cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
make a statement
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: makes a statement
form: making a statement
form: made a statement
form: made a statement
Senses: examples: text: As we sometimes also say about elements of fashion and etiquette, the way you use English "Makes a Statement" or "Sends a Message" — even though these Statements/Messages often have nothing to do with the actual information you're trying to transmit.
ref: 2001 April, David Foster Wallace, “Tense Present: Democracy, English, and the Wars over Usage”, in Harper's Magazine:
synonyms: send a message
glosses: To implicitly communicate an idea, often through one's fashion choices.
examples: text: His attorney is expected to make a statement tomorrow.
glosses: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see make, a, statement.
in the dogbox
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Senses: glosses: Synonym of in the doghouse (“subjected to someone's anger or disapproval”).
synonyms: word: in the doghouse
extra: subjected to someone's anger or disapproval
send a message
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: sends a message
form: sending a message
form: sent a message
form: sent a message
Senses: examples: text: As we sometimes also say about elements of fashion and etiquette, the way you use English "Makes a Statement" or "Sends a Message" — even though these Statements/Messages often have nothing to do with the actual information you're trying to transmit.
ref: 2001 April, David Foster Wallace, “Tense Present: Democracy, English, and the Wars over Usage”, in Harper's Magazine:
synonyms: make a statement
glosses: To implicitly communicate an idea, typically through one's actions.
vrack
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of vraic.
velt-marshal
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: velt-marshals
Senses: topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: A field marshal, in the militaries of certain countries.
velt-marshals
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of velt-marshal
South Gyeongsang
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Partial calque of Korean 경상남도(慶尙南道) (Gyeongsangnamdo).
Senses: examples: text: Park Jong-kwon, head of an anti-nuclear civic group in South Gyeongsang Province, said no more nuclear reactors should be built in southeastern cities like Ulsan and Gyeongju as they are close to an active fault line.
ref: 2016 September 13, Jane Chung, Jumin Park, Se Young Lee, “South Korea's biggest earthquake triggers nuclear safety concerns”, in Tony Munroe, editor, Reuters, archived from the original on 20 Oct 2024, World:
glosses: A province in southeast South Korea.
unprobable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more unprobable
form: most unprobable
Etymology: From un- + probable.
Senses: examples: text: It is not unprobable, that our Lord gave an express command, that Peter should so fix his See at Rome, that the Bishop of Rome should absolutely succeed him.
ref: 1859, Isaac Barrow, Alexander Napier, The Theological Works of Isaac Barrow, D.D., volume 5, page 225:
glosses: Improbable; unlikely.
unoccupancy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: unoccupancies
Etymology: From un- + occupancy.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of inoccupancy.
unoccupancies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of unoccupancy
triker
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈtɹaɪ̯kɚ/
Forms: form: trikers
Etymology: From trike + -er.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of tricyclist.
synonyms: word: tricyclist
Derived terms: e-triker
trikers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of triker
two-striped grasshopper
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: two-striped grasshoppers
Senses: glosses: Melanoplus bivittatus, a poikilothermic species of grasshopper commonly found in North America.
Caolan
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /ˈkweɪlɒn/
/ˈkeɪlɒn/
/ˈkeɪlən/
Etymology: Borrowed from Irish Caolán.
Senses: glosses: A male given name from Irish.
both-sideses
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of both-sides
phrasals
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of phrasal
months-long
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of monthslong.
month-long
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of monthlong.
days-long
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of dayslong.
day-long
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of daylong.
barnburning
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more barnburning
form: most barnburning
form: barn-burning
Etymology: From barn + burning; compare barnburner.
Senses: examples: text: The mayor delivered a barnburning speech.
glosses: Very exciting or successful.
barn-burning
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more barn-burning
form: most barn-burning
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of barnburning.
years-long
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of yearslong.
decades-long
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: decadeslong
Etymology: From decades + -long.
Senses: glosses: Lasting multiple decades (i.e. greater than twenty years)
Pamona
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: An ethnic group of Indonesia.
Pamona
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: synonyms: Bare'e
Poso
glosses: An Austronesian language spoken in Central and South Sulawesi, Indonesia.
Bare'e
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Pamona (“people”).
synonyms: word: Pamona
extra: people
Bare'e
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Pamona (“language”).
synonyms: word: Pamona
extra: language
Poso
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Pamona (“language”).
synonyms: word: Pamona
extra: language
Related terms: Poso Park
Luang Namtha
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Borrowed from Lao ຫຼວງນ້ຳທາ (Lūang nam thā).
Senses: glosses: A province in northern Laos.
glosses: A city, the capital of Luang Namtha Province, Laos.
weeks-long
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of weekslong.
hour-long
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From hour + -long.
Senses: glosses: An hour in length; lasting for an hour.
autonarcosis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From auto- + narcosis.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: Narcosis in an organism that is induced by the organism itself.
shopping net
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: shopping nets
Senses: glosses: A bag of network used to carry shopping items, especially groceries.
corebox
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: coreboxes
Etymology: core + box
Senses: examples: text: Likewise, 20 psi represents the point at which the sand mis has reached sufficient strength to be drawn from the pattern or corebox without sag or distortion.
ref: 1984, Tom Drozda, Charles Wick, Tool and Manufacturing Engineers Handbook, Society of Manufacturing Engineers, page 16-25
text: The globe valve corebox is actually a dump type made in half sections. One half is used to form the right half of the core. The other half is used to form the left half of the core.
ref: 1986, George B. Helman, Patternmaker 3 & 2, Naval Education and Training Program Development Center, page 13_26
text: As is the case of patterns, coreboxes range from simple wooden structures to precision metal assemblies capable of long life under exacting conditions.
ref: 2001, Peter Beeley, Foundry Technology, Elsevier Science, page 476
topics: business
manufacturing
glosses: A box in which the core (usually made of sand) for producing the hollow part of a casting, is made.
coreboxes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of corebox
rinse down
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: rinses down
form: rinsing down
form: rinsed down
form: rinsed down
Senses: examples: text: Best practice in washing your car is that you should rinse it down before beginning to wipe or scrub with the soapy sponge, as you'll reduce the degree of abrading the paint with fine dirt particles.
coordinate_terms: rinse off#Verb
wash down#Verb
wash off#Verb
glosses: To rinse (something) completely from top to bottom.
examples: text: There was some food residue in the sink, so she rinsed it down.
coordinate_terms: wash down#Verb
glosses: To send (something) down the drain by rinsing action.
rinses down
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of rinse down
rinsing down
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of rinse down
rinsed down
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of rinse down
hours-long
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: hourslong
Etymology: From hours + -long.
Senses: glosses: Lasting multiple hours
centurylong
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From century + -long.
Senses: coordinate_terms: centuries-long
glosses: Lasting for approximately a century.
shopping nets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of shopping net
two-striped grasshoppers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of two-striped grasshopper
log-ons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of log-on
takes the shilling
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of take the shilling
taking the shilling
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of take the shilling
took the shilling
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past of take the shilling
taken the shilling
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: past participle of take the shilling
Lilydale
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A small town in the City of Launceston, Tasmania, Australia.
glosses: A town and eastern suburb of Melbourne in the Shire of Yarra Ranges, Victoria, Australia.
glosses: A rural community near Lunenburg, Lunenburg County, Nova Scotia, Canada.
glosses: A neighbourhood of Roseland, Chicago, Illinois, United States.
glosses: A minor city in Dakota County, Minnesota, United States.
sign-in
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sign-ins
Etymology: Deverbal from sign in.
Senses: examples: text: Enter your credentials on the sign-in screen.
text: Make sure to verify your contact info immediately after sign-in.
text: Microsoft provides a way to check for all sign-ins by your account: go to "My Sign-ins".
synonyms: login
log-in
logon
log-on
sign-on
antonyms: logoff
logout
signoff
sign-off
signout
sign-out
coordinate_terms: sign-up
signup
glosses: The process or an instance of signing in.
sign-in
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: signs-in
form: signing-in
form: signed-in
form: signed-in
Etymology: Deverbal from sign in.
Senses: examples: text: C&RO Clementine Davis reported that 115 voters had signed-in at the junior high precinct by 9:50 a.m. Gerald C. Fraiser also is pictured in the background as he signs-in.
ref: 1999 November 3, “Training up a child”, in The Yazoo Herald, 128th year, number 53, Yazoo City, Miss., page 1:
glosses: Misspelling of sign in.
sign-ins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sign-in
trimwork
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From trim + -work.
Senses: examples: text: The numerous tables and chairs for customers were stained in mahogany and were shiny from recent waxing, as were the floor and artistically carved railings, posts, and trimwork.
ref: 2011, Janelle Taylor, Wild Winds:
glosses: Synonym of trim (“decoration, especially along edges or borders”).
synonyms: word: trim
extra: decoration, especially along edges or borders
sententials
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sentential
sentential calculus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sentential calculi
Senses: glosses: Synonym of propositional calculus.
synonyms: word: propositional calculus
sentential calculi
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sentential calculus
Spanish handkerchief
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: the Spanish handkerchief trick
text: the Spanish handkerchief switch
glosses: The pigeon drop confidence trick.
founderer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: founderers
Etymology: From founder + -er.
Senses: examples: text: When she and her sister were away at Williamsburg, Nancy and I were more like founderers on a raft adrift in an angry sea.
ref: 1997, Kelly Joyce Neff, Dear Companion: The Inner Life of Martha Jefferson, page 92:
glosses: One who founders.
glosses: Misconstruction of founder (“metalworker”).
founderers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of founderer
EMT-Is
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of EMT-I
Thomson effect
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Thomson effects
Etymology: Named after William Thomson, Lord Kelvin.
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
thermodynamics
glosses: The phenomenon where, when in the presence of a gradient in the Seebeck coefficient, driving a current through this gradient produces a continuous version of the Peltier effect.
wikipedia: Lord Kelvin
Related terms: Peltier effect
Seebeck effect
Thomson effects
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Thomson effect
Seebeck coefficient
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Seebeck coefficients
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
thermodynamics
glosses: Synonym of thermopower.
synonyms: word: thermopower
Related terms: Seebeck effect
Seebeck coefficients
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Seebeck coefficient
neo-Freudian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more neo-Freudian
form: most neo-Freudian
Etymology: From neo- + Freudian.
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to neo-Freudianism.
neo-Freudianism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A psychoanalytic approach derived from the influence of Sigmund Freud, but extending his theories towards typically social or cultural aspects of psychoanalysis over the biological.
Related terms: neo-Freudian
polypipe
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: polypipes
Senses: examples: text: I felt like you do when you realise a polypipe's about to come apart at the join. What do you do first? Try to jam it back on? Rush to the valve? Rush to the pump?
ref: 1998, John Marsden, A Killing Frost:
text: A few years ago, the fisherman ^([sic]) on the Li River began making their fishing rafts out of plastic polypipes instead of the traditional bamboo because they lasted longer. She tells me they are now going back to using bamboo. Their plastic rafts, which used to last more than five years, are now lasting less than one.
ref: 2021, Sam Galliford, Rockfall:
glosses: A pipe made from polybutylene.
polypipes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of polypipe
labour action
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: labour actions
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of labor action.
labour actions
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of labour action
flowmap
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: flowmaps
Etymology: From flow + map.
Senses: examples: text: Flowmaps have a hierarchical structure in which some functional units correspond to activities (atomic operations) and others correspond to more detailed flowmaps.
ref: 1994, Reid Alan Baldwin, A Discipline Independent Framework for Engineering Design, page 101:
text: Flowmaps can be exponentially large if there are many alternatives. In the NELSIS system, the flow plan is fixed.
ref: 1995, Sea Hawon Choi, Design Methodology in High Level Synthesis (page 67)
text: […] a "flowmap" that amounts to a perceptual analysis of the Sokoban level. The flowmap is a concise data structure that contains a graph of all possible pushes (under the assumption that all other barrels are deleted), […]
ref: 2007, Ben Goertzel, Pei Wang, Advances in Artificial General Intelligence, page 66:
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A kind of diagram indicating flow through a process or system.
flowmaps
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of flowmap
extratropicalization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: climatology
meteorology
natural-sciences
glosses: The process of a tropical cyclone transforming into an extratropical cyclone.
unmanœuvreable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more unmanœuvreable
form: most unmanœuvreable
Etymology: From un- + manœuvreable.
Senses: glosses: Ligated alternative spelling of unmanoeuvrable
unmanœuvrable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more unmanœuvrable
form: most unmanœuvrable
Etymology: From un- + manœuvrable.
Senses: glosses: Ligated alternative spelling of unmanoeuvrable
unmanoeuvreable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more unmanoeuvreable
form: most unmanoeuvreable
Etymology: From un- + manoeuvreable.
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of unmanoeuvrable.
golden wattle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: golden wattles
Senses: examples: text: Golden wattle, on the other hand, that capricious, fluffy-dusty do-gooder of a plant, will produce an entirely different result.
ref: 2018, Robbie Arnott, Flames, Text Publishing, published 2023, page 56:
glosses: A small flowering tree, Acacia pycnantha, of southeastern Australia.
native myrtle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: native myrtles
Senses: examples: text: Or take native myrtle. Any plant that sprouts from the soil surrounding a myrtle coffin will begin producing large red berries.
ref: 2018, Robbie Arnott, Flames, Text Publishing, published 2023, page 56:
glosses: Any of various Australian plants having myrtle-like leaves, including Myoporum acuminatum.
black-faced cormorant
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: black-faced cormorants
Senses: examples: text: Other than the usual clamour of seabirds, ravens and swamp harriers, the only other birds of note in this area are orange-bellied parrots […] and a few black-faced cormorants that venture up from the tannin-stained waters of Bathurst Harbour.
ref: 2018, Robbie Arnott, Flames, Text Publishing, published 2023, page 95:
glosses: A bird of southern Australia, Phalacrocorax fuscescens.
black-faced cormorants
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of black-faced cormorant
Xmased
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of Xmas
Xmassed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of Xmas
Xmasing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of Xmas
Xmassing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of Xmas
native myrtles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of native myrtle
golden wattles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of golden wattle
dirty war
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dirty wars
Etymology: Calque of Spanish guerra sucia.
Senses: glosses: A conflict (particularly one in South America) between a dictatorship against leftist revolutionaries or activists, typically characterized by extrajudicial repression like kidnapping, torture and enforced disappearance.
Related terms: Dirty War
tiebroke
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past of tiebreak
tiebroken
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: past participle of tiebreak
timber-land
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: timber-lands
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of timberland.
timber-lands
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of timber-land
buranji
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: buranjis
Etymology: Borrowed from Ahom 𑜈𑜥𑜍𑜨𑜃𑜫𑜊𑜣 (būronjʸī).
Senses: glosses: historical chronicle of Assam.
deacidifier
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: deacidifiers
Senses: glosses: Any substance that removes or neutralizes acid.
Dashawn
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Variant of DeShawn.
Senses: glosses: A male given name of African-American usage.
Da'Shawn
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Da'Shawns
Etymology: Variant of DeShawn.
Senses: examples: Da'Shawn Hand, b. 1995
glosses: A male given name of African-American usage.
hyperacidify
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: hyperacidifies
form: hyperacidifying
form: hyperacidified
form: hyperacidified
Senses: glosses: To acidify excessively.
nonacidifying
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Not acidifying.
overacidification
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Synonym of hyperacidification.
synonyms: word: hyperacidification
overacidify
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: overacidifies
form: overacidifying
form: overacidified
form: overacidified
Senses: glosses: Synonym of hyperacidify.
synonyms: word: hyperacidify
taeguks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of taeguk
preacidification
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A prior acidification.
preacidify
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: preacidifies
form: preacidifying
form: preacidified
form: preacidified
Senses: glosses: To acidify in advance.
EANx
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: diving
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
underwater-diving
glosses: Acronym of enriched air nitrox.
7-Eleven
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌsɛvən əˈlɛvən/
Forms: form: 7-Elevens
form: 7-11
Etymology: A trade name, reflecting the company's opening hours at the time.
Senses: qualifier: genericized trademark
glosses: A 7-Eleven convenience store.
7-Eleven
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌsɛvən əˈlɛvən/
Forms: form: 7-11
Etymology: A trade name, reflecting the company's opening hours at the time.
Senses: qualifier: genericized trademark
glosses: The 7-Eleven chain of convenience stores.
Related terms: Slurpee
Latifa
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Latifas
form: Lateefa
form: Lateefah
form: Latifah
Etymology: Borrowed from Arabic لَطِيفَة (laṭīfa).
Senses: glosses: A female given name from Arabic, masculine equivalent Latif.
Joval
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Jovals
Senses: glosses: A male given name.
Boroondara
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From the local Woiwurrung language boroondara meaning "where the ground is thickly shaded"
Senses: glosses: A local government area in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia; in full, the City of Boroondara.
Magdalin
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Magdalins
Senses: glosses: A surname.
banquet trolley
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: banquet trolleys
Senses: examples: text: She froze, turned white and made the long fall, straight down, face first into a banquet trolley of half-eaten food scraps.
ref: 2005, Paul Carter, Don't Tell Mum I Work on the Rigs, Crows Nest: Allen and Unwin, page 11:
glosses: A wheeled cart with shelves from which food and drinks can be served at a banquet.
banquet trolleys
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of banquet trolley
haul-pack truck
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: haul-pack trucks
Senses: examples: text: It was early afternoon so there were only four haul-pack truck drivers shooting pool inside.
ref: 2005, Paul Carter, Don't Tell Mum I Work on the Rigs, Crows Nest: Allen and Unwin, page 20:
glosses: A type of large, off-highway, rigid truck designed for use in mining and heavy-duty construction.
haul-pack trucks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of haul-pack truck
accommodometer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: An instrument used to measure the accommodation of the eye.
Taipa Grande
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Portuguese Taipa Grande.
Senses: examples: text: From a study of the available information, it was deduced that until approximately 1920, virtually the whole of the site was beneath the sea between the then separate islands of Taipa Grande and Taipa Pequena. In 1920 a causeway was built linking Taipa Grande to Taipa Pequena and this now forms the northern boundary of the site.
ref: 1983, World Dredging & Marine Construction, volume 19, Symcon Publishing Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 8, column 2:
text: Major reclaimed areas include the Ilha Verde area, Areia Preta, lao Hon, Hipódromo, the early twentieth century reclamation of the Porto Exterior, subsequent reclamation projects of the Porto Exterior (Zona de Aterros do Porto Exterior or ZAPE and the Novos Aterros do Porto Exterior or NAPE), and the enclosure of the Praia Grande project on the peninsula, the natural reclamation between the former islets of Taipa Grande and Taipa Pequena (Baixa da Taipa) which have now formed Taipa, the more recent reclamation just to the west of Ponta da Cabrita in north-east Taipa, and the even more recent airport reclamation to the east of Taipa.
ref: 2001, Richard Louis Edmonds, William John Kyle, “Land Use in Macau: Changes between 1972 and 1994”, in Arthur H. Chen, editor, Culture of Metropolis in Macau: An International Symposium on Cultural Heritage: Strategies for the Twenty-first Century, Cultural Affairs Bureau [文化局], →ISBN, →OCLC, page 255, column 2:
english: 文化局
translation: 文化局
text: Taipa Quebrada was an anchorage in Taipa island that at the time was formed by two small islands, Taipa Grande (or Taipa Quebrada), and Taipa Pequena, initially separated by a narrow channel.
ref: 2013 [2009], Rogério Miguel Puga, “Notes”, in Monica Andrade, transl., The British Presence in Macau, 1635-1793, Hong Kong University Press, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 153:
text: The 2.2km-long Taipo Trail (Trilho de Taipa Grande) rings Taipa Grande, a 160m-high hill at the eastern end of the island.
ref: 2015 January, Piera Chen, Emily Matchar, “Macau”, in Hong Kong (Lonely Planet), 16th edition, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 247, column 2:
text: A man was apprehended by the mainland police early yesterday morning in Zhongshan on suspected link with human body parts found in Taipa Grande on Saturday.
The suspect will be heard in court in mainland China.
Around noon on Saturday, the police and the Fire Service Bureau received reports of human body parts found along the trail in Taipa Grande near the CEM warehouse.
ref: 2021 June 14, Anthony Lam, “Suspect linked to body parts found in Taipa Grande apprehended in Zhongshan”, in Macau Daily News, archived from the original on 14 Jun 2021, Crime:
text: As of 4pm, the Avenida Dos Jogos Da Asia Oriental in Taipa recorded 236mm of total precipitation and Taipa Grande saw 213.4mm.
ref: 2022 June 8, “Macau sees multiple floods as red rain signal takes effect”, in The Standard, archived from the original on 08 Jun 2022, Local:
glosses: A hill in Taipa, Macau, formerly an islet.
baju kurung
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: baju kurungs
form: baju kurung
Senses: examples: text: Brunei is a fairly strict Muslim country. Any women you see are always wearing a traditional "baju kurung", and are totally covered up, exposing only their faces.
ref: 2005, Paul Carter, Don't Tell Mum I Work on the Rigs, Crows Nest: Allen and Unwin, page 31:
glosses: A traditional Malay form-fitting outfit for women consisting of a long-sleeved shirt and long skirt.
baju kurungs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of baju kurung
anticommodification
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Opposing commodification.
hyperaccommodation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Excessive accommodation of the eye.
hyperaccommodative
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Relating to hyperaccommodation.
blown-off
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: The palm trees were bent over almost touching the ground, and the streets were now awash with stalled cars and blown-off rooftops.
ref: 2005, Paul Carter, Don't Tell Mum I Work on the Rigs, Crows Nest: Allen and Unwin, page 91:
glosses: Having been blown off; removed by the wind.
hypoaccommodation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Insufficient accommodation of the eye.
intercommodity
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Between commodities.
Mexipinos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Mexipino
microbial clocks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of microbial clock
microdensities
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of microdensity
microdistillations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of microdistillation
microeliminations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of microelimination
microembolisations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of microembolisation
nonaccommodated
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Not accommodated.
microemulsifications
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of microemulsification
microfailures
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of microfailure
microimpedances
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of microimpedance
microischemias
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of microischemia
microlissencephalies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of microlissencephaly
microlactins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of microlactin
micronodulations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of micronodulation
microplexes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of microplex
micropotentiostats
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of micropotentiostat
micropulverizations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of micropulverization
microsolvations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of microsolvation
microtopologies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of microtopology
microtranscriptomes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of microtranscriptome
microvacuolizations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of microvacuolization
microvascularisations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of microvascularisation
microwave resonant cavity thrusters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of microwave resonant cavity thruster
midcorrelations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of midcorrelation
mididresses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mididress
midnucleoids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of midnucleoid
mimickees
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mimickee
Mineans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Minean
pseudoaccommodative
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Relating to pseudoaccommodation.
soluble glasses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of soluble glass
sodium silicate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sodium silicates
Senses: glosses: Chemical compounds with the formula Na₂ₓSi_(y,)O_(2y+x) or (Na₂O)ₓ·(SiO₂)_y, such as sodium metasilicate Na₂SiO₃, sodium orthosilicate Na₄SiO₄, and sodium pyrosilicate Na₆Si₂O₇.
synonyms: soluble glass
water glass
glosses: A mixture of such compounds, especially the metasilicate, used in the formulation of cements, coatings, passive fire protection, textile and lumber processing, manufacture of refractory ceramics, as adhesives, and in the production of silica gel.
sodium silicates
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sodium silicate
cuddlesomeness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From cuddlesome + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The state, quality, or condition of being cuddlesome.
Kempton Park
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A city in Gauteng province, South Africa, originally named after Kempten in Bavaria.
glosses: A racecourse at Sunbury, Spelthorne borough, Surrey and waterworks at Hanworth, borough of Hounslow, Greater London, England. Historically, these adjoining places were in the county of Middlesex (OS grid ref TQ1170).
reef-tackles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of reef-tackle
sandfall
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sandfalls
Etymology: From sand + fall.
Senses: glosses: The downward movement of sand triggered by gravitational forces or water saturation.
love-taps
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of love-tap
nettle-taps
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nettle-tap
tippy taps
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tippy tap
tippy-taps
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tippy-tap
tippy-taps
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of tippy-tap
video tapes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of video tape
quasi-sacred
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Resembling something sacred.
quasisacred
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of quasi-sacred.
prewelding
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Before welding.
postwelding
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: After welding.
Inner West
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A large suburban area and local government area (Inner West Council) in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
nunless
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From nun + -less.
Senses: glosses: Without a nun or nuns.
unyelled
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + yelled.
Senses: glosses: Not yelled; not expressed in a yell.
cosmeticky
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more cosmeticky
form: most cosmeticky
Etymology: From cosmetic + -y.
Senses: examples: text: […] cosmeticky depilatory with the glamorous, cosmeticky advertising.
ref: 1967, Home Economics and Domestic Subjects Review, volume 13, page 14:
text: […] cosmeticky women whose tight jeans and stiletto heels suggest a kind of festivity but whose faces seem stunned […]
ref: 1982, Inside Sports, volume 4, page 86:
glosses: Resembling or characteristic of cosmetics (beauty products).
noncommodification
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From non- + commodification.
Senses: glosses: Lack of commodification.
nonaccommodation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From non- + accommodation.
Senses: glosses: Lack of accommodation; failure to accommodate.
predispense
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: predispenses
form: predispensing
form: predispensed
form: predispensed
Senses: glosses: To dispense in advance.
sandfalls
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sandfall
Maroondah
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A local government area in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia; in full, the City of Maroondah.
shelveth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of shelve
nororientaline
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A precursor of papaverine.
nonharmonized
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Not harmonized.
non-blacklisted
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of nonblacklisted.
neurohypophysectomized
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: That had undergone neurohypophysectomy.
Palembangs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Palembang
neurohypophysectomy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The surgical removal of the neurohypophysis.
Palembangese
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Palembang (“language”).
synonyms: word: Palembang
extra: language
Mooroolbark
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: An eastern suburb of Melbourne in the Shire of Yarra Ranges, Victoria, Australia.
stomp for
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: stomps for
form: stomping for
form: stomped for
form: stomped for
Senses: examples: text: The only ones who stomp for Joe Biden are paid influencers.
glosses: To cheer on or support.
Related terms: root for
Bungendore
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A town in Queanbeyan-Palerang regional council area, New South Wales, Australia.
Queanbeyan-Palerang
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A local government area in the Southern Tablelands, New South Wales, Australia; in full, Queanbeyan-Palerang Regional Council.
vlogpology
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: vlogpologies
Etymology: Blend of vlog + apology. Popularised in a January 2020 study of YouTuber apology videos by data visualisation website The Pudding, but attested earlier (see quotations).
Senses: examples: text: fucking RUINED this guy myers needs a vlogpology without hte^([sic]) mask ...SHOW YOURSELF MYERS !
ref: 2013 April 10, JMMA_ALLDAY, Twitter:
text: And this is what he was trying to do. A vlog apology. Vlogpology. 👌
ref: 2017 March 7, InTechTodayPod, Twitter:
text: vlogpology (noun): when a famous YouTuber becomes embroiled in a controversy, makes headlines, and releases an apology video.
ref: 2020 January 24, Arjun Kakkar, Russell Samora, “The Aftermath of a YouTube Apology”, in The Pudding:
text: My findings also show that vlogpologies are often created when the vlogger is under extreme duress and may be uncomfortable with being told to apologise, which can result in non-apologetic language and seem insincere.
ref: 2022 November 24, Bella Sampson, I'm Sorry You(Tube) Feel That Way: An Introduction to the YouTube Vlogpology Genre (Thesis), Auckland University of Technology, page 2:
glosses: An apology video; a video, typically uploaded to video-sharing service YouTube, in which an Internet celebrity/influencer apologises for, or addresses, public backlash, especially in an insincere manner.
wikipedia: The Pudding
vlogpologies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of vlogpology
putschers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of putscher
washable nappies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of washable nappy
washable nappy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: washable nappies
Etymology: Due to cloth nappies being reusable after washing; hence, being washable, which disposable nappies are not.
Senses: examples: text: Terry towelling squares. These are still the most popular washable nappies in Britain and have a lot to be said for them.
ref: 1975, David Harvey, The Baby Book, Marshall Cavendish, →ISBN, page 101:
text: Wherever possible, use mild soaps and laundry detergent – the detergent is significant if you are using washable nappies.
ref: 2020, Yehudi Gordon, Birth And Beyond, Ebury Publishing, →ISBN, page 532:
glosses: Synonym of cloth nappy.
synonyms: word: cloth nappy
Palerang
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A locality in Queanbeyan-Palerang regional council area, New South Wales, Australia. It was previously the name of Palerang Council.
Derived terms: Queanbeyan-Palerang
ear training
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
synonyms: aural training
glosses: A form of study of music theory study in which musicians learn aural skills to identify pitches, intervals, melody, chords, rhythms, solfeges, and other basic elements of music, solely by hearing.
diversity hire
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: diversity hires
Senses: examples: text: When Joe Biden announced he'd pick a woman of color as his running mate, he thought he was being progressive. Instead, he walked right into a DEI trap, gift-wrapping ammunition for every critic ready to dismiss Kamala Harris as a "diversity hire."
ref: 2024 July 29, Susan Harmeling, “The ‘DEI Hire’ Trap: How Biden Turned His VP Pick Into Fodder For Critics”, in Forbes:
glosses: A person who is hired based on their protected class status, rather than their merits or job qualifications.
Synonyms: DEI hire
Related terms: dieversity
reverse discrimination
tokenism
toddler seat
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: toddler seats
Senses: examples: text: One inexpensive possibility is to purchase a toddler seat that can be placed on your current carriage. There are seats especially designed for that purpose, with seat belts and all. Some toddlers enjoy their high perch, but safety is a concern with these seats.
ref: 1981 October 21, Joan Weiss, Your Second Child, Simon & Schuster, →ISBN, page 250:
text: Three booster models have been approved by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration: […] and a combination seat, which converts from a forward-facing toddler seat to a booster seat.
ref: 2021 March 5, Marilyn J. Hockenberry, David Wilson, Cheryl C. Rodgers, Wong's Essentials of Pediatric Nursing, Elsevier Health Sciences, →ISBN, page 358:
glosses: A child safety seat designed for a toddler.
glosses: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see toddler, seat (a seat, like a chair, designed for a toddler).
Coordinate terms: baby seat
booster seat
child safety seat
child seat
infant safety seat
toddler seats
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of toddler seat
Captains Flat
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A town in Queanbeyan-Palerang regional council area, New South Wales, Australia.
gypper
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gyppers
Etymology: From gyp + -er.
Senses: examples: text: "I think people are being gypped," the 87-year-old Wooster-Petrik says of McGraw's current-day followers. "Once a gypper, you're not going to change colors."
ref: 2004, Sophia Dembling, Lisa Gutierrez, The Making of Dr. Phil, page 55:
text: He grabs the cat's food and is a gypper / He romps and plays and acts like a nipper
ref: 2013, Ruby Pearl Boor Barraw, 92 Years - The Poems of My Life (page 25)
glosses: One who gyps; a cheat or swindler.
gypper
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gyppers
Senses: glosses: A gypsy.
gyppers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of gypper
gyppery
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gypperies
Etymology: From gyp + -ery.
Senses: glosses: The act of one who gyps; cheating; swindle.
gypperies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of gyppery
car safety seat
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: car safety seats
Senses: examples: text: WHAT [author's capitals] is claimed to be the world's first car safety seat for children between ten months and five and a half years will soon be on sale in Britain.
ref: 1962, Irish Industry: The Industrial and Business Journal of Ireland, volume 30, McEvoy Press, page 19:
text: The most important preventive medicine you can give your child is a car safety seat. Automobiles are the biggest child-killers around, claiming more lives than any other type of accident or childhood disease.
ref: 1983 September 24, “Car seats for children”, in Changing Times: The Kiplinger Magazine, volume 37, number 9, Kiplinger, page 76:
text: After the child reaches 2 years of age and has reached the manufacturer's height and weight recommendations for a rear-facing car seat, the child uses a forward-facing upright car safety seat.
ref: 2021 September 3, Emily Slone McKinney, Susan Rowen James, Sharon Smith Murray, Kristine Nelson, Jean Ashwill, Maternal-Child Nursing, Elsevier Health Sciences, →ISBN, page 98:
glosses: Synonym of child safety seat.
synonyms: word: child safety seat
car safety seats
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of car safety seat
Guidonian hand
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Guidonian hands
Senses: topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: A mnemonic device to assist in learning sight singing, resembling a human hand divided into portions representing notes within the hexachord system.
sight sung
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: past participle of sight sing
sight sings
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of sight sing
sight sang
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past of sight sing
Guidonian hands
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Guidonian hand
hakhshara
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hachshara
form: hachsharah
form: hakhsharah
Etymology: From Hebrew הַכְשָׁרָה (literally “preparation”).
Senses: glosses: Zionist training in preparation for emigration to Israel and subsequent life in a kibbutz.
hachshara
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of hakhshara.
hachsharah
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of hakhshara.
hakhsharah
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of hakhshara.
hardmouthed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more hardmouthed
form: most hardmouthed
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of hard-mouthed.
hashab
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Ellipsis of hashab gum.
New Berrima
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A village in Wingecarribee Shire, Southern Highlands, New South Wales, Australia.
harmonial
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: Harmonial
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to a form of Spiritualism promoted by Andrew Jackson Davis (1826–1910).
Harmonial
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of harmonial.
sftwd.
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sftwds.
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of softwood.
hdwd.
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hdwds.
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of hardwood.
sftwds.
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sftwd.
hdwds.
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hdwd.
hdwe.
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of hardware (“tools and equipment”).
he-huckleberry
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: he-huckleberries
Senses: glosses: The plant Cyrilla racemiflora.
synonyms: maleberry
glosses: The plant Lyonia ligustrina.
maleberry
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: maleberries
Senses: glosses: Synonym of he-huckleberry (“Lyonia ligustrina”).
synonyms: word: he-huckleberry
extra: Lyonia ligustrina
maleberries
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of maleberry
he-huckleberries
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of he-huckleberry
helianthaceous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: Of or relating to the Helianthaceae.
heronsbill
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: heronsbills
form: heron's-bill
Etymology: From heron + -s- + bill.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of storksbill (“plant of genus Erodium”).
synonyms: word: storksbill
extra: plant of genus Erodium
heronsbills
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of heronsbill
high-boiling
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more high-boiling
form: most high-boiling
Senses: examples: text: a high-boiling additive
glosses: Having a high boiling point.
low-boiling
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more low-boiling
form: most low-boiling
Senses: glosses: Having a low boiling point.