yuanxin112/wiktionary-morph huggingface dataset:
DFL
Part of speech: verb
Morphological type: simple
Topics: hobbies
lifestyle
sports
Etymology: Initialism of dead fucking last.
Inflected forms:
form: DFLs
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: DFLing
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: DFLed
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: DFLed
pos: verb
tags: past
Senses:
gloss: To come in last place.
pos: verb
tags: slang
Translations:
Highland
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: Proprialization of highland.
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Of or related to Highland or the Highlands.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
Translations:
bunk-up
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: bunk-ups
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A manoeuvre in which one person is pushed upwards by another, or others, in order to climb over a fence or similar obstacle.
pos: noun
tags: UK
informal
examples: Give us a bunk-up and I'll get your ball back.
gloss: Casual sex.
pos: noun
tags: slang
examples: You don't feel like a bit of a bunk-up this evening, Stubby, by any chance?
Smoking should only be done glamorously, at will readings or during multimillion-dollar jewellery heists, or wretchedly, in Paris, lamenting an extramarital bunk-up—so let’s have none of that.
Translations:
unrendered
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From un- + rendered.
Base: rendered
Affixes: un-
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Not rendered.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
Translations:
supergirl
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From super- + girl. The DC Comics heroine Supergirl first appeared in May 1959.
Base: girl
Affixes: super-
Inflected forms:
form: supergirls
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A girl who is particularly successful, talented, or otherwise remarkable.
pos: noun
tags: informal
examples: "A soda," Toria suggested. "Could I also have quarters for the video game?" Anya countered. "Okay, okay, but only if it's all right with your dad." Anya jumped up and down, tugging on Toria with supergirl strength. Nick put his hands on his hips.
[…] garrulous skull paperweight wresting the spotlight away from Ruby-Spears' flying cars, supergirls and sasquatches.
And it ignores the privilege that helps only certain girls become supergirls and makes them suffer when they come close to achieving this status […]
An average Chinese girl, with talent in singing, dancing, or acting, can be elected a supergirl by TV media outlets.
You may be a supergirl on the go, but that doesn't mean you can't figure out ways to maximize your morning minutes with some simple nutrition.
[…] emphasis on perfection, resulting in mounting pressure on girls to be supergirls.
Translations:
batgirl
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: compound
Etymology: From bat + girl.
Compound parts: bat
girl
Inflected forms:
form: batgirls
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: bat-girl
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: bat girl
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: The female equivalent of a batboy.
pos: noun
Translations:
weathergirl
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: compound
Etymology: From weather + girl.
Compound parts: weather
girl
Inflected forms:
form: weathergirls
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A young female weather forecaster.
pos: noun
tags: offensive
sometimes
Translations:
epigenomics
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: biology
natural-sciences
Etymology: From epi- + genomics.
Base: genomics
Affixes: epi-
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: The study of the effects of chromatin structure on the function of the included genes.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
examples: 'Epigenomics' can be termed as the study of the effects of chromatin structure, including the higher order of chromatin folding and attachment to the nuclear matrix, packaging of DNA around nucleosomes, covalent modifications of histone tails and DNA methylation.
Translations:
bargirl
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: compound
Etymology: From bar + girl.
Compound parts: bar
girl
Inflected forms:
form: bargirls
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: b-girl
pos: noun
tags: alternative
abbreviation
form: B-girl
pos: noun
tags: alternative
abbreviation
Senses:
gloss: A woman who works as a hostess in a bar, typically in Southeast Asia and catering to male clients, and who may provide personal entertainment or sexual services.
pos: noun
examples: San Francisco's local, for example, initially admitted bargirls, but following the public condemnation of bargirls in the late 1930s, the local appointed a committee to investigate the situation.
Translations:
unmutated
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From un- + mutated.
Base: mutated
Affixes: un-
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Not mutated.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
Translations:
precharge
Part of speech: adj
noun
verb
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: law
Etymology: From pre- + charge.
Base: charge
Affixes: pre-
Inflected forms:
form: pre-charge
pos: adj
tags: alternative
form: precharges
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: pre-charge
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: precharges
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: precharging
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: precharged
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: precharged
pos: verb
tags: past
form: pre-charge
pos: verb
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: before a charge
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: The view is we've fought two wars for liberty, and we'll be damned if we're going to give it up now, she said, adding that she personally favors extending precharge detention to 90 days.
gloss: The phase in the access cycle of DRAM during which the storage capacitors are charged to the appropriate value.
pos: noun
examples: The purpose of the metal is to speed up the precharge, and the reason for only 4 taps is to spread the precharge out over 15 ns to avoid a huge current spike during precharge.
gloss: The period of time before the person is charged with a crime.
pos: noun
gloss: To charge the storage capacitors as a part of the DRAM precharge phase.
pos: verb
examples: The third way to reduce the charge-sharing effect associated with dynamic logic circuits is to precharge their internal nodes.
Translations:
empyema
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: medicine
sciences
Etymology: From Ancient Greek ἐμπύημα (empúēma, “gathering, abscess”).
Inflected forms:
form: empyemas
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: empyemata
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A collection of pus within a naturally existing anatomical cavity (as opposed to an abscess, which occurs in a newly formed cavity).
pos: noun
Translations:
demineralized
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From de- + mineralized.
Base: mineralized
Affixes: de-
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: From which all minerals have been removed.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
Translations:
taxidermied
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Stuffed, having undergone taxidermy.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: For his own soiree, Kane went for somewhat more conventional decorations: on a side table, Apothia candles glimmered like fireflies, guarding a taxidermied owl, while masses of delphiniums, hydrangeas, lilacs and old Dutch roses perfumed the air.
Translations:
binger
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From binge + -er.
Base: binge
Affixes: -er
Inflected forms:
form: bingers
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Someone who binges.
pos: noun
examples: wonky […] crooked, off-center or askew, as in, “That wonky cake pan I picked up in Paris makes each slice a different size — perfect for the office anorexic and binger alike!”; slightly odd or eccentric, i.e., “His pink folding bicycle is a little wonky, but he won’t leave home without it.”
gloss: A session of drinking alcohol heavily.
pos: noun
tags: slang
examples: I'd been on a binger once or twice, but it lasted maybe eight hours. From what I could tell, these people began drinking long before the ceremony.
Translations:
loungeroom
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: compound
Etymology: From lounge + room.
Compound parts: lounge
room
Inflected forms:
form: loungerooms
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Synonym of lounge (“room in a house for relaxation”).
pos: noun
tags: Australia
examples: 2000, Victorian Supreme Court, Council of Law Reporting in Victoria, Victorian Reports, Volume 1, page 8,
The bystanders had entered in two groups of three via the Main Street entrance which led into the loungeroom.
One day while visiting Semira and Ahmed I commented on the Oromo pictures and artefacts displayed in their loungeroom.
The ute slammed into the 78-year-old’s Cheltenham home just after midnight, crashing through the front fence into her loungeroom and pinning her underneath.
When the Cotillion arrived, we threw out the television
 Model D-575 has custom flute presets and Harmony Plus in addition
 Now for an arm and a leg we get three half-dozen beats to choose from
 So now we can pretend that there's an orchestra in the loungeroom
 […]
 State, state, state, state of the art
 (State of the art)
 Hold the phone, it's so state, state, state, state of the art
 (Computer-controlled tone color)
 State, state, state, state of the art
 (The marriage of music and computers is quite natural)
 Oh my God, it's so state, state, state, state of the art
 (It is time to hear the result)
Translations:
unstitched
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From un- + stitched.
Base: stitched
Affixes: un-
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: not stitched
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
Translations:
pollie
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From politician + -ie (“diminutive suffix”).
Base: politician
Affixes: -ie
Inflected forms:
form: pollies
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A politician.
pos: noun
tags: Australia
informal
examples: I think politics attracts a particular type of person – and I don′t think I′m one of those. The pollies certainly need to be very dedicated and to be prepared to invest huge amounts of their time.
2009, Laurie Oakes, Power Plays: The Real Stories of Australian Politics, 2011, Read How You Want, page iii,
And I blamed media training, which resulted in mantra politics. (‘Ignore the questions,’ the pollies are told. ‘Keep repeating the message.’)
On another surveillance flight I accompanied a prominent pollie of the day, a big, bluff, ruddy-faced Minister.
Translations:
pollies
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Army uniform made from polyester.
pos: noun
tags: Australia
informal
uncountable
examples: The previous year, on November 30, 2023, Mr Brereton was pictured wearing what is known as "pollies" or polyester 'general duty dress', in which he is seen putting new rank slides on an officer's shoulder.
Translations:
co-husband
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From co- + husband.
Base: husband
Affixes: co-
Inflected forms:
form: co-husbands
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: In a polyandrous marriage, another husband of a man’s wife.
pos: noun
examples: When younger brother calls [his elder brother's wife] his "co-wife" and reciprocally, when she calls him "co-husband," rights in sexuality are being satirized.
The village chief Sambhu, upheld Mahesh’s claim to half of Damodar’s wealth since he was his co-husband
Translations:
probs
Part of speech: adv
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From probably + -s.
Base: probably
Affixes: -s
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Synonym of probably.
pos: adv
tags: colloquial
not-comparable
Translations:
boardies
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Boardshorts.
pos: noun
tags: Australia
New-Zealand
examples: I find them a curiously confronting sight, dressed in thongs, boardies and Victoria Bitter singlets, and shrouded in Australian flags.
Sadly he was later parted from his beloved leopard print boardies when he left them drying on his tent in Rome, and a bypasser took off with them. More sadly that meant that someone else out there also thought that leopard print boardies were a ‘must have’ fashion item.
Every so often families in bikinis, boardies and sarongs traipse past on their way back from the beach and look in.
Translations:
boardshorts
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: compound
Etymology: From board + shorts.
Compound parts: board
shorts
Inflected forms:
form: boardshort
pos: noun
tags: attributive
form: board shorts
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: boardshort
pos: noun
tags: alternative
uncommon
Senses:
gloss: A style of typically knee-length lightweight shorts worn generally by males as swimwear and for surfing.
pos: noun
tags: plural
plural-only
examples: But the appeal of the label — now sold at surf shops in 19 states and 12 countries — is that its black boardshorts and no-frills logos both bypass the sport’s floral sartorial clichés and also, for those in the know, summon up a hard-core, roots surfer image of riders like those Da Hui underwrites.
Translations:
telemovie
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From tele- + movie.
Base: movie
Affixes: tele-
Inflected forms:
form: telemovies
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A feature film produced and originally distributed by a television network.
pos: noun
examples: The network will launch the 13-part series as a two-hour telemovie followed by 11 single episodes.
Translations:
multiagent
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
Etymology: From multi- + agent.
Base: agent
Affixes: multi-
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Involving more than one agent (actor that can make decisions).
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
Translations:
infotech
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: compound
Etymology: From info + tech.
Compound parts: info
tech
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Information technology.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
Translations:
benzil
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
Inflected forms:
form: benzils
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The organic compound 1,2-diphenyl-1,2-ethanedione, a diketone used as an intermediate in organic synthesis and as a photoinitiator for free-radical curing of polymer networks.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
Translations:
pteranodon
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From Ancient Greek πτερόν (pterón, “wing”) + ἀνόδων (anódōn, “toothless”). By surface analysis, ptero- + an- + -odon.
Inflected forms:
form: pteranodons
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A member of Pteranodon, a genus of large pterosaurs, the males of which had a bony crest on the back of the head.
pos: noun
examples: Expect to see species including the apatosaurus, the pteranodon and the tenontosaurus moving and vocalizing at this exhibition, as well as their present-day descendants in the zoos new 13,500-square-foot reptile wing.
Translations:
Diophantine
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: simple
Topics: mathematics
sciences
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Of or pertaining to Diophantus, the Greek mathematician.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
Translations:
buspirone
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
Etymology: From bu(tyl) + spiro + -one.
Base: butyl
Affixes: -one
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: A mild antianxiety tranquilizer (trademark Buspar) that is administered in the form of its hydrochloride C₂₁H₃₁N₅O₂·HCl and does not induce significant tolerance or psychological dependence.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
Translations:
particularistic
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From particularism + -istic.
Base: particularism
Affixes: -istic
Inflected forms:
form: more particularistic
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most particularistic
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: Of or pertaining to particularism.
pos: adj
Translations:
hyperelliptic
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: mathematics
sciences
Etymology: From hyper- + elliptic.
Base: elliptic
Affixes: hyper-
Inflected forms:
form: more hyperelliptic
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most hyperelliptic
pos: adj
tags: superlative
form: hyperelliptical
pos: adj
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: Describing an extension of elliptic functions to complex numbers.
pos: adj
gloss: Pertaining to a hyperellipse.
pos: adj
Translations:
southmost
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From south + -most.
Base: south
Affixes: -most
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Furthest to the south; most southern.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
Antonyms: northmost
northernmost
Translations:
Korowai
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: Korowai
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: Korowais
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A member of a people of southeastern Papua who are hunter-gatherers and horticulturalists.
pos: noun
Translations:
germ-free
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: sciences
Etymology: From germ + -free.
Base: germ
Affixes: -free
Inflected forms:
form: germfree
pos: adj
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: Without any (especially harmful) microorganisms; aseptic.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
gloss: Specifically, pertaining to an animal with no microorganisms living in or on it, used in gnotobiotic research.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: It is worth being cautious: many studies show associations rather than cause and effect, and some are based only on studies in germ-free mice and have not been explored in humans.
Translations:
sheepman
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From sheep + -man.
Base: sheep
Affixes: -man
Inflected forms:
form: sheepmen
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A shepherd.
pos: noun
examples: 1940, Zane Grey, 30,000 on the Hoof, New York: Pocket Book, 1977, Chapter 1, p. 8,
At Pleasant Valley sheepmen and cattlemen were at odds over the grazing.
Translations:
kenaf
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: From Persian کنف (kanaf). See Ancient Greek κάνναβις (kánnabis) for more. Doublet of cannabis, canvas, and hemp.
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Hibiscus cannabinus, an annual or biennial herbaceous plant found mainly in Asia.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
gloss: The fibre obtained from this plant, similar to jute.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
Translations:
kyu
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: From Japanese 級 (kyū).
Inflected forms:
form: kyus
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A grade or rank in various Japanese activities such as martial arts, flower arranging, and the game of go.
pos: noun
Translations:
unworked
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: archaeology
history
human-sciences
sciences
Etymology: From Middle English unwerked, unwerched, equivalent to un- + worked. Doublet of unwrought.
Base: worked
Affixes: un-
Inflected forms:
form: more unworked
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most unworked
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: Yet to be altered, carved, milled, worked, or otherwise changed from its natural or crude state.
pos: adj
examples: For years there stood in the sculptor's studio a two-ton block of unworked Italian marble.
gloss: Describing an unaltered material found associated with human tool-making or other cultural activity.
pos: adj
examples: Dozens of unworked obsidian cobbles were found buried with the deceased.
Related words: nonworking
unworkable
Translations:
cross-cousin
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: anthropology
human-sciences
sciences
Etymology: From cross- + cousin.
Base: cousin
Affixes: cross-
Inflected forms:
form: cross-cousins
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: cross cousin
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: The child of one's father's sister or of one's mother's brother; a cousin related via opposite-gender siblings rather than same-gender ones (the latter being a parallel cousin).
pos: noun
examples: Many societies forbid marriage between parallel cousins, but encourage marriage between cross-cousins or second cross-cousins.
Translations:
injectivity
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: mathematics
sciences
Etymology: From injective + -ity.
Base: injective
Affixes: -ity
Inflected forms:
form: injectivities
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The property of being injective.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
gloss: An injective function.
pos: noun
tags: countable
Translations:
metapopulation
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: biology
ecology
natural-sciences
Etymology: From meta- + population.
Base: population
Affixes: meta-
Inflected forms:
form: metapopulations
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A group of interacting populations of the same species.
pos: noun
Translations:
minimality
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From minimal + -ity.
Base: minimal
Affixes: -ity
Inflected forms:
form: minimalities
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The state of being minimal
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
gloss: A minimum
pos: noun
tags: countable
Antonyms: maximality
Derived words: quasiminimality
subminimality
Translations:
monodromy
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: mathematics
sciences
Inflected forms:
form: monodromies
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The globalization of local morphisms in category theory
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
Translations:
multicriteria
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From multi- + criteria.
Base: criteria
Affixes: multi-
Inflected forms:
form: multi-criteria
pos: adj
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: Involving multiple criteria
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
Translations:
multiobjective
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From multi- + objective.
Base: objective
Affixes: multi-
Inflected forms:
form: multi-objective
pos: adj
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: Involving multiple objectives
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
Translations:
multiresolution
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From multi- + resolution.
Base: resolution
Affixes: multi-
Inflected forms:
form: multi-resolution
pos: adj
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: Involving multiple resolutions
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
Translations:
non-binary
Part of speech: adj
noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
Etymology: From non- + binary.
Base: binary
Affixes: non-
Inflected forms:
form: nonbinary
pos: adj
tags: alternative
form: non-binaries
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: nonbinary
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: Not binary.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: Thus digital computers operate directly with digits either at the bit level, which is short for binary digit, or at the byte level where a nonbinary digit such as a decimal number or alphabetic character is represented.
The most common type of encoder is one that converts a nonbinary number system into an equivalent binary system.
gloss: Having or pertaining to a gender identity not represented by the gender binary; not exclusively male or female; genderqueer.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: I'm expected to live in a world where […] forms have no or few options for non-binary people, where finding a GP who understands my non-binary needs and identity is a challenge.
[T]he most commonly used non-binary pronouns are the singular “they/their/theirs”.
gloss: Something which is not a binary; a computer file that is not readable text.
pos: noun
examples: Please don't post non-binaries into alt.binaries.doom. Pretty please.
gloss: A non-binary (genderqueer) person.
pos: noun
tags: informal
examples: For quotations using this term, see Citations:non-binary.
Related words: intergender
intersex
unisex
Derived words: non-binariness
non-binarity
nyan-binary
Translations:
non-edible
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: That cannot be eaten; not edible
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
Translations:
mangas
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: From Greek μάγκας (mágkas).
Inflected forms:
form: manges
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A type of cocky, working-class man in early twentieth-century Greece, associated with violent behaviour, alcohol and hashish, and celebrated in various folk songs.
pos: noun
tags: historical
examples: Impoverished, disenfranchised, the mangas lived by petty crime and occasional labor.
The mangas was expected to cock a snook at authority, to be quick with a knife and ruthless in avenging insult.
Translations:
quinidine
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: chemistry
medicine
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
pharmacology
physical-sciences
sciences
Etymology: From Spanish quina + -idine.
Base: quina
Affixes: -idine
Inflected forms:
form: quinidines
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A compound obtained from cinchona bark and used to treat irregularities of heart rhythm. It is an isomer of quinine.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
Translations:
rataplan
Part of speech: noun
verb
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: From French ran tan plan, onomatopoeic.
Inflected forms:
form: rataplans
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: rataplans
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: rataplanning
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: rataplanned
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: rataplanned
pos: verb
tags: past
Senses:
gloss: A continuous, even drumming or rapping, as of the hooves of a galloping horse, or machine-gun fire.
pos: noun
gloss: To drum repeatedly.
pos: verb
Translations:
cryptorchidism
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: andrology
medicine
sciences
Etymology: From cryptorchid + -ism.
Base: cryptorchid
Affixes: -ism
Inflected forms:
form: cryptorchidisms
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The failure of one or both testes to descend into the scrotum.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
usually
examples: Other publications report a similar rate of 4–7%, but emphasize the influence of cryptorchidism, with which polyorchidism has been closely associated and which independently conveys an increased risk of testicular dysplasia [6], [9].
In them, an examining doctor certified Hitler with a “right-side cryptorchidism” – not quite the missing ball of the British second world war song, but an undescended right testicle.
Translations:
jejunal
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: simple
Topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Of or pertaining to the jejunum
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
Translations:
thermochromic
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: From thermo- + -chrom(e) + -ic.
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: That changes color on exposure to heat.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
Translations:
incall
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *né
Proto-Indo-European *n̥-
Proto-Italic *n̥-
Latin in-bor.
Middle English in-
English in-
English call
English incall
From in- + call.
Inflected forms:
form: incalls
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: in-call
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: A visit by a client to a provider of some service, such as a massage therapist or a prostitute.
pos: noun
examples: Some massage therapists only provide incall services because of the travel and setup times required for outcalls. A few massage therapists only provide outcalls because they do not have an office. When setting your rates, […]
gloss: An incoming call (on a telephone).
pos: noun
tags: nonstandard
possibly
rare
examples: In a mobile communications system including a mobile telephone, a home mobile switching center containing a subscriber […] a method of seamlessly routing an incall from the originating mobile switching center to the visited mobile switching center […]
Designers try to introduce as many new elements as possible into the design, such as the shell form, the powder box form, the twinkling light effect signaling an incall and double folding screens. "The time is ripe for the feminine cellphone […]"
Translations:
outcall
Part of speech: noun
verb
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *úd
Proto-Germanic *ūt
Proto-Germanic *ūt-
Old English ūt-
Middle English ut-
English out-
English call
English outcall
From out- + call.
Inflected forms:
form: outcalls
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: out-call
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: outcalls
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: outcalling
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: outcalled
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: outcalled
pos: verb
tags: past
Senses:
gloss: A visit by a provider of some service, such as a massage therapist or a prostitute, to a client.
pos: noun
examples: Some massage therapists only provide incall services because of the travel and setup times required for outcalls. A few massage therapists only provide outcalls because they do not have an office. When setting your rates, […]
I know this sounds stupid, but have a massage table. And enough sheets and oil. I had someone apply for an outcall therapist position that I was trying to fill and halfway through the phone call they informed that they didn't have a car...or a table.
gloss: An outgoing telephone call.
pos: noun
tags: nonstandard
possibly
rare
examples: They charge for business telephones $25 and 2 cents per outcall. Let us see what that means. I do not suppose that any man who uses a telephone in his business makes less than five calls a day; that is 10 cents a day or $30 a year.
"Does the state (or the prison) get stuck with any telephone calls which somehow do not get billed collect?" Folsom: According to Pacific Bell, […] located within the institution. This coding is designated through the outcall phone numbers.
gloss: To surpass in calling.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: I […] saw as usual great numbers of Cuckoos […] most of them calling vociferously, each apparently trying to outcall the other.
Trying to outcall the other hunter could work, but it creates a competitive and possibly dangerous situation.
Translations:
telestial
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: compound
Etymology: Uncertain.
* Possibly a blend of terrestrial + celestial, which are the names of the other two degrees of glory.
* Possibly related to Ancient Greek τῆλε (têle, “at a distance, far away”), Ancient Greek τέλος (télos, “end, purpose”)
* Also possibly Latin tellus (“ground or earth”).
Compound parts: terrestrial
celestial
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Of or pertaining to the lowest degree of glory.
pos: adj
tags: Mormonism
not-comparable
examples: And again, we saw the glory of the telestial, which glory is that of the lesser, even as the glory of the stars differs from that of the glory of the moon in the firmament.
Translations:
Ammy
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
Etymology: Diminutive form of Amstrad with -y.
Inflected forms:
form: Ammies
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: An Amstrad CPC computer.
pos: noun
tags: informal
examples: Hi. I used to have a CPC464 and now have an Amiga 1200. I've moved to Edinburgh for Uni, and left the Ammy for my younger brother and sister. However, I wouldn't mind being able to play all the old classics...
Hi all. A few weeks ago I asked for information on how I could get a replacement 3" drive for/repair to my Amstrad 6128. Glad to say that the drive has now been fixed and my lovely Ammy now works a treat.
Has anyone got an ^([sic]) 6128 for sale?
Translations:
crushable
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From crush + -able.
Base: crush
Affixes: -able
Inflected forms:
form: more crushable
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most crushable
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: That can be crushed.
pos: adj
gloss: On whom one may form a crush, or romantic attachment.
pos: adj
tags: informal
examples: It's not the end of the world; there are plenty of other crushable boys out there.
gloss: Easy-drinking or sessionable.
pos: adj
tags: informal
Derived words: noncrushable
uncrushable
Translations:
greyback
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: compound
Etymology: From grey + back.
Compound parts: grey
back
Inflected forms:
form: greybacks
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: grayback
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: A Confederate soldier during the US Civil War (because of the grey uniforms).
pos: noun
tags: US
colloquial
countable
historical
uncountable
examples: ...to resist the farther advance of the greybacks.
Sheridan managed to keep the graybacks at bay while he tore up the railroad, but he abandoned the plan to link up with Hunter, and the southerners soon repaired the railroad.
gloss: A Confederate States dollar during the US Civil War.
pos: noun
tags: US
colloquial
countable
historical
uncountable
gloss: A louse.
pos: noun
tags: countable
dated
uncountable
examples: It is alleged by the defendant that there were scabs and greybacks in it, and that it did not come up to the quality of No. 1 slate as contracted for.
gloss: Any of various grey birds.
pos: noun
tags: countable
regional
uncountable
gloss: A kind of paperboard with a smooth white surface on one side and a grey surface on the other side.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: A Confederate States dollar.
pos: noun
tags: US
countable
historical
uncountable
Derived words: greyback cane grub
greyback goose
Translations:
chlorpyrifos
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: A crystalline organophosphate insecticide that inhibits acetylcholinesterase.[diethoxy-sulfanylidene-(3,5,6-trichloropyridin-2-yl)oxy-λ5-phosphane]
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
examples: "Chlorpyrifos is considered to be toxic to fish, crustaceans, and bees."
Five of these chemicals – naled, methamidophos, trichlorfon, chlorpyrifos and phorate – showed up in at least 10% of the cord blood samples.
Translations:
sweary
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From swear + -y.
Base: swear
Affixes: -y
Inflected forms:
form: swearier
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: sweariest
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: Inclined to swear; characterised by bad language.
pos: adj
tags: informal
examples: She sensed that there were bigger things than a "sweary" sentence in the forefront of her buckaroo's mind.
If she writes me a letter like that I'll spew. Which brings to mind another effect of the holiday — I've got swearier.
[…] thirty-seven shits, six assholes, two bitches and a bastard. All in all, it's quite possibly the sweariest comedy set in Los Angeles County […]
Translations:
phytogeographic
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From phyto- + geographic.
Base: geographic
Affixes: phyto-
Inflected forms:
form: more phytogeographic
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most phytogeographic
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: phytogeographical
pos: adj
Translations:
autostart
Part of speech: verb
noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
Etymology: From auto- + start.
Base: start
Affixes: auto-
Inflected forms:
form: autostarts
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: autostarting
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: autostarted
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: autostarted
pos: verb
tags: past
form: autostarts
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: To start automatically.
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
transitive
gloss: (An instance of) automatic starting.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: When you utilize this option, the autostart and autostop options are added to the virtual machine's vmx file. You can also take this a step further and define the startup and shutdown order of the virtual machines […]
gloss: A program or application set to start automatically.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: Vundo installs two autostarts—one a WinLogon Notify and the other a BHO—that reference the same randomly named infective DLL file.
EnCase 6 has a new folder “Main” and is utilized as an autostart. Inside the Main folder is the Tool Menu Plugin script that loads on startup […]
This category of autostarts comprises packages that define or extend user authentication for Windows, via the Local Security Authority (LSA).
Related words: autorun
boot
launch
start up → startup
Translations:
fretty
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: government
heraldry
hobbies
lifestyle
monarchy
nobility
politics
Etymology: From fret (“lattice, trellis”) + -y.
Base: fret
Affixes: -y
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Covered with a lattice-like pattern of diagonally interlaced bendlets and bendlets sinister.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: The coats of various noble British families were originally fretty, but later 'simplified' to a single fret
Translations:
bigfoot
Part of speech: verb
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: bigfoots
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: bigfooting
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: bigfooted
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: bigfooted
pos: verb
tags: past
Senses:
gloss: To control or manage forcefully; to exercise authority over.
pos: verb
tags: capitalized
informal
sometimes
transitive
examples: Most recently, Allen bigfooted Walter out of the way to explore a merger with SBC Communications, Inc., the largest of the regional Bells.
"Joel is out to get the best and brightest. It is his team to build," Walcott said, his comments appearing to reject speculation that Bloomberg was bigfooting the deputy search.
Clinton is a terrible manager of people. . . . Her White House, if we can glean anything from the campaign, would be a secretive nest of well-fed yes-people, an uncontrollable egomaniac spouse able and willing to bigfoot anyone if he wants to . . . and a drizzle of dreary hacks.
gloss: To behave in an authoritative, commanding manner.
pos: verb
tags: capitalized
informal
intransitive
sometimes
examples: Later, Dick Cheney was Bigfooting around the West Wing, looking for heads.
Translations:
galactosemia
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: medicine
sciences
Etymology: From galactose + -emia.
Base: galactose
Affixes: -emia
Inflected forms:
form: galactosemias
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: galactosaemia
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: A genetic metabolic disorder characterized by an inability to metabolize galactose properly.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: The presence of galactose in the blood.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
Derived words: galactosemic
hypergalactosemia
Translations:
get-go
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: compound
Etymology: From get + go. First use appears in 1960 as part of the phrase from the get-go in the publication Baltimore Afro-American.
Compound parts: get
go
Inflected forms:
form: getgo
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: git-go
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: The beginning.
pos: noun
tags: colloquial
Translations:
aue
Part of speech: intj
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: From Māori auē.
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Alas, oh dear; dear me.
pos: intj
tags: New-Zealand
examples: Ah hell, the fucking word has its place, but all the time?…aue.
Translations:
clas
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: From Welsh clas, from Middle Welsh clas, from Proto-Brythonic *klas, from Latin classis. Doublet of class and classis.
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: A Celtic monastery
pos: noun
Translations:
atomoxetine
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: chemistry
medicine
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
pharmacology
physical-sciences
sciences
Etymology: From [Term?] + -oxetine (“fluoxetine derivative”).
Affixes: -oxetine
Inflected forms:
form: tomoxetine
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: A nonstimulant drug used for the treatment of attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
Translations:
insulinoma
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: medicine
oncology
sciences
Etymology: From insulin + -oma.
Base: insulin
Affixes: -oma
Inflected forms:
form: insulinomas
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: insulinomata
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A tumour of the pancreas that secretes insulin.
pos: noun
Translations:
geog
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: Clipping of geography.
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Geography, mainly as a school subject.
pos: noun
tags: UK
informal
uncountable
Translations:
resorbable
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From resorb + -able.
Base: resorb
Affixes: -able
Inflected forms:
form: more resorbable
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most resorbable
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: Able to be resorbed.
pos: adj
examples: Similar studies of rats have employed four different intracranial resorbable, slow sustained release systems—surgical foam, a thermal gel depot, a microcapsule or biodegradable polymer beads.
Translations:
hand-in-glove
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: more hand-in-glove
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most hand-in-glove
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: Closely cooperative.
pos: adj
tags: idiomatic
Translations:
deduplication
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: biology
computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
Etymology: From de- + duplication.
Base: duplication
Affixes: de-
Inflected forms:
form: deduplications
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The act of removing duplication or redundancy.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: The elimination of redundant duplicate data.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: The division of that which is morphologically one organ into two or more, such as the division of an organ of a plant into a pair or cluster.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
Related words: dedoublement
Translations:
posthole
Part of speech: noun
verb
Morphological type: compound
Topics: archaeology
history
human-sciences
sciences
Etymology: From post + hole.
Compound parts: post
hole
Inflected forms:
form: postholes
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: postholes
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: postholing
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: postholed
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: postholed
pos: verb
tags: past
Senses:
gloss: A cut feature used to hold a surface timber or stone, usually much deeper than it is wide.
pos: noun
examples: Indentations in the floor were interpreted as postholes and slots that once anchored wooden furniture.
gloss: To sink one's legs deep into snow while walking.
pos: verb
examples: There, Kate dismounted, postholed through the snow to the door of the Park Service's headquarters, marched down the hall to Dan O'Brian's office, walked in without knocking, sat down without invitation, and said, "Now then. Would you mind repeating to me exactly what you told Ethan Int-Hout this morning?"
Diane and I held our breaths. Good, she was still upright. She slowly moved her weight forward, and picked up her back foot. We exhaled, and she promptly postholed.
The chances of postholing can be minimized by landing with your whole foot at once as well as by wearing shoes with larger outsole surface area to increase flotation marginally.
Translations:
viv
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: Shortening.
Inflected forms:
form: vivs
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: vivarium
pos: noun
tags: slang
examples: I recently purchased a new viv, however up until now I have not been able to find a background that is high enough for the viv. The viv is 36 inches wide and at least 20 inches high. All the backgrounds I have seen have only been 18 inches high.
Translations:
hypostyle
Part of speech: adj
noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: architecture
Etymology: From hypo- + -style.
Affixes: hypo-
-style
Inflected forms:
form: hypostyles
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Having a roof supported on a row of columns.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
gloss: A building or chamber whose roof is supported on a row of columns.
pos: noun
Translations:
co-grandmother
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: * co- + grandmother
Base: grandmother
Affixes: co-
Inflected forms:
form: co-grandmothers
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: the mother of one's son- or daughter-in-law, as common grandmother of their children; the relationship between women who have grandchildren in common; maternal grandmother vis-à-vis paternal grandmother.
pos: noun
examples: Talk to enough grandparents and one thing becomes clear: Because she's closer to the mother of the children, the maternal grandmother generally has a slight advantage. Or, as Audrey Berson […] put it: "She's my daughter, so I have the edge." Even so, Berson's co-grandmother works in the same town as the grandkids, and she sometimes meets the bus after school. "It bothers me," Berson said. "I wish it were me."
A Canadian grandmother's essay about essentially crashing her daughter-in-law's birth […] Rhona Bennett writes of […] hopping a train to Montreal, and (in cahoots with her co-grandmother) bum-rushing the hospital […] The two bubbies called the hospital […] and naturally were rebuffed, so off they went, in search of information, affirmation, and a grandbaby.
Translations:
yeesh
Part of speech: intj
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: Perhaps yuck or yech, etc. influenced by sheesh.
Inflected forms:
form: eesh
pos: intj
tags: alternative
form: yiish
pos: intj
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: Expressing exasperation or impatience.
pos: intj
examples: You ask..yeesh do we have to teach you EVERYTHING??
>How can there be a "best" crime against humanity?
Ones that get rid of the most undesirable ethnic groups. Yeesh do I have to draw a picture?
Yeesh, pour salt on the wound, why don't you?
“I just wondered if you'd—” “Shut up, Shawna. I didn't say anything. Yeesh!”
gloss: Expressing relief; phew, whew.
pos: intj
examples: "I guess that explains why they don't fly very well." Gina shuddered. "And I almost made it crash! Yeesh!" "Yeesh is right," agreed Jay.
"Yeesh," Ratchet muttered again, caressing his singed whiskers. "I think I'll let you look for the books from now on, Kendra."
gloss: Expressing disgust; yuck, yech.
pos: intj
examples: And so, if your mother says, "Yeesh!" every time somebody mentions broiled liver...
Yeesh. So strong was his cologne she could practically taste it.
She did, however, spot Gordon Burns over by the bar. Yeesh. He gave her the creeps.
Translations:
co-grandfather
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: * co- + grandfather
Base: grandfather
Affixes: co-
Inflected forms:
form: co-grandfathers
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: the father of one's son- or daughter-in-law, as common grandfather of their children; the relationship between men who have grandchildren in common; maternal grandfather vis-à-vis paternal grandfather.
pos: noun
examples: The milkman was Edward Kenelm Digby, 52, eleventh Baron Digby, World War I colonel in the Coldstream Guards, World War II inspector of infantry-training establishments, co-grandfather (with Winston Churchill) of Randolph Churchill's small son, Winston Churchill II.
Translations:
tridacna
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: From the genus name.
Inflected forms:
form: tridacnas
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Any member of the genus Tridacna of large saltwater clams with heavy fluted shells.
pos: noun
Translations:
interruptible
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From interrupt + -ible.
Base: interrupt
Affixes: -ible
Inflected forms:
form: interruptable
pos: adj
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: Able to be interrupted.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
Translations: