting.
textidents
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of textident
jdfr
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: Abbreviation of joined from.
has a wild hair to
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of have a wild hair to