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word: speech word_type: verb expansion: speech (third-person singular simple present speeches, present participle speeching, simple past and past participle speeched) forms: form: speeches tags: present singular third-person form: speeching tags: participle present form: ...
18201
word: credit word_type: verb expansion: credit (third-person singular simple present credits, present participle crediting, simple past and past participle credited) forms: form: credits tags: present singular third-person form: crediting tags: participle present form: cr...
18202
word: credit word_type: noun expansion: credit (countable and uncountable, plural credits) forms: form: credits tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: Borrowed from Middle French crédit (“belief, trust”), from Latin crēditum (“a loan, credit”), neuter of crēditus, past participle of crēdere (“to...
18203
word: acknowledge word_type: verb expansion: acknowledge (third-person singular simple present acknowledges, present participle acknowledging, simple past and past participle acknowledged) forms: form: acknowledges tags: present singular third-person form: acknowledging tags: parti...
18204
word: oases word_type: noun expansion: oases forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: plural of oasis senses_topics:
18205
word: fucking word_type: verb expansion: fucking forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: From fuck + -ing. senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: present participle and gerund of fuck senses_topics:
18206
word: fucking word_type: noun expansion: fucking (countable and uncountable, plural fuckings) forms: form: fuckings tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From fuck + -ing. senses_examples: text: I got a good fucking out of her, but I doubt we'll have another date. type: example te...
18207
word: fucking word_type: adj expansion: fucking (not comparable) forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: From fuck + -ing. senses_examples: text: No fucking way. type: example text: Yeah, she caught my eye, as I walked on by / She could see from my face that I was fucking high ref: 2005, J...
18208
word: fucking word_type: adv expansion: fucking (not comparable) forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: From fuck + -ing. senses_examples: text: This is fucking ridiculous! type: example text: I can't believe he fucking stole my car! type: example text: You've never seen a bunch of ...
18209
word: fucking word_type: infix expansion: fucking forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: From fuck + -ing. senses_examples: text: New Fucking York. type: example text: […] I think that life's too long to bother with suing Andrew fucking Lloyd Webber. ref: 1992, Roger Waters, Q Magazine ...
18210
word: admittance word_type: noun expansion: admittance (countable and uncountable, plural admittances) forms: form: admittances tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From admit + -ance. senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: The act of admitting. Permission to enter, ...
18211
word: afresh word_type: adv expansion: afresh (comparative more afresh, superlative most afresh) forms: form: more afresh tags: comparative form: most afresh tags: superlative wikipedia: etymology_text: From Middle English a-fresche, equivalent to a- + fresh. Compare Old English afers...
18212
word: admonish word_type: verb expansion: admonish (third-person singular simple present admonishes, present participle admonishing, simple past and past participle admonished) forms: form: admonishes tags: present singular third-person form: admonishing tags: participle presen...
18213
word: nonna word_type: noun expansion: nonna (plural nonnas) forms: form: nonnas tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: Borrowed from Italian nonna. Doublet of nun. senses_examples: text: An article last month in The Daily News talked about Enoteca Maria, a restaurant in Staten Island that...
18214
word: big ups word_type: noun expansion: big ups forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: plural of big up senses_topics:
18215
word: additional word_type: adj expansion: additional (not comparable) forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: From addition + -al. senses_examples: text: Why this already very fast train should be speeded up still further, when none of the other more easily timed S.R. West of England trains has a single mi...
18216
word: additional word_type: noun expansion: additional (plural additionals) forms: form: additionals tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From addition + -al. senses_examples: text: 1614, Francis Bacon, “A Letter to the King touching Peacham’s Cause. January 27. 1614” in Resuscitatio, or...
18217
word: final word_type: noun expansion: final (plural finals) forms: form: finals tags: plural wikipedia: final etymology_text: From Middle English final, fynal, fynall, from Old French final, from Latin fīnālis (“of or relating to the end or to boundaries”), from fīnis (“end”); see fine. Replaced ...
18218
word: final word_type: adj expansion: final (comparative more final, superlative most final) forms: form: more final tags: comparative form: most final tags: superlative wikipedia: final etymology_text: From Middle English final, fynal, fynall, from Old French final, from Latin fīnālis...
18219
word: final word_type: verb expansion: final (third-person singular simple present finals, present participle finalling or (US) finaling, simple past and past participle finalled or (US) finaled) forms: form: finals tags: present singular third-person form: finalling tags: particip...
18220
word: admiralty word_type: noun expansion: admiralty (countable and uncountable, plural admiralties) forms: form: admiralties tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From French amirauté, for an older amiralté (“office of admiral”), from Late Latin admīrālitās. See admiral. Analyzable as admiral ...
18221
word: admirer word_type: noun expansion: admirer (plural admirers) forms: form: admirers tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From admire + -er. senses_examples: text: Deven is an enthusiastic admirer of The Beatles. type: example text: Although he has a number of admirers, h...
18222
word: eunuch word_type: noun expansion: eunuch (plural eunuchs) forms: form: eunuchs tags: plural wikipedia: eunuch etymology_text: From Middle English eunuk, from Middle French eunuque, from Latin eunūchus, from Ancient Greek εὐνοῦχος (eunoûkhos), from εὐνή (eunḗ, “bed”) + ἔχω (ékhō, “I have, kee...
18223
word: eunuch word_type: verb expansion: eunuch (third-person singular simple present eunuches, present participle eunuching, simple past and past participle eunuched) forms: form: eunuches tags: present singular third-person form: eunuching tags: participle present form: ...
18224
word: admiring word_type: adj expansion: admiring (comparative more admiring, superlative most admiring) forms: form: more admiring tags: comparative form: most admiring tags: superlative wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: Feeling or sh...
18225
word: admiring word_type: verb expansion: admiring forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: present participle and gerund of admire senses_topics:
18226
word: admiring word_type: noun expansion: admiring (plural admirings) forms: form: admirings tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: text: We must keep up a constant worship of God in our families, and in our closets; we must be frequent in holy adorings and admirings of G...
18227
word: phishing word_type: noun expansion: phishing (uncountable) forms: wikipedia: phishing etymology_text: Respelling of fishing (“trying to find”). In Usenet newsgroups, cracker and pirate groups used variant spellings of phish and warez (i.e. wares) to evade scans and filters by mainstream servers policin...
18228
word: phishing word_type: verb expansion: phishing forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: Respelling of fishing (“trying to find”). In Usenet newsgroups, cracker and pirate groups used variant spellings of phish and warez (i.e. wares) to evade scans and filters by mainstream servers policing the ARPAnet/Internet...
18229
word: receipt word_type: noun expansion: receipt (countable and uncountable, plural receipts) forms: form: receipts tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From Middle English receipt, receyt, receite, recorded since c. 1386 as "statement of ingredients in a potion or medicine," from Anglo-Norman...
18230
word: receipt word_type: verb expansion: receipt (third-person singular simple present receipts, present participle receipting, simple past and past participle receipted) forms: form: receipts tags: present singular third-person form: receipting tags: participle present form:...
18231
word: advancement word_type: noun expansion: advancement (countable and uncountable, plural advancements) forms: form: advancements tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From Middle English avancement, Old French avancement. See advance. Morphologically advance + -ment senses_examples: text: ...
18232
word: admission word_type: noun expansion: admission (countable and uncountable, plural admissions) forms: form: admissions tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: Borrowed from Latin admissio, admissionis; compare French admission. See admit. senses_examples: text: The Duke and Duchess of ...
18233
word: aenigma word_type: noun expansion: aenigma (plural aenigmas or aenigmata) forms: form: aenigmas tags: plural form: aenigmata tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: Archaic form of enigma. senses_topics:
18234
word: addiction word_type: noun expansion: addiction (countable and uncountable, plural addictions) forms: form: addictions tags: plural wikipedia: addiction etymology_text: From addict + -ion; compare (Latin) addictio (“an adjudging, an award”). senses_examples: text: Do your lethal addicti...
18235
word: theology word_type: noun expansion: theology (usually uncountable, plural theologies) forms: form: theologies tags: plural wikipedia: Trésor de la langue française informatisé etymology_text: From Middle English theologie, from Middle French theologie, from Old French theologie, from Latin t...
18236
word: manu word_type: noun expansion: manu (plural manus) forms: form: manus tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: text: For those that don't know what a manu is, you've got your standard bomb, which everyone does, where you curl up and enter the water feet first. But a ...
18237
word: cantar word_type: noun expansion: cantar (plural cantars) forms: form: cantars tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: Alternative spelling of kantar senses_topics:
18238
word: actually word_type: adv expansion: actually (not comparable) forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: From Middle English actualy, actuelly, equivalent to actual + -ly. senses_examples: text: His promises did not correspond with what he actually did. type: example senses_categories: senses_g...
18239
word: advised word_type: adj expansion: advised (comparative more advised, superlative most advised) forms: form: more advised tags: comparative form: most advised tags: superlative wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: Considered or tho...
18240
word: advised word_type: verb expansion: advised forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: simple past and past participle of advise senses_topics:
18241
word: pitch simultaneity word_type: noun expansion: pitch simultaneity forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: Any two or more pitches or pitch classes all of which occur simultaneously, or at the same time. It may be thought of as a more general term for a...
18242
word: direction word_type: noun expansion: direction (countable and uncountable, plural directions) forms: form: directions tags: plural wikipedia: direction etymology_text: From Middle English direccioun, from Old French direccion, from Latin dīrēctiō. Equivalent to direct + -ion. senses_examples...
18243
word: swimming word_type: noun expansion: swimming (countable and uncountable, plural swimmings) forms: form: swimmings tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From Middle English swymmynge. Equivalent to swim (“to move through water”, verb) + -ing (suffix forming gerunds). senses_examples: tex...
18244
word: swimming word_type: noun expansion: swimming (countable and uncountable, plural swimmings) forms: form: swimmings tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From swim (“to be dizzy”, verb) + -ing (suffix forming gerunds). senses_examples: text: Then I take my pipe of Tabacco, sitting clo...
18245
word: swimming word_type: verb expansion: swimming forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: present participle and gerund of swim senses_topics:
18246
word: nicotinist word_type: noun expansion: nicotinist (plural nicotinists) forms: form: nicotinists tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From nicotine + -ist. senses_examples: text: Nicotinists. Smokers, it is said, are invariably polite to each other, wheresoever they be–on the penny s...
18247
word: acquire word_type: verb expansion: acquire (third-person singular simple present acquires, present participle acquiring, simple past and past participle acquired) forms: form: acquires tags: present singular third-person form: acquiring tags: participle present form: ...
18248
word: mezzo word_type: noun expansion: mezzo (plural mezzos) forms: form: mezzos tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: Clipping of mezzo-soprano senses_examples: text: Emily Golden, a mezzo who was adept in an especially wide range of roles; ref: 1983 January 2, John Rockwell, “New ...
18249
word: squeegee word_type: noun expansion: squeegee (plural squeegees) forms: form: squeegees tags: plural wikipedia: squeegee etymology_text: Probably from squeege, an intensified form of squeeze. Compare earlier squill-gee, squillgee. senses_examples: text: Holy-stoning the decks... is the ...
18250
word: squeegee word_type: verb expansion: squeegee (third-person singular simple present squeegees, present participle squeegeeing, simple past and past participle squeegeed) forms: form: squeegees tags: present singular third-person form: squeegeeing tags: participle present ...
18251
word: affectation word_type: noun expansion: affectation (countable and uncountable, plural affectations) forms: form: affectations tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: First attested in 1548. From Latin affectātiōnem (possibly via French affectation), from affectō (“I feign”). senses_examples...
18252
word: gig word_type: noun expansion: gig (plural gigs) forms: form: gigs tags: plural wikipedia: Duran Duran Simon Le Bon etymology_text: The etymology of the noun is unknown, but compare Old French gigue (“a fiddle”). The verb is derived from the noun. senses_examples: text: I caught one ...
18253
word: gig word_type: verb expansion: gig (third-person singular simple present gigs, present participle gigging, simple past and past participle gigged) forms: form: gigs tags: present singular third-person form: gigging tags: participle present form: gigged tags: p...
18254
word: gig word_type: noun expansion: gig (plural gig or gigs) forms: form: gig tags: plural form: gigs tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: Sense 1 is a clipping of gigabyte, while sense 2 is a clipping of giga- (prefix multiplying the unit to which it is attached by one billion). ...
18255
word: gig word_type: noun expansion: gig (plural gigs) forms: form: gigs tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: The noun is derived from Middle English gigg, gigge, gygge (“spinning object; a top”); further origin uncertain, possibly: * from Old Norse [Term?] (compare Danish gig (“a top”), diale...
18256
word: gig word_type: verb expansion: gig (third-person singular simple present gigs, present participle gigging, simple past and past participle gigged) forms: form: gigs tags: present singular third-person form: gigging tags: participle present form: gigged tags: p...
18257
word: gig word_type: noun expansion: gig (plural gigs) forms: form: gigs tags: plural wikipedia: Oxford English Dictionary etymology_text: From Middle English gig, gigge, gegge, possibly either: * from Old French gigue (“tall, skinny girl”) (modern French gigue), from Old Norse gikkr (“pert person...
18258
word: gig word_type: noun expansion: gig (plural gigs) forms: form: gigs tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: The noun is derived from a clipping of fishgig, fizgig, possibly from Spanish fisga (“harpoon”). The verb is derived from the noun. senses_examples: text: On toward dusk some lit...
18259
word: gig word_type: verb expansion: gig (third-person singular simple present gigs, present participle gigging, simple past and past participle gigged) forms: form: gigs tags: present singular third-person form: gigging tags: participle present form: gigged tags: p...
18260
word: acrobat word_type: noun expansion: acrobat (plural acrobats) forms: form: acrobats tags: plural wikipedia: Acrobatics etymology_text: From French acrobate, from Ancient Greek ἀκροβάτης (akrobátēs, “walking on tiptoe, climbing aloft”), from ἀκροβατέω (akrobatéō, “I walk on tiptoe”), from ἄκρο...
18261
word: acrobat word_type: verb expansion: acrobat (third-person singular simple present acrobats, present participle acrobating, simple past and past participle acrobated) forms: form: acrobats tags: present singular third-person form: acrobating tags: participle present form:...
18262
word: adieu word_type: intj expansion: adieu forms: wikipedia: adieu etymology_text: From Middle English adieu also adew, adewe, adue, from Old French adieu (“to God”), a shortening of a Dieu vous comant (“I commend you to God”), from Medieval Latin ad Deum (“to God”). Doublet of adios. senses_examples: sen...
18263
word: adieu word_type: noun expansion: adieu (plural adieux or adieus) forms: form: adieux tags: plural form: adieus tags: plural wikipedia: adieu etymology_text: From Middle English adieu also adew, adewe, adue, from Old French adieu (“to God”), a shortening of a Dieu vous comant (“I ...
18264
word: moor word_type: noun expansion: moor (plural moors) forms: form: moors tags: plural wikipedia: moorland etymology_text: From Middle English mor, from Old English mōr, from Proto-West Germanic *mōr, from Proto-Germanic *mōraz, from Proto-Indo-European *móri. Cognates include Welsh môr, Old Ir...
18265
word: moor word_type: verb expansion: moor (third-person singular simple present moors, present participle mooring, simple past and past participle moored) forms: form: moors tags: present singular third-person form: mooring tags: participle present form: moored tags: ...
18266
word: confidence word_type: noun expansion: confidence (countable and uncountable, plural confidences) forms: form: confidences tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From Middle English confidence, from Latin cōnfīdentia (possibly via Old French confidence), from cōnfīdō (“believe, confide in”)...
18267
word: adrift word_type: adj expansion: adrift (comparative more adrift, superlative most adrift) forms: form: more adrift tags: comparative form: most adrift tags: superlative wikipedia: etymology_text: From a- + drift. senses_examples: text: So on the sea she shall be set adrif...
18268
word: adrift word_type: adv expansion: adrift (comparative more adrift, superlative most adrift) forms: form: more adrift tags: comparative form: most adrift tags: superlative wikipedia: etymology_text: From a- + drift. senses_examples: text: things wore on till eight or nine o'...
18269
word: mackerel word_type: noun expansion: mackerel (countable and uncountable, plural mackerel or mackerels) forms: form: mackerel tags: plural form: mackerels tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From Middle English mackerell, macrell, macrelle, makarell, makerel, makerell, makere...
18270
word: mackerel word_type: noun expansion: mackerel (plural mackerels) forms: form: mackerels tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From Middle English makerel, maquerel, from Old French maquerel, from Middle Dutch makelare, makelaer (“broker”) (> makelaar (“broker, peddler”)). See also French m...
18271
word: source word_type: noun expansion: source (plural sources) forms: form: sources tags: plural wikipedia: source etymology_text: From Middle English sours, from Old French sorse (“rise, beginning, spring, source”), from sors, past participle of sordre, sourdre, from Latin surgō (“to rise”), whi...
18272
word: source word_type: verb expansion: source (third-person singular simple present sources, present participle sourcing, simple past and past participle sourced) forms: form: sources tags: present singular third-person form: sourcing tags: participle present form: sourc...
18273
word: liaison word_type: noun expansion: liaison (countable and uncountable, plural liaisons) forms: form: liaisons tags: plural wikipedia: liaison etymology_text: Borrowed from French liaison (“binding”), from Latin ligātiō (stem ligation-) (English ligation), derived from ligō (“I bind”), from P...
18274
word: liaison word_type: verb expansion: liaison (third-person singular simple present liaisons, present participle liaisoning, simple past and past participle liaisoned) forms: form: liaisons tags: present singular third-person form: liaisoning tags: participle present form:...
18275
word: unemployed word_type: adj expansion: unemployed (not comparable) forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: From un- + employed. senses_examples: text: The government announced a new initiative to help the unemployed. type: example text: England's attacking impetus was limited to one shot fro...
18276
word: pestis word_type: noun expansion: pestis (uncountable) forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: text: page 198: [...] a name ordinarily given, then and for ages preceding, to the bubonic pestis. page 213: Another species of pestis in Sauvages Nosology is, from the accounts of various ...
18277
word: affable word_type: adj expansion: affable (comparative more affable, superlative most affable) forms: form: more affable tags: comparative form: most affable tags: superlative wikipedia: etymology_text: French affable, Latin affābilis, from affor (“I address”), from ad + for (“s...
18278
word: Wikiholic word_type: noun expansion: Wikiholic (plural Wikiholics) forms: form: Wikiholics tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From wiki + -holic. senses_examples: text: I'm a Wikipedia editor. A Wikiholic. I have some 500 articles on my watchlist (!!!) and I edit some of the more...
18279
word: ter word_type: particle expansion: ter forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: text: "Jesus Christ! Was my folks refined. My mam she wouldn't think-a lettin' us young'uns call a pee pot a pee pot. A chamber's what she called it... And by God! Us young'uns had ter call the pee pot a c...
18280
word: ter word_type: prep expansion: ter forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: text: ‘What about that tea then, eh?’ he said, rubbing his hands together. ‘I’d not say no ter summat stronger if yeh’ve got it, mind.’ ref: 1997, J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, ...
18281
word: ter word_type: adv expansion: ter (not comparable) forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: Eye dialect spelling of to. senses_topics:
18282
word: admirable word_type: adj expansion: admirable (comparative more admirable, superlative most admirable) forms: form: more admirable tags: comparative form: most admirable tags: superlative wikipedia: etymology_text: From Middle English admyrable, partly from Middle French admirab...
18283
word: passion word_type: noun expansion: passion (countable and uncountable, plural passions) forms: form: passions tags: plural wikipedia: Passion etymology_text: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *peh₁-der.? Proto-Indo-European *pet-der.? Latin patior Proto-Italic *-tjō Latin -tiō Latin passiōb...
18284
word: passion word_type: verb expansion: passion (third-person singular simple present passions, present participle passioning, simple past and past participle passioned) forms: form: passions tags: present singular third-person form: passioning tags: participle present form:...
18285
word: diagonal word_type: adj expansion: diagonal (not comparable) forms: wikipedia: diagonal etymology_text: From Middle French diagonal, from Latin diagōnālis, from Ancient Greek διαγώνιος (diagṓnios, “from angle to angle”), from διά (diá, “across”) + γωνία (gōnía, “angle”). senses_examples: text: ...
18286
word: diagonal word_type: noun expansion: diagonal (plural diagonals) forms: form: diagonals tags: plural wikipedia: diagonal etymology_text: From Middle French diagonal, from Latin diagōnālis, from Ancient Greek διαγώνιος (diagṓnios, “from angle to angle”), from διά (diá, “across”) + γωνία (gōnía...
18287
word: confident word_type: adj expansion: confident (comparative more confident, superlative most confident) forms: form: more confident tags: comparative form: most confident tags: superlative wikipedia: etymology_text: From Middle French confident, from Latin confidens (“confident, ...
18288
word: confident word_type: noun expansion: confident (plural confidents) forms: form: confidents tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From Middle French confident, from Latin confidens (“confident, i.e. self-confident, in a good or bad sense, bold, daring, audacious, impudent”), present partic...
18289
word: indefinite word_type: adj expansion: indefinite (comparative more indefinite, superlative most indefinite) forms: form: more indefinite tags: comparative form: most indefinite tags: superlative wikipedia: etymology_text: From Late Latin indēfīnītus. Morphologically in- + definit...
18290
word: indefinite word_type: noun expansion: indefinite (plural indefinites) forms: form: indefinites tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From Late Latin indēfīnītus. Morphologically in- + definite. senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: A word or phrase that designates an uns...
18291
word: manacles word_type: noun expansion: manacles forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: From Middle English manicle, from Old French manicle, from Latin manicula, diminutive form of manus (“hand”). senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: plural of manacle senses_topics:
18292
word: manacles word_type: noun expansion: manacles pl (plural only) forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: From Middle English manicle, from Old French manicle, from Latin manicula, diminutive form of manus (“hand”). senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: manacle senses_topics:
18293
word: absent-mindedly word_type: adv expansion: absent-mindedly (comparative more absent-mindedly, superlative most absent-mindedly) forms: form: more absent-mindedly tags: comparative form: most absent-mindedly tags: superlative wikipedia: etymology_text: From absent-minded + -ly. se...
18294
word: cancer word_type: noun expansion: cancer (countable and uncountable, plural cancers) forms: form: cancers tags: plural wikipedia: cancer etymology_text: Borrowed from Latin cancer (“crab”), a calque of Ancient Greek καρκίνος (karkínos, “crab; ulcer; cancer”) (possibly cognate), applied to ca...
18295
word: cancer word_type: adj expansion: cancer (comparative more cancer, superlative most cancer) forms: form: more cancer tags: comparative form: most cancer tags: superlative wikipedia: cancer etymology_text: Borrowed from Latin cancer (“crab”), a calque of Ancient Greek καρκίνος (kar...
18296
word: adhesive word_type: adj expansion: adhesive (comparative more adhesive, superlative most adhesive) forms: form: more adhesive tags: comparative form: most adhesive tags: superlative wikipedia: etymology_text: From French adhésif, from Medieval Latin adhaesivus, from adhaereō (su...
18297
word: adhesive word_type: noun expansion: adhesive (countable and uncountable, plural adhesives) forms: form: adhesives tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From French adhésif, from Medieval Latin adhaesivus, from adhaereō (supine adhaesum); see adhere. senses_examples: senses_categories: s...
18298
word: stratification word_type: noun expansion: stratification (countable and uncountable, plural stratifications) forms: form: stratifications tags: plural wikipedia: stratification etymology_text: From stratum + -ification. senses_examples: text: He has misunderstood the English excavators...
18299
word: advert word_type: noun expansion: advert (plural adverts) forms: form: adverts tags: plural wikipedia: advert etymology_text: Clipping of advertisement. senses_examples: text: This was a wonderful advert for the Premier League, with both Chelsea and United intent on all-out attack - bu...