yuanxin112/wiktionary-morph huggingface dataset:
uniparty
Part of speech: adj
noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: government
politics
Etymology: From uni- + party.
Base: party
Affixes: uni-
Inflected forms:
form: uniparties
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Having only one political party, especially where opposition parties are outlawed; one-party, monoparty.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: The approaches discussed are ( in shorthand ) the charismatic legitimation theory, the elite-mass gap theory, and the uniparty theory.
The command economy, well as other factors, fosters non-participatory political systems, and gives rise to uniparty situations.
Fourth, in order to consolidate uniparty systems, African party leaders have put forward a theoretical defense, a rationale, for the new type of polity.
gloss: Involving only one party (person or group).
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: This was primarily because of the uniparty dominance of the Congress party.
If a party has already decided that they would like to primarily engage at the agent level, particularly if they would like to change themselves as the target system, then they should consider uniparty processes.
gloss: A group of parties that operate as though they were a single party, having more or less identical ideologies.
pos: noun
tags: derogatory
examples: Trump will never be part of the uniparty because he may be the first American politician to successfully run against it as a foil.
While the power in the party still resided with those most compromised by the DC uniparty and who rarely challenged the ruling oligarchic elites, there were hints of a new America First Caucus being formed in the House that was committed to policies that challenged the bipartisan status quo.
But the moment they got the slightest traction with all the good ideas they had in tow, the uniparty swung into action. Neither Republicans nor Democrats dared allow anyone not willing to play by the new rules to win.
Derived words: unipartism
Translations:
jealous-like
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: more jealous-like
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most jealous-like
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: As though jealous.
pos: adj
Translations:
drop-knee
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: simple
Topics: climbing
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
surfing
Inflected forms:
form: dropknee
pos: adj
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: Performed with one foot and one knee on the board.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
gloss: Having the hip close to the wall and swinging the knee of the upper leg downward while rolling the torso from the hip.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
Translations:
drop-lock
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: simple
Topics: business
finance
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Having a floating interest rate until a certain market rate is reached, at which point the interest rate becomes fixed.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: a drop-lock bond
a drop-lock stock
Translations:
pump-prime
Part of speech: verb
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: pump-primes
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: pump-priming
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: pump-primed
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: pump-primed
pos: verb
tags: past
Senses:
gloss: Synonym of prime the pump (figurative senses)
pos: verb
Translations:
vaxxed
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: vaxed
pos: adj
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: Vaccinated.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
slang
Translations:
should-cost
Part of speech: noun
verb
Morphological type: simple
Topics: business
Inflected forms:
form: should-costs
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: should-costs
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: should-costing
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: should-costed
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: should-costed
pos: verb
tags: past
Senses:
gloss: The detailed analysis of a contractor's facilities by the potential purchaser, in order to determine an acceptable price that the purchaser will pay the contractor for goods or services.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
gloss: A price determined by this means.
pos: noun
tags: countable
gloss: To determine a cost in this manner.
pos: verb
Translations:
show-out
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: show-outs
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A surreptitious signal made by an informer to the police contact, indicating that it is safe to approach.
pos: noun
examples: On entering the venue, the detective had to avoid approaching or acknowledging whoever he was meeting. First, the detective had to wait for the 'show out'. This consisted of a brief nod, signalling that there was nobody around who might blow the informer's cover.
Translations:
anti-vaccine
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From anti- + vaccine.
Base: vaccine
Affixes: anti-
Inflected forms:
form: antivaccine
pos: adj
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: Opposing vaccines and vaccination.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: A new book defending vaccines, written by a doctor infuriated at the claim that they cause autism, is galvanizing a backlash against the antivaccine movement in the United States.
This tactic should not be surprising given that Robert F. Kennedy Jr. served as a producer on “Vaxxed II.” A recent study found Kennedy’s anti-vaccination organization, the World Mercury Project, was one of two groups responsible for 54 percent of anti-vaccine advertisements on Facebook.
The study, which mapped the vaccine conversation on Facebook during the 2019 measles outbreak, found that there were nearly three times as many active anti-vaccination communities as pro-vaccination communities. In addition, they found that while pro-vaccine pages tended to have more followers, anti-vaccine pages were faster-growing.
Donald Trump’s habit of projecting his own failings onto his adversaries reached a new level of absurdity on Labor Day, when he attacked the Democratic ticket of Joe Biden and Kamala Harris for “reckless anti-vaccine rhetoric” and accused them of a position that “undermines science.”
Translations:
pro-vaccine
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From pro- + vaccine.
Base: vaccine
Affixes: pro-
Inflected forms:
form: provaccine
pos: adj
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: Supporting vaccines and vaccination.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: The study also showed that the interventions did reinforce the decision of the parents who were already intending to vaccinate, that is, promoted resiliency among provaccine parents.³³
Pro-vaccine advertisements are more likely than anti-vaccine advertisements to be removed from Facebook, often because they fail to meet the requirements for “political” advertising. This probably occurs because pro-vaccine advertisers believe their messages convey scientific truth, rather than a political position.
The study, which mapped the vaccine conversation on Facebook during the 2019 measles outbreak, found that there were nearly three times as many active anti-vaccination communities as pro-vaccination communities. In addition, they found that while pro-vaccine pages tended to have more followers, anti-vaccine pages were faster-growing.
Translations:
pro-vaccination
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From pro- + vaccination.
Base: vaccination
Affixes: pro-
Inflected forms:
form: provaccination
pos: adj
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: Supporting vaccines and vaccination.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: We argued above that provaccination advocates would be more likely to use scientific studies and evidence of VPDs when compared to antivaccination advocates. While we did not assess the types of information sources people use for this issue, those with high levels of belief in vaccinations would at least be more open to the scientific literature on this topic.
The study, which mapped the vaccine conversation on Facebook during the 2019 measles outbreak, found that there were nearly three times as many active anti-vaccination communities as pro-vaccination communities. In addition, they found that while pro-vaccine pages tended to have more followers, anti-vaccine pages were faster-growing.
Translations:
mind-numbingly
Part of speech: adv
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From mind-numbing + -ly.
Affixes: mind-numbing
-ly
Inflected forms:
form: more mind-numbingly
pos: adv
tags: comparative
form: most mind-numbingly
pos: adv
tags: superlative
form: mindnumbingly
pos: adv
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: In a mind-numbing (boring) manner.
pos: adv
examples: mind-numbingly tedious work
gloss: In a manner that leaves one stunned and horrified.
pos: adv
examples: a mind-numbingly stupid take
Democracy is in disrepair, big business alternatingly rents, seeks, or foists cultural rot onto the complacent public, and education is mindnumbingly awash in psychological fads.
Related words: mindnumbing
Translations:
christiania
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: christianias
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Synonym of christie (“skiing turn”).
pos: noun
Translations:
anti-vaccinator
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From anti- + vaccinator.
Base: vaccinator
Affixes: anti-
Inflected forms:
form: anti-vaccinators
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: antivaccinator
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: An anti-vaccinationist.
pos: noun
examples: Of course, information is not knowledge or wisdom, and data can mislead. The Internet’s lack of filters or referees, while liberating, has helped birthers, truthers, antivaccinators and climate-change deniers increase their numbers.
Anti-vaccinators, members of the conspiracy group QAnon and right-wing pundits have instead seized on the video as evidence that one of the world’s richest men planned to use a pandemic to wrest control of the global health system.
Translations:
monke
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: From a shortened spelling or deliberate misspelling of monkey; gained new meaning after development as an Internet meme.
Inflected forms:
form: monkes
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A monkey or ape.
pos: noun
tags: Internet
countable
uncountable
gloss: A primitive way of living, humorously viewed as ideal.
pos: noun
tags: Internet
uncountable
examples: Return to monke.
Translations:
phone-out
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: broadcasting
media
Inflected forms:
form: phone-outs
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: An event in which a person is telephoned from the studio for an interview.
pos: noun
Translations:
self-administered
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From self- + administered.
Base: administered
Affixes: self-
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Performed, done, or administered without the help of a third party.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: Redding’s study asked four psychologists with expertise in anxiety and depressive disorders to rate each self-help book on five criteria: […] and the general usefulness of the book as a self-administered method for changing behavior or psychological change.
Translations:
mandrax
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Methaqualone, especially when used as a recreational drug.
pos: noun
tags: informal
uncountable
examples: Illegally produced mandrax can be found in various different shapes and colours.
Large quantities of bags filled with chemicals and powders used to manufacture mandrax and heroin were found inside one of the bedrooms in the luxury Ballito Bay estate in KZN .
Translations:
chromis
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: Borrowed from translingual Chromis.
Inflected forms:
form: chromis
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: chromises
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Any of the genus Chromis of damselfish.
pos: noun
Translations:
bird-headed
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Having a bird’s head, especially of a mythological figure.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: a bird-headed statue
The ithyphallic condition of the bird-headed man, associated as he is with a magical staff with a bird on top of it, can then be seen in a context in which precisely those images do have meaning.
gloss: Having a birth defect (Seckel syndrome) resulting in a head with a large nose, weakly developed chin, receding brow, and small cranial cavity.
pos: adj
tags: historical
not-comparable
Translations:
high-backed
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Of a chair, having a long back that reaches up to or beyond the head of a seated person.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: On one side of the room was a large coffer, whose carving was worn smooth and shining with time; and on the other was a cumbrous book-case, filled with large and silver-clasped tomes. The only other articles of furniture were a small table, and a heavy, high-backed chair, covered with black serge.
As I entered the room, the fire [...] flickering light through the wide-open door over the room, which was very deep, and furnished in the old style with high-backed Russia leather chairs, and one of those settees which were intended for farthingales and straight up-and-down positions.
Translations:
coffee-kettle
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: coffee-kettles
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A kettle or metal pot used to brew coffee.
pos: noun
examples: A middle-aged peasant woman of a very common and unintellectual appearance was busy blowing into a blaze some branches and sticks of wood under the coffee-kettle on the open hearth.
Translations:
dummy-proof
Part of speech: adj
verb
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From dummy + -proof.
Base: dummy
Affixes: -proof
Inflected forms:
form: more dummy-proof
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most dummy-proof
pos: adj
tags: superlative
form: dummyproof
pos: adj
tags: alternative
form: dummy-proofs
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: dummy-proofing
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: dummy-proofed
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: dummy-proofed
pos: verb
tags: past
form: dummyproof
pos: verb
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: Incapable of being misused even by the stupidest or most careless of users.
pos: adj
tags: humorous
informal
gloss: To render something dummy-proof.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: I dummy-proofed the operations.
Translations:
ten-ball
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: Ten colored balls are used, in addition to the cue ball.
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: A form of pool in which players must hit with the cue ball the object ball with the lowest numerical value, and must call the ball to be potted (which may or may not be the object ball initially struck). Any ball apart from the white may be legally potted; whichever player pots the ten ball wins the game (unless it is potted on the break, in which case it is spotted and play continues).
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
Translations:
soul-shaking
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: more soul-shaking
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most soul-shaking
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: Frightful; terrifying; extremely unsettling.
pos: adj
examples: Nor was this all, for with the flashes came a soul-shaking sound like that of thunder and of crashing trees.
Translations:
thunder-wheel
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: thunder-wheels
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: One of a set of supposed heavenly wheels that cause thunder when they roll.
pos: noun
tags: literary
examples: Nearer it came, and nearer yet, till it was close upon us, rolling down like all the thunder-wheels of heaven behind the horses of the lightning.
Translations:
bioblitz
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: biology
natural-sciences
Etymology: From bio- + blitz.
Base: blitz
Affixes: bio-
Inflected forms:
form: bioblitzes
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: An intense biological survey, often community-driven or involving citizen science, that attempts to record all the living species within a designated area.
pos: noun
Translations:
radio-active
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: more radio-active
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most radio-active
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: Dated spelling of radioactive.
pos: adj
examples: Radio-active baths are said to act favourably in a sexual direction. So too with arsenical springs, cold water treatment, and hydrotherapy.
Translations:
user-defined
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: simple
Topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Created or defined by the user of a system, rather than being included in the original package.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
Translations:
many-coloured
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From many + colour + -ed.
Base: many
Affixes: -ed
Inflected forms:
form: manycoloured
pos: adj
tags: alternative
form: manicoloured
pos: adj
tags: alternative
form: many-colored
pos: adj
tags: alternative
Canada
US
form: manycolored
pos: adj
tags: alternative
Canada
US
form: manicolored
pos: adj
tags: alternative
Canada
US
Senses:
gloss: Composed of a great number of different colours; multicoloured; variegated.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: In the hollow, a large mezerian bush gave life to the green expanse; the anemones opened their many-coloured petals to the sun; the tulips were just opening; and there seemed scarcely any need of greater variety, or of sweeter smells, than those which the hyacinths afforded.
On it came, and with it came the glorious blinding cloud of many-coloured light, and stood before us for a space, turning, as it seemed to us, slowly round and round, and then, accompanied by its attendant pomp of sound, passed away I know not whither.
Translations:
cross-step
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From cross- + step.
Base: step
Affixes: cross-
Inflected forms:
form: cross step
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: In dancing, gymnastics: a step in which one foot is crossed over another; or the action of taking such a step or steps.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
gloss: In surfing: a step or series of steps used to maintain trim on a longboard in which one foot is crossed over another
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
Translations:
clat
Part of speech: noun
verb
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: Compare Danish klat.
Inflected forms:
form: clats
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: clats
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: clatting
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: clatted
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: clatted
pos: verb
tags: past
Senses:
gloss: A clod of earth
pos: noun
gloss: irksome task
pos: noun
tags: UK
regional
gloss: To dirty
pos: verb
Translations:
storm-voice
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: storm-voices
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The tumultuous noise made by a storm.
pos: noun
tags: literary
examples: We lay there hour after hour in terror and misery of mind so deep that I will not attempt to describe it, and listened to the wild storm-voices of that Tartarus, as, set to the deep undertone of the spur opposite against which the wind hummed like some awful harp, they called to each other from precipice to precipice.
Translations:
car-sleeper
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: rail-transport
railways
transport
Inflected forms:
form: car-sleepers
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A sleeping car train which also includes vehicles for carrying passengers' motor cars.
pos: noun
tags: UK
examples: More fast trains between England and Scotland, and additional "car-sleeper" overnight services for motorists, are important features of British Railways summer timetables, which come into operation on June 17. In all, 98 long-distance trains will be speeded-up to save 10-75 min. and many will make non-stop runs at an average speed of 60 m.p.h. or more.
The Car-Sleeper is a British Railways ingenuity that has caught the Continental fancy. The convenience of the car for the short-distance journey is undeniable—but not so its comfort and relaxation for the long haul. The Car-Sleeper doesn't attempt to challenge the car's attractions for the start of the journey or its usefulness at destination; but it relieves driver and passengers of the strain of a gruelling long-distance drive, [...].
Translations:
Berocca
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: A brand name.
Inflected forms:
form: Beroccas
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A vitamin-rich effervescent drink tablet, or a fruity drink made by dissolving one or more of these tablets in water, used for its supposed health effects or as a folk remedy for hangover or tiredness.
pos: noun
examples: The wake-up call came, right on time, a simple electronic message saying, "This is your wake-up call." A quick shower, a Berocca, and I was out the door. Brian and I went to the solicitors' office and ran over the case again.
He is holding a glass with a Berocca in it. The song fades under.
Steadying herself at the kitchen sink , she fizzed a Berocca and washed down a couple of paracodeine for good measure, hoping she wouldn't throw up the lot in the next few minutes.
So I thaw a piece of frozen cheesecake for dinner — one of the advantages of living alone — then fizz a Berocca in a tall glass to make up for it. I'll have to explain myself to Bev when she comes tomorrow.
I've had six Beroccas and it's only just gone ten on a Monday morning and I'm buzzing like a bee on heat—if there is such a thing. I've got to decide what I'm wearing for the New York trip. Okay, it's in a week's time so why am I sweating now?
She emerges looking quite tired and with two Beroccas in her hand. She sees I'm awake and she signals me to come over. She pours us each a glass of water, but the Beroccas both go in hers.
“The hangover is going to hit after I take a nap, I can already feel it.” “Take two aspirin and drink two whole glasses of water before you sleep,” Tina said. “That's the American remedy. I'll give you a Berocca before you sleep—that's the British […]
Translations:
Beretta
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: engineering
firearms
government
military
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
politics
tools
war
weaponry
Inflected forms:
form: Berettas
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A firearm (especially a handgun) made by the Beretta company.
pos: noun
examples: The officer fired his Beretta at the protesters.
The gun turned out to be an empty, dirty Beretta nine millimeter.
Translations:
sing-in
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From sing + -in, modeled after sit-in.
Base: sing
Affixes: -in
Inflected forms:
form: sing-ins
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A peaceful protest where people sing, often to obstruct the normal course of an event.
pos: noun
examples: Although they're more fragmentary, the protest moments involving song still have Stamp excited: from ongoing sing-ins at courthouses to resist home foreclosures, to the night when Occupy was evicted from Zuccotti Park in November, when dozens of arrested activists sang "Stand By Me" and "With a Little Help From My Friends" in the halls of central booking.
Translations:
read-aloud
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: read-alouds
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: An event at which children gather to listen to a story being read aloud.
pos: noun
Translations:
Lacandon
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: Lacandons
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: Lacandon
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A member of a Maya people living in the jungles of the Mexican state of Chiapas, near the southern border with Guatemala.
pos: noun
Translations:
Minang
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: Minangs
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: Minang
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Synonym of Minangkabau (“member of West Sumatran ethnic group”).
pos: noun
Translations:
four-letter
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: Figurative use modelled on four-letter word.
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see four-letter: containing four letters.
pos: adj
gloss: Consisting of or characterised by swear words and profanity.
pos: adj
examples: a four-letter reply, a four-letter insult, a four-letter tirade
Translations:
wooden-headed
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: more wooden-headed
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most wooden-headed
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: stupid; mentally dull
pos: adj
Translations:
carbon-free
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From carbon + -free.
Base: carbon
Affixes: -free
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Not containing carbon.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
gloss: Not producing any carbon compounds such as carbon dioxide that might contribute to pollution, including to the atmosphere.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: The two LTO battery packs provide 400kW (536hp) extra power to supplement the engine when the locomotive is running in diesel/battery hybrid mode, as well as last-mile carbon-free shunting operation.
Translations:
bancorporation
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: compound
Etymology: Blend of bank + corporation.
Compound parts: bank
corporation
Inflected forms:
form: bancorporations
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A bank holding company.
pos: noun
examples: While we have seen some group banks fail, several of the present bancorporations have shown statements that indicate a high degree of liquidity.
Translations:
Sticky
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: So called because they sold adhesive lilies to commemorate the Easter Rising.
Inflected forms:
form: Stickies
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A member of the Official Irish Republican Army.
pos: noun
tags: slang
Translations:
self-partnered
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From self- + partnered.
Base: partnered
Affixes: self-
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: single (not involved in a romantic relationship)
pos: adj
tags: neologism
not-comparable
Translations:
post-WIMP
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: computing
engineering
graphical-user-interface
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
Etymology: From post- + WIMP.
Base: WIMP
Affixes: post-
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Belonging to user interface designs that move away from the traditional windows, icons, menus and pointer in an attempt to find something better.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
Translations:
half-long
Part of speech: adj
noun
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: half-longs
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Between a short vowel and a long vowel in length.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: In French most vowels are half-long, and are only occasionally lengthened or shortened into full longs and shorts.
gloss: A vowel that is between a short vowel and a long vowel in length.
pos: noun
Translations:
vo-tech
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: vo-techs
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A high school offering vocational and technical training.
pos: noun
tags: Canada
US
Translations:
sin-binning
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: hobbies
lifestyle
sports
Inflected forms:
form: sin-binnings
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The act of being sent to the sin bin, for illegal play
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
usually
examples: Finn Russell and Owen Farrell kicked two penalties apiece but it was the Scotland stand-off who ruled the roost - despite a ten-minute sin-binning for an attempted trip on England scrum-half Ben Youngs.
Translations:
back-rower
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: ball-games
games
hobbies
lifestyle
rugby
sports
Inflected forms:
form: back-rowers
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A player who plays in the back row of the scrum.
pos: noun
examples: With 17 minutes remaining, Townsend opted to freshen up his pack, bringing on props Oli Kebble and WP Nel and back-rower Gary Graham.
Translations:
well-qualified
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Having the necessary qualifications or expertise for a particular vocation or task.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: Although intelligent and well-qualified, Najla was put at a significant disadvantage compared with many of her peers by the need to combine her degree studies in architecture with a series of low-paid, part-time jobs.
Translations:
walk-alone
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: Deverbal from walk alone.
Inflected forms:
form: walk-alones
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A prison inmate who is kept apart from the other prisoners for their own safety.
pos: noun
tags: US
Translations:
semi-dreadnought
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From semi- + dreadnought.
Base: dreadnought
Affixes: semi-
Inflected forms:
form: semi-dreadnoughts
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: semidreadnought
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: A type of advanced pre-dreadnought battleship from the very early 20th century, carrying a main armament composed entirely of big guns of different calibers (typically having four guns of the largest caliber, plus a larger number of smaller big guns). It was superior to earlier pre-dreadnoughts, but still not as powerful as the dreadnought introduced in 1906.
pos: noun
Translations:
epilobium
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: epilobiums
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Any plant of the genus Epilobium.
pos: noun
Translations:
Pinhead
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: So called because they sold pin-on lilies to commemorate the Easter Rising.
Inflected forms:
form: Pinheads
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A member of the Provisional IRA.
pos: noun
tags: derogatory
slang
Translations:
rhema
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: Christianity
Etymology: From Ancient Greek ῥῆμα (rhêma).
Inflected forms:
form: rhemas
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: rhemata
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A spiritual communication or inspiration from God to an individual, as opposed to the universal Logos.
pos: noun
Translations:
wake-on-LAN
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: A networking standard that allows a computer to be turned on or awakened by a network message.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
Translations:
backwards-compatibly
Part of speech: adv
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: more backwards-compatibly
pos: adv
tags: comparative
form: most backwards-compatibly
pos: adv
tags: superlative
form: backwards compatibly
pos: adv
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: In a backward compatible manner.
pos: adv
Translations:
wakeman
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From wake + -man.
Base: wake
Affixes: -man
Inflected forms:
form: wakemen
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A watchman
pos: noun
tags: archaic
gloss: A man employed to preside over a nightly curfew in the city of Ripon, England.
pos: noun
tags: UK
historical
Translations:
watchout
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: firefighting
government
Etymology: Deverbal from watch out.
Inflected forms:
form: watchouts
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A lookout; a person who stands guard watching for something.
pos: noun
examples: Half of the beggars observed appeared to have watchouts and, similar to those on the Strand, on some pitches two watchouts operated looking out for police coming from different directions.
gloss: Any potentially hazardous condition or situation that may make a fire more dangerous.
pos: noun
examples: A change in wind direction is a watchout.
Being uninformed on firefighting strategy and tactics is a watchout.
Translations:
turf-roof
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: turf-roofs
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: turf roof
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: A roof of a building covered over with turf.
pos: noun
examples: He thought it was too far to take the cow to the field where she generally grazed, so it struck him he would put her on the roof; the cottage had a turf-roof, and there was a splendid crop of grass growing there.
Translations:
turf-roofed
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Of a building, having a turf-roof.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: Straight before him was a field of barley with ears so large and full that he had never seen their like, and through this field a narrow path led up to a green turf-roofed hut at the other end of the cornfield.
Translations:
fishing-smack
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: fishing-smacks
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A type of sailing vessel, commonly rigged fore and aft and having a hold for the catch.
pos: noun
examples: The farmer on Udröst owns his fishing-smack just like any other farmer in the north; sometimes the fishermen see it under full sails, and steering right down upon them, but just as they expect to be run down, it disappears.
ON a Monday morning two missionaries came down to the beach of a little harbor on the Hokchiang coast and boarded a fishing-smack to go over to the Island of the Southern Sun.
Translations:
cutty-pipe
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: cutty-pipes
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A short pipe for smoking tobacco.
pos: noun
examples: Outside the hut sat a little old man on a wooden stool, smoking a cutty-pipe.
Translations:
Gronk
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: rail-transport
railways
transport
Inflected forms:
form: Gronks
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A British Rail Class 09 locomotive.
pos: noun
tags: UK
Translations:
plaquenil
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: The antimalarial drug hydroxychloroquine
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
Translations:
well-publicised
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: well-publicized
pos: adj
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: Given a great amount of publicity.
pos: adj
tags: UK
not-comparable
examples: A great deal has already been reported of the well-publicised inaugural trips each way of the six-hour "Flying Scotsman".
Fenny Compton featured in the recent TV docudrama Mr Bates vs The Post Office. It was where the first meeting of postmasters took place in 2009, organised by sub-postmaster Alan Bates to begin mounting a fight for justice in the now well-publicised Post Office scandal.
Translations:
near-fall
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: compound
Topics: government
hobbies
lifestyle
martial-arts
military
politics
sports
war
wrestling
Etymology: From near + fall.
Compound parts: near
fall
Inflected forms:
form: near-falls
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A wrestling maneuver where shoulders are pinned to the mat for between one and two seconds. Alternatively a two second approach of shoulders to within two inches of the mat also counts for scoring.
pos: noun
Translations:
Queequeg
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: Queequegs
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A person, fictional character, or other foil who literally or symbolically fulfills one or more of the roles Queequeg played in Moby-Dick such as the noble savage, Entwicklungsroman guru or exemplar, or racially-inflected spear carrier role.
pos: noun
examples: This type of programme envisaged might do something towards combating the 'Queequeg Syndrome', which is an induced psychiatric illness, due to the patient being treated as abnormal. The cause is similar to that of institutional neurosis, but it affects patients outside hospital and is due to the attitudes of family, general practitioner, community workers and society. The patient is now expected to be more normal than normal.
After that I was regarded as comic. I became a ‘coconut’—someone brown on the outside, white on the inside. I was the bleached academic—more white than the anglo professors. In my classes several students glared at me, clearly seeing in me the person they feared ever becoming. Who was I, after all, but some comic Queequeg, holding close to my breast a reliquary containing the white powder of a dead European civilization?
For Ishmael, unparented and self-abhoring, accession requires that he find, then lose himself in a Queequeg, preparatory to finding, then losing himself in an Ahab, both of whom he will, at the end of the adventure, kill.
Translations:
adowa
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: A traditional dance of the Akan people of Ghana, with hand movements accompanied by drumming.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
Translations:
space-filling
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: simple
Topics: geometry
mathematics
sciences
Inflected forms:
form: spacefilling
pos: adj
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: That fills a closed (typically 2-dimensional or 3-dimensional) space.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
Translations:
Shri
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: From Sanskrit श्री (śrī), possibly through a modern Indian language. Compare Bengali শ্রী (sri), Gujarati શ્રી (śrī), Tamil ஶ்ரீ (śrī), Hindi, Nepali, and Marathi श्री (śrī), Malayalam ശ്രീ (śrī).
Inflected forms:
form: Sri
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: Shree
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: Sh.
pos: noun
tags: alternative
abbreviation
form: Sh
pos: noun
tags: alternative
abbreviation
Senses:
gloss: A title of respect used before male names, Mr.
pos: noun
tags: India
examples: The master craftsman received a National Award from the then president of India Shri APJ Abdul Kalam.
gloss: An honorific title prefixed to the names of deities, holy persons, holy books or sacred places.
pos: noun
tags: India
examples: Shri Rama
Shri Guru Granth Sahib
Translations:
bee-brained
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: more bee-brained
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most bee-brained
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: Extremely stupid.
pos: adj
tags: derogatory
informal
Translations:
flat-spot
Part of speech: verb
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: flat-spots
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: flat-spotting
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: flat-spotted
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: flat-spotted
pos: verb
tags: past
Senses:
gloss: To cause a flat spot on (a vehicle tyre), usually by locking the wheels under heaving braking.
pos: verb
examples: Hamilton locked up at turn three and flat-spotted his right front tyre.
Translations:
Get
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: Gets
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A member of the Getae.
pos: noun
Translations:
carding-comb
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: carding-combs
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A specialised comb with a flat surface covered by serried ranks of fine teeth used to disentangle the fibres of wool prior to spinning.
pos: noun
examples: The other woman took a pair of carding-combs and began to card, but she had no wool upon them.
Translations:
codman
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: nautical
transport
Etymology: From cod + -man.
Base: cod
Affixes: -man
Inflected forms:
form: codmen
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A fishing boat that fishes for cod; a fisherman on such a boat
pos: noun
Translations:
jack-hare
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: jack-hares
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A male hare.
pos: noun
examples: 'Are there any hares about here?' I asked. 'Well, there are some left to be sure,' answered the peasant; 'on the Sukkestad-moor there is an old jack-hare, which many a hound and sportsman have been after, but he is not so easily killed, it appears.'
Translations:
alastor
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: biology
entomology
natural-sciences
Etymology: From Ancient Greek ἀλάστωρ (alástōr).
Inflected forms:
form: alastors
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: An avenging spirit or deity, variously associated with the Erinyes, Nemesis, and more.
pos: noun
examples: Dog, leave thy snarling, or I'll cut thy tongue out !
Thou unlick'd bear, dar'st thou yet stand my fury,
My generous rage? yet? By the sulphureous damps
That feed the hungry and incessant darkness,
Which curls around the grim Alastor's back,
Mutter again, and with one powerful word,
I'll call an host up from the Stygian lakes,
Shall waft thee to the Acherontick fens;
Where, choak'd with mists as black as thy impostures,
gloss: In more recent ages, a term of rebuke for a pestilent rascal.
pos: noun
examples: 1852 James Orton: "Excelsior" or "The Realms of Poesie by Alastor". Private publication printed by William Pickering, London
James Orton's choice of "Alastor" seems to have been an ironic pen name, suggesting a presumptuous voice.
gloss: A genus of hunting wasp
pos: noun
examples: Alastor eriurgus. . . A very common "mason wasp" in the neighbourhood of Sydney; very plentiful in February and March.
They are subject to the attacks of cuckoo wasps and other parasitic Hymenoptera; in one nest I found a small Bracon larva beside the young Alastor, which it soon devoured, and then spun an elongate white silken cocoon, out of which it emerged ten days after; . . . I have bred out several specimens. These inquilines are placed in the Alastor nest while the builders are out hunting for caterpillars, their active mothers being on the watch to crawl in and deposit the eggs in the owner's absence.
Translations:
self-produced
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Produced by itself or oneself.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: The musician's self-produced album became a surprise hit.
Translations:
sieger
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From siege + -er.
Base: siege
Affixes: -er
Inflected forms:
form: siegers
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A besieger.
pos: noun
Translations:
bare-bellied
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: more bare-bellied
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most bare-bellied
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: Having the belly unclothed.
pos: adj
gloss: Of a sheep, having little or no wool on its belly, therefore requiring less time to shear.
pos: adj
tags: Australia
Translations:
lang: German
word: barbäuchig
sky-born
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Originating in the sky or heavens.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
poetic
examples: Purer than the mountain dew, whiter than sky-born flakes be the atmosphere of education. The sentiment and the language of instruction should be such that no blot or stain can touch the soul of the pupil.
Translations:
porty
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From port + -y.
Base: port
Affixes: -y
Inflected forms:
form: more porty
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most porty
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: Resembling or characteristic of port wine.
pos: adj
examples: Sweet, superconcentrated and high-toned, with a porty flavor of kirsch. This boasts huge material but rather extreme ripeness; tastes as much like dry port as wine.
Translations:
Rashtrapati
Part of speech: noun
adj
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: Transliteration of Hindi राष्ट्रपति (rāṣṭrapti).
Inflected forms:
form: Rashtrapatis
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: President of India
pos: noun
tags: India
gloss: [of the] President of India
pos: adj
tags: India
not-comparable
examples: Rashtrapati Bhavan
Translations:
glyceria
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: From the genus name.
Inflected forms:
form: glycerias
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Any member of the genus Glyceria of mannagrasses.
pos: noun
Translations:
snag-boat
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: snag-boats
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A type of riverboat that has a crane or hoist mounted on the deck to help clear away obstacles in the river.
pos: noun
Translations:
shari
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: From Japanese 舎利 (shari).
Inflected forms:
form: sharis
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: shari
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Dead wood on the main trunk of a bonsai tree.
pos: noun
gloss: Rice for use in sushi that is often vinegared; sushi rice.
pos: noun
Translations:
quasi-alliance
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From quasi- + alliance.
Base: alliance
Affixes: quasi-
Inflected forms:
form: quasi-alliances
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: a security arrangement that is not based on a formal defense pact, but on tacit agreements
pos: noun
Translations:
meat-eater
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: Introduced by the Knapp Commission in the 1970s.
Inflected forms:
form: meat-eaters
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A corrupt police officer who actively seeks out opportunities to receive bribes.
pos: noun
tags: slang
Translations:
tender-first
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: simple
Topics: rail-transport
railways
transport
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Of a steam locomotive with a tender (a tender locomotive), when it is operating in reverse, with the tender leading.
pos: adj
tags: adverbial
also
not-comparable
examples: In spite of their small size and low weight, many technical developments which have proved themselves in main-line service have been incorporated, and a novelty in the 2-6-0-type is a tender cab to improve the conditions of tender-first running.
For the first time known in over 10 years, a Stanier Pacific travelled the Windermere branch on June 23, when 46255 (12A) was seen at Aikrigg on an early afternoon local; it had to return tender-first as the Windermere turntable could not accommodate it.
Translations:
a-back
Part of speech: prep
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: behind, at the back
pos: prep
examples: Aw seed him aback o’th’ edge.
Translations:
open-road
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Of or relating to travelling on the open road.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: They improved on their UFOV test and undertook fewer dangerous maneuvers in an open-road driving evaluation.
Translations:
brough
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: A metathetic form of burgh (“mound, settlement”) employed in a special sense; thus a doublet of it, borough, Brough, burr (“halo, brough”), burrow, and Bury. For the semantic development, compare German Hof (“brough, halo, nimb”).
Inflected forms:
form: broughs
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: bruff
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: A halo or luminous disk or ring seen around the sun or moon, and in folklore considered to portend a rainstorm.
pos: noun
examples: […] about the moon , called a brough, stormy weather is looked for within twenty-four hours; hence it is said, "a far off brough and a near hand storm." If small floating white clouds appear, which are called cat hair, rain is[…]
The corona or brough occurs when the sun or moon is seen through a thin cirro-stratus cloud, the portion of the cloud more immediately around the sun or moon appearing much lighter than the rest.
The County Antrim farmers say that bad weather may be expected whenever the new moon appears "on her back, with the new moon in her arms, and a brough round her," meaning by this the appearance[…]
Swainson, in his Weather Folklore, quotes: About the moon there is a brough, The weather will be cauld and rough.
... broughs which appeared around the moon […]
Translations: