yuanxin112/wiktionary-morph huggingface dataset:
oracy
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From oral + -cy, by analogy with literacy.
Base: oral
Affixes: -cy
Inflected forms:
form: oracies
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The ability to speak, and to understand spoken language
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
gloss: A measure of this ability
pos: noun
tags: countable
Translations:
paternalist
Part of speech: adj
noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English paternal
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 paternalist
From paternal + -ist.
Inflected forms:
form: more paternalist
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most paternalist
pos: adj
tags: superlative
form: paternalists
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Of or pertaining to paternalism.
pos: adj
gloss: An advocate of paternalism.
pos: noun
Translations:
noteholder
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: compound
Topics: business
finance
Etymology: From note + holder.
Compound parts: note
holder
Inflected forms:
form: noteholders
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: An entity holding a note, such as a promissory note.
pos: noun
examples: 9 per cent of Centro's existing issued securities were to be issued in mid-January to its 23 financiers, comprising Australian banks and US private placement noteholders, on a pro rata basis at market value.
Translations:
particularism
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: Christianity
government
lifestyle
politics
religion
theology
Etymology: From particular + -ism, after French particularisme.
Base: particular
Affixes: -ism
Inflected forms:
form: particularisms
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: An exclusive focus on a particular area, group, sect, etc.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: The principle that only certain people are chosen by God for salvation.
pos: noun
tags: Judaism
countable
uncountable
gloss: The principle that individual states, races of a federation, etc., may act independently of a central authority.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: Despite the dominance of Castile and the stream of centralizing measures flowing from the new capital in Madrid, Aragonese particularism continued to make itself felt right up to the early eighteenth century.
Derived words: particularistic
Translations:
frontotemporal
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
Etymology: Etymology tree
English fronto-
English temporal
English frontotemporal
From fronto- + temporal.
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Of or pertaining to the frontal and temporal bones or lobes
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
Translations:
frontside
Part of speech: adv
adj
Morphological type: compound
Etymology: From front + side.
Compound parts: front
side
Inflected forms:
form: front-side
pos: adv
tags: alternative
form: front side
pos: adv
tags: alternative
form: front-side
pos: adj
tags: alternative
form: front side
pos: adj
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: Approaching a wave or obstacle forward, rather than backward.
pos: adv
tags: not-comparable
gloss: Approaching a wave or obstacle forward, rather than backward.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: His routine, as described by the Canadian Snowboard Federation, sounded like a day on the golf course: it featured a "front nine, a back nine, a front five followed by frontside and backside air, ending with a back ten to impress the judges and large crowd.
Antonyms: backside
Translations:
inegalitarian
Part of speech: adj
noun
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: more inegalitarian
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most inegalitarian
pos: adj
tags: superlative
form: inégalitarian
pos: adj
tags: alternative
form: inegalitarians
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: inégalitarian
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: Characterized by inequality between people.
pos: adj
gloss: One who does not support equality; a subscriber to inegalitarianism.
pos: noun
Translations:
unmold
Part of speech: verb
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 mold
English unmold
From un- + mold.
Inflected forms:
form: unmolds
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: unmolding
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: unmolded
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: unmolded
pos: verb
tags: past
Senses:
gloss: To remove something from a mold.
pos: verb
examples: Pack some fish or crab meat into a 4-ounce mold (a ½-cup metal measuring cup works fine) and unmold onto a platter.
Translations:
undistributed
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
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 distributed
English undistributed
From un- + distributed.
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Not distributed.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: By keeping the profits undistributed in the partnership they remained free of UK tax.
gloss: Not employing the technique of distributed computing.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: When I got there, Wall St. was indeed backward, mainframed and undistributed.
Translations:
comebacker
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: ball-games
baseball
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
Etymology: Etymology tree
English come back
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 comebacker
From come back + -er.
Inflected forms:
form: comebackers
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A batted ball that travels toward the pitcher.
pos: noun
examples: It's a comebacker past second base for a single.
The pitcher fields the comebacker and throws it to first for the out.
Hendricks was only able to throw 52 pitches, surrendering two runs in 3.2 innings before being forced out of action when Angel Pagan's comebacker hit his right forearm.
The next hitter, Jayson Werth, reached on a broken-bat infield single, and Greg Dobbs walked to load the bases, but Heilman induced a comebacker from Chris Coste to end the rally.
gloss: One who makes a comeback.
pos: noun
examples: […] a successful comebacker at the party leadership and ministerial levels.
Translations:
unstaged
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: entertainment
lifestyle
theater
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 staged
English unstaged
From un- + staged.
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Not formally staged; not presented to an audience on a stage.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: That this incomplete work was presented unstaged, without orchestra, and with little attention to dynamics, and that it was sung by singers difficult to understand, generally in poor French (with no libretto or plot synopsis in the program--either in French or English), prevented this from being the revelatory experience it might have been under better circumstances.
gloss: Occurring without any preplanning or preparation; genuine.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
Translations:
unornamented
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 ornamented
English unornamented
From un- + ornamented.
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Not ornamented; without ornament.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: Well, I lay it down, first, that a book quite unornamented can look actually and positively beautiful, and not merely un-ugly, if it be, so to say, architecturally good, which, by the by, need not add much to its price […]
The many repetitions of unornamented locomotor movement describing great diagonals do eventually wear.
Translations:
torchy
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
Etymology: Etymology tree
English torch
English -y
English torchy
From torch + -y.
Inflected forms:
form: torchier
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: torchiest
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: Having the character of a torch song.
pos: adj
examples: […] the lovelorn Sally sings a torchy blues (the poignant "Losing My Mind"), hypocritical Ben masquerades as a carefree song-and-dance man in the bubbly, Gershwin-esque "Live, Laugh, Love," and so on.
"I'd Be Lost Without You" seems somewhat out of place from a vocal viewpoint — Lewis's slightly reedy middle soprano is very expressive and absolutely true, but doesn't have enough dark body to fully deal with the torchy melody. It fares better in the ballads and toe-tappers that comprise the rest of the album.
Translations:
composter
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English compost
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 composter
From compost + -er.
Inflected forms:
form: composters
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A person or business that composts waste
pos: noun
examples: The company, the major composter in this area, will soon have much more trash coming its way because Seattle is making food waste yet another mandatory recycling ingredient in its already long list.
gloss: A container for producing compost.
pos: noun
examples: Ms. Fehrenbacher also liked the NatureMill, a small indoor composter made of recycled and recyclable polypropylene that converts food waste into fertilizer for houseplants and gardens.
Translations:
symbolist
Part of speech: adj
noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: art
arts
literature
media
publishing
Etymology: From French symboliste, coined by French poet Paul Verlaine in 1885.
Inflected forms:
form: symbolists
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Of or pertaining to the Symbolist movement in late 19th-century and early 20th-century European arts and literature
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: The general picture that has emerged is one of Cubism bubbling up out of a thick Parisian stew of symbolist poetry, Cézanne, cafe society, African masks, absinthe and a fascination with all things mechanical and modern, mostly airplanes and automatons.
gloss: One who employs symbols.
pos: noun
gloss: A symbolist poet or artist.
pos: noun
examples: The symbolists had not all an explicit philosophy; but they were all aware of potencies in the world or in themselves which language cannot articulately express, and which are yet more vitally real than the 'facts' which we can grasp and handle, and the 'respectable' people whom we can measure and reckon with.
gloss: A proponent of symbolic artificial intelligence.
pos: noun
examples: At the helm of the symbolists was [Frank] Rosenblatt’s nemesis, MIT professor Marvin Minsky.
Related words: symbologist
Translations:
unattributed
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 attributed
English unattributed
From un- + attributed.
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Lacking attribution; of unknown authorship
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: The sculpture is a life-size depiction of the unattributed 1932 photograph, which shows a group of 11 ironworkers above the Rockefeller Center construction site.
Translations:
ultraportable
Part of speech: adj
noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
Etymology: Etymology tree
English ultra-
English portable
English ultraportable
From ultra- + portable.
Inflected forms:
form: ultraportables
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Extremely portable
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: There are more subtle touches, too, like the wider spacing of the keys on a new Sony ultraportable computer notebook that goes on sale next week.
gloss: A subnotebook.
pos: noun
Translations:
truthmaker
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: compound
Topics: human-sciences
philosophy
sciences
Etymology: From truth + maker.
Compound parts: truth
maker
Inflected forms:
form: truthmakers
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: That entity in virtue of which a truthbearer is true.
pos: noun
examples: It is possible for two non-synonymous sentences to have the same truthmaker.
Translations:
teetotaling
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English teetotal
English -ing
English teetotaling
From teetotal + -ing.
Inflected forms:
form: teetotalling
pos: adj
tags: alternative
UK
Senses:
gloss: Abstaining from alcohol.
pos: adj
tags: US
not-comparable
examples: Most were some variation of the girl-whistling, boyish, movie kind, but a few were serious, teetotalling and religious.
Their teetotalling, absolutist frame of mind, along with its associated attitudes, simply closed off the option to drink.
Insull was English, from an earnest, teetotalling family of modest means. He had learned shorthand and was advancing nicely in a London firm of auctioneers ...
The name of this spacious restaurant and lounge is an ironic reference [to] the teetotaling Andrew J. Volstead, the Minnesota congressman who sponsored the act enforcing Prohibition in 1919.
Translations:
situationally
Part of speech: adv
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English situational
Middle English -ly
English -ly
English situationally
From situational + -ly.
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: In a situational way.
pos: adv
tags: not-comparable
Translations:
unaudited
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From un- + audited.
Base: audited
Affixes: un-
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Not audited.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
Translations:
newsagency
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: compound
Etymology: From news + agency.
Compound parts: news
agency
Inflected forms:
form: newsagencies
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A newsagent's shop.
pos: noun
Translations:
hexapeptide
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *swéḱs
Proto-Hellenic *hwéks
Ancient Greek ἕξ (héx)
Ancient Greek ἑξα- (hexa-)der.
Latin hexa-der.
English hexa-
Proto-Indo-European *pekʷ-
Proto-Indo-European *pékʷ-ye-
Proto-Hellenic *péťťō
Ancient Greek πέσσω (péssō)bf.
Ancient Greek πέπτω (péptō)
Ancient Greek πεπτόν (peptón)der.
German Peptonbor.
English peptone
Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-der.
Proto-Italic *-iðos
Latin -idusder.
English -ide
▲
German Pepton
▲
Latin -idusder.
German -id
German Peptidbor.
English peptide
English hexapeptide
From hexa- + peptide.
Inflected forms:
form: hexapeptides
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Any oligopeptide containing six amino acids
pos: noun
Translations:
volleyballer
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English volleyball
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 volleyballer
From volleyball + -er.
Inflected forms:
form: volleyballers
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Synonym of volleyball player.
pos: noun
Translations:
megastructure
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: architecture
literature
media
publishing
science-fiction
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *méǵh₂s
Proto-Hellenic *mégas
Ancient Greek μέγᾰς (mégăs)der.
English mega-
English structure
English megastructure
From mega- + structure.
Inflected forms:
form: megastructures
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: mega-structure
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: mega structure
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: A very large structure.
pos: noun
examples: I never cared for zipways as a way to get around megastructures like this. I always thought that there was a reason God invented taxis.
“The concern,” said Mayor Brad Parton, “is ending up with a mega-structure that costs us more than we anticipated to maintain, and that will end up as a deficit on our tax rolls.”
gloss: A very large structure.
pos: noun
examples: A fusion of architecture and city planning, megastructures were supposed to bring together mixed uses -- like housing, shopping, transportation and public space -- within a single building.
gloss: A very large structure.
pos: noun
examples: For lack of anything intelligent to do (it's a slow weekend), I've been compiling a list of stories about "megastructures" -- ringworlds, Dyson spheres, and so forth.
Wright and his co-authors say the unusual star’s light pattern is consistent with a “swarm of megastructures,” perhaps stellar-light collectors, technology designed to catch energy from the star.
gloss: The large-scale structure of a material, as contrasted to the fine-scale structure.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
examples: That local concentration of the sulphur, phosphorous and carbon is also found in many other positions has been proved by the most invaluable method of examining the macrostructure or megastructure of complete sections, of ingots and forged material, after the surfaces of the steel have been polished and etched in a suitable way.
Related words: megaform
Derived words: megastructural
Translations:
perforin
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
Etymology: From perforate + -in, alluding to its action on the cell membrane.
Base: perforate
Affixes: -in
Inflected forms:
form: perforins
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A cytolytic protein found in natural killer cells.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
Translations:
deprogrammer
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English deprogram
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 deprogrammer
From deprogram + -er.
Inflected forms:
form: deprogrammers
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: One who deprograms.
pos: noun
examples: Stephaniie's mother paid nationally famous cult "deprogrammer" Patrick $8,000 to change her daughter's "lifestyle," accord to reports in the local news media. The reports said that Marita Miethmiller objects to her daughter's relationship with her roommate.
Translations:
pericentric
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: astronomy
biology
genetics
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *per-der.
Ancient Greek περῐ́ (perĭ́)der.
English peri-
English centric
English pericentric
From peri- + centric.
Inflected forms:
form: more pericentric
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most pericentric
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: pericentral
pos: adj
gloss: Of or pertaining to a pericentre
pos: adj
gloss: Of or pertaining to the centromere of a chromosome
pos: adj
Translations:
peridium
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: biology
mycology
natural-sciences
Etymology: A New Latin form of Ancient Greek πηρίδιον (pērídion, “little pouch”).
Inflected forms:
form: peridia
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: peridiums
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The outer layer that covers the spore-bearing organ in many fungi.
pos: noun
Translations:
beginningless
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English beginning
Proto-Indo-European *lewh₁-
Proto-Indo-European *lewHs-der.
Proto-Germanic *leusaną
Proto-Germanic *lausaz
Proto-Germanic *-lausaz
Proto-West Germanic *-laus
Old English -lēas
Middle English -les
English -less
English beginningless
From beginning + -less.
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Incomplete for lack of a beginning.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: But besides this imperfect beginningless story, entitled "William Montgomery," we find in the volume another, of which the title-page gives no hint.
gloss: Eternal; uncreated; having always existed.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: Backwards, it spreads to the beginningless beginning. Forwards, it spreads to the endless end. We are always in the middle.
Beginningless time is one of those concepts which, in our human state, we find difficult to comprehend.
Synonyms: beginningless
unbeginning
unbegun
uncreated
Antonyms: initial
natal
Derived words: beginninglessness
Translations:
chaitya
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: From Sanskrit चैत्य (caitya, “hall, temple, or place of worship”).
Inflected forms:
form: chaityas
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A Buddhist or Jain shrine including a stupa.
pos: noun
Translations:
hosel
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Equivalent to hose + -le.
Base: hose
Affixes: -le
Inflected forms:
form: hosels
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The portion of the head of a golf club to which the shaft of the club attaches.
pos: noun
examples: Though largely ignored by players, hosel design is integral to the balance, feel and power of a club.
gloss: A semester, in the context of a course of study which should be enjoyable as opposed to required work.
pos: noun
tags: slang
examples: The new hosel will be using the format suggested by students.
Translations:
paratactic
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: more paratactic
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most paratactic
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: Pertaining to or using parataxis.
pos: adj
examples: BARR (Tonight and tomorrow night) Over bare stutters of piano and drums, Brendan Fowler of Barr lets loose an endlessly self-regarding logorrhea, questioning his every thought and instinct in a naked, paratactic melancholy.
Translations:
pasilla
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: From the Spanish pasilla, diminutive of pasa (“raisin”).
Inflected forms:
form: pasillas
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A variety of chili (a dried chilaca), used especially in sauces.
pos: noun
examples: Is it worth $9.99 to have someone buy and cook short ribs, shred them, season them with chipotle, arbol and pasilla chilies, mix them with slices of nopales (cactus paddles), fill two soft tortillas with the mixture and slather them with a rich sauce so you can have beef short rib enchiladas with salsa mestiza and cactus for dinner?
Translations:
salchow
Part of speech: noun
verb
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: Named after the Swedish skater Ulrich Salchow.
Inflected forms:
form: salchows
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: salchows
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: salchowing
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: salchowed
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: salchowed
pos: verb
tags: past
Senses:
gloss: A figure skating jump with a takeoff from a back inside edge and landing on the back outside edge of the opposite foot after one or more rotations in the air.
pos: noun
examples: Naomi Nari Nam and Themi Leftheris had a chance to grab a world team spot after Inoue and Baldwin stumbled, but Nam fell to a knee trying to land a throw triple salchow and also fell on the next throw, a triple loop.
gloss: To perform a figure skating jump of this kind.
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
Translations:
petrologic
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English petrology
Proto-Indo-European *-ikos
Proto-Italic *-ikos
Latin -icuslbor.
Old French -iquebor.
Middle English -ik
English -ic
English petrologic
From petrology + -ic.
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Of or pertaining to petrology.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
Translations:
phalloidin
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
Etymology: From translingual phalloides + -in.
Affixes: -in
Inflected forms:
form: phalloidins
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A toxic cyclic peptide obtained from the mushroom Amanita phalloides
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
Translations:
pharmacogenomic
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
Ancient Greek φάρμᾰκον (phármăkon)der.
English pharmaco-
English genomic
English pharmacogenomic
From pharmaco- + genomic.
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Of or pertaining to pharmacogenomics or to pharmacogenomes
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
Translations:
bittercress
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: compound
Etymology: From bitter + cress.
Compound parts: bitter
cress
Inflected forms:
form: bittercresses
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Barbarea vulgaris (garden yellowrocket), a biennial herb native to Europe.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: Any plant of the Cardamine genus, especially Cardamine bulbosa and Cardamine hirsuta.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
Derived words: alpine bittercress
American bittercress
big western bittercress
bittercress ragwort
Blue Ridge bittercress
Brewer's bittercress
bulbous bittercress
Carr's bittercress
cliff bittercress
Constance's bittercress
coralroot bittercress
hairy bittercress
heartleaf bittercress
Japanese bittercress
largeseed bittercress
limestone bittercress
little western bettercress
Long's bittercress
narrowleaf bittercress
Pennsylvania bittercress
purple bittercress
Richardson's bittercress
roadside bittercress
Saddle Mountain bittercress
sand bittercress
seaside bittercress
serpentine bittercress
small-leaf bittercress
small mountain bittercress
streambank bittercress
Texas bittercress
Willamette Valley bittercress
woodland bittercress
Translations:
Elastoplast
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From the trademarked name of one brand of sticking plasters, presumably from elasto- (“elastic”) + plast(er).
Base: plaster
Affixes: elasto-
Inflected forms:
form: Elastoplasts
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: elastoplast
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: A sticking plaster (adhesive bandage) or medical dressing; a band-aid.
pos: noun
tags: Commonwealth
Ireland
UK
countable
uncountable
examples: Tension on the skin edges is prevented by the use of several one-half inch strips of elastoplast applied directly across the wound at right angle to the suture line.
Laden, as we were, with baskets, boots, crooked walking sticks, gloves and Elastoplasts, we were off blackberry picking.
Translations:
jabiru
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: From a Tupian term such as Old Tupi îabyru, said to mean either "swollen neck" or "one that spits".
Inflected forms:
form: jabirus
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A species of bird Jabiru mycteria in the monotypic genus Jabiru, of the stork family Ciconiidae, endemic to the Americas.
pos: noun
gloss: The black-necked stork, Ephippiorhynchus asiaticus.
pos: noun
tags: Australia
examples: He's a jabiru - the only Australian stork.
Translations:
supersecret
Part of speech: adj
noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *úp
Proto-Indo-European *-er
Proto-Indo-European *upér
Proto-Italic *super
Latin super
Latin super-lbor.
English super-
English secret
English supersecret
From super- + secret.
Inflected forms:
form: more supersecret
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most supersecret
pos: adj
tags: superlative
form: super-secret
pos: adj
tags: alternative
form: supersecrets
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: super-secret
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: Extremely secret or secretive
pos: adj
examples: The changes come a year after a Sundance film, “This Film Is Not Yet Rated,” excoriated the rating system as a supersecret star chamber.
gloss: A piece of highly secret information.
pos: noun
examples: While this author has argued that most of those "supersecrets" fell into American hands, or, worse, that the most radical and exotic of these supersecrets remained in Nazi hands after the war, Agoston's book is signally important in that it was the first public recounting of the Kammler Group and the first disclosure that much more was going on inside of Nazi Germany besides the development of jet aircraft and rockets.
Translations:
superbike
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: hobbies
lifestyle
motorcycling
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *úp
Proto-Indo-European *-er
Proto-Indo-European *upér
Proto-Italic *super
Latin super
Latin super-lbor.
English super-
Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁
Proto-Indo-European *dwís
Proto-Italic *dwis
Old Latin duis
Latin bisder.
French bi-
Proto-Indo-European *kʷel-
Proto-Indo-European *kʷékʷlos
Ancient Greek κῠ́κλος (kŭ́klos)der.
Late Latin cyclusder.
Middle French
French cycle
French bicyclebor.
English bicycleclip.
English bike
English superbike
From super- + bike.
Inflected forms:
form: superbikes
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: super bike
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: A super sport bike with a large engine, usually between 800 and 1200 cc
pos: noun
examples: "Do you stay at the front of the second class, or step up and show what you can do on a superbike?"
Translations:
subarachnoid
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *upó
Proto-Italic *supo
Latin sub
Latin sub-der.
English sub-
English arachnoid
English subarachnoid
From sub- + arachnoid.
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Located or occurring below the arachnoid mater, often specifically between the arachnoid membrane and the pia mater.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
relational
examples: After an internal examination he found that "the cause of death was craniocerebral injury with subarachnoid hemorrhage […]."
Translations:
successional
Part of speech: adj
noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: biology
natural-sciences
Etymology: Etymology tree
English succession
Proto-Italic *-ālis
Latin -ālisbor.
Old French -albor.
▲
Latin -ālis
Old French -elbor.
▲
Latin -ālisbor.
Middle English -al
English -al
English successional
From succession + -al.
Inflected forms:
form: successionals
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Of, related to or caused by succession
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: Surviving plant communities can be compared to their ancestors, and the differences between them reveal the changes wrought by climate, by pollution, by natural successional processes.
gloss: Such an organism
pos: noun
Translations:
speechwriting
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: compound
Etymology: From speech + writing.
Compound parts: speech
writing
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: The craft or activity of writing speeches, usually for delivery by someone else
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
examples: Her mother […] directs communications, publications and speechwriting.
Translations:
speakership
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: government
politics
Etymology: Etymology tree
English speaker
Proto-Germanic *skapjaną
Proto-Germanic *-skapiz
Proto-West Germanic *-skapi
Old English -sċiepe
Middle English -schipe
English -ship
English speakership
From speaker + -ship.
Inflected forms:
form: speakerships
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: Speakership
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: The position or tenure of the speaker of a legislative body.
pos: noun
examples: Under the political bargain struck among Iraq’s religious and ethnic groups, the Sunni Arabs hold three leadership positions: one vice presidential slot, one deputy prime minister slot and the speakership.
Washington loves a death watch, which is what McCarthy’s speakership provided from its first wee hours.
Translations:
soilless
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English soil
Proto-Indo-European *lewh₁-
Proto-Indo-European *lewHs-der.
Proto-Germanic *leusaną
Proto-Germanic *lausaz
Proto-Germanic *-lausaz
Proto-West Germanic *-laus
Old English -lēas
Middle English -les
English -less
English soilless
From soil + -less.
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Lacking home soil; dispossessed
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: If they live in squalor, in filth, in crime, with hope and joy gone, a homeless, soilless army of human prey.
gloss: Not using or containing soil
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: One popular recipe for a homemade version is two parts soilless mix like Pro-Mix and one part each vermiculite and perlite.
Derived words: soillessness
Translations:
skylit
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: compound
Topics: architecture
Etymology: From sky + lit.
Compound parts: sky
lit
Inflected forms:
form: sky-lit
pos: adj
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: Receiving all or most light from the sky
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: And many must applaud the design of airport terminals, also of such buildings as the one that houses the Milwaukee Repertory, according to the skylit, bared-girder doming of pre-20th-century French train stations.
gloss: Furnished with one or more skylights.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
Translations:
sleepaway
Part of speech: adj
noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: sleep + away
Inflected forms:
form: sleepaways
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Of a camp or event in which participants sleep away from home.
pos: adj
tags: attributive
not-comparable
examples: This annual event, presented by Resources for Children With Special Needs, offers information on 70 day and sleepaway options in the Northeast.
gloss: A camp or event in which participants sleep away from home.
pos: noun
Translations:
shotmaking
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: compound
Topics: hobbies
lifestyle
sports
Etymology: From shot + making.
Compound parts: shot
making
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: The skill of making accurate shots
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
examples: A combination of skills — from shotmaking to mental toughness — is required to win a Grand Slam event like the French Open, which begins tomorrow.
Translations:
shortgrass
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: compound
Etymology: From short + grass.
Compound parts: short
grass
Inflected forms:
form: shortgrasses
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The set of short, tough grasses that thrive in arid plains; often specifically the native grasses of the North American Great Plains.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
usually
examples: The original centers of abundance of upland sandpipers were the shortgrass and mixed-grass prairies of the Great Plains.
Translations:
seatless
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English seat
Proto-Indo-European *lewh₁-
Proto-Indo-European *lewHs-der.
Proto-Germanic *leusaną
Proto-Germanic *lausaz
Proto-Germanic *-lausaz
Proto-West Germanic *-laus
Old English -lēas
Middle English -les
English -less
English seatless
From seat + -less.
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Lacking a seat.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: August 17, 1890, George Bernard Shaw, letter to William Archer
We were much disheartened when we arrived and found ourselves in the middle of a lamenting, seatless, lodgingless horde of English and American trippers […]
My companions rose one by one and emptied their nocturnal accumulations of urine into the seatless toilet.
Three weeks ago today, Progressive Conservative MPP Laurie Scott announced that she was resigning her seat […] to make way for her seatless party leader, John Tory.
Translations:
overcorrect
Part of speech: verb
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *úp
Proto-Indo-European *-er
Proto-Indo-European *upér
Proto-Germanic *uber
Old English ofer-
Middle English over-
English over-
English correct
English overcorrect
From over- + correct.
Inflected forms:
form: overcorrects
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: overcorrecting
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: overcorrected
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: overcorrected
pos: verb
tags: past
Senses:
gloss: To correct too sharply or too much
pos: verb
examples: […] Ms. Goodman, who was driving, overcorrected after passing a slow-moving vehicle.
Translations:
nonpermanent
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English non-
Proto-Indo-European *per-der.
Proto-Italic *peri-
Latin per-
Proto-Indo-European *men-der.
Proto-Italic *monēō
Latin maneō
Latin permaneōlbor.
Middle French permanentbor.
English permanent
English nonpermanent
From non- + permanent.
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Not permanent
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: […] lengthy negotiations continued through Friday on a series of amendments from three of the Security Council’s nonpermanent members, South Africa, Indonesia and Qatar.
Translations:
nonmaterial
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English non-
English material
English nonmaterial
From non- + material.
Inflected forms:
form: non-material
pos: adj
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: Not material; apart from matter
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: All wish to achieve nothing less than "the union of the material and the nonmaterial worlds," as Don Seiden describes it.
Translations:
nicotiana
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: agriculture
business
horticulture
lifestyle
Etymology: Learned borrowing from taxonomic name Nicotiāna, from (Jean) Nicot (French ambassador to Portugal, who sent seeds back to France in 1561) + -iāna (adjective forming suffix) (feminine of -iānus).
Affixes: -ianus
Inflected forms:
form: nicotianas
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Any ornamental plant of the genus Nicotiana
pos: noun
examples: But strong-stemmed bushy plants like salvias, coneflowers, cosmos, marigolds, nicotianas and zinnias should be cut back only to the next strong branch or pair of branches.
Translations:
nonaggressive
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *né
Proto-Germanic *ne
Proto-Indo-European *ís?
Proto-Indo-European *h₁óynos
Proto-Germanic *ainaz
Proto-Germanic *nainaz
Proto-West Germanic *nain
Old English nān
Middle English non
▲
Old English nān
Old English nān-
Middle English non-
English non-
Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd
Proto-Italic *ad
Proto-Italic *ad-
Latin ad-
Proto-Indo-European *gʰredʰ-der.
Latin gradior
Latin aggredior
Latin aggressuslbor.
English aggress
Proto-Indo-European *-wós
Proto-Indo-European *-iHwósder.
Latin -īvus
Old French -ifbor.
Middle English -yf
English -ive
English aggressive
English nonaggressive
From non- + aggressive.
Inflected forms:
form: non-aggressive
pos: adj
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: Not aggressive
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: Lee Silverman, the owner of the store, wants the staff to be honest and nonaggressive.
Translations:
revisionary
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Italic *wre-
Latin re-der.
Old French re-bor.
Middle English re-
English re-
English vision
English revision
Proto-Indo-European *-yósder.
Proto-Italic *-āzijos
Latin -āriusder.
Middle English -arie
English -ary
English revisionary
From revision + -ary.
Inflected forms:
form: more revisionary
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most revisionary
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: Having the character of a revision.
pos: adj
examples: Near-synonym: corrective
I conclude that there is good reason to suspect that adverbialist paraphrases are in fact conservative rather than revisionary.
Translations:
prefectural
Part of speech: adj
noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English prefecture
Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.?
Proto-Italic *-ālis
Latin -ālisbor.
Old French -albor.
▲
Latin -ālis
Old French -elbor.
▲
Latin -ālisbor.
Middle English -al
English -al
English prefectural
From prefecture + -al.
Inflected forms:
form: prefecturals
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Of, pertaining to or at the level of a prefecture.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: But Mr. Fukuda appeared to have enough support to win a majority of the 528 votes in the election, with 387 party lawmakers each holding one vote, and prefectural chapters holding 141 votes.
gloss: A tournament in which participants from all over the prefecture compete.
pos: noun
tags: plural-normally
Translations:
preventively
Part of speech: adv
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English preventive
Middle English -ly
English -ly
English preventively
From preventive + -ly.
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: In a preventive way
pos: adv
tags: not-comparable
examples: On Iran, Biden said Washington will strive to act preventively and avoid having to choose between the risks of war and the dangers of inaction.
Translations:
prescriber
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *per-
Proto-Indo-European *preh₂-
Proto-Indo-European *-i
Proto-Indo-European *préh₂i?
Proto-Italic *prai
Proto-Italic *prai-
Latin prae-
Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker-?
Proto-Indo-European *(s)kreybʰ-
Proto-Indo-European *(s)kréybʰeti
Proto-Italic *skreiβō
Latin scrībō
Latin praescrībōbor.
English prescribe
English -er
English prescriber
From prescribe + -er.
Inflected forms:
form: prescribers
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A person who prescribes medication (usually a physician, physician assistant, or nurse practitioner).
pos: noun
examples: […] the law made New Hampshire the first state to try to block pharmaceutical companies’ hard-sell pitches by restricting access to data that identifies doctors and other prescribers.
gloss: One who directs or orders, as for example one who makes prescriptive demands on others' use of language.
pos: noun
examples: Alongside Webster's dictionary stood a slew of rabid reformers and prescribers of correct English.
Translations:
light-headed
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From light (“lacking weight or mental gravity”, adjective) + headed (“having a head”, adjective).
Base: light
Inflected forms:
form: lighter-headed
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: more light-headed
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: lightest-headed
pos: adj
tags: superlative
form: most light-headed
pos: adj
tags: superlative
form: lightheaded
pos: adj
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: Dizzy or feeling faint, usually as a result of a drop in blood pressure to the brain; delirious.
pos: adj
gloss: Thoughtless; volatile; frivolous.
pos: adj
tags: figuratively
Related words: lighthearted
Derived words: light-headedly
lightheadedness
Translations:
lightheadedness
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From light-headed (adjective) (any sense) + -ness (suffix forming nouns).
Affixes: light-headed
-ness
Inflected forms:
form: light-headedness
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: The state or quality of being light-headed; dizziness or faintness; flightiness; wandering; delirium.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
examples: The lightheadedness passed once I lay down.
The effects caused by inhaling nitrous oxide gas, such as lightheadedness and euphoria, can be felt within seconds.
Translations:
maximalism
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From maximal + -ism, by analogy with minimalism.
Base: maximal
Affixes: -ism
Inflected forms:
form: maximalisms
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The opposite of minimalism: a tendency toward excess.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
usually
examples: With its romantic harmonies out of Berlioz, the 4½-hour “Einstein” score marked a passage out of Minimalism into a new genre that John Rockwell dubbed “Maximalism.”
The design trend known as maximalism has arrived in the workplace.
Though it proclaims itself to be unaffected by economic thought, it is in fact deeply influenced by the “more rights equals more innovation” ideology of maximalism that I have described in these pages.
“Antlers have a kind of maximalism that satisfies our urge for things to be overdesigned,” said David Wolfe, the creative director of the Doneger Group, which forecasts fashion and retail trends.
Hot pink fits right into maximalism, which experienced a resurgence in recent years as a response to the cool minimalist aesthetic that dominated Instagram feeds for so long.
gloss: An ideology favoring radical or aggressive action to achieve expansive goals; the stance of maximalists.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
usually
examples: In other words, in contrast to supporters of Gahal and other advocates of territorial maximalism, they judged peace with their neighbors to be more important than Jewish sovereignty over as much of the Land of Israel as possible.
Maximalism, that is, a predisposition to seek unconditional victory, is one of these. Politico-military movements are almost always revolutionary in the sense that they propose to use violence to change the existing regime.
Debates between advocates of territorial maximalism and supporters of territorial compromise place heavy emphasis on considerations of military security.
Related words: maximalist
maximism
Translations:
psychopharmacological
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
Ancient Greek ψῡχή (psūkhḗ)
Ancient Greek ψῡχο- (psūkho-)der.
English psycho-
Ancient Greek φάρμᾰκον (phármăkon)der.
English pharmaco-
Proto-Indo-European *leǵ-
Ancient Greek λόγος (lógos)
Proto-Indo-European *-h₂
Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂
Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂
Proto-Hellenic *-íā
Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā)
Ancient Greek -λογῐ́ᾱ (-logĭ́ā)bor.
Latin -logialbor.
French -logiebor.
English -logy
English pharmacology
English psychopharmacology
Proto-Indo-European *-ikos
Proto-Italic *-ikos
Latin -icuslbor.
Old French -iquebor.
Middle English -ic
Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.?
Proto-Italic *-ālis
Latin -ālisbor.
Old French -albor.
▲
Latin -ālis
Old French -elbor.
▲
Latin -ālisbor.
Middle English -al
Middle English -ical
English -ical
English psychopharmacological
From psychopharmacology + -ical.
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Of or pertaining to psychopharmacology, the interactions between pharmaceuticals and the brain
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: Three of the crack-related homicides were attributed to the psychopharmacological consequences of ingesting crack (increased violence, excitability, and irrationality), and eight homicides were attributed to the economic compulsion to engage in crime in order to subsidize drug use.
As a compromise in an age of psychopharmacological doubt, this seems about right.
Translations:
pyrotechnical
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *péh₂wr̥
Proto-Hellenic *pāwər
Ancient Greek πῦρ (pûr)
Latin pyr
English pyro-
English technical
English pyrotechnical
From pyro- + technical.
Inflected forms:
form: more pyrotechnical
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most pyrotechnical
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: Of or pertaining to pyrotechnics
pos: adj
gloss: Resembling fireworks
pos: adj
examples: […] Desmond Richardson, whose smooth integration of pyrotechnical razzle-dazzle and sure acting might well have pleased Mr. Butler.
Translations:
biomechanically
Part of speech: adv
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *gʷeyh₃-der.
Ancient Greek βῐ́ος (bĭ́os)
Ancient Greek βῐο- (bĭo-)der.
English bio-
Proto-Indo-European *megʰ-der.?
Ancient Greek μηχανή (mēkhanḗ)
Proto-Indo-European *-kos
Ancient Greek -κός (-kós)
Ancient Greek -ικός (-ikós)
Ancient Greek μηχανικός (mēkhanikós)bor.
Latin mēchanicusder.
Old French mecaniquebor.
Middle English mechanic
Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.?
Proto-Italic *-ālis
Latin -ālisbor.
Old French -albor.
▲
Latin -ālis
Old French -elbor.
▲
Latin -ālisbor.
Middle English -al
Middle English mechanical
English mechanical
English biomechanical
Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der.
Proto-Germanic *līkąder.
Proto-Germanic *-līkaz
Proto-Germanic *-ê
Proto-Germanic *-līkê
Proto-West Germanic *-līkē
Old English -līċe
Middle English -ly
English -ly
English biomechanically
From biomechanical + -ly.
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: With regard to biomechanics.
pos: adv
tags: not-comparable
Translations: