yuanxin112/wiktionary-morph huggingface dataset:
smugness
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English smug
Proto-Germanic *-inōną
Proto-Indo-European *-dyé-
Proto-Germanic *-atjaną
Proto-Indo-European *-tus
Proto-Germanic *-þuz
Proto-Germanic *-assuz
Proto-Germanic *-inassuz
Proto-West Germanic *-nassī
Old English -nes
Middle English -nesse
English -ness
English smugness
From smug + -ness.
Inflected forms:
form: smugnesses
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The state or quality of being smug.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
gloss: The result or product of being smug.
pos: noun
tags: countable
Translations:
stupendously
Part of speech: adv
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English stupendous
Middle English -ly
English -ly
English stupendously
From stupendous + -ly.
Inflected forms:
form: more stupendously
pos: adv
tags: comparative
form: most stupendously
pos: adv
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: In a stupendous manner.
pos: adv
Translations:
sturdily
Part of speech: adv
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English sturdy
Middle English -ly
English -ly
English sturdily
From sturdy + -ly.
Inflected forms:
form: more sturdily
pos: adv
tags: comparative
form: most sturdily
pos: adv
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: In a sturdy manner.
pos: adv
examples: This table is so sturdily built that I can stand on it without fear of it breaking.
Look at the little fellows, mere bundles of fluff, paddling along so busily and sturdily.
I love the idea of setting a mystery in the midst of a women's newspaper; and the lesbian community, with our controversies and our collectives for local color, is a juicy topic for satire. However, most of the time, Schulman is incapable of setting us up sturdily enough to make knocking us down into an interesting enterprise.
Translations:
sturdiness
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English sturdy
Proto-Germanic *-inōną
Proto-Indo-European *-dyé-
Proto-Germanic *-atjaną
Proto-Indo-European *-tus
Proto-Germanic *-þuz
Proto-Germanic *-assuz
Proto-Germanic *-inassuz
Proto-West Germanic *-nassī
Old English -nes
Middle English -nesse
English -ness
English sturdiness
From sturdy + -ness.
Inflected forms:
form: sturdinesses
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The state or quality of being sturdy.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
usually
Translations:
subcompact
Part of speech: noun
adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *upó
Proto-Italic *supo
Latin sub
Latin sub-der.
English sub-
English compact
English subcompact
From sub- + compact.
Inflected forms:
form: subcompacts
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Something that is smaller than the compact version, especially a very small car.
pos: noun
gloss: Smaller than the compact version.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
Translations:
streetwalker
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: compound
Etymology: From street + walker.
Compound parts: street
walker
Inflected forms:
form: streetwalkers
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: street walker
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: A prostitute who looks for customers on the streets and in other public places.
pos: noun
tags: derogatory
informal
gloss: Someone walking in the street; an average citizen.
pos: noun
tags: archaic
Translations:
strategist
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English strategy
Proto-Indo-European *-id-
Proto-Indo-European *-yéti
Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti
Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō
Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)
Proto-Hellenic *-tās
Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs)
Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor.
Latin -istader.
Old French -istebor.
Middle English -ist
English -ist
English strategist
From strategy + -ist.
Inflected forms:
form: strategists
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A person who devises strategies.
pos: noun
examples: In his submission to the UN, [Christof] Heyns points to the experience of drones. Unmanned aerial vehicles were intended initially only for surveillance, and their use for offensive purposes was prohibited, yet once strategists realised their perceived advantages as a means of carrying out targeted killings, all objections were swept out of the way.
Translations:
superfluously
Part of speech: adv
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English superfluous
Middle English -ly
English -ly
English superfluously
From superfluous + -ly.
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: In a superfluous manner.
pos: adv
tags: not-comparable
Translations:
straw-colored
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: more straw-colored
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most straw-colored
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: Pale yellow, the color of straw.
pos: adj
Translations:
strategically
Part of speech: adv
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English strategic
Proto-Italic *-ālis
Latin -ālisbor.
Old French -albor.
▲
Latin -ālis
Old French -elbor.
▲
Latin -ālisbor.
Middle English -al
Middle English -ly
Middle English -ally
English -ally
English strategically
From strategic + -ally.
Inflected forms:
form: more strategically
pos: adv
tags: comparative
form: most strategically
pos: adv
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: In a strategic manner.
pos: adv
examples: Ursula saw that now Bella Watson's chance meetings with him had to be strategically and singly planned by Bella, whose wifely attentions to the bereaved man were markedly meaning.
Translations:
stridently
Part of speech: adv
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English strident
Middle English -ly
English -ly
English stridently
From strident + -ly.
Inflected forms:
form: more stridently
pos: adv
tags: comparative
form: most stridently
pos: adv
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: In a strident manner.
pos: adv
examples: It survived the overreach of progress once before, escaping demolition and rebuilding in the 1970s. That survival was a triumph against the "stridently modernist" plans then put forth.
Translations:
deque
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
Etymology: Shortened from double-ended queue.
Inflected forms:
form: deques
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: dequeue
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: A linear data structure in which elements may be appended to or removed from either end.
pos: noun
examples: This algorithm is difficult to implement with a standard queue, but with a deque it's easy.
As with the stack and queue, the Standard Template Library provides an implementation of a deque.
Translations:
reeling
Part of speech: noun
adj
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: reelings
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: more reeling
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most reeling
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: The motion of something that reels.
pos: noun
examples: Epilepsies, or fallings and reelings, and beastly vomitings. The least of these, even when the tongue begins to be untied, is a degree of drunkenness.
pos: adj
tags: no-gloss
Translations:
virion
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: biology
microbiology
natural-sciences
virology
Etymology: From French virion. By surface analysis, virus + -on.
Inflected forms:
form: virions
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A single individual particle of a virus (the viral equivalent of a cell).
pos: noun
Translations:
reassortment
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: biology
natural-sciences
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Italic *wre-
Latin re-der.
Old French re-bor.
Middle English re-
English re-
English assortment
English reassortment
From re- + assortment.
Inflected forms:
form: reassortments
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: re-assortment
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: The act or result of arranging in a new order or layout.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: The mixing of genetic material of two competing viruses infecting the same cell.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
Translations:
intersexual
Part of speech: adj
noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: biology
natural-sciences
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *h₁én
Proto-Indo-European *h₁entér
Proto-Italic *n̥ter
Latin inter
Latin inter-bor.
English inter-
Proto-Indo-European *sek-der.
Proto-Indo-European *séks-u-sder.
Proto-Italic *seksus
Latin sexus
Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.?
Proto-Italic *-ālis
Latin -ālis
Latin sexuālisbor.
English sexual
English intersexual
From inter- + sexual.
Inflected forms:
form: intersexuals
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Between the sexes.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
usually
gloss: Having both male and female characteristics, or characteristics intermediate between the sexes.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
gloss: An intersex person.
pos: noun
Synonyms: intersex
intersexed
Derived words: intersexualism
intersexualist
intersexualization
intersexualize
intersexually
Translations:
theobromine
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
Etymology: From the genus Theobroma + -ine.
Affixes: -ine
Inflected forms:
form: theobromines
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: theobromin
pos: noun
tags: alternative
dated
Senses:
gloss: An alkaloid, of similar structure to caffeine, found in chocolate/cocoa.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: Kola [...] contains a greater quantity of caffeine and theobromine than the best teas and coffees.
Translations:
breathy
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English breath
Proto-Indo-European *-kos
Proto-Germanic *-gaz
Proto-West Germanic *-g
Old English -iġ
Middle English -y
English -y
English breathy
From breath + -y.
Inflected forms:
form: breathier
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: breathiest
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: Accompanied by audible breathing.
pos: adj
examples: She had cold sores on her upper lip which made her mouth look swollen and ugly. But from a distance it was not noticeable – like the spit and breathy sounds.
Translations:
breathily
Part of speech: adv
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English breathy
Middle English -ly
English -ly
English breathily
From breathy + -ly.
Inflected forms:
form: more breathily
pos: adv
tags: comparative
form: most breathily
pos: adv
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: In a breathy manner.
pos: adv
examples: "Shall I slip into something more comfortable?" she said breathily.
Translations:
lutherie
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: From French lutherie (“manufacture of stringed instruments”). Doublet of luthiery.
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: The craft of making stringed musical instruments.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
Translations:
subfreezing
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *upó
Proto-Italic *supo
Latin sub
Latin sub-der.
English sub-
English freezing
English subfreezing
From sub- + freezing.
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Colder than the freezing point of water; below zero degrees Celsius or 32 degrees Fahrenheit.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: The arctic cold front brought subfreezing temperatures, snow, freezing rain and treacherous driving conditions.
A subfreezing December 1955 wind blows whistle steam past cab as J-5a 5439 with the Queen City yells for a Dayton (O.) crossing.
Translations:
submicroscopic
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *upó
Proto-Italic *supo
Latin sub
Latin sub-der.
English sub-
Proto-Indo-European *mey-der.?
Ancient Greek μῑκρός (mīkrós)
Proto-Indo-European *speḱ-
Proto-Indo-European *-yeti
Proto-Indo-European *spéḱyeti
Proto-Hellenic *sképťomai
Ancient Greek σκέπτομαι (sképtomai)
Proto-Indo-European *-ós
Proto-Hellenic *-ós
▲
Ancient Greek -ος (-os)influ.
Ancient Greek -ός (-ós)
Ancient Greek σκοπός (skopós)
Proto-Indo-European *-eti
Proto-Indo-European *-eyéti
Proto-Indo-European *-esyéti
Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁ti
Proto-Indo-European *-yeti
Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁yeti
Proto-Indo-European *-yeti
Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti
Ancient Greek -έω (-éō)
Ancient Greek σκοπέω (skopéō)
Proto-Indo-European *-yós
Proto-Italic *-ios
Old Latin -ios
Latin -ius
Latin -ium
Latin mīcroscopiumlbor.
Italian microscopiobor.
English microscope
Proto-Indo-European *-ikos
Proto-Italic *-ikos
Latin -icuslbor.
Old French -iquebor.
Middle English -ik
English -ic
English microscopic
English submicroscopic
From sub- + microscopic.
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Smaller than microscopic; too small to be seen even with a microscope
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
Translations:
submissiveness
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English submissive
Proto-Germanic *-inōną
Proto-Indo-European *-dyé-
Proto-Germanic *-atjaną
Proto-Indo-European *-tus
Proto-Germanic *-þuz
Proto-Germanic *-assuz
Proto-Germanic *-inassuz
Proto-West Germanic *-nassī
Old English -nes
Middle English -nesse
English -ness
English submissiveness
From submissive + -ness.
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: The state or quality of being submissive.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
Translations:
sublease
Part of speech: noun
verb
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: law
property
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *upó
Proto-Italic *supo
Latin sub
Latin sub-der.
English sub-
English lease
English sublease
From sub- + lease.
Inflected forms:
form: subleases
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: sub-lease
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: subleases
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: subleasing
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: subleased
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: subleased
pos: verb
tags: past
form: sub-lease
pos: verb
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: A lease sublet by a tenant or lessee to a subtenant.
pos: noun
gloss: Synonym of sublet.
pos: verb
tags: informal
examples: These had been sub-leased from EMR (and previously East Midlands Trains) for more than a year to cover for Mk 4s undergoing planned maintenance.
Translations:
subnormal
Part of speech: adj
noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: computing
computing-theory
engineering
geometry
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *upó
Proto-Italic *supo
Latin sub
Latin sub-der.
English sub-
Latin norma
Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.?
Proto-Italic *-ālis
Latin -ālis
Latin nōrmālisder.
English normal
English subnormal
From sub- + normal.
Inflected forms:
form: more subnormal
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most subnormal
pos: adj
tags: superlative
form: subnormals
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Less than normal.
pos: adj
examples: Near-synonym: below average
His intelligence was considered subnormal, but as a musician he was a genius.
gloss: denormal
pos: adj
examples: Subnormal numbers cannot be normalized because this would result in an exponent that does not fit into the exponent field.
gloss: idiot, stupid.
pos: adj
tags: derogatory
offensive
gloss: A person whose abilities are less than normal.
pos: noun
examples: the IQ scores of mental subnormals
gloss: That part of the axis of a curved line which is intercepted between the ordinate and the normal.
pos: noun
gloss: Synonym of denormal.
pos: noun
Derived words: subnormality
subnormally
Translations:
suborbital
Part of speech: adj
noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: anatomy
astronomy
medicine
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
sciences
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *upó
Proto-Italic *supo
Latin sub
Latin sub-der.
English sub-
English orbital
English suborbital
From sub- + orbital.
Inflected forms:
form: sub-orbital
pos: adj
tags: alternative
form: suborbitals
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: sub-orbital
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: Not reaching orbit; having a trajectory that does not reach orbital velocity and so must return to ground eventually.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: The first rocket test was suborbital; it didn't even get off the ground but rather exploded on the launchpad.
gloss: Below the orbit of the eye.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
gloss: A suborbital bone.
pos: noun
gloss: A portion of an orbital.
pos: noun
Derived words: postsuborbital
suborbitally
suborbit
Translations:
subscript
Part of speech: noun
verb
adj
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
media
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
programming
publishing
sciences
typography
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *upó
Proto-Italic *supo
Latin sub
Latin sub-der.
English sub-
Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker-?
Proto-Indo-European *(s)kreybʰ-
Proto-Indo-European *(s)kréybʰeti
Proto-Italic *skreiβō
Latin scrībō
Latin scrīptum
Old French escritbor.
Middle English scrit
English script
English subscript
From sub- + script.
Inflected forms:
form: subscripts
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: subscripts
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: subscripting
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: subscripted
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: subscripted
pos: verb
tags: past
Senses:
gloss: A type of lettering form written lower than the things around it.
pos: noun
examples: In chemical formulas the number of atoms in a molecule is written as a subscript, so we write H₂O for water which has two atoms of hydrogen for each one of oxygen.
gloss: An index into an array or hash.
pos: noun
examples: If the container is subscriptable and you remember the position where a particular piece of data was stored, you can use the subscript to efficiently retrieve the data.
gloss: To provide with a subscript.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: As in the chapters on the synchronous model, we use the convention of subscripting a variable by the index of the process at which the variable resides.
The elements of these matrices are subscripted with a row–column index, that is, with two integers that give the row and column position in the array.
gloss: To convert to a subscript form.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: If your presentation covers chemistry or some other scientific field, you'll need to subscript and superscript characters (think H2O).
gloss: To access (an array element) by its index.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: Avoid subscripting arrays or hashes within loops.
gloss: Written underneath.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
Antonyms: superscript
Related words: script
subscribe
subscription
Derived words: iota subscript
subscriptable
Translations:
subsurface
Part of speech: noun
adj
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: mathematics
sciences
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *upó
Proto-Italic *supo
Latin sub
Latin sub-der.
English sub-
Middle French surfacebor.
English surface
English subsurface
From sub- + surface.
Inflected forms:
form: subsurfaces
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Something that is below the layer that is on the surface.
pos: noun
examples: Before we could lay the flooring we had to lay a subsurface under it to keep it flat and support it.
gloss: A surface which is a submanifold of another surface.
pos: noun
tags: countable
gloss: Below the surface.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: variations in subsurface conditions
Translations:
subtenant
Part of speech: noun
verb
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: law
property
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *upó
Proto-Italic *supo
Latin sub
Latin sub-der.
English sub-
English tenant
English subtenant
From sub- + tenant.
Inflected forms:
form: subtenants
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: sub-tenant
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: subtenants
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: subtenanting
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: subtenanted
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: subtenanted
pos: verb
tags: past
form: sub-tenant
pos: verb
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: A tenant of a sublease.
pos: noun
gloss: Synonym of sublet.
pos: verb
tags: informal
Translations:
supercargo
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: economics
sciences
shipping
transport
Etymology: From super- (prefix meaning ‘above; superior in position or title’) + earlier supracargo.
Inflected forms:
form: supercargos
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: supercargoes
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Synonym of supracargo
pos: noun
tags: historical
examples: [A]t night, when the boat sailed along easily before a light breeze, and the sailors were gathered on the upper deck, while the captain and the supercargo lolled in deck-chairs, smoking their pipes, I saw him dance with another lad, dance wildly, to the wheezy music of the concertina.
gloss: Synonym of supracargo
pos: noun
tags: obsolete
gloss: Any overseer or superintendent; also, an agent or representative; or an intermediary; a go-between, a middleman.
pos: noun
tags: figuratively
Related words: supervisor
Derived words: supercargoship
Translations:
lang: Finnish
word: superkargööri
lang: Russian
word: суперка́рго
roman: superkárgo
summerhouse
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: compound
Etymology: From Middle English somer-hous, from Old English sumerhūs, sumorhūs, equivalent to summer + house. Compare Dutch zomerhuis, German Sommerhaus, Danish sommerhus, Swedish sommarhus.
Compound parts: summer
house
Inflected forms:
form: summerhouses
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: summer house
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: summer-house
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: A house owned not as a primary residence and used as vacation home during warm weather months of the year.
pos: noun
gloss: An outbuilding in a garden where the owners can relax in warm weather.
pos: noun
examples: "When he had religion he used to be always hammerin' up seats and summer-houses and things out of bits of twisty wood. Mad over that, he was."
Related words: country house
dacha
holiday home
villa
winterhouse
Translations:
sun-drenched
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: Since the 1890s or earlier; figurative, conceiving sunlight as if it were a fluid that can drench (immerse) something.
Inflected forms:
form: more sun-drenched
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most sun-drenched
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: Receiving lots of sunshine; bathed in sunlight; (of a place) frequently sunny.
pos: adj
examples: Sun-drenched beaches are vacation destinations for sunbathers no matter where the beaches are.
Ahead of them were two sun-drenched (all going well) weeks of lazing on the beach.
Translations:
strip-mine
Part of speech: verb
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: strip-mines
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: strip-mining
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: strip-mined
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: strip-mined
pos: verb
tags: past
Senses:
gloss: To mine by creating a strip mine, usually for coal or tar sands.
pos: verb
examples: The decision to strip-mine was opposed by environmentalists.
Since 1945, approximately 4 million acres of land have been strip-mined, of which only 2 million have been revegetated.
gloss: To use up all the resources of something.
pos: verb
tags: figuratively
examples: This is what success looks like in the creator economy: A group of friends becomes a cast of characters, strip-mines lives and relationships for content and, in the process, turns into a corporation, with payroll to process and liabilities to consider.
Translations:
stretchable
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: mathematics
sciences
topology
Etymology: Etymology tree
English stretch
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 stretchable
From stretch + -able.
Inflected forms:
form: more stretchable
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most stretchable
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: Capable of being stretched.
pos: adj
gloss: Of a pseudoline arrangement: combinatorially equivalent to a line arrangement, such that one can straighten each line while maintaining the order in which they cross.
pos: adj
Antonyms: nonstretchable
non-stretchable
Related words: stretchability
Derived words: stretchableness
stretchably
unstretchable
Translations:
stubbly
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English stubble
English -y
English stubbly
From stubble + -y.
Inflected forms:
form: stubblier
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: stubbliest
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: Having stubble.
pos: adj
examples: the stubbly ground after harvesting
gloss: Resembling or characteristic of stubble.
pos: adj
Translations:
streptococcus
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Morphologically a compound of strepto- + -coccus. They grow in chains or pairs, thus the name — from Ancient Greek στρεπτός (streptós, “twisted, pliant”), like a chain. Compare the genus name Streptococcus.
Affixes: strepto-
-coccus
Inflected forms:
form: streptococci
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A spherical, gram-positive bacterium of the genus Streptococcus. Although commonly found benignly in the human mouth and gut, and though many species are non-pathogenic, other species can cause diseases including strep throat and more serious conditions.
pos: noun
Translations:
stuffiness
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English stuffy
Proto-Germanic *-inōną
Proto-Indo-European *-dyé-
Proto-Germanic *-atjaną
Proto-Indo-European *-tus
Proto-Germanic *-þuz
Proto-Germanic *-assuz
Proto-Germanic *-inassuz
Proto-West Germanic *-nassī
Old English -nes
Middle English -nesse
English -ness
English stuffiness
From stuffy + -ness.
Inflected forms:
form: stuffinesses
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The state or quality of being angry and obstinate.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
gloss: The state or quality of being poorly-ventilated and close.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
gloss: The result or product of being stuffy.
pos: noun
tags: countable
rare
Related words: stuffily
stuffy
Translations:
streptococcal
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Streptococcus + -al
Affixes: -al
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Relating to bacteria of the genus Streptococcus.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
Translations:
streptomycin
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
Etymology: From translingual Streptomyces + -in. By surface analysis, strepto- + -mycin.
Base: Streptomyces
Affixes: -in
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: An aminoglycoside and bactericidal antibiotic C₂₁H₃₉N₇O₁₂ that is produced by a soil actinomycete (Streptomyces griseus), is active against many bacteria, and is administered via intramuscular injection especially in the treatment of infections by gram-negative bacteria. It was the first drug to be successful against tuberculosis but is now chiefly used with other drugs because of its toxic side effects.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
Translations:
spinney
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: From Middle English spenné, from Middle French espinoye (“thorny thicket”), espinaye, from Latin spīnētum (“thorny thicket”), from Latin spīna (“thorn”).
Inflected forms:
form: spinneys
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: spinny
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: A small copse or wood, especially one planted as a shelter for game birds.
pos: noun
tags: UK
examples: “H'm !" he said, "so, so — it is a tragedy in a prologue and three acts. I am going down this afternoon to see the curtain fall for the third time on what […] will prove a good burlesque ; but it all began dramatically enough. It was last Saturday […] that two boys, playing in the little spinney just outside Wembley Park Station, came across three large parcels done up in American cloth. […]”
I've never hunted myself, but I understand that half the battle is being able to make noises like some jungle animal with dyspepsia, and I believe that Aunt Dahlia in her prime could lift fellow-members of the Quorn and Pytchley out of their saddles with a single yip, though separated from them by two ploughed fields and a spinney.
Freda, the German undermatron, once discovered him sunbathing nude in the spinney.
Translations:
sectarianism
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: government
politics
Etymology: Etymology tree
English sectarian
Proto-Indo-European *-id-
Proto-Indo-European *-yéti
Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti
Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō
Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)
Proto-Indo-European *-mos
Proto-Indo-European *-mós
Ancient Greek -μός (-mós)
Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós)der.
English -ism
English sectarianism
From sectarian + -ism.
Inflected forms:
form: sectarianisms
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Rigid adherence to a particular sect, denomination, ideology, or party.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: They were discussing sectarianism between Shias and Sunnis.
Our conversation is in French, since he downplays his ability to speak English “out of sectarianism”.
gloss: A political system in which power is shared among religious sects based on a constitutional formula distributing public offices among these sects.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: In Lebanese sectarianism, one half of the members of parliament are Christians and the other half are Muslims.
Derived words: anti-sectarianism
unsectarianism
Translations:
skimpily
Part of speech: adv
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English skimpy
Middle English -ly
English -ly
English skimpily
From skimpy + -ly.
Inflected forms:
form: more skimpily
pos: adv
tags: comparative
form: most skimpily
pos: adv
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: In a skimpy manner.
pos: adv
examples: No flashy dressers, skimpily dressed starlets, or celebrities stepping out of stretch limos. Instead, on a warm Friday evening in June 2009, one hundred protestors sang prayers, chanted slogans, and carried signs […]
Translations:
skin-deep
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: skin deep
pos: adj
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: Shallow, superficial.
pos: adj
tags: figuratively
not-comparable
examples: Dead enough; to live thenceforth a galvanic life of mere Stump-Oratory; screeching and gibbering, words without wisdom, without veracity, without conviction more than skin-deep.
Would the wicked river drag me down by the heels, indeed? and look so beautiful all the time? Nature’s good-humour was only skin-deep after all.
“He calls himself a white man,” answered the Master-Attendant scornfully; “but if so, it’s just skin-deep and no more. I told him that to his face too.”
Olga de Coude is very beautiful; that, and the dim light and the seductive surroundings, and the appeal of the defenseless for protection, might have been resisted by a more civilized man, but my civilization is not even skin deep—it does not go deeper than my clothes.
She was wantonly aesthetic; but she was an excellent creature, kind and good natured; and her affectations were but skin-deep.
The painter smiled at once, his bright, skin-deep smile.
Chris Huhne, environment spokesman for the Liberal Democrats, said Mr Blair's remarks showed he was "delusional" on climate change and that his environmentalism was only "skin deep".
What news stories like this really show is that the rampant technology fetishism, which runs like e-wildfire through our i-society, is really only skin-deep.
Britain's claims to being a functioning democracy are only skin deep [title]
Translations:
skinless
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From Middle English skynles, equivalent to skin + -less. Cognate with Old Norse skinnlauss (“skinless”).
Base: skin
Affixes: -less
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Not having an outer layer of skin or skinlike material, or with such a layer removed.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: I bought skinless chicken breast because the fat right under the skin is supposed to be fattening; but they don't crisp as much.
Translations:
skinniness
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English skinny
Proto-Germanic *-inōną
Proto-Indo-European *-dyé-
Proto-Germanic *-atjaną
Proto-Indo-European *-tus
Proto-Germanic *-þuz
Proto-Germanic *-assuz
Proto-Germanic *-inassuz
Proto-West Germanic *-nassī
Old English -nes
Middle English -nesse
English -ness
English skinniness
From skinny + -ness.
Inflected forms:
form: skinninesses
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The property of being skinny.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
usually
Translations:
skittishness
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English skittish
Proto-Germanic *-inōną
Proto-Indo-European *-dyé-
Proto-Germanic *-atjaną
Proto-Indo-European *-tus
Proto-Germanic *-þuz
Proto-Germanic *-assuz
Proto-Germanic *-inassuz
Proto-West Germanic *-nassī
Old English -nes
Middle English -nesse
English -ness
English skittishness
From skittish + -ness.
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: The property of being skittish.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
examples: While the California economy maintains its powerhouse status[…] the state’s most-powerful sectors[…]have struggled to keep their footing, pummeled by high interest rates, investor skittishness, labor strife and other turmoil.
Translations:
skintight
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: compound
Etymology: From skin + tight.
Compound parts: skin
tight
Inflected forms:
form: skin tight
pos: adj
tags: alternative
form: skin-tight
pos: adj
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: Conforming tightly to the body, snug against the skin.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: He'd have to stow the Gun somewhere; no place to conceal it in the skintight bodysuit.
I'mma get your heart racing / In my skin-tight jeans / Be your teenage dream tonight
Translations:
skimmer
Part of speech: noun
verb
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: biology
entomology
government
literature
media
military
natural-sciences
naval
navy
politics
publishing
science-fiction
war
Etymology: From skim + -er.
Base: skim
Affixes: -er
Inflected forms:
form: skimmers
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: skimmers
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: skimmering
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: skimmered
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: skimmered
pos: verb
tags: past
Senses:
gloss: A device that skims.
pos: noun
gloss: A device that skims.
pos: noun
gloss: A device that skims.
pos: noun
gloss: A person who skims.
pos: noun
examples: Perhaps the greatest stone skimmer is Scotland's own Dougie Isaacs, who has won eight world titles.
gloss: Any of three species of bird, in the genus Rynchops of the family Laridae, that feed by skimming the surface of water bodies with their bills in flight.
pos: noun
gloss: Any of several large bivalve shells, sometimes used for skimming milk, such as the sea clam (Spisula solidissima) and large scallops.
pos: noun
gloss: A ballet flat shoe.
pos: noun
gloss: A loose-fitting one-piece dress, similar to a shift but with slightly more fitting.
pos: noun
examples: Classic, box-pleated skimmers and pantdresses stay crisp and fresh, won't wrinkle or wilt!
The utilization of divided dart control—some stitched and some unstitched—is the basis of semifitted styles such as the shift or skimmer dress.
Slightly A-line, princess-cut “skimmers” were popular as dresses in summer and jumpers in winter.
gloss: Any of the dragonflies in the family Libellulidae.
pos: noun
gloss: A sailor in the surface forces, as opposed to a submariner.
pos: noun
gloss: A surface ship.
pos: noun
gloss: A small, fast-moving spacecraft.
pos: noun
examples: Kondric stood beside the skimmer for a moment, looking back at his warriors. They shouted and banged their swords on their shields. He raised his hand in farewell, and followed Violet into the cabin.
They said no one landed on other planets. They said there was no such thing as a skimmer. Rocky hadn't believed them. They didn't know everything. He wished they could see the skimmer.
gloss: Synonym of water strider.
pos: noun
gloss: To shimmer.
pos: verb
gloss: To move quickly, to flutter.
pos: verb
examples: …he was bounding over the heads of the maidens, and making his feet skimmer against the ceiling, enjoying, the while, the most ecstatic emotions.
Synonyms: scissorbill
Derived words: African skimmer
black skimmer
Indian skimmer
blue skimmer
fiery skimmer
hydroskimmer
neon skimmer
sea skimmer
slender skimmer
spider skimmer
Translations:
sleaziness
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English sleazy
Proto-Germanic *-inōną
Proto-Indo-European *-dyé-
Proto-Germanic *-atjaną
Proto-Indo-European *-tus
Proto-Germanic *-þuz
Proto-Germanic *-assuz
Proto-Germanic *-inassuz
Proto-West Germanic *-nassī
Old English -nes
Middle English -nesse
English -ness
English sleaziness
From sleazy + -ness.
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: The property of being sleazy.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
examples: He didnʼt look like a gangster or pimp but he carried the sleaziness of someone who did barely legal work.
Translations:
slasher
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: broadcasting
film
lifestyle
media
television
Etymology: Etymology tree
English slash
Proto-Indo-European *-yósder.
Proto-Italic *-āzijos
Latin -āriusnom.
Latin -āriusbor.
Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz
Proto-West Germanic *-ārī
Old English -ere
Middle English -ere
English -er
English slasher
From slash + -er.
Inflected forms:
form: slashers
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: One who slashes.
pos: noun
gloss: A machine for applying size to warp yarns.
pos: noun
gloss: A horror movie with graphic blood and violence; a slasher movie.
pos: noun
tags: informal
examples: Realizing there was a fresh market for a style of movie that studios had written off as niche material, Scream’s gonzo profits ushered in a wave of subsequent slashers trying to capitalize on a new generation’s discovery of the subgenre, as Gen Xers and Gen Yers alike learned (or re-learned) the fundamental pleasures of a good old-fashioned murder spree by a crazed killer, supernatural or otherwise.
gloss: A murderer in such a film.
pos: noun
gloss: One who self-injures by cutting.
pos: noun
examples: […] an overdoser, binge drinker, slasher, or sexually impulsive person, is found to act impulsively following some sort of change in a relationship.
gloss: A tool for cutting undergrowth.
pos: noun
gloss: One who writes slash fiction and/or supports male/male ships.
pos: noun
tags: slang
examples: With the success of the first film and the third one already in production, Warner Bros. is more likely to greet Harry Potter slashers with more takedown orders than tolerance.
The same aspects that made buddy shows attractive to relationship-oriented fans also made them attractive to slashers; the fact that these shows were set in an era of tight jeans and unbuttoned shirts, and of the loosening of formerly strict standards of acceptable male behavior, only provided additional evidence for homoerotic interpretation.
In other words denied their own voice by a conservative misogynist culture, the original female slashers and vidders needed male characters as surrogates to express their own identity and desires.
Derived words: femslasher
hack and slasher
hack-and-slasher
slasher film
slasher flick
slasher movie
Translations:
sleepiness
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Germanic *slēpaz
Proto-West Germanic *slāp
Proto-Indo-European *-kos
Proto-Germanic *-gaz
Proto-West Germanic *-g
Proto-West Germanic *slāpag
Old English *slǣpiġ
Middle English slepy
English sleepy
Proto-Germanic *-inōną
Proto-Indo-European *-dyé-
Proto-Germanic *-atjaną
Proto-Indo-European *-tus
Proto-Germanic *-þuz
Proto-Germanic *-assuz
Proto-Germanic *-inassuz
Proto-West Germanic *-nassī
Old English -nes
Middle English -nesse
English -ness
English sleepiness
From sleepy + -ness.
Inflected forms:
form: sleepinesses
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The property of being sleepy.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
usually
Translations:
slenderness
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: architecture
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
Etymology: Etymology tree
English slender
Proto-Germanic *-inōną
Proto-Indo-European *-dyé-
Proto-Germanic *-atjaną
Proto-Indo-European *-tus
Proto-Germanic *-þuz
Proto-Germanic *-assuz
Proto-Germanic *-inassuz
Proto-West Germanic *-nassī
Old English -nes
Middle English -nesse
English -ness
English slenderness
From slender + -ness.
Inflected forms:
form: slendernesses
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The property of being slender.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
usually
examples: England have not beaten their neighbours from across the Channel since 1974 and the slenderness of the scoreline, with the two side’s separated only by Eugénie Le Sommer’s first-half strike, disguises the superiority of a French side now clear favourites to top Group F
gloss: The quotient between the height and the width of a building.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
usually
Translations:
sleekness
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English sleek
Proto-Germanic *-inōną
Proto-Indo-European *-dyé-
Proto-Germanic *-atjaną
Proto-Indo-European *-tus
Proto-Germanic *-þuz
Proto-Germanic *-assuz
Proto-Germanic *-inassuz
Proto-West Germanic *-nassī
Old English -nes
Middle English -nesse
English -ness
English sleekness
From sleek + -ness.
Inflected forms:
form: sleeknesses
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The quality of being sleek.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
Translations:
sleepily
Part of speech: adv
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Germanic *slēpaz
Proto-West Germanic *slāp
Proto-Indo-European *-kos
Proto-Germanic *-gaz
Proto-West Germanic *-g
Proto-West Germanic *slāpag
Old English *slǣpiġ
Middle English slepy
English sleepy
Middle English -ly
English -ly
English sleepily
From sleepy + -ly.
Inflected forms:
form: more sleepily
pos: adv
tags: comparative
form: most sleepily
pos: adv
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: In a sleepy manner.
pos: adv
examples: Igins was studying the habits of a capuchin caterpillar, that, like his betters, was sleepily eating his way through existence on the leaf of a cabbage in the garden […]
Lettie's eyes were scarcely open, but she answered sleepily, "Well, papa."
Translations:
sleeved
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: business
clothing
construction
fashion
lifestyle
manufacturing
textiles
Etymology: From Middle English *sleved, *isleved, from Old English ġeslīefed (“sleeved”), equivalent to sleeve + -ed.
Base: sleeve
Affixes: -ed
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Having sleeves.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
gloss: Made with or having sleeves.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
Derived words: longsleeved
long-sleeved
short-sleeved
Slanket
unsleeved
Translations:
sleeplessness
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English sleepless
Proto-Germanic *-in-
Proto-Indo-European *-h₂
Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂
Proto-Indo-European *-yéti
Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti
Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ti
Proto-Germanic *-ōną
Proto-Germanic *-inōną
Proto-Indo-European *-dyé-
Proto-Germanic *-atjaną
Proto-Indo-European *-tus
Proto-Germanic *-þuz
Proto-Germanic *-assuz
Proto-Germanic *-inassuz
Proto-West Germanic *-nassī
Old English -nes
Middle English -nesse
English -ness
English sleeplessness
From sleepless + -ness.
Inflected forms:
form: sleeplessnesses
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Lack of sleep; the property of being sleepless; the inability to sleep, insomnia.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
usually
Translations:
hellbound
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English hell
English -bound
English hellbound
From hell + -bound.
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Bound for Hell; damned.
pos: adj
Translations:
short-tempered
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: By surface analysis, short temper + -ed.
Inflected forms:
form: more short-tempered
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most short-tempered
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: Easily angered; frequently losing one's temper.
pos: adj
examples: She is so short-tempered that people avoid her company.
Translations:
slothfulness
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English slothful
Proto-Germanic *-inōną
Proto-Indo-European *-dyé-
Proto-Germanic *-atjaną
Proto-Indo-European *-tus
Proto-Germanic *-þuz
Proto-Germanic *-assuz
Proto-Germanic *-inassuz
Proto-West Germanic *-nassī
Old English -nes
Middle English -nesse
English -ness
English slothfulness
From slothful + -ness.
Inflected forms:
form: slothfulnesses
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The state or quality of being slothful.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
gloss: The result or product of being slothful.
pos: noun
tags: countable
rare
Translations:
slovenliness
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English slovenly
Proto-Germanic *-inōną
Proto-Indo-European *-dyé-
Proto-Germanic *-atjaną
Proto-Indo-European *-tus
Proto-Germanic *-þuz
Proto-Germanic *-assuz
Proto-Germanic *-inassuz
Proto-West Germanic *-nassī
Old English -nes
Middle English -nesse
English -ness
English slovenliness
From slovenly + -ness.
Inflected forms:
form: slovenlinesses
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The state or quality of being slovenly.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
gloss: The result or product of being slovenly.
pos: noun
tags: countable
Translations:
sluttish
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From Middle English scluttish, slottesche, slottysch, sluttissche, sluttissh; equivalent to slut + -ish.
Base: slut
Affixes: -ish
Inflected forms:
form: more sluttish
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most sluttish
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: Like a slut; sexually promiscuous.
pos: adj
tags: vulgar
examples: His name was perhaps the least likely ever to have been young: it evoked for me the sunless complexion, unaired suiting, steel-rimmed glasses of a ledger clerk in a vanished age. Or had done so, before I found my beautiful, cocky, sluttish Arthur—an Arthur it was impossible to imagine old.
gloss: Dirty or untidy; disorderly.
pos: adj
tags: dated
examples: […] an air of liberal, though sluttish, plenty, indicated the wealthy farmer.
[…] and it was dark and sluttish as all Burmese rooms are, though U Po Kyin had furnished it 'Ingaleik fashion' with a veneered sideboard and chairs […]"
"Check plates and cutlery for tell-tale signs of sluttish washing up […]"
Synonyms: slatternly
slutty
Derived words: sluttishly
sluttishness
Translations:
sluggishly
Part of speech: adv
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English sluggish
Middle English -ly
English -ly
English sluggishly
From sluggish + -ly.
Inflected forms:
form: more sluggishly
pos: adv
tags: comparative
form: most sluggishly
pos: adv
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: In a sluggish manner; responding or moving slowly.
pos: adv
examples: It hung together in banks, flowing sluggishly down the slope of the land and driving reluctantly before the wind[.]
"Their survival to this day tells us Mars' mantle has evolved sluggishly over billions of years," Charalambous said. "On Earth, features like these may well have been largely erased."
Translations: