cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
Tollcross
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: Alternative form: Toll Cross
glosses: A major road junction in the City of Edinburgh, Scotland (OS grid ref NT2473).
glosses: An eastern suburb of Glasgow in the City of Glasgow council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NS6463).
in full view
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Senses: glosses: Clearly visible.
elephantesses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of elephantess
West Ferry
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A suburb on the Firth of Tay, City of Dundee council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NO4431).
Whistlefield
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A hamlet on Loch Eck, Argyll and Bute council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NS1493).
glosses: A locality north of Garelochhead, Argyll and Bute council area (OS grid ref NS2392).
Yoker
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A suburb in the City of Glasgow council area, Scotland, north of the Clyde (OS grid ref NS5169).
natties
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of natty
glosses: plural of nattie
Aberaman
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Welsh aber + Aman, the Aman River.
Senses: glosses: A large village near Aberdare, Rhondda Cynon Taf borough county borough, Wales (OS grid ref SO0101).
Derived terms: Aberaman North
Aberaman South
Schwinger effect
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: After physicist Julian Schwinger, who was the first to give a full theoretical description of the effect (in 1951).
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: The predicted spontaneous creation of particle-antiparticle pairs in the presence of an extremely strong electric field.
wikipedia: Julian Schwinger
Hypernyms: pair production
read into
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: reads into
form: reading into
form: read into
form: read into
Senses: examples: text: It was just a passing remark; you're reading too much into it.
glosses: To impart meaning where it is not obvious or does not exist.
examples: text: "I didn't realize Professor Uptrobar had been read into the mission." "Is that code for 'you were not authorized to read Professor Uptrobar into the mission?'"
ref: 2019 April 11, Howard Tayler, Schlock Mercenary, archived from the original on 14 Nov 2023:
glosses: To reveal a non-obvious or hidden aspect of a plan or situation to (a person).
examples: text: The Supreme Court of Canada read "sexual orientation" into section 15 of the Charter of Rights in Egan v. Canada.
topics: law
glosses: To establish that a legislative text should be understood to include certain words or concepts not explicitly found there, by necessary implication and/or to obey constitutional imperatives or similar.
raw_tags: of a court or ruling
change one's story
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: changes one's story
form: changing one's story
form: changed one's story
form: changed one's story
Senses: examples: text: She seemed untrustworthy because she had changed her story so many times.
glosses: To give an account of events different from one previously recounted.
settle one's account
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: settles one's account
form: settling one's account
form: settled one's account
form: settled one's account
Senses: examples: text: Their conversations had become more fearful, even superstitious in the past month. They called her a ghost, or a demon, or a monster. She once found one of them crying in the graveyard after midnight, praying in Latin, begging forgiveness, and she gave it to him after putting the scissor blade through his aorta. She didn't see any point in being petty. They were all going to die, and that would settle their accounts with her.
ref: 2023 October 12, HarryBlank, “Fire in the Hole”, in SCP Foundation, archived from the original on 22 May 2024:
glosses: To return what one owes; to make good on one's debts; to pay back.
karyatid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: karyatids
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of caryatid.
misheal
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: misheals
form: mishealing
form: mishealed
form: mishealed
Etymology: From mis- + heal.
Senses: examples: text: Such decision of the court entitled the plaintiff to temporary total disability benefits, because of the deformity, residual edema (accumulation of fluid), hip pain, swelling in the lower leg, phlebitis (inflammation of a vein), and knock-knees, all resulting from the mishealing of the plaintiff's femur fracure.
ref: 1949, Roscoe Nelson Gray, Louise J. Gordy, Attorneys' Textbook of Medicine - Volume 1, page 8-166:
text: It's a loss that occurred when his wife's injuries from the accident healed or mishealed in such а manner as to now cause her to be unable to have sex without pain.
ref: 1987, California. Court of Appeal (4th Appellate District)., page 6:
text: Her hand ached and she looked down to see an ugly scar stretching across the ball of her thumb. It was already old and long since mishealed.
ref: 2004, David Randall, Clovermead, page 145:
text: For example, Skeleton L at the site of Dunstable was an adult male who earlier in his life had suffered a fracture of his left leg, which mishealed, subsequently shortening his leg significantly, which would have left him with a limp and noticeable deformity
ref: 2013, W Southwell-Wright, “Past perspectives: What can archaeology offer disability studies?”, in M. Wappett, K. Arndt, editors, Emerging perspectives on disability studies:
glosses: To heal improperly.
examples: text: Some “famous doctors" referred patients to him that they could not heal or those they had mishealed.
ref: 1980, Beijing Review - Issues 1-26, page 26:
text: Akras touched her scarred cheeks, tracing the hard ridges of deliberately mishealed flesh.
ref: 1992, Cheryl J. Franklin, The Inquisitor, page 424:
glosses: To provide the incorrect treatment to someone one is attempting to heal.
misheals
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of misheal
mishealing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of misheal
mishealed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more mishealed
form: most mishealed
Senses: examples: text: As far as that goes, he was beaten all the time and wore a mishealed scar where his cheek had been caught between his teeth by a ring, but he went on springing and boxing , rushing out from the poolroom on a fresh challenge to spin around on his tango shoes and throw his tense, weightless punches.
ref: 1953 September 18, Saul Bellow, The Adventures of Augie March […], New York, N.Y.: The Viking Press, →OCLC, page 66:
text: With a touch I drew the mishealed bone straight again.
ref: 1988, B. W. Clough, The Name of the Sun, page 273:
glosses: Improperly healed.
mishealed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of misheal
Kiratism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: synonyms: Kirati Mundum
Kirat Mundhum
glosses: A religion of the Kirati ethnic groups in Nepal, Darjeeling and Sikkim which are the Limbu, Rai, Sunuwar and Yakkha.
Pamunkey
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Pamunkeys
form: Pamunkey
Senses: glosses: A member of a certain recognised indigenous tribe of Virginia.
Pamunkey
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: An extinct language spoken by the Pamunkey tribe.
Udege
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Udihe.
nigricant
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more nigricant
form: most nigricant
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: Of a blackish colour.
hyperendemia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The condition of being hyperendemic
plaqued
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more plaqued
form: most plaqued
Senses: topics: dentistry
medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: Covered with plaque
behaviormetric
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Relating to behaviormetrics
behaviormetrics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The measurement of human behavior
Related terms: behaviormetric
McCreas
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of McCrea
immunisable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From immunise + -able.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of immunizable.
instructionally
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From instructional + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In an instructional manner
leap into action
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: leaps into action
form: leaping into action
form: leapt into action
form: leapt into action
form: leaped into action
form: leaped into action
Senses: glosses: to begin doing something or become active suddenly and very quickly.
spring into action
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: springs into action
form: springing into action
form: sprang into action
form: sprung into action
Senses: examples: text: At once the two henchmen sprang into action. Fingers grabbed Frank by looping his arms under the boy’s. He scooped him off the floor. “Get off me!” screamed the boy as he struggled to get away.
ref: 2017, David Walliams [pseudonym; David Edward Williams], Bad Dad, London: HarperCollins Children’s Books, →ISBN:
text: “Springing into action is not the easy choice,” chef and humanitarian José Andrés, a two-time TIME100 honoree, writes in his tribute to Prince Harry and Meghan, The Duke and Duchess of Sussex.
ref: 2021 September 15, Edward Felsenthal, quoting José Andrés, “How We Chose the 2021 TIME100”, in Time:
glosses: To begin doing something or become active suddenly and very quickly.
transmitophagy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From trans- + mitophagy.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: transcellular mitophagy
McCurtains
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of McCurtain
Abertridwr
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Welsh.
Senses: glosses: A village in Aber Valley community, Caerphilly borough county borough, Wales (OS grid ref ST1289).
glosses: A small village in Llanwddyn community, Powys, Wales, historically in Montgomeryshire (OS grid ref SJ0319).
redcurrant jelly
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: redcurrant jellies
Senses: examples: text: When it is hot, put in some lumps of red currant jelly···
ref: 1823, Radcliffe, M. (1823). A Modern System of Domestic Cookery, Or, The Housekeeper's Guide. Arranged on the Most Economical Plan for Private Families. Containing the Most Approved Directions for Purchasing, Preserving and Cooking Butcher's Meat, Fish, Poultry, and Game ... a Complete Family Physician, and Instructions to Female Servants in Every Situation ... To which are Added, as an Appendix, Some Valuable Instructions on the Management of the Kitchen and Fruit Gardens. United Kingdom: J. Gleave., p.64
glosses: A type of jelly (fruit preserve) made with redcurrants, traditionally served with lamb in the United Kingdom.
Aber Valley
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Cwm yr Aber is a valley shown on Ordnance Survey maps.
Senses: glosses: A community (civil parish) in Caerphilly borough county borough, Wales.
Bonifas
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Bonifases
Etymology: Variant of Boniface.
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Bonifases
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Bonifas
Auds
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Aud
Bambers
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Bamber
Venter
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Venters
Etymology: Borrowed from German and Dutch Venter. This surname is mostly found in South Africa.
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Vian
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Vians
Etymology: Borrowed from Italian Vian.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Italian.
Yom HaShoah
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Hebrew יום השואה.
Senses: examples: text: While I strongly support Professor Eckhardt's call for Yom HaShoah to be an annual part of the Christian religious calendar, I do not believe that the bulk of the Christian religious community is yet prepared to see the Holocaust as an event that personally involves them.
ref: 1996, Steven M. Bob, “Yom HaShoah for Jews and Christians”, in Hubert G. Locke, Marcia Sachs Littell, editors, Holocaust and Church Struggle, University Press of America, →ISBN, page 251:
glosses: Holocaust Remembrance Day, a national memorial day in Israel on the 27th of Nisan (April or May).
Llanwddyn
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Welsh.
Senses: glosses: A village and community in Powys, Wales, historically in Montgomeryshire (OS grid ref SJ0219).
Vians
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Vian
Venters
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Venterses
form: Ventress
Etymology: From Middle English aventurous (“bold, venturesome”), a nickname for a daring person.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Middle English.
Venters
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Venter
Wenninger
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Wenningers
Etymology: Borrowed from German Wenninger.
Senses: glosses: A surname from German.
Wiegmann
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Wiegmanns
Etymology: Borrowed from German Wiegmann.
Senses: glosses: A surname from German.
Wiegmanns
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Wiegmann
Wenningers
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Wenninger
Woltman
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Woltmans
Etymology: Variant of Woltmann.
Senses: glosses: A surname from German.
Wahlgren
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Wahlgrens
form: Walgren
Etymology: Borrowed from Swedish Wahlgren, from vall (“pasture”) + gren (“branch”). Compare Wallgren.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Swedish.
Wahlgrens
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Wahlgren
Woltmans
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Woltman
Whitwells
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Whitwell
Feebs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Feeb
Vondra
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Vondras
Etymology: Borrowed from Czech Vondra.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Czech.
Tullos
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Tullo
Vondras
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Vondra
Bielinski
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Bielinskis
Etymology: Borrowed from Polish Bieliński.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Polish.
Bagillt
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Probably from Welsh
Senses: glosses: A small town and community in Flintshire, Wales (OS grid ref SJ2275).
Azzara
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Azzaras
Etymology: Borrowed from Italian Azzarà.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Italian.
Azzaras
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Azzara
Bielinskis
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Bielinski
McLellan
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /məˈklɛlən/
rhymes: -ɛlən
Forms: form: McLellans
form: MacLellan
Etymology: Variant of McClellan.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Scottish Gaelic.
glosses: An unincorporated community in Santa Rosa County, Florida, United States.
approach shoe
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: approach shoes
Senses: glosses: A kind of footwear, a hybrid between a hiking boot and a climbing shoe.
Ozuna
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Ozunas
Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish Ozuna, variant of Osuna.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Spanish.
Ozunas
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Ozuna
McLellans
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of McLellan
Bodorgan
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Probably from Welsh.
Senses: glosses: A hamlet and community in Anglesey, Wales (OS grid ref SH3867).
palatoglossal arch
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: palatoglossal arches
form: glossopalatine arch
form: anterior pillar of the fauces
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: the more anterior of the two ridges of soft tissue at the back of the mouth on each side that curves downward from the uvula to the side of the base of the tongue forming a recess for the palatine tonsil as it diverges from the palatopharyngeal arch and that is composed of part of the palatoglossus with its covering of mucous membrane
palatopharyngeal arch
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: palatopharyngeal arches
form: pharyngopalatine arch
form: posterior pillar of the fauces
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: the more posterior of the two ridges of soft tissue at the back of the mouth on each side that curves downward from the uvula to the side of the pharynx forming a recess for the palatine tonsil as it diverges from the palatoglossal arch and that is composed of part of the palatopharyngeus with its covering of mucous membrane
Caldicot
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Old English cald + cot; compare with Caldecote.
Senses: glosses: A market town and community with a town council in Monmouthshire, Wales (OS grid ref ST4888).
GnRHa
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Abbreviation of gonadotropin-releasing hormone agonist or gonadotropin-releasing hormone analogue.
ultrafundamentalism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: An extreme fundamentalist attitude or approach.
Cemmaes Road
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Named after the former Cemmes Road railway station which took its name from the village of Cemmaes a mile or so to the north; this Anglicised spelling was later changed.
Senses: glosses: A small village in Glantwymyn community, Powys, Wales, historically in Montgomeryshire (OS grid ref SH8204).
wikipedia: Cemmes Road railway station
fibritin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A structural protein in some viruses that attaches tail fibres to its baseplate
gallocin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A bacteriocin present in Streptococcus gallolyticus
Cemmaes
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Welsh.
Senses: glosses: A village in Glantwymyn community, Powys, Wales, historically in Montgomeryshire (OS grid ref SH8306).
Derived terms: Cemmaes Road
peripentonal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From peri- + pentonal.
Senses: glosses: That surrounds a penton
pentonal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Relating to a penton
Derived terms: peripentonal
sisunatovir
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From [Term?] + -vir.
Senses: topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: A drug that is an inhibitor of respiratory syncytial virus replication.
Glantwymyn
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Welsh.
Senses: glosses: A community (civil parish) in north-west Powys, Wales.
glosses: The name in Welsh for Cemmaes Road, within this community.
Clarbeston
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A small village in Wiston community, Pembrokeshire, Wales (OS grid ref SN0421).
Derived terms: Clarbeston Road
Wiston
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈwɪs.tən/
rhymes: -ɪstən
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Wissington, Suffolk, England.
synonyms: word: Wissington
word: Suffolk
word: England
glosses: A village and civil parish in Horsham district, West Sussex, England (OS grid ref TQ1414).
glosses: A small village in South Lanarkshire council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NS9531).
glosses: A village and community in Pembrokeshire, Wales (OS grid ref SN0218).
apotope
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: apotopes
Etymology: Early Pubmed citation:17286801 PMID 17286801
Reed JH, Neufing PJ, Jackson MW, Clancy RM, Macardle PJ, Buyon JP, Gordon TP (24 April 2007), “Different temporal expression of immunodominant Ro60/60 kDa-SSA and La/SSB apotopes”, in Clin Exp Immunol, volume 148, number 1, →DOI, →PMID, pages 153–60
Senses: topics: sciences
glosses: an immunogenic epitope expressed on apoptotic cells
Wissington
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: The location of a sugar factory in Methwold parish, King's Lynn and West Norfolk district, Norfolk, England; any village that existed here has disappeared (OS grid ref TL6697).
synonyms: Wiston
glosses: A small village in Nayland-with-Wissington parish, Babergh district, Suffolk, England (OS grid ref TL9533).
lampist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lampists
Etymology: From lamp + -ist.
Senses: glosses: A maker of lamps.
Clunderwen
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Clynderwen
Etymology: Probably from Welsh
Senses: glosses: A small village and community in Pembrokeshire, Wales, historically in Carmarthenshire (OS grid ref SN1219).
Feng-t'ai
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Mandarin 豐臺 /豐台 /丰台 (Fēngtái) Wade–Giles romanization: Fêng¹-tʻai².
Senses: examples: text: However, on May 29, the situation again became ominous. The Boxers had burned to the ground certain railway stations —one of them at Feng-t’ai, six miles from Peking.
ref: 1966, Edmund S. Wehrle, Britain, China, and the Antimissionary Riots, 1891-1900, Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 164:
text: Other industrial suburbs, southwest of the city, include Feng-t'ai, with railroad marshalling yards, bridge-construction, concrete railroad ties and asbestos-pipe factories, and Ch'ang-hsin-tien, with locomotive and rolling-stock shops.
ref: 1968, “PEKING (PEIPING)”, in Encyclopedia Britannica, volume 17, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 533, column 1:
text: On the same day MacDonald suggested to General Gaselee, who had by this time arrived to take over from General Dorward, that British forces should occupy a point on the Peking-Tientsin section of the line north of the stretch on which the Russians were already working. Gaselee acted promptly and the little station of Feng-t'ai was occupied on 30 August.
ref: 1970, L. K. Young, British Policy in China, 1895-1902, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →OCLC, →OL, page 196:
text: I have been in touch with Commander Chʻen and tonight a special military train will leave from Feng-tʻai, which will transport a troop division for guard duty at Paoting to ensure the security of the deliberations of the Central Commtitee^([sic – meaning Committee]).
ref: 1978, Hsia Chih-yen, translated by Liang-lao Dee, The Coldest Winter in Peking, Garden City, New York: Doubleday & Co., →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 206:
glosses: Alternative form of Fengtai.
wikipedia: Cambridge University Press
Commins Coch
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Welsh.
Senses: glosses: A small village in Glantwymyn community, Powys, Wales, historically in Montgomeryshire (OS grid ref SH8403).
Indian sarsaparilla
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Indian sarsaparillas
Senses: glosses: A plant of species Hemidesmus indicus found in South Asia, the root of which is used as a substitute for sarsaparilla.
preserved in aspic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: He described the service as ‘preserved in aspic, speaking with the plummy tones of a Britain that scarcely existed any longer’.
ref: Johnston, G., Robertson, E. (2019). BBC World Service: Overseas Broadcasting, 1932–2018. Germany: Palgrave Macmillan UK. p.285
synonyms: preserved in amber
glosses: Unchanged, especially if contrary to expectation.
logatom
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: logatoms
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of logatome.
war establishment
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: war establishments
Senses: examples: text: In the case of a European war, we presume that the strength of the different units would be brought up to the regulation full war establishment.
ref: 1886, The United Service Magazine:
glosses: the number of military troops and equipment that a military unit is supposed to have in wartime
Abir
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of Abeer.
Abir
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Transliteration of Bengali আবির (abir).
Senses: glosses: A male given name from Bengali.
Abeer
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Abir
Etymology: Transliteration of Arabic عَبِير (ʕabīr).
Senses: glosses: A female given name from Arabic.
malice in law
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: […] in actions of slander, though it should appear that the defendant was not actuated by ill-will against the plaintiff, malice in law will be inferred from the fact of intentional publication, unless the defendant can show that his language was excusable as a privileged communication […]
ref: 1858, John Pitt Taylor, chapter V, in A Treatise on the Law of Evidence, As Administered in England and Ireland, 3rd edition, volume 1, London: W. Maxwell, Law Bookseller and Publisher, page 121:
text: The actions of the president and the government advising him on the matter of Justice Isa were stained by malice in law, says the court. The president failed to apply his independent mind to the advice given to him […]
ref: 2020 October 28, Abdul Moiz Jaferii, “Facts and malice in law”, in The News International:
text: Any use of discretionary power exercised for an unauthorized purpose amounted to malice in law. It is immaterial whether the authority acted in good faith or bad faith.
ref: 2021 January 5, “Any use of discretionary power exercised under Rule 86A for an unauthorized purpose amounts to malice in law – HC”, in Faceless Compliance, archived from the original on 05 Aug 2021:
topics: law
glosses: The state of having done something illegal without an intention of breaking the law.
Forden
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A village in Forden with Leighton and Trelystan community, Powys, Wales (OS grid ref SJ2201).
misherd
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmɪs.hɝd/
ipa: /ˈmɪs.hɜː(ɹ)d/
rhymes: -ɪshɜː(ɹ)d
homophone: misheard
Forms: form: misherds
form: misherding
form: misherded
form: misherded
Etymology: From mis- + herd.
Senses: examples: text: They beseiged manorial overseers to adjudicate disputes concerning ownership of rustled livestock or damage to crops caused by strayed (or deliberately misherded) animals.
ref: 1988, Dwight B. Heath, Contemporary Cultures and Societies of Latin America, page 204:
text: Russ wasn't fighting that actual second but you could tell he had been by the way the other customers were stood about the room in ragged bunches like misherded sheep.
ref: 1988 ·, Paul Tully, The Jehovahs' Jailbreak, page 55:
text: Were we innocent as farm animals and in danger of being misherded?
ref: 2013, Hob Broun, Inner Tube: A Novel:
glosses: To herd into the wrong place.
misherds
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of misherd
misherding
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of misherd
misherded
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of misherd
yaasa
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Borrowed from Telugu యాస (yāsa).
Senses: examples: text: It’s official! Telangana yaasa, which was for long oppressed and ridiculed, finally gets it due with the mainstream print, radio and TV using it to connect with its readers and audience.
ref: 2016 February 20, “Auv Malla! Telangana Dialect Triumphs Finally”, in The New Indian Express:
text: The actor, who took six months of prep to master the rural Telangana dialect of the 80s for Dorasaani, had to quickly unlearn the same and pick up the 'Guntur yaasa'.
ref: 2019 October 12, “Anand picks up Guntur slang to play a middle class Andhra abbayi next”, in Times of India:
text: Many have already described Palasa 1978 as the first ever Srikakulam based Telugu feature, with its yaasa, folk songs, places etc.
ref: 2020 March 15, “Dalitality in Palasa 1978: What Telugu Cinema Waited a Century to Say”, in The Citizen, archived from the original on 03 Dec 2020:
glosses: a regional dialect or accent of Telugu.
Trelystan
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A locality in Forden with Leighton and Trelystan community, Powys, Wales, on the border with England (OS grid ref SJ2603).
community centre
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: community centres
form: community center
Senses: glosses: A building where the people, groups, and organisations in a particular area can go in order to meet one another for recreation, education, business etc.
Glandyfi
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Welsh.
Senses: glosses: A hamlet in Ceredigion, Wales (OS grid ref SN6996).
empl
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Abbreviation
Senses: glosses: employee
empl
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: Abbreviation
Senses: glosses: employed
fmly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of formerly.
g-factor
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: g-factors
form: g factor
Etymology: Abbreviation of gyromagnetic factor.
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: The dimensionless magnetic moment
Synonyms: sense: dimensionless magnetic moment
word: dimensionless magnetic moment
sense: dimensionless magnetic moment
word: g
sense: dimensionless magnetic moment
word: g factor
sense: dimensionless magnetic moment
word: g-value
sense: dimensionless magnetic moment
word: g value
Hyponyms: sense: dimensionless magnetic moment
word: Landé g-factor
sense: dimensionless magnetic moment
word: Lande g-factor
Related terms: factor
gyromagnetic
g value
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: g values
form: g-value
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
synonyms: g-value
g factor
g-factor
g
dimensionless magnetic moment
glosses: A dimensionless magnetic moment of an atom, nucleus, or sub-atomic particle.
mis-hire
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mis-hires
Senses: examples: text: We have estimated that the dollar cost of a mis-hire of a secretary in our firm is more than $17,000.
ref: 1992, Pat MacMillan, Hiring Excellence: Six Steps to Making Good People Decisions, page 26:
text: If it's been more than six months since the mis-hire, there's apt to be a repeated recruiter cost.
ref: 2001, Don Andersson, Hire for Fit: Select the Right Executive for Your Organization, page 30:
text: The cost to you and the organization of churning through a mis-hire is very high; so too is the cost to the person who is hired and then let go.
ref: 2012, David Feinleib, Why Startups Fail: And How Yours Can Succeed, page 37:
glosses: Alternative form of mishire.
The act of mishiring.
examples: text: If a new employee quickly becomes an obvious mis-hire, that person should be let go while keeping to the letter of the laws on hiring and firing.
ref: 1989, Linda W. Case, Remodelers Business Basics, page 37:
text: Even a handful of mis-hires or dishonest employees can create financial disaster through theft, high turnover or Workers' Compensation fraud.
ref: 1993, Management Review, page 27:
text: Another fifth of the salespeople are constantly battling personal problems, such as divorces, legal problems, chemical dependency; some are lazy, and many are simply mis-hires.
ref: 2005, Dave Yoho, Have a Great Year Every Year, page 124:
glosses: Alternative form of mishire.
The person who was mishired.
mis-hire
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: mis-hires
form: mis-hiring
form: mis-hired
form: mis-hired
Senses: examples: text: Not only might you mis-hire, but, the legal aspects of these off-handed decisions may prove extremely expensive.
ref: 1998, Robert W. Wendover, Smart Hiring:, page 94:
text: If you mis-hired, cut your losses early.
ref: 2001, Jane S. Flaherty, Lifetime Leadership: Leaving Your Legacy, page 313:
text: Recently I met with the heads of human resources of Global 100 companies, and in a confidential survey they stated that their companies mis-hired people 80 per cent of the time and mis-promoted people 75 per cent of the time.
ref: 2012, David Clutterbuck, The Talent Wave, page 7:
glosses: Alternative form of mishire.
mis-hires
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mis-hire
mis-hires
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of mis-hire
mis-hiring
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of mis-hire
mis-hired
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of mis-hire
preacceptance
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From pre- + acceptance or pre- + accept + -ance.
Senses: examples: preacceptance testing
preacceptance requirements
preacceptance revisions (of a scientific journal article)
glosses: Relating to events or conditions before acceptance happens.
preacceptance
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From pre- + acceptance or pre- + accept + -ance.
Senses: examples: some requirements to be met preacceptance
glosses: Before acceptance.
preacceptance
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From pre- + acceptance or pre- + accept + -ance.
Senses: examples: some revisions made during preacceptance
some revisions made during the preacceptance period (in noun adjunct syntactic position)
glosses: The period or phase before acceptance.
postacceptance
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From post- + acceptance or post- + accept + -ance.
Senses: examples: postacceptance remedies for breach of contract
postacceptance requirements
postacceptance editing (of a scientific journal article)
glosses: Relating to events or conditions after acceptance happens.
postacceptance
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From post- + acceptance or post- + accept + -ance.
Senses: examples: some revisions to be made postacceptance
glosses: After acceptance.
postacceptance
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From post- + acceptance or post- + accept + -ance.
Senses: examples: some revisions made during postacceptance
some revisions made during the postacceptance period (in noun adjunct syntactic position)
glosses: The period or phase after acceptance.
mishire
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /mɪsˈhaɪə(ɹ)/
ipa: /ˈmɪshaɪə(ɹ)/
Forms: form: mishires
form: mishiring
form: mishired
form: mishired
form: mis-hire
Etymology: From mis- + hire.
Senses: examples: text: Whether it be a banker that mishires a teller that steals money, whether it be industry that mishires an accountant, regardless. of what it may be, the best they can do is remove him when they find him guilty of wrongdoing after he has come into the organization.
ref: 1957, United States. Congress. Senate. Select Committee on Improper Activities in the Labor or Management Field, Hearings - Volume 3, page 4302:
text: Worse, many times they hire someone they thought was just like what they wanted, but – because of imprecision in the screening and interviewing process — the person wasn't even that! It's very easy to mishire people for jobs at which, realistically, their innate shortcomings will prevent them from ever performing beyond a mediocre level.
ref: 1998, Don Blohowiak ·, Your People Are Your Product, page 58:
text: Today's lawyers run the risk of feeding the "greedy, arrogant law firm" persona already well-established in the minds of most people when they mishire, mismanage, and improperly funnel resources.
ref: 2005, Business Law Today - Volume 15, page 14:
glosses: To hire an unsuitable person for a job.
mishire
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /mɪsˈhaɪə(ɹ)/
ipa: /ˈmɪshaɪə(ɹ)/
Forms: form: mishires
form: mis-hire
Etymology: From mis- + hire.
Senses: examples: text: Most mishires stem from the fact that some item of intelligence was not collected at the time of hiring.
ref: 1995, John Wareham, The New Secrets of a Corporate Headhunter, page 85:
text: As if the barrage of negative feedback was not evidence enough of a mishire, within six months her entire team quit, including me.
ref: 2001, Diane Downey, Assimilating New Leaders: The Key to Executive Retention, page 61:
text: Perhaps even more important, alumni are known quantities; the risk of a costly mishire is almost completely eliminated.
ref: 2007 ·, Ronald Joseph Baker, Mind Over Matter, page 233:
glosses: The act of mishiring.
examples: text: Merely by representing salary and/or job description in annual terms, you may be legally stuck with a mishire for that one-year period.
ref: 1996, Allan Krieff, Manager's Survival Guide, page 43:
text: If they are basically in business for themselves to do what they want to do rather than what you need done you have a mishire who you need to get out of the organiztion quickly.
ref: 2005, Andrew L. Ross, Gary L. Grenier, Frank J. Kros, Creating the Upside Down Organization, page 177:
text: The other three-fourths (the B- and C-Players) become mishires and mispromotions.
ref: 2009, Chris Lauer, The Management Gurus:
glosses: An unsuitable person who has been mishired.
mishires
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of mishire
mishires
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mishire
mishiring
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of mishire
mishired
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of mishire
GVSD
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Initialism of gun violence suppression division of the New York City Police Department.
glosses: Abbreviation of Global Vaccine Safety DataNet of the World Health Organization.
glosses: Abbreviation of Garden Valley School District A school board in Idaho, United States.
glosses: Abbreviation of Garden Valley School Division A school board in Manitoba, Canada.
glosses: Abbreviation of Garnet Valley School District A school board in Delaware County, Pennsylvania, United States.
glosses: Abbreviation of Grass Valley School District A school board in Nevada County, California, United States.
glosses: Abbreviation of Great Valley School District A school board in Chester County, Pennsylvania, United States.
glosses: Abbreviation of Greater Victoria School District A school board in Victoria, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada.
harvestee
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: harvestees
Etymology: From harvest + -ee.
Senses: examples: text: Thus, after the political crops have been harvested, little remains to meet the physical, and pecuniary needs of the harvestees.
ref: 1981, Henry Joe Pacheco, Chicano Political Behavior, page 1:
text: The advent of immunosuppressant drugs like cyclosporine revolutionized the way that recipient relates to harvestee.
ref: 2011, Sara Wasson, Emily Alder, Gothic Science Fiction 1980-2010, page 77:
text: He held the freshly cut liver of a harvestee in one hand and a pitchfork in the other.
ref: 2015, Andrew Snook, Remy's Dilemma, page 22:
glosses: One from whom something is harvested.
harvestees
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of harvestee
Kinnie
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Kinnies
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Kenny.
A male given name.
glosses: Alternative form of Kenny.
A surname from Irish.
turtle ship
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: turtle ships
Etymology: Calque of Korean 거북선 (geobukseon).
Senses: glosses: A Korean armored warship with iron spikes on its deck, chiefly known for being used in the Imjin War (1592—1598) against the Japanese by Admiral Yi Sun-sin.
Seldovia
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A city in Alaska.
Harbinite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Harbinites
Senses: glosses: A native or resident of Harbin, China.
unescapability
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From unescapable + -ity.
Senses: glosses: The degree to which something is unescapable.
McClellans
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of McClellan
Campuchea
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of Kampuchea.
Campuchean
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Campuchean
form: most Campuchean
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of Kampuchean.
McFalls
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: McFallses
Etymology: Variant of McFall, with the redundant patronymic suffix -s.
Senses: glosses: A surname.
McFalls
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of McFall
Gowerton
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Gower + -ton, referring to the Gower peninsula.
Senses: glosses: A large village and community in the City and County of Swansea, Wales (OS grid ref SS5996).
paleornithologic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more paleornithologic
form: most paleornithologic
Etymology: From paleornithology + -ic.
Senses: glosses: Of, or relating to paleornithology.
polysugar
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: polysugars
Etymology: From poly- + sugar.
Senses: glosses: polysaccharide
polysugars
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of polysugar
potentation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: potentations
Senses: glosses: potentiation
Jordanston
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A hamlet in Pembrokeshire, Wales (OS grid ref SM9132).
Related terms: Jordanstone
Jordanstown
protumour
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From pro- + tumour.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of protumor.
rolony
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rolonies
Etymology: Blend of roll + colony
Senses: glosses: A colony of nucleic acid produced by rolling circle replication
rolonies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of rolony
Kilgetty
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A village in Kilgetty/Begelly community, Pembrokeshire, Wales, north of Saundersfoot (OS grid ref SN1207).
Yanping
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: yěnʹpǐngʹ
Etymology: From Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 延平 (Yánpíng).
Senses: examples: text: The Chinese String Puppet Show is a folk art with unique Chinese characteristics. The string puppets in Taqian Town, in Yanping District of Nanping City, Fujian Province, enjoy a long and rich history.
ref: 2002 October, Wang Shiliang, “Daqiang Puppets”, in China Tourism, number 267, H.K. China Tourism Press, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 80, column 2:
text: It must be pointed out that due to the intervention of the government in 1998; the snake god contest had new contents in its ceremony activities. For example, there is a placard with eye-catching slogan of "to revitalize Zhanghu by developing economy" at the forefront of the parade and a rostrum at the centre of the town for the authorities of the government in Yanping district, Nanping and those of the town. All of the parades were expected to pass by here and put on a show.
ref: 2012, Ma Guoqing, “Globalization: Production of Culture and Cultural Identity — Ethnic Group, Local Society and Transnational Cultural Circle”, in Deng Zhenglai, editor, Globalization and Localization: The Chinese Perspective, volume 3, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 214:
glosses: A district of Nanping, Fujian, China.
Yanping
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: yěnʹpǐngʹ
yänʹpǐngʹ
yěnʹpǐngʹ
Etymology: From Cantonese 恩平 (jan¹ ping⁴).
Senses: examples: text: Tang Pun-yan (the pro-Chan general now holding the southern peninsula of Kwangtung) is advancing by two routes to attack Kongmoon. Fighting has broken out at Yanping (in the Sze Yap districts).
ref: 1925 October 28, “Chan's Allies”, in China Mail, number 19,635, →OCLC, page 1, column 3:
text: The enemy plane "No. 815" which took advantage of the bad weather to intrude over an area near Yanping in Kwangtung, crashed in flames in the Nanwan area to the south of Yanping.
ref: 1959, Survey of China Mainland Press, numbers 2024-2045, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 13:
glosses: Synonym of Enping: the Cantonese-derived name.
synonyms: word: Enping
extra: the Cantonese-derived name
Lamphey
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A village and community in Pembrokeshire, Wales, east of Pembroke (OS grid ref SN0100).
Baerga
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Baergas
Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish Baerga.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Spanish.
Saintvil
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Saintvils
Etymology: Variant of Sainvil. This surname is mostly found in Haiti.
Senses: glosses: A surname from French.
Saintvils
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Saintvil
Baergas
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Baerga
Rumore
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Rumores
Etymology: Borrowed from Italian Rumore. It could also be an altered spelling of German Rumohr.
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Russi
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Russis
Etymology: Borrowed from Italian Russi.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Italian.
Russis
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Russi
Rumores
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Rumore
bricabrac
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bricabracs
Senses: examples: text: The palace of Versailles has been turned into a bricabrac shop, of late years; and its time-honoured walls have been covered with many thousand yards of the worst pictures that eye ever looked on.
ref: 1840, M. A. Titmarsh [pseudonym; William Makepeace Thackeray], “Meditations at Versailles”, in The Paris Sketch Book, volume II, London: John Macrone, […], →OCLC, page 267:
text: No doubt her pleasure would have been at that moment to give him not only that gold which she had been saving up against rent-dayu, but the spoons, the furniture, and all the valuables of the house, including, perhaps, J. J.'s bricabrac, cabinets, china, and so forth.
ref: 1861 January – 1862 August, W[illiam] M[akepeace] Thackeray, “In which Philip Shows His Mettle”, in The Adventures of Philip on His Way through the World; […], volume I, London: Smith, Elder and Co., […], published 1862, →OCLC, page 299:
glosses: Alternative form of bric-a-brac.
Llanbrynmair
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Welsh.
Senses: glosses: A village and community in Powys, Wales, historically in Montgomeryshire (OS grid ref SH8902).
Rodelo
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Rodelos
Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish Rodelo. This surname is mostly found in Colombia.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Spanish.
Shiley
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Shileys
Etymology: Perhaps a variant of Shealy.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Irish.
Shileys
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Shiley
Rodelos
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Rodelo
Sheneman
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Shenemans
Etymology: Americanized form of German Schönemann.
Senses: glosses: A surname from German.
Sundell
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Sundells
Etymology: Borrowed from Swedish Sundell.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Swedish.
Sundells
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Sundell
Shenemans
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Sheneman
Rhodys
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Rhody
Soley
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Soleys
Etymology: Unexplained.
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Starman
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Starmans
Etymology: Variant of Starmann.
Senses: glosses: A surname from German.