yuanxin112/wiktionary-morph huggingface dataset:
ballon
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: From French ballon. Doublet of balloon.
Inflected forms:
form: ballons
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The quality of a jump by which a ballet dancer appears to pause in midair
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
usually
examples: Tall and slender, with a superb ballon and effortless flight in air, Malakhov […] will unquestionably have an extraordinary career.
gloss: Synonym of balloon (“type of glass for wine etc”).
pos: noun
tags: countable
usually
Translations:
backstab
Part of speech: verb
noun
Morphological type: compound
Etymology: From back + stab.
Compound parts: back
stab
Inflected forms:
form: backstabs
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: backstabbing
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: backstabbed
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: backstabbed
pos: verb
tags: past
form: backstabs
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: To attack someone (especially verbally) unfairly in a deceitful, underhand, or treacherous manner, especially when they're not present in the place or situation that it happens.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
gloss: An act of backstabbing.
pos: noun
examples: After this conversation I was shocked; he asked me to leave the car so he would stay with her alone. Everything fell on me, I felt my body heavy and my heart beating very fast. It was such a backstab that it still hurts today.
Translations:
hepatica
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: See hepatic.
Inflected forms:
form: hepaticas
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Any of the herbaceous plants in the genus Hepatica of the buttercup family, notably the common hepatica.
pos: noun
examples: Tufts of primroses grew under the still leafless trees; the hepatica had succeeded the snowdrop.
Translations:
birthright
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: compound
Etymology: From birth + right. Compare West Frisian berterjocht (“birthright”), Dutch geboorterecht (“birthright”), German Geburtsrecht (“birthright”). Compare also Icelandic frumburðarréttur (“birthright”).
Compound parts: birth
right
Inflected forms:
form: birthrights
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Something a person is entitled to due to the circumstances of their birth, such as an inheritance or citizenship.
pos: noun
examples: Not only has suburban life separated the great concentrated masses of our people from their birthright of meadows, fields and woods; of Nature, in her untamed splendour and mystery, most of them have never had so much as a momentary glimpse.
Though it's the birthright of man to unify and live his life as one / A whisper of the word will let you soar with your soul
But a practically solo sequence of Dany walking through her old empty house without saying anything for minutes on end is, let’s say, a lot to ask of Emilia Clarke. She’s back at Dragonstone to reclaim her birthright, the seven or so kingdoms.
For one, it clearly states that American citizenship is a birthright for all people who are born on American soil — something that President Donald Trump has announced he wants to end.
Translations:
cracking
Part of speech: noun
adj
adv
Morphological type: simple
Topics: chemistry
geography
geology
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
petrochemistry
petrology
physical-sciences
Etymology: Etymology tree
Middle English crakynge
English cracking
Inherited from Middle English crakynge.
Inflected forms:
form: crackings
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The thermal decomposition of a substance, especially that of crude petroleum in order to produce petrol / gasoline.
pos: noun
gloss: The formation of cracks on a surface.
pos: noun
gloss: The production of a crack sound.
pos: noun
examples: the crackings of whips
gloss: That cracks; that produces a sharp sound as of something splitting or breaking.
pos: adj
examples: From the spot where the body lay came a fierce fizzing and cracking sound, which ceased, however, before the fumes had cleared away.
gloss: Great; excellent.
pos: adj
tags: colloquial
examples: Near-synonym: crackerjack
The race started at a cracking pace.
That's a cracking example of what we've been looking for.
gloss: Enjoyable.
pos: adj
tags: colloquial
examples: We had a cracking time.
Near the back of the concourse is a piano, [...]. Explains Reeve: "It was donated by a lady who had written to me. My Duty Manager at the time had a qualification and so was able to restore it to full working order. I've heard some cracking tunes on it."
gloss: Very, usually associated with praise.
pos: adv
tags: UK
not-comparable
examples: It was a cracking good show.
Related words: wisecracking
wit-cracking
Derived words: anticracking
hydrocracking
Isocracking
macrocracking
mud cracking
noncracking
quiet cracking
safecracking
steam cracking
thermocracking
Translations:
houseplant
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: compound
Etymology: From house + plant.
Compound parts: house
plant
Inflected forms:
form: houseplants
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: house plant
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: A plant that is grown indoors in places such as a house or office for decorative purposes.
pos: noun
examples: Herbert thought that adding some houseplants would brighten up his desk.
gloss: A variety of plant that is especially suited to such cultivation, or that is frequently grown in such settings.
pos: noun
examples: "I always thought a begonia was a houseplant!" exclaimed Sue, staring at the towering tropical specimen.
Related words: flowerpot
potted plant
Translations:
disavowal
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From disavow + -al or dis- + avowal.
Base: disavow
Affixes: -al
Inflected forms:
form: disavowals
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A denial of knowledge, relationship, or responsibility towards something or someone.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: Whatever pleas may be urged for a disavowal of engagements formed by diplomatic functionaries in cases where by the terms of the engagements a mutual ratification is reserved, or where notice at the time may have been given of a departure from instructions, or in extraordinary cases essentially violating the principles of equity, a disavowal could not have been apprehended in a case where no such notice or violation existed, where no such ratification was reserved, and more especially where, as is now in proof, an engagement to be executed without any such ratification was contemplated by the instructions given, and where it had with good faith been carried into immediate execution on the part of the United nations.
Last week, when House Speaker Nancy Pelosi rejected as “condescending” President Trump’s proposal for a more merit-based immigration policy, she provided a metaphor not just for the shattered condition of Washington’s governance of immigration, but also for the Democratic Party’s ideologically rigid disavowal of all principles of immigration constraint.
Translations:
foremast
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: nautical
transport
Etymology: From fore + mast.
Base: fore
Inflected forms:
form: foremasts
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: fore-mast
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: The mast nearest the bow, on a sailing ship with more than one mast or a non-sailing ship with any masts; the second-tallest mast on a full-rigged ship.
pos: noun
Translations:
foresail
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: nautical
transport
Etymology: From fore- + sail. Compare Dutch voorzeil, German Vorsegel, Danish forsejl, Swedish försegel.
Base: sail
Affixes: fore-
Inflected forms:
form: foresails
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The lowest (and usually the largest) square sail hung on the foremast
pos: noun
gloss: A square fore-and-aft sail set on the foremast, but behind it, on a schooner or other similar vessel.
pos: noun
gloss: A triangular sail set forward of the foremast: forestaysail.
pos: noun
Translations:
oakum
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: From Late Middle English okom, okome (“oakum”) [and other forms], from Old English ācumba (“oakum”, literally “that which has been combed out, off-combings”) [and other forms], from ācemban (“to comb out”), from Proto-Germanic *uz- (from Proto-Indo-European *ud-s-, *ūd- (“out; up”), or *h₂ew- (“away from, off”)) + *kambijaną (“to comb”) (ultimately from *ǵómbʰos (“row of teeth; tooth; peg”), *ǵembʰ- (“nail; tooth; to gnaw through; to pierce”)). See also out and comb.
Inflected forms:
form: oakums
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Coarse fibres separated by hackling from flax or hemp when preparing the latter for spinning.
pos: noun
tags: countable
historical
uncountable
gloss: Fibres chiefly obtained by untwisting old rope, which are used to caulk or pack gaps between boards of wooden ships and joints in masonry and plumbing, and sometimes for dressing wounds.
pos: noun
tags: countable
historical
uncountable
examples: [W]ho should it be but Mr. Daniel, all muffled up, and his face as black as the chimney, and covered with dirt, pitch, and tarr, and powder, and muffled with dirty clouts, and his right eye stopped with okum. He is come last night at five o'clock from the fleete, with a comrade of his that hath endangered another eye.
It vvas reſolved hovvever to proceed on our Voyage, vvhich vve did for ten Days, in hopes by the Oakums ſvvelling the Leak might grovv leſs; but to our great Surpriſe, after very hard VVeather near Porto Bello, and not being able to reach it, it increaſed to double the Quantity.
[A]s it rained nearly all the time, awnings were put over the hatchways, and all hands sent down between the decks, where we were at work, day after day, picking oakum, until we got enough to caulk the ship all over, and to last the whole voyage.
[N]ow that I think of it, he's always wanting oakum to stuff into the toes of his boots.
On the 24th of November, the plaintiff wrote the following reply, addressing it to George Havelock:– "Yours containing order for oakums came duly to hand. As it will take three or four days before the white oakum arrives here, we cannot till after that time supply the same. All will be forwarded together. The price of white and brown oakum will be 30s. per cwt. Yours, &c., W. H. Douglas and Co."
Shingle Tiles make a Leak-Proof roof without the use of cements and spun oakums.
My eyesight began to fail, from the strain of picking oakum in my cell.
Earlier that morning he had gotten the oakum ready for the deck, soaking the hemp in pine tar.
Related words: chinse
fother
making-iron
meaking iron
ripping iron
Derived words: pick oakum
since Adam was an oakum boy
since Adam was an oakum boy in Chatham Dockyard
when Adam was an oakum boy
when Adam was an oakum boy in Chatham Dockyard
white oakum
Translations:
freeboard
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: nautical
transport
Inflected forms:
form: freeboards
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The vertical distance between the waterline and the uppermost watertight deck of a vessel, or the vertical distance from the waterline up to the top of the gunwale (of an open boat).
pos: noun
gloss: The distance between a water level and the top of something that contains or restrains it (such as a dam).
pos: noun
gloss: The distance between the top of sea ice and the water level.
pos: noun
Related words: to the gunnels
Derived words: freeboard deck
Translations:
lang: Dutch
word: waakhoogte
campsite
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: compound
Etymology: From camp + site.
Compound parts: camp
site
Inflected forms:
form: campsites
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: camp site
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: A place where one or more tents may be pitched for an overnight stay in an outdoor area.
pos: noun
Translations:
skeg
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: nautical
transport
Etymology: From a dialectal term for a stump, branch, or wooden peg; compare Swedish skog. Compare shaw.
Inflected forms:
form: skegs
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A fin-like structure to the rear of the keel of a vessel that supports the rudder and protects a propeller.
pos: noun
gloss: A similar construction on a boat that acts as a keel.
pos: noun
gloss: A fin that serves to stabilize a surfboard.
pos: noun
gloss: A surfer; a person who leads a surfing lifestyle.
pos: noun
tags: Australia
slang
gloss: A sort of wild plum (Prunus spinosa or Prunus domestica subsp. insititia (syn. Prunus institia)).
pos: noun
tags: obsolete
examples: Some take them for Damascen plums, or rather for Bullois, Skegs, or such like wilde Plums.
gloss: A kind of oat.
pos: noun
tags: obsolete
examples: SKEGS. A kind of oat, sometimes cultivated as a crop in Nottinghamshire. It is the Avena stipiformis of Linnaeus.
gloss: A look or glance.
pos: noun
tags: Northern-England
Translations:
vanillin
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Italic *wāgīnā
Latin vāgīna
Old Spanish vayna
Spanish vaina
Spanish -illa
Spanish vainillabor.
English vanilla
English -in
English vanillin
From vanilla + -in.
Inflected forms:
form: vanillins
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A chemical compound, 4-hydroxy-3-methoxybenzaldehyde, that is the primary constituent of vanilla.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: A synthetic compound used as a substitute for the extract of the vanilla bean.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
Translations:
healthful
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From Middle English helthful, helþful, helþeful, equivalent to health + -ful.
Base: health
Affixes: -ful
Inflected forms:
form: healthfuller
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: more healthful
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: healthfullest
pos: adj
tags: superlative
form: most healthful
pos: adj
tags: superlative
form: healthfull
pos: adj
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: Beneficial to bodily health.
pos: adj
examples: Hockey is an exciting and healthful form of exercise, well suited to college students […]
The advertisement [published in 1856] concluded with the announcement that the excursion was being run "to afford the industrious classes the opportunity of enjoying the healthful and invigorating sea-breezes of Southport, and the luxury of sea-bathing, or the numerous objects of interest and amusement at Liverpool."
A Hindu manual of erotology suggests boiled ghee, drunk in the morning, in the spring time, as a healthful, strengthening beverage.
gloss: Conducive to moral or spiritual prosperity; salutary.
pos: adj
examples: She trusted it was a sign that his mind was recovering a more healthful state, that he was not obliged to refer to his imagination, and, by giving her an ideal existence, compel himself to love her as the representative of another; surely, if he could do so long without the real Margarita, and appear cheerful and happy as he used to do when in England, he might (now that death had really taken her, poor thing!) resign her entirely, and love his wife, […]
As he had been thinking for months about leaving his wife and had not done it because it would be too cruel to deprive her of himself, her departure was a very healthful shock.
gloss: Synonym of healthy (“evincing health”).
pos: adj
tags: archaic
examples: His fair hair waved long and freely over a white and unwrinkled forehead: the life of a camp and the suns of Italy had but little embrowned his clear and healthful complexion, which retained much of the bloom of youth.
Synonyms: healthy
salubrious
salutary
wholesome
Related words: heal
health
healthy
Derived words: healthfully
healthfulness
unhealthful
Translations:
anti-democratic
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English anti-
English democratic
English anti-democratic
From anti- + democratic.
Inflected forms:
form: more anti-democratic
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most anti-democratic
pos: adj
tags: superlative
form: antidemocratic
pos: adj
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: opposing the democratic process or democracy, especially by the use of force
pos: adj
gloss: enforcing views contrary to that of a majority of the public
pos: adj
Translations:
hydrostatic
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
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 *steh₂-
Proto-Indo-European *stísteh₂ti
Proto-Hellenic *hístāmi
Ancient Greek ἵστημι (hístēmi)
Proto-Indo-European *-kos
Ancient Greek -κός (-kós)
Ancient Greek -ικός (-ikós)
Ancient Greek στᾰτῐκός (stătĭkós)der.
Latin staticusder.
English static
English hydrostatic
From hydro- + static.
Inflected forms:
form: hydrostatick
pos: adj
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: Of or relating to hydrostatics.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
gloss: Of or relating to fluids, especially to the pressure that they exert or transmit.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: [...] the electric fan drive and Drayton regulator temperature control employed on the prototypes have been superseded on the production version by Serck-Behr hydrostatic drive from an engine-driven pump with thermostatically controlled fan speed regulation.
Related words: static
hydrodynamic
Derived words: hydrolock
hydrostatical
hydrostatically
hydrostatic arch
hydrostatic balance
hydrostatic bed
hydrostatic bellows
hydrostatic equilibrium
hydrostatic fluid
hydrostatic head
hydrostatician
hydrostaticity
hydrostatic lock
hydrostatic loop
hydrostatic paradox
hydrostatic press
hydrostatic pressure
hydrostatics
hydrostatic shock
hydrostatic skeleton
magnetohydrostatic
nonhydrostatic
quasihydrostatic
Translations:
nearside
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
Etymology: near + side
Inflected forms:
form: nearsides
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The side of a road vehicle nearest to the kerb: the left side if one drives on the left of the road.
pos: noun
tags: UK
examples: An unhappy-looking "foreigner" on Beattock shed on August 18 was Class A2 No. 60529. It had taken the West Coast main line with an unidentified working, but failed at Lockerbie with a blown-out nearside cylinder; [...].
gloss: The face of the Moon nearest the Earth.
pos: noun
gloss: A streetcar designed to discharge passengers on the near side of an intersection, rather than the far side.
pos: noun
tags: US
historical
Antonyms: offside
farside
Related words: near side
Translations:
real-time
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: simple
Topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
Etymology: From real time.
Inflected forms:
form: realtime
pos: adj
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: Communicated as the events being responded to occur; communicated or proceeding without much delay.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: It will provide a wireless navigation service that can deliver turn-by-turn route guidance and real-time traffic and weather information. Motorola is the first company to create such a solution, […]
Audiences tolerate the idea of Roxy Hart turning from a “real-time” conversation with her husband or lawyer and launching into a song about her dreams and ambitions. And in the old days, movie audiences did the same: Judy Garland could ...
This may nevertheless require some re-drawing of boundaries, to integrate real- time or near-real-time intelligence collection with the other means of locating, identifying and tracking major military equipment and units.
If not real-time, in-person backup, he at least needed to tell Davenport what was going on, and where he was headed.
All signage in and around the station is bilingual in Welsh and English, while station announcements and passenger information screens provide real-time information.
gloss: Of a system: that responds to events or signals within a predictable time after their occurrence; specifically in which the response time must be within the maximum allowed, but is typically synchronous.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: The projects, which are due to start in November, are: Real-time prediction and mitigation of disruption through personalised passenger communications - [...]
Related words: real time
Derived words: hard real-time
immediate real-time
near real-time
real-time attack
realtimely
real-time strategy
soft real-time
Translations:
outskirts
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *úd
Proto-Germanic *ūt
Proto-Germanic *ūt-
Old English ūt-
Middle English ut-
English out-
English skirts
English outskirts
From out- + skirts.
Inflected forms:
form: outskirt
pos: noun
tags: singular
Senses:
gloss: The area surrounding a city or town; suburb.
pos: noun
tags: plural
plural-normally
examples: He lived on the outskirts of Paris for a time.
The village borders on the Hakka district of Wanluan on the southeastern outskirts of Chaozhou, and its temple is modest in size, with a front and rear chamber and two larger temporary extensions front and side. Yet its members (unaware of similarly named temples in Pingdong as well as Donggang) insist that it is the City God of the county of Pingdong.
There are faculty advisers on El’s theater crew who balk at using “they” for one person; classmates at El’s public school on the outskirts of Boston who insist El can’t be “multiple people”; and commenters on El’s social media feeds who dismiss nonbinary gender identities like androgyne (a combination of masculine and feminine), agender (the absence of gender) and gender-fluid (moving between genders) as lacking a basis in biology.
More than 100 men, wearing white T-shirts and wielding sticks and clubs, stormed the station in Yuen Long, on Hong Kong’s northwestern outskirts, and assaulted people, including passengers on a subway car.
Viktor is monitoring the brigade’s area of responsibility by watching a livestream from a drone flying somewhere over the outskirts of Kostyantynivka on his smartphone.
Translations:
pasha
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: From Ottoman Turkish پاشا (pāšā) (Turkish paşa); this either from Persian پادشاه (pâdšâh, “padishah, king”), or from Ottoman Turkish باش (baş, “head”), or from Ottoman Turkish بچه (beççe, “male offspring”), this in turn from Persian بچّه (bačče). Ottoman Turkish باش (baş, “head”) + آغا (ağa, “master”) has also been proposed as etymon.
Inflected forms:
form: pashas
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: pascha
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: bashaw
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: A high-ranking Turkish military officer, especially as a commander or regional governor; the highest honorary title during the Ottoman Empire.
pos: noun
tags: historical
gloss: The Indian butterfly Herona marathus, family Nymphalidae.
pos: noun
Related words: pashalik
Derived words: pashadom
pashalike
pashaship
two-tailed pasha
Translations:
cavitation
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: biology
fluid-dynamics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
Etymology: Etymology tree
English cavity
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 cavitation
From cavity + -ation.
Inflected forms:
form: cavitations
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The formation of pits on a surface.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: The formation, in a fluid, of vapor bubbles that rapidly collapse, especially in a rotating marine propeller or pump impeller.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: The formation of cavities in an organ, especially in lung tissue as a result of tuberculosis.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
Derived words: cavitate
cavitational
cavitatory
decavitation
microcavitation
nanocavitation
supercavitation
Translations:
brouhaha
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: Borrowed from French brouhaha, but disputed as to where from before that. Possibly from Hebrew בָּרוּךְ הַבָּא (barúkh habá, “welcome”, literally “blessed is he who comes”).
Inflected forms:
form: brouhahas
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A stir; a fuss or uproar.
pos: noun
examples: It caused quite a brouhaha when the school suspended one of its top students for refusing to adhere to the dress code.
For as they were maneuvering the cylinder onto a dolly, it split and dumped one ton of chlorine trifluoride onto the floor. It chewed its way through twelve inches of concrete and dug a three-foot hole in the gravel underneath, filled the place with fumes which corroded everything in sight, and, in general, made one hell of a mess. Civil Defense turned out, and started to evacuate the neighborhood, and to put it mildly, there was quite a brouhaha before things quieted down. Miraculously, nobody was killed, but there was one casualty — the man who had been steadying the cylinder when it split. He was found some five hundred feet away, where he had reached Mach 2 and was still picking up speed when he was stopped by a heart attack.
Talk, it's only talk / Babble, burble, banter / Bicker, bicker, bicker / Brouhaha, balderdash, ballyhoo / It's only talk / Back talk
In the brouhaha over the reappointment of Superior Court Judge Sylvia Pressler, we organized massive support - telegramming, telephoning and writing to encourage the State Senate to exercise its advise and consent function responsibly.
What's all the fanfare, what's the to do / We're known to bring the hullabaloo / On stage or at the spa / Guaranteed we bring the brouhaha / ‘Cause it's a brouhaha
Ms. Rousseau, a senior member of the Europe Écologie-Les Verts party, said in an interview that she was surprised by the sizzling brouhaha.
El Salvador, caught in legal brouhaha over the case of erroneously deported Kilmar Ábrego García, has received a reported $6 million from the U.S. to imprison deportees.
Translations:
listening
Part of speech: adj
noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From Middle English listnynge, lustninde, from Old English hlysnende, equivalent to listen + -ing.
Base: listen
Affixes: -ing
Inflected forms:
form: listenings
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Of something or someone that listens.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: Any listening person can tell she's lying.
gloss: Of something that is used in order to hear or to improve the ability to hear.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: He could hear better when he used his listening device.
gloss: Of an action that is performed with caution and attention to sounds.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: The safest cover lay close under the wall of the cañon, and here through the dense thickets Venters made his slow, listening advance toward the oval.
gloss: An act by which something or somebody is listened to.
pos: noun
examples: This symphony grows on me more and more with each listening.
It is an album that rewards multiple listenings.
gloss: An educational exercise involving listening.
pos: noun
examples: OK, students, today we're going to do a couple of listenings about the environment, then a reading about crime.
gloss: Skill or ability of perceiving spoken language.
pos: noun
examples: You can improve your listening well by watching English-language films.
Derived words: must-listening
active listening
baby listening
easy listening
listening comprehension
listening device
listening fatigue
listening watch
social listening
Translations:
sexually
Part of speech: adv
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *sek-der.
Proto-Indo-European *séks-u-sder.
Proto-Italic *seksus
Latin sexus
Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.?
Proto-Italic *-ālis
Latin -ālis
Latin sexuālisbor.
English sexual
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 sexually
From sexual + -ly.
Inflected forms:
form: more sexually
pos: adv
tags: comparative
form: most sexually
pos: adv
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: In a sexual manner; erotically.
pos: adv
examples: She kissed him sexually.
gloss: With respect to sex (either of the two divisions of organisms).
pos: adv
examples: The firm discriminated sexually in its hiring and retention practices.
gloss: With respect to sexual intercourse.
pos: adv
examples: He was sexually active by the age of fifteen.
gloss: By means of sexual intercourse.
pos: adv
examples: AIDS and gonorrhea are sexually transmitted diseases.
A parrot is a sexually reproducing organism.
NBC, never shy about exploiting a celebrity tragedy, overproduced and overpromoted her film in “Farrah’s Story,” but never made the public service point that, besides abstinence, the HPV vaccine is the most promising form of prevention against this type of cancer, which in most cases is sexually acquired.
Derived words: isosexually
sexually anorexic
sexually assault
sexually harass
sexually mature
sexually-oriented
sexually transmitted infection
sociosexually
Translations:
lang: Galician
word: sexualmente
lang: Portuguese
word: sexualmente
lang: Russian
word: по полово́му при́знаку
roman: po polovómu príznaku
lang: Slovak
word: rodovo
lang: Spanish
word: sexualmente
lang: Swedish
word: köns-
lang: Albanian
word: seksualisht
lang: Catalan
word: sexualment
lang: Estonian
word: seksuaalselt
lang: Galician
word: sexualmente
lang: Portuguese
word: sexualmente
lang: Russian
word: сексуа́льно
roman: sɛksuálʹno
lang: Slovak
word: sexuálne
lang: Spanish
word: sexualmente
lang: Swedish
word: sexuellt
genetics
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: biology
natural-sciences
Etymology: From Ancient Greek γένεσις (génesis, “origin”). Coined by English biologist William Bateson in 1905 in a letter to zoologist Adam Sedgwick, and first used publicly by Bateson at a lecture to the International Conference on Plant Hybridization in 1906.
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: The branch of biology that deals with the transmission and variation of inherited characteristics, in particular chromosomes and DNA.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
examples: If we want to raise mangels that will not run to seed, or to breed a cow that will give more milk in less time, or milk with more butter and less water, we can turn to Genetics with every hope that something can be done in these laudable directions.
Genetics has shown that people are different, and these differences cluster according to geography and culture, but never in a way that aligns with the traditional concepts of human races.
In commentary accompanying the research, Samira Asgari, an assistant professor in genetics and genomic sciences at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in New York, said that it was crucial to extend these types of studies beyond Europe to other regions to “better understand how differences in population history might have contributed to the risk of autoimmune diseases such as multiple sclerosis.”
gloss: The genetic makeup of a specific individual or species.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
examples: As a result of your father’s, mother’s, and their parents genetics, you are born with a genetic structure that is dealt to you at conception. […] Our ancestry determines our genetics.
This amazing occurrence made my head go bong to say the least; it was obvious that Elizabeth had not been “schizophrenic” because of her genetics, nor because of stress, nor malnutrition, nor hypoglycemia, nor because of any of the causes of mental illness that I had learned and rectify, but because of food allergies
Anthony knew he could excel in boxing because of his genetics. He fought 168 pounds and fought in fights around the Tri-Cities.
Melzer and Luke C. Pilling, a research fellow in genomic epidemiology at the University of Exeter Medical School, have also studied the genetics underlying longevity.
Derived words: anthropogenetics
antigenetics
archaeogenetics
biogenetics
cardiogenetics
chemogenetics
cytogenetics
demogenetics
dysgenetics
ecogenetics
epigenetics
evolutionary genetics
forward genetics
genethics
geogenetics
immunogenetics
landscape genetics
magnetogenetics
memetics
metagenetics
molecular genetics
morphogenetics
nephrogenetics
neurogenetics
oncogenetics
optogenetics
orthogenetics
palaeogenetics
paleogenetics
pathogenetics
pharmacogenetics
phenogenetics
population genetics
psychogenetics
quantitative genetics
radiogenetics
reprogenetics
reverse genetics
sociogenetics
sonogenetics
telegenetics
therapygenetics
thermogenetics
toxicogenetics
Translations:
carucate
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: From Medieval Latin carūcāta (“ploughland”), from Latin carūca (“chariot; coach; carruca”). Compare French charrue (“plough”).
Inflected forms:
form: carucates
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: carrucate
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: The notional area of land able to be farmed in a year by a team of 8 oxen pulling a carruca plow, usually reckoned at 120 acres.
pos: noun
tags: historical
Translations:
Thomist
Part of speech: noun
adj
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: Thomists
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A follower or advocate of Thomism.
pos: noun
examples: […] it should be remembered that their poets and rabbis of the middle ages were contemporary with the Scotists and Thomists, with the pseudo-platonism and peripateticism of Christendom.
gloss: Of or relating to Thomism.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
Translations:
duplicative
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English duplicate
Proto-Indo-European *-wós
Proto-Indo-European *-iHwósder.
Latin -īvus
Old French -ifbor.
Middle English -yf
English -ive
English duplicative
From duplicate + -ive.
Inflected forms:
form: more duplicative
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most duplicative
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: Of, related to, or being a duplicate.
pos: adj
examples: The purpose of such a position would be to oversee all aspects of government AIDS programs, weeding out duplicative or wasteful programs in favor of those that would meet the needs of all people with HIV.
MBDA provides minority business enterprises with a variety of business assistance services that are duplicative of other Federal, State, local, and private sector efforts.
Translations:
malm
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: geography
geology
natural-sciences
Etymology: From Middle English malme (“sand”), from Old English mealm (as in mealmstān (“sandstone”)), from Proto-Germanic *malmaz (“sand, ore”); related to Old Norse malmr (“ore, metal”). From the same Proto-Indo-European root as meal.
Inflected forms:
form: malms
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A soft, crumbly, chalky, grayish limestone.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: An artificial mixture of chalk, clay, and sand, from which light-brown or yellowish bricks are made.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
Derived words: malmstone
malmy
Translations:
tallit
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: From Hebrew טַלִּית (talít).
Inflected forms:
form: tallits
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: tallitot
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: tallitoth
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: tallitim
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: talleysim
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: tallaisim
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: dales
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: dalles
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: tales
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: talis
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: talith
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: tallis
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: tallith
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: A traditional Jewish prayer shawl with tassels which covers the chest and upper part of the back.
pos: noun
tags: Judaism
Translations:
Bolshevik
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: Borrowed from Russian большеви́к (bolʹševík), from большинство́ (bolʹšinstvó, “majority”).
Inflected forms:
form: Bolsheviks
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: Bolsheviki
pos: noun
tags: literary
plural
form: bolshevik
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: A Russian communist revolutionary, a member of the Bolshevik Party in the Communist Revolution of Russia in 1917.
pos: noun
tags: historical
examples: Мы, большевики, утверждаем, что на нашей стороне большинство настоящих, русских, партийных деятелей.
But such points were on the whole lost in the picture as it appeared in gross: everyone had confessed, the Old Bolsheviks had publicly avowed disgraceful plans and actions. The whole business almost passed belief. Were the confessions true? How had they been obtained? What did it all signify? We are told that the confessions were as little believed in Russia as abroad, ‘or even less’, but that the average Soviet citizen who had not been in jail found them as puzzling as foreigners did.
gloss: A member of the Communist Party that ruled the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics.
pos: noun
tags: historical
Related words: anarcho-Bolshevik
Bolshevism
Menshevik
Translations:
VTOL
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: aeronautics
aerospace
aviation
business
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
Etymology: Acronym of vertical takeoff and landing.
Inflected forms:
form: VTOLs
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A fixed-wing aircraft that is capable of ascending into the air straight up as opposed to needing to accelerate horizontally first.
pos: noun
examples: Radio for VTOL, heavy lift gear. We're not leaving him here.
Translations:
solipsistic
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English solips(ism)
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
Proto-Indo-European *-ikos
Proto-Italic *-ikos
Latin -icuslbor.
Old French -iquebor.
Middle English -ik
English -ic
English -istic
English solipsistic
From solips(ism) + -istic.
Inflected forms:
form: more solipsistic
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most solipsistic
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: Of, relating to, or being disposed to solipsism.
pos: adj
examples: For Philip there was only this solipsistic stroking, by definition nameless.
gloss: Self-centred, selfish, unaware or out of touch with the views or needs of others.
pos: adj
Derived words: nonsolipsistic
solipsistically
unsolipsistic
Translations:
lang: Finnish
word: solipsistinen
lang: German
word: solipsistisch
Ewok
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: Coined by American filmmaker George Lucas in 1983 from the syllabic reverse of Wookiee. The name first appeared in the end titles of the film Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi.
Inflected forms:
form: Ewoks
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A member of a fictional, primitive race of teddy-bear-like creatures.
pos: noun
examples: Those vampire-wanna-bes, who are actually cute in a Ewok/troll doll sort of way, pick their teeth nightly after a six-course wing fling.
Tripping a walker the size of a house is difficult but not impossible. You will need high-tensile wire and suitably grounded posts. Ask your Ewok friends for help.
My answer to those who believe that all Bigfoot are just huge cuddly Ewoks is to remind them that there is plenty of evidence that every member of the great apes family […] has exhibited hostility […].
She looked like a little plump Ewok, standing with Big Foot.
It’s been claimed that Jon has a string of mistresses, that Kate had an affair with her bodyguard and that Baby Number Six is actually a shaved Ewok with a catastrophic heroin addiction. Or something.
Translations:
Thomism
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: human-sciences
lifestyle
philosophy
religion
sciences
theology
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: The philosophy and theology of Thomas Aquinas.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
Translations:
kop
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: From Afrikaans kop, from Dutch kop, from Middle Dutch cop.
Inflected forms:
form: kops
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A hill or mountain.
pos: noun
tags: South-Africa
examples: […] a zigzag line of Lee-Enfield flashes, and a charge which took the kop at a cost of ten casualties. The victors held the key to the Ladysmith lock.
Within three hours, we took the kop. The dead and wounded were everywhere.
The Boers had taken the kop, collected their prisoners and had suffered very few casualties. However, they did not have the strength to hold the prisoners […]
A party of burghers, under Commandant Nel, of Kroonstad, were ordered to station themselves on a kop with a flat top, called Swartbooiskop, an hour and a half to the south of Nicholson's Nek.
Translations:
aida
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: aidas
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Synonym of Aida cloth.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: Use a size 24 needle for most aidas, and a size 26 for evenweaves and linens.
The benefit however of stitching on a higher count aida is that the overall project will be smaller, and you can fit in a greater level of detail.
Each of the projects in this book use 14 count aida, which means there are fourteen squares (or stitches) per inch of fabric.
Translations:
penni
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: From Finnish penni. Doublet of penny.
Inflected forms:
form: pennis
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: pennia
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A former Finnish currency unit, worth ¹⁄₁₀₀ of the markka.
pos: noun
tags: historical
examples: The Finnish monetary unit is the Finnish mark or markka (Fmk), which is divided into 100 pennis (p).
Translations:
geographer
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
Pre-Greek der.
Proto-Hellenic *gayader.
Ancient Greek γαῖᾰ (gaîă)clip.
Ancient Greek γῆ (gê)
Ancient Greek -ο- (-o-)
Ancient Greek γεω- (geō-)der.
English geo-
English -grapher
English geographer
From geo- + -grapher.
Inflected forms:
form: geographers
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A specialist in geography.
pos: noun
examples: Alternatively, geographers Simon Lewis and Mark Maslin have suggested that 1610 might be a better candidate for a crucial human-induced step change.
Some experts, such as geographer Jared Diamond in his 2005 book, “Collapse,” used Easter Island as a cautionary tale of how the exploitation of limited resources can result in catastrophic population decline, ecological devastation and the destruction of a society through infighting.
Translations:
zymogen
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
Etymology: From zymo- + -gen.
Base: zymo
Inflected forms:
form: zymogens
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A proenzyme, or enzyme precursor, which requires a biochemical change (i.e. hydrolysis) to become an active form of the enzyme.
pos: noun
Translations:
expiry
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From expire + -y.
Base: expire
Affixes: -y
Inflected forms:
form: expiries
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: End; termination; expiration.
pos: noun
tags: Australia
New-Zealand
UK
countable
uncountable
examples: The contract becomes void upon expiry.
upon expiry
approaching expiry
gloss: Death.
pos: noun
tags: Australia
New-Zealand
UK
countable
uncountable
gloss: Synonym of expiration date.
pos: noun
tags: Australia
New-Zealand
countable
uncountable
Related words: expiration
expire
Derived words: expiry date
nonexpiry
time to expiry
Translations:
zwanziger
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: From German Zwanziger; see zwanzig (“twenty”).
Inflected forms:
form: zwanzigers
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: An Austrian silver coin equivalent to 20 kreutzers.
pos: noun
tags: historical
Translations:
zuz
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: From Hebrew זוּז (zūz), from Aramaic זוּזָא (zūzā).
Inflected forms:
form: zuzim
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: zuzzim
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: zuzes
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: An ancient Hebrew silver coin, one quarter of a shekel.
pos: noun
Translations:
nouse
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: compound
Topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
Etymology: Blend of nose + mouse.
Compound parts: nose
mouse
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: A form of computer mouse operated with the nose.
pos: noun
tags: neologism
no-plural
examples: Our noses are no longer just for smelling things, but can be used for moving things too in operating a nouse, a device which has the same pointing function as a computer mouse but is controlled by movements of the nose.
Translations:
colliery
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English collier
English -y
English colliery
From collier + -y.
Inflected forms:
form: collieries
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: An underground coal mine, together with its surface buildings.
pos: noun
tags: UK
examples: From the hillock a score of red paths diverged as black ones do from a colliery, one of them leading to the homestead itself […]
gloss: A facility that supplies coal.
pos: noun
tags: US
Derived words: Blackhall Colliery
Boldon Colliery
Colliery Row
Cornsay Colliery
Easington Colliery
Shotton Colliery
Translations:
rubbernecking
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: compound
Etymology: From rubber + neck + -ing.
Compound parts: rubber
neck
-ing
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: The act of slowing down whilst driving a vehicle, in order to see the scene of an accident.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
examples: "The resulting wreckage blocks the entire southbound side of the Interstate, while the inevitable rubbernecking slows traffic on the northbound side to little more than the speed of a brisk walk."
gloss: Generally, any act of observation in a manner considered unduly overt or otherwise unseemly.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
examples: The children had never been in such a large museum and their rubbernecking was rather amusing.
Translations:
Zouave
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: government
military
politics
war
Etymology: From French, from Arabic زَوَاوِيّ (zawāwiyy), used to refer to a Kabyle soldier, especially of the Igawawen people.
Inflected forms:
form: Zouaves
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: One of a body of soldiers in the French service, originally Kabyle, but now composed of Frenchmen who wear the Kabyle dress.
pos: noun
tags: historical
gloss: One of a body of soldiers who adopt the dress and drill of the Zouaves in French service, as was done by a number of volunteer regiments in the army of the United States in the Civil War (1861–65).
pos: noun
tags: broadly
historical
Translations:
freegan
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: compound
Etymology: Blend of free + vegan.
Compound parts: free
vegan
Inflected forms:
form: freegans
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A person who salvages and consumes food that has been discarded, especially one who wishes to protect the environment and challenge consumerism by means of waste reduction.
pos: noun
Translations:
naiad
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: biology
entomology
human-sciences
mysticism
mythology
natural-sciences
philosophy
sciences
Etymology: From Latin Nāïas, from Ancient Greek Νᾱϊάς (Nāïás, “naiad”), from νάω (náō, “to flow”).
Inflected forms:
form: naiads
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: naiades
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A female deity (nymph) associated with water, especially a spring, stream, or other fresh water.
pos: noun
tags: Greek
gloss: The aquatic larva (nymph) of a dragonfly or damselfly.
pos: noun
gloss: Any of various aquatic plants of the genus Najas.
pos: noun
Synonyms: river god
Related words: dryad
Nereid
Translations:
zope
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: zopes
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A fish of species Ballerus ballerus (syn. Abramis ballerus) native to Eurasia.
pos: noun
examples: The absolute fecundity of zopes on first maturing (at the age of 5 years) was less than that of those spawning for the second time.[…]On comparison of the fecundity of zopes of the same size and different age the data obtained proved contradictory to some extent.
Before catching, more than half zopes, sandres and perches feed actively.
Translations: