yuanxin112/wiktionary-morph huggingface dataset:
theistic
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: From Ancient Greek.
Inflected forms:
form: more theistic
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most theistic
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: Of or relating to theism.
pos: adj
Translations:
low-pressure
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Operating at relatively low pressure, such as several times atmospheric pressure.
pos: adj
examples: a low-pressure zone in meteorology
A low-pressure steam pipe is not as dangerous as a high-pressure one.
gloss: Calm, easy, relaxed.
pos: adj
tags: figuratively
uncommon
Translations:
resignedly
Part of speech: adv
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English resigned
Middle English -ly
English -ly
English resignedly
From resigned + -ly.
Inflected forms:
form: more resignedly
pos: adv
tags: comparative
form: most resignedly
pos: adv
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: With resignation and acceptance; in a resigned manner
pos: adv
examples: Resignedly, I telegraphed back that it was all right with me if he insisted.
Translations:
ruefully
Part of speech: adv
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Germanic *hrewwaną
Proto-West Germanic *hreuwan
Proto-Indo-European *-h₂
Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂
Proto-Germanic *-ō
Proto-West Germanic *-u
Proto-West Germanic *hreuwu
Old English hrēow
Middle English rewe
Proto-Indo-European *pleh₁-
Proto-Indo-European *-nós
Proto-Indo-European *pl̥h₁nós
Proto-Germanic *fullaz
Proto-Germanic *-fullaz
Old English -ful
Middle English -ful
Middle English reuful
English rueful
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 ruefully
From rueful + -ly.
Inflected forms:
form: more ruefully
pos: adv
tags: comparative
form: most ruefully
pos: adv
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: In a rueful manner; causing, feeling, or expressing regret or sorrow.
pos: adv
examples: He smiled ruefully at me.
He pushed his straw hat back, scratched his head, and laughed ruefully.
Translations:
prodigiously
Part of speech: adv
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
Latin prōdigiōsusbor.
Middle English prodigious
English prodigious
Middle English -ly
English -ly
English prodigiously
From prodigious + -ly.
Inflected forms:
form: more prodigiously
pos: adv
tags: comparative
form: most prodigiously
pos: adv
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: In a prodigious manner; astonishingly, enormously, impressively, wonderfully.
pos: adv
examples: [T]he Mercers encreaſing prodigiouſly vvent back into the City; there like Bees unhiv'd they hover about a vvhile, not knovving vvhere to fix; but at laſt, as if they vvould come back to the old Hive in Pater-noſter Rovv, but could not be admitted, the ſvvarm ſettled on Lu[d]gate-hill.
The Dashwoods were so prodigiously delighted with the Middletons, that, though not much in the habit of giving any thing, they determined to give them—a dinner; […]
Pendennis the elder, who like a real man of the world had a proper and constant dread of the opinion of his neighbour, was prodigiously annoyed by the absurd little tempest which was blowing in Chatteris, and tossing about Master Pen’s reputation.
Translations:
all-up
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: total; including everything or everyone
pos: adj
examples: an all-up amount including GST and LCT (but not stamp duty, registration etc)
Translations:
zocalo
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: From Mexican Spanish zócalo. Doublet of socle and zoccolo.
Inflected forms:
form: zocalos
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A town square or marketplace, especially in Mexico.
pos: noun
Translations:
anti-chip
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English anti-
Middle English chippe
English chip
English anti-chip
From anti- + chip.
Inflected forms:
form: antichip
pos: adj
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: Resistant to chipping (breaking into small pieces).
pos: adj
Translations:
sprayer
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English spray
English -er
English sprayer
From spray + -er.
Inflected forms:
form: sprayers
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: An object or device used to spray a liquid.
pos: noun
gloss: An object or device used to spray a liquid.
pos: noun
gloss: One who sprays.
pos: noun
examples: Graffiti often includes the sprayer’s name.
Derived words: bidet sprayer
diaper sprayer
microsprayer
nanosprayer
nappy sprayer
Vermorel sprayer
Translations:
lang: Bulgarian
word: пръскачка
roman: prǎskačka
lang: Bulgarian
word: пулверизатор
roman: pulverizator
lang: Catalan
word: polvoritzador
lang: Polish
word: opryskiwacz
lang: Polish
word: atomizator
lang: Polish
word: atomizer
lang: Polish
word: rozpylacz
lang: Portuguese
word: pulverizador
lang: Russian
word: пульвериза́тор
roman: pulʹverizátor
lang: Russian
word: спрей
roman: sprɛj
weather-beaten
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: more weather-beaten
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most weather-beaten
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: Beaten or harassed by the weather; worn or damaged by exposure to the weather or the outdoors, especially to severe weather.
pos: adj
examples: Near-synonym: weathered
Farther down the beach they saw a weather-beaten shack and an upturned boat.
An old man with a weather-beaten face told them that the shack was used seasonally by fishermen.
Rasmus was a tall, powerful man, with a weather-beaten, furrowed face of a good-natured expression.
The glass door opened and there entered a thick-set, mud-bespattered, weather-beaten dock laborer with bare head and bare feet.
Translations:
anti-federal
Part of speech: adj
noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *h₂ent-
Proto-Indo-European *-s
Proto-Indo-European *h₂énts
Proto-Indo-European *-i
Proto-Indo-European *h₂énti
Ancient Greek ᾰ̓ντῐ́ (ăntĭ́)
Ancient Greek ἀντι- (anti-)der.
English anti-
Proto-Indo-European *bʰeydʰ-
Proto-Indo-European *-ós
Proto-Indo-European *bʰeydʰós
Proto-Italic *feiðos
Latin foedusder.
French fédéralder.
English federal
English anti-federal
From anti- + federal.
Inflected forms:
form: more anti-federal
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most anti-federal
pos: adj
tags: superlative
form: anti-federals
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Opposing federalism; relating to or supporting anti-federalism.
pos: adj
gloss: An anti-federalist.
pos: noun
Translations:
candlelit
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: compound
Etymology: From candle + lit.
Compound parts: candle
lit
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Lit by a candle or candles.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: […] San Sebastian Church was desolate in the courtyard; emptier, lonelier inside with its pews stretched out like fallen pylons varnished by dolorous residue. From each candlelit nook stared in stony despair one after another saint, regal and rueful: proffering forgiveness, peace, a todo.
He poured himself a full glass of wine, and passed the bottle along the candlelit table.
Translations:
comparability
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: comparabilities
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The quality of being comparable.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
Translations:
caregiver
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *ǵeh₂r-der.
Proto-Germanic *karō
Proto-West Germanic *karu
Old English caru
Middle English care
English care
English giver
English caregiver
From care + giver.
Inflected forms:
form: caregivers
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: care-giver
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: A carer; a person who looks after another person.
pos: noun
tags: Canada
Philippines
US
examples: The coronavirus has turned caregivers around the world into homeschoolers.
‘Caregivers in this role can suffer as much as the patients. It can be very stressful.’
Taking care of an elderly parent or seriously ill spouse or family member can be physically and emotionally draining — and expensive for the caregiver in more ways than one.
Translations:
high-marking
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: hobbies
lifestyle
sports
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: An activity specific to snowmobiling, where a snowmobile attempts to ride as far as possible up a steep slope, then turn and come down without rolling or stalling on the hill.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
Translations:
overwork
Part of speech: verb
noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From Middle English overwerken, possibly from Old English oferwyrċan (“to overwork, overlay”), equivalent to over- + work. Cognate with Dutch overwerken (“to overwork”).
Base: work
Affixes: over-
Inflected forms:
form: overworks
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: overworking
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: overworked
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: overworked
pos: verb
tags: past
form: overwrought
pos: verb
tags: archaic
participle
past
form: overwrought
pos: verb
tags: archaic
past
Senses:
gloss: To make (someone or something) work too hard.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: to overwork a horse
For some years locomotives and coaches have been overworked and undermaintained to a degree without precedent in British railway history, and the leeway in maintenance now to be made up is very great.
The cracking sound, he explained, as far as I, a non-plumber, could understand, was the sound of the overworked, undermaintained and weirdly installed heating unit’s core rupturing and spilling water into the basement.
If you live in Washington D.C., Houston or Atlanta, it might be time to take a vacation.
Those three cities, followed by Seattle and Chicago, are the most overworked cities in the United States, according to a study released by the mobile technology company Kisi this past week.
It turns out that overworking your brain with either physical or mental exercise may lower your ability to delay self-gratification.
One of China’s most prominent e-commerce companies is facing intense public backlash over allegations that it overworks its employees.
gloss: To work too hard.
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
gloss: To fill too full of work; to crowd with labour.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: My days with toil are overwrought.
gloss: To decorate all over.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
gloss: A superstructure.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
gloss: Excessive work.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
examples: Various disordered conditions consequent upon overwork, which are characteristic of modern civilisation.
He says that more men are killed by overwork than the importance of this world justifies. He maintains that overwork slew Pansay who died under his hands about three years ago.
[…] it had obtained from its constituents rather antiquated and inefficient equipment, which scarcely stood up to overwork; […].
When it comes to overwork, denial looms large.
The Japanese term for sudden death from overwork.
In July, the government legislated to reduce the maximum working hours from a staggering 68 per week to 40, with 12 hours of paid overtime, in what President Moon Jae-in said would be an “important opportunity to move away from a society of overwork and move toward a society of spending time with families.”
Related words: overtime
Translations:
reformer
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: Christianity
chemistry
geography
geology
natural-sciences
petrochemistry
petrology
physical-sciences
Etymology: Etymology tree
English reform
Proto-Indo-European *-yósder.
Proto-Italic *-āzijos
Latin -āriusnom.
Latin -āriusbor.
Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz
Proto-West Germanic *-ārī
Old English -ere
Middle English -ere
English -er
English reformer
From reform + -er.
Inflected forms:
form: reformers
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: One who reforms, or who works for reform.
pos: noun
examples: Among the frontrunners before the conclave began were Pietro Parolin, the Vatican’s secretary of state; Luis Antonio Tagle, a reformer from the Philippines; Péter Erdő, a traditionalist from Hungary; Robert Sarah, a cardinal from Guinea who criticised Francis’s papacy; and the moderate US cardinal Robert Prevost.
gloss: One who was involved in the Reformation.
pos: noun
tags: historical
examples: […] for I long to ſee a larke without a creaſt, and would travaile farre to diſcoover a reformer without a fault, […]
gloss: A device which converts hydrocarbons into a hydrogen-rich mixture of gases.
pos: noun
examples: The fuel reformer works somewhat like catalytic converters in cars. In the gasoline reformer, vaporized gasoline is mixed with steam and air before traveling through a cylinder packed with the new Argonne catalyst. The result is a hydrogen-rich gas that is further processed in subsequent chemical steps and is then fed to the fuel cell.
gloss: A device used to convert petroleum refinery naphthas, typically having low octane ratings, into high-octane liquid products called reformates.
pos: noun
examples: Deisohexanizer bottoms are routed to the continuous reformer, where the octane of the stream is upgraded chiefly by conversion of naphthenes and paraffins to high octane aromatic compounds.
Antonyms: traditionalist
Derived words: antireformer
catalytic reformer
counterreformer
reformeress
spelling reformer
Translations:
quirkiness
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English quirky
Proto-Germanic *-inōną
Proto-Indo-European *-dyé-
Proto-Germanic *-atjaną
Proto-Indo-European *-tus
Proto-Germanic *-þuz
Proto-Germanic *-assuz
Proto-Germanic *-inassuz
Proto-West Germanic *-nassī
Old English -nes
Middle English -nesse
English -ness
English quirkiness
From quirky + -ness.
Inflected forms:
form: quirkinesses
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The state of being quirky.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
usually
examples: Your quirkiness is so endearing.
Chacombe: The one-bedroomed holiday home built into the mouth of the Great Central Railway tunnel, on the former Banbury-Northampton route, has won a number of awards for its quirkiness.
gloss: A specific quirky aspect of a person or thing.
pos: noun
tags: countable
usually
examples: "There are certain quirkinesses, but he is a very good neighbor."
Related words: quirkily
Translations:
reshaping
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: reshapings
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The process by which something is reshaped.
pos: noun
examples: Near-synonym: recontouring
In one sense or another, each of the stories is about the creation of private fictions, reshapings of the world in order to make it walkable.
Translations:
reeducate
Part of speech: verb
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Italic *wre-
Latin re-der.
Old French re-bor.
Middle English re-
English re-
English educate
English reeducate
From re- + educate.
Inflected forms:
form: reeducates
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: reeducating
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: reeducated
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: reeducated
pos: verb
tags: past
form: re-educate
pos: verb
tags: alternative
form: reëducate
pos: verb
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: To educate or teach again, especially in order to remove bad practices.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
gloss: To rehabilitate.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
Derived words: reeducation
reeducator
Translations:
lang: Dutch
word: heropvoeden
lang: Finnish
word: kouluttaa uudelleen
lang: Finnish
word: opettaa uudelleen
lang: French
word: rééduquer
lang: German
word: umerziehen
lang: Italian
word: rieducare
lang: Macedonian
word: превоспитува
roman: prevospituva
lang: Macedonian
word: превоспита
roman: prevospita
lang: Polish
word: reedukować
lang: Portuguese
word: reeducar
lang: Russian
word: перевоспи́тывать
roman: perevospítyvatʹ
lang: Russian
word: перевоспита́ть
roman: perevospitátʹ
lang: Spanish
word: reeducar
scorched
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: more scorched
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most scorched
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: Dried, damaged or burnt by exposure to sunlight or heat.
pos: adj
Translations:
westernization
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English western
Proto-Indo-European *-id-
Proto-Indo-European *-yéti
Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti
Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō
Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor.
Late Latin -izōder.
Middle French -iserbor.
Middle English -isen
English -ize
Proto-Indo-European *-tis
Proto-Indo-European *-Hō
Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō
Proto-Italic *-tiō
Latin -tiō
Latin -ātiōlbor.
Old French -ationbor.
Middle English -acioun
English -ation
English -ization
English westernization
From western + -ization.
Inflected forms:
form: westernizations
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: westernisation
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: The process of assimilation, by a society, of the customs and practices of western culture.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: I would argue that Westernization as a cultural attribute was less important than the fact that these men had skills disposing them to what rule-based government and^([sic]) fear 'demagocracy' )
According to anthropology professor Peter Rigby, the Maasai's resistance to Westernization and their reluctance to enter the market system is ethnosuicide.
Antonyms: dewesternization
Translations:
vulgarization
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: sciences
Etymology: Etymology tree
English vulgar
Proto-Indo-European *-id-
Proto-Indo-European *-yéti
Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti
Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō
Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor.
Late Latin -izōder.
Middle French -iserbor.
Middle English -isen
English -ize
Proto-Indo-European *-tis
Proto-Indo-European *-Hō
Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō
Proto-Italic *-tiō
Latin -tiō
Latin -ātiōlbor.
Old French -ationbor.
Middle English -acioun
English -ation
English -ization
English vulgarization
From vulgar + -ization.
Inflected forms:
form: vulgarizations
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: vulgarisation
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: The process of making something vulgar, especially by using the language of ordinary people.
pos: noun
tags: British
Canada
English
Oxford
US
countable
uncountable
gloss: The process of making something accessible and attractive to the general public; the popular-science presentation of a topic, its popularization.
pos: noun
tags: British
Canada
English
Oxford
US
countable
uncommon
uncountable
Translations:
deactivation
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *de
Proto-Indo-European *-h₁
Proto-Indo-European *déh₁
Proto-Italic *dē
Latin dē
Latin dē-der.
English de-
Proto-Indo-European *h₂eǵ-
Proto-Indo-European *-eti
Proto-Indo-European *h₂éǵeti
Proto-Italic *agō
Latin agō
Proto-Indo-European *-wós
Proto-Indo-European *-iHwósder.
Latin -īvus
▲
Ancient Greek ἐνεργητῐκός (energētĭkós)sl.
Latin āctīvusbor.
Old French actifbor.
Middle English actyf
English active
Proto-Indo-European *-tis
Proto-Indo-European *-Hō
Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō
Proto-Italic *-tiō
Latin -tiō
Latin -ātiōlbor.
Old French -ationbor.
Middle English -acioun
English -ation
▲
English active
Proto-Indo-European *-h₂
Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂
Proto-Indo-European *-tós
Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos
Proto-Italic *-ātos
Latin -ātuslbor.
English -ate
English activate
▲
English -ation
English -ion
English activation
English deactivation
From de- + activation.
Inflected forms:
form: deactivations
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The act of deactivating something, such as a bomb or alarm.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
Translations:
findable
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From Middle English fyndable, fyndeable, equivalent to find + -able.
Base: find
Affixes: -able
Inflected forms:
form: more findable
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most findable
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: Able to be found.
pos: adj
examples: “But you did a fine job being findable—stayed on camera, stayed still. I only lost you for a few minutes.”
Translations:
belt-drive
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: belt-drives
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Any mechanism that uses a continuous belt through which power is transmitted.
pos: noun
Antonyms: direct-drive
Translations:
attorn
Part of speech: verb
Morphological type: simple
Topics: law
Etymology: From Middle English attournen, from Old French atorner (“designate”), from a- (“to”) + torner (“turn”).
Inflected forms:
form: attorns
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: attorning
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: attorned
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: attorned
pos: verb
tags: past
Senses:
gloss: To transfer one's obligations from one person to another person.
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
gloss: To consent to the transfer of one's obligations as tenant under a lease to a new landlord.
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
gloss: To acknowledge the jurisdiction of (a particular court) over one's dispute.
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
Synonyms: traditio brevi manu
Derived words: attornment
attorney
Translations:
ant-hill
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: compound
Etymology: From ant + hill.
Compound parts: ant
hill
Inflected forms:
form: ant-hills
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: anthill
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: A mound-shaped nest built or inhabited by ants or termites.
pos: noun
Translations:
tragacanth
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: From Latin tragacantha, from Koine Greek τραγάκανθα (tragákantha, “tragacanth”), from Ancient Greek τράγος (trágos, “he-goat”) + ἄκανθα (ákantha, “thorn”). Doublet of adragant.
Inflected forms:
form: tragacanths
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A polysaccharide gum, extracted from several species of leguminous plants of the genus Astragalus, formerly used medicinally and now as a food additive. Also more fully gum tragacanth.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: Where what I have to note is too much to be included within the narrow limits of a margin, I commit it to a slip of paper, and deposit it between the leaves; taking care to secure it by an imperceptible portion of gum tragacanth paste.
There would have been many gums and resins in these markets for our lute-maker to bind his wood with: […] gum tragacanth from Aleppo, which would be sold as thin and wrinkled worm-like pieces of shrub.
Translations:
acupuncturist
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱ-der.
Proto-Italic *akus
New Latin acus
Proto-Indo-European *pewǵ-der.
Proto-Italic *pungō
New Latin pungō
New Latin pūnctus
Proto-Indo-European *-tew-?
Proto-Indo-European *-r-eh₂?
New Latin -tūra
New Latin pūnctūra
New Latin acūpūnctūralbor.
English acupuncture
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 acupuncturist
From acupuncture + -ist.
Inflected forms:
form: acupuncturists
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A healthcare professional who is qualified or professionally engaged in the practice of acupuncture.
pos: noun
Translations:
autogyro
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: From auto- and gyro-, from latinized forms of Ancient Greek αὐτο- (auto-, “self-”) and γῦρος (gûros, “circle, gyre”), a variant of earlier Spanish autogiro.
Inflected forms:
form: autogyros
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: autogiro
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: An aircraft in which lift is provided by unpowered rotating wings and thrust is provided by a conventional propeller.
pos: noun
Translations:
homopolymer
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *sem-
Proto-Indo-European *somHós
Proto-Hellenic *homós
Ancient Greek ὁμός (homós)der.
English homo-
English polymer
English homopolymer
From homo- + polymer.
Inflected forms:
form: homopolymers
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: a polymer formed from a single type of monomer.
pos: noun
Translations:
apochromatic
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: simple
Topics: engineering
natural-sciences
optics
physical-sciences
physics
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Corrected for both chromatic aberration and spherical aberration
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
Translations:
hydrazide
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
Inflected forms:
form: hydrazides
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: any compound derived from an oxoacid by replacing the hydroxide group with -NHNH₂ or derived forms -NRNR₂
pos: noun
Translations:
hydrazone
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
Etymology: May comes from hydr(o)- + azo- + (ket)one.
Base: ketone
Affixes: hydro-
azo-
Inflected forms:
form: hydrazones
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Any compound, of general formula R₂C=NNR₂, formally derived from an aldehyde or ketone by replacing the carbonyl group with =NNH₂ or derivative.
pos: noun
Translations:
bee-eater
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: From the diet of these birds, which consists of flying insects, especially bees and wasps.
Inflected forms:
form: bee-eaters
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Any of various brightly-coloured, insectivorous, near-passerine birds in the family Meropidae, especially the European bee-eater, Merops apiaster.
pos: noun
gloss: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see bee, eater.
pos: noun
Derived words: bay-headed bee-eater
chestnut-headed bee-eater
rufous-crowned bee-eater
Translations:
kuku
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: From Persian کوکو (kuku).
Inflected forms:
form: kukus
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: kookoo
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: An Iranian dish somewhat resembling a quiche or omelette.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
Translations:
deliverance
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From Old French deliverance (French délivrance), equivalent to deliver + -ance.
Base: deliver
Affixes: -ance
Inflected forms:
form: deliverances
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: delivraunce
pos: noun
tags: alternative
obsolete
form: deliveraunce
pos: noun
tags: alternative
obsolete
Senses:
gloss: The act of setting free or extricating from danger, imprisonment, bondage, evil, etc.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: Now, another fella told me he had a sister who looked just fine
Instead of being my deliverance, she had a strange resemblance
To a cat named Frankenstein.
Moses answered the people, "Do not be afraid. Stand firm and you will see the deliverance the Lord will bring you today. The Egyptians you see today you will never see again.
In an era when political leaders promise deliverance from decline through America’s purported preeminence in scientific research, the news that science is in deep trouble in the United States has been as unwelcome as a diagnosis of leukemia following the loss of health insurance.
gloss: The act of delivering or conveying something.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: They put the act upon the statute-book. But—by a strange deliverance of affairs—none of these objects were accomplished.
"We're right on schedule as far as the deliverance of those bins is concerned and everybody will have both of their bins ready to start both collections in early December," he said.
Voluntary contributions are no longer supplementary to the deliverance of basic education requirements in many primary schools - they are essential, according to a recent survey by the ACT Councils of Parents and Citizens Associations Inc.
Huge non-recoupable advance, majors be vigilant / I excel in both content and deliverance
gloss: Delivery in childbirth.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
Derived words: nondeliverance
redeliverance
Translations:
anticipated
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: more anticipated
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most anticipated
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: expected to arrive; scheduled
pos: adj
Translations:
comforted
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: more comforted
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most comforted
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: Having been soothed or comforted.
pos: adj
examples: I also felt very comforted knowing that you were consistently calling the hospital to check on me during my stay at the hospital.
To summarize: on the average, rightists are made more anxious by ambiguity and have a stronger need for closure, dislike novelty, are more comforted by structure and hierarchy, more readily perceive circumstances as threatening, and are more parochial in their empathy.
I'm afraid I can't be very comforted by the thought that people I love are in a better place.
Translations:
departing
Part of speech: adj
noun
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: departings
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: That is leaving.
pos: adj
examples: a departing train
gloss: While leaving.
pos: adj
examples: departing words
gloss: The act by which somebody or something departs.
pos: noun
examples: But we can also take a more analytical attitude to these displays, interpreting the movements as no more than approachings, touchings, and departings with no implication that one shape caused the other to move.
Derived words: departing tone
undeparting
Translations:
partita
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
Etymology: From Italian partita. Doublet of party.
Inflected forms:
form: partitas
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: parthia
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: partie
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: A type of instrumental suite popular in the 18th century
pos: noun
examples: He starts with scales and arpeggios, then something more substantial, on a recent day one of Bach’s partitas for the violin.
Translations:
inhospitality
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From in- + hospitality, from Latin inhospitalitas.
Base: hospitality
Affixes: in-
Inflected forms:
form: inhospitalities
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Lack of hospitality.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
Antonyms: generosity
hospitality
Translations:
alleged
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Asserted (or supposed), but not proved.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: alleged crime
alleged involvement
The alleged thief was arrested yesterday.
She denied the alleged wrongdoing.
the alleged miracle
the alleged cure-all
Translations:
acknowledged
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: more acknowledged
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most acknowledged
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: Generally accepted, recognized or admitted.
pos: adj
Antonyms: unacknowledged
Translations:
fearing
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Exhibiting fear.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
gloss: Showing profound respect or deference.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
Derived words: fearingly
God-fearing
godfearing
unfearing
Translations:
grains
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Pigeons' dung used in tanning. See grainer.
pos: noun
tags: plural
plural-only
Translations:
mobo
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: computer-hardware
computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
Etymology: Truncation of the first and last syllables.
Inflected forms:
form: mobos
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A motherboard.
pos: noun
tags: slang
Translations:
catchphrase
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From catch + phrase, from the notion that the phrase will catch in the mind of the user.
Base: catch
Inflected forms:
form: catchphrases
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: catch phrase
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: catch-phrase
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: A repeated expression, often originating in popular culture.
pos: noun
examples: Frequently, catch phrases are not, in the grammarians' sense, phrases at all, but sentences. Catch phrases, like the closely linked proverbial sayings, are self-contained, as, obviously, clichés are too. Catch phrases are usually more pointed and ‘human’ than clichés, although the former sometimes arises from, and often they generate, the latter. Occasionally, catch phrases stem from too famous quotations.
For Tigger, he created a slight lisp and laugh, crediting his British wife with Tigger's "TTFN" catchprase - "ta-ta for now", itself coming from BBC radio comedy It's That Man Again.
The former head of BBC comedy claims catchphrases are out of fashion. But as Corporal Jones might say, ‘Don’t panic!’
gloss: A signature phrase of a particular person or group.
pos: noun
examples: Instead, bro country songs string together a formulaic subset of tropes about beer sipping, truck driving, sunglasses wearing, unpaved roads, and tanned girls in shorts, typically building to a predictable catchphrase singsong chorus.
Synonyms: signature phrase
catchword
Translations:
betrothed
Part of speech: adj
noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From Middle English, equivalent to betroth + -ed.
Base: betroth
Affixes: -ed
Inflected forms:
form: more betrothed
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most betrothed
pos: adj
tags: superlative
form: betrotheds
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Engaged to be married.
pos: adj
examples: the betrothed couple
publicly betrothed
gloss: One who is betrothed, i.e. a fiancé or fiancée.
pos: noun
examples: She introduced him as her betrothed.
Translations:
unintended
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English un-
English intended
English unintended
From un- + intended.
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Not intended; unplanned
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: The most powerful and least divisive way to decrease abortion is to reduce unintended pregnancy.
Antonyms: intended
Translations:
Altaic
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English Altai
Proto-Indo-European *-ikos
Proto-Italic *-ikos
Latin -icuslbor.
Old French -iquebor.
Middle English -ik
English -ic
English Altaic
From Altai + -ic.
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Of or pertaining to a grouping of languages (formerly proposed to be a language family, now generally considered a sprachbund by linguists) that includes the Turkic languages (e.g. Turkish), the Mongolic (e.g. Mongolian) and Tungusic (e.g. Xibe) languages, and less often the Japonic and Koreanic languages.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
Translations:
conventionally
Part of speech: adv
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English conventional
Middle English -ly
English -ly
English conventionally
From conventional + -ly.
Inflected forms:
form: more conventionally
pos: adv
tags: comparative
form: most conventionally
pos: adv
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: Ordinarily, by convention.
pos: adv
examples: 2000: BBC News website, Organic food 'no healthier' read at http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/906530.stm on 14 May 2006 - The carrots tested were: an organic British carrot, an organic carrot from abroad and a conventionally grown carrot.
Stoya: Are they actually not conventionally attractive, or is this an incellike distortion of self-image? Is their view of their physical appearance a symptom of a psychological condition like depression?
Translations:
plugged
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Wearing a buttplug.
pos: adj
tags: slang
Translations:
firestorm
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *péh₂wr̥
Proto-Germanic *fōr
Proto-West Germanic *fuir
Old English fȳr
Middle English fyr
English fire
English storm
English firestorm
From fire + storm.
Inflected forms:
form: firestorms
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: fire storm
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: fire-storm
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: A fire whose intensity is greatly increased by inrushing winds.
pos: noun
gloss: An intense or violent altercation; an intense or violent response; an outburst (as of controversy)
pos: noun
tags: figuratively
examples: In the print firestorm that followed the publication of the royal couple's letters, the generalissima was one polemical touchstone. The Annotations to The Kings Cabinet Opened itself depicted the queen as an enemy to king and country: […]
This past weekend, Rabbi Shmuley Boteach set off a firestorm with his full-page ad in the New York Times accusing National Security Adviser Susan E. Rice of turning a blind eye to the Rwandan genocide when she was on President Bill Clinton’s national security team in the 1990s.
An American tourist who was reportedly filmed picking up and running off with a wild baby wombat fled Australia after officials threatened to cancel her visa in a firestorm of criticism over the incident.
Synonyms: conflagration
Translations:
irritating
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: more irritating
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most irritating
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: Causing irritation, annoyance or pain.
pos: adj
examples: irritating bureaucracy
irritating music
irritating person
irritating sounds
gloss: Stimulating or exciting a response.
pos: adj
Derived words: irritainment
irritatingly
nonirritating
unirritating
Translations:
percale
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: business
manufacturing
textiles
Etymology: From French percale, of uncertain origin; probably compare percaulah.
Inflected forms:
form: percales
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A fine, closely woven fabric, made from cotton, polyester or a mix of these, and used for sheets and clothing.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: In her percale bed. In her heaven of piled pillows.
Translations:
khaya
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: From the Nguni group of languages khaya (“home”).
Inflected forms:
form: khayas
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A native house or hut.
pos: noun
tags: South-Africa
gloss: Servants' quarters separated from the main house.
pos: noun
tags: South-Africa
broadly
gloss: Anyone's house or home.
pos: noun
tags: South-Africa
slang
Translations:
mannitol
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
Etymology: From earlier mannite (from manna + -ite) + -ol. By surface analysis, mann(ose) + -itol.
Inflected forms:
form: mannitols
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A polyhydric alcohol, an isomer of sorbitol, found in nature and also manufactured for use in various applications (for example, as an artificial sweetener and as a medication for various indications).
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
Translations:
hydroperoxide
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *wed-
Proto-Indo-European *-r̥
Proto-Indo-European *wódr̥
Proto-Hellenic *údōr
Ancient Greek ῡ̆̔́δωρ (hū̆́dōr)
Ancient Greek ῠ̔δρο- (hŭdro-)der.
English hydro-
Proto-Indo-European *per-
Proto-Italic *per
Latin perbor.
Proto-Indo-European *per-der.
Proto-Italic *peri-
Latin per-bor.
English per-
Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱ-der.?
Ancient Greek ὀξύς (oxús)
Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁-
Proto-Indo-European *-os
Proto-Indo-European *ǵénh₁os
Proto-Hellenic *génos
Ancient Greek γένος (génos)
French oxygène
Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱ-
Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁ti
Proto-Indo-European *-yeti
Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁yeti
Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱéh₁yeti
Proto-Italic *akēō
Latin aceō
Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-der.
Proto-Italic *-iðos
Latin -idus
Latin acidusbor.
French acide
blend
French oxidebor.
English oxide
English peroxide
English hydroperoxide
From hydro- + peroxide.
Inflected forms:
form: hydroperoxides
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: any mono-substituted derivative of hydrogen peroxide - ROOH
pos: noun
Translations:
Pinoy
Part of speech: noun
adj
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: Borrowed from Tagalog Pinoy. Pinoy caught on with the Florante song “Ako'y isang Pinoy” ("I am a Pinoy"), which became popular in Filipino culture to denote their country of origin and background.
This term was first used and popularized by Filipino immigrants to the United States before it came into general mainstream use.
Inflected forms:
form: Pinoys
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: more Pinoy
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most Pinoy
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: A Filipino; a citizen or local inhabitant of the Philippines and those descending from such, especially a male.
pos: noun
tags: informal
examples: “It has been said that whenever two Pinoys had gotten together, they formed a club. Further it has been said that whenever those two Pinoys had gotten together in the past with a third, the three Pinoys immediately organized themselves into a Filipino Community” (Alo and Uy 1995: 43).
gloss: Of or pertaining to the Philippines or its people, language, and culture.
pos: adj
Translations:
gare
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: Compare gear.
Inflected forms:
form: gares
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Coarse wool on the legs of sheep.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: That no denyzen or foren make any refuse of wolles but cot gare & vyllayn
Sheep with wool of a type to suit the locality and conditions are less liable to the appearance of gares.
Translations:
imin
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
Inflected forms:
form: imins
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Any nitrene.
pos: noun
Translations:
wingman
Part of speech: noun
verb
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English wing
Proto-Indo-European *mon-
Proto-Germanic *mann-
Proto-West Germanic *mann
Old English mann
Middle English man
Middle English -man
English -man
English wingman
From wing + -man.
Inflected forms:
form: wingmen
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: wing-man
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: wingmans
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: wingmanning
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: wingmanned
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: wingmanned
pos: verb
tags: past
form: wing-man
pos: verb
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: A pilot partner of another; a pilot who flies in the same wing or squadron.
pos: noun
gloss: A friend who accompanies one to offer (or receive) support, especially in flirting with love interests.
pos: noun
tags: broadly
gloss: A player positioned on the wing.
pos: noun
gloss: To act as a wingman for (someone); to accompany in order to provide support.
pos: verb
examples: So Amir wingmanned me to Boots on my Johnny-bags buying mission.
They wingmanned for each other, and if they didn't have any luck, they'd screw each other.
That night at the Mem, I wingmanned for Arthur. He was trying to hook up with a girl from the Meeting House, a share near the pond.
Related words: wingdog
winggirl
wingwoman
Derived words: wingmanship
Translations:
cine
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: medicine
sciences
Etymology: Clipping of cinefilm, from Ancient Greek κῑνέω (kīnéō, “to move”).
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: cinefilm
pos: noun
tags: attributive
uncountable
examples: a cine camera
cine enthusiasts
gloss: Images of the heart taken by fluoroscopy.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
Derived words: cine camera
cine film
cinephile
telecine
Translations:
paparazzo
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: Borrowed from Italian paparazzo, from the name of Coriolano Paparazzo, a character in Federico Fellini's La dolce vita.
Inflected forms:
form: paparazzi
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: paparazzos
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: paparazzi
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: A freelance photographer who sells photographs of celebrities to the media, especially one who pursues celebrities and attempts to obtain candid photographs.
pos: noun
examples: That man with the camera over there is a paparazzo.
You may decide to shove the lens down the throat of your aggressor, in the style of an aggrieved celebrity seeking primal redress against a mischievous paparazzo; but then again, most ecstatic rituals are pacific in intent and you may find such violence inappropriate.
Translations:
core-level
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
Inflected forms:
form: core-levels
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The energy level of the electrons (core electrons) occupying the completely filled shells under the valence shell.
pos: noun
Translations:
anterolateral
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *h₂én
Proto-Indo-European *-teros
Proto-Indo-European *h₂énteros
Latin *anterus
Latin anterior
New Latinder.
English antero-
English lateral
English anterolateral
From antero- + lateral.
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: In front of the body, away from the midline.
pos: adj
Translations:
midline
Part of speech: noun
adj
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: anatomy
media
medicine
publishing
sciences
typography
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *me
Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-?
Proto-Indo-European *-dʰe
Proto-Indo-European *médʰi
Proto-Indo-European *-os
Proto-Indo-European *médʰyos
Proto-Germanic *midjaz
Proto-West Germanic *midi
Old English midd
Middle English mid
English mid
English mid-
Middle French lignerbor.
English line
English midline
From mid- + line.
Inflected forms:
form: midlines
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The medial line (or plane) of the body, which divides the body into halves that are mirror-images of each other.
pos: noun
gloss: The level of the top of the x-height of a typeface.
pos: noun
gloss: Of or pertaining to such a line.
pos: adj
Translations:
cyclogenesis
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: climatology
meteorology
natural-sciences
Etymology: From cyclo- + -genesis.
Base: cyclo
Inflected forms:
form: cyclogeneses
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The process which leads to the formation of tropical storms, cyclones and hurricanes; typically involves an interaction that leads to vertical wind shear.
pos: noun
Antonyms: cyclolysis
anticyclogenesis
Translations:
pinniped
Part of speech: noun
adj
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: From
Latin pinna (“fin”) + pes (“foot”).
Inflected forms:
form: pinnipeds
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: pinnipede
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: more pinniped
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most pinniped
pos: adj
tags: superlative
form: pinnipede
pos: adj
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: A marine mammal belonging to the parvorder Pinnipedia, comprising walruses, eared seals and earless seals, characterized by four limbs modified into flippers.
pos: noun
gloss: Pertaining to or similar to such a mammal.
pos: adj
Translations:
permethrin
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *per-der.
Proto-Italic *peri-
Latin per-
Latin meō
Latin perme(ō)
English -thrin
English permethrin
From Latin perme(ō) (“to pervade”) + English -thrin.
Inflected forms:
form: permethrins
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A synthetic insecticide, C₂₁H₂₀Cl₂O₃, used to treat head lice, nits, and scabies; as an active ingredient in flea collars; and to eradicate woodworm infestations.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
Translations:
cariogenic
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From cario- + -genic.
Base: cario
Inflected forms:
form: more cariogenic
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most cariogenic
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: Of, or relating to cariogenesis
pos: adj
gloss: Producing dental caries
pos: adj
Related words: cariogen
Derived words: anticariogenic
cariogenicity
noncariogenic
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