cutest

glosses: The superlative form of cute; most cute.


auditoriums

forms:
auditorium
auditoriums or auditoria (plural)

pos: noun

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

noun

auditorium

auditoriums

auditoria

expansion: [POS TABLE]


physiology

forms: physiology

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

ipa: /ˌfɪziˈɒləd͡ʒi/

audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-physiology.wav


adenomegaly

forms: adenomegaly

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

adenomegaly


adept

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

pos: adj

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

text: My husband is very adept at preparing mashed potatoes.

text: Businesses want employees who are adept at their jobs.

ipa: /əˈdɛpt/

adj

more: true


adept

forms:
adept
adepts (plural)

glosses: An adept is someone who is skilled in something.


adherence

forms: adherence

glosses: Adherence is the action of two things sticking together.

ipa: /ədˈhɪərəns/

audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-adherence.wav


adhesive

forms:
adhesive
adhesives (plural)

glosses: An adhesive is something that easily sticks to other things.


adhesive

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

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

text: Duct tape is very adhesive.


adhesives

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

noun

adhesive

adhesives


adiabatic

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

glosses: If something is adiabatic, it does not affect temperature.


adipose

forms: adipose (positive)

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


adiposis

forms: adiposis

glosses: Adiposis is weighing too much. It is not healthy.

adiposis


adit

forms:
adit
adits (plural)

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


adits

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

adit

adits


adjoin

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

pos: verb

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

text: Mexico adjoins the United States.

enpr: ə-join'

ipa: /əˈdʒɔɪn/

audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-adjoin.wav

verb

adjoin


adjoins

glosses: The third-person singular form of adjoin.

ipa: /əˈdʒɔɪnz/


adjoined

glosses: The past tense and past participle of adjoin.

ipa: /əˈdʒɔɪnd/


adjoining

ipa: /ʌˈd͡ʒɔɪn.ɪŋ/


adjourn

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

text: The trial was adjourned when the defendant was found innocent.

ipa: /əˈdʒɝn/

ipa: /əˈdʒɜːn/


adjourns

glosses: The third-person singular form of adjourn.

adjourn


adjourned

glosses: The past tense and past participle of adjourn.


adjournment

forms:
adjournment
adjournments (plural)

etymology_text: adjourn + -ment

ety-suffix

ment

expansion: adjourn + -ment

glosses: An adjournment is the ending of a meeting.


adjournments

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

noun

adjournment

adjournments


adjudication

forms:
adjudication
adjudications (plural)

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

hyphenation: ad‧ju‧di‧ca‧tion


adjudications

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

adjudication

adjudications


adjudicatory

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

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


adjudicative

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

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


adjustor

forms:
adjustor
adjustors (plural)

glosses: An adjustor is someone or something that adjusts.

adjustor

adjustors


adjustors

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


admissible

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

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


admirability

forms: admirability

glosses: Admirability is the quality of being admirable.

ipa: /ædmɪrəˈbɪlɪti/


admix

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

glosses: If you admix two things, you combine them together.

verb

admix

es


admixes

glosses: The third-person singular form of admix.


admixed

glosses: The past tense and past participle of admix.


adnoun

forms:
adnoun
adnouns (plural)

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

noun

adnoun


adnouns

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

adnouns


adolesce

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

glosses: If you adolesce, you become an adolescent or teenager.

verb

adolesc

e


adolesces

glosses: The third-person singular form of adolesce.


adolesced

glosses: The past tense and past participle of adolesce.


adolescence

forms: adolescence

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

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

ipa: /ˌædəˈlɛsəns/

audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-adolescence.wav


adorable

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

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

text: My teddy bear looks so adorable!

text: Most people find babies adorable.

ipa: /əˈdɔːrəbəl/


adonis

forms:
adonis
adonises (plural)

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

noun

adonis

adonises


adonises

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


adorability

forms: adorability

etymology_text: adorable + -ity

ety-suffix

adorable

ity

expansion: adorable + -ity

glosses: Adorability is the quality of being adorable.


adornment

forms:
adornment
adornments (plural)

etymology_text: adorn + -ment

adorn

expansion: adorn + -ment

ipa: /əˈdɔːnm(ə)nt/

audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vininn126-adornment.wav


adornments

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

noun

adornment

adornments


adroitly

forms:
adroitly (positive)
more adroitly (comparative)
Superlativemost adroitly

pos: adv

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


adsorbable

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

glosses: If something is adsorbable, it can be adsorbed.


adsorbate

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

glosses: If something is adsorbate, it can be adsorbed.


adsorptive

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

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


adsorbent

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

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


adsorption

forms: adsorption

glosses: Adsorption is the act of adsorbing something.

adsorption


human being

forms:
human being
human beings (plural)

etymology_text: human + being

compound

human

being

expansion: human + being

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

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

ipa: /ˌhjuːmən ˈbiːɪŋ/


human beings

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

noun

human being


cram

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

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

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

verb

cram

m


booties

forms:
booty
booties (plural)

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

noun

booty

booties


clogs

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

verb

clog

g


clogged

glosses: The past tense and past participle of clog.


crammed

glosses: The past tense and past participle of cram.


plateau

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

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

text: The industry's problems have plateaued out.


plateaus

glosses: The third-person singular form of plateau.

plateau


plateaued

glosses: The past tense and past participle of plateau.


illusion

forms:
illusion
illusions (plural)

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

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

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

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

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

text: The coin-disappearing act was just an illusion.

ipa: /ɪˈl(j)uːʒ(ə)n/

enpr: ĭ-lo͞o'zhən


illusions

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

noun

illusion


incur

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

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

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

ipa: /ɪnˈkəː/

ipa: /ɪnˈkɝ/

verb

incur

r


incurs

glosses: The third-person singular form of incur.

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


incurred

glosses: The past tense and past participle of incur.


expenditure

forms:
expenditure
expenditures (plural)

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

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

text: The main expenditures of students are books and stationery.

ipa: /ɛkˈspɛndɪt͡ʃɚ/

ipa: /ɛkˈspɛndɪt͡ʃə/

hyphenation: ex‧pen‧di‧ture


expenditures

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

noun

expenditure


Euro

forms:
Euro
Euros (plural)

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


Euros

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

Euro


inflate

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

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

text: We used an air pump to inflate the balloons.

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

enpr: ĭn-flāt'

ipa: /ɪnˈfleɪt/

verb

inflat


inflates

glosses: The third-person singular form of inflate.


inflated

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

glosses: When something is inflated, it is full of air.

text: The inflated balloons were used as decorations for the event.

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

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

glosses: Something with a higher cost compared to others.

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

ipa: /ɪnˈfleɪtɪd/


inflated

glosses: The past tense and past participle of inflate.


conserve

forms:
conserve
conserves (plural)

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

enpr: kŏn'sû(r)v

ipa: /ˈkɒnsɜː(r)v/


conserve

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

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

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

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

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

enpr: kən-sû(r)v'

ipa: /kənˈsɜː(r)v/

conserv


conserves

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

noun

conserve


conserves

glosses: The third-person singular form of conserve.


conserved

glosses: The past tense and past participle of conserve.


knock-knock jokes

forms:
knock-knock joke
knock-knock jokes (plural)

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

knock-knock joke


columnist

forms:
columnist
columnists (plural)

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


columnists

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

columnist


high tea

forms:
high tea
high teas (plural)

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


high teas

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

high tea


landslide victory

forms:
landslide victory
landslide victories (plural)

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

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

landslide victories


landslide victories

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

landslide victory


pursuit

forms:
pursuit
pursuits (plural)

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

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


pursuits

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

pursuit


transition element

forms:
transition element
transition elements (plural)

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

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


transition elements

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

transition element


headquarters

forms:
headquarters
headquarters (plural)

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

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

headquarters


individuality

forms:
individuality
individualities (plural)

etymology_text: individual + -ity

ety-suffix

individual

expansion: individual + -ity

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

ipa: /ˌɪndɪvɪd͡ʒuˈælɪti/

individualities


brainwash

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

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

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

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

enpr: brān'wŏsh

ipa: /ˈbreɪnwɒʃ/

audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-brainwash.wav

verb

brainwash


brainwashes

glosses: The third-person singular form of brainwash.


brainwashed

glosses: The past tense and past participle of brainwash.


Adam and Eve

forms: Adam and Eve

pos: name

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

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


dirts

forms:
dirt
dirts (plural)

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

noun

dirt


equilibrium

forms:
equilibrium
equilibriums or equilibria (plural)

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

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

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

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

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

ipa: /ɛkwɪˈlɪbrɪəm/

audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-equilibrium.wav

equilibria


equilibriums

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

equilibrium

equilibriums


irritable

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

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

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

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

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

ipa: /ˈɪrɪtəbl̩/

audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-irritable.wav


absents

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

glosses: The third-person singular form of absent.

verb

absent


absented

glosses: The past tense and past participle of absent.


socialisation

forms:
socialisation
socialisations (plural)

etymology_text: socialize + -ation

ety-suffix

socialize

ation

expansion: socialize + -ation

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


socialisations

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

noun

socialisation


emigration

forms:
emigration
emigrations (plural)

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

ipa: /ˌɛmɪˈɡreɪʃn/

audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-emigration.wav


emigrations

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

emigration


lexeme

forms:
lexeme
lexemes (plural)

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

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


lexemes

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

lexeme


proactivity

forms: proactivity

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


sing along

forms: sing along

pos: phrase

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

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


sings along

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

glosses: The third-person singular form of sing along.

verb

sing along

sings along

singing along

sang along

sung along


elopement

forms:
elopement
elopements (plural)

etymology_text: elope + -ment

ety-suffix

elope

ment

expansion: elope + -ment

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


elopements

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

noun

elopement


Gaelic

forms: Gaelic

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

text: Most Irish people speak Gaelic.

ipa: /ˈɡeɪlɪk/

ipa: /ˈɡælɪk/

audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Gaelic.wav

audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Gaelic2.wav


dashiki

forms:
dashiki
dashiki or dashikis (plural)

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

dashiki

dashiki

dashikis


dashikis

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


barebacking

forms: barebacking

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


bowline

forms:
bowline
bowlines (plural)

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


bowlines

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

bowline


beret

forms:
beret
berets (plural)

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

ipa: /ˈbɛreɪ/

ipa: /bəˈreɪ/


berets

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

beret


talon

forms:
talon
talons (plural)

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

ipa: /ˈtælən/


talons

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

talon


chick lit

forms: chick lit

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


alkaliphile

forms:
alkaliphile
alkaliphiles (plural)

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


alkaliphiles

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

alkaliphile


psychoanalysis

forms: psychoanalysis

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

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

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


bell tower

forms:
bell tower
bell towers (plural)

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

text: The church has a bell tower beside it.


bell towers

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

bell tower


onanism

forms:
onanism
onanisms (plural)

glosses: Onanism is when you ejaculate outside the vagina during sex.


bleacher

forms:
bleacher
bleachers (plural)

etymology_text: bleach + -er

ety-suffix

bleach

er

expansion: bleach + -er

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

enpr: blēʹ-chər


law of the excluded middle

forms: law of the excluded middle

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

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


bleachers

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

noun

bleacher


ages of consent

forms:
age of consent
ages of consent (plural)

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

age of consent

ages of consent


Freemasonry

forms: Freemasonry

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

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


onanisms

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

onanism


law of excluded middle

forms: law of excluded middle

glosses: A different form of law of the excluded middle.


individualities

forms:
individuality
individualities (plural)

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

individuality


statutory rape

forms:
statutory rape
statutory rapes (plural)

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

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

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


statutory rapes

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

statutory rape


Grand Orient Freemasonry

forms: Grand Orient Freemasonry

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

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


alkaline earth metal

forms:
alkaline earth metal
alkaline earth metals (plural)

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

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


alkaline earth metals

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

alkaline earth metal


Scientology

forms: Scientology

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


thelarche

forms: thelarche

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


antinatalism

forms: antinatalism

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


neurology

forms: neurology

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

ipa: /n(j)uˈrɒləd͡ʒi/

audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-neurology.wav


tsar

forms:
tsar
tsars (plural)

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

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

ipa: /(t)sɑː/

ipa: /(t)sɑr/

ipa: /zɐː/


Union of Soviet Socialist Republics

forms: Union of Soviet Socialist Republics

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

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

audio: Union of Soviet Socialist Republics US.oga


Commonwealth of Nations

forms: Commonwealth of Nations

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

text: Canada is part of the Commonwealth of Nations.


Mormon

forms:
Mormon
Mormons (plural)

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

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


Mormon

forms: Mormon

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


Soviet

forms: Soviet

glosses: A Soviet is an elected council in a communist country.


Soviet

forms:
Soviet
Soviets (plural)

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


tsars

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

tsar


khedives

forms:
khedive
khedives (plural)

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

khedive


USSR

forms: USSR

pos: abbrev

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


Mormons

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

Mormon


Soviets

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

Soviet


law of identity

forms: law of identity

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


Elohim

forms: Elohim

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


delayed puberty

forms: delayed puberty

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


precocious puberty

forms: precocious puberty

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

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


psychotherapy

forms:
psychotherapy
psychotherapies (plural)

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

text: John used psychotherapy to help him with his depression.

enpr: sīkōthĕr'əpē

ipa: /ˌsaɪkoʊˈθɛrəpi/

psychotherapies


psychotherapies

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

psychotherapy


confederation

forms:
confederation
confederations (plural)

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

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

ipa: /kənfɛdəˈreɪʃən/


title: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

redirect: United Kingdom

pos: hard-redirect


Lucifer

forms: Lucifer

glosses: Lucifer is another name for the Devil among Christians.

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

glosses: The spirit brother of Jesus Christ in Mormonism.

ipa: /ˈluːsɪfə/

audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Lucifer.wav

hyphenation: Lu‧ci‧fer


snack

forms:
snack
snacks (plural)

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

text: The snacks I ate were potato chips and candy.

ipa: /snæk/

audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-snack.wav


snack

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

glosses: When you snack, you are eating a light meal.

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


snacks

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

snack


snacks

glosses: The third-person singular form of snack.


confederations

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

confederation


chronic

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

glosses: If something is chronic, it happens all the time.

text: Michelle is a chronic worrier who gets upset about everything.

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

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

glosses: If something is chronic, it is difficult to stop.

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

ipa: /ˈkrɒnɪk/


wail

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

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

text: The mother wailed when her child died.

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

text: The wind wailed through the trees during the storm.

enpr: wāl

ipa: /weɪl/


wail

forms:
wail
wails (plural)

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

text: The dog's wails were painful to hear.


meaningless

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

etymology_text: meaning + -less

ety-suffix

meaning

less

expansion: meaning + -less

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

text: The child's scribbles were meaningless.

text: In English, the word "gugugu" is meaningless.

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

text: After his wife left him, his life felt meaningless.

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

ipa: /ˈmiːnɪŋləs/

hyphenation: mean‧ing‧less


snacked

glosses: The past tense and past participle of snack.


wails

verb

wail


wails

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


wailed

glosses: The past tense and past participle of wail.


wailing

ipa: /ˈweɪlɪŋ/


fantasize

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

etymology_text: fantasy + -ize

ety-suffix

fantasy

ize

expansion: fantasy + -ize

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

text: I fantasized going to Hawaii with my friends.

ipa: /ˈfæntəˌsaɪz/

audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-fantasize.wav

fantasiz

e


fantasizes

glosses: The third-person singular form of fantasize.


fantasized

glosses: The past tense and past participle of fantasize.


Christian Science

forms: Christian Science

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


Rhodesia

forms: Rhodesia

ipa: /rəʊˈdiːʃə/

ipa: /roʊˈdiːʒə/

audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Rhodesia.wav


Southern Rhodesia

forms: Southern Rhodesia

glosses: Southern Rhodesia was a country in Africa.


cult

forms:
cult
cults (plural)

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

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

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

ipa: /kʌlt/

audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-cult.wav


Isle of Man

forms: Isle of Man

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


Northern Ireland

forms: Northern Ireland

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

ipa: /ˈnɔː(r)ðə(r)n ˈaiə(r)lənd/

audio: en-us-Northern Ireland.oga


make believe

forms:
make believe
make believes (plural)

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

text: Children love to make believe being heroes and fighting monsters.

audio: en-au-make believe.ogg


enlarge

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

glosses: When you enlarge something, you make it larger.

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

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

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

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

text: The speaker enlarged about the topic on politics.

ipa: /ɪnˈlɑːd͡ʒ/

ipa: /ɪnˈlɑrd͡ʒ/

verb

enlarg


enlarges

glosses: The third-person singular form of enlarge.


enlarged

glosses: The past tense and past participle of enlarge.


cults

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

noun

cult


make believes

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

make believe


condominium

forms:
condominium
condominiums (plural)

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

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

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

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

audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-condominium.wav

hyphenation: con‧do‧min‧i‧um


Manxman

forms:
Manxman
Manxmen (plural)

glosses: A Manxman is someone from the Isle of Man.

Manxmen


Manxmen

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

Manxman


condominiums

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

condominium


populous

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

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

text: China is the most populous country in the world.

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

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

ipa: /ˈpɒpjʊləs/

enpr: päpʹyə-ləs

ipa: /ˈpɑpjələs/

audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-populous.wav

hyphenation: pop‧u‧lous


marketings

forms:
marketing
marketings (plural)

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

marketing


forcefully

etymology_text: forceful + -ly

ety-suffix

forceful

ly

expansion: forceful + -ly

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

text: The dictator executed all his opponents forcefully.


execute

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

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

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

glosses: When you execute an action, you carry it out.

text: The soldiers executed the orders given by their superior.

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

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

ipa: /ˈɛksɪˌkjuːt/

verb

execut


executes

glosses: The third-person singular form of execute.


executed

glosses: The past tense and past participle of execute.


satisfaction

forms:
satisfaction
satisfactions (plural)

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

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

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

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

ipa: /sætɪsˈfækʃən/


satisfactions

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

noun

satisfaction


frown

forms:
frown
frowns (plural)

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

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

ipa: /fraʊn/


frown

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

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

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

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

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


frowns

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

ipa: /fraʊnz/

frown


frowns

glosses: The third-person singular form of frown.


frowned

glosses: The past tense and past participle of frown.

ipa: /fraʊnd/


frowning

ipa: /ˈfraʊnɪŋ/


broadcaster

forms:
broadcaster
broadcasters (plural)

glosses: A broadcaster is an organization that does broadcasting.

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

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

ipa: /ˈbrɔdˌkæstɚ/

ipa: /ˈbrɔːdˌkɑːstə/

audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-broadcaster.wav

hyphenation: broad‧cast‧er


broadcasters

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

broadcaster


celebration

forms:
celebration
celebrations (plural)

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

text: We held a birthday celebration for Jane last Sunday.

ipa: /ˌsɛlɪˈbreɪʃən/

hyphenation: cel‧e‧bra‧tion


celebrations

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

celebration


hinted

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

glosses: The past tense and past participle of hint.

ipa: /ˈhɪntɪd/

verb

hint


hinting

ipa: /ˈhɪntɪŋ/


laps

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

lap

p


lapped

glosses: The past tense and past participle of lap.


orals

forms:
oral
orals (plural)

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

noun

oral


fades

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

verb

fad


sweeps

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

glosses: The third-person singular form of sweep.

sweep

sweeps

swept

swept

sweeping


British Isles

forms: British Isles

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

ipa: /ˌbrɪ.tɪʃ ˈaɪlz/


Mohammedan

forms:
Mohammedan
Mohammedans (plural)

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


Mohammedans

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

noun

Mohammedan


pissy

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

glosses: When something is pissy, it is covered in piss.

glosses: When something is pissy, it smells like piss.

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

ipa: /ˈpɪsi/

adj

pissy

pissier

pissiest


ex officio

forms: ex officio (positive)

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

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

ipa: /ˌɛks əˈfɪʃioʊ/


asexual

forms: asexual (positive)

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


asexual

forms:
asexual
asexuals (plural)

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


pissier

glosses: The comparative form of pissy; more pissy.


pissiest

glosses: The superlative form of pissy; most pissy.


asexuals

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

noun

asexual


sodomy

forms: sodomy

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

ipa: /ˈsɒdəmi/

audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-sodomy.wav


encyclopediae

forms:
encyclopedia
encyclopedias or encyclopediae (plural)

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

encyclopedia

encyclopedias

encyclopediae


simples

forms:
simple
simples (plural)

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

audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Naomi Persephone Amethyst (NaomiAmethyst)-simples.wav

simple


simples

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

glosses: The third-person singular form of simple.

verb

simpl


simpled

glosses: The past tense and past participle of simple.


worded

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

glosses: The past tense and past participle of word.

word


rainbowed

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

glosses: The past tense and past participle of rainbow.

rainbow


Mrs.

forms: Mrs.

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

text: Mrs. Brakel, the doctor will see you now.

text: This is Mrs. June Hagerty.


neurologist

forms:
neurologist
neurologists (plural)

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

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


neurologists

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

noun

neurologist


sock monkey

forms:
sock monkey
sock monkeys (plural)

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


contentment

forms:
contentment
contentments (plural)

etymology_text: content + -ment

ety-suffix

content

expansion: content + -ment

glosses: Contentment is a feeling of being happy and satisfied.

text: The mother sighed with contentment when she held her baby.

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

text: Cicero found contentment in a garden or a library.

ipa: /kənˈtɛntmənt/


contentments

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

noun

contentment


sock monkeys

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

sock monkey


overs

forms:
over
overs (plural)

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

over


sexuality

forms:
sexuality
sexualities (plural)

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

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

text: His sexuality is heterosexual.

ipa: /sɛkʃuˈælɪti/

ipa: /sɛkʃuˈæləti/

hyphenation: sex‧u‧al‧i‧ty

sexualities


gratification

forms:
gratification
gratifications (plural)

glosses: Gratification is a feeling of pleasure and satisfaction.

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

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

glosses: Gratification is something that gratifies.

text: Eating chocolate gives me great gratification.

text: Doing boring tasks gives me no gratification.

ipa: /ˌɡrætɪfɪˈkeɪʃən/

hyphenation: grat‧i‧fi‧ca‧tion


gun-shy

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

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

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

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

text: The dog was gun-shy of fireworks and thunder.

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

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


sexualities

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

sexuality


gratifications

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

gratification


birded

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

glosses: The past tense and past participle of bird.

verb

bird


languaged

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

glosses: The past tense and past participle of language.

languag


kittened

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

glosses: The past tense and past participle of kitten.

kitten


title: TV show

redirect: television show


Anglo-

forms: Anglo-

pos: prefix

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


habitat

forms:
habitat
habitats (plural)

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

ipa: /ˈhæbɪtæt/

audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-habitat.wav


polyarchy

forms:
polyarchy
polyarchies (plural)

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

noun

polyarchies


monarchy

forms:
monarchy
monarchies (plural)

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

text: Belgium is a monarchy.

ipa: /ˈmɒnəki/

ipa: /ˈmɑnɚki/

hyphenation: mon‧ar‧chy

monarchies


constitutional monarchy

forms:
constitutional monarchy
constitutional monarchies (plural)

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

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

constitutional monarchy

constitutional monarchies


absolute monarchy

forms: absolute monarchy

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

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


free association

forms:
free association
free associations (plural)

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


defender

forms:
defender
defenders (plural)

etymology_text: defend + -er

ety-suffix

defend

expansion: defend + -er

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

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

ipa: /dɪˈfɛndə(r)/


supporter

forms:
supporter
supporters (plural)

etymology_text: support + -er

support

expansion: support + -er

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

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

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

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

hyphenation: sup‧port‧er


correctly

etymology_text: correct + -ly

correct

expansion: correct + -ly

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

ipa: /kəˈrɛktli/

hyphenation: cor‧rect‧ly


massage

forms:
massage
massages (plural)

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

ipa: /məˈsɑʒ/

ipa: /ˈmæsɑː(d)ʒ/

audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-massage.wav


massage

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

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

verb

massag


uncommon

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

etymology_text: un- + common

word parts

un-

common

expansion: un- + common

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

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

text: It is uncommon to see an alligator this far north.

ipa: /ʌnˈkɒmən/

audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-uncommon.wav

adj

uncommon

uncommoner

uncommonest


skilled

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

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

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

ipa: /skɪld/

expansion: [POS TABLE]


entirely

etymology_text: entire + -ly

ety-suffix

entire

expansion: entire + -ly

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

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

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

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

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

ipa: /ɪnˈtaɪəli/

ipa: /ɪnˈtaɪrli/

hyphenation: en‧tire‧ly


soften

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

etymology_text: soft + -en

soft

en

expansion: soft + -en

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

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

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

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

ipa: /ˈsɒfən/

enpr: sŏf′en

ipa: /ˈsɔfən/

enpr: sôf′en


sunset

forms:
sunset
sunsets (plural)

etymology_text: sun + set

compound

sun

set

expansion: sun + set

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

ipa: /ˈsʌnˌsɛt/


sunset

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

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

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

verb

sunset

t


slavery

forms:
slavery
slaveries (plural)

etymology_text: slave + -ery

ety-suffix

slave

ery

expansion: slave + -ery

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

ipa: /ˈsleɪvəri/

audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-slavery.wav

noun

slaveries


rug

forms:
rug
rugs (plural)

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

text: My sister bought a new rug for the living room.

enpr: rŭg

ipa: /rʌɡ/


rug

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

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

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

verb

rug

g


unfortunate

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

etymology_text: un- + fortunate

ety-prefix

un

fortunate

expansion: un- + fortunate

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

text: It is unfortunate that the Prince was murdered.

ipa: /ʌnˈfɔːtjʊnət/

ipa: /ʌnˈfɔrt͡ʃənɪt/

audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-unfortunate.wav

hyphenation: for‧tu‧nate


affectionate

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

etymology_text: affection + -ate

ety-suffix

affection

ate

expansion: affection + -ate

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

ipa: /əˈfɛkʃənət/

hyphenation: af‧fec‧tion‧ate


affectionate

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

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

ipa: /əˈfɛkʃənət/

verb

affectionat

e


purr

forms:
purr
purrs (plural)

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

ipa: /pɜː(r)/

audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-purr.wav


purr

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

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

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


kiddy

forms:
kiddy
kiddies (plural)

noun

kiddy

kiddies


hiya

forms: hiya

pos: intj

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


hazard

forms:
hazard
hazards (plural)

glosses: A hazard is something that poses a danger.

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

ipa: /ˈhæzəd/

ipa: /ˈhæzɚd/

ipa: /ˈhɛzəd/


hazard

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

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


habitats

forms:
habitat
habitats (plural)

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

habitat


polyarchies

forms:
polyarchy
polyarchies (plural)

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

polyarchy


hazards

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

hazard


hazards

glosses: The third-person singular form of hazard.


viceroy

forms:
viceroy
viceroys (plural)

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

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

ipa: /ˈvaɪsˌrɔɪ/

audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-viceroy.wav


viceroys

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

viceroy


anal

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

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

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

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


ontology

forms:
ontology
ontologies (plural)

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

ipa: /ɒnˈtɒləd͡ʒi/

audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-ontology.wav

ontologies


uncommoner

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

glosses: The comparative form of uncommon; more uncommon.


uncommonest

glosses: The superlative form of uncommon; most uncommon.


monarchies

forms:
monarchy
monarchies (plural)

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

monarchy


constitutional monarchies

forms:
constitutional monarchy
constitutional monarchies (plural)

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

constitutional monarchy


defenders

forms:
defender
defenders (plural)

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

defender


supporters

forms:
supporter
supporters (plural)

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

hyphenation: sup‧port‧ers

supporter


massages

forms:
massage
massages (plural)

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

massage


massages

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

glosses: The third-person singular form of massage.

verb

massag


massaged

glosses: The past tense and past participle of massage.

text: She massaged me at the spa yesterday.


softens

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

glosses: The third-person singular form of soften.

soften


softened

glosses: The past tense and past participle of soften.


Congolese

forms:
Congolese
Congolese (plural)

etymology_text: Congo + -ese

ety-suffix

Congo

ese

expansion: Congo + -ese

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

text: King Leopold II of Belgium was a Congolese monarch.

ipa: /ˌkɒŋ.ɡəˈliːz/

audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Congolese.wav

noun

Congolese


Congolese

forms: Congolese (positive)

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

ipa: /ˌkɒŋ.ɡəˈliːz/


Oedipus complex

forms:
Oedipus complex
Oedipus complexes (plural)

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

Oedipus complexes


sunsets

forms:
sunset
sunsets (plural)

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

sunset


sunsets

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

glosses: The third-person singular form of sunset.


sunsetted

glosses: The past tense and past participle of sunset.


coitus

forms:
coitus
coituses (plural)

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

audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-coitus.wav

coituses


slaveries

forms:
slavery
slaveries (plural)

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

slavery


affectionates

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

glosses: The third-person singular form of affectionate.


affectionated

glosses: The past tense and past participle of affectionate.


rugs

forms:
rug
rugs (plural)

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

rug


rugs

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


rugged

glosses: The past tense and past participle of rug.


purrs

forms:
purr
purrs (plural)

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

purr


purrs

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


purred

glosses: The past tense and past participle of purr.


kiddies

forms:
kiddy
kiddies (plural)

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

kiddy


hazarded

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

glosses: The past tense and past participle of hazard.


hazarding

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


anals

forms:
anal
anals (plural)

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

anal


ontologies

forms:
ontology
ontologies (plural)

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

ontology


Freudians

forms:
Freudian
Freudians (plural)

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

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

Freudian


Oedipus complexes

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

Oedipus complex


free associations

forms:
free association
free associations (plural)

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

free association


fatuous

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

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

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

audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-fatuous.wav


onomasiology

forms: onomasiology

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


eolian

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

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


multilateral aid

forms:
multilateral aid
multilateral aids (plural)

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


supplementary angles

forms: supplementary angles (plural)

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


title: supplementary angle

redirect: supplementary angles


gamine

forms:
gamine
gamines (plural)

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

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


gamines

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

gamine


coming out

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

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

verb

come out

comes out

came out

come out

coming out


come out

forms: come out

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

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

text: My new book will come out later this week.

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


comes out

glosses: The third-person singular form of come out.


Hallam

forms: Hallam

glosses: Hallam is a town in Victoria, Australia.


handbag

forms:
handbag
handbags (plural)

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

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


handbags

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

noun

handbag


theosophy

forms:
theosophy
theosophies (plural)

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

ipa: [θɪˈɒsəfɪ]

hyphenation: the‧os‧o‧phy

theosophies


theosophies

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

theosophy


pedal

forms:
pedal
pedals (plural)

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

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

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

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

enpr: pĕdʹəl

poses: noun verb

ipa: /ˈpɛdəl/

audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-pedal (noun, verb).wav

audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-pedal (adj).wav

homophones: peddle petal


pedal

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

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

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

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

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

verb

pedal

l


pedal

forms: pedal (positive)

enpr: pēdʹəl

ipa: /ˈpiːdəl/


pedals

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


pedals

glosses: The third-person singular form of pedal.


pedaled

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

glosses: The past tense and past participle of pedal.


pedalled

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


feasible

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

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

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

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

ipa: /ˈfiːzəbəl/


commonplace

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

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

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

glosses: Something that is ordinary, uninteresting, or not special.

text: Almost everyone has mobile phones now. They are commonplace.

ipa: /ˈkɑmənˌpleɪs/

ipa: /ˈkɒmənˌpleɪs/

hyphenation: com‧mon‧place


commonplace

forms:
commonplace
commonplaces (plural)

glosses: A commonplace is a place that is ordinary and common.


commonplace

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

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

commonplac


Knights of Columbus

forms: Knights of Columbus

glosses: Knights of Columbus is an organization for Roman Catholic men.


commonplaces

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

noun

commonplace


commonplaces

glosses: The third-person singular form of commonplace.


commonplaced

glosses: The past tense and past participle of commonplace.


Bolshevik

forms:
Bolshevik
Bolsheviks (plural)

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

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

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

glosses: Something that is related to the Bolshevik Party or Bolshevism.

ipa: /ˈbɒlʃəvɪk/

ipa: /ˈboʊ̯lʃəvɪk/

audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Bolshevik.wav


Menshevik

forms:
Menshevik
Mensheviks or Mensheviki (plural)

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

ipa: /ˈmɛnʃəvɪk/

Mensheviki


Bolsheviks

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

Bolshevik


Mensheviks

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

Menshevik

Mensheviks


mutual masturbation

forms:
mutual masturbation
mutual masturbations (plural)

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

text: The couple engaged in mutual masturbation.


Lord Protector

forms: Lord Protector

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

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


Belfast

forms: Belfast

glosses: Belfast is the capital of Northern Ireland.

text: We spent the day in Belfast.

audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Belfast.wav

hyphenation: Bel‧fast


niggardly

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

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

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


niggardly

forms:
niggardly (positive)
more niggardly (comparative)
Superlativemost niggardly

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


attractiveness

etymology_text: attractive + -ness

ety-suffix

attractive

ness

expansion: attractive + -ness

glosses: Attractiveness is how attractive something or someone is.

glosses: Attractiveness is the result of being attractive.

attractivenesses


coffin

forms:
coffin
coffins (plural)

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

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

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

ipa: /ˈkɒfɪn/

ipa: /ˈkɔfɪn/

ipa: /ˈkɑfɪn/


coffin

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

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


casket

forms:
casket
caskets (plural)

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

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

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

audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-casket.wav


casket

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

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


kikes

forms:
kike
kikes (plural)

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

noun

kike


Scots

forms: Scots

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

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

ipa: /skɒts/

audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Persent101-Scots.wav


European Union

forms: European Union

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

ipa: /ˌjʊərəˈpiːən ˈjuːnjən/

ipa: /ˌjʊrəˈpiən ˈjunjən/


Jahbulon

forms: Jahbulon

glosses: Jahbulon is a God mentioned in a degree of Freemasonry.


antimasonry

forms: antimasonry

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

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


anti-Semitism

forms:
anti-Semitism
anti-Semitisms (plural)

glosses: Political, religious, or economic opposition to Judaism.

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

glosses: Ethnic or racial hatred against the Semitic races in general.


Jewry

forms:
Jewry
Jewries (plural)

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

text: Hitler's regime murdered Jewry in Europe.

Jewry

Jewries


Mormonism

forms: Mormonism

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


Jesuit

forms:
Jesuit
Jesuits (plural)

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

enpr: jĕzʹo͞oĭt

ipa: /ˈdʒɛzuɪt/

enpr: jĕzʹ(y)o͞oĭt

ipa: /ˈdʒɛz(j)uɪt/


People's Republic of China

forms: People's Republic of China

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

ipa: /ˈpiːpəlz rɪˈpʌblɪk əv ˈt͡ʃaɪnə/

audio: en-au-People's Republic of China.ogg


correlation does not imply causation

forms: correlation does not imply causation

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

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


Vatican

forms: Vatican

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

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

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

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


Coptic Church

forms: Coptic Church

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


restorationism

forms: restorationism

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


Book of Mormon

forms:
Book of Mormon
Books of Mormon (plural)

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

proper noun

Books of Mormon


Manx

forms:
Manx
Manxes (plural)

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

noun

Manx

Manxes


shrieve

forms:
shrieve
shrieves (plural)

glosses: A shrieve is an obsolete word for sheriff.

ipa: /ʃriːv/

audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-shrieve.wav


jack off

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

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

text: I jacked off for some time before I came.

verb

jack off

jacks off

jacked off

jacking off


Baphomet

forms: Baphomet

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


positive statement

forms:
positive statement
positive statements (plural)

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


normative statement

forms: normative statement

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


world government

forms: world government

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

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


Malthusianism

forms:
Malthusianism
Malthusianisms (plural)

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

text: Many environmentalists believe Malthusianism will help protect wildlife.


barnacle

forms:
barnacle
barnacles (plural)

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

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

ipa: /ˈbɑːnəkl̩/

ipa: /ˈbɑrnəkl̩/

hyphenation: bar‧na‧cle


neotrogla

forms:
neotrogla
neotroglas (plural)

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


Elks

forms: Elks

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


Coca-Cola

forms: Coca-Cola

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


windbaggery

forms: windbaggery

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


blather

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

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

ipa: /blæðə(r)/

audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-blather.wav


cheapskate

forms:
cheapskate
cheapskates (plural)

glosses: Someone who does not give much in general.


miser

forms:
miser
misers (plural)

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

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

ipa: /ˈmaɪzə(r)/

audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-miser.wav

audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-miser.wav


hoard

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

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

text: Ebenezer Scrooge was a man who would hoard money.

ipa: /hɔrd/

ipa: /hɔːd/

homophones: horde whored


amass

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

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

ipa: /əˈmæs/

ipa: /ʌˈmæs/

amass

es


dyke

forms:
dyke
dykes (plural)

ipa: /daɪk/

audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-dyke.wav


spotted hyena

forms:
spotted hyena
spotted hyenas (plural)

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


Aryan

forms:
Aryan
Aryans (plural)

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


many a

forms: many a

pos: det

glosses: Many a is used to talk about many individual things.

text: She mentioned it many a time.

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

text: She has many a good friend.


Warsaw Pact

forms: Warsaw Pact

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


ad hominem

forms: ad hominem

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


pushy

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

etymology_text: push + -y

ety-suffix

push

y

expansion: push + -y

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

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

ipa: en

audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-pushy.wav

adj

pushy

pushier

pushiest


title: ID

redirect: identification


title: id


binoculars

forms: binoculars (plural)

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


crackpot

forms:
crackpot
crackpots (plural)

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

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

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


crackpot

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

glosses: When something is crackpot, it is crazy and foolish.

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


creepy

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

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

glosses: Something that is strange, eccentric and repelling.

enpr: krīʹpī

ipa: /ˈkripi/

ipa: /ˈkriːpi/

audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-creepy.wav

hyphenation: creep‧y

creepy

creepier

creepiest


Wikipedian

forms:
Wikipedian
Wikipedians (plural)

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


Wikipedian

forms: Wikipedian (positive)

glosses: When something is Wikipedian, it is related to Wikipedia.


Anglican

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

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


Anglican

forms:
Anglican
Anglicans (plural)

glosses: An Anglican is a member of an Anglican church.


Anglican Communion

forms: Anglican Communion

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


Church of England

forms: Church of England

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


Church of Ireland

forms: Church of Ireland

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


Thelema

forms: Thelema

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

noun

Thelema


Bahá'í Faith

forms: Bahá'í Faith

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

Bahá'í Faith


Supreme Soviet

forms: Supreme Soviet

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


Knights of Pythias

forms: Knights of Pythias

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


foreskin

forms:
foreskin
foreskins (plural)

etymology_text: fore- + skin

ety-prefix

fore

skin

expansion: fore- + skin

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

ipa: /ˈfɔːskɪn/

ipa: /ˈfɔrskɪn/

audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-foreskin.wav

hyphenation: fore‧skin


homologous

forms: homologous (positive)

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

text: The female clitoris and the male penis are homologous.

ipa: /həˈmɒləɡəs/


female genital mutilation

forms:
female genital mutilation
female genital mutilations (plural)

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


King James Bible

forms: King James Bible

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


New Age

forms: New Age

glosses: New Age is a religious movement based on eastern religions.

noun

New Age


circumcision

forms:
circumcision
circumcisions (plural)

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

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


circumcisions

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

circumcision


female genital mutilations

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

female genital mutilation


foreskins

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

foreskin


guild

forms:
guild
guilds (plural)

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

ipa: /ɡɪld/

audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-guild.wav

homophones: gild gilled


appendage

forms:
appendage
appendages (plural)

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

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

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

ipa: /əˈpɛndɪdʒ/


burial

forms:
burial
burials (plural)

glosses: A burial is the act of burying a dead human.

ipa: /ˈbɛrɪəl/

ipa: /ˈbɛriəl/


broker

forms:
broker
brokers (plural)

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

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

ipa: /ˈbrəʊkə/

ipa: /ˈbroʊkɚ/

audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-broker.wav


broker

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

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


blood vessel

forms:
blood vessel
blood vessels (plural)

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


champagne

forms:
champagne
champagnes (plural)

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

enpr: shăm-pān'

ipa: /ʃæmˈpeɪn/

audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-champagne.wav

hyphenation: cham‧pagne


champagne

forms: champagne (positive)

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

text: The color of champagne


champagne

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

glosses: When you champagne, you are drinking champagne.

glosses: When you champagne something, you add champagne to it.

verb

champagn

e


correlation

forms:
correlation
correlations (plural)

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

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

ipa: /kɔrəˈleɪʃən/

ipa: /kɒrəˈleɪʃən/

hyphenation: cor‧re‧la‧tion


appendages

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

noun

appendage


retry

forms:
retry
retries (plural)

etymology_text: re- + try

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

enpr: rētrīʹ

ipa: /riˈtraɪ/

audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-retry.wav

audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-retry2.wav

retry

retries


retry

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

glosses: If you retry at something, you try it again.

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

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

verb

retr


kike

forms:
kike
kikes (plural)

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

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

ipa: /kaɪk/

audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-kike.wav


nativelike

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

etymology_text: native + -like

ety-suffix

native

like

expansion: native + -like

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

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


forms: nans (plural)

glosses: Nan is a friendly and affectionate name for a grandmother.

ipa: /næn/


chancellor

forms:
chancellor
chancellors (plural)

glosses: A chancellor is a senior state or legal official.

glosses: A chancellor is the head of a university.

ipa: /ˈtʃɑːnsələ/

ipa: /ˈtʃænsələ/

hyphenation: chan‧cel‧lor


great-grandparent

etymology_text: great- + grandparent

ety-prefix

great

grandparent

expansion: great- + grandparent

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


great-grandfather

etymology_text: great- + grandfather

grandfather

expansion: great- + grandfather

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


great-grandmother

etymology_text: great- + grandmother

grandmother

expansion: great- + grandmother

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


gregarious

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

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

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

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

ipa: /ɡrɪˈɡɛə.rɪ.əs/

ipa: /ɡrɪˈɡɛɚ.i.əs/


philately

forms:
philately
philatelies (plural)

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

noun

philately

philatelies


Sunniphobia

forms: Sunniphobia

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

Sunniphobia


Sunni

forms:
Sunni
Sunnis (plural)

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

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

ipa: /ˈsʊni/

audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Sunni.wav


Sunni

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

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

text: May I ask if your whole family is Sunni?


Sunnism

forms: Sunnism

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

text: Sunnism is often practiced in Middle East.


Shi'ism

forms: Shi'ism

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

text: Shi'ism is often practiced in Middle East.


perpetual

forms: perpetual (positive)

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

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

ipa: /pɚˈpɛtʃuəl/

ipa: /pəˈpɛtʃʊəl/

hyphenation: per‧pet‧u‧al


civilization

forms:
civilization
civilizations (plural)

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

hyphenation: civ‧il‧iza‧tion


admittedly

etymology_text: admitted + -ly

ety-suffix

admitted

ly

expansion: admitted + -ly

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

text: Admittedly, vandalism is a bit of problem.

ipa: /ədˈmɪtɪdli/


Mensheviki

forms:
Menshevik
Mensheviks or Mensheviki (plural)

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

noun

Menshevik

Mensheviks


mutual masturbations

forms:
mutual masturbation
mutual masturbations (plural)

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

mutual masturbation


attractivenesses

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

attractiveness

attractivenesses


coffins

forms:
coffin
coffins (plural)

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

coffin


coffins

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

glosses: The third-person singular form of coffin.


coffined

glosses: The past tense and past participle of coffin.


caskets

forms:
casket
caskets (plural)

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

casket


caskets

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

glosses: The third-person singular form of casket.


casketed

glosses: The past tense and past participle of casket.


pwnd

forms:
pwn (canonical)
pwns (third-person singular)
pwnd (past)
pwnd (past participle)
pwning (present participle)

glosses: The past tense and past participle of pwn.

verb

pwn

pwns

pwnd

pwnd

pwning


pwnt

forms:
pwn (canonical)
pwns (third-person singular)
pwnt (past)
pwnt (past participle)
pwning (present participle)

pwnt

pwnt


grubbier

forms:
grubby (positive)
grubbier (comparative)
grubbiest (superlative)

glosses: The comparative form of grubby; more grubby.

adjective

grubby

grubbier

grubbiest


grubbiest

glosses: The superlative form of grubby; most grubby.


kidnaps

forms:
kidnaped (past)
kidnaped (past participle)
kidnaping (present participle)
kidnap (canonical)
kidnaps (third-person singular)
kidnapped (past)
kidnapped (past participle)
kidnapping (present participle)

glosses: The third-person singular form of kidnap.

verb

kidnap

p


kidnaps

forms:
kidnap
kidnaps (plural)

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


kidnapped

forms:
kidnap (canonical)
kidnaps (third-person singular)
kidnapped (past)
kidnapped (past participle)
kidnapping (present participle)

glosses: The past tense and past participle of kidnap.


kidnaped

forms:
kidnap (canonical)
kidnaps (third-person singular)
kidnaped (past)
kidnaped (past participle)
kidnaping (present participle)