yuanxin112/wiktionary-morph huggingface dataset:
distributional
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: bridge
games
Etymology: Etymology tree
English distribution
Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.?
Proto-Italic *-ālis
Latin -ālisbor.
Old French -albor.
▲
Latin -ālis
Old French -elbor.
▲
Latin -ālisbor.
Middle English -al
English -al
English distributional
From distribution + -al.
Inflected forms:
form: more distributional
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most distributional
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: Of or pertaining to distribution
pos: adj
examples: Objective 2: Manage and enhance through fieldwork major segments of the U. S. National Insect Collection to be used for morphological and molecular research by U.S. scientists and stakeholders worldwide; mine the associated distributional and biological data for comprehensive databases, and provide rapid authoritative identifications, especially of potentially threatening insect pests.
gloss: Having an uneven distribution.
pos: adj
Derived words: distributionally
distributional semantics
equidistributional
interdistributional
intradistributional
nondistributional
palaeodistributional
paleodistributional
subdistributional
Translations:
oppositionist
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English opposition
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 oppositionist
From opposition + -ist.
Inflected forms:
form: oppositionists
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A person who opposes; especially a member of an official opposition
pos: noun
examples: They felt that the fellow was a quockerwodger rather than a politician, an againster rather than a true American, an oppositionist in fundamental things rather than a sincere patriot.
I see your marriage as a move to establish links with the oppositionist Russian intelligentsia.
Translations:
reauthorization
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Italic *wre-
Latin re-der.
Old French re-bor.
Middle English re-
English re-
English authorization
English reauthorization
From re- + authorization.
Inflected forms:
form: reauthorizations
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A second or subsequent authorization.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: A renewal of an authorization.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: The 1994 law remains crucial to the nation’s efforts to combat domestic violence, sexual assault and stalking. Previous reauthorizations sailed through Congress.
This reauthorization cycle, those skeptics have backing among Republicans who have aligned themselves with former President Donald J. Trump’s distrust of security agencies and surveillance.
Translations:
kettlebell
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
substratebor.?
Proto-Indo-European *ket-der.?
Latin catīnus
Proto-Indo-European *-lós
Proto-Indo-European *-elós
Proto-Italic *-elos
Latin -lus
Latin catīllusbor.?
Proto-Germanic *katilaz
Proto-West Germanic *katil
Old English ċietel
▲
Old Norse ketillinflu.
Middle English ketel
English kettle
Proto-Indo-European *bʰel-der.
Proto-Germanic *bellǭ
Proto-West Germanic *bellā
Old English belle
Middle English belle
English bell
English kettlebell
From kettle + bell.
Inflected forms:
form: kettlebells
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A weight consisting of a cast iron ball with a single handle for gripping the weight during exercise.
pos: noun
examples: Also called kettlebell sport, this is a Russian national sport in which the girya (kettlebell) is used either in single or double form to accumulate as many repetitions as possible in 10 minutes in order to compare one lifter with the next in a sporting framework.
The rows of kettlebells, spotted with various colors of spray paint, fit in with the spartan surroundings. The kettlebell is intimidating in its simplicity: a ball with a handle, like a Biblical weapon or a giant bull’s testicle.
Translations:
roleplayer
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: compound
Etymology: From role + player.
Compound parts: role
player
Inflected forms:
form: roleplayers
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: role player
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: role-player
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: rôle player
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: rôle-player
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: rôleplayer
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: A person who plays roleplaying games.
pos: noun
gloss: Someone who holds, does, or acts a role.
pos: noun
Translations:
unboxing
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *h₂ent-
Proto-Indo-European *-s
Proto-Indo-European *h₂éntsder.
Proto-Germanic *anda-
Proto-West Germanic *anda-
Old English and-
Old English on-
Middle English on-
English un-
English box
English unbox
Proto-Germanic *-ungō
Old English -ung
Middle English -ynge
English -ing
English unboxing
From unbox + -ing (gerundive ending).
Inflected forms:
form: unboxings
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The removal of something from its box; an unpacking.
pos: noun
examples: The most popular unboxings are for expensive gadgets, like the iPhone, Xbox and PlayStation consoles.
Clips of tech-fiends unwrapping new models of cell phones first began turning up on the Internet about a decade ago. Since then, an entire world has blossomed around the unboxing video, with whole YouTube channels dedicated to the unpackaging of dolls, purses, moisturizers, even food.
gloss: Automatic conversion of objects back to value types.
pos: noun
examples: Autoboxing and unboxing are typically used for collections of primitives. […] Unboxing involves the production of a primitive for each object.
Translations:
sourcebook
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: compound
Etymology: From source + book.
Compound parts: source
book
Inflected forms:
form: sourcebooks
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A book consisting of a collection of writings on a particular subject.
pos: noun
gloss: A publication intended to supplement the core materials of a roleplaying game.
pos: noun
examples: That sourcebook is aimed at players of fighters, rogues, rangers, and warlords, and by design you're not going to find much in that book to appeal to other characters.
Translations:
starfield
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: compound
Etymology: From star + field.
Compound parts: star
field
Inflected forms:
form: starfields
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A starry backdrop.
pos: noun
examples: This paper describes continuing research on metaphoric abstractions in developing an interface that employs the starfield (the night sky) as its underlying metaphor.
a classic space starfield effect that you can plug into your movies
A practiced eye can detect the effects of advanced civilizations on a starfield, as technologies harness and affect the raw radiation emitted by so many stars.
Translations:
nanomechanical
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
Ancient Greek νᾶνος (nânos)bor.
Latin nānusbor.
English nano-
Proto-Indo-European *megʰ-der.?
Ancient Greek μηχανή (mēkhanḗ)
Proto-Indo-European *-kos
Ancient Greek -κός (-kós)
Ancient Greek -ικός (-ikós)
Ancient Greek μηχανικός (mēkhanikós)bor.
Latin mēchanicusder.
Old French mecaniquebor.
Middle English mechanic
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 mechanical
English mechanical
English nanomechanical
From nano- + mechanical.
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Of or pertaining to nanomechanisms.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
Translations:
feedforward
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: compound
Etymology: From feed + forward. Formed by analogy with feedback.
Compound parts: feed
forward
Inflected forms:
form: feedforwards
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: feed-forward
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: feed forward
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: An anticipatory response to expected changes in the environment of a system
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: The continuum is dynamic through the action of modulating feedbacks and feedforwards.
Translations:
viscoelasticity
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
Etymology: Etymology tree
English visco-
French élastiquebor.
English elastic
Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂
Proto-Indo-European *-ts
Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts
Latin -itāsder.
Old French -itebor.
Middle English -ite
English -ity
English elasticity
English viscoelasticity
From visco- + elasticity.
Inflected forms:
form: viscoelasticities
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The property of a material that is both viscous and elastic.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: The branch of rheology that studies such materials.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
Related words: poroviscoelasticity
viscoelastic
Translations:
proact
Part of speech: verb
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From pro- + act. Probable back-formation from proactive.
Base: act
Affixes: pro-
Inflected forms:
form: proacts
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: proacting
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: proacted
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: proacted
pos: verb
tags: past
Senses:
gloss: To take action in advance of an expected event
pos: verb
examples: An (E)-style manager, on the other hand, will proact. He will try to imagine where the ball is going to land and go there and get ready to hit it.
Antonyms: react
Translations:
netrin
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
Inflected forms:
form: netrins
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Any of a class of proteins involved in axon guidance
pos: noun
Translations:
off-target
Part of speech: adj
adv
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: more off-target
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most off-target
pos: adj
tags: superlative
form: off target
pos: adj
tags: alternative
form: more off-target
pos: adv
tags: comparative
form: most off-target
pos: adv
tags: superlative
form: off target
pos: adv
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: Away from a target
pos: adj
examples: The opening exchanges were rich in quality and a wonderful passage of build-up play from Spurs ended with Crouch meeting Hutton's right-wing cross but his effort was narrowly off-target.
gloss: Away from a target.
pos: adv
Translations:
mosquitofish
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: compound
Etymology: From mosquito + fish.
Compound parts: mosquito
fish
Inflected forms:
form: mosquitofishes
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: mosquitofish
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: mosquito fish
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: Any of several small fish that feed on mosquitoes, but especially those of the genus Gambusia.
pos: noun
Translations:
carbon-intensive
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: more carbon-intensive
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most carbon-intensive
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: Describing any process that has a high carbon footprint in relation to its economic importance
pos: adj
Translations:
spookily
Part of speech: adv
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English spooky
Middle English -ly
English -ly
English spookily
From spooky + -ly.
Inflected forms:
form: more spookily
pos: adv
tags: comparative
form: most spookily
pos: adv
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: In a spooky manner; eerily.
pos: adv
examples: Rock bands record classic albums, while pop stars create "guilty pleasure" singles. It's supposed to be self-evident: U2's entire oeuvre deserves respectful consideration, while a spookily seductive song by an R&B singer named Tweet can only be, in the smug words of a recent VH1 special, "awesomely bad."
Translations:
undersurface
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *h₁én
Proto-Indo-European *h₁entér
Proto-Indo-European *(H)n̥dʰí
Proto-Indo-European *-ér
Proto-Indo-European *(H)n̥dʰér
Proto-Germanic *under
Proto-West Germanic *undar
Old English under-
Middle English under-
English under-
Middle French surfacebor.
English surface
English undersurface
From under- + surface.
Inflected forms:
form: undersurfaces
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The underneath surface; the bottom, or underside
pos: noun
Translations:
anteroposterior
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *h₂én
Proto-Indo-European *-teros
Proto-Indo-European *h₂énteros
Latin *anterus
Latin anterior
New Latinder.
English antero-
Proto-Indo-European *pós
Proto-Indo-European *-ti
Proto-Indo-European *pósti
Proto-Italic *posti
Old Latin poste
Latin post
Latin posterus
Latin posteriorbor.
English posterior
English anteroposterior
From antero- + posterior.
Inflected forms:
form: antero-posterior
pos: adj
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: Anterior to posterior; front-to-back.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: anteroposterior movement
[…] also effects the fore-aft (anteroposterior) wing motions known as promotion and remotion.
gloss: Of or pertaining to the relation between anterior and posterior.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: the anteroposterior axis
Synonyms: AP
Derived words: anteroposteriorly
anteroposteriority
anteroposterior axis
midanteroposterior
Translations:
screen-scrape
Part of speech: verb
Morphological type: simple
Topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
Inflected forms:
form: screen-scrapes
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: screen-scraping
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: screen-scraped
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: screen-scraped
pos: verb
tags: past
Senses:
gloss: To extract data from (a source such as a webpage) by picking it out from among the human-readable content.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: Screen-scraping programs, by their nature, are very reliant on the layout of the information source that they are analyzing.
Often it is simpler to screen-scrape this data rather than trying to recreate the logic of a script using programmatic interfaces to the database.
Or you could go to the other extreme and screen-scrape the site at will.
Translations:
slumping
Part of speech: adj
noun
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: more slumping
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most slumping
pos: adj
tags: superlative
form: slumpings
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: making a slumping voice
pos: adj
gloss: the result of a slumping movement, like that of a mountain
pos: noun
Translations:
psycholinguistic
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
Ancient Greek ψῡχή (psūkhḗ)
Ancient Greek ψῡχο- (psūkho-)der.
English psycho-
English linguistic
English psycholinguistic
From psycho- + linguistic.
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Pertaining to psycholinguistics.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
Translations:
skyrmion
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: compound
Topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
Etymology: Blend of Skyrme + fermion, after British physicist Tony Skyrme (1922–1987), who proposed the mathematical structure as a model of the nucleon in 1961.
Compound parts: Skyrme
fermion
Inflected forms:
form: skyrmions
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Any of a particular class of topological soliton that can be used to model certain properties of a nucleon.
pos: noun
examples: No conclusive results are available yet; the hope is that the skyrmion would be stabilized at R#92;approx#92;lambda#95;c, where the gradient expansion breaks down and yet the skyrmion may still carry the quark quantum numbers.
The properties of nuclear matter at high densities have been investigated in many ways. Castillejo et al. studied Skyrmion matter by placing SU(2) hedgehog Skyrmions on a lattice and show that the deconfinement phase transition and the chiral symmetry restoration occur above a critical density [11].
gloss: A type of topological soliton that occurs in magnetic materials and magnetic thin films.
pos: noun
Derived words: antiskyrmion
interskyrmion
multiskyrmion
nanoskyrmion
skyrmionic
skyrmionics
skyrmionium
Translations:
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 斯格明子
roman: sīgémíngzǐ
lang: Finnish
word: skyrmioni
lang: Greek
word: σκυρμιόνιο
roman: skyrmiónio
lang: Polish
word: skyrmion
lang: Portuguese
word: skyrmion
zino
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
Etymology: Etymology tree
English Z
English -ino
English zino
From Z + -ino.
Inflected forms:
form: zinos
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The superpartner of the Z-boson.
pos: noun
Translations:
unemotionally
Part of speech: adv
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *né
Proto-Indo-European *n̥-
Proto-Germanic *un-
Proto-West Germanic *un-
Old English un-
Middle English un-
English un-
Latin ēmoveō
Vulgar Latin *exmovēre
Old French esmovoir
Middle French esmouvoir
Middle French emotionbor.
English emotion
Proto-Italic *-ālis
Latin -ālisbor.
Old French -albor.
▲
Latin -ālis
Old French -elbor.
▲
Latin -ālisbor.
Middle English -al
English -al
English emotional
English unemotional
Middle English -ly
English -ly
English unemotionally
From unemotional + -ly.
Inflected forms:
form: more unemotionally
pos: adv
tags: comparative
form: most unemotionally
pos: adv
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: In an unemotional manner.
pos: adv
Translations:
clitty
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English clit
Old English -iġ
Middle English -y
English -y
English clitty
From clit + -y (diminutive suffix).
Inflected forms:
form: clitties
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The clitoris; clit.
pos: noun
tags: slang
gloss: A penis likened to a clitoris, especially in terms of smallness.
pos: noun
tags: derogatory
humorous
slang
Derived words: clitty litter
Translations:
do-over
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: Etymology tree
English do overdeverb.
English do-over
Deverbal from do over.
Inflected forms:
form: do-overs
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A repeat of a previous activity, with the hope of greater success.
pos: noun
tags: US
childish
examples: Avoid the frustration of time-consuming do-overs on school projects. Try Crayola Erasable Markers, Crayons & colored pencils.
Translations:
meadowsweet
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: Corruption of mead sweet, from use in making mead.
Inflected forms:
form: meadowsweets
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A Eurasian perennial flowering plant of Rosaceae family, Filipendula ulmaria.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: Any plant of the genus Spiraea of the Rosaceae family, native to the temperate Northern Hemisphere and consisting of about 80–100 species of shrubs.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
Derived words: white meadowsweet
Translations:
autocannon
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English auto-
English cannon
English autocannon
From auto- + cannon.
Inflected forms:
form: autocannons
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: autocannon
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A fully automatic projectile weapon similar to a machine gun, but firing shells instead of bullets and larger in calibre.
pos: noun
Translations:
shaddap
Part of speech: intj
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: From a casual pronunciation of shut up.
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: shut up; be quiet.
pos: intj
tags: slang
Translations:
drag-drop
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Drag and drop.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
examples: The problem is that drag-drop is handled differently in various situations, so sometimes you'll need to modify your behavior to achieve the desired result.
Translations:
supernormal
Part of speech: adj
noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: literature
media
publishing
science-fiction
Etymology: Coined from super- + normal between 1865 and 1870.
Base: normal
Affixes: super-
Inflected forms:
form: more supernormal
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most supernormal
pos: adj
tags: superlative
form: supernormals
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Beyond what is normal; exceeding the average or the point of reference.
pos: adj
examples: Near-synonym: above average
Supernormal employment.
Supernormal production.
gloss: Paranormal, supernatural.
pos: adj
examples: For example, why is it that supernormal phenomena so often accompany mystical experiences?
gloss: Both categorical and normal.
pos: adj
gloss: Very normal, average.
pos: adj
tags: colloquial
examples: This can be traced to his own childhood, which he experienced as super-normal, even if, to outside eyes, it was anything but.
gloss: Supernormal phenomena, considered collectively.
pos: noun
gloss: A being with extraordinary powers, as compared to the norm for their species.
pos: noun
examples: Not long after John told me of his efforts to make contact with other supernormals he took me into his confidence about his plans for the future.
Derived words: supernormality
supernormally
supernormal profit
Translations:
renormalizable
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Italic *wre-
Latin re-der.
Old French re-bor.
Middle English re-
English re-
Latin norma
Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.?
Proto-Italic *-ālis
Latin -ālis
Latin nōrmālisder.
English normal
Proto-Indo-European *-id-
Proto-Indo-European *-yéti
Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti
Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō
Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor.
Late Latin -izōder.
Middle French -iserbor.
Middle English -isen
English -ize
English normalize
English renormalize
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 renormalizable
From renormalize + -able.
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: That can be renormalized.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
Translations:
jetway
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: compound
Etymology: From the trademarked Jetway, a common American manufacturer of jet bridges, from jet + way.
Compound parts: jet
way
Inflected forms:
form: jetways
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Synonym of jet bridge: an elevated corridor connecting an airport to a plane.
pos: noun
tags: US
Translations:
quaffable
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English quaff
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 quaffable
From quaff + -able.
Inflected forms:
form: more quaffable
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most quaffable
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: Easy to drink.
pos: adj
tags: informal
usually
examples: The southern wines are simpler and more quaffable, the reds often heady (Côtes du Rhône Villages Cairanne is a good example), the rosés lively and fresh (Tavel), and the whites fruity and smooth (Cairanne).
Translations:
Blu-ray
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: compound
Etymology: From blue + ray, coming from the blue laser ray having a shorter wavelength and making a higher data density possible.
Compound parts: blue
ray
Inflected forms:
form: Blu-rays
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: BluRay
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: Blu-Ray
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: The Blu-ray Disc format.
pos: noun
tags: countable
informal
uncountable
examples: I've bought some of my old favourites on Blu-ray.
In 2007, Pioneer announced the release of a Blu-ray drive that can record data to Blu-ray discs, as well as DVDs and CDs.
gloss: A Blu-ray Disc.
pos: noun
tags: countable
informal
uncountable
Derived words: Blu-ray burner
Blu-ray Disc
Blu-ray drive
Blu-ray player
Translations:
brazilwood
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: compound
Etymology: From Brazil + wood.
Compound parts: Brazil
wood
Inflected forms:
form: brazilwoods
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: brasilwood
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: brezel wood
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: A Brazilian timber tree (Paubrasilia echinata, syn. Caesalpinia echinata), used primarily to make bows for string instruments.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
usually
gloss: The wood of this tree.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
usually
examples: Sixthly, he manufactures in manner following a red writing ink, which is greatly superior to the common solutions from peach wood and Brazil wood, not only in permanent brilliancy of color, but also in its freedom from acid, and consequent fitness for use with steel pens.
He would take with him red brasilwood from the East Indies – a dye-wood that was so valued that when a few years later the Portuguese found it in the New World, they would name a country after it.
Synonyms: braziletto
Translations:
upshift
Part of speech: noun
verb
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: automotive
cycling
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
transport
vehicles
Etymology: From Middle English upshiften, upschyften (“to raise”), equivalent to up- + shift.
Base: shift
Affixes: up-
Inflected forms:
form: upshifts
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: upshifts
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: upshifting
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: upshifted
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: upshifted
pos: verb
tags: past
Senses:
gloss: A shift to a higher gear.
pos: noun
examples: For example, the vehicle starts off in second gear or an upshift takes place at lower engine speeds.
gloss: A shift to a higher level, such as of frequency, growth, economic level, etc.
pos: noun
gloss: To shift to a higher gear.
pos: verb
examples: You can upshift to second gear once the car is moving.
gloss: To shift to a higher level, such as of frequency, growth rate, economic level, etc.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: The frequency of the light is upshifted.
That's how you upshift a conversation so you can navigate the great political divide in a way that insights, not incites.
Collectively, we need to “up-shift” our thinking—we need a new mindset.
Irritation will also occur if you or your family have never had, and will never have, a chance to 'upshift'.
Related words: stickshift
drive stick
Derived words: upshifter
Translations:
ultrashort
Part of speech: adj
noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: business
engineering
finance
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
sciences
technical
Etymology: Etymology tree
English ultra-
English short
English ultrashort
From ultra- + short.
Inflected forms:
form: ultrashorts
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Very short.
pos: adj
tags: informal
not-comparable
examples: ultrashort skirts
gloss: Extremely short in duration, typically on the femtosecond scale
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: an ultrashort pulse
gloss: Having a wavelength of between 1 and 10 metres
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
gloss: Having a very short term of investment, typically less than a year
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: an ultrashort bond
gloss: A bond with an extremely short term, typically less than a year
pos: noun
examples: Ultrashorts were a way for the fund industry to appeal to bank customers, by offering an investment whose price did not vary much but whose yield was higher than that on certificates of deposit.
Related words: ultrafast
hypershort
supershort
Translations:
illusionary
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English illusion
Proto-Indo-European *-yósder.
Proto-Italic *-āzijos
Latin -āriusder.
Middle English -arie
English -ary
English illusionary
From illusion + -ary.
Inflected forms:
form: more illusionary
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most illusionary
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: Illusory; pertaining to an illusion, or of the nature of an illusion.
pos: adj
examples: It is all illusionary today — the fantasy of cowboyism, the western Yippee Syndrome of spurs that jingle, jangle, jingle, of hats as large as Bangalore parasols, of boots smeared with the residue of cowlots […]
Translations:
illusionism
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English illusion
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 illusionism
From illusion + -ism.
Inflected forms:
form: illusionisms
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The performance of magic tricks.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: The theory of dealing with illusions.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: The doctrine that the material world is an illusion.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: The use of illusionary effects in sculpture and art.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
Derived words: willusionism
Translations:
terrane
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: geography
geology
natural-sciences
Etymology: Variant form of terrain.
Inflected forms:
form: terranes
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A block of the Earth's crust that differs from the surrounding material, and is separated from it by faults.
pos: noun
examples: The mountain belt came together as an accretion of terranes.
Translations:
colourist
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English colour
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 colourist
From colour + -ist.
Inflected forms:
form: colourists
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: colorist
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: One who colours; an artist with a talent for colouring
pos: noun
gloss: A hairdresser who is a specialist in colouring and tinting hair.
pos: noun
Translations:
amplicon
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: From ampli(fy) + -icon (as in replicon).
Inflected forms:
form: amplicons
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A piece of DNA or RNA formed as the product of natural or artificial amplification events, as in a polymerase chain reaction
pos: noun
Translations:
ryanodine
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
medicine
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physiology
sciences
Etymology: Etymology tree
Translingual Ryania
English d
Proto-Indo-European *-nós
Proto-Indo-European *-iHnos
Proto-Italic *-īnos
Latin -īnusder.
Old French -inbor.
Middle English -in
English -ine
English ryanodine
From Translingual Ryania + English d + -ine.
Inflected forms:
form: ryanodines
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A poisonous alkaloid which occurs in the stems of the tropical American shrub Ryania speciosa (family Flacourtiaceae) and has been used as an insecticide and in experimental studies of calcium release within cells.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
Translations:
cross-foster
Part of speech: verb
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English cross-
English foster
English cross-foster
From cross- + foster.
Inflected forms:
form: cross-fosters
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: cross-fostering
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: cross-fostered
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: cross-fostered
pos: verb
tags: past
Senses:
gloss: To remove offspring from its biological mother to be reared by another, especially so as to equalize the numbers in litters.
pos: verb
Translations:
end-feet
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
Inflected forms:
form: endfeet
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: Button-like terminals of axons that make synaptic connections with other nerve-cells.
pos: noun
tags: plural
plural-only
Translations:
hot-swappable
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
Etymology: Etymology tree
English hot-swap
Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom
Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlis
Proto-Italic *-ðlis
Latin -bilis
Latin -ābilis
Old French -ablebor.
Middle English -able
English -able
English hot-swappable
From hot-swap + -able.
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: That can be inserted or removed without switching off the computer.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
Translations:
fearmonger
Part of speech: noun
verb
Morphological type: compound
Etymology: From fear + monger (“dealer in a specific commodity; (by extension) person promoting something undesirable”).
Compound parts: fear
monger
Inflected forms:
form: fearmongers
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: fear-monger
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: fear monger
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: fearmongers
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: fearmongering
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: fearmongered
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: fearmongered
pos: verb
tags: past
form: fear-monger
pos: verb
tags: alternative
form: fear monger
pos: verb
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: Someone who spreads fear.
pos: noun
examples: I think the Tea Partiers, despite their contradictions, are not all wrong about Big Government. But I worry that, in time, a clever fearmonger could manipulate popular opinion into an electoral mandate.
gloss: To spread fear.
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
Antonyms: coward
hero
optimist
Translations:
twizzle
Part of speech: noun
verb
Morphological type: simple
Topics: hobbies
lifestyle
skating
sports
Etymology: Alteration of *twissel (“to double”), from twissel (“double, twofold”). More at twissel.
Inflected forms:
form: twizzles
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: twizzles
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: twizzling
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: twizzled
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: twizzled
pos: verb
tags: past
Senses:
gloss: A turning, twisting or spinning motion.
pos: noun
gloss: A figure skating maneuver that is a surface spin that travels across the ice.
pos: noun
gloss: To rotate, spin or twirl.
pos: verb
gloss: To perform the twizzle maneuver.
pos: verb
Translations:
bioclimatic
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: architecture
Etymology: From bio- + climatic or bioclimate + -ic.
Base: climatic
Affixes: bio-
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Of or pertaining to the relationship between living things and climate.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: bioclimatic interactions
gloss: Focused on providing a comfortable microclimate.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: bioclimatic housing
Derived words: bioclimatically
bioclimatic law
bioclimatics
Translations:
ostracization
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English ostracize
Proto-Indo-European *-tis
Proto-Indo-European *-Hō
Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō
Proto-Italic *-tiō
Latin -tiō
Latin -ātiōlbor.
Old French -ationbor.
Middle English -acioun
English -ation
English ostracization
From ostracize + -ation.
Inflected forms:
form: ostracizations
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: ostracisation
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: The state of being ostracized.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: The process or practice of ostracizing.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
Synonyms: avoidance
blackballing
blacklisting
discommendation
ostracism
ostracization
petalism
shunning
silent treatment
Antonyms: acceptance
reacceptance
companionship
fellowship
welcomeness
Related words: avoid
boycott
ignore
outcast
Translations:
coevolved
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: That has evolved, along with another organism, via coevolution
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
Translations:
hepatocellular
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Hellenic *yêkʷər
Ancient Greek ἧπᾰρ (hêpăr)der.
English hepato-
English cellular
English hepatocellular
From hepato- + cellular.
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Of or pertaining to the cells of the liver
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
Translations:
indistinguishably
Part of speech: adv
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English indistinguishable
Middle English -ly
English -ly
English indistinguishably
From indistinguishable + -ly.
Inflected forms:
form: more indistinguishably
pos: adv
tags: comparative
form: most indistinguishably
pos: adv
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: In an indistinguishable manner; so that separate components or differences cannot be discerned.
pos: adv
examples: Mrs. Seal wandered about with newspaper cuttings, which seemed to her either "quite splendid" or "really too bad for words." She used to paste these into books, or send them to her friends, having first drawn a broad bar in blue pencil down the margin, a proceeding which signified equally and indistinguishably the depths of her reprobation or the heights of her approval.
gloss: Indiscriminately.
pos: adv
tags: archaic
Translations:
nematology
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: biology
natural-sciences
Etymology: From nemato- + -logy.
Base: nemat
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: The branch of biology that studies nematode roundworms.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
Translations:
subsequence
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: From subsequent.
Inflected forms:
form: subsequences
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A subsequent act or thing; a sequel.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: The state of being subsequent.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: It must be remembered, that what we call exertion, in our bodily operations, is nothing more, as we have seen, than the subsequence of muscular motion to the feeling which we denominate desire or will; as magnetic action, in a process purely material, is the subsequence of the motion of iron to the approach of a loadstone.
Synonyms: posteriority
Derived words: subsubsequence
Translations:
virological
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English virology
Proto-Indo-European *-ikos
Proto-Italic *-ikos
Latin -icuslbor.
Old French -iquebor.
Middle English -ic
Proto-Italic *-ālis
Latin -ālisbor.
Old French -albor.
▲
Latin -ālis
Old French -elbor.
▲
Latin -ālisbor.
Middle English -al
Middle English -ical
English -ical
English virological
From virology + -ical.
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Of or pertaining to virology
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
Translations:
debt-ridden
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English debt
English -ridden
English debt-ridden
From debt + -ridden.
Inflected forms:
form: more debt-ridden
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most debt-ridden
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: Dominated by debt.
pos: adj
examples: Help is seldom available for debt-ridden citizens.
Translations:
crime-ridden
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English crime
English -ridden
English crime-ridden
From crime + -ridden.
Inflected forms:
form: more crime-ridden
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most crime-ridden
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: dominated or plagued by crime.
pos: adj
examples: one of the most crime-ridden neighbourhoods of the city
Translations:
crisis-ridden
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English crisis
English -ridden
English crisis-ridden
From crisis + -ridden.
Inflected forms:
form: more crisis-ridden
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most crisis-ridden
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: Dominated or plagued by crises.
pos: adj
examples: The crisis-ridden automobile industry is seeking a bail-out from the government.
Translations:
war-ridden
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English war
English -ridden
English war-ridden
From war + -ridden.
Inflected forms:
form: more war-ridden
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most war-ridden
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: Dominated or plagued by war.
pos: adj
examples: War-ridden countries are generally unable to provide basic services for their citizens.
Translations:
scum-ridden
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English scum
English -ridden
English scum-ridden
From scum + -ridden.
Inflected forms:
form: more scum-ridden
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most scum-ridden
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: dominated or plagued by scum.
pos: adj
examples: the scum-ridden streets of the city
Translations:
sleaze-ridden
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English sleaze
English -ridden
English sleaze-ridden
From sleaze + -ridden.
Inflected forms:
form: more sleaze-ridden
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most sleaze-ridden
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: Dominated by sleaze.
pos: adj
examples: The sleaze-ridden government was forced to resign and a general election was announced.
Translations:
strife-ridden
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English strife
English -ridden
English strife-ridden
From strife + -ridden.
Inflected forms:
form: more strife-ridden
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most strife-ridden
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: Dominated by strife.
pos: adj
examples: Transport was difficult to arrange in the strife-ridden province.
Translations:
disease-ridden
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English disease
English -ridden
English disease-ridden
From disease + -ridden.
Inflected forms:
form: more disease-ridden
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most disease-ridden
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: dominated by disease.
pos: adj
examples: Disease-ridden livestock can pose a danger to public health.
Translations:
obstacle-ridden
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English obstacle
English -ridden
English obstacle-ridden
From obstacle + -ridden.
Inflected forms:
form: more obstacle-ridden
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most obstacle-ridden
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: impeded or plagued by obstacles.
pos: adj
examples: the obstacle-ridden path to peace in the Middle East
Translations:
intaking
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: intakings
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The act of taking something in.
pos: noun
examples: Experiencing like breathing is a rhythm of intakings and outgivings.
gloss: money received; income
pos: noun
Translations:
book-ridden
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂ǵosder.?
Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂g-der.?
Proto-Germanic *bōks
Proto-West Germanic *bōk
Old English bōc
Middle English bok
English book
English -ridden
English book-ridden
From book + -ridden.
Inflected forms:
form: more book-ridden
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most book-ridden
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: Dominated or plagued by books.
pos: adj
examples: He refused to come out of his dusty book-ridden room.
Translations:
caste-ridden
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English caste
English -ridden
English caste-ridden
From caste + -ridden.
Inflected forms:
form: more caste-ridden
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most caste-ridden
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: Dominated or plagued by castes.
pos: adj
examples: A caste-ridden society has an additional problem to overcome.
Translations:
priest-ridden
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English priest
English -ridden
English priest-ridden
From priest + -ridden.
Inflected forms:
form: more priest-ridden
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most priest-ridden
pos: adj
tags: superlative
form: priestridden
pos: adj
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: Dominated or plagued by priests.
pos: adj
examples: Cologne […] is much decayed within these Hundred Years, having been much Priest-ridden; a Misfortune that hath undone many other great Cities. The Jesuits have had so great Influence upon the Magistrates, that they prevailed with them to banish all Protestants […]
1726, William Rufus Chetwood, The Voyages and Adventures of Captain Robert Boyle, London: J. Watts, 3rd edition, 1735, p. 150,
The Father finding the Man had too much Understanding to be Priest-ridden, thought it his best way to hold his Tongue.
[…] Padre Vicentio incautiously drove his heavy spurs into the flanks of his mule as that puzzled animal was hesitating on the brink of a steep declivity. Whether the poor beast was indignant at this novel outrage, or had been for some time reflecting on the evils of being priest-ridden, has not transpired; enough that he suddenly threw up his heels, pitching the reverend man over his head, and, having accomplished this feat, coolly dropped on his knees and tumbled after his rider.
We are an unfortunately priestridden race and always were and always will be till the end of the chapter.
Translations:
conflict-ridden
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English conflict
English -ridden
English conflict-ridden
From conflict + -ridden.
Inflected forms:
form: more conflict-ridden
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most conflict-ridden
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: Dominated or plagued by conflict.
pos: adj
examples: NGOs often work in conflict-ridden areas of the world.
Translations:
angst-ridden
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English angst
English -ridden
English angst-ridden
From angst + -ridden.
Inflected forms:
form: more angst-ridden
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most angst-ridden
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: Dominated or plagued by angst.
pos: adj
examples: Teenage angst-ridden poetry may not be to the liking of all readers.
But it wasn't not knowing what to call Will that was bothering Juliet. After all, it was a problem faced by a lot of women who'd moved on from angst-ridden Bridget Jones singledom into angst-ridden coupledom.
Translations:
drug-ridden
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English drug
English -ridden
English drug-ridden
From drug + -ridden.
Inflected forms:
form: more drug-ridden
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most drug-ridden
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: Dominated or plagued by illicit drugs.
pos: adj
examples: The country's overcrowded and drug-ridden prisons will be reviewed by an independent board of inquiry.
Translations:
scandal-ridden
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English scandal
English -ridden
English scandal-ridden
From scandal + -ridden.
Inflected forms:
form: more scandal-ridden
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most scandal-ridden
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: Dominated or plagued by scandals.
pos: adj
examples: The scandal-ridden widget manufacturer, Fix-U-Up, was finally brought to trial, accused of flouting safety regulations.
Translations:
waste-ridden
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English waste
English -ridden
English waste-ridden
From waste + -ridden.
Inflected forms:
form: more waste-ridden
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most waste-ridden
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: dominated or plagued by waste.
pos: adj
examples: It was not very pleasant to walk along the refuse-strewn, waste-ridden beach.
Translations:
violence-ridden
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
Latin vīs
Latin violēns
Latin -ia
Latin violentiabor.
Old French violencebor.
Middle English violence
English violence
English -ridden
English violence-ridden
From violence + -ridden.
Inflected forms:
form: more violence-ridden
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most violence-ridden
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: Dominated or plagued by violence.
pos: adj
examples: Troops were deployed in the violence-ridden province to re-establish law and order.
Translations: