yuanxin112/wiktionary-morph huggingface dataset:
stilbene
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
Etymology: From Ancient Greek στίλβω (stílbō, “to shine, shimmer”), due to its use as a phosphor.
Inflected forms:
form: stilbenes
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Either of two isomeric hydrocarbons, diphenylethylene, but especially the trans isomer, used in the manufacture of dyes and many other compounds.
pos: noun
Translations:
pluripotency
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: biology
natural-sciences
Inflected forms:
form: pluripotencies
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The state of being pluripotent.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
usually
Translations:
morphogenic
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Of or pertaining to a morphogen, a morphogene or morphogenesis.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
Translations:
morphogenesis
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: biology
natural-sciences
Etymology: From morpho- + -genesis.
Base: morpho
Inflected forms:
form: morphogeneses
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The differentiation of tissues and subsequent growth of structures in an organism
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
Translations:
schoolwork
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: compound
Etymology: From school + work.
Compound parts: school
work
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Work done for school, including both in class and as homework.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
examples: I'm 40, but now that I'm back going for my degree I'm swamped with schoolwork.
Translations:
schoolbag
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: compound
Etymology: From school + bag.
Compound parts: school
bag
Inflected forms:
form: schoolbags
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A satchel used to carry supplies for school; a bookbag.
pos: noun
Translations:
sculptural
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English sculpture
Proto-Italic *-ālis
Latin -ālisbor.
Old French -albor.
▲
Latin -ālis
Old French -elbor.
▲
Latin -ālisbor.
Middle English -al
English -al
English sculptural
From sculpture + -al.
Inflected forms:
form: more sculptural
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most sculptural
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: Of, pertaining to, or having characteristics of sculpture.
pos: adj
examples: His sculptural work never gained the acclaim his paintings did.
Translations:
seaward
Part of speech: adj
adv
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From Middle English seaward, seward (attested only as an adjective), equivalent to sea + -ward.
Base: sea
Affixes: -ward
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Being in or facing towards the sea.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: Near-synonyms: oceanward, oceanwards
The landward side of the fort faced more dangerous guns than the seaward side, which only faced what could be put on a ship.
Following service in the First World War, when it was leased by the Admiralty, it suffered a swift decline. And despite reconstruction efforts, concerns about its safety were raised in the 1930s and its seaward portion was demolished in the 1940s.
gloss: In the direction of the sea, toward the sea.
pos: adv
tags: not-comparable
examples: Near-synonyms: oceanward, oceanwards
Ever the sailor's widow looked seaward, hoping to see her missing man coming home.
He and Gerald usually challenged the rollers in a sponson canoe when Gerald was there for the weekend; or, when Lansing came down, the two took long swims seaward or cruised about in Gerald's dory, clad in their swimming-suits; and Selwyn's youth became renewed in a manner almost ridiculous,[…].
Translations:
seasonably
Part of speech: adv
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: law
Etymology: From Middle English sesonably, equivalent to seasonable + -ly.
Base: seasonable
Affixes: -ly
Inflected forms:
form: more seasonably
pos: adv
tags: comparative
form: most seasonably
pos: adv
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: In due season; at an opportune or fitting time.
pos: adv
examples: [H]aving very long suspended our conference about the freshly mention'd Subject, it was so newly begun when you came in, that we shall scarce need to repeat any thing to acquaint you With what has pass'd betwixt us before your arrival, so that I cannot but look upon it as a fortunate Accident that you should come so seasonably, to be not hearers alone, but we hope Interlocutors at our conference.
[…] I ſuppoſe we may now ſeaſonably proceed to conſider the Style of the Scripture: A Subject that will as well require as deſerve ſome Time and much Attention; […]
[W]hilst I vvas thus muſing, and attentively looking upon the VVater, to try vvhether I could diſcover the Bottom, it happened to me, as it often does to thoſe that gaze too ſtedfaſtly on ſvvift Streams, that my Head began to grovv giddy, and my Leggs to ſtagger tovvards the River, into vvhich queſtionleſs I had fell, if Philaretus had not ſeaſonably and obligingly prevented it.
What matters me who wears the crown of France? / Whether a Richard or a Charles possess it? / They reap the glory—they enjoy the spoil— / We pay—we bleed!—The sun would shine as cheerly, / The rains of heaven as seasonably fall, / Tho' neither of these royal pests existed.
gloss: Varying with the season.
pos: adv
gloss: In a manner appropriate to the season.
pos: adv
examples: The weather has become seasonably cooler lately.
gloss: Within the appropriate time period during which an action will be legally effective, as prescribed in legislation, a contract, or otherwise.
pos: adv
examples: 2005: Uniform Commercial Code § 1-204(3). The American Law Institute and the National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws.
An action is taken "seasonably" when it is taken at or within the time agreed or if no time is agreed at or within a reasonable time.
Antonyms: unseasonably
Related words: seasonally
seasonedly
Translations:
seedless
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English see
English -d
English seed
Proto-Indo-European *lewh₁-
Proto-Indo-European *lewHs-der.
Proto-Germanic *leusaną
Proto-Germanic *lausaz
Proto-Germanic *-lausaz
Proto-West Germanic *-laus
Old English -lēas
Middle English -les
English -less
English seedless
From seed + -less.
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Not having (noticeable) seeds.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: What do you plant to grow seedless grapes? Actually, they have seeds, but they are quite edible by humans.
Translations:
sedately
Part of speech: adv
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English sedate
Middle English -ly
English -ly
English sedately
From sedate + -ly.
Inflected forms:
form: more sedately
pos: adv
tags: comparative
form: most sedately
pos: adv
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: Calmly, without excessive emotion or force; in a composed manner.
pos: adv
Translations:
senatorial
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From Latin senātōrius + -al. Compare French sénatorial. By surface analysis, senator + -ial.
Affixes: -al
Inflected forms:
form: more senatorial
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most senatorial
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: Relating to a senator.
pos: adj
gloss: Relating to a senate.
pos: adj
examples: The senatorial investigation involved subpoenas and testimony before Congress and, of course, went nowhere.
gloss: Entitled to elect a senator, or by senators.
pos: adj
tags: US
examples: the senatorial districts of a State
Synonyms: senatorian
Derived words: nonsenatorial
senatoriable
senatorial courtesy
senatorially
unsenatorial
Translations:
lang: Bulgarian
word: сенатски
roman: senatski
lang: Greek
word: συγκλητικός
roman: sygklitikós
lang: Ancient Greek
word: συγκλητικός
roman: sunklētikós
lang: Polish
word: senatorski
lang: Polish
word: senacki
draino
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Appellativization from the Drāno brand by S. C. Johnson & Son, constructed from drain + -o.
Base: drain
Affixes: -o
Inflected forms:
form: drano
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: Any drain cleaner.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
examples: Farnsworth: they'll burrow so deep into the bowel that not even Hermes' famous Jerk Prunes could dislodge them!
Hermes: I call it Caribbean Draino.
Translations:
Tippex
Part of speech: noun
verb
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: Tipp-Ex is originally a trademark, owned since 1997 by Société Bic. Its use in the general sense is an example of trademark erosion. The first component is from the German verb tippen (“to type”), and the second from Latin ex.
Inflected forms:
form: Tipp-Ex
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: tippex
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: Tippexes
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: Tippexing
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: Tippexed
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: Tippexed
pos: verb
tags: past
form: Tipp-Ex
pos: verb
tags: alternative
form: tippex
pos: verb
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: A particular brand of correction fluid, or correction fluid in general.
pos: noun
tags: Commonwealth
Ireland
UK
uncountable
examples: If an application form is completed incorrectly or there's Tippex on it or the spelling is incorrect, then frankly I do not have the time or the patience to think that we will recruit that person...
Perhaps we can manufacture special bottles of Tippex For Unwanted Tummies. Perhaps we can manufacture special bottles of Tippex For Use on Burnt Toast.
Overlap between chapters is a difficult issue and while we have exercised the editorial Tippex to the best of our ability, some duplication remains.
And all without a safety net, second take, a stroke of Tippex, an editor or producer who knows all the knobs to press, and when, to keep one's shortcomings from wider exposure.
gloss: A particular brand of correction tape, or correction tape in general.
pos: noun
tags: Commonwealth
Ireland
UK
uncountable
gloss: To delete using correction fluid.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: Lara also ends on an imminent return to “my island—the 'Great' Tippexed out of it,” with the lines: “It is time to leave./ Back to London, across international time zones, I step out of Heathrow and into my future.”
Then, literally out of the blue, it appears as though someone has Tippexed a freehand circle on the surface of the water and splashed a little bleach and blue curaçao within the outline.
I also Tippexed out the swear-words that I'd scrawled over the Tippexed-out November gigs.
Translations:
casse
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: From French casse (literally “breakage”), from casser (“to break”).
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: A fault in wine, caused by an enzyme, making it turn from red to brown, or white to yellow, on exposure to air.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
Translations:
costate
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
sciences
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *ḱe?
Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm
Proto-Italic *kom
Proto-Italic *kom-
Latin con-
Latin co-der.
English co-
Proto-Indo-European *steh₂-
Proto-Italic *status
Latin statuslbor.
Old French estatbor.
Middle English stat
English state
English costate
From co- + state.
Inflected forms:
form: costates
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A state in alliance with another state.
pos: noun
gloss: An equation or variable related to the state equation of an optimal control problem in a dynamical system.
pos: noun
Translations:
empathetic
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: Derived from empathic, modified to sound more similar to sympathetic.
Inflected forms:
form: more empathetic
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most empathetic
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: Showing empathy for others, recognizing their feelings.
pos: adj
examples: And where does kindness come from? Are you born with it? Or can you learn to be compassionate and empathetic?
Translations:
spinnaker
Part of speech: noun
verb
Morphological type: simple
Topics: nautical
sailing
transport
Inflected forms:
form: spinnakers
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: spinnakers
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: spinnakering
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: spinnakered
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: spinnakered
pos: verb
tags: past
Senses:
gloss: A sail supplemental to the mainsail, especially a triangular one, used on yachts for running before the wind.
pos: noun
gloss: To sail using a spinnaker
pos: verb
examples: On the port tack layline , you're defenseless against starboard tackers — you have to dip them , no matter how much you may lose doing it — and the wind shadow of boats spinnakering away from the mark can cost you plenty.
We spinnakered out into the Atlantic and, fortunately, the wind died as night fell.
Translations:
alyssum
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: Borrowed from taxonomic name Alyssum, from Ancient Greek ἄλυσσον (álusson).
Inflected forms:
form: alyssums
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Any of several plants, of the genus Alyssum, mostly of Eurasian origin, that have racemes of white or yellow flowers.
pos: noun
Translations:
scuzzy
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: compound
Etymology: Probably a blend of scummy + fuzzy 1960s, US, colloquial, expressive coinage, with influence from scum, fuzzy, lousy, sleazy.
Compound parts: scummy
fuzzy
Inflected forms:
form: scuzzier
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: scuzziest
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: Dirty or grimy.
pos: adj
tags: colloquial
examples: a scuzzy toilet
Outside the gay discotheques, there was also a yuppy scene of 'XTC parties' that precociously featured one of the defining aspects of rave – the eschewing of alcohol in favour of juice and mineral water. For these respectable professionals, Ecstasy didn't seem like a drug; it was cheap, there was no scuzzy paraphernalia like syringes or bongs, it wasn't […]
gloss: Disreputable; sleazy.
pos: adj
tags: colloquial
examples: They were easy to shrug off as harmless cranks, only interested in getting together in scuzzy pubs to talk about a revolution they would never manage to provoke, more likely to fight among themselves than raise a concerted attack on the minorities they were so opposed to.
I’d been counting on Paul, a scuzzy-but-still-sexy manager of a music club in Shoreditch, to meet up with me on my first night in London.
Derived words: scuzz
scuzzball
scuzzbucket
scuzzoid
Translations:
shoplifter
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Germanic *skup-
Old English scoppa
Middle English shoppe
English shop
English lifter
English shoplifter
From shop + lifter.
Inflected forms:
form: shoplifters
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A person who shoplifts, one who steals from shops.
pos: noun
examples: Shoplifters will be prosecuted.
The shoplifters are much less to be dreaded than the sneak, as they do not carry off cash, rarely any very valuable property […]
Like their friends the "draggers," the "hoisters" or shoplifters are having a thin time these days, […]
[…] just as the unchastised teenage shoplifter, mistaking society’s indulgence for applause, will evolve into a bloodthirsty hired killer, it is inevitable that the author of “The Pencil” will one day morph into the author of “The Toothpick.”
Translations:
passaggio
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
Inflected forms:
form: passaggi
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The transition area between a singer's vocal registers.
pos: noun
Translations:
spatha
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
Etymology: From Latin spatha, from Ancient Greek σπάθη (spáthē, “any broad blade, of wood or metal”). Doublet of spade, spathe, and epee.
Inflected forms:
form: spathas
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: spathae
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A type of straight sword originating from the first-century Roman Empire. It was worn typically by cavalry officers and is a long version of the left shaped gladius.
pos: noun
tags: historical
gloss: Synonym of spathe.
pos: noun
Related words: spathe
spade
spatula
Translations:
curable
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From Middle English curable, curabyll, from Old French curable. By surface analysis, cure + -able.
Inflected forms:
form: more curable
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most curable
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: Capable of being cured.
pos: adj
Antonyms: incurable
Translations:
seamstress
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English seamster
Ancient Greek -ισσα (-issa)bor.
Late Latin -issader.
Old French -essebor.
Middle English -esse
English -ess
English seamstress
From seamster + -ess.
Inflected forms:
form: seamstresses
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: sempstress
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: A woman who sews clothes professionally.
pos: noun
examples: […] the Seamſtreſs brought in her ſilver thimble, the Chamber-maid her Bodkin, the Cook his ſilver ſpoon, the Vintner his Bowl into the common Treaſury of War and they who contributed to ſo pious a work, were invited more then others in ſome Churches to come to the Holy Communion in the very time of adminiſtration; […]
They are seamstresses, who have plied the daily and nightly needle in the service of master tailors and close-fisted contractors, until now it is almost time for each to hem the borders of her own shroud.
“If you have finished blathering about men, perhaps you won’t mind skipping over the new seamstress you’ve no doubt found?"
Translations:
seconder
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: climbing
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
Etymology: From second + -er (measurement suffix) or + -er (agent noun suffix).
Base: second
Affixes: -er
Inflected forms:
form: seconders
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Something that lasts or takes a specified number of seconds.
pos: noun
tags: in-compounds
examples: I'm a post-first-weight-gain-in-ten-years, post-obsessing-about-food-every-minute-of-every-day, and life is different. It really is. I still struggle sometimes, but I can honestly say that the tapes are no longer playing. Once in a while I hear a little “commercial,” a brief ten-seconder: Are you sure you don't want to lose a little weight? Wouldn't you rather skip that high-fat meal?
gloss: The person who makes a second to a motion in any formal procedure, such as a parliamentary procedure.
pos: noun
examples: He's been the seconder on many motions, but I don't think he's ever made a motion himself.
gloss: A Cub Scout serving as a second-in-command to a sixer.
pos: noun
gloss: A person who seconds; a person who climbs after the leader
pos: noun
Translations:
book-keep
Part of speech: verb
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: book-keeps
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: book-keeping
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: book-kept
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: book-kept
pos: verb
tags: past
form: bookkeep
pos: verb
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: To do bookkeeping.
pos: verb
Translations:
boorishness
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English boorish
Proto-Germanic *-inōną
Proto-Indo-European *-dyé-
Proto-Germanic *-atjaną
Proto-Indo-European *-tus
Proto-Germanic *-þuz
Proto-Germanic *-assuz
Proto-Germanic *-inassuz
Proto-West Germanic *-nassī
Old English -nes
Middle English -nesse
English -ness
English boorishness
From boorish + -ness.
Inflected forms:
form: boorishnesses
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The state or characteristic of being a boor or of being boorish; boorish behaviour.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
usually
examples: No refinement in him would now have surprised her; but neither would any outbreak of boorishness.
From the first the Russian had exhibited every trait of his true character—selfishness, boorishness, arrogance, cowardice, and lust.
Unfortunately, there were moments of pure indulgence, drunken boorishness and rambling unintelligible poetry midway through the evening.
Translations:
spit-and-polish
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: more spit-and-polish
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most spit-and-polish
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: paying much attention to outward appearance
pos: adj
Translations:
vinifera
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: beverages
food
lifestyle
oenology
wine
Inflected forms:
form: viniferas
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Vitis vinifera, the common grape vine.
pos: noun
Translations:
K-hed
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: journalism
media
Inflected forms:
form: K-heds
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A brief news item in a newspaper consisting of a one-line heading and a single paragraph, especially one of little interest added to fill space.
pos: noun
tags: US
Translations:
survivable
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: government
military
politics
war
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *úp
Proto-Indo-European *-er
Proto-Indo-European *upér
Proto-Italic *super
Latin super
Latin super-
Proto-Indo-European *gʷeyh₃-
Proto-Indo-European *-wós
Proto-Indo-European *gʷih₃wós
Proto-Indo-European *gʷíh₃weti
Proto-Italic *gʷīwō
Latin vīvō
Latin supervīvereder.
English survive
Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr
Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom
Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlis
Proto-Italic *-ðlis
Latin -bilis
Latin -ābilis
Old French -ablebor.
Middle English -able
English -able
English survivable
From survive + -able.
Inflected forms:
form: more survivable
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most survivable
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: Able to be survived.
pos: adj
examples: The conditions they are living in are harsh but survivable.
gloss: Capable of surviving an attack, especially a nuclear strike.
pos: adj
examples: In order for a weapon system to be an effective deterrent it must be highly survivable. Weapon systems based in the world's ocean waters are the most survivable systems.
As Desert Storm demonstrated, heavily defended targets can be successfully attacked by cruise missiles and a limited number of highly capable and survivable aircraft, leaving other targets to be attacked by less survivable aircraft. A recent CNA study reinforced this point.
“I think that what we found is that our command and control needs to be more survivable,” said Col. Robert S. McChrystal, commander of the 2nd Cavalry Regiment, which is based in Vilseck, Germany, near the Czech border.
Derived words: nonsurvivable
survivability
unsurvivable
Translations:
phosphoprotein
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂-
Proto-Indo-European *bʰéh₂os
Proto-Hellenic *pʰáwos
Ancient Greek φᾰ́ος (phắos)
Ancient Greek φῶς (phôs)
Proto-Indo-European *bʰer-
Proto-Indo-European *bʰéreti
Proto-Hellenic *pʰérō
Ancient Greek φέρω (phérō)
Proto-Indo-European *-os
Proto-Hellenic *-os
Ancient Greek -ος (-os)
Ancient Greek -φόρος (-phóros)
Ancient Greek φωσφόρος (phōsphóros)bor.
Latin phōsphorusbor.
English phosphorus
English phospho-
English protein
English phosphoprotein
From phospho- + protein.
Inflected forms:
form: phosphoproteins
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: any protein containing bound phosphate or complexed with a phospholipid
pos: noun
Translations:
blench
Part of speech: verb
noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: From Middle English blench and blenchen, from Old English blenċan (“to deceive, cheat”), from Proto-Germanic *blankijaną (“to deceive”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰleyǵ-. Cognate with Icelandic blekkja (“to deceive, cheat, impose upon”).
Inflected forms:
form: blenches
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: blenching
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: blenched
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: blenched
pos: verb
tags: past
form: blenches
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: To shrink; start back; give way; flinch; turn aside or fly off.
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
examples: Blench not at thy chosen lot.
This painful, heroic task he undertook, and never blenched from its fulfilment.
Suddenly the great beast beat its hideous wings. […] Again it leaped into the air, and then swiftly fell down upon Éowyn, shrieking, striking with beak and claw. Still she did not blench: maiden of the Rohirrim, child of kings […]
Even a case-hardened monorailist must blench at the thought of the storm such a proposition would create.
"This," said Dunraven with a vast gesture that did not blench at the cloudy stars, and that took in the black moors, the sea, and a majestic, tumbledown edifice that looked like a stable fallen upon hard times, "is my ancestral land."
gloss: To quail.
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
gloss: To deceive; cheat.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
gloss: To draw back from; shrink; avoid; elude; deny, as from fear.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: Yesterday the government proclaimed no turning back, but the lords representing the likes of the disability charity Scope or Macmillan Cancer Support should make them blench.
gloss: To hinder; obstruct; disconcert; foil.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
gloss: To fly off; to turn aside.
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
examples: Though sometimes you do blench from this to that.
gloss: A deceit; a trick.
pos: noun
gloss: A sidelong glance.
pos: noun
examples: These blenches gave my heart another youth.
Derived words: blencher
unblenched
unblenching
Translations:
inheritable
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Inherited from Middle English enheritable (“inheritable”), from Anglo-Norman enheritable; equivalent to inherit + -able.
Base: inherit
Affixes: -able
Inflected forms:
form: more inheritable
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most inheritable
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: That can be inherited.
pos: adj
examples: an inheritable estate or title
an inheritable disease
gloss: Capable of taking by inheritance, or of receiving by descent; capable of succeeding to, as an heir.
pos: adj
examples: By attainder […] the blood of the person attainted is so corrupted as to be rendered no longer inheritable.
The eldest daughter of the king is also alone inheritable to the crown on failure of issue male.
Derived words: inheritableness
inheritably
noninheritable
uninheritable
Translations:
fettling
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: fettlings
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Repairing; mending; sorting.
pos: noun
tags: UK
countable
gerund
uncountable
gloss: A mixture of ore, cinders, etc., used to line the hearth of a puddling furnace.
pos: noun
tags: UK
countable
gerund
uncountable
gloss: The operation of shaving or smoothing the surface of undried clay ware.
pos: noun
tags: UK
countable
gerund
uncountable
Translations:
yett
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: yetts
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Gate.
pos: noun
tags: Geordie
Scotland
examples: They rode into the outer courtyard, through the muckle faulding yetts and aneath the auld portcullis; […]
The outer yett was closed, and a torch burned in a socket set in the gatehouse wall beside the archway. A guard stepped up, peered through the yett at Guillaume, and nodded to someone off to the side.
gloss: A gate made of iron bars, used for defensive purposes in castles and other buildings, which is hinged to open like a door, rather than being raised and lowered like a portcullis.
pos: noun
examples: [A] yett was in use along with the portcullis. At Doune we have an example of an existing yett, set about a foot behind the portcullis grooves; of course, it is impossible to say whether the two were contemporary, but it seems[…]
... yett was solid . At Doune, Perthshire, dating from the latter years of the fourteenth century, the main gateway was defended by a portcullis and a yett at the entrance, and, apparently, by another yett, […]
Translations:
poopy
Part of speech: adj
noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From poop + -y. Compare shitty.
Base: poop
Affixes: -y
Inflected forms:
form: poopier
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: poopiest
pos: adj
tags: superlative
form: poopies
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: shitty
pos: adj
tags: informal
examples: You don't throw a six-year-old into a sandbox and say: "Hey! You can only make poopy castles!" You know when you take wet sand and just let it drip on top of a pile of sand? It's a poopy castle.
gloss: Dirty with feces.
pos: adj
tags: informal
examples: poopy bottom
poopy nappy
poopy toilet
gloss: Resembling or characteristic of feces.
pos: adj
tags: informal
examples: a poopy smell
a poopy taste
a poopy color
gloss: needing to poop (defecate)
pos: adj
tags: informal
examples: Can we stop the car? I'm poopy.
Sorry, i'm also poopy.
gloss: Faeces.
pos: noun
tags: childish
countable
slang
uncountable
Derived words: poopiness
Translations:
fumigant
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: fumigants
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Any substance used, in the gaseous state, to fumigate or disinfect.
pos: noun
Translations:
larn
Part of speech: verb
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: A variant of standard English learn, possibly continuing Northern Middle English larn, a variant of lernen (“to learn”). Compare Scots larn. More at learn.
Inflected forms:
form: larns
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: larnin
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: larning
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: larned
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: larned
pos: verb
tags: past
form: larnt
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: larnt
pos: verb
tags: past
Senses:
gloss: To learn.
pos: verb
tags: Geordie
Northern-England
especially
gloss: To teach.
pos: verb
tags: Appalachia
Geordie
Northern-England
especially
examples: Larn yersel te taalk propa like!
A bump of the boot to the seat, Tom thought, would be the way to larn him.
Translations:
vola
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: volae
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A velum of silica in some diatoms
pos: noun
gloss: The hollow of the hand or foot.
pos: noun
Related words: volar
Translations:
smugly
Part of speech: adv
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English smug
Middle English -ly
English -ly
English smugly
From smug + -ly.
Inflected forms:
form: more smugly
pos: adv
tags: comparative
form: most smugly
pos: adv
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: In a self-satisfied manner.
pos: adv
examples: He was smirking smugly at us.
Translations:
catto
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Germanic *kattuz
Proto-West Germanic *kattu
Old English catt
Middle English cat
English cat
English -o
English catto
From cat + -o.
Inflected forms:
form: cattos
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A cat.
pos: noun
examples: “I leave my love of all animals, especially doggos, cattos and guinea pigs to Cade Skuse and Madison Snavely.” - Ava Colorito
They might look pretty, but many houseplants are poisonous to your doggos and cattos.
Now our social media feeds are full of heckin’ good doggos and puppers, cute kittehs and cattos.
Mila, Speedy, Mama, Karl, and more than 165 other doggos and cattos survived a storm that flooded a Humane Society in the Bahamas and they’re ready for some love.
Being a pet-friendly cafe, Craft offers delights exclusively for doggos and cattos, too.
And just like the world of human Instagram influencers, there are some doggos and cattos on the ‘gram who steal hearts every time their faces appear on the screen.
Follow the famous doggo and catto accounts that have a strong following and presence on social media platforms.
Chien, a stray kitten rescued by Save Animals of Love and Light (Save ALL Inc.), is such a sweet, loving catto who makes any human feel good with her “lambing.”
When a baby comes home, it is quite important for their parents to give their older child love and attention equally so that they don't feel left out. It is pretty much the exact same case with older children who also happen to be fur babies - cattos or doggos.
Translations:
spikenard
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: compound
Etymology: From Middle English spikenard, spikenarde, from Anglo-Norman spicanarde, from Medieval Latin spīca nardī, from Latin spica (“spike”) + nardi (“nard”). Equivalent to spike + nard.
Compound parts: spica
nardi
Inflected forms:
form: spikenards
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A perfumed ointment, extracted from the plant Nardostachys jatamansi that belongs to the Valerian family and grows in the Himalayas.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: While the king sitteth at his table, my spikenard sendeth forth the smell thereof.
All subtle thought, all curious fears,
⁠Borne down by gladness so complete,
⁠She bows, she bathes the Saviour’s feet
With costly spikenard and with tears.
The glories of Mary held his soul captive : spikenard and myrrh and frankincense, symbolising the preciousness of God's gifts to her soul, rich garments, symbolising her royal lineage, her emblems, the lateflowering plant and lateblossoming tree, symbolising the agelong gradual growth of her cultus among men.
gloss: The plant Nardostachys jatamansi (syn. Nardostachys grandiflora).
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: A garden inclosed is my sister, my spouse; a spring shut up, a fountain sealed. Thy plants are an orchard of pomegranates, with pleasant fruits; camphire, with spikenard, Spikenard and saffron; calamus and cinnamon, with all trees of frankincense; myrrh and aloes, with all the chief spices
gloss: Lavandula stoechas, another species used in antiquity to produce an aromatic oil.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: Any plant of the genus Aralia of the Araliaceae family.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: False spikenard (Maianthemum racemosum, syn. Smilacina racemosa)
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: Ploughman's spikenard (Inula conyza, now Pentanema conyzae).
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: Wild spikenard (Asarum europaeum).
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
Derived words: American spikenard
Arizona spikenard
bastard spikenard
cretan spikenard
Cretan spikenard
false spikenard
Japanese spikenard
ploughman's spikenard
plowman's spikenard
small spikenard
wild spikenard
Translations:
calamus
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: Christianity
biology
botany
natural-sciences
ornithology
Etymology: Etymology tree
Latin calamuslbor.
English calamus
Learned borrowing from Latin calamus (“reed, cane”). Doublet of culm, haulm, helm (Etymology 4, stalk), qalam, and shawm.
Inflected forms:
form: calamuses
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: calami
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Sweet flag (Acorus calamus).
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
usually
examples: A garden inclosed is my sister, my spouse; a spring shut up, a fountain sealed. Thy plants are an orchard of pomegranates, with pleasant fruits; camphire, with spikenard, Spikenard and saffron; calamus and cinnamon, with all trees of frankincense; myrrh and aloes, with all the chief spices
gloss: A quill; the hard, horny, hollow, and more or less transparent part of the stem or scape of a feather.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
usually
examples: Thus, the four distinct feather parts that have been compared as to amino acid content to note whether or not the composition is uniform are rachis, barbs, calamus and medulla.
In follicles late in feather growth, after rupture of the feather sheath, this canal contained the upper part of the calamus.
Chapin asserted that the calamus is firmly fixed in the wing
gloss: A fish of genus Calamus in family Sparidae; certain porgies.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
usually
gloss: A palm in genus Calamus, of rattan palms.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
usually
gloss: A fistular stem without an articulation.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
usually
gloss: Synonym of fistula (“tube for sucking Eucharist wine”).
pos: noun
tags: historical
uncountable
usually
Translations:
marginalization
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English marginal
Proto-Indo-European *-id-
Proto-Indo-European *-yéti
Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti
Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō
Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor.
Late Latin -izōder.
Middle French -iserbor.
Middle English -isen
English -ize
Proto-Indo-European *-tis
Proto-Indo-European *-Hō
Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō
Proto-Italic *-tiō
Latin -tiō
Latin -ātiōlbor.
Old French -ationbor.
Middle English -acioun
English -ation
English -ization
English marginalization
From marginal + -ization.
Inflected forms:
form: marginalizations
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: marginalisation
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: The act of marginalizing.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
Translations:
demonization
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English distinct electron motion
Proto-Indo-European *kerh₃-der.?
Latin carbōlbor.
French carbonebor.
English carbonbf.
English -on
English demon
Proto-Indo-European *-id-
Proto-Indo-European *-yéti
Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti
Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō
Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor.
Late Latin -izōder.
Middle French -iserbor.
Middle English -isen
English -ize
Proto-Indo-European *-tis
Proto-Indo-European *-Hō
Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō
Proto-Italic *-tiō
Latin -tiō
Latin -ātiōlbor.
Old French -ationbor.
Middle English -acioun
English -ation
English -ization
English demonization
From demon + -ization.
Inflected forms:
form: demonizations
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: demonisation
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: The act of demonizing.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: Something demonized.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
Translations:
weldability
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English weld
Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom
Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlis
Proto-Italic *-ðlis
Latin -bilis
Latin -ābilis
Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂
Proto-Indo-European *-ts
Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts
Proto-Italic *-tāts
Latin -tās
Latin -abilitas
Middle French -abletébor.
Middle English -ablete
English -ability
English weldability
From weld + -ability.
Inflected forms:
form: weldabilities
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The ability of a metal or other material to be welded under specified conditions
pos: noun
Translations:
contractility
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: medicine
physiology
sciences
Inflected forms:
form: contractilities
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The condition of being able to contract or shrink (used especially of muscles).
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: The extent to which something contracts or shrinks.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: The performance of cardiac muscle.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
Related words: contractile
Derived words: acontractility
electrocontractility
faradocontractility
galvanocontractility
hypercontractility
hypocontractility
vasocontractility
Translations:
hyperkalemia
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: biology
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
Etymology: From hyper- + kalemia or hyper- + kal(ium) + -emia.
Base: kalemia
Affixes: hyper-
Inflected forms:
form: hyperkalemias
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: hyperkalaemia
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: hyperkalæmia
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: The condition of having an abnormally high concentration of potassium ions in the blood (above the reference range).
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
Antonyms: eukalemia
hypokalemia
Translations:
hypocalcemia
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: biology
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
Etymology: From hypo- + calcemia or hypo- + calc- + -emia.
Base: calcemia
Affixes: hypo-
Inflected forms:
form: hypocalcemias
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The medical sign of having an abnormally low concentration of calcium ions in the blood.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: Near-synonyms: calcipenia, hypocalcia
Translations:
hypomagnesemia
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: biology
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
Etymology: From hypo- + magnesemia or hypo- + magnes(io)- + -emia.
Base: magnesemia
Affixes: hypo-
Inflected forms:
form: hypomagnesemias
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: hypomagnesaemia
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: The condition of having an abnormally low concentration of magnesium (Mg) ions in the blood (below the reference range).
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
Antonyms: eumagnesemia
hypermagnesemia
Translations:
bronchospasm
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: medicine
sciences
Etymology: Etymology tree
Ancient Greek βρόγχος (brónkhos)der.
English broncho-
English spasm
English bronchospasm
From broncho- + spasm.
Inflected forms:
form: bronchospasms
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: difficulty in breathing due to a contraction of smooth muscle in the walls of the bronchi and bronchioles
pos: noun
Translations:
discriminatory
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English discriminate
Proto-Indo-European *-tōr
Proto-Italic *-tōr
Latin -tor
Proto-Indo-European *-yós
Proto-Italic *-ios
Old Latin -ios
Latin -ius
Latin -tōriusder.
Middle English -orie
English -ory
English discriminatory
From discriminate + -ory.
Inflected forms:
form: more discriminatory
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most discriminatory
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: Of or pertaining to discrimination (in all senses).
pos: adj
gloss: Showing prejudice or bias.
pos: adj
examples: discriminatory attitude
be discriminatory towards/against someone
discriminatory information
discriminatory legislation
discriminatory portrayal
discriminatory policy
discriminatory practice
discriminatory remarks
discriminatory society
receive discriminatory treatment
discriminatory word
Synonyms: discriminational
Derived words: antidiscriminatory
discriminatorily
indiscriminatory
non-discriminatory
nondiscriminatory
undiscriminatory
Translations:
accessor
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English access
English -or
English accessor
From access + -or.
Inflected forms:
form: accessors
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Someone or something that accesses.
pos: noun
gloss: A function that retrieves a value, usually without changing any data.
pos: noun
Antonyms: mutator
Translations:
scaleless
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
zoology
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *skend-der.
Proto-Indo-European *(s)kn̥d-sleh₂
Proto-Italic *skand-slā
Latin scālabor.
Middle English scale
English scale
Proto-Indo-European *lewh₁-
Proto-Indo-European *lewHs-der.
Proto-Germanic *leusaną
Proto-Germanic *lausaz
Proto-Germanic *-lausaz
Proto-West Germanic *-laus
Old English -lēas
Middle English -les
English -less
English scaleless
From scale + -less.
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Lacking anything to give a sense of scale; not having a reference for size.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
gloss: Of a surface: free from deposits of scale.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
gloss: Not having scales.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: There are also some surprises such as Eurotamandua, a scaleless pangolin that looks astonishingly like a South American anteater.
gloss: Without using a set of scales.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: scaleless dieting
Derived words: scaleless dragonfish
scalelessness
Translations:
scantly
Part of speech: adv
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English scant
Middle English -ly
English -ly
English scantly
From scant + -ly.
Inflected forms:
form: more scantly
pos: adv
tags: comparative
form: most scantly
pos: adv
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: In a way that is slightly lacking, that is scant of how much should be provided.
pos: adv
examples: He scantly filled the bag, increasing his profits but getting dissatisified customers.
gloss: Barely; hardly; scarcely.
pos: adv
examples: We hold a tourney here to-morrow morn, / And there is scantly time for half the work.
Translations:
scarily
Part of speech: adv
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English scary
Middle English -ly
English -ly
English scarily
From scary + -ly.
Inflected forms:
form: more scarily
pos: adv
tags: comparative
form: most scarily
pos: adv
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: In a scary manner.
pos: adv
examples: He adores his bedtime baseball stories, even at his ripe old age. “It's called 'The Curse.' Wooooooooo!” Sol sings scarily in a trilly, ghostlike, gradually descending soprano.
Her loneliness is made much worse by post-natal depression and delusions – which are represented with scarily plausible simplicity.
Translations:
scholastically
Part of speech: adv
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English scholastic
Proto-Italic *-ālis
Latin -ālisbor.
Old French -albor.
▲
Latin -ālis
Old French -elbor.
▲
Latin -ālisbor.
Middle English -al
Middle English -ly
Middle English -ally
English -ally
English scholastically
From scholastic + -ally.
Inflected forms:
form: more scholastically
pos: adv
tags: comparative
form: most scholastically
pos: adv
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: in a scholastic manner.
pos: adv
Translations:
scrapyard
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: compound
Etymology: From scrap + yard.
Compound parts: scrap
yard
Inflected forms:
form: scrapyards
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: scrap-yard
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: scrap yard
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: A junkyard; a place where scrap is stored, discarded or resold.
pos: noun
examples: A steady procession of new Class 421 and '423' electric multiple units to the Southern Region from Derby and York allowed the despatch of many pre-nationalisation 2-BIL and 2-HAL units to scrapyards.
Translations:
artemisia
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: From taxonomic name Artemisia, from Latin artemisia, from Ancient Greek ἀρτεμισία (artemisía), from Ἄρτεμις (Ártemis, “Artemis, the goddess”).
Inflected forms:
form: artemisias
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Any of many aromatic flowering plants of the genus Artemisia, including wormwood, sagebrush, and tarragon, often used as traditional medicine, oral contraceptive and flavoring.
pos: noun
examples: In the event of anyone wishing to invoke the very Prince of Spirits, the following ingredients were prescribed to be burnt - Juice of Hypericon, Saffron, Artemisia, and the root of Valerian.
Our central issue, however, is whether the artemisia of Dioscorides is mugwort. Fuchs in Germany shows no hesitation in accepting the beyfusz of his country, called armoise by the French and Artemisia latifolia or broadleaved artemisia by the Italians, is the artemisia of Dioscorides, Galen, and Pliny, and he quotes them exactly on the plant's medicinal actions.
Translations:
scrapper
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English scrap
English -er
English scrapper
From scrap + -er.
Inflected forms:
form: scrappers
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A person who disposes of scraps, such as one who collects scrap metal to sell to a scrap dealer.
pos: noun
examples: After the uncle died they sold off most of his rustbuckets to a scrapper and kept one to fix up.
gloss: A person who fights doggedly, who exhibits indomitable will.
pos: noun
examples: He's a real scrapper, even against impossible odds, he always keeps fighting.
"An old scrapper don't find many openings. Chucker-out at a pub with free drinks. Nothing doing there."
Translations:
Brunswick
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: From the Germanic personal name Bruno, in the genitive case, something akin to *Brunos + Middle Low German wîk (“village, settlement”).
Inflected forms:
form: Brunswicks
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: Brownswick
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: Brunswic
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: A Brunswick gown.
pos: noun
Translations: