overwhelm

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

etymology_text: over- + whelm

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

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

glosses: If one army overwhelms another, they completely defeat them.

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

ipa: /ˌəʊvəˈʍɛlm/

ipa: /ˌoʊvɚˈʍɛlm/

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


overwhelmed

pos: verb

glosses: The past tense and past participle of overwhelm.

verb

overwhelm

expansion: [POS TABLE]


Graham

forms: Graham

pos: name

homophones: graham gram

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


Preston

forms: Preston

glosses: Preston is a city in Lancashire in the United Kingdom.


Dawson

forms: Dawson

etymology_text: Daw + -son

ety-suffix

Daw

son

expansion: Daw + -son


Luke

forms: Luke

ipa: /luːk/

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


Johnson

forms: Johnson

etymology_text: John + -son

John

expansion: John + -son

ipa: /ˈdʒɑnsən/

ipa: /ˈdʒɒnsən/

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


Brady

forms: Brady

text: Tom Brady is a famous football player.


Mike

forms: Mike

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

ipa: [mɑik]


Lisa

forms: Lisa

enpr: lēʹsə

ipa: /ˈliːsə/

ipa: /ˈlisə/


adequacy

forms:
adequacy
adequacies (plural)

pos: noun

glosses: Adequacy is the property of being good enough or sufficient.

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

noun

adequacy

adequacies


reignite

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

etymology_text: re- + ignite

ety-prefix

re

ignite

expansion: re- + ignite

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

text: The cigarette reignited the campfire.

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

text: The mayor reignited talks of a new subway.

text: The shooting reignited tensions between the two groups.

verb

reignit

e


mainstream

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

pos: adj

etymology_text: main + stream

compound

main

stream

expansion: main + stream

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

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

text: The show quickly gained a mainstream audience.

ipa: /ˈmeɪnstriːm/

adj

more: true


mainstream

forms: mainstream

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


app

forms:
app
apps (plural)

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

ipa: /æp/

ipa: [æʔp̚]


clam

forms:
clam
clams (plural)

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

ipa: /klæm/


clam

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

verb

clam

m


squid

forms:
squid
squids (plural)

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

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

ipa: /skwɪd/


atomic bomb

forms:
atomic bomb
atomic bombs (plural)

noun

atomic bomb

atomic bombs


computer game

forms:
computer game
computer games (plural)

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

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

computer game

computer games


calculus

forms:
calculus
calculi or calculuses (plural)

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

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

hyphenation: en‧cal‧cu‧lus

calculus

calculi

calculuses


apps

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

app


atomic bombs

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


overwhelms

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

glosses: The third-person singular form of overwhelm.


overwhelming

forms: overwhelming (positive)

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

text: The police believed their evidence against Curtis was overwhelming.

text: The overwhelming majority of Muslims disagree with that idea.

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

text: Parts of this job are probably very overwhelming for him.

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

ipa: /ˌoʊvɚˈ(h)wɛlmɪŋ/

ipa: /ˌəʊvəˈwɛlmɪŋ/


overwhelming

ipa: /ˌəʊvəˈwɛlmɪŋ/


conforms

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

glosses: The third-person singular form of conform.

verb

conform


conformed

glosses: The past tense and past participle of conform.


elucidates

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

glosses: The third-person singular form of elucidate.

elucidat


frauds

forms:
fraud
frauds (plural)

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

noun

fraud


elucidated

glosses: The past tense and past participle of elucidate.


garrisons

forms:
garrison
garrisons (plural)

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

garrison


legion

forms:
legion
legions (plural)

text: The film won him a legion of followers.

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

text: Caesar and his legions defeated the Gauls.

ipa: /ˈliːdʒən/

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


legions

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

legion


thrash

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

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

text: She thrashed him across the head and shoulders.

text: After cutting, the wheat had to be thrashed.

glosses: If you thrash a person, you defeat them.

ipa: /θræʃ/

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

verb

thrash

es


conventional

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

etymology_text: convention + -al

ety-suffix

convention

al

expansion: convention + -al

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

text: The conventional temperature is at 22C.

text: The train runs on conventional rails.

text: I prefer more conventional clothing.

ipa: /kənˈvɛnʃənəl/


clams

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


thrashed

glosses: The past tense and past participle of thrash.


goads

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

verb

goad


goads

forms:
goad
goads (plural)

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


decrucify

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

text: Jesus was later decrucified to be put in a tomb.

decrucif

y


drainage

forms:
drainage
drainages (plural)

etymology_text: drain + -age

ety-suffix

drain

age

expansion: drain + -age

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

text: The pot has holes in the base for good drainage

ipa: /ˈdreɪnədʒ/


dependent clause

forms: dependent clause

pos: phrase

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

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


conspire

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

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

text: The group was caught conspiring to overthrow the leader.

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

ipa: /kənˈspaɪə(r)/

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

verb

conspir


conspired

glosses: The past tense and past participle of conspire.


conspires

glosses: The third-person singular form of conspire.


endow

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

glosses: To endow is to give income or property to an organization

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

ipa: /ɪnˈdaʊ/

hyphenation: en‧dow


curly

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

etymology_text: curl + -y

ety-suffix

curl

expansion: curl + -y

glosses: Something that is curly is rounded or spiral in shape.

text: I have curly hair.

ipa: /ˈkɝli/

ipa: /ˈkɜːli/

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

adj

curly

curlier

curliest


sequential

forms: sequential (positive)

glosses: Something that is sequential follows in consecutive order.

text: 1, 2, and 3 is in sequential order.


trumps

forms:
trump
trumps (plural)

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

noun

trump


trumps

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

glosses: The third-person singular form of trump.


video game

forms:
video game
video games (plural)

etymology_text: video + game

compound

video

game

expansion: video + game

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

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

ipa: /ˈvɪdiːəʊ̯ˌɡeɪm/

ipa: /ˈvɪdioʊ̯ˌɡeɪm/

hyphenation: vid‧eo game

video game

video games


drivel

forms:
drivel
drivels (plural)

text: Don't talk such drivel.

hyphenation: driv‧el


drivel

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

glosses: If you drivel on about something, you talk nonsense.

text: He was driveling on about the glory days.

verb

drivel

l


fulfil

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

glosses: If you fulfil something, you meet expectations.

text: He fulfilled his contract.

text: The group fulfilled their promises to the company.

ipa: /fʊlˈfɪl/

fulfil


semester

forms:
semester
semesters (plural)

text: This semester I will be taking four subjects.

text: I will be graduating at the end of the semester.


dodecagon

forms:
dodecagon
dodecagons (plural)


negate

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

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

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

ipa: /nɪˈɡeɪt/

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

negat


vineyard

forms:
vineyard
vineyards (plural)


plantation

forms:
plantation
plantations (plural)

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

ipa: /plænˈteɪʃən/


orchard

forms:
orchard
orchards (plural)

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

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

hyphenation: or‧chard


leeway

forms: leeway

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

text: The rules gives the person some leeway into his duties.


orchards

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

noun

orchard


dawned

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

glosses: The past tense and past participle of dawn.

verb

dawn


Egyptians

forms:
Egyptian
Egyptians (plural)

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

noun

Egyptian


decrucifies

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

glosses: The third-person singular form of decrucify.


decrucified

glosses: The past tense and past participle of decrucify.


title: chinese radical

redirect: radical

pos: hard-redirect


serial

forms:
serial
serials (plural)

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

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

ipa: /ˈsɪəriːəɫ/


serial

forms: serial (positive)

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

text: A newspaper is a serial publication.


Sophie

forms: Sophie

ipa: /ˈsəʊfi/

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


ejaculation

forms:
ejaculation
ejaculations (plural)

glosses: Ejaculation is the action of ejecting semen from the body.

text: Ejaculation is essential to reproduction.

ipa: /iˌdʒækjuˈleɪʃən/

hyphenation: eja‧cu‧la‧tion


cum

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

enpr: kŭm

ipa: /kʌm/

verb

cum


cob

forms:
cob
cobs (plural)

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

ipa: /kɑb/

enpr: kŏb

ipa: /kɒb/

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


cobs

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

enpr: kŏbz

ipa: /kɒbz/

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

noun

cob


justifiable

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

etymology_text: justify + -able

ety-suffix

justify

able

expansion: justify + -able

glosses: Something that is justifiable can be given a reason.

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


kernel

forms:
kernel
kernels (plural)

ipa: /ˈkɜːnəl/

ipa: /ˈkɝnəl/


blow the whistle

forms: blow the whistle

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

text: He blew the whistle on the corruption in the company.

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

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

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

audio: en-au-blow the whistle.ogg


fort

forms:
fort
forts (plural)

glosses: A fort is a fortified building designed for military defense.

ipa: /fɔrt/

ipa: /fɔːt/


fortify

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

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

text: The castle was fortified with an extra layer of stone.

ipa: /ˈfɔrtɪfaɪ/

ipa: /ˈfɔːtɪfaɪ/

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

hyphenation: for‧ti‧fy

verb

fortif


fortified

glosses: The past tense and past participle of fortify.


grenade

forms:
grenade
grenades (plural)

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

ipa: /ɡrəˈneɪd/


recursive

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

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

ipa: /rɪˈkɜː(r)sɪv/

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


withstand

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

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

text: Their relationship withstood the test of time.

text: These houses withstood the hurricane.

ipa: /wɪðˈstænd/

hyphenation: with‧stand

withstand

withstands

withstood

withstood

withstanding


vale

forms:
vale
vales (plural)

enpr: vāl

ipa: /veɪl/

homophones: veil vail


Vermont

forms: Vermont

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

text: Vermont was accepted as a state in 1791.

text: Montpelier is the capital of Vermont.

ipa: /vəˈmɒnt/

ipa: /vɚˈmɑnt/


foreman

forms:
foreman
foremen (plural)

etymology_text: fore- + man

ety-prefix

fore

man

expansion: fore- + man

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

text: The foreman told his employees to get back to work.

ipa: /ˈfɔː(r)mən/

noun

foremen


foremen

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

foreman


Delaware

forms: Delaware

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

text: Delaware is one of the 13 original states.

ipa: /ˈdɛləweə(r)/

ipa: /ˈdɛləwɛr/


elevator

forms:
elevator
elevators (plural)

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

text: Take the elevator to floor 13.

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

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

ipa: /ˈɛləveɪtə/

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


elevators

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

elevator


federate

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

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

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

ipa: /ˈfɛdəreɪt/

verb

federat

e


noticeable

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

etymology_text: notice + -able

ety-suffix

notice

expansion: notice + -able

glosses: Something that is noticeable is very easily seen or noticed.

text: There was a noticeable increase in work being done.

text: The event caused some noticeable drama between the teams.

ipa: /ˈnoʊtɪsəbl̩/

ipa: /ˈnəʊtɪsəbl̩/

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

hyphenation: no‧tice‧able


rotation

forms:
rotation
rotations (plural)

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

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

text: The planet Earth completes one rotation each day.

ipa: /roʊˈteɪʃən/

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


rotations

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

noun

rotation


scrambles

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

glosses: The third-person singular form of scramble.

verb

scrambl


scrambles

forms:
scramble
scrambles (plural)

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

noun

scramble


scrambled

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

glosses: Food that has been scrambled has been mixed and cooked.

text: He made scrambled eggs for breakfast.


scrambled

glosses: The past tense and past participle of scramble.


legalise

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

etymology_text: legal + -ise

ety-suffix

legal

ise

expansion: legal + -ise

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

text: Canada recently legalised marijuana.

ipa: /ˈliːɡəlaɪz/

audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Back ache-legalize.wav

verb

legalis


eon

forms:
eon
eons (plural)

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

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


photographing

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

photograph


photographed

glosses: The past tense and past participle of photograph.


no longer

forms: no longer

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

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

ipa: /nəʊˈlɒŋ.ɡə/

ipa: /noʊˈlɔŋ.ɡɚ/


tamper

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

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

text: The evidence for this case was tampered with.

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

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


legalize

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

etymology_text: legal + -ize

ety-suffix

ize

expansion: legal + -ize

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

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

legaliz


lawyer up

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

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

text: The oil companies lawyered up and sued the government.

verb

lawyer up

lawyers up

lawyered up

lawyering up


myometria

forms:
myometrium
myometria (plural)

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

noun

myometrium

myometria


eons

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

eon


partitioned

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

glosses: The past tense and past participle of partition.

verb

partition


firing pin

forms:
firing pin
firing pins (plural)

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


firing pins

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

noun

firing pin


primer

forms:
primer
primers (plural)

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


primers

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

primer


Jewfro

forms:
Jewfro
Jewfros (plural)

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


Jewfros

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

Jewfro


microsecond

forms:
microsecond
microseconds (plural)

etymology_text: micro- + second

ety-prefix

micro

second

expansion: micro- + second

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


microseconds

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

noun

microsecond


clothesline

forms:
clothesline
clotheslines (plural)

etymology_text: clothes + line

compound

clothes

line

expansion: clothes + line

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

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

enpr: klōthz'līn

ipa: /ˈkləʊðzlaɪn/

ipa: /ˈkloʊðzlaɪn/

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


clotheslines

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

noun

clothesline


decantation

forms:
decantation
decantations (plural)

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

ipa: /ˌdiːkænˈteɪʃən/


decantations

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

decantation


public relations

forms: public relations

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

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


modification

forms:
modification
modifications (plural)

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

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

text: The modifications made broke the device.

ipa: /ˌmɑdɪfɪˈkeɪʃən/

ipa: /ˌmɒdɪfɪˈkeɪʃən/

hyphenation: mod‧i‧fi‧ca‧tion


modifications

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

modification


business plan

forms:
business plan
business plans (plural)

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


business plans

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

business plan


beatboxing

forms: beatboxing

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


air draft

forms:
air draft
air drafts (plural)

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


air drafts

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

air draft


title: micro-second

redirect: microsecond


surround sound

forms: surround sound

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


stock ticker symbol

forms:
stock ticker symbol
stock ticker symbols (plural)

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

text: "GOOG" is the stock ticker symbol for Google.


stock ticker symbols

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

stock ticker symbol


orbited

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

glosses: The past tense and past participle of orbit.

verb

orbit


livelihood

forms:
livelihood
livelihoods (plural)

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

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

text: His livelihood depends on tourism.

ipa: /ˈlaɪvlɪhʊd/

ipa: /ˈlaɪvlihʊd/

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


livelihoods

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

noun

livelihood


interwoven

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

ipa: /ˈɪntərwəʊvən/

interweave

interweaves

interwove

interwoven

interweaving


interweave

etymology_text: inter- + weave

word parts

inter-

weave

expansion: inter- + weave

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

text: The yarn was carefully interwoven to make the sweater.

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

text: The courts are interwoven with the police.

ipa: /ɪntərˈwiːv/


interweaves

glosses: The third-person singular form of interweave.

expansion: [POS TABLE]


interwove

ipa: /ˈɪntərwoːv/


CD

forms:
CD
CDs (plural)

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

text: The singer released his new CD album.

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


compact disc

forms:
compact disc
compact discs (plural)

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

text: The entire music album is on that compact disc.


brightens

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

glosses: The third-person singular form of brighten.

verb

brighten


brightened

glosses: The past tense and past participle of brighten.


flee

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

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

glosses: If you flee a place, you escape from it.

text: The culprit fled the crime scene.

text: Millions of people fled the country during the war.

ipa: /fliː/

flee

flees

fled

fled

fleeing


fled

glosses: The past tense and past participle of flee.


groupings

forms:
grouping
groupings (plural)

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

noun

grouping

groupings


retrieve

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

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

text: He went into the classroom to retrieve his textbook.

text: The clerk retrieved the item from the back room.

ipa: /rɪˈtriv/

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

verb

retriev


retrieves

glosses: The third-person singular form of retrieve.


retrieved

glosses: The past tense and past participle of retrieve.


pervert

forms:
pervert
perverts (plural)

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

text: That pervert was looking into the changeroom.


pervert

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

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

ipa: /pəˈvəːt/

ipa: /pɚˈvɚt/


councillor

forms:
councillor
councillors (plural)

text: Half of the councillors voted against expanding the metro.

ipa: /ˈkaʊns(ɪ)lə/

homophones: counselor counsellor


councillors

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

noun

councillor


gulf

forms:
gulf
gulfs (plural)

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

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


gulf

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

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


hear through the grapevine

forms: hear through the grapevine

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

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

audio: en-au-hear through the grapevine.ogg


trailer

forms:
trailer
trailers (plural)

etymology_text: trail + -er

ety-suffix

trail

er

expansion: trail + -er

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

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

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

text: Load the luggage into the trailer.

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

text: We drove our trailer to Yellowstone National Park.

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

text: The new trailer for Your Name came out yesterday!

ipa: /ˈtreɪlə(r)/

enpr: trāʹlər

ipa: /ˈtreɪlɚ/

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


trailers

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

noun

trailer


title: Sun

redirect: sun


title: Main Page/Sister projects

redirect: Wiktionary:Main Page/Sister projects


unwarier

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

glosses: The comparative form of unwary; more unwary.

adjective

unwary

unwarier

unwariest


unwariest

glosses: The superlative form of unwary; most unwary.


unrecyclables

forms:
unrecyclable
unrecyclables (plural)

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

noun

unrecyclable


unchangeables

forms:
unchangeable
unchangeables (plural)

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

unchangeable


title: window-shopping

redirect: window shopping


down payment

forms: down payment

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


sledgehammer

forms:
sledgehammer
sledgehammers (plural)

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

text: These sledgehammers will be used for construction work.


sledgehammer

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

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


lamebrain

forms:
lamebrain
lamebrains (plural)

glosses: A lamebrain is a person who is rather shallow.

ipa: /ˈleɪmbreɪn/


orthodox

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

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

text: He's an orthodox Christian, not a Catholic.

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

text: His fighting style was very orthodox.

ipa: /ˈɔːθədɒks/

ipa: /ˈɔːrθədɑks/

hyphenation: or‧tho‧dox


prediction

forms:
prediction
predictions (plural)

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

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

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

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

ipa: /prɪˈdɪkʃn/

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


predictions

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

prediction


elm

forms:
elm
elms (plural)

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

glosses: Elm wood is the wood that comes from this tree.

text: The dining table is made entirely out of elm wood.


elms

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

elm


supercontinent

forms:
supercontinent
supercontinents (plural)

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

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

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


supercontinents

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

supercontinent


vector

forms:
vector
vectors (plural)

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

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

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

text: Other forms of this disease used different insect vectors.

ipa: /ˈvɛktə/

enpr: vĕk'tər

ipa: /ˈvɛktɚ/


beech

forms:
beech
beeches (plural)

text: There were lots of beech trees in the forest.

enpr: bēch

ipa: /biːt͡ʃ/

beech

beeches


beeches

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


sloth

forms:
sloth
sloths (plural)

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

text: Sloth is one of the seven deadly sins.

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

text: The zoo has several sloths from Brazil.

ipa: /sləʊθ/

ipa: /slɔθ/


sloths

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

sloth


slothful

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

etymology_text: sloth + -ful

word parts

-ful

expansion: sloth + -ful

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

text: Judging from his work, he's truly slothful.


obnoxious

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

glosses: Something that is obnoxious is not very pleasant or good.

text: That person was acting in a very obnoxious way.

ipa: /əbˈnɒkʃəs/

ipa: /əbˈnɑkʃəs/

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

hyphenation: ob‧noxi‧ous


magnifying glass

forms:
magnifying glass
magnifying glasses (plural)

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

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

noun

magnifying glass

magnifying glasses


magnifying glasses

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


algorithm

forms:
algorithm
algorithms (plural)

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

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

enpr: ălʹgə-rĭ-thəm

ipa: /ˈælɡərɪðəm/

enpr: ălʹgə-rĭ'thəm

ipa: /ˈælɡəˌrɪðəm/

hyphenation: al‧gorithm; al‧go‧rithm


post meridiem

forms: post meridiem

pos: prep

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

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


title: post meridium

redirect: post meridiem


title: ante meridium

redirect: ante meridiem


pine

forms:
pine
pines (plural)

glosses: A pine tree is a tree of the Pinus family.

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

glosses: Pine is the wood that comes from these trees.

ipa: /paɪn/


pine

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

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

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

verb

pin


pines

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

noun

pine


pined

glosses: The past tense and past participle of pine.


graduation

forms:
graduation
graduations (plural)

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

text: My family was unable to come to my graduation ceremony.

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

ipa: /ˌɡrædʒuˈeɪʃən/

ipa: /ˌɡrædjuˈeɪʃən/


graduations

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

graduation


glen

forms:
glen
glens (plural)

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

text: The glen runs through the campsite.


dales

forms:
dale
dales (plural)

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

dale


glens

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

glen


juggernaut

forms:
juggernaut
juggernauts (plural)

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

text: The administrator was a juggernaut of a man.

glosses: A juggernaut is a group that is very powerful.

text: The political juggernaut that was the president had seized power.

ipa: /ˈdʒʌ.ɡə.nɔːt/


juggernauts

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

juggernaut


fortissimo

forms:
fortissimo (positive)
Superlative–

pos: adv

glosses: If something is played fortissimo it is played very loud.

text: Play the opening section fortissimo instead of forte.


fortissimo

forms:
fortissimo
fortissimos or fortissimi (plural)

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

fortissimi


boo hoo

forms: boo hoo

pos: intj

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

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

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

audio: en-us-boo hoo.ogg


enlighten

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

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

text: This group tries to enlighten student about these risks.

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

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

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

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

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

text: These past months living with her were very enlightening.

ipa: /ɪnˈlaɪtən/

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

hyphenation: en‧light‧en


enjoyable

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

etymology_text: enjoy + -able

ety-suffix

enjoy

able

expansion: enjoy + -able

glosses: Something that is enjoyable is able to give pleasure.

text: The critic found the movie more enjoyable than others.

text: Some find reading more enjoyable than others.

text: The visit was an enjoyable experience.

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


uncouple

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

etymology_text: un- + couple

ety-prefix

un

couple

expansion: un- + couple

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

text: The two railway cars were uncoupled at the train yard.

ipa: /ʌnˈkʌpəl/

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

verb

uncoupl

e


insanity

forms:
insanity
insanities (plural)

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

text: The case had driven him to insanity.

glosses: Insanity is a situation that is very foolish.

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

ipa: /ɪnˈsænɪti/

noun

insanities


insanities

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

insanity


uncouples

glosses: The third-person singular form of uncouple.

verb

uncoupling


boardwalk

forms:
boardwalk
boardwalks (plural)

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

text: The boardwalks in the park needed repairs.

ipa: /ˈbɔːdwɔːk/

ipa: /ˈbɔrdˌwɑk/

hyphenation: board‧walk


boardwalks

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

noun

boardwalk


trickster

forms:
trickster
tricksters (plural)

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

text: The trickster cheated and gained all the money from everyone.

ipa: /ˈtrɪkstə/

hyphenation: trick‧ster


tricksters

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

trickster


ampere

forms:
ampere
amperes (plural)

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

text: The circuit had a current of 6 amperes.

ipa: /ˈæmˌpɪər/

ipa: /ˈæmˌpɛər/

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

hyphenation: am‧pere


amperes

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

ampere


multilingual

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

glosses: Something that is multilingual is related to many languages.

text: The sign outside parliament is multilingual.

glosses: Someone that is multilingual can speak many languages.

text: Most immigrants are multilingual and can speak two languages.

ipa: /ˌmʌltiˈlɪŋɡwəl/


multilingual

forms:
multilingual
multilinguals (plural)

glosses: A multilingual is someone who knows multiple languages.

text: Being a multilingual gives more opportunities in the workforce.


multilinguals

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

multilingual


title: Hertzsprung–Russell diagram

redirect: Hertzsprung-Russell diagram


title: Hertzsprung–Russell diagrams

redirect: Hertzsprung-Russell diagrams


oganesson

forms: oganesson

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

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

oganesson


tennessine

forms: tennessine

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

enpr: tĕn'əsēn'

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

tennessine


moscovium

forms: moscovium

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

enpr: mŏskō'vēəm

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

moscovium


nihonium

forms: nihonium

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

enpr: nĭhō'nēəm

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

nihonium


cobblers

forms:
cobbler
cobblers (plural)

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

cobbler


clerical

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

etymology_text: cleric + -al

ety-suffix

cleric

al

expansion: cleric + -al

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

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

text: My children have held various clerical jobs.

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

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

ipa: /ˈklɛrɪkəl/


Englishmen

forms:
Englishman
Englishmen (plural)

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

noun

Englishman

Englishmen


timeouts

forms:
timeout
timeouts (plural)

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

timeout


constable

forms:
constable
constables (plural)

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

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

ipa: /ˈkʌnstəbəl/

ipa: /ˈkɑnstəbəl/

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


courtesy

forms:
courtesy
courtesies (plural)

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

text: Our teachers treated us with courtesy and kindness.

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

text: She sent you the photo as a small courtesy.

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

text: All photos are courtesy of the city of Mississauga.

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

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

ipa: /ˈkɜːtəsi/

ipa: /ˈkɝtəsi/

hyphenation: cour‧te‧sy

courtesies


thot

forms:
thot
thots (plural)

glosses: A thot is a woman that has many sexual partners.

ipa: /θɒt/

ipa: /θɑt/

ipa: /ˈnɪɡə(r)/


Ukraine

forms: Ukraine

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

ipa: /juːˈkreɪn/

ipa: /juˈkreɪn/


icosagon

forms:
icosagon
icosagons (plural)

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


icosahedron

forms:
icosahedron
icosahedrons (plural)


dodecahedron

forms:
dodecahedron
dodecahedrons or dodecahedra (plural)

glosses: A dodecahedron is a polyhedron with twelve faces.

dodecahedra


tridecagon

forms:
tridecagon
tridecagons (plural)

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


opportunistic

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

etymology_text: opportunist + -ic

ety-suffix

opportunist

ic

expansion: opportunist + -ic

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

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

text: She was criticized for being calculating and politically opportunistic.

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

ipa: /ˌɑpərˌtuːˈnɪstɪk/


dispatch

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

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

text: The government has reportedly dispatched elite army troops to Baghdad.

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

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

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

glosses: If you dispatch a living thing, you kill it.

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

text: His men swiftly dispatched any French prisoners by beheading them.

ipa: /dəˈspætʃ/

ipa: /dɪˈspætʃ/

verb

dispatch

es


dispatch

forms:
dispatch
dispatches (plural)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

noun

dispatches


originate

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

etymology_text: origin + -ate

ety-suffix

origin

ate

expansion: origin + -ate

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

ipa: /əˈrɪdʒɪneɪt/

hyphenation: ori‧gi‧nate

verb

originat


despatch

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

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

text: The government has reportedly despatched elite army troops to Baghdad.

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

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

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

glosses: If you despatch a living thing, you kill it.

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

text: His men swiftly despatched any French prisoners by beheading them.

despatch


despatch

forms:
despatch
despatches (plural)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

noun

despatches


divert

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

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

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

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

text: The farmers were diverting water from the river.

text: The Toronto-bound flight diverted to New York.

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

ipa: /daɪˈvɜːt/

ipa: /daɪˈvɝt/


envisage

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

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

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

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

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

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

ipa: /ɛnˈvɪzɪdʒ/

verb

envisag


hardy

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

etymology_text: hard + -y

ety-suffix

hard

y

expansion: hard + -y

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

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

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

ipa: /ˈhɑrdi/

ipa: /ˈhɑːdi/

adj

hardy

hardier

hardiest


petrified

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

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

text: The young child was petrified after the dog barked.


petrified

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

glosses: The past tense and past participle of petrify.

verb

petrif


um

forms: um

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

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

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

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

text: Um, I don't think that works.

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

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

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

text: Um, excuse me! Are you busy?

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

text: Um, did you just call me "stupid"?


hussy

forms:
hussy
hussies (plural)

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

ipa: /ˈhʌsi/

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

noun

hussies


gravity

forms:
gravity
gravities (plural)

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

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

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

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

ipa: /ˈɡrævɪti/

hyphenation: grav‧i‧ty

gravities


mooseknuckle

forms:
mooseknuckle
mooseknuckles (plural)

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

text: Your mooseknuckle shows in those trousers.

ipa: /muːsnɒkəl/


dis-

forms: dis-

pos: prefix

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

text: The opposite of honesty is dishonesty.

text: If two people disagree, they do not agree.

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

text: If you dismiss somebody, you send them away.

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

ipa: /dɪs/


dis

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

verb

dis

disses

dissed

dissed

dissing


metallic

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

etymology_text: metal + -ic

ety-suffix

metal

expansion: metal + -ic

glosses: Something that is metallic is like metal.

text: The bird's call was loud and metallic.

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

text: The object contained metallic particles.


banger

forms:
banger
bangers (plural)

glosses: A banger is someone that bangs things in any way.

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

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

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

ipa: /ˈbæŋ(ɡ)ə(r)/

audio: EN-AU ck1 banger.ogg


cramping

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

ipa: /ˈkræmpɪŋ/

verb

cramp


leapt

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

glosses: The past tense and past participle of leap.

leap

leaps

leapt

leapt

leaping


annotate

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

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

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

ipa: /ˈanəteɪt/

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

annotat


annotates

glosses: The third-person singular form of annotate.


annotated

glosses: The past tense and past participle of annotate.


annotation

forms:
annotation
annotations (plural)

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

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

ipa: /anəˈteɪʃ(ə)n/


annotations

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

noun

annotation


skid

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

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

text: The truck skidded out of control on the ice.

text: The car skidded on a patch of ice.

ipa: /skɪd/

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

verb

skid

d


skid

forms:
skid
skids (plural)

glosses: A skid the act of something sliding out of control.

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

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


skids

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


skidded

glosses: The past tense and past participle of skid.


pierces

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

glosses: The third-person singular form of pierce.

pierc

e


pierced

glosses: The past tense and past participle of pierce.

ipa: /pɪrst/

ipa: /pɪəst/


piercing

ipa: /ˈpɪrsɪŋ/

ipa: /ˈpɪəsɪŋ/


piercing

forms:
piercing
piercings (plural)

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

text: She got an ear piercing after her birthday.

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

text: The woman had several face and body piercings.


piercing

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

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

text: The man had a piercing gaze.

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


piercings

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

noun

piercing


literacy

forms:
literacy
literacies (plural)

glosses: Literacy is the ability to read and write.

text: The city has a literacy program for troubled young people.

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

ipa: /ˈlɪtərəsi/

literacy

literacies


sociological imagination

forms: sociological imagination

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


deliquescent

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

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

text: Most deliquescent materials are salts.

ipa: /dɛlɪˈkɛsənt/


bubbled

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

glosses: The past tense and past participle of bubble.

verb

bubbl


preparation

forms:
preparation
preparations (plural)

glosses: Preparation is the act of preparing or getting something ready.

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

glosses: Preparation is when something is prepared or ready for something.

ipa: /prɛpəˈreɪʃən/

hyphenation: prep‧a‧ra‧tion


chip in

forms: chip in

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

text: Everyone chipped in and bought a gift for him.

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

text: He chipped in most of the cost of the item.


cheesy

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

etymology_text: cheese + -y

ety-suffix

cheese

expansion: cheese + -y

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

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

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

text: The pizza had a certain cheesy flavour to it.

text: This sandwich is full of cheesy goodness.

enpr: chēʹzē

ipa: /ˈtʃiːzi/

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

adj

cheesy

cheesier

cheesiest


seafood

forms:
seafood
seafoods (plural)

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

text: The restaurant typically has fresh seafood coming in each day.

ipa: /ˈsiːfuːd/

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


cheesier

glosses: The comparative form of cheesy; more cheesy.


cheesiest

glosses: The superlative form of cheesy; most cheesy.


lobbyist

forms:
lobbyist
lobbyists (plural)

etymology_text: lobby + -ist

ety-suffix

lobby

ist

expansion: lobby + -ist

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

text: Industry lobbyists pushed for fewer restrictions on businesses.

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


lobbyists

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

noun

lobbyist


legalizes

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

glosses: The third-person singular form of legalize.

verb

legaliz


legalized

glosses: The past tense and past participle of legalize.


legalises

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

glosses: The third-person singular form of legalise.

legalis


legalised

glosses: The past tense and past participle of legalise.


criminalize

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

etymology_text: criminal + -ize

ety-suffix

criminal

ize

expansion: criminal + -ize

glosses: If something is criminalized, it is made a crime.

text: Advocates pushed for gun possession to be criminalized.

criminaliz


criminalizes

glosses: The third-person singular form of criminalize.


criminalized

glosses: The past tense and past participle of criminalize.


flicks

forms:
flick
flicks (plural)

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

noun

flick


flicks

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

glosses: The third-person singular form of flick.


flicked

glosses: The past tense and past participle of flick.


flourishes

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

glosses: The third-person singular form of flourish.

verb

flourish


flourished

glosses: The past tense and past participle of flourish.


monetize

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

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

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

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

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

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

ipa: /ˈmʌnətaɪz/

ipa: /ˈmɑnəˌtaɪz/

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

audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-monetize2.wav

monetiz


primitive

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

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

text: He enjoyed doing primitive types of art.

ipa: /ˈprɪmɪtɪv/

hyphenation: prim‧i‧tive


vegetarian

forms:
vegetarian
vegetarians (plural)

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

text: The recipe is popular among vegetarians.

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


vegetarian

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

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

text: The restaurant unveiled their new vegetarian menu.

text: Guests had the option of eating a vegetarian meal.


vegetarians

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

noun

vegetarian


outhouse

forms:
outhouse
outhouses (plural)

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

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

text: Before buildings had internal plumbing, they had outhouses.

hyphenation: out‧house

outhouse


outhouses

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


traumatic

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

glosses: If something is traumatic, it causes trauma.

text: Recovery from a traumatic brain injury is a complicated process.

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

ipa: /ˈtrɔːmətɪk/


sever

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

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

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

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


horrifying

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

glosses: If something is horrifying, it is extremely upsetting.

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


horrifying

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

verb

horrif


flake

forms:
flake
flakes (plural)

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

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

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

ipa: /fleɪk/

audio: EN-AU ck1 flake.ogg


flake

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

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

text: The paint had started to flake off the wall.

flak


indigenous

forms: indigenous (positive)

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

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

text: Indigenous people lobbied for the project to be cancelled.

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

text: Indigenous traditions have largely died out.

ipa: /ɪnˈdɪdʒɪnəs/

enpr: ĭn-dĭj′ə-nəs

ipa: /ɪnˈdɪdʒənəs/


synchronize

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

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

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

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

text: The bus arrivals were now synchronized with the subway times.

text: The protests across the country were synchronized.

synchroniz


walkouts

forms:
walkout
walkouts (plural)

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

noun

walkout


swarthiness

forms: swarthiness

etymology_text: swarthy + -ness

ety-suffix

swarthy

ness

expansion: swarthy + -ness

glosses: Swarthiness is the property of having darker skin.


stool

forms:
stool
stools (plural)

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

text: The three men sat on the stools smoking cigarettes.

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

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

ipa: /stuːl/


stool

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

glosses: If a person or thing stools, it releases feces.

text: It is common for babies to stool frequently during feeding.

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

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


stools

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

noun

stool


stools

glosses: The third-person singular form of stool.


attribution

forms:
attribution
attributions (plural)

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

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

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

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

ipa: /ˌætrɪˈbjuːʃən/


orderly

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

etymology_text: order + -ly

ety-suffix

order

ly

expansion: order + -ly

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

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

glosses: Something that is orderly is neat and organized.

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

ipa: /ˈɔrdɚli/

ipa: /ˈɔːdəli/

hyphenation: or‧der‧ly


terminus

forms:
terminus
termini or terminuses (plural)

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

text: The train has arrived at the terminus of the line.

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

text: There was damage at the terminus of the nerves.

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

ipa: /ˈtəːmɪnəs/

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

noun

termini

terminuses


termini

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

enpr: ʹtĕrmə'nī

ipa: /ˈtɜrməˌnaɪ/

terminus


resistant

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

etymology_text: resist + -ant

ety-suffix

resist

ant

expansion: resist + -ant

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

text: The country was particularly resistant to change after the war.

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

ipa: /rɪˈzɪstənt/

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


aura

forms:
aura
auras or aurae (plural)

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

text: That place had a distinctive aura of wonder and majesty.

text: The man had an aura of confidence.

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

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

noun

auras

aurae


manifesto

forms:
manifesto
manifestos or manifestoes (plural)

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

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

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

manifestoes


refereed

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

glosses: The past tense and past participle of referee.

verb

referee

referees

refereed

refereeing


manifestos

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

noun

manifesto

manifestos


Æ

forms: AE or Æ

text: Do you know about Julius Cæsar?

letter

AE


inexplicable

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

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


apprehension

forms:
apprehension
apprehensions (plural)

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

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


confrontation

forms:
confrontation
confrontations (plural)

ety-suffix

confront

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

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

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

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


confrontations

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

noun

confrontation


Œ

forms: OE or Œ

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

letter

OE


democratic

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

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

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

ipa: /ˌdɛməˈkrætɪk/

hyphenation: de‧mo‧crat‧ic


administer

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

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

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

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

text: Sometimes, nurses administer the drug to the wrong patient.

ipa: /ədˈmɪnɪstɚ/


knotty

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

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

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

ipa: /ˈnɒti/

adj

knotty

knottier

knottiest


auxiliary

forms: auxiliary (positive)

glosses: An auxiliary worker is one who assists the main workers.

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

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

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

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

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

ipa: /ɔːkˈsɪljəri/

ipa: /ɔɡˈzɪljəri/

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

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


auxiliary

forms:
auxiliary
auxiliaries (plural)

glosses: An auxiliary is a person who assists the main workers.

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

glosses: An auxiliary is an organization that supports another organization.

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

text: That sentence needs an auxiliary.

noun

auxiliaries


mojibake

forms: mojibake

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

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

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


skirmish

forms:
skirmish
skirmishes (plural)

ipa: /ˈskɜː(r)mɪʃ/

ipa: /ˈskɝmɪʃ/

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

hyphenation: skir‧mish

skirmishes


skirmish

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

glosses: If two sides skirmish, they fight briefly.

verb

skirmish

es


oughta

text: I oughta go home.

ipa: /ˈɒtə/

ipa: /ˈɑːtə/


title: oughtta

redirect: oughta


conundrum

forms:
conundrum
conundrums or conundra (plural)

glosses: A conundrum is a difficult question or riddle.

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

noun

conundra


woulda

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

ipa: /ˈwʊdə/


shoulda

forms: shoulda

pos: contraction

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

ipa: /ˈʃʊdə/


coulda

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

ipa: /ˈkʊdə/


sigma

forms:
sigma
sigmas (plural)

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

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

ipa: /ˈsɪɡmə/


mu

forms:
mu
mus (plural)

ipa: /muː/

ipa: /mju/


hydro-

forms: hydro-

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

ipa: /haɪdroʊ-/


cesium

forms: cesium

glosses: Cesium is an American spelling of caesium.

cesium


deuterium

forms:
deuterium
deuteriums (plural)

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

glosses: Deuterium is a substance consisting of deuterium atoms.

ipa: /djuːˈtɪərɪəm/

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

hyphenation: deu‧te‧ri‧um


protium

forms:
protium
protia (plural)

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

protium

protia


tritium

forms:
tritium
tritia (plural)

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

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

tritium

tritia


titanium dioxide

forms: titanium dioxide

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


archetype

forms:
archetype
archetypes (plural)

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

text: Things Fall Apart is considered an archetype for African literature.

ipa: /ˈɑːkɪtaɪp/

ipa: /ˈɑrkɪtaɪp/


archetypes

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

archetype


positron

forms:
positron
positrons (plural)

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

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


positrons

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

positron


title: positive electron

redirect: positron


title: tidal wave

redirect: tsunami


title: σ

redirect: sigma


title: μ

redirect: mu


title: ξ

redirect: xi


quadrillion

forms:
quadrillion
quadrillions (plural)

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

ipa: /kwɒˈdrɪɫjən/


gynoid

forms:
gynoid
gynoids (plural)

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

ipa: /ˈɡaɪˌnɔɪd/


gynoids

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

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

gynoid


quasar

forms:
quasar
quasars (plural)

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


vigintillion

forms: vigintillion

pos: det

ipa: /vɪdʒɪnˈtɪljən/


vigintillion

forms:
vigintillion
vigintillions (plural)

text: One thousand novemdecillion is a vigintillion.


resin

forms: resin

glosses: Resin is a sticky organic compound from some plants.

ipa: /ˈrɛzɪn/

resin


nuclide

forms:
nuclide
nuclides (plural)

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

ipa: /ˈn(j)uːklaɪd/


cuprum

forms:
cuprum
cupra (plural)

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

cuprum

cupra


ferrum

forms:
ferrum
ferra (plural)

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

ferrum

ferra


kinship

forms:
kinship
kinships (plural)

glosses: Kinship is the connection to other people in your family.

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

ipa: /ˈkɪnʃɪp/

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


validation

forms:
validation
validations (plural)

etymology_text: validate + -tion

ety-suffix

validate

tion

expansion: validate + -tion

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

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


determinative

forms:
determinative
determinatives (plural)

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

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

noun

expansion: [POS TABLE]


title: α

redirect: alpha


alpha

forms:
alpha
alphas (plural)

ipa: /ˈælfə/


title: β

redirect: beta


beta

forms:
beta
betas (plural)

glosses: The second letter of the Greek alphabet.

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

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

ipa: /ˈbiːtə/

enpr: bāʹtə

ipa: /ˈbeɪtə/


title: γ

redirect: gamma


gamma

forms:
gamma
gammas (plural)

ipa: /ˈɡæmə/


title: δ

redirect: delta


delta

forms:
delta
deltas (plural)

ipa: /ˈdɛltə/


title: ε

redirect: epsilon


epsilon

forms:
epsilon
epsilons (plural)


title: ζ

redirect: zeta


zeta

forms:
zeta
zetas (plural)

ipa: /ˈzeɪtə/


title: η

redirect: eta


eta

forms:
eta
etas (plural)

enpr: ēʹtə

ipa: /ˈiːtə/

enpr: āʹtə

ipa: /ˈeɪtə/

audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-eta (ee).wav


title: θ

redirect: theta


theta

forms:
theta
thetas (plural)

ipa: /ˈθiːtə/

ipa: /ˈθeɪtə/


title: ι

redirect: iota


iota

forms:
iota
iotas (plural)

ipa: /aɪˈəʊtə/

ipa: /aɪˈoʊtə/


title: κ

redirect: kappa


kappa

forms:
kappa
kappas (plural)

ipa: /ˈkæpə/


title: λ

redirect: lambda


title: ν

redirect: nu


nu

forms:
nu
nus (plural)

ipa: /njuː/

ipa: /nu/

homophones: knew gnu new


title: ο

redirect: omicron


omicron

forms:
omicron
omicrons (plural)


title: ρ

redirect: rho


rho

forms:
rho
rhos (plural)

ipa: /rəʊ/

ipa: /roʊ/


title: τ

redirect: tau


title: υ

redirect: upsilon


upsilon

forms:
upsilon
upsilons (plural)


title: φ

redirect: phi


phi

forms:
phi
phis (plural)

ipa: /faɪ/

ipa: /fiː/

audio: en-us-phi long e.ogg


title: χ

redirect: chi


title: ψ

redirect: psi


psi

forms:
psi
psis (plural)

enpr: psī

ipa: /psaɪ/


title: ω

redirect: omega


omega

forms:
omega
omegas (plural)

ipa: /ˈəʊmɛɡə/

ipa: /oʊˈmɛɡə/


Xmas

forms: Xmas

text: Merry Xmas!

enpr: KRIS-məs


Satanist

forms:
Satanist
Satanists (plural)


CPI

forms: CPI

pos: abbrev

glosses: CPI is abbreviation for consumer price index

glosses: CPI is abbreviation for Corruption Perceptions Index.


quintillion

forms: quintillion

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

ipa: /kwɪnˈtɪljən/


quintillion

forms:
quintillion
quintillions (plural)

text: One thousand quadrillion is a quintillion.


oxide

forms:
oxide
oxides (plural)

glosses: Binary compound that has oxygen element.

ipa: /ˈɒksaɪd/

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


dihydrogen monoxide

forms: dihydrogen monoxide

ipa: /daɪˈhaɪdrədʒ(ə)n məˈnɒksaɪd/

ipa: /daɪˈhaɪdrədʒən məˈnɑkˌsaɪd/

audio: en-au-dihydrogen monoxide.ogg

hyphenation: di‧hy‧dro‧gen mon‧ox‧ide


decillion

forms:
decillion
decillions (plural)

text: One thousand nonillion is a decillion.

ipa: /dɪˈsɪɫjən/


protanopia

forms:
protanopia
protanopias (plural)

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


protanopias

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

protanopia


ocha

forms: ocha

text: I drink two cups of ocha yestarday.

text: From Japanese term ocha.


duodecimal

forms: duodecimal

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

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

duodecimal


matcha

forms: matcha

glosses: Matcha is powder that made oftealeaves, also called maccha.

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

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

matcha


philia

forms:
philia
philias (plural)

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

text: I have philia of mathematics since I learned derivative.

glosses: Philia is liking of something, even strongly.

text: She has philia of blue.


philias

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

philia


deployment

forms:
deployment
deployments (plural)

etymology_text: deploy + -ment

ety-suffix

deploy

ment

expansion: deploy + -ment

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

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

ipa: /dɪˈplɔɪmənt/

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


parabola

forms:
parabola
parabolas (plural)

enpr: pərăb'ələ

ipa: /pəˈræbələ/

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


parabolas

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

noun

parabola


transplant

forms:
transplant
transplants (plural)

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

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

text: The patient received a successful heart transplant yesterday.

enpr: trănzʹplănt

ipa: /ˈtrænzplænt/

enpr: tränzʹplänt

ipa: /ˈtrɑːnzplɑːnt/


transplant

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

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

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

enpr: trănzplăntʹ

ipa: /trænzˈplænt/

enpr: tränzpläntʹ

ipa: /trɑːnzˈplɑːnt/


discern

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

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

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

text: They were trying to discern whether anything had changed.

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

ipa: /dɪˈsɜːn/

ipa: /dɪˈsɝn/


title: Ω


mental hospital

forms:
mental hospital
mental hospitals (plural)

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


sextillion

forms:
sextillion
sextillions (plural)

text: One thousand quintillion is a sextillion.


stepsister

forms:
stepsister
stepsisters (plural)

etymology_text: step- + sister

ety-prefix

step

sister

expansion: step- + sister

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

text: When my father married again, I got two stepsisters.

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

hyphenation: step‧sis‧ter


stepbrother

forms:
stepbrother
stepbrothers (plural)

etymology_text: step- + brother

brother

expansion: step- + brother

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

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

hyphenation: step‧broth‧er


-chrome

forms: -chrome

pos: suffix

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


end user

forms:
end user
end users (plural)

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


screwball

forms:
screwball
screwballs (plural)

etymology_text: screw + ball

compound

screw

ball

expansion: screw + ball

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

text: Screwballs are often described as being the opposite of curveballs.

glosses: A screwball is someone that behaves in a crazy way.

text: That student over there is a real screwball.

ipa: /ˈskruːbɔːl/


counteract

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

etymology_text: counter- + act

ety-prefix

counter

act

expansion: counter- + act

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

text: Alcohol will counteract the effects of learning.

ipa: /ˌkaʊntərˈækt/

audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-counteract2.wav


septillion

forms:
septillion
septillions (plural)

text: One thousand sextillion is a septillion.

ipa: /sɛpˈtɪɫjən/


vegan

forms:
vegan
vegans (plural)

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

text: This restaurant is suitable for vegans.

ipa: /ˈviːɡən/

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

hyphenation: ve‧gan


vegans

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

noun

vegan

vegans


duplicity

forms:
duplicity
duplicities (plural)

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

duplicities


atrocious

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

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

text: The movie's acting was atrocious.

text: The weather has been atrocious all week.

glosses: Something that is atrocious is evil or cruel.

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

ipa: /əˈtrəʊʃəs/

ipa: /əˈtroʊʃəs/


cache

forms:
cache
caches (plural)

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

text: The Antarctic expedition left food caches for the return journey.

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

text: The computer periodically clears its cache.

enpr: kăsh

ipa: /kæʃ/

ipa: /kæɪʃ/


cache

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

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

text: John decided that they must cache their weapons

verb

cach

e


caches

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

noun

cache


caches

glosses: The third-person singular form of cache.


periodically

etymology_text: periodic + -ally

ety-suffix

periodic

ally

expansion: periodic + -ally

glosses: Something that happens periodically happens quite often at regular times.

text: The garbage is collected periodically by the city.


indication

forms:
indication
indications (plural)

etymology_text: indicate + -ion

indicate

ion

expansion: indicate + -ion

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

text: The market changes were an early indication of the recession.

text: The successful surgery was an indication of recent medical advances.

ipa: /ɪndɪˈkeɪʃən/

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


tournament

forms:
tournament
tournaments (plural)

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

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

ipa: /ˈtʊənəmənt/

ipa: /ˈtʊrnəmənt/

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

hyphenation: tour‧na‧ment


veggies

forms:
veggie
veggies (plural)

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

noun

veggie


artillery

forms:
artillery
artilleries (plural)

glosses: Artillery is big weapons that look like cannons.

text: The army units came under artillery fire.

ipa: /ɑːˈtɪləri/

ipa: /ɑrˈtɪləri/

artilleries


alienate

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

etymology_text: alien + -ate

ety-suffix

alien

ate

expansion: alien + -ate

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

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

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

verb

alienat


fossils

forms:
fossil
fossils (plural)

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

noun

fossil

fossils


guitarist

forms:
guitarist
guitarists (plural)

glosses: A guitarist is a person that plays the guitar.

text: The guitarist can play very well.

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


guitarists

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

guitarist


flamingoes

forms:
flamingo
flamingoes or flamingos (plural)

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

flamingo

flamingoes

flamingos


southerner

forms:
southerner
southerners (plural)

etymology_text: southern + -er

ety-suffix

southern

er

expansion: southern + -er

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


southerners

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

noun

southerner


westerner

forms:
westerner
westerners (plural)

etymology_text: western + -er

ety-suffix

western

expansion: western + -er

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


westerners

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

noun

westerner


therapists

forms:
therapist
therapists (plural)

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

therapist


blenders

forms:
blender
blenders (plural)

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

blender


eventful

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

etymology_text: event + -ful

ety-suffix

event

ful

expansion: event + -ful

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

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

ipa: /ɪˈvɛnt fəl/