cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
lophid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lophids
Etymology: From lopho- (“ridge”) + -id (“pertaining to”).
Senses: examples: text: There is a very small wear facet on the tip of the first lophid.
ref: 1967, David Whistler, Oreodonts of the Tick Canyon Formation, Southern California, page s.n.:
text: In early Elephantoidia, the mesial root supports only the first lophid of the molar.
ref: 2009, Yohannes Haile-Selassie, Giday WoldeGabriel, Ardipithecus Kadabba: Late Miocene Evidence from the Middle Awash, Ethiopia, page 471:
topics: archaeology
biology
history
human-sciences
natural-sciences
palentology
paleontology
sciences
zoology
glosses: A ridge on molars or other teeth formed by a modification of cusps.
Derived terms: anterolophid
ectolophid
entolophid
hypolophid
interlophid
mesolophid
metalophid
neolophid
posterolophid
gynomania
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From gyno- + -mania.
Senses: examples: text: The case of gynomania above cited has never before been published, but we can vouch for its truth: and we fear that it is not an isolated case.
ref: 1877, Scientific American - Volume 36; Volume 36, page 41:
text: Sometimes the disease takes the form of sexual excitement being produced in a man by wearing articles of female attire. This has been called "gynomania."
ref: 1881, Gaillard's Medical Journal - Volume 31, page 368:
text: In sensual love (cytheromania, gynomania, andromania, satyriasis, nymphomania) one can find the same phenomenon of psychological synecdoche.
ref: 1899, Charles Féré, The Pathology of emotions, page 393:
text: Baron de Flach, a retired Viennese financier, had contrived to insinuate himself into that land of armorial bearings by purchasing the house of the descendant of a Crusader, ruined by gambling and gynomania.
ref: 1900, Frederic Carrel, The Realization of Justin Moran, page 35:
text: The curious misogyny which chequered Maupassant's gynomania seems to have tried hard to express itself in her portrait.
ref: 1919, George Saintsbury, A History of the French Novel: From the Beginning to the Close of the 19th Century:
text: In place of phallocentrism, the narratives preoccupy us with the gynomania of brown Sello's Medusa.
ref: 1991 Autumn, Linda Susan Beard, “Bessie Head's Syncretic Fictions: The Reconceptualization of Power and the Recovery of the Ordinary”, in Modern Fiction Studies, volume 37, number 3:
glosses: Synonym of transvestism.
synonyms: word: transvestism
gyrobifastigium
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gyrobifastigia
form: gyrobifastigiums
Etymology: From gyro- + bi- + fastigium.
Senses: examples: text: To elucidate this complex correlation, we carried out detailed Monte Carlo simulations of six convex space-filling polyhedrons, namely, truncated octahedrons, rhombic dodecahedrons, hexagonal prisms, cubes, gyrobifastigiums and triangular prisms.
ref: 2011 February, Umang Agarwal, Fernando A Escobedo, “Mesophase behaviour of polyhedral particles”, in Nature materials, volume 10:
text: They observed hard triangular prisms and hard gyrobifastigia to directly transform into their space-filling crystal, while hard truncated octahedra, rhombic.
ref: 2012, Amir Haji Akbari Balou, Thermodynamics of the Hard Tetrahedron System (PhD Dissertation in Chemical Engineering, University of Michigan):
text: But there are solids constructed from two or more regular prisms that also pack space. An interesting example (with an equally interesting name) is the gyrobifastigium, constructed from two regular triangular prisms. See Figure 1.2.14 for a picture of a gyrobifastigium, and a pattern (called a net) for constructing one.
ref: 2015, Claudi Alsina, Roger B. Nelsen, A Mathematical Space Odyssey: Solid Geometry in the 21st Century, →ISBN:
glosses: A polyhedral solid formed by joining two face-regular triangular prisms along corresponding square faces, giving a quarter-turn to one prism. It is noted for being one of the few regular polyhedra that packs in three dimensions.
gyrobifastigia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of gyrobifastigium
gyrobifastigiums
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of gyrobifastigium
super over
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: super overs
Senses: topics: ball-games
cricket
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: An over, typically involving a chosen subset of a team, used in some game formats, if a match would otherwise end in a tie
loph
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ləʊf/
Forms: form: lophs
Etymology: Borrowed from Ancient Greek λόφος (lóphos, “crest”); compare lopho-, lophid.
Senses: examples: text: The plates are closely cemented together and in the early tooth they extend above the surface in a series of lophs. Because there are many of them that make up the whole molar, the tooth is called a polylophodont.
ref: 1937, Cleveland Sylvester Simkins, History of the Human Teeth: An Introduction to Comparative Dental Anatomy, page 177:
text: I include only 15 cheektooth features, although one could define a great many more in a loph-by-loph analysis.
ref: 2005, Louise Emmons, “A revision of the genera of arboreal echimyidae”, in James L. Patton, Eileen A. Lacey, Philip Myers, editors, Mammalian Diversification: From Chromosomes to Phylogeography, page 252:
topics: biology
dentistry
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
zoology
glosses: A ridge of enamel connecting the cusps of a molar or cheek tooth.
Derived terms: ectoloph
enteroloph
metaloph
paraloph
posteroloph
DEF
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: DEFs
Senses: topics: automotive
transport
vehicles
glosses: Abbreviation of diesel exhaust fluid.
qualifier: roleplaying games
glosses: Initialism of defence point.
topics: broadcasting
media
glosses: Initialism of daily electronic feed.
topics: broadcasting
media
glosses: Initialism of delayed electronic feed.
DEX
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: DEXes
form: DEXs
Senses: qualifier: roleplaying games
glosses: Alternative form of dex (“dexterity”).
examples: text: Examining the history of how DEXs have evolved can help elucidate where DEXs are headed and how they will compete with centralized exchanges.
ref: 2024 April 10, Alex Wearn, “CEXs vs. DEXs: The Future Battle Lines”, in CoinDesk:
text: The Solana blockchain alone did more volume than Ethereum, Base and BSC's cumulative DEX activity of $37.9 billion, of which Ethereum accounted for $14.3 billion while the rest did over $11 billion each.
ref: 2024 November 19, Omkar Godbole, “SOL Looks Set to Outperform BTC as Solana-Based DEXs Register Record $41B in Trading Volume: Godbole”, in CoinDesk:
topics: business
cryptocurrencies
cryptocurrency
finance
antonyms: CEX
glosses: Abbreviation of decentralized exchange.
VIT
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: qualifier: roleplaying games
glosses: Initialism of vitality point.
VIT
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Initialism of Vellore Institute of Technology, India.
glosses: Initialism of Vishwakarma Institute of Technology, India.
glosses: Initialism of Vidyalankar Institute of Technology, India.
glosses: Initialism of Victorian Institute of Teaching, Australia.
hyponeophagia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: "Effects of the drugs on hyponeophagia in rats was observed".
glosses: The inhibition of feeding produced by a novel environment; Novelty-Induced hypophagia. Commonly used as a measure of anxiety, particularly in rodents.
grass fire
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: grass fires
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of grassfire.
grass fires
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of grass fire
vanilla essence
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: vanilla essences
Senses: glosses: Synonym of vanilla extract.
synonyms: word: vanilla extract
vanilla essences
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of vanilla essence
Carbone
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Carbones
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Carbones
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Carbone
Maxey
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Maxeys
form: Maxcy
Etymology: From the genitive case of the personal name Mack + Old English eġ (“island; low-lying land”).
Senses: glosses: A village and civil parish in the City of Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, England (OS grid ref TF125085).
glosses: A habitational surname from Old English.
Maxeys
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Maxey
Narvaez
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Narvaezes
Etymology: From Spanish Narváez, from Basque.
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Narvaezes
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Narvaez
Pichardo
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Pichardos
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Pichardos
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Pichardo
Pullen
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Pullens
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Pullens
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Pullen
Phelan
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /ˈfiːlən/
Forms: form: Phelans
Etymology: Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Faoláin (“descendant of Faolán”), a hypocoristic form of faol (“wolf”). Doublet of Whelan.
Senses: glosses: A male given name from Irish.
glosses: A surname originating as a patronymic.
glosses: A census-designated place in San Bernardino County, California, United States.
Derived terms: Phelan-McDermid syndrome
Weaire-Phelan structure
Related terms: Fillan
Leland
McClellan
Whelan
Phelans
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Phelan
Schrock
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Schrocks
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Schrocks
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Schrock
Koontz
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Koontzes
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Koontzes
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Koontz
Cedillo
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Cedillos
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Cedillos
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Cedillo
Villatoro
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Villatoros
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Villatoros
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Villatoro
Kimmel
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /ˈkɪməl/
Forms: form: Kimmels
Etymology: From German Kümmel, from Old High German kumil.
Senses: examples: text: Of the men Kimmel interviewed about bangbus porn, about half knew about the sites and had been to them.
ref: 2014, Tom Digby, Love and War: How Militarism Shapes Sexuality and Romance, Columbia University Press, →ISBN, page 120:
text: I mean, mood. Courteney Cox showing Kimmel her completely empty pantry over Zoom while explaining that her family is snacking more than usual is relatable content.
ref: 2020 April 22, Julia Alexander, “The joy of spying on celebrity homes over Zoom and Instagram Live”, in The Verge, archived from the original on 01 Aug 2020:
text: But the Oscars host, Jimmy Kimmel, doesn’t seem to have gotten the message. His commercial promoting the Oscars includes several references to Rock, a former host himself. And the spot, a spoof of “Top Gun: Maverick,” explains that ABC was intent on finding an M.C. “who’s unflappable — and unslappable.”
ref: 2023 March 12, Stephanie Goodman, “How the Slap Has Changed the Oscars”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 15 Mar 2023:
glosses: A surname from German.
Related terms: Kimel
Kimell
Kimmell
Kimmels
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Kimmel
Currier
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Curriers
Senses: glosses: A surname originating as an occupation for a currier.
Curriers
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Currier
Waldrop
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Waldrops
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Waldrops
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Waldrop
Lemke
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Lemkes
Etymology: Borrowed from German Lemke.
Senses: glosses: A surname from German.
Lemkes
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Lemke
Snead
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Sneads
Etymology: Variant of Sneed.
Senses: glosses: A surname.
glosses: A town in Blount County, Alabama, United States.
glosses: An unincorporated community in Columbia County, Georgia, United States.
Sneads
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Snead
Ratcliff
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Ratcliffs
Senses: glosses: A surname.
glosses: A suburban area in Limehouse, borough of Tower Hamlets, Greater London, England (OS grid ref TQ3681).
glosses: A minor city in Logan County, Arkansas, United States.
Ratcliffs
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Ratcliff
Flannery
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Flannerys
form: Flanary
form: Flanery
Etymology: Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Flannabhra (“descendant of Flannabhra”), a personal name derived from flann (“blood red”) + abhra (“eyebrow”). The bridge convention was invented by American player William (Bill) L. Flannery.
Senses: examples: text: Another ad features Flannery stealing a “Scranton Margarita,” which the chain will sell for $5 nationwide for one day only on April 7 to celebrate the opening of the Scranton branch.
ref: 2025 March 26, Jordan Valinsky, “Chili’s is opening a retro restaurant in Scranton that celebrates ‘The Office’”, in CNN Business, archived from the original on 16 Apr 2025:
glosses: A surname from Irish.
topics: bridge
games
glosses: A convention using a 2♦ opening bid to show a hand of minimal opening bid strength (11-15 high card points) with exactly four spades and five (or sometimes six) hearts.
Flannerys
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Flannery
Serrato
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Serratos
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Serratos
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Serrato
Ambriz
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Ambrizes
Senses: glosses: A surname.
glosses: A municipality of Bengo Province, Angola.
Ambrizes
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Ambriz
Gandy
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Gandys
Etymology: Spelling variant of the surname Cantey
Senses: glosses: A surname.
glosses: A place name:
A census-designated place in Pinellas County, Florida, United States.
glosses: A place name:
A village in Logan County, Nebraska, United States.
glosses: A place name:
An unincorporated community in Millard County, Utah, United States. Former name: Smithville.
Gandys
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Gandy
forty-rod
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From forty + rod, a measure of distance, suggesting whiskey so strong it can affect one from 200 meters away.
Senses: examples: text: […]he got powerful thirsty and clumb out on to the porch-roof and slid down a stanchion and traded his new coat for a jug of forty-rod, and clumb back again and had a good old time
ref: 1885, Mark Twain, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Tom Sawyer's Comrade), Chapter V:
glosses: cheap, strong whiskey or similar alcoholic beverage
forty-rod
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From forty + rod, a measure of distance, suggesting whiskey so strong it can affect one from 200 meters away.
Senses: examples: text: As a result of their laws in some of the states statistics furnish the facts that more “rot gut” whiskey is used than ever before, the milder and more harmless beverages having been in a measure embargoed by the law by reason of the fact that they cannot so easily be smuggled and handled as the concentrated “forty rod” whiskey.
ref: 1887, William Hibbard, Rays of Reason: Or Religion Refuted, page 115:
text: Since it had been laid out so ostentatiously on paper in 1863 it had progressed to the sum total of “two ‘she-bangs’ which fulfill[ed] all requirements of the place by dispensing bacon, coffee, tea, sugar, and calico in limited quantities and forty-rod liquor in unlimited quantities.”
ref: 1974, Richard Bartlett, Nature’s Yellowstone, pages 151-152:
glosses: very strong, containing a high concentration of alcohol
raw_tags: of whiskey
Fogle
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Fogles
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Fogles
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Fogle
Paez
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Páez
Senses: synonyms: Nasa
glosses: A Native American people inhabiting the southwestern highlands of Colombia.
Paez
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Páez
Senses: glosses: The language of these people.
Derived terms: Paezan
Paez
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Paezes
Etymology: Anglicization of Spanish Páez, of Galician origin, patronymic form of Paio (“Pelagio”), from Latin Pelagius
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Paezes
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Paez
Brinkman
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Brinkmans
Etymology: Borrowed from Dutch Brinkman or a variant of German Brinkmann. Either way, equivalent to brink ("edge, border") + man ("person, human; male human").
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Brinkmans
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Brinkman
Etheridge
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Etheridges
form: Ateridge
form: Athridge
form: Attridge
form: Etheredge
form: Ethridge
form: Etridge
form: Etteridge
form: Ettridge
Etymology: From Middle English Atteriche, Etherich, from Old English Æðelrīc (“noble ruler”).
Senses: glosses: A surname.
glosses: A local government area in northern Queensland, Australia; in full, the Shire of Etheridge.
Etheridges
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Etheridge
Vieira
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Vieiras
Senses: glosses: A surname from Portuguese.
Griswold
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /ˈɡrɪzwɔːld/
/-wəld/
Forms: form: Griswolds
form: Griswood
form: Griswald
Senses: glosses: An English habitational surname from Middle English from gris (“grey (from French, i.e., the language of the Royal Court after 1066”) + wold (“forest, e.g. “Yorkshire Wolds”).
glosses: A placename
A locale in the United States.
A town in Connecticut; named for Roger Griswold, 22nd Governor of Connecticut.
glosses: A placename
A locale in the United States.
A city in Iowa; named for railroad director J. N. A. Griswold.
glosses: A placename
A locale in the United States.
An unincorporated community in Missouri; named for local merchant James Griswold.
glosses: A placename
A locale in the United States.
A ghost town in California.
glosses: A placename
An unincorporated community in Manitoba, Canada.
topics: government
law
lifestyle
politics
sexuality
coordinate_terms: Eisenstadt
substantive due process
glosses: Ellipsis of Griswold v. Connecticut, a 1965 U.S. Supreme Court case that legalized contraception, allowing access to contraceptives for married couples; and reaffirmed the existence of a right to privacy under due process following the 14th Amendment.
Griswolds
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Griswold
Anglin
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Anglins
Senses: examples: text: Anglin is a well-known “1488er” and an avowed white supremacist.
ref: 2016 September 29, Jack Hadfield, “Antisemites And White Supremacists Declare ‘Holy Crusade’ Against MILO”, in Breitbart:
text: On 11 June 1962, three absquatulating abscotchalaters – Frank Morris and brothers Clarence and John Anglin – became perhaps the only inmates of Alcatraz Prison in San Francisco, California, ever to successfully escape the facility.
ref: 2019 October 14, Paul Anthony Jones, The Cabinet of Linguistic Curiosities: A Yearbook of Forgotten Words, University of Chicago Press, →ISBN, page 163:
glosses: A surname.
Anglins
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Anglin
Severson
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Seversons
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Seversons
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Severson
Windham
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Windhams
form: Windon
form: Wyndham
Etymology: From Wymondham, from personal name Wigmund's + hām (“home”).
Senses: glosses: A surname.
glosses: A town in Windham County, Connecticut, United States.
glosses: An unincorporated community in Johnson County, Iowa, United States.
glosses: A town in Cumberland County, Maine, United States.
glosses: A town in Rockingham County, New Hampshire, United States.
glosses: A town, hamlet, and census-designated place in Greene County, New York, United States.
glosses: A village in Portage County, Ohio, United States.
glosses: A town in Windham County, Vermont, United States.
Derived terms: Windham County
Related terms: Wyndham
Windhams
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Windham
Fugate
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Fugates
Senses: examples: text: Then Benjy’s grandmother spoke up, asking, “Have you ever heard of the blue Fugates of Troublesome Creek?” […] The first Fugate in the United States was a French orphan named Martin Fugate, who settled in Troublesome Creek in the hills of eastern Kentucky in 1820.
ref: 2023 March 21, Gabe Paoletti, “The Fugate Family Of Kentucky Has Had Blue Skin For Centuries — Here’s Why”, in All That's Interesting:
glosses: A surname.
Fugates
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Fugate
Lafferty
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Laffertys
form: Laverty
Etymology: Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Laithbhearthaig. Compare Flaherty.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Irish.
Laffertys
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Lafferty
Burge
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Burges
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Burges
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Burges
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Burge
Aldana
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Aldanas
Etymology: From Spanish, of Basque origin.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Spanish [in turn from Basque].
Aldanas
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Aldana
Reichert
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Reicherts
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Derived terms: Reichert-Meissl-Wollny number
Reichert-Meissl-Wollny value
Reichert-Meissl number
Reichert value
Reicherts
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Reichert
Deguzman
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Deguzmans
Etymology: Filipino surname of Spanish origin, usually written as de Guzman
Senses: glosses: A surname from Spanish.
Deguzmans
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Deguzman
Paniagua
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Paniaguas
Senses: glosses: A surname from Spanish.
Paniaguas
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Paniagua
Venable
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈvɛn.ə.bl̩/
rhymes: -ɛnəbəl
Forms: form: Venables
Senses: glosses: A surname.
glosses: The former name of Carrboro, North Carolina.
Venables
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Venableses
Etymology: Probably derived from Latin venabulum (“hunting spear”), in the sense of "hunting ground". The surname arrived in England through Norman.
Senses: glosses: A village in Eure department, Normandy, France.
glosses: A habitational surname from Norman.
Venables
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Venable
Karr
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: -ɑː(ɹ)
Forms: form: Karrs
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Karrs
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Karr
Ferry
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Ferrys
form: Farry
Etymology: Two main origins:
* A reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Fearadhaigh (“descendant of Fearadhach”), a personal name probably derived from an adjective derivative of fear (“man”).
* A metonymic occupational surname for a ferryman or a topographic surname for someone who lived by a ferry crossing, from Middle English feri (“ferry”).
Senses: glosses: A surname.
glosses: A census-designated place in Denali Borough, Alaska, United States.
glosses: A township in Oceana County, Michigan, United States, named after Thomas W. Ferry.
glosses: An unincorporated community in Greene County, Ohio, United States.
Derived terms: Ferry County
Ferrys
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Ferry
Quinlan
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Quinlans
Etymology: From Irish Ó Caoinleáin, a reduced form of Ó Caoindealbháin (literally “descendant of Caoindealbhán”), a personal name from caoin (“delicate, refined”) + dealbh (“shape”) + -án. Also a shortened Anglicized form of Ó Conalláin (“descendant of Conallán”), a personal name representing a diminutive of Conall (compare Connell).
Senses: glosses: A surname from Irish.
glosses: A city in Hunt County, Texas, United States.
Quinlans
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Quinlan
Minter
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Minters
Etymology: English occupational surname, from the noun minter. Parallels are found in German and Dutch as Munter.
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Minters
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Minter
Tisdale
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Tisdales
Etymology: Variant of Teesdale.
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Derived terms: Sakati-Nyhan-Tisdale syndrome
Tisdales
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Tisdale
Meador
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Meadors
Etymology: Variant of Meader.
Senses: glosses: A surname.
glosses: An unincorporated community in Allen County, Kentucky, United States.
glosses: An unincorporated community in Mingo County, West Virginia, United States.
Meadors
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Meador
Hanlon
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /ˈhænlən/
Forms: form: Hanlons
form: Handlin
form: Handlon
Etymology: Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó hAnluain (“descendant of Anluan”), a personal name composed of the intensive prefix an- + lúan (“light, radiance; warrior”).
Senses: glosses: A surname from Irish.
Derived terms: Hanlon's razor
Hanlons
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Hanlon
Rojo
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Rojos
Etymology: From Spanish, from rojo. A descriptive surname. Doublet of Rosso.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Spanish.
Rojos
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Rojo
Motley
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Motleys
Senses: glosses: A surname.
glosses: A city in Morrison County and Cass County, Minnesota, United States.
Derived terms: Motley County
Motleys
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Motley
Lindley
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Lindleys
Etymology: Two possible origins:
* The places in North Yorkshire and West Yorkshire are named with Old English līn (“flax”) + lēah (“woodland clearing, glade”), with epenthetic -d-. Equivalent to line + -ley (“lea”).
* The deserted medieval village in Leicestershire is named with Old English lind (“lime tree”) + lēah (“woodland clearing, glade”). Equivalent to lind + -ley (“lea”).
Senses: glosses: A placename:
A deserted medieval village in Higham on the Hill parish, Leicestershire, England (OS grid ref SP374679).
glosses: A placename:
A village and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England, previously in Harrogate district (OS grid ref SE229764).
glosses: A placename:
A suburb of Huddersfield, Metropolitan Borough of Kirklees, West Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE115185).
glosses: A placename:
A town in the Free State province, South Africa, named after Daniel Lindley.
glosses: A placename:
A locality in West Rand district municipality, Gauteng province, South Africa.
glosses: A placename:
A locality in Mid Murray council area, Mid North region, South Australia, Australia.
glosses: A placename:
An unincorporated community in Grundy County, Missouri, United States.
glosses: A placename:
A town in Steuben County, New York, United States.
glosses: A habitational surname from Old English.
Derived terms: Lindley equation
Lindley process
Lindley recursion
Lindleys
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Lindley
Caputo
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Caputos
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Caputos
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Caputo
Steed
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Steeds
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Steeds
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Steed
Hiatt
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: -aɪət
Forms: form: Hiatts
Senses: glosses: A surname.
glosses: A male given name.
Hiatts
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Hiatt
Searcy
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Searcys
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Searcy
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A city, the county seat of White County, Arkansas, United States.
Derived terms: Searcy County
Searcys
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Searcy
Logsdon
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Logsdons
Etymology: From Middle English.
Senses: glosses: A habitational surname from Middle English.
Logsdons
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Logsdon
Leger
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Legers
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Related terms: St. Leger
Legers
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Leger
Tavarez
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Tavarezes
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Tavarezes
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Tavarez
Glick
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Glicks
Etymology: Jewish and German surname, variant of Gluck.
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Glicks
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Glick
Everhart
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Everharts
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Derived terms: Everhart-Thornley detector
Everharts
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Everhart
Deluna
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Delunas
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Delunas
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Deluna
Chapin
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Chapins
Etymology: * As a Spanish and French surname, from the noun chapín (“type of overshoe”).
* As an English surname, variant of Chopin, also found as the variants Chopping, Chappin.
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Chapins
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Chapin
Lanham
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Lanhams
Senses: glosses: An English surname.
Lanhams
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Lanham
Murry
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /ˈmɜːɹi/
Forms: form: Murrys
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Murrys
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Murry
Colwell
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Colwells
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Colwells
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Colwell
Earley
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)li
homophone: early
Forms: form: Earleys
Senses: glosses: A town and civil parish with a town council in Wokingham borough, Berkshire, England, near Reading (OS grid SU7571).
glosses: A surname.
Earleys
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Earley
Broome
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Broomes
Senses: glosses: A number of places in England:
A village and civil parish in South Norfolk district, Norfolk (OS grid ref TM3491).
glosses: A number of places in England:
A small village in Hopesay parish, Shropshire (OS grid ref SO4080).
glosses: A number of places in England:
A hamlet in Cardington parish, Shropshire (OS grid ref SO5298).
glosses: A number of places in England:
A village and civil parish in Wyre Forest district, Worcestershire (OS grid ref SO9078).
glosses: A town in Schoharie County, New York, United States, named after John Broome.
glosses: An unincorporated community in Sterling County, Texas, United States.
glosses: A town in the Shire of Broome, Kimberley region, Western Australia, named after Sir Frederick Broome.
glosses: A surname.
Derived terms: Broome County
Broomes
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Broome
Barreto
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Barretos
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Betz
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Betzes
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Betzes
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Betz
Tice
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Tices
Senses: glosses: A surname.
glosses: A census-designated place in Lee County, Florida, United States.
glosses: An unincorporated community in Menard County, Illinois, United States.
Tices
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Tice
Tafoya
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Tafoyas
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Tafoyas
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Tafoya
Pfeifer
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Pfeifers
Etymology: From the German and Jewish surname, spelling variant of Pfeiffer.
Senses: examples: text: Ms. Ford, a former captain in the Navy Reserves and a management consultant, and Ms. Pfeifer are often at odds with the three councilmen over policy issues.
ref: 2011 October 1, Zusha Elinson, “A Hand Slap Resounds in Sausalito”, in The New York Times:
glosses: A surname.
Pfeifers
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Pfeifer
Mattox
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Mattoxes
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Isom
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Isoms
Senses: glosses: A surname.
glosses: A male given name; rare in English.
glosses: A place in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Letcher County, Kentucky.
glosses: A place in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Dickenson County, Virginia, named after Isom Mullins.
glosses: A place in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Logan County, West Virginia.
Isoms
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Isom
Montez
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Montezes
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Montezes
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Montez
Moffitt
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /ˈmɒfɪt/
Forms: form: Moffitts
Etymology: Variant of Moffat.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Scottish Gaelic.
Moffitts
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Moffitt
Schweitzer
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Schweitzers
Etymology: Borrowed from German Schweitzer.
Senses: examples: text: But only if one forgets that Mr. Tester is 50 years old, he’s seasoned in state politics, he ran a canny, gloves-off campaign, and he’s the kind of charismatic, hard-to-peg, Western neopopulist (like his friend, Gov. Brian Schweitzer of Montana) who might be, even now, redefining in certain far-reaching ways what it means to be a Democrat.
ref: 2007 January 7, Deirdre Mcnamer, “They Came From Montana”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 26 Jan 2021:
glosses: A surname from German.
Schweitzers
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Schweitzer
Dehart
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Deharts
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Deharts
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Dehart
Perdomo
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Perdomos
Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish Perdomo.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Spanish.
Perdomos
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Perdomo
wolf in one's belly
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A ravenous appetite.
Eggleston
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Egglestons
form: Egleston
Etymology: From the Old English personal name Eċġwulf, which is composed of the elements eċġ (“edge”) and wulf (“wolf”), + -s- + tūn (“settlement”).
Senses: glosses: A village and civil parish in County Durham, England (OS grid ref NY984227).
glosses: A habitational surname from Old English.
Egglestons
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Eggleston
Shi
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /ʃə/
/ʃiː/
Forms: form: Shis
form: Shih
Etymology: Romanization of Mandarin 石 (shí), 史 (shǐ), 師／师 (shī), 時／时 (shí), 士 (shì), 釋／释 (shì), and 施 (shī)
Senses: glosses: A surname from Mandarin of Chinese origin, the 63rd most common in China.
Related terms: she
She
shi
Shih
Shii
Shis
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Shi
Allard
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Allards
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Allards
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Allard
Kirchner
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Kirchners
Etymology: Borrowed from German Kirchner.
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Kirchners
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Kirchner
Layman
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Laymans
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Laymans
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Layman
Calvillo
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Calvillos
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Calvillos
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Calvillo
Sanborn
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Sanborns
Senses: glosses: A surname.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Kern County, California.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A city in O'Brien County, Iowa.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A township in Alpena County, Michigan.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A minor city in Redwood County, Minnesota.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Dundy County, Nebraska.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A hamlet and census-designated place in Niagara County, New York.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A minor city in Barnes County, North Dakota.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A town in Ashland County, Wisconsin.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in White River, Ashland County, Wisconsin.
Derived terms: Sanborn County
sanbornite
Sanborns
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Sanborn
Harter
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Harters
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Harters
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Harter
Tuck
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Tucks
Senses: glosses: A surname.
glosses: A diminutive of the male given name Tucker.
glosses: An unincorporated community in Daviess County, Kentucky, United States.
Nilson
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Nilsons
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Nilsons
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Nilson
Blaylock
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Blaylocks
form: Baylock
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Blaylocks
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Blaylock
Colburn
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Colburns
Etymology: From Old English cōl (“cool”) + burna (“stream”).
Senses: glosses: A small town and civil parish with a town council in North Yorkshire, England, previously in Richmondshire district (OS grid ref SE2098).
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A census-designated place in Washington Township, Tippecanoe County, Indiana.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Union Township, St. Joseph County, Indiana.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A town in Adams County, Wisconsin.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A town and unincorporated community therein, in Chippewa County, Wisconsin.
glosses: A habitational surname from Old English.
Colburns
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Colburn
Haller
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Hallers
Etymology: * As an English and German surname, from hall + -er.
* As a Alemannic German surname, variant of Halter, a noun meaning "shepherd, owner, holder."
* Also as a German surname, variant of Heller.
* As a Austrian German surname, from several placenames involving the element Hall meaning "salt," such as Halle in Saxony.
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Hallers
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Haller
Bahena
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Bahenas
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Bahenas
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Bahena
Ashcraft
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Ashcrafts
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Ashcrafts
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Ashcraft
Abney
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Abneys
Etymology: From the genitive form of the Old English personal name Abba + īeġ (“island”).
Senses: glosses: A village in Abney and Abney Grange parish, Derbyshire Dales district, Derbyshire, England (OS grid ref SK194792).
glosses: An unincorporated community in Raleigh County, West Virginia, United States.
glosses: A habitational surname from Old English.
Derived terms: Abney and Abney Grange
Abney effect
Abneys
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Abney
Littleton
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Littletons
Etymology: From Old English lȳtel (“small, little”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”), equivalent to little + -ton.
Senses: glosses: A village in County Tipperary, Ireland.
glosses: A number of places in England:
A village and civil parish in Cheshire West and Chester borough, Cheshire (OS grid ref SJ4466).
glosses: A number of places in England:
A hamlet in Blandford St Mary parish, Dorset (OS grid ref ST8904).
glosses: A number of places in England:
A village in Littleton and Harestock parish, Winchester district, Hampshire (OS grid ref SU4532).
glosses: A number of places in England:
A hamlet in Chew Magna parish, Bath and North East Somerset council area, Somerset (OS grid ref ST5563).
glosses: A number of places in England:
A hamlet in Compton Dundon parish, Somerset, previously in South Somerset district (OS grid ref ST4930).
glosses: A number of places in England:
A hamlet in Artington parish, Guildford borough, Surrey (OS grid ref SU9847).
glosses: A number of places in England:
A village near Shepperton, Spelthorne borough, Surrey (OS grid ref TQ0768).
glosses: A number of places in England:
A hamlet in Semington parish, Wiltshire (OS grid ref ST9060).
examples: text: In 1999 at Columbine High School in Littleton, Colorado, 18-year-old Eric Harris and 17-year-old Dylan Klebold killed 12 of their fellow students and a teacher before taking their own lives in the school library.
ref: 2012 April 3, Laura Smith-Spark, “Are mass killings on the increase? Criminologist says no”, in CNN:
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A home rule municipality, the county seat of Arapahoe County, Colorado.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A village in Schuyler County, Illinois.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Buchanan County, Iowa.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Clay County, Kentucky.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A town in Aroostook County, Maine.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A town in Middlesex County, Massachusetts.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A town in Grafton County, New Hampshire.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A town in Halifax County, North Carolina.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A census-designated place in Wetzel County, West Virginia.
glosses: A habitational surname from Old English.
Derived terms: High Littleton
Littleton and Harestock
South Littleton
Littletons
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Littleton
Cone
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Cones
Senses: glosses: A surname.
glosses: An unincorporated community in Milan Township, Monroe County, Michigan, United States.
glosses: An unincorporated community in Crosby County, Texas, United States.
Derived terms: Conehead
Cones
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Coneses
Etymology: Americanized spelling of German Kuntz.
Senses: glosses: A surname from German.
Cones
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Cone
Free
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /fɹiː/
Forms: form: Frees
Etymology: English surname, from Old English freo (“freeborn”).
Senses: glosses: A surname.
glosses: An unincorporated community in Parish Grove Township, Benton County, Indiana, United States.
Frees
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Free
Upchurch
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Upchurches
Etymology: From Old English upp (“up”) + ċiriċe (“church”).
Senses: glosses: A village and civil parish in Swale district, Kent, England (OS grid ref TQ8467).
glosses: A habitational surname from Old English.
Upchurches
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Upchurch
Wirth
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Wirths
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Wirths
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Wirth
Gilley
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Gilleys
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Gilleys
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Gilley
Chamberlin
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Chamberlins
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Chamberlins
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Chamberlin
Quach
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Quaches
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Quaches
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Quach
Groff
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Groffs
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Groffs
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Groff
Thiel
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Thiels
Etymology: * As a North German and Dutch surname, from a pet form of Dietrich, Diederik.
* As an east German surname, from Lower Sorbian Bartyl, a name derived from Bartholomäus.
Senses: examples: text: And it was Mr. Thiel who brokered and attended a meeting at Mar-a-Lago at which Mr. Vance began his rehabilitation and reinvention.
ref: 2022 May 5, Shane Goldmacher, Maggie Haberman, “Tucker, Thiel and Trump: How J.D. Vance Won in Ohio”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, archived from the original on 23 Jul 2022:
text: Max Chafkin, Thiel's biographer, describes Vance as his "extension", while Cadwalladr describes Vance, somewhat impolitely, as "Thiel's creature… a man Thiel moulded in his own image through lavish investments in his business and political careers".
ref: 2024 August 14, Bryn Haworth, “Artificial Ignorance: broligarchs and their brains should read Gulliver”, in Al Majalla, archived from the original on 11 Sep 2024:
glosses: A surname.
Related terms: Thiele