yuanxin112/wiktionary-morph huggingface dataset:
blick
Part of speech: verb
noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: Perhaps onomatopoeic; perhaps an error for, or a nonce alteration of, blink or click; perhaps a continuation of Middle English bliken (compare blicker), which may have survived in dialect despite not being attested in print for 500 years.
Inflected forms:
form: blicks
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: blicking
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: blicked
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: blicked
pos: verb
tags: past
form: blicks
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: To shine, gleam.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: Shirley Steynes Bluey took a deep breath as he entered the main street; nothing new under the sun-lamp as white pinks blicked across the street in a line of heat-glazed asterisks
The lancing sunlight blicked sharps of light from the scattering of sand on the marble of the plinth.
gloss: To make, or cause to make, a soft, crisp sound.
pos: verb
tags: ambitransitive
nonce-word
examples: The recorder blicked off, and the tape hissed to the end of the reel in silence.
He pulled out a cigarette lighter and blicked it.
On her first day, as she walked into work[…][s]he blicked-in at the time clock[…]
gloss: The brightening or iridescence appearing on silver or gold at the end of the cupelling or refinishing process.
pos: noun
examples: The nearer the process approaches to the “Blick,” the slower is the formation of litharge, till at last it can only be continued by a very strong fire.
It was also found advantageous not to complete cupellations in the cupel furnace, but to stop the operation some time before the Blick, and to transfer the alloy to the refining furnace, in which cupellation is completed and the silver refined;
Commonly, as it cools, it emits a sudden gleam or flash of light[…]but as this gleam or “blick” is exhibited by gold as well as by silver[…]
When the last of the lead separates, and the button is not smaller than a pin-head, there is a brilliant play of colors, then the button becomes dull; this is known as the "blick," "brightening," "fulguration," or "coruscation."
When the blick ( or coloured films ) just disappears, close the doors for a few minutes and then remove the cupels, taking the usual precautions against the button spitting.
Translations:
unratified
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From un- + ratified.
Base: ratified
Affixes: un-
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Not ratified
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: It appears, however, that the treaty is still unratified and that the minister has no authority to surrender the territory.
Translations:
uncrossable
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From un- + crossable.
Base: crossable
Affixes: un-
Inflected forms:
form: more uncrossable
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most uncrossable
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: Impossible to cross.
pos: adj
examples: There is what appears under normal circumstances to be an uncrossable boundary, a total barrier.
And it’s brilliantly stitched together by motifs of chrysalises and movies and by a joyous abundance of metaphor and simile: “the ding of a bicycle bell like struck crystal”; a woman “talking for much of the day in a steady soft uncrossable stream.”
There are very few bridges on the footpaths in Skye and even short periods of heavy rain can cause rivers to rise rapidly, often making them uncrossable.
There are two Underground stations. That serving the District and Piccadilly is on one side of an uncrossable road called Hammersmith Broadway; that serving the Hammersmith & City is on the other side. Whichever exit you emerge from, at whichever station, you are immediately lost.
Translations:
multiprotocol
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From multi- + protocol.
Base: protocol
Affixes: multi-
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Involving or supporting more than one protocol.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: Unlike earlier generation units, new multiprotocol terminals can, under user control, “talk” in any communications protocol.
In a business environment that may require communications between the IBM PC and devices or host computers in a variety of protocols, a multiprotocol communications capability may be advantageous.
As a result of these efforts, multiprotocol lambda switching (MPLmS) and, more recently, generalized multiprotocol label switching (G-MPLS) have been proposed by the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) as the control plane for dynamic provisioning and restoration of lightpaths in optical networks.
Translations:
supes
Part of speech: adv
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Clipping of super + -s (hypocoristic suffix).
Affixes: -s
Inflected forms:
form: more supes
pos: adv
tags: comparative
form: most supes
pos: adv
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: super; extremely.
pos: adv
tags: slang
examples: Supes Awesome. Dating advice from the clown who'd put baby powder in my blow-dryer, frozen marbles in my bed, and still regularly strung plastic wrap across the doorway.
It's supes boring here.
It's going to be supes fun.
You were like a zombie for a minute there. It was supes scary.
Translations:
non-derivable
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From non- + derivable.
Base: derivable
Affixes: non-
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Not derivable; uncapable of being derived.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: Here, then, is an example of an arithmetical statement that may be true, but may be non-derivable from the axioms of arithmetic.
Antonyms: derivable
Translations:
non-redundant
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From non- + redundant.
Base: redundant
Affixes: non-
Inflected forms:
form: nonredundant
pos: adj
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: Not redundant; not superfluous.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
Antonyms: redundant
Translations:
non-redundancy
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From non- + redundancy.
Base: redundancy
Affixes: non-
Inflected forms:
form: nonredundancy
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: The quality or state of being non-redundant.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
Antonyms: redundancy
Translations:
thumb-sketch
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: compound
Etymology: From thumb + sketch.
Compound parts: thumb
sketch
Inflected forms:
form: thumb-sketches
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: thumb sketch
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: thumbsketch
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: A crude representation, as if drawn with the thumb
pos: noun
Translations:
track-mounted
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: compound
Etymology: From track + mounted.
Compound parts: track
mounted
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Mounted on tracks; said, for example, of a tank, crane, or other self-propelled heavy vehicle.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: Due to the boggy conditions, they used a track-mounted excavator.
Translations:
unintimidating
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From un- + intimidating.
Base: intimidating
Affixes: un-
Inflected forms:
form: more unintimidating
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most unintimidating
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: Not intimidating; not making one fearful.
pos: adj
examples: I was impressed with how unintimidating Barnard's weight-loss plan is.
Robertson, born and raised in Alabama, is unassuming and generally unintimidating.
Translations:
pensionary
Part of speech: noun
adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From pension + -ary.
Base: pension
Affixes: -ary
Inflected forms:
form: pensionaries
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: one who receives a pension; a pensioner
pos: noun
gloss: A leading functionary and legal adviser of the principal town corporations in the Netherlands.
pos: noun
tags: historical
gloss: maintained by a pension; receiving a pension
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: pensionary spies
gloss: pertaining to a pension
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: a pensionary provision for maintenance
Derived words: grand pensionary
Translations:
prosthetist
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: prosthetists
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: prostheticist
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: A person who makes or fits prosthetic devices.
pos: noun
examples: She's a licensed prosthetist, meaning, she fits prosthetic limbs to people after an amputation.
Translations:
datafile
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: compound
Topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
Etymology: From data + file.
Compound parts: data
file
Inflected forms:
form: datafiles
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: data file
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: A computer file that stores data for use by an application or system.
pos: noun
Translations:
circulant
Part of speech: adj
noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: mathematics
sciences
Inflected forms:
form: circulants
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Involving circulation.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: a circulant graph; a circulant matrix
gloss: A circulant matrix.
pos: noun
Translations:
post-apocalyptic
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From post- + apocalyptic.
Base: apocalyptic
Affixes: post-
Inflected forms:
form: more post-apocalyptic
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most post-apocalyptic
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: After the apocalypse.
pos: adj
gloss: Of or pertaining to a fiction genre dealing with the collapse of society.
pos: adj
examples: Stephen King is an author of post-apocalyptic fiction.
Translations:
shuka
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: From Swahili shuka.
Inflected forms:
form: shukas
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A sash (decorative length of cloth) worn in parts of Africa.
pos: noun
examples: I don't know when the change to un-greased shukas took place, but images of Maasai in the 50s show some wearing loose, ungreased shukas—maybe earlier than that. Even now, some are greased and others not. “Cotton” shukas were worn up until the mid‐90s when the manufacturers switched to a woolly textured synthetic—probably acrylic.
Translations:
wellborn
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: compound
Etymology: From well + born.
Compound parts: well
born
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Of aristocratic or high-ranking birth
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: Of Scotch descent and wellborn, Thomas Scott had, as a boy, been a page at the French Court[…
Morris said Chicago's transit system responds primarily to the needs of "the rich and the wellborn."
Translations:
ex-stepfather
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From ex- + stepfather.
Base: stepfather
Affixes: ex-
Inflected forms:
form: ex-stepfathers
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A previous husband of one's mother during one's lifetime, other than one's father, typically following the divorce or death of the father.
pos: noun
Translations:
ex-stepmother
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: ex-stepmothers
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A previous wife of one's father during one's lifetime, other than one's mother, typically following the divorce or death of the mother.
pos: noun
Translations:
ex-stepparent
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: ex-stepparents
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: An ex-stepfather or ex-stepmother.
pos: noun
Translations:
ex-stepdad
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From ex- + stepdad.
Base: stepdad
Affixes: ex-
Inflected forms:
form: ex-stepdads
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: An ex-stepfather, implying affection.
pos: noun
tags: informal
Translations:
ex-stepmom
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: ex-stepmoms
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: An ex-stepmother, implying affection.
pos: noun
tags: informal
Translations:
stepbro
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From step- + bro.
Base: bro
Affixes: step-
Inflected forms:
form: stepbros
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A stepbrother.
pos: noun
tags: endearing
informal
Translations:
houser
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From Middle English housere, equivalent to house + -er.
Base: house
Affixes: -er
Inflected forms:
form: housers
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: One who, or that which, houses.
pos: noun
examples: Federal aid for foster care - in effect a houser of last resort for children from troubled families - may also be legitimately described as an entitlement.
They thought they had busted a moonshiner or a houser of illegal aliens, but what was really below their feet was beyond their wildest imaginations!
Social work and gerontological literature for the most part have omitted Haniet Tubman's role as a houser of the aged.
gloss: A house music track.
pos: noun
tags: informal
examples: "The Disco" is a sweet and summery horn-fueled gem, while "Sweet Music" is a gospel-infused peak houser that we'd love to hear alongside Bohannon's disco stomper "Let's Start The Dance."
Derived words: Houser
Translations:
shiftwork
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: compound
Etymology: From shift + work.
Compound parts: shift
work
Inflected forms:
form: shift work
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: Scheduled work outside of customary daylight working hours.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
gloss: A mode of employment in which sets of workers are rotated to maintain a continuous 24/7 operation, usually, with a system of three eight-hour shifts: first shift, second shift, and third shift.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
Related words: day shift
graveyard shift
night shift
shiftworking
swing shift
Derived words: shiftworker
Translations:
scootering
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: The activity of riding a scooter, often specifically a kick scooter.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
examples: She now counts many of those people among her friends and considers herself a scooter girl--someone for whom scootering is the primary interest, as opposed to a mod or a skinhead, for whom the scooter is just one component of a complex subculture. "
Bicycling, skateboarding and scootering can provide health benefits in numerous ways.
2018 Peter Pinkerton "No Honking", Pinkalicious and Peterrific
Excuse me, scooter scootering.
Translations:
non-strict
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: mathematics
sciences
Etymology: From non- + strict.
Base: strict
Affixes: non-
Inflected forms:
form: nonstrict
pos: adj
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: Not strict.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
gloss: Of an inequality, such that it includes the possibility of equality.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
Antonyms: strict
Translations:
mutch
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: From Middle Dutch mutse, from amutse, from Late Latin almucia (“almuce”). Doublet of almuce.
Inflected forms:
form: mutches
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A nightcap (hat worn to bed).
pos: noun
tags: Scotland
archaic
gloss: A linen or muslin hat, especially one of a type once commonly worn by elderly women and young children.
pos: noun
examples: But of all the congregation, none enjoyed the singing more than the dear old women who sat in the front seats near the pulpit, their quiet old faces looking so sweet and pure under their snow-white “mutches.”
And […] off to the asylum they hurled the daftie, he went with a nurse's mutch on his head and he put his head out of the back of the waggon and said Cockadoodledoo! to some school bairns […]
1986, Sheila MacGregor, The folktales: 5: Silver and Gold, Ewan McColl, Peggy Seeger, Till Doomsday in the Afternoon: The Folklore of a Family of Scots Travelers, the Stewarts of Blairgowrie, page 74,
So Silver and Gold gets all prepared and ready, and he says, “Och, that′s awfae-lookin′ things on your heids”, he says. “Tak′ they mutches aff. You′ll no′ need them now because your faither′ll no′ see you.” So they tak′ the mutches aff their heid and they throw them awa′.
Derived words: bonet mutch
double mutch
hair-mutch
kell mutch
laced mutch
mutchless
night mutch
toy mutch
under-mutch
Translations:
Pampers
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: Genericized trademark of Pampers, a brand of disposable diaper, itself from pamper.
Inflected forms:
form: Pampers
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: pamper
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: pampers
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: A disposable diaper brand by Procter & Gamble (P&G).
pos: noun
gloss: A disposable diaper.
pos: noun
tags: informal
examples: By now it’s late and I have to feed them and change two Pampers, get them ready for bed, then bathe myself and eat before I get settled in.
Derived words: pampers
Translations:
nonattainment
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From non- + attainment.
Base: attainment
Affixes: non-
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Failure to attain a particular standard.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
examples: There's the 1993 [federal air pollution] study on ozone nonattainment coming up.
Carver County was designated as in nonattainment for carbon monoxide and sulfur dioxide in 1971 but was redesignated to maintenance in 1999 and 1997 for these pollutants, respectively.
Translations:
allee
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: From French allée (“path”).
Inflected forms:
form: allees
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: allée
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: A tree-lined avenue, often particularly one that is part of a landscaped garden.
pos: noun
examples: He found her walking slowly up and down an allee of elms, through the leaves of which the bright September sunshine sifted down.
About $800,000 for a complete interior and exterior remodeling and about $200,000 for landscaping, including an allee of mature trees
Translations:
bowie
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: bowies
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A Bowie knife.
pos: noun
examples: […] replied that he found it good diggings, and intended to remain, adding that he had a bowie as well as a fossicking knife.
Bull did not hesitate to obey, for the broad, cold blade of a bowie rested lightly against the back of his neck.
Translations:
unsubbed
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From un- + subbed.
Base: subbed
Affixes: un-
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Not subbed:
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: A single designated "overseas news" sub will give agency copy a cursory read through, slug it and send it out unsubbed.
At the most basic level there need to be folders for unsubbed copy, subbed copy, pictures or artwork, finished pages[…].
gloss: Not subbed:
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
gloss: Not subbed:
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: Samples often are lost from unsubbed slides, particularly during the hybridization step.
Add 50 mg of gelatin (Fisher Scientific) per liter of H₂O if using unsubbed slides.
gloss: Not subbed:
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
Translations:
allicin
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
Etymology: From Latin allium (“garlic”) + -cin (“produced by bacteria”, modeled after -mycin, -cin).
Base: allium
Affixes: -cin
Inflected forms:
form: allicins
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: An organic compound, diallyl thiosulfinate, obtained from garlic, with a variety of medicinal and antibacterial properties.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: The "neck" is not soft and braidable, the cloves are big and fat, there's a round basal plate at the root, and the content of allicin (a healthful compound) is five times that of offshore garlic, Rowe boasts.
Translations:
zaleplon
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
Etymology: Probably from Ancient Greek ζάλη (zálē, “storm, distress”) + -plon (“imidazopyrimidine or pyrazolopyrimidine derivative”).
Base: ζάλη
Affixes: -plon
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: A sedative hypnotic drug of the pyrazolopyrimidine class, mainly used to treat insomnia, rare among such drugs in having been found not to cause an increase in road traffic accidents.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
Translations:
intermembrane
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From inter- + membrane.
Base: membrane
Affixes: inter-
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Between membranes.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: Between the two membranes is the intermembrane space. Within the intermembrane space are some key proteins, including mitochondrial creatine kinase...
Translations:
nonpathogenic
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From non- + pathogenic.
Base: pathogenic
Affixes: non-
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Not pathogenic.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
Translations:
nonfinite
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: grammar
human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
Etymology: From non- + finite.
Base: finite
Affixes: non-
Inflected forms:
form: non-finite
pos: adj
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: Infinite.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
gloss: Not finite.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: Although a finite I ( = INFL = INFLECTION) constituent is (overtly or covertly) inflected for TENSE or AGREEMENT properties, it should be obvious that a nonfinite I in English lacks these properties. Hence, the infinitival particle to which occurs in a nonfinite I is by its very nature tenseless and agreementless (i.e. it carries no Tense or Agreement properties, and is thus an entirely uninflected form). The difference between a finite and a nonfinite Clause can thus be seen to lie in the nature of I: a finite Clause is one which contains a finite I (carrying Tense and Agreement properties); a nonfinite Clause is one which contains a nonfinite I which is tenseless and agreementless.
Derived words: nonfinite clause
nonfinitely
Translations:
gyrase
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
Etymology: From gyro- + -ase.
Base: gyro
Inflected forms:
form: gyrases
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: An enzyme that supercoils DNA.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
Translations:
ceftazidime
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
Etymology: From cef- (“cefalosporanic acid derivative”) + th(i)az(olyl) + (pyr)id(inium) + (ox)ime.
Base: thiazolyl
Affixes: cef-
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: A third-generation cephalosporin antibiotic, usually reserved for the treatment of infections caused by Pseudomonas aeruginosa.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
Translations:
aztreonam
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: aztreonams
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A synthetic monobactam originally isolated from Chromobacterium violaceum, similar in action to penicillin
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
Translations:
fool-saint
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: fool-saints
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A person who lives an admirably holy but eccentric life, at odds with conventional lifestyles.
pos: noun
Translations:
nerdgasm
Part of speech: noun
verb
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From nerd + -gasm.
Base: nerd
Affixes: -gasm
Inflected forms:
form: nerdgasms
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: nerdgasms
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: nerdgasming
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: nerdgasmed
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: nerdgasmed
pos: verb
tags: past
Senses:
gloss: A feeling of great excitement or pleasure over something nerdy.
pos: noun
tags: neologism
slang
gloss: To experience a nerdgasm.
pos: verb
Translations:
anting
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: biology
natural-sciences
ornithology
Etymology: From ant + -ing.
Base: ant
Affixes: -ing
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: The practice of some birds of rubbing live ants or occasionally other items into the feathers, possibly as a means of controlling parasites.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
examples: When we say a bird is anting, we mean that it is on the ground or on a twig with one or both wings half-spread and with its tail drawn under the body. In this unusual attitude it can be seen picking up ants with its bill and rubbing its head among the undersides of the wings and – or – into the base of the tail.
When anting the Jay does not pick up ants in the bill although it makes the same movements of the head as species which do. The wings are (at high intensity) spread quite widely and thrust forward like a canopy in front of the anting bird. Usually both wings are thrust forward together. I have seen a great number of both wild and captive Jays anting […]
Blue jays are not just smart, they're also quirky. They are frequently given as exemplars of a bird behavior known as "anting," in which the bird lies down on an anthill with wings and tail spread and entices ants to swarm over it. Anting birds often grasp an ant in their beak, crush it, and wipe it under their wings, and over and through their feathers, and then sometimes eat them. […] The purpose of anting is still debated. It has been hypothesized that the formic acid in ants, when applied to the feathers, helps to control feather lice and other parasites, but the experimental evidence about this is mixed. It has also been suggested that birds are simply wiping the acid off so that the ants will taste better when they subsequently eat them. Others have suggested that anting is pleasurable, like a kind of bird catnip.
Anting. A behavior in which the fluids from ants, notably formic acid, are applied to the plumage and possibly the skin. There are two basic types of the behavior: active anting, in which the bird anoints its plumage with the bill, and passive anting, in which the bird allows ants to invade and anoint the plumage. […] Some individuals of these species, in unnatural situations such as in captivity, perform active anting with burning matches and cigarette smoke, moth balls, hair tonic, mustard, citrus fruits, numerous insects other than ants, and other substitutes. What causes anting and what purpose or purposes it serves, if any, need investigation.
Translations:
arrowed
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: more arrowed
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most arrowed
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: Equipped with arrows
pos: adj
gloss: Pointed to by an arrow (in a diagram)
pos: adj
gloss: To have been hit by one or more arrows.
pos: adj
tags: nonstandard
Derived words: unarrowed
Translations:
cefaclor
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
Etymology: From cepha(losporanic acid) + chlor-.
Base: cephalosporanic acid
Affixes: chlor-
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: A semisynthetic analogue of the antibiotic cephalosporin.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
Translations:
coolheaded
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: compound
Etymology: From cool + headed, thus "having a cool head."
Compound parts: cool
headed
Inflected forms:
form: more coolheaded
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most coolheaded
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: Having an even temper; calm and collected
pos: adj
examples: There had been none among them coolheaded enough to reason out which trail he had likely taken, and thus look for him by the ford.
The heated rhetoric masked a more coolheaded strategy.
Some essays are coolheaded, some shake with hysteria, some are memoirish, others didactic.
Antonyms: hotheaded
reckless
Translations:
hypophosphatemia
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: medicine
sciences
Etymology: From hypo- + phosphatemia.
Base: phosphatemia
Affixes: hypo-
Inflected forms:
form: hypophosphatemias
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: hypophosphataemia
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: An electrolyte disturbance in which there is an abnormally low level of phosphate in the blood, most commonly seen when malnourished patients are given large amounts of carbohydrates, creating a high phosphorus demand in the cells of the body.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
Translations:
collab
Part of speech: noun
verb
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: Clipping of collaboration. Clipping of collaborate.
Inflected forms:
form: collabs
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: collabs
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: collabing
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: collabbing
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: collabed
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: collabed
pos: verb
tags: past
form: collabbed
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: collabbed
pos: verb
tags: past
Senses:
gloss: A collaboration, especially a work produced by several musicians who do not usually work together.
pos: noun
tags: informal
examples: In one small way, Madonna's current single, Give Me All Your Luvin', marks the end of an era. It's the last time for the foreseeable future that Nicki Minaj, who guest-raps on it, intends to collaborate with another artist. "I'm done with the collabs," she said last year. "No more collabs for the next two years."
UMISEA is a subunit in Hololive featuring idols with nautical themes. The group debuted in 2021 as the first JP+EN collab subunit. Chloe was added to the roster after holox debuted.
gloss: To collaborate.
pos: verb
tags: informal
intransitive
Translations:
big-boned
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: more big-boned
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most big-boned
pos: adj
tags: superlative
form: big boned
pos: adj
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: Of a person or animal: large but not obese.
pos: adj
examples: […] big-boned womenfolk strode away from their tea-tables to listen to the imperious Doctor.
gloss: Fat, obese.
pos: adj
tags: euphemistic
humorous
examples: Coffins for the Big-Boned. As the media never tires of telling us, America has become a junk-food nation with the fattest population on the planet.
Translations:
slotback
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: compound
Topics: American-football
ball-games
football
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
Etymology: From slot + back.
Compound parts: slot
back
Inflected forms:
form: slotbacks
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A particular position in American football, often a running back who lines up near the line of scrimmage and can function as a wide receiver.
pos: noun
gloss: A particular position in Canadian football, similar to a hybrid between wide receiver and running back.
pos: noun
tags: Canadian
examples: If Hufnagel's looking for a hint, he might want to get his defence to focus on slotback P.K. Sam. Even though the Argos say they want to run the ball more, passing will remain the key part of the equation.
Synonyms: A-back
Translations:
garrigue
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: Borrowed from French garrigue, from Occitan.
Inflected forms:
form: garrigues
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: garigue
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: A type of low scrubland found on limestone soils in southern France and other parts of the Mediterranean Basin.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: Far away, on the stony garrigues by the fading light of the harvest moon one could hear the musical calling of wolves.
Pure blackberry, cedar and earthy garrigue aromas.
Translations:
lorazepam
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰelh₃-
Proto-Hellenic *kʰlōrós
Ancient Greek χλωρός (khlōrós)
English chloro-
English chlor-
Arabic لُبَان (lubān)
Proto-Indo-European *yew-
Proto-Indo-European *-os
Proto-Indo-European *yéwos
Proto-Indo-Iranian *yáwas
Sanskrit यव (yava)bor.?
Proto-Austronesian *zawa
Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *zawabor.?
Old Javanese jawa
Old Javanese -i
Old Javanese Jawi
Javanese ꦗꦮꦶ (jawi)der.
Arabic جَاوَة (jāwa)
Arabic ـِيّ (-iyy)
Arabic جَاوِيّ (jāwiyy)
Arabic لُبَان جَاوِيّ (lubān jāwiyy)bor.
Catalan benjuíder.
Middle French benjoinder.
English benzoin
English benzo-
Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁
Proto-Indo-European *dwi-
Proto-Hellenic *dwi-
Ancient Greek δῐ- (dĭ-)bor.
Latin di-bor.
English di-
Proto-Indo-European *né
Proto-Indo-European *n̥-
Proto-Hellenic *ə-
Ancient Greek ᾰ̓- (ă-)
Proto-Indo-European *gʷeyh₃-
Proto-Indo-European *-wós
Proto-Indo-European *gʷih₃wós
Proto-Indo-European *gʷíh₃weti
Proto-Hellenic *gʷyṓw-ō
Proto-Hellenic *ďṓwō
Ancient Greek ζώω (zṓō)
Ancient Greek ζῶ (zô)
Ancient Greek -ᾱ (-ā)
Ancient Greek -η (-ē)
Ancient Greek ζωή (zōḗ)
French azotebor.
English azote
English az-
Proto-Afroasiatic *sṗɣ?
Proto-Semitic *šabʕ-bor.?
Proto-Indo-European *septḿ̥
Proto-Hellenic *heptə́
Ancient Greek ἑπτᾰ́ (heptắ)der.
French hepta-
Proto-Indo-European *-nós
Proto-Indo-European *-iHnos
Proto-Italic *-īnos
Latin -īnus
French -in
Proto-Indo-European *-h₂
Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂
Proto-Italic *-ā
Latin -am
Old French -e
French -e
French -ine
English -epine
English azepine
English diazepine
English (benzo)diazep(ine)
Egyptian jmnbor.
Ancient Greek Ᾰ̓́μμων (Ắmmōn)bor.
Latin Ammōn
Latin ammoniacusder.
English ammonia
Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-der.
Proto-Italic *-iðos
Latin -idusder.
English -ide
English am(ide)
English diazepam
English -azepam
English lorazepam
From (ch)lor- + -azepam (“diazepam derivative”).
Affixes: chlor-
-azepam
Inflected forms:
form: lorazepams
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A drug of the benzodiazepine group, used especially to treat anxiety.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
Translations:
myeloperoxidase
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
Etymology: From myelo- + peroxidase.
Base: peroxidase
Affixes: myelo-
Inflected forms:
form: myeloperoxidases
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A peroxidase enzyme most abundantly present in neutrophil granulocytes, responsible for the greenish colour of pus and mucus.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: It has been shown previously that purified myeloperoxidase and crystalline horseradish peroxidase detoxify diphtheria and tetanus toxin when mixtures of crude toxin and peroxidase are dialyzed against dilute hydrogen peroxide.
Translations:
yelper
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From Middle English yelpere; equivalent to yelp + -er. The avocet is so called from its sharp, shrill cry.
Base: yelp
Affixes: -er
Inflected forms:
form: yelpers
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: One who yelps.
pos: noun
examples: Mr. Longstreth, who can be a bit of a yelper, sang sweetly, perhaps in search of contrast.
gloss: The avocet.
pos: noun
tags: UK
dialectal
gloss: A bird, the tattler.
pos: noun
tags: US
dialectal
Translations:
apeman
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: compound
Topics: biology
cryptozoology
natural-sciences
zoology
Etymology: From ape + man.
Compound parts: ape
man
Inflected forms:
form: apemen
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A prehistoric man resembling an ape, especially one held to be a precursor to modern humans; a non-human australopithecine.
pos: noun
examples: Only above the eyebrows, where the sloping forehead and low, curved skull of the ape-man were in sharp contrast to the broad brow and magnificent cranium of the European, could one see any marked difference.
gloss: A human raised from childhood by apes (generally in reference to, or in imitation of, the fictional character Tarzan).
pos: noun
examples: How may we judge him, by what standards, this ape-man with the heart and head and body of an English gentleman, and the training of a wild beast?
Like countless other ape men, this Tarzan (who is voiced by Tony Goldwyn, but looks like a dreadlocked Calvin Klein model) is raised to feral hunkdom by a gorilla couple, Kala (Glenn Close) and Kerchak (Lance Henrikson), who disagree on the appropriateness of introducing human children to the brute society of American-accented apes.
Human Nature has as its hero a caged ape man, and, like him, it has been hanging around for quite a while awaiting release.
Apes leap to and fro, ape men swing from trees, and even a giant, menacing spider gets in on the act.
Weissmuller introduced the Ape Man's famous victory cry, a recorded blend of a soprano's high C, a hyena howl played backwards, a camel's bleat, the twang of a violin string and an Olympic hero bellowing at the top of his voice. It was echoed in neighbourhoods from Cardiff to California, followed by the sound of snapping arms and legs as kids toppled from trees, casualty departments packed with failed young ape men.
gloss: A reputed or legendary, large, bipedal, ape-like creature, as Bigfoot or the Yeti, or a primitive australopithecine still extant today.
pos: noun
Related words: ape-person
apewoman
Translations:
hydralazine
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
Etymology: Contraction of hydrazinophthalazine.
Inflected forms:
form: hydralazines
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A direct-acting smooth muscle relaxant used to treat hypertension by acting as a vasodilator primarily in arteries and arterioles.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
Translations:
woodgrain
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: compound
Etymology: From wood + grain.
Compound parts: wood
grain
Inflected forms:
form: woodgrains
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The grain of wood.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: The grained pattern of a wooden surface, especially as on a non-wooden object decorated as to appear wooden.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
Derived words: woodgrained
woodgraining
Translations:
echinococcosis
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
Etymology: Echinococcus + -osis
Affixes: -osis
Inflected forms:
form: echinococcoses
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A potentially fatal parasitic disease of animals and humans, caused by the Echinococcus tapeworm.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
Translations:
ivermectin
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
Etymology: From di- + avermectin.
Base: avermectin
Affixes: di-
Inflected forms:
form: ivermectins
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A compound of the avermectin group, used as an anthelmintic in veterinary medicine and as a treatment for river blindness.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: Dr. Yu has refused the ivermectin requests, he said, but he knows some of his colleagues have not.
Perhaps the most egregious example of shifting the standards of evidence comes when the report discusses the off-label use of drugs such as chloroquine and ivermectin.
Translations:
Swiftian
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: entertainment
lifestyle
literature
media
music
publishing
Etymology: From Swift + -ian.
Base: Swift
Affixes: -ian
Inflected forms:
form: more Swiftian
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most Swiftian
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: Of or pertaining to Jonathan Swift (1667–1745), Anglo-Irish satirist and essayist, or his works.
pos: adj
examples: Swiftian satire
Nor are his ironic-human touches wanting. Almost at its birth he satirises, in his own quiet Swiftian way, an absurd tendency which has grown mightily since, and flourishes now: […]
It was my intent to mix serious issues and facts with irony and Swiftian satire to engage readers and make my points. No apologies on that count.
gloss: Of or pertaining to Taylor Swift (1989–), American singer-songwriter, or her musical and lyrical style.
pos: adj
examples: Swiftian chorus
You could hear Martin and Shellback's touch in the bright, punchy sound of those songs, “We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together,” “I Knew You Were Trouble,” and “22.” Yet the songs are unmistakably Swiftian; […].
Katie is herself deeply invested in the kind of heteronormative propriety that other fans see in Taylor Swift's music, and she […] suggests that she can incorporate Swift's image of sweet wholesomeness into her own experience and articulation of lesbian relationships; yet, Katie desires to appropriate a piece of heteronormative culture—“Swiftian” propriety and sentimentality—without considering the ways that this strict view on the expression of sexual desire is connected to the ways that she is marginalized within the community because of her sexual identity.
The music itself is classic Taylor Swift, with a high degree of syncopation at the sixteenth-note level and a chorus melody […] Despite the fact that the song is jointly credited to Swift and Sheeran, the verses, too, contain some typically Swiftian attributes, including unexpected lengthening and truncations of phrases.
Still, at the movies, surrounded by a matinee crowd of older Swifties and their kids, the Swiftian portal exerted its pull.
Translations:
praziquantel
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
Etymology: p(y)razi(ne) + qu(inoline) + -antel (“anthelmintic”). The drug was developed by the German pharmaceutical companies Bayer and Merck in the mid-1970s. The name is established as the drug’s international nonproprietary name.
Base: pyrazine
Affixes: -antel
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: An anthelmintic medication used to treat a number of types of parasitic worm infections, including clonorchiasis, cysticercosis, opisthorchiasis, schistosomiasis, and tapeworm infections.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
examples: Praziquantel, (2-cyclohexylcarbonyl)-1,2,3,6,7,11b-hexa-hydro-2H pyrazino[2,1a]isoquinolin-4-one, belongs to a new series of antischistosomal compounds. The results of a detailed study of the efficacy of praziquantel on Schistosoma mansoni in mice, Mastomys and Syrian hamsters are described.
In the case of schistosomiasis, […] the techniques of molecular biology are being used to seek vaccines, and praziquantel has transformed therapy.
The drug praziquantel, which costs only 32 cents per child, would prevent schistosomiasis, a worm disease that starts as a urinary tract infection but, untreated, can lead to female genital sores that make it easier for H.I.V. to enter.
Translations:
honouree
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From honour + -ee.
Base: honour
Affixes: -ee
Inflected forms:
form: honourees
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: honoree
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: One who receives an honour or award.
pos: noun
examples: He won Service Animal of the Year and was the only honouree to sit for the duration of his induction.
Translations:
triazolam
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: compound
Topics: chemistry
medicine
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
pharmacology
physical-sciences
sciences
Etymology: Blend of triazolo + -azepam.
Compound parts: triazolo
-azepam
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: A benzodiazepine C₁₇H₁₂Cl₂N₄ used as a sleep-inducing agent in the short-term treatment of insomnia.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
Translations:
suramin
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
Etymology: Probably from su(lfonic acid) + ur(ea) + amin(e).
Base: sulfonic acid
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Synonym of suramin sodium.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
Translations:
coniine
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
Etymology: From Ancient Greek κώνειον (kṓneion, “hemlock”) + -ine.
Affixes: -ine
Inflected forms:
form: coniines
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A poisonous alkaloid found in poison hemlock and the yellow pitcher plant; it is a neurotoxin which disrupts the peripheral nervous system.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
usually
Translations:
sproing
Part of speech: intj
verb
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: Imitative; compare spring and boing.
Inflected forms:
form: sproings
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: sproinging
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: sproinged
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: sproinged
pos: verb
tags: past
Senses:
gloss: The sound of a sudden springing or leaping.
pos: intj
tags: informal
gloss: To spring or leap with such a sound.
pos: verb
tags: informal
intransitive
Translations:
pantothenate
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
Etymology: From pantothenic acid + -ate (“salt or ester”).
Base: pantothenic acid
Affixes: -ate
Inflected forms:
form: pantothenates
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Any salt or ester of pantothenic acid.
pos: noun
Translations:
cysteamine
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
Inflected forms:
form: cysteamines
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The simplest stable aminothiol, a degradation product of the amino acid cysteine, used to treat cystine excretion disorders and radiation sickness.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
Translations:
conidial
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Relating to or composed of a conidium.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
Translations:
aconitase
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
Etymology: From aconitate + -ase.
Base: aconitate
Affixes: -ase
Inflected forms:
form: aconitases
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Aconitate hydratase, an enzyme that catalyses the stereospecific isomerization of citrate to isocitrate via cis-aconitate in the tricarboxylic acid cycle.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: The enzyme system bringing about the reversible hydration of cisaconitic acid has been shown to be different from fumarase and termed "aconitase".
These are: aconitase, isocitric dehydrogenase, alpha-ketoglutaric dehydrogenase, succinic dehydrogenase, fumarase, malic dehydrogenase, DPHN-oxidase, and cytochrome oxidase.
The best-characterized member of iron-sulfur isomerases is mitochondrial aconitase.
Translations:
fluoroacetate
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
Etymology: From fluoro- + acetate.
Base: acetate
Affixes: fluoro-
Inflected forms:
form: fluoroacetates
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Any salt of fluoroacetic acid.
pos: noun
Translations:
biopolitical
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From bio- + political.
Base: political
Affixes: bio-
Inflected forms:
form: more biopolitical
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most biopolitical
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: Of or pertaining to biopolitics.
pos: adj
examples: Foucault argued in several works in the mid-1970s that one cannot understand the passage from the “sovereign” state of the ancien régime to the modern “disciplinary” state without taking into account how the biopolitical context was progressively put at the service of capitalist accumulation […]
They [Hardt & Negri] write of a “biopolitical” revolution—one that will transform every aspect of life. “The flesh of the multitude,” they say, “is an elemental power.” It will act like some immense bio-organism, restructuring the body politic.
[…] a new biopolitical vocabulary for expressing racial and class anxiety: Instead of claiming brown and black people were biologically inferior, you claimed they were — for reasons you sympathized with, reasons that weren’t really their fault — compromised by the food and drink they ingested; all those artificial dyes had darkened them on the inside.
A global corporate power, Del Rio Inc., attempts to refunction a Mexican peasant culture of small-holders for biopolitical exploitation by commodifying the water that sustains their way of life.
Translations:
guaifenesin
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: guaiphenesin
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: Glyceryl guaiacolate, an expectorant drug used to assist the expectoration of phlegm from the airways in acute respiratory tract infections.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
examples: A dose of guaifenesin, plain and simple Robitussin / To liquify the mucus membranes
Translations: