NNTECH Technical/scientific nouns
Definition
Nouns from technical or scientific domains.
Detection Rules
xiao_2009
mfte
cql[word={words} & pos="NN|NNS"]
combine: _ & !NCOMP
Word list (132 items)
angle
angles
atom
atoms
bacteria
bacterias
bill
bills
carbon
carbons
cell
cells
center
centers
centre
centres
chapter
chapters
chromosome
chromosomes
circle
circles
cloud
clouds
component
components
compound
compounds
data
diagram
diagrams
dna
electron
electrons
element
elements
equation
equations
exam
exams
fire
fires
formula
formulas
gene
genes
graph
graphs
hydrogen
hydrogens
internet
internets
ion
ions
iron
irons
isotope
isotopes
juries
jury
layer
layers
lead
leads
letter
letters
light
lights
list
lists
margin
margins
mark
marks
matter
matters
message
messages
mineral
minerals
molecule
molecules
neuron
neurons
nuclei
nucleus
organism
organisms
oxygen
oxygens
page
pages
paragraph
paragraphs
particle
particles
play
plays
poem
poems
proton
protons
ray
rays
sample
samples
schedule
schedules
sentence
sentences
software
softwares
solution
solutions
square
squares
star
stars
statement
statements
theses
thesis
unit
units
virus
viruses
wave
waves
web
webs
word
words
Normalization
Per nouns
Sources
- biber_2006 — Biber, Douglas (2006) : University Language — A Corpus-based Study of Spoken and Written Registers
- mfte — Le Foll, Elen & Shakir, Muhammad (2023/2025) : Multi-Feature Tagger of English (MFTE) — Python version
- xiao_2009 — Xiao, Richard (2009) : Multidimensional analysis and the study of world Englishes