yuanxin112/wiktionary-morph huggingface dataset:
magnetomotive
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
Etymology: Etymology tree
Pre-Greekbor.?
Ancient Greek Μάγνης (Mágnēs)
Ancient Greek μᾰ́γνης (mắgnēs)bor.
Old French magnetebor.
▲
Ancient Greek μᾰ́γνης (mắgnēs)bor.
Latin magnēsbor.
Middle English magnete
English magnet
English magnet-
Ancient Greek -ο- (-o-)der.
Latin -o-bor.
English -o-
English magneto-
Anglo-Norman motifder.
Middle French motifder.
Proto-Indo-European *m(y)ewh₁-der.
Proto-Italic *moweō
Late Latin moveō
Late Latin mōtus
Proto-Indo-European *-wós
Proto-Indo-European *-iHwósder.
Late Latin -īvus
Late Latin mōtīvumder.
Middle English motif
English motive
English magnetomotive
From magneto- + motive.
Inflected forms:
form: more magnetomotive
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most magnetomotive
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: capable of producing magnetic flux
pos: adj
Translations:
emplacement
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: geography
geology
natural-sciences
Etymology: From French emplacement, from en- + placement.
Inflected forms:
form: emplacements
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: An installation that houses a military weapon.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: A place where a thing is located; the act of placing something somewhere.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: The inclusion of igneous rock in older rocks, or the development or localization of an ore body in older rocks. The latter is referred to as ore deposition.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
Translations:
fusionist
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: government
politics
Etymology: Etymology tree
English fusion
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 fusionist
From fusion + -ist.
Inflected forms:
form: fusionists
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: An adherent of fusionism or a participant in a political fusion.
pos: noun
examples: Longtime fusionists, who are veterans not just of the intense and consequential debates surrounding foreign policy during the Cold War and the War on Terror but also of countless successful courtroom contests designed to expand First Amendment rights in the face of government censorship, might be startled by this news.
gloss: Someone who studies nuclear fusion.
pos: noun
Translations:
god-modding
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: video-games
Etymology: Misspelling of god mode + -ing (see godmoding)
Base: god mode
Affixes: -ing
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Any form of cheating by automatic hits and controlling another player's character implemented by installing a mod in the game.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
gloss: To take control of another person's role whilst role-playing
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
Translations:
handguard
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: compound
Etymology: From hand + guard.
Compound parts: hand
guard
Inflected forms:
form: handguards
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A guard on the front of a weapon for hand and finger protection, or to allow for attachments to the weapon.
pos: noun
Translations:
knifepoint
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: compound
Etymology: From knife + point.
Compound parts: knife
point
Inflected forms:
form: knifepoints
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The pointed end of a knife.
pos: noun
Translations:
koozie
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: compound
Etymology: An alteration of earlier cozy, cosy (“padded or knit covering put on an item to insulate it”), from Scots. This form, with /u/, is perhaps influenced by a blend of cool, kool + cozy.
Compound parts: kool
cozy
Inflected forms:
form: koozies
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: coozie
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: cozie
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: coozy
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: A thermal insulation sleeve for cans or bottles.
pos: noun
Translations:
nappe
Part of speech: noun
verb
Morphological type: simple
Topics: cooking
engineering
food
geography
geology
hydraulics
lifestyle
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
Etymology: From French nappe. Doublet of map, mop, and nape.
Inflected forms:
form: nappes
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: nappes
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: napping
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: napped
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: napped
pos: verb
tags: past
Senses:
gloss: The profile of a body of water flowing over an obstruction in a vertical drop.
pos: noun
gloss: Either of the two parts of a double cone.
pos: noun
gloss: A sheet-like mass of rock that has been folded over adjacent strata.
pos: noun
examples: The generation of an Alpine mountain range is a matter of piling on the nappes.
gloss: Geological nappe whose underside is not in contact with the overflow structure and is at ambient atmospheric pressure.
pos: noun
gloss: The ability of a sauce or other relatively thick liquid to coat food, the back of a spoon, etc.
pos: noun
gloss: To coat (a food) with liquid.
pos: verb
examples: to nappe a leg of lamb with glaze
Translations:
submucosal
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 mucosa
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 mucosal
English submucosal
From sub- + mucosal.
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Situated below or underneath the mucosal tissue.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
Translations:
mangan
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: board-games
games
mahjong
Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese 満貫 (mangan), an orthographic borrowing from Mandarin 滿貫 /满贯 (mǎnguàn).
Inflected forms:
form: mangan
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: mangans
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A win achieving five han, or three/four han with the required number of fu; worth 12,000 points if the winning player is on the East (dealer) side or 8,000 points otherwise.
pos: noun
tags: Japanese
examples: Even if she gets +8000 points with a mangan, she'll be at -1.
Outside tournaments the chombo penalty is a reverse mangan payment: 4,000 to East, 2,000 to other players.
In mahjong last night I had a six-han hand! I got a mangan.
By the time they'd reached the twelfth round, Kobayashi had won the first hand by drawing his winning tile. "Tsumo! Riizumo, pinfu, dora 2—Mangan. 2000, 4000!" Incredibly, Kobayashi had won a full 8000 points on his first hand.
Translations:
cyclical
Part of speech: adj
noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: biology
botany
business
finance
natural-sciences
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *kʷel-
Proto-Indo-European *kʷékʷlos
Ancient Greek κύκλος (kúklos)
Proto-Indo-European *-kos
Ancient Greek -κός (-kós)
Ancient Greek -ικός (-ikós)
Ancient Greek κυκλῐκός (kuklĭkós)bor.
Classical Latin cyclicuslbor.
Middle French cyclique
French cycliquebor.
▲
Classical Latin cyclicusbor.
English cyclic
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 cyclical
From cyclic + -al.
Inflected forms:
form: more cyclical
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most cyclical
pos: adj
tags: superlative
form: cyclicals
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Recurring at regular intervals.
pos: adj
examples: Nobody thinks the cyclical turn is possible until it's already well underway.
gloss: Rolled up circularly.
pos: adj
examples: a cyclical embryo
gloss: A stock of a cyclical company.
pos: noun
tags: in-plural
often
Related words: cyclicism
Derived words: acyclical
anticyclical
contracyclical
countercyclical
cyclicalism
cyclicality
cyclically
cyclical unemployment
cyclical vomiting syndrome
epicyclical
heterocyclical
homocyclical
intercyclical
intracyclical
noncyclical
polycyclical
procyclical
Translations:
chiefdom
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: anthropology
human-sciences
sciences
Etymology: From chief + -dom. Piecewise doublet of chefdom.
Base: chief
Affixes: -dom
Inflected forms:
form: chiefdoms
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The role or status of chief.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: the privileges of chiefdom
gloss: An area or region governed by a chief.
pos: noun
tags: countable
gloss: A society larger than a tribe, but smaller or simpler than a state.
pos: noun
tags: countable
Synonyms: chieftaindom
Translations:
Palawan
Part of speech: noun
adj
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: Palawans
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: more Palawan
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most Palawan
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: Palawan (ethnic group)
pos: noun
gloss: Of, from, or pertaining to the Palawan island, its people or its culture.
pos: adj
Translations:
knee-trembler
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: knee-tremblers
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: knee-tremble
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: A casual outdoor sexual encounter (commonly with a prostitute), usually in an alleyway or against a wall, with the man standing and the woman's knees raised.
pos: noun
tags: slang
Translations:
anhydrite
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: chemistry
geography
geology
mineralogy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *né
Proto-Indo-European *n̥-
Proto-Hellenic *ə-
Ancient Greek ᾰ̓- (ă-)
Ancient Greek ἀν- (an-)der.
English an-
Proto-Indo-European *wed-
Proto-Indo-European *-r̥
Proto-Indo-European *wódr̥
Proto-Hellenic *údōr
Ancient Greek ῡ̆̔́δωρ (hū̆́dōr)
Ancient Greek ῠ̔δρο- (hŭdro-)der.
English hydro-
Proto-Indo-European *-tósder.
Ancient Greek -της (-tēs)der.
Ancient Greek -ῑ́της (-ī́tēs)der.
Latin -ītēsbor.
French -iteder.
English -ite
English anhydrite
From an- + hydro- + -ite.
Inflected forms:
form: anhydrites
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: An evaporite mineral made of anhydrous calcium sulfate.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
Translations:
superscription
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: From Middle French superscription, or its source, Late Latin superscriptio, from superscribere.
Inflected forms:
form: superscriptions
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Something written (or engraved) on the surface, outside, or above something else; specifically, an address on a letter, envelope, etc.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: Hovv counterfeit a coin they are vvho friends / Bear in their Superſcription (of the moſt / I vvould be underſtood) in proſperous days / They ſvvarm, but in adverſe vvithdravv their head / Not to be found, though ſought.
"Dear me, Mr. Holmes. Dear me!" said this singular epistle. There was neither superscription nor signature. I laughed at the quaint message; but Holmes showed unwonted seriousness.
Its superscription was my name, and the name of the sender, my mother.
Schwartz glanced at the printed superscription on the envelope and grumbled as he put the envelope away in his overcoat pocket, to read at leisure.
gloss: An editorial addition at the beginning, often indicating the authorship of a piece.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: 1911, Encyclopædia Britannica
By a pure error, or perhaps through a confusion in the traditions, Achish the Philistine (of Gath, 1 Sam. xxi., xxvii.), to whom David fled, is called Abimelech in the superscription to Psalm 34.
gloss: The act of superscribing.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
Related words: superscript
colophon
Translations:
aragonite
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: chemistry
geography
geology
mineralogy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
Etymology: From Aragon + -ite, after the province in Spain, named by Abraham Gottlob Werner in 1790.
Base: Aragon
Affixes: -ite
Inflected forms:
form: aragonites
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: An evaporite consisting of anhydrous calcium carbonate with the chemical formula CaCO₃ and occurring in pearls, shells and nacre; it is dimorphous with calcite.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: The basic chemical material of molluscan shells is calcium carbonate, which forms the outer layer of calcite, and the inner layer of aragonite, which is a heavier and harder substance although it has the same chemical composition.
Translations:
westwards
Part of speech: adv
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English west
English -wards
English westwards
From west + -wards.
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: westward, towards the west
pos: adv
tags: not-comparable
examples: The view westwards from here is extremely fine, with the striking flat-topped outline of Blencathra or Saddleback (2,847ft) the most dominant feature, and the Helvellyn range to the left.
Basingstoke-Exeter will test this. From Salisbury westwards, it's largely single-track since British Rail downgraded it in 1967. There's a ten-mile loop between Templecombe and Yeovil, as well as shorter loops at Chard, Axminster and Honiton.
Translations:
dolomite
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: chemistry
geography
geology
mineralogy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
Etymology: From French dolomite, coined March 1792 by Nicolas de Saussure, named after French mineralogist and engineer Déodat de Dolomieu (1750–1801) who described the stone in 1791 by adding -ite, from place name Dolomieu, Isère.
Inflected forms:
form: dolomites
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: An evaporite consisting of a mixed calcium and magnesium carbonate, with the chemical formula CaMg(CO₃)₂; it also exists as the rock dolostone.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
Translations:
lungi
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: From Hindi लुंगी (luṅgī)/Urdu لنگی (lungī).
Inflected forms:
form: lungis
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: longi
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: longyi
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: lungie
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: lungy
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: lungyi
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: loonghee
pos: noun
tags: alternative
archaic
form: loonghi
pos: noun
tags: alternative
archaic
Senses:
gloss: A garment worn around the waist, especially by men, in Southern India, Bangladesh, Burma, and Pakistan.
pos: noun
examples: Samad […] regularly wore a long piece of embroidered grey cotton, a lungi, wrapped round his waist.
Translations:
trona
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: chemistry
geography
geology
mineralogy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
Etymology: From Swedish trona or from Spanish trona, both derived from Arabic أَطْرُون (ʔaṭrūn), from نَطْرُون (naṭrūn), from Ancient Greek νίτρον (nítron), ultimately from Egyptian nṯrj: R9. Doublet of natron and niter.
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: An evaporite, consisting of mixture of sodium carbonate and sodium bicarbonate, Na₃HCO₃CO₃·2H₂O.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
Translations:
linalool
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
Etymology: Etymology tree
English linaloe
English -ol
English linalool
From linaloe + -ol.
Inflected forms:
form: linalools
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A monoterpene alcohol found in many essential oils.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
usually
Translations:
hemispherical
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *sem-
Proto-Indo-European *sēmi
Ancient Greek ἡμῐ- (hēmĭ-)lbor.
English hemi-
English spherical
English hemispherical
From hemi- + spherical.
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Having the shape of half a sphere.
pos: adj
examples: Split peas are hemispherical.
Wind speed is measured by the conventional arrangement of three hemispherical cups, mounted at 120 deg. on a shaft which is geared to a cam.
gloss: Pertaining to or operating throughout a hemisphere of the Earth.
pos: adj
Synonyms: hemispheric
Derived words: bihemispherical
conicohemispherical
hemispherically
interhemispherical
subhemispherical
Translations:
adversely
Part of speech: adv
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English adverse
Middle English -ly
English -ly
English adversely
From adverse + -ly.
Inflected forms:
form: more adversely
pos: adv
tags: comparative
form: most adversely
pos: adv
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: In an adverse manner.
pos: adv
examples: adversely affected
Mucus-rich ink is supposedly a dangerous or annoying substance that interferes with fish gills and some cephalopods react adversely to their own inkings in small containers or in the lab.
Translations:
fingerspelling
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: compound
Etymology: From finger + spelling.
Compound parts: finger
spelling
Inflected forms:
form: fingerspellings
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: FS
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: The practice of representing the letters of an alphabet using just the hands to spell out words.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: Any system for representing the letters of an alphabet using just the hands; a manual alphabet that is a representation of a written alphabet.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: A representation of the spelling of a word using such a system.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
Translations:
predominate
Part of speech: verb
adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From Latin praedominātus, past participle of praedominor. By surface analysis, pre- + dominate.
Inflected forms:
form: predominates
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: predominating
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: predominated
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: predominated
pos: verb
tags: past
form: prædominate
pos: verb
tags: alternative
obsolete
form: more predominate
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most predominate
pos: adj
tags: superlative
form: prædominate
pos: adj
tags: alternative
obsolete
Senses:
gloss: To dominate, have control, or succeed by superior numbers or size.
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
examples: With economic segregation in the United States worsening, there is likely to be a growing number of school districts where poor children, and poor parents, predominate.
These qualities tend to predominate among conservatives but they are present among liberals too.
gloss: To be prominent; to loom large; to be the chief component of a whole.
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
examples: All in her mind was confusion; still the paramount sense that predominated over all others, was the bitter conviction of his unworthiness.
During the silk weavers strike on Jersey City Heights and in West Hoboken last Summer, Poidebard's mill was regarded as especially obnoxious by the strikers, and the largely predominating Socialist element among them frequently menaced it with attack.
Thus, even though a total of four lags of inflation enters the right hand side, forward looking behavior still predominates.
gloss: To dominate or hold power over, especially through numerical advantage; to outweigh.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
gloss: Predominant.
pos: adj
tags: proscribed
sometimes
examples: Eradication of disorder may indirectly reduce crime by stabilizing neighborhoods, but the direct link as formulated by proponents was not the predominate one in our study.
Synonyms: preponderate
prevail
Derived words: predominatingly
Translations:
half-truth
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English half-
Proto-Indo-European *drewH-der.
Proto-Germanic *triwwiz
Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂der.
Proto-Germanic *-iþō
Proto-Germanic *triwwiþō
Old English trēowþ
Middle English trouthe
English truth
English half-truth
From half- + truth.
Inflected forms:
form: half-truths
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: half truth
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: A deceptive statement, especially one that is only partly true, is incomplete, misrepresents reality by telling part of the truth, or alters the time sequence of truths.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: The Minister no doubt would claim that the public has already expressed its opinion by deserting the trains. As we have said before, this is scarcely a half-truth. By and large, where there has been a decline the public has deserted the out-dated trains; [...].
Translations:
Mayberry
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: From the main town in the 1960s television sitcom The Andy Griffith Show.
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Utopian; perfect for dwelling.
pos: adj
tags: figuratively
not-comparable
examples: He often talked about coming from a Mayberry type of town.
Translations:
misrepresent
Part of speech: verb
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *mey-?
Proto-Indo-European *meyth₂-der.
Proto-Germanic *missaz
Proto-Germanic *missa-
Proto-West Germanic *missa-
Old English mis-
Middle English mys-
English mis-
Proto-Italic *wre-
Latin re-der.
Old French re-bor.
Middle English re-
English re-
English presend
English -t
English present
English represent
English misrepresent
From mis- + represent.
Inflected forms:
form: misrepresents
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: misrepresenting
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: misrepresented
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: misrepresented
pos: verb
tags: past
Senses:
gloss: To represent falsely; to inaccurately portray something.
pos: verb
examples: The fraudster misrepresented himself as a lawyer.
Here perhaps one of you might interrupt me and say, 'But what is it that you do, Socrates? How is it that you have been misrepresented like this? Surely all this talk and gossip about you would never have arisen if you had confined yourself to ordinary activities, but only if your behaviour was abnormal. Give us the explanation, if you do not want us to draw our own conclusions.'
Translations:
creampie
Part of speech: verb
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: creampies
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: creampieing
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: creampied
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: creampied
pos: verb
tags: past
Senses:
gloss: To visibly ejaculate in the vagina.
pos: verb
tags: slang
transitive
vulgar
examples: He creampied her vagina.
Husband asked the wife if she would like to be gangbanged, she accepts, however, husband wants her tied to the bed and his friends to creampie in her.
Bridgerton might not be on the level of a “click this and try not to cum” hentai pop-up ad, but a plot revolving around whether or not a man will or won’t creampie his wife isn’t exactly prudish.
Translations:
dithionite
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
Inflected forms:
form: dithionites
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: any salt or ester of dithionous acid, H₂S₂O₄
pos: noun
Translations:
jocularly
Part of speech: adv
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English jocular
Middle English -ly
English -ly
English jocularly
From jocular + -ly.
Inflected forms:
form: more jocularly
pos: adv
tags: comparative
form: most jocularly
pos: adv
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: In a jocular manner; humorously.
pos: adv
examples: He was in such a good mood that he even managed to take out the rubbish jocularly.
She was not embarrassed at all so she told the story jocularly.
Sullenly, jocularly, resentfully, or derisively, names and addresses were extorted from the company, and each member given a jerk of the head to get out of this.
Owners and physicians also blurred the therapeutic line by referring jocularly to whipping as “medicine” for malingering slaves. One complaining woman was “treated with a cowskin or hickory switch to scourge her”; other doctors recommended that an owner apply “9 drops of essence of rawhide” or “oil of hickory” to the back of a sick slave.
Antonyms: seriously
straight-lacedly
Translations:
sulfur-bottom
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: sulfur-bottoms
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: the blue whale
pos: noun
Translations:
sulfur-color
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: a yellow color similar to that of sulfur
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
Translations:
papillon
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: From French papillon (“butterfly”), from Latin pāpiliō (“butterfly, moth”). Doublet of papilio and pavilion.
Inflected forms:
form: papillons
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: Papillon
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: A small dog of a certain toy spaniel breed having large upright ears with a shape that resembles butterfly wings.
pos: noun
examples: The researchers tested various breeds, including border collies, golden retrievers, pit bulls, labradors and even Jackson's own little papillon.
Translations:
nubuck
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: Perhaps from new and buck (as in buckskin).
Inflected forms:
form: nubucks
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A type of brushed, soft calf leather, similar to suede. Differs from suede in that while suede is created from the flesh (inner) side of a hide, nubuck is created using the grain (outer) side, giving it added strength and durability.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
Translations:
presenter
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: broadcasting
computing
engineering
mathematics
media
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
radio
sciences
software
television
Etymology: Etymology tree
English presend
English -t
English present
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 presenter
From present + -er.
Inflected forms:
form: presenters
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Someone who presents a broadcast programme; a compere or master of ceremonies.
pos: noun
gloss: Someone who presents a thing or person to someone else.
pos: noun
gloss: A small handheld device used to remotely control a computerised slide show.
pos: noun
gloss: A conceptual layer in GUI-based software that assumes the functionality of the "middleman".
pos: noun
Synonyms: host
Derived words: copresenter
model-view-presenter
presentership
telepresenter
visual presenter
Translations:
penitential
Part of speech: adj
noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: From Medieval Latin paenitentiālis, from Latin paenitentia (“repentance”). Attested since the 16th century.
Inflected forms:
form: more penitential
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most penitential
pos: adj
tags: superlative
form: pœnitential
pos: adj
tags: alternative
form: penitentials
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: pœnitential
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: Pertaining to penance or penitence.
pos: adj
examples: Guilt that all the penitential fires of hereafter can not cleanse.
gloss: A book or set of rules pertaining to the Christian sacrament of penance.
pos: noun
Translations:
tenderer
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English tender
English -er
English tenderer
From tender + -er.
Inflected forms:
form: tenderers
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: One who tenders (a bid, a contract, etc.).
pos: noun
Translations:
tenderizer
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
Etymology: Etymology tree
English tender
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 tenderize
English -er
English tenderizer
From tenderize + -er.
Inflected forms:
form: tenderizers
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Any substance added to meat, especially papain, before cooking in order to make it more tender.
pos: noun
gloss: Any tool used to tenderize meat before cooking.
pos: noun
gloss: Any tool used to tenderize meat before cooking.
pos: noun
gloss: Any tool used to tenderize meat before cooking.
pos: noun
Translations:
lang: Bulgarian
word: окрехкотител за месо
roman: okrehkotitel za meso
lang: Polish
word: tłuczek
bat-fowling
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: The catching of small birds at night by lighting a fire near their roost, then scaring them awake whereupon they fly towards the flames and can be caught in nets on poles.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
examples: We would so, and then go a-bat-fowling.
Translations:
ceder
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English cede
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 ceder
From cede + -er.
Inflected forms:
form: ceders
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: One who cedes something.
pos: noun
Translations:
curricular
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From curriculum + -ar.
Base: curriculum
Affixes: -ar
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Of, relating to, or following a curriculum.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
Translations:
unrestricted
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 restricted
English unrestricted
From un- + restricted.
Inflected forms:
form: more unrestricted
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most unrestricted
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: Not restricted or confined.
pos: adj
examples: The extreme depth of these channels, and the insistence of the Board of Trade on a headway of 150 ft. for the unrestricted passage of large ships, necessitated a high bridge with two main spans, and a central pier on Inchgarvie.
The new fast lines are laid out for unrestricted speed through the station, as after electrification certain expresses may run non-stop between Euston and Birmingham.
gloss: Having no security classification.
pos: adj
Derived words: unrestricted carry
Translations:
unanimously
Part of speech: adv
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *ís?
Proto-Indo-European *h₁óynos
Proto-Italic *oinos
Old Latin oinos
Latin ūnus
Latin ūni-
Proto-Indo-European *h₂enh₁-
Proto-Indo-European *-mos
Proto-Indo-European *h₂enh₁mos
Proto-Italic *anamos
Latin animus
Latin ūnanimusder.
English unanimous
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 unanimously
From unanimous + -ly.
Inflected forms:
form: more unanimously
pos: adv
tags: comparative
form: most unanimously
pos: adv
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: In a unanimous manner; without objection.
pos: adv
examples: The jury decided unanimously to convict the defendant.
The US supreme court has ruled unanimously that natural human genes cannot be patented, a decision that scientists and civil rights campaigners said removed a major barrier to patient care and medical innovation.
The U.S. Congress on Monday presented the Taiwan Allies International Protection and Enhancement Initiative (TAIPEI) Act of 2019 to President Donald Trump for signing into law, after it was passed unanimously by both chambers of Congress earlier this month.
Translations:
externally
Part of speech: adv
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English external
Middle English -ly
English -ly
English externally
From external + -ly.
Inflected forms:
form: more externally
pos: adv
tags: comparative
form: most externally
pos: adv
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: on the surface or the outside
pos: adv
examples: In trumpets for assisting the hearing, all reverbation of the trumpet must be avoided. It must be made thick, of the least elastic materials, and covered with cloth externally. For all reverbation lasts for a short time, and produces new sounds which mix with those which are coming in.
Translations:
Arapaho
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: From a Siouan language, perhaps Hidatsa arúpahu (“Arapaho person”) or Crow aaraxpéahu (“tattooed person”).
Inflected forms:
form: Arapahos
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: Arapaho
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A member of a Native American people of Wyoming and Oklahoma.
pos: noun
Translations:
Aegean
Part of speech: adj
noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: Derived from Latin aegaeus (from Ancient Greek Αἰγαῖος (Aigaîos, “Aegean”)) + English -an. The name might be connected to αἶγες (aîges, “waves”).
Inflected forms:
form: Aegæan
pos: adj
tags: alternative
archaic
form: Ægaean
pos: adj
tags: alternative
archaic
form: Ægæan
pos: adj
tags: alternative
archaic
form: Ægean
pos: adj
tags: alternative
archaic
form: Aegaean
pos: adj
tags: alternative
form: Egean
pos: adj
tags: alternative
form: Aegeans
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: Aegæan
pos: noun
tags: alternative
archaic
form: Ægaean
pos: noun
tags: alternative
archaic
form: Ægæan
pos: noun
tags: alternative
archaic
form: Ægean
pos: noun
tags: alternative
archaic
form: Aegaean
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: Egean
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: Of or relating to the Aegean Sea or the regions bordering it.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
gloss: Of or relating to the Bronze Age civilization in that region.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
gloss: A shorthaired domestic cat originating from the Cyclades; an Aegean cat.
pos: noun
Translations:
phraseology
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: From Ancient Greek φράσις (phrásis, “speech”) + λόγος (lógos, “explanation”).
Inflected forms:
form: phraseologies
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Study of set or fixed expressions.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
usually
gloss: The style in which words and phrases are used in writing or speech.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
usually
examples: I was riding through the forest, when suddenly (pray correct my phraseology if too worldly—you know I am not well read in these epics of the heart) I saw a knight and his lady traversing one of the glades; the golden sunshine fell athwart the green leaves, and showed their white steeds and whiter plumes, while the air around grew musical with their gentle words and laughter.
gloss: A group of specialized words and expressions used by a particular group.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
usually
examples: Fortunately, two servants she had brought with her, were devotedly attached to their mistress; and the others only entering her apartments at rare intervals, did not understand her mystic allusions; and she now, more than ever, affected to veil her meaning under the mysterious phraseology so much adopted by the Jacobites.
Light is, therefore, only an attendant circumstance in the production of the photo­graphic picture; and this seems proved by the fact of one body impressing its image upon another in the dark, when the bodies are ap­proximated at what, in electrical phraseology, is called the striking distance.
Railway grouping had caused some peculiarly Scottish phraseology to disappear, though the note "Stops on timous notice to the guard" survived until comparatively recently.
gloss: A collection of phrases; a phrasebook.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
usually
Related words: terminology
Derived words: phraseological
phraseologism
phraseologist
Translations:
slurring
Part of speech: adj
noun
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: more slurring
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most slurring
pos: adj
tags: superlative
form: slurrings
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
pos: adj
tags: no-gloss
gloss: A slur mark in music.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: There are, for instance, those puzzling slurrings and staccato markings that are scattered through the primary sources of the organ music.
gloss: An instance of slurring in speech, heartbeat, etc.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
Translations:
three-on-the-tree
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: automotive
transport
vehicles
Inflected forms:
form: three-on-the-trees
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: 3-on-the-tree
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: On an automobile (especially those produced from 1939 through the mid-1970s), a three-speed manual transmission whose gearshift lever is a column shifter (mounted on the steering column) (R-N-1-2-3).
pos: noun
tags: US
idiomatic
examples: In driver's education, they used to teach students to drive in cars with a three-on-the-tree, but now the cars all have automatic transmissions.
His old car was a three-on-the-tree. Now he drives a four-on-the-floor.
gloss: On an automobile (especially those produced from 1939 through the mid-1970s), a three-speed manual transmission whose gearshift lever is a column shifter (mounted on the steering column) (R-N-1-2-3).
pos: noun
tags: US
idiomatic
metonymically
Translations:
valorous
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: From Old French valeureux.
Inflected forms:
form: more valorous
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most valorous
pos: adj
tags: superlative
form: valourous
pos: adj
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: Having or displaying valour.
pos: adj
examples: c. 1490, William Caxton (translator), The Boke of Eneydos, Westminster, Preface,
this present booke compyled by virgyle ryght subtyl and Ingenyous oratour & poete Intytuled Eneydos hath be translated oute of latyn in to comyn langage In whiche may alle valyaunt prynces and other nobles see many valorous fayttes of armes.
[…] he esteems himself happy that he hath fallen into the hands of one, as he thinks, the most brave, valorous, and thrice-worthy signieur of England.
[…] I shall be at York—at the head of my daring and valorous fellows, as ready to support any bold design as thy policy can be to form one.
He held up the glass. ‘To your valorous wounds. To the silver medal. […]’
There are many valorous stories told of her, which enthral grown men as well as children.
For all its pragmatic public-health spade work, the foundation has also served as a kind of valorous abstraction — the seeming embodiment of “the Golden Rule,” in a phrase that Bill Gates likes to use, and the face of an increasingly anachronistic era of elite optimism.
Translations:
recurrent
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: anatomy
biology
botany
entomology
mathematics
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
Etymology: From Latin recurrens, present participle of recurrere. Morphologically recur + -ent.
Base: recur
Affixes: -ent
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Recurring; happening time after time.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: The patient complained of recurrent chest pain.
gloss: Non-transient.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
gloss: Running back toward its origin.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: a recurrent nerve or artery
gloss: Turned back toward the base.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
Related words: recurrence
Derived words: interrecurrent
nonrecurrent
null recurrent
oligorecurrent
positive recurrent
quasirecurrent
recurrent aborter
recurrent laryngeal nerve
recurrently
recurrent neural network
recurrent nova
recurrent slope linea
unrecurrent
Translations:
disputatious
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From disputation, equivalent to disputati(on) + -ous.
Base: disputation
Affixes: -ous
Inflected forms:
form: more disputatious
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most disputatious
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: Of or relating to something that is in question as to its intent or value.
pos: adj
gloss: Inclined to argue or debate; provoking debate.
pos: adj
examples: He was followed by a disputatious gentleman, who had the temerity to maintain before the royal misocapnist (the Counterblast had not as yet issued from the monarch's lips, but his anti-nicotian prejudices were well known,) the thesis, that "tobacco must needs be good;" proceeding to his proof "by enumeration or induction, because Kings, Princes, Nobles, Earles, Lords, Knights, Gentlemen of all Countries and Nations, reckoning a number, loved it."
Certainly there have been bitterly contested elections in this country before. Party spirit is always rife, and in such vivid, excitable, disputatious communities as ours are, and I trust always will be, it is the very soul of freedom.
Derived words: disputatiously
disputatiousness
undisputatious
Translations:
alehouse
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Germanic *aluþhūsą
Old English ealuhūs
Middle English alehous
English alehouse
From Middle English alehous, alehuse from Old English ealuhūs. By surface analysis, ale + house.
Inflected forms:
form: alehouses
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: ale-house
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: A business, such as an inn or tavern, where ale is sold.
pos: noun
examples: Find him in a pulpit but twiſe in the yeare,
And Ile find him fortie times in the ale-houſe taſting ſtrong beare.
But go to—carry thy roisterers elsewhere—to the alehouse if they list, and there are crowns to pay your charges—make out the day’s madness without doing more mischief, and be wise men to-morrow—and hereafter learn to serve a good cause better than by acting like ruffians.
Mention has been already made more than once, of a certain Dragon who swung and creaked complainingly before the village ale-house door.
Translations:
darkling
Part of speech: adv
adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From Middle English derkelyng. By surface analysis, dark + -ling.
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: In the dark; in obscurity.
pos: adv
tags: not-comparable
examples: So, out went the candle, and we were left darkling.
As the wakeful bird sings darkling.
I had a dream, which was not all a dream. / The bright sun was extinguish'd, and the stars / Did wander darkling in the eternal space, / Rayless, and pathless, and the icy earth / Swung blind and blackening in the moonless air;
gloss: Dark; growing dark; darkening.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
poetic
examples: She still pursued its flight, with all the speed / Her fainting strength had hitherto supplied: / What pathless wilds she crossed ! What forests darkling wide !
May thine autumn calm, serene, / Never want some lingering flower, / Which Affection's hand may glean, / Though the darkling mists may lower !
And we are here as on a darkling plain
Swept with confused alarms of struggle and flight,
Where ignorant armies clash by night
The air is cool and it’s darkling, / And calmly flows the Rhine; / The mountain tops are sparkling / In sunset’s parting shrine.
To us and to an observer about Ripley it would have had precisely the same effect the Martians seemed in solitary possession of the darkling night, lit only as it was by the slender moon, the stars, the after-glow of the daylight[.]
gloss: Obscure; taking place unseen, as if in the dark.
pos: adj
tags: figuratively
not-comparable
Translations:
Lizzy
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: Lizzie
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: Money (in reference to Queen Elizabeth II featuring on British and other Commonwealth coins during her reign)
pos: noun
tags: UK
slang
uncountable
examples: AJ Tizzy from T-H-E Lizzy
And I'm all out for the Lizzy
On my grind tryna chase this Lizzy
What do you know about airing a strap
Bang off and you walk home with your ears ringing
Translations:
aftershock
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: geography
geology
natural-sciences
seismology
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *h₂ep
Proto-Indo-European *-o
Proto-Indo-European *h₂epó
Proto-Indo-European *-teros
Proto-Indo-European *h₂ep(o)teros
Proto-Germanic *after
Old English æfter
Middle English after
English after
▲
Old English æfter
Old English æfter-
Middle English after-
English after-
English shock
English aftershock
From after- + shock.
Inflected forms:
form: aftershocks
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: An earthquake that follows in the same vicinity as another, usually larger, earthquake (the "mainshock").
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: It was not a peace that brought joy – it was one that created an oppressive tension like the calm between a major earthquake and the aftershock.
As aftershocks of 3.0 magnitude or higher continued to rock the area, rescuers transported over 50,000 people from the hardest-hit Luding county, according to local media
gloss: By extension, any result or consequence following a major event.
pos: noun
tags: countable
figuratively
uncountable
examples: The collapse of the financial market sixty days later was the aftershock.
Set in the 1950s, Badlands looks back to that period of malaise in American culture which was defined by the aftershock of world war, the fears engendered by the Cold War, and the questioning of both cultural and individual identity.
On the other hand, in a global economy, many governments are seeking to limit their social costs in order to attract global corporations to invest in their countries, while also grappling with the aftershock of the banking crisis which has seen state financial support to the banking sector amount to L850 billion of guarantees and loans (National Audit Office, 2011).
The Republican president is making a major political bet that his actions will not worsen inflation, cause financial aftershocks that could destabilize the worldwide economy or provoke a voter backlash.
gloss: Emotional and physical distress following a traumatic event.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: Far from being an emotional aftershock following an event that upsets our whole world, horror is what first discloses to us the upsetting possibility that our world as a whole can cease to be.
Aftershock is my own term for post-traumatic reactions experienced by activists.
"I meant, how are you doing with the aftershock?" "Aftershock? I keep thinking there must have been something I could have done."
He wavered on his feet from adrenaline aftershock, blood loss, and from the fact that he was ruined.
Antonyms: foreshock
Translations:
xxx
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: An abbreviation for kisses, usually placed at the end of a letter or text message, often alongside ooo (hugs).
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
examples: [written on a letter]
Dear Chip —
See you tonight.
Love
xxxx
Clarice
Translations:
couchant
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: simple
Topics: government
heraldry
hobbies
lifestyle
monarchy
nobility
politics
Etymology: From Middle English couchant, from Middle French couchant.
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Lying with belly down and front legs extended; crouching.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: The dogs, with eager yelp, / Are struggling to be free; / The hawks in frequent stoop / Token their haste for flight; / And couchant on the saddle-bow, / With tranquil eyes, and talons sheath’d, / The ounce expects his liberty.
There were the tawny rocks, like lions couchant, defying the ocean, whose waves incessantly dashed against and scoured them with vast quantities of gravel.
Two figures faced each other, large, austere; / A couchant sphinx in shadow to the breast, / An angel standing in the moonlight clear; […]
Or again, have you ever watched fine collie dogs couchant at twenty yards' distance?
gloss: Represented as crouching with the head raised.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: His crest was covered with a couchant Hownd, / And all his armour seem'd of antique mould […]
Derived words: couchant and levant
counter-couchant
levant and couchant
Translations:
Valenciennes
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: A fine bobbin lace having the design made with the ground and of the same thread.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
examples: For morning fetes is worn with this dress a small white muslin paletot, without sleeves, split up the back, trimmed with two gauffred frills, edged with Valenciennes, and a narrow puffing, lined with satin ribbon.
Rosamond contented herself without the very highest style of embroidery and Valenciennes.
Translations: