cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
Tanchon
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Tanch'on
Etymology: Borrowed from Korean 단천(端川) (Dancheon).
Senses: examples: text: She was born in the port city of Tanchon in South Hamgyong province in the far north and raised in the industrial city of Hamhung, and is described in the book as the baby of the family, the youngest of three children.
ref: 2016 August 11, Jean H. Lee, “North Korean Gymnast’s Selfie Goes Viral, but Her Bio Is Sparse”, in The New York Times, sourced from SEOUL, South Korea, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 05 May 2024, Olympics:
glosses: A port city in northeastern South Hamgyong Province, North Korea.
Tanch'on
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Tanchon.
Tequendama
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A preceramic and ceramic archaeological site located southeast of Soacha, Cundinamarca, Colombia.
Related terms: Tequendama Falls
São Miguel
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: The largest island of the Azores.
Volzhskiy
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Volzhsky.
Wad Madani
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Wad Medani
Etymology: From Arabic ود مدني.
Senses: glosses: The capital of the Al Jazirah state in east-central Sudan.
Wad Medani
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Wad Madani.
Gallatin Range
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the Gallatin Range
Etymology: Named after Albert Gallatin.
Senses: glosses: A range of the Rocky Mountains, located in the U.S. states of Montana and Wyoming.
wikipedia: Albert Gallatin
Punta Gallinas
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Point Gallinas
Senses: glosses: A headland in northern Colombia.
Point Gallinas
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Punta Gallinas.
Garfield Heights
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A city in Cuyahoga County, Ohio, United States.
Lünen
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A town in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.
Lan Tau
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Lantau.
Lan Tao
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Lantau.
Loange
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Luangué
form: Luange
Senses: glosses: A tributary of the Kasai River, originating in Angola and flowing north into the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Luangué
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Loange.
Luange
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Loange.
Matadi
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: The chief seaport of the Democratic Republic of the Congo and the capital of the Kongo Central province, adjacent to the border with Angola.
bermius
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bermiuses
Senses: glosses: Any of the acridid grasshoppers of the Australian genus Bermius.
bermiuses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bermius
shareholder rights plans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of shareholder rights plan
symmetry planes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of symmetry plane
arsenal planes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of arsenal plane
beard itch
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Bolan knew through personal experience that by day three the beard-itch would become almost unbearable.
ref: 2011, Don Pendleton, Assassin's Code, Toronto: Worldwide Library, page 108:
glosses: Itchiness of the skin underneath a beard.
Bad Mergentheim
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: synonyms: word: Mergentheim
english: former name
translation: former name
glosses: A town in the Main-Tauber-Kreis district in Baden-Württemberg, Germany.
Mergentheim
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Former name of Bad Mergentheim.
Mangaung
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Sotho [Term?] (literally “place of cheetahs”).
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Bloemfontein (“South African city”).
synonyms: word: Bloemfontein
extra: South African city
Bloem
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Clipping of Bloemfontein (“South African city”)
plasmodially
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From plasmodial + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: plasmodially active
text: plasmodially infected
glosses: In terms of, or by means of, a plasmodium.
Missionary Ridge
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A ridge in Chattanooga, Tennessee, United States, the site of an 1863 battle in the American Civil War.
bureaux plats
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bureau plat
play groups
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of play group
Huascarán
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A mountain in the Peruvian province of Yungay, situated in the Cordillera Blanca range.
outfield players
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of outfield player
Huon Gulf
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Named after French explorer Jean-Michel Huon de Kermadec.
Senses: glosses: A large gulf in eastern Papua New Guinea.
burialplace
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: burialplaces
form: burial-place
Senses: examples: text: The Nazis who murdered Katzenelson also burned the entire Jewry of Radoshkowitz—Mane’s birthplace and burialplace in the vicinity of Vilna.
ref: 1973, Eisig Silberschlag, “Notes”, in From Renaissance to Renaissance: Hebrew Literature from 1492-1970, New York: Ktav Publishing, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 389:
text: He was a notable patron of the arts who lavishly embellished his royal residences and rebuilt and enlarged Westminster Abbey, destined as the burialplace of himself and many of his successors, in honor of his patron saint, Edward the Confessor.
ref: 1998, C.H. Knowles, “Henry III (1207-1272; r. 1216-72)”, in Medieval England: An Encyclopedia, Garland Publishing, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 345, column 2:
text: At the north-western most of Iran, to the south of Maku, is the Church of Qara Kelisa (meaning the Black Church) in a village of the same name. Here is reputed to be the burialplace of St. Thaddeus and every year thousands of Armenians gather there for prayer.
ref: 2010, “Ardebil, East and West Azerbaijan Provinces”, in F. Ghani, transl., Iran The Ancient Land in Persian, English & German, 9th edition, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 231:
glosses: Alternative form of burial place.
burial-place
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: burial-places
Senses: examples: text: The graveyard was an inclosure on the grounds of Mr. Wharton, which had been fenced with stone, and set apart for the purpose, by that gentleman, some years before. It was not, however, intended as a burial-place for any of his own family.
ref: 1821, James Fenimore Cooper, chapter XIV, in The Spy, H M Caldwell, →OCLC, page 156:
text: And now, without a word of warning from the Ghost, they stood upon a bleak and desert moor, where monstrous masses of rude stone were cast about, as though it were the burial-place of giants; and water spread itself wheresoever it listed, or would have done so, but for the frost that held it prisoner; and nothing grew but moss and furze, and coarse rank grass.
ref: 1843, Charles Dickens, A Christmas Carol, →OCLC, pages 101-102:
text: Khaleque, the landowner, who had contributed most of the money needed to transform the neglected burial-place of an unknown into a mazar, masked his pride and pleasure with difficulty. He solemnly declared: ‘Perhaps now we shall be forgiven for neglecting the saint all these years.’
ref: 1967 [1949], Syed Waliullah, chapter 3, in Tree Without Roots (Fiction), London: Chatto & Windus, →OCLC, page 27:
glosses: Alternative form of burial place.
beardiness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From beardy + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The state of being beardy.
Rome plows
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Rome plow
data-points
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of data-point
freezing-point depressions
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of freezing-point depression
points-of-view
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of point-of-view
white-points
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of white-point
view points
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of view point
beard rash
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: beard rashes
Senses: glosses: A rash on the skin under the beard.
glosses: A rash or redness on the skin caused by the friction of the beard, as when kissing; beard burn.
beard rashes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of beard rash
beard burn
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: beard rash (redness of the skin caused by the friction of the beard, as when kissing)
ice poles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ice pole
pole-stars
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pole-star
beard pen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: beard pens
Senses: synonyms: beard pencil
glosses: A makeup pen used to alter beard colour.
beard pencil
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: beard pencils
Senses: glosses: A beard pen.
beard pencils
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of beard pencil
beard pens
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of beard pen
beard cut
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: beard cuts
Etymology: From beard + cut, modelled on haircut.
Senses: glosses: A trimming of the beard, especially one performed by a barber.
beard cuts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of beard cut
beard hair
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: beard hairs
Senses: glosses: The hair that makes up a beard.
glosses: The single strand of beard hair.
beard hairs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of beard hair
what's the story
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Forms: form: what's the story, bud
form: story, bud
form: story
Etymology: From What's the story with you?, possibly through Irish cad é an scéal (lit. "What's the story") (possible backtranslation).
Senses: examples: text: What's the story with you and Janine? Are you dating or just friends?
glosses: Requesting an explanation.
examples: text: *Any non-Irish person should be aware that it is not necessary to take the question literally i.e. one shouldn't start to explain your life story when greeted with 'What's the story?' rather they should respond in kind e.g. Greeting: 'What's the story?' Response: 'What's the story?' There are several variations on the theme, the most popular being 'What's the story, bud?' or the pithy : 'Story, bud?' or the pithier still 'Story?'
ref: 2012, Colin Murphy, Donal O'Dea, “18 - Saying 'What's the story?'”, in More Stuff Irish People Love, 2017 edition, The O'Brien Press Ltd, →ISBN:
qualifier: Dublin
glosses: A greeting; How are you?, What's up?
poll workers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of poll worker
thawan
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: thawans
Senses: glosses: The fifth month of Meitei traditional lunar calendar.
pooping waves
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pooping wave
portland cements
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of portland cement
blockmate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: blockmates
Etymology: From block + -mate.
Senses: glosses: Someone living on the same block
blockmates
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of blockmate
quindecennalia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: quindecennalia
form: quindecennalias
Etymology: From Latin quīndecennālia, from quīndecennium (“15-year period”) + -ālia (“-alia: forming the names of festivals”), from quīndecennis (“15-year”) + -ium (“-ium: forming abstract nouns”). Equivalent to quin- + decennalia, quindec + ennalia, or quindecennium + -alia.
Senses: examples: text: There is evidence, that the quindecennalia, of fifteenth anniversary of Trajan's proconsular authority, and of his adoption to the empire, was celebrated in 111, or the year after Pliny's arrival in Bithynia.
ref: 1837, Edward Burton, Lectures upon the Ecclesiastical History of the First Three Centuries..., Vol. II, "Lecture XIV", p. 40
text: There is good literary evidence for Honorius' tricennalia in 422, which is at the end of perfect quinquennial sequence from 393, as well as consular vot xxx mvlt xxx solidi, though there do not appear to be any vota coins marking his quindecennalia or quinta quinquennalia.
ref: 1988, Richard W. Burgess, “Quinquennial Vota and the Imperial Consulship in the Fourth and Fifth Centuries, 337-511”, in Numismatic Chronicle, number 148, page 85:
text: On 1 January 112... the year opened with a series of celebrations to mark the quindecennalia of the emperor's ascension.
ref: 1997, Julian Bennett, Trajan Optimus Princeps: A Life and Times, page 186:
glosses: The festival and religious rituals sometimes observed celebrating a Roman emperor's 15th year of rule.
wikipedia: Constantius II
Hypernyms: jubilee
Coordinate terms: quinquennalia
decennalia
vicennalia
tricennalia
quindecennalias
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of quindecennalia
can-eater
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: can-eaters
Etymology: From can + eater.
Senses: glosses: An Australian person.
can-eaters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of can-eater
Wellington North
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A township in Wellington County, Ontario, Canada.
babymama
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: babymamas
Senses: examples: text: Anita believed Junior had saved her life and for that she was his constant defender against any and all comers, including his siblings, his babymamas and whatever law enforcement and other agency officials found their way to her door.
ref: 2001, Pearl Cleage, “Permanent Shit List”, in I Wish I Had a Red Dress, New York, N.Y.: William Morrow, →ISBN, page 44:
text: Elliot was living in Germany now—apparently he had three kids there, with three different babymamas.
ref: 2014, Jens Lapidus, translated by Astri von Arbin Ahlander, Life Deluxe, New York, N.Y.: Pantheon Books, →ISBN, page 431:
text: She didn’t know if the cute girl with a spiky short hairdo was one of his babymamas, one of his girlfriends, or a brand-new recruit, but Naeema was ready to chat it up with the playboy.
ref: 2014, Meesha Mink [pseudonym; Niobia Bryant], Kiss the Ring: An Urban Tale, New York, N.Y.: Touchstone, Simon & Schuster, →ISBN, page 212:
glosses: Alternative form of baby mama.
babymamas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of babymama
North Coventry
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: The three townships in Pennsylvania are named after Coventry in England.
Senses: glosses: A township in Chester County, Pennsylvania, United States.
Related terms: english: township
translation: township
word: East Coventry
english: township
translation: township
word: South Coventry
Darrigrand
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Darrigrands
Etymology: Borrowed from French Darrigrand, itself from Occitan Darrigrand.
Senses: glosses: A surname from French [in turn from Occitan].
firemaking
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From fire + making.
Senses: examples: text: To his pleasure his father proved to be well versed in the art of firemaking and of cooking in the open.
ref: 1915 July, William Heyliger, “Don Strong of the Wolf Patrol”, in Walter P. McGuire, editor, Boys’ Life: The Boy Scouts’ Magazine, volume V, number 5, New York, N.Y.: Boy Scouts of America, chapter V (Donald Receives a Gift), page 30, column 2:
text: She laboriously drilled holes through each piece of bone with a hand driller bow and pointed wood spike such as that used for firemaking, and a small piece of flint attached to a wooden shaft with a string of animal hide.
ref: 2019, Ben Nuttall-Smith, Blood, Feathers & Holy Men, Surrey, B.C.: Libros Libertad Publishing Ltd., →ISBN, page 117:
text: She was right about the smell, so I walked a little distance away from the bustle and hurry of unsaddling and firemaking till I came to a small irrigation channel.
ref: 2016, Lucy Coats, Chosen, London: Orchard Books, Hachette Children’s Group, →ISBN, page 19:
synonyms: firelighting
glosses: The act or process of making a fire.
Orthez
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Orthezes
Etymology: Borrowed from French Orthez, itself from Occitan.
Senses: holonyms: Béarn
glosses: A town in Pyrénées-Atlantiques department, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France.
glosses: A surname from French [in turn from Occitan].
mensurationally
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From mensurational + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: He was aurally as well as mensurationally isolated from the rest of the ship.
ref: 1960, J.E. Macdonnell, Escort Ship, Sydney: Horwitz Publications, published 1972, page 18:
glosses: With regard to measurement or mensuration.
black-ganger
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: black-gangers
Senses: examples: text: He held strongly to the black-ganger's philosophy - what is the use of all the radar and guns and torpedoes if you don't have the engineers and stokers to put them in the right position?
ref: 1960, J.E. Macdonnell, Escort Ship, Sydney: Horwitz Publications, published 1972, page 22:
topics: nautical
transport
glosses: A member of a black gang.
black-gangers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of black-ganger
Puvret
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Puvrets
Senses: glosses: A surname from French.
Zogamme
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Zogammes
Senses: glosses: A surname from French.
Flavine
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Flavines
Senses: glosses: A female given name from French.
Mottonche
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Mottonches
Senses: glosses: A surname from French.
re-org
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: re-orgs
Senses: examples: text: In some cases, workers anticipating a re-org may stop working altogether since they expect their project to get canned. Lynch sums it up: “Google kept telling me that it couldn’t judge my work until it saw me complete a project. Meanwhile, I couldn’t complete any projects because Google kept interrupting them midway through and assigning me new ones.”
ref: 2023 November 28, JS Tan, “It's All Bullshit”, in The Baffler:
glosses: Alternative form of reorg.
statistical language acquisition
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: The study of how individuals, particularly infants, learn language by recognizing statistical patterns in linguistic input.
text linguistics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: A branch of linguistics that explores texts as communication systems.
Jinsen
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: enpr: jēnʹsān
rhymes: -eɪn
Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from Japanese 仁川(じんせん) (jinsen).
Senses: examples: text: Barbey and his staff arrived at Jinsen (now Incheon), Korea, on September 8. The next day, the Japanese emperor surrendered all his country’s ground and air forces in Korea south of the 38th parallel to Admiral Barbey’s group of officers, led by General Hodge and Admiral Kinkaid.
ref: 2014, Morgan Rielly, “Phil Curran: Choose Your Friends Carefully”, in Neighborhood Heroes: Life Lessons from Maine's Greatest Generation (Biography), Camden, Maine: Down East Books, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 111:
text: Page 2869 (4 Nov. 1929). "We left Keijo at 7:30 a.m. and arrived in Suigen at 7:45. [We visited] a farmers street markert. We thought we would likely find a good collection of locally grown soybeans..." But they found nothing of interest. They then arrived at Jinsen [today's Incheon, west of Seoul] at 12:25. “Jinsen is a domestic and foreign shipping port for soybeans and other farm products as well as commercial products.”
ref: 2021, “History of Miso and Its Near Realtives: 5890 References in Chronological Order”, in William Shurtleff, Akiko Aoyagi, compilers, History of Miso and Its Near Relatives - (200 BCE to 2021): Extensively Annotated Bibliography and Sourcebook, sourced from Dorsett, P.H. and Morse, W.J. 1929. Soybeans in Chosen (Korea) (Document part). In: P.H. Dorsett and W.J. Morse. 1928-1932. Agricultural Explorations in Japan, Chosen (Korea) Northeastern China, Taiwan (Formosa), Singapore, Java, Sumatra and Ceylon. Washington, DC: Foreign Plant Introduction and Forage Crop Investigations, Bureau of Plant Industry, USDA. 8,818 p. Unpublished log., →ISBN, →OCLC, page 508, column 1:
glosses: Synonym of Incheon, a major city in South Korea: the Japanese-derived name.
synonyms: word: Incheon
extra: a major city in South Korea: the Japanese-derived name
Cahul
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Romanian Cahul.
Senses: glosses: A city and municipality of Moldova.
Jemulpo
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: text: While the board in New York gave him the green light, and Allen departed for Korea while leaving his wife in Shanghai. He arrived at Jemulpo on September 20, 1884. Thus, in the four-millennium Korean history, Allen arrived in Korea as the first Protestant missionary (albeit his religious status had to remain hidden) and the era of Protestant missions commenced in Korea. Two days after arriving at Jemulpo, he rode a donkey with a Chinese language teacher that came with him from Shanghai and entered Seoul.
ref: 2011, In Soo Kim, “Arrival of Missionaries”, in History of Christianity in Korea, Qumran Publishing House, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 122:
text: There once was a famous Confucian scholar in the late Joseon Dynasty. One day, a gentleman told this scholar about a train that traveled between the cities of Hanyang (today’s Seoul) and Jemulpo (today’s Incheon).
ref: 2011, Kyongsan, “The Changing and Immutable Creative Transformations of the Il-Won-Sang Truth”, in The Moon of the Mind Rises in Empty Space (Lectures on the Il-Won-Sang Vow), →ISBN, →OCLC, page 68:
glosses: Obsolete form of Incheon: a major city in South Korea.
Chemulpo
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: chāʹmo͞olʹpôʹ
Senses: examples: text: Meanwhile another naval force escorting transports that carried 3,000 army troops was directed towards the Korean port of Chemulpo (later called Inchon).
ref: 2015, Alistair Horne, “Port Arthur”, in Hubris: The Tragedy of War in the Twentieth Century, Weidenfeld & Nicholson, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 15:
glosses: Obsolete form of Incheon: a major city in South Korea.
inverse attraction
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: grammar
human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: A species of solecism, in which an antecedent is declined for the case of its relative pronoun, contrary to the antecedent’s syntactic function.
Indian bullfrog
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Indian bullfrogs
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Indus Valley bullfrog.
synonyms: word: Indus Valley bullfrog
woolly bear caterpillar
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: woolly bear caterpillars
Senses: glosses: Synonym of woolly bear.
synonyms: word: woolly bear
enté en pointe
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of enté en point.
third language acquisition
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: The process of individuals who are already multilingual learning additional languages.
Marrin
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Marrins
Senses: glosses: A surname from French.
Tottin
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Tottins
Senses: glosses: A surname from French.
Frontand
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Frontands
Senses: glosses: A surname from French.
Crottiaux
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Crottiauxs
Senses: glosses: A surname from French.
Gilaxis
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Gilaxises
Senses: glosses: A surname from French.
Barmsann
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Barmsanns
Senses: glosses: A surname from French.
Toussant
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Toussants
Senses: glosses: A surname from French.
turn construction unit
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: turn construction units
Senses: topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: The fundamental segment of speech in conversation analysis.
turn construction units
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of turn construction unit
washback effect
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: How assessments can shape curriculum design, teaching practices, and learning behaviors.
writeprint
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: writeprints
Etymology: Blend of write + fingerprint
Senses: topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: A forensic linguistic method used to identify authors by analyzing distinctive writing styles, serving as a digital fingerprint.
writeprints
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of writeprint
Peqin
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Borrowed from Albanian Peqin.
Senses: glosses: A town in Elbasan, Albania.
Heckingham
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A small village and civil parish (served by Hales and Heckingham Parish Council) in South Norfolk district, Norfolk, England (OS grid ref TM3898).
hot hold
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: hot holds
form: hot holding
form: hot held
form: hot held
Etymology: hot + hold; for the grammar, compare e.g. hot roll, hot refuel, hot bed.
Senses: examples: For quotations using this term, see Citations:hot hold.
glosses: To keep (food) hot to prevent the growth of foodborne bacteria.
hot held
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of hot hold
hot holds
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of hot hold
hot holding
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of hot hold
Frommand
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Frommands
Senses: glosses: A surname from French.
Eloux
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Elouxs
Senses: glosses: A surname from French.
Cristaux
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Cristauxs
Senses: glosses: A surname from French.
Millaux
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Millauxs
Senses: glosses: A surname from French.
Pagni
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Pagnis
Senses: glosses: A surname from French.
Fisaumme
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Fisaummes
Senses: glosses: A surname from French.
Sarboniere
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Sarbonieres
Senses: glosses: A surname from French.
Gremantre
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Gremantres
Senses: glosses: A surname from French.
male genital mutilator
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A practitioner of male circumcision.
Parcelland
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Parcellands
Senses: glosses: A surname from French.
Simont
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Simonts
Senses: glosses: A surname from French.
book bag
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈbʊkˌbæɡ/
Forms: form: book bags
form: bookbag
form: book-bag
Etymology: From book + bag.
Senses: glosses: A bag for holding books for school.
Synonyms: backpack
rucksack
satchel
schoolbag
book bags
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of book bag
Timms
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname.
back pack
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: back packs
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of backpack.
back packs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of back pack
smugglery
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Synonym of smuggling.
synonyms: word: smuggling
people-smuggling
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of people smuggling.
sandwich boarding
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle of sandwich board
sandwich boarded
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of sandwich board
bean machine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bean machines
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Galton board.
synonyms: word: Galton board
Galton box
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Galton boxes
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Galton board.
synonyms: word: Galton board
piece-work
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of piece work.
task work
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of taskwork.
hanster
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hansters
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of hanaster.
medio-passivization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mediopassivization
Etymology: From mediopassive + -ization.
Senses: topics: grammar
human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: The process of rendering into the mediopassive form.
medio-passive
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of mediopassive.
mediopassivization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of medio-passivization.
yard jockey
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: yard jockeys
Senses: examples: ;
topics: rail-transport
railways
transport
synonyms: hostler
switcher
shunter
qualifier: trucking
glosses: A yardman who switches locomotives and rolling stock in a switchyard, or a truck driver who analogously switches tractors and semi-trailers at a truckyard or depot.
Related terms: word: jockey
word: jockeying
word: railyard
word: yardhorse
word: yardroom
yard jockeys
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of yard jockey
Galton boxes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Galton box
bean machines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bean machine
Ngäbe
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: An indigenous people residing within the territories of Panama and Costa Rica in Central America.
bestirre
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: bestirres
form: bestirring
form: bestirred
form: bestirred
Senses: glosses: Obsolete form of bestir.
second breakfast
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: second breakfasts
Senses: glosses: A light meal eaten after breakfast, but before lunch.
bestirres
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of bestirre
second breakfasts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of second breakfast
celeritie
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Obsolete spelling of celerity.
Kari'na
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Kari'nja
form: Kalina
form: Karìna
form: Kariña
form: Carina
form: Cari'na
form: Kalinya
form: Karinya
Etymology: Borrowed from Kari'na karìna, from Proto-Cariban *karipona (“person”).
Senses: glosses: An indigenous people native to the north coast of South America (in parts of Venezuela, Guyana, Suriname, and French Guiana), the mainland Caribs or Caribs proper.
Kari'na
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Kari'nja
form: Kalina
form: Karìna
form: Kariña
form: Carina
form: Cari'na
form: Kalinya
form: Karinya
Etymology: Borrowed from Kari'na karìna, from Proto-Cariban *karipona (“person”).
Senses: synonyms: Carib
glosses: The Cariban language traditionally spoken by these people.
Galibi
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Borrowed from French Galibi, ultimately from Spanish Caribe via an indigenous intermediate, possibly Karipúna Creole French or another creole.
Doublet of Carib; further related to cannibal, caribe, Carijona, Garifuna, and Kari'na.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Kari'na (“An indigenous people native to the north coast of South America”).
synonyms: word: Kari'na
extra: An indigenous people native to the north coast of South America
Galibi
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Borrowed from French Galibi, ultimately from Spanish Caribe via an indigenous intermediate, possibly Karipúna Creole French or another creole.
Doublet of Carib; further related to cannibal, caribe, Carijona, Garifuna, and Kari'na.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Kari'na (“language”).
synonyms: word: Kari'na
extra: language
glosses: A settlement in Suriname chiefly inhabited by the Kari'na people.
Galibi Carib
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Galibi + Carib, a pleonasm.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Kari'na (“An indigenous people native to the north coast of South America; also, their traditional language”).
synonyms: word: Kari'na
extra: An indigenous people native to the north coast of South America; also, their traditional language
Kari'nja
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Kari'na.
Kari'nja
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Kari'na.
by the piece
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Senses: glosses: At a pay rate for each item produced, according to the amount completed.
yiffpile
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈjɪf.paɪl/
Forms: form: yiffpiles
Etymology: From yiff (“sex between furries”, noun) + pile.
Senses: examples: text: Technically, what appeared on C.S.I. was a variant of a "yiffpile", itself a variant of a "skritchpile".
ref: 2003 November 2, Wanderer, “CSI”, in alt.fan.furry, Google Groups:
text: There was a furry on "loveline" tonight, trying to explain what a "furpile" and a "yiffpile" were... oh lord...
ref: 2010 March 22, FrostBight, Twitter:
text: Ancient Egypt was basically one big sweaty yiffpile.
ref: 2016 February 27, u/Deleted, “[SocJus] Olivia Blair - "Emma Watson calls for feminist alternatives to pornography" (or 'Former Child Actress Attempts To Stay In News')”, in r/KotakuInAction, Reddit:
text: Let me in the yiffpile!
ref: 2018 August 11, u/Deleted, “furry_irl”, in r/furry, Reddit:
text: Alright onto Nvidia next to [the] yiffpile in their factory floor.
ref: 2023 October 4, Fopfox2, Twitter:
topics: lifestyle
glosses: A furpile involving sexual activity.
yiffpile
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈjɪf.paɪl/
Forms: form: yiffpiles
form: yiffpiling
form: yiffpiled
form: yiffpiled
Etymology: From yiff (“sex between furries”, noun) + pile.
Senses: topics: lifestyle
glosses: To engage in a yiffpile.
yiffpiles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of yiffpile
yiffpiles
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of yiffpile
by the job
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Senses: glosses: On the basis of a stipulated sum for individual pieces of work, rather than timework.
commandist
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more commandist
form: most commandist
Senses: topics: government
politics
glosses: Characterized by commandism (dictatorial authoritarianism)
Kadyrovtsy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Russian Кадыровцы (Kadyrovcy).
Senses: examples: text: Most of the Russian servicemen sitting in and atop 34 armed personnel carriers that rolled into Bucha on February 27 were ethnic Chechens, according to Ukrainian military leaders and government officials. Bearded and burly, clad in brand new, perfectly fitting uniforms and toting assault rifles, they hoped to whiz through the leafy suburb northwest of Kyiv to enter the Ukrainian capital on the war’s third day. They are known as “Kadyrovtsy” or “Kadyrovites” after their leader, Ramzan Kadyrov, Chechnya’s pro-Kremlin strongman, and their reputation preceded them.
ref: 2022 August 18, Mansur Mirovalev, “The real role of pro-Russian Chechens in Ukraine”, in Al Jazeera:
glosses: Kadyrovites (collectively).
Stocksund
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A suburb in Metropolitan Stockholm, Sweden.
thinks one hung the moon
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of think one hung the moon
thinking one hung the moon
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle of think one hung the moon
thought one hung the moon
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of think one hung the moon
thought one is God's own cousin
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of think one is God's own cousin
thinking one is God's own cousin
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle of think one is God's own cousin
thinks one is God's own cousin
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of think one is God's own cousin
Chechenized
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of Chechenize
time-worker
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: time-workers
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of timeworker.
time-workers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of time-worker
ice saints
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ice saint
Etymology: Perhaps a calque of German Eisheilige; compare French saints de glace.
Senses: glosses: The saints Pancras of Rome, Servatius of Tongeren, Mamertus of Vienne and/or Boniface of Tarsus, and sometimes Sophia of Rome, whose feast days are on May 11th though 15th.
examples: For quotations using this term, see Citations:ice saints.
glosses: A spell of cold weather in May on or around those dates. (Compare blackthorn winter, blackberry winter.)
meroism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: For quotations using this term, see Citations:meroism.
glosses: The quality or process of being meroistic.
mercifixion
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Seemingly from mercify by analogy with crucify → crucifixion.
Senses: glosses: The process of mercifying. (Now usually in reference to the treatment of Shylock in The Merchant of Venice.)
pizza-man
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pizza-men
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of pizzaman.
miscommit
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: miscommits
form: miscommitting
form: miscommitted
form: miscommitted
Etymology: From mis- + commit.
Senses: glosses: To incorrectly or improperly commit.
miscommitted
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of miscommit
miscommits
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of miscommit
miscommitting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of miscommit
find one's ass with both hands and a flashlight
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: finds one's ass with both hands and a flashlight
form: finding one's ass with both hands and a flashlight
form: found one's ass with both hands and a flashlight
form: found one's ass with both hands and a flashlight
Senses: glosses: Synonym of know one's ass from a hole in the ground.
synonyms: word: know one's ass from a hole in the ground
mishew
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: mishews
form: mishewing
form: mishewed
form: mishewed
form: mishewn
Etymology: From mis- + hew.
Senses: glosses: To hew incorrectly or improperly.
mishewing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of mishew
mishewn
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: past participle of mishew
non-thermal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of nonthermal.
pizza-men
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pizza-man
Fosan
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Fosans
Senses: glosses: A male given name from French.
Monfand
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Monfands
Senses: glosses: A surname from French.
SAURON
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Sauron
Etymology: Backronym inspired by the type of radio object it falls under, the ORCs, and the master of orcs in Tolkien literature, Sauron. Coined in 2022 by the discovery team made up of researchers from MeerKAT, South African Radio Astronomy Observatory (SARAO), and University of the Western Cape (UWC).
Senses: topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
glosses: Acronym of steep and uneven ring of non-thermal radiation, an ORC (“odd radio circle”) found in the southern sky.
wikipedia: en:MeerKAT
en:University of the Western Cape
Mowlem
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname.
misdrape
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: misdrapes
form: misdraping
form: misdraped
form: misdraped
Etymology: From mis- + drape.
Senses: glosses: To drape badly.
misdrapes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of misdrape
misdraping
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of misdrape
misdraped
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of misdrape
Kyongsong
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Obsolete form of Seoul: the capital of South Korea.
nakation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nakations
Etymology: Blend of naked + vacation
Senses: glosses: A nudist vacation.
nakations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nakation
auction block
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: auction blocks
Senses: glosses: A platform from which an auctioneer sells.
auction blocks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of auction block
cheese antenna
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cheese antennas
form: cheese antennae
Senses: synonyms: pillbox antenna
glosses: A type of microwave-frequency parabolic antenna used in certain types of radar.
pillbox antenna
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pillbox antennas
form: pillbox antennae
Senses: glosses: Synonym of cheese antenna.
synonyms: word: cheese antenna
re-auction
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: re-auctions
form: re-auctioning
form: re-auctioned
form: re-auctioned
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of reauction.
candle auction
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: candle auctions
Senses: glosses: A variation of the English auction where the end of the auction is signaled by the expiration of a candleflame.
Related terms: sell by the candle
candle auctions
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of candle auction
cheese antennas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cheese antenna
cheese antennae
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cheese antenna
pillbox antennas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pillbox antenna
pillbox antennae
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pillbox antenna
antiapple
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ænti.æpəl/
Forms: form: antiapples
Etymology: From anti- + apple.
Senses: glosses: A hypothetical apple made of antimatter.
finds one's ass with both hands and a flashlight
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of find one's ass with both hands and a flashlight
finding one's ass with both hands and a flashlight
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle of find one's ass with both hands and a flashlight
found one's ass with both hands and a flashlight
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of find one's ass with both hands and a flashlight
knew the difference between one's ass and a hole in the ground
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past of know the difference between one's ass and a hole in the ground
known the difference between one's ass and a hole in the ground
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: past participle of know the difference between one's ass and a hole in the ground
The End
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: glosses: Alternative letter-case form of the end.
Nobel Disease
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative letter-case form of Nobel disease.
out of the side of one's mouth
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Etymology: Compare out of both sides of one's mouth.
Senses: examples: text: speak out of the side of one's mouth
text: talk out of the side of one's mouth
text: He [Donald Trump] says some things that, uh, I don't, don't know where he's getting 'em from. I think he talks out of the side of his mouth before he realizes what he says.
ref: 2024 January 15, 7:11 from the start, Vote 2024, in Joseph Camp, director, PBS NewsHour (television production), spoken by Chris Garcia, via Public Broadcasting Service (PBS), archived from the original on 15 Jan 2024:
glosses: Falsely; untruthfully; inaccurately.
Quelpart
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Quelpaert
form: Quelparte
Senses: examples: text: The island of Quelpart lies some fifty miles off the southern coast of the Korean mainland, but only thirty from the outer edge of the line of islands that fringe the coast of the peninsula. It ism in all probability, geologically one with the range of mountains which forms the backbone of Korea, and which finally sinks beneath the waters of the sea off its southern coast.
ref: 1905, H. B. Hulbert, “The Island of Quelpart.”, in Bulletin of the American Geographical Society, volume XXXVII, number 7, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 396:
text: LATE in the afternoon of an August day, accompanied by my Japanese interpreter, Ichikawa, and my Korean servant, King, I boarded a little steamer in the harbor of Mokpo, bound for the remote island of Quelpart, which lies off the southern coast of Korea.
ref: 1914 April, Malcolm P. Anderson, “Forty Days in Quelpart Island”, in Overland Monthly, volume LXIII, number 4, San Francisco, →OCLC, page 392, column 1:
text: Two Asian groups complete the known taxa. The section Eostrobilops PILSBRY, 1927, consists of 4 species — Strobilops nipponica PILSBRY, 1927 from Yonezawa, Uzen, Japan; S. hirasei PILSBRY, 1927 from Cheju, Quelpart Island, Korea; S. coreana PILSBRY, 1927, from Pyong-Yang, North Korea; and S. diodontina HEUDE, 1885 from Tchen-k’eou, China (probably is Ch’êng-k’ou, northeast Ssuch’uan Province = Szechwan, at about 108° 47ʹ long., 31° 56ʹ lat.).
ref: 1968 July 1, Alan Solem, “"Ptychodon" misoolensis ADAM and VAN BENTHEM JUTTING, 1939, a new Guinea strobilopsid land snail and review of the genus Enteroplax.”, in The Veliger, volume 11, number 1, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 24, column 2:
glosses: Jeju, an island of South Korea.