cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
Mississippi
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌmɪ.sɪˈsɪ.pi/
rhymes: -ɪpi
Forms: form: Missippi
Etymology: Borrowed from Ojibwe misi-ziibi, ᒥᓯ᐀ᓰᐱ (misi-siipi, “great river”).
Senses: examples: text: Mississippi mud is soaked in black blood / How many more must die?
ref: 1970, Black Blood & The Chocolate Pickles, “Mississippi Mud”:
text: That’s right. In fact, a law which passed in Mississippi is so restrictive, it could close the one remaining abortion clinic they have in the entire state, meaning a Mississippi woman, right now, could be saying to herself, “I need to go someplace more progressive like Alabama.”
ref: 2014 November 2, “State Legislatures and ALEC”, in Last Week Tonight with John Oliver, season 1, episode 23, John Oliver (actor), via HBO:
text: The vote was 213-209 along party lines. Republican members of the House Ethics Committee – Michael Guest of Mississippi, Dave Joyce of Ohio, Andrew Garbarino of New York, John Rutherford of Florida and Michelle Fischbach of Minnesota – voted present. GOP Rep. Ken Buck of Colorado also voted present but he is not on the Ethics Committee.
ref: 2023 June 21, Haley Talbot and Kristin Wilson, “House votes to censure Democratic congressman who led Trump investigations”, in CNN:
glosses: A state of the United States.
glosses: A major river in the United States, flowing southward from north-central Minnesota through Wisconsin, Iowa, Illinois, Missouri, Kentucky, Tennessee, Arkansas, Minnesota and Louisiana, emptying into the Gulf of Mexico.
raw_tags: with the
Synonyms: topics: state
word: the Magnolia State
topics: state
english: nicknames
translation: nicknames
word: the Hospitality State
topics: state
word: MS
topics: state
word: MS.
topics: state
word: Ms.
topics: state
word: Ms
topics: state
word: Miss.
topics: state
word: MISS.
topics: state
word: MISS
sense: river
word: the Big Muddy
raw_tags: used for the Missouri
sense: river
word: Big River
sense: river
word: Body of a Nation
sense: river
word: El Grande
sense: river
word: El Grande de Soto
sense: river
word: the Father of Waters
sense: river
word: the Gathering of Waters
sense: river
word: the Great River
sense: river
word: the Mighty Mississippi
sense: river
word: the Mississippi River
sense: river
word: the Muddy Mississippi
sense: river
english: nicknames
translation: nicknames
word: Old Man River
Derived terms: Mississippian
Mississippi Bubble
Mississippi County
Mississippi gopher frog
Mississippi kite
Mississippi Mills
Mississippi mud pie
Mississippi plan
Mississippi rifle
Mississippi River
Mississippi sax
Mississippi Scheme
Mississippi Territory
Mississippi wind chime
MS
Related terms: Kichi Sipi
Kitchissippi
Nipissing
Mississippi
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌmɪ.sɪˈsɪ.pi/
rhymes: -ɪpi
Forms: form: Missippi
Etymology: Borrowed from Ojibwe misi-ziibi, ᒥᓯ᐀ᓰᐱ (misi-siipi, “great river”).
Senses: examples: text: Any reader who uses the old “One Mississippi, Two Mississippi, etc.” method to estimate distance to a storm, and doesn't get any further than a count of five to eight had better be in a safe shelter.
ref: 1996 September, “Cheers & Jeers”, in Field and Stream, volume 101, page 12:
glosses: Used in a common chronometric counting scheme, in which each iteration is sequentially numbered and supposed to be approximately one second in length.
Mississippi
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌmɪ.sɪˈsɪ.pi/
rhymes: -ɪpi
Forms: form: Mississippis
form: Missippi
Etymology: Borrowed from Ojibwe misi-ziibi, ᒥᓯ᐀ᓰᐱ (misi-siipi, “great river”).
Senses: examples: text: I counted five Mississippis between each flash of lightning and the thunder crash that followed.
ref: 1997, George Clark, The Small Bees’ Honey: Stories, Buffalo, NY: White Pine Press, page 129:
text: We had lungs like camel bladders by then; we sledged each other mercilessly, each daring the other to break the two-minute limit beneath the diving board. In the summer sea when it was flat-calm and there was nothing else to do but dive down and lie on the clean, ribbed bottom and hold our breaths to count Mississippis we got pretty close to our goal.
ref: 2008, Tim Winton, chapter 3, in Breath, Picador UK Paperback 2008 edition, page 30:
glosses: A recitation of Mississippi (the interjection).
Mississippi
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌmɪ.sɪˈsɪ.pi/
rhymes: -ɪpi
Forms: form: Mississippis
form: Missippi
Etymology: Borrowed from Ojibwe misi-ziibi, ᒥᓯ᐀ᓰᐱ (misi-siipi, “great river”).
Senses: topics: games
glosses: A variant of bagatelle.
Mississippi
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌmɪ.sɪˈsɪ.pi/
rhymes: -ɪpi
Forms: form: the Mississippi
form: Missippi
Etymology: Although its current spelling may be derived from that of its much larger American cousin, it is most certainly a corruption of a different indigenous name, as the translation “great water” would not apply to a relatively minor tributary of the Ottawa, definitely the largest river in the area. Instead, the name may originate from Mazinaa[bikinigan]-ziibi, Algonquian for “[painted] image river”, referring to the pictographs found on Mazinaw Lake, though this is by no means proven.
Senses: glosses: A river in Canada that flows from eastern Ontario into the Ottawa River.
Synonyms: Mississippi River
North Dakota
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈnɔɹθ dəˈkoʊ.tə/
Etymology: The state was formed from northern portion of the former Dakota Territory.
Senses: examples: text: Between 2000 and 2019, North Dakota and South Dakota both experienced a rapid increase in the Asian American population, said Minnesota State University Moorhead marketing professor Hyun Sang An.
ref: 2024 March 19, Amy Felegy, “Food for everyone: Fargo international market serves diversifying population”, in MPR News:
glosses: A state in the Upper Midwest region of the United States. Capital: Bismarck. Largest city: Fargo.
glosses: University of North Dakota.
Derived terms: ND
North Dakotan
Related terms: South Dakota
Nebraska
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /nəˈbɹæskə/
rhymes: -æskə
Etymology: Probably from archaic Chiwere Ñí Brásge, pronounced [ˌɲĩˈbɾaskɛ] (contemporary Chiwere Ñí Bráhge), or the Omaha-Ponca Ní Btháska, pronounced [ˌnĩˈbˡðaska], both meaning "flat water," after the Platte River that flows through the state.
Senses: examples: text: Let’s move on to Nebraska, a state you think about so little, you didn’t even realize that’s not Nebraska, this is Nebraska. Come on, it’s your country! That’s not okay!
ref: 2015, Tim Carvell [et al.], “FIFA II”, in Last Week Tonight with John Oliver, season 2, episode 15, John Oliver (actor), Warner Bros. Television, via HBO:
text: The bill, which lawmakers approved in a 211-206 vote, now moves to the Republican-led Senate for consideration. One Republican, Rep. Don Bacon of Nebraska, voted with Democrats Thursday against the measure.
ref: 2025 May 8, Veronica Stracqualursi and Sarah Ferris, “House passes GOP-led bill to rename Gulf of Mexico the Gulf of America”, in CNN:
synonyms: Cornhusker State
glosses: A state in the Midwestern region of the United States. Capital: Lincoln. Largest city: Omaha.
glosses: A former territory (1854–1867) of the United States, encompassing areas of what is today Nebraska, Wyoming, the Dakotas, Colorado, and Montana. Capital: Omaha.
glosses: Several other places in the United States, named for the state or territory:
A township in Livingston County, Illinois.
glosses: Several other places in the United States, named for the state or territory:
An unincorporated community in Jennings County, Indiana.
glosses: Several other places in the United States, named for the state or territory:
A ghost town in Scott County, Arkansas.
glosses: Several other places in the United States, named for the state or territory:
A ghost town in Pickaway County, Ohio.
synonyms: NU
glosses: Ellipsis of University of Nebraska.
synonyms: NU
UNL
glosses: Ellipsis of University of Nebraska.
Ellipsis of University of Nebraska–Lincoln.
Derived terms: NE
Neb.
Nebr.
Nebraska City
Nebraska Ice
Nebraska Man
Nebraskan
nebraskanic
nebraskanic acid
nebraskensis
Wyobraska
New Hampshire
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /nuːˈhæmpʃɚ/
Etymology: From Hampshire, a county of southern England.
Senses: examples: text: A federal judge in New Hampshire earlier this month blocked Trump’s order nationwide via a class action lawsuit brought by the American Civil Liberties Union.
ref: 2025 July 27, Devan Cole, “Trump’s effort to end birthright citizenship could have taken effect this weekend. Lower courts are continuing to block it”, in CNN:
glosses: A state of the United States.
Derived terms: New Hampshiran
New Hampshirian
New Hampshirite
NH
New Mexico
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /njuː mɛk.sɪ.kəʊ/
ipa: /nu ˈmɛk.sɪ.koʊ/
ipa: /nju ˈmɛk.sɪ.koʊ/
Etymology: New Mexico received its name in the 1500s, long before the present-day nation of Mexico won independence from Spain and adopted that name in 1821. Though the name "Mexico" itself derives from Nahuatl, and in that language it originally referred to the heartland of the Empire of the Mexicas (Aztec Empire) in the Valley of Mexico far from the area of New Mexico, Spanish explorers also used the term "Mexico" to name the region of New Mexico (Nuevo México in Spanish) in 1563. In 1581, the Chamuscado and Rodríguez Expedition named the region north of the Rio Grande "San Felipe del Nuevo México". The Spaniards had hoped to find wealthy indigenous Mexica (Aztec) cultures there similar to those of the Aztec (Mexica) Empire of the Valley of Mexico. The indigenous cultures of New Mexico, however, proved to be unrelated to the Mexicas, and they were not wealthy, but the name persisted. Before statehood, the name "New Mexico" was applied to various configurations of the U.S. territory, to a Mexican state, and to a province of New Spain, all in the same general area, but of varying extensions.
Senses: examples: text: On the invitation list: Govs. Andy Beshear of Kentucky, Tim Walz of Minnesota, J.B. Pritzker of Illinois, Gretchen Whitmer of Michigan, Tony Evers of Wisconsin, Josh Shapiro of Pennsylvania, Roy Cooper of North Carolina, Wes Moore of Maryland and Michelle Lujan Grisham of New Mexico.
ref: 2024 February 7, Edward-Isaac Dovere, “Harris set to host Democratic governors this weekend to discuss 2024 campaign”, in CNN:
related: word: N. Mex.
word: N.M.
word: NM
word: mul:US-NM
glosses: A state in the southwestern United States. Capital: Santa Fe. Largest city: Albuquerque.
related: word: N. Mex.
word: N.M.
word: NM
word: mul:US-NM
glosses: A state in the southwestern United States. Capital: Santa Fe. Largest city: Albuquerque.
A former provincial kingdom in New Spain.
related: word: N. Mex.
word: N.M.
word: NM
word: mul:US-NM
glosses: A state in the southwestern United States. Capital: Santa Fe. Largest city: Albuquerque.
A former territory of Mexico.
related: word: N. Mex.
word: N.M.
word: NM
word: mul:US-NM
glosses: A state in the southwestern United States. Capital: Santa Fe. Largest city: Albuquerque.
A former transitional government in the United States.
related: word: N. Mex.
word: N.M.
word: NM
word: mul:US-NM
glosses: A state in the southwestern United States. Capital: Santa Fe. Largest city: Albuquerque.
A former territory of the United States.
glosses: New Mexico cuisine or food.
glosses: New Mexico music genre.
glosses: An unincorporated community in Carroll County, Maryland, named for the state.
Derived terms: New Mexican
New Mexico whiptail
NM
N.M.
N. Mex.
Nevada
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /nɪˈvædə/
ipa: /nəˈvædə/
ipa: [nəˈvæɾə]
enpr: nĭ-vădʹə
enpr: nə-vădʹə
ipa: /nɪˈvɑdə/
ipa: /nəˈvɑdə/
ipa: [nəˈvɑɾə]
enpr: nĭ-väʹdə
enpr: nə-väʹdə
note: in reference to the towns
ipa: /nəˈveɪdə/
enpr: nə-vāʹdə
note: in reference to the towns
ipa: /nəˈvɑːdə/
ipa: /nɪˈvɑːdə/
enpr: nə-väʹdə
enpr: nĭ-väʹdə
rhymes: -ædə
rhymes: -ɑːdə
rhymes: -eɪdə
Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish Nevada.
Senses: examples: text: The next highest percentages were in Oklahoma, Nevada and New Mexico, with 26.3%, 25.6% and 25.4%, respectively.
ref: 2012 February 16, Ashley Hayes, “Study: Interracial marriage, acceptance growing”, in CNN:
glosses: A state in the western United States. Capital: Carson City. Largest city: Las Vegas.
glosses: Several other locations in the United States:
A city, the county seat of Story County, Iowa, named for the Sierra Nevada mountains.
glosses: Several other locations in the United States:
A city, the county seat of Vernon County, Missouri, named for Nevada City, California.
glosses: Several other locations in the United States:
A city in Collin County, Texas, named for the Territory.
glosses: Several other locations in the United States:
A village in Wyandot County, Ohio, named for the Sierra Nevada mountains.
glosses: Several other locations in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Livingston County, Illinois, named for the state.
glosses: Several other locations in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Tipton County, Indiana, supposedly named for some unknown "town in Mexico".
glosses: University of Nevada, Reno.
glosses: A municipality of Granada, Spain, named for the Sierra Nevada mountains in Spain.
glosses: A village in Kuršumlija, Serbia.
Derived terms: Cal-Nev-Ari
Nevada bluegrass
Nevada City
Nevada County
Nevada Day
Nevada gas
nevadaite
Nevadan
Nevadaplano
Nevada Triangle
Nevadian
nevadite
NV
Sierra Nevada
misjoinder
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌmɪsˈdʒɔɪn.də(ɹ)/
Forms: form: misjoinders
Etymology: From mis- + joinder.
Senses: topics: law
glosses: An incorrect union of parties or of causes of action in a procedure in court.
uncivilized
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ʌnˈsɪvəlaɪzd/
Forms: form: more uncivilized
form: most uncivilized
form: uncivilised
Etymology: From un- + civilized.
Senses: examples: text: The explorers wrote about the so-called uncivilized tribes.
glosses: Not having developed a civilization.
examples: text: utterly uncivilized
text: They described the practice as uncivilized.
glosses: Crude, barbarous, wild, uncultured.
examples: text: uncivilized behavior
glosses: Lacking good manners.
Derived terms: uncivilizedly
uncivilizedness
uncivilized
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ʌnˈsɪvəlaɪzd/
Forms: form: uncivilised
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of uncivilize
Ohio
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /oʊˈhaɪoʊ/
ipa: /əˈhaɪoʊ/
ipa: /əˈhaɪəʊ/
ipa: /əʊˈhʌɪəʊ/
rhymes: -aɪəʊ
Etymology: From Seneca Ohi꞉yoʼ, a proper name derived from ohi꞉yo꞉h (“good river”). The name of the Allegheny river, which the Lenape and Iroquois considered to be part of the same single river as the Ohio, means the same thing in Unami.
Senses: examples: text: Mountweazel, the encyclopedia indicates, was born in Bangs, Ohio, in 1942, only to die “at 31 in an explosion while on assignment for Combustibles magazine.”
ref: 2005 August 21, Henry Alford, “Not a Word”, in The New Yorker, →ISSN, archived from the original on 09 Mar 2017:
text: The vote was 213-209 along party lines. Republican members of the House Ethics Committee – Michael Guest of Mississippi, Dave Joyce of Ohio, Andrew Garbarino of New York, John Rutherford of Florida and Michelle Fischbach of Minnesota – voted present. GOP Rep. Ken Buck of Colorado also voted present but he is not on the Ethics Committee.
ref: 2023 June 21, Haley Talbot and Kristin Wilson, “House votes to censure Democratic congressman who led Trump investigations”, in CNN:
text: In the House, Reps. Josh Gottheimer, a New Jersey Democrat, Max Miller, an Ohio Republican, and Jared Moskowitz, a Florida Democrat, are also leading the effort.
ref: 2024 May 1, Clare Foran, Haley Talbot and Kristin Wilson, “House passes antisemitism bill as Johnson highlights campus protests”, in CNN:
glosses: A state of the United States. Capital and largest city: Columbus.
glosses: A river in the United States, flowing 981 miles from the confluence of the Allegheny and Monongahela at Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania through Ohio, West Virginia, Kentucky, Indiana and Illinois along state borders and emptying into the Mississippi at Cairo, Illinois.
synonyms: OU
coordinate_terms: Ohio State
OSU
glosses: Ellipsis of Ohio University.
glosses: A locale in the United States; named for the state:
A town in New York.
glosses: A locale in the United States; named for the state:
A village in Illinois.
glosses: A locale in the United States; named for the state:
An unincorporated community in Mississippi.
glosses: A locale in the United States; named for the state:
An unincorporated community in Texas.
glosses: A locale in the United States; named for the state:
A number of townships, listed under Ohio Township.
glosses: A locale in Canada:
A community in Antigonish County, Nova Scotia.
glosses: A locale in Canada:
A community in Digby County, Nova Scotia.
glosses: A locale in Canada:
A community in Yarmouth County, Nova Scotia.
Derived terms: Kenova
OH
Ohioan
Ohio City
Ohio County
Ohioese
only in Ohio
pride of Ohio
skibidi Ohio rizz
miscreant
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: enpr: mĭsʹkrē-ənt
ipa: /ˈmɪs.kɹi.ənt/
Forms: form: more miscreant
form: most miscreant
form: miscreaunt
Etymology: From Middle English myscreaunt, miscreaunt, from Old French mescreant (1080) "mis-believer", present participle of mescreire "to misbelieve" (modern mécroire).
Senses: examples: text: How do we get fair treatment when confronting miscreant workers sometimes means no care at all?
ref: 1983 December 24, Cindy Patton, “AIDS: Putting the Pieces Together”, in Gay Community News, volume 11, number 23, page 3:
glosses: Lacking in conscience or moral principles; unscrupulous.
topics: lifestyle
religion
theology
glosses: Holding an incorrect religious belief.
miscreant
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: mĭsʹkrē-ənt
ipa: /ˈmɪs.kɹi.ənt/
Forms: form: miscreants
form: miscreaunt
Etymology: From Middle English myscreaunt, miscreaunt, from Old French mescreant (1080) "mis-believer", present participle of mescreire "to misbelieve" (modern mécroire).
Senses: examples: text: The teacher sent the miscreants to see the school principal.
text: Thou art a Traitor, and a Miſcreant;
Too good to be ſo, and too bad to liue,
Since the more faire and chriſtall is the skie,
The vglier ſeeme the cloudes that in it flye:
ref: 1595 December 9 (first known performance), William Shakespeare, “The Life and Death of King Richard the Second”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene i], page 23, columns 1–2:
glosses: One who has behaved badly, or illegally.
examples: text: A meagre Catchpole hurries me to fail; No Miscreant, so remorseless, ever tore
Thy Journals, Fog, or knock'd at Franklin's door
ref: a. 1719, Joseph Addison, A Riddle of Dean Swift's verfified:
glosses: One not restrained by moral principles; an unscrupulous villain.
examples: text: Now wil the Chriſtian miſcreants be glad,
Ringing with ioy their ſuperſtitious belles:
And making bonfires for my ouerthrow.
But ere I die thoſe foule Idolaters
Shall make me bonfires with their filthy bones, […]
ref: c. 1587–1588 (date written), [Christopher Marlowe], Tamburlaine the Great. […] The First Part […], 2nd edition, part 1, London: […] [R. Robinson for] Richard Iones, […], published 1592, →OCLC; reprinted as Tamburlaine the Great (A Scolar Press Facsimile), Menston, Yorkshire; London: Scolar Press, 1973, →ISBN, Act III, scene iii:
text: Arise thou cursed Miscreaunt,
That hast with knightlesse guile and trecherous train
Faire knighthood fowly shamed
ref: 1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book I, Canto IV”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC, stanza 41:
text: Before thine eyes, thou mild and blessed one, said he, half aloud, are these miscreants daring to hold their market, and trafficking in their hellish drugs
ref: 1825, Thomas De Quincey, “The Love-charm”, in Quarterly Magazine, Knight:
topics: lifestyle
religion
theology
glosses: One who holds a false religious belief; a misbeliever.
Rhode Island
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌɹoʊd ˈaɪ.lənd/
ipa: /ˌɹəʊd ˈaɪ.lənd/
Forms: form: Rhod-Island
form: Rhod Island
form: Rode-Island
form: Rode Island
Etymology: Originally spelled Rode-Island. From unstandardized Early Modern Dutch Roode Eylant (“Red Island”), after a description of Aquidneck Island given by navigator Adriaen Block: een rodlich Eylande (Modern Dutch een roodlijk eiland).
Modern spelling due to influence from Rhodes, as Giovanni da Verrazzano had once likened an isle somewhere about the Narragansett Bay to it, though the precise identity of the isle he was referring to remains unknown. The earliest spelling showing influence from this is Rhod-Island.
Senses: holonyms: New England
glosses: The smallest state of the United States. Official name: State of Rhode Island.
glosses: The official name of Aquidneck Island.
Derived terms: Rhode Island cheese
Rhode Island currency
Rhode Island dressing
Rhode Islander
Rhode Island johnnycake
Rhode Island money
Rhode Island Red
Rhode Island sauce
Rhode Island sloop
RI
villain
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈvɪl.ən/
ipa: /ˈvɪl.jən/
rhymes: -ɪlən
homophone: villein
Forms: form: villains
form: villaining
form: villained
form: villained
form: villan
Etymology: Probably from Middle English vilein, from Old French vilein (modern French vilain), in turn from Late Latin vīllānus, meaning serf or peasant, someone who is bound to the soil of a Latin vīlla, which is to say, worked on the equivalent of a plantation in late Antiquity, in Italy or Gaul. Doublet of villein.
Senses: glosses: To debase; to degrade .
South Carolina
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌsaʊθ kɛɹəˈlaɪnə/
ipa: /ˌsaʊθ kæɹəˈlaɪnə/
Etymology: From Carolus, Latin form of the name of king Charles I of England.
Senses: examples: Holonyms: Carolinas < US < North America < Americas < Earth
synonyms: SC
mul:US-SC
related: word: North Carolina
word: NC
word: mul:US-NC
glosses: A state of the United States.
Derived terms: SC
South Carolinan
South Carolinian
Related terms: North Carolina
Tennessee
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌtɛn.əˈsiː/
Etymology: From Cherokee ᏔᎾᏏ (tanasi), believed to mean “winding river”.
Senses: examples: text: Fa la la la
Fa la la lee
Now let me go, my honey oh
back to Tennessee
It's beefsteak when I'm workin,
whiskey when I'm dry, and
sweet heaven when I die
ref: 2011, Gillian Welch, “Tennessee”, in The Harrow & the Harvest, performed by Gillian Welch and David Rawlings:
text: The relationship between a hairstylist and a client can be far more than simply somebody to cut and shape hair, which is why Tennessee is the latest state to require cosmetologists to complete training on how to recognize and respond to signs of domestic abuse.
ref: 2022 January 5, Kaanita Iyer, “Tennessee is the latest state to require hairstylists to complete domestic violence training”, in CNN:
glosses: A state of the United States.
glosses: A river in Tennessee, Alabama, Mississippi and Kentucky, United States, that flows from eastern Tennessee into the Ohio River.
glosses: A village in McDonough County, Illinois.
glosses: A male given name.
glosses: A female given name.
Derived terms: Tennessean
Tennesseean
Tennessee rifle
Tennessee windage
Tennesseian
tennessine
TN
Treeing Tennessee Brindle
Tennessee
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌtɛn.əˈsiː/
Forms: form: Tennessees
Etymology: From Cherokee ᏔᎾᏏ (tanasi), believed to mean “winding river”.
Senses: examples: text: The Nashville's cousin, the Tennessee warbler, is just as badly named: neither can be found in Tennessee, except during migration. Tennessees vary a lot in fall; some are almost pure white below, mimicking spring plumage, while immatures like the one pictured on page 304 can be quite yellow below.
ref: 2005, Bill Thompson III et al., Identify Yourself: The 50 Most Common Birding Identification Challenges, Houghton Mifflin Company, →ISBN, page 303:
glosses: The Tennessee warbler, Oreothlypis peregrina.
Utah
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈjuːˌtɑː/
ipa: /ˈjuːˌtɔː/
homophone: Eutaw
Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish Yuta, from Ute entaw or yuta (“diggers of the mountain tops”).
Senses: examples: text: The sponsor of the Utah legislation, Republican Rep. Stephanie Gricius, acknowledged fluoride has benefits, but said it was an issue of “individual choice” to not have it in the water.
ref: 2025 March 28, “Utah becomes the first state to ban fluoride in public drinking water”, in CNN, sourced from Associated Press:
synonyms: Beehive State
Deseret
glosses: A state in the western United States. Capital and largest city: Salt Lake City.
glosses: A lake in Utah, United States.
glosses: An unincorporated community in Warren County, Illinois.
glosses: An unincorporated community in Dearborn County, Indiana.
glosses: A remote rural locality and civil parish in northwestern New South Wales, Australia.
glosses: University of Utah.
Derived terms: UT
Utahan
Utah Beach
Utah County
Utah curls
utahite
Utahn
Utahraptor
Utah teapot
Vermont
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /vəˈmɒnt/
ipa: /vɚˈmɑnt/
ipa: [vɚˈmɑn(ʔ)t̚]
note: US, Vermont
ipa: [vɚˈmɑ̃ʔ]
ipa: /vəɹˈmaʊnt/
rhymes: (UK) -ɒnt
rhymes: (US) -ɑnt
note: UK, Melbourne suburb
ipa: /ˈvɜːmɒnt/
Etymology: From French ver(t) (“green”) + mont (“mountain”). In the case of the US state, the reference is to the Green Mountains.
Senses: examples: text: With Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders’ decision to end his campaign on Wednesday, it’s now official: Former Vice President Joe Biden will be the Democratic presidential nominee this fall.
ref: 2020 April 8, Chris Cillizza, “Why Joe Biden starts as the general election front-runner”, in CNN:
holonyms: New England
glosses: A state of the United States.
glosses: A village in Fulton County, Illinois.
glosses: An unincorporated community in Howard Township, Howard County, Indiana.
glosses: A small town and unincorporated community in Dane County, Wisconsin.
glosses: A suburb of Melbourne, Victoria.
Derived terms: Vermont carry
Vermonter
VT
Wisconsin
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /wəˈskɑnsən/
ipa: [wəˈskɑn.sn̩]
ipa: /wəsˈkɑnsən/
ipa: [wəsˈkʰɑn.sn̩]
ipa: /wɪnˈskɑnsən/
note: weak vowel distinction
ipa: /wɪsˈkɑnsɪn/
Etymology: Borrowed from French Ouisconsin, itself borrowed from an uncertain Native American language. Theories include:
* Miami meeskohsinki or Algonquin meskousing, both meaning "it lies red", the name given to the Wisconsin River by one of the Algonquian-speaking American Indian groups living in the region at the time of European contact. "Meskousing" is known from maps drawn by the French from the 1670s onwards, it is believed subsequent transcribers mistook the stylized cursive "M" for "OU".
* Menominee wēskōhsek (“a good place”), from Wēskōhsek Sēpēw ("the river where it is good to live")
* An Ojibwe term, suggestions include miskwasiniig (“red stones”), referring to the red sandstone of the dells of the Wisconsin River; and wiishihkaanhs (“little lodge”), referring to the dwellings of the abundant beavers and muskrats.
A researcher for the State of Wisconsin Historical Society concluded in frustration, "I have not found two Indians to agree on the meaning of this word."
Senses: examples: text: In the heart of Wisconsin there was once a small town called Doveland. But then something strange happened. Doveland disappeared in the 1990s. That is right, an entire town with buildings and residents vanished in thin air and left nothing behind.
ref: 2023 August 29, Lauren Dillon, “Doveland, Wisconsin: The Town That Wasn’t There”, in Historic Mysteries:
text: On the invitation list: Govs. Andy Beshear of Kentucky, Tim Walz of Minnesota, J.B. Pritzker of Illinois, Gretchen Whitmer of Michigan, Tony Evers of Wisconsin, Josh Shapiro of Pennsylvania, Roy Cooper of North Carolina, Wes Moore of Maryland and Michelle Lujan Grisham of New Mexico.
ref: 2024 February 7, Edward-Isaac Dovere, “Harris set to host Democratic governors this weekend to discuss 2024 campaign”, in CNN:
glosses: A state in the Upper Midwest region of the United States.
glosses: A river in the United States that flows from northern Wisconsin into the Mississippi.
glosses: University of Wisconsin–Madison.
Derived terms: Sconnie
WI
Wisconsin Dells
Wisconsinian
Wisconsinite
Wisconsin Rapids
West Virginia
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈwɛst vɚˈdʒɪn.jə/
Etymology: From being formed (during the American Civil War) from the western counties of the state of Virginia, which wanted to remain loyal to the Union and set up a rival government to the Confederate state government in Richmond.
Senses: examples: text: The dyes portion of the West Virginia law will be enacted in schools beginning August 1. Then the dyes portion and the section on butylated hydroxyanisole and propylparaben will take effect statewide on January 1, 2028.
ref: 2025 March 29, Kristen Rogers, “Over half of US states are trying to eliminate food dyes. Here’s what you can do now”, in CNN:
glosses: A state of the United States. Capital and largest city: Charleston.
Derived terms: West Virginian
WV
Wyoming
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /waɪˈəʊmɪŋ/
ipa: /waɪˈoʊmɪŋ/
rhymes: -əʊmɪŋ
Etymology: The state is named after the Wyoming Valley in Pennsylvania, which derives its name from Munsee xwé:wamənk (literally “at the big river flat”).
The village of Wyoming, Plympton Township, Ontario, Canada may have a different origin: "...to the Chippewas, the 'oat planters' were known as moonooming. The white settlers took this to sound like 'Wyoming.'"
Senses: examples: text: In Wyoming, a GOP state senator forwarded an FGA draft bill to Secretary of State Chuck Gray that would prohibit sending out unsolicited absentee ballot request forms.
ref: 2024 March 17, Daniel Medina and Bob Ortega, “Emails show how a right-wing group steers GOP leaders on major policy issues”, in CNN:
glosses: A state of the United States, formerly a territory. Capital: Cheyenne.
glosses: A number of other places in the United States:
A town in Kent County, Delaware; a suburb of Dover.
glosses: A number of other places in the United States:
A city in Stark County, Illinois; a suburb of Peoria.
glosses: A number of other places in the United States:
A small city in Jones County, Iowa; a suburb of Cedar Rapids.
glosses: A number of other places in the United States:
A ghost town in Bath County, Kentucky.
glosses: A number of other places in the United States:
A neighborhood in the city of Melrose, Middlesex County, Massachusetts.
glosses: A number of other places in the United States:
A sizable city in Kent County, Michigan; a suburb of Grand Rapids.
glosses: A number of other places in the United States:
A city in Chisago County, Minnesota.
glosses: A number of other places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Otoe County, Nebraska.
glosses: A number of other places in the United States:
A village in Wyoming County, New York.
glosses: A number of other places in the United States:
A city in Hamilton County, Ohio.
glosses: A number of other places in the United States:
A borough of Luzerne County, Pennsylvania.
glosses: A number of other places in the United States:
A village and census-designated place in Washington County, Rhode Island.
glosses: A number of other places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Wyoming County, West Virginia.
glosses: A number of other places in the United States:
A small town in Iowa County, Wisconsin.
glosses: A number of other places in the United States:
A small town in Waupaca County, Wisconsin.
glosses: A suburb of the Central Coast, New South Wales, Australia.
glosses: A former village in Lambton County, Ontario, Canada, now part of the town of Plympton-Wyoming.
Derived terms: WY
Wyo.
Wyoming County
Wyomingian
Wyomingite
deprave
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /dɪˈpɹeɪv/
rhymes: -eɪv
Forms: form: depraves
form: depraving
form: depraved
form: depraved
Etymology: From Middle English depraven, from Old French depraver, from Latin dēprāvāre (“pervert, distort, corrupt”), from de- + pravus (“crooked, distorted, perverse, wicked”).
Senses: glosses: To speak ill of; to depreciate; to malign; to revile
glosses: To make bad or worse; to vitiate; to corrupt
Derived terms: depravement
depravingly
Related terms: depravation
depraved
depravedness
depravity
dieseling
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of diesel
regal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɹiːɡəl/
rhymes: -iːɡəl
Forms: form: more regal
form: most regal
form: regall
Etymology: From Middle English regal, from Old French regal (“regal, royal”), from Latin rēgālis (“royal, kingly”), from rex (“king”); also regere (“to rule”). Doublet of royal (“belonging to a monarch”), real (“unit of currency”), ariary, and riyal. Cognate with Spanish real.
Senses: examples: text: regal authority
text: the regal title
text: He made a scorn of his regal oath.
ref: 1649, J[ohn] Milton, ΕΙΚΟΝΟΚΛΆΣΤΗΣ [Eikonoklástēs] […], London: […] Matthew Simmons, […], →OCLC:
glosses: Of, pertaining to, or suitable for royalty.
examples: text: The [Washington] Posts proprietor through those turbulent [Watergate] days, Katharine Graham, held a double place in Washington’s hierarchy: at once regal' Georgetown hostess and scrappy newshound, ready to hold the establishment to account.
ref: 2013 August 10, Lexington, “Keeping the mighty honest”, in The Economist, volume 408, number 8848:
text: Terrific movement from The Queen here. Gets behind the defender, goes one way then cuts back inside. Regal attacking play.
ref: 2018 July 14, Gary Lineker, Twitter, retrieved 15 Jul 2018:
text: Kwarteng said he had urged Truss to “slow down” over reforms, but a cabinet minister told the FT that she felt “invincible, almost regal”.
ref: 2022 December 10, Harry Taylor, “Liz Truss and I ‘got carried away’ writing mini-budget, admits Kwasi Kwarteng”, in The Guardian:
glosses: Befitting a monarch.
examples: text: The children to whom I acted as cicerone almost screamed with glee as they saw the four-and-twenty blackbirds emerging from the pie-crust in front of the astonished King; and when the climax of the inconsequential story was reached, by way of the regal counting house and the “reginal” parlour, and a blackbird (presumably one of the four-and-twenty that had been temporarily immured in the pie) was seen about to revenge himself on the innocent nose of the guiltless laundry-maid, a veritable climax of enthusiasm was reached.
ref: c. 1898, Truth, column 2:
text: The crown seals, a regal crown and a reginal crown are unengraved, but from the motif I judge they symbolize King William III of England and Queen Mary, (see 1688, English History) who formerly ruled Holland as Prince William, Consort, and Queen Mary — The House of Orange.
ref: c. 1947, Hobbies, page 27, column 1:
text: In any case, the discrepancy might be explained by the fact that the 9th pylon has not yet disgorged all it blocks; it is in the talatat from this pylon that the masonry of the essentially regal (as opposed to reginal) temples Tni-mnw and Rwd-mnw predominate.
ref: 1973, Journal of the American Research Center in Egypt, page 78, column 2:
glosses: Befitting a monarch.
Befitting a king or emperor.
coordinate_terms: reginal
qualifier: strictly
Derived terms: regal fritillary
regal geranium
regal horned lizard
regal moth
regal purple
regal sea goddess
Related terms: regime
regimen
regular
kingly
royal
splendid
stately
regal
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɹiːɡəl/
rhymes: -iːɡəl
Forms: form: regals
form: regall
form: rigole
Etymology: From Middle English regal, from Middle French régale, possibly from Old French regol (“a gutter, channel”). Doublet of rail, regula, rigol, and rule.
Senses: topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: A small, portable organ whose sound is produced by brass beating reeds without amplifying resonators. Its tone is keen and rich in harmonics. The regal was common in the 16th and 17th centuries, and has been revived for the performance of music from those times.
topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: An organ stop of the reed family, furnished with a normal beating reed, but whose resonator is a fraction of its natural length. In the 16th and 17th centuries these stops took a multitude of forms. Today only one survives that is of universal currency, the so-called vox humana.
alexia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /əˈlɛk.si.ə/
Forms: form: alexias
Etymology: From Ancient Greek ἀ- (a-, “not”) + λέξις (léxis, “speech”) + -ia.
Senses: topics: medicine
neurology
neuroscience
sciences
synonyms: word blindness
coordinate_terms: letter blindness
glosses: The inability, due to a cerebral disorder, to comprehend or understand writing.
Hypernyms: dyslexia
Related terms: alexic
splotchy
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -ɒtʃi
Forms: form: splotchier
form: splotchiest
Etymology: Form an alteration (due to splotch) of Middle English splotty, equivalent to splotch + -y.
Senses: glosses: marked or covered with large, irregular spots
spliff
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /splɪf/
rhymes: -ɪf
Forms: form: spliffs
form: spiff
form: spleef
form: splif
Etymology: From Jamaican Creole, possibly a blend of split, referring to the ready-made wrap, + whiff, referring to the smell of the smoke.
Senses: examples: text: smoke a spliff
text: Pablo switched off the wipers and struck a match to light the spliff he had just finished building.
ref: 1992, Victor Headley, Yardie, New York: Atlantic Monthly Press, published 1993, page 167:
text: Danny takes another toke on the spliff and then passes it over to Griff, who accepts it and draws deep on it and then points with the lit end across the room at Gwenno like some strange weatherman indicating a pocket of high pressure.
ref: 2001, Niall Griffiths, Sheepshagger, New York: Thomas Dunne, published 2002, page 104:
text: “Well, well, well,” Ma Taffy says, sitting back and returning the spliff to her mouth. She exhales a cloud of ganja that envelops herself and the boy.
ref: 2016, Kei Miller, “Chapter 1”, in Augustown, New York: Pantheon, pages 14–15:
glosses: A cannabis cigarette.
Derived terms: sploof
spliff
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /splɪf/
rhymes: -ɪf
Forms: form: spliffs
form: spliffing
form: spliffed
form: spliffed
form: spiff
form: spleef
form: splif
Etymology: From Jamaican Creole, possibly a blend of split, referring to the ready-made wrap, + whiff, referring to the smell of the smoke.
Senses: glosses: To smoke a spliff.
Mobilian
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Apparently Mobile + -ian.
Senses: glosses: An informal Native American trade language used among the tribes of the US Southeast, primarily along the coast of the Gulf of Mexico. May have originally been the language of one particular tribe.
Mobilian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Mobilians
Etymology: Apparently Mobile + -ian.
Senses: glosses: One of the Native American people with Chief Tuscaloosa in Alabama (circa 1540).
glosses: A resident of the city of Mobile, Alabama.
Related terms: Wiktionary’s coverage of Mobilian terms
summer solstice
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: summer solstices
Senses: topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
synonyms: summer sunstead
glosses: The moment when the Earth is in that point of its orbit where the northern or southern hemisphere is most inclined toward the sun.
Coordinate terms: winter solstice
vernal equinox
autumnal equinox
Related terms: June solstice
December solstice
tax accounting
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: business
finance
glosses: Those accounting activities related to tax.
SEC
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: S.E.C.
form: S. E. C.
Senses: examples: text: “Anyway, Kaspersky took her story to the SEC. I’m sorry, it’s rude to throw obscure acronyms around. I mean the Securities and Exchange Commission. They’re the people who look after my industry.” Vincent knew what the SEC was, because she made an effort to follow the financial news, but she only nodded.
ref: 2020, Emily St. John Mandel, The Glass Hotel, Picador (2021), page 71:
text: Burr sold $1.65 million in stock on February 13, 2020, previous court filings by the SEC revealed.
ref: 2023 January 6, Manu Raju and Devan Cole, “SEC closes insider trading probe into former Republican senator”, in CNN:
topics: business
finance
government
glosses: Initialism of Securities and Exchange Commission.
topics: hobbies
lifestyle
sports
qualifier: college
glosses: Abbreviation of Southeastern Conference, a college athletics conference
glosses: Initialism of State Electricity Commission.
SEC
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: SECs
form: S.E.C.
form: S. E. C.
Senses: glosses: Initialism of scavenger endothelial cell.
FED
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: text: So, the FED Chairman chose to reassure all concerns, promising "a lasting expansion in economic activity while continuing progress against inflation.
ref: 1982-3, National Farmers' Union Washington newsletter, v. 29-31, http://books.google.com/books?lr=&id=ajk9AAAAYAAJ&q=%22so%2C+the+FED+Chairman%22#search_anchor
text: The extent of independence of the Federal Reserve Board (FED) from the executive branch has been a topic of ongoing study by economists and political scientists.
ref: 1985, Caryl Ersenkal, Myles S. Wallace, and John T. Warner, "Chairman reappointments, presidential elections and policy actions of the federal reserve," Policy Sciences, Springer Netherlands, ISSN 0032-2687, vol. 18, no. 3, November, 1985, pages 211-225, pg. 211
text: Positive news was consolidated for economic performance, while the bond market diverged from the opinions expressed by the FED.
ref: 2003, Review of the economic situation of Mexico, Citigroup/Banco Nacional de México (Banamex), August 2003, vol. LXXIX, no. 932, pg. 3
text: Consolidates the Federal Reserve Banks (FED) and monetary authority functions undertaken by the central government.
ref: 2006, International Financial Statistics Yearbook 2006, International Monetary Fund, →ISBN, page 191:
topics: banking
business
economics
sciences
glosses: Federal Reserve System. Alternative spelling of Fed.
FED
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: FEDs
form: F.E.D.
form: F. E. D.
Senses: glosses: Initialism of flight-time equivalent dose.
topics: business
electrical-engineering
electricity
electromagnetism
electronics
energy
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: Initialism of field emission display.
Related terms: topics: electronics
electricity
electrical-engineering
electromagnetism
energy
business
physics
physical-sciences
natural-sciences
engineering
word: LCD
topics: electronics
electricity
electrical-engineering
electromagnetism
energy
business
physics
physical-sciences
natural-sciences
engineering
word: SED
topics: electronics
electricity
electrical-engineering
electromagnetism
energy
business
physics
physical-sciences
natural-sciences
engineering
word: VFD
derv
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /dɜːv/
ipa: /dɝv/
rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)v
Etymology: Initialism of diesel engine road vehicle.
Senses: glosses: Diesel fuel for motor vehicles.
Derived terms: bioderv
lorry
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈlɒɹi/
ipa: /ˈlʌɹi/
ipa: /ˈlɔɹi/
homophone: lory
rhymes: -ɒɹi
Forms: form: lorries
form: lorrying
form: lorried
form: lorried
Etymology: Uncertain; perhaps from dialectal English lurry (“to lug or pull about, drag”), or from the forename Laurie. First attested in early to middle 19th century.
Senses: examples: text: He lorried away with a whole pile of things, and cheated the bailiffs.
ref: 1869 December 18, T. T. W., “Lurry”, in Notes and Queries: A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, General Readers, etc., volume IV (4th Series), London: Published at the office, 43 Wellington Street, Strand, W.C., →OCLC, page 550, column 2:
text: The midday meal at 1230hrs for 'C' and 'D' Companies would be followed by them parading at the camp gates for lorrying to Hazebrouck.
ref: 2002, Norman Brooke, chapter 7, in Half-pint Heroes: The Bantams of World War One, London: Janus Publishing Company, →ISBN, page 62:
text: [S]he had bought three jars of baby food, for convenience, and was busy lorrying them into me when I unintentionally spurted a huge mouthful all over her magnificent blouse and skirt.
ref: 2011, Penelope Pansy, “Time Goes By”, in The Story of Penelope Pansy, [s.l.]: Penelope Pansy, →ISBN, page 52:
text: At a lamplit corner I signalled a cross-bearing transport, and to low salutations of 'Evening, sir,' was hoisted up, bag and all, and swiftly lorried away.
ref: 2014, D. G. Holliday, Damage: A Novel of the Great War, Kibworth Beauchamp, Leicestershire: Matador, →ISBN, page 13:
glosses: To transport by, or as if by, lorry.
Derived terms: word: lorried
word: lorrying
titchy
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /tɪt͡ʃi/
rhymes: -ɪtʃi
Forms: form: titchier
form: titchiest
Etymology: Variant of tetchy, of uncertain etymology.
Senses: examples: text: Bali was the quiet one, though that wasn't saying he was gentle-—he had plenty of spirit. Zan was the one you had to watch. He'd snake his head out if you walked by his stall, and get titchy if he thought you owed him a carrot or a bit of apple.
ref: 1991, Martin Harry Greenberg, Rosalind M. Greenberg, Horse Fantastic, →ISBN:
text: He got titchy in return because, no doubt, he couldn't understand why anyone would have camels if they didn't work them; which was quite reasonable but didn't take into account the fact that they were adored pets rather than beasts of burden,...
ref: 2013, Robyn Davidson, Tracks: One Woman's Journey Across 1,700 Miles of Australian Outback, →ISBN:
text: “What does that do?” Gemma asked. “Just push it, Gem. Then you'll see,” said Edward, getting titchy at his sister. Gemma pushed down on the spongy pad and before she knew what was happening,
ref: 2017, Kass Harker, Into Another Dimension, →ISBN:
glosses: Alternative form of tetchy: touchy, easily annoyed, irritated, or offended.
titchy
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /tɪt͡ʃi/
rhymes: -ɪtʃi
Forms: form: titchier
form: titchiest
Etymology: From titch (“small person”) + -y, from the stage name Little Tich.
Senses: examples: text: Let's 'ave a look at some of them titchy ones.
ref: 1984, Roald Dahl, Boy, page 43:
text: 'Haven't you got little feet?' I said. 'Has everybody got titchy plates in Belgium?'
ref: 2014, Jonathan Gash, The Tartan Ringers, →ISBN:
glosses: Tiny, very small.