chiffonade

chiffonade (canonical)
chiffonades (third-person singular)
chiffonaded (past)
chiffonaded (past participle)
chiffonading (present participle)

If you chiffonade something, you prepare a chiffonade.


chiffonades

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


chiffonades

The third-person singular form of chiffonade.


chiffonaded

The past tense and past participle of chiffonade.


leafy

leafy (positive)
leafier (comparative)
leafiest (superlative)

If something is leafy, it is covered with many leaves or much foliage.


leafier

The comparative form of leafy; more leafy.


leafiest

The superlative form of leafy; most leafy.


doody

doody (canonical)
doodies (third-person singular)
doodied (past)
doodied (past participle)
doodying (present participle)


take turns

If two or more people takes turns, they to do the same thing one or after another, taking one another's place alternatively.

We can take turns walking the dog. You can go first.


surf

A surf is the mass of waves that break on an ocean shoreline.


surf

surf (canonical)
surfs (third-person singular)
surfed (past)
surfed (past participle)
surfing (present participle)

If a person surfs the waves, the ride a wave on a surfboard.

If you surf the web, you browse the Internet.


surfs

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


surfed

The past tense and past participle of surf.


shoreline

The shoreline is a line that divides land and a body of water.


shorelines

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


surfboard

A surfboard is a long and narrow board that is used for surfing.

/ˈsɜːfˌbɔːd/


surfboards

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


recurring

recur (canonical)
recurs (third-person singular)
recurred (past)
recurred (past participle)
recurring (present participle)


recurring

recurring (positive)
more recurring (comparative)
most recurring (superlative)

If something is recurring, it is something that happens multiple times.


camaraderie

Camaraderie is the trust and close friendship between people who spends a lot of time together.


recur

If something recurs, it happens more than once.

These accidents are a recurring problem.


recurs

The third-person singular form of recur.


recurred

The past tense and past participle of recur.


afro

An afro is a hair style with very curly hair in a round shape.


with respect to

You use with respect to to narrow the topic.

With respect to your first concern, we hope you agree that the changes have eliminated the differences.

There are many uncertainties, particularly with respect to future changes in climate.


in respect of

You use in respect of to limit the application of a statement.

You may receive money to help meet schooling costs, but only in respect of the last year of the course.


digital divide

The digital divide is the difference between people who have access to technology and those who don't.

This educational program is designed to bridge the digital divide by providing internet in all schools.


conditioner

Conditioner is a substance (commonly liquid) used to improve the condition of a object.

He uses a hair conditioner after washing his head.

/kənˈdɪʃənə/


conditioners

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


helpless

helpless (positive)
more helpless (comparative)
most helpless (superlative)

If you are helpless, you cannot help or protect yourself.

The rich man becomes helpless when he cannot catch his train.

If you are helpless with laughter, rage, or some other feeling, you cannot control it.


announcer

An announcer is a person who makes announcements.

After he stopped playing, he became a sports announcer.


organizational

Organizational is the way where an organization is set up.

The organizational heads has sent three men for looking into this matter.

Organizational is relating to the action of organizing something.

Our leader has different kinds of organizational skills for developing a project.

/ˌɔːɡənʌɪˈzeɪʃən(ə)l/


renewal

Renewal is the process or situation of starting again after a pause.

They fear the renewal of fighting if an agreement is not reached soon.

The renewal of a contract, license, or other document is the act of making it valid for a longer time.

The renewal of his vehicle insurance is good for five more years.


announcers

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


organisational

Organisational structure, culture, change, etc. are those things as they relate to an organisation.

In the new organisational structure, my department is under a new director.

Organisational skills, efforts, etc. are those things as they relate to organising.

I need to improve my organisational skills to get things done on time.

/ˌɔːɡənʌɪˈzeɪʃən(ə)l/


renewals

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


namely

You use namely to specifically name who or what you are talking about.

Some of the students — namely Paul, Alice and Jake — seem to have problems with their projects.


lawless

lawless (positive)
more lawless (comparative)
most lawless (superlative)

A lawless place is not well controlled by laws and rules.

Orin's area is a lawless region where peace never really took hold.

A lawless action is one that is illegal.

Thomas's drugs business was completely lawless, for which he was penalized.


World War II

World War II was a war from 1939 to 1945 between countries including, on one side, the United States, the United Kingdom, France, the Soviet Union and China, and on the other side, Germany, Italy and Japan.

The Attack on Pearl Harbor was part of World War II.


World War I

World War I was a war from 1914 to 1918 between countries including, on one side, the United Kingdom, France, Serbia, the Russian Empire, Italy, the United States, Japan, Belgium, and other Allied Nations, and, on the other side, the German Empire, Austria-Hungary, the Ottoman Empire, and Bulgaria.

The First Battle of the Marne was part of World War I.


Bulgaria

Bulgaria is a country in southeast Europe.


Ottoman Empire

The Ottoman Empire was a country in western Asia and eastern Europe from 1299 to 1922.

/ˈɒtəmən ˈɛmpaɪə/


emu

An emu is a flightless bird that is native to Australia.


adapter

An adapter is a device that allows two different standards to work together.

This monitor won't work for you computer without an adapter.

An adapter is a person who changes or changes something to suit a new situation.

In creating her movies, she is an able adapter of novels and short stories.


emus

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


midday

The middle of the civil day. The middle of the daytime. It's the part of the day when the sun is at its zenith.

Adam awoke at midday because the alarm didn't ring at morning.


middays

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


rector

A rector is a clerk who is in charge of a church or parish.

By then the church had replaced him with the first of several rectors.

A rector is a headmaster in educational institutions, e.g. a university.

One of my friends has been a rector at various universities in the United States.


rectors

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


amplification

Amplification is the process or result of increasing a signal, such as a sound wave, light, etc.

Most of the music classrooms have some type of sound amplification system.


atelier

An atelier is the name for a workshop of an artist.


Atelier


sleepy

sleepy (positive)
sleepier (comparative)
sleepiest (superlative)

If someone is sleepy, that person feels like they need to sleep; they are tired.

My son woke me up at four in the morning, and I had to work until eight at night! Now I'm very sleepy.

If a place is sleepy, it is quiet; there is not a lot happening there.

After I moved to the big city, I missed my sleepy hometown.


sleepier

The comparative form of sleepy; more sleepy.


sleepiest

The superlative form of sleepy; most sleepy.


wryer

wry (positive)
wryer (comparative)
wryest (superlative)


amplifications

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


wrier

wry (positive)
wrier (comparative)
wriest (superlative)


cordage

Cordage is a set of ropes and cords, especially when used for a ship's rigging.

The cordage of the ship stretched during the storm.

Cordage is the amount of wood measured in cords.


cordages

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


herder

The herder brought the sheep to the barn.


godmother

A godmother is a woman present at the baptism of a child.


digger

The man was a digger.


drover

A drover is a person who herds cattle or sheep


dust devil

A dust devil is a small vortex that is visible as a column of dust or debris

A dust devil may look harmless, but a large one can overturn a car.


jiggly

jiggly (positive)
jigglier (comparative)
jiggliest (superlative)

/ˈd͡ʒɪɡ.əˌli/


dolt

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wolf spider

A wolf spider is a type of spider that does not spin webs.


hooky

If you play hooky, you skip school or work without a valid reason.

Let's play hooky and go to the mall.


hooky

hooky (positive)
hookier (comparative)
hookiest (superlative)

If something is hooky, it has a lot of hooks.


godmothers

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


godfather

A godfather is a man present at the baptism of a child.


godfathers

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


wolf spiders

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


hookier

The comparative form of hooky; more hooky.


hookiest

The superlative form of hooky; most hooky.


jiggliest

The superlative form of jiggly; most jiggly.


jigglier

The comparative form of jiggly; more jiggly.


dolts

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


dust devils

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


drovers

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


diggers

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


herders

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


instead of

You use instead of to show that two things are alternatives of each other.

She would make him stand in a corner instead of stay in after school.

Consider doing it there instead of here.

I felt happy instead of sad.


along with

You use along with to add more information.

We keep both the old ideas along with the new ones.


defrost

defrost (canonical)
defrosts (third-person singular)
defrosted (past)
defrosted (past participle)
defrosting (present participle)

If you defrost something, you bring its temperature to above freezing, so that all ice will melt and that no more ice will form.


invasive

invasive (positive)
more invasive (comparative)
most invasive (superlative)

If something is invasive, it is not native to the environment it is in and can potentially cause harm.


indescribable

indescribable (positive)
more indescribable (comparative)
most indescribable (superlative)

Something that is too unusual, extreme, or incomprehensible to describe

His artwork was considered indescribable by many.


dealings

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


defrosts

The third-person singular form of defrost.


defrosted

The past tense and past participle of defrost.


arraign

arraign (canonical)
arraigns (third-person singular)
arraigned (past)
arraigned (past participle)
arraigning (present participle)

If a person is arraigned, they are officially charged in court.


arraigns

The third-person singular form of arraign.


arraigned

The past tense and past participle of arraign.


Indonesian

Indonesian is an official and the national language of Indonesia.

We studied Indonesian during primary school in Australia.


Indonesian

An Indonesian is a person from Indonesia.


Indonesian

Indonesian (positive)
more Indonesian (comparative)
most Indonesian (superlative)

Our family has taken many trips to the Indonesian island of Bali.

Something that is related to the Indonesian people.

Something that is related to the Indonesian language.

The Indonesian words of "bamboo", "batik", "ikat", "komodo dragon", "nasi goreng", "paddy", "orangutan", and "rendang" are known around the world.


Indonesians

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


Javanese

Javanese is an indigenous language of the Indonesian island of Java (in central, eastern, northern, southern, and westernmost regions).

Javanese is the co-official language of Indonesia in most regions of Java.


Javanese

A Javanese is a person from the Indonesian island of Java (in central, eastern, northern, southern, and westernmost regions).


Javanese

Javanese (positive)
more Javanese (comparative)
most Javanese (superlative)

Something that is related to the Indonesian island of Java.

Our family has taken many trips to the Java mountain of Bromo.

Something that is related to the Javanese people.

Something that is related to the Javanese language.

The Javanese words of "batik", "gamelan", "ikat", and "nasi goreng" are known around the world.


Sundanese

Sundanese is an indigenous language of the Indonesian island of Java (in western and northwestern regions).

Sundanese is the co-official language of Indonesia in West Java province.


Sundanese

A Sundanese is a person from the Indonesian island of Java (in western and northwestern regions).


Sundanese

Sundanese (positive)
more Sundanese (comparative)
most Sundanese (superlative)

Something that is related to the cultural land of Sundanese in western Java.

Something that is related to the Sundanese people.

Something that is related to the Sundanese language.


Betawi

Betawi is an indigenous language of the Indonesian island of Java (in northwestern regions; Greater Jakarta).

Betawi is the co-official language of Indonesia in Jakarta province.


Betawi

A Betawi is a person from the Indonesian island of Java (in northwestern regions; Greater Jakarta).


Betawi

Betawi (positive)
more Betawi (comparative)
most Betawi (superlative)

Something that is related to the cultural land of Betawi in northwestern Java (Greater Jakarta).

Something that is related to the Betawi people.

Something that is related to the Betawi language.


Osing

Osing is an indigenous language of the Indonesian island of Java (in easternmost regions).

Osing is the co-official language of Indonesia in Banyuwangi.


Osing

An Osing is a person from the Indonesian island of Java (in easternmost regions).


Osing

Osing (positive)
more Osing (comparative)
most Osing (superlative)

Something that is related to the cultural land of Osing in easternmost Java (especially in Banyuwangi).

Something that is related to the Osing people.

Something that is related to the Osing language.


Solo

The Solo is a large river in Java flowing through Central Java into the Java Sea. It is the longest river in the Indonesian island of Java.


Osings

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


northeastern

A northeastern state, corner, city, etc. is in the northeast.

Maine is in the northeastern United States.


uncharacteristic

uncharacteristic (positive)
more uncharacteristic (comparative)
most uncharacteristic (superlative)

That was uncharacteristic of him.


emaciate

emaciate (canonical)
emaciates (third-person singular)
emaciated (past)
emaciated (past participle)
emaciating (present participle)

If you emaciate a person, you make them extremely thin.


emaciates

The third-person singular form of emaciate.


emaciated

The past tense and past participle of emaciate.


emaciated

emaciated (positive)
more emaciated (comparative)
most emaciated (superlative)

An emaciated person is someone who is extremely thin and weak, specially if it is because of hunger or illness.


literary device

A literary device is any technique in writing to make the author accomplish their goal.


literary devices

literary device
literary devices (plural)

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


incest

Incest is the act of having sex with a close relative, like your sibling or your parent. Sex with your first cousin is also usually considered incest. Incest is taboo and illegal in most places.


mailman

A mailman is someone who delivers mail. Mailman usually refers to a man, but it can also be a gender-neutral term.


gender-neutral

gender-neutral (positive)
more gender-neutral (comparative)
most gender-neutral (superlative)

Something that is gender-neutral applies to men, women, and people with other gender identities.

Chairperson is a gender-neutral word for chairman and chairwoman.


divisor

The divisor is the number that another number is divided by.

In the equation "48 ÷ 6 = 8", the divisor is 6.

The divisors of a number are all the numbers which evenly divide into it.

The divisors of 12 are 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, and 12.


wasteful

wasteful (positive)
more wasteful (comparative)
most wasteful (superlative)

Something that is wasteful is something that is a waste of good resources, time, or opportunities.

Throwing away fresh food is wasteful.


in line

Someone or something that is in line is suitable and appropriate.

The soldiers were undisciplined, but the new general got them all in line.

If one object is in line with others, they are arranged in a straight line.

The device itself was right under the vehicle, almost in line with the gear lever.

When people wait in line, they wait in a queue.

Please wait in line to be served.


in line

If x is in line with y, x is closely connected with y.

Annual pay increases will be in line with inflation.


spotter

A spotter is someone who observes something.

(weightlifting, gymnastics, climbing) A spotter is someone who watches another person who is performing an activity, for the purpose of being there to help them if they can't complete the activity.


allegory

An allegory is a fictional story that is meant to metaphorically represent things, people, or events in the real world.

Nineteen Eighty-Four is a famous allegory for totalitarianism.

/ˈæl.ɪˌɡɔː.ri/

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questionably

more questionably (comparative)
Superlativemost questionably

The word questionably describes something that is questionable (dubious).

The fool was questionably dressed.

If something is said questionably it is said in a questioning manner.


coverage

Coverage is the amount something or someone is covered.

Coverage is the amount of space or time given to an event in newspapers or television.

Coverage is the area a mobile phone (cellphone) network or radio network provides to.


profound

profound (positive)
more profound (comparative)
most profound (superlative)

Something that is profound is deep, having great depths, reaching far below the surface.

The explorers became trapped in a profound cave.

Something that is profound is deep in an intellectual sense. It means something that reaches figuratively deep into a subject, or has great depth of meaning.

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inconceivable

inconceivable (positive)
more inconceivable (comparative)
most inconceivable (superlative)

Something that is inconceivable is unable to be believed.

Something that is inconceivable is something that is impossible to imagine or think about.

You can't imagine a color you've never seen before, that's inconceivable!


preposterous

preposterous (positive)
more preposterous (comparative)
most preposterous (superlative)

Something that is preposterous is ridiculous or unbelievable.


adaptability

Adaptability is the ability to change yourself and your behaviors to match changes in your life and your environment.

Thanks to evolution, animals have high adaptability.


incestuous

incestuous (positive)
more incestuous (comparative)
most incestuous (superlative)

An act that is incestuous is an act of incest. A person who is incestuous is someone who participates in incest.

Having sex with your sister is incestuous.


incessantly

To do something incessantly is to do something without pause, especially when it annoys other people.


skinship

Skinship is the act of two or more people spending time together while naked in order to strengthen a social bond.


taqueria

A taqueria is a restaurant that sells tacos.

/ˌtɑkəˈriːə/


taquerias

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


notification

A notification is a message that notifies you of something.

/ˌnəʊtɪfɪˈkeɪʃən/


notifications

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


hoe

A hoe is a agricultural tool used to level ground and break roots.

A hoe is an insulting term that describes a sexually promiscuous woman.


hoe

hoe (canonical)
hoes (third-person singular)
hoed (past)
hoed (past participle)
hoeing (present participle)

To hoe is to use a hoe, especially when using it to dig or to level ground.

To hoe is to act sexually promiscuous, or in other words, to act like a whore.


hoes

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


freedom of speech

freedom of speech
freedoms of speech (plural)

Freedom of speech is the ability to speak freely, without being silenced or censored.

Freedom of speech is a constitutional right in many countries.


sine

The sine is the ratio of the side opposite an angle to the length of the hypotenuse.


spherical

spherical (positive)
more spherical (comparative)
most spherical (superlative)

Something that is spherical is shaped like a sphere.

A basketball is spherical.


oddly

more oddly (comparative)
Superlativemost oddly

To do something oddly is to do it in an odd manner.


godless

godless (positive)
more godless (comparative)
most godless (superlative)

Something or someone who doesn't have a god.


encouragement

You give encouragement to someone to help motivate them or make them feel better about something.

"I wasn't feeling brave enough to run a marathon, but my mother gave me some encouragement."


droplet

On a rainy day, my window is covered in water droplets.


droplets

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


sentry

A sentry is a guard, usually one who is stationed at the entrance of a place, especially a military base.


sentries

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


hive

A hive is a home for honeybees. Honeybees make their own hives, but humans who farm honey usually make artificial hives for bees.

The group of all honeybees in a hive are also collectively called a hive.

A very busy place crowded with people is sometimes called a hive.


hives

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

Hives are itchy, red areas on your skin. People usually get hives from an allergic reaction.


subclass

A subclass is a group of things which are all also in a larger group.

Volcanoes are a subclass of mountains.

Squares are a subclass of rectangles.


subclasses

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


handful

A handful of something is the amount of it you can hold in the palm of one hand.

If a person or a group of people are called a handful, it means they're demanding and difficult to watch over.

"Those rowdy kids are a handful!"


slur

A slur is an offensive and bigoted word used to describe a specific group of people as a way of insulting them.

Retard is a slur used to describe mentally disabled people.


slur

slur (canonical)
slurs (third-person singular)
slurred (past)
slurred (past participle)
slurring (present participle)

If you slur your speech, it means the way you pronounce words is difficult for other people to understand.


slurs

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


slurred

The past tense and past participle of slur.


bigoted

bigoted (positive)
more bigoted (comparative)
most bigoted (superlative)

Racists, sexists and homophobes are all bigoted.

A bigoted statement or opinion is one that bigots are likely to say or agree with.


bigot

A bigot is someone who has bad and unfair opinions about large groups of people, especially groups of people defined by something inherent to them, like race, gender, or sexuality.


PSA

PSA is an initialism of public service announcement.


giver

A giver is someone who gives something to another person or people.

Santa Claus is a giver of gifts.


givers

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


sedentary

sedentary (positive)
more sedentary (comparative)
most sedentary (superlative)

Being sedentary means not moving very often, staying still most of the time.


real world

The real world is the world you live in, it is reality. It is different from fiction, imagination, and the online spaces of the Internet.


marimba

A marimba is a musical instrument made of wooden bars that are struck with mallets to produce sound. It is similar to a xylophone, but a marimba is bigger.


croissant

A croissant is a buttery pastry sold at bakeries and cafés.


croissants

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


labyrinth

A labyrinth is a maze, a structure made of a complicated network of paths.

A place that is very difficult to navigate is sometimes called a labyrinth.


footstep

A footstep is the act of taking a single step while walking.

Footsteps in snow make footprints.


footsteps

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


tongs

The plural form of tong; more than one (kind of) tong. A pair of tongs are a tool used to grab things without using your hands.


sucker

A sucker is something that sucks, in the sense that it sucks fluid from something.

Mosquitos are blood-suckers.

A sucker is someone who is easy to trick or deceive. They are gullible.

A sucker is another word for a lollipop. It can also mean any candy that you suck on.

If someone is a sucker for something or someone, they are very attracted to it.

I'm always a sucker for horror stories.


suckers

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


oneself

Oneself is a word that stands in for words like "myself", "himself", and "herself". It is meant to refer to people in general, nobody in particular.

It's a good idea to check oneself in the mirror before going outside.


adventurer

An adventurer is someone who goes on an adventure, especially someone who frequently goes on adventures.


adventurers

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


hourglass

An hourglass is a glass device used as a timer. It contains sand which slowly falls down from a top section into a bottom section.

Someone with an hourglass figure has a slim waist, wide hips, and a broad chest (large breasts). This word is almost always applied to women.


hourglasses

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


cubical

cubical (positive)
more cubical (comparative)
most cubical (superlative)

Something cubical is shaped like a cube.

The GameCube is named after its cubical shape.


cubicle

A cubicle is a sectioned-off part of a room, especially in a workplace.

Another word for a bathroom stall, a small enclosure with a toilet for single-person use.


workplace

A workplace is any place where people work.


workplaces

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


middle-aged

middle-aged (positive)
more middle-aged (comparative)
most middle-aged (superlative)

If someone is middle-aged, they are around 50 years old.

My father is middle-aged.


huger

huge (positive)
huger (comparative)
hugest (superlative)

The comparative form of huge; more huge.


hugest

The superlative form of huge; most huge.


100% means fully, entirely, completely, or perfectly.

After years of hard work, my sculpture is 100% complete.

If you're 100% about something, you're completely certain of it.

If someone is feeling 100%, they're feeling perfectly fine.


mailmen

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


reconsideration

Reconsideration is when you consider something again.


practice what you preach

If you tell other people to do something, you should do it too. If you tell other people not to do something, you shouldn't do it either.


end users

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


blood relative

Someone's blood relative is someone who genetically related to them; they are related by blood.

My mother gave birth to me, so she is my blood relative, but my adopted brother is not my blood relative.


gave birth

give birth (canonical)
gives birth (third-person singular)
gave birth (past)
gave birth (past participle)
giving birth (present participle)

The past tense and past participle of give birth.


close relative

A close relative is someone you're closely related to; they are a close member of your family.


first cousin

Your first cousin is the child of your aunt or your uncle.


half-sibling

A half-sibling is a sibling you share only one parent with.


sup


'sup

'Sup is short for "what's up?". It is a casual greeting.

"'Sup, bro."


nationally

more nationally (comparative)
Superlativemost nationally

If something is done nationally it applies to the whole nation.

The speech was broadcasted nationally.


wordy

wordy (positive)
wordier (comparative)
wordiest (superlative)

If something is wordy it has a lot of words, probably too many words.


upside

An upside is a good aspect of a situation that is otherwise bad.


upsides

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


doubtful

doubtful (positive)
more doubtful (comparative)
most doubtful (superlative)

If something is doubtful it is probably not true.

The fool made many doubtful claims.

If someone is doubtful they are doubting something or someone.

The teacher was doubtful of his bad students.


technically

more technically (comparative)
Superlativemost technically

Based on exact facts which go against common knowledge or intuition but are still true.

He was technically an American, even though everyone thought he was Canadian.

Based on a technicality; true only under a very specific set of rules.

It was 7PM, but it was before sunset, so technically it wasn't nighttime.

She was technically gifted at playing the piano; she was very good at it.

It is technically impossible for humans to go to Mars; we don't have the technology to do it.


technicality

A technicality is a minor rule, law, or other detail which is usually unimportant but can sometimes have big consequences.

She was fired on a technicality.


technicalities

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


imperfect

imperfect (positive)
more imperfect (comparative)
most imperfect (superlative)

Something that is imperfect has flaws; it is not perfect.


overvalued

overvalued (positive)
more overvalued (comparative)
most overvalued (superlative)

Something that is overvalued is valued too much, too highly.

The painting was overvalued; it sold for $100 but was only worth $20.


overdressed

overdressed (positive)
more overdressed (comparative)
most overdressed (superlative)

Someone who is overdressed is dressed in clothes that are too fancy.

Someone who is overdressed is wearing more pieces of clothing than they should be.


overdressed

overdress (canonical)
overdresses (third-person singular)
overdressed (past)
overdressed (past participle)
overdressing (present participle)

The past tense and past participle of overdress.


overstatement

An overstatement is a description that makes something out to be more than it actually is; an exaggeration.


overstatements

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


undersized

undersized (positive)
more undersized (comparative)
most undersized (superlative)

Something that is undersized is too small.


undervalued

undervalued (positive)
more undervalued (comparative)
most undervalued (superlative)

Something that is undervalued is valued too little.


drifter

A drifter is someone who travels from place to place without staying anywhere for very long.


drifters

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


unexposed

unexposed (positive)
more unexposed (comparative)
most unexposed (superlative)

Something that is unexposed is covered; it is not exposed.

If you're unexposed to something, you haven't seen or dealt with it before.


equivalence

If there is equivalence between things, they are equal.


equivalences

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


featherless

featherless (positive)
more featherless (comparative)
most featherless (superlative)

Something that is featherless doesn't have any feathers.


frostily

more frostily (comparative)
Superlativemost frostily

Something that is done frostily is done coldly; it is done in a frosty manner.


grossly

Something that is done grossly is done in a gross way.


humourous

humourous (positive)
more humourous (comparative)
most humourous (superlative)

If a person is humourous, they cause laughter and amusement for others.

The waiters were so humourous, one even did a back flip for us, when we asked him.


mender

A mender is someone or something that mends (repairs).

A doctor is sometimes called a mender, because they mend people.


informational

informational (positive)
more informational (comparative)
most informational (superlative)

Something that is informational is educational, it provides information.


fairness

Fairness is the act of treating people or things fairly.


uneaten

Something that is uneaten has not been eaten; something can be completely uneaten or it can be partially uneaten.


airhead

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airheads

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


nads

If you have the nads to do something, you have the courage to do it.


insurmountable

insurmountable (positive)
more insurmountable (comparative)
most insurmountable (superlative)

An obstacle that is insurmountable is impossible or very difficult to overcome.

This mountain is an insurmountable obstacle in our path.


surmountable

surmountable (positive)
more surmountable (comparative)
most surmountable (superlative)

An obstacle that is surmountable is able to be overcome; it can be moved past or gotten over.


girly

girly (positive)
more girly (comparative)
most girly (superlative)

Something that is girly is for girls, or like a girl.

"That flowery shirt is so girly!"

Despite being a boy, Zacharie is very girly.


manly

manly (positive)
more manly (comparative)
most manly (superlative)

Something that is manly is for men, or like a man.

"That truck is so manly!"

Despite being a girl, Paula is very manly.


practicable

practicable (positive)
more practicable (comparative)
most practicable (superlative)

From practice + -able. The "e" in "practice" gets removed.

Able to be put into practice. In other words, it can be done.


default

The default option or setting is the one that is there without any input. It is what you are given if you do not ask for anything specific.


default

A default is one such option or setting.

If someone loses a competition because they were unable to compete, they lose by default.


default

default (canonical)
defaults (third-person singular)
defaulted (past)
defaulted (past participle)
defaulting (present participle)

To default is to take on a default value.


electoral

Something that is electoral has to do with elections or electing.


menders

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


deceitful

deceitful (positive)
more deceitful (comparative)
most deceitful (superlative)

A deceitful person is someone who does not tell the truth.


rouge

Red makeup put onto the cheeks of the face is called rouge.


stupidly

Something done in a stupid (dumb, unintelligent) way.

Something that shouldn't have been done; it was a stupid decision to do it at all.


unsaid

Something that was unsaid wasn't said; it wasn't spoken, but it might have been written down or thought of.


unsaid

unsay (canonical)
unsays (third-person singular)
unsaid (past)
unsaid (past participle)
unsaying (present participle)

The past tense and past participle of unsay.


unsaved

Something that was left unsaved was not saved.


sickly

sickly (positive)
more sickly (comparative)
most sickly (superlative)

A sickly person is someone who is sick, especially someone who is sick very frequently.

He was a sickly child.

Something that appears sickly appears diseased and unhealthy.

Something that gives off a sickly light doesn't give off very much light; it is dim but not completely dark.

A sickly action or activity is one that lacks intensity and vigor; it is done weakly.

He flashed me a sickly smile.

Something that is sickly is associated with poor moral or mental well-being.

Something that is sickly is disgusting, especially something that makes you nauseous.

The house was filled with a sickly smell; it smelled like a rotting corpse.

Something sickly sweet is too sweet; it is overly sweet.


sickly

Something done sickly is done in a sick way.

She sickly coughed into her arm.


substandard

substandard (positive)
more substandard (comparative)
most substandard (superlative)

Something that is substandard is below standards; it is not good enough.


gives birth

give birth (canonical)
gives birth (third-person singular)
gave birth (past)
gave birth (past participle)
giving birth (present participle)

The third-person singular form of give birth.


XXX

A placeholder to mark a place where work still needs to be done.

A mark placed on containers of alcoholic beverages that means it is especially strong.

By extension, XXX is a mark put on anything that is especially strong or potent. It is most notably used to refer to hardcore pornography and even to just refer to pornography in general.


scarlet

Her household is clothed with scarlet.


scarlet

scarlet (positive)
more scarlet (comparative)
most scarlet (superlative)

She had scarlet hair; her hair was bright red.

A person who is scarlet is sinful or whorish.

a scarlet woman

A scarlet person is blushing, embarrassed, or mortified.


territorial

territorial (positive)
more territorial (comparative)
most territorial (superlative)

A territorial person or animal is one that is very protective of its territory.

Wolves are territorial animals.


rizz

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rizz

rizz (canonical)
rizzes (third-person singular)
rizzed (past)
rizzed (past participle)
rizzing (present participle)

If you rizz someone, you attempt to seduce them.


rizzed

The past tense and past participle of rizz.


fungus

A fungus is a member of the Fungi kingdom of organisms. Fungi are plant-like organisms that lack chlorophyll. Common examples of fungi include mushrooms and mold.


fungi

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


funguses

usually seen as incorrect; fungi is preferred


bullish

bullish (positive)
more bullish (comparative)
most bullish (superlative)

A bullish person is muscular and strong; they are "built like a bull".

A bullish person is aggressive and overly confident.


cryptography

Cryptography is the field of study related to communication security. It is about making sure messages are sent securely without being read by anyone other than who is supposed to read it, and making sure the message doesn't get changed as it is sent, as well as solving other related problems.


breastfeeding

Breastfeeding is the act of feeding a baby milk from the breasts.


breastfeeding

breastfeed (canonical)
breastfeeds (third-person singular)
breastfed (past)
breastfed (past participle)
breastfeeding (present participle)


breastfed

The past tense and past participle of breastfeed.


breastfeeds

The third-person singular form of breastfeed.


ghastly

ghastly (positive)
more ghastly (comparative)
most ghastly (superlative)

Something that is ghastly is gross and scary.


buggies

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


censorships

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


clockwise

Clockwise is the direction that the hands of a clock turn in.


openness

The state of being open, literally or figuratively.


unsay

To unsay something is to make it so that it was never said. This isn't possible in real life, so when this word is used, it's usually someone wishing they could do it.

I wish I could unsay the insults I said to you last night.


unsays

The third-person singular form of unsay.


perseverance

Perseverance is the ability to continue and not give up at something, even when it is difficult, or people tell you that you can't do it, or you have failed at it before.


booger

Snot; both dried flakes of snot and liquid globs.


boogers

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


matricide

Matricide is the act of killing one's own mother.


patricide

Patricide is the act of killing one's own father.


distressingly

Done in a way that causes discomfort and unease; it causes distress.


nuclear family

nuclear family
nuclear families (plural)

A nuclear family is made up of two parents and their child/children.


watchlist

A watchlist is a list of things being watched; things on a watchlist are given extra attention and monitoring.


watchlists

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


amicably

He smiled at me amicably.


ultraviolet

Electromagnetic waves (light) that are ultraviolet are higher in frequency than violet waves. They are outside of the visible spectrum and can't be seen with your eyes.


superiority

If you have superiority over someone, you are superior to them and probably have authority over them.


realism

Realism is the quality of being real, as opposed to stylized or fictional.


morality

Morality is the ability to tell the difference between things that are just and things that are evil.

Without morality, everybody would be killing each other constantly.

A morality is a set of rules and beliefs that say what actions are appropriate for people in a society to do.

Your morality is your own personal set of beliefs for what is okay for you and other people to do.

In my morality, it is always wrong to kill someone, no matter what.

Morality is the field of moral philosophy.


burdensome

burdensome (positive)
more burdensome (comparative)
most burdensome (superlative)

Something that is burdensome is a burden; it is something that literally or figuratively weighs you down.


mariners

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


water down

If you water a drink down, you add water to is so that is less strong.

If you water down a claim or statement, you soften it by using different language or taking out parts that somebody else might not like.


waters down

water down (canonical)
waters down (third-person singular)
watered down (past)
watered down (past participle)
watering down (present participle)

The third-person singular form of water down.


watered down

The past tense and past participle of water down.


SOS

An SOS is a distress signal sent with Morse code; it tells anyone who is listening to send help.


dollies

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


dismissively

If you say or do something dismissively, you do it with disregard for someone else, as a way of rejecting or ignoring them.


undented

If something is undented, it has no dents.


dented

If something is dented, it has one or more dents in it.


dented

dent (canonical)
dents (third-person singular)
dented (past)
dented (past participle)
denting (present participle)

The past tense and past participle of dent.


accelerant

An accelerant is something that causes something else to accelerate.

Caffeine is an accelerant; it makes your heart rate accelerate.

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accelerants

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


caffeine

Caffeine is a mild drug that acts as a stimulant in the body, making you more jittery and excited. It is in coffee and some teas.


caffeinated

caffeinated (positive)
more caffeinated (comparative)
most caffeinated (superlative)

Something that is caffeinated contains caffeine.


caffeinated

caffeinate (canonical)
caffeinates (third-person singular)
caffeinated (past)
caffeinated (past participle)
caffeinating (present participle)

The past tense and past participle of caffeinate.


decaffeinated

Something that is decaffeinated has had all the caffeine in it removed.


decaffeinated

decaffeinate (canonical)
decaffeinates (third-person singular)
decaffeinated (past)
decaffeinated (past participle)
decaffeinating (present participle)

The past tense and past participle of decaffeinate.


decaf

"I enjoy decaf coffee."


caffeinate

If you caffeinate something, you add caffeine to it.


caffeinates

The third-person singular form of caffeinate.


decaffeinate

If you decaffeinate something, you remove caffeine from it.


decaffeinates

The third-person singular form of decaffeinate.


adios

Adios is a word in the Spanish language that means "goodbye". People speaking English will sometimes say "adios" to mean goodbye, especially in a context related to or involving Spanish people.

"Adios, everyone."


spacecraft

A spacecraft is a machine that is sent into outer space, like a spaceship, satellite, or a space station.


spacecrafts

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


sprinters

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


spousal

Something that is spousal is related to a spouse (a husband or a wife).


subtitle

subtitle (canonical)
subtitles (third-person singular)
subtitled (past)
subtitled (past participle)
subtitling (present participle)

If you subtitle something, you add subtitles to it.


subtitles

Subtitles are the words of a video written out and put into the video for people to read.


subtitles

The third-person singular form of subtitle.


subtitled

If something is subtitled, it has subtitles.


subtitled

The past tense and past participle of subtitle.


subtitling

Subtitling is the act of adding subtitles to something.


tepid

tepid (positive)
more tepid (comparative)
most tepid (superlative)

If something (especially a drink) is tepid, it isn't hot or cold, it's somewhere in between.

This glass of water is tepid.

The comedian received a tepid response from the audience.


thorny

thorny (positive)
thornier (comparative)
thorniest (superlative)

If something is thorny, it has a lot of thorns.

If someone is thorny, they are rude and emotionally closed off.


toffee

Toffee is a soft, chewy candy made of sugar and milk.

A toffee is a small, individual piece of toffee.


toffees

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


titular

Something in a work that is titular shares a name with the work's title.

SpongeBob SquarePants is the titular character of the television show SpongeBob SquarePants.

In Star Wars: The Last Jedi, the titular line is: "I am not the last Jedi," said by Luke Skywalker.

Gravity Falls is the titular setting of the television show Gravity Falls.


proxied

proxy (canonical)
proxies (third-person singular)
proxied (past)
proxied (past participle)
proxying (present participle)

The past tense and past participle of proxy.


trifurcated

If something is 'trifurcated, it is divided into three.


trifurcated

trifurcate (canonical)
trifurcates (third-person singular)
trifurcated (past)
trifurcated (past participle)
trifurcating (present participle)

The past tense and past participle of trifurcate.


trifurcates

The third-person singular form of trifurcate.


trifurcate

If something is trifurcate, it is divided into three.


trifurcate

If you trifurcate something, you divide it into three pieces.


serpentine

serpentine (positive)
more serpentine (comparative)
most serpentine (superlative)

If something is serpentine it is related to snakes or looks like a snake.

If someone is serpentine they are crafty and deceitful.


obsidian

A black glass-like material made from cooled lava.


shard

A shard is a small, broken-off piece of a larger thing. When something shatters, it becomes shards.


shards

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


nutritional

nutritional (positive)
more nutritional (comparative)
most nutritional (superlative)

If a food is nutritional, it has a lot of nutrients.


opportunist

An opportunist is someone who always takes advantage of good opportunities.


opportunists

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


omnipotent

omnipotent (positive)
more omnipotent (comparative)
most omnipotent (superlative)

Something that is omnipotent is infinitely strong.


omniscient

omniscient (positive)
more omniscient (comparative)
most omniscient (superlative)

Someone who is omniscient knows absolutely everything.


outlast

outlast (canonical)
outlasts (third-person singular)
outlasted (past)
outlasted (past participle)
outlasting (present participle)

To outlast something is to last longer than it.


outlasts

The third-person singular form of outlast.


outlasted

The past tense and past participle of outlast.


outrun

outrun (canonical)
outruns (third-person singular)
outran (past)
outran (past participle)
outrunning (present participle)

If you outrun someone, you run faster than they do.


outruns

The third-person singular form of outrun.


outran

The past tense and past participle of outrun.


payday

Your payday is the day you get paid by your employer.


paydays

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


postwar

Something that is postwar is after a war.


black box

A black box is a type of machine or mechanism where the insides of it (the way that it works) is unknown, and in some contexts, unimportant.


black boxes

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


polygamy

Polygamy is the practice of having more than one sexual partner or spouse at the same time. In polygamy, each of the partners know about the others. It is distinct from cheating because of this.


playdate

A playdate is a scheduled date where two or more children are to play together.


playdates

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


QoL

QoL is an initialism of quality of life.


qol

qol is an initialism of quality of life.


META

META is an initialism of most effective tactic available.


meta

meta is an initialism of most effective tactic available.


bimbo

A bimbo is a woman who is stupid but very sexy.


bimbos

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


himbo

A himbo is a man who is stupid but very sexy.


himbos

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


tl;dr

tl;dr is an initialism of too long; didn't read. People use it to say that some block of text or other message is too long and that they don't want to read all of it.


tldr

tldr is an initialism of too long; didn't read. People use it to say that some block of text or other message is too long and that they don't want to read all of it.


TLDR

TLDR is an initialism of too long; didn't read. People use it to say that some block of text or other message is too long and that they don't want to read all of it.


TL;DR

TL;DR is an initialism of too long; didn't read. People use it to say that some block of text or other message is too long and that they don't want to read all of it.


platypus

A platypus is an animal that lives on both water and land. It has a body like a mole, a bill like a duck, a tail like a beaver, a waterproof pelt, and webbed feet. A male platypus has poisonous spurs on the inside of the back legs.


platypuses

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


retile

retile (canonical)
retiles (third-person singular)
retiled (past)
retiled (past participle)
retiling (present participle)

If you retile something, you tile it again.


retiles

The third-person singular form of retile.


retiled

The past tense and past participle of retile.


rounded

rounded (positive)
more rounded (comparative)
most rounded (superlative)


rounded

round (canonical)
rounds (third-person singular)
rounded (past)
rounded (past participle)
rounding (present participle)

The past tense and past participle of round.


rounds

The third-person singular form of round.


bromance

Bromance is a strong, non-romantic bond between two men.


Geoff

Geoff is a male given name. It is usually short for Geoffrey.


egocentric

egocentric (positive)
more egocentric (comparative)
most egocentric (superlative)

Someone who is egocentric is selfish and self-centered; they only ever think about themself.


abundantly

Something that is abundantly available is available in abundance.


encouragements

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


mermaid

A mermaid is a mythical creature with the upper body of a woman and the lower body of a fish.


mermaids

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


time machine

A time machine is an imaginary machine that sends you to another point in time.


time machines

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


reinvest

reinvest (canonical)
reinvests (third-person singular)
reinvested (past)
reinvested (past participle)
reinvesting (present participle)

To reinvest is to invest again, either repeatedly investing into the same thing or switching over to investing in something new.


reinvests

The third-person singular form of reinvest.


reinvested

The past tense and past participle of reinvest.


no honor among thieves

Bad people will treat everyone badly, even other bad people they're in alliance with.


romantic

romantic (positive)
more romantic (comparative)
most romantic (superlative)

Relating to romance, or good for romance.


romantic

A romantic is someone who enjoys and frequently thinks about and participates in romance.


romantics

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


sweetie

Sweetie is something you call someone who you love, especially someone you love romantically.

A sweetie is someone who is sweet; they are kind and affectionate.


sweeties

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


indistinct

indistinct (positive)
more indistinct (comparative)
most indistinct (superlative)

Two (or more) things that are indistinct are difficult to tell apart.


seminal

seminal (positive)
more seminal (comparative)
most seminal (superlative)

Something that is seminal is an original idea that has a big impact and can be built upon by people in the future.


donator

A donator is someone who donates, especially someone who donates frequently.


donators

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


John Smith

John Smith is a name used as a generic placeholder for a man.

By extension, a John Smith is a generic, uninteresting man.


notches

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


notches

notch (canonical)
notches (third-person singular)
notched (past)
notched (past participle)
notching (present participle)

The third-person singular form of notch.


notched

The past tense and past participle of notch.


pentasyllabic

A pentasyllabic word is a word that has five syllables.


unhyphenated

A word or phrase that is unhyphenated doesn't have any hyphens in it.


absence makes the heart grow fonder

Being away from someone you care about makes you love them more, because you miss them.

en-au-absence makes the heart grow fonder.ogg


feverish

feverish (positive)
more feverish (comparative)
most feverish (superlative)


jack of all trades

jack of all trades
jacks of all trades (plural)

A jack of all trades is someone who is skilled at a lot of different things.

Justin does metalworking, he can sing, and he's a weightlifter. He's a jack of all trades.


jacks of all trades

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


jack of all trades, master of none

Someone who can do a very large amount of different things probably isn't especially good at any single one of them.

en-au-jack of all trades, master of none.ogg


one-trick pony

one-trick pony
one-trick ponies (plural)

An animal in a performance (like a circus) who only knows how to do one trick.

Someone who has only one thing that they're good at, or someone who is well-known for one thing and one thing only.


one-trick ponies

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


master of one

* From the phrase "a jack of all trades is a master of none, but better than a master of one"

A master of one is someone who is very good at one specific thing and isn't very good at anything else.

Julia can draw incredibly well, but she's terrible at everything else. She's a master of one.


masters of one

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


metalworking

Metalworking is the process of turning raw scraps or chunks of metal into something useful.


blacksmithed

blacksmith (canonical)
blacksmiths (third-person singular)
blacksmithed (past)
blacksmithed (past participle)
blacksmithing (present participle)

The past tense and past participle of blacksmith.


butter knife

A dull, rounded type of knife made for spreading butter onto a piece of bread, unlike most knives which are designed to cut.


butter knives

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


wordier

wordy (positive)
wordier (comparative)
wordiest (superlative)

The comparative form of wordy; more wordy.


wordiest

The superlative form of wordy; most wordy.


indiscriminate

indiscriminate (positive)
more indiscriminate (comparative)
most indiscriminate (superlative)

Without discrimination; something that is indiscriminate does not discriminate.


long-distance relationship

long-distance relationship
long-distance relationships (plural)

A long-distance relationship is when two people who live far away from each other develop a bond through communicating without meeting up in real life. The phrase is usually used to mean a romantic relationship. It applies to people who talk over the Internet, over telephone, through letters, etc.


hoopla

Hoopla is excited, chatty talk about something.

Sounds like a lot of hoopla to make over a sandwich.


hate mail

Hate mail is rude messages (not necessarily literal mail) that a person sends to someone as a way of saying they hate them.


swiftness

The quality of being swift; fast; quick.


shittily

more shittily (comparative)
Superlativemost shittily


unwaveringly

more unwaveringly (comparative)
Superlativemost unwaveringly


insertion

An insertion is the act of inserting something into another thing.


insertions

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


inferiors

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


shrunken

shrunken (positive)
more shrunken (comparative)
most shrunken (superlative)

Something that is shrunken has been made smaller than it used to be.


shrunken

shrank (past)
shrunk (past participle)
shrink (canonical)
shrinks (third-person singular)
shrunk (past)
shrunken (past participle)
shrinking (present participle)


shuffler

The card shuffler shuffled the deck of cards.


shufflers

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


Charlie

Charlie is a unisex given name.
Short name for Charles.


unisex

If something is unisex, it is fit for both men and women.

Charlie is a unisex name, because both boys and girls can be named Charlie.

A unisex bathroom is a bathroom that anybody can use, no matter what gender they are.


Jazz

Jazz is a female given name. It is usually short for Jasmine.


counterrevolutionaries

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


retro

retro (positive)
more retro (comparative)
most retro (superlative)

Old, but with a positive connotation. Frequently applied to fashion, music, and video games. Not applied to people.

Super Mario Bros. is a retro video game.


fundraising

The act of gathering funds for something.


fundraising

fundraise (canonical)
fundraises (third-person singular)
fundraised (past)
fundraised (past participle)
fundraising (present participle)


fundraised

The past tense and past participle of fundraise.


fundraises

The third-person singular form of fundraise.


headstone

A headstone is a stone put above a grave with an inscription on it, usually saying something about the person and when they were born and died.


headstones

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


overseer

An overseer is someone who watches over someone or something.


overseers

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


gloved

If a hand is gloved, it has a glove on it. If a person is gloved, they are wearing gloves.


WWJD

WWJD is an initialism of "what would Jesus do?". This is a question that Christians will sometimes ask themselves (or other people) as a way of deciding what the right thing to do is in a specific situation.


inbred

inbred (positive)
more inbred (comparative)
most inbred (superlative)

If an organism is inbred, it was given birth through incest.


inbred

inbreed (canonical)
inbreeds (third-person singular)
inbred (past)
inbred (past participle)
inbreeding (present participle)

The past tense and past participle of inbreed.


inbreeding

Inbreeding is breeding (making children) with close relatives.


inbreeds

The third-person singular form of inbreed.


inbreds

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


inbreed

The act of producing a child through incest.


workable

workable (positive)
more workable (comparative)
most workable (superlative)

That's a workable idea.


hyperbolic

hyperbolic (positive)
more hyperbolic (comparative)
most hyperbolic (superlative)

Something that is hyperbolic is exaggerated; it is hyperbole.

Something hyperbolic is related to hyperbolas.


populace

The populace of a place is people who live there, especially the common, average people.


-able

Verbs suffixed with -able become adjectives meaning "able to be [that verb]"

practice + -able = practicable, meaning "able to be practiced"


atypical

atypical (positive)
more atypical (comparative)
most atypical (superlative)

Something that is atypical is not typical; it is strange and unusual.


a-

a- is a prefix that means "not". When put in front of a word, the meaning of that word reverses.


unrecognized

unrecognized (positive)
more unrecognized (comparative)
most unrecognized (superlative)

Something that is unrecognized has not been recognized.


unfold

unfold (canonical)
unfolds (third-person singular)
unfolded (past)
unfolded (past participle)
unfolding (present participle)

If you unfold something, you make it flat.

I took the origami and unfolded it into a flat sheet of paper.


unfolds

The third-person singular form of unfold.


unfolded

The past tense and past participle of unfold.


re-

re- is a prefix meaning "again". When you attach it to a verb, that verb means to do that verb again.

re- + build: to build again

re- + make: to make again


-ess

Adding -ess to the end of a word makes it female. For example, "actor" becomes "actress", meaning a female actor.


skepticism

Skepticism is the state of being skeptic; it means being doubtful about something.


-ish

Adjectives suffixed with -ish forms nouns that means that something is similar to or being like it.

Adjectives suffixed with -ish from nation or region names belongs to or is related to a nationality, place, language.

British, Cornish, Danish, English, Finnish, Irish, Jewish, Polish, Scottish, Spanish, Swedish, Turkish etc.


stubby

stubby (positive)
more stubby (comparative)
most stubby (superlative)

If something is stubby, it is small or short.


lemma

A lemma is the basic form of a word. For example, of "run", "runs", "ran", and "running", the lemma is "run".


lemmas

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


feud

A feud is when two or more groups are hostile towards each other, usually over a disagreement or a rivalry.


feud

feud (canonical)
feuds (third-person singular)
feuded (past)
feuded (past participle)
feuding (present participle)


feuds

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


feuded

The past tense and past participle of feud.


puppeteer

A puppeteer is someone who controls puppets.


puppeteers

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


wavelength

The physical length of a wave, especially an electromagnetic wave. For electromagnetic waves, the wavelength is approximately the speed of light divided by frequency.


wavelengths

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


twitter

A twitter is the sound that a bird makes.


twitter

twitter (canonical)
twitters (third-person singular)
twittered (past)
twittered (past participle)
twittering (present participle)


twitters

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


twitters

The third-person singular form of twitter.


twittered

The past tense and past participle of twitter.


themself

Another form of themselves, used when the subject is a single person, while themselves is used for singular or plural.

Someone could hurt themself.


ROM

ROM is the acronym for read-only memory.


spotlight

A spotlight is a bright lamp which shines a directional, focused beam of light.

The circle of light that a spotlight makes is also called a spotlight.

The spotlight is the center of attention, the most important part of something.

Some people enjoy the spotlight.


spotlight

spotlight (canonical)
spotlights (third-person singular)
spotlighted (past)
spotlighted (past participle)
spotlighting (present participle)

If you spotlight something, you illuminate it with a spotlight.

On the news, they spotlighted the issue of drug use.

Spotlighting is a technique for hunting at night. One person holds a flashlight and illuminates an animal, then another person shoots it.


spotlights

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


spotlights

The third-person singular form of spotlight.


spotlighted

The past tense and past participle of spotlight.


unfamous

unfamous (positive)
more unfamous (comparative)
most unfamous (superlative)

Not famous; not well-known about; obscure.


little-known

little-known (positive)
more little-known (comparative)
most little-known (superlative)

Something that is little-known is known to few people. Most people don't know about it.


urbanize

urbanize (canonical)
urbanizes (third-person singular)
urbanized (past)
urbanized (past participle)
urbanizing (present participle)

If you urbanize something, you make it more urban.


urbanizes

The third-person singular form of urbanize.


urbanized

The past tense and past participle of urbanize.


verifiable

verifiable (positive)
more verifiable (comparative)
most verifiable (superlative)

If something is verifiable, it's possible to tell if it's true or false.


unverifiable

If something is unverifiable, it's not possible to tell if it's true or false. It could be true, it could be false, but there's no way to know for sure which it is.


unwrinkled

unwrinkled (positive)
more unwrinkled (comparative)
most unwrinkled (superlative)

If something is unwrinkled, it doesn't have any wrinkles in it.

Your face looks so unwrinkled!


unwrinkled

unwrinkle (canonical)
unwrinkles (third-person singular)
unwrinkled (past)
unwrinkled (past participle)
unwrinkling (present participle)

The past tense and past participle of unwrinkle.


unwrinkles

The third-person singular form of unwrinkle.


unwrinkle

If you unwrinkle something, you remove any wrinkles from it.


déjà vu

Déjà vu is the feeling of something being familiar, like you've seen or done it before. It is most often used in situations where someone hasn't actually experienced something before, but still feels like they have.

I got the strangest feeling of déjà vu while I was visiting Egypt, even though I've never been there before.


webbed

If feet or hands are webbed, the fingers or toes are connected by a thin membrane.

Ducks have webbed feet, which help them swim.

Something that is webbed is similar to a web.


webbed

web (canonical)
webs (third-person singular)
webbed (past)
webbed (past participle)
webbing (present participle)

The past tense and past participle of web.


webbing

Webbing is the material that webs are made of.


schooled

school (canonical)
schools (third-person singular)
schooled (past)
schooled (past participle)
schooling (present participle)

The past tense and past participle of school.


scarlets

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


unchangeably

more unchangeably (comparative)
Superlativemost unchangeably

un- + changeable + -ly
unchangeable + changeably


nonchargeable

nonchargeable (positive)
more nonchargeable (comparative)
most nonchargeable (superlative)

Something that is nonchargeable is not able to be charged.


unclothe

unclothe (canonical)
unclothes (third-person singular)
unclothed (past)
unclothed (past participle)
unclothing (present participle)

If you unclothe, your remove your clothes. If you unclothe someone else, you remove their clothes.


unclothes

The third-person singular form of unclothe.


unclothed

The past tense and past participle of unclothe.


unconditionally

un- + conditional + -ly
unconditional + conditionally

ety-affix

If something is done unconditionally, it is done without any conditions; without any stipulations or caveats.

I will always love you. I love you unconditionally.


unconditional

Something that is unconditional is absolute; without conditions or caveats.

My love for you is unconditional.

/ˌʌnkənˈdɪʃənəl/


coldish

Something that is coldish is somewhat cold, but not very cold.


unclosed

Something is is unclosed is not closed; it is open.


unemployable

unemployable (positive)
more unemployable (comparative)
most unemployable (superlative)

Someone who is unemployable is not fit for working anywhere; they cannot be employed.

His chronic illness made him unemployable.


ricin

Ricin is a very toxic poison that comes from the castor bean.

She had poisoned him for years with ricin.


factitious

factitious (positive)
more factitious (comparative)
most factitious (superlative)

Something that is factitious is artificial; it was made by humans.

Something that is factitious is fake, fabricated, not real.


decontaminated

decontaminated (positive)
more decontaminated (comparative)
most decontaminated (superlative)

Something that has been decontaminated has had any dangerous contaminants removed from it.


decontaminated

decontaminate (canonical)
decontaminates (third-person singular)
decontaminated (past)
decontaminated (past participle)
decontaminating (present participle)

The past tense and past participle of decontaminate.


pedant

A pedant is someone who is too worried about small details, especially someone who corrects other people on small errors.


pedants

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


pedantic

pedantic (positive)
more pedantic (comparative)
most pedantic (superlative)

If someone is being pedantic, they are worrying too much about small details that don't really matter.


collectively

If you talk about things collectively, you mean you see them as together a whole thing.


overacting

overact (canonical)
overacts (third-person singular)
overacted (past)
overacted (past participle)
overacting (present participle)


overacted

The past tense and past participle of overact.


overacts

The third-person singular form of overact.


overact

When acting (for example, in a play or a movie), overacting is when an actor exaggerates their performance, putting too much emotion into it.

/ˌəʊvərˈækt/


overworking

overwork (canonical)
overworks (third-person singular)
overworked (past)
overworked (past participle)
overworking (present participle)


overworked

The past tense and past participle of overwork.


overworks

The third-person singular form of overwork.


overwork

If you overwork someone, you make them work too hard.

/ˌəʊvəˈwɜːk/


Dakota

The Dakota are a Native American tribe and First Nations band government in the US and Canada.

Dakota is the language of the Dakota people.


flora

The flora is the plants that grow a particular place.


warren

A warren is the tunnels in the ground where rabbits live.


risotto

Risotto is a type of food made with rice cooked with broth. It is generally creamy


bob

bob (canonical)
bobs (third-person singular)
bobbing (past)
bobbed (past participle)
bobbed (present participle)

If something bobs, it moves up and down at a steady speed.

The buoy in the sea was bobbing in the waves.


ignorance is bliss

You use ignorance is bliss to say that it's comfortable not to know about certain things; there are some things you'd be happier not knowing.


shutdown

A shutdown is the action of completely stopping something, making it no longer operational.


shutdowns

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


resourceful

resourceful (positive)
more resourceful (comparative)
most resourceful (superlative)

If someone is resourceful, they are capable and clever; they can put whatever resources they have to good use.


advancement

An advancement is a step towards something further, better, or higher; the act of advancing.

A raise is an advancement in pay.

The discovery was a huge advancement in physics.


advancements

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


attire

An attire is a set of clothes that are worn together.

Your attire is the clothes you're wearing at any given moment.


attires

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


authenticity

Authenticity is the quality of being authentic; the quality of being true and genuine.


pediatrician

A pediatrician is a doctor who specializes in treating children.


pediatricians

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


peninsula

A peninsula is a landmass that is surrounded on almost all sides by water, but is still connected to a larger landmass. It is almost an island, but not quite.


peninsulas

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


pentagram

A pentagram (⛤) is a 5-pointed star shape with self-intersecting lines.


pentagrams

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


specialization

A specialization is a specific thing that a person focuses on and becomes skilled at or knowledgeable about.

/ˌspɛʃəlɪˈzeɪʃn̩/


specializations

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


domino effect

A domino effect is when one event causes a long series of other things to occur.


reap what one sows

The phrase "reap what one sows" means that what you put into something is what you get back from it. The phrase can be used in a positive or negative sense. In a negative sense, it means that you'll face the consequences of your actions. It most commonly comes in the form of "you reap what you sow".


reaped what one sowed

reap what one sows (canonical)
reaps what one sows (third-person singular)
reaped what one sowed (past)
reaped what one has sown (past participle)
reaping what one sows (present participle)


you reap what you sow


reap what you sow


edutainment

Edutainment is a type of media (movies, television, games, etc.) that is both educational and entertaining.


sherpa

A sherpa is a mountain guide. Their job is to help people navigate through and up mountains.

A sherpa is someone who guides someone else through a potentially dangerous or stressful situation.


supplemental

Something that is supplemental supplements something else.


hypersexual

hypersexual (positive)
more hypersexual (comparative)
most hypersexual (superlative)

Someone who is hypersexual is very sexual.


hypersexual

A hypersexual is someone who is hypersexual.


unintuitive

unintuitive (positive)
more unintuitive (comparative)
most unintuitive (superlative)

If something is unintuitive, it is true, but not obvious.


horrific

horrific (positive)
more horrific (comparative)
most horrific (superlative)

Something that is horrific is disturbing, scary, and bad.


programming language

A programming language is a specific way of writing code for computers to run. Different programming languages might use different symbols, syntax, operations, etc.

Python, Ruby, and JavaScript are all examples of programming languages.

/ˈprəʊɡræmɪŋ læŋɡwɪdʒ/

/ˈproʊɡræmɪŋ læŋɡwɪdʒ/


hexahedron

hexahedron
hexahedrons or hexahedra (plural)

A hexahedron is a polyhedron with six faces. The regular hexahedron is the cube.


hexahedra

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


sherpas

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


subset

A subset is a collection of things that is a part of another larger collection of things.

The set of all even numbers is a subset of the set of all numbers.

The set of all men is a subset of the set of all people.


subsets

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


silver fox

A silver fox is an attractive person with greying hair.


separatable

separatable (positive)
more separatable (comparative)
most separatable (superlative)

Something that is separatable is able to be separated; it can be divided and split into smaller pieces.


separable

separable (positive)
more separable (comparative)
most separable (superlative)

Something that is separable is able to be separated; it can be divided and split into smaller pieces.


inseparable

inseparable (positive)
more inseparable (comparative)
most inseparable (superlative)

If something is inseparable, it cannot be divided or broken down into smaller parts.

Two or more things that are inseparable cannot be removed from one another; they are always together.

My twin brother and I are inseparable.


haphazardly

If something is done haphazardly, it is done carelessly, without much thought, especially in situations where not being careful is dangerous.


motley

motley (positive)
motlier (comparative)
motliest (superlative)

If a group of people is motley, their appearance varies drastically.


motlier

The comparative form of motley; more motley.


motliest

The superlative form of motley; most motley.


specialisation

A specialisation is a specific thing that a person focuses on and becomes skilled at or knowledgeable about.

/ˌspɛʃəlɪˈzeɪʃn̩/


specialisations

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


doggies

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


risottos

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


oncoming

Oncoming traffic, cars, trains, etc are facing, travelling towards, or moving in the opposite direction to another road-user.

Look carefully before pulling out into oncoming traffic.

An oncoming storm, wave, season, crisis, etc. is one that will arrive soon.

They rushed to prepare for the oncoming storm.


QR code

A QR code is a two-dimensional barcode, usually used to link to a website by scanning it with your cell phone camera.


QR codes

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


barcode

A barcode is a pattern of black and white stripes that store a small amount of text that can be read by a computer. They're most commonly placed on objects sold in stores and are then scanned by cashiers.


barcodes

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


defaults

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


defaults

default (canonical)
defaults (third-person singular)
defaulted (past)
defaulted (past participle)
defaulting (present participle)

The third-person singular form of default.


defaulted

The past tense and past participle of default.


simpleton

A simpleton is a stupid person, specifically someone who is naive and lacks common sense.


explorations

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


first person

Something that is written in the first person is written from the perspective of the person writing it.

I walked into the bar and ordered a drink.


second person

Something that is written in the second person is written addressing the person reading it.

You enter the house with your wallet in your pocket.


rhetorical question

rhetorical question
rhetorical questions (plural)

A rhetorical question is a question that is asked only for the purpose of dramatic or persuasive effect.

A rhetorical question is a question which the person asking it doesn't expect an answer to.

Are you nuts? Don't answer that – it's a rhetorical question.


rhetorical questions

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


fidelity

Your fidelity is how faithful you are to your responsibilities.

The fidelity of an audio recording, digital image (etc.) is the quality of it, not in a subjective sense, but in a technical sense.


kris

A kris is a traditional Indonesian or Malay dagger. It has a curved, tapered blade.


kris

krised (past)
krised (past participle)
krising (present participle)
kris (canonical)
krises (third-person singular)
krissed (past)
krissed (past participle)
krissing (present participle)

If you kris something, you stab it with a kris.


krises

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


krised

kris (canonical)
krises (third-person singular)
krised (past)
krised (past participle)
krising (present participle)

The past tense and past participle of kris.


krissed

kris (canonical)
krises (third-person singular)
krissed (past)
krissed (past participle)
krissing (present participle)


sacrosanct

sacrosanct (positive)
more sacrosanct (comparative)
most sacrosanct (superlative)

If something is sacrosanct, it is too important to be interfered or altered.


This symbol means "approximately" or "around", especially when it's placed in front of a number.

We'll meet you there ~5:00 PM.

There are ~100 floors in the Empire State Building.

When attached to the end of a sentence, this symbol means to read it with a flirtatious or playful tone.

I'll be seeing you later tonight, Jessica~


This symbol is used to indicate a range of values or things.

Barack Obama was president from 2009–2017.

This symbol connects two things that are related in some way, forming a compound term.

He ran in the Boston–Washington race.

The France–Spain border is the border between France and Spain.


This symbol is used for parenthetical thoughts. See —_—.

This symbol is used in dialogue to indicate that someone suddenly stops talking.

You're going to have to try harder than that, you b—


spiral staircase

spiral staircase
spiral staircases (plural)

A spiral staircase is a staircase that loops over itself in a repeating spiral pattern.


white pizza

A white pizza is a pizza without any tomato sauce.


seasonal depression

Seasonal depression is a kind of depression (intense sadness or emotional numbness) that affects people during the cold seasons of autumn and winter.


Elvis

The name Elvis on its own often refers specifically to Elvis Presley.


visual novel

A visual novel is a type of video game that focuses very heavily on dialogue and narrative. There is not usually a lot of interactive game elements in visual novels. Instead, visual novels are about reading and enjoying a story.


binary

binary (positive)
more binary (comparative)
most binary (superlative)

Something that is binary is in one of two mutually exclusive states.

Binary states are often represented as 1 and 0 in computers.

Something that is binary has two equally important parts.


toiletry

A toiletry is any item used for personal hygiene or grooming. As the name suggests, toiletries are often found in one's bathroom.

Examples of toiletries include: a toothbrush, toothpaste, a comb.


toiletries

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


antidote

An antidote is something that cures or helps lessen the effects of poison or venom.

We need to find an antidote for the snake venom, or else he is going to die.


antidotes

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


adulterer

An adulterer is someone who is not faithful to their spouse.


adulterers

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


adulteress

An adulteress is a woman who is not faithful to her husband.


adulteresses

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


bedridden

bedridden (positive)
more bedridden (comparative)
most bedridden (superlative)

Someone who is bedridden is too sick, tired, or disabled to get up out of bed.


mph

mph is an initialism of mile(s) per hour.


LOD

LOD is an initialism of level of detail.


buff

buff (positive)
more buff (comparative)
most buff (superlative)

A buff person is someone who is muscular.


buff

buff (canonical)
buffs (third-person singular)
buffed (past)
buffed (past participle)
buffing (present participle)

If you buff a character in a video game, you make them stronger.


buff

A buff is something in a video game that makes your character stronger.


buffs

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


buffed

The past tense and past participle of buff.


deafening silence

Deafening silence is a period of silence that is uncomfortable, disapproving, unenthusiastic, or otherwise noteworthy.


Buridan's ass

Buridan's ass is a philosophical question that can be summarized like this: A hungry ass (donkey) is placed in between two bales of hay. Both bales of hay are equally far from the donkey, and both bales are completely identical and equally good. The donkey needs to eat at least one of the bales of hay, otherwise it will starve and die. Assuming that free will does not exist and that the donkey decides purely based on logic, how does the donkey decide which hay bale to eat? If it decides to eat both of them, how does it choose which one to eat first?


ship of Theseus

The ship of Theseus is a thought experiment that asks the following question: A ship goes on a long voyage. Over the course of this voyage, the ship's parts gradually wear out, and they get replaced one by one. By the end of the voyage, every part of the ship has been replaced with a new part. Is it still the same ship?


wingwoman

The feminine form of wingman; a female wingman.


layabouts

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


yeet

"Yeet!" is an interjection said while throwing something, especially when throwing it far, suddenly, and with force.


yeet

yeet (canonical)
yeets (third-person singular)
yeeted (past)
yeeted (past participle)
yeeting (present participle)

If you yeet something, you throw it a long distance with a sudden, forceful motion.

She yeeted the empty soda can into the recycling bin.


yeeted

The past tense and past participle of yeet.


pyromaniac

A pyromaniac is someone who has an obsession with fire.


pyromaniacs

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


Tony

Tony is a male given name. It is usually short for Anthony.


Tony

A Tony is a statuette awarded by the American Theatre Wing to excellent actors in Broadway theatre.


Tonys

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


ghost town

A ghost town is a town that nobody lives in anymore.

A ghost town is anything that has been abandoned.

A ghost town is a town with very few people living in it.


completions

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


professionally

If you do something professionally, you do it in a professional way.

You handled that customer's complaint very professionally.


productivity

Productivity is the said to be how productive or efficient something or someone is.


emotionally

If something is done emotionally, it is done with lots of emotion.

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world record

The world record in something is the best anyone has ever done in it by some specific measure, like fastest time or highest score.

The world record for the fastest marathon ever ran is 2:01:09, ran by Eliud Kipchoge on September 25, 2022 at the Berlin Marathon.


atbash

Atbash is a simple cipher used to hide the meaning of a piece of text. In atbash, the alphabet goes in reverse. The letter A becomes the letter Z, the letter B becomes the letter Y, and so on.

ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ ↔ ZYXWVUTSRQPONMLKJIHGFEDCBA

Hello, world! ↔ Svool, dliow!


This symbol is placed in front of a number to mean that amount in dollars. When spoken, you would say "$X" as "X dollars", not "dollars X".

That shirt costs $20.

This symbol is sometimes used to replace the letter "S" as a way of bringing to mind money, wealth, or greed.

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amnestic

An amnestic is a medication that causes you to forget things; it causes amnesia.


This symbol indicates something moving or located to the right or east.

This symbol is used to list steps that should be done in a specific order.

Go to File → Save As → CSV file → OK.


This symbol indicates something moving or located to the left or west.


/lh

/lh is a tone indicator which indicates that a statement is said in a lighthearted (not serious or rude) tone.


/srs

/srs is a tone indicator which indicates that a statement is said in a serious, not joking tone.


/neg

/neg is a tone indicator which indicates that a statement is said in a negative tone.


/gen

/gen is a tone indicator which indicates that a statement is said in a genuine, not joking, rhetorical, or facetious tone. It is usually used to indicate a genuine question.


/j

/j is a tone indicator which indicates that a statement is said in a joking, humorous tone.


tone indicator

A tone indicator is a symbol that is used to show what the tone or context of a message over the Internet. Tone indicators are only used in written communication, not when talking out loud.

Examples: /s, /j, /srs, /gen, /lh


/s

/s is a tone indicator which indicates that a statement is said in a sarcastic tone.

wow, that sounds like a great idea /s


/hj

/hj is a tone indicator which indicates that a statement is said half-jokingly.


/nm

/nm is a tone indicator which indicates that the person writing a statement is not mad.


/nsrs

/nsrs is a tone indicator which indicates that a statement is said in a non-serious tone.


/pos

/pos is a tone indicator which indicates that a statement is said in a positive tone.


amnesic

An amnesic is a medication that causes you to forget things; it causes amnesia.


amnestics

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


amnesics

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


fundraise

fundraise (canonical)
fundraises (third-person singular)
fundraised (past)
fundraised (past participle)
fundraising (present participle)

If you fundraise, you raise funds for a specified cause or purpose.


doodies

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


doodies

doody (canonical)
doodies (third-person singular)
doodied (past)
doodied (past participle)
doodying (present participle)

The third-person singular form of doody.


doodied

The past tense and past participle of doody.


tiers

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


adapters

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


concierge

A concierge is a person who attends to the needs of hotel guests.

A concierge helped us carry our bags to our hotel room.

/ˌkɒn.siˈɛə̯ʒ/

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concierges

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


furthers

further (canonical)
furthers (third-person singular)
furthered (past)
furthered (past participle)
furthering (present participle)

The third-person singular form of further.


furthered

The past tense and past participle of further.


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welled

well (canonical)
wells (third-person singular)
welled (past)
welled (past participle)
welling (present participle)

The past tense and past participle of well.


waxy

waxy (positive)
waxier (comparative)
waxiest (superlative)

If something is waxy, it looks or feels like wax.

The trees have small, waxy leaves.


waxier

The comparative form of waxy; more waxy.


waxiest

The superlative form of waxy; most waxy.


wariness

Wariness is a feeling or act of being careful because they are expecting something bad.

He moved very slowly and she noticed his wariness.


black out

A black out is when electricity becomes unavailable in a certain area, like a house, business, or in a larger area like an entire neighborhood or city.

The thunderstorm caused many homes to suffer black outs.

If a person blacks out, they suddenly fall unconscious.

He got hit on the head with a baseball bat and blacked out.

If you black out words, you cover them up.

Blacked out text might look like this: ████ ██ █████ █


homologate

homologate (canonical)
homologates (third-person singular)
homologated (past)
homologated (past participle)
homologating (present participle)

If you homologate an item, you officially or legally approve the use of it.


homologates

The third-person singular form of homologate.


homologated

The past tense and past participle of homologate.


a jack of all trades is a master of none


unrecognised

unrecognised (positive)
more unrecognised (comparative)
most unrecognised (superlative)

Something that is unrecognised has not been recognised.


cricketer

A cricketer is a person who plays cricket.


cricketers

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


assessor

An assessor is a person who assesses a property for tax or insurance evaluation.


assessors

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


imprecise

If something is imprecise, it is not precise or exact.


round number

A round number is a number that ends in one or more zeroes. Sometimes 5 and multiples of 5 are considered to be round numbers.

Examples of round numbers include: 10, 20, 50, 100


muggy

muggy (positive)
muggier (comparative)
muggiest (superlative)

If the air is muggy, it is hot and humid.

It's very muggy outside.


muggier

The comparative form of muggy; more muggy.


muggiest

The superlative form of muggy; most muggy.


chipmunk

A chipmunk is a small squirrel-like rodent.


chipmunks

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


bottlings

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


downstage

If something is downstage from something else, it happens on towards or near the front of the stage in a theatre.

The actors downstage were easier to hear.


realistic

realistic (positive)
more realistic (comparative)
most realistic (superlative)

If something is realistic, it is expressed as an idea that can be achieved.

If you are realistic, you see the world the way it is and use approaches that are likely to work.


idealistic

If something is idealistic, it is expressed as an idea that is difficult to be achieved.

If you are idealistic, you see the world the way you want it to be and expect positive outcomes.

/ˌʌɪdɪəˈlɪstɪk/


guru

A guru is a Hindu or Sikh spiritual teacher.

A guru is an influential advisor or mentor.


gurus

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


handyman

A handyman is a person who robs, or kills people for profit.


handymen

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


odd job

If a person works an odd job, they work on casually on routine domestic or manual tasks.


odd-job


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mod

A mod is a modern style of fashionable dress that originated in England in the 1960s.

A mod is an end user-created package containing modifications to the look or behaviour of a video game.


mod

mod (canonical)
mods (third-person singular)
modded (past)
modded (past participle)
modding (present participle)

If you mod something, you modify it from its original condition to individualize and/or enhance the performance of the object.

His friends were particularly impressed with the way he modded his Honda Civic.

If you mod a video game, you install or create a mod for it.

Learning Java is what got me into modding Minecraft.

If you mod an online forum, you act as a moderator to silence or punish a rule-breaking user on the forum.

Don't break the rules or you'll be modded.

I used to mod that forum.


mods

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


modded

The past tense and past participle of mod.


moderator

A moderator is a person who moderates, a person who enforces rules on people.


moderators

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


individualize

individualize (canonical)
individualizes (third-person singular)
individualized (past)
individualized (past participle)
individualizing (present participle)

If you individualize something, you give modify it to suit a person's needs or wants.


individualizes

The third-person singular form of individualize.


individualized

The past tense and past participle of individualize.


individualizing

The present participle of individualize.


individualise

individualise (canonical)
individualises (third-person singular)
individualised (past)
individualised (past participle)
individualising (present participle)

If you individualise something, you give modify it to suit a person's needs or wants.


individualises

The third-person singular form of individualise.


individualised

The past tense and past participle of individualise.


individualising

The present participle of individualise.


monopolize

monopolize (canonical)
monopolizes (third-person singular)
monopolized (past)
monopolized (past participle)
monopolizing (present participle)

If a company monopolizes the market, they dominate or have total control of it by excluding everyone else.


monopolizes

The third-person singular form of monopolize.


monopolized

The past tense and past participle of monopolize.


monopolise

monopolise (canonical)
monopolises (third-person singular)
monopolised (past)
monopolised (past participle)
monopolising (present participle)

If a company monopolises the market, they dominate or have total control of it by excluding everyone else.


monopolises

The third-person singular form of monopolise.


monopolised

The past tense and past participle of monopolise.


cohort

A cohort is a group of people supporting the same thing or person.

A cohort is a set of individuals in a program. It is usually used to compare with previous groups within the same program.


cohorts

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


coinage

Coinage is the process of coining money.

Coinage is the creation of new words or phrases.


coinages

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


neologize

neologize (canonical)
neologizes (third-person singular)
neologized (past)
neologized (past participle)
neologizing (present participle)

If you neologize, you coin a new word or phrase.

/nɪˈɒlədʒʌɪz/


neologizes

The third-person singular form of neologize.