scandal

A scandal is an event that involves people doing bad things that cause shame. People tend to talk and think badly about people who are involved in scandals.

The affair that the politician had was a scandal and made the citizens unhappy about the government.

The corruption practices of the local government was a scandal and caused many people to protest on the streets against the government.


scandals

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


movie theater

A movie theater is a theater that shows movies.

Me and my best friends went to the movie theater to see a movie called "The Other Woman"

The movie theater sells lots of foods and drinks


movie theaters

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


taunt

A taunt is a sarcastic remark, challenge, or insult that someone does to make another angry.


taunt

taunt (canonical)
taunts (third-person singular)
taunted (past)
taunted (past participle)
taunting (present participle)

When you taunt someone, you make sarcastic remarks about them in the hope of making them angry.


taunts

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


taunts

The third-person singular form of taunt.


taunted

The past tense and past participle of taunt.


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conclude

conclude (canonical)
concludes (third-person singular)
concluded (past)
concluded (past participle)
concluding (present participle)

When something concludes, you come to an end of it.

After giving a story of himself, the speaker concluded with an inspiring quote.

When you conclude something, you come to the end of it and to finish it.

After many hours in the meeting, I concluded it.

When you conclude, you make a conclusion or a decision.

After living in this city for some time, I conclude that the people here are quite warm and friendly.

After studying the evidences, the investigator concluded that the man was murdered


concludes

The third-person singular form of conclude.


concluded

The past tense and past participle of conclude.


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morals

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


integrates

integrate (canonical)
integrates (third-person singular)
integrated (past)
integrated (past participle)
integrating (present participle)

The third-person singular form of integrate.


integrated

The past tense and past participle of integrate.


holdings

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


cross-purposes

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


noteworthier

noteworthy (positive)
noteworthier (comparative)
noteworthiest (superlative)

The comparative form of noteworthy; more noteworthy.


noteworthiest

The superlative form of noteworthy; most noteworthy.


noteworthies

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


relaxations

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


staple

A staple is a very basic and important supply of something.

Rice is an important staple in many Asian countries.

A staple is a tool used to fasten stacks of paper securely together.


staple

staple (canonical)
staples (third-person singular)
stapled (past)
stapled (past participle)
stapling (present participle)

When you staple something, you sort it according to its staple.

The cotton was stapled according to it's quality.

When you staple paper, you secure it with a staple.


staples

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


staples

The third-person singular form of staple.


stapled

The past tense and past participle of staple.


onomatopoeia

onomatopoeia
onomatopoeias or onomatopoeiae (plural)

Onomatopoeia is when a word sounds like a natural sound, such as woof, click, buzz, crackle, bang, boom, moo, crash, shh and squelch.

/ˌɑnəˌmæɾəˈpiːə/

/ˌɒnəˌmætəˈpiːə/

/ˌɒnəˌmætəˈpeɪə/


onomatopoeias

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


bookcase

A bookcase is a piece of furniture that is used to hold books. Bookcases can be different sizes, from a small single shelf to a large bookcase that can fill an entire wall.

A library has many bookcases holding books on many different topics.


bookcases

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


decency

Decency is behaving as social norms say. The idea behind decency is avoiding embarrassment to oneself or to others.


decencies

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


patina

Patina is a coating of various chemical compounds such as oxides or carbonates formed on the surface of metal during exposure to weathering.


patinas

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


twenty-two

He is going to turn twenty-two tomorrow.


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placeholder texts (plural)

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


playpens

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


adult animations

adult animation
adult animations (plural)

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


antitheses

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


business entities

business entity
business entities (plural)

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


butlers

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


corporate officers

corporate officer
corporate officers (plural)

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


enculturations

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


gonoducts

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


gulches

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


noospheres

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


cutenesses

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


anonymities

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


axiologies

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


grey markets

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


conatûs

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


jumpers

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


dividers

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


antiseptics

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


sunbathes

sunbathe (canonical)
sunbathes (third-person singular)
sunbathed (past)
sunbathed (past participle)
sunbathing (present participle)

The third-person singular form of sunbathe.


sunbathed

The past tense and past participle of sunbathe.


baits

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


baits

bait (canonical)
baits (third-person singular)
baited (past)
baited (past participle)
baiting (present participle)


badgers

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


badgers

badger (canonical)
badgers (third-person singular)
badgered (past)
badgered (past participle)
badgering (present participle)

The third-person singular form of badger.


bachelors

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


tacts

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


rebels

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


rebels

rebel (canonical)
rebels (third-person singular)
rebelled (past)
rebelled (past participle)
rebelling (present participle)

The third-person singular form of rebel.


rebelled

The past tense and past participle of rebel.


reassures

reassure (canonical)
reassures (third-person singular)
reassured (past)
reassured (past participle)
reassuring (present participle)

The third-person singular form of reassure.


reassured

The past tense and past participle of reassure.


noisier

noisy (positive)
noisier (comparative)
noisiest (superlative)

The comparative form of noisy; more noisy.


noisiest

The superlative form of noisy; most noisy.


abrases

abrase (canonical)
abrases (third-person singular)
abrased (past)
abrased (past participle)
abrasing (present participle)

The third-person singular form of abrase.


abrased

The past tense and past participle of abrase.


familial

Mark had to leave work due to familial obligations.

Of or pertaining to any grouping of things referred to as a family.

For Apocynaceae, this type of flower is a familial characteristic.


symmetries

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


vernaculars

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


decorations

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


television shows

television show
television shows (plural)

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


grieving

grieve (canonical)
grieves (third-person singular)
grieved (past)
grieved (past participle)
grieving (present participle)

If you are in grieving, you are very sad for a long time, usually because somebody has died.


grieve

If you grieve over something, you feel very sad about it.


grieves

The third-person singular form of grieve.


grieved

The past tense and past participle of grieve.


prestige

Prestige is the quality of how good the reputation of something or someone is.

Oxford has a university of very high prestige.


bundle

A bundle is a stack of objects that are held together by wrapping or tying them.

There was a bundle of gifts left at our doorstep this morning.

A bundle is a package that is wrapped or tied together so that it is easier to carry.

I made a bundle of books so that it is easier to bring it to the orphanage.


bundle

bundle (canonical)
bundles (third-person singular)
bundled (past)
bundled (past participle)
bundling (present participle)

When you bundle things, you wrap or tie them together.

Carrying all these books individually is quite difficult, how about bundling them together so that it is easier to carry them?


bundles

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


bundles

The third-person singular form of bundle.


bundled

The past tense and past participle of bundle.


bigotries

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


brigade

A brigade is a group of people that have a common purpose, such as a fire brigade for fighting fires.

Paul decided to join the fire brigade so that he can save people from fires.

A brigade is a military unit that is made up of soldiers from different parts of the army.


brigade

brigade (canonical)
brigades (third-person singular)
brigaded (past)
brigaded (past participle)
brigading (present participle)

When you brigade troops, you try to form them into a brigade.


brigades

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


brigades

The third-person singular form of brigade.


brigaded

The past tense and past participle of brigade.


bobbies

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


candid

candid (positive)
more candid (comparative)
most candid (superlative)

When someone is being candid, that person is being honest and straightforward with you.

I will be candid with you, that was the worst performance I have ever seen.

When you are being candid, you are being impartial and do not take a stand on the issue.


carriageway

A carriageway is a part of a road that cars can drive on.


carriageways

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


crumble

crumble (canonical)
crumbles (third-person singular)
crumbled (past)
crumbled (past participle)
crumbling (present participle)

When something crumbles, it breaks into small pieces and the whole thing falls apart.

The wall crumbled when the car crashed into it.


crumble

A crumble is a dessert that came from Britain and is made up of fruits and flour.


crumbles

The third-person singular form of crumble.


crumbles

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


crumbled

The past tense and past participle of crumble.


LGBT

An acronym for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people, especially as a united community, commonly used from around 1990, but it can refer to a community of people who are not heterosexual or cisgender.


bisexual

bisexual (positive)
more bisexual (comparative)
most bisexual (superlative)

Sexually attracted to members of one or more genders.

Of flowers: having both pollen and seeds.

Of sporophytes: having both male and female organs.

Of gametophytes: producing both eggs and sperm.

Of fungi: producing both the "female" ascogonium and the "male" antheridium.

Midrash and Zohar present Adam as hermaphroditic or bisexual.


bisexual

Someone who is sexually attracted to members of one or more genders.


mandarins

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


horrider

horrid (positive)
horrider (comparative)
horridest (superlative)

The comparative form of horrid; more horrid.


horridest

The superlative form of horrid; most horrid.


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laconic

laconic (positive)
more laconic (comparative)
most laconic (superlative)

If someone or something is laconic, they only speak with a few words.


free love

Free love is when people are free to have sexual relations with anyone without getting married.


topic sentence

A topic sentence is a sentence at the start of a paragraph which states the paragraph's subject.

Start with a topic sentence, so the reader knows what your point is.


free loves

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


topic sentences

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


blandish

blandish (canonical)
blandishes (third-person singular)
blandished (past)
blandished (past participle)
blandishing (present participle)

To blandish someone is to try to convince them of something by telling them nice things.

The salesman blandished me, hoping to sell me an expensive car.


blandishes

The third-person singular form of blandish.


blandished

The past tense and past participle of blandish.


imitation

An imitation of something is a copy of it.

/ɪmɪˈteɪʃən/


imitations

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


sterile

sterile (positive)
more sterile (comparative)
most sterile (superlative)

A sterile person or animal cannot make babies, even if they have sex.

Because Mr. and Mrs. Jones are sterile, they adopted a child.

If something is sterile it has no living things, especially bacteria.

Please use a sterile bandage to cover your wound.


admonishes

admonish (canonical)
admonishes (third-person singular)
admonished (past)
admonished (past participle)
admonishing (present participle)

The third-person singular form of admonish.


ignominious

ignominious (positive)
more ignominious (comparative)
most ignominious (superlative)

An ignominious event is one that causes shame or disgrace

The governor was no longer respected after he entered an ignominious duel.


interstellar

When something is interstellar, it is between the stars.

It can take centuries for light to travel interstellar distances.

When something is interstellar, it is among the stars.

Space is littered with interstellar particles.


auditorium

auditorium
auditoriums or auditoria (plural)

An auditorium is a room built for an audience to watch a performance.


victual

We will need to eat less to avoid running out of victuals.


victual

victualed (past)
victualed (past participle)
victualing (present participle)
victual (canonical)
victuals (third-person singular)
victualled (past)
victualled (past participle)
victualling (present participle)

To victual is to provide food for someone.

We should victual the beggars.


victuals

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


victuals

The third-person singular form of victual.


victualled

victual (canonical)
victuals (third-person singular)
victualled (past)
victualled (past participle)
victualling (present participle)

The past tense and past participle of victual.


effrontery

Effrontery is behavior which is boldly rude.

I was highly offended by his effrontery.

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perdure

perdure (canonical)
perdures (third-person singular)
perdured (past)
perdured (past participle)
perduring (present participle)

If something perdures, it lasts for a very long time.

He hopes that his fame will perdure through the centuries.


perdures

The third-person singular form of perdure.


perdured

The past tense and past participle of perdure.


adjure

adjure (canonical)
adjures (third-person singular)
adjured (past)
adjured (past participle)
adjuring (present participle)

To adjure someone is to make a formal request of them.

The people adjured the king to end the war.


adjures

The third-person singular form of adjure.


adjured

The past tense and past participle of adjure.


reincarnation

Reincarnation is a new birth in mind or body.


reincarnations

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


docent

At a college or university, a docent is a teacher or lecturer.

At a museum or art gallery, a docent is a tour guide.


docents

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


inventory

An inventory is a detailed list of items which are available.

Update the store inventory – we have run out of lunch meats.


inventories

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


persist

persist (canonical)
persists (third-person singular)
persisted (past)
persisted (past participle)
persisting (present participle)

To persist is to continue to do something even if people want you to stop.

If something is said to persist, it continues to happen beyond expected.


persists

The third-person singular form of persist.


persisted

The past tense and past participle of persist.


lip sync

lip sync (canonical)
lip syncs (third-person singular)
lip synced (past)
lip synced (past participle)
lip syncing (present participle)

Lip syncing is pretending to sing or speak by moving your lips silently in synchronization with recorded speech or music.

She will lip sync because of her voice loss.


knock-knock joke

knock-knock joke
knock-knock jokes (plural)

A knock-knock joke is usually a 5-line joke in which some words in English sound like other words.

"Knock Knock!

(Who's there?)

Lettuce!

(Lettuce who?)

Lettuce in, we're freezing!"


lip syncs

The third-person singular form of lip sync.


lip synced

The past tense and past participle of lip sync.


patrician

A patrician is a person born into a wealthy or high-ranking family.


patrician

A patrician person is someone born into a wealthy or high-ranking family.

I enjoy walking through large, patrician neighborhoods.


patricians

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


funk

My brother likes jazz music, but I like funk.

His dirty socks smelled like funk.


handsome

handsome (positive)
handsomer (comparative)
handsomest (superlative)

If a male is handsome, he is good-looking.

John said that Fred is one handsome and tall dude


handsomer

The comparative form of handsome; more handsome.


handsomest

The superlative form of handsome; most handsome.


funky

funky (positive)
funkier (comparative)
funkiest (superlative)

If something is funky, it has an unpleasant smell.


funkier

The comparative form of funky; more funky.


funks

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


lackluster

lackluster (positive)
more lackluster (comparative)
most lackluster (superlative)

When something is lackluster, it is not interesting or inspirational to look at.


age of consent

The age of consent is the age at which and above which a person can consent to sexual relations with another person without the sexual interaction making the other person guilty of a crime.

The age of consent in Germany and Italy is 14 years old, while in 11 American states is 18 years old.


talk show

A talk show is a television or radio program that has interviews and commentaries by the host.


compliant

compliant (positive)
more compliant (comparative)
most compliant (superlative)

When someone is compliant, they obey and agree with others.

Mary is a very compliant employee.

If the standards of something is compliant with the law, it meets the requirements set out by the law.


phishing

Phishing is the malicious act of keeping a false website or sending a false e-mail with the intent of masquerading as a trustworthy entity in order to acquire sensitive information.


phishing

phish (canonical)
phishes (third-person singular)
phished (past)
phished (past participle)
phishing (present participle)


chlorophyll

Chlorophyll is the green part of a leaf or any other plant that is in the chloroplast, used for absorbing sunlight.


antediluvian

antediluvian (positive)
more antediluvian (comparative)
most antediluvian (superlative)

If something is antediluvian, it is extremely old and out of date.

My old professor teaches many antediluvian theories.


encroachment

Encroachment is the act of moving into a space or area that one had previously not occupied so that the people already there become weaker or have to leave; an intrusion.


encroachments

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


privacy

If you have privacy, you are not watched or disturbed by others.


tertiary education

Tertiary education is a type of education that is part of a university.


incestophile

An incestophile is a person who is sexually attracted to their own family members.

An incestophile is someone with an incest fetish.


incestophiles

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


appraisal

An appraisal is an opinion or estimated value.


appraisals

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


savory

savory (positive)
savorier (comparative)
savoriest (superlative)

Savory means "not sweet". Food that is savory does not taste sweet. The savory course of a meal may have meat or fish and vegetables. This may be followed by a sweet course (called "pudding" or "dessert").

"Savor" can also mean the characteristic taste of something. It can also mean to enjoy something: "He savored every moment of it".


sluts

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


embellishes

embellish (canonical)
embellishes (third-person singular)
embellished (past)
embellished (past participle)
embellishing (present participle)

The third-person singular form of embellish.


embellished

The past tense and past participle of embellish.


DC

I'm going to DC.

DC is a short version of "Washington, D.C".

Our capital DC is nearby.

DC is a short version of "direct current".

The lamp uses DC.


Dubai City

Dubai City is a city in the United Arab Emirates.


chlorophylls

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


braced

brace (canonical)
braces (third-person singular)
braced (past)
braced (past participle)
bracing (present participle)

The past tense and past participle of brace.


horse pills

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


descents

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


stingers

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


flerovium

Flerovium is a synthetic element with an atomic number of 114 and symbol Fl.

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copernicium

Copernicium is a synthetic radioactive element with an atomic number of 112 and symbol Cn.

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make love

If you make love to someone, you have sex with them.

John and I made love on Valentine's day.


made love

make love (canonical)
made love (third-person singular)
made love (past)
made love (past participle)
making love (present participle)

The third-person singular form of make love.

The past tense and past participle of make love.


cute

cute (positive)
cuter (comparative)
cutest (superlative)

If someone or something is cute, it is attractive or pretty.

Nick is the cutest boy in the school, I want to date him.

Baby cats are so cute.


outcast

An outcast is someone who is rejected, cast out, or expelled from a social group. The outcast is no longer a member of that group, and does not have the protection of the law.

Ronin were outcast samurai. They had no honor, and wandered the countryside.

Outlaws are usually outcasts and are not accepted as part of society.

Lepers were outcasts and they had to live away from other people.


outcast

outcast (positive)
more outcast (comparative)
most outcast (superlative)

When someone is outcast, the person has been rejected and casted out by a social group.


outcast

outcast (canonical)
outcasts (third-person singular)
outcasted (past)
outcasted (past participle)
outcasting (present participle)

When you outcast someone, you reject and cast out the person.


practically

We see each other practically every day.

It's practically impossible to get 100% on the essay.

in a way that can be used or has a real effect

That's probably true, but practically speaking, it wouldn't work.


clog

clog (canonical)
clogs (third-person singular)
clogged (past)
clogged (past participle)
clogging (present participle)

When you clog something, you try to stop the flow of something (e.g. water) in a pipe.


undisclosed

When something is undisclosed, it is not revealed or made known publicly.

The two parties had an out-of-court settlement for an undisclosed amount of money.


cuter

The comparative form of cute; more cute.


cutest

The superlative form of cute; most cute.


auditoriums

auditorium
auditoriums or auditoria (plural)

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


physiology

Physiology is the science that studies the things that living things do to live and survive.


adenomegaly

If someone has adenomegaly, they have a gland that is larger than it should be.


adept

adept (positive)
more adept (comparative)
most adept (superlative)

If someone is adept at something, they are very good at it.

My husband is very adept at preparing mashed potatoes.

Businesses want employees who are adept at their jobs.


adept

An adept is someone who is skilled in something.


adherence

Adherence is the action of two things sticking together.


adhesive

An adhesive is something that easily sticks to other things.


adhesive

adhesive (positive)
more adhesive (comparative)
most adhesive (superlative)

If something is adhesive, it easily sticks to other things.

Duct tape is very adhesive.


adhesives

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


adiabatic

adiabatic (positive)
more adiabatic (comparative)
most adiabatic (superlative)

If something is adiabatic, it does not affect temperature.


adipose

If something is adipose, it is made of animal fat.


adiposis

Adiposis is weighing too much. It is not healthy.


adit

An adit is a way into a mine that is horizontal.


adits

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


adjoin

adjoin (canonical)
adjoins (third-person singular)
adjoined (past)
adjoined (past participle)
adjoining (present participle)

If one thing adjoins another, they touch each other. They are adjacent to one another.

Mexico adjoins the United States.


adjoins

The third-person singular form of adjoin.


adjoined

The past tense and past participle of adjoin.


adjoining

/ʌˈd͡ʒɔɪn.ɪŋ/


adjourn

adjourn (canonical)
adjourns (third-person singular)
adjourned (past)
adjourned (past participle)
adjourning (present participle)

The trial was adjourned when the defendant was found innocent.


adjourns

The third-person singular form of adjourn.


adjourned

The past tense and past participle of adjourn.


adjournment

An adjournment is the ending of a meeting.


adjournments

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


adjudication

An adjudication is the act of saying if a person is guilty or innocent. It usually happens in a court room.


adjudications

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


adjudicatory

adjudicatory (positive)
more adjudicatory (comparative)
most adjudicatory (superlative)

If something is adjudicatory, it is related to an adjudication.


adjudicative

adjudicative (positive)
more adjudicative (comparative)
most adjudicative (superlative)

If something is adjudicative, it is related to an adjudication.


adjustor

An adjustor is someone or something that adjusts.


adjustors

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


admissible

admissible (positive)
more admissible (comparative)
most admissible (superlative)

If a piece of evidence is admissible , it can be used during a trial.


admirability

Admirability is the quality of being admirable.


admix

admix (canonical)
admixes (third-person singular)
admixed (past)
admixed (past participle)
admixing (present participle)

If you admix two things, you combine them together.


admixes

The third-person singular form of admix.


admixed

The past tense and past participle of admix.


adnoun

An adnoun is an adjective that is being used as a noun.


adnouns

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


adolesce

adolesce (canonical)
adolesces (third-person singular)
adolesced (past)
adolesced (past participle)
adolescing (present participle)

If you adolesce, you become an adolescent or teenager.


adolesces

The third-person singular form of adolesce.


adolesced

The past tense and past participle of adolesce.


adolescence

Adolescence is when a person changes from a child into a biological adult.

Adolescence is when a person is going through puberty or just passed puberty.


adorable

adorable (positive)
more adorable (comparative)
most adorable (superlative)

If someone or something is adorable, they look very cute.

My teddy bear looks so adorable!

Most people find babies adorable.

/əˈdɔːrəbəl/


adonis

An adonis is a man who is very handsome or good-looking.


adonises

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


adorability

Adorability is the quality of being adorable.


adornments

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


adroitly

more adroitly (comparative)
Superlativemost adroitly

If something is done adroitly, it is done in an adroit way.


adsorbable

adsorbable (positive)
more adsorbable (comparative)
most adsorbable (superlative)

If something is adsorbable, it can be adsorbed.


adsorbate

adsorbate (positive)
more adsorbate (comparative)
most adsorbate (superlative)

If something is adsorbate, it can be adsorbed.


adsorptive

adsorptive (positive)
more adsorptive (comparative)
most adsorptive (superlative)

If something is adsorptive, it has the ability to adsorb things.


adsorbent

adsorbent (positive)
more adsorbent (comparative)
most adsorbent (superlative)

If something is adsorbent, it has the ability to adsorb things.


adsorption

Adsorption is the act of adsorbing something.


human being

A human being is a person; said to be a large, bipedal "primate", with less hair than others of that order, of the species Homo sapiens.

The Bible said that Adam and Eve were the first two human beings made by God.


human beings

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


cram

cram (canonical)
crams (third-person singular)
crammed (past)
crammed (past participle)
cramming (present participle)

When you cram, you study a lot in a very short period of time.

When you cram something, you try to force it into a small space.


booties

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


clogs

clog (canonical)
clogs (third-person singular)
clogged (past)
clogged (past participle)
clogging (present participle)


clogged

The past tense and past participle of clog.


crammed

The past tense and past participle of cram.


plateau

plateau (canonical)
plateaus (third-person singular)
plateaued (past)
plateaued (past participle)
plateauing (present participle)

To reach a state of little or no change after a time of activity or progress.

The industry's problems have plateaued out.


plateaus

The third-person singular form of plateau.


plateaued

The past tense and past participle of plateau.


illusion

An illusion is something that appears to look like something, but it actually is not.

While we were hiking in the forest, we thought we saw a snake on the ground, but it was just an illusion. It was just a wooden stick.

An illusion is when someone believes in something that is not true.

I always had this illusion that a girl can get pregnant just by kissing a boy.

An illusion is a trick that a magician uses to fool the audience.

The coin-disappearing act was just an illusion.


illusions

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


incur

incur (canonical)
incurs (third-person singular)
incurred (past)
incurred (past participle)
incurring (present participle)

When you incur yourself to something, you bring yourself to it, especially if it is harmful.

The Greek government incurred a heavy debt due to its excessive spending.


incurs

The third-person singular form of incur.

He currently incurs a debt of $10,000 from his gambling addiction.


incurred

The past tense and past participle of incur.


expenditure

An expenditure refers to the amount of money spent on buying items.

The expenditure on this project exceeded the budget that was given to it.

The main expenditures of students are books and stationery.


expenditures

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


Euro

Euro is another way of spelling euro. An Euro is the currency used by the European Union.


Euros

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


inflate

inflate (canonical)
inflates (third-person singular)
inflated (past)
inflated (past participle)
inflating (present participle)

When you inflate something, you try to add air into it to make it bigger.

We used an air pump to inflate the balloons.

Before we entered the swimming pool, Dad helped us to 'inflate the water float.


inflates

The third-person singular form of inflate.


inflated

inflated (positive)
more inflated (comparative)
most inflated (superlative)

When something is inflated, it is full of air.

The inflated balloons were used as decorations for the event.

When something is inflated, it is higher than the true amount of it.

The results of the survey were inflated to exaggerate the impact of smoking on people.

Something with a higher cost compared to others.

The inflated price of this restaurant made it lose business over time.


inflated

The past tense and past participle of inflate.


conserve

A conserve is an area of wilderness where human development is not allowed by law.


conserve

conserve (canonical)
conserves (third-person singular)
conserved (past)
conserved (past participle)
conserving (present participle)

When you conserve something, you save it so that it can be used in the future.

I am conserving energy right now for the marathon run later.

When something is conserved, it is not changed after a process.

In physics, energy is always conserved. It can never be created nor destroyed.


conserves

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


conserves

The third-person singular form of conserve.


conserved

The past tense and past participle of conserve.


knock-knock jokes

knock-knock joke
knock-knock jokes (plural)

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


columnist

A columnist is someone who writes for a newspaper or magazine who offers opinions and a point of view.


columnists

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


high tea

A high tea is an English meal that is served between lunch and dinner.


high teas

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


landslide victory

landslide victory
landslide victories (plural)

A landslide victory happens when someone or a party wins an election by a large margin.

Ronald Reagan won the 1984 United States presidential election with a landslide victory.


landslide victories

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


pursuit

A pursuit is an act of going after something, to pursue it.

The pursuit of happiness is never ending, as people are not satisfied with what already have.


pursuits

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


transition element

transition element
transition elements (plural)

A transition element is a metallic element in the periodic table that has an incomplete d-orbital shell. The elements in the group have similar properties and are found in the middle of the periodic table.

Some examples of transition elements are zinc and iron and they have variable oxidation states.


transition elements

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


headquarters

A headquarters is the main building in control of whatever is going on in an organization.

A headquarters is a military command center that controls and commands troops.


individuality

Individuality refers to the traits that you have that makes you different from others, something that is unique to yourself or your group and is part of your identity.


brainwash

brainwash (canonical)
brainwashes (third-person singular)
brainwashed (past)
brainwashed (past participle)
brainwashing (present participle)

If you are brainwashed by something, you have been persuaded or convinced that something is real.

North Korean citizens are being brainwashed by the media in their country about the West being evil.

Encyclopedias and dictionaries are brainwashed by science and evolution, and don't feel that God, the Bible, or creation is real, because of science and other religions and their "gods".


brainwashes

The third-person singular form of brainwash.


brainwashed

The past tense and past participle of brainwash.


Adam and Eve

Adam and Eve, according to many religious books, were the first humans (man and woman) made by God.

Adam and Eve were kicked out of the garden of eden, for eating from the tree of knowledge of good and evil.


dirts

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


equilibrium

equilibrium
equilibriums or equilibria (plural)

When something is at equilibrium, it is balanced and different types of influences are the same, hence having no net change.

The population of the ants in this area has reached an equilibrium.

When an object is at equilibrium, it is at rest or continuous motion and all the forces acting on it cancels out to become zero.

When a system is in equilibrium, the rates of the forward and backward reactions are the same, hence causing no change in the concentration of the reactants and products.

When a weak acid is added into water, an equilibrium mixture is obtained.


equilibriums

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


irritable

irritable (positive)
more irritable (comparative)
most irritable (superlative)

If a person is irritable, they are grumpy, angry, cross and/or disagreeable

When Brian is irritable, he is difficult to get along with.

I'm always more irritable before I've had my morning coffee.

Because he was always unpleasant toward his colleagues, Brian was considered the most irritable person in the office.


absents

absent (canonical)
absents (third-person singular)
absented (past)
absented (past participle)
absenting (present participle)

The third-person singular form of absent.


absented

The past tense and past participle of absent.


socialisation

Socialisation is the process of learning how to behave in one's own society.


socialisations

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


emigration

Emigration of people is to leave one's country or area to go live in another and to stay in the new place permanently.

/ˌɛmɪˈɡreɪʃn/


emigrations

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


lexeme

Lexeme is the head-words in a dictionary and some words are made based on these lexemes. They are units of meaning, independent of any inflectional endings, or whether it is one word or several. The largest English dictionaries have about half a million lexemes, although the numbers can be higher.

"Come in" is a lexeme, so is "raining cats and dogs".


lexemes

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


proactivity

Proactivity is thinking ahead, taking charge of situations, and prevents something before it happens.


sing along

When you sing along, you sing music at the same time as someone is singing or performing a song.

If you know the lyrics to the song, sing along!


sings along

sing along (canonical)
sings along (third-person singular)
singing along (past)
sang along (past participle)
sung along (present participle)

The third-person singular form of sing along.


elopement

Elopement refers to running away from home and is done in secret, hidden from anyone. It is an act of eloping.


elopements

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


Gaelic

Gaelic is a family of languages in the British Isles that have mostly died out that includes Scottish (the native language of the Scottish Highlands), Manx (the language of the Isle of Man) and Irish (the language of Ireland).

Most Irish people speak Gaelic.


dashiki

A Dashiki is a loose, brightly colored African garment that covers the top half of the body. It is worn mostly by men in West Africa.


dashikis

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


barebacking

Barebacking is when two or more people have sexual intercourse without using a condom.


bowline

A bowline is a simple knot which creates a loop at the end of a rope. When it is used, it will not slip or jam.


bowlines

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


beret

A beret is a soft, round type of hat and usually made of felt or a similar material. Berets are worn as part of the uniform of many military and police units across the world. Many other organizations also wear berets for different purposes.


berets

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


talon

A talon is a big, sharp claw of an animal, usually found on birds of prey, such as the eagle, hawk, falcon, owl, or buzzard.


talons

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


chick lit

Chick lit is a genre of literature that is written for women.


alkaliphile

An alkaliphile is an organism that can live in extremely alkaline conditions that are harmful to most life on Earth, usually with pH levels of 9.0 or above. These organisms are a form of extremophiles


alkaliphiles

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


psychoanalysis

Psychoanalysis is a method of psychotherapy and science of the mind based on finding a connection among patients' dreams and thoughts, speaking whatever came to the patients' mind.

Charles Socarides was an American psychoanalyst and psychiatrist who treated people for sexual issues by performing psychoanalysis.

The psychoanalyst treated his depressed patient by ordering his patient to discuss everything on his mind, a process of psychoanalysis.


bell tower

A bell tower (also called belfry or campanile) is a tower which contains one or more bells, or which is designed to hold bells, even if it has none.

The church has a bell tower beside it.


bell towers

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


onanism

Onanism is when you ejaculate outside the vagina during sex.


bleacher

A bleacher is used to seat people watching sports events, usually simply built from metal supports and wooden planks.


law of the excluded middle

The law of the excluded middle is a principle in some logics that says that everything must either be true or false.

My sister kept told me that she didn't steal my cookie and she didn't not steal my cookie, but of course that can't be true because of the law of the excluded middle.


bleachers

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


ages of consent

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


Freemasonry

Freemasonry in full Free and Accepted Masons, is an originally secret fraternal organization, founded in England, and first revealing itself in 1717 in London.

Peter Myers stated, "I oppose Freemasonry in all its forms, due to its ritual content and because secrecy enables a few people at the top to manipulate the rest."


onanisms

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


law of excluded middle

A different form of law of the excluded middle.


individualities

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


statutory rape

A statutory rape means an illegal sexual act against a minor, or against a mentally disabled adult.

In France it is statutory rape for an adult to have sex with a person younger than 15 years old.

Statutory rape laws protect adults of low intelligence as well as children.


statutory rapes

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


Grand Orient Freemasonry

The Grand Orient Freemasonry is the Freemasonry of Romance language speaking countries.

The Grand Orient Freemasonry is the largest branch of Freemasonry in France.


alkaline earth metal

alkaline earth metal
alkaline earth metals (plural)

An alkaline earth metal refers to any of the elements in Group II of the periodic table. These elements readily react with water to form basic hydroxides.

Some examples of alkaline earth metal includes beryllium, magnesium and calcium.


alkaline earth metals

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


Scientology

Scientology is a religion and a set of beliefs based on the writings and teachings of L. Ron Hubbard.


thelarche

Thelarche refers to the development of breasts in girls during puberty.


antinatalism

Antinatalism is a philosophy that supports preventing new people from being born, and for the human race to finally disappear.


neurology

Neurology is the treatment of the nervous system by a medical doctor called a neurologist.


tsar

The tsar is the title of the Emperors of Russia before 1917.

Our tsar Alexander I of Russia saved us from Napoleon in 1812.


Union of Soviet Socialist Republics

The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics was a confederation of 15 countries called republics in Europe and Asia, which existed between 1922 and 1991.

In 1936, a new constitution was made by the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics.

Union of Soviet Socialist Republics US.oga


Commonwealth of Nations

The Commonwealth of Nations is a group of independent countries, most of which but not all, were formerly part of the British Empire.

Canada is part of the Commonwealth of Nations.


Mormon

A Mormon is a member of an American Christian religious group, officially called The Church of Jesus Christ of Latterday Saints.

73 percent of Mormons believe that "working to help the poor" is "essential to being a good Mormon."


Mormon

The ancient American prophet who, according to Mormonism, wrote the Book of Mormon.


Soviet

A Soviet is an elected council in a communist country.


Soviet

A Soviet is a citizen of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics.


tsars

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


khedives

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


USSR

USSR is a short way of saying "Union of Soviet Socialist Republics".


Mormons

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


Soviets

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


law of identity

The law of identity is a logical principle that states that things are what they are.


Elohim

Elohim is also the name of the chief God of the Mormon religion.


delayed puberty

A delayed puberty is a medical condition where puberty begins at a late time compared to the norm.


precocious puberty

A precocious puberty is a medical condition where puberty begins at a very early time compared to the norm.

Lina Medina became pregnant at age 5 years as a result of precocious puberty.


psychotherapy

Psychotherapy is a method of psychological help where a patient tries to solve his mental problems by talking about them with a psychotherapist.

John used psychotherapy to help him with his depression.


psychotherapies

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


confederation

A confederation is a group of states that surrender some of their autonomy to a federal state that they are members of.

The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics and the European Union are examples of confederations.


United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland


Lucifer

Lucifer is another name for the Devil among Christians.

Some Christians have claimed that Albert Pike, a Masonic author, stated that Lucifer was God, but the claim is not proven.

The spirit brother of Jesus Christ in Mormonism.


snack

A snack is a small amount of food or a small meal.

The snacks I ate were potato chips and candy.


snack

snack (canonical)
snacks (third-person singular)
snacked (past)
snacked (past participle)
snacking (present participle)

When you snack, you are eating a light meal.

While waiting for the movie to start, I snacked on some popcorn.


snacks

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


snacks

The third-person singular form of snack.


confederations

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


chronic

chronic (positive)
more chronic (comparative)
most chronic (superlative)

If something is chronic, it happens all the time.

Michelle is a chronic worrier who gets upset about everything.

If something is chronic, it has happened for a long time.

My father has chronic back pain since he was injured at work 5 years ago.

If something is chronic, it is difficult to stop.

My brother is a chronic smoker and is unable to quit.


wail

wail (canonical)
wails (third-person singular)
wailed (past)
wailed (past participle)
wailing (present participle)

When you wail, you cry intensely, usually in anguish or grief.

The mother wailed when her child died.

Wailing is when something makes a noise that sounds like crying.

The wind wailed through the trees during the storm.


wail

A wail is a long, loud, high-pitched cry of sorrow or grief.

The dog's wails were painful to hear.


meaningless

meaningless (positive)
more meaningless (comparative)
most meaningless (superlative)

When something is meaningless, it has no meaning. It is not important.

The child's scribbles were meaningless.

In English, the word "gugugu" is meaningless.

When something is meaningless, it has no meaning. It has no purpose.

After his wife left him, his life felt meaningless.

He tried to understand the reason for the war, but it seemed meaningless.


snacked

The past tense and past participle of snack.


wails

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


wailed

The past tense and past participle of wail.


fantasize

fantasize (canonical)
fantasizes (third-person singular)
fantasized (past)
fantasized (past participle)
fantasizing (present participle)

When you fantasize about something, you imagine and dream about it.

I fantasized going to Hawaii with my friends.


fantasizes

The third-person singular form of fantasize.


fantasized

The past tense and past participle of fantasize.


Christian Science

Christian Science is a Christian church founded by Mary Baker Eddy and based on her teachings.


Southern Rhodesia

Southern Rhodesia was a country in Africa.


cult

A cult is a group that practices coercion and brainwashing on its followers.

A cult refers to a religious group that claims to be part of one religion, while rejecting foundations beliefs of that religion.

The Nation of Islam is a cult of Islam because it rejects the Koran's teachings but still claims to be Islamic.


Isle of Man

The Isle of Man is an island in the British Isles Irish Sea between the island of Great Britain and the island of Ireland, it is a self-governing colony of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.


Northern Ireland

The Northern Ireland is a state located on the island of Ireland that is part of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.


make believe

Make believe is an act of imagining or pretending something is real or true.

Children love to make believe being heroes and fighting monsters.


enlarge

enlarge (canonical)
enlarges (third-person singular)
enlarged (past)
enlarged (past participle)
enlarging (present participle)

When you enlarge something, you make it larger.

I used a magnifying glass to enlarge the text on the document.

When you enlarge something, you increase and expand the size of it, giving it a greater scope.

Learning knowledge in school enlarges my mind about the world around me.

To talk a lot about a certain subject and to elaborate about it.

The speaker enlarged about the topic on politics.


enlarges

The third-person singular form of enlarge.


enlarged

The past tense and past participle of enlarge.


cults

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


make believes

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


condominium

A condominium is a colony that is jointly ruled by two nations.

New Hebridges was a condominium of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and France

Anglo-Egyptian Sudan was a condominium of the United Kingdom and Egypt.

A condominium is where a person has their own housing unit but its facilities are shared with other people living in the same estate.


Manxman

A Manxman is someone from the Isle of Man.


Manxmen

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


condominiums

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


populous

populous (positive)
more populous (comparative)
most populous (superlative)

When something is populous, it means that there is a large population.

China is the most populous country in the world.

When a language is populous, it is spoken by many people.

A populous place is a place where many people live in it, a place that is densely populated.


marketings

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


forcefully

When you do something forcefully, you do it in a powerful and forceful manner.

The dictator executed all his opponents forcefully.


execute

execute (canonical)
executes (third-person singular)
executed (past)
executed (past participle)
executing (present participle)

When you execute someone, you kill someone due to the crimes that the person has committed.

The smuggler was found guilty with delivering drugs across the border and was executed.

When you execute an action, you carry it out.

The soldiers executed the orders given by their superior.

When you execute a program, you start, launch or run it.

I executed the program to begin my installation of the new web browser.


executes

The third-person singular form of execute.


executed

The past tense and past participle of execute.


satisfaction

Satisfaction is a feeling when a need or want has been fulfilled or achieved.

He enjoyed the dish with great satisfaction and wants to order it again the next time he comes to this restaurant.

Satisfaction refers to the happiness and pleasure from fulfilling a need or a want.

The satisfaction that you have when you managed to beat all your opponents to win a prize is very rewarding.


satisfactions

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


frown

A frown is a facial expression whereby the eyebrows are brought closer together and wrinkles form on the forehead. A frown usually happens when a person is unhappy, sad or worried, but can also be very focused on doing something.

A frown appeared on his face when he heard the news of someone else spreading rumors about him.


frown

frown (canonical)
frowns (third-person singular)
frowned (past)
frowned (past participle)
frowning (present participle)

When you frown, you have a frown on your face, usually due to sadness or anger.

The teacher frowned when he saw his student sleeping in his class.

When you frown about something, you are not happy about something and do not like it.

Making a lot of noise in a library is frowned upon.


frowns

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


frowns

The third-person singular form of frown.


frowned

The past tense and past participle of frown.


broadcaster

A broadcaster is an organization that does broadcasting.

The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) is a broadcaster in the United Kingdom.

A broadcaster is a person with a job of doing broadcasting.


broadcasters

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


celebration

A celebration is a gathering of people for fun and entertainment, usually like a party.

We held a birthday celebration for Jane last Sunday.


celebrations

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


hinted

hint (canonical)
hints (third-person singular)
hinted (past)
hinted (past participle)
hinting (present participle)

The past tense and past participle of hint.


laps

lap (canonical)
laps (third-person singular)
lapped (past)
lapped (past participle)
lapping (present participle)


lapped

The past tense and past participle of lap.


orals

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


fades

fade (canonical)
fades (third-person singular)
faded (past)
faded (past participle)
fading (present participle)


sweeps

sweep (canonical)
sweeps (third-person singular)
swept (past)
swept (past participle)
sweeping (present participle)

The third-person singular form of sweep.


British Isles

The British Isles are the island of Great Britain, the island of Ireland, and surrounding islands.


Mohammedan

A Mohammedan is a follower of Islam, the religion founded by the prophet Mohammed.


Mohammedans

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


pissy

pissy (positive)
pissier (comparative)
pissiest (superlative)

When something is pissy, it is covered in piss.

When something is pissy, it smells like piss.

Ew, the bathroom smells pissy, who pee'd in here?


ex officio

When someone is an ex officio of a position, the person is holding a position as a result of him being in another.

The President of the Republic of France is, ex officio of his French office, one of the two co-Princes of Andorra.

/ˌɛks əˈfɪʃioʊ/


asexual

When someone is asexual, the person does not have any interest in having sex.


asexual

An asexual is a person that does not have any sexual desire or attraction, a person with asexuality.


pissier

The comparative form of pissy; more pissy.


pissiest

The superlative form of pissy; most pissy.


asexuals

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


sodomy

Sodomy refers to any of several types of sexual acts that people in the past sometimes considered to be unnatural. Anal sex or sexual interaction with animals are considered to be a sodomy.


encyclopediae

encyclopedia
encyclopedias or encyclopediae (plural)

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


simples

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

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simples

simple (canonical)
simples (third-person singular)
simpled (past)
simpled (past participle)
simpling (present participle)

The third-person singular form of simple.


simpled

The past tense and past participle of simple.


worded

word (canonical)
words (third-person singular)
worded (past)
worded (past participle)
wording (present participle)

The past tense and past participle of word.


rainbowed

rainbow (canonical)
rainbows (third-person singular)
rainbowed (past)
rainbowed (past participle)
rainbowing (present participle)

The past tense and past participle of rainbow.


Mrs.

Mrs is a shortened form of mistress. You use Mrs before a married woman's name, usually the last name or the full name.

Mrs. Brakel, the doctor will see you now.

This is Mrs. June Hagerty.


neurologist

A neurologist is a doctor who treats patients with problems in their nervous systems.

Sigmund Freud was a neurologist who treated neurotic patients through psychotherapy and founded psychoanalysis.


neurologists

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


sock monkey

A sock monkey is a stuffed animal made from socks to look like a monkey.


contentment

Contentment is a feeling of being happy and satisfied.

The mother sighed with contentment when she held her baby.

A contentment is something that causes a feeling of happiness and satisfaction.

Cicero found contentment in a garden or a library.


contentments

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


sock monkeys

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


overs

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


sexuality

Sexuality refers to the ability to have sexual feelings and experiences.

A person's sexuality is their sexual orientation; either heterosexual, homosexual, bisexual or asexual.

His sexuality is heterosexual.


gratification

Gratification is a feeling of pleasure and satisfaction.

The artist felt gratification when he saw his art in the gallery.

My parents feel gratification when I get good grades in school.

Gratification is something that gratifies.

Eating chocolate gives me great gratification.

Doing boring tasks gives me no gratification.

/ˌɡrætɪfɪˈkeɪʃən/


gun-shy

gun-shy (positive)
more gun-shy (comparative)
most gun-shy (superlative)

If someone or something is gun-shy, they are afraid of guns.

Although her father was a hunter, the little girl was gun-shy.

If someone or something is gun-shy, they are scared of the sound guns make.

The dog was gun-shy of fireworks and thunder.

If someone or something is gun-shy, they are fearful or wary, especially because of past experience.

After crashing the car, I was gun-shy of driving.


sexualities

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


gratifications

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


birded

bird (canonical)
birds (third-person singular)
birded (past)
birded (past participle)
birding (present participle)

The past tense and past participle of bird.


languaged

language (canonical)
languages (third-person singular)
languaged (past)
languaged (past participle)
languaging (present participle)

The past tense and past participle of language.


kittened

kitten (canonical)
kittens (third-person singular)
kittened (past)
kittened (past participle)
kittening (present participle)

The past tense and past participle of kitten.


TV show


Anglo-

The Anglo-American treaty agreed to extradition of criminals from each country to the other.


habitat

A habitat is a natural place that a plant or an animal lives in.


polyarchy

A polyarchy is a type of government where power is in the hands of a few people.


monarchy

A monarchy is a form of government in which one person officially is the ruler of the state and the ruler's position is passed down through his family.

Belgium is a monarchy.


constitutional monarchy

constitutional monarchy
constitutional monarchies (plural)

A constitutional monarchy is a type of monarchy where the monarch has very little political power.

The United Kingdom is a constitutional monarchy and the royal family does not have a lot of power.


absolute monarchy

An absolute monarchy is a type of monarchy where the monarch has unlimited political power.

Russia used to be an absolute monarchy with the Tsar as the head of state.


free association

free association
free associations (plural)

Free association is a technique of discussing everything that enters a person's mind. This technique was invented by Francis Galton and popularized by Sigmund Freud and Josef Breuer.


defender

A defender is someone who defends someone else, usually from violence.

A defender is a player who tries to stop the other teams from scoring goals or points.


supporter

A supporter is someone that supports a cause or a movement, usually because the person believes in it.

A supporter is someone who likes and follows a sports team or a sportsperson, usually as a fan.

The team managed to get more than a thousand supporters to cheer for them at the latest match.

A supporter is something that supports something else, usually a structure such as a building.


correctly

If you do something correctly, then you do it as it is supposed to be done, doing it in a correct way.


massage

A massage is an act of rubbing, kneading or hitting the skin. It is a form of therapy as it allows the person to relax or recover from aches.


massage

massage (canonical)
massages (third-person singular)
massaged (past)
massaged (past participle)
massaging (present participle)

When you massage someone, you massage the person's body so that the person can relax.


uncommon

uncommon (positive)
uncommoner (comparative)
uncommonest (superlative)

If something is uncommon it does not occur or appear very often.

It is uncommon for a divorced couple to forgive one another.

It is uncommon to see an alligator this far north.


skilled

skilled (positive)
more skilled (comparative)
most skilled (superlative)

When someone is skilled, it means they are very good or talented at doing something.

You seem to be very skilled in sewing! Who taught you so well?


entirely

Entirely refers to the full extent of doing something. It is another word for totally or completely.

It is entirely up to you on how you intend to get help for your project. I am only here to give advice.

When something is done entirely by a group of people, it is exclusive to them only.

This project was done entirely by me, I did not ask for help from anyone else.

This place is used entirely by the workers as they have a party today. Everyone else would have to find somewhere else to go to.


soften

soften (canonical)
softens (third-person singular)
softened (past)
softened (past participle)
softening (present participle)

If you soften something, then you make it soft or softer.

You will have to use this to beat the flour to soften it before we can use it to make our cake.

When you soften your words, you make it less harsh and less critical.

Seeing that she was about to cry, I softened my tone and criticism about her project.


sunset

It is the part of the day when the sun disappears on the western horizon.


sunset

sunset (canonical)
sunsets (third-person singular)
sunsetted (past)
sunsetted (past participle)
sunsetting (present participle)

When you sunset something, you stop using it and phase it out.

We will be sunsetting this version of the software as it has became very old and no one is maintaining it.


slavery

Slavery is the act of using or owning human beings as an object or as slaves, usually using them to do forced labor. It is a crime in most places in the world.


rug

A rug is a piece of cloth used to cover the floor, just like a carpet.

My sister bought a new rug for the living room.


rug

rug (canonical)
rugs (third-person singular)
rugged (past)
rugged (past participle)
rugging (present participle)

When you rug something, you pull it in a very rough way and the thing may spoil due to this.

Stop rugging the rope! It may tear apart and we cannot use it again.


unfortunate

unfortunate (positive)
more unfortunate (comparative)
most unfortunate (superlative)

When something (usually an event) is unfortunate, it is not good and is a misfortune. It is considered to be unlucky that such a thing happened.

It is unfortunate that the Prince was murdered.


affectionate

affectionate (positive)
more affectionate (comparative)
most affectionate (superlative)

A person who is affectionate likes to touch other people in a friendly way, usually due to love or affection.

/əˈfɛkʃənət/


affectionate

affectionate (canonical)
affectionates (third-person singular)
affectionated (past)
affectionated (past participle)
affectionating (present participle)

When you affectionate with someone, you show your love and affection to another person.

/əˈfɛkʃənət/


purr

A purr is the sound a cat makes when it is relaxed.


purr

purr (canonical)
purrs (third-person singular)
purred (past)
purred (past participle)
purring (present participle)

If a cat purrs, it makes a sound showing that it is relaxed.

It was a lazy afternoon and the cat purred before going to sleep on the sofa.


hiya

You say "hiya" when you greet somebody in an informal situation.


hazard

A hazard is something that poses a danger.

Please look out for the hazard ahead while you are driving along the highway.


hazard

hazard (canonical)
hazards (third-person singular)
hazarded (past)
hazarded (past participle)
hazarding (present participle)

When you hazard, you take a risk or a chance in doing something.


habitats

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


polyarchies

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


hazards

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


hazards

The third-person singular form of hazard.


viceroy

A viceroy is a person who governs a region as the representative of the king.

When Ireland was under English rule, the English King governed the island through a viceroy.


viceroys

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


anal

anal (positive)
more anal (comparative)
most anal (superlative)

Anal sex, cancer, bleeding, etc. are things relating to or situated near the anus.

When someone is anal, the person is being very critical.

Why are you so anal about her project? This is just her first time planning one.


ontology

Ontology is a part of philosophy under the branch of metaphysics which studies the nature of being, becoming, existence and reality.


uncommoner

The comparative form of uncommon; more uncommon.


uncommonest

The superlative form of uncommon; most uncommon.


monarchies

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


constitutional monarchies

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


defenders

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


supporters

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


massages

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


massages

The third-person singular form of massage.


massaged

The past tense and past participle of massage.

She massaged me at the spa yesterday.


softens

The third-person singular form of soften.


softened

The past tense and past participle of soften.


Congolese

A Congolese is a person from the Republic of the Congo or Democratic Republic of the Congo.

King Leopold II of Belgium was a Congolese monarch.

/ˌkɒŋ.ɡəˈliːz/


Congolese

Congolese refers to the people and culture of the Republic of the Congo or Democratic Republic of the Congo.

/ˌkɒŋ.ɡəˈliːz/


Oedipus complex

Oedipus complex
Oedipus complexes (plural)

In Freudian theory, Oedipus complex refers to a phase of a child's sexual development where a child is sexually attracted to his/her parents.


sunsets

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


sunsets

The third-person singular form of sunset.


sunsetted

The past tense and past participle of sunset.


coitus

A coitus is when a person has sexual intercourse. The penis is inserted inside the vagina and usually until orgasm happens.


slaveries

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


affectionates

The third-person singular form of affectionate.


affectionated

The past tense and past participle of affectionate.


rugs

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


rugged

The past tense and past participle of rug.


purrs

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


purred

The past tense and past participle of purr.


kiddies

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


hazarded

The past tense and past participle of hazard.


hazarding

Instead of hazarding our future on the dirty fuels of the past, let's invest in clean power that can drive this country forward


anals

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


ontologies

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


Freudians

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

Alfred Kinsey discredited the belief of the Freudians that most women had vaginal orgasms.


Oedipus complexes

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


free associations

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


fatuous

fatuous (positive)
more fatuous (comparative)
most fatuous (superlative)

When something is fatuous, it is stupid, silly and foolish.

It is fatuous to think that both men and women have the same muscle strength.


onomasiology

Onomasiology is the branch of linguistics concerned with "how do you express X?". It gives the words for a given concept. A thesaurus is often used for this job.


eolian

eolian (positive)
more eolian (comparative)
most eolian (superlative)

Eolian refers to something that occurs in nature. It is related to the wind and its ability to change the surface of the Earth and other planets.


multilateral aid

multilateral aid
multilateral aids (plural)

Multilateral aid is aid given by a group of countries or an institution representing a group of countries such as the World Bank. This aid is usually given to one or more recipient countries.


supplementary angles

Supplementary angles are a pair of angles that sum to 360 degrees.


supplementary angle


gamine

A gamine refers to a woman that is boyish, elegant and wide-eyed woman who is seen to be mischievous or sexually appealing.

Some examples of women who are gamines include Audrey Hepburn, Elizabeth Hartman, Bridget Fonda and Jennifer Jason Leigh.


gamines

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


coming out

come out (canonical)
comes out (third-person singular)
came out (past)
come out (past participle)
coming out (present participle)

Coming out refers to someone that lets other people know the person as a lesbian, gay or bisexual. The person is then no longer hiding his/her sexual orientation.


come out

When someone comes out, the person is seen by other people and is revealed.

When something comes out, it is published for other people to see.

My new book will come out later this week.

If a homosexual person comes out, they let other people know that they are homosexual.


comes out

The third-person singular form of come out.


Hallam

Hallam is a town in Victoria, Australia.


handbag

A handbag is a small bag used by women (and sometimes men) to carry a few small personal items.

For my sister's birthday, I bought her a brown handbag and she really liked it.


handbags

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


theosophy

A theosophy is a religious belief that knowledge of God can be obtained through mysticism and that it is possible to directly talk to the spiritual world, it especially refers to the beliefs of Helena Blavatsky's Theosophical Society.


theosophies

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


pedal

A pedal is a kind of lever that is used by the foot to control a machine. A bicycle, a piano and a car all have pedals in them.

He pressed his foot down on the pedal of the car and it started to go faster.

A piano usually has two or three pedals to control the sound of the musical notes made.

A pedal is a foot or a foot-like part of the body.

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pedal

pedaled (past)
pedaled (past participle)
pedaling (present participle)
pedal (canonical)
pedals (third-person singular)
pedalled (past)
pedalled (past participle)
pedalling (present participle)

When you pedal something, you step on a pedal that is linked to a wheel so that it can move in circles.

He tried the pedal his bicycle in the woods, but a wheel was stuck in the mud.

When you pedal, you are trying to control and operate a bicycle.

He tried to pedal across the countryside but became breathless halfway through.


pedals

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


pedals

The third-person singular form of pedal.


pedaled

pedal (canonical)
pedals (third-person singular)
pedaled (past)
pedaled (past participle)
pedaling (present participle)

The past tense and past participle of pedal.


pedalled

pedal (canonical)
pedals (third-person singular)
pedalled (past)
pedalled (past participle)
pedalling (present participle)


feasible

feasible (positive)
more feasible (comparative)
most feasible (superlative)

When something is feasible, it is something that can be done, something that is possible to be done.

The government did a study of this area and found that it is feasible to build a new building here.

We realized that it was not feasible to eat and do work at the same time.


commonplace

commonplace (positive)
more commonplace (comparative)
most commonplace (superlative)

When something is commonplace, it happens repeatedly, regularly or frequently; usual.

Almost no one visits the library anymore. Using the Internet for research has become commonplace.

Something that is ordinary, uninteresting, or not special.

Almost everyone has mobile phones now. They are commonplace.


commonplace

A commonplace is a place that is ordinary and common.


commonplace

commonplace (canonical)
commonplaces (third-person singular)
commonplaced (past)
commonplaced (past participle)
commonplacing (present participle)

When you commonplace, you are making a commonplace book, a personal notebook used to write quotes.


Knights of Columbus

Knights of Columbus is an organization for Roman Catholic men.


commonplaces

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


commonplaces

The third-person singular form of commonplace.


commonplaced

The past tense and past participle of commonplace.


Bolshevik

A Bolshevik is a member of the Bolshevik Party, the political party that overthrew the Russian government in 1917.

The Russian people got rid of their government and Russia had Bolshevik rule for 70 years.

Bolshevik is used to describe the Communist Party that ruled the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics.

Something that is related to the Bolshevik Party or Bolshevism.


Menshevik

Menshevik
Mensheviks or Mensheviki (plural)

A Menshevik refers to a person that is part of the moderate wing of the Russian Social Democratic Party during the time of the 1917 Russian Revolution in Russia.


Bolsheviks

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


Mensheviks

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


mutual masturbation

mutual masturbation
mutual masturbations (plural)

Mutual masturbation refers to a type of sex where two or more people masturbate each other.

The couple engaged in mutual masturbation.


Lord Protector

Lord Protector is the title of the head of state of the Commonwealth of England, Scotland and Ireland.

The office of Lord Protector was held by Oliver Cromwell and his son Richard.


Belfast

Belfast is the capital of Northern Ireland.

We spent the day in Belfast.


niggardly

niggardly (positive)
more niggardly (comparative)
most niggardly (superlative)

When someone is niggardly, the person does not give away money or other things. The person is mean and stingy.

The economics teacher said people were being niggardly with their money.


niggardly

more niggardly (comparative)
Superlativemost niggardly

When you do something niggardly, you do it in an uptight way, usually sparingly or stingily.


attractiveness

Attractiveness is how attractive something or someone is.

Attractiveness is the result of being attractive.


coffin

A coffin is a box used to keep the dead body of a person.

The family of Mary were very hurt to see her laying in her coffin.

After Mary's funeral was over, they took her coffin out of the church.


coffin

coffin (canonical)
coffins (third-person singular)
coffined (past)
coffined (past participle)
coffining (present participle)

When you coffin a dead person, you place his or her body into a coffin.


casket

A casket is another word for a coffin, a box used to place the bodies of dead people.

We went to pick out a casket for our late grandmother.

A casket is a small box to place items, usually jewellery.


casket

casket (canonical)
caskets (third-person singular)
casketed (past)
casketed (past participle)
casketing (present participle)

When you casket something, you put it into a casket.


kikes

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


Scots

Scots refers to a language that is closely related to English and is spoken in some parts of Scotland.

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


European Union

European Union refers to an organization of most countries in Europe and was created in the 1950s.


Jahbulon

Jahbulon is a God mentioned in a degree of Freemasonry.


antimasonry

Antimasonry refers to the political, religious or economic opposition to Freemasonry.

Antimasonry is more common than anti-Semitism, it is more tolerated by the liberal establishment to criticize Masonry than Judaism.


anti-Semitism

Political, religious, or economic opposition to Judaism.

Anti-Semitism and racial discrimination are less common than they once were.

Ethnic or racial hatred against the Semitic races in general.


Jewry

The Jewish people, the world Jewish population as a whole, Jewish populations in specific locations.

Hitler's regime murdered Jewry in Europe.


Mormonism

An American Christian religion that was founded by the prophet Joseph Smith.


Jesuit

A member of a Roman Catholic fraternity of priests called the Society of Jesus that was founded by St. Ignatius Loyola.


People's Republic of China

The People's Republic of China refers to the state that includes all of mainland China, and is ruled by the Chinese Community Party. This is different from the Republic of China, which refers to Taiwan.


correlation does not imply causation

A rule of logic that states that though two events happen at the same time, it does not prove that one of them caused the other.

To say that because I drank Pepsi and I got diabetes the Pepsi caused the diabetes does not make sense because correlation does not imply causation.


Vatican

Vatican is short for Vatican City, a country in Europe, located in Rome, Italy where the Pope of the Roman Catholic Church is the absolute monarch.

Vatican is the official residence of the Pope of the Roman Catholic Church inside the Vatican City.

Vatican is the Pope's government in the Vatican City.

The Global Christian Forum unites Christian groups through a Vatican council.


Coptic Church

The Coptic Church, also known as the Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria, is an Orthodox Church based in Egypt.


restorationism

Restorationism is the belief that Christianity should be restored to what Jesus' original church was like in the view of restorationists, and that modern Christians churches such as the Roman Catholic Church are incorrect.


Book of Mormon

The Book of Mormon is a sacred and the main holy book of Mormonism.


Manx

Manx is the native language of the Isle of Man, a member of the Gaelic language family, now largely extinct.


shrieve

A shrieve is an obsolete word for sheriff.


jack off

jack off (canonical)
jacks off (third-person singular)
jacked off (past)
jacked off (past participle)
jacking off (present participle)

When you jack off, you touch your penis to masturbate.

I jacked off for some time before I came.


Baphomet

Baphomet refers to the deity that the Knights Templar, witches, and pagans were accused of worshiping by the Roman Catholic Church, and which some modern Satanic and occult movements worship today.


positive statement

positive statement
positive statements (plural)

A statement that focuses only on what is the case, and makes no indication of approval or disapproval.


normative statement

A normative statement makes a moral judgement about what should be the case.


world government

A world government refers to the idea that there should be a single government controlling the entire planet.

The United Nations is only able to provide advice for countries, but it is not a world government.


Malthusianism

Malthusianism refers to the idea made by Thomas Malthus of lowering human population growth. It is a belief that the world's population will grow faster than the available food supply that is required for living.

Many environmentalists believe Malthusianism will help protect wildlife.


barnacle

A sea crustacean of the subclass cirripedia that attaches itself to surfaces in water like tidal rocks or ships.

The barnacle attached itself to the submarine while it came up on top of the water.


neotrogla

A genus of barklice, about the size of fleas, found in dry caves in Brazil.


Elks

Elks is the name of an American fraternity and social club.


Coca-Cola

Coca-Cola is a brand of carbonated non-alcoholic cola drink.


windbaggery

Windbaggery refers to the behavior of a windbag, which is excessive speaking and talking nonsense.


blather

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

If you blather, you talk rapidly without making any sense.


cheapskate

Someone who does not give much in general.


miser

A miser refers to a person who prefers to hold on to their own money and not spend it, someone who is cheap.

He is such a miser! I only asked him to treat me to an ice cream but he insists on not doing so.


hoard

hoard (canonical)
hoards (third-person singular)
hoarded (past)
hoarded (past participle)
hoarding (present participle)

To have a fixation on collecting things into a large collection.

Ebenezer Scrooge was a man who would hoard money.


amass

amass (canonical)
amasses (third-person singular)
amassed (past)
amassed (past participle)
amassing (present participle)

To collect into a mass or heap, to gather a large number of things, to gain possession of a lot of things.


spotted hyena

The spotted hyena is the largest of the hyena species, it is native to Sub-Saharan Africa.


Aryan

(theosophy, Germanic mysticism, Nazism) A member of an alleged non-Jewish Caucasian master race.


many a

Many a is used to talk about many individual things.

She mentioned it many a time.

I've heard many a man say the same thing.

She has many a good friend.


Warsaw Pact

The Warsaw Pact is a mutual defense treaty signed between the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics and other Communist states in Central and Eastern Europe.


ad hominem

An ad hominem is a dishonest argument that attacks a person's character instead of addressing their ideas.


pushy

pushy (positive)
pushier (comparative)
pushiest (superlative)

When someone is pushy, the person is forceful and is determined in doing certain things his or her way.

Please stop being so pushy about your way of working on this project!


ID


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binoculars

Binoculars is a device that is used to zoom in using a series of lenses so that items that are far away can be made bigger and seen more clearly.


crackpot

A crackpot is someone that is crazy and foolish, someone that is eccentric.

That person must be a crackpot for giving an idea that does not work!

A crackpot refers to a person that is addicted to crack cocaine. A crackpot is a drug addict.


crackpot

crackpot (positive)
more crackpot (comparative)
most crackpot (superlative)

When something is crackpot, it is crazy and foolish.

This is such a crackpot idea. It is not possible for it to work in real life.


creepy

creepy (positive)
creepier (comparative)
creepiest (superlative)

When something is creepy, it produces a nervous and uneasy feeling, as if something is crawling on your skin.

Something that is strange, eccentric and repelling.


Wikipedian

A Wikipedian is an editor of Wikipedia, usually referring to someone that is very knowledgable about using the website.


Wikipedian

When something is Wikipedian, it is related to Wikipedia.


Anglican

Anglican (positive)
more Anglican (comparative)
most Anglican (superlative)

When something is Anglican, it is related to the Church of England or the other churches that are part of the Anglican Communion.


Anglican

An Anglican is a member of an Anglican church.


Anglican Communion

The Anglican Communion is an international network of churches that are in communion with the Church of England.


Church of England

The Church of England is a Christian church in England and is the state church of that country.


Church of Ireland

The Church of Ireland is an Anglican church in Ireland (both Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland).


Thelema

Thelema is a spiritual philosophy that tells a person to act on his or her true will in order to achieve spiritual growth.


Bahá'í Faith

Bahá'í Faith is an Abrahamic and monotheistic religion founded by the prophet Bahá'u'lláh that is based on the Aqdas and other religious texts.


Supreme Soviet

The Supreme Soviet is the chief legislative body of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics.


Knights of Pythias

The Knights of Pythias is a fraternal organization and secret society founded in Washington, DC in 1864.


foreskin

The foreskin is the fold of skin that naturally covers and protects the head of the penis.


homologous

Homologous means when an organ in one kind of animal or sex of animal is similar to a different organ in a different kind of animal or sex of animal, and shares a common origin with it.

The female clitoris and the male penis are homologous.

/həˈmɒləɡəs/


female genital mutilation

female genital mutilation
female genital mutilations (plural)

A female genital mutilation is the amputation of all part of the clitoris.


King James Bible

The King James Bible is a translation of the Bible made for the Church of England.


New Age

New Age is a religious movement based on eastern religions.


circumcision

A circumcision is the removal of the foreskin of the penis.

The circumcision of men penis is a tradition in some religions.


circumcisions

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


female genital mutilations

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


foreskins

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


guild

A guild is group of traders including of merchants, craftspeople, or artisans, especially in the Middle Ages.


appendage

On an organism, an appendage is an external body part that sticks out from the body.

Unlike most mammals, humans have only two appendages for walking.

An appendage is a part that is joined to something larger than itself.


burial

A burial is the act of burying a dead human.


broker

A broker is a person who helps a buyer and seller do a trade. A broker is usually not involved in the trade and is not biased towards either the buyer or seller.

A broker is an agent that helps to relay and exchange messages.


broker

broker (canonical)
brokers (third-person singular)
brokered (past)
brokered (past participle)
brokering (present participle)

When you broker, you act as the person who helps a buyer and seller do a trade.


blood vessel

Blood vessels refers to the part of the body that helps to move blood throughout the whole body. Arteries, cappilaries and veins are examples of blood vessels and are part of the circulatory system.


champagne

A champagne is a wine made from grapes grown in a part of France called Champagne.


champagne

When something is champagne, it has the pale-gold color, similar to how champagne looks like.

The color of champagne


champagne

champagne (canonical)
champagnes (third-person singular)
champagned (past)
champagned (past participle)
champagning (present participle)

When you champagne, you are drinking champagne.

When you champagne something, you add champagne to it.


correlation

Correlation is a measure of the linear relationship between two random variables. If the correlation is higher than zero, the variables are likely to change in the same direction. If the correlation is lower than zero, the variables are likely to change in the opposite directions.

Correlation refers to the relationship between two or more objects or events, although they may not be related to each other.


appendages

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


retry

I know that you can still master this if you just retry.


retry

retry (canonical)
retries (third-person singular)
retried (past)
retried (past participle)
retrying (present participle)

If you retry at something, you try it again.

I did not do this right the first time, but I am going to retry.

I did not succeed in editing Wiktionary the first time, but I will retry.


kike

Kike is a highly offensive and derogatory term meaning a Jew.

Kike is a highly offensive term meaning an obnoxious or contemptible person, especially one who is not willing to give money.


nativelike

nativelike (positive)
more nativelike (comparative)
most nativelike (superlative)

When something is nativelike, it refers to the characteristic of a native speaker of a language.

Even though he was not born in an English-speaking country, his English is nativelike.


Nan is a friendly and affectionate name for a grandmother.


chancellor

A chancellor is a senior state or legal official.

A chancellor is the head of a university.

/ˈtʃɑːnsələ/


great-grandparent

A great-grandparent of a person refers to the parent of their grandparents.


great-grandfather

Great-grandfather refers to the father of one's grandparent.


great-grandmother

Great-grandmother refers to the mother of one's grandparent.


gregarious

gregarious (positive)
more gregarious (comparative)
most gregarious (superlative)

When someone is gregarious, the person likes to spend most of their time with other people and being in crowds.

An animal is gregarious if they travel together in herds or packs.

Spotted hyenas are gregarious because they are always with others of their species.

/ɡrɪˈɡɛə.rɪ.əs/

/ɡrɪˈɡɛɚ.i.əs/


philately

Philately is the study of postage stamps, postal routes, postal history, etc.


Sunniphobia

Sunniphobia refers to the fear of or hating someone who is a Sunni Muslim.


Sunni

A Sunni is a member of the Sunnism branch of Islam and their beliefs are based on the Qur'an and the Kutub al-Sittah.

Sunnis makes up 75% of the total number of Muslims in the world..


Sunni

Sunni (positive)
more Sunni (comparative)
most Sunni (superlative)

When someone or something is Sunni, it is related to Sunnism.

May I ask if your whole family is Sunni?


Sunnism

Sunnism refers to the Sunni Islam, an orthodox and the largest branch of Islam

Sunnism is often practiced in Middle East.


Shi'ism

Shi'ism refers to the branch of Islam that follows Ali, the cousin of prophet Muhammad.

Shi'ism is often practiced in Middle East.


perpetual

When something is perpetual, it is something that will last forever or for a very long time.

When something is perpetual, it will keep doing the same thing without being interrupted.

/pəˈpɛtʃʊəl/


civilization

A civilization is an organized culture encompassing many communities, often on the scale of a nation or a people; a stage or system of political or technical development.


admittedly

Admittedly means is acknowledged to be true; by general admission; confessedly.

Admittedly, vandalism is a bit of problem.


Mensheviki

Menshevik
Mensheviks or Mensheviki (plural)

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


mutual masturbations

mutual masturbation
mutual masturbations (plural)

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


attractivenesses

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


coffins

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


coffins

coffin (canonical)
coffins (third-person singular)
coffined (past)
coffined (past participle)
coffining (present participle)

The third-person singular form of coffin.


coffined

The past tense and past participle of coffin.


caskets

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


caskets

casket (canonical)
caskets (third-person singular)
casketed (past)
casketed (past participle)
casketing (present participle)

The third-person singular form of casket.


casketed

The past tense and past participle of casket.


pwnd

pwn (canonical)
pwns (third-person singular)
pwnd (past)
pwnd (past participle)
pwning (present participle)

The past tense and past participle of pwn.


pwnt

pwn (canonical)
pwns (third-person singular)
pwnt (past)
pwnt (past participle)
pwning (present participle)


grubbier

grubby (positive)
grubbier (comparative)
grubbiest (superlative)

The comparative form of grubby; more grubby.


grubbiest

The superlative form of grubby; most grubby.


kidnaps

kidnaped (past)
kidnaped (past participle)
kidnaping (present participle)
kidnap (canonical)
kidnaps (third-person singular)
kidnapped (past)
kidnapped (past participle)
kidnapping (present participle)

The third-person singular form of kidnap.


kidnaps

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


kidnapped

kidnap (canonical)
kidnaps (third-person singular)
kidnapped (past)
kidnapped (past participle)
kidnapping (present participle)

The past tense and past participle of kidnap.


kidnaped

kidnap (canonical)
kidnaps (third-person singular)
kidnaped (past)
kidnaped (past participle)
kidnaping (present participle)


quakes

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


quakes

quaked (past)
quaked (past participle)
quoke (past)
quoke (past participle)
quake (canonical)
quakes (third-person singular)
quook (past)
quook (past participle)
quaking (present participle)

The third-person singular form of quake.


quaked

quake (canonical)
quakes (third-person singular)
quaked (past)
quaked (past participle)
quaking (present participle)

The past tense and past participle of quake.


quoke

quake (canonical)
quakes (third-person singular)
quoke (past)
quoke (past participle)
quaking (present participle)


quook

quake (canonical)
quakes (third-person singular)
quook (past)
quook (past participle)
quaking (present participle)


notations

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


emigrates

emigrate (canonical)
emigrates (third-person singular)
emigrated (past)
emigrated (past participle)
emigrating (present participle)

The third-person singular form of emigrate.


emigrated

The past tense and past participle of emigrate.