spitting image

If person A is a spitting image of person B, they look exactly the same.

You're the spitting image of my brother.

/ˈspɪtɪŋ ˈɪmɪdʒ/


stammer

stammer (canonical)
stammers (third-person singular)
stammered (past)
stammered (past participle)
stammering (present participle)

If a person stammers when they speak, they speak with pauses and will usually repeat the first few letters of a word.


stammers

The third-person singular form of stammer.


stammered

The past tense and past participle of stammer.


stutter

stutter (canonical)
stutters (third-person singular)
stuttered (past)
stuttered (past participle)
stuttering (present participle)

If a person stutters when the talk, they speak with pauses and will usually repeat the first few letters of a word.

He stuttered a few words of thanks.


stutters

The third-person singular form of stutter.


stuttered

The past tense and past participle of stutter.


zap

A zap is the sound made by a sudden release of electricity.


zap

zap (canonical)
zaps (third-person singular)
zapped (past)
zapped (past participle)
zapping (present participle)

If you zap someone or something, you strike it with electricity.

If you zap someone or something, you destroy it or kill them.


zaps

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


zapped

The past tense and past participle of zap.


fondle

fondle (canonical)
fondles (third-person singular)
fondled (past)
fondled (past participle)
fondling (present participle)

If you fondle something, you touch or stroke in a loving way.


fondles

The third-person singular form of fondle.


fondled

The past tense and past participle of fondle.


fidget

fidgeted (past)
fidgeted (past participle)
fidgeting (present participle)
fidget (canonical)
fidgets (third-person singular)
fidgetted (past)
fidgetted (past participle)
fidgetting (present participle)

If you fidget, you move about with small movements to show that you are nervous or impatient.


fidgets

The third-person singular form of fidget.


fidgeting

fidget (canonical)
fidgets (third-person singular)
fidgeted (past)
fidgeted (past participle)
fidgeting (present participle)


fidgeted

The past tense and past participle of fidget.


fidgetted

fidget (canonical)
fidgets (third-person singular)
fidgetted (past)
fidgetted (past participle)
fidgetting (present participle)


vantage

A vantage is a place or position that has a good view of something.

/ˈvɑːntɪd͡ʒ/


vantages

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


novitiate

A novitiate is the period where a novice is trained for a religious position.


noviciate

A noviciate is the period where a novice is trained for a religious position.


novitiates

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


noviciates

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


guinea pig

A guinea pig is a person or animal that is used in experiments.


zebu

A zebu is a type of cattle that has a hump on its back native in Asia and Africa.

There was a zebu in the field.


zebus

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


guinea pigs

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


belugas

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


operatives

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


fleece

Fleece is the wool of a sheep or any similar animal.

Fleece is a textile that is similar to sheep's wool.


fleece

fleece (canonical)
fleeces (third-person singular)
fleeced (past)
fleeced (past participle)
fleecing (present participle)

If you fleece someone, you con or trick them out of money.


fleeces

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


fleeces

The third-person singular form of fleece.


fleeced

The past tense and past participle of fleece.


yaks

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


electrocute

electrocute (canonical)
electrocutes (third-person singular)
electrocuted (past)
electrocuted (past participle)
electrocuting (present participle)

Electrocute means to injure or kill someone by electricity.

Her hairdryer fell into the tub while she was bathing, and she was electrocuted.


electrocutes

The third-person singular form of electrocute.


electrocuted

The past tense and past participle of electrocute.


electrocution

Electrocution is the injury or killing of someone by electricity.


electrocutions

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


contusion

A contusion is a bruise that is caused by broken blood vessels.


contusions

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


modicum

A modicum is a small amount of something.


modicums

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


absurder

absurd (positive)
absurder (comparative)
absurdest (superlative)

The comparative form of absurd; more absurd.


absurdest

The superlative form of absurd; most absurd.


swaddle

swaddle (canonical)
swaddles (third-person singular)
swaddled (past)
swaddled (past participle)
swaddling (present participle)

If you swaddle a baby, you wrap them in cloth.


swaddles

The third-person singular form of swaddle.


swaddled

The past tense and past participle of swaddle.


sycophant

A sycophant is a person who uses obsequious compliments to gain an advantage from another.


sycophants

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


capricious

capricious (positive)
more capricious (comparative)
most capricious (superlative)

If something is capricious, it is unpredictable.

I almost died in a capricious winter storm.


addendum

An addendum is something that is added at the end of a document.


addendums

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


hydrophobic

hydrophobic (positive)
more hydrophobic (comparative)
most hydrophobic (superlative)

If something is hydrophobic, it is unable to absorb or mix with water.


shiver

shiver (canonical)
shivers (third-person singular)
shivered (past)
shivered (past participle)
shivering (present participle)

If a person shivers, they shake when they are cold or frightened.


shivers

The third-person singular form of shiver.


shivers

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


shivered

The past tense and past participle of shiver.


TBC

A shortening of to be confirmed. Used to indicate something that is will be confirmed at a later time.


TBA

A shortening of to be announced. Used to indicate something that is will be announced at a later time.


mangers

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


manger

A manger is a long and narrow container for animals to eat from.


debacle

A debacle is an event that has a sudden and disastrous ending.


debacles

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


disastrous

disastrous (positive)
more disastrous (comparative)
most disastrous (superlative)

If something is disastrous, it caused or is causing great damage.


destitute

destitute (positive)
more destitute (comparative)
most destitute (superlative)

A destitute person does not have money to take care of themselves.


pummel

pummeled (past)
pummeled (past participle)
pummeling (present participle)
pummel (canonical)
pummels (third-person singular)
pummelled (past)
pummelled (past participle)
pummelling (present participle)

If you pummel someone, you hit them repeatedly.


pummels

The third-person singular form of pummel.


pummelled

pummel (canonical)
pummels (third-person singular)
pummelled (past)
pummelled (past participle)
pummelling (present participle)

The past tense and past participle of pummel.


pummeled

pummel (canonical)
pummels (third-person singular)
pummeled (past)
pummeled (past participle)
pummeling (present participle)


self-esteem

Self-esteem is how you confident you are about yourself.


self-pride

Self-pride is the how proud you are about yourself.


doo-wop

Doo-wop is a style of music that is popular in the 1950s.


boombox

A boombox is a large, portable music player.

Eddie brought in a boombox so he could listen to music while he worked.


compound word

A compound word is a word made up of smaller words.

The lesson was about compound words like workout, workshop, and login.


misappropriate

misappropriate (canonical)
misappropriates (third-person singular)
misappropriated (past)
misappropriated (past participle)
misappropriating (present participle)

If you misappropriate something, you take it dishonestly for illegal purposes.

The accountant was found to have misappropriated funds over a period of three years.


misappropriates

The third-person singular form of misappropriate.


misappropriated

The past tense and past participle of misappropriate.


misappropriating

The present participle of misappropriate.


self-esteems

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


boom box

A boom box is a large, portable music player.

Eddie brought in a boom box so he could listen to music while he worked.


boomboxes

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


boom boxes

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


compound words

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


palliate

palliate (canonical)
palliates (third-person singular)
palliated (past)
palliated (past participle)
palliating (present participle)

If you palliate a disease, you make it less severe.

If you palliate a mistake, you cover the seriousness of it by using excuses.


palliates

The third-person singular form of palliate.


palliated

The past tense and past participle of palliate.


palliative

palliative (positive)
more palliative (comparative)
most palliative (superlative)

If something is palliative, it eases the symptoms of a disease.


palliative

A palliative is something that is able to eases the symptoms of a disease.


palliatives

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


pirated

pirate (canonical)
pirates (third-person singular)
pirated (past)
pirated (past participle)
pirating (present participle)

The past tense and past participle of pirate.


colander

A colander is a bowl with holes that is used to drain food such as pasta.


colanders

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


offal

Offal is the internal organs of an animal that is used as food.

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offals

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


indulgent

indulgent (positive)
more indulgent (comparative)
most indulgent (superlative)

If a person is indulgent, they are likely to be generous or lenient to them.

an indulgent parent


mastery

Mastery is the state of being an expert in something.

Mastery is the position or authority of a master.

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enzyme

An enzyme is a catalyst that breaks down certain polysaccharides into simpler disaccharides or monosaccharides.

Amylase breaks down amylose into 2 glucose molecules.


enzymes

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


biochemistry

Biochemistry is about the science of compounds that occur in living organisms and the processes that occurs within them.


piece of cake

If a job is a piece of cake, the job is easy or simple.


-ward

Used to indicate the direction something is moving to.

Please move forward.


excrete

excrete (canonical)
excretes (third-person singular)
excreted (past)
excreted (past participle)
excreting (present participle)

If your body excretes waste material, it removes the substance from it in ways such as sweating and urinating.


excretes

The third-person singular form of excrete.


excreted

The past tense and past participle of excrete.


woke up

wake up (canonical)
wakes up (third-person singular)
woke up (past)
woken up (past participle)
waking up (present participle)


adorn

adorn (canonical)
adorns (third-person singular)
adorned (past)
adorned (past participle)
adorning (present participle)

If you adorn something, you make it more beautiful and attractive.


adorns

The third-person singular form of adorn.


adorned

The past tense and past participle of adorn.


dangle

dangle (canonical)
dangles (third-person singular)
dangled (past)
dangled (past participle)
dangling (present participle)

If something dangles, it hangs loosely from something and it can swing lightly.


dangles

The third-person singular form of dangle.


dangled

The past tense and past participle of dangle.


dangling

/ˈdæŋɡəlɪŋ(ɡ)/


loosely

If something placed loosely, it is placed in a loose manner.

Insert all the bolts loosely, then tighten them.

If A is loosely equal to B, A is approximately equal to B.


invalidity

The invalidity is the state of something being invalid.


concatenate

concatenate (canonical)
concatenates (third-person singular)
concatenated (past)
concatenated (past participle)
concatenating (present participle)

If you concatenate things, you join or link it together in a chain.


concatenates

The third-person singular form of concatenate.


concatenated

The past tense and past participle of concatenate.


go south

If things go south, the situation changes from good to bad.


exhume

exhume (canonical)
exhumes (third-person singular)
exhumed (past)
exhumed (past participle)
exhuming (present participle)

If you exhume a grave, you dig it out from the ground.


exhumes

The third-person singular form of exhume.


exhumed

The past tense and past participle of exhume.


wriggle

wriggle (canonical)
wriggles (third-person singular)
wriggled (past)
wriggled (past participle)
wriggling (present participle)

If a person wriggles, they twist their body to and fro with short and quick motions.


wriggles

The third-person singular form of wriggle.


wriggles

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


wriggled

The past tense and past participle of wriggle.


to and fro

If you go to and fro, you repeatedly move between two places.


driftwood

Driftwood is a floating piece(s) of wood that drifts with the current.


crockpot

A crockpot is a large cooking pot that is usually used to make stew.


windstorm

A windstorm is a powerful storm with strong winds.


windstorms

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


crockpots

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


polysaccharide

A polysaccharide is a complex carbohydrate that is made of many monosaccharide units.

Cellulose, starches, and complex carbohydrates, such as glycogen, are common polysaccharides in biology.


polysaccharides

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


If a law, contract, rule, etc. is null and void, it has no force.

Your marriage to the King has been declared null and void.


The temperature is null point five four (0.54).

A null hypothesis is the idea that there is no relationship, effect, or difference in an experiment.

Again, the null hypothesis stating no difference was rejected.

A null is a symbol with no meaning or effect.


nulls (third-person singular)
nulled (past)
nulled (past participle)
nulling (present participle)

If you null (out) a force, effect, signal, etc., you cancel it out or remove it.


heterosociality

Heterosociality is the state of having social relationships with someone of the opposite sex.


heterosocial

A heterosocial relationship is a social relationship with someone of the opposite sex.


lawful

lawful (positive)
more lawful (comparative)
most lawful (superlative)

If an activity, agreement, or organization is lawful, it is allowed or recognized by law.

It's not lawful for a child to sign a contract.

The question is whether their marriage was actually lawful.


dependable

dependable (positive)
more dependable (comparative)
most dependable (superlative)

If someone is dependable, they can be trusted to do what they say they will do.

If something is dependable, it can be trusted to work correctly without breaking.


porn star

A porn star is an actor who is famous for being in pornographic movies.

A porn star is someone who does sex acts in pornographic movies.


pornstar

A pornstar is an actor who is famous for being in pornographic movies.

A pornstar is someone who does sex acts in pornographic movies.


porn stars

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


pornstars

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


numerical

Numerical values, data, results, etc. are expressed as or use numbers.

In Tokyo, building addresses generally don't run in numerical order.

This kind of grading attempts to put a numerical value on everything students do.


gyres

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


gyres

gyre (canonical)
gyres (third-person singular)
gyred (past)
gyred (past participle)
gyring (present participle)


gyred

The past tense and past participle of gyre.


implicitly

If you ask something implicitly, you ask it in an indirect manner.


futile

futile (positive)
more futile (comparative)
most futile (superlative)

If something is futile, it is unable to produce any useful results.


computational

A computational method or model is one that uses computers or some kind of computer-based calculations.

Our lab develops computational techniques for predicting the weather.


give off

If something gives off a sound, smell, gas, heat, etc. it produces it.

The insect was giving off a yellow light.


computation

Computation is the act or process of using a computer to calculate something.


computations

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


encapsulate

encapsulate (canonical)
encapsulates (third-person singular)
encapsulated (past)
encapsulated (past participle)
encapsulating (present participle)

If you encapsulate something, you enclose it in a capsule.

If you encapsulate something, you summarize it as a brief summary.


encapsulates

The third-person singular form of encapsulate.


encapsulated

The past tense and past participle of encapsulate.


summarize

summarize (canonical)
summarizes (third-person singular)
summarized (past)
summarized (past participle)
summarizing (present participle)

If you summarize something, you prepare a brief list of the main points discussed.

After the meeting, Jim summarized the major decisions made.


summarise

summarise (canonical)
summarises (third-person singular)
summarised (past)
summarised (past participle)
summarising (present participle)

If you summarise something, you prepare a brief list of the main points discussed.

After the meeting, Jim summarised the major decisions made.


summarises

The third-person singular form of summarise.


summarised

The past tense and past participle of summarise.


summarizes

The third-person singular form of summarize.


summarized

The past tense and past participle of summarize.


bizarre

bizarre (positive)
more bizarre (comparative)
most bizarre (superlative)

If something is bizarre, it is strange or unusual.


hesitant

hesitant (positive)
more hesitant (comparative)
most hesitant (superlative)

If a person is hesitant, they tend to wait before doing something.

I am hesitant to recommend him as a manager because he has a short temper.


watery

watery (positive)
waterier (comparative)
wateriest (superlative)

If something is watery, it resembles or has the characteristic of water.

If a drink tastes watery, it is diluted or contains too much water.


phase out

If something is being phased out, it is removed from use little by little.

The Airbus A380 is gradually being phased out.


niche

A niche is a good opportunity in the market for a specific kind of service.


niches

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


spate

A spate is a sudden increase of something.


spates

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


chronological

chrono- + -logical or chronology + -ical

If things are arranged in a chronological order, they are arranged in order of their occurrence.

/ˌkrɒnəˈlɒd͡ʒɪkəl/


murky

murky (positive)
murkier (comparative)
murkiest (superlative)

If something is murky, it is difficult to see through it.

Murky waters.

If a person is murky, they are dishonest.


murkiest

The superlative form of murky; most murky.


murkier

The comparative form of murky; more murky.


contender

A contender is a person who competes with others.


contenders

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


gaycel

A gaycel is someone who wants to have a gay romantic relationship but is unable to.

Those gaycels needed help to start dating.


watchful

watchful (positive)
more watchful (comparative)
most watchful (superlative)

A watchful person is alert and waiting to see something important.

The teacher kept a watchful eye on her pupils during the school trip.


vigilant

vigilant (positive)
more vigilant (comparative)
most vigilant (superlative)

If a person is vigilant, they pay careful attention to their surroundings, especially to notice danger.

For your safety, you must remain alert and vigilant at all times on the job.

The police found her after a call from a vigilant citizen.

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observant

observant (positive)
more observant (comparative)
most observant (superlative)

An observant person is alert and pays close attention to their environment.

The signs are all there for an observant person to see.

An observant Jew, Muslim, Catholic, etc. follows the rules of their religion.

Observant Jews set aside the Sabbath – from Friday night to Saturday night – for worship, rest, and family activities.


dowager

A dowager is a widow who has a property or title that was derived from her late husband.


dowagers

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


molten

molten (positive)
more molten (comparative)
most molten (superlative)

If something is in a molten state, it is melted and in a liquefied state.


liquefy

liquefy (canonical)
liquefies (third-person singular)
liquefied (past)
liquefied (past participle)
liquefying (present participle)

If you liquefy something, you make it into a liquid.

We'll liquefy this rock by heating it in a furnace until it melts and flows out.

If something is being liquefied, it is melting or turning into liquid.

The substance liquefied upon heating.


liquefies

The third-person singular form of liquefy.


liquefied

The past tense and past participle of liquefy.


reveled

revel (canonical)
revels (third-person singular)
reveled (past)
reveled (past participle)
reveling (present participle)

The past tense and past participle of revel.


hebephilia

Hebephilia is an adult's sexual attraction to pubescents.

Hebephilia affects pubescents who are victims of it.


korephilia

Korephilia is an adult woman's sexual attraction to lesbian hebephilic relationships.

Korephilia affects female pubescents who are victims of it.


korephile

In general use, a korephile is an adult woman who is sexually attracted to female pubescents.


gradient

A gradient is the rate of increase or decrease of something.


gradients

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


Constitution


clutter

A clutter is a bunch of things that are left in an untidy state.


clutter

clutter (canonical)
clutters (third-person singular)
cluttered (past)
cluttered (past participle)
cluttering (present participle)

If you clutter a place, you fill it up with something in an untidy state.


cluttered

The past tense and past participle of clutter.


clutters

The third-person singular form of clutter.


untidy

untidy (positive)
untidier (comparative)
untidiest (superlative)

If a place is untidy, it is not organized properly.

I have never seen such an untidy bedroom!


untidier

The comparative form of untidy; more untidy.


untidiest

The superlative form of untidy; most untidy.


wigwam

A wigwam is a hut with a conical roof that is fastened over a framework of poles.


browned

brown (canonical)
browns (third-person singular)
browned (past)
browned (past participle)
browning (present participle)

The past tense and past participle of brown.


cogitate

cogitate (canonical)
cogitates (third-person singular)
cogitated (past)
cogitated (past participle)
cogitating (present participle)

If you cogitate, you think deeply about something.


cogitates

The third-person singular form of cogitate.


cogitated

The past tense and past participle of cogitate.


chipotle

Chipotle is a smoked chilli pepper for use in cooking.


chipotles

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


scallop

scallop (canonical)
scallops (third-person singular)
scalloped (past)
scalloped (past participle)
scalloping (present participle)

If you scallop something, you cut it and form it into the shape of a scallop


wigwams

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


scallops

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


scallops

The third-person singular form of scallop.


scalloped

The past tense and past participle of scallop.


oobleck

Oobleck is a fluid that is made of cornstarch and water. It has unusual physical properties.


swampland

A swampland is a watery area, containing other swamps.


wetland

A wetland is a lowland area that is covered mostly with water.


musk

A musk is a type of plant (Mimulus moschatus).

A musk is a species of deer (genus Moschus).

Musk is a secretion of a male musk deer that has a powerful odour.


swamplands

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


wetlands

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


musks

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


cambro

A cambro is an insulated container that is used to keep its content (food and drink) hot.


cambros

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


insulate

insulate (canonical)
insulates (third-person singular)
insulated (past)
insulated (past participle)
insulating (present participle)

If you insulate something, you separate it from others to prevent the transfer of electricity or heat.

Ceramic can be used to insulate power lines.


insulates

The third-person singular form of insulate.


insulated

The past tense and past participle of insulate.


insulation

Insulation is the act of separating something from others to prevent the transfer of electricity or heat.

An insulation is a material that prevents the transfer of electricity or heat.

/ˌɪnsəˈleɪʃən/


insulations

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


cloister

A cloister is a rectangular open space surrounded by covered walks or open galleries. It has open arcades on the inner side, running along the walls of buildings and forming a quadrangle.


cloister

cloister (canonical)
cloisters (third-person singular)
cloistered (past)
cloistered (past participle)
cloistering (present participle)

If you cloister yourself, you confine yourself in a convent or monastery


cloisters

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


cloisters

The third-person singular form of cloister.


cloistered

The past tense and past participle of cloister.


convent

A convent is a community of nuns that live together under strict religious rules and vows.


convents

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


vestment

A vestment is a robe worn by religious leaders during service.


vestments

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


premonition

A premonition is a strong feeling about something bad that might happen in the future.


premonitions

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


postulant

A postulant is a person who is seeking admission to a religious position.


postulants

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


otter

An otter is an aquatic carnivorous mammal that live near and around water.


otters

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


carnivorous

carnivorous (positive)
more carnivorous (comparative)
most carnivorous (superlative)

If an animal is carnivorous, it eats other animals.


asperse

asperse (canonical)
asperses (third-person singular)
aspersed (past)
aspersed (past participle)
aspersing (present participle)

If you asperse someone, you make false statements to criticize them.


asperses

The third-person singular form of asperse.


aspersed

The past tense and past participle of asperse.


point blank

If you say or refuse something point blank, you do so immediately and directly, without pause to think or explain.

If you shoot something point blank, your gun is very close to the target.


recuse

recuse (canonical)
recuses (third-person singular)
recused (past)
recused (past participle)
recusing (present participle)

If a person recuse themselves from a case, they refuse to act as a judge for it.

The judge recused herself from that case, citing a possible conflict of interest.


recuses

The third-person singular form of recuse.


recused

The past tense and past participle of recuse.


conflict of interest

Conflict of interest is a situation where a person's goals may affect the their ability to do their job fairly and professionally.


brutality

Brutality is the use of excessive physical force.


brutalities

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


allosexuality

Allosexuality refers to the state of having a libido or the ability to be sexually aroused.

A person who has allosexuality is someone with a libido.


libido

If you have a libido, you are an allosexual person who experiences sexual arousal.

Only allosexuals have a libido.


allosexual

When someone is allosexual, the person has an active libido.


allosexual

An allosexual is a person that has a libido and experiences sexual arousal; a person with allosexuality.


demisexual

demisexual (positive)
more demisexual (comparative)
most demisexual (superlative)

When someone is demisexual, the person needs an emotional connection to experience a libido or allosexuality.


demisexual

A demisexual is a person that needs to have an emotional bond to experience an allosexual connection with someone.


demisexuality

Demisexuality refers to the state of needing an emotional bond with someone before feeling an allosexual connection.

A person who has demisexuality is someone who can't form an allosexual connection with others without an emotional bond.


randiness

Randiness is when an allosexual person feels sexual arousal.


randy

randy (positive)
randier (comparative)
randiest (superlative)

If an allosexual person is randy, they want to have sex.

You make me rather randy when you take off a lot of your clothes.


lustful

lustful (positive)
more lustful (comparative)
most lustful (superlative)

If an allosexual person is lustful, they want to have sex.

You make me rather lustful when you take off a lot of your clothes.


libidinal

If an allosexual person is libidinal, they want to have sex.

You make me rather libidinal when you take off a lot of your clothes.


libidinous

libidinous (positive)
more libidinous (comparative)
most libidinous (superlative)

If an allosexual person is libidinous, they want to have sex.

You make me rather libidinous when you take off a lot of your clothes.


amorous

amorous (positive)
more amorous (comparative)
most amorous (superlative)

If an allosexual person is amorous, they want to have sex.

You make me rather amorous when you take off a lot of your clothes.


turn on

If a person is turned on, they want to have sex.

You make me rather turned on when you take off a lot of your clothes.


libidos

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


allosexuals

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


Felidae

Felidae is a family of mammals, in the order Carnivora. Animals that belong to Felidae are called felids.


sibcest

Sibcest is a romantic relationship between siblings.


fauxcest

Fauxcest is roleplay of a romantic relationship between family members.


man-bulge

Man-bulge is the bulge in the crotch area of a man; a mooseknuckle.


twincestual

twincestual (positive)
more twincestual (comparative)
most twincestual (superlative)

Twincestual is the quality of being romantically or sexually attracted to one's twin.

That twincestual is always with her sister.


twincestual

A twincestual is someone who is romantically or sexually attracted to their twin.

They portrayed twincestuals in that film.


demisexuals

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


demisexualities

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


randiest

The superlative form of randy; most randy.


randier

The comparative form of randy; more randy.


mooseknuckles

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


man-bulges

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


indolent

indolent (positive)
more indolent (comparative)
most indolent (superlative)

If a person is indolent, they are very lazy.

The indolent girl resisted doing her homework.


apprehensive

apprehensive (positive)
more apprehensive (comparative)
most apprehensive (superlative)

If a person is apprehensive, they are very nervous.


ecstatic

ecstatic (positive)
more ecstatic (comparative)
most ecstatic (superlative)

If a person is ecstatic, they are very happy.


parch

parch (canonical)
parches (third-person singular)
parched (past)
parched (past participle)
parching (present participle)

If you parch something, you burn the surface of it.

The sun today could parch cement.


parches

The third-person singular form of parch.


parched

parched (positive)
more parched (comparative)
most parched (superlative)

If something is parched, it is very dry.


parched

The past tense and past participle of parch.


earnings

Your earnings is the amount of money you obtain from doing something.

All my earnings for the year wouldn't cover the cost of one of her designer dresses.


stipend

A stipend is a fixed and regular amount of money that is given to someone at regular intervals.


stipends

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


ventral

Ventral is a word used in biology to refer to the underside of an animal.


dorsal

dorsal (positive)
more dorsal (comparative)
most dorsal (superlative)

Dorsal is a word used in biology to refer to the upper side of an animal.


disenfranchisement

Disenfranchisement is the revocation of a person's right to vote.


disenfranchisements

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


revocation

Revocation is an act of removing or cancelling something officially.

/ˌrɛvəˈkeɪʃən/


revocations

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


incestual

incestual (positive)
more incestual (comparative)
most incestual (superlative)

Incestual is the quality of being romantically or sexually attracted to one's relative.

Her relationship with her siblings seems kind of incestual.


incestual

A incestual is someone who is romantically or sexually attracted to their family members.

She was accused of being an incestual.


incestuals

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


malinger

malinger (canonical)
malingers (third-person singular)
malingered (past)
malingered (past participle)
malingering (present participle)

If you malinger, you pretend to be sick so as to avoid work.


malingers

The third-person singular form of malinger.


malingered

The past tense and past participle of malinger.


perilous

perilous (positive)
more perilous (comparative)
most perilous (superlative)

If something is perilous, it is dangerous.


contentious

contentious (positive)
more contentious (comparative)
most contentious (superlative)

If something is contentious, it causes or is likely to cause a heated argument.


increment

An increment is an increase of something on a fixed scale.

The brush size are available in 10 mm increments.


increment

increment (canonical)
increments (third-person singular)
incremented (past)
incremented (past participle)
incrementing (present participle)

To increment is to cause an increase in a value.

The referee uses a button to increment the scoreboard when a goal is scored.


increments

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


increments

The third-person singular form of increment.


interior

The interior of something is located at the inner part of it.

the interior apartments of a house; the interior surface of a hollow ball


interior

An interior is the inside of an enclosed structure.


interiors

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


exterior

The exterior of something is located at the outer part of it.

the exterior walls of a house

/ɪkˈstɪərɪə/


exterior

An exterior is the outside of a structure.

/ɪkˈstɪərɪə/


exteriors

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


bespectacled

If a person is bespectacled, they wear spectacles.


intersexualism

Intersexualism refers to aneuploidy in one's chromosomes or having ambiguous genitalia.


intersexuality

Intersexuality refers to aneuploidy in one's chromosomes or having ambiguous genitalia.


amazement

Amazement is the feeling you have when something surprises you very much.

I stared at her in amazement.


jiffy

I'll be there in a jiffy.


benevolences

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


sexlessness

Sexlessness is the state or quality of being without sexual activity.

Sexlessness can result in genital atrophy.


jiffies

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


amazements

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


uselessness

Uselessness is the state of being useless.

It won't work, and the uselessness of the idea should be clear to everyone.


boneless

boneless (positive)
more boneless (comparative)
most boneless (superlative)

If something is boneless, it has no bones, or it had its bones removed.

This chicken is boneless.


ebony

The bathroom has marble tiles and a beautiful ebony tub.

She was a strong woman with flashing black eyes and ebony skin.

Ebony is a very hard very dark wood, often used for black piano keys.


yap

yap (canonical)
yaps (third-person singular)
yapped (past)
yapped (past participle)
yapping (present participle)

If a tiny dog yaps, then it makes short loud sounds, but in an excited way.

The very tiny and cute dog yapped.

If you say that somebody yaps, you mean that they talk a lot in an obnoxious way.

Matthew loves to yap, and will always do so.


blathers

blather (canonical)
blathers (third-person singular)
blathered (past)
blathered (past participle)
blathering (present participle)

The third-person singular form of blather.


blathered

The past tense and past participle of blather.


yapped

The past tense and past participle of yap.


prudist

A prudist is someone who feels awkward about sexuality.

Some prudist people cringe at anything related to sex.


prudism

He was absent from class due to his prudism.


prudistic

prudistic (positive)
more prudistic (comparative)
most prudistic (superlative)

A prudistic situation is one where there's prudism.


jane

A jane is a female client of a prostitute.


desexualize

desexualize (canonical)
desexualizes (third-person singular)
desexualized (past)
desexualized (past participle)
desexualizing (present participle)

When something is desexualized, it has less sexual references.


desexualise

desexualise (canonical)
desexualises (third-person singular)
desexualised (past)
desexualised (past participle)
desexualising (present participle)

When something is desexualised, it has less sexual references.


desexualization

Desexualization is the act of having less sexual references.


teleiophilia

Teleiophilia is the sexual attraction to an adult below middle-age.


ephebophilia

Ephebophilia is an adult's sexual attraction to a post-pubescent in their mid-late adolescence, usually between their 15-16 and 18-19 years, depending on the sex.


ephebophilic

If something is ephebophilic, it is related to ephebophilia.


ephebophile

An ephebophile is an adult who is sexually attracted to post-pubescents.


hebephile

A hebephile is an adult who is sexually attracted to pubescents.


ephebophiile


allosexually

If something is done allosexually, it is done with a sexual desire for a certain person.


auntcest

Auntcest is a romantic relationship with one's aunts.


uselessnesses

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


blur

blur (canonical)
blurs (third-person singular)
blurred (past)
blurred (past participle)
blurring (present participle)

If you blur something, you make it unclear by mixing it.


blur

A blur is something that cannot be seen clearly because it moves to fast or because its parts seem to be mixed together.


blurs

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


blurred

The past tense and past participle of blur.


cringe

He glanced with a cringe at the mess on his desk.


cringe

cringe (canonical)
cringes (third-person singular)
cringed (past)
cringed (past participle)
cringing (present participle)

If a person cringes, they bend their body in fear, disgust or embarrassment.

He cringed as the bird collided with the window.


cringes

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


cringes

The third-person singular form of cringe.


cringed

The past tense and past participle of cringe.


prudists

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


janes

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


desexualises

The third-person singular form of desexualise.


desexualised

The past tense and past participle of desexualise.


desexualizes

The third-person singular form of desexualize.


desexualized

The past tense and past participle of desexualize.


desexualizations

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


desexualisation

Desexualisation is the act of having less sexual references.


desexualisations

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


ephebophiles

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


hebephiles

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


pubescents

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


inert

inert (positive)
more inert (comparative)
most inert (superlative)

If something is inert, it is unable to move.

If something is inert, it does not react with other elements or compounds.


gorges

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


gorges

gorge (canonical)
gorges (third-person singular)
gorged (past)
gorged (past participle)
gorging (present participle)

The third-person singular form of gorge.


gorged

The past tense and past participle of gorge.


greedily

If you eat greedily, you eat in a greedy way.


infiltration

Infiltration is the act of entering a place secretly.

Infiltration is the process of a fluid passing through something by filtration.


infiltrations

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


scrutiny

Scrutiny is the thorough study or observation of something.

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scrutinies

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


reclusive

reclusive (positive)
more reclusive (comparative)
most reclusive (superlative)

Someone who is reclusive is one who lives a solitary life.


hikikomori

hikikomori
hikikomoris or hikikomori (plural)

A hikikomori is a person who lives a lifestyle of rarely interacting with others.


hikikomoris

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


solitary

'Solitary is the short form of solitary confinement.


solitary

If a person lives in 'solitary, they live alone without anyone accompanying them.


solitaries

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


solitudes

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


intimacy

Intimacy is the feeling of closeness towards someone else who can be a friend or family member.


intimacies

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


introspect

introspect (canonical)
introspects (third-person singular)
introspected (past)
introspected (past participle)
introspecting (present participle)

If a person introspects, they examine their own thoughts and feelings.


introspects

The third-person singular form of introspect.


introspected

The past tense and past participle of introspect.


hydrate

A hydrate is a solid compound that contains water molecules.


hydrate

hydrate (canonical)
hydrates (third-person singular)
hydrated (past)
hydrated (past participle)
hydrating (present participle)

If A hydrates B, A helps B to be able to absorb water.

A lotion can hydrate the skin.

If you hydrate yourself, you drink water.


hydrates

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


hydrates

The third-person singular form of hydrate.


hydrated

The past tense and past participle of hydrate.


logistics

Logistics is the process of organizing and implementing a complex operation.


stealthy

stealthy (positive)
stealthier (comparative)
stealthiest (superlative)

If a person is stealthy, they behave in a way that is difficult to detect.


sneaky

sneaky (positive)
sneakier (comparative)
sneakiest (superlative)

If a person is sneaky, they behave in a way that is difficult to detect.


stealthier

The comparative form of stealthy; more stealthy.


stealthiest

The superlative form of stealthy; most stealthy.


sneakier

The comparative form of sneaky; more sneaky.


sneakiest

The superlative form of sneaky; most sneaky.


sly

sly (positive)
slyer (comparative)
slyest (superlative)

A sly person is someone who is cunning and deceives others.


pylon

A pylon is a structure that looks like a tower and is used to support electricity cables.

A pylon is a structure that is located under the wing of an aircraft. It is used to mount engines, fuel tanks, or weapons.


pylons

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


scram

scram (canonical)
scrams (third-person singular)
scrammed (past)
scrammed (past participle)
scramming (present participle)

If you ask someone to scram, you want them to leave somewhere quickly.

If you scram a nuclear reactor, you shut down because of an emergency.


scram

A scram is the shutdown of a nuclear reactor.


scrams

The third-person singular form of scram.


scrams

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


scrammed

The past tense and past participle of scram.


redpilled

redpilled (positive)
more redpilled (comparative)
most redpilled (superlative)

A redpilled person is someone who believes that women are hypergamous and that many women are hybristophilic and lookist.

A redpilled person is someone who believes that society is gynocentric.


lookist

lookist (positive)
more lookist (comparative)
most lookist (superlative)

When someone is lookist, the person exhibits cacophobia.


lookist

A lookist is a person who discriminates on the basis of physical appearance.


cacophobic

cacophobic (positive)
more cacophobic (comparative)
most cacophobic (superlative)

A cacophobic person has a fear or hatred of ugly people.


lookism

discrimination on the basis of attractiveness.


hybristophilic

hybristophilic (positive)
more hybristophilic (comparative)
most hybristophilic (superlative)

A hybristophilic person has a romantic interest in criminals.


hybristophilia

Hybristophilia is a romantic attraction to criminals.


hypergamous

hypergamous (positive)
more hypergamous (comparative)
most hypergamous (superlative)

A hypergamous person is someone who only dates those of a higher socioeconomic status than themselves.


hypergamy

Hypergamy refers to choosiness in dating and marrying only those of a higher socioeconomic status than oneself.


gynocentric

gynocentric (positive)
more gynocentric (comparative)
most gynocentric (superlative)

When someone is gynocentric, the person focuses exclusively on women.


gynocentrism

Gynocentrism is a type of behaviour where only the feminine point of view is presented.


gynocentrist

A gynocentrist is someone who believes that femininity is more important than masculinity.


macerate

macerate (canonical)
macerates (third-person singular)
macerated (past)
macerated (past participle)
macerating (present participle)

If you macerate a fruit, you soften it by soaking it in a liquid.


macerates

The third-person singular form of macerate.


macerated

The past tense and past participle of macerate.


pectin

Pectin is a polysaccharide found in ripe fruits and it is used to make jellies and jams.


pectins

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


literate

literate (positive)
more literate (comparative)
most literate (superlative)

If a person is literate, they are able to read and write.


literate

A literate is a person who is able to read and write.


literates

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


marginalize

marginalize (canonical)
marginalizes (third-person singular)
marginalized (past)
marginalized (past participle)
marginalizing (present participle)

If you marginalize a person or a topic, you exclude them and treat them as unimportant within a society.


marginalise

marginalise (canonical)
marginalises (third-person singular)
marginalised (past)
marginalised (past participle)
marginalising (present participle)

If you marginalise a person or a topic, you exclude them and treat them as unimportant within a society.


marginalizes

The third-person singular form of marginalize.


marginalized

The past tense and past participle of marginalize.


marginalises

The third-person singular form of marginalise.


marginalised

The past tense and past participle of marginalise.


scorch

A scorch mark is the surface burn of something.


scorch

scorch (canonical)
scorches (third-person singular)
scorched (past)
scorched (past participle)
scorching (present participle)

If you scorch something, you burn its surface with fire.

If you scorch, you move at very high speed.


scorches

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


scorches

The third-person singular form of scorch.


scorching

scorching (positive)
more scorching (comparative)
most scorching (superlative)

If something is scorching, it is very hot.


scorched

scorched (positive)
more scorched (comparative)
most scorched (superlative)

If something is scorched, it has been damaged or burnt by fire.


scorched

The past tense and past participle of scorch.


tangible

tangible (positive)
more tangible (comparative)
most tangible (superlative)

If something is tangible, it can be touched.


tangible

A tangible is something that can be touched.


tangibles

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


tactile

tactile (positive)
more tactile (comparative)
most tactile (superlative)

If something is tactile, it can be touched.


palpable

palpable (positive)
more palpable (comparative)
most palpable (superlative)

If something is palpable, it can be touched.


accede

accede (canonical)
accedes (third-person singular)
acceded (past)
acceded (past participle)
acceding (present participle)

If you accede, you agree to a request or demand.

If you accede, you assume a role in an office.


accedes

The third-person singular form of accede.


acceded

The past tense and past participle of accede.


misty

misty (positive)
mistier (comparative)
mistiest (superlative)

If a place is misty, it is covered in mist.

It's very misty this morning; I can't see a thing!


mistier

The comparative form of misty; more misty.


mistiest

The superlative form of misty; most misty.


innuendo

An innuendo is a disrespectful remark to a person or thing.

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innuendoes

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


wet behind the ears

If a person is wet behind the ears, they are inexperienced.


repository

A repository is a place to store things.

A repository is a location for which files and data are stored and managed.


repositories

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


petiole

The petiole of a plant is the stalk that connects a leaf to the stem.


petioles

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


mutilates

mutilate (canonical)
mutilates (third-person singular)
mutilated (past)
mutilated (past participle)
mutilating (present participle)

The third-person singular form of mutilate.


mutilated

The past tense and past participle of mutilate.


mutilate

If you mutilate someone, you harm the person by inflicting a violent injury on them.


deplorable

deplorable (positive)
more deplorable (comparative)
most deplorable (superlative)

If something is deplorable, it deserves strong condemnation.

/dɪˈplɔːrəbəɫ/


condemnation

Condemnation is the act of condemning or showing strong disapproval for something.


condemnations

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


chihuahua

A chihuahua is a tiny dog with short hair.

I have a pet chihuahua.

/tʃɪˈwɑːwɑː/


Chihuahua

Chihuahua is a state in N Mexico with a population of around 531 thousand.

The Mexican state of Chihuahua borders Texas and New Mexico.

/tʃɪˈwɑːwɑː/


n/a is an abbreviation of not applicable.

n/a is an abbreviation of not available.


chug-a-lug

chug-a-lug (canonical)
chug-a-lugs (third-person singular)
chug-a-lugged (past)
chug-a-lugged (past participle)
chug-a-lugging (present participle)

Matthew chug-a-lugged a wineglassful.

to drink in multiple gulps or in one, long gulp; swill.

Andrew chug-a-lugged the juice.

/ˈtʃʌgəˌlʌg/


chug-a-lugs

The third-person singular form of chug-a-lug.

He then chug-a-lugs a full glass of water.

/ˈtʃʌɡəlʌɡz/


chug-a-lugged

The past tense and past participle of chug-a-lug.

Matthias chug-a-lugged the beer.


chug-a-lugging

Quincy is chug-a-lugging.


bum-rush

bum-rush (canonical)
bum-rushes (third-person singular)
bum-rushed (past)
bum-rushed (past participle)
bum-rushing (present participle)

I'm sorry, I have to bum-rush to the concert


bum-rushes

The third-person singular form of bum-rush.

He then bum-rushes into the kitchen


bum-rushed

The past tense and past participle of bum-rush.

Alexander bum-rushed to the concert


bum-rushing

They're bum-rushing


swill

A swill is a mixture of solid and liquid food scraps fed to pigs etc.


swill

swill (canonical)
swills (third-person singular)
swilled (past)
swilled (past participle)
swilling (present participle)

If you swill a container, you wash it with a lot of water.


swills

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


swills

The third-person singular form of swill.


swilled

The past tense and past participle of swill.


gilt

A gilt is a security issued by the Bank of England.


gilt

gild (canonical)
gilds (third-person singular)
gilded (past)
gilded (past participle)
gilding (present participle)

The past tense and past participle of gild.


gilt

gilt (positive)
more gilt (comparative)
most gilt (superlative)

If something is gilt, it is covered with gold or has a golden color.


gilts

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


malice

Malice is a desire to do something bad or hurtful.

Though he posted the picture, it's not clear that he did so with actual malice.


malices

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


malicious

malicious (positive)
more malicious (comparative)
most malicious (superlative)

If something is malicious, it is harmful on another thing.


organic

organic (positive)
more organic (comparative)
most organic (superlative)

If something is organic, it is related to or derived from living organisms.

If something is organic, it is related to an organ of a living organism.

If a chemical is organic, it is relating to or contains the compounds of carbon.

If food or its products are organic, it is produced in an environment that does not artificial chemicals or pesticides.


disdain

Disdain is a feeling that a person is not worth their consideration or respect.


disdain

disdain (canonical)
disdains (third-person singular)
disdained (past)
disdained (past participle)
disdaining (present participle)

To disdain is to regard a person with strong contempt.


disdains

The third-person singular form of disdain.


disdained

The past tense and past participle of disdain.


collegiate

collegiate (positive)
more collegiate (comparative)
most collegiate (superlative)

If something is collegiate, it is related to a college or its students.


willpower

If someone has the willpower to do something, they have the ability to control themselves to do it.


will power

If someone has the will power to do something, they have the ability to control themselves to do it.


unkempt

unkempt (positive)
more unkempt (comparative)
most unkempt (superlative)

If a person is unkempt, they are untidy and messy.

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butter up

If you butter up a person, you praise them so as to have personal gains.

He takes every opportunity to butter up the boss.


crick

A crick is a painful muscular cramp that occurs in the neck or back.


crick

crick (canonical)
cricks (third-person singular)
cricked (past)
cricked (past participle)
cricking (present participle)

If your muscles crick, it develops a crick.


cricks

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


cricks

The third-person singular form of crick.


cricked

The past tense and past participle of crick.


neutrality

Neutrality is the state of being neutral and not supporting anyone in a situation.


neutralities

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


show-offs

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


show off

If someone shows something off, they show its best qualities.

Grocery stores show off their produce by placing the most attractive specimens in front.

If someone likes to show off, they do things to attract attention of others.

She loves to show off her shoe collection.


show off

A show off is a person who does things to get other people to notice them.


show offs

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


defecation

Defecation is the process of removing waste matter from your body from the bowels.

/ˌdɛfɪˈkeɪʃən/


defecations

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


studious

studious (positive)
more studious (comparative)
most studious (superlative)

If a person is studious, they spend a lot of time studying.


drive to distraction

If someone drives you to distraction, they annoy you to an extent where you cannot concentrate.

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oxymoron

An oxymoron is a figure of speech where antonyms are used together.


oxymorons

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


fattens

fatten (canonical)
fattens (third-person singular)
fattened (past)
fattened (past participle)
fattening (present participle)

The third-person singular form of fatten.


fattened

The past tense and past participle of fatten.


uglinesses

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


sign up

If you sign up for something, you add your name to the list of people who are participating in an activity.

We signed up Bob for kitchen cleanup duty.


omnibus

An omnibus is a vehicle set up to carry a lot of people.


omnibus

If something is an omnibus, it contains multiple items.


omnibuses

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


rigourous

Rigourous is the wrong spelling of rigorous.


cohere

cohere (canonical)
coheres (third-person singular)
cohered (past)
cohered (past participle)
cohering (present participle)

If things cohere, they stick together by adhesion.

Separate molecules will cohere because of electromagnetic force.


coheres

The third-person singular form of cohere.


cohered

The past tense and past participle of cohere.


disservice

A disservice is something that you did that places you in a bad position.


unchanging

If something is unchanging, it is staying the same.

No matter what, his confidence was unchanging.


disservices

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


monumental

monumental (positive)
more monumental (comparative)
most monumental (superlative)

If something is monumental, it is of great importance or takes a lot of time and effort to complete.


ensconce

ensconce (canonical)
ensconces (third-person singular)
ensconced (past)
ensconced (past participle)
ensconcing (present participle)

If you ensconce someone, you place in a secure and safe place.


ensconces

The third-person singular form of ensconce.


ensconced

If you are ensconced, you are placed in a safe and secure environment.


ensconced

The past tense and past participle of ensconce.


entourage

An entourage is a group of people that follows a important person.


entourages

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


vetted

vet (canonical)
vets (third-person singular)
vetted (past)
vetted (past participle)
vetting (present participle)

The past tense and past participle of vet.


aimless

aimless (positive)
more aimless (comparative)
most aimless (superlative)

If someone is aimless, they have no purpose or goals.

He lived an aimless life.


yds

The race was only 110 yds.


adequately

If something is done adequately, the result is good enough.

He completed the homework adequately .


purposeless

purposeless (positive)
more purposeless (comparative)
most purposeless (superlative)

If something is purposeless, it is without purpose.

The homework was purposeless because school had already finished.


psychotherapist

A psychotherapist is a doctor who specializes in psychotherapy.

Madison was a psychotherapist, and she helped people with mental illnesses.


lunatic

The cult leader was a lunatic.


lunatics

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


psychotherapists

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


brunch

Brunch is a meal that is eaten in the late morning.

I woke up and had brunch.


brunches

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


extradite

extradite (canonical)
extradites (third-person singular)
extradited (past)
extradited (past participle)
extraditing (present participle)

If a government extradites a person, they hand over the person to the government of the place where the person committed a crime.


extradites

The third-person singular form of extradite.


extradited

The past tense and past participle of extradite.


purposeful

purposeful (positive)
more purposeful (comparative)
most purposeful (superlative)

If something is purposeful, it was done on purpose.

The destruction of the house was purposeful.


whether or not

Whether or not is used with a following clause when the truth of that clause does not matter or is in question.

I'll go whether or not you do.

It is unclear whether or not she meant to leave.


Englishnesses

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


normality

One day, we will get back to normality.


normalities

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


disinfectant

If something is a disinfectant, it kills germs or virus.


disinfectant

A disinfectant is a chemical substance that kills germs and viruses.


disinfectants

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


intrusive

intrusive (positive)
more intrusive (comparative)
most intrusive (superlative)

If something is intrusive, it makes people feel uncomfortable because it goes into personal or private things.

Did it ever cross your mind that he might find all those questions you ask intrusive?


disparate

disparate (positive)
more disparate (comparative)
most disparate (superlative)

If things are disparate, they are made up of different elements that cannot be compared.


incongruous

incongruous (positive)
more incongruous (comparative)
most incongruous (superlative)

If things are incongruous, they are not similar.


outage

An outage is period where the power supply, or other related services, is suspended temporarily.

The power outage yesterday was caused by the broken fuse.


outages

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


fondue

A fondue is a dish made of melted cheese or chocolate which food can be dipped into.


fondues

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


objurgate

objurgate (canonical)
objurgates (third-person singular)
objurgated (past)
objurgated (past participle)
objurgating (present participle)

If you objurgate someone, you criticize or scold them.


objurgates

The third-person singular form of objurgate.


objurgated

The past tense and past participle of objurgate.


succulent

succulent (positive)
more succulent (comparative)
most succulent (superlative)

If something is succulent, it is juicy and tender.


barmy

barmy (positive)
barmier (comparative)
barmiest (superlative)

If a person is barmy, they are crazy or foolish.


barmier

The comparative form of barmy; more barmy.


barmiest

The superlative form of barmy; most barmy.


balmy

balmy (positive)
balmier (comparative)
balmiest (superlative)

If something is balmy, it is mild and pleasant.

If something is balmy, it is soothing and fragrant.


balmiest

The superlative form of balmy; most balmy.


balmier

The comparative form of balmy; more balmy.


gradable

If an adjective is gradable, it can be used in the comparative or superlative form.

Hot and cold are gradable antonyms.


curtail

curtail (canonical)
curtails (third-person singular)
curtailed (past)
curtailed (past participle)
curtailing (present participle)

If you curtail something, you reduce the duration of it.

When the audience grew restless, the speaker curtailed her speech.


curtails

The third-person singular form of curtail.


curtailed

The past tense and past participle of curtail.


truncate

truncate (canonical)
truncates (third-person singular)
truncated (past)
truncated (past participle)
truncating (present participle)

If you truncate something, you shorten it by a measurable value.


truncates

The third-person singular form of truncate.


truncated

The past tense and past participle of truncate.


measurable

measurable (positive)
more measurable (comparative)
most measurable (superlative)

If something is measurable, it can be measured.

/ˈmɛʒərəbəl/


decalcomania

Decalcomania is the process of transferring designs onto surfaces.

[diːˌkæɫkəˈmeɪnɪə]


decalcomanias

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


decal

A decal is a design that is produced and transferred to another surface.


decals

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


hurtful

A hurtful comment or action is mean or insulting.

What you said to me the other day was very hurtful.


youthful

A youthful person is an older person who seems young.

The young man was being very youthful.


fiend

A fiend is someone who is especially interested in something.

Only jazz fiends know about this small club downtown.

The fiends enjoy watching the dead suffer in hell.

The police recently arrested the fiend.


fiends

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


disruptive

disruptive (positive)
more disruptive (comparative)
most disruptive (superlative)

If something is disruptive, it interrupts something and causes it to pause or stop.

Children who exhibit disruptive behaviour may be expelled from school.


wild goose chase

A wild goose chase is a search that will not achieve anything.


impeccable

impeccable (positive)
more impeccable (comparative)
most impeccable (superlative)

An impeccable person is someone who is perfect and does not do anything wrong.


inebriate

inebriate (canonical)
inebriates (third-person singular)
inebriated (past)
inebriated (past participle)
inebriating (present participle)

If something inebriates you, it causes you to be drunk.


inebriate

inebriate (positive)
more inebriate (comparative)
most inebriate (superlative)

An inebriate person is someone who is drunk.


inebriates

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


inebriates

The third-person singular form of inebriate.


inebriated

inebriated (positive)
more inebriated (comparative)
most inebriated (superlative)

An inebriated person is someone who behaves link a drunkard.


inebriated

The past tense and past participle of inebriate.


somber

somber (positive)
more somber (comparative)
most somber (superlative)

If something is somber, it is dark and gloomy.


sombre

sombre (positive)
more sombre (comparative)
most sombre (superlative)

If something is sombre, it is dark and gloomy.


dentistry

Dentistry is the field of medicine that studies, diagnoses and treats the teeth and gums.


denture

Dentures are a removable plate that is a complete replacement of teeth.


dentures

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


removable

removable (positive)
more removable (comparative)
most removable (superlative)

If something is removable, it can be removed.


modernize

modernize (canonical)
modernizes (third-person singular)
modernized (past)
modernized (past participle)
modernizing (present participle)

If you modernize an old or outdated thing, you make it modern in design or function.


modernise

modernise (canonical)
modernises (third-person singular)
modernised (past)
modernised (past participle)
modernising (present participle)

If you modernise an old or outdated thing, you make it modern in design or function.


modernises

The third-person singular form of modernise.


modernizes

The third-person singular form of modernize.


modernised

The past tense and past participle of modernise.


modernized

The past tense and past participle of modernize.


outdated

outdated (positive)
more outdated (comparative)
most outdated (superlative)

If something is outdated, it is too old for it to be used.

His outdated word processing software could not read the files I sent.


indifferent

indifferent (positive)
more indifferent (comparative)
most indifferent (superlative)

If a person is indifferent, they do not care about things that happen.

He was indifferent to the proposal, since it didn’t affect him, either way.


maw

The maw is the mouth and jaws of an animal.


maws

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


voracious

voracious (positive)
more voracious (comparative)
most voracious (superlative)

A voracious animal is very hungry and wants to eat large quantities of food.


ravenous

ravenous (positive)
more ravenous (comparative)
most ravenous (superlative)

A ravenous animal is very hungry and wants to eat large quantities of food.


descriptive

descriptive (positive)
more descriptive (comparative)
most descriptive (superlative)

If something is descriptive, it provides a detailed description of another thing.


as well

You use as well to show that something applies in the same way as something else you've already mentioned.

I like apples, and pears as well.


hilarious

hilarious (positive)
more hilarious (comparative)
most hilarious (superlative)

If something is hilarious, it makes you laugh a lot.

That joke was hilarious.


citations

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


contemplates

contemplate (canonical)
contemplates (third-person singular)
contemplated (past)
contemplated (past participle)
contemplating (present participle)

The third-person singular form of contemplate.


contemplated

The past tense and past participle of contemplate.


patrol

A patrol is a movement to keep watch over an area at regular intervals so as to ensure the area's security.

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patrol

patrol (canonical)
patrols (third-person singular)
patrolled (past)
patrolled (past participle)
patrolling (present participle)

If a person patrols a place, they keep watch of the area by walking repeatedly around it.


patrols

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


patrols

The third-person singular form of patrol.


patrolled

The past tense and past participle of patrol.


diatribe

A diatribe is an abusive verbal attack against a person.


diatribes

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


tirade

A tirade is a long and angry criticism against a person.

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tirades

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


banal

banal (positive)
more banal (comparative)
most banal (superlative)

If something is banal, it is very common and boring.


cockerels

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


impersonation

Impersonation is the act of pretending to be someone else.


impersonations

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


synagogue

/ˈsɪ.nəˌɡɑɡ/


synagogues

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


crummy

crummy (positive)
crummier (comparative)
crummiest (superlative)

If something is crummy, it is bad or of poor quality.


crumby

crumby (positive)
crumbier (comparative)
crumbiest (superlative)

If something is crumby, it is bad or of poor quality.


crummiest

The superlative form of crummy; most crummy.


crummier

The comparative form of crummy; more crummy.


crumbier

The comparative form of crumby; more crumby.


crumbiest

The superlative form of crumby; most crumby.


incentivise

incentivise (canonical)
incentivises (third-person singular)
incentivised (past)
incentivised (past participle)
incentivising (present participle)

If you incentivise someone, you provide them with incentives so as to encourage them to do something.

The US government seeks to incentivise home ownership through a favorable tax system.


incentivize

incentivize (canonical)
incentivizes (third-person singular)
incentivized (past)
incentivized (past participle)
incentivizing (present participle)

If you incentivize someone, you provide them with incentives so as to encourage them to do something.

The US government seeks to incentivize home ownership through a favorable tax system.


incentivises

The third-person singular form of incentivise.


incentivised

The past tense and past participle of incentivise.


incentivizes

The third-person singular form of incentivize.


incentivized

The past tense and past participle of incentivize.


nationality

The nationality of a person is the status of their belonging to a certain country/nation.


nationalities

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


sandpaper

Sandpaper is a type of paper that is coated with sand, fine glass, or other abrasive material for smoothing.


sandpaper

sandpaper (canonical)
sandpapers (third-person singular)
sandpapered (past)
sandpapered (past participle)
sandpapering (present participle)

If you sandpaper something, you make it smooth with sandpaper.


sandpapered

The past tense and past participle of sandpaper.


sandpapers

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


sandpapers

The third-person singular form of sandpaper.


transaction

A transaction is the act of buying or selling something.

The transaction was made on Friday with the supplier.


transactions

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


transact

transact (canonical)
transacts (third-person singular)
transacted (past)
transacted (past participle)
transacting (present participle)

If you transact something, you perform a trade, or do a business-related action.


transacts

The third-person singular form of transact.


transacted

The past tense and past participle of transact.


liner

A liner is a layer that goes between a container and its contents, usually one that can be removed.

The sleeping bag comes with a removable liner that you can wash.

It is essential to use plastic liners to make the pond waterproof.

Place liners in the cupcake tins and fill with about cup of the batter.

He wrote liner notes for Dylan's 1969 album Nashville Skyline.

Eye liner and lip liner is makeup that goes around the edge of the eyes or lips.

An ocean liner is a large passenger ship.


liners

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


caterwaul

caterwaul (canonical)
caterwauls (third-person singular)
caterwauled (past)
caterwauled (past participle)
caterwauling (present participle)

If a person caterwauls, they make a wailing noise like a cat.


caterwauls

The third-person singular form of caterwaul.


caterwauled

The past tense and past participle of caterwaul.


Oromo

The Oromo are a group of people of Ethiopia and northern Kenya.


passionate

passionate (positive)
more passionate (comparative)
most passionate (superlative)

If a person is passionate, they have a strong feeling or emotion.


tightly

If something is wrapped tightly, it is wrapped in a tight manner.


metabolism

Metabolism is the chemical processes that occurs in living things and keeps them alive.


metabolisms

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


unintentionally

un- + intentional + -ly
unintentional + intentionally

ety-affix

Unintentionally means inadvertently; by accident, not on purpose; not deliberately.


intentionally

Intentionally means deliberately; on purpose.


squadron

A squadron is a unit in an air force unit that is made up of at least two aircrafts.


squadrons

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


surge

A surge is a sudden increase of something.

A power surge.


surge

surge (canonical)
surges (third-person singular)
surged (past)
surged (past participle)
surging (present participle)

If something surges, it increases suddenly.

The price of Bitcoin surged last year.


surges

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


surges

The third-person singular form of surge.


surged

The past tense and past participle of surge.


the fuck

You use "the fuck" to express strong surprise or disagreement.

What the fuck was that?

How the fuck does that work?

Get the fuck out of my office.

A: I'll take this one. B: The fuck you will!


defenestration

Defenestration is the act of throwing something or someone from a window.


defenestrations

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


mentally

If something is done mentally, it is thought out in the person's mind.


shortcake

Shortcake is a dessert made with such a cake, usually having layers of cream and fruit.

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shortcakes

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


idiocy

An idiocy is a very stupid behaviour or action


idiocies

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


connector

A connector is something that connects thing together.


connectors

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


simp

A simp is a simple person lacking common sense. It can also mean a fool or simpleton.

A simp is a person, usually a male person, who appears to be foolishly valuing another person too much, usually to a person of opposite sex.


simp

simp (canonical)
simps (third-person singular)
simped (past)
simped (past participle)
simping (present participle)

If you simp, you bring to mind happy memories from a position of sadness.


mope

mope (canonical)
mopes (third-person singular)
moped (past)
moped (past participle)
moping (present participle)

If a person mopes, they feel sad and depressed.


moped

The past tense and past participle of mope.


pout

pout (canonical)
pouts (third-person singular)
pouted (past)
pouted (past participle)
pouting (present participle)

If a person pouts, they push out their lips to show that they are sad.


pouted

The past tense and past participle of pout.


sulk

sulk (canonical)
sulks (third-person singular)
sulked (past)
sulked (past participle)
sulking (present participle)

If a person sulks, they are quiet and sad over something that happened.


sulked

The past tense and past participle of sulk.


simps

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


salacious

salacious (positive)
more salacious (comparative)
most salacious (superlative)

If something is salacious, it conveys a sexual desire or message.


conker

A conker is the dark brown nut of a horse chestnut tree.


conkers

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


kismets

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


tandem

A tandem is a bicycle with seats and pedals for two people. but only the person in front able to steer. (Also a called "a tandem bike").

If two things happen or if you do two thing (in) tandem, they happen at the same time, together.

Both partners feel they are working in tandem to build it.

The online and live exhibits launched in tandem.

Since 1950 inflation and unemployment rates have generally moved in tandem.

We started riding tandem to spend more time together.

A tandem vehicle or activity is one in which two people cooperate to drive or do it.

When I was training, I went on a lot of tandem flights.


nylons

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


oration

An oration is a formal speech that is usually given at a ceremony.


orations

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


A square quotation mark (that is straight), used at the start and also at the end of a quote, to show someone said something.

Abe: "Run for your lives!"

In computing, used as a pair to surround a text, to show it is a text and not a computing value.

"true" is a text and not a value.

A to A"

Ae to Ae double prime


meticulous

meticulous (positive)
more meticulous (comparative)
most meticulous (superlative)

When someone is meticulous, they pay careful attention to the details.

He devoted many hours of meticulous preparation for his project.


oh my god

"Oh my God!" is used to express strong feelings, especially surprise.

Oh my god! Who spilled coffee on my computer?


oh my God


garter

A garter is a band worn around the leg to hold up a sock or stocking.


garters

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


spangle

A spangle is a sparkling material that is sewn on to clothings as a decoration.


spangle

spangle (canonical)
spangles (third-person singular)
spangled (past)
spangled (past participle)
spangling (present participle)

If you spangle something, you cover it with spangles.


spangles

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


spangles

The third-person singular form of spangle.


spangled

The past tense and past participle of spangle.


lucid

more lucid (comparative)
most lucid (superlative)
lucid (positive)
lucider (comparative)
lucidest (superlative)

If something is lucid, it is clear and can be understood easily.


intelligible

intelligible (positive)
more intelligible (comparative)
most intelligible (superlative)

If something is intelligible, it can be understood.


comprehensible

comprehensible (positive)
more comprehensible (comparative)
most comprehensible (superlative)

If something is comprehensible, it can be understood.


blahs

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


American English


British English


bowlers

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


saturate

saturate (canonical)
saturates (third-person singular)
saturated (past)
saturated (past participle)
saturating (present participle)

If you saturate A with B, you make it become completely soaked with a liquid.


honk

honk (canonical)
honks (third-person singular)
honked (past)
honked (past participle)
honking (present participle)


honked

The past tense and past participle of honk.


nobly

more nobly (comparative)
Superlativemost nobly

She died nobly, trying to save the lives of others.


aptly

In an apt or suitable manner; appropriately.


promulgate

promulgate (canonical)
promulgates (third-person singular)
promulgated (past)
promulgated (past participle)
promulgating (present participle)

If you promulgate something, you make it widely known.


promulgates

The third-person singular form of promulgate.


promulgated

The past tense and past participle of promulgate.


lengthened

lengthen (canonical)
lengthens (third-person singular)
lengthened (past)
lengthened (past participle)
lengthening (present participle)

The past tense and past participle of lengthen.


lengthens

The third-person singular form of lengthen.


unentertaining

unentertaining (positive)
more unentertaining (comparative)
most unentertaining (superlative)

If something is unentertaining, it is not amusing.


mitigate

mitigate (canonical)
mitigates (third-person singular)
mitigated (past)
mitigated (past participle)
mitigating (present participle)

If you mitigate a problem, you make it less serious.


mitigates

The third-person singular form of mitigate.


mitigated

The past tense and past participle of mitigate.


inoculate

inoculate (canonical)
inoculates (third-person singular)
inoculated (past)
inoculated (past participle)
inoculating (present participle)

If you inoculate someone, you administer a vaccine for them.


inoculates

The third-person singular form of inoculate.


inoculated

The past tense and past participle of inoculate.


inoculation

Inoculation is the process of administering a vaccine for someone.

/ɪˌnɒkjʊˈleɪʃən/

/ɪˌnɑkjəˈleɪʃən/


inoculations

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


sortie

A sortie is an attack made by troops from a defensive position.


sortie

sortie (canonical)
sorties (third-person singular)
sortied (past)
sortied (past participle)
sortieing (present participle)

If a military unit sorties, they make an attack from a defence position.


sorties

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


sorties

The third-person singular form of sortie.


sortied

The past tense and past participle of sortie.


bogus

bogus (positive)
more bogus (comparative)
most bogus (superlative)


partridge

A partridge is a type of bird from the family Phasianidae, notably in the genera Perdix and Alectoris.

On the first day of christmas my true love sent to me, a partridge in a pear tree. - The Twelve Days of Christmas

/ˈpɑːtrɪd͡ʒ/


partridges

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


turtle doves

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


texture

the feel, appearance, or consistency of a surface or substance.

The blanket had a very soft texture.


texture

texture (canonical)
textures (third-person singular)
textured (past)
textured (past participle)
texturing (present participle)

The artist used the paint brush to texture their work.


textures

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


textures

The third-person singular form of texture.


textured

The past tense and past participle of texture.


Londoner

A Londoner is someone from London, England.


Londoners

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


seagull

The seagull landed on the beach.


seagulls

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


Homo stupidus

Homo stupidus is a taxonomic species within the family Hominidae.


workout

Hiking up the mountain was a good workout.


workouts

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


jettison

A jettison is the action of jettisoning something from a watercraft or aircraft.


jettison

jettison (canonical)
jettisons (third-person singular)
jettisoned (past)
jettisoned (past participle)
jettisoning (present participle)

If you jettison something, you eject it from a watercraft or aircraft so as to reduce its load.


jettisons

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


jettisons

The third-person singular form of jettison.


jettisoned

The past tense and past participle of jettison.


egress

The window provides an egress in the event of an emergency.


egress

egress (canonical)
egresses (third-person singular)
egressed (past)
egressed (past participle)
egressing (present participle)

If you egress, you leave or exit a place.


egresses

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


egresses

The third-person singular form of egress.


egressed

The past tense and past participle of egress.


commensurate

commensurate (positive)
more commensurate (comparative)
most commensurate (superlative)

If something is commensurate, it has a similar standard with another thing.


proportional

proportional (positive)
more proportional (comparative)
most proportional (superlative)

If A is proportional with B, they are similar in size or amount.

/prəˈpɔːʃənəl/


proportionate

proportionate (positive)
more proportionate (comparative)
most proportionate (superlative)

If A is proportionate with B, the are similar in size or amount.

/prəˈpɔːʃənət/


greenhorns

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


verification

The act of checking to see if something is correct.

The website asks for verification of your e-mail address.

/ˌvɛrəfɪˈkeɪʃən/


verifications

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


launder

A launder is a trough that carries water to the wheel of a watermill.


launder

launder (canonical)
launders (third-person singular)
laundered (past)
laundered (past participle)
laundering (present participle)

If you launder clothes, you wash and iron them.

If you launder money, you conceal the source of money that is obtained by illegal methods.


launders

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


launders

The third-person singular form of launder.


laundered

The past tense and past participle of launder.


trough

A trough is a open container that is long and narrow. It is for animals to eat or drink out of.


trough

trough (canonical)
troughs (third-person singular)
troughed (past)
troughed (past participle)
troughing (present participle)

He troughed his way through three meat pies.


troughs

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


troughs

The third-person singular form of trough.


troughed

The past tense and past participle of trough.


exemplify

exemplify (canonical)
exemplifies (third-person singular)
exemplified (past)
exemplified (past participle)
exemplifying (present participle)

If you exemplify something, you explain or illustrate it by giving an example.


exemplifies

The third-person singular form of exemplify.


exemplified

The past tense and past participle of exemplify.


memorize

memorize (canonical)
memorizes (third-person singular)
memorized (past)
memorized (past participle)
memorizing (present participle)

If you memorize something, you learn it by remembering it.


memorise

memorise (canonical)
memorises (third-person singular)
memorised (past)
memorised (past participle)
memorising (present participle)

If you memorise something, you learn it by remembering it.


memorises

The third-person singular form of memorise.


memorizes

The third-person singular form of memorize.


memorised

The past tense and past participle of memorise.


memorized

The past tense and past participle of memorize.


Iraqi

An Iraqi is a person that comes from Iraq.


Iraqi

Something or someone that is Iraqi comes from Iraq.


Iraqis

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


Standard Mandarin

Standard Mandarin, also known as Mandarin, is the official language of China and Taiwan.


sleeveless

A piece of clothing without any sleeves.

His new shirt was sleeveless.


creed

A creed is a set of beliefs that a person, or a group adheres to.

LL-Q1860 (eng)-I learned some phrases-creed.wav


creeds

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


shitter

shit (positive)
shitter (comparative)
shittest (superlative)

The comparative form of shit; more shit.


shittest

The superlative form of shit; most shit.


time-outs

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


time out

In sports a time out is when the coach asks for a short stop in the game to talk with the team.

The coach of the home team is asking for a time out.

A time out is a short period to relax from a situation that causes stress.

I need a time out from this meeting.


time outs

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


nuclides

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


offshore

The men worked on an offshore oil rig.


muddy

muddy (positive)
muddier (comparative)
muddiest (superlative)

If something is muddy, it is covered in mud.

Their shoes were all muddy after walking through the field.


muddier

The comparative form of muddy; more muddy.


muddiest

The superlative form of muddy; most muddy.


welder

The team brought the welder to the job site.

The welder put on their mask so they could begin to work.


welders

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


can-can


can-cans


dreamt

dream (canonical)
dreams (third-person singular)
dreamt (past)
dreamt (past participle)
dreaming (present participle)

The past tense and past participle of dream.


spoilt

spoil (canonical)
spoils (third-person singular)
spoilt (past)
spoilt (past participle)
spoiling (present participle)

The past tense and past participle of spoil.


gymnast

The gymnast walked across the balance beam.


gymnasts

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


gymnastics

A sport that requires people to be able to balance and bend to show their agility and coordination.

The school's gymnastics team won their competition.


agility

The cat displayed it's agility by climbing the tree to avoid the dog.


agilities

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


cornichons

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


creamy

creamy (positive)
creamier (comparative)
creamiest (superlative)

If something is creamy, it has a rich taste and has a thick texture of cream.

creamy chocolate


creamier

The comparative form of creamy; more creamy.


creamiest

The superlative form of creamy; most creamy.


pliant

pliant (positive)
more pliant (comparative)
most pliant (superlative)

If something is plaint, it can be bent easily.


floret

A floret is a small flower, especially one of a cluster in a composite flower.


florets

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


dapple

A dapple is a spot of color on something.


dapple

dapple (canonical)
dapples (third-person singular)
dappled (past)
dappled (past participle)
dappling (present participle)

If you dapple something, you mark it with spots.


dapples

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


dapples

The third-person singular form of dapple.


dappled

The past tense and past participle of dapple.


undulate

undulate (canonical)
undulates (third-person singular)
undulated (past)
undulated (past participle)
undulating (present participle)

If something undulates, it moves in a wave-like motion.


undulate

undulate (positive)
more undulate (comparative)
most undulate (superlative)

If something has an undulate appearance, it has a wavy pattern on it.


undulates

The third-person singular form of undulate.


undulated

The past tense and past participle of undulate.


sanitary

sanitary (positive)
more sanitary (comparative)
most sanitary (superlative)

If something is sanitary, it is hygienic and clean.


pasteurize

pasteurize (canonical)
pasteurizes (third-person singular)
pasteurized (past)
pasteurized (past participle)
pasteurizing (present participle)

If you pasteurize milk, you heat it to kill harmful bacteria in it.


pasteurise

pasteurise (canonical)
pasteurises (third-person singular)
pasteurised (past)
pasteurised (past participle)
pasteurising (present participle)

If you pasteurise milk, you heat it to kill harmful bacteria in it.


pasteurises

The third-person singular form of pasteurise.


pasteurised

The past tense and past participle of pasteurise.

The milk was pasteurised.


pasteurizes

The third-person singular form of pasteurize.


pasteurized

The past tense and past participle of pasteurize.


potent

potent (positive)
more potent (comparative)
most potent (superlative)

If something is potent, it has a lot of power or strength.


strenuous

strenuous (positive)
more strenuous (comparative)
most strenuous (superlative)

If an activity is strenuous, it requires a lot of energy to do or complete it.


bellicose

bellicose (positive)
more bellicose (comparative)
most bellicose (superlative)

A bellicose person is someone who shows a lot of aggression.


passionately

If you do something passionately, you do it with a very strong feeling.

The fans passionately cheered for the home team.


aquarium

An aquarium is a place where fish and other animals that live in water are kept to be looked at.

My favourite animals in the aquarium were the sharks and dolphins.


bidder

A bidder is a person who bids for something.

The highest bidder at the auction bought the painting for £10,000.


boutique

A boutique is a shop. It normally sells more expensive items than most other shops.

Mary owns a fashion boutique.


blackjack

Blackjack is a card game. The aim is to try to get as near as possible to 21 points, but not get more than 21.

We played blackjack at the casino

In the game blackjack, blackjack is a score of twenty with two cards (king, queen or jack) and an ace.

I got blackjack, but so did the dealer so I lost my money.


bikini

A bikini is clothing that women wear. There are two separate pieces to it, the top (covering the breasts) and the bottom (covering the genitalia).

In some swimming pools you can't wear a bikini.


busty

busty (positive)
bustier (comparative)
bustiest (superlative)

A busty woman is one that has large breasts.

The country singer at the concert was very busty.


considerably

You use considerably when you want to make a comparative adjective stronger.

Sharks are considerably faster swimmers than humans.


dietary

If something is dietary, it means it is connected to a diet or dieting.

What are your dietary requirements?

Oscar has dietary problems.


drunken

drunken (positive)
more drunken (comparative)
most drunken (superlative)

I feel bad about my drunken behaviour last night.


houseboat

A houseboat is a boat which people use as a home. They're normally in a canal.

Anna bought a houseboat and lives there most of the year.


boathouse

A boathouse is a building where you can store boats

Anna keeps her dinghy in the sailing club's boathouse during the winter.


aquariums

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


bidders

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


boutiques

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


bikinis

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