yuanxin112/wiktionary-morph huggingface dataset:
reef-tackle
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: nautical
transport
Inflected forms:
form: reef-tackles
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The ropes that are tightened to reef a sail or loosened to fully extend it.
pos: noun
examples: topsail yards down upon the caps, and sails flapping and beating against the masts; and starboard watch hauling out the reef-tackles of the main topsail.
Translations:
Habesha
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: From Tigrinya ሓበሻ (ḥabäša) or Amharic ሐበሻ (ḥäbäša) (also attested in many other variants: ሀበሻ (häbäša), ሃበሻ (habäša), ሀቢሻ (häbiša), አበሻ (ʾäbäša)), from Ge'ez ሓበሠት (ḥabäśät), ሓበሥ (ḥabäś), from earlier inscriptional and unvocalized Ge'ez ሐበሠተ (ḤBŚT) as attested in at least one 4th-century inscription from the Kingdom of Aksum.
Inflected forms:
form: Habesha
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: Habeshas
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: Habeshah
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: a member of a Semitic-speaking ethnic group, of Christian faith, between the Blue Nile and the Red Sea (whether Amhara, Tigrayan or Tigrinya)
pos: noun
examples: Portugal, the first power to circumnavigate Africa and enter the Indian Ocean, displayed primary interest in this potential ally of the West and sent a representative to Ethiopia in 1493; the Habesha, in turn, sent an envoy to Portugal in 1509 to request a coordinated attack on the Muslims.
Some of these people became known as the Habesha. Abyssinia – an ancient name for Ethiopia that is still sometimes used – is thought to have evolved from the name Habesha.
Translations:
x-word
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: From x, abbreviating xenophobia, + word.
Inflected forms:
form: x-words
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The word xenophobia.
pos: noun
examples: The “X word[”] / Although the conference extensively referred to the nation’s need for “social cohesion” among migrants and South Africans, the word “xenophobia” was almost never uttered during the two-day affair.
Before one uses the X-word to describe people with less-liberal views on immigration, one should recall its meaning – an extreme or irrational dislike or fear of people from other countries.
Bitter NY Times Throws Around X-Word (Xenophobia), Threat of Violence to Insult Pro-Brexit
In the past fortnight, following a fresh outbreak of xenophobic violence in Durban, President Cyril Ramaphosa condemned the “violence against foreign nationals in South Africa”, without mentioning the x-word.
I hope they use my classic thread of REAL xenophobia OUTSIDE of the USA, since the X-word is thrown around like bread at pigeons.
Translations:
dressing-boy
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: dressing-boys
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A native male valet in Madras during the British Raj, corresponding to the bearer of North India.
pos: noun
tags: India
historical
Translations:
chalta
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: chaltas
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The elephant apple (Dillenia indica) (tree or fruit).
pos: noun
tags: India
Translations:
rexer
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: rexers
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A skater who performs rexing.
pos: noun
Translations:
thinset
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: thinsets
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: An adhesive mortar made of cement, fine sand, and a water-retaining agent.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
Translations:
back-butter
Part of speech: verb
Morphological type: simple
Topics: business
construction
manufacturing
Inflected forms:
form: back-butters
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: back-buttering
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: back-buttered
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: back-buttered
pos: verb
tags: past
Senses:
gloss: To apply adhesive to the back of (a tile) before placing it on the substrate.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
Translations:
single-heading
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: rail-transport
railways
transport
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: The haulage of a train by one locomotive.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
examples: The primary purpose of having such high power available is enabling the single-heading of heavy trains, which results "in higher payload and lower traction costs", says Stadler.
Translations:
shaler
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From shale + -er.
Base: shale
Affixes: -er
Inflected forms:
form: shalers
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A producer of shale oil.
pos: noun
examples: Oil shalers hope to benefit from the use of the pipeline facilities which remain at Rangely, facilities which will become more available as crude production declines.
Translations:
keybind
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: compound
Etymology: From key + bind.
Compound parts: key
bind
Inflected forms:
form: keybinds
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Synonym of key binding.
pos: noun
Translations:
non-fermenter
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: biology
microbiology
natural-sciences
Etymology: From non- + fermenter.
Base: fermenter
Affixes: non-
Inflected forms:
form: non-fermenters
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Any of a taxonomically heterogeneous group of bacteria of the phylum Pseudomonadota that cannot catabolize glucose, and are thus unable to ferment.
pos: noun
Translations:
gene-modified
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Synonym of genetically modified.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
Translations:
gene-engineered
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Synonym of genetically modified.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
Translations:
gene-manipulated
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Synonym of genetically modified.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
Translations:
many-stemmed
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From many + stemmed.
Base: many
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Composed of many stems.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
Translations:
T-variety
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: From the initial letter of Torus and algebraic variety.
Inflected forms:
form: T-varieties
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: algebraic geometry An algebraic variety equipped a group action of an algebraic torus.
pos: noun
examples: Then, we may understand the affine toric variety X = TV(6, N (P N') as a T-variety.
Translations:
para-communism
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: communism
government
human-sciences
ideology
philosophy
politics
sciences
Etymology: From para- (prefix meaning ‘alongside, beside’) + communism.
Base: communism
Affixes: para-
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: An ideology or organization bearing similarities with communism.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
examples: In a later section we must examine communism as a world force, but here it is to be observed that just as Chinese democracy is not the same thing as Western democracy but a para-democracy, so Chinese communism is not by any means the Russian article, but a para-communism.
It was Chiang who, on the advice of Borodin and his numerous Russian assistants, gave the Kuomintang (National People's Party) a definite Communist tinge and an organization akin to that of the Soviet Communist Party and the party cells. Kuomintang was consequently described by some observers as a kind of para-communism.
Indeed, at the heart of the allergy of communism and para-communism to the environmental cause is the Marxist heritage which, in this area, was carefully preserved by Lenin and his successors.
Translations:
ready-to-drink
Part of speech: adj
noun
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: ready to drink
pos: adj
tags: alternative
form: ready-to-drinks
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: ready to drink
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: Describing a packaged beverage sold in a prepared form, ready for consumption, such as ice tea or alcopops.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
gloss: A ready-to-drink beverage.
pos: noun
tags: informal
examples: Of course, ready-to-drinks have their place — and yes, they’re convenient — but pre-batching a cocktail using fresh ingredients and sharing it with friends in the garden or at a picnic in the park is a proper flex that will never go unappreciated.
Translations:
bev-alc
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: business
Etymology: A syllabic abbreviation from beverage and alcoholic.
Inflected forms:
form: BevAlc
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: Bev Alc
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: The segment of the commercial drink industry involved in the manufacturing, distribution, and sale of alcoholic beverages.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
examples: In response, brands across the BevAlc spectrum are adopting a dozen or so strategies to harness the vibe shift that’s causing a $1.7 trillion market to tremor. […] Reacting to consumer overwhelm, supply-chain constriction and environmental anxieties, BevAlc is experimenting with eye-catching and eco-friendly packaging novelties including: […]
“Milwaukee is kind of the birthplace of America’s beer scene, in my opinion, especially being a Midwestern drinker through and through,” says Abel, a Minneapolis native. “A very natural part of the Pilot Project story is we want to expand to premium markets, markets that really care about the bev-alc industry. Obviously, Milwaukee is the place to do it.”
Translations:
sin-taxed
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From sin tax + -ed.
Base: sin tax
Affixes: -ed
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Subject to a sin tax.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: Alongside other sin-taxed thrills (smoking, doping, gambling), most jurisdictions regulate where, when and by whom alcohol may be consumed. As a result, booze brands have long sought to smudge the liminality of drinking “permission” by claiming specific moments: […]
Translations:
dirt-box
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: dirt-boxes
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The anus
pos: noun
tags: slang
examples: She writhed and pushed back into me, responding to my probing, licking, circling, my sheer savage feasting on her dirt-box. I went back and forth between each, a double serving of lady police officer asshole.
Translations:
jaw-dropper
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: compound
Etymology: From jaw + dropper, from earlier jaw-dropping.
Compound parts: jaw
dropper
Inflected forms:
form: jaw-droppers
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Something causing great awe or surprise; a shocker.
pos: noun
tags: informal
examples: The arrival of the first Class 313 was a jaw-dropper for long-suffering commuters used to non-gangwayed Class 31 locomotive-hauled rakes of 1950s slam-door coaches, […].
Translations:
Neo-orthodox
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: Christianity
lifestyle
religion
theology
Etymology: From neo- + orthodox.
Base: orthodox
Affixes: neo-
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Of or relating to neo-orthodoxy.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
Translations:
hardsub
Part of speech: noun
verb
Morphological type: simple
Topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
Etymology: From "hardcoded subtitles".
Inflected forms:
form: hardsubs
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: hard sub
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: hard-sub
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: hardsubs
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: hardsubbing
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: hardsubbed
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: hardsubbed
pos: verb
tags: past
form: hard sub
pos: verb
tags: alternative
form: hard-sub
pos: verb
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: A subtitle that has been burned into a video file's frames.
pos: noun
tags: in-plural
gloss: To transcribe or overlay hardsubs (onto a video).
pos: verb
Translations:
shafter
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From shaft + -er.
Base: shaft
Affixes: -er
Inflected forms:
form: shafters
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: One who or that which shafts.
pos: noun
examples: Sources of information would have to be kept confidential (it isn't necessary to know who got shafted in order to learn that a shafter exists).
Translations:
glossina
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: Learned borrowing from taxonomic name Glossina.
Inflected forms:
form: glossinas
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A tsetse fly; any fly of the genus Glossina.
pos: noun
examples: The Sundi plantation employs at present nineteen labourers for catching flies, and in December they caught seventy-five glossinas.
Both trypanosomes and glossinas must have been present in Africa since very remote times.
Translations:
well-gowned
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Wearing a fine gown.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: It was not two beautiful and well-gowned young women that attracted the attention of all[…]
Translations:
Moviola
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: broadcasting
film
media
television
Etymology: From movie + -ola.
Base: movie
Affixes: -ola
Inflected forms:
form: Moviolas
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: An early machine allowing a film editor to view the film while editing it.
pos: noun
tags: historical
Translations:
sunland
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From sun + -land.
Base: sun
Affixes: -land
Inflected forms:
form: sunlands
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A sunny region or landscape.
pos: noun
examples: The sunlands of the West and the spicelands of the East, the smiling Arcadias and blissful Islands of the Blest—ha! ha!
Translations:
water-rate
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: compound
Etymology: From water + rate.
Compound parts: water
rate
Inflected forms:
form: water-rates
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: waterrate
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: water rate
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: A rate or tax for the supply of water.
pos: noun
Translations:
water-rent
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: compound
Etymology: From water + rent.
Compound parts: water
rent
Inflected forms:
form: water-rents
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Synonym of water-rate.
pos: noun
Translations:
Beatles-like
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From Beatles + -like.
Base: Beatles
Affixes: -like
Inflected forms:
form: more Beatles-like
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most Beatles-like
pos: adj
tags: superlative
form: Beatleslike
pos: adj
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: Resembling or characteristic of the Beatles.
pos: adj
examples: I always find it annoying when writers compare groups to The Beatles, because the comparison is really never thought out, and it is probably impossible for any group to come close to truly being Beatleslike. Those 4 became what they did by each being exceptional and by coming along at the perfect time in history.
Translations:
nick-of-time
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: From in the nick of time.
Inflected forms:
form: nick of time
pos: adj
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: Just-in-time.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: So far, we’ve had a policy of nick-of-time delivery of critical weaponry, such as the Javelin and Stinger missiles that saved Kyiv at the beginning of the war and HIMARS, the rocket systems that turned the tide of war over the summer.
Translations:
SPINA-GR
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: endocrinology
medicine
sciences
Etymology: Abbreviation of structure parameter inference approach-gain of insulin receptor.
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: The insulin receptor gain, a calculated biomarker for insulin sensitivity (if calculated with the structure parameter inference approach).
pos: noun
Translations:
WebMD
Part of speech: verb
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From Web + MD (“medical doctor”).
Base: Web
Inflected forms:
form: WebMDs
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: WebMDing
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: WebMDed
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: WebMDed
pos: verb
tags: past
form: WebMD'd
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: WebMD'd
pos: verb
tags: past
Senses:
gloss: To search for (something) on the WebMD healthcare website.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: There had been signs. Dana saw them in 2008, when she was away attending American University. “We would have the same conversation three times in one day,” she recalled. B. also told her she felt a tingling in her face. “I WebMD’d it, and I said, ‘Oh, she has Alzheimer’s.’ ”
It’s like being scared of spiders and then constantly scanning every room you enter for spiders and WebMDing “spider bites side effects.” Or freaking out about the state of our democracy and studying the 25th Amendment at 3 a.m.
And as you consulted the pediatrician and read child development books and WebMD’d your questions, you became familiar with the general time frame in which to expect many of those new skills to develop.
Translations:
anabaena
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: From the genus name.
Inflected forms:
form: anabaenas
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Any cyanobacterium of the genus Anabaena.
pos: noun
Translations:
useR
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: compound
Topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
programming
sciences
Etymology: Blend of user + R.
Compound parts: user
R
Inflected forms:
form: useRs
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Someone who uses the R programming language.
pos: noun
tags: slang
Translations:
dolichos
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: From Ancient Greek δόλιχος (dólikhos).
Inflected forms:
form: dolichoi
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: dolichus
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: A long-distance race in the ancient Olympic Games.
pos: noun
tags: historical
Translations:
incar
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: human-sciences
linguistics
philosophy
sciences
Etymology: Coined by American philosopher Eli Hirsch in 1982 in The Concept of Identity, formed by in- + car.
Base: car
Affixes: in-
Inflected forms:
form: incars
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A car completely inside of a garage, or the portion of a car that is inside a garage.
pos: noun
examples: This is not to deny that we might initially be sceptical of the existence of objects like the outcars and incars entertained by Eli Hirsch, objects that grow and shrink as a car leaves its garage. But we don’t think it ridiculous that there are objects that grow and shrink as large rocks move underwater […] It seems clear that none but the most insular metaphysician should countenance islands while repudiating incars.
For example, incars are things ordinary folks have never dreamed of.
It is natural to claim that there are no such things as incars and outcars. We cannot just stipulate such things as incars and outcars into existence.
A thinks that werewolves exist; B doesn’t; A thinks incars and outcars exist, but not cars; B thinks vice versa; A thinks ordinary objects exist, but not mereological sums of them; B thinks both exist.
These reflections help us with some other purportedly absurd objects that Eklund mentions in order to embarrass the neo-Fregean, such as incars and xhearts/xlivers.
Antonyms: outcar
Translations:
e-surveillance
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From e- + surveillance.
Base: surveillance
Affixes: e-
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Surveillance by electronic means.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
Translations:
re-estimation
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From re- + estimation.
Base: estimation
Affixes: re-
Inflected forms:
form: re-estimations
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: reestimation
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: estimation again; another estimation
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
Translations:
non-nonsense
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *né
Proto-Germanic *ne
Proto-Indo-European *ís?
Proto-Indo-European *h₁óynos
Proto-Germanic *ainaz
Proto-Germanic *nainaz
Proto-West Germanic *nain
Old English nān
Middle English non
▲
Old English nān
Old English nān-
Middle English non-
English non-
▲
English non-
Proto-Indo-European *sent-der.
Proto-Italic *sentjō
Latin sentiō
Proto-Indo-European *-tus
Proto-Italic *-tus
Latin -tus
Latin sēnsusbor.
Proto-Germanic *sinnaz
Frankish *sinnbor.
Vulgar Latin *sennus
Old French sensbor.
Middle English sense
English sense
English nonsense
English non-nonsense
From non- + nonsense.
Inflected forms:
form: nonnonsense
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: Not nonsense.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
Translations:
self-professed
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From self- + professed.
Base: professed
Affixes: self-
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Stated, announced, or acknowledged by oneself.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: Mr. Hsieh is a self-professed scholar of “happiness” and, as part of his vision to create the world's most customercentric online company, aims to deliver “happiness in a box.”
Translations:
sol-gel
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: sol-gels
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: solgel
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: A solid material produced by conversion of monomers into a colloidal solution (sol) that acts as the precursor for an integrated network (or gel) of either discrete particles or network polymers.
pos: noun
Translations:
key-bugle
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: key-bugles
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A bugle with keys that allow different notes to be played.
pos: noun
Translations:
rippy
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From rip + -y.
Base: rip
Affixes: -y
Inflected forms:
form: more rippy
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most rippy
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: Resembling or characteristic of ripping or tearing.
pos: adj
tags: informal
examples: a rippy noise
gloss: Having rips.
pos: adj
tags: informal
rare
examples: Ask T.K. about his rippy pants?
This year, the boy’s wearing my last year’s dungarees, and my rippy shirt that I chewed a hole in the front of when I tried out for Little League, and my Davy Crockett coonskin cap.
They didn’t even have time to speculate about what Grail wanted before Vivienne walked in seconds later. Even at midnight her appearance was just so. Smooth hair, tight rippy jeans, one of those no-shoulder gypsy shirts.
Translations:
third-wheel
Part of speech: verb
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: From third wheel.
Inflected forms:
form: third-wheels
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: third-wheeling
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: third-wheeled
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: third-wheeled
pos: verb
tags: past
Senses:
gloss: To act as a third wheel; to accompany two people, unwanted, on a date.
pos: verb
tags: ambitransitive
examples: The Argentine polo star, Ralph Lauren model and personal pal to Harry was with the royal couple on Thursday as he and Harry’s polo team scored the winning trophy at the Sentebale ISPS Handa Polo Cup. He even third-wheeled the newlyweds as the pair shared a congratulatory kiss after the charity match, a hilarious moment caught by photographers.
Translations:
nation-builder
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: geopolitics
government
political-science
politics
social-sciences
Inflected forms:
form: nation-builders
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A person who takes part in nation-building; a member of a state who takes the initiative in developing the national community through government programs.
pos: noun
Translations:
pan-European
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From pan- + European.
Base: European
Affixes: pan-
Inflected forms:
form: more pan-European
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most pan-European
pos: adj
tags: superlative
form: Pan-European
pos: adj
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: Relating to, covering or serving most or all of Europe
pos: adj
Translations:
rosy-cheeked
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: more rosy-cheeked
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most rosy-cheeked
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: Having cheeks (skin on side of the face) of a healthy, ruddy complexion.
pos: adj
Translations:
non-milch
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
Senses:
pos: adj
tags: no-gloss
translation-hub
Translations:
drydown
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: agriculture
business
lifestyle
Etymology: From dry + down and deverbal from dry down.
Base: dry
Inflected forms:
form: drydowns
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: dry-down
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: The phase of a perfume where the top note gives way to the base note.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: In those days I didn't buy perfumes, and initially thought Chamade was two fragrances: I would smell the drydown on passers-by and find it wonderful, but it took me months to connect it to the nondescript floral green top note.
gloss: The physiologically mature phase in the ripening of a crop, where the fruit attains the desired trait of desiccation, suiting it for harvest and storage (e.g. maize, soybean).
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: A period where the habitat of a hydrophile organism is desiccated.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
Translations:
waterworld
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: compound
Etymology: From water + world.
Compound parts: water
world
Inflected forms:
form: waterworlds
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A planet or other large environment that is dominated by water.
pos: noun
examples: The rest of Pampanga (except the towns around Mt. Arayat and those near Bulacan) is a waterworld during the rainy season.
While fire is impossible on a waterworld, electronic circuits may not be. Electric eels, for example, demonstrate that electric circuits are possible in a salty aqueous environment, though it would not be an easy task.
Translations:
eastland
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: compound
Etymology: From east + land.
Compound parts: east
land
Inflected forms:
form: eastlands
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The eastern part of a geographic area; a land lying to the east.
pos: noun
examples: The hawk called Grenzar, who searches out the eastlands, not far above rested on the branch of the oak tree, […]
Translations:
TVM
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: TVMs
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A ticket vending machine.
pos: noun
examples: In a very welcome move, ticket vending machines (TVMs) on the route have now added a phrase that explains it well. It lists all the London Terminals to which the ticket may be used, then adds the sentence: "The last rail leg of the journey must be on National Rail services."
Translations:
baby-catcher
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: baby-catchers
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: babycatcher
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: An obstetrician.
pos: noun
tags: slang
gloss: A midwife.
pos: noun
tags: slang
Translations:
prabhu
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: prabhus
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A lord.
pos: noun
tags: India
historical
Translations:
fare-dodging
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: fare dodging
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: The deliberate avoidance of paying for travel. (This entry is a translation hub.)
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
examples: Having no [ticket] check on this train therefore means some people will end up travelling without a ticket. That isn't fare dodging, that's a staff deficiency.
Translations:
no-look
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: simple
Topics: hobbies
lifestyle
sports
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Done without looking [at the target], typically for misdirection or as showboating.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: Strikers like to give goalkeepers when they are through on goal, looking in the direction of one corner and then stroking the ball into the opposite side – Stewart Downing’s goal against Hull City last month is a good example – and the same principle can be applied to the no-look pass.
Terry brings the detectives into the briefing room to instruct them on how to act at "adult parties." Jake jokes that those are usually referred to as orgies. He then states, "No-look five," and he and Charles share a high five without eye contact.
LeBron’s shot called to mind Stephen Curry, who does the no-look celebration all the time.
I sense a portent inflating / an unlikely fellowship forming / and yet as swiftly as communion effloresced, / they leave, / pedalling into the distance / on their restored velocipede, / a no-look wave flicked my funereal way.
Translations:
pro-masker
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: government
healthcare
politics
Etymology: From pro- + mask + -er. Likely influenced by pro-vaxxer.
Base: mask
Affixes: pro-
-er
Inflected forms:
form: pro-maskers
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: promasker
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: A person who supports the practice or mandate of wearing masks.
pos: noun
examples: Beightol, who is the administrator for several Facebook pages where public schools teachers can vent, said educators fall into three categories: vocal pro-maskers, vocal anti-maskers and pro-maskers who stay out of the line of fire.
Translations:
orp
Part of speech: verb
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: Unknown; possibly related to warp.
Inflected forms:
form: orps
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: orping
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: orped
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: orped
pos: verb
tags: past
Senses:
gloss: To complain, grumble, or be discontented.
pos: verb
tags: Scotland
examples: My heart is ever orpin' on / The bonnie banks o' Tay.
gloss: To be in ill health; to be sickly and shrivelled.
pos: verb
tags: Scotland
examples: Of changling Imp—he spoke, no care could rear, / Which backward seemed to orp, from year to year.
Translations:
NQR
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: NQRs
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A person or thing that is slightly wrong in some manner, as being damaged, incomplete, strange, imperfect, etc.
pos: noun
tags: euphemistic
informal
often
examples: My use of such an acronym, NQEI, came from a friend's experiences in the Phillipines, where she had spent 5 years as a school teacher; she had a way of expressing herself about life there: NQR stood for {"not quite right" to describe all those incidents and occurrences such as the cab ride that ran out of gas halfway to her destination, the auto repair that failed as she drove away, the part purchased for a gadget replacement that didn't fit, the electricity going off at key moments, and all the other predictably NQRs that were routine.
When I was in school, there was no autism. no spectrum, no programs against bullying, no participation trophies. What we had were the weird kids. NQR’s ( Not Quite Right ).
When I was stationed in the Philippines in the early 80’s my friends and I were able to travel around Asia on leave. What a great adventure that was. On our journeys we would encounter “knockoffs”. items created to mimic the original. There were jeans, purses, athletic shoes, electronics, and a myriad of other items. What was common to all though was that upon first glance they looked like the original but on closer inspection there were off in some way. We christened this “Not Quite Right”, NQR for short. Since that time I have used the phrase to describe things that are not quite as they should be or are intended to be. Such is the world we live in today. Join me in illuminating, discussing, dissecting all the NQR we encounter going forward.
Translations:
bodycare
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: compound
Etymology: From body + care.
Compound parts: body
care
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: The care of one's body, especially with the use of creams and ointments.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
examples: As the go-to person for friends, family and often perfect strangers for make-up, skin and bodycare advice, I'm also very aware of the misinformation out there.
Translations:
acid-base
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: simple
Topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Relating to or involving interactions between an acid and a base.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: an acid-base reaction
Translations:
school-ready
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From school + ready.
Base: school
Inflected forms:
form: more school-ready
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most school-ready
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: Having the required behavioral, emotional and cognitive skills needed to start school.
pos: adj
examples: I think what now must be recognized is that to successfully educate many of these children - because the families are no longer performing the function they once did of delivering a school-ready child at age 5.
But even an erroneous or honest but misguided reading of test results can mean a year-long detour for an otherwise school-ready child.
To be 'school ready' implies that a child has reached a certain stage in his or her development where it is felt that benefit will be gained from formal education. However, a child does not become school-ready alone.
Translations:
spring-load
Part of speech: verb
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: spring-loads
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: spring-loading
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: spring-loaded
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: spring-loaded
pos: verb
tags: past
Senses:
gloss: To load or secure something using a spring tension or compression mechanism.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
Translations:
machree
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: From Irish mo chroí (literally “my heart”).
Inflected forms:
form: machrees
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: achree
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: Term of endearment.
pos: noun
tags: Ireland
Translations:
desert-thorn
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: desert-thorns
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Any desert-growing member of the genus Lycium
pos: noun
Translations:
truth-telling
Part of speech: noun
adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From truth + telling.
Base: truth
Inflected forms:
form: truthtelling
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: more truth-telling
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most truth-telling
pos: adj
tags: superlative
form: truthtelling
pos: adj
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: The act of telling the truth.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
examples: Or would he sharpen his rapier wit enough to do what I think he does best: hilarious social-political truth-telling that hits its targets and avoids the punching-down cheap shots against groups that are least able to defend themselves — such as transgender folks, the target that sparked protests?
gloss: Telling the truth; honest, frank.
pos: adj
examples: Each self-denying single woman, like the heroine of “Some Tame Gazelle,” Pym’s first novel, is deemed “fortunate in needing very little to make her happy,” though the blunt, truthtelling housekeeper generally knows better.
Translations:
three-wheeled
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Having three wheels
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
Translations:
Mirena
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: medicine
sciences
Inflected forms:
form: Mirenas
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: mirena
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: A brand name for a hormonal intrauterine device.
pos: noun
examples: Palin acts like schools are tossing IUDs into playgrounds and kids are just running around, grabbing Mirenas without telling their parents. What she isn't doing is: A) Asking if a girl might obtain birth control for a reason other than birth control, B) Considering that just because parental consent is not required that it is never asked for or given.
"I went back to surgery to get two mirena [an hormonal intrauterine device] inserted to treat my adeno," she said. "What followed was three months of pain and illness and discomfort. I think I vomited every day, pretty much.
Translations:
scenery-chewing
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: more scenery-chewing
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most scenery-chewing
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: That chews the scenery; excessively flamboyant or overacting
pos: adj
examples: When Mitzi's Uncle Boris (a scenery-chewing Judd Hirsch) visits, he is too on the nose when he advises, "Art will tear your heart out."
Translations:
grave-dancy
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: Derived from dance on someone's grave.
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Celebrating the demise or downfall of something.
pos: adj
tags: neologism
not-comparable
examples: Perhaps for them, the Kiwi Starfruit Refresher had a bad rap. So even though - to channel Eminem - some might lose themselves in the grave dancy party if it is true that Kiwi Starfruit's close to postmortem, not everyone would find that news electrifying.
Now, maybe you see this as sort of an obvious and opportunistic publicity play by a competing social-media service. Maybe it even seems crass to you—a little grave-dancy.
Translations:
symbol-pushing
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: simple
Topics: mathematics
sciences
Etymology: Derived from symbol pushing.
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Using symbol pushing; solving mathematical problems by manipulating symbols (as in algebra) rather than through visual or intuitive understanding.
pos: adj
tags: derogatory
not-comparable
examples: Reasoning by equivalence is essentially a symbol-pushing technique, which reduces algebraic reasoning to a mechanical calculation. There is nothing pejorative in describing this activity as symbol-pushing or as mechanical: in some senses this automation is liberating.
Perhaps no mechanistic symbol-pushing system could ever produce behavior that matched that of humans—after all, not all kinds of mechanisms can be used to produce all kinds of results.
Personally I think I would have to accept any computer that were to pass the Turing Test as intelligent. Human use of language is so intricate and so laden with meaning that I don't believe this test could ever be passed without real understanding of what is being said. I tend to doubt, however, that any traditional rule-following, symbol-pushing computer will ever pass the test.
Translations:
haul-out
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: haul-outs
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A location where seals or sea lions haul out.
pos: noun
examples: Sea lions using haul-outs could be disturbed by closely approaching tour boats and charter/private vessels.
Along the mainland coast of the SCB, however, haul-out and rookery sites are relatively scarce.
At haul-outs, seals may rest and socialise but pup births are rare.
I treated the complex of haul-outs at Cape Pierce as a single site and considered combined totals of the averaged daily counts from all haul-outs.
gloss: The act of hauling out (bringing ashore) a boat, especially for repair and maintenance.
pos: noun
examples: Use the best bottom paint for your area to lengthen time between haul-outs.
This boat hoist facility at Bryant's Marina, Inc., Seattle, Wash., is a handy haul-out, whether for repair, storage , shipment or other reasons.
It's haul-out day, later in the season than is good for the boat or me,
Because the crane had a minimum charge, it was much cheaper to schedule a haul-out at the same time other boats were being moved in the yard.
Some yacht clubs have similar haul-out facilities to marinas and make them available to non-members, albeit at a higher rate than that for club boats.
Translations:
silver-gilt
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: gilded silver, silver covered with a thin layer of gold
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
Translations:
telstar
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: hobbies
lifestyle
sports
Etymology: Genericization of trademarks
Inflected forms:
form: telstars
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A telecommunications satellite
pos: noun
tags: dated
informal
gloss: A soccer ball pattern with 32 panels of 20 hexagons and 12 pentagons, a rounded truncated icosahedron ball. The classic stereotypical black pentagon and white hexagon design.
pos: noun
gloss: A soccer ball pattern with 32 panels of 20 hexagons and 12 pentagons, a rounded truncated icosahedron ball. The classic stereotypical black pentagon and white hexagon design.
pos: noun
Translations:
winrate
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: compound
Topics: games
gaming
Etymology: From win + rate.
Compound parts: win
rate
Inflected forms:
form: winrates
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The proportion of games played that are won by a given player.
pos: noun
Translations:
artstyle
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: Compound of art + style.
Inflected forms:
form: artstyles
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A style of artwork, especially one in a video game.
pos: noun
examples: "Crossy Road" is both fun and addictive, and skillfully combines the gameplay of "Frogger" with a beautiful cubic artstyle that makes the game come to life in a charming way.
(title)
That’s where we thought of our 70-30 artstyle rule, where seventy percent is the new art that we created, which is trying to maintain the shapes, sizes, silhouettes and colors of the original game.
gloss: The way in which something is drawn.
pos: noun
Translations:
cant-dog
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: cant-dogs
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Synonym of cant hook.
pos: noun
Translations:
flat-headed
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From flat + headed.
Base: flat
Inflected forms:
form: more flat-headed
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most flat-headed
pos: adj
tags: superlative
form: flatheaded
pos: adj
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: Having a flat head.
pos: adj
Translations:
B-lister
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From B-list + -er.
Affixes: B-list
-er
Inflected forms:
form: B-listers
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Someone on a B-list.
pos: noun
examples: As any producer knows, a good leading man can make all the difference. Mr Chapek turned out to be a B-lister; Mr Iger, who transformed Disney’s fortunes, is a corporate megastar.
Translations:
Priscillian
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: Priscillians
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Synonym of Priscillianist.
pos: noun
Translations:
proto-forester
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: proto-foresters
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: An officer appointed chief of Windsor, to hear all causes of death or maim, or of the slaughter of the king's deer.
pos: noun
tags: UK
historical
Translations:
Publican
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: Perhaps from Paulician.
Inflected forms:
form: Publicans
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Synonym of Arnoldist.
pos: noun
Translations:
bugman
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: compound
Etymology: From bug + man. Popularised by the far-right blogger Bronze Age Pervert in 2018.
Compound parts: bug
man
Inflected forms:
form: bugmen
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A liberal, seen as consumerist and conformist.
pos: noun
tags: Internet
derogatory
examples: If u have not been convicted by some LARP, by some Nostalgia, a desire to go home, ur a bugman.
Those loyal to him imitate his posts of young, muscled white men in tropical locales, BAPian slang, and critiques of liberal "bugmen."
Translations:
borey
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: From Khmer បូរី (borəy).
Inflected forms:
form: boreys
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: a gated community
pos: noun
Translations:
plate-out
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: That which has plated out; dissolved metal deposited onto a solid surface.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
examples: If the plate-out problem is related to stabilizer composition, great help can be obtained from the stabilizer manufacturers, which for the most part can adjust the composition of their highly proprietary products to minimize these problems.
Translations:
board-shorted
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From board shorts + -ed.
Base: boardshorts
Affixes: -ed
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Wearing board shorts.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: By the time the men’s final was under way an estimated 25,000 bikini-clad and board-shorted surf lovers were there to watch.
She greeted the bikini-clad and board-shorted onlookers politely between poses for photographs that apparently were destined for a weekly magazine.
Hippies and surfers have been heading to this unremarkable looking village since the 1970s, creating a unique micro-community where men in djellabas share a table with boardshorted surfers.
Shirtless, board-shorted and weary behind their aviator sunglasses, they’d made it through the first night of the Electric Daisy Carnival, the dance-music bacchanal that has become America’s largest multiday music festival.
Translations:
slab-track
Part of speech: verb
Morphological type: simple
Topics: rail-transport
railways
transport
Inflected forms:
form: slab-tracks
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: slab-tracking
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: slab-tracked
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: slab-tracked
pos: verb
tags: past
Senses:
gloss: To lay slab track on a section of railway line.
pos: verb
examples: "Going to W12 gauge requires some significant work in those tunnels. The current scheme is showing that we're going to slab-track both of those tunnels.
Translations:
grass-fed
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Of cattle or other livestock, fed on pasture.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
gloss: Of meat, milk, or other livestock products, derived from livestock fed on pasture.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: The quality of the beef usually met with in the Straits Settlements is so bad and so destitute of flavour, that possibly the buyers had forgotten what an honest sirloin of beef looked like, and the rich edging of fat from grass-fed beef may have struck them as something extraordinary.
Translations:
two-tiered
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: compound
Etymology: From two + tiered.
Compound parts: two
tiered
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Having two tiers.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
Translations:
rank-deficient
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: simple
Topics: linear-algebra
mathematics
sciences
Inflected forms:
form: more rank-deficient
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most rank-deficient
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: Not having full rank; having a rank (dimension) less than the number of columns and the number of rows.
pos: adj
Translations:
un-self-explanatory
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Not self-explanatory
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: Hawthorne Effect: This completely un-self-explanatory and technical sounding term describes a discovery that is basic to psychological experimentation.
Translations:
spider-panic
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: spider-panics
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Digitaria divaricatissima, an Australian crabgrass.
pos: noun
Translations:
blackfoot
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: A tropical American bush of the genus Melampodium.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
Translations: