yuanxin112/wiktionary-morph huggingface dataset:
cruise-climb
Part of speech: verb
noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: aeronautics
aerospace
aviation
business
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
Inflected forms:
form: cruise-climbs
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: cruise-climbing
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: cruise-climbed
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: cruise-climbed
pos: verb
tags: past
form: cruise climb
pos: verb
tags: alternative
form: cruise-climbs
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: cruise climb
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: To slowly but continuously climb during cruise flight as the aircraft's weight decreases due to fuel burnoff (done because flight at higher altitudes is more efficient but requires a lighter aircraft).
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
usually
examples: For a transatlantic crossing, the Concorde would be assigned a ~15,000-foot block of altitude; it started out at flight level 450 and gradually cruise-climbed up to between FL570 and FL600 over the mid-Atlantic before beginning to descend.
gloss: An instance of cruise-climbing.
pos: noun
examples: A cruise-climb is more efficient than the standard step climb, but is rarely used since it's much harder for ATC to manage.
Translations:
crazy-paved
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Paved with crazy paving.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
Translations:
higher-order
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: compound
Topics: mathematics
sciences
Etymology: From higher + order.
Compound parts: higher
order
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Involving more sophisticated thinking or reasoning.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: higher-order thinking
gloss: Of or relating to a class higher up in a hierarchy.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: It is at least plausible that expert-level crime policy rulemaking (in the interest of reform) may be necessary in a system... [which] will thus remain susceptible to the prospect of punitive populism arising within any one of an array of higher-order bounded publics.
gloss: Of order 2 or greater.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
Related words: higher-order function
Translations:
lean-back
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: compound
Etymology: From lean + back.
Compound parts: lean
back
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Enjoyed passively by the spectator, user, etc.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: the lean-back movie-watching experience
Translations:
Stanford-Binet
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: education
Etymology: Named after French psychologist Alfred Binet (1857–1911) and Stanford University, where the technique was further revised (1916).
Inflected forms:
form: Stanford-Binets
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A cognitive ability and intelligence test primarily designed to assess children.
pos: noun
tags: also
attributive
examples: Stanford-Binet scale
I lost the conviction that lights would always turn green for me, […] lost a certain touching faith in the totem power of good manners, clean hair, and proven competence on the Stanford-Binet scale.
Historically, the Stanford–Binet and gifted children have been linked, largely because of the relationship of Lewis Terman to both the Stanford-Binet and his epic longitudinal study of the gifted (Terman, 1925).
Translations:
Pommard
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: Pommards
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A red wine from the commune of Pommard in eastern France.
pos: noun
Translations:
supercavitating
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Causing or undergoing supercavitation
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
Translations:
supermarine
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From super- + marine.
Base: marine
Affixes: super-
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: On the surface of the sea
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
Translations:
low-hanging
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: compound
Etymology: From low + hanging.
Compound parts: low
hanging
Inflected forms:
form: more low-hanging
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most low-hanging
pos: adj
tags: superlative
form: lowhanging
pos: adj
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: That hovers low above the ground.
pos: adj
examples: There are no easy routes up trees, otherwise you'd see deer and cows grazing in them. You have to jump up and grab a low-hanging branch, and then either walk up the tree or fling your legs up.
A low-hanging ironwood tree drapes over the crumbling remains of an abandoned stone house, one-time home of Henry Wickenburg, patriarch of this forgotten town.
In New Jersey, a 68-year-old man was killed on Wednesday when he came into contact with low-hanging wires as he cleared storm debris, the authorities said.
Translations:
Queer
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: From queer.
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Of or relating to the culture surrounding queer people.
pos: adj
tags: US
not-comparable
Translations:
overberg
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: beyond a mountain
pos: adj
tags: South-Africa
not-comparable
Translations:
Buick
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: The surname is a variant of Bewick; the brand is named after Scottish-American inventor David Dunbar Buick (1854–1929).
Inflected forms:
form: Buicks
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A car of this make.
pos: noun
examples: They've owned several Buicks over the years. Their newest one is a crossover model.
Eleven Cubans in a vintage Buick — three of them the original “truckonauts” who tried a similar intrepid journey last year aboard a battered Chevy pickup — were intercepted by the U.S. Coast Guard early Wednesday and now face a return trip to the communist island.
Translations:
orthoceras
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From ortho- + Ancient Greek κέρας (kéras, “a horn”).
Affixes: ortho-
Inflected forms:
form: orthocerata
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Any nautiloid cephalopod mollusc of the genus Orthoceras, known only as fossils
pos: noun
Translations:
metaline
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: A former lubricant (for bearings) composed of graphite and other material
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
Translations:
anti-blur
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: arts
hobbies
lifestyle
photography
Etymology: From anti- + blur.
Base: blur
Affixes: anti-
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: A feature that prevents blurring of the image.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
Translations:
hard-luck
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: compound
Etymology: From hard + luck.
Compound parts: hard
luck
Inflected forms:
form: more hard-luck
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most hard-luck
pos: adj
tags: superlative
form: hardluck
pos: adj
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: Marked by or experiencing difficulty, as if by bad luck.
pos: adj
Translations:
knob-end
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: knob-ends
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: knobend
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: knob end
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: nob end
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: nob-end
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: The glans penis
pos: noun
tags: Ireland
UK
slang
vulgar
examples: He appreciated a man giving head as much as anyone, and he was sure as hell gonna enjoy the feel of his knob-end slipping between Casey's hungry lips.
Lenny Plant thought the world of his foreskin, appreciating the benefits it bestowed on his knob-end.
gloss: A stupid or contemptible person
pos: noun
tags: Ireland
UK
offensive
slang
vulgar
examples: Why did these knob-ends so much want us to fail?
Nothing ever sickened me more than pre-season friendlies, when English teams would come over and total knob-ends would actually show up at the matches to cheer on the foreign side.
That's it, you pair of knob-ends.
gloss: The heel of a loaf of bread.
pos: noun
tags: informal
examples: […] the knob end of a moldy loaf of bread. He was halfway through chewing it when he was aware of the corpse of a fox lying at the end of the alley.
gloss: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see knob, end. The end of something that is shaped into a knob.
pos: noun
examples: The Tithing - man -— with his long stick, with a knob on one end, and a squirrel's tail on the other — was swift in dealing out punishments, and the sharp raps from the knob-end quickly brought about proper behavior .
She saw the shiny knob-end of the rhubarb thrusting upwards upon the thick red stem, thrusting itself like a knob of flame through the soft soil.
Greg marches up to the farmhouse door and is about to whack it with the knurled knob-end of his ash walking stick when it opens abruptly.
Translations:
search-fu
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From search + -fu (suffix indicating expertise or mastery).
Base: search
Affixes: -fu
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Synonym of Google-fu.
pos: noun
tags: informal
uncountable
examples: You can do compound searches, as well as calculations and other search-fu.
When it comes to hyper-local oddities, your search-fu has got to be powerful.
It has never, if my search-fu is any good, hitherto appeared in the pages of the National Post.
Translations:
straightline
Part of speech: verb
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: straightlines
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: straightlining
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: straightlined
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: straightlined
pos: verb
tags: past
Senses:
gloss: To answer a survey by selecting answers in a downwards straight line
pos: verb
Translations:
Colla
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: Kolla
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: Qulla
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: An indigenous people of Argentina, Bolivia, and Chile.
pos: noun
tags: plural
plural-only
Translations:
quinton
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
Inflected forms:
form: quintons
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A type of violin that had five strings
pos: noun
Translations:
kadin
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: From Ottoman Turkish قادین (kadın, “lady, matron, materfamilias; lady consort”).
Inflected forms:
form: kadins
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A woman of a sultan's harem
pos: noun
Translations:
keely
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From keel + -y.
Base: keel
Affixes: -y
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Relating to, or characteristic of keel (ruddle)
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
Translations:
keller
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: kellers
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A beer cellar in Germany or Austria
pos: noun
Translations:
post-dynastic
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: government
politics
Etymology: From post- + dynastic.
Base: dynastic
Affixes: post-
Inflected forms:
form: postdynastic
pos: adj
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: After the dynasties.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
Translations:
tiffy
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From tiff + -y.
Base: tiff
Affixes: -y
Inflected forms:
form: more tiffy
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most tiffy
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: Easily offended; apt to be annoyed.
pos: adj
tags: informal
Translations:
kikyo
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese 桔梗 (kikyō).
Inflected forms:
form: kikyo
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A Japanese bellflower (Platycodon grandiflorus).
pos: noun
Translations:
kilian
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: kilians
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A type of ice dance performed by a pair of skaters side-by-side
pos: noun
Translations:
tekka
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: A miso condiment made from stir-fried, boiled and powdered root vegetables.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
Translations:
obstetrician-gynecologist
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: compound
Topics: medicine
sciences
Etymology: From obstetrician + gynecologist.
Compound parts: obstetrician
gynecologist
Inflected forms:
form: obstetrician-gynecologists
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: OB-GYN
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: A physician specializing in the medical and surgical care of the female reproductive system, pregnancy, childbirth, and the postpartum period; commonly abbreviated as OB-GYN.
pos: noun
tags: Canada
US
countable
examples: The town had only one obstetrician-gynecologist.
Translations:
in-home
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Taking place in or purposed for the domicile.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: in-home counselor
Translations:
Bti
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: agriculture
bacteriology
biology
business
lifestyle
microbiology
natural-sciences
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Bacillus thuringiensis israelensis, a type of bacterium used in the biological control of certain insects.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
Translations:
first-line
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Of first resort.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: The embankment was the first-line defense against the flood.
gloss: Of prime quality or importance.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
gloss: At the lowermost supervisory level.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: first-line manager
Police sergeant is a first-line position.
Related words: second-line
Translations:
second-line
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Of second resort.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
gloss: Of mediocre quality or peripheral importance.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
gloss: At the next-to-lowest supervisory level.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
Related words: first-line
Translations:
rowdy-sheeter
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: From "rowdy sheet", the name given to charge sheets in the British Raj (comparable to "rap sheet" in American English).
Inflected forms:
form: rowdy-sheeters
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: rowdy sheeter
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: a person with a criminal record
pos: noun
tags: India
Translations:
velodyne
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From Latin velox (“fast”) or velo- + -dyne.
Affixes: velo-
-dyne
Inflected forms:
form: velodynes
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A device that regulates the rotational speed of a shaft
pos: noun
Translations:
glamp
Part of speech: verb
noun
Morphological type: compound
Etymology: Blend of glamorous + camp.
Compound parts: glamorous
camp
Inflected forms:
form: glamps
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: glamping
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: glamped
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: glamped
pos: verb
tags: past
form: glamps
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: To practice glamping.
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
gloss: A glamping site.
pos: noun
Translations:
reverse-sear
Part of speech: verb
Morphological type: simple
Topics: cooking
food
lifestyle
Etymology: So called because it reverses the usual order of cooking.
Inflected forms:
form: reverse-sears
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: reverse-searing
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: reverse-seared
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: reverse-seared
pos: verb
tags: past
Senses:
gloss: To cook (a steak etc.) at low heat until the centre reaches the desired temperature, then cook the outside at high temperature to sear it.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
Translations:
soft-block
Part of speech: verb
noun
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: soft-blocks
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: soft-blocking
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: soft-blocked
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: soft-blocked
pos: verb
tags: past
form: softblock
pos: verb
tags: alternative
form: soft block
pos: verb
tags: alternative
form: soft-blocks
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: softblock
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: soft block
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: To block (a user) on social media and then immediately unblock them, so that the user will (perhaps unknowingly) no longer follow or engage with the blocking user's posts.
pos: verb
tags: Internet
transitive
examples: Softblocking is not a built-in function, but a strategy. There are a few ways of doing it, but the idea is to create a sort of inverted mute.
gloss: The act of soft-blocking.
pos: noun
tags: Internet
examples: Where a mute hides someone else’s posts from you, a softblock hides your posts from someone else, without completely blocking them. It’s less like building a wall and more like cutting a string.
And just last week, I gave my partner the silent treatment for not answering me after five minutes. On social media, all I seem to do is hard-block people left and right, foregoing the soft-block altogether. If I’m not doing that, I leave rude comments with super sassy emojis or direct message my friends with passive-aggressive cat GIFs.
Translations:
Quinnipiac
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: A Native American nation of the Algonquian family who inhabited the Wampanoki region, including present-day Connecticut.
pos: noun
tags: plural
plural-only
Translations:
Pseudo-Dionysian
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Of or relating to the ancient theologian and philosopher Pseudo-Dionysius the Areopagite.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
Translations:
Jova
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: A subgroup of the Opata people.
pos: noun
tags: plural
plural-only
Translations:
Pamunkey
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: Pamunkeys
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: Pamunkey
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A member of a certain recognised indigenous tribe of Virginia.
pos: noun
Translations:
empl
Part of speech: noun
adj
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: Abbreviation
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: employee
pos: noun
gloss: employed
pos: adj
Translations:
g-factor
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
Etymology: Abbreviation of gyromagnetic factor.
Inflected forms:
form: g-factors
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: g factor
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: The dimensionless magnetic moment
pos: noun
tags: particle
Translations:
wass
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: From Somali was (“to have sexual intercourse with, to fuck”, verb); compare English fuckry. The multiple meanings of jazz also mirror this word well.
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: wanton disposition, unorderly state of mind or behaviour
pos: noun
tags: Multicultural-London-English
uncountable
examples: That shit's going straight to my head
I been on every single block that I beef
The beef can't dead 'til the opps are dead
I'm fully on wass, yes
I say that shit on my chest
[…]
The young boys really on wass, go over there and do gang proud
gloss: specifically inane or sottish words
pos: noun
tags: Multicultural-London-English
uncountable
examples: I been out here since qway back
Man can't tell man nothing
All of these new plates talkin wass
I'm soon gonna show man sutting
They rap bare wass but it’s loads of cap
Derived words: wassed
wassy
Translations:
unobligated
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From un- + obligated.
Base: obligated
Affixes: un-
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Not obligated.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
Translations:
vespasian
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: vespasians
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: vespasienne
pos: noun
Translations:
amanat
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: Borrowed from Russian амана́т (amanát, “hostage”), via a Turkic language from Arabic أَمَانَة (ʔamāna, “surety”).
Inflected forms:
form: amanats
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: amanaty
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A Native American hostage taken by Russian colonists.
pos: noun
tags: historical
examples: Kuznetsov — his Aleut name is unknown — had been given to Russian fur traders as an amanat (hostage).
According to Davydov (1812, 2:54, 132), the chief of the Ugalakhmiut Eyak specially came to Kodiak for a meeting with his son, who was an amanat among the Russians.
Toion Fedor accepted Orthodoxy in the winter of 1795–96 when he lived at Kodiak as an amanat.
Translations:
victorin
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: A peptide toxin, produced by the fungus Drechslera victoriae that causes blight in some crops
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
Translations:
Neotropical
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Relating to the Neotropic ecozone.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
Translations:
dakini
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: Buddhism
lifestyle
religion
Etymology: From Sanskrit डाकिनी (ḍākinī).
Inflected forms:
form: dakinis
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A sacred female spirit.
pos: noun
tags: Hinduism
Translations:
Ijo
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: A subgroup of the Ijaw people of Nigeria.
pos: noun
tags: plural
plural-only
Translations:
Intertype
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: media
printing
publishing
Etymology: Trade name, presumably inter- + type.
Base: type
Affixes: inter-
Inflected forms:
form: Intertypes
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A typecasting machine closely resembling the linotype, and using the same matrices.
pos: noun
tags: historical
Translations:
viff
Part of speech: verb
noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: aeronautics
aerospace
aviation
business
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
Etymology: From the initial letters of "vectoring in forward flight".
Inflected forms:
form: viffs
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: viffing
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: viffed
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: viffed
pos: verb
tags: past
form: viffs
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: To change direction by changing the direction of thrust from the engine(s).
pos: verb
gloss: A change in direction by changing the direction of thrust from the engine(s).
pos: noun
tags: countable
gloss: The ability to make such changes in direction.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
Translations:
ben-cull
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: ben-culls
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Synonym of bene cove.
pos: noun
Translations:
power-cycle
Part of speech: verb
Morphological type: simple
Topics: business
computing
electrical-engineering
electricity
electromagnetism
electronics
energy
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
sciences
Inflected forms:
form: power-cycles
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: power-cycling
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: power-cycled
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: power-cycled
pos: verb
tags: past
form: power cycle
pos: verb
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: To turn a device off and then back on again, usually to restore proper function by forcing a malfunctioning or unresponsive device to reset or reinitialize, or as a step in troubleshooting the device.
pos: verb
examples: If the computer's frozen, try power-cycling it.
Translations:
virgie
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Clipping of virgin + -ie.
Affixes: -ie
Inflected forms:
form: virgies
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A virgin.
pos: noun
tags: informal
examples: Marveling, I said to her ear—and the pleasure I took in touching it with my talking lips!—“How do you know? A virgie like you were.”
“Ferget ever'thing but feeling good!” the first one added, to Maia's growing confusion and irritation. The third man, of average height, with a dark complexion, nudged his companions. “Come on. You can whiff she's just a virgie. Let's go clean up an' head for Bell House.”
Translations:
vocalion
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
Inflected forms:
form: vocalions
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A type of reed organ
pos: noun
Translations:
n-tier
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: compound
Topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
software
Etymology: From n (“arbitrary natural number”) + tier (“range, layer”).
Compound parts: n
tier
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Synonym of multitier.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
Translations:
bioart
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From bio- + art.
Base: art
Affixes: bio-
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Art that incorporates or mimics biological forms.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
Translations:
Saturnine
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Of or relating to the ancient Roman god Saturn.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: sacrificial murder in Saturnine rites
Translations:
Firbolg
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: human-sciences
mysticism
mythology
philosophy
sciences
Inflected forms:
form: Firbholg
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: Fir Bholg
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: Fir Bolg
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: The fourth group of people to settle in Ireland, descended from the Muintir Nemid, an earlier group who abandoned Ireland and went to different parts of Europe.
pos: noun
tags: Irish
plural
plural-only
Translations:
walia
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: Borrowed from Amharic ዋሊያ (waliya).
Inflected forms:
form: walias
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: walia ibex
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: Walia ibex
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: Walia goat
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: walie
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: The ibex Capra walie
pos: noun
Translations:
wallbanger
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: wallbangers
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Synonym of Harvey Wallbanger.
pos: noun
gloss: a carpenter
pos: noun
Translations:
wampus
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: wampuses
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A lout; a yokel.
pos: noun
tags: US
slang
Translations:
waterland
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: compound
Etymology: From water + land. Cognate with Old Frisian waterland, weterlond, Middle Low German waterlant, wāterlant, Dutch waterland, German Wasserland.
Compound parts: water
land
Inflected forms:
form: waterlands
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Synonym of wetland.
pos: noun
Translations:
westland
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: compound
Etymology: From west + land.
Compound parts: west
land
Inflected forms:
form: westlands
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The western part of a geographic area; a land lying to the west.
pos: noun
examples: The Gray Clan held the longest range from two snowcaps east of Solstice Mountain to the shallow foothills midway into the westlands.
Translations:
cusk-eel
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: cusk-eels
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Any fish of the family Ophidiidae
pos: noun
Translations:
winer
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From wine + -er.
Base: wine
Affixes: -er
Inflected forms:
form: winers
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A person who habitually drinks wine
pos: noun
Translations:
thin-film
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: simple
Topics: business
electrical-engineering
electricity
electromagnetism
electronics
energy
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: (of a circuit, electronic, etc.) Made with thin films deposited on a ceramic or glass substrate.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
Translations:
herky
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: more herky
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most herky
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: Only used in herky-jerky
pos: adj
Translations:
hack-and-slay
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: simple
Topics: video-games
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Synonym of hack-and-slash.
pos: adj
tags: informal
not-comparable
examples: It is usually the 'hack-and-slay' gaming that is publicly discussed, the rapid killing of monsters for a quick rise in levels.
Translations:
self-liquidator
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: business
marketing
Etymology: From self- + liquidator.
Base: liquidator
Affixes: self-
Inflected forms:
form: self-liquidators
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A special offer that covers the promoter's costs despite being presented as a discount.
pos: noun
examples: Self-liquidators were popular in the days of resale price maintenance, before the widespread development of retail discounting and mail order.
Translations:
politico-military
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Both political and military.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
Translations:
copus
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: Perhaps from hippocras.
Inflected forms:
form: copuses
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A mug.
pos: noun
examples: PORSON, Whose very name conjures up the spirits of ten thousand wits, holding both sides, over a copus of Trinity ale and a classical pun, would not only frequently “steal a few hours from the night,” but see out both lights and liquids, and seem none the worse for the carouse.
gloss: A drink of ale mixed with spices, and varied by spirits, wines, etc.
pos: noun
examples: We beg you would not stand fiddling about it, but be married forthwith, and then take chaise, and come […] all the way to Cambridge […] for our copuses and Welsh rabbits are impatient for you.
Translations:
broad-based
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: simple
Topics: economics
sciences
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Of a tax: applying to most or all taxpayers or transactions, rather than a targeted subset.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
gloss: Broadly based, wide-ranging.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: In the current situation, we can only dream of a broad-based long-term commitment to public transport in the UK.
Translations:
well-designed
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Designed to serve its purpose well, and/or be attractive.
pos: adj
examples: Therefore, what the train of the future must do is offer a comfortable and enjoyable experience in well-designed carriages that (for example) have pleasant lighting, have seats that align with windows, and which are comfortable enough so that you can doze off without having to call your oesteopath as soon as you wake up.
Translations:
zilla
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: zillas
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A subdivision of a province or state
pos: noun
tags: India
Translations:
Maserati
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: From Italian Maserati.
Inflected forms:
form: Maseratis
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A car manufactured by Maserati.
pos: noun
Translations:
rose-hued
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: compound
Etymology: From rose + hued.
Compound parts: rose
hued
Inflected forms:
form: more rose-hued
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most rose-hued
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: Synonym of rose-coloured.
pos: adj
gloss: Synonym of rose-tinted.
pos: adj
examples: a rose-hued sunset
Their attitude seems to be dissatisfaction with the L.M.R. as operator of the Great Central. Even allowing for rose-hued reminiscences of L.N.E.R. service, we feel that something is wrong.
Translations:
Vx
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: aeronautics
aerospace
astrology
aviation
business
engineering
human-sciences
mysticism
natural-sciences
philosophy
physical-sciences
sciences
Inflected forms:
form: Vxes
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The indicated airspeed at which an aircraft's maximum sustained angle of climb is the steepest.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
usually
gloss: Vertex.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
usually
Related words: V1
V2
VD
VMO
VNE
VR
Vs0
Vs
Translations:
C-string
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: compound
Etymology: Blend of C + G-string.
Compound parts: C
G-string
Inflected forms:
form: C-strings
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A woman's scanty undergarment resembling a G-string but having a curved (C-shaped) wire that runs between the buttocks.
pos: noun
Translations:
Vyse
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: aeronautics
aerospace
aviation
business
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
Etymology: Initialism of Vy, single-engine.
Inflected forms:
form: Vyses
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The indicated airspeed at which a multiengine aircraft's rate of climb with only one engine running is at a maximum.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
usually
Translations:
snow-how
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: compound
Etymology: Blend of snow + know-how.
Compound parts: snow
know-how
Inflected forms:
form: snowhow
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: The knowledge and skill used to deal with snow and inclement weather.
pos: noun
tags: informal
uncountable
examples: SNOW-HOW means top engineering and design for durability and strength without excess weight—reinforcements and flexibility in the hitch—ease of adjustment — reliability of the hydraulic system — control of moldboard curve — all factors that make a plow and its attachments one single unit designed to do the job efficiently.
The know-how of Thomson and the snow-how of Lunn Poly have combined to produce the wintersports programme to end them all.
BUILDING A COMPANY WITH SNOW-HOW
“Right. So these European settlers, who were total ding-dongs, came in the dead of winter, with zero snow-how.” “Lotta loose bonnets, if you know what I'm saying.” “These underprepared vacationers turned to eating each other to survive.”
Translations:
Hastelloy
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: Trademark, introduced in 1922 by Haynes International, from Haynes stellite alloy.
Inflected forms:
form: Hastelloys
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Any of a group of alloys containing nickel, molybdenum, etc.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
Translations:
Itza
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: A Mayan ethnic group native to the Péten region of northern Guatemala and parts of Belize.
pos: noun
tags: plural
plural-only
Translations:
self-recognition
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: human-sciences
immunology
medicine
philosophy
sciences
Etymology: From self- + recognition.
Base: recognition
Affixes: self-
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: The experience of one's own life, personality, etc.; recognition of oneself as a full-bodied individual.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
gloss: A recognition made chiefly by oneself; an understanding reached by one's own thought and reflection.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
examples: Graham therefore insisted that sentencers not deprive juvenile non-homicide offenders "of the opportunity to achieve maturity... and self-recognition of human worth and potential" by sentencing them to die in prison.
gloss: The process by which the immune system distinguishes the body's own cells, DNA, etc. and those of a foreign, possibly pathogenic, agent.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
Translations:
batch-edit
Part of speech: verb
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: batch-edits
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: batch-editing
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: batch-edited
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: batch-edited
pos: verb
tags: past
Senses:
gloss: To carry out a batch edit.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
Translations:
soft-land
Part of speech: verb
Morphological type: simple
Topics: aeronautics
aerospace
astronautics
aviation
business
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
Inflected forms:
form: soft-lands
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: soft-landing
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: soft-landed
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: soft-landed
pos: verb
tags: past
form: soft land
pos: verb
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: To land (a vehicle or other payload) on the surface of a body in such a manner that it survives the landing mostly or entirely intact and is usable or able to operate, at least briefly, following touchdown.
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
transitive
examples: The Spirit and Opportunity rovers were soft-landed on Mars in 2004.
The crate of supplies soft-landed in the drop zone under its parachute, allowing the soldiers to replenish their food and ammo for the next few days of fighting.
Translations:
puncture-wallah
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: puncture-wallahs
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: puncture-walla
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: A person who repairs punctured tyres.
pos: noun
tags: India
examples: […] by the simple ploy of knocking on the door of his unsuspecting friend just when he was about to doze off for the post-prandial siesta, soliciting a paltry half-rupee to pay the puncture-wallah.
There are plenty of puncture-wallahs in all towns and villages who will patch tubes for a couple of rupees, so chances are you won't have to fix a puncture yourself anyway.
Luckily, if you get a flat tyre, puncture-wallahs can be found almost everywhere.
Translations:
Fibber
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: Fibbers
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: An FBI agent.
pos: noun
tags: derogatory
slang
examples: This new ID and the new credit card will throw a wrench in the FBI's machine. Those Fibbers will never know what hit them.
Translations:
Loma
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: A people of Liberia and Guinea.
pos: noun
tags: plural
plural-only
Translations:
pre-AP
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: education
Etymology: From pre- + AP (advanced placement).
Base: AP
Affixes: pre-
Inflected forms:
form: more pre-AP
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most pre-AP
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: Heightened difficulty in preparation for higher learning.
pos: adj
tags: US
examples: She signed up for pre-AP classes.
Translations:
Marka
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: Markas
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: Marka
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A member of a Mande people of northwest Mali.
pos: noun
Translations:
Coree
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: A small Native American tribe who once occupied a coastal area south of the Neuse River in southeastern North Carolina.
pos: noun
tags: historical
plural
plural-only
Translations:
e-fuel
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From e- + fuel.
Base: fuel
Affixes: e-
Inflected forms:
form: e-fuels
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: efuel
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: A combustion fuel that is theoretically environmentally friendly and is carbon neutral. A range of combustibles that is produced by combining hydrogen from water with atmospheric carbon dioxide using renewable energy sources to make the fuels.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: Fuels produced from hydrogen can be used as straight replacements for oil and gas and can be low-carbon, if renewable electricity is used to produce these “e-fuels”. However, the research found that using the electricity directly to power cars and warm houses was far more efficient.
E-fuels can subsequently end up in any of the sectors shown, but mainly get used as transport fuels for aviation and shipping, depending on the scenario.
Translations:
tuco
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish tuco.
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: A tomato-based pasta sauce, similar to a ragout or bolognese, traditionally consumed in South America.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
examples: We ate ñoqui in a tuco sauce that they'd ordered already prepared, and Soriano and I drank wine, a De Lucca cabernet sauvignon, while Felip didn't drink anything at all […]
Customize your tuco sauce: add sliced mushrooms, diced aubergine or sliced spinach, or think of some ideas of your own.
Translations:
pro-verb
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: grammar
human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
Etymology: Formed in English of pro- (“substituting for”) + verb.
Base: verb
Affixes: pro-
Inflected forms:
form: pro-verbs
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A pro-form used to substitute for a verb or verb phrase.
pos: noun
examples: “They herd cattle, and raise corn, just as we used to do”; i.e., to herd cattle and raise corn. Do is sometimes thus used as a sort of pro-verb to represent an active verb or a phrase.
The pro-verb do is like a pronoun; just as a pronoun replaces the entire NP, the pro-verb replaces an entire VP.
Translations:
DOGE
Part of speech: verb
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: Back-formation from doge as a backronym, an Internet meme, or from dogecoin, a cryptocurrency that Elon Musk has supported.
Inflected forms:
form: DOGEs
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: DOGEing
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: DOGEd
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: DOGEd
pos: verb
tags: past
form: DOGE'd
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: DOGE'd
pos: verb
tags: past
form: Doge
pos: verb
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: To fire, scale back or remove in an attempt to improve efficiency.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: There was a huge exodus over at the National Archives for snickety librarians were getting DOGEd silly.
“I finally found one person I knew who got DOGE’d, and it hit me in the heart,” said Watters, who urged his Fox colleagues to “be a little bit less callous.”
Hinojosa called it a DOGEing of the TEA: “It is a zero-based budgeting bill to cut through the nonsense and the bureaucracy and the vendor contracts, and reprioritize that money to what matters – teacher pay, school safety, and closing the special education funding gap.”
Translations:
quesarito
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: compound
Etymology: Blend of quesadilla + burrito.
Compound parts: quesadilla
burrito
Inflected forms:
form: quesaritos
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A combination quesadilla and burrito.
pos: noun
Translations:
CD-I
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: CD-Is
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Alternative original spelling of CD-i.
pos: noun
Translations:
mind-frying
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: more mind-frying
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most mind-frying
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: So unbelievable as to cause denial or shock
pos: adj
Translations:
jug-heavy
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: jug-heavies
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A safecracker.
pos: noun
tags: US
slang
Translations:
globe-earther
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: Possibly created as a direct antonym to flat-earther by flat-earthers.
Inflected forms:
form: globe-earthers
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: globe earther
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: One who believes the Earth is a globe.
pos: noun
tags: Internet
Antonyms: flat-earther
flattard
flerf
Translations:
five-pointer
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: ball-games
games
hobbies
lifestyle
rugby
sports
Inflected forms:
form: five-pointers
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A five-point Calvinist.
pos: noun
gloss: A try
pos: noun
examples: But they will have wanted to capitalise on the opportunities for five-pointers they created in that first half.
Translations:
bizz-buzz
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Synonym of fizz-buzz (“counting game”).
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
Translations:
Greek-letter
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: Greek letter
pos: adj
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: Of or relating to a fraternity, sorority, or honor society.
pos: adj
tags: US
not-comparable
examples: Concerning the oldest Greek-letter society the author says: American Greek-letter college secret societies began with the formation of ΦΒΚ at the College of William and Mary...
One of the most unique and impressive events in Greek-Letter life was the launching of the ΔΚΕ Club of New York City...
As Linonia drew its members from all classes, and the Greek-letter society from only one, no single Greek-letter society could control a majority of the Linonians.
The new home , the first Greek-letter house to be completed on the new fraternity-sorority row, certainly is one of the finest at the university.
The history of fraternal organizations is one of exclusion. In the first part of the 19th century, the early days of fraternities in the United States, Greek-letter organizations mirrored student bodies — white, male, Christian children of privilege.
Organizers said they wanted the event to serve as an acknowledgment and, more importantly, a reminder of the origins of African American Greek-letter organizations, many of which were founded to resist racism in the early 20th century.
Translations:
quarter-assed
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: A humorous extension of half-assed, a quarter being even less than a half.
Inflected forms:
form: more quarter-assed
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most quarter-assed
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: Very half-assed; that is (from another figurative viewpoint), even less than half-assed.
pos: adj
tags: humorous
Translations:
cross-collateralize
Part of speech: verb
Morphological type: simple
Topics: business
finance
Inflected forms:
form: cross-collateralizes
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: cross-collateralizing
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: cross-collateralized
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: cross-collateralized
pos: verb
tags: past
Senses:
gloss: To employ cross-collateralization.
pos: verb
Translations:
slit-gong
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: slit-gongs
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: slit gong
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: Synonym of slit drum.
pos: noun
Translations:
fanmeeting
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: compound
Etymology: From fan + meeting.
Compound parts: fan
meeting
Inflected forms:
form: fanmeetings
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: An event, especially in South Korea and Japan, at which fans can meet a pop group.
pos: noun
Translations:
Afro-rock
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From Afro- + rock.
Base: rock
Affixes: Afro-
Inflected forms:
form: Afro rock
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: rock music with West African influences
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
Translations:
oil-burning
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Synonym of oil-fired.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: Heating of the two cars is not electric, but is by means of an oil-burning airheater.
Translations:
Blang
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: Bulong
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: A particular ethnic group of China and nearby regions.
pos: noun
tags: plural
plural-only
Translations:
Wob
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: Wobs
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A Wobbly (member of the Industrial Workers of the World).
pos: noun
tags: slang
examples: In any case, old Wobs like Frank Little would remind us, there's more to the festival of the oppressed than art sessions and anarchist club meetings.
Translations:
double-handling
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: double handling
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: The handling of anything more than once, e.g. goods in transit.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
examples: It is essential under present-day labour costs to eliminate the double-handling which enters into every railway journey for miscellaneous merchandise.
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