yuanxin112/wiktionary-morph huggingface dataset:
deadwood
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: compound
Topics: bowling
card-games
hobbies
lifestyle
nautical
poker
sports
transport
Etymology: From dead + wood.
Compound parts: dead
wood
Inflected forms:
form: deadwoods
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Dead branches or wood on a tree, or coarse woody debris.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: People or things judged to be superfluous to an organization or project.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: Money not realized by exiting a winning pump trade too early.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: Pins that have fallen and have not been cleared from the alley.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: Vertical planks between the keel and the sternpost that act as reinforcement.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: Structural material on a load-carrying vehicle that reduces the available cargo space.
pos: noun
tags: broadly
countable
uncountable
examples: The defendant […] sustained the injuries at Swatzell's switch, by getting his arm caught between the deadwoods of two freight cars […]
gloss: Cards in a hand that do not contribute to sets and which are usually counted as points against the player holding the hand.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: Cards that have been discarded.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
Translations:
frequentative
Part of speech: adj
noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: grammar
human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *bʰrekʷ-der.?
Proto-Italic *frekʷents
Latin frequēns
Latin frequentāreder.
Late Latin frequentātīvusder.
Middle English frequentatyf
English frequentative
Inherited from Middle English frequentatyf, from Late Latin frequentātīvus, from Latin frequentāre (“to do or use often”), from frequēns (“crowded, crammed; frequent, repeated”), from Proto-Italic *frekʷents, possibly from Proto-Indo-European *bʰrekʷ- (“to stuff”).
By surface analysis, frequent + -ative.
Inflected forms:
form: freq.
pos: adj
tags: alternative
form: frequentatives
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: freq.
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: Serving to express repetition of an action.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: "Crackle" is an English frequentative verb derived from "crack".
gloss: Any of a subclass of imperfective verbs that denote a repeated action, no longer productive in English, but found in e.g. Finnish, Latin, Russian, and Turkish.
pos: noun
Translations:
perilla
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: From translingual Perilla (genus name).
Inflected forms:
form: perillas
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: An East Asian herb with flavorful leaves used in cooking and as a garnish, Perilla frutescens. Also grown for the seeds, which contain an edible and industrially-useful oil.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: The smell of burnt flesh, which the perilla seeds couldn't wholly mask, pricked my nose.
Translations:
enure
Part of speech: verb
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: law
Etymology: From en- + ure. Variant form of inure.
Base: ure
Affixes: en-
Inflected forms:
form: enures
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: enuring
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: enured
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: enured
pos: verb
tags: past
Senses:
gloss: To inure; to make accustomed or desensitized to something unpleasant due to constant exposure.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
gloss: To take effect, to be operative; used with to.
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
examples: All our striving enures to our own spiritual benefit.
The position of the individual as a subject of international law has often been obscured by the failure to observe the distinction between the recognition, in an international instrument of rights enuring to the benefit of the individual and the enforceability of these rights at his instance.
Derived words: enurement
Translations:
ampere-hour
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
Etymology: established 1880-85, from ampere + hour.
Inflected forms:
form: ampere-hours
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: a unit of electric charge, equal to the charge transferred by a current of one ampere in one hour through a specified point in a circuit, equal to 3600 coulombs.
pos: noun
Translations:
rheostat
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: business
electrical-engineering
electricity
electromagnetism
electronics
energy
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
technology
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *ser-?
Proto-Indo-European *srew-
Proto-Indo-European *sréweti
Proto-Hellenic *hréwō
Ancient Greek ῥέω (rhéō)
English rheo-
English -stat
English rheostat
From rheo- + -stat.
Inflected forms:
form: rheostats
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: An electrical resistor, with two terminals, whose resistance is continuously variable by moving a knob or slider.
pos: noun
Translations:
rhetorically
Part of speech: adv
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From Middle English retorycally; equivalent to rhetorical + -ly.
Base: rhetorical
Affixes: -ly
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: In a rhetorical manner.
pos: adv
tags: not-comparable
examples: Bronx councilmember Rev. Wendell Foster rhetorically asked city council president Andrew Stein if he could cast two votes, being of "divided mind."
gloss: With reference to rhetoric.
pos: adv
tags: not-comparable
Translations:
rhythmically
Part of speech: adv
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *ser-?
Proto-Indo-European *srew-
Proto-Indo-European *sru-dʰ-mo-s
Proto-Hellenic *hrutʰmós
Ancient Greek ῥῠθμός (rhŭthmós)
Proto-Indo-European *-kos
Ancient Greek -κός (-kós)
Ancient Greek -ῐκός (-ĭkós)
Ancient Greek ῥυθμικός (rhuthmikós)
English rhythmic
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 rhythmical
Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der.
Proto-Germanic *līkąder.
Proto-Germanic *-līkaz
Proto-Germanic *-ê
Proto-Germanic *-līkê
Proto-West Germanic *-līkē
Old English -līċe
Middle English -ly
English -ly
English rhythmically
From rhythmical + -ly.
Inflected forms:
form: more rhythmically
pos: adv
tags: comparative
form: most rhythmically
pos: adv
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: In a rhythmical manner.
pos: adv
examples: Her hips swayed rhythmically.
gloss: With reference to rhythm.
pos: adv
examples: These songs are rhythmically complex.
If you skip the prelude, which is at once rhythmically square and shapeless, this Lohengrin starts out decently enough, for Hans Helm is one of the okayest Heralds on disc (a modest compliment, to be sure).
Translations:
rhythmical
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *ser-?
Proto-Indo-European *srew-
Proto-Indo-European *sru-dʰ-mo-s
Proto-Hellenic *hrutʰmós
Ancient Greek ῥῠθμός (rhŭthmós)
Proto-Indo-European *-kos
Ancient Greek -κός (-kós)
Ancient Greek -ῐκός (-ĭkós)
Ancient Greek ῥυθμικός (rhuthmikós)
English rhythmic
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 rhythmical
From rhythmic + -al.
Inflected forms:
form: more rhythmical
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most rhythmical
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: rhythmic
pos: adj
examples: Whereas the accentuated linearism, the angular stylization of the folds, the rhythmical course of the outlining and the solemn frontality conjoined with an air of regality in the pose seem to recall the formal repertory of the Corbolinus Master and his group […]
Translations:
rhetorician
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From Middle English rethoricien, from Old French retoricien; equivalent to rhetoric + -ian.
Base: rhetoric
Affixes: -ian
Inflected forms:
form: rhetoricians
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: rhetoritian
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: An expert or student of rhetoric.
pos: noun
examples: Themistocles was a rhetorician.
As I showed, although some rhetoricians, such as Mesmer and Erb, claimed that their interventions were medical treatments, others, such as Freud and Jung, claimed that their interventions were both medical curings and spiritual carings.
In his classicising Troilus and Criseyde, set with pagan aplomb in ancient Troy, he approvingly quotes the rhetorician Geoffrey of Vinsauf’s New Poetics.
gloss: An orator or eloquent public speaker.
pos: noun
Related words: rhetor
rhetoric
Translations:
rheumatoid
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: medicine
sciences
Etymology: Etymology tree
English rheumat(ism)
Ancient Greek -ο- (-o-)der.
Latin -o-
Proto-Indo-European *weyd-
Proto-Indo-European *-os
Proto-Indo-European *wéydos
Proto-Hellenic *wéidos
Ancient Greek εἶδος (eîdos)
Proto-Indo-European *-os
Proto-Indo-European *-ēs
Ancient Greek -ης (-ēs)
Ancient Greek -ειδής (-eidḗs)
Latin -oīdēslbor.
English -oid
English rheumatoid
From rheumat(ism) + -oid.
Inflected forms:
form: more rheumatoid
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most rheumatoid
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: Involving or pertaining to rheumatism, especially rheumatoid arthritis.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
usually
examples: Rheumatoid sufferers have such pain and discomfort every day of their lives that they live eternally in high hopes of something effective turning up.
Juvenile rheumatoid arthritis (JRA), often referred to by doctors today as juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA), is a type of arthritis that causes joint inflammation and stiffness for more than six weeks in a child aged 16 or younger. It affects approximately 50,000 children in the United States. Inflammation causes redness, swelling, warmth, and soreness in the joints, although many children with JRA do not complain of joint pain.
gloss: Presenting analogies with rheumatism.
pos: adj
tags: dated
not-comparable
usually
Derived words: antirheumatoid
pseudorheumatoid
rheumatoid arthritis
rheumatoid factor
rheumatoid nodule
rheumatoid pleuritis
rheumatoid pneumoconiosis
rheumatoid spondylitis
Translations:
rhymer
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From Middle English rymare, from Old English rīmere (“a compouter, reckoner, calculator”), equivalent to rhyme + -er. Cognate with Dutch rijmer, German Reimer, Danish rimer, Swedish rimmare, Icelandic rímari. More at rhyme.
Base: rhyme
Affixes: -er
Inflected forms:
form: rhymers
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: rimer
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: A minstrel.
pos: noun
tags: archaic
gloss: One who makes, composes, or recites rhymes or simple poems.
pos: noun
Translations:
rhymester
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English rhyme
Proto-West Germanic *-astrijā
Old English -estre
Middle English -estere
English -ster
English rhymester
From rhyme + -ster.
Inflected forms:
form: rhymesters
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A rhymer; a poetaster
pos: noun
examples: [...] “Whether vanity is the cause of our becoming rhymesters or not,” answered Harley, “it is a pretty certain effect of it. [...]
Translations:
motorist
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *m(y)ewh₁-der.
Proto-Italic *moweō
Latin moveō
Proto-Indo-European *-tōr
Proto-Italic *-tōr
Latin -tor
Latin mōtorder.
Middle English motour
English motor
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 motorist
From motor + -ist.
Inflected forms:
form: motorists
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: One who drives a motor vehicle.
pos: noun
examples: Moreover, the motorist, even if the speed at which he travelled enabled him to appreciate what he saw, does not see the country at all. What he does see is a tarred road, a couple of blackened or dust-covered hedges, and a stream of other motorists.
In a poll released last week, the AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety found that 58 percent of drivers consider other motorists talking on a cellphone to be a very serious threat and that 87 percent consider motorists e-mailing or texting to be such a threat.
Translations:
bimetal
Part of speech: adj
noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: engineering
metallurgy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁
Proto-Indo-European *dwi-
Proto-Italic *dwi-
Latin bi-bor.
English bi-
Ancient Greek μέτᾰλλον (métăllon)der.
Latin metallum
Old French metalbor.
Middle English metal
English metal
English bimetal
From bi- + metal.
Inflected forms:
form: bi-metal
pos: adj
tags: alternative
form: bimetals
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: bi-metal
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: Consisting of two metals.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
gloss: An object consisting of two metals.
pos: noun
examples: Thermostatic Bimetals: Thermostatic bimetals are laminated composites using materials with a pronounced difference in thermal expansion'. Therefore, thermostatic bimetals change their shape whenever ambient temperature changes.
The application of bimetals synthesized with the combination of another secondary metal such as Ni, Pd, or Pt [comprise of a high reduction potential than ZVI; ZVI, −0.44 V; Ni,−0.257 V; Pd, 0.915 V; or Pt, 1.188 V; Arning and Minteer[…]
The bimetals can be used in forms such as the deflection of a straight strip, the rotation of spirals or helices and the snap action of dished discs. Applications include temperature indicators, thermostatic controls, energy regulators,[…]
Translations:
inviter
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English invite
English -er
English inviter
From invite + -er.
Inflected forms:
form: inviters
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Someone who invites.
pos: noun
examples: While the buyer of such an item wants a sui generis gift to impress a weekend-in-the-Hamptons inviter, how about sending that sum to the Fresh Air Fund in the hosts’ name so a child can enjoy country life, too?
Translations:
window-shopping
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: The browsing of shop windows without any intention of buying.
pos: noun
tags: idiomatic
uncountable
Translations:
twangy
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English twang
Proto-Indo-European *-kos
Proto-Germanic *-gaz
Proto-West Germanic *-g
Old English -iġ
Middle English -y
English -y
English twangy
From twang + -y.
Inflected forms:
form: twangier
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: twangiest
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: That makes a twanging sound.
pos: adj
examples: There’s an occasional schmaltziness, aggravated by the overuse of a twangy score, but more than enough moments of genuine heartbreak, joy and suspense to make up for it.
Translations:
tweedy
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English tweed
Proto-Indo-European *-kos
Proto-Germanic *-gaz
Proto-West Germanic *-g
Old English -iġ
Middle English -y
English -y
English tweedy
From tweed + -y.
Inflected forms:
form: tweedier
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: tweediest
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: Made of tweed, or having a similar rough texture.
pos: adj
examples: We all sat in stuffy classrooms and had men in tweedy sportscoats ruin our afternoons.
gloss: Wearing tweed clothing.
pos: adj
gloss: Preppy.
pos: adj
Derived words: tweedily
tweediness
Translations:
twiggy
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Germanic *twīgą
Proto-West Germanic *twīg
Old English twiġ
Middle English twig
English twig
English -y
English twiggy
From twig + -y.
Inflected forms:
form: twiggier
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: twiggiest
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: Having many twigs.
pos: adj
gloss: Thin and angular.
pos: adj
Derived words: twiggily
twigginess
Translations:
twilit
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Illuminated by or as if by twilight; half-lit.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: He was like someone lying in twilit, formless, preëxistence, and stretching out his hands lovingly towards many-coloured, many-sounding life.
The effect of the closing inside the booths was to turn the line of concessions into a twilit tunnel.
Translations:
day-nighter
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: ball-games
cricket
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
Inflected forms:
form: day-nighters
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A limited overs cricket match that starts in the afternoon and continues into the evening under floodlights.
pos: noun
Translations:
twinkly
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English twinkle
English -y
English twinkly
From twinkle + -y.
Inflected forms:
form: twinklier
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: twinkliest
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: that twinkles
pos: adj
gloss: happy and cheerful
pos: adj
Derived words: twinkly-eyed
Translations:
twin-size
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Being the size of a twin bed.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
Translations:
twirler
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: ball-games
baseball
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
Etymology: Etymology tree
English twirl
English -er
English twirler
From twirl + -er.
Inflected forms:
form: twirlers
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Something that twirls.
pos: noun
gloss: Someone who twirls something.
pos: noun
gloss: A majorette who twirls a baton.
pos: noun
gloss: A pitcher.
pos: noun
Derived words: sign twirler
twirler moth
Translations:
twirly
Part of speech: adj
noun
Morphological type: compound
Etymology: Etymology tree
English twirl
English -y
English twirly
From twirl + -y.
Compound parts: too
early
Inflected forms:
form: twirlier
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: twirliest
pos: adj
tags: superlative
form: twirlies
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Coiled or curly.
pos: adj
gloss: An old age pensioner or other elderly person, especially one using public transport.
pos: noun
tags: Ireland
UK
derogatory
slang
sometimes
examples: Some passengers do try to use passes fraudulently and the time restriction on OAP passes can sometimes lead to arguments (the so-called "twirlies" — "Am I too early?") but seldom to assaults.
These are a great hit with "Twirlies" (senior citizens, infamous for using their bus passes "too-early" before rush hour fades).
I once had a twirly get on my bus, well I have had several hundred actually but that's beside the point!
He'd been so desperate to go to the toilet that he'd parked the bus, locked the twirlies on it and run through the gully home!
Translations:
twisty
Part of speech: adj
noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: computing
engineering
graphical-user-interface
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
Etymology: Etymology tree
English twist
English -y
English twisty
From twist + -y.
Inflected forms:
form: twistier
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: twistiest
pos: adj
tags: superlative
form: twisties
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Characterised by a twist or twists; twisting.
pos: adj
examples: lost in a twisty labyrinth
"When he had religion he used to be always hammerin' up seats and summer-houses and things out of bits of twisty wood. Mad over that, he was."
gloss: Something that is twisty, such as a road
pos: noun
examples: On lonely twisties in upstate New York, the driver of a Porsche Boxster S surely found my unshakable Mini anything but cute.
gloss: A strand of hair twisted together in a braid-like fashion
pos: noun
examples: I was introduced to the panorama of twisties, barrettes, hair and scalp conditioner (basically hair grease), brushes for every occasion and narrow- and wide-tooth combs.
gloss: A collapsible element having a marker such as a small triangle that rotates between horizontal and vertical positions to indicate whether the content is currently hidden or expanded.
pos: noun
examples: The document is divided up into a number of sections controlled by twisties.
Translations:
two-bit
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: Adjective form of two bits.
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Costing 25 cents.
pos: adj
tags: US
informal
not-comparable
examples: That was back in the days of the two-bit shave and haircut.
gloss: Insignificant or worthless.
pos: adj
tags: US
idiomatic
not-comparable
slang
examples: Forget that two-bit shyster. Get yourself a real lawyer.
All your two-bit friends / They're shootin' you up with pills
What Pimp was asking me to do was crazy. Off the fuckin' chain. Insane. He was scheming to stick up T.C. and Miss Lady's pool hall so we could pay off G, but a playa like me was getting ready to go to college and put all that two-bit robbing and stealing shit behind me.
I met a one look girl in a two-bit bar.
Serious times demand honesty and self-awareness from people in positions of authority and, at the end of the day, political parties giving succour to fringe views about life-and-death matters is a Faustian pact. This isn’t speculation, or a serve of two-bit punditry to fuel the opinion cycle. This is the lesson of Donald Trump.
gloss: Acting on, and producing, two qubits.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
Related words: two bits
8-bit
petty cash
pin money
small change
Translations:
checkmated
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: simple
Topics: board-games
chess
games
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Having a king in check with no possible move to escape check, thus losing the game.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
gloss: Suffering a personal loss with no obvious chance to escape the loss.
pos: adj
tags: figuratively
not-comparable
Translations:
two-by-four
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Measuring two inches by four inches.
pos: adj
gloss: Small or cramped.
pos: adj
tags: broadly
Translations:
two-fisted
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Using both fists (or, figuratively, hands).
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: [Tim] Henman's view is that [Andy] Murray must aim to have [Rafael] Nadal hitting two-fisted backhands on the run.
Soon, Travaglini was caught two-fisted, with a Kane's bacon-crumble in one hand and a maple-bacon doughnut from Union Square in the other.
The Diner […] a locally owned, '50s-themed diner where you can get a hearty breakfast, country-fried steak and two-fisted sandwiches.
gloss: Energetic, enthusiastic.
pos: adj
tags: informal
not-comparable
examples: I didn't want to do an ethnography, I wanted a two-fisted, action-packed noir. Because that's the kind of book I like to read.
Anyone who doesn't have a great time in San Francisco is pretty much dead to me. […] It's a two-fisted drinking town, a carnivorous meat-eating town, it's dirty and nasty and wonderful.
If you are already a fan of Samuel Fuller's uncompromising pulp cinema, you'll be delighted by this new documentary tour covering the life and career of the director, writer, and producer. If you've never encountered one of his two-fisted yarns, you'll almost certainly wonder how you got this far without stumbling across this flabbergasting character.
gloss: Inclined to fight, belligerent
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: [Terry] Pratchett was pert with his detractors: "Stories of imagination tend to upset those without one." He might have said the same thing about a sense of humour, and that two-fisted partisanship, the willingness to hit back at an occasionally superior response to his work, made him kin to much of his audience, who had to defend their reading choices – especially in the 80s, before the 90s geek revolution made our obsessions cool – against charges of meaninglessness or childishness.
Related words: three-fisted
Derived words: two-fisted drinker
Translations:
two-handed
Part of speech: adj
adv
Morphological type: compound
Etymology: From two + handed.
Compound parts: two
handed
Inflected forms:
form: twohanded
pos: adj
tags: alternative
form: twohanded
pos: adv
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: Using or designed for use by both hands at once.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
gloss: Involving, or designed for use by, two people.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: a two-handed game of cards
gloss: Ambidextrous.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
gloss: Having two hands.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
gloss: Good with one's fists; able to fight well.
pos: adj
tags: UK
dated
not-comparable
slang
examples: The Baker was a two-handed hitter, and seemed perfectly awake to the business before him.
gloss: In a two-handed manner.
pos: adv
tags: not-comparable
Derived words: two-handed game
two-handedly
two-handedness
Translations:
twopence
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: compound
Etymology: From two + pence.
Compound parts: two
pence
Inflected forms:
form: twopences
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: tuppence
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: A British or Irish coin worth two (old or new) pence.
pos: noun
tags: Ireland
UK
countable
uncountable
gloss: A cost or value of two pence.
pos: noun
tags: Ireland
UK
countable
uncountable
gloss: A small amount or value.
pos: noun
tags: Ireland
UK
broadly
countable
uncountable
Related words: threepence
thruppence
fourpence
fivepence
sixpence
eightpence
tenpence
Derived words: herb twopence
Translations:
two-piece
Part of speech: adj
noun
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: two-pieces
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: comprising two pieces
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
gloss: A garment consisting of two separate parts; especially such a swimsuit
pos: noun
Translations:
two-ply
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: compound
Etymology: From two + ply.
Compound parts: two
ply
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Consisting of two layers or two strands.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: It has been found that although the two-ply moquette used in L.T. train upholstery was of equal weight to the three-ply fabric used in L.T. buses, the bus fabric had 50 per cent longer life, and accordingly it is now being used also for trains.
gloss: Consisting of two webs woven into one another.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: two-ply carpet
gloss: Consisting of two thicknesses.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: two-ply collar/two-ply cuff
Translations:
two-seater
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: two-seaters
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A vehicle with seats for two people (a driver or pilot and one passenger)
pos: noun
examples: At four o'clock exactly Hugh Drummond stepped out of his two-seater at the Haymarket entrance to the Carlton.
Translations:
two-sided
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: simple
Topics: algebra
human-sciences
logic
mathematics
philosophy
sciences
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Having two sides, bilateral.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
gloss: Reversible.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: A reversible coat is two-sided and would allow you to change your appearance.
This output control line is used to select which side of a two-sided floppy disk is to be used for reading or writing.
The image of the two-sided cloak will help us explore the connections students have with the mortal realm, and the connections they have with 'inner realms,' as we'll call them for convenience.
So I looked at the doll. It is a two-sided doll. I lifted up the doll's dress and it was a two-sided doll, on the other side of the doll was a wolf! Red Riding Hood and the wolf!
With the testimony against him, and his former suspicious character, besides his two-sided coat, things looked rather blue for poor Seymour.
gloss: Whose salient properties apply when (the specified object) appears on either side of a given binary operator.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: two-sided inverse — two-sided identity
gloss: Having two aspects or viewpoints.
pos: adj
tags: figuratively
not-comparable
gloss: That is necessarily or absolutely different than the respective coordinate alethic or temporal modality as well as its opposite.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
Synonyms: both-sided
Derived words: two-sidedness
Translations:
two-step
Part of speech: noun
adj
verb
Morphological type: simple
Topics: dance
dancing
entertainment
hobbies
lifestyle
music
sports
Inflected forms:
form: two-steps
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: two-steps
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: two-stepping
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: two-stepped
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: two-stepped
pos: verb
tags: past
Senses:
gloss: A ballroom dance in duple time, having long, sliding steps.
pos: noun
examples: Square dances were the feature of the evening, but waltzes, two-steps, and a Dan Tucker were also very popular.
The dancing shadows on the wall / (The two-step in the hall)
gloss: A dance move consisting of two steps in approximately the same direction onto the same foot, separated by a joining or uniting step with the other foot.
pos: noun
gloss: A piece of music for this dance.
pos: noun
gloss: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see two, step.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: Films corrupted by blotches are often restored in a two-step approach.
The data lake, in turn, supports a two-step process to analyze the data.
A two-step procedure was performed to induce chronic renal disease (CRD): left heminephrectomy at 20 weeks of age followed by right total nephrectomy 1 week later.
gloss: To dance the two-step.
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
gloss: To move around as if dancing a two-step.
pos: verb
tags: figuratively
examples: 2024, Paul Salopek, New Map: Ancient Roads of China, National Geographichttps://outofedenwalk.nationalgeographic.org/articles/2024-07-new-map-ancient-roads-china
Pacing off on average 25 kilometers a day, month after month, we two-stepped around roaring superhighways, under bullet-train bridges, through megacities of 22 million that took a week to traverse, as well as past dams, mines, airports, and industrial parks—a buzzing tableau you’d expect from China’s reputation as the “factory of the world.”
Translations:
two-tone
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Having two colours or shades.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: a two-tone hair
The final outshopping was 55002, which had arrived on October 14 [1980] for a two-month repair, with the usual worksheet taped to its bodyside stating "to be repainted in two-tone green".
gloss: Giving two different sounds, either alternately or simultaneously.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: a two-tone horn
The drivers' cabs are fitted with the latest equipment, including a loudaphone, electric demisters and two-tone horns; provision is made for the fitting of A.W.S. equipment when available.
The band's funky two-tone sound and infectious energy makes their music enjoyable and their lyrical messages accessible.
Synonyms: bichrome
bicolour
bicoloured
dichromatic
duocolor
Translations:
half-crown
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: From its value of half of the crown (five-shilling) coin.
Inflected forms:
form: half-crowns
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: half crown
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: half-a-crown
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: A pre-decimal coin used in Britain, Ireland and New Zealand, equivalent to 30 pence or two shillings and six pence.
pos: noun
tags: historical
examples: […] though we play but half-crowns, you know you may bet half guineas with him.
Keeping, therefore, an eye to the main chance, stimulated by the best possible motive, Helen emptied her purse on the bed, in such a manner, as to allow a stray half sovereign to escape, when she added the shillings and half-crowns to the little heap, and said, in a tremulous voice, "Here is my money."
Half-a-crown is known as an alderman, half a bull, half a tusheroon, and a madza caroon; whilst a crown piece, or five shillings, may be called either a bull, or a caroon, or a cartwheel, or a coachwheel, or a thick-un, or a tusheroon.
This is a masterly work of condensation, omitting nothing of importance and providing a most readable book that for a modest half-crown is incredibly good value.
Translations:
precondition
Part of speech: noun
verb
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: biology
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *per-
Proto-Indo-European *preh₂-
Proto-Indo-European *-i
Proto-Indo-European *préh₂i?
Proto-Italic *prai
Proto-Italic *prai-
Latin prae-lbor.
Middle English pre-
English pre-
English condition
English precondition
From pre- + condition.
Inflected forms:
form: preconditions
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: pre-condition
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: preconditions
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: preconditioning
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: preconditioned
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: preconditioned
pos: verb
tags: past
form: pre-condition
pos: verb
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: A condition that requires satisfaction before taking a course of action.
pos: noun
examples: A marriage licence is a precondition for a wedding.
Presidential adviser Bouthaina Shaaban told Russia Today TV on Tuesday that the government would attend without preconditions and with the goal of stopping violence and terrorism in the country, SANA reported.
“The Office will refuse to register works entirely generated by AI,” says Robert Kasunic of the USCO. “Human authorship is a precondition to copyrightability.”
After a failed attempt by ministers to bounce the union into an agreement by announcing its terms (which included all sorts of union red lines such as drivers having to pay for their own training) in the media rather than over the negotiation table, there is an understandable reluctance on the part of the unions to engage in any discussions unless there are no preconditions.
gloss: A medical illness, ailment, or adverse condition that exists before an insurance policy takes effect.
pos: noun
gloss: To condition in advance
pos: verb
examples: The hearts were preconditioned by either ischemia or bradykinin or adenosine.
Derived words: preconditional
Translations:
conjunctival
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English conjunctiva
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 conjunctival
From conjunctiva + -al.
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Of or relating to the conjunctiva.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
relational
Translations:
keratoconjunctivitis
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *ḱer-
Proto-Indo-European *-h₂
?
Proto-Indo-European *ḱerh₂-der.
Proto-Hellenic *kérats
Ancient Greek κέρᾰς (kérăs)der.
English kerato-
English conjunctiva
Proto-Indo-European *-tósder.
Ancient Greek -της (-tēs)der.
Ancient Greek -ῖτις (-îtis)lbor.
New Latin -itisder.
English -itis
English conjunctivitis
English keratoconjunctivitis
From kerato- + conjunctivitis.
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: An inflammation of the cornea and the conjunctiva.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
Translations:
spile
Part of speech: noun
verb
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: From Middle Dutch or Middle Low German spile (“splinter, peg”), ultimately from Proto-Germanic *spīlaz (“splinter, peg”), from Proto-Indo-European *spey- (“prickle, pointed stick”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian spyl, German Speil (“chip, splinter, gore, wedge”), Danish spile, Dutch spijl.
Inflected forms:
form: spiles
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: spiles
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: spiling
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: spiled
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: spiled
pos: verb
tags: past
Senses:
gloss: A splinter.
pos: noun
tags: Cumbria
dialectal
obsolete
gloss: A spigot or plug used to stop the hole in a barrel or cask.
pos: noun
examples: So I felt my way down the passage back to the vault, and recked not of the darkness, nor of Blackbeard and his crew, if only I could lay my lips to liquor. Thus I groped about the barrels till near the top of the stack my hand struck on the spile of a keg, and drawing it, I got my mouth to the hold.
gloss: A spout inserted in a maple (or other tree) to draw off sap.
pos: noun
tags: US
examples: Now, chamfering one end of the elderberry tube slightly to fit, I push it into the hole and wait. After a few seconds sap will begin to drip from the end of the tube, a tangible flow of life and vitality. […] Beneath the tube, properly called a spile, I place my cup to catch the drips.
gloss: To plug (a hole) with a spile.
pos: verb
gloss: To draw off (a liquid) using a spile.
pos: verb
gloss: To provide (a barrel, tree etc.) with a spile.
pos: verb
Translations:
earsplitting
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: compound
Etymology: From ear + splitting.
Compound parts: ear
splitting
Inflected forms:
form: more earsplitting
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most earsplitting
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: Extremely loud, painfully loud.
pos: adj
examples: Performing an earsplitting solo on an out-of-tune guitar
Translations:
eagle-eyed
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: more eagle-eyed
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most eagle-eyed
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: Having great visual acuity, especially the ability to see at a distance.
pos: adj
examples: We like old signs at railway stations, and eagle-eyed John Macnab, from Falkirk, spotted one in our photograph of a Virgin Trains Class 390 at London Euston (RAIL 889).
gloss: Keenly perceptive.
pos: adj
Synonyms: eagle-sighted
Translations:
earmuff
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: compound
Etymology: From ear + muff.
Compound parts: ear
muff
Inflected forms:
form: earmuffs
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: ear muff
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: A garment to keep the ears warm.
pos: noun
gloss: A garment or part worn over a single ear.
pos: noun
gloss: A sound-deadening cup or a pair of such cups worn over the ear or ears.
pos: noun
Derived words: earmuffed
Translations:
earthward
Part of speech: adj
adv
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From Middle English ertheward, erþewarde, equivalent to earth + -ward.
Base: earth
Affixes: -ward
Inflected forms:
form: more earthward
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most earthward
pos: adj
tags: superlative
form: Earthward
pos: adj
tags: alternative
form: more earthward
pos: adv
tags: comparative
form: most earthward
pos: adv
tags: superlative
form: Earthward
pos: adv
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: Towards or in the direction of the Earth.
pos: adj
gloss: Towards or in the direction of the Earth.
pos: adv
Translations:
editorially
Part of speech: adv
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English editorial
Middle English -ly
English -ly
English editorially
From editorial + -ly.
Inflected forms:
form: more editorially
pos: adv
tags: comparative
form: most editorially
pos: adv
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: In the manner of an editor.
pos: adv
gloss: In the manner of an editorial.
pos: adv
Translations:
editorship
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
Medieval Latin ēdō
Proto-Indo-European *-tōr
Proto-Italic *-tōr
Medieval Latin -tor
Medieval Latin ēditorder.
English editor
Proto-Germanic *skapjaną
Proto-Germanic *-skapiz
Proto-West Germanic *-skapi
Old English -sċiepe
Middle English -schipe
English -ship
English editorship
From editor + -ship.
Inflected forms:
form: editorships
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The position or job of being an editor
pos: noun
examples: With this issue Mr. W. A. Willox regretfully relinquishes the editorship of THE RAILWAY MAGAZINE
While this was tremendous fun, the week also revealed the limitations and sometimes bumpy consequences of the guest editorships.
Peter gained his first editorship with Motor Cycle, before joining EMAP to eventually edit Motor Cycle Mechanics (later Performance Bikes and now Practical Sportsbikes) in 1978.
Translations:
autosomal
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English autosome
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 autosomal
From autosome + -al.
Inflected forms:
form: more autosomal
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most autosomal
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: Of or pertaining to autosomes.
pos: adj
Translations:
autosome
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: biology
genetics
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
Etymology: From auto- + -some, from Ancient Greek σῶμα (sôma, “body”).
Base: auto
Inflected forms:
form: autosomes
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Any eukaryotic chromosome other than sex chromosomes.
pos: noun
examples: Autosoma (or autosome), the usual or non-aberrant chromosomes, called by me previously ordinary chromosomes.
It is apparently formed by the arms of the loops becoming twisted around each other, and, as in the Acrididae, each of these arms no doubt represents a univalent autosome.
Translations:
tallyman
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: government
politics
Etymology: Etymology tree
English tally
English -man
English tallyman
From tally + -man.
Inflected forms:
form: tallymen
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A person who keeps a tally of something.
pos: noun
examples: Uncoupling a train into cuts in the reception sidings - as a shunter wields his pole, the tallyman reads off details of the train to the Traffic Office through his portable radio transmitter.
At the prefab site entrance, we collect our breathing apparatus from the 'tallyman' who books people in and out of the tunnel.
gloss: A man who conducts the tally trade.
pos: noun
gloss: A man who cohabits (with someone) outside of marriage.
pos: noun
tags: archaic
informal
regional
examples: The term tally-man and tally-woman, indicating a man and woman living together without marriage, are used in mining districts, where such unions are far from uncommon.
gloss: A counting agent; typically one who is a man.
pos: noun
tags: Ireland
Related words: tallywoman
live tally
Translations:
curacy
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English cur(ium)
English -ate
English curate
English -cy
English curacy
From curate + -cy.
Inflected forms:
form: curacies
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The office or position of a curate.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
Translations:
outgrowth
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *úd
Proto-Germanic *ūt
Proto-Germanic *ūt-
Old English ūt-
Middle English ut-
English out-
English growth
English outgrowth
From out- + growth.
Inflected forms:
form: outgrowths
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Anything that grows out of something else.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: Anything that grows out of something else.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: Anything that grows out of something else.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: Excessive growth.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
Derived words: neurite outgrowth
neuronal outgrowth
Translations:
lang: Czech
word: výběžek
lang: Polish
word: wyrostek
Jodrell
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: The rhyming slang comes from Jodrell Bank.
Inflected forms:
form: Jodrells
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A wank.
pos: noun
examples: He's gone to the toilet for a Jodrell.
Translations:
cameraman
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *kh₂em-der.
Proto-Indo-Iranian *kmárati
Proto-Iranian *kamarāder.
Ancient Greek καμάρᾱ (kamárā)bor.
Latin cameralbor.
English camera
Proto-Indo-European *mon-
Proto-Germanic *mann-
Proto-West Germanic *mann
Old English mann
Middle English man
Middle English -man
English -man
English cameraman
From camera + -man.
Inflected forms:
form: cameramen
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: camera-man
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: Somebody who operates a movie camera or television camera.
pos: noun
examples: ‘We were getting a grand shot of a charging rhino when the cameraman got scared and bolted. The fathead!’
Translations:
corroborating
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: supporting
pos: adj
examples: corroborating evidence
Translations:
bacchanalia
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: From Bacchanalia.
Inflected forms:
form: bacchanalias
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Any wild, orgiastic party or celebration.
pos: noun
examples: His sexuality had been an open secret within the industry for decades: his pool parties, described as “blond bacchanalias”, were legendary.
Now counting about 600 homes, it is a place of mythic weekend-long parties and carnal pleasure, a byword for bacchanalia and fleshy hedonism – but also simply a secluded haven where people can be themselves.
Translations:
dentil
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: architecture
Etymology: From French dentille, ultimately from Latin dente, ablative singular of dēns.
Inflected forms:
form: dentils
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Any one of a series of small rectangular blocks projecting like teeth from a molding or beneath a cornice.
pos: noun
Translations:
pirn
Part of speech: noun
verb
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: Perhaps from prin (“twig, shoot”), variant of prene (“spike, nail”), from Old English preon, from Proto-Germanic *preunaz (“knitting needle”).
Inflected forms:
form: pirns
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: pern
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: pirns
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: pirning
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: pirned
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: pirned
pos: verb
tags: past
form: pern
pos: verb
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: A cone-shaped spool or bobbin on which thread or yarn is wound, used most often for weaving.
pos: noun
gloss: The amount of thread wound on a shuttle or reel.
pos: noun
gloss: To wind (yarn) onto a pirn, usually by means of a pirn winder.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
Translations:
insolubility
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From Latin insolūbilitās or from insoluble + -ity.
Base: insoluble
Affixes: -ity
Inflected forms:
form: insolubilities
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The quality of being insoluble
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
usually
Translations:
bactericide
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
Ancient Greek βακτηρία (baktēría)
Proto-Indo-European *-yósder.
Ancient Greek -ῐος (-ĭos)?
Ancient Greek -ιον (-ion)
Ancient Greek βακτήριον (baktḗrion)bor.
New Latin bactēriumbor.
English bacterium
Proto-Indo-European *kh₂eyd-der.
Proto-Italic *kaidō
Latin caedō
Proto-Indo-European *-h₂
Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂
Proto-Italic *-ā
Latin -a
Latin -cīdader.
Middle French -cidebor.
English -cide
English bactericide
From bacterium + -cide.
Inflected forms:
form: bactericides
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Any substance that kills bacteria, especially one that is otherwise harmless.
pos: noun
Translations: