yuanxin112/wiktionary-morph huggingface dataset:
disobliging
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: more disobliging
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most disobliging
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: Not obliging; not making an effort to respect the needs and wishes of others; unaccommodating.
pos: adj
Translations:
docketing
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: docketings
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The act by which something is docketed.
pos: noun
Translations:
dim-bulb
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: Probably a reference to the use of a light bulb in cartoons and comics to indicate that a person has had a bright idea.
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Slow-witted, stupid.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: In Snow White [and the Seven Dwarfs], [Walt] Disney and his staff met the challenge of creating believable characters. Each of the seven dwarfs, from sober-sided Doc to dim-bulb Dopey, had a distinct personality.
Up to now the guy's just a dim-bulb character who likes to dress up in a sailor suit and spoon creme broolay out of a bowl for a living.
Well, long ago, a man named Aesop met a whole bunch of bossy, silly, funny, annoying, dim-bulb people, and he wanted to do something about it. He decided to write stories about these people, and end each story with a lesson […]
It’s harder to care about someone dying when you actively want them to disappear from the screen. And when the film itself proceeds so straightforwardly, and you know that even [Jennifer Love] Hewitt’s dim-bulb boyfriend (Freddie Prinze Jr.) will survive, much of the fun is lost.
Antonyms: intelligent
Translations:
calcitriol
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
medicine
microbiology
natural-sciences
pharmacology
physical-sciences
sciences
Etymology: Etymology tree
Latin calx
Proto-Indo-European *-om
Proto-Italic *-om
Latin -umder.
English -ium
English calcium
English calci-
English triol
English calcitriol
From calci- (“vitamin D derivative”) + triol.
Inflected forms:
form: calcitriols
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A physiologically active metabolic derivative C₂₇H₄₄O₃ of cholecalciferol (1,25-dihydroxycholecalciferol) that is synthesized in the liver and kidney and stimulates the intestinal absorption of calcium.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
usually
Translations:
carnitine
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
Etymology: From German Carnitin, coined from Latin carn- + Latin -i- + -t- (“arbitrary insertion”) + -in, for it was first described in meat extracts in 1905. By surface analysis, Latin carnit- + -ine.
Affixes: -t-
-in
Inflected forms:
form: carnitines
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A betaine, 3-hydroxy-4-trimethylammonio-butanoate, that is found in the liver and has a function in fatty acid transport.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: Although often called an amino acid because of its chemical makeup, L-carnitine is actually a vitaminlike nutrient, related in structure to the B vitamins. L-carnitine is the biologically active form of carnitine.
2014, Peggy R. Borum, Carnitine homeostasis in humans, Benjamin Toby Wall, Craig Porter (editors), Carnitine Metabolism and Human Nutrition, page 4,
Carnitine likely functions in maintaining homeostasis in many metabolic pathways and physiological conditions, with carnitine's role in energy metabolism homeostasis being the best studied.
Carnitines are quaternary amines synthesized from the amino acids lysine and methionine.
Translations:
latching
Part of speech: adj
noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: human-sciences
linguistics
nautical
sciences
transport
Inflected forms:
form: latchings
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: That latches.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: A doorknob of whatever roundish shape is effectively a continuum of levers, with the axis of the latching mechanism—known as the spindle—being the fulcrum about which the turning takes place.
gloss: The act of fastening a latch.
pos: noun
gloss: A loop or eye formed on the head rope of a bonnet, by which it is attached to the foot of a sail.
pos: noun
gloss: The situation where one speaker's utterance immediately follows another speaker's utterance, without pause or overlap.
pos: noun
Translations:
defatted
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: more defatted
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most defatted
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: From which fat has been removed (often by use of solvents)
pos: adj
examples: Soy flour, its defatted form and except for its fiber content, has more resemblance in physical and chemical properties to nonfat dry milk solids, and more properly might be called "defatted soy solids," or "soy powder," or "soy pulverate;" however, the defatted soy flour has nearly 20% more protein than the nonfat milk solids .
Translations:
degumming
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English degum
English -ing
English degumming
From degum + -ing.
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: The removal of gum from a material, especially the removal of sericin from silk or phospholipids etc. from vegetable oils.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
Translations:
dehydrocholesterol
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *de
Proto-Indo-European *-h₁
Proto-Indo-European *déh₁
Proto-Italic *dē
Latin dē
Latin dē-der.
English de-
Ancient Greek ῠ̔δρο- (hŭdro-)der.
English hydro-
English dehydro-
English cholesterol
English dehydrocholesterol
From dehydro- + cholesterol.
Inflected forms:
form: dehydrocholesterols
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A sterol, 7-dehydrocholesterol, found in the skin, that, on exposure to light, is converted into vitamin D
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
Translations:
dissociable
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: From Latin dissociābilis, from dissociare: compare English dissociable. See dissociate.
Inflected forms:
form: more dissociable
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most dissociable
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: Able to be dissociated, divided or separated.
pos: adj
gloss: Not well associated or assorted; incongruous.
pos: adj
examples: They came in two and two, though matched in the most dissociable manner.
gloss: Having a tendency to dissolve social connections; unsuited to society; unsociable.
pos: adj
Derived words: dissociably
nondissociable
photodissociable
undissociable
Translations:
asynchronously
Part of speech: adv
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English asynchronous
Middle English -ly
English -ly
English asynchronously
From asynchronous + -ly.
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: In an asynchronous manner.
pos: adv
tags: not-comparable
examples: These allow scripts to specify functions that should be invoked asynchronously when certain events occur.
Post is a “fire and forget” where the UI thread work is performed asynchronously; Send is synchronous in that the call blocks until the UI thread work has been performed.
Translations:
expeller
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English expel
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 expeller
From expel + -er.
Inflected forms:
form: expellers
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Someone or something that expels.
pos: noun
examples: The latter, for example, are overheard dismissing the former as mere “quantoids”—as if quantitative methods turn those who deploy them into machinelike expellers of numeric waste.
gloss: Someone or something that expels.
pos: noun
Related words: impeller
extractor
extruder
oilpresser
Translations:
lang: Latin
word: exactor
horrifyingly
Part of speech: adv
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English horrifying
Middle English -ly
English -ly
English horrifyingly
From horrifying + -ly.
Inflected forms:
form: more horrifyingly
pos: adv
tags: comparative
form: most horrifyingly
pos: adv
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: In a horrifying manner
pos: adv
Translations:
Celtiberian
Part of speech: noun
adj
Morphological type: compound
Etymology: Blend of Celtic + Iberian.
Compound parts: Celtic
Iberian
Inflected forms:
form: Celtiberians
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: Celt-Iberian
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: Celt-Iberian
pos: adj
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: A member of a Celtic people living in the Iberian Peninsula, chiefly in what is now north central Spain, before and during the Roman Empire.
pos: noun
gloss: Pertaining to these people or their language.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
Translations:
tithed
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Subject to tithe.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
gloss: Liable for tithe.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
gloss: Taken as or paid for tithe.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
Derived words: untithed
Translations:
bartending
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English bar
English tending
English bartending
From bar + tending.
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: The craft of mixing drinks, making cocktails, and related skills of tending a bar.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
examples: "I need to know if any of them took a specific drink order recently. An angel shot."
The manager raised an eyebrow. "Angel shot? Isn't that--"
Kelly nodded. In the bartending business, it was well known that an "angel shot" wasn't a real drink, but was instead a code word that women could use to signal that they were in trouble.
Translations:
rediffusion
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 diffusion
English rediffusion
From re- + diffusion.
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: The rebroadcasting of a programme; more specifically, the distribution of radio or television transmissions from a single receiver
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
gloss: The transmission of radio programs over a cable system
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
Translations:
Ccf
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: Ccf
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: ccf
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: CCF
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: One hundred cubic feet: used as a unit of measurement of volume.
pos: noun
Translations:
sticky-note
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: compound
Etymology: * A modern (post-1962) formation from sticky + note.
Compound parts: sticky
note
Inflected forms:
form: sticky-notes
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: stick note
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: sticky note
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: A small sheet of paper from a padded stack, with each sheet of the pad consisting of a strip of nonpermanent adhesive on the reverse.
pos: noun
Translations:
P-wave
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: geography
geology
natural-sciences
seismology
Etymology: From p(rimary) + wave.
Inflected forms:
form: P-waves
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: P wave
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: A longitudinal compressional wave produced by an earthquake.
pos: noun
examples: P-waves are the first to arrive; that is, they travel fastest. These are ‘push-pull’ waves analogous to sound waves, in which each particle moves back and forth as the waves propagate.
Translations:
flaxseed
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: compound
Etymology: From flax + seed.
Compound parts: flax
seed
Inflected forms:
form: flaxseeds
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: flax seed
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: The seed of the flax plant; a source of linseed oil.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
Translations:
glucagon
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
Etymology: From gluco- + Ancient Greek ἄγων (ágōn), present participle of ἄγω (ágō, “push forward, put in motion; stir up; excite, urge”).
Affixes: gluco-
Inflected forms:
form: glucagons
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A peptide hormone, produced by the pancreas, that opposes the action of insulin by stimulating the production of sugar
pos: noun
Translations:
birching
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: birchings
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A beating with a birch.
pos: noun
Translations:
blubbing
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: blubbings
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Crying; whining; blubbering.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: Herbie had taken out a handkerchief and blown his nose loudly, muttering something about "Foolish. Blubbings. Foolish. Unmanly, the blubbings."
Translations:
gossypol
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
Etymology: Etymology tree
Latin gossypium
English -ol
English gossypol
From Latin gossypium (“cotton”) + English -ol.
Inflected forms:
form: gossypols
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Any of a class of toxic polyphenols found in the seeds of the cotton plant.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
Translations:
helianthus
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: From the genus name. Compare helio- (“sun”), antho- (“flower”).
Inflected forms:
form: helianthuses
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Any plant, of the genus Helianthus, having large flower heads with dark disk florets and showy yellow rays; the sunflowers
pos: noun
Translations:
hypanthium
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *upó
Ancient Greek ῠ̔πό (hŭpó)
Ancient Greek ὑπο- (hupo-)der.
English hypo-
Proto-Indo-European *h₂éndʰos
Proto-Hellenic *ántʰos
Ancient Greek ἄνθος (ánthos)
Proto-Indo-European *-om
Proto-Italic *-om
Latin -umder.
English -ium
English hypanthium
From hypo- + Ancient Greek ἄνθος (ánthos) + English -ium.
Inflected forms:
form: hypanthia
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: hypanthiums
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The bowl-shaped part of a flower on which the sepals, petals, and stamens are borne
pos: noun
Translations:
budded
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: That has developed buds
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
Translations:
buffering
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: bufferings
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The use of a buffer.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: Based on these requirements, the most practical bufferings for intrabuilding cabling are tight buffer and composite buffer. Both of these buffering designs are readily connectorized and offer small bend radii […]
Translations:
hyperlipidemia
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: medicine
sciences
Etymology: From hyper- + lipid + -emia.
Base: hyper
Inflected forms:
form: hyperlipidemias
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: An excess quantity of lipid in the blood; a symptom of several medical conditions.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
Antonyms: hypolipidemia
Translations:
hypertriglyceridemia
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: medicine
sciences
Etymology: From hyper- + triglyceride + -emia.
Base: hyper
Inflected forms:
form: hypertriglyceridemias
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A form of hyperlipidemia in which there is an excess of triglycerides in the blood
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
Translations:
off-the-charts
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: more off-the-charts
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most off-the-charts
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: Exceeding the normal range of measurement.
pos: adj
examples: The off-the-charts sea temperatures and Antarctic sea ice loss were seen as the most shocking.
Translations:
argonaute
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
genetics
medicine
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
Inflected forms:
form: argonautes
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Any of a group of proteins responsible for the gene silencing phenomenon known as RNA interference
pos: noun
Translations:
cyclin
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *kʷel-
Proto-Indo-European *kʷékʷlos
Ancient Greek κῠ́κλος (kŭ́klos)der.
Late Latin cyclusbor.
Middle English cicle
English cycle
Proto-Indo-European *-nós
Proto-Indo-European *-iHnos
Proto-Italic *-īnos
Latin -īnusder.
Old French -inbor.
Middle English -in
English -ineclip.
English -in
English cyclin
From cycle + -in.
Inflected forms:
form: cyclins
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Any of a group of proteins whose presence in a cell varies through its cycle, and that regulates this cycle by forming a complex with kinase
pos: noun
Translations:
cytokinin
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
Etymology: From cytokine + -in.
Base: cytokine
Affixes: -in
Inflected forms:
form: cytokinins
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Any of a class of plant hormones involved in cell growth and division.
pos: noun
examples: The rate-limiting step for cytokinin biosynthesis involves a group of isopentenyltransferase (IPT) enzymes.
SE onset depends on a complex network of interactions among plant growth regulators, mainly auxins and 'cytokinins, during the proembryogenic early stages, and ethylene and gibberellic and abscisic acids later in the development of somatic embryos.
Translations:
enucleation
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: biology
medicine
microbiology
natural-sciences
sciences
surgery
Etymology: From Latin ēnucleātus, perfect passive participle of ēnucleō (“to remove the kernel, stone, etc. from (a fruit, grape)”). Equivalent to enucleate + -ion.
Base: enucleate
Affixes: -ion
Inflected forms:
form: enucleations
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The surgical removal of an intact organ, especially of the eye and of cysts and tumors.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: The removal of the nuclear body of a cell.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: Explanation.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: Perhaps this enucleation of Aristotle's theory is enough, without further commentary.
Synonyms: ophthalmectomy
Related words: enucleability
enucleate
enucleative
enucleator
Derived words: nonenucleation
self-enucleation
Translations:
intraocular
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: medicine
ophthalmology
sciences
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *h₁én
Proto-Indo-European *-teros
Proto-Indo-European *h₁énterosder.
Latin *interus
Latin intrābor.
English intra-
English ocular
English intraocular
From intra- + ocular.
Inflected forms:
form: intra-ocular
pos: adj
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: Inside or within the eye.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
Translations:
hell-bent
Part of speech: adj
adv
Morphological type: compound
Etymology: From hell (“in a manner that uses all of the strength, speed, or effort that a person can summon”) + bent (“determined, insistent”), that is, in the sense “determined like hell”.
Compound parts: hell
bent
Inflected forms:
form: more hell-bent
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most hell-bent
pos: adj
tags: superlative
form: hellbent
pos: adj
tags: alternative
form: hel-bent
pos: adj
tags: alternative
form: hel bent
pos: adj
tags: alternative
form: more hell-bent
pos: adv
tags: comparative
form: most hell-bent
pos: adv
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: Recklessly determined to do or achieve (something).
pos: adj
tags: informal
examples: He was hell-bent on coming first, no matter what.
If somebody had asked me why I was so hell-bent on grabbing a piece of Penny Hardwick's chest, I wouldn't have known what to say. And if somebody were to ask Penny why she was so hell-bent on stopping me, I'll bet she'd be stumped for an answer too.
The PP has seized on the possibility of an amnesty to rally support and to portray the PSOE leader as craven, dependent on Catalan separatists and hellbent on remaining in office.
gloss: In a recklessly determined manner; determinedly, wholeheartedly.
pos: adv
tags: informal
Translations:
erythroid
Part of speech: adj
noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From erythro- + -oid.
Base: erythro
Inflected forms:
form: more erythroid
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most erythroid
pos: adj
tags: superlative
form: erythroids
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Having a red colour; reddish
pos: adj
gloss: Of or pertaining to the erythrocytes, especially to their development
pos: adj
gloss: Synonym of normoblast.
pos: noun
Derived words: erythroid aplasia
erythroid hypoplasia
erythroidine
erythroid leukosis
myeloerythroid
nonerythroid
Translations:
hydrocolloid
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *wed-
Proto-Indo-European *-r̥
Proto-Indo-European *wódr̥
Proto-Hellenic *údōr
Ancient Greek ῡ̆̔́δωρ (hū̆́dōr)
Ancient Greek ῠ̔δρο- (hŭdro-)der.
English hydro-
Ancient Greek κόλλᾰ (kóllă)der.
Vulgar Latin colla
French colle
Proto-Indo-European *weyd-
Proto-Indo-European *-os
Proto-Indo-European *wéydos
Proto-Hellenic *wéidos
Ancient Greek εἶδος (eîdos)der.
French -oïde
French colloïde
English colloid
English hydrocolloid
From hydro- + colloid.
Inflected forms:
form: hydrocolloids
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Any material that forms a colloid (especially a gel) when mixed with water.
pos: noun
gloss: Any material that forms a colloid (especially a gel) when mixed with water.
pos: noun
Related words: hydrocolloidal
Translations:
lang: French
word: hydrocolloïde
lang: German
word: Hydrokolloide
lang: Italian
word: idrocolloide
lang: Russian
word: гидроколло́ид
roman: gidrokollóid
lang: Spanish
word: hidrocoloide
intergenic
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: biology
genetics
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *h₁én
Proto-Indo-European *h₁entér
Proto-Italic *n̥ter
Latin inter
Latin inter-bor.
English inter-
English gene
Proto-Indo-European *-ikos
Proto-Italic *-ikos
Latin -icuslbor.
Old French -iquebor.
Middle English -ik
English -ic
English genic
English intergenic
From inter- + genic.
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Describing the noncoding sections of nucleic acid between genes
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
Translations:
morphometrics
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: biology
natural-sciences
Etymology: Etymology tree
Ancient Greek μορφή (morphḗ)der.
English morpho-
English metrics
English morphometrics
From morpho- + metrics.
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: The measurement of shape.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
gloss: The study of the relationships between the form and function of organisms.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
Derived words: geomorphometrics
histomorphometrics
micromorphometrics
neuromorphometrics
Translations:
lipogenesis
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
Etymology: From lipo- + -genesis.
Base: lipo
Inflected forms:
form: lipogeneses
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The biochemical production of fat, especially the conversion of carbohydrate into fat so that it may be stored as a long-term source of energy when food is scarce
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
Translations:
lipolysis
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *leyp-
Proto-Hellenic *lípos
Ancient Greek λῐ́πος (lĭ́pos)der.
English lipo-
Ancient Greek λῠ́σῐς (lŭ́sĭs)der.
English -lysis
English lipolysis
From lipo- + -lysis.
Inflected forms:
form: lipolyses
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The hydrolysis of lipids.
pos: noun
gloss: The reverse of lipogenesis in which stored fat is broken down.
pos: noun
Related words: ketosis
Derived words: antilipolysis
cryolipolysis
phospholipolysis
Translations:
lipoxygenase
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
Etymology: Etymology tree
English lip-
English oxygenase
English lipoxygenase
From lip- + oxygenase.
Inflected forms:
form: lipoxygenases
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Any of a class of enzymes that catalyse the oxidation of polyunsaturated fatty acids
pos: noun
Translations:
malonyl
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
Etymology: Etymology tree
English malonic
Proto-Indo-European *swel-der.?
Ancient Greek ῡ̔́λη (hū́lē)der.
Frenchder.
English -yl
English malonyl
From malonic + -yl.
Inflected forms:
form: malonyls
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The divalent radical CH₂(COO-)₂ derived from malonic acid
pos: noun
tags: especially
in-compounds
Translations:
nanomolar
Part of speech: adj
noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
Etymology: Etymology tree
Ancient Greek νᾶνος (nânos)bor.
Latin nānusbor.
English nano-
English molar
English nanomolar
From nano- + molar.
Inflected forms:
form: nanomolars
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Describing concentrations one billionth (10⁻⁹) of molar
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
gloss: A nanomolar amount or concentration
pos: noun
Translations:
ruggedized
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: more ruggedized
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most ruggedized
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: Modified to be more rugged, and to withstand rough treatment.
pos: adj
Translations:
palatability
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *pleth₂-?
Proto-Indo-European *pel-?
Proto-Indo-European *pleh₂-osder.
Latin palātumder.
Old French palatbor.
Middle English palate
English palate
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 palat(able)
▲
Latin -ābilis
Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂
Proto-Indo-European *-ts
Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts
Proto-Italic *-tāts
Latin -tās
Latin -abilitas
Middle French -abletébor.
Middle English -ablete
English -ability
English palatability
From palat(able) + -ability.
Inflected forms:
form: palatabilities
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The condition of being palatable.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
gloss: The extent to which something is palatable.
pos: noun
tags: countable
Derived words: nonpalatability
unpalatability
Translations:
pantothenic
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Circa 20th century, from Ancient Greek πάντοθεν (pántothen, “from every side”) + -ic.
Affixes: -ic
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Of or pertaining to pantothenic acid or its derivatives
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
Translations:
phytol
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *bʰuH-
Proto-Indo-European *-yéti
Proto-Indo-European *bʰuHyéti
Ancient Greek φύω (phúō)
Ancient Greek φῠτόν (phŭtón)der.
English phyto-
English -ol
English phytol
From phyto- + -ol.
Inflected forms:
form: phytols
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The diterpenoid alcohol (2E,7R,11R)-3,7,11,15-tetramethyl-2-hexadecen-1-ol, derived from chlorophyll.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
Translations:
poppyseed
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English poppy
English see
English -d
English seed
English poppyseed
From poppy + seed.
Inflected forms:
form: poppyseeds
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: poppy seed
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: The seed of the poppy, used as a flavouring in bread.
pos: noun
examples: These [spiders] in my office were newborn babies. A hundred scuttering bambinos, each one no bigger than a poppyseed. Too small still for red hourglasses, too small even for red egg timers.
Translations:
alt-weekly
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English alt-
English weekly
English alt-weekly
From alt- + weekly.
Inflected forms:
form: alt-weeklies
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: An alternative newspaper published weekly.
pos: noun
tags: informal
examples: Alt-weeklies are known for their investigative journalism.
The Stranger, Seattle’s alt-weekly blog, even posted a condemnation of political violence.
Translations:
prothrombin
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
Etymology: Etymology tree
English pro-
English thrombin
English prothrombin
From pro- + thrombin.
Inflected forms:
form: prothrombins
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A glycoprotein, produced in the liver, that is converted into thrombin during bleeding and subsequent clotting.
pos: noun
Translations:
provitamin
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
Etymology: Etymology tree
English pro-
English vitamin
English provitamin
From pro- (“forward, facing, favouring, toward”) + vitamin.
Inflected forms:
form: provitamins
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Any biologically inactive compound that may be converted into a vitamin within an animal organism
pos: noun
Translations:
replacer
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 place
English replace
English -er
English replacer
From replace + -er.
Inflected forms:
form: replacers
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A replacement or substitute.
pos: noun
examples: Vegan egg replacers are made from tapioca, potato starch, vegetable lecithin, calcium carbonate and a cellulose-based filler.
gloss: One who replaces something.
pos: noun
Derived words: car replacer
egg replacer
milk replacer
Translations:
retinoic
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
Etymology: Etymology tree
English retina
English -oic
English retinoic
From retina + -oic.
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Derived from retinol; relating to retinoic acid or its derivatives
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
Translations:
retinyl
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
Etymology: Etymology tree
English retinol
Ancient Greek ῡ̔́λη (hū́lē)der.
Frenchder.
English -yl
English retinyl
From retinol + -yl.
Inflected forms:
form: retinyls
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The univalent radical derived from retinol
pos: noun
tags: especially
in-compounds
Translations:
ricinoleic
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: From Ricinus (castor plant) + oleic.
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Of or pertaining to ricinoleic acid or its derivatives.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
Translations:
deniability
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English deny
Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr
Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom
Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlis
Proto-Italic *-ðlis
Latin -bilis
Latin -ābilis
Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂
Proto-Indo-European *-ts
Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts
Proto-Italic *-tāts
Latin -tās
Latin -abilitas
Middle French -abletébor.
Middle English -ablete
English -ability
English deniability
From deny + -ability.
Inflected forms:
form: deniabilities
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The condition of being deniable.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
examples: No longer is plausible deniability acceptable, either for boards or for management. Corporate and nonprofit boards alike are expected to know of problems that are brewing deep within their organizations.
gloss: The extent to which something is deniable.
pos: noun
tags: countable
examples: These infamous little green men appeared during the decisive seizures or buildings and facilities, only to disappear when associated militias and local troops arrived to consolidate the gains. In this way they provided a measure of deniability—however superficial or implausible—for Moscow.⁴⁰
Derived words: plausible deniability
undeniability
Translations:
captioning
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: captionings
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The act of assigning a caption.
pos: noun
examples: Instead of dismissing all the differing readings her poems have been given, we need to account for their possibility in terms of the multiple captionings to which her poetry lends itself […]
Translations:
captioned
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: more captioned
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most captioned
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: Containing captions.
pos: adj
Translations:
steatorrhea
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: medicine
sciences
Etymology: From steato- + -rrhea.
Base: steato
Inflected forms:
form: steatorrheas
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: steatorrhoea
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: The presence of an excessive amount of fat in the feces
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
Translations:
steatosis
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: medicine
sciences
Etymology: From steato- + -osis.
Base: steato
Inflected forms:
form: steatoses
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The abnormal retention of lipids by a cell or organ.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
Translations:
sterculia
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: From the genus name.
Inflected forms:
form: sterculias
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Any of a number of tropical trees and shrubs, of the genus Sterculia, many of which bear commercially important, oil-rich seeds
pos: noun
Translations:
multilane
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Italic *moltos
Latin multus
Latin multīder.
Middle English multi-
English multi-
English lane
English multilane
From multi- + lane.
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Having more than one lane of traffic traveling in at least one direction.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: The Government since 1956 has laced the U.S. with 33,000 miles of multilane highways.
What fascinated me the most were the futuristic superhighways, multilane ribbons of traffic filled with cars, buses and trucks.
Translations:
indef
Part of speech: noun
verb
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: Shortened from indefinite.
Inflected forms:
form: indefs
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: indef.
pos: noun
tags: alternative
abbreviation
form: indefs
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: indeffing
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: indeffed
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: indeffed
pos: verb
tags: past
form: indef.
pos: verb
tags: alternative
abbreviation
Senses:
gloss: The action of blocking or banning a user, account, or IP address from editing or other actions for an indefinite length of time.
pos: noun
tags: Internet
examples: An indef seems the only way to stem the flow of disruption from this user.
gloss: To block or ban a user, account, or IP address from editing or other actions for an indefinite length of time.
pos: verb
tags: Internet
examples: I indeffed the editor based on the legal threat.
Translations:
cosmographer
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: astrophysics
Etymology: From cosmography + -er, corresponding to cosmo- + -grapher.
Base: cosmography
Affixes: -er
Inflected forms:
form: cosmographers
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A scientist specializing in understanding and describing the nature of the universe.
pos: noun
gloss: Someone who describes the world; a geographer or anthropologist.
pos: noun
tags: obsolete
examples: And if it be (as Cosmographers report) that there are Nations, who receive and admit a Dogge to be their King, it must necessarily follow, that they give a certaine interpretations to his voice and moving.
Synonyms: cosmographist
Related words: cosmologist
cosmology
Translations:
uber
Part of speech: adj
adv
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: From German über (“above”, preposition), which is also used as a prefix (über-); cognate with over. Entered English through Nietzsche's use of the word Übermensch. Doublet of over, super, and hyper.
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Super; high-level; high-ranking.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: people in Team GameAxis are no different from the rest of us although many would think them as uber geeks
The fiasco begins with a call from Jaine's high-school nemesis, uber rich uber witch Patti Devane
I laughed, a deep croaking noise in the uber vamp's body
Moreover, this is a concrete venue for all businesses or organizations to champion a distinctive or necessary cause, and thereby secure “Uber Success” (off-the-charts results) for the future of their company or organization
It's an orgy of perfectly choreographed cartoon uber violence and is the game the Devil May Cry series always promised but never delivered.
And while Adam himself is a little fuzzy around the edges – I know we Americans pride ourselves on our supposed social mobility, but the sons of union pipefitters don't generally grow up to be uber preppies, regardless of how much charm they can muster at after-work drinking sessions – the other characters are more convincing, especially Cynthia, an East Coast upper-class desperate housewife, who married Adam when they were both in their early twenties because "he makes me laugh and he makes me come", only to find herself driven to distraction (and psychotherapy) by the relentless banality of stay-at-home parenthood.
gloss: Very; super.
pos: adv
tags: not-comparable
examples: The fiasco begins with a call from Jaine's high-school nemesis, uber rich uber witch Patti Devane
Admittedly, churches do some incredibly goofy things when they pursue relevance for the sake of being uber hip and ultra cool. One pastor I know got so many piercings that he looked like a rack of lures at the Bass Pro Shop
The film's parallel story depicts Max (Jason Patric) as an uber powerful operative, barking wild orders at right-hand man Wade (Holt McCallany)
Translations:
srsly
Part of speech: intj
adv
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: A shortening of seriously by removing the vowels, as is common on IRC or texting.
Inflected forms:
form: more srsly
pos: adv
tags: comparative
form: most srsly
pos: adv
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: Are you serious? Really?
pos: intj
tags: Internet
examples: A: My mum just broke her leg…
B: srsly?!
what's the point of names anyway. srsly. you could call a 🌹 a different name, and it would still 👃 just as sweet.
gloss: Seriously.
pos: adv
tags: Internet
examples: A: She's srsly afraid to go out now.
B: Yeah, that's understandable.
Srsly though, graduation isn't a forever goodbye and your future reunions will recapture the feelings you're leaving behind, believe it or not.
Translations:
winterization
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English winter
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
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 -ization
English winterization
From winter + -ization.
Inflected forms:
form: winterizations
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: winterisation
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: The act of preparing something for winter weather.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
usually
gloss: The process in which solid fats are removed from liquid edible oils by cooling, which allows such oils to be stored in a refrigerator.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
usually
Related words: winterize
Translations:
cinnamyl
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
Etymology: Etymology tree
English cinnamon
Proto-Indo-European *-ikos
Proto-Italic *-ikos
Latin -icuslbor.
Old French -iquebor.
Middle English -ik
English -ic
English cinnamic
Proto-Indo-European *swel-der.?
Ancient Greek ῡ̔́λη (hū́lē)der.
Frenchder.
English -yl
English cinnamyl
From cinnamic + -yl.
Inflected forms:
form: cinnamyls
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The univalent radical C₆H₅-CH=CH-CH₂- characteristic of cinnamic compounds
pos: noun
tags: especially
in-compounds
Translations:
Kurdistani
Part of speech: adj
noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From Northern Kurdish kurdistanî. Equivalent to Kurdistan + -i.
Base: Kurdistan
Affixes: -i
Inflected forms:
form: more Kurdistani
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most Kurdistani
pos: adj
tags: superlative
form: Kurdistanis
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Of, from or relating to Kurdistan in West Asia; Kurdish.
pos: adj
gloss: A native or inhabitant of Kurdistan in West Asia.
pos: noun
Translations:
recordation
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: law
Etymology: From Old French recordacion (“record, memory”), from Latin recordatio.
Inflected forms:
form: recordations
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The act of giving legal status to a document by making it an official public record.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: Recordation by the Administrator of transfers of allowances shall amend automatically all applicable proposed or approved permit applications, compliance plans and permits. [42 U.S.C. 7651g]
Translations:
delist
Part of speech: verb
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *de
Proto-Indo-European *-h₁
Proto-Indo-European *déh₁
Proto-Italic *dē
Latin dē
Latin dē-der.
English de-
English list
English delist
From de- + list.
Inflected forms:
form: delists
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: delisting
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: delisted
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: delisted
pos: verb
tags: past
Senses:
gloss: To remove from an official register or list.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: When the company failed to file its financial statements, it was delisted by the Stock Exchange.
Translations:
prog
Part of speech: noun
verb
Morphological type: simple
Topics: climatology
computing
engineering
entertainment
government
lifestyle
mathematics
meteorology
music
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
politics
sciences
Etymology: By clipping of various words.
Inflected forms:
form: progs
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: progs
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: progging
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: progged
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: progged
pos: verb
tags: past
Senses:
gloss: Progressive rock.
pos: noun
tags: informal
uncountable
examples: He listens to a lot of prog.
gloss: A program.
pos: noun
tags: countable
informal
uncountable
examples: […] is there some way to connect to my new comp so I can transfer some of the software progs […]
"Yoda", How do I get progs to run when linux 7.1 starts up?
I've looked around if I can get the prog to start a backup itself, but it still requires some manual commands.
gloss: Programming.
pos: noun
tags: informal
uncountable
gloss: A television program.
pos: noun
tags: countable
informal
uncountable
examples: It's only him that can make TV progs worth watching, he's saying.
gloss: A proctor.
pos: noun
tags: UK
countable
dated
uncountable
gloss: A progressive.
pos: noun
tags: countable
informal
uncountable
gloss: Progesterone.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
gloss: To programme.
pos: verb
gloss: To prognosticate; to forecast.
pos: verb
examples: The thermodynamics of this system are progged to be similar to the "surprise" epic Oct 2006 Buffalo, NY lake effect snow event.
Derived words: avant-prog
proggie
prog-like
prog rock
proto-prog
Translations:
scute
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: biology
genetics
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
zoology
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin scutum (“shield”). Compare scutum, escudo, scudo, and écu.
Inflected forms:
form: scutes
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A horny, chitinous, or bony external plate or scale, as on the shell of a turtle, the skin of crocodiles, or the feet and legs of birds.
pos: noun
examples: Then one afternoon, as he's stripping the scutes and hide from a shortnose sturgeon, an idea hits him.
gloss: A proneural gene, often associated with achaete, that is required for the formation of many larval and adult sense organs
pos: noun
gloss: A small shield.
pos: noun
tags: obsolete
examples: But yet they ouer shote vs
Wyth crownes and wyth scutus;
With scutis and crownes of gold
I drede we are bought and solde; […]
gloss: An old French gold coin.
pos: noun
tags: historical
Synonyms: scutum
Translations:
holo
Part of speech: noun
adj
Morphological type: simple
Topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
literature
media
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
publishing
science-fiction
Inflected forms:
form: holos
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A hologram.
pos: noun
gloss: Bound by ligands
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: We compared the holo and apo forms of the protein.
Translations:
headteacher
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: compound
Etymology: From head + teacher.
Compound parts: head
teacher
Inflected forms:
form: headteachers
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: head teacher
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: The most senior teacher in a school who is responsible for its management and administration.
pos: noun
tags: Ireland
UK
examples: I had to go and see the headteacher about my attitude.
Translations:
inlaw
Part of speech: verb
noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: law
Etymology: From Middle English inlawen, inlaghen, from Old English inlagian, ġeinlagian (“to restore to the protection of the law, inlaw”), equivalent to in- + law.
Base: law
Affixes: in-
Inflected forms:
form: inlaws
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: inlawing
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: inlawed
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: inlawed
pos: verb
tags: past
form: inlaws
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: To clear of outlawry or attainder, to return to the protection of the law
pos: verb
tags: UK
historical
transitive
examples: The king, indignant that an attempt should be made to exempt the vast ecclesiastical lands from taxation at a time of national crisis, sequestrated the estates of the see of Canterbury, and copied John’s conduct in 1208 by outlawing the whole body of the clergy. Winchelsea in return excommunicated all those who refused to recognize the authority of the pope’s bull... Harassed by these domestic troubles, the king could not carry out his intention of sailing for Flanders in the spring, and spent the greater part of the campaigning season in wrangles with his subjects. He was obliged to come to a compromise. If the clergy would give him a voluntary gift, which was in no way to be considered a tax, he agreed to inlaw them.
gloss: One who is within the domain or protection of the law.
pos: noun
Translations:
stringybark
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: compound
Etymology: From stringy + bark.
Compound parts: stringy
bark
Inflected forms:
form: stringybarks
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Any of a number of Australian eucalyptus trees with fibrous bark, or the wood or bark of such trees.
pos: noun
examples: Two of the younger men carried him there on a stretcher of stringybark.
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