petitions

petition (canonical)
petitions (third-person singular)
petitioned (past)
petitioned (past participle)
petitioning (present participle)

The third-person singular form of petition.


petitioned

The past tense and past participle of petition.


participate

participate (canonical)
participates (third-person singular)
participated (past)
participated (past participle)
participating (present participle)

If you participate in something, you join in it; you take part in something.

We can both participate in the game.


participates

The third-person singular form of participate.


participated

The past tense and past participle of participate.


misread

misread (canonical)
misreads (third-person singular)
misread (past)
misread (past participle)
misreading (present participle)

If you misread something, you read it wrongly.

Did you misread the sentence?

He misread the summary.


misreads

The third-person singular form of misread.


gays

The plural form of gay; more than one (kind of) gay.


fronts

The plural form of front; more than one (kind of) front.


fronts

front (canonical)
fronts (third-person singular)
fronted (past)
fronted (past participle)
fronting (present participle)

The third-person singular form of front.


fronted

The past tense and past participle of front.


machines

The plural form of machine; more than one (kind of) machine.


machines

machine (canonical)
machines (third-person singular)
machined (past)
machined (past participle)
machining (present participle)

The third-person singular form of machine.


machined

The past tense and past participle of machine.


bully

The bully kicked me in the leg today.

I was called nasty names by the bully at school yesterday.


bully

bully (canonical)
bullies (third-person singular)
bullied (past)
bullied (past participle)
bullying (present participle)

If you bully someone, you are mean or nasty and you act aggressively towards them.

I bullied the other boy today by hitting him in the arm.


bully

The weather today is bully!


bullies

The plural form of bully; more than one (kind of) bully.


bullies

The third-person singular form of bully.


bullied

The past tense and past participle of bully.


bullying

She has been bullying him into taking her on a holiday.

Bullying is a not allowed in schools.


some people

The plural form of someone; more than one (kind of) someone.


injures

injure (canonical)
injures (third-person singular)
injured (past)
injured (past participle)
injuring (present participle)

The third-person singular form of injure.


injured

The past tense and past participle of injure.


injured

injured (positive)
more injured (comparative)
most injured (superlative)

If someone or an animal is injured, they are hurt; when something has caused harm to a person or an animal.

You're too injured to keep playing.


cop

The cop cited the driver for speeding.


cop

cop (canonical)
cops (third-person singular)
copped (past)
copped (past participle)
copping (present participle)

If someone cops someone else or something, they capture them; they take them.

If someone cops to a crime, they admit to doing it; they confess.


cops

The plural form of cop; more than one (kind of) cop.


copped

The past tense and past participle of cop.


officials

The plural form of official; more than one (kind of) official.


pieces

The plural form of piece; more than one (kind of) piece.


pieces

piece (canonical)
pieces (third-person singular)
pieced (past)
pieced (past participle)
piecing (present participle)

The third-person singular form of piece.


pieced

The past tense and past participle of piece.


nets

The plural form of net; more than one (kind of) net.


nets

net (canonical)
nets (third-person singular)
netted (past)
netted (past participle)
netting (present participle)


netted

The past tense and past participle of net.


netting

A netting is something that looks or acts like a net.


alkali metal

An alkali metal is a soft, silver coloured metal in Group 1 of the periodic table.

Lithium, sodium, potassium, rubidium, caesium, and francium are all alkali metals.


alkali metals

The plural form of alkali metal; more than one (kind of) alkali metal.


ascend

ascend (canonical)
ascends (third-person singular)
ascended (past)
ascended (past participle)
ascending (present participle)

If you ascend something, then you go up it.

He ascended the staircase to reach the top floor.


ascends

The third-person singular form of ascend.


ascended

The past tense and past participle of ascend.


fatal

If something is fatal, it can kill a person or thing.

The injury was fatal.

If something is fatal, it stops something from working.

The computer had a fatal error and shut down.

If something is fatal, it proceeded from or was assigned by fate or destiny.


pipes

The plural form of pipe; more than one (kind of) pipe.


pipes

pipe (canonical)
pipes (third-person singular)
piped (past)
piped (past participle)
piping (present participle)


piped

The past tense and past participle of pipe.


walls

The plural form of wall; more than one (kind of) wall.


knocks

The plural form of knock; more than one (kind of) knock.


knocks

knock (canonical)
knocks (third-person singular)
knocked (past)
knocked (past participle)
knocking (present participle)

The third-person singular form of knock.


knocked

The past tense and past participle of knock.


firms

The plural form of firm; more than one (kind of) firm.


firms

firm (canonical)
firms (third-person singular)
firmed (past)
firmed (past participle)
firming (present participle)


firmer

firm (positive)
firmer (comparative)
firmest (superlative)

The comparative form of firm; more firm.


firmest

The superlative form of firm; most firm.


firmed

The past tense and past participle of firm.


reacts

react (canonical)
reacts (third-person singular)
reacted (past)
reacted (past participle)
reacting (present participle)

The third-person singular form of react.


reacted

The past tense and past participle of react.


tripping

trip (canonical)
trips (third-person singular)
tripped (past)
tripped (past participle)
tripping (present participle)


trains

The plural form of train; more than one (kind of) train.


trains

train (canonical)
trains (third-person singular)
trained (past)
trained (past participle)
training (present participle)

The third-person singular form of train.


training

Training is the process of improving at or learning to do some task.

Did you learn much at the computer training yesterday?


trained

The past tense and past participle of train.


donate

donate (canonical)
donates (third-person singular)
donated (past)
donated (past participle)
donating (present participle)

To donate something is to give it away for free to benefit someone or something else.

I donated my old clothes to charity.

I donated some money to a charity today


donates

The third-person singular form of donate.


donated

The past tense and past participle of donate.


androgynies

The plural form of androgyny; more than one (kind of) androgyny.


magnifications

The plural form of magnification; more than one (kind of) magnification.


descend

descend (canonical)
descends (third-person singular)
descended (past)
descended (past participle)
descending (present participle)

He descended the staircase to the basement.

If you are descended from someone, you are their younger relative.

William II is descended from William I.


descends

The third-person singular form of descend.


descended

The past tense and past participle of descend.


descending

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accordion

An accordion is a musical instrument that makes sounds by moving air over reeds by using bellows.

He plays the accordion in the street to make tips.


accordions

The plural form of accordion; more than one (kind of) accordion.


bellow

bellow (canonical)
bellows (third-person singular)
bellowed (past)
bellowed (past participle)
bellowing (present participle)


bellows

The third-person singular form of bellow.


bellows

A bellows is a bag with a hole that air is pushed out through.


bellowed

The past tense and past participle of bellow.


yell

A yell is a loud noise or a shout made by someone.

I felt heartbroken and cried when my father yelled at me, he never yells at me often.


yell

yell (canonical)
yells (third-person singular)
yelled (past)
yelled (past participle)
yelling (present participle)

If you yell, then you make a loud noise with your voice; you shout.


yells

The plural form of yell; more than one (kind of) yell.


yelled

The past tense and past participle of yell.


Zealand

Zealand is the largest island of Denmark.

Zealand has a nice countryside.

Zealand is a province in the Southwestern of the Netherlands.

There are many sights in Zealand.


refines

refine (canonical)
refines (third-person singular)
refined (past)
refined (past participle)
refining (present participle)

The third-person singular form of refine.


refined

The past tense and past participle of refine.


refined

refined (positive)
more refined (comparative)
most refined (superlative)

If you are refined, you are polite and well-educated.

You can find many refined people in the Louvre museum.


improved

improve (canonical)
improves (third-person singular)
improved (past)
improved (past participle)
improving (present participle)

The past tense and past participle of improve.


improved

improved (positive)
more improved (comparative)
most improved (superlative)

Improved is when something has been made better; enhanced.

This bad newspaper article was improved greatly.


improves

The third-person singular form of improve.


meters

The plural form of meter; more than one (kind of) meter.


metres

The plural form of metre; more than one (kind of) metre.


lengths

The plural form of length; more than one (kind of) length.


dairy

A dairy is a place where milk products are kept.

We get our cheese directly from the dairy.

You should keep your dairy products in the fridge.

There are dairy cow and beef cows on the farm.


childish

childish (positive)
more childish (comparative)
most childish (superlative)

If you are childish, you act like a small child.

There are many people at work who have a childish behaviour.


beaker

A beaker is a clear container that holds liquids, etc.

The beaker contains 100 litre of milk.


dairies

The plural form of dairy; more than one (kind of) dairy.


beakers

The plural form of beaker; more than one (kind of) beaker.


disable

disable (canonical)
disables (third-person singular)
disabled (past)
disabled (past participle)
disabling (present participle)

If you disable something, you stop it from working.

Disable that alarm before we open the door.

The bomb was disabled before any damage was caused.


disables

The third-person singular form of disable.


munchies

If you have the munchies you want to eat.

I keep some chips in the cupboard for when the munchies hit.

I got the munchies, can we go to Taco Bell?

This brownie's giving me the munchies.

I just smoked drugs and now I have the munchies!


pie crust

A pie crust is the crust found around a pie.

The pie crust tasted very good.


arrow

An arrow is a long stick-like thing used to shoot in archery.

The arrow landed on 10 on the archery board.

An arrow is a symbol to show the direction of something.

The arrow on the map shows where to go.


arsenic

Arsenic is a poisonous metal element with an atomic number of 33 and the symbol As.

Arsenic is used to make weed killer.

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arrows

The plural form of arrow; more than one (kind of) arrow.


nears

near (canonical)
nears (third-person singular)
neared (past)
neared (past participle)
nearing (present participle)


neared

The past tense and past participle of near.


touches

touch (canonical)
touches (third-person singular)
touched (past)
touched (past participle)
touching (present participle)

The third-person singular form of touch.


touched

The past tense and past participle of touch.


meaner

mean (positive)
meaner (comparative)
meanest (superlative)

The comparative form of mean; more mean.


meanest

The superlative form of mean; most mean.


wrestle

wrestle (canonical)
wrestles (third-person singular)
wrestled (past)
wrestled (past participle)
wrestling (present participle)

If two people wrestle, they fight by holding, pushing, and pulling each other.

The two men who wrestled in the TV show were very young.


wrestle

A wrestle is a fight with pushing and pulling, often a play fight.

The wrestle between the two men on the street was hard.


wrestles

The plural form of wrestle; more than one (kind of) wrestle.


wrestles

The third-person singular form of wrestle.


wrestled

The past tense and past participle of wrestle.


wrestling

Wrestling is a sport where two or more people fight against each other.

Many people like it to watch wrestling shows on TV.


worthwhile

worthwhile (positive)
more worthwhile (comparative)
most worthwhile (superlative)

If something is worthwhile, it is good and important enough to spend time, effort, or money on it.

Doing volunteer work to help others is really worthwhile.


goblin

A goblin is a large mischivous creature.

This goblin has a very ugly look.


ghoul

Behind the tree, you can see a ghoul.


imp

There is an imp behind the tree.


goblins

The plural form of goblin; more than one (kind of) goblin.


ghouls

The plural form of ghoul; more than one (kind of) ghoul.


imps

The plural form of imp; more than one (kind of) imp.


reckons

reckon (canonical)
reckons (third-person singular)
reckoned (past)
reckoned (past participle)
reckoning (present participle)

The third-person singular form of reckon.


reckoned

The past tense and past participle of reckon.


goon

Last night I was robbed in the street by two goons.

I'd rather date a poor genius than a rich goon.

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goon

goon (canonical)
goons (third-person singular)
gooned (past)
gooned (past participle)
gooning (present participle)

If a guy goons, he masturbates without orgasming.

All he ever does is goon in his free time.

If a guy goons, he excessively masturbates, usually involving some sort of pornography.

I caught him gooning instead of hanging out with me.


goons

The plural form of goon; more than one (kind of) goon.


workshop

A workshop is a room where things are made or repaired.

We have a workshop where we make clocks.

A workshop is a meeting for a specific purpose.

The new workshop is to discuss safety at work.

/ˈwɝːk.ʃɑːp/


workshops

The plural form of workshop; more than one (kind of) workshop.


mothered

mother (canonical)
mothers (third-person singular)
mothered (past)
mothered (past participle)
mothering (present participle)

The past tense and past participle of mother.


simplicity

Simplicity is the state of being simple and not complicated.

The design was wonderful in its simplicity and ease of use.


simplifies

simplify (canonical)
simplifies (third-person singular)
simplified (past)
simplified (past participle)
simplifying (present participle)

The third-person singular form of simplify.


simplified

The past tense and past participle of simplify.


simplified

simplified (positive)
more simplified (comparative)
most simplified (superlative)

If something is simplified, it is made more simple; it is shown in an easy to understand way.


lease

lease (canonical)
leases (third-person singular)
leased (past)
leased (past participle)
leasing (present participle)

If someone leases, they take control a property or land by purchasing a contract (or leasehold) from the owner.


lease

A lease is a contract granting use or occupation of property during a specified period in exchange for a specified rent

A lease can be the period of such a contract.


leases

The third-person singular form of lease.


leases

The plural form of lease; more than one (kind of) lease.


leased

The past tense and past participle of lease.


simplicities

The plural form of simplicity; more than one (kind of) simplicity.


shuts

shut (canonical)
shuts (third-person singular)
shut (past)
shut (past participle)
shutting (present participle)


puny

puny (positive)
punier (comparative)
puniest (superlative)

If something is puny, then it's small or tiny.

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punier

The comparative form of puny; more puny.


puniest

The superlative form of puny; most puny.


shakes

shake (canonical)
shakes (third-person singular)
shook (past)
shaken (past participle)
shaking (present participle)

The third-person singular form of shake.


shakes

The plural form of shake; more than one (kind of) shake.


shaken

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shaken

shaken (positive)
more shaken (comparative)
most shaken (superlative)

If somebody is shaken, they are upset by a bad event.

The people who saw the accident seemed very shaken.


surrenders

surrender (canonical)
surrenders (third-person singular)
surrendered (past)
surrendered (past participle)
surrendering (present participle)

The third-person singular form of surrender.


surrenders

The plural form of surrender; more than one (kind of) surrender.


surrendered

The past tense and past participle of surrender.


senses

The plural form of sense; more than one (kind of) sense.


senses

sense (canonical)
senses (third-person singular)
sensed (past)
sensed (past participle)
sensing (present participle)

The third-person singular form of sense.


sensed

The past tense and past participle of sense.


screws

The plural form of screw; more than one (kind of) screw.


screws

screw (canonical)
screws (third-person singular)
screwed (past)
screwed (past participle)
screwing (present participle)

The third-person singular form of screw.


screwed

screwed (positive)
more screwed (comparative)
most screwed (superlative)

The teacher caught me when I tried to sneak out of the door. I am screwed.


screwed

The past tense and past participle of screw.


roughs

rough (canonical)
roughs (third-person singular)
roughed (past)
roughed (past participle)
roughing (present participle)

The third-person singular form of rough.


roughs

The plural form of rough; more than one (kind of) rough.


roughed

The past tense and past participle of rough.


rougher

rough (positive)
rougher (comparative)
roughest (superlative)

The comparative form of rough; more rough.


roughest

The superlative form of rough; most rough.


styles

The plural form of style; more than one (kind of) style.


styles

style (canonical)
styles (third-person singular)
styled (past)
styled (past participle)
styling (present participle)

The third-person singular form of style.


styled

The past tense and past participle of style.


stretches

stretch (canonical)
stretches (third-person singular)
stretched (past)
stretched (past participle)
stretching (present participle)

The third-person singular form of stretch.


stretches

The plural form of stretch; more than one (kind of) stretch.


stretched

The past tense and past participle of stretch.


stretching

/ˈstrɛt͡ʃɪŋ/

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swears

The plural form of swear; more than one (kind of) swear.


swears

swear (canonical)
swears (third-person singular)
swore (past)
sworn (past participle)
swearing (present participle)

The third-person singular form of swear.


sweeter

sweet (positive)
sweeter (comparative)
sweetest (superlative)

The comparative form of sweet; more sweet.


sweetest

The superlative form of sweet; most sweet.


taps

The plural form of tap; more than one (kind of) tap.


taps

tap (canonical)
taps (third-person singular)
tapped (past)
tapped (past participle)
tapping (present participle)


tapped

The past tense and past participle of tap.


targets

The plural form of target; more than one (kind of) target.


targets

target (canonical)
targets (third-person singular)
targeted (past)
targeted (past participle)
targeting (present participle)

The third-person singular form of target.


targeted

The past tense and past participle of target.


tore

tear (canonical)
tears (third-person singular)
tore (past)
torn (past participle)
tearing (present participle)


thins

thin (canonical)
thins (third-person singular)
thinned (past)
thinned (past participle)
thinning (present participle)


thinned

The past tense and past participle of thin.


ticked

tick (canonical)
ticks (third-person singular)
ticked (past)
ticked (past participle)
ticking (present participle)

The past tense and past participle of tick.


tickets

The plural form of ticket; more than one (kind of) ticket.


tickets

ticket (canonical)
tickets (third-person singular)
ticketed (past)
ticketed (past participle)
ticketing (present participle)

The third-person singular form of ticket.


ticketed

The past tense and past participle of ticket.


towered

tower (canonical)
towers (third-person singular)
towered (past)
towered (past participle)
towering (present participle)

The past tense and past participle of tower.


tricked

trick (canonical)
tricks (third-person singular)
tricked (past)
tricked (past participle)
tricking (present participle)

The past tense and past participle of trick.


warns

warn (canonical)
warns (third-person singular)
warned (past)
warned (past participle)
warning (present participle)


warned

The past tense and past participle of warn.


unwise

If something is unwise, then it is not smart or wise.


selects

select (canonical)
selects (third-person singular)
selected (past)
selected (past participle)
selecting (present participle)

The third-person singular form of select.


selected

The past tense and past participle of select.


shifts

shift (canonical)
shifts (third-person singular)
shifted (past)
shifted (past participle)
shifting (present participle)

The third-person singular form of shift.


shifts

The plural form of shift; more than one (kind of) shift.


shifted

The past tense and past participle of shift.


seeks

seek (canonical)
seeks (third-person singular)
sought (past)
sought (past participle)
seeking (present participle)


scaled

scale (canonical)
scales (third-person singular)
scaled (past)
scaled (past participle)
scaling (present participle)

The past tense and past participle of scale.


shipped

ship (canonical)
ships (third-person singular)
shipped (past)
shipped (past participle)
shipping (present participle)

The past tense and past participle of ship.


sources

source (canonical)
sources (third-person singular)
sourced (past)
sourced (past participle)
sourcing (present participle)

The third-person singular form of source.


sources

The plural form of source; more than one (kind of) source.


sourced

The past tense and past participle of source.


stables

The plural form of stable; more than one (kind of) stable.


stars

The plural form of star; more than one (kind of) star.


stars

star (canonical)
stars (third-person singular)
starred (past)
starred (past participle)
starring (present participle)


starred

The past tense and past participle of star.


punk

A punk is someone who is a bully or someone who is just nasty to people.

The punk has very crazy hair.

A punk is someone who likes punk rock and dresses and behaves in the way associated with this style.


puck

A puck is a flat round object that hockey players try to control.

The puck hurt one of the hockey players badly.


punks

The plural form of punk; more than one (kind of) punk.


pucks

The plural form of puck; more than one (kind of) puck.


cluster

A cluster is anything that is more than one thing put together.

In the market, you can find a cluster of bananas.


cluster

cluster (canonical)
clusters (third-person singular)
clustered (past)
clustered (past participle)
clustering (present participle)

If something is clustering, it is forming a cluster.


clusters

The plural form of cluster; more than one (kind of) cluster.


clusters

The third-person singular form of cluster.


pizzas

The plural form of pizza; more than one (kind of) pizza.


confirmation

A confirmation is when a statement or a promise is made sure and agreed with once again before it is published to the public.

The confirmation of the statement was made in rush.

US: con‧fir‧ma‧tion; UK: con‧firm‧a‧tion


confirmations

The plural form of confirmation; more than one (kind of) confirmation.


hums

hum (canonical)
hums (third-person singular)
hummed (past)
hummed (past participle)
humming (present participle)


hums

The plural form of hum; more than one (kind of) hum.


hummed

The past tense and past participle of hum.


riddled

riddle (canonical)
riddles (third-person singular)
riddled (past)
riddled (past participle)
riddling (present participle)

The past tense and past participle of riddle.


licences

The plural form of licence; more than one (kind of) licence.


licences

licence (canonical)
licences (third-person singular)
licenced (past)
licenced (past participle)
licencing (present participle)

The third-person singular form of licence.


licenced

The past tense and past participle of licence.


vacuum

A vacuum is an area in space where no matter can be found.

A vacuum is often used in physics for experiments.

A vacuum is another name for a vacuum cleaner.


vacuum

vacuum (canonical)
vacuums (third-person singular)
vacuumed (past)
vacuumed (past participle)
vacuuming (present participle)

If you vacuum, you clean something with a vacuum cleaner.


vacuums

The plural form of vacuum; more than one (kind of) vacuum.


vacuums

The third-person singular form of vacuum.


knick-knack

A knick-knack is a small item or ornament that is not worth much.

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knick-knacks

The plural form of knick-knack; more than one (kind of) knick-knack.


vacuumed

The past tense and past participle of vacuum.


ties

tie (canonical)
ties (third-person singular)
tied (past)
tied (past participle)
tying (present participle)


ties

The plural form of tie; more than one (kind of) tie.


tied

The past tense and past participle of tie.

The sailor tied a knot in the rope.


crab cake

A crab cake is a breaded cooked crab meat inside of a kind of breaded cake.


hards

The plural form of hard; more than one (kind of) hard.


stranglehold

A stranglehold is a control so that it will cut off.

He enjoyed a stranglehold on the rest of the workers.


strangleholds

The plural form of stranglehold; more than one (kind of) stranglehold.


worldly

worldly (positive)
worldlier (comparative)
worldliest (superlative)

If someone is wordly, then he is physical, human and relates more to the planet

A wordly person is interested about secular rather than sacred matters.


chauffeur

A chauffeur is a person who is hired to drive a car or other vehicle.


chauffeur

chauffeur (canonical)
chauffeurs (third-person singular)
chauffeured (past)
chauffeured (past participle)
chauffeuring (present participle)

If you chauffeur someone, you transport them in a motor vehicle.


chauffeurs

The plural form of chauffeur; more than one (kind of) chauffeur.


chauffeurs

The third-person singular form of chauffeur.


amazes

amaze (canonical)
amazes (third-person singular)
amazed (past)
amazed (past participle)
amazing (present participle)

The third-person singular form of amaze.


amazed

The past tense and past participle of amaze.


vandal

A vandal is a person who wants to destroy or damage other people's work.

My whole work was destroyed by a vandal in only a few minutes.


vandal

vandal (positive)
more vandal (comparative)
most vandal (superlative)

If someone is vandal, they are destructive without care.

The vandal boy has a bad reputation.


vandals

The plural form of vandal; more than one (kind of) vandal.


impression

The impression is the effect something has on a person.

It is always important to make a good first impression.


impressions

The plural form of impression; more than one (kind of) impression.


query

query (canonical)
queries (third-person singular)
queried (past)
queried (past participle)
querying (present participle)

If you query someone, then you ask them.


queries

The plural form of query; more than one (kind of) query.


queries

The third-person singular form of query.


queried

The past tense and past participle of query.


chess player

A chess player is someone who plays the game of chess

The young chess player Ding Liren won the Chinese championship of 2009


chess players

The plural form of chess player; more than one (kind of) chess player.


frank

A frank is a notice on an envelope where a stamp usually is.


frank

frank (canonical)
franks (third-person singular)
franked (past)
franked (past participle)
franking (present participle)

If you frank an envelope, you put a frank on it.


frank

frank (positive)
franker (comparative)
frankest (superlative)

If you are frank with someone, you are honest to the point of being blunt.


franks

The plural form of frank; more than one (kind of) frank.


franks

The third-person singular form of frank.


franked

The past tense and past participle of frank.


runner-up

A runner-up is a person who takes second place in a competition.

John Doe came in first place and the runner-up was Jane Doe.


runner-ups

The plural form of runner-up; more than one (kind of) runner-up.


leaders

The plural form of leader; more than one (kind of) leader.


sighs

sigh (canonical)
sighs (third-person singular)
sighed (past)
sighed (past participle)
sighing (present participle)


sighs

The plural form of sigh; more than one (kind of) sigh.


sighed

The past tense and past participle of sigh.

He turned off the engine, sighed deeply, and slowly followed her inside.


troubles

The plural form of trouble; more than one (kind of) trouble.


troubles

trouble (canonical)
troubles (third-person singular)
troubled (past)
troubled (past participle)
troubling (present participle)

The third-person singular form of trouble.


troubling

troubling (positive)
more troubling (comparative)
most troubling (superlative)

If something is troubling, it makes you feel worried or upset.


benched

bench (canonical)
benches (third-person singular)
benched (past)
benched (past participle)
benching (present participle)

The past tense and past participle of bench.


sturdiest

sturdy (positive)
sturdier (comparative)
sturdiest (superlative)

The superlative form of sturdy; most sturdy.


streak

A line left from smearing something or from motion.

When I cleaned the window I left streaks behind.

I have had a streak of good luck!

A certain type of moth (see Streak (moth)).

A tendency or trait of something, but not the most major one.

She's a good dog but she does have a streak of stubbornness.


streak

streak (canonical)
streaks (third-person singular)
streaked (past)
streaked (past participle)
streaking (present participle)

If something streaks across or through an area, it moves very quickly.

The cheetah streaked after the gazelle.

If something is streaked it has streaks on it.

If you clean a window in direct sunlight, it will streak.

It was a good game until some guy streaked across the field.


streaks

The plural form of streak; more than one (kind of) streak.


streaks

The third-person singular form of streak.


streaked

The past tense and past participle of streak.


drug dealer

A drug dealer is someone who sells illegal drugs to people.


welfares

The plural form of welfare; more than one (kind of) welfare.


hip

A hip is the part of the pelvis that sticks out the farthest. It is part of the lower torso.

My aunt broke her hip when she fell last autumn. She couldn't walk for a month.

She took rosehips for the Vitamin C.


hip

hip (positive)
hipper (comparative)
hippest (superlative)

If someone is hip, he or she knows how to act right and dress right.

Jenna is hip. She always wears the latest fashion and she is fun to be around.


hips

The plural form of hip; more than one (kind of) hip.


franker

The comparative form of frank; more frank.


frankers

The plural form of franker; more than one (kind of) franker.


frankest

The superlative form of frank; most frank.


Frank

A member of the Franks, a Germanic people that lived in parts of what is now France, the Low Countries and Germany.


Franks

The plural form of Frank; more than one (kind of) Frank.


Franks

The Franks were a Germanic people who lived in what is now France, the Low Countries, and Germany.

The Franks are an ancient people.


inactive

inactive (positive)
more inactive (comparative)
most inactive (superlative)

If something is inactive, it is turned off, not working, or dormant.

The volcano has not erupted since 1901 and is considered inactive.

If someone is inactive, they are no longer on duty or in the service.

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barrier

A barrier is something that stops passage; it does not allow anything to get through it.

The barrier across the road stopped traffic from getting past it.

A barrier is an obstacle; it is something to prevents progress.

The bug in the code was a barrier to us completing the project on time.

The wall surrounding the jail was a barrier to all those who want to get out.


barriers

The plural form of barrier; more than one (kind of) barrier.


sturdiness

Sturdiness is the state or quality of being sturdy.


idiom

An idiom is a phrase that is not literal.

"Break a leg" is an idiom for wishing a person good luck.

An idiom is a way of expressing oneself or manner of speaking.


idioms

The plural form of idiom; more than one (kind of) idiom.


humps

The plural form of hump; more than one (kind of) hump.


humps

hump (canonical)
humps (third-person singular)
humped (past)
humped (past participle)
humping (present participle)


humped

The past tense and past participle of hump.


humped

humped (positive)
more humped (comparative)
most humped (superlative)

If something is humped, it has a hump(s).

The camel is humped.


sums

The plural form of sum; more than one (kind of) sum.


sums

sum (canonical)
sums (third-person singular)
summed (past)
summed (past participle)
summing (present participle)


summed

The past tense and past participle of sum.


inaction

An inaction is a want of activity or action; it is a rest.


inactions

The plural form of inaction; more than one (kind of) inaction.


airings

The plural form of airing; more than one (kind of) airing.


englishman


englishmen


Englishwoman

An Englishwoman is a female person who is a native of England.


Englishwomen

The plural form of englishwoman; more than one (kind of) englishwoman.


corridor

A corridor is a narrow hall with rooms that branch off of it.

The corridor in the hospital has many rooms leading off of it.

A corridor is a piece of land that is set aside only for use to travel between two places.

A corridor is airspace that is set aside only for use of aircraft travelling.

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corridors

The plural form of corridor; more than one (kind of) corridor.


airspace

An airspace is a special part of the atmosphere that is often under the jurisdiction of the land below it.

An airspace is a part of the sky that is set aside for use by aircraft.

The airplane had instructions to only fly in the airspace above the state of Kentucky.


airspaces

The plural form of airspace; more than one (kind of) airspace.


starquake

A starquake is an earthquake that happens on the surface of a star, which is usually collapsed.


starquakes

The plural form of starquake; more than one (kind of) starquake.


seaquake

A seaquake is an earthquake whose epicenter is under the surface of the sea.

The devastating seaquake caused the tsunami that hit Sri Lanka a few years back.


seaquakes

The plural form of seaquake; more than one (kind of) seaquake.


moonquake

A moonquake is an earthquake that happens on the surface of the moon.

The moonquake caused a deep rift to appear in one of the Moon's craters.


moonquakes

The plural form of moonquake; more than one (kind of) moonquake.


baker's dozen

A baker's dozen is thirteen; a group of thirteen things.

He gave me a baker's dozen instead of a dozen.


dissipate

dissipate (canonical)
dissipates (third-person singular)
dissipated (past)
dissipated (past participle)
dissipating (present participle)

The bad smell dissipated after a couple days.

A hurricane has now dissipated.


dissipates

The third-person singular form of dissipate.


dissipated

The past tense and past participle of dissipate.


pianist

A pianist is someone who plays the piano.

The concert tonight has a famed pianist playing the piano tonight.


pianists

The plural form of pianist; more than one (kind of) pianist.


uncultured

uncultured (positive)
more uncultured (comparative)
most uncultured (superlative)

If something or someone is uncultured, they are not cultured; they are not civilized; they are not refined.

The cavemen of the past could be seen as uncultured.


hypernym

A hypernym is a word or phrase that another word or phrase is an example, subset, or instance of.

"Insect" is a hypernym for "ant", because an ant is a type of insect.

Some hypernyms of the word "cat" are "mammal", "pet", "carnivore", and "quadruped".


hypernyms

The plural form of hypernym; more than one (kind of) hypernym.


vibist

A vibist is a person who plays the vibraphone.

The orchestra is looking for a skilled vibist to play a vibraphone solo at their next concert.


vibists

The plural form of vibist; more than one (kind of) vibist.


bakers dozen

A bakers dozen is thirteen; a group of thirteen things.

He made a bakers dozen cookies.


bakers dozens

The plural form of bakers dozen; more than one (kind of) bakers dozen.


baker's dozens

The plural form of baker's dozen; more than one (kind of) baker's dozen.


unbaked

If something is unbaked, it is not baked or cooked.


uncooked

If something is uncooked, it is not cooked or baked; it is raw.

This piece of meat is completely uncooked!


peak

A peak is a point at the top of an object.

The stock market reached a peak in September 1929.


peak

peak (canonical)
peaks (third-person singular)
peaked (past)
peaked (past participle)
peaking (present participle)

To peak is to reach the highest degree or maximum of something.


peaks

The plural form of peak; more than one (kind of) peak.


cabbages

The plural form of cabbage; more than one (kind of) cabbage.


peaked

The past tense and past participle of peak.


bobcat

A bobcat is a North American wild cat, Lynx rufus.


Kay

Kay is the shortened form of many female given names, such as Katherine.


bobcats

The plural form of bobcat; more than one (kind of) bobcat.


landscape

A landscape is a piece of land or territory which can all be seen at once in a single view.

A landscape is a picture or painting that shows something by land or sea.

The landscape of downtown Manhattan is amazing!

If you print something in landscape, whatever is printed will have the sides shorter than the height of the page printed. The alternative to landscape is *portrait* mode, where the sides are longer than the height of the page printed.


landscape

landscape (canonical)
landscapes (third-person singular)
landscaped (past)
landscaped (past participle)
landscaping (present participle)

If you landscape, you work on or maintain the grounds of a building or other place.

Many people who enjoy the outdoors like to landscape for themselves, and not hire a landscaper.


landscapes

The plural form of landscape; more than one (kind of) landscape.


landscapes

The third-person singular form of landscape.


landscaped

The past tense and past participle of landscape.


achiever

An achiever is someone who achieves; it is someone who is a winner.


achievers

The plural form of achiever; more than one (kind of) achiever.


affordable

affordable (positive)
more affordable (comparative)
most affordable (superlative)

If something is affordable, it can be afforded.

That car is very affordable. Maybe I should buy it now.


unaffordable

unaffordable (positive)
more unaffordable (comparative)
most unaffordable (superlative)

If something is unaffordable, it is too expensive to be afforded.

That Porsche car is unaffordable to me.


abuser

An abuser is a person who abuses anything.

The man had a habit of kicking dogs; he was an animal abuser.


abusers

The plural form of abuser; more than one (kind of) abuser.


diaries

The plural form of diary; more than one (kind of) diary.


waterhole

A waterhole is a low spot in the land where water collects; it is usually where wild animals come to drink.

After that rain last night, a waterhole appeared in the low spot of land in the Australian outback, and lots of wild animals now drink from it.


waterholes

The plural form of waterhole; more than one (kind of) waterhole.


buttonlike

buttonlike (positive)
more buttonlike (comparative)
most buttonlike (superlative)

If something is buttonlike, it looks like a button.

This rock is extremely buttonlike.


buttonless

If something is buttonless, it does not have any buttons on it.

This coat is buttonless.


dustier

dusty (positive)
dustier (comparative)
dustiest (superlative)

The comparative form of dusty; more dusty.


dustiest

The superlative form of dusty; most dusty.


dustlike

dustlike (positive)
more dustlike (comparative)
most dustlike (superlative)

If something is dustlike, it looks like dust.

The snowflake was dustlike in appearance.


dust off

If you dust off something, you remove dust from it.

She dusted off the chair before sitting down.

If you dust something off, you use it after a long time.


dusts off

dust off (canonical)
dusts off (third-person singular)
dusted off (past)
dusted off (past participle)
dusting off (present participle)

The third-person singular form of dust off.


dusted off

The past tense and past participle of dust off.


dustless

dustless (positive)
more dustless (comparative)
most dustless (superlative)

If something is dustless, is does not have any dust on it; it is free of dust.

Your apartment is dustless!


overachiever

An overachiever is a person who is too successful; they overachieve.


overachievers

The plural form of overachiever; more than one (kind of) overachiever.


pleasanter

pleasant (positive)
pleasanter (comparative)
pleasantest (superlative)

The comparative form of pleasant; more pleasant.


pleasantest

The superlative form of pleasant; most pleasant.


pleasantness

Pleasantness is the state of being pleasant.


powdering

powder (canonical)
powders (third-person singular)
powdered (past)
powdered (past participle)
powdering (present participle)


powdered

powdered (positive)
more powdered (comparative)
most powdered (superlative)

If something is powdered, it is covered in powder.


powdered

The past tense and past participle of powder.


camel

A camel is a desert animal, usually with two humps on its' back.

Can you see the big group of camels there?


camels

The plural form of camel; more than one (kind of) camel.


stormlike

stormlike (positive)
more stormlike (comparative)
most stormlike (superlative)

If something is stormlike, it looks like or is like a storm.


territories

The plural form of territory; more than one (kind of) territory.


strengthen

strengthen (canonical)
strengthens (third-person singular)
strengthened (past)
strengthened (past participle)
strengthening (present participle)

If something is strengthened, then it is made stronger; strength is added to it.

They are keen to strengthen ties with the UN.

If someone strengthens a person, he or she animates or gives moral strength to encourage the person.

If something strengthens, it grows strong or stronger.


strengthens

The third-person singular form of strengthen.


strengthened

The past tense and past participle of strengthen.


ghostlike

ghostlike (positive)
more ghostlike (comparative)
most ghostlike (superlative)

If something or someone is ghostlike, they look like a ghost; they look invisible.

Her face looked ghostlike.


waterfalled

waterfall (canonical)
waterfalls (third-person singular)
waterfalled (past)
waterfalled (past participle)
waterfalling (present participle)

The past tense and past participle of waterfall.


lavalike

lavalike (positive)
more lavalike (comparative)
most lavalike (superlative)

If something is lavalike, it looks or acts like lava.


lava-like

lava-like (positive)
more lava-like (comparative)
most lava-like (superlative)

If something is lava-like, it looks or acts like lava.


erupt

erupt (canonical)
erupts (third-person singular)
erupted (past)
erupted (past participle)
erupting (present participle)

If something erupts, it violently spits out something.

The volcano erupted.

If something erupts, it immediately release pressure or tension.

The crowd erupted in anger when the referee made a bad decision.


erupts

The third-person singular form of erupt.


erupted

The past tense and past participle of erupt.


waterlike

waterlike (positive)
more waterlike (comparative)
most waterlike (superlative)

If something is waterlike, it looks like water.

The green liquid we used in our science experiment was waterlike.


spirited

spirit (canonical)
spirits (third-person singular)
spirited (past)
spirited (past participle)
spiriting (present participle)

The past tense and past participle of spirit.


spirited

spirited (positive)
more spirited (comparative)
most spirited (superlative)

If something or someone is spirited, they are lively; they are animated.

They were very spirited on Christmas morning.


spiritless

spiritless (positive)
more spiritless (comparative)
most spiritless (superlative)

If something or someone is spiritless, it is without spirit.

If someone is spiritless, they are without energy or motivation.


spiritlessness

Spiritlessness is the quality of being spiritless or without spirit.


stink

stank (past)
stink (canonical)
stinks (third-person singular)
stunk (past)
stunk (past participle)
stinking (present participle)

If something stinks, it has a strong bad smell to it.


emerges

emerge (canonical)
emerges (third-person singular)
emerged (past)
emerged (past participle)
emerging (present participle)

The third-person singular form of emerge.


emerged

The past tense and past participle of emerge.


references

The plural form of reference; more than one (kind of) reference.


references

reference (canonical)
references (third-person singular)
referenced (past)
referenced (past participle)
referencing (present participle)

The third-person singular form of reference.


referenced

The past tense and past participle of reference.


smoke detector

A smoke detector is a usually a small device that locates where smoke is coming from.


smoke detectors

The plural form of smoke detector; more than one (kind of) smoke detector.


neat

neat (positive)
neater (comparative)
neatest (superlative)

If something is neat, it is clean and everything is in its place.

Jim's room is very neat. He has nothing on the floor and all his clothes are hung up.

If something is neat, it is interesting.

I'm fascinated by Bonnie's project on literature. It is really neat.


heiress

An heiress is a female person who gets the property or money when someone dies.

Alice was his only heiress, so she will get all the money.


heiresses

The plural form of heiress; more than one (kind of) heiress.


neater

The comparative form of neat; more neat.


neatest

The superlative form of neat; most neat.


auditor

An auditor is someone who examines bookkeeping accounts.


auditors

The plural form of auditor; more than one (kind of) auditor.


powerless

To be powerless is to have no power, strength or ability.


hammerlike

hammerlike (positive)
more hammerlike (comparative)
most hammerlike (superlative)

If something is hammerlike, it looks like a hammer or has a characteristic of a hammer.


supermarket

A supermarket is a big store that sells groceries, as well as other common household things like clothing.

I bought bread and milk from the supermarket.


supermarkets

The plural form of supermarket; more than one (kind of) supermarket.


cheesecake

A cheesecake is a sweetened pie made from flavored cream cheese, eggs, and milk on a base or crust.

The apple cheesecake that we had for dessert had so much cream cheese on it! It was delicious!


cheesecakes

The plural form of cheesecake; more than one (kind of) cheesecake.


veal

This veal was very lean and had very little fat.


vacation

A vacation is some time, usually between a week and a month, when people do not have to go to work, but get paid.

Our last vacation was very nice.

We took a two-week vacation at the end of July.

Our annual vacations are the chance to renew family ties.


vacation

vacation (canonical)
vacations (third-person singular)
vacationed (past)
vacationed (past participle)
vacationing (present participle)

If you vacation, you take a vacation; you take some time off.

My husband and I vacationed to the Bahamas over the weekend.

We will be vacationing in the Adirondacks this summer.

Tom vacations at the seashore every year.


vacations

The plural form of vacation; more than one (kind of) vacation.


vacations

The third-person singular form of vacation.


determinism

Determinism is the idea that every action has a definite reaction to a past event.


partners

The plural form of partner; more than one (kind of) partner.


partners

partner (canonical)
partners (third-person singular)
partnered (past)
partnered (past participle)
partnering (present participle)

The third-person singular form of partner.


partnered

The past tense and past participle of partner.


urgent

urgent (positive)
more urgent (comparative)
most urgent (superlative)

If something is urgent, it needs attention quickly.

An urgent appeal was sent out for assistance.


ban

ban (canonical)
bans (third-person singular)
banned (past)
banned (past participle)
banning (present participle)

If you ban someone, you disallow or block someone from doing something.

The girl was banned from joining the market.


ban

A ban is a rule that stops something from happening; a prohibition from something.

The school's ban on candy will make everyone healthier.


banned

The past tense and past participle of ban.


vacationed

The past tense and past participle of vacation.


urgently

If someone is doing something urgently, they are doing it very fast; they have a great sense of urgency.

If someone does something urgently, it is done with insistance or continuously.


swing

A swing is a hanging seat found in a playground that children can sit on and swing on.

The child was swinging on the swing at the playground.

Swing is the genre of dance linked to the style of dance.


swing

swang (past)
swing (canonical)
swings (third-person singular)
swung (past)
swung (past participle)
swinging (present participle)

If someone or something swings, they move forward and backward.

The plant swung in the breeze.

If someone swings, they ride on a swingset.

If someone swings, they hang from the gallows.

If something swings, it changes quickly; it fluctuates.

If you swing, you move (an object) back and forward; you wave.


swings

The plural form of swing; more than one (kind of) swing.


swings

The third-person singular form of swing.


swung

swing (canonical)
swings (third-person singular)
swang (past)
swung (past participle)
swinging (present participle)

The past tense and past participle of swing.


fetotoxic

fetotoxic (positive)
more fetotoxic (comparative)
most fetotoxic (superlative)

If something is fetotoxic, it is poisonous to fetuses.


fetus

A fetus is a human embryo after 8 weeks of gestation.


fetuses

The plural form of fetus; more than one (kind of) fetus.


poisonous

poisonous (positive)
more poisonous (comparative)
most poisonous (superlative)

If something is poisonous, it has enough venom to be considered dangerous.


poisonless

If something is poisonless, is does not have any poison in it.

That garter snake is poisonless.


toxic

toxic (positive)
more toxic (comparative)
most toxic (superlative)

If something is toxic, it is harmful to your health, and it is lethal to you if you swallow it.

The antifreeze is toxic if you drink it.


toxicant

A toxicant is something that is toxic or poisonous.


toxicant

toxicant (positive)
more toxicant (comparative)
most toxicant (superlative)

If something is toxicant, it is able to do damage by poisoning.


toxicants

The plural form of toxicant; more than one (kind of) toxicant.


toxicosis

A toxicosis is an illness that was caused by a toxin or something toxic or poisonous.


toxicoses

The plural form of toxicosis; more than one (kind of) toxicosis.


toxicologist

A toxicologist is a person who studies or practices toxicology.


toxicologists

The plural form of toxicologist; more than one (kind of) toxicologist.


solar

If something is solar, it is of or related to the sun.

If something is solar, it is made through the actions of the sun.


solar

A solar is a loft or other kind of building that makes the private living space of the heads of the household.

The lord of the manor retired to his solar at the end of the day.


solar systems

The plural form of solar system; more than one (kind of) solar system.


solars

The plural form of solar; more than one (kind of) solar.


relate

relate (canonical)
relates (third-person singular)
related (past)
related (past participle)
relating (present participle)

If you relate, you tell something in a way that is descriptive.

if you relate, you make a connection between one thing and another thing.

I related ice hockey to floor hockey on ice.

If you relate with someone, you have a connection with them.

If you relate with someone, you interact with them.

I related with my teacher by handing him the test.

If you relate, you respond through reaction.


relates

The third-person singular form of relate.


related

The past tense and past participle of relate.


related

related (positive)
more related (comparative)
most related (superlative)

If two things are related, they are connected to one another.

If someone is related to someone else, they are relatives.

My mother and I are related to each other.

If something is related, it is narrated or told.


snakelets

The plural form of snakelet; more than one (kind of) snakelet.


snaking

snake (canonical)
snakes (third-person singular)
snaked (past)
snaked (past participle)
snaking (present participle)


snaked

The past tense and past participle of snake.


snakeless

If something is snakeless, it does not have any snakes.

The dug up ruins are found to be snakeless after many explorations.


snakelike

snakelike (positive)
more snakelike (comparative)
most snakelike (superlative)

If something is snakelike, it looks like a snake or moves like a snake.

If something is snakelike, it is like that of a snake.


validities

The plural form of validity; more than one (kind of) validity.


militarylike

militarylike (positive)
more militarylike (comparative)
most militarylike (superlative)

If something or someone is militarylike, they look like a military or some part of a military.


self-destructs

self-destruct (canonical)
self-destructs (third-person singular)
self-destructed (past)
self-destructed (past participle)
self-destructing (present participle)

The third-person singular form of self-destruct.


self-destructed

The past tense and past participle of self-destruct.


self-destructing

The present participle of self-destruct.


surer

sure (positive)
surer (comparative)
surest (superlative)

The comparative form of sure; more sure.


surest

The superlative form of sure; most sure.


water hole

Water hole is another way of spelling waterhole.


anti-heroes

The plural form of anti-hero; more than one (kind of) anti-hero.


blondes

The plural form of blonde; more than one (kind of) blonde.


blonds

The plural form of blond; more than one (kind of) blond.


Asiatic peafowls

Asiatic peafowl
Asiatic peafowls (plural)

The plural form of Asiatic peafowl; more than one (kind of) Asiatic peafowl.


black-eyed Susans

black-eyed Susan
black-eyed Susans (plural)

The plural form of black-eyed Susan; more than one (kind of) black-eyed Susan.


g-forces

The plural form of g-force; more than one (kind of) g-force.


Lesbians

The plural form of Lesbian; more than one (kind of) Lesbian.


Komodo dragons

The plural form of Komodo dragon; more than one (kind of) Komodo dragon.


Januaries

The plural form of January; more than one (kind of) January.


Februarys

February
Februaries or Februarys (plural)

The plural form of February; more than one (kind of) February.


Marches

The plural form of March; more than one (kind of) March.


Aprils

The plural form of April; more than one (kind of) April.


Mays

The plural form of May; more than one (kind of) May.


Septembers

The plural form of September; more than one (kind of) September.


Octobers

The plural form of October; more than one (kind of) October.


Novembers

The plural form of November; more than one (kind of) November.


x-ray


water holes

The plural form of water hole; more than one (kind of) water hole.


water-hole

Water-hole is another way of spelling waterhole.


water-holes

The plural form of water-hole; more than one (kind of) water-hole.


ant hills

The plural form of ant hill; more than one (kind of) ant hill.


anthill

An anthill is a pile of dirt made by ants where ants live.


anthills

The plural form of anthill; more than one (kind of) anthill.


postoffices

The plural form of postoffice; more than one (kind of) postoffice.


stakes out

stake out (canonical)
stakes out (third-person singular)
staked out (past)
staked out (past participle)
staking out (present participle)

The third-person singular form of stake out.


staked out

The past tense and past participle of stake out.


loan words

The plural form of loan word; more than one (kind of) loan word.


sulphur

Sulphur is another way of spelling sulfur.


cowardices

The plural form of cowardice; more than one (kind of) cowardice.


pie crusts

The plural form of pie crust; more than one (kind of) pie crust.


journals

The plural form of journal; more than one (kind of) journal.


journals

journal (canonical)
journals (third-person singular)
journaled (past)
journaled (past participle)
journaling (present participle)

The third-person singular form of journal.


journaled

The past tense and past participle of journal.


branched

branch (canonical)
branches (third-person singular)
branched (past)
branched (past participle)
branching (present participle)

The past tense and past participle of branch.


caked

cake (canonical)
cakes (third-person singular)
caked (past)
caked (past participle)
caking (present participle)

The past tense and past participle of cake.


bedroomed

If something is bedroomed, it has the said number of bedrooms.

That flat is three bedroomed.


memes

The plural form of meme; more than one (kind of) meme.


labels

The plural form of label; more than one (kind of) label.


labels

labeled (past)
labeled (past participle)
labeling (present participle)
label (canonical)
labels (third-person singular)
labelled (past)
labelled (past participle)
labelling (present participle)

The third-person singular form of label.


labelled

label (canonical)
labels (third-person singular)
labelled (past)
labelled (past participle)
labelling (present participle)

The past tense and past participle of label.


engaging

engage (canonical)
engages (third-person singular)
engaged (past)
engaged (past participle)
engaging (present participle)

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engaging

engaging (positive)
more engaging (comparative)
most engaging (superlative)

If something is engaging, it is interesting, charming, or attractive.

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phones

The plural form of phone; more than one (kind of) phone.


phones

phone (canonical)
phones (third-person singular)
phoned (past)
phoned (past participle)
phoning (present participle)

The third-person singular form of phone.


phoned

The past tense and past participle of phone.


appreciates

appreciate (canonical)
appreciates (third-person singular)
appreciated (past)
appreciated (past participle)
appreciating (present participle)

The third-person singular form of appreciate.


treasure hunt

A treasure hunt is a game in which players try to be the first to find everything on a list.


treasure hunts

The plural form of treasure hunt; more than one (kind of) treasure hunt.


hyperlink

A hyperlink is a clickable word on an internet page, usually underlined in blue.

This sentence is a hyperlink.


hyperlinks

The plural form of hyperlink; more than one (kind of) hyperlink.


quacks

The plural form of quack; more than one (kind of) quack.


quacks

quack (canonical)
quacks (third-person singular)
quacked (past)
quacked (past participle)
quacking (present participle)

The third-person singular form of quack.


quacked

The past tense and past participle of quack.


inabilities

The plural form of inability; more than one (kind of) inability.


footnote

A footnote is a small line of text found at the bottom of a book that are usually numbered.

John looked at the footnote to find the meaning of the long word.


footnotes

The plural form of footnote; more than one (kind of) footnote.


compact

A compact is a small container with a folding mirror that contains powder and is used by women.


compact

compact (positive)
more compact (comparative)
most compact (superlative)

If something is compact, it is packed into a tight space.

If something is compact, all of the needed features of something fits in a small space.


compact

compact (canonical)
compacts (third-person singular)
compacted (past)
compacted (past participle)
compacting (present participle)

If something is compacted, it is made smaller; it is compressed.


compacts

The plural form of compact; more than one (kind of) compact.


compacts

The third-person singular form of compact.


compacted

The past tense and past participle of compact.


compactly

more compactly (comparative)
Superlativemost compactly

If something is done compactly, it is done in a compact manner.


transsexual

A transsexual person believes their gender is not the same as their physical gender.

The surgeon performed gender reassignment surgery on the transsexual woman.


transsexuals

The plural form of transsexual; more than one (kind of) transsexual.


transphobia

Transphobia is a fear of or hating someone who is transgender.


transphobias

The plural form of transphobia; more than one (kind of) transphobia.


starfish

starfish
starfish or starfishes (plural)

A starfish is a symmetric marine animal that has five arms.

The plural form of starfish; more than one (kind of) starfish.


accordingly

If something is done accordingly, it is done in a comfortable or agreeable manner.


marine

marine (positive)
more marine (comparative)
most marine (superlative)

If something is marine, it is of the sea or it relates to the sea.

Marine biology is the study of animals that live in the sea.


marine

A marine is someone who is a member of the marine corps.

This man is a marine.


marines

The plural form of marine; more than one (kind of) marine.


hippopotamuses

hippopotamus
hippopotami or hippopotamuses (plural)

The plural form of hippopotamus; more than one (kind of) hippopotamus.


pre

The photo was taken pre my hair becoming gray.


massacres

The plural form of massacre; more than one (kind of) massacre.


massacres

massacre (canonical)
massacres (third-person singular)
massacred (past)
massacred (past participle)
massacring (present participle)

The third-person singular form of massacre.


massacred

The past tense and past participle of massacre.


umpteen

Umpteen is a large number of something; more than some.

What have you been doing for the last umpteen days?

Umpteen cups of coffee later, we were finished the job.

He's broken umpteen laws and crashed a dozen cars.


chimney

A chimney is a column that is built into a fireplace and onto a house to let off the pollution and smoke made by a fire in the fireplace; a flue.

A chimney is a small opening in a rock face.

Smoke curled out from the chimney.


chimneys

The plural form of chimney; more than one (kind of) chimney.


column

A column is a support that is standing up and is built to support something, usually on a building.

The White House was built with several columns on the front side of the building to help support the building and prevent it from falling down.

A column is a line of items in a table that goes from top to bottom.

The title of the second column in the table is "Population in 2009".

A column is a body of troops that are strung out along a road.

A column is a body of text in a newspaper that goes from top to bottom.

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columnar

If something is columnar, it is shaped like a column.

If something is columnar, it is built like a column.


columns

The plural form of column; more than one (kind of) column.


fireplace

A fireplace is a place in the hearth, found at the bottom of the chimney where a fire can be started.

The fire in the fireplace was burning brightly now.


fireplaces

The plural form of fireplace; more than one (kind of) fireplace.


superpower

The United States and the Soviet Union were the superpowers of the last century.

A superpower is something a superhero can do that a real person could not do.

His superpowers included being able to fly and the through lightning.

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kinda

I'm kinda tired, but I can keep working.

Mostly true, but not completely true. What was said is not exact.

Well, it's kinda a cat -- well, it's a lion cub.

You can say kinda to make what you say softer, or to apologize.

I'm sorry, but I kinda wrecked your car.


demonize

demonize (canonical)
demonizes (third-person singular)
demonized (past)
demonized (past participle)
demonizing (present participle)

If you demonize something, you make it seem very bad or evil.

If you demonize something, you turn something into a demon.


superpowers

The plural form of superpower; more than one (kind of) superpower.


demonise

demonise (canonical)
demonises (third-person singular)
demonised (past)
demonised (past participle)
demonising (present participle)

Demonise is another way of spelling demonize.


daemonize

daemonize (canonical)
daemonizes (third-person singular)
daemonized (past)
daemonized (past participle)
daemonizing (present participle)

Daemonize is another way of spelling demonize.


daemonizes

The third-person singular form of daemonize.


daemonized

The past tense and past participle of daemonize.


demonises

The third-person singular form of demonise.


demonised

The past tense and past participle of demonise.


demonizes

The third-person singular form of demonize.


demonized

The past tense and past participle of demonize.


demonesses

The plural form of demoness; more than one (kind of) demoness.


tallus

Tallus is another way of spelling talus.


backside

Something's backside is the side that is opposite of the front.

Someone's backside is their buttocks or butt.

The child was spanked in the backside for misbehaving.


backsides

The plural form of backside; more than one (kind of) backside.


judgement

Judgement is being able to make good choices.

You will need good judgement to decide on a school.

Deciding what to do was a judgement call.

If John likes them, they must be good people; John has good judgement.

I'll trust your judgement on this matter.

There should be room for human judgement in deciding policies.

It takes good judgement to be a manager.

A judgement is a choice or decision you might make.

A judgement is the something decided by a judge. It is an official order by a court.

This judgement means you have to pay me $500 each month, for a year.

We will hear the judgement soon.


judgemental

judgemental (positive)
more judgemental (comparative)
most judgemental (superlative)

If you are judgemental, you judge people quickly and often.

I know what I did was wrong, but you don't have to be so judgemental about it.


judgmental

judgmental (positive)
more judgmental (comparative)
most judgmental (superlative)

If you are judgmental, you judge people quickly and often.

I know what I did was wrong, but you don't have to be so judgmental about it.


judgment day

Judgement day is the time at the end of the world when God will judge all people.


ok

You use ok to show that you agree with something.

"I'll be late tonight, mom." "Ok dear!"

"You don't have to come tomorrow." "Ok, I'll see you next week then."

You use ok to check if someone agrees with you.

I'm leaving now, ok?

You use ok to show that you are changing topic.

Does anybody have questions? No? Ok, let's look at the homework then.


ok

If someone is ok, they are fine or not hurt.

Oh, sorry! Are you ok? Let me help you.

Thanks, I'm feeling ok now.

If something is ok, it is good enough, fine, or not bad.

"Do you like this?" "It's ok, I guess. Do you have anything nicer?"

"Is it ok if I do it tomorrow?" "Yeah, it's ok with me.

"How was your day?" "Oh, it was ok--nothing special."

He's an ok guy.


ok

ok (canonical)
oks (third-person singular)
oked (past)
oked (past participle)
oking (present participle)

The manager has to ok it before I can let you in.

If you ok something with somebody, you ask them to approve it.

Did you ok this with your dad?


ok

If you give something your ok, you approve it.

We got the ok to go ahead.


cap

He was wearing blue jeans and a ball cap.

A cap is a cover that closes the end of something, such as a bottle or pipe.

First we need to remove the cap, then we can drain the fluid from the tank.

The government should place a cap on spending for next year.

A cap is small piece of explosive that is used to set off larger explosives.

A cap is the summit (top) of a mountain.

A cap is a small amount of gunpowder that is used to set off a toy gun.

If you "pop a cap" on someone, you shoot them with a gun.

You best watch out or I'll bust a cap in your ass.

A cap is an international appearance of a player in a team.


cap

cap (canonical)
caps (third-person singular)
capped (past)
capped (past participle)
capping (present participle)

If you cap something, you put a cap on it.

We need to cap that pipe before turning the water back on.

If you cap something, you set an upper limit on it.

If something caps something, it fits on it and is a cap for it.

If you cap someone, you shoot that person.

If you cap something, you lie over or on top of something.

If you cap something, you surpass or outdo something.


elbow

Your elbow is the place in the middle of your arm that bends.

I hurt my elbow playing tennis.

An elbow is a 90° turn in a pipe, river, road, etc.

I need another elbow piece to get this pipe round the corner.


elbow

elbow (canonical)
elbows (third-person singular)
elbowed (past)
elbowed (past participle)
elbowing (present participle)

If you elbow somebody, you hit them with your elbow.

My mom elbowed me to be quiet.


mommy

A word for mother used mostly by young children.


nowadays

Back then we walked everywhere, but nowadays everyone drives a car.


believable

believable (positive)
more believable (comparative)
most believable (superlative)

If something is believable it is easy to believe.

I find his story believable, but I don't know if its true.


lover

If two people are lovers they have sex with each other.

I heard she was his lover.

How long have the two of you been lovers?

A lover of someone or something is someone who loves (like very much) that person or thing.

I'm a real pizza lover, and could eat pizza all day.


kindly

kindly (positive)
more kindly (comparative)
most kindly (superlative)

If your are kindly you often show kindness, usually for older people.

She was a kindly old lady.


northeast

Northeasth is the direction between north and east.

The northeast is a place is the part that is to the north and east.

The weather not unusual for a winter night in the Northeast.


northeast

In the direction northeast; to the northeast.

It is about twenty miles northeast of San Francisco.


nope

"Do you want something to eat?" "Nope, just coffee."

"Are you ready?" "Nope, I still have some things to do first."


ye

An old word for you, but not for one person (plural)

Hear ye the news.


ye

An old misspelling for the, used especially on pubs' signs or names to make them look old

Ye Olde Alcohol Taverne


pants

Pants are a type of cloths worn on the legs. A pair of pants has a covering for each leg.

Pants were traditionally worn by men, but now women wear them too.


pants

pant (canonical)
pants (third-person singular)
panted (past)
panted (past participle)
panting (present participle)


pants

pants (canonical)
pantses (third-person singular)
pantsed (past)
pantsed (past participle)
pantsing (present participle)

If you pants a person, you pull their pants down.


denim

Denim is a tough cloth made from cotton, and often used to make jeans and jackets.

My trousers were made out of denim.

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cannot

can (present)
could (past)
cannot (negative)

If you cannot do something, you are not able to do that thing.

If you cannot do something, you are not allowed to do that thing.


dinosaur

Dinosaurs are reptiles that were extinct (all died) millions of years ago.

Most dinosaurs were large.

A dinosaur is something that is very old, and may not be useful any more; something obsolete.

I wish I had a new computer, instead of this dinosaur from the 1990s.


deepen

deepen (canonical)
deepens (third-person singular)
deepened (past)
deepened (past participle)
deepening (present participle)

If you deepen something, you make it deeper.

We need to deepen this well if we are to get any water from it.


gotta

I'm sorry, but I'm in a hurry and I gotta go.


gotcha

You thought you'd get away, but I gotcha!

You can say gotcha to show you know what someone means.


recipe

A recipe is a set of instructions and a list of things (called ingredients) you need to make an item of food.

I have a great recipe for cookies right here.

A recipe is a plan or way for things to come together to get a certain result.

The storm, the darkness, and the crowds were a perfect recipe for disaster.


windy

windy (positive)
more windy (comparative)
most windy (superlative)


sexual

sexual (positive)
more sexual (comparative)
most sexual (superlative)

If something is sexual it has to do with sex.

Your sexual comments are not welcome.

He will be charged in court for sexual misconduct.


thee

I see thee, but dost thou see me. (Meaning, "I see you, but do you see me.")


voter

A voter is someone who is allowed to vote.


childless

If someone is childless, he or she does not have any children.


harden

harden (canonical)
hardens (third-person singular)
hardened (past)
hardened (past participle)
hardening (present participle)

If you harden something, then you make it hard, stiff, or make it more resistant.

Let the chocolate harden before eating.


hardened

The past tense and past participle of harden.


hardens

The third-person singular form of harden.


thoughtful

thoughtful (positive)
more thoughtful (comparative)
most thoughtful (superlative)

If someone is thoughtful, then he or she likes to think, or, is kind and caring towards others.


labourer

A labourer is a person who works or labours.


laborer

A laborer is a person who works or labors.

The laborer is very young.


laborers

The plural form of laborer; more than one (kind of) laborer.


labourers

The plural form of labourer; more than one (kind of) labourer.


driver

That man is a driver of cars.

The golfer used his driver to hit the ball.

A driver is a computer program for an application and hardware, made for the device it controls.

The driver is used for the printer.


drivers

The plural form of driver; more than one (kind of) driver.


hen

That bird is a hen.

A hen is a female chicken, usually one kept for its eggs.

Our pet hen laid eggs.


hens

The plural form of hen; more than one (kind of) hen.


plurals

The plural form of plural; more than one (kind of) plural.


vest

A vest is a piece of clothing that covers the chest; a vest is like a shirt with no sleeves.

Our suits came complete with vests.

The police were wearing bulletproof vests.


vest

vest (canonical)
vests (third-person singular)
vested (past)
vested (past participle)
vesting (present participle)

If you vest a person, you give them authority or power.


vests

The plural form of vest; more than one (kind of) vest.


jog

jog (canonical)
jogs (third-person singular)
jogged (past)
jogged (past participle)
jogging (present participle)

Many people jog for exercise.

If something jogs your memory, it helps you remember.

I needed to read my notes to jog my memory before the test.


southeast

Southeast is a direction between south and east.

The southeast is a place is the part that is to the south and east.

There were storm all across the southeast.


southeast

In the direction southeast; to the southeast.

It is about twenty miles southeast of Dayton.


widen

widen (canonical)
widens (third-person singular)
widened (past)
widened (past participle)
widening (present participle)

If you widen something, you make it wider.

They need to widen this road, to make room for more traffic.


knowingly

more knowingly (comparative)
Superlativemost knowingly

If you do something knowingly, you know you are doing it.

It was not an accident -- he knowingly installed a virus in our computer.

If you act knowingly, you show that you know something.

He looked at me knowingly, and I knew he was not fooled.


lately

If something has happened lately, it happened not long ago. This usually for something that might happen more than once.

Have you seen her lately? I haven't seen her in weeks.

There has been a lot of rain lately, too much for me.


reality

Reality is what actually is. Reality is what is real.

I'm sure you'd like to get everything you want for free, but that isn't reality.

What you see on television is often very far from reality.

He lost contact with reality because of his mental illness.

If some kinds of psychology and philosophy reality is whatever you experience; what seems real to you.

The therapist insists I shouldn't think my reality is the same as hers.

If you get a dose of reality you learn the truth and what things are like for most people.

He needs a dose of reality to get him out of his naive ways.


wallet

A wallet is a small case for holding money. It is made to fit in a pocket.

I put my wallet back in my pocket after paying for our meal.


wallets

The plural form of wallet; more than one (kind of) wallet.

He looked at the stall selling wallets and decided to buy the best one.


realities

The plural form of reality; more than one (kind of) reality.

The movie was about finding a door to alternate realities.


currently

If something is happening currently it is happening at this time.

They are currently trying call home.

We are currently at home.


elsewhere

In another place. If something is elsewhere it is somewhere else; it is not here.

The party is elsewhere, so why don't we go to it.

If I can't find my wallet here, I'll have to look elsewhere.

I hate this place and would be happier elsewhere.


quickness

If you have quickness you are quick; you can move fast.

I was amazed by his quickness.


hopeless

hopeless (positive)
more hopeless (comparative)
most hopeless (superlative)

If you are hopeless, you do not have hope. You do not expect anything good to happen.

When I lost my job I became completely hopeless.

If a situation (way things are) is hopeless, there is little chance that something good might happen. The situation can't be made better.

The sinking ship was hopeless, there was no way to repair it.

The people on the sinking ship found the situation hopeless, because land was too far to swim to.

If you are hopeless, there is no chance you will change or learn.

Oh, you're hopeless! You keep expecting someone perfect to come through that door, but it will never happen.


backbone

The backbone is the bones in a person's or animal's back.

If you have backbone, you do not back down easily. You stand up for yourself.

If you had any backbone you wouldn't let people tell you what to do all the time.

The backbone of something is what holds it together or makes it strong.

Customer service is the backbone of our business.


anymore

If something does not happen anymore, it happened in the past, but has stopped happening.

I liked that place when I was young, but I don't go there anymore.

I'm not sick anymore. I got better last night.


shine

shone (past)
shone (past participle)
shine (canonical)
shines (third-person singular)
shined (past)
shined (past participle)
shining (present participle)

If something shines, light comes from it, or it reflects light.

I love the way the stars shine.

The polished metal shines brightly in the sunlight.

If you shine, other people can see the good things about you.

If you shine a light, you put the light on something.

Would you shine that flashlight over here.

If you shine a light on a fact, you cause people to know the truth; you show people what they did not know.

Would you shine that flashlight over hear.

If you shine something, you make it shiny; you polish it so that it reflects light.

I was just shining my shoes.


shine

Shine is the light from a reflection, or from a source of light.

I couldn't see because the shine from the water was in my eyes.

Something's shine is its good qualities, or its goodness.

The idea lost its shine when we realize could never work.

A shine is when someone shines your shoes.

Boy, won't you give me a shine.

Shine is a short way to say moonshine (illegal whiskey).

I got so drunk on that shine they gave me.

A shine is a liking; it is when you like someone or something.

He took a real shine to her.


unity

Unity is being one, or acting together as one.

Our strength lies in our unity.

In some types of mathematics the unity is another name for one.


yearling

A yearling is an animal that is one year old. This animal is most often a deer or a horse.


reporter

A reporter is a person whose job is to learn and tell the news.

I think the reporter on "Chanel 8 Evening News" is very good looking.

I would like to get a job as a reporter for the newspaper.


questioner

A questioner is someone who asks questions.

My questioners asked about things I didn't want to tell; then they got mad.


questionnaire

A questionnaire is a group of questions that go together, and are asked together.

The researchers were giving 'questionnaire to anyone who would take it.

I filled out some questionnaires on the internet.

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proposal

A proposal is something that someone suggests doing.

That was an interesting proposal.

A proposal is when you ask someone to marry you.

She finally accepted my proposal last night.

A proposal is a formal plan to do research, that a school other agency may have to agree to let you do.

My thesis proposal was finally accepts.

We wrote a grant proposal, hoping to get money for our project.


Victorian

From the time when Victoria I was queen of England (1837–1901).

If something is Victorian, it is like something from the time of Queen Victoria I.

She was wearing a long, Victorian dress.

His Victorian ideals made hims seem out of place in the modern world.


Victorian

A Victorian is a type of house built in late 1800's, or made to look like it was.

I wish I could afford to live in a Victorian.

The characters on Charmed were witches and lived in an old Victorian.

A Victorian is a person from the Victorian era (late 1800's).

The Victorians followed codes of conduct that seems very strict today.


reviewed

review (canonical)
reviews (third-person singular)
reviewed (past)
reviewed (past participle)
reviewing (present participle)

The past tense and past participle of review.


politician

A politician is a person who is involved in politics, especially those in elected offices.

A politician is a person who considers an elected position a career.

A politician is a person who is active in politics.


politicians

The plural form of politician; more than one (kind of) politician.


questionnaires

The plural form of questionnaire; more than one (kind of) questionnaire.


questioners

The plural form of questioner; more than one (kind of) questioner.


ore

Ore is stone that has a mineral in it, often a metal. The ore must be processed to get the metal or mineral out.

This train carries iron ore from the mine to the steel mill.


arrest

arrest (canonical)
arrests (third-person singular)
arrested (past)
arrested (past participle)
arresting (present participle)

If you are arrested you are caught by the police.

If something arrests something else, it stops it.

His development was arrested by the disease.

We called the ambulance after his heart arrested this morning.


arrest

An arrest is when the police catch someone.

They made several arrests last night.

An arrest is someone caught by the police.

Hey, that punk was my arrest, don't you try to take credit.

An arrest is stopping, most often used for the heart.

He went into cardiac arrest (his heart stopped) at 8:37 this morning.


profession

A profession is a job that needs special skills, such as a doctor.

Teaching is often considered a noble profession.


engineer

An engineer is someone who is paid to solve technical problems, or to help invent things.

An engineer is someone who drives a train.

/ˌɛnd͡ʒɪˈnɪr/

/ˌɛnd͡ʒɪˈnɪə/


engineer

engineer (canonical)
engineers (third-person singular)
engineered (past)
engineered (past participle)
engineering (present participle)

If you engineer something, you design or construct something.

The man will engineer a new kind of car.

If you engineer something, you make or alter something by genetic engineering.

If you enginner something, you plan or achieve a goal with guile.

/ˌɛnd͡ʒɪˈnɪr/

/ˌɛnd͡ʒɪˈnɪə/


association

An association is a way that two things are similar, belong together, or are connected or related.

I don't see any association between what happened to you and what happened to me.

I suspect there is an association between the weather and the number who are sick.

An association is a group of people who have a common goal or interest.

The NBA stands for the "National Basketball Association."

I have been a member of the American Psychological Association and the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association.

All the teachers were at an association meeting.

Association is the when you associate (spend time with certain people).

I'm afraid your association with those wild people will get you in trouble.

/əˌsəʊʃiˈeɪʃən/

/əˌsoʊʃiˈeɪʃən/


associations

The plural form of association; more than one (kind of) association.

/əˌsoʊʃiˈeɪʃənz/

/əˌsəʊʃiˈeɪʃənz/


friendship

Friendship is being friends with someone.

Our friendship began in childhood.

For a friendship to last you must spend time together.

Friendship takes some work, but is worth it.


friendships

The plural form of friendship; more than one (kind of) friendship.


fortunate

fortunate (positive)
more fortunate (comparative)
most fortunate (superlative)

If you are fortunate good things have happened to you, or you have good things.

You are very fortunate to have such good friends.

I was fortunate to have a map when I became lost.

I try to help those who are less fortunate than myself.

If something fortunate happens, it is a good thing.

Winning that prize was a very fortunate event for me.

/ˈfɔːt͡ʃənɪt/


kind of

I'm kind of tired, but I can keep working.

Mostly true, but not completely true. What was said is not exact.

Well, it's kind of a cat -- well, it's a lion cub.

You can say kind of to make what you say softer, or to apologize.

I'm sorry, but I kind of wrecked your car.


mill

A mill is a place where things are processed with machines.

A mill is a place where grain is ground to make flour.

There was an old mill by the farm.

A mill is a factory or place for manufacturing (making) things.

My grandfather worked for many years at a steel mill.

General Mills is large company the makes cereal.

We have a hand held pepper mill at home.


mill

mill (canonical)
mills (third-person singular)
milled (past)
milled (past participle)
milling (present participle)

If you mill grain, you grind it at a mill.

You must dry and mill the corn before you can make bread with it.


mills

The plural form of mill; more than one (kind of) mill.


cattle

Cattle are a group of cows or bulls, whether they are male or female.

The cattle are grazing (eating grass) in the field.

How many head of cattle (how many cattle) do you have?


engineers

The plural form of engineer; more than one (kind of) engineer.


engineers

The third-person singular form of engineer.


engineered

The past tense and past participle of engineer.


judgements

The plural form of judgement; more than one (kind of) judgement.


caps

The plural form of cap; more than one (kind of) cap.


caps

cap (canonical)
caps (third-person singular)
capped (past)
capped (past participle)
capping (present participle)


capped

The past tense and past participle of cap.


capping

A capping is rock that lies over a mineral deposit.


cappings

The plural form of capping; more than one (kind of) capping.


labeled

label (canonical)
labels (third-person singular)
labeled (past)
labeled (past participle)
labeling (present participle)

The past tense and past participle of label.


lunar

If something is lunar, it is of or it relates to the Moon.

If something is lunar, it is crescent-shaped; it is lunate.


polyglotism

Polyglotism is the ability to use more than one language.


polyglotisms

The plural form of polyglotism; more than one (kind of) polyglotism.


abnormal

abnormal (positive)
more abnormal (comparative)
most abnormal (superlative)

An abnormal thing, or situation, is one that is strange, or not typical.

The weather is abnormal in Europe when it is hot in winter.

When something is abnormal, it often means that it is bigger than [[normal].

The company made abnormal profits this year.


abrupt

more abrupt (comparative)
most abrupt (superlative)
abrupt (positive)
abrupter (comparative)
abruptest (superlative)

An abrupt action is one that is sudden, or not expected.

There was an abrupt change in the weather, and it started raining before we could get home.

An abrupt landscape is one with sudden steep changes.

We came to a halt because we could not pass the abrupt cliffs.


Achilles heel

An Achilles heel is a character's, person's, or thing's weakness or defect.

The play's Achilles heel was the bad plot.

The Achilles heel is also the Achilles tendon; tendo Achillis.


Achilles heels

The plural form of Achilles heel; more than one (kind of) Achilles heel.


Achilles' heel

Achilles' heel is another way of spelling Achilles heel.


Achilles' heels

Achilles' heels is another way of spelling Achilles heels.


once in a blue moon

Something that happens once in a blue moon, is something that rarely happens.

Once in a blue moon, the teacher won't give us homework.


eat humble pie

To eat humble pie is to be humble or to undergo humiliation.

I think that I am right, but if I am wrong, I will eat humble pie.


worth one's salt

Someone who is worth their salt is very helpful or useful.

Mr. Smith was good worker, but now he's not worth his salt.


qualia

The plural form of quale; more than one (kind of) quale. Things that cannot be defined with numbers; a quality


have a yen for

If you have a yen for something, you want it.

I have a yen for chocolate chip cookies right now.


get up on the wrong side of the bed

If you get up on the wrong side of the bed, you are not happy all day; you are in a bad mood.

"Would you leave me alone?" "Sorry, I guess you got up on the wrong side of the bed."


archon

An archon is a ruler, head of state, or other kind of leader.

An archon is a head magistrate or leader of ancient Athens.

An archon is a mystical being that serves the Demiurge.


archons

The plural form of archon; more than one (kind of) archon.


smiles

smile (canonical)
smiles (third-person singular)
smiled (past)
smiled (past participle)
smiling (present participle)

The third-person singular form of smile.


smiles

The plural form of smile; more than one (kind of) smile.


smiled

The past tense and past participle of smile.


quale

A quale is a property that is thought of separately from whatever has that property.


polyglottism

Polyglottism is another way of spelling polyglotism.


polyglottisms

Polyglottisms is another way of spelling polyglotisms.


cowboy

The cowboy got on his horse.


spider monkey

The spider monkey climbed a tree.


cowboys

The plural form of cowboy; more than one (kind of) cowboy.


lab rat

Lab rat is another way of spelling laboratory rat.


lockdown

A lockdown is when people must stay in a room (or their prison cell) for safety after a disturbance or threat.

The prisoners were placed in lockdown after the fight.

The school was under lockdown after a bomb threat they heard over the Internet.


lockdowns

The plural form of lockdown; more than one (kind of) lockdown.


lab rats

The plural form of lab rat; more than one (kind of) lab rat.

Lab rats is another way of spelling lab rat.


laboratory rat

A lab rat is usually a type of white rat that is used for testing in a laboratory.

The laboratory rat was being testing in a laboratory.


laboratory rats

The plural form of laboratory rat; more than one (kind of) laboratory rat.


lol

Lol. You just got roasted by the reply above you.


drum roll

A drum roll is a sound made by hitting a drum over and over in a short period of time.

The audience did a drum roll to reveal the winner.


drumrolls

The plural form of drumroll; more than one (kind of) drumroll.


alters

alter (canonical)
alters (third-person singular)
altered (past)
altered (past participle)
altering (present participle)

The third-person singular form of alter.


altered

The past tense and past participle of alter.


handwriting

Handwriting is writing created by hand instead of computer.


handwriting

handwrite (canonical)
handwrites (third-person singular)
handwrote (past)
handwritten (past participle)
handwriting (present participle)


handwritings

The plural form of handwriting; more than one (kind of) handwriting.


lilliputian

A lilliputian is something or someone that is very small.

He is a lilliputian when he stands next to Joe because Joe is much taller than him.


lilliputian

Something that is lilliputian is very small.


lilliputians

The plural form of lilliputian; more than one (kind of) lilliputian.


drumroll

Drumroll is another way of spelling drum roll.


drum rolls

The plural form of drum roll; more than one (kind of) drum roll.


oxidize

oxidize (canonical)
oxidizes (third-person singular)
oxidized (past)
oxidized (past participle)
oxidizing (present participle)

If you oxidize something, you mix it with oxygen or make it into an oxide.

If you oxidize something, you increase the valence of a chemical element by removing electrons from it.

If you oxidize something, you cover it with an oxide.


oxidise

oxidise (canonical)
oxidises (third-person singular)
oxidised (past)
oxidised (past participle)
oxidising (present participle)

If you oxidise something, you mix it with oxygen or make it into an oxide.

If you oxidise something, you increase the valence of a chemical element by removing electrons from it.

If you oxidise something, you cover it with an oxide.


oxidises

The third-person singular form of oxidise.


oxidised

The past tense and past participle of oxidise.


oxidised

oxidised (positive)
more oxidised (comparative)
most oxidised (superlative)

Oxidised is another way of spelling oxidized.


oxidizes

The third-person singular form of oxidize.


oxidized

The past tense and past participle of oxidize.


oxidized

oxidized (positive)
more oxidized (comparative)
most oxidized (superlative)

If something is oxidized, it has reacted with oxygen.


unoxidized

unoxidized (positive)
more unoxidized (comparative)
most unoxidized (superlative)

If something is unoxidized, it is not oxidized.


unoxidised

unoxidised (positive)
more unoxidised (comparative)
most unoxidised (superlative)

Unoxidised is another way of spelling unoxidized.


petit

petit (positive)
more petit (comparative)
most petit (superlative)

If something is petit, it is small or minor.


realm

A realm is a kingdom, country or state which is ruled by a king or queen.

A realm is the area of a certain abstraction.

A realm is an abstract sphere of influence, either real or made up.


realms

The plural form of realm; more than one (kind of) realm.


abstractness

Abstractness is the state or quality of being abstract.

The painting had a sense of abstractness to it.


joiners

The plural form of joiner; more than one (kind of) joiner.


Michigan

Michigan is one of the 50 states of the United States of America.

Michigan is called the 'Great Lakes State' because it is surrounded by lakes.


bondage

The act of tying people up for sexual pleasure.


marine corps

A marine corps is a group of soldiers (marines) who are trained to fight on or from ships.


corn dog

A corn dog is a hot dog covered by batter and deep fried.


surname

A surname is a family name, sometimes called a last name.

John Smith's surname is "Smith".


wallow

wallow (canonical)
wallows (third-person singular)
wallowed (past)
wallowed (past participle)
wallowing (present participle)

When you wallow in something, you rejoice and indulge in it to an unreasonable extent.

Pigs like to wallow in the mud.

When you wallow in an emotion, you fixate on it even if it causes false beliefs or harm.

Tim Callow stated to Paul Bustion 'Ok, fine, wallow in your ignorance and believe Stalin supported Chiang'.

He wallowed in self pity.


wager

wager (canonical)
wagers (third-person singular)
wagered (past)
wagered (past participle)
wagering (present participle)

I can wager that Australians will win cricket world cup this time as well.

I wagered my watch on the race, and lost it.

Do you care to wager.


wager

If you wager you make a bet; you gamble something.

I made a big wager, but I won.

Pascal's wager corroborated the existence of god.


corroborate

corroborate (canonical)
corroborates (third-person singular)
corroborated (past)
corroborated (past participle)
corroborating (present participle)

If you corroborate a story or idea, you confirm, support or provide evidence for it.

Who could corroborate existence of a supernatural god?