yuanxin112/wiktionary-morph huggingface dataset:
Fleming
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: From Middle English flameng, from late Old Norse Flæmingi, from Old Norse Flǽmingr, Middle Dutch Vlaminc, Vleminc, from Old Frisian (unattested) (compare West Frisian Flaming), from Proto-Germanic *flaumaz (“flowing, current (water)”) and the patronymic suffix *-ingaz (“belonging to, descended from”). More at Flanders.
Inflected forms:
form: Flemings
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A native or inhabitant of Flanders in Belgium.
pos: noun
examples: , Episode 12, The Cyclops
--And our eyes are on Europe, says the citizen. We had our trade with Spain and the French and with the Flemings before those mongrels were pupped, Spanish ale in Galway, the winebark on the winedark waterway.
Translations:
foolhardy
Part of speech: adj
noun
Morphological type: compound
Etymology: From Middle English folehardy, foolhardi, folherdi, from Old French fol hardi (“foolishly bold”), from Old French fol (“foolish, silly; insane, mad”) (from Latin follis (“bellows; purse, sack; inflated ball; belly, paunch”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰelǵʰ- (“to swell”)) + Old French hardi (“durable, hardy, tough”) (past tense of hardir (“to harden”), from the unattested Frankish *hartjan, from Proto-Germanic *harduz (“hard; brave”)), equivalent to fool + hardy. Compare fool-bold, fool-large, etc.
Compound parts: fool
hardy
Inflected forms:
form: foolhardier
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: more foolhardy
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: foolhardiest
pos: adj
tags: superlative
form: most foolhardy
pos: adj
tags: superlative
form: fool-hardy
pos: adj
tags: alternative
form: foolhardies
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: fool-hardy
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: Marked by unthinking recklessness with disregard for danger; boldly rash; hotheaded.
pos: adj
examples: The master's pulse stood still, and he stared helplessly. The buzz of study ceased. The pupils wondered if this fool-hardy boy had lost his mind.
In the middle distance several foolhardy souls in wet suits were surfing toward some foamy outbursts on the rocky headland; nearer in, a scattering of paddlers was being continually and, it seemed, happily engulfed by explosive waves.
It is a reckless, foolhardy leap into the unknown and the prelude, perhaps, to what the existentialist writer Albert Camus described in La chute – a fall from grace, in every conceivable sense.
gloss: A person who is foolhardy.
pos: noun
examples: Resentful of the saddle-fast stranger, eight foolhardies return for more adventure.
Some foolhardies in the schoolhouse laughed at him then and Griff stuck their heads into toilets, one by one over the next week.
Translations:
firepower
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: compound
Etymology: From fire + power.
Compound parts: fire
power
Inflected forms:
form: firepowers
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The capacity of a weapon to deliver fire onto a target.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: The ability to deliver fire.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: The ability and resources to dominate.
pos: noun
tags: countable
figuratively
uncountable
examples: He'd have to be on every one of his toes, because Larry Cohen, the insurance company's lawyer, would protect the doctor with every bit of legal firepower at his disposal.
United's stature is such that one result must not bring the immediate announcement of a shift in the balance of power in Manchester - but the swathes of empty seats around Old Trafford and the wave of attacks pouring towards David de Gea's goal in the second half emphasised that City quite simply have greater firepower and talent in their squad at present.
It was not as if the Knicks were short on firepower, at least. Derrick Rose scored a season-high 30 points. He played like the point guard the Knicks surely hoped they had acquired in June.
Derived words: firepower kill
Translations:
lang: Finnish
word: tulivoima
lang: German
word: Schlagkraft
lang: Russian
word: результати́вность
roman: rezulʹtatívnostʹ
shredding
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
Inflected forms:
form: shreddings
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The act of cutting or tearing into shreds.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: That which is cut or torn off; a piece.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: It hath a number of short cuts or shreddings, which may be better called wishes than prayers.
gloss: A style of very fast and very complex guitar playing.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
Translations:
denounce
Part of speech: verb
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: From Old French denuncier, from Latin dēnūntiō (“to announce, to denounce, to threaten”), from de + nūntiō (“to announce, to report, to denounce”), from nūntius (“messenger, message”). Doublet of denunciate.
Inflected forms:
form: denounces
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: denouncing
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: denounced
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: denounced
pos: verb
tags: past
Senses:
gloss: To make known in a formal manner; to proclaim; to announce; to declare.
pos: verb
tags: obsolete
transitive
examples: Nero[…]sent his Satellites or officers toward him, to denounce the decree of his death to him[…].
And full of peace, denouncing wrath to come
gloss: To criticize or speak out against (someone or something); to point out as deserving of reprehension, etc.; to openly accuse or condemn in a threatening manner; to invoke censure upon; to stigmatize; to blame.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: to denounce someone as a swindler, or as a coward
Mr. Cameron had a respite Thursday from the negative chatter swirling around him when he appeared outside 10 Downing Street to denounce the murder a day before of a British soldier on a London street.
It is the latest step towards an airline-style advance booking-only system, which rail users have denounced as signalling the end of affordable, immediate travel.
gloss: To make a formal or public accusation against; to inform against; to accuse.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: to denounce a confederate in crime
to denounce someone to the authorities
gloss: To proclaim in a threatening manner; to threaten by some outward sign or expression; make a menace of.
pos: verb
tags: obsolete
transitive
examples: to denounce war; to denounce punishment
gloss: To announce the termination of; especially a treaty or armistice.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: It would be possible to “denounce” (leave) the Convention altogether, but short of that, legislation to restore the death penalty would place the UK government in breach of its treaty obligations under the ECHR; it would breach international law.
A Contracting State may denounce this Convention, or Part II or Part III of the Convention, by a formal notification in writing addressed to the depositary.
gloss: To claim the right of working a mine that is abandoned or insufficiently worked.
pos: verb
tags: US
historical
Related words: denunciate
denunciation
denunciative
denunciator
denunciatory
announce
enounce
pronounce
renounce
Derived words: denounceable
denouncement
denouncer
redenounce
undenounced
Translations:
dene
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: From Middle English dene, from Old English dene.
Inflected forms:
form: denes
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: dean
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: den
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: A valley, especially the deep valley of a stream or rivulet.
pos: noun
tags: Northumbria
Translations:
departmentalization
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English departmental
English -ization
English departmentalization
From departmental + -ization.
Inflected forms:
form: departmentalizations
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The organization of something into departments according to function, geographic location etc.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
Translations:
chiffchaff
Part of speech: noun
intj
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: Echoic of the repetitive "chiff-chaff" song of the European species, Phylloscopus collybita.
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 Audio: (file)
Inflected forms:
form: chiffchaffs
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: chiff-chaff
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: chiff-chaff
pos: intj
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: A small, common warbler, of species Phylloscopus collybita, with yellowish-green plumage that breeds throughout northern and temperate Europe and Asia.
pos: noun
gloss: Any of several other species of the same genus.
pos: noun
gloss: The song of the chiffchaff.
pos: intj
tags: UK
onomatopoeic
uncountable
examples: I thought I heard something singing chiffchaff, chiffchaff. So I had a look and there was a chiffchaff.
Derived words: eastern Canary Islands chiffchaff
western Canary Islands chiffchaff
Canary Islands chiffchaff
common chiffchaff
Iberian chiffchaff
mountain chiffchaff
Translations:
emerita
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: From the Latin ēmerita, the feminine singular form of ēmeritus.
Inflected forms:
form: emeritae
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: emeritus
pos: noun
tags: masculine
singular
Senses:
gloss: A female person who is retired from active service or an occupation, especially one who retains an honorific version of a previous title.
pos: noun
examples: And the older women faculty, the emeritae lived around the college and you talked to them and you heard it ... you know, they were just devoted to that place body and soul, and they didn’t care if they made two bent nickels a year, […]
With the help of ever-present chief elder Charlotte McGuire and our headquarters, an updated list of all Board members was developed. Twenty-eight persons who are now emeritae were named.
In 1939, when I arrived, women made up a slight majority of the Smith faculty. The oldest of the emeritae were such relics as Elizabeth Hanscomb, who had taught one of the first American literature courses in the country some time in the 1890s.
Although by no means a card-carrying feminist—and who was in those days, besides some shapeless, tweedy, old left-over suffragettes among the emeritae?—I knew from that time onward that I was not going to be one of those model domestic women.
Translations:
horrendous
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin horrendus, future passive participle (gerundive) of horreō (“to dread”) + -ous.
Affixes: -ous
Inflected forms:
form: more horrendous
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most horrendous
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: Extremely bad; awful; terrible.
pos: adj
examples: There was horrendous carnage at the scene of the plane crash.
My journey to work this morning was horrendous!
But was it responsible governance to pass the Longitude Act without other efforts to protect British seamen? Or might it have been subterfuge—a disingenuous attempt to shift attention away from the realities of their life at sea. Conditions were horrendous aboard most British naval vessels at the time. Scurvy and other diseases ran rampant, killing more seamen each year than all other causes combined, including combat.
Maguire made an horrendous meal of the most basic piece of work to make it a treble helping of dreadful defending by England and for all the flair and fantasy of their attacking play there is no hiding away from the fact this is a serious weakness.
Translations:
glossy
Part of speech: adj
noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: broadcasting
film
media
television
Etymology: Etymology tree
English gloss
Proto-Indo-European *-kos
Proto-Germanic *-gaz
Proto-West Germanic *-g
Old English -iġ
Middle English -y
English -y
English glossy
From gloss + -y.
Inflected forms:
form: glossier
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: glossiest
pos: adj
tags: superlative
form: glossies
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Having a smooth, silklike, reflective (shiny) surface.
pos: adj
examples: glossy hair
glossy magazine
gloss: Attention-grabbing and superficially attractive.
pos: adj
tags: figuratively
examples: The trendy rehabs being pimped by the addiction industry's glossy PR.
This divisive populist electro may never shake its myriad detractors who cry foul about the glossy repackaging of the scene it’s largely indebted to, but it’s wrong to dismiss such meticulously crafted production because of its accessibility.
gloss: A glossy magazine.
pos: noun
tags: UK
informal
examples: The supermarket glossies are full of celebrity gossip and fad diets.
gloss: A glossy photograph.
pos: noun
tags: informal
examples: His roster of patients was drawn almost exclusively from among what he liked to call creative people, chiefly writers and painters and composers, and he talked about them so freely that I sometimes half expected him to put up autographed glossies around the office, like the ones on the wall at the Stage Deli.
Black and white 8- × 10-inch glossies are best, but 5- × 7-inch is okay too. Place photos on top of cardboard when mailing. Don't tape or paper-clip because doing so can ruin the photo.
gloss: A film depicting people with glamorous lifestyles.
pos: noun
tags: informal
examples: Anna Magnani has been making Hollywood glossies recently, so it was good to see her back again in a native Italian production, The Last Temptation, in which with great artistry and all her usual power she played a Nun who finds a woman's and even a mother's heart beating strongly beneath her 'sister's' habit.
[…] the first home-made guide to TV films by which is meant old films shown on the box, not those new Hollywood glossies made specially for it (though a guide there too would soon be welcome).
Synonyms: glacé
glassy
glossy
lacquerlike
satiny
sheeny
sleek
slickered
splendent
vitreous
Antonyms: flat
glossless
matte
speckled
speckly
Derived words: glossily
glossiness
glossy antshrike
glossy hawthorn
glossy ibis
glossy magazine
glossy paper
nonglossy
semiglossy
ultraglossy
unglossy
Translations:
bruin
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: From Middle Dutch bruun (“brown”) via William Caxton's 1485 translation of a Dutch version of the legend of Reynard the Fox. Bruin is the bear, named for his brown color. Doublet of brown.
Inflected forms:
form: bruins
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A folk name for a bear, especially the brown bear, Ursus arctos.
pos: noun
examples: The mother sought the one gone / astray, for the lost she longs: / she ran great swamps as a wolf / trod the wilds as a bruin / waters as an otter roamed […].
Translations:
collectable
Part of speech: adj
noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English collect
Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr
Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom
Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlis
Proto-Italic *-ðlis
Latin -bilis
Latin -ābilis
Old French -ablebor.
Middle English -able
English -able
English collectable
From collect + -able.
Inflected forms:
form: collectible
pos: adj
tags: alternative
US
form: collectables
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: collectible
pos: noun
tags: alternative
US
Senses:
gloss: Suitable for collecting.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
gloss: Anything that someone might want to collect.
pos: noun
examples: The mindset of making collectables runs against that of making games—if you succeed in the collectable department then there is a tendency to keep new players out and to drive old ones away because of escalating prices.
If you invest in collectables overseas, you can make a profit or loss on currency exchange rates as well as a gain or loss on movements in intrinsic capital value.
Translations:
chough
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: From Middle English choughe, choȝe, coo, cheo, from Old English ċēo (“a bird of the genus Corvus, a jay, crow, jackdaw, chough”) and ċeahhe (“a daw”), both from Proto-West Germanic *kahu (“jackdaw, crow”), from imitative Proto-Indo-European *gewH- (“to crow, caw, shout”). Cognate with Scots kae (“jackdaw”), West Frisian ka (“jackdaw”), Dutch kauw (“jackdaw, daw, chough”), Swedish kaja (“jackdaw”).
Inflected forms:
form: choughs
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Either of two species of bird of the genus Pyrrhocorax in the crow family Corvidae that breed mainly in high mountains and on coastal sea cliffs of Eurasia.
pos: noun
examples: For parot is no churlish Chowgh / nor no f[l]ekyd pye
And had not the old-man come in vvith a VVhoo-bub againſt his Daughter, and the Kings Sonne, and ſcar'd my Chovvghes from the Chaffe, I had not left a Purſe aliue in the vvhole Army.
gloss: The white-winged chough, of genus Corcorax in the Australian mud-nest builders family, Corcoracidae, that inhabits dry woodlands.
pos: noun
Derived words: alpine chough
red-billed chough
white-winged chough
yellow-billed chough
Translations:
corncrake
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: compound
Etymology: From corn + crake.
Compound parts: corn
crake
Inflected forms:
form: corncrakes
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: corn crake
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: corn-crake
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: A bird of the rail family, Crex crex, that breeds in meadows and arable farmland across Europe and western Asia, migrating to Africa in winter.
pos: noun
Translations:
peacekeeper
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: government
law-enforcement
Etymology: Etymology tree
English peace
English keeper
English peacekeeper
From peace + keeper.
Inflected forms:
form: peacekeepers
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: One that preserves the peace.
pos: noun
examples: Roughly 1200 years ago, the turians were invited to join the Citadel Council to fulfill the role of galactic peacekeepers. The turians have the largest fleet in Citadel space, and they make up the single largest portion of the Council's military forces.
gloss: A member of a military force charged with peacekeeping duties in a troublespot.
pos: noun
examples: The grainy footage showed the peacekeepers first bound and beaten, then hooded and dead, hanging by the neck from a wooden ceiling beam. .
Dozens of NATO peacekeepers were injured after they were attacked by ethnic Serbs in northern Kosovo, during protests over the installation of ethnically Albanian mayors.
gloss: An officer of the peace (police officer) in a force run by a Canadian aboriginal community.
pos: noun
tags: Canada
Derived words: beachkeeper
Translations:
peacekeeping
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: compound
Etymology: From peace + keeping, after keep the peace.
Compound parts: peace
keeping
Inflected forms:
form: peacekeepings
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The act of preserving peace, specifically between hostile groups or states, especially by a sanctioned military force.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
usually
examples: Peacekeeping is one of the things that the United Nations, for all its foibles, does well.
gloss: (for example) a peacekeeping force.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
usually
Related words: peacekeeper
Translations:
dichroism
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
Etymology: Etymology tree
English dichroic
Proto-Indo-European *-id-
Proto-Indo-European *-yéti
Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti
Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō
Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)
Proto-Indo-European *-mos
Proto-Indo-European *-mós
Ancient Greek -μός (-mós)
Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós)der.
English -ism
English dichroism
From dichroic + -ism.
Inflected forms:
form: dichroisms
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The property of some crystals of transmitting different colors of light in different directions.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: The property of some anisotropic materials of having different absorption coefficients for light polarized in different directions; circular dichroism.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: In the close vicinity of a chiral nanostructure, the circular dichroism of a biomolecule could be greatly enhanced, due to the interaction with the local superchiral fields.
Derived words: photodichroism
Translations:
lang: Catalan
word: dicroisme
lang: French
word: dichroïsme
lang: Polish
word: dichroizm
lang: Spanish
word: dicroísmo
cycloaddition
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *kʷel-
Proto-Indo-European *kʷékʷlos
Ancient Greek κῠ́κλος (kŭ́klos)der.
Late Latin cyclusbor.
Middle English cicle
English cycle
▲
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
English cyclo-
Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd
Proto-Italic *ad
Proto-Italic *ad-
Latin ad-
Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-
Proto-Indo-European *dʰéh₁tder.
Proto-Italic *-ðō
Latin -dō
Latin addō
Latin additiōder.
Old French aditionder.
Middle English addicioun
English addition
English cycloaddition
From cyclo- + addition.
Inflected forms:
form: cycloadditions
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: An addition reaction that leads to the formation of a cyclic product.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
Translations:
conjugated
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: simple
Topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
Etymology: Inflected form of conjugate. Adjective sense 2 is a semantic loan from German Konjugation, konjugieren, coined 1899 by German chemist Johannes Thiele.
Inflected forms:
form: more conjugated
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most conjugated
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: Joined together in pairs.
pos: adj
gloss: Containing one or more pairs of double bonds and/or lone pairs, each pair being separated by a single bond.
pos: adj
examples: 1991, J.-P. Aime, Structural Characterization of Conjugated Solutions, J. L. Brédas, R. Silbey (editors), Conjugated Polymers, Kluwer Academic, page 296,
A major interest in the study of conjugated polymers in solution is the opportunity to investigate the relation between electronic properties and conformational disorder in low dimensional materials.
2007, Kirk S. Schanze, Xiaoyong Zhao, 14: Structure-Property Relationships and Applications of Conjugated Polyelectrolytes, Terje A. Skotheim, John R. Reynolds (editors), Conjugated Polymers: Theory, Synthesis, Properties, and Characterization, Handbook of Conducting Polymers, 3rd Edition, Taylor & Francis (CRC Press), page 14-3,
The concept first reported in 1995 centers on the use of a fluorescent conjugated polymer that is functionalized with receptor sites for a target analyte molecule.
2014, Enzo Montoneri, et al., Chapter 4: Food Wastes Conversion to Products for Use in Chemical and Environmental Technology, Material Science and Agriculture, Abbas Kazmi, Peter Shuttleworth (editors), Economic Utilisation of Food Co-Products, Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC Publishing), page 81,
On the other hand, ¹O_2 is known to be a selective oxidant that reacts with electron-rich olefins, conjugated dienes, sulfides and phenols.
Derived words: bioconjugated
conjugated protein
glucoconjugated
glucuronoconjugated
glycoconjugated
hyperconjugated
nanoconjugated
nonconjugated
photoconjugated
preconjugated
radioconjugated
sulfoconjugated
unconjugated
Translations:
hands-on
Part of speech: adj
noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: Possibly from the phrase all hands on deck.
Inflected forms:
form: hands-ons
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Involving active participation.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: The internship will provide hands-on training.
Our manager has a very hands-on approach.
Hands-on computing can make complicated computer tasks more natural to users.
The museum offers hands-on exhibits for children.
A basic hands-on kit that introduces you to good soldering techniques while working on state-of-the-art printed circuit board circuits. You will learn the basics of digital multimeters and circuit troubleshooting.
Apprenticeship programmes supply the industry with an ongoing cohort of qualified talent. It is much cheaper to train new people than to pay inflated wages to attract existing talent. Apprenticeships are also a useful way of teaching the practical, hands-on skills that the modern railway needs.
gloss: A session of active participation, often as part of training or education.
pos: noun
Translations:
diene
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁
Proto-Indo-European *dwi-
Proto-Hellenic *dwi-
Ancient Greek δῐ- (dĭ-)bor.
Latin di-bor.
English di-
French -ènebor.
English -ene
English diene
From di- + -ene.
Inflected forms:
form: dienes
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: An organic compound, especially a hydrocarbon, containing two double bonds.
pos: noun
Translations:
Hamar
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: From Hamer-Banna hámar.
Inflected forms:
form: Hamer
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: A community of mostly pastoralist people inhabiting southwestern Ethiopia.
pos: noun
tags: plural
plural-only
Translations:
cyclohexene
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *kʷel-
Proto-Indo-European *kʷékʷlos
Ancient Greek κῠ́κλος (kŭ́klos)der.
Late Latin cyclusbor.
Middle English cicle
English cycle
▲
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
English cyclo-
English hexene
English cyclohexene
From cyclo- + hexene.
Inflected forms:
form: cyclohexenes
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A cyclic hydrocarbon containing six carbon atoms and one double bond; any of its derivatives.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
Translations:
nondeductible
Part of speech: adj
noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: business
finance
Etymology: Etymology tree
English non-
English deductible
English nondeductible
From non- + deductible.
Inflected forms:
form: nondeductibles
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: That cannot be deducted for income tax purposes, and that tax has to be paid on.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: Since you fund a nondeductible IRA with already-taxed dollars, you might figure you wouldn't pay any income taxes on the conversion.
gloss: Any expense that cannot be deducted for income tax purposes.
pos: noun
Translations:
eatery
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English eat
Proto-Indo-European *-yósder.
Proto-Italic *-āzijos
Latin -āriusnom.
Latin -ārius
Old French -ier
Proto-Indo-European *-yós
Proto-Italic *-ios
Old Latin -ios
Latin -ius
Latin -ia
Old French -ie
Old French -eriebor.
Middle English -erie
English -ery
English eatery
From eat + -ery.
Inflected forms:
form: eateries
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: eaterie
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: A restaurant or café; a place to purchase and eat food.
pos: noun
tags: informal
examples: Above the concourse, the underneath of the platforms has been clad with attractive wood panelling, while the columns holding them up are surrounded with seating - for use by passengers biding their time waiting for their trains, or who have used one of the 70-or-so eateries or shops that form part of the retail developments at the station.
Translations:
goody
Part of speech: intj
adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From good + -y (suffix forming colloquialisms), influenced by the noun (Etymology 2).
Base: good
Affixes: -y
Inflected forms:
form: goodie
pos: intj
tags: alternative
form: goodier
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: goodiest
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: Used to indicate pleasure or delight.
pos: intj
tags: informal
examples: Oh goody, ice cream!
gloss: Synonym of goody-goody (“mawkishly good; weakly benevolent or pious”).
pos: adj
Translations:
RIF
Part of speech: verb
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: RIFs
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: RIFing
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: RIFed
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: RIFed
pos: verb
tags: past
form: rif
pos: verb
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: To lay off from work due to a reduction in force.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: Our own agency let go 300 positions, affected 120 people who got RIFed, but 1,200 people were affected in the process.
Federal employees got 'RIFed.' That lasted about six months.
Despite my exemplary service, I got RIFed.” Ginger cringed at the raw sarcasm in his voice, but wanted clarification. “Riffed?” “Reduction in force. Let go, laid off, whatever fits.”
“If somebody’s been RIF’ed, they may have the opportunity of moving into another position where they have seniority that is specifically similar to the job that they had before,” Stier said.
Translations:
all-important
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.?
Proto-Indo-European *h₂elnós
Proto-Germanic *allaz
Proto-Germanic *ala-
Proto-West Germanic *ala-
Old English æl-
Middle English all-
English all-
English important
English all-important
From all- + important.
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Very important; vital or crucial.
pos: adj
Translations:
all-embracing
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: compound
Etymology: From all + embracing.
Compound parts: all
embracing
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Having a broad scope; of universal application.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: The trouble today is that few such causes of delay are taken up with the people concerned; "there is a war on" provides the usual all-embracing excuse.
Another new station was planned—a bigger, vaster, all-embracing station, one that would last for all time.
[...] at each station the train times are not shown in one all-embracing chronological list, but in two separate sheets, one with a conspicuous band of yellow detailing westbound departures and the other with a similar band of blue the eastbound trains.
Translations:
Oriole
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: ball-games
baseball
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
Inflected forms:
form: Orioles
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A player on the team Baltimore Orioles.
pos: noun
examples: He became an Oriole as the result of a pre-season trade.
Translations:
Gigantes
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: human-sciences
mysticism
mythology
philosophy
sciences
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: A race of giants, known for the gigantomachy.
pos: noun
tags: Greek
Roman
plural
plural-only
Translations:
X-Phile
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: lifestyle
Etymology: Punningly from X-Files and -phile.
Affixes: -phile
Inflected forms:
form: X-Philes
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A fan of the television series The X-Files.
pos: noun
tags: slang
examples: 1998, Richard Corliss, Time, quoted in Peter Bart, The Gross: The Hits, the Flops — the Summer That Ate Hollywood, St. Martin's Griffin, →ISBN, page 227,
And that’s enough to turn an X-phile into an ex-phile.
2003, Robynn J. Stilwell, "The sound is ‘out there’: score, sound design and exoticism in The X-Files", in Allan F. Moore (ed.), Analyzing Popular Music, Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 70,
The X-Files – as any X-Phile could tell you – divides into two kinds of episodes: the mythology shows, which further the overarching plot of Mulder’s search for the truth that is ‘out there’ about the US government conspiracy to conceal the alien presence; and the stand-alone shows.
My involvement in coffee connoisseur (Kozinets, 2002), Star Trek fan (2001) and X-Phile (1997) communities was high.
Translations:
jockstrap
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: hobbies
lifestyle
sports
Etymology: Compound of (dated slang) jock (“penis”) + strap; from the earlier forms bike jockey strap and jockey strap.
Inflected forms:
form: jockstraps
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: jock strap
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: An athletic supporter worn by men and boys to support the genitals during strenuous exercise.
pos: noun
examples: With their jock-straps pinching, they slouch to attention
While queueing for sarnies at the office canteen.
There are many accounts of men, back in the 1970s, work out in nothing but a jockstrap.
Translations:
backbiting
Part of speech: noun
adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From Middle English bakbitynge, bacbiting, bacbitung, equivalent to backbite + -ing.
Base: backbite
Affixes: -ing
Inflected forms:
form: backbitings
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: more backbiting
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most backbiting
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: The action of slandering a person without that person's knowledge.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: […]ending his epistle by saying, "that his uncle having doubtless lent his ear to some old woman's tales and backbiting, he did not choose to place his property in the hands of a spendthrift,[…]
She was not given to backbiting—though, when stirred by any motive near to her own belongings, she would say an illnatured word or two.
gloss: Slanderous or speaking badly, especially of a person without that person's knowledge.
pos: adj
examples: Backbiting talk that flattering blabs know wily how to blenge.
Am I to have a backbiting wife?
If the world’s premier A.I. start-up can so easily plunge into crisis over backbiting behavior and slippery ideas of wrongdoing, can it be trusted to advance a technology that may have untold effects on billions of people?
Translations:
conflate
Part of speech: verb
adj
noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: Attested since 1541: from Latin cōnflātus, past passive participle of cōnflō (“fuse, kindle, blow together”), see -ate (verb-forming suffix).
Inflected forms:
form: conflates
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: conflating
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: conflated
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: conflated
pos: verb
tags: past
form: conflates
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: To combine or mix together.
pos: verb
gloss: To fail to properly distinguish or keep separate (things); to mistakenly treat (them) as equivalent.
pos: verb
tags: broadly
examples: “Bacon was Lord Chancellor of England and the first European to experiment with gunpowder.” — “No, you are conflating Francis Bacon and Roger Bacon.”
gloss: To deliberately draw a false equivalence or association, typically in a tacit or implicit manner as propaganda and/or an intentional distortion or misrepresentation of the subject matter.
pos: verb
tags: broadly
examples: But in reality, the order simply furthers the Trump administration’s anti-immigrant policies by continuing to conflate immigration issues with criminal ones.
But again, this conflates global geographic variation with race, says Alan Goodman, a biological anthropologist at Hampshire College.
Climate skeptics have conflated the two for years, for example, pointing to cold winter weather as proof that global warming is a hoax, most likely to play on people’s confusion about the two.
“We must stop conflating selectivity with excellence. We must stop correlating prestige with privilege,” he said.
gloss: Combining elements from multiple versions of the same text.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: Why the redactor created this conflate version, despite its inconsistencies, is a matter of conjecture.
gloss: A conflate text, one which conflates multiple version of a text together.
pos: noun
Derived words: conflatable
conflation
deconflate
deconflation
reconflate
unconflated
Translations:
tigerish
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From Middle English *tigrish, *tygrisch, from Old English tigrisċ (“of a tiger; tigerish”), equivalent to tiger + -ish.
Base: tiger
Affixes: -ish
Inflected forms:
form: more tigerish
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most tigerish
pos: adj
tags: superlative
form: tigrish
pos: adj
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: Having the characteristics of a tiger.
pos: adj
examples: Thomas P. Puccio, a tigerish New York lawyer who won fame prosecuting congressmen in the 1980s Abscam scandals, then switched sides and defended Claus von Bülow, corrupt politicians, an accused rapist who ran off to the ski slopes of Europe and other notorious clients, died on Monday in New Haven.
Translations:
Goldendoodle
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: compound
Etymology: Blend of Golden Retriever + poodle.
Compound parts: Golden Retriever
poodle
Inflected forms:
form: Goldendoodles
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: goldendoodle
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: golden doodle
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: A mixed breed dog that is a cross between the Golden Retriever and the poodle.
pos: noun
examples: Now there are dozens of mixes, most of which are a poodle blend. There is the goldendoodle, labradoodle, maltipoo, schnoodle, shihpoo, and the puggle, a mix of a pug and a beagle.
Pretty soon, with poodles as the go-to sire dog, there were goldendoodles, cockapoos, Airedoodles, bich-poos, bassetoodles, shih-poos.
Translations:
embouchure
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
Etymology: From French embouchure, from emboucher (“to put in one’s mouth”), from en- (“in”) + bouche (“mouth”), from Latin bucca (“cheek”).
Inflected forms:
form: embouchures
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The use of the lips, facial muscles, tongue, and teeth when playing a wind instrument.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: you could see the twin lines running down from either side of his lower lip, etched in by the force of his embouchure, looking like extensions of his mustache.
gloss: The mouth of a river or valley.
pos: noun
tags: archaic
countable
uncountable
examples: We approached Piteå at sunset. The view over the broad embouchure of the river, studded with islands, was quite picturesque, and the town itself, scattered along the shore and over the slopes of hills made a fair appearance.
Passing by Conical Rock, an isolated peak which forms a conspicuous landmark, the coast trends to the northward to Cape Dudley Digges and on to Cape Athol. Beyond Cape Athol lies Saunders Island, at the entrance to Wolstenholme Sound, which like most of these inlets, forms the embouchure of a glacier-river.
Translations:
motherhood
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From Middle English moderhode, moderhede, equivalent to mother + -hood.
Base: mother
Affixes: -hood
Inflected forms:
form: motherhoods
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The state of being a mother.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: Mothers, considered as a group.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: the nation's motherhood
Synonyms: momhood
mumhood
mommyhood
mummyhood
mothership
Derived words: flag, motherhood and apple pie
motherhood and apple pie
motherhood statement
Republican motherhood
Translations:
motivating
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: more motivating
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most motivating
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: Effectively providing an incentive.
pos: adj
Translations:
mouthpiece
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: compound
Etymology: From mouth + piece.
Compound parts: mouth
piece
Inflected forms:
form: mouthpieces
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A part of any device that functions in or near the mouth, especially:
pos: noun
examples: "It's 'Soapy,' talking from somewhere down there," rapped out Nickle, covering the mouthpiece as he spoke back into the room. "Get Joolby if you can, one of you."
gloss: A part of any device that functions in or near the mouth, especially:
pos: noun
gloss: A mouthguard.
pos: noun
gloss: A spokesman; one who speaks on behalf of someone else.
pos: noun
tags: broadly
examples: The novel's protagonist serves as a mouthpiece for the author's political views.
Seeming “real” has been the aim since the earliest police procedurals, which began a long tradition of Hollywood productions acting as a mouthpiece for police departments.
Xi Jinping has told the People’s Liberation Army to “focus all its energy on fighting” in preparation for war, a Chinese Communist party mouthpiece has reported.
Rightwing media mouthpieces and ICE get both barrels in South Park’s latest zeitgeist-capturing satire.
gloss: A lawyer for the defense.
pos: noun
tags: slang
Derived words: mouthpieced
Translations:
oystercatcher
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: compound
Etymology: From oyster + catcher.
Compound parts: oyster
catcher
Inflected forms:
form: oystercatchers
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Any of several black or pied coastal wading birds in the genus Haematopus that have a long red or orange bill and feed on shellfish.
pos: noun
examples: [T]he sea-swallows uttered their ringing "Tree, tree," and the oyster-catchers their mocking "Click, click!" which has caused so many an unsuccessful sportsman to smile.
Translations:
damped
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: simple
Topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
Inflected forms:
form: more damped
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most damped
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: stopped from smouldering and reigniting by the application of water
pos: adj
gloss: Possessing a nonzero damping ratio.
pos: adj
Antonyms: undamped
Derived words: critically damped
nondamped
overdamped
underdamped
Translations:
undamped
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
Etymology: From un- + damped.
Base: damped
Affixes: un-
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Not having been damped.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: […] unwelcome smoke drifting from an undamped fire.
gloss: Possessing a damping ratio of exactly zero.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
Translations:
pochard
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Apparently originally from poach (“to poke”) + -ard. Compare poker.
Base: poach
Affixes: -ard
Inflected forms:
form: pochards
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: poachard
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: pocard
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: Any of various diving ducks of the subfamily Aythyinae (genera Aythya and Netta), especially the common pochard, Aythya ferina.
pos: noun
Translations:
nonpolar
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
Etymology: Etymology tree
English non-
Proto-Indo-European *kʷel-der.
Proto-Indo-European *kʷól-os
Proto-Hellenic *pólos
Ancient Greek πόλος (pólos)der.
Latin polus
Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.?
Proto-Italic *-ālis
Latin -ālis
Latin -āris
Late Latin polārislbor.
English polar
English nonpolar
From non- + polar.
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Not containing a dipole.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
gloss: Not ionic; not dissociating into ions when dissolved in water etc.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
gloss: Not relating to the polar regions.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
Related words: apolar
nonpolarity
Translations:
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 非極性 /非极性
roman: fēi jíxìng
lang: Czech
word: nepolární
lang: Polish
word: niepolarny
antiquary
Part of speech: noun
adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From Latin antīquārius (“pertaining to antiquity, one fond of or employed in antiquities”), from antīquus (“ancient”) + -ārius; equivalent to antique + -ary.
Base: antique
Affixes: -ary
Inflected forms:
form: antiquaries
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: antiquitary
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: antiquitary
pos: adj
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: A person who is knowledgeable of, or who collects antiques (especially one holding an official position); an antiquarian.
pos: noun
gloss: An aficionado or student of antiquities, ancient artifacts, historic sites, ancient writings, or relics of the past.
pos: noun
examples: The sound of the bubbling water grew more distinct, as the ear became accustomed to its music: it reminded him of one very like it in Etheringhame Park. Both might have made the delight of either antiquary or poet.
gloss: Relating to antiquity.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: Instructed by the antiquary times.
Related words: ancient
antic
antiquariat
antiquated
antique
antiquity
Derived words: antiquarian
antiquarianism
antiquarianist
antiquarism
antiquarist
Translations:
gapper
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: ball-games
baseball
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
Etymology: Etymology tree
English gap
English -er
English gapper
From gap + -er.
Inflected forms:
form: gappers
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A ball hit through the regions between the outfielders.
pos: noun
examples: Bob's gapper cleared the bags.
gloss: Someone who is on or has done a gap year, or a break from study.
pos: noun
Translations:
charismatic
Part of speech: adj
noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: From Ancient Greek χάρισμα (khárisma, “grace, favour, gift”) + -ic.
Inflected forms:
form: more charismatic
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most charismatic
pos: adj
tags: superlative
form: Charismatic
pos: adj
tags: alternative
adjective
noun
form: charismatics
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: Charismatic
pos: noun
tags: alternative
adjective
noun
Senses:
gloss: Of, related to, or having charisma: having a form of compelling charm which inspires devotion in others due to their strength of character and being full of personality; charming, fascinating, magnetic.
pos: adj
gloss: Of, related to, or being a member of a form of Christianity that emphasizes the role of the Holy Spirit.
pos: adj
gloss: A member of the Charismatic Movement.
pos: noun
examples: At a time when mainline denominations are engaged in massive closures of small rural churches, independent charismatics are strategically helping to rechurch rural Canada.
Derived words: charismatically
charismatic megafauna
neo-charismatic
noncharismatic
uncharismatic
Translations:
cosmography
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From Ancient Greek κοσμογρᾰφία (kosmogrăphía, “description of the world”). By surface analysis, cosmo- + -graphy.
Inflected forms:
form: cosmographies
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The creation of maps of the universe.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: The study of the size and geometry of the universe and changes in those with cosmic time.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
Related words: cartographer
cartography
cosmogeny
cosmogony
cosmographize
cosmology
Derived words: cosmographer
cosmographic
Translations:
subtitled
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: in which the dialogue is translated into another language, and displayed, in text, at the bottom of the screen.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
Translations:
breastwork
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: compound
Topics: nautical
transport
Etymology: From breast + work.
Compound parts: breast
work
Inflected forms:
form: breastworks
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: breast-work
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: A fortification consisting of a breast-high bulwark; a parapet.
pos: noun
examples: Before long we had flung enough sand-bags into place to make a low breastwork behind which the few men who were on this side of the position could lie down and fire.
A cannonproof breastwork, built during the previous war, extended along the beach from the hills to the rocks.
gloss: A railing on the quarter-deck and forecastle.
pos: noun
examples: The Independencia is a two-turreted, breastwork ship of 9,000 tons displacement. […] The central breastwork is 130 feet in length at the top of the belt, and extends to the upper deck, 11 feet above the water-line. This breastwork incloses the boiler and engine hatches, the scuttles to magazines and shell-rooms, the principal openings for ventilation, and the two turrets.
gloss: A parapet.
pos: noun
examples: A swarthy boy opened a book and propped it nimbly under the breastwork of his satchel. He recited jerks of verse with odd glances at the text: […]
gloss: Breast augmentation.
pos: noun
tags: slang
Translations: