yuanxin112/wiktionary-morph huggingface dataset:
oligopolistic
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English oligopoly
Proto-Indo-European *-id-
Proto-Indo-European *-yéti
Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti
Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō
Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)
Proto-Hellenic *-tās
Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs)
Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor.
Latin -istader.
Old French -istebor.
Middle English -ist
English -ist
Proto-Indo-European *-ikos
Proto-Italic *-ikos
Latin -icuslbor.
Old French -iquebor.
Middle English -ik
English -ic
English -istic
English oligopolistic
From oligopoly + -istic.
Inflected forms:
form: more oligopolistic
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most oligopolistic
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: Having the character of, or dominated by, an oligopoly
pos: adj
examples: There was little competition in oligopolistic industries, and "Fordist" production techniques emphasized long production runs, routinized and "deskilled" work, and minimal innovation or attention to quality.
Medicine […] is in many cases no less business- and money-oriented than the great oligopolistic corporations.
Translations:
multidecadal
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Italic *moltos
Latin multus
Latin multīder.
Middle English multi-
English multi-
English decadal
English multidecadal
From multi- + decadal.
Inflected forms:
form: multi-decadal
pos: adj
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: Involving multiple decades
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
gloss: Lasting or spanning multiple decades
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: But distributed big science in this case consists of missions (also called projects) that make up an extended, multidecadal program of exploration
Translations:
pheomelanin
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English pheo-
English melanin
English pheomelanin
From pheo- + melanin.
Inflected forms:
form: pheomelanins
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: phaeomelanin
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: A brown pigment produced by melanocytes
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
Translations:
polarizable
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English polarize
Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr
Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom
Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlis
Proto-Italic *-ðlis
Latin -bilis
Latin -ābilis
Old French -ablebor.
Middle English -able
English -able
English polarizable
From polarize + -able.
Inflected forms:
form: more polarizable
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most polarizable
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: Able to be polarized
pos: adj
Translations:
hikikomori
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese 引きこもり (literally “pulling inward, being confined”) and is often translated as “acute social withdrawal” or shut-in.
Inflected forms:
form: hikikomori
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: hikikomoris
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A Japanese phenomenon whereby a person becomes a recluse from society, typically remaining isolated in a single room at home for a very long period.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
gloss: A reclusive person of this kind.
pos: noun
tags: countable
examples: The new taxonomy of Japanese sexlessness also includes terms for groups such as hikikomori (“shut-ins”), parasaito shinguru (“parasite singles,” people who live with their parents beyond their 20s), and otaku (“obsessive fans,” especially of anime and manga)—all of whom are said to contribute to sekkusu shinai shokogun (“celibacy syndrome”).
Many prefectural governments operate support centers for families of hikikomori, but they are staffed by nonspecialists. The priority is to help prise hikikomori out of their rooms and get them back to work, a solution that may leave psychological issues unaddressed.
Related words: NEET
celibacy syndrome
claustrophile
freeter
herbivore man
lying flat
Translations:
proviral
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English pro-
English viral
English proviral
From pro- + viral.
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Of or pertaining to a provirus
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
Translations:
pyramiding
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: business
finance
Etymology: Etymology tree
English pyramid
English -ing
English pyramiding
From pyramid + -ing.
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: The practice of an athlete progressively increasing the dosage of an illicit drug to a maximum, and then progressively lowering it, between competitions so as to reduce the chances of being caught.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
gloss: A shell deformity in captive turtles, leading to a pyramid shape underlying each scute.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
gloss: A form of tax evasion in which an employer that withholds payroll taxes from employees intentionally fails to remit those withholdings to the taxing authority, often then filing for bankruptcy to repeat the fraud under a new name.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
gloss: Synonym of pyramid trading.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
Translations:
nanoprobe
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
Ancient Greek νᾶνος (nânos)bor.
Latin nānusbor.
English nano-
English probe
English nanoprobe
From nano- + probe.
Inflected forms:
form: nanoprobes
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: An optical device for viewing extremely small objects.
pos: noun
Translations:
spectroradiometer
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *speḱ-
Proto-Indo-European *-yeti
Proto-Indo-European *spéḱyeti
Proto-Italic *spekjō
Latin speciō
Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr
Proto-Indo-European *-trom
Proto-Italic *-trom
Latin -trum
Latin spectrumbor.
English spectrum
English spectro-
English radiometer
English spectroradiometer
From spectro- + radiometer.
Inflected forms:
form: spectroradiometers
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A device that measures the spectral power distributions of illuminants, used to evaluate and categorize lighting or to calibrate display technology.
pos: noun
Translations:
werebear
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English were-
Proto-Indo-European *bʰerH-der.?
Proto-Indo-European *bʰerH-der.
Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰwer-der.
Proto-Germanic *berô
Proto-West Germanic *berō
Old English bera
Middle English bere
English bear
English werebear
From were- + bear.
Inflected forms:
form: werebears
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A shapeshifter who can change between bear and human form
pos: noun
Translations:
unpledged
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: business
finance
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *né
Proto-Indo-European *n̥-
Proto-Germanic *un-
Proto-West Germanic *un-
Old English un-
Middle English un-
English un-
English pledged
English unpledged
From un- + pledged.
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Not pledged; not committed.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: That has provided Mr. Obama with the opportunity, which he plans to seize in a more full-throated way starting on Wednesday, to argue that voters across a wide cross-section of the country have embraced his candidacy, and that the time has come for the group that could hold the balance of power, those 796 unpledged superdelegates — party leaders and elected officials who have an automatic seat at the national convention — to follow suit.
gloss: Not used as collateral.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: With no unpledged assets and low profitability, the business could get no further financing.
Translations:
babine
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: A sparkling alcoholic drink from Zaire, made from avocado leaves.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
Translations:
unsleeping
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *né
Proto-Indo-European *n̥-
Proto-Germanic *un-
Proto-West Germanic *un-
Old English un-
Middle English un-
English un-
English sleeping
English unsleeping
From un- + sleeping.
Inflected forms:
form: more unsleeping
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most unsleeping
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: Not sleeping.
pos: adj
examples: All that night Saxon lay, unsleeping, without taking off her clothes, and when she arose in the morning and washed her face and dressed her hair she was aware of a strange numbness, of a feeling of constriction about her head as if it were bound by a heavy band of iron.
gloss: Remaining constantly alert.
pos: adj
tags: figuratively
examples: Did you fixedly gaze, too, upon that ribbed and dented brow; there also, you would see still stranger foot-prints—the foot-prints of his one unsleeping, ever-pacing thought.
Captain Kennedy, who is the Commodore of the fleet, and so always commands the newest and best ship of the line, is an admirable seaman, with a quick eye for everything, always on deck at critical moments, watching with unsleeping vigilance over the safety of all on board.
An unsleeping eye watches the steam pressure and steadily regulates the firing much more economically and patiently than the most experienced fireman.
gloss: Remaining constantly active.
pos: adj
examples: Five hundred miles of moonlit fields and sleeping villages; of black towns and unsleeping furnaces; rain, fog, and frost; snow flurry and flood; tunnel and viaduct.
A shiver of cool air wafted over her and passed; and she remembered her debt, and why she had come out. She looked down at the unsleeping river.
Translations:
spinout
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: compound
Topics: automotive
business
transport
vehicles
Etymology: From spin + out.
Compound parts: spin
out
Inflected forms:
form: spinouts
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A skid that results in a vehicle rotating such that its longitudinal axis is no longer aligned with its direction of linear motion.
pos: noun
examples: Sulayman al-Shulukhi, left, races his modified Subaru Impreza every weekend night and delights in describing wrecks and spinouts.
gloss: The formation of a subsidiary company that continues the operations of part of the parent company; the company so formed.
pos: noun
Translations:
whirly
Part of speech: adj
noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English whirl
English -y
English whirly
From whirl + -y.
Inflected forms:
form: whirlier
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: whirliest
pos: adj
tags: superlative
form: whirlies
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Visually suggestive of a swirl, whorl, or vortex.
pos: adj
tags: informal
examples: The whirly pattern on the wallpaper.
gloss: That moves in a whirling motion.
pos: adj
tags: informal
examples: The whirly blades on top of a helicopter.
He was studying this brolga dance which was being performed with the accompaniment of a whirly haze of dust sprayed from the rusty wrecks of car bodies strewn over the flats behind them.
gloss: A snowy whirlwind in the Antarctic.
pos: noun
Derived words: whirly-bone
whirly tube
whirly-wind
Translations:
empathetically
Part of speech: adv
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English empathetic
Proto-Italic *-ālis
Latin -ālisbor.
Old French -albor.
▲
Latin -ālis
Old French -elbor.
▲
Latin -ālisbor.
Middle English -al
Middle English -ly
Middle English -ally
English -ally
English empathetically
From empathetic + -ally.
Inflected forms:
form: more empathetically
pos: adv
tags: comparative
form: most empathetically
pos: adv
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: In an empathetic way.
pos: adv
Translations:
moonroof
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: compound
Topics: automotive
transport
vehicles
Etymology: From moon + roof, patterned on sunroof. Coined by the Ford Motor Company in the 1970s.
Compound parts: moon
roof
Inflected forms:
form: moonroofs
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: moon roof
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: A sunroof that has a clear glass panel, rather than being opaque, so that light can enter the vehicle even when the roof is closed.
pos: noun
Translations:
understaffing
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: understaffings
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The situation of having insufficient members of staff.
pos: noun
Translations:
coloboma
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: medicine
sciences
Etymology: From Ancient Greek κολόβωμα (kolóbōma, “the part taken away from mutilation”).
Inflected forms:
form: colobomas
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: colobomata
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: An abnormal hole present from birth in one of the structures of the eye, such as the lens, eyelid, or retina.
pos: noun
Translations:
homosocial
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English homo-
Proto-Indo-European *sekʷ-
Proto-Indo-European *-h₂
Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂
Proto-Indo-European *sokʷéh₂
Proto-Indo-European *-ṓy
Proto-Indo-European *sokʷh₂ṓy
Proto-Indo-European *-yós
Proto-Indo-European *sokʷyós
Proto-Italic *sokjos
Latin sokios
Latin socius
Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.?
Proto-Italic *-ālis
Latin -ālis
Latin sociālisbor.
Middle French socialbor.
English social
English homosocial
From homo- + social.
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Pertaining to homosociality, to social interaction with the same sex.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: In practice, however, the line between heterosocial and heterosexual relationships is rarely seen as rigid and impenetrable. Instead, male-female friendships are often seen — by others if not by the participants — as having sexual and romantic potential. In contrast, much social effort goes into maintaining the line between homosocial and homosexual relationships […]
Even at its most intense, though, such ‘homosocial’ friendship, both in fiction and in reality, was meant to be distinguished from homosexual acts and tendencies.
Antonyms: heterosocial
Translations:
situationist
Part of speech: adj
noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English situation
Proto-Indo-European *-id-
Proto-Indo-European *-yéti
Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti
Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō
Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)
Proto-Hellenic *-tās
Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs)
Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor.
Latin -istader.
Old French -istebor.
Middle English -ist
English -ist
English situationist
From situation + -ist.
Inflected forms:
form: situationists
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Pertaining to situationism.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: Psychogeography was formed and validated by a situationist group discourse and culture that couldn't be just blanked out at will. In fact Debord presented the situationist maps of Paris and the “theory of the dérive” precisely in order to ratify group activity, codifying all sorts of overblown psychogeographic techniques.
While members of the cell he is meeting no doubt consider themselves revolutionaries, their call to arms is Fast Company, the rapidly growing magazine that began in April of 1995 with a bold series of declarations blending Situationist sloganeering with Madison Avenue exhortations.
gloss: A person who subscribes to situationism.
pos: noun
examples: In 1976 and 1977, and the years to follow, as symbolically remade by the Sex Pistols, it was, perhaps, dadaists, lettrists, situationists, and various medieval heretics.
Translations:
babycakes
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: compound
Etymology: From baby + cakes.
Compound parts: baby
cakes
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: A term of endearment for a young woman.
pos: noun
tags: US
slang
uncountable
examples: Mrs. King is delighted that there are so many Tracy Austins in professional tennis these days. She refers to them as “babycakes,” and not patronizingly.
Translations:
hydrogeologist
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
Ancient Greek ῠ̔δρο- (hŭdro-)der.
English hydro-
English geologist
English hydrogeologist
From hydro- + geologist.
Inflected forms:
form: hydrogeologists
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A person involved in hydrogeology.
pos: noun
Translations:
randomizer
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *h₃er-
Proto-Indo-European *h₃reyH-der.
Proto-Germanic *rinnaną
Proto-West Germanic *rinnan
Frankish *randijubor.
Old French randirder.
Old French randonbor.
Middle English randoun
English randon
English random
Proto-Indo-European *-id-
Proto-Indo-European *-yéti
Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti
Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō
Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor.
Late Latin -izōder.
Middle French -iserbor.
Middle English -isen
English -ize
English randomize
Proto-Indo-European *-yósder.
Proto-Italic *-āzijos
Latin -āriusnom.
Latin -āriusbor.
Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz
Proto-West Germanic *-ārī
Old English -ere
Middle English -ere
English -er
English randomizer
From randomize + -er.
Inflected forms:
form: randomizers
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: One who, or that which, randomizes (often practically extended to pseudorandomization as well).
pos: noun
gloss: One who, or that which, randomizes (often practically extended to pseudorandomization as well).
pos: noun
Related words: plandomizer
randomized algorithm
randomized controlled trial
Translations:
lang: Russian
word: рандома́йзер
roman: randomájzer
labeler
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English label
Proto-Indo-European *-yósder.
Proto-Italic *-āzijos
Latin -āriusnom.
Latin -āriusbor.
Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz
Proto-West Germanic *-ārī
Old English -ere
Middle English -ere
English -er
English labeler
From label + -er.
Inflected forms:
form: labelers
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: labeller
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: A person or device that produces or affixes labels.
pos: noun
examples: He was a model of anal defensiveness: fastidious in his dress and appearance, a collector and putter of things in order, a classifier and labeler.
Translations:
relationally
Part of speech: adv
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English relational
Middle English -ly
English -ly
English relationally
From relational + -ly.
Inflected forms:
form: more relationally
pos: adv
tags: comparative
form: most relationally
pos: adv
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: In a relational way.
pos: adv
Translations:
pudendal
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
Etymology: From Latin pudendum (“external genitals, shaming”) + -al. By surface analysis, pudend- + -al.
Affixes: -al
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Relating to or near the pudendum.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: Ms. Mate’s symptoms responded to another approach — two treatments to inhibit firing of the pudendal nerve, which enervates the lowest muscles of the pelvis, plus regular use of an anticonvulsant drug.
Translations:
stanozolol
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *médʰu
Proto-Hellenic *métʰu
Ancient Greek μέθυ (méthu)
Proto-Indo-European *swel-der.?
Ancient Greek ῡ̔́λη (hū́lē)der.
German -yl
German Methylbor.
English methyl
English androstane
English prednisolone
English -olone
English androstanolone
blend
English (me)stanol(one)
Proto-Indo-European *péh₂wr̥
Proto-Hellenic *pāwər
Ancient Greek πῦρ (pûr)
Latin pyr
English pyro-
English pyr-
Proto-Indo-European *né
Proto-Indo-European *n̥-
Proto-Hellenic *ə-
Ancient Greek ᾰ̓- (ă-)
Proto-Indo-European *gʷeyh₃-
Proto-Indo-European *-wós
Proto-Indo-European *gʷih₃wós
Proto-Indo-European *gʷíh₃weti
Proto-Hellenic *gʷyṓw-ō
Proto-Hellenic *ďṓwō
Ancient Greek ζώω (zṓō)
Ancient Greek ζῶ (zô)
Ancient Greek -ᾱ (-ā)
Ancient Greek -η (-ē)
Ancient Greek ζωή (zōḗ)
French azotebor.
English azote
English azo-
English -ole
English azole
English (pyra)zol(e)
English stanozolol
From (me)stanol(one) + (pyra)zol(e).
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: A synthetic anabolic steroid derived from testosterone, chemical formula C₂₁H₃₂N₂O.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
examples: Seven weeks later, Palmeiro tested positive for the anabolic steroid stanozolol.
Translations:
pulverizer
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: agriculture
business
lifestyle
Etymology: Etymology tree
English pulverize
English -er
English pulverizer
From pulverize + -er.
Inflected forms:
form: pulverizers
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: One who, or that which, pulverizes.
pos: noun
gloss: A device for crushing clods of soil in a field.
pos: noun
Related words: micropulverizer
subpulverizer
Translations:
refueler
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English refuel
English -er
English refueler
From refuel + -er.
Inflected forms:
form: refuelers
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: One who refuels.
pos: noun
Translations:
unamended
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *né
Proto-Indo-European *n̥-
Proto-Germanic *un-
Proto-West Germanic *un-
Old English un-
Middle English un-
English un-
English amended
English unamended
From un- + amended.
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Without amendments.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
Translations:
re-encode
Part of speech: verb
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Italic *wre-
Latin re-der.
Old French re-bor.
Middle English re-
English re-
English encode
English re-encode
From re- + encode.
Inflected forms:
form: re-encodes
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: re-encoding
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: re-encoded
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: re-encoded
pos: verb
tags: past
form: reencode
pos: verb
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: To encode again.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: I re-encoded my digital music collection at a lower bitrate to save disk space.
Translations:
fixedness
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English fixed
Proto-Germanic *-inōną
Proto-Indo-European *-dyé-
Proto-Germanic *-atjaną
Proto-Indo-European *-tus
Proto-Germanic *-þuz
Proto-Germanic *-assuz
Proto-Germanic *-inassuz
Proto-West Germanic *-nassī
Old English -nes
Middle English -nesse
English -ness
English fixedness
From fixed + -ness.
Inflected forms:
form: fixednesses
pos: noun
tags: plural
rare
Senses:
gloss: The state or condition of being fixed.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
Translations:
superglue
Part of speech: noun
verb
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From super- + glue, a genericized trademark held by Super Glue Corporation.
Base: glue
Affixes: super-
Inflected forms:
form: superglues
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: superglues
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: supergluing
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: superglueing
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
uncommon
form: superglued
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: superglued
pos: verb
tags: past
Senses:
gloss: A very strong and instant glue, generally cyanoacrylate.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: When assembling a model airplane, superglue works better than regular glue for holding the small parts together.
Matilda, holding the hat in one hand and a thin tube of Superglue in the other, proceeded to squeeze a thin line of glue very neatly all around the inside rim of the hat. Then she carefully hooked the hat back on to the peg with the walking-stick. She timed this operation very carefully, applying the glue just as her father was getting up from the breakfast table.
gloss: To affix with superglue.
pos: verb
Translations:
paniculate
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: From panicle, a compound inflorescence in which the flowers are arranged along a single central axis.
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Having a branched cluster of flowers.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
Translations:
shellcode
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: compound
Topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
Etymology: From shell + code.
Compound parts: shell
code
Inflected forms:
form: shellcodes
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A small piece of code, used as the payload of a virus or other malware, that launches a shell so that the attacker can control the compromised computer.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: In ELF executables, there aren't a whole lot of code caves (such as in the PE format), so you are not likely to be able to shove more than just a meager amount of shellcode into existing code slots […]
Translations:
gayborhood
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: compound
Etymology: Blend of gay + neighborhood.
Compound parts: gay
neighborhood
Inflected forms:
form: gayborhoods
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: gaybourhood
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: A part of a city that is largely populated by gay people.
pos: noun
examples: We held the Gay Shame Awards in Harvey Milk Plaza, at the center of the white-washed gayborhood of the Castro, and bestowed awards in eight categories[…]
Each full-color city map features the latest updates on roads, public transit, airports, tourist sights and the city's most happening gayborhood.
[…]who learned a lot from their time in the city — but who have decided in the end that they "fit in" better away from the gayborhood.
[…]a queer youth homeless shelter in San Francisco's gayborhood, the Castro[…]
From the Warhol museum, walk north through the quaint, red-brick Mexican War Streets (Pittsburgh's gayborhood) and head for the Q Mattress Factory[…]
“Gayborhoods are going away,” Mr. Jones said. “People need to pay attention to this. When people are dispersed, when they no longer live in geographic concentrations, when they no longer inhabit specific precincts, we lose a lot.[…]”
Translations:
platformed
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Having very thick soles and heels to make the wearer appear taller.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
Translations:
postconviction
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *pós
Proto-Indo-European *-ti
Proto-Indo-European *pósti
Proto-Italic *posti
Old Latin poste
Latin post
English post-
English conviction
English postconviction
From post- + conviction.
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Occurring after a judicial conviction.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: The question for the court in this case was whether state courts, in considering postconviction appeals from criminal defendants, are bound by the same rule of nonretroactivity.
Antonyms: preconviction
Translations:
postretirement
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *pós
Proto-Indo-European *-ti
Proto-Indo-European *pósti
Proto-Italic *posti
Old Latin poste
Latin post
English post-
English retirement
English postretirement
From post- + retirement.
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Occurring after the moment or event of retiring (retirement), during the period or era of retirement.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: It was not a situation that Rahlves, 34, one of the most accomplished World Cup downhill racers in American skiing history, would have imagined for his postretirement career.
Translations:
upsize
Part of speech: verb
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English up-
English size
English upsize
From up- + size.
Inflected forms:
form: upsizes
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: upsizing
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: upsized
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: upsized
pos: verb
tags: past
Senses:
gloss: To make larger or more numerous.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
gloss: To become larger or more numerous; to change to something larger, such as a house.
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
Antonyms: downsize
Related words: rightsize
Translations:
upsizing
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: upsizings
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The act or process of something being upsized.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
Translations:
cuntish
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English cunt
Proto-Indo-European *-iskos
Proto-Germanic *-iskaz
Proto-West Germanic *-isk
Old English -isċ
Middle English -ish
English -ish
English cuntish
From cunt + -ish.
Inflected forms:
form: more cuntish
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most cuntish
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: Like a cunt (objectionable person).
pos: adj
tags: slang
vulgar
examples: 'A right cuntish thing to do,' the sergeant told Peter. 'For a bright lad like you - pathetic'
Peter had to admit that the anger at his carelessness was justified.
He's by some distance the most attractive man in the room, in a purely cuntish way... With his unnecessary shades and dozey self-regard, his crinkly old eyes and dishevelled hair and jeans and silly jogging shoes he looks an arsehole.
So round we span with it, until someone had the brilliant/cuntish brainwave of stopping at the first lone homewalker, pretending to ask for directions and then flinging the pint of piss in his face.
'He said, "They've really bolted me up here." I said, "Tell me, first and foremost, did you actually say it?" "Yes - but I didn't mean it in the context it's come out in. I know it was a cuntish thing to say." I said, "This is your 'Bigger than Jesus Christ' thing."'
Translations:
Chablis
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: From French chablis (“deadwood”).
Inflected forms:
form: Chablis
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: chablis
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: A variety of dry white wine from this region
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
Translations:
eeling
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: eelings
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Fishing for eels.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
gloss: A young eel, or elver.
pos: noun
tags: countable
examples: They then develop into eelings or elvers, migrating towards coastlines, where they are found in briny areas: muddy estuaries, tidal marshes, […]
[…] when it was shown that what had been taken for young eelings in the adult's womb were simply parasitic worms.
Translations:
redistributionist
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English redistribution
Proto-Indo-European *-id-
Proto-Indo-European *-yéti
Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti
Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō
Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)
Proto-Hellenic *-tās
Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs)
Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor.
Latin -istader.
Old French -istebor.
Middle English -ist
English -ist
English redistributionist
From redistribution + -ist.
Inflected forms:
form: redistributionists
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A person who advocates redistribution of wealth from the rich to the poor.
pos: noun
examples: He'd be on her ass in a microsecond, revoke her letters testamentary, they'd call her names, proclaim her through all Orange County as a redistributionist and pinko, slip the old man from Warpe, Wistfull, Kubitschek and McMingus in as administrator de bonis non and so much baby for code, constellations, shadow-legatees.
Translations:
slimline
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: compound
Etymology: From slim + line.
Compound parts: slim
line
Inflected forms:
form: more slimline
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most slimline
pos: adj
tags: superlative
form: slim-line
pos: adj
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: Gracefully slim or slender.
pos: adj
gloss: Stripped of unnecessary features.
pos: adj
Translations:
everydayness
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From everyday + -ness. Compare the similarly-formed German Alltäglichkeit (alltäglich + -keit).
Base: everyday
Affixes: -ness
Inflected forms:
form: everydaynesses
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The quality or state of happening every day, or frequently.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
usually
examples: Lily reaches into the everydayness of our lives to expose, not only the overall lack of consciousness in American society, but our personal faux-pas's in relating as human beings.
... brings tranquilized self-assurance... into the average everydayness of Dasein.
gloss: The product or result of happening every day, or frequently.
pos: noun
tags: countable
usually
Synonyms: commonness
normalcy
normality
normalness
regularity
Translations:
covetable
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English covet
Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom
Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlis
Proto-Italic *-ðlis
Latin -bilis
Latin -ābilis
Old French -ablebor.
Middle English -able
English -able
English covetable
From covet + -able.
Inflected forms:
form: more covetable
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most covetable
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: Which may be coveted.
pos: adj
Translations:
spasticity
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English spastic
Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂
Proto-Indo-European *-ts
Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts
Latin -itāsder.
Old French -itebor.
Middle English -ite
English -ity
English spasticity
From spastic + -ity.
Inflected forms:
form: spasticities
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The state, quality or property of being spastic.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
Translations:
luxation
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: medicine
sciences
Etymology: From Late Latin luxatio: compare French luxation.
Inflected forms:
form: luxations
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The act of luxating, or the state of being luxated; a dislocation or displacement.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: lens luxation
The fore-arm, in this luxation, is in a state of half-flexion
a laterally bowed distal femur might allow medial patellar luxation. As this repeatedly luxates, the medial trochlear ridge may become worn down, thereby increasing the frequency of luxation.
Translations:
groundbreaker
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: compound
Etymology: From ground + breaker.
Compound parts: ground
breaker
Inflected forms:
form: groundbreakers
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: First person to do, make or fight for something. A pioneer; a seminal person.
pos: noun
Translations:
reinjury
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Italic *wre-
Latin re-der.
Old French re-bor.
Middle English re-
English re-
English injury
English reinjury
From re- + injury.
Inflected forms:
form: reinjuries
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Injury appearing for a second or subsequent time.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
Translations:
supersensitive
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From super- + sensitive. Doublet of hypersensitive.
Base: sensitive
Affixes: super-
Inflected forms:
form: more supersensitive
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most supersensitive
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: Extremely sensitive.
pos: adj
Translations:
browsable
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English browse
Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr
Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom
Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlis
Proto-Italic *-ðlis
Latin -bilis
Latin -ābilis
Old French -ablebor.
Middle English -able
English -able
English browsable
From browse + -able.
Inflected forms:
form: more browsable
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most browsable
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: That may be browsed.
pos: adj
Translations:
sociohistorical
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *sekʷ-
Proto-Indo-European *-h₂
Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂
Proto-Indo-European *sokʷéh₂
Proto-Indo-European *-ṓy
Proto-Indo-European *sokʷh₂ṓy
Proto-Indo-European *-yós
Proto-Indo-European *sokʷyós
Proto-Italic *sokjos
Latin sokios
Latin sociusder.
English socio-
English historical
English sociohistorical
From socio- + historical.
Inflected forms:
form: socio-historical
pos: adj
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: Of or pertaining to social and historical factors.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
Translations:
incent
Part of speech: verb
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: Back-formation from incentive. Clipping of incentivize
Inflected forms:
form: incents
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: incenting
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: incented
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: incented
pos: verb
tags: past
Senses:
gloss: To provide an incentive to (a person or organization).
pos: verb
tags: US
transitive
examples: We need to incent people to innovate more.
We try to incent people to do it earlier, which levels the load.
HUD programs to incent owners to maintain affordable housing units have preserved over 3,500 projects with about 300,000 units.
incent investors to manage assets with a long-term perspective
gloss: To provide an incentive for (something).
pos: verb
tags: US
transitive
examples: We need to incent more innovation.
DUNCAN: The more we can reward excellence, the more we can incent excellence, the more we can get our best teachers to work in those hard to staff schools
Related words: incentivize
incentivise
Translations:
fubu
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: Abbreviation of fuck buddy.
Inflected forms:
form: fubus
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Fuck buddy, friend with benefits.
pos: noun
tags: Philippines
slang
Translations:
ischial
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English ischi(um)
Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.?
Proto-Italic *-ālis
Latin -ālisbor.
Old French -albor.
▲
Latin -ālis
Old French -elbor.
▲
Latin -ālisbor.
Middle English -al
English -al
English ischial
From ischi(um) + -al.
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Pertaining to the ischium.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
Translations:
reconceptualizing
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: reconceptualizings
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A reconceptualization.
pos: noun
examples: Thanks to recent reconceptualizings of how literary texts relate to other texts and discourses, we need not fret as much as scholars once did about how to distinguish "genuine" influences from commonplace images, techniques, or ideas […]
Translations:
reconceptualize
Part of speech: verb
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Italic *wre-
Latin re-der.
Old French re-bor.
Middle English re-
English re-
Proto-Indo-European *ḱe?
Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm
Proto-Italic *kom
Proto-Italic *kom-
Latin con-
Proto-Indo-European *kap-
Proto-Indo-European *-yéti
Proto-Indo-European *kapyéti
Proto-Italic *kapjō
Old Latin kapiō
Latin capiō
▲
Ancient Greek σῠλλᾰμβᾰ́νω (sŭllămbắnō)calq.
Latin concipiō
Proto-Indo-European *-tus
Proto-Italic *-tus
Latin -tus
Latin conceptus
Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.?
Proto-Italic *-ālis
Latin -ālis
Medieval Latin conceptuālisbor.
English conceptual
Proto-Indo-European *-id-
Proto-Indo-European *-yéti
Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti
Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō
Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor.
Late Latin -izōder.
Middle French -iserbor.
Middle English -isen
English -ize
English conceptualize
English reconceptualize
From re- + conceptualize.
Inflected forms:
form: reconceptualizes
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: reconceptualizing
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: reconceptualized
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: reconceptualized
pos: verb
tags: past
Senses:
gloss: To conceptualize afresh; to develop a replacement concept of.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
Translations:
recruitable
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English recruit
Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr
Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom
Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlis
Proto-Italic *-ðlis
Latin -bilis
Latin -ābilis
Old French -ablebor.
Middle English -able
English -able
English recruitable
From recruit + -able.
Inflected forms:
form: more recruitable
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most recruitable
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: Able to be recruited.
pos: adj
gloss: Suitable for recruitment.
pos: adj
Derived words: unrecruitable
Translations:
Mallorcan
Part of speech: adj
noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English Mallorca
English -an
English Mallorcan
From Mallorca + -an.
Inflected forms:
form: Mallorcans
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Of, from or relating to Mallorca, the largest island of the Balearic Islands, Spain.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
gloss: A native or inhabitant of Mallorca, the largest island of the Balearic Islands, Spain.
pos: noun
Synonyms: Majorcan
Mallorquin
Translations:
re-encounter
Part of speech: noun
verb
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From re- + encounter. Compare rencounter.
Base: encounter
Affixes: re-
Inflected forms:
form: re-encounters
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: re-encounters
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: re-encountering
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: re-encountered
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: re-encountered
pos: verb
tags: past
Senses:
gloss: A second or subsequent encounter
pos: noun
gloss: A hostile encounter
pos: noun
gloss: To encounter again
pos: verb
gloss: To encounter in a hostile manner
pos: verb
Translations:
malolactic
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: simple
Topics: beverages
food
lifestyle
oenology
wine
Etymology: From malo + lactic.
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Describing a type of fermentation in which malic acid is converted into lactic acid
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: The yeast seems to take up some of the malolactic bug by-products, especially diacetyl, and therefore reduces that butterscotchy aroma.
Translations:
refix
Part of speech: verb
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Italic *wre-
Latin re-der.
Old French re-bor.
Middle English re-
English re-
English fix
English refix
From re- + fix.
Inflected forms:
form: refixes
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: refixing
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: refixed
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: refixed
pos: verb
tags: past
Senses:
gloss: To fix again.
pos: verb
Translations:
charry
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: beverages
food
lifestyle
oenology
wine
Etymology: Etymology tree
English char
English -y
English charry
From char + -y.
Inflected forms:
form: charrier
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: charriest
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: Relating to charcoal, or partaking of its qualities.
pos: adj
gloss: Having a flavor of charred wood.
pos: adj
Derived words: charrily
charriness
Translations:
wheaty
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English wheat
Proto-Indo-European *-kos
Proto-Germanic *-gaz
Proto-West Germanic *-g
Old English -iġ
Middle English -y
English -y
English wheaty
From wheat + -y.
Inflected forms:
form: wheatier
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: wheatiest
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: Resembling, or tasting of, wheat.
pos: adj
examples: Near-synonym: wheatlike
a wheaty flavor
loaded with wheaty goodness
36826. "Barakawi is the great food staple and export date and is said to reach Cairo under the name Ibrimu, though there may be a distinct variety of this name. It is 2½ inches long or longer, narrow, tapering from base to apex; dull purplish red; it dries bone hard, but is sweet and of a wheaty flavor; said to resist the weevil and to keep two or three years. The people say that these dates put in a tightly closed vessel of water a day or two become as good as fresh dates and that the water makes a very pleasant drink. Governor Jackson informs me that this date is much sought as a food supply by pilgrims journeying to Mecca, on account of its excellent carrying and keeping qualities."
Translations:
mitis
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: Perhaps from Latin mitis (“mild”).
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: A process for producing malleable iron castings by melting wrought iron, to which from 0.05 to 0.1 per cent of aluminum is added to lower the melting point, usually in a petroleum furnace, keeping the molten metal at the bubbling point until it becomes quiet, and then pouring the molten metal into a mold lined with a special mixture consisting essentially of molasses and ground burnt fire clay.
pos: noun
tags: attributive
uncountable
gloss: The malleable iron produced by this technique.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
Translations:
greenway
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: compound
Etymology: From green + way.
Compound parts: green
way
Inflected forms:
form: greenways
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: green way
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: A corridor of undeveloped or parkland, set aside for environmental protection or recreational and primarily nonmotorized use, such as bicycle paths.
pos: noun
examples: By their nature, railways tend to avoid steep gradients, with the result that these greenways are mostly on level, traffic-free paths, ideal for cycling.
[…] that signify her drawn-out efforts to raise the $15 million necessary to open the Gynns Falls Trail, a 14-mile urban greenway in her native Baltimore that took 12 years instead of the three she had predicted.
More than 1,300 trees have been planted along the greenway.
In general, the smaller, more heavily used and less biologically intact greenways, will likely have less biodiversity value compared to larger, more intact greenways with less human activity.
Translations:
pranic
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English prana
Proto-Indo-European *-ikos
Proto-Italic *-ikos
Latin -icuslbor.
Old French -iquebor.
Middle English -ik
English -ic
English pranic
From prana + -ic.
Inflected forms:
form: more pranic
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most pranic
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: Of or relating to prana.
pos: adj
examples: In yoga, we do not look at foods in terms of vitamins, minerals or proteins. We categorize food in the three following ways – positive pranic food, negative pranic food, and zero pranic food. Positive substances are those which, when consumed, add prana to the system. The pranic energy, the vital energy in the body, will increase.
[I] have personally seen and heard nothing that may not be attributed to the subconscious mind and the strange magnetic force called Pranic Energy.
Translations:
pictorialism
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: arts
hobbies
lifestyle
photography
Etymology: Etymology tree
English pictorial
Proto-Indo-European *-id-
Proto-Indo-European *-yéti
Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti
Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō
Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)
Proto-Indo-European *-mos
Proto-Indo-European *-mós
Ancient Greek -μός (-mós)
Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós)der.
English -ism
English pictorialism
From pictorial + -ism.
Inflected forms:
form: pictorialisms
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A school of artistic photography that emphasized using photography to mimic certain styles of contemporary painting, that flourished in the late 19th and early 20th centuries
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: Any artistic use of photography to imitate painting, especially using pictorial conventions.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: The black-and-white portraits and landscapes […] fall somewhere between photojournalism and pictorialism.
gloss: The theory that mental imagery is visual rather than based on language-like description.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
Related words: pictorialist
Translations:
overmix
Part of speech: verb
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *úp
Proto-Indo-European *-er
Proto-Indo-European *upér
Proto-Germanic *uber
Old English ofer-
Middle English over-
English over-
English mix
English overmix
From over- + mix.
Inflected forms:
form: overmixes
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: overmixing
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: overmixed
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: overmixed
pos: verb
tags: past
Senses:
gloss: To mix too thoroughly
pos: verb
examples: Don’t overmix; it’s O.K. if a few lumps remain.
Antonyms: undermix
Translations: