yuanxin112/wiktionary-morph huggingface dataset:
understudied
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *h₁én
Proto-Indo-European *h₁entér
Proto-Indo-European *(H)n̥dʰí
Proto-Indo-European *-ér
Proto-Indo-European *(H)n̥dʰér
Proto-Germanic *under
Proto-West Germanic *undar
Old English under-
Middle English under-
English under-
English studied
English understudied
From under- + studied.
Inflected forms:
form: more understudied
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most understudied
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: Insufficiently studied.
pos: adj
Translations:
Veronese
Part of speech: adj
noun
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: more Veronese
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most Veronese
pos: adj
tags: superlative
form: Veronese
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Of, from or relating to the city or province of Verona in the Veneto region in northern Italy.
pos: adj
gloss: A native or inhabitant of the city or province of Verona in the Veneto region in northern Italy.
pos: noun
Translations:
disperser
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: biology
chemistry
ecology
graph-theory
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
Etymology: Etymology tree
English disperse
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 disperser
From disperse + -er.
Inflected forms:
form: dispersers
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A substance that stabilizes a dispersion; an emulsifier.
pos: noun
gloss: A particular kind of bipartite graph.
pos: noun
gloss: An organism that disperses something, such as seeds, in the environment.
pos: noun
examples: Nesting data from dispersers and nondispersers came from the same set of colonies and were thus directly comparable.
Ants are integral components of terrestrial ecosystems, owing to their manifold interactions with other organisms. They serve as seed dispersers for plants (myrmecochory), mutualists with sap-sucking insects (trophobionts), and hosts for a wide range of associate organisms (myrmecophiles) and act as both predator and prey.
Synonyms: dispersant
Derived words: nondisperser
Translations:
colocalization
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: biology
cytology
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *ḱe?
Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm
Proto-Italic *kom
Proto-Italic *kom-
Latin con-
Latin co-der.
English co-
English localization
English colocalization
From co- + localization.
Inflected forms:
form: colocalizations
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The state of colocalizing, occurring within the same cell or cellular region.
pos: noun
examples: If such events take place, then the colocalization of two molecules may not necessarily mean mutual binding to each other and may simply suggest recruitment to the same site.
Translations:
trashman
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English trash
Proto-Indo-European *mon-
Proto-Germanic *mann-
Proto-West Germanic *mann
Old English mann
Middle English man
Middle English -man
English -man
English trashman
From trash + -man.
Inflected forms:
form: trashmen
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: trash man
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: A worker who collects and hauls away household or municipal garbage, often using a truck to transport it for processing or disposal.
pos: noun
tags: Canada
US
examples: Trashmen didn't get my trash today / Oh, why? Because they want more pay / Buses on strike want a raise in fare / So they can help pollute the air
Translations:
nanofiber
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
Ancient Greek νᾶνος (nânos)bor.
Latin nānusbor.
English nano-
English fiber
English nanofiber
From nano- + fiber.
Inflected forms:
form: nanofibers
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: nanofibre
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: Any fibre having a nanoscale diameter.
pos: noun
examples: The use of Nanospider technology has made it easy to scale up from the laboratory to industrial production, and the technology’s adaptability to high volume production makes it possible to accelerate the introduction of nanofiber products into the market.
Uses of nanofibers are being explored in areas as varied as medicine, clothing, air and water filtration systems and electrical batteries.
Translations:
microbalance
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *mey-der.?
Ancient Greek μικρός (mikrós)der.
English micro-
Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁
Proto-Indo-European *dwi-
Proto-Italic *dwi-
Latin bi-
Latin lanx
Latin bilanx
Vulgar Latin *bilancia
Old French balancebor.
Middle English balaunce
English balance
English microbalance
From micro- + balance.
Inflected forms:
form: microbalances
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Any balance capable of weighing objects having a mass less than a milligram
pos: noun
Translations:
unstirred
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-
English stirred
English unstirred
From un- + stirred.
Inflected forms:
form: more unstirred
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most unstirred
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: That has not been mixed by stirring.
pos: adj
gloss: Not stirred or emotionally excited.
pos: adj
examples: Who, in after years, could supply a mother's place to the bereaved child, in whom affection's sweetest fountain must remain for ever unstirred?
Inadventurous, unstirred by impulses of practical ambition, I was capable of sitting twenty years teaching infants the hornbook, turning silk dresses and making children's frocks.
Translations:
palaeoecology
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
Ancient Greek πᾰλαιός (pălaiós)der.
English paleo-
English palaeo-
English ecology
English palaeoecology
From palaeo- + ecology.
Inflected forms:
form: palaeoecologies
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The study of past ecologies by using the evidence of fossils
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
Translations:
nanobiotechnology
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
Ancient Greek νᾶνος (nânos)bor.
Latin nānusbor.
English nano-
English biotechnology
English nanobiotechnology
From nano- + biotechnology.
Inflected forms:
form: nanobiotechnologies
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Any of several forms of biotechnology employing devices on the nano scale
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
Translations:
fluorophore
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
Etymology: From fluoro- + -phore.
Base: fluoro
Inflected forms:
form: fluorophores
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: fluorophor
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: A molecule or functional group which is capable of fluorescence.
pos: noun
examples: The ideal fluorophore is a small, hydrophilic molecule with a long emission wavelength, large Stokes shift, high extinction coefficient, and high quantum efficiency.
Translations:
glutamatergic
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
medicine
microbiology
natural-sciences
neurology
neuroscience
physical-sciences
sciences
Etymology: Etymology tree
English glutamic acid
English -ate
English glutamate
English -ergy
Proto-Indo-European *-ikos
Proto-Italic *-ikos
Latin -icuslbor.
Old French -iquebor.
Middle English -ik
English -ic
English -ergic
English glutamatergic
From glutamate + -ergic.
Inflected forms:
form: more glutamatergic
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most glutamatergic
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: Of or pertaining to the neurotransmission of glutamate.
pos: adj
examples: Unlike ketamine, esketamine, and nitrous oxide, scopolamine directly affects the cholinergic pathway but does not directly modulate the glutamatergic pathway.
Translations:
periplasm
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: biology
cytology
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
Etymology: From peri- + -plasm. Coined by Peter D. Mitchell in 1961.
Base: peri
Inflected forms:
form: periplasms
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The region between the plasma membrane and the outer membrane or cell wall.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
Translations:
nonaggression
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *né
Proto-Germanic *ne
Proto-Indo-European *ís?
Proto-Indo-European *h₁óynos
Proto-Germanic *ainaz
Proto-Germanic *nainaz
Proto-West Germanic *nain
Old English nān
Middle English non
▲
Old English nān
Old English nān-
Middle English non-
English non-
Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd
Proto-Italic *ad
Proto-Italic *ad-
Latin ad-
Proto-Indo-European *gʰredʰ-der.
Latin gradior
Latin aggredior
Proto-Indo-European *-tis
Proto-Indo-European *-Hō
Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō
Proto-Italic *-tiō
Latin -tiō
Latin aggressiōder.
Middle French aggressionbor.
English aggression
English nonaggression
From non- + aggression.
Inflected forms:
form: nonaggressions
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: non-aggression
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: an absence of aggression
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
usually
Translations:
plesiomorphic
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From plesiomorph + -ic or plesio- + -morphic.
Base: plesiomorph
Affixes: -ic
Inflected forms:
form: more plesiomorphic
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most plesiomorphic
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: Sharing a character state with an ancestral clade; primitive.
pos: adj
examples: [T]he cockroach Polyphaga may represent a condition more plesiomorphic than in other Dictyoptera, but it could as well be paedomorphic, and therefore more derived than in other Dictyoptera [72].
"The cranium is clearly plesiomorphic in overall form, presenting primitive traits shared by earlier hominins," the authors wrote.
gloss: Plesiomorphous.
pos: adj
Synonyms: primitive
basal
Related words: plesiomorphy
apomorphic
paedomorphic
Derived words: plesiomorphically
Translations:
catarrhal
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English catarrh
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 catarrhal
From catarrh + -al.
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Relating to catarrh.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
Translations:
unexpired
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English un-
English expired
English unexpired
From un- + expired.
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Not having expired.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: We were then in the third week of November; but, we took our measures so vigorously, and were so well seconded by the friends in whom we confided, that there was still a week of the month unexpired, when our party all came down together merrily, and mustered in the haunted house.
You are allowed twenty-four hours to be clear of the country. If you have not sailed by this time tomorrow you will be arrested as Henry Frankworth for failing to report yourself when on licence and sent to serve the unexpired portion of your sentence.
Regard must be had to the extent to which the original capital outlay has not been covered by the sum of the annual provisions for renewal, that is to say, in insurance terms, to the unexpired life of the original work, although this financial factor has to be modified in the light of the actual physical condition of the work to be replaced.
gloss: Of food: not having reached its expiry date.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
gloss: Of an agreement, coupon, or law, still in force.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
Derived words: unexpired cost
Translations:
nanofabrication
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
Ancient Greek νᾶνος (nânos)bor.
Latin nānusbor.
English nano-
English fabrication
English nanofabrication
From nano- + fabrication.
Inflected forms:
form: nanofabrications
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Fabrication, such as building or sculpting, at the nanoscale, on the level of individual molecules.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
Translations:
inspirer
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *h₁én
Proto-Italic *en
Proto-Italic *en-
Latin in-
Proto-Indo-European *(s)peys-der.?
Latin spīrō
Latin īnspīrōbor.
Old French espirer
Old French enspirerbor.
Middle English enspiren
English inspire
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 inspirer
From inspire + -er.
Inflected forms:
form: inspirers
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Someone who inspires.
pos: noun
examples: Iamus, the legendary ancestor of this priestly house, was a son of Apollo, the god of divination, and inspirer of the great oracle at Delphi.
Translations:
subletting
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: business
law
property
real-estate
Inflected forms:
form: sublettings
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Synonym of sublease.
pos: noun
examples: […] there are sublettings, overcrowdings of lands, clearances, and emigrations going on; and want of employment, with consequent destitution and wretchedness is the complaint of the majority of the inhabitants.
Translations:
misalign
Part of speech: verb
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *mey-?
Proto-Indo-European *meyth₂-der.
Proto-Germanic *missaz
Proto-Germanic *missa-
Proto-West Germanic *missa-
Old English mis-
Middle English mys-
English mis-
English align
English misalign
From mis- + align.
Inflected forms:
form: misaligns
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: misaligning
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: misaligned
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: misaligned
pos: verb
tags: past
Senses:
gloss: To align incorrectly
pos: verb
Translations:
overmatch
Part of speech: verb
noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From Middle English overmacchen, equivalent to over- + match.
Base: match
Affixes: over-
Inflected forms:
form: overmatches
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: overmatching
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: overmatched
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: overmatched
pos: verb
tags: past
form: overmatches
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: To match more than intended.
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
transitive
examples: The regular expression overmatched, capturing the entire paragraph instead of the specific sentence.
gloss: To be more than equal to or a match for, to surpass; hence, to conquer, vanquish.
pos: verb
examples: And wel his merits ſhew him to be made
His Fortunes maiſter, and the king of men.
That could perſwade at ſuch a ſodaine pinch,
With reaſons of his valour and his life,
A thouſand ſworne and ouer-matching foes:
At Lemster, for her Wooll whose Staple doth excell,
And seemes to over-match the golden Phrygian Fell.
gloss: To marry (someone) to a superior.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: If a yeoman have one sole daughter, he must overmatch her, above her birth and calling, to a gentleman forsooth, because of her great portion […]
gloss: A match in which one opponent is greatly superior to the other.
pos: noun
examples: […] we can increase the velocity of that force, so as to make it an overmatch for its antagonist.
gloss: An opponent who is more than a match for another; one who cannot be defeated.
pos: noun
examples: For Memnon […] fought hand to hand with his overmatch, and met his boyish and most dolorous death beneath the walls of Troy.
Antonyms: undermatch
Derived words: overmatched
Translations:
katabatic
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: simple
Topics: climatology
meteorology
natural-sciences
Etymology: Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek καταιβατός (kataibatós, “down-going, descending”), from κατα- (kata-, “down”) + βαίνω (baínō, “to go”).
Inflected forms:
form: catabatic
pos: adj
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: Downslope on a mountainside.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: At the field camp, paper-thin tents shudder beneath katabatic blasts of freezing wind, stoves sputter a stingy flame, and a few trudging specks haul shovels through a cold world where extra food and equipment cannot be bought at any price.
Penguin colonies that number in millions; nights that run into days, and days that run into nights; katabatic winds that scream down the ice sheets at a terrifying 180 miles per hour, and then remain equally terrifyingly still.
Antonyms: anabatic
Translations:
interbedded
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: geography
geology
natural-sciences
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *h₁én
Proto-Indo-European *h₁entér
Proto-Italic *n̥ter
Latin inter
Latin inter-bor.
English inter-
English bedded
English interbedded
From inter- + bedded.
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Occurring between beds of rock.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: They are regarded as distal turbidites and are interbedded with bioclastic limestones and massive breccioid limestones containing blocks of coral colonies and intraclasts that are regarded as proximal turbidites.
Translations:
far-field
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: simple
Topics: communications
electrical-engineering
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
telecommunications
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Of or pertaining to the far field.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
Translations:
Biafran
Part of speech: adj
noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From Biafra + -an. The "skinny" sense is in reference to the images of extremely skinny Biafran refugees from the Nigerian Civil War that appeared plentifully in English-language media in the 1960s and 1970s.
Base: Biafra
Affixes: -an
Inflected forms:
form: more Biafran
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most Biafran
pos: adj
tags: superlative
form: Biafrans
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Of, from or relating to Biafra.
pos: adj
gloss: Extremely skinny.
pos: adj
tags: derogatory
examples: "He looked Biafran, he looked HIV-positive," Suzanne said, "Contrary to what the doctors were worried about, I believe those kids were keeping him alive."
She was truly skinny now and in this defenseless. She had surpassed fashionable and veered into unhealth. She looked Biafran; her eyes seemed to bulge out of her head.
You want food? You look Biafran.
gloss: A native or inhabitant of Biafra.
pos: noun
Translations:
copybook
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: compound
Topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
programming
sciences
Etymology: From copy + book.
Compound parts: copy
book
Inflected forms:
form: copybooks
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A student's exercise book containing samples of good handwriting to be copied.
pos: noun
examples: She whipped up the cards on the floor, extinguished an unglobed candle, and ruffled open the pages of Claude's copybook.
gloss: A notebook containing blank, often lined, pages for writing answers.
pos: noun
tags: Quebec
UK
gloss: A series of instructions or data definitions copied into multiple programs from a shared library; boilerplate.
pos: noun
Derived words: blot one's copybook
Translations:
echoey
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
Ancient Greek ἠχώ (ēkhṓ)bor.
Latin ēchō
Medieval Latin ēccōbor.
Middle English eccho
English echo
English -ey
English echoey
From echo + -ey.
Inflected forms:
form: more echoey
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: echoier
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most echoey
pos: adj
tags: superlative
form: echoiest
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: That echoes; having an echoing quality.
pos: adj
examples: That nostalgic luxury is particularly obvious in the former station buffet, which still functioned as a restaurant when I was last there several years ago. Empty and echoey, it was doing brisk trade in Orient Express vintage posters, several of which now adorn my garden office walls.
Translations:
immunomodulation
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *mey-
Proto-Indo-European *moy-nósder.
Proto-Italic *moinos
Latin mūnus
Proto-Indo-European *né
Proto-Indo-European *n̥-
Proto-Italic *n̥-
Latin in-
Latin -is
Latin in- -is
Latin immūnisder.
Middle French immunbor.
Middle English
English immune
Ancient Greek -ο- (-o-)der.
Latin -o-bor.
English -o-
English immuno-
English modulation
English immunomodulation
From immuno- + modulation.
Inflected forms:
form: immunomodulations
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Any of several adjustments in the level of an immune response, via either endogenous regulation or immunotherapy
pos: noun
Translations:
inherence
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: Compare French inhérence.
Inflected forms:
form: inherences
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The state of being inherent or permanently present in something; indwelling.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
usually
examples: the gay man , in his greatest bravery , is only pleased because I am pleased with the sight ; so borrowing his little and imaginary complacency from the delight that I have , not from any inherence of his own possession
Yes, to savour to the full the sheer inherence of things, so pure and gentle is it; if you get still enough you can hear the grass growing.
Translations:
long-legged
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: more long-legged
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most long-legged
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: Having long legs.
pos: adj
gloss: Of an aircraft or ship: having large operational range.
pos: adj
examples: The pilots were flying planes that were not only light and highly maneuverable; they were extremely long-legged, able to cover a greater distance than their American counterparts.
Related words: legs all the way to one's neck
Derived words: long-legged bat
long-legged buzzard
long-leggedness
long-legged sac spider
long-legged thicketbird
long-legged warbler
Translations:
loosey-goosey
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: simple
Topics: hobbies
lifestyle
sports
Inflected forms:
form: more loosey-goosey
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: loosier-goosier
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: loosey-goosier
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most loosey-goosey
pos: adj
tags: superlative
form: loosiest-goosiest
pos: adj
tags: superlative
form: loosey-goosiest
pos: adj
tags: superlative
form: loosey goosey
pos: adj
tags: alternative
form: loosy-goosy
pos: adj
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: relaxed
pos: adj
tags: Canada
US
examples: They said that he couldn't hit International League pitching because he was too loosey-goosey at the plate.
“All these other guys are scared to death,” the pinch-hitter kept telling himself as he walked towards the plate, “I’m loosey-goosey, I’m loosey-goosey, I’m loosey-goosey.”
gloss: laid back; disorganized; scattered
pos: adj
tags: broadly
informal
examples: "Everything seemed to be real loosey-goosey," Mr. Williams said. "[…]I had lunch with him three times, and each time he said, 'Oh, I forgot to bring the papers.'"
I find the description wonderfully familiar, less the droogish quality, than the loosey-goosey opportunism.
Translations:
on-scene
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: At the site of an incident
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
Translations:
solanine
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
Etymology: From translingual Solanum + -ine.
Affixes: -ine
Inflected forms:
form: solanines
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A poisonous glycoalkaloid found in many species of the nightshade family Solanaceae, including potato and tomato.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: 1989, R. P. Sharma, D. K. Salunkhe, Chapter 8: Solanum Glycoalkaloids, Peter R. Cheeke (editor), Toxicants of Plant Origin: Alkaloids, Volume 1: Alkaloids, page 214,
Apparently the high activity of α-solanine injected into the bloodstream may be due to cholinesterase inhibition, while the lesser effects of orally administered α-solanine could reflect its poor adsorption from the gastrointestinal tract.
The most potent inhibitors are found in potatoes, and of these the most active component is the glycoalkaloid solanine.
The toxicity of solanine has been the subject of extensive study.
Evidently, during the ripening process, the solanines are metabolised to neutral saponins without the occurrence of glycoside hydrolysis.
Translations:
trilithon
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: From Ancient Greek τρίλιθος (trílithos, “of three stones”). Compare the Baalbek trilithon.
Inflected forms:
form: trilithons
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: trilitha
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A structure consisting of two stone pillars supporting a horizontal stone.
pos: noun
examples: […]thus the two opposite trilithons which are nearest to the north-west or grand entrance, were 19 feet in height, the two next opposite trilithons correspond in the height of 20 feet 3 inches, and the trilithon at the back of the stone of astronomic observation, or as erringly called the Altar-stone, raised its ascent to the astonishing height of 25 feet.
The two trilithons forming the wall on each side of the cella therefore pass on the mutual neighbourhood to each other, despite the fact that they are set a slight distance apart. But owing to the oblique placing of the pair of trilithons nearest the head-end the spread is greatly reduced on that side; the head-trilithon stands at the exact spot where it ceases.
Within the sarsen circle are the five impressive trilithons, forming a horseshoe-shaped ring of huge stones.
[…]whereas the four-square gallows would have been more likely to suggest to his contemporary Blake, who normally used symbolism for its own sake, a resemblance to one of the four-square trilitha at Stonehenge.
Translations:
theosophical
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English theosophy
Proto-Indo-European *-ikos
Proto-Italic *-ikos
Latin -icuslbor.
Old French -iquebor.
Middle English -ic
Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.?
Proto-Italic *-ālis
Latin -ālisbor.
Old French -albor.
▲
Latin -ālis
Old French -elbor.
▲
Latin -ālisbor.
Middle English -al
Middle English -ical
English -ical
English theosophical
From theosophy + -ical.
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Of or pertaining to theosophy.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: The religious ideas of late Renaissance alchemists were based on the Paracelsian theosophical system, which was a half-pagan, half-Christian belief system, both a mystical path and a theurgic practice.
Translations:
yazoo
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: Named after the Yazoo River, a tributary of the Mississippi with this characteristic.
Inflected forms:
form: yazoos
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A tributary that runs parallel to a river (especially when separated by a natural levee).
pos: noun
tags: US
Translations:
puling
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English pule
English -ing
English puling
From pule + -ing.
Inflected forms:
form: pulings
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A whining or whimpering.
pos: noun
examples: Leave this faint puling and lament as I do.
Let the songs be loud and cheerful, and not chirpings or pulings.
‘None of that nonsense! We’re not going to hurt thee, Linton—isn’t that thy name? Thou art thy mother’s child, entirely! Where is my share in thee, puling chicken?’
What glamour of infatuation was it which made that nonsense beautiful? One wonders that such puling and trash could ever have made one happy. And yet there were dates when you kissed those silly letters with rapture—lived upon six absurd lines for a week, and until the reactionary period came, when you were restless and miserable until you got a fresh supply of folly.
Translations:
Gunner
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: ball-games
games
hobbies
lifestyle
soccer
sports
Etymology: From gunner, in reference to the weapons held in an arsenal.
Inflected forms:
form: Gunners
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Someone connected with Arsenal Football Club, as a fan, player, coach etc.
pos: noun
examples: The Gunners dominated for long periods but, against the run of play, Denilson fouled Max Gradel and Robert Snodgrass put Leeds ahead from the spot.
Translations:
mandragora
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: arts
folklore
history
human-sciences
literature
media
publishing
sciences
Etymology: From Medieval Latin mandragora, from Latin mandragorās.
Inflected forms:
form: mandragoras
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Any of various plants of the genus Mandragora.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: The root of such a plant, traditionally used as a narcotic.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: —though she did not know whether her supposed rival was dead or alive, whether the complaints she at once pitied and resented were those which "poppy and mandragora" might medicine, or "those written troubles of the brain" which were incapable of cure, she contrived to make up for herself a draught of most terrible infliction.
The worst fodder for a President is not poppy and mandragora, but strychnine and adrenalin.
gloss: A kind of tiny supernatural being, sometimes described as a demon.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
Derived words: mandragorite
Translations:
notching
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: notchings
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A notched mark or pattern.
pos: noun
examples: She looked up into his face and he into hers, and he saw her light-struck green eyes and the delicate notchings of her crow's feet.
gloss: A method of joining framing-timbers, by halving, scarfing, or caulking.
pos: noun
Translations:
dysgeusia
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
Etymology: By surface analysis, dys- + Ancient Greek γεῦσις (geûsis, “taste”) + -ia.
Inflected forms:
form: dysgeusias
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The distortion or loss of the sense of taste; taste disorder.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
Translations:
Paulina
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: From Latin Paulīna, feminine form of Paulīnus, derivative of Paulus, from paulus (“small”). Name of a third-century saint.
Inflected forms:
form: Paulinas
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A pupil or alumna of St Paul's Girls' School, London, England.
pos: noun
examples: In fact, gardening was a significant part of the tradition of the Paulinas (the name given to the girls who attended St. Paul's).
Translations:
fugacity
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
Inflected forms:
form: fugacities
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A measure of the tendency of a fluid to expand or escape.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: A measure of the relative stability of different phases of a substance under the same conditions.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: Transience.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: Duke Orbal disallowed it on the grounds of fugacity.
Synonyms: impermanence
transiency
Related words: fugacious
Translations:
koki
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: From a local brand name.
Inflected forms:
form: kokis
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A fibre-tip pen.
pos: noun
tags: South-Africa
examples: I scribbled the measurements on the wall with a koki.
Translations:
kuti
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: A traditional Ethiopian tisane made from steeped coffee leaves.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
Translations:
nontrivial
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
Etymology: Etymology tree
English non-
English trivial
English nontrivial
From non- + trivial.
Inflected forms:
form: more nontrivial
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most nontrivial
pos: adj
tags: superlative
form: non-trivial
pos: adj
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: Not trivial.
pos: adj
gloss: Not trivial.
pos: adj
examples: nontrivial subgroup
gloss: Not trivial.
pos: adj
Derived words: nontrivially
nontrivial solution
Translations:
lang: Finnish
word: vaikea
lang: Finnish
word: hankala
lang: German
word: nichttrivial
lang: Romanian
word: netrivial
lang: Ukrainian
word: нетривіа́льний
roman: netryviálʹnyj
lang: Finnish
word: epätriviaali
lang: German
word: nichttrivial
lang: Romanian
word: netrivial
ecotoxicology
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *weyḱ-
Proto-Indo-European *-os
Proto-Indo-European *wóyḱos
Proto-Hellenic *wóikos
Ancient Greek οἶκος (oîkos)
Latin oeco-
French éco-
English eco-
French toxicologieder.
English toxicology
English ecotoxicology
From eco- + toxicology.
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: The toxicology of a substance towards a wide range of organisms or towards an ecosystem; the study of ecotoxicity.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
Translations:
cryoprotectant
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: biology
natural-sciences
Etymology: Etymology tree
Ancient Greek κρῠ́ος (krŭ́os)lbor.
English cryo-
English protect
Proto-Indo-European *-onts
Latin -ns
Latin -āns
Old French -antbor.
Proto-Indo-European *-onts
Proto-Germanic *-ndz
Proto-West Germanic *-andī
Old English -ende
Middle English -ant
English -ant
English protectant
English cryoprotectant
From cryo- + protectant.
Inflected forms:
form: cryoprotectants
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Any substance (typically a polyhydric alcohol) that prevents cell damage on freezing
pos: noun
Translations:
costimulatory
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *ḱe?
Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm
Proto-Italic *kom
Proto-Italic *kom-
Latin con-
Latin co-der.
English co-
English stimulatory
English costimulatory
From co- + stimulatory.
Inflected forms:
form: co-stimulatory
pos: adj
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: Of or pertaining to co-stimulation.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
Translations:
co-stimulation
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: biology
natural-sciences
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *ḱe?
Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm
Proto-Italic *kom
Proto-Italic *kom-
Latin con-
Latin co-der.
English co-
English stimulation
English co-stimulation
From co- + stimulation.
Inflected forms:
form: co-stimulations
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: costimulation
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: The requirement of T cells for two signals in order to become fully activated.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
Translations:
halocline
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From halo- + -cline.
Base: halo
Inflected forms:
form: haloclines
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: a strong, vertical salinity gradient; the (sometimes indistinct) border between layers of water that contain different amounts of salt
pos: noun
Translations:
gavelkind
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Inherited from Middle English gavelkynde; by surface analysis, gavel (“rent”) + kind (“lineage”).
Inflected forms:
form: gavelkinds
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: a system of inheritance associated with the county of Kent in England whereby, at the death of a tenant, intestate estate is divided equally among all his sons; also, a similar system employed in Ireland
pos: noun
tags: countable
historical
uncountable
Translations:
brainpower
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: compound
Etymology: From brain + power.
Compound parts: brain
power
Inflected forms:
form: brainpowers
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Mental ability; intelligence.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
usually
examples: He applied his brainpower to the problem.
gloss: Intelligent people considered or regarded as a group.
pos: noun
tags: idiomatic
uncountable
usually
examples: I suspect the think tank lacks the brainpower to function effectively.
“Brainpower rankings usually identify the usual suspects: college towns like Boston, Washington, D.C., and the San Francisco Bay area. And to be sure, these places generally have the highest per capita education levels.”
Translations:
misrepresentative
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *mey-?
Proto-Indo-European *meyth₂-der.
Proto-Germanic *missaz
Proto-Germanic *missa-
Proto-West Germanic *missa-
Old English mis-
Middle English mys-
English mis-
English representative
English misrepresentative
From mis- + representative.
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Purporting or seeming to be representative without actually being so.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: When heterosexual men do engage in homosexual sex […] these practices are treated as momentary aberrations, and a good deal of work goes into explaining why they occurred and why they are misrepresentative of, or discordant with, the true sexual orientation of participants.
Translations:
Amazigh
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Berber *a-maziɣ
Berberbor.
French amazighbor.
English Amazigh
Borrowed from French amazigh, borrowed from a Berber language, from Proto-Berber *a-maziɣ. Compare Central Atlas Tamazight ⴰⵎⴰⵣⵉⵖ (amaziɣ).
Inflected forms:
form: Amazighs
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: Imazighen
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A member of a particular ethnic group indigenous to northwest Africa.
pos: noun
Translations:
inflaton
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
Etymology: Etymology tree
English inflate
Proto-Indo-European *kerh₃-der.?
Latin carbōlbor.
French carbonebor.
English carbonbf.
English -on
English inflaton
From inflate + -on.
Inflected forms:
form: inflatons
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A proposed particle that would have been responsible for inflation in the very early universe.
pos: noun
Translations:
Hoya
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: Derived from the code switched Greek and Latin phrasal chant "Hoya Saxa!" (meaning "What (great) Rocks!"), which gained popularity at the school in the late nineteenth century. Even though "Hoya Saxa!" is an example of code-switching, since the phrase includes only a Greek adjective and a Latin noun, said adjective must be viewed as modifying the noun, which noun then controls the phrase as pertains to grammatical number and gender. Saxa, the phrasal noun, is the nominative plural form of the Latin neuter noun saxum, "(a) stone/(a) rock", and so means "stones"/"rocks"". Hoya in the phrase is an English transliteration of the Greek determiner οἵα (hoîă), the neuter nominative plural neuter form of οἷος (hoîos), which introduces exclamatory independent phrases and is translated into English as "what (great)...!" Because of the foregoing, we can discern that the phrase "Hoya Saxa!" in its entirety means "What (great) rocks!" The chant was initially used in support of the college athletic teams, assumedly meaning something along the lines of "Look how hard and tough our (athletic) fellows are!" The name "Hoyas" came into use in the 1920s as a term decontextualized from the phrasal chant and applied as an identifier of Georgetown University students and alumni, who were thenceforth collectively known as "Hoyas". Compare Hokie.
Inflected forms:
form: Hoyas
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A member of the Georgetown Hoyas, the official athletics teams of Georgetown University in the United States.
pos: noun
examples: Today, the Hoyas’ senior point guard and former first-team All-Met is pursuing a more audacious goal: to take Georgetown deep in the NCAA tournament and add to the Final Four banners on display in McDonough Arena.
gloss: A current or former student of Georgetown University.
pos: noun
examples: This traveling bear doesn’t belong to a circus — Chunky the Georgetown Panda is a stuffed panda that has been shipped across the country to Hoyas old and new.
Translations:
right-thinking
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: more right-thinking
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most right-thinking
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: Sane, sensible, cogent, clear of thought.
pos: adj
gloss: In agreement on moral positions: holding the correct beliefs and opinions.
pos: adj
gloss: Orthodox; conformist.
pos: adj
tags: ironic
Translations:
reconstitution
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Italic *wre-
Latin re-der.
Old French re-bor.
Middle English re-
English re-
English constitution
English reconstitution
From re- + constitution.
Inflected forms:
form: reconstitutions
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The process or result of reconstituting
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: restoration, reconstruction
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: The addition of water to dehydrated food
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
Derived words: immunoreconstitution
Translations:
recriminatory
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: more recriminatory
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most recriminatory
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: In the way of recriminations.
pos: adj
examples: His dwelling on recriminatory memories pushed him into depression.
Translations:
recrystallize
Part of speech: verb
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Italic *wre-
Latin re-der.
Old French re-bor.
Middle English re-
English re-
English crystallize
English recrystallize
From re- + crystallize.
Inflected forms:
form: recrystallizes
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: recrystallizing
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: recrystallized
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: recrystallized
pos: verb
tags: past
Senses:
gloss: To crystallize again; especially as a means of purification.
pos: verb
tags: ambitransitive
Translations:
rectilinear
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: simple
Topics: art
arts
geometry
mathematics
sciences
Etymology: From post-Classical Latin; either from rectilīneāris or from rectilīneus (whence rectiline) + -ar, in both cases ultimately deriving from rectus (“straight”) + līnea (“line”).
Inflected forms:
form: more rectilinear
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most rectilinear
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: In a straight line.
pos: adj
examples: The crankshaft and connecting rods of an engine convert the rectilinear motion of the pistons to rotary motion of the flywheel.
gloss: Formed from straight lines.
pos: adj
Related words: near-rectilineal
near-rectilineal halo orbit
near-rectilineal orbit
rectangle
rectangular
recti-
rectilineal
rectilineality
rectilineally
rectilineal orbit
Derived words: near-rectilinear
near-rectilinear halo orbit
near-rectilinear orbit
nonrectilinear
rectilinearism
rectilinearity
rectilinearization
rectilinearize
rectilinearly
rectilinearness
rectilinear orbit
Translations:
recuperative
Part of speech: adj
noun
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: more recuperative
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most recuperative
pos: adj
tags: superlative
form: recuperatives
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: In the way of recuperation.
pos: adj
examples: Obtaining recuperative rest is aided by quiet, not by having ambulance sirens go by every five minutes.
gloss: Any remedy that aids recuperation.
pos: noun
Translations:
uninitiated
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 initiated
English uninitiated
From un- + initiated.
Inflected forms:
form: the uninitiated
pos: noun
tags: canonical
plural
Senses:
gloss: Not having been initiated; not having the special knowledge of a particular group.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: His jargon-filled talk was gibberish to uninitiated listeners, but it was clear and concise to practitioners.
Even in the midst of the full swing of fancy, swayed to and fro by the many currants of thought that arise out of a single word, snatches of the verse from which the flight was taken will suddenly appear on the surface like a refrain or a keynote, showing that in reality there is a connexion, though hidden to the uninitiated.
To the uninitiated, the belief not merely in the influence of the dead, but in their actual presence during secret rites is, or has until lately been, very real, and in so far as the uninitiated are brought into relation with the societies will possess a religious character.
A quick guide for the uninitiated
Although the priests are the initiated, they remain ignorant and incapable of instructing the uninitiated in the proper method of painting the temples.
gloss: People who have not been initiated and thus do not have the special knowledge of a particular group.
pos: noun
tags: plural
plural-only
examples: His jargon-filled talk was gibberish to the uninitiated, but it was clear and concise to practitioners.
Translations:
dermoid
Part of speech: adj
noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From derm- + -oid.
Base: derm
Inflected forms:
form: more dermoid
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most dermoid
pos: adj
tags: superlative
form: dermoids
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Resembling skin
pos: adj
gloss: A dermoid cyst.
pos: noun
Translations:
telomeric
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English telomere
Proto-Indo-European *-ikos
Proto-Italic *-ikos
Latin -icuslbor.
Old French -iquebor.
Middle English -ik
English -ic
English telomeric
From telomere + -ic.
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Of or pertaining to a telomere.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
Translations:
tidier
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English tidy
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 tidier
From tidy + -er.
Inflected forms:
form: tidiers
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: One who tidies.
pos: noun
Translations:
uncategorized
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From un- + categorized.
Base: categorized
Affixes: un-
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Not having been sorted into a category.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: We have all the uncategorized error reports to go through, figure out who they go to and fix.
Translations:
earless
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English ear
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 earless
From ear + -less.
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Lacking ears.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: Earless seals are probably more hydrodynamic without ear lobes.
There are but few farmers who have failed to notice the large number of poor and earless stalks in the crop, but few can give any reason. They have often seen a good stalk and a poor one in the same hill—one with perhaps two good ears, the other with none on it. Just so long as we select as we do, and fail to improve on our system of saving seed, we shall have more earless stalks than prolific ones.
Earless ghost swift moths become “invisible” to echolocating bats by forming mating clusters close (less than half a meter) above vegetation and effectively blending into the clutter of echoes that the bat receives from the leaves and stems around them.
Translations: