politician

forms:
politician
politicians (plural)

glosses: A politician is a person who is involved in politics, especially those in elected offices.

glosses: A politician is a person who considers an elected position a career.

glosses: A politician is a person who is active in politics.


politicians

pos: noun

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

noun

politician

expansion: [POS TABLE]


questionnaires

forms:
questionnaire
questionnaires (plural)

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

questionnaire

questionnaires


questioners

forms:
questioner
questioners (plural)

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

questioner

questioners


ore

forms:
ore
ores (plural)

glosses: Ore is stone that has a mineral in it, often a metal. The ore must be processed to get the metal or mineral out.

text: This train carries iron ore from the mine to the steel mill.

enpr: ô

ipa: /ɔː/

enpr: ôr

ipa: /oʊr/

homophones: or oar o'er


arrest

forms:
arrest (canonical)
arrests (third-person singular)
arrested (past)
arrested (past participle)
arresting (present participle)

pos: verb

glosses: If you are arrested you are caught by the police.

glosses: If something arrests something else, it stops it.

text: His development was arrested by the disease.

text: We called the ambulance after his heart arrested this morning.

ipa: /əˈrɛst/

hyphenation: ar‧rest


arrest

forms:
arrest
arrests (plural)

glosses: An arrest is when the police catch someone.

text: They made several arrests last night.

glosses: An arrest is someone caught by the police.

text: Hey, that punk was my arrest, don't you try to take credit.

glosses: An arrest is stopping, most often used for the heart.

text: He went into cardiac arrest (his heart stopped) at 8:37 this morning.


profession

forms:
profession
professions (plural)

glosses: A profession is a job that needs special skills, such as a doctor.

text: Teaching is often considered a noble profession.

ipa: /prəˈfɛʃən/


engineer

forms:
engineer
engineers (plural)

glosses: An engineer is someone who is paid to solve technical problems, or to help invent things.

glosses: An engineer is someone who drives a train.

ipa: /ˌɛnd͡ʒɪˈnɪr/

ipa: /ˌɛnd͡ʒɪˈnɪə/

hyphenation: en‧gi‧neer


engineer

forms:
engineer (canonical)
engineers (third-person singular)
engineered (past)
engineered (past participle)
engineering (present participle)

glosses: If you engineer something, you design or construct something.

text: The man will engineer a new kind of car.

glosses: If you engineer something, you make or alter something by genetic engineering.

glosses: If you enginner something, you plan or achieve a goal with guile.

ipa: /ˌɛnd͡ʒɪˈnɪr/

ipa: /ˌɛnd͡ʒɪˈnɪə/


association

forms:
association
associations (plural)

glosses: An association is a way that two things are similar, belong together, or are connected or related.

text: I don't see any association between what happened to you and what happened to me.

text: I suspect there is an association between the weather and the number who are sick.

glosses: An association is a group of people who have a common goal or interest.

text: The NBA stands for the "National Basketball Association."

text: I have been a member of the American Psychological Association and the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association.

text: All the teachers were at an association meeting.

glosses: Association is the when you associate (spend time with certain people).

text: I'm afraid your association with those wild people will get you in trouble.

ipa: /əˌsəʊʃiˈeɪʃən/

ipa: /əˌsoʊʃiˈeɪʃən/


associations

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

ipa: /əˌsoʊʃiˈeɪʃənz/

ipa: /əˌsəʊʃiˈeɪʃənz/

hyphenation: as‧so‧ci‧a‧tions

association


friendship

forms:
friendship
friendships (plural)

etymology_text: friend + -ship

ety-suffix

friend

ship

expansion: friend + -ship

glosses: Friendship is being friends with someone.

text: Our friendship began in childhood.

text: For a friendship to last you must spend time together.

text: Friendship takes some work, but is worth it.

enpr: frĕnd'shĭp

ipa: /ˈfrɛndʃɪp/


friendships

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

noun

friendship

friendships


fortunate

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

pos: adj

glosses: If you are fortunate good things have happened to you, or you have good things.

text: You are very fortunate to have such good friends.

text: I was fortunate to have a map when I became lost.

text: I try to help those who are less fortunate than myself.

glosses: If something fortunate happens, it is a good thing.

text: Winning that prize was a very fortunate event for me.

ipa: /ˈfɔːt͡ʃənɪt/

ipa: /ˈfɔrt͡ʃənɪt/

hyphenation: for‧tu‧nate

adj

more: true


kind of

pos: adv

text: I'm kind of tired, but I can keep working.

glosses: Mostly true, but not completely true. What was said is not exact.

text: Well, it's kind of a cat -- well, it's a lion cub.

glosses: You can say kind of to make what you say softer, or to apologize.

text: I'm sorry, but I kind of wrecked your car.

audio: en-au-kind of.ogg


mill

forms:
mill
mills (plural)

glosses: A mill is a place where things are processed with machines.

glosses: A mill is a place where grain is ground to make flour.

text: There was an old mill by the farm.

glosses: A mill is a factory or place for manufacturing (making) things.

text: My grandfather worked for many years at a steel mill.

text: General Mills is large company the makes cereal.

text: We have a hand held pepper mill at home.

ipa: /mɪl/

sampa: /mIl/


mill

forms:
mill (canonical)
mills (third-person singular)
milled (past)
milled (past participle)
milling (present participle)

glosses: If you mill grain, you grind it at a mill.

text: You must dry and mill the corn before you can make bread with it.


mills

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

ipa: /mɪlz/

noun

mill


cattle

forms: cattle

glosses: Cattle are a group of cows or bulls, whether they are male or female.

text: The cattle are grazing (eating grass) in the field.

text: How many head of cattle (how many cattle) do you have?

enpr: kăt'l

ipa: /ˈkæt(ə)l/


engineers

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

engineer


engineers

glosses: The third-person singular form of engineer.


engineered

glosses: The past tense and past participle of engineer.


judgements

forms:
judgement
judgements (plural)

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

judgement


caps

forms:
cap
caps (plural)

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

ipa: /kæps/

cap


caps

forms:
cap (canonical)
caps (third-person singular)
capped (past)
capped (past participle)
capping (present participle)

verb

p


capped

glosses: The past tense and past participle of cap.


capping

ipa: /ˈkapɪŋ/


capping

forms:
capping
cappings (plural)

glosses: A capping is rock that lies over a mineral deposit.


cappings

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

hyphenation: cap‧pings

noun

capping


labeled

forms:
label (canonical)
labels (third-person singular)
labeled (past)
labeled (past participle)
labeling (present participle)

glosses: The past tense and past participle of label.

verb

label


lunar

forms: lunar (positive)

glosses: If something is lunar, it is of or it relates to the Moon.

glosses: If something is lunar, it is crescent-shaped; it is lunate.

ipa: /ˈl(j)uːnə/

enpr: lo͞o'nər

ipa: /ˈlunɚ/

hyphenation: lun‧ar


polyglotism

forms:
polyglotism
polyglotisms (plural)

glosses: Polyglotism is the ability to use more than one language.


polyglotisms

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

noun

polyglotism


abnormal

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

glosses: An abnormal thing, or situation, is one that is strange, or not typical.

text: The weather is abnormal in Europe when it is hot in winter.

glosses: When something is abnormal, it often means that it is bigger than [[normal].

text: The company made abnormal profits this year.

ipa: /æbˈnɔrməl/

hyphenation: ab‧nor‧mal


abrupt

forms:
more abrupt (comparative)
most abrupt (superlative)
abrupt (positive)
abrupter (comparative)
abruptest (superlative)

glosses: An abrupt action is one that is sudden, or not expected.

text: There was an abrupt change in the weather, and it started raining before we could get home.

glosses: An abrupt landscape is one with sudden steep changes.

text: We came to a halt because we could not pass the abrupt cliffs.

adj

abrupter

abruptest


Achilles heel

forms:
Achilles heel
Achilles heels (plural)

glosses: An Achilles heel is a character's, person's, or thing's weakness or defect.

text: The play's Achilles heel was the bad plot.

glosses: The Achilles heel is also the Achilles tendon; tendo Achillis.


Achilles heels

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

noun

Achilles heel


Achilles' heel

forms:
Achilles' heel
Achilles' heels (plural)

glosses: Achilles' heel is another way of spelling Achilles heel.


Achilles' heels

glosses: Achilles' heels is another way of spelling Achilles heels.

Achilles' heel


once in a blue moon

forms: once in a blue moon

pos: phrase

glosses: Something that happens once in a blue moon, is something that rarely happens.

text: Once in a blue moon, the teacher won't give us homework.

ipa: /wʌns ɪn ə bluː muːn/

audio: en-au-once in a blue moon.ogg


eat humble pie

forms: eat humble pie

glosses: To eat humble pie is to be humble or to undergo humiliation.

text: I think that I am right, but if I am wrong, I will eat humble pie.

audio: en-au-eat humble pie.ogg


worth one's salt

forms: worth one's salt

glosses: Someone who is worth their salt is very helpful or useful.

text: Mr. Smith was good worker, but now he's not worth his salt.


qualia

forms:
quale
qualia (plural)

glosses: The plural form of quale; more than one (kind of) quale. Things that cannot be defined with numbers; a quality

quale

qualia


have a yen for

forms: have a yen for

glosses: If you have a yen for something, you want it.

text: I have a yen for chocolate chip cookies right now.


get up on the wrong side of the bed

forms: get up on the wrong side of the bed

glosses: If you get up on the wrong side of the bed, you are not happy all day; you are in a bad mood.

text: "Would you leave me alone?" "Sorry, I guess you got up on the wrong side of the bed."


archon

forms:
archon
archons (plural)

glosses: An archon is a ruler, head of state, or other kind of leader.

glosses: An archon is a head magistrate or leader of ancient Athens.

glosses: An archon is a mystical being that serves the Demiurge.


archons

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

archon


smiles

forms:
smile (canonical)
smiles (third-person singular)
smiled (past)
smiled (past participle)
smiling (present participle)

glosses: The third-person singular form of smile.

verb

smil

e


smiles

forms:
smile
smiles (plural)

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

noun

smile


smiled

glosses: The past tense and past participle of smile.

ipa: /smaɪld/


smiling

ipa: /ˈsmaɪlɪŋ/


quale

glosses: A quale is a property that is thought of separately from whatever has that property.


polyglottism

forms:
polyglottism
polyglottisms (plural)

glosses: Polyglottism is another way of spelling polyglotism.


polyglottisms

glosses: Polyglottisms is another way of spelling polyglotisms.

polyglottism


cowboy

forms:
cowboy
cowboys (plural)

etymology_text: cow + boy

compound

cow

boy

expansion: cow + boy

text: The cowboy got on his horse.

ipa: /ˈkaʊˌbɔɪ/

hyphenation: cow‧boy


spider monkey

forms:
spider monkey
spider monkeys (plural)

text: The spider monkey climbed a tree.


cowboys

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

noun

cowboy


lab rat

forms:
lab rat
lab rats (plural)

glosses: Lab rat is another way of spelling laboratory rat.


blackbird

forms:
blackbird
blackbirds (plural)

etymology_text: black + bird

compound

black

bird

expansion: black + bird

ipa: /ˈblakbəːd/

ipa: /ˈblækbərd/


lockdown

forms:
lockdown
lockdowns (plural)

glosses: A lockdown is when people must stay in a room (or their prison cell) for safety after a disturbance or threat.

text: The prisoners were placed in lockdown after the fight.

text: The school was under lockdown after a bomb threat they heard over the Internet.

ipa: /ˈlɒkˌdaʊn/

sampa: /"lQk%daUn/

ipa: /ˈlɑkˌdaʊn/

sampa: /"lAk%daUn/

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

hyphenation: lock‧down


lockdowns

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

noun

lockdown


lab rats

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

glosses: Lab rats is another way of spelling lab rat.

lab rat


laboratory rat

forms:
laboratory rat
laboratory rats (plural)

glosses: A lab rat is usually a type of white rat that is used for testing in a laboratory.

text: The laboratory rat was being testing in a laboratory.


laboratory rats

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

laboratory rat


lol

forms: lol

pos: abbrev

text: Lol. You just got roasted by the reply above you.


drum roll

forms:
drum roll
drum rolls (plural)

glosses: A drum roll is a sound made by hitting a drum over and over in a short period of time.

text: The audience did a drum roll to reveal the winner.


drumrolls

forms:
drumroll
drumrolls (plural)

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

drumroll


alters

forms:
alter (canonical)
alters (third-person singular)
altered (past)
altered (past participle)
altering (present participle)

glosses: The third-person singular form of alter.

verb

alter


altered

glosses: The past tense and past participle of alter.

hyphenation: al‧tered


handwriting

forms:
handwriting
handwritings (plural)

glosses: Handwriting is writing created by hand instead of computer.

ipa: /ˈhændraɪtɪŋ/

hyphenation: hand‧writ‧ing


handwriting

forms:
handwrite (canonical)
handwrites (third-person singular)
handwrote (past)
handwritten (past participle)
handwriting (present participle)

handwrite

handwrites

handwrote

handwritten

handwriting


handwritings

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

noun

handwriting


lilliputian

forms:
lilliputian
lilliputians (plural)

glosses: A lilliputian is something or someone that is very small.

text: He is a lilliputian when he stands next to Joe because Joe is much taller than him.

ipa: /ˌlɪlɪˈpjuʃən/


lilliputian

forms: lilliputian (positive)

glosses: Something that is lilliputian is very small.


lilliputians

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

lilliputian


drumroll

glosses: Drumroll is another way of spelling drum roll.


drum rolls

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

drum roll


oxidize

forms:
oxidize (canonical)
oxidizes (third-person singular)
oxidized (past)
oxidized (past participle)
oxidizing (present participle)

glosses: If you oxidize something, you mix it with oxygen or make it into an oxide.

glosses: If you oxidize something, you increase the valence of a chemical element by removing electrons from it.

glosses: If you oxidize something, you cover it with an oxide.

ipa: /ˈɒksɪdaɪz/

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

verb

oxidiz


oxidise

forms:
oxidise (canonical)
oxidises (third-person singular)
oxidised (past)
oxidised (past participle)
oxidising (present participle)

glosses: If you oxidise something, you mix it with oxygen or make it into an oxide.

glosses: If you oxidise something, you increase the valence of a chemical element by removing electrons from it.

glosses: If you oxidise something, you cover it with an oxide.

oxidis


oxidises

glosses: The third-person singular form of oxidise.


oxidised

glosses: The past tense and past participle of oxidise.


oxidised

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

glosses: Oxidised is another way of spelling oxidized.


oxidizes

glosses: The third-person singular form of oxidize.


oxidized

glosses: The past tense and past participle of oxidize.


oxidized

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

glosses: If something is oxidized, it has reacted with oxygen.


unoxidized

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

glosses: If something is unoxidized, it is not oxidized.


unoxidised

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

glosses: Unoxidised is another way of spelling unoxidized.


petit

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

glosses: If something is petit, it is small or minor.


realm

forms:
realm
realms (plural)

glosses: A realm is a kingdom, country or state which is ruled by a king or queen.

glosses: A realm is the area of a certain abstraction.

glosses: A realm is an abstract sphere of influence, either real or made up.

enpr: rĕlm

ipa: /rɛlm/


realms

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

noun

realm


abstractness

forms: abstractness

etymology_text: abstract + -ness

ety-suffix

abstract

ness

expansion: abstract + -ness

glosses: Abstractness is the state or quality of being abstract.

text: The painting had a sense of abstractness to it.


joiners

forms:
joiner
joiners (plural)

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

noun

joiner


Michigan

forms: Michigan

pos: name

glosses: Michigan is one of the 50 states of the United States of America.

text: Michigan is called the 'Great Lakes State' because it is surrounded by lakes.


bondage

forms: bondage

glosses: The act of tying people up for sexual pleasure.

hyphenation: bond‧age


marine corps

forms:
marine corps
marine corps (plural)

glosses: A marine corps is a group of soldiers (marines) who are trained to fight on or from ships.

ipa: /məˈrinˌkɔr/

ipa: /məˈrinˌkɔrz/

audio: en-us-marine corps.ogg

marine corps

marine corps


Iraq

forms: Iraq

ipa: /ɪˈrɑːk/

ipa: /ɪˈrak/

ipa: /ɪˈræk/


corn dog

forms:
corn dog
corn dogs (plural)

glosses: A corn dog is a hot dog covered by batter and deep fried.

ipa: /kɔːn dɒg/

ipa: /kɔrn dɔg/


surname

forms:
surname
surnames (plural)

glosses: A surname is a family name, sometimes called a last name.

text: John Smith's surname is "Smith".

enpr: sûr'nām

ipa: /ˈsɜː(r)neɪm/


wallow

forms:
wallow (canonical)
wallows (third-person singular)
wallowed (past)
wallowed (past participle)
wallowing (present participle)

glosses: When you wallow in something, you rejoice and indulge in it to an unreasonable extent.

text: Pigs like to wallow in the mud.

glosses: When you wallow in an emotion, you fixate on it even if it causes false beliefs or harm.

text: Tim Callow stated to Paul Bustion 'Ok, fine, wallow in your ignorance and believe Stalin supported Chiang'.

text: He wallowed in self pity.


wager

forms:
wager (canonical)
wagers (third-person singular)
wagered (past)
wagered (past participle)
wagering (present participle)

text: I can wager that Australians will win cricket world cup this time as well.

text: I wagered my watch on the race, and lost it.

text: Do you care to wager.


wager

forms:
wager
wagers (plural)

glosses: If you wager you make a bet; you gamble something.

text: I made a big wager, but I won.

text: Pascal's wager corroborated the existence of god.

wager


corroborate

forms:
corroborate (canonical)
corroborates (third-person singular)
corroborated (past)
corroborated (past participle)
corroborating (present participle)

glosses: If you corroborate a story or idea, you confirm, support or provide evidence for it.

text: Who could corroborate existence of a supernatural god?

ipa: /kəˈrɒbəreɪ̯t/

ipa: /kəˈrɑbəreɪ̯t/

hyphenation: co‧ro‧bo‧rate

verb

corroborat


lethal

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

glosses: If something is lethal, it can kill a person or thing.

text: Cobra's poison is lethal.

glosses: If something was lethal, it killed a person or thing.

text: The bite was lethal in only a few hours.

ipa: /liːθəl/

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


idiosyncrasy

forms:
idiosyncrasy
idiosyncrasies (plural)

glosses: An idiosyncrasy is behavior that is characteristic of someone in particular.

glosses: An idiosyncrasy is a behavior or language that is particular to a certain group or person.

hyphenation: idio‧syn‧crasy

noun

idiosyncrasies


idiosyncrasies

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

idiosyncrasy


corroborates

glosses: The third-person singular form of corroborate.


corroborated

glosses: The past tense and past participle of corroborate.


wagers

glosses: The third-person singular form of wager.


wagers

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


wagered

glosses: The past tense and past participle of wager.


wallows

glosses: The third-person singular form of wallow.

verb

wallow


wallowed

glosses: The past tense and past participle of wallow.


panther

forms:
panther
panthers (plural)

glosses: A panther is large, wild cat; this most often means an leopard or a mountain lion.

text: I enjoyed seeing the panthers at the zoo.

glosses: A member of the genus Panthera (lions, tigers, leopards, and jaguars) may be called a panther.

glosses: Panther can mean a member of the Black Panther Party (an African American activist group).

ipa: /ˈpænθɚ/

ipa: /ˈpænθə/

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


mountain lion

forms:
mountain lion
mountain lions (plural)

glosses: A mountain lion is a type of large cat that lives in North and South America.

text: The size of a mountain lion is about the same as the size of a person or a leopard.

ipa: /ˈmaʊn.tɪn ˈlaɪən/

ipa: /ˈmaʊn.tən ˈlaɪən/


puma

forms:
puma
pumas (plural)

glosses: A puma is a type of large cat that lives in North and South America.

text: There are many pumas in South America, but they have become rare in North America.

ipa: /puːmə/


mountain lions

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

noun

mountain lion

mountain lions


pumas

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

puma

pumas


leopard

forms:
leopard
leopards (plural)

glosses: A leopard is a type of large cat that has spots and lives in Africa and parts of Asia.

text: People have sometimes hunted leopards for their beautiful skins.

glosses: One of several other types of cat, such as a snow leopard or clouded leopard.

ipa: /ˈlɛpəd/


jaguar

forms:
jaguar
jaguars (plural)

glosses: A jaguar is a large, spotted cat that lives in South America.

text: The jaguar has the strongest bite of any cat, and likes to swim.

ipa: /ˈdʒæɡjuːə/

ipa: /ˈdʒæɡwɑr/


cheetah

forms:
cheetah
cheetahs (plural)

glosses: A cheetah is a type of large cat that lives in Africa and parts of Asia.

text: A cheetah can run faster than any other animal.

ipa: /ˈtʃiːtə/

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


cheetahs

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

cheetah

cheetahs


jaguars

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

jaguar

jaguars


leopards

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

leopard

leopards


panthers

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

panther

panthers


Jaguar

forms:
Jaguar
Jaguars (plural)

sampa: /"dZ{%gwAr\/

proper noun

Jaguars


Jaguars

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

noun

Jaguar


hamburger

forms:
hamburger
hamburgers (plural)

glosses: A hamburger is a sandwich made from meat in small pieces that are fried together.

text: I'd like to have a hamburger and some fries.

glosses: The cooked meat (patty) that is put into a hamburger.

text: I'll be grilling hamburgers at the party.

glosses: The ground (cut up) meat used to make hamburgers; ground meat.

text: Would you get a pound of hamburger while you're at the store?

text: I made this chili from beans and hamburger.

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

hyphenation: ham‧bur‧ger


proposals

forms:
proposal
proposals (plural)

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

proposal


unities

forms:
unity
unities (plural)

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

unity

unities


shiny

forms:
shiny (positive)
shinier (comparative)
shiniest (superlative)

etymology_text: shine + -y

ety-suffix

shine

y

expansion: shine + -y

glosses: If something is shiny it reflects light, or a makes light.

text: The polished silver was very shiny.

ipa: /'ʃaɪni/

sampa: /"SaIni/

adj

shiny

shinier

shiniest


shines

forms:
shone (past)
shone (past participle)
shine (canonical)
shines (third-person singular)
shined (past)
shined (past participle)
shining (present participle)

glosses: The third-person singular form of shine.

verb

shines

shone

shone

shining

shin

e


shone

glosses: The past tense and past participle of shine.

enpr: shŏn

ipa: /ʃɒn/

enpr: shōn

ipa: /ʃoʊn/


shined

forms:
shined (past)
shined (past participle)
shine (canonical)
shines (third-person singular)
shone (past)
shone (past participle)
shining (present participle)

ipa: /ʃaɪnd/

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


reflection

forms:
reflection
reflections (plural)

etymology_text: reflect + -ion

ety-suffix

reflect

ion

expansion: reflect + -ion

glosses: A reflection is an image made by reflected light, such as what you see in a mirror.

text: The baby tried to touch his reflection in the water.

text: Narcissus fell in love with his own reflection.

text: A mirage is a reflection of the sky that looks like water in the desert.

text: After his loss he spent a lot of time in reflection.

ipa: /rɪˈflɛkʃ(ə)n/

hyphenation: re‧flec‧tion


dinosaurs

forms:
dinosaur
dinosaurs (plural)

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

noun

dinosaur

dinosaurs


recipes

forms:
recipe
recipes (plural)

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

text: I have three different recipes for zucchini bread.

ipa: /ˈrɛsəpiz/

recipe


yearlings

forms:
yearling
yearlings (plural)

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

yearling

yearlings


gene

forms:
gene
genes (plural)

glosses: A gene is a chemical instruction in a person, animal, plant, or other living thing, telling how to make a protein. The genes are found in the nucleus (middle part) of cells, and tell how to make the organism (living thing).

text: I have a blue-eye gene.

text: The biologists changed the fly's genes, so it grew legs where its eyes should be.

ipa: /dʒiːn/

homophones: Jean Gene


Gene

forms: Gene

glosses: Gene is a male given name. It is usually short for Eugene.

homophones: Jean gene


genie

forms:
genie
genies (plural)

glosses: A genie is a type of magical person found in Arabic stories, and talked about in the Koran.

text: There are many stories about genies in "The 1001 Arabian Nights".


hamburgers

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

hamburger

hamburgers


petite

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

glosses: Small; if you are petite you are short and thin.

text: My aunt is very petite, only about four-and-a-half feet tall.

ipa: /pəˈtiːt/

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


petty

forms:
petty (positive)
pettier (comparative)
pettiest (superlative)

glosses: If something is petty it is small or not important.

text: That is only a petty crime.

text: I took some petty cash for the purchase.

text: He is only a petty officer, not a full officer.

glosses: If someone is petty they are bothered by petty things.

text: Why must you be so petty all the time.

text: He was so petty he would throw a fit if one book was out of place.

ipa: /ˈpɛti/

ipa: [ˈpʰɛɾi]

adj

petty

pettier

pettiest


reflections

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

noun

reflection


genies

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

genie


genes

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

gene


reporters

forms:
reporter
reporters (plural)

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

reporter


voters

forms:
voter
voters (plural)

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

ipa: /ˈvoʊtɚs/

hyphenation: vot‧ers

voter


chili

forms:
chili
chilies (plural)

glosses: A chili is a type of hot pepper, which may be eaten or used to make food spicy.

text: I used to grow chilies in a flowerpot in my window.

glosses: Chili is a type of food which is often made from ground (cut up) meat, beans, and hot peppers.

text: The chili she made was delicious.

ipa: /ˈt͡ʃɪli/

ipa: /ˈt͡ʃɪliː/

homophones: Chile chile chilli chilly

chili

chilies


chilly

forms:
chilly (positive)
chillier (comparative)
chilliest (superlative)

etymology_text: chill + -y

ety-suffix

chill

expansion: chill + -y

glosses: If it is chilly it is a little bit cold, but not very cold.

text: I wore a jacket because it was chilly outside.

ipa: /ˈtʃɪli/

homophones: Chile chile chili chilli

adj

chilly

chillier

chilliest


chile

forms:
chile
chiles (plural)

glosses: A way people spell chili in some parts of the United States.

audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-JutishMale-chile.wav

noun

chile

chiles


chile

forms:
chile
chillun or chiles (plural)

ipa: /ˈtʃaɪl/

sampa: /"tSaIl/

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

chillun

chiles


chilli

forms:
chilli
chillies or chillis (plural)

glosses: A chilli is a type of hot pepper, which may be eaten or used to make food spicy.

text: I used to grow chillies in a flower pot in my window.

glosses: Chilli is a type of food which is often made from ground (cut up) meat, beans, and hot peppers.

text: The chilli she made was delicious.

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

homophones: Chile chilly chile chili

chilli

chillies

chillis


chillis

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


chiles

forms:
chile
chiles or chillun (plural)

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

chillun


chillier

glosses: The comparative form of chilly; more chilly.


chilliest

glosses: The superlative form of chilly; most chilly.


pettier

glosses: The comparative form of petty; more petty.


pettiest

glosses: The superlative form of petty; most petty.


Worcestershire sauces

forms:
Worcestershire sauce
Worcestershire sauces (plural)

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

Worcestershire sauce


shinier

forms:
shiny (positive)
shinier (comparative)
shiniest (superlative)

glosses: The comparative form of shiny; more shiny.

adjective

shiny


shiniest

glosses: The superlative form of shiny; most shiny.


counterpart

forms:
counterpart
counterparts (plural)

glosses: A counterpart is either of two parts that fit together, or complement one another.

glosses: A counterpart is a duplicate of a legal document.

ipa: /ˈkaʊntəˌpɑːt/

ipa: /ˈkaʊntɚˌpɑrt/


counterparts

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

noun

counterpart


chilies

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


corndogs

forms:
corndog
corndogs (plural)

glosses: Corndogs is another way of spelling corn dogs.

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

corndog


abstinence

forms:
abstinence
abstinences (plural)

glosses: Abstinence is when someone is abstaining from something or when someone does not take part in something. It's usually used to refer to not drinking alcohol or not having sex.

text: Abstinence stops you from getting drunk.

text: My brother's abstinence protected him from sexually transmitted diseases.

ipa: /'æbstιnəns/


vaster

forms:
vast (positive)
vaster (comparative)
vastest (superlative)

glosses: The comparative form of vast; more vast.

adjective

vast

vaster

vastest


vastest

glosses: The superlative form of vast; most vast.


acceptance

forms:
acceptance
acceptances (plural)

glosses: Acceptance is when someone agrees with something or accepts something.

text: The acceptance of this man in his new role is big.

hyphenation: ac‧cep‧tance


acceptances

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

noun

acceptance


corneous

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

glosses: If something is corneous, it contains or looks like a horn.

ipa: /ˈkɔːnɪəs/


meteor

forms:
meteor
meteors (plural)

glosses: A meteor is a flash of light in the night sky that happens when matter from space enters Earths' atmosphere.

ipa: /ˈmitiɚ/


meteors

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

meteor


meteoroid

forms:
meteoroid
meteoroids (plural)

glosses: A meteoroid is a small piece of debris in a solar system that makes a meteor when it comes into contact with the atmosphere.

text: When the meteoroid came into contact with Earth's atmosphere, it made a meteor.

ipa: /ˈmiːtɪərɔɪd/


meteoroids

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

meteoroid


bidet

forms:
bidet
bidets (plural)

glosses: A bidet is a small ceramic object which looks like a toilet. It is used for cleaning the genitalia and other parts of the body

text: We had a bidet fitted in our new bathroom.

ipa: [bɨˈdeɪ]

ipa: [ˈbiːdeɪ]


wanker

forms:
wanker
wankers (plural)

etymology_text: wank + -er

ety-suffix

wank

er

expansion: wank + -er

glosses: A wanker is an idiot, stupid, or an annoying person.

text: I thought he was a complete wanker.

glosses: A wanker is a person who shows off too much (is too proud).

ipa: /ˈwæŋkə(r)/


wankers

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

noun

wanker


bidets

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

bidet


fags

forms:
fag
fags (plural)

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

fag


wikt

forms: wikt

glosses: Wikt is the interwiki link to Wiktionary.


hennas

forms:
henna
hennas (plural)

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

henna


glosses: N00b is another way of spelling noob. Alternate (geek) spelling of "Newbie" – A person who is new (to a subject, place, viewpoint, etc)


glosses: The plural form of n00b; more than one (kind of) n00b.


paperwork

forms: paperwork

etymology_text: paper + work

compound

paper

work

expansion: paper + work

glosses: Paperwork is a task or number of tasks that involves a lot of the same written work.

text: The police officer had to fill out paperwork for the accident that happened earlier.

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

hyphenation: pa‧per‧work


atmosphere

forms:
atmosphere
atmospheres (plural)

glosses: An atmosphere is a layer of gasses that surrounds a planet.

glosses: The atmosphere is the air in a certain place.

glosses: The atmosphere of a place is the mood or feeling of that place.

glosses: An atmosphere is a unit of measurement for pressure.

ipa: /ˈætməsˌfɪr/


atmospheres

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

noun

atmosphere


bathes

forms:
bath (canonical)
baths (third-person singular)
bathes (present participle)
bathe (canonical)
bathes (third-person singular)
bathed (past)
bathed (past participle)
bathing (present participle)

glosses: The third-person singular form of bathe.

verb

bath

baths

bathed

bathed

bathes


modest

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

glosses: If you are modest, you do not show too much pride for what you've done, what you have, or what you can do

text: Look at that painting... You are an amazing artist!

text: Me? No, it's not that hard. You could do it, too.

text: Don't be so modest!

glosses: If something is modest, it is very simple; not being showy or highly decorated

glosses: If something is modest, it is limited or moderate in amount

text: She supported her two children on the 'modest salary of a secretary.

ipa: /ˈmɑdəst/


googles

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

glosses: The third-person singular form of google.

text: John goes to the library and googles information on bees.

googl


googled

glosses: The past tense and past participle of google.

text: I googled the company on the internet.


googling

text: I spent hours googling for information.


title: Google

redirect: google

pos: hard-redirect


title: Googles

redirect: googles


title: Googled

redirect: googled


title: Googling

redirect: googling


germination

forms:
germination
germinations (plural)

etymology_text: germinate + -ion

ety-suffix

germinate

expansion: germinate + -ion

glosses: Germination refers to the start of growth of a plant spore or seed.

text: Germination of spores happen as soon as temperature is right, and there is water.

text: Germination of seeds only happens after their dormant period, and any hibernation is ended.


germinations

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

noun

germination


germinate

forms:
germinate (canonical)
germinates (third-person singular)
germinated (past)
germinated (past participle)
germinating (present participle)

glosses: To sprout, grow, produce buds, or put forth shoots.

ipa: /ˈdʒəːmɪneɪt/

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

verb

germinat


germinates

glosses: The third-person singular form of germinate.


germinated

glosses: The past tense and past participle of germinate.


disciplinary

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

glosses: If something is disciplinary, it is connected to discipline.

text: When the manager took stock home, he attended a disciplinary meeting.

glosses: If something is disciplinary, it is for imposing discipline.

text: The school said that they would take disciplinary action against any students who took part in the protest march.

ipa: /dɪsɪˈplɪnəri/


discipline

forms:
discipline
disciplines (plural)

glosses: A disciplined attitude is a controlled behaviour; self-control.

glosses: Discipline is a method to force people to obey someone (or a group of people like a government).

glosses: Discipline is a method of getting obedience using a systematic method.

glosses: Discipline is a state of order based on submission to authority

glosses: Discipline is a punishment used to train someone or to continue control.

glosses: Discipline is a set of rules explaining how to behave.

glosses: Discipline is a beating received to get sexual pleasure.

glosses: Discipline is an academic subject-matter. It is a specific part of knowledge or learning.


discipline

forms:
discipline (canonical)
disciplines (third-person singular)
disciplined (past)
disciplined (past participle)
disciplining (present participle)

glosses: If someone is disciplined, they are train a person by using instruction and practice.

glosses: If a person disciplines someone, they teach a person to obey authority.

glosses: If someone is disciplined, they are punished or gotten control of (or to get control back).

disciplin


disciplines

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

noun

discipline

disciplines


disciplines

glosses: The third-person singular form of discipline.


disciplined

glosses: The past tense and past participle of discipline.


acidly

etymology_text: acid + -ly

ety-suffix

acid

ly

expansion: acid + -ly

glosses: If something is done acidly, it is done in a sour or tart manner.


temperate

forms: temperate (positive)

glosses: If something is temperate, then it is in the middle; it is moderate or not excessive; the temperate was not too hot, but not too cold.

glosses: If something is temperate, it is not violent; it is cool.

text: The whole of Europe lies in the temperate region.

ipa: /ˈtɛmpərət/

hyphenation: temp‧pe‧rate


alien

forms:
alien
aliens (plural)

glosses: An alien is a person, animal, plant or thing that is not part of the group you look at.

glosses: An alien is a person who lives in a foreign country.

glosses: An alien is a living thing that is not from earth.

text: Nobody has ever seen an alien.


alien

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

glosses: If something is alien, it is strange or unfamiliar to you.


aliens

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

noun

alien


remnant

forms:
remnant
remnants (plural)

glosses: A remnant is the small part of something that is left after the rest is removed. Something left over.

text: Today's rain is a remnant of the storm yesterday.

ipa: /ˈrɛmnənt/

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

hyphenation: rem‧nant


remnants

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

remnant


supercalifragilisticexpialidocious

glosses: Something that is very great or wonderful.

ipa: /ˌsupɚˌkælɪ̈ˌfræd͡ʒɪ̈ˌlɪstɪkˌɛkspiˌælɪ̈ˈdoʊʃəs/

ipa: /ˌsuːpəˌkælɨˌfræd͡ʒɨˌlɪstɪkˌɛkspɪˌælɨˈdəʊʃəs/

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


Luna

forms: Luna

glosses: Luna is the Roman name for the Greek goddess of the moon, Selene.

ipa: /ˈlunə/


Gaia

forms: Gaia

glosses: Gaia is the mother of all things in Greek mythology.


click

forms:
click
clicks (plural)

glosses: Click is the act of operating a switch so that it clicks.

enpr: klĭk

ipa: /'klɪk/


click

forms:
click (canonical)
clicks (third-person singular)
clicked (past)
clicked (past participle)
clicking (present participle)

glosses: If you click on something, you use a computer mouse and push a button.

text: The computer wants me to click this button.

glosses: If you click on a website, you visit that website.

text: Click simple.wiktionary.org to visit the main page of the Simple English Wiktionary.


clicks

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

click


clicks

glosses: The third-person singular form of click.


clicked

glosses: The past tense and past participle of click.


cement

forms:
cement
cements (plural)

glosses: Cement is a material which is used to build a building.

text: The cement is not yet dry.

ipa: /səˈmɛnt/

hyphenation: ce‧ment


cement

forms:
cement (canonical)
cements (third-person singular)
cemented (past)
cemented (past participle)
cementing (present participle)

glosses: To join things together, with or as if with cement

text: The fence posts were cemented into the ground.

text: The glue cemented the pieces together.

text: Since his father was a friend of his employer, the man cemented his position in the company.

text: They cemented their friendship.


cements

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

cement


cements

glosses: The third-person singular form of cement.


cancer

forms:
cancer
cancers (plural)

glosses: Cancer is a disease where cells grow to a tumor.

text: Smoking is the main cause of lung cancer.

ipa: /ˈkæːnsə/

ipa: /ˈkænsə/

ipa: /ˈkænsɚ/

hyphenation: can‧cer


cancers

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

cancer


common noun

forms:
common noun
common nouns (plural)

glosses: A common noun is any noun that refers to a particular class or group or any particular person or thing; it is not written in capitals.

text: Men, book and cat are examples of common nouns.


common nouns

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

common noun


paganisms

forms:
paganism
paganisms (plural)

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

paganism


immigrations

forms:
immigration
immigrations (plural)

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

immigration


cemented

glosses: The past tense and past participle of cement.


Pacific Ocean

forms: Pacific Ocean

glosses: The Pacific Ocean is a large body of water. It is located in the East of Asia and West of the Americas.

text: There are many islands in the Pacific Ocean.


Pacific

forms: Pacific

glosses: The Pacific is a name for the Pacific Ocean.


napalms

forms:
napalm (canonical)
napalms (third-person singular)
napalmed (past)
napalmed (past participle)
napalming (present participle)

glosses: The third-person singular form of napalm.

verb

napalm


napalmed

glosses: The past tense and past participle of napalm.


nationalizations

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

noun

nationalization


resign

forms:
resign (canonical)
resigns (third-person singular)
resigned (past)
resigned (past participle)
resigning (present participle)

etymology_text: re- + clip

ety-prefix

re

clip

expansion: re- + clip

glosses: If someone resigns from a job, they quit it.

text: He resigned his job when his fellow workers were attacked.

glosses: If you resign something, you sign it again.

ipa: /ˌrəˈzaɪn/

ipa: /riːˈsaɪn/

hyphenation: re‧sign


resigns

glosses: The third-person singular form of resign.

verb

resign


resigned

glosses: The past tense and past participle of resign.


marker

forms:
marker
markers (plural)

etymology_text: mark + -er

ety-suffix

mark

expansion: mark + -er

glosses: A marker is something or someone that marks.

glosses: A marker is a note about how much money is owed.

glosses: A marker is a debt owed to someone that is not money, especially favors.

text: We may not be able to do this alone. Maybe it’s time to call in some of our markers.

glosses: A marker is a device that shoots paintballs.

text: He used his marker to shoot him with a red paintball.

ipa: /ˈmɑː(r)kə(r)/


marker

forms:
marker (canonical)
markers (third-person singular)
markered (past)
markered (past participle)
markering (present participle)

glosses: If something is markered, it is written or marked on it using a marker.


markers

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

noun

marker


markers

glosses: The third-person singular form of marker.


markered

glosses: The past tense and past participle of marker.


lowercase

forms: lowercase

glosses: Lowercase is another way of spelling lower case.

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

lowercase


lowercase

forms: lowercase (positive)

glosses: Something that is spelled in lower case.

text: The word "dad" is written in lowercase.


lower case

forms: lower case

glosses: Lower case letters are small like this: abcdef, not big like this: ABCDEF.

text: The word "dad" is written in lower case letters.


museum

forms:
museum
museums (plural)

glosses: A museum is a building where pictures, sculptures and other arts are shown.

text: There are several museums in Paris.

ipa: /mjuːˈziːəm/

ipa: /mjuˈziəm/

hyphenation: mu‧se‧um


museums

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

museum


mucus

forms: mucus

glosses: Mucus is a secrete that is produced in the mucous membranes.

text: The man threw out a lot of mucus when he sneezed.

ipa: /mjuːkəs/

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

hyphenation: mu‧cus

mucus


trap

forms:
trap
traps (plural)

glosses: A trap is a machine or other device made to catch and sometimes kill animals.

text: He uses traps to deal with his mice problem.

glosses: A trap is a trick made to catch someone more generally.

text: She fell into the trap of misspelling "misspelling."

glosses: A trap is the cover over a hole or opening; a trapdoor.

text: Close the trap before someone falls

glosses: A trap is any device used to hold and suddenly let go of an object.

text: They shot out of the school gates like greyhounds out of the trap.

glosses: A trap is a device in a pipe set up to hold and seal liquids and stops gases and lets liquids flow.

glosses: A trap is a place in a water pipe or pump where air gathers.

glosses: A trap is a light two-wheeled carriage with springs.

text: Have James prepare the trap – I wish to visit the parson.

text: Keep your trap shut.

glosses: A trap is a transvestite, or a man who dresses as a woman, who goes with a man pretend to be a woman.

text: I saw your brother asking a trap out last night at the bar.

glosses: A trap is exception made by the processor.

glosses: A mining license inspector during the Australian gold rush.

ipa: /træp/


trap

forms:
trap (canonical)
traps (third-person singular)
trapped (past)
trapped (past participle)
trapping (present participle)

glosses: To trap something is to catch in a trap.

glosses: To trap is to provide something with a trap.

glosses: To trap id to set traps for game; to make a business of trapping game.

glosses: To trap is to capture something such as a mistake so someone can fix it.

verb

trap

p


traps

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


trapped

glosses: The past tense and past participle of trap.


hyphenation

forms:
hyphenation
hyphenations (plural)

glosses: Hyphenation is the inclusion of hyphens; it mainly refers to their correct use.

text: Print the article without hyphenation if you are not sure where to put them.

ipa: /ˌhaɪfəˈneɪʃən/

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

hyphenation: hy‧phen‧ation


hyphenations

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

noun

hyphenation


judgement day

forms: judgement day

glosses: Judgement day is another way of spelling judgment day.


acidic

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

glosses: Something that is acidic has a pH level less than 7, is sour, and makes basic solutions more neutral.

glosses: Something that is acidic has a high percentage of silica.

glosses: Something that is acidic is of or related to acid or has the characteristics of an acid.

text: Lemon juice is an acidic solution

ipa: /əˈsɪdɪk/

enpr: əsĭdʹĭk

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

hyphenation: a‧cid‧ic


nod

forms:
nod (canonical)
nods (third-person singular)
nodded (past)
nodded (past participle)
nodding (present participle)

glosses: If you nod, then you move your head up and down to say that you agree with something.

text: I asked him if he wanted an ice cream, and he nodded in agreement.

ipa: /nɒd/

ipa: /nɑd/

ipa: /nɔd/

verb

nod

d


nod

forms:
nod
nods (plural)

glosses: A nod is when someone moves their head up and down to agree with something or say "yes".


nods

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


nodded

glosses: The past tense and past participle of nod.

ipa: /ˈnɒdɪd/

ipa: /ˈnɑdɪd/


monthly

etymology_text: month + -ly

ety-suffix

month

expansion: month + -ly

glosses: If something is monthly, then it happens or comes once in a month.

text: This magazine is monthly.

ipa: /ˈmʌnθli/


monthly

forms:
monthly
monthlies (plural)

glosses: A monthly is a magazine that is published every month.

noun

monthlies


monthlies

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

monthly


grove

forms:
grove
groves (plural)

text: The bird landed in a tree in the orange grove.

ipa: /ɡrəʊv/

ipa: /ɡroʊv/


groves

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

grove

groves


maneuver

forms:
maneuver
maneuvers (plural)

glosses: A maneuver is a planned action with a series of stages. It gets to a goal not directly, but by steps. If in a contest, it may involve deception, with the purpose hidden as long as possible. A maneuver may be simple or extremely complex.

text: This was the maneuver: to bring his opponent into the net, and follow with a lob or a passing shot.

text: The Blue Angels performed daring maneuvers at the airshow.

text: His plan was a clever maneuver.

ipa: /məˈnuːvɚ/

ipa: /məˈnuːvə/

hyphenation: ma‧neu‧ver


maneuver

forms:
maneuver (canonical)
maneuvers (third-person singular)
maneuvered (past)
maneuvered (past participle)
maneuvering (present participle)

glosses: If something is maneuverd, it is moved somewhere else, generally with difficulty.

text: She maneuverd her car into the parking space.

glosses: If someone maneuvers a person, they manipulate, plot, guide, steer or manage them purposefully.

text: She maneuverd him into a position where he had to do what she wanted.

text: She is manoeuvring.


maneuvers

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

maneuver


maneuvers

glosses: The third-person singular form of maneuver.


maneuvered

glosses: The past tense and past participle of maneuver.


manoeuvre

forms:
manoeuvre
manoeuvres (plural)

glosses: A manoeuvre is a planned action with a series of stages. It gets to a goal not directly, but by steps. If in a contest, it may involve deception, with the purpose hidden as long as possible. A manoeuvre may be simple or extremely complex.

text: This was the manoeuvre: to bring his opponent into the net, and follow with a lob or a passing shot.

text: The Blue Angels performed daring manoeuvres at the airshow.

text: His plan was a clever manoeuvre.

hyphenation: ma‧noeu‧vre


manoeuvre

forms:
manoeuvre (canonical)
manoeuvres (third-person singular)
manoeuvred (past)
manoeuvred (past participle)
manoeuvring (present participle)

glosses: If something is manoeuvred, it is moved somewhere else, generally with difficulty.

text: She manoeuvred her car into the parking space.

glosses: If someone manoeuvres a person, they manipulate, plot, guide, steer or manage them purposefully.

text: She manoeuvred him into a position where he had to do what she wanted.

text: She is manoeuvring.

verb

manoeuvr

e


manoeuvres

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

noun

manoeuvre


manoeuvres

glosses: The third-person singular form of manoeuvre.


manoeuvred

glosses: The past tense and past participle of manoeuvre.


depresses

forms:
depress (canonical)
depresses (third-person singular)
depressed (past)
depressed (past participle)
depressing (present participle)

glosses: The third-person singular form of depress.

verb

depress

es


numbering

forms:
number (canonical)
numbers (third-person singular)
numbered (past)
numbered (past participle)
numbering (present participle)

number


skeptics

forms:
skeptic
skeptics (plural)

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

noun

skeptic


sceptic

forms:
sceptic
sceptics (plural)

glosses: Sceptic is another way of spelling skeptic.


sceptics

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

sceptic


crazed

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

glosses: If someone is crazed, they have gone out of their mind, or are crazy.

text: The man was crazed from drinking too much alcohol.

ipa: /kreɪzd/


crazed

forms:
craze (canonical)
crazes (third-person singular)
crazed (past)
crazed (past participle)
crazing (present participle)

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

verb

craz


honesties

forms:
honesty
honesties (plural)

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

noun

honesty

honesties


bluebird

forms:
bluebird
bluebirds (plural)

etymology_text: blue + bird

compound

blue

bird

expansion: blue + bird

glosses: A bluebird is any North American bird in the genus Salia. Bluebirds have red and blue feathers.

ipa: /ˈbluˌbɝd/

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


t-shirt

forms:
t-shirt
t-shirts (plural)

glosses: T-shirt is another way of spelling T-shirt.


t-shirts

glosses: The plural form of t-shirt; more than one (kind of) t-shirt.

glosses: T-shirts is another way of spelling T-shirts.

noun

t-shirt


T-shirt

forms:
T-shirt
T-shirts (plural)

glosses: A T-shirt is a light shirt made of cotton and short sleeves and can have a picture or logo.

ipa: /ˈtiːʃɜːt/

ipa: /ˈtiːʃɚt/

audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Persent101-T-shirt.wav


T-shirts

glosses: The plural form of T-shirt; more than one (kind of) T-shirt.

T-shirt


bluebirds

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

bluebird


Utah

forms: Utah

text: Salt Lake City is the capital of Utah.


Maine

forms: Maine

text: Augusta is the capital of Maine.

ipa: /meɪn/

sampa: /meIn/

homophones: main mane


tan

forms:
tan
tans (plural)

glosses: Tan is one of the colors people can see.

glosses: A darkening of the skin from being in the sun.

text: She still has a tan from her visit to Mexico.

ipa: /tæn/

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


tan

forms:
tan (positive)
tanner (comparative)
tannest (superlative)

adj

tan

tanner

tannest


tan

forms:
tan (canonical)
tans (third-person singular)
tanned (past)
tanned (past participle)
tanning (present participle)

glosses: To use a tanning bed to darken your skin.

verb

n


tans

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


Wikinews

forms: Wikinews

glosses: Wikinews is a news wiki website that is part of the Wikimedia project.


imminent

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

glosses: If something is imminent, it is probably going to happen soon.

text: Because of all the rain, flooding is imminent.

ipa: /ˈɪmɪnənt/


mugger

forms:
mugger
muggers (plural)

glosses: A mugger is a person who attacks another person on the street and steals their money.

text: The mugger knocked me down, took my bag and ran away.

ipa: /ˈmʌɡɚ/

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


obliges

forms:
oblige (canonical)
obliges (third-person singular)
obliged (past)
obliged (past participle)
obliging (present participle)

glosses: The third-person singular form of oblige.

oblig


obliged

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

glosses: To feel obligated to do something for someone, possibly because they have done a favor for you.


obliged

glosses: The past tense and past participle of oblige.


obliging

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

glosses: If someone is obliging, they are ready to do a favor.


muggers

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

noun

mugger

muggers


levity

forms:
levity
levities (plural)

glosses: Levity is a feeling of not being serious, of being fun or funny.

levity

levities


tricolor

forms: tricolor (positive)

glosses: If something is tricolor, it has three colors.


tricolor

forms:
tricolor
tricolors (plural)

glosses: A tricolor is a banner or flag with three colored stripes.


plows

forms:
plow
plows (plural)

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

plow


plows

forms:
plow (canonical)
plows (third-person singular)
plowed (past)
plowed (past participle)
plowing (present participle)


plowed

glosses: The past tense and past participle of plow.


reproduction

forms:
reproduction
reproductions (plural)

glosses: Reproduction is the act of making a new living thing, such as a baby.

glosses: Reproduction is the act of making a copy of something.

glosses: A reproduction is a copy of something; a duplicate.

ipa: /ˌriːprəˈdʌkʃən/

hyphenation: re‧pro‧duc‧tion


tricolors

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

tricolor


sawed

forms:
saw (canonical)
saws (third-person singular)
sawed (past)
sawed (past participle)
sawing (present participle)

glosses: The past tense and past participle of saw.

verb

saw


sawed

forms:
saw (canonical)
saws (third-person singular)
sawed (past)
sawn (past participle)
sawing (present participle)

saws

sawed

sawn

sawing


Italian

forms: Italian

text: John is studying Italian in school.

enpr: ĭ-tălʹ-yən


Italian

forms:
Italian
Italians (plural)


Italian

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

text: Our family has taken many trips to the Italian countryside.

glosses: Something that is related to the Italian people.

glosses: Something that is related to the Italian language.

text: The Italian word "ciao" is a greeting known around the world.


title: Italian language

redirect: Italian


Romance

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

glosses: Romance languages are languages that come from Latin.

text: Italian, French, and Spanish are just a few Romance languages.

enpr: rō-măns'

ipa: /rəʊˈmæns/


Romance

forms: Romance

glosses: The group of languages that come from Latin.


judoka

forms:
judoka
judokas (plural)

ipa: /d͡ʒuːˈdəʊkə/

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


judokas

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

noun

judoka


reproductions

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

reproduction


Sicilian

forms: Sicilian

enpr: sĭ-sĭlʹ-yən, sĭ-sĭlʹ-ē-ən


Sicilian

forms:
Sicilian
Sicilians (plural)


Sicilian

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

glosses: Something that is related to the Sicilian people.

glosses: Something that is related to the Sicilian language.


Sicily

forms: Sicily

glosses: Sicily is the biggest island in the Mediterranean Sea and one of the 20 regions of Italy.

enpr: sĭsʹ-ə-lē


Sicilians

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

Sicilian


Italians

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

Italian


title: Sicilian language

redirect: Sicilian


Neapolitan

forms: Neapolitan

enpr: nē-ə-pŏlʹ-ĭ-tən

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


Neapolitan

forms:
Neapolitan
Neapolitans (plural)

glosses: A Neapolitan is a person from Naples, Italy.


Neapolitan

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

glosses: Something that is related to Naples, Italy.

glosses: Something that is related to the people of Naples.

glosses: Something that is related to the Neapolitan language.

glosses: Neapolitan ice cream is made by putting chocolate, vanilla, and strawberry flavored ice cream next to each other.


hub

forms:
hub
hubs (plural)

glosses: A hub is a place where a large amount of traffic meets or passes through.

text: London's Heathrow Airport is a big air traffic hub in Europe.

glosses: A hub is a simple networking device that sends all of the data (packets) that it gets to all of the other devices that are connected to it.

text: Mark bought a cheap hub to connect his home computers together.

enpr: hŭb

ipa: /hʌb/

sampa: /"hVb/


I

pos: pron

text: I am writing this, and you are reading it.

ipa: /aɪ/

sampa: /aI/

homophones: aye eye


I

forms: i or I

glosses: The ninth letter or the alphabet; previous H, next J. I is a vowel.

letter

i


I

forms: I

pos: symbol

glosses: A symbol meaning first, as in "George I" (which is said as "George the first").

glosses: The symbol for iodine on the periodic table of elements.


title: modal auxiliary verb

redirect: modal verb


broom

forms:
broom
brooms (plural)

glosses: A broom is a cleaning tool made of bristles used for sweeping.

enpr: bro͞om

ipa: /bruːm/


broom

forms:
broom (canonical)
brooms (third-person singular)
broomed (past)
broomed (past participle)
brooming (present participle)

glosses: If you broom something, it means that you use a broom (or something like a broom) to sweep it.

text: The young boy broomed the dirt off of the front stairs.


surfing

forms: surfing

glosses: Surfing is a sport of riding water on a surfboard.

ipa: /ˈsɝfɪŋ/


surfing

forms:
surf (canonical)
surfs (third-person singular)
surfed (past)
surfed (past participle)
surfing (present participle)

verb

surf


disorganized

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

glosses: If someone is disorganized, they are not capable of being organised.

glosses: If a place is disorganized, it is messy.

ipa: /dɪˌsorɡəˌnaɪˈzeɪʃən/


disorganized

forms:
disorganize (canonical)
disorganizes (third-person singular)
disorganized (past)
disorganized (past participle)
disorganizing (present participle)

glosses: The past tense and past participle of disorganize.

disorganiz


civilized

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

glosses: If a society or culture is civilized, it is advanced and very developed.

glosses: If you are civilized, you have strong morals or are intellectually advanced.

glosses: If you are civilized, you have good manners and are refined.

audio: EN-AU ck1 civilised.ogg

hyphenation: civ‧i‧lized


civilized

forms:
civilize (canonical)
civilizes (third-person singular)
civilized (past)
civilized (past participle)
civilizing (present participle)

glosses: The past tense and past participle of civilize.

civiliz


Jupiter

forms: Jupiter

glosses: Jupiter is the fifth planet from the sun in the Solar System.

text: The biggest planet in the Solar System is Jupiter.

glosses: In Roman mythology, Jupiter is the king of the gods. He is known as Zeus in Greek mythology.

enpr: jōō’-pĭ-tər


Lent

forms: Lent

glosses: In Christianity, Lent is the part of the Christian year between Ash Wednesday and Easter.

text: Lent represents the forty days that Jesus spent in the desert.

enpr: lĕnt

ipa: /lɛnt/


Florida

forms: Florida

glosses: Florida is a state in the south east of the United States of America.

text: Tallahassee is the capital of Florida.

ipa: /ˈflɒrɪdə/

ipa: /ˈflɔrɪdə/


fusion

forms:
fusion
fusions (plural)

glosses: Fusion is when two or more things come together as one.

glosses: In physics, nuclear fusion is when the nuclei of two or more atoms come together to make one new, heavier nucleus.

text: Fusion reactions make a lot of energy.

enpr: fyōō’-zhən

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


raisin

forms:
raisin
raisins (plural)

text: Raisins are a type of fruit.

enpr: rā’-zĭn


tutor

forms:
tutor
tutors (plural)

glosses: A tutor is a person who teaches another person or a small group of people.

ipa: /ˈtjuːtə(r)/

enpr: tōō’-tər

ipa: /ˈtuːtə˞/


tutor

forms:
tutor (canonical)
tutors (third-person singular)
tutored (past)
tutored (past participle)
tutoring (present participle)

glosses: If you tutor a person or a small group, you teach them.


tutors

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

noun

tutor


tutors

glosses: The third-person singular form of tutor.


tutored

glosses: The past tense and past participle of tutor.


raisins

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

raisin


dim

forms:
dim (positive)
dimmer (comparative)
dimmest (superlative)

text: It is hard to see in a room where the lights are dim.

glosses: If a person is dim, they are not very smart.

enpr: dĭm

ipa: /dɪm/

sampa: /dIm/

adj

dim

dimmer

dimmest


dim

forms:
dim (canonical)
dims (third-person singular)
dimmed (past)
dimmed (past participle)
dimming (present participle)

glosses: If you dim something, you make it darker.

text: Before a movie starts, it is normal to dim the lights in the movie theater.

text: As time went by the fire dimmed.

verb

m


halt

forms:
halt (canonical)
halts (third-person singular)
halted (past)
halted (past participle)
halting (present participle)

glosses: When someone halts something, they make it stop.

text: The contract negotiations halted operations for at least a week.

text: I spilled my drink when the train suddenly halted.

enpr: hôlt

ipa: /hɔːlt/

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


Pichilemu

forms: Pichilemu

text: There was an earthquake in Pichilemu.


halts

ipa: /hɑlts/

halt


halted

glosses: The past tense and past participle of halt.

ipa: /ˈhɔːltɪd/


dimmed

glosses: The past tense and past participle of dim.


dialogs

forms:
dialog
dialogs (plural)

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

noun

dialog


butt

forms:
butt
butts (plural)

glosses: Your butt is your bottom, your bum, the part of your body that you sit on.

text: The exercise works your legs, butt, and back.

glosses: When someone says, get your butt over/back/out of here, they mean move yourself.

text: Get your butt over here. = come here

glosses: If someone or something is a pain in the butt, they are unpleasant or annoying.

text: Stop that! You're such a pain in the butt.

glosses: If you work/run/study/play your butt off, you do so very hard.

text: We played our butts off in the game today, and we still lost.

text: He threw his cigarette butt on the ground.

text: He put the butt of the gun against his shoulder and looked down its long barrel.

glosses: If you're the butt of a joke, people are laughing at you because the joke makes you seem foolish or bad.

text: He hated being the butt of other people's jokes.

glosses: A butt is a large container for liquids.

text: The rain flowed into the butt.

enpr: bŭt

ipa: /bʌt/

sampa: /bVt/


butt

forms:
butt (canonical)
butts (third-person singular)
butted (past)
butted (past participle)
butting (present participle)

glosses: If animals butt something, they hit it with their head or horns.

text: The two goats butted each other and one fell over.

glosses: If you butt up against something, you reach it or come into conflict with it; often used when something stops progress.

text: The car butted up against the gate and could not go further.

glosses: If two people butt heads, they disagree or argue strongly.

text: The managers butted heads about the new schedule.

glosses: If you butt two things (for example, pipes or boards), you join their ends together so they meet directly.

text: They butted the two metal pipes together before welding the joint.

glosses: If you butt in, you interrupt a conversation or activity by speaking or acting when you should not.

text: Please don't butt in while I'm talking.

glosses: If you tell someone to butt out, you tell them not to interfere; to leave a matter alone.

text: This is between them — you should butt out.


title: buttox

redirect: buttock


buttock

forms:
buttock
buttocks (plural)

glosses: A buttock is one half of a person's backside or butt; people have a left buttock and a right buttock.


buttocks

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

ipa: /ˈbʌɾəks/

buttock


sustain

forms:
sustain (canonical)
sustains (third-person singular)
sustained (past)
sustained (past participle)
sustaining (present participle)

glosses: If something is sustained, it is maintained.

text: I tried to sustain the energy level of the party by playing some rock music.

glosses: If something sustains (an injury etc.), it experiences or suffers (from an injury etc.).

text: The soldier sustained multiple shots and carried on to kill the enemy troops.

ipa: /səˈsteɪn/


sustains

glosses: The third-person singular form of sustain.

verb

sustain


sustained

glosses: The past tense and past participle of sustain.


sophomore

forms:
sophomore
sophomores (plural)

glosses: A student in his or her second year in a college or university, or the second year in a four-year high school.

text: George is currently a sophomore at Yale University.

ipa: /ˈsɒfəmɔə/

ipa: /ˈsɑːfmɔːr/

ipa: /ˈsɒfəmɔr/

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


sophomore

forms: sophomore (positive)

glosses: The second thing in a series, especially an artist's second album or the second of four years in high school or college.

text: The band's sophomore album was much better than their debut album and gave them much more success.

text: My sophomore year of high school was my favorite.


sophomores

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

noun

sophomore


marveled

forms:
marveled (past)
marveled (past participle)
marveling (present participle)
marvel (canonical)
marvels (third-person singular)
marvelled (past)
marvelled (past participle)
marvelling (present participle)

glosses: The past tense and past participle of marvel.

verb

marvel

l


corndog

forms:
corndog
corndogs (plural)

glosses: Corndog is another way of spelling corn dog.


corn dogs

forms:
corn dog
corn dogs (plural)

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

noun

corn dog


Paris

forms: Paris

enpr: pă'-rĭs

ipa: /ˈpærɪs/

sampa: /"p{rIs/


New York

forms: New York

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

text: New York is one of the original English colonies in America.

glosses: New York is the largest city in New York state.

text: New York was once the capital of the United States.

enpr: nyōō-yôk'

enpr: nōō-yôrk'

audio: en-us-New York.ogg

audio: en-us-New York-2.ogg


lemon

forms:
lemon
lemons (plural)

glosses: A lemon is a yellow citrus fruit that has a sour taste.

glosses: A bright shade of yellow associated with lemon fruits.

text: (flesh)

text: (rind)

enpr: lĕm'-ən

ipa: /ˈlɛmən/


lime

forms:
lime
limes (plural)

glosses: A lime is a green citrus fruit that has a sour taste, like a lemon but usually smaller.

glosses: Lime is a material containing calcium oxide or calcium hydroxide.

glosses: The Limes was a defensive wall marking the northern borders of the Roman Empire.

text: Lime is a color mixed by yellow and green.

enpr: līm

ipa: /laɪm/

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


liberty

forms:
liberty
liberties (plural)

glosses: Liberty is the state of being free from someone else's control, not a slave or a prisoner.

text: John isn't in prison anymore; he has regained his liberty.

glosses: If someone has a lot of liberty, then they are free to do what they want.

text: The chief editor gives Jane the liberty to write what she wants in her magazine column.

enpr: lĭb'-ə-ti

ipa: /ˈlɪbəti/

enpr: lĭb'-ər-ti

ipa: /ˈlɪbə˞ti/

liberties


diamond

forms:
diamond
diamonds (plural)

glosses: Diamond is a very hard mineral made from carbon that is shiny like glass.

text: The blades of cutting tools like saws and knives are sometimes coated in diamond.

glosses: A diamond is a precious gemstone made from the mineral diamond.

text: The diamond is the birthstone of April.

glosses: In geometry, a diamond (◆) is a rhombus that is a square tilted at a 45-degree angle.

glosses: In card games, the diamonds are one of the four playing card suits.

text: The diamonds and the hearts are the two red-colored suits.

glosses: In cards games, a diamond is a card of the diamond suit.

text: I have three diamonds in my hand.

enpr: dī'əmənd

ipa: /ˈdaɪ(ə)mənd/


limes

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

lime


liberties

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

liberty


diamonds

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

enpr: dīʹ(ə)mənd

ipa: /ˈdaɪ(ə)məndz/

diamond


New Yorker

forms:
New Yorker
New Yorkers (plural)

glosses: A New Yorker is a person who lives in either New York State or New York City.


rhombus

forms:
rhombus
rhombuses or rhombi (plural)

glosses: A rhombus is a shape that has two pairs of parallel sides that have the same length.

text: All rhombuses are parallelograms, and all squares are rhombuses.

ipa: /ˈrɒmbəs/

ipa: /ˈrɑːmbəs/

rhombus

rhombuses

rhombi


fragile

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

glosses: If something is fragile then it is delicate and it will break easily.

enpr: frăj'-īl

ipa: /ˈfrædʒaɪl/

sampa: /"fr{dZaIl/

enpr: frăj'-əl

ipa: /ˈfrædʒəl/


funeral

forms:
funeral
funerals (plural)

glosses: A funeral is a ceremony that honors someone who has died.

text: Everyone's preparing to go to Mary's funeral on Saturday at her family's church.

ipa: /ˈfjuːnərəl/

ipa: /ˈfjunərəl/

hyphenation: fu‧ne‧ral; fun‧eral


sorting

forms:
sort (canonical)
sorts (third-person singular)
sorted (past)
sorted (past participle)
sorting (present participle)

verb

sort


sorted

glosses: The past tense and past participle of sort.


funerals

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

enpr: fyōō'-nər-əlz

noun

funeral


rhombuses

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


lemons

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

enpr: lĕm'-ənz

ipa: /ˈlɛmənz/

lemon


pollution

forms: pollution

glosses: Pollution is when bad or harmful things are put into the environment.

text: Nobody visits the river any more because of all the pollution.

glosses: Pollution is the state of being polluted.

ipa: /pəˈl(j)uːʃən/

ipa: /pəˈluʃən/

pollution


grandpa

forms:
grandpa
grandpas (plural)

glosses: A grandpa is a short name for a grandfather (the father of your father or mother).


prank call

forms:
prank call
prank calls (plural)

glosses: A prank call is a phone call made to prank somebody.

text: The store owner was angry after receiving a prank call.


prank call

forms:
prank call (canonical)
prank calls (third-person singular)
prank called (past)
prank called (past participle)
prank calling (present participle)

glosses: If you make a prank call, you are making a call to trick or prank somebody.

text: We have decided to prank call our friends.


alto saxophone

forms:
alto saxophone
alto saxophones (plural)

glosses: An alto saxophone is a musical instrument; it is one kind of saxophone.


New Yorkers

forms: New Yorker

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

proper noun

New Yorker


grandpas

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

noun

grandpa


rival

forms:
rival
rivals (plural)

glosses: Your rival is someone who is competing or fighting with you for the same thing; a competitor.

text: Chris is my biggest rival in the 400 m race.

glosses: Someone or something with similar quality or distinction as another; an equal.

text: As a mountain climber, he has no rival in Switzerland.

ipa: /ˈraɪvəl/


rival

forms:
rivaled (past)
rivaled (past participle)
rivaling (present participle)
rival (canonical)
rivals (third-person singular)
rivalled (past)
rivalled (past participle)
rivalling (present participle)

verb

rival


reversible

forms: reversible (positive)

etymology_text: From reverse + -ible.

ety-suffix

reverse

ible

expansion: reverse + -ible

glosses: If something is reversible, you can reverse it.

glosses: If a piece of clothing is reversible, you can wear it inside out.

glosses: If a chemical reaction is reversible, it can go in either direction.

glosses: If something is reversible, it can return to how it once was.

glosses: If something is reversible, it can return how it once was without using free energy or increasing entropy.

ipa: /rɪˈvɜːsəbl/

hyphenation: re‧vers‧ible


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mooned

forms:
moon (canonical)
moons (third-person singular)
mooned (past)
mooned (past participle)
mooning (present participle)

glosses: The past tense and past participle of moon.

verb

moon

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feedback

forms: feedback

text: I'd really like some feedback on my poem.

text: I've been hearing really positive feedback about the new library.

text: After you hand in your essay, I will give you your grade and feedback regarding the content.

glosses: The high-pitched noise that you can hear when there's a loop between a microphone and a speaker.

noun

feedback


anomaly

forms:
anomaly
anomalies (plural)

glosses: A situation or thing that is not normal.

ipa: /əˈnɒməlɪ/

ipa: /əˈnɑməli/

irrnoun

anomalies


anomalies

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

noun

anomaly

anomalies


rivals

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


rivals

glosses: The third-person singular form of rival.


rivaled

glosses: The past tense and past participle of rival.


brooms

forms:
broom
brooms (plural)

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

broom


brooms

forms:
broom (canonical)
brooms (third-person singular)
broomed (past)
broomed (past participle)
brooming (present participle)

glosses: The third-person singular form of broom.


broomed

glosses: The past tense and past participle of broom.


ordains

forms:
ordain (canonical)
ordains (third-person singular)
ordained (past)
ordained (past participle)
ordaining (present participle)

glosses: The third-person singular form of ordain.

verb

ordain


ordained

glosses: The past tense and past participle of ordain.


irreversible

forms: irreversible (positive)

etymology_text: ir- + reversible

ety-prefix

ir

reversible

expansion: ir- + reversible

glosses: If something is irreversible, you cannot reverse it.

glosses: If something is irreversible, it cannot return to how it once was.

glosses: If something is irreversible, it cannot return how it once was without using free energy or increasing entropy.


linguolabial

forms: linguolabial (positive)

glosses: In phonetics, a linguolabial sound is made by touching the upper lip with the tongue.

text: Linguolabial sounds are very rare.


phonetics

forms: phonetics (plural)

glosses: Phonetics is the study of the sounds of human speech or (movements, in the case of sign language).

enpr: fə-nĕt'-ĭks

ipa: /fəˈnɛtɪks/

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


pharmacy

forms:
pharmacy
pharmacies (plural)

glosses: A pharmacy is a place someone can get prescription medicine.

text: On the way home I need to pick up my medicine at the pharmacy.

glosses: Pharmacy is the study of chemicals and substances that are used as medicine.

glosses: Pharmacy is the work that a pharmacist does.

enpr: fär'-mə-si

ipa: /ˈfɑrməsi/

noun

pharmacies


pharmacies

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

enpr: fär'-mə-siz

ipa: /ˈfɑrməsiz/

pharmacy


ignored

forms:
ignore (canonical)
ignores (third-person singular)
ignored (past)
ignored (past participle)
ignoring (present participle)

glosses: The past tense and past participle of ignore.

text: She ignored all the questions she did not want to answer.

enpr: ĭgnôrdʹ

ipa: /ɪɡˈnɔrd/

enpr: ĭgnôdʹ

ipa: /ɪɡˈnɔːd/

hyphenation: ig‧nored

verb

ignor

e


phonology

forms:
phonology
phonologies (plural)

glosses: Phonology is the study of the way that sounds (phones) carry meanings in languages (as phonemes).

text: Phonetics studies the sounds of human languages, and phonology studies the meanings that those sounds have.

glosses: The phonology of a language is the set of sounds that have meaning in that language; the set of sounds that can be used to make words.

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

hyphenation: pho‧no‧lo‧gy

noun

phonologies


ignores

glosses: The third-person singular form of ignore.


regulated

forms:
regulate (canonical)
regulates (third-person singular)
regulated (past)
regulated (past participle)
regulating (present participle)

glosses: The past tense and past participle of regulate.

text: Oil and gas is a highly regulated industry.

verb

regulat


stockings

forms:
stocking
stockings (plural)

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

noun

stocking


unregulated

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

text: "It is not regulation that is an evil, but unsuitable regulation; unregulated trade is not necessarily in a sound condition, and regulated trade is not restricted trade unless it is ill-regulated trade." -- William Cunningham in The Growth of English Industry and Commerce, p. 265 (1896)


regulates

glosses: The third-person singular form of regulate.


mule kicks

forms:
mule kick
mule kicks (plural)

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

mule kick


reigned

forms:
reign (canonical)
reigns (third-person singular)
reigned (past)
reigned (past participle)
reigning (present participle)

glosses: The past tense and past participle of reign.

verb

reign


inflect

forms:
inflect (canonical)
inflects (third-person singular)
inflected (past)
inflected (past participle)
inflecting (present participle)

glosses: To inflect means to change a word to change its meaning or tense.

text: The verb "worked" is "work" after being inflected.

text: He learned the language quickly, especially how to inflect the words.

ipa: /ɪnˈflɛkt/


inflection

forms:
inflection
inflections (plural)

glosses: Inflection is the changing of a verb, noun, adjective or adverb to change its meaning or tense.

text: When learning a language, inflection is often taught separately.

text: Italic languages use inflection more often than Germanic languages do.

ipa: /ɪnˈflɛkʃən/

hyphenation: in‧flec‧tion


seemed

forms:
seem (canonical)
seems (third-person singular)
seemed (past)
seemed (past participle)
seeming (present participle)

glosses: The past tense and past participle of seem.

seem


others

forms:
other
others (plural)

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

noun

other


says

forms:
say (canonical)
says (third-person singular)
said (past)
said (past participle)
saying (present participle)

enpr: sĕz

ipa: /sɛz/

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

verb

say

says

said

said

saying


saying

hyphenation: say‧ing


saying

forms:
saying
sayings (plural)

glosses: A saying is a short sentence or paragraph that offers advice.


certainly

etymology_text: certain + -ly

ety-suffix

certain

ly

expansion: certain + -ly

glosses: (of propositions) Used to agree with something, yes.

text: Would you like to come with me? – Certainly.

ipa: /ˈsɝtn̩li/

ipa: /ˈsɜːtn̩li/


silence

forms:
silence
silences (plural)

text: The silence was strange, not even a bird could be heard.

glosses: A silence is a time when there is no noise.

text: We had one minute of silence to remember the people who had died in the war.

ipa: /saɪləns/

noun

silence


silence

forms:
silence (canonical)
silences (third-person singular)
silenced (past)
silenced (past participle)
silencing (present participle)

glosses: If you silence something, you stop it from making noise.

glosses: If you silence someone, you stop them from talking.

verb

silenc


presence

forms:
presence
presences (plural)

glosses: An instance of being around - being near, in sight.


appearance

forms:
appearance
appearances (plural)

glosses: Outward or visible aspect of a person or thing. It is a physical property of matter, meaning that a change in chemical composition does not necessarily cause a change in appearance.

glosses: The event of coming into sight. When you first see something, the thing is said to have appeared. Inversely, when the thing goes out of sight, the thing is said to have disappeared, dis- being a Latin root meaning 'not'.

ipa: /əˈpɪərəns/

ipa: /əˈpɪrəns/

hyphenation: ap‧pear‧ance


silent

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

glosses: If something is silent, there is no sound. It is unheard.

text: The candidates were silent during the exam.

ipa: /ˈsaɪlənt/


exclaimed

forms:
exclaim (canonical)
exclaims (third-person singular)
exclaimed (past)
exclaimed (past participle)
exclaiming (present participle)

glosses: The past tense and past participle of exclaim.

ipa: /ɛkskleɪmd/

exclaim


exclaim

glosses: If you exclaim something, you say it loudly and enthusiastically.

ipa: /ɛkˈskleɪm/

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


exclaims

glosses: The third-person singular form of exclaim.


generally

etymology_text: general + -ly

ety-suffix

general

expansion: general + -ly

glosses: In general, without regard to other details which may affect the scenario.

text: Generally, men find it easier to lose weight than women.

ipa: /ʤɛnrəliː/


experimental

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

glosses: Of an experiment. Which may contain errors. Not tested thoroughly.

ipa: /ɨkspɛrəˈmɛntəl/


Afghan

forms:
Afghan
Afghans (plural)

glosses: An Afghan is a person or thing that comes from or lives in Afghanistan.

ipa: /ˈæfˌgæn/

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


Afghan

forms: Afghan (positive)

glosses: Something or someone that is Afghan comes from or is related to Afghanistan.


inflects

glosses: The third-person singular form of inflect.

verb

inflect


inflected

glosses: The past tense and past participle of inflect.


inflections

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

noun

inflection


presences

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

presence


appearances

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

appearance


landlocked

forms: landlocked (positive)

etymology_text: land + locked

compound

land

locked

expansion: land + locked

glosses: A piece of land is landlocked if it does not touch a large body of water, such as a sea or ocean.

ipa: /ˈlændlɑkt/

ipa: /ˈlændlɒkt/

hyphenation: land‧locked


undocumented

forms: undocumented (positive)

etymology_text: un- + documented

ety-prefix

un

documented

expansion: un- + documented

glosses: If something is undocumented, it does not have the documents to support a claim.

glosses: If something is undocumented, it does not have official documentation required to enter, live or work in a country.


regularize

forms:
regularize (canonical)
regularizes (third-person singular)
regularized (past)
regularized (past participle)
regularizing (present participle)

text: The regularization of spelling was an important step in the advancement of literary society.

glosses: If you regularize something, you control it by defining it.

text: The industry has fought the state's attempts to regularize its products.

glosses: If x regularizes y, x causes y to function in a particular way.

text: You turn this to regulate the water flow.

text: This check list regularizes activities and decision-making.

ipa: /ˈrɛɡjəlɚaɪz/

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

verb

regulariz


ascribe

forms:
ascribe (canonical)
ascribes (third-person singular)
ascribed (past)
ascribed (past participle)
ascribing (present participle)

glosses: To attribute a cause or characteristic to someone or something.

text: We may ascribe the failure to the leader, but it is also explained by bad luck.

glosses: To attribute a book, painting or any work of art or literature to a specific writer or painter or creator.

text: It is arguable as to whether we can truly ascribe this play to Shakespeare.

ipa: /əˈskraɪb/

ascrib


alphabetically

etymology_text: alphabetical + -ly

ety-suffix

alphabetical

expansion: alphabetical + -ly

text: Sorting alphabetically means every name beginning with 'A' will come before words beginning with 'B'.

text: Dictionaries are often sorted alphabetically.


silences

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


silences

glosses: The third-person singular form of silence.


silenced

glosses: The past tense and past participle of silence.


hoop

forms:
hoop
hoops (plural)

glosses: A hoop is a circular or ring-like object.

enpr: ho͞op

ipa: /huːp/

audio: EN-AU ck1 hoop.ogg


blackbirds

forms:
blackbird
blackbirds (plural)

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

noun

blackbird


earthen

forms: earthen (positive)

glosses: If something is earthen, it is made of earth or mud.

text: The earthen walls of the house were very thick.

glosses: If something is earthen, it is made of clay (usually said of pottery).

text: The earthen dishes were easily chipped or broken.

glosses: If something is earthen, it is the color of earth, soil or dirt.

text: The walls of the buildings in Timbuktu are the same earthen color as the sand and soil of central Mali.

ipa: /ˈərθən/

ipa: /ˈɜː(r)θən/

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


venerate

forms:
venerate (canonical)
venerates (third-person singular)
venerated (past)
venerated (past participle)
venerating (present participle)

glosses: To treat with great respect and deference.

text: They wanted to venerate the spirit of the great man.

glosses: To revere or hold in high value, esteem, awe.

text: He came to venerate the memory of the significant or holy event.

text: The children were taught to venerate their parents and grandparents.

ipa: /ˈvɛnəreɪt/

verb

venerat


venerates

glosses: The third-person singular form of venerate.


venerated

glosses: The past tense and past participle of venerate.


contacts

forms:
contact
contacts (plural)

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

noun

contact


contacts

forms:
contact (canonical)
contacts (third-person singular)
contacted (past)
contacted (past participle)
contacting (present participle)

glosses: The third-person singular form of contact.


contacted

glosses: The past tense and past participle of contact.


elite

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

glosses: If something is elite, it is special or exclusive.

ipa: /ɪˈliːt/

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


elite

forms:
elite
elites (plural)

text: Only the elite can enter this school.

glosses: Elite is the size of letter in typewriting (12 per inch).


elites

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

elite


eloquence

forms:
eloquence
eloquences (plural)

glosses: Eloquence is the quality of using language well and effectively.

text: His speech was full of grace and eloquence.

ipa: /'ɛləkwəns/

hyphenation: el‧o‧quence


alley

forms:
alley
alleys (plural)

glosses: An alley is a small street that is located behind buildings.

text: I found a dollar while walking in the alley.

glosses: An alley is a place where people go bowling.

text: I went to the bowling alley last night.


eloquences

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

eloquence


alleys

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

alley


hoops

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

ipa: /huːps/

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

hoop


settlement

forms:
settlement
settlements (plural)

etymology_text: settle + -ment

ety-suffix

settle

ment

expansion: settle + -ment

glosses: A settlement is a small, new colony; a new place for people to live.

glosses: A settlement is a decision made to fix and end a legal argument between two people.

glosses: Settlement is when people are settling someplace, that is moving to it

glosses: Settlement is what happens when a building falls into the ground very very slowly.


adventure

forms:
adventure
adventures (plural)

glosses: If you have an adventure you have a trip with a lot of excitement, hazards, or dangers.

text: Bilbo went on an adventure.

glosses: An adventure may be any event where risks are encountered.

ipa: /ædˈv̥ɛntʃɚ/

ipa: /ədˈvɛntʃə/


adventure

forms:
adventure (canonical)
adventures (third-person singular)
adventured (past)
adventured (past participle)
adventuring (present participle)

glosses: To adventure is to go on an adventure; quest; trip.

ipa: /ædˈv̥ɛntʃɚ/

verb

adventur


affection

forms:
affection
affections (plural)

glosses: Affection is the state of being affected.

glosses: An affection is a condition, state, or quality of something.

text: Your weight is an affection of your body.

glosses: If someone has affection for something or someone else, they love it; they like doing it; they are attached to it.

text: I have affection for her.

glosses: An affection is a disease or malady of the body.


adventures

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

ipa: /ədˈvɛnt͡ʃɚz/

ipa: /ədˈvɛnt͡ʃəz/

hyphenation: ad‧ven‧tures

noun

adventure


adventures

glosses: The third-person singular form of adventure.


adventured

glosses: The past tense and past participle of adventure.


affections

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

ipa: /əˈfɛkʃənz/

hyphenation: af‧fec‧tions

affection


alert

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

ipa: /əˈlɜːt/

enpr: ə-lûrtʹ

ipa: /əˈlɝt/


alert

forms:
alert
alerts (plural)

glosses: A notification; something that is observed.


alert

forms:
alert (canonical)
alerts (third-person singular)
alerted (past)
alerted (past participle)
alerting (present participle)


alerts

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

alert


alerts

glosses: The third-person singular form of alert.


alerted

glosses: The past tense and past participle of alert.


amuse

forms:
amuse (canonical)
amuses (third-person singular)
amused (past)
amused (past participle)
amusing (present participle)

glosses: To amuse is to cause laughter and enjoyment; to be funny.

ipa: /əˈmjuːz/

ipa: /ʌˈmjus/

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

verb

amus


amuses

glosses: The third-person singular form of amuse.


amused

glosses: The past tense and past participle of amuse.

text: While I was waiting for the bus, I amused myself by counting the cars that went by.

ipa: /əˈmjuːzd/


amused

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

text: The children played a game while their amused parents watched.


laughter

forms: laughter

text: Laughter filled the classroom when the teacher accidently spilled her coffee.

text: Much laughter followed the joke.

ipa: /ˈlɑːftə/

enpr: lăfʹtər

ipa: /ˈlæftɚ/

noun

laughter


appal

forms:
appal (canonical)
appals (third-person singular)
appaled (past)
appaled (past participle)
appaling (present participle)

glosses: To depress or discourage with fear; to make upset.

text: The mess in the house would appall him.

enpr: ə-pôlʹ

ipa: /əˈpɔːl/

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


appall

forms:
appall (canonical)
appalls (third-person singular)
appalled (past)
appalled (past participle)
appalling (present participle)

text: The mess in the house would appall him.


appalls

glosses: The third-person singular form of appall.

verb

appall