yuanxin112/wiktionary-morph huggingface dataset:
paceman
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: compound
Topics: ball-games
cricket
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
Etymology: From pace + man.
Compound parts: pace
man
Inflected forms:
form: pacemen
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A fast bowler; one who specialises in bowling fast.
pos: noun
tags: Australia
India
examples: The flair for bright batting went against them as they fell easy prey to the Aussie pacemen.
In the series he bowled 222.5 overs, a considerable number considering Test teams in 1948 could call upon a new ball every 55 overs and Australia had pacemen to burn in Lindwall, Miller, Johnston and Toshack.
Instead he went trout fishing on the Kiewa River in country Victoria, but not before leaving instructions to his pacemen to attack Bradman at every opportunity. Larwood took this to mean plenty of short stuff at the rib cage and head with five men in close catching positions.
VICTORIA captain Cameron White and paceman Ben Hilfenhaus will return to the Australian team for the one-day international against South Africa tomorrow.
2008 February 4, Anil Kumble, ‘You need to keep talking’, Outlook, page 45,
Fourteen Australian wickets fell to our pacemen, indicating that they were sticking to the plan.
2009 October, Pratiyogita Darpan, page 763,
South African paceman Andre Nel on March 25, 2009 announced his retirement from international cricket after an eight year career during which he took more than 100 wickets in both forms of the game.
Translations:
revegetation
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Italic *wre-
Latin re-der.
Old French re-bor.
Middle English re-
English re-
English vegetation
English revegetation
From re- + vegetation.
Inflected forms:
form: revegetations
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The act or process of revegetating
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
usually
examples: Mr Denis William O'MEARA Dalkeith WA 6009 For service to the environment through native plant propagation and revegetation programs, to the mining industry, and to the community of the Pilbara region.
Translations:
duetting
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
Inflected forms:
form: duettings
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The singing or playing of a duet.
pos: noun
Translations:
fightback
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: compound
Etymology: From fight + back, as a deverbal from fight back.
Compound parts: fight
back
Inflected forms:
form: fightbacks
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A campaign of resistance; a counterattack.
pos: noun
examples: The gay movement is in retreat as evidenced in the rise of anti-gay attacks and and ^([sic]) the success of anti-gay legislation. One only needs to read the Gay Community News to realize the severity of the anti-gay offensive. The fightback to this anti-gay offensive has been weak and disoriented. The number of gay organizations, thus the number of organized gays are shrinking, not growing.
Stosur gave hope of a fightback when she smashed through Dementieva's serve in the first game of the second set.
Liverpool resisted a second-half fightback from Wolves to secure a hard-fought victory and end a run of back-to-back Premier League defeats.
A second-half fightback to draw with the USA offered a hope that swiftly evaporated following a gut-wrenching 2-0 loss to Iran only four days later. It meant only the seemingly impossible would be enough for Rob Page's men to extend their World Cup dream.
Translations:
galloper
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: government
military
politics
war
Etymology: Etymology tree
English gallop
English -er
English galloper
From gallop + -er.
Inflected forms:
form: gallopers
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: One who gallops.
pos: noun
examples: a. 1898, Rudyard Kipling, "The Drums of the Fore and Aft"
The lancers chafing in the right gorge had thrice dispatched their only subaltern as galloper to report on the progress of affairs.
gloss: An aide-de-camp.
pos: noun
examples: Lieutenant Coghill had been told to act as galloper to Colonel Glyn on the unfortunate reconnaissance made from Isandlwana Camp, on January 22, 1879
gloss: A racehorse.
pos: noun
examples: The Hussler's trainer, Ross McDonald, is confident Australia's champion galloper will win the clashes, despite Weekend Hussler never having competed over 1000m before.
gloss: A carousel or roundabout (especially in the plural)
pos: noun
gloss: A carriage on which very small guns were formerly mounted, the gun resting on the shafts, without a limber.
pos: noun
gloss: The Chinamanfish, a type of snapper
pos: noun
tags: Australia
Translations:
leadlight
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: compound
Etymology: From lead + light.
Compound parts: lead#Etymology 1
light
Inflected forms:
form: leadlights
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A decorative window made of small sections of glass supported in lead divider bars, or cames.
pos: noun
examples: Luckily, because all windows had been taped, the home's leadlight windows survived the move intact.
Translations:
hardman
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: compound
Topics: ball-games
games
hobbies
lifestyle
rugby
sports
Etymology: From hard + man.
Compound parts: hard
man
Inflected forms:
form: hardmen
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A man who is particularly tough or muscular
pos: noun
tags: slang
examples: He's just a wannabe hardman.
He had the reputation of a wannabe hardman, riding his cousin's coattails.
gloss: A rugby player
pos: noun
tags: Australia
examples: FORMER Melbourne Storm hardman Michael Crocker will consider retirement if he is denied a work permit by the British government.
Translations:
popularizer
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Italic *poplos
Old Latin populus
Latin populus
Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.?
Proto-Italic *-ālis
Latin -ālis
Latin -āris
Latin populārislbor.
Old French populairebor.
▲
Latin populārisbor.
Middle English populer
English popular
Proto-Indo-European *-id-
Proto-Indo-European *-yéti
Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti
Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō
Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor.
Late Latin -izōder.
Middle French -iserbor.
Middle English -isen
English -ize
English popularize
Proto-Indo-European *-yósder.
Proto-Italic *-āzijos
Latin -āriusnom.
Latin -āriusbor.
Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz
Proto-West Germanic *-ārī
Old English -ere
Middle English -ere
English -er
English popularizer
From popularize + -er.
Inflected forms:
form: popularizers
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: populariser
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: One who popularizes something.
pos: noun
examples: But the real popularizer of -gate was William Safire, Nixon’s former speechwriter.
Translations:
maxillofacial
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
Latin māxillader.
English maxillo-
Latin faciēs
Proto-Italic *-ālis
Latin -ālis
Medieval Latin faciālisbor.
English facial
English maxillofacial
From maxillo- + facial.
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Of or relating to the jaw and face.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: Women represent up to 90 percent of patients who seek treatment, Dr. Leonard B. Kaban, chief of oral and maxillofacial surgery at the Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston, said in an interview.
It wasn't long after arriving in Boulongne that Valadier convinced the general staff at the hospital to allow him to establish a temporary jaw unit in nearby Wimereux to handle the large number of maxillofacial injuries arriving from the front.
Translations:
spangly
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English spangle
English -y
English spangly
From spangle + -y.
Inflected forms:
form: spanglier
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: spangliest
pos: adj
tags: superlative
form: spangley
pos: adj
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: Decorated with spangles; sparkly.
pos: adj
examples: “DWTS” is many things: bright, in-your-face, spangly.
Translations:
rewatch
Part of speech: verb
noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Italic *wre-
Latin re-der.
Old French re-bor.
Middle English re-
English re-
English watch
English rewatch
From re- + watch.
Inflected forms:
form: rewatches
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: rewatching
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: rewatched
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: rewatched
pos: verb
tags: past
form: re-watch
pos: verb
tags: alternative
form: rewatches
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: re-watch
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: To watch again.
pos: verb
examples: Meanwhile “Emeralds” itself — danced with the elegiac adagio finale that Balanchine added in 1976 and that Ms. Paul never danced — deepened with rewatching.
gloss: The act of watching something again.
pos: noun
examples: It's not the best film I've ever seen, but it probably deserves a rewatch.
Translations:
immunochemical
Part of speech: adj
noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: immunology
medicine
sciences
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *mey-
Proto-Indo-European *moy-nósder.
Proto-Italic *moinos
Latin mūnus
Proto-Indo-European *né
Proto-Indo-European *n̥-
Proto-Italic *n̥-
Latin in-
Latin -is
Latin in- -is
Latin immūnisder.
Middle French immunbor.
Middle English
English immune
Ancient Greek -ο- (-o-)der.
Latin -o-bor.
English -o-
English immuno-
Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰew-
Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥
Ancient Greek -μᾰ (-mă)
Ancient Greek χῠ́μᾰ (khŭ́mă)
Proto-Indo-European *-h₂
Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂
Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂
Proto-Hellenic *-íā
Ancient Greek -ία (-ía)
Ancient Greek χυμείᾱ (khumeíā)bor.
Arabic الْكِيمِيَاء (al-kīmiyāʔ)bor.
Medieval Latin alchēmia
▲
Ancient Greek χυμείᾱ (khumeíā)influ.
New Latin chēmia
Proto-Indo-European *-ikos
Proto-Italic *-ikos
Latin -icus
New Latin chēmicus
Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.?
Proto-Italic *-ālis
Latin -ālisbor.
Old French -albor.
▲
Latin -ālis
Old French -elbor.
▲
Latin -ālisbor.
Middle English -al
English -al
English chemical
English immunochemical
From immuno- + chemical.
Inflected forms:
form: immunochemicals
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Pertaining to immunochemistry.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
gloss: Any immunoactive chemical compound.
pos: noun
Translations:
intertribal
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *h₁én
Proto-Indo-European *h₁entér
Proto-Italic *n̥ter
Latin inter
Latin inter-bor.
English inter-
English tribal
English intertribal
From inter- + tribal.
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Between tribes.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: I think in reality he was a Woolna spy, for his appearance on the scene generally foreboded some inter-tribal excitement and disturbance.
Translations:
studly
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English stud
Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der.
Proto-Germanic *līkąder.
Proto-Germanic *-līkaz
Proto-West Germanic *-līk
Old English -līċ
Middle English -ly
English -ly
English studly
From stud + -ly.
Inflected forms:
form: studlier
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: studliest
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: Like a stud; being or relating to a sexually attractive male.
pos: adj
tags: informal
Translations:
rugelach
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: From Yiddish ראָגאַל (rogal) with plural suffix ־לעך (-lekh), from Polish rogal (“crescent roll”).
Inflected forms:
form: rugelachs
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: rugelach
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: rugulach
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: rugalach
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: ruggalach
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: ruggelach
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: rogelach
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: rugalah
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: rugala
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: rugula
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: A type of Jewish pastry, which may be filled with various fruit, nuts, chocolate, etc.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: Then he ambles to his dressing room, where rugelach and carrot sticks sit on a coffee table for a postshow nosh.
Rugelach is thought to have the same origin—this staple of Ashkenazi Jewish baking spread across the world and became popular, especially in the US, but not quite to the extent of its French half-brother.
Tiny and pretty, these little rose jam–stuffed rugelach are found in Poland with or without an almond paste filling. The flavor combination is one I was surprised to find in Poland and one that I’d never seen in American rugelach.
Translations:
cultlike
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English cult
Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der.
Proto-Germanic *līkąder.
Proto-Germanic *-līkaz
Proto-West Germanic *-līk
Old English -līċ
Middle English -like
English -like
English cultlike
From cult + -like.
Inflected forms:
form: more cultlike
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most cultlike
pos: adj
tags: superlative
form: cult-like
pos: adj
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: Resembling a cult.
pos: adj
examples: Harley has a global, nearly cultlike following, but has had a tough time finding buyers for its expensive wheels[…].
[…] Mr. Kurz and a small cabal of allies with cultlike devotion to him paid off one of Austria’s biggest tabloids to ensure favorable news coverage.
Translations:
eucalypt
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: Shortened form of the genus name Eucalyptus.
Inflected forms:
form: eucalypts
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Any tree of the genus Eucalyptus.
pos: noun
examples: I know each is caused by the fire accelerating rapidly up the valley, consuming everything in its path and travelling swiftly up to the crowns of the tall gums and eucalypts.
gloss: Any tree of the tribe Eucalypteae of genera related and similar to Eucalyptus, such as Corymbia and Angophora.
pos: noun
Derived words: eucalyptoid
Translations:
stayer
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: hobbies
lifestyle
sports
Etymology: Etymology tree
English stay
English -er
English stayer
From stay + -er.
Inflected forms:
form: stayers
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: One who, or that which, upholds or supports; a prop.
pos: noun
gloss: One who, or that which, stays, stops, or restrains.
pos: noun
gloss: An athlete, horse, etc. with staying power.
pos: noun
tags: informal
examples: Manwarra Goforgold is the stayer in the race.
Derived words: homestayer
Translations:
sweatbox
Part of speech: noun
verb
Morphological type: compound
Etymology: From sweat + box.
Compound parts: sweat
box
Inflected forms:
form: sweatboxes
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: sweatboxes
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: sweatboxing
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: sweatboxed
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: sweatboxed
pos: verb
tags: past
Senses:
gloss: Any box or boxlike structure used to induce sweating, such as of hides or tobacco
pos: noun
examples: Australia Post has been accused of endangering staff with "sweatbox" uniforms and restricting earlier starts to save money.
gloss: A jail cell.
pos: noun
tags: US
slang
gloss: A compartment in a police van to hold a prisoner being transported.
pos: noun
tags: UK
slang
examples: They shoved me in the back of a police van and started driving to the cop shop. I was sitting in the sweatbox, wondering how the Dibble had got onto me so quickly, when I heard a voice from another section of the van say, 'Are you P from Macclesfield?'
[…] she was finally hustled into a sweatbox, as prisoners and prison staff called it, and was off to meet her new home for the foreseeable future.
gloss: A small overheated cell or room used for solitary confinement or torture.
pos: noun
examples: In the summer of 1945, one young boy died of heart failure while locked in a sweatbox, a popular corrective at that time.
Don't step in the wrong spot
You will gеt caught
When you step in the swеatbox
They'll make you talk
gloss: A small nightclub packed to capacity where people get hot and sweaty.
pos: noun
tags: slang
gloss: The room where a scene is reviewed.
pos: noun
gloss: The review process that takes place in a sweat box.
pos: noun
gloss: To place (a person) in a jail cell or a police van compartment.
pos: verb
tags: slang
transitive
gloss: To review (work) in the designated room for such reviews.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
Translations:
swordfight
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: compound
Etymology: From sword + fight.
Compound parts: sword
fight
Inflected forms:
form: swordfights
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A fight or duel using swords.
pos: noun
examples: THREE Sydney brothers have pleaded guilty to the manslaughter of a man fatally stabbed during a brawl that included a brief swordfight.
Translations:
ferrochrome
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
substratebor.
Old Latin *fersom
Latin ferrum
English ferro-
English chrome
English ferrochrome
From ferro- + chrome.
Inflected forms:
form: ferrochromes
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A corrosion-resistant alloy of chrome and iron containing between 50% and 65% chrome.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: The capital raising has been forced by plummeting ferrochrome prices which slumped after Chinese mills cut 55 per cent from the price of the alloy used to make stainless steel.
Translations:
dangerman
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: compound
Topics: hobbies
lifestyle
sports
Etymology: From danger + man.
Compound parts: danger
man
Inflected forms:
form: dangermen
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: danger man
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: A player on an opposing side who poses a significant threat
pos: noun
tags: UK
examples: Only James Hopes could halt the pair's dominance, the all-rounder snaring both dangermen to finish with figures of 3-44.
Sergej Milinkovic-Savic, the dangerman midfielder, was given greater license to get closer to the strikers.
Translations:
fixturing
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: fixturings
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Synonym of fixture (“work-holding or support device”).
pos: noun
examples: For our example, suppose that the parts will require three fixturings, the first of which will carry the parts to operations 10 and 20 […]
Translations:
trackwork
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: compound
Topics: hobbies
horse-racing
horseracing
horses
lifestyle
pets
racing
rail-transport
railways
sports
transport
Etymology: From track + work.
Compound parts: track
work
Inflected forms:
form: track-work
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: Construction or maintenance of railroad tracks
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
examples: The train is going to be delayed by ten minutes due to trackwork.
A small number of weekday and weekend possessions will also be required on June 20-21, September 5-6, and between December 19-March 2021, but will coincide with when there will already be a limited (or no) service into London King's Cross in conjunction with the extensive trackwork taking place at the terminus.
gloss: The tracks and associated equipment of a railway line.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
examples: The advantages of this policy were twofold - the operation of m.u. trains only, with their lighter axle load, would allow the trackwork and underbridges to be simpler and lighter in construction; and speeds up to 150 m.p.h. could more easily be achieved than with conventional locomotive-hauled trains.
At present the principal exercise in resignalling and new trackwork involves the Pickering area.
gloss: Practice in racing around a track
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
examples: McDonald described Weekend Hussler's trackwork this preparation as "frightening".
Translations:
steeplechaser
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English steeplechase
English -er
English steeplechaser
From steeplechase + -er.
Inflected forms:
form: steeplechasers
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A horse or human athlete who participates in steeplechase racing
pos: noun
examples: Tasmanian steeplechaser Donna MacFarlane opens her 2009 campaign over 1500m in a tough clash with Beijing Games teammate Corrigan.
Translations:
standardbred
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: compound
Topics: hobbies
horse-racing
horseracing
horses
lifestyle
pets
racing
sports
Etymology: From standard + bred. In this context, the word "standard" refers to the fact that in the early decades of the breed's development, all breeding stock had to meet a specific performance standard, namely ability to trot or pace a mile in no more than 2 minutes, 30 seconds.
Compound parts: standard
bred
Inflected forms:
form: standardbreds
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A breed of horse bred specifically for harness racing
pos: noun
examples: "Jockeys waste and drivers don't and maybe the breed (standardbred) might be a bit more conducive to the conditions."
Translations:
reputational
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English reputation
Proto-Italic *-ālis
Latin -ālisbor.
Old French -albor.
▲
Latin -ālis
Old French -elbor.
▲
Latin -ālisbor.
Middle English -al
English -al
English reputational
From reputation + -al.
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Of or pertaining to reputation
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: The financial planning profession as a whole now faces an uphill battle to overcome the reputational damage caused by one large bad apple.
Translations:
dihydrochloride
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁
Proto-Indo-European *dwi-
Proto-Hellenic *dwi-
Ancient Greek δῐ- (dĭ-)bor.
Latin di-bor.
English di-
English hydrochloride
English dihydrochloride
From di- + hydrochloride.
Inflected forms:
form: dihydrochlorides
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Any hydrochloride formed by reaction with two molecules of hydrochloric acid
pos: noun
Translations:
politick
Part of speech: verb
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: Back-formation from politicking.
Inflected forms:
form: politicks
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: politicking
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: politicked
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: politicked
pos: verb
tags: past
form: politic
pos: verb
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: To engage in political activity.
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
examples: Every important figure in communist China, ranging from city mayors to the chief executives of state-owned enterprises, will gather and politick for the next five days—and then choose a President of China to succeed Hu Jintao in 2012.
Now, explicit politicking is banned by the academy, though writing to your friends is not. There is a way to politick subtly, though, and Summit, Hurt Locker’s distributor had been doing it just right, with its perfect publicists getting word out about the movie and “friends of the filmmakers” hosting a series of private parties.
Individuals can oppose one another full-force on subjects like Obamacare, or a border wall, or the best person to fill a Supreme Court vacancy, in concert with this project. They can politick and debate, protest and lobby, write Washington and picket Main Street.
Being Googley had a motto: “Don't politick. Use data.”
The Queen doesn’t moan. Her son does. The Queen doesn’t politick. He can’t help himself.
The next three years, including municipal elections in 2026, will be dominated, therefore, by politicking over the place of the far right.
Translations:
schlubby
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From schlub + -y; schlub is derived from Yiddish זשלאָב (zhlob), perhaps from Polish żłób (“manger, trough; furrow, large groove in the soil”).
Base: schlub
Affixes: -y
Inflected forms:
form: schlubbier
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: more schlubby
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: schlubbiest
pos: adj
tags: superlative
form: most schlubby
pos: adj
tags: superlative
form: shlubby
pos: adj
tags: alternative
form: zhlubby
pos: adj
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: Clumsy, oafish, or socially awkward; unattractive or unkempt.
pos: adj
tags: Jewish
New-York-City
informal
slang
examples: It's a wasted review copy, sending “schlubby” nonfiction to Eliot Fremont-Smith at New York magazine or a book by William Buckley to Rolling Stone […]
Except for Barry Diller eating steak and Diane Von Furstenberg picking at his frites, the room at the top is still empty at 9:30 p.m. On the ground floor, the chic and the schlubby are slowly rendering the bar invisible.
In fact, the Internet, for political if not commercial causes, turns out to be a way to efficiently reach people whose very engagement (even overengagement) separates them most from ordinary zhlubby citizens.
[P]ut on your schlubbiest clothes, dab on some pimple cream, and go to the grocery store. […] Don't start your days in the hole. Besides, you never know when the new Mr. Right will come along. …
Just thinking about ballet makes most people feel schlubbier and more sluglike when they shuffle out of their bedrooms in the morning or slide under the barstool at night.
Although [Seth] Rogen had his artistic breakthrough with “The 40-Year-Old Virgin” two years ago, he achieved mass appeal this year as a funny, lovable, shlubby every-guy who won the beautiful blonde.
Apple’s ads promote what you can do with an iPhone or iPod, or show the comedian John Hodgman as a schlubby PC guy being outfoxed by the actor Justin Long as hip Mac guy.
Translations:
pothos
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: From translingual Pothos, the genus name. The similarity to Ancient Greek Πόθος (Póthos), the name of one of Aphrodite's erotes who was said to carry a vine (from πόθος (póthos, “yearning, desire”)) is noted; however, other references give the origin as Sinhalese පෝටා වැල් (pōṭā wæl).
Inflected forms:
form: pothos
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: pothoses
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Any vine of species Epipremnum aureum, widely cultivated as a houseplant, once classified in the genus Pothos.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: Vines of golden pothos climb the steel support beams.
gloss: Any plant in the genus Pothos; a genus of plants consisting of subtropical and tropical, climbing, flowering vines, indigenous to the environs of the Indian Ocean and western Pacific Ocean.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
Derived words: golden pothos
Translations:
dispersity
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English disperse
Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂
Proto-Indo-European *-ts
Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts
Latin -itāsder.
Old French -itebor.
Middle English -ite
English -ity
English dispersity
From disperse + -ity.
Inflected forms:
form: dispersities
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The state of being dispersed, of being a dispersion.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
gloss: The extent to which something is dispersed.
pos: noun
tags: countable
Related words: dispersal
dispersedness
dispersing
dispersion
dispersivity
interspersion
Derived words: bidispersity
heterodispersity
monodispersity
Translations:
dissimilatory
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: more dissimilatory
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most dissimilatory
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: Of, pertaining to, or causing dissimilation
pos: adj
Translations:
dissipative
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: more dissipative
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most dissipative
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: That dissipates, or causes dissipation
pos: adj
Translations:
dolomitization
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: geography
geology
natural-sciences
Etymology: Etymology tree
English dolomite
English -ization
English dolomitization
From dolomite + -ization.
Inflected forms:
form: dolomitizations
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The conversion of a limestone rock into dolomite by replacement of calcium by magnesium.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
Translations:
dorsoventral
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English dorso-
English ventral
English dorsoventral
From dorso- + ventral.
Inflected forms:
form: more dorsoventral
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most dorsoventral
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: Of, pertaining to, or situated at the back and front of something.
pos: adj
gloss: Along an axis from back to front.
pos: adj
Derived words: dorsoventrally
Translations:
dorsoventrally
Part of speech: adv
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English dorsoventral
Middle English -ly
English -ly
English dorsoventrally
From dorsoventral + -ly.
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: In a dorsoventral manner; (in humans): from the back of the body to the front.
pos: adv
tags: not-comparable
examples: While most fish are laterally compressed, humans are dorsoventrally compressed.
Translations:
drillship
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: compound
Topics: nautical
transport
Etymology: From drill + ship.
Compound parts: drill
ship
Inflected forms:
form: drillships
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Any vessel fitted with drilling equipment
pos: noun
Translations:
electrodynamic
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
Etymology: Etymology tree
French électro-bor.
Ancient Greek ἤλεκτρον (ḗlektron)bor.
Latin ēlectrum
Latin electro-bor.
English electro-
Proto-Indo-European *dewh₂-der.
Proto-Hellenic *dunamai
Ancient Greek δῠ́νᾰμαι (dŭ́nămai)
Ancient Greek δύναμις (dúnamis)
Proto-Indo-European *-kos
Ancient Greek -κός (-kós)
Ancient Greek -ικός (-ikós)
Ancient Greek δυναμικός (dunamikós)lbor.
French dynamiqueder.
English dynamic
English electrodynamic
From electro- + dynamic.
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: that involves the movement of electric charges
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
Translations:
embedment
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English embed
Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥
Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥tom
Proto-Italic *-mentom
Latin -mentum
Old French -mentbor.
Middle English -ment
English -ment
English embedment
From embed + -ment.
Inflected forms:
form: embedments
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The act of embedding or the state of being embedded.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: An embedded structure, especially a steel structure, embedded in concrete that transmits external loads to it.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
Translations:
perfectionistic
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English perfectionist
Proto-Indo-European *-ikos
Proto-Italic *-ikos
Latin -icuslbor.
Old French -iquebor.
Middle English -ik
English -ic
English perfectionistic
From perfectionist + -ic.
Inflected forms:
form: more perfectionistic
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most perfectionistic
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: Perfectionist.
pos: adj
examples: perfectionistic parents
Translations:
endogeneity
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: endogeneities
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The state of being endogenous.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
gloss: The extent to which something is endogenous.
pos: noun
tags: countable
Antonyms: exogeneity
Derived words: endogeneity bias
Translations:
endplate
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: compound
Topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
Etymology: From end + plate.
Compound parts: end
plate
Inflected forms:
form: endplates
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A modified muscle fibre in the form of a flattened discoid at a neuromuscular junction.
pos: noun
Translations:
enthalpic
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English enthalpy
Proto-Indo-European *-ikos
Proto-Italic *-ikos
Latin -icuslbor.
Old French -iquebor.
Middle English -ik
English -ic
English enthalpic
From enthalpy + -ic.
Inflected forms:
form: more enthalpic
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most enthalpic
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: Of or pertaining to enthalpy
pos: adj
Translations:
attritional
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English attrition
Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.?
Proto-Italic *-ālis
Latin -ālisbor.
Old French -albor.
▲
Latin -ālis
Old French -elbor.
▲
Latin -ālisbor.
Middle English -al
English -al
English attritional
From attrition + -al.
Inflected forms:
form: more attritional
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most attritional
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: Of or pertaining to attrition.
pos: adj
examples: a prolonged attritional battle
attritional wear on a molar
After months of attritional, heavy-handed flirting […]
Sighted on Habitat 7, this unknown species has proven to be extremely dangerous. Their armor and equipment suggest a technologically advanced species capable of spaceflight, while their battle tactics indicate attritional warfare with a centralized command.
The drama of the finale was at odds with almost of all the match, which was an attritional affair on a tricky surface.
The first half was attritional, too congested for England’s liking. Tuchel has talked about bringing Premier League levels of intensity but that was in short supply.
Translations:
crossbench
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: government
politics
Etymology: Etymology tree
English cross-
English bench
English crossbench
From cross- + bench.
Inflected forms:
form: crossbenches
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The political parties and/or members of a legislature that do not form part of the governing party or coalition, nor the official opposition (the largest party or coalition not in government).
pos: noun
tags: Australian
New-Zealand
Translations:
gritstone
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: compound
Etymology: From grit + stone.
Compound parts: grit
stone
Inflected forms:
form: gritstones
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A form of sedimentary rock, similar to sandstone but coarser.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: So Tom went to go down; and first he went down three hundred feet of steep heather, mixed up with loose brown grindstone, as rough as a file […]
Adjacent to the roundhouse, but a little further north towards Curzon Street, are the surprising remains of the wagon turntables for the goods shed. Unusually, these are made out of solid gritstone so survive pretty much intact.
Translations:
docklands
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: compound
Etymology: From dock + lands.
Compound parts: dock
lands
Inflected forms:
form: docklands
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: An area of a town or city which contains, or used to contain, an industrial port.
pos: noun
Translations:
ungreased
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Not greased
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: His eyes were red-rimmed, his hair ungreased and ruffled, skin pale as a potato root.
Drop 1-1/2-inch spoonfuls of dough about 2 inches apart onto ungreased cookie sheets.
Translations:
lurcher
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From lurch + -er. See lurch (“to lurk, lie in wait”).
Base: lurch
Affixes: -er
Inflected forms:
form: lurchers
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: One who lurks or lies in wait; one who watches in order to rob or betray; a poacher.
pos: noun
tags: obsolete
gloss: A type of crossbreed dog ― a cross between a sighthound and any other breed or the offspring of such crosses.
pos: noun
examples: “Since we are both obsessed with our dogs” — Ms. Muir has a whippet; Ms. Osborne, a lurcher — “we thought we’d try pets,” she said.
gloss: A large nymphalid butterfly, Yoma sabina, of Australia and Asia.
pos: noun
Translations:
josh
Part of speech: noun
verb
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: Disputed origin, first attested in the mid-19th century. The earliest example is capitalized, therefore is likely derived from the proper name Joshua.
Inflected forms:
form: joshes
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: joshes
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: joshing
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: joshed
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: joshed
pos: verb
tags: past
Senses:
gloss: An instance of good-natured banter.
pos: noun
gloss: To tease someone in a kindly or friendly fashion.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: "My dear Polly. I welcome criticism, but this is mere——"
Lady Wetherby stroked his coat sleeve fondly.
"Never mind, Algie, I was only joshing you, precious.[…]"
gloss: To make or exchange good-natured jokes.
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
examples: We are old friends, did I not tell you? So I may, what you Americans call, josh with him.
“Cut that joshing out,” she said, coolly and briskly. “Who do you think you are talking to? Your check, please. Oh, Lordy!—”
Boris, it seems, is taking it in this spirit, joshing beneath his ever-redeeming barnet that Labour's opposition to military action in Syria is a fey stance that he, as GQ politician of the year, would never be guilty of.
Related words: rogan josh
Derived words: josher
joshingly
Translations:
iggy
Part of speech: verb
noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Diminutive ignore + -y.
Base: ignore
Affixes: -y
Inflected forms:
form: iggies
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: iggying
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: iggied
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: iggied
pos: verb
tags: past
form: iggies
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: To ignore (a user on a chat system, etc.).
pos: verb
tags: Internet
transitive
examples: […] sometimes they just really get under your skin but that is what they want to do. Just try to iggy them and you can always filter them out
i wrote somethin^([sic]) to jammer and another thing to ginger, 2 things to ginger, and a few other things and got completely iggied
and they were online cuz they replied to everybody.
I'm just here to tell you that iggying people who give you problems is rarely a way to personal growth.
gloss: The ignore function of such a chat system.
pos: noun
tags: Internet
examples: Sniper, I'm putting you on iggy until you stop posting all those song lyrics.
Translations:
renin
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
Etymology: From reno- + -in.
Base: reno
Inflected forms:
form: renins
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A circulating enzyme released by mammalian kidneys that converts angiotensinogen to angiotensin I. Due to its activity which ultimately leads to the formation of angiotensin II and aldosterone, this hormone plays a role in maintaining blood pressure.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
Translations:
hemangioma
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
Etymology: Internationalism, from hemo- + angioma.
Base: angioma
Affixes: hemo-
Inflected forms:
form: hemangiomas
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: hemangiomata
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: haemangioma
pos: noun
tags: alternative
UK
form: hæmangioma
pos: noun
tags: alternative
UK
Senses:
gloss: A usually benign vascular tumor derived from endothelial cells.
pos: noun
Translations:
mosser
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English moss
English -er
English mosser
From moss + -er.
Inflected forms:
form: mossers
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A person who gathers Irish moss, a type of seaweed.
pos: noun
examples: But a mosser with a strong back and a good pair of hands is able to rake in at least 400 pounds during the two hours before and after low tide. […] Moss gathered [by hand] yields a high price for food and drug purposes; […]
Translations:
rank-and-file
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Belonging or pertaining to the rank and file.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: The morale of the rank-and-file Highland railwaymen has remained remarkably high, in view of the extent to which the London press and many an English M.P. have already discarded their railways.
Rank-and-file progressives don’t usually think of the immigration policies they support—expanding refugee quotas, easing restrictions on some classes of immigrants, and ending family separation—as an endorsement of detention, deportation, and racialized terror.
Translations:
cardiomegaly
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English cardio-
English -megaly
English cardiomegaly
From cardio- + -megaly.
Inflected forms:
form: cardiomegalies
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: megalocardia
pos: noun
Translations:
vaccinator
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English vaccine
Proto-Indo-European *-h₂
Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂
Proto-Indo-European *-tós
Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos
Proto-Italic *-ātos
Latin -ātuslbor.
English -ate
English vaccinate
English -or
English vaccinator
From vaccinate + -or.
Inflected forms:
form: vaccinators
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A person or agent that administers vaccines.
pos: noun
examples: In all this part of the Archipelago the Dutch make very praiseworthy efforts to improve the condition of the aborigines by establishing schoolmasters in every village (who are mostly natives of Amboyna or Saparua, who have; been instructed by the resident missionaries), and by employing native vaccinators to prevent the ravages of smallpox.
In mid-2007, GPEI thought it had made significant headway; a "third party" had brokered an agreement with the Taliban to let polio vaccinators work unimpeded.
Translations:
trophozoite
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Hellenic *tʰrépʰō
Ancient Greek τρέφω (tréphō)
Ancient Greek -ᾱ (-ā)
Ancient Greek -η (-ē)
Ancient Greek τροφή (trophḗ)bor.
English tropho-
English -zoite
English trophozoite
From tropho- + -zoite.
Inflected forms:
form: trophozoites
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A protozoan in the feeding stage of its life cycle.
pos: noun
examples: Synchronized cultures of P. falciparum trophozoites were grown in human RBCs and incubated with increasing concentrations of purified human platelets.
Translations:
thrombopoietin
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From Ancient Greek θρόμβος (thrómbos, “lump, piece, blood clot, milk curd”) and ποιητής (poiētḗs, “creator, maker”) and -in.
Affixes: -in
Inflected forms:
form: thrombopoietins
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A protein produced by the liver and kidney, which regulates the production of platelets
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: The megakaryocyte growth and differentiation factor, C-mpl, is the receptor for thrombopoietin and is encoded by the Mpl gene.
Translations:
teardown
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: business
real-estate
Etymology: Etymology tree
English tear downdeverb.
English teardown
Deverbal from tear down.
Inflected forms:
form: teardowns
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A well-maintained structure purchased and torn down to make way for a new structure.
pos: noun
examples: The downtown redevelopment involved numerous teardowns.
Architect and clients also agreed that a teardown wasn’t an option.
gloss: The process of opening and disassembling a device to inspect, showcase, or refurbish its components.
pos: noun
examples: Every new shop manual that our team writes is based on a complete teardown.
Professional teardown reports often cost a few thousand dollars and include component photos, descriptions, comparison tables, and access to an online database of teardown data.
Related words: tearoff
tearout
demo
demolition
takedown
Translations:
dijon
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: French.
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Dijon mustard, a prepared mustard containing white wine in place of vinegar
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
examples: This is one of those dishes where you need to find a place in each bite for every flavour – intense jus, raw honey, dijon, blue cheese […].
gloss: A dark yellow
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
Translations:
arrestin
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
Etymology: Etymology tree
English arrest
Proto-Indo-European *-nós
Proto-Indo-European *-iHnos
Proto-Italic *-īnos
Latin -īnusder.
Old French -inbor.
Middle English -in
English -ineclip.
English -in
English arrestin
From arrest + -in.
Inflected forms:
form: arrestins
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Any of a group of proteins that regulate signal transduction within cells.
pos: noun
Translations:
baroclinic
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Describing an atmospheric system in which the isobars are at an angle to the isopycnals or isotherms, in which the density of the air depends upon the pressure and the temperature.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
Translations:
biostratigraphy
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: biology
geography
geology
natural-sciences
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *gʷeyh₃-der.
Ancient Greek βῐ́ος (bĭ́os)
Ancient Greek βῐο- (bĭo-)der.
English bio-
English stratigraphy
English biostratigraphy
From bio- + stratigraphy.
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: The study of the stratigraphic distribution of fossils.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
examples: It is these ordinary animals that have helped science cope with the problems of Deep Time […] and it is astonishing that the biostratigraphy based on them doesn’t merit a mention.
Translations:
moser
Part of speech: noun
verb
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: Borrowed from Hebrew מוֹסֵר (mosér)
Inflected forms:
form: mosers
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: moserim
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: mosrim
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: moiser
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: mosers
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: mosering
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: mosered
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: mosered
pos: verb
tags: past
Senses:
gloss: An informer; one who tells on another.
pos: noun
tags: Judaism
gloss: To inform or snitch on someone.
pos: verb
tags: Judaism
examples: Allegedly the Congregation had mosered [informed against him] that Papa's patriotism was doubtful, the journal was threatened with being closed down; well, now you know everything.
Translations:
claystone
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: compound
Topics: geography
geology
natural-sciences
Etymology: From clay + stone.
Compound parts: clay
stone
Inflected forms:
form: claystones
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Sedimentary rock composed of fine clay particles.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: One of the concretionary nodules in alluvial deposits.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
Translations:
illusionistic
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From illusionist + -ic or illusion + -istic.
Base: illusionist
Affixes: -ic
Inflected forms:
form: more illusionistic
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most illusionistic
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: Tending to create an illusion.
pos: adj
examples: Many have illusionistic carved stone frames, which make them seem like windows to the outdoors.
Translations:
crystallin
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
Etymology: Etymology tree
English crystal
English -in
English crystallin
From crystal + -in.
Inflected forms:
form: crystallins
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A globulin found in the lens of the eye.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
Translations:
cytoprotective
Part of speech: adj
noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: biology
natural-sciences
Etymology: Etymology tree
Ancient Greek κύτος (kútos)lbor.
English cyto-
Medieval Latin prōtēctīvusbor.
English protective
English cytoprotective
From cyto- + protective.
Inflected forms:
form: more cytoprotective
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most cytoprotective
pos: adj
tags: superlative
form: cytoprotectives
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: That provides cytoprotection
pos: adj
gloss: Any agent that provides cytoprotection
pos: noun
Translations: