yuanxin112/wiktionary-morph huggingface dataset:
monogamous
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
zoology
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *mender.
Proto-Hellenic *mónwos
Ancient Greek μόνος (mónos)
Ancient Greek μονο- (mono-)der.
English mono-
English -gamous
English monogamous
From mono- + -gamous.
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Involving marriage to one person at a time.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: Suppose, for example, that if polygamy were legal, 10 percent of adult men would take an average of three wives apiece and that all remaining marriages would be monogamous.
gloss: Characterized by mutual sexual and romantic exclusively.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
gloss: Exclusively engaging in mutually exclusive sexual/romantic partnership.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
gloss: Having only one sexual partner at a time.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
gloss: Monogamic; having a simple flower with united anthers.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
Related words: monogamy
polygamous
Derived words: monogamish
monogamously
monogamousness
nonmonogamous
trinogamous
Translations:
lang: Armenian
word: միակին
roman: miakin
lang: Asturian
word: monógamu
lang: Belarusian
word: манага́мны
roman: manahámny
lang: Belarusian
word: аднашлю́бны
roman: adnašljúbny
lang: Catalan
word: monògam
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 一夫一妻
roman: yī fū yī qī
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 一夫一妻制
roman: yī fū yī qī zhì
lang: Danish
word: monogam
lang: Esperanto
word: monogamia
lang: Esperanto
word: monogama
lang: Finnish
word: yksiavioinen
lang: French
word: monogame
lang: German
word: monogam
lang: Hungarian
word: monogám
lang: Hungarian
word: egynejű
lang: Icelandic
word: einkvænis-
lang: Icelandic
word: sem aðhyllist einkvæni
lang: Ido
word: monogama
lang: Irish
word: aonchéileach
lang: Irish
word: monagamach
lang: Italian
word: monogamo
lang: Japanese
word: 一夫一婦の
roman: ippuippu no
lang: Polish
word: monogamiczny
lang: Portuguese
word: monógamo
lang: Russian
word: монога́мный
roman: monogámnyj
lang: Russian
word: единобра́чный
roman: jedinobráčnyj
lang: Spanish
word: monógamo
lang: Swedish
word: monogam
lang: Thai
word: ผัวเดียวเมียเดียว
roman: pǔua-diao-miia-diao
lang: Turkish
word: tekeşli
lang: Ukrainian
word: монога́мний
roman: monohámnyj
lang: Ukrainian
word: одношлю́бний
roman: odnošljúbnyj
torsion
Part of speech: noun
verb
Morphological type: simple
Topics: engineering
mathematics
mechanical-engineering
mechanics
medicine
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
surgery
Etymology: From Middle English torcion, from Middle French torsion, from Late Latin torsiōnem, from Latin tortiō, from torqueō (“twist, turn”). See torture, -tort.
Inflected forms:
form: torsions
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: torsions
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: torsioning
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: torsioned
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: torsioned
pos: verb
tags: past
Senses:
gloss: The act of turning or twisting, or the state of being twisted; the twisting or wrenching of a body by the exertion of a lateral force tending to turn one end or part of it about a longitudinal axis, while the other is held fast or turned in the opposite direction.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: A finite order element of a group that, when raised to a positive integer power results in the identity element of the group.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: An element of a homology or cohomology group for which there exists a non-zero integer that, when the element is multiplied by that integer, yields zero.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: A type of holistic complimentary medicine that involves balancing theoretical energy fields through energy healing, meditation, and similar practices.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: That force with which a thread, wire, or rod of any material returns, or tends to return, to a state of rest after it has been twisted; torsibility.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: The stopping of arterial haemorrhage in certain cases, by twisting the cut end of the artery.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: To subject to torsion.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
Related words: torque
torse
tortuosity
tortuousness
volvulus
Derived words: angle of torsion
cotorsion
cyclotorsion
detorse
detorsion
dextrotorsion
hypertorsion
maltorsion
moment of torsion
torsiograph
torsional
torsionally
torsion angle
torsion balance
torsion bar
torsion catapult
torsioned
torsion field
torsionful
torsionic
torsionless
torsionmeter
torsion pendulum
torsion scale
torsion spring
torsion subgroup
torsion wrench
Translations:
homeostasis
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: medicine
physiology
sciences
Etymology: Coined from Ancient Greek ὅμοιος (hómoios, “similar, the same”) + -stasis by Walter Bradford Cannon, from Ancient Greek στάσις (stásis, “standing, state”).
Base: ὅμοιος
Affixes: -stasis
Inflected forms:
form: homeostases
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: homoeostasis
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: homœostasis
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: The ability of a system or living organism to adjust its internal environment to maintain a state of dynamic constancy; such as the ability of warm-blooded animals to maintain a stable temperature.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: His most important work concentrated on the complexities of chemical neurotransmission (for which Otto Loewi received a Nobel Prize in 1936) and on “homeostasis” (a term coined by Cannon in 1926), the maintenance of steady states in the body and the physiological processes through which they are regulated.
When homeostasis is disrupted by an external stressor - such as injury, lack of nutrients, or invasion by parasites or other organisms - illness may occur.
gloss: Such a dynamic equilibrium or balance.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
Related words: stasis
proteostasis
Derived words: dyshomeostasis
homeostasome
homeostatic
immunohomeostasis
metal homeostasis
neurohomeostasis
osmohomeostasis
Translations:
warm-blooded
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: compound
Topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
Etymology: From warm + blooded.
Compound parts: warm
blooded
Inflected forms:
form: more warm-blooded
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: warmer-blooded
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most warm-blooded
pos: adj
tags: superlative
form: warmest-blooded
pos: adj
tags: superlative
form: warmblooded
pos: adj
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: Maintaining a relatively constant and warm body temperature, regardless of the ambient temperature; endothermic.
pos: adj
examples: The cold-blooded animals are all feeble breathers, and the most energetic breathers are the warmest-blooded. A mollusc, a fish, a frog, a quadruped, and a bird, represent the various stages of this correspondence.
Moreover, instead of hibernating like our northern reptiles, they [birds] are able to remain active all winter, even in arctic latitudes, so long as sufficient food is available to maintain the body. This retention of heat increases the body temperature, and implies an increase as well of the creature’s activity, so that birds in addition to being the warmest-blooded animals are at the same time the quickest and most active.
“It’s getting chilly,” the Asian chick said, maybe just to hear the sound of her own voice. […] / “Oh, I don’t know. Feels all right to me.” / “I guess you’re warmer-blooded than I am. Could I have my sweatshirt now?”
We stood there, shivering, colder even than when we had been on our horses, for horses are warmer-blooded than their riders, and one always gains heat from them.
gloss: Passionate.
pos: adj
tags: idiomatic
examples: Claire jumped from her chair and smiled the warmest-blooded smile that she could muster.
Chasseur said, “Murder is a grisly, nasty business, Jessica. The female species simply doesn’t have the genetic makeup to deal sensibly with it. Murder is a cold-blooded act. Women are, by nature, warmer-blooded than men, which is why they’re so attractive to the male of the species.”
Synonyms: endothermic
homeothermic
Antonyms: cold-blooded
ectothermic
Related words: hot-blooded
Translations:
cold-blooded
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: automotive
transport
vehicles
Etymology: From cold blood + -ed.
Base: cold blood
Affixes: -ed
Inflected forms:
form: more cold-blooded
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: colder-blooded
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most cold-blooded
pos: adj
tags: superlative
form: coldest-blooded
pos: adj
tags: superlative
form: coldblooded
pos: adj
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: Having an unregulated body temperature; ectothermic.
pos: adj
examples: “Dead animals radiate heat,” he said. “When you take one down, you can feel it pouring from the wounds. But not this thing.” / “What does that mean?” she asked. / “Cold-blooded maybe, or colder-blooded than we’re used to.” / “Might explain why the heat sensors have trouble picking them up,” Danielle said.
gloss: Lacking emotion or compunction.
pos: adj
tags: figuratively
examples: Here were aſſembled that great philoſopher Mr. Subtile, the coldeſt-blooded metaphyſician of the age.
No Spaniard is ever put out, although he maddens in a moment at the slightest personal affront, for blood boils without fire, “la sangre hierve sin fuego.” He takes these things coolly, which more phlegmatic, colder-blooded foreigners seldom do.
“And as for those foolish people,” said Quicksilver, with his mischievous smile, “they are all transformed to fishes. There needed but little change, for they were already a scaly set of rascals, and the coldest-blooded beings in existence.[…]”
[…] well remembering the order he had given to generals in command of the different divisions of his army, to shoot all the prisoners that fell into their hands, which had resulted in the coldest-blooded murder of the brave Fannin, and three hundred and thirty men at Goliad, on Sunday, March 27th, who were promised, if they would surrender, to be treated kindly as prisoners of war, and to be sent in vessels at once to the United States.
Sir Wilton regarded Lady Ann as the coldest-blooded and most selfish woman in creation, and certainly she was not less selfish and was colder-blooded than he.
That’s what it looks like Arya’s planning to do at the campfire. For much of the scene, she’s weighing her options. She could take those guys. She could get to them before they got their swords, and she could swipe their gold and their meal. It would be something like what the Hound did to those peasants. At the time Arya was upset at him for it. But now Arya’s a cold-blooded killer.
gloss: Of a type of horse: tall and muscular, usually good-natured and suitable for heavy work.
pos: adj
gloss: Of an engine or vehicle: difficult to start; runs poorly until warmed up.
pos: adj
Derived words: cold-bloodedly
cold-bloodedness
Translations:
cardinality
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: computing
databases
engineering
lifestyle
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
religion
sciences
set-theory
Etymology: Etymology tree
Latin cardō
Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.?
Proto-Italic *-ālis
Latin -ālis
Latin cardinālisder.
Middle French cardinalbor.
English cardinal
Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂
Proto-Indo-European *-ts
Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts
Latin -itāsder.
Old French -itebor.
Middle English -ite
English -ity
English cardinality
From cardinal + -ity.
Inflected forms:
form: cardinalities
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The number of elements a given set contains.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: The empty set has a cardinality of zero.
The cardinality of a set A is the least ordinal α such that there exists a bijection between A and α. We sometimes use the notation #92;alpha#61;#124;A#124; to indicate this.
For fuzzy sets, the concept of set size or cardinality is both richer and more problematic than it is for crisp sets. It is richer because, as we shall see, we may use more than one kind of cardinality.
Clearly, in this example, the sensitivity to the cardinalities takes the weaker form F#91;M(A)#93;#61;#92;overset#123;#61;#125;#123;A#125; of a single-valued function from the measure to the cardinality rather than the stronger form M(A)#61;f(#92;overset#123;#61;#125;#123;A#125;) of a function from the cardinality to the measure.
gloss: The number of terms that can inhabit a type; the possible values of a type.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: For many types, such as String, the set of possible values is unlimited. Such types have an infinite cardinality.
gloss: The property of a relationship between a database table and another one, specifying whether it is one-to-one, one-to-many, many-to-one, or many-to-many.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: The status of being cardinalitial
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
Related words: cardinal
aleph
cardinal number
multiplicity
Translations:
cerebrum
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: anatomy
medicine
neuroanatomy
neurology
neuroscience
sciences
Etymology: Inherited from Middle English cerebrum, from Latin cerebrum (“a brain; a skull”); see there for more.
Inflected forms:
form: cerebra
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: cerebrums
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The principal and most anterior part of the brain in vertebrates, which is located in the front area of the skull and divided into two hemispheres, left and right, separated by a fissure. In humans it is the largest part of the brain and is responsible for the integration of complex sensory functions and the initiation and coordination of voluntary activity, and the higher mental functions such as consciousness, thought, reason, emotion, and memory.
pos: noun
Translations:
admissible
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Borrowed from Middle French admissible. Equivalent to admit + -ible
Base: admit
Affixes: -ible
Inflected forms:
form: more admissible
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most admissible
pos: adj
tags: superlative
form: admissable
pos: adj
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: Capable or deserving to be admitted, accepted or allowed; allowable, permissible, acceptable.
pos: adj
examples: Moreover, the term [...] is well recorded in British and Australian sources from the 1840s onwards, while the earliest Anglo-Indian evidence only extends as far back as 1865 and so does not hold precedence. Thus, deriving the term from Hindustani is not chronologically admissible on present evidence.
gloss: Describing a heuristic that never overestimates the cost of reaching a goal.
pos: adj
Related words: admissibility
admission
admit
Derived words: admissibleness
admissibly
nonadmissible
unadmissible
Translations:
looker-on
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: lookers-on
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: on-looker
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: A spectator, onlooker.
pos: noun
examples: After dancing with each other at a proper number of balls, the young people justified these opinions, and an engagement, with a due reference to the absent Sir Thomas, was entered into, much to the satisfaction of their respective families, and of the general lookers-on of the neighbourhood, who had, for many weeks past, felt the expediency of Mr. Rushworth’s marrying Miss Bertram.
Translations:
ligate
Part of speech: verb
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: chemistry
media
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
publishing
typography
Etymology: First attested in 1599; borrowed from Latin ligātus, perfect passive participle of ligō (“to bind”), see -ate (verb-forming suffix). Doublet of legato. Compare league.
Affixes: -ate
Inflected forms:
form: ligates
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: ligating
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: ligated
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: ligated
pos: verb
tags: past
Senses:
gloss: To bind with a ligature or bandage.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
gloss: To connect text characters with a ligature.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
gloss: To join by ligation.
pos: verb
tags: ambitransitive
Related words: ligase
ligation
colligate
Derived words: autoligate
autoligating
ligatable
ligative
ligator
religate
vasoligate
Translations:
flawed
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From Middle English flaued, equivalent to flaw + -ed.
Base: flaw
Affixes: -ed
Inflected forms:
form: more flawed
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most flawed
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: Having a flaw or imperfection.
pos: adj
examples: Flawed diamonds are generally not used in jewellery.
His design for a perpetual motion machine is flawed because water does not flow uphill.
He presents Hitler’s rise as an element of the collapse of a republic confronting dilemmas of globalization with imperfect instruments and flawed leaders.
Yet he was correct on every point, meaning that the Plan was deeply flawed from the start.
Translations:
foolproof
Part of speech: adj
verb
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English fool
English -proof
English foolproof
From fool + -proof.
Inflected forms:
form: more foolproof
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most foolproof
pos: adj
tags: superlative
form: foolproofs
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: foolproofing
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: foolproofed
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: foolproofed
pos: verb
tags: past
Senses:
gloss: Of a device: protected against, or designed to be proof against, misuse or error.
pos: adj
gloss: Of an idea or plan: certain to succeed in all eventualities, or claimed to be so; infallible.
pos: adj
examples: Dill had hit upon a foolproof plan to make Boo Radley come out at no cost to ourselves (place a trail of lemon drops from the back door to the front yard and he’d follow it, like an ant).
My foolproof recipe is my gâteau fermière.
From Nigella Lawson’s effortless spaghetti with Marmite to Chetna Makan’s foolproof chicken curry – the recipes to turn to when you want easy but tasty suppers
gloss: To render (something) foolproof.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: We foolproofed the operations.
Related words: bulletproof
dummy-proof
idiot-proof
Derived words: foolproofly
foolproofness
Translations:
oriole
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: A borrowing from Middle French oriol, from Old French oriol, from Latin aureolus, diminutive of aureus (“golden”). Doublet of aureole. First use appears c. 1776 in the writings of Thomas Pennant.
Inflected forms:
form: orioles
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Any of various colourful passerine birds, New World orioles of the genus Icterus (family Icteridae) and Old World orioles of the family Oriolidae.
pos: noun
examples: Those at risk include the wood thrush, a well-known songbird, and the Baltimore oriole, the mascot of Maryland’s baseball team.
Translations:
workstation
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: compound
Topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
Etymology: From work + station.
Compound parts: work
station
Inflected forms:
form: workstations
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A desktop computer, normally more powerful than a normal PC and often dedicated to a specific task, such as graphics.
pos: noun
examples: All train movements on the Far North Line have been controlled by a Radio Electronic Token Block workstation at Inverness since 1995, having already been introduced on the Kyle Line some 11 years earlier.
gloss: An area, at a workplace, for a single worker.
pos: noun
examples: Holonyms: workplace, workstead
Near-synonym: workspace
Lamb ignored her, surveying her team instead, who were at their own or each other's workstations, and engrossed in their current tasks, and studying every move he made.
Derived words: digital audio workstation
Translations:
utopian
Part of speech: adj
noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
Ancient Greek οὐ (ou)
Ancient Greek τόπος (tópos)
Proto-Indo-European *-h₂
Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂
Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂
Proto-Hellenic *-íā
Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā)
New Latin Ūtopiader.
English utopia
Proto-Indo-European *-nós
Proto-Italic *-nos
Latin -nus
Latin -ānus
Old French -ainder.
Middle English -an
English -an
English utopian
From utopia + -an.
Inflected forms:
form: more utopian
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most utopian
pos: adj
tags: superlative
form: Utopian
pos: adj
tags: alternative
form: utopians
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: Utopian
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: Of or pertaining to or resembling a utopia.
pos: adj
examples: utopian happiness
The world we lived in was wide, and most of it was open to us with little trouble. Roads, railways, and shipping lines laced it, ready to carry one thousands of miles safely and in comfort. If we wanted to travel more swiftly still, and could afford it, we traveled by airplane. There was no need for anyone to take weapons or even precautions in those days. You could go just as you were to wherever you wished, with nothing to hinder you - other than a lot of forms and regulations. A world so tamed sounds utopian now.
gloss: Ideal but often impractical; visionary.
pos: adj
examples: a utopian project
The Great Society was never, in my mind, just a visionary utopian ideal. I considered it a realistic outline of what this nation could achieve in a limited period of time if we marshaled our will and committed our resources.
gloss: Someone who supports or heralds the establishment of a utopia.
pos: noun
examples: One of our brighter young Utopians, Aldous Huxley, predicts that the movies of the future will include “feelies” and “smellies.”
Digital utopians have heralded the dawn of an era in which Web 2.0 […] ushers in the democratization of the world: more information, more perspectives, more opinions, more everything, and most of it without filters or fees.
Synonyms: unrealistic
visionary
Antonyms: imperfect
pragmatic
realistic
Related words: utopic
Derived words: antiutopian
cyberutopian
nonutopian
utopianise
utopianize
utopianism
utopianist
utopianistic
utopianly
utopian socialism
utopian socialist
techno-utopian
Translations:
shola
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: From Bengali শোলা (śōla).
Inflected forms:
form: sholas
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: sola
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: solah
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: A wild plant of species Aeschynomene aspera, found in Bengal and Assam, having a milky-white, spongy pith used for the manufacture of pith helmets and decorative artifacts.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
Translations:
hypoxia
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
Etymology: By surface analysis, hyp- + ox- + -ia.
Inflected forms:
form: hypoxias
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A condition in which tissues are deprived of an adequate supply of oxygen .
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: A reduced concentration of dissolved oxygen in an aquatic environment.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
Related words: hyperoxemia
hypoxemia
normoxemia
altitude sickness
Derived words: diffusion hypoxia
hypoxial
hypoxic
Translations:
anoxia
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
Etymology: Internationalism, from an- (“without”) + ox- (“oxygen”) + -ia (“disease”).
Affixes: an-
ox-
-ia
Inflected forms:
form: anoxias
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A condition in which a body tissue or an environment is severely or totally deprived of oxygen; severe hypoxia.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
usually
Translations:
hyperoxia
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: medicine
sciences
Etymology: By surface analysis, hyper- + ox- + -ia.
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: A condition caused by an excess of oxygen in tissues; the excess itself.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
Translations:
pathological
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: computer
computing
engineering
mathematics
medicine
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
science
sciences
Etymology: Etymology tree
Ancient Greek πάσχω (páskhō)der.
Ancient Greek πᾰ́θος (pắthos)
Proto-Indo-European *leǵ-
Ancient Greek λόγος (lógos)
Proto-Indo-European *-h₂
Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂
Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂
Proto-Hellenic *-íā
Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā)
Ancient Greek -λογῐ́ᾱ (-logĭ́ā)bor.
Latin -logialbor.
French -logie
French pathologiebor.
English pathology
Proto-Indo-European *-ikos
Proto-Italic *-ikos
Latin -icuslbor.
Old French -iquebor.
Middle English -ic
Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.?
Proto-Italic *-ālis
Latin -ālisbor.
Old French -albor.
▲
Latin -ālis
Old French -elbor.
▲
Latin -ālisbor.
Middle English -al
Middle English -ical
English -ical
English pathological
From pathology + -ical.
Inflected forms:
form: more pathological
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most pathological
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: Pertaining to pathology.
pos: adj
examples: But we can no longer regard the mere fact of these diffuse condensations of the lung becoming yellow and caseous as an evidence of their tuberculous nature, especially since the pathological anatomists, and among them Virchow, have shown that formations of the most different kind, having not the slightest connection with tubercule— as, for example, old cancerous masses, lymphatic glands swollen by a hyperplasia of cells, hæmorrhagical infarctions, abscesses, &c.— undergo exactly the same caseous transformation.
gloss: Relating to, amounting to, or caused by a physical or mental disorder.
pos: adj
examples: Paul Canning's performance as Julian gives the character an emotional center that is not in the script: He is vulnerable without being pathological, needy without being pathetic.
gloss: Having properties which are counterintuitive or difficult to handle.
pos: adj
gloss: Having properties that cause unusually bad behaviour, especially regarding correctness or performance.
pos: adj
Antonyms: well-behaved
Derived words: anatomicopathological
antipathological
biopathological
cardiopathological
clinicopathological
cytopathological
dermatopathological
ecopathological
embryopathological
fetopathological
gynecopathological
hematopathological
hemopathological
hepatopathological
histolopathological
histopathological
ichthyopathological
immunopathological
kinesiopathological
macropathological
meteoropathological
micropathological
morphopathological
multipathological
myopathological
nanopathological
nephropathological
nonpathological
ophthalmopathological
organopathological
osteopathological
otopathological
palaeopathological
paleopathological
pathological coupling
pathological histology
pathological liar
pathologically
pathological science
pharmacopathological
phytopathological
postpathological
prepathological
pseudopathological
psychopathological
rheopathological
sociopathological
suprapathological
thermopathological
toxicopathological
zoopathological
Translations:
ballet
Part of speech: noun
verb
Morphological type: simple
Topics: dance
dancing
entertainment
government
heraldry
hobbies
lifestyle
monarchy
music
nobility
politics
sports
Etymology: Borrowed from French ballet, from Italian balletto (“short dance, ballet”), diminutive form of ballo (“group dance”), from Late Latin ballō (“to dance”).
Inflected forms:
form: ballets
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: ballets
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: balleting
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: balleted
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: balleted
pos: verb
tags: past
Senses:
gloss: A classical form of dance.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: a classically-trained ballet dancer
gloss: A theatrical presentation of such dancing, usually with music, sometimes in the form of a story.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: Let's go to the ballet in the theatre tomorrow!
gloss: The company of persons who perform this dance.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: Zara joined the ballet at the age of 14.
gloss: A light part song, frequently with a fa-la-la chorus, common among Elizabethan and Italian Renaissance composers.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: A (small) ball i.e. roundel on a coat of arms, called a bezant, plate, etc., according to colour.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncommon
uncountable
examples: 9. Peter West, Ar. bears sable Ballets argent a Lyon Rampant.
gloss: Any intricate series of operations involving coordination between individuals.
pos: noun
tags: countable
figuratively
uncountable
examples: Food preparation on a potager no doubt became a kitchen ballet in which pans were constantly shifted, coals constantly replenished, and grates shaken out.
Henry Payton joined Alan on the sidelines during the conclusion of the oddly delicate ballet known as On-Scene Investigation.
gloss: To perform an action reminiscent of ballet dancing.
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
transitive
examples: Situations that typically require longer iliac limbs than the measurements suggest include extreme iliac tortuosity, “balleting” of the limbs (Endurant and Excluder) (Fig. 90-3), and the need to extend to the external iliac arteries. It these anatomic circumstances, it is prudent to choose a longer length when in doubt.
Unfortunately, he could only sustain so much abuse. Footfalls approached. Kanoa's lips smacked and his jaw hung open. His eyelids fluttered, their underlying gaze balleting without clarity. He felt beyond sick, and his world spun immensely. A garbled voice of incoherency seemed to be his only link to this realm of consciousness.
Frankie's obviously going to ballet her way to the trophy.
Derived words: antiballet
ballet boot
balletcore
ballet d'action
ballet dad
ballet dancer
ballet flat
ballet flats
balletgoer
balletgoing
balletic
balletlike
ballet master
balletmaster
ballet mistress
ballet mom
ballet mum
ballet music
balletomane
balletomania
ballet on horseback
ballet shoe
ballet skiing
ballet slipper
ballet troupe
balletwear
fairy ballet
nonballet
preballet
ski ballet
water ballet
Translations:
slugfest
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: ball-games
baseball
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
Etymology: Originally US, from slug (“to hit very hard”) + -fest.
Base: slug
Affixes: -fest
Inflected forms:
form: slugfests
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A baseball game in which many runs are scored, especially by home runs.
pos: noun
tags: slang
examples: The game turned into a 15-9 slugfest.
In a World Series that has come to be defined by the unpredictable and unexpected, it was only fitting that one night, after a lights-out pitchers’ duel between the heretofore unremarkable Alex Wood and Charlie Morton, a slugfest would unfold that sent the Cy Young Award winners Clayton Kershaw and Dallas Keuchel to early exits.
gloss: A game or match in which heavy blows are exchanged.
pos: noun
tags: slang
examples: The championship bout was a slugfest; both boxers were bloodied.
But while Roger Federer and Serena Williams were bludgeoning their opponents off the main court in a combined 126 minutes, the fans looking for a fantastic match stuffed into Armstrong Stadium next door to watch a mesmerizing slugfest between seventh-seeded Gaël Monfils of France and Juan Carlos Ferrero of Spain.
Nadal is supposedly the alpha male in any slugfest. But Rosol's forehand shots were being sent towards the Majorcan at 93mph plus, and his was the fastest serve at 134mph.
gloss: A tough, heated contest.
pos: noun
tags: figuratively
examples: Lakers win slugfest over Clippers
There isn’t much reason to be optimistic about thoughtful dialogue in this general election. Both sides are girded for a negative, no-holds-barred slugfest.
The race descended into a brutal slugfest as the leading candidates, the author-turned-venture capitalist J.D. Vance, the former state treasurer Josh Mandel and a self-funded businessman, Mike Gibbons, entered the final weekend before Tuesday’s primaries accusing one another of being insufficiently right-wing or disloyal to the man in Mar-a-Lago.
The possible reversal of fortunes comes as Ukraine is preparing to mount a broader counteroffensive, aiming for a dramatic breakthrough in a war that has settled into a grueling slugfest, with much blood spilled but little ground gained.
How did a jamboree founded on the idea of peace and harmony go from sequins and flares to geopolitical slugfest?
Translations:
sawbuck
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: compound
Etymology: * From saw + buck, calque of Dutch zaagbok.
* (ten-dollar bill): From the resemblance of the Roman numeral X (ten) to a sawhorse.
Compound parts: saw
buck
Inflected forms:
form: sawbucks
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: saw buck
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: A framework for holding wood so that it can be sawed; a sawhorse.
pos: noun
gloss: A ten-dollar bill.
pos: noun
tags: US
slang
Derived words: double sawbuck
Translations:
bean-shooter
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: bean-shooters
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: beanshooter
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: A peashooter; a small or toy gun.
pos: noun
tags: slang
gloss: A slingshot.
pos: noun
tags: US
dialectal
Translations:
bim
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: From bimbo.
Inflected forms:
form: bims
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A woman.
pos: noun
tags: slang
Translations:
bindle
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: Unknown; compare Old English bindele (“a binding, a tying”) from bindan (“to bind”), and bundle. Additionally, compare mister from master.
Inflected forms:
form: bindles
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A length of cord, rope, twine, etc, used to bind something.
pos: noun
tags: Scotland
Translations:
bing
Part of speech: noun
intj
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: From Middle English bing, binge, benge (also as Middle English byngger, bengere (“grain bin, hopper”)), from Old Norse bingr (“heap of corn; bed; bolster”), cognate with Scots bing, Swedish binge (“heap”), Danish bing (“bin; box; compartment”).
Compare also Scottish Gaelic binnean meaning a small hill or slag heap.
Inflected forms:
form: bings
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: ping
pos: intj
tags: alternative
form: ding
pos: intj
tags: alternative
form: bong
pos: intj
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: Solitary confinement.
pos: noun
tags: countable
slang
uncountable
with-definite-article
gloss: A slag heap, i.e. a man-made mound or heap formed with the waste material (slag) as a by-product of coal mining or the shale oil industry.
pos: noun
tags: Scotland
countable
uncountable
gloss: The waste by-product from a foundry or furnace, formed into such a mound.
pos: noun
tags: Scotland
countable
uncountable
gloss: A heap or pile, especially of metallic ore.
pos: noun
tags: Scotland
UK
countable
uncountable
gloss: The sound made by a bounce, or by striking a metallic surface.
pos: intj
tags: onomatopoeic
gloss: The high-pitched sound made by a bell being struck.
pos: intj
tags: onomatopoeic
examples: Toronto Star, "Ryanair looking at standing 'seats,' pay toilets", 2 July 2010, Jim Rankin
Bing! Ladies and gentlemen, in a few minutes the captain will turn off the fasten seatbelt sign, but for your own safety we recommend you stay seated and with your seatbelt securely fastened at all times.
Derived words: pit bing
Translations:
flophouse
Part of speech: noun
verb
Morphological type: compound
Etymology: From flop + house, originally hobo slang, presumably from slang flop (“lie down to sleep”).
Compound parts: flop
house
Inflected forms:
form: flophouses
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: flop-house
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: flophouses
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: flophousing
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: flophoused
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: flophoused
pos: verb
tags: past
form: flop-house
pos: verb
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: A cheap hotel or boarding house where many people sleep in large rooms.
pos: noun
tags: US
slang
examples: In one of [Cincinnati’s] slum districts stands the Silver Moon, a “flop house” (i.e., a house where the occupants are “flopped” out of their hanging bunks by letting down the ropes).
We even visited some drunken seamen in a flophouse on Mission Street that she knew; they offered us whisky.
He was born out back of a twopenny flophouse in what the wags called “The Holy Land” […].
gloss: To stay in a flophouse.
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
examples: August was aware of Robert's strange quirk of flophousing away from home and that he often spent weekends at the Diana.
I kept going nowhere, bummed the country, boxcar'd it, breadlined it, flophoused it, that cruddy dying by inches in jungles when, Christ-o, outa the knocked-out black and blue I'm told I gotta go to war, gotta fight for freedom.
For old time's sake we plan to flophouse with you over the parturient period.
Translations:
goog
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: From Irish and Scottish Gaelic gog / gug, cf. googie, from gugaí / gogaí (“sound made by chickens, baby name for chicken, baby name for egg" (i.e. gug-gug-gugaí)”).
Inflected forms:
form: googs
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: An egg.
pos: noun
tags: Australia
slang
examples: I always supposed he was called Goog because the tiny flattened ears did nothing to interrupt the goog-like sweep from crown to jaw.
From its modest beginnings in one's diet as a boiled goog with toast soldiers, to the heady heights of the soufflé, the egg is the soul of French and English cuisine.
Translations:
grift
Part of speech: noun
verb
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: American criminal underworld slang, 1906 (noun), 1915 (verb), alteration of graft (“corruption, illicit profit through corrupt means, bribe, one's occupation”), alteration perhaps influenced by similar sounding words, e.g. drift, etc., probably ultimately from Middle Dutch graft (“digging, ditch, canal, trench”) (modern Dutch gracht), related to Dutch graven (“to dig”), English grave (“to dig”).
Inflected forms:
form: grifts
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: grifts
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: grifting
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: grifted
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: grifted
pos: verb
tags: past
Senses:
gloss: A confidence game or swindle.
pos: noun
tags: US
slang
examples: Hey, what's the grift? What are you trying to pull?
‘Sounds like he’s trying to stretch out his grift for as long as possible,’ Gentle said. ‘Taking as much from his followers as he can before it falls apart.’
gloss: To obtain illegally, as by con game.
pos: verb
tags: US
slang
transitive
gloss: To obtain money illegally.
pos: verb
tags: US
intransitive
slang
gloss: To obtain money immorally or through deceitful means.
pos: verb
tags: US
intransitive
slang
Translations:
grifter
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From grift + -er; or probably an alteration of grafter (“a corrupt person, one who accepts bribes”), which is essentially a doublet of the same word. Originally circus slang (carny; compare shill of similar semantics), gradually widened in sense. First attested in 1906; popularized online circa late 2010s.
Base: grift
Affixes: -er
Inflected forms:
form: grifters
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A con artist; someone who pulls confidence games; a swindler, scammer, huckster, hustler, and/or charlatan.
pos: noun
tags: US
informal
examples: We're all grifters. So we sell each other out for a nickel.
That was the train the drunks and the sinners rode—the gambling men and the grifters, the big-time spenders, the skirt-chasers, and all the jolly crew.
From the small-time grifters like Anna Sorokin, who adopted the last name Delvey to masquerade in downtown New York circles as a European heiress for four years before she was convicted of second-degree grand larceny in 2019, […] all impostors come equipped with a tall tale and a look to match.
gloss: A manipulator or otherwise generally corrupt person who "games" a system, group of people, or other entity for selfish gains; especially of a political "sell-out" perceived as lacking integrity.
pos: noun
tags: Internet
colloquial
especially
examples: The latest act in the Madness of King Donald drama playing globally on every channel underlined the increasingly delusional world the anti-hero inhabits, his fantasies fed and indulged by a cast of sycophants, lackeys and straight grifters, all in it for what they can get.
gloss: A YouTuber or other content creator who produces low-effort content critiquing a particular franchise or trend, particularly content perceived as ragebait or done for monetary gain.
pos: noun
tags: Internet
derogatory
examples: But with changing technology, criticism has entered a new era thanks to YouTube and live streaming. In the middle of all this growth is a pseudo-intellectual fungus which seems to be spreading rapidly. In my article about Box Office numbers I mentioned the phrase “grifter critic”.
Derived words: grifterness
Translations:
gumshoe
Part of speech: noun
verb
Morphological type: compound
Etymology: From gum + shoe.
Compound parts: gum
shoe
Inflected forms:
form: gumshoes
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: gumshoes
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: gumshoeing
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: gumshoed
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: gumshoed
pos: verb
tags: past
Senses:
gloss: A sneaker or rubber overshoe.
pos: noun
gloss: A detective.
pos: noun
tags: slang
examples: "Who's this gumshoe guy from the bush league tailin' us?"
So how does Santa go up and down chimneys and keep his clothes clean? MAIRE NIC SUIBHNE and her junior gumshoes get their claws into assorted Messrs Claus and come up with an answer . . .
gloss: To act as a detective.
pos: verb
tags: slang
examples: The next thing they did was to send a man sent down there from Baltimore and he spent a good deal of time gumshoeing around in that county trying to get another individual put in as secretary-treasurer.
But these days, more and more women are gumshoeing through the pages of murder mysteries.
Translations:
vig
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: Clipping of vigorish, from Yiddish וויגריש (vigrish), from Russian вы́игрыш (výigryš, “winnings”).
Inflected forms:
form: vigs
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Synonym of vigorish (“charge taken on bets”).
pos: noun
tags: countable
slang
uncountable
examples: The house sets vigs on any game they allow you to bet on. It is your responsibility to play only those games where the vig is not prohibitive. Let's take one more look at how vigorish works for the house.
The bookmaker's mean profit per dollar bet is called vigorish or “the vig.” In our example, 11 + 11 = $22 is bet, and the bookmaker wins $1 so the vig is 1/22 = 4.5%.
The vig is like your "tax" paid on a bet which goes to the bookie. For example, every $100 I would bet, I had a vig of $10. So if I bet $500 and lost that bet, I would owe $550. Trust me, when you don't win, the vigs add up quick!
gloss: Synonym of vigorish (“interest from a loan, as from a loan shark”).
pos: noun
tags: US
countable
slang
uncountable
examples: 1973, Martin Scorsese, Mardik Martin (screenplay), Mean Streets, quoted in 2009, Ellis Cashmore, Martin Scorsese's America, page 118,
“You charged a guy from the neighborhood $1800 vig?” he asks incredulously (“vig” is short for vigorish, meaning a rate of interest from a loan from an illegal moneylender).
The guy was probably professional muscle, a leg breaker who collects vig for a loan shark. (Vig is a mob term for interest on loans to a loan shark.)
"Look, I know I owe you and I know I'm late but I'm good for it. I am. In fact I'll pay you triple what I owe. Triple! Plus the missing vigs, but I need some help first."
gloss: Synonym of vigorish (“commission, finder's fee, or similar extra charge”).
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: “Charlie, sign here, here and here.” “So, you're giving me all your money.” “Charlie, for the 500th time, I'm not giving it to you. It's not yours. I'm just setting up a temporary account in your name. What my wife can't find, she can't get.” “Right. That's-- This is good. This is shady, Frank. I like this kind of stuff.” “But you will be handsomely rewarded if you just keep your hands off of this money.” “Right, right. So what's the vig?” “The vig?” “Yeah, man. Like. You know, that's-- what's the vig on this action here?” “Do you even know what "vig" means?”
Translations:
vigorish
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: From Yiddish וויגריש (vigrish), from Russian вы́игрыш (výigryš, “winnings”).
Inflected forms:
form: vigorishes
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: viggerish
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: A charge taken on bets, as by a bookie or gambling establishment.
pos: noun
tags: slang
uncountable
examples: The house sets vigs on any game they allow you to bet on. It is your responsibility to play only those games where the vig is not prohibitive. Let's take one more look at how vigorish works for the house.
The bookmaker's mean profit per dollar bet is called vigorish or “the vig.” In our example, 11 + 11 = $22 is bet, and the bookmaker wins $1 so the vig is 1/22 = 4.5%.
gloss: The interest on a loan of money, especially for loans made by a usurer or loan shark.
pos: noun
tags: slang
uncountable
examples: His clients included wealthy women who possessed jewelry of great value, a fact which did not escape the loan shark. When it became apparent that the hairdresser could not meet his substantial vigorish payments, he was pressed into service as a "fingerman" for a burglary ring.
They lend you a thousand and call it a bone. It cost a hundred a week vigorish to borrow the bone.
gloss: An amount owed on account of or payment of a bookie's charge or of interest.
pos: noun
tags: countable
slang
gloss: A commission or similar extra charge.
pos: noun
tags: countable
slang
uncountable
examples: I was asking a man who had never bent a rule in his entire life to do it once. This wasn't Italy or France, where such miracles are possible with a little political vigorish. This was Switzerland, where nothing like this ever happens.
Translations:
stoolie
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English stool
English -ie
English stoolie
From stool + -ie.
Inflected forms:
form: stoolies
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: stooly
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: A stool pigeon.
pos: noun
tags: slang
Translations:
shamus
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: Said to be from the Irish name Séamus, on account of many American police officers being of Irish descent.
Inflected forms:
form: shamuses
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: shami
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A private detective; originally, a policeman or police detective.
pos: noun
tags: US
slang
examples: “That's what you're here for. Didn't your aunt tell you? She wants you to follow Wilbert Cream and Phyllis about everywhere and see that he doesn't get a chance of proposing.”
“You mean that I'm to be a sort of private eye or shamus, tailing them up? I don't like it,” I said dubiously.
Translations:
roscoe
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: Unknown, apparently from the surname Roscoe; sometimes attested as John Roscoe. Attested from the 1910s.
Inflected forms:
form: roscoes
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A handgun, particularly a revolver.
pos: noun
tags: US
slang
examples: Why, it was nothing to travel about the country with fifty grand worth of ice on me. Suppose I hadn’t packed a roscoe—hell, I’d of been hoisted once a week!
Vincenzo Ricci: Just his normal detail, a few guys with roscoes. None of the other fellas are gonna do dick to protect that piece of shit.
Before Hicks knows it they're out in the far northwest somewhere […], apt around any corner to find yourself up the wrong end of a roscoe from somebody you knew in sixth grade.
Translations: