cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
boo-hooray
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more boo-hooray
form: most boo-hooray
Etymology: A reference to the interjections boo and hooray which provide no information beyond the emotional reaction of the speaker.
Senses: examples: text: When I first came to the House of Commons I did not understand the legal use of the term " reasonable," which seemed to me a value judgment and to fall into the " boo-hooray " school.
ref: 1968, Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons, Official Report of the Standing Committees:
text: It need not be a non-operational, merely 'boo-hooray' expression.
ref: 1978, Tony Becher, Stuart Maclure, Accountability in Education, page 76:
text: It hardly needs to be said that the results of this method are frustratingly dissatisfying, for the words tend to occur in speech and writing as mere boo-hooray words.
ref: 1980, Trevor Pateman, Language, truth and politics, page 106:
text: Old fashioned 'boo-hooray' forms of expressivism tell us nothing about utterances in which normative predicates are used in unasserted contexts, such as 'If lying is wrong then getting little brother to lie is wrong'.
ref: 2007, Russ Shafer-Landau, Oxford Studies in Metaethics - Volume 2, page 62:
text: For rather than being 'thinly' emotive in the simplistic 'stimulus-respopnse' sense that would complement the 'thinly' emotive or 'boo-hooray' interpretation of the original ET which its critics based their criticisms upon, this theory...
ref: 2013, C. Wilks, Emotion, Truth and Meaning: In Defense of Ayer and Stevenson:
glosses: Having no meaning beyond the emotional reaction of the speaker; emotivist.
mechanicalization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From mechanical + -ization.
Senses: glosses: The process of making something mechanical.
Related terms: mechanicalize
enzymotic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to enzymosis.
enzymosis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From enzyme + -osis.
Senses: glosses: The biochemical changes induced by enzymes.
Related terms: enzymotic
Elmswell
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A village and civil parish in Mid Suffolk district, Suffolk, England (OS grid ref TL9863).
glosses: A hamlet in Garton parish, East Riding of Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE9958).
nosey parkering
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of nosey parker
nosey parkered
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of nosey parker
nosy parkering
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of nosy parker
nosy parkered
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of nosy parker
grasspea
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: grasspeas
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of grass pea.
grasspeas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of grasspea
nosy-parker
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: nosy-parkers
form: nosy-parkering
form: nosy-parkered
form: nosy-parkered
Senses: examples: text: Just that: he didn't like being nosy-parkered.
ref: 1936, Robert Alfred John Walling, The Corpse with the Dirty Face, page 89:
text: Quietly and determinedly she questioned me about me, probing, wheedling and just plain nosy-parkering.
ref: 1973, Robert Simpson, April's there, page 107:
text: When that Inspector Thornhill came to nosy-parker and offer us a lift, I pretended I'd slipped and twisted my knee, can you remember?
ref: 2017, Martin R. Jackson, The Blade: Ben McVeigh & the Templar Poignard, page 326:
glosses: Alternative spelling of nosey parker.
nosy-parkers
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of nosy-parker
grass-pea
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: grass-peas
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of grass pea.
nosy-parkering
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of nosy-parker
grass-peas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of grass-pea
nosy-parkered
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of nosy-parker
rosoglio
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rosoglios
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of rosolio.
rosoglios
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of rosoglio
rosolios
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of rosolio
nosey-parker
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: nosey-parkers
form: nosey-parkering
form: nosey-parkered
form: nosey-parkered
Senses: examples: text: Now, now, Mr. Gubbins, I'm here not to nosey-parker into your affairs — if you'll pardon the expression — but to help.
ref: 1978, Triad - Issue 27, page 14:
text: Hope you don't think I nosey-parkered because I didn't.
ref: 1990, Edith Courtney, Familiar stranger, page 280:
text: I'd be nosey-parkering into the half the village, if that were the case.
ref: 1992, Eileen Townsend, Child of fire, page 153:
glosses: Alternative form of nosey parker.
nosey-parkers
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of nosey-parker
nosey-parkering
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The act or habit of snooping or behaving in an inquisitive manner.
nosey-parkering
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of nosey-parker
nosey-parkered
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of nosey-parker
Kópavogur
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Borrowed from Icelandic Kópavogur.
Senses: glosses: A city in the Capital Region, Iceland.
lighter-handed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of light-handed: more light-handed
lightest-handed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of light-handed: most light-handed
rewear
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: rewears
form: rewearing
form: rewore
form: reworn
Etymology: From re- + wear.
Senses: examples: text: Some face masks can be washed and reworn.
glosses: To wear again.
rewears
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of rewear
rewearing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of rewear
rewore
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past of rewear
reworn
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: past participle of rewear
bauerenol
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Named after Sarcomelicope simplicifolia (Synonym: Achronychia baueri) in 1958
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A triterpenoid found in Sarcomelicope simplicifolia and other plants: (3S,4aR,6bS,8aR,11R,12S,12aR,12bS,14aR,14bR)-4,4,6b,8a,11,12,12b,14b-octamethyl-1,2,3,4,4a,5,6b,7,8,8a,9,10,11,12,12a,12b,13,14,14a,14b-icosahydro-3-picenol
rapanone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A benzoquinone chemical derivative with a thirteen carbon side chain and two hydroxyl groups, a natural product found in Myrsinaceae roots: 2,5-dihydroxy-3-tridecyl-1,4-benzoquinone
Nist
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Nists
Etymology: Variant of Nest.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Welsh.
tetrabromofluorescein
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From tetra- + bromo- + fluorescein.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: eosin
dimethylarsinate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dimethylarsinates
Etymology: From di- + methyl- + arsinate.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: The anion (CH₃)₂As(O)OH or a salt thereof.
dimethylarsinates
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dimethylarsinate
arsinate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: arsinates
Etymology: From arsine + -ate.
Senses: topics: chemistry
inorganic-chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: The anion H₂AsO₂⁻, or one of its derivatives formed by substituting the hydrogen with an organic chemical group, or a salt thereof. It has arsenic formally in a +1 oxidation state.
Derived terms: dimethylarsinate
Related terms: english: the conjugate acid
translation: the conjugate acid
word: arsinous acid
word: arsenate
word: arsonate
arsinates
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of arsinate
astronomic refraction
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Synonym of atmospheric refraction.
synonyms: word: atmospheric refraction
astronomical refraction
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Synonym of atmospheric refraction.
synonyms: word: atmospheric refraction
atmospheric refraction
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: synonyms: astronomical refraction
astronomic refraction
glosses: The apparent angular elevation of the heavenly bodies above their true places, caused by the refraction of the rays of light in their passage through the Earth's atmosphere.
methylarsonate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: methylarsonates
Etymology: From methyl- + arsonate.
Senses: topics: chemistry
inorganic-chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: The anion CH₃AsO₃²⁻, or any salt containing this ion
scrape-good
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: scrape-goods
Senses: glosses: A stingy person; a miser.
scrape-goods
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of scrape-good
spring latch
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: spring latches
Senses: glosses: A latch that snaps into the keeper whenever the door is shut.
spring latches
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of spring latch
QEDs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of QED
NoMad
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Blend of north + Madison.
From being centered upon Madison Square North Historic District and being north of Madison Square Park.
Senses: glosses: A neighborhood of Manhattan, New York, United States.
wikipedia: en:Madison Square North Historic District
en:Madison Square Park
Synonyms: Madison Square North
SoHa
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Blend of south + Harlem (south of Harlem (the southern part of Harlem and the area to the south of Harlem)).
Coined in analogy to SoHo (“South of Houston Street”).
Senses: glosses: An area of Manhattan, New York, United States, referring to the neighborhoods of South Harlem and Morningside Heights.
NoLIta
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Nolita
form: NoLita
form: NolIta
Etymology: Blend of north + little + Italy.
Acronym of north of Little Italy.
Senses: glosses: A neighborhood of Manhattan, New York, United States; a region to the north of the district of Little Italy.
pecuniar
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more pecuniar
form: most pecuniar
Etymology: From Anglo-Norman pecunier, Middle French pécunier, alteration of pecuniaire, from Latin pecūniārius.
Senses: examples: text: [T]he last two years of my life might have passed tranquilly not embittered by pecuniar cares […].
ref: c. 1790, Mary Wollstonecraft, edited by Janet Todd, Collected Letters of Mary Wollstonecraft, Columbia University Press, published 2003, page 183:
glosses: Pecuniary.
Doles
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Dole
Doles
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A barangay of Magpet, Cotabato, Philippines.
Farron
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Ketton
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A village and civil parish in Rutland, England (OS grid ref SK9804).
Mossend
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A town in North Lanarkshire council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NS7460).
iniquitie
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: iniquities
Senses: examples: text: And bycauſe our auncient enemye the Deuyl, who is the well and, ſpryng of iniquitie, and is not onely hymſelfe an homycide, a lyer, and and^([sic]) hater of the truth frõ the beginnyng: [...] Therefore like as we deſyre here to be delyuered from ſynne, ſo also we deſyre, that our heauenly father will ſaue vs, and defende vs from this euil the cauſer of ſynne, that is to ſaye, the Deuyll: [...]
ref: 1555 September 25, Edmonde Byshop of London [i.e., Edmund Bonner], “Thexposition or Declaration of the vii. and Last Peticion of the Pater Noster, which is: But Delyuer Vs from Euill. Amen.”, in A Profitable and Necessarye Doctryne, with Certayne Homelies Adioyned thervnto […], London: In ædibvs Iohannis Cawodi, […], →OCLC:
text: Beholde, he putteth no truſt in his Saints, yea, the heauens are not cleane in his ſight. How much more abominable and filthie is man, which drinketh iniquitie like water?
ref: 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Job 15:15–16:
text: It will be found, when the Myſterie of iniquitie ſhall be unriddled, that, as they were their ſpawn the Anabaptiſts, the obſtructers of our Doctrinal Reformation, ſo, they are by their Miſſionaries ſent unto Corners and Hillie Countreys the obſtructers of our practical.
ref: 1702, [John Wilson], An Essay wherein National Love and Unity is Recommended, Its Opposits Exposed, Arguments for It Propounded, and Its Standard Expounded, and All Contenders Blamed. […], Edinburgh: Printed by the heirs and successors of Andrew Anderson, […], →OCLC, page 22:
glosses: Obsolete spelling of iniquity.
Ribblesdale
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Ribble + -s- + dale.
Senses: glosses: The dale or upper valley of the River Ribble in North Yorkshire, England (OS grid refs SD85, SD86, SD87).
Derived terms: Horton in Ribblesdale
Related terms: Ribble Valley
Horton in Ribblesdale
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A small village and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England, previously in Craven district (OS grid ref SD8072).
hendiadytic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more hendiadytic
form: most hendiadytic
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to hendiadys
wordmongering
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: wordmongerings
Etymology: From wordmonger + -ing.
Senses: examples: text: Ignorance implies real indifference, however copious the wordmongering.
ref: 1849, Edward Gibbon Wakefield, A View of the Art of Colonization, page 9:
text: Powers are seeking as before to drown the problem of disarmament in endless and futile wordmongering.
ref: 1961, United States. Arms Control and Disarmament Agency, Documents on Disarmament, page 352:
text: Melville "repels" here; he is guilty of "wordmongering," prolixity, and recourse to "marvellous" yarns that erode what is usefully "probable" in the narrative.
ref: 2008, Harold Bloom, Herman Melville:
glosses: Synonym of wordmongery.
synonyms: word: wordmongery
wordmongerings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of wordmongering
cycloalkylcarboxylics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cycloalkylcarboxylic
cycloallyls
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cycloallyl
cyclocholestanes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cyclocholestane
cyclocondensations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cyclocondensation
cyclodeaminases
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cyclodeaminase
cyclodeaminations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cyclodeamination
cyclodehydrogenations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cyclodehydrogenation
cycloductions
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cycloduction
cycloheptyls
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cycloheptyl
cyclohexadienones
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cyclohexadienone
cyclohydrolases
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cyclohydrolase
cyclomaltoheptoses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cyclomaltoheptose
cyclomatic numbers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cyclomatic number
cyclooctyls
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cyclooctyl
cyclopentenols
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cyclopentenol
cyclophenanthrenylenes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cyclophenanthrenylene
cyclophyllideans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cyclophyllidean
cyclopropenations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cyclopropenation
cycloruthenations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cycloruthenation
cyclothymiacs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cyclothymiac
cyclotomic polynomials
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cyclotomic polynomial
cyclotransferases
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cyclotransferase
cylindrodonts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cylindrodont
cypherings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cyphering
cyrtodontids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cyrtodontid
cyrtomatodonts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cyrtomatodont
cystadenofibromas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cystadenofibroma
cystinyls
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cystinyl
cystocarcinomas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cystocarcinoma
East Dorset
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A former local government district of Dorset, England, formed in 1974 and abolished in 2019 when the Dorset unitary authority was formed.
Hinkley Point
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A headland in West Somerset, Somerset, England, which is the location of two nuclear power stations, with a third under construction in 2019 (OS grid ref ST2146).
lightfulness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: lītʹfo͝ol-nĕs
Etymology: From lightful (adjective) (any sense) + -ness (suffix forming nouns).
Senses: glosses: The quality of being lightful.
Synonyms: brightness
luminousness
path of least resistance
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: to take the path of least resistance, to follow the path of least resistance
synonyms: line of least resistance
easy way out
glosses: The easiest way to do something.
topics: mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
sciences
glosses: The path or route by which an object can move while minimizing the amount of resistance on the object's movement.
Related terms: take the easy way out
someplace else
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of somewhere else.
someplace else
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of somewhere else.
counter surf
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: counter surfs
form: counter surfing
form: counter surfed
form: counter surfed
form: counter-surf
form: countersurf
Etymology: From counter ("kitchen surface where food preparation takes place") + surf ("to browse the internet, television, etc.").
Senses: examples: text: With nothing to cause temptation, there will be no reason for him to counter surf other than to grab your attention.
ref: 2011, Bardi McLennan, Miriam Fields-Babineau, Puppy Training:
text: Remember, Attention Seekers who counter surf need to be trained differently than those cats who have other reasons for surfing, but regardless of your cat's motivation for counter surfing, don't yell at her or attempt to stare her down, pet her, or squirt her with water.
ref: 2011, Marilyn Krieger, Naughty No More:
text: If you insist on leaving food out and not crating your dog, or if your dog is so bold that he tries to counter surf in your presence, try the following.
ref: 2018, Brandy Eggeman, Joan Hustace Walker, Training Your German Shepherd Dog, →ISBN:
glosses: To sneak unsupervised food from a table or kitchen counter.
raw_tags: of a pet
counter surf
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: counter-surf
form: countersurf
Etymology: From counter ("contrary or opposing") + surf ("waves that break on an ocean shoreline").
Senses: examples: text: I would however beg to qualify this observation to a slight extent by remarking, that the nearer a vessel is anchored to the beach, she approaches the influence of the counter surf from the shore, and to this circumstance may be attributed a greater and more sudden jerk than the ship would receive by being removed from its scope, and therefore any ship anchoring in the Bay with bad and insufficient ground tackle is liable to be driven ashore: the small extent of this bay obliging vessels to come within this influence, it is therefore of paramount importance that vessels should be well found.
ref: 1854, Victoria. Legislative Council, Minutes of the Proceedings of the Legislative Council During the Session 1853-4:
text: The seas continually brake over the shops poope, and flew into the sailes with such violence, that we still expected the tearing of our sayles, or oversetting of the ship, and withall to our utter discomfort, wee perceived that wee fell still more and more to leeward, so that wee could not double the cape: wee were nowe come within halfe a mile of the cape, and so neere the shore that the counter-suffe of the sea would rebound against the shippes side, so that wee were much dismayed with the horror of our present ende.
ref: 1880, John Davis, Sir Albert Hastings Markham, Charles Henry Coote, The Voyages and Works of John Davis, the Navigator, page 116:
glosses: Waves that have broken on the shoreline and that push seaward as a result.
counter surfs
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of counter surf
counter surfing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of counter surf
counter surfed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of counter surf
counter-surf
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: counter-surfs
form: counter-surfing
form: counter-surfed
form: counter-surfed
Senses: examples: text: If your hound already counter-surfs and this doesn't help, turn to Chapter 10 for more help.
ref: 2011, Lee Livingood, Retired Racing Greyhounds For Dummies:
text: If you keep your counters and tables free of food, your puppy won't learn to counter-surf.
ref: 2012, Colleen Pelar, Puppy Training for Kids:
text: Every time a dog counter-surfs he finds scraps of food on the table, and will likely repeat the same behavior.
ref: 2012, Louise Basson, Shaping Your Dog: The Positive Way, page 24:
text: Puzzle has never counter-surfed, and the Poms, who might like to try it, can't, since they're not tall enough.
ref: 2013, Susannah Charleson, The Possibility Dogs:
glosses: Alternative form of counter surf.
counter-surfs
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of counter-surf
counter-surfing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of counter-surf
counter-surfed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of counter-surf
countersurf
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: countersurfs
form: countersurfing
form: countersurfed
form: countersurfed
Senses: examples: text: Keep all food items off the kitchen countertops from the very beginning, so your puppy won't want to "countersurf."
ref: 2006, Patty Dobbs Gross, The Golden Bridge:
text: Wait untilthe dog is otherwise engaged—sniffing the floor, looking out a window, countersurfing on a table—and not near a human.
ref: 2010, Pat Miller, Do Over Dogs:
text: Behaviors that respond well to the three-step process are those where the dog does something in order to get good stuff. He jumps up to get attention. He countersurfs because he finds good stuff on counters.
ref: 2010, Dog Fancy Magazine, Labrador Retriever, page 138:
text: “Hey,” she scolded, “quit your countersurfing.”
ref: 2012, Susan Orlean, Rin Tin Tin: The Life and the Legend, page 282:
glosses: Alternative form of counter surf.
countersurfs
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of countersurf
countersurfing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of countersurf
countersurfed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of countersurf
Castlefield
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: An inner city area of Manchester, Greater Manchester, England (OS grid ref SJ8397).
dermography
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From derm- + -o- + -graphy.
Senses: examples: text: In her, too, dermography could not be induced by the ordinary methods. It is therefore supposed that electric dermography may be added to the list of the vasomotor symptoms of Basedow's disease.
ref: 1894, Glasgow Medical Journal, page 467:
text: Even the shortest neurological examination should include the test for dermography.
ref: 1953, Robert Wartenberg, Diagnostic Tests in Neurology:
glosses: A change in skin coloration in response to an irritating stimulus, such as scratching.
Longci
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Lung-ch'i
form: Lungchi
form: Longqi
Etymology: From the Tongyong Pinyin romanization of Mandarin 龍崎 (Lóngcí).
Senses: examples: text: The bamboo forests of Longci produce large amounts of bamboo shoots
ref: 2005, 台灣鄉鎮之美 [Taiwan Town and Country], 遠流出版事業股份有現公司, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 148:
english: Taiwan Town and Country
translation: Taiwan Town and Country
text: The continuous GPS data show that the coseismic deformation in the Longci district (west side of Guanmiao district) had the largest vertical displacement of 100 mm and west horizontal displacement of 50 mm.
ref: 2018, Chih-Heng Lu, Chuen-Fa Ni, Chung-Pai Chang, Jiun-Yee Yen, Ray Y. Chuang, “Coherence Difference Analysis of Sentinel-1 SAR Interferogram to Identify Earthquake-Induced Disasters in Urban Areas”, in Remote Sensing, →DOI, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 4:
text: The firewood consists of bamboo charcoal produced in Tainan's Longci District, while the rice is championship quality from Houbi and Liujia districts.
ref: 2019 November 15, Chang Jung-hsiang, Elizabeth Hsu, “Tainan to give top model 12 products as wedding gifts”, in Focus Taiwan, archived from the original on 15 Nov 2019:
text: Yung-Wang Chang, bamboo weaving artisan from Longci, recounts the stories of the once prosperous bamboo weaving industry and how he continues to create and pass on the skills.
ref: 2020 February, 美印臺南 [Made in Tainan], number 50, page 01:
english: Made in Tainan
translation: Made in Tainan
text: The event, which cost the special municipality NT$7 million (US$232,357), was aimed at boosting tourism in the region between Longci and Yanshuei (鹽水) townships over the Lunar New Year and Lantern Festival periods, the city said.
ref: 2020 February 10, Wu Chun-feng, Yan Hung-chun, William Hetherington, “Light festival draws 190,000 to Longci in its opening year”, in Taipei Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 10 Feb 2020, Taiwan News, page 2:
text: Two light festivals taking place in Tainan City’s Longci and Yanshuei districts are making nights in the city more scenic until Feb. 28 next year.
ref: 2021 December 27, George Liao, “Two light festivals make nights in Taiwan’s Tainan more scenic”, in Taiwan News, archived from the original on 27 Dec 2021, Travel & Cuisine:
glosses: A district of Tainan, Taiwan.
stn.
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: stns.
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of stn.
eMobility
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: The best example to date of this new eMobility business integration model is Better Place, which was founded by Shai Agassi in Israel.
ref: 2012, Sarwant Singh, New Mega Trends: Implications for Our Future Lives, page 37:
text: Seen in this context, innovation in electromobility (eMobility) takes on a special significance. eMobility is not only an alternative drive technology that can be substituted for the combustion engine that has dominated until now, it could revolutionize transport altogether because it differs decisively from conventional automobility.
ref: 2012, Weert Canzler, “eMobility in Germany: Prospects for and barriers to sustainable mobility”, in Måns Nilsson, Karl Hillman, Annika Rickne, editors, Paving the Road to Sustainable Transport, page 260:
text: The regulatory changes described above will make a number of appealing offers possible that would rapidly increase the available number of decentralized energy systems involving photovoltaics and eMobility as stable pillars of the energy transition for smart grids and smart markets and therefore ensure continued stabilization of the technical and economic system.
ref: 2016, Johannes Liebl, Grid Integration of Electric Mobility, page 159:
glosses: Alternative form of emobility.
Cold Spring
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Coldspring
form: Cold Springs
Senses: glosses: A place in the United States:
A home rule city in Campbell County, Kentucky.
glosses: A place in the United States:
A city in Stearns County, Minnesota.
glosses: A place in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Cape May County, New Jersey.
glosses: A place in the United States:
A village in Philipstown, Putnam County, New York.
glosses: A place in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Bledsoe County, Tennessee.
glosses: A place in the United States:
A town and unincorporated community in Jefferson County, Wisconsin.
emobility
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: eMobility
form: e-mobility
form: electromobility
Etymology: From e- + mobility.
Senses: examples: text: What cannot be denied is that the Chinese government wants emobility, and is willing to spend money to get it.
ref: 2011, Engelbert Wimmer, Motoring the Future: VW and Toyota Vying for Pole Position:
text: To make an emobility project successful, finance is required for both vehicle and service.
ref: 2016, Roland Berger, Green Growth, Green Profit:
text: The ongoing emobility market development, which shows an increasing electric vehicle (EV) market coverage, is an excellent field of investigation for studying the generative potential of digitization and DT.
ref: 2017, Christian Derksen, Christoph Weber, Smart Energy Research, page 24:
glosses: The use of electric vehicles, including the technology and infrastructure to support that use.
e-mobility
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: As a result, a multitude of new business models for e-mobility are currently in development.
ref: 2013, Michael Hülsmann, Dirk Fornahl, Evolutionary Paths Towards the Mobility Patterns of the Future:
text: C2C communicates news related to developments in e-mobility in the U.S. and the Netherlands through various channels.
ref: 2015, Walter Leal Filho, Richard Kotter, E-Mobility in Europe: Trends and Good Practice, page 20:
text: Moreover, the government program for 2011 created so-called “showcase regions”, i.e. state-subsidized regions where e-mobility projects with various focus areas were specifically implemented.
ref: 2016, Markus Adam, Accelerating E-Mobility in Germany: A Case for Regulation, page 3:
glosses: Alternative form of emobility.
light equation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From light (noun) + equation (noun).
Senses: topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
glosses: The time which light takes to traverse the mean distance of the Earth from the Sun.
frostened
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of frosten
frostening
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of frosten
undivorce
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: undivorces
form: undivorcing
form: undivorced
form: undivorced
Etymology: From un- + divorce.
Senses: examples: text: 'Did you undivorce me?' " Rafer asked. Daddy explained that he had divorced only Rafer's mother, and off they went to the park.
ref: 1971, Saturday Review - Volume 54, page 59:
text: An interesting presentation of the implications of this divorce between producer and consumer can be found in Toffler (1980), who uses the terms second wave to refer to the modern era and third wave to refer to the more postmodern perspectives where attempts are made to undivorce (remarry?) the two.
ref: 1995, Timothy B. Rogers, The Psychological Testing Enterprise: An Introduction, page 790:
text: "What's her angle?" I went on. "Surely after all these years the dame must have known she was divorced. Why in hell should she be trying to undivorce herself now?"
ref: 2000, Robert Traver, Anatomy of a Murder, page 172:
glosses: To undo or cancel a divorce.
undivorce
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: undivorces
Etymology: From un- + divorce.
Senses: examples: text: We were Christians; Christians living in a state of undivorce.yet striving to keep the marriage together while living in great unpeace and disharmony.
ref: 1978, Helen Kooiman Hosier, The other side of divorce, page 13:
text: My divorce was related to her undivorce, so the generations unfold back to back handing on their burdens — by contamination, memory, experience, identification, one's failure becomes the other's.
ref: 2001, Joseph F. Trimmer, Maxine Hairston, The Riverside Reader, page 187:
text: Max screams from the other room just as I am nodding off on my own couch, sorting through how I feel about the undivorce.
ref: 2006, Amy Scheibe, What Do You Do All Day?:
text: I fill him in about Billy and Deeta, about my parents and their 'undivorce'.
ref: 2015, Hilary Freeman, When I Was Me:
glosses: A marriage in which the partners remain married in name only.
examples: text: “They're not divorced. Not legally. Not even separated.” “She said they were.” “Uh huh. So now you've got to wonder why she was saying those things, don't you?” “How did you find out about the undivorce?”
ref: 2005, Jessica Auerbach, Writing in Chocolate: A Memoir:
text: Michael is not, in fact, interested in an undivorce, but in making our divorce more permanent.
ref: 2014, Jennifer Graham, Honey, Do You Need a Ride?: Confessions of a Fat Runner:
glosses: A state of not being divorced.
undivorces
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of undivorce
undivorces
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of undivorce
undivorcing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of undivorce
Old Lyme
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A coastal town (adjacent to Lyme) in New London County, Connecticut, USA.
courtlily
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more courtlily
form: most courtlily
Etymology: From courtly + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: […] Captain Travis was courtlily gracious, and in civil terms enough welcomed his unwelcome visiter [sic].
ref: 1855, William Gilmore Simms, chapter 28, in The Forayers, New York: Redfield, page 332:
text: […] he motioned courtlily that she should enter.
ref: 1974, Anthony Burgess, chapter 9, in The Clockwork Testament, or Enderby’s End, New York: McGraw-Hill, published 1984, page 130:
synonyms: courtly
glosses: In a manner befitting of a royal court; in a courtly manner.
head off at the pass
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: heads off at the pass
form: heading off at the pass
form: headed off at the pass
form: headed off at the pass
Senses: synonyms: cut off at the pass
glosses: To endeavor to catch someone or something as they pass a specific, known point, as at a pass between mountains.
synonyms: cut off at the pass
glosses: To forestall (something).
colorbreed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: colorbreeds
form: colorbreeding
form: colorbred
form: colorbred
Etymology: From color + breed.
Senses: glosses: To breed (plants or animals) selectively to produce new or desired colors.
Lioujiao
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Liuchiao
form: Liujiao
Etymology: From the Tongyong Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin Chinese pronunciation for 六腳 (Liòujiǎo).
Senses: examples: text: Located along the Pozih Creek between Tongshih and Lioujiao, Boat Harbor is a small village in Tongshih Township.
ref: 2004, 關懷社區營造: 台灣心故鄉. II [Community Development in Taiwan: Building New Hometowns with Heart], →ISBN, →OCLC, page 40:
english: Community Development in Taiwan: Building New Hometowns with Heart
translation: Community Development in Taiwan: Building New Hometowns with Heart
text: Second, a case study with in-deep interview to the old people of "An Young Town" in Lioujiao Township is presented.
ref: 2008, 社區發展季刊 [She qu fa zhan ji kan], 中華民國社區發展硏究訓練中心, →OCLC, page 177:
english: She qu fa zhan ji kan
translation: She qu fa zhan ji kan
text: Approximately 11 sites in the Lioujiao Township with (scores less than 2.0) had the worst conditions for habitats (Figure 3e).
ref: 2017, Juang Shin-Ruoh et al., “An Expert-Based Assessment Model for Evaluating Habitat Suitability of Pond-Breeding Amphibians”, in Sustainability, volume 9, number 2, →DOI, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 14:
text: Cheng also wishes to pass on his skills and has taught people how to make tatami at community centers in Lioujiao Township’s (六腳) Wanbei Village (灣北) and Puzi City’s Shuntian Village (順天).
ref: 2017 December 13, Cheng Nai-chiang, Sherry Hsiao, “Handmade tatamis a rare Chiayi County craft”, in Taipei Times, archived from the original on 12 Dec 2017:
text: The 10th Tai Zi Culture Festival will take place at Suan-Tou Elementary school in Lioujiao Township, Chiayi County from the afternoon of Dec. 8, CNA reported on Sunday (Dec. 1).
ref: 2019 December 1, George Liao, “2019 Tai Zi Culture Festival in SW Taiwan to feature colorful subculture on Dec. 8”, in Taiwan News, archived from the original on 02 Dec 2019:
glosses: A rural township in Chiayi County, Taiwan.
housewifeish
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more housewifeish
form: most housewifeish
Etymology: From housewife + -ish.
Senses: glosses: Characteristic of housewives.
housewifedom
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From housewife + -dom.
Senses: glosses: The sphere, realm, or world of housewives; housewives collectively.
Synonyms: housewifery
Gueiren
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: gwāʹrǔnʹ
Forms: form: Kueijen
form: Kuei-jen
form: Guiren
Etymology: From the Tongyong Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 歸仁 (Gueirén).
Senses: examples: text: All the assessments of Green Buildings depend on the evidences of scientific experiment. Therefore the National Building Performance Laboratory located in Gueiren, Tainan was set up by Architecture and Building Research Institute, Ministry of the Interior for the vernacular scientific experiments and practices of Green Buildings.
ref: 2006, 有綠建築真好 [Good to be Green: Green Building Promotion Policy in Taiwan], Taipei: Architecture & Building Research Institute Ministry of the Interior, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 101:
english: Good to be Green: Green Building Promotion Policy in Taiwan
translation: Good to be Green: Green Building Promotion Policy in Taiwan
text: Two died in Tainan's Gueiren District, including a woman who was hit by a fallen^([sic – meaning falling]) water tower.
ref: 2016 February 5, Jillian Sederholm, Phil Helsel, “Taiwan Earthquake: More Than 150 Missing After Deadly 6.4-Magnitude Temblor”, in NBC News, archived from the original on 07 Feb 2016:
text: In this study, we discuss about rainfall in Gueiren District, one of the satellite towns of Tainan City and a rural-urban fringe of Tainan City. The purpose of this study is mainly to discuss the development and settlement factors and land use in Gueiren District from Japanese colonial period to the present day and the change of lifestyle of residents due to the influence of urban expansion in Gueiren District after World War II.
ref: 2017, Chao-Hua (王昭驊) Wang, “臺南市歸仁區的聚落變遷與發展（1895-2016） [The Development of Settlement in Gueiren District, Tainan City(1895-2016)]”, in Bulletin of the Geographical Society of China 中國地理學會會刊, volume 59, →DOI:
english: The Development of Settlement in Gueiren District, Tainan City(1895-2016)
translation: The Development of Settlement in Gueiren District, Tainan City(1895-2016)
text: The new Cyber Security and Smart Technology R&D building is part of Shalun Smart Green Energy Science City, an industrial park in Gueiren District, Tainan.
“Few people wanted to move for work to Gueiren five years ago, but the hub in the district is expected to become the cradle of Asia’s most advanced cybersecurity technology, featuring innovative startups,” quipped Minister of Science and Technology Wu Tsung-tsong during the new building’s opening ceremony.
ref: 2022 January 5, Rebecca Oi, “Taiwan ramps up smart technology initiatives”, in Tech Wire Asia, archived from the original on 05 Jan 2022:
glosses: A rural township in Tainan, Taiwan.
fondamentos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of fondamento
sand-cast
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: sand-casts
form: sand-casting
form: sand-cast
form: sand-cast
form: sand-casted
form: sand-casted
Etymology: From sand + cast.
Senses: glosses: To make (a casting) by pouring metal in a sand mold.
outspins
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of outspin
outspinning
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of outspin
outspun
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of outspin
intersets
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of interset
intersetting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of interset
handfeeds
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of handfeed
handfeeding
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of handfeed
sand-casting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of sand-cast
sand-casts
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of sand-cast
colorbreeds
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of colorbreed
colorbreeding
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of colorbreed
colorbred
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of colorbreed
self-feed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: self-feeds
form: self-feeding
form: self-fed
form: self-fed
Etymology: From self + feed.
Senses: glosses: To provide rations to animals in bulk so as to permit feeding as wanted.
self-feeds
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of self-feed
self-feeding
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of self-feed
self-fed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of self-feed
talaje
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: talajes
Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish talaje, from a Nahuan language; cf. Classical Nahuatl tlālāxin, from tlālli (“earth”) + āxin.
Senses: glosses: a kind of tick (Ornithodoros talaje)
ocean eyes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From ocean + eyes, drawing a parallel between the colour of the ocean and the colour of blue eyes.
Senses: examples: text: I've been watching you / For some time / Can't stop staring / At those ocean eyes
ref: 2016, Finneas O'Connell, “Ocean Eyes” (EP record), performed by Billie Eilish:
glosses: blue eyes
Syuejia
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: shüěʹjyäʹ
Forms: form: Hsuehchia
form: Hsüeh-chia
form: Xuejia
Etymology: From the Tongyong Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 學甲 (Syuéjiǎ).
Senses: examples: text: Performing groups, including stilt walkers and musical bands, draw crowds to one of the most elaborate processions in Taiwan, held in Syuejia 學甲, Tainan County 台南縣, in honor of the tenth century healer, Wu Pen 吳本.
ref: 2003, Taiwan Yearbook, Government Information Office, →OCLC, page 598:
text: Yeh Wang (1826-1889), a master craftsman born in Chiayi, founded the Taiwanese branch of the industry, and though his work is rare these days, you can still see some of his original figures in Ciji Temple in Syuejia near Tainan (see p.333).
ref: 2007, Stephen Keeling, Brice Minnigh, “Central Taiwan”, in The Rough Guide to Taiwan (Rough Guides), Penguin, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 287:
text: The Taiwanese milkfish industry has faced troubles in recent years, and in 2011 a state-owned PRC firm placed an order for the fish from the town of Syuejia (Xuejia) in Tainan County.
ref: 2016, Scott L. Kastner, Margaret M. Pearson, “Winning Hearts and Minds?: On the Sources and Efficacy of Economic Engagement Policies in US-China and China-Taiwan Relations”, in Steven E. Lobell, Norrin M Ripsman, editors, The Political Economy of Regional Peacemaking, Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, pages 159–160:
text: Golden Grande, a maker of personal protective equipment — such as masks, protective eyewear, earmuffs and industrial helmets — plans to invest NT$400 million to install smart production lines and advanced manufacturing equipment at its facilities in Tainan’s Syuejia District (學甲), the ministry said.
ref: 2022 January 24, Chen Cheng-hui, “Wind energy project to cost NT$3bn”, in Taipei Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 23 Jan 2022, Business, page 12:
text: After an investigation following Huang’s death on Friday, police officers identified several witnesses and potential suspects in the case, making 10 arrests over 24 hours. The primary suspect evaded police but was found and arrested on Sunday morning in Tainan’s Syuejia District, reported UDN.
ref: 2023 December 3, Duncan DeAeth, “Suspect in shooting death of 43-year-old man arrested in south Taiwan”, in Taiwan News, archived from the original on 08 Dec 2023, Society:
text: Prosecutors later suspected that Wang, chairman of Ciji Temple in Tainan's Syuejia District, was the mastermind behind the shootings, but the court acquitted him of the charge because of insufficient evidence.
ref: 2025 March 14, Hsieh Hsin-en, Ko Lin, “Supreme Court upholds verdicts in 2022 Tainan shooting case”, in Focus Taiwan, archived from the original on 14 Mar 2025, Society:
glosses: A district of Tainan, Taiwan.
risk one's neck
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: risks one's neck
form: risking one's neck
form: risked one's neck
form: risked one's neck
Senses: examples: text: That's their job. If I risk my own neck, it's reckless; if they risk my neck, it's criminal.
ref: 2013, David Spiegelhalter, Michael Blastland, The Norm Chronicles […] , Profile Books, →ISBN, page 167:
synonyms: risk life and limb
risk one's life
glosses: Take a big risk.
Related terms: stick one's neck out
save one's neck
at one's own peril
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Forms: form: at one's peril
Senses: synonyms: at one's own risk
on one's own account
glosses: Knowingly accepting the risks associated with one's action.