yuanxin112/wiktionary-morph huggingface dataset:
typescript
Part of speech: noun
verb
Morphological type: compound
Topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
Etymology: From type + script.
Compound parts: type
script
Inflected forms:
form: typescripts
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: typescripts
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: typescripting
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: typescripted
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: typescripted
pos: verb
tags: past
Senses:
gloss: typewritten material, especially such a copy of a manuscript
pos: noun
examples: The whole production, which consists of 16 typescript pages contained in a decorative stiff cover, forms a pleasant reminder of the conditions in which the railway enthusiast was able to pursue his hobby before the recent war.
gloss: A file containing a replay of commands typed into a terminal, which can then be automatically typed by a program later on.
pos: noun
tags: Unix
examples: The {{#tag:syntaxhighlight|script|inline="True"|lang="text"|style="white-space:pre-wrap;"}} command allows you to make a typescript out of the current contents of your terminal.
gloss: To transcribe into typewritten form.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
Translations:
tyramine
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: compound
Topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
Etymology: Blend of tyrosine + amine.
Compound parts: tyrosine
amine
Inflected forms:
form: tyramines
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A compound which occurs naturally in cheese and other foods and can cause dangerously high blood pressure in people taking a monoamine oxidase inhibitor.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
Translations:
phenolic
Part of speech: adj
noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂-der.
Proto-Hellenic *pʰáňňō
Ancient Greek φαίνω (phaínō)der.
French phènebor.
English phenol
Proto-Indo-European *-ikos
Proto-Italic *-ikos
Latin -icuslbor.
Old French -iquebor.
Middle English -ik
English -ic
English phenolic
From phenol + -ic.
Inflected forms:
form: phenolics
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Of, relating to, or derived from a phenol.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: “Eggplant is highly nutritious, but it can be bitter due to its phenolic compounds.”
gloss: A phenol compound.
pos: noun
gloss: Any thermosetting resin manufactured from phenols and aldehydes.
pos: noun
gloss: Any of a large group of pigments and flavouring agents, especially those found in grapes and wine.
pos: noun
Derived words: phenolic resin
Translations:
tyrannosaur
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: From translingual Tyrannosaurus.
Inflected forms:
form: tyrannosaurs
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Any large bipedal carnivorous dinosaur, of the family Tyrannosauridae, that lived in North America during the Cretaceous period.
pos: noun
examples: So far, Druckenmiller and his team have dug up species from seven different dino families: from big duck-billed dinos, ceretopsians, and tyrannosaurs to smaller thescelosaurs, leptoceratops, dromaeosaurs, and troodontids.
Instead it belongs to a new species of tyrannosaur, which the researchers have dubbed Tyrannosaurus mcraeensis in a paper published on January 11 in Scientific Reports.
Translations:
atonic
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: human-sciences
linguistics
medicine
pathology
sciences
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *né
Proto-Indo-European *n̥-
Proto-Hellenic *ə-
Ancient Greek ἀ- (a-)der.
English a-
Proto-Indo-European *ten-
Proto-Indo-European *-os
Proto-Indo-European *tónos
Proto-Hellenic *tónos
Ancient Greek τόνος (tónos)
Proto-Indo-European *-kos
Ancient Greek -κός (-kós)
Ancient Greek -ικός (-ikós)
Ancient Greek τονῐκός (tonĭkós)
English tonic
English atonic
From a- + tonic.
Inflected forms:
form: more atonic
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most atonic
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: unstressed
pos: adj
tags: unstressed
gloss: not having tone (pitch)
pos: adj
examples: Some syllables are distinguished by an absence of tone; they are said to be atonic or to have a neutral tone.
gloss: Lacking muscle tone.
pos: adj
gloss: Characterized by atony, or want of vital energy.
pos: adj
examples: an atonic disease
Related words: atonal
Derived words: atonia
atonically
atonicity
atony
Translations:
gaping
Part of speech: adj
noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From Middle English gaping, gapynge, variants of Middle English gapand, gapande, equivalent to gape + -ing.
Base: gape
Affixes: -ing
Inflected forms:
form: more gaping
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most gaping
pos: adj
tags: superlative
form: gapings
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Wide open.
pos: adj
examples: There’s a gaping hole in the fence.
Typically for the 'get-on-with-it' era, the railway and military worked like demons to restore the vital rail link. The crater was rapidly filled in and the earth tamped solid, the wreckage was removed by breakdown trains, new rails and sleepers were rushed forward by willing hands, and US Army bulldozers piled in. By 2020 on the same day, both tracks were open for traffic again where there had been a gaping pit just hours before.
gloss: Having the jaw wide open, as in astonishment or stupefaction.
pos: adj
examples: The men who stood behind the scenes and worked the religious puppet-show by hidden wires to the awe and astonishment of the gaping vulgar.
gloss: The act of one who gapes.
pos: noun
examples: M. Le Gallois considers these gapings, which continue for some time after decapitation, as the vain efforts of the head for respiration.
gloss: Something gaping; something agape.
pos: noun
gloss: A threat or courtship behavior in animals involving holding the mouth open and displaying the teeth or other interior features.
pos: noun
Derived words: gapingly
Translations:
lang: Czech
word: s pusou dokořán
downhill
Part of speech: adv
adj
noun
verb
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English down-
English hill
English downhill
From down- + hill.
Inflected forms:
form: further downhill
pos: adv
tags: comparative
form: farther downhill
pos: adv
tags: comparative
form: furthest downhill
pos: adv
tags: superlative
form: farthest downhill
pos: adv
tags: superlative
form: further downhill
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: farther downhill
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: furthest downhill
pos: adj
tags: superlative
form: farthest downhill
pos: adj
tags: superlative
form: downhills
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: downhills
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: downhilling
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: downhilled
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: downhilled
pos: verb
tags: past
Senses:
gloss: Down a slope.
pos: adv
examples: Because we got to the summit of the mountain, we could only go downhill from there.
I worked my way downhill, slip sliding in the mud along a steep embankment that followed a stream until it emptied into a creek.
gloss: So as to deteriorate or get worse.
pos: adv
tags: broadly
examples: After Don made those tasteless remarks, our relationship with him went downhill.
gloss: Located towards or at the bottom of a slope or hill.
pos: adj
examples: Moraines are found at the downhill end of a glacier.
gloss: Going down a slope or a hill.
pos: adj
examples: This year's race is on a downhill course.
It was nearly all downhill into Shrewsbury, with two intermediate stops, and a grand sequence of long curves around which Soult nuzzled her way with a quick side-to-side action.
gloss: Easy.
pos: adj
tags: broadly
examples: That's the hard part of the job done. From now on it's downhill all the way.
gloss: The fastest of the disciplines of alpine skiing.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
gloss: A rapid descent of a hill in related sports, especially in alpine skiing.
pos: noun
tags: countable
gloss: To take part in downhill skiing.
pos: verb
Antonyms: uphill
Derived words: downcountry
downhiller
go downhill
shit rolls downhill
downhill creep
downhill ice cross
downhill-ski
downhill skier
downhill skiing
have the world by the tail on a downhill pull
icecross downhill
Translations:
bobsleigh
Part of speech: noun
verb
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: From bobs, the short runners on which the bobsleigh is based (as opposed to a usual sleigh on long runners continuing all the way along the vehicle); further etymology unclear. Attested since 1839 as bob-sled, long before the invention of the sport.
Inflected forms:
form: bobsleighs
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: bobsleighs
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: bobsleighing
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: bobsleighed
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: bobsleighed
pos: verb
tags: past
Senses:
gloss: A sleigh for saw logs or heavy timber resting on two pairs of two short runners.
pos: noun
tags: countable
obsolete
uncountable
gloss: A winter sport in which teams make timed runs down narrow, twisting, banked purpose-built iced tracks in a gravity-powered sled.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
gloss: The sled used in the sport of bobsleigh.
pos: noun
tags: countable
gloss: To ride a bobsleigh.
pos: verb
Derived words: bobsleigher
Translations:
lang: Bulgarian
word: бобслей
roman: bobslej
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 雪車 /雪车
roman: xuěchē
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 有舵雪橇
roman: yǒuduòxuěqiāo
lang: Dutch
word: bobsleeën
lang: Finnish
word: rattikelkkailu
lang: French
word: bobsleigh
lang: German
word: Bobsport
lang: Hungarian
word: bob
lang: Italian
word: bob
lang: Italian
word: guidoslitta
lang: Japanese
word: ボブスレー
roman: bobusurē
lang: Korean
word: 봅슬레이
roman: bopseullei
lang: Korean
word: 봅슬레드
roman: bopseulledeu
lang: Polish
word: bobsleje
lang: Russian
word: бобсле́й
roman: bobsléj
lang: Spanish
word: bobsleigh
lang: Swedish
word: bob
lang: Bulgarian
word: боб
roman: bob
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 有舵雪橇
roman: yǒuduòxuěqiāo
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 長雪橇 /长雪橇
roman: chángxuěqiāo
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 長橇 /长橇
roman: chángqiāo
lang: Dutch
word: bobslee
lang: Dutch
word: bob
lang: Finnish
word: rattikelkka
lang: French
word: bobsleigh
lang: German
word: Bob
lang: German
word: Rennbob
lang: German
word: Rennschlitten
lang: Hungarian
word: bob
lang: Italian
word: bob
lang: Italian
word: guidoslitta
lang: Japanese
word: ボブスレー
roman: bobusurē
lang: Polish
word: bobslej
lang: Russian
word: бобсле́й
roman: bobsléj
lang: Spanish
word: bobsleigh
scrawny
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: A variant of dialectal scranny (“thin; lean; scraggy; poor; scanty; of inferior quality”), perhaps from Old Norse skran (“rubbish; junk”) + -y. Compare Norwegian skran (“lean, thin, skinny”), English scrannel (“lean; meager; poor; worthless”).
Alternatively, perhaps from Old Norse skrælna (“to be shrivelled”).
Affixes: -y
Inflected forms:
form: scrawnier
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: scrawniest
pos: adj
tags: superlative
form: scranny
pos: adj
tags: alternative
dialectal
Senses:
gloss: Thin, malnourished, and weak.
pos: adj
examples: “Tell him, in these words, that I will have his scrawny bones before me now. Tell him, Byar, and bring him if you must arrest him and those filthy wretches who disgrace the Children. Go.”
Antonyms: heavy
large
obese
overweight
strapping
Translations:
biathlon
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: PIE word
 *dwóh₁
From bi- (prefix meaning ‘two; both’) + -athlon (suffix meaning ‘contest’), modelled after pentathlon.
Base: bi
Inflected forms:
form: biathlons
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Racing combining cross-country skiing and rifle shooting
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
gloss: a particular instance of such a race.
pos: noun
tags: countable
Related words: biathlete
cross training
Derived words: biathloner
para biathlon
parabiathlon
para-biathlon
Translations:
tyrannous
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
Latin tyrannus
Latin -ōsus
Old French -usbor.
Middle English -ous
English -ous
English tyrannous
From Latin tyrannus (“tyrant”) + English -ous.
Inflected forms:
form: more tyrannous
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most tyrannous
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: Tyrannical, despotic or oppressive.
pos: adj
examples: […] that Elfe,
That man and beast with powre imperious
Subdeweth to his kingdome tyrannous:
Yield up, O love, thy crown and hearted throne
To tyrannous hate!
It is extraordinary that as the wicked arts of this regicide and tyrannous faction increase in number, variety, and atrocity, the desire of punishing them becomes more and more faint […]
As life wears on and finds no rest,
The individual in each breast
Is tyrannous to sunder them.
Translations:
falsework
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: compound
Topics: engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
Etymology: From false + work.
Compound parts: false
work
Inflected forms:
form: falseworks
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A temporary framework used in the building of bridges and arched structures in order to hold items in place until the structure is able to support itself.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
usually
examples: Both steel and timber forms were used, supported on a falsework of steel beams erected on the new abutments at each end and on temporary piles which were driven into the river bed at mid-span.
Each [girder] measuring 38 metres long, they will sit below four steel tripods which will support the falsework and formwork.
gloss: Scaffolding, a temporary frame serving to support and brace a building under construction until it can stand alone.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
usually
examples: ... the woefully incomplete Ferris Wheel ... was a half-moon of steel encased in a skyscraper of wooden falsework.
Translations:
tyrosinase
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
Etymology: Etymology tree
English tyrosine
Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁
Proto-Indo-European *dwísder.
Ancient Greek διά (diá)
Ancient Greek δῐᾰ- (dĭă-)
Proto-Indo-European *steh₂-
Proto-Indo-European *stísteh₂ti
Proto-Hellenic *hístāmi
Ancient Greek ῐ̔́στημῐ (hĭ́stēmĭ)
Ancient Greek δῐῐ̈́στημῐ (dĭĭ̈́stēmĭ)
Ancient Greek δῐᾰ́στᾰσῐς (dĭắstăsĭs)
English diastase
English -ase
English tyrosinase
From tyrosine + -ase.
Inflected forms:
form: tyrosinases
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: An enzyme, similar to catechol oxidase, that catalyzes the production of phenolic pigments such as melanin.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
Translations:
fascicle
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: anatomy
biology
botany
media
medicine
natural-sciences
publishing
sciences
Etymology: From Latin fasciculus, a diminutive of fascis (“bundle”); see also fasces. Doublet of fasciculus.
Inflected forms:
form: fascicles
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A bundle or cluster.
pos: noun
gloss: A bundle of skeletal muscle fibers surrounded by connective tissue.
pos: noun
gloss: A cluster of flowers or leaves, such as the bundles of the thin leaves (or needles) of pines.
pos: noun
gloss: A discrete bundle of vascular tissue.
pos: noun
gloss: A discrete section of a book issued or published separately, generally as a temporary measure while the work is in progress.
pos: noun
examples: The OED [Oxford English Dictionary] was initially published in a series of 125 slim fascicles between the years 1884 and 1928. The first complete edition in ten volumes was published in 1928.
I was inspired to prepare fascicles like this by the example of Charles Dickens, who issued his novels in serial form; he published a dozen installments of Oliver Twist before having any idea what would become of Bill Sikes!
The printed book appeared in a variety of forms during the course of its history in China. These included, among others, the “whirlwind” binding (xuanfeng zhuang), […] the “thread” binding (xianzhuang), a technical designation that refers to the silken or cotton filaments used to stitch together folded sheets of paper into fascicles.
Related words: fascicular
fasciculation
fascine
fascism
Derived words: fascicled
interfascicle
minifascicle
nanofascicle
Translations:
fimbriate
Part of speech: verb
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: government
heraldry
hobbies
lifestyle
monarchy
nobility
politics
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin fimbriātus (“fibrous, fringed”), participial adjective formed on fimbriae (“fibers, threads, fringe”) + -ātus (participial adjective-forming suffix). See -ate (verb-forming suffix), -ate (adjective-forming suffix).
Base: fimbriae
Affixes: -ātus
Inflected forms:
form: fimbriates
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: fimbriating
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: fimbriated
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: fimbriated
pos: verb
tags: past
Senses:
gloss: To fringe; to hem.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
gloss: To apply a thin border (a fimbriation) to some element, often to satisfy the rule of tincture.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: Beſides the divers tricking or dreſſing, as piercing, voiding, fimbriating, ingrailing, couping: And in fanſie and devices there is ſtill a plus ultrá; inſomuch that Croſſes alone as they are variouſly diſguiſed, are enough to diſtinguiſh all the ſeverall families of Gentlemen in England.
Derived words: fimbriated
fimbriation
Translations:
tzolkin
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: A neoterm coined by Western scholars from the Yucatec Maya words tzol (“count”) and k'in (“day”); it is unknown what the classical-era Maya natively called their calendar.
Inflected forms:
form: tzolkins
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: tzolk'in
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: The Mayan calendar consisting of 260 days.
pos: noun
Translations:
episodic
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: broadcasting
literature
media
publishing
television
Etymology: From episode + -ic. Compare French épisodique.
Base: episode
Affixes: -ic
Inflected forms:
form: more episodic
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most episodic
pos: adj
tags: superlative
form: episodick
pos: adj
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: Relating to an episode.
pos: adj
examples: When I'm not honing my craft in episodic television, I do double-duty as a voice coach.
gloss: Sporadic, happening infrequently and irregularly.
pos: adj
examples: Fortunately, my episodic bouts of dizziness didn't prevent me from climbing Chichen Itzá.
gloss: Consisting of a sequence of seemingly unconnected episodes.
pos: adj
examples: I just read five attempts at episodic novels — has nobody heard of a plot anymore?
Synonyms: episodical
Derived words: episodically
episodic dyscontrol syndrome
episodicity
episodic memory
episodic wave
multiepisodic
nonepisodic
webisodic
Translations:
rearward
Part of speech: noun
adj
adv
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English rear
Proto-Indo-European *wert-der.
Proto-Germanic *wardaz
Old English -weard
English -ward
English rearward
From rear + -ward.
Inflected forms:
form: rearwards
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: rereward
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: more rearward
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most rearward
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: The part that comes last or is situated in the rear; conclusion, wind-up.
pos: noun
examples: Do not liue Hero, do not ope thine eies: / For did I thinke thou vvouldſt not quickly die / Thought I thy ſpirites vvere ſtronger than thy ſhames / My ſelfe would on the rerevvard of reproches / Strike at thy life.
For, though it were a knowen corruption, and therefore ſhould haue beene auoyded; yet [Robert] Bellarmine in muſtering vp the Fathers authorities, for proofe of the reading, ipſa (the beſt ground of their Mariolatrie) brings in [John] Chryſoſtom in the rereward.
Ever he gazed earnestly on the main battle of the Romans, and what they were doing, and presently it became clear to him that they would outgo him and come to the ford, and then he wotted well that they would set on him just when their light-armed were on his flank and his rearward, and then it would go hard but they would break their array and all would be lost: […]
gloss: The last troop; the rear of an army; a rear guard.
pos: noun
examples: Come in the rearward of a conquered woe
gloss: Toward the back or rear of something.
pos: adj
examples: The rearward seats of the bus were unpleasantly close to the toilet facilities.
Unlike the earlier standard designs, in which the whole of the footplate was on the engine, fall plates are re-introduced and these are hinged from the front of the tender to rest on the rearward extension of the cab floor.
gloss: Toward the back or rear of something.
pos: adv
examples: The ensuing struggle was bitter but brief, as for a third time the Alabamians stumbled rearward through the cedars. If Manigault were to take the guns, he would need help.
Translations:
formulaic
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English formula
Proto-Indo-European *-ikos
Proto-Italic *-ikos
Latin -icuslbor.
Old French -iquebor.
Middle English -ik
English -ic
English formulaic
From formula + -ic.
Inflected forms:
form: more formulaic
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most formulaic
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: Closely following a formula or predictable pattern, as:
pos: adj
examples: a formulaic greeting
Homeric Greeks valued clichés because not only the poets but the entire oral noetic world or thought world relied upon the formulaic constitution of thought.
gloss: Closely following a formula or predictable pattern, as:
pos: adj
examples: That TV series has become awfully formulaic in the last couple of seasons.
Neoimpressionism quickly divided viewers: did it herald an abstract future or was it a dry, formulaic dead end?
Related words: formula
Derived words: formulaically
formulaicity
formulaicness
nonformulaic
unformulaic
Translations:
trickery
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From trick + -ery, first recorded in 1719.
Base: trick
Affixes: -ery
Inflected forms:
form: trickeries
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Deception, deceit or underhanded behavior.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: [H]e did not wrap his rugged subject in silks and ermines, and other sickly trickeries of phrase.
In trickery, evasion, procrastination, spoliation, botheration, under false pretences of all sorts, there are influences that can never come to good.
The miners found diversions even in his alleged frauds and trickeries . . . and were fond of relating with great gusto his evasion of the Foreign Miners' Tax.
gloss: The art of dressing up; imposture, pretense.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
gloss: Artifice; the use of one or more stratagems.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
examples: French winger Hatem Ben Arfa has also taken plenty of plaudits recently and he was the architect of the opening goal with some superb trickery on the left touchline.
Related words: treachery
Derived words: electrickery
politrickery
trickeration
Translations:
saddler
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From Middle English sadeler, sadelere, equivalent to saddle + -er. Cognate with Old Norse sǫðlari (“saddler”).
Base: saddle
Affixes: -er
Inflected forms:
form: saddlers
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Someone who makes, repairs and sells saddles, harnesses etc.
pos: noun
examples: In making saddles to run and try in, the trees of them are occasionally leaded by the tree-maker or saddler, agreeably to the directions either may receive from his employer; and a four-pound saddle in this way is made to weigh seven pounds.
saddlers and spurriers would be ruined by hundreds.
gloss: The harp seal.
pos: noun
Derived words: saddler-corporal
saddler sergeant
saddlery
Translations:
histocompatibility
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *steh₂-
Ancient Greek ῐ̔στός (hĭstós)bor.
English histo-
English compatibility
English histocompatibility
From histo- + compatibility.
Inflected forms:
form: histocompatibilities
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The condition of being histocompatible.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: The toleration of grafts between genetically similar individuals.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
Derived words: histocompatibility antigen
histocompatibility gene
immunohistocompatibility
Translations:
ketogenesis
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
medicine
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physiology
sciences
Etymology: From keto- + -genesis.
Base: keto
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: The metabolic breakdown of fatty acids to produce ketone bodies.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
Translations:
ketogenic
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
Etymology: Etymology tree
German Ketonbor.
English ketone
English keto-
Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁-
Proto-Indo-European *-os
Proto-Indo-European *ǵénh₁os
Proto-Hellenic *génos
Ancient Greek γένος (génos)
Proto-Indo-European *-os
Proto-Indo-European *-ēs
Ancient Greek -ης (-ēs)
Ancient Greek -γενής (-genḗs)lbor.
French -gènebor.
Proto-Indo-European *-ikos
Proto-Italic *-ikos
Latin -icuslbor.
Old French -iquebor.
Middle English -ik
English -ic
English -genic
English ketogenic
From keto- + -genic.
Inflected forms:
form: more ketogenic
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most ketogenic
pos: adj
tags: superlative
form: keto
pos: adj
tags: alternative
short-form
Senses:
gloss: Relating to ketogenesis.
pos: adj
Translations:
embolic
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
Etymology: From embol- + -ic.
Base: embol
Inflected forms:
form: more embolic
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most embolic
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: Of or relating to an embolus or an embolism.
pos: adj
Translations:
carjack
Part of speech: verb
Morphological type: compound
Etymology: * Blend of car + hijack
Compound parts: car
hijack
Inflected forms:
form: carjacks
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: carjacking
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: carjacked
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: carjacked
pos: verb
tags: past
form: car-jack
pos: verb
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: To steal an automobile forcibly from (someone).
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: Someone should carjack that pompous jerk and teach him a lesson!
gloss: To forcibly steal (a vehicle).
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: These twerps have carjacked their last Mercedes.
Synonyms: hijack
Derived words: carjacker
carjacking
Translations:
hijacking
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English hijack
English -ing
English hijacking
From hijack + -ing.
Inflected forms:
form: hijackings
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The act of one who hijacks (in any sense).
pos: noun
gloss: The instance of such an act; the seizure of a vehicle.
pos: noun
examples: The audacious hijacking in Paris of a van carrying the baggage of a Saudi prince to his private jet is obviously an embarrassment to the French capital, whose ultra-high-end boutiques have suffered a spate of heists in recent months.
Related words: browser hijacking
carjacking
session hijacking
skyjacking
Derived words: antihijacking
bluejacking
brandjacking
busjacking
clickjacking
cursorjacking
likejacking
newsjacking
pagejacking
scrolljacking
simjacking
spermjacking
threadjacking
Translations:
chorea
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
Etymology: From Ancient Greek χορεία (khoreía).
Inflected forms:
form: choreas
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: choreae
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: choreæ
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: An Ancient Greek circular dance accompanied by a chorus.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: Any of the various diseases of the nervous system characterized by involuntary muscular movements of the face and extremities; St. Vitus's dance.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
Related words: choreodrama
choreography
choreomania
choreo-
chorus
subchoreal
Derived words: chorea-acanthocytosis
chorea gravidarum
choreal
choreatic
choreic
choreiform
choreiform movements
chorein
choreoathetosis
choreoid
hemichorea
Huntington's chorea
monochorea
Sydenham's chorea
Translations:
hydrometer
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-
Proto-Indo-European *meh₁-
Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr
Proto-Indo-European *-trom
Proto-Hellenic *-tron
Ancient Greek -τρον (-tron)
Ancient Greek μέτρον (métron)der.
English -meter
English hydrometer
From hydro- + -meter.
Inflected forms:
form: hydrometers
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: hydrometre
pos: noun
tags: alternative
nonstandard
Senses:
gloss: An instrument that floats in a liquid and measures its specific gravity on a scale.
pos: noun
examples: [E]ach degree of the hydrometer, when at or near proof, is about a quart in a hundred gallons stronger or weaker, as the hydrometer vibrates under or over the silver speck or sight on the index or upper stem; at the intermediate or strong overproofs, is about a pint in ditto; and at the low underproofs is about three pints in ditto.
On the wall were hanging thermometers, barometers, and hydrometers, and every other sort of ometer, numberless, dusty, and mysterious; […]
Translations:
chromatophore
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From chromato- (“color”) + -phore (“bearer”).
Base: chromato
Inflected forms:
form: chromatophores
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A pigment-bearing cell or structure found in certain fish, reptiles, cephalopods, and other animals
pos: noun
examples: Cuttlefish skin contains chromatophores that enable it to change colour.
Translations:
vesta
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: Named after Vesta, the Roman goddess of fire and the hearth.
Inflected forms:
form: vestas
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A short match, made of wood or wax.
pos: noun
Translations:
invisibility
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: From Middle French invisibilité, from Latin invisibilitas.
Inflected forms:
form: invisibilities
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The state of being invisible.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: That which is invisible.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
Synonyms: hiddenness
latency
Antonyms: visibility
Related words: invisible
invisibleness
invisibly
transparency
Translations:
vice-skip
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: ball-games
curling
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
Etymology: Etymology tree
English vice-
English skip
English vice-skip
From vice- + skip.
Inflected forms:
form: vice-skips
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The player who throws the fifth and sixth rocks for a team
pos: noun
Translations:
recombinant
Part of speech: adj
noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: biology
genetics
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
Inflected forms:
form: recombinants
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Formed by a new combination of existing elements.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
gloss: Formed by genetic recombination.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: The new HIV test is the first test designed for widespread application that uses recombinant technology to test for highly specific HIV antibodies.
gloss: An organism, cell, or haplotype formed by genetic recombination.
pos: noun
Derived words: hyperrecombinant
nonrecombinant
pseudorecombinant
RAC
rBGH
rBST
rDNA
recombinant DNA
recombinantly
recombinase
reteplase
rFSH
rGH
rhGH
rhIGF-1
rLH
rPRL
rtPA
rTSH
Translations:
Rotarian
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English rotary
Proto-Indo-European *-nós
Proto-Italic *-nos
Latin -nus
Latin -ānus
Old French -ainder.
Middle English -an
English -an
English Rotarian
From rotary + -an.
Inflected forms:
form: Rotarians
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A member of a Rotary Club.
pos: noun
Translations:
rotary
Part of speech: adj
noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: Attested mid 18th century, from Medieval Latin rotarius, from Latin rota (“wheel”).
Inflected forms:
form: rotaries
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Capable of rotation.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: A rotary engine revolves the heads rather than having pistons go back and forth.
Volatiles of kecap manis and its raw materials were extracted using Likens-Nickerson apparatus with diethyl ether as the extraction solvent. The extracts were then dried with anhydrous sodium sulfate, concentrated using a rotary evaporator followed by flushing using nitrogen until the volume was about 0.5 ml.
gloss: A roundabout, traffic circle.
pos: noun
tags: Atlantic-Canada
New-England
gloss: Any of the clubs making up the international Rotary International movement for community service.
pos: noun
Translations:
hor
Part of speech: pron
particle
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: From Hokkien 乎 (--hohⁿ / --hôⁿ, mood particle) and Cantonese 嗬 (ho², interrogative particle).
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: her
pos: pron
tags: Geordie
personal
pronoun
gloss: Used with directives and statements to assert that something should be kept in mind or taken note of.
pos: particle
examples: Pitch contour: low-mid [hɔˑ˨] or low-dipping [hɔˑ˨˩]
Don’t anyhow say sia, this one not my fault hor.
We will be renting bikes hor.
The store closes at 8 p.m. hor, if you want to go, you better go now.
Oh. That’s me. I see you later, hor, Jackson. You got my number right?
sorry, i have to drill hor. the filling will cost $300.
[…] except it is slightly more hostile ("This is mine hor, don't touch it!").
gloss: Used with directives and statements to assert that something should be kept in mind or taken note of.
pos: particle
examples: Pitch contour: low-mid [hɔˑ˨] or low-dipping [hɔˑ˨˩]
I’ll eat all the sweets hor.
gloss: An invariant question tag used to invite agreement or confirmation.
pos: particle
tags: interrogative
examples: Pitch contour: rising [hɔˑ˨˦]
Quite boring, hor?
Wah, you quite brave hor...
gloss: A filler word used to ascertain the continued attention of the listener.
pos: particle
examples: Pitch contour: rising [hɔˑ˨˦]
....then hor...
But hor, i prefer sleeping pills leh.
Can email me or not?........if can hor.... […]
Related words: what
lah1–14
lor2–3
lor1
ah6
leh1–2
mah
leh3–6
one1–3
hor1
know
nia
only
sia
hor2
ah1–3
hah1–3
meh
ba2
leh7–11
ba1
liao
already
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Translations:
oncogenic
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From onco- (“tumor”) + -genic (“producing”).
Base: onco
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Causing the formation of tumors.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: oncogenic viruses
From the late 1960s research into oncogenic viruses was particularly advanced by David Baltimore (b. 1938) and Howard Tenin (1934–94), who simultaneously published a report of the discovery of an enzyme reverse transcriptase.
gloss: Arising from or caused by a tumor: tumor-induced.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: oncogenic osteomalacia
Related words: oncogene
oncogenesis
oncogenetic
oncogenetics
oncogenics
oncogenome
oncogenomic
oncogenomics
oncologic
oncological
oncology
oncoprotein
oncoproteogenome
oncoproteogenomic
oncoproteogenomics
oncoproteome
oncoproteomic
oncoproteomics
proto-oncogene
proto-oncogenic
Derived words: antioncogenic
multioncogenic
nononcogenic
oncogenicity
prooncogenic
protooncogenic
Translations:
dazed
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: From Middle English, from Old Norse dasaðr (“weary”), dasask (“to become weary”), from Proto-Germanic *dasōjan-, from the adjective *daza-, possibly from a variant of Proto-Indo-European *dʰer- (“to hold, support”), related to Armenian դադարել (dadarel, “to settle, stop, end”).
Inflected forms:
form: more dazed
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most dazed
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: In a state of shock or confusion.
pos: adj
examples: The burnt and bleeding man staggered to his feet, dazed and unbelieving, and asked the startled townspeople who came running whether his fireman and guard were safe. He was kept away from the smouldering crater where his engine had been, and taken to hospital.
gloss: Stunned or entranced.
pos: adj
Synonyms: stupid
Derived words: dazed and confused
dazedly
dazedness
undazed
Translations:
stunned
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English stun
English -ed
English stunned
From stun + -ed.
Inflected forms:
form: more stunned
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most stunned
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: Unable to act or respond; dazed; shocked.
pos: adj
examples: completely stunned
visibly stunned
stunned silence
She was stunned by the unexpected news.
The blow to the head left him stunned.
Translations:
buzzer
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: ball-games
cricket
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
Etymology: Etymology tree
English buzz
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 buzzer
From buzz + -er.
Inflected forms:
form: buzzers
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: One who, or that which, buzzes; an insect that buzzes.
pos: noun
examples: And wants not buzzers to infect his ear / With pestilent speeches of his father's death.
... it left, however, a bee at his ear and an itch to transfer the buzzer's attentions and tease his darling; for she had betrayed herself as right good game.
gloss: A device that makes a buzzing sound.
pos: noun
examples: If you think you know the answer to the question, hit the buzzer as fast as you can.
If a train enters the forward section before its description has been transmitted, a "not described" lamp is illuminated on the transmitter, an alarm buzzer is sounded, and the lamp remains alight until a description has been transmitted.
gloss: A police badge.
pos: noun
tags: US
slang
examples: I flipped my wallet open on her desk and let her look at the buzzer pinned to the flap.
gloss: A run scored from an overthrow.
pos: noun
tags: slang
gloss: A pickpocket.
pos: noun
tags: UK
obsolete
examples: The pickpocket was a Buzzer. The man who booked a room at a hotel, and went round the rooms of other guests, was a Snoozer.
[…] a 'buzzer', for whom picking pockets was an art […]
You can't do the street stuff for ever, you lose your dexterity. I was the oldest and I was trained up for a buzzer — a street thief […]
gloss: A gossip.
pos: noun
tags: obsolete
examples: Her brother is in secret come from France,
Feeds on this wonder, keeps himself in clouds
And wants not buzzers to infect his ear
With pestilent speeches of his father's death.
Derived words: buzzer-beater
buzzer flag
buzzerphone
dryer buzzer
joy buzzer
kirkbuzzer
moll buzzer
tail-buzzer
Translations:
boardwalk
Part of speech: noun
verb
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From board + walk.
Base: board
Inflected forms:
form: boardwalks
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: boardwalks
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: boardwalking
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: boardwalked
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: boardwalked
pos: verb
tags: past
Senses:
gloss: A slightly elevated path (walkway) for pedestrians over sandy or swampy ground, typically made out of wood; specifically (Canada, US) one running alongside a body of water or beach.
pos: noun
examples: A man, whom we had noticed walking rather uncertainly, as if not sure whether he was going up or down hill, at this crisis came to a pause, staggered off the boardwalk, and leaned against the fence.
[A]bout the beginning of the war the greatest concern of [Ulysses Simpson] Grant was to get a good boardwalk laid from his house to the store. […] It is related, that after one of his great victories, some gentlemen of Galena had the walk laid, and telegraphed the General: "Rest easy, the walk is down."
From the height of the boardwalk the sea lay before them, silver and stony, fold on fold of it, stretching east into the mist and clouds.
Oh when the sun beats down and burns the tar up on the roof / And your shoes get so hot you wish your tired feet were fire proof / Under the boardwalk, down by the sea, yeah / On a blanket with my baby is where I'll be
New Jersey was reeling on Wednesday from the impact of Hurricane Sandy, which has caused catastrophic flooding here in Hoboken and in other New York City suburbs, destroyed entire neighborhoods across the state and wiped out iconic boardwalks in shore towns that had enchanted generations of vacationgoers.
To drive home the point, Obama and Christie visited the Point Pleasant boardwalk and even engaged in a “Touchdown Fever” football toss, with Obama missing his throws while Christie’s first effort was a winner, sailing through the tire.
gloss: To install a boardwalk over.
pos: verb
examples: A footpath would be boardwalked across the east meadow and would minimize compaction.
The state Forestry Division is boardwalking the Alaka‘i Swamp Trail to prevent damage to its fragile ecosystem, and, as of this writing, they had completed all but a mile.
An 18-km trail, 65 fences now stiled, electric wires at the cross-points sheaved with PVC, the swamp boardwalked, the drainage canals bridged, the signage in place.
Translations:
schnapps
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: Etymology tree
German Schnapsbor.
English schnapps
Borrowed from German Schnaps.
Inflected forms:
form: schnappses
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: schnapps
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: schnaps
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: A type of distilled alcoholic beverage (liquor), often with a herbal or fruit flavoring, typically drunk neat as an apéritif or digestif.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
usually
examples: apple schnapps; peach schnapps
gloss: A serving of this beverage.
pos: noun
tags: countable
usually
examples: “What happened?” “You drank about a bottle of vodka and ten peppermint schnapps is what happened. Come on, up.”
Related words: brandy
CHNOPS
cognac
eau-de-vie
eau de vie
firewater
hard liquor
spirit
spirits
vodka
water of life
whiskey
whisky
Translations:
regroup
Part of speech: noun
verb
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Borrowed from French regrouper. By surface analysis, re- + group.
Inflected forms:
form: regroups
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: regroups
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: regrouping
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: regrouped
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: regrouped
pos: verb
tags: past
Senses:
gloss: An act of regrouping.
pos: noun
gloss: To pause and become organized again.
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
examples: As half-time approached with Everton desperate to get into the dressing room and regroup, Liverpool were awarded a penalty for Jagielka's rash challenge on Suarez. This time there was no disputing Atkinson's decision, but Howard rescued Everton by diving low to his left to keep out Kuyt's spot-kick.
gloss: To group or categorize again.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
gloss: To reform as a group.
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
Derived words: regroupee
regroupment
Translations:
Yorkie
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English Yorkshire
English -ie
English Yorkie
From Yorkshire + -ie.
Inflected forms:
form: Yorkies
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The Yorkshire terrier, a small breed of dog weighing 3–7 pounds as adults.
pos: noun
tags: informal
examples: The sight of that problem was much bigger for such a little dog than I would have ever imagined possible—had I even imagined it. Imagine my four-pound Yorkie as a miniature stallion. It was appalling to me, his noncanine mother.
gloss: A Yorkshire pudding.
pos: noun
tags: informal
examples: It is getting as much air in your batter as possible that will make your Yorkies rise!
gloss: Someone from York, England.
pos: noun
Translations:
jamb
Part of speech: noun
verb
Morphological type: simple
Topics: architecture
business
carpentry
construction
manufacturing
mining
Etymology: From Middle English jambe, jaumbe, from Old French jambe (“leg”), from Late Latin gamba (“hock, shank, leg, thigh”), from Ancient Greek καμπή (kampḗ, “turning post, bend or flexure”). Doublet of gam, gamb, gamba, and jambe.
Inflected forms:
form: jambs
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: jambe
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: jaum
pos: noun
tags: alternative
obsolete
form: jambs
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: jambing
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: jambed
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: jambed
pos: verb
tags: past
form: jaum
pos: verb
tags: alternative
obsolete
Senses:
gloss: Either of the vertical components that form the side of an opening in a wall, such as that of a door frame, window frame, or fireplace.
pos: noun
gloss: Any thick mass of rock that prevents miners from following the lode or vein.
pos: noun
gloss: Synonym of jambeau (“piece of armor for the leg”).
pos: noun
examples: Wyntoun, in his Chronicle, mentions an encounter betwixt Lindsay and a Highlander, whom he had pierced with his lance, but who, while on the ground, cut at him with his twohanded sword, and, striking through his steel jambs […]
The light of the moon gleamed on his steel helmet, his globular corslet, and the taces cuisses, or thigh pieces, and steel jambs which protected his legs.
The arms are additionally protected by plate armour - arrière bras with epaules or roundels at the shoulders, and similar […] The steel poleyns below this are large and fully formed, and below them are steel jambs, or greaves ...
Each was wearing a surcoat either of brocade or samite. They were still wearing their steel jambs, but their other armour had been removed from them. There can be no more sleeping. The King and Queen rose, a priest sang Mass.
gloss: To fix or attach a jamb to.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
Derived words: doorjamb
jambless
jambstone
strike jamb
Translations:
nutation
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: astronomy
biology
botany
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
Etymology: 1610s, from Latin nūtātiō (“nodding”), from nūtō (“to nod”). Compare mutation.
Inflected forms:
form: nutations
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A bobbing motion that accompanies the precession of a spinning rigid body.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: A nodding motion (of the head etc.).
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: Any of several irregularities in the precession of the equinoxes caused by varying torque applied to the Earth by the Sun and the Moon.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: The circular motion of the tip of a growing shoot.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
Derived words: circumnutation
nutational
counternutation
nutate
revolving nutation
Translations:
chromosphere
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
Etymology: From chromo- + -sphere.
Base: chromo
Inflected forms:
form: chromospheres
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The faint pink extension of a star's atmospheric envelope between the corona and the photosphere
pos: noun
Translations:
exterminator
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin exterminātor. By surface analysis, exterminate + -or.
Inflected forms:
form: exterminators
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Someone or something that exterminates.
pos: noun
gloss: Specifically, a person whose job it is to kill insects and other pests in a building.
pos: noun
Derived words: exterminatress
Translations: