yuanxin112/wiktionary-morph huggingface dataset:
bronzy
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From bronze + -y.
Base: bronze
Affixes: -y
Inflected forms:
form: bronzier
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: bronziest
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: Resembling or suggestive of a bronze color.
pos: adj
examples: Her bronzy tan spoke of hours spent in the sun.
I also obtained here a specimen of the rare green jungle-fowl (Gallus furcatus), whose back and neck are beautifully scaled with bronzy feathers, and whose smooth-edged oval comb is of a violet purple colour, changing to green at the base.
Her skin had a bronzy polish under the pale dusting powder.
Translations:
cartelization
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From cartel + -ization.
Base: cartel
Affixes: -ization
Inflected forms:
form: cartelizations
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The act of cartelizing.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
Translations:
cogged
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: containing cogs
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
Translations:
suco
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: sucos
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A village in East Timor.
pos: noun
Translations:
liminality
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: anthropology
human-sciences
philosophy
psychology
sciences
social-science
sociology
Etymology: From liminal + -ity.
Base: liminal
Affixes: -ity
Inflected forms:
form: liminalities
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The fact of being on the border of, or in between, two states.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: Slowly, the term reveals itself as an expression of fundamental tensions and deep structural antinomies: between the sacred and the profane, purity and impurity, morality and immorality, cleanliness and dirt. In conjoining such primal opposites into a single category, white trash names a kind of disturbing liminality: a monstrous, transgressive identity of mutually violating boundary terms, a dangerous threshold state of being neither one nor the other.
gloss: The state or quality of ambiguity which exists in the middle stage of certain events or rituals (such as a rite of passage or a society-wide revolution), during which the participating individual or group no longer holds its pre-ritual status but has not yet attained the status it will hold when the ritual has been completed.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: The second way Novalis seeks to repotentize his thought is by striving to evoke feelings conducive to liminality.
Translations:
lang: Spanish
word: liminaridad
lang: Spanish
word: liminalidad
twatting
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: damned; blasted; contemptible
pos: adj
tags: Commonwealth
Ireland
UK
not-comparable
slang
vulgar
examples: When are they going to fix that twatting coffee machine?
Translations:
twatty
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From twat + -y.
Base: twat
Affixes: -y
Inflected forms:
form: twattier
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: twattiest
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: Like a twat; foolish, objectionable.
pos: adj
tags: Commonwealth
Ireland
UK
slang
vulgar
Translations:
supertree
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: computing
computing-theory
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
Etymology: From super- + tree.
Base: tree
Affixes: super-
Inflected forms:
form: supertrees
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A tree that contains another tree.
pos: noun
Translations:
ambry
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: architecture
Etymology: From Middle English almerie, from Anglo-Norman almarie, aumer, etc., from Old French almarie, from Latin armārium. Doublet of armarium, armoire, and almirah.
Inflected forms:
form: ambries
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: almery
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: aumbrie
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: aumbry
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: ambery
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: A bookcase; a library or archive.
pos: noun
tags: historical
rare
examples: Whanne Bors had told hym of the aduentures of the Sancgreal suche as had befalle hym / and his thre felawes that was launcelot / Percyual / Galahad / & hym self There Launcelot told the aduentures of the Sancgreal / that he had sene / Alle this was made in grete bookes / and put vp in almeryes at Salysbury
This collection, then, was the college reference library; corresponding with the common aumbry of the monastery, but also indicative of the principle of all library organisation[…].
gloss: A storehouse, especially a niche or recess in a wall used for storage.
pos: noun
tags: obsolete
examples: In the closets or almeries on each side of the Frater-house door in the Cloisters, Towels were kept white and clean to dry their Hands upon.
Within the Frater-house Door, on the Left Hand at entering, is a strong Almery in the Wall, wherein a great Mazer, called the Grace Cup, stood, which every Day served the Monks after grace, to drink out of round the Table; which cup was finely edged about with Silver, and double gilt.
gloss: A pantry, or place to store food.
pos: noun
tags: archaic
examples: Used by a wholesaler or retailer as a wine cabinet, the ambry cupboard suited the needs of a neighborhood inn or small-scale private kitchen.
gloss: A cupboard or storage area in a church to hold books, communion vessels, vestments, etc. (usually in the sacristy); an armarium.
pos: noun
examples: At the end of the bench adjoining to the Frater-house door, was a fine almery fixed to the wall, and another on the other side of the door[…].
Nothing else should be kept in the tabernacle or aumbry where the Sacrament is reserved, but a small container of water and a cloth may be kept on the shelf for cleansing one's fingers.
Portions of the consecrated bread from the Eucharist were stored or reserved in an ambry or tabernacle to be taken to the sick.
Synonyms: armarium
Translations:
superficies
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: geometry
law
mathematics
sciences
Etymology: Borrowing from Latin superficiēs (“top, surface”), from super- (“above, over”) + faciēs (“form, configuration, shape”). Doublet of surface.
Base: faciēs
Affixes: super-
Inflected forms:
form: superficies
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A two-dimensional magnitude that has length and breadth; especially such a surface that forms the boundary of a solid.
pos: noun
gloss: A two-dimensional magnitude that has length and breadth; especially such a surface that forms the boundary of a solid.
pos: noun
examples: The Superficies was compoſed of ſeveral bits of Wood, about the bigneſs of a Dye, but ſome larger than others.
gloss: The surface (of something immaterial, especially of the mind or soul).
pos: noun
examples: An immense metropolis, like London, is calculated to make men selfish and uninteresting. … They present but the cold superficies of character—its rich and genial qualities have no time to be warmed into a flow.
gloss: A building intimately associated with the land on which it is built.
pos: noun
Related words: superficial
superficiary
Translations:
acellular
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From a- + cellular.
Base: cellular
Affixes: a-
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Not composed of cells; not cellular
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: Acellular background is that which is still present when the cells are removed from the microscope.
1985 — Meyer, David B. (1985). Laboratory Guide for Human Histology. Detroit, Michigan: Wayne State University Press. p. 28. ISBN 9780814318010 – via Google Books (Preview).
The superficial portion of this epithelium is acellular and consists of thin, keratinized fibrous plates which have become artifactually detached during slide preparation (Plate 59, p. 361).
gloss: Especially of protists: consisting of only one complex cell.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
Derived words: acellularization
acellularize
Translations:
adrenoceptor
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From adreno- + -ceptor.
Affixes: adreno-
-ceptor
Inflected forms:
form: adrenoceptors
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: adrenergic receptor
pos: noun
Translations:
afterload
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: medicine
physiology
sciences
Etymology: From after- + load.
Base: load
Affixes: after-
Inflected forms:
form: afterloads
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The load on a working muscle from a constant opposing force
pos: noun
Translations:
albuminuria
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
Etymology: From albumin + -uria.
Base: albumin
Affixes: -uria
Inflected forms:
form: albuminurias
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The presence of albumin in the urine, often a symptom of renal disease
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
Translations:
kettling
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: kettlings
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A crowd control technique, used by police, where a hostile group of protesters or rioters are surrounded and not allowed to disperse, sometimes with the use of temporary fencing to corral and isolate portions of the group.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
usually
examples: These are our young, screaming out in need, meriting not kettling and reprimands, but job prospects and dignity.
gloss: The situation where water gets trapped in the heat exchanger of a boiler (e.g. due to limescale build-up), resulting in knocking sounds as it turns into expanding steam.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
usually
Translations:
kettled
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: more kettled
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most kettled
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: Drunk.
pos: adj
tags: slang
Translations:
austenitic
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From austenite + -ic.
Base: austenite
Affixes: -ic
Inflected forms:
form: more austenitic
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most austenitic
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: Of, containing, or relating to austenite, a certain crystalline structure that can occur in steel under some conditions.
pos: adj
Translations:
austenite
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: engineering
metallurgy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
Etymology: After William Roberts-Austen (1843-1902).
Inflected forms:
form: austenites
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: Austenite
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: Synonym of gamma iron.
pos: noun
Translations:
fat-tailed
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: compound
Topics: mathematics
sciences
statistics
Etymology: From fat + tailed.
Compound parts: fat
tailed
Inflected forms:
form: more fat-tailed
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most fat-tailed
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: Having a fat tail; leptokurtic.
pos: adj
Translations:
heavy-tailed
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: simple
Topics: mathematics
sciences
statistics
Inflected forms:
form: more heavy-tailed
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most heavy-tailed
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: Having a heavy tail; leptokurtic.
pos: adj
Translations:
single-blind
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: single blind
pos: adj
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: Describing an experiment (usually medical) in which some information which might influence the trial is withheld from particular participants until the experiment is complete. Most commonly, information about treatment groups is withheld from subjects, but not the administrators.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: By definition, a single-blind study is the one in which either the patient or investigator is blind to the assignment of the patient. In practice, a single-blind trial is referred to as a trial in which only the patient is unaware of his or her treatment assignment.
Translations:
societally
Part of speech: adv
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From societal + -ly.
Base: societal
Affixes: -ly
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: In a societal way.
pos: adv
tags: not-comparable
examples: societally acceptable
An experience here at the University of California, Berkeley, where I teach, suggests that if the content of the work itself is made more societally meaningful, women will enroll in droves.
Translations:
triple-blind
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: triple blind
pos: adj
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: Describing an experiment (usually medical) in which some information which might influence the experiment is withheld from three different parties until the outcome of the experiment is known: most commonly, the three parties are the subjects, the administrators, and the statisticians analysing the data.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: Triple-blind (i.e., triple-masking) studies are randomized experiments in which the treatment or intervention is unknown to (a) the research participant, (b) the individual(s) who administer the treatment or intervention, and (c) the individual(s) who assess the outcomes.
Translations:
trainability
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From train + -ability.
Base: train
Affixes: -ability
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: The state or condition of being trainable.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
Translations:
textless
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From text + -less.
Base: text
Affixes: -less
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Without text.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
Translations:
queenless
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From queen + -less.
Base: queen
Affixes: -less
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Without a queen.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: Kramnik is perhaps the greatest exponent of heavyweight queenless middlegames in the history of chess.
We have yet to identify every factor involved, but one variable is whether the nest contains a queen ant (queenright) or is queenless.
Antonyms: queenright
Translations:
sail-plan
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: nautical
transport
Inflected forms:
form: sail-plans
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A diagram showing the number and possible arrangements and sizes of the sails for a sailing vessel.
pos: noun
Translations:
Hitlerite
Part of speech: adj
noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From Hitler + -ite.
Base: Hitler
Affixes: -ite
Inflected forms:
form: Hitlerites
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Of, or relating to, Adolf Hitler, German politician and founder of the Nazi party, or his regimes or policies.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: Austria is reminded, however that she has a responsibility, which she cannot evade, for participation in the war on the side of Hitlerite Germany, and that in the final settlement account will inevitably be taken of her own contribution to her liberation.
gloss: A supporter of Adolf Hitler's regime.
pos: noun
gloss: A Nazi.
pos: noun
tags: dated
examples: Austria is reminded, however that she has a responsibility, which she cannot evade, for participation in the war on the side of Hitlerite Germany, and that in the final settlement account will inevitably be taken of her own contribution to her liberation.
Related words: Hitlerism
Strasserite
Translations:
beartrap
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: compound
Topics: aeronautics
aerospace
automotive
aviation
business
engineering
government
hobbies
hunting
law-enforcement
lifestyle
natural-sciences
nautical
physical-sciences
traffic
transport
vehicles
Etymology: From bear + trap.
Compound parts: bear
trap
Inflected forms:
form: beartraps
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: bear trap
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: A large trap used to catch a bear or other mammal, usually as a foot trap.
pos: noun
gloss: A radar trap used by police to catch speeders.
pos: noun
gloss: A device that traps a probe on a rotorcraft, securing it to the helicopter deck of a vessel.
pos: noun
gloss: A system of rotorcraft recovery aboard watercraft in heavy sea states, which uses the beartrap device to land securely and transport the aircraft into the hangar.
pos: noun
Derived words: bear-trap dam
beartrap gate
Translations:
mantrap
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: compound
Etymology: From man + trap.
Compound parts: man
trap
Inflected forms:
form: mantraps
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: man-trap
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: man trap
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: A mechanical device for catching trespassers.
pos: noun
examples: A prevalent custom is the "pomali," exactly equivalent to the "taboo" of the Pacific islanders, and equally respected. It is used on the commonest occasions, and a few palm leaves stuck outside a garden as a sign of the "pomali" will preserve its produce from thieves as effectually as the threatening notice of man-traps, spring guns, or a savage dog would do with us.
The space had been cleared of landmines and mantraps.
gloss: A small space with two sets of interlocking doors, such that the first set of doors must close before the second set opens, used to restrict access.
pos: noun
gloss: A woman who is dangerously seductive to men.
pos: noun
tags: slang
examples: "Don't know the manners of good society, eh? Wal, I guess I know enough to turn you inside out, old gal — you sockdologizing old man-trap."
If anything, she was worse since she had enough money to implement her desires. They were merely in the trade for business reasons. No—Eloise would be something to steer clear of. Alexander was right. She was a mantrap.
Translations:
mantua
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: From French manteau, perhaps by confusion with Mantua in Italy.
Inflected forms:
form: mantuas
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: An article of loose clothing popular in 17th- and 18th century France.
pos: noun
gloss: A superior kind of rich silk formerly exported from Mantua in Italy.
pos: noun
tags: obsolete
examples: Anderson mentions black and coloured mantuas amongst other silks introduced here by the French immigrants of 1685. […] Mantuas are also included in a list of silks advertised for sale in the British Chronicle of 1763 […]
gloss: A woman's cloak or mantle.
pos: noun
tags: obsolete
gloss: A woman's gown.
pos: noun
tags: obsolete
examples: Her dress was extremely elegant, but had an appearance of foreign fashion, as if both the lady and her mantua-maker were of 'a far countree’.
Derived words: mantuamaker
mantuamaking
Translations:
Mantuan
Part of speech: adj
noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From Mantua + -an.
Base: Mantua
Affixes: -an
Inflected forms:
form: more Mantuan
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most Mantuan
pos: adj
tags: superlative
form: Mantuans
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Of, or from, Mantua
pos: adj
gloss: Someone from Mantua.
pos: noun
Translations:
anastomotic
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: more anastomotic
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most anastomotic
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: Of or pertaining to anastomosis
pos: adj
Translations:
polyisobutylene
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
Etymology: From poly- + isobutylene.
Base: isobutylene
Affixes: poly-
Inflected forms:
form: polyisobutylenes
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Any polymer composed of isobutylene monomers
pos: noun
Translations:
hypnobirthing
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From hypno- + birthing.
Base: birthing
Affixes: hypno-
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: The use of hypnotherapy to ease the process of childbirth.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
Translations:
pre-tin
Part of speech: verb
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From pre- + tin.
Base: tin
Affixes: pre-
Inflected forms:
form: pre-tins
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: pre-tinning
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: pre-tinned
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: pre-tinned
pos: verb
tags: past
Senses:
gloss: To coat (a metal) with solder or tin alloy prior to soldering or brazing it.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
Translations:
naringin
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: The major flavonoid glycoside in grapefruit, giving the fruit its bitter taste, which is metabolized to the flavanone naringenin in humans.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
examples: No interaction occurs between naringin and pectin and, therefore, grapefruit peel extract is not very turbid. The high naringin content of grapefruit peel extract often results in precipitation of naringin crystals in the concentrate.
UV-C irradiation alters the levels of the flavanone naringin and the polymethoxyflavone tangeretin in the peel of Citrus aurantium fruits and this, in turn, reduces the growth of Penicillium digitatum on irradiated fruits.
Naringin is the main cause of bitterness in some citrus fruits and is converted into naringenin in the body.
Translations:
raggle
Part of speech: noun
verb
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: business
construction
manufacturing
Etymology: From rag + -le.
Base: rag
Affixes: -le
Inflected forms:
form: raggles
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: raggles
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: raggling
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: raggled
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: raggled
pos: verb
tags: past
Senses:
gloss: A groove or slot, often cut in a masonry wall or other vertical surface, for inserting an inset flashing component such as a reglet.
pos: noun
gloss: A ragged piece.
pos: noun
gloss: To notch irregularly.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
Translations:
nose-pick
Part of speech: noun
verb
Morphological type: simple
Topics: hobbies
lifestyle
skateboarding
sports
Inflected forms:
form: nose-picks
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: nose-picks
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: nose-picking
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: nose-picked
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: nose-picked
pos: verb
tags: past
Senses:
gloss: A stall trick performed on a ramp, quarter-pipe or similar structure, in which the skater lands on the front truck and nose of the board against the coping (edge).
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: To pick one's nose.
pos: verb
tags: idiomatic
examples: Children should not nose-pick.
Translations:
nose-picker
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: nose-pickers
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: nosepicker
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: One who picks their nose.
pos: noun
tags: informal
gloss: One who removes dirt or debris off of the front end of an aircraft, car, or other vehicle (referred to as the nose).
pos: noun
tags: informal
slang
Related words: nose-pick
nose-picking
Translations:
streetside
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From street + -side.
Base: street
Affixes: -side
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Alongside or near a street.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: “Topshop is not as cheap as H & M, but it is fantastic visually and the store looks fun,” said Fern Penn, a SoHo retailer who, driven back by the streetside chaos, said she would return after the initial hubbub had died down.
Cheng had to pull the building back to be able to plant trees close to the property line, because of the maze of utility lines at streetside.
In Japan, automobile owners must obtain a shako shomei sho, or “garage certificate,” showing that they have secured a place to store the vehicle overnight at their residence or in a parking garage; leaving it streetside is not an option. The expense and hassle of that requirement acts as a deterrent to car ownership, and an inducement to travel by other modes like transit or a bicycle.
Translations:
challengeable
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From Middle English chalengeable; equivalent to challenge + -able.
Base: challenge
Affixes: -able
Inflected forms:
form: more challengeable
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most challengeable
pos: adj
tags: superlative
form: challengable
pos: adj
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: Able to be challenged or disputed.
pos: adj
examples: It follows, Justice Ginsburg wrote, that “if a defendant is tried before a qualified jury composed of individuals not challengeable for cause, the loss of a peremptory challenge due to a state court’s good-faith error is not a matter of federal constitutional concern.”
Translations:
strim
Part of speech: verb
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: Back-formation from strimmer, originally a trademark.
Inflected forms:
form: strims
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: strimming
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: strimmed
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: strimmed
pos: verb
tags: past
Senses:
gloss: To cut using a strimmer/string trimmer.
pos: verb
tags: UK
examples: Videos showed a badger entering a sett less than two metres from where the contractors had been using petrol hedge-trimmers to strim brambles, the resident said.
Translations:
strimmer
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: compound
Topics: agriculture
business
horticulture
lifestyle
Etymology: Blend of string + trimmer, originally a trademark in the United Kingdom.
Compound parts: string
trimmer
Inflected forms:
form: strimmers
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Synonym of string trimmer (“a powered, hand-held garden implement that uses a rotating monofilament line to cut grass, etc., without damaging other objects”).
pos: noun
tags: UK
Translations:
enslaver
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From enslave + -er.
Base: enslave
Affixes: -er
Inflected forms:
form: enslavers
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: One who enslaves.
pos: noun
examples: What indignation in her mind
Against enslavers of mankind!
Base kings, and ministers of state,
Eternal objects of her hate!
And then came others, possessing weaponry and a sophisticated support before which tribes in dense jungles had no recourse: European concessionaires and feckless traders, brutish exploiters and enslavers.
Translations:
prophylactically
Part of speech: adv
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From prophylactic + -ally.
Base: prophylactic
Affixes: -ally
Inflected forms:
form: more prophylactically
pos: adv
tags: comparative
form: most prophylactically
pos: adv
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: Preventively.
pos: adv
examples: “I can’t imagine that you would be treating people prophylactically yet,” said Dr. Timothy J. Gardner, the president of the American Heart Association .
Translations:
floodway
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: compound
Etymology: From flood + way.
Compound parts: flood
way
Inflected forms:
form: floodways
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: An engineered path to channel floodwaters away from areas to be protected.
pos: noun
examples: Since 2005 the governments of Manitoba and Canada have spent $665 million to double the capacity of the floodway and to reinforce bridges, control gates and dikes.
Translations:
dragstrip
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: compound
Etymology: From drag + strip.
Compound parts: drag
strip
Inflected forms:
form: dragstrips
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: drag strip
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: A paved straight racetrack used for automotive drag racing.
pos: noun
gloss: Any place for high-speed competitive activity.
pos: noun
tags: broadly
figuratively
examples: Point guard Danielle Robinson led Oklahoma with 23 points worth of dragstrip basketball.
Translations:
storeowner
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: compound
Etymology: From store + owner.
Compound parts: store
owner
Inflected forms:
form: storeowners
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A person who owns a store (or shop); a shopowner.
pos: noun
examples: Then she is consumed by anxiety when she hears from a storeowner about a nearby bombing that killed four people while she was sleeping.
Translations:
overachievement
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From over- + achievement.
Base: achievement
Affixes: over-
Inflected forms:
form: overachievements
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A greater than anticipated achievement.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
Translations:
microbus
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From micro- + bus.
Base: bus
Affixes: micro-
Inflected forms:
form: microbuses
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: microbusses
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A station wagon shaped like a small bus.
pos: noun
examples: Well, we shot the line and we went for broke
With a thousand screamin' trucks
An' eleven long-haired Friends a' Jesus
In a chartreuse microbus.
Translations:
cosiness
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From cosy + -ness.
Base: cosy
Affixes: -ness
Inflected forms:
form: cosinesses
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: coziness
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: The state or quality of being cosy.
pos: noun
tags: UK
uncountable
usually
Translations:
seaspray
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: compound
Etymology: From sea + spray.
Compound parts: sea
spray
Inflected forms:
form: seasprays
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The water thrown into the air when waves break on the shore.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
usually
examples: A sheep that's been hanging on deck, curing in the seaspray, is roasted over an open fire.
Translations:
ethnoarchaeological
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
Ancient Greek ἔθνος (éthnos)der.
English ethno-
Ancient Greek ἄρχω (árkhō)
Ancient Greek -ᾱ (-ā)
Ancient Greek -η (-ē)
Ancient Greek ἀρχή (arkhḗ)
Proto-Indo-European *-yósder.
Ancient Greek -ιος (-ios)
Ancient Greek ἀρχαῖος (arkhaîos)
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 -λογία (-logía)
Ancient Greek ἀρχαιολογίᾱ (arkhaiologíā)
English archaeology
Proto-Indo-European *-ikos
Proto-Italic *-ikos
Latin -icuslbor.
Old French -iquebor.
Middle English -ic
Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.?
Proto-Italic *-ālis
Latin -ālisbor.
Old French -albor.
▲
Latin -ālis
Old French -elbor.
▲
Latin -ālisbor.
Middle English -al
Middle English -ical
English -ical
English archaeological
English ethnoarchaeological
From ethno- + archaeological.
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Of or relating to ethnoarchaeology.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
Translations:
archaeometry
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: archaeology
history
human-sciences
sciences
Etymology: From archaeo- + -metry.
Base: archaeo
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: The application of techniques and methodologies of the natural sciences to archaeology, mostly for dating, analysis, survey and confirmation of provenance or authenticity.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
Translations:
netballer
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: ball-games
games
hobbies
lifestyle
netball
sports
Etymology: From netball + -er.
Base: netball
Affixes: -er
Inflected forms:
form: netballers
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A netball player.
pos: noun
Translations:
hillwalking
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: compound
Etymology: From hill + walking.
Compound parts: hill
walking
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: The pastime of walking in hilly countryside.
pos: noun
tags: Ireland
UK
uncountable
Translations:
tippee
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: business
finance
law
Etymology: From tip + -ee.
Base: tip
Affixes: -ee
Inflected forms:
form: tippees
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The recipient of a gratuity; somebody tipped off.
pos: noun
examples: An 1890 article in The New York Times debated the ethics of tipping porters : “Tipping is objected to by austere and frugal American moralists upon the ground that it undermines the manhood and self-respect of the tippee.
gloss: A recipient of inside information.
pos: noun
tags: US
examples: If tippees trade on the information, knowing it was given improperly, they, too, can be found guilty of insider trading, says attorney Jared Kopel
Translations:
anencephalic
Part of speech: adj
noun
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: anencephalics
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Of, pertaining to, or exhibiting anencephaly.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
gloss: Stupid, brainless
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
slang
examples: If Rita Mae Brown were an exceptional writer, I might be more willing to give an ear to her pontificating […] But even as a pulp writer, Brown will have to treat lesbians as more than a bunch of anencephalic semi-literates who will sanctify her name forevermore. We have to have the guts to say, "Keep editing, Rita Mae; paper is cheap and we expect better!"
gloss: A person, especially a fetus or newborn, affected by anencephaly.
pos: noun
Translations:
aneurysmal
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From aneurysm + -al.
Base: aneurysm
Affixes: -al
Inflected forms:
form: aneurismal
pos: adj
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: Of, pertaining to, or causing aneurysms
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
Translations:
volcanological
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From volcanology + -ical.
Base: volcanology
Affixes: -ical
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Of or pertaining to volcanology.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
Translations:
tonalite
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: geography
geology
natural-sciences
Etymology: Tonale + -ite
Affixes: -ite
Inflected forms:
form: tonalites
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: An igneous, plutonic rock composed mainly of plagioclase.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: Quartz diorite.
pos: noun
tags: countable
dated
uncountable
Derived words: tonalite-trondhjemite-granodiorite
tonalitic
Translations:
capless
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From cap + -less. Piecewise doublet of capeless and chapeless.
Base: cap
Affixes: -less
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Without a cap (headgear).
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
gloss: Without a cap (other senses).
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
Derived words: caplessness
Translations:
paintable
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From paint + -able.
Base: paint
Affixes: -able
Inflected forms:
form: more paintable
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most paintable
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: That can be painted; to which a coating of paint can be applied.
pos: adj
gloss: Able or suitable to be painted (rendered by an artist in paint).
pos: adj
examples: The grunt indicated doubt. Not so easy to paint, these paintable subjects.
Antonyms: unpaintable
Derived words: paintableness
paintably
Translations:
insightfulness
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From insightful + -ness.
Base: insightful
Affixes: -ness
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: The state or condition of being insightful.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
Translations:
single-wide
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: single-wides
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A trailer measuring eighteen feet or less in width and ninety feet or less in length, able to be towed as a single unit.
pos: noun
tags: US
Translations:
double-wide
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: double-wides
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A trailer measuring twenty feet or more in width and ninety feet or less in length, towed as a two separate units before assembly; especially, a mobile home that is twice its standard width.
pos: noun
tags: US
Translations:
shiur
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: From Hebrew שִׁעוּר (shi'úr).
Inflected forms:
form: shiurs
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: shiurim
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A lesson on a topic in the Tanakh.
pos: noun
tags: Judaism
examples: Rabbi Bleich’s theological discourse on the topic, known as a shiur, has been viewed more than 4,000 times and downloaded nearly 1,000 from the Yeshiva University Web site “Torah Online.”
Translations:
ballgown
Part of speech: noun
verb
Morphological type: compound
Topics: business
clothing
fashion
lifestyle
manufacturing
textiles
Etymology: From ball + gown.
Compound parts: ball
gown
Inflected forms:
form: ballgowns
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: ball gown
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: ballgowns
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: ballgowning
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: ballgowned
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: ballgowned
pos: verb
tags: past
form: ball gown
pos: verb
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: A formal gown to be worn by women to balls and similar social events.
pos: noun
gloss: To roleplay romance as part of a roleplaying game.
pos: verb
tags: UK
intransitive
examples: She'll take any excuse to ballgown!
Translations:
defragmenter
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
Etymology: From defragment + -er.
Base: defragment
Affixes: -er
Inflected forms:
form: defragmenters
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: That which defragments; a program that performs defragmentation.
pos: noun
Translations:
alphavirus
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: From the genus name, taxonomic name Alphavirus.
Inflected forms:
form: alphaviruses
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Any virus of the genus Alphavirus (family Togaviridae).
pos: noun
Translations:
statured
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From stature + -ed.
Base: stature
Affixes: -ed
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Of or having a certain kind of stature.
pos: adj
tags: in-compounds
not-comparable
Translations:
rehospitalization
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From re- + hospitalization.
Base: hospitalization
Affixes: re-
Inflected forms:
form: rehospitalizations
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: rehospitalisation
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: The process of being hospitalized again.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
Translations:
churchly
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From Middle English *chirchely, *chirchelich, from Old English ċiriclīċ (“ecclesiastical”), equivalent to church + -ly. Cognate with Scots kirkly (“ecclesiastical”), Dutch kerkelijk (“ecclesiastic, ecclesiastical”), German kirchlich (“ecclesiastical, religious, ecclesiastic”), Swedish kyrklig (“ecclesiastical”). Compare also churchlike.
Base: church
Affixes: -ly
Inflected forms:
form: churchlier
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: churchliest
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: Pertaining to or relating to the church, its government, forms, or ceremonies; ecclesiastical.
pos: adj
examples: [...] upon getting their hearts right in the sight of God, confident, meanwhile, that then all churchly things would not only be conserved, but gathered into right form.
There are gays and lesbians within the Church who steadfastly refuse to leave it, be booted out, or be closeted within it. Their churchly involvement, in this sense, ought not to be merely a matter of curiosity to the non-religious.
gloss: Devoted to, or inclined to attach great importance to, the order and ritual of a particular section of the Christian church.
pos: adj
examples: And in the Smiths of Stratford, in Suffolk, of whom we would now discourse, a middle class family of no great opulence, we have signs of the churchly instinct passing down from generation to generation, [...]
gloss: In accordance with ecclesiastical standards or ceremonies; appropriate for or befitting a church.
pos: adj
examples: churchly music
The church was in the house of Aquila and Priscilla, in the tent of Abraham, and in the palace of David. It must be in every Christian home, and every Christian home must be in the church. In a word, our families must be churchly.
gloss: Characteristic of a church; churchy.
pos: adj
Derived words: anti-churchly
churchliness
nonchurchly
unchurchly
Translations:
afterschool
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From after- + school.
Base: school
Affixes: after-
Inflected forms:
form: after-school
pos: adj
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: Taking place immediately after school classes.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
gloss: Of or pertaining to a program intended to care for and educate children in the time immediately after school classes.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: Usually the youngsters who participate in the Shorefront YM-YWHA-sponsored afterschool program in Brighton Beach are getting homework help or playing in the gym after classes.
Translations:
holodeck
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: literature
media
publishing
science-fiction
Etymology: From holo- + deck, coined in the television series Star Trek: The Next Generation.
Base: deck
Affixes: holo-
Inflected forms:
form: holodecks
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: Holodeck
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: A room that provides holographic simulations for recreation, training, etc.
pos: noun
examples: […] the fact that science-fiction film, and indeed much — if not most — contemporary film, has become a technology on the way to somewhere else, whether that goal turns out to be immersive, interactive, or some holodeck-style fusion of the two.
Computer music might someday replace acoustic music made by human beings, but that time is far away, waiting either for Holodecks to be perfected or for a generation of listeners to arrive who are too busy and too uninvolved with their ambient surroundings to want to relate to them[.]
Building a holodeck will require breakthroughs in sensors, robotics, and mechanical interfaces […]
In such a world, would one want to be hooked up to a pleasure machine or live on a holodeck?
Translations:
polynomially
Part of speech: adv
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From polynomial + -ly.
Base: polynomial
Affixes: -ly
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: In a polynomial way.
pos: adv
tags: not-comparable
Translations:
vasospasm
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From vaso- + spasm.
Base: spasm
Affixes: vaso-
Inflected forms:
form: vasospasms
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Spasm of the blood vessels, leading to vasoconstriction and potentially tissue ischemia and necrosis.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
Translations:
multiplane
Part of speech: adj
noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From multi- + plane.
Base: plane
Affixes: multi-
Inflected forms:
form: multiplanes
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Consisting of several planes or surfaces
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
gloss: An airplane having at least three superposed main planes
pos: noun
gloss: A motion-picture camera used in traditional animation to move a number of pieces of artwork at various speeds and various distances, creating a sense of parallax or depth.
pos: noun
Translations:
clearway
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: compound
Topics: aeronautics
aerospace
aviation
business
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
Etymology: From clear + way.
Compound parts: clear
way
Inflected forms:
form: clearways
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A road or other path that is kept free of obstructions, or on which stopping is strictly regulated, in order to maintain free flow of movement.
pos: noun
tags: Australia
New-Zealand
UK
examples: The traffic lanes of the sea can be clearways for thousands of miles.
The red cross means no stopping, not even to pick up or set down passengers. The sign is used to indicate a 24-hour clearway (usually on a rural road) or may be incorporated into other signs with the words “No stopping” (e.g. the “no stopping except local buses” sign at bus stops. On a 24-hour clearway, the prohibition of stopping applies only to the main carriageway. You may stop in a lay-by unless there are signs to say otherwise. A 24-hour clearway does not have any special road markings, but there should be smaller repeater signs at approximately one mile intervals.
gloss: An area projecting from the end of a runway that is kept clear of obstructions exceeding a height that increases with distance from the end of the runway.
pos: noun
examples: A clearway may be provided to extend the takeoff distance available (TODA) beyond the end of the hard surface which defines the declarable length of the available takeoff run (TORA).
Translations:
injera
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: Borrowed from Tigrinya እንጀራ (ʾənǧära) or Amharic እንጀራ (ʾənǧära).
Inflected forms:
form: injeras
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: enjera
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: A pancakelike flatbread made from fermented teff flour, a traditional food of Eritrea, Ethiopia, Somalia, Yemen, and the Nuer people of Sudan.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: In Ethiopia, a volcanic pepper and spice seasoning, berbere, is widely used, and the stews called wats are eaten with a spongy flat bread, injera.
The tang of fresh injera coats the air above her head.
Translations:
dickless
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From dick + -less.
Base: dick
Affixes: -less
Inflected forms:
form: more dickless
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most dickless
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: Without a penis.
pos: adj
tags: slang
vulgar
examples: But all that was early on in my transition, before I realized that there are worse things than being dickless in Denver.
gloss: Circumcised.
pos: adj
tags: derogatory
slang
vulgar
gloss: Wimpy; cowardly; not manly.
pos: adj
tags: figuratively
slang
vulgar
examples: Christ, that's like waking up and finding that dickless fuck Bob Dean's tongue in my mouth. Pleaeagh! Pleaagh!!! Will someone please hold the hose while I steam-clean my genitals, I feel so DIRTY! Sis D has an excellent excuse, she's a walking stroke mag of glistening beauty, but you? Next thing you know, iceknife will be asking for a pair of my undies to sniff while he wanks to reruns of The Mary Tyler Moore Show.
Related words: cockless
limpdick
Derived words: dicklessness
Dickless Tracy
Translations:
Jamesian
Part of speech: adj
noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From James + -ian.
Base: James
Affixes: -ian
Inflected forms:
form: more Jamesian
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most Jamesian
pos: adj
tags: superlative
form: Jamesean
pos: adj
tags: alternative
form: Jamesians
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: Jamesean
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: Of or relating to American writer Henry James (1843–1916), regarded as one of the key figures of 19th-century literary realism.
pos: adj
gloss: Of or relating to English writer M. R. James (1862–1936), known for his original ghost stories.
pos: adj
gloss: Of or relating to American philosopher, historian, and psychologist William James (1842–1910).
pos: adj
gloss: Relating to or characteristic of American baseball writer (and founder of sabermetrics) Bill James (1949–).
pos: adj
examples: As a James fan myself I was hoping for a new set of Jamesian terms, like STAB (Streetwalkers and Transients Assassinated per Borough), say, or O.J.'s (Obstructions of Justice). And as it turns out there are a few. By the final chapter we are fluent enough in Mr. James's methodology that we don't flinch when he classifies the murder of JonBenet Ramsey as an "IQBX 9."
gloss: An adherent or proponent of Jamesian (in various senses) ideas.
pos: noun
examples: Several Jamesians now hold high office in baseball. Billy Beane, a first-round draft pick who began reading back issues of the Abstract after his outfielding career stalled, was named general manager of the Oakland A's in 1997.
Translations:
acetoin
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
Etymology: aceto- + -in
Inflected forms:
form: acetoins
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The compound 3-hydroxybutanone CH₃-CO-CH(OH)-CH₃ that is one of the constituents of the flavour of butter
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
Translations:
akinesia
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: medicine
sciences
Etymology: From a- + -kinesia.
Affixes: a-
-kinesia
Inflected forms:
form: akinesias
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The loss of the ability to control motor muscles.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
Translations: