yuanxin112/wiktionary-morph huggingface dataset:
apostasy
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: From Latin apostasia, from Ancient Greek ἀποστασία (apostasía, “defection, revolt”), from ἀφίστημι (aphístēmi, “to withdraw, revolt”), from ἀπό (apó, “from”) + ἵστημι (hístēmi, “to stand”).
Inflected forms:
form: apostasies
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The renunciation of a belief or set of beliefs.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: The apparition of Lawyer Clippurse at the Hall occasioned much speculation in that portion of the world to which Waverley-Honour formed the centre: but the more judicious politicians of this microcosm augured yet worse consequences to Richard Waverley from a movement which shortly followed his apostasy.
The King of Navarre suddenly abandoned his party and went over to the Catholics. The explanation of his apostasy was as simple as it was base: Navarre had no confidence in the success of his cause, and he cared little in his heart for anything but women and vanity.
What had he said, what had he done, after all, to give them the right to fasten on him the charge of apostasy? He had always been a free critic of everything, and it was natural that, on certain occasions, in the little parlour in Lisson Grove, he should have spoken in accordance with that freedom; but it was only with the Princess that he had permitted himself really to rail at the democracy and given the full measure of his scepticism.
gloss: Specifically, the renunciation of one's religion or faith.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
Related words: apostate
apostatic
apostatical
apostatically
apostatise
apostatize
deconvert
thoughtcrime
Derived words: apostasize
Translations:
effigy
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: From French effigie, from Latin effigiēs (“likeness, effigy”), from effingō (“represent, portray”).
Inflected forms:
form: effigies
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A dummy or other crude representation of a person, group or object that is hated.
pos: noun
examples: In England on Bonfire Night, an effigy is often burned.
gloss: A likeness of a person.
pos: noun
examples: All around, terrace by terrace, there went marble lawns well guarded by onyx lions and carved with effigies of all the gods striding amid the symbols of the worlds.
There are two tombs, each bearing effigies of a knight and his lady. One is 14th century, the other 15th century. The earlier knight wears chain mail and his lady has long, flowing hair. The later knight has plate armour, and his wife wears a wimple.
Derived words: effigial
effigylike
in effigy
semi-effigy
Translations:
bagel
Part of speech: noun
verb
Morphological type: simple
Topics: hobbies
lifestyle
sports
tennis
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *bʰewgʰ-
Proto-Indo-European *bʰowgʰ-o-sder.
Proto-Germanic *baugaz
Proto-West Germanic *baug
Old High German boug
Middle High German boucder.
Yiddish בייגל (beygl)bor.
English bagel
Borrowed from Yiddish בייגל (beygl), ultimately from a diminutive of Middle High German bouc, boug- (“ring, bracelet”), from Old High German boug (“ring”), from Proto-West Germanic *baug, from Proto-Germanic *baugaz (“ring”).
Compare obsolete English bee, Old English bēag, Old Frisian bāg, Old Saxon bōg, Middle Low German bōg, Old Norse baugr. Also compare dialectal Austrian German Beugel, Beigel. See also beag.
Inflected forms:
form: bagels
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: beigel
pos: noun
tags: alternative
UK
form: bagels
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: bageling
pos: verb
tags: US
participle
present
form: bagelling
pos: verb
tags: UK
participle
present
form: bageled
pos: verb
tags: US
participle
past
form: bageled
pos: verb
tags: US
past
form: bagelled
pos: verb
tags: UK
participle
past
form: bagelled
pos: verb
tags: UK
past
form: beigel
pos: verb
tags: alternative
UK
Senses:
gloss: A toroidal bread roll that is boiled before it is baked.
pos: noun
gloss: A score of 6-0 in a set (after the shape of a bagel, which looks like a zero).
pos: noun
tags: slang
examples: The Scot, who had been close to a two-set deficit in his semi-final against David Ferrer, avoided the dreaded bagel by seeing off a set point at 5-0 down before finally breaking the Djokovic serve to love as he began to go for his shots with the set seemingly gone.
gloss: An overly materialistic and selfish young Jewish man.
pos: noun
tags: South-Africa
ethnic
slang
slur
gloss: To achieve a score of 6–0 (as the winner) in a tennis set.
pos: verb
gloss: To hold an opponent to a score of zero.
pos: verb
Related words: Beuge
beugen
Beugung
Biege
biegen
Biegung
donut
doughnut
torus
toroid
Derived words: bagel belt
bagel bender
bagel girl
bagel head
bagelry
cragel
eggel
everything bagel
Montreal bagel
pizza bagel
Translations:
toroidal
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: * toroid + -al
Base: toroid
Affixes: -al
Inflected forms:
form: more toroidal
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most toroidal
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: Having the shape of a torus or toroid.
pos: adj
examples: However, because of the lack of guiding principles for the construction of toroids, researchers have not widely studied the self-assembly of toroidal nanostructures as compared with the work on other supramolecular architectures.
Translations:
standoff
Part of speech: noun
adj
Morphological type: simple
Topics: government
military
politics
war
Etymology: Etymology tree
English stand offdeverb.
English standoff
Deverbal from stand off.
Inflected forms:
form: standoffs
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: stand off
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: stand-off
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: stand off
pos: adj
tags: alternative
form: stand-off
pos: adj
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: A device which maintains a fixed distance between two objects, especially between a surface and a sign or electrical wiring.
pos: noun
gloss: A deadlocked confrontation between antagonists.
pos: noun
examples: I don't want to get involved in the standoff between those two.
A tense standoff between demonstrators and police continued overnight.
In recent months, both Batman V Superman: Dawn Of Justice and Captain America: Civil War have offered up big, flashy superhero standoffs as feuds of ideology and stubborn will.
gloss: For use at a distance sufficient from the target to allow defensive fire to be evaded.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: a standoff bomb, missile, or weapon
Derived words: Mexican standoff
porcelain standoff insulator
standoffish
standoff markup
standoff missile
standoff weapon
Translations:
flu
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: Clipping of influenza.
Inflected forms:
form: flus
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: 'flu
pos: noun
tags: alternative
dated
form: floo
pos: noun
tags: alternative
dated
Senses:
gloss: Influenza.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
usually
examples: catch flu
get over the flu
transmit flu
He missed work because he caught the flu.
Every winter, doctors warn about seasonal flu.
She felt like she had the flu, with aches and fever.
Authorities said the discovery of H5N9 bird flu in poultry came alongside the detection of the more common H5N1 strain on the same farm in Merced county, California, and that almost 119,000 birds on the farm had been killed since early December.
gloss: Stomach flu.
pos: noun
tags: informal
uncountable
usually
Related words: catarrh
flu-flu
Derived words: 24-hour flu
antiflu
Asian flu
avian flu
benzo flu
bird flu
blue flu
brown bottle flu
camel flu
carb flu
cocktail flu
con flu
diplomatic flu
Egyptian flu
Ekka flu
executive flu
fluey
flu friend
fluish
flulike
Flu Manchu
flu mask
flunami
flu party
flurona
flu shot
freshers' flu
fuck flu
gastric flu
hog flu
Hong Kong flu
keto flu
kung flu
man flu
Mexican flu
Navajo flu
pig flu
piggy flu
Russian flu
Spanish flu
stomach flu
superflu
swine flu
Teflon flu
tomato flu
Wu flu
Wuhan flu
yuppie flu
Translations:
flue
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: From Middle English flue, flewe (“mouthpiece of a hunting horn”), of uncertain origin. Perhaps a back-formation from Middle English *flews (mistaken as a plural), from Old English flēwsa (“a flow, flowing, flux”). Alternatively, perhaps an alteration of Middle English floute, fleute, flote (“a pipe”), see English flute. Compare also Middle Dutch vloegh (“groove, channel, flute of a fluted column”).
Inflected forms:
form: flues
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A pipe or duct that carries gaseous combustion products away from the point of combustion (such as a furnace).
pos: noun
examples: It has frequently been a subject of inquiry, whether the ancients were acquainted with chimneys, or open fire-places. In the houses discovered at Herculaneum and Pompeii, there are no chimneys; they all appear to have been warmed by furnaces and flues.
Besides the usual run of machines, planers, millers, automatics, centre lathes, cranes, etc., there were several power stations, the rolling mills for strip material and for 60 ft. rails, and all the steel furnaces with their complicated systems of flues. If variety is the spice of life, then there was plenty here.
gloss: An enclosed passageway in which to direct a current of air or other gases along.
pos: noun
gloss: A woolly or downy substance; down, nap; a piece of this.
pos: noun
tags: countable
obsolete
uncountable
gloss: In an organ flue pipe, the opening between the lower lip and the languet.
pos: noun
Derived words: balanced flue
flued
flue-faker
flue gas
flueless
fluelike
flue pipe
flue stop
fluework
fluey
fluff
hot-flue
multiflue
open flue
Translations:
topsail
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: nautical
transport
Etymology: From Middle English topsail, topsayl, topseyle, topsaill, equivalent to top + sail.
Base: top
Inflected forms:
form: topsails
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A sail or either of the two sails rigged just above the course sail and supported by the topmast on a square-rigged sailing ship.
pos: noun
gloss: In a fore-and-aft-rigged sailing boat, the sail that is set above the gaff at the top part of the mast.
pos: noun
Derived words: club topsail
foretopsail
gaff-topsail
Gaff Topsail
Translations:
testa
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
Etymology: Etymology tree
Latin testabor.
English testa
Borrowed from Latin testa.
Inflected forms:
form: testas
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: testae
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: testæ
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A seed coat.
pos: noun
examples: The testa develops from the tissue, the integument, originally surrounding the ovule.
The seeds are furnished with a reticulated testa, very much in appearance like that of the seeds of two closely-allied pericarps in the cabinet of my friend Mr. Ward, of Wellclose-square, the names of which I have been unable to obtain, but which present strong evidence of belonging to the Malvaceæ.
1969, C. W. Bennett, Seed Transmission of Plant Viruses, Alison Smith, Advances in Virus Research, Volume 14, page 224,
In tests with the Lincoln and Virginia varieties of cowpea, Crowley (1959) found that, in plants infected with bean southern mosaic virus before blossoming, the virus was present in nearly 100% of the testae and endosperms of seeds of both varieties, but could not be detected in the embryos.
Thus, two conditions must be satisfied for the testas to have this effect: contact between the testas and the radicle, and the presence of at least half of the testas.
2005, D. W. Dickson, D. De Waele, Nematode Parasites of Peanut, Michel Luc, Richard A. Sikora, John Bridge, Plant Parasitic Nematodes in Subtropical and Tropical Agriculture, page 419,
A. arachidis is a parasite of pods, testae, roots and hypocotyls, but not the cotyledons, embryos or other parts of the plant (Bos, 1977a; Bridge et al., 1977).
One of the most remarkable features of cultivated beans is the enormous range of testa colours and patterns which can be found.
gloss: The external calciferous shell, or endoskeleton, of an echinoderm; the test.
pos: noun
Derived words: endotesta
exotesta
sarcotesta
testal
Translations:
gnu
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: From Dutch gnoe, from Khoekhoe ǃnu:, of unknown origin, likely onomatopoeic of the grunt-type noise of the gnu.
Inflected forms:
form: gnus
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: gnu
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A large antelope of the genus Connochaetes, native to Africa, having curved horns.
pos: noun
Translations:
esoteric
Part of speech: adj
noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek ἐσωτερικός (esōterikós, “belonging to an inner circle”), from ἐσωτέρω (esōtérō, “further inside”), comparative of ἔσω (ésō, “within”), from ἐς (es), εἰς (eis, “into”) (the term esoteric referred originally to the secret teachings of Greek philosophers, versus public or exoteric ones).
Inflected forms:
form: more esoteric
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most esoteric
pos: adj
tags: superlative
form: esoterick
pos: adj
tags: alternative
obsolete
form: esoterics
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: esoterick
pos: noun
tags: alternative
obsolete
Senses:
gloss: Intended for or likely to be understood by only a small number of people with a specialized knowledge or interest, or an enlightened inner circle.
pos: adj
examples: The writing in this manual is very esoteric; I’d need a degree in engineering just to understand it!
In this situation Hitler availed himself of a time-honored device-the use of esoteric language. In all periods of history, when government or society has put limits on public discussion, those who wish to circumvent censorship resort to the use of esoteric language. Exoterically understood, the text is unexceptionable, but to the insiders who know how to interpret the words, the message is revolutionary and dangerous to the status quo.
gloss: Having to do with concepts that are highly theoretical and without obvious practical application; often with mystical or religious connotations.
pos: adj
examples: When he spoke to me of esoteric mysteries I wanted to say to him,"Don't give me that spiritual hokum, friend!"
gloss: Confidential; private.
pos: adj
examples: an esoteric purpose
an esoteric meeting
gloss: An esoteric doctrine or treatise; esoteric philosophy.
pos: noun
gloss: One who believes, or is an initiate, in esoteric doctrines or rites.
pos: noun
Antonyms: exoteric
Related words: esoterica
esoterically
esotericism
esotericist
esoterism
exoteric
exotericism
exoterism
metaphysical
occult
paranormal
supernatural
theoretical
Derived words: esoteric programming language
nonesoteric
unesoteric
Translations:
acetyl
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱ-
Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁ti
Proto-Indo-European *-yeti
Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁yeti
Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱéh₁yeti
Proto-Italic *akēō
Latin aceō
Latin acētumder.
English aceto-
English acet-
Proto-Indo-European *swel-der.?
Ancient Greek ῡ̔́λη (hū́lē)der.
Frenchder.
English -yl
English acetyl
From Latin acētum (“vinegar”) + Ancient Greek ὕλη (húlē, “substance”).
Inflected forms:
form: acetyls
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The univalent radical CH₃CO- derived from acetic acid.
pos: noun
Translations:
flammable
Part of speech: adj
noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: Back-formation from inflammable, which is used to avoid confusion with non-flammable, as the prefix in- is often used to mean "un-; non-", although it was originally meant in a sense closely related to en-.
Inflected forms:
form: more flammable
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most flammable
pos: adj
tags: superlative
form: flammables
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Capable of burning.
pos: adj
examples: Near-synonym: ignitable
flammable liquid
gloss: Easily set on fire.
pos: adj
examples: Near-synonym: ignitable
gloss: Easily set on fire.
pos: adj
gloss: Very likely to cause fighting or controversy; extremely contentious.
pos: adj
tags: figuratively
examples: In considering the possible commitment of U.S. forces to South Vietnam , the Joint Chiefs of Staff have reviewed the overall critical situation in Southeast Asia with particular emphasis upon the present highly flammable situation in South Vietnam.
They could stuff their ears with cotton, but they could not, after all, fight such flammable ideas ( at least not in the public squares where Attucks's war whoops could still be heard ).
With her play Diamond Lil, she discovered a way to sneak her flammable subject matter past the censors.
King's words touch on a higher law of leadership, that the solution to a sensitive and highly contentious and even flammable situation often lies in doing the opposite of what is expected and even perceived as normal or 'natural'.
Evelyn realized that Adam's flammable words and angry eyes were only the form of his untold pain, holding the strongest words of his heart, unspoken.
gloss: Any flammable substance.
pos: noun
Related words: flammability
flammably
flammule
inflammable
inflammation
inflammatory
Translations:
lang: Catalan
word: inflamable
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 易燃
roman: Yì rán
lang: Czech
word: hořlavý
lang: Danish
word: brandfarlig
lang: Danish
word: letantændelig
lang: Dutch
word: licht ontvlambaar
lang: Esperanto
word: flamema
lang: Esperanto
word: flamiĝema
lang: Esperanto
word: brulema
lang: Finnish
word: herkästi syttyvä
lang: Finnish
word: syttyvä
lang: French
word: inflammable
lang: French
word: enflammable
lang: Georgian
word: აალებადი
roman: aalebadi
lang: Georgian
word: წვადი
roman: c̣vadi
lang: Georgian
word: ცეცხლსაშიში
roman: cecxlsašiši
lang: German
word: feuergefährlich
lang: German
word: leichtentzündlich
lang: Greek
word: εύφλεκτος
roman: éfflektos
lang: Hungarian
word: gyúlékony
lang: Spanish
word: inflamable
lang: Swedish
word: lättantändlig
lang: Swedish
word: brandfarlig
gasoline
Part of speech: noun
adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰeh₂-der.
Ancient Greek χαῦνος (khaûnos)
Ancient Greek χάος (kháos)der.
Dutch gasbor.
English gas
Proto-Hellenic *élaiwon
Ancient Greek ἔλαιον (élaion)der.
Latin oleumder.
English -ol
Proto-Indo-European *-nós
Proto-Indo-European *-iHnos
Proto-Italic *-īnos
Latin -īnusder.
Old French -inbor.
Middle English -in
English -ine
English gasoline
From gas + -ol (suffix used in the names of oils) + -ine (suffix used in the names of derivatives). So called because it was originally used in the manufacture and enrichment of domestic gases, such as air gas.
Some sources suggest that the name originated from the brand name Cazeline, a petroleum-derived lighting oil, from the surname of the man who first marketed it in 1862, John Cassell, and the suffix –eline, from Greek ἔλαιον (élaion, “oil, olive oil”), from ἐλαία (elaía, “olive”). Gasolene is found from 1863, and gasoline from 1864.
Base: gas
Affixes: -ol
Inflected forms:
form: gasolines
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: gasolene
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: gasolene
pos: adj
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: A flammable liquid consisting of a mixture of refined petroleum hydrocarbons, mainly used as a motor fuel; petrol.
pos: noun
tags: Canada
Philippines
US
uncountable
usually
examples: You can't put gasoline in this car. This car takes diesel fuel.
[…] naphtha of specific gravity exceeding eighty degrees […] and of the kind usually known as gasoline, shall be subject to a tax of five per centum ad valorem.
So you punched out a window for ventilation. Was that before or after you noticed you were standing in a lake of gasoline?
Localities across New Jersey imposed curfews to prevent looting. In Monmouth, Ocean and other counties, people waited for hours for gasoline at the few stations that had electricity. Supermarket shelves were stripped bare.
gloss: Any specific kind of this fuel.
pos: noun
tags: countable
usually
examples: He was trying to invent a cleaner-burning gasoline.
The refinery produces a wide range of gasolines.
gloss: Marijuana, especially very potent or of high quality.
pos: noun
tags: slang
uncountable
usually
gloss: An alcoholic beverage made of vodka and energy drink.
pos: noun
tags: slang
uncountable
usually
gloss: Made from or using gasoline.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: If successful, Edison and Ford—in 1914—would move society away from the ever more expensive and then universally known killing hazards of gasoline cars: […] .
Synonyms: gas
petrol
Derived words: biogasoline
gas
gasahol
gasohol
gasoline-equivalent gallon
gasoline gallon equivalent
gasolineless
gasolinelike
gasoliner
gasoline stand
gasoline station
gasolinic
grassoline
natural gasoline
nongasoline
polygasoline
pour gasoline on the fire
reformulated gasoline
throw gasoline on the fire
white gasoline
Translations:
combustion
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
Etymology: From Old French combustion, from Latin combustio, from comburere (“to burn”), itself from the intensifying prefix com- + the root burere (a faulty sep. of amburere "to burn around", itself from ambi- + urere "to burn, singe"); equivalent to combust + -ion.
Base: combust
Affixes: -ion
Inflected forms:
form: combustions
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The act or process of burning.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: A process whereby two chemicals are combined to produce heat.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: A process wherein a fuel is combined with oxygen, usually at high temperature, releasing heat.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: Violent agitation, tumult.
pos: noun
tags: countable
figuratively
uncountable
examples: From this ground, with a kind of loose scorn, he continues the French Correspondence, and secretly contriveth a continuance of the Scotish Rebellion. He omits no Act of Contempt against the antient Nobility, that they might in the sence of their disgrace be, or at least dayly threaten some new Combustion.
There [were] great combustions and divisions among the heads of the university.
Him the Almighty Power / Hurld headlong flaming from th' Etherial Skie / With hideous Ruine and combustion down / To bottomless perdition, there to dwell / In Adamantine Chains and penal Fire, / Who durst defie th' Omnipotent to Arms.
But say from whence this new combustion springs.
Related words: combustible
combustive
combustor
Derived words: autocombustion
combustionary
combustion chamber
combustion engine
combustion triangle
internal combustion
internal combustion engine
internal-combustion engine
moxibustion
noncombustion
postcombustion
pre-combustion
precombustion
recombustion
spontaneous combustion
spontaneous human combustion
Translations:
punch
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: From Middle English punchen, partially from Old French ponchonner (“to punch”), from ponchon (“pointed tool”), from Latin punctio, from punctus, perfect passive participle of pungō (“I prick”); and partially from Middle English punchen, a syncopated variant of punischen ("to punish"; see punish). Also influenced by Middle English punchon ("a punch"; see puncheon). Compare also Middle English bunchen, bonchen (“to punch, deliver a blow, pound, beat”).
Inflected forms:
form: punches
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A hit or strike with one's fist.
pos: noun
tags: countable
examples: Another Karadeniz cross led to Cudicini's first save of the night, with the Spurs keeper making up for a weak punch by brilliantly pushing away Christian Noboa's snap-shot.
gloss: A blow from something other than the fist.
pos: noun
tags: countable
rare
examples: For in Tashbaan there is only one traffic regulation, which is that everyone who is less important has to get out of the way for everyone who is more important; unless you want a cut from a whip or a punch from the butt end of a spear.
gloss: Power, strength, energy.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
examples: The tornado is finally losing its punch.
Nixon inadvertently took most of the punch out of the Red Scare by trekking to Peking and Moscow.
The theorizing often lacks punch and tightness, and that is because Kleinberg is unresolved about how to think about the facts, unsure which are the relevant facts, unsure that thinking itself will be liberating for him.
gloss: Impact.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
Synonyms: blow
box
knuckle sandwich
bunch of fives
Related words: puncheon
slap
Derived words: 1-2 punch
air punch
beat somebody to the punch
beat to the punch
button punch
caddy ole punch
card punch
center punch
chadless punch
cobbler's punch
counter-punch
donkey-punch
donkey punch
gut punch
hole punch cloud
jumper punch
kidney punch
kidney-punch
milk punch
Murphy's punch
one-two punch
pack a punch
phantom punch
pinch and a punch for the first of the month
planter's punch
pleased as punch
prick punch
pull punches
punch above
punchball
punch block
punchboard
punch bowl
punch bowl waterfall
punch buggy
punch card
punch clock
punch dagger
punch dialogue
punch-down
punch-down block
punch-drunk
punch drunk
punch drunk syndrome
punch fist
punch front
punch hole
punch house
punch it
punch line
punch list
punch-out
punch pocket
punch press
punchproof
punch-up
punch-up session
punchworthy
rabbit punch
ratchet punch
roll with the punches
Roman punch
staple punch
sucker punch
sucker-punch
Sunday punch
superman punch
tongue-punch
tongue punch
zone punch
bell punch
cockpunch
counterpunch
holepunch
keypunch
micropunch
mispunch
multipunch
punchless
punchlike
punchy
Translations:
lang: Finnish
word: iskunappula
lang: German
word: Druckschalter
lang: German
word: Drucktaste
inflammable
Part of speech: adj
noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From Middle French inflammable, from Medieval Latin īnflammābilis, from Latin īnflammāre (“to set on fire”), from in (“in, on”) + flamma (“flame”). Equivalent to inflame + -able.
Base: inflame
Affixes: -able
Inflected forms:
form: more inflammable
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most inflammable
pos: adj
tags: superlative
form: enflammable
pos: adj
tags: alternative
rare
form: inflammables
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: enflammable
pos: noun
tags: alternative
rare
Senses:
gloss: Capable of burning.
pos: adj
gloss: Easily set on fire.
pos: adj
examples: On he went a few paces and touched a second, then a third, and a fourth, till at last we were surrounded on all three sides by a great ring of bodies flaring furiously, the material with which they were preserved having rendered them so inflammable that the flames would literally spout out of the ears and mouth in tongues of fire a foot or more in length.
gloss: Easily excited; set off by the slightest excuse; easily enraged or inflamed.
pos: adj
tags: figuratively
gloss: Incapable of burning; not easily set on fire. From in- + flammable, via backformation.
pos: adj
tags: nonstandard
gloss: Any inflammable substance.
pos: noun
Related words: flammule
inflame
inflammability
inflammable air
inflammable cinnabar
inflammation
Derived words: inflammableness
inflammably
Translations:
nonflammable
Part of speech: adj
noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English non-
English flammable
English nonflammable
From non- + flammable.
Inflected forms:
form: non-flammable
pos: adj
tags: alternative
form: nonflammables
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: non-flammable
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: Not combustible.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
gloss: Not easily set on fire.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
gloss: Any nonflammable substance.
pos: noun
Synonyms: noninflammable
unflammable
uninflammable
Translations:
fruitcake
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: Compound of fruit + cake. First attested in c. 1687. Sense 2, predated by nutty as a fruitcake, was first attested in c. 1952.
Inflected forms:
form: fruitcakes
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: fruit-cake
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: fruit cake
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: A cake containing dried fruits and, optionally, nuts, citrus peel and spice; usually served in celebration of weddings and Christmas.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: A crazy or eccentric person.
pos: noun
tags: colloquial
countable
derogatory
uncountable
examples: Easy, feller, easy. She's a fruitcake.
One of the loafers kept calling down, "Hey you, Blondie, you like fruitcake kids like that?"
"Ukip is sort of a bunch of … fruitcakes and loonies and closet racists mostly," Mr Cameron told LBC radio.
gloss: A homosexual male.
pos: noun
tags: US
colloquial
countable
dated
derogatory
slang
uncountable
Related words: mince pie
Derived words: fruitcakey
Translations:
snowstorm
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: compound
Etymology: From earlier snow-storm, snow storm, equivalent to snow + storm. Compare Scots snawstorm (“snowstorm”), Saterland Frisian Sneestoarm (“snowstorm”), West Frisian sniestoarm (“snowstorm”), Dutch sneeuwstorm (“snowstorm”), German Low German Sneestorm (“snowstorm”), German Schneesturm (“snowstorm”), Danish snestorm (“snowstorm”), Swedish snöstorm (“snowstorm”), Icelandic snjóstormur (“snowstorm”). Compare also Middle English storm of snow (“snowstorm”).
Compound parts: snow
storm
Inflected forms:
form: snowstorms
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: snow storm
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: snow-storm
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: Bad weather involving blowing winds and snow, or blowing winds and heavy snowfall amount.
pos: noun
examples: Dined at Melville Castle, whither I went through a snow-storm.
gloss: A snow globe.
pos: noun
examples: As we made our way down, my eye was caught by a snowstorm—one of those little glass balls, with a baby cottage inside.
Derived words: snowstormy
Translations:
sinecure
Part of speech: noun
adj
verb
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: From Ecclesiastical Latin sine cūrā (literally “without care”), ellipsis of beneficium sine cūrā (“benefice without cure [of souls, i.e. the office of a curate]”), formed from Medieval Latin sine (“without”) + cūrā (“care, charge, cure”).
Inflected forms:
form: sinecures
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: sinecures
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: sinecuring
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: sinecured
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: sinecured
pos: verb
tags: past
Senses:
gloss: A position that requires little to no work, or easy work, but still gives an ample payment; a cushy job.
pos: noun
examples: Miss Briggs was not formally dismissed, but her place as companion was a sinecure and a derision […]
A lucrative sinecure in the Excise was bestowed on Ferguson.
His prospects consisted of a hope that if he kept up appearances somebody would do something for him. The something appeared vaguely to his imagination as a private secretaryship or a sinecure of some sort.
With extra traffic, numerous boat trains to and from Southampton Docks, and working of empty stock, his job, like that of most signalmen, is no sinecure.
In the ADF, while the numbers vary between the individual services and the reserves, employment is no comfortable sinecure for any personnel and thus does not appeal to many people, male or female, especially under current pay scales.
However, by the time of World War II (if not before), politics, at least in the federal sphere, was no longer regarded as sinecure for well-intentioned part-timers.
gloss: An ecclesiastical benefice without the care of souls.
pos: noun
tags: historical
gloss: Requiring no work for an ample reward.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: By the act of union (1800), the offices of Irish secretary, a sinecure post, and lord lieutenant's secretary were combined.
gloss: Having the appearance of functionality without being of any actual use or purpose.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: The old man hastily pulled down his spectacles from their sinecure office on his forehead, and looked at her with an expression of most angry amazement.
gloss: To put or place in a sinecure.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
Related words: curate
Derived words: sinecural
sinecurism
sinecurist
Translations:
perdition
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: From Middle English perdicioun, from Old French perdiciun, from Late Latin perditio, from Latin perdo (“to destroy, to lose”).
Inflected forms:
form: perditions
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Eternal damnation.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: I son ov perdition / From sheer nothingness transgressed
gloss: Hell.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: Absolute ruin; downfall.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: Their decision to buy stocks just before the crisis led to their perdition.
Related words: perdure
Derived words: perditionable
perditious
Translations:
snowblower
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: compound
Etymology: From snow + blower.
Compound parts: snow
blower
Inflected forms:
form: snowblowers
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: snow blower
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: snow-blower
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: A motorized vehicle that picks up snow off the ground and blows it to one side in order to clear a path.
pos: noun
Translations:
blackboard
Part of speech: noun
verb
Morphological type: compound
Etymology: From black + board, because such surfaces were once typically made of black slate.
Compound parts: black
board
Inflected forms:
form: blackboards
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: blackboards
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: blackboarding
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: blackboarded
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: blackboarded
pos: verb
tags: past
Senses:
gloss: A large flat surface, finished with black slate or a similar material, that can be written upon with chalk and subsequently erased; a chalkboard.
pos: noun
examples: Drawings and pictures are more than mere ornaments in scientific discourse. Blackboard sketches, geological maps, diagrams of molecular structure, astronomical photographs, MRI images, the many varieties of statistical charts and graphs: These pictorial devices are indispensable tools for presenting evidence, for explaining a theory, for telling a story.
gloss: To use a blackboard to assist in an informal discussion.
pos: verb
Translations:
whiteboard
Part of speech: noun
verb
Morphological type: compound
Topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
Etymology: From white + board, modelled on blackboard.
Compound parts: white
board
Inflected forms:
form: whiteboards
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: whiteboards
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: whiteboarding
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: whiteboarded
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: whiteboarded
pos: verb
tags: past
Senses:
gloss: A writing board finished with a hard white material, which can be written upon using special non-permanent markers and subsequently wiped clean.
pos: noun
examples: 1995, Gary Wolf, "The Curse of Xanadu", Wired Magazine
Mark Miller gave himself up to Xanadu's pull and rejoined the project full time. The new Xanadu site on Palo Alto's California Avenue was remodeled to resemble the environment at Xerox PARC. The programmers' offices opened onto a large common space, and the walls were covered with white board, which quickly became a tangle of multicolored lines, words, circles, and squiggles.
Discussion turns to the station whiteboard, which even has its own Twitter page. It's been in place for a number of years and is located right in the middle of the concourse. It's used to provide service information, upcoming alterations and event advice. There is also a 'Chuckle of the Day'.
gloss: A collaborative tool allowing several users to write and draw on the same shared display.
pos: noun
tags: broadly
gloss: To use a whiteboard, to write on a writeboard
pos: verb
Related words: blackboard
chalkboard
imageboard
Derived words: e-whiteboard
interactive whiteboard
whiteboard marker
whiteboard pen
Translations:
coefficient
Part of speech: adj
noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: mathematics
sciences
Etymology: From French coefficient. Coined by French mathematician François Viète. Or influenced by (New) Latin coefficient-, which is the stem of coefficiens, which is a substantivation of the present active participle of coefficio, which comes from co- and efficio.
Inflected forms:
form: more coefficient
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most coefficient
pos: adj
tags: superlative
form: coëfficient
pos: adj
tags: alternative
form: coefficients
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: coëfficient
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: Cooperating.
pos: adj
examples: And so our own idea of Christ compels us to admit that two factors, the one natural, the other supernatural, were coefficient in his entrance into human life;
Nevertheless, there was some substance to the notion that acclaim and merit were coefficient.
gloss: A constant by which an algebraic term is multiplied.
pos: noun
gloss: An entry of a matrix.
pos: noun
examples: Notice that many of the terms of the matrices [Sᵉ] (e = 1, 2, 3) vanish. We call the non-vanishing coefficients of the matrix [Sᵉ] the stiffness coefficients of element e and we denote them by Kᵣₛᵉ.
Definition 3.7. A lattice Λ is called an integral lattice if its Gram matrix has coefficients in ℤ.
gloss: A number, value, or item that serves as a measure of some property or characteristic.
pos: noun
examples: Near-synonym: constant
Derived words: coefficient matrix
coefficientwise
Translations:
operand
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
Etymology: From Late Latin operandum. By surface analysis, operate + -and. Doublet of operandum.
Inflected forms:
form: operands
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A quantity to which an operator is applied (in 3-x, the operands of the subtraction operator are 3 and x).
pos: noun
examples: When the microprocessor decodes the JSR opcode, it stores the operand into the TEMP register and pushes the current contents of the PC ($00 0128) onto the stack.
Translations:
scalar
Part of speech: adj
noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: business
computer
computing
electrical-engineering
electricity
electromagnetism
electronics
energy
engineering
entertainment
human-sciences
lifestyle
linguistics
mathematics
music
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
science
sciences
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin scālāris, adjectival form from scāla (“a flight of steps, stairs, staircase, ladder, scale”), for *scadla, from scandere (“to climb”); compare scale. The mathematics sense was coined by Irish mathematician and astronomer William Rowan Hamilton in 1846.
Inflected forms:
form: scalars
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Having magnitude but not direction.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
gloss: Consisting of a single value (e.g. integer or string) rather than multiple values (e.g. array).
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
gloss: Of, or relating to scale.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: However, it can be expected that 'scale-similarity' models of this form will be inadequate for describing non-equilibrium scalar fields resulting, for example, from non-equilibrium inlet flow conditions.
Scalar thickening is useful for understanding the propensity of scales to coalesce in certain times and places, or even how a particular scale provides conditions for other forms of scalar production.
gloss: Of or pertaining to a musical scale.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
gloss: Relating to particles with a spin (quantum angular momentum) of 0 (known as spin 0).
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
gloss: Pertaining to the dimension on which something is measured.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: Spector (2006, 2007) suggests to derive this inference as a scalar implicature.
Also, the scalar meaning in both sentences is not sensitive to context, because the truth value of the sentences does not change depending on context.
In Mandarin Chinese, the same sentence containing a numeral-classifier phrase as a negative polarity item can be employed for two types of scalar inferences based on either the numeral or the noun.
gloss: A quantity that has magnitude but not direction; compare vector.
pos: noun
gloss: An amplifier whose output is a constant multiple of its input.
pos: noun
Related words: nondimensional
Derived words: electroscalar
graviscalar
hyperscalar
interscalar
intrascalar
isoscalar
macroscalar
multiscalar
nonscalar
scalar boson
scalar curl
scalar field
scalar function
scalarize
scalarly
scalar multiplication
scalaron
scalar product
scalar triple product
scalar-valued
scalarwise
subscalar
superscalar
pseudoscalar
Translations:
polynomial
Part of speech: noun
adj
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: algebra
biology
human-sciences
linguistics
mathematics
natural-sciences
sciences
taxonomy
Etymology: From poly- + -nomial, from νομός (nomós, “portion, part”), by analogy with binomial.
Affixes: poly-
-nomial
Inflected forms:
form: polynomials
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: An expression consisting of a sum of a finite number of terms, each term being the product of a constant coefficient and one or more variables raised to a non-negative integer power, such as a_nxⁿ+a_n-1xⁿ⁻¹+...+a_0x⁰.
pos: noun
tags: strict-sense
examples: Unfortunately, an analogous attack on the octic polynomial becomes exceedingly complicated.
Our upper bound is the best possible, and it implies the existence of low-rank factorizations of positive semidefinite bivariate matrix polynomials and representations of biforms as sums of few squares.
gloss: A taxonomic designation (such as of a subspecies) consisting of more than two terms.
pos: noun
gloss: A type of term consisting of multiple parts.
pos: noun
examples: Alternatively, there are polynomials denoting stages of the day: tónglóng 曈昽 “ light at daybreak”; or meteorological phenomena, such as wùsōng 雾凇 “(soft) rime”, àidài 叆叇 “ (of clouds) dense”.
The same corpus is used as in the analysis of the thematic scope of polynomials, except that in this case only 720 binomes will be considered.
gloss: Able to be described or limited by a polynomial.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
gloss: Of a polynomial name or entity.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
Derived words: Abel polynomial
Alexander-Conway polynomial
Alexander polynomial
all-one polynomial
Bell polynomial
Bernoulli polynomial
Bernstein basis polynomial
Boas-Buck polynomial
characteristic polynomial
complementary nondeterministic polynomial
Conway-Alexander polynomial
Conway polynomial
cyclotomic polynomial
Dickson polynomial
eigenpolynomial
elementary symmetric polynomial
Fibonacci polynomial
Hermite polynomial
homogenous polynomial
hyperbolic polynomial
Jacobi polynomial
Jones polynomial
Kazhdan-Lusztig polynomial
Lagrange polynomial
Laguerre polynomial
Laurent polynomial
Legendre polynomial
Lucas polynomial
Macdonald polynomial
Maclaurin polynomial
minimal polynomial
Mittag-Leffler polynomial
Narumi polynomial
nonpolynomial
nonuniform polynomial time
Pidduck polynomial
polynomial algebra
polynomial basis
polynomial complexity
polynomial equation
polynomial form
polynomial function
polynomial interpolation
polynomialism
polynomialist
polynomiality
polynomially
polynomial reduction
polynomial ring
polynomial sequence
polynomial time
polynomial time-reduction
polynomial-time reduction
polynomiography
posynomial
primitive polynomial
pseudopolynomial
pseudo-polynomial time
quasipolynomial
rook polynomial
separable polynomial
subpolynomial
superpolynomial
symmetric polynomial
Taylor polynomial
Taylor's polynomial
Touchard polynomial
ultrapolynomial
Zhegalkin polynomial
Translations:
Copenhagen
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: cooking
food
lifestyle
Etymology: From Low German Kopenhagen, a calque (perhaps modified by folk etymology) of Danish København. See also chapman, haven.
Inflected forms:
form: Copenhagens
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A sweetened hot drink of spirit and beaten eggs.
pos: noun
Translations:
Florence
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: Borrowed from French Florence f, from Latin Flōrentia (as a given name, a feminine form of Flōrentius), from flōrens (“flowering, flourishing”), from flōs (“flower”), connected with English bloom and blossom. Doublet of Firenze.
The female given name gained popularity from Florence Nightingale who was born in the Tuscan city.
Inflected forms:
form: Florences
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: An ancient gold coin of the time of Edward III, coined by Florentines and worth six shillings sterling.
pos: noun
tags: historical
examples: he first gold that K. Edw . 3. coyned , was in the yeare 1343 , and the peeces were called Florences because Florentines were the coyners
gloss: A kind of silk fabric; florentine.
pos: noun
tags: historical
Translations:
insolent
Part of speech: adj
noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: PIE word
 *swé
From Middle English, from Old French, from Latin īnsolēns (“unaccustomed, unwanted, unusual, immoderate, excessive, arrogant, insolent”), from in- (privative prefix) + solēns, present participle of solēre (“to be accustomed, to be wont”).
Inflected forms:
form: more insolent
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most insolent
pos: adj
tags: superlative
form: insolents
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Insulting in manner or words, particularly in an arrogant or insubordinate manner.
pos: adj
examples: Near-synonyms: arrogant, bold, cocky; see also Thesaurus:cheeky
gloss: Rude.
pos: adj
examples: Near-synonyms: insubordinate, offensive; see also Thesaurus:arrogant
insolent behaviour
insolent child
insolent remark
“I don't mean all of your friends—only a small proportion—which, however, connects your circle with that deadly, idle, brainless bunch—the insolent chatterers at the opera, the gorged dowagers,[…]the chlorotic squatters on huge yachts, the speed-mad fugitives from the furies of ennui, the neurotic victims of mental cirrhosus,[…]!”
gloss: A person who is insolent.
pos: noun
examples: What a way do you put yourself in miss! said the insolent.
Diogenes Laertius reports that Diogenes was apt to take the identification with the dog at face value, as when he lifted his leg and relieved himself on a group of young insolents who teased him with a dog's bone […]
Related words: insolence
insolency
Derived words: insolently
insolentness
overinsolent
Translations:
legerdemain
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: From Middle English legerdemeyn, lechardemane, from Old French léger de main (literally “light of hand”), a phrase that meant “dexterous, skillful at fooling others (especially through sleights of hand)”, which was however treated as a noun when it was borrowed by late Middle English. The Modern French descendant léger de main of the Old French phrase is archaic but still sometimes found in older literature and simply means “skillful” without any connotation of sleight of hand.
Inflected forms:
form: legerdemains
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Sleight of hand; "magic" trickery.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
usually
examples: For he in slights and jugling feates did flow, / And of legierdemayne the mysteries did know.
[…] A deliberate man with infinite resources of patience, he was content to progress by easy stages toward the millennium. Some private legerdemain must have reconciled him to the "practical" methods that were employed. […]
Chief Justice Roberts does more or less the same thing in dissent: He practices intentions-and-expectations originalism while randomly sprinkling some public-meaning originalism fairy dust over his description of his enterprise, perhaps in the subconscious hope that no one will notice the legerdemain.
gloss: A show of skill or deceitful ability.
pos: noun
tags: broadly
uncountable
usually
examples: Certainly, that they are to this day so rife in Italy and Spain, and so scant in Britain, is a shrewd ground to apprehend Legerdemain, and forgery, in the accounts we get of their later Saints.
Just for a moment, absurdly over-estimating poor Zuleika’s skill, he supposed himself a victim of legerdemain.
Most of the time, no one really seems to notice that presentist legerdemain, perhaps because so few of us actually remember the experience of 2020 all that clearly and are clinging to hastily imposed narratives instead.
Derived words: legerdemainist
Translations:
lang: Finnish
word: silmänkääntötemppu
lang: Hungarian
word: szemfényvesztés
lang: Latin
word: praestīgia
lang: Polish
word: kuglarstwo
lang: Russian
word: ло́вкость рук
roman: lóvkostʹ ruk
lang: Spanish
word: escamoteo
lang: Spanish
word: prestidigitación
lang: Swedish
word: taskspeleri
lang: Turkish
word: el çabukluğu