nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: drilling down Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of drill down Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: drilled down Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of drill down Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: didukhy Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of didukh Labels: form-of, plural
Word: diduchy Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of diduch Labels: form-of, plural
Word: gozz Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Alteration of gob. 1. to spit Labels: UK Example: He had had the privilege of being gozzed on by Johnny Rotten. A night to treasure. He hadn't washed for three days after. Example: One of them gozzed at him, which was a thing you'd see at a gig back then. Disgusting I know, but that's the way it was.
Word: T'o-k'o-hsün Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Mandarin 托克遜 /托克逊 (Tuōkèxùn), Wade–Giles romanization: Tʻo¹-kʻo⁴-hsün⁴. 1. Alternative form of Tuokexun (Toksun) Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: Once his vehicle was hit by winds of 12th grade vehemence when he reached the vicinity of T'o-k'o-hsun. Sands and pebbles were blown swiftly around. Example: The examples used by the author are based on data on the arid and semi-arid areas in T'o-k'o-hsun Hsien in the Turfan Basin, Sinkiang, and along the middle course of the Yellow River in Inner Mongolia.
Word: Ting-yüan Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Mandarin 定遠 /定远 (Dìngyuǎn), Wade–Giles romanization: Ting⁴-yüan³. 1. Alternative form of Dingyuan. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: During the summer, while Ch’en attacked Lai-an and Ch’u-chou, Wu left Lu-chou for an attack on Ting-yüan with the assistance of Nien chief Kung Te-shu. Example: For example, in 1928, after a Red Spear force succeeded in routing bandits from Anhwei’s Hsü-i and Ting-yüan counties, the brigands regrouped in nearby Hsüchou.
Word: Huai-pei Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Mandarin 淮北 (Huáiběi), Wade–Giles romanization: Huai²-pei³. 1. Alternative form of Huaibei. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: Next, at the provincial distributing centers such as Ta-t'ung, Shasi, and Hankow were the important brokers (hang-shang, lit., "guild merchants") or salt hongs, who purhcased the salt for resale, or arranged its resale, to the provincial distributors, who themselves went by a variety of names: in Hupei, p'u-fan (lit., "store merchants") for the urban areas and shui-fan (lit., "water merchants") for the backcountry; in Huai-pei, hu-shang (lit., "lake merchants"); in Szechwan an-shang (lit., "port merchants"). These in turn sold to the public, either through their own shops or through petty retailers and peddlers. Example: During the nineteenth century, parts of Shantung and Honan provinces and much of Anhwei were ravaged by the Nien bandits from Huai-pei.
Word: Ch'i-men Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Mandarin 祁門 /祁门 (Qímén), Wade–Giles romanization: Chʻi²-mên². 1. Alternative form of Qimen. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: On the various ranges in the neighbourhood of Ch‘i-mên,§ the rebels managed, on the 23rd inst. to capture two positions, so that for several months past there has not been much leisure for supporting operations. ... § In Anhui. Example: When Tseng Kuo-fan (1811-1872) was encamped at Ch'i-men in southern Anhwei in 1860, he asked his brothers at Anking to send all important correspondence by one of the Hunan Braves and leave only relatively unimportant messages to be transmitted through the I-chan.
Word: gutter dog Part of Speech: noun 1. A person of low social rank. Labels: derogatory, slang Example: So the starving folk dreamed and dreamed and woke, and cried out curses on them that had waked them, saying, "Plague take the hands that pulled me back to this gutter dog's life !" Example: For that I weep not. But thou weepest for a stinking gutter dog. Curse on him that ever thinketh well of thee. 2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see gutter, dog. Example: Her mother tried to persuade her not to keep the dirty gutter dog. 'If you do want a dog, we can have a nice terrier pup specially brought from the city,' she said.
Word: Somers Town Part of Speech: name Pronunciation: /ˈsʌməz taʊn/ 1. An inner city area of London in the borough of Camden, Greater London, England (OS grid ref TQ2983).
Word: paraffin test Part of Speech: noun 1. An early test using hot paraffin wax to take a cast of a suspect's hand, which was then sprayed with a reagent to gauge the presence of propellant particles indicating that the person had fired a gun.
Word: paraffin tests Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of paraffin test Labels: form-of, plural
Word: you pays your nickel and you takes your choice Part of Speech: proverb 1. Alternative form of you pays your money and you takes your choice. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: you pays your nickel and you takes your chances Part of Speech: proverb 1. Alternative form of you pays your money and you takes your chances. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: shungitic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From shungite + -ic. 1. Of or relating to the mineral shungite.
Word: shungite Part of Speech: noun Etymology: First described from a deposit near Shunga village in Karelia, Russia, + -ite. 1. A black, lustrous, non-crystalline mineraloid consisting mostly of carbon, used as a pigment in art and an antibacterial water treatment. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: shungites Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of shungite Labels: form-of, plural
Word: bitonalism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From bitonal + -ism. 1. bitonality Labels: uncountable
Word: Butters Part of Speech: name Etymology: A variant of Butter, or alternatively an occupational surname for a worker in a wine cellar, from Norman boterie (“wine cellar”) + genitive -s. 1. A surname from Norman. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. A census-designated place in Bladen County, North Carolina, United States. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. Butters Stotch, a fictional character from the animated sitcom South Park. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: Butters Part of Speech: name 1. plural of Butter Labels: form-of, plural
Word: muscular Christian Part of Speech: noun 1. A practitioner of muscular Christianity.
Word: muscular Christians Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of muscular Christian Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Chottin Part of Speech: name 1. A surname, possibly of French origin.
Word: Dubuffetian Part of Speech: adj 1. Of or relating to the French painter and sculptor Jean Dubuffet (1901–1985).
Word: Dubuffetesque Part of Speech: adj 1. Characteristic of the French painter and sculptor Jean Dubuffet (1901–1985).
Word: Lugsden Part of Speech: name 1. A surname.
Word: Melluish Part of Speech: name Etymology: Variant of Melhuish. 1. A surname.
Word: Hargreaves Part of Speech: name 1. A surname.
Word: Tigalari Part of Speech: name 1. A southern Brahmic script which was used to write the Tulu, Kannada and Sanskrit languages.
Word: culture-fair Part of Speech: adj 1. Free from biases that would give people from certain cultures a greater chance of success. Example: a culture-fair intelligence test
Word: cochinita pibil Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish cochinita pibil, a partial calque of Yucatec Maya pibil kʼéekʼen, from píib (“cooking pit”) + kʼéekʼen (“pig”). 1. A traditional Yucatec slow-roasted pork dish. Labels: uncountable
Word: puerco pibil Part of Speech: noun 1. cochinita pibil Labels: uncountable
Word: currency cocktail Part of Speech: noun 1. A portfolio of different currencies.
Word: currency cocktails Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of currency cocktail Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Rembrandtian Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Rembrandt + -ian. 1. Of or relating to the artist Rembrandt.
Word: Rembrandt lighting Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Named in allusion to the artistic style of Rembrandt; attributed to filmmaker Cecil B. DeMille. 1. A form of lighting used in studio portrait photography and cinematography, characterized by an illuminated triangle (the "Rembrandt patch") under the eye of the subject on the less illuminated side of the face. Labels: uncountable
Word: Rembrandt patch Part of Speech: noun 1. The illuminated triangle seen in Rembrandt lighting.
Word: Rembrandt patches Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Rembrandt patch Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Cuban eight Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Said to have been invented and named by Len Povey, an American pilot who had served with the Cuban Air Force. 1. An aerobatic maneuver following a path that resembles the figure 8 on its side.
Word: Cuban eights Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Cuban eight Labels: form-of, plural
Word: CASREP Part of Speech: noun 1. Abbreviation of casualty report. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of
Word: CASREPs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of CASREP Labels: form-of, plural
Word: reply device Part of Speech: noun 1. An order form ready to be mailed (i.e. printed on a postcard or accompanied by an envelope etc.), sent out as part of a marketing campaign.
Word: reply devices Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of reply device Labels: form-of, plural
Word: reply vehicle Part of Speech: noun 1. Synonym of reply device.
Word: reply vehicles Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of reply vehicle Labels: form-of, plural
Word: res cogitans Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin rēs cōgitāns. 1. A nonphysical substance of which minds are composed, separate from res extensa, according to Cartesian dualism and idealism. Labels: uncountable
Word: broken-mouthed Part of Speech: adj 1. Of a cow, sheep, etc.: missing one of the incisor teeth. Labels: not-comparable
Word: Stiasny Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Czech and Slovak Šťastný, from šťastný. 1. A surname from Czech.
Word: Stiassny Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Czech and Slovak Šťastný, from šťastný. 1. A surname from Czech.
Word: Stiastny Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Czech and Slovak Šťastný, from šťastný. 1. A surname from Czech.
Word: Stasny Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Czech and Slovak Šťastný, from šťastný. 1. A surname from Czech.
Word: dinojuice Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of dino juice (short for dinosaur juice). Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable Example: The critical factors are 1) regular changes (this will do more than any amount of additives to ensure long engine life), 2) ash content (less ash means less deposits, which means less grunge to clog up the oil passages), and 3) breakdown temperatures. Cheap dinojuice will breakdown at lower temps, which means that it may not be optimal for aircooled motors. Example: Originally intended to relieve the Corvette for the need to have an oil cooler, and to improve fuel economy numbers on the EPA test, it's really caught on. Given the investment cost of a modern high end automobile it baffles me how auto makers can justify sticking customers with dinojuice just to save a few bucks.
Word: alterationist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From alteration + -ist. 1. A person whose job is to make clothing alterations.
Word: alterationists Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of alterationist Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Kelly's eye Part of Speech: noun 1. A traditional call for the number one. Labels: uncountable
Word: Maggie's den Part of Speech: noun Etymology: An allusion to prime minister Margaret Thatcher at 10 Downing Street. 1. A traditional call for the number ten. Labels: uncountable
Word: bicon Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of bi + icon. Pronunciation: /ˈbaɪ.kɒn/, /ˈbaɪ.kən/, /ˈbaɪ.kɑn/ 1. An iconic bisexual celebrity or fictional character, or a celebrity or fictional character (including if not bisexual) who is much admired by (and iconic to) bisexual people. Labels: informal Example: Oh yes, Evelyn Hugo is a bisexual icon (a bicon, if you will), who spends most of her time with Monique not focusing on the seven husbands that the book is named for but rather her true "great love," Celia St. James. Example: [Gaby] Dunn, a self-professed “bicon,” or bisexual icon, also wanted to use this novel as an opportunity to amplify queer representation, which she said popular media often leaves out of the narrative.
Word: Sinyard Part of Speech: name Etymology: Variant of Senior, with excrescent -d. 1. A surname.
Word: dino-juice Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of dino juice. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: conreligionist Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of co-religionist. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: conreligionists Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of conreligionist Labels: form-of, plural
Word: conscriptionist Part of Speech: adj 1. Supporting conscription.
Word: conscriptionist Part of Speech: noun 1. A supporter of conscription.
Word: conscriptionists Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of conscriptionist Labels: form-of, plural
Word: consentful Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From consent + -ful. Pronunciation: /kənˈsɛnt.fʊl/ 1. With consent; consenting or consensual.
Word: rubber-necker Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of rubbernecker. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: I suppose that fellow was a rubber-necker, and got killed peeping over the trenches. Example: He is a great "rubber-necker." What he don't see aint worth looking at.
Word: like a bulldog with a bone Part of Speech: adj 1. Synonym of like a dog with a bone. Labels: not-comparable
Word: Billingborough Part of Speech: name 1. A village and civil parish in South Kesteven district, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref TF1134).
Word: Gunson Part of Speech: name 1. A surname.
Word: Hardinge Part of Speech: name Etymology: Variant of Harding. 1. A surname.
Word: Sturgess Part of Speech: name Etymology: Variant of Sturgis. 1. A surname.
Word: Sloman Part of Speech: name Etymology: Various possible origins: * From slow + man, a nickname for a sluggish person. * From slough + man, a topographic surname for someone who lived in or by a marshy area. * From sloe + man, a topographic surname for someone who lived by a blackthorn. 1. A surname transferred from the nickname.
Word: MacNaught Part of Speech: name 1. A surname.
Word: flibbets Part of Speech: noun 1. Splinters or match-wood - fragments Labels: uncountable Example: Just then the mare ran slap against a whackin' great big stone; Her kicked the trap to flibbets and her trotted off alone.
Word: Corney Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Old English *corn (“crane”) + īeġ (“island”). 1. A small settlement in Waberthwaite parish, Cumberland district, Cumbria, England, previously in Copeland borough (OS grid ref SD1191). Labels: countable, uncountable 2. A habitational surname from Old English. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: Indigenous Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative letter-case form of indigenous (“native, relating to the native inhabitants of a land”). Labels: alt-of, not-comparable Example: Many Indigenous people use the day not only to remember the suffering inflicted in the 1620s but also to point out the struggles that Indigenous people continue to face today in the form of, on top of so much else, violence against women and girls.
Word: β-methasone Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From β- + methasone. 1. Alternative form of betamethasone. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: Carmageddon Part of Speech: name Etymology: Blend of car + armageddon. 1. The anticipated traffic jam resulting from closing a major freeway. Labels: California, US Example: Outreach for Carmageddon earned Metro and Caltrans a Project of the Year award from the California Transportation Foundation, but the key mark of success had always been removing traffic from the Sepulveda Pass that July weekend. Example: California highway officials are hoping for a repeat performance at the end of April as Carmageddon 2.0 threatens once more to rear its ugly head.
Word: VWF Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of von Willebrand factor. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 2. Initialism of vibration white finger. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable
Word: Waberthwaite Part of Speech: name 1. A settlement and civil parish (served by Waberthwaite and Corney Parish Council) in Cumberland district, Cumbria, England, previously in Copeland borough (OS grid ref SD1093).
Word: von Willebrand Part of Speech: name 1. A surname.
Word: von Willebrand Part of Speech: noun 1. Ellipsis of von Willebrand disease. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis, uncountable
Word: VWD Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of von Willebrand disease. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable
Word: Willebrand Part of Speech: name 1. A surname.
Word: point of honor Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Compare French point d'honneur. 1. Any scruple caused by a sense of duty. 2. The obligation to demand and to receive satisfaction for an insult, especially by fighting a duel. Labels: historical
Word: points of honor Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of point of honor Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Lucin Part of Speech: name 1. A surname. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. A toponym Labels: countable, uncountable 3. A toponym: Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: honor point Part of Speech: noun 1. The point just above the fess point.
Word: honor points Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of honor point Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Wehraboo Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Wehr(macht) + -aboo. Pronunciation: /ˈvɛəɹəbuː/ 1. A person who is obsessed with or romanticises the Wehrmacht or Nazi Germany, sometimes to the point of denying their war crimes or role in the Holocaust. Labels: Internet, derogatory Example: For quotations using this term, see Citations:Wehraboo.
Word: point target Part of Speech: noun 1. A relatively small target requiring accurate placement of ordnance in order to neutralize or destroy it.
Word: point targets Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of point target Labels: form-of, plural
Word: poison at the box office Part of Speech: noun 1. An unappealing play or film that sells very few tickets. Labels: uncountable
Word: ponkans Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of ponkan Labels: form-of, plural
Word: deserialisation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From deserialise + -ation. 1. UK spelling of deserialization. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: deserialisations Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of deserialisation Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Poplarism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From poplar + -ism. 1. The situation where a local council contravenes national directives and offers more generous welfare payments to citizens, as in the Poplar Rates Rebellion in Poplar, London, England, in 1921. Labels: UK, historical, uncountable
Word: positive action Part of Speech: noun 1. A form of affirmative action that attempts to assist members of an underrepresented group without prejudicing the criteria of selection by merit. Labels: uncountable
Word: Trench Part of Speech: name Etymology: From trench. 1. A suburb of Telford, Telford and Wrekin borough, Shropshire, England (OS grid ref SJ6912). Labels: countable, uncountable 2. A habitational surname. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: positive control Part of Speech: noun 1. The air traffic control practice of controlling aircraft whose positions are determined by direct radar observation. Labels: uncountable 2. In dog handling, the state of having affirmative physical or non-physical control of a dog. Labels: uncountable
Word: poster session Part of Speech: noun 1. A scientific meeting where details of research projects are displayed on posters for participants to view.
Word: poster sessions Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of poster session Labels: form-of, plural
Word: postformalist Part of Speech: adj 1. Applying the postformal stage of cognitive development. Labels: not-comparable
Word: postformalism Part of Speech: noun 1. Application of the postformal stage of cognitive development. Labels: uncountable
Word: power excursion Part of Speech: noun 1. A criticality accident; an uncontrolled nuclear fission chain reaction.
Word: power excursions Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of power excursion Labels: form-of, plural
Word: alarm fatigue Part of Speech: noun 1. Desensitization to alarm signals, caused by lengthy or frequent exposure, and resultant slowed or absent responses to new alarms. Labels: uncountable
Word: Dowsing Part of Speech: name 1. A surname.
Word: Snowdown Part of Speech: name 1. A village in Aylesham parish, Dover district, Kent, England (OS grid ref TR2451).
Word: tri-oval Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of trioval. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: Kümüx Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Uyghur كۈمۈش (kümüsh) meaning 'silver', referring to local silver mines. Pronunciation: /kuˈmuʃ/ 1. A town in Toksun, Turpan prefecture, Xinjiang autonomous region, China. Example: From the evidence of the latest Ludlovian to Early Devonian ophiolite, which crops out from the northern slope of Mt. Saarming to Kümüx and areas further east (Wang Zuoxun et al., 1986, 1990; Xiao Xuchang et al., 1990), the South Tianshan back-arc basin had already developed into a finite ocean basin along the Hantengri-Kümüx Fault after the Ludlovian. Example: I wheeled down into Kümüx just after sunset and drank three Jianlibau soft drinks straight off in the first shop I came to. 2. A residential community in Kümüx, Toksun, Turpan prefecture, Xinjiang autonomous region, China.
Word: Nonington Part of Speech: name 1. A village and civil parish in Dover district, Kent, England (OS grid ref TR2552).
Word: Dendron Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Ancient Greek δένδρον (déndron, “tree”). Pronunciation: /ˈdɛndɹən/ 1. A small village in South Cumbria, England. 2. A town in Surry County, Virginia, United States.
Word: flat oval Part of Speech: noun 1. A type of racetrack, where the circuit is not banked to allow for track in cornering, thus missing positive camber needed to transform centrifugal force into normal force and traction. The shape footprint of the oval itself is unrelated to being "flat", as it only deals with the banking of the track and not the shape traced out by the track.
Word: reëmployment Part of Speech: noun 1. Rare spelling of reemployment. Labels: alt-of, countable, rare, uncountable Example: Discharge of employe—offer of reëmployment—burden of proof—damages—mitigation.
Word: Rybar Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Slovak Rybár or Czech rybář. 1. A surname from Czech or Slovak.
Word: trans-identified females Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of trans-identified female Labels: form-of, plural
Word: K'u-mi-shih Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Mandarin 庫米什 /库米什 (Kùmǐshí), Wade–Giles romanization: Kʻu⁴-mi³-shih². 1. Alternative form of Kumishi (Kümüx). Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: A gigantic dune in the K'u-mi-shih intermontane basin in the Chüeh-lo-t'a-ko mountain area
Word: Wu-ch'uan Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Mandarin 武川 (Wǔchuān) Wade-Giles romanization: Wu³-chʻuan¹. 1. Alternative form of Wuchuan. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: Under the leadership of P'O-LIU-HAN Pa-ling 破六韓拔陵, the rebels, consisting chiefly of "barbarian" garrisons of the northern frontier posts overran the important district of Wu-ch'uan 武川. Example: The Li clan was certainly of major importance in its own locality, which was centred around the garrison town of Wu-ch'uan on the northern frontier.
Word: Wu-ch'uan Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Mandarin 婺川 Wade-Giles romanization: Wu⁴-chʻuan¹. 1. Alternative form of Wuchuan. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: Li-shui Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Mandarin 麗水 /丽水 Wade–Giles romanization: Li²-shui³. 1. Alternative form of Lishui. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: In 1743, at the early age of 27, he became Prefect of Li-shui, about 50 miles south-east of Nanking. Example: In the fields near Li-shui there is an enormous camphor tree (illustration 1.) with a built-in niche containing incense cones and an earthenware dish for sacrifices. I also noticed a large number of prayer notes.
Word: I-wu Part of Speech: name Etymology: From the Wade–Giles romanizations of various Mandarin Chinese names. 1. Alternative form of Yiwu. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: The provincial censor, Chu I-hsin, a native of I-wu [in Chekiang], who was then lecturing at the Kuang-ya Academy, called on me and we debated on many questions. Example: In I-wu county in Wu-chou (Chin-hua) there are scattered storehouse proprietors and brokers who undertake the buying and selling (of silk). ... Previously the people in the hilly valleys of I-wu county made their living by weaving thin silk.
Word: T'ai-chou Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Mandarin 台州 Wade–Giles romanization: Tʻai¹-chou¹. 1. Alternative form of Taizhou, Zhejiang. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: At that time the surrounding country constantly harried by banditti who had occupied a stronghold in the mountains between Tʻai-chou and Chin-hua. Example: He was a native of Tʻai-chou (modern Lin-hai) on the central Chekiang coast, from a family that engaged in sea transport of salt.
Word: T'ai-chou Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Mandarin 泰州 (Tàizhōu) Wade-Giles romanization: Tʻai⁴-chou¹. 1. Alternative form of Taizhou, Jiangsu. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: At this time Wang Shou-ken, while governor of Kiangsi province, was discussing philosophical problems related to his theory of liang-chih. He already had many followers south of the Yangtze, but Wang Ken in far off T'ai-chou knew nothing about this. Example: About 700 tan of barley were collected and sold in Tʻai-chou, while 450 tan of wheat were dispatched to the monastery from I-cheng and elsewhere.
Word: ad lib. Part of Speech: adv 1. Alternative form of ad lib. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: dhuli Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of dooly. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: The dhulí is a slight bamboo framework covered with coarse cloth, about two and a half feet square, with a bedding made of string woven across, on which the passenger sits. It is slung on a stout bamboo pole, and carried by two or four men.
Word: one pump chump Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Chosen for the rhyme. From the tendency of people suffering from premature ejaculation to ejaculate after a very short time, perhaps even after a single pelvic thrust or “pump”, during sexual intercourse. 1. A premature ejaculator (person suffering from premature ejaculation). Labels: informal 2. Someone who only does something once. Labels: broadly, informal
Word: one pump chumps Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of one pump chump Labels: form-of, plural
Word: approbrium Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of opprobrium. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: Hon'ble Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative letter-case form of hon'ble. Labels: alt-of, not-comparable
Word: non-renewables Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of non-renewable Labels: form-of, plural
Word: brakevan Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of brake van. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: Daily for a week in December electric locomotive No. E5009 hauled a train consisting of one of the L.M.R. dynamometer cars and ten fully loaded ballast hopper wagons, with a ballast brakevan on each end, between Stewarts Lane and the Dover line; these were described in the special notices as "wheel slip tests".
Word: brakevans Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of brakevan Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Hugoniot Part of Speech: name 1. A surname
Word: Hugoniot Part of Speech: noun 1. An equation invented by Pierre Henri Hugoniot; the Rankine-Hugoniot equation. Example: A single-shock Hugoniot consistent with the data has been determined for the high-pressure modification of some of these rocks.
Word: Q-learning Part of Speech: noun 1. A model-free reinforcement learning algorithm to learn a policy telling an agent what action to take under what circumstances. Labels: uncountable
Word: crab Louis Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of crab Louie. Labels: alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable
Word: crab Louie Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Disputed. 1. A salad with crab meat and typically lettuce, tomato, egg, etc. in a creamy dressing. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: crab Louies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of crab Louie Labels: form-of, plural
Word: crab mentalities Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of crab mentality Labels: form-of, plural
Word: climbing boy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the fact that boys were often sold into labor to “climb” chimneys in the 1800s. 1. A small child employed by a chimney sweep to ascend and clean flues. Labels: historical
Word: climbing boys Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of climbing boy Labels: form-of, plural
Word: capital appreciation bond Part of Speech: noun 1. A financial bond on which the investment return on an initial principal amount is reinvested at a set compounded rate until maturity.
Word: OOTD Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of outfit of the day. Labels: Internet, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Example: Word began to circulate: If you wanted your #ootd to be colorful and weird and stand out on social media, Dolls Kill was a good place to shop. Example: […]daily “OOTDs” (outfits of the day), rush recap videos from freshly tanned and coiffed prospective new members (PNMs), and reactions to 18-year-old girls either elated or devastated by the high-stakes game of likability that is rush.
Word: secondman Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From second (“2nd”) + -man. 1. A driver's assistant on a diesel or electric locomotive. Labels: UK Example: The secondman looks back from 'Slim Jim' Class 33 No. 33211 as it trundles through Gravesend station with a permanent way train in 1977. The first wagon's sides are literally bulging at the seams with ballast spoil. Example: And instead of carrying commuters, the only people on many evening trains between Hatfield and St Albans were the driver and secondman.
Word: secondmen Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of secondman Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Tilmanstone Part of Speech: name 1. A village and civil parish in Dover district, Kent, England (OS grid ref TR3051).
Word: platykurtotic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From platy- + kurtotic. 1. Platykurtic.
Word: beïng Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From be + -ïng. 1. Alternative spelling of being. Labels: alt-of, alternative, rare Example: After installation, i^([sic]) changed the config.sys and autoexec.bat again so both files will be loaded again, restarted win95 and,... everything works fine / (for the time beïng ?) Example: According to everything I've ever read, it is the opposite: English is undergoing a *unification* of dialects, especially between American and British variëties^([sic]). English is growing and diversifying only in capabilities and vocabulary to the extent that is it picking these up, while it is beïng assimilated into the whole of World English too quickly to be a cause for dialecticalization.
Word: train order Part of Speech: noun 1. Formerly, a telegraphed or written instruction issued by a dispatcher to train crews and other railroad employees, concerning changes in operation of a particular train. Labels: Canada, US
Word: train orders Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of train order Labels: form-of, plural
Word: desimplify Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From de- + simplify. 1. To make less simple. Labels: transitive
Word: impet Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From imp + -et. 1. small imp Example: And as it got towards the end of the month, the impet began to look so maliceful, and that twirled that’s tail faster and faster each time she gave a guess.
Word: Hapsford Part of Speech: name 1. A small village in Dunham-on-the-Hill and Hapsford parish, Cheshire West and Chester district, Cheshire, England (OS grid ref SJ4774). 2. A hamlet in Great Elm parish, Mendip district, Somerset, England (OS grid ref ST7549).
Word: Great Elm Part of Speech: name 1. A village and civil parish in Mendip district, Somerset, England (OS grid ref ST7449).
Word: bandlo Part of Speech: noun 1. A sash; a piece of cloth worn from shoulder to opposite hip.
Word: Winsham Part of Speech: name 1. A village and civil parish in Somerset, England, previously in South Somerset district (OS grid ref ST3706).
Word: Farrington Gurney Part of Speech: name 1. A village and civil parish in Bath and North East Somerset district, Somerset, England (OS grid ref ST6255).
Word: marles Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of marle Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Marlo Part of Speech: name 1. A male given name. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. A female given name. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. A surname. Labels: countable, uncountable 4. A township in Tasmania, Australia. Labels: countable, uncountable 5. A town in the Shire of East Gippsland, eastern Victoria, Australia. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: phrynin Part of Speech: noun Etymology: φρύνη (phrúnē) + -in 1. bufotoxin Labels: obsolete, uncountable Example: In another letter Dr. Lauder Brunton mentions that an active principle of the toad venom is probably of an alkaloidal nature. It has been called phrynin or bufidin. It appears to be a cardiac poison, acting in somewhat the way as digitalis; but its effects seem to resemble still more those of erythrophlœum, for the uncertain gait, convulsions and paralysis which it produces are precisely the symptoms produced by the erythrophlœum when used as an ordeal poison.
Word: Shufu Part of Speech: name Etymology: From the Mandarin Chinese pronunciation for 疏附 (Shūfù). 1. A county of Kashgar prefecture, Xinjiang autonomous region, China. Example: Kashgar is the largest city of the Tarim basin, situated also near the Soviet border. Its Chinese official name is K'o-shih, an abbreviated form of K'o-shih-k'a-erh, the phonetic rendering of Kashgar. Prior to 1950, Kashgar was known as Shufu. The city has a population of about 75,000, predominantly Uigur in ethnic composition. It is a center for trade in cotton, silk and sheepskins. Example: A police officer reached by Reuters in the county where the incident occurred, called Shufu county in Chinese, said it was “not convenient” to provide any additional information.
Word: K'a-shih Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Mandarin 喀什, Wade–Giles romanization: Kʻa¹-shih². 1. Alternative form of Kashi (Kashgar) Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: I. Geological and Topographical Conditions Geologically speaking, K'a-shih inland delta belongs to the western most end of Tarim Table. It is primarily sha-ch'e syneklise. Example: From Peking air routes extend northward to Ch’i-ch’i-ha-erh in Manchuria, southeastward to Shanghai, southward to the island of Hainan, and westward to K’a-shih in Sinkiang.
Word: pick-me girl Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the phrase pick me + girl, the implication being that such women, like someone pleading "pick me!", are desperate to be chosen over their putative competition. 1. A woman who asserts that she is unlike (and sometimes better than) most other women, in order to gain attention, approval, or validation from men. Labels: derogatory Example: Coordinate term: pick-me boy Example: Perhaps that's why Daniel saw her past the rest of the “pick me” girls.
Word: pick-me girls Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of pick-me girl Labels: form-of, plural
Word: out-of-tree Part of Speech: adj 1. Located outside of a source tree. Labels: not-comparable Example: out-of-tree driver 2. Taking place outside of a source tree. Labels: not-comparable Example: out-of-tree build
Word: out-of-tree Part of Speech: adv 1. Outside of a source tree. Labels: not-comparable Example: build the module out-of-tree
Word: in-tree Part of Speech: noun 1. An n-ary tree data structure in which each node has a pointer to its parent node, but no pointers to child nodes.
Word: in-tree Part of Speech: adj 1. Located inside of a source tree. Labels: not-comparable 2. Taking place inside of a source tree. Labels: not-comparable
Word: in-tree Part of Speech: adv 1. Inside of a source tree. Labels: not-comparable
Word: Loyang Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Mandarin 洛陽／洛阳 (Luòyáng). 1. Alternative form of Luoyang. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: War, real but undeclared, broke out at Shanghai on January 28, 1932. Two days later the National government which Chiang Kai-shek had established five years before at Nanking was moved to Loyang, far from the menace of Japanese men-of-war on the Yangtse. Example: This was the general plan of a royal tomb in the Han dynasty, and students of Chinese archaeology may verify this record with the series of Han royal tombs still to be seen on the hillsides of Sian and Loyang (346).
Word: Chi-lin Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Mandarin 吉林 (Jílín) Wade–Giles romanization: Chi²-lin². 1. Alternative form of Jilin. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: Manchuria is crossed by the Chinese Eastern Railway (the Russian Trans-Siberian Railway), which enters the Hei-lung-chiang Province from the north-west and divides at Harbin (哈爾賓^([sic – meaning 哈爾濱])) in the Chi-lin Province, one branch going to Vladivostock (海参威) and the other to Dalny and Port Arthur. Example: Conflicts among the cadres themselves were numerous, suggesting contentions among different units of between higher and lower units. For instance, a letter from three cadres of a Chi-lin machine factory said that they had to receive and entertain all kinds of inspection groups during the years, leaving them little time to perform routine duties.
Word: Hei-lung-chiang Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Mandarin 黑龍江 /黑龙江 (Hēilóngjiāng) Wade–Giles romanization: Hei¹-lung²-chiang¹. 1. Alternative form of Heilongjiang. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: In the best caravans, that is those which go into the provinces of Kirin and Hei-lung-chiang and into Mongolia, a team usually consists of a pony in the shafts and six tracing mules three abreast. Example: Manchuria is crossed by the Chinese Eastern Railway (the Russian Trans-Siberian Railway), which enters the Hei-lung-chiang Province from the north-west and divides at Harbin (哈爾賓^([sic – meaning 哈爾濱])) in the Chi-lin Province, one branch going to Vladivostock (海参威) and the other to Dalny and Port Arthur.
Word: Shang-jao Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Mandarin 上饒 /上饶 (Shàngráo), Wade–Giles romanization: Shang⁴-jao². 1. Alternative form of Shangrao. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: After Pearl Harbor the Japanese ordered his arrest. But he had fled to Shang-jao in Kiangsi Province from which he and four Chinese preachers sustained national churches for several months. Because Shang-jao was still in "free" territory, he became a conduit for American funds sent to missionaries stranded in Shanghai. Example: Wu Yüeh, a distant relative of Wang An-shih 王安石 (1021-86), was active from the late years of Hui-tsung's reign into Kao-tsung's, serving his last post as grand custodian in Shang-jao, Kiangsi.
Word: T'ai-an Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Mandarin 泰安 (Tài'ān), Wade–Giles romanization: Tʻai⁴-an¹. 1. Alternative form of Tai'an. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: A group of inscriptions on three precipices, including an incantation and partial text of the Paramita sutra and the Maha-prajna-paramita sutra, was engraved in A.D. 570 on the Tsu-lai Mountain in T’ai-an. Example: On the morning of 6 May Chiang and his armies withdrew southward toward T'ai-an, where a new Kuomintang regime in Shantung was established.
Word: Lan-t'ien Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Mandarin 藍田 /蓝田 (Lántián) Wade–Giles romanization: Lan²-tʻien². 1. Alternative form of Lantian. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: On this king Hwâi called out all the military strength of his kingdom and led it deep into Chʻin, with whose forces another battle was fought at Lan-tʻien.² . . . ² Meaning "Indigo Fields." A district of the department of Hsî-an still bears the name. Example: We have imagined the habitat of Lan-tʻien Man and his palaeolithic successors to be relatively open terrain of woods and grassland.
Word: Tan-feng Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Mandarin 丹鳳 /丹凤 (Dānfèng), Wade–Giles romanization: Tan¹-fêng⁴. 1. Alternative form of Danfeng. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: The mountainous terrain of the areas on the Shensi-Hupeh border favored us if we should engage the enemy, but the place was so poor that both food and cloth were scarce. So we had to turn our way towards more prosperous districts like Tan-feng, Shang-hsien, and Lo-nan in southern Shensi. Example: ¹⁹²Located southeast of modern Tan-feng 丹鳳 County in Shensi near the intersection of the three modern provinces of Honan, Shensi, and Hupei (Wang Li-ch'i, 6:127n.).
Word: Saharo- Part of Speech: prefix 1. Sahara. Labels: morpheme Example: the Saharo-Arabian Region
Word: Proto-Tocharian Part of Speech: name Etymology: From proto- + Tocharian. 1. The reconstructed ancestor of the Tocharian languages.
Word: Sinanché Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish Sinanché, from Yucatec Maya, from síinaʼancheʼ (“a kind of tree (Zanthoxylum caribaeum)”), from síinaʼan (“scorpion”) + cheʼ (“tree”). 1. A town in Yucatán, Mexico. 2. A municipality of Yucatán, Mexico, whose municipal seat is the town of the same name.
Word: draids Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of dreadlocks + braids. Pronunciation: /dɹeɪdz/ 1. A hairstyle worn after braided locks of hair have become matted resembling dreadlocks. Labels: plural, plural-only
Word: Pensford Part of Speech: name 1. A village in Publow parish, (served by Publow with Pensford Parish Council), in Bath and North East Somerset district, Somerset, England (OS grid ref ST6263).
Word: M/L ratio Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of mass-to-light ratio. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 2. Initialism of media-to-lumen ratio. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
Word: LAs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of LA Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Publow Part of Speech: name 1. A small village and civil parish (served by Publow with Pensford Parish Council) in Bath and North East Somerset district, Somerset, England (OS grid ref ST6264).
Word: dialecticalization Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From dialectical + -ization. 1. The act or process of making dialectical. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Caxton noted: "And that comyn englysshe that is spoken in one shire varyeth from a nother."^([sic])¹⁹ But political, social, and technical forces can arrest dialecticalization and impose a standard speech, as tends to occur in large states. Example: This is a little earlier than we would expect the exodus from the Sahara to have begun, but it is possible that dialecticalization began before the southward migration. 2. The act or process of making dialectical. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Croce also opposed Hegel’s methodical dialecticalization of distinct aspects of reality, individual facts and empirical concepts,¹⁹⁰ not because of the quaint biases it revealed but because Croce was not a universalist like Hegel, only a partial universalist, lacking also the macro-microcosmos motif; and Croce could not support Hegel’s Naturphilosophie and triadic monism because he believed in a spiritualized dualism.¹⁹¹ Example: In the dynamic and evolutional conception of systemic objects in their evolutiveness is reflected the process of dialecticalization of science. 3. The act or process of making dialectical. Labels: Marxism, countable, uncountable Example: One masterly way to avoid that danger is by a cultural revolution, that dialecticalization which has yesterday, today or tomorrow and which avoids becoming static because it is an ongoing effort for change. Example: This theoretical construct, produced by a de-dialecticalization of the concepts, reveals the identification of two phenomena which Marx made a point of differentiating: capitalist socialization and socialist socialization.
Word: MacBeath Part of Speech: name 1. A surname.
Word: dialecticalisation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From dialectical + -isation. 1. Alternative spelling of dialecticalization. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable Example: One masterly way to avoid that danger is by a cultural revolution, that dialecticalisation which has no yesterday, today or tomorrow and which avoids becoming static because it is an ongoing effort for change. Example: What ways, then, remain open to the will of knowledge? None, directly speaking. From the moment that truth and falsehood, good and evil, life and death are no longer confronting each other, it is no longer appropriate to speak of Umkehrung—even if one retains the word when one is considering its consequences alone—but of a Grundverschiebung. The deadly system of the will to truth is to be succeeded by a will to know whose system will not be a mere dialecticalisation of the former one.
Word: Hampstead Norreys Part of Speech: name Etymology: The manorial affix is from the Norreys family. 1. A village and civil parish in West Berkshire district, Berkshire, England (OS grid ref SU5276).
Word: Hampstead Norris Part of Speech: name 1. Alternative form of Hampstead Norreys. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: binioù Part of Speech: noun 1. A kind of Breton bagpipe.
Word: FRCSC Part of Speech: noun 1. Abbreviation of fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of Canada. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of
Word: FRCPC Part of Speech: noun 1. Abbreviation of fellow of the Royal College of Physicians of Canada (Division of Medicine). Labels: abbreviation, alt-of
Word: freaking gosh Part of Speech: phrase Etymology: Minced oath of the expletive fucking God! 1. Used to express surprise Labels: euphemistic
Word: MRCPC Part of Speech: noun 1. Abbreviation of member of the Royal College of Physicians of Canada. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of
Word: MRCSC Part of Speech: noun 1. Abbreviation of member of the Royal College of Surgeons of Canada. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, historical
Word: DRCPSC Part of Speech: noun 1. Abbreviation of diplomate of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of
Word: Mann Act Part of Speech: name Etymology: Named for the law's author, Congressman James Robert Mann. 1. A federal law passed in 1910 prohibiting transportation of women across state lines for immoral purposes. Labels: US Example: Enacted during a time of great change and "moral panic," the Mann Act was originally designed to combat forced prostitution.
Word: ship-shape Part of Speech: adj 1. Archaic spelling of shipshape. Labels: alt-of, archaic Example: SHIP-shape, in a seaman-like manner; as "That mast is not rigged ship-shape;" "Put her about ship-shape," &c. Example: [I]t would have been more ship-shape to lower the bight of a rope, or a running bow-line, below me, than to seize an old sea-man by his head-lanyard; [...]
Word: ship-shape Part of Speech: adv 1. Archaic spelling of shipshape. Labels: alt-of, archaic Example: No—sir—if I sink, I sink; but d——e, I'll go down ship-shape and with dignity. Example: Some of you have n't sense enough to put a blanket ship-shape over a sick man. There! Leave it alone! I can die anyhow!
Word: fire-escape knot Part of Speech: noun 1. A series of evenly spaced overhand knots in a rope, which make it more secure for climbing or descending. Often used for fire escapes and jib boom foot ropes on rigged sail ships. Also known as the Philadelphia knot.
Word: fire-escape knots Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of fire-escape knot Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Philadelphia knot Part of Speech: noun 1. Synonym of fire-escape knot.
Word: Philadelphia knots Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Philadelphia knot Labels: form-of, plural
Word: fins de siècle Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of fin de siècle Labels: form-of, plural
Word: chain sinnet Part of Speech: noun 1. Various types of chain knots made in a line or rope which, in its simplest form, is formed by pulling successive loops of the line through the previous loop. More complex sinnets can be produced using hitches, doubled loops and so on rather than simple loops. Used mainly to shorten the line or rope, or to make for easy storage. Also used for decorative purposes.
Word: chain sinnets Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of chain sinnet Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Belle Vue Part of Speech: name Etymology: From French Belle Vue and belle + vue. 1. A place in England: 2. A place in England: 3. A place in England: 4. A place in England: 5. A place in England: 6. A place in England: 7. A place in England: 8. A village in Torbeck, Sud department, Haiti.
Word: reädmit Part of Speech: verb 1. Obsolete spelling of readmit. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: re-admit Part of Speech: verb 1. Alternative spelling of readmit. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: Mr. Elliot came back accordingly; and on application was forgiven, as you know, and re-admitted into the family; […]