cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
gamemode
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gamemodes
Senses: examples: text: Jeff Goldblum also voices a character on the “Zombies” gamemode. / Along with the campaign, the “Zombies” gamemode returns.
ref: 2015 November 12, Luke Peterson, “Gamers feast on blockbuster November title releases”, in Northwest Missourian, volume 91, number 11, Maryville, Mo.: Northwest Missouri State University, page A7:
text: The Modular Games Benchmark currently contains two examples of gamemode primitives. The first is a ‘Capture the Flag’ type of gamemode.
ref: 2018, Benjamin Williams, James Jackson, Jason Hall, Christopher J. Headleand, “Modular Games AI Benchmark”, in Peter R. Lewis, Christopher J. Headleand, Steve Battle, Panagiotis D. Ritsos, editors, Artificial Life and Intelligent Agents: Second International Symposium, ALIA 2016, Birmingham, UK, June 14–15, 2016, Revised Selected Papers (Communications in Computer and Information Science; 732), Springer International Publishing AG, →ISBN, page 140:
text: Though it stands on the shoulders of early “Garry’s Mod” gamemodes and classic party games, “Among Us” certainly sees farther than its predecessors, evident in its ability to hammer home the final nail in the coffin of “Fortnite” with today’s youth.
ref: 2020 October 8, Taner Morgan, “Among Us: Standing among the best of social intrigue games old and new”, in The Reveille, volume 129, number 56, Baton Rouge, La.: Louisiana State University, page 5, column 1:
glosses: Alternative form of game mode.
gamemodes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of gamemode
Rothkowitz
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Rothkowitzes
Senses: glosses: A surname.
crêpe papers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of crêpe paper
crop dusters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of crop duster
pseudowavefunction
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pseudowavefunctions
Senses: glosses: A simplified approximation of an electron's wavefunction.
chiev
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: chievs
Senses: topics: video-games
glosses: Clipping of achievement.
post-affiliation
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: After an affiliation.
pre-affiliation
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Before an affiliation.
phototriode
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: phototriodes
Senses: glosses: A three-terminal semiconductor.
nonfoamed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + foamed.
Senses: glosses: Not foamed.
microgeny
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Synonym of microgenesis.
synonyms: word: microgenesis
intrasedimentary
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Within layers of sediment.
cornfloured
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more cornfloured
form: most cornfloured
Etymology: From cornflour + -ed.
Senses: examples: text: Smooth the icing over the top and down the side(s) of the cake with cornfloured hands (Fig. ii).
ref: 1987, Mandy Pryor, Cakes & Cake Decorating (Supercook), Cambridge, Cambs.: Martin Books, →ISBN, page 89:
text: The gloopy lemon filling was never too sweet, never too cornfloured, and the top rose cloud-like, stepped, a breath of weightless meringue with that final, brittle brown top that a spoon had to crunch through before meeting the gooey middle and the smooth, tart lemon.
ref: 2000, Tamasin Day-Lewis, The Art of the Tart, London: Cassell & Co, →ISBN, page 90:
text: Take one section of dough out of freezer and roll out on a cornfloured board.
ref: 2007, Sue Dengate, The Failsafe Cookbook: Reducing Food Chemicals for Calm, Happy Families, Sydney, N.S.W.: Random House Australia, →ISBN, page 137:
synonyms: cornfloury
glosses: With cornflour.
doves of peace
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dove of peace
and so say all of us
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Etymology: Popularized by For He's a Jolly Good Fellow
Senses: examples: text: MARGARET. Three cheers for old England! [She shakes hands with him warmly].
BOBBY. Hurra-a-ay! And so say all of us.
ref: 1911, George Bernard Shaw, Fanny's First Play, Act III:
text: And he laid his hands upon the blessed and gave thanks and he prayed and they all with him prayed :
— Deus, cuius verbo sanctificantur omnia, benedictionem tuam effunde super creaturas istas : et praesta ut quisquis eis secundum legem et voluntatem Tuam cum gratiarum actione usus fuerit per invocationem sanctissimi nominis Tui corporis sanitatem et animæ tutelam Te auctore percipiat per Christum Dominum nostrum.
— And so say all of us, says Jack.
ref: 1922 February, James Joyce, “[12]”, in Ulysses, Paris: Shakespeare and Company, […], →OCLC:
text: '[a prayer][…]and keep us safe from sin on this blessed isle, and long may we live and prosper and be a credit to your name and memory. And so say all of us.'
'And so say all of us!' echoed the congregation thankfully.
ref: 1981, John Rowe Townsend, The Islanders:
glosses: Amen (used to express strong agreement, or exultation after a prayer).
wikipedia: For He's a Jolly Good Fellow
brake disc
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: brake discs
Senses: glosses: The disc or rotor that is squeezed between break pads in a disc brake.
Related terms: disc brake
brake discs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of brake disc
rvalue reference
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rvalue references
Senses: examples: text: im: has identity and can be moved from (e.g. the result of casting an lvalue to a rvalue reference) […] I note that this whole discussion/problem arise from the introduction of rvalue references and move semantics.
ref: 2010 April 24, Bjarne Stroustrup, “"New" Value Terminology”, in stroustrup.com, pages 2, 3:
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
programming
sciences
glosses: In C++, a reference which is bound to an rvalue.
rvalue references
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of rvalue reference
Bradford Abbas
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Abbas is abbot in Latin, relating to early possession by Sherborne Abbey.
Senses: glosses: A village and civil parish in Dorset, England, previously in West Dorset district; located south-east of Yeovil, Somerset (OS grid ref ST5814).
homobinuclear
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Having two identical nuclei.
Atmar
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Atmars
Senses: glosses: A surname.
W-2 employees
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of W-2 employee
second derivatives
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of second derivative
atomic mass numbers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of atomic mass number
zombology
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From zombie + -ology.
Senses: examples: text: Everett Roberts, resident Zombie Master for BHM, first discovered his passion for the undead while studying at Miskatonic University, where he eventually majored in zombology and reanimation theory and minored in camp counselor.
ref: 2010, Don Sumner, Horror Movie Freak, Iola, Wis.: Krause Publications, →ISBN, page 15:
text: Armed with the knowledge of Zombology 101, you should be able to recognize the key factors being reported and take immediate action.
ref: 2010, Bud Hanzel, John Olson, The Do-it-yourself Guide to Surviving the Zombie Apocalypse, Red Wing, Minn.: Hanson Press, →ISBN, page 93:
text: While Ingpen’s scientists were making leaps in the field of zombology, the purpose of Project Phantom was still a military operation; Lt. Gen. Casey had promised Washington zombie soldiers.
ref: 2011, Worm Miller [pseudonym; Josh Miller], A Zombie’s History of the United States: From the Massacre at Plymouth Rock to the CIA’s Secret War on the Undead, Berkeley, Calif.: Ulysses Press, →ISBN, page 169:
text: From the same period and among the “lesser lights” of zombie literature is Andy Black’s The Dead Walk, a volume from before the current tide of zombology but a rather uninformed and uninspired survey of “zombie films” which also includes A Clockwork Orange (?), mummy movies and the occasional vampire film.
ref: 2011, Kevin J. Wetmore, Jr., Back from the Dead: Remakes of the Romero Zombie Films as Markers of Their Times, Jefferson, N.C.: McFarland & Company, Inc., →ISBN, page 24:
text: PAPPY 5X, the father of Doc Ruger, legendary zombie hunter, zombology researcher, and member of the Zombie Hunter’s Hall of Fame, had his first kill in 1938.
ref: 2012, John “Doc Lucky” Meisenheimer, John Meisenheimer VII, Jake Meisenheimer, Maximus Meisenheimer, Victoria Andrew, The Zombie Cause Dictionary, Orlando, Fla.: LJS&S Publishing, →ISBN, page 6:
glosses: The study of zombies.
unified atomic mass units
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of unified atomic mass unit
here we are
Language: English
Part of speech: proverb
Etymology: From here + we (“the speaker and the person being addressed”) + are.
Senses: examples: text: And I don’t have a nose, and yet here we are.
ref: 2017, Lee Unkrich, Adrian Molina, directors, Coco, spoken by Clerk (Gabriel Iglesias), Pixar:
glosses: Indicates ambivalence or resignation about the present circumstances; dismisses the previous observations as irrelevant.
Related terms: water under the bridge
what's done is done
Dobrun
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from Romanian Dobrun.
Senses: glosses: A village and commune of Olt County, Romania.
meeting recovery syndrome
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A condition of frustration and difficulty getting back to productive work after an ineffective business meeting.
rackware
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɹækˌwɛə/
Etymology: From rack + -ware.
Senses: examples: text: Rackware, economically-packaged shareware and low-cost retail software that is generally hung on display racks, was pioneered by SoftKey and other companies a decade ago. But the marketing practice has become ubiquitous only in the last year or so. Now just about every airport, department store, and computer retailer carries at least one rack. Most rackware falls into entertainment and educational categories, but that too is changing as major apps begin to appear.
ref: 1993, PC Mag, volume 12, number 15, page 30:
text: Contact database features hundreds of addresses for bulletin boards and rackware
ref: 1994, Steve Hudgik, Make Money Selling Your Shareware:
text: Another advantage of rackware publishing is ownership.
ref: 1994, Game Developer, volume 1, page 53:
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Low-cost software sold in shops, generally hung on display racks.
Related terms: shovelware
avertive
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -ɜː(ɹ)tɪv
Forms: form: more avertive
form: most avertive
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of aversive.
avertive
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -ɜː(ɹ)tɪv
Forms: form: avertives
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of aversive.
avertives
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of avertive
Missouri City
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: synonyms: word: Mo City
glosses: A city in Texas, United States.
Mo City
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Missouri City, Texas.
Mnuchins
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Mnuchin
first strike
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: first strikes
Senses: examples: text: Near-synonym: decapitation strike
text: During the Cold War, both sides feared that the other was preparing to launch a first strike.
text: "Where I come from 'proactive defense' is a euphemism for "first strike." "This is not that approach, Putzho. We have evolved to defend ourselves with a much subtler, gentler approach."
ref: 2017 June 23, Howard Tayler, Schlock Mercenary, archived from the original on 20 Jan 2024:
text: In the end, the question proved to be academic. When SCP-3125 arrived, whether it knew ω-0 was there or not, it took no special action against it, and had no need to. Most of ω-0's members' anchors were Foundationers, or Foundation-adjacent. With those people's minds blown away in the first strike, the dense web of mutual memory which had held the Task Force together since its formation tore loose. More than half of the Task Force was cast into the void and died; the final, real death they had evaded for years.
ref: 2019 August 26, qntm, “Unthreaded”, in There Is No Antimemetics Division, →ISBN, page 162:
topics: government
military
politics
war
hypernyms: strike#Noun
attack#Noun
coordinate_terms: preemptive strike#Noun
counterstrike#Noun
glosses: An attack (typically nuclear) launched without warning in the absence of a prior attack by one's opponent, with the intention of destroying one's opponent's ability to retaliate.
examples: text: His first strike was when he stole a car to go for a joyride.
qualifier: criminal law
glosses: A first offense by a lawbreaker, as counted by a three-strikes law.
examples: text: Collectors pay a premium for first strikes in order to get their hands on coins with the crispest possible detailing.
topics: hobbies
lifestyle
numismatics
glosses: One of the first few coins struck from a new set of dies.
Related terms: second strike
Dead Hand
shock and awe
first strikes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of first strike
Monte Leone
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: The highest mountain of the Lepontine Alps, located on the border between Switzerland and Italy.
Mordoviya
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Mordovia.
Mordoviyan
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Mordoviyan
form: most Mordoviyan
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Mordovian.
Mordoviyan
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Mordoviyans
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Mordovian.
Mordoviyans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Mordoviyan
Moundou
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: The second-largest city in Chad; the capital of the region of Logone Occidental.
Morovis
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A town and municipality of central Puerto Rico.
Mostaganem
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A port city, the capital of Mostaganem province in northwest Algeria.
Moravian Gate
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the Moravian Gate
Senses: glosses: A geomorphological feature in the Moravian region of the Czech Republic and the Upper Silesia region in Poland, formed by the depression between the Carpathian Mountains in the east and the Sudetes in the west.
Msunduzi
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A river in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.
Mundelein
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Named for George Cardinal Mundelein.
Senses: glosses: A village in suburban Chicago, Illinois, United States.
Murrumbidgee
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: gambling
games
glosses: A type of gambling game played with dice.
Murrumbidgee
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A river in New South Wales, Australia.
Derived terms: Murrumbidgee blanket
Murrumbidgee jam
Murrumbidgee oyster
Murrumbidgee river rattler
Murrumbidgee whaler
Murrumbidgee whaling
Mwene-Ditu
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A town in Lomami province, Democratic Republic of the Congo.
sangui-
Language: English
Part of speech: prefix
Etymology: From Latin sanguī̆s (“blood”).
Senses: synonyms: haemo-
haemato-
glosses: Relating to blood.
exoasteroid belt
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Exoasteroid Belt
Senses: topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
glosses: The exoasteroid belt, region of exoasteroids in an orbital plane of an exoplanet, or multiexoplanetary system, outside the Solar System.
Myrtle Beach
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A resort city on the east coast of the United States in Horry County, South Carolina.
lounge singer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lounge singers
Senses: topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: A singer, usually an amateur, who performs popular music influenced by swing and jazz, often played in cocktail lounges.
Related terms: lounge lizard
lounge singers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lounge singer
dither fish
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dither fish
form: dither fishes
Senses: glosses: A fish used to reduce aggression and increase amicability among other fish; its habit of swimming in the open gives other fish confidence that there are no predators around.
Mykale
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Mycale.
Mykali
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Mycale.
Nal'chik
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Nalchik.
Namyangju
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Borrowed from Korean 남양주(南楊州) (Namyangju).
Senses: examples: text: In Namyangju, another city in Gyeonggi, at least 124 foreigners had tested positive after an outbreak at a plastic manufacturing plant.
ref: 2021 March 8, Hyonhee Shin, Josh Smith, “S.Korea finds no link found between deaths and coronavirus vaccine”, in Stephen Coates, editor, Reuters, archived from the original on 16 May 2021, Healthcare & Pharmaceuticals:
glosses: A city in Gyeonggi Province, South Korea.
singer/songwriter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: singer/songwriters
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of singer-songwriter.
singer/songwriters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of singer/songwriter
Naguabo
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A town and municipality in Puerto Rico.
bicycle kicking
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle of bicycle kick
bicycle kicked
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of bicycle kick
Noril'sk
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Norilsk.
Orocovis
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A town and municipality of Puerto Rico.
TTPI
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Initialism of Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands.
Pacific Crest
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the Pacific Crest
Senses: glosses: The highest portion of the Sierra Nevada and Cascade Range mountain ranges on the West Coast of the United States.
personnel basket
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: personnel baskets
Senses: examples: text: So we all got in the personnel basket, which is a big metal basket for transferring people from the rig to a vessel such as a boat.
ref: 2005, Paul Carter, Don't Tell Mum I Work on the Rigs, Crows Nest: Allen and Unwin, page 97:
glosses: A large basket hoisted by crane to transfer people between offshore installations, drilling rigs, vessels, etc.
Synonyms: man basket
personnel transfer basket
personnel baskets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of personnel basket
Paranaíba
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Old Tupi paraná (“river”) + Old Tupi aíba (“bad”).
Senses: glosses: A municipality of Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil.
glosses: A river in Brazil whose source lies in the state of Minas Gerais in the Mata da Corda mountains.
Paricutín
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A cinder cone volcano in the Mexican state of Michoacán.
Parnaíba
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Borrowed from Brazilian Portuguese Parnaíba.
Senses: glosses: A city in Piauí, Brazil.
glosses: A river in the Northeast Region, Brazil, forming the border between the states of Maranhão and Piauí.
Podol'sk
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Podolsk.
man basket
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: man baskets
Senses: glosses: personnel basket
Pohang
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Po-Hang
Etymology: Borrowed from Korean 포항(浦項) (Pohang).
Senses: glosses: A city in North Gyeongsang Province, South Korea.
man baskets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of man basket
personnel transfer basket
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: personnel transfer baskets
Senses: glosses: personnel basket
personnel transfer baskets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of personnel transfer basket
Mpondoland
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Pondoland.
Pondoland
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Mpondoland
Senses: glosses: A natural region on the South African shores of the Indian Ocean, the former territory of the Mpondo Kingdom of the Mpondo people.
Porlamar
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A city and major seaport in the state of Nueva Esparta, Venezuela.
Piscataqua
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A fast-moving estuarine river dividing coastal New Hampshire and Maine in the United States.
Petitcodiac
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A river in the Canadian province of New Brunswick.
glosses: A community within the village of Three Rivers in New Brunswick.
Pilcomayo
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A river in central South America.
Portlaoighise
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Port Laoise.
Port Laoighise
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Port Laoise.
Portobelo
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A historic port and corregimiento in Portobelo District, Colón Province, Panama.
Potchefstroom
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: synonyms: word: Potch
glosses: An academic city in North West, South Africa.
Potch
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Potchefstroom (South African city).
Poyang
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: pōʹyängʹ
pǔʹyängʹ
Forms: form: Po-yang
form: P'o-yang
Etymology: From Mandarin 鄱陽 /鄱阳 (Póyáng).
Senses: glosses: A lake in Jiujiang, Jiangxi, China, the country's largest freshwater lake.
Prokopyevsk
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Russian Прокопьевск (Prokopʹjevsk).
Senses: glosses: A city in Kemerovo Oblast, Russia.
Pucallpa
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /pʊˈkælpə/
Senses: glosses: A city in eastern Peru.
Shandernagor
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Obsolete form of Chandannagar.
collery horn
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: collery horns
form: cholera horn
Senses: glosses: A long brass horn often used at funerals in the Indian subcontinent.
cholera horn
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cholera horns
Etymology: Corrupted form, by confusion with cholera.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of collery horn.
collery horns
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of collery horn
cholera horns
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cholera horn
Portuguese India
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: synonyms: Portuguese State of India
State of India
glosses: A former colony of Portugal in Asia, now forming the Goa, Daman and Diu union territories of India.
Pukapuka
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: synonyms: word: Danger Island
english: former name
translation: former name
glosses: A remote coral atoll in the northern group of the Cook Islands.
Danger Island
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Former name of Pukapuka.
Puerto Rico Trench
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the Puerto Rico Trench
Senses: glosses: A deep oceanic trench located on the boundary between the Caribbean Sea and the Atlantic Ocean.
Qishon
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Kishon.
Kishon
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Qishon
Senses: glosses: A river in Israel that flows into the Mediterranean Sea near the city of Haifa.
Qu'Appelle
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /kəˈpɛl/
Senses: glosses: A town in Saskatchewan, Canada.
glosses: A river in Saskatchewan and Manitoba, Canada.
quaaking
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of quaake
quaaked
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of quaake
Ramganga
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A tributary of the river Ganges, originating in Uttarakhand state, India.
Reelfoot
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A shallow natural lake located in the northwest portion of the U.S. state of Tennessee.
Central African Federation
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the Central African Federation
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland.
synonyms: word: Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland
Rhondda Cynon Taff
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Rhondda Cynon Taf.
stun-gun
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: stun-guns
form: stun-gunning
form: stun-gunned
form: stun-gunned
Senses: examples: text: So they stun-gunned him until he pissed his pants, unconscious.
ref: 2005, Paul Carter, Don't Tell Mum I Work on the Rigs, Crows Nest: Allen and Unwin, page 114:
glosses: To shoot with a stun gun.
stun-guns
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of stun-gun
Ribeirão Prêto
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Ribeirão Preto
Senses: glosses: A municipality and a metropolitan area located in the northeastern region of São Paulo state, Brazil.
stun-gunning
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of stun-gun
stun-gunned
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of stun-gun
Monte Rosa
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A mountain massif in the eastern part of the Pennine Alps, on the border between Italy and Switzerland.
Río Piedras
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A populous district of San Juan, and former town and municipality of Puerto Rico, which was merged with the municipality of San Juan in 1951.
Sabratha
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Latin Sabratha.
Senses: glosses: A former city in Libya, the westernmost of the three cities of Tripoli.
Sargodha
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A city, the capital of Sargodha Division, in Punjab province, Pakistan.
Derived terms: Sargodha Division
Sasebo
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A core city in Nagasaki Prefecture, Japan.
Sekondi-Takoradi
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A city in Ghana.
Sete Quedas
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A municipality in the Brazilian state of Mato Grosso do Sul.
Shishaldin
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A volcano on Unimak Island in the Aleutian Islands chain of Alaska in the United States.
Shoreview
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From shore + view.
Senses: glosses: A city in Ramsey County, Minnesota, United States.
directional driller
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: directional drillers
Senses: examples: text: There was a directional driller who I regularly ran into, a New Zealander by the name of Maurice.
ref: 2005, Paul Carter, Don't Tell Mum I Work on the Rigs, Crows Nest: Allen and Unwin, page 123:
glosses: An oil rig driller who directs the horizontal drilling process.
directional drillers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of directional driller
Sikasso
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A city in south Mali.
Soacha
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: An autonomous municipality of the department of Cundinamarca, and part of the Metropolitan Area of Bogotá, Colombia.
Thohoyandou
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A town in the Limpopo Province of South Africa.
Tiahuanaco
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Tiwanaku.
Tyachev
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Tiachiv.
bah humbugs
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of bah humbug
bah humbugging
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of bah humbug
bah humbugged
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of bah humbug
NCMI
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Initialism of National Center for Medical Intelligence.
pitcheri
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of pituri.
pitchery
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of pituri.
pitchurie
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of pituri.
pitjuri
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of pituri.
mingkulpa
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Synonym of pituri.
synonyms: word: pituri
native tobacco
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Synonym of pituri.
synonyms: word: pituri
Tenn-Tom
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the Tenn-Tom
Senses: glosses: The Tennessee–Tombigbee Waterway.
wahalla
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of wahala.
Telescope Peak
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: The summit of a desert mountain, the highest point within Death Valley National Park, in California, United States.
Topolobampo
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A port on the Gulf of California in northwestern Sinaloa, Mexico.
TAPS
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Acronym of Trans-Alaska Pipeline System.
Trujillo Alto
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A town and municipality of Puerto Rico.
comedy breasts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Perhaps some sort of name tag is in order, or even a good pair of Kevlar comedy breasts.
ref: 2005, Paul Carter, Don't Tell Mum I Work on the Rigs, Crows Nest: Allen and Unwin, page 148:
glosses: A mould of naked breasts designed to be worn for comic effect.
Grand Strand
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the Grand Strand
Etymology: Attested from columns in The Myrtle Beach Sun and The Myrtle Beach News in 1949.
Senses: glosses: An arc of beach land on the Atlantic Ocean in South Carolina, United States, extending more than 60 miles (97 km) from Little River to Winyah Bay.
wildcat well
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: wildcat wells
Senses: examples: text: [L]ater BP were planning on drilling a wildcat well, or exploration well, in the same region probably with a semi-submersible rig.
ref: 2005, Paul Carter, Don't Tell Mum I Work on the Rigs, Crows Nest: Allen and Unwin, page 164:
qualifier: oil industry
glosses: An exploration well to determine the existence of petroleum in a probable hydrocarbon deposit.
wildcat wells
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of wildcat well
Tshwane
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: The metropolitan municipality that forms the local government of northern Gauteng in South Africa.
Billy Pugh
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Billy Pughs
Etymology: Named after Billy Pugh, American deckhand who invented the device and founded the Billy Pugh Company in 1957.
Senses: examples: text: The crew stood on the deck of the supply boat, waiting in silence for the crane to lower the "Billy Pugh".
ref: 2005, Paul Carter, Don't Tell Mum I Work on the Rigs, Crows Nest: Allen and Unwin, page 199:
text: Billy Pughs were used at many lighthouses.
ref: 2008, Betty S. Veronico, Lighthouses of the Bay Area, Arcadia Publishing, page 42:
glosses: A type of personnel basket for transferring people between vessels or other structures at sea or over water.
Billy Pughs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Billy Pugh
Vatnajökull
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: The largest and most voluminous ice cap in Iceland.
Vichuga
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Russian Ви́чуга (Víčuga).
Senses: glosses: A town in Ivanovo Oblast, Russia.
Velbert
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A town in the district of Mettmann, in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia.
nasallang
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nasallangs
Etymology: Blend of nasal + palang (Malay, “crossbar”), styled after ampallang.
Senses: glosses: A piercing that passes through both sides of the nose and the nasal septum.
Vella Lavella
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: An island in the Western Province of the Solomon Islands.
mapletini
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /meɪpl̩ˈtini/
ipa: /meɪpl̩ˈtiːni/
rhymes: -iːni
Forms: form: mapletinis
Etymology: Blend of maple + martini.
Senses: examples: text: THE MAPLETINI
ref: 1992, Harold Wallace Ross, Katharine Sergeant Angell White, “The New Yorker”, in F-R Publishing Corporation, volume 68, numbers 24-32:
text: EASY ENTERTAINING AT HOME Mapletini: Mix 1 1/2 ounces Bulleit® bourbon, 1 teaspoon maple syrup, and 1 dash vanilla extract in a shaker with cracked ice. Strain into a tumbler filled midway with cracked ice. Top with 3 ounces soda water. Garnish with maple candy. Makes 1 drink.
ref: 2011 December 1, Sandra Lee, Easy Entertaining at Home: Cocktails, Finger Foods, and Creative Ideas for Year-Round Celebrations, Hachette Books, →ISBN:
text: “I'm sorry, all right? I was just trying to help.” “Two mapletinis.” “Look at that. Is that real syrup? Right. Sorry. Disaster at hand.”
ref: 2014 November 30, Brigitte Munoz-Liebowitz, “The Road Trip” (5:46 from the start), in Brooklyn Nine-Nine, season 2, episode 9, spoken by Bart Ender (Adam Lamb):
text: Mapletini This cocktail comes nowhere near a classic martini, and it's proud of it. It's best served arctic cold, so shake the vodka until your hands are stuck to the shaker by a layer of frost.
ref: 2015 October 6, Katie Webster, Maple: 100 Sweet and Savory Recipes Featuring Pure Maple Syrup, Quirk Books, →ISBN:
text: 40. Creamy Vodka-based Mapletini Preparation Time: 5 minutes Total Time: 5 minutes Servings: 1 Calories: 339 kcal
ref: 2021 January 2, Victoria White, “40. Creamy Vodka-based Mapletini”, in Refreshing and Delicious Keto Cocktail Recipes: 79 Satisfying Keto Alcoholic Drinks to Make You Shout from the Rooftops!, Fehintola Otegbeye, →ISBN, page 40:
glosses: A maple flavored martini cocktail.
Villahermosa
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: The capital and largest city of the Mexican state of Tabasco.
mapletinis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mapletini
Vynnytsia
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Vinnytsia.
Vynnytsya
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Vinnytsia.
Vychegda
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the Vychegda
Etymology: From Russian Вычегда (Vyčegda).
Senses: glosses: A river in the European part of Russia, a tributary of the Northern Dvina.
Vorskla
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the Vorskla
Etymology: From Russian Ворскла (Vorskla).
Senses: glosses: A river that runs from Belgorod Oblast in Russia southwards into northeastern Ukraine, where it joins the Dnieper.
Waipahu
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A census-designated place in the ʻEwa District on the island of Oʻahu in Honolulu, Hawaii, United States.
chancellary
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: chancellaries
Etymology: Adapted to the suffix -ary and/or the underlying Latin cancellaria.
Senses: glosses: Archaic spelling of chancellery.
Walden Pond
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A celebrated kettle hole in Concord, Massachusetts, United States, formed by retreating glaciers 10,000–12,000 years ago.
Wilderness Road
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the Wilderness Road
Senses: glosses: One of two principal routes used by colonial and early national era settlers to reach Kentucky from the East — the other being the Cumberland Road. It made a long loop from Virginia southward to Tennessee and then northward to Kentucky, a distance of 200 miles (320 km).
avant-prog
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A musical genre that combines elements of progressive rock and avant-garde music.
Winter Springs
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: synonyms: word: North Orlando
english: former name
translation: former name
glosses: A city in Seminole County, Florida, United States.
Yaroslavl'
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Yaroslavl.
Yampa
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A town in Routt County, Colorado, United States.
glosses: An unincorporated community in Wapello County, Iowa, United States.
examples: text: Away to the north the Yampa empties into the Green by a canyon that I essayed to cross in the fall of 1868, but was baffled from day to day, and the fourth day had nearly passed before I could find my way down to the river.
ref: 1895, J[ohn] W[esley] Powell, chapter 1, in Canyons of the Colorado, Meadville, PA: Flood & Vincent; republished as The Exploration of the Colorado River and Its Canyons, New York: Dover, 1961, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 30:
text: Still more hundreds and thousands float or paddle each year down the currents of the Salmon, the Snake, the Allagash, the Yampa, the Green, the Rio Grande, the Ozark, the St. Croix and those portions of the Colorado which have not yet been destroyed by the dam builders.
ref: 1968, Edward Abbey, “Polemic: Industrial Tourism and the National Parks”, in Desert Solitaire: A Season in the Wilderness, McGraw-Hill; republished New York: Touchstone, 1968, →ISBN, →OCLC, pages 48–49:
glosses: The Yampa River, a tributary of the Green River in Colorado.
Yanaon
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Former name of Yanam.
Zipaquirá
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A municipality and city of Colombia, in the department of Cundinamarca.
Arbon
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A historic town and a municipality, capital of Arbon district in Thurgau canton, Switzerland.
glosses: A district in Thurgau canton, Switzerland.
glosses: A commune in Haute-Garonne department, Occitania, France.
glosses: An unincorporated community in Power County, Idaho, United States, named after settler George Arbon.
Asahikawa
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A city in Kamikawa Subprefecture, Hokkaido, Japan.
Ascoli Satriano
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A town and comune in the province of Foggia in the Apulia region of southeast Italy.
roughs it
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of rough it
roughing it
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of rough it
roughed it
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of rough it
Arcos de la Frontera
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A town and municipality in the Sierra de Cádiz comarca, province of Cádiz, in Andalusia, Spain.
Hawler
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Arbil (“Iraqi city”).
synonyms: word: Arbil
extra: Iraqi city
Mont-aux-Sources
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A mountain in Southern Africa, forming one of the highest portions of the Drakensberg Range, and located mostly within Lesotho, with parts in the KwaZulu-Natal and Free State provinces of South Africa.
subji
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: subjis
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of sabzi.
Aqtöbe
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Aktobe.
Araguaia
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A major river of Brazil.
Kampong Chhnang
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Khmer កំពង់ឆ្នាំង (kɑmpŭəng chnang), literally, “port of pottery”.
Senses: glosses: A province in central Cambodia.
glosses: A city, the provincial capital of Kampong Chhnang, Cambodia.
Marxist-Leninist-Maoist
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Marxist-Leninist-Maoist
form: most Marxist-Leninist-Maoist
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to Marxism-Leninism-Maoism.
Sisophon
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Thai ศรีโสภณ (sǐi-sǒo-pon), from Khmer សិរីសោភ័ណ (serəy saophŏən).
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Serei Saophoan.
synonyms: word: Serei Saophoan
Ashtabula
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From the Lenape language.
Senses: glosses: A city in Ashtabula County, Ohio, United States.
glosses: A river located northeast of Cleveland in Ohio.
Derived terms: Ashtabula County
Banteay Meanchey
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Khmer បន្ទាយមានជ័យ (bɑɑbɑntiəy miəncɨy), literally, “fort of victory”.
Senses: glosses: A province of Cambodia. Capital and largest city: Serei Saophoan.
forensic linguistics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: human-sciences
law
linguistics
sciences
glosses: The application of linguistic knowledge to legal contexts.
information design
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: The practice of presenting information in a manner that promotes efficient understanding.
blown-in-the-bottle
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more blown-in-the-bottle
form: most blown-in-the-bottle
Senses: glosses: True, genuine, indubitable
Assateague
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: An Algonquian people speaking the Nanticoke language who historically lived on the Atlantic coast side of the Delmarva Peninsula.
Assateague
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A barrier island off the eastern coast of the Delmarva Peninsula facing the Atlantic Ocean.
Derived terms: Assateague horse
Aubervilliers
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A commune in the Seine-Saint-Denis department, Île-de-France region, northeastern suburbs of Paris, France.
Austral Islands
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: The southernmost group of islands in French Polynesia.
Related terms: Austral Island
Austral Island
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A small Antarctic island in the extreme southern lobe of Penney Bay, in the Windmill Islands.
Related terms: Austral Islands
Windmill Islands
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Named by association with Operation Windmill.
Senses: glosses: An Antarctic group of rocky islands, paralleling the coast of Wilkes Land immediately north of Vanderford Glacier along the east side of Vincennes Bay.
wikipedia: Operation Windmill
Related terms: Austral Island
Avenches
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A Swiss municipality in the canton of Vaud, located in the district of Broye-Vully.
Serei Saophoan
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Khmer សិរីសោភ័ណ (serəy saophŏən).
Senses: synonyms: Sisophon
glosses: A city, the provincial capital of Banteay Meanchey, Cambodia.
Babelthuap
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Babeldaob.
Babeldaob
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Babelthuap
Senses: glosses: The largest island of Palau.
Balboa Heights
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A region of the Panama Canal township of Balboa.
counterexemplar
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: counterexemplars
Etymology: From counter- + exemplar.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of counterexample.
synonyms: word: counterexample
counterexemplars
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of counterexemplar
recoupability
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The quality or degree of being recoupable.
Bambari
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A town in Central African Republic, lying on the Ouaka River.
Añasco
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A town and municipality of Puerto Rico.
Antirio
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of Antirrio.
Barbizon
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbɑː.bɪˌzɒn/
ipa: /-zən/
ipa: /ˈbɑɹ.bɪˌzɑn/
ipa: /ˈbɑɹ.bɪˌzoʊn/
Senses: glosses: A town in the Seine-et-Marne department in north-central France.
topics: art
arts
glosses: The Barbizon School, a realist art movement active roughly from 1830 to 1870, characterized by its tonal qualities, color, loose brushwork, and softness of form.
Derived terms: Barbizonian
Banfora
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A city in southwestern Burkina Faso.
Banja Luka
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Banjaluka
Senses: glosses: A city in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Banjaluka
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Banja Luka.
Bedzin
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of Będzin.
Belawan
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A harbor in Medan, North Sumatra, Indonesia.
Belgorod-Dnestrovski
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi.
Belitung
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Billiton
Senses: glosses: An island on the east coast of Sumatra, Indonesia in the Java Sea.
Derived terms: Bangka-Belitung
Bangka Belitung Islands
Billiton
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Archaic form of Belitung.
Ben Venue
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A mountain in the Trossachs area of Scotland.
Bhagalpur
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: synonyms: word: Champa Nagri
english: former name
translation: former name
glosses: A city in the state of Bihar, India.
Derived terms: Bhagalpur Division
Champa Nagri
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Former name of Bhagalpur.
Bodh Gaya
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A religious site and place of pilgrimage associated with the Mahabodhi Temple Complex, situated in the Gaya district in the Indian state of Bihar.
Bois de Boulogne
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A large public park that is the western half of the 16th arrondissement of Paris, near the suburb of Boulogne-Billancourt and Neuilly-sur-Seine.
Boksburg
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A city in Gauteng province, South Africa.
Brooks Range
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the Brooks Range
Senses: glosses: A mountain range in far northern North America stretching some 700 miles (1,100 km) from west to east across northern Alaska into Canada's Yukon Territory.
Buffalo Grove
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A village in Lake and Cook Counties in the U.S. state of Illinois.
Cache la Poudre
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: note: General American, Colorado
enpr: kăsh′ lə pōō′-dûr
ipa: [ˌkæʃ lə ˈpudɜɹ]
note: General American, Colorado
Etymology: A corruption of the French cache à la poudre ("powder cache"), referring to an incident in the 1820s when French trappers, caught by a snowstorm, were forced to bury part of their gunpowder along the banks of the river.
Senses: glosses: A river in Colorado, United States.
Cam Ranh Bay
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A deep-water bay in Vietnam in Khánh Hòa Province.
Camuy
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A town and municipality of Puerto Rico.