yuanxin112/wiktionary-morph huggingface dataset:
deacetylation
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *de
Proto-Indo-European *-h₁
Proto-Indo-European *déh₁
Proto-Italic *dē
Latin dē
Latin dē-der.
English de-
English acetylation
English deacetylation
From de- + acetylation.
Inflected forms:
form: deacetylations
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Any reaction that removes one or more acetyl groups from a molecule
pos: noun
Translations:
metagenomic
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: biology
genetics
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *me
Proto-Indo-European *meth₂?
Ancient Greek μετᾰ́ (metắ)
Ancient Greek μετᾰ- (metă-)lbor.
English meta-
English genome
Proto-Indo-European *-ikos
Proto-Italic *-ikos
Latin -icuslbor.
Old French -iquebor.
Middle English -ik
English -ic
English genomic
English metagenomic
From meta- + genomic.
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Of or pertaining to metagenomics
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
Translations:
mucocutaneous
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *(s)mewk-der.
Proto-Italic *moukos
Latin mūcus
New Latinder.
English muco-
English cutaneous
English mucocutaneous
From muco- + cutaneous.
Inflected forms:
form: mucosocutaneous
pos: adj
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: Of or pertaining to the mucous membranes and the skin.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
Translations:
neuropathology
Part of speech: noun
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-
Ancient Greek πάσχω (páskhō)der.
Ancient Greek πᾰ́θος (pắthos)
Proto-Indo-European *leǵ-
Ancient Greek λόγος (lógos)
Proto-Indo-European *-h₂
Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂
Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂
Proto-Hellenic *-íā
Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā)
Ancient Greek -λογῐ́ᾱ (-logĭ́ā)bor.
Latin -logialbor.
French -logie
French pathologiebor.
English pathology
English neuropathology
From neuro- + pathology.
Inflected forms:
form: neuropathologies
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Neural pathology: The pathology of the nervous system, usually and especially in the sense of its cytopathology and histopathology (as opposed to the study of diseases generally).
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: the department of neuropathology
Alzheimer-type neuropathology
Translations:
polyglutamine
Part of speech: adj
noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *pleh₁-
Proto-Indo-European *polh₁ús
Ancient Greek πολῠ́ς (polŭ́s)lbor.
English poly-
English glutamine
English polyglutamine
From poly- + glutamine.
Inflected forms:
form: polyglutamines
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Involving more than one glutamine; (medicine) applied to a class of trinucleotide repeat disorder.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
gloss: A polymer of glutamine
pos: noun
Translations:
retinoid
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
Etymology: From retin(ol) + -oid.
Base: retinol
Affixes: -oid
Inflected forms:
form: retinoids
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Any of a class of compounds whose structure or effects on the body resemble retinol (vitamin A).
pos: noun
examples: Tests on the two retinoids, combined with computer modelling, showed that the compounds killed not only normal MRSA cells, but dormant, or “persister”, cells too.
Translations:
streptokinase
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
medicine
microbiology
natural-sciences
pharmacology
physical-sciences
sciences
Etymology: Etymology tree
English strepto(coccus)
English kinase
English streptokinase
From strepto(coccus) + kinase.
Inflected forms:
form: streptokinases
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: An enzyme produced by some streptococci which is involved in breaking down red blood cells by activating plasminogen to produce plasmin. It is used to treat blood clots and inflammation.
pos: noun
Translations:
Foxhound
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: Foxhounds
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The Soviet MiG 31 aircraft.
pos: noun
Translations:
convo
Part of speech: noun
verb
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English conversation
English -o
English convo
From conversation + -o.
Inflected forms:
form: convos
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: convos
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: convoes
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: convoing
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: convoed
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: convoed
pos: verb
tags: past
Senses:
gloss: A conversation.
pos: noun
tags: informal
examples: Now, wait a minute, wait a minute, Mill... you gotta hold on here, 'cause I'm having a convo with your cuz.
If she hasn't already noticed something may be wrong, this convo may get here to talk to her pediatrician.
In January 2020, Ms. Bennett sent her mother a text. “Had a really long convo with Gov today,” she wrote, outlining a two-hour conversation about numerous topics, including her career goals.
gloss: To have a conversation, to converse.
pos: verb
tags: informal
examples: He's a fun dude to convo with.
Translations:
pekan
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: From the Abenaki apanakes (“pine marten, Martes americana”), or a Penobscot cognate of it.
Inflected forms:
form: pekans
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A fisher cat or fisher (Pekania pennanti, syn. Martes pennanti)
pos: noun
gloss: An American marten (Martes americana).
pos: noun
Related words: pecan
Translations:
rakan
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: Buddhism
lifestyle
religion
Etymology: From Japanese 羅漢 (rakan).
Inflected forms:
form: rakans
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A Japanese arhat.
pos: noun
Translations:
taan
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
Etymology: From Hindi तान (tān)/Urdu تان (tān).
Inflected forms:
form: taans
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A rapid melodic vocal technique in raga singing.
pos: noun
examples: Her voice was steady as a surgeon's hand. When it zigzagged, it was because she wanted to take a taan that slithered like a snake as it flashed past, progressing sideways across the sand.
Translations:
deep-throat
Part of speech: verb
Morphological type: compound
Topics: lifestyle
sex
sexuality
Etymology: From deep + throat.
Compound parts: deep
throat
Inflected forms:
form: deep-throats
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: deep-throating
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: deep-throated
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: deep-throated
pos: verb
tags: past
form: deep throat
pos: verb
tags: alternative
form: deepthroat
pos: verb
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: To perform fellatio or irrumation so that the entire penis is inside the mouth; often penetrating into the oesophagus, requiring the suppression of the gag reflex.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
vulgar
examples: After several minutes of deep-throating Derek, Darcy pulled his slobbery cock from her mouth and began licking her own saliva off it.
Translations:
wifey
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Germanic *wībą
Proto-West Germanic *wīb
Old English wīf
Middle English wyf
English wife
Proto-Indo-European *-kos
Proto-Germanic *-gaz
Proto-West Germanic *-g
Old English -iġ
Middle English -y
English -y
English wifey
From wife + -y (adjectival suffix).
Inflected forms:
form: wifier
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: more wifey
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: wifiest
pos: adj
tags: superlative
form: most wifey
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: Of, befitting, pertaining to, or characteristic of a wife.
pos: adj
examples: She even admits herself that she lives a dual life — one where she's always acting, trying to impress people; the other when she's around me which is more settled, the more wifey sort of thing.
There was talk of having her wear a wedding ring to look more "wifey" and to have her wear an apron and adopt a stage name so she would become something of a company mascot.
Perhaps you should be a bit more "wifey" by getting out the sewing machine and knocking something up yourself, using some sequins, M&S "hi-cut" knickers and that nice "satin effect" fabric you are so keen on - and which is very reasonably priced at John Lewis.
But it meant more wifey duties for me: weekly visits, care packages, high-ass phone bills, and making sure he got everything he needed in there.
Translations:
deoxyribonucleic
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: compound
Topics: biology
genetics
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
Etymology: From deoxyribose + nucleic.
Compound parts: deoxyribose
nucleic
Inflected forms:
form: desoxyribonucleic
pos: adj
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: Of or pertaining to deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) or its derivatives.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
Translations:
ribonucleic
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: biology
genetics
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
Etymology: Etymology tree
English ribose
English nucleic
English ribonucleic
From ribose + nucleic.
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Of or pertaining to ribonucleic acid (RNA) or its derivatives
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
Translations:
eelgrass
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: compound
Etymology: From eel + grass.
Compound parts: eel
grass
Inflected forms:
form: eelgrasses
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Any of several species of aquatic plant, with very long and narrow leaves
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: Any of several species of aquatic plant, with very long and narrow leaves
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: Any of several species of aquatic plant, with very long and narrow leaves
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
Derived words: eelgrass isopod
Translations:
ineffability
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: From Latin ineffabilitas.
Inflected forms:
form: ineffabilities
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The quality or state of being ineffable.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
usually
examples: To him, the spirit lodged within Billy, and looking out from his welkin eyes as from windows, that ineffability it was which made the dimple in his dyed cheek, suppled his joints, and dancing in his yellow curls made him preeminently the Handsome Sailor.
But recently, physiological studies of ritual have suggested that the ineffability of intense emotional, transformative states may be due to the dominance of right brain activity.
Translations:
liberalist
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English liberal
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 liberalist
From liberal + -ist.
Inflected forms:
form: liberalists
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A liberal.
pos: noun
Translations:
locomotor
Part of speech: adj
noun
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: locomotors
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Of or pertaining to movement or locomotion.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: Adult animals were implanted with E-Mitter transponders intraabdominally to record body temperature and locomotor activity continuously.
gloss: Something that is capable of locomotion.
pos: noun
Translations:
Europan
Part of speech: adj
noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: astronomy
human-sciences
literature
media
mysticism
mythology
natural-sciences
philosophy
publishing
science-fiction
sciences
Etymology: Etymology tree
English Europa
English -an
English Europan
From Europa + -an.
Inflected forms:
form: Europans
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Of or relating to the princess Europa in Greek mythology.
pos: adj
gloss: Pertaining to Europa, a moon of Jupiter named for the mythological figure, or any theoretical or fictional inhabitants of the moon Europa.
pos: adj
examples: indications of Europan biology
The specifics of how an ocean and the Europan surface might interact, however, are far from agreed-upon.
gloss: Pertaining to (52) Europa, a minor planet in the Main Asteroid Belt.
pos: adj
gloss: An inhabitant of the astronomical body Europa (either the moon of Jupiter or the minor planet of the Main Asteroid Belt).
pos: noun
tags: demonym
Translations:
gentrified
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: more gentrified
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most gentrified
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
pos: adj
tags: no-gloss
Translations:
vilifying
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: vilifyings
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: An act of vilification.
pos: noun
Translations:
desorbed
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Removed by desorption
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
Translations:
desorb
Part of speech: verb
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: desorbs
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: desorbing
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: desorbed
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: desorbed
pos: verb
tags: past
Senses:
gloss: To remove (or be removed) from a surface onto which it was adsorbed or through which it was absorbed
pos: verb
Translations:
diacetate
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁
Proto-Indo-European *dwi-
Proto-Hellenic *dwi-
Ancient Greek δῐ- (dĭ-)bor.
Latin di-bor.
English di-
English acetate
English diacetate
From di- + acetate.
Inflected forms:
form: diacetates
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Any salt or ester having two acetate groups
pos: noun
Translations:
dialkyl
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁
Proto-Indo-European *dwi-
Proto-Hellenic *dwi-
Ancient Greek δῐ- (dĭ-)bor.
Latin di-bor.
English di-
Akkadian 𒎎𒋆𒁉𒍣𒁕 (guḫlum)bor.
Aramaic כוחלא (kuḥlā)bor.
Arabic كُحْل (kuḥl)
Andalusian Arabic اَلْكُحُول (al-kuḥūl)bor.
Medieval Latin alcoholder.
Middle English alcofol
English alc(ohol)
Proto-Indo-European *swel-der.?
Ancient Greek ῡ̔́λη (hū́lē)der.
Frenchder.
English -yl
English alkyl
English dialkyl
From di- + alkyl.
Inflected forms:
form: dialkyls
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Two alkyl groups in a compound
pos: noun
tags: especially
in-compounds
uncountable
gloss: Any compound containing two alkyl groups
pos: noun
tags: countable
Derived words: aryldialkylphosphatase
dialkylammonium
dialkylaluminium
dialkylamine
dialkylamino
dialkylaminofluorosulfur
dialkylaminosulfinyl
dialkylcadmium
dialkylmagnesium
dialkylmetal
dialkylmethylamine
dialkylthiourea
dialkylzinc
and many
many others
Translations:
facetted
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: more facetted
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most facetted
pos: adj
tags: superlative
form: faceted
pos: adj
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: Having facets.
pos: adj
Translations:
flustering
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English fluster
Middle English -ynge
English -ing
English flustering
From fluster + -ing.
Inflected forms:
form: more flustering
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most flustering
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: Agitated, confusing.
pos: adj
examples: To me it seems, Mabel, that whenever a thing is really grand and potent, it has a quiet majesty about it, that is altogether unlike the frothy and flustering manner of smaller matters, and so it was with them rapids.
There is always a flustering breeze in the air and a perturbation generally through the county when they come or go, […]
Although at times my prac experiences were flustering and frustrating, I have gained many new insights into catering for the individual needs of children.
There is nothing more flustering than to wrestle with an unfamiliar piece of equipment in the presence of a class!
She almost forgot Toby while she was bathed in this flustering brilliance of light and noise.
gloss: Boasting or bragging noisily; blustering, swaggering.
pos: adj
tags: obsolete
examples: And the Apoſtle [Paul] ſeems here moſt peculiarly to have directed this Encomium of the Gospel, as a Defiance to the Philoſophers of his Time, the Fluſtring Vain-glorious Greeks, vvho pretended ſo much to magnify, and even Adore the VViſdom they profeſſed, […]
Derived words: flusteringly
Translations:
razor-thin
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: First use appears c. 1909, in the Washington Post.
Inflected forms:
form: razor thin
pos: adj
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: Extremely fine; so thin as to be almost invisible.
pos: adj
tags: literally
not-comparable
gloss: A very small difference, or advantage, when comparing two items.
pos: adj
tags: figuratively
not-comparable
examples: The Socialists have a razor-thin majority.
Translations:
diamino
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁
Proto-Indo-European *dwi-
Proto-Hellenic *dwi-
Ancient Greek δῐ- (dĭ-)bor.
Latin di-bor.
English di-
Egyptian jmnbor.
Ancient Greek Ᾰ̓́μμων (Ắmmōn)bor.
Latin Ammōn
Latin ammoniacusder.
English ammonia
Proto-Indo-European *-nós
Proto-Indo-European *-iHnos
Proto-Italic *-īnos
Latin -īnusder.
Old French -inbor.
Middle English -in
English -ine
English amine
Ancient Greek -ο- (-o-)der.
Latin -o-bor.
English -o-
English amino-
English amino
English diamino
From di- + amino.
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Two amino groups in a molecule
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
Translations:
diammonium
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: chemistry
inorganic-chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁
Proto-Indo-European *dwi-
Proto-Hellenic *dwi-
Ancient Greek δῐ- (dĭ-)bor.
Latin di-bor.
English di-
New Latin ammōniumbor.
English ammonium
English diammonium
From di- + ammonium.
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Two ammonium ions in a compound
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
Translations:
dianion
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁
Proto-Indo-European *dwi-
Proto-Hellenic *dwi-
Ancient Greek δῐ- (dĭ-)bor.
Latin di-bor.
English di-
Proto-Indo-European *h₂en-
Proto-Hellenic *aná
Ancient Greek ᾰ̓νᾰ́ (ănắ)
Ancient Greek ᾰ̓νᾰ- (ănă-)
Proto-Indo-European *h₁ey-
Proto-Indo-European *h₁éyti
Proto-Hellenic *éimi
Ancient Greek ῐ̓όν (ĭón)
Ancient Greek ἀνῐόν (anĭón)lbor.
English anion
English dianion
From di- + anion.
Inflected forms:
form: dianions
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Any anion carrying two negative charges
pos: noun
Translations:
pyrazole
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *péh₂wr̥
Proto-Hellenic *pāwər
Ancient Greek πῦρ (pûr)
Latin pyr
English pyro-
English pyr-
Proto-Indo-European *né
Proto-Indo-European *n̥-
Proto-Hellenic *ə-
Ancient Greek ᾰ̓- (ă-)
Proto-Indo-European *gʷeyh₃-
Proto-Indo-European *-wós
Proto-Indo-European *gʷih₃wós
Proto-Indo-European *gʷíh₃weti
Proto-Hellenic *gʷyṓw-ō
Proto-Hellenic *ďṓwō
Ancient Greek ζώω (zṓō)
Ancient Greek ζῶ (zô)
Ancient Greek -ᾱ (-ā)
Ancient Greek -η (-ē)
Ancient Greek ζωή (zōḗ)
French azotebor.
English azote
English azo-
English -ole
English azole
English pyrazole
From pyr- + azole.
Inflected forms:
form: pyrazoles
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A heterocyclic organic compound containing two nitrogen atoms next to each others in a five-membered ring, called 1,2-diazole in IUPAC nomenclature.
pos: noun
gloss: A group of compounds containing that structure.
pos: noun
Derived words: acylpyrazole
anthrapyrazole
arylpyrazole
benzopyrazole
bipyrazole
cortisuzol
cortivazol
dihydropyrazole
glipalamide
hydroxypyrazole
indenopyrazole
phenylpyrazole
pyrazolate
pyrazoleamide
pyrazolic
pyrazolide
pyrazolone
pyrazolyl
pyrazyl
stanozolol
-zolac
Translations:
dibutyl
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁
Proto-Indo-European *dwi-
Proto-Hellenic *dwi-
Ancient Greek δῐ- (dĭ-)bor.
Latin di-bor.
English di-
Proto-Indo-European *gʷṓws
Proto-Hellenic *gʷous
Ancient Greek βοῦς (boûs)
Proto-Indo-European *tewh₂-
Proto-Indo-European *-rós
Proto-Indo-European *tuh₂rós
Proto-Hellenic *tūrós
Ancient Greek τῡρός (tūrós)
Ancient Greek βούτῡρος (boútūros)der.
English but-
Proto-Indo-European *swel-der.?
Ancient Greek ῡ̔́λη (hū́lē)der.
Frenchder.
English -yl
English butyl
English dibutyl
From di- + butyl.
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Two butyl groups in a molecule
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
Translations:
dicarbonyl
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: chemistry
inorganic-chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁
Proto-Indo-European *dwi-
Proto-Hellenic *dwi-
Ancient Greek δῐ- (dĭ-)bor.
Latin di-bor.
English di-
Proto-Indo-European *kerh₃-der.?
Latin carbōlbor.
French carbonebor.
English carbon
Ancient Greek ῡ̔́λη (hū́lē)der.
Frenchder.
English -yl
English carbonyl
English dicarbonyl
From di- + carbonyl.
Inflected forms:
form: dicarbonyls
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Any metal carbonyl containing two carbonyl groups per molecule
pos: noun
tags: countable
gloss: Two carbonyl groups in a molecule
pos: noun
tags: especially
in-compounds
uncountable
Translations:
frailer
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: frailers
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: One who plays a musical instrument by frailing.
pos: noun
Translations:
raddled
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: more raddled
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most raddled
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: Worn-out and broken-down.
pos: adj
examples: In the end her divine voice would crack, screaming to foreign ears and antipodal barbarians, and her clever manner would lose all quality, simplified to a few unmistakable knock-down dodges. Then she would be at the fine climax of life and glory, still young and insatiate, but already coarse, hard and raddled, with nothing left to do and nothing left to do it with, the remaining years all before her and the raison d'etre all behind. It would be curious and magnificent and grotesque.
And overseeing them all, like a raddled old good-ish fairy, is Bill Nighy, playing a superannuated rocker hoping to get a Christmas number one with his cynically repackaged version of Love Is All Around.
Translations:
diethylene
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
Etymology: Etymology tree
English di-
Proto-Indo-European *h₂eydʰ-der.
Proto-Hellenic *áitʰō
Ancient Greek αἴθω (aíthō)
▲
Ancient Greek ᾱ̓ήρ (āḗr)influ.?
Ancient Greek αἰθήρ (aithḗr)der.
Latin aethērbor.
German Äther
German Ether
Proto-Indo-European *swel-der.?
Ancient Greek ῡ̔́λη (hū́lē)der.
German -yl
German Ethylbor.
English ethyl
English eth-
English -ylene
English ethylene
English diethylene
From di- + ethylene.
Inflected forms:
form: diethylenes
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Two ethylene groups in a molecule
pos: noun
tags: countable
in-compounds
uncountable
Translations:
ethynyl
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
Inflected forms:
form: ethynyls
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The univalent radical HC≡C- derived from acetylene.
pos: noun
Translations:
intertitle
Part of speech: noun
verb
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: broadcasting
cinematography
film
media
television
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *h₁én
Proto-Indo-European *h₁entér
Proto-Italic *n̥ter
Latin inter
Latin inter-bor.
English inter-
Latin titulusbor.
Old English titul
Middle English title
English title
English intertitle
From inter- + title.
Inflected forms:
form: intertitles
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: intertitles
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: intertitling
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: intertitled
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: intertitled
pos: verb
tags: past
Senses:
gloss: A piece of static text inserted into the film to provide context or other information.
pos: noun
examples: The film made frequent use of intertitles: every scene change was accompanied by text describing the new location.
For quotations using this term, see Citations:intertitle.
gloss: To insert text into a film in this way.
pos: verb
Translations:
consulter
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English consult
Proto-Indo-European *-yósder.
Proto-Italic *-āzijos
Latin -āriusnom.
Latin -āriusbor.
Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz
Proto-West Germanic *-ārī
Old English -ere
Middle English -ere
English -er
English consulter
From consult + -er.
Inflected forms:
form: consulters
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: One who consults, or asks counsel or information.
pos: noun
Translations:
haloed
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Encircled with a halo.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
Translations:
handshaking
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
Inflected forms:
form: handshakings
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A greeting by clasping hands.
pos: noun
examples: A round of handshakings followed the introductions.
gloss: A step in a protocol in which information is exchanged between computing processor devices; often as part of the initiation process for communications.
pos: noun
examples: I waited for the modems to finish their handshaking so I could start transferring the file.
Translations:
Methodism
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From method + -ism. Fellow students at the University of Oxford called Wesley and his followers "methodists" because they lived and practiced their faith methodically; Wesley adopted the designation.
Base: method
Affixes: -ism
Inflected forms:
form: Methodisms
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The Methodist Christian movement founded by John Wesley in 18th-century England.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
usually
examples: Far more Yankees shifted to Methodism, an eighteenth-century splinter from the Anglican Church with an emphasis on effecting social change[.]
gloss: Any of several related movements.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
usually
Translations:
glissant
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: simple
Topics: government
heraldry
hobbies
lifestyle
monarchy
nobility
politics
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Gliding horizontally in an undulant posture.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: a serpent glissant
Translations:
plue
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: plues
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The value of a full-sized beaver skin.
pos: noun
tags: historical
examples: Twelve and a half pieces of trade goods brought in 416½ plues in beaver and an assortment of other peltry, in addition to over 370 plues in provisions. (A plue was the value of a full-sized beaver skin.)
Translations:
hyperalgesia
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-Hellenic *hupér
Ancient Greek ῠ̔πέρ (hŭpér)
Ancient Greek ῠ̔περ- (hŭper-)der.
English hyper-
English algesia
English hyperalgesia
From hyper- + algesia.
Inflected forms:
form: hyperalgesias
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: An increased sensitivity to pain, which in one form is caused by damage to nociceptors in the body's soft tissues.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
Antonyms: hypoalgesia
Translations:
phy
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: The drug physeptone.
pos: noun
tags: slang
uncountable
examples: "The phy is doing me in", she says […]
Phy is much harder to come off than heroin.
Translations:
metron
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
Etymology: From Ancient Greek μέτρον (métron). Doublet of meter, metre, and mether.
Inflected forms:
form: metra
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: metrons
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: metre (US: meter), poetic measure
pos: noun
gloss: sphere of influence
pos: noun
tags: broadly
gloss: A two-dimensional quantum of multidimensional space, a unit of measure in Heim theory.
pos: noun
Translations:
third-degree
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: simple
Topics: law
Inflected forms:
form: in the third degree
pos: adj
tags: alternative
form: 3rd degree
pos: adj
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: At the third level of some system
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: The jury found him guilty of third-degree murder since he had only meant to beat the clown, not to kill him.
gloss: At the third level of some system
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
Derived words: third-degree burn
third-degree manslaughter
third-degree murder
third-degree relative
Translations:
tait
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: A borrowing into English of the Australian aboriginal name for the animal.
Inflected forms:
form: taits
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The honey possum (Tarsipes rostratus).
pos: noun
Translations:
atemporal
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English a-
English temporal
English atemporal
From a- + temporal.
Inflected forms:
form: more atemporal
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most atemporal
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: Unaffected by time; timeless; permanent or unchanging.
pos: adj
examples: The machinery, when activated, would create atemporal bubbles wherein nothing was affected by the flow of time.
The greatest music is atemporal.
Translations:
cornflour
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: compound
Etymology: From corn + flour. Piecewise doublet of cornflower.
Compound parts: corn
flour
Inflected forms:
form: cornflours
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A very fine starch powder derived from corn (maize) used in cooking as a thickener, to keep things from sticking, or as an anti-caking agent.
pos: noun
tags: UK
uncountable
usually
gloss: A flour for baking and cooking that is ground from corn (maize).
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
usually
Derived words: cornfloured
cornfloury
Translations:
cartes
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: From Italian cazzo (“penis”), compare French catze.
Inflected forms:
form: cartes
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A penis.
pos: noun
tags: Polari
gloss: Male genitalia.
pos: noun
tags: Polari
Translations:
dalles
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: From the French dalle.
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: The rapids in a deep, narrow stream confined between the rock walls of a canyon or gorge.
pos: noun
tags: plural
plural-only
gloss: A steep-sided part of a stream channel, near the dalles proper, marked by clefts, ravines, or gorges.
pos: noun
tags: plural
plural-only
Derived words: The Dalles
Translations:
Jacobean
Part of speech: adj
noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
New Latin Iacobaeus
Proto-Indo-European *-nós
Proto-Italic *-nos
Latin -nus
Latin -ānus
Old French -ainder.
Middle English -an
English -an
English Jacobean
From New Latin Iacobaeus + English -an.
Inflected forms:
form: more Jacobean
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most Jacobean
pos: adj
tags: superlative
form: Jacobaean
pos: adj
tags: alternative
form: Jacobæan
pos: adj
tags: alternative
form: jacobaean
pos: adj
tags: alternative
form: Jacobeans
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: Jacobaean
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: Jacobæan
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: jacobaean
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: Relating to a Jacob or James.
pos: adj
gloss: Relating to or characteristic of the reign of James VI and I (of Scotland and England, 1567–1625).
pos: adj
tags: historical
examples: On one level, Irréversible is a companion piece to "bad girl" road movie Baise-Moi, which also featured a brutal rape sequence and the kind of stomach-churning violence that makes Jacobean Revenge drama seem understated.
gloss: A partisan of James I and of the House of Stuart.
pos: noun
Related words: Jacobethan
Jacobian
Jacobite
Jamesian
Stewartian
Stuartian
Translations:
lymphocytic
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English lympho-
Ancient Greek κῠ́τος (kŭ́tos)der.
Latin cytader.
English -cyte
English lymphocyte
Proto-Indo-European *-ikos
Proto-Italic *-ikos
Latin -icuslbor.
Old French -iquebor.
Middle English -ik
English -ic
English lymphocytic
From lymphocyte + -ic.
Inflected forms:
form: more lymphocytic
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most lymphocytic
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: Of, or pertaining to lymphocytes.
pos: adj
Translations:
wifebeater
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: compound
Etymology: From wife + beater. The sleeveless shirt acquired the nickname by association with men who commit domestic violence. The lager, being relatively strong, was thought to lead to drunken disputes.
Compound parts: wife
beater
Inflected forms:
form: wifebeaters
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: wife beater
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: wife-beater
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: One who (usually as a repeated practice) beats his wife, or a husband prone to violence.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: Depp, 57, had sued the Sun’s publisher, News Group Newspapers (NGN), and its executive editor, Dan Wootton, over an article published in the Sun that originally carried the headline “Gone Potty: How can JK Rowling be ‘genuinely happy’ casting wife beater Johnny Depp in the new Fantastic Beasts film?”
gloss: A type of sleeveless shirt, often but not exclusively worn as an undershirt.
pos: noun
tags: US
colloquial
countable
derogatory
uncountable
examples: [A]s I walked down the bustling street toward campus with my friends, he came out of nowhere and gave me a pick-up line only a wifebeater guy could muster.
So, at the first sign of any sunny weather, overweight males all over the country are drawn to their "wifebeaters" like footy fans to the digibox, with every lager-drinking dad labouring under the illusion that he looks like that gardener from Desperate Housewives in his black vest.
Just then, a tall, lanky white man wearing a sleeveless tee or "wifebeater" as it is often referred to walked around the corner.
gloss: Stella Artois, a brand of lager beer.
pos: noun
tags: UK
colloquial
uncountable
examples: And then we were walking back alleys, trudging through the drifts of chip papers, the bottles and empty cans of wifebeater[…]
But Stella shouldn't really be drunk in pints the same way our dads used to drink bitter or mild that was effectively half as strong. Drink Stella in goblets like people do in its native country and, hey presto! It's no longer 'wifebeater'.
Related words: wife-beating question
Translations:
inaptly
Part of speech: adv
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English inapt
Middle English -ly
English -ly
English inaptly
From inapt + -ly.
Inflected forms:
form: more inaptly
pos: adv
tags: comparative
form: most inaptly
pos: adv
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: In an inapt manner; inappropriately.
pos: adv
Translations:
josei
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese 女性 (josei, “woman”).
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: A class of manga written for an older female audience.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
Translations:
shonen
Part of speech: noun
adj
Morphological type: simple
Topics: anime
broadcasting
comics
film
literature
manga
media
publishing
television
Etymology: From the Japanese 少年 (shōnen, “few years”).
Inflected forms:
form: shōnen
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: shounen
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: more shonen
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most shonen
pos: adj
tags: superlative
form: shōnen
pos: adj
tags: alternative
form: shounen
pos: adj
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: A style of Japanese animation and comics aimed at a younger male audience.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
gloss: Being in the style of shonen comics or animation.
pos: adj
Translations:
ligulate
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: more ligulate
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most ligulate
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: Shaped like a strap or long tongue
pos: adj
gloss: Having a ligule
pos: adj
Translations:
mesocarp
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
Etymology: From meso- + -carp (from Ancient Greek μέσος (mésos, “middle”) + καρπός (karpós, “fruit”)).
Affixes: meso-
-carp
Inflected forms:
form: mesocarps
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The middle layer of the pericarp of a fruit. In many fruits such as drupes and tomatoes, the mesocarp is fleshy
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: A few years ago a message from God was found in a tomato in Yorkshire. The Arabic letters were clearly visible, for those who could see them, spelled out in two halves of mesocarp, endocarp and seeds cradled within mandalas of indigestible skin.
Translations:
mesophyll
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *me
Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-?
Proto-Indo-European *-dʰe
Proto-Indo-European *médʰi
Proto-Indo-European *-os
Proto-Indo-European *médʰyos
Proto-Hellenic *métsos
Ancient Greek μέσος (mésos)der.
English meso-
English -phyll
English mesophyll
From meso- + -phyll.
Inflected forms:
form: mesophylls
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The soft internal parenchyma of a leaf.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: A leaf of middling size, between macrophyll and microphyll.
pos: noun
tags: countable
Derived words: mesophyllic
palisade mesophyll
Translations:
gesturing
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: gesturings
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The making of gestures.
pos: noun
Translations:
asymptotically
Part of speech: adv
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: mathematical-analysis
mathematics
sciences
Etymology: Etymology tree
English asymptotic
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 asymptotically
From asymptotic + -ally.
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: In an asymptotical manner, in the way of an asymptote, toward an asymptote.
pos: adv
tags: not-comparable
examples: The value grew asymptotically.
Translations:
off-kilter
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: more off-kilter
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most off-kilter
pos: adj
tags: superlative
form: off kilter
pos: adj
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: Askew.
pos: adj
tags: idiomatic
examples: On second thought, she reconsidered, looking up into Murphy's eyes; maybe he was a little off-kilter. Just off-kilter enough to want her to live up to that ridiculous term he'd given her—or else.
Up to this point, True Romance has the makings of a gritty, off-kilter, romance movie meets road movie. This strikingly changes, not in direction (because the film is a gritty, off-kilter, romance movie meets road movie) but in symbolism, semiotics […]
“Do forgive me, Mrs. Patch.” He was generally much better at questioning people, at reading what would upset them or make them reveal their secrets. But this situation had thrown him entirely off-kilter.
Translations:
reckoner
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From Middle English reknere, rekenere. Cognate with Afrikaans rekenaar, Dutch Low Saxon rekener, German Rechner, Danish regner, Swedish räknare. By surface analysis, reckon + -er.
Inflected forms:
form: reckoners
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: One who reckons.
pos: noun
examples: “No. Not quite a month.—It is only four weeks to-morrow since I left Mansfield.”
“You are a most accurate and honest reckoner. I should call that a month.”
middle-aged (-ajd), between youth and old age, variously reckoned to suit the reckoner
Some experienced New York political reckoners think the real race, in the end, will be between Democrat Richard Ottinger and Mr. Buckley.
gloss: An accountant; one who computes or calculates.
pos: noun
tags: archaic
gloss: An ordinator.
pos: noun
Derived words: ready reckoner
stepped reckoner
Translations:
brookside
Part of speech: adj
noun
Morphological type: compound
Etymology: From brook + side.
Compound parts: brook
side
Inflected forms:
form: brooksides
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: On the side of a brook.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
gloss: The side of a brook.
pos: noun
examples: […] it may be a little seat in a nooky place, a spring under a tree, a bit of walk by the brookside or a vista amongst the trees.
Translations:
chassepot
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: government
military
politics
war
Etymology: Surname of the French inventor, Antoine Alphonse Chassepot.
Inflected forms:
form: chassepots
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A kind of breechloading, centre-fire rifle.
pos: noun
Translations:
corporatist
Part of speech: adj
noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From corporate + -ist. [1885–90] Late 19th century.
Base: corporate
Affixes: -ist
Inflected forms:
form: more corporatist
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most corporatist
pos: adj
tags: superlative
form: corporatists
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Having the principles, doctrine, or system of corporative organization of a political unit, as a city or state.
pos: adj
gloss: A proponent of corporatism.
pos: noun
examples: This may be because, for Democrats in the Bush era, accepting changes in the workplace is considered tantamount to siding with Bushian corporatists.
Translations:
brandied
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Strengthened or flavoured with brandy.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
Translations:
giftedness
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English gifted
Proto-Germanic *-in-
Proto-Indo-European *-h₂
Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂
Proto-Indo-European *-yéti
Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti
Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ti
Proto-Germanic *-ōną
Proto-Germanic *-inōną
Proto-Indo-European *-dyé-
Proto-Germanic *-atjaną
Proto-Indo-European *-tus
Proto-Germanic *-þuz
Proto-Germanic *-assuz
Proto-Germanic *-inassuz
Proto-West Germanic *-nassī
Old English -nes
Middle English -nesse
English -ness
English giftedness
From gifted + -ness.
Inflected forms:
form: giftednesses
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The property of being gifted.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: Yet, a century later, what constitutes giftedness is still being debated. Some educators deny its existence entirely or say, with a roll of the eyes, that it is no more than a fantasy of pushy parents. Some take the view that all children have a particular gift of their own. Others conflate giftedness with talent when the two are often discrete: a gifted child may have been born with great potential but not have explored or displayed it. (Canadian psychologist Francoys Gagne is often cited for his theory that distinguishes giftedness from talent, offering explanations on how natural abilities can be developed into specific skills.)
Translations:
bogue
Part of speech: noun
verb
Morphological type: simple
Topics: nautical
transport
Etymology: Related to Spanish boga (“a ray-finned fish; Leporinus obtusidens”), from Late Latin bōca, bōx; Box vulgaris is an older name for Boops boops. Compare the obsolete term boce for this fish.
Inflected forms:
form: bogues
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: bogues
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: boguing
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: bogued
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: bogued
pos: verb
tags: past
Senses:
gloss: A species of seabream fish native to the eastern Atlantic (Boops boops).
pos: noun
gloss: To fall off from the wind; to edge away to leeward.
pos: verb
Translations:
kano
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: Borrowed from Tagalog Kano, initial clipping of Amerikano, ultimately from Spanish americano (“male American”).
Inflected forms:
form: kanos
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A male American.
pos: noun
tags: Philippines
slang
gloss: A Western foreigner
pos: noun
tags: Philippines
broadly
slang
Translations:
tix
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: From tics (plural of tic (“ticket”)) with -x replacing the /ks/ sound.
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Tickets (passes entitling the holder to admission).
pos: noun
tags: informal
plural
plural-only
examples: $7.50, tix avail at New Words after xmas or at OASIS on Sat night only, or send money orders only w/SASE to Amazon Productions
Go to FatLens.com, a new site that scours the Web for the cheapest concert tix.
Space Exploration Extravaganza: Examine Texas Space Expo: Tix Here
Translations:
replayability
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
video-games
Etymology: Etymology tree
English replay
Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom
Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlis
Proto-Italic *-ðlis
Latin -bilis
Latin -ābilis
Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂
Proto-Indo-European *-ts
Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts
Proto-Italic *-tāts
Latin -tās
Latin -abilitas
Middle French -abletébor.
Middle English -ablete
English -ability
English replayability
From replay + -ability.
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: replay value
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
examples: This new game is reported to have excellent replayability, with many features that draw players into the game's engaging world.
gloss: Capability of being played back as from a recording (replayable).
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
examples: The language should be designed to achieve replayability and a high-level of scriptability.
Translations:
clostridial
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From Ancient Greek κλωστήρ (klōstḗr, “spindle”) + -ial.
Affixes: -ial
Inflected forms:
form: more clostridial
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most clostridial
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: Of, pertaining to, or caused by a bacterium of the genus Clostridium
pos: adj
Translations:
nectary
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
Inflected forms:
form: nectaries
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A gland that secretes nectar
pos: noun
Translations:
scrumpy
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English scrump
English -y
English scrumpy
From scrump + -y.
Inflected forms:
form: scrumpies
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A rough cider, normally more alcoholic than usual, and typically produced through natural fermentation.
pos: noun
tags: Ireland
UK
countable
uncountable
Translations:
dimerize
Part of speech: verb
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
Etymology: Etymology tree
English dimer
Proto-Indo-European *-id-
Proto-Indo-European *-yéti
Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti
Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō
Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor.
Late Latin -izōder.
Middle French -iserbor.
Middle English -isen
English -ize
English dimerize
From dimer + -ize.
Inflected forms:
form: dimerizes
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: dimerizing
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: dimerized
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: dimerized
pos: verb
tags: past
Senses:
gloss: To produce, or to undergo dimerization
pos: verb
Translations: