yuanxin112/wiktionary-morph huggingface dataset:
hypocritical
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: From hypocritic + -al, from Ancient Greek ὑποκριτικός (hupokritikós), from ὑποκριτής (hupokritḗs, “actor, hypocrite”), from ὑποκρίνομαι (hupokrínomai, “I play a part on stage”), from ὑπό (hupó, “below”) + κρίνω (krínō, “I choose”).
Inflected forms:
form: more hypocritical
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most hypocritical
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: Characterized by hypocrisy or being a hypocrite.
pos: adj
examples: The British Empire was in a somewhat-hypocritical position when it came to slavery. Due to the fact that most other nations were at war with the Empire and the Royal Navy controlled the seas, most slavers were flying British flags. However, slavery in England had been banned hundreds of years before, in 1102, with periodic court cases reaffirming this through the centuries.
[Stephen] Miller’s uncle, a neuroscientist, has been welcomed onto the public stage for his denunciations of his nephew’s immigration policies, which the elder Miller has characterized as hypocritical: the Millers’ not-so-distant Jewish ancestors were, of course, immigrants themselves.
Translations:
hush
Part of speech: verb
noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: From Middle English huschen (“to hush”) (as past participle husht (“silent; hushed”) and interjection husht (“quiet!”)). Cognate with Low German huschen, hüssen (“to hush; lull”), German huschen (“to shoo; scurry”), Danish hysse (“to hush”), and maybe Albanian hesht.
Inflected forms:
form: hushes
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: hushing
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: hushed
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: hushed
pos: verb
tags: past
form: hushes
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: To become quiet.
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
gloss: To make quiet.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
gloss: To appease; to allay; to soothe.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: VVilt thou then / Huſh my Cares thus, and ſhelter me vvith Love?
And hush’d my deepest grief of all.
gloss: A silence, especially after some noise.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: It is the hush of night.
And there fell a hush upon the gods when they saw that Māna rested, and there was silence on Pegāna save for the drumming of Skarl.
Derived words: hushable
hush down
hushen
hushling
hush one's mouth
hushpitality
hush-up
hushy
Translations:
humiliate
Part of speech: verb
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
Etymology: Borrowed from Late Latin humiliātus, perfect passive participle of humiliō (“to abase, humble”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), from Latin humilis (“lowly, humble”), from humus (“ground; earth, soil”); see humble.
Affixes: -ate
Inflected forms:
form: humiliates
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: humiliating
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: humiliated
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: humiliated
pos: verb
tags: past
Senses:
gloss: To cause to be ashamed; to injure the dignity and self-respect of.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: The bully tried to humiliate the other students during lunch.
He would never intentionally humiliate anyone, even in jest.
The harsh comments from the coach humiliated the player in front of the team.
gloss: To make humble; to lower in condition or status.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
gloss: To defeat overwhelmingly.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
Related words: humble
humiliation
humility
Derived words: humiliatable
humiliatrix
rehumiliate
Translations:
vinyl
Part of speech: noun
adj
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: chemistry
entertainment
lifestyle
music
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *weh₁y-?
Proto-Indo-European *-ō?
Proto-Indo-European *wéyh₁ō
Proto-Italic *wīnom
Latin vīnum
Proto-Indo-European *swel-der.?
Ancient Greek ῡ̔́λη (hū́lē)der.
Frenchder.
English -yl
English vinyl
From Latin vīnum (“wine”) + -yl. Derived from Latin vīnum because ethyl alcohol is the ordinary alcohol present in wine.
Base: vīnum
Affixes: -yl
Inflected forms:
form: vinyls
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The univalent radical CH₂=CH−, derived from ethylene.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
gloss: Any of various compounds and substances containing the vinyl radical, especially various tough, flexible, shiny plastics.
pos: noun
tags: countable
gloss: Phonograph records as a medium.
pos: noun
tags: collective
uncountable
examples: Many DJs prefer vinyl to CDs.
gloss: A phonograph record.
pos: noun
tags: countable
examples: This is a tangible example of the net's natural flow toward improved environmental outcomes. Although some people lament the loss of flipping through CDs, or eight-tracks, or vinyls, there is a clear upside to dematerialization.
gloss: Containing the vinyl radical.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
gloss: Made of polyvinyl chloride.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
gloss: Pertaining to a phonograph record.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: Dance, boogie wonderland / Sound fly through the night / I chase my vinyl dreams to boogie wonderland
After being gifted a turntable and investing in relatively inexpensive speakers, he talks about becoming reacquainted with the Impulse vinyl version of John Coltrane's celebrated jazz album, A Love Supreme.
Derived words: 2,2,2-trifluoroethyl vinyl
2-chloroethylvinyl ether
4-vinylcyclohexene
beta-chlorovinyldichloroarsine
bivinyl
butylvinyl
chlorovinyldichloroarsine
dimethylvinyl
dimethylvinylchloride
divinyl
ethylene-vinyl acetate
ethylvinyl ether
ethyl vinyl ether
gamma-vinyl GABA
gamma vinyl-gamma-aminobutyric acid
heavy vinyl
methylvinyl ketone
methyl vinyl ketone
naphthylvinylpyridine
n-nitrosomethylvinylamine
non-virgin vinyl
piece of vinyl
polyphenylene vinylene
poly(p-phenylene vinylene)
polyvinyl
rigid vinyl
soft vinyl
trichlorotrivinylarsine
Vinalon
vinyl acetate
vinylacetic acid
vinyl acetylene
vinylacetylene
vinyl alcohol
vinylate
vinylation
vinyl benzene
vinylbenzene
vinylbital
vinyl blank
vinyl bromide
vinyl carbinol
vinyl chloride
vinyl composition tile
vinyl copolymer
vinyl cyanide
vinyl emulation software
vinylene
vinyl ester
vinylester
vinyl ether
vinylethylene
vinyl ethylene
vinyl ethyl ether
vinylethyl ether
vinyl fluoride
vinyl group
vinyl halide
vinylic
vinylidene
vinyl insert
vinyl iodide
vinylite
Vinylite
vinylogous
vinylon
Vinylon
vinyl plastic
vinyl polymer
vinyl radical
vinyl record
vinyl resin
vinyl siding
vinylstyrene
vinyltoluene
vinyl trichloride
vinyl village
vinyl vision
Vinyon
virgin vinyl
Translations:
timid
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: Etymology tree
Latin timeō
Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-der.
Proto-Italic *-iðos
Latin -idus
Latin timidusder.
Middle French timideder.
English timid
From Middle French timide, from Latin timidus (“full of fear, fearful, timid”), from timeō (“to fear”).
Inflected forms:
form: timider
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: more timid
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: timidest
pos: adj
tags: superlative
form: most timid
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: Lacking in courage or confidence.
pos: adj
examples: John's a very timid person. I doubt he'll be brave enough to face his brother.
When Timothy and Julia hurried up the staircase to the bedroom floor, where a considerable commotion was taking place, Tim took Barry Leach with him.[…]. The captive made no resistance and came not only quietly but in a series of eager little rushes like a timid dog on a choke chain.
Translations:
virtualize
Part of speech: verb
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: art
arts
computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
Etymology: Etymology tree
English virtual
Proto-Indo-European *-id-
Proto-Indo-European *-yéti
Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti
Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō
Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor.
Late Latin -izōder.
Middle French -iserbor.
Middle English -isen
English -ize
English virtualize
From virtual + -ize.
Inflected forms:
form: virtualizes
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: virtualizing
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: virtualized
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: virtualized
pos: verb
tags: past
form: virtualise
pos: verb
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: To run a program in virtual storage.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
gloss: To simulate (or make virtual) some effect or condition on a computer.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
gloss: To make or conform to a virtual reality.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
Related words: virtual
Derived words: revirtualize
virtualization
Translations:
viscount
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: biology
entomology
natural-sciences
Etymology: From Anglo-Norman viscounte, from Medieval Latin vicecomes, from Latin vice + comes. Equivalent to vice- + count. Doublet of vicecomes and vicomte.
Inflected forms:
form: viscounts
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: V
pos: noun
tags: alternative
symbol
form: Vis.
pos: noun
tags: alternative
abbreviation
form: Visc.
pos: noun
tags: alternative
abbreviation
form: Visct
pos: noun
tags: alternative
contraction
form: Vte
pos: noun
tags: alternative
contraction
Senses:
gloss: A member of the peerage, above a baron but below a count or earl.
pos: noun
gloss: Any of various nymphalid butterflies of the genus Tanaecia. Other butterflies in this genus are called earls and counts.
pos: noun
Related words: viscountess
vicecomital
vicontiel
viscomital
Derived words: viscountcy
viscounty
Translations:
vista
Part of speech: noun
verb
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: Borrowed from Italian vista (“view, sight”), from visto, past participle of vedere (“to see”), from Latin vidēre (“to see”). Compare vision, video, visa.
Inflected forms:
form: vistas
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: vistas
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: vistaing
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: vistaed
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: vistaed
pos: verb
tags: past
Senses:
gloss: A distant view or prospect, especially one seen through some opening, avenue or passage.
pos: noun
examples: The sun soon broke forth from that one dark cloud, gradually melting into light; and the sunbeams and the glittering rain went driving together through the forest glades—those long vistas, of which the slender deer seemed the sole habitants.
We had our reward for our high camp and early start, for the sky was still clear, the view magnificent, with fresh vistas to the north of mountains in Tibet, of Gurla Mandhata, massive, majestic to the northeast, and further to the north, a distant pyramid, Kailash, most holy of all mountains in both Hindu and Buddhist mythology.
gloss: A site offering such a view.
pos: noun
gloss: A vision; a view presented to the mind in prospect or in retrospect by the imagination.
pos: noun
tags: figuratively
examples: a vista of pleasure to come
dim vistas of the past
Open up vistas of expansion into hitherto untapped markets.
And while our discourse might be a disaster area, the imaginative vistas of the Internet are far more vast than the modest plot of our feeds.
gloss: To make a vista or landscape of.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: The night had now closed in, and its darkness was only relieved by the wan lamps that vistaed the streets, and a few dim stars that struggled through the reeking haze that curtained the great city.
Related words: visto
Derived words: vistaed
Translations:
vitality
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From vital + -ity, from Middle French vitalité, from Latin vitalitas (“vital force, life”), from vitalis (“vital”); see vital.
Base: vital
Affixes: -ity
Inflected forms:
form: vitalities
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The capacity to live and develop.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: Energy or vigour.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: youthful vitality
full of vitality
economic vitality
The city’s cultural vitality impressed the visitors.
He maintained his vitality well into old age.
gloss: That which distinguishes living from nonliving things; life, animateness.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
Related words: devive
revive
survive
viable
vim and vigor
vis viva
vital
vitalism
vivid
Translations:
vitreous
Part of speech: adj
noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: anatomy
chemistry
geography
geology
medicine
mineralogy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
sciences
Etymology: From Middle French vitreux, from Latin vitreus (“glassy, transparent”), from vitrum (“glass”).
The terms vitreous (positive) and resinous (negative) electricity were coined in 1733 by Charles François de Cisternay du Fay, who studied the different behaviour of glass and resin when rubbed with silk and fur, respectively.
Inflected forms:
form: more vitreous
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most vitreous
pos: adj
tags: superlative
form: vitreouses
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Of or resembling glass; glassy.
pos: adj
examples: Pressing his fingertips against the rippled, vitreous surface, he had the odd sensation that were he to apply sufficient pressure the glass would give way like a permeable membrane, and he would be able to pass right through it, but when he pushed harder, the surface remained cold and unyielding.
gloss: Of or relating to the vitreous humor of the eye.
pos: adj
gloss: Having a shiny nonporous surface.
pos: adj
gloss: Of a semi-crystalline substance where the atoms exhibit short-range order, but without the long-range order of a crystal.
pos: adj
gloss: With a glass-like texture, often referring to volcanic rocks that cooled too quickly for crystals to form.
pos: adj
gloss: Positive (of electric charge).
pos: adj
tags: dated
gloss: The vitreous humor.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
usually
Related words: vitreous enamel
vitreousness
vitrifaction
vitrifacture
vitrification
vitrify
vitriolic
Derived words: vitreous body
vitreous enamel
vitreous fluid
vitreous humour
vitreous humor
vitreous jelly
vitreouslike
vitreously
vitreousness
vitreous touch syndrome
Translations:
volition
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *welh₁-der.
Proto-Italic *welō
Medieval Latin volō
Proto-Indo-European *-tis
Proto-Indo-European *-Hō
Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō
Proto-Italic *-tiō
Medieval Latin -tiō
Medieval Latin volitiōbor.
French volitionder.
English volition
From French volition, from Medieval Latin volitiō (“will, volition”), from Latin volō (“to wish; to want; to mean or intend”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *welh₁- (“to choose; to want”)) + -tiō (suffix forming nouns relating to some action or the result of an action) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *-tis (suffix forming abstract or action nouns from verbs)).
Inflected forms:
form: volitions
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A conscious choice or decision.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: […] And as the Understanding doth at once apprehend it as Good Abſolutely, or in ſome Reſpect, and Evil in other reſpects, and Comparatively a Leſs Good; ſo doth the Will at once continue to Love or Will it ſo farre as it is Apprehended as Good, and to Nill and Reject it as inconſiſtent with a Greater Good, or a hinderer of it. But if it fall out that the Inconſiſtency of theſe is not diſcerned or believed, or but Imperfectly, then may the Will by a Practical Volition Will them both.
[Antonio] Conte has broken the mould further with the suggestion he might escape the [Roman] Abramovich cleaver, becoming the first of his line to leave by his own volition.
gloss: The mental power or ability of choosing; the will.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: Out of all the factors that can influence a person’s decision, none can match the power of his or her own volition.
The volition may be in accordance with the desire or not; it may be in accordance with the moral feelings, and wholly at variance with the desires; but in both alike the desires and volitions are distinct.
gloss: A concept that distinguishes whether or not the subject or agent intended something.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: English has not one FOR TO construction but several. These several constructions are interrelated and form a chain, or rather a family, of constructions, with identical or similar components recurring in more or less similar configurations. […] The composition of this family can be represented as follows: (1) Personal volition (e.g. I want very much for Peter to be present.) (2) Volition expressed in directives (e.g. He gave orders for his family to be summoned.) (3) Impersonal (unspecified) volition (e.g. It is necessary for Peter to be present.) […]
Related words: voluntarism
voluntarist
volunteer
Derived words: volitional
volitionally
Translations:
voltaic
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
Italian Voltabor.
English Volta
Proto-Indo-European *-ikos
Proto-Italic *-ikos
Latin -icuslbor.
Old French -iquebor.
Middle English -ik
English -ic
English voltaic
From Volta + -ic. Named after Italian chemist and physicist Alessandro Volta.
Inflected forms:
form: more voltaic
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most voltaic
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: Of, relating to, or producing electricity.
pos: adj
gloss: reminiscent of the action of electricity: thrilling, shocking, dramatic.
pos: adj
tags: figuratively
examples: Around them, the air thrummed with the kind of voltaic wailing to power up the darkest night.
Related words: volt
voltage
Derived words: agrivoltaics
agrovoltaics
agrivoltaic
agrovoltaic
betavoltaic
photovoltaic
solar voltaic
voltaic battery
voltaic cell
voltaic couple
Translations:
bourgeoisie
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from French bourgeoisie, from bourgeois (“a class of citizens who were wealthier members of the Third Estate”), from bourgeois, “burghers”, i.e., townspeople.
Inflected forms:
form: bourgeoisies
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A class of citizens who were wealthier members of the third estate.
pos: noun
tags: historical
uncountable
usually
examples: For quotations using this term, see Citations:bourgeoisie.
gloss: The capitalist class.
pos: noun
tags: Marxism
uncountable
usually
examples: For quotations using this term, see Citations:bourgeoisie.
Derived words: booboisie
bougie
bourgeoisitic
bourgie
dictatorship of the bourgeoisie
épater la bourgeoisie
haute bourgeoisie
hipoisie
narcobourgeoisie
national bourgeoisie
comprador bourgeoisie
petite bourgeoisie
petty bourgeoisie
red bourgeoisie
schmooseoisie
Translations:
voluble
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: simple
Topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
Etymology: From Middle French volubile, from Latin volūbilis (“rolling”), from volvō (“roll”).
Inflected forms:
form: more voluble
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most voluble
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: Fluent or having a ready flow of speech.
pos: adj
examples: A moſt acute Iuuvenal, voluble and free of grace, […]
What fun shone in his eyes as he recalled some of her fine speeches, and repeated them, imitating her voluble delivery!
But Wolf Larsen seemed voluble, prone to speech as I had never seen him before. It was as though he were bursting with pent energy which must find an outlet somehow.
In the summer of 2020, Daniel Beunza, a voluble Spanish social scientist who taught at Cass business school in London, organised a stream of video calls with a dozen senior bankers in the US and Europe.
gloss: Of thoughts, feelings, or something that is expressed: expressed readily or at length and in a fluent manner.
pos: adj
examples: Thus farr the occaſion of this diſcours againſt Tumults; now to the diſcours itſelf, voluble anough, and full of ſentence, but that, for the moſt part, either ſpecious rather then ſolid, or to his cauſe nothing pertinent.
He heard[…]the voice of the drunken woman, now sober, poured out in voluble remorse, and in voluble promise of amendment for the future, to every one who passed, if they would let her off easy.
As a rule Lady Anne's displeasure became articulate and markedly voluble after four minutes of introductory muteness.
In the daylit corridor he talked with voluble pains of zeal, in duty bound, most fair, most kind, most honest broadbrim.
gloss: Easily rolling or turning; having a fluid, undulating motion.
pos: adj
examples: Seen from the west, their sky-line gallops away north and south like a sea-serpent in voluble motion.
gloss: Twisting and turning like a vine.
pos: adj
Related words: volubility
volubleness
Translations:
voluntarily
Part of speech: adv
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English voluntary
Middle English -ly
English -ly
English voluntarily
From voluntary + -ly.
Inflected forms:
form: more voluntarily
pos: adv
tags: comparative
form: most voluntarily
pos: adv
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: In a voluntary manner.
pos: adv
examples: But no state has voluntarily sought a statewide remedy to segregation in the 70 years since the Brown v. Board of Education decision outlawed government sanctioned, racially separate schools.
Antonyms: compulsorily
involuntarily
accidentally
unintentionally
unknowingly
unwillingly
Translations:
voluptuousness
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English voluptuous
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 voluptuousness
From voluptuous + -ness.
Inflected forms:
form: voluptuousnesses
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The quality of being voluptuous.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
Translations:
Marxist
Part of speech: adj
noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From Marx + -ist. Piecewise doublet of Marxista.
Base: Marx
Affixes: -ist
Inflected forms:
form: Marxists
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Following the ideals of Marxism.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: Lenin's Marxist tendencies were underscored by his beliefs in state capitalism and the inconsistency of socialist democracy with the rule and dictatorship of one individual.
Some of the historians working on these projects were influenced in some way or another by Marxist views toward history.
gloss: One that believes in or follows the ideals of Marxism.
pos: noun
examples: What sort of Marxist devotes six years to the perfecting of a novel so remote from the struggle for tomorrow?
Of course, no two Marxists and no two Miseseans will ever be exactly alike, so I am not suggesting that a winning political coalition will result from this unlikely arrangement.
Korea's leading Marxist economist Kim Soo-haeng, who translated the legendary economic book "Capital: Critique of Political Economy" into Korean in 1990, died of a heart attack in the United States, recently.
Like Marxists, wokies are millenarians, working for a magical tomorrow that owes nothing either to past practice or to human frailties.
Translations:
cholera
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
Etymology: From Latin cholera (“bilious disease”), from Ancient Greek χολέρα (kholéra, “cholera”). Doublet of choler.
Inflected forms:
form: choleras
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Any of several acute infectious diseases of humans and domestic animals, caused by certain strains of the Vibrio cholerae bacterium through ingestion of contaminated water or food, usually marked by severe gastrointestinal symptoms such as diarrhea, abdominal cramps, nausea, vomiting, and dehydration.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: 'This again,' said the Bacteriologist, slipping a glass slide under the microscope, 'is a preparation of the celebrated Bacillus of cholera - the cholera germ.'
At that time, the city [Christiania, now Oslo] was in the grip of a cholera epidemic, and victims were dying at the rate of 60 a day. Bradshaw contracted the disease, and died on September 6 [1853].
Translations:
elvish
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From Middle English elvyssh, from Old English ielfisċ. Equivalent to elf + -ish.
Base: elf
Affixes: -ish
Inflected forms:
form: more elvish
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most elvish
pos: adj
tags: superlative
form: elfish
pos: adj
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: Of or having to do with elves; elven.
pos: adj
Translations:
archipelagic
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: geography
natural-sciences
Etymology: From archipelago + -ic. By surface analysis, archi- + -pelag + -ic.
Base: archipelago
Affixes: -ic
Inflected forms:
form: more archipelagic
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most archipelagic
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: Of or pertaining to an archipelago; of the nature of an archipelago.
pos: adj
examples: Indonesia is the world's largest archipelagic state.
Translations:
vagary
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From Italian vagare (“wander”) and/or its source Latin vagārī (“to wander”), from Latin vagus (“wandering”). Later apparently reinterpreted in English as vague + -ery but without changing the spelling. By surface analysis, Latin vag(us) + -ary.
Base: vague
Affixes: -ery
Inflected forms:
form: vagaries
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: An erratic, unpredictable occurrence or action.
pos: noun
examples: It now turns out that the Pitch Lake, like most other things, owes its appearance on the surface to no convulsion or vagary at all, but to a most slow, orderly, and respectable process of nature, by which buried vegetable matter, which would have become peat, and finally brown coal, in a temperate climate, becomes, under the hot tropic soil, asphalt and oil, continually oozing up beneath the pressure of the strata above it.
This searching was facilitated by the author's knowledge of the vagaries of Anglo-Indian spelling and the numerous colonial-era transliteration systems used for loanwords from Indian languages.
These systems learn the vagaries of language by analyzing enormous amounts of text, including thousands of books, Wikipedia entries and other online documents.
gloss: Something vague.
pos: noun
examples: to speak in vagaries
gloss: An impulsive or illogical desire; a caprice or whim.
pos: noun
examples: And then came the day when my socialism grew respectable,—still a vagary of youth, it was held, but romantically respectable.
Related words: figary
vagabond
vagrancy
vagrant
vague
vaguery
Derived words: vagarity
vagarious
Translations:
vulnerability
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
Etymology: From vulnerable + -ity.
Base: vulnerable
Affixes: -ity
Inflected forms:
form: vulnerabilities
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The state of being vulnerable; susceptibility to attack or injury, either physical or emotional; the state or condition of being weak or poorly defended.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
examples: The country recognized their defence vulnerability after an airplane landed in front of the central square without any consequences.
The only disadvantage of timber snow fencing is its extreme vulnerability to fire.
Though scientists do not know how stress affects gestation, Fukuda theorizes that the vulnerability of Y-bearing sperm cells, male embryos and/or male fetuses to stress is why “subtle significant changes in sex ratios” occur.
Again, voice change is not easy and vulnerability plays a big part, but if choral teachers and adolescent singers approach it with the right mindframe, the experience can be empowering, enlightening, and restorative for all involved.
gloss: A specific weakness in the protections or defences surrounding someone or something.
pos: noun
tags: countable
gloss: A weakness which allows an attacker to reduce a system's security.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: Experts told CNN it could take weeks to address the vulnerabilities and that suspected Chinese hackers are already attempting to exploit it.
Synonyms: vulnerableness
Antonyms: invulnerability
Related words: vulnerable
Derived words: vulnerability index
Translations:
lang: Finnish
word: heikkous
lang: Galician
word: vulnerabilidade
lang: Greek
word: αδυναμία
roman: adynamía
lang: Spanish
word: vulnerabilidad
alleviate
Part of speech: verb
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Borrowed from Late Latin alleviatus, past participle of alleviāre (“to lighten; to alleviate”). By surface analysis, al- + Latin lev- + -i- + -ate.
Inflected forms:
form: alleviates
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: alleviating
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: alleviated
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: alleviated
pos: verb
tags: past
Senses:
gloss: To reduce or lessen the severity of a pain or difficulty.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: alleviate his pain
Alcohol is often a cheap tool to alleviate the stress of a hard day.
gloss: (finance) to pay down partially.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: There are different ways to alleviate your financial debt.
Derived words: alleviated
alleviatingly
alleviation
alleviative
alleviator
Translations:
ugh
Part of speech: intj
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Used to express repugnance, disgust, or annoyance.
pos: intj
examples: Ugh! The bread in the pantry has gone moldy.
[...] It may have been a water-rat I speared, / But, ugh! it sounded like a baby's shriek.
"Ugh, what a smell of Christian blood there is here," screamed the giant.
Ugh, you can't take that bitch nowhere
gloss: Used to express inarticulate vocalisations, such as used by a caveman.
pos: intj
examples: The brothers surveyed the wide prospect earnestly. "Ugh!" said one abruptly and pointed. "Ugh!" cried his brother. The eyes of the whole tribe swung round to the pointing finger. The group became one rigid stare.
Translations:
ugliness
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English ugly
Proto-Germanic *-in-
Proto-Indo-European *-h₂
Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂
Proto-Indo-European *-yéti
Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti
Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ti
Proto-Germanic *-ōną
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 ugliness
From ugly + -ness.
Inflected forms:
form: uglinesses
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: uglinesse
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: The condition of being ugly.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: His best friend would not have called him good-looking, but he was the fortunate possessor of that cheerful type of ugliness which inspires immediate confidence in its owner.
Everything that's realistic has some sort of ugliness in it. Even a flower is ugly when it wilts, a bird when it seeks its prey, the ocean when it becomes violent. Sharon Tate
gloss: An unsightly or frightful object.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: Then she wrote back to me, responding to everything I wrote but this reference to love and sex […] A week or so went by, and she called. She was worried about me, wanted me to be careful, wanted to be happy, but she said that she had ignored that "ugliness" in my letter.
gloss: Unpleasant behaviour.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: There was some ugliness at the council meeting.
Synonyms: ugliness
repulsiveness
homeliness
Antonyms: beauty
Related words: ugly
Translations:
ulcerate
Part of speech: verb
Morphological type: simple
Topics: medicine
sciences
Etymology: Etymology tree
Latin ulcus
Proto-Indo-European *-h₂
Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂
Proto-Indo-European *-yéti
Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti
Proto-Italic *-āō
Latin -ō
Latin ulcerōbor.
English ulcerate
Borrowed from Latin ulcerō.
Inflected forms:
form: ulcerates
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: ulcerating
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: ulcerated
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: ulcerated
pos: verb
tags: past
Senses:
gloss: To cause an ulcer to develop.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: The surface was ulcerated by trauma.
gloss: To become ulcerous.
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
examples: The tissue ulcerated shortly after exposure.
Derived words: ulceration
ulcerative
ulcerative colitis
ulcerative gingivitis
Translations:
ulcerous
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From ulcer + -ous (compare Latin ulcerōsus).
Base: ulcer
Affixes: -ous
Inflected forms:
form: more ulcerous
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most ulcerous
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: Of or relating to an ulcer
pos: adj
gloss: Having an ulcer
pos: adj
Related words: ulcer
ulcerate
ulceration
ulcerative
Derived words: ulcerously
ulcerousness
Translations:
lang: Bulgarian
word: язвен
roman: jazven
lang: Czech
word: vředový
lang: French
word: ulcéreux
lang: German
word: eiternd
lang: German
word: eitrig
lang: German
word: geschwürig
lang: German
word: ulzerös
lang: Latin
word: vomicus
lang: Maltese
word: agħqar
lang: Portuguese
word: ulceroso
lang: Volapük
word: luukik
ulceration
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English ulcer
Proto-Indo-European *-tis
Proto-Indo-European *-Hō
Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō
Proto-Italic *-tiō
Latin -tiō
Latin -ātiōlbor.
Old French -ationbor.
Middle English -acioun
English -ation
English ulceration
From ulcer + -ation.
Inflected forms:
form: ulcerations
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The development of an ulcer.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: Chronic venous disease includes cosmetically undesirable telangiectasias, varicose veins, venous ulceration, and claudication.
gloss: An ulcerous condition.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
Derived words: lupoid form of groin ulceration
serpiginous ulceration of the groin
Translations:
ultra
Part of speech: adj
noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: athletics
ball-games
climbing
games
hobbies
lifestyle
soccer
sports
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-
Latin ūls
Proto-Indo-European *-teros?
Latin -ter
Old Latin -ād
Latin -ā
Latin ultrābor.
English ultra
From Latin ultra.
Inflected forms:
form: more ultra
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most ultra
pos: adj
tags: superlative
form: ultras
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Extreme; far beyond the norm; fanatical; uncompromising.
pos: adj
examples: an ultra reformer; ultra measures
gloss: A political extremist, in particular
pos: noun
examples: Five militants were nabbed while four ultras of Harkat-ul-Jehad-e-Islami (HuJI) gave themselves up.
gloss: A political extremist, in particular:
pos: noun
gloss: A political extremist, in particular:
pos: noun
gloss: A political extremist, in particular:
pos: noun
tags: France
historical
examples: Her soirées were among the most agreeable at Paris—she united all the rank and talent to be found in the ultra party, for she professed to be quite a female Mæcenas; […]
"At any rate that is what he explained to me," I said hastily while the lawyer rubbed his long ultra's nose and sighed.
gloss: An especially devoted football fan, typically organized and participating in choreographies (including pyrotechnics), often of outwardly intimidating demeanour, but distinguished from a violent hooligan (although overlap between both subcultures is possible)
pos: noun
examples: A similar view is expressed by a Turin supporter in Segre's study, but in this case it is more specifically addressed to how powerful teams, such as Juventus, get preferential treatment in reports on the negative aspects of the ultras world.
If a member of an official football club can be said to be a citizen of the football world, an ultra has to be considered as a militant.
Although the intention initially was to distribute tickets and arrange travel to away matches, ultras quickly became actively organised and developed an overtly passionate cultural and political identity inside each curva
gloss: An ultramarathon.
pos: noun
examples: I've done more than forty marathons and ultras and have won a handful of small boutiquey races in mountainous, out-of-the-way places: the foothills of the Sierra Nevada; Mount Mitchell, North Carolina; Bozeman, Montana; and, on the third day of a 100-mile stage race, the Mount Everest Challenge Marathon in the Himalayas.
gloss: An ultra-prominent peak.
pos: noun
examples: Blanca Peak is one of just three ultra-prominence peaks, or “ultras,” in the state and the highpoint of the Sierra Blanca Range, a massif that includes ranked 14ers Ellingwood Point, Little Bear Peak, and Mount Lindsey.
gloss: Code name used by British codebreakers during World War 2 for decrypted information gained from the enemy.
pos: noun
tags: capitalized
usually
Related words: ulterior
ultimate
ultra-
Translations:
tab
Part of speech: noun
verb
Morphological type: simple
Topics: computing
engineering
government
graphical-user-interface
mathematics
military
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
politics
sciences
war
Etymology: First attested 1607, of uncertain origin.
Inflected forms:
form: tabs
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: tabs
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: tabbing
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: tabbed
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: tabbed
pos: verb
tags: past
Senses:
gloss: A small flap or strip of material attached to or inserted into something, for holding, manipulation, identification, opening etc.
pos: noun
examples: insert tab A into slot B
"His name was written upon a tab within it - Maple White, Lake Avenue, Detroit, Michigan."
He pulls off his belt, cursing as the studs catch in the tabs of his jeans.
We lifted the tabs on the cans and poured the brew carefully into glasses.
gloss: An ear.
pos: noun
tags: slang
gloss: A navigational widget, resembling a physical tab, for switching between documents or sets of controls.
pos: noun
tags: broadly
gloss: The page or form (for example, on a web browser or file manager) associated with such a navigational widget.
pos: noun
tags: broadly
examples: How many tabs are open on your browser right now?
That’s the relief I feel when clearing all the tabs in my internet browser. Clicking the crosses like a long line of kisses finally indulged.
gloss: A fast march or run with full kit.
pos: noun
tags: British-Army
slang
gloss: To affix with tabs; to label.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
Derived words: tabbed
Translations:
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 標籤 /标签
roman: biāoqiān
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 分頁 /分页
roman: fēnyè
lang: Czech
word: karta
lang: Czech
word: záložka
lang: Czech
word: panel
lang: Danish
word: fane
lang: Esperanto
word: langeto
lang: Estonian
word: kaart
lang: Finnish
word: välilehti
lang: French
word: onglet
lang: German
word: Registerkarte
lang: German
word: Reiter
lang: German
word: Tab
lang: Hebrew
word: לשונית
lang: Ido
word: etiketo
lang: Italian
word: scheda
lang: Japanese
word: タブ
roman: tabu
lang: Korean
word: 탭
roman: taep
lang: Latvian
word: cilne
lang: Macedonian
word: табулатор
roman: tabulator
lang: Māori
word: ripa
lang: Norwegian Bokmål
word: fane
lang: Norwegian Nynorsk
word: fane
lang: Polish
word: karta
lang: Polish
word: zakładka
lang: Portuguese
word: guia
lang: Portuguese
word: aba
lang: Portuguese
word: separador
lang: Russian
word: вкла́дка
roman: vkládka
lang: Russian
word: таб
roman: tab
lang: Scottish Gaelic
word: taba
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: kartica
lang: Slovene
word: zavihek
lang: Slovene
word: kartica
lang: Spanish
word: pestaña
lang: Swedish
word: flik
lang: Turkish
word: sekme
ultrasound
Part of speech: noun
verb
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-
Latin ūls
Proto-Indo-European *-teros?
Latin -ter
Old Latin -ād
Latin -ā
Latin ultrābor.
English ultra-
English sound
English ultrasound
From ultra- + sound.
Inflected forms:
form: ultrasounds
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: ultrasounds
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: ultrasounding
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: ultrasounded
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: ultrasounded
pos: verb
tags: past
Senses:
gloss: Sound with a frequency greater than the upper limit of human hearing, which is approximately 20 kilohertz.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: Ultrasonography.
pos: noun
tags: countable
informal
metonymically
uncountable
gloss: Ultrasonography.
pos: noun
tags: countable
informal
metonymically
uncountable
gloss: Therapeutically applied ultrasonic energy.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: Ultrasound as a treatment for degenerative arthritis was in its infancy. It might eventually turn out to be as effective as the Salk vaccine, or as bogus as the science of phrenology.
But after a few visits to share details about ultrasounds and such, Juno and Mark find they have similar interests in music and movies - and Juno does have extraordinary tastes for someone her age, from the songs of Iggy and the Stooges to the horror flicks of Dario Argento.
It’s estimated only 0.1% of antibodies circulating in the bloodstream enter the brain – this also includes the therapeutic antibodies currently used in clinical trials. An approach my team is taking is to use ultrasound to temporarily open the blood-brain barrier, which increases the uptake of Alzheimer’s drugs or antibody fragments.
gloss: To treat with ultrasound.
pos: verb
tags: ambitransitive
Related words: ultrasonic
ultrasonics
Derived words: 3D ultrasound
4D ultrasound
Translations:
lang: Finnish
word: ultraäänihoito
lang: Finnish
word: ultraäänitutkimus
lang: Finnish
word: ultraäänikuvaus
lang: Finnish
word: ultraääni
lang: Italian
word: ecografia
lang: Spanish
word: ultrasonido
tablature
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
Etymology: From French, from Italian tavolatura, from Latin tabulatura, from tabula.
Inflected forms:
form: tablatures
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: tabulature
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: A form of musical notation indicating fingering rather than the pitch of notes, commonly used for stringed instruments.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: An engraved tablet, or a painting on a wall or ceiling, or sometimes a picture in general.
pos: noun
tags: countable
gloss: A division of the skull into two tables.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
Derived words: organ tablature
Translations:
inflorescence
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
Etymology: From Latin inflōrēscentia, from inflōrēscō (“to begin to flower”), inchoative verb of flōreō (“to flower”).
Inflected forms:
form: inflorescences
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A group or cluster of flowers arranged on a stem that is composed of a main branch or a system of branches.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: An instance of a plant beginning to flower.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
Related words: infructescence
Translations:
umbilical
Part of speech: adj
noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: aerospace
anatomy
astronautics
business
engineering
mathematics
medicine
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
Etymology: From Latin umbilicus (“navel”) + -al. By surface analysis, umbilic- + -al.
Affixes: -al
Inflected forms:
form: umbilicals
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Of, or relating to, the navel (umbilicus) or the umbilical cord.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: One womb, one shame, one resolve ¶ Liberate this will to release us all ¶ Gotta cut away, clear away ¶ Snip away and sever this umbilical residue ¶ Keeping me from killing you
gloss: Such that the curvatures of normal sections are all equal to each other.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
gloss: A cord connecting an astronaut to a spacecraft, or a craft to ground control prior to launch, etc.
pos: noun
Derived words: paraumbilical
periumbilical
postumbilical
preumbilical
pseudoumbilical
subumbilical
transumbilical
umbilical artery
umbilical cord
umbilical hernia
umbilical notch
umbilical vein
Translations:
periodic
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: astronomy
mathematics
natural-sciences
sciences
Etymology: From French périodique, from Medieval Latin periodicus (“cyclical”), from Latin periodus (“complete sentence, period, circuit”), from Ancient Greek περίοδος (períodos, “cycle, period of time”). By surface analysis, period + -ic.
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Relative to a period or periods.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
gloss: Having repeated cycles.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: There was some laughter, and Roddle was left free to expand his ideas on the periodic visits of cowboys to the town. “Mason Rickets, he had ten big punkins a-sittin' in front of his store, an' them fellers from the Upside-down-F ranch shot 'em up […].”
gloss: Occurring at regular intervals.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: That last problem did intrude on Hazzard’s roamings, and when she refers to the living city it is with periodic references to thefts of cars and wallets, with a warning not to carry anything “snatchable” by the thieves on motorcycles who whiz through the streets.
gloss: Periodical.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
gloss: Pertaining to the revolution of a celestial object in its orbit.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
gloss: For which any return to it must occur in multiples of k time steps, for some k>1.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
gloss: Having a structure characterized by periodic sentences.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
rhetoric
Synonyms: cyclic
cyclical
periodic
periodical
regular
Antonyms: acyclical
irregular
noncyclic
noncyclical
unperiodic
Related words: period
periodicity
catamenial
Derived words: antiperiodic
aperiodic
biperiodic
diperiodic
equiperiodic
extraperiodic
isoperiodic
monoperiodic
multiperiodic
nonperiodic
omniperiodic
periodically
periodic classification
periodic comet
periodic continued fraction
periodic function
periodic inequality
periodic inventory
periodicize
periodic law
periodic month
periodic structure
periodic system
periodic table
photoperiodic
preperiodic
pseudoperiodic
quasi-periodic
quasiperiodic
semiperiodic
subperiodic
superperiodic
thermoperiodic
uniperiodic
unperiodic
Translations: