Wally

Wally is a nickname given to the male given name for Waldo.


first name

Your first name is your given name, not your family name.

John Smith's first name is "John".


Greg

Greg is a male given name; it is often, but not always, a shortened form of Gregory.


boiler

A boiler is a large container where water is heated, usually for the purpose of heating a building.

The water from the boiler heats the whole building.


trump

In a game of cards, a trump is a card of the most powerful suit.

If you have a trump card (or just a trump), you have something that gives you an advantage.

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trump

trump (canonical)
trumps (third-person singular)
trumped (past)
trumped (past participle)
trumping (present participle)

If someone or something trumps another, it matters more or is more powerful.


overwhelm

overwhelm (canonical)
overwhelms (third-person singular)
overwhelmed (past)
overwhelmed (past participle)
overwhelming (present participle)

If you are overwhelmed by a feeling, you feel it very strongly, and you cannot deal with it.

If a problem overwhelms you, it's too difficult for you to solve or deal with.

If one army overwhelms another, they completely defeat them.

The team was able to overwhelm their opponents and win first place

/ˌəʊvəˈʍɛlm/

/ˌoʊvɚˈʍɛlm/


overwhelmed

The past tense and past participle of overwhelm.


Graham

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Preston

Preston is a city in Lancashire in the United Kingdom.


Brady

Tom Brady is a famous football player.


Mike

Mike is a male given name that is short for "Michael".


adequacy

Adequacy is the property of being good enough or sufficient.

The fire department was sent to see adequacy of the escape plan.


reignite

reignite (canonical)
reignites (third-person singular)
reignited (past)
reignited (past participle)
reigniting (present participle)

If something is reignited, it is set on fire again.

The cigarette reignited the campfire.

If an argument, debate, etc. is reignited, it starts again.

The mayor reignited talks of a new subway.

The shooting reignited tensions between the two groups.


mainstream

mainstream (positive)
more mainstream (comparative)
most mainstream (superlative)

Something that is mainstream is used or accepted by a lot of people.

The news story wasn't covered by the mainstream media.

The show quickly gained a mainstream audience.


mainstream

The mainstream is something that is common or accepted by a lot of people.


app

There are various apps on the internet that you can download or purchase.


clam

A clam is a type of shellfish with a hard shell and a small opening that allows the flow of nutrients in and out of it.


clam

clam (canonical)
clams (third-person singular)
clammed (past)
clammed (past participle)
clamming (present participle)


squid

A squid is a cephalopod (a type of sea creature) with a large head and ten legs.

The squid is not able to grow a leg after it is severed.


computer game

A computer game is a type of game that is played on a computer.

Why do you always play computer games instead of doing homework?


calculus

Calculus is a branch of mathematics that involves understanding mathematical functions.

One use of calculus is for finding rates of change and maximization.


apps

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


atomic bombs

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


overwhelms

The third-person singular form of overwhelm.


overwhelming

If evidence or numbers are overwhelming they are far more than needed.

The police believed their evidence against Curtis was overwhelming.

The overwhelming majority of Muslims disagree with that idea.

If you feel that something is overwhelming you feel that it is too much for you.

Parts of this job are probably very overwhelming for him.

The music gave me a sense of overwhelming joy and love.

/ˌəʊvəˈwɛlmɪŋ/


overwhelming

/ˌəʊvəˈwɛlmɪŋ/


conforms

conform (canonical)
conforms (third-person singular)
conformed (past)
conformed (past participle)
conforming (present participle)

The third-person singular form of conform.


conformed

The past tense and past participle of conform.


elucidates

elucidate (canonical)
elucidates (third-person singular)
elucidated (past)
elucidated (past participle)
elucidating (present participle)

The third-person singular form of elucidate.


frauds

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


elucidated

The past tense and past participle of elucidate.


garrisons

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


legion

The film won him a legion of followers.

A legion is a part of the Roman army with 3000 to 6000 soldiers

Caesar and his legions defeated the Gauls.


legions

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


thrash

thrash (canonical)
thrashes (third-person singular)
thrashed (past)
thrashed (past participle)
thrashing (present participle)

If you thrash someone or something, you beat it violently.

She thrashed him across the head and shoulders.

After cutting, the wheat had to be thrashed.

If you thrash a person, you defeat them.


conventional

conventional (positive)
more conventional (comparative)
most conventional (superlative)

Something that is conventional is what is generally done, believed, or ordinary.

The conventional temperature is at 22C.

The train runs on conventional rails.

I prefer more conventional clothing.


clams

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


thrashed

The past tense and past participle of thrash.


goads

goad (canonical)
goads (third-person singular)
goaded (past)
goaded (past participle)
goading (present participle)


goads

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


decrucify

decrucify (canonical)
decrucifies (third-person singular)
decrucified (past)
decrucified (past participle)
decrucifying (present participle)

Jesus was later decrucified to be put in a tomb.


drainage

To use a drainage is engage in the action or process of draining something.

The pot has holes in the base for good drainage


dependent clause

A dependent clause is a group of words with a subject and a verb.

The dependent clause in the sentence I will do so, when you give it to me would be when you give it to me.


conspire

conspire (canonical)
conspires (third-person singular)
conspired (past)
conspired (past participle)
conspiring (present participle)

If people are conspiring, they are making secret plans together, usually to cause harm.

The group was caught conspiring to overthrow the leader.

The senators conspired to kill Caesar, an act they accomplished.


conspired

The past tense and past participle of conspire.


conspires

The third-person singular form of conspire.


endow

endow (canonical)
endows (third-person singular)
endowed (past)
endowed (past participle)
endowing (present participle)

To endow is to give income or property to an organization

Donors were able to endow Harvard University with $37.1 billion.


curly

curly (positive)
curlier (comparative)
curliest (superlative)

Something that is curly is rounded or spiral in shape.

I have curly hair.


sequential

Something that is sequential follows in consecutive order.

1, 2, and 3 is in sequential order.


trumps

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


trumps

The third-person singular form of trump.


video game

A video game is a game that is played on an electronic device, such as on a computer, a console, a tablet, or a smartphone.

Video games are addictive because they are so fun that you want to try it again so many times.

/ˈvɪdiːəʊ̯ˌɡeɪm/


drivel

Don't talk such drivel.


drivel

driveled (past)
driveled (past participle)
driveling (present participle)
drivel (canonical)
drivels (third-person singular)
drivelled (past)
drivelled (past participle)
drivelling (present participle)

If you drivel on about something, you talk nonsense.

He was driveling on about the glory days.


fulfil

fulfil (canonical)
fulfils (third-person singular)
fulfilled (past)
fulfilled (past participle)
fulfilling (present participle)

If you fulfil something, you meet expectations.

He fulfilled his contract.

The group fulfilled their promises to the company.


semester

This semester I will be taking four subjects.

I will be graduating at the end of the semester.


negate

negate (canonical)
negates (third-person singular)
negated (past)
negated (past participle)
negating (present participle)

If x negates y, x makes y lose the effect that it had.

Smartphones have so many features that negate the need to carry other devices.


plantation

A plantation is a large-scale growth of crops, usually with only one type of crop grown.


orchard

An orchard is a plantation of fruit such as apples, plums, and peaches.

Many farms allow people to come and pick apples in their orchards.


leeway

Leeway is the amount of freedom to move or act that is available.

The rules gives the person some leeway into his duties.


orchards

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


dawned

dawn (canonical)
dawns (third-person singular)
dawned (past)
dawned (past participle)
dawning (present participle)

The past tense and past participle of dawn.


Egyptians

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


decrucifies

The third-person singular form of decrucify.


decrucified

The past tense and past participle of decrucify.


chinese radical


serial

A serial is a story or play appearing in pieces on a radio or magazine.

The Asterix comics appeared in magazines as a serial for many years.


serial

If something is considered to be serial, it takes place in multiple times.

A newspaper is a serial publication.


ejaculation

Ejaculation is the action of ejecting semen from the body.

Ejaculation is essential to reproduction.


cum

cum (canonical)
cums (third-person singular)
cummed (past)
cummed (past participle)
cumming (present participle)


cob

A cob is the part of the corn that is made of a hard husk surrounded by many kernels.

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cobs

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


justifiable

justifiable (positive)
more justifiable (comparative)
most justifiable (superlative)

Something that is justifiable can be given a reason.

The arrest of the man was perfectly justifiable given that he had just robbed a bank.


blow the whistle

If you blow the whistle on someone, you report them to the authorities about illegal or immoral things that they may have done.

He blew the whistle on the corruption in the company.

They were fired from their jobs after blowing the whistle on the poor management of money in the company.

If you blow the whistle, this means a game or match ends or that a referee is going to do something.

The referee blew the whistle in the middle of the game after one of the players was fouled.


fort

A fort is a fortified building designed for military defense.


fortify

fortify (canonical)
fortifies (third-person singular)
fortified (past)
fortified (past participle)
fortifying (present participle)

If you fortify something, you strengthen it with tough materials.

The castle was fortified with an extra layer of stone.


fortified

The past tense and past participle of fortify.


grenade

A grenade is a hand-held military bomb that has a timed fuse.


recursive

recursive (positive)
more recursive (comparative)
most recursive (superlative)

If a process is recursive, it uses its previous output as its next input.


withstand

withstand (canonical)
withstands (third-person singular)
withstood (past)
withstood (past participle)
withstanding (present participle)

If something can withstand something else, it can resist it.

Their relationship withstood the test of time.

These houses withstood the hurricane.


Vermont

Vermont is a state in the northeast of the United States.

Vermont was accepted as a state in 1791.

Montpelier is the capital of Vermont.


foreman

A foreman is a worker, especially a man, who supervises and directs other workers.

The foreman told his employees to get back to work.


foremen

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


Delaware

Delaware is a state in the northeast of the United States.

Delaware is one of the 13 original states.


elevator

An elevator is a machine that moves people and goods up and down between floors of a building.

Take the elevator to floor 13.

He took the elevator from his office to the parking garage.

A grain elevator is a building that is used to store wheat, corn, or other grains.


elevators

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


federate

federate (canonical)
federates (third-person singular)
federated (past)
federated (past participle)
federating (present participle)

If a group of countries, etc. federate, they join in a federation or alliance.

The colonies decided to federate, forming the country of Canada.


noticeable

noticeable (positive)
more noticeable (comparative)
most noticeable (superlative)

Something that is noticeable is very easily seen or noticed.

There was a noticeable increase in work being done.

The event caused some noticeable drama between the teams.


rotation

Rotation is the action of moving around an axis or center.

A rotation is one full turn back to the original position.

The planet Earth completes one rotation each day.


rotations

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


scrambles

scramble (canonical)
scrambles (third-person singular)
scrambled (past)
scrambled (past participle)
scrambling (present participle)

The third-person singular form of scramble.


scrambles

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


scrambled

scrambled (positive)
more scrambled (comparative)
most scrambled (superlative)

Food that has been scrambled has been mixed and cooked.

He made scrambled eggs for breakfast.


scrambled

The past tense and past participle of scramble.


legalise

legalise (canonical)
legalises (third-person singular)
legalised (past)
legalised (past participle)
legalising (present participle)

If something that was against the law is legalised, it becomes allowed under law.

Canada recently legalised marijuana.


eon

An eon is a period of 1,000,000,000 (one billion) years.

It feels like it's been an eon since we last saw each other.


photographing

photograph (canonical)
photographs (third-person singular)
photographed (past)
photographed (past participle)
photographing (present participle)


photographed

The past tense and past participle of photograph.


no longer

If something is no longer true, it used to be true, but it is not true now, not anymore.

I quit last week, so I no longer work there.

/nəʊˈlɒŋ.ɡə/

/noʊˈlɔŋ.ɡɚ/


tamper

tamper (canonical)
tampers (third-person singular)
tampered (past)
tampered (past participle)
tampering (present participle)

If something is tampered with, it is changed or altered without permission.

The evidence for this case was tampered with.

There have been allegations that the police tampered with the crime scene.


legalize

legalize (canonical)
legalizes (third-person singular)
legalized (past)
legalized (past participle)
legalizing (present participle)

If something that was against the law is legalized, it becomes allowed under law.

There has been a recent push to legalize marijuana in the United States.


lawyer up

lawyer up (canonical)
lawyers up (third-person singular)
lawyered up (past)
lawyered up (past participle)
lawyering up (present participle)

If a person, company, etc. lawyers up, they get a lawyer to represent them when doing something, usually in court.

The oil companies lawyered up and sued the government.


myometria

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


eons

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


partitioned

partition (canonical)
partitions (third-person singular)
partitioned (past)
partitioned (past participle)
partitioning (present participle)

The past tense and past participle of partition.


firing pin

A firing pin is a part of a firearm that is used to hit the primer of a cartridge to fire rounds.


firing pins

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


primer

A primer is a part of a pistol, rifle and other firearms that is used to ignite gunpowder or other explosives when struck by the firing pin.


primers

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


Jewfro

A Jewfro is a type of curly hairstyle that is worn by people of the Ashkenazi Jewish descent.


Jewfros

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


microsecond

A microsecond is one millionth (0.000001 or 10⁻⁶ or ¹/_(1,000,000)) of a second. The symbol is μs/µs.


microseconds

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


clothesline

A clothesline is a place to hang clothing to dry and is usually made of rope or plastic wire.

Please help me to hang these towels on the clothesline outside.


clotheslines

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


decantation

Decantation refers to the act of pouring out the liquid or water (which contains the dust or soil particles) without disturbing the particles at the bottom.


decantations

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


public relations

Public relations refers to the practice of managing the spread of information between a person or an organization and the public, commonly referred to as PR.

Every company has a public relations department that is responsible for creating a good public image of the company.


modification

A modification to something is a change or adjustment to something.

The modification of the computer allowed it to access the Internet easier.

The modifications made broke the device.

/ˌmɑdɪfɪˈkeɪʃən/

/ˌmɒdɪfɪˈkeɪʃən/


modifications

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


business plan

A business plan is a formal document that shows the business goals and the plans for reaching them. It may also contain other information about the business itself.


business plans

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


beatboxing

Beatboxing is making percussive noises with the mouth, lips, tongue and voice. Performers try an imitate the sounds of a drum machine and is used a lot in hip hop music.


air draft

Air draft is the distance from the surface of the water to the highest point on a vessel (a ship or boat).


air drafts

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


micro-second


surround sound

Surround sound is a system of sound surrounding the listener to make an effect that feels real, usually using a few speakers.


stock ticker symbol

stock ticker symbol
stock ticker symbols (plural)

A ticker symbol is a small abbreviation a company uses for stock indexes. They make the name of the company easier to remember.

"GOOG" is the stock ticker symbol for Google.


stock ticker symbols

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


orbited

orbit (canonical)
orbits (third-person singular)
orbited (past)
orbited (past participle)
orbiting (present participle)

The past tense and past participle of orbit.


livelihood

Someone's livelihood is how they support themselves, usually related to jobs and money.

The livelihoods of the farmers were destroyed when the drought came.

His livelihood depends on tourism.


livelihoods

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


interwoven

interweave (canonical)
interweaves (third-person singular)
interwove (past)
interwoven (past participle)
interweaving (present participle)


interweave

If something is interwoven, it is joined together by weaving.

The yarn was carefully interwoven to make the sweater.

If two or more things are interwoven, they are connected closely.

The courts are interwoven with the police.


interweaves

The third-person singular form of interweave.


CD

A CD is a type of plastic disk that is used to store computer files.

The singer released his new CD album.

This is the Roman numeral for four hundred (400). It may be written as CD or cd.


compact disc

A compact disc is a plastic disc that is used to store computer files.

The entire music album is on that compact disc.


brightens

brighten (canonical)
brightens (third-person singular)
brightened (past)
brightened (past participle)
brightening (present participle)

The third-person singular form of brighten.


brightened

The past tense and past participle of brighten.


flee

flee (canonical)
flees (third-person singular)
fled (past)
fled (past participle)
fleeing (present participle)

The prisoner tried to flee, but was caught by the guards.

If you flee a place, you escape from it.

The culprit fled the crime scene.

Millions of people fled the country during the war.


fled

The past tense and past participle of flee.


groupings

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


retrieve

retrieve (canonical)
retrieves (third-person singular)
retrieved (past)
retrieved (past participle)
retrieving (present participle)

If you retrieve something, you go and get it back.

He went into the classroom to retrieve his textbook.

The clerk retrieved the item from the back room.


retrieves

The third-person singular form of retrieve.


retrieved

The past tense and past participle of retrieve.


pervert

A pervert is a person who has inappropriate habits, specially about sex.

That pervert was looking into the changeroom.


pervert

pervert (canonical)
perverts (third-person singular)
perverted (past)
perverted (past participle)
perverting (present participle)

If someone perverts someone else or something he makes it work or behave in a bad way.


councillor

Half of the councillors voted against expanding the metro.


councillors

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


gulf

A gulf is a part of an ocean or sea that has land mostly around it.

Any wide separation, as in position, status, or education.


gulf

gulf (canonical)
gulfs (third-person singular)
gulfed (past)
gulfed (past participle)
gulfing (present participle)

When you gulf something, you swallow up or engulf it.


hear through the grapevine

When you hear something through the grapevine, you hear it from other people and not from the source, which are usually rumors.

I heard through the grapevine that the company will be closing down at the end of this year.


trailer

A trailer is something that follows, or trails behind something else.

A trailer is a vehicle with wheels that is connected to the back of a car or truck, usually to carry something.

The trailer of the eighteen-wheeler was carrying fresh produce.

Load the luggage into the trailer.

A trailer is a home with wheels that can be moved around. When it is not being moved around, it can be lived in.

We drove our trailer to Yellowstone National Park.

A movie trailer is a short video that shows a little bit of a movie, video game or television show.

The new trailer for Your Name came out yesterday!


trailers

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


Sun


Main Page/Sister projects


unwarier

unwary (positive)
unwarier (comparative)
unwariest (superlative)

The comparative form of unwary; more unwary.


unwariest

The superlative form of unwary; most unwary.


unrecyclables

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


unchangeables

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


window-shopping


down payment

A down payment is a payment made when you buy something, with the rest to be paid later.


sledgehammer

A sledgehammer is a large hammer that has a large metal block attached to the handle.

These sledgehammers will be used for construction work.


sledgehammer

sledgehammer (canonical)
sledgehammers (third-person singular)
sledgehammered (past)
sledgehammered (past participle)
sledgehammering (present participle)

If you sledgehammer something, you hit it with a sledgehammer.


lamebrain

A lamebrain is a person who is rather shallow.


orthodox

orthodox (positive)
more orthodox (comparative)
most orthodox (superlative)

Something that is orthodox follows the practices that are accepted by a faith or religion.

He's an orthodox Christian, not a Catholic.

Something that is orthodox follows what is normal or is accepted more often.

His fighting style was very orthodox.

/ˈɔːrθədɑks/


prediction

A prediction is an idea or guess of what will happen in the future.

The president gave a prediction as to whether or not the bill would be passed.

A prediction is a guess of the chance something will happen based on data.

The prediction on who would win the election was off by 10%.


predictions

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


elm

The city cut down several of the elm trees in the forest.

Elm wood is the wood that comes from this tree.

The dining table is made entirely out of elm wood.


elms

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


supercontinent

A supercontinent is a very large continent that was broken up into smaller ones in Earth's past.

The supercontinent of Pangaea was made up of all of today's continents.

A supercontinent is a large area of land that is made up of many different continents, like Africa-Eurasia.


supercontinents

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


vector

A vector is a quantity with both a size and a direction.

In teaching physics, force or velocity vectors can be added to the animation.

A vector is an animal or insect that carries and spreads a disease.

Other forms of this disease used different insect vectors.


beech

There were lots of beech trees in the forest.


beeches

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


sloth

Sloth is the quality of being lazy or unwilling to do work.

Sloth is one of the seven deadly sins.

A sloth is an animal from South America that eats leaves and is usually very slow and inactive.

The zoo has several sloths from Brazil.


sloths

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


slothful

slothful (positive)
more slothful (comparative)
most slothful (superlative)

Someone who is slothful is lazy or does not want to work.

Judging from his work, he's truly slothful.


obnoxious

obnoxious (positive)
more obnoxious (comparative)
most obnoxious (superlative)

Something that is obnoxious is not very pleasant or good.

That person was acting in a very obnoxious way.


magnifying glass

magnifying glass
magnifying glasses (plural)

A magnifying glass is a lens, usually set in a frame with a handle, used to make small things look larger.

The printing was so small he needed a magnifying glass to read it.


magnifying glasses

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


algorithm

An algorithm is a set of steps that reliably solve certain types of problems, such as sorting things alphabetically or doing long division.

The new search algorithm was able to find a solution 5% faster than the previous algorithm.

/ˈælɡərɪðəm/

/ˈælɡəˌrɪðəm/


post meridiem

Usually abbreviated p.m., a post meridiem time is noon or later.

In the winter, the sun can set as early as 4:30 post meridiem.


post meridium


ante meridium


pine

A pine tree is a tree of the Pinus family.

The pine trees were cut down to make room for new skyscrapers.

Pine is the wood that comes from these trees.


pine

pine (canonical)
pines (third-person singular)
pined (past)
pined (past participle)
pining (present participle)

If you pine for a person or thing, you long for them so much that it causes suffering.

Laura was pining for Bill all the time he was gone.


pines

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


pined

The past tense and past participle of pine.


graduation

Graduation is when a student finishes a course (usually in school) and gets a diploma. This is usually done with a ceremony.

My family was unable to come to my graduation ceremony.

A graduation is a mark (usually on a container) that is used to measure things.

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graduations

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


glen

A glen is a narrow valley that usually has a river running through it.

The glen runs through the campsite.


dales

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


glens

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


juggernaut

A juggernaut is something that is unstoppable and will destroy everything in its path.

The administrator was a juggernaut of a man.

A juggernaut is a group that is very powerful.

The political juggernaut that was the president had seized power.

/ˈdʒʌ.ɡə.nɔːt/


juggernauts

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


fortissimo

If something is played fortissimo it is played very loud.

Play the opening section fortissimo instead of forte.


fortissimo

fortissimo
fortissimos or fortissimi (plural)

A fortissimo sign shows that a music piece should be played very loud.


boo hoo

"Boo hoo!" cried Lisa after she lost her saxophone.

You use boo hoo to say that something is not worth crying about.

So you broke it. Boo hoo! Get a grip, and clean up the mess.


enlighten

enlighten (canonical)
enlightens (third-person singular)
enlightened (past)
enlightened (past participle)
enlightening (present participle)

If something enlightens someone, it makes them realize or understand something that they hadn't before, often something quite important.

This group tries to enlighten student about these risks.

A: "Didn't you hear about this new technology?" B: "No, please, enlighten me."

With the show, we try to entertain and enlighten at the same time.

If somebody is enlightened, they have a clear and true understanding of the world.

My parents were not really unusual, but they were enlightened about their views of marriage.

If something is enlightening, it makes you realize or understand something that you hadn't before, often something quite important.

These past months living with her were very enlightening.


enjoyable

enjoyable (positive)
more enjoyable (comparative)
most enjoyable (superlative)

Something that is enjoyable is able to give pleasure.

The critic found the movie more enjoyable than others.

Some find reading more enjoyable than others.

The visit was an enjoyable experience.


uncouple

uncouple (canonical)
uncouples (third-person singular)
uncoupled (past)
uncoupled (past participle)
uncoupling (present participle)

If two or more things are uncoupled, they are disconnected from each other.

The two railway cars were uncoupled at the train yard.


insanity

Insanity is the condition of being seriously mentally ill and unable to perceive reality as other people do.

The case had driven him to insanity.

Insanity is a situation that is very foolish.

It was pure insanity to rebel at a time like this.


insanities

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


uncouples

The third-person singular form of uncouple.


boardwalk

A boardwalk is a wooden path that goes over sandy or swampy ground. It may also go beside a body of water or beach.

The boardwalks in the park needed repairs.


boardwalks

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


trickster

A trickster is a person who tricks or cheats another person.

The trickster cheated and gained all the money from everyone.


tricksters

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


ampere

An ampere is the unit used to measure electric current. It is represented by the letter A.

The circuit had a current of 6 amperes.

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amperes

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


multilingual

multilingual (positive)
more multilingual (comparative)
most multilingual (superlative)

Something that is multilingual is related to many languages.

The sign outside parliament is multilingual.

Someone that is multilingual can speak many languages.

Most immigrants are multilingual and can speak two languages.


multilingual

A multilingual is someone who knows multiple languages.

Being a multilingual gives more opportunities in the workforce.


multilinguals

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


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oganesson

Oganesson is a radioactive element with an atomic number of 118 and symbol Og.

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tennessine

Tennessine is a synthetic element with an atomic number of 117 and symbol Ts.

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moscovium

Moscovium is a synthetic element with an atomic number of 115 and symbol Mc.

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nihonium

Nihonium is a synthetic radioactive element with an atomic number of 113 and symbol Nh.

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cobblers

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


clerical

clerical (positive)
more clerical (comparative)
most clerical (superlative)

Clerical work, skills, and workers are those related to what a clerk does in an office.

We didn't get the proper refund because of a clerical error.

My children have held various clerical jobs.

Clerical roles or items are those related to the clergy, the official leaders of religious activities.

The preacher at our church doesn't wear a clerical collar.


Englishmen

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


timeouts

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


constable

A constable is a low-ranking member of the police.

Thunder Point has a constable but no other local law enforcement.


courtesy

Courtesy is beliefs and actions related to being polite and respectful.

Our teachers treated us with courtesy and kindness.

A courtesy is something you do for someone to make things nicer for them, but for which you are not paid.

She sent you the photo as a small courtesy.

If you receive something courtesy of someone else, they have provided it for free.

All photos are courtesy of the city of Mississauga.

A courtesy title is one that people call you, even though it has no true basis.

Eveyone called the prince the Duke of Eaves as a courtesy title.


thot

A thot is a woman that has many sexual partners.


Ukraine

Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe; the capital city is Kyiv.


icosagon

An icosagon is a shape that has 20 sides and 20 angles.


dodecahedron

dodecahedron
dodecahedrons or dodecahedra (plural)

A dodecahedron is a polyhedron with twelve faces.


tridecagon

A tridecagon is a shape that has 13 sides and 13 angles.


opportunistic

opportunistic (positive)
more opportunistic (comparative)
most opportunistic (superlative)

Opportunistic behaviour takes advantage of chances offered by the situation, often without regard to the harm that it might cause.

Within the orgnization, there are many rules to regulate opportunistic behavior.

She was criticized for being calculating and politically opportunistic.

An opportunistic infection is one that only sickens an organism whose immune system has been weakened by disease or drug treatment.


dispatch

dispatch (canonical)
dispatches (third-person singular)
dispatched (past)
dispatched (past participle)
dispatching (present participle)

If you dispatch people or equipment somewhere, you send them there to do a particular task.

The government has reportedly dispatched elite army troops to Baghdad.

Vietnam dispatched ships and aircraft Saturday to the mouth of the Gulf of Thailand.

If you dispatch a message, package, etc., you send it.

Before long, Edison was regularly dispatching instructions to his lab up north.

If you dispatch a living thing, you kill it.

If the immune system has seen the viruses before, it can dispatch them swiftly.

His men swiftly dispatched any French prisoners by beheading them.


dispatch

A dispatch is a message or report sent by a someone in a distant location.

The New York Times ran 10 stories on Rwanda, half of them brief wire service dispatches.

Dispatch is part of an emergency response system, such as police or ambulance, which sends personnel to deal with emergencies.

When dispatch couldn't contact him, they called and asked me to check on him.

The dispatch of someone to a place is the act of sending them there to do a particular task.

They recommended to the President the dispatch of six thousand to eight thousand American combat forces.

If you do something with dispatch you finish it without wasting time.

We want to make sure that that work continues with all due dispatch and speed.


originate

originate (canonical)
originates (third-person singular)
originated (past)
originated (past participle)
originating (present participle)

If a person or thing originates from something, they come from or are created by that thing.

Most scientists believe modern humans originated in Africa about 200,000 years ago.

The flight, which originated in Newark, ran into trouble about one hour after takeoff.

The term "cap in hand" originated in England, during the Crimean War.

Over 60% of the US company's revenues originate elsewhere.

If you originate something, you are the first to think of or it or to do it.

George Takei, the actor who originated the role of Sulu on Star Trek, released a statement.


despatch

despatch (canonical)
despatches (third-person singular)
despatched (past)
despatched (past participle)
despatching (present participle)

If you despatch people or equipment somewhere, you send them there to do a particular task.

The government has reportedly despatched elite army troops to Baghdad.

Vietnam despatched ships and aircraft Saturday to the mouth of the Gulf of Thailand.

If you despatch a message, package, etc., you send it.

Before long, Edison was regularly despatching instructions to his lab up north.

If you despatch a living thing, you kill it.

If the immune system has seen the viruses before, it can despatch them swiftly.

His men swiftly despatched any French prisoners by beheading them.


despatch

A despatch is a message or report sent by a someone in a distant location.

The New York Times ran 10 stories on Rwanda, half of them brief wire service despatches.

despatch is part of an emergency response system, such as police or ambulance, which sends personnel to deal with emergencies.

When despatch couldn't contact him, they called and asked me to check on him.

The despatch of someone to a place is the act of sending them there to do a particular task.

They recommended to the President the despatch of six thousand to eight thousand American combat forces.

If you do something with despatch you finish it without wasting time.

We want to make sure that that work continues with all due despatch and speed.


divert

divert (canonical)
diverts (third-person singular)
diverted (past)
diverted (past participle)
diverting (present participle)

If you divert something, you change its path or flow so that it avoids a place it would have gone.

The news release about the new funding was an attempt to divert attention from the government's problems.

Money and resources were diverted from education into the war effort.

The farmers were diverting water from the river.

The Toronto-bound flight diverted to New York.

If you try to divert someone, you try to amuse them.


envisage

envisage (canonical)
envisages (third-person singular)
envisaged (past)
envisaged (past participle)
envisaging (present participle)

If you envisage something, you think that it will very likely happen.

The talks proved that things were a little more complicated than originally envisaged.

She envisaged her future within the company, and how she would change it.

If you envisage something, you imagine what it looks like.

It's hard to envisage him as a long-haired man walking through New York in torn jeans and Jesus sandals.


hardy

hardy (positive)
hardier (comparative)
hardiest (superlative)

If a living thing is hardy, it has no difficulties growing and staying healthy, even under bad conditions.

These trees are particularly hardy, and require very little attention.

It was a difficult place to call home, and only a few hardy souls survived.


petrified

petrified (positive)
more petrified (comparative)
most petrified (superlative)

If you are petrified, you are so scared that you cannot move.

The young child was petrified after the dog barked.


petrified

petrify (canonical)
petrifies (third-person singular)
petrified (past)
petrified (past participle)
petrifying (present participle)

The past tense and past participle of petrify.


um

You use um to show that you are thinking and not ready to speak.

We were prepared, um, in our minds, in our heart, for -- for whatever.

What she did isn't so, um, nice.

You use um to show that you doubt or are not sure about something somebody said.

Um, I don't think that works.

What? Um, okay. Sure, I guess. I'll tell her.

You use um with a falling tone to show that you agree.

"How does Tuesday sound?" "Um, sure. Sounds good!"

Um, excuse me! Are you busy?

You use um to bring attention to something that just happened or that was just said.

Um, did you just call me "stupid"?


hussy

A hussy is a woman that is not respectful or shows inappropriate behaviour.


gravity

Gravity is the physical force that attracts all matter, for example what makes things fall to the ground.

Because of the Earth's larger size, gravity here is stronger than the pull of gravity on the moon.

The gravity of a situation is how serious and worrying it is.

I don't think she understands the gravity of her crime.


mooseknuckle

Mooseknuckle is the bulge in the crotch area of a man.

Your mooseknuckle shows in those trousers.


dis-

You add "dis-" to the front of verbs, adjectives, adverbs, or nouns to make them mean the opposite or negative or their usual meaning.

The opposite of honesty is dishonesty.

If two people disagree, they do not agree.

You add "dis-" to the front of a verb, it adds a meaning of "away" or "apart".

If you dismiss somebody, you send them away.

If you dispurse seeds, you spread them out on the ground.


dis

dis (canonical)
disses (third-person singular)
dissed (past)
dissed (past participle)
dissing (present participle)


metallic

metallic (positive)
more metallic (comparative)
most metallic (superlative)

Something that is metallic is like metal.

The bird's call was loud and metallic.

Something that is metallic is made of or has metal in it.

The object contained metallic particles.


banger

A banger is someone that bangs things in any way.

The restaurant was especially famous for the bangers and mash they serve.

If a song is a banger, it is an energetic song that particularly stands out.

The DJ at the club last night played some real bangers!


cramping

cramp (canonical)
cramps (third-person singular)
cramped (past)
cramped (past participle)
cramping (present participle)


leapt

leap (canonical)
leaps (third-person singular)
leapt (past)
leapt (past participle)
leaping (present participle)

The past tense and past participle of leap.


annotate

annotate (canonical)
annotates (third-person singular)
annotated (past)
annotated (past participle)
annotating (present participle)

If you annotate a document or other text, you are adding notes to them, usually to explain them or add on to them.

The research paper was annotated with an explanation of the context of one of the points.


annotates

The third-person singular form of annotate.


annotated

The past tense and past participle of annotate.


annotation

An annotation is a note or comment that is added on a document or diagram that explains something.

The annotations in the bibliography provided a helpful explanation of the sources.


annotations

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


skid

skid (canonical)
skids (third-person singular)
skidded (past)
skidded (past participle)
skidding (present participle)

If a vehicle skids, it slides sideways along a slippery surface, usually in an uncontrollable way.

The truck skidded out of control on the ice.

The car skidded on a patch of ice.


skid

A skid the act of something sliding out of control.

The conditions on the road forced the car to go into a skid.

A skid is a long, flat piece that is attached under an aircraft that helps the aircraft land.


skids

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


skidded

The past tense and past participle of skid.


pierces

pierce (canonical)
pierces (third-person singular)
pierced (past)
pierced (past participle)
piercing (present participle)

The third-person singular form of pierce.


pierced

The past tense and past participle of pierce.


piercing

A piercing is a hole in the body that is made so jewellery can be put through it.

She got an ear piercing after her birthday.

A piercing is a piece of jewellery that is put into a piercing.

The woman had several face and body piercings.


piercing

piercing (positive)
more piercing (comparative)
most piercing (superlative)

A piercing look or sound is one that feels like it goes right through you because it is very intense.

The man had a piercing gaze.

The woman let out a piercing shriek after seeing the body.


piercings

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


literacy

Literacy is the ability to read and write.

The city has a literacy program for troubled young people.

The state has a 98% literacy rate, the highest in the country.


sociological imagination

Sociological imagination is the ability to see the relationship between individual experiences and the larger society.


deliquescent

deliquescent (positive)
more deliquescent (comparative)
most deliquescent (superlative)

If a material is deliquescent, it is able to take in moisture from air and dissolve in the moisture.

Most deliquescent materials are salts.


bubbled

bubble (canonical)
bubbles (third-person singular)
bubbled (past)
bubbled (past participle)
bubbling (present participle)

The past tense and past participle of bubble.


preparation

Preparation is the act of preparing or getting something ready.

In preparation for the event, each person chipped in and bought a gift.

Preparation is when something is prepared or ready for something.


chip in

If you chip in to something, you help out in a small way or pay for part of something.

Everyone chipped in and bought a gift for him.

If you chip in something, you help out or contribute something.

He chipped in most of the cost of the item.


cheesy

cheesy (positive)
cheesier (comparative)
cheesiest (superlative)

If something is cheesy, it is too dramatic, emotional, or cliché.

The movie showing in theatres was fairly cheesy for a children's movie.

If something is cheesy, it has, is made of, or is similar to cheese.

The pizza had a certain cheesy flavour to it.

This sandwich is full of cheesy goodness.


seafood

Seafood is any fish, shellfish, or underwater life that can be eaten.

The restaurant typically has fresh seafood coming in each day.


cheesier

The comparative form of cheesy; more cheesy.


cheesiest

The superlative form of cheesy; most cheesy.


lobbyist

A lobbyist is a person whose job is to lobby politicians and to try and make them vote or make a decision a certain way.

Industry lobbyists pushed for fewer restrictions on businesses.


lobbyists

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


legalizes

legalize (canonical)
legalizes (third-person singular)
legalized (past)
legalized (past participle)
legalizing (present participle)

The third-person singular form of legalize.


legalized

The past tense and past participle of legalize.


legalises

legalise (canonical)
legalises (third-person singular)
legalised (past)
legalised (past participle)
legalising (present participle)

The third-person singular form of legalise.


legalised

The past tense and past participle of legalise.


criminalize

criminalize (canonical)
criminalizes (third-person singular)
criminalized (past)
criminalized (past participle)
criminalizing (present participle)

If something is criminalized, it is made a crime.

Advocates pushed for gun possession to be criminalized.


criminalizes

The third-person singular form of criminalize.


criminalized

The past tense and past participle of criminalize.


flicks

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


flicks

flick (canonical)
flicks (third-person singular)
flicked (past)
flicked (past participle)
flicking (present participle)

The third-person singular form of flick.


flicked

The past tense and past participle of flick.


flourishes

flourish (canonical)
flourishes (third-person singular)
flourished (past)
flourished (past participle)
flourishing (present participle)

The third-person singular form of flourish.


flourished

The past tense and past participle of flourish.


monetize

monetize (canonical)
monetizes (third-person singular)
monetized (past)
monetized (past participle)
monetizing (present participle)

If you monetize something, you find a new way to earn money from it.

We will figure out how to monetize the largest user base on the Net.

The sale also afforded us the opportunity to monetize a currently nonproductive asset.

If you monetize something such as coins, shells, or notes, you convert it into or use it as money.

In the prison, cigarettes were monetized and used to buy other things.


primitive

primitive (positive)
more primitive (comparative)
most primitive (superlative)

If an object is primitive, it is simple and created without much skill.

He enjoyed doing primitive types of art.


vegetarian

A vegetarian is a person or an animal that only eats plants and does not eat meat.

The recipe is popular among vegetarians.


vegetarian

vegetarian (positive)
more vegetarian (comparative)
most vegetarian (superlative)

Something that is vegetarian relates to having no meat or has no meat in it.

The restaurant unveiled their new vegetarian menu.

Guests had the option of eating a vegetarian meal.


vegetarians

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


outhouse

An outhouse is a small, free-standing building that contains a toilet.

The building was so old, it had no plumbing—only an outhouse.

Before buildings had internal plumbing, they had outhouses.


outhouses

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


traumatic

traumatic (positive)
more traumatic (comparative)
most traumatic (superlative)

If something is traumatic, it causes trauma.

Recovery from a traumatic brain injury is a complicated process.

You've been through a very traumatic event, so make sure you take care of yourself.


sever

sever (canonical)
severs (third-person singular)
severed (past)
severed (past participle)
severing (present participle)

If you sever something, you cut through or separate it completely.

The man's arm was accidentally severed by a saw while he was working at the building.

More than five decades after the U.S. and Cuba severed ties, the relationship may be on the mend.


horrifying

horrifying (positive)
more horrifying (comparative)
most horrifying (superlative)

If something is horrifying, it is extremely upsetting.

We are now getting absolutely horrifying images of death and destruction from the area.


horrifying

horrify (canonical)
horrifies (third-person singular)
horrified (past)
horrified (past participle)
horrifying (present participle)


flake

A flake is a small, flat piece of something, often broken off something larger.

London was silent with snow; soft flakes of it dropping evenly into the white streets.

When your head is dry, white flakes of skin appear on your hair and clothing.


flake

flake (canonical)
flakes (third-person singular)
flaked (past)
flaked (past participle)
flaking (present participle)

If something flakes, it breaks into small, flat pieces.

The paint had started to flake off the wall.


indigenous

If a plant, animal, or person is indigenous to a certain area, its ancestors have been there for a very long time.

Several indigenous plants went extinct as a result of climate change.

Indigenous people lobbied for the project to be cancelled.

Something that is indigenous is related to the native people of an area.

Indigenous traditions have largely died out.


synchronize

synchronize (canonical)
synchronizes (third-person singular)
synchronized (past)
synchronized (past participle)
synchronizing (present participle)

If you synchronize two or more clocks, watches, etc., you set them to show the same time.

They synchronized their watches and agreed to meet at four o'clock.

If you synchronize two or more things, you make them happen at the same time or go at the same pace.

The bus arrivals were now synchronized with the subway times.

The protests across the country were synchronized.


walkouts

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


swarthiness

Swarthiness is the property of having darker skin.


stool

A stool is a seat for one person that does not have a back or an armrest.

The three men sat on the stools smoking cigarettes.

Stool samples revealed that the animals had eaten an abnormal amount of plastic.

A stool is a plant that has been cut to its base to let it grow again.


stool

stool (canonical)
stools (third-person singular)
stooled (past)
stooled (past participle)
stooling (present participle)

If a person or thing stools, it releases feces.

It is common for babies to stool frequently during feeding.

If a plant stools, it releases shoots from its roots.

If a plant is stooled, it is cut down to its base to let it grow again.


stools

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


stools

The third-person singular form of stool.


attribution

Attribution is the act of clearly acknowledging the creator of or reason for something.

An attribution error occurs when you see somebody as responsible for things they are not responsible for.

Attributions of success and failure was different, depending on the person's role.

Social workers and service users differed in their causal attributions for poverty.


orderly

orderly (positive)
more orderly (comparative)
most orderly (superlative)

If something is done in an orderly fashion or manner, it works very well as expected.

He packed up his things in a very orderly fashion and left the next day.

Something that is orderly is neat and organized.

The orderly rows of the books in the library we calming.


terminus

The terminus of something is its end or final point, often the end of a bus or rail route or line.

The train has arrived at the terminus of the line.

The station served as the western terminus of the railway for 40 years.

There was damage at the terminus of the nerves.

A terminus is a boundary or border or a post that marks a boundary or border.


termini

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


resistant

resistant (positive)
more resistant (comparative)
most resistant (superlative)

Something that is resistant to something else is against it or resists it.

The country was particularly resistant to change after the war.

This strain of bacteria was found to be resistant to antibiotics.


aura

An aura is a feeling, quality, or atmosphere that a certain person or place has or is associated with.

That place had a distinctive aura of wonder and majesty.

The man had an aura of confidence.

An aura is an invisible energy or force that surrounds a person or animal.


manifesto

manifesto
manifestos or manifestoes (plural)

A manifesto is a public statement that describes a person or group's aims, goals, and beliefs.

The Liberals' election manifesto detailed their plans for healthcare funding.


refereed

referee (canonical)
referees (third-person singular)
refereed (past)
refereed (past participle)
refereeing (present participle)

The past tense and past participle of referee.


manifestos

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


Æ

Do you know about Julius Cæsar?


inexplicable

inexplicable (positive)
more inexplicable (comparative)
most inexplicable (superlative)

If something is inexplicable, it is very difficult to explain.


apprehension

Apprehension is the anxiety or fear that something bad or unpleasant will happen.

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confrontation

A confrontation between two or more groups is when they challenge or confront each other.

In a tense confrontation, the two men argued with each other.

A confrontation is a fight between two or more groups armed with weapons.

The battalion was caught up in a confrontation with enemy troops.


confrontations

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


Œ

Amœba is a well known genus of unicellular organism, a protist.


democratic

democratic (positive)
more democratic (comparative)
most democratic (superlative)

Something that is democratic is based on or relates to democracy, where the people choose the government.

The United States is a democratic country, since the citizens choose the leaders in government.


administer

administer (canonical)
administers (third-person singular)
administered (past)
administered (past participle)
administering (present participle)

If you administer a test, program etc., you organize and supervise it.

The school administers IELTS and TOEFL tests for students who need to take them.

If a medical person administers drugs they put the drugs into the person or animal.

Sometimes, nurses administer the drug to the wrong patient.


knotty

knotty (positive)
knottier (comparative)
knottiest (superlative)

A knotty problem or issue is complicated and difficult to solve.

Nobody can agree about how to deal with this extremely knotty problem.


auxiliary

An auxiliary worker is one who assists the main workers.

The auxiliary police receive basic police training but cannot carry a weapon.

An auxiliary motor or power supply starts working if the main one stops.

Because the computers are so important in an emergency, they need an auxiliary power supply.

An auxiliary verb is a verb such as be, do, or will that works with another verb to show the tense, aspect, mood, or voice. (Here is a list of English auxiliary verbs.)

The passive voice in English typically uses the auxiliary verbs be or get.

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auxiliary

An auxiliary is a person who assists the main workers.

A number of auxiliaries were brought in to cover the sick workers.

An auxiliary is an organization that supports another organization.

The Ladies’ Auxiliary started when women were asked to help injured soldiers returning home.

That sentence needs an auxiliary.


mojibake

Mojibake occurs when a computer tries to display characters encoded in a different format.

Mojibake often looks like this: � � � �ա�.


skirmish

skirmish (canonical)
skirmishes (third-person singular)
skirmished (past)
skirmished (past participle)
skirmishing (present participle)

If two sides skirmish, they fight briefly.


oughta

I oughta go home.


oughtta


conundrum

conundrum
conundrums or conundra (plural)

A conundrum is a difficult question or riddle.

A conundrum is a difficult choice or decision that has to be made.


woulda

I woulda gone shopping, but it's late now.


shoulda

I shoulda gone home, since it's late now.


coulda

I coulda gone shopping, but it's late now.


sigma

Σσ, and in the word last position, writes as ς.

Standard deviation,has formula :=displaystyle σ=√ the average symbol ̄x often writes as μ


hydro-

Words that start with hydro- are related to water or hydrogen.


cesium

Cesium is an American spelling of caesium.


deuterium

Deuterium is a kind of hydrogen atom that has a nucleus with one proton and one neutron. It can be written as ^{₂}_{₁}H or ^{₂}H or D.

Deuterium is a substance consisting of deuterium atoms.


protium

A type of Hydrogen atoms that they nuclear has only one proton. It can write as ^{₁}_{₁}H or ^{₁}H or H, but not write as P.


tritium

A type of Hydrogen atom that the nucleus has one proton and two neutrons. It can be written as ^{₃}_{₁}H or ^{₃}H or T.


titanium dioxide

a compound that make up by oxygen and titanium. It have high whiteness.


archetype

An archetype is something that all other similar ideas or objects are copied from.

Things Fall Apart is considered an archetype for African literature.


archetypes

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


positron

A positron is a particle that takes one positive charge and its mass and spin is equal to an electron's.


positrons

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


positive electron


tidal wave


σ


μ


ξ


quadrillion

Quadrillions of dollars have been spent on the war in Iraq.


gynoid

I'd rather have a gynoid cleaning my house than a robot that looks like a man.


gynoids

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

If gynoids aren't invented soon I might never get a girlfriend.


quasar

A radiation that comes from accretion disc of early universe. It has red-shift really high, it looks like a star but they radius approx a galaxy.


vigintillion

One thousand novemdecillion is a vigintillion.


resin

Resin is a sticky organic compound from some plants.


nuclide

A nuclide is a specific kind of atom defined by the exact number of protons and neutrons in its nucleus.


cuprum

Another term for copper, the symbol Cu comes from this words.


ferrum

Another term for iron, the symbol Fe comes from this word.


kinship

Kinship is the connection to other people in your family.

Kinship is a feeling of close friendship or connection between people.


validation

Validation is the process of making sure that something is correct, appropriate, and acceptable.


determinative

A determinative is one of a small set of words that usually function as determiner.

A determinative is a character used to group together words in a logographic script.


α


β


beta

The second letter of the Greek alphabet.

The beta period of a piece of software is the period after its alpha and before its final release.

A shortening of beta male; an inferior and undesirable male, especially compared to an alpha male.


γ


δ


ε


ζ


η


θ


ι


κ


λ


ν


ο


ρ


τ


υ


φ


χ


ψ


ω


Xmas

Merry Xmas!


CPI

CPI is abbreviation for consumer price index

CPI is abbreviation for Corruption Perceptions Index.


quintillion

ordinal quintillionth) The number 1,000,000,000,000,000,000


quintillion

One thousand quadrillion is a quintillion.


oxide

Binary compound that has oxygen element.


decillion

One thousand nonillion is a decillion.


protanopia

A type of vison that has difficulty differentiating between green and red.


protanopias

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


ocha

I drink two cups of ocha yestarday.

From Japanese term ocha.


duodecimal

Number system that base twelve. Often called base-12 , dozenal.

Duodecimal use twelve numerals:0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, ᘔ, Ɛ.


matcha

Matcha is powder that made oftealeaves, also called maccha.

This ice-cream has some matcha, so looks like yellowish-green.


philia

If you philia sth, you will really like it even love.

I have philia of mathematics since I learned derivative.

Philia is liking of something, even strongly.

She has philia of blue.


philias

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


deployment

The deployment of troops, technology, systems, or resources is sending them out to be in place to be used as needed.

We've started the deployment of technologies to address this challenge.


parabolas

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


transplant

A transplant is when a plant is removed and moved somewhere else.

A transplant is a type of surgery in which an organ or a tissue is moved from one body to another, or one part of the body to another.

The patient received a successful heart transplant yesterday.


transplant

transplant (canonical)
transplants (third-person singular)
transplanted (past)
transplanted (past participle)
transplanting (present participle)

If a plant is transplanted, it is removed and moved somewhere else.

If an organ or tissue is transplanted, it is moved from one body to another, or one part of the body to another.


discern

discern (canonical)
discerns (third-person singular)
discerned (past)
discerned (past participle)
discerning (present participle)

If you can discern a pattern, difference, or meaning you can notice, see, or identify it.

It can be difficult to discern any pattern when there are so few examples.

They were trying to discern whether anything had changed.

His head was turned away so that she could not discern his features.


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mental hospital

mental hospital
mental hospitals (plural)

A mental hospital is a hospital for people with a disease of the mind.


sextillion

One thousand quintillion is a sextillion.


stepsister

Someone's stepsister is the daughter of their stepmother or stepfather.

When my father married again, I got two stepsisters.


stepbrother

Someone's stepbrother is the son of their stepmother or stepfather.

When my mother and I went to live in her new partner's house, I was not an only child anymore: suddenly I had a stepbrother and a stepsister.


-chrome

You add -chrome to form a noun or adjective meaning "(having) the colour".


end user

The end user of some software, information, or other product is the person who it was made for, not the people who develop or sell it.


screwball

A screwball is a type of throw where the ball curves to one side.

Screwballs are often described as being the opposite of curveballs.

A screwball is someone that behaves in a crazy way.

That student over there is a real screwball.


counteract

counteract (canonical)
counteracts (third-person singular)
counteracted (past)
counteracted (past participle)
counteracting (present participle)

If something counteracts the effects of something else, it acts against those effects.

Alcohol will counteract the effects of learning.


septillion

One thousand sextillion is a septillion.


vegan

A vegan is a person or an animal that doesn't eat or use meat or animal products.

This restaurant is suitable for vegans.


vegans

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


duplicity

Duplicity is dishonest talk or behaviour, especially by saying different things to two people.


atrocious

atrocious (positive)
more atrocious (comparative)
most atrocious (superlative)

Something that is atrocious is of a very bad quality or is disgusting.

The movie's acting was atrocious.

The weather has been atrocious all week.

Something that is atrocious is evil or cruel.

It is well known that the prison's treatment of prisoners is atrocious.


cache

A cache is a store of things that might be needed in the future.

The Antarctic expedition left food caches for the return journey.

A cache is a temporary storage in a computer where recent information is stored.

The computer periodically clears its cache.


cache

cache (canonical)
caches (third-person singular)
cached (past)
cached (past participle)
caching (present participle)

If you cache something, it means that you store something away.

John decided that they must cache their weapons


caches

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


caches

The third-person singular form of cache.


periodically

Something that happens periodically happens quite often at regular times.

The garbage is collected periodically by the city.


indication

An indication is something that points out or indicates something else.

The market changes were an early indication of the recession.

The successful surgery was an indication of recent medical advances.


tournament

A tournament is a series of games until a winner is decided.

A lot of sports fans are looking forward to the college basketball championship tournament.


veggies

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


artillery

Artillery is big weapons that look like cannons.

The army units came under artillery fire.


alienate

alienate (canonical)
alienates (third-person singular)
alienated (past)
alienated (past participle)
alienating (present participle)

If you alienate somebody, you make them feel unfriendly or unwelcome.

These children who just can't be quiet in class, may alienate friends and upset the classroom.


fossils

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


guitarist

A guitarist is a person that plays the guitar.

The guitarist can play very well.


guitarists

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


flamingoes

flamingo
flamingoes or flamingos (plural)

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


southerner

A southerner is a person or thing that is from the south of a place.


southerners

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


westerner

A westerner is a person or thing that is from the west of a place.


westerners

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


therapists

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


blenders

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


eventful

eventful (positive)
more eventful (comparative)
most eventful (superlative)

If a time or situation was eventful, many important events happen then.

It was an eventful night as he was awarded with the Nobel Prize.


odour

Something's odour is its smell, usually a bad smell.

The football players had an odour after their match, and I had to hold my breath as they walked past.


odours

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


favourable

favourable (positive)
more favourable (comparative)
most favourable (superlative)

If something is favourable, then it is pleasing.

His smart attitude left a favourable impression on everybody.

If something is favourable, then it is useful or helpful.

The favourable conditions helped us to finish our task quickly.

If something is favourable, then it happens at a suitable time.


disorganised

disorganised (positive)
more disorganised (comparative)
most disorganised (superlative)

If someone is disorganised, they are not capable of being organised.

If a place is disorganised, it is messy.


disorganised

disorganise (canonical)
disorganises (third-person singular)
disorganised (past)
disorganised (past participle)
disorganising (present participle)

The past tense and past participle of disorganise.


disorganisation

Disorganisation is the state of being disorganised.


expectations

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


realisation

Realisation is the process or result of coming to understand something clearly.

He slowly came to the realisation that she wouldn't be coming back ever again.

Realisation is act or result of making an idea come true.

He did not stay around long enough to see the realisation of the idea.

The realisation of the plan took several years.

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realisations

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


darkens

darken (canonical)
darkens (third-person singular)
darkened (past)
darkened (past participle)
darkening (present participle)

The third-person singular form of darken.


darkened

The past tense and past participle of darken.


tournaments

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


indications

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


hardier

hardy (positive)
hardier (comparative)
hardiest (superlative)

The comparative form of hardy; more hardy.


hardiest

The superlative form of hardy; most hardy.


federates

federate (canonical)
federates (third-person singular)
federated (past)
federated (past participle)
federating (present participle)

The third-person singular form of federate.


federated

The past tense and past participle of federate.


envisages

envisage (canonical)
envisages (third-person singular)
envisaged (past)
envisaged (past participle)
envisaging (present participle)

The third-person singular form of envisage.


serials

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


kinships

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


originates

originate (canonical)
originates (third-person singular)
originated (past)
originated (past participle)
originating (present participle)

The third-person singular form of originate.


originated

The past tense and past participle of originate.


ninth

The ninth thing is something that is number nine (9) in order.


ninth

A ninth of something is one of nine equal parts of that thing.

Two is one ninth of eighteen.


ninths

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


scorns

scorn (canonical)
scorns (third-person singular)
scorned (past)
scorned (past participle)
scorning (present participle)

The third-person singular form of scorn.


scorned

The past tense and past participle of scorn.


negates

negate (canonical)
negates (third-person singular)
negated (past)
negated (past participle)
negating (present participle)

The third-person singular form of negate.


negated

The past tense and past participle of negate.


smartphones

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


amasses

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

The third-person singular form of amass.


amassed

The past tense and past participle of amass.


stockpiling

stockpile (canonical)
stockpiles (third-person singular)
stockpiled (past)
stockpiled (past participle)
stockpiling (present participle)


stockpiled

The past tense and past participle of stockpile.


stockpiles

The third-person singular form of stockpile.


stockpiles

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


punching bag

A punching bag is a bag used for punching, kicking or boxing.

The punching bag is filled with sand.

A punching bag is a person that is abused or bullied.

The bully uses Tim as a punching bag whenever he is upset.


punching bags

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


box offices

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


box-office

Box-office is another way of spelling box office.


box-offices

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


Moon


despatches

despatch (canonical)
despatches (third-person singular)
despatched (past)
despatched (past participle)
despatching (present participle)

The third-person singular form of despatch.


despatched

The past tense and past participle of despatch.


constables

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


fraternities

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


fraternal

Fraternal groups are groups whose members show a special friendliness to each other.

The fraternal order of police raised money for the children.


golfer

A golfer is someone who plays the outdoor game of golf.

Gary Player is a professional golfer.


golfers

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


basketballer

A basketballer is someone who plays basketball.

Stephen Curry is a professional basketballer.


basketballers

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


Brazil

Brazil is a country in South America. It is north of Argentina.


Brazilian

A Brazilian is a person or thing that comes from Brazil.


Brazilian

Something or someone that is Brazilian comes from Brazil.

The Brazilian currency is the Real.


Brazilians

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


Malaysian

A Malaysian is a person or thing that comes from Malaysia.


Malaysian

Something or someone that is Malaysian comes from Malaysia.

The Malaysian currency is the Ringgit.


Malaysians

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


fictional

fictional (positive)
more fictional (comparative)
most fictional (superlative)

If something is fictional, it is made up and not true.

The movie is a fictional history of New York.


catchier

catchy (positive)
catchier (comparative)
catchiest (superlative)

The comparative form of catchy; more catchy.


catchiest

The superlative form of catchy; most catchy.


duffle bags

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


communism

Communism is any ideology that is socialist, has no central government or money, and wants everyone to be equal.

Many countries around the world tried to institute communism.


communisms

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


apron

An apron is a piece of clothing that is worn to protect from spills.

Chefs at this restaurant are required to wear aprons.

An apron is the paved area of an airport, especially the area where aircraft park away from a terminal.


apron

apron (canonical)
aprons (third-person singular)
aproned (past)
aproned (past participle)
aproning (present participle)

If something is aproned, it is covered with an apron.


aprons

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


aprons

The third-person singular form of apron.


aproned

The past tense and past participle of apron.


uploads

upload (canonical)
uploads (third-person singular)
uploaded (past)
uploaded (past participle)
uploading (present participle)

The third-person singular form of upload.


uploads

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


uploaded

The past tense and past participle of upload.


partially

If something is partially true, it is only true to a certain extent.


geographer

A geographer is a person who studies geography.

Alexander von Humboldt is regarded as one of the greatest geographers.


geographers

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


tusks

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


spotted hyenas

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


forgivenesses

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


roasters

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


amp

An amp is the unit used to measure electric current.

The fuse has a rating of 13 amps.

She bought a new 100 Watt amp for her guitar.


amp

amp (canonical)
amps (third-person singular)
amped (past)
amped (past participle)
amping (present participle)

If you amp something, it means that you increased it.

David asked me to amp up the volume of the music.


amps

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


amped

The past tense and past participle of amp.


baht

A baht is a unit of currency used in Thailand.

The total cost of the meal is 500 bahts.


bahts

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


botanist

A botanist is a person who studies botany.

Nikolaus Ager was a French botanist and physician.


botanists

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


deployments

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


curse word

A curse word is a word that is not nice to say and is impolite and/or offensive.


curse words

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


cuts out

cut out (canonical)
cuts out (third-person singular)
cut out (past)
cut out (past participle)
cutting out (present participle)

The third-person singular form of cut out.


defecates

defecate (canonical)
defecates (third-person singular)
defecated (past)
defecated (past participle)
defecating (present participle)

The third-person singular form of defecate.


defecated

The past tense and past participle of defecate.


sweetened

sweeten (canonical)
sweetens (third-person singular)
sweetened (past)
sweetened (past participle)
sweetening (present participle)

The past tense and past participle of sweeten.


sweetens

The third-person singular form of sweeten.


sweets

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


candied

candied (positive)
more candied (comparative)
most candied (superlative)

A food that is candied is covered in sugar.

The town fair always has candied apples for sale.


candied

candy (canonical)
candies (third-person singular)
candied (past)
candied (past participle)
candying (present participle)

The past tense and past participle of candy.


icosagons

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


icosahedrons

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


cuboids

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


dodecagons

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


dodecahedrons

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


hendecagons

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


heptagons

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


hexagons

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


nonagons

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


octagons

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


pentadecagons

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


tridecagons

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


quindecagons

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


equilateral triangle

equilateral triangle
equilateral triangles (plural)

An equilateral triangle is a triangle that has three equal sides and angles.


equilateral triangles

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


persuasions

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


curlier

curly (positive)
curlier (comparative)
curliest (superlative)

The comparative form of curly; more curly.


curliest

The superlative form of curly; most curly.


algorithms

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


syzygy

Syzygy is the alignment of three celestial objects, as the sun, the earth, and either the moon or a planet:


dispatches

dispatch (canonical)
dispatches (third-person singular)
dispatched (past)
dispatched (past participle)
dispatching (present participle)

The third-person singular form of dispatch.


dispatches

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


dispatched

The past tense and past participle of dispatch.


brotherhood

Brotherhood is the relationship between brothers.

Brotherhood is the relationship between all men. All men on earth and living are considered "brothers".

A brotherhood is a group of brothers, especially men who agree to live or work together for religious purposes.


brotherhoods

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


podcasts

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


cancans

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


jawbreakers

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


swimmer

A swimmer is someone who swims or has the ability to swim.

Michael Phelps is a professional swimmer.


swimmers

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


flammable

flammable (positive)
more flammable (comparative)
most flammable (superlative)

If a something is flammable, it can burn easily and/or rapidly.


diseased

disease (canonical)
diseases (third-person singular)
diseased (past)
diseased (past participle)
diseasing (present participle)

The past tense and past participle of disease.


diseased

diseased (positive)
more diseased (comparative)
most diseased (superlative)

If someone is diseased, they are affected with or suffering from a certain disease.


drinkers

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


envisaged

envisage (canonical)
envisages (third-person singular)
envisaged (past)
envisaged (past participle)
envisaging (present participle)

The past tense and past participle of envisage.


envisaged

envisaged (positive)
more envisaged (comparative)
most envisaged (superlative)


moderations

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


daybreaks

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


rewrites

rewrite (canonical)
rewrites (third-person singular)
rewrote (past)
rewritten (past participle)
rewriting (present participle)

The third-person singular form of rewrite.


rewriting

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talkers

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


crispy

crispy (positive)
crispier (comparative)
crispiest (superlative)

If something is crispy, it breaks easily and makes a cracking sound when you break or bite it.

The chips Mary brought are very crispy.


crispier

The comparative form of crispy; more crispy.


crispiest

The superlative form of crispy; most crispy.


mountaineer

A mountaineer is a person who climbs mountains for sport or pleasure.

At the age of 9, Tyler Armstrong is the youngest mountaineer to climb Mount Aconcagua in Argentina.

A mountaineer is a person who lives in a mountainous area.


mountaineers

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


tantalise

tantalise (canonical)
tantalises (third-person singular)
tantalised (past)
tantalised (past participle)
tantalising (present participle)

To tantalise is to tease by showing something one wants, and then withhold it.


tantalises

The third-person singular form of tantalise.


tantalised

The past tense and past participle of tantalise.


belligerents

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


pixels

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


preparations

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


boilers

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


duplicities

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


attributions

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


artilleries

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


adequacies

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


auxiliaries

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


knottier

knotty (positive)
knottier (comparative)
knottiest (superlative)

The comparative form of knotty; more knotty.


knottiest

The superlative form of knotty; most knotty.


fistfights

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


fistfights

fistfight (canonical)
fistfights (third-person singular)
fistfought (past)
fistfought (past participle)
fistfighting (present participle)

The third-person singular form of fistfight.


expeditions

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


fistfought

The past tense and past participle of fistfight.


interrogations

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


blunders

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


blunders

blunder (canonical)
blunders (third-person singular)
blundered (past)
blundered (past participle)
blundering (present participle)

The third-person singular form of blunder.


blundered

The past tense and past participle of blunder.


flanks

flank (canonical)
flanks (third-person singular)
flanked (past)
flanked (past participle)
flanking (present participle)

The third-person singular form of flank.


flanks

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


flanked

The past tense and past participle of flank.


shotguns

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


aides

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


impales

impale (canonical)
impales (third-person singular)
impaled (past)
impaled (past participle)
impaling (present participle)

The third-person singular form of impale.


impaled

The past tense and past participle of impale.


supercedes

supercede (canonical)
supercedes (third-person singular)
superceded (past)
superceded (past participle)
superceding (present participle)

The third-person singular form of supercede.


superceded

The past tense and past participle of supercede.


supersedes

supersede (canonical)
supersedes (third-person singular)
superseded (past)
superseded (past participle)
superseding (present participle)

The third-person singular form of supersede.


superseded

The past tense and past participle of supersede.


retaliations

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


toxicologies

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


vengeances

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


anatomies

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


nutritions

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


proteins

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


visitations

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


counseled

counsel (canonical)
counsels (third-person singular)
counseled (past)
counseled (past participle)
counseling (present participle)

The past tense and past participle of counsel.


counseling

& (uncountable) If you need counseling, it means that you need professional assistance from other people.

The boy requires counseling from Mrs Smith.


counselings

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


counselling

& (uncountable) If you need counselling, it means that you need professional assistance from other people.


counselling

counsel (canonical)
counsels (third-person singular)
counselled (past)
counselled (past participle)
counselling (present participle)


counsellings

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


toaster ovens

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


intimated

intimate (canonical)
intimates (third-person singular)
intimated (past)
intimated (past participle)
intimating (present participle)

The past tense and past participle of intimate.


yachts

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


inflicts

inflict (canonical)
inflicts (third-person singular)
inflicted (past)
inflicted (past participle)
inflicting (present participle)

The third-person singular form of inflict.


inflicted

The past tense and past participle of inflict.


dripped

drip (canonical)
drips (third-person singular)
dripped (past)
dripped (past participle)
dripping (present participle)

The past tense and past participle of drip.


dripping

If something is dripping, it is falling one drop at a time.


drippings

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


dripping pan

A dripping pan is used to collect fats that drip from meat when cooking.


dripping pans

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


auras

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


synchronizes

synchronize (canonical)
synchronizes (third-person singular)
synchronized (past)
synchronized (past participle)
synchronizing (present participle)

The third-person singular form of synchronize.


synchronized

The past tense and past participle of synchronize.


flakes

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


flakes

flake (canonical)
flakes (third-person singular)
flaked (past)
flaked (past participle)
flaking (present participle)

The third-person singular form of flake.


flaked

The past tense and past participle of flake.


synchronise

synchronise (canonical)
synchronises (third-person singular)
synchronised (past)
synchronised (past participle)
synchronising (present participle)

If you synchronise two or more clocks, watches, etc., you set them to show the same time.

They synchronised their watches and agreed to meet at four o'clock.

If you synchronise two or more things, you make them happen at the same time or go at the same pace.

The bus arrivals were now synchronised with the subway times.

The protests across the country were synchronised.


synchronises

The third-person singular form of synchronise.


synchronised

The past tense and past participle of synchronise.


seafoods

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


semesters

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


billboards

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


postscripts

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


foreshadows

foreshadow (canonical)
foreshadows (third-person singular)
foreshadowed (past)
foreshadowed (past participle)
foreshadowing (present participle)

The third-person singular form of foreshadow.


foreshadowed

The past tense and past participle of foreshadow.


stethoscopes

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


troupes

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


airstrikes

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


impounds

impound (canonical)
impounds (third-person singular)
impounded (past)
impounded (past participle)
impounding (present participle)

The third-person singular form of impound.


impounds

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


impounded

The past tense and past participle of impound.


standoffs

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


topples

topple (canonical)
topples (third-person singular)
toppled (past)
toppled (past participle)
toppling (present participle)

The third-person singular form of topple.


toppled

The past tense and past participle of topple.


air strike

An air strike is an attack by the military that is done by using airplanes or missiles.

President Trump ordered air strikes against Syria.


air strikes

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


companionships

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


cultivations

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


processions

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


rejoices

rejoice (canonical)
rejoices (third-person singular)
rejoiced (past)
rejoiced (past participle)
rejoicing (present participle)

The third-person singular form of rejoice.


rejoiced

The past tense and past participle of rejoice.


avoidances

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


complications

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


rivalries

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


dissatisfactions

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


conquers

conquer (canonical)
conquers (third-person singular)
conquered (past)
conquered (past participle)
conquering (present participle)

The third-person singular form of conquer.


conquered

The past tense and past participle of conquer.


scents

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

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scents

scent (canonical)
scents (third-person singular)
scented (past)
scented (past participle)
scenting (present participle)

The third-person singular form of scent.


scented

The past tense and past participle of scent.


gaieties

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


omissions

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


ounces

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


thirsts

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


waists

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


collectors

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


veiled

veil (canonical)
veils (third-person singular)
veiled (past)
veiled (past participle)
veiling (present participle)

The past tense and past participle of veil.


mercies

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


inquires

inquire (canonical)
inquires (third-person singular)
inquired (past)
inquired (past participle)
inquiring (present participle)

The third-person singular form of inquire.


inquired

The past tense and past participle of inquire.


repetitions

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


companions

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


articulations

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


recommendations

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


repertoires

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


percentages

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


differs

differ (canonical)
differs (third-person singular)
differed (past)
differed (past participle)
differing (present participle)

The third-person singular form of differ.


differed

The past tense and past participle of differ.


gifted

gifted (positive)
more gifted (comparative)
most gifted (superlative)

If a person is gifted, he or she has special abilities or talents.


gifted

gift (canonical)
gifts (third-person singular)
gifted (past)
gifted (past participle)
gifting (present participle)

The past tense and past participle of gift.


talented

talented (positive)
more talented (comparative)
most talented (superlative)

If a person is talented, he or she has one or more talents.


vanguard

The vanguards are the leading units at the front of an army or fleet.


vanguards

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


lubricate

lubricate (canonical)
lubricates (third-person singular)
lubricated (past)
lubricated (past participle)
lubricating (present participle)

If you lubricate something, you are making it slippery or smooth (normally to reduce friction).

The gears of the machine needs to be lubricated frequently to minimise wear and tear.


lubricates

The third-person singular form of lubricate.


lubricated

The past tense and past participle of lubricate.


masterpiece

A masterpiece is a work of outstanding creativity, skill or workmanship.


masterpieces

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


blackmail

Blackmail is an offence whereby someone extorts money or benefits in return of not revealing compromising or damaging information about them.


blackmail

blackmail (canonical)
blackmails (third-person singular)
blackmailed (past)
blackmailed (past participle)
blackmailing (present participle)

If you are blackmailed, it means that someone is threatening you for money or benefits in return for not revealing damaging information of you.

He was caught for blackmailing a businesswoman by threatening to expose an alleged fraud.


blackmails

The third-person singular form of blackmail.