nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: FSR Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of First Strike Ration. Labels: US, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: FSRs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of FSR Labels: form-of, plural
Word: molois Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of moloi Labels: form-of, plural
Word: crackships Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of crackship Labels: form-of, plural
Word: saving by the bell Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of save by the bell Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: saves by the bell Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of save by the bell Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: chinlocks Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of chinlock Labels: form-of, plural
Word: underhooks Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of underhook Labels: form-of, plural
Word: underhooks Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of underhook Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: Stink Faces Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Stink Face Labels: form-of, plural
Word: aileron roll Part of Speech: noun 1. An aerobatic maneuver in which the aircraft performs a full 360° revolution about its longitudinal axis.
Word: aileron rolls Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of aileron roll Labels: form-of, plural
Word: discoördination Part of Speech: noun 1. Dated spelling of discoordination. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: This last activity was studied in the second paper of this series and it was suggested tentatively that the peculiarly adaptive discoördination in this and other reactions might be due to the pull of part upon part, acting through the substrate.
Word: reëligible Part of Speech: adj 1. Rare spelling of reeligible. Labels: alt-of, not-comparable, rare Example: A decision was first reached against an election by Congress, because it was thought that if the chief magistrate should prove himself thoroughly competent he ought to be reëligible ; but if reëligible he would be exposed to the temptation of truckling to the most powerful party or cabal in Congress, in order to secure his reëlection.
Word: reëmploy Part of Speech: verb 1. Rare spelling of reemploy. Labels: alt-of, rare Example: This committee had several interviews with Mr. Turner, and they finally requested him to reëmploy the men who had struck, pending a settlement of the difficulty by arbitration. Example: He claimed the right to discharge such of his employees as he chose at the end of the season and to reëmploy such of them as he should think proper, or to fail to reëmploy such as he might not wish to reëmploy.
Word: ATs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of AT Labels: form-of, plural
Word: appropriate technology Part of Speech: noun 1. The use of technology that is small-scale, affordable by locals, decentralized, labor-intensive, energy-efficient, environmentally sound, and locally autonomous.
Word: isochronality Part of Speech: noun 1. The property of being isochronal. Labels: uncountable
Word: appearance money Part of Speech: noun 1. A fee paid by the organizer to a popular competitor in a sporting event, ensuring that they will attend and thus draw crowds. Labels: uncountable
Word: gyrating angel Part of Speech: noun 1. A rescue helicopter. Labels: US, historical, slang
Word: gyrating angels Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of gyrating angel Labels: form-of, plural
Word: glassery Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From glass + -ery. 1. A business that works with glass or glassware; glassworks. Labels: countable Example: We went right through the lifeless, silent streets to a wrecked glassery away beyond the canal. Example: In San Francisco a large glassery is now operated to put up Kraft-Phoenix Cheese and Wright's Mayonnaise and Salad Dressing. 2. A building or group of buildings made largely of glass windows. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The Hotel Marlborough stands ugly and unloved in a mean, sleazy street in midtown Manhattan between the tasteless black glassery of Sixth Avenue and the honest vulgarity of Broadway. Example: A 38-story luxury pioneer at the west edge of Clinton. A notch above most of the fervored glasseries of 21st-century Manhattan. 3. A room with many windows; sunroom. Labels: countable Example: Beyond the living-room is a glassery, low-studded and heavily beamed. Example: Beyond the living room is a “glassery” or sun-parlor with heavily beamed ceiling and a rugged stone fireplace. 4. A place for storing or displaying glassware. Labels: countable Example: Mr. Sturt is much pleased with the glass case article (see p. 318), and permits me to say that his glasseries are open to inspection. Example: But throughout the morning there are about three or four who wander in and out carrying glasses from the glassery to the dining-room and performing duties which are mentioned in the course of the play. 5. Glassware. Labels: uncountable Example: The treasures of the loom, the spotless laundering, the marvels of glassery, the products of the most skillful gold and silversmiths, the finest table cutlery, the treasures of porcelain, the sparkling liquors, are spread artistically on heavy tables, rich with massiveness and exxquisite carving. Example: In the gracing of the tables of banquets, among the glassery, the cutlery, the gold and silver plate, the art of the confectioner, and the general architectural production of the cuisine, celery is never out of place. 6. Skill in working with glass. Labels: uncountable Example: No degree was ever conferred on a student unless he could demonstrate sufficient aptitude in "glassery" or as a "glass man."
Word: glasseries Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of glassery Labels: form-of, plural
Word: anticipatory retaliation Part of Speech: noun 1. The carrying out of a preemptive strike. Labels: euphemistic, uncountable
Word: attention getter Part of Speech: noun 1. A warning light within an aircraft, indicating malfunction. Example: The results indicated significant performance degradation when a master visual attention-getter was not used. Mean detection times were substantially slower in the absence of an attention-getter in the pilot's primary field of vision. Example: Master caution and warning systems were developed to ease pilot workload, particularly on aircraft designed for operation without a flight engineer. In addition to the attention getter, it also directs the pilot towards the problem area concerned.
Word: attention getters Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of attention getter Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Cardan shaft Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of cardan shaft. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: Cardan shafts Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Cardan shaft Labels: form-of, plural
Word: quasistochastic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From quasi- + stochastic. 1. Having certain stochastic or stochastic-like aspects. Labels: not-comparable
Word: ripomatic Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of ripamatic. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: ripomatics Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of ripomatic Labels: form-of, plural
Word: grammarise Part of Speech: verb 1. Alternative form of grammarize. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: Is it possible to grammarise these words, vivisect them, to understand their Oriental allusion, and to escape their immediate and mortal application to ourselves? Example: This he did with no little grief, and so all attempt to lexiconise and grammarise the Hausa language was thrown back for many years, during which a knowledge of it would have been of material use in various British operations on the West Coast of Africa
Word: grammarises Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of grammarise Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: grammarising Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of grammarise Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: grammarised Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of grammarise Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: grammarize Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From grammar + -ize. 1. To create a grammar for (a language); to describe the grammar of. Example: The grammar that the early grammarians knew was Latin grammar, and when they decided to grammarize English, they simply transposed the Latin structure and the Latin terminology and called it English grammar. Example: But if he is himself a speaker of the language he proposes to grammarize, he doesn't generally need the corpus to tell him what are sentences of the language and what are not. 2. To codify; to analyze and describe. Labels: broadly Example: To quote the old expression, "he gave the court and jury the raw material and let them 'grammarize' it to suit themselves." Example: Moreover, seen in retrospect from the first line of quatrain 3, it would seem that "But reckening time" embodies a catch in the voice as if the poet had been unable to "grammarize" his fears properly, thereby involving him in a syntactic anacoluthon. 3. To correct the grammar of (a body of speech or text). Labels: transitive Example: "What is the good of being a jim-dandy shape and a way-up cutter," he sadly thought one Sunday night, after he had been in bed for more than two hours vainly trying to go to sleep," if a fellow tangles his languidge all up, tumbles his words over one another, and can't grammarize what he says. I'm hungry for education." Example: During the “good old days” compositors (down this way, at least) had to edit “manifold”—grammarize it, supply dates, figure out sub-heads, etc.
Word: grammarizes Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of grammarize Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: grammarizing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of grammarize Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: grammarized Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of grammarize Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: sea smoke Part of Speech: noun 1. A fog formed when very cold air moves over warmer water. Labels: uncountable
Word: grammarisms Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of grammarism Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Euroyen Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Euro- + yen. 1. A deposit, in Japanese yen, held in a bank outside of Japan.
Word: Eurosterling Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Euro- + sterling. 1. A deposit, in pounds sterling, held in a bank outside of the United Kingdom. Labels: uncountable
Word: Euroeuro Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Euro- + euro. 1. A deposit, in the euro currency, held in a bank outside of the Eurozone.
Word: Euroeuros Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Euroeuro Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Eurofranc Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Euro- + franc. 1. A deposit, in French francs, held in a bank outside of France. Labels: historical
Word: Euromark Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Euro- + mark. 1. A deposit, in Deutsche Marks, held in a bank outside of Germany. Labels: historical
Word: Eurofrancs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Eurofranc Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Euromarks Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Euromark Labels: form-of, plural
Word: at liberty Part of Speech: prep_phrase 1. Free; not confined or restricted. Example: I made a few notes about some incidents that had happened to me, some others I'd been told about by friends. Some of the things in the book really happened, I'm not at liberty to say which ones. But they've all been changed around, and the Cahulawassee River is a composite of about three rivers I've gone down. 2. Unemployed; out of work. Labels: euphemistic
Word: fenestrid Part of Speech: noun 1. Any extinct bryozoan in the order Fenestrida.
Word: fenestrids Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of fenestrid Labels: form-of, plural
Word: attritioned Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of attrition Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: attritioning Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of attrition Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: plough iron Part of Speech: noun 1. The colter of a plough.
Word: plough irons Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of plough iron Labels: form-of, plural
Word: plow iron Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of plough iron. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: plow irons Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of plow iron Labels: form-of, plural
Word: attritable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From attrit + -able. 1. Able to undergo attrition.
Word: attritability Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From attrit + -ability. 1. The ability to undergo attrition. Labels: uncountable
Word: Philippine cobra Part of Speech: noun 1. Naja philippinensis, is a stocky, highly venomous species of spitting cobra native to the northern regions of the Philippines.
Word: Philippine cobras Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Philippine cobra Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Medcroft Part of Speech: name 1. A surname.
Word: perch stay Part of Speech: noun 1. One of the side rods bracing the perch of a carriage to the rear axle.
Word: perch stays Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of perch stay Labels: form-of, plural
Word: corkscrewings Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of corkscrewing Labels: form-of, plural
Word: motor cruiser Part of Speech: noun 1. A small pleasure craft that is fitted with an engine. Example: Graceful old houses stand by the edge of the Great Ouse and gaze down at the houseboats, skiffs and motor-cruisers that moor there.
Word: crepitance Part of Speech: noun 1. Nonstandard spelling of crepitus. Labels: alt-of, nonstandard
Word: aegyo Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Korean 애교(愛嬌) (aegyo). Pronunciation: /ˈɛɡ.joʊ/, /ˈeɪɡ.joʊ/ 1. Cuteness, adorableness, charm. Labels: uncountable Example: A few years ago, the trend for girl groups was to show innocence and aegyo, a Korean term meaning acting cute. Example: The members performed 'Touch' and 'Good Thing' with copious amounts of aegyo which made it impossible not to grin.
Word: one-camel town Part of Speech: noun Etymology: By analogy with one-horse town. 1. A very small town in the desert, especially one of a rural nature and/or offering very few or no attractions. Labels: figuratively
Word: selca Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Korean 셀카 (selka), from English self + camera. 1. A photographic portrait taken by the subject; a selfie. Example: My daughter and her friends take the best selcas and that's even before they use filters. Example: Jimin's selca (selfie) obsession provides ARMY with a wealth of glorious photos.
Word: door phone Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of doorphone. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: Ribagorza Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Spanish Ribagorza. 1. A historical region in Aragon and Catalonia 2. A county (comarca) of Aragon
Word: lithiatic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From lithiasis + -ic. 1. of or pertaining to lithiasis. Labels: not-comparable Example: Observations of suppurating pancreatic angeitis with abscess of the pancreas of lithiatic origin are rather rare. Example: G3 was reserved as lithiatic control and G4 was further treated orally with divided doses of extract of 60 mg/kg of body weight daily by gavages.
Word: ijam Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of i'jam. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: zennana Part of Speech: noun 1. Archaic form of zenana. Labels: alt-of, archaic
Word: zennanas Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of zennana Labels: form-of, plural
Word: hippopotamoses Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of hippopotamos Labels: form-of, plural
Word: brattery Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From brat + -ery. 1. A collection of brats; a children's nursery, etc. Labels: countable, informal Example: I should esteem myself in luck, were the nuisances of this seaport confined only to two senses; but, alas! the apartment above my head proves a squalling brattery, and the sounds which proceed from it are so loud and frequent, that a person might think himself in limbo, without any extravagance. Example: Whole bratteries of little Aarons and Abrahams, who invariably after two years old, but sometimes earlier, develop the noses and the expressions of their elders, are also airing at the doors. 2. Brattish behaviour. Labels: informal, uncountable
Word: bratteries Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of brattery Labels: form-of, plural
Word: muscarinism Part of Speech: noun 1. mycetism by mushrooms of the species Amanita muscaria Labels: uncountable
Word: Dambly Part of Speech: name 1. A surname.
Word: reqmt Part of Speech: noun 1. Abbreviation of requirement. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of
Word: arkhalig Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Turkic: compare Azerbaijani arxalıq, Turkish arkalık. 1. A long tight-waist jacket worn by the peoples of the Caucasus and Iran, made of various kinds of fabric, such as silk, satin, cloth, cashmere and velvet, traditionally depending on the social status of its owner.
Word: mutationistic Part of Speech: adj 1. Relating to mutationism Labels: not-comparable
Word: underprotect Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From under- + protect. 1. To give insufficient protection to. Labels: transitive
Word: underdefend Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From under- + defend. 1. To defend inadequately. Labels: transitive
Word: underprotection Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From under- + protection. 1. inadequate protection Labels: uncountable
Word: underprotects Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of underprotect Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: underprotecting Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of underprotect Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: underdefending Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of underdefend Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: underdefends Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of underdefend Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: spiter Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From spite + -er. 1. One who spites (someone). Example: “[…] Old Mordred and Ursil hate me, and I hate them; they spite me now, and when I can, I shall spite them.” / “Ah!” said Morgan, remembering his own expressions the evening before, when overheard by Father Aidan, “so I suppose we all are by nature.” / “All are what?” asked his companion. / “All haters and spiters of our enemies.” / “To be sure we are,” replied the girl; “it comes to us, as you say, naturally.[…]” Example: They considered that the sanctity of the mount had been ‹ brutally trampled on by the spiters of the Lord › when ‹ Ammonites, Moabites, Ishmaelites, Edomites, and Hagarites came bringing coffins and all kinds of unclean things to it. ›
Word: Philpstoun Part of Speech: name 1. A village in West Lothian council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NT0477).
Word: Capcom Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative letter-case form of CAPCOM. Labels: alt-of
Word: Gogar Part of Speech: name 1. A rural area of Edinburgh council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NT1672). 2. A town in Dakahlia governorate, Egypt.
Word: Cockburnspath Part of Speech: name 1. A village in Berwickshire, Scottish Borders council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NT7771).
Word: payis Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of peot. Labels: alt-of, alternative, plural, plural-only
Word: Grantshouse Part of Speech: name 1. A small village in Berwickshire, Scottish Borders council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NT8065).
Word: reprovisionings Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of reprovisioning Labels: form-of, plural
Word: bandpassed Part of Speech: adj 1. Equipped with, or processed by a bandpass filter Labels: not-comparable
Word: East Fortune Part of Speech: name 1. A village in East Lothian council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NT5479).
Word: alubukhara Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Ultimately from Persian آلوی بخارا (âlu-ye boxârâ). 1. A cultivar of plum found in Turkestan, Iran and the South Caucasus, commonly eaten as a prune (dried plum).
Word: triphenyltetrazolium Part of Speech: noun 1. A triphenyl derivative of a tetrazolium cation Labels: in-compounds, uncountable
Word: Burnmouth Part of Speech: name Etymology: From burn (“stream”) + mouth. Doublet of Bournemouth. Pronunciation: /ˈbɜː(ɹ)nməθ/ 1. A coastal village in Berwickshire, Scottish Borders council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NT9560).
Word: Akesu Part of Speech: name Etymology: From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 阿克蘇 /阿克苏 (Ākèsū). 1. Synonym of Aksu: the Mandarin Chinese-derived name. Example: In the past 1 year or so, a unit of the PLA capital construction engineer corps located some underground water sources and sank 30 earthen wells for local people in Akesu Prefecture, Xinjiang. Example: A fourth prefecture, Akesu, has been designated as a specialist semi-coarse wool growing area. Pure-bred sheep have been imported from Kazakhstan and elsewhere to upgrade the semi-coarse wool sheep in Akesu Prefecture.
Word: A-k'o-su Part of Speech: name Etymology: From the Wade–Giles romanization of the Mandarin 阿克蘇 /阿克苏 (A¹-kʻo⁴-su¹). 1. Alternative form of Akesu (Aksu) Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: Mr. Peng said that the world-famous scientist, Sven Hedin, was kidnapped by troops under General Ma in south Sinkiang, but was released later, and is believed to be safe and well at Akosu. Example: The engineering department of the Sinkiang Posts and Telecommunications Control Bureau fully utilized both native and foreign methods to carry out innovation and technical revolution. About 80 percent of its line work are now mechanized. A remote control switch for the radio transmitter was test-produced by the Kashgar and A-k'o-su bureaus.
Word: Christon Bank Part of Speech: name Etymology: From the Christon (originally Cryston) family. 1. A small village in Embleton parish, Northumberland, England (OS grid ref NU2123).
Word: unulcerated Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + ulcerated. 1. Not ulcerated. Labels: not-comparable
Word: O-ch'eng Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Mandarin 鄂城 (Èchéng), Wade–Giles romanization: O⁴-chʻêng². 1. Alternative form of Echeng. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: To gather information on agricultural mechanization in general and on the question of displacement of labor in densely populated areas in particular, Hsing Nan and others conducted a five-month investigation during late 1963 and early 1964. The tour included visits to regions of extensive cultivation in Heilungkiang, Liaoning (Fushin County), Inner Mongolia, and Peking. The investigation also examined mechanization of irrigation and processing in Hupeh (Hsinchou County and O-ch'eng County, both in the densely populated lakes region east and northeast of Wuhan), Hunan (Hoyang County), Kwangtung (Nanhai and Tungkuan counties, both fairly near Canton in the Pearl River Delta), and Kwangsi. Roughly half of Hsiang Nan's report was devoted to proving that mechanization was a proper policy in these densely populated areas. Example: In this example, the bird is decorated with comma-like projections, an incised pattern of scales, and S-shaped spirals. In addition to similar pieces identified by Karlbeck as coming from Shou-hsien (see especially pl. 12:1-5), a related piece has been excavated from a Ch'u tomb of mid-Warring States date located near O-ch'eng, Hupeh (se K'ao ku 1978/4, pl. 8:5)
Word: Hsia-men Part of Speech: name Etymology: From the Wade–Giles romanization of the Mandarin 廈門 /厦門 /厦门 (Hsia⁴-mên²). 1. Alternative form of Xiamen. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: They sailed from the great seaport of Cathay: Zaiton (modern Hsia-men), in a fleet of fourteen ships brought together on Kublai's orders. The ships Marco described were far bigger than anything built in Europe at that time. Example: After Li Tan's death in 1625, Hsu Hsin-su (許心素), leader of the Chang-chou people dwelling in and around the city of Hsia-men (廈門, or Amoy), emerged as his successor.
Word: Camaldolese Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Italian camaldolese, from Camaldoli + -ese. The order was founded by Sain Romuald around 1012 in Camaldoli, Tuscany, Italy. Pronunciation: /kəˌmɑl.dəˈliz/, /kɑ-/, /-doʊ-/ 1. Pertaining to the Camaldolese Order of Italy. Labels: not-comparable
Word: Camaldolese Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Italian camaldolese, from Camaldoli + -ese. The order was founded by Sain Romuald around 1012 in Camaldoli, Tuscany, Italy. Pronunciation: /kəˌmɑl.dəˈliz/, /kɑ-/, /-doʊ-/ 1. A monk or nun belonging to the Camaldolese Order of Italy.
Word: Yen-t'ai Part of Speech: name Etymology: From the Wade–Giles romanization of the Mandarin 煙臺 /烟台 (Yen¹-tʻai²). 1. Alternative form of Yantai. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: I was well done-up myself when I got to the top, and was more than pleased to rest a little and look down upon fading Yen-tʻai (the Chinese name for Chefoo), before the hills would shut it from my sight for weeks. Example: The Japanese had established their position on a line running nearly east and west about half-way between Yen-tʻai and the Sha River. It was in fact exactly parallel to the branch railway connecting Yen-tʻai with the Yen-tʻai mines.
Word: Christon Part of Speech: name Etymology: From a Celtic word related to Welsh crug (“hill”) + Old English tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”). 1. A habitational surname from Old English. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. A hamlet in Loxton parish, North Somerset district, Somerset, England (OS grid ref ST3757). Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: Nan-ching Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Mandarin 南京 (Nánjīng) Wade–Giles romanization: Nan²-ching¹. 1. Alternative form of Nanjing. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: September 6th.—The English mail of the 10th of July arrived to-day, and while Mr. Hart was at the Foreign Office engaged on business with Wan-se-ang and Hang-Ki, he received his Shang-hai letters, one of which contained the news of the recapture by the Imperial forces of the cities of Woo-tu and Nan-ching, two important rebel posts. Example: Aside from the Turfan depression in Hsin-chiang (Sinkiang) province, the hottest part of China lies in the middle and lower Yangtze Valley. Maximum temperatures of 43°–44°C (110°–112°F) have been recorded in Ch'ang-sha and Nan-ching.
Word: Hsi-an Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Mandarin 西安 (Xī'ān), Wade–Giles romanization: Hsi¹-an¹. 1. Alternative form of Xi'an. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: An official, one of the many provincial deputies charged with the carrying of tribute to the Court at Hsi-an, returning thence to his post at Soochow, sent to a friend at Peking a detailed description of the life of the Court in exile, from which the following extracts are taken. Example: Had it not been for the casual discovery in the year 1625 of a deeply buried black marble tablet near Hsi-an containing nearly 1,700 Chinese characters, and a long list of names of priests in Syriac, the fact that such a sect rooted itself in the Celestial Empire would never have been believed, as indeed after the tablet was unearthed it was for a long time discredited.
Word: Loxton Part of Speech: name Etymology: Recorded as Lochestone in the Domesday Book, the village takes its name from the Lox Yeo River + Old English tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”). 1. A placename: Labels: countable, uncountable 2. A placename: Labels: countable, uncountable 3. A placename: Labels: countable, uncountable 4. A habitational surname from Old English. Labels: countable
Word: sternopleurals Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of sternopleural Labels: form-of, plural
Word: En-shih Part of Speech: name Etymology: From the Wade–Giles romanization of the Mandarin Chinese pronunciation for 恩施 (Ên¹-shih¹). 1. Alternative form of Enshi. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: Night bombing of CACW airfields were frequent, but En-shih was so located that the 28th Squadron there was generally able to intercept bombers heading for the CACW bases during daylight hours. Example: Later CH'EN Ch'eng obtained permission for YEH to reside with him in En-shih, Hupeh on the personal responsibility of CH'EN; but soon after YEH and his family arrived CH'EN Ch'eng's new command in western Yunnan made it impossible for CH'EN himself to reside at En-shih.
Word: Kuei-lin Part of Speech: name Etymology: From the Wade–Giles romanization of the Mandarin 桂林 (Kuei⁴-lin²). 1. Alternative form of Guilin. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: We anchored for the night at Pai-sha, a rowdy little place, where they talked of killing us, situated at the point of junction with our stream of a northern tributary, navigable almost to Kuei-lin, the capital of this province. Example: One authority of that age tells of the defeat of Man and the Lo-tzu by the partly sinicized soldiers of Ch'u at the end of the seventh century B.C., presumably driving these savages farther south; another T'ang scholar gives the more daring opinion that the natives of Kuei-lin in northern Kwangsi were subject to the Ch'u nation in late Chou times.
Word: Kuang-chou Part of Speech: name Etymology: From the Wade–Giles romanization Kuang³-chou¹ of Mandarin 廣州 (Guǎngzhōu). Pronunciation: /ˈkwɑŋˈt͡ʃoʊ/, /kwæŋˈt͡ʃəʊ/ 1. Dated spelling of Guangzhou. Example: At present the metropolitan area of Kuang-chou City alone comprises some 1,500,000 people or twice that of the Sung period for all of the two provinces. Example: In the year 520 he at last landed at Kuang-chou in Southern China.
Word: elastomerics Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of elastomeric Labels: form-of, plural
Word: daebak Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Borrowed from Korean 대박 (daebak). Pronunciation: /ˈdɛbæk/ 1. Awesome, cool. Example: This street stall is daebak! Example: His variety and drama shows are just daebak!
Word: daebak Part of Speech: intj Etymology: Borrowed from Korean 대박 (daebak). Pronunciation: /ˈdɛbæk/ 1. Wow. Example: I suggest you listen to "The Liar and his Lover" and "Goblin OST". Daebak! Example: Slowly, Gia's fangirl dreams unfolded in her eyes and she planed on making Jun Ho fall in love with her for real. Will this fake marriage turn into a real one? Daebak!
Word: Hermesian Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Hermes + -ian after Georg Hermes. Pronunciation: /həɹˈmi.ʒən/ 1. Pertaining to the theological writings of Georg Hermes, especially in the attempt to reconcile faith with Kantian reason. Example: The measure taken by Mgr. de Droste, against the publication of Hermesian writings, is thus most fully justified, not only by the dictate of his own conscience, and by the canons of the Catholic Church, but also by the civil law, where the rights of the archbishop are laid down with the utmost clearness and precision. Example: He ended the heretical dissensions created by the Hermesian School by suspending the refractory Hermesian professors Braun and Achterfeldt of Bonn; and he reorganized the theological faculty of that university by calling in as professors Dieringer and Martin, men of unsuspected orthodoxy.
Word: Hermesian Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Hermes + -ian after Georg Hermes. Pronunciation: /həɹˈmi.ʒən/ 1. A follower of the theology of Georg Hermes. Example: Hermesians declare that what was condemned at Rome was not Hermes' teaching, but a libellous caricature of it. He himself always protested that his system did not touch any point of the Catholic faith. Example: The Hermesians offered a welcome target for the fierce clericalist hatred which found expression in such writings.
Word: Hermesian Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Hermes + -ian after Hermes Trismegistus. Pronunciation: /həɹˈmi.ʒən/ 1. Pertaining to the Hermetic Corpus, Hermes Trismegistus, or the associated form of mysticism. Example: These are the figures of such of the celestial hieroglyphics, as we have been able to find and make out; and now we are going to represent the three other classes, according to promise, with all the different figures of the Hermesian alphabets, or hieroglyphics. Example: At the present day in India, Hermesian paganism vastly predominates, and it was, therefore, quite in consonance with Brahman ideas to decree, on this fitting occasion, special honour to the house-cat.
Word: Hermesian Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Hermes + -ian after Hermes Trismegistus. Pronunciation: /həɹˈmi.ʒən/ 1. Any of the Gnostics who contributed to writing the Hermetic Corpus. Example: Our object is only to mention the most celebrated of these alphabets of the Hermesians, ( or hieroglyphics, ) and to indicate their particular qualities; for nobody is capable of giving a satisfactory explanation of them all. Example: Their secrets, however, were expressed in the hieroglyphics, invented by Hermes, and understood by his descendants, called Hermesians.
Word: Hermesian Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Hermes + -ian after the Greek god Hermes. Pronunciation: /həɹˈmi.ʒən/ 1. Pertaining to the Greek god Hermes. Example: Near-synonym: mercurial Example: We must change this "Hermesian" psychology, of course, before we can have a better world. I use the word "Hermesian" because Hermes was the god of commerce and thievery for the ancient Greeks.
Word: Hermesians Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Hermesian Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Hai-nan Part of Speech: name Etymology: Wade-Giles transcription of Mandarin 海南 (Hǎinán). 1. Alternative form of Hainan. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: Its territory is ſeparated, by a narrow ſtrait only, from the iſle of Hai-nan : 315 miles S W Canton. Example: COMMUNIST CHINA: Peking is expanding its naval activity in the Paracel Islands in the South China Sea some 200 miles southeast of Hai-nan Island.
Word: pippies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of pippie Labels: form-of, plural 2. plural of pippy Labels: form-of, plural
Word: pippie Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Likely borrowed from Māori pipi (“Paphies australis”). 1. A cockle. Labels: Australia, New-Zealand Example: By the way, the common "pippie” contains it in small amounts, so does shark liver oil, if you like it. Example: Sieni came running from behind a fallen coconut tree beside the lagoon with her skirt gathered up in her hands, and full of pippies and sea eggs.
Word: pippie Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Possibly an alternative form of peepee. 1. The penis. Labels: childish, colloquial Example: At thirteen, my own pippie was stirred by the sight of girls in our school. Example: He would have seen Poddi's pippie place also but the girl had twisted away as she wore her cloth.
Word: back-page Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of back page. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: back-pages Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of back-page Labels: form-of, plural
Word: backpage Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of back page. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: backpages Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of backpage Labels: form-of, plural
Word: clogosphere Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From clog + -o- + -sphere, by analogy with blogosphere. 1. The totality of bloggers advocating forms of pseudoscience, the paranormal, and conspiracy theories. Labels: Internet, derogatory, rare, slang, uncountable
Word: CMI Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of coded mark inversion. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: CMI Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of Creation Ministries International. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 2. Initialism of Credit Managers' Index. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: CMI Part of Speech: verb 1. Initialism of cannot make it. Labels: Singapore, abbreviation, alt-of, colloquial, initialism
Word: CMIs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of CMI Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Inhofe Part of Speech: name Pronunciation: /ˈɪnhoʊf/ 1. A surname.
Word: Young Earth creationist Part of Speech: noun 1. A proponent of Young Earth creationism.
Word: Young Earth creationists Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Young Earth creationist Labels: form-of, plural
Word: holy shamoley Part of Speech: intj Etymology: See schm-. 1. An expression of surprise. Labels: humorous, slang
Word: bankful Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From bank + -ful. 1. The amount that a bank holds. Example: "Oh, a girl that has a bankful of money," replied Martha, carelessly. Example: A history of cancer and heart disease, probably. Of course what she hoped was that his side of the family was fabulously wealthy. She'd spent her entire life fantasizing about him coming back into their lives somehow to give them bankfuls of cash.
Word: bankful Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Alternative form. 1. Alternative form of bankfull. Labels: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable Example: The river was reached at the ferry, and the memorable crossing undertaken. The scene has been commemorated in art and story. The Delaware, six hundred yards in width, was bankful of turbid water and floating ice. The current was deep ... Example: […] But as Mr. Spears writes, "A river of Jordan, running bankful of blood ..."
Word: bankfuls Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of bankful Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Chekiangese Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Chekiang + -ese. 1. Alternative form of Zhejiangese (“Of, from, or pertaining to the province or people of Zhejiang (Chekiang), China”). Labels: alt-of, alternative, in-plural Example: Like Chou, Shao Yüan-ch'ung was from Chekiang. The three Chekiangese had had a long-standing association going back to the days of Chiang's association with Ch'en Ch'i-mei. Example: In Shanghai, where the alliance had established a central China bureau only three months earlier, its leader was Chen Chi-mei, a thirty-four-year-old Chekiangese who had studied police and military methods in Tokyo.
Word: hazardizes Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of hazardize Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: hazardizing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of hazardize Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: hazardized Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of hazardize Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: hazardise Part of Speech: verb 1. Alternative form of hazardize. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: Ruth was exceeding loth to allow the newly-arisen Invalid to hazardise his full Recovery by so soon leaving his Room. Example: It is astonishing that men and women, well knowing as they do the dangerous nature of their tasks, should hazardise not only their own lives but those of their companions by acts of omission or commission.
Word: hazardise Part of Speech: noun 1. A hazardous attempt or situation; hazard. Labels: obsolete Example: forsommoche as it is over long, and the tyme serveth not in this letter to chowch the hoole matier, and considering that no oone pointe therof soundeth to any daungier or hazardise of your Royal Personne or Realme, but is in some like unto hym that made it , verrey knayisshe , and full of railing, howbeit such as Your Majestie can bee .nothing the worse ner your honour less regarded; therefore we have spared in fulnes and length to write thereof as now, entending at our repaire unto You to reapport the same, yche thing, furst and last, as we have herde. Example: Herselfe had ronne into that hazardise.
Word: hazardises Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of hazardise Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: hazardising Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of hazardise Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: hazardised Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of hazardise Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: Cau Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from French Cau. 1. A surname from French.
Word: hyung line Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Calque of Korean 형 라인 (hyeong rain), composed of 형(兄) (hyeong, “hyung; elder brother of a man”) and 라인 (rain, “members with a shared characteristic”), ultimately from English line. By surface analysis, hyung + line. Refer to 라인 (rain, “members with a shared characteristic”) for more information. 1. The elder members of a male K-pop group as a collective. Example: Born on 22nd May 1999, belongs to the Hyung line of EXO being the second oldest after Xiumin. Example: RM, Suga, Jin, and J-Hope comprise BTS's hyung line.
Word: Chang-chia-k'ou Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Mandarin 張家口 /张家口 (Zhāngjiākǒu), Wade–Giles romanization: Chang¹-chia¹-kʻou³. 1. Alternative form of Zhangjiakou. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: Kalgan or Chang-chia-k’ou (張家口) is in the north-western corner of the province just inside the Great Wall, at the beginning of the camel route across the desert to Siberia. Example: "In a little while," Chia whispered to him, "we will pull into Chang-chia-k'ou, and the people around me will get off there. I have already told the conductor to reserve a bunk bed for you. Once we get to Chang-chia-k'ou, you can come over."
Word: Shen-yang Part of Speech: name Etymology: From the Wade–Giles romanization of the Mandarin 瀋陽 /沈阳 (Shên³-yang²). 1. Alternative form of Shenyang. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: WHERE the population is scanty the cities must be few and small. Lyautong, being the most populous province, has the most cities, towns and villages. Shen-yang or Mookden is the capital, and was the residence of the Mandshoor schwandees or princes immediately previous to the conquest of China. Example: Sometime during the Ming dynasty the ancestors of Ts'ao Yin moved from northern Chihli province to Shen-yang, the present Mukden, in the area known as Liaotung.
Word: maknae line Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Korean 막내 라인 (mangnae rain), composed of 막내 (mangnae, “maknae; youngest person in a group”) and 라인 (rain, “members with a shared characteristic”), ultimately from English line. By surface analysis, maknae + line. Refer to 라인 (rain, “members with a shared characteristic”) for more information. 1. The younger members of a K-pop group as a collective. Example: The younger members can form the maknae line. Example: Tessa and Sung Soo watched the maknae line bundled up together on the couch, grins across their faces.
Word: Ha-erh-pin Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Mandarin 哈爾濱 /哈尔滨 (Hā'ěrbīn) Wade–Giles romanization: Ha¹-êrh³-pin¹. 1. Alternative form of Ha'erbin (Harbin) Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: Farther inland and adjoining these riverside districts is the new city of Harbin, which developed largely after the First World War. The population of the city increased eightfold from 40,500 in 1911 to 332,000 in 1931 and then doubled to 661,000 by 1940. The city was officially called Pinkiang under Manchukuo rule. Its present official Chinese name is Harbin, which is rendered phonetically by means of the characters Ha-erh-pin. Example: The Heilungkiang plants at Ha-erh-pin (Harbin), Fu-la-erh-chi and Chia-mu-ssu are built in centers of machinery production, which includes the production of electrical equipment.
Word: Ch'i-ch'i-ha-erh Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Mandarin 齊齊哈爾 /齐齐哈尔 (Qíqíhā'ěr) Wade–Giles romanization: Chʻi²-chʻi²-ha¹-êrh³. 1. Alternative form of Qiqiha'er (Qiqihar) Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: TSITSIHAR (CH’I-CH’I-HA-ERH), a city of Heilungkiang Province, China, is on the eastern barnk of the Nonni (Nen Chiang) River at the foot of the Greater Khingan Range. Example: Ninety-five per cent of the cultivated area of the country lies east of a line drawn from Tsitsihar (Ch'i-ch'i-ha-erh) in northern Manchuria to K'un-ming in Yün-nan Province. This is eastern China, and within it is the Chinese ecumene.
Word: Fogan Part of Speech: name 1. Synonym of Fu'an. Example: In the Province of Fokien is alſo a great City called Foning, which commands over three Cities, as Foning, Fogan, and Ningte. Example: The Manchu Tartars, seizing the opportunity of extending their territory, obtained possession of the whole huge province of Fokien, and as soon as Fogan fell into their hands, persecution began.
Word: Ta-li Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Mandarin 大理 (Dàlǐ) Wade–Giles romanization: Ta⁴-li³. 1. Dated form of Dali. Labels: alt-of, dated Example: Last year when returning with my wife to Ta-li from Yün-nan-fu, an old man at one of our resting-places waited for an opportunity to speak to me alone. Example: Viewing Yun-nan topographically from the large aspect, we may divide the province into three major regions: (1) Western Yun-nan including the great gorges west of Ta-li. The characteristic feature of this region is the parallel trends of rivers and mountain ranges. From altitudes of 16,000-19,000 feet in the north, the heights drop to 5000-5300 feet in the south;
Word: Jikook Part of Speech: name Etymology: Blend of Jimin + Jungkook. 1. The real-person fiction ship of Park Ji-min and Jeon Jung-kook of the K-pop boy band BTS. Labels: slang Example: For example, there are portmanteaus of each and every BTS member combination, with fans hoping that JiKook (Jimin and Jungkook) or V-Hope (V and J-Hope) will become a thing. Example: "JiKook," the pairing of Korean boy band BTS members Jeon Jeong-guk and Park Ji-min, is the fourth most popular ship despite the fact that neither pairing is together in real life.
Word: Sprousehart Part of Speech: name Etymology: Blend of Sprouse + Reinhart. 1. The couple consisting of celebrities Cole Sprouse and Lili Reinhart. Labels: slang Example: We also feel the need to put our noses just slightly inside the bounds of your private business and let you know that we wholeheartedly support the Sprousehart relationship (or Bughead on-screen). Example: We're pretty sure bonds like this don't easily break, and whether or not Sprousehart remain a couple, the friendship will stay strong.
Word: Hsi-ning Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Mandarin 西寧 /西宁 (Xīníng), Wade–Giles romanization: Hsi¹-ning². 1. Alternative form of Xining. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: When we had finished tea the Jalang put on a portentously solemn expression and said that it was reported that a dispatch had reached Taichinār Dzassak viâ Korluk from the Hsi-ning Amban, by which all the chiefs of the Ts'aidam were forbidden to supply guides, ponies provisions or camels to a certain foreigner with a Pekinese cook and several Hsi-ning followers, who was desirous of going to Tibet. Example: A highway also connects Lan-chou with Hsi-ning in Tsinghai Province. The Tsinghai-Tibet Highway further stretches 2,100 kilometers from Hsi-ning through Ko-erh-mu across the Kunlun Mountains to Lhasa, making Ko-erh-mu the new highway center of Kansu, Sinkiang, and Tibet.
Word: I'd-a Part of Speech: contraction 1. Alternative form of I'd've. Labels: alt-of, alternative, contraction
Word: I'm-a Part of Speech: contraction 1. Alternative form of Imma. Labels: alt-of, alternative, contraction
Word: Coronas Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Corona Labels: form-of, plural
Word: via dolorosa Part of Speech: noun 1. Painful road; difficult route Example: The via dolorosa Boris Johnson is trudging along is about more than Dominic Cummings’s actions and the Prime Minister’s refusal to acknowledge they were wrong, let alone ask the bloke for his ticket.
Word: K'un-ming Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Mandarin 昆明 (Kūnmíng), Wade–Giles romanization: Kʻun¹-ming². 1. Alternative form of Kunming. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: Settlements at a few favored basins, and strategic outposts were established very early, such as those at Kuei-yang and K'un-ming, but the vast extent of the territory remained under the local autonomous rule of tribal chieftains with nominal subservience to the Chinese Emperor. Example: During World War II K’un-ming received many refugees from eastern China and later from southeast Asia, and became a Chinese military base. It was also of great importance as the transport terminus for the Burma road and for cargo flown over the "Hump" by U.S. air forces.
Word: Yün-nan Part of Speech: name Etymology: From the Wade–Giles romanization of the Mandarin 雲南 /云南 (Yúnnán). Wade-Giles romanization: Yün²-nan². 1. Alternative form of Yunnan. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: The mining industry was severely crippled by the Pathay Rebellion ; but prior to that date, although iron ore is most abundant, copper was mined on a much larger scale in order to provide for the requirements of the Empire, which formerly were almost entirely dependent upon the Yün-nan mines for their needs, which may be put at about 6,000 tons annually. Example: Not all of Yün-nan is beautiful. Much of it is just roughly churned rock, much is flat and drab. But it has room for many pictures as well; Yün-nan is vast, China's third province in size, its area almost one fourth more than Great Britain's.