X-rays

forms:
X-ray
X-rays (plural)

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

noun

X-ray


X-rays

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

pos: verb

glosses: The third-person singular form of X-ray.

verb

expansion: [POS TABLE]


oddity

forms:
oddity
oddities (plural)

pos: noun

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

ipa: /ˈɒdɪti/

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

noun

oddities


abler

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

pos: adj

glosses: The comparative form of able; more able.

adj

able

abler

ablest


trespass

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

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

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

enpr: trĕs'pǎs

ipa: /ˈtrɛspæs/

enpr: trĕs'pəs

ipa: /ˈtrɛspəs/

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

hyphenation: tres‧pass

verb

trespass

es


drawing

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

draw

draw

draws

drawn

drawing


drawing

forms:
drawing
drawings (plural)

text: He sketched a drawing of that vase.

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

noun

drawing


difficulty

forms:
difficulty
difficulties (plural)

etymology_text: difficult + -y

ety-suffix

difficult

y

expansion: difficult + -y

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

text: The student finished the homework with great difficulty.

ipa: /difikəl̩tiː/

hyphenation: dif‧fi‧cul‧ty

difficulties


constructions

forms:
construction
constructions (plural)

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

noun

construction


oddities

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

oddity


scalp

forms:
scalp
scalps (plural)

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

ipa: /skælp/


scalp

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

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


Pacific Islands

forms: Pacific Islands

pos: name

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


firm

forms:
firm
firms (plural)

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

text: John & John is a law firm.

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

ipa: /fɜrm/

ipa: /fɜːm/

audio: EN-AU ck1 firm.ogg


firm

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

adj

firm

firmer

firmest


firm

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

glosses:
:
 This short section needs someone to add to it.


leader

forms:
leader
leaders (plural)

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

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

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

text: Johntech is a leader in the microprocessor industry.

ipa: /ˈlidɚ/

noun

leader


opening

forms:
opening
openings (plural)

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

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

text: We are going to the museum's opening.

ipa: /ˈəʊ.pə.nɪŋ/


opening

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

ipa: /ˈəʊ.pə.nɪŋ/

verb

open


sight

forms:
sight
sights (plural)

glosses: A sight is something that people want to see.

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

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

enpr: sīt

ipa: /saɪt/

sampa: /saIt/

homophones: cite site


sight

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

text: The farmers sighted something strange circling overhead.


soporific

forms:
soporific
soporifics (plural)

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

hyphenation: so‧po‧ri‧fic


soporific

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

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

text: The movie was soporific. I almost fell asleep.

adj

more: true


luminous

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

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

ipa: /ˈluːmɪnəs/

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

hyphenation: lu‧mi‧nous


affair

forms:
affair
affairs (plural)

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

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

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

text: The whole affair with Bill Clinton was a terrible mess.

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

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

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

text: Baseball is a love affair Japan shares with America.

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

text: What I do in my free time is my affair.

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

ipa: /əˈfɛr/

ipa: /əˈfɛə/

hyphenation: af‧fair


agenda

forms:
agenda
agendas (plural)

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

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

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

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

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

text: The President may have a political agenda in saying this.


aim

forms:
aim
aims (plural)

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

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

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

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

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

text: He takes aim and fires.

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

text: The book takes aim at politicians and their wasteful spending.

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

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

ipa: /eɪm/

sampa: /eIm/


aim

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

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

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

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

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

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


accommodate

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

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

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

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

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

text: The school residence currently accommodates students from 27 countries.

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

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

ipa: /əˈkɒməˌdeɪt/

ipa: /əˈkɑməˌdeɪt/

verb

accommodat

e


worths

forms:
worth
worths (plural)

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

noun

worth


dull

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

glosses: A dull person is boring and not interesting.

text: The presentation was rather dull.

text: My friend is dull.

ipa: /dʌl/

sampa: /dVl/

adj

dull

duller

dullest


dull

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

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


beginning

forms:
beginning
beginnings (plural)

glosses: The beginning of something is where it starts from.

glosses: The beginning is the first part of something.

text: The beginning of the book introduced all the main characters.

enpr: /bĭgĭn'ĭng/


beginning

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

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

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

begin

begins

began

begun

beginning


incorrect

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

etymology_text: in- + correct

ety-prefix

in

correct

expansion: in- + correct

glosses: Incorrect things are wrong, or not correct.

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

ipa: /ˌɪnkəˈrɛkt/

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

hyphenation: in‧cor‧rect


application

forms:
application
applications (plural)

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

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

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

glosses: An application is the way something is used.

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

glosses: If something has an application, it can be used.

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

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

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

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

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

ipa: /ˌæpləˈkeɪʃən/


cooking

forms: cooking

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

text: The school teaches the secrets of French cooking.

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

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


cooking

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

text: An old woman was cooking food over an open fire.

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

verb

cook


alarm

forms:
alarm
alarms (plural)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

text: This is completely natural and no cause for alarm.

ipa: /əˈlɑːm/

ipa: /əˈlɑrm/


alarm

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

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

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


allocate

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

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

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

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

enpr: ăl'ə-kāt

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

allocat


amaze

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

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

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

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

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

ipa: /əˈmeɪz/

amaz


employment

forms:
employment
employments (plural)

etymology_text: employ + -ment

ety-suffix

employ

ment

expansion: employ + -ment

text: His employment is with another store.

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

ipa: /ɪmˈplɔɪmənt/


forwards

forms: forwards

pos: prep

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

glosses: If something goes forwards, it gets better.

glosses: If something goes forwards, it moves into the future.


forwards

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

glosses: The third-person singular form of forward.

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

verb

forward


forwards

forms:
forward
forwards (plural)

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


football

forms:
football
footballs (plural)

etymology_text: foot + ball

compound

foot

ball

expansion: foot + ball

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

glosses: A football is the ball used in a football game.

ipa: /ˈfʊtbɔl/

ipa: /ˈfʊtbɔːl/

ipa: /ˈfʊtbɑl/

audio: EN-AU ck1 football.ogg


flavor

forms:
flavor
flavors (plural)

glosses: The flavor of something is how it tastes.

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

glosses: A flavor is something that adds taste to food.

ipa: /ˈfleɪvə/

ipa: /ˈfleɪvɚ/


flavor

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

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

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


buildings

forms:
building
buildings (plural)

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

ipa: /ˈbɪldɪŋz/

hyphenation: build‧ings

noun

building


flavors

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

flavor


flavors

glosses: The third-person singular form of flavor.


footballs

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

football


imagination

forms:
imagination
imaginations (plural)

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

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

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

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

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

text: The artist made this amazing artwork by using his imagination.

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

text: The writer was well-known for his creative imagination.

ipa: /ɪˌmædʒəˈneɪʃən/


season

forms:
season
seasons (plural)

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

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

text: The theatrical season lasts from early autumn to late spring.

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

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

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

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

text: Maine's hunting season ends the Saturday after Thanksgiving.

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

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

glosses: A cycle or set of episodes of a television show.

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

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

text: The television show "glee" had only six seasons.

ipa: /ˈsiːzən/

enpr: sēʹzən

ipa: /ˈsizən/


season

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

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

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


drug

forms:
drug
drugs (plural)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

ipa: /drʌg/


drug

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

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

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

glosses: The past tense and past participle of drag.

verb

drug

g


guard

forms:
guard
guards (plural)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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


guard

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

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

text: The front gate was guarded by Iraqi soldiers.


religious

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

text: We have been less than religious about our daily exercise.

ipa: /rɪˈlɪdʒəs/


analyse

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

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

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

text: The dust was analysed to determine its chemical contents.

hyphenation: an‧a‧lyse

analys


frequency

forms:
frequency
frequencies (plural)

glosses: Something's frequency is how often it happens.

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

enpr: frĕʹkwən-sē

ipa: /ˈfriːkwənsi/

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

irrnoun

frequencies


announce

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

ipa: /əˈnaʊns/

ipa: /ʌˈnaʊns/

hyphenation: an‧nounce

verb

announc


anti-

forms: anti-

pos: prefix

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

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

text: Cars need antifreeze when the weather is cold.

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

text: antimatter

text: antihero

text: antisocial

ipa: /ˈænˌtiː/

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


apology

forms:
apology
apologies (plural)

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

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

text: Japan has never offered an official apology for Pearl Harbor.

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

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

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

irrnoun

apologies


understanding

forms:
understanding
understandings (plural)

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

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

glosses: An understanding is an agreement between two people.

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

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

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

ipa: /ʌndəˈstandɪŋ/

ipa: /ˌʌndɚˈstændɪŋ/

hyphenation: un‧der‧stand‧ing


understanding

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

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

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


understanding

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

text: Are you understanding what I'm saying?

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

understand

understands

understood

understood

understanding


oxygen

forms:
oxygen
oxygens (plural)

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

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

glosses: An oxygen is an atom of the element oxygen.

enpr: ŏk'sĭjən

ipa: /ˈɒksɪdʒən/

hyphenation: ox‧y‧gen


periodic table

forms:
periodic table
periodic tables (plural)

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

ipa: /ˌpɪriˈɒdɪk ˈteɪb(ə)l/

ipa: /ˌpɪriˈɑdɪk ˈteɪbəl/

hyphenation: pe‧ri‧od‧ic ta‧ble


phrase

forms:
phrase
phrases (plural)

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

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

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

enpr: frāz

ipa: /freɪz/


phrase

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

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

verb

phras


appeal

forms:
appeal
appeals (plural)

glosses: An appeal is a strong or official request.

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

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

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

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

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

text: That decision was overturned on appeal.

text: His conviction is under appeal.

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

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

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

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

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

ipa: /əˈpiːl/

hyphenation: ap‧peal


appeal

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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


approve

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

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

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

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

text: The plan must now be approved by the president.

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

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

ipa: /əˈpruːv/

ipa: /ʌˈpruv/

sampa: /V"pruv/

audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Mélange a trois-approve.wav

approv


nickel

forms:
nickel
nickels (plural)

glosses: A nickel is a coin that is worth five cents.

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

enpr: nĭk'əl

hyphenation: nick‧el


subordinate clause

forms:
subordinate clause
subordinate clauses (plural)

glosses: A subordinate clause is a clause inside another clause.

text: In the following sentences, the subordinate clause is underlined.


defy

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

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

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

glosses: When you defy something, you challenge it.

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

def


defy

forms:
defy
defies (plural)

irrnoun

defies


spinoff

forms:
spinoff
spinoffs (plural)

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

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


dwarf

forms:
dwarfs (plural)
dwarf
dwarves (plural)

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

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

text: Snow white was adopted by seven dwarves.

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

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

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

enpr: dwô(r)f

ipa: /dwɔː(r)f/

dwarves


dwarf

forms: dwarf (positive)

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

text: I kept a dwarf tree in my house.

text: Dwarf rabbits are quite popular pet rabbits.


dwarf

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

text: The elephant dwarfed the people with it.

text: The new building will dwarf the old one.


midget

forms:
midget
midgets (plural)

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

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

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

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

ipa: /ˈmɪd͡ʒɪt/

hyphenation: midg‧et


midget

forms: midget (positive)

glosses: Midget is used to describe something which is very small.

text: midget submarines


g-force

forms:
g-force
g-forces (plural)

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

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

hyphenation: g‧force


nostril

forms:
nostril
nostrils (plural)

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

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

enpr: nŏs'trəl

ipa: /ˈnɒstrɪl/

sampa: /"nQstrIl/

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


dog-eared

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

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

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


dog-eared

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

glosses: The past tense and past participle of dog-ear.

verb

dog-ear


serpent

forms:
serpent
serpents (plural)

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

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


orbit

forms:
orbit
orbits (plural)

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

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

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

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

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

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


question mark

forms:
question mark
question marks (plural)

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

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

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

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

ipa: /ˈkwɛstʃ(ə)n ˌmɑːk/

ipa: /ˈkwɛstʃ(ə)n ˌmɑrk/

audio: en-us-question mark.mp3

hyphenation: quest‧ion mark


bald

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

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

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

ipa: /bɔːld/

adj

bald

balder

baldest


comma

forms:
comma
commas (plural)

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

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

enpr: kŏm'ə

enpr: kŏm'-ə


eyeball

forms:
eyeball
eyeballs (plural)

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

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


eyeball

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

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


writes

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

glosses: The third-person singular form of write.

ipa: /raɪts/

homophones: rights rites wrights

write

writes

wrote

written

writing


won

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

glosses: The past tense and past participle of win.

enpr: wŭn

ipa: /wʌn/

sampa: /wVn/

win

wins

won

won

winning


won

forms:
won
won (plural)

noun

won

won


black hole

forms:
black hole
black holes (plural)

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

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


astrophysics

forms: astrophysics

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

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


universe

forms:
universe
universes (plural)

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

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

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

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

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

text: The universe created by Tolkien is surprisingly dense and imaginative.

glosses: The complete set of numerous possibilities.

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

ipa: /ˈjuːnɪˌvɜːs/

ipa: /ˈjunəˌvɝs/


hedgehog

forms:
hedgehog
hedgehogs (plural)

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

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

ipa: /ˈhɛdʒhɒɡ/

audio: EN-AU ck1 hedgehog.ogg


furry

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

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

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

ipa: /ˈfɜːri/

ipa: /ˈfɝi/

audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-I learned some phrases-furry.wav

audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-NaomiAmethyst-furry.wav

adj

furry

furrier

furriest


wormhole

forms:
wormhole
wormholes (plural)

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

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


white hole

forms:
white hole
white holes (plural)

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

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


machine gun

forms:
machine gun
machine guns (plural)

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

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

noun

machine gun


bullet

forms:
bullet
bullets (plural)

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

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

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


bullet

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

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

text: He bulleted around the race track!


unwillingly

pos: adv

etymology_text:
un- + willing + -ly
unwilling + willingly

ety-affix

un

willing

ly

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

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

ipa: /ʌnˈwɪlɪŋli/

hyphenation: un‧will‧ing‧ly


clown

forms:
clown
clowns (plural)

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

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

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

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

enpr: kloun

ipa: /klaʊn/

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


clown

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

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

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


working

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

text: I have fixed the machine. It is currently working.

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

ipa: /ˈwɜːkɪŋ/

ipa: /ˈwɝkɪŋ/

hyphenation: work‧ing

verb

work


working

forms:
working
workings (plural)

glosses: The workings of something is how it functions.

text: He showed us the machine's inner workings.


wooden

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

etymology_text: wood + -en

ety-suffix

wood

en

expansion: wood + -en

text: Please do not spill your drink on the wooden floor.

ipa: /ˈwʊdən/


clumsy

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

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

text: He is very clumsy. He might break the dishes.

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

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

ipa: /ˈklʌmzi/

adj

clumsy

clumsier

clumsiest


perform

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

text: Please come help me perform this task.

glosses: People perform by entertaining an audience.

text: The actors are going to perform onstage soon.

text: The Royal Ballet is performing "Swan Lake" tonight.

ipa: /pəˈfɔːm/

enpr: pər-fôrmʹ

ipa: /pɚˈfɔrm/

hyphenation: per‧form


entertain

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

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

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

glosses: When you entertain an idea, you think about it.

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

ipa: /ˌɛntəˈteɪn/

ipa: /ˌɛntɚˈteɪn/


Yugoslavia

forms: Yugoslavia

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

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


China

forms: China

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

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

enpr: chī'nə


funny

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

glosses: Funny things keep people interested and can make people laugh.

text: That was a funny joke.

text: This rotten milk has a funny smell.

enpr: fŭnʹē

ipa: /ˈfʌni/

funny

funnier

funniest


funny

forms:
funny
funnies (plural)

noun

funnies


amazing

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

glosses: Amazing things cause wonder and amazement.

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

enpr: ə-mā'zĭng

ipa: /əˈmeɪzɪŋ/


amazing

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

verb

amaz

e


hopeful

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

etymology_text: hope + -ful

glosses: A hopeful person wishes that something could happen.

ipa: /ˈhoʊpfəl/

ipa: /ˈhəʊpfəl/

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

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


hopeful

forms:
hopeful
hopefuls (plural)

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

text: There are many presidential hopefuls this year.


extraterrestrial

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

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

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

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


extraterrestrial

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

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

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


forest

forms:
forest
forests (plural)

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

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

enpr: fŏrˈəst

ipa: /ˈfɒrəst/

sampa: /"fQrIst/

noun

forest


arrive

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

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

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

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

text: We arrive in New York at 10:52.

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

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

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

text: Five days later a letter arrived by Federal Express.

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

text: Finally the day arrived for him to come home.

enpr: ə-rīvʹ

ipa: /əˈraɪv/

verb

arriv


arrive

forms:
arrival
arrivals (plural)

noun

arrival


mosquito

forms:
mosquito
mosquitos or mosquitoes (plural)

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

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

ipa: /mɒsˈkiːtəʊ/

mosquitoes


viper

forms:
viper
vipers (plural)

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

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

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

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


boron

forms: boron

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

text: The scientist used boron in his experiment.

text: A lot of glass is made using boron.

ipa: /ˈbɔərɒn/

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

hyphenation: bo‧ron


iodine

forms: iodine

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

text: People use iodine in salt to make it iodized.

text: That kid used iodine on his wound to prevent infection.

enpr: ī'ədīn, ī'ədĭn, ī'ədēn

ipa: /ˈaɪ.əˌdaɪn, -dɪn, -diːn/

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

hyphenation: io‧dine

iodine


robot

forms:
robot
robots (plural)

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

text: Starwars C-3PO is a golden robot.

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

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

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

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

ipa: /rəʊbɒt/


radium

forms: radium

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

text: A normal person cannot find radium in any store.

enpr: rād'ēəm

audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-AcpoKrane-radium.wav

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

hyphenation: rad‧i‧um

radium


calcium

forms: calcium

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

text: The human body needs calcium in order to stay healthy.

enpr: kăl′sē-əm

homophones: cal ci um

calcium


sodium

forms: sodium

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

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

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

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

ipa: /ˈsəʊdɪəm/

enpr: sōʹdē-əm

hyphenation: so‧di‧um


master

forms:
master
masters (plural)

glosses: A master is someone who controls something.

text: She is the master of this domain.

text: He is a master at sculpting humans.

text: She holds a master's degree at Balliol College.

ipa: /ˈmɑːstə/

ipa: /ˈmæstɚ/


master

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

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

text: Through their courses, they will master the fine arts.


sectors

forms:
sector
sectors (plural)

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

sector


thinner

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

glosses: The comparative form of thin; more thin.

ipa: /ˈθɪnə(r)/

enpr: thĭnʹər

ipa: /ˈθɪnɚ/

hyphenation: thin‧ner

adj

thin

thinner

thinnest


thinner

forms:
thinner
thinners (plural)

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

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


treats

forms:
treat
treats (plural)

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

noun

treat


treats

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

glosses: The third-person singular form of treat.


drawings

forms:
drawing
drawings (plural)

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

drawing


sprinted

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

verb

sprint


flowers

forms:
flower
flowers (plural)

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

text: John gave me flowers for our anniversary this year.

ipa: /ˈflaʊəz/

ipa: /ˈflaʊɚz/

noun

flower


flowers

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

glosses: The third-person singular form of flower.


cherry

forms:
cherry
cherries (plural)

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

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

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

glosses: The wood of which a cherry tree is made of.

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

text: Cherry is a color that human eyes immediately remark.

text: Her cherry make-up makes her look ugly.

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

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

ipa: /ˈʧɐri/

irrnoun

cherries


assemble

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

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

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

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

glosses: If you assemble something, you put it together.

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

text: They worked together in assembling the art collection.

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

ipa: /əˈsɛmbl̩/

hyphenation: as‧sem‧ble

verb

assembl


skinny

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

etymology_text: skin + -y

ety-suffix

skin

y

expansion: skin + -y

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

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

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

ipa: /ˈskɪni/

adj

skinny

skinnier

skinniest


skinny

forms:
skinny
skinnies (plural)

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

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

irrnoun

skinnies


tomato

forms:
tomato
tomatoes (plural)

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

text: Bad singers or musicians used to be thrown tomatoes at.

glosses: A tomato is also the plant bearing tomatoes.

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

text: Ketchup sauce contains some amount of tomato.

text: Tomato is a color that looks like oxygenated blood.

ipa: /təˈmɑːtəʊ/

ipa: /təˈmeɪtoʊ/

tomatoes


uranium

forms: uranium

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

text: Uranium is the natural element with the biggest atomic core.

glosses: Uranium is also the radioactive metal made of uranium atoms.

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

enpr: ūrā'nēəm

ipa: /jʊˈreɪniəm/

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

hyphenation: ura‧ni‧um

noun

uranium


isotope

forms:
isotope
isotopes (plural)

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

text: Uranium 235 and uranium 238 are isotopes of uranium.

text: Deutherium is an isotope of oxygen that has two neutrons.


pulsar

forms:
pulsar
pulsars (plural)

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

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


plutonium

forms: plutonium

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

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

glosses: Plutonium is also the radioactive metal made of plutonium atoms.

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

enpr: plo͞otō'nēəm

ipa: /pluːˈtoʊniəm/

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

hyphenation: plu‧to‧ni‧um

plutonium


allotropy

forms:
allotropy
allotropies (plural)

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

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

irrnoun

allotropies


sack

forms:
sack
sacks (plural)

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

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

text: The sack of Rome.

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

ipa: /sæk/


sack

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

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

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

glosses: To plunder or pillage a captured town or city.

text: The barbarians sacked Rome.


sake

forms:
sake
sakes (plural)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

enpr: sāk

ipa: /seɪk/

sampa: /seIk/


sake

glosses: Sake is a kind of Japanese wine made from rice.

enpr: säkĕ

ipa: /sɑːkɛ/

enpr: säkē

ipa: /sɑːki/


assure

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

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

text: The doctor assured me that he would be OK.

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

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

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

ipa: /əˈʃʊə/

verb

assur


squeaky

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

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

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

ipa: /ˈskwiːki/

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

adj

squeaky

squeakier

squeakiest


squeak

forms:
squeak
squeaks (plural)

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

text: The squeak of this old door is so annoying!

ipa: /skwiːk/


squeak

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

glosses: If something squeaks it produces this kind of sound.

text: His wheelchair is always squeaking when it moves.


goose

forms:
goose
geese (plural)

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

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

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

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

ipa: /'guːs/

irrnoun

geese


goose

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

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

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

verb

goos


inside joke

forms:
inside joke
inside jokes (plural)

glosses: An inside joke is a joke that only a small group of people can understand because it has information that only the people in the group know.

text: She and her friends make inside jokes that I can never understand.


galaxy

forms:
galaxy
galaxies (plural)

glosses: A galaxy is a large astronomical structure containing several billions of stars and other astronomical bodies, looking like a more or less regular spiral with a thick core and thinner edges.

text: The Milky Way is the galaxy where our Earth is located, it has about 200 billion stars.

text: The known universe contains billions of galaxies.

glosses: The galaxy : the galaxy we live in, the Milky Way (very often employed with the definite article).

text: Some science fiction writers imagine that mankind will one day settle an empire throughout the galaxy.

ipa: /ˈɡaləksi/

ipa: /ˈɡæləksi/

irrnoun

galaxies


millennium

forms:
millennium
millenniums or millennia (plural)

glosses: A millennium is a period of time lasting one thousand years.

text: Humanity invented the first writing systems a few millennia ago.

text: Lots of animal species have disappeared during the last millennium.

ipa: /mɪˈlɛnɪəm/

noun

millennium

millenniums

millennia


title: millenium

redirect: millennium

pos: hard-redirect


teddy bear

forms:
teddy bear
teddy bears (plural)

glosses: A teddy bear is a stuffed toy that looks like an anthropomorphic bear.

text: If teddy bears are mainly made for children to play with, lots of adults also appreciate them.


teddy

forms:
teddy
teddies (plural)

glosses: A teddy is a stuffed toy that looks like an anthropomorphic animal.

text: Though largely an adult, he still has a huge collection of teddies.

glosses: A teddy is a type of underwear worn by women, similar to a basque.

irrnoun

teddies


stuffed animal

forms:
stuffed animal
stuffed animals (plural)

glosses: A stuffed animal is a furry toy that is filled with a soft material.

text: The first stuffed animals to be made at the end of the nineteenth century looked like bears.

text: Nearly all children have at least one stuffed animal to play with.


Milky Way

forms: Milky Way

glosses: The Milky Way is the galaxy that we live in.

text: Our solar system is in one of the arms of the Milky Way, at about 30,000 light years from its center.


swarm

forms:
swarm
swarms (plural)

glosses: A swarm is a group of many insects, especially flying insects like bees, wasps or flies.

text: He walked on a wasp nest and was attacked by the swarm.

glosses: Less commonly, a swarm can also be a group of fish or birds.

text: When attacked, sardinas group into compact swarms to protect themselves.

glosses: A crowd of people or animals moving in a chaotic way.

text: By observing the sky with telescopes, astronomers can see swarms of stars.

ipa: /swɔrm/

ipa: /swɔːm/


swarm

forms:
swarm (canonical)
swarms (third-person singular)
swarmed (past)
swarmed (past participle)
swarming (present participle)

text: I felt disgusted when I saw all these flies swarming on this dead body.

glosses: When there are to many insects in a place.

text: Fire ants swarm in the Southern United States since man accidentally brought some with him by ship.

text: Ants are swarming the kitchen since we let food accessible.


attract

forms:
attract (canonical)
attracts (third-person singular)
attracted (past)
attracted (past participle)
attracting (present participle)

glosses: If something attracts you, it makes you interested in it.

text: She jumped up and down to attract attention.

text: A cheaper price should also help attract customers.

glosses: If you are attracted to someone, you want to have a relationship with them, often a sexual relationship.

text: Boys were mad about her, attracted by her good looks.

text: The city hoped the new roads would attract businesses.

text: With magnets, opposite poles attract each other.

ipa: /əˈtrækt/

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


awkward

forms:
awkwarder (comparative)
awkwardest (superlative)
awkward (positive)
more awkward (comparative)
most awkward (superlative)

glosses: An awkward person or animal is clumsy, lacks agility, dexterity or grace.

text: He doesn't managed well when I try to juggle. He's still awkward.

glosses: An awkward situation, event is an embarrassing situation, event.

text: When I fell in front of everybody, I felt ridiculous. It was so awkward!

text: What an awkward device! I can't even imagine how it works.

ipa: /ˈɔːkwəd/

ipa: /ˈɔkwɚd/

ipa: /ˈɑkwɚd/

adj

awkward

awkwarder

awkwardest


awkwardness

forms:
awkwardness
awkwardnesses (plural)

etymology_text: awkward + -ness

ety-suffix

ness

expansion: awkward + -ness

glosses: Awkwardness is the state of being awkward.

text: The patient suffer awkwardness when walking.

noun

awkwardnesses


lame duck

forms:
lame duck
lame ducks (plural)

etymology_text: lame + duck

compound

lame

duck

expansion: lame + duck

glosses: A lame duck is a person who is handicapped or not efficient.

text: The whole group wasted a lot of time only because of him. He's what I call a lame duck!

glosses: In the United States, a lame duck is a politician who holds an office now, but lost the recent election or is not eligible to hold the position anymore; they are called a lame duck because they have very little power in the last few months of their service.

text: Being accused of corruption, this congressman has become a lame duck.

audio: en-au-lame duck.ogg

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


immortal

forms:
immortal
immortals (plural)

etymology_text: im- + mortal

word parts

im-

mortal

expansion: im- + mortal

glosses: An immortal is a being that lives forever and does not age or die.

text: Though never dying, an immortal can still be killed in certain cases.


immortal

forms: immortal (positive)

glosses: If something or someone is immortal, it lives forever and never dies or disappears.

text: In ancient Greek civilization, gods were believed to be immortal.

text: Lots of people believe that human beings have an immortal soul inside.


immortality

forms: immortality

etymology_text:
im- + mortal + -ity
immortal + mortality

ety-affix

im

ity

glosses: Immortality is the condition of not dying or ageing.

text: Jesus promised immortality after our death.

text: Technological civilizations believe in their own immortality.

ipa: /ˌɪmɔːˈtæləti/

ipa: /ˌɪmɔːrˈtæləti/

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


paintball

forms:
paintball
paintballs (plural)

glosses: Paintball is a game where people shoot small balls filled with paint instead of bullets.

text: You should get changed if you want to play paintball; I don't want to have more clothes to wash!

glosses: A paintball is a paint-filled ball that is used in the game of paintball.

ipa: /ˈpeɪntbɔːl/

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

hyphenation: paint‧ball


paintball

forms:
paintball (canonical)
paintballs (third-person singular)
paintballed (past)
paintballed (past participle)
paintballing (present participle)

glosses: If you paintball someone, you shoot them with a paintball.

glosses: If you paintball, you play the sport paintball.


didgeridoo

forms:
didgeridoo
didgeridoos (plural)

glosses: A didgeridoo is a long and straight, wooden wind instrument that Australian Aborigines traditionally use. Roughly the size of a man, it produces sound when you continuously blow into it.

text: Didgeridoos often have drawings showing mythological elements of the Aboriginal culture or clanic symbols.

text: While playing didgeridoo, you can imitate some natural sounds such as bird songs.

enpr: dĭj'ər-ē-do͞oʹ

hyphenation: did‧ger‧i‧doo


mortal

forms: mortal (positive)

glosses: Someone or something that is mortal can age, be injured, die, or disappear.

text: Even stars, though living millions or billions of years, are mortal.

text: When they are young, people usually don't think they are mortal.

ipa: /ˈmɔːtəl/

ipa: /ˈmɔrtəl/


mortal

forms:
mortal
mortals (plural)

glosses: A mortal is a human being, as opposed to immortal beings such as gods or beings with supernatural powers.

text: To ancient Greeks mortals were only toys in the hands of gods.

text: Son of a sorceress and a mortal, he still inherited his mother's powers.


mortality

forms: mortality

glosses: Mortality is the condition of being able to die or disappear.

text: When they begin aging, certain people become afraid of their mortality.

ipa: /mɔrˈtælɪti/


clone

forms:
clone
clones (plural)

glosses: A clone is a living being produced from another being that is genetically identical to the first being.

text: Ewe Dolly is known to be the first man-made clone.

text: All these cells are clones of a first cell that has divided.

glosses: A clone is a copy or imitation of something, living or not.

text: This counterfeiter has a lot of talent : the painting he has made is a perfect clone of the original one.

enpr: klōn

ipa: /kloʊn/


clone

forms:
clone (canonical)
clones (third-person singular)
cloned (past)
cloned (past participle)
cloning (present participle)

glosses: To clone is to make an identical copy of something, especially a living being.

text: Cells usually reproduce by cloning themselves.

text: It is considered morally unacceptable to clone human beings.

verb

clon


counterfeiter

forms:
counterfeiter
counterfeiters (plural)

glosses: A counterfeiter is a person who makes copies of things, copies that are considered false and not legal; a person who counterfeits.

text: The police have arrested a gang of counterfeiters that made many false banknotes.

text: To make such well-imitated paintings, counterfeiters must have very good skills.


square root

forms:
square root
square roots (plural)

glosses: The square root of a number n is a number that, multiplied by itself, is equal to this number n. Its symbol is √. "The square root of "n" is written √.

text: The square root of 9 is 3.


edit

forms:
edit (canonical)
edits (third-person singular)
edited (past)
edited (past participle)
editing (present participle)

glosses: When you edit something, you change or move around words.

text: You can edit pages on Simple English Wiktionary by clicking the button that says "change this page".

ipa: /ˈɛdɪt/

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

hyphenation: ed‧it


edit

forms:
edit
edits (plural)

glosses: An edit is a change in text or a document.

text: Thank you for your edit to the page hello on the Simple English Wiktionary!


platinum

forms:
platinum
platinums (plural)

glosses: Platinum is an element of the periodic table with the atomic number 78. Its symbol is Pt.

glosses: Platinum is also the silver-grey metal made of platinum atoms.

text: With a density of 21,4, platinum is one of the densest materials known to Earth.

glosses: Platinum is the silver-grey color of the metal.

glosses: A platinum is a musical recording that has sold over one million copies (for singles), or two million (for albums)

ipa: /ˈplætɪnəm/

ipa: /ˈplætənəm/

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

hyphenation: plat‧i‧num


platinum

forms: platinum (positive)

glosses: Something platinum has the silver-grey color of the metal.

text: She has always had her strange platinum hair.


title: stuffed toy

redirect: stuffed animal


smoulder

forms:
smoulder (canonical)
smoulders (third-person singular)
smouldered (past)
smouldered (past participle)
smouldering (present participle)

glosses: Smoulder is another way of spelling smolder.

ipa: /ˈsmoʊldɚ/

hyphenation: smoul‧der


barium

forms: barium

glosses: An element with atomic number 56 and the symbol Ba.

text: This rock has parts of barium on it.

ipa: /ˈbɛərɪəm/

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

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

hyphenation: bar‧i‧um

noun

barium


witherite

forms: witherite

glosses: Witherite is a yellow-grey mineral. It is made of a form of barium.

text: I would like that sample of witherite for my collection, please.

witherite


helium

forms: helium

glosses: Helium is a colourless gas that has an atomic number of 2 and the symbol He.

text: Sir, can you please fill my balloon up with helium, please?

enpr: hē'lēəm

ipa: /ˈhiːlɪəm/

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

hyphenation: he‧li‧um

helium


aluminum

forms: aluminum

glosses: Aluminum is a metallic (meaning made of metal) element with an atomic number of 13 and the symbol Al.

text: These cans are made from aluminum.

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

hyphenation: alu‧mi‧num


notable

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

etymology_text: note + -able

ety-suffix

note

able

expansion: note + -able

glosses: A person or a thing is notable if the person or thing is famous, important, significant. It means that many people know about that person or thing; many things have been said or written about that person or thing.

text: She is a notable writer: people in many different countries read her books.

text: A notable event happened here today. It will be in the newspaper.

ipa: /ˈnəʊtəbəl/


neon

forms: neon

glosses: Neon is an element with atomic number 10 and the symbol Ne.

text: Neon is used in signs to make them glow.

glosses: Neon is used to describe neon tetra fish.

text: My mom and I went to the pet store to buy a neon tetra fish.

enpr: nē'ŏn

hyphenation: ne‧on

noun

neon


formulae

forms:
formula
formulas or formulae (plural)

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

ipa: /ˈfɔː(r)mjəˌli/

formula

formulae


participations

forms:
participation
participations (plural)

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

participation


vapor

forms:
vapor
vapors (plural)

glosses: A vapor is a cloudy or other matter in the air, like mist, steam or fumes.

glosses: Vapor is the gas of something that used to be liquid or solid.

text: When you heat up water, vapor appears.

ipa: /ˈveɪpə/


reprise

forms:
reprise
reprises (plural)


reprise

forms:
reprise (canonical)
reprises (third-person singular)
reprised (past)
reprised (past participle)
reprising (present participle)

verb

repris


award

forms:
award
awards (plural)

glosses: An award is something that you give to someone who has done something very well.

text: Each year, Westinghouse announces the winners of its awards for the best high-school science projects.

text: He won the National League's Most Valuable Player award in 2007.

glosses: An award is money that a court decides should be given to somebody who has won a legal case.

text: The lawyer often takes 10 to 30 percent of any awards of damages.

ipa: /əˈwɔːd/

ipa: /əˈwɔrd/


award

forms:
award (canonical)
awards (third-person singular)
awarded (past)
awarded (past participle)
awarding (present participle)

glosses: If you award somebody something, you officially give it to them, usually because they have done something well.

text: A total of $205,000 in prize money will be awarded, with $50,000 for the winner and $25,000 for second place.

glosses: If you award somebody something, you officially decide that somebody should receive money or a contract.

text: The judge ruled that the company had no just cause for dismissing Morsi, and he was awarded damages.

text: The company was awarded a contract worth $2.3 billion to build the new highway.


aluminium

forms: aluminium

glosses: Aluminium is another way of spelling aluminum.

enpr: ăl"yo͝omĭn'ēəm

enpr: ăl"(y)o͞omĭn'ēəm

enpr: əlo͞om'ĭnəm

ipa: /əˈluːmɪnəm/

enpr: ăl"(y)əmĭn'yəm

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

hyphenation: al‧u‧min‧i‧um


Spanish

forms: Spanish

glosses: Spanish is the language that is mainly spoken in Spain, Mexico, and many countries in Central and South America.

enpr: spă'nĭsh

ipa: /ˈspænɪʃ/

sampa: /"sp{nIS/


Spanish

forms: Spanish (positive)

text: I enjoy Spanish food.


title: Spanish language

redirect: Spanish


astronomy

forms:
astronomy
astronomies (plural)

glosses: The study of space and everything related to it, like stars, black holes, meteors, etc.

ipa: /əˈstrɑnəˌmi/

hyphenation: as‧tro‧no‧my

irrnoun

astronomies


event horizon

forms:
event horizon
event horizons (plural)

glosses: The imaginary line on a black hole that once passed, nothing can ever escape, except for Hawking radiation.


Saros cycle

forms:
Saros cycle
Saros cycles (plural)

glosses: A period of 18 years, 11 days and 8 hours in which the Sun, Moon and Earth return to almost exactly the same spots they were at 18 years, 11.3 days ago; the Saros cycle is used to predict when an eclipse is going to happen.


mirror

forms:
mirror
mirrors (plural)

glosses: A very reflective surface which light can bounce off of.

text: She kept staring at the mirror all day.

ipa: /ˈmɪrə/


mirror

forms:
mirror (canonical)
mirrors (third-person singular)
mirrored (past)
mirrored (past participle)
mirroring (present participle)

glosses: If something/someone mirrors something, then it is identical to it.


password

forms:
password
passwords (plural)

glosses: A secret code that is used to get access to something.

ipa: /ˈpæswɜːrd/

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


mess

forms:
mess
messes (plural)

glosses: A mess is a dirty or untidy place or situation.

text: Your room is such a mess! You're not leaving the house until you clean it up!

glosses: A mess is a chaotic, confused or troublesome state or situation.

text: Look at the mess you've gotten us into now!

glosses: A mess is a number of people who eat together.

ipa: /mɛs/

messes


mess

forms:
mess (canonical)
messes (third-person singular)
messed (past)
messed (past participle)
messing (present participle)

glosses: If you mess, you take meals with a mess.

verb

mess

es


chaos

forms:
chaos
chaoses (plural)

glosses: Chaos is a state of disorder or confusion.

sampa: /keIQs/

hyphenation: cha‧os

noun

chaos

chaoses


organized

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

glosses: If something is organized, it is in a state of order.

ipa: /ˈɔrɡənaɪzd/

ipa: /ˈɔːɡənaɪzd/

hyphenation: or‧gan‧ized


organized

forms:
organize (canonical)
organizes (third-person singular)
organized (past)
organized (past participle)
organizing (present participle)

glosses: The past tense and past participle of organize.

ipa: /ˈɔːɡənaɪzd/

verb

organiz


experiment

forms:
experiment
experiments (plural)

glosses: A test that is done to prove something, to see if a guess is valid, or to do something that has not been tried before.

text: The experiment will prove that water boils at 100°C.

hyphenation: ex‧pe‧ri‧ment


experiment

forms:
experiment (canonical)
experiments (third-person singular)
experimented (past)
experimented (past participle)
experimenting (present participle)


zoom

forms:
zoom (canonical)
zooms (third-person singular)
zoomed (past)
zoomed (past participle)
zooming (present participle)

enpr: zōōm

ipa: /zuːm/

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


joint

forms:
joint
joints (plural)

glosses: A place where two things meet but are still able to move.

glosses: Any part of the body where two bones join, sometimes letting that part of the body to be bent or straightened.

glosses: A way to join two pieces of wood together so that they interlock.

text: It was the kind of joint you wouldn't want your boss to see you in.

text: I'm not breaking any more laws because I don't want to go back to the joint.

text: Let's smoke a joint and then go skateboarding.

ipa: /dʒɔɪnt/


inch

forms:
inch
inches (plural)

glosses: A unit of length that is equal to 2.54 centimetres; there are 12 inches in a foot.

text: My pencil is six inches long.

ipa: /ɪntʃ/

irrnoun

inches


inch

forms:
inch (canonical)
inches (third-person singular)
inched (past)
inched (past participle)
inching (present participle)

text: Fearful of falling, he inched along the window ledge.

verb

inch


neighbor

forms:
neighbor
neighbors (plural)

ipa: /'neɪbə/


backup

forms:
backup
backups (plural)

glosses: A secondary plan that can be used in case the first plan fails.

ipa: /ˈbækˌʌp/

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


identification

forms:
identification
identifications (plural)

glosses: Identification is the process of naming a thing by seeing it, hearing it, and/or touching it.

text: With finding new animals, the process of identification is a long and difficult one.

text: You have to show your identification card before entering.

ipa: /ɪˌdɛntɪfɪˈkeɪʃən/

hyphenation: i‧den‧ti‧fi‧ca‧tion


locate

forms:
locate (canonical)
locates (third-person singular)
located (past)
located (past participle)
locating (present participle)

glosses: If you locate something you find it, you learn where it is.

text: I need to locate the nearest gas station.

glosses: If you locate something somewhere, you put it there.

text: The city plans to locate the subway stop right across the street.

ipa: /ləʊˈkeɪt/

ipa: /ˈloʊkeɪt/

hyphenation: lo‧cate

locat


wake

forms:
wake (canonical)
wakes (third-person singular)
woke (past)
woken (past participle)
waking (present participle)

text: I woke up early to catch the bus.

text: I woke up at four o'clock this morning.

glosses: If someone or something wakes you up, they make you stop sleeping.

text: Could you please wake Donald up?

text: The alarm clock woke me up.

ipa: /'weɪk/

wake

wakes

woke

woken

waking


wake

forms:
wake
wakes (plural)

glosses:
:
 This short section needs someone to add to it.


diary

forms:
diary
diaries (plural)

glosses: A diary is a journal that some people keep to write down what has happened on days during their lives.

text: I have kept a diary ever since I was a little girl.

ipa: /ˈdaɪəri/

irrnoun

diaries


firewall

forms:
firewall
firewalls (plural)

etymology_text: fire + wall

compound

fire

wall

expansion: fire + wall

glosses: Computer software that can be installed or downloaded to protect the person's computer from viruses, spyware, malware, and other kinds of unwanted junk


firewall

forms:
firewall (canonical)
firewalls (third-person singular)
firewalled (past)
firewalled (past participle)
firewalling (present participle)

glosses: When you firewall, you set up software to protect your electronic item from viruses.

glosses: If you firewall someone, you maintain social distance from a manipulative person to avoid manipulative or narcissistic abuse.

text: She firewalled her narcissistic stepmother.


bid

forms:
bid
bids (plural)

glosses: A bid is an offer to enter into a contract to buy something or to do some kind of job.

text: He amazed the art world with his winning bid of nearly $54 million for Van Gogh's painting, Irises.

text: The Suns also made a bid for $2.3 million to get Willis from the Bulls.

text: He went back to teaching after his unsuccessful presidential bid in 1988.

text: She lost her bid at a world record fourth gold medal in swimming.

ipa: /bɪd/


bid

forms:
bid (past)
bid (past participle)
bid (canonical)
bids (third-person singular)
bade (past)
bidden (past participle)
bidding (present participle)

glosses: If you bid for something, you offer to enter into a contract to buy it or to do it.

text: Microsoft bid $44.6 billion to acquire Yahoo.

glosses: If you bid for something, you attempt to do or get it.

text: Montesinos, decided not to bid for the new position.

text: They bid on and won a job to build a bank in Marietta, Ohio.

glosses: If you bid someone a good day, evening, etc., you wish it to them in greeting.

text: She bade farewell to her sister, Fannie, and to other relatives and friends.

glosses: If you bid someone (to) do something, you tell them to do it.

text: Standing with her back to the open door, she bade him pass.

glosses: The past tense and past participle of bid.

bid

bids

bid

bid

bidding

bade

bidden


aggressive

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

glosses: Making attacks or assaults that are not just.

glosses: Aggressive describes an act of aggression.

text: Yes, he was aggressive to her.


rehearse

forms:
rehearse (canonical)
rehearses (third-person singular)
rehearsed (past)
rehearsed (past participle)
rehearsing (present participle)

text: There's no need to rehearse that, we already know.

text: The witness rehearsed the events.

glosses: To practice by repeating something in private.

text: The band rehearsed before the show.

ipa: [rɪˈhɜːs]

ipa: /rɨˈhɝs/

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

verb

rehears

e


unobtainium

forms: unobtainium

glosses: Unobtainium is a fictional material that has extraordinary properties and is considered very difficult, maybe even impossible, to obtain.

text: Science-fiction works have a lot of devices that could not even exist if they were not made of unobtainium!

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

hyphenation: un‧ob‧tain‧i‧um


hard science

forms: hard science

pos: phrase

glosses: Hard science is a phrase used to describe natural sciences and physical sciences, not social sciences. Hard sciences use the scientific method and experiments to test theories. Some hard sciences are mathematics, biology, physics, and geology.


tonne

forms:
tonne
tonnes (plural)

glosses: A tonne, also called a metric ton, is an unit of mass that weighs exactly 1,000 kilograms. It is a little different from the US short ton (2,000 pounds or about 907 kilograms) and the British long ton (2,240 pounds or about 1,016 kilograms).

ipa: /tʌn/

homophones: ton tun


ton

forms:
ton
tons (plural)

glosses: A ton is a metric unit of weight that as three main values : the international metric ton that is exactly 1,000 kilograms, the short ton used in Northern America that is 2,000 pounds (about 907 kilograms), and the long ton used in United Kingdom that is 2,240 pounds or about 1016 kilograms.

glosses: A ton is also a great amount of something, or many things.

text: Today I have tons of things to do: how discouraging!

homophones: tonne tun


terse

forms:
terse (positive)
terser (comparative)
tersest (superlative)

glosses: A terse reply or message uses very few words to say only the most important information.

text: He gave a terse, one-word answer.

ipa: /tɜːs/

ipa: /tɝːs/

adj

terse

terser

tersest


encryption

forms:
encryption
encryptions (plural)

glosses: A way to make a message look like a lot of random letters by translating a message with an encryption key.

text: In many wars, soldiers often use encryption to make sure their messages aren't read by their enemies.

ipa: /ɪŋˈkrɪpʃ(ə)n/

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


define

forms:
define (canonical)
defines (third-person singular)
defined (past)
defined (past participle)
defining (present participle)

glosses: If you define a word, you state exactly what the word means.

text: The dictionary defines the word "define" as "to state exactly what a word means".

ipa: /dɪˈfaɪn/

hyphenation: de‧fine

verb

defin


gegenschein

forms: gegenschein

glosses: A faint glow that can be seen on the opposite side of the sky where the sun is, due to dust and debris around that position.

ipa: ˈgeːgənʃaɪn

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

hyphenation: ge‧gen‧schein


title: counterglow

redirect: gegenschein


showoff

forms:
showoff
showoffs (plural)

glosses: A person trying to show prowess or ability.

text: They were a showoff.


bind

forms:
bind (canonical)
binds (third-person singular)
bound (past)
bound (past participle)
binding (present participle)

glosses: If you bind something put rope or string around it, often many times.

text: She tied the rope around their hands, binding them tightly together.

text: He bound the books with string and carried them downstairs.

glosses: If something binds two people or things, it connects them.

text: Now that he couldn't walk, he was bound to his nurse.

glosses: (transitive), (usually passive) If someone is bound by a rule, promise, etc., they must not break it.

text: The media are not bound by the same rules that govern lawyers.

text: When they join the European Union, they will have to agree to be bound by the European Convention on Human Rights.

text: The president is not bound to sign any law that Congress sends up.

glosses: If two things bind, they stick together.

text: Carbon binds with oxygen to form carbon dioxide.

glosses: If you bind a book, you put it together so the pages stay together.

ipa: /bʌɪnd/

bind

binds

bound

bound

binding


bind

forms:
bind
binds (plural)

glosses: A bind is a difficult position or situation.

text: I've lost my job and I'm in a terrible bind.


zodiac

forms:
zodiac
zodiacs (plural)

glosses: A belt-like area of the sky that the Sun, Moon, and the planets pass through; it extends about eight degrees north and south of the ecliptic, and is divided into 12 equal parts which are each named after a constellation.

glosses: The 12 signs, or houses, of the zodiac. Each sign is named after one of the constellations in the zodiac.

text: My zodiac constellation is Gemini.

glosses: A circle decorated with the signs of the zodiac.

text: My friend has a tattoo of a zodiac.

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

hyphenation: zo‧di‧ac


customers

forms:
customer
customers (plural)

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

noun

customer


electron configuration

forms:
electron configuration
electron configurations (plural)

glosses: How the electrons in an atom are arranged.

text: The electron configuration in a Hydrogen-1 atom is 1s¹.


atom

forms:
atom
atoms (plural)

glosses: An atom is the smallest bit that matter can be broken down into.

text: Atoms of hydrogen make up a water molecule.

glosses: A particle which is made up of protons, neutrons, and electrons.

ipa: /ˈætəm/


density

forms:
density
densities (plural)

glosses: Density is how much stuff fits in a particular area.

text: The population density of Singapore is one of the highest in the world.

glosses: The density of a material is how closely packed its atoms are.

text: The density of water is higher than the density of steam.

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

irrnoun

densities


arson

forms:
arson
arsons (plural)

glosses: Arson is the crime of setting a fire to cause damage.

text: A man is being held by police in connection with an arson attack that destroyed a school.

text: The cause of the fire is unknown, but investigators believe it to be an arson.

ipa: /ˈɑrsən/

ipa: /ˈɑːsən/

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


arsonist

forms:
arsonist
arsonists (plural)

etymology_text: arson + -ist

ety-suffix

arson

ist

expansion: arson + -ist

glosses: An arsonist is a person who sets fire to cause damage, especially in buildings or forests.

text: Forest fires are often caused by arsonists, but they are difficult to arrest.

ipa: /ˈɑrsənəst/

ipa: /ˈɑːsənɪst/

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


gibberish

forms: gibberish

glosses: Gibberish is a language that is not understandable, because it has no meaning or is too complicated or technical.

text: Extraterrestrials in bad science-fiction often speak gibberish to make you understand that they are extraterrestrials.

text: Some people want to be considered specialists though they mainly use gibberish.

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

noun

gibberish


gibber

forms:
gibber (canonical)
gibbers (third-person singular)
gibbered (past)
gibbered (past participle)
gibbering (present participle)

glosses: To gibber is to speak in a way you that cannot be understood, especially when using unknown words or known words that have no meaning put together.

text: This magician gibbers when he does his tricks, because he wants to appear more mysterious.

ipa: /ˈdʒɪbə(r)/

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


tosh

forms: tosh

glosses: Tosh is stupid nonsense, usually made intentionally so that no one can understand.

text: He always writes tosh on Wikipedia because he thinks it's funny, but in fact he's just blocked.

ipa: /tɒʃ/

tosh


tuxedo

forms:
tuxedo
tuxedos or tuxedoes (plural)

glosses: A tuxedo is black jacket that men wear in formal occasions.

glosses: A tuxedo is also the whole upper suit that includes this jacket, with a white shirt and a black bowtie.

text: In official receptions men always wear tuxedoes.

ipa: /tʌkˈsiːdəʊ/

enpr: tŭksē'dō

ipa: /tʌkˈsidoʊ/

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

tuxedoes


lipstick lesbian

forms:
lipstick lesbian
lipstick lesbians (plural)

glosses: A lipstick lesbian is a lesbian who looks very feminine. It is sometimes thought to be a stereotype of how a woman should look.

text: Heterosexual men often imagine scenes between lipstick lesbians.


wizard

forms:
wizard
wizards (plural)

glosses: A person who uses magic, who has magical powers.

text: Wizards use magic to cast spells.

glosses: A person who is very talented in one area or more.

text: That guy is a wizard at problem-solving!

glosses: A computer program that simplifies operations for users that have little or no experience in computing.

text: To install this drawing program, we had to use the install wizard to set the program up on the computer.

ipa: /ˈwɪzəd/


creepy-crawly

forms:
creepy-crawly
creepy-crawlies (plural)

glosses: A creepy-crawly is a small animal that crawls, such as an insect, spider, or worm; this word describes the way these animals move.

text: While most people are disgusted by creepy-crawlies, some find them interesting.

irrnoun

creepy-crawlies


creep

forms:
creep
creeps (plural)

glosses: When an animal moves with its belly close to the ground.

text: The creep of the snake makes it frightening.

glosses: Small and progressive changes of a measure.

text: Few people noticed the creep of the prices this year.

glosses: A very annoying person who makes you nervous.

text: Stop staring at me all the time, you creep!

enpr: /krēp/

ipa: /kriːp/


creep

forms:
crept (past)
crept (past participle)
creep (canonical)
creeps (third-person singular)
creeped (past)
creeped (past participle)
creeping (present participle)

glosses: An animal creeps when it moves with its belly close to the ground.

text: Snakes and lizards creep.

glosses: A plant creeps when it grows close to the ground or stuck to a wall, instead of growing upwards.

glosses: To move slowly and quietly in a particular direction, like a snake can move.

text: When prices creep, some people do not immediately notice the changes.

creep

creeps

crept

crept

creeping


replicator

forms:
replicator
replicators (plural)

glosses: A replicator is a device or a structure that can make copies of itself.

text: Genes are natural replicators.

glosses: A replicator is also a (fictional) man-made device that can make copies of itself, or transform matter to build any object or structure, living or not.

text: Replicators still belong to science-fiction nowadays, but could exist one day thanks to technological progress.


cyborg

forms:
cyborg
cyborgs (plural)

glosses: Mixing of cybernetic and organism, a cyborg is a being, usually human, that has an important part of mechanical/robotic devices in his or her body. He or she still has an organic brain, contrary to a robot.

glosses: A true robot that has a relation with organic life, such as looking like a normal human being or having a human soul inside.

text: Terminator is a cyborg.


answering machine

forms: answering machine

glosses: An answering machine is an automatic device on a phone that leaves a message to people calling when you are absent or when you do not want to be phoned. At the end of the message they can also leave you their own message.


gift

forms:
gift
gifts (plural)

glosses: A gift is something given to another person voluntarily.

text: I didn't receive many gifts this Christmas.

text: She has a gift for singing.

ipa: /ɡɪft/

enpr: gĭft

sampa: /gIft/


gift

forms:
gift (canonical)
gifts (third-person singular)
gifted (past)
gifted (past participle)
gifting (present participle)

glosses: A gift is given to someone as a present.

text: I received a gift from my parents as my Christmas present.


cube

forms:
cube
cubes (plural)

glosses: A cube is a shape that has six square faces of the same size.

glosses: A cube is also a solid object that has more or less this shape.

text: I usually take two sugar cubes with my coffee.

glosses: The cube of a number n is this number multiplied three times by itself. Its symbol is n³.

text: The cube of 3 is 27, also written 3³ = 27.

ipa: /kjuːb/

ipa: /kjub/

sampa: /kjub/


cube

forms:
cube (canonical)
cubes (third-person singular)
cubed (past)
cubed (past participle)
cubing (present participle)

glosses: To cube a number is multiplying this number three times by itself.

text: 3 cubed is 27.

text: To cube the meat.

verb

cub


FTL

forms: FTL

pos: abbrev

glosses: FTL is a short way of saying Faster Than Light (travel), the word "travel" is usually not needed to understand.

text: Though sci-fi uses it a lot, today's physics considers FTL impossible.


exclamation mark

forms:
exclamation mark
exclamation marks (plural)

glosses: An exclamation mark is the sign ! used at the end of a sentence to express a strong emotion such as surprise, annoyance or anger.

text: In English a space is not needed between the last word and the exclamation mark.

text: Comics use a lot of exclamation marks alone to express strong emotions.

sampa: /%Eks.kl@"meI.S@n %mA:k/