yuanxin112/wiktionary-morph huggingface dataset:
borescope
Part of speech: noun
verb
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *bʰerH-der.
Proto-Germanic *burōną
Proto-West Germanic *borōn
Old English borian
Middle English boren
English bore
Proto-Indo-European *speḱ-
Proto-Indo-European *-yeti
Proto-Indo-European *spéḱyeti
Proto-Hellenic *sképťomai
Ancient Greek σκέπτομαι (sképtomai)
Proto-Indo-European *-ós
Proto-Hellenic *-ós
▲
Ancient Greek -ος (-os)influ.
Ancient Greek -ός (-ós)
Ancient Greek σκοπός (skopós)
Proto-Indo-European *-eti
Proto-Indo-European *-eyéti
Proto-Indo-European *-esyéti
Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁ti
Proto-Indo-European *-yeti
Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁yeti
Proto-Indo-European *-yeti
Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti
Ancient Greek -έω (-éō)
Ancient Greek σκοπέω (skopéō)der.
English -scope
English borescope
From bore + -scope.
Inflected forms:
form: borescopes
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: boroscope
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: borescopes
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: borescoping
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: borescoped
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: borescoped
pos: verb
tags: past
form: boroscope
pos: verb
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: An optical instrument used for seeing inside tight spaces, consisting of a rigid or flexible tube with an optical relay inside so that the view through a lens or window at one end of the tube may be seen from a lens or eyepiece in the opposite end of the tube.
pos: noun
gloss: To see inside or examine (something) using a borescope.
pos: verb
examples: Maintenance borescoped the jet engine to check for damaged turbine blades.
Translations:
pompom
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: Alteration of pompon, from French pompon (“ornamental tuft”); of unknown origin, perhaps related to Old French pomp.
Inflected forms:
form: pompoms
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: pom pom
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: pom-pom
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: pompon
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: pompoon
pos: noun
tags: alternative
obsolete
Senses:
gloss: A ball made of pieces of soft fabric, tinsel, plastic, or paper streamers, tied together in the middle and left loose at the ends, used as decoration or as a showy prop for cheerleading.
pos: noun
Translations:
pom-pom
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: government
military
politics
war
Etymology: Imitative.
Inflected forms:
form: pom-poms
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A rapid-firing small-calibre cannon used especially as an anti-aircraft gun.
pos: noun
Translations:
hit-or-miss
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: more hit-
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: -miss
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most hit-
pos: adj
tags: superlative
form: -miss
pos: adj
tags: superlative
form: hit-and-miss
pos: adj
tags: alternative
form: hit or miss
pos: adj
tags: alternative
form: hit and miss
pos: adj
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: Inconsistent, unpredictable, erratic; sometimes succeeding and sometimes failing with no apparent pattern.
pos: adj
tags: US
idiomatic
informal
examples: On the contrary, these cones are made up of materials of all sizes mixed together in the most hit or miss fashion.
Translations:
homegrown
Part of speech: adj
noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English home
English grown
English homegrown
From home + grown.
Inflected forms:
form: home-grown
pos: adj
tags: alternative
form: homegrowns
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: home-grown
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: Raised or cultivated at home, on one's own land, or in one's own country; domestic; indigenous.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: Each spring they planted a garden and each summer they enjoyed homegrown vegetables.
gloss: Produced or coming from one's own country or a particular place; local; native; self-produced.
pos: adj
tags: broadly
not-comparable
examples: The young politician is a homegrown talent we are all proud of here.
One had never stepped in a rowing boat until 2008, the other will return to serve in the Royal Artillery in September. But Glover and Stanning will now go down in the record books as the first homegrown gold medallists of the London 2012 Olympics.
As historian Paul Hanebrink writes, the far-right in Europe could not accept that the success of the 1917 Russian Revolution represented genuine homegrown support for leftist politics, so communism had to be explained as part of "a Jewish plot to overthrow civilization and impose foreign rule on the nations of Europe."
gloss: Someone or something which originated locally.
pos: noun
examples: Union head coach Jim Curtin, a lifelong Philadelphian, has made it clear that signing homegrowns will be a priority for him moving forward.
gloss: A native citizen of a country, especially a criminal, who has an ethnic, cultural and/or religious background that is different from the country’s historical majority, and is therefore perceived as foreign despite formal citizenship.
pos: noun
tags: broadly
derogatory
Related words: homespun
Translations:
higher-up
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: higher-ups
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Somebody with greater authority, seniority, rank, status or position; one who outranks.
pos: noun
examples: It's a great plan, but we'll have to get approval from the higher-ups to proceed.
Translations:
maiko
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese 舞妓 (maiko, literally “dancing child”).
Inflected forms:
form: maikos
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: maiko
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: An apprentice geisha.
pos: noun
examples: It is our pleasure to introduce a new maiko.
Translations:
ecchymosis
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: From New Latin ecchymōsis, from Ancient Greek ἐκχύμωσις (ekkhúmōsis), from ἐκχέω (ekkhéō, “I pour out”), from ἐκ- (ek-, “out”) + χέω (khéō, “I pour”).
Inflected forms:
form: ecchymoses
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A skin discoloration caused by bleeding underneath the skin, especially one that is remote from a site of trauma or caused by a non-traumatic process (such as neoplasia).
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: A diseased condition of the skin has often been mistaken for stigmatic marks. Such, for instance, is ecchymosis, a discoloration of the skin due to the extravasation of subcutaneous blood.
Translations:
harpsichordist
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English harpsichord
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 harpsichordist
From harpsichord + -ist.
Inflected forms:
form: harpsichordists
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: One who plays the harpsichord.
pos: noun
examples: And the cello concerto was strikingly different on Sunday: at Weill, the ensemble included two violinists and one violist, cellist, bassist and lutenist, but on Sunday four more violinists, a second violist and a harpsichordist were added to give the ripieno sections of the fast movements a heftier punch than the smaller group delivered.
Some harpsichordists might have dismissed these works as not “authentic” Handel, Mr. Cooper said, though he surmised that the arrangements could have been prepared by Handel’s students.
Translations:
chillingly
Part of speech: adv
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English chilling
Middle English -ly
English -ly
English chillingly
From chilling + -ly.
Inflected forms:
form: more chillingly
pos: adv
tags: comparative
form: most chillingly
pos: adv
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: In a chilling manner.
pos: adv
examples: And I'll never forget the chillingly instinctive racism. "Sure is pretty countryside. Pity it's spoiled by the niggers picknickin."
His warning was chillingly resonant of late 20th century clashes between two ideologically opposed superpowers.
Translations:
denuded
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: exposed by erosion
pos: adj
examples: Harvester ants have brilliantly carved an enormous niche for themselves in nature and etched indelible images in mankind: images from cartoon depictions of a backyard volcano erupting with angry ants when their home is trespassed, to images of vast stretches of the American West marred with ant castles surrounded by denuded moats of dirt.
Translations:
drastically
Part of speech: adv
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
Ancient Greek δρᾰ́ω (drắō)
Proto-Indo-European *-tis
Ancient Greek -τις (-tis)
Ancient Greek -σῐς (-sĭs)
Ancient Greek δρᾶσῐς (drâsĭs)
▲
Ancient Greek -σῐς (-sĭs)
Proto-Indo-European *-kos
Ancient Greek -κός (-kós)
?
Proto-Indo-European *-tós
Proto-Hellenic *-tós
Ancient Greek -τος (-tos)
▲
Ancient Greek -κός (-kós)
?
Ancient Greek -τῐκός (-tĭkós)
Ancient Greek δρᾱστῐκός (drāstĭkós)der.
English drastic
Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.?
Proto-Italic *-ālis
Latin -ālisbor.
Old French -albor.
▲
Latin -ālis
Old French -elbor.
▲
Latin -ālisbor.
Middle English -al
Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der.
Proto-Germanic *līkąder.
Proto-Germanic *-līkaz
Proto-Germanic *-ê
Proto-Germanic *-līkê
Proto-West Germanic *-līkē
Old English -līċe
Middle English -ly
Middle English -ally
English -ally
English drastically
From drastic + -ally.
Inflected forms:
form: more drastically
pos: adv
tags: comparative
form: most drastically
pos: adv
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: To a drastic degree.
pos: adv
examples: drastically reduced prices
This recession has been drastically different.
The corn ration was drastically reduced, and it was announced that an extra potato ration would be issued to make up for it.
On Christmas Day itself there will be no trains, for recent experience has shown that few wish to travel then, even on services which had been drastically reduced: earlier closing of shops and offices on Christmas Eve is the chief reason for this change in the pattern of travel.
The proposed cuts mean that the agency could be forced to drastically shrink its workforce from about 10,000 to 294 employees.
gloss: In a drastic manner.
pos: adv
examples: Lisa always wore shorts and a T-shirt, which clashed drastically with her brother's thick winter coat.
It explains why a Democratic Congress foisted Prohibition on the country and a Republican Congress drastically legislated to enforce it, when ordinarily the two parties are only too anxious for any political stick to beat each other with.
Seldom have democratic principles been so drastically enacted into law.
A uniform marriage and divorce law must be drastically enacted by the Central Government and rigidly administrated by the higher courts.
Translations:
fringing
Part of speech: noun
adj
Morphological type: simple
Topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
Inflected forms:
form: fringings
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A fringe or border.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: The appearance of false colours in an image as the result of poor registration of component monochrome images.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: Any anomalous electric or magnetic effect at the edges of a region.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: That fringes.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
Derived words: fringing reef
Translations:
fierceness
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From Middle English fersnesse; equivalent to fierce + -ness.
Base: fierce
Affixes: -ness
Inflected forms:
form: fiercenesses
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The state of being fierce.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
usually
examples: I stroked it gently, on which the mutinous rogue seemed to swell, and gather a new degree of fierceness and insolence; so that finding it grew not to be trifled with any longer, I prepar'd for rubbers in good earnest.
Travellers over the London & North Western main line in bygone days will need no reminder of the pattering of cinders on the carriage roofs, the fountains of sparks from the chimneys at night and the distance from which the exhaust of approaching locomotives could be heard, due to the fierceness of their blast in such conditions.
Translations:
neatness
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English neat
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 neatness
From neat + -ness.
Inflected forms:
form: neatnesses
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The state of being neat.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: Both engines and carriages were maintained in admirable cleanliness, and a very high standard of neatness characterised the permanent way and lineside buildings.
Translations:
suddenness
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English sudden
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 suddenness
From sudden + -ness.
Inflected forms:
form: suddennesses
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The state of being sudden.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
usually
examples: The suddenness with which the solemn quiet had been broken in upon, had chaced from his remembrance the horrid phantom;—it now recurred to it, with two-fold force, and a shudder crept all over him.
The suddenness of this shock must prove irresistable; the Count and those about him will be borne down; the rest will take to flight; the friends of Bernabò will rise and liberate his sons, while I seize one of the gates and secure a retreat […]
"Well," said the Duc, with that outward calmness of manner which anger often affects; "so you do not like me? I am sorry for your bad taste! and I bid you good night, quite convinced that you will repent your refusal; and I dare say you will never get married at all." So saying, he left the terrace; while Francesca remained for a few minutes, bewildered by the suddenness of the scene, and half inclined to laugh at the Duc's parting denunciation.
Antonyms: deliberation
graduality
slowness
Translations:
thinness
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From Middle English thynnesse, from Old English þynnes (“thinness, slightness of density, lack of density, tenuity, fluidity, poverty, feebleness of sight, weakness”), equivalent to thin + -ness.
Base: thin
Affixes: -ness
Inflected forms:
form: thinnesses
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The state or quality of being thin.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
usually
examples: The beautiful prismatic colours seen on the Labrodore stone are owing to a similar cause, viz. the thinness of the laminæ of which it consists […].
Beyond celebrating the aesthetic value of thinness, pro-anas claim that thinness is a reflection of excellence in other areas of one's life.
Antonyms: thickness
fatness
Translations:
nearness
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From Middle English nernes, equivalent to near + -ness. Cognate with West Frisian nearens (“nearness”).
Base: near
Affixes: -ness
Inflected forms:
form: nearnesses
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The state of being near; closeness; intimacy.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
usually
gloss: Stinginess.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
usually
Synonyms: closeness
proximity
Antonyms: distantness
remoteness
Translations:
greediness
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From Middle English gredynesse, from Old English grǣdiġnes; equivalent to greedy + -ness.
Base: greedy
Affixes: -ness
Inflected forms:
form: greedinesses
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The state of being greedy; greed.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
usually
examples: Thereto the body of a dog she had, / Full of fell ravin and fierce greedinesse […]
Translations:
bareness
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English bare
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 bareness
From bare + -ness.
Inflected forms:
form: barenesses
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The state of being bare.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
Translations:
carefulness
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From Middle English [Term?], from Old English carfulnes (“care, anxiety, a charge, cure of souls, solicitude, carefulness, curiousness, curiosity”), equivalent to careful + -ness.
Base: careful
Affixes: -ness
Inflected forms:
form: carefulnesses
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The state of being careful.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
usually
Translations:
makatea
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: geography
geology
natural-sciences
Inflected forms:
form: makateas
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A raised terrace of coral limestone surrounding a South Pacific atoll.
pos: noun
tags: countable
gloss: The limestone of which it is constructed.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
Translations:
suppressing
Part of speech: adj
noun
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: more suppressing
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most suppressing
pos: adj
tags: superlative
form: suppressings
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
pos: adj
tags: no-gloss
gloss: The act by which something is suppressed; a suppression.
pos: noun
Translations:
petroglyph
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: archaeology
history
human-sciences
sciences
Etymology: From French pétroglyphe, from Ancient Greek πέτρα (pétra, “rock”) + γλυφή (gluphḗ, “carved work”). By surface analysis, petro- + glyph.
Inflected forms:
form: petroglyphs
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A rock carving, especially one made in prehistoric times.
pos: noun
examples: The petroglyphs of Central Asia form a long sequence from the Neolithic onwards.
Ninety-six petroglyph sites were reported in the original study (DiazGranados 1993). The majority of the petroglyphs are worn.
The islands of Tonga are not known for petroglyphs; however, one of the frontal stones of a langi called Mala'e Lahi on 'Uiha Island has one petroglyph of a human foot.
Translations:
preemption
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: computing
engineering
law
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
Etymology: From Medieval Latin praeēmptiō (“previous purchase”), from praeemō (“buy before”), from Latin prae- (“before”) + emō (“buy”).
Inflected forms:
form: preemptions
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: præemption
pos: noun
tags: alternative
archaic
form: præ-emption
pos: noun
tags: alternative
archaic
form: pre-emption
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: preëmption
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: An act or process that preempts; a preventive or forestalling action; as:
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: An act or process that preempts; a preventive or forestalling action; as:
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: An act or process that preempts; a preventive or forestalling action; as:
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: An act or process that preempts; a preventive or forestalling action; as:
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
Derived words: preempt
preemptional
preemptioner
Translations:
ripping
Part of speech: adj
noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: arts
bodybuilding
business
carpentry
construction
crafts
hobbies
lifestyle
manufacturing
sports
woodworking
Inflected forms:
form: rippings
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: That rips, or can be removed by ripping.
pos: adj
gloss: Excellent.
pos: adj
tags: dated
slang
examples: “First-class place, Simla. Oh, ri—ipping!” said Bobby Wick, and ordered new white cord breeches on the strength of it.
We never had a Christmas in the country before. It was simply ripping.
“Certainly, I quite understand, my dear fellow,” Tennington had replied. “But you are to be congratulated—ripping girl, don’t you know—really.”
And ‘blubbing’ . . . Blubbing went out with ‘decent’ and ‘ripping’. Mind you, not a bad new language to start up. 1920s schoolboy slang could be due for a revival.
After Sir John Hall came Freddy Shepherd, and after him came Mike Ashley, who thought that tipping up to games in one of the replica shirts he flogs at Lillywhite's was a ripping wheeze.
gloss: The action of one who rips (in any sense).
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: The action of one who rips (in any sense).
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: The action of one who rips (in any sense).
pos: noun
tags: Australia
countable
uncountable
gloss: The action of one who rips (in any sense).
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
Derived words: rippingly
rippingness
Translations:
toppling
Part of speech: noun
adj
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: topplings
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: more toppling
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most toppling
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: The act by which something is toppled.
pos: noun
examples: And in “Central Park in the Dark” and her haunting response to “The Unanswered Question,” Sokolow evokes more small-town anomie in spare shifts of ranks, topplings and rises.
gloss: That which topples.
pos: adj
examples: We analyzed data from continuous ambient vibration monitoring and concomitant crack aperture measurements at the Courthouse Mesa instability, a large toppling sandstone slab in Utah, USA.
Translations:
undisclosed
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: government
heraldry
hobbies
lifestyle
monarchy
nobility
politics
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 disclosed
English undisclosed
From un- + disclosed.
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Not disclosed.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: an undisclosed location
an undisclosed sum [amount of money]
The line beyond which American pilots do not fly in the troubled Formosa Strait area is called the “Davis Line” in honor of Brig. Gen. Benjamin O. Davis Jr., former commander of the 13th Provisional Air Force, stationed on Formosa[.] The mythical line is an undisclosed number of miles off the coast of Red China.
Transport software company Tracsis has acquired smart ticketing provider iBlocks for an undisclosed sum.
gloss: Not disclosed.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
Related words: disclosure
nondisclosure
nondisclosure agreement
Translations:
lang: Bulgarian
word: неразкрит
roman: nerazkrit
lang: Finnish
word: salainen
lang: Finnish
word: salassa pidetty
lang: German
word: geheim
lang: German
word: still
lang: German
word: versteckt
lang: Greek
word: μυστικός
roman: mystikós
lang: Norwegian
word: hemmeligholdt
lang: Spanish
word: desconocido
lang: Spanish
word: non revelado
lang: Spanish
word: non develado
lang: Swedish
word: hemlig
lang: Swedish
word: konfidentiell
lang: Swedish
word: hemlighållen
lang: Swedish
word: inte röjd
lang: Swedish
word: inte avslöjad
lang: Turkish
word: gizli kapaklı
unreceptive
Part of speech: adj
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-
Latin receptus
Latin -īvus
Medieval Latin receptivusbor.
Middle English receptive
English receptive
English unreceptive
From un- + receptive.
Inflected forms:
form: more unreceptive
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most unreceptive
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: not receptive
pos: adj
Translations:
riddler
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English riddle
English -er
English riddler
From riddle (“to puzzle verbally”) + -er.
Inflected forms:
form: riddlers
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: One who asks riddles; a puzzler.
pos: noun
Translations:
synchronizer
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: automotive
broadcasting
business
communications
computing
computing-theory
editing
electrical-engineering
electricity
electromagnetism
electronics
energy
engineering
film
journalism
literature
mathematics
media
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
publishing
sciences
television
transport
vehicles
writing
Etymology: Etymology tree
English synchronize
Proto-Indo-European *-yósder.
Proto-Italic *-āzijos
Latin -āriusnom.
Latin -āriusbor.
Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz
Proto-West Germanic *-ārī
Old English -ere
Middle English -ere
English -er
English synchronizer
From synchronize + -er.
Inflected forms:
form: synchronizers
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: One who or that which synchronizes.
pos: noun
gloss: One who or that which synchronizes.
pos: noun
gloss: One who or that which synchronizes.
pos: noun
gloss: One who or that which synchronizes.
pos: noun
gloss: One who or that which synchronizes.
pos: noun
Related words: governor
modulator
regulator
Translations:
snowbank
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: compound
Etymology: From snow + bank.
Compound parts: snow
bank
Inflected forms:
form: snowbanks
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: snow bank
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: A heap of snow.
pos: noun
examples: A huge snowbank collapsed on the telephone wire, effectvely cutting off all communications to the Outside World.
Translations:
snowberry
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: compound
Etymology: From snow + berry, from the snow-white colour.
Compound parts: snow
berry
Inflected forms:
form: snowberries
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A shrub bearing white berries:
pos: noun
gloss: A shrub bearing white berries:
pos: noun
gloss: A shrub bearing white berries:
pos: noun
tags: Australia
gloss: The fruit of shrubs of these genera.
pos: noun
Derived words: common snowberry
creeping snowberry
desert snowberry
Himalayan snowberry (Gaultheria trichophylla
littleleaf snowberry
McKittrick's snowberry
Mexican snowberry
mountain snowberry
Palmer's snowberry
roundleaf snowberry
sharpleaf snowberry
snowberry clearwing
trailing snowberry
western snowberry
West Indian snowberry
Translations:
lang: Bulgarian
word: бял маргарит
roman: bjal margarit
lang: Dutch
word: sneeuwbes
lang: Finnish
word: lumimarja
lang: French
word: symphorine
lang: Irish
word: póirín sneachta
lang: Māori
word: takapo
lang: Navajo
word: tsétsohkʼįįʼ
lang: Polish
word: śnieguliczka
lang: Romanian
word: hurmuz
lang: Swedish
word: snöbär
lang: Swedish
word: smällbär
snowdrift
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: compound
Etymology: From snow + drift.
Compound parts: snow
drift
Inflected forms:
form: snowdrifts
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: snow drift
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: A bank of snow accumulated by the wind.
pos: noun
examples: In winter the line between Barnard Castle and Kirkby Stephen was regularly blocked by snowdrifts; in 1947, for instance, it was closed for eight weeks and only three weeks before it was finally closed no trains were able to use it for three days because of thick snow.
Translations:
chanting
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From Middle English chauntynge; equivalent to chant + -ing.
Base: chant
Affixes: -ing
Inflected forms:
form: chantings
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Singing, especially as a chant is sung.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
usually
examples: I remember much chanting in church during my childhood.
The Synod of Aberdeen forbade 'chantings and choruses' at funerals.
Translations:
chatting
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: chattings
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Talk; chatter.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: If indeed we consider all the frivolous and petulant discourse, the impertinent chattings, the rash censures, the spiteful detractions which are so rife in the world[…]
Translations:
circled
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Marked with a surrounding circle or ellipse; ringed.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: the circled items in a list
gloss: Having a certain type, or number, of circles
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: a five-circled logo
gloss: Having the form of a circle; round.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: Monthly changes in her circled orb.
Derived words: semicircled
uncircled
Translations:
swallowing
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Inherited from Middle English swolwynge; by surface analysis, swallow + -ing.
Inflected forms:
form: swallowings
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The act of swallowing.
pos: noun
examples: Dryness of the mouth and throat, with frequent empty swallowings.
Translations:
convincingly
Part of speech: adv
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English convincing
Middle English -ly
English -ly
English convincingly
From convincing + -ly.
Inflected forms:
form: more convincingly
pos: adv
tags: comparative
form: most convincingly
pos: adv
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: In a convincing manner.
pos: adv
examples: If Moldova harboured even the slightest hopes of pulling off a comeback that would have bordered on miraculous given their lack of quality, they were snuffed out 13 minutes before the break when Oxlade-Chamberlain picked his way through midfield before releasing Defoe for a finish that should have been dealt with more convincingly by Namasco at his near post.
Translations:
brutally
Part of speech: adv
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English brutal
Middle English -ly
English -ly
English brutally
From brutal + -ly.
Inflected forms:
form: more brutally
pos: adv
tags: comparative
form: most brutally
pos: adv
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: In a brutal manner; viciously, barbarically.
pos: adv
examples: From another point of view, it was a place without a soul. The well-to-do had hearts of stone; the rich were brutally bumptious; the Press, the Municipality, all the public men, were ridiculously, vaingloriously self-satisfied.
"You sit there," said Henry brutally.
England's World Cup dreams fell apart under a French onslaught on a night when their shortcomings were brutally exposed at the quarter-final stage.
And this year, some of the granite facades have a new addition - the blue and yellow of the flag of Ukraine. It's hardly surprising to see the Scots, a nation more attuned to independence than some, showing solidarity with a country brutally invaded by Russia.
gloss: In a direct way that does not attempt to hide, disguise, or mask unpleasantness; directly.
pos: adv
examples: He was not an expert but he was brutally honest by saying he couldn’t help the customer find a solution.
Beeching concludes, rather brutally, that "a high proportion of stopping passenger train services ought to be discontinued as soon as possible... and as soon as procedure permits".
gloss: Extremely.
pos: adv
tags: slang
examples: You know, I am so glad I never did it with someone I had lukewarm feelings for. Christian is brutally hot, and I am going to remember tonight forever.
The first piece of the night is Shostakovich. Its first movement is a sedate, haunting, almost melodramatic nocturne, but before too long the concerto changes gear and becomes energetic, discordant, feral. It's lengthy, too, a real work-out, and much of it is brutally difficult to execute. He's on form tonight. Close to flawless, and his audience — which he cannot see or hear — seems rapt.
Translations:
brightening
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: brightenings
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: An instance of becoming brighter.
pos: noun
Translations:
medicinally
Part of speech: adv
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English medicinal
Middle English -ly
English -ly
English medicinally
From medicinal + -ly.
Inflected forms:
form: more medicinally
pos: adv
tags: comparative
form: most medicinally
pos: adv
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: In a medicinal manner.
pos: adv
Translations:
incoherently
Part of speech: adv
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *né
Proto-Indo-European *n̥-
Proto-Italic *n̥-
Latin in-bor.
Middle English in-
English in-
Proto-Indo-European *ḱe?
Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm
Proto-Italic *kom
Proto-Italic *kom-
Latin con-
Latin haereō
Latin cohaereō
Latin cohaerēnsder.
Middle French coherentder.
English coherent
English incoherent
Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der.
Proto-Germanic *līkąder.
Proto-Germanic *-līkaz
Proto-Germanic *-ê
Proto-Germanic *-līkê
Proto-West Germanic *-līkē
Old English -līċe
Middle English -ly
English -ly
English incoherently
From incoherent + -ly or in- + coherently.
Base: incoherent
Affixes: -ly
Inflected forms:
form: more incoherently
pos: adv
tags: comparative
form: most incoherently
pos: adv
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: In an incoherent manner.
pos: adv
examples: Later, it was revealed that Eisenhower often spoke incoherently on purpose, in order to confuse the press. He thought it was funny.
Translations:
snow-skiing
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: The sport of skiing on snow.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
Translations:
snow-white
Part of speech: adj
noun
Morphological type: compound
Etymology: From Middle English snow whit, snowe-white, snouwite, snawhwit, from Old English snāwhwīt, from Proto-West Germanic *snaiwhwīt, from Proto-Germanic *snaiwahwītaz; equivalent to snow + white. Cognate with Dutch sneeuwwit (“snow-white”), German schneeweiß (“snow-white”), Swedish snövit (“snow-white”).
Compound parts: snow
white
Inflected forms:
form: snow-whites
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: As white as snow; exceptionally white.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: One day he wandered to the banks of the Rhine. On its discolored waters swam a snow-white swan, playfully pulling at the rope which bound a small skiff to the shore.
It was also a delight to see a racially mixed band from Boston. Too bad that the crowd was snow white. We've all still got a helluva long way to go.
gloss: A Caucasian person, especially a woman.
pos: noun
tags: ethnic
offensive
slang
slur
Antonyms: coal black
coal-black
coalblack
Translations:
manal
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Of, like or pertaining to the hand.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
Translations:
maleficent
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: Latin *maleficēns, from male (“bad”) + -ficēns, combining form from faciēns, present participle of faciō (“to make or do”).
Inflected forms:
form: more maleficent
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most maleficent
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: Harmful or evil in intent or effect.
pos: adj
examples: maleficent influence
maleficent spirit
maleficent power
In the tale, a maleficent witch cursed the newborn princess.
The critic described the character’s smile as darkly maleficent.
Translations:
mythopoeic
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From Hellenistic Ancient Greek μυθοποιία (muthopoiía, “mythopoeia”) + -ic.
Affixes: -ic
Inflected forms:
form: more mythopoeic
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most mythopoeic
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: Giving rise to myths; pertaining to the creation of myth.
pos: adj
examples: No other fully historical hero has furnished such a perfect opportunity for the mythopoeic faculty.
If we study myth in a scientific way, we miss the experience of moving into a mythopoeic mode of consciousness.
Suppose a serious literary critic were to write about Hollywood autobiographies: “Niven experiences life as an imprisoning reality of personal experience, plus mythopoeic elements, a vast sottisier in the tradition of Jessel's This way, Miss.[…]
Translations:
moistening
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: moistenings
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The act of making something moist.
pos: noun
examples: In all slight and superficial galls, two or three moistenings of the part with cold vinegar will allay the inflammation, and harden the surface[…]
Translations:
propelling
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: propellings
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: An act of driving or urging onward; propulsion.
pos: noun
examples: And, in proportion as one feels this power (love born of God) he feels the urgings, promptings, and propellings, to contend for and win Christ: […]
Translations:
cordiality
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English cordial
Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂
Proto-Indo-European *-ts
Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts
Latin -itāsder.
Old French -itebor.
Middle English -ite
English -ity
English cordiality
From cordial + -ity.
Inflected forms:
form: cordialities
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: cordialness
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: The quality of being cordial.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
examples: Upon my entrance, Usher rose from a sofa on which he had been lying at full length, and greeted me with a vivacious warmth which had much in it, I at first thought, of an overdone cordiality—of the constrained effort of the ennuyé man of the world.
Adam gave her—the spaniel, not Mrs. Florin—a gentle prod with his foot and a lump of sugar. She licked his shoe with evident cordiality. Adam was not above feeling flattered by friendliness in dogs.
gloss: A friendly utterance.
pos: noun
tags: countable
examples: to exchange cordialities with people
Lucia rivalled these cordialities with equal fervour and about as much sincerity.
Synonyms: affability
amiability
friendliness
warmth
Related words: cordially
Derived words: uncordiality
Translations:
mortified
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: more mortified
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most mortified
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: Acutely embarrassed.
pos: adj
tags: informal
gloss: Having undergone mortification (discipline of the bodily appetites etc.)
pos: adj
Derived words: mortifiedly
mortifiedness
morto
unmortified
Translations:
shrieking
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English shriek
Proto-Germanic *-ungō
Old English -ung
Middle English -ynge
English -ing
English shrieking
From shriek + -ing.
Inflected forms:
form: more shrieking
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most shrieking
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: That emits shrieks or high-pitched noises.
pos: adj
examples: Then the old scourge of dusk swooped down upon the warderless hoard. It is he who burns up the sky at night in long trails of yellow flame, who flies above houses in a whirlwind of shrieking wings and gagging smoke.
gloss: sharp, loud, and shrill.
pos: adj
tags: usually
Derived words: shriekingly
Translations:
pinned
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Germanic *pinnaz
Proto-West Germanic *pinn
Old English pinn
Middle English pinne
English pin
English -ed
English pinned
From pin + -ed.
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Having (a specified kind or number of) pins.
pos: adj
tags: in-compounds
not-comparable
examples: a three-pinned arch
Translations:
unprepared
Part of speech: adj
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 prepared
English unprepared
From un- + prepared.
Inflected forms:
form: more unprepared
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most unprepared
pos: adj
tags: superlative
form: unprepareds
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Not prepared; caught by surprise.
pos: adj
examples: The castle was unprepared for the assault.
“It'll be all right,” I assured her. “Make a rule for yourself not to speak to anyone, and nobody's going to guess you can see. It was only being quite unprepared that landed you in that mess before. ‘In the country of the blind the one-eyed man is king’.”
I was unprepared for the change in attire and started slightly when the alectryomancer reappeared.
gloss: A black mark given to a pupil who arrives at a lesson without the necessary items or preparation.
pos: noun
examples: "He's got another rule: Whenever he gets three unprepareds in a row, he leaves the classroom."
Translations:
compromised
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English compromise
English -ed
English compromised
From compromise + -ed.
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: That has been exposed to danger, risk, or discredit.
pos: adj
examples: For our purposes, it is sufficient to note that dysregulation of desquamatory protease activity in the SC is often involved in conditions of compromised skin barrier.
Translations:
approachable
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English approach
Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr
Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom
Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlis
Proto-Italic *-ðlis
Latin -bilis
Latin -ābilis
Old French -ablebor.
Middle English -able
English -able
English approachable
From approach + -able.
Inflected forms:
form: more approachable
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most approachable
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: Easily approached; easy to talk to.
pos: adj
examples: Her boss was very approachable.
Whistle's creation stems from an internal colleague competition run by Northern to design a recognisable and approachable character to act as a mascot.
Translations:
dispenser
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From Anglo-Norman dispensour, from Old French despenseor, from Latin dispensator. By surface analysis, dispense + -er.
Inflected forms:
form: dispensers
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Something or someone that dispenses things.
pos: noun
examples: While we know – because the script tells us so – that the people we are watching are in love and in pain and in trouble, they never come across as more than dispensers of sparkling aperçus.
gloss: Something or someone that dispenses things.
pos: noun
examples: a toilet-paper dispenser
gloss: Something or someone that dispenses things.
pos: noun
Derived words: autodispenser
cash dispenser
coin dispenser
microdispenser
nanodispenser
soap dispenser
tape dispenser
Translations:
specialization
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: biology
mathematics
natural-sciences
sciences
Etymology: Etymology tree
English special
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 specialize
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 specialization
From specialize + -ation.
Inflected forms:
form: specializations
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: specialisation
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: The act or process of specializing.
pos: noun
tags: British
English
Oxford
US
countable
uncountable
examples: A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly. Specialization is for insects.
gloss: The area in which someone specializes.
pos: noun
tags: British
English
Oxford
US
countable
uncountable
examples: Many MBA programs now allow students to obtain a specialization in sport management. This differs from the joint degree programs in that only one degree, an MBA, is awarded (i.e., a separate master's degree in sport management is not awarded). The MBA with a sport management specialization should be considered as a second option in lieu of the joint degree.
gloss: The adaptation of an organism to a specific environment, or adaptation of an organ to a particular function.
pos: noun
tags: British
English
Oxford
US
countable
uncountable
examples: Specialization is frequently divided into two categories largely based on methods of study: food specialization and specialization with respect to microhabitat.
gloss: A proof, axiom, problem, or definition whose cases are completely covered by another, broader concept.
pos: noun
tags: British
English
Oxford
US
countable
uncountable
examples: A triangle is a specialization of a polygon to one with exactly three sides.
Synonyms: concretization
individualization
singularization
specialization
Antonyms: abstraction
generalization
Related words: speciation
Derived words: hyperspecialization
overspecialization
subspecialization
superspecialization
ultraspecialization
Translations:
excellency
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: From Middle English excellencie, from Latin excellentia.
Inflected forms:
form: excellencies
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Synonym of excellence; the quality of being excellent.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
Translations:
stringy
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: biology
birdwatching
computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
ornithology
physical-sciences
programming
sciences
Etymology: Etymology tree
English string
English -y
English stringy
From string + -y.
Inflected forms:
form: stringier
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: stringiest
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: Composed of, or resembling, string or strings.
pos: adj
gloss: Tough to the bite, as containing too much sinew or string tissue.
pos: adj
examples: The meat was quite stringy.
gloss: Wiry, lean, scrawny.
pos: adj
examples: The colonel and his sponsor made a queer contrast: Greystone [the sponsor] long and stringy, with a face that seemed as if a cold wind was eternally playing on it.
"I know, I know," said the man who had been addressed as Peeble, a nervous, stringy, dried-up person as he now appeared in the light.
gloss: Resembling or involving text strings.
pos: adj
tags: informal
examples: The context refers to how you use an expression. You've actually already seen some contextual operations with numbers and strings. When you do numbery sorts of things, you get numeric results. When you do stringy sorts of things, you get string results.
gloss: Of a sighting, unlikely to be accurate; probably based on a misidentification, whether innocent or deliberate.
pos: adj
examples: There are few birders who have not had stringy ticks on their lists at some stage.
That was how I dipped out on a Tree Pipit! Which, of course, balanced up the stringy Hawfinch, so fair enough.
Synonyms: fibrous
filamentous
Derived words: stringily
stringiness
stringybark
stringy floppy
Translations:
repulsed
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: more repulsed
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most repulsed
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
pos: adj
tags: no-gloss
Translations:
reminding
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: remindings
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The act by which somebody is reminded of something.
pos: noun
examples: This paper explores the relationship between human activity and remindings. We argue that the type of activity in which a person is engaged influences the kinds of features that trigger remindings[…]
Translations: