leadership

Leadership is the capacity of someone to lead.

I doubt that even his leadership can help us.

The leadership of the football club has decided to have them suspended for rough play.

Leadership is the office or status of a leader.

She really wanted the leadership of the gardening club.


Bibles

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


cautious

cautious (positive)
more cautious (comparative)
most cautious (superlative)

Someone who is cautious is careful, uses or exercises caution, and is tentative.

He took a few cautious steps out the door when he heard the sirens.


performer

A performer is someone who entertains people with music, dance or acting.

Freddie Mercury, the lead singer of Queen, was a great performer.


performers

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


oftentimes

To do something oftentimes means you do it many times.

Oftentimes we met each other on the way home from school.


prominent

prominent (positive)
more prominent (comparative)
most prominent (superlative)

Something that is prominent sticks out and is easily seen.

The most prominent feature of the garden was the large fountain in the center of the pond.

He was a tall man with long black hair and a prominent nose.

A person who is prominent is one who is important and famous.

He was described as being one of Canada's prominent writers.


caution

Caution is being careful and planning ways to avoid danger or being hurt.

He used caution as he climbed the old wooden steps.

A caution is a warning about what might happen in the future.

The doctor gave me a caution about eating too much.

A caution can be a legal warning and that a repeat of the action could end up as an arrest.

The police gave the boy a caution after he was caught stealing from the shop.


caution

caution (canonical)
cautions (third-person singular)
cautioned (past)
cautioned (past participle)
cautioning (present participle)

To caution is to give a warning or advice.

His mother cautioned him about staying out too late at night.


cautions

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


cautions

The third-person singular form of caution.


cautioned

The past tense and past participle of caution.


coincidence

A coincidence is when two things are in the same place or space, they coincide.

The scientist studied the beam of electrons and timed examples of coincidence.

A coincidence is when two things happen by chance, but it seems like it was really planned.

It is a strange coincidence that William Shakespeare was born and died on 23 April.


palace

A palace is the home of a king or queen.

Elizabeth II of England lives in a palace in London, called Buckingham Palace.

A palace is a big, very grand house, often the home of someone important like a president or bishop.

During the revolution, soldiers guarded the gates of the president's palace.


palaces

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


weightlessness

Weightlessness is the feeling of having very little or no weight.

Astronauts train for space flights in planes that make steep dives to create a sense of weightlessness.


reusable

Something that is reusable can be used more than once.

I have to remember to take my own reusable bags as the shops no longer put things into plastic bags.


specialist

A specialist is a person who is highly skilled in one type of activity or study.

His army training had made him a bomb disposal specialist.

A specialist is a doctor who is skilled in treating one part of the body.

It hurt so much when she swallowed food that she was sent to a throat specialist.


applicant

An applicant is a person who makes an application for something, often a job.

The job applicants had to have an interview with the head of the company.


terrorist

A terrorist is a person who uses terror and violence to get political change.

The car bomb at the busy market was the work of a terrorist.


specialists

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


applicants

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


terrorists

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


mudra

Mudra are hand and body positions used in classical Indian dancing.

She moved her hands into a calming mudra.


mudras

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


dissent

In his dissent he pointed out what was wrong with the decision.

Dissent can be a public protest to show disagreement with government.

The people marched in the street, showing their dissent to the changes to the law.


dissent

dissent (canonical)
dissents (third-person singular)
dissented (past)
dissented (past participle)
dissenting (present participle)

To dissent is to disagree or have a different opinion.

The judge strongly dissented the decision of the Supreme Court.

To dissent can be to take action to show disagreement.


dissents

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


dissents

The third-person singular form of dissent.


dissented

The past tense and past participle of dissent.


telecom

Telecom is short for telecommunications.

He bought shares in cable, internet and telecom companies.


telecoms

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


telecommunication

Telecommunication is the science of sending messages over a distance using radio, television, telegraph, computers, cable and telephone.

Telecommunication has made it possible to speak directly to people in other countries.

A telecommunication is a message received by using radio, television, telegraph, computers, cable and telephone.

The CIA was able to read the company's telecommunications using a spy satellite.


telecommunications

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


ephemeral

Something that is ephemeral is only temporary, it does not last long.

"Here today and gone tomorrow" is a phrase which describes an ephemeral situation.

Her friendships seemed to be rather ephemeral.

Mayfly are ephemeral because their adults never last more than a day.


lignotuber

A lignotuber is a large root buried in the ground that can produce one or more tree trunks.

Many Australian eucalypt trees have lignotubers which let the tree regrow after a bushfire.


rooted

root (canonical)
roots (third-person singular)
rooted (past)
rooted (past participle)
rooting (present participle)

The past tense and past participle of root.


moor

moor (canonical)
moors (third-person singular)
moored (past)
moored (past participle)
mooring (present participle)

To moor a ship or boat is to tie it to a dock, jetty, or hold it in place with an anchor.

The big ship was moored at the long jetty.

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moor

A moor is open ground, often with peat soils, swampy, covered in grass or low shrubs.

The search for the missing boy led them right across the moors.


moors

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


moored

The past tense and past participle of moor.


Moor

A Moor is a Muslim person from northern Africa with Arab and Berber ancestors.

The Moors ruled Spain for more than 700 years.


Moors

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


capital punishment

Capital punishment is a specific punishment that results in the death of the accused.

The use of capital punishment for murderers is controversial.


Santa

Santa is short for Santa Claus, the person who brings children presents at Christmas.

The children were excited at Christmas because they hoped Santa would leave them presents.


editable

If something is editable you can change or edit it.

This page is editable, like all Wiktionary pages.


swede

A swede is a yellow root vegetable, like a turnip.

He really enjoyed a dinner of fish with boiled swedes and peas.


Swede

Alfred Nobel is a famous Swede, who gave the money for the Nobel Prizes.


Swedes

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


alarm clocks

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


Santas

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


capital punishments

capital punishment
capital punishments (plural)

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


lignotubers

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


mistily

Mistily refers to being full of or covered with something; in a misty manner.


downtown

In or in the direction of the center of a city or town.

The bus is headed downtown.

Outside the three-point line, or generally far from the basket.

He took a shot from way downtown!


downtown

Either the lower, or the business center, of a city or town.

The downtown was badly damaged in the war.

The downtown stores usually open early.


banners

The plural form of banner; more than one banner.


decimals

The plural form of decimal; more than one decimal.


rockhole

A hole in an outcrop of solid bedrock that holds surface water.

Any depression or opening in an area of bedrock sticking out of the ground. Often found in granite outcrops.


rockholes

The plural form of rockhole; more than one rockhole.


rock hole

Rock hole is another way of spelling rockhole.


rock holes

The plural form of rock hole; more than one rock hole.


bedrock

The solid rock that sits below the ground surface (and sometimes sticks out of the ground).


g force

G force is another way of spelling g-force.


g forces

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


downtowns

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


banquets

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


watts

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


aerosols

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


banisters

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


adverts

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


wasps

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


washbasins

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


wardens

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


passages

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


fabrics

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


fables

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


elves

The plural form of elf; more than one elf.


easels

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


dalmatians

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


daisies

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


canes

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


canaries

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


rafts

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


pastries

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


dasies


caned

cane (canonical)
canes (third-person singular)
caned (past)
caned (past participle)
caning (present participle)

The past tense and past participle of cane.


trope

Something which is common in popular culture or in a type of literature, such as ‘once upon a time’ is the first lline of a story

A figure of speech in which words or phrases are used with a special meaning, like a metaphor

A short section at the end of the melody in some early music.

A phrase or verse added to the mass when sung by a choir.


tropes

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


accessory

An accessory is an extra item, not needed, but which adds to the whole.

She bought a number of accessories including a bag, hat, and gloves, to match her new dress.

An accessory is a person who helps someone to break the law.

Because she helped him hide the body after the murder, she was charged with being an accessory to the crime.


accessories

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


arbitration

Arbitration is a way of settling a dispute. An independent person listens to arguments from all participants in the dispute, and then makes a decision.

The two neighbors had to go to arbitration to decide who had to pay for the new fence.


arbitrations

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


coalition

A temporary group that is formed for a particular reason.

The two governments formed a coalition to help their workers.

/koʊəˈlɪʃən/


coalitions

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


bowling alley

A bowling alley is a building where 10 pin bowling is played.

We went to the bowling alley for a game.

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bowling alleys

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


intimidate

intimidate (canonical)
intimidates (third-person singular)
intimidated (past)
intimidated (past participle)
intimidating (present participle)

To make fearful; to inspire or affect with fear; to stop or block others by threats

He's trying to intimidate you. If you ignore him, hopefully he'll stop.


steamroller

A steamroller is a steam-powered heavy road-making machine.

A steamroller was used to make the road smooth and hard.

A modern steamroller is a petrol or diesel-powered heavy road making machine.

A figure of speech for anything that rolls over someone or something else.

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devalue

devalue (canonical)
devalues (third-person singular)
devalued (past)
devalued (past participle)
devaluing (present participle)

To lower or remove the value of something.

The bully tried to devalue his critics.

The government wanted to devalue the Australian dollar in relation to the euro.


arm-twisting

The use of personal pressure to persuade

The use of political pressure to gain support


premise

A premise is a set of ideas from which you can put forward an answer or reach conclusion.

A basic premise of Christianity is to treat other people like you want to be treated.


premise

premise (canonical)
premises (third-person singular)
premised (past)
premised (past participle)
premising (present participle)

If you premise, you make an argument based on findings.


premises

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

Premises is the land, and all the structures built on it.

This organization will be moving its headquarters to a new premises.


premises

The third-person singular form of premise.


intimidates

The third-person singular form of intimidate.


intimidated

The past tense and past participle of intimidate.


steamrollers

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


devalues

The third-person singular form of devalue.


devalued

The past tense and past participle of devalue.


blunter

blunt (positive)
blunter (comparative)
bluntest (superlative)

The comparative form of blunt; more blunt.


bluntest

The superlative form of blunt; most blunt.


hashes

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


sheer

sheer (canonical)
sheers (third-person singular)
sheered (past)
sheered (past participle)
sheering (present participle)

To sheer is to turn sharply or change direction quickly.

The lion hoped that one of the deer would sheer off from the herd so he could catch it.


sheer

Sheer is total, complete, without anything to hold it back.

When people heard the air raid siren they ran around in sheer panic.

Something that is sheer is very steep, almost vertical.

They came to the edge of the cliff, with a sheer drop into the valley below.

Sheer material is so thin you can almost see through it.

She wore her high heel shoes and her sheer silk stockings.


sheers

The third-person singular form of sheer.


sheered

The past tense and past participle of sheer.


scrape

scrape (canonical)
scrapes (third-person singular)
scraped (past)
scraped (past participle)
scraping (present participle)

To scrape is to drag something with force across a surface.

She was worried the heavy table would scrape the polished floor as it was being moved.

He needed to scrape the mud off his boots before entering the house.

To scrape is to make something smooth by rubbing.

He could scrape off the rough edges to make the stone smooth.

To scrape is to save or collect things with difficulty.

After I lost my job, I had to really scrape to have enough money for the rent.


scrape

A scrape is the noise made by forced rubbing.

He could hear the scrape of the table being dragged across the floor.

She had a nasty scrape on her knee after falling on the path.

The two boys got into a bit of a scrape during the football match.


scrapes

The third-person singular form of scrape.


scrapes

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


scraped

The past tense and past participle of scrape.


puppet

A puppet is a doll or animal figure that is moved by strings.

Another name for a string puppet is a marionette.

A puppet is a doll or animal figure that is moved by a hand place inside it.

Mr. Punch is a famous glove puppet from the "Punch and Judy" puppet show.

A puppet is a doll or animal figure that is moved with long sticks.

The play had a large dragon puppet with four men using long sticks to make it flap its wings.

A puppet is a person whose actions are controlled by other people.

The new President was simply a puppet of the army generals.


puppets

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


tread

The old man moved with heavy tread across the road.

A tread is a mark made by someone taking a step.

The police searched the crime scene for tread marks.

Tread is the part of a wheel, tyre, or a shoe that touches the road.

The car left tread marks across the lawn.

The car was not safe as there was very little tread left on the tyre.

The tread on a stair is the part on which you put your foot.

The wooden staircase had to be fixed by replacing the rotten treads.


tread

tread (past)
tread (past participle)
trod (past participle)
tread (canonical)
treads (third-person singular)
trod (past)
trodden (past participle)
treading (present participle)

The wooden bridge did not look safe so I had to tread carefully.

To make wine you need to tread on the grapes to squeeze out the juice.

The past tense and past participle of tread.


treads

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


treads

tread (past)
tread (past participle)
trod (past)
trod (past participle)
tread (canonical)
treads (third-person singular)
trodden (past)
trodden (past participle)
treading (present participle)

The third-person singular form of tread.


hartal

In India, a hartal is closing a shop or not working as part of a political protest.

The hartal was a large disservice to Srivijaya, who wanted to go shopping at the bazaar.


hartals

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


spectacle

A spectacle is something that you see that is unusual or notable.

I will never forget the spectacle of watching trying to carry all his bags home from the station.

A spectacle is a display or event on a grand scale.

The opening ceremony of the Olympic Games was quite a spectacle.

To make a spectacle of yourself you do something stupid that other people can see.

While trying to impress the boys, she fell over in her high heel shoes, making a real spectacle of herself.

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spectacles

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

She could not read the newspaper without her spectacles.


token

A token is an individual symbol, representing something else.

A postage stamp is a token to show you have paid the postal charge.

A king's crown is a token to show his royal power and authority.

A token can be a plastic or metal disc used instead of a coin.

He had to put a token in the ticket machine to enter the station.


token

A token is a small amount, purely symbolic.

He was not interested in winning, so he only made a token effort.


tokens

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


ream

A ream is a measure of paper; there are 500 sheets in a ream.

He was sent to the storeroom to bring back a ream of paper.

He had to complete reams for his mid term essay.

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ream

ream (canonical)
reams (third-person singular)
reamed (past)
reamed (past participle)
reaming (present participle)

To ream is to make a hole, or make a hole bigger.

To ream is to remove material from a hole with a reamer.

When you ream a lemon, you squeeze out the juice with a reamer.


reams

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


reamed

The past tense and past participle of ream.


coincidences

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


sergeant

A sergeant is a noncomissioned officer in the army, higher in rank than a corporal but lower in rank than a staff sergeant.

She was wearing a huge army overcoat which had sergeant stripes at the shoulder.

A sergeant is an officer in the police force, higher in rank than a constable but lower than an inspector.

He was a police sergeant with over twenty years experience.


sergeants

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


tide

The tide is the regular rising and falling of sea levels caused by the moon.

After getting the ship stuck on sand, the crew had to wait until high tide so it would refloat.

A tide may be something that rises and falls as if it were the sea.

The politicians knew that one day the tide of public opinion would agree with them.

Tide is a period of time or a season; usually used with another word.

She always looked forward to Whitsun tide.


tides

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


tack

A tack is a small, sharp nail with a large flat head.

He needed a tack to hold the carpet edge down.

A tack is the direction of a boat sailing against the wind.

The boat sailed across the bay on a southerly tack.

A tack is a course or direction to follow.

Our ideas caused so much anger we were forced to change tack.

Tack is items that are used for horse riding.

The saddles were kept in the tack room.


tack

tack (canonical)
tacks (third-person singular)
tacked (past)
tacked (past participle)
tacking (present participle)

To tack is to use small nails to hold something.

She had to tack the new rules on the notice board.

We might be able to tack together a few ideas.

To tack is to sew something together with large loose stitches.

The tailor quickly began to tack the hem of her dress.

To tack is to sail a zigzag course against the wind.

We had to tack our way along the coast.


tacks

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


tacked

The past tense and past participle of tack.


tacking

We watched the boat tacking across the bay.


supplement

A supplement is extra text that is added to the end of a book.

At the back of the book was a supplement with maps showing where the story took place.

A supplement is a small insert or magazine added to a newspaper.

He read the sport supplement that came with the Sunday paper.

A supplement is an extra that is added to something.

His hotel bill included an internet connection supplement.

A supplement is a loosely attached expression set off by intonation and usually punctuation, presenting supplementary, non-integrated content.


supplement

supplement (canonical)
supplements (third-person singular)
supplemented (past)
supplemented (past participle)
supplementing (present participle)

To supplement is to add something extra.

The doctor told him to supplement his new diet with vitamins.


supplements

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


supplements

The third-person singular form of supplement.


supplemented

The past tense and past participle of supplement.


brute

He told her he would not come to the house unless she tied up her brute.

A person who behaves like an animal is a brute.

The brute just pushed his way to the front of the line.

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brute

Brute is strong, like an animal, without thought or reason.

He used brute strength to move the large rock.


brutes

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


historian

A historian is a person who studies or writes about history.

Herodotus (484 – c. 420 BC), was a famous historian who wrote about Ancient Greece.


historians

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


machinery

The group of machines that make up a production apparatus in a plant.

The working parts of a machine as a group.

The group of parts of something which allows it to function.


machineries

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


Zoroastrianism

Zoroastrianism is a religion founded by Zoroaster.

/ˌzɒrəʊˈæstrɪəˌnɪzəm/


monotheistic

Monotheistic is believing in a single god.

Christianity is a monotheistic religion.

/ˌmɒnə(ʊ)θɪˈɪstɪk/


denomination

A denomination is a class or society of people.

You are a Christian? What is your denomination?

/dɪˌnɒmɪˈneɪʃən/


ignosticism

Ignosticism is the idea that religions assume too much about the idea of God.

In ignosticism people ask "What is meant by 'God'?"


coving

The coving is a concave surface that joins a ceiling and a wall.

The coving on the old house was very decorative.


fireworks

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


covings

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


actionable

actionable (positive)
more actionable (comparative)
most actionable (superlative)

If something is actionable, then it can be acted on.

The general wanted details of where the enemy were; he needed actionable information.


infotainment

Infotainment is a mix of information and entertainment, usually used negatively.

He had to keep the story light and amusing, it was just infotainment, not serious news.


fashion model

A fashion model is a person who wears and displays clothes on a cat walk, stage or for photographs.

People who design clothes pay a fashion model to wear them at fashion shows.


fashion models

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


denominations

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


arrangement

Arrangement is the manner of being arranged.

The arrangement of furniture in the office was important for getting things done efficiently.

An arrangement is a collection of things that have been arranged.

In the vase was a beautiful flower arrangement.

An arrangement is a plans for some activity.

We made arrangements to meet after work.

We came to an arrangement about who would wash the dishes.

An arrangement is an adaptation of a piece of music.

Percy Grainger wrote a piano arrangement of an English folk song called "Country Gardens"


accountable

accountable (positive)
more accountable (comparative)
most accountable (superlative)

If you are accountable for something that people are not happy about, you need to explain or apologize for it.

Governments must be accountable for the way they spend people's taxes.

She acts as if she isn't accountable to anyone.


arrangements

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


excitements

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


negatively

In a negative manner rather than a positive one.

His idea for cutting wages was received negatively by the workers.


bred

breed (canonical)
breeds (third-person singular)
bred (past)
bred (past participle)
breeding (present participle)

The past tense and past participle of breed.


liability

A liability is something for which you are liable or responsible.

The airline admitted liability for loosing the suitcase.

A liability is when you owe money to someone else.

The company had a liability of more than 10 million dollars.

A liability is a weakness or problem that holds you back from doing things.

He worked as a writer, but found his bad spelling was a real liability.


liabilities

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


pertains

pertain (canonical)
pertains (third-person singular)
pertained (past)
pertained (past participle)
pertaining (present participle)

The third-person singular form of pertain.


pertained

The past tense and past participle of pertain.


Arab

Of or relating to Arabs and their nations.

I am not familiar with that Arab tradition.


Arab

A Semitic person, whose ancestors were from Arabia.

A member of a community that speaks Arabic.

An Arab was fishing from the river.


Arabs

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


prune

He placed a prune in the middle of a plate of cheese and biscuits.


prune

prune (canonical)
prunes (third-person singular)
pruned (past)
pruned (past participle)
pruning (present participle)

If you prune a bush or shrub, you cut off parts of the plant.

After a rose has finished flowering, you should prune it.

If you prune something, you cut it back, as if it were a plant.

I was running out of money, so I had to prune my budget.


prunes

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


prunes

The third-person singular form of prune.


pruned

The past tense and past participle of prune.


pruning

Pruning means removing excess material from a tree or shrub.


tittle

A tittle is a small mark, like the little dot over i or j.

Don't forget to dot your is by adding tittles!

A tittle is a small amount of something, like a crumb or a speck.


tittles

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


niobium

An element with atomic number 41 and the symbol Nb. It was formerly known as columbium (Cb), but is now called "niobium".

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masochism

Masochism is the feeling of sexual pleasure from pain or other abuse.

He had to seek medical help for his love of masochism.


masochist

A masochist is a person who likes pain, or enjoys being punished.


sadist

A sadist is someone who enjoys causing pain or cruelty to others.


masochists

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


sadists

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


preview

A preview is a showing of a work like a movie, play, or painting, before the public are able to see it.

We went to a preview of the new art show which opens next week.

A preview can be a short sample from a movie, used as an advertisement before the movie is ready to be shown to the public.

I had to see the movie, as the preview made it look so exciting.


preview

preview (canonical)
previews (third-person singular)
previewed (past)
previewed (past participle)
previewing (present participle)

If you preview something, you get to see it before everyone else.

We went to a special movie night, to preview the latest horror movie.


previews

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


previews

The third-person singular form of preview.


previewed

The past tense and past participle of preview.


bulletproof

bulletproof (positive)
more bulletproof (comparative)
most bulletproof (superlative)

A bulletproof material is something that can resist a direct shot by a bullet fired from a gun.

The police officers are wearing bulletproof vests.

If an idea or concept is bulletproof, it is unbreakable, very tough.


bulletproof

bulletproof (canonical)
bulletproofs (third-person singular)
bulletproofed (past)
bulletproofed (past participle)
bulletproofing (present participle)

If you bulletproof something, you make it able to resist bullets.

The engineers are trying to bulletproof the president's vehicle now.

If you bulletproof something, you make it resistant to failure.

We have to bulletproof this program before we let the users at it; check every input, catch every possible flaw … it must not fail in use.


bulletproofs

The third-person singular form of bulletproof.


bulletproofed

The past tense and past participle of bulletproof.


number sign

The character # used to represent the word number; the hash sign; also called the pound sign in the United States of America.


missile

An object intended to be launched at a target.

A self-propelled object whose path can be changed after having been launched.


missiles

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


sprig

A sprig is the young growth of a plant, sometimes sprouts.

Sprigs of clover were pushing through the soil.

Sprigs are cuttings from a mature plant.

She used sprigs of holly to decorate the room.


sprigs

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


welterweight

Welterweight is a division in boxing and other sports, based on the person's weight.

A welterweight is a boxer or wrestler in the welterweight division.

A welterweight was a weight of 28 pounds carried by racehorses as a handicap.


primate

A primate is a family of mammals, with well developed hands and feet, short noses, and large brains.

Humans and apes are examples of a primate.

A primate is the highest ranking bishop in a country.

The Archbishop of Canterbury is the Primate of all England.


primates

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


fascism

A political system that needs absolute obedience and control of the market and the people by companies and government joined together under the cult leadership of the dictator and a devoted military hierarchy where people are above one another.

Adolf Hitler and the Nazis set up a government based on fascism.

Used today to describe any kind of authoritarian system that violates the rights of ordinary, unarmed people.


welterweights

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


retard

retard (canonical)
retards (third-person singular)
retarded (past)
retarded (past participle)
retarding (present participle)

To retard something is to hold it back, or slow it down.

He cut back the shrub to retard its growth.


retard

A retard in music is an instruction to slow down the tempo.

See retardation. The state of being delayed.

A retard is someone who is mentally disabled or a very slow learner.

I've been showing my co-worker for a whole year how to properly seal the bags together and he still doesn't do it right, god what a retard.


retards

The third-person singular form of retard.


retards

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


retarded

The past tense and past participle of retard.


retarded

retarded (positive)
more retarded (comparative)
most retarded (superlative)

Less advanced in mental, physical, or social development than is usual for one's age.


quaquaversal

If it is quaquaversal then it is going in all directions at the same time.

A quaquaversal beard.


archaic

If something is archaic, it is very old, ancient, or no longer used.

There was no hot water because of the archaic plumbing.


molest

molest (canonical)
molests (third-person singular)
molested (past)
molested (past participle)
molesting (present participle)

If you molest someone, you annoy, harass, or disturb them.

She needed to sit somewhere quiet where her children would not molest her.

To molest someone is to force unwanted sexual contact on them.

He was trying to molest the woman.

To molest means to sexually abuse a child.

She was sent to jail because she kept trying to molest children.


molests

The third-person singular form of molest.


molested

The past tense and past participle of molest.


molester

A molester is someone who tries to have unwanted sexual contact with others.

He was a well known child molester.


molesters

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


molestation

Molestation is the act of annoying, disturbing, or molesting others.

Molestation in the office would lead to immediate dismissal.

Molestation is the act of forcing unwanted sexual contact on others.

The result of child molestation left her with emotional problems.


molestations

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


rally

A rally is a large meeting where people gather to protest to support or oppose something.

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rally

rally (canonical)
rallies (third-person singular)
rallied (past)
rallied (past participle)
rallying (present participle)

If you rally, you recover in health or consciousness.


rallies

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


rallies

The third-person singular form of rally.


rallied

The past tense and past participle of rally.


phototropic

phototropic (positive)
more phototropic (comparative)
most phototropic (superlative)

When someone or an animal is phototropic, it has the tendency to move towards or away from light.


centre stage

centre stage (positive)
more centre stage (comparative)
most centre stage (superlative)

When an actor is in the centre of a stage.


scar

A scar is the mark left behind when a wound has healed.

He still has a scar on his hand where he cut himself with scissors as a boy.


scar

scar (canonical)
scars (third-person singular)
scarred (past)
scarred (past participle)
scarring (present participle)

If an injury scars it leaves a mark after it heals.

He was careful when shaving as he did not want to scar his face.

If something scars someone, it makes them feel bad for a very long time.

Her death scarred her children.


outlet

An outlet is the thing on the wall you plug electronics into.

A store of a large company selling their products.


scars

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


scarred

The past tense and past participle of scar.


scarrings

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


faulty

faulty (positive)
faultier (comparative)
faultiest (superlative)

If something is faulty it is not working, or has gone wrong.

The car would not start because the battery was faulty.


faultier

The comparative form of faulty; more faulty.


faultiest

The superlative form of faulty; most faulty.


hesitation

A hesitation is a pause in speaking, usually because you are nor sure of what to say.

There was a hesitation in his reading as he turned the page.


hesitations

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


belated

When something is belated, it refers to being at a later time as compared to the actual time of the event.

Your birthday was yesterday, but well, happy belated birthday!

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cisgender

appearing or attempting to be a member of their birth sex.

having one's gender identity match their biological sex.

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cisgenders

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


cisgendered

of, relating to, or being someone whose birth sex matches the sex they act and/or appear as.


arse

You stupid arse!


arses

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


staircase

A staircase is a set of steps between two different levels.

She climbed the staircase to reach the upper floor of the house.


staircases

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


brew

brew (canonical)
brews (third-person singular)
brewed (past)
brewed (past participle)
brewing (present participle)

To brew is boil, infuse and ferment hops and malt to make beer.

He grew hops so he could use them to brew his own beer.

Brew is to put leaves into very hot water to make a drink.

He used the best tea leaves to brew his tea.


brew

A brew is a drink made by putting the ingredients into hot water.

He made a strong brew of tea.

A brew is something made by a process of mixing, like beer.

High prices and high unemployment created a brew of discontent among the people.


brews

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


brewed

The past tense and past participle of brew.


ramp

A ramp is a sloped surface that connects two levels.

If you are handicapped, you might have to take a ramp to get onto the sidewalk.

A ramp is a large parking area in an airport for aircraft, for loading and unloading or for storage (see also apron)


ramps

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


quotation mark

Mark used to show the start and end to a quotation: ".

She said "I'm not hungry" when the waiter asked her what she wanted to eat.

Use a quotation mark around something someone said.


quotation marks

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


barf

There is barf all over the floor!


barf

barf (canonical)
barfs (third-person singular)
barfed (past)
barfed (past participle)
barfing (present participle)

He was sick, so he barfed.


discomfort

A feeling of being embarrassed or worried.

His bad singing caused us discomfort.

Pain or another unpleasant physical feeling.

She had some discomfort in her knees.


discomfort

discomfort (canonical)
discomforts (third-person singular)
discomforted (past)
discomforted (past participle)
discomforting (present participle)

If you discomfort a person or animal, you make them feel worried, embarrassed, or a little ill.

Her strange behaviour discomforted us.


phlogiston

An ancient Greek idea of energy, which was used up when things burned. For example, burning wood would use up the phlogiston in the wood and the air (which actually had no oxygen). When the air or the wood had lost their phlogiston they could not be used. Scientists now know this idea is wrong.


wherewithal

Wherewithal is a tool with which you are able to do something, often money. It can also be the series of steps you go through to do something.

He didn't have any wherewithal to carry out his difficult ideas.

He was a nice, handsome man and had the wherewithal to take me on fancy dates.

/ˈwɛə.wɪ.ðɔːl/


propulsion

Propulsion is a force that makes something move, by pushing it or pulling on it.

The rocket needed a lot of propulsion from the engine to fly upwards.


bribe

A bribe is a reward that is given to someone, so that they do something they normally would not. It's different from payment in that a bribe is usually for something illegal, or against some rules.

He gave the judge a bribe so that he would win the contest.


bribe

bribe (canonical)
bribes (third-person singular)
bribed (past)
bribed (past participle)
bribing (present participle)

When you bribe someone, you give a reward so that they do something they normally wouldn't.

Allegations that the police were bribed to cover up the investigation surfaced after the event.


description

A description is a phrase or sentence that tells you what something is, or what something is like. A dictionary has descriptions of words, and a biography has descriptions of events in a person's life.

After coming back from Costa Rica, he gave me a long description of the swimming and sight-seeing he did there.


contraction

A contraction is when something pulls together and gets smaller. It is the act of contracting.

The cold weather made the bridge contract and break.

A contraction is a word made of two other words, with letters and spaces removed, and an apostrophe added. It is different from a compound word, because a compound word doesn't have any letters removed. Most are informal.

In English class, we learned the contractions we've and you're.

A contraction is when a muscle is used and pulls together to move some part of the body. Specifically, when giving birth, it means the uterus contracting.

When she felt the contractions, she knew she was going into labor.


swampy

swampy (positive)
swampier (comparative)
swampiest (superlative)

If a place is swampy, the ground is like a swamp. It is usually wet, soggy, or the water might be deep enough to wade through. Usually the place will be shady and with lots of trees.

The hike led through some swampy sections, unfortunately.


descriptions

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


contractions

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


bribes

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


bribes

The third-person singular form of bribe.


discomforts

The third-person singular form of discomfort.


number signs

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


aunty

A fun word for aunt; a different way of spelling auntie.


incident

What happened before was sure an unusual incident.

He was fired over an incident in the staff lounge.

An incident is a small event that has something to do with other events.


incidents

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


outlets

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


wherewithals

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


poker

Poker is a group of card games that involve trying to get a good hand of cards. Usually there is some betting, and people give or take cards to try to build a better hand.

The three of us play poker every Friday night, and the loser buys drinks.

A poker, which people also call a fire poker or fire iron, is something people use in a fire. They use it to move around the ashes so that the fire keeps burning well, and they use it to move coals back to the middle of the fire.

The fire is dying down, so can you hand me the poker?


pokers

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


swifter

swift (positive)
swifter (comparative)
swiftest (superlative)

The comparative form of swift; more swift.


swiftest

The superlative form of swift; most swift.


tamer

tame (positive)
tamer (comparative)
tamest (superlative)

The comparative form of tame; more tame.


tamest

The superlative form of tame; most tame.


baggier

baggy (positive)
baggier (comparative)
baggiest (superlative)

The comparative form of baggy; more baggy.


baggiest

The superlative form of baggy; most baggy.


fluffier

fluffy (positive)
fluffier (comparative)
fluffiest (superlative)

The comparative form of fluffy; more fluffy.


fluffiest

The superlative form of fluffy; most fluffy.


grumpier

grumpy (positive)
grumpier (comparative)
grumpiest (superlative)

The comparative form of grumpy; more grumpy.


grumpiest

The superlative form of grumpy; most grumpy.


hornier

horny (positive)
hornier (comparative)
horniest (superlative)

The comparative form of horny; more horny.


horniest

The superlative form of horny; most horny.


swampier

The comparative form of swampy; more swampy.


swampiest

The superlative form of swampy; most swampy.


paycheck

Money received (normally in the form of a check) in return for work performed during the previous pay period.

My paycheck was pleasantly high this week!


paychecks

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


tremolando

A tremolando is a rapid repetition of the same note, or an alternation between two or more notes.

Molly played the notes tremolando , much to the surprise of her friends.


tremolandos

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


allergy

An allergy is when your immune system reacts badly to something that isn't bad for other people.

I have a peanut allergy.


allergies

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


taxonomy

Taxonomy is the classification of living things into groups.

Taxonomy is dividing things into categories and groups.


taxonomies

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


odor

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

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


rebuild

rebuild (canonical)
rebuilds (third-person singular)
rebuilt (past)
rebuilt (past participle)
rebuilding (present participle)

If you rebuild something, you build it again.

He had to completely rebuild his house after the tornado destroyed it.


rebuilds

rebuild (canonical)
rebuilds (third-person singular)
rebuilded (past)
rebuilded (past participle)
rebuilding (present participle)

The third-person singular form of rebuild.


disciple

A disciple is a person who believes in and helps spread the teachings of another person.

There were 12 disciples who spread the teachings of Jesus Christ.


disciples

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


temple

A temple is a building used for religious activities.

The temple is the flat area on the side of your head.


temples

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


microscope

A microscope is a device that makes tiny things easy to see.

The scientist used a microscope to look at the blood cells.


forge

A forge is a fire or furnace used to heat metal.

The blacksmith worked at his forge, shaping horseshoes.

A forge is a place where metal is shaped and tempered.


forge

forge (canonical)
forges (third-person singular)
forged (past)
forged (past participle)
forging (present participle)

To forge metal is to heat it and then shape it.

He was arrested for forging documents.

To forge is to shape or adapt something with a lot of care.

He was able to forge close friendships with the rest of the team.


lively

lively (positive)
livelier (comparative)
liveliest (superlative)

Someone that is lively is full of life and energy.

She had a lively conversation with her new boyfriend.


utter

utter (canonical)
utters (third-person singular)
uttered (past)
uttered (past participle)
uttering (present participle)

Don't utter that name again!

To utter is to put something into circulation.

He tried to utter a fake bank note at the shop.


utter

His attempt to fly was an utter failure.

When the lights were turned off, we were left in utter darkness.


distant

distant (positive)
more distant (comparative)
most distant (superlative)

She liked to travel to distant places.

A distant person is someone who is hard to get to know.

My best friend is so quiet and distant, even I don't know him too well sometimes.


forges

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


forges

The third-person singular form of forge.


forged

The past tense and past participle of forge.


utters

The third-person singular form of utter.


uttered

The past tense and past participle of utter.


livelier

The comparative form of lively; more lively.


liveliest

The superlative form of lively; most lively.


microscopes

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


intuition

Intuition is knowing something or how to do it without thinking about it.

She just had a sense, an intuition, that something was wrong.


neptunium

Neptunium is a chemical element with atomic number 93 and symbol Np.

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accumulate

accumulate (canonical)
accumulates (third-person singular)
accumulated (past)
accumulated (past participle)
accumulating (present participle)

If you accumulate something, you bring it together.

He worried that the paperwork would accumulate on his desk if he took a day off work.

By saving small amounts of money each week, he watched his wealth accumulate over the years.


wisdom

Wisdom is the skillful use of knowledge and insight to make a good decision.


capitalism

Capitalism is an economic system in which ordinary people own land and businesses and use them to increase their wealth.

East Germany changed from the Soviet Union's type of socialism to the Western type of capitalism after the fall of the Berlin Wall.

Many people blame capitalism for poverty and pollution.

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accumulates

The third-person singular form of accumulate.


accumulated

The past tense and past participle of accumulate.


faux

When something is a faux, it is a fake and not real.

She was wearing faux leather.


bossy

bossy (positive)
bossier (comparative)
bossiest (superlative)

A bossy person often tells others what to do.

Mary is so bossy, always telling me what to do.


prescient

Prescient people are able to know what will happen in the future.


bossier

The comparative form of bossy; more bossy.


bossiest

The superlative form of bossy; most bossy.


implausible

implausible (positive)
more implausible (comparative)
most implausible (superlative)

A third world war is implausible now that so many countries are closely linked economically.


improbable

improbable (positive)
more improbable (comparative)
most improbable (superlative)

Something that is improbable is not likely to happen.

He needs to consider every outcome, even the most improbable ones.


unimportant

Something unimportant is not important, it is minor or petty.

He had to know the starting time, but the other details were unimportant.


eager

eager (positive)
more eager (comparative)
most eager (superlative)

To be eager is to hardly be able to wait to do something.

They were eager to see the new movie.


critical

critical (positive)
more critical (comparative)
most critical (superlative)

Something that criticizes or includes criticism.

A critical review.

If something is critical, it is very important.

It's critical that my package arrives on time.

If a person is in critical condition, they are badly injured.

He got hit by a car and is in critical condition.


protection

Protection is keeping something or someone safe.

She ran away from her abusive husband to her brother for protection.

I used protection so I wouldn't get her pregnant.


pest

A pest is an insect that spreads disease or bothers people in some way.

We had to call pest control to get rid of this infestation in my house.

A pest is an annoying, bothersome person.

My little brother is so annoying, he's such a pest.


shortage

A shortage is when there is too little of something.

There has been a shortage of food because of the drought.

The company had a shortage of qualified candidates for the job.


surplus

surplus
surpluses or surplusses (plural)

A surplus is when there is more of a good than is strictly needed.


surplusses

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


shortages

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


odors

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


intuitions

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


capitalisms

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


protections

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


pests

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


distinctive

distinctive (positive)
more distinctive (comparative)
most distinctive (superlative)

Distinctive is something that's noticeable because it's different.

She knew it was him as soon as she heard his distinctive laugh.

Tigers have a distinctive pattern of black stripes on their fur.


fastening

fasten (canonical)
fastens (third-person singular)
fastened (past)
fastened (past participle)
fastening (present participle)


fastening

She felt the fastening on the back of her dress become loose.


fastenings

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


nucleus

A nucleus is the central part of something, such as a cell or an atom.

Our cells store their genetic information in their nucleus.

The nucleus of an atom is made up of protons and neutrons.


assault

assault (canonical)
assaults (third-person singular)
assaulted (past)
assaulted (past participle)
assaulting (present participle)

When you assault someone, you attack and hurt that person.

He punched someone and got arrested for assault.


crab

A crab is a sea animal with a shell and pincers.


evaporate

evaporate (canonical)
evaporates (third-person singular)
evaporated (past)
evaporated (past participle)
evaporating (present participle)

To evaporate is to turn from liquid into air.

If you leave a pot of water on a hot stove, the water will evaporate.


deprive

deprive (canonical)
deprives (third-person singular)
deprived (past)
deprived (past participle)
depriving (present participle)

To deprive is to keep something from someone.

The mafia mastermind was deprived of the use of telephones in prison.


imitate

imitate (canonical)
imitates (third-person singular)
imitated (past)
imitated (past participle)
imitating (present participle)

To imitate is to copy what someone else says or does.

The monkey imitated every action I made.


onion

An onion is a vegetable. They can make you cry when you cut them.

She liked eating onions, but they made her cry.


nuclei

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


assaults

The third-person singular form of assault.


assaulted

The past tense and past participle of assault.


crabs

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


evaporates

The third-person singular form of evaporate.


evaporated

The past tense and past participle of evaporate.

The water in the cooking pot evaporated because I fell asleep and forgot about it.


deprives

The third-person singular form of deprive.


deprived

The past tense and past participle of deprive.


imitates

The third-person singular form of imitate.


imitated

The past tense and past participle of imitate.


troublemaker

A troublemaker is someone who causes problems or makes trouble.

John was not liked by many people because he was a troublemaker.


juvenile delinquent

juvenile delinquent
juvenile delinquents (plural)

A juvenile delinquent is a young, or youth, criminal.

The juvenile delinquent was jailed for smashing shop windows.


political correctness

political correctness
political correctnesses (plural)

Political correctness is using words/language that won't offend people who are usually discriminated against such as immigrants or disabled people.


trajectory

Trajectory is the path that something like an arrow takes when it is shot into the air.


momentum

The momentum is the way something keeps going after you stop pushing it.

The rock rolled down the hill. It had too much momentum. Nobody could stop it.


troublemakers

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


juvenile delinquents

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


trajectories

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


momentums

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


political correctnesses

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


bale

A bale is a large bundle, or package, tied with wire, rope, or string.

The farmer used the straw bale to feed his sheep.


bale

bale (canonical)
bales (third-person singular)
baled (past)
baled (past participle)
baling (present participle)

If you bale, you create a bale from hay.

The hay was baled so it would be easier to transport.


bales

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


backwoods

Backwoods are an area of forest or woodlands, far from any towns.

The family enjoyed camping in the backwoods.


birthright

A birthright is a right, or possession, you get when you are born.

The prince knew he would be king one day, it was his birthright.


birthrights

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


bluebell

A bluebell is a small blue flowering bulb of the genus Hyacinthoides.

He went into the garden to pick a bluebell.


bluebells

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


brushwood

Brushwood is wood from branches or shrubs.

They collected brushwood for a small camp fire.


cleavage

Cleavage is the gap between a woman's breasts.

Her low cut dress showed her cleavage.

Cleavage is a when something is split into two parts.

There was a cleavage in the group between those who wanted to wait and those who wanted to leave.


cleavages

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


packings

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


foreshorten

foreshorten (canonical)
foreshortens (third-person singular)
foreshortened (past)
foreshortened (past participle)
foreshortening (present participle)

His use of tobacco would foreshorten his life by ten years.

An artist can foreshorten lines on a drawing to make it look like it has depth.


foil

A foil is a sword used in the sport of fencing.

He struck his opponent three times with his foil.

He wrapped his sandwich in aluminium foil.


foil

foil (canonical)
foils (third-person singular)
foiled (past)
foiled (past participle)
foiling (present participle)

To foil is to stop somebody who is trying to do something.

The guard was able to foil the bad man from hurting the little girl.


generalize

generalize (canonical)
generalizes (third-person singular)
generalized (past)
generalized (past participle)
generalizing (present participle)

When you generalize you speak in general, or in vague terms.

To infer or induce from specific cases to more general cases or principles.

To spread throughout the body and become part of the body's system.


generalization

The process of forming general concepts from specific instances by abstracting common properties.

The process of reasoning from detailed facts to general principles.


foreshortens

The third-person singular form of foreshorten.


foreshortened

The past tense and past participle of foreshorten.


foils

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


foiled

The past tense and past participle of foil.


foiling

The police were often foiling his evil plans.


generalizes

The third-person singular form of generalize.


generalized

The past tense and past participle of generalize.


generalizations

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


climber

She was a famous mountain climber.

A social climber is a person who tries to get a higher position in society.

A plant that climbs is called a climber.

Clematis is a climber, used to cover walls.


climbers

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


cusp

The cusp on his back tooth had broken.

They could see the cusp of the moon.

When two curved lines meet, they create a cusp.

A cusp is a point from which everything changes.

The scientist was at the cusp of a great discovery.


cusps

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


chef

The restaurant had a really good chef.

A chef is the person in charge of a large kitchen.

The chef wrote out the menus for the coming week.


chefs

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


onions

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


consignment

The shop got a consignment of new books.

A shop that has goods on consignment can send them back if they are not sold.


consignments

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


contour

He liked the contour of her body.

A contour is a line that shows the outline of the shape.

I started with a contour drawing of the mountains.

A contour line joins places of the same height on a map.

Tightly spaced contour lines mean steep slopes.


contour

contour (canonical)
contours (third-person singular)
contoured (past)
contoured (past participle)
contouring (present participle)

To contour is to draw or create the outline of a shape.

He would contour the seat so that it would fit the human shape and be comfortable to sit on.


contours

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


contours

The third-person singular form of contour.


contoured

The past tense and past participle of contour.


locality

The fact or quality of having a position in space.

The features or surroundings of a particular place.

An area or district considered as the site of certain activities.

Limitation to a county, district, or place.


localities

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


gesticulate

gesticulate (canonical)
gesticulates (third-person singular)
gesticulated (past)
gesticulated (past participle)
gesticulating (present participle)

When you gesticulate you wave your hands to communicate with others.

When he was excited he would gesticulate wildly.


skate

An ice skate is a steel blade, which are worn on the feet to travel across ice.

A roller skate has wheels, which are worn on the feet, to travel across smooth surfaces.

A skate board is a small piece of wood with wheels on the bottom.

A skate is a type of ray with a flat body.


skate

skate (canonical)
skates (third-person singular)
skated (past)
skated (past participle)
skating (present participle)

To skate is to travel using roller skates, ice skates, or a skate board.

I loved to ice skate during the winter.


skates

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


skates

The third-person singular form of skate.


skated

The past tense and past participle of skate.


gesticulates

The third-person singular form of gesticulate.


gesticulated

The past tense and past participle of gesticulate.


creeper

The fence was covered with Virginia creeper.

A mechanic's creeper is a board with wheels on it. People can lie on them to move around while working under cars.

He was at work on the creeper and only his legs could be seen sticking out from under the car.

This creeper at the park kept asking for my number even though I didn't know him.


creepers

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


ambitious

ambitious (positive)
more ambitious (comparative)
most ambitious (superlative)

Someone who is ambitious always wants to do or to be something positive.

Robert, a very ambitious man from our department, nominated himself to be the new supervisor.


baking soda

Baking soda is a common name for sodium bicarbonate, a white powder usually used in baking.

He forgot the baking soda, so his cake did not rise in the oven.


cunning

Cunning is the skill of being very clever, usually to trick or fool someone else.

His new plan to attack the castle showed great cunning.


cunning

cunning (positive)
more cunning (comparative)
most cunning (superlative)

Something that is cunning uses skills to trick or deceive others.

The cunning fox was able to climb over the fence into the hen house.


wonderful

wonderful (positive)
more wonderful (comparative)
most wonderful (superlative)

Something wonderful is exciting, excellent, and creates feelings of wonder.

The newly discovered continent was full of strange and wonderful creatures.


reconnoitre

reconnoitre (canonical)
reconnoitres (third-person singular)
reconnoitred (past)
reconnoitred (past participle)
reconnoitring (present participle)

If you reconnoitre, you perform a reconnaissance of an area.

Our scout will reconnoitre the path ahead of our troops.

/ˌrɛkəˈnɔɪtə/

/ˌrɛkəˈnɔɪtɚ/


reconnoitres

The third-person singular form of reconnoitre.


reconnoitred

The past tense and past participle of reconnoitre.


punishable

punishable (positive)
more punishable (comparative)
most punishable (superlative)

To be punishable someone must do, or have done, something that needs to be punished.

Spitting on the floor was a punishable offence.


Indian

An Indian is a person from India or a person whose family is from India.

An Indian is a person having descents of Native Americans.


Indians

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


Chennai

Chennai is the name of a city in the southern part of India


Vijayawada

Vijayawada is a city in the southern part of India


Visakhapatnam

Visakhapatnam is a city in the southern part of India.


Warangal

Warangal is a city in the southern part of India


Guntur

Guntur is a city in the southern part of India


Tirumala

Tirumala is a city in the southern part of India


Bezawada


Bejawada


humanitarian

humanitarian (positive)
more humanitarian (comparative)
most humanitarian (superlative)

Concerned and interested about the welfare of people. Trying to reduce the grieving and pain of people.


humanitarian

A person with such interests and concerns.


microscopic

microscopic (positive)
more microscopic (comparative)
most microscopic (superlative)

If something is microscopic, it is very small. It is too small to be seen with the eye.


urea

The main nitrogen-containing substance in the urine of mammals.


hetero

One who is attracted to members of the opposite sex.


hetero

hetero (positive)
more hetero (comparative)
most hetero (superlative)

If someone is hetero, they are attracted to members of the opposite sex.


breeder

A breeder is a person who breeds plants or animals.

I met a plant breeder at the seedling farm.

A breeder is an animal kept for breeding.

The champion bull was kept at the farm as a breeder.

A breeder is a person attracted to members of the opposite sex.


aisle

An aisle is the space between two sets of seats.


aisles

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


carter

A carter is a person who drives carts or wagons.

The carter had a team of four horses to pull his heavy cart.


clothier

A clothier is a person who makes and sells clothes.

I went to the clothier to get a new suit.


cooker

A cooker is a stove, or a pot, used to cook food.

We bought a new gas cooker.


carters

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


clothiers

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


cookers

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


breeders

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


fuse

A fuse is a length of cord that will burn and is used to set off explosives.

After lighting the fuse, the miners moved away to a safe area.

A fuse is a switch used to set off an explosive.

The soldier carefully set the fuse on the bomb.

A fuse is a thin piece of wire that will melt if it gets too hot.

We lost power after after the faulty toaster made the fuse melt.


fuse

fuse (canonical)
fuses (third-person singular)
fused (past)
fused (past participle)
fusing (present participle)

Fuse is to mix or join two or more things together.


debit

A debit is a written record of a debt in an account book.

I wrote the amount he owed into the debit column of the account book.


debit

debit (canonical)
debits (third-person singular)
debited (past)
debited (past participle)
debiting (present participle)

To debit is to add a debt to an account.

The bank agreed to debit his account for the cost of his new suit.


depict

depict (canonical)
depicts (third-person singular)
depicted (past)
depicted (past participle)
depicting (present participle)

To depict is to show, illustrate, or represent someone or something.

Smoking is depicted as harmful to your health


depicts

The third-person singular form of depict.


depicted

The past tense and past participle of depict.


cheerful

cheerful (positive)
more cheerful (comparative)
most cheerful (superlative)

A person that is cheerful is happy and optimistic.

He is a very cheerful guy. He is always laughing and talking to the others.


shipwreck

A shipwreck is the remains of a ship that has sunk or run aground. It can no longer be used.

The "Titanic" shipwreck is very deep in the ocean.

I know a man who likes to explore shipwrecks.

When a ship sinks or runs aground, it is called a shipwreck.

The sinking of the "Titanic" was a shipwreck.

Shipwrecks occur around the world.


shipwreck

shipwreck (canonical)
shipwrecks (third-person singular)
shipwrecked (past)
shipwrecked (past participle)
shipwrecking (present participle)

Shipwreck is to destroy a ship in an accident.

They were shipwrecked on a small island.


optimistic

optimistic (positive)
more optimistic (comparative)
most optimistic (superlative)

A person who is optimistic expects the best in all possible ways.

He is very optimistic about his plans that they will succeed.


pessimistic

pessimistic (positive)
more pessimistic (comparative)
most pessimistic (superlative)

A pessimistic person is always expecting the worst to happen.


negligent

negligent (positive)
more negligent (comparative)
most negligent (superlative)

Negligent is being careless, without giving enough or proper attention.


culpable

culpable (positive)
more culpable (comparative)
most culpable (superlative)

Culpable is to deserve blame, especially as something wrong

I am culpable for stealing your money.


unsuspicious

unsuspicious (positive)
more unsuspicious (comparative)
most unsuspicious (superlative)

The unsuspicious crowd never thought that he was lying.


aeolian

Something that is aeolian is formed or caused by wind.

Sanddunes are made by the wind: they are aeolian in origin.


co-dependent

Co-dependent is a relationship in which a person allows another person to control them.


co-dependent

A co-dependent person does not act to meet their own needs; a doormat.


amend

amend (canonical)
amends (third-person singular)
amended (past)
amended (past participle)
amending (present participle)

If you amend a law, statement, or piece of writing, you change it to make it better or fix a mistake.

Pakistan has amended a law to give new powers to army courts.


amended

The past tense and past participle of amend.


amends

Amends are the apologies or payment given to a person due to loss or injury.

Making amends is an important step after a fight.


amends

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


debits

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


debits

The third-person singular form of debit.


debited

The past tense and past participle of debit.


jet

A jet is a stream of gas or liquid forced through a small opening.

A jet of water burst through the broken pipe.

A jet is the opening where a stream of gas or liquid can be forced.

The gas stove would not work because the jet was blocked.

A jet is an aircraft powered by a jet engine.

The jet landed at the airport.

Jet is a hard, black coal, that is used for jewellery.

She was wearing her mother's jet necklace.


jet

She had jet black hair.


jet

jet (canonical)
jets (third-person singular)
jetted (past)
jetted (past participle)
jetting (present participle)

To jet is to travel by a jet powered aircraft.

We had to jet from Rome to London.


jets

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


jetted

The past tense and past participle of jet.


stub

A stub is a short piece of something left when the rest has been used.

He chewed on the stub of his pencil.

A stub is the part of a ticket or cheque that you keep.

He put the ticket stub into his pocket and entered the theatre.

They cut off the branch, leaving a small stub.

In Wiktionary and Wikipedia, a stub is an article that is short and not complete.

He was angry, because the article he needed for his homework was just a stub.


stub

stub (canonical)
stubs (third-person singular)
stubbed (past)
stubbed (past participle)
stubbing (present participle)

To stub is to put out something burning by crushing it.

Before entering the building, he had to stub out his cigarette.

If you stub your toe, you hit it hard against something.

I was scared walking in bare feet, because I could stub my toe.

The farmer needed to stub his field before he could plant a new crop.


stubs

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


stubbed

The past tense and past participle of stub.


mint

Mint is a plant that can be eaten in the genus Mentha which has very strong-smelling leaves.

We had a mint sauce to pour on the roast lamb.

Mint is a lolly or candy flavored with the mint plant.

She sucked on a mint to make her breathe smell nice.

There was a high fence around the mint.

He made a mint selling his house at the right time.


mint

mint (canonical)
mints (third-person singular)
minted (past)
minted (past participle)
minting (present participle)

The government need to mint extra coins.

He was able to make people smile when he would mint a new word.


mints

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


minted

The past tense and past participle of mint.


grill

A grill is a cooking surface which has parallel metal bars.

I like steak when it is cooked on a grill.

The most popular meal at the hotel was the mixed grill.


grill

grill (canonical)
grills (third-person singular)
grilled (past)
grilled (past participle)
grilling (present participle)

He thought he would grill the steak.

The police would grill the suspect for hours.


grills

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


grills

The third-person singular form of grill.


grilled

The past tense and past participle of grill.


grilling

He could smell the food grilling on the barbecue.


premium

A premium is an amount of money paid for insurance.

He had to pay a higher premium after his house burnt down.

Premium is something that high quality and in short supply.

We had to pay a premium price for a glass of water in the desert.


premiums

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


resent

resent (canonical)
resents (third-person singular)
resented (past)
resented (past participle)
resenting (present participle)

Resent is to be angry or bitter about something.

I resent having to do homework when I could be outside playing.


resents

The third-person singular form of resent.


resented

The past tense and past participle of resent.


alternate

alternate (canonical)
alternates (third-person singular)
alternated (past)
alternated (past participle)
alternating (present participle)

To alternate is change between two positions.

She would alternate between laughing and crying without warning.

My wife and I would alternate doing the dishes.

To alternate, something changes regularly and repeatedly.

The traffic lights would alternate from red to green.


alternates

The third-person singular form of alternate.


alternated

The past tense and past participle of alternate.


architect

An architect is a person who designs and plans buildings.

We had an architect design our new house.


architects

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


cage

A cage is a structure made with wire or bars, to hold an animal.

The bird lived in a large wire cage near the window.

A cage is a something that holds things in, to protect or to keep imprisoned.

Your heart is inside your rib cage.


cage

cage (canonical)
cages (third-person singular)
caged (past)
caged (past participle)
caging (present participle)

Cage is to place something in a wire or barred structure so that they can not get out.

We had to cage the lion to keep it from escaping.


caged

The past tense and past participle of cage.

He walked up and down liked a caged tiger.


hack

A hack is someone who works hard, but does not get great results.

He thinks he's a great rapper but he's just a hack.

A hack is a horse that is hired to others.

I rode a hack into the valley.

A hack is a way to gain access to parts of a computer program.

He got really high scores in that computer game but we knew he was using a hack.


hack

hack (canonical)
hacks (third-person singular)
hacked (past)
hacked (past participle)
hacking (present participle)

He decided to hack the tree in half.

To hack is to break into a computer or make programs do things they wouldn't normally do.

I was worried someone could hack into my e-mail account and get my credit card number.


fantastic

fantastic (positive)
more fantastic (comparative)
most fantastic (superlative)

Existing in or constructed from fantasy; of or relating to fantasy; fanciful.

He told fantastic stories of dragons and goblins.

His fantastic post-school had all failed.

She had a fantastic view of her own importance that no one else shared.

Not believable; maybe only possible in fantasy.

The events were so fantastic that all the audience went silent.

She entered the lab and admired the fantastic machines around her.

Wonderful; marvelous; excellent; really good or great (used especially as an intensifier).

"I had a simply fantastic vacation, and I can't wait to tell you all about it!"


fantasy

That which comes from one's imagination.

The literary genre of magic and fictive medieval technology.


fantasy

fantasy (canonical)
fantasies (third-person singular)
fantasied (past)
fantasied (past participle)
fantasying (present participle)

To have a fancy for; to be pleased with; to like.


fantasies

The plural of fantasy; more than one fantasy.


fantasies

The third-person singular form of fantasy.


fantasied

The past tense and past participle of fantasy.


subscribes

subscribe (canonical)
subscribes (third-person singular)
subscribed (past)
subscribed (past participle)
subscribing (present participle)

The third-person singular form of subscribe.


subscribed

The past tense and past participle of subscribe.


subscribe

To sign up to have copies of a publication, such as a newspaper or a magazine, delivered for a period of time.

Would you like to subscribe or subscribe a friend to our new magazine, Lexicography Illustrated?

To pay for the provision of a service, such as Internet access or a cell phone plan.

To believe or agree with a theory or an idea.

I don’t subscribe to that theory.

To pay money to be a member of an organization.

To contribute or promise to contribute money to a common fund.

1913: Theodore Roosevelt, Autobiography — ... under no circumstances could I ever again be nominated for any public office, as no corporation would subscribe to a campaign fund if I was on the ticket, and that they would subscribe most heavily to beat me;

1776: Adam Smith, The Wealth of Nations — The capital which had been subscribed to this bank, at two different subscriptions, amounted to one hundred and sixty thousand pounds, of which eighty per cent only was paid up.

To write one's name at the bottom of a document, to sign.

To admit to being inferior or in the wrong.


hacks

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


hacked

The past tense and past participle of hack.


subscription

Having access to a resource for a period of time.

I have a monthly subscription to The Daily Telegraph newspaper.

My library subscription is about to expire.

The formal acceptance of something, especially when verified with a signature.


subscriptions

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


infusion

A product made of a liquid which has had other ingredients in it to extract useful qualities.

An extract of many ingredients makes a refreshing infusion.

The act of soaking a substance in liquid so as to extract medicinal or herbal qualities.

The act of installing a quality into a person.

1602 : William Shakespeare, Hamlet , act V scene 1


infusions

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


loudness

Loudness depends on the amplitde of a sound wave.

Loudness is how loud or soft any kind of sound is.


loudnesses

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


acidity

The quality of sour; sourness to the taste, as in the acidity of lemon juice.

Empty stomachs lead to acidity and leave a sour taste in the mouth.

Excessive acid quality, as in gastric secretions.


acidities

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


pathology

The branch of medicine concerned with the study of the nature of disease and its causes, processes, development, and consequences.

/pəˈθɒlədʒi/


pathologies

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


adjuster

One who adjusts, especially for the insurance industry's employment title "claims adjuster."


adjusters

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


lifestyle

His lifestyle was not a good example for young people.

the totality of the likes and dislikes of a particular section of the market, especially when expressed in terms of the products and services that they would buy; a marketing strategy based on the self-image of such a group


lifestyles

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


ureas

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


heteros

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


humanitarians

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


deck

The sailors had to clean the top deck.

A deck is the space between the floors of a ship.

The cannons were lined up in the gun deck.

A deck is something that is like the floor of a ship.

We sat on the top deck of the bus.

A deck is the outside floor of a house or building without a roof.

We went out onto the observation deck at the top of the tall building.

The bridge was closed while the deck was being repaired.

Before playing poker, you need to shuffle the deck.


deck

deck (canonical)
decks (third-person singular)
decked (past)
decked (past participle)
decking (present participle)

When you deck something, you dress it up.

We had to deck out the room with ribbons for the party.

If you deck someone, you knock them down to the floor.

He was so angry, I thought he would deck me.


decks

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


decked

The past tense and past participle of deck.


typist

A typist is a person who writes things using a typewriter.

He was a good typist, and could write more than 40 words per minute.


typists

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


alleviate

alleviate (canonical)
alleviates (third-person singular)
alleviated (past)
alleviated (past participle)
alleviating (present participle)

If you alleviate pain, suffering, or an unpleasant condition, you make it less intense or severe.

Nowadays, a great deal can be done to alleviate back pain.


alleviates

The third-person singular form of alleviate.


alleviated

The past tense and past participle of alleviate.


rooster

The rooster crowed loudly every morning.


roosters

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


shipwrecks

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


shipwrecks

shipwreck (canonical)
shipwrecks (third-person singular)
shipwrecked (past)
shipwrecked (past participle)
shipwrecking (present participle)

The third-person singular form of shipwreck.


shipwrecked

The past tense and past participle of shipwreck.


durrie

The durrie was so pretty that we hung it on the wall.

A durrie is an Australian word for cigarette.

Hey mate, have you got a spare durrie?


durries

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


node

A node is a center point, where parts meet.

The railway station was the town's transport node where all the buses stopped.

The doctor examined his armpit to feel the lymph node.

A node is a swelling on a plant which becomes a new branch or leaf.

A node is the point on a wave where the amplitude is zero.

A node is the point on an orbit where it crosses a plane.

A node is a computer in the context of a network.


nodes

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


dental

Dental describes anything to do with the teeth.

I use dental floss to clean between my teeth.


cynical

cynical (positive)
more cynical (comparative)
most cynical (superlative)

If someone is cynical, they have a negative attitude towards life.

He is a cynical person who seems to complain about everything.


deficit

A deficit is a lack or shortage of something, such as money.


hypothesize

hypothesize (canonical)
hypothesizes (third-person singular)
hypothesized (past)
hypothesized (past participle)
hypothesizing (present participle)

To hypothesize is to make a guess, a hypothesis, based on the available evidence.

The detective hypothesized that the criminal could have escaped through the heating vents.

/hʌɪˈpɒθɪsʌɪz/


patriotism

Patriotism is love, support, and defense of one's country.

Americans get a burst of patriotism every year on July 4 when they celebrate Independence Day.


abortion

If a woman has an abortion, her pregnancy is ended deliberately.

She's had two abortions.


absurd

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

Something absurd is ridiculous and stupid.

Saying that a fish cannot swim in water is just absurd.

It was absurd for him to start a business selling rusty nails!


accelerator

An accelerator is the pedal in a vehicle which you step on to make it go faster.

He took his foot off the accelerator and the car started to slow down.


acquaintance

An acquaintance is someone you know slightly but not well.

He's an old acquaintance of mine.


acquit

acquit (canonical)
acquits (third-person singular)
acquitted (past)
acquitted (past participle)
acquitting (present participle)

If someone is acquitted of a crime, they have been tried in a court and found not guilty.

He was acquitted of murder but found guilty of manslaughter.


miscreants

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


deficits

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


hypothesizes

The third-person singular form of hypothesize.


hypothesized

The past tense and past participle of hypothesize.


abortions

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


AD

AD is short for the Latin words anno Domini, which means in the year of our Lord. You use AD to refer to a date after the year in which Jesus Christ is believed to have been born.

The Romans started building the Colosseum in 70 AD.


agriculture

Agriculture is farming and the methods that are used to raise and look after crops and animals.

Ukraine is strong both in industry and agriculture.

/ˈæɡrɪˌkʌltʃə/

/ˈæɡrɪˌkʌltʃɚ/


AIDS

AIDS is a disease which destroys the natural system of protection that the body has against other diseases.

The AIDS epidemic in the United States began in the 1980s.

AIDS is an abbreviation for 'acquired immune deficiency syndrome'.


airmail

Airmail is the system of sending letters, parcels, and goods by air.

Goods are generally shipped by airmail.


allergic

If you are allergic to something, you become ill when you eat it or touch it.

I'm allergic to cats, they make me sneeze.


aloud

When you say something, read, or laugh aloud, you speak or laugh so that other people can hear you.

When we were children, our father read aloud to us.

If you think aloud, you express your thoughts as they occur to you, rather than thinking first and then speaking.

He really must be careful about thinking aloud. Who knew what he might say?


a.m.

a.m. is used after a number to show that you are referring to a particular time between midnight to midday.

The program starts at 9 a.m.


p.m.

p.m. is used after a number to show that you are referring to a particular time between midday to midnight.

The spa closes at 9:00 pm.


ambassador

An ambassador is an important official who lives in a foreign country and represents his or her own country's interests there.

The German ambassador to Poland lives in Warsaw.


ambassadors

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


acquaintances

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


acquits

The third-person singular form of acquit.


acquitted

The past tense and past participle of acquit.


beware

beware (canonical)
bewares (third-person singular)
bewareed (past)
bewareed (past participle)
bewareing (present participle)

Beware of the dog because it bites.


Rajshahi

Rajshahi is also a district and sadar upzilla in Bangladesh


Khulna

Khulna is also a district and sadar upzilla in Bangladesh


Sylhet

Sylhet also is a district and a sadar upzilla in Bangladesh


Rangpur

Rangpur is also a district and Sadar Upzilla in Bangladesh


Barisal

Barisal is also a district and Sadar Upzilla in Bangladesh


Magura

I live in Magura.


Jessore

I live in Jessore.


Mymensingh

I live in Mymensingh.


Cox's Bazar

Cox's Bazar is a district in Bangladesh.

I live in Cox's Bazar.

Cox's Bazar is also a tourist spot in Bangladesh.

Cox's Bazar is situated at the most south of Bangladesh.


bewares

beware (canonical)
bewares (third-person singular)
bewared (past)
bewared (past participle)
bewaring (present participle)

The third-person singular form of beware.


bewared

The past tense and past participle of beware.


ample

ample (positive)
ampler (comparative)
amplest (superlative)

If there is an ample amount of something, there is enough of it and usually some extra.

There'll be ample opportunity to relax, swim and soak up some sun.

The design of the ground floor created ample space for a good-sized kitchen.

If you describe someone's figure as ample, you mean that they are large in a pleasant or attractive way.

... a young mother with a baby resting against her ample bosom.


apparently

You use apparently to indicate that the information you are giving is something that you have heard or seen, but you are not certain that it is true.

Oil prices fell this week to their lowest level in fourteen months, apparently because of over-production.

Rudolph said no more. Apparently he was a man of few words.


approximately

Approximately is close to, but not exactly.

Approximately $150 million is to be spent on improvements.


Arabic

Arabic is a language that is spoken in the Middle East and in parts of North Africa.

She is learning Arabic.


Arabic

Something that is Arabic belongs or relates to the language, writing, or culture of the Arabs.

An Arabic numeral is one of the written figures such as 1, 2, 3, or 4.

The clock is available with either Roman or Arabic numerals.


archbishop

In the Roman Catholic, Orthodox, and Anglican Churches, an archbishop is a bishop of the highest rank, who is in charge of all the bishops and priests in a certain country or region.

A new archbishop was recently appointed.

/ˌɑː(r)tʃˈbɪʃəp/


architecture

Architecture is the art of planning, designing, and constructing buildings.

He studied classical architecture and design in Rome.

The architecture of a building is the style in which it is designed and constructed.

The architecture of something is its structure.


arena

An arena is a place where sports, entertainments, and other public events take place. It has seats around it where people sit and watch.

We went to the arena to watch the football game.

You can refer to a field of activity, especially one where there is a lot of conflict or action, as an arena of a particular kind.

Oil speculation proved a natural arena for his skills.


armchair

An armchair is a big comfortable chair which has a support on each side for your arms.

She was sitting in an armchair with blankets wrapped round her.


armchair

An armchair critic, fan, or traveller knows about a particular subject from reading or hearing about it rather than from practical experience.

This great book is ideal for both the travelling supporter and the armchair fan.


gorgeous

gorgeous (positive)
more gorgeous (comparative)
most gorgeous (superlative)

All my classmates agreed that Bella was absolutely gorgeous.

The sunsets in Hawaii are gorgeous.

Israeli hummus is absolutely gorgeous.


grocery

Groceries are food and other household supplies that you buy in a store.

I'm going to pick up some groceries. Do you need anything?

A grocery is a shop or store that sells groceries.

I'm going to the grocery to get some milk.


charlatan

A charlatan is someone who fools another person.

Do not pay that charlatan any more money.


charlatans

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


arenas

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


armchairs

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


archbishops

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


abbreviate

abbreviate (canonical)
abbreviates (third-person singular)
abbreviated (past)
abbreviated (past participle)
abbreviating (present participle)

If you abbreviate something, especially a word or a piece of writing, you make it shorter.

Alexander abbreviated his first name to Alec.

It was an abbreviated document without detailed proposals.


aboriginal

An Aboriginal is an Australian aborigine.

He remained fascinated by the Aboriginals' tales.


aboriginal

Aboriginal means belonging or relating to the Australian Aborigines.

They saw the Aboriginal rock art in the Northern Territory.

The aboriginal people or animals of a place are ones that have been there from the earliest known times or that were there before people or animals from other countries arrived.

Most Canadians acknowledge that the aboriginal people have had a rotten deal.


aborigine

Aborigines are members of the tribes that were living in Australia when Europeans arrived there.


aborigines

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


aboriginals

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


abbreviates

The third-person singular form of abbreviate.


abbreviated

The past tense and past participle of abbreviate.


abbreviated

If something is abbreviated, it is shortened.

The abbreviated book cost less because it wasn't as big.


abound

abound (canonical)
abounds (third-person singular)
abounded (past)
abounded (past participle)
abounding (present participle)

If things abound, or if a place abounds with things, there are very large numbers of them.

The book abounds with close-up images from space.

Fish abound in the ocean.


abounds

The third-person singular form of abound.


abounded

The past tense and past participle of abound.


poncho

A poncho is a simple garment, like a blanket, with a hole for the head to go through.

He bought a poncho on his last trip to Bolivia.


resilience

Resilience is the mental strength to recover from misfortune.

He needed resilience to continue working after the death of his wife.

Resilience is elasticity, how much something can stretch.

The scientists measured the resilience of the metal beam.


ponchos

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


absent-minded

absent-minded (positive)
more absent-minded (comparative)
most absent-minded (superlative)

Someone who is absent-minded forgets things or does not pay attention to what they are doing, often because they are thinking about something else.

In his later life he became even more absent-minded.


abstraction

An abstraction is a general idea rather than one relating to a particular object, person, or situation.

Is it worth fighting a big war, in the name of an abstraction like sovereignty?

A line that has no width is only an abstraction.

Abstraction is the state of being very deep in thought.

Andrew noticed her abstraction and asked, 'What's bothering you?'

Abstraction is the use of shapes and patterns in art.

Her paintings grew larger, and the images changed from abstraction to realism.


emigrant

An emigrant is a person who has left their own country to live in another country.

In the 1840's about 30,000 emigrants left Ireland every year.


dead end

A dead end is a path or road that leads nowhere, which means that the only way back is to turn around.

That road on the left comes to a dead end.


dead ends

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


grocer

A grocer is a person who sells groceries (foodstuffs and household items) retail from a grocery.

John worked as a grocer when he was young.


grocers

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


emigrants

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