pos: symbol

glosses: An exclamation mark used to show excitement, surprise or anger.

text: Ouch! Help! I am hurt!

text: Children's rhyme: "The interjection cries out: 'Hark! I need an exclamation mark!'"

text: c.1649 A Fiery Flying Roll by Abiezer Coppe: "And now (my dearest ones!) every one under the Sun..."

glosses: (symbol) Used by itself as a sign to make you notice something, such as something that is dangerous or something that has gone wrong.

glosses: In computing, it usually represents a Boolean not.

text: "if !x" means "if not x"

text: 5! = 5 × 4 × 3 × 2 × 1

text: "five factorial equals…"


semicolon

forms:
semicolon
semicolons (plural)

pos: noun

glosses: A semicolon is the sign ; used to mark a pause longer than the comma (,) but shorter than the period (.).

text: A space is needed after the semicolon.

text: Do not use a semicolon between a clause and a phrase, or a main clause and a subordinate clause.

ipa: /ˌsɛmiˈkəʊlən/

ipa: /ˈsɛmikoʊlən/

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

noun

expansion: [POS TABLE]


fail

forms:
fail (canonical)
fails (third-person singular)
failed (past)
failed (past participle)
failing (present participle)

pos: verb

text: The event is going to fail.

enpr: fāl

ipa: /feɪl/


acronym

forms:
acronym
acronyms (plural)

etymology_text: acro- + -onym

confix

acro

onym

expansion: acro- + -onym

glosses: An acronym is an abbreviation usually made by the first letters of a series of words, and which is itself said as a word

text: RAM, radar and scuba are acronyms.


identifications

forms:
identification
identifications (plural)

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

noun

identification


chord

forms:
chord
chords (plural)

glosses: A chord is made of several notes together, usually three or four.

text: Some singers accompany themselves on guitar by playing chords.

glosses: A chord is a straight line, that can be material or an abstract line linking two points together.

ipa: /kɔː(r)d/


IPA

forms: IPA

pos: abbrev

glosses: International Phonetic Alphabet, one of the writing systems used to transcribe every sound that exists in any known human language.


offline

forms: offline (positive)

pos: adj

etymology_text: off- + line

ety-prefix

off

line

expansion: off- + line

glosses: If a system is offline, it is not connected (generally electronically) to a larger network.

glosses: If a machine is offline, it is not powered on.

text: The printer is offline for a few minutes while it starts up.

ipa: /ɒfˈlaɪn/

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


offline

pos: adv


gifts

forms:
gift
gifts (plural)

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

text: He always likes to receive gifts.

noun

gift


gifts

forms:
gift (canonical)
gifts (third-person singular)
gifted (past)
gifted (past participle)
gifting (present participle)


gain

forms:
gain
gains (plural)

text: You have nothing to gain.

glosses: What one gains, as a return on investment or dividend.

text: No pain, no gain.

glosses: The factor by which a signal is multiplied.

ipa: /geɪn/

sampa: /geIn/


gain

forms:
gain (canonical)
gains (third-person singular)
gained (past)
gained (past participle)
gaining (present participle)

glosses: You gain something by getting or receiving it.


title: off-line

redirect: offline

pos: hard-redirect


totals

forms:
total
totals (plural)

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

total


totals

forms:
totaled (past)
totaled (past participle)
totaling (present participle)
total (canonical)
totals (third-person singular)
totalled (past)
totalled (past participle)
totalling (present participle)

glosses: The third-person singular form of total.

verb

l


blind

forms:
blind (positive)
blinder (comparative)
blindest (superlative)

glosses: If someone or something is blind, they can't see.

text: I'm not totally blind. I can see a little.

glosses: If someone or something is blind, they can't see the truth about something.

text: How can you be so blind about your problems?

ipa: /blaɪnd/

adj

blind

blinder

blindest


blind

forms:
blind (canonical)
blinds (third-person singular)
blinded (past)
blinded (past participle)
blinding (present participle)

glosses: If someone is blinded, they become unable to see.

text: The light was so bright that for a moment he was blinded.

text: Don't wave that pencil in my face – do you want to blind me?


blind

forms:
blind
blinds (plural)

glosses: A covering for a window to keep out light. The covering may be made of cloth or of narrow slats that can block light or allow it to pass.

glosses: Any device intended to conceal or hide; as, a duck blind.

text: The player was in the big blind.

glosses: An 1800s baseball term meaning no score.


blind

glosses: In three card brag, without looking at the cards dealt.


blame

forms:
blame (canonical)
blames (third-person singular)
blamed (past)
blamed (past participle)
blaming (present participle)

glosses: If you blame someone or something for something bad, you say or think that they are the reason for or cause of it.

text: It's not your fault... don't blame yourself.

text: If you keep asking the woman why he attacked her, you're blaming the victim.

text: She's changed, but I blame it on the drugs.

text: Everything's gone wrong, and I want to know who's to blame.

ipa: /bleɪm/

verb

blam

e


blame

forms: blame

glosses: The blame for something bad is the idea that you made or let it happen.

text: You keep your mouth shut and I'll take the blame.

text: I went told lies, beat up smaller boys, and put the blame on someone else.

text: Coaches and players must share the blame for the worst season in club history.


weekend

forms:
weekend
weekends (plural)

glosses: The end of the working week, usually Saturday and Sunday.

text: I do not have work on the weekend.

ipa: /wiːˈkɛnd/

ipa: /ˈwiˌkɛnd/

ipa: /ˈwiːˌkend/


weekend

forms:
weekend (canonical)
weekends (third-person singular)
weekended (past)
weekended (past participle)
weekending (present participle)

glosses: If you weekend somewhere, you stay there just for the weekend.

text: We'll weekend at the beach.


bless

forms:
bless (canonical)
blesses (third-person singular)
blessed (past)
blessed (past participle)
blessing (present participle)

glosses: You say, bless you when someone sneezes.

glosses: You say, bless you, him, her, etc. when that person has done something nice.

glosses: If you are blessed with an ability or something, you are lucky to have it.

glosses: If God blesses something, he gives it special attention and takes care of it.

enpr: blĕs

ipa: /blɛs/

bless

es


salmon

forms:
salmon
salmons or salmon (plural)

glosses: A yellowish pink colour, the colour of cooked salmon.

enpr: să'mən

ipa: /ˈsæmən/

noun

salmon


parr

forms:
parr
parrs (plural)

glosses: A parr is a young salmon fish, more mature than a fry.

ipa: /pɑː/


alevin

forms:
alevin
alevins (plural)

glosses: An alevin is a young salmon fish who has just hatched.

enpr: ăl'-ə-vən

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


smolt

forms:
smolt
smolts (plural)

glosses: A young salmon fish, just before becoming an adult which breeds.

ipa: /smoʊlt/

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


everybody

forms: everybody

pos: det

ipa: /ˈɛvriˌbɒdi/

ipa: /ˈɛvirbədi/

ipa: /ˈɛrbʌdi/


dildo

forms:
dildo
dildos or dildoes (plural)

glosses: A dildo is a device shaped like a penis that is used for masturbation and sex.

enpr: dĭldō

ipa: /ˈdɪldəʊ/

ipa: /ˈdɪldoʊ/

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

dildoes


salmonid

forms:
salmonid
salmonids (plural)

glosses: A group of fish similar to a salmon or a trout.


bloom

forms:
bloom
blooms (plural)

text: The seeds you plant in the spring will give blooms from summer through fall.

glosses: If something is in bloom, its flowers are open or it is reaching a state of fullness.

text: The weather is warming and spring flowers are coming into bloom.

text: She had a wide circle of friends and her career was in full bloom .

glosses: The bloom is the best time or a look of freshness or fullness.

text: The bloom is off their love.

text: It's wonderful to see the children in the bloom of youth.

text: As she approached, he saw the round of her hips and the bloom of her breasts.

ipa: /bluːm/


bloom

forms:
bloom (canonical)
blooms (third-person singular)
bloomed (past)
bloomed (past participle)
blooming (present participle)

glosses: If something such as a flower blooms, it opens, or is reaching a state of fullness.

text: The blue sky was the color of the sea, and flowers were blooming in the fields.

text: She had a wide circle of friends and her life was in full bloom.

text: Business is blooming on this busy street.


peoples

forms:
people
peoples (plural)

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

text: The native peoples of America speak different languages.

people


peoples

forms:
people (canonical)
peoples (third-person singular)
peopled (past)
peopled (past participle)
peopling (present participle)

glosses: The third-person singular form of people.

verb

peopl


bomb

forms:
bomb
bombs (plural)

text: The man killed himself and eight others by detonating a very powerful bomb.

text: On August 6, a U.S. B-29 dropped a 9,000-pound atomic bomb on Hiroshima.

text: One U.S. soldier and two Iraqi children were killed when a roadside bomb exploded in central Baghdad.

glosses: If something, often a movie or a concert, was a bomb, it was very unsuccessful.

text: The first computer was a bomb, but IBM improved it and the new machine sold very well.

ipa: /bɒm/

ipa: /bɑm/

audio: EN-AU ck1 bomb.ogg


bomb

forms:
bomb (canonical)
bombs (third-person singular)
bombed (past)
bombed (past participle)
bombing (present participle)

glosses: If you bomb a place, you drop or put one or more bombs there.

text: This woman's mother and son were killed when American planes bombed the village.

glosses: If you bomb somewhere, you go there at high speed.

text: They walked up the mountain with their bikes and then bombed down as fast as they could go.

glosses: If you bomb a test, course, etc., you get a very low grade on it.

glosses: If something, often a movie or a concert, bombs, it is very unsuccessful.

text: The show bombed in London as well as flopping on Broadway.


booking

forms:
booking
bookings (plural)

glosses: A booking is an agreement between you and a business such as a hotel or airline to use their services on a particular date.

text: If you need to cancel your booking, you must advise the hotel before Aug. 22.

text: The band has a number of bookings in Toronto this summer.

ipa: /ˈbʊkɪŋ/

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


booking

forms:
book (canonical)
books (third-person singular)
booked (past)
booked (past participle)
booking (present participle)

book


boss

forms:
boss
bosses (plural)

glosses: Your boss is the person who tells you what to do at work.

text: My former boss was very happy for the chance to fire me.

text: I started the company because I wanted to be my own boss.

text: The Mayor was an old-style political boss who made his own decisions.

ipa: /bɒs/

sampa: /bQs/

enpr: bäs

ipa: /bɑs/

sampa: /bAs/

noun

bosses


boss

forms:
boss (canonical)
bosses (third-person singular)
bossed (past)
bossed (past participle)
bossing (present participle)

glosses: If you boss somebody around/about, you tell them what to do, especially when you don't have any special power to do so.

text: This was just another occasion when Indians were bossed around by white people.

verb

boss


boss

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

adj

more: true


magician

forms:
magician
magicians (plural)

glosses: A magician is a man who uses magic, who has magical or mystical powers.

glosses: A magician is a person who does things that seem magical, but that are in fact tricks.

text: Magicians do not want reveal their secrets because their shows would become less interesting and mysterious since everybody could understand what happens.

glosses: A magician is a very skilled person, in one area or more.

ipa: /məˈʤɪʃən/


boundary

forms:
boundary
boundaries (plural)

glosses: A boundary is the line around something's outside edge.

text: The elephants have to live within the boundary of the park or risk being shot.

text: There have been many times in their lives when the boundaries between their personal and professional lives have disappeared.

text: More manufactured goods are crossing international boundaries every day.

text: An international commission that regulates the boundary waters between the U.S. and Canada.

ipa: /baʊndri/

sampa: /baUndri/

ipa: /ˈbaʊndəri/

irrnoun

boundaries


hamster

forms:
hamster
hamsters (plural)

glosses: A hamster is a furry rodent a little larger than a mouse and with a very short tail. They are popular as pets.

ipa: /'hæmstəɽ/


rural

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

glosses: If something is rural, it is related to the country and is not of the city.

glosses: If a place is rural, it is far from any city.

glosses: If a person is rural, it means they live away from the city.

ipa: /ˈrʊrəl/

ipa: /ˈrʊərəl/

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

hyphenation: ru‧ral


country music

forms: country music

pos: phrase

glosses: A kind of (mostly American) music started by people who lived far from cities.

text: I've been listening to a lot of country music this month.


countryman

forms:
countryman
countrymen (plural)

glosses: Your countrymen are people who come from the same country (nation) that you are from.

text: My fellow Americans are my countrymen.

text: The student from Japan wished she could see more of her countrymen.

ipa: /ˈkʌntrimən/

hyphenation: coun‧try‧man

noun

countryman

countrymen


countrymen

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


wilderness

forms: wilderness

glosses: Places that are far from cities or farms; usually places where no people live.

text: We were hunting deer in the wilderness.

text: I was lost in the wilderness for two weeks.

text: There are miles of wilderness between here and the city.

ipa: /ˈwɪldənɪs/

ipa: /ˈwɪldərnəs/

hyphenation: wild‧er‧ness


impossible

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

etymology_text: im- + possible

ety-prefix

im

possible

expansion: im- + possible

glosses: If something is impossible it cannot happen or cannot be done.

text: It is impossible for people to breathe water.

text: It's impossible for one man to build a whole city in one day.

text: That shot is impossible, no one could hit the target from here.

glosses: If a person is impossible they refuse to agree or to be peaceful.

text: No point arguing with you! You're just impossible!

ipa: /ɪmˈpɒsəbl/

ipa: /ɪmˈpɑsəbl/

hyphenation: im‧pos‧si‧ble


tricks

forms:
trick (canonical)
tricks (third-person singular)
tricked (past)
tricked (past participle)
tricking (present participle)

glosses: The third-person singular form of trick.

verb

trick


tricks

forms:
trick
tricks (plural)

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


magical

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

etymology_text: magic + -al

ety-suffix

magic

al

expansion: magic + -al

glosses: Something that is magical is related to magic.

text: Sorcerers have magical objects besides their own powers.

glosses: Something magical is also something so unusual that it appears to be caused by magic.

text: This landscape is so beautiful! It has something magical.

ipa: /ˈmædʒɪkəl/

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


fireman

forms:
fireman
firemen (plural)

etymology_text: fire + -man

fire

man

expansion: fire + -man

glosses: A fireman is a person whose job is to fight fires and stops them. It can be used for men or both sexes.

text: Firemen often use red trucks to make them easily recognizable.

text: Forest fires were fought by firemen all the summer long.

glosses: A fireman is the person who puts coal in the fire of a steam engine on a train.

ipa: /ˈfaɪrmən/

ipa: /ˈfaɪəmən/

hyphenation: fire‧man

irrnoun

firemen


firewoman

forms:
firewoman
firewomen (plural)

etymology_text: fire + -woman

ety-suffix

woman

expansion: fire + -woman

glosses: A firewoman is a woman whose job is to fight fires and extinguish them. This word was created when woman began to do this job and not only men.

text: The firewoman sprayed the house with the fire hose.

firewomen


firefighter

forms:
firefighter
firefighters (plural)

glosses: A firefighter is a person whose job is to fight fires and put them out.


keyboard

forms:
keyboard
keyboards (plural)

etymology_text: key + board

compound

key

board

expansion: key + board

glosses: A keyboard is a range of black and white keys (buttons) on a musical instrument.

text: Pianos, organs, harpsicords and some accordions have keyboards.

glosses: A keyboard is also a set of square or rectangular buttons on a typewriter or a computer.

text: Almost everybody has to use a keyboard in everyday life nowadays.

ipa: /ˈkiːbɔːd/

ipa: /kiˈbɔrd/

sampa: /ki"bOrd/


keyboard

forms:
keyboard (canonical)
keyboards (third-person singular)
keyboarded (past)
keyboarded (past participle)
keyboarding (present participle)

glosses: To keyboard is to type on a computer keyboard.

text: Everyday life in an office usually consists in keyboarding.


bowl

forms:
bowl
bowls (plural)

text: In large mixing bowl, stir together flours, baking powder, and salt until thoroughly combined.

text: Why don't you let me fix you a nice hot bowl of soup.

glosses: The bowl is the part of an object that looks like a bowl.

text: When's the last time you cleaned the toilet bowl?

glosses: An important American football game played outside the regular season is sometimes called the ~ bowl.

text: These two teams will head to the Super Bowl to decide the champion.

glosses: A stadium is sometimes called the ~ bowl.

text: Every Tuesday and Thursday evening, you can hear the finest classical music at the Hollywood Bowl.

ipa: /bəʊl/

ipa: /boʊl/


bowl

forms:
bowl (canonical)
bowls (third-person singular)
bowled (past)
bowled (past participle)
bowling (present participle)

glosses: If you bowl, you roll a ball along the ground or floor as part of a game.

glosses: If you bowl in cricket, you throw the ball at the batsman.

glosses: If you are bowling along, down, etc., you are moving very fast.

text: We were bowling down the hill when we hit a tree.

glosses: If you bowl somebody over, you hit them when you are running and make them fall down.


bracket

forms:
bracket
brackets (plural)

glosses: A tax, income, or age bracket is a set of values with a bottom limit and a top limit or a group of people who fit between the limits.

text: In the 25 to 29 age bracket, 43 percent of men and 29 percent of women had never married.

text: Investors in the 28% tax bracket (taxable income between $32,450 and $46,200 a year) will pay less tax next year.

glosses: A bracket is a punctuation mark used to set off extra information. The basic shape is round, like this: ( ), but the following are also brackets: [ ], { }, < >.

text: Weight is given in kilograms, while numbers in brackets show weight in pounds.

text: A common error in writing computer code is to forget to close your brackets.

glosses: A bracket is one of a wide variety of pieces, usually metal, wood, or plastic that are used to support or connect machines or materials. Commonly brackets are L-shaped.

ipa: /ˈbrækɪt/


bracket

forms:
bracket (canonical)
brackets (third-person singular)
bracketed (past)
bracketed (past participle)
bracketing (present participle)

text: Her desk was bracketed by bookcases.

glosses: If two things are bracketed together, they are put together in the same group.


i.e.

glosses: This is a Latin abbreviation for id est (literally "that is"), and is used to explain something by saying it in a different way : in other words, which means are expressions having roughly the same meaning.

text: They are just liars, i.e. they never tell the truth.


technobabble

forms: technobabble

glosses: Technobabble is a language that appears very technical or scientific, but that has in fact little or no meaning at all.

text: Science-fiction often uses technobabble to speak about advanced technologies or non-existent physical phenomena.

text: Some advertisers want to impress people by saying their product is very sophisticated, but we know it's just technobabble.

ipa: /ˈtɛknəʊbæbəl/

ipa: /ˈtɛknoʊbæbəl/


broad

forms:
broad (positive)
broader (comparative)
broadest (superlative)

glosses: If something is broad, the distance from one side to the other is large.

text: Her shoulders were swimmer's shoulders, strong and broad.

glosses: If something is broad, it includes a lot.

text: They have laws now which give very, very broad powers to the President.

text: We have a range of activities broad enough to include teachers in all program areas and in all grade levels.

glosses: Broad senses, definitions, agreements, etc. are general, not detailed.

text: We accept a broad definition of music to include any sound organized in an meaningful way.

text: They walked through the broad field behind the building.

glosses: A broad accent is one that is very noticeable.

glosses: If something happens in broad daylight, it happens during the day where many people can see it.

ipa: /brɔːd/

adj

broad

broader

broadest


broad

forms:
broad
broads (plural)

text: There's this German broad, fuckin' bitch, who told me I'm going to jail for her pushin' her stupid ass.


illegal

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

etymology_text: il- + legal

ety-prefix

il

legal

expansion: il- + legal

glosses: An illegal act or object is one that does not follow the law.

text: This drug is illegal in that country. If you are caught with it, you will be arrested.

ipa: /ɪˈliːɡəl/

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

hyphenation: il‧le‧gal


swamp

forms:
swamp
swamps (plural)

glosses: A swamp is an area where most of the land is underwater. Land in a swamp is not usually more than a meter (or a few feet) under water.

text: We were wading through the swamp.

text: The swamp is home to many animals, including alligators, frogs, and birds.

text: U.S. state of Louisiana is famous for its swamps.

ipa: /swɒmp/


swamp

forms:
swamp (canonical)
swamps (third-person singular)
swamped (past)
swamped (past participle)
swamping (present participle)

glosses: If something is swamped it is being covered of filled with water.

text: The deck of our boat was swamped by the storm.

glosses: If something is swamped is has gotten more of something than it can work with.

text: Our office was swamped with phone calls.

text: The store was swamped with customers last night.

text: That many downloads would swamp our computers.


meter

forms:
meter
meters (plural)

text: This table is 2 meters wide.

ipa: /ˈmiːtə(r)/


brochure

forms:
brochure
brochures (plural)

glosses: A brochure is a small book, often just a few pages, explaining or advertising something.

text: For more information, pick up our free self-help brochure called "Gum Disease".

ipa: 'brəʊʃjʊə(r)


bugger

forms:
bugger
buggers (plural)

text: He was wearing his hat in church, so I yelled, "Take your hat off, you silly bugger.

ipa: /ˈbʌɡɚ/

ipa: /ˈbʌɡə/

audio: EN-AU ck1 bugger.ogg


bugger

forms:
bugger (canonical)
buggers (third-person singular)
buggered (past)
buggered (past participle)
buggering (present participle)

glosses: You say "bugger it" to show that you are very angry or that you don't care.

glosses: You say "bugger me" or "I'm buggered" to show that you're very surprised.

glosses: If you bugger somebody, you have anal sex with them.

glosses: You say "bugger off" you want someone to leave you alone.

glosses: If you bugger something up, you make a problem with it.


title: cannabis sativa

redirect: Cannabis sativa


cabinet

forms:
cabinet
cabinets (plural)

glosses: A country's cabinet is the main group of politicians who work closely with the leader of the government.

text: Nearly all the cabinet ministers in Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu's coalition government are immigrants or the sons of immigrants.

text: He was senior businessman before he joined President Clinton's Cabinet as Treasury secretary.

glosses: A cabinet is a piece of furniture used to keep things in.

text: He walked over to the filing cabinet, took out the file and put it on his desk.

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


detached house

forms:
detached house
detached houses (plural)

glosses: A detached house is a house standing alone, that has no common wall with another house.

text: People usually prefer detached houses not to hear the noise their neighbors could do.


semi-detached house

forms:
semi-detached house
semi-detached houses (plural)

glosses: A semi-detached house is a house that has a common wall with another house.

text: I don't especially like my semi-detached house because I can hear what my neighbors do. It's not very intimate.


calculate

forms:
calculate (canonical)
calculates (third-person singular)
calculated (past)
calculated (past participle)
calculating (present participle)

glosses: If you calculate something, you find its value, usually by using mathematics.

text: These scores were calculated by subtracting total errors from total correct.

text: The computers can calculate how much your family can afford to pay for college.

glosses: If you calculate something, you find the answer by thinking about the facts.

text: The leaders seems to have calculated that the political benefit outweighs the cost to their people.

glosses: If something is calculated to do something, you hope or expect it to do it.

text: She waved her hands around in a way calculated to make him laugh.

glosses: If you calculate on something, you plan on it or expect it.

text: He hadn't calculated on her being late.

ipa: /kæɫkjuːleɪt/

hyphenation: cal‧cu‧late

verb

calculat


scissor

forms:
scissor
scissors (plural)

ipa: /ˈsɪzə/

ipa: /ˈsɪzɚ/

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


scissor

forms:
scissor (canonical)
scissors (third-person singular)
scissored (past)
scissored (past participle)
scissoring (present participle)


campaign

forms:
campaign
campaigns (plural)

glosses: A campaign is a group of activities working towards a particular goal, often to elect a political candidate or in a war.

text: Angry TV viewers did launch a letter-writing campaign against CBS's decision to cancel the show.

text: The president is preparing for his re-election campaign.

text: For four months the government has waged a campaign to shut down the illegal drug operations.

text: The Shining Path waged a bloody campaign against the Peruvian government, killing more than 40,000 people.

ipa: /kæm'peɪn/

hyphenation: cam‧paign


campaign

forms:
campaign (canonical)
campaigns (third-person singular)
campaigned (past)
campaigned (past participle)
campaigning (present participle)

glosses: If you are campaigning, you are working in an organized way with a goal.


medical student

forms:
medical student
medical students (plural)

etymology_text: medical + student

multiword term

medical

student

expansion: medical + student

glosses: An medical student is an adult student who goes to a school and is learning to be a doctor so that they can treats sick people.

text: The medical student has been learning for three years.


cancel

forms:
canceled (past)
canceled (past participle)
canceling (present participle)
cancel (canonical)
cancels (third-person singular)
cancelled (past)
cancelled (past participle)
cancelling (present participle)

glosses: If you cancel something that was going to happen, you decide that it will not happen.

text: Her father had cancelled his trip to Canandaigua because of the weather.

text: The mayor is also reducing city services and canceling plans to hire thousands of new workers.

text: I'm afraid I can't make it; I'll have to cancel.

ipa: /ˈkænsl̩/

hyphenation: can‧cel

verb

cancel


assassin

forms:
assassin
assassins (plural)

glosses: An assassin is a person who kills a famous or important person, usually for political reasons or for money.

text: Lee Harvey Oswald is believed to be the assassin of President John F. Kennedy.

ipa: /ǝ'sæsın/


scared

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

glosses: To be scared of someone or something means to be afraid of someone or something; to have a fear of someone or something.

text: I'm scared of monsters.

ipa: /skɛəd/

ipa: /skɛərd/

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


scared

forms:
scare (canonical)
scares (third-person singular)
scared (past)
scared (past participle)
scaring (present participle)

glosses: The past tense and past participle of scare.

scar


debut

forms:
debut
debuts (plural)

glosses: Debut is a person's first time doing something in public.

text: I made my theatrical debut in a production of "The King and I" many years ago.

ipa: /ˈdɛbjuː/

ipa: /deɪˈbjuː/

ipa: /dəˈbʉː/


debut

forms:
debut (canonical)
debuts (third-person singular)
debuted (past)
debuted (past participle)
debuting (present participle)

glosses: To appear or do something for the first time, as to the public.

text: The new baseball player debuted in September of 2008.

text: The police agency is making their debut tomorrow.


candidate

forms:
candidate
candidates (plural)

glosses: A candidate is one person or thing that may be chosen, especially in an election.

text: The three presidential candidates will be interviewed on TV tonight.

text: Crouch said LaBossiere was the more qualified of the two job candidates.

text: Because the school has a lot of poor children, it's a good candidate to receive extra money.


career

forms:
career
careers (plural)

glosses: A career is a job or a series of related jobs that you do for many years.

text: His pro coaching career spans 23 years, including time with the 49ers (1967–73 and' 77), the Browns (1978–80), the Oilers (1981–82), the Cowboys (1983–85) and the Cardinals (1986–89).

text: She says that she enjoyed making the movie, but has no plans to pursue an acting career.

text: Students need more support from teachers and advisers in deciding about academic programs and career paths.

text: Don quit his old job and launched a new career, restoring classic cars in a backyard garage.

text: He lost his hand in an accident, which ended his painting career.

text: Career advancement is often based on job performance, not just how long you've been in the job.

ipa: /kəˈrɪr/

ipa: /kəˈrɪə/

hyphenation: ca‧reer


carpet

forms:
carpet
carpets (plural)

glosses: A carpet is a floor covering, usually made of nylon or wool.

text: He walked in with his boots leaving snow on the carpet.

glosses: A carpet of something is a thick layer of it.

text: A carpet of snow lay on the ground.

ipa: /ˈcɑrpɪt/

sampa: /"cArpIt/


carpet

forms:
carpet (canonical)
carpets (third-person singular)
carpeted (past)
carpeted (past participle)
carpeting (present participle)

glosses: If a floor or room is carpeted, it has carpets on the floor.

glosses: If something carpets a place, it covers the ground.

text: The road was carpeted with broken glass.


cash

forms: cash

glosses: Cash is money in the form of bills and coins, rather than checks/cheques or credit cards.

text: The publisher supplied cash prizes and books for the winning essays written by fourth through sixth graders.

text: Payment is by cash, VISA, or MasterCard.

enpr: kăsh

ipa: /kæʃ/

sampa: k{S


cash

forms:
cash (canonical)
cashes (third-person singular)
cashed (past)
cashed (past participle)
cashing (present participle)

glosses: To exchange a check/cheque for money in the form of bills.

text: I need to stop at the back to cash my paycheck before we go out to dinner.

cash


remarkable

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

etymology_text: remark + -able

ety-suffix

remark

able

expansion: remark + -able

glosses: Something worth noticing; not common; extraordinary.

text: It's remarkable that many mothers don't breastfeed their children, despite the evidence that it is good for babies to breastfeed.

ipa: /rɪˈmɑrkəbl̩/

ipa: /rɪˈmɑːkəbl̩/

hyphenation: re‧mark‧a‧ble


ridiculous

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

glosses: Describes something that deserves ridicule, is foolish or absurd

text: Adam's mohawk is ridiculous.

ipa: /rɪˈdɪkjʊləs/


lend

forms:
lend (canonical)
lends (third-person singular)
lent (past)
lent (past participle)
lending (present participle)

glosses: When you lend something to another person, you let them use it, after which they must return it to you.

text: I lent my textbook to Jack to allow him to study from it.

text: The main functions of banks are to hold your money safely and to lend some of that money to others.

glosses: If x lends y support, believability, acceptance, etc., x gives it to y.

text: Several studies in recent years have lent support to this idea.

text: We're moving house next week and we were hoping you could lend us a hand.

enpr: lĕnd

ipa: /lɛnd/

sampa: /lEnd/

lend

lends

lent

lent

lending


title: i.e.,


title: i. e.


presidential

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

etymology_text: president + -ial

president

ial

expansion: president + -ial

text: Bush won the 2004 U.S. presidential election.

glosses: If somebody is presidential, they seem or act like a president.

text: Dan Quayle didn't appear very presidential.

ipa: /prɛzɪˈdɛnʃ(ə)l/

hyphenation: pres‧i‧den‧tial


cast

forms:
cast (canonical)
casts (third-person singular)
cast (past)
cast (past participle)
casting (present participle)

glosses: If x casts light or shadow on y, x causes y to be lit or in shadow.

text: The street light outside my window cast shadows on the wall.

text: The campfire cast a warm light on her face.

glosses: If you cast light on an idea or problem, you make it clearer by giving more information about it.

text: Our research casts new light on the connection between temperature and plant growth.

glosses: If you cast doubt on something, you make make people less likely to believe it.

text: The video casts doubt on the story told by police.

glosses: If you cast a look, glance, you look quickly.

text: She cast about for her pen.

text: He cast a quick look at the TV.

glosses: If you cast a vote, you vote in an election.

text: I've decided to cast my vote for the Democratic Party.

glosses: If you cast metal, plastic, etc., you make an object by applying wet or melted material to another material and waiting for it to harden.

glosses: If you cast somebody in a part in a play, movie, etc., you choose them to play that part.

glosses: If you cast something somewhere, you throw it there.

enpr: käst

ipa: /kɑːst/

enpr: kăst

ipa: /kæst/

sampa: /k{st/

cast

casts

cast

cast

casting


cast

forms:
cast
casts (plural)

glosses: The cast of a play, movie, or show are all the people who act in it.

text: The director has brought back many of the cast and crew of the earlier movie.

glosses: The cast of characters is the complete list of characters.

glosses: A cast is a hard protective covering on part of your body that has been seriously hurt or broken.

glosses: A cast is a shape made by applying wet or melted material to another material and waiting for it to harden.

glosses: A cast is a throw, especially in fishing when you throw your line out.


piecemeal

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

glosses: Made or done piece by piece, or occurring slowly.


piecemeal

glosses: Gradually, slowly, bit by bit; into pieces, into fragments.


Jesus freak

forms:
Jesus freak
Jesus freaks (plural)

glosses: Someone who is seen to be excessively and overtly Christian.


celebrate

forms:
celebrate (canonical)
celebrates (third-person singular)
celebrated (past)
celebrated (past participle)
celebrating (present participle)

glosses: If you celebrate something, you do something special to show that you are happy about it.

text: The town celebrates its 200th anniversary this Saturday by launching 20,000 balloons.

text: Some American homes are treeless during Christmas as these families celebrate other holidays.

text: Fans poured into the streets to celebrate after their team's victory.

glosses: When you celebrate something, you perform or participate in it, usually a sacrament or solemn rite.

text: The Christians gathered together to celebrate a mass.

verb

celebrat


cell

forms:
cell
cells (plural)

glosses: A cell is a room in a jail where prisoners are kept.

text: He was arrested and kept in a small cell for one day.

text: A plant cell has a cell wall.

ipa: /sɛl/

sampa: /sEl/

homophones: cel sell


India

forms: India

pos: name

glosses: A country in South Asia, also known as Bharat. Its full official name is the Republic of India.

text: In 1947, The British were leaving India after Independence Day.

enpr: ĭnʹdēə

ipa: /ˈɪndiə/


Afghanistan

forms: Afghanistan

glosses: Afghanistan is a landlocked country in South-Central Asia. The capital is Kabul.


Pakistan

forms: Pakistan

glosses: Pakistan is a country in South-Central Asia. Its full, official name is the Islamic Republic of Pakistan.

ipa: /ˈpaːkɪst̪aːn/


Khalistan

forms: Khalistan

glosses: Khalistan is the name of a proposed country based on theocratic ideas.


Sikkim

forms: Sikkim

glosses: Sikkim is a state in eastern India which has Gangtok as its capital.

hyphenation: Sik‧kim


Bangladesh

forms: Bangladesh

glosses: Bangladesh is a country in southeast Asia.


New Delhi

forms: New Delhi

glosses: New Delhi is the capital city of India. It is located in the national capital territory of Delhi.

ipa: /n(j)uː ˈdɛli/

audio: New Delhi.ogg


Dhaka

forms: Dhaka

ipa: /ˈdækə/

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


Kabul

forms: Kabul

enpr: käʹbo͝ol

ipa: /ˈkɑːbəl/

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


Kargil

forms: Kargil

glosses: Kargil is a district in the disputed territory of Jammu and Kashmir.


Leh

forms: Leh

glosses: Leh is a city and a district in the disputed territory of Jammu and Kashmir.


Chittagong

forms: Chittagong

glosses: Chittagong is the second largest city in Bangladesh.

text: Chittagong is where I live.

glosses: Chittagong is also a district and Sadar Upzilla in Bangladesh.


glosses: K2 is the second-tallest mountain in the world located in Pakistan. It is part of the Himalayas.

glosses: K2 can be slang for man-made marijuana, a drug.


Jerusalem

forms: Jerusalem

glosses: Jerusalem is the ancient holy city, and the capital city of Israel and Palestine.

enpr: jə-ro͞o'sə-ləm

ipa: /d͡ʒəˈruːsələm/

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


Bengali

forms: Bengali

glosses: Bangla or Bengali is a language spoken in Bangladesh and the states of Tripura and West Bengal, India.

ipa: /bɛŋˈɡɔːli/


Tibet

forms: Tibet

glosses: Tibet is a province of China. The capital is Lhasa.

enpr: tĭ-bĕt', tə-bĕt'

ipa: /tɪˈbet/


Lhasa

forms: Lhasa

ipa: /ˈlɑːsə/

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


charity

forms:
charity
charities (plural)

glosses: A charity is an organisation that collects money or goods and uses them to help poor or sick people, often with the help of volunteers.

text: The group, a Catholic charity that runs schools on Indian reservations, collected nearly $17 million from the public.

text: The party was a charity event that raised over $400,000 to fight breast cancer.

text: The money was given away to local charities.

glosses: Charity is the work of helping the poor and the sick.

text: All the money raised goes to charity.

glosses: Charity is the money, goods, or help that people give to the poor and the sick.

text: Our family was poor, but my mother would never accept charity.

glosses: Charity is the quality of being kind, thoughtful, and helpful.

text: He led a life of charity.

ipa: /ˈtʃærɪti/

ipa: /ˈtʃɛrəti/

noun

charities


Iran

forms: Iran

glosses: ' Iran' is a country in South-Central Asia. The capital is Tehran. It was known as Persia until 1935.

ipa: /ɪˈrɑːn/


Albania

forms: Albania

glosses: Albania is a country in southeastern Europe. The capital is Tirana.

hyphenation: Al‧ba‧nia


chase

forms:
chase (canonical)
chases (third-person singular)
chased (past)
chased (past participle)
chasing (present participle)

glosses: If you chase something, you go after it quickly.

text: Dogs often play at chasing their own tail.

text: In my dream, someone's chasing after me and I'm running down this street.

text: The children were chasing the ball down the soccer field.

glosses: If you chase somebody or something away, you make them leave.

text: He waved his arms to chase the birds out of the cherry tree.

ipa: /tʃeɪs/

verb

chas

e


chase

forms:
chase
chases (plural)

glosses: A chase is an act of going quickly after something or trying to get it.

text: TV has too many high-speed car chases.


Taiwan

forms: Taiwan

glosses: Taiwan is a partly recognized country in Asia. It is officially called the Republic of China.

glosses: Taiwan is an island that forms most of the Republic of China.

ipa: /ˌtaɪˈwɑn/

ipa: /ˌtaɪˈwɑːn/

enpr: tīʹwänʹ


Taipei

forms: Taipei

glosses: Taipei is the capital of the Republic of China.


Lucknow

forms: Lucknow

glosses: Lucknow is the state capital of Uttar Pradesh, India.


Calcutta

forms: Calcutta

glosses: Calcutta was the name of the city that is now called Kolkata.

ipa: /kælˈkʌtə/


Madras

forms: Madras

glosses: Madras was the name of a city in India that is now called Chennai.

ipa: /məˈdræs/

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


Jammu

forms: Jammu

glosses: A region in the southern part of the disputed territory of Jammu and Kashmir and Azad Kashmir (Pakistan).


Shanghai

forms: Shanghai

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

hyphenation: Shang‧hai


Pashto

forms: Pashto

glosses: Pashto is a language spoken mainly in Afghanistan and northwestern Pakistan.

ipa: /ˈpæʃtəʊ/

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


Balochi

forms: Balochi

glosses: Balochi is a language spoken mainly in southwest Pakistan (80% of speakers), southeast Iran and southern Afghanistan.


Brahui

forms: Brahui

glosses: A group of people of Eastern Baluchistan.


Gujarati

forms: Gujarati

glosses: A language that is spoken in the state of Gujarat, India.

ipa: /ˌɡʊdʒəˈrɑːti/


Oriya

forms: Oriya

glosses: Oriya is the official language of the state of Orissa, India.


Marathi

forms: Marathi

glosses: A language spoken by the people of Maharashtra, India.

ipa: /məˈrɑːti/


Marathi

forms: Marathi (positive)


Cornish

forms: Cornish

ipa: /ˈkɔːrnɪʃ/

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


Tamil

forms: Tamil

glosses: Tamil is a language of India and Sri Lanka.

ipa: /ˈtæmɪl/

hyphenation: Ta‧mil


audio

forms: audio

glosses: Audio is a kind of sound or sound signal.

text: The audio for the game was playing through the computer speakers.


Shimla

forms: Shimla

glosses: Shimla is a city of India, the capital of the state of Himachal Pradesh.


Hindi

forms: Hindi

glosses: Hindi is the national language of India.

text: I'm sorry, but I do not understand Hindi.

enpr: hĭn'di

ipa: /ˈhɪndi/

hyphenation: Hin‧di


Ambala

forms: Ambala

glosses: Ambala is a city in the state of Haryana in India.


Haryana

forms: Haryana

ipa: /hʌrɪˈjɑːnə/


Jaipur

forms: Jaipur

glosses: Jaipur is the capital city of the state of Rajputstan in India.


Gujarat

forms: Gujarat

ipa: /ˌɡʊd͡ʒəˈrɑːt/

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


Ahmedabad

forms: Ahmedabad

glosses: Ahmedabad is the capital city of Gujarat in India.


Awadh

forms: Awadh

glosses: Awadh is a region in the state Uttar Pradesh in India.


Algeria

forms: Algeria

glosses: Algeria is a country in Africa. The capital city is Algiers.

ipa: /ælˈdʒɪəriə/


Azerbaijan

forms: Azerbaijan

glosses: Azerbaijan is a country in Asia, and the capital city is Baku.


Baku

forms: Baku

ipa: /ˈbækuː/

ipa: /bɑːˈkuː/

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


Bosnia and Herzegovina

forms: Bosnia and Herzegovina

glosses: Bosnia is a country on the Balkan peninsula in Europe. The capital city is Sarajevo.

ipa: /ˈbɒzni.ə ænd ˌhɜrtsɨɡoʊˈviːnə/

enpr: bŏz′·nē·ə and hûrts′·ə·gōv′·ĭn·ə

ipa: /ˈbɒzni.ə ænd hɜrtsɨˈɡoʊvɨnə/

enpr: bŏz′·nē·ə and hûrts′·ə·gōv′·ĭn·ə

ipa: /ˈbɒzni.ə ənd ˌhɜrtsɨɡoʊˈviːnə/

enpr: bŏz′·nē·ə ənd hûrts′·ə·gōv′·ĭn·ə

ipa: /ˈbɒzni.ə ənd hɜrtsɨˈɡoʊvɨnə/

enpr: bŏz′·nē·ə ənd hûrts′·ə·gōv′·ĭn·ə

audio: en-us-Bosnia and Herzegovina.ogg


Sarajevo

forms: Sarajevo

glosses: Sarajevo is the capital city of Bosnia and Herzegovina.


Sofia

forms: Sofia

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


Comoros

forms: Comoros

glosses: Comoros is an island country in Africa; the capital city is Moroni.


Moroni

forms: Moroni

glosses: Moroni is the capital city of the island nation of Comoros.

ipa: /məˈrɑni/

ipa: /məˈrəʊni/

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


Cuba

forms: Cuba

glosses: Cuba is a country in North America. The capital city is Havana.

enpr: kyo͞oʹ-bə

ipa: /ˈkjuːbə/

audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Soundguys-Cuba.wav

hyphenation: Cu‧ba


Havana

forms: Havana

ipa: /həˈvænə/

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


Djibouti

forms: Djibouti

glosses: Djibouti is the capital city of the country Djibouti.

ipa: /d͡ʒɪˈbuːtiː/


Djibouti City

forms: Djibouti City

glosses: Djibouti is the capital of Djibouti, Africa.


United Kingdom

forms: United Kingdom

glosses: The United Kingdom is a country of northern Europe located in a group of islands, consisting of the entire island of Great Britain and a small part of the island of Ireland. The capital city is London.

text: I live in the United Kingdom.

ipa: /juːˌnaɪ.tɪd ˈkɪŋ.dəm/

audio: en-us-United Kingdom.ogg

hyphenation: Unit‧ed King‧dom


Egypt

forms: Egypt

glosses: Egypt is a country of Africa. The capital city is Cairo.


Cairo

forms: Cairo

ipa: /ˈkaɪroʊ/

ipa: /kɛroʊ/

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


Eritrea

forms: Eritrea

glosses: Eritrea is a country in Africa; the capital city is Asmara.

ipa: /ˌerɪˈtriːə/


Jakarta

forms: Jakarta

ipa: /d͡ʒəˈkɑː(r)tə/

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


Kingston

forms: Kingston

ipa: /ˈkɪŋstən/

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


Libya

forms: Libya

glosses: Libya is a country in Africa, the capital city is Tripoli.

enpr: lĭbʹē-ə

hyphenation: Lib‧ya


Tripoli

forms: Tripoli

ipa: /ˈtrɪpəli/

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


Macedonia

forms: Macedonia

glosses: Macedonia or Macedon is the name of an Ancient Greek kingdom where Alexander the Great came from.

glosses: Macedonia is a geographic region in southeastern Europe. The larger part is in Greece and the rest is in North Macedonia and a smaller part in Bulgaria.

glosses: North Macedonia, officially named Republic of North Macedonia, is a country in the Balkan region of Europe that used to be a part of Yugoslavia. The capital city is Skopje.

glosses: Macedonia is the name of a region in northern Greece. The capital city is Thessaloniki

enpr: măs'ədōʹnēə


Skopje

forms: Skopje

glosses: Skopje is the capital city of Macedonia.


Malaysia

forms: Malaysia

glosses: Malaysia is a country in Asia, the capital city is Kuala Lumpur.

ipa: /məˈleɪʒə/


Kuala Lumpur

forms: Kuala Lumpur

glosses: Kuala Lumpur is the capital of Malaysia.

ipa: /kuˈɑːlə ˈlʊmpə(r)/


Mali

forms: Mali

glosses: Mali is a country in Africa, the capital city is Bamako.

ipa: /ˈmɑːli/


Mauritania

forms: Mauritania

glosses: Mauritania is a country in Africa, the capital city is Nouakchott.


Nouakchott

forms: Nouakchott

glosses: Nouakchott is the capital city of Mauritania.


Mongolia

forms: Mongolia

glosses: Mongolia is a country in Asia, the capital city is Ulan Bator.

ipa: /mɒŋˈɡəʊli.ə/

ipa: /mɑːŋˈɡoʊli.ə/


Ulan Bator

forms: Ulan Bator

glosses: Ulan Bator is the capital city of Mongolia.


Morocco

forms: Morocco

glosses: Morocco is a country in Africa; the capital city is Rabat.

ipa: /məˈrɒkəʊ/

ipa: /məˈrɑkoʊ/


Niger

forms: Niger

glosses: Niger is a country in Africa. Its official name is the Republic of Niger.

glosses: Niger is a river in Africa that flows into the Gulf of Guinea in Nigeria.

enpr: nījər

ipa: /ˈnaɪdʒɚ/

ipa: /ˈnaɪdʒə/


Oman

forms: Oman

glosses: Oman is a country in Asia, the capital city is Muscat.

ipa: /əʊˈmɑːn/

ipa: /oʊˈmæn/


Muscat

forms: Muscat

ipa: /ˈmʌskæt/

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


Saudi Arabia

forms: Saudi Arabia

glosses: Saudi Arabia is a country in Asia, the capital city is Riyadh. Often this country is just called Arabia.

text: Our king, Salman bin Abdulaziz, has ruled Saudi Arabia.

ipa: /ˌsaʊ.di əˈreɪ.bi.ə/

ipa: /ˌsɔː.di əˈreɪ.bi.ə/

audio: en-us-Saudi Arabia.ogg


Riyadh

forms: Riyadh

ipa: /riˈjɑːd/

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


Sudan

forms: Sudan

text: Khartoum is the capital of Sudan.

ipa: /suːˈdɑːn/

ipa: /suˈdæn/


Khartoum

forms: Khartoum

ipa: /kɑː(r)ˈtuːm/

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


Syria

forms: Syria

glosses: Syria is a country in Asia, the capital city is Damascus.

enpr: sĭrʹē-ə

audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Soundguys-Syria.wav

hyphenation: Syr‧ia


Tunisia

forms: Tunisia

glosses: Tunisia is a country in Africa. The capital city is Tunis.


Turkmenistan

forms: Turkmenistan

glosses: Turkmenistan is a country in South-Central Asia, the capital city is Ashgabat.


Ashgabat

forms: Ashgabat

glosses: Ashgabat is the capital city of Turkmenistan.

hyphenation: Ash‧ga‧bat


Yemen

forms: Yemen

glosses: Yemen is a country in Asia. The capital city is Sanaa.


stealth

forms:
stealth
stealths (plural)

glosses: Characteristic of acting in secret and being hard to detect

text: He used stealth to creep up on the cat.

glosses: Technology used to hide airplanes from radar. Also, an airplane which has this technology.

text: The attack was from a stealth-bomber.

enpr: stĕlth

ipa: /stɛlθ/


Tripura

forms: Tripura

glosses: Tripura is a state in north-eastern India with Agartala as its capital.

ipa: /ˈtrɪpuːrɑː/


Arabian Sea

forms: Arabian Sea

glosses: The Arabian Sea is a sea which is part of the Indian Ocean. It is between the Arabian Peninsula, India and Somalia.


Patna

forms: Patna

glosses: Patna is the capital city of the state of Bihar in India.


Karnataka

forms: Karnataka

glosses: Karnataka is a state in southern India. Bangalore is the capital city.


soil

forms:
soil
soils (plural)

glosses: A mix of sand and other natural material on the surface of the earth that is used to grow plants.

text: The refugees were happy to return to their home soil.

ipa: /sɔɪl/

sampa: /sOIl/


soil

forms:
soil (canonical)
soils (third-person singular)
soiled (past)
soiled (past participle)
soiling (present participle)

text: Look at that! You soiled your shirt with mud!


disappointment

forms:
disappointment
disappointments (plural)

etymology_text: disappoint + -ment

ety-suffix

disappoint

ment

expansion: disappoint + -ment

glosses: Disappointment is the feeling you have when something isn't as good as you expected.

glosses: A disappointment is someone or something that isn't as good as you expected.

ipa: /dɪsəˈpɔɪntmənt/


Istanbul

forms: Istanbul

ipa: /ɪstænˈbʊl/

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


Republic of Turkey

forms: Republic of Turkey

glosses: Republic of Turkey is the official name for Turkey.


Tajikistan

forms: Tajikistan

glosses: Tajikistan is a country in South-Central Asia, the capital city is Dushanbe.

ipa: /tɑːˈdʒiːkɪstɑːn/


Kyrgyzstan

forms: Kyrgyzstan

glosses: Kyrgyzstan is a landlocked country in South-Central Asia. The capital city is Bishkek.

ipa: /ˈkɪər.ɡɪˌstɑːn/

ipa: /ˌkɪər.ɡɪˈstɑːn/


Bishkek

forms: Bishkek

glosses: Bishkek is the capital city of Kyrgyzstan.


Uzbekistan

forms: Uzbekistan

glosses: Uzbek Republic is a landlocked country in South-Central Asia; the capital city is Tashkent.

ipa: /ʊzˌbɛkɪˈstɑːn/


Tashkent

forms: Tashkent

glosses: Tashkent is the capital city of Uzbekistan.

text: I used to live in Tashkent.


Kazakhstan

forms: Kazakhstan

glosses: Kazakhstan is landlocked country in South-Central Asia; the capital city is Astana.

ipa: /ˈkæzəkstæn/

ipa: /ˈkɑzəkˌstæn/


Astana

forms: Astana

glosses: Nur-Sultan, formerly Astana, is the capital city of Kazakhstan.


Tatarstan

forms: Tatarstan

glosses: Tatarstan is an autonomous republic in Russia; the capital city is Kazan.


Ürümqi

forms: Ürümqi

glosses: Ürümqi is a city in northwestern China, formerly the capital of East Turkestan.

ipa: /ʊˈrʊmt͡ʃi/

audio: Ürümqi English pronunciation.mp3


Mecca

forms: Mecca

text: Mecca is a holy place for Muslims, many of who travel there every year.

ipa: /ˈmɛkə/

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


Manchester

forms: Manchester

glosses: Manchester is a city and borough in Northern England in the United Kingdom.

ipa: /ˈmæntʃɛstɚ/

ipa: /ˈmantʃɪstə/


Bradford

forms: Bradford

ipa: /ˈbrædfɚd/

ipa: /ˈbrædfərd/


San Francisco

forms: San Francisco

glosses: San Francisco is a city in California in the United States of America.

ipa: /ˌsæn frənˈsɪskoʊ/

audio: en-us-San Francisco.oga


Granada

forms: Granada

glosses: Granada is the capital city of the Granada province.


Dublin

forms: Dublin

ipa: /ˈdʌblən/

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


United Arab Emirates

forms: United Arab Emirates

glosses: The United Arab Emirates (UAE) is a country in Asia.

text: Abu Dhabi is the capital city of the United Arab Emirates.

audio: en-us-United Arab Emirates.ogg


distract

forms:
distract (canonical)
distracts (third-person singular)
distracted (past)
distracted (past participle)
distracting (present participle)

glosses: If you distract someone, you make them pay attention to something different than what they were paying attention to before.

text: The crowd was distracted by a helicopter hovering over the stadium when the only goal of the game was scored.

ipa: /dɪsˈtrækt/

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


chat

forms:
chat (canonical)
chats (third-person singular)
chatted (past)
chatted (past participle)
chatting (present participle)

glosses: If two or more people chat, they talk with each other in a casual way, sometimes by typing on a computer or cell phone.

text: His friends dropped by frequently just to chat.

text: The band was taking a break and chatting with the guests.

ipa: /tʃæt/

verb

chat

t


chat

forms:
chat
chats (plural)

glosses: A chat is a casual conversation, sometimes by typing on a computer or cell phone.

text: People come to the bar to have a drink and a chat.


cheer

forms:
cheer (canonical)
cheers (third-person singular)
cheered (past)
cheered (past participle)
cheering (present participle)

glosses: If you cheer, you shout to show that you are happy about something or to encourage someone.

text: The band begins to play and the crowd cheers.

text: People cheered the home team wildly.

text: We hope everybody will come out and cheer on the runners.

glosses: If something cheers somebody, it makes them feel happier.

text: There isn't much on the street to cheer the poor.

ipa: /t͡ʃɪə(r)/

ipa: /t͡ʃɪr/


cheer

forms:
cheer
cheers (plural)

glosses: A cheer is a shout to show that you are happy about something or to encourage someone.

text: As the clock counted down the final seconds of the game the cheers from the crowd grew louder and louder.

text: Three cheers for the raiders! Hip hip hooray!

text: Thanksgiving is a time for families to gather with good cheer and put problems behind them.


Wales

forms: Wales

glosses: Wales is a principality in the west of, and one of the nations of, the United Kingdom. The capital city is Cardiff.

enpr: wālz

ipa: /weɪlz/

sampa: /weIlz/

homophones: wails whales


cheque

forms:
cheque
cheques (plural)

glosses: A cheque is a written promise that allows the receiver to take money from a bank account. It is used instead of cash to pay for things.

text: Do you take personal cheques?

text: Did you cash the cheque yet?

text: I wrote them a cheque for $300.

enpr: chĕk

ipa: /tʃɛk/

audio: EN-AU ck1 cheque.ogg

homophones: check Czech


Dacca

forms: Dacca

glosses: The old spelling of Dhaka, capital of East Bengal, later East Pakistan.


cooperate

forms:
cooperate (canonical)
cooperates (third-person singular)
cooperated (past)
cooperated (past participle)
cooperating (present participle)

glosses: If people cooperate, they help each other and work together towards the same goal.

cooperat


melee

forms:
melee
melees (plural)

glosses: Hand-to-hand combat; very close fighting.

glosses: A naval or armor battle at a very close range.

ipa: /mɛˈleɪ/


ammunition

forms:
ammunition
ammunitions (plural)

glosses: Ammunition is the supply for a weapon (like bullets).

glosses: Ammunition can be used to describe words which can hurt people.

ipa: /ˌæmjuˈnɪʃən/


render

forms:
render (canonical)
renders (third-person singular)
rendered (past)
rendered (past participle)
rendering (present participle)

glosses: If something is rendered useless, meaningless, invisible, etc. its use, meaning, visibility, etc. is removed.

text: She had left the phone in a bowl of water, rendering it useless.

text: This process can remove pollutants from the environment or render them harmless.

glosses: If you render something to someone, you give it to or do it for them because of a promise or commitment.

text: You should carefully render aid to those who are injured.

glosses: If an image is rendered in some style or pose, it is shown that way.

text: The drawing of the ranch is rendered in a similar style to that of the school.

text: The photo was rendered in 4K on the screen.

glosses: If the fat of a piece of meat renders, the fat drips off the meat when cooking.

text: Bacon is very fatty when raw; however, most of the fat will render during cooking.

hyphenation: ren‧der


rendering

ipa: /ˈrɛndərɪŋ/

render


definitely

etymology_text: definite + -ly

ety-suffix

definite

ly

expansion: definite + -ly

glosses: Something that will definitely happen will happen without doubt or with great chances of occurring.

text: The letter will definitely come this week.

text: There's a 100% chance of rain tomorrow. It will definitely rain.


chocolate

forms:
chocolate
chocolates (plural)

glosses: Chocolate is a candy made from cacao beans and often used to flavour other foods such as cakes and cookies.

text: In my opinion, the best cookies are those that contain chocolate.

glosses: A chocolate is an individual candy that is made of or covered in chocolate.

text: These homemade chocolates are delicious.

ipa: /ˈtʃɒklət/

ipa: /ˈtʃɒklɪt/

sampa: /"tSQklIt/

ipa: /ˈtʃɑklət/

hyphenation: choc‧o‧late


chop

forms:
chop (canonical)
chops (third-person singular)
chopped (past)
chopped (past participle)
chopping (present participle)

glosses: If you chop something, you cut it using quick downward movements.

text: Use 1 small onion, finely chopped.

text: We started chopping wood for the fire.

glosses: If you chop time, money, etc., you reduce it.

text: Through careful planning, we were able to chop the production time in half.

text: The company plans to chop up to 8000 workers.

text: They continue to chop away at the budget.

enpr: chŏp

ipa: /ʧɒp/

sampa: /tSQp/

verb

chop

p


chop

forms:
chop
chops (plural)

glosses: A chop is a quick downward cutting motion.

glosses: Your chops is your skill with something, especially music.

glosses: If you get the chop, you are fired your job.

glosses: A chop is particular piece of meat containing a bone, especially pork chops or mutton chops.

glosses: Chop is irregular waves on a rive, lake, etc.


hedge

forms:
hedge
hedges (plural)

glosses: A hedge is a plant with green leaves that has been planted in a straight line to divide a space.

enpr: hĕj

ipa: /hedʒ/

sampa: /hedZ/


hedge

forms:
hedge (canonical)
hedges (third-person singular)
hedged (past)
hedged (past participle)
hedging (present participle)

glosses: If you hedge an area, you enclose it with hedges.

glosses: If you hedge something, you obstruct or surround it.

hedg


besides

forms: besides

pos: prep

text: We've got a pile of homework and a part time job besides.

text: Besides the obvious benefit of learning, going to school has helped me make many friends.

text: I don't really want to go. Besides, it's too late now.

text: I don't want to go anywhere besides China.

ipa: /bəˈsaɪdz/


thus

forms:
thus (positive)
Superlative–

text: I didn't do my homework and thus got a bad grade.

text: If you throw the ball thus, as I’m showing you, you’ll have better luck hitting the target.

glosses: You use thus far to mean until now, or up to this point.

text: Things have gone well thus far. Let's hope they continue.

ipa: /ˈðʌs/

sampa: /"DVs/


citizen

forms:
citizen
citizens (plural)

glosses: A citizen is a person who lives in a particular place.

text: The town has a population of 115, most of them senior citizens, with no young families.

text: With the recent economic problems, ordinary citizens are worried.

text: We all need to use less energy talk to our fellow citizens about environmental issues.

glosses: A citizen is a person who belongs to a particular country, usually because they were born there.

text: Some of these Americans moved north and eventually become naturalized Canadian citizens.


hermit

forms:
hermit
hermits (plural)

glosses: A hermit is a person who lives alone, far from other people, and does not like to interact with other people.

text: We walked far and came to the house of the hermit who lives in the forest.

glosses: A hermit is a religious person who lives alone and does not like to interact with other people for religious reasons.

hyphenation: her‧mit


priest

forms:
priest
priests (plural)

glosses: A priest is a person who leads or performs ceremonies in a religion.

text: The priest stood in front of the people and blessed them.

ipa: /ˈpriːst/


gravestone

forms:
gravestone
gravestones (plural)

glosses: A gravestone is a stone on a grave, usually with the name of the dead person written on it.

text: The old gravestone was smooth from many years of rain, but she could still read the name on it.


famous

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

glosses: If someone or something is famous, then many people know about them.

text: Judy Garland was a famous singer.

text: After I write this book I'll be famous, and then many people will want to talk to me.

text: The ballet was made famous when it was produced in Paris.

ipa: /ˈfeɪməs/

hyphenation: UK: fam‧ous; US: fa‧mous


rely

forms:
rely (canonical)
relies (third-person singular)
relied (past)
relied (past participle)
relying (present participle)

glosses: When someone relies on something, they need it and they feel certain that it will be there.

text: In this place, you can't rely on good weather even in the summer.

glosses: When someone relies on another person, they need the person to do something, and they trust the person and feel certain that the person will do it.

text: I'm relying on you to water my plants when I'm travelling.

ipa: /rɪˈlaɪ/

rel

y


beak

forms:
beak
beaks (plural)

text: The bird is pecking with its beak for worms in the grass.

ipa: /biːk/


chlorine

forms: chlorine

glosses: A chemical element (symbol Cl) with an atomic number of 17.

glosses: Chlorine can mean something that contains chlorine, but is not chlorine as an element

text: Drinking water and swimming pool water is chlorinated to make it clean.

ipa: /ˈklɔriːn/

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

hyphenation: chlo‧rine

noun

chlorine


argon

forms: argon

glosses: A chemical element (symbol Ar) with an atomic number of 18.

glosses: Argon is a gas, often used in light bulbs to change the colour of the light.

enpr: är'gŏn

ipa: /ˈɑːrɡɒn/

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

hyphenation: ar‧gon

argon


ankle

forms:
ankle
ankles (plural)

glosses: The ankle is the joint between the foot and the leg.

text: She sprained her ankle when she fell on the ice.

ankle


election

forms:
election
elections (plural)

etymology_text: elect + -ion

ety-suffix

elect

ion

expansion: elect + -ion

glosses: An election is a decision, often decided by voting.

text: The man elected to take part in the work.

text: The result of voting for the election was more votes that the man should do the work.

enpr: ĭ-lĕk'shən

ipa: /ɪˈlɛkʃ(ə)n/

ipa: /əˈlɛkʃ(ə)n/

hyphenation: elect‧ion


oversight

forms:
oversight
oversights (plural)

glosses: An oversight is something that someone does by mistake, without seeing that they are doing it.

text: He didn't thank me, but I'm sure that was just an oversight.

glosses: Oversight is the action of watching and making sure people do things right.

text: We have many ordinary workers, and a manager for oversight.

glosses: On Wikipedia, oversight is deleting pages or parts of pages so that not even administrators can see the part that was deleted.

text: I put my email address on Wikipedia by mistake, but I asked for oversight so that no one would see it.

ipa: /ˈoʊvɚˌsaɪt/

ipa: /ˈəʊvəˌsaɪt/

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


gramps

forms: gramps

text: Hi gramps! How's grandma?

text: Hey gramps, get off the road!

noun

gramps


capability

forms:
capability
capabilities (plural)

glosses: We say that someone has a capability when they are capable of doing something; that means they are able to do it.

text: He has great capabilities in using computers, but he always forgets to go to school on time.

ipa: /keɪpəˈbɪləti/

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

hyphenation: ca‧pa‧bil‧i‧ty

capability

capabilities


uncertain

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

glosses: Uncertain is the opposite of certain. You don't know whether it is going to happen or not. You have doubts about it.

text: I'm uncertain whether I should go out tonight.

ipa: /ʌnˈsɜːtən/


volunteer

forms:
volunteer
volunteers (plural)

glosses: A volunteer is someone who does work because they want to, without being paid.

text: We have one paid manager and five volunteers working on this project.

ipa: /ˌvɒl(ə)nˈtɪə/

ipa: /ˌvɑlənˈtɪr/

hyphenation: en‧vol‧un‧teer


volunteer

forms:
volunteer (canonical)
volunteers (third-person singular)
volunteered (past)
volunteered (past participle)
volunteering (present participle)

glosses: To do something voluntarily--to do it without being offered something in exchange

text: I volunteered to do the dishes after dinner to help my mom clean up.

text: Julie volunteered an explanation without even being asked.


clarify

forms:
clarify (canonical)
clarifies (third-person singular)
clarified (past)
clarified (past participle)
clarifying (present participle)

etymology_text: clear + -ify

ety-suffix

clear

ify

expansion: clear + -ify

glosses: If you clarify something, you make it clearer.

text: Finally, we would recommend further research to clarify the various issues.

text: The presentation of the results in these graphs and tables will help to clarify the idea.

text: I think we need to clarify what we have heard on the tape.

ipa: /ˈklærɪfaɪ/

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

verb

clarif


Pakistani

forms:
Pakistani
Pakistanis (plural)

glosses: A Pakistani is a person or thing that comes from Pakistan.

ipa: /pakɪˈstɑːni/


Pakistani

forms: Pakistani (positive)

glosses: Something or someone that is Pakistani comes from Pakistan.

text: The Pakistani currency is the Rupee.


Pakistanis

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

noun

Pakistani


clerk

forms:
clerk
clerks (plural)

glosses: A clerk is a person who keeps an organization's records.

text: I called the city clerk's office to see if they had a record of her birth.

glosses: A sales clerk is the person in a shop who helps you find things you want to buy.

text: A convenience store clerk was arrested for selling cigarettes to children.

glosses: A desk clerk is the person at a hotel who registers guests.

text: The desk clerk called a taxi for us.

glosses: A law clerk is a person, often a junior lawyer, who is the assistant of a judge or another lawyer.

ipa: /aːk/

ipa: /ɑː(r)k/

enpr: klerk

ipa: /klɝk/


clerk

forms:
clerk (canonical)
clerks (third-person singular)
clerked (past)
clerked (past participle)
clerking (present participle)

glosses: If you clerk, you work as a clerk, especially as a law clerk.

text: She clerked for the judge in 1992, and says she and her fellow clerks worked "as many hours as we could stay awake, often past midnight and on weekends."


climb

forms:
climb (canonical)
climbs (third-person singular)
climbed (past)
climbed (past participle)
climbing (present participle)

glosses: If you climb something, you move up or down it.

text: They climbed the stairs to the top of the tower again and went out onto the roof.

text: The kids spent the afternoon climbing up and down the tree.

glosses: If you climb into, out of, through something, etc., you move with difficulty, often using your hands and knees.

text: The old man climbed into the back seat of her small car.

text: They got changed, said good night, and climbed into bed.

text: They climbed out of the pool and walked toward the changing room.

glosses: If prices, profits, temperatures, etc. climb or if a road, a path, or a piece of land climbs, it goes up.

text: This year, gas prices have climbed steadily from a low of 75 cents to a peak of almost $1.30 in August.

text: Narrow steps climb to the door of a small temple.

text: It became very warm as the sun began to climb.

ipa: /klaɪm/


climb

forms:
climb
climbs (plural)

glosses: A climb is an upwards movement, often a slow or difficult one.

text: It isn't far, but it's a steep climb and they were sweating when they reach the top.

text: Driving into the east end of town after a long winding climb out of the valley, I saw the small house.

text: The Yen has made a strong climb this year.

glosses: A climb down is a long slow downwards movement.


later

glosses: The comparative form of late; more late.

text: She arrived later than me.

text: I'll see you later.

text: He arrived on Wednesday and left three days later.

ipa: /leɪtə/


later

forms:
late (positive)
later (comparative)
latest (superlative)

text: Most people can't walk in the later stages of the disease.

text: We can't be there now, but we'd like to meet at a later date.

text: Much is known about his early days, but are many question about his later life.

text: I expected you to be later than this.

adj

late

later

latest


quadrennial

forms: quadrennial (positive)

glosses: If something is quadrennial, it happens every four years.


useless

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

etymology_text: use + -less

ety-suffix

use

less

expansion: use + -less


onlooker

forms:
onlooker
onlookers (plural)

glosses: An onlooker is someone who watches but does not participate.

text: I wasn't in the fight. I was only an onlooker.

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

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

noun

expansion: [POS TABLE]


poems

forms:
poem
poems (plural)

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

poem


owe

forms:
owe (canonical)
owes (third-person singular)
owed (past)
owed (past participle)
owing (present participle)

glosses: If you owe something you need to pay or give it to someone because of something you have been given. For example, if I ask to borrow five dollars for lunch from a friend, then I will owe that friend five dollars. It could also be something you agree to pay (like a bill) or something you lost gambling.

text: I owe $50 to the phone company right now.

text: Just remember, you owe me five dollars for the lunch I bought you.

text: I owe John for giving me a ride home last night. (Used to mean I owe kindness in return for kindness, not that I owe money.)

text: I owe you a shirt since I ruined one of yours.

glosses: If you owe a person, there is something you need to pay or give to that person. That is, you owe something to that person.

text: Thanks for the help! I really owe you for that!

glosses: If you owe a lot to someone or something, you have something to thank that person (or thing) for.

text: We owe as much to good luck as to our own skills.

text: We owe a debt of gratitude to those who started this organization.

text: Most people don't know how much they owe their parents.

text: I would have died if you had not pulled me from the water -- I owe you my life.

glosses: If something owes to something else, what it owes to is what caused or the reason for doing it.

text: Much of the success of early rock music owed to the ability of teenagers to buy records.

text: Owing to the fact that I will be absent tomorrow I must do extra work today.

ipa: /əʊ/

enpr: ō

ipa: /oʊ/

verb

ow


title: un

redirect: un-


knowledgeable

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

etymology_text: knowledge + -able

ety-suffix

knowledge

expansion: knowledge + -able

glosses: If a person is knowledgeable that person knows many things, or a great amount about something.

text: She is very knowledgeable when it comes to medicine.

text: Could we find anyone more knowledgeable than him?

enpr: nŏl'-ĭj-ə-bl


earn

forms:
earn (canonical)
earns (third-person singular)
earned (past)
earned (past participle)
earning (present participle)

glosses: If you earn something you get it by working or doing something.

text: I earn a lot more money at my new job than at my last job.

text: He worked hard to earn our respect.

text: She earned a bad name for herself by her bad behavior.

text: The child earned a spanking by not listening to his parents.

text: It took a long time to earn their trust.

glosses: If you think you have earned something, you think you should have it because of what you have done.

text: After completing that project I thought I had earned some time to rest.

ipa: /ɜːn/

enpr: ûrn

ipa: /ɝn/


hill

forms:
hill
hills (plural)

glosses: A hill is a piece of high ground that rises up out of lower ground. A hill is like a mountain but smaller.

text: My house was on the top of a hill.

text: We had to climb a tall hill to reach the old family cemetery (place where dead people are buried).

enpr: hĭl

ipa: /hɪl/


ant-hill

forms:
ant-hill
ant-hills (plural)

glosses: Ant-hill is another way of spelling anthill.


hillbilly

forms:
hillbilly
hillbillies (plural)

etymology_text: hill + billy

compound

hill

billy

expansion: hill + billy

glosses: A person who lives in the country in an area with many hills, and who has little money. Usually, this means an American from a region called Appalachia or a region called the Ozark Mountains. These people have homes and farms in the valleys between the hills.

text: My dad is a hillbilly from eastern Kentucky.

text: People often make fun of hillbillies without ever actually knowing one.

ipa: /ˈhɪlˌbɪli/

noun

hillbillies


hillbilly

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

glosses: Having to do with hillbillies, or typical of hillbillies.


hills

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

ipa: /hɪlz/


hillbillies

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

hillbilly


valleys

forms:
valley
valleys (plural)

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

ipa: /ˈvæliz/

valley


Appalachia

forms: Appalachia

glosses: Appalachia is a region in the eastern United States of America, named for the Appalachian Mountains.

text: It is hard to pass through the Appalachia region because most of it is mountainous.

hyphenation: Ap‧pa‧la‧chia


Kentucky

forms: Kentucky

glosses: Kentucky is a state in the United States of America.

text: Frankfort is the capital of Kentucky.

ipa: /kɛnˈtʌki/

ipa: /kənˈtʌki/


tear

forms:
tear
tears (plural)

glosses: A tear is hole made by pulling or ripping something.

text: I cannot wear a shirt with a tear in it!

ipa: /tɛə/

poses:
noun 1
verb 1

ipa: /tɛɚ/


tear

glosses: A tear is a drop of water that comes from your eye when you cry.

text: I felt sorry when I saw the tears running down her face.

ipa: /tɪə/

poses:
noun 2
verb 2

ipa: /tɪɚ/


tear

forms:
tear (canonical)
tears (third-person singular)
tore (past)
torn (past participle)
tearing (present participle)

glosses: If you tear something you make a hole in it, or make it into two pieces, by pulling it apart. It is making a tear.

text: Paper is easier to tear than cloth.

text: I tore a hole in my pants when I fell on my knee.

text: I was so mad at her I tore her letter in half.

tear

tears

tore

torn

tearing


tear

forms:
tear (canonical)
tears (third-person singular)
teared (past)
teared (past participle)
tearing (present participle)

glosses: If someone is tearing, that person has tears coming from the eyes. Often, this is called "tearing up." Usually, this is when the person is not crying in a way that can be heard.

text: I tried to look brave, but started tearing up at the funeral.

text: My eye started to tear after I got sand in it.

text: She teared up when she heard the news.


qualification

forms:
qualification
qualifications (plural)

glosses: A qualification is something you might need to do something (such as a job). This might be a skill, knowing about something, or having done a similar job before.

text: Being able to lead is an important qualification to be president.

text: The qualifications for this job include being able to use a computer.

text: They listed an engineering degree as a qualification for the job, even though it was not as an engineer.

glosses: A qualification is something you add to an idea that limits its effect or meaning.

text: I accept your offer, but with some qualifications.

ipa: /ˌkwɒlɪfɪˈkeɪʃən/

ipa: /ˌkwɑlɪfɪˈkeɪʃən/


qualifications

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

ipa: /ˌkwɑlɪfɪˈkeɪʃənz/

ipa: /ˌkwɒlɪfɪˈkeɪʃənz/

qualification


huge

forms:
huge (positive)
huger (comparative)
hugest (superlative)

glosses: If something is huge it is very big. When you say this, you mean bigger than large, or bigger than what is usually called big.

text: Wow! That dog is so huge he could be a horse.

glosses: If something is huge it is very important or very exciting.

text: He's moving all the way to Africa! That's huge!

ipa: /hjuːd͡ʒ/

adj

huge

huger

hugest


nationalization

glosses: Nationalization is when a privately owned object becomes the property of the government or the public.

hyphenation: na‧tion‧al‧i‧za‧tion


spawn

forms:
spawn (canonical)
spawns (third-person singular)
spawned (past)
spawned (past participle)
spawning (present participle)

ipa: /ˈspɔːn/

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


spawn

forms: spawn

glosses: The eggs of a frog are spawn. They are covered in clear jelly.


heathen

forms:
heathen
heathens (plural)

glosses: A person who has no religion and does not believe in anything spiritual.

text: An atheist doesn't believe in God, but a heathen doesn't believe in anything.

text: We are all rational and rebellious heathens here.

text: Those kids were a bunch of heathens who did nothing but party.

text: That bunch of heathens completely destroyed this place.

glosses: A pagan who tries to follow the religion of ancient Germany or Scandinavia. This religion is often called Asatru or Heathenry.

text: He is a very serious Heathen and prays to Odin and Thor everyday.

ipa: /ˈhiːðən/


heathen

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

glosses: Not believing in any religion or anything spiritual. This could also mean an idea that is against all religion.

text: I found him reading some heathen book that claimed to disprove God.

text: Everything he does is totally heathen.

glosses: Having to do with the religion of ancient Germany or Scandinavia; about Heathenry.

text: "The heathen [Aztec] gods cursed the gold...."—from Pirates of the Caribbean


Scandinavia

forms: Scandinavia

glosses: A region of Europe in the north. The countries called Norway, Sweden, and Denmark are part of Scandinavia. Sometime Iceland and Finland are included, but not always.

text: The Vikings sailed from Scandinavia to attack the rest of Europe.

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

hyphenation: Scan‧di‧na‧via


Thor

forms: Thor

glosses: The god of thunder and lightning to the Vikings (a people from ancient Europe).

ipa: /θɔː/

ipa: /θɔr/

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


heathens

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

noun

heathen

heathens


Norway

forms: Norway

glosses: Norway is a country in the north of Europe, with borders to Sweden, Finland and Russia.


shamans

forms:
shaman
shaman or shamans (plural)

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

shaman

shaman

shamans


Sweden

forms: Sweden

glosses: Sweden is a country in the north of Europe.


Denmark

forms: Denmark

glosses: Denmark is a country in the north of Europe.

text: Copenhagen is the capital city of Denmark.

hyphenation: Den‧mark


Iceland

forms: Iceland

glosses: Iceland is an island country in the northern Atlantic Ocean. Iceland is halfway between Europe and North America.

hyphenation: Ice‧land


Finland

forms: Finland

glosses: Finland is a country in the north of Europe.


Ireland

forms: Ireland

glosses: An island in the Atlantic Ocean which is a little west of the Britain.

glosses: Ireland is the official name for the Republic of Ireland, it is located in the south of the island, forms most of the island and includes 26 counties.

ipa: /ˈaɪə(r)lənd/


graph

forms:
graph
graphs (plural)

glosses: A graph shows data (numbers) as a picture.

ipa: /ɡrɑːf/

ipa: /ɡræf/


graph

forms:
graph (canonical)
graphs (third-person singular)
graphed (past)
graphed (past participle)
graphing (present participle)


charts

forms:
chart
charts (plural)

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

chart


charts

forms:
chart (canonical)
charts (third-person singular)
charted (past)
charted (past participle)
charting (present participle)

glosses: The third-person singular form of chart.


Jammu and Kashmir

forms: Jammu and Kashmir

glosses: Jammu and Kashmir is a state in northern India. The capital is Srinagar.


salary

forms:
salary
salaries (plural)

glosses: Your salary is the money you are paid every month for doing your job.

text: Your salary will be paid into your bank on the first day of each month.

text: The company president earned $814,200 in salary, bonus, and benefits.

text: The average monthly Japanese salary increased 4.3 percent last year.

text: She gets a base salary of $34,000, plus commissions, which range from $3,000 to $7,000 a year.

ipa: /ˈsælɚi/

salaries


clue

forms:
clue
clues (plural)

glosses: A clue is a piece of information that helps you answer a question or solve a problem.

text: He said nothing, made no gesture, and gave no clue about what he was thinking.

text: Something in those boxes might provide a clue to his death.

text: She disappeared without a clue.

glosses: If you have no clue about something, you don't know at all.

text: I'm afraid I have no clue how to get there.

text: Don't ask him. He doesn't have a clue about computers.

text: The guy's an idiot. He hasn't got a clue.

ipa: /kluː/


clue

forms:
clue (canonical)
clues (third-person singular)
clued (past)
clued (past participle)
cluing (present participle)

glosses: If you clue somebody in to something, you give them that information that they didn't have.

text: I had no idea what she was angry about until my sister clued me in.

text: The look on her face finally clued me in: she didn't speak English.

text: I finally clued in to the fact that it wasn't going to work.

verb

clu

e


humiliation

forms:
humiliation
humiliations (plural)

glosses: Humiliation is the feeling you have when something very bad has happened and many people think it's your fault.

glosses: Humiliation is the act of shaming or embarrassing someone or making them feel very bad.

ipa: /hjuːˌmɪliˈeɪʃən/

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


embarrass

forms:
embarrass (canonical)
embarrasses (third-person singular)
embarrassed (past)
embarrassed (past participle)
embarrassing (present participle)

glosses: If you embarrass someone, you make them feel discomfort or shame.

text: The boys embarrassed him by pulling down his pants.

embarrass

es


mango

forms:
mango
mangoes or mangos (plural)

glosses: A mango is a sweet tropical fruit with smooth yellow or red skin, soft yellow or orange flesh and a very large seed inside.

text: This mango is very big.

ipa: /ˈmæŋɡəʊ/

ipa: /ˈmæŋɡoʊ, ˈmeɪŋɡoʊ/

noun

mango

mangoes

mangos


snow leopard

forms:
snow leopard
snow leopards (plural)

glosses: The snow leopard is a large wildcat that lives in central Asia.


fluorine

forms: fluorine

glosses: Fluorine is a yellow gas that has an atomic number of 9 and the symbol F.

text: Fluorine reacts very easily.

text: Fluoride toothpaste contains a compound of fluorine.

ipa: /ˈflɔːrɪn/

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

hyphenation: flou‧rine

fluorine


bird of prey

forms:
bird of prey
birds of prey (plural)

glosses: A bird of prey is a bird that hunts and eats other animals. Some birds of prey are the eagle, the owl, and the peregrine falcon.

bird of prey

birds of prey


peregrine falcon

forms:
peregrine falcon
peregrine falcons (plural)

glosses: The peregrine falcon (Falco peregrinus) is a bird of prey found in many parts of the world.

text: The peregrine falcon is the fastest bird in the world.

audio: en-us-peregrine falcon.ogg


morphologies

forms:
morphology
morphologies (plural)

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

morphology

morphologies


don't cry over spilt milk

forms: don't cry over spilt milk

glosses: A phrase that means that you shouldn't get upset or worry about something that has already happened and can't be changed.

audio: en-uk-dont cry over spilt milk.ogg


British

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

glosses: British people or things are those that come from Britain.

text: My dad is British, and my Mom is Indian.


fag

forms:
fag
fags (plural)

text: She smokes about 10 fags a day.

glosses: A homosexual male, sometimes used between homosexuals themselves. Short for faggot.

ipa: /fæɡ/

audio: EN-AU ck1 fag.ogg


fairy

forms:
fairy
fairies (plural)

glosses: A type of human-like being with magical powers. In modern stories fairies are small with insect-like wings. In older stories they were human-size and very powerful, and sometimes dangerous.

text: A fairy granted then each a wish.

text: Some people say fairies live beneath the hills in Ireland.

glosses: A homosexual man, usually one who is very feminine.

text: I'm not sure that fairy even knows he's male.

enpr: fâʹrĭ

ipa: /ˈfɛəri/

enpr: fĕʹrē

ipa: /ˈfɛri/

ipa: /ˈfeːri/

fairy

fairies


queer

forms:
queer (positive)
queerer (comparative)
queerest (superlative)

glosses: If something is queer, it is a little bit strange, it is not quite normal.

glosses: If someone feels queer, that person is mentally strange or sick.

glosses: Another word for homosexual or for LGBT people in general. It is sometimes used as a derogatory term and some people see it as a slur.

glosses: Denoting or relating to a sexual or gender identity that does not correspond to established ideas of sexuality and gender, especially heterosexual norms.

enpr: kwîr

ipa: /kwir/

sampa: /kwir/

adj

queer

queerer

queerest


queer

forms:
queer
queers (plural)

glosses: A person whose gender identity is nonbinary or differs from the sex they had or were identified as having at birth.


queer

forms:
queer (canonical)
queers (third-person singular)
queered (past)
queered (past participle)
queering (present participle)

glosses: To queer somebody's pitch means to upset someone's plans.

glosses: To queer something is to see it, examine it, or show it from a queer perspective.


border

forms:
border
borders (plural)

glosses: The border of a country is the edge of the country: the place where that country touches another country.

text: You can't cross the border without identification papers.

glosses: The border of a shape or of a picture or of part of a picture is the edge of it.

text: She drew three pink hearts with red borders at the top of the picture.

ipa: /bɔədə/

ipa: /bɔːdə/

ipa: /bɔrdər/

audio: en-uk-a border.ogg


border

forms:
border (canonical)
borders (third-person singular)
bordered (past)
bordered (past participle)
bordering (present participle)

glosses: If something is bordered with or in something, that goes all around it.

text: The newspaper notice was bordered in black.

glosses: If one place borders on another, they are side by side.

text: The Sea of Japan is bordered by Japan, North Korea, Russia and South Korea.

verb

border


aspirin

forms:
aspirin
aspirins (plural)

ipa: /ˈæsprɪn/

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


strict

forms:
strict (positive)
stricter (comparative)
strictest (superlative)

text: The father was very strict about the children coming to dinner on time.

glosses: Following rules exactly, or giving strong punishments for not following the rules.

ipa: /strɪkt/

adj

strict

stricter

strictest


coach

forms:
coach
coaches (plural)

text: Even though his team won, first-year coach Andrew Johnson was not happy.

text: Parkview's new assistant girls soccer coach Karen Kingston has led the Panthers team to a 4-1 record.

text: Mrs. Schenkman, the seventh grade girls' basketball coach, had ended practice for the day.

glosses: A coach is a private teacher, often to help prepare for a particular test, job, or situation.

glosses: A coach is a bus or a car of a train with seats for many people.

text: Thomas the Tank Engine was pulling his coaches Annie and Clarabel back into Knapford Station.

ipa: /kəʊtʃ/

ipa: /koʊtʃ

sampa: /koUtS/

noun

coaches


coach

forms:
coach (canonical)
coaches (third-person singular)
coached (past)
coached (past participle)
coaching (present participle)

glosses: If you coach a person or a team, you teach them how to do a sport.

text: She coaches girls gymnastics at Middlebury High School.

glosses: If you coach someone, you help them prepare for a particular test, job, or situation.

verb

coach


Kashmir stag

forms:
Kashmir stag
Kashmir stags (plural)

glosses: The Kashmir stag (Cervus canadensis hanglu) is a type of red deer native to northern Pakistan and India.


unanimous

forms: unanimous (positive)

glosses: If something is unanimous, it is agreed on by all who are present.

text: The vote to pass the bill was unanimous. Every member of the state congress voted to pass it.

ipa: /juːˈnanɪməs/

ipa: /ju'nænəməs/


corner the market

forms: corner the market

glosses: If you corner the market, you become so successful at selling or making a particular product that almost no one else sells or makes it.

text: They've more or less cornered the fast-food market – they're in every big city in the country.

audio: en-au-corner the market.ogg


coast

forms:
coast
coasts (plural)

glosses: The coast is the area of land closest to the sea.

text: The hotel was near the coast and their room had a balcony from which they could see the distant ocean.

text: The numbers of fish along the Atlantic coast declined from heavy fishing, construction of dams, and pollution.

glosses: If the coast is clear, nobody is looking, so you can do something without anyone knowing.

text: He looked out the window to see if the coast was clear.

enpr: kōst

ipa: /kəʊst/


coast

forms:
coast (canonical)
coasts (third-person singular)
coasted (past)
coasted (past participle)
coasting (present participle)

glosses: If a vehicle coasts, it continues to move forward without needing new energy.

text: The car gradually coasted to a stop.

text: He rested as the bike coasted down the hill.


preference

forms:
preference
preferences (plural)

glosses: A preference is something that you like more than others

ipa: /ˈprɛf(ə)r(ə)ns/


intruder

forms:
intruder
intruders (plural)

glosses: An intruder is someone who enters another persons' home without permission.

text: The intruder in the house was caught after we called the police.


astrology

forms:
astrology
astrologies (plural)

glosses: Astrology is the study of stars, planets, and their relations to predict future events.

ipa: /əˈstrɒlədʒi/

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

noun

astrologies


combine

forms:
combine (canonical)
combines (third-person singular)
combined (past)
combined (past participle)
combining (present participle)

glosses: If you combine two or more things, you put them together.

text: In a large bowl, combine 1/2 cup white sugar and cinnamon.

text: Her new book combines elements of similar stories told throughout eastern North America.

text: All of these factors combine to create a system that is difficult to understand.

glosses: If something combines two or more things, it has both/all of them.

text: This is a world that combines the old with the new.

enpr: kəm-bīn'

ipa: /kəmˈbaɪn/

verb

combin


combine

forms:
combine
combines (plural)

glosses: A combine is a large farm vehicle the cuts grain and separates the seeds.

enpr: käm'bīn


birds of prey

forms:
bird of prey
birds of prey (plural)

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


messiah

forms:
messiah
messiahs (plural)

glosses: Jews and Christians use the word messiah to mean someone who was chosen by God to lead the people of Israel. Christians believe that Jesus was the Messiah.

glosses: A person who is like God and who has many strong abilities.

enpr: mə-sī'ə

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conscience

forms:
conscience
consciences (plural)

glosses: The ability to feel whether what you're doing is right or wrong.

text: Even though he stole things, he had some conscience: he didn't kill anyone.


honour

forms:
honour
honours (plural)

glosses: Honour is the quality of being respected by other people.


honour

forms:
honour (canonical)
honours (third-person singular)
honoured (past)
honoured (past participle)
honouring (present participle)

glosses: If you honour someone or something, you think highly of them; you respect them.


honor

forms:
honor
honors (plural)

glosses: Honor is the quality of being respected by other people.


honor

forms:
honor (canonical)
honors (third-person singular)
honored (past)
honored (past participle)
honoring (present participle)

glosses: If you honor someone or something, you think highly of them; you respect them.


psychiatrist

forms:
psychiatrist
psychiatrists (plural)

etymology_text: psychiatry + -ist

ety-suffix

psychiatry

ist

expansion: psychiatry + -ist

glosses: A psychiatrist is a doctor who helps people whose minds are sick.

text: She went to a psychiatrist to try to learn to think about her life in a more normal way.

hyphenation: psy‧chi‧a‧trist


fatherland

forms:
fatherland
fatherlands (plural)

glosses: The fatherland is the land of your father or mother.


command

forms:
command
commands (plural)

glosses: Command, is the power to control people or things.

text: The information moved from the soldiers up the chain of command right to the president.

text: Machine-gun fire swept through the general's command post.

text: With their centralized command structure, it's hard to believe that it could be an accidental action.

text: We'll look at the problems they face and the military options at their command.

text: These women reject the idea that they are under their husband's command.

text: We have not leader. Somebody needs to take command and get us moving.

text: Saddam Hussein was in command of one of the world's biggest military machines.

glosses: Command is the people or place that orders come from.

text: This operation was planned carefully from the central command.

text: Reporters recently spoke to leaders at the Army's Strategic Defense Command.

glosses: A command is a direction for a computer to do something.

text: A complicated command like "COPY: *. *B:PRNT1 i" could take some time for the computer to complete.

glosses: A command is an order that somebody do something or that something happen.

text: He gave the command to attack.

glosses: If you have command of something, you understand it well.

text: He has an excellent command of both French and Spanish.

ipa: /kəˈmɑːnd/

ipa: /kəˈmænd/

hyphenation: com‧mand


command

forms:
command (canonical)
commands (third-person singular)
commanded (past)
commanded (past participle)
commanding (present participle)

glosses: If you command someone to do something, you tell them to do it because you have power over them.

text: He'd first joined the Army in 1969 and commanded a unit in Vietnam.

text: "That's quite enough of that. Stop it right now," commanded his teacher.

glosses: If you command attention, respect, etc., you get it because you should get it.

text: The amazing power of weather commands respect and fear.

text: Her fire-red hair commanded attention.

text: The wines from 1989 from that area today command high prices.


nitrogen

forms: nitrogen

glosses: Nitrogen is a colourless gas that has an atomic number of 7 and the symbol N.

text: The air we breathe is mostly made of nitrogen.

text: Nitrogen does not react very easily.

text: Liquid nitrogen is used to keep other things very cold.

ipa: /ˈnaɪtrədʒən/

hyphenation: ni‧tro‧gen

noun

nitrogen


colourless

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

etymology_text: colour + -less

ety-suffix

colour

less

expansion: colour + -less

glosses: Something that has no colour, and is almost invisible

text: Air is colourless, which is why we can see through it.

text: Water is normally a colourless liquid.

hyphenation: col‧our‧less


atomic number

forms:
atomic number
atomic numbers (plural)

glosses: The number of protons in an atom is the atomic number. It is also the position in the periodic table of elements.

text: Hydrogen has an atomic number of 1. It has 1 proton, and is the first element in the periodic table.

text: Heavy elements, such as gold have a high atomic number.