yuanxin112/wiktionary-morph huggingface dataset:
nitrogen
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Borrowed from French nitrogène (coined by French chemist and physician Jean-Antoine Chaptal in 1790). By surface analysis, nitro- + -gen. See also niter.
Inflected forms:
form: nitrogens
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The chemical element (symbol N) with an atomic number of 7 and atomic weight of 14.0067. It is a colorless and odorless gas.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
examples: Holonyms: dinitrogen, N₂, nitrogen (loose sense)
By molar fraction, nitric oxide contains equal parts nitrogen and oxygen.
All life depends on nitrogen; it is the building block from which nature assembles amino acids, proteins, and nucleic acids; the genetic information that orders and perpetuates life is written in nitrogen ink.
gloss: Molecular nitrogen (diatomic nitrogen), N₂, a colorless, odorless gas at room temperature, which constitutes most of air (78% of it).
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
examples: Meronyms: nitrogen (strict sense), N
The air you breathe is mostly nitrogen.
The truck was carrying tanks of nitrogen, so there was no fire risk. Police stated that if the truck had been carrying tanks of oxygen, as it often does, there might have been an explosion.
Volatiles of kecap manis and its raw materials were extracted using Likens-Nickerson apparatus with diethyl ether as the extraction solvent. The extracts were then dried with anhydrous sodium sulfate, concentrated using a rotary evaporator followed by flushing using nitrogen until the volume was about 0.5 ml.
gloss: A specific nitrogen atom within a chemical formula, or a specific isotope of nitrogen.
pos: noun
tags: countable
examples: The two nitrogens are located next to one another on the ring.
Synonyms: azote
E941 when used as a packaging gas
propellant
Related words: niter
nitre
nitrate
nitric
nitride
nitrification
nitrify
nitrite
nitr-
nitro-
nitrous
aqua fortis
aqua regia
laughing gas
saltpeter
saltpetre
Derived words: antinitrogen
carbon-nitrogen cycle
carbon-nitrogen-oxygen cycle
dinitrogen
hydronitrogen
lean nitrogen oxide trap
liquid nitrogen
multinitrogen
nitragin
nitrian
nitrogen-13
nitrogen-14
nitrogen-15
nitrogenase
nitrogenate
nitrogen balance
nitrogen cycle
nitrogen dioxide
nitrogen fixation
nitrogen fixer
nitrogen fixing
nitrogen-fixing
nitrogenic
nitrogen ice
nitrogeniferous
nitrogen inversion
nitrogenise
nitrogenize
nitrogenization
nitrogenless
nitrogenlike
nitrogen monoxide
nitrogen mustard
nitrogen narcosis
nitrogenous
nitrogen oxide
nitrogen pentoxide
nitrogen tetroxide
nitrogen tribromide
nitrogen trichloride
nitrogen trifluoride
nitrogen triiodide
nitrophilous
nitrox
nonnitrogen
organonitrogen
polynitrogen
radionitrogen
Translations:
aeroplane
Part of speech: noun
verb
Morphological type: simple
Topics: aeronautics
aerospace
aviation
business
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *h₂ews-
Proto-Indo-European *h₂ewsér
Proto-Hellenic *auhḗr
Ancient Greek ᾱ̓ήρ (āḗr)
Ancient Greek πλανάω (planáō)
Ancient Greek -ος (-os)
Ancient Greek ᾱ̓ερόπλᾰνος (āeróplănos)der.
French aéroplanebor.
English aeroplane
Borrowed from French aéroplane, from Ancient Greek ἀερόπλανος (aeróplanos, “wandering in air”), from ἀήρ (aḗr, “air”) + πλάνος (plános, “wandering”). First used by Joseph Pline in an 1855 patent.https://www.google.co.uk/books/edition/Aircraft_Design/NeHoahlhCGMC?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=Joseph+Pline+glider&pg=PA3&printsec=frontcover;https://books.google.at/books?id=fSQUAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA768&dq=Joseph+Pline+brevet+1855&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjgk5Cz_a_wAhXZhf0HHdjNAJwQ6AEwAnoECAIQAg#v=onepage&q=Joseph%20Pline%20brevet%201855&f=false
Inflected forms:
form: aeroplanes
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: aëroplane
pos: noun
tags: alternative
dated
form: airplane
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Canada
Philippines
US
form: æroplane
pos: noun
tags: alternative
dated
hypercorrect
nonstandard
form: aeroplanes
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: aeroplaning
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: aeroplaned
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: aeroplaned
pos: verb
tags: past
form: aëroplane
pos: verb
tags: alternative
dated
form: airplane
pos: verb
tags: alternative
Canada
Philippines
US
form: æroplane
pos: verb
tags: alternative
dated
hypercorrect
nonstandard
Senses:
gloss: Synonym of airplane. A powered heavier-than-air aircraft with fixed wings.
pos: noun
tags: Commonwealth
examples: Schicklgruber's aeroplanes we smash right to the ground.
gloss: Synonym of airplane. A game played when spoon-feeding children.
pos: noun
tags: Commonwealth
gloss: Synonym of airfoil. An aerodynamic surface.
pos: noun
tags: archaic
obsolete
gloss: Any of various nymphalid butterflies, of various genera, having a slow gliding flight. Also called planes.
pos: noun
gloss: To fly in an aeroplane.
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
gloss: To transport by aeroplane.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: The rod was discarded, and then, hand over hand, the prize of them all was aeroplaned to the top of the cliff.
Related words: aero-
plane
aerodrome
aero
aerospace
aircraft
airplane
glider
helicopter
Derived words: aeroplane mode
aeroplaner
aeroplanist
chairoplane
here comes the aeroplane
hydroaeroplane
paper aeroplane
plane
Translations:
silicon
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
Etymology: Coined by Scottish chemist Thomas Thomson as a modification of the earlier name silicium, from the stem of Latin silex (“flint, silica”) + -on from carbon.
Affixes: -on
Inflected forms:
form: silicons
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A nonmetallic element (symbol Si) with an atomic number of 14 and atomic weight of 28.0855.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
usually
examples: The isolated disordered regions and the amorphous layer have widely different anneal behavior. In the case of germanium and silicon, the isolated disordered regions anneal at moderate temperatures of approximately 200° and 300° C, respectively. The amorphous layers also anneal in a characteristic fashion, but at appreciably higher temperatures, i.e., at approximately 600° C in silicon and 400° C in germanium.
His idea is to stand billions of ultrafine wire loops around the edge of a silicon chip — hence the name racetrack — and use electric current to slide infinitesimally small magnets up and down along each of the wires to be read and written as digital ones and zeros.
gloss: A single atom of this element.
pos: noun
tags: countable
usually
Related words: silane
silex
silica
silicate
silice
siliceous
silicious
silici-
silicic
siliciferous
silicified
silicify
silicisation
silicization
silico-
silicone
silicosis
silicotic
agate
amethyst
asbestos
clay
feldspar
flint
glass
granite
hornblende
jasper
mica
opal
quartz
rock crystal
sand
Derived words: cuprosilicon
Cwm Silicon
disilicon
ekasilicon
ferrosilicon
float-zone silicon
lithium-drifted silicon detector
nanosilicon
nonsilicon
organosilicon
polysilicon
radiosilicon
silicene
silician
silicide
silico-
silicon-28
silicon-29
silicon-30
silicon alkoxide
Silicon Alley
silicon-based
silicon bronze
silicon burning
silicon carbide
silicon chip
silicon controlled rectifier
silicon-controlled rectifier
silicon copper
silicon curtain
silicon dioxide
silicon disk
silicon ester
Silicon Fen
Silicon Forest
silicon germanide
silicon germanium
Silicon Glen
Silicon Hills
silicon hydride
silicon iron
siliconise
siliconize
Siliconite
siliconlike
silicon monoxide
silicon nitride
silicon oxide
silicon oxycarbide
silicon photonics
silicon planet
Silicon Prairie
Silicon Roundabout
silicon rubber
Silicon Sentier
silicon shield
silicon steel
silicon tet
silicon tetrabromide
silicon tetrachloride
silicon tetrafluoride
Silicon Valley
Silicon Wadi
silicon wafer
silicyne
silsesquioxane
silundum
sima
strained silicon
tetrasilicon
zincsilite
Translations:
dockyard
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: compound
Etymology: From dock + yard.
Compound parts: dock
yard
Inflected forms:
form: dockyards
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A place where ships are repaired or outfitted.
pos: noun
examples: Until recently activities in the Haven [Milford Haven] were confined virtually to the naval dockyard, now closed, and to coastal shipping and shipments to and from Ireland, both on a small scale.
Translations:
enlistment
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *h₁én
Proto-Italic *en
Proto-Italic *en-
Latin in-
Old French en-bor.
Middle English en-
English en-
English list
English enlist
Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥
Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥tom
Proto-Italic *-mentom
Latin -mentum
Old French -mentbor.
Middle English -ment
English -ment
English enlistment
From enlist + -ment.
Inflected forms:
form: enlistments
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The act of enlisting.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: The act of enlisting.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
Related words: enlist
Derived words: reenlistment
Translations:
granary
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: agriculture
business
lifestyle
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin grānārium (16th century). Equivalent to grain + -ary. Doublet of garner.
Base: grain
Affixes: -ary
Inflected forms:
form: granaries
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: granarys
pos: noun
tags: obsolete
plural
Senses:
gloss: A storage facility for grain or sometimes animal feed.
pos: noun
examples: For a long time the dormouse and polecat had seemed to him overfeeble enemies for his restless valour, even as the granary floor seemed to afford too narrow a field. Every day he read the papers of the previous day in the servants' hall of the houses he visited, and it appeared to him that this war in America, which was hailed as the awakening of the spirit of liberty and justice in the New World, ought to produce a revolution in France.
[I]solate the body of the building from the ground […] embodied in the eighteenth- and nineteenth-century granaries, built on staddle stones, which still survive in many English farmyards.
gloss: A fertile, grain-growing region.
pos: noun
tags: figuratively
Related words: grain elevator
silo
staddle stones
Derived words: granary bread
granary loaf
granary tree
granary weevil
rat in a granary
Translations:
file
Part of speech: verb
Morphological type: simple
Topics: law
Etymology: From Old French fil (“thread”), from Latin fīlum (“thread”). Doublet of filum.
Inflected forms:
form: files
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: filing
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: filed
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: filed
pos: verb
tags: past
Senses:
gloss: To commit (official papers) to some office.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: She filed their accounts yesterday.
The episode’s unwillingness to fully commit to the pathos of the Bart-and-Laura subplot is all the more frustrating considering its laugh quota is more than filled by a rollicking B-story that finds Homer, he of the iron stomach and insatiable appetite, filing a lawsuit against The Frying Dutchman when he’s hauled out of the eatery against his will after consuming all of the restaurant’s shrimp (plus two plastic lobsters).
gloss: (of a journalist) To submit (an article) to a newspaper or similar publication.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: I filed my copy soon after the interview.
gloss: To place in an archive in a logical place and order.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: Troves of documents filed away in the depository.
gloss: To store a file (aggregation of data) on a storage medium such as a disc or another computer.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
gloss: To submit a formal request to some office.
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
transitive
examples: She filed for divorce the next day.
The company filed for bankruptcy when the office opened on Monday.
They filed for a refund under their warranty.
What started as a way to cover my expenses became something I could turn into a full-time job. Within a year, I filed an LLC and made it official.
gloss: To set in order; to arrange, or lay away.
pos: verb
tags: obsolete
transitive
examples: I would have my several courses and my dishes well filed.
Derived words: enfile
fileable
file away
filing clerk
filing fee
filings
interfile
misfile
prefile
refile
unfile
unfiled
Translations:
link
Part of speech: verb
Morphological type: simple
Topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
software-compilation
Etymology: From Middle English linke, lenke, from a merger of Old English hlenċe, hlenċa (“ring; chainlink”) and Old Norse *hlenkr, hlekkr (“ring; chain”); both from Proto-Germanic *hlankiz (“ring; bond; fettle; fetter”), from Proto-Germanic *hlankaz (“bendsome, flexible”), from Proto-Indo-European *kleng-, *klenk- (“to bend; twist; wind”). Used in English since the 14th century. Related to lank.
Cognates
Cognate with Low German Lenk (“link”), Danish lænke (“chain; link”), Elfdalian lekk (“link”), Icelandic hlekkur (“link”), Norwegian Bokmål lenke (“chain; link”), Norwegian Nynorsk lenke, lenkje (“chain; link”), Swedish länk (“chain; link”).
Inflected forms:
form: links
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: linking
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: linked
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: linked
pos: verb
tags: past
Senses:
gloss: To connect (two or more things).
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: All the tribes and nations that composed it [the Roman Empire] were linked together, not only by the same laws and the same government, but by all the facilities of commodious intercourse, and of frequent communication.
gloss: To contain a hyperlink to another page.
pos: verb
tags: Internet
intransitive
examples: My homepage links to my wife's.
gloss: To supply (someone) with a hyperlink; to direct by means of a link.
pos: verb
tags: Internet
transitive
examples: Haven't you seen his website? I'll link you to it.
gloss: To post a hyperlink to.
pos: verb
tags: Internet
transitive
examples: Stop linking those unfunny comics all the time!
gloss: To demonstrate a correlation between (two things).
pos: verb
tags: transitive
gloss: To combine objects generated by a compiler into a single executable.
pos: verb
gloss: To meet with (someone).
pos: verb
tags: slang
transitive
examples: Linked us, now she don't wanna link them man again / Your ex plays in the Prem but you never see him taking a pen
I might link my ting from Barkin'
Same old questions, what's your body count?
Who were you linkin' before me?
Synonyms: attach
join
put together
Derived words: interlink
delink
dislink
enlink
linkability
linkable
linkee
link in
link out
link up
mislink
overlink
relink
unlink
unlinkability
Translations:
fulcrum
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: engineering
mechanical-engineering
mechanics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin fulcrum (“bedpost, foot of a couch”), from fulciō (“prop up, support”).
Inflected forms:
form: fulcrums
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: fulcra
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The support about which a lever pivots.
pos: noun
examples: It is possible to flick food across the table using your fork as a lever and your finger as a fulcrum.
MILDRED: Archimedes said give me a lever long enough and a fulcrum on which to place it and I will move the world.
CHARLOTTE: Yeah she said that twaddle eight or nine times.
A doorknob of whatever roundish shape is effectively a continuum of levers, with the axis of the latching mechanism—known as the spindle—being the fulcrum about which the turning takes place.
gloss: A crux or pivot; a central point.
pos: noun
tags: figuratively
examples: By this point the fulcrum of concern is the stuprum of men upon men, described as more prevalent than that upon women.
Chelsea's Mason Mount is a top-class talent while West Ham midfielder Declan Rice has moved his game on to another level this season and will be the fulcrum of England's midfield this summer.
Related words: fulcral
Translations:
zeroth
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: mathematics
sciences
Etymology: Etymology tree
English zero
English -th
English zeroth
From zero + -th (ordinal suffix).
Inflected forms:
form: zeroeth
pos: adj
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: In the initial position in a sequence whose elements are numbered starting at zero; the ordinal number corresponding to zero.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: The zeroth order polynomial approximation is constant.
gloss: Corresponding to a position preceding the first.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: A and C are in equilibrium following the Zeroth Law of Thermodynamics.
Synonyms: nothingth
noughth
Related words: null
0th
Derived words: zeroth grade
Translations:
silica
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: From New Latin silica, from Latin silex (“hard stone, flint”), on model of alumina, soda.
Inflected forms:
form: silicas
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Silicon dioxide.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: Any of the silica group of the silicate minerals.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: Its Blair County property was sited at the foot of ganister-covered Dunnings Mountain to compete with the Mount Union plants making silica bricks for the steel industry.
Synonyms: E551 when used as an anti-caking agent
Related words: silex
silicon
quartz
sand
Derived words: aerosil
biosilica
felsic
hydrated silica
microsilica
nanosilica
organosilica
silcrete
silica gel
silica glass
silicalite
silicasome
silicate
silica wool
siliceous
silici-
silicic
silicide
siliciferous
silicification
silicify
silicosis
Translations:
methane
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
Etymology: From methyl + -ane.
Base: methyl
Affixes: -ane
Inflected forms:
form: methanes
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The simplest aliphatic hydrocarbon, CH₄, being a constituent of natural gas, and one of the most abundant greenhouse gases.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
examples: Cattle emit a large amount of methane.
Methane, an invisible, odorless gas that makes up more than 95% of natural gas fuel, can be as much as 80 times more potent as a global warmer per given unit than CO₂, which is more plentiful in the atmosphere. While there are less emissions than CO₂, methane lasts around 12 years, while CO₂ lingers for centuries.
gloss: Any of very many derivatives of methane.
pos: noun
tags: countable
Derived words: aminomethane
azomethane
azoxymethane
biomethane
bromochlorofluoroiodomethane
bromodichloromethane
bromodifluoromethane
bromofluoromethane
bromoiodomethane
bromomethane
chlorodifluoromethane
chloroiodomethane
chloromethane
coalbed methane
demethanize
dibromodifluoromethane
dichlorodifluoromethane
dichloromethane
difluoromethane
diindolylmethane
diiodomethane
dimethoxymethane
diphenylmethane
fluoroiodomethane
fluoromethane
geomethane
germanomethane
halomethane
iodomethane
methalox
methanal
methanation
methane clathrate
methane gas
methane hydrate
methane ice
methanelike
methane rain
methanesulfonamide
methanesulfonic acid
methanethiol
methanic
methanide
methaniferous
methanium
methanize
methanogen
methanogenesis
methanogenetic
methanoic
methanol
methanolysis
methanometer
methanone
methanosphere
methanotroph
methanotrophy
methoxymethane
methylsulfonylmethane
methylsulphonylmethane
monohydroxymethane
nimesulide
nitromethane
nonmethane
phenylmethane
quinolinemethanethiol
rifametane
silicomethane
tetrachloromethane
tetrahalomethane
tetranitromethane
triarylmethane
trichlorofluoromethane
trifluoroiodomethane
triphenylmethane
Translations:
quadrillion
Part of speech: num
noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From French quadrillion, from quadri- (“four”) + -illion. By surface analysis, quadr- + -illion.
Affixes: quadri-
-illion
Inflected forms:
form: quadrillions
pos: num
tags: plural
form: quadrillions
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A thousand trillion (logic: 1,000 × 1,000⁴): 1 followed by fifteen zeros, 10¹⁵.
pos: num
tags: Australian
British
US
modern
examples: A man named Chris Reynolds was credited $92 quadrillion USD on his paypal account, "This unexpected influx of wealth elevated him to the status of the richest person on the planet and the only quadrillionaire to have ever existed". Following this, after the man reported this error and it was fixed, "PayPal owned up to their mistake and thanked the richest man of all time for understanding the situation, saying: 'This is obviously an error and we appreciate that Mr. Reynolds understood this was the case'".
“I’m not sure I understand why we have to send a quadrillion-credit mission to another galaxy.”
He looked fleetingly amused. “Quintillion... and we don’t have a choice, Harper. Any of us, really, but humanity especially.”
Integrating data from all continents and major biomes, we conservatively estimate 20 × 10¹⁵ (20 quadrillion) ants on Earth, with a total biomass of 12 megatons of dry carbon.
gloss: A million trillion (logic: 1,000,000⁴): 1 followed by twenty-four zeros, 10²⁴.
pos: num
tags: Australia
UK
dated
gloss: Any very large number, exceeding normal description.
pos: noun
tags: excessive
figuratively
slang
examples: They'd never understand — not in a quadrillion years.
Me, I never refuse a meal, and believe me I seen some heavy weather. I musta flown a quadrillion miles and I never did have a problem.
The sky is so absolutely clear with a quadrillion stars.
She's named after this famous singer from a quadrillion years ago.
Synonyms: 1024
Related words: peta-
yotta-
Previous: trillion. Next: quintillion.
Previous: trilliard. Next: quadrilliard.
Derived words: quadrillionaire
quadrillionfold
quadrillionth
quadzillion
Translations:
physics
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: 1580s; from physic (see also -ics), from Middle English phisik, from Old French fisike (“natural science, art of healing”), from Latin physica (“study of nature”), from Ancient Greek φυσική (phusikḗ), feminine singular of φυσικός (phusikós, “natural; physical”), from Ancient Greek φύσις (phúsis, “origin; nature, property”), from Ancient Greek φύω (phúō, “produce; bear; grow”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰuH- (“to appear, become, rise up”).
Inflected forms:
form: physicks
pos: noun
tags: alternative
obsolete
Senses:
gloss: The branch of science concerned with the study of the properties and interactions of space, time, matter and energy.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
examples: Newtonian physics was extended by Einstein to explain the effects of travelling near the speed of light; quantum physics extends it to account for the behaviour of atoms.
An analysis of media reports can correspondingly cast some light not only on how much physics is being reported, but on what branches of physics attract most popular attention.
The physics of elementary particles in the 20th century was distinguished by the observation of particles whose existence had been predicted by theorists sometimes decades earlier.
Daniel Hajas is a physics undergraduate at Sussex and has been blind since he was 16. He first heard about Giles and the SSDs when Giles was looking for blind students to test the devices.
gloss: The physical aspects of a phenomenon or a system, especially those examined or studied scientifically.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
examples: The physics of car crashes would not let Tom Cruise walk away like that.
An analysis of media reports can correspondingly cast some light not only on how much physics is being reported, but on what branches of physics attract most popular attention.
Synonyms: physics
Antonyms: nonphysics
Related words: physical
physicist
space
time
matter
energy
force
mass
density
motion
velocity
acceleration
trajectory
pressure
potential
temperature
particle
wave
Derived words: agrophysics
areophysics
atomic physics
atom physics
conceptual physics
condensed matter physics
cryophysics
cytophysics
electrophysics
health physics
hydrophysics
iatrophysics
jiggle physics
metametaphysics
metaphysics
multiphysics
nanophysics
oncophysics
paraphysics
pataphysics
physics envy
physics gun
physics-ly
physics package
physicsy
planetophysics
protophysics
ragdoll physics
robophysics
selenophysics
social physics
sociophysics
thermophysics
tribophysics
xenophysics
zoophysics
Translations:
oddball
Part of speech: noun
adj
Morphological type: compound
Topics: medicine
neuroscience
sciences
Etymology: Compound of odd + ball. First used in late 1930s, describing an extra ball played as a bonus in pin-ball type games. Well-attested since the 1940s, with the adjective appearing earlier than the noun.
Compound parts: odd
ball
Inflected forms:
form: oddballs
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: An eccentric or unusual person.
pos: noun
examples: Miss Quinn thought that Oswald spoke Russian well in view of his lack of formal training; she found the evening uninteresting. Donovan, with whom she had a date later, testified that she told him that Oswald was “kind of an oddball.”
"She's different, mister. A real oddball, if you know what I mean. But your little girl would love her. All kids love the Doll Lady."
gloss: A deviant stimulus that appears among repetitive stimuli during an experiment, to trigger an event-related potential in the participant.
pos: noun
gloss: Exotic, not mainstream.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: An oddball word processor, for example, might never be supported by such helpful tools as spelling checkers, indexing programs, footnote utilities,...
Synonyms: odd duck
strange fish
queer fish
weirdo
Derived words: oddballery
oddballish
Translations:
occupation
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: geopolitics
government
military
politics
war
Etymology: From Middle English occupacioun, borrowed from Middle French occupacion, occupation, from Latin occupātiō, occupātiōnis, from occupō (“occupy, seize”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kap- (“to seize, grab”). By surface analysis, occupy + -ation.
Inflected forms:
form: occupations
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: An activity or task with which one occupies oneself; usually specifically the productive activity, service, trade, or craft for which one is regularly paid; a job.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: With no particular appearance of regret Annesley Greatorex detached himself from the occupation of typing letters and came across to his employer's chair.
gloss: The act, process or state of possessing a place.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: Last year it was announced that electrification of L.M.R. main lines was to be speeded up and that it would be essential for the engineers to have the longest possible occupation of the lines involved; this would mean some retrenchment of passenger train services.
gloss: The control of a nation or region by a hostile military or paramilitary force.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: The early years of Norman occupation saw a frenzy of castle building.
The lawyer and twice-divorced mother of three had presented herself as the modern face of her party, trying to strip it of unsavoury overtones after her father's convictions for saying the Nazi occupation of France was not "particularly inhumane".
Synonyms: interest
line of work
profession
vocation
avocation
calling
work
job
occupation
Related words: calling
career
craft
profession
trade
walk of life
Derived words: antioccupation
deoccupation
disoccupation
inoccupation
Israeli Occupation Forces
Israel Occupation Forces
Jewish occupation government
misoccupation
nonoccupation
occupational
occupation bridge
occupationism
occupationless
occupation number
occupation order
oldest occupation
overoccupation
reoccupation
reoccupational
ticket of occupation
underoccupation
unoccupation
Zionist occupation government
Translations:
udder
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: From Middle English udder, uddyr (also as uther, iddyr), from Old English ūder (“udder; breast”), from Proto-Germanic *ūdarą, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ówHdʰr̥ (“udder”).
Cognate with Saterland Frisian Jadder (“udder”), Dutch uier (“udder”), German Euter (“udder”), Swedish juver (“udder”), Icelandic júgur (“udder”), Vedic Sanskrit ऊधर् (ū́dhar), Ancient Greek οὖθαρ (oûthar), Latin ūber.
Inflected forms:
form: udders
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: An organ formed of the mammary glands of female quadruped mammals, particularly ruminants such as cattle, goats, sheep and deer.
pos: noun
examples: squeeze the udder to get milk
The udder of the hyena, tied on the left arm, enticed the affection of any desired woman.
gloss: A woman's breast.
pos: noun
tags: impolite
slang
Translations:
boob
Part of speech: noun
verb
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: Clipped form of booby (“fool”). Appeared near the beginning of the twentieth century; more information at booby § Etymology 1.
Inflected forms:
form: boobs
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: boobs
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: boobing
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: boobed
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: boobed
pos: verb
tags: past
Senses:
gloss: An idiot; a fool.
pos: noun
tags: Canada
US
dated
derogatory
informal
examples: Not having an ear for music it annoys me to hear the boobs squeal.
[BURNS AND ENSEMBLE]: Look at all those idiots. Oh, look at all those boobs. An office full of morons. A factory full of fools. Is it any wonder that I'm singing, singing the blues!?
He said he felt like such a boob in school and nobody talked to him.
gloss: A mistake.
pos: noun
tags: UK
informal
gloss: To behave stupidly; to act like a boob.
pos: verb
examples: After three hits his cleverness ran out. He boobed.
gloss: To make a mistake.
pos: verb
tags: informal
intransitive
examples: ...the younger generation will not altogether be grateful for the book in which they are contained — especially when he boobs in calling the Weavers a rock ensemble.
Derived words: boobery
boobish
boobocracy
booboisie
boob up
Translations:
osmosis
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
Etymology: From endosmose and exosmose, both coined by French physician Henri Dutrochet in 1826; from (respectively) Ancient Greek ἔνδον (éndon, “within”) and Ancient Greek ἔξω (éxō, “outer, external”), plus Ancient Greek ὠσμός (ōsmós, “push, impulsion”), from ὠθέω (ōthéō).
Inflected forms:
form: osmoses
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The net movement of solvent molecules, usually water, from a region of lower solute concentration to a region of higher solute concentration through a partially permeable membrane.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: Passive absorption or impartation of information, habits, etc.; the process of teaching or learning particular knowledge incidentally rather than consciously.
pos: noun
tags: countable
figuratively
uncountable
examples: Near-synonym: serendipity
I was reading about chickens, and I guess I learned about hawks through osmosis.
At age fourteen, by a process of osmosis, of dirty jokes, whispered secrets and filthy ballads, Tristram learned of sex.
Related words: osmotic
osmotically
osmose
Derived words: assmosis
chemiosmosis
chemosmosis
diosmosis
electroosmosis
endosmosis
exosmosis
hyperosmosis
pressure-retarded osmosis
reverse osmosis
thermoosmosis
zoosmosis
Translations:
permeable
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: From Middle English permeable, permiable, from Latin permeābilis.
Inflected forms:
form: more permeable
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most permeable
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: Able to be permeated; absorbing or allowing the passage of fluids.
pos: adj
examples: permeable strata
Rainwater sinks through permeable rock to form an underground reservoir.
One hundred thirty-one small, highly permeable masonry wall specimens built of concrete blocks or of bricks were treated with cement-water paints or with other waterproofings.
gloss: Allowing the passage of persons, information, or other things, especially when such passage occurs despite hopes or expectations otherwise.
pos: adj
tags: broadly
examples: permeable borders
permeable boundaries
Related words: permeability
porous
Derived words: hyperpermeable
permalloy
permeableness
permeablise
permeably
semipermeable
unpermeable
Translations:
firearm
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *péh₂wr̥
Proto-Germanic *fōr
Proto-West Germanic *fuir
Old English fȳr
Middle English fyr
English fire
Proto-Indo-European *h₂er-
Proto-Indo-European *h₂érmos
Proto-Germanic *armaz
Proto-West Germanic *arm
Old English earm
Middle English arm
English arm
English firearm
From fire (“projectile discharge”) + arm (“weapon”).
Inflected forms:
form: firearms
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: fire arm
pos: noun
tags: alternative
rare
Senses:
gloss: A personal weapon that uses explosive powder to propel a projectile often made of lead.
pos: noun
examples: David was arrested for illegal possession of firearms.
Understanding gun ownership in the US can help inform debates about firearm laws (or lack thereof). […] There are about 393 million privately owned firearms in the US, according to an estimate by the Switzerland-based Small Arms Survey – or in other words, 120 guns for every 100 Americans.
Antonyms: cold weapon
white arm
Translations:
bullet
Part of speech: verb
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: From Middle English bullet (“an official tag or badge of registration or identification”), from Old French bullete, diminutive of boule (“ball”). Later influenced by Middle French boulette and French boulet.
Inflected forms:
form: bullets
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: bulleting
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: bulleted
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: bulleted
pos: verb
tags: past
Senses:
gloss: To draw attention to (text) by, or as if by, placing a graphic bullet in front of it.
pos: verb
tags: informal
transitive
examples: For instance, in the article on Tim Berners-Lee, we have bulleted "World Wide Web"
The author has bulleted this section to make it easier to read and included important notes and warnings.
I had mind-mapped everything from my business to my baby girl's needs and had bulleted my talking points, brownie points, and breaking points for just about every life area
gloss: To speed, like a bullet.
pos: verb
tags: informal
intransitive
examples: Their debut started slow, but bulleted to number six in its fourth week.
After a little pause, during which the train bulleted through the tunnel, he said, “Poor man,” referring to his late father.
gloss: To make a shot, especially with great speed.
pos: verb
tags: informal
transitive
examples: He bulleted a header for his first score of the season.
gloss: To inflict bullet shots upon.
pos: verb
tags: rare
slang
transitive
examples: They got bro-bro stuck on the wing, cah I picked up and bullet him
gloss: To fire from a job; to dismiss.
pos: verb
tags: slang
transitive
examples: Mowbray never had that luxury, he was bulleted after a run of bad results just as Kenny Dalglish was at Liverpool last season.
Translations:
refresh
Part of speech: verb
noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
Etymology: From Middle English refreshen, refreschen, refrisschen, from Old French refrescher (“to refresh”) (modern French rafraîchir), equivalent to re- + fresh.
Base: fresh
Affixes: re-
Inflected forms:
form: refreshes
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: refreshing
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: refreshed
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: refreshed
pos: verb
tags: past
form: refreshes
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: To renew or revitalize.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: Sleep refreshes the body and the mind.
Wherefore the children of Israel shall keep the sabbath, to observe the sabbath throughout their generations, for a perpetual covenant.
It is a sign between me and the children of Israel for ever: for in six days the LORD made heaven and earth, and on the seventh day he rested, and was refreshed.
gloss: To become fresh again; to be revitalized.
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
gloss: To reload (a document, especially a webpage) and show any new changes.
pos: verb
tags: ambitransitive
examples: She refreshed the page. She was still the high bidder. Good.
gloss: To cause (a web browser or similar software) to refresh its display.
pos: verb
tags: ambitransitive
examples: You can save your code, refresh your browser, and see a change instantly. This simple trick turns a lowly web browser into a development environment […]
gloss: To perform the periodic energizing required to maintain the contents of computer memory, the display luminance of a computer screen, etc.
pos: verb
gloss: To take refreshment; to eat or drink.
pos: verb
tags: colloquial
dated
intransitive
examples: We got within two miles of there, and stopped in the woods out of sight, where we refreshed with some brandy, and gave the two boys very large portions.
gloss: The periodic energizing required to maintain the contents of computer memory, the display luminance of a computer screen, etc.
pos: noun
gloss: The update of a display (in a web browser or similar software) to show the latest version of the data.
pos: noun
gloss: The process of modernizing something.
pos: noun
examples: Experiences such as the Al Qaeda threat have provided a taste of how the landscape may have changed very fundamentally. Do these changes spell the end of the Cycle as a useful concept, or does it just need a refresh?
We leave on time and immediately I'm aware of the Cummins underfloor engine. There are rattles aplenty - this train is old, tired, and needs a refresh.
Derived words: autorefresh
refreshable
refreshaholic
refresher
refreshful
refresh someone's memory
adaptive tile refresh
refresh rate
Translations:
lang: Finnish
word: virkistää
lang: Greek
word: ανανεώνω
roman: ananeóno
lang: Spanish
word: refrescar
execute
Part of speech: verb
Morphological type: simple
Topics: computing
engineering
law
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
Etymology: From Old French executer (French exécuter), from Latin exsecutus, past participle of exsequor (“to follow (up/through)”, particularly in the sense “to go through with a deed or punishment”), from ex- (“out”) + sequor (“to follow”).
Inflected forms:
form: executes
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: executing
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: executed
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: executed
pos: verb
tags: past
form: exequte
pos: verb
tags: alternative
obsolete
form: exequute
pos: verb
tags: alternative
obsolete
form: exsecute
pos: verb
tags: alternative
obsolete
form: exsequute
pos: verb
tags: alternative
obsolete
Senses:
gloss: To kill, especially as punishment for a capital crime.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: There are certain states where it is lawful to execute prisoners convicted of certain crimes.
According to international treaties, it is illegal to execute prisoners of war.
Was not thy Father, Richard, Earle of Cambridge, / For Treaſon executed in our late Kings dayes?
gloss: To carry out; to put into effect.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: Your orders have been executed, sir!
I'll execute your orders as soon as this meeting is adjourned.
Why delays / His hand to execute what his decree / Fixed on this day?
gloss: To perform.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: to execute a difficult piece of music brilliantly
to execute a turn in ballet
Affinity groups will plan and execute nonviolent actions to both symbolically and directly challenge weapons development.
gloss: To carry out, to perform an act; to put into effect or cause to become legally binding or valid (as a contract) by so doing.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: to execute a contract
gloss: To start, launch, or run.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: to execute a program
gloss: To run, usually successfully.
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
examples: The program executed, but data problems were discovered.
Synonyms: perform
carry out
do
Derived words: electrocute
executability
executable
executed
execute order
execution
executioner
executive
executor
executrix
executry
misexecute
nonexecuted
nonexecuting
outexecute
reexecute
self-executing
unexecute
unexecuted
Translations:
lang: Arabic
word: نَفَّذَ
roman: naffaḏa
lang: Catalan
word: executar
lang: Czech
word: provádět
lang: Danish
word: udføre
lang: Danish
word: eksekvere
lang: Danish
word: starte
lang: Danish
word: påbegynde
lang: Dutch
word: bewerkstelligen
lang: Dutch
word: uitvoeren
lang: Finnish
word: aloittaa
lang: Finnish
word: käynnistää
lang: Irish
word: cuir i bhfeidhm
lang: Polish
word: uruchomić
lang: Polish
word: rozpocząć
lang: Polish
word: zacząć
lang: Romanian
word: executa
lang: Russian
word: выполня́ть
roman: vypolnjátʹ
lang: Russian
word: вы́полнить
roman: výpolnitʹ
lang: Russian
word: исполня́ть
roman: ispolnjátʹ
lang: Russian
word: испо́лнить
roman: ispólnitʹ
lang: Scottish Gaelic
word: cuir an gnìomh
lang: Ukrainian
word: вико́нувати
roman: vykónuvaty
lang: Ukrainian
word: ви́конати
roman: výkonaty
smack-dab
Part of speech: adv
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: smack bang
pos: adv
tags: alternative
form: smack dab
pos: adv
tags: alternative
form: right smack dab
pos: adv
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: Exactly in a place, especially the middle; directly; precisely; dead-center.
pos: adv
tags: not-comparable
slang
examples: I tossed the water balloon and it landed smack-dab on the top of his head.
Things build and build, and it becomes clearer and clearer that a battle is about to take place. In “Stormborn,” a bang above deck is all the warning we get, and suddenly the Yara Greyjoy fleet is smack dab in the middle of Euron’s Iron Fleet, and the party begins.
Translations:
isolationism
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English isolation
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 isolationism
From isolation + -ism.
Inflected forms:
form: isolationisms
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A national (or group) policy of non-interaction with other nations (or groups).
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: Many hope the period of American isolationism and country-first populism under President Trump will give way to an era of renewed U.S. global leadership and embrace of multilateralism to tackle common challenges.
Translations:
rifled
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: simple
Topics: engineering
firearms
government
military
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
politics
tools
war
weaponry
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Having a spiral on the interior of a gun bore to make a fired bullet spin in flight to improve range and accuracy.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
Translations:
rifling
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: card-games
games
government
military
politics
war
Inflected forms:
form: riflings
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The act or process of making the grooves in a rifled cannon or gun barrel.
pos: noun
gloss: The system of grooves in a rifled gun barrel or cannon. Shunt rifling, rifling for cannon, in which one side of the groove is made deeper than the other, to facilitate loading with shot having projections which enter by the deeper part of the grooves.
pos: noun
gloss: The act or process of letting playing cards cascade down one at a time towards the table (or one's hand), controlling the speed and flow with one's thumb, which sits on the top edges of the cards.
pos: noun
Translations:
lang: Finnish
word: rihlaus
twenty-one
Part of speech: num
noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: card-games
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
Inflected forms:
form: twenty one
pos: num
tags: alternative
form: twentyone
pos: num
tags: alternative
form: twenty one
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: twentyone
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: The cardinal number occurring after twenty and before twenty-two, represented in Roman numerals as XXI and in Arabic numerals as 21.
pos: num
gloss: Blackjack.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
examples: They were to spend many an evening together sitting round the old kitchen table playing twentyone ….
gloss: A basketball-based game in which players attempt to score exactly twenty-one points.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
Related words: baccarat
blackjack
pontoon
Translations:
sartorial
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
Etymology: From New Latin sartorius (“pertaining to a tailor”), from Late Latin sartor (“tailor”), from Latin sarcire (“to patch, mend”) + -ial.
Affixes: -ial
Inflected forms:
form: more sartorial
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most sartorial
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: Of or relating to the tailoring of clothing.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: His sartorial rebellions were slight: he wore jeans, for example, when giving tutorials.
Suits are full of joy. They are the sartorial equivalent of a baby’s smile.
The occasion, back then, was his decision to wear a hoodie with a suit jacket while on the air, which proved such an unexpected sartorial choice for an anchorman that it went viral, creating its own mini-news cycle.
gloss: Of or relating to the quality of dress.
pos: adj
examples: In his smart suit Jacob was by far the most sartorial of our party.
The UPI report noted that demonstrators sported "neon hairdos and tight leather clothes" as they blocked streets and disrupted traffic in a "Stop the City" demonstration. Sartorial descriptions were the order of the day in the UPI dispatch, as it went on to describe a protesting teenager with "pink hair and 11 earrings" and "youths with rainbow hairdos."
He was just a college instructor at the time, long before he had written his book and long before his sartorial conversion. The pockets of his sports coat bulged from having had fists thrust into them too long.
As a fashion editor, I pay obsessive attention to my appearance. Even when I pretend to look insouciant, each look has been painfully considered. The right earrings, coordinating shoes, the careful symmetry of a well-balanced look — these are things that please me. The gym has crushed my sartorial ambitions.
gloss: Of or relating to the sartorius muscle.
pos: adj
Derived words: presartorial
sartorialism
sartorialist
sartorially
subsartorial
unsartorial
Translations:
twenty-two
Part of speech: num
noun
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: twenty-twos
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The number after twenty-one and before twenty-three. Represented in Arabic digits as 22.
pos: num
gloss: A .22 calibre pistol or rifle.
pos: noun
examples: He wore a crazed expression / As he waded in the car / For some ammo and his sawn-off twenty-two.
Translations: