yuanxin112/wiktionary-morph huggingface dataset:
fragrant
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin frāgrāns, present active participle of frāgrō (“to smell”).
Inflected forms:
form: more fragrant
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most fragrant
pos: adj
tags: superlative
form: fragraunt
pos: adj
tags: alternative
obsolete
Senses:
gloss: Sweet-smelling; having a pleasant (usually strong) scent or fragrance.
pos: adj
examples: fragrant flower
fragrant smell
gloss: Attractive (British, sometimes ironic or patronising)
pos: adj
examples: party-political interventions made by the fragrant Ms Stella Rimington.
the fragrant Ms Lawson should rename her show 'Nigella Swallows'
Synonyms: aromatic
ambrosial
aromatique
balmy
fragrant
redolent
sweet-smelling
Antonyms: fetid
noisome
pungent
smelly
malodorous
Related words: fragrance
aroma
Derived words: fragrancy
fragrant agrimony
fragrant angelica
fragrant azalea
fragrant balm
fragrant bedstraw
fragrant cliff fern
fragrant goldenrod
fragrantly
fragrant magnolia
fragrant meat
fragrantness
fragrant orchid
fragrant rosewood
fragrant shield fern
fragrant snowbell
fragrant solomon's seal
fragrant sumac
fragrant water lily
fragrant wood fern
fragrant woodsia
infragrant
nonfragrant
overfragrant
unfragrant
Translations:
pyrogenic
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: chemistry
geography
geology
medicine
natural-sciences
pathology
physical-sciences
sciences
Etymology: From pyro- + -genic.
Base: pyro
Inflected forms:
form: more pyrogenic
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most pyrogenic
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: Generating or produced by heat, especially in the body; causing or caused by fever.
pos: adj
gloss: Of a mineral: formed from magma at high temperature.
pos: adj
Related words: apyrogen
apyrogenetic
apyrogenous
nonpyrogen
nonpyrogenous
pyrogen
pyrogenesis
pyrogenetic
pyrogenous
Derived words: apyrogenic
apyrogenically
apyrogenicity
nonpyrogenic
nonpyrogenicity
pyrogenically
pyrogenicity
Translations:
pyrolytic
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *péh₂wr̥
Proto-Hellenic *pāwər
Ancient Greek πῦρ (pûr)
Latin pyr
English pyro-
English lytic
English pyrolytic
From pyro- + lytic.
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Of, relating to, or produced by pyrolysis.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
Translations:
pyromania
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: human-sciences
psychology
sciences
Etymology: From pyro- + -mania.
Base: pyro
Inflected forms:
form: pyromanias
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A compulsive disorder characterized by obsession with fire or uncontrollable urges to start fires.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
usually
Translations:
pyromaniac
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From pyro- + -maniac.
Base: pyro
Inflected forms:
form: pyromaniacs
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A person experiencing pyromania.
pos: noun
Translations:
pyrometer
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *péh₂wr̥
Proto-Hellenic *pāwər
Ancient Greek πῦρ (pûr)
Latin pyr
English pyro-
Proto-Indo-European *meh₁-
Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr
Proto-Indo-European *-trom
Proto-Hellenic *-tron
Ancient Greek -τρον (-tron)
Ancient Greek μέτρον (métron)der.
English -meter
English pyrometer
From pyro- + -meter.
Inflected forms:
form: pyrometers
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A thermometer designed to measure high temperatures.
pos: noun
examples: I was working with full regulator and about 40 per cent cut-off and we were going quite hard when André called my attention to the pyrometer. This was showing a comparatively low temperature (about 250 deg C.) which meant that unless I eased up, the boiler might start to prime. So we eased her a shade, let the water come down to a third of a glass and then we were away again in perfect order with the pyrometer showing about 375 deg C.
gloss: An instrument for measuring the thermal expansion of solids.
pos: noun
Related words: pyrometric
pyrometry
Derived words: radiation pyrometer
Translations:
randomise
Part of speech: verb
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *h₃er-
Proto-Indo-European *h₃reyH-der.
Proto-Germanic *rinnaną
Proto-West Germanic *rinnan
Frankish *randijubor.
Old French randirder.
Old French randonbor.
Middle English randoun
English randon
English random
English -ise
English randomise
From random + -ise.
Inflected forms:
form: randomises
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: randomising
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: randomised
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: randomised
pos: verb
tags: past
form: randomize
pos: verb
tags: alternative
US
Senses:
gloss: To arrange randomly; to make random
pos: verb
examples: He randomised the marbles by spilling them onto the floor.
Translations:
pyroclastic
Part of speech: adj
noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: geography
geology
natural-sciences
volcanology
Etymology: From pyro- + clastic, from Ancient Greek πῦρ (pûr, “fire”), and κλαστός (klastós, “broken”).
Affixes: pyro-
Inflected forms:
form: pyroclastics
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Mostly composed of rock fragments of volcanic origin or comminuted during an eruption.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: The word "ash" is not a very good one to include all the mechanical accompaniments of a subaerial or subaqueous eruption, since ash seems to be restricted to a fine powder, the residuum of combustion. A word is wanting to express all such accompaniments, no matter what their size or condition may be, when they are accumulated in such mass as to form beds of "rock." We might call them perhaps "pyroclastic materials," ...
Within sixty seconds, the entire area was razed by pyroclastic material with a temperature of nearly two thousand degrees Fahrenheit.
gloss: A rock mostly composed of rock fragments of volcanic origin.
pos: noun
examples: The basic volcanics are altered andesites, porphyritic diabases and andesites, and various pyroclastics.
Translations:
leggy
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English leg
English -y
English leggy
From leg + -y.
Inflected forms:
form: leggier
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: leggiest
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: Having long, attractive legs; long-legged.
pos: adj
tags: UK
US
examples: Fred preferred leggy blondes.
gloss: Exposing the bare or pantyhose-clad legs, especially the thighs.
pos: adj
tags: slang
examples: Pam looked leggy today because she was wearing a miniskirt.
gloss: Having numerous legs.
pos: adj
examples: the leggiest centipede ever found
gloss: Taller or longer than usual.
pos: adj
examples: Plants grow leggy if deprived of light.
Related words: legs all the way to one's neck
Derived words: leggily
legginess
Translations:
Siamese
Part of speech: adj
noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English Siam
Proto-Indo-European *-iskos
Proto-Germanic *-iskaz
Proto-West Germanic *-iskbor.
Late Latin -iscus
▲
Vulgar Latin -iscus
Latin -ēnsis
Old French -eisbor.
Middle English -eys
English -ese
English Siamese
From Siam + -ese.
Inflected forms:
form: more Siamese
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most Siamese
pos: adj
tags: superlative
form: Siameses
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: Siamese
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Of or relating to Siam; Thai.
pos: adj
examples: I remember one such occasion when a Siamese pupil had fired the train from Lime Street, and so complimentary were the Chief's remarks on the condition of the fire that we found our young Siamese friend difficult to live with for about a week afterwards!
gloss: Of a connection of tubes or hoses: shaped like the letter Y.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
gloss: A Siamese cat.
pos: noun
examples: The third kitten said her name was Juno, and that she was a Siamese.
gloss: An inhabitant of Siam.
pos: noun
tags: historical
gloss: A connection of tubes or hoses shaped like a letter Y.
pos: noun
Derived words: Siamese algae-eater
Siamese bala shark
Siamese barleria
Siamese blind snake
Siamese buffalo
Siamese carp
Siamese cascade frog
Siamese cat
Siamese crocodile
Siamese fighting fish
Siamese fireback
Siamese giant carp
Siamese ginger
Siamese gourami
Siamese green-eyed gecko
Siamese hare
Siamese jackal
Siamese joint
Siamese leaf-toed gecko
Siamese mud carp
Siamese palm viper
Siamese partridge
Siamese pied myna
Siamese rhinoceros beetle
Siamese rock gecko
Siamese rosewood
Siamese Russell's viper
Siamese sal
Siamese spitting cobra
Siamese supple skink
Siamese temple turtle
Siamese tigerfish
Siamese tiger perch
Siamese torrent frog
Siamese twin
Siamese writhing skink
Siamese yellowleaf
Translations:
roundtrip
Part of speech: verb
Morphological type: simple
Topics: business
computing
engineering
finance
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
Inflected forms:
form: roundtrips
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: roundtripping
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: roundtripped
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: roundtripped
pos: verb
tags: past
Senses:
gloss: To export (a file, data, etc.) and eventually import it again without loss of fidelity.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: In the colorimetric intents only the values within the gamut of the data encoding can be roundtripped accurately[…]
In some cases, roundtripping can involve repeated conversions of the file from one format to another and back. Frequent roundtripping may be a concern because each conversion has the potential to introduce unwanted changes to the file.
gloss: To engage in the form of barter called a round trip.
pos: verb
Translations:
germicidal
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: more germicidal
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most germicidal
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: that kills pathogenic organisms; disinfectant
pos: adj
Translations:
mechatronics
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *megʰ-der.?
Ancient Greek μηχανή (mēkhanḗ)
Proto-Indo-European *-kos
Ancient Greek -κός (-kós)
Ancient Greek -ικός (-ikós)
Ancient Greek μηχανικός (mēkhanikós)bor.
Latin mēchanicusbor.
English mecha(nics)
English -tronics
English mechatronics
From mecha(nics) + -tronics.
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: The synergistic combination of mechanical engineering, electronic engineering and software engineering for the study of automata from an engineering perspective and the control of advanced hybrid systems.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
examples: Advanced technology to create energy-saving, resource-saving and highly intelligent systems by integrating mechanics, electronics and software is called mechatronics.
So what's this new hybrid called a Mechatronics Engineer? Simply stated, these pros apply mechanical, electrical, and computer engineering theory and techniques to create automated, intelligent products, smart devices, and industrial control systems--systems that can then be "taught" to improve their performance. This is where many future engineering jobs are headed.
Translations:
heedful
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From heed + -ful.
Base: heed
Affixes: -ful
Inflected forms:
form: more heedful
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most heedful
pos: adj
tags: superlative
form: heedfull
pos: adj
tags: alternative
archaic
Senses:
gloss: Taking heed.
pos: adj
gloss: Paying close attention; mindful.
pos: adj
examples: Hamlet:
[…]It is a damned ghost that we have seen,
And my imaginations are as foul
As Vulcan's stithy. Give him heedful note;
For I mine eyes will rivet to his face,
And after we will both our judgments join
In censure of his seeming.
As in decapitating the whale, the operator's instrument is brought close to the spot where an entrance is subsequently forced into the spermaceti magazine; he has, therefore, to be uncommonly heedful, lest a careless, untimely stroke should invade the sanctuary and wastingly let out its invaluable contents.
Antonyms: heedless
Derived words: heedfully
heedfulness
unheedful
Translations:
self-conscious
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *swé?
Proto-Indo-European *selbʰ-der.
Proto-Germanic *selbaz
Old English self
Old English self-
Middle English self-
English self-
English conscious
English self-conscious
From self- + conscious.
Inflected forms:
form: more self-conscious
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most self-conscious
pos: adj
tags: superlative
form: selfconscious
pos: adj
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: Aware of oneself as an individual being.
pos: adj
gloss: Excessively conscious of one's appearance or behaviour.
pos: adj
examples: “Heavens!” exclaimed Nina, “the blue-stocking and the fogy!—and yours are pale blue, Eileen!—you’re about as self-conscious as Drina—slumping there with your hair tumbling à la Mérode! Oh, it's very picturesque, of course, but a straight spine and good grooming is better.[…]”
gloss: Uncomfortably over-conscious of one's appearance or behaviour; socially ill at ease.
pos: adj
Derived words: self-consciously
self-consciousness
Translations:
digitigrade
Part of speech: adj
noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
Etymology: From French digitigrade, from Latin digitus (“finger, toe, digit”) + -grade (“gait”); compare New Latin digitigradus.
Affixes: -grade
Inflected forms:
form: digitigrades
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Of an animal: walking on the toes, putting the weight of the body mainly on the ball of the foot, with the back of the foot, or heel, raised.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
gloss: Of feet or a manner of walking: of, resembling, or pertaining to that of a digitigrade animal.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
gloss: Belonging to the Digitigrada of the taxonomic order Carnivora.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
specifically
gloss: A digitigrade animal; an animal that walks on its toes, such as a cat or a dog.
pos: noun
tags: in-plural
Derived words: digitigradism
digitigrady
Translations:
plantigrade
Part of speech: adj
noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
Etymology: From French plantigrade, from Latin planta (“sole of the foot”) (from Proto-Indo-European *pléh₂-n̥t-eh₂, from *pleh₂- (“flat”)) + -grade, from Latin gradus (“pace, step”).
Affixes: -grade
Inflected forms:
form: plantigrades
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Of an animal: walking with the entire sole of the foot on the ground.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
gloss: A plantigrade animal; an animal that walks with the entire sole of the foot on the ground.
pos: noun
Translations:
refactor
Part of speech: verb
noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: communications
computing
engineering
journalism
literature
mathematics
media
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
programming
publishing
sciences
writing
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Italic *wre-
Latin re-der.
Old French re-bor.
Middle English re-
English re-
English factor
English refactor
From re- + factor.
Inflected forms:
form: refactors
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: refactoring
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: refactored
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: refactored
pos: verb
tags: past
form: refactors
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: To rewrite existing source code in order to improve its readability, reusability or structure without affecting its meaning or behaviour.
pos: verb
examples: The code works, but I must refactor it before it is production quality.
gloss: To rewrite existing text in order to improve its readability, reusability or structure without intentionally affecting its meaning. Similar to, but sometimes involving more extensive restructuring than, copy editing.
pos: verb
examples: Two significant activities which to contribute to community projects, such as Wikipedia, are to refactor complicated articles into simpler ones, and to refactor duplicated content into reusable templates.
gloss: The process by which source code is refactored.
pos: noun
examples: We don't have time for a major refactor; we're shipping in two weeks.
Derived words: refactorability
refactorable
refactorer
unrefactored
Translations:
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 重構 /重构
roman: chónggòu
lang: Czech
word: refaktorovat
lang: Finnish
word: refaktoroida
lang: Finnish
word: muotoilla uudelleen
lang: French
word: refactoriser
lang: Spanish
word: refactorizar
lang: Vietnamese
word: tái cấu trúc
noncommittal
Part of speech: adj
noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From non- + committal.
Base: committal
Affixes: non-
Inflected forms:
form: more noncommittal
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most noncommittal
pos: adj
tags: superlative
form: non-commital
pos: adj
tags: alternative
form: noncommital
pos: adj
tags: alternative
form: non-committal
pos: adj
tags: alternative
form: noncommittals
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: non-commital
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: noncommital
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: non-committal
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: Tending to avoid commitment; lacking certainty or decisiveness; reluctant to give out information or show one's feelings or opinion.
pos: adj
examples: The Major's face was noncommittal.
The noncommittal Indians would give no counsel as to fording.
[He] is candid, open-hearted, and hardly non-commmittal enough for his own interest at times.
A United Nations spokesman, Stéphane Dujarric, has previously said the organization would not divulge its sources of information, but welcomed any additional information from the coalition. The United Nations has been noncommittal on the Saudi proposal to send its experts to Riyadh.
gloss: Failure to commit to a decision or course of action.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: As a result of cowardly noncommittals during the immediate postelection period, there was so much strain on several black-white Democratic relationships that they approached open ruptures.
gloss: A voter etc. who has not yet committed to a decision.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: Where they occur, in the Liberal increases in Quebec and Ontario for instance, they are offset by declines in the number of undecideds or noncommittals.
Translations:
pictogram
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From Latin pictus + -o- + -gram.
Affixes: -o-
-gram
Inflected forms:
form: pictograms
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: pictogramme
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: A picture that represents a word or an idea by illustration.
pos: noun
Translations:
mythologist
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: mythologists
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A person who studies mythology
pos: noun
Translations:
midwife
Part of speech: noun
verb
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: From Middle English midwif, corresponding to mid (“with”) + wif (“woman, wife, female”). It appears not to be entirely clear whether the original understanding was “with-woman” in the sense of “attending/assisting woman”, or “they who are with the woman” (namely the mother).
Inflected forms:
form: midwives
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: midwive
pos: noun
tags: alternative
verb
form: midwifes
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: midwifing
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: midwifed
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: midwifed
pos: verb
tags: past
form: midwive
pos: verb
tags: alternative
verb
Senses:
gloss: A person, usually a woman, who is trained to assist women in childbirth, but who is not a physician.
pos: noun
examples: A hundred years ago, a midwife would bring the baby into the world - going to a hospital to deliver a baby was either impossible or unheard of.
Modernly, a hospital midwife is usually a registered nurse.
The senior midwife confirmed that […] occasionally a multigravid woman could feel little more than slight abdominal discomfort.
Despite Richard's efforts to midwive his own narrative of legitimacy, the source of this legendary one cannot be controlled because it has moved from the mouths of nurses, midwives and gossips into the public domain.
gloss: Someone who assists in bringing about some result or project.
pos: noun
tags: figuratively
rare
examples: He had not read it, but he said that every detail in it was true. This struck me as a rather cavalier attitude to truth, but hatred is not the midwife of caution or accuracy.
gloss: To act as a midwife.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
gloss: To facilitate the emergence of.
pos: verb
tags: figuratively
transitive
examples: But the bigger objective was to help Iraqis midwife a democratic model that could inspire reform across the Arab-Muslim world and give the youth there a chance at a better future.
In the mid-1960s, Reichism was midwifed into reexistence by such stalwarts as William Schutz, Bernard Gunther, Charlotte Selver, Alexander Lowen, Ida Rolf, and many other exponents of human knead needs.
Synonyms: accoucheuse
Related words: midhusband
doula
obstetrician
obstetrics
Derived words: man-midwife
midwife frog
midwife toad
midwifery
Translations:
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 促成者
roman: cùchéng zhě
lang: Danish
word: fødselshjælper
lang: Finnish
word: kätilö
lang: Hungarian
word: bába
lang: Norwegian Bokmål
word: fødselshjelper
impede
Part of speech: verb
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin impediō (“to shackle”), from pēs (“foot”) (compare pedestrian). First attested use as a verb was in William Shakespeare's Macbeth, see quotations.
Inflected forms:
form: impedes
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: impeding
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: impeded
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: impeded
pos: verb
tags: past
Senses:
gloss: To get in the way of; to hinder.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: impede someone's progress
That I may powre my Spirits in thine Eare, / And chastise with the valour of my Tongue / All that impeides thee from the Golden Round, / Which Fate and Metaphysicall ayde doth seeme / To haue thee crown'd withall.
“Everything had been ticking along like a fine clock, even with Bornhald impeding, until this new one appeared with his Gray Men. Ordeith scrubbed bony fingers through greasy hair. Why could not his dreams at least be his own?”
The human-machine imbalance made Sellers concerned that the modern thirst for AI-powered optimization was starting to impede human interaction.
Antonyms: assist
help
expede
expedite
Translations:
advisor
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: board-games
games
xiangqi
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd
Proto-Italic *ad
Latin ad
Old French a
Proto-Indo-European *weyd-
Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁ti
Proto-Indo-European *-yeti
Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁yeti
Proto-Indo-European *widéh₁yeti
Proto-Italic *widēō
Latin videō
Latin vīsus
Old French vis
Old French avis
Old French aviserbor.
Middle English avisen
▲
Proto-Italic *ad
Proto-Italic *ad-
Latin ad-
Proto-Indo-European *weyd-
Proto-Indo-European *-(h₁)seti
Proto-Indo-European *wéydseti
Proto-Italic *weidsō
Latin visō
Late Latin advisōder.
English advise
Proto-Indo-European *-tōr
Proto-Italic *-tōr
Latin -tor
Latin -ātor
Old French -eorbor.
Middle English -our
▲
Latin -torlbor.
English -or
English advisor
From advise + -or.
Inflected forms:
form: advisors
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: adviser
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: One who offers advice.
pos: noun
gloss: A xiangqi piece that is moved one point diagonally and confined within the palace.
pos: noun
Derived words: advisoress
advisorship
chief medical advisor
doctoral advisor
financial advisor
military advisor
police search advisor
robo-advisor
sales advisor
subadvisor
turf advisor
Translations:
denialist
Part of speech: noun
adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English denial
Proto-Indo-European *-id-
Proto-Indo-European *-yéti
Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti
Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō
Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)
Proto-Hellenic *-tās
Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs)
Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor.
Latin -istader.
Old French -istebor.
Middle English -ist
English -ist
English denialist
From denial + -ist.
Inflected forms:
form: denialists
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: more denialist
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most denialist
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: One who denies an assertion in a controversial debate.
pos: noun
tags: derogatory
examples: The whole point of the TAC and other Aids activists is that the country can never deal with its Aids problem while the president is an Aids denialist, and while the government keeps putting back the timetable for providing ARVs.
The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has found in favour of the Treatment Action Campaign, which complained to it about an advertisement that was placed by a controversial German Aids denialist and which said, among other things, that anti-retrovirals were poisonous.
gloss: Relating to denial in a controversial debate.
pos: adj
Translations:
biased
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: business
electrical
electrical-engineering
electricity
electromagnetism
energy
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
sciences
statistics
Etymology: Etymology tree
English bias
English -ed
English biased
From bias + -ed.
Inflected forms:
form: more biased
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most biased
pos: adj
tags: superlative
form: biassed
pos: adj
tags: alternative
UK
Senses:
gloss: Exhibiting bias; prejudiced.
pos: adj
examples: The newspaper gave a biased account of the incident.
Obviously I'm biased, but…
gloss: Having outcomes with unequal probabilities; weighted.
pos: adj
examples: a biased coin
gloss: Angled at a slant.
pos: adj
examples: The table had a biased edge.
gloss: On which an electrical bias is applied.
pos: adj
gloss: Exhibiting a systematic distortion of results due to a factor not allowed for in its derivation; skewed.
pos: adj
Derived words: biasedly
biasedness
debiased
equibiased
nonbiased
overbiased
unbiased
Translations:
peeve
Part of speech: noun
verb
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: Back-formation from peevish.
Inflected forms:
form: peeves
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: peeves
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: peeving
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: peeved
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: peeved
pos: verb
tags: past
Senses:
gloss: An annoyance or grievance.
pos: noun
tags: colloquial
examples: stylistic peeve
gloss: To annoy; vex.
pos: verb
tags: colloquial
examples: He was peeved to note that his hard work had been undone.
Translations:
abrasiveness
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English abrasive
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 abrasiveness
From abrasive + -ness.
Inflected forms:
form: abrasivenesses
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The property, quality or instance of being abrasive.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: The only abrasivenesses in her stories are the ones she deliberately puts there to be smoothed away as her fictional children progress towards the desired conclusion – so that she can begin another story and do the same thing all over again.
Translations:
absorbingly
Part of speech: adv
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English absorbing
Middle English -ly
English -ly
English absorbingly
From absorbing + -ly.
Inflected forms:
form: more absorbingly
pos: adv
tags: comparative
form: most absorbingly
pos: adv
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: In an absorbing manner.
pos: adv
examples: She told that story absorbingly, so nobody paid attention to anything else.
It's an absorbingly well-crafted film.
For quotations using this term, see Citations:absorbingly.
Translations:
citronella
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: Etymology tree
French citron
French -elle
French citronnellebor.
English citronella
Borrowed from French citronnelle.
Inflected forms:
form: citronellas
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A tropical Asian grass, Cymbopogon nardus, that has citrus-scented leaves.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
usually
gloss: An essential oil obtained from this plant, often used as an insect repellent.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
usually
Related words: lemongrass
Derived words: citronella circuit
citronella grass
citronellal
citronella oil
citronellol
citronellyl acetate
Translations:
blaxploitation
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: compound
Topics: broadcasting
film
media
television
Etymology: Blend of black + exploitation (from exploitation film) or blend of blax + exploitation.
Compound parts: black
exploitation
Inflected forms:
form: blacksploitation
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: A genre of exploitation films of the 1970s that starred black actors.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
Translations:
accelerated
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: more accelerated
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most accelerated
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: Moving or progressing faster than is usual.
pos: adj
examples: The requirement that students read textual materials before their first class is probably more important for accelerated than intensive courses, but it is relevant for both.
gloss: Happening sooner than expected.
pos: adj
examples: OMB's November 15 deadline for the PAR submission is earlier than the statutory deadline. OMB's recent memorandum to agency heads on the subject made this accelerated deadline permanent
Derived words: accelerated dragon
accelerated freefall
acceleratedly
hyperaccelerated
nonaccelerated
reaccelerated
unaccelerated
Translations:
byline
Part of speech: noun
verb
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: hobbies
journalism
lifestyle
media
sports
Etymology: From by- + line.
Base: line
Affixes: by-
Inflected forms:
form: bylines
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: by-line
pos: noun
tags: alternative
UK
form: bylines
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: bylining
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: bylined
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: bylined
pos: verb
tags: past
form: by-line
pos: verb
tags: alternative
UK
Senses:
gloss: A line at the head of a newspaper or magazine article carrying the writer's name.
pos: noun
examples: Paste Magazine opted not to put a byline on its harsh review of Swift’s album, citing safety concerns for the writer.
gloss: A touchline.
pos: noun
gloss: To provide (an article) with a byline.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: Mitchell, Lange and Brus (2013) find that in a top international relations Journal^([sic])—ISQ—83 percent of men's citation are to research bylined by just men, while 57 percent of women's citations are to articles bylined by just men (table 2).
Related words: headline
dateline
Derived words: byliner
Translations:
rheumatism
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
Etymology: First attested 1601, from Latin rheumatismus (“rheum”), from Ancient Greek ῥευματισμός (rheumatismós, “humour, discharge, rheum”) from ῥευματίζομαι (rheumatízomai, “to suffer from a rheum”) from ῥεῦμα (rheûma, “stream, flow”) from ῥέω (rhéō, “to flow”)
Inflected forms:
form: rheumatisms
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Any disorder of the muscles, tendons, joints, bones, nerves, characterized by pain, discomfort and disability.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: And then as to your ſcurvys, and gouts, rheumatiſms, conſumptions, coughs and catarrhs, tar-vvater and turpentine vvill make you as ſound as a roach.
The old man had become a confirmed invalid, confined by chronic rheumatism to his chair.
gloss: Atrophic arthritis, rheumatoid arthritis
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
Related words: rheum
rheumatic
rheumaticky
rheumatoid
rheumatologist
rheumatology
rheumy
Derived words: desert rheumatism
rheumatismal
rheumatismoid
rheumatism root
rheumatism weed
rumortism
Translations:
proclivity
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: From Latin prōclīvitās, from prōclīvis (“prone to”).
Inflected forms:
form: proclivities
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A predisposition or natural inclination, propensity, or a predilection; especially, a strong disposition or bent.
pos: noun
examples: The child has a proclivity for exaggeration.
This therefore was the reason why the still comparatively young though dissolute man who now addressed Stephen was spoken of by some with facetious proclivities as Lord John Corley.
The idea is that the choice of x when facing the alternatives #92;#123;x,y#92;#125; reveals a proclivity for choosing x over y that we should expect to see reflected in the individual's behavior when faced with the alternatives #92;#123;x,y,z#92;#125;.
The sermon that morning was ostensibly about healthy sexual relationships, but scathing critiques of capitalism and corporations also got significant airtime. (“I have leftist proclivities,” Brown explained.)
A contingent of venture capitalists and entrepreneurs have spurred a rightward shift, leading to the rise of the “Liberaltarian” — a term coined by two Stanford political economists to describe the tech industry’s proclivity toward trumpeting liberalism in some social issues but maintaining antigovernment posturing in regulating businesses.
Translations:
tappen
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: A plug that forms in the anus of a bear or other mammal during hibernation.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
examples: The inference drawn by the northern chasseurs from this is, that the tappen, in conjunction with repose, is the cause of the bear retaining his condition, though without taking any kind of nourishment, for nearly one-half of the year.
No food can pass through the system and a mechanical obstruction called a tappen or plug blocks the passage.
Many hunters believe that the size of the tappen determines how soundly and how long a bear sleeps
Translations:
percussive
Part of speech: adj
noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: human-sciences
linguistics
phonetics
phonology
sciences
Etymology: Etymology tree
English percuss
Proto-Indo-European *-wós
Proto-Indo-European *-iHwósder.
Latin -īvus
Old French -ifbor.
Middle English -yf
English -ive
English percussive
From percuss + -ive.
Inflected forms:
form: more percussive
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most percussive
pos: adj
tags: superlative
form: percussives
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Characterized by percussion; caused by or related to the action of striking or pounding something.
pos: adj
examples: He massaged her shoulders with a gentle percussive action.
As argued by Dr. Burney, and as implied by the customs of still extant barbarous races, the first musical instruments were, without doubt, percussive—sticks, calabashes, tom-toms—and were used simply to mark the time of the dance ; and in this constant repetition of the same sound, we see music in its most homogeneous form.
gloss: Produced by striking organs together, for example, smacking the lips or gnashing the teeth.
pos: adj
examples: Two additional, and much rarer, percussive articulations are represented by symbols in the extIPA chart. Their exclusion from the main IPA chart is an indication that they do not seem to occur as typical forms of adult speech in any part of the world, although they may have some communicative function. The symbol, [ʬ], is used to transcribe a bilabial percussive sound, which might be described in lay terms as lip-smacking.
gloss: A percussive phone.
pos: noun
examples: Percussives are articulations where two rigid or semirigid articulators are struck against each other to produce a short, sharp sound.
Derived words: nonpercussive
percapella
percussively
percussive maintenance
percussiveness
ultrapercussive
unpercussive
Translations:
maintainer
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: dentistry
medicine
sciences
Etymology: From Anglo-Norman maintenour, Old French mainteneor, from maintenir (“to maintain”); with later remodelling of the suffix after -er. By surface analysis, maintain + -er.
Inflected forms:
form: maintainers
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Someone who keeps or upholds something; a steward.
pos: noun
examples: He become the maintainer of the software project.
Blessed are the maynteyners of peace: for they shalbe called the chyldren of God.
gloss: A person who does maintenance work.
pos: noun
examples: “In somm trouble. Got off trail to go to br. Now lost. Can u call AMC to c if a trail maintainer can help me. Somewhere north of woods road. Xox,” she wrote.
“To stay open, the senior enlisted leader of U.S. Forces-Afghanistan Forward said he needed people to cover security,” Duncan wrote. “Personnel Recovery Task Force (PRTF) Pilots, maintainers and support personnel donned their vests, helmets and M-4 rifles and manned defensive fighting positions.”
RAIB looked at why the washers were missing. This took it into the relationship between the wagon's owner and maintainers.
Muehlendorf told CNN that O’Hara was a crew chief by trade, explaining that his “military occupational specialty was a 15T and he was originally trained to be a maintainer of Black Hawk helicopters.”
gloss: A device used to keep teeth in a given position.
pos: noun
Related words: maintenance
Derived words: maintainership
Translations:
pyritic
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *péh₂wr̥
Proto-Hellenic *pāwər
Ancient Greek πῦρ (pûr)
Proto-Indo-European *-tósder.
Ancient Greek -της (-tēs)der.
Ancient Greek -ῑ́της (-ī́tēs)
Ancient Greek πῠρῑ́της (pŭrī́tēs)bor.
Latin pȳritēsder.
Old French pyriteder.
English pyrite
Proto-Indo-European *-ikos
Proto-Italic *-ikos
Latin -icuslbor.
Old French -iquebor.
Middle English -ik
English -ic
English pyritic
From pyrite + -ic.
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: of, relating to, or consisting of pyrite or pyrites
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
Translations:
complaint
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: law
Etymology: From Middle English compleynte, from Anglo-Norman compleint, from Old French compleindre, eventually from Latin planctus (whence plaint).
Inflected forms:
form: complaints
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The act of complaining.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: customer complaints
noise complaints
file complaints
The company received numerous complaints about the product.
He filed complaints with the housing authority.
Complaints have risen in particular from passengers changing trains, who have observed little or no improvement in their ability to navigate between the station's 13 platforms.
gloss: A grievance, problem, difficulty, or concern.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: I have no complaints about the quality of his work, but I don't enjoy his company.
gloss: In a civil action, the first pleading of the plaintiff setting out the facts on which the claim is based.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: In criminal law, the preliminary charge or accusation made by one person against another to the appropriate court or officer, usually a magistrate.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: A bodily disorder or disease; the symptom of such a disorder.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: Don't come too close; I've got this nasty complaint.
Synonyms: complaint of an offence
offense
criminal information
inform the police
authorities
notification of the police
report an offence
offense to the police
charge
Derived words: bill of complaint
complaintful
complaintive
countercomplaint
cross-complaint
doorknob complaint
noncomplaint
summer complaint
super-complaint
Translations:
ilium
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin īlium (“lower abdomen”), from īle (“flank”).
Inflected forms:
form: ilia
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: ilion
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: The upper and widest of the three bones that make up each side of the hipbone.
pos: noun
examples: Holonyms: hip bone, os coxae < pelvis
gloss: The ileum, part of the small intestine (in modern usage, misspelling of ileum).
pos: noun
tags: obsolete
Derived words: iliac
ilio-
subilium
suprailium
Translations:
stupor
Part of speech: noun
verb
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: Late Middle English, borrowed from Latin stupor (“insensibility, numbness, dullness”). Distantly related (from Proto-Indo-European, via Proto-Germanic) to stint, stub, and steep.
Inflected forms:
form: stupors
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: stupour
pos: noun
tags: alternative
obsolete
form: stupors
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: stuporing
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: stupored
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: stupored
pos: verb
tags: past
form: stupour
pos: verb
tags: alternative
obsolete
Senses:
gloss: A state of greatly dulled or completely suspended consciousness or sensibility; (particularly medicine) a chiefly mental condition marked by absence of spontaneous movement, greatly diminished responsiveness to stimulation, and usually impaired consciousness.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: He fell into a drunken stupor.
She woke from a deep stupor after the medication.
The shock left him in a stupor of disbelief.
The heat drove the workers into a midday stupor.
He sat in a dazed stupor on the couch.
The team stumbled off the field in a stupor of exhaustion.
gloss: A state of extreme apathy or torpor resulting often from stress or shock.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: To place into a stupor; to stupefy.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
Related words: stupefy
stupefaction
stupendous
stupid
stupor mundi
Derived words: stuporlike
stuporous
Translations:
OEM
Part of speech: noun
adj
Morphological type: simple
Topics: business
Etymology: Initialism of original equipment manufacturer.
Inflected forms:
form: OEMs
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A company that produces parts to be sold under another company's brand.
pos: noun
gloss: A value-added reseller; company selling goods assembled from other companies' parts.
pos: noun
gloss: All makers prior to initial retail sale, in contrast to aftermarket.
pos: noun
gloss: Describing goods sold by or to an OEM.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
Antonyms: aftermarket
Translations:
induce
Part of speech: verb
Morphological type: simple
Topics: human-sciences
logic
mathematics
natural-sciences
philosophy
physical-sciences
physics
sciences
Etymology: From Middle English enducen, borrowed from Latin indūcere (“lead in, bring in, introduce”), from in + dūcō (“lead, conduct”). Compare also abduce, adduce, conduce, deduce, produce, reduce etc. Doublet of endue.
Inflected forms:
form: induces
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: inducing
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: induced
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: induced
pos: verb
tags: past
Senses:
gloss: To lead by persuasion or influence; incite or prevail upon.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: The Celebrity, by arts unknown, induced Mrs. Judge Short and two other ladies to call at Mohair on a certain afternoon when Mr. Cooke was trying a trotter on the track. The three returned wondering and charmed with Mrs. Cooke; they were sure she had had no hand in the furnishing of that atrocious house.
gloss: To cause, bring about, lead to.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: His meditation induced a compromise. Opium induces sleep.
A mere glance at the plot descriptions of the show’s fourth season is enough to induce Pavlovian giggle fits and shivers of joy.
gloss: To induce the labour of (a pregnant woman).
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: By the time of my third, five months ago, I was a right bossy cow about what I wanted because I knew the drill. For reasons I shan’t bore you with, I got them to induce me at 39 weeks, at 10am, with the epidural going in first, and it was all a dream.
gloss: To cause or produce (electric current or a magnetic state) by a physical process of induction.
pos: verb
examples: The scientific instruments of the day recorded rapid fluctuations in the Earth's magnetic field, as powerful electrical currents flowed through the upper atmosphere. Ships' logs noted observations of the northern lights as far south as the Caribbean, and telegraph systems across the world were disrupted as electrical currents were induced in the copper lines.
gloss: To infer by induction.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
gloss: To lead in, bring in, introduce.
pos: verb
tags: obsolete
transitive
gloss: To draw on, place upon.
pos: verb
tags: obsolete
transitive
Related words: inducement
inducer
inducible
induct
induction
Derived words: autoinduce
chondroinduce
coinduce
deinduce
enzyme-inducing medication
hyperinduce
induceable
inducee
inducive
preinduce
reinduce
self-induce
subinduce
Translations:
spectator
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin spectātor, from frequentative verb spectō (“watch”), from speciō (“look at”). Equivalent to spectate + -or. Doublet of speculator.
Base: spectate
Affixes: -or
Inflected forms:
form: spectators
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: spectatour
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: One who watches an event; especially, an event held outdoors.
pos: noun
examples: The cheering spectators watched the fireworks.
Bart spies an opportunity to make a quick buck so he channels his inner carny and posits his sinking house as a natural wonder of the world and its inhabitants as freaks, barking to dazzled spectators, “Behold the horrors of the Slanty Shanty! See the twisted creatures that dwell within! Meet Cue-Ball, the man with no hair!”
gloss: One who observes, sees, or views something; an observer.
pos: noun
examples: The ſpring diſplaying her elegant taſte, the proud walk of the gold-feathered pheaſant, the light tread of the ſmall-hoofed hind, and the dancing of the ſtar-trained peacock, infuſed joy into the ſoul of the ſpectator of the aſtoniſhing works of the Creator.
Synonyms: audience
observer
crowd
Derived words: spect-actor
spectate
spectator chair
spectatordom
spectatorial
spectatoring
spectator ion
spectatorism
spectatoritis
spectatorless
spectator ligand
spectatorship
spectator sport
spectatress
telespectator
Translations:
draftee
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English draft
English -ee
English draftee
From draft + -ee.
Inflected forms:
form: draftees
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: One who is drafted (into a military service, etc).
pos: noun
examples: During a televised interview on Wednesday, Shoigu said Russia would be targeting 300,000 draftees, mainly those with recent military experience.
Translations:
compulsorily
Part of speech: adv
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English compulsory
Middle English -ly
English -ly
English compulsorily
From compulsory + -ly.
Inflected forms:
form: more compulsorily
pos: adv
tags: comparative
form: most compulsorily
pos: adv
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: In a compulsory manner.
pos: adv
examples: Soldiers were drafted compulsorily.
These Governments [of Ireland and Northern Ireland] have now announced their intention to introduce measures enabling them compulsorily to purchase the railway.
Antonyms: voluntarily
Translations:
conscript
Part of speech: noun
adj
verb
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: From Latin cōnscriptus, perfect passive participle of cōnscrībō (“write together; enroll”).
Inflected forms:
form: conscripts
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: conscripts
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: conscripting
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: conscripted
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: conscripted
pos: verb
tags: past
Senses:
gloss: One who is compulsorily enrolled, often into a military service; a draftee.
pos: noun
examples: The soldier was a conscript.
gloss: Drafted into a military service or similar.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
gloss: Enrolled; written; registered.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
gloss: To enroll compulsorily; to draft; to induct.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: Other rich families are being accused of sending their sons abroad before they can be conscripted. Every Taiwanese man must spend three years in the army and another 20 in the reserves.
Translations: