cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
Yuanan
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: text: In Yuanan County, there were 11 rape cases and no hooliganism cases in 1982, but 43 and 70 cases, respectively, in 1983.⁴³[…]
43. Yuanan xianzhi, 518, 520;[…]
ref: 1999, Harold M. Tanner, “Strike Hard! The Anti-crime Campaign of 1983-5”, in Strike Hard! Anti-Crime Campaigns and Chinese Criminal Justice, 1979-1985 (Cornell East Asia Series), number 104, Cornell University East Asia Program, →ISBN, →ISSN, →OCLC, pages 98, 234:
text: Luyuan Hairy Points (Luyuan maojian)
This tea comes from the area around the Luyuan Temple in Yuanan County, Hubei.
ref: 2008, Bret Hinsch, “Yellow Tea”, in The Ultimate Guide to Chinese Tea, →ISBN, →OCLC:
text: An ancient temple site which dated back to Ming Dynasty was discovered in Yuanan County of central China’s Hubei Province on July 10, 2015.
ref: 2015 July 13, “Ancient temple site discovered in Yuanan County, Hubei”, in General Office of Hubei Provincial People's Government, archived from the original on 06 Jul 2022:
text: The incident occurred in a cave at the Tai Qing Dong Ecological Leisure Holiday Park in Yuanan county, Hubei province, on Saturday, and was captured on security cameras.
ref: 2019 August 20, Sue Ng, “Shamed Chinese souvenir hunters apologise after billion-year-old stalactite is gone in 60 seconds”, in South China Morning Post, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 20 Aug 2019, People & Culture:
glosses: Alternative form of Yuan'an.
crackalackin'
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: /krækəˈlækɪn/
/ɪŋ(ɡ)/
Forms: form: crack-a-lackin'
form: crack-a-lackin
form: crackalackin
form: crack-a-lacking
form: crackalacking
Etymology: Reduplication of crackin'.
Senses: examples: text: What’s poppin’ wit’chu? What’s happenin’? What’s crackalackin’? How you mackin’? You still bad actin’?
ref: 2003, “Let Me Hear Sumn”, in Love & Hate, performed by Edwin Hayes (Aceyalone):
text: I keep it crackalackin’
 I’m all about them plaques and figures
 I’m a platinum nigga
ref: 2003, David K. Williams (Roscoe), Patrick Brown (Sleepy Brown), Ray Murray, Rico Wade (writers), “What I Look Like”, in Young Roscoe Philaphornia, performed by David K. Williams (Roscoe):
text: “Wuzz crackalackin’?” he says, a homeboy greeting that could mean anything.
ref: 2005, Jodi Picoult, Vanishing Acts, Washington Square Press, →ISBN, page 211:
text: “[…]I can’t work a calculator without coffee.”[…]“One cup. Then I gotta get crack-a-lackin’.”
ref: 2007, Suzann Ledbetter, Halfway to Half Way, Mira, →ISBN:
text: What exactly will be crackalackin at this party? Will her parents be there?
ref: 2012, Gena Showalter, Alice in Zombieland (The White Rabbit Chronicles; book 1), Harlequin Teen, →ISBN, page 201:
text: When we got back with the new recruits, it was time to get crackalackin’; we had a party to get started!
ref: 2012, Howie Momo, The Biker Chihuahua, →ISBN:
text: So! What is crackalackin, yo? We there yet?
ref: 2014, M. Anderson, Avian, AuthorHouse, →ISBN:
text: "Almost got what you need?" "Oh yeah, crackalackin," he says. "Goin' junior high for that call out?"
ref: 2018, Russ Linton, Crimson Son 3: Ashes, →ISBN:
text: If you want to grow in your competence of reading Scripture and have a crackalackin good time doing it, read this book!
ref: 2021, Michael F. Bird, Seven Things I Wish Christians Knew about the Bible, Zondervan Reflective, →ISBN:
text: The high-pitched sound of these wicked sirens wailing pierced his ears and made them pop. Hell indeed was crackalackin.
ref: 2022, Jennifer Peaks, Soul Enemy, →ISBN:
glosses: Happening; doing; occurring; working.
Bredicot
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A small village and civil parish in Wychavon district, Worcestershire, England (OS grid ref SO9054).
cathairs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cathair
peridromophile
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: peridromophiles
Etymology: Coined in 1926 by William James Sidis (writing under the pseudonym “Frank Folupa”): Ancient Greek περίδρομος (perídromos) + English -phile (from φίλος, phílos).
Senses: examples: For quotations using this term, see Citations:peridromophile.
glosses: A collector of transfers.
wikipedia: William James Sidis
Related terms: peridromophily
peridromophily
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Coined in 1926 by William James Sidis (writing under the pseudonym “Frank Folupa”): Ancient Greek περίδρομος (perídromos) + English -phily (from φιλία, philíā).
Senses: examples: For quotations using this term, see Citations:peridromophily.
glosses: The collection of transfers.
wikipedia: William James Sidis
Related terms: peridromophile
choco bar
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: choco bars
Senses: examples: text: // * place a choco bar in front of hirself on the ground casually, then rests hir muzzle on hir foreclaws. Sie munches the choco as sie speaks.
ref: 1999 October 12, Aoiryuu, “Bardic Voices”, in alt.books.m-lackey (Usenet), retrieved 17 Jul 2022:
text: At least one full choco bar daily! Just think.... when you breast feed, you'll be breastfeeding choco milk! hehehe
ref: 2000 August 17, Gargoyle, “Hi Again! I think I'm back! ;)”, in alt.traditional.witchcraft (Usenet), retrieved 17 Jul 2022:
text: Am looking on the wrapper of a Dagoba chocolate bar and I see that dagoba is Greek (?) for temple of the gods. (Now the use by Lucas makes more sense!) Of course, we already knew that theobroma means food of the gods. *grins* This stuff tastes so good that if you just eat a little, it's more satisfying than a cheap choco bar. I usually get a bar of the 59% Dark.
ref: 2005 March 8, Deidre, “Any date for Childe Morgan release”, in alt.books.deryni (Usenet), retrieved 17 Jul 2022:
glosses: Synonym of chocolate bar.
synonyms: word: chocolate bar
choco bars
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of choco bar
choco milk
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: choco milks
Senses: examples: text: As the smell of David's foul turds filled the locker room from the adjoining shitter, our drinks became less and less appetizing; at least they weren't choco milks.
ref: 1996 August 19, Andrew Shore, “Amazing way to ruin your body”, in alt.tasteless (Usenet), retrieved 17 Jul 2022:
text: Emily, what's the best cereal to eat dry?
 Hmmm... I like Honey Bunches of Oats. :)
 And Crispix.
 And Honey Nut Cheerios.
 Honey Bunches of Oats is flakes, no?
 Yes, April
 i like blueberry morning
 Blueberry Morning tastes like real blueberry muffins.
 or grape nuts
 i'm a masochist
 nothing like dry grapenuts
 I can't eat them. They get stuck in my teeth.
 capt. crunch rules.
 crunchberries
 with choco milk
ref: 1999 July 19, April, “IRCereal, part 2”, in alt.cereal (Usenet), retrieved 17 Jul 2022:
text: I thought you only liked blue drinks. Or is choco milk Blue in CA?
ref: 2000 March 10, Joan @ home, “Milk”, in alt.med.fibromyalgia (Usenet), retrieved 17 Jul 2022:
text: At least one full choco bar daily! Just think.... when you breast feed, you'll be breastfeeding choco milk! hehehe
ref: 2000 August 17, Gargoyle, “Hi Again! I think I'm back! ;)”, in alt.traditional.witchcraft (Usenet), retrieved 17 Jul 2022:
glosses: chocolate milk
choco milks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of choco milk
drug run
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: drug runs
Senses: glosses: A trip made, often late at night, to obtain illegal narcotics.
Derived terms: drug running
Related terms: beer run
on a mission
drug runs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of drug run
mewnicorn
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mewnicorns
Senses: glosses: Synonym of caticorn.
synonyms: word: caticorn
mewnicorns
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mewnicorn
cratonic sequence
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cratonic sequences
Senses: topics: geography
geology
natural-sciences
glosses: A very large-scale lithostratigraphic sequence in the rock record that represents a complete cycle of marine transgression and regression on a craton over a geologic time scale.
cratonic sequences
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cratonic sequence
geological timescale
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: geological timescales
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of geologic time scale.
geological timescales
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of geological timescale
metacraton
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: metacratons
Etymology: From meta- + craton.
Senses: topics: geography
geology
natural-sciences
glosses: A craton that has been remobilized during an orogenic event but is still recognizable dominantly through its rheological, geochronological and isotopic characteristics.
Derived terms: metacratonic
metacratons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of metacraton
metacratonic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Pertaining to a metacraton.
Erligang
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ěrʹlēʹgängʹ
Forms: form: Erh-li-kang
Etymology: From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 二里崗 (Èrlǐgǎng).
Senses: examples: text: Shang bronzes predating the thirteenth century BC were first found at Erligang, in Zhengzhou City, Henan Province. The finds at Erligang include the site of an early Shang city wall and, around it, the remains of workshops that made pottery, bone implements and bronzes.
ref: 1995, “The Early and Middle Shang: The Formative Period”, in Ancient Chinese Bronzes in the Shanghai Museum, →OCLC, page 12:
glosses: A village in Henan, China, site of the Bronze-Age Erligang culture
examples: text: In the Huai River valley, which as we saw has yielded good evidence of Shang occupation in the Erh-li-kang phase, there have been a number of late Shang sites that have been reported on, but the only site of any notable scale is the residential-plus-burial site at Ch'iu-wan 丘灣, north of Hsü-chou in northwestern Kiangsu, discovered in 1959 and excavated in 1959, 1960, and 1965.
ref: [1980, Kwang-chih Chang, “Shang Archaeology outside An-yang and Cheng-chou”, in Shang Civilization, Yale University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, pages 311, 314:
text: Zhengzhou, the capital of Henan province, sits in the heartland of China: the central valley around the Yellow River that birthed ancient civilizations such as Erligang over 3,500 years ago. But today, Henan is one of the poorer provinces of eastern China, and Henanese are often the targets of discrimination.
ref: 2021 July 21, James Palmer, “China’s Drowned City Is a Bleak Sign of a Changing Climate”, in Foreign Policy, archived from the original on 21 Jul 2021:
glosses: a Bronze Age urban civilization and archaeological culture in China
DeBarge
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname.
clean up one's plate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: cleans up one's plate
form: cleaning up one's plate
form: cleaned up one's plate
form: cleaned up one's plate
form: clean one's plate
Senses: glosses: To eat all the food on one's plate.
Sook Ching
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Borrowed from Cantonese 肅清／肃清 (suk1 cing1).
Senses: glosses: the systematic massacre of Singaporean Chinese by Japanese occupation forces from 18 February to 4 March 1942
M$FT
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From MSFT, Microsoft's Nasdaq symbol, with a dollar sign added to denote greed or wealth.
Senses: examples: text: Item: Intel is thinking (planning) on moving from x86 architecture (CISC) to new RISC architecture. M$FT legacy apps would be broken (Win32 APIs).
ref: 1997 April 13, Steve Cordova, “I hope no one from M$FT is reading this”, in comp.sys.mac.advocacy (Usenet), retrieved 17 Jul 2022:
text: As it stands M$FT has a combination of deep pockets and compelling apps for the "ordinary" consumer than Linux has. It's not enough to say, "Linux can also read your MSFT word documents." Just look at how far that got the Mac.
ref: 2002 March 11, Joe Chung, “Does anyone in the Bay Area use Linux?”, in ba.general (Usenet), retrieved 17 Jul 2022:
ref: 2002 July 26, Peter Leftwich, “Peter heads back to M$FT WinBloze”, in lucky.freebsd.questions (Usenet), retrieved 17 Jul 2022:
text: BusinessWeek Online had a good article about H1 Visas and software engineers. But M$FT only takes good people. So stay unemployed U lozers.
ref: 2007 October 13, raylopez99, “M$FT hiring--but they need competent people. COMPETENT”, in comp.os.linux.advocacy (Usenet), retrieved 17 Jul 2022:
text: Why M$FT offers a "repair" option that requires even more high level repair is beyond me.
ref: 2008 July 26, SnoopDoggy, “M$FT to Copy Apple "Experience"”, in alt.music.rush (Usenet), retrieved 17 Jul 2022:
glosses: Microsoft.
Related terms: Micro$oft
M$
alibata
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Baybayin (“a Tagalog writing system”).
synonyms: word: Baybayin
extra: a Tagalog writing system
hindlock
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hindlocks
form: hind-lock
Etymology: From hind + lock. Compare forelock.
Senses: examples: text: They have the hind-lock of hair known as the kudumi, put on sacred ashes, and paint the point between the eyebrows with a sandal paste dot.
ref: 1909, E. Thupston, Casstes and Tribes of Southern India, page 49:
glosses: A tress or lock of an individual's hair that covers the hind-part of the head.
examples: text: […] so that those dilatory persons who have not been able to take the old gentleman by the forelock, might catch him as easily as a brother of the sister isle catches a scampering bull by the hindlock, or tail: […]
ref: 1822, The Brighton magazine, volume 1, page 235:
glosses: An animal's, particularly a horse's, tail.
hindlocks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hindlock
wh*re
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: wh*res
Senses: examples: text: HBUI has been awarded the DUMBEST MEDICAL WH*RE MEDAL by the S R Vietnam for ruthlessly aborting fetuses, and murdering babies and feeble old men and women, for the glory of the COmmunist Party!
ref: 1999 October 22, VIETT...@hotmail.com, “NOBEL PEACE PRIZE”, in soc.culture.vietnamese (Usenet), retrieved 17 Jul 2022:
text: you're the wh*re b*tch, leave my daughter alone, she's only been with Ted for 11 yrs that's not a wh*re but when you do not know who the father of your son is and half to get 6 DNA test done I would say that's a wh*re and Ted must have wrote^([sic]) this post from work sandy called him about all the post she did not wright it
ref: 2003 April 22, Dragonflylady700, “Sandy is not a wh*re like a b*tch i know”, in z-netz.alt.wichtig (Usenet), retrieved 17 Jul 2022:
text: If you think that women are b*tches, wh*res or evil, then the solution is not to be with a woman.
ref: 2015 October 28, ibsh...@gmail.com, “Iago and Misogyny”, in soc.culture.russian (Usenet), retrieved 17 Jul 2022:
ref: 2016 September 6, Stow Butcher, “Pretender to work for Magazine is a son of a wh*re.”, in ukr.politics (Usenet), retrieved 17 Jul 2022:
ref: 2017 July 2, Gay Is Mental Illness, “"Fu*k you bitch. I fu*king hate you. Stupid tranny looking cu*t. Kill yourself wh*re."”, in alt.politics.homosexuality (Usenet), retrieved 17 Jul 2022:
glosses: Censored spelling of whore.
wh*res
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of wh*re
shith**d
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: shith**ds
Etymology: Variant of s**thead, perhaps to suggest the writer feels the target deserves the shame they get.
Senses: examples: text: I saw few news group people refer them and claims that they have been paid too! I mean I am one of many money hungry greedy shith**d, but, it makes me think twice about those shit.
ref: 2000 April 10, you never know, “Now, what are all those PAID to surf thigy”, in nz.comp (Usenet), retrieved 17 Jul 2022:
text: In the UK they shith**ds never bothered to tell us about this being an unfinished series which was a rather annoying fact to find out just as I started to get into it.
ref: 2002 November 25, John Burns, “Back to the Roots Amiga-News 238”, in comp.sys.amiga.games (Usenet), retrieved 17 Jul 2022:
text: Then there is the issue, brought up on Huff Post, about when The Donald is going to provide proof that he is a shith**d?
ref: 2011 April 28, flanier, “About The "Hope" Thingy”, in alt.radio.talk.dr-laura (Usenet), retrieved 17 Jul 2022:
glosses: Censored spelling of shithead.
shith**ds
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of shith**d
Mussolinier
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of Mussolini: more Mussolini
Mussoliniest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of Mussolini: most Mussolini
trebucheting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of trebuchet
trebucheted
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of trebuchet
Poropat
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname.
disability-adjusted life year
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: disability-adjusted life years
form: disability adjusted life year
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
synonyms: DALY
glosses: A measure of overall disease burden, expressed as the number of years lost due to ill-health, disability or early death.
Related terms: healthspan
QALY
quality-adjusted life year
quality of life
disability-adjusted life years
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of disability-adjusted life year
green flag
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: green flags
form: green-flag
form: greenflag
Senses: examples: text: As we stood waiting for the departure time with the setting sun twinkling on the great brass dome of our 2-4-0, the sound of church bells was the only one apart from the measured tread of the guard slowly pacing towards his van, and, standing at an open window, I more than once heard the fireman's "Right away!" to his mate in acknowledgement of a desultory wave of the unfurled green flag.
ref: 1955 January, R. S. McNaught, “From the Severn to the Mersey by Great Western”, in Railway Magazine, page 19:
text: The Saudi Arabian consulate in Istanbul is a homely looking place, much smaller than it seems, nestled into a quiet suburban street, and painted pastel yellow. Were it not for a giant steel door and a green flag flying on the roof – both sporting two large swords – it could easily be an Ottoman-era cottage like many nearby.
ref: 2018 October 21, Martin Chulov, “Jamal Khashoggi: murder in the consulate”, in Katharine Viner, editor, The Guardian, London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 17 May 2023:
glosses: A flag that is green, used in motor racing to indicate the beginning or resumption of a race.
examples: text: When your partner is going through a tough time — whether on their own or with you involved — how do they manage those emotions? Do they bottle them up and repress their feelings, do they express them, or do they take them out on others? As [Dr. Marissa] Tunis explains, it's a major green flag if your partner "has done work on themselves" to be able to handle their emotions.
ref: 2021 December 29, Lexi Inks, “15 Early Signs Your Relationship Has Long-Term Potential”, in Bustle, archived from the original on 03 Feb 2023:
glosses: A sign or cue that signals a positive trait about someone or something.
Coordinate terms: sense: colours of flags
word: beige flag
sense: colours of flags
word: black flag
sense: colours of flags
word: blue flag
sense: colours of flags
word: chequered flag
sense: colours of flags
word: orange flag
sense: colours of flags
word: pink flag
sense: colours of flags
word: red flag
sense: colours of flags
word: white flag
sense: colours of flags
word: yellow flag
green flags
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of green flag
red banner
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: red banners
Senses: topics: government
politics
glosses: Synonym of red flag.
synonyms: word: red flag
red banners
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of red banner
sour beer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sour beers
Senses: examples: text: The classic sour beer styles include the German Berliner Weisse, and the Belgian Oud Bruin, Flanders Red, and lambic beers.
ref: 2011, Garrett Oliver, editor, The Oxford Companion to Beer, OUP USA, →ISBN, page 744:
glosses: Beer which has an intentionally acidic, tart, or sour taste.
Related terms: lambic
sour beers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sour beer
M.P.
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: M.P's
form: M.P.'s
form: M.P.s
Senses: examples: text: ONLY two M.P.s among the early arrivals sported the traditional silk topper when the Commons resumed yesterday after the Easter recess to hear Mr. R. A. Butler, Chancellor of the Exchequer, open his second Budget. The “be-toppered” members were Sir William Darling (C., South Edinburgh) and Mr. Gerald Nabarro (C., Kidderminster).
ref: 1953 April 15, “Sir Will wears the traditional topper”, in Daily Record, number 17,948, page 3:
text: “If M.P.s,” declared the new political commentatrix, “can’t find anything else except Debbery for question time, then the nation is in a bad way.”
ref: 1956 June 3, “Alastair Forbes Surveys the World Political Scene”, in Sunday Dispatch, 155th year, number 8,061, page 8:
text: So complex was the scheme that neither blacks nor whites could say for certain who had won. "A dog's breakfast," cried Laborite M.P. James Callaghan. "I say frankly that I do not begin to understand it."
ref: 1961 July 7, “Black Temper”, in Time, archived from the original on 03 Feb 2012:
glosses: Alternative form of MP.
Bedikian
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Bedikians
Etymology: Variant of Petikyan.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Armenian.
Halebian
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Halebians
Etymology: From Armenian Հալեպյան (Halepyan).
Senses: glosses: A surname from Armenian.
Halebians
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Halebian
Bedikians
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Bedikian
sustah
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sustahs
form: suster
Senses: examples: text: Whazza mattuh, yo have a big fight with yo brudder-n-sustah?
ref: 1962, “Evidence”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name), numbers 5-8, page 48:
text: An advocate of polygamy said, “Sustah, want for ya sustah what ya want for yourself. The sustah’s response was, “Yeah, I want my sustah to have her own husband; not mine.”
ref: 1994, Najeeba Jaja, Riper the Berry, Sweeter…: Nine Keys to Greater Success, page 122:
text: Four-year-old Wealthy had, since birth, been called and known as Sustah (sister).
ref: 2021, Damus Amazulu Kenjyatta, The Foggy Bottom Storytellers at the Port of Poets:
qualifier: African-American Vernacular
glosses: Pronunciation spelling of sister.
Titchmarsh
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Titchmarshes
Etymology: From the Old English personal name Ticcea + mersċ (“marsh, bog, swamp”).
Senses: glosses: A village and civil parish in North Northamptonshire district, Northamptonshire, England, previously in East Northamptonshire district (OS grid ref TL0279).
glosses: A habitational surname from Old English.
Derived terms: Titchmarsh convolution theorem
shapedly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From shaped + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: All of the branches entered the trigeminal cavity and spread fan-shapedly to supply the maxillary and mandibular cell groups and part of the ophthalmic cell group from their posterior side.
ref: 1984, Okajimas Folia Anatomica Japonica, page 206:
text: A pneumatic tire comprises a tread with a plurality of sipes, in which one of opposed wall faces of the sipe is a concave face arc-shapedly curved over a whole of the sipe in a depth direction thereof and the other wall face thereof is a convex face just fitted to the above concave face, and a curvature of each of the concave and convex faces is substantially constant over a full length in a longitudinal direction of the sipe.
ref: 1998 January 15, Masahiro Moriya, Pneumatic tire and vulcanization mold used for the manufacture thereof, US Patent 6,202,725 B1:
text: The subcostal vein is very short, club-shapedly widened at the apex.
ref: 2002, Entomological Revue, page 220:
glosses: In a shaped manner.
Related terms: U-shapedly
secretary of state
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: secretaries of state
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Secretary of State.
Titchmarshes
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Titchmarsh
Lippa
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Lippas
Etymology: Borrowed from Italian Lippa.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Italian.
Lithgows
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Lithgow
Lippas
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Lippa
Lyndses
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Lynds
Keehner
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Keehners
Etymology: Americanized form of German Kühner.
Senses: glosses: A surname from German.
Keehners
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Keehner
Koetje
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Koetjes
Etymology: Borrowed from Dutch Koetje.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Dutch.
Koetjes
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Koetje
Kusiaks
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Kusiak
Lemler
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Lemlers
Etymology: Borrowed from German Lemler, a variant of Lemmler.
Senses: glosses: A surname from German.
Lemlers
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Lemler
Kotaras
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Kotara
Lefave
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Lefaves
Etymology: Variant of Lefevre.
Senses: glosses: A surname from French.
Pinkins
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Pinkinses
Etymology: Probably a patronymic from a diminutive of Pink.
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Pinkinses
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Pinkins
Lefaves
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Lefave
RCSE
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: RCSEs
Senses: glosses: relationship-contingent self-esteem
Pezza
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Pezzas
Etymology: Borrowed from Italian Pezza.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Italian.
Trobriand
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Of or from the Trobriand Islands
Polinsky
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Polinskys
Etymology: Variant of Polinski.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Polish.
Polinskys
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Polinsky
Pezzas
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Pezza
Trobriands
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: the Trobriand Islands
Aswell
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Aswells
Etymology: Variant of Haswell.
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Aswells
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Aswell
McEniff
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: McEniffs
Etymology: Irish variant of McNiff.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Irish.
Longthorn
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Longthorns
Etymology: Variant of Langthorne.
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Longthorns
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Longthorn
McEniffs
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of McEniff
two-way switch
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: two-way switches
Etymology: Named after its two electrical connections.
Senses: topics: business
electrical-engineering
electricity
electromagnetism
energy
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: A plain type of light switch that can control lights, or other electrical loads, from a single location; a single-throw switch.
two-way switch
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: two-way switches
Etymology: Named after its use in pairs to control a load from two locations.
Senses: topics: business
electrical-engineering
electricity
electromagnetism
energy
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: Commonwealth spelling of (US): three-way switch.
intermediate switch
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: intermediate switches
Etymology: Named for being connected between a pair of two-way switches.
Senses: topics: business
electrical-engineering
electricity
electromagnetism
energy
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
synonyms: four-way switch
glosses: A light switch with two pairs of two terminals, which can be switched between straight-through or swapped wiring. Typically used as part of a circuit to control a light or other device from three or more locations.
four-way switch
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: four-way switches
Etymology: Named after its four electrical connections.
Senses: topics: business
electrical-engineering
electricity
electromagnetism
energy
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: intermediate switch.
Langthorne
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Langthornes
form: Langhorne
form: Longthorn
Etymology: From Old English lang (“long”) + þorn (“thornbush”).
Senses: glosses: A village and civil parish (served by Crakehall with Langthorne Parish Council) in Hambleton district, North Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE2591).
glosses: A habitational surname from Old English.
Bickerstaffe
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Bickerstaffes
form: Bickerstaff
form: Bickersteth
form: Biggerstaff
Etymology: From Old English bīcere (“beekeeper”) + stæþ (“bank, shore; landing place”).
Senses: glosses: A village and civil parish in West Lancashire district, Lancashire, England (OS grid ref SD4404).
glosses: A habitational surname from Old English.
Thorold
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Thorolds
Etymology: From the Middle English personal name Thurold, Thorold, Thorald, reflexes of Old Norse Þóraldr, a personal name composed of the elements Þórr (“Thor”) and valdr (“ruler”).
Senses: glosses: A surname transferred from the given name.
glosses: A city, the seat of the Regional Municipality of Niagara, Ontario, Canada.
Thorolds
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Thorold
Langthornes
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Langthorne
Bickerstaffes
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Bickerstaffe
homohalichondrins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of homohalichondrin
homologisations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of homologisation
homolovers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of homolover
homopauses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of homopause
homopolyesters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of homopolyester
homopolynucleotides
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of homopolynucleotide
homoprimers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of homoprimer
homoprotocatechuates
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of homoprotocatechuate
homosequences
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of homosequence
homotoxins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of homotoxin
homovanillates
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of homovanillate
honey funds
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of honey fund
honey pot ants
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of honey pot ant
honeycups
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of honeycup
honor students
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of honor student
honorary mentions
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of honorary mention
honorary officers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of honorary officer
hoof picks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hoof pick
hook maneuvers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hook maneuver
hoonigans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hoonigan
Hopf links
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Hopf link
horizontal runs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of horizontal run
horn corals
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of horn coral
horned grebes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of horned grebe
hornotines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hornotine
Ciambra
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Ciambras
Etymology: Borrowed from Italian Ciambra.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Italian.
horodisks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of horodisk
horse mussels
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of horse mussel
hors categories
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hors categorie
hors catégories
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hors catégorie
horse riders
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of horse rider
horse-nails
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of horse-nail
horseshoe worms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of horseshoe worm
Horshamites
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Horshamite
hostess bars
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hostess bar
hot beds
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hot bed
hot beds
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of hot bed
hothouse effects
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hothouse effect
houbaras
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of houbara
houbara bustards
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of houbara bustard
houngenikons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of houngenikon
strapped for money
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more strapped for money
form: most strapped for money
Senses: examples: text: Her monthly mortgage payments left her constantly strapped for money.
synonyms: broke
strapped
money-strapped
strapped for cash
cash-strapped
glosses: Having little money; poor
Rowlandson
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Rowlandsons
Etymology: From Rowland + -son.
Senses: glosses: A surname transferred from the given name.
Rowlandsons
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Rowlandson
Ciambras
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Ciambra
Claptons
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Clapton
Clapton in Gordano
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: See Clapton.
Senses: glosses: A village and civil parish in North Somerset district, Somerset, England (OS grid ref ST4474).
Odesan
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Odesan
form: most Odesan
Etymology: From Odesa + -an. Compare Ukrainian одесит (odesyt), from Одеса (Odesa).
Senses: examples: For quotations using this term, see Citations:Odesan.
synonyms: Odessan
glosses: Of, from, or relating to the city of Odesa, Ukraine.
Odesan
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Odesans
Etymology: From Odesa + -an. Compare Ukrainian одесит (odesyt), from Одеса (Odesa).
Senses: examples: For quotations using this term, see Citations:Odesan.
synonyms: Odessan
Odesite
Odessite
glosses: A native or inhabitant of Odesa, Ukraine.
Odesite
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Odesite
form: most Odesite
form: Odessite
Etymology: From Odesa + -ite, from Ukrainian одесит (odesyt). Compare Ukrainian Одеса (Odesa).
Senses: glosses: Of, from, or relating to Odesa (city in Ukraine)
Odesite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Odesites
form: Odessite
Etymology: From Odesa + -ite, from Ukrainian одесит (odesyt). Compare Ukrainian Одеса (Odesa).
Senses: glosses: Native or inhabitant of Odesa
Synonyms: Odesan
Odessan
Odessite
Ruzzia
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Neologism following the Russian invasion of Ukraine. At first a blend of Russia + Nazi, after 2022 a blend of Russia + Z, using the military Russian Z symbol of Russian propaganda to mock the Russian invasion of Ukraine. See Z for more information. Compare with Russian РоZZи́я (RoZZíja) and Ukrainian РоZZі́я (RoZZíja).
Senses: examples: text: A third user, @Ni79Mo wrote: "See what happens when you hang out with RuZZia too much? You start creating your own realities as well."
ref: 2022 June 8, Millie Cooke, “'No shame!' Olaf Scholz sensationally claims Germany gives MORE support to Ukraine than UK”, in Daily Express:
text: Shayk was accused of being a "supporter of the terrorist state Ruzzia and genocide of Ukrainians."
ref: 2022 July 15, Will Stewart, Liam Buckler, “Supermodel accused of 'backing Putin’s war' after using 'Z' symbol in Instagram caption”, in The Mirror:
text: Because one way to fight a proxy war is to flood the market with cheap oil and that’s what the US is doing in its support of Ukraine against what the late Senator John McCain called Ruzzia: "a petrol (gas) station, run by a Mafia, masquerading as a country"
ref: 2022 September 8, Chris Becker, “Crude oil prices tank as US floods market”, in MacroBusiness:
text: I received a letter that instilled in me feelings of rage and pain- my assigned roommate is going to be a competitor from the terrorist-country, from a country that lost all laws and order, from the despot-country, from the disgusting and deceitful stain on the body of our beautiful planet, from ruzzia^([sic]).
ref: 2022 October 5, Charles Wade-Palmer, “Ukraine beauty queen slams pageant officials for rooming her with Russian rival”, in The Daily Star:
glosses: Alternative spelling of Russia.
Derived terms: Ruzzian
Related terms: word: Ruscism
word: RuSSia
english: another neologism; a derogatory term for a Russian soldier
translation: another neologism; a derogatory term for a Russian soldier
word: orc
overcurrent protective device
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: overcurrent protective devices
form: OPD
Senses: examples: text: A ring final circuit starts and finishes at the distribution board, where it is connected to a 30A or 32A overcurrent protective device.
ref: 2008, Darrell Locke, Guide to the Wiring Regulations: 17th Edition IEE Wiring Regulations (BS 7671:2008), archived from the original on 18 Jul 2022, page 88:
topics: business
electrical-engineering
electricity
electromagnetism
energy
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: A device, usually a fuse, polyfuse, or circuit breaker, intended to detect and stop an overcurrent condition.
Related terms: AFCI
GFCI
surge protector
surge suppressor
INDC
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: INDCs
Senses: coordinate_terms: NDC
qualifier: climate change
glosses: Initialism of intended nationally determined contribution.
controlled drug
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: controlled drugs
Senses: synonyms: word: CD
word: controlled substance
glosses: Synonym of controlled substance.
controlled drugs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of controlled drug
Brandeis
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /ˈbɹændaɪs/
Etymology: Borrowed from German Brandeis.
Senses: examples: text: The "hipster effect," as explained by Brandeis University researchers, goes like this: Those in an anti-conformist population still conform to themselves.
ref: 2019 March 11, Josh Hafner, “All hipsters look alike? Man claims article's 'hipster' photo is him, only to be mistaken”, in USA Today, archived from the original on 27 Feb 2024:
glosses: A surname transferred from the place name.
Cumberlidge
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Cumberlidges
Etymology: Variant of Cumberledge.
Senses: glosses: A surname.
soupful
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From soup + -ful.
Senses: examples: text: Soupful of Energy
ref: 1957 November 21, Mrs. Howard Slade, “A Smart Homemaker Says: Here Are Grounds For Good Syrup”, in The Miami News, Miami, Fla., page 5B:
text: A soupful of tears at dinner?
ref: 1976 August 30, Howard Moss, “Notes from the Castle”, in The New Yorker, New York, N.Y.: The New Yorker Magazine, Inc., page 36:
text: “You have a soupful of nasty stuff,” County Commissioner Cliff Barnes said.
ref: 1998 April 29, Scott Hovanyetz, “County gets dredging advice”, in Fort Pierce Tribune, page B1:
text: The King Center takes “Iron Chef” to the next level with “Cookin,” a live stage show that pits wedding banquet chefs against each other, adding a pound of percussion, two cups of drumming, a soupful of fighting and a pinch of juggling.
ref: 2005 February 18, Pam Harbaugh, “Knives go flying in ‘Cookin’”, in Florida Today, page 1E:
text: His trailer smelt horrible, it had the stench of soggy cheap plywood that had been soaked in a soupful of turds.
ref: 2018, Ed Wagemann, edited by Anne Moss, Gentrification: The Early Works of Ed Wagemann, →ISBN, page 56:
glosses: As much as soup has.
Royal Marine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Royal Marines
Senses: examples: text: "She had asked at Paddington for a return to Lympstone on the Exmouth branch, where her son was due to pass out as a Royal Marine that afternoon, at the local training camp.
"Presumably, the booking clerk had misheard her and sold her a ticket to Leominster, and other helpful staff had unwittingly helped her on her way.
ref: 2022 July 13, “Stop & Examine”, in RAIL, number 961, page 71:
topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: A member of the Royal Marines.
makes a mountain out of a molehill
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of make a mountain out of a molehill
making a mountain out of a molehill
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of make a mountain out of a molehill
made a mountain out of a molehill
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of make a mountain out of a molehill
off sync
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Senses: glosses: Not synchronized; out of sync.
jamful
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more jamful
form: most jamful
Etymology: From jam + -ful.
Senses: examples: text: “He don’t sell cotton, mother—only books,” cried the eldest; “and oh! he’s got such a beautiful ‘Robinson Crusoe,’ jamful of pictures;[…]”
ref: 1886, [Thomas Dunn English], “The Coming of the Peddler”, in Jacob Schuyler’s Millions, New York, N.Y.: D. Appleton and Company, […], page 9:
text: The place was jamful.
ref: 1919 March 22, Artillery and Trench Mortar Memories, 32nd Division, The Naval & Military Press Ltd in association with Firepower – The Royal Artillery Museum, published 2012, →ISBN, page 529:
text: YOUR BABY GETS SALLY’S OWN HOME-GROWN VEGETABLES… They’re big and plump and luscious—jamful of all the precious nourishment that scientific seed selection and careful growing could put into them.
ref: 1940 February 19, Life, page 58:
text: Regrettable you had so little time when you were here last, and the lab was so jamful (as usual).
ref: 1947 November 18, Edward Flanders Ricketts, Renaissance Man of Cannery Row: The Life and Letters of Edward F. Ricketts, Tuscaloosa, Ala.; London: The University of Alabama Press, published 2002, →ISBN, page 255:
text: There was another pause, and then came a dozen open cars jamful with ruffians in large hats, covered with fire-arms.
ref: 1953, Sybille Bedford, A Visit to Don Otavio: A Mexican Journey, published 1986, page 280:
text: They were so sure of themselves, so alert, so jamful of ideas about character, motivation, sequences.
ref: 1957, Richard [Pike] Bissell, Say, Darling, page 66:
text: Still, though Wyoming suffers some of the worst tourist mobs and some of the most jamful trails, large portions of the backcountry are as purely lonesome as can be found in the old forty-eight.
ref: 1998, Ira Spring, Harvey Manning, Vicky Spring, Hiking the Great Northwest: 55 Great Trails in Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Montana, Wyoming, Northern California, British Columbia, and the Canadian Rockies, 2nd edition, The Mountaineers, →ISBN, page 21:
glosses: Full to capacity; jam-packed; chokka.
play one's cards well
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: plays one's cards well
form: playing one's cards well
form: played one's cards well
form: played one's cards well
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of play one's cards right.
play one's hand right
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: plays one's hand right
form: playing one's hand right
form: played one's hand right
form: played one's hand right
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of play one's cards right.
know when to fold 'em
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: knows when to fold 'em
form: knowing when to fold 'em
form: knew when to fold 'em
form: known when to fold 'em
Etymology: An allusion to a poker player knowing when to cut their losses rather than continue in an unfavorable situation.
Senses: glosses: To exercise sound judgment in a situation that is precarious and uncertain.
velarity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From velar + -ity.
Senses: topics: human-sciences
linguistics
phonetics
phonology
sciences
glosses: The quality of being a velar sound (a sound articulated at the velum or soft palate).
palatality
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From palatal + -ity.
Senses: topics: human-sciences
linguistics
phonetics
phonology
sciences
glosses: The quality of being a palatal sound (a sound articulated at the hard palate).
Michael donor
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Michael donors
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: The nucleophile in a Michael reaction.
Michael acceptor
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Michael acceptors
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: The electrophile in a Michael reaction.
Michael donors
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Michael donor
Michael acceptors
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Michael acceptor
golden shower boy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: golden shower boys
Senses: topics: lifestyle
sexology
sexuality
synonyms: golden shower queen
glosses: A male homosexual who enjoys urinating on other homosexuals or being urinated on by them.
golden shower boys
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of golden shower boy
golden shower queen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: golden shower queens
Senses: glosses: Synonym of golden shower boy.
synonyms: word: golden shower boy
golden shower queens
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of golden shower queen
caught looking
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: topics: ball-games
baseball
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: out on a third strike after not attempting to hit a pitch
Related terms: strike out looking
Leydon
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Leydons
Etymology: Variant of Lydon.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Irish.