yuanxin112/wiktionary-morph huggingface dataset:
cathodoluminescence
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
Etymology: Etymology tree
English cathode
Ancient Greek -ο- (-o-)der.
Latin -o-bor.
English -o-
Latin lumen
Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁ti
Proto-Indo-European *-sḱéti
Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁sḱeti
Proto-Italic *-ēskō
Latin -ēscō
Latin -escensder.
English -escence
English luminescence
English cathodoluminescence
From cathode + -o- + luminescence.
Inflected forms:
form: cathodoluminescences
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A form of luminescence produced by the bombardment of a metal or a phosphor by electrons (as in a traditional television).
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
Translations:
cefuroxime
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
Etymology: Etymology tree
English cefalosporin
English cef-
Latin furfur
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 furfural
Proto-Indo-European *-nós
Proto-Italic *-nos
Latin -nus
Latin -ānus
Old French -ainder.
Middle English -an
English -an
English furan
Proto-Indo-European *swel-der.?
Ancient Greek ῡ̔́λη (hū́lē)der.
Frenchder.
English -yl
English fur(yl)
English oxime
English cefuroxime
From cef- (“cefalosporanic acid derivative”) + fur(yl) + oxime.
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: A second-generation cephalosporin antibiotic.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
Translations:
commissural
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English commissure
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 commissural
From commissure + -al.
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Of or pertaining to a commissure
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
Translations:
compartmented
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *ḱe?
Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm
Proto-Italic *kom
Proto-Italic *kom-
Latin com-
Proto-Indo-European *perh₃-der.?
Proto-Italic *partis
Latin pars
Latin partiō
Latin partior
Latin compartīrībor.
Italian compartire
Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥
Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥tom
Proto-Italic *-mentom
Latin -mentum
Italian -mento
Italian compartimentobor.
Middle French compartimentder.
English compartment
English -ed
English compartmented
From compartment + -ed.
Inflected forms:
form: more compartmented
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most compartmented
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: Divided into compartments.
pos: adj
examples: Near-synonym: partitioned
gloss: Having (a specified type of) compartments.
pos: adj
examples: large-compartmented hardware boxes
Derived words: SCI
SCIF
sensitive compartmented information
Translations:
lang: Portuguese
word: compartimentado
covariation
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *ḱe?
Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm
Proto-Italic *kom
Proto-Italic *kom-
Latin con-
Latin co-der.
English co-
English variation
English covariation
From co- + variation.
Inflected forms:
form: covariations
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: covariance
pos: noun
Translations:
double-stranded
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: simple
Topics: biology
genetics
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Having two strands.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
gloss: That have two helical strands of nucleic acid that wind around each other and are connected by hydrogen bonds.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
Synonyms: ds
Related words: single-stranded
Derived words: ds
Translations:
gabbroic
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
Italian gabbrobor.
English gabbro
Proto-Indo-European *-ikos
Proto-Italic *-ikos
Latin -icuslbor.
Old French -iquebor.
Middle English -ik
English -ic
English gabbroic
From gabbro + -ic.
Inflected forms:
form: more gabbroic
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most gabbroic
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: Of, pertaining to, or containing gabbro
pos: adj
Translations:
glycolytic
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
Etymology: From glyco- + -lytic.
Base: glyco
Inflected forms:
form: more glycolytic
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most glycolytic
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: Of, pertaining to or producing glycolysis
pos: adj
Translations:
hexagonally
Part of speech: adv
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English hexagonal
Middle English -ly
English -ly
English hexagonally
From hexagonal + -ly.
Inflected forms:
form: more hexagonally
pos: adv
tags: comparative
form: most hexagonally
pos: adv
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: In a hexagonal manner.
pos: adv
Translations:
huntingtin
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
Etymology: Etymology tree
English Huntington
English -in
English huntingtin
From Huntington + -in.
Inflected forms:
form: huntingtins
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A protein whose polymorphism is associated with Huntington's disease.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
Translations:
kynurenic
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: From kynurin.
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Of or pertaining to kynurenic acid or its derivatives
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
Translations:
m-word
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: m-words
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: M-word
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: The word motherfucker, regarded as a vulgar word.
pos: noun
tags: euphemistic
gloss: Any word beginning with m that is not normally taboo but is considered (often humorously) to be so in the given context, like midget or murder.
pos: noun
Related words: a-word
b-word
c-word
d-word
e-word
f-word
g-word
G-word
h-word
i-word
j-word
k-word
l-word
n-word
o-word
p-word
q-word
Q-word
r-word
s-word
t-word
u-word
v-word
w-word
x-word
y-word
z-word
related terms C-bomb
f-bomb
f-slur
L-bomb
n-bomb
Q-slur
r-slur
Translations:
macrovascular
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *meh₂ḱ-
Proto-Indo-European *-rós
Proto-Indo-European *mh₂ḱrós
Proto-Hellenic *makrós
Ancient Greek μᾰκρός (măkrós)der.
French macro-der.
English macro-
English vascular
English macrovascular
From macro- + vascular.
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Of or pertaining to the larger blood vessels
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
Translations:
magnetoresistive
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
Pre-Greekbor.?
Ancient Greek Μάγνης (Mágnēs)
Ancient Greek μᾰ́γνης (mắgnēs)bor.
Old French magnetebor.
▲
Ancient Greek μᾰ́γνης (mắgnēs)bor.
Latin magnēsbor.
Middle English magnete
English magnet
English magnet-
Ancient Greek -ο- (-o-)der.
Latin -o-bor.
English -o-
English magneto-
English resist
Proto-Indo-European *-wós
Proto-Indo-European *-iHwósder.
Latin -īvus
Old French -ifbor.
Middle English -yf
English -ive
English resistive
English magnetoresistive
From magneto- + resistive.
Inflected forms:
form: more magnetoresistive
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most magnetoresistive
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: Of or pertaining to magnetoresistance; exhibiting magnetoresistance.
pos: adj
Translations:
oceanside
Part of speech: adj
noun
adv
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English ocean
Proto-Indo-European *seh₁-der.
Proto-Germanic *sīdaz
Proto-Germanic *sīdǭ
Old English sīde
Middle English side
English side
English -side
English oceanside
From ocean + -side.
Inflected forms:
form: oceansides
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Located on the coast of an ocean.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: Near-synonym: seaside (usually synonymous)
We stayed in an oceanside hotel and ate fresh seafood every night, all week long.
In Sri Lanka's oceanside capital, the war is celebrated.
gloss: The area by and around the ocean.
pos: noun
examples: Near-synonym: seaside (usually synonymous)
Oh for a hotel on the oceanside and lobster or crab at every dinner!
[…] so far removed from the scenery of her native New England, she felt as though she had entered another world. The waters of Lake Worth, separating Palm Beach from the mainland, sparkled blue and white under the afternoon sun. The oceanside was lined with resort hotels.
Here are mountains running to the sea—the variety of all types of resorts—not merely "seashore alone." There is a section of your country where the mountains join the sea—a beauty spot incomparable—where you may see the rose tint of a famous sunset on these mountains as you lie on the beach. Cool, delightful Southern California—summer wonderful supreme! Temperatures?—let the U. S. Weather Bureau vouch for them in its 49-year record of the average mean temperatures at a central point: 49 Junes, 66 degrees: 49 Julys, 30: 49 Augusts, 71: 49 Septembers, 69 (official figures, not our own). Such bathing, such water you have seldom known at oceansides. And yet the days are rainless, genially warm, just right for every summer sport from golf to mountain climbing.
gloss: At the oceanside.
pos: adv
tags: not-comparable
examples: Near-synonym: seaside (usually synonymous)
We dined oceanside and watched the gulls' antics.
Alone on my terrace, as opposed to dining oceanside with the man of my dreams. At least he is most of the time.
Translations:
paraben
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: compound
Etymology: Blend of para- + hydroxybenzoate.
Compound parts: para-
hydroxybenzoate
Inflected forms:
form: parabens
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Any of a group of chemicals used as preservatives in cosmetics and pharmaceuticals, wherein the hydrogen of a parahydroxybenzene molecule is replaced by an alkyl group
pos: noun
examples: I got breast cancer this year, and now avoid products containing parabens.
Translations:
pancuronium
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
Etymology: Etymology tree
Indo-Aryanbor.
Ancient Greek πέπερῐ (péperĭ)bor.
Latin piper
English -idine
English p(iperidine)
English an(drostane)
English curare
New Latin ammōniumbor.
English ammonium
English onium
English -onium
English -curonium
English pancuronium
From p(iperidine) + an(drostane) + -curonium (“neuromuscular blocking agent”).
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: A synthetic steroid which is used as a neuromuscular blocking agent.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
examples: Pancuronium bromide has been used frequently for muscle relaxation during cardiac anesthesia and has been reported to provide superior hemodynamics compared with vecuronium (171) or with metocurine or metocurine-pancuronium combinations.
The second chemical is pancuronium bromide, a relative of curare.
The only long-acting relaxant that is still used in some institutions is pancuronium.
Translations:
oversensitivity
Part of speech: noun
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 sensitivity
English oversensitivity
From over- + sensitivity.
Inflected forms:
form: oversensitivities
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The state or quality of being excessively sensitive.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: Near-synonym: hypersensitivity
While this must be hard on Kate and Gerry McCann, it is also a sign that their campaign was extraordinarily successful, so successful that a culture of oversensitivity has long swirled in the slipstream.
Translations:
overextension
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
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 extension
English overextension
From over- + extension.
Inflected forms:
form: overextensions
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The state or quality of being overextended; extension beyond normal, correct, or appropriate bounds or limits.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: Other nations sensed American overextension.
gloss: Application of a term to too many referents, as for example when a child uses cat to refer to all animals.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
Translations:
microstrip
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *mey-der.?
Ancient Greek μικρός (mikrós)der.
English micro-
English strip
English microstrip
From micro- + strip.
Inflected forms:
form: microstrips
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A thin conducting strip, separated from another conductor by a layer of dielectric, used to conduct microwaves
pos: noun
Translations:
overdiagnosis
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: medicine
sciences
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-
Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁
Proto-Indo-European *dwísder.
Ancient Greek διά (diá)
Ancient Greek δια- (dia-)
Proto-Indo-European *ǵneh₃-
Proto-Indo-European *-sḱéti
Proto-Indo-European *ǵn̥h₃sḱétider.
Proto-Hellenic *gignṓskō
Ancient Greek γῐγνώσκω (gĭgnṓskō)
Ancient Greek δῐαγῐγνώσκω (dĭagĭgnṓskō)
Proto-Indo-European *-tis
Ancient Greek -τις (-tis)
Ancient Greek -σῐς (-sĭs)
Ancient Greek δῐᾰ́γνωσῐς (dĭắgnōsĭs)der.
Latin diagnōsisder.
English diagnosis
English overdiagnosis
From over- + diagnosis.
Inflected forms:
form: overdiagnoses
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The act or process of diagnosing something too frequently, or based on insufficient evidence, or without benefit to the patient; an instance of this act or process.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: While failing to make a diagnosis can result in lawsuits, there are no corresponding penalties for overdiagnosis.
Specifically, the broader diagnostic criteria typically results in the overdiagnosis of autism, particularly among those more severely disabled.
Overdiagnosis refers to diagnosis that does not benefit patients because the diagnosed condition is not a harmful disease in those individuals.
Translations:
odiferous
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: Shortened from odoriferous.
Inflected forms:
form: more odiferous
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most odiferous
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: Odoriferous; smelly
pos: adj
tags: proscribed
sometimes
examples: Smith had Miss Martin's hand. Speeding up one two three flights. Making one abrupt detour on the fourth. Where Smith pulled open a door just off the landing. "Into this mop closet, Miss Martin, fast."
Feet outside the mop closet. Feet moving off again. Sounds like four pairs. Or five. Some of the rags in here are odiferous.
Emanating from 300 cheeses of 11 European countries, it quite overwhelms the odiferous tramp of American tourists, intent on completing their Burberried English look by tucking a Stilton under each arm; […]
But as more fathers have taken hands-on roles in child rearing, tackling some of the grittier and more odiferous chores of parenthood […].
19 May 2015, Ken Pontac, Pac-Man and the Ghostly Adventures, episode 41 (season 2 episode 15) The Ghost Behind the Throne
Lord Betrayus Spheros (voiced by Samuel Vincent Khouth, speaking to President-elect Obtuse about his pet skunk) "Something smells rotten in the roundhouse, and it's not your odiferous pet!"
Translations:
opencast
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: compound
Etymology: From open + cast.
Compound parts: open
cast
Inflected forms:
form: open-cast
pos: adj
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: Of or pertaining to strip mining, in which material is removed from a surface that has been exposed
pos: adj
tags: UK
not-comparable
examples: Britain's leading green commentator, George Monbiot, gives the head of the Campaign to Protect Rural England an unforgettable grilling, asking why the countryside watchdog opposes windfarms - but not opencast coal mines
Translations:
nanoporous
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
Ancient Greek νᾶνος (nânos)bor.
Latin nānusbor.
English nano-
English porous
English nanoporous
From nano- + porous.
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Having nanosized pores.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
Translations:
Chicagoan
Part of speech: adj
noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
Miami šikaakwabor.
French Chécagoubor.
English Chicago
English -an
English Chicagoan
From Chicago + -an.
Inflected forms:
form: more Chicagoan
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most Chicagoan
pos: adj
tags: superlative
form: Chicagoans
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Of, from or relating to the city of Chicago, Illinois, United States.
pos: adj
gloss: A native or inhabitant of the city of Chicago, Illinois, United States.
pos: noun
examples: Chicago was the turning point of my journey and I left there at midnight abroad ^([sic]) the "Chicagoan," an express of the New York Central System.
Translations:
neurofibrillary
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *(s)neh₁-
Proto-Indo-European *-wr̥
Proto-Indo-European *snéh₁wr̥der.
Ancient Greek νεῦρον (neûron)
Ancient Greek νευρο- (neuro-)der.
English neuro-
English fibrillary
English neurofibrillary
From neuro- + fibrillary.
Inflected forms:
form: neurofibrillar
pos: adj
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: Of or pertaining to a neurofibril
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
Translations:
phonebook
Part of speech: noun
verb
Morphological type: compound
Topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
Etymology: From phone + book.
Compound parts: phone
book
Inflected forms:
form: phonebooks
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: phone book
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: phonebooks
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: phonebooking
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: phonebooked
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: phonebooked
pos: verb
tags: past
form: phone book
pos: verb
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: A directory of all the phone numbers used in a district.
pos: noun
examples: One even proposes, in a workaday monotone, that the first hundred people in any Idaho phonebook could do just as well as the legislators at making decisions in the capital.
gloss: A large lookup table.
pos: noun
tags: broadly
examples: He does this by using the Domain Name System, or DNS, which is the phonebook for the Internet.
gloss: To determine the identity of (an Internet user) by comparing personal information to real-world directories or databases (e.g., lists of people in phonebooks or relatives of those who have recently died).
pos: verb
tags: transitive
Derived words: have more chins than a Chinese phonebook
Translations:
neurofilament
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *(s)neh₁-
Proto-Indo-European *-wr̥
Proto-Indo-European *snéh₁wr̥der.
Ancient Greek νεῦρον (neûron)
Ancient Greek νευρο- (neuro-)der.
English neuro-
Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰiH-(s-)lo-der.
Proto-Italic *fī(s)lom
Latin fīlum
Proto-Indo-European *-h₂
Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂
Proto-Indo-European *-yéti
Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti
Proto-Italic *-āō
Latin -ō
Late Latin fīlō
Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥
Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥tom
Proto-Italic *-mentom
Latin -mentum
Medieval Latin fīlāmentumbor.
English filament
English neurofilament
From neuro- + filament.
Inflected forms:
form: neurofilaments
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A neurofibril
pos: noun
Translations:
nonmotile
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *né
Proto-Germanic *ne
Proto-Indo-European *ís?
Proto-Indo-European *h₁óynos
Proto-Germanic *ainaz
Proto-Germanic *nainaz
Proto-West Germanic *nain
Old English nān
Middle English non
▲
Old English nān
Old English nān-
Middle English non-
English non-
Latin mōtus
Latin -īlislbor.
English -ile
English motile
English nonmotile
From non- + motile.
Inflected forms:
form: non-motile
pos: adj
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: Not motile.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
Translations:
childminding
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: the act of looking after a child or children
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
Translations:
phorbol
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
Inflected forms:
form: phorbols
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A diterpene alcohol derived from croton oil
pos: noun
Translations:
shallow-fry
Part of speech: verb
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: shallow-fries
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: shallow-frying
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: shallow-fried
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: shallow-fried
pos: verb
tags: past
form: shallow fry
pos: verb
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: To fry in a frying pan with only a thin layer of oil; to pan-fry.
pos: verb
tags: UK
Translations:
phosphocreatine
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂-
Proto-Indo-European *bʰéh₂os
Proto-Hellenic *pʰáwos
Ancient Greek φᾰ́ος (phắos)
Ancient Greek φῶς (phôs)
Ancient Greek -φόρος (-phóros)
Ancient Greek φωσφόρος (phōsphóros)bor.
Latin phōsphorusbor.
English phosphorus
English phospho-
English creatine
English phosphocreatine
From phospho- + creatine.
Inflected forms:
form: phosphocreatines
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A phosphorylated derivative of creatine that is used in muscles to store chemical energy
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
usually
Translations:
phosphoglycerate
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂-
Proto-Indo-European *bʰéh₂os
Proto-Hellenic *pʰáwos
Ancient Greek φᾰ́ος (phắos)
Ancient Greek φῶς (phôs)
Proto-Indo-European *bʰer-
Proto-Indo-European *bʰéreti
Proto-Hellenic *pʰérō
Ancient Greek φέρω (phérō)
Proto-Indo-European *-os
Proto-Hellenic *-os
Ancient Greek -ος (-os)
Ancient Greek -φόρος (-phóros)
Ancient Greek φωσφόρος (phōsphóros)bor.
Latin phōsphorusbor.
English phosphorus
English phospho-
English glyceric
English -ate
English glycerate
English phosphoglycerate
From phospho- + glycerate.
Inflected forms:
form: phosphoglycerates
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: glycerophosphate
pos: noun
Translations:
Earthman
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: compound
Topics: literature
media
publishing
science-fiction
Etymology: From Earth + man.
Compound parts: Earth
man
Inflected forms:
form: Earthmen
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A male inhabitant of Earth.
pos: noun
tags: usually
examples: Such dreams! Always of Mars, and during my waking hours at night my eyes always sought out the Red Planet when he was above the horizon and clung there seeking a solution of the seemingly unfathomable riddle he has presented to the Earthman for ages.
Translations:
averagely
Part of speech: adv
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English average
Middle English -ly
English -ly
English averagely
From average + -ly.
Inflected forms:
form: more averagely
pos: adv
tags: comparative
form: most averagely
pos: adv
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: In an average manner.
pos: adv
gloss: With regard to an average.
pos: adv
examples: “Sixteen years ago, fresh out of college, a 22 year old intern in the White House – and more than averagely romantic – I fell in love with my boss in a 22-year old sort of way. It happens,” Lewinsky said.
Translations:
grasser
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *gʰreh₁-der.
Proto-Germanic *grasą
Proto-West Germanic *gras
Old English græs
Middle English gras
English grass
English -er
English grasser
From grass + -er.
Inflected forms:
form: grassers
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A grass; an informer.
pos: noun
tags: UK
slang
gloss: An extra or temporary worker in a printing-office.
pos: noun
tags: historical
gloss: A grass carp; a white amur.
pos: noun
examples: This grasser had to be pushing 45-50 lb.
Obviously if you see a grasser eat something–a bee, wasp, or mayfly–go that way fast!
Synonyms: grassy
Related words: long-grasser
Translations:
magstripe
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From mag- + stripe.
Base: stripe
Affixes: mag-
Inflected forms:
form: magstripes
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Magnetic stripe.
pos: noun
tags: informal
Translations:
tave
Part of speech: verb
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: From Middle English taven, from Old Norse *tafa, from Proto-Germanic *tabōn (“to grope, feel”). Cognate with Faroese tava (“to endeavour, exert oneself”), Norwegian Nynorsk tava (“to toil in vain”), German zabeln (“to move convulsively, sprawl, flounder”).
Inflected forms:
form: taves
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: taving
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: taved
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: taved
pos: verb
tags: past
form: teave
pos: verb
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: To sprawl with the arms and legs; kick or fidget with the feet.
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
gloss: To toss or tumble oneself about; act violently, rage, throw a fit.
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
gloss: To struggle, toil, strive, labour.
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
gloss: To trudge, walk heavily.
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
gloss: To wrestle.
pos: verb
tags: ambitransitive
gloss: To hurry along; gad about.
pos: verb
tags: dialectal
intransitive
gloss: To distress, overtire.
pos: verb
tags: dialectal
transitive
Translations:
kesh
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: kes
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: The practice of allowing one's hair to grow naturally, one of the five Ks.
pos: noun
tags: Sikhism
uncountable
Translations:
kanga
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: From Punjabi ਕੰਘਾ (kaṅghā).
Inflected forms:
form: kangas
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: kangha
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: A comb, required to be worn at all times by Sikhs, one of the five Ks.
pos: noun
tags: Sikhism
Translations:
sarcosine
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: The amino acid N-methyl-glycine; it is present in most tissue, and has a number of industrial applications
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
Translations:
remineralization
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: agriculture
biochemistry
biology
business
chemistry
lifestyle
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Italic *wre-
Latin re-der.
Old French re-bor.
Middle English re-
English re-
English mineral
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
Proto-Indo-European *-tis
Proto-Indo-European *-Hō
Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō
Proto-Italic *-tiō
Latin -tiō
Latin -ātiōlbor.
Old French -ationbor.
Middle English -acioun
English -ation
English -ization
English mineralization
English remineralization
From re- + mineralization.
Inflected forms:
form: remineralizations
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: remineralisation
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: The continuous reintroduction of minerals into bone and teeth.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: The reintroduction of minerals to the soil for agricultural benefit.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
Translations:
radiothon
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English radiotelegraphyclip.
English radio
English -thon
English radiothon
From radio + -thon.
Inflected forms:
form: radiothons
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: An extended charity appeal on the radio
pos: noun
tags: informal
examples: Local radio station WZLX will hold its annual "Aim for the Heart" fundraiser to benefit Boston's AIDS Action Committee (AAC) Valentine's Day weekend, Feb. 12-14. The radiothon, which will take place in Faneuil hall, will include educational programming, celebrity interviews, an auction, and other events and programming.
Translations:
phosphotyrosine
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂-
Proto-Indo-European *bʰéh₂os
Proto-Hellenic *pʰáwos
Ancient Greek φᾰ́ος (phắos)
Ancient Greek φῶς (phôs)
Proto-Indo-European *bʰer-
Proto-Indo-European *bʰéreti
Proto-Hellenic *pʰérō
Ancient Greek φέρω (phérō)
Proto-Indo-European *-os
Proto-Hellenic *-os
Ancient Greek -ος (-os)
Ancient Greek -φόρος (-phóros)
Ancient Greek φωσφόρος (phōsphóros)bor.
Latin phōsphorusbor.
English phosphorus
English phospho-
English tyrosine
English phosphotyrosine
From phospho- + tyrosine.
Inflected forms:
form: phosphotyrosines
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A phosphorylated derivative of tyrosine that is active in signal transduction and regulation of enzymatic activity
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
Translations:
dhol
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
Etymology: From Hindi ढोल (ḍhol), from Sanskrit ढोल (ḍhola).
Inflected forms:
form: dhols
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A type of drum from India.
pos: noun
examples: On the TV news men in pink and saffron turbans are at the airport, jigging frantically to the music of dhols.
Translations:
slingback
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: compound
Etymology: From sling + back.
Compound parts: sling
back
Inflected forms:
form: slingbacks
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A type of women's shoe having a strap behind the heel or ankle
pos: noun
Translations:
regionalist
Part of speech: adj
noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English regional
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 regionalist
From regional + -ist.
Inflected forms:
form: more regionalist
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most regionalist
pos: adj
tags: superlative
form: regionalists
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Of or pertaining to regionalism.
pos: adj
gloss: An advocate of regionalism.
pos: noun
Translations:
Akha
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: Akha
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A member of a Tibeto-Burman ethnic group inhabiting the mountainous regions of southwestern China, eastern Myanmar, western Laos and northern Thailand.
pos: noun
Translations:
Araki
Part of speech: adj
noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: From Persian اراکی (arākī /arâki).
Inflected forms:
form: more Araki
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most Araki
pos: adj
tags: superlative
form: Arakis
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Of or pertaining to Arak.
pos: adj
gloss: A person from, or an inhabitant of, Arak.
pos: noun
Translations:
Yao
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: A Bantu people living in Malawi, Mozambique and Tanzania in Africa.
pos: noun
tags: plural
plural-only
Translations:
Tsou
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: From Tsou Cou, an autonym based on cou (“person”), itself from Proto-Austronesian *Cau. Doublet of Thao.
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: An ethnic group in Taiwan.
pos: noun
tags: plural
plural-only
Translations:
Turkana
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: Etymology tree
Turkana ŋatùrkwanàbor.
English Turkana
Borrowed from Turkana ŋatùrkwanà.
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: The people who speak this language.
pos: noun
tags: plural
plural-only
Translations:
Timucua
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: Timucuas
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: Timucua
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A member of a Native American people who lived in Northeast and North Central Florida and southeast Georgia.
pos: noun
tags: historical
Translations:
unengaged
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 engaged
English unengaged
From un- + engaged.
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Not engaged.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
Translations:
unassembled
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 assembled
English unassembled
From un- + assembled.
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Not assembled.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: Bodies are of all-metal construction. Framing was supplied in unassembled condition, and assembly and finishing work was carried out at Dundalk.
Fans were screaming out “F*** Axl” through much of the night, but the moment the group launched into “Mr. Brownstone,” Rose and Izzy Stradlin’s decision to not attend the ceremony was completely forgotten, and this previously unassembled lineup of the band proved they could revive the spirit of GNR on their own.
Teams will place all their unassembled raw materials and tools in the competition area along with two provided 5-gallon buckets of contaminated water and two provided stirring sticks.
Translations:
punishingly
Part of speech: adv
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English punishing
Middle English -ly
English -ly
English punishingly
From punishing + -ly.
Inflected forms:
form: more punishingly
pos: adv
tags: comparative
form: most punishingly
pos: adv
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: So as to punish.
pos: adv
gloss: In a way that is tiring or exhausting.
pos: adv
examples: punishingly hot weather
Bill Clinton was elected on an untenable premise: that it is the job of the President to manage the economy. Yes, that is what we have come to expect of Presidents; but this expectation, the author argues, is punishingly at variance with anything any President can credibly deliver[.]
Translations:
scorebook
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: compound
Etymology: From score + book.
Compound parts: score
book
Inflected forms:
form: scorebooks
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A book in which the score for a game or sport is noted.
pos: noun
examples: Near-synonym: matchbook (archaic sense)
Translations:
re-enable
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 enable
English re-enable
From re- + enable.
Inflected forms:
form: re-enables
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: re-enabling
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: re-enabled
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: re-enabled
pos: verb
tags: past
form: reenable
pos: verb
tags: alternative
form: reënable
pos: verb
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: To enable again.
pos: verb
Translations:
resultative
Part of speech: adj
noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: grammar
human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
Inflected forms:
form: resultatives
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Indicating the state of a noun resulting from the completion of the action expressed by a verb, as with "blue" in "Mary painted the fence blue".
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
gloss: A grammatical construction that indicates the state of a noun resulting from the completion of the action expressed by a verb.
pos: noun
Translations:
multistoried
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Italic *moltos
Latin multus
Latin multīder.
Middle English multi-
English multi-
English storied
English multistoried
From multi- + storied.
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Multi-storey.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
Translations:
multi-storey
Part of speech: adj
noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Italic *moltos
Latin multus
Latin multīder.
Middle English multi-
English multi-
English storey
English multi-storey
From multi- + storey.
Inflected forms:
form: multistorey
pos: adj
tags: alternative
form: multistory
pos: adj
tags: alternative
form: multi-story
pos: adj
tags: alternative
form: multi-storeys
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: multistorey
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: multistory
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: multi-story
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: Of a building, having more than one storey.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
gloss: A building with more than one storey.
pos: noun
gloss: A car park or parking garage with more than one storey.
pos: noun
Translations:
mumblecore
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: broadcasting
film
media
television
Etymology: From mumble + -core, coined by sound editor Eric Masunaga.
Base: mumble
Affixes: -core
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: An American independent film movement or subgenre of the early twenty-first century, characterised by low-budget production, focus on personal relationships between twentysomethings, improvised scripts, and non-professional actors.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
Translations:
warlordism
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English warlord
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 warlordism
From warlord + -ism.
Inflected forms:
form: warlordisms
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The behaviours and practices of warlords.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
usually
Translations:
batwing
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: compound
Etymology: From bat + wing.
Compound parts: bat
wing
Inflected forms:
form: batwings
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: bat wing
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: bat-wing
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: bat's wing
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: The wing of a bat, or its shape.
pos: noun
examples: The junk was nearer, beating in toward the island, her brown batwing sail suddenly tall and terribly conspicuous against the sky.
His batwings were somehow more frightening for being the pathetic broken floundering things they were than if they had been strong, muscular beaters of the air.
gloss: Several South or Southeast Asian species of tailless dark swallowtail butterflies in the genus Atrophaneura.
pos: noun
gloss: An area of flabby fat under a person's arms.
pos: noun
tags: slang
gloss: A long sleeve with a deep armhole, tapering toward the wrist.
pos: noun
gloss: One of a pair of swinging doors which typically do not lock nor cover the full vertical range of the doorway (leaving a large gap at the top and bottom), common especially in saloons.
pos: noun
examples: The cantina was a flatroofed adobe, painfully white in the unrelenting sun, with a brush roof and splintery batwings. The doors swung back and forth as a man stepped before them and stood beneath the brush arbor, staring at Navarro,[…]
He made it to the saloon undetected and slipped under the batwing and over to the table where he had left his saddlebags. They weren't there. Fargo ran his hands over the top of the table to be sure, and swore.
A tall figure stepped up to the batwing doors of the saloon as Tommy and Matt passed.
Feigning indifference, Stacey strolled quickly toward the batwings. Looking over the doors he saw Snow and his companions walking in the direction of the hotel, but he couldn't be sure that was where they were actually headed.
Reaching the saloon, John pulled back the right batwing and nodded for Utah Jimmy and Memphis Mayford to enter. After they went inside, John led them to the receiving line. The milling crowd moved aside quickly,[…]
gloss: A heart-shaped rollercoaster feature with two inversions.
pos: noun
gloss: An exercise or posture on the stomach wherein a dumbbell row or lateral raise is performed.
pos: noun
tags: attributive
often
Derived words: batwinged
Translations:
demonically
Part of speech: adv
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English demonic
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 demonically
From demonic + -ally.
Inflected forms:
form: more demonically
pos: adv
tags: comparative
form: most demonically
pos: adv
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: In a demonic way.
pos: adv
examples: Audition…An almost unclassifiable masterpiece of J-horror and one of the very few movies in the genre in which the demonically violent protagonist is allowed to be a woman, satirising women’s position in Japanese society and cinema.
Translations:
fetishization
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
Latin factīcius
Portuguese feitiçobor.
French fétichebor.
English fetish
English -ization
English fetishization
From fetish + -ization.
Inflected forms:
form: fetishizations
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The act or process of fetishizing.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: To put it epigrammatically, fetishization of the commodity is accompanied by fantasization of the self.
Translations:
unplanted
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 planted
English unplanted
From un- + planted.
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Not planted.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
Translations:
flopsy
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English flop
English -sy
English flopsy
From flop + -sy.
Inflected forms:
form: more flopsy
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most flopsy
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: Synonym of floppy.
pos: adj
examples: They had flopsy hair, tucked their frayed tailored trousers into their boots, carried flasks in their moleskin blazers and never looked as if they were trying too hard.
Translations:
contemporarily
Part of speech: adv
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English contemporary
Middle English -ly
English -ly
English contemporarily
From contemporary + -ly.
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: At the same time; at the time being discussed; then.
pos: adv
tags: not-comparable
gloss: In the present time.
pos: adv
tags: not-comparable
Translations:
unfilmable
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 filmable
English unfilmable
From un- + filmable.
Inflected forms:
form: more unfilmable
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most unfilmable
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: Not suitable or able to be filmed.
pos: adj
examples: The dense, bleak, multilayered graphic novel was declared unfilmable first by its writer Alan Moore and then by 12 Monkeys director Terry Gilliam, who was the first man to try and fail.
But Benioff, Weiss, and their collaborator Alexander Woo have undoubtedly proved yet again that there is no such thing as an unfilmable novel.
Translations:
fugato
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
Inflected forms:
form: fugatos
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A fugal passage in a composition that is not a strict or complete fugue.
pos: noun
Translations:
Zaghawa
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: A Saharan tribe of Sudan and Chad.
pos: noun
tags: plural
plural-only
Translations:
snow-covered
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: more snow-covered
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most snow-covered
pos: adj
tags: superlative
form: snowcovered
pos: adj
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: Snowy; covered with snow.
pos: adj
Translations:
Carpathian
Part of speech: adj
noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: See Carpathians for further etymology.
Inflected forms:
form: more Carpathian
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most Carpathian
pos: adj
tags: superlative
form: Carpathians
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Of or relating to the Carpathians.
pos: adj
gloss: One who is from the Carpathians.
pos: noun
gloss: Synonym of Carpathian Shepherd Dog.
pos: noun
Translations:
shito
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: From Ga shito (“pepper”).
Inflected forms:
form: shitor
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: A spicy Ghanaian sauce made with seafood, tomatoes, garlic, peppers, and spices.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
examples: The quantity of the ground tomato, pepper, salt and onion is mixed with the smashed smoked fish and boiled in oil for about two hours and bottled. The bottled shito is found on the markets in Ghana and abroad.
Translations:
krewe
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: An intentionally archaic (or fanciful) spelling of crew, from the name of "The Mistick Krewe of Comus", the first such private organization.
Inflected forms:
form: krewes
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A private organization in New Orleans or elsewhere that exists to stage a Mardi Gras Ball, Mardi Gras Parade, or both.
pos: noun
examples: In 2004, as captain of the Rex krewe — one of the more progressive Mardi Gras organizations — Billy made a hesitant approach, too little and too late, trying to get to know Tootie Montana.
“The true solution for sustainable Mardi Gras is not biodegradation, but people's mindset,” he says. “Many krewe members are aware it's time to change.”
Translations:
lollapalooza
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: Unknown. Compare lollypaloozer and lallapalootza, which are attested earlier with similar meaning. Compare also 19th century slang la-la something unusually good.
Inflected forms:
form: lollapaloozas
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: lallapalooza
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: lalapalooza
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: lallapaloosa
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: lolapalooza
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: lolapaloosa
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: lollapaloosa
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: An outstanding, extreme, or outrageous example of its kind.
pos: noun
tags: informal
examples: When the show-down came, the other players informed him he had lost. One man had turned up a 2-4-6-8-9 of varied suits. ¶ "That," they all exclaimed, "is a Lollapalooza. It beats anything—even a Royal Flush."
Here is a novel of low comedy and high raillery. It's a lollapalooza that turns out to be a comic elegy for old-time radio.
Far from the grand events that were once considered – speaking to Parliament or a more modest version of the lollapalooza that brought millions into Chicago streets – this six-hour hi-how-are-you redefines low key.
Translations:
lodgepole
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: compound
Etymology: From lodge + pole.
Compound parts: lodge
pole
Inflected forms:
form: lodgepoles
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A lodgepole pine or its wood.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: Although individual lodgepoles got killed almost instantly by fires, those same fires set the stage for more lodgepole stands
Here stood an eight-by-ten-foot canvas tent stretched over a lodgepole frame ...Around the stove were a lodgepole table, a lodgepole bed
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