yuanxin112/wiktionary-morph huggingface dataset:
bullseye
Part of speech: noun
intj
Morphological type: compound
Topics: architecture
arts
crafts
darts
engineering
firearms
games
glassblowing
government
hobbies
lifestyle
military
natural-sciences
nautical
philately
physical-sciences
politics
tools
transport
war
weaponry
Etymology: From bull's + eye. May have come from the practice of English archers shooting an arrow through the eye socket of a bull's skull as a test of skill. The connection to philately comes from the shape of the key plate or vignette.
Compound parts: bull
eye
Inflected forms:
form: bullseyes
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: bull's-eye
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: bull's eye
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: bull's-eye
pos: intj
tags: alternative
form: bull's eye
pos: intj
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: The centre of a target, inside the inner and magpie.
pos: noun
gloss: A shot which hits the centre of a target.
pos: noun
gloss: The two central rings on a dartboard.
pos: noun
gloss: A hard striped peppermint-flavoured boiled sweet.
pos: noun
gloss: Thick glass set into the side of a ship to let in light.
pos: noun
tags: obsolete
gloss: A hand-cancelled postmark issued by a counter clerk at a post office, typically done on a receipt for proof of mailing.
pos: noun
gloss: The central part of a crown glass disk, with concentric ripple effect.
pos: noun
gloss: A convex glass lens which is placed in front of a lamp to concentrate the light so as to make it more conspicuous as a signal; also the lantern itself.
pos: noun
examples: [I]nstead of the six pair of feet which should have protruded therefrom, the gleam of the bull's-eye showed but four.
He put on his fur coat and hat and went out into the hall. There he paused, hearing the slow heavy tread of the policeman on the pavement outside and seeing the flash of the bull's-eye reflected in the window.
gloss: A commonly-known reference point used when indicating the location or direction of something.
pos: noun
tags: broadly
gloss: An oculus.
pos: noun
gloss: A £50 banknote.
pos: noun
tags: UK
slang
gloss: Any of the first postage stamps produced in Brazil from 1843.
pos: noun
tags: informal
gloss: The mark left on a glass piece from its attachment to a punty.
pos: noun
gloss: An egg in a hole.
pos: noun
gloss: A crown coin; its value, 5 shillings.
pos: noun
tags: UK
historical
obsolete
slang
gloss: A cry when someone hits the bullseye of a target.
pos: intj
gloss: A response to a totally accurate statement.
pos: intj
tags: broadly
examples: —Did John steal the petty cash? —Bullseye.
Related words: goat's eye
Derived words: bullseye lantern
Translations:
roup
Part of speech: verb
noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: A variant of roop.
Inflected forms:
form: roups
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: rouping
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: rouped
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: rouped
pos: verb
tags: past
form: roups
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: To cry or shout.
pos: verb
gloss: To sell by auction.
pos: verb
tags: Scotland
examples: During the space of his tack he had plentiful crops of corn upon it, and when his tacks were run ont, the town took it into their own hands, and rouped it annually
gloss: An outcry.
pos: noun
gloss: A sale of goods by auction.
pos: noun
tags: Scotland
Derived words: roup sale
Translations:
olpe
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: Etymology tree
Ancient Greek ὄλπη (ólpē)bor.
English olpe
Borrowed from Ancient Greek ὄλπη (ólpē).
Inflected forms:
form: olpes
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: olpae
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: olpai
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Originally, a leather flask or vessel for oils or liquids; afterward, an earthenware vase or pitcher without a spout.
pos: noun
examples: Altogether, Amyx attributed fifty-six olpai and oinochoai to the Painter of Vatican 73, thus making his oeuvre rank among the largest recognized in Corinthian ceramics.
In later vase-iconography, oinokhoai and olpai appear in sympotic scenes where they are used for ladling wine from the krater and pouring it into cups (Richter & Milne, 1935: 18; Gericke, 1970: 32-35).
Some inscribed olpai from Athens were probably used as measures, but there are other possible domestic uses, such as for serving small amounts of oil or vinegar.
Translations:
redactor
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English redact
English -or
English redactor
From redact + -or.
Inflected forms:
form: redactors
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A person who redacts: one who edits or compiles texts; one who censors portions of them.
pos: noun
examples: Why the redactor created this conflate version, despite its inconsistencies, is a matter of conjecture.
Translations:
tripeptide
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *tréyes
Proto-Indo-European *tri-
Proto-Italic *tri-
Latin tri-der.
English tri-
Proto-Indo-European *pekʷ-
Proto-Indo-European *pékʷ-ye-
Proto-Hellenic *péťťō
Ancient Greek πέσσω (péssō)bf.
Ancient Greek πέπτω (péptō)
Ancient Greek πεπτόν (peptón)der.
German Peptonbor.
English peptone
Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-der.
Proto-Italic *-iðos
Latin -idusder.
English -ide
▲
German Pepton
▲
Latin -idusder.
German -id
German Peptidbor.
English peptide
English tripeptide
From tri- + peptide.
Inflected forms:
form: tripeptides
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: An organic compound formed from three amino acids joined by peptide bonds.
pos: noun
Translations:
wolfhound
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: Compound of wolf + hound.
Inflected forms:
form: wolfhounds
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A dog of various breeds originally developed to hunt wolves.
pos: noun
Translations:
taping
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: tapings
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The act of recording something on tape, or (by extension) on another medium.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: When we were in Los Angeles, we went to the taping of the television show The Price is Right.
gloss: The act of sticking adhesive tape to something.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: The necessary tapings are then made using the Scotch Magic, taking care to cover the area systematically, and not to overload the tape.
Derived words: antitaping
buddy taping
flat taping
Translations:
Canadiana
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From Canadian + -ana or Canada + -iana.
Base: Canadian
Affixes: -ana
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Things, ideas, or activities distinctive of Canada or Canadians, especially works of literature and other cultural products.
pos: noun
tags: Canada
plural
plural-only
examples: 2007, Derick Chetty, "Made ... in Canada, eh!," Toronto Star, 30 Jun. (retrieved 25 Spe. 2008),
Some of the pieces wink slyly at traditional elements of Canadiana. Like up-and-coming designer Stephen Lindsay's coat hanger: two hockey sticks fused together.
Translations:
canalside
Part of speech: noun
adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From canal + -side.
Base: canal
Affixes: -side
Inflected forms:
form: canalsides
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The bank of a canal.
pos: noun
gloss: Situated near or alongside a canal.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
Translations:
ripsaw
Part of speech: noun
verb
Morphological type: compound
Topics: arts
business
carpentry
construction
crafts
entertainment
hobbies
lifestyle
manufacturing
music
woodworking
Etymology: From rip + saw.
Compound parts: rip
saw
Inflected forms:
form: ripsaws
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: rip saw
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: ripsaws
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: ripsawing
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: ripsawed
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: ripsawed
pos: verb
tags: past
form: rip saw
pos: verb
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: A saw that is designed to cut wood along its grain, i.e. to rip, to execute a rip cut.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: A ripsaw will slice smoothly along the grain, but chew up the wood if it goes against the grain.
gloss: A genre of music played with a ripsaw and other instruments, originally associated mainly with Turks and Caicos Islands.
pos: noun
tags: Caribbean
uncountable
gloss: To cut with a ripsaw.
pos: verb
Synonyms: rake and scrape
Antonyms: crosscut saw
Translations:
Carthusian
Part of speech: noun
adj
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: From Medieval Latin Carthusianus, from Cart(h)usia, Latinization of Old French Chartrouse, a region near Grenoble where the order was founded, now Chartreuse; from Late Latin Catorissium, Cantourisa, Caturissium, Chatrousse, probably ultimately from Gaulish *Katurīx (literally “battle-king”). Also see Caturix, Helvetian war god.
Inflected forms:
form: Carthusians
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: more Carthusian
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most Carthusian
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: A member of a Christian contemplative order of monks founded by Bruno of Cologne (St Bruno) in 1084.
pos: noun
gloss: A pupil of Charterhouse School (founded in a Carthusian monastery)
pos: noun
gloss: Of, or relating to this order.
pos: adj
Translations:
cased
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Having a case or covering; encased or clad.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
Translations:
groat
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: From Middle English grot, from Old English grot, from Proto-West Germanic *grot, from Proto-Germanic *grutą, related to *greutą. More at grit, grout.
Inflected forms:
form: groats
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Hulled grain, chiefly hulled oats.
pos: noun
tags: countable
in-plural
uncountable
Translations:
biodiesel
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *gʷeyh₃-der.
Ancient Greek βῐ́ος (bĭ́os)
Ancient Greek βῐο- (bĭo-)der.
English bio-
German Dieselbor.
English diesel
English biodiesel
From bio- + diesel.
Inflected forms:
form: biodiesels
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Fuel for diesel engines made from renewable organic raw materials, as opposed to fossil hydrocarbons.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: Biodiesel is an increasingly popular alternative fuel because it's made by refining oil. Thinner than vegetable oil, biodiesel can power diesel engines without further conversion.
Biodiesel is a technologically feasible alternative to petrodiesel, but nowadays biodiesel costs 1.5 to 3 times more than fossil diesel in developed countries.
Translations:
Catawba
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: From the noun catawba, as the tree was the people's totem.
Inflected forms:
form: Catawbas
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: Catawba
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A member of a Native American people who inhabit the Carolinas: the Iswa.
pos: noun
examples: There was a Catawba brave who took some pottery [to another tribe] to trade for bows and arrows. This chief [of the other tribe] had a beautiful daughter, and the Catawba brave fell in love with her, and she likewise fell in love with him. When the Catawba brave left, she asked her father for a bow and arrow. She shot it in the air in the direction the brave went, and then she went to get it. She kept shooting it in the air until she caught up with him.
gloss: A red American dessert grape variety.
pos: noun
examples: The basic material for sherry is a mixture or a blend of dry wines from Niagaras, Delawares, and Catawbas or other white juices, which are sweetened and fortified and then blended with California sherry.
Translations:
cementitious
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: By surface analysis, cement + -itious; compare Latin caementitius (“pertaining to quarry stones”) and compare cement.
Inflected forms:
form: more cementitious
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most cementitious
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: Resembling or having some properties of cement; containing cement.
pos: adj
examples: This decomposition is owing to the action of the atmosphere , sun , and rain , that alters the cementitious or stiff matter in the different earthy particles . The cementitious matter is chiefly sulphureous or aluminous
In the course of (2014 repair) works it was discovered that inappropriate cementitious repairs had been carried out historically on the top of the tower inside the parapet wall at the base of the steeple.
One of the remarkable innovations in concrete technology is the development of self-healing cementitious materials through the incorporation of bacterial agents.
Translations:
riskless
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English risk
Proto-Indo-European *lewh₁-
Proto-Indo-European *lewHs-der.
Proto-Germanic *leusaną
Proto-Germanic *lausaz
Proto-Germanic *-lausaz
Proto-West Germanic *-laus
Old English -lēas
Middle English -les
English -less
English riskless
From risk + -less.
Inflected forms:
form: more riskless
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most riskless
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: Free of risk.
pos: adj
examples: Nothing is completely riskless—not even staying at home in bed.
Translations:
philter
Part of speech: noun
verb
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: From Middle French philtre, from Ancient Greek φίλτρον (phíltron), from φιλέω (philéō, “to love”). Doublet of philtrum.
Inflected forms:
form: philters
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: philtre
pos: noun
tags: alternative
UK
form: philters
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: philtering
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: philtered
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: philtered
pos: verb
tags: past
form: philtre
pos: verb
tags: alternative
UK
Senses:
gloss: A kind of potion, charm, or drug; especially a love potion intended to make the drinker fall in love with the giver.
pos: noun
gloss: To impregnate or mix with a love potion.
pos: verb
examples: to philter a draught
gloss: To charm to love; to excite to love or sexual desire by a potion.
pos: verb
examples: Government of the Tongue
Let not those that have repudiated the more inviting sins, shew themselves philtred and bewitched.
Translations:
missable
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English miss
Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom
Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlis
Proto-Italic *-ðlis
Latin -bilis
Latin -ābilis
Old French -ablebor.
Middle English -able
English -able
English missable
From miss + -able.
Inflected forms:
form: more missable
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most missable
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: Able to avoid detection.
pos: adj
examples: Sherlock easily located the clue, but Watson considered it missable.
gloss: Far from unmissable; not worth watching or experiencing.
pos: adj
examples: a missable costume drama
gloss: Capable of being missed.
pos: adj
examples: She was missable after a week away from home.
Derived words: unmissable
Translations:
Chicano
Part of speech: adj
noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: From Mexican Spanish chicano, from mechicano, a dialectal variant of mexicano (“Mexican”).
Inflected forms:
form: Chicanos
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A person of Mexican descent with American citizenship, especially if conscious of one's political identity in the U.S. body politic.
pos: adj
tags: US
not-comparable
examples: When Chicanos think about us at all, they perpetuate the stereotypes. Gabacho depiction of us as emotionally unchecked, sultry women lusting after pale bodies is just an extension of the fantasy they have about all women. Such dishonest portrayals are why Chicanas are "breaking the silence," as Rita Sánchez calls it.
gloss: Identifying with the mixed-raced heritage of Old World and New World.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
gloss: Of or pertaining to Chicano people.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
gloss: A Chicano person.
pos: noun
tags: US
Translations:
chi-square
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: mathematics
sciences
Inflected forms:
form: chi-squares
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A test statistic used in the chi-square test.
pos: noun
gloss: A journalism educator or researcher focusing on statistical methods and quantitative measurement.
pos: noun
Derived words: chi-square distribution
chi-square test
Translations:
irrepressible
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *né
Proto-Indo-European *n̥-
Proto-Italic *n̥-
Latin in-bor.
Middle English in-
English ir-
Proto-Italic *wre-
Latin re-der.
Old French re-bor.
Middle English re-
English re-
English press
English repress
Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr
Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom
Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlis
Proto-Italic *-ðlis
Latin -bilis
Latin -ibilis
Old French -ibleder.
Middle English -ible
English -ible
English repressible
English irrepressible
From ir- + repressible.
Inflected forms:
form: more irrepressible
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most irrepressible
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: Not containable or controllable.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
usually
examples: [...] here the two friends burst into a variety of giggles, and glanced from time to time, over the tops of their pocket-handkerchiefs, at Nicholas, who from a state of unmixed astonishment, gradually fell into one of irrepressible laughter [...]
gloss: Especially high-spirited, outspoken, or insistent.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
usually
examples: The irrepressible landlady gave the freest expression to her feelings.
Schomberg, [...] an irrepressible retailer of all the scandalous gossip of the place, would, with both elbows on the table, impart an adorned version of the story to any guest who cared to imbibe knowledge along with the more costly liquors.
"The irrepressible Yank is knocking at the doors of their temples and he will want to sell 'em carpet-sweepers for their harems."
It was Paris' irrepressible High Fashion Doyenne Gabrielle ("Coco") Chanel, 80, so-soing this and high-hatting that, while Women's Wear Daily took notes.
High-strung and irrepressible, George Jefferson quickly became one of America’s most popular television characters, a high-energy, combative black man who backed down to no one.
Derived words: irrepressibleness
irrepressibly
Translations:
containable
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *ḱe?
Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm
Proto-Italic *kom
Proto-Italic *kom-
Latin con-
Proto-Indo-European *ten-
Proto-Indo-European *tn̥-eh₁-(ye)-tider.
Proto-Italic *tenēō
Latin teneō
Latin contineōder.
Latin continērelbor.
Old French contenirbor.
English contain
Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom
Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlis
Proto-Italic *-ðlis
Latin -bilis
Latin -ābilis
Old French -ablebor.
Middle English -able
English -able
English containable
From contain + -able.
Inflected forms:
form: more containable
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most containable
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: Able to be contained, especially applied to viruses and similar diseases.
pos: adj
Antonyms: uncontainable
Translations:
controllable
Part of speech: adj
noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: business
Etymology: Etymology tree
English control
Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr
Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom
Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlis
Proto-Italic *-ðlis
Latin -bilis
Latin -ābilis
Old French -ablebor.
Middle English -able
English -able
English controllable
From control + -able.
Inflected forms:
form: more controllable
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most controllable
pos: adj
tags: superlative
form: controllables
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Able to be controlled; subject to regulation or command.
pos: adj
examples: For instance, such nonweather factors as insects, disease, errors of management, accidents, and other factors may not be considered controllable […]
A spring-loaded reducing valve, controllable from the cab, admitted h.p. steam to both h.p. and l.p. cylinders whenever necessary, as, for example, on starting; [...].
gloss: Any factor that can be controlled.
pos: noun
examples: The widest variety of marketing research studies focus on the influences of controllables—products, distribution, promotion, and price.
Translations:
E-format
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
Inflected forms:
form: e format
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: A scientific notation for floating point numbers in which e.g. 51.75 would be represented as 0.5175E+02 (meaning 0.5175 × 10²)
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
Translations:
brainbox
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: compound
Etymology: From brain + box.
Compound parts: brain
box
Inflected forms:
form: brainboxes
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The cavity of the skull in which the brain is contained.
pos: noun
examples: Holonyms: skull, cranium < head
The compromise was to use as much of the skull as possible by pushing the eyes in towards the centre, and relegating the brain box to the rear.
gloss: The skull; the head.
pos: noun
tags: slang
gloss: A very intelligent person.
pos: noun
tags: slang
Translations:
brainwave
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: compound
Etymology: From brain + wave.
Compound parts: brain
wave
Inflected forms:
form: brainwaves
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: brain wave
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: Any of many rhythmic fluctuations of electric potential between parts of the brain, especially those seen on an electroencephalogram.
pos: noun
gloss: A sudden idea, understanding, or inspiration; a brainstorm.
pos: noun
Derived words: brainwave fingerprinting
Translations:
Miranda
Part of speech: noun
verb
Morphological type: simple
Topics: government
law-enforcement
Etymology: From the Romance (Spanish, Portuguese, Italian habitational surname) Miranda.
The common noun and verb are after the case Miranda v. Arizona, 384 U.S. 436 (1966), after Ernesto Miranda.
Inflected forms:
form: Mirandas
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: Mirandaing
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: Mirandaed
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: Mirandaed
pos: verb
tags: past
Senses:
gloss: A Miranda warning.
pos: noun
gloss: To read (somebody) their rights on arrest as set out in Miranda v. Arizona.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: Has the suspect been Mirandaed?
Translations:
ciprofloxacin
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *kʷel-
Proto-Indo-European *kʷékʷlos
Ancient Greek κῠ́κλος (kŭ́klos)der.
Late Latin cyclusbor.
Middle English cicle
English cycle
▲
Ancient Greek κύκλος (kúklos)
Proto-Indo-European *-kos
Ancient Greek -κός (-kós)
Ancient Greek -ικός (-ikós)
Ancient Greek κυκλῐκός (kuklĭkós)bor.
Classical Latin cyclicuslbor.
Middle French cyclique
French cycliquebor.
▲
Classical Latin cyclicusbor.
English cyclic
English cyclo-
English propane
English cyclopropane
Proto-Indo-European *swel-der.?
Ancient Greek ῡ̔́λη (hū́lē)der.
Frenchder.
English -yl
English cy(clo)pro(pyl)
English -floxacin
English ciprofloxacin
From cy(clo)pro(pyl) + -floxacin (“nalidixic acid derivative”).
Inflected forms:
form: cipro
pos: noun
tags: abbreviation
Senses:
gloss: A broad-spectrum fluoroquinolone antibiotic C₁₇H₁₈FN₃O₃ that is often administered in the form of its hydrochloride C₁₇H₁₈FN₃O₃·HCl and is effective especially against gram-negative bacteria.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
Translations:
circumnavigate
Part of speech: verb
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: nautical
sailing
transport
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin circumnāvigātus, perfect passive participle of circumnāvigō (“sail round something, circumnavigate”), from circum (“about, around”) + nāvigō (“sail, navigate”), from nāvis (“ship”) + agō (“do”). By surface analysis, circum- + navigate.
Inflected forms:
form: circumnavigates
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: circumnavigating
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: circumnavigated
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: circumnavigated
pos: verb
tags: past
Senses:
gloss: To travel completely around somewhere or something, especially by sail.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: We circumnavigated the Mediterranean.
On horses they circumnavigated the fields, comparing the progress of the harvest on the two halves.
One of the things making the trip possible is Rutherford’s microlight aircraft. Microlights are small one or two-seat planes used for leisure or personal transport. If she completes her trip, Rutherford will also claim the record for the youngest person to circumnavigate the world solo in a microlight aircraft.
gloss: To circumvent or bypass.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: Rebel of the tournament: Saudi Arabia’s Malek Al Hawsawi, who circumnavigated Fifa’s ban on jewellery by keeping his ring in his mouth.
gloss: To sail around the world.
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
examples: Patrick Childress, who solo circumnavigated on a Catalina 27 in 1982, stresses the value of eggs, which will keep at least six weeks if previously unrefrigerated and oiled with vegetable shortening.
Jack and Lura Francis, both fairly tall, circumnavigated on a Westsail 32.
Chay Blyth was the first when he circumnavigated in British Steel in 292 days in 1970 in a voyage that some predicted would end in certain death.
Related words: circumnavigation
circumnavigator
navigate
Derived words: circumnavigatory
uncircumnavigated
Translations:
lang: Catalan
word: circumnavegar
lang: Czech
word: obeplout
lang: Finnish
word: purjehtia jonkin ympäri
lang: French
word: circumnaviguer
lang: German
word: umsegeln
lang: German
word: umschiffen
lang: German
word: umfahren
lang: Hungarian
word: körbehajóz
lang: Hungarian
word: hajóval megkerül
lang: Italian
word: circumnavigare
lang: Latin
word: circumnāvigō
lang: Māori
word: taiāwhio
lang: Norwegian
word: seile rundt
lang: Old English
word: ymblīþan
lang: Polish
word: opływać dookoła
lang: Polish
word: opłynąć dookoła
lang: Portuguese
word: circum-navegar
lang: Scottish Gaelic
word: iom-sheòl
lang: Spanish
word: circunnavegar
lang: Spanish
word: bojar
lang: Spanish
word: bojear
lang: Spanish
word: circumnavegar
glibly
Part of speech: adv
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English glib
Middle English -ly
English -ly
English glibly
From glib + -ly.
Inflected forms:
form: more glibly
pos: adv
tags: comparative
form: most glibly
pos: adv
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: In a glib manner.
pos: adv
examples: "It seems as though I have lived this life always. The world of books and bookish folk is very vague, more like a dream memory than an actuality. I surely have hunted and forayed and fought all the days of my life. And you, too, seem a part of it. You are -- " I was on the verge of saying, "my woman, my mate," but glibly changed it to -- "standing the hardship well."
[…] they are unconscious of all the history and human experience by which the liturgy has been enriched, and unmoved by the glibly repeated words of the Gospel […]
Technical terms like ferrite, perlite, graphite, and hardenite were bandied to and fro, and when Paget glibly brought out such a rare exotic as ferro-molybdenum, Benson forgot that he was a master ship-builder, […]
Translations:
composting
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: compostings
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Composted material; compost.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: Because clopyralid is persistent and does not break down during the composting process, grass clippings and other green waste that have been treated with the chemical can contaminate entire compostings, the suit contends.
Translations:
decayed
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: more decayed
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most decayed
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: Having undergone decay, rotted.
pos: adj
examples: The decayed remains of the pilot's shirt showed where the plane had been shot down.
gloss: Reduced in circumstances; having lost one's status or fortune.
pos: adj
tags: dated
Synonyms: blighted
cankered
decayed
dotterel
forworn
moldering
rotten
putrefacient
putrefactive
putrescent
putrid
Antonyms: nondecayed
unblighted
uncankered
undecayed
unrotten
Related words: ramshackle
Derived words: decayedness
nondecayed
semidecayed
undecayed
Translations:
chipper
Part of speech: adj
noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: golf
hobbies
lifestyle
smoking
sports
Etymology: From English dialectal kipper (“nimble; frisky”), of obscure origin. Perhaps akin to Old Norse kjapt (“briskly; impetuously”), kippa ("to snatch; pull; jerk" > Middle English kippen (“to seize”)), kipra (“to wrinkle; draw tightly”), Norwegian kjapp (“fast; brisk”), Dutch kippen (“to seize; catch; grip”). More at kip.
Base: chip
Affixes: -er
Inflected forms:
form: chipperer
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: chipperest
pos: adj
tags: superlative
form: chippers
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Exhibiting a lively optimism; in high spirits, cheerful.
pos: adj
examples: Van Halen orders garlic strewn about Lucy's bedroom. she feels a bit chipperer the next morning, so Mina heads off to help poor Harker in Budapest.
The idea of a merchant selling both totems of pure evil and frozen yogurt (he calls it frogurt!) is amusing in itself, as is the idea that frogurt could be cursed, but it’s really the Shopkeeper’s quicksilver shift from ominous doomsaying to chipper salesmanship that sells the sequence.
"Sure, but she's not saying." Imrich kicked his feet up on the coffee table, dislodging a pile of research papers — hers, of course — onto the floor. She tried not to twitch. Laiken twitched a lot, and it was irritating. "Personally I think she has the magical ability to not notice she's working for an arguably evil worldwide truth suppression conspiracy. Nobody at the SCP Foundation ought to be that goddamn chipper."
gloss: Someone who or something which chips (e.g. wood).
pos: noun
examples: Used for chopping large blocks of chocolate into small pieces, a chocolate chipper looks like a large fork with six thin, very sharp, pointed metal fingers. To use the chipper, hold it straight up and down and press it firmly[…]
gloss: Someone who or something which chips (e.g. wood).
pos: noun
tags: US
examples: NR workers feed the cleared vegetation into a chipper.
gloss: Someone who or something which chips (e.g. wood).
pos: noun
gloss: A fish and chip shop, or more generally a cheap fast food outlet, typically selling chips and other deep-fried foods.
pos: noun
tags: East
Ireland
North
Scotland
slang
examples: 'Yes, and CCTV on the drink link and at Fabio's chipper.'
gloss: A company that manufactures potato chips/potato crisps.
pos: noun
examples: Bichel asked chippers several thought-provoking questions about potato procurement, storage and handling.
Pet Inc.'s Laura Scudder division, a West Coast region chipper, has revamped its Dittos brand stack chips.
gloss: A player who chips the ball.
pos: noun
gloss: A golf club for making chip shots.
pos: noun
gloss: A deep frier.
pos: noun
tags: slang
gloss: An occasional tobacco user, or more generally drug user.
pos: noun
tags: US
Related words: blue-chipper
bread chipper
Translations:
trinucleotide
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: biology
genetics
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *tréyes
Proto-Indo-European *tri-
Proto-Italic *tri-
Latin tri-der.
English tri-
Proto-Italic *knuks
Latin nux
Latin nucleuslbor.
English nucleus
English nucleo-
Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-der.
Proto-Italic *-iðos
Latin -idusder.
English -ide
English nucleotide
English trinucleotide
From tri- + nucleotide.
Inflected forms:
form: trinucleotides
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: a codon containing three nucleotides
pos: noun
Translations:
Cochin-Chinese
Part of speech: noun
adj
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: Cochin-Chinese
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A native or inhabitant of Cochin China
pos: noun
gloss: Of, or relating to Cochin-China or its inhabitants
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
Translations:
palpation
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: medicine
sciences
Etymology: Etymology tree
English palpate
Proto-Indo-European *-tis
Proto-Indo-European *-Hō
Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō
Proto-Italic *-tiō
Latin -tiō
Latin -ātiōlbor.
Old French -ationbor.
Middle English -acioun
English -ation
English -ion
English palpation
From palpate + -ion.
Inflected forms:
form: palpations
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The act of feeling or pushing on various parts of a patient’s body to determine medical condition such as the normality of organs or the presence or absence of tumors, swelling, muscle tension, etc.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
Translations:
inee
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: A type of arrow poison, made from the plant Strophanthus hispidus, used especially in the areas of Togo and Cameroon.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
Translations:
locomotive
Part of speech: noun
adj
Morphological type: simple
Topics: economics
rail-transport
railways
sciences
transport
Etymology: From French locomotif, from Latin locō (literally “from a place”) (ablative of locus (“place”)) + Vulgar Latin mōtivus (“moving”) (see motive).
In the rail transport sense, ellipsis of locomotive (steam) engine, attested from 1814.
Inflected forms:
form: locomotives
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: more locomotive
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most locomotive
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: The power unit of a train that pulls the coaches or wagons.
pos: noun
examples: As on all other British Railways standard locomotives to date, the lubrication of motion pins and reversing gear is by grease nipple and gun.
gloss: A traction engine.
pos: noun
tags: rare
gloss: A cheer characterized by a slow beginning and a progressive increase in speed.
pos: noun
tags: slang
gloss: Any of various early road vehicles, steam-powered, etc., forerunners of the modern car.
pos: noun
tags: archaic
gloss: A country which drives the world economy by having a high level of imports, such as the United States.
pos: noun
gloss: Of or relating to locomotion.
pos: adj
gloss: Of or relating to the power unit of a train which does not carry passengers or freight itself.
pos: adj
gloss: Moving, or capable of motion.
pos: adj
examples: Pindar seems to imply that these figures were actually locomotive automata.
Synonyms: loco
engine
Derived words: condensing locomotive
crane locomotive
diesel locomotive
electric locomotive
loci
locie
locomotive engineer
locomotiveman
locomotive shed
locomotive syndrome
Meyer locomotive
nuclear locomotive
road locomotive
steam locomotive
tank locomotive
tram locomotive
hyperlocomotive
hypolocomotive
locomotiveness
nonlocomotive
unlocomotive
Translations:
matrimonial
Part of speech: adj
noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From Middle French matrimonial, also matrimony + -al.
Base: matrimony
Affixes: -al
Inflected forms:
form: more matrimonial
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most matrimonial
pos: adj
tags: superlative
form: matrimonials
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Of, or having to do with matrimony and marriage.
pos: adj
examples: matrimonial bliss
matrimonial harmony
matrimonial issues
matrimonial living
gloss: A classified advertisement describing a person who wishes to find a marriage partner.
pos: noun
tags: India
Translations:
rightmost
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English right
Proto-Germanic *-umô
Proto-Indo-European *-yōs
Proto-Indo-European *-tHós
Proto-Indo-European *-istHos
Proto-Germanic *-istaz
Proto-Germanic *-umistaz
Old English -mest
Middle English -mest
▲
Middle English [Term?]influ.
Middle English -most
English -most
English rightmost
From right + -most.
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Furthest to the right.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: Start with the rightmost one and work towards the left.
She tried the rightmost door first.
Antonyms: leftmost
Translations:
extemporaneously
Part of speech: adv
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English extemporaneous
Middle English -ly
English -ly
English extemporaneously
From extemporaneous + -ly.
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: In an extemporaneous manner; without prior preparation or planning.
pos: adv
tags: not-comparable
examples: Near-synonyms: improvisationally, provisionally, at will, at pleasure
Considering that he was speaking extemporaneously, he covered the subject pretty well.
She recounted that while speaking extemporaneously during a livestream, she mentioned her twice-weekly housekeeper who “cleans the toilets.”
Translations:
huhu
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: Borrowed from Māori huhu (“larval form of this beetle”), from Proto-Polynesian *fufu (“weevil”).
Inflected forms:
form: huhus
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A beetle, Prionoplus reticularis, endemic to New Zealand.
pos: noun
Translations:
dereference
Part of speech: verb
noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
programming
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 reference
English dereference
From de- + reference.
Inflected forms:
form: dereferences
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: dereferencing
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: dereferenced
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: dereferenced
pos: verb
tags: past
form: dereferences
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: To access the value or object located in a memory location addressed by a pointer or another value interpreted as such; to access a value being referenced by something else.
pos: verb
examples: Attempting to dereference a null pointer often results in a crash.
gloss: To operate on the file or directory pointed to by a symbolic link, rather than on the link itself.
pos: verb
examples: With the find command, any symbolic links appearing after -follow will be dereferenced.
gloss: To dissolve a symbolic link by replacing it with a copy of its target.
pos: verb
gloss: The act by which something is dereferenced.
pos: noun
examples: Either each dereference must use a complicated DCAS protocol, or each pointer must include a version number that is managed on each modification and checked on each dereference, or storage management must be tightly coupled […]
Derived words: dereferenceable
dereferencer
Translations:
Teflon
Part of speech: noun
adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Trade name, 1940s. From the first letters of tetra- (“four”) + fluoro- (“fluorine”) + -on modeled after nylon etc. From the fluorine count of polytetrafluoroethylene.
Affixes: tetra-
fluoro-
Inflected forms:
form: Teflons
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: teflon
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: teflon
pos: adj
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: Multiple film, resin, coatings, fabric and surface protectors made with PTFE (polytetrafluoroethylene) or fluoropolymer and surfactants not made with PTFE.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: ...tweeting in defiance at all those horrendous scandals that were meant to destroy his campaign. He made teflon look sticky.
Look at that there fool playing dirty tricks
He must be made of Teflon 'cause nothing ever sticks
Dancing 'round the room while farting in the breeze
Friends huff it down like it's American cheese
gloss: Synonym of polytetrafluoroethylene (“PTFE”).
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: Having an undamageable reputation (by analogy with nonstick Teflon surfaces).
pos: adj
tags: informal
not-comparable
examples: a Teflon image
But Ronald Reagan, by everybody's definition, was the Teflon president, and it wasn't that the media tried to touch him and failed.
He would have called the man by his first name and said, Not at all, so and so, but though he was very good at remembering names where clients were concerned, there was something very Teflon about these guys and nothing about them was sticking with him.
Translations:
dinucleotide
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
Etymology: Etymology tree
English di-
Proto-Italic *knuks
Latin nux
Latin nucleuslbor.
English nucleus
English nucleo-
Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-der.
Proto-Italic *-iðos
Latin -idusder.
English -ide
English nucleotide
English dinucleotide
From di- + nucleotide.
Inflected forms:
form: dinucleotides
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Any molecule consisting primarily of two nucleotide units.
pos: noun
examples: Sinclair also takes 1 gram of NMN, or nicotinamide mononucleotide, which in the body turns into NAD+, or nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide.
Translations:
alack
Part of speech: intj
Morphological type: compound
Etymology: From Middle English alacke, alagge, probably from ah + lack.
Compound parts: ah
lack
Inflected forms:
form: alacke
pos: intj
tags: alternative
form: 'lack
pos: intj
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: An expression of sorrow or mourning.
pos: intj
examples: On a day, alack the day: / Loue, whoſe Month is euery May, / Spied a bloſſome paſſing faire, / Playing in the wanton ayre:
Alack, would that Edward listened more to me and less to the queen’s kith! These Woodvilles!
Translations:
meaty
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *meh₂d-der.
Proto-Germanic *matiz
Proto-West Germanic *mati
Old English mete
Middle English mete
English meat
Proto-Indo-European *-kos
Proto-Germanic *-gaz
Proto-West Germanic *-g
Old English -iġ
Middle English -y
English -y
English meaty
From meat + -y.
Inflected forms:
form: meatier
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: meatiest
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: Of, relating to, or containing meat.
pos: adj
examples: In the early years of this century most Americans did not question the meaty, starchy, saladless national diet.
gloss: Resembling meat in flavour, smell, etc.
pos: adj
examples: This tastes rather meaty. Are you sure it's vegetarian?
"He's a foreign-looking guy with thinnish black hair and a meaty sort of pan."
The warm, comforting, meaty smell of khorovadz drifted into the café from a stall on the pavement; the quiet mutters that had till then passed for conversation in the café began to buzz with passion and interest.
The slightly sulfurous, meaty odor of morels attracts flies, which lay eggs in the safety of the mushroom's hollow stalk.
gloss: Of a person or a body part, large and solid.
pos: adj
examples: The whole, long, thick, meaty shaft of it quivered as if eager to dispel my mouth. Odor assailed me, too – my brother, like so many soldiers, not being overly fastidious in matters of personal hygiene. "All right, my little whoreling," he commanded, [...]
There’s nothing worse than having cashed out the college fund so that Mom and Dad and Buddy and Sis can afford airfare to Wally World, only to find out that they are additionally facing bag fees and snack fees, and soon enough, there will likely be a fee to have the 350-pound man sausaged next to Sis in the middle seat keep his meaty elbows out of her ribcage.
When he tried to extract the liver, which should have been firm and meaty, it deliquesced into a bloody sludge, sliding goopily through his fingers.
gloss: Substantial.
pos: adj
examples: I got a nice, meaty bonus.
He scored a meaty role in the film, with plenty of action and dialogue.
I’ve always played my class – either working-class characters or ones where it’s not been mentioned – so this was quite scary. It’s also a meaty part. I’ve never had this many lines in a play.
Alexander-Arnold had a few nice moments on the ball before the interval. He also had a bad one when his loose touch allowed Zivkovic to supply Mitrovic for a meaty drive that flew wide.
Synonyms: brothy
meaty
savory
Related words: mincemeaty
savoriness
Derived words: meatily
meatiness
nonmeaty
unmeaty
Translations:
Lenten
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From Old English lenten, lencten, equivalent to Lent + -en.
Base: Lent
Affixes: -en
Inflected forms:
form: more Lenten
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most Lenten
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: Pertaining to Lent; taking place during Lent.
pos: adj
examples: And perhaps it was the same politick drift that the Divell whipt St. Jerom in a lenten dream, for reading Cicero […].
And there's the Lenten lily / That has not long to stay / And dies on Easter day.
Fat Tuesday, or Mardi Gras, is the last day to feast on rich, fatty foods before the 40-day Lenten season starts the next day, on Ash Wednesday.
gloss: Appropriate to Lent; meagre, sombre.
pos: adj
examples: To thinke, my Lord, if you delight not in Man, what Lenton entertainment the Players shall receiue from you […].
Derived words: Lenten rose
Lententide
Lent
Lenten lily
Translations:
loc
Part of speech: noun
verb
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: Clipping of dreadlock.
Inflected forms:
form: locs
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: 'loc
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: locs
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: locing
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: loced
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: loced
pos: verb
tags: past
form: 'loc
pos: verb
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: A dreadlock.
pos: noun
tags: informal
plural-normally
examples: Thinning hair can be especially disconcerting when one is trying to wear 'locs, also known as dreadlocks, which I'd first begun in late 2001. […] I finally fetched the shears and, cringing, cut off each 'loc at the point where new growth was coming in.
Locs are another protective hairstyle that dates back to Africa. This rope-like hairstyle is achieved by matting the hair. Priests of the Ethiopian Coptic religion in 500 BCE wore locs, and the first archaeological evidence of locs comes from East Africa.
gloss: To style (the hair) in dreadlocks.
pos: verb
tags: informal
transitive
examples: Dread Head will assist you with temporarily locing your hair.
Translations:
manny
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: compound
Etymology: Blend of man + nanny.
Compound parts: man
nanny
Inflected forms:
form: mannies
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A male nanny (for children).
pos: noun
tags: informal
examples: 2006 [Perry Taylor] has popped up in supermarket tabloids as the male nanny – or "manny" – for Britney Spears, who has a 9-month-old son, Sean Preston and is pregnant. — CBS News, 9 June 2006
Translations:
kidult
Part of speech: noun
adj
Morphological type: compound
Topics: business
human-sciences
marketing
sciences
social-science
sociology
Etymology: Blend of kid + adult.
Compound parts: kid
adult
Inflected forms:
form: kidults
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: more kidult
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most kidult
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: An adult who participates in youth culture and activities traditionally intended for children.
pos: noun
tags: informal
gloss: Of or relating to kidults.
pos: adj
examples: Organizational methods appear significantly more frequently in kidult programs, next most frequently in adult programs, and least frequently in children's programs. Escape methods appear most frequently in adult programs with kidult and children's programs about equal.
By casting popular culture as simplistic and ‘kidult’, as distinct from the authentic adult culture she approves of, she reduces a complex culture to a generational divide: the new is childish; while the old and established is timeless, worthy of consumption by adults.
In the 21st century, whose “kidult” blurring of the lines sees grown-ups listening to “kindie rock,” feeding their kids gourmet gelato instead of Good Humor, and dissecting the last Pixar film, the notion of a tree house in our collective backyard with a misspelled sign saying “Kidz only” is a healthy thing[.]
Translations: