yuanxin112/wiktionary-morph huggingface dataset:
nurturant
Part of speech: adj
noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: human-sciences
psychology
sciences
Etymology: Etymology tree
English nurture
Latin -ns
Latin -āns
Old French -antbor.
Proto-Indo-European *-onts
Proto-Germanic *-ndz
Proto-West Germanic *-andī
Old English -ende
Middle English -ant
English -ant
English nurturant
From nurture + -ant.
Inflected forms:
form: more nurturant
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most nurturant
pos: adj
tags: superlative
form: nurturants
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: That provides nourishment; nurturing.
pos: adj
examples: Go to readings, read books like this anthology, read the publications, become nurturant and enriched and educated about what's going on around them, form writing support groups.
In other words, liberalism defines government as tyrant father but demands it behave as nurturant mother.
gloss: That which nurtures; a nurturing factor or influence.
pos: noun
examples: By removing one or another aspect from an organism's visual environment, one can determine the essential visual nurturants. The latter are then considered the basic visual-environmental determinants of the development of visual perception.
Translations:
Proto-Indo-Iranian
Part of speech: noun
adj
Morphological type: simple
Topics: anthropology
human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
Inflected forms:
form: Proto-Indo-Iranians
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A person who spoke the Proto-Indo-Iranian language.
pos: noun
tags: countable
gloss: Of or pertaining to the Proto-Indo-Iranian language, or the people who spoke it.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
Translations:
scape
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: architecture
biology
botany
natural-sciences
Etymology: From Latin scāpus, from Doric Greek σκᾶπος (skâpos). Doublet of native English shaft.
Inflected forms:
form: scapes
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A leafless stalk growing directly out of a root, bulb, or subterranean structure.
pos: noun
gloss: The basal segment of an insect's antenna (i.e. the part closest to the body).
pos: noun
gloss: The basal part, more specifically known as the oviscape, of the ovipositor of an insect.
pos: noun
gloss: The shaft of a column.
pos: noun
gloss: The apophyge of a shaft.
pos: noun
Derived words: scapeless
scapiform
scapoid
scape-wheel
Translations:
grindcore
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English grind
Proto-Indo-European *kret-der.?
Proto-Germanic *harduz
Proto-Germanic *-jaz
Proto-West Germanic *-ī
Proto-West Germanic *hard(ī)
Old English heard
Middle English hard
English hard
Middle English core
English core
English hardcorebf.
English -core
English grindcore
From grind + -core.
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: A fusion genre of extreme metal and hardcore punk, incorporating aggressive guitar riffs; extremely rapid drumming; and loud, largely unintelligible screaming.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
Translations:
geotechnical
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
Pre-Greek der.
Proto-Hellenic *gayader.
Ancient Greek γαῖᾰ (gaîă)clip.
Ancient Greek γῆ (gê)
Ancient Greek -ο- (-o-)
Ancient Greek γεω- (geō-)der.
English geo-
English technical
English geotechnical
From geo- + technical.
Inflected forms:
form: more geotechnical
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most geotechnical
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: Of or relating to the soil and bedrock, especially aspects of foundations and earthworks.
pos: adj
examples: Powrie added: "Nuneham was not a structural problem. I am convinced of that. It was a geotechnical problem.
Translations:
bioenergy
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *gʷeyh₃-der.
Ancient Greek βῐ́ος (bĭ́os)
Ancient Greek βῐο- (bĭo-)der.
English bio-
Late Latin energīader.
Middle French énergieder.
English energy
English bioenergy
From bio- + energy.
Inflected forms:
form: bioenergies
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Energy produced from a biological resource such as biomass as biofuel.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: A form of spiritual energy or life force.
pos: noun
tags: New-Age
countable
uncountable
examples: While the person is alive, these different aspects of the soul are vitally interconnected: bioenergy, emotions, mind, soul, and spirit interact and are expressed through the vehicle of the body.
Translations:
trustor
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English trust
Proto-Indo-European *-tōr
Proto-Italic *-tōr
Latin -tor
Latin -ātor
Old French -eorbor.
Middle English -our
▲
Latin -torlbor.
English -or
English trustor
From trust + -or.
Inflected forms:
form: trustors
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A person who creates a trust.
pos: noun
Translations:
reach-around
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: ball-games
basketball
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
Etymology: Deverbal from reach around.
Inflected forms:
form: reach-arounds
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: reacharound
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: Manual stimulation of a sexual partner's genitals during anal or vaginal intercourse from behind.
pos: noun
examples: I bet you're the kind of guy that would fuck a person in the ass and not even have the goddamn common courtesy to give him a reach-around. I'll be watching you.
Tom adored to give pleasure while Gore has always liked to boast that he has never knowingly or intentionally gratified any of his partners. Not even a sighing reach-around by the sound of it.
Congress recently increased federal funding for abstinence-only education from abo-from about 50 to 75 million dollars per year, and at least part of that money gets matched by the states, which means that students are still being exposed to abstinence-centered programs, (uh) but with names like WAIT (uh) which stands for “Why Am I Tempted?,” (uh) GO APE (uh) or “Abstinence Protects Everyone,” and No Screwin’ Around (uh) which I presume stands for (uh) “No One Should Copulate Regularly Except Wedded Individuals. (uh) Now, A Reach-around Occasionally Ultimately Not Disastrous.”
gloss: An ostensibly thoughtful gesture, especially one performed to win favour or mitigate unfair treatment.
pos: noun
tags: broadly
idiomatic
gloss: A passing style in which the ballhandler performs a crossover step in the direction of the intended pass and then extends his or her arms to throw the pass around the defender.
pos: noun
Translations:
citrin
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From citro- + -in.
Base: citro
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: A protein associated with type II citrullinemia.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
Translations:
amantadine
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *né
Proto-Indo-European *n̥-
Proto-Hellenic *ə-
Ancient Greek ἀ- (a-)?
Proto-Indo-European *demh₂-der.
Ancient Greek δαμνάω (damnáō)?
Ancient Greek ἀδάμας (adámas)
Proto-Indo-European *-nós
Proto-Italic *-nos
Latin -nus
Latin -ānusder.
English -ane
English amantad-
Proto-Indo-European *-nós
Proto-Indo-European *-iHnos
Proto-Italic *-īnos
Latin -īnusder.
Old French -inbor.
Middle English -in
English -ine
English amantadine
From amantad- (“alteration of adamantane”) + -ine.
Inflected forms:
form: amantadines
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A drug used especially as the hydrochloride C₁₀H₁₇N·HCl to prevent infection (as by an influenzavirus) by interfering with virus penetration into host cells.
pos: noun
Translations:
self-assembly
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *swé?
Proto-Indo-European *selbʰ-der.
Proto-Germanic *selbaz
Old English self
Old English self-
Middle English self-
English self-
English assembly
English self-assembly
From self- + assembly.
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: The assembly of a retail product by the customer.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
gloss: The assembly of a biological or chemical material from a disorganized collection by means of interactions between the components.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
Related words: self-assemble
Translations:
rimantadine
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
Etymology: From [Term?] + -mantadine (“adamantane derivative”).
Affixes: -mantadine
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: A synthetic antiviral drug that is chemically related to amantadine and is administered orally in the form of its hydrochloride C₁₂H₂₁N·HCl in the prevention and treatment of influenza A; 1-(1-adamantyl)ethanamine.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
Translations:
e-store
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From e- + store.
Base: store
Affixes: e-
Inflected forms:
form: e-stores
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The virtual store of a retailer that sells goods or services over the Internet.
pos: noun
Translations:
e-shop
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From e- + shop.
Base: shop
Affixes: e-
Inflected forms:
form: e-shops
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A sales outlet which supplies goods or services over the Internet.
pos: noun
Translations:
webshop
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *webʰ-der.
Proto-Germanic *webaną
Proto-Germanic *wabją
Old English webb
Middle English web
English web
Proto-Germanic *skup-
Old English scoppa
Middle English shoppe
English shop
English webshop
From web + shop.
Inflected forms:
form: webshops
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Synonym of webstore.
pos: noun
Translations:
nationalisation
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: government
politics
Etymology: From French nationalisation. By surface analysis, nationalise + -ation.
Inflected forms:
form: nationalisations
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: nationalization
pos: noun
tags: alternative
British
English
Oxford
US
Senses:
gloss: The act or process of nationalising:
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: the nationalisation of India
gloss: The act or process of nationalising:
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: Despite criticisms which were made of the Railway Executive, it must be recalled that the general framework of the new railway set-up was established by statute, while this form of organisation was particularly well adapted for carrying out the unification of the railways—a very different thing from the purely political act of nationalisation, but an essential part of the objective of nationalisation.
However the Labour Party and rail unions regard the move as a step closer to full nationalisation. TSSA General Secretary Manuel Cortes said: "The ONS has candidly exposed the truth about our railways. They are now in public ownership. Grant Shapps must now take direct control of running them, rather than continue to line the pockets of privateers."
gloss: The act or process of nationalising:
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: […] study of the legacy of classical republican patriotism through to the nationalisation of patriotism […]
gloss: The act or process of nationalising:
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
Antonyms: privatisation
privatization
Related words: nationalise
Derived words: denationalisation
renationalisation
Translations:
huffer
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From huff + -er.
Base: huff
Affixes: -er
Inflected forms:
form: huffers
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A drug addict who gets a high by inhaling or sniffing (huffing) intoxicating fumes, as in glue or aerosols.
pos: noun
tags: US
gloss: One who huffs.
pos: noun
tags: rare
examples: “Taxi,” I yelled, “taxi,” racing across the street and grazing the bumper of a delivery van that veered and stopped short, the driver cursing me with proletarian gusto. I reached the door about half an arm’s length ahead of a grey-haired gentleman who huffed, “It’s mine, it’s mine,” and I dropped into the vinyl-covered seat, twirled the handle that lifted a safety-glass barrier between me and the huffer, […]
“I don’t want paperback.” / Of course she didn’t. “Well, you can borrow an electronic version. The library—” / “Eh, that’s not reading.” She huffed again. She was a major huffer. “Kids today, reading on their phones. That’s not real reading.”
Moving back out into the other room, I opened the other door, looking forward to seeing what Seamus’s room was going to be like. Unfortunately, that door opened up into a huge dressing room and nothing else. My heartbeat sped up and I turned to Seamus, who was biting his lip, trying not to laugh. I huffed louder than I’d ever done in my life. And that was hard because I was a good huffer! ‘It’s like the scene from a romcom movie. There’s only one bed.’
gloss: A bully; a blusterer.
pos: noun
tags: obsolete
examples: To be expos'd in th'end to ſuffer / By ſuch a Braggadochio Huffer.
Synonyms: braggart
Translations:
lang: Czech
word: čichač
lang: Finnish
word: imppaaja
lang: Finnish
word: imppari
blueshift
Part of speech: noun
verb
Morphological type: compound
Topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
Etymology: From blue + shift.
Compound parts: blue
shift
Inflected forms:
form: blueshifts
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: blue shift
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: blueshifts
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: blueshifting
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: blueshifted
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: blueshifted
pos: verb
tags: past
form: blue shift
pos: verb
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: A decrease in the wavelength of a photon or of light, corresponding to a higher frequency and a shift toward the blue end of the electromagnetic spectrum.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: (ergative) (said of light or a photon) To shift toward the blue end of the electromagnetic spectrum; to change to a shorter wavelength and a higher frequency.
pos: verb
Translations:
week-end
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: week-ends
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Dated spelling of weekend.
pos: noun
Translations:
tetrahedrally
Part of speech: adv
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English tetrahedral
Middle English -ly
English -ly
English tetrahedrally
From tetrahedral + -ly.
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: In a tetrahedral manner; arranged in tetrahedrons.
pos: adv
tags: not-comparable
Translations:
affectively
Part of speech: adv
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English affective
Middle English -ly
English -ly
English affectively
From affective + -ly.
Inflected forms:
form: more affectively
pos: adv
tags: comparative
form: most affectively
pos: adv
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: In an affective way; emotionally.
pos: adv
Translations:
reloader
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: engineering
firearms
government
military
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
politics
tools
war
weaponry
Etymology: Etymology tree
English reload
English -er
English reloader
From reload + -er.
Inflected forms:
form: reloaders
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: One who reloads.
pos: noun
examples: He is a fine shot on horseback and a very quick reloader.
gloss: A shooter who makes their own ammunition from separately purchased components.
pos: noun
gloss: The equipment used by such a shooter, particularly a levered press used to force the components together.
pos: noun
gloss: a speed loader.
pos: noun
tags: uncommon
Translations:
aphorist
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: aphorists
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A person who creates or recites aphorisms.
pos: noun
examples: Leaving the reader to study the details of the discussion in Dr. Ballantyne's aphorisms of the Nyāya (Part Second, pp. 77 ff.), I will pass over most of the Sūtras, and merely quote the principal conclusions of the Nyāya aphorist.
In the examination of the revisions which these texts underwent, we have stolen a rare glance into the interior of the workshop of the aphorist.
[Juhani Siljo]'s natural form of expression was the aphorism; he is one of the best aphorists of his time and in Finnish literature.
Translations:
stomatitis
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From stomato- + -itis.
Base: stomato
Inflected forms:
form: stomatitises
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: stomatitides
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: An inflammation of parts of the mucous membrane that lines the mouth.
pos: noun
Translations:
disjunct
Part of speech: adj
noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: biology
botany
human-sciences
linguistics
logic
mathematics
natural-sciences
philosophy
sciences
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁
Proto-Indo-European *d(w)is-
Proto-Italic *dis-
Latin dis-
Old French des-bor.
▲
Latin dis-bor.
Middle English dis-
English dis-
Latin junctus
English disjunct
From dis- + Latin junctus (“joined”).
Inflected forms:
form: more disjunct
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most disjunct
pos: adj
tags: superlative
form: disjuncts
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Separate; discontinuous; not connected.
pos: adj
gloss: Occurring in widely separated geographic areas.
pos: adj
gloss: The state of being disjointed; disjointedness; a disconnect.
pos: noun
examples: Knowing for ourselves that a large disjunct existed between what could be read at NIE and what could be heard, we set about devising a way to measure what we were familiar with hearing.
gloss: A species or population occurring at a distant or separate location, and separated from other members of the same group.
pos: noun
examples: […] a continental northern Alaskan element, including a series of endemic species and disjuncts that have survived the Pleistocene glaciation in northern Alaska and thus represent relicts of the much warmer Tertiary […]
gloss: One of multiple propositions, any of which, if true, confirm the validity of another proposition (a disjunction).
pos: noun
examples: Holonym: disjunction
gloss: Any sentence element that is not fully integrated into the clausal structure of the sentence.
pos: noun
gloss: Any sentence element that is not fully integrated into the clausal structure of the sentence.
pos: noun
gloss: A conjunct of a disjunctive conjunction.
pos: noun
tags: rare
examples: In English, linking elements are the conjunction and, the disjunction or and the adversative linker but, collectively called COORDINATORS. The units that are coordinated will be called COORDINANDS in this article (CONJUNCTS, when linked by conjunction, DISJUNCTS, when linked by the disjunctive connector).
Derived words: disjunctly
nondisjunct
Translations:
fingerpicking
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
Inflected forms:
form: fingerpickings
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The plucking of the individual strings of a stringed instrument with the fingers
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
usually
examples: Her largely unadorned sound hinges on scratchy, intimate fingerpickings and her warm Northern Ireland accent — and is a worthy, pensive addition to record shelves already lined with Sharon Van Etten and Damien Rice.
Translations:
Irishness
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English Irish
Proto-Germanic *-inōną
Proto-Indo-European *-dyé-
Proto-Germanic *-atjaną
Proto-Indo-European *-tus
Proto-Germanic *-þuz
Proto-Germanic *-assuz
Proto-Germanic *-inassuz
Proto-West Germanic *-nassī
Old English -nes
Middle English -nesse
English -ness
English Irishness
From Irish + -ness.
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: the quality or state of being Irish.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
Translations:
arsey
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English arse
Proto-Indo-European *-kos
Proto-Germanic *-gaz
Proto-West Germanic *-g
Old English -iġ
Middle English -y
English -y
English arsey
From arse + -y.
Inflected forms:
form: more arsey
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most arsey
pos: adj
tags: superlative
form: arsy
pos: adj
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: Unpleasant, especially in a sarcastic, grumpy or haughty manner.
pos: adj
tags: Commonwealth
Ireland
UK
slang
examples: First few months in, I was arsey as hell. Thought they were a right bunch of wankers.
"Oh, we had that singer in the other day and they were really arsey with us, and we only kept them waiting half an hour' - and I go, 'Hang on a minute, that's a long time and they've probably been doing lots of work that day and I think that it's actually justified for them to get annoyed.'"
Work experience as an arsey teenager is pretty straightforward: disappear into the storeroom, smoke a few cigarettes, text your mates and watch the minute hand tick slowly by. If there's nowhere suitable to hide, all you need is a vacant computer and you can chat to your skiving associate in the building next door.
Maybe Hanna Frost, for all of her arsey mannerisms, really did know what she was doing.
gloss: Lucky.
pos: adj
tags: Australia
New-Zealand
slang
Derived words: arsey-versy
Translations:
camembert
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: From Camembert, the Normandy village where it originated.
Inflected forms:
form: camemberts
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A soft, creamy cheese from France made from cow's milk.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
Translations:
attackman
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: hobbies
lifestyle
sports
Etymology: Etymology tree
French attaquebor.
English attack
English -man
English attackman
From attack + -man.
Inflected forms:
form: attackmen
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A player in a position whose primary responsibility is offense.
pos: noun
Translations:
hamstringing
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: hamstringings
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: An instance of someone or something being hamstringed.
pos: noun
Translations:
binational
Part of speech: adj
noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁
Proto-Indo-European *dwi-
Proto-Italic *dwi-
Latin bi-bor.
English bi-
English national
English binational
From bi- + national.
Inflected forms:
form: binationals
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Relating to, or involving, two nations.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: Binational peace talks broke down, so a third nation stepped in to mediate.
Experience elsewhere since World War II is hardly encouraging to binational or multi-national concepts.
Finally, a binational state would foster alliances between Palestinians currently under occupation and Palestinian Israelis to combat discriminatory Israeli land and housing policies.
gloss: A person of two nationalities.
pos: noun
Translations:
balas-ruby
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: balas-rubies
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A rose-coloured spinel once thought to be a type of ruby.
pos: noun
examples: In shape it is a tiny square box of silver, studded outside with eight small balas-rubies.
Richard II had a coat, valued at thirty thousand marks, which was covered with balas rubies.
Translations:
bushbuck
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: compound
Etymology: From bush + buck.
Compound parts: bush
buck
Inflected forms:
form: bushbucks
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: bushbuck
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: bosbok
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: boschbok
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: boshbok
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: Either of two species of antelope (Tragelaphus scriptus or Tragelaphus sylvaticus, considered by some sources to be the single species Tragelaphus scriptus) found in Sub-Saharan Africa.
pos: noun
gloss: Any relatives of the above that share the same habitat.
pos: noun
tags: informal
Synonyms: harnessed bushbuck
Derived words: Menelik's bushbuck
Translations:
bushland
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: compound
Etymology: From bush + land.
Compound parts: bush
land
Inflected forms:
form: bushlands
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: An area of land in a natural, uncultivated state; wilderness, open forest.
pos: noun
tags: Australia
countable
uncountable
Translations:
cartooning
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: cartoonings
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The act of drawing a cartoon or caricature.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
usually
Translations:
Alabamian
Part of speech: adj
noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English Alabama
Proto-Indo-European *-nós
Proto-Italic *-nos
Latin -nus
Latin -ānus
Latin -iānusbor.
English -ian
English Alabamian
From Alabama + -ian.
Inflected forms:
form: more Alabamian
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most Alabamian
pos: adj
tags: superlative
form: Alabamians
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Pertaining to the American state Alabama, or its natives and residents.
pos: adj
gloss: A native or resident of the state of Alabama in the United States of America.
pos: noun
examples: Sunday was the day of the week most Alabamians wanted off for the two holy acts—going to church and watching football.
Translations:
chaffy
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: agriculture
biology
botany
business
lifestyle
natural-sciences
Etymology: Etymology tree
English chaff
English -y
English chaffy
From chaff + -y.
Inflected forms:
form: chaffier
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: chaffiest
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: Like or containing chaff.
pos: adj
examples: A mighty fountain […] / Amid whose swift half-intermitted Burst / Huge fragments vaulted like rebounding hail, / Or chaffy grain beneath the thresher’s flail:
The burning, pungent scent of newly threshed wheat and a chaffy dust enveloped the village.
He chewed the chaffy end of a wheat stalk.
gloss: (of bracts, flower head receptacles, scales on cones or catkins) Resembling chaff: papery, husk-like; not fleshy, leafy or herbaceous.
pos: adj
gloss: (of an ear of corn/maize) Having imperfectly developed kernels that are not tightly compressed against each other.
pos: adj
gloss: Of as little value or substance as chaff; worthless.
pos: adj
tags: obsolete
examples: […] thou ly’st, and art / A very theefe in love, a Chaffy Lord / Nor worth the name of villaine:
[…] the most slight and chaffy opinion, if at a great remove from the present age, contracts such an esteem and veneration, that it out-weighs what is infinitly more ponderous and rational, of a modern date.
Related words: scarious
Derived words: chaffily
chaffiness
Translations:
chiselling
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: chisellings
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A piece of work produced using a chisel.
pos: noun
examples: We are justified in considering Parkes as our own; for, here he served his time; here he received instructions in modelling from Sherwin, the pupil of Smyth, whose chisellings and figures adorn so many of our public buildings […]
Translations:
orale
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: orales
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A white silk veil with coloured stripes, sometimes worn by the pope.
pos: noun
Translations:
disquieted
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: more disquieted
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most disquieted
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: Uneasy; uncomfortable.
pos: adj
examples: If I did not view things in this light, my mind would be infinitely more disquieted than it is: for, if a crisis should arrive when a sense of duty, or a call from my country, should become so imperious as to leave me no choice, I should prepare for relinquishment, and go with as much reluctance from my present peaceful abode, as I should go to the tombs of my ancestors.
Adèle, more and more disquieted, finally spoke to Margaret of her uneasiness.
"They seemed at first very disquieted, " reported Hunt, "but we soon reassured them .[…]"
Translations:
mantella
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: mantellas
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Any frog of the genus Mantella.
pos: noun
Translations:
versal
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: arts
calligraphy
communications
journalism
literature
media
publishing
typography
writing
Inflected forms:
form: versals
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Ornamental letter that begins a section
pos: noun
Translations:
ammonoid
Part of speech: noun
adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From the scientific name Ammonoidea, equivalent to Ammon + -oid.
Base: Ammon
Affixes: -oid
Inflected forms:
form: ammonoids
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: more ammonoid
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most ammonoid
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: An extinct cephalopod of the subclass †Ammonoidea (including ammonites).
pos: noun
examples: Although the extinct externally shelled cephalopods ammonoids have an extensive fossil record, their soft tissues are very poorly known and, like extinct and living nautiloids, they are largely presumed to not have possessed an ink sac.
gloss: Characteristic of an ammonite.
pos: adj
examples: Literally tens of pence with an ammonoid fossil to highlight how bling bling the world of palaeontology has become
Translations:
seater
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From seat + -er (measurement suffix) or -er (agent noun suffix).
Base: seat
Affixes: -er
Inflected forms:
form: seaters
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A vehicle or item of furniture that has a specified seating capacity.
pos: noun
tags: attributive
in-compounds
often
examples: a single-seater aircraft
Our new sofa is a three-seater.
The Cub is a two-place tandem-seating craft, while the Luscombe and Cessna 120/140 are two-place side-by-side seaters.
The four-seater i-oniq concept has a 1.0-litre, 3-cylinder petrol engine which is mated, via a generator, to a lithium ion electric motor which produces 109 PS.
Toyota is developing a hydrogen fuel cell car, but the research and development costs are eye-watering. By contrast, a British firm, Riversimple, is producing a cheap, compact two-seater, which will probably come to dominate the small car market, particularly for drivers who cannot plug in a car at home.
“I started to think about it. He’s coming in on a two-seater experimental plane to pitch me to go on a five-seater experimental sub that he has built down to the ocean floor to see the Titanic,” Jay said.
I've heard it's a one-seater, and I really need my privacy when I go.
Related words: all-seater
all-seater stadium
backseater
chair seater
four-seater
frontseater
setter
sitter
sureseater
two-seater
Translations:
civilise
Part of speech: verb
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English civil
English -ise
English civilise
From civil + -ise.
Inflected forms:
form: civilises
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: civilising
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: civilised
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: civilised
pos: verb
tags: past
form: civilize
pos: verb
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: To educate or enlighten a person or people to a perceived higher standard of behaviour.
pos: verb
gloss: To introduce or impose the standards of one civilisation upon another civilization, group or person, arguably with the intent of achieving a perceived higher standard of behavior.
pos: verb
gloss: To bring from a state of savagery to an educated or refined state.
pos: verb
Related words: citizen
city
civil
civilian
civilisation
civilization
civitas
Derived words: decivilise
uncivilise
Translations:
amnestied
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English amnesty
English -ed
English amnestied
From amnesty + -ed.
Inflected forms:
form: more amnestied
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most amnestied
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: That has been given amnesty; whose past offences have been forgiven.
pos: adj
examples: The opening of the Panthéon Club in November 1795, a successor to the closed Jacobins, marked the beginnings of a recovery of the extra-parliamentary Left, now reinforced by amnestied militants.
Translations:
azole
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *né
Proto-Indo-European *n̥-
Proto-Hellenic *ə-
Ancient Greek ᾰ̓- (ă-)
Proto-Indo-European *gʷeyh₃-
Proto-Indo-European *-wós
Proto-Indo-European *gʷih₃wós
Proto-Indo-European *gʷíh₃weti
Proto-Hellenic *gʷyṓw-ō
Proto-Hellenic *ďṓwō
Ancient Greek ζώω (zṓō)
Ancient Greek ζῶ (zô)
Ancient Greek -ᾱ (-ā)
Ancient Greek -η (-ē)
Ancient Greek ζωή (zōḗ)
French azotebor.
English azote
English azo-
English -ole
English azole
From azo- + -ole.
Inflected forms:
form: azoles
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Any of a class of five-membered unsaturated heterocycles having three carbon atoms, one nitrogen atom and two double bonds
pos: noun
Translations:
Aztecan
Part of speech: adj
noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English Aztec
English -an
English Aztecan
From Aztec + -an.
Inflected forms:
form: more Aztecan
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most Aztecan
pos: adj
tags: superlative
form: Aztecans
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of the Aztecs or their culture.
pos: adj
gloss: An Aztec.
pos: noun
Translations:
U-bend
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: U-bends
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A U-shaped bend, usually the bend in a waste pipe.
pos: noun
Translations:
tink
Part of speech: verb
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From Middle English tinken, possibly from Old English *tincian, equivalent to tin + -k. Compare Dutch tinken (“to tink, toll, strike the bells of a clock”), German Low German tinken (“to tink”). Compare also English ting.
Base: tin
Affixes: -k
Inflected forms:
form: tinks
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: tinking
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: tinked
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: tinked
pos: verb
tags: past
Senses:
gloss: To emit a high-pitched sharp or metallic noise.
pos: verb
examples: Jimmy heard the bells tink.
Translations:
after-effect
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: after-effects
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: aftereffect
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: An effect; especially, one that is experienced only after a delay, or only in the long term.
pos: noun
examples: It all went wrong for England in those chaotic final moments but until Poland's late surge they had once again shown they are developing and have not suffered too many after-effects from the Euro 2020 final loss to Italy on penalties.
Translations:
nocturia
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: medicine
sciences
Etymology: Etymology tree
English noct-
Proto-Indo-European *h₁wers-der.
Ancient Greek οὐρέω (ouréō)
Ancient Greek οὖρον (oûron)
Ancient Greek -ουρία (-ouría)bor.
New Latin -ūriabor.
English -uria
English nocturia
From noct- + -uria.
Inflected forms:
form: nycturia
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: A frequent need to arise during the night in order to urinate.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
Translations:
neuropsychiatric
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *(s)neh₁-
Proto-Indo-European *-wr̥
Proto-Indo-European *snéh₁wr̥der.
Ancient Greek νεῦρον (neûron)
Ancient Greek νευρο- (neuro-)der.
English neuro-
English psychiatric
English neuropsychiatric
From neuro- + psychiatric.
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Of or pertaining to neuropsychiatry; both neurological and psychiatric.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
Translations:
neuropsychiatry
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: medicine
sciences
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *(s)neh₁-
Proto-Indo-European *-wr̥
Proto-Indo-European *snéh₁wr̥der.
Ancient Greek νεῦρον (neûron)
Ancient Greek νευρο- (neuro-)der.
English neuro-
French psych-
French -iatre
French psychiatre
French -ie
French psychiatriebor.
English psychiatry
English neuropsychiatry
From neuro- + psychiatry.
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: The branch of medicine dealing with disorders that have both neurological and psychiatric features.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
Translations:
notational
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English notation
Proto-Italic *-ālis
Latin -ālisbor.
Old French -albor.
▲
Latin -ālis
Old French -elbor.
▲
Latin -ālisbor.
Middle English -al
English -al
English notational
From notation + -al.
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Of or pertaining to notation.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
Translations:
brome
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: From the genus name, New Latin Bromus, from Ancient Greek βρόμος (brómos, “oat, wild oat”).
Inflected forms:
form: bromes
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Any grass of the genus Bromus.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
Translations:
lolcat
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: compound
Etymology: From lol + cat.
Compound parts: lol
cat
Inflected forms:
form: lolcats
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: LOLcat
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: An image macro of, usually, a kitten or a cat with a humorous caption.
pos: noun
tags: Internet
dated
neologism
examples: I had heard of Caturday when I wrote the piece, but I’d understood that it was a proto-lolcats practice that was different from the actual lolcats meme.
gloss: The deliberately misspelled and grammatically quirky form of English associated with such images' captions.
pos: noun
tags: Internet
neologism
uncountable
Related words: kitteh
Caturday
Translations:
pene-enclave
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English pene-
English enclave
English pene-enclave
From pene- + enclave.
Inflected forms:
form: pene-enclaves
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: An area that is, for practical purposes, an enclave but does not meet the strict definition: an area that is not completely surrounded by another but can, in practice, be reached only by passing through another area. For instance, a region of a country that is not connected by road to the main part of the country without passing through another country.
pos: noun
Translations:
pene-exclave
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English pene-
English exclave
English pene-exclave
From pene- + exclave.
Inflected forms:
form: pene-exclaves
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: An area that is for practical purposes an exclave, but does not meet the strict definition: an area that is not completely separated from the main part, but can only in practice be reached by passing through another area. For instance, a region of a country that is not connected by road to the main part of the country without passing through another country.
pos: noun
Translations:
arbitrable
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: simple
Topics: law
Inflected forms:
form: more arbitrable
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most arbitrable
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: Able to be arbitrated; subject to arbitration.
pos: adj
Translations:
arbitrability
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: law
Etymology: From arbitrable + -ity or arbitrary + -ability.
Base: arbitrable
Affixes: -ity
Inflected forms:
form: arbitrabilities
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The characteristic of being arbitrable; the ability to be arbitrated.
pos: noun
examples: […] grievability-arbitrability cases; supervises the conduct of representation elections; and holds hearings as […]
Translations:
disorganize
Part of speech: verb
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From French désorganiser, equivalent to dis- + organize.
Base: organize
Affixes: dis-
Inflected forms:
form: disorganizes
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: disorganizing
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: disorganized
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: disorganized
pos: verb
tags: past
form: disorganise
pos: verb
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: To make less organized; to reduce to chaos.
pos: verb
examples: The arrival of her new baby would inevitably disorganize her life.
Translations:
diarchy
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From di- + -archy. Modelled after monarchy.
Base: di
Inflected forms:
form: diarchies
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: dinarchy
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: dyarchy
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: Rule by two people.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: Djokovic finally cracked the Federer-Nadal diarchy in 2010.
gloss: A state under the rule of two people; the form of government of such state.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: Swaziland is an absolute diarchy, ruled jointly by a king and a queen mother.
Synonyms: government
Derived words: diarchal
diarchic
diarchical
Gelasian diarchy
Translations:
acculturative
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English acculturate
Proto-Indo-European *-wós
Proto-Indo-European *-iHwósder.
Latin -īvus
Old French -ifbor.
Middle English -yf
English -ive
English acculturative
From acculturate + -ive.
Inflected forms:
form: more acculturative
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most acculturative
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: Tending to produce acculturation.
pos: adj
Translations:
optometric
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Of or pertaining to optometry
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
Translations:
actinolite
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: chemistry
geography
geology
mineralogy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
Etymology: From actino- + -lite.
Base: actino
Inflected forms:
form: actinolites
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A mineral with monoclinic crystals of the chemical formula Ca₂(Mg,Fe)₅Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂, belonging to the amphibole group.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
Translations:
diaphysis
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: anatomy
biology
botany
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
Etymology: From dia- + -physis.
Base: dia
Inflected forms:
form: diaphyses
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The central shaft of any long bone.
pos: noun
examples: Many studies that use subperiosteal new bone as a stress indicator fail to specify how they deal with this problem. Others offer a range of solutions, for example, limiting study to adolescents and adults[…], excluding perinates and infants[…], including all ages from birth onwards but only considering lesions in the middle third of the diaphysis[…], or making case-by-case judgmental decisions in young individuals[…].
gloss: An abnormal elongation of the axis of a flower or of an inflorescence.
pos: noun
Derived words: diaphysectomy
diaphysitis
Translations:
day-blind
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: simple
Topics: medicine
sciences
Inflected forms:
form: more day-blind
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most day-blind
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: Unable to see clearly in bright light; hemeralopic.
pos: adj
Translations:
night-blind
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: simple
Topics: medicine
sciences
Inflected forms:
form: more night-blind
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most night-blind
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: Unable to see clearly in low light; suffering from night blindness.
pos: adj
Translations:
Darwinist
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English Darwin
Proto-Indo-European *-id-
Proto-Indo-European *-yéti
Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti
Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō
Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)
Proto-Hellenic *-tās
Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs)
Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor.
Latin -istader.
Old French -istebor.
Middle English -ist
English -ist
English Darwinist
From Darwin + -ist.
Inflected forms:
form: Darwinists
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A believer in Darwinism, the theory of evolution by natural selection.
pos: noun
Translations:
tootsie
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: From tootsy-wootsy, originally a playful or nursery name for a small foot, from childish pronunciation of foot.
Inflected forms:
form: tootsies
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: tootsy
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: A young woman.
pos: noun
tags: informal
gloss: A toe.
pos: noun
tags: childish
informal
examples: And a hoofer by the name of Buck Wing was gettin' ready to shake his tootsies!
Swedish massage techniques applied to your feet have reflexology effects, too, and give those tootsies the break they need.
2006, James W. Brann, MD, Women's Healthcare Topics.com, Surviving the Joy of Pregnancy, James Brann →ISBN
Swollen tootsies can be very uncomfortable, not to mention you may not like looking at them. Toes that look like sausages? That's attractive for babies, but you aren't looking at baby's tootsies.
Babies are fascinated with their toes. Take advantage of this interest. Join in your baby's fun. Ten Little Tootsies (to “Ten Little Indians”) One little, two little, three little tootsies.
So what's a gal to do when she's rushing about town in pointy-toe stilettos with no time to rest her weary tootsies?
Take off your shoes and give those tootsies a break!
You forgot your toe warmers this morning. ... Can't have my girl's tootsies cold." "Don't say aw again," Eve ordered, anticipating. "And never say tootsies. You're wearing badges, for God's sake
Weymouth is the place for us to paddle our tootsies like George III, but first we need somewhere to stay.
gloss: A foot, especially that of a woman or child.
pos: noun
tags: archaic
informal
Derived words: toots
Translations:
l-word
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: l-words
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The word love.
pos: noun
tags: euphemistic
gloss: The word lesbian.
pos: noun
tags: euphemistic
gloss: Any word beginning with l that is not normally taboo but is considered to be so in the given context.
pos: noun
tags: euphemistic
humorous
often
examples: "I want a lawyer right now." Landry shook his head and thought, Damn, already the dreaded L-word.
Related words: a-word
b-word
c-word
d-word
e-word
f-word
g-word
G-word
h-word
i-word
j-word
k-word
m-word
n-word
o-word
p-word
q-word
Q-word
r-word
s-word
t-word
u-word
v-word
w-word
x-word
y-word
z-word
related terms C-bomb
f-bomb
f-slur
L-bomb
n-bomb
Q-slur
r-slur
Translations:
knuckleballer
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: ball-games
baseball
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
Etymology: Etymology tree
English knuckleball
English -er
English knuckleballer
From knuckleball + -er.
Inflected forms:
form: knuckleballers
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A baseball pitcher known for throwing knuckleballs.
pos: noun
Translations:
f-bomb
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: compound
Etymology: From f (“abbreviation of fuck”) + bomb (“(euphemism marker)”), and thence other words beginning f. Likely based on the term H-bomb.
Compound parts: f
bomb
Inflected forms:
form: f-bombs
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: F-bomb
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: The word fuck.
pos: noun
tags: euphemistic
slang
examples: From hip-hop artists to bloggers to the vice president of the United States, everyone's dropping the F-bomb.
When he started out in 1981 Regan would throw in the odd F-bomb to spice up a joke, but eventually he just eliminated them from his act.
The Ontario government treaded similar territory with the rollout of its Flick Off campaign, intended to encourage young people to conserve energy by turning off lights and appliances, but obviously hinting at the f-bomb.
One could argue, of course, that most comedies about the risqué misadventures of teenagers are actually pretty wholesome. Horny hits like American Pie and last year's Blockers are, at heart, sweet coming-of-age stories, secretly reassuring everyone that the kids are all right—that no matter how many f-bombs they drop, no matter how raunchy their MPAA-antagonizing hijinks get, they're really just fumbling their inexperienced way through normal rites of passage.
gloss: The word funk.
pos: noun
tags: euphemistic
slang
gloss: The word faggot or fag.
pos: noun
tags: euphemistic
slang
Related words: c-bomb
n-bomb
Derived words: atomic F-bomb
cluster F-bomb
drop the f-bomb
Translations: