yuanxin112/wiktionary-morph huggingface dataset:
Hanseatic
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: From Medieval Latin hanseaticus, from hansa, of Germanic origin, from Old High German hansa (“troop, company”), from Proto-West Germanic *hansu (“crowd, company”).
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Of or pertaining to the German Hanse.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: The Hanseatic museum is housed in a carefully-preserved gaard, or store-house and offices of the Hanseatic League of German merchants, who inhabited the German quarter (Tydskenbryggen) and were established here in great strength from 1445 to 1558 (when the Norwegians began to find their presence irksome), and brought much prosperity to the city in that period.
Translations:
tetchy
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: Uncertain, first attested as teachie in the 1597 first quarto versions of Romeo and Juliet and Richard III. Perhaps coined by Shakespeare.
Also variously derived from English tetch (“tantrum, fit of anger”); from Scots tache (“blotch, fault”); from Middle English tatch (“blemish”) &c. under influence from touchy.
Inflected forms:
form: tetchier
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: tetchiest
pos: adj
tags: superlative
form: titchy
pos: adj
tags: alternative
form: techy
pos: adj
tags: alternative
obsolete
form: techie
pos: adj
tags: alternative
obsolete
form: teachy
pos: adj
tags: alternative
obsolete
form: teachie
pos: adj
tags: alternative
obsolete
form: teechy
pos: adj
tags: alternative
obsolete
form: tetchie
pos: adj
tags: alternative
obsolete
form: tecchy
pos: adj
tags: alternative
obsolete
form: titchie
pos: adj
tags: alternative
obsolete
form: tichy
pos: adj
tags: alternative
obsolete
form: tertchy
pos: adj
tags: alternative
obsolete
form: tatchy
pos: adj
tags: alternative
obsolete
form: tachy
pos: adj
tags: alternative
obsolete
Senses:
gloss: Synonym of touchy: easily annoyed or irritated, peevish, testy, irascible; also (figurative) extremely sensitive, difficult to manage, use, or work.
pos: adj
tags: Commonwealth
Ireland
Southern-US
UK
examples: Nurce: ...But as I said, when it did tast the wormwood on the nipple of my dug, & felt it bitter, pretty foole to see it teachie and fall out with Dugge...
King. And came I not at last to comfort you?
Du. No by the holie roode thou knowst it well,
Thou camst on earth to make the earth my hell,
A greuous burthen was thy berth to me,
Techie and waiward was thy infancie,
Thy schoele-daies frightful, desperate, wild, and furious.
Nurse: […]But as I said, when it did taste the worme-wood on the nipple of my dug, and felt it bitter, pretie foole, to see it teachie and fall out with the Dugge...
Our hart is so narrowly limited that (by euery little distaste) we are strangely altered, and being in this teasty tetchy way, presently we let flye foorth much vnseemelines.
I warrant, sir, he is, as you say, a very precise acrimonious person—A tetchy repugnant kind of old gentleman.
They’re good boys, as I said afore; but they’re quick and tetchy—George, being the youngest, nat’rally is the tetchiest.
[…] the commonplace Communist simply loses his temper if you venture to doubt whether everything is being done in precisely the best and most intelligent way under the new régime. He is like a tetchy housewife who wants you to recognise that everything is in perfect order in the middle of an eviction.
Translations:
riant
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: From French riant.
Inflected forms:
form: more riant
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most riant
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: Mirthful, cheerful, smiling, light-hearted.
pos: adj
gloss: Of a place, landscape or view: having a pleasant appearance, looking bright or cheerful.
pos: adj
Derived words: riantly
Translations:
fifty-fifty
Part of speech: adv
adj
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: 50-50
pos: adv
tags: alternative
form: 50/50
pos: adv
tags: alternative
form: 50 50
pos: adv
tags: alternative
form: 50.50
pos: adv
tags: alternative
form: fifty fifty
pos: adv
tags: alternative
form: fifty/fifty
pos: adv
tags: alternative
form: 50-50
pos: adj
tags: alternative
form: 50/50
pos: adj
tags: alternative
form: 50 50
pos: adj
tags: alternative
form: 50.50
pos: adj
tags: alternative
form: fifty fifty
pos: adj
tags: alternative
form: fifty/fifty
pos: adj
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: In half: in two equal parts, shares, etc.
pos: adv
tags: not-comparable
examples: I'll handle production, you handle sales, and we'll split profits fifty-fifty.
Throughout our discussions and searching inquiries one object figured ever more prominently—the moon. We learned that it was technologically possible to develop a program to reach the moon, and we came to realize that since the Russians did not then have the ability to reach the moon any more than we did, we had at least a fifty-fifty chance of beating them there. Moreover, a moon-landing goal would give a dramatic focus to a space program designed to develop our skills and capacities on a broad technological front.
gloss: Half and half.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: In this recipe, the flour and sugar are fifty-fifty.
In this recipe, the flour and sugar are in fifty-fifty proportions.
gloss: Used to describe two possible outcomes as being equally likely.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: It is fifty-fifty that the employee who made the mistake will end up fired.
Related words: as likely as not
as often as not
even chances
Translations:
Quebecer
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English Quebec
Proto-Indo-European *-yósder.
Proto-Italic *-āzijos
Latin -āriusnom.
Latin -āriusbor.
Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz
Proto-West Germanic *-ārī
Old English -ere
Middle English -ere
English -er
English Quebecer
From Quebec + -er.
Inflected forms:
form: Quebecers
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: Québecer
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: Québécer
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: Quebecker
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: Québecker
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: Québécker
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: A native or inhabitant of the province of Quebec, Canada.
pos: noun
gloss: A native or inhabitant of the Quebec City, Quebec.
pos: noun
Related words: Quebecois
Québécois
pure laine
Translations:
touch-paper
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: touch-papers
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: a strip of paper impregnated with nitre, used as a fuse for firing gunpowder, fireworks etc.
pos: noun
Translations:
reflectivity
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
Etymology: Etymology tree
English reflect
Proto-Indo-European *-wós
Proto-Indo-European *-iHwósder.
Latin -īvus
Old French -ifbor.
Middle English -yf
English -ive
English reflective
Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂
Proto-Indo-European *-ts
Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts
Latin -itāsder.
Old French -itebor.
Middle English -ite
English -ity
English reflectivity
From reflective + -ity.
Inflected forms:
form: reflectivities
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The property or quality of being reflective.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
Translations:
westernized
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: more westernized
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most westernized
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: Having been made culturally Western.
pos: adj
Translations:
bubblin
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Crying, weeping, action of the verb to bubble.
pos: noun
tags: Geordie
uncountable
Translations:
streetcorner
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: compound
Etymology: From street + corner.
Compound parts: street
corner
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Acting or appearing on the street corner
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: December 5 2016, Andrew Barbano writing in Sparks Tribune, The Barbwire Billion-Dollar Cure for What Ails Us
The ghost of Al Davis has played Nevada like a streetcorner hooker, schmoozing, seducing, then stealing the working girl's purse.
a streetcorner preacher
Translations:
nekton
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
Etymology: From German Nekton which was coined in 1890 by Ernst Haeckel. By surface analysis, Ancient Greek νηκτός (nēktós, “swimming”) + -on.
Inflected forms:
form: nektons
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: All organisms in the ocean that are capable of swimming independently of currents.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
Translations:
linsey
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: linseys
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A cloth made of linen and wool.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: My rule is to give for winter a linsey suit, one shirt of best towelling, one hat, one pair of shoes, a good blanket, costing $2 to $2 50, every other year […]
gloss: A kind of clayey rock.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
Derived words: linsey-woolsey
Translations:
peacemaking
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: compound
Etymology: From peace + making.
Compound parts: peace
making
Inflected forms:
form: peacemakings
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The act of reconciling two people or groups who disagree.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: Did Vietnam's school of hard knocks teach Americans to do peacemaking and state building right?
Translations:
peacetime
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: compound
Etymology: From peace + time.
Compound parts: peace
time
Inflected forms:
form: peacetimes
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: peace time
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: peace-time
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: The period of time when a nation or people is at peace, not fighting a war.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
usually
examples: When the country was blockaded during the second world war and the nation’s farmers were told to convert scrub and pasture to sown fields, arable land doubled. In peacetime, the patriotic drive for self-sufficiency continued
Antonyms: wartime
Translations:
peashooter
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: compound
Topics: engineering
government
military
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
politics
tools
war
weaponry
Etymology: From pea + shooter.
Compound parts: pea
shooter
Inflected forms:
form: peashooters
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: pea-shooter
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: A toy weapon consisting of a tube through which dried peas or small objects are blown.
pos: noun
gloss: A person who uses such a device.
pos: noun
gloss: Any small or ineffective gun or weapon.
pos: noun
tags: slang
examples: Compared to my forty-five, it's a toy. Christ, Thanet, why did you buy it in the first place? I would have given you one of mine, a real weapon, one with knock down power, compared to that peashooter on your hip.
Related words: peashooting
Translations:
pectic
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From pectin + -ic, from Ancient Greek πηκτικός (pēktikós, “curdling”), from πηκτός (pēktós, “curdled”), from πήγνυμι (pḗgnumi, “stiffen”).
Base: pectin
Affixes: -ic
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Of or pertaining to pectin or pectin-like substances.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
gloss: Relating to pectic acid or its derivatives.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
Derived words: metapectic acid
pectate
pectose
Translations:
peristaltic
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: medicine
physiology
sciences
Etymology: Etymology tree
English peristalsis
Proto-Indo-European *-ikos
Proto-Italic *-ikos
Latin -icuslbor.
Old French -iquebor.
Middle English -ik
English -ic
English peristaltic
From peristalsis + -ic.
Inflected forms:
form: peristaltick
pos: adj
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: of or pertaining to peristalsis
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
Translations:
prettiness
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English pretty
Proto-Germanic *-inōną
Proto-Indo-European *-dyé-
Proto-Germanic *-atjaną
Proto-Indo-European *-tus
Proto-Germanic *-þuz
Proto-Germanic *-assuz
Proto-Germanic *-inassuz
Proto-West Germanic *-nassī
Old English -nes
Middle English -nesse
English -ness
English prettiness
From pretty + -ness.
Inflected forms:
form: prettinesses
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The quality of being pretty.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: A young girl in cap and apron—a girl of quite unusual prettiness—appeared at the door.
Translations:
hoarseness
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From Middle English hosnesse, from Old English hāsnes; equivalent to hoarse + -ness.
Base: hoarse
Affixes: -ness
Inflected forms:
form: hoarsenesses
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The quality of being hoarse, of having a dry harsh voice.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
usually
examples: The hoarseness of her voice was caused by years of smoking.
Translations:
demeaning
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: more demeaning
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most demeaning
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: Degrading; that degrades.
pos: adj
examples: demeaning job
demeaning way to make money
laugh at someone in a demeaning way
Translations:
wormlike
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Germanic *wurmiz
Proto-West Germanic *wurmi
Old English wyrm
Middle English worm
English worm
Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der.
Proto-Germanic *līkąder.
Proto-Germanic *-līkaz
Proto-West Germanic *-līk
Old English -līċ
Middle English -like
English -like
English wormlike
From worm + -like.
Inflected forms:
form: more wormlike
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most wormlike
pos: adj
tags: superlative
form: worm-like
pos: adj
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: Resembling or characteristic of a worm.
pos: adj
examples: The plastic fishing lure was remarkably wormlike.
He has a wormlike view of the universe.
gloss: Having a smoothly curved form when heated.
pos: adj
Related words: helminthic
vermian
vermiform
worm-like chain
Derived words: wormlike chain
Translations:
bolding
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: boldings
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The process of putting text in boldface.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: […] text was produced only to be consumed visually — with tables, indents, boldings, typeface changes, and the like, as well as various styles of visual jargon — […]
Translations:
metaethics
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: ethics
human-sciences
philosophy
sciences
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *me
Proto-Indo-European *meth₂?
Ancient Greek μετᾰ́ (metắ)
Ancient Greek μετᾰ- (metă-)lbor.
English meta-
English ethics
English metaethics
From meta- + ethics. First attested in the 1930s.
Inflected forms:
form: meta-ethics
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: metaëthics
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: metethics
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: The study of the nature and meaning of moral judgments, and the foundations and the possibility of ethical reasoning as such.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
examples: However, he holds that ethics is not capable of proving cruelty—or happiness, for that matter—to be either good or bad. This view of the limitations of the reasoning of normative ethics belongs to metaethics.
With respect to metaethics, some philosophers, known as cognitivists, believe that it is possible to identify objective criteria for determining what is ethically right or wrong, or good and bad. Others, however, question whether this is possible.
Translations:
metaethical
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: ethics
human-sciences
philosophy
sciences
Etymology: Etymology tree
Ancient Greek μετᾰ́ (metắ)
Ancient Greek μετᾰ- (metă-)lbor.
English meta-
English ethical
English metaethical
From meta- + ethical.
Inflected forms:
form: meta-ethical
pos: adj
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: Of or pertaining to metaethics.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: In particular, I argue that (i) moral folkism leads us to the deflationary conclusion that many of the normative and metaethical questions that philosophers discuss are settled by empirical facts about what ordinary folk happen to mean by their words — and so they're not settled by mind-independent facts about reality.
Translations:
Montrealer
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English Montreal
Proto-Indo-European *-yósder.
Proto-Italic *-āzijos
Latin -āriusnom.
Latin -āriusbor.
Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz
Proto-West Germanic *-ārī
Old English -ere
Middle English -ere
English -er
English Montrealer
From Montreal + -er.
Inflected forms:
form: Montrealers
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: Montréaler
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: A native or inhabitant of the city of Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
pos: noun
Translations:
preexisting
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: preëxisting
pos: adj
tags: alternative
form: pre-existing
pos: adj
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: Already in existence before something else.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
Translations:
metameric
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: simple
Topics: anatomy
biology
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Exhibiting metamerism.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
gloss: (chemistry) Exhibiting structural isomerism.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
obsolete
Derived words: hemimetameric
intermetameric
metamerically
nonmetameric
Translations:
metamerism
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: biology
chemistry
colorimetry
human-sciences
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
psychology
sciences
Etymology: From μετά (metá, “among”) + μερισμός (merismós, “rationing”) (< μέρος (méros, “part”) + -ισμός (-ismós, “-ism”)).
Inflected forms:
form: metamerisms
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The segmentation of the body into similar discrete units.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
usually
gloss: The matching of a perceived attribute between objects with differing physical attributes.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
usually
gloss: The matching of a perceived attribute between objects with differing physical attributes.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
usually
gloss: Structural isomerism.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
usually
Related words: metamer
metamere
metameric
Translations:
lang: Finnish
word: metameria
lang: Finnish
word: metameerisuus
unreasonableness
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From unreasonable + -ness, after reasonableness.
Base: unreasonable
Affixes: -ness
Inflected forms:
form: unreasonablenesses
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The state of being unreasonable.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
gloss: An unreasonable act.
pos: noun
tags: countable
Synonyms: unreasonability
Related words: Wednesbury unreasonableness
Translations:
homophony
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: entertainment
human-sciences
lifestyle
linguistics
music
phonetics
phonology
sciences
semantics
Etymology: Internationalism, from French homophonie, from Ancient Greek ὁμοφωνία (homophōnía, “unison”), from ὁμόφωνος (homóphōnos, “of the same sound or tone”). By surface analysis, homo- + -phony.
Inflected forms:
form: homophonies
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A musical texture in which two or more parts move together in harmony, the relationship between them creating chords; the quality of being homophonic.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: On the other hand, it seems to be the fact that well-bred Englishmen do not say "it's him" or it's her." The formula is: "It's he"; "it's she"; "it's me." The homophony doubtless accounts for the anomaly in the case of "me."
Full of gently lapping lines, close imitation and moments of honeyed homophony, all underpinned by tactful percussion, it is startlingly different from the driving, hard edges of much of Lang's work with the Bang On a Can collective.
gloss: The quality of being homophonous.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: There is, for example, the homophony of "merry" and "Mary," which typifies the South Midland accent common in the hill country of east Tennessee and upper Georgia.
I'd like to point out a few inaccuracies in your article on Joost, where I work (What is Joost all about, January 18). One, it's pronounced more like "juiced". Whether the homophony is deliberate only Janus and Niklas know.
This is the third puzzle with a theme that plays on the homophony between the word “sea” and the letter C to come across my desk in recent months, but I’m tickled every time.
Derived words: homophonist
Translations:
bethel
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: From Hebrew בֵּית אֵל (beth el, literally “house of God”). See also Bethel on Wikipedia.Wikipedia .
Inflected forms:
form: bethels
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A holy place.
pos: noun
gloss: A chapel, especially one for sailors, converted from an old ship.
pos: noun
examples: Six thousand of this number constitute the seafaring portion of the floating population of New York and Brooklyn, and for their particular accommodation there are, of mission stations and bethels, fifteen places that invite the sailor to hear the Word of God.
1867, The Sailor's Magazine, Volumes 29-30, The American Seamen's Friend Society, page 196,
Under the care of this body are two Floating Bethels, one in the East and the other in the North River, a "Missionary at large," and the "New Sailor's Home," 338 Pearl Street. The average attendance at the Bethels is about 110 each.
Bethels would be opened in all ports to provide sailors with facilities to shield them from the pervasive temptations of alcohol and prostitution. Once in the Bethels, the sailors would receive regular exposure to Christian doctrine and be encouraged to fulfill their religious duties daily, both in port and at sea.
gloss: A chapter of Job's Daughters International.
pos: noun
Translations:
polysilicon
Part of speech: adj
noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: business
chemistry
electrical-engineering
electricity
electromagnetism
electronics
energy
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *pleh₁-
Proto-Indo-European *polh₁ús
Ancient Greek πολῠ́ς (polŭ́s)lbor.
English poly-
Latin silex
Proto-Indo-European *-yós
Proto-Italic *-ios
Old Latin -ios
Latin -ius
Latin -ium
New Latin siliciumlbor.
English silicium
Proto-Indo-European *kerh₃-der.?
Latin carbōlbor.
French carbonebor.
English carbonbf.
English -on
English silicon
English polysilicon
From poly- + silicon.
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Containing many silicon atoms, especially when linked into chains or networks.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
gloss: Polycrystalline silicon: A polycrystalline form of silicon used in some solid-state devices, especially solar cells.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
examples: Similarly Poly Engineering, an Italian maker of polysilicon—the key ingredient in solar panels—transferred key production knowhow to China's Daqo New Energy in 2008, helping China break the grip on polysilicon supply held by the US, Europe and Japan.
Translations:
percipient
Part of speech: adj
noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: education
human-sciences
parapsychology
philosophy
pseudoscience
psychology
sciences
Etymology: From Latin percipiēns, present participle of percipiō (“to perceive”).
Inflected forms:
form: more percipient
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most percipient
pos: adj
tags: superlative
form: percipients
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Having the ability to perceive, especially to perceive quickly.
pos: adj
examples: Fasting, yet not of want
Percipient, he on that mysterious steed
Had reach’d his resting-place,
For expectation kept his nature up.
[...] he calls attention to the use of glasses […] The eye itself is no more percipient than the glass; is quite as much the instrument of the true self, and also as foreign to the true self, as the glass is.
gloss: Perceiving events only in the moment, without reflection, like a very young child.
pos: adj
tags: dated
gloss: One who perceives something.
pos: noun
examples: As anatomy, physiology and, later, psychology have developed into more or less well-organized sciences, they have necessarily and rightly come to incorporate the study of, among other things, the structures, mechanisms, and functionings of animal and human bodies qua percipient.
gloss: One who has perceived a paranormal event.
pos: noun
examples: In the course of investigating the haunting, I interviewed several percipients.
Related words: perceive
perceptive
perceptor
Derived words: impercipient
omnipercipient
percipiency
percipiently
unpercipient
Translations:
imidazole
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
Etymology: Etymology tree
Egyptian jmnbor.
Ancient Greek Ᾰ̓́μμων (Ắmmōn)bor.
Latin Ammōn
Latin ammoniacusder.
English ammonia
Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-der.
Proto-Italic *-iðos
Latin -idusder.
English -ide
English amide
English imide
Proto-Indo-European *né
Proto-Indo-European *n̥-
Proto-Hellenic *ə-
Ancient Greek ᾰ̓- (ă-)
Proto-Indo-European *gʷeyh₃-
Proto-Indo-European *-wós
Proto-Indo-European *gʷih₃wós
Proto-Indo-European *gʷíh₃weti
Proto-Hellenic *gʷyṓw-ō
Proto-Hellenic *ďṓwō
Ancient Greek ζώω (zṓō)
Ancient Greek ζῶ (zô)
Ancient Greek -ᾱ (-ā)
Ancient Greek -η (-ē)
Ancient Greek ζωή (zōḗ)
French azotebor.
English azote
English azo-
English -ole
English azole
English imidazole
From imide + azole.
Inflected forms:
form: imidazoles
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A heterocyclic organic compound containing two nitrogen atoms separated by a carbon atom in a five-membered ring, called 1,3-diazole in IUPAC nomenclature.
pos: noun
gloss: A group of compounds containing that structure.
pos: noun
Related words: imidazolic
imidazoheterocycle
imidazopyrazinone
naphthoimidazole
Derived words: aminoimidazole
benzimidazole
cefpimizole
climazolam
clotrimazole
diimidazole
dimethylimidazole
etomidate
imidazolate
imidazolium
imidazolone
isoimidazole
methimazole
methylimidazole
miconazole
midazolam
mitozolomide
nitroimidazole
nonimidazole
oxymetazoline
remimazolam
thiabendazole
thiamazole
zoledronic acid
zolpidem
Translations:
appellative
Part of speech: adj
noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: grammar
human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
Etymology: From the Late Latin appellātīvus, from the stem appella- (“to call”), with the adjectival suffix -ive.
Inflected forms:
form: appel.
pos: adj
tags: alternative
abbreviation
form: appellatives
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: appel.
pos: noun
tags: alternative
abbreviation
Senses:
gloss: Of or pertaining to an appellative noun or common noun.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
gloss: Of or pertaining to ascribing names.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: as these things of nature, or natures of things, were sometimes deified by the Pagans plainly and nakedly in their own appellative names
gloss: A common noun.
pos: noun
gloss: An epithet.
pos: noun
Derived words: appellatively
appellativeness
appellativization
Translations:
polybutadiene
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
Etymology: From poly- + butadiene.
Base: butadiene
Affixes: poly-
Inflected forms:
form: polybutadienes
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A polymer of butadiene, used to make synthetic rubber.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
Translations:
refurbished
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: more refurbished
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most refurbished
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: Rebuilt or replenished with all new material; or, restored to its original (or a better) working order and appearance.
pos: adj
Translations:
butadiene
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
Inflected forms:
form: butadienes
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: An unsaturated hydrocarbon, CH₂=CH-CH=CH₂; it is obtained from petroleum and is used in the preparation of the synthetic rubber polybutadiene.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
Translations:
isobutene
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
Etymology: Etymology tree
Ancient Greek ῐ̓́σος (ĭ́sos)lbor.
English iso-
Proto-Indo-European *gʷṓws
Proto-Hellenic *gʷous
Ancient Greek βοῦς (boûs)
Proto-Indo-European *tewh₂-
Proto-Indo-European *-rós
Proto-Indo-European *tuh₂rós
Proto-Hellenic *tūrós
Ancient Greek τῡρός (tūrós)
Ancient Greek βούτῡρος (boútūros)der.
English but-
English -ene
English butene
English isobutene
From iso- + butene.
Inflected forms:
form: isobutenes
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The unsaturated hydrocarbon methylpropene, (CH₃)₂C=CH₂; used in the manufacture of polybutene and butyl rubber.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
Translations:
appropriative
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English appropriate
Proto-Indo-European *-wós
Proto-Indo-European *-iHwósder.
Latin -īvus
Old French -ifbor.
Middle English -yf
English -ive
English appropriative
From appropriate + -ive.
Inflected forms:
form: more appropriative
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most appropriative
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: Taking or setting apart for oneself; appropriating; constituting appropriation.
pos: adj
examples: Unburdened by defensiveness, Ravel is able to figure the exotic in ways that are genuinely open to the energies of the other as well as appropriative of them. Those emergies find their culminating expression in the “General Dance” celebrating the union of Daphnis and Chloe. By organizing its dithyrambic whirl with an irregular meter, 5/4, the dance becomes an orgy of “false steps” utterly alien to the European tradition of superenergetic finales.
It seeks to not homogenize or be appropriative of women of color, but even given this commitment, it does “turn women of color into something that can be used to further her own ideas.” White feminists end up painting broad strokes about women of color and oppressed groups, because they fail to fully engage and interrogate their work.
[...] pointing to the tourism industry's appropriation and marketisation of Indigenous cultural material. Decontextualised and simplistically displayed on a tourist's shirt, this particular reference to Indigenous Australian cultures complements the 'exoticised' and culturally appropriative experience of the outback 'served' to the tourists. It also encapsulates the entitlement of the white tourists exemplified by careless cultural appropriation and lack of knowledge about the land's histories.
Translations:
isobutylene
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
Etymology: From iso- + butylene or isobutyl + -ene?
Base: butylene
Affixes: iso-
Inflected forms:
form: isobutylenes
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: methylpropene; isobutene
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: He combined styrene with isobutylene, a volatile liquid, under pressure.
Translations:
approvable
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd
Proto-Italic *ad
Proto-Italic *ad-
Latin ad-
Proto-Indo-European *per-der.?
Proto-Indo-European *per-der.?
Proto-Indo-European *pér
Proto-Indo-European *-o
Proto-Indo-European *pró
Proto-Indo-European *pro-der.
Proto-Indo-European *bʰuH-der.
Proto-Italic *proβwos
Proto-Indo-European *-h₂
Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂
Proto-Indo-European *-yéti
Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti
Proto-Italic *-āō
Proto-Italic *proβwāō
Latin probō
Latin approbōder.
Old French aproverbor.
Middle English aproven
English approve
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 approvable
From approve + -able.
Inflected forms:
form: more approvable
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most approvable
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: Able to be confirmed or approved.
pos: adj
Translations:
longspur
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: compound
Etymology: From long + spur.
Compound parts: long
spur
Inflected forms:
form: longspurs
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Any of the birds of the genus Calcarius, having a long claw on the hind toe of each foot.
pos: noun
Translations:
approximative
Part of speech: adj
noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: grammar
human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd
Proto-Italic *ad
Proto-Italic *ad-
Latin ad-
Latin proximō
Latin approximō
Latin approximātusder.
Middle English approximat
English approximate
Proto-Indo-European *-wós
Proto-Indo-European *-iHwósder.
Latin -īvus
Old French -ifbor.
Middle English -yf
English -ive
English approximative
From approximate + -ive.
Inflected forms:
form: more approximative
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most approximative
pos: adj
tags: superlative
form: approximatives
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Of, relating to, or being an estimate or approximation.
pos: adj
gloss: A grammatical construct that expresses approximation.
pos: noun
examples: In Example 6, we can see speakers using the vague approximatives 'two or three' and 'one or two'.
Translations:
assuredness
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English assured
Proto-Germanic *-inōną
Proto-Indo-European *-dyé-
Proto-Germanic *-atjaną
Proto-Indo-European *-tus
Proto-Germanic *-þuz
Proto-Germanic *-assuz
Proto-Germanic *-inassuz
Proto-West Germanic *-nassī
Old English -nes
Middle English -nesse
English -ness
English assuredness
From assured + -ness.
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: The state or quality of being assured.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
examples: Near-synonyms: assurance, guarantee
A lack of assuredness in defence, with Spurs missing holding midfielder Scott Parker, also did not help the home side and Norwich took advantage to score the winner.
Translations:
full-scale
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Of the same size, scale, or proportions as an original object.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: The museum has a full-scale replica of a Viking ship.
gloss: Thorough; complete; not lacking in any detail.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: The business consultants performed a full-scale analysis of current market conditions.
Sunday, November 6, was spent in a second full-scale dress rehearsal of the complete weekday electric timetable, […] during which the public were invited to make their first trial of the trains—and 15,000 did so.
Most ship-to-ship engagements are skirmishes between patrol vessels of cruiser weight and below, with dreadnoughts and carriers only deployed in full-scale fleet actions. Battles in open space are short and often inconclusive, as the weaker opponent generally disengages.
Perhaps Mr Putin is planning a full-scale invasion, with Russian forces thrusting deep into Ukraine to seize the capital, Kyiv, and overthrow the government.
Translations:
smallscale
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: more smallscale
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most smallscale
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: On a small scale; rudimentary; lacking many details or components.
pos: adj
Translations:
Neo-Latin
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *nu
Proto-Indo-European *néwos
Proto-Hellenic *néwos
Ancient Greek νέος (néos)
Ancient Greek νεο- (neo-)der.
English neo-
English Latin
English Neo-Latin
From neo- + Latin.
Inflected forms:
form: Neo Latin
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: New Latin
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
Translations:
caper-cutting
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: That frolics.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
Translations:
ceratopsian
Part of speech: adj
noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From translingual Ceratops + -ian.
Base: translingual Ceratops
Affixes: -ian
Inflected forms:
form: ceratopsians
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Of or belonging to the Ceratopsia suborder of dinosaurs.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: Triceratops is a ceratopsian dinosaur.
One common ceratopsian feature is a frill extending from the back of the skull.
gloss: Any member of this suborder
pos: noun
examples: You know, seeing as you bring up so many groups that people claim "all look alike except for maybe x" but really aren't once you actuall look at them (passerines, hadrosaurs, ceratopsians, etc.), maybe you need to write a book on the subject. It would be a rather interesting read.
Bipedal hadrosaurs, great hulking lambeosaurs, certain rhino-like ceratopsians and relatives of the velociraptors - all large and probably able swimmers - had the greatest success.
Translations:
ammonite
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: biology
history
human-sciences
natural-sciences
paleontology
sciences
Etymology: From French ammonite, from Latin Ammōnis (cornū) (“horn of Ammon”), as it was called by Pliny the Elder in reference to coiling ram horns used to symbolise the Egyptian god Amun. Equivalent to Ammon + -ite.
Base: Ammon
Affixes: -ite
Inflected forms:
form: ammonites
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Any of an extinct group of cephalopods of the subclass Ammonoidea; a fossil shell of such an animal.
pos: noun
examples: There's more interest to my mind in a neolithic scraper than in a whole show-case-full of ammonites and belemnites.
Ammonites floated through the world's shallow oceans for more than three hundred million years, and their fossilized shells turn up all around the world.
There are a few well known shelled giant cephalopods from the fossil record. Some of the largest recorded ammonites are in the genus Parapuzosia, fossils of which reach up to 2m in diameter.
Translations:
hyperpartisan
Part of speech: adj
noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *úp
Proto-Indo-European *-er
Proto-Indo-European *upér
Proto-Hellenic *hupér
Ancient Greek ῠ̔πέρ (hŭpér)
Ancient Greek ῠ̔περ- (hŭper-)der.
English hyper-
English partisan
English hyperpartisan
From hyper- + partisan.
Inflected forms:
form: more hyperpartisan
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most hyperpartisan
pos: adj
tags: superlative
form: hyperpartisans
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Extremely partisan; extremely biased in favor of a political party.
pos: adj
gloss: Sharply polarized by political parties in fierce disagreement with each other.
pos: adj
gloss: An extreme political partisan.
pos: noun
Translations:
averageness
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English average
Proto-Germanic *-inōną
Proto-Indo-European *-dyé-
Proto-Germanic *-atjaną
Proto-Indo-European *-tus
Proto-Germanic *-þuz
Proto-Germanic *-assuz
Proto-Germanic *-inassuz
Proto-West Germanic *-nassī
Old English -nes
Middle English -nesse
English -ness
English averageness
From average + -ness.
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: The state or quality of being average.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
examples: ‘Sometimes I feel like itʼs our mediocrity that saved us. Our averageness made us hold on to a centre, in a way that brilliant people canʼt.ʼ
Translations:
bastardly
Part of speech: adj
adv
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English bastard
Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der.
Proto-Germanic *līkąder.
Proto-Germanic *-līkaz
Proto-West Germanic *-līk
Old English -līċ
Middle English -ly
English -ly
English bastardly
From bastard + -ly.
Inflected forms:
form: more bastardly
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most bastardly
pos: adj
tags: superlative
form: more bastardly
pos: adv
tags: comparative
form: most bastardly
pos: adv
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: Having been born out of marriage.
pos: adj
gloss: Of no use or purpose; useless; worthless.
pos: adj
gloss: In a bastardly manner.
pos: adv
Derived words: bastardliness
bastardly gullion
Translations:
beamy
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: nautical
transport
Etymology: From Middle English beami, bemi, equivalent to beam + -y.
Base: beam
Affixes: -y
Inflected forms:
form: beamier
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: beamiest
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: Resembling a beam in size and weight; massy.
pos: adj
examples: a beamy spear
gloss: Having horns or antlers.
pos: adj
tags: archaic
examples: beamy stags
gloss: Having much beam or breadth; wide.
pos: adj
gloss: Showing or emitting rays of light; beaming; radiant; shining.
pos: adj
gloss: Radiant; beamsome; joyous; gladsome.
pos: adj
tags: figuratively
Derived words: beamily
beaminess
Translations:
belongingness
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *h₁ep-der.
Proto-Indo-European *h₁épsder.
Proto-Indo-European *h₁epider.
Proto-Indo-European *h₁pi
Proto-Germanic *bider.
Proto-Germanic *bi-
Proto-West Germanic *bi-
Old English be-
Middle English be-
Proto-Germanic *langōną
Proto-West Germanic *langōn
Old English langian
Middle English longen
Middle English belongen
English belong
Proto-Germanic *-ungō
Old English -ung
Middle English -ynge
English -ing
English belonging
Proto-Germanic *-in-
Proto-Indo-European *-h₂
Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂
Proto-Indo-European *-yéti
Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti
Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ti
Proto-Germanic *-ōną
Proto-Germanic *-inōną
Proto-Indo-European *-dyé-
Proto-Germanic *-atjaną
Proto-Indo-European *-tus
Proto-Germanic *-þuz
Proto-Germanic *-assuz
Proto-Germanic *-inassuz
Proto-West Germanic *-nassī
Old English -nes
Middle English -nesse
English -ness
English belongingness
From belonging + -ness.
Inflected forms:
form: belongingnesses
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The state or quality of belonging.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
usually
Translations:
betweenness
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: graph-theory
mathematics
sciences
Etymology: Etymology tree
English between
Proto-Germanic *-in-
Proto-Indo-European *-h₂
Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂
Proto-Indo-European *-yéti
Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti
Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ti
Proto-Germanic *-ōną
Proto-Germanic *-inōną
Proto-Indo-European *-dyé-
Proto-Germanic *-atjaną
Proto-Indo-European *-tus
Proto-Germanic *-þuz
Proto-Germanic *-assuz
Proto-Germanic *-inassuz
Proto-West Germanic *-nassī
Old English -nes
Middle English -nesse
English -ness
English betweenness
From between + -ness.
Inflected forms:
form: betweennesses
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The state or quality of being between.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
gloss: A measure of the number of geodesic paths through a node or edge.
pos: noun
tags: countable
examples: This is done by computing all the betweennesses of all edges and then looking for the ones with the highest values.
Derived words: nonbetweenness
Translations:
palaeoclimatology
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
Ancient Greek πᾰλαιός (pălaiós)der.
English paleo-
English palaeo-
English climatology
English palaeoclimatology
From palaeo- + climatology.
Inflected forms:
form: paleoclimatology
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: palæoclimatology
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: The scientific study of prehistoric climate of the Earth.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
examples: […]the conference will host an international lineup of climate scientists and researchers who will focus on four broad areas: climatology, paleoclimatology, the impact of climate change, and climate-change politics and economics.
Paleoclimatology -- the study of ice cores and ocean sediment cores -- indicates that the planet is warming 10 times fast than the average warming following an ice age, she added.
Translations:
bloody-mindedness
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English bloody-minded
Proto-Germanic *-inōną
Proto-Indo-European *-dyé-
Proto-Germanic *-atjaną
Proto-Indo-European *-tus
Proto-Germanic *-þuz
Proto-Germanic *-assuz
Proto-Germanic *-inassuz
Proto-West Germanic *-nassī
Old English -nes
Middle English -nesse
English -ness
English bloody-mindedness
From bloody-minded + -ness.
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: The state or quality of being bloody-minded.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
examples: It's always annoyed me that the West Somerset Railway (Britain's longest heritage line) was prevented by what seemed like bloody-mindedness (a trade union was involved, and BR wasn't as helpful as NR is today) from connecting with the system at Taunton - particularly when there was a link used (if I recall rightly) by cider trains.
Translations:
bloody-minded
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: more bloody-minded
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most bloody-minded
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: Eager for or wanting blood.
pos: adj
gloss: Obstinate; stubborn.
pos: adj
tags: UK
informal
Derived words: bloody-mindedly
bloody-mindedness
Translations:
uniqueness
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English unique
Proto-Germanic *-inōną
Proto-Indo-European *-dyé-
Proto-Germanic *-atjaną
Proto-Indo-European *-tus
Proto-Germanic *-þuz
Proto-Germanic *-assuz
Proto-Germanic *-inassuz
Proto-West Germanic *-nassī
Old English -nes
Middle English -nesse
English -ness
English uniqueness
From unique + -ness.
Inflected forms:
form: uniquenesses
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The state or quality of being unique or one of a kind.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: In fact, the rebel flag is so prolific in the revival some musicians intentionally avoid using it not because of racially charged meanings but to affirm their own uniqueness and individuality as southern rockers.
Antonyms: commonness
ubiquity
Translations:
burn-baited
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Prepared for agricultural use by burning
pos: adj
Translations:
burn-beat
Part of speech: verb
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: burn + beat (“to pare off turf”)
Inflected forms:
form: burn-beats
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: burn-beating
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: burn-beat
pos: verb
tags: past
form: burn-beaten
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
Senses:
gloss: To prepare land for agricultural use by burning the topsoil, used especially on sour or wet soil.
pos: verb
Translations:
calvary
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: From Late Latin calvāria (“skull”). Doublet of calavera and calvaria.
Inflected forms:
form: calvaries
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A life-size representation of the crucifixion of Jesus Christ on a piece of raised ground.
pos: noun
gloss: A series of representations of Christ’s Passion in a church.
pos: noun
gloss: A type of monumental public Christian cross, sometimes encased in an open shrine.
pos: noun
examples: Calvaries are typical of Galicia (Spain) and Portugal.
gloss: A strenuous experience.
pos: noun
tags: broadly
figuratively
Related words: nativity
Stations of the Cross
Translations:
doorframe
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: compound
Etymology: From door + frame.
Compound parts: door
frame
Inflected forms:
form: doorframes
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: door-frame
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: door frame
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: The frame into which a door is fitted.
pos: noun
Translations:
homeothermic
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
Etymology: By surface analysis, homeo- + -thermic, from the Ancient Greek ὅμοιος (hómoios, “of like kind, similar”) in conjunction with θέρμη (thérmē, “heat”), or, by surface analysis, homeotherm + -ic.
Inflected forms:
form: homeothermal
pos: adj
tags: alternative
form: homoiothermic
pos: adj
tags: alternative
form: homothermal
pos: adj
tags: alternative
form: homœothermic
pos: adj
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: Related to or being a homeotherm, an animal capable of maintaining a relatively constant body temperature independent of the surrounding environment.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
Translations: