hawk

hawk (canonical)
hawks (third-person singular)
hawked (past)
hawked (past participle)
hawking (present participle)

The vendors were hawking jewelry from little tables lining either side of the market square.

To cough or clear your throat loudly, sometimes coughing up phlegm.

Jim hawked up some spit and spat it on the sidewalk.

Grandpa sat on the front porch, hawking and wheezing, as he packed his pipe with tobacco.


hawks

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


bin

Clean up this room and throw that junk in the bin.

The ship was carrying bins of apples


bin

bin (canonical)
bins (third-person singular)
binned (past)
binned (past participle)
binning (present participle)

If you bin something, you throw it away.


rabbit

Our pet rabbit liked vegetables and could run very fast.


hare

A type of small animal with long ears, similar to a large rabbit.

The slow tortoise beat the fast hare in the race by not quitting.


ferret

A small animal that eats meat. Ferrets often hunt rabbits and other small animals. Ferrets are similar to weasels and are related to weasels.


ferret

ferret (canonical)
ferrets (third-person singular)
ferreted (past)
ferreted (past participle)
ferreting (present participle)

If you "ferret something out" you search for it and find it. You could be trying to find something, or to solve a problem (find the answer). Often, this means you have to go through a lot of material to find a little bit you want.

Do you think you can ferret the names we need out of the list.


bunny

My pet bunny is so cute.


weasel

A weasel is a small, thin animal that eats meat.

Pop goes the weasel!

A weasel is a sneaky or dishonest person, someone you cannot trust.

That little weasel took all my money!


bat

A bat is a small, furry animal (a mammal) that has wings and can fly.

A bat is a special stick used to hit the ball in baseball, and in some other games.


bat

bat (canonical)
bats (third-person singular)
batted (past)
batted (past participle)
batting (present participle)

If you bat, you swing something or try to hit something.

She batted her eyelashes shyly.

The cat batted at the mouse with its paws.

The baseball player did not bat well in the game.


stunt

A stunt is something dangerous you might do to get attention.

Jumping over a river on a motorcycle is a dangerous stunt.

The actor did all his own stunts for the movie.

That last stunt almost got you killed!

A stunt is something that you do that gets you in trouble.

I was punished for the stunt I pulled [did] in school.


stunt

stunt (canonical)
stunts (third-person singular)
stunted (past)
stunted (past participle)
stunting (present participle)

To stunt something is to slow or stop its development.

He was very short because sickness had stunted his growth.


stunts

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


stunts

The third-person singular form of stunt.


motorcycle

A motorcycle is a vehicle with two wheels and an engine.


motorcycle

motorcycle (canonical)
motorcycles (third-person singular)
motorcycled (past)
motorcycled (past participle)
motorcycling (present participle)

When you motorcycle, you ride or use a motorcycle.


actor

An actor is a person (usually male) who performs as a character in a play or other theatrical work. A female performer is called either an actress or an actor.

The actor received a Tony Award.

The actors waited back stage.

Top movie actors are well paid.

Tom Cruise is a popular movie actor.


actress

An actress is a female who performs as a character in a play or other theatrical work.

The main actress went up and bowed to the audience.


actresses

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


actors

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


motorcycles

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


motorcycles

The third-person singular form of motorcycle.


musician

A musician is a person who makes music. Most often, this is someone whose job is to make music for other people.

My cousin is a musician for an orchestra in Texas.

There were five musicians in the band.


autumn

The season when the weather is getting cooler, after summer and before winter.

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sessile

If an animal is sessile it is attached to something (such as a rock or the ground). It cannot leave what it is attached too.

A coral is sessile, it cannot leave its reef.

Barnacles are also sessile, they are attached to things like ships.

If something is sessile it attaches directly to what it grows from. It does not have a stalk or stem.

The species of flower was known for its sessile leaves.

The growth on her larynx was sessile.


larynx

The larynx is a part of your body that is inside your throat.

Your larynx makes your voice and keeps food out of your lungs.

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larynges

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


Grim Reaper

Death; the Grim Reaper is death shown as a skeleton in a black robe with a hood and a scythe (an old farm tool for cutting grain). He reaps (harvests) the souls of dying people.


boring

boring (positive)
more boring (comparative)
most boring (superlative)

If something is boring, it is not interesting or makes you want to do something else.

Go to work, come home, sleep: life is so boring.

A boring lesson is rarely a useful lesson.

She's so boring. All she does is talk about clothes all the time.


boring

bore (canonical)
bores (third-person singular)
bored (past)
bored (past participle)
boring (present participle)


interesting

interesting (positive)
more interesting (comparative)
most interesting (superlative)

Interesting means to cause a person to want to know more about someone or something or to like someone or something or to like doing something.

That was a really interesting movie.

Thank you both very much for an interesting discussion.

Another thing I found interesting is that people should choose the cheaper one but they don't.

"Does it include women?" "Hmm... I don't know. That's an interesting question."

It's interesting to note that in films, bad guys never sing.


interesting

interest (canonical)
interests (third-person singular)
interested (past)
interested (past participle)
interesting (present participle)


conspiracy

A secret plan between two or more people to do something.

There was a conspiracy among the king's advisers to overthrow the king.

A plan between two or more people to commit a crime.


borrow

borrow (canonical)
borrows (third-person singular)
borrowed (past)
borrowed (past participle)
borrowing (present participle)

If you borrow something from someone, you use it and then you give it back to them.

Governments need to make it easier for students to borrow money for school.

The company has also borrowed heavily from the Boston Federal Reserve Bank – some $1.6 billion last month alone.

Can I borrow your car and show my dad I can drive?

If you borrow words or ideas from somebody, you use them in your own writing or speaking.

Many people want to throw the war "down the memory hole", to borrow a phrase from Orwell's 1984.

The choreographer borrowed a number from Swan Lake for his satirical ballet called Birds in Ballet.


qualify

qualify (canonical)
qualifies (third-person singular)
qualified (past)
qualified (past participle)
qualifying (present participle)

If you qualify for something, you have what is needed to be allowed to get or do it.

Children must be under the age of six in order to qualify for a free meal.

The government needs to help people who don't qualify for health insurance.

If x qualifies y for z, x is needed to be allowed to get or do z and y has x.

Describe the education, training, and experience that qualify you for the job.

If x qualifies as y, it has what is needed to be considered y.

Today's game certainly qualifies as one of the best in history.

If you qualify an idea, you add something to explain that the idea isn't always true.

This is America and competition is our way of life. Having said this, I would like to qualify the statement and suggest that we need to work together too.

If a word or phrase qualifies another word or phrase, it limits or adds to the meaning of it.


corrupt

corrupt (positive)
more corrupt (comparative)
most corrupt (superlative)

If someone is corrupt, they are weak in morals; it is depraved or perverted.

The Government here is corrupt, so we'll move to escape them.

If something is corrupt, it is not correct; it is with lots of errors in it.

The text of the manuscript is corrupt.

It turned out that the program was corrupt – that's why it wouldn't open.

If someone or something is corrupt, it is not pure; it is spoiled or tainted.

Prisoners of war are sometimes fed corrupt food.


corrupt

corrupt (canonical)
corrupts (third-person singular)
corrupted (past)
corrupted (past participle)
corrupting (present participle)

If you corrupt something or someone, you make them corrupt; you change them from good to bad.

Don't you dare corrupt my son with those disgusting pictures!


academia

Academia is a word for the group of people who are a part of the scientific and cultural community; this group of people have attended a university and/or do research.


amphibious

If an animal is amphibious it lives in water when it is young and lives on land when it is an adult.

Frogs are amphibious.

If something is amphibious it happens or can function on land and in water.

The DUKW is an amphibious vehicle that was used during World War II.


bambakophobia

Bambakophobia is the fear of thinking about or touching cotton.


swear

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

When you swear, you make a promise or an oath.


swear

A swear word; an impolite or offensive word.


swear word

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


reaper

Someone who reaps; someone who harvests grain.

The were several reapers in our wheat field yesterday.


reaper

Short for the Grim Reaper, the angel of death.

"Seasons don't fear the Reaper, nor do the wind, the sun, or the rain. We could be like they are ... come on baby, don't fear the Reaper." -- Blue Oyster Cult, "The Reaper"


reap

reap (canonical)
reaps (third-person singular)
reaped (past)
reaped (past participle)
reaping (present participle)

If you reap something, you harvest it, most often grain.

It was time to reap the corn, so we hired some people to help with it.

If you reap something, you get the results of your actions.

Jesus said, "As you sow, so shall you reap ".

When I lost everything I was only reaping the rewards of my foolishness.


fuzzy

fuzzy (positive)
fuzzier (comparative)
fuzziest (superlative)

If something is fuzzy it is covered with fuzz.

I like to pet my dog because he's fuzzy.

My memory of the accident is pretty fuzzy.

I can see fine out of my left eye, but when I look at things with my right eye they're a little fuzzy.

Most of the pictures turned out fine, but a few are fuzzy.


expensive

expensive (positive)
more expensive (comparative)
most expensive (superlative)

Something that is expensive costs a lot of money to buy or takes a lot of effort to get.

A pencil that cost $100 is very expensive.


discount

discount (canonical)
discounts (third-person singular)
discounted (past)
discounted (past participle)
discounting (present participle)

If you discount something, you lower its price.


discount

A discount is a reduction of the price of something; a lowered cost.


swearword


impolite

When something is impolite, it is not polite.

It is considered impolite to talk while someone else is speaking.


prove

proved (past participle)
prove (canonical)
proves (third-person singular)
proved (past)
proven (past participle)
proving (present participle)

When you prove something, you demonstrate that it is for real and true.

I will prove my method is more effective than yours.

The hypothesis has not been proven to our satisfaction.


unable

When sosmeone or something is unable to do something, it cannot be done; it is not able to do it.

I am unable to climb that mountain because I am too weak.


grim

grim (positive)
grimmer (comparative)
grimmest (superlative)

If you are grim you are very serious, and might be thinking about bad things like loss, sadness, or death.

I was in a grim mood after my grandmother died.


Muscovy duck

A large duck that lives in Mexico, Central and South America.


DOS

Any computer operating system that is stored on a disk and read into memory.

They began developing DOS's in the 1970's.

A group of operating systems that include PC-DOS, Microsoft DOS (MS-DOS), and others that look and work the same way.

Windows replaced DOS on most computers in the 1990s.

DR-DOS is real DOS with complete open-source code.


DoS

"Denial of Service", a way of attacking a computer (hacking) in a network.


plot

A plot is the course of a story. It is the main things that happen in a story.

A plot is a scheme for people to do something secretly.


plot

plot (canonical)
plots (third-person singular)
plotted (past)
plotted (past participle)
plotting (present participle)

If you plot something, you plan to do a crime or something bad.


glyph

A glyph is a picture, symbol, or letter that is carved into stone.

The cave had many glyphs carved into its walls.

A glyph is a non-spoken symbol that represents something.

Letters, which form words, are glyphs.


conservative

conservative (positive)
more conservative (comparative)
most conservative (superlative)

If a person is conservative, they do not like change.

Latino families are thought to hold conservative and traditional views on family life.

The idea of gays in the military was deeply unpopular in that socially conservative state.

A conservative estimate, guess, etc. is one that is careful, and usually lower than the actual number/amount.

A very conservative estimate of the cost of delay is $6 per hour, but many believe that the true cost is much higher.

Conservative clothing, furniture, etc. is usually plain and similar to styles that have been common for a long time.

He is conservative in a gray suit and red tie.


conservative

A person who likes things how they are now or how they used to be; a person who like the status quo; a person who does not like change.


google

google (canonical)
googles (third-person singular)
googled (past)
googled (past participle)
googling (present participle)

When you google, you are searching for something on the Internet using Google.

John will google topics that he would like to know more about.


google

Google is a popular and powerful search engine.

I found your page on Google.com

A google is an Internet search done using the search engine Google.

The google helped me find the website.


newb

A newb is someone that is new to a game, or someone that has a new character; a newbie.

That guy must be a newb at this video game. He has no idea how to play.


-graphy

A writing about a subject or the study of a subject.


tele-

A way to give information quickly over long distances; telegraph.


clever

cleverer (comparative)
cleverest (superlative)
clever (positive)
more clever (comparative)
most clever (superlative)

A person that is clever is able to think quickly and sharply.

He is a very clever salesman. He almost got me into buying his product.

A clever idea or concept is one that is original and new.

That is a clever invention. I have never seen something like that before.


fraction

A fraction of the profits were donated to a local charity.

A fraction is a ratio, presented with a line between the numerator above and the denominator below.


promise

When someone is making a promise to a person, he is saying what he plans to do for that person.

Jane was angry that John broke his promise to take her out to the movies.


promise

promise (canonical)
promises (third-person singular)
promised (past)
promised (past participle)
promising (present participle)

When a person promises, he states that he will make certain to do an action.

I promise that I will come back home by noon. You can trust me.


trip

Let us go on a trip to John Doe Mountain. I have not been there in a while.

A trip is when a person stumbles over something.

He broke his wrist after that nasty trip.


trip

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

When a person trips, he stumbles over something.

Be careful of all the books on the floor. You do not want to trip.


gums

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


gums

gum (canonical)
gums (third-person singular)
gummed (past)
gummed (past participle)
gumming (present participle)


blob

A vague shape or amount; something without definite shape, especially a liquid or semi-solid substance.


blob

blob (canonical)
blobs (third-person singular)
blobbed (past)
blobbed (past participle)
blobbing (present participle)

If you blob something, you drop it in the form of a blob.


reference

A reference is something that can be compared to.

When making your model, use the model I created as a reference.


reference

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

When you reference something, you cite it as a source.

Reference the dictionary for the definition of this word.

When you reference something, you mention it.


allowed

allow (canonical)
allows (third-person singular)
allowed (past)
allowed (past participle)
allowing (present participle)

The past tense and past participle of allow.


present participle

present participle
present participles (plural)

In English, a present participle is a verb form that ends in -ing. Present participles are commonly used to form the progressive aspect.

In the following examples, the present participle is underlined:

They kept breaking the rules.

They are helping her.


marriages

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


faiths

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


lionesses

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


combinations

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


conspiracies

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


diseases

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


diseases

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

The third-person singular form of disease.


revisions

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


telegram

A telegram is a message sent through a telegraph.


ran

run (canonical)
runs (third-person singular)
ran (past)
run (past participle)
running (present participle)


bonds

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

When a person is in bonds, he is imprisoned or enslaved.


bonds

bond (canonical)
bonds (third-person singular)
bonded (past)
bonded (past participle)
bonding (present participle)


emotions

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


habitations

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


developments

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


hiatus

I'm taking a hiatus from work.

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


acquisitions

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


kilometers

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


poets

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


statements

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


Anschluss

When Austria and Germany became one country in 1938.


daffodil

A daffodil is a bulbous plant, Narcissus pseudonarcissus, with yellow flowers and a trumpet-shaped corona.

There is a garden with many daffodils.

A bright yellow color, like that of a daffodil.


Narcissus

A hero who was known for his beauty and pride.

The common name for species of Narcissus is narcissi.

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reservation

The act of reserving or withholding something.

I have reservations about telling him what I did. I'm afraid he'll break up with me if he knows.

Land given to Native American people by the United States government.

If you make a reservation, you reserve or pay for a room or seat in advance to be sure that the room or seat will be available for you when you get there.

They made a reservation at the restaurant.

The area which separates opposite lanes of traffic on a divided road; a median or divider on a road.

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narcissus

narcissus
narcissuses or narcissi (plural)

Any of several bulbous flowering plants of the genus Narcissus; narcissi usually have white or yellow cup- or trumpet-shaped flowers.


violations

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


compounds

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


compounds

compound (canonical)
compounds (third-person singular)
compounded (past)
compounded (past participle)
compounding (present participle)

The third-person singular form of compound.


albatrosses

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


girlfriends

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


boyfriends

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


malls

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


meals

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


fumble

fumble (canonical)
fumbles (third-person singular)
fumbled (past)
fumbled (past participle)
fumbling (present participle)

Waiting for the interview, he fumbled with his tie.

He fumbled the key into the lock.

To feel around awkwardly while trying to find something.

He fumbled for his keys.

He fumbled his way to the light-switch.

He fumbled through his prepared speech.

The player fumbled the ball.


fumble

He's not playing well today. He's already had three fumbles.


retirement home

retirement home
retirement homes (plural)

A building or facility where older people live. Retirement homes often provide extra care for those who need it.


resort

Buildings in a scenic area where people can go on vacation or to relax; resorts are like hotels that provide extra entertainment to their guests.

Dan and Sarah went to an expensive resort in Jamaica for their honeymoon.


resort

resort (canonical)
resorts (third-person singular)
resorted (past)
resorted (past participle)
resorting (present participle)

To choose to do something you don't want to do because you have no other choice.

All my friends were too busy to help me move so I had to resort to calling a moving company and it cost me $100 dollars an hour!

I just sorted these files last week and didn't think I'd have to do it again for awhile, but I had to resort them this morning.


cruise ship

A passenger ship used for pleasure; the travels of the ship, its stops, and the entertainment it provides are all part of the experience.


armed forces

The military forces of a nation, such as the army, navy, air force, marines and, sometimes, coast or border guards; these forces are armed with weapons.


larynxes

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


features

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

She has small, delicate facial features.


features

feature (canonical)
features (third-person singular)
featured (past)
featured (past participle)
featuring (present participle)

The third-person singular form of feature.

This movie features the talented John Smith.


path

A path is a way to get to a place. It is like a small road, often made of dirt.

That path leads into the woods.

The planets follow an elliptical path.


newspaper

A newspaper is something you read for the news. It is usually published on cheap paper.

"Democracy can't exist without newspapers." (The Independent, London, 2 March 2009)


newspapers

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

I have a stack of newspapers in my kitchen that needs to be recycled.


cameras

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

I'm taking a bunch of disposable cameras with me when I go on vacation.


organizations

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

If you like to donate to non-profit organizations there are many in the city to choose from.


versions

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

The older versions of the Main Page are pretty basic in their design.


movements

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

Our dog is nervous around new people. If you make any quick movements, she will likely bark at you.


ears

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


maintenances

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


violets

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

My boyfriend gave me a bouquet of violets for my birthday because he knows they're my favorite flower.


papers

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

Official documents or identification, such as a passport.

He lost his papers while travelling and had a hard time getting home.


consonants

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


finals

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


births

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


births

birth (canonical)
births (third-person singular)
birthed (past)
birthed (past participle)
birthing (present participle)

The third-person singular form of birth.


seabirds

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


reservations

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


crimes

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


valuables

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


principles

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


lesbians

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


potatoes

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


livings

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


doves

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


angles

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


angles

angle (canonical)
angles (third-person singular)
angled (past)
angled (past participle)
angling (present participle)

The third-person singular form of angle.


paths

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


capacities

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


adverbs

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


rainbows

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


rainbows

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

The third-person singular form of rainbow.


snakes

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


snakes

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

The third-person singular form of snake.


nuts

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


nuts

nuts (positive)
more nuts (comparative)
most nuts (superlative)

If a person is nuts, they are crazy or insane.

You're going to jump out of a plane?! Are you nuts?!


nuts

nut (canonical)
nuts (third-person singular)
nutted (past)
nutted (past participle)
nutting (present participle)


horses

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


beers

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


futures

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


comprehensions

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


ideologies

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


gals

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


occasions

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


psychologies

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


afternoons

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


hangings

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


squirrels

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

I feed nuts to the squirrels that live in my yard.


teachers

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


evidences

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


evidences

evidence (canonical)
evidences (third-person singular)
evidenced (past)
evidenced (past participle)
evidencing (present participle)

The third-person singular form of evidence.


polygons

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


hospitals

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


insurances

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


towns

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


skills

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


lads

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


bedpans

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


duties

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


intermediates

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


natures

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


classes

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


classes

class (canonical)
classes (third-person singular)
classed (past)
classed (past participle)
classing (present participle)

The third-person singular form of class.


coals

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


minimums

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


zippers

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


products

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


coordinations

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


idiotic

idiotic (positive)
more idiotic (comparative)
most idiotic (superlative)

If a person is called idiotic, they are acting like an idiot.

If a situation is described as idiotic, it is very foolish, stupid, or does not make much sense.


bonus

A bonus is something extra or more that is added.

John got a bonus because he played very well.


rookie

A rookie is a person who is new at something.

Mark was the rookie of the team because he was just drafted.


defense forces


tryout

A tryout is test of the to see how good someone or something is at a task.

Jane is going to that tryout for the fall musical. I hope she makes it; she has a wonderful singing voice.


overpopulation

Overpopulation is when a place has too much of an animal or plant for it to be healthy. This usually refers to humans.

The overpopulation of our city is making life difficulty.

Overpopulation is a major issue today.

/ˌəʊvəˌpɒpjʊˈleɪʃn̩/


humans

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


amendments

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


wines

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


wines

wine (canonical)
wines (third-person singular)
wined (past)
wined (past participle)
wining (present participle)


noses

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


noses

nose (canonical)
noses (third-person singular)
nosed (past)
nosed (past participle)
nosing (present participle)


tryouts

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


speakers

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


volumes

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


reflexive

A verb is reflexive when it refers to the subject as the object noun.

In the sentence, "Mary bathed", bathed is reflexive since it refers to Mary bathing herself.


modifier

A modifier is usually an optional word or phrase, describing the degree, quality, manner, frequency, etc. of something.

The word black is the modifier in the phrase a black cat.

The word quickly is the modifier in the clause he quickly arrived.


interjection

An interjection is a word that shows an emotion. It is not grammatically part of the sentence.

The word "Yikes" is an interjection in the phrase "Yikes, what a scare."


eyebrow

The eyebrow is the hair that grows on the bony ridge above the eye.


eyebrows

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


businesses

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


rabbits

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


chins

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


centimeters

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


introduction

An introduction is the first or opening part

This is the introduction to the book.

The introduction to the first movement of the symphony is slow and majestic.

The winners received their prizes after their introductions to the audience.

An introduction is when something is announced.

The winner of the prize will be announced during the introduction portion of the opening ceremonies.

An introduction is a social process for making two people acquainted.

My introduction to Dr. Sagan was cordial.

Dr. Sagan was silent during our introduction.

Karen was responsible for my introduction to Dr. Sagan.

A process for making someone familiar with a certain area, topic, or field.

Lisa's introduction to horseback riding was a disaster.


article

An article is a story or report that you can read in a newspaper, journal, or online.

An article is a member of a larger group.

A shirt is an article of clothing.


risk

A risk is something bad that could possibly happen.

There are many risks associated with the stock market.

A risk is the chance of something bad happening.

The risk of us failing is too great.


risk

risk (canonical)
risks (third-person singular)
risked (past)
risked (past participle)
risking (present participle)

To risk something means to take a chance with something.

She risked hypothermia by swimming the English Channel.


segment

How long is that segment of rope?

Separate the orange into 'segments then add the segments to the fruit salad.

The snowflake segment of The Nutcracker is my favorite part of the ballet.

The Cowboy-in-Brooklyn segment of the television show was written by Mel Brooks.


segment

segment (canonical)
segments (third-person singular)
segmented (past)
segmented (past participle)
segmenting (present participle)

If you segment something, you make it into segments or parts

Will you peel and segment the orange for the fruit salad?

I peeled and segmented the orange for the fruit salad.


joining

join (canonical)
joins (third-person singular)
joined (past)
joined (past participle)
joining (present participle)


joined

The past tense and past participle of join.


accounting

account (canonical)
accounts (third-person singular)
accounted (past)
accounted (past participle)
accounting (present participle)


accounting

Accounting involves keeping records on financial information.

An accounting goes over an event that happened and the explanation for why it happened.


eyelash

An eyelash is one of the hairs that grows on the eyelid.


capital

A capital is the most important city of a country. The government of the country is usually located there.

The (field) capital is the most important city in that particular field.

Hollywood is the film capital, New York the theater capital, Las Vegas the gambling capital.

A person's capital is all his money and wealth.

A capital forms the topmost member of a column or pilaster. It broadens the area of the column's supporting surface.


capital

A capital object or idea is something that is very important.

That is a capital idea!

Not all felonies are capital crimes.

One begins a sentence with a capital letter.


comparable

comparable (positive)
more comparable (comparative)
most comparable (superlative)

If two things are comparable, then they are similar and can be compared to one another.

An elephant is comparable in size to a double-decker bus.


race

A race is when people compete to see who is the fastest at either driving or running.

There was a race to see who could finish first.

A race is a group of people that come from the same place and have similar traditions.

A race is a group of people with the same physical characteristics, such as skin color, hair color and type, etc.

There were three different races at the school; Blacks, Whites, and Asians


race

race (canonical)
races (third-person singular)
raced (past)
raced (past participle)
racing (present participle)

When a person races, he competes with other people to see who can go the fastest.

Tom was hungry, so he raced George down to the ice cream truck.


eyelid

The eyelid is a piece of skin that covers the eye. The eyelid can move back, allowing the eye to "open".

The doctor looked at his eyelids.

His eyelids felt heavy because he was tired.


palate

A person's palate is his ability to taste.


furniture

Furniture are items used to decorate a room or make it more comfortable.


baked

bake (canonical)
bakes (third-person singular)
baked (past)
baked (past participle)
baking (present participle)

The past tense and past participle of bake.


baked

baked (positive)
more baked (comparative)
most baked (superlative)

If food is baked, it was cooked by baking.

If a person is baked, they are high on drugs, usually marijuana.


X-rays

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


X-rays

X-ray (canonical)
X-rays (third-person singular)
X-rayed (past)
X-rayed (past participle)
X-raying (present participle)

The third-person singular form of X-ray.


oddity

That's quite an oddity you have there. I think people would pay to see something that rare.


abler

able (positive)
abler (comparative)
ablest (superlative)

The comparative form of able; more able.


trespass

trespass (canonical)
trespasses (third-person singular)
trespassed (past)
trespassed (past participle)
trespassing (present participle)

When you trespass, you are going to a place that you are not allowed to.

Do not trespass that area restricted to visitors. You will be fined.


drawing

draw (canonical)
draw (third-person singular)
draws (past)
drawn (past participle)
drawing (present participle)


drawing

He sketched a drawing of that vase.

A drawing is a contest where the person who wins is chosen randomly.


difficulty

The difficulty of something is how hard it is to do.

The student finished the homework with great difficulty.


constructions

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


oddities

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


scalp

The scalp is part of the head where the hair grows from.


scalp

scalp (canonical)
scalps (third-person singular)
scalped (past)
scalped (past participle)
scalping (present participle)

When you scalp a person, you remove the part of the head where the hair grows from.


Pacific Islands

The Pacific Islands are islands in the Pacific Ocean. Some people group the Pacific Islands with Australia and New Zealand to make Oceania.


firm

A firm is a group of people who work together as a business.

John & John is a law firm.

A firm is a group of people that come together to make money.


firm

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


firm

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

:
 This short section needs someone to add to it.


leader

A leader is someone who leads others and has them following him.

Kings, presidents, governors, and mayors are all different types of leaders.

A leader is someone who is the best at what he does.

Johntech is a leader in the microprocessor industry.


opening

An opening is a place that someone or something can go through.

An opening is the first time a placed is opened to other people.

We are going to the museum's opening.

/ˈəʊ.pə.nɪŋ/


opening

open (canonical)
opens (third-person singular)
opened (past)
opened (past participle)
opening (present participle)

/ˈəʊ.pə.nɪŋ/


sight

A sight is something that people want to see.

The Statue of Liberty is a popular sight in New York City.

A sight is a device that is attached onto a weapon and it is for a person to look into to aim the weapon at an intended target.


sight

sight (canonical)
sights (third-person singular)
sighted (past)
sighted (past participle)
sighting (present participle)

The farmers sighted something strange circling overhead.


soporific

soporific (positive)
more soporific (comparative)
most soporific (superlative)

If something is soporific, then it will make you or almost make you go to sleep.

The movie was soporific. I almost fell asleep.


luminous

luminous (positive)
more luminous (comparative)
most luminous (superlative)

The sun and the Moon are two luminous objects in the sky.


affair

Affairs are things that happen or are done, usually that are important enough to be in the news.

We're thinking less about foreign affairs, and more about what happens here inside the country.

He now writes a column for the newspaper and hosts a weekly public affairs program.

The whole affair with Bill Clinton was a terrible mess.

An affair is a romantic or sexual relationship between two people when at least one of them is married to somebody else.

There were many brief, desperate love affairs between English women and the American soldiers during the war.

She thinks her mother may be having an affair with a doctor.

Baseball is a love affair Japan shares with America.

An affair is something that is related to a particular individual or group.

What I do in my free time is my affair.

Policing on Indian reservations is the job of the Bureau of Indian Affairs.


agenda

An agenda is a list of things to be talked about, done, or otherwise dealt with.

I think there are some important domestic policy items on the agenda still.

The first three questions of the research agenda have to do with energy and the environment.

They often work against the management to pursue their own interests and agendas.

An agenda is a reason for doing something, usually a bad or secret reason.

The President may have a political agenda in saying this.


aim

An aim is something you want to do or have done.

The aim of the study was to find out if these students would talk differently to themselves during independent work.

We certainly didn't accomplish the war aims set forward by the governments.

The ultimate aim is to be able to cure the disease.

If you take aim at something, you point a gun or other weapon at it.

He takes aim and fires.

If you take aim at something, you turn your attention to it.

The book takes aim at politicians and their wasteful spending.

Your aim is your skill in hitting something that you are shooting, throwing, kicking, etc. at.

He threw the stone at the bird, but his aim wasn't so good.


aim

aim (canonical)
aims (third-person singular)
aimed (past)
aimed (past participle)
aiming (present participle)

If you aim at doing something, you plan or try to do it.

The new rules for cars are aimed at reducing speeds and improving driver safety.

Many cities have a variety of programs aimed at helping the homeless.

If you aim at something, you point a gun or other weapon at it.

He grabbed for his gun, aimed it and started shooting.


accommodate

accommodate (canonical)
accommodates (third-person singular)
accommodated (past)
accommodated (past participle)
accommodating (present participle)

If x accommodates y, x has or makes room for y.

The platform didn't look nearly big enough to accommodate a ship the size of the Lady Luck

The seats are designed to accommodate children weighing between 20 and 40 pounds.

If a place accommodates people, they stay, work, or live there.

The school residence currently accommodates students from 27 countries.

If you accommodate someone or something, you do what is needed to help or understand them.

Our restaurant can accommodate the needs of people with special diets.


worths

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


dull

dull (positive)
duller (comparative)
dullest (superlative)

A dull person is boring and not interesting.

The presentation was rather dull.

My friend is dull.


dull

dull (canonical)
dulls (third-person singular)
dulled (past)
dulled (past participle)
dulling (present participle)

When you dull something, you make it softer or less sharp.


beginning

The beginning of something is where it starts from.

The beginning is the first part of something.

The beginning of the book introduced all the main characters.


beginning

begin (canonical)
begins (third-person singular)
began (past)
begun (past participle)
beginning (present participle)

It's beginning to get dark so you better come in soon.

She's been running 3 days a week for almost a month and she's finally beginning to lose some weight.


incorrect

incorrect (positive)
more incorrect (comparative)
most incorrect (superlative)

Incorrect things are wrong, or not correct.

He got points off for an incorrect answer on the quiz.


application

An application is a request for something. Often it is a paper form that you have to fill out to ask for something.

She filled out her applications for college and hoped she would hear soon whether she was accepted to any schools.

I have to go to the bank today to fill out an application for a loan.

An application is the way something is used.

The application of the new laws made things much more fair in the country.

If something has an application, it can be used.

She liked studying Latin in college, but found that a degree in Latin had few applications in the real world.

He told me I would need a special application to make my new printer work with my old computer.

Application is putting something onto something else, like a surface.

Kathleen was so light-skinned that she needed many applications of sunscreen each time she was at the beach to keep from getting sunburned.

The doctor said: "Application of this medicine to your cut will make it heal faster."

/ˌæpləˈkeɪʃən/


cooking

Cooking is the action of using heat to prepare food. The most common sources of heat are stoves, ovens, and microwaves, but cooking can also be done over a flame. Cooking can make food hot, change its texture, and kill bacteria that might be living in it. Some people see cooking as a chore, while others see it as an art.

The school teaches the secrets of French cooking.

He also grew up with his family's love of good cooking.


cooking

cook (canonical)
cooks (third-person singular)
cooked (past)
cooked (past participle)
cooking (present participle)

An old woman was cooking food over an open fire.

Cooking fish is easy if you know how to do it.


alarm

An alarm is a signal that something needs attention or a machine that makes the signal.

I wake up, without an alarm clock, at seven or eight a.m.

People in the restaurant ran out the emergency exit, sounding the alarm.

The safety system was known to be defective and had frequently sent out false alarms.

The hotel did not have fire alarms or a sprinkler system.

A fire in the fry pan set off the smoke alarm.

They watched with some alarm as the speeding car got closer.

This is completely natural and no cause for alarm.


alarm

alarm (canonical)
alarms (third-person singular)
alarmed (past)
alarmed (past participle)
alarming (present participle)

If you alarm someone, you make them feel worried or scared.

The school was alarmed by the number of children failing math.


allocate

allocate (canonical)
allocates (third-person singular)
allocated (past)
allocated (past participle)
allocating (present participle)

If you allocate something, you set it aside or plan to use it for a particular purpose. The term is often used with money or resources.

We need to change the way that the research money is being allocated.

The government is allocating scarce resources to the military when they should be used for growing food.


amaze

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

If you amaze somebody, you make them feel very surprised.

It totally amazes me that he handles things as well as he does.

She's busy amazing the crowd with the many tricks she knows.

He was amazed when he found that the girl was a robot.


employment

His employment is with another store.

If he is late again, I will end his employment.


forwards

If something goes forwards, it moves in the direction of its front, not its back.

If something goes forwards, it gets better.

If something goes forwards, it moves into the future.


forwards

forward (canonical)
forwards (third-person singular)
forwarded (past)
forwarded (past participle)
forwarding (present participle)

The third-person singular form of forward.

My boss never forwards important emails to me so I never know what's going on.


forwards

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


football

Football can mean a number of team sports where players kick a ball, like association football (soccer), American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football and rugby football.

A football is the ball used in a football game.


flavor

The flavor of something is how it tastes.

I do not like the flavor of this snack. I prefer something sweeter.

A flavor is something that adds taste to food.


flavor

flavor (canonical)
flavors (third-person singular)
flavored (past)
flavored (past participle)
flavoring (present participle)

When you flavor food or drink, you add a new taste to it.

He is going to flavor the dish with that new spice he bought at the supermarket.


buildings

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


flavors

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


flavors

The third-person singular form of flavor.


footballs

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


imagination

Imagination is the ability to see something in your mind, or pretend that something false is true.

Children use imagination to see sticks as swords and fight monsters.

I used my imagination to figure out what a house built like that would look like.

I imagined myself inside of a car with my friends, riding past a forest, while it was a thunderstorm.

Imagination is the ability to think of something new, different, strange, or unusual.

The artist made this amazing artwork by using his imagination.

A person's imagination is how creative he can be.

The writer was well-known for his creative imagination.

/ɪˌmædʒəˈneɪʃən/


season

A season is a particular time of year with a particular kind of weather, usually spring, summer, fall, and winter, or rainy season and dry season.

A season is a particular time of year when certain activities happen.

The theatrical season lasts from early autumn to late spring.

Taite was out for much of last season after injuring his ankle in the season opener.

The holiday shopping season, which begins in November, is always a busy time for the shops.

Ear infections most commonly occur in the winter cold and flu season.

The Ravens had sold all but 850 of their 57,000 season tickets for this season in Memorial Stadium.

Maine's hunting season ends the Saturday after Thanksgiving.

Your apple harvest season can stretch as long as three or four months.

She said this week traditionally is one of the busiest in the tourist season, when 100,000 visitors usually come here.

A cycle or set of episodes of a television show.

Victoria justice wasn't on "Zoey 101", until the second season.

Season one of "glee" was better in my opinion.

The television show "glee" had only six seasons.


season

season (canonical)
seasons (third-person singular)
seasoned (past)
seasoned (past participle)
seasoning (present participle)

If you season food, you add seasonings to it, like salt, pepper, or other herbs and spices.

Place meat in the bottom of a large oven-safe dish, seasoning each layer with salt and pepper.


drug

Drugs are substances such as alcohol, cocaine, or aspirin, that people take to make changes in their body.

He's in jail for 3 to 15 years for drug trafficking.

You no longer require a doctor's prescription for some drugs.

The Canadian Government launched an investigation into the use of performance-enhancing drugs by athletes.

When children have a fever, avoid giving them any over-the-counter drugs that contain aspirin.

The government is trying to stop traffic in illegal guns and drugs.

Can you pick up some toilet paper at the drug store?


drug

drug (canonical)
drugs (third-person singular)
drugged (past)
drugged (past participle)
drugging (present participle)

If you drug somebody, you give them a drug, usually to put them to sleep.

They put me in hospital, drugged me up and left me in there for two years.

The past tense and past participle of drag.


guard

A guard is a person or a group of people who watch something and try to stop anything bad from happening to it.

After leaving the police he worked as a security guard at an airport.

The inmate was beaten by a prison guard while other guards watched.

A guard is something that is a barrier between you and something dangerous.

You push a button and a guard comes down to keep your hands out of the machine while it works.

A guard is a position on a basketball team who moves the ball to help their team gain points

A guard is an offensive position in American football who plays either side of the center.


guard

guard (canonical)
guards (third-person singular)
guarded (past)
guarded (past participle)
guarding (present participle)

If you guard something, you watch it and try to stop anything bad from happening to it.

The front gate was guarded by Iraqi soldiers.


religious

religious (positive)
more religious (comparative)
most religious (superlative)

If something is religious, it is related to or about religion.

Religious beliefs can be very important in choosing a marriage partner.

All of the major religious traditions regard theft and murder as evil.

If someone is religious, they believe in a religion and follow its rules.

Because Buddhism forbids the wearing of shoes on pagoda grounds, the deeply religious Mon troops remain barefoot while climbing a rocky cliff there.

If someone is religious about doing something, they do it on a regular schedule or every chance that they get.

We have been less than religious about our daily exercise.


analyse

analyse (canonical)
analyses (third-person singular)
analysed (past)
analysed (past participle)
analysing (present participle)

If you analyse something, you study it carefully to understand it, often to see what it is made of.

They can make up questions, collect field data, and analyse that data on their computers.

The dust was analysed to determine its chemical contents.


frequency

Something's frequency is how often it happens.

A frequency of one hertz is an event repeated once per second.


announce

announce (canonical)
announces (third-person singular)
announced (past)
announced (past participle)
announcing (present participle)

If you announce something, you make it public by telling people about it.

"There's been a change in plans," she announced, and her mother looked surprised.

Dun & Bradstreet announced its intention to split into three separate companies by fall.

They haven't announced the time of the next train yet.

Recently, Halliburton also announced a deal to buy U.K.-based PSL Energy Services Ltd.

If you announce somebody, you tell others that the person has arrived.


anti-

Anti is put before a word to mean to be against or opposed to

Some people who are against the war led an antiwar protest.

Cars need antifreeze when the weather is cold.

Anti- causes a word to mean the opposite of what it usually means.

antimatter

antihero

antisocial


apology

An apology is words or actions that show you are sorry.

Thank you both very much, and again, my apologies for keeping you both waiting so late.

Japan has never offered an official apology for Pearl Harbor.

If you make no apologies for something, you think it was the right thing to do.

The company president makes no apologies for those high profits, saying people should be pleased the industry is so strong.


understanding

A person's understanding of something is what they know or think about it.

Science helps us to gain a better understanding of natural processes.

An understanding is an agreement between two people.

We had an understanding. You should have fulfilled your end of the bargain.

Understanding is your ability to understand the feelings of other people.

Teachers must listen with kindness and understanding to what the young have to say.


understanding

understanding (positive)
more understanding (comparative)
most understanding (superlative)

An understanding person is able to easily see how someone else feels.

Thanks for being so understanding about how emotional and erratic I've been acting lately.


understanding

understand (canonical)
understands (third-person singular)
understood (past)
understood (past participle)
understanding (present participle)

Are you understanding what I'm saying?

I'm having a hard time understanding the calculus homework. Can you help me?


oxygen

Oxygen is a chemical element (symbol O) with an atomic number of 8.

Oxygen is a type of gas, which is needed for breathing.

An oxygen is an atom of the element oxygen.


periodic table

The periodic table is a table with all the elements in chemistry. Each element has an atomic number.


phrase

Sheela liked to use that particular phrase whenever she disagreed with something.

A phrase is a group of words. Together, they act as a single unit in a sentence.

Within a noun phrase (NP), adjectives function as modifiers.


phrase

phrase (canonical)
phrases (third-person singular)
phrased (past)
phrased (past participle)
phrasing (present participle)

When you phrase an idea, you express it in words.


appeal

An appeal is a strong or official request.

In an emotional appeal, Sevan asked the two groups to stop the fighting.

But as the problems in Iraq deepen, America may appeal directly to Iran for help.

The school launched an appeal to raise money for the new library.

An appeal is a request for an earlier decision to be changed, especially in law.

Her application was refused, her appeal was rejected, and when she failed to leave, she was arrested.

That decision was overturned on appeal.

His conviction is under appeal.

If something has appeal, people have good feelings about it, like it, or want it.

It was a type of game that had universal appeal to male and female.

That is part of the appeal of the ride, the sense of danger.

Beatty is still fabulous at 55, but will marriage dim his sex appeal?

Spike Lee is loved by the critics, but has never had huge audience appeal.


appeal

appeal (canonical)
appeals (third-person singular)
appealed (past)
appealed (past participle)
appealing (present participle)

If you appeal for something, you ask for it, often strongly or officially.

The people appealed for help as huge fires advanced towards their homes.

If you appeal a decision, you ask for it to be changed, especially in law.

The defense notified the State Supreme Court that it would appeal the conviction.

If you something appeals to you, you have good feelings about it, like it, or want it.

Adventure, money, sex, and violence appeal to large numbers of people.

You've got a product that you think will appeal to an audience that's under 21 years old,


approve

approve (canonical)
approves (third-person singular)
approved (past)
approved (past participle)
approving (present participle)

If a person in power approves something such as a plan, a sale, a rule, etc., they say it is OK and it may go ahead.

Voters there have approved a plan to remove most cars from the city center.

The Food and Drug Administration has not approved it for medical use.

The plan must now be approved by the president.

If you approve of something, you think it is good.

The latest survey shows that only 32 percent approve of the way the president is handling his job.

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nickel

A nickel is a coin that is worth five cents.

Nickel is an element in chemistry. It has a symbol of Ni and an atomic number of 28.


subordinate clause

subordinate clause
subordinate clauses (plural)

A subordinate clause is a clause inside another clause.

In the following sentences, the subordinate clause is underlined.


defy

defy (canonical)
defies (third-person singular)
defied (past)
defied (past participle)
defying (present participle)

When you defy someone, you refuse to do what he or she wants you to do.

He is going to defy her orders for him to come here.

When you defy something, you challenge it.

That politician is willing to defy public opinion, even if it is not politically popular.


spinoff

A spinoff is something that has separated from its main component.

A spinoff has a main character that was also a character, though not a major one, in another television show, movie, or book.


dwarf

A race of small people, sometime with long beards. This is a type of fictional character found in legends all over the world, whose main characteristic is being much shorter than normal.

In Scandinavian legends dwarves are considered as a true people, different from human beings.

Snow white was adopted by seven dwarves.

A very little person. A dwarf is a person whose size is much smaller than average.

She is a dwarf, only three feet (one meter) tall.

Some dwarfs used to be shown in circuses like strange animals.


dwarf

If something is dwarf is it smaller than normal. Anything of a much smaller than average size can be called dwarf..

I kept a dwarf tree in my house.

Dwarf rabbits are quite popular pet rabbits.


dwarf

dwarf (canonical)
dwarfs (third-person singular)
dwarfed (past)
dwarfed (past participle)
dwarfing (present participle)

The elephant dwarfed the people with it.

The new building will dwarf the old one.


midget

A midget is a very small person, animal or thing. (sometimes offensive when describing a person who is short)

A midget is a little person. A midget's size is much smaller than normal.

He is a midget, only three feet (one meter) tall.

I think I could easily overcome this midget, but he proved to be surprisingly strong.


midget

Midget is used to describe something which is very small.

midget submarines


g-force

G-force is another word for gravity, the force of universal attraction between particles of matter. Large bodies, like planets and moons, can attract smaller objects to them, giving these objects weight. The strength of g-force is different on each body.

On the Moon, astronauts weighing 200 kg move as easily as if they weighed 35 kg on Earth, because the g-force is six times lesser here.


nostril

A nostril is one of the two holes at the bottom of the nose.

When you breathe using your nose, air goes through your nostril.


dog-eared

dog-eared (positive)
more dog-eared (comparative)
most dog-eared (superlative)

A dog-eared book has been read a lot, making the pages bent like the ears of a dog.

After being opened and closed so many times, this book got all its pages dog-eared.


dog-eared

dog-ear (canonical)
dog-ears (third-person singular)
dog-eared (past)
dog-eared (past participle)
dog-earing (present participle)

The past tense and past participle of dog-ear.


serpent

A serpent is a snake, or an animal that looks like a snake.

A serpent is a musical instrument made of brass. It is called a serpent because the instrument looks like a snake.


orbit

An orbit is a circular path achieved by an object that goes around another that is generally bigger.

The Earth's orbit around the sun is completed in nearly three hundred sixty-five days and a quarter of day.

An orbit is the hole in the skull containing the eyeball.

Cartoon characters sometimes have their eyeballs going out of their orbits in order to make their expression look funny.

An orbit is the sphere of influence a powerful person, organization or country can have.

During the Cold War, almost all Eastern European countries were in the orbit of the USSR.


question mark

A question mark is the character ? used at the end of a sentence to mean this sentence is waiting for an answer.

In English the question mark appears immediately after the last word of the sentence, but in French a space between is needed.

A question mark can also stand for a question or a doubt, something uncertain or unknown.

He had no idea what she was thinking; it was one big question mark.


bald

bald (positive)
balder (comparative)
baldest (superlative)

Someone who is bald has a head without hair on it.

When people grow old, many of them become bald because their fallen hair is not replaced any more.


comma

A comma is the sign , used to make a short pause in a sentence.

A space is required after the comma, but not before.


eyeball

An eyeball is the entire round part of an eye, including the hidden part.

The doctor checked my eyeball when I got my new glasses.


eyeball

eyeball (canonical)
eyeballs (third-person singular)
eyeballed (past)
eyeballed (past participle)
eyeballing (present participle)

If you eyeball something, you estimate or judge it; you look at it.


writes

write (canonical)
writes (third-person singular)
wrote (past)
written (past participle)
writing (present participle)

The third-person singular form of write.


won

win (canonical)
wins (third-person singular)
won (past)
won (past participle)
winning (present participle)

The past tense and past participle of win.


black hole

A black hole is a round invisible astronomical body with no solid surface and is compact enough to attract light and swallow it. That's why it remains usually invisible.

Certain stars form a couple with a black hole, turning around each other : the matter of the star is progressively swallowed by the black hole.


astrophysics

Astrophysics is the part of physical science that studies space bodies and our universe in general.

With the help of telescopes and satellites, astrophysics has made a great jump in our understanding of the universe since the last decades.


universe

The universe is the whole space we live in and everything it contains: our Milky Way and billions of other galaxies that are not all known are part of our universe.

According to recent theories, our universe would be bent on itself, being finite but having no frontiers.

A universe can also stand for a world or an area, fictional or not, considered in itself.

Musical universes are so varied that we cannot know them all.

A universe is also an imaginary set of worlds invented by someone.

The universe created by Tolkien is surprisingly dense and imaginative.

The complete set of numerous possibilities.

Among this universe of choices, just one will be the good one.


hedgehog

A hedgehog is a small insect-eating mammal, whose back is completely covered with short spines.

When a hedgehog feels in danger of being attacked, it rolls itself into a ball to protect his belly.


furry

furry (positive)
furrier (comparative)
furriest (superlative)

A furry animal has its body covered with fur, a dense area of thin hairs.

Children often like furry animals because they are smooth when touched.

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wormhole

A wormhole is a theoretical space tunnel that would begin with a black hole and end with a white hole; this tunnel would be a shortcut for space travel.

Though based on real scientific guesses, wormholes are largely used in some science-fiction works. If they really exist or not is still unsure.


white hole

A white hole is the opposite of a black hole. There is no physical proof it exists yet, though it could exist based on mathematical calculations. Matter, the stuff that our Universe is made of, comes out of the white hole instead of being sucked in like with the black hole.

To explain what the matter swallowed by a black hole may become, certain scientists have imagined that there could be white holes through which matter would go out.


machine gun

A machine gun is a heavy automatic gun that weighs about 50 pounds and can shoot hundreds to thousands of bullets in a minute.

The first machine guns appeared around the Secession War during the 1860's. At this time they had several cannons rotating.


bullet

A bullet is a small piece of metal thrown by a gun at a great speed.

Manipulating a loaded gun is dangerous because of the bullets that can be fired by accident.

A bullet is a printed symbol in the form of a solid circle, “•”, it is usually used to mark items in a list.


bullet

bullet (canonical)
bullets (third-person singular)
bulleted (past)
bulleted (past participle)
bulleting (present participle)

If something bullets somewhere, it moves at high speed, like a bullet from a gun.

He bulleted around the race track!


unwillingly

un- + willing + -ly
unwilling + willingly

ety-affix

Doing something unwillingly is doing something because you have to even though you don't want to.

He began to clean his room unwillingly after being asked five times.


clown

A clown is a person that entertains people, usually at a circus. He dresses in bright colors, has paint on his face, and wears clothes that are too big for him.

Some children are afraid by clowns because of their unusual appearance that can be rather impressive.

A clown is also a person whose behaviour is a bit silly, not serious.

Though very intelligent, this person is a true clown so that no one believes what he says.


clown

clown (canonical)
clowns (third-person singular)
clowned (past)
clowned (past participle)
clowning (present participle)

A person who is clowning is not serious, acts in a silly way, like a clown.

Stop clowning all the time, you're annoying me!


working

work (canonical)
works (third-person singular)
worked (past)
worked (past participle)
working (present participle)

I have fixed the machine. It is currently working.

The government takes money from the working class and gives it to the rich.


working

The workings of something is how it functions.

He showed us the machine's inner workings.


wooden

wooden (positive)
more wooden (comparative)
most wooden (superlative)

Please do not spill your drink on the wooden floor.


clumsy

clumsy (positive)
clumsier (comparative)
clumsiest (superlative)

A clumsy person is not skillful or graceful when performing a movement.

He is very clumsy. He might break the dishes.

A clumsy object or idea is one created without much planning.

This solution is clumsy. I do not think it will work.


perform

perform (canonical)
performs (third-person singular)
performed (past)
performed (past participle)
performing (present participle)

Please come help me perform this task.

People perform by entertaining an audience.

The actors are going to perform onstage soon.

The Royal Ballet is performing "Swan Lake" tonight.


entertain

entertain (canonical)
entertains (third-person singular)
entertained (past)
entertained (past participle)
entertaining (present participle)

You entertain a person by keeping that person interested in what you are doing.

The comedian is able to entertain the audience for hours by telling jokes.

When you entertain an idea, you think about it.

I hope he will entertain the idea of inviting us over.


Yugoslavia

Yugoslavia is a country that used to exist on the Balkan Peninsula. It has split up into Serbia, Montenegro, Republic of Macedonia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Slovenia, Kosovo and Croatia.


China

China is a country in Asia. It is officially called the People's Republic of China.

China is the area controlled by the People's Republic of China and the Republic of China (Taiwan).


funny

funny (positive)
funnier (comparative)
funniest (superlative)

Funny things keep people interested and can make people laugh.

That was a funny joke.

This rotten milk has a funny smell.


amazing

amazing (positive)
more amazing (comparative)
most amazing (superlative)

Amazing things cause wonder and amazement.

That was an amazing book. I enjoyed every moment of it.


amazing

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


hopeful

hopeful (positive)
more hopeful (comparative)
most hopeful (superlative)

A hopeful person wishes that something could happen.

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hopeful

A hopeful is a person that wishes to win or be victorious at something.

There are many presidential hopefuls this year.


extraterrestrial

An extraterrestrial is a being coming from a world other than Earth, whose true existence has not yet been proved.

Popular representations of extraterrestrials often make them be little skinny humanoids with a large skull, wide black eyes and a green or grey skin.

An extraterrestrial can also be so an uncommon person that ordinary people think he or she cannot be from Earth.

Joseph von Neumann had so exceptional intellectual abilities that his neighbouring considered him an extraterrestrial.


extraterrestrial

extraterrestrial (positive)
more extraterrestrial (comparative)
most extraterrestrial (superlative)

Extraterrestrial can be applied to anything not coming from the Earth or not belonging to the Earth.

Meteorites falling on the Earth's ground come from outer space : they are extraterrestrial objects.


forest

A forest is an area covered with many trees, and sometimes by bushes and other plants.

Certain forests are so vast that people can easily be lost there.


arrive

arrive (canonical)
arrives (third-person singular)
arrived (past)
arrived (past participle)
arriving (present participle)

If you arrive somewhere, you come to that place, usually the place that you planned to go to.

Is everything ready? I expect the guests to arrive soon.

Please arrive at the airport at least 2 hours before your flight.

We arrive in New York at 10:52.

They asked us to arrive early to help get ready for the party.

Different people thinking about the same question often arrive at the same answer.

If something arrives somewhere, it comes to that place, usually the place that it was supposed to go to.

Five days later a letter arrived by Federal Express.

If a time or event arrives, it moves from the future into the present.

Finally the day arrived for him to come home.


mosquito

mosquito
mosquitos or mosquitoes (plural)

A mosquito is a flying insect that is known for stinging animals and humans to suck their blood.

Sleeping here is nearly impossible because of all those mosquitoes that bite you all the night long.


viper

A viper is a short, rather massive poisonous snake with long front teeth that poison its victims by biting them.

Don't walk in the bush unprotected, you may be bitten by an viper!

A viper can also be a person who says bad things on other people.

This viper of a man will turn all of us mad!


boron

A hard, black, or brown, chemical element with the atomic number 5 and the symbol B.

The scientist used boron in his experiment.

A lot of glass is made using boron.

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iodine

An element with the atomic number 53 and the symbol I.

People use iodine in salt to make it iodized.

That kid used iodine on his wound to prevent infection.

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robot

A robot is a machine that looks more or less a human being.

Starwars C-3PO is a golden robot.

A robot can also be any man-made automatic device, resembling a human being or not.

When you ask for the time on a phone, a robot will answer you.

A robot is a person who does not show emotions and seems to have no human thoughts.

He has the same expression whatever happens to him: he is a true robot.


radium

Radium is an element that has an atomic number of 88 and symbol Ra.

A normal person cannot find radium in any store.

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calcium

An element with atomic number 20 and symbol Ca. Also a nutrient in many different foods.

The human body needs calcium in order to stay healthy.


sodium

A metal and element with the atomic number 11 and the symbol Na. Also used as a nutrient, preservative, and seasoning in food.

It is pretty hard to find an item of food that doesn't contain sodium in it.

Scientists sometimes use sodium in experiments to see what it reacts with.

Many of the top food brands use a kind of sodium to preserve the food that they make for people to eat..


master

A master is someone who controls something.

She is the master of this domain.

He is a master at sculpting humans.

She holds a master's degree at Balliol College.


master

master (canonical)
masters (third-person singular)
mastered (past)
mastered (past participle)
mastering (present participle)

If a person masters something, they become very good at it; they are skilled at it.

Through their courses, they will master the fine arts.


sectors

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


thinner

thin (positive)
thinner (comparative)
thinnest (superlative)

The comparative form of thin; more thin.


thinner

A thinner is a liquid that is used to make another liquid more thin.

Turpentine can be used as a thinner for oil-based paints.


treats

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


treats

treat (canonical)
treats (third-person singular)
treated (past)
treated (past participle)
treating (present participle)

The third-person singular form of treat.


drawings

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


sprinted

sprint (canonical)
sprints (third-person singular)
sprinted (past)
sprinted (past participle)
sprinting (present participle)


flowers

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

John gave me flowers for our anniversary this year.


flowers

flower (canonical)
flowers (third-person singular)
flowered (past)
flowered (past participle)
flowering (present participle)

The third-person singular form of flower.


cherry

A cherry is a roundish small piece of fruit with a core inside. Its color varies from pale yellow to red or purple and even nearly black.

We should eat our cherries quickly before birds get them all eaten!

By extension, cherry can also be the tree or the bush bearing this fruit.

The wood of which a cherry tree is made of.

Cherry is also the color of the fruit, bright red or purple.

Cherry is a color that human eyes immediately remark.

Her cherry make-up makes her look ugly.

(uncountable) Cherry is the flavour or smell of cherries.

This cherry perfume is rather strange but not unpleasant at all.


assemble

assemble (canonical)
assembles (third-person singular)
assembled (past)
assembled (past participle)
assembling (present participle)

If you assemble many people or things, you bring them together.

They went into the meeting room where a dozen other people had already assembled.

The first thing you try to do is assemble people you want to work with.

If you assemble something, you put it together.

He would have to go to Japan to find a company to supply parts and assemble the machine.

They worked together in assembling the art collection.

She had assembled a team of 10 lawyers to attack the court's ruling.


skinny

skinny (positive)
skinnier (comparative)
skinniest (superlative)

A skinny person or animal has few flesh or muscle around the skeleton, he/she/it has a thin and narrow body.

You should eat more and do some sports, you're too skinny!

This poor village is full of skinny cats and dogs searching for food.


skinny

A skinny is a person who has not enough flesh, enough muscle, whose body appears to be too thin and narrow.

This skinny has lifted this heavy piece of furniture unaided! I couldn't believe my eyes!


tomato

A tomato is a red, roundish fruit, roughly the size of a fist. It does not have a core nor pips.

Bad singers or musicians used to be thrown tomatoes at.

A tomato is also the plant bearing tomatoes.

Tomatoes were imported from Central America to Europe in the sixteenth century.

Ketchup sauce contains some amount of tomato.

Tomato is a color that looks like oxygenated blood.


uranium

Uranium is an element of the periodic table with atomic number 92. Its symbol is U.

Uranium is the natural element with the biggest atomic core.

Uranium is also the radioactive metal made of uranium atoms.

Uranium has been increasingly used since the last six decades, its radioactive properties have found both military and civil uses.

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isotope

Isotopes are atomic cores belonging to the same element that have the same number of protons, but have a different number of neutrons.

Uranium 235 and uranium 238 are isotopes of uranium.

Deutherium is an isotope of oxygen that has two neutrons.


pulsar

A pulsar is an extremely dense astronomical body more massive than our Sun but not larger than 20 kilometers in diameter, essentially composed of neutrons with an iron shell. This astronomical body pulsates at very regular intervals, from a few milliseconds to more than one second : its name is a portmanteau-word coming from pulsating star.

When the first pulsar was detected, its pulsating period was so regular that scientists first believed it came from an extraterrestrial civilization.


plutonium

Plutonium is a man-made element of the periodic table, with atomic number 94 and symbol Pu.

Along with neptunium, plutonium was the first man-made element to be created by bombarding uranium-238 cores with neutrons.

Plutonium is also the radioactive metal made of plutonium atoms.

Plutonium is a silvery and very dense metal, its toxicity makes it dangerous to manipulate.

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allotropy

Allotropy is the property that certain elements have to get their atoms disposed in different structures.

Carbon has two main forms : graphite and diamond, that are each characterized by a different atomic disposition. This is called allotropy.


sack

She opened the brown paper sack and put the shopping in it.

To sack is to plunder and pillage a captured town or city.

The sack of Rome.

I'm tired. I think I'll hit the sack and get some sleep.


sack

sack (canonical)
sacks (third-person singular)
sacked (past)
sacked (past participle)
sacking (present participle)

If the company sacks you, they end your job; they fire you.

Phil was sacked last week, and I think they will get rid of more people soon.

To plunder or pillage a captured town or city.

The barbarians sacked Rome.


sake

If something is for x's sake or for the sake of x, it is to help x or make x happy.

You are the reason I did it. I did it for your sake.

I must pretend to be happy when I am not, for everyone's sake.

The parents are staying together for the children's sake.

You use for God's/Christ's/Heaven's/Pete's/pity's/fuck's sake when you feel strongly about something.

"No, I will not." "For God's sake, why not?"

If something is for x's sake or for the sake of x, it is for that purpose.

I carried my gun in the jungle for safety's sake.

Let's say, for the sake of argument, that he comes out and says, "I love you." Then what?


sake

Sake is a kind of Japanese wine made from rice.


assure

assure (canonical)
assures (third-person singular)
assured (past)
assured (past participle)
assuring (present participle)

If you assure somebody about something, you tell them not to worry because the thing you say is true.

The doctor assured me that he would be OK.

He certainly won't be boring; I can assure you of that.

If x assures that y happens, x makes it certain that y happens.

You need to begin now to assure that the everything is ready in January.


squeaky

squeaky (positive)
squeakier (comparative)
squeakiest (superlative)

A squeaky sound is a sound that has a very high pitch.

When sped up, people speaking get a funny squeaky voice.


squeak

A squeak is a high-pitched sound that objects produce, especially when rubbing together.

The squeak of this old door is so annoying!


squeak

squeak (canonical)
squeaks (third-person singular)
squeaked (past)
squeaked (past participle)
squeaking (present participle)

If something squeaks it produces this kind of sound.

His wheelchair is always squeaking when it moves.


goose

A goose is a big flying bird looking like a duck, with a long neck and webbed feet. The color of its feathers is usually a mix of grey, black and/or white, certain individuals having a uniform color.

Wild geese regularly fly over our house when they migrate to Southern countries.

I have a pet goose that honks when someone comes into the yard.

Aunt Dreeda acts like a goose whenever a man comes to her front door.


goose

goose (canonical)
gooses (third-person singular)
goosed (past)
goosed (past participle)
goosing (present participle)

To goose someone is to take him by surprise with a finger jab to the cleft of the buttocks that penetrates to the anus. The violated may be clothed or unclothed and usually reacts with a sudden, offended start.

I was wearing only a jockstrap when a teammate goosed me in the locker room.


inside joke

An inside joke is a joke that only a small group of people can understand because it has information that only the people in the group know.

She and her friends make inside jokes that I can never understand.


galaxy

A galaxy is a large astronomical structure containing several billions of stars and other astronomical bodies, looking like a more or less regular spiral with a thick core and thinner edges.

The Milky Way is the galaxy where our Earth is located, it has about 200 billion stars.

The known universe contains billions of galaxies.

The galaxy : the galaxy we live in, the Milky Way (very often employed with the definite article).

Some science fiction writers imagine that mankind will one day settle an empire throughout the galaxy.


millennium

millennium
millenniums or millennia (plural)

A millennium is a period of time lasting one thousand years.

Humanity invented the first writing systems a few millennia ago.

Lots of animal species have disappeared during the last millennium.


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teddy bear

A teddy bear is a stuffed toy that looks like an anthropomorphic bear.

If teddy bears are mainly made for children to play with, lots of adults also appreciate them.


teddy

A teddy is a stuffed toy that looks like an anthropomorphic animal.

Though largely an adult, he still has a huge collection of teddies.

A teddy is a type of underwear worn by women, similar to a basque.


stuffed animal

A stuffed animal is a furry toy that is filled with a soft material.

The first stuffed animals to be made at the end of the nineteenth century looked like bears.

Nearly all children have at least one stuffed animal to play with.


Milky Way

The Milky Way is the galaxy that we live in.

Our solar system is in one of the arms of the Milky Way, at about 30,000 light years from its center.


swarm

A swarm is a group of many insects, especially flying insects like bees, wasps or flies.

He walked on a wasp nest and was attacked by the swarm.

Less commonly, a swarm can also be a group of fish or birds.

When attacked, sardinas group into compact swarms to protect themselves.

A crowd of people or animals moving in a chaotic way.

By observing the sky with telescopes, astronomers can see swarms of stars.


swarm

swarm (canonical)
swarms (third-person singular)
swarmed (past)
swarmed (past participle)
swarming (present participle)

I felt disgusted when I saw all these flies swarming on this dead body.

When there are to many insects in a place.

Fire ants swarm in the Southern United States since man accidentally brought some with him by ship.

Ants are swarming the kitchen since we let food accessible.


attract

attract (canonical)
attracts (third-person singular)
attracted (past)
attracted (past participle)
attracting (present participle)

If something attracts you, it makes you interested in it.

She jumped up and down to attract attention.

A cheaper price should also help attract customers.

If you are attracted to someone, you want to have a relationship with them, often a sexual relationship.

Boys were mad about her, attracted by her good looks.

The city hoped the new roads would attract businesses.

With magnets, opposite poles attract each other.


awkward

awkwarder (comparative)
awkwardest (superlative)
awkward (positive)
more awkward (comparative)
most awkward (superlative)

An awkward person or animal is clumsy, lacks agility, dexterity or grace.

He doesn't managed well when I try to juggle. He's still awkward.

An awkward situation, event is an embarrassing situation, event.

When I fell in front of everybody, I felt ridiculous. It was so awkward!

What an awkward device! I can't even imagine how it works.


awkwardness

Awkwardness is the state of being awkward.

The patient suffer awkwardness when walking.


lame duck

A lame duck is a person who is handicapped or not efficient.

The whole group wasted a lot of time only because of him. He's what I call a lame duck!

In the United States, a lame duck is a politician who holds an office now, but lost the recent election or is not eligible to hold the position anymore; they are called a lame duck because they have very little power in the last few months of their service.

Being accused of corruption, this congressman has become a lame duck.

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immortal

An immortal is a being that lives forever and does not age or die.

Though never dying, an immortal can still be killed in certain cases.


immortal

If something or someone is immortal, it lives forever and never dies or disappears.

In ancient Greek civilization, gods were believed to be immortal.

Lots of people believe that human beings have an immortal soul inside.


immortality

im- + mortal + -ity
immortal + mortality

Immortality is the condition of not dying or ageing.

Jesus promised immortality after our death.

Technological civilizations believe in their own immortality.

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paintball

Paintball is a game where people shoot small balls filled with paint instead of bullets.

You should get changed if you want to play paintball; I don't want to have more clothes to wash!

A paintball is a paint-filled ball that is used in the game of paintball.


paintball

paintball (canonical)
paintballs (third-person singular)
paintballed (past)
paintballed (past participle)
paintballing (present participle)

If you paintball someone, you shoot them with a paintball.

If you paintball, you play the sport paintball.


didgeridoo

A didgeridoo is a long and straight, wooden wind instrument that Australian Aborigines traditionally use. Roughly the size of a man, it produces sound when you continuously blow into it.

Didgeridoos often have drawings showing mythological elements of the Aboriginal culture or clanic symbols.

While playing didgeridoo, you can imitate some natural sounds such as bird songs.


mortal

Someone or something that is mortal can age, be injured, die, or disappear.

Even stars, though living millions or billions of years, are mortal.

When they are young, people usually don't think they are mortal.


mortal

A mortal is a human being, as opposed to immortal beings such as gods or beings with supernatural powers.

To ancient Greeks mortals were only toys in the hands of gods.

Son of a sorceress and a mortal, he still inherited his mother's powers.


mortality

Mortality is the condition of being able to die or disappear.

When they begin aging, certain people become afraid of their mortality.


clone

A clone is a living being produced from another being that is genetically identical to the first being.

Ewe Dolly is known to be the first man-made clone.

All these cells are clones of a first cell that has divided.

A clone is a copy or imitation of something, living or not.

This counterfeiter has a lot of talent : the painting he has made is a perfect clone of the original one.


clone

clone (canonical)
clones (third-person singular)
cloned (past)
cloned (past participle)
cloning (present participle)

To clone is to make an identical copy of something, especially a living being.

Cells usually reproduce by cloning themselves.

It is considered morally unacceptable to clone human beings.


counterfeiter

A counterfeiter is a person who makes copies of things, copies that are considered false and not legal; a person who counterfeits.

The police have arrested a gang of counterfeiters that made many false banknotes.

To make such well-imitated paintings, counterfeiters must have very good skills.


square root

The square root of a number n is a number that, multiplied by itself, is equal to this number n. Its symbol is √. "The square root of "n" is written √.

The square root of 9 is 3.


edit

edit (canonical)
edits (third-person singular)
edited (past)
edited (past participle)
editing (present participle)

When you edit something, you change or move around words.

You can edit pages on Simple English Wiktionary by clicking the button that says "change this page".


edit

An edit is a change in text or a document.

Thank you for your edit to the page hello on the Simple English Wiktionary!


platinum

Platinum is an element of the periodic table with the atomic number 78. Its symbol is Pt.

Platinum is also the silver-grey metal made of platinum atoms.

With a density of 21,4, platinum is one of the densest materials known to Earth.

Platinum is the silver-grey color of the metal.

A platinum is a musical recording that has sold over one million copies (for singles), or two million (for albums)

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platinum

Something platinum has the silver-grey color of the metal.

She has always had her strange platinum hair.


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smoulder

smoulder (canonical)
smoulders (third-person singular)
smouldered (past)
smouldered (past participle)
smouldering (present participle)

Smoulder is another way of spelling smolder.


barium

An element with atomic number 56 and the symbol Ba.

This rock has parts of barium on it.

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witherite

Witherite is a yellow-grey mineral. It is made of a form of barium.

I would like that sample of witherite for my collection, please.


helium

Helium is a colourless gas that has an atomic number of 2 and the symbol He.

Sir, can you please fill my balloon up with helium, please?

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aluminum

Aluminum is a metallic (meaning made of metal) element with an atomic number of 13 and the symbol Al.

These cans are made from aluminum.

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notable

notable (positive)
more notable (comparative)
most notable (superlative)

A person or a thing is notable if the person or thing is famous, important, significant. It means that many people know about that person or thing; many things have been said or written about that person or thing.

She is a notable writer: people in many different countries read her books.

A notable event happened here today. It will be in the newspaper.


neon

Neon is an element with atomic number 10 and the symbol Ne.

Neon is used in signs to make them glow.

Neon is used to describe neon tetra fish.

My mom and I went to the pet store to buy a neon tetra fish.


formulae

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


participations

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


vapor

A vapor is a cloudy or other matter in the air, like mist, steam or fumes.

Vapor is the gas of something that used to be liquid or solid.

When you heat up water, vapor appears.


reprise

reprise (canonical)
reprises (third-person singular)
reprised (past)
reprised (past participle)
reprising (present participle)


award

An award is something that you give to someone who has done something very well.

Each year, Westinghouse announces the winners of its awards for the best high-school science projects.

He won the National League's Most Valuable Player award in 2007.

An award is money that a court decides should be given to somebody who has won a legal case.

The lawyer often takes 10 to 30 percent of any awards of damages.


award

award (canonical)
awards (third-person singular)
awarded (past)
awarded (past participle)
awarding (present participle)

If you award somebody something, you officially give it to them, usually because they have done something well.

A total of $205,000 in prize money will be awarded, with $50,000 for the winner and $25,000 for second place.

If you award somebody something, you officially decide that somebody should receive money or a contract.

The judge ruled that the company had no just cause for dismissing Morsi, and he was awarded damages.

The company was awarded a contract worth $2.3 billion to build the new highway.


aluminium

Aluminium is another way of spelling aluminum.

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Spanish

Spanish is the language that is mainly spoken in Spain, Mexico, and many countries in Central and South America.


Spanish

I enjoy Spanish food.


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astronomy

The study of space and everything related to it, like stars, black holes, meteors, etc.


event horizon

The imaginary line on a black hole that once passed, nothing can ever escape, except for Hawking radiation.


Saros cycle

A period of 18 years, 11 days and 8 hours in which the Sun, Moon and Earth return to almost exactly the same spots they were at 18 years, 11.3 days ago; the Saros cycle is used to predict when an eclipse is going to happen.


mirror

A very reflective surface which light can bounce off of.

She kept staring at the mirror all day.


mirror

mirror (canonical)
mirrors (third-person singular)
mirrored (past)
mirrored (past participle)
mirroring (present participle)

If something/someone mirrors something, then it is identical to it.


password

A secret code that is used to get access to something.


mess

A mess is a dirty or untidy place or situation.

Your room is such a mess! You're not leaving the house until you clean it up!

A mess is a chaotic, confused or troublesome state or situation.

Look at the mess you've gotten us into now!

A mess is a number of people who eat together.


mess

mess (canonical)
messes (third-person singular)
messed (past)
messed (past participle)
messing (present participle)

If you mess, you take meals with a mess.