yuanxin112/wiktionary-morph huggingface dataset:
proficiency
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From proficient or its etymon, Latin prōficiēns (present participle of prōficiō), + -ency.
Affixes: -ency
Inflected forms:
form: proficiencies
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: proficience
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: Ability, skill, competence.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: to attain (or to reach) proficiency
a test of proficiency in English
But Pirates! comes with all the usual Aardman strengths intact, particularly the sense that its characters and creators alike are too good-hearted and sweet to nitpick. The ambition is all in the craft rather than in the storytelling, but it’s hard to say no to the proficiency of that craft, or the mild good cheer behind it.
Translations:
tuath
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: Etymology tree
Old Irish túathbor.
English tuath
Borrowed from Old Irish túath.
Inflected forms:
form: tuaths
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: tuatha
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A tribe or group of people in Ireland, having a loose voluntary system of governance entered into through contracts by all members.
pos: noun
tags: historical
examples: There was nothing fixed or enduring about many tuatha, and reflecting the itinerant character of much of Irish society, the Church developed the peculiar phenomenon of roving ecclesiastic families [...].
Translations:
heuristically
Part of speech: adv
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English heuristic
Proto-Italic *-ālis
Latin -ālisbor.
Old French -albor.
▲
Latin -ālis
Old French -elbor.
▲
Latin -ālisbor.
Middle English -al
Middle English -ly
Middle English -ally
English -ally
English heuristically
From heuristic + -ally.
Inflected forms:
form: more heuristically
pos: adv
tags: comparative
form: most heuristically
pos: adv
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: in a heuristic manner
pos: adv
Translations:
trug
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: Compare trough.
Inflected forms:
form: trugs
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A shallow, oval basket used for gardening
pos: noun
tags: UK
gloss: A trough or tray.
pos: noun
tags: obsolete
gloss: A hod for mortar.
pos: noun
tags: obsolete
gloss: A concubine; a harlot.
pos: noun
tags: obsolete
examples: the Tobacco seller, with their companion Trugs, must be coached to […]many other places, like wild haggards prancing up and down
Translations:
unimpeachable
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *né
Proto-Indo-European *n̥-
Proto-Germanic *un-
Proto-West Germanic *un-
Old English un-
Middle English un-
English un-
English impeachable
English unimpeachable
From un- + impeachable.
Inflected forms:
form: more unimpeachable
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most unimpeachable
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: Not able to be impeached or reproached.
pos: adj
examples: a gentleman of unimpeachable integrity
“Patriotism” makes for a slogan that is so unimpeachable it’s arguably even manipulative; as a matter of strategy, it’s harder for opponents to vote against the USA PATRIOT Act than, say, the Enhanced Security Act.
gloss: Blameless.
pos: adj
gloss: Beyond doubt.
pos: adj
examples: an unimpeachable alibi
On the previous day, the prisoner had purchased strychnine at the village chemist’s shop, wearing a disguise by means of which he hoped to throw the onus of the crime upon another man—to wit, Mrs. Inglethorp’s husband, of whom he had been bitterly jealous. Luckily for Mr. Inglethorp, he had been able to produce an unimpeachable alibi.
(in Farsi) Today I have proof from an unimpeachable source you are a traitor.
Translations:
uniquely
Part of speech: adv
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English unique
Middle English -ly
English -ly
English uniquely
From unique + -ly.
Inflected forms:
form: more uniquely
pos: adv
tags: comparative
form: most uniquely
pos: adv
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: In a unique manner.
pos: adv
examples: a uniquely gifted musician
components that are uniquely numbered for identification
This hospitability to established acts is part of what makes country music unique and, these days, uniquely profitable.
“The NBA and FIBA are uniquely positioned to build on the rich tradition of European basketball. We look forward to collaborating with FIBA to explore the creation of a new league for fans across the continent,” Silver added.
Translations:
admonition
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: From Middle English amonicioun, from Old French amonicion, from Latin admonitio, stem of admonere. The -d- was restored in English in the 17th century.
Inflected forms:
form: admonitions
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A rebuke by an authority that one has erred and should not persist in one's actions.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: But modesty cannot be implanted by admonition only—the elders must set the example.
Translations:
webcomic
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: comics
literature
media
publishing
Etymology: From Web + comic. The word is first attested 2000, but websites titled "WebComics" existed previously (as early as 1995).
Base: Web
Inflected forms:
form: webcomics
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: An online comic, especially one first published on the Internet.
pos: noun
tags: Internet
examples: Webcomics certainly have their selling points. They are harder to censor and generally free from editorial meddling[…]
Weinersmith, who is best known for his webcomic Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal, describes the polystate as a geopolitical entity in which multiple overlapping states exist — but each “state” consists of citizens who have agreed to the laws of a single non-geographic state; typical geographically-bound nations, or traditional “geostates”, would be replaced by “polystates”, which are collections of “anthrostates”.
Almost six years ago, Andrew Hussie began another one of a series of webcomics on his website, MS Paint Adventures. These early comics were experiments in fan-sourced storytelling: He’d create and monitor forums for character and story suggestions, then fold them into the story.
Existing tools for making sites for webcomics are quite limited.
Translations:
turnstone
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: compound
Etymology: From turn + stone.
Compound parts: turn
stone
Inflected forms:
form: turnstones
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Either of two species of coastal wading bird, Arenaria interpres and Arenaria melanocephala, that breed in the Arctic and readily turn stones or seaweed looking for hidden invertebrates.
pos: noun
Translations:
bluebird
Part of speech: noun
adj
Morphological type: compound
Topics: business
finance
hobbies
lifestyle
skiing
sports
Etymology: From blue + bird.
Compound parts: blue
bird
Inflected forms:
form: bluebirds
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: more bluebird
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most bluebird
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: Any of various North American birds of the genus Sialia in the thrush family. Their plumage is blue or blue and red.
pos: noun
gloss: Any of various African starlings of the genus Lamprotornis, family Sturnidae, having predominantly glossy blue plumage.
pos: noun
gloss: An unexpectedly profitable or large deal that comes to a salesperson with minimal effort.
pos: noun
gloss: Sunny and cloudless after a period of snowfall or rain.
pos: adj
examples: We reached the top of the mountain, stepping out of the tram to the most bluebird day I had ever seen. I looked out onto Mineral Basin, to see miles and miles of gnarly snowcapped mountains and trees peppered across the landscape. Was I in heaven?
Nothing warms the soul like waking up to fresh powder and a bluebird sky on a cold November morning.
The day was bluebird, and we marveled once again at the wonder of having this playground to ourselves.
gloss: Sunny and cloudless generally.
pos: adj
Derived words: bluebird of happiness
boobird
eastern bluebird
fairy bluebird
mountain bluebird
Translations:
gey
Part of speech: adv
adj
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: Originally a variant form of gay, now associated with distinct senses.
Inflected forms:
form: geyer
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: geyest
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: Very.
pos: adv
tags: Ireland
Northern-England
Scotland
not-comparable
examples: I am nae believer in auld wives' stories about ghaists, though this is gey like a place for them - But mortal, or of the other world, here they come! - twa men and a light.
But I'll put a gold chain around his neck, An' a gey good chain it'll be.
gloss: Fairly good; considerable.
pos: adj
tags: Ireland
Northern-England
Scotland
examples: They were married next New Year's Day, and Ellison had begun to think himself a gey man in Kinraddie, and maybe one of the gentry.
Translations:
all-time
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: compound
Etymology: From all + time.
Compound parts: all
time
Inflected forms:
form: alltime
pos: adj
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: Of all time; unsurpassed up to the present time.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: Sales have reached an all-time low, so the business may have to declare bankruptcy.
And the Premier League's all-time top-goalscoring midfielder proved he has not lost the knack of being in the right place at the right time with a trio of clinical finishes.
During the 1960s and 1970s, when both the quality of architecture and the appreciation of historic buildings reached an all-time low, British Railways was notorious for replacing good station buildings and canopies with little more than bus shelters, usually in conjunction with de-staffing.
Translations:
spadework
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: compound
Etymology: From spade + work.
Compound parts: spade
work
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Work done by digging with a spade.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
examples: It is this help that the present book attempts to give, and the moment of its appearance, during a partial lull of excavation, is an opportune one. There is a chance to take breath and gather up the threads, with the possibility that the next month's spade-work will not put us out of date.
gloss: Work done in preparation for something else.
pos: noun
tags: figuratively
uncountable
examples: There's a lot of spadework to be done before the scheme can be implemented.
Removing a portion of chair which had got entangled in my back hair, I said with a candour that became me well: “I was looking for a mouse.” If she had replied, “Ah, yes, indeed. I understand now. A mouse, to be sure. Quite,” everything would have been nice and smooth, but she didn't. “A mouse?” she said. “What do you mean?” Well, of course, if she didn't know what a mouse was, there was evidently a good deal of tedious spadework before us, and one would scarcely have known where to start.
Some essential spadework, on which certain details of the plan will be founded, is yet unfinished.
Related words: spadeworker
Translations:
almshouse
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: compound
Etymology: From Middle English almeshous, almassehous, equivalent to alms + house.
Compound parts: alms
house
Inflected forms:
form: almshouses
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: alms-house
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: A building of residence for the poor, sick or elderly of a parish. Originally founded by the Church, and usually funded by charitable donations.
pos: noun
examples: Much they saw, and far they went, and many homes they visited, but always with a happy end. The Spirit stood beside sick beds, and they were cheerful; on foreign lands, and they were close at home; by struggling men, and they were patient in their greater hope; by poverty, and it was rich. In almshouse, hospital, and jail, in misery's every refuge, where vain man in his little brief authority had not made fast the door, and barred the Spirit out, he left his blessing, and taught Scrooge his precepts.
Translations:
bushfire
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English bush
Proto-Indo-European *péh₂wr̥
Proto-Germanic *fōr
Proto-West Germanic *fuir
Old English fȳr
Middle English fyr
English fire
English bushfire
From bush + fire.
Inflected forms:
form: bushfires
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: bush fire
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: An uncontrolled fire in a wooded or grassy area; a wildfire.
pos: noun
tags: Australia
New-Zealand
examples: 1985, Australian House of Representatives, Parliamentary Debates, House of Representatives, Weekly Hansard, Issues 4-6, page 1322,
Many homes, a great deal of property and a number of lives were lost as a result of the bushfires in this country.
It should also be kept in mind that often bushfires start and move quickly and the information relating to their location and activity may take some time to assemble and make available.
The Black Saturday bushfires were a series of apocalyptic blazes that burned on – and for some weeks after – Saturday, 7 February 2009. As a result of the bushfires, 173 people died. It was the nation′s largest loss of life from a bushfire event, and 414 people were injured.
Translations:
copyist
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English copy
Proto-Indo-European *-id-
Proto-Indo-European *-yéti
Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti
Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō
Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)
Proto-Hellenic *-tās
Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs)
Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor.
Latin -istader.
Old French -istebor.
Middle English -ist
English -ist
English copyist
From copy + -ist.
Inflected forms:
form: copyists
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A person who makes manual copies of works such as manuscripts or paintings.
pos: noun
Translations:
retype
Part of speech: verb
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Italic *wre-
Latin re-der.
Old French re-bor.
Middle English re-
English re-
English type
English retype
From re- + type.
Inflected forms:
form: retypes
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: retyping
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: retyped
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: retyped
pos: verb
tags: past
Senses:
gloss: To re-enter (text) using a keyboard.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
Translations:
Dakota
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: aeronautics
aerospace
aviation
business
engineering
government
military
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
politics
war
Etymology: Etymology tree
Dakota dakhótabor.
English Dakota
Borrowed from Dakota dakhóta (“ally”).
Inflected forms:
form: Dakotas
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: Dacota
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: Dacotah
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: Dahcotah
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: Dakhóta
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: A member of the Dakota people.
pos: noun
gloss: A Douglas DC-3 aircraft.
pos: noun
gloss: Out of air-to-ground ordinance.
pos: noun
Translations:
gamecock
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: compound
Etymology: From game + cock.
Compound parts: game
cock
Inflected forms:
form: gamecocks
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A rooster used in cockfighting.
pos: noun
Translations:
fighting
Part of speech: adj
noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From Middle English feghtyng, fyȝtynge, fightand, feghtand, feghtande, feightand, feȝtand, viȝtinde, feihtende, from Old English feohtende, from Proto-Germanic *fehtandz, present participle of Proto-Germanic *fehtaną (“to comb, struggle, contend with”), equivalent to fight + -ing.
Base: fight
Affixes: -ing
Inflected forms:
form: fightings
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Engaged in war or other conflict.
pos: adj
gloss: Apt to provoke a fight.
pos: adj
examples: It seems like a fighting insult, but he explains.
Them's fighting words in my country!
Those are fighting words, of course, and the people who presently hold the high ground of economic power in society will not be amused.
gloss: The act or process of contending; violence or conflict.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: A fight or battle; an occasion on which people fight
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: Then here the warres end, here our fightings marde, Yet by your leave Ile stand upon my Guard.
Seid had fallen in the War of Tabuc, the first of Mahomet's fightings with the Greeks.
A good many soldiers, and some officers, were present; but the expression of our dissent from all wars and fightings had not displeased them, for they shook hands with US most kindly.
Derived words: Fighting Bob
fighting chance
fighting hole
fighting little judge
fightingly
fighting word
nonfighting
unfighting
antifighting
armored combat fighting
armored fighting vehicle
armoured combat fighting
armoured fighting vehicle
bullfighting
bushfighting
cage fighting
Chinese fighting stick
cockfighting
cock-fighting
crimefighting
fighting chair
fighting cock
fighting fish
fighting fit
fighting game
fighting irons
fighting spirit
fighting stick
fighting words
firefighting
fire fighting
footfighting
freedom fighting
gunfighting
infantry fighting vehicle
infighting
in fighting trim
kite fighting
shootfighting
Siamese fighting fish
snowfighting
stickfighting
stick-fighting
stink fighting
streetfighting
street fighting
sword fighting
warfighting
z-fighting
Translations:
cheapo
Part of speech: adj
noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: board-games
chess
games
Etymology: Etymology tree
English cheap
English -o
English cheapo
From cheap + -o (“person with characteristic”, colloquialising suffix).
Inflected forms:
form: more cheapo
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most cheapo
pos: adj
tags: superlative
form: cheapos
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Inexpensive and of poor quality.
pos: adj
tags: slang
examples: They wanted crystal champagne glasses for the party but the caterers provided cheapo plastic cups instead.
gloss: A person who is stingy, a miser.
pos: noun
tags: slang
gloss: Something produced and sold for low cost.
pos: noun
tags: slang
examples: The better half's Lupo was transformed when the cheap and nasty Nankang ditchfinders came off (and they were well above the legal limit) and mid-price Kumhos went on. The cheapos compromise on grip and can become noisy.
gloss: A primitive trap, often set in the hope of swindling a win or draw from a losing position.
pos: noun
Related words: el cheapo
Translations:
ethnonym
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From ethn- + -onym.
Base: ethn
Inflected forms:
form: ethnonyms
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The name of an ethnic group, nation, nationality, tribe, tribal alliance, clan, or other ethnic community.
pos: noun
Translations:
nominator
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English nominate
English -or
English nominator
From nominate + -or.
Inflected forms:
form: nominators
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: One who nominates, the enactor of a nomination.
pos: noun
Translations:
antiphony
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: entertainment
human-sciences
lifestyle
linguistics
music
phonetics
phonology
sciences
Inflected forms:
form: antiphonies
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Alternate, or responsive singing by a choir split into two parts; a piece sung or chanted in this manner.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: Alternate, or responsive ideas or opinions; juxtaposition.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: Besides that Cardan pleases himself with that Antiphonie in Nature, that as the Ostrich being a Bird, yet never shes in the Aire, so this Bird of Paradise should alwayes be in the Aire, and never rest upon the Earth.
gloss: Synonym of apophony (“contrastive vowel modification”).
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: Still another phase of language which interests Professor Orr is that of vowel antiphony in the functional development of language; e.g. the “front-back” vowel sequence (tittle-tattle, et patati et patata, etc.).
Roman Jakobson gives evidence to show how language uses ‘antiphony’ or vowel opposition in pairs of words with opposite meanings: ‘gleam’ and ‘gloom’, ‘here’ and ‘there’, or in French ‘petit’ and ‘grand’.
The various types of reduplication […] include full reduplication (tum-tum), […] vowel antiphony (flip-flop, criss-cross) […]
Translations:
causal
Part of speech: adj
noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: grammar
human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
Etymology: Borrowed from Late Latin causalis, from Latin causa (“cause”), equivalent to cause + -al, see cause.
Base: cause
Affixes: -al
Inflected forms:
form: more causal
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most causal
pos: adj
tags: superlative
form: causals
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Of, relating to, or being a cause of something; causing.
pos: adj
examples: There is no causal relationship between eating carrots and seeing in the dark.
No matter how often B follows A, and no matter how initially obvious the causality of the connection seems, the hypothesis that A causes B can be overturned by an over-arching theory which shows the two as distinct effects of a common underlying causal process.
Time changes attitudes, and while Hart's actions in driving when not fit to do so were certainly in the causal chain of the Great Heck accident, how many other drivers were out there driving when too fatigued to do so?
gloss: A word (such as because) that expresses a reason or a cause.
pos: noun
Translations:
outflank
Part of speech: 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 flank
English outflank
From out- + flank.
Inflected forms:
form: outflanks
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: outflanking
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: outflanked
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: outflanked
pos: verb
tags: past
form: out-flank
pos: verb
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: To maneuver around and behind the flank of (an opposing force).
pos: verb
tags: transitive
gloss: To gain a tactical advantage over (a competitor, for example).
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: Unscrupulous members offered special discounts, illegal rebates, and unauthorized underquotations to outflank their conference partners, and blamed their agents or 'invented' competition to justify these tactics.
Few expect the unrest to stop anytime soon. The government may hope to outflank the protest movement by painting them as unwilling to accept compromise, but even some of Lam’s allies have publicly said that the withdrawal was too little, too late.
Derived words: outflanker
Translations:
thoroughgoing
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: compound
Etymology: From thorough + going (adjective).
Compound parts: thorough
going
Inflected forms:
form: more thoroughgoing
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most thoroughgoing
pos: adj
tags: superlative
form: thorough-going
pos: adj
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: With great attention to detail; complete, thorough.
pos: adj
examples: He did a thoroughgoing job of cleaning up the broken glass.
It must be reiterated, as, for the purpose of these Memoranda, the deep lesson of History and Time, that all else in the contributions of a nation or age, through its politics, materials, heroic personalities, military eclat, &c., remains crude, and defers, in any close and thorough-going estimate, until vitalized by national, original archetypes in literature.
I am myself a thoroughgoing individualist, writing for those who are, like myself, irrevocably committed to the modern experiment.
Mr. Prayter was a thorough-going cleric in the way of eating. He ate till there was nothing left.
1967, Time, "Marijuana is Still Illegal," 29 December, 1967, https://web.archive.org/web/20130721101358/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,844332,00.html
After six months of preparation, Lawyer Joseph Oteri began in September the most thoroughgoing legal attack on antimarijuana laws ever made.
Translations:
isosceles
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: geometry
mathematics
sciences
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin īsoscelēs, from Ancient Greek ἰσοσκελής (isoskelḗs, “equal-legged”), from ἴσος (ísos, “equal”) + σκέλος (skélos, “leg”) + -ής (-ḗs, adjective suffix).
See also iso-.
Base: ἴσος
Affixes: -ής
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Having (at least) two sides of equal length, used especially of a triangle or trapezoid.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: Upon each exterior side draw an Isosceles Triangle of 480 Fathoms.
A right double pyramid is isosceles when the extremities of the vertex-edge are at the same distance from the plane of the base.
To prepare for the application of his method, Saccheri made use of a figure with which we are already acquainted. This is the isosceles quadrilateral with the two base angles right angles.
The polygon advantageously is an isosceles trapezoid or rectangle with the pivotal connections between the deck or superstructure and four hulls respectively at its corners.
The flowers were stuck inside a flower pot that was shaped like an isosceles polygon with a rectangular "edge."
Translations:
clustered
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: simple
Topics: computing
databases
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Grouped into a cluster.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
gloss: Used as the clustering key of a clustered index.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
Antonyms: nonclustered
Derived words: biclustered
clustered column
clusteredness
clustered toughshank
hyperclustered
metaclustered
miniclustered
misclustered
nanoclustered
overclustered
preclustered
subclustered
unclustered
Translations:
blackcap
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: compound
Topics: cooking
food
lifestyle
Etymology: From black + cap.
Compound parts: black
cap
Inflected forms:
form: blackcaps
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A small Old World warbler, Eurasian blackcap (Sylvia atricapilla), which is mainly grey with a black crown.
pos: noun
gloss: Any of various species of titmouse (of the family Paridae), including the black-capped chickadee (Poecile atricapillus, syn. Parus atricapillus).
pos: noun
tags: UK
US
dialectal
obsolete
examples: Other times the cat would run off to the hunting grounds, either the swamps or the Astroni, and when the hunters shot down an oriole or a great tit or a blackcap [translating capofuscolo], she collected them and presented them to the king with the same message.
gloss: An apple roasted until black, to be served in a dish of boiled custard.
pos: noun
gloss: The blackcap raspberry (Rubus leucodermis).
pos: noun
tags: Canada
US
Derived words: blackcap raspberry
bush blackcap
Eurasian blackcap
Wilson's blackcap
Translations:
disagreement
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From dis- + agreement or disagree + -ment.
Base: agreement
Affixes: dis-
Inflected forms:
form: disagreements
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: An argument or debate.
pos: noun
tags: countable
examples: They had a bit of a disagreement about what color to paint the bedroom, but they have reached a compromise.
In any event, agreement or disagreement, joke or no joke, in my 28 years on the court I did not hear a voice raised in anger in that conference, nor were snide or personal remarks ever made. The discussion was professional, disagreements reflected legal differences on the merits, and the justices tried to find ways to reach court agreements.
gloss: A condition of not agreeing or concurring.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
examples: The theory shows considerable disagreement with the data.
The two sides were in disagreement.
Synonyms: contention. See also Thesaurus:dispute
Derived words: nondisagreement
predisagreement
Translations:
bluethroat
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: compound
Etymology: From blue + throat.
Compound parts: blue
throat
Inflected forms:
form: bluethroats
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A small Old World passerine bird, of species Luscinia svecica, the male in spring having a bright blue throat.
pos: noun
Translations:
fulmar
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: From Icelandic fúlmár, from Old Norse fúlmár, from Old Norse fúll (“foul”) + már (“gull, mew”) (see English mew), evidently in reference to the foul-smelling vomit it ejects to deter predators.
Inflected forms:
form: fulmars
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Either of two species of pelagic seabird in the genus Fulmarus, Fulmarus glacialis and F. glacialoides, which breed on cliffs.
pos: noun
examples: In the southern districts, the Inuit hunted fulmars with bird darts from kayaks (Helms 1926). The Nipisat people may have hunted fulmar and great shearwater, probably using similar methods.
In particular, fulmars have the distinctive trait of vomiting half-digested fish oil when approached on the nest and should be given a wide berth wherever possible.
And why oh why is it always bloody fulmars following us about? Have they got nothing better to do, these silly lickspittle fulmars, than to ape every petty twist and turn of our hollow peregrinations? I'm sick of fulmars.
Translations:
bloodshot
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: compound
Etymology: From blood + shot.
Compound parts: blood
shot
Inflected forms:
form: more bloodshot
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most bloodshot
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: Reddened and inflamed because of congested blood vessels.
pos: adj
examples: She said she was perfectly fine but I could tell she was tired; her eyes were all bloodshot.
Her back was toward the jungle, and so she did not see the grasses part, or the savage face that peered from between. Little, bloodshot, close-set eyes scanned her intently, roving from time to time about the open beach for indications of the presence of others than herself.
Translations:
BMA
Part of speech: verb
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Beat my ass.
pos: verb
tags: Internet
abbreviation
vulgar
examples: my sister found out i got back w my ex bf she gon bma when i get home😭
Translations:
twite
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: Onomatopoeic.
Inflected forms:
form: twites
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A small passerine bird, Linaria flavirostris (syn. Carduelis flavirostris), that breeds in northern Europe and across central Asia.
pos: noun
examples: The Twite has the distinction of being the only European bird derived from the Tibetan fauna type.
Twites also breed in southwest and central Asia – at up to 3,500 m asl in Tibet – and it is supposed that the European relict populations became isolated during the retreat of the ice age (Voous 1960).
With subsequent climate warming, Twites in Europe followed the tundra north and became isolated.
Translations:
wheatear
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: compound
Etymology: Uncertain. Probably a back-formation from Middle English whit ers (“white arse”), after the prominent white rump of many species. Compare dialect forms white rump, white-tail. Possibly a compound of wheat + ear or white + ear. Attested since the seventeenth century as wheat-ears or wheatgear.
Compound parts: wheat
ear
Inflected forms:
form: wheatears
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: white-ear
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: Any of various passerine birds of the genus Oenanthe that feed on insects,
pos: noun
examples: What abundance of Hens, Ducks, Geese, Turkeys, Pigeons, and Larks? [...] Maychit, Stint, Sea-Plover, Pewits, Redshanks, Rayles, and Wheat-ears, Herrons, Cranes, Bitterns, Bustards, Puffins, God-wits,
great plenty of the birds so much admired at Tunbridge under the name of wheat-ears. By-the-bye, this is a pleasant corruption of white-a—se, the translation of the French name cul blanc, taken from their color; for they are actually white towards the tail.
gloss: Any of various passerine birds of the genus Oenanthe that feed on insects,
pos: noun
Synonyms: clodhopper
fallow-chat
fallow-smiter
Derived words: Atlas wheatear
desert wheatear
isabelline wheatear
northern wheatear
pied wheatear
western black-eared wheatear
wheatear stitch
Translations:
lang: Asturian
word: bicha
lang: Bulgarian
word: сиво каменарче
roman: sivo kamenarče
lang: Chechen
word: тӏулган гӏайренашкара хьоза
roman: tʼulgan ğajrenaškara ḥʳoza
lang: Czech
word: bělořit
lang: Dutch
word: tapuit
lang: Faroese
word: steinstólpa
lang: Finnish
word: kivitasku
lang: French
word: traquet
lang: German
word: Steinschmätzer
lang: Ancient Greek
word: οἰνάνθη
roman: oinánthē
lang: Hungarian
word: hantmadár
lang: Ingrian
word: naksuttaja
lang: Ingrian
word: rauniopappi
lang: Ingrian
word: pappiraunio
lang: Irish
word: clochrán
lang: Norman
word: blianche-coue
lang: Norwegian Bokmål
word: steinskvett
lang: Polish
word: białorzytka
lang: Russian
word: ка́менка
roman: kámenka
lang: Inari-Sami
word: keđgirástágâš
lang: Lule-Sami
word: gierggerástes
lang: Northern Sami
word: geađgerásttis
lang: Scottish Gaelic
word: clacharan
lang: Scottish Gaelic
word: brù-gheal
lang: Spanish
word: collalba
lang: Swedish
word: steinskvätta
lang: Turkish
word: kuyrukkakan
lang: Welsh
word: tinwen y garn
whinchat
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: compound
Etymology: From whin + chat (“type of songbird”).
Compound parts: whin
chat
Inflected forms:
form: whinchats
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A small Old World songbird, Saxicola rubetra, that feeds on insects.
pos: noun
Translations:
stonechat
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: compound
Etymology: From stone + chat.
Compound parts: stone
chat
Inflected forms:
form: stonechats
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Any of various small Old World passerine birds of the genus Saxicola that feed on insects.
pos: noun
Translations:
bricker
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English brick
Proto-Indo-European *-yósder.
Proto-Italic *-āzijos
Latin -āriusnom.
Latin -āriusbor.
Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz
Proto-West Germanic *-ārī
Old English -ere
Middle English -ere
English -er
English bricker
From brick + -er.
Inflected forms:
form: brickers
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A brickmaker.
pos: noun
gloss: A bricklayer.
pos: noun
Related words: brickie
Translations:
homespun
Part of speech: adj
noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English home
English spun
English homespun
From home + spun.
Inflected forms:
form: homespuns
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Spun in the home.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
gloss: Woven in the home.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
gloss: Made from homespun fabric.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
usually
examples: homespun country garbs
He became more and more excited; he rose from the sofa, walked up and down the floor with hurried steps and fought with his hands in the air, till the light flickered hither and thither, while the sweeping tail of his long grey home-spun coat described long circles every time he swung himself round and raised himself on his longer leg, for, like Tyrtaeus and Peter Solvold of our parish, he was afflicted with a limp.
The woman was dressed in a long broad kaftanlike homespun shirt decorated with thin strips of reindeer fur, leather braiding, small gleaming plates of metal, and lots of little bells which made a rather pleasant melodic sound at every jolt of the train.
gloss: Plain and homely; unsophisticated and unpretentious.
pos: adj
tags: broadly
not-comparable
examples: homespun wisdom
our homespun English proverb
our homespun authors must forsake the field
The McCains, by contrast, dole out such homespun wisdom as "in Arizona, the only way to get around the state is by small private plane" and understand that in this crazy modern world where the typical family owns eleven homes and spends hundreds of thousands of dollars per year on household staff, you can't possibly expect transportation alternatives to gain popularity.
The new cardinal was no theologian – his approach was more homespun – but his commitment to poor people was every bit as strong as that of the liberation theologians. He would simply say he did what the Jesus of the gospels told him to do.
gloss: Fabric made from homespun yarn. Also, machine made fabrics (usually cottons) similar to homespun fabrics in that solids, plaids, or stripes are created by weaving dyed threads (rather than printing), so that both sides of the fabric look the same.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: There are four men, heavily bearded and more than a little dirty, and two young women, all of them busy with shovels in or around an opened grave and all dressed identically in shirts and trousers of tattered homespun.
gloss: An unpolished, rustic person.
pos: noun
tags: countable
obsolete
uncountable
examples: What hempen home-ſpuns haue we ſwaggering here, / So neere the Cradle of the Faierie Queene?
Related words: down-home
homegrown
roughspun
Derived words: homespunness
Translations:
hellion
Part of speech: noun
adj
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: An alteration, under the influence of hell, of northern English/Scottish dialectal hallion (“scamp, worthless fellow”), of unknown origin.
Inflected forms:
form: hellions
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: An unruly, rowdy or mischievous person, especially a child.
pos: noun
gloss: An evil person.
pos: noun
gloss: The larva of the dobsonfly.
pos: noun
gloss: Cursed, ill-fated.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
Related words: hellraiser
Translations:
hellacious
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Unclear origins; perhaps from hell + -acious
Base: hell
Affixes: -acious
Inflected forms:
form: more hellacious
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most hellacious
pos: adj
tags: superlative
form: helatious
pos: adj
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: horrible, awful, hellish, agonizing, difficult.
pos: adj
examples: Because he throws so many hellacious punches, he has the chance of knocking out any fighter on any given night.
gloss: nasty, repellent.
pos: adj
gloss: Remarkable, unbelievable, unusual.
pos: adj
tags: slang
Derived words: hellaciously
hellaciousness
Translations:
hubristic
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek ῠ̔βρῐστῐκός (hŭbrĭstĭkós, “given to wantonness, insolent, outrageous”) + English -ic (suffix forming adjectives with the sense ‘of or relating to’). Ῠ̔βρῐστῐκός (Hŭbrĭstĭkós) is derived from ὑβρίζω (hubrízō, “to be wanton, run riot; to affront, insult”) (from ῠ̔́βρις (hŭ́bris, “insolence; pride”) (possibly from Pre-Greek) + -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō, suffix forming similative verbs)) + -τῐκός (-tĭkós, suffix forming adjectives). By surface analysis, hubris + -tic (suffix forming adjectives).
Affixes: -ic
Inflected forms:
form: more hubristic
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most hubristic
pos: adj
tags: superlative
form: hybristic
pos: adj
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: Of or relating to hubris (“excessive arrogance or pride, or presumption”); hence, overly arrogant or proud, or presumptuous, especially in a disdainful or rude manner.
pos: adj
examples: Everyone who has experienced the hubristic qualities of the Tufted race, and its satellites, will cordially sympathize with this sentiment of an orderly and industrious undergraduate [i.e. William Ewart Gladstone].
Aristotle […] also maintains that the wealth, strength, many friends, and power of the wealthy make them hubristic because they do not fear repercussions for their conduct. The wealthy are hubristic, he adds later[…], but the new rich are particularly so, and in their unrestrained state are likely to assault others and engage in sexual predation (i.e., as ways of asserting the status they want to be recognized as having).
[Elon] Musk is easily cast as a hubristic supervillain, lumped in with the tech bros and space playboys, for whom money is scorekeeping and rockets are the ultimate toy. But he's different: he's a manufacturing magnate—moving metal, not bytes.
Translations:
hymnody
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: From Old French hymnodie, from Latin hymnodia, from Ancient Greek ὑμνῳδία (humnōidía), from ὑμνῳδέω (humnōidéō, “to sing a hymn”), from ὕμνος (húmnos, “song of praise”) + ἀείδω (aeídō, “to sing”).
Inflected forms:
form: hymnodies
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The writing, composing, or singing of hymns or psalms.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
examples: Primeval Worſhip, Lord, retrieve, / For whoſe Decays the Faithful grieve, / For as thy Temple-Off'rings fall or riſe, / Hymnody chills or fires, Religion lives or dies.
gloss: The hymns of a particular church or of a particular time.
pos: noun
tags: countable
examples: Therefore do we recite this Seraphick Theology delivered to us, that in that cæleſtial Hymnody we may communicate with the Heavenly Hoſt …
Related words: hymn
hymnal
hymnally
hymnary
hymnbook
hymnic
hymnical
hymnically
hymnodic
hymnodical
hymnodist
hymnologic
hymnological
hymnologically
hymnologist
hymnology
Translations:
honky
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: Sense of “factory hand” attested from 1946. Compare hunky, bohunk.
Most likely from hunky (“Hungarian, Slav, eastern European; any white person”), an African-American vernacular shortening of Hungarian. Another possible etymon is Wolof xonq (“red, pink”), a term frequently used in African languages to describe white men.
As a term of racial abuse it was popularized by the Black Panther Party starting from 1967, who sought a rebuttal to nigger.
Inflected forms:
form: honkies
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: honkey
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: honkie
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: A white (Caucasian) person.
pos: noun
tags: Canada
US
derogatory
ethnic
slur
examples: For quotations using this term, see Citations:honky.
gloss: A factory hand or general unskilled worker.
pos: noun
tags: US
obsolete
Related words: honky tonk
Derived words: honkiness
honkitude
honklet
honkydom
Translations:
MetroCard
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: compound
Etymology: From metro + card.
Compound parts: metro
card
Inflected forms:
form: MetroCards
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A thin card with a magnetic stripe used to pay fares on New York City mass transit.
pos: noun
Translations:
tante
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: Borrowed from Yiddish טאַנטע (tante), from German Tante, from French tante.
Inflected forms:
form: tantes
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A Jewish aunt.
pos: noun
tags: usually
Translations:
permeability
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: geography
geology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
Etymology: From French perméabilité, equivalent to permeable + -ity.
Base: permeable
Affixes: -ity
Inflected forms:
form: permeabilities
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The property of being permeable.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
usually
gloss: The rate of flow of a fluid through a porous material.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
usually
examples: The sulfite cake is usually blended with fly ash (and possibly lime) to produce a landfillable byproduct of low permeability.
McNamara et al. (1991) suggested that neurofactors located within the thoracic ganglion may alter the apparent ionic permeabilities of this freshwater prawn.
gloss: A measure of the ability of a rock to transmit fluids (such as oil or water).
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
usually
gloss: A quantitative measure of the degree of magnetization of a material in the presence of an applied magnetic field (measured in newtons per ampere squared in SI units).
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
usually
Related words: impermeable
nonpermeable
permeameter
conductivity
penetrability
porosity
porousness
Derived words: antipermeability
dynamic permeability
hyperpermeability
hypopermeability
impermeability
magnetic permeability
micropermeability
semipermeability
space permeability
superpermeability
transpermeability
vasculopermeability
vasopermeability
Translations:
isomerisation
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
Etymology: Etymology tree
English isomer
English -isation
English isomerisation
From isomer + -isation.
Inflected forms:
form: isomerisations
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: isomerization
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: the conversion of a compound into a different isomeric form
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
Translations:
isomerization
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
Etymology: Etymology tree
English isomer
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
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 -ization
English isomerization
From isomer + -ization.
Inflected forms:
form: isomerizations
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: isomerisation
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: the conversion of a compound into a different isomeric form
pos: noun
tags: physical
Translations:
isomerize
Part of speech: verb
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
Etymology: Etymology tree
English isomer
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 isomerize
From isomer + -ize.
Inflected forms:
form: isomerizes
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: isomerizing
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: isomerized
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: isomerized
pos: verb
tags: past
Senses:
gloss: to convert a compound into a different isomeric form
pos: verb
Translations:
ideally
Part of speech: adv
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English ideal
Middle English -ly
English -ly
English ideally
From ideal + -ly.
Inflected forms:
form: more ideally
pos: adv
tags: comparative
form: most ideally
pos: adv
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: In an ideal way; perfectly.
pos: adv
examples: The summit of Mauna Kea is considered the ideal place to mount an astronomical observatory, for above the clouds there is only the stars and the skies are ideally transparent.
gloss: Given ideal circumstances; preferably.
pos: adv
examples: Ideally, we would have one textbook per student, but unfortunately some of you will have to share.
Antonyms: nonideally
Translations:
inactivation
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *né
Proto-Indo-European *n̥-
Proto-Italic *n̥-
Latin in-
Proto-Indo-European *h₂eǵ-
Proto-Indo-European *-eti
Proto-Indo-European *h₂éǵeti
Proto-Italic *agō
Latin agō
Proto-Indo-European *-wós
Proto-Indo-European *-iHwósder.
Latin -īvus
▲
Ancient Greek ἐνεργητῐκός (energētĭkós)sl.
Latin āctīvus
Latin ināctīvuslbor.
French inactifder.
English inactive
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 inactivation
From in- + activation or inactive + -ation.
Base: activation
Affixes: in-
Inflected forms:
form: inactivations
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The process of rendering something inactive.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
Translations: