yuanxin112/wiktionary-morph huggingface dataset:
reconceptualization
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-
Proto-Indo-European *ḱe?
Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm
Proto-Italic *kom
Proto-Italic *kom-
Latin con-
Proto-Indo-European *kap-
Proto-Indo-European *-yéti
Proto-Indo-European *kapyéti
Proto-Italic *kapjō
Old Latin kapiō
Latin capiō
▲
Ancient Greek σῠλλᾰμβᾰ́νω (sŭllămbắnō)calq.
Latin concipiō
Proto-Indo-European *-tus
Proto-Italic *-tus
Latin -tus
Latin conceptus
Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.?
Proto-Italic *-ālis
Latin -ālis
Medieval Latin conceptuālisbor.
English conceptual
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 conceptualize
English reconceptualize
Proto-Indo-European *-tis
Proto-Indo-European *-Hō
Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō
Proto-Italic *-tiō
Latin -tiō
Latin -ātiōlbor.
Old French -ationbor.
Middle English -acioun
English -ation
English reconceptualization
From reconceptualize + -ation.
Inflected forms:
form: reconceptualizations
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: reconceptualisation
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: The act or process of reconceptualizing, of developing a new concept for something
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: Hmm. All this reconceptualization, and scoring and even sound effects: sounds like filmmaking to me.
Translations:
micromachined
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *mey-der.?
Ancient Greek μικρός (mikrós)der.
English micro-
English machined
English micromachined
From micro- + machined.
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: machined using a micromachine
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
Translations:
recoupling
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: recouplings
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The act or process by which something is recoupled.
pos: noun
Translations:
waterhen
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: compound
Etymology: From water + hen. Compare Saterland Frisian Woaterhanne, German Low German Waterhenne. Compare also Dutch waterhoen, German Wasserhuhn.
Compound parts: water
hen
Inflected forms:
form: waterhens
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A species of bird in the genus Amaurornis of the family Rallidae.
pos: noun
gloss: Synonym of turbo chook.
pos: noun
Derived words: white-breasted waterhen
Amaurornis phoenicurus
Translations:
odontoblast
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From odonto- + -blast.
Base: odonto
Inflected forms:
form: odontoblasts
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A cell on the outer surface of dental pulp that produces tooth dentin.
pos: noun
Translations:
overbank
Part of speech: adj
verb
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: geography
geology
natural-sciences
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *úp
Proto-Indo-European *-er
Proto-Indo-European *upér
Proto-Germanic *uber
Old English ofer-
Middle English over-
English over-
English bank
English overbank
From over- + bank.
Inflected forms:
form: overbanks
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: overbanking
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: overbanked
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: overbanked
pos: verb
tags: past
Senses:
gloss: Describing sediments deposited on a floodplain from suspensions in floodwaters
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
gloss: To bank excessively
pos: verb
Translations:
bessa
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: bessas
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: bessa
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A former copper coin of Ethiopia.
pos: noun
tags: historical
Translations:
chieftaincy
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From chieftain + -cy. Piecewise doublet of captaincy.
Base: chieftain
Affixes: -cy
Inflected forms:
form: chieftaincies
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The position or period of rule of a chief.
pos: noun
examples: At first Matenge had hated his brother because he felt the chieftaincy should be his, and this hatred drove him to overreach himself until he was discovered in a plot to assassinate his brother.
The two principles that governed my life at Mqhekezweni were chieftaincy and the Church.
gloss: The area or population ruled by a chief.
pos: noun
examples: And it does not help that the lowermost part of Broadway was originally laid out as a footpath by the people of the Wickquasgeck chieftaincy, long before Europeans arrived.
Translations:
teakwood
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: compound
Etymology: From teak + wood.
Compound parts: teak
wood
Inflected forms:
form: teakwoods
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Wood of a teak tree.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: In addition to stained-glass windows and a graceful chandelier over the grand staircase, the boat was festooned with elegant teakwood handrails that encircle the decks, red mahogany that graces the walls in common areas, and rare Siamese ironwood floors.
gloss: An item of craftsmanship made from teak.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: A wooded area with many teak trees.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
Related words: teaky
Translations:
gallinule
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: From French gallinule, from Latin gallinula.
Inflected forms:
form: gallinules
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A bird of one of several species in the genera Porphyrio and Gallinula of the family Rallidae.
pos: noun
Translations:
striatal
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: biology
natural-sciences
Etymology: From striate + -al, from Latin striatum, past participle of strio (“to groove”).
Base: striate
Affixes: -al
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Pertaining to the corpus striatum.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: The availability of dopamine can lead to the translocation of dopamine D1 receptors from the cytosol to the plasma membrane ( 22 ), and down-regulation of striatal dopamine D2 receptors has been shown to occur after 7 days of motor training in developing rats ( 23 ).
Translations:
stockholding
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: compound
Topics: business
finance
Etymology: From stock + holding.
Compound parts: stock
holding
Inflected forms:
form: stockholdings
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: An ownership interest in one or more companies' stock.
pos: noun
examples: And as he awaits his official retirement next month, Mr. Prince can rest assured that he will leave with $68 million, including his salary and accumulated stockholdings; a $1.7 million pension; an office, car and driver for up to five years all in addition to the bonus.
Translations:
suspensory
Part of speech: adj
noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: anatomy
hobbies
lifestyle
medicine
sciences
sports
Etymology: Etymology tree
English suspense
English -ory
English suspensory
From suspense + -ory.
Inflected forms:
form: more suspensory
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most suspensory
pos: adj
tags: superlative
form: suspensories
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Held in suspension.
pos: adj
gloss: Holding in suspension.
pos: adj
gloss: Suspensive.
pos: adj
gloss: Doubtful.
pos: adj
gloss: Something that suspends.
pos: noun
examples: […] Rubijon, also on the comeback trail after a flexor tendon and suspensory injury.
gloss: Something that suspends.
pos: noun
gloss: Something that suspends.
pos: noun
Translations:
sippy
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English sip
English -y
English sippy
From sip + -y.
Inflected forms:
form: sippies
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A little sip; less than a serving of some particular drink
pos: noun
tags: informal
examples: Would you like a little water, Sue? SUE. Well, perhaps a sippy. (SUE squirts some water into a paper cup.)
By going to the canteen as soon as it opened some people hoped to cadge money, or one or more cans, or at least a 'sippy'.
Translations:
sigmoidal
Part of speech: adj
noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: mathematics
sciences
statistics
Etymology: Etymology tree
Ancient Greek σῖγμᾰ (sîgmă)
Ancient Greek -ο- (-o-)
Proto-Indo-European *weyd-
Proto-Indo-European *-os
Proto-Indo-European *wéydos
Proto-Hellenic *wéidos
Ancient Greek εἶδος (eîdos)
Proto-Indo-European *-os
Proto-Indo-European *-ēs
Ancient Greek -ης (-ēs)
Ancient Greek -ειδής (-eidḗs)
Ancient Greek σῑγμοειδής (sīgmoeidḗs)bor.
English sigmoid
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 sigmoidal
From sigmoid + -al.
Inflected forms:
form: more sigmoidal
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most sigmoidal
pos: adj
tags: superlative
form: sigmoidals
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: sigmoid; S-shaped.
pos: adj
gloss: Characterized by a sigmoid curve or function
pos: adj
examples: The requirement […] typically results in a sigmoidal dependence on [ATP] 38 —the hallmark of binding cooperativity.
gloss: A sigmoidal function or curve
pos: noun
Related words: sigmoidality
Derived words: asigmoidal
nonsigmoidal
retrosigmoidal
sigmoidally
subsigmoidal
Translations:
showrunner
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: compound
Topics: broadcasting
media
television
Etymology: From show + runner.
Compound parts: show
runner
Inflected forms:
form: showrunners
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The person in overall charge of the production of a television series.
pos: noun
examples: Those so-called showrunners, the thousand or so people who share both writing and managerial duties on television shows, have already been squeezed by conflicting demands from guild leaders and company employers.
The person at the apex of the production triangle is the showrunner: in short, the boss.
Translations:
sheepherding
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: compound
Etymology: From sheep + herding.
Compound parts: sheep
herding
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: The activity of herding sheep
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
examples: Events taking place at C. B. Smith Park in Pembroke Pines include performances by 15 Australian musical acts, demonstrations of sheepherding, […].
Translations:
subtheme
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *upó
Proto-Italic *supo
Latin sub
Latin sub-der.
English sub-
English theme
English subtheme
From sub- + theme.
Inflected forms:
form: subthemes
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: sub-theme
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: A specific theme within a larger theme.
pos: noun
examples: […] grouped by subtheme, they are easier to skim than the 12 sites that fill the entire first page of Google’s search results.
Translations:
supercenter
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *úp
Proto-Indo-European *-er
Proto-Indo-European *upér
Proto-Italic *super
Latin super
Latin super-lbor.
English super-
Proto-Indo-European *ḱent-der.
Ancient Greek κέντρον (kéntron)der.
Latin centrumder.
Middle French centrebor.
Middle English center
English center
English supercenter
From super- + center.
Inflected forms:
form: supercenters
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: supercentre
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: A big box, especially one that is even larger than normal.
pos: noun
examples: Shoppers at supercenters are usually between the ages of 25 and 49, and more likely to live in the South or Midwest than on either coast.
Translations:
supersport
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *úp
Proto-Indo-European *-er
Proto-Indo-European *upér
Proto-Italic *super
Latin super
Latin super-lbor.
English super-
English sport
English supersport
From super- + sport.
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Of or pertaining to a class of superbike having a four-stroke engine of between 400 and 600cc for four-cylinder machines, or between 600 and 750cc for twins
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: But the challenge is only whetting the Australian's appetite as he graduates from 600cc world supersport ranks.
Translations:
malacological
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Of, or pertaining to, malacology.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
Translations:
paxillin
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
Inflected forms:
form: paxillins
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A signal transduction adaptor protein
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
Translations:
ecchi
Part of speech: adj
noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: fiction
literature
media
publishing
Etymology: From Japanese エッチ (etchi, “dirty; perverted”), which is derived from English aitch (“name of the letter ⟨H⟩”), which is an initialism of the romaji of Japanese 変(へん)態(たい) (hentai, “pervert”).
エッチ (etchi) is not a genre in Japanese; this is a development in English (Pseudo-Japonism), similar to that of hentai from 変(へん)態(たい) (hentai, “pervert”) above.
Inflected forms:
form: more ecchi
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most ecchi
pos: adj
tags: superlative
form: etchi
pos: adj
tags: alternative
form: ecchi
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: etchi
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: Of animation, erotic, lascivious, lewd, naughty, sexy, suggestive.
pos: adj
tags: Japanese
gloss: A genre, especially of anime and manga, featuring playful, tongue-in-cheek usage of sexualized scenes and situations such as double entendre or flirtation, while remaining non-pornographic. Often used to differentiate from hentai which features overt sexual themes.
pos: noun
tags: Japanese
uncountable
examples: The manga fan was disturbingly proud of his extensive ecchi collection.
gloss: A situation within a story, especially anime and manga, which ventures into the ecchi genre.
pos: noun
tags: Japanese
countable
rare
examples: There was a moment of ecchi for comic relief in the otherwise serious story.
Related words: hentai
Translations:
definability
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English define
Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr
Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom
Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlis
Proto-Italic *-ðlis
Latin -bilis
Latin -ābilis
Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂
Proto-Indo-European *-ts
Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts
Proto-Italic *-tāts
Latin -tās
Latin -abilitas
Middle French -abletébor.
Middle English -ablete
English -ability
English definability
From define + -ability.
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: The quality of being definable.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
Antonyms: indefinability
undefinability
Translations:
phosphoribosyltransferase
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: compound
Topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
Etymology: From phosphoribosyl + transferase.
Compound parts: phosphoribosyl
transferase
Inflected forms:
form: phosphoribosyltransferases
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: An enzyme that transfers a phosphoribosyl group from a donor molecule like phosphoribosyl pyrophosphate to an acceptor molecule, typically a purine or pyrimidine base. This process is important for the salvage pathways in nucleotide metabolism, helping cells recycle bases to create nucleotides.
pos: noun
Translations:
complication
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: hobbies
horology
lifestyle
medicine
sciences
Etymology: Borrowed from Middle French complication, from Latin complicatio, complicationem. Morphologically complicate + -ion.
Base: complicate
Affixes: -ion
Inflected forms:
form: complications
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The act or process of complicating.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: The state of being complicated; intricate or confused relation of parts; complexity.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: A person who doesn't fit in with the main scheme of things; an interloper.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: A disease or diseases, or adventitious circumstances or conditions, coexistent with and modifying a primary disease, but not necessarily connected with it.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: A feature beyond basic time display in a timepiece.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: Obsessed, he was after a watch that contained the greatest number of complications in the boldest combinations in the smallest space imaginable.
In their final year, each student must make their own watch with a complication—from a tourbillon to a chiming mode to having a date display.
gloss: A twisting or intertwining.
pos: noun
tags: countable
obsolete
uncountable
examples: the snaky complication in the Caduceus or rod of Hermes.
Synonyms: complication
entanglement
intricacy
snarl
wheel within a wheel
Related words: thing
complex
complexity
complicate
Derived words: decomplication
overcomplication
uncomplication
Translations:
roza
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: From Hindi रौज़ा (rauzā, “garden; mausoleum”)/Urdu روضہ (rauza), from Classical Persian روضه (rawza), from Arabic روضة (rawḍa, “garden; meadow”).
Inflected forms:
form: rozas
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A garden, especially one at a mausoleum.
pos: noun
tags: India
historical
Translations:
single-spaced
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: simple
Topics: media
publishing
typography
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Formatted without leaving a full blank line between each line of text.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
Translations:
squonk
Part of speech: verb
noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: Onomatopoeic; compare squawk, honk.
Inflected forms:
form: squonks
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: squonking
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: squonked
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: squonked
pos: verb
tags: past
form: squonks
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: To produce a raucous noise like a squawk or honk.
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
gloss: A raucous noise like a squawk or honk.
pos: noun
Translations:
thick-knee
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: From thick + knee.
Inflected forms:
form: thick-knees
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Any of several species of large terrestrial birds in the stone-curlew family Burhinidae.
pos: noun
Translations:
odontologist
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English odontology
Proto-Indo-European *-id-
Proto-Indo-European *-yéti
Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti
Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō
Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)
Proto-Hellenic *-tās
Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs)
Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor.
Latin -istader.
Old French -istebor.
Middle English -ist
English -ist
English odontologist
From odontology + -ist.
Inflected forms:
form: odontologists
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A specialist in odontology.
pos: noun
examples: “If you say that this bite fits this person and nobody else in the world, and if you use the bite mark as the only piece of physical evidence linking an attacker to his victim, that’s not science — that’s junk,” said Dr. Richard Souviron, chief forensic odontologist at the Miami-Dade Medical Examiner’s Office.
Translations:
knowability
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English know
Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom
Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlis
Proto-Italic *-ðlis
Latin -bilis
Latin -ābilis
Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂
Proto-Indo-European *-ts
Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts
Proto-Italic *-tāts
Latin -tās
Latin -abilitas
Middle French -abletébor.
Middle English -ablete
English -ability
English knowability
From know + -ability.
Inflected forms:
form: knowabilities
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The quality or state of being knowable.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: Accordingly, with respect to their knowability or opinability, Socrates makes no distinction among the sensibles between natural things and artifacts (510a5–6); both are relegated to the realm of opinion. Hence, there is no Socratic-Platonic biology.
Antonyms: unknowability
Translations:
unknowability
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *né
Proto-Indo-European *n̥-
Proto-Germanic *un-
Proto-West Germanic *un-
Old English un-
Middle English un-
English un-
English knowability
English unknowability
From un- + knowability.
Inflected forms:
form: unknowabilities
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The quality or state of being unknowable.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: At the end of her book we feel we know these couples as intimately as if we were part of their circle, but the ultimate nature of each relationship is left inviolate in its unknowability.
Antonyms: knowability
Translations:
CASEVAC
Part of speech: noun
verb
Morphological type: compound
Topics: government
military
politics
war
Etymology: Blend of casualty + evacuation; compare MEDEVAC.
Compound parts: casualty
evacuation
Inflected forms:
form: CASEVACs
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: casevac
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: CASEVACs
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: CASEVACing
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: CASEVAC'd
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: CASEVAC'd
pos: verb
tags: past
form: casevac
pos: verb
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: The emergency patient evacuation of injured people (civilians or soldiers) from a combat zone.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: 2001, Kent B. Pandolf, R. E. Burr, Medical Aspects of Harsh Environments, Volume 2, Office of the Surgeon General (US), page 1156,
Rehearsal of representative CASEVACs is invaluable in refining both operating techniques with the CASEVAC assets and coordination with the receiving MTF.
2011, Robby Carpenter, Shawn Carpenter, Ramiro Bujeiro, Force on Force: Modern Wargaming Rules, Ambush Alley Games, Osprey Publishing, page 53,
If a force has CASEVAC assets available (medevac choppers, ambulances, an on-table aid station, etc.), then a unit may hand off its Casualties (and the associated penalties) by moving into contact with the CASEVAC asset.
gloss: To perform the emergency evacuation of (an injured person) from a combat zone.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: Sadly, two days later we are back at the hospital again, initially to casevac a patient down to a fixed wing aircraft at the airfield. […] It has been decided to casevac him to Andrew Fleming hospital in Salisbury.
Translations:
posttreatment
Part of speech: adj
noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *pós
Proto-Indo-European *-ti
Proto-Indo-European *pósti
Proto-Italic *posti
Old Latin poste
Latin post
English post-
English treatment
English posttreatment
From post- + treatment.
Inflected forms:
form: post-treatment
pos: adj
tags: alternative
form: posttreatments
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: post-treatment
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: Following treatment.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
gloss: A treatment carried out after some earlier process.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
Translations:
postorbital
Part of speech: adj
noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *pós
Proto-Indo-European *-ti
Proto-Indo-European *pósti
Proto-Italic *posti
Old Latin poste
Latin post
English post-
English orbital
English postorbital
From post- + orbital.
Inflected forms:
form: post-orbital
pos: adj
tags: alternative
form: postorbitals
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: post-orbital
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: Behind the orbit of the eye.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: the postorbital scales of some fishes and reptiles
gloss: A postorbital bone or scale.
pos: noun
Translations:
potentiator
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: biology
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
Inflected forms:
form: potentiators
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A reagent that enhances sensitization of an antigen.
pos: noun
gloss: A drug that enhances the response to another.
pos: noun
gloss: A flavour enhancer.
pos: noun
Derived words: immunopotentiator
Translations:
precessional
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English precession
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 precessional
From precession + -al.
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Of or pertaining to precession.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
Translations:
woodshop
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: compound
Etymology: From wood + shop.
Compound parts: wood
shop
Inflected forms:
form: woodshops
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A woodworking workshop.
pos: noun
examples: Mrs Kelsey got her way, but not entirely. Curtis remained home – in his woodshop in the basement.
gloss: A vocational course or class in woodworking.
pos: noun
examples: When he visited, Mr. Jaye learned that New Jersey ’s vocational schools have evolved from their woodshop roots into powerhouse math and science magnets that rival the elite schools like Stuyvesant and routinely send graduates to the Ivy League.
Translations:
presenilin
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
Etymology: From presenile + -in, since they were first identified in screens for mutations causing early onset forms of familial Alzheimer's disease.
Base: presenile
Affixes: -in
Inflected forms:
form: presenilins
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Any of a class of transmembrane proteins
pos: noun
Translations:
incarnational
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English incarnation
Proto-Italic *-ālis
Latin -ālisbor.
Old French -albor.
▲
Latin -ālis
Old French -elbor.
▲
Latin -ālisbor.
Middle English -al
English -al
English incarnational
From incarnation + -al.
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Pertaining to incarnation, particularly the incarnation of Jesus Christ.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
Translations:
timbering
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English timber
English -ing
English timbering
From timber + -ing.
Inflected forms:
form: timberings
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Any structure, partial structure, or other item made from timber.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: The timbering and centring used for the construction of the main arch were exceptionally massive, and were acclaimed as masterpieces of joinery in contemporary reports on the progress of the work.
Translations:
half-timbering
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: architecture
Inflected forms:
form: half-timberings
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A method of construction using heavy timber beams, usually joined by tenon and mortice joints pegged together. The spaces between the posts and beams is infilled with material such as wattle and daub, bricks or stones.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
Translations:
half-timbered
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: architecture
Etymology: From half- (prefix meaning ‘half, partial; not complete’) + timbered.
Base: timbered
Affixes: half-
Inflected forms:
form: halftimbered
pos: adj
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: Of a building: constructed using a load-bearing timber frame with the spaces (panels) between the timbers filled with bricks, stone, or wattle and daub, etc. (the infill), especially if the timber frame is visible on the outside of the building.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: Having ideally supposed that the County Town must be superior to all others in point of beauty and extent, we were disappointed to find it a small place, consisting of about a hundred half-timbered houses forming a miserable street.
The construction here described, is exactly similar to that followed in the old half timbered houses of England.
Some of the streets are very narrow, with old half timbered houses on each side; Crown-street is a specimen of the early style of its street architecture.
The Tullivers had lived on this spot for generations, and he had sat listening on a low stool on winter evenings while his father talked of the old half-timbered mill that had been there before the last great floods which damaged it so that his grandfather pulled it down and built the new one.
The old houses, however, were left until the great fire of 1666 swept them away: it was these charming half-timbered dwellings which afforded the chief fuel for that huge bonfire.
Modeled upon a style popular in England in the middle of the seventeenth century, the many-gabled, half-timbered house still stands, testimony to the skill of its builder.
This half-timbered building is the birthplace of William Shakespeare. In this house, he and his brothers and sisters were born and raised.
We pass Much and Little Marcle, and Dymock, all ancient sounding and through the waking up heart of the half-timbered market town of Ledbury, dating to the Doomsday Book.
Translations:
pronk
Part of speech: verb
noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: From Afrikaans pronk (“to show off, strut, or prance”), from Dutch pronken (“to show off, be flamboyant”). See also prank.
Inflected forms:
form: pronks
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: pronking
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: pronked
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: pronked
pos: verb
tags: past
form: prong
pos: verb
tags: alternative
form: pronks
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: prong
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: To jump with all four limbs at once.
pos: verb
examples: Like stotting, pronking is a signal of medium excitation and is performed more often by fawns than by adults (1, 16).
Why do Springbok pronk? Pronking is the jumping up in the air they are famous for. Various theories exist, equating pronking to fitness displays. Most of the pronking is done by young animals and […]
gloss: A gait or a leap in which all four legs are used to push off the ground at once.
pos: noun
Translations:
Khitan
Part of speech: noun
adj
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: Reconstruction of Khitan 𘱿𘲫 (*qid ún, small script) or 𘱿𘱤 (*qid i, small script) under influence from Middle Chinese 契丹 (MC khejH|khj+t|khet tan).
Doublet of Cathay. Compare Russian Кита́й (Kitáj, “China”) and the various forms of Cathay (“legendary northern medieval China”) in European languages.
Inflected forms:
form: Khitans
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: Khitan
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: Kitai
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: Khitai
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: Kitan
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: K'itan
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: Kitai
pos: adj
tags: alternative
form: Khitai
pos: adj
tags: alternative
form: Kitan
pos: adj
tags: alternative
form: K'itan
pos: adj
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: A member of the Mongolic people who ruled Manchuria, then northern China as the Liao, then Central Asia as the Qara Khitais, from the 9th to 13th century C.E.
pos: noun
tags: historical
gloss: Of or pertaining to the Khitan people, language or scripts.
pos: adj
tags: historical
not-comparable
Translations:
phenelzine
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: compound
Topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
Etymology: Blend of phene(thy)l + hydrazine.
Compound parts: phenylethyl
hydrazine
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: A synthetic compound used as a monoamine oxidase inhibitor.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
examples: She had a history of depression and was taking phenelzine, an antidepressant.
Translations:
proapoptotic
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English pro-
English apoptotic
English proapoptotic
From pro- + apoptotic.
Inflected forms:
form: more proapoptotic
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most proapoptotic
pos: adj
tags: superlative
form: pro-apoptotic
pos: adj
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: That leads to apoptosis
pos: adj
Translations:
procollagen
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
Etymology: Etymology tree
English pro-
English collagen
English procollagen
From pro- + collagen.
Inflected forms:
form: procollagens
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The precursor of collagen; it is formed in fibroblasts and converted to collagen by a peptidase.
pos: noun
Translations:
probenecid
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: chemistry
medicine
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
pharmacology
physical-sciences
sciences
Etymology: Etymology tree
English (di)pro(pyl)
English ben(zoic a)cid
English probenecid
From (di)pro(pyl) + ben(zoic a)cid.
Inflected forms:
form: probenecids
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A synthetic sulfur-containing compound which promotes increased excretion of uric acid and is used to treat gout.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
Translations:
hyperuricemia
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From hyper- + uric + -emia.
Base: hyper
Inflected forms:
form: hyperuricemias
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: hyperuricaemia
pos: noun
tags: alternative
UK
Senses:
gloss: An abnormally high level of uric acid in one's blood.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
usually
examples: One victim, who asked to be nameless, was perplexed by his fate, given his fairly temperate habits, until he read that hyperuricemia had been found in a small number of patients (less than 2 percent) in clinical trials of Viagra, approved for erectile dysfunction in 1998 but also used off-book as a recreational drug for sexual enhancement.
Translations:
professoriate
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: Alteration of professorate, after either patriciate, etc., or professorial.
Inflected forms:
form: professoriates
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: professorate
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: professoriat
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: Professors considered as a group or body.
pos: noun
examples: A satirical work, published in 1721, speaks of the chairs which were allowed to exist as habitually filled by persons utterly incompetent; and though we cannot tell how far to believe its details, something of the kind must be supposed to have taken place in order to account for the discredit into which the Professoriate fell, and from which it can scarcely be said to have recovered.
[…] at that moment the whole professoriate was absorbed in one of those great educational crises which from time to time shake a university to its base.
Technological Change and Professional Control in the Professoriate.
Did these interactions, taken as a whole, reinforce Kennedy’s willingness to reach liberal outcomes in a series of high-profile cases? No less a judge of character than his colleague Scalia thought so, hinting in writing that Kennedy’s leftward bent came from a desire to please the professoriate.
gloss: The office of a professor.
pos: noun
tags: dated
examples: 1899, George Francis FitzGerald, Lord Kelvin: Professor of Natural Philosophy in the University of Glasgow, 1846-1899, Glasgow: James MacLehose and Sons, Biographical Sketch, p. 6,
A generation that has been reared on the ideas involved in the conservation of energy can hardly understand the position of science when Lord Kelvin began his professoriate.
Translations:
prograde
Part of speech: adj
verb
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: astronomy
geography
geology
natural-sciences
Etymology: Etymology tree
English pro-
English -grade
English prograde
From pro- (“forward”) + -grade (“direction”).
Inflected forms:
form: more prograde
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most prograde
pos: adj
tags: superlative
form: progrades
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: prograding
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: prograded
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: prograded
pos: verb
tags: past
Senses:
gloss: Moving in a forward direction, especially with respect to other bodies in the same system.
pos: adj
gloss: Being a metamorphic change resulting from a higher pressure or temperature.
pos: adj
gloss: Of sediment, to build out seawards in conditions of marine regression.
pos: verb
examples: In some localities the bank margins of several cycles are stacked above each other^([sic]), in other places they backstep or prograde relative to each other.
Antonyms: retrograde
Translations:
spycam
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: compound
Etymology: From spy + cam.
Compound parts: spy
cam
Inflected forms:
form: spycams
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A camera, especially a webcam, used for covert surveillance.
pos: noun
examples: TV news executives think twice now before authorizing these spycam stories...
Transmitting images with a spycam requires a lot of power, and the small size of the cameras means their batteries have a short lifespan.
If they were so curious, they could've just snuck in a spycam.
Translations:
bronchiectasis
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: medicine
sciences
Etymology: Etymology tree
English bronchi-
Ancient Greek ἔκτασις (éktasis)bor.
English ectasis
English bronchiectasis
From bronchi- + ectasis.
Inflected forms:
form: bronchiectases
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Abnormal permanent dilation of the bronchial tubes.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
Translations:
baroque
Part of speech: adj
noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: Via French baroque (which originally meant a pearl of irregular shape), from Portuguese barroco (“irregular pearl”); related to Spanish barrueco and Italian barocco, of uncertain ultimate origin, but possibly from Latin verrūca (“wart”). It has been suggested that the term derives from Baroco, a technical term from scholastic logic.
Inflected forms:
form: baroquer
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: baroquest
pos: adj
tags: superlative
form: baroques
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Ornate, intricate, decorated, laden with detail.
pos: adj
gloss: Complex and beautiful, despite an outward irregularity.
pos: adj
gloss: Chiseled from stone, or shaped from wood, in a garish, crooked, twisted, or slanted sort of way, grotesque.
pos: adj
gloss: Embellished with figures and forms such that every level of relief gives way to more details and contrasts.
pos: adj
gloss: Characteristic of Western art and music of the Early Modern period.
pos: adj
tags: capitalized
sometimes
examples: According to baroque.org, characteristics of baroque music include loud and soft dynamics, emphasis on harmony, and the use of string instruments and the harpsichord.
gloss: Overly and needlessly complicated.
pos: adj
tags: figuratively
examples: grotesquely baroque bureaucratic hassles
baroque bookkeeping in pursuit of tax dodges
gloss: An ornate, detailed style.
pos: noun
examples: […] has semi-circular arches similar to those in Bourges, but pierced by unusual and irregular openings, and ringed with amusing portrait heads such as would not be found in the great Gothic Baroques of France.
Derived words: barococo
baroquely
baroqueness
baroque organ
baroque pearl
baroque piety
baroque pitch
baroque pop
baroque rock
baroquey
baroquism
earthquake baroque
neo-baroque
unbaroque
Translations:
clafoutis
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from French clafoutis.
Inflected forms:
form: clafoutis
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: clafouti
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: A French dessert made by baking fresh fruit (traditionally cherries) with a batter.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: My clafoutis are not very sweet, and I enjoy them for breakfast as well as for dessert.
Translations:
steelmaking
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: compound
Etymology: From steel + making.
Compound parts: steel
making
Inflected forms:
form: steel-making
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: The manufacture of steel.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
examples: The principal raw material in steelmaking is iron ore.
Iron ore producers are facing the first price fall for annual contracts in seven years as demand weakens for steelmaking inputs.
We look forward to putting our commitments into action to make American steelmaking and manufacturing great again.”
Translations:
starlike
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: geometry
mathematics
sciences
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *h₂eHs-
Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr
Proto-Indo-European *h₂stḗr
Proto-Germanic *sternǭ
Proto-West Germanic *sternō
Proto-West Germanic *sterrō
Old English steorra
Middle English sterre
English star
Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der.
Proto-Germanic *līkąder.
Proto-Germanic *-līkaz
Proto-West Germanic *-līk
Old English -līċ
Middle English -like
English -like
English starlike
From star + -like.
Inflected forms:
form: more starlike
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most starlike
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: Resembling a star.
pos: adj
examples: Pluto's starlike appearance in the telescope was an early clue that it was not the large Planet X astronomers had hoped for.
For example, long projections emerged from the cells and floated before they retracted, creating a starlike pattern.
gloss: Resembling or characteristic of a celebrity or leading actor.
pos: adj
gloss: Convex; having the property that any line segment joining any mapped point to a specified point in the domain lies entirely in the domain.
pos: adj
examples: the growth theorem for holomorphic starlike mappings
Derived words: starlikeness
unstarlike
Translations:
buttonless
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English button
Proto-Indo-European *lewh₁-
Proto-Indo-European *lewHs-der.
Proto-Germanic *leusaną
Proto-Germanic *lausaz
Proto-Germanic *-lausaz
Proto-West Germanic *-laus
Old English -lēas
Middle English -les
English -less
English buttonless
From button + -less.
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Without buttons.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: Or an armless corner chair with slightly flared backs, buttonless tufts and an attached flat cushion?
Translations:
succinctness
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English succinct
Proto-Germanic *-inōną
Proto-Indo-European *-dyé-
Proto-Germanic *-atjaną
Proto-Indo-European *-tus
Proto-Germanic *-þuz
Proto-Germanic *-assuz
Proto-Germanic *-inassuz
Proto-West Germanic *-nassī
Old English -nes
Middle English -nesse
English -ness
English succinctness
From succinct + -ness.
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: The property of being succinct, conciseness.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
Antonyms: circumlocution
verbiage
verbosity
wordiness
wordage
Translations:
battleline
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: compound
Etymology: From battle + line.
Compound parts: battle
line
Inflected forms:
form: battlelines
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: battle-line
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: line of battle
pos: noun
gloss: The area in which one concentrates one's resources on a struggle
pos: noun
Translations:
bylined
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Having a byline.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
Translations:
kitemark
Part of speech: noun
verb
Morphological type: compound
Etymology: From kite + mark.
Compound parts: kite
mark
Inflected forms:
form: kitemarks
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: kitemarks
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: kitemarking
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: kitemarked
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: kitemarked
pos: verb
tags: past
Senses:
gloss: A certification symbol placed on products by the British Standards Institute, based on the letters B, S, and V.
pos: noun
tags: UK
gloss: Any similar certification or, in colloquial terms, as a benchmark intended to indicate safety or good quality.
pos: noun
tags: broadly
gloss: To approve or certify by awarding the kitemark.
pos: verb
tags: UK
transitive
Translations:
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 風箏標誌 /风筝标志
roman: fēngzhēngbiāozhì
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 英國標準局檢驗標記 /英国标准局检验标记
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 英国标准局检验标志
roman: yīngguóbiāozhǔnjújiǎnyànbiāozhì
lang: Japanese
word: 英国規格協会検査証
redownload
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 down-
English load
English download
English redownload
From re- + download.
Inflected forms:
form: redownloads
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: redownloading
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: redownloaded
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: redownloaded
pos: verb
tags: past
form: redownloads
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: To download again.
pos: verb
gloss: A second or subsequent download.
pos: noun
examples: The problem for e-marketing is that the use of DRM in its most restrictive manner limits the value and use of purchased goods (maximum numbers of reinstalls, limited numbers of redownloads of the software).
Translations:
reupload
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 upload
English reupload
From re- + upload.
Inflected forms:
form: reuploads
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: reuploading
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: reuploaded
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: reuploaded
pos: verb
tags: past
form: re-upload
pos: verb
tags: alternative
form: reuploads
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: re-upload
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: To upload again.
pos: verb
gloss: A second or subsequent upload.
pos: noun
examples: Both of my reuploads failed.
Derived words: re-up
reup
Translations:
pre-apprenticeship
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *per-
Proto-Indo-European *preh₂-
Proto-Indo-European *-i
Proto-Indo-European *préh₂i?
Proto-Italic *prai
Proto-Italic *prai-
Latin prae-lbor.
Middle English pre-
English pre-
English apprenticeship
English pre-apprenticeship
From pre- + apprenticeship.
Inflected forms:
form: pre-apprenticeships
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A course of study taken before the start of an apprenticeship
pos: noun
Translations:
speedskater
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: compound
Etymology: From speed + skater.
Compound parts: speed
skater
Inflected forms:
form: speedskaters
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: An athlete who specializes in speedskating
pos: noun
examples: I was a speedskater.
Translations:
aristo
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: Clipping of aristocrat.
Inflected forms:
form: aristos
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: An aristocrat.
pos: noun
tags: informal
examples: This is a beautiful world of enlightened aristos, the kind of people who know not only wine but Italian art and, to a great extent, themselves.
gloss: A wealthy man, especially married, who has sexual affairs with much younger women and spends money on them.
pos: noun
tags: Nigeria
slang
Translations:
assistive
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd
Proto-Italic *ad
Proto-Italic *ad-
Latin ad-
Proto-Indo-European *steh₂-
Proto-Indo-European *stísteh₂ti
Proto-Italic *sistō
Latin sistō
Latin assistō
Old French assisterbor.
Middle English assisten
English assist
Proto-Indo-European *-wós
Proto-Indo-European *-iHwósder.
Latin -īvus
Old French -ifbor.
Middle English -yf
English -ive
English assistive
From assist + -ive.
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Providing or designed to provide assistance, especially to persons with a disability
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: “The use of an assistive device should not only be considered in solely biomechanical terms,” the I.P.C. said in a statement.
Translations: