postage stamp

postage stamp (singular)
postage stamps (plural)

A small piece of paper that is placed on an item being mailed to show that the postage has been paid.


strength

If you have strength your muscles are very powerful.

I don't have the strength to lift something that heavy.

Strength can also mean you are strong or tough is some other way, such as a strong mind or strong will.

She needed great strength to deal with her sickness and poverty.

The plan had may strengths, such as not needing many people and being easy to do.

The strength of the regiment was 3,000 soldiers.


veins

The plural form of vein; more than one (kind of) vein.


expression

expression (singular)
expressions (plural)

An expression is a way your face can look that shows how you feel. Smiles and frowns are expressions.

I could tell he was lying by the expression on his face.

An expression is a group of words, like a phrase or sentence, often one that is used by many people.

"Read between the lines" is a common expression for knowing meanings that are not written or spoken.

An expression is a group of numbers and variables.

The expression "2x + y - 3" was set equal eight in the equation.


razor

A razor is a type of knife that is used to shave hair.


publicity

If you have publicity, many people know about you. Most often, this means a making yourself known (gaining publicity).

We had a rally to gain publicity for our group.


hum

hum (canonical)
hums (third-person singular)
hummed (past)
hummed (past participle)
humming (present participle)

To make a sound you can make in your throat with your mouth closed. Often, this is done to make music without singing words.

I used to hum the music from the Indiana Jones movies when I was a child.

A similar sound, such as one from a machine.

The engine hummed as he started drove the car.


hum

Hum is the sound of humming, or a sound like humming.

I heard a low hum from the other room.


transgender

A transgender person is someone who was male but now identifies as female or who was female but identifies as male.

The state's laws block transgender women from doing certain things.

Our company welcomes gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender people.

He became transgender in his 30s.


transgender

transgender (singular)
transgenders (plural)

Transgender is a gender for someone who was male but now identifies as female or who was female but identifies as male.

We had a long talk about issues around transgender.

Your support was so important for the transgender - and the rest of the LGBTQ community.

Transgenders are people who are were male but now identify as female or female but now identify as male.

Transwomen (male-to-female transgenders) are more common than transmen.


doll

A doll is a small model of a person. Dolls are often used as toys for children (most often girls).

A girl or woman, most often an attractive young woman.


nest

The home or bedding of some other animals.

The mother wolf built a nest in her den before she had her cubs.


nest

nest (canonical)
nests (third-person singular)
nested (past)
nested (past participle)
nesting (present participle)

When an animal builds or stays in its nest, especially when taking care of its babies there.

If somethings is nested in something else, it is inside it. Usually, this is used for several things, with the second thing in the first thing, the third things in the second thing—for however many things are nested. This is often used in coding and computer programing.

The computer program had nested for loops, that looked like this:


lions

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


stream

A stream is a very small river or creek.

A stream is something that comes in an order without stopping (like water in a stream).

Stop interrupting me, you are breaking my stream of thought.

The data stream from Florida suddenly stopped.


stream

stream (canonical)
streams (third-person singular)
streamed (past)
streamed (past participle)
streaming (present participle)

If something streams, it comes in a flow, usually in order and often not stopping.

The website offered streaming music and video files.


BOB

A short way of saying "battery-operated boyfriend"; slang for a vibrator.

A short way of saying "back-of-the-book"; refers to stamps in a catalog that are not used on mail and are displayed near the end of a catalog.

A short way of saying "bottom of basket", often used as a reminder to empty shopping carts.


objectionable

objectionable (positive)
more objectionable (comparative)
most objectionable (superlative)

If something is objectionable, you are likely to object to it.

Before removing objectionable material, you'll have to decide what will offend people.


sadism

enjoying causing pain to people or animals.

The noble was well known throughout the region for his sadism. He would often torture prisoners in the cruelest of punishments just for the joy of it.

A sex game where someone hurts someone else during sex.


waiter

A waiter is the person at a restaurant who takes your order and brings the food to you.

I'm trying to get the waiter to bring our bill but he isn't looking this way.


take up

I've taken up knitting.

I wish to take up mathematics.

Let's take this up with the manager.

Can you take this up to the front desk?

The books on finance take up three shelves.

All my time is taken up with looking after the kids.

To shorten a piece of cloth or clothing by hemming it.

If we take up the sleeves a bit, that shirt will look much better on you.

Should we take them up on their offer to help us move?

Let's take up where we left off.


mate

A mate is someone you do something with.

Nils, my tent mate, was from the same elementary school in the city.

I'm meeting my mates later, after work.

The two of them are best mates.

What can I do for you, mate?

The zoo has been having trouble getting a mate for the panda.

A mate is the other member of a matched pair of objects.


mate

mate (canonical)
mates (third-person singular)
mated (past)
mated (past participle)
mating (present participle)

The monkeys were going to mate.

The female shows she's ready to mate by showing her red bottom to the male.

That morning when they tried to mate her with our bull, she had no idea what to do.


autumn

The season when the weather is getting colder, after summer and before winter.


textbook

A textbook is a book that is used in school, university, or college to study an academic topic.

I had to bring my math textbook home so I could do my homework.


DoS

"denial of service", a way of attacking a computer (hacking) in a network.


jenny-ass

jenny-ass (singular)
jenny-asses (plural)


homosexual

homosexual (singular)
homosexuals (plural)

A homosexual is a male sexually attracted to males or a female attracted to females.

One homosexual kid got bullied a lot in our school.

/ˌhəʊməʊˈsɛkʃuːəl/

/ˌhɒməʊˈsɛkʃuːəl/


homosexual

homosexual (positive)
more homosexual (comparative)
most homosexual (superlative)

Homosexual is the quality of being sexually attracted to people of the same sex.

That homosexual man had sex with the other man.

/ˌhəʊməʊˈsɛkʃuːəl/

/ˌhɒməʊˈsɛkʃuːəl/


dolls

The plural form of doll; more than one (kind of) doll.


polygon

A polygon is a type of two-dimensional shape. It has three or more corners , which are connected by lines.


swearword


gay

gay (positive)
gayer (comparative)
gayest (superlative)

A gay person is usually a man sexually attracted to males; also a woman attracted to females. .

Gay marriage used to be impossible, but it's becoming more common.

This game is gay. Let's play something else.

I'm very gay today!

Don we now our gay apparel....


gay

A homosexual person. This is usually a man, but could be a woman (lesbian).

The gays were marching in protest yesterday.


timer

A timer is a device that times something.

A timer tells you when a certain amount of time is over. You set the timer for the amount of time you want; after that amount of time it will let you know in some way (sometimes a bell will ring).

A timer tells you how much time has passed since it was started.


electrical

electrical (positive)
more electrical (comparative)
most electrical (superlative)

When something is electrical, it is related to electricity or electronics.


peripheral

peripheral (positive)
more peripheral (comparative)
most peripheral (superlative)

If something is peripheral, it is on the periphery or boundary of it.

If something is peripheral, it is beside the point.

If something is peripheral, it is not important; it is unimportant.

If something is peripheral, it is auxiliary to it.

If something is peripheral, it is found on the peripheral nervous system.


peripheral

peripheral (singular)
peripherals (plural)

A peripheral is a machine that is connected to a computer, such as a printer or scanner.


pagan

If something (or someone) is pagan, it is from a kind of religion called paganism.

Relating to a religion that is not a major religion; often anything non-Christian, non-Judaic and non-Islamic.


pagan

A pagan is someone who follows paganism or a polytheistic religion.

A person who doesn't follow a major religion; often used to refer to non-Christians, non-Jews and non-Muslims.

Someone who is immoral, uncivilized, savage, or a heathen.


waiters

The plural form of waiter; more than one (kind of) waiter.


grease

Grease is liquid or melted fat from an animal, often used for cooking.

Grease is a petroleum product used to lubricate machines.

Grease is a thick, oily substance similar to those above.


grease

grease (canonical)
greases (third-person singular)
greased (past)
greased (past participle)
greasing (present participle)

If you grease something, you put grease on it so that it moves more easily.

If you grease a situation, you bribe somebody.


bang

A bang is a short loud noise like the sound of a door closing or a gun being shot.

The two cars hit with a big bang.


bang

bang (canonical)
bangs (third-person singular)
banged (past)
banged (past participle)
banging (present participle)

If something bangs, it makes repeated sudden loud noises.

If you bang someone, you engage in sexual intercourse with them.


vortex

vortex (singular)
vortexes or vortices (plural)

A vortex is a whirlwind, whirlpool, or something else that moves in a spiral or column.

A vortex is anything with on-going violent or chaotic activity around a center point.

A vortex is anything which brings nearby things into its current.


potable

potable (positive)
more potable (comparative)
most potable (superlative)

If something is potable you can safely drink it.


jobless

If you are jobless you do not have a job.


elephant

An elephant is a very large animal with two long teeth called tusks and a long nose called trunk.

Elephants live in both Asia and Africa.


bolt

A kind of thick screw that is used with a nut and sometimes a washer.


bolt

bolt (canonical)
bolts (third-person singular)
bolted (past)
bolted (past participle)
bolting (present participle)


Grim Reaper

death; the Grim Reaper is death shown as a skeleton in a black robe with a hood and a scythe (an old farm tool for cutting grain). He reaps (harvests) the souls of dying people.


supplier

A supplier is someone who supplies something. Most often, this is a company that supplies another company with things it needs.

The car factory needs a new supplier for car parts.


donkey

An animal that is like a small horse with long ears. Donkeys are often used to carry things for people.

He loaded the wood on the donkey to bring back to the house.


pet

A pet is an animal that is kept by a person for company and friendship.

I have 4 pets: 2 dogs, a cat and a fish.

A pet is a person who is very loyal to their superior or boss.

She's the teacher's pet.


pet

pet (canonical)
pets (third-person singular)
petted (past)
petted (past participle)
petting (present participle)

If you pet something, usually an animal, you touch it with your moving hand.

I pet my dog.


witch

A woman who does witchcraft (magic) or has magical powers.

Glenda the Good was a powerful witch in The Wizard of Oz.

A person of either sex (man or woman) who does witchcraft.

Someone who practice traditional British magic (witchcraft).

I think she became a witch last year.

A person who practices black (evil) magic.

Old books talk about witches selling their souls to the Devil.

A female demon or monster that looks like an old woman and often does harmful things to other people.

The witch tried to eat Hansel and Gretel.

The witch in the movie had green skin.

A woman who is difficult to get allow with, or a bad woman.

I hate my boss, she's a real witch.


yea

Yea can be used to tell how much. In this way it can either mean about or exactly "this much." (Often while by a showing how much with your hands.)

The pony was yea high. (While holding a hand where the top of the pony's head would be.)


yearly

Something that is yearly happens once every year.

We have a yearly meeting for members in the country.


employee

An employee is someone who works for a company or another person.

He is an employee of this store.

I was declared "employee of the month" by my boss.

I was at lunch with my fellow employees.


perennial

If something is perennial it is there every year, or through many years.

If a plant is perennial it live through the winter and may live for many years. A tree is perennial.


perennial

perennial (singular)
perennials (plural)

A perennial is a plant that lives for many years.

I have both annuals and perennials in my garden.


buoy

A float in water that is used to mark something.


buoy

buoy (canonical)
buoys (third-person singular)
buoyed (past)
buoyed (past participle)
buoying (present participle)


stakes

The plural form of stake; more than one (kind of) stake.

Stakes are what you will win or lose if you try something.

The stakes are high in this game. If we loose we will be out of the championship.

The criminal was in a high stakes game of cat and mouse with the police.


stakes

stake (canonical)
stakes (third-person singular)
staked (past)
staked (past participle)
staking (present participle)

The third-person singular form of stake.


conspiracy

conspiracy (singular)
conspiracies (plural)

A secret plan between two or more people to do something.

There was a conspiracy among the king's advisers to overthrow the king.

A plan between two or more people to commit a crime.


elephants

The plural form of elephant; more than one (kind of) elephant.


economics

The study of money and how goods and services get value.

Economics shows us that people use too much when the price is too low.


squirrel

A squirrel is a small animal that lives in trees and has a bushy tail. They are related to rats and often eat nuts.

A squirrel is on the roof of my home.


pronunciation

pronunciation (singular)
pronunciations (plural)

There are two different pronunciations for the word either.

Pronunciation sections are helpful in a dictionary.

His French pronunciation is horrible.


swear word

swear word (singular)
swear words (plural)

A swear word is a word that is not nice to say and is impolite and/or offensive.


mice

The plural form of mouse; more than one (kind of) mouse.


understood

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

The past tense and past participle of understand.


nick

nick (canonical)
nicks (third-person singular)
nicked (past)
nicked (past participle)
nicking (present participle)

If you nick something, you make a small cut (a nick) in it.


actress

An actress is a female who performs as a character in a play or other theatrical work.

The main actress went up and bowed to the audience.


lioness

A lioness has no mane.


privilege

privilege (singular)
privileges (plural)

A privilege is something special you are allowed to do or have. That is, not everyone is allowed to do or have it.

Being able to drive is a privilege not a right.

He was punished by having his privileges taken away.

The privilege of the rich lords angered ordinary people in the French revolution.


voting

vote (canonical)
votes (third-person singular)
voted (past)
voted (past participle)
voting (present participle)


actor

An actor is a person (usually male) who performs as a character in a play or other theatrical work. A female performer is called either an actress or an actor.

The actor received a Tony Award.

The actors waited back stage.

Top movie actors are well paid.

Tom Cruise is a popular movie actor.


spectrum

spectrum (singular)
spectra or spectrums (plural)

Specifically, a range of colors representing light of various frequencies.

The pattern of absorption or emission of radiation that is made by a substance when it is put in contact with an energy such as radiation, heat, electricity, etc.


national

national (positive)
more national (comparative)
most national (superlative)

If something is national it affects a whole nation or country.

If something is national it has to do with a certain nation or country, or with people from that country.

If a business is national it is found in all or most parts of a nation or country.


national

A national is someone who is a citizen of their nation.

The nationals is a tournament where people from all over the country come to compete in.


accent

An accent is the particular way that somebody's speech sounds.

I can speak French, but I do it with an English accent.


accent

accent (canonical)
accents (third-person singular)
accented (past)
accented (past participle)
accenting (present participle)

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Muscovy duck

Muscovy duck (singular)
Muscovy ducks (plural)

A large duck that lives in Mexico, Central and South America.


shave

shave (canonical)
shaves (third-person singular)
shaved (past)
shaved (past participle)
shaving (present participle)

When you shave hair, you remove all of it with a sharp object such as a razor.

After getting up in the morning, Trevor shaved off a day's growth of beard.

When you shave meat, you cut it into very thin slices.

The butcher shaved a quarter pound of roast beef, which I put in a sandwich.


shave

A shave is the act of shaving (hair being removed).


motorcycles

motorcycle (singular)
motorcycles (plural)

The plural form of motorcycle; more than one (kind of) motorcycle.


motorcycles

motorcycle (canonical)
motorcycles (third-person singular)
motorcycled (past)
motorcycled (past participle)
motorcycling (present participle)

The third-person singular form of motorcycle.


officers

The plural form of officer; more than one (kind of) officer.


manure

animal feces, especially the feces of farm animals such as cows, horses, pigs and chickens; manure is often used as a fertilizer.


manure

manure (canonical)
manures (third-person singular)
manured (past)
manured (past participle)
manuring (present participle)


weasel

A weasel is a small, thin animal that eats meat.

Pop goes the weasel!

A weasel is a sneaky or dishonest person, someone you cannot trust.

That little weasel took all my money!


valuable

valuable (positive)
more valuable (comparative)
most valuable (superlative)

If something is valuable it has great value. That is, it would cost a large amount of money.

Gold is a very valuable metal.

Your life is more valuable than any amount of money you could have.


valuable

I keep my valuables in a safe deposit box at the bank.


impolite

When something is impolite, it is not polite.

It is considered impolite to talk while someone else is speaking.


rabbit

Our pet rabbit liked vegetables and could run very fast.


vow

A vow is a promise. Often, a vow is a special promise that is made formally or in front of other people.

I took a vow never to hurt anyone.

They said their wedding vows, promising to love each other the rest of their lives.

The monks took a vow of silence.


vow

vow (canonical)
vows (third-person singular)
vowed (past)
vowed (past participle)
vowing (present participle)

If you vow, to do something, you make a promise to do it.

We vowed never to betray each other.


glasses

glass (singular)
(pair of) glasses (singular)
glasses (plural)

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

Glasses are worn over the eyes to help you see.

I've had to wear glasses since I was nine years old.


waitresses

The plural form of waitress; more than one (kind of) waitress.


waitresses

waitress (canonical)
waitresses (third-person singular)
waitressed (past)
waitressed (past participle)
waitressing (present participle)

The third-person singular form of waitress.


baggage

Another word for luggage; bags and other containers that people use to carry things when they travel. Also, the things (most often clothes) carried in the bags.

Things you keep with you from the past. Usually this means emotions or memories, most often bad feelings.

An army's portable equipment; its baggage train.


advantage

advantage (singular)
advantages (plural)

An advantage is a condition or circumstance that favors success.

An advantage is when someone has superiority over someone else.

An advantage is a benefit, gain, or profit.


advantage

advantage (canonical)
advantages (third-person singular)
advantaged (past)
advantaged (past participle)
advantaging (present participle)

If you advantage a person, you provide them with an advantage.


wicked

wickeder (comparative)
wickedest (superlative)
wicked (positive)
more wicked (comparative)
most wicked (superlative)

If you are wicked you often do evil things. More than that, a wicked person enjoys evil.

The wicked witch terrorized the peasants of the village.

A wicked act is something someone does that is very evil.

He will be punished for his wicked acts.

If something is wicked, it is excellent.

That was a wicked guitar solo!

If something is wicked, it has a wick in it.


wicked

wick (canonical)
wicks (third-person singular)
wicked (past)
wicked (past participle)
wicking (present participle)

The past tense and past participle of wick.


waitress

A waitress is a woman who serves at a restaurant; a female waiter.

I'm trying to get the waitress to bring our bill but she isn't looking this way.


waitress

If you waitress, you work as a waitress.

I waitress on the weekends to earn extra money.


actresses

The plural form of actress; more than one (kind of) actress.


musician

A musician is a person who makes music. Most often, this is someone whose job is to make music for other people.

My cousin is a musician for an orchestra in Texas.

There were five musicians in the band.


amphibious

If an animal is amphibious it lives in water when it is young and lives on land when it is an adult.

Frogs are amphibious.

If something is amphibious it happens or can function on land and in water.

The DUKW is an amphibious vehicle that was used during World War II.


equality

The state of being equal, of having the same value.

The equal treatment of all people even if they are different.


hare

A type of small animal with long ears, similar to a large rabbit.

The slow tortoise beat the fast hare in the race by not quitting.


questionable

questionable (positive)
more questionable (comparative)
most questionable (superlative)

If something is questionable it is easy to question. That is, it is not likely to be true, and might be false.


fuzzy

fuzzy (positive)
fuzzier (comparative)
fuzziest (superlative)

If something is fuzzy it is covered with fuzz.

I like to pet my dog because he's fuzzy.

My memory of the accident is pretty fuzzy.

I can see fine out of my left eye, but when I look at things with my right eye they're a little fuzzy.

Most of the pictures turned out fine, but a few are fuzzy.


curtains

The plural form of curtain; more than one (kind of) curtain.

This word is often used for a set of two curtains, one on each side (left and right) of the window.

An end (in reference to curtains closing at the end of a stage show).

It's curtains for you!


curtains

curtain (canonical)
curtains (third-person singular)
curtained (past)
curtained (past participle)
curtaining (present participle)

The third-person singular form of curtain.


officer

An officer is a person in an army who has much authority. A general and a captain are two types of officers.

A soldier must obey his commanding officer.

An officer is a policeman, often called a "police officer." (Note, "officer" is often better than "policeman" because the officer could be a woman or a man.)

Officer, can you help me, I've been robbed.

The thief was taken to jail by the officers.

He was arrested for hitting an officer.

An officer is someone who holds office (meaning, has authority).

The judge is an important officer of the court.

She is the chief executive officer, or CEO, for our company.


picked

pick (canonical)
picks (third-person singular)
picked (past)
picked (past participle)
picking (present participle)

The past tense and past participle of pick.


triangle

A triangle is a shape that has three sides and three angles.

A triangle is an instrument that is made out of metal and is shaped like a triangle.

/ˈtraɪəŋɡəl/

/ˈtraɪˌæŋɡəl/


pollutant

pollutant (singular)
pollutants (plural)

A pollutant is something that makes the air, soil or water dirty or polluted.

insecticides, herbicides, and detergents are all examples of water pollutants.


napalm

A very flammable, thick liquid that is made to stick to things while burning; napalm is used during war to cause a lot of death and destruction, especially in wooded areas.

The soldiers dropped napalm on the enemy to destroy their camp.


napalm

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

The soldiers napalmed the enemy to destroy their camp.


alone

alone (positive)
more alone (comparative)
most alone (superlative)

If someone is alone, they are not with other people.

She looked around to make sure that she was alone before opening the desk.

If someone is alone, they have no friends or people they know.

He felt very alone in Canada and wanted to go home.


alone

If you do something alone, you do it without other people.

She went walking alone because she wanted to think.

When you talk about something alone, you mean only that thing.

It will take weeks for the planning alone.

We can't open it. The owner alone has the key.


aircraft

An aircraft is a flying vehicle, usually an airplane.

The army wants money to buy various aircraft, including helicopters and jets.


-graphy

A writing about a subject or the study of a subject.


grim

grim (positive)
grimmer (comparative)
grimmest (superlative)

If you are grim you are very serious, and might be thinking about bad things like loss, sadness, or death.

I was in a grim mood after my grandmother died.


tele-

A way to give information quickly over long distances; telegraph.


mule

A mule is the child of a horse and a donkey. Mules are often used to carry things for people or pull carts or plows.

A mule is a shoe that does not have support for the heel.

A mule is a person paid to smuggle drugs.


lion

A type of big cat from Africa, India and some of Europe; Panthera leo.

We saw the lion in the zoo.


lawyer

A lawyer is an expert in law. A lawyer has the job of standing for other people in court giving them advice about the law.

The defendant got a lawyer to defend him in court.

The lawyer represented the man in court.


lawyer

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

If someone lawyers, they work as a lawyer or practice law.

If someone lawyers, they make arguments that are related to the law.


larynges

larynx (singular)
larynges or larynxes (plural)

The plural form of larynx; more than one (kind of) larynx.


bunny

My pet bunny is so cute.


academia

Academia is a word for the group of people who are a part of the scientific and cultural community; this group of people have attended a university and/or do research.


prove

proved (past participle)
prove (canonical)
proves (third-person singular)
proved (past)
proven (past participle)
proving (present participle)

When you prove something, you demonstrate that it is for real and true.

I will prove my method is more effective than yours.

The hypothesis has not been proven to our satisfaction.


stake

A stick or rod with a sharp point. A stake is usually hammered into the ground. Often, the stake is tied to rope to connect something (like a tent) to the ground.

We used four stakes to hold down our tent.

It is said a stake though the heart will kill a vampire.

The heretic was burned at the stake. (He was tied to very large stake (a pole) to be burned to death.)

If you have a stake in something it is important to you. Usually, this means it will affect you in some way, so you have a good reason to be interested.

I had a personal stake in hunger relief, since family had no food.

We all have a stake in finding peace.

Our company has a big stake in the findings, since we spent a lot of money on the research.


stake

stake (canonical)
stakes (third-person singular)
staked (past)
staked (past participle)
staking (present participle)

To put a stake into something. Most often, you would put the stake in the ground, but it could be put in something else.


reaper

Someone who reaps; someone who harvests grain.

The were several reapers in our wheat field yesterday.


reaper

Short for the Grim Reaper, the angel of death.

"Seasons don't fear the Reaper, nor do the wind, the sun, or the rain. We could be like they are ... come on baby, don't fear the Reaper." -- Blue Oyster Cult, "The Reaper"


expensive

expensive (positive)
more expensive (comparative)
most expensive (superlative)

Something that is expensive costs a lot of money to buy or takes a lot of effort to get.

A pencil that cost $100 is very expensive.


reap

reap (canonical)
reaps (third-person singular)
reaped (past)
reaped (past participle)
reaping (present participle)

If you reap something, you harvest it, most often grain.

It was time to reap the corn, so we hired some people to help with it.

If you reap something, you get the results of your actions.

Jesus said, "As you sow, so shall you reap ".

When I lost everything I was only reaping the rewards of my foolishness.


unable

When something is unable to do something, it cannot do it; it is not able to do it.

I am unable to climb that mountain because I am too weak.


newb

A newb is someone that is new to a game, or someone that has a new character; a newbie.

That guy must be a newb at this video game. He has no idea how to play.


bullshit

That's bullshit! I called your office and they said you never came in!

A card game where players bluff about the cards they play and try to figure out when the other players are bluffing.

Anyone want to play a few hands of bullshit?

An object of frustration and/or disgust.

"This is bullshit!" -- The Monarch


bullshit

bullshitted (past)
bullshit (canonical)
bullshits (third-person singular)
bullshat (past)
bullshitted (past participle)
bullshitting (present participle)

To tell lies, exaggerate; to mislead; to deceive.

You're bullshitting me. I called your office and you never even came in.

I will probably just go and bullshit with Joe for awhile.


bullshit

Something you say when you don't believe what you just heard.


borrow

borrow (canonical)
borrows (third-person singular)
borrowed (past)
borrowed (past participle)
borrowing (present participle)

If you borrow something from someone, you use it and then you give it back to them.

Governments need to make it easier for students to borrow money for school.

The company has also borrowed heavily from the Boston Federal Reserve Bank – some $1.6 billion last month alone.

Can I borrow your car and show my dad I can drive?

If you borrow words or ideas from somebody, you use them in your own writing or speaking.

Many people want to throw the war "down the memory hole", to borrow a phrase from Orwell's 1984.

The choreographer borrowed a number from Swan Lake for his satirical ballet called Birds in Ballet.


larynx

The larynx is a part of your body that is inside your throat.

Your larynx makes your voice and keeps food out of your lungs.

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glyph

A glyph is a picture, symbol, or letter that is carved into stone.

The cave had many glyphs carved into its walls.

A glyph is a non-spoken symbol that represents something.

Letters, which form words, are glyphs.


hawks

The plural form of hawk; more than one (kind of) hawk.


hawks

hawk (canonical)
hawks (third-person singular)
hawked (past)
hawked (past participle)
hawking (present participle)


bambakophobia

Bambakophobia is the fear of thinking about or touching cotton.


abuse

Abuse is touching or acting towards someone in a way that will likely hurt them.

The girls suffered terrible physical and sexual abuse from their father.

An abuse is an act of using something in the wrong way.


abuse

abuse (canonical)
abuses (third-person singular)
abused (past)
abused (past participle)
abusing (present participle)

If you abuse something, you misuse it; you use something improperly.

If you abuse something, you injure it; you hurt it; you treat it with cruelty or damage it.

If you abuse somebody, you rape them; you assault them.

If you abuse somebody, you berate them; you insult or revile them.

Child abuse is prohibited in America.


zinc

Zinc is a type of metal, (symbol Zn) with an atomic number of 30 on the periodic table.


zinc

zinc (canonical)
zincs (third-person singular)
zinced (past)
zinced (past participle)
zincing (present participle)

If you zinc something, you cover it with zinc.


crap

I have to take a crap.

Something that is not good or is of poor quality.

This food is crap!

The college student wrote a 10,000-word essay on Shakespeare, but the professor judged it to be nothing but utter crap.


crap

crap (canonical)
craps (third-person singular)
crapped (past)
crapped (past participle)
crapping (present participle)


crap

A saying that shows worry, fear, surprise, disgust, annoyance or dismay.

Oh crap! The other driver's going to hit my car!

Crap! I lost again.


submerged

submerge (canonical)
submerges (third-person singular)
submerged (past)
submerged (past participle)
submerging (present participle)

The past tense and past participle of submerge.

The submarine submerged quickly.


submerged

submerged (positive)
more submerged (comparative)
most submerged (superlative)

Something that is submerged is underwater.

Jimmy was completely submerged when he was swimming.


sessile

If an animal is sessile it is attached to something (such as a rock or the ground). It cannot leave what it is attached too.

A coral is sessile, it cannot leave its reef.

barnacles are also sessile, they are attached to things like ships.

If something is sessile it attaches directly to what it grows from. It does not have a stalk or stem.

The species of flower was known for its sessile leaves.

The growth on her larynx was sessile.


spirit

A spirit is a being that has no physical body, and cannot usually be seen or touched.

The people on the island believed in many gods and spirits that affected life.

A spirit is a part of you that cannot be seen or touched. Often this is important to religion and different from the soul (religions do not agree what the difference is).

They tried to talk to the spirit of their dead mother through a medium.

The preacher claimed the soul was the mind but the spirit was something more special.

If you have spirit, you are very excited about something or a very strong supporter.

People with school spirit always cheer for their schools team.

The spirit of a statement or rule is the idea or purpose for it.

What she did fit the spirit of the law, even though it brought the law as it was written.

In the spirit of fairness I let the younger children break some rules.

The spirit of the agreement was that we would have equal shares.

A spirit is a volatile liquid, like alcohol.


spirit

spirit (canonical)
spirits (third-person singular)
spirited (past)
spirited (past participle)
spiriting (present participle)

If you spirit something, you carry it away, usually in secret or mystery.


spirit

Another name for the Holy Spirit (also called the Holy Ghost).


bat

A bat is a small, furry animal (a mammal) that has wings and can fly.

A bat is a special stick used to hit the ball in baseball, and in some other games.


bat

bat (canonical)
bats (third-person singular)
batted (past)
batted (past participle)
batting (present participle)

If you bat, you swing something or try to hit something.

She batted her eyelashes shyly.

The cat batted at the mouse with its paws.

The baseball player did not bat well in the game.


pee

Pee is urine, liquid waste from the body.

The dog got pee on my shoe.

I bought these carrots for fifty pee.

I can't afford that — I'm ten pee short.


pee

pee (canonical)
pees (third-person singular)
peed (past)
peed (past participle)
peeing (present participle)

To release human liquid waste; to urinate.

I am going to pee in that bush.


jackass

A jackass is a rude or obnoxious person.


hawk

A hawk is a type of bird that eats meat.


hawk

The vendors were hawking jewelry from little tables lining either side of the market square.

To cough or clear your throat loudly, sometimes coughing up phlegm.

Jim hawked up some spit and spat it on the sidewalk.

Grandpa sat on the front porch, hawking and wheezing, as he packed his pipe with tobacco.


actors

The plural form of actor; more than one (kind of) actor.


combinations

combination (singular)
combinations (plural)

The plural form of combination; more than one (kind of) combination.


creak

A type of sound. The sound of a door with rusty hinges is a creak.

I heard a strange creak from my car's engine.


creak

creak (canonical)
creaks (third-person singular)
creaked (past)
creaked (past participle)
creaking (present participle)

The door creaked as I opened it.


marriages

The plural form of marriage; more than one (kind of) marriage.


vein

A vein is a tube in the body that carries blood back to the heart.

A vein is a bump or line in a leaf where sap flows.

A vein is a fissure, cleft, or cavity in the earth.


habitations

habitation (singular)
habitations (plural)

The plural form of habitation; more than one (kind of) habitation.


stunts

The plural form of stunt; more than one (kind of) stunt.


stunts

stunt (canonical)
stunts (third-person singular)
stunted (past)
stunted (past participle)
stunting (present participle)

The third-person singular form of stunt.


corrupt

corrupt (positive)
more corrupt (comparative)
most corrupt (superlative)

If someone is corrupt, they are weak in morals; it is depraved or perverted.

The Government here is corrupt, so we'll move to escape them.

If something is corrupt, it is not correct; it is with lots of errors in it.

The text of the manuscript is corrupt.

It turned out that the program was corrupt – that's why it wouldn't open.

If someone or something is corrupt, it is not pure; it is spoiled or tainted.

Prisoners of war are sometimes fed corrupt food.


corrupt

corrupt (canonical)
corrupts (third-person singular)
corrupted (past)
corrupted (past participle)
corrupting (present participle)

If you corrupt something or someone, you make them corrupt; you change them from good to bad.

Don't you dare corrupt my son with those disgusting pictures!


developments

development (singular)
developments (plural)

The plural form of development; more than one (kind of) development.


revisions

The plural form of revision; more than one (kind of) revision.


emotions

The plural form of emotion; more than one (kind of) emotion.


conspiracies

conspiracy (singular)
conspiracies (plural)

The plural form of conspiracy; more than one (kind of) conspiracy.


lionesses

The plural form of lioness; more than one (kind of) lioness.


clever

cleverer (comparative)
cleverest (superlative)
clever (positive)
more clever (comparative)
most clever (superlative)

A person that is clever is able to think quickly and sharply.

He is a very clever salesman. He almost got me into buying his product.

A clever idea or concept is one that is original and new.

That is a clever invention. I have never seen something like that before.


Anschluss

When Austria and Germany became one country in 1938.


stunt

A stunt is something dangerous you might do to get attention.

Jumping over a river on a motorcycle is a dangerous stunt.

The actor did all his own stunts for the movie.

That last stunt almost got you killed!

A stunt is something that you do that gets you in trouble.

I was punished for the stunt I pulled [did] in school.


stunt

To stunt something is to slow or stop its development.

He was very short because sickness had stunted his growth.


faiths

The plural form of faith; more than one (kind of) faith.


motorcycle

motorcycle (singular)
motorcycles (plural)

A motorcycle is a vehicle with two wheels and an engine.


motorcycle

motorcycle (canonical)
motorcycles (third-person singular)
motorcycled (past)
motorcycled (past participle)
motorcycling (present participle)

When you motorcycle, you ride or use a motorcycle.


discount

discount (canonical)
discounts (third-person singular)
discounted (past)
discounted (past participle)
discounting (present participle)

If you discount something, you lower its price.


discount

A discount is a reduction of the price of something; a lowered cost.


bitch

A cruel woman or a woman that is difficult to get along with.

I hate that bitch, she always treats me like shit.

Someone who is forced to have sexual intercourse with someone else.

He was the bitch for the other men in prison.

Someone who is controlled by someone else.

Everyone who works here is Kenny's bitch.

The rapper's song was about "bitches and hoes," just like his last one.

Damn, I can't believe that car is owned by a bitch.


bitch

bitch (canonical)
bitches (third-person singular)
bitched (past)
bitched (past participle)
bitching (present participle)

All you ever do is bitch about the food I cook for you!


kilometers

kilometer (singular)
kilometers (plural)

The plural form of kilometer; more than one (kind of) kilometer.


poets

The plural form of poet; more than one (kind of) poet.


violations

violation (singular)
violations (plural)

The plural form of violation; more than one (kind of) violation.


narcissus

narcissus (singular)
narcissuses or narcissi (plural)

Any of several bulbous flowering plants of the genus Narcissus; narcissi usually have white or yellow cup- or trumpet-shaped flowers.


affix

An affix is a sound or sounds added to a word. They can be added to the beginning, middle, or end of a word. This might change the meaning of the word, or it may be needed for grammar. (Note: In formal English, affixes are added only to the beginning or end of the word.)


affix

affix (canonical)
affixes (third-person singular)
affixed (past)
affixed (past participle)
affixing (present participle)


ran

run (canonical)
runs (third-person singular)
ran (past)
run (past participle)
running (present participle)


Narcissus

A hero who was known for his beauty and pride.

The common name for species of Narcissus is narcissi.


acquisitions

acquisition (singular)
acquisitions (plural)

The plural form of acquisition; more than one (kind of) acquisition.


present participle

present participle (singular)
present participles (plural)

In English, a present participle is a verb form that ends in -ing. Present participles are commonly used to form the progressive aspect.

In the following examples, the present participle is underlined:

They kept breaking the rules.

They are helping her.


swear

swear (canonical)
swears (third-person singular)
swore (past)
sworn (past participle)
swearing (present participle)

When you swear, you make a promise or an oath.


swear

A swear word; an impolite or offensive word.


DOS

Any computer operating system that is stored on a disk and read into memory.

They began developing DOS's in the 1970's.

A group of operating systems that include PC-DOS, Microsoft DOS (MS-DOS), and others that look and work the same way.

Windows replaced DOS on most computers in the 1990s.

DR-DOS is real DOS with complete open-source code.


bin

Clean up this room and throw that junk in the bin.

The ship was carrying bins of apples


bin

bin (canonical)
bins (third-person singular)
binned (past)
binned (past participle)
binning (present participle)

If you bin something, you throw it away.


wank

wank (canonical)
wanks (third-person singular)
wanked (past)
wanked (past participle)
wanking (present participle)

If you wank, you have sex alone, and touch your penis or vagina or breasts; you masturbate.

If you wank, you touch another person's penis in a sexual way; to give a hand job.


wank

He’s having a wank.

You utter wank!

This opera is wank.

Did you see that thing on Channel 4? Yeah, it was wank.

This shit is a whole lot of wank.


fraction

A fraction of the profits were donated to a local charity.

A fraction is a ratio, presented with a line between the numerator above and the denominator below.


boring

boring (positive)
more boring (comparative)
most boring (superlative)

If something is boring, it is not interesting or makes you want to do something else.

Go to work, come home, sleep: life is so boring.

A boring lesson is rarely a useful lesson.

She's so boring. All she does is talk about clothes all the time.


boring

bore (canonical)
bores (third-person singular)
bored (past)
bored (past participle)
boring (present participle)


plot

A plot is the course of a story. It is the main things that happen in a story.

A plot is a scheme for people to do something secretly.


plot

plot (canonical)
plots (third-person singular)
plotted (past)
plotted (past participle)
plotting (present participle)

If you plot something, you plan to do a crime or something bad.


girlfriends

girlfriend (singular)
girlfriends (plural)

The plural form of girlfriend; more than one (kind of) girlfriend.


boyfriends

boyfriend (singular)
boyfriends (plural)

The plural form of boyfriend; more than one (kind of) boyfriend.


compounds

The plural form of compound; more than one (kind of) compound.


compounds

compound (canonical)
compounds (third-person singular)
compounded (past)
compounded (past participle)
compounding (present participle)

The third-person singular form of compound.


allowed

allow (canonical)
allows (third-person singular)
allowed (past)
allowed (past participle)
allowing (present participle)

The past tense and past participle of allow.


conservative

conservative (positive)
more conservative (comparative)
most conservative (superlative)

If a person is conservative, they do not like change.

Latino families are thought to hold conservative and traditional views on family life.

The idea of gays in the military was deeply unpopular in that socially conservative state.

A conservative estimate, guess, etc. is one that is careful, and usually lower than the actual number/amount.

A very conservative estimate of the cost of delay is $6 per hour, but many believe that the true cost is much higher.

Conservative clothing, furniture, etc. is usually plain and similar to styles that have been common for a long time.

He is conservative in a gray suit and red tie.


conservative

conservative (singular)
conservatives (plural)

A person who likes things how they are now or how they used to be; a person who like the status quo; a person who does not like change.


gums

The plural form of gum; more than one (kind of) gum.


gums

gum (canonical)
gums (third-person singular)
gummed (past)
gummed (past participle)
gumming (present participle)


meals

The plural form of meal; more than one (kind of) meal.


hiatus

hiatus (singular)
hiatus or hiatuses (plural)

I'm taking a hiatus from work.

The plural form of hiatus; more than one (kind of) hiatus.


retirement home

retirement home (singular)
retirement homes (plural)

A building or facility where older people live. Retirement homes often provide extra care for those who need it.


ferret

A small animal that eats meat. Ferrets often hunt rabbits and other small animals. Ferrets are similar to weasels and are related to weasels.


ferret

ferret (canonical)
ferrets (third-person singular)
ferreted (past)
ferreted (past participle)
ferreting (present participle)

If you "ferret something out" you search for it and find it. You could be trying to find something, or to solve a problem (find the answer). Often, this means you have to go through a lot of material to find a little bit you want.

Do you think you can ferret the names we need out of the list.


bonds

The plural form of bond; more than one (kind of) bond.

When a person is in bonds, he is imprisoned or enslaved.


bonds

bond (canonical)
bonds (third-person singular)
bonded (past)
bonded (past participle)
bonding (present participle)


google

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

When you google, you are searching for something on the Internet using Google.

John will google topics that he would like to know more about.


google

Google is a popular and powerful search engine.

I found your page on Google.com

A google is an Internet search done using the search engine Google.

The google helped me find the website.


cruise ship

cruise ship (singular)
cruise ships (plural)

A passenger ship used for pleasure; the travels of the ship, its stops, and the entertainment it provides are all part of the experience.


armed forces

The military forces of a nation, such as the army, navy, air force, marines and, sometimes, coast or border guards; these forces are armed with weapons.


reference

reference (singular)
references (plural)

A reference is something that can be compared to.

When making your model, use the model I created as a reference.


reference

reference (canonical)
references (third-person singular)
referenced (past)
referenced (past participle)
referencing (present participle)

When you reference something, you cite it as a source.

Reference the dictionary for the definition of this word.

When you reference something, you mention it.


organizations

organization (singular)
organizations (plural)

The plural form of organization; more than one (kind of) organization.

If you like to donate to non-profit organizations there are many in the city to choose from.


versions

The plural form of version; more than one (kind of) version.

The older versions of the Main Page are pretty basic in their design.


daffodil

A daffodil is a bulbous plant, Narcissus pseudonarcissus, with yellow flowers and a trumpet-shaped corona.

There is a garden with many daffodils.

A bright yellow color, like that of a daffodil.


movements

The plural form of movement; more than one (kind of) movement.

Our dog is nervous around new people. If you make any quick movements, she will likely bark at you.


finals

The plural form of final; more than one (kind of) final.


interesting

interesting (positive)
more interesting (comparative)
most interesting (superlative)

If something is interesting, it makes you want to pay attention or do it more because it gives you new information or it entertains you.

That was a really interesting movie.

Thank you both very much for an interesting discussion.

Another thing I found interesting is that people should choose the cheaper one but they don't.

"Does it include women?" "Hmm... I don't know. That's an interesting question."

It's interesting to note that in films, bad guys never sing.


interesting

interest (canonical)
interests (third-person singular)
interested (past)
interested (past participle)
interesting (present participle)


violets

The plural form of violet; more than one (kind of) violet.

My boyfriend gave me a bouquet of violets for my birthday because he knows they're my favorite flower.


cameras

The plural form of camera; more than one (kind of) camera.

I'm taking a bunch of disposable cameras with me when I go on vacation.


statements

statement (singular)
statements (plural)

The plural form of statement; more than one (kind of) statement.


ears

The plural form of ear; more than one (kind of) ear.


reservations

reservation (singular)
reservations (plural)

The plural form of reservation; more than one (kind of) reservation.


crimes

The plural form of crime; more than one (kind of) crime.


seabirds

The plural form of seabird; more than one (kind of) seabird.


albatrosses

albatross (singular)
albatrosses (plural)

The plural form of albatross; more than one (kind of) albatross.


mouse

A mouse is a very small animal that is similar to a small rat.

The mouse ran across the room.

A mouse is a device used to control a computer.

He clicked his mouse.


mouse

mouse (canonical)
mouses (third-person singular)
moused (past)
moused (past participle)
mousing (present participle)

If you mouse, you move around with caution; you move like a mouse.

If you mouse, you hunt for mice; you try to catch mice.


reservation

The act of reserving or withholding something.

I have reservations about telling him what I did. I'm afraid he'll break up with me if he knows.

land given to Native American people by the United States government.

If you make a reservation, you reserve or pay for a room or seat in advance to be sure that the room or seat will be available for you when you get there.

They made a reservation at the restaurant.

The area which separates opposite lanes of traffic on a divided road; a median or divider on a road.

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larynxes

larynx (singular)
larynges or larynxes (plural)

The plural form of larynx; more than one (kind of) larynx.


telegram

A telegram is a message sent through a telegraph.


malls

The plural form of mall; more than one (kind of) mall.


principles

principle (singular)
principles (plural)

The plural form of principle; more than one (kind of) principle.


lesbians

The plural form of lesbian; more than one (kind of) lesbian.


maintenances

maintenance (singular)
maintenances (plural)

The plural form of maintenance; more than one (kind of) maintenance.


livings

The plural form of living; more than one (kind of) living.


doves

The plural form of dove; more than one (kind of) dove.


newspapers

newspaper (singular)
newspapers (plural)

The plural form of newspaper; more than one (kind of) newspaper.

I have a stack of newspapers in my kitchen that needs to be recycled.


consonants

consonant (singular)
consonants (plural)

The plural form of consonant; more than one (kind of) consonant.


promise

When someone is making a promise to a person, he is saying what he plans to do for that person.

Jane was angry that John broke his promise to take her out to the movies.


promise

promise (canonical)
promises (third-person singular)
promised (past)
promised (past participle)
promising (present participle)

When a person promises, he states that he will make certain to do an action.

I promise that I will come back home by noon. You can trust me.


valuables

The plural form of valuable; more than one (kind of) valuable.


potatoes

The plural form of potato; more than one (kind of) potato.


qualify

qualify (canonical)
qualifies (third-person singular)
qualified (past)
qualified (past participle)
qualifying (present participle)

If you qualify for something, you have what is needed to be allowed to get or do it.

Children must be under the age of six in order to qualify for a free meal.

The government needs to help people who don't qualify for health insurance.

If x qualifies y for z, x is needed to be allowed to get or do z and y has x.

Describe the education, training, and experience that qualify you for the job.

If x qualifies as y, it has what is needed to be considered y.

Today's game certainly qualifies as one of the best in history.

If you qualify an idea, you add something to explain that the idea isn't always true.

This is America and competition is our way of life. Having said this, I would like to qualify the statement and suggest that we need to work together too.

If a word or phrase qualifies another word or phrase, it limits or adds to the meaning of it.


path

A path is a way to get to a place. It is like a small road, often made of dirt.

That path leads into the woods.

The planets follow an elliptical path.


horses

The plural form of horse; more than one (kind of) horse.


diseases

The plural form of disease; more than one (kind of) disease.


diseases

disease (canonical)
diseases (third-person singular)
diseased (past)
diseased (past participle)
diseasing (present participle)

The third-person singular form of disease.


futures

The plural form of future; more than one (kind of) future.


beers

The plural form of beer; more than one (kind of) beer.


features

The plural form of feature; more than one (kind of) feature.

She has small, delicate facial features.


features

feature (canonical)
features (third-person singular)
featured (past)
featured (past participle)
featuring (present participle)

The third-person singular form of feature.

This movie features the talented John Smith.


gals

The plural form of gal; more than one (kind of) gal.


births

The plural form of birth; more than one (kind of) birth.


births

birth (canonical)
births (third-person singular)
birthed (past)
birthed (past participle)
birthing (present participle)

The third-person singular form of birth.


resort

buildings in a scenic area where people can go on vacation or to relax; resorts are like hotels that provide extra entertainment to their guests.

Dan and Sarah went to an expensive resort in Jamaica for their honeymoon.


resort

resort (canonical)
resorts (third-person singular)
resorted (past)
resorted (past participle)
resorting (present participle)

To choose to do something you don't want to do because you have no other choice.

All my friends were too busy to help me move so I had to resort to calling a moving company and it cost me $100 dollars an hour!

I just sorted these files last week and didn't think I'd have to do it again for awhile, but I had to resort them this morning.


ideologies

The plural form of ideology; more than one (kind of) ideology.


papers

The plural form of paper; more than one (kind of) paper.

official documents or identification, such as a passport.

He lost his papers while travelling and had a hard time getting home.


occasions

The plural form of occasion; more than one (kind of) occasion.


paths

The plural form of path; more than one (kind of) path.


capacities

The plural form of capacity; more than one (kind of) capacity.


afternoons

afternoon (singular)
afternoons (plural)

The plural form of afternoon; more than one (kind of) afternoon.


hangings

The plural form of hanging; more than one (kind of) hanging.


comprehensions

comprehension (singular)
comprehensions (plural)

The plural form of comprehension; more than one (kind of) comprehension.


polygons

The plural form of polygon; more than one (kind of) polygon.


adverbs

The plural form of adverb; more than one (kind of) adverb.


rainbows

The plural form of rainbow; more than one (kind of) rainbow.


rainbows

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

The third-person singular form of rainbow.


angles

The plural form of angle; more than one (kind of) angle.


angles

angle (canonical)
angles (third-person singular)
angled (past)
angled (past participle)
angling (present participle)

The third-person singular form of angle.


advise

advise (canonical)
advises (third-person singular)
advised (past)
advised (past participle)
advising (present participle)

If you advise someone to do something, you tell them that they should do it.

I'd advise you to study for the exam.

The coach advised the athlete to work harder.


lads

The plural form of lad; more than one (kind of) lad.


towns

The plural form of town; more than one (kind of) town.


bedpans

The plural form of bedpan; more than one (kind of) bedpan.


skills

The plural form of skill; more than one (kind of) skill.


intermediates

intermediate (singular)
intermediates (plural)

The plural form of intermediate; more than one (kind of) intermediate.


blob

A vague shape or amount; something without definite shape, especially a liquid or semi-solid substance.


blob

blob (canonical)
blobs (third-person singular)
blobbed (past)
blobbed (past participle)
blobbing (present participle)

If you blob something, you drop it in the form of a blob.


psychologies

psychology (singular)
psychologies (plural)

The plural form of psychology; more than one (kind of) psychology.


trip

Let us go on a trip to John Doe Mountain. I have not been there in a while.

A trip is when a person stumbles over something.

He broke his wrist after that nasty trip.


trip

trip (canonical)
trips (third-person singular)
tripped (past)
tripped (past participle)
tripping (present participle)

When a person trips, he stumbles over something.

Be careful of all the books on the floor. You do not want to trip.


defense forces


duties

The plural form of duty; more than one (kind of) duty.


squirrels

The plural form of squirrel; more than one (kind of) squirrel.

I feed nuts to the squirrels that live in my yard.


coals

The plural form of coal; more than one (kind of) coal.


hospitals

The plural form of hospital; more than one (kind of) hospital.


zippers

The plural form of zipper; more than one (kind of) zipper.


insurances

insurance (singular)
insurances (plural)

The plural form of insurance; more than one (kind of) insurance.


minimums

minimum (singular)
minimums or minima (plural)

The plural form of minimum; more than one (kind of) minimum.


coordinations

coordination (singular)
coordinations (plural)

The plural form of coordination; more than one (kind of) coordination.


newspaper

newspaper (singular)
newspapers (plural)

A newspaper is something you read for the news. It is usually published on cheap paper.

"democracy can't exist without newspapers." (The Independent, London, 2 March 2009)


teachers

The plural form of teacher; more than one (kind of) teacher.


fumble

fumble (canonical)
fumbles (third-person singular)
fumbled (past)
fumbled (past participle)
fumbling (present participle)

Waiting for the interview, he fumbled with his tie.

He fumbled the key into the lock.

To feel around awkwardly while trying to find something.

He fumbled for his keys.

He fumbled his way to the light-switch.

He fumbled through his prepared speech.

The player fumbled the ball.


fumble

He's not playing well today. He's already had three fumbles.


tryout

A tryout is test of the to see how good someone or something is at a task.

Jane is going to that tryout for the fall musical. I hope she makes it; she has a wonderful singing voice.


humans

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


natures

The plural form of nature; more than one (kind of) nature.


rookie

A rookie is a person who is new at something.

Mark was the rookie of the team because he was just drafted.


bonus

A bonus is something extra or more that is added.

John got a bonus because he played very well.


products

The plural form of product; more than one (kind of) product.


tryouts

The plural form of tryout; more than one (kind of) tryout.


overpopulation

Overpopulation is when a place has too much of an animal or plant for it to be healthy. This usually refers to humans.

The overpopulation of our city is making life difficulty.

Overpopulation is a major issue today.

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volumes

The plural form of volume; more than one (kind of) volume.


snakes

The plural form of snake; more than one (kind of) snake.


snakes

snake (canonical)
snakes (third-person singular)
snaked (past)
snaked (past participle)
snaking (present participle)

The third-person singular form of snake.


reflexive

A verb is reflexive when it refers to the subject as the object noun.

In the sentence, "Mary bathed", bathed is reflexive since it refers to Mary bathing herself.


centimeters

centimeter (singular)
centimeters (plural)

The plural form of centimeter; more than one (kind of) centimeter.


eyebrow

The eyebrow is the hair that grows on the bony ridge above the eye.


speakers

The plural form of speaker; more than one (kind of) speaker.


eyebrows

The plural form of eyebrow; more than one (kind of) eyebrow.


businesses

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


amendments

amendment (singular)
amendments (plural)

The plural form of amendment; more than one (kind of) amendment.


Pacific Islands

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


chins

The plural form of chin; more than one (kind of) chin.


modifier

A modifier is usually an optional word or phrase, describing the degree, quality, manner, frequency, etc. of something.

The word black is the modifier in the phrase a black cat.

The word quickly is the modifier in the clause he quickly arrived.


interjection

interjection (singular)
interjections (plural)

An interjection is a word that shows an emotion. It is not grammatically part of the sentence.

The word Yikes is an interjection in the phrase "Yikes, what a scare."


idiotic

idiotic (positive)
more idiotic (comparative)
most idiotic (superlative)

If a person is called idiotic, they are acting like an idiot.

If a situation is described as idiotic, it is very foolish, stupid, or does not make much sense.


furniture

furniture (singular)
furnitures (plural)

Furniture are items used to decorate a room or make it more comfortable.


luminous

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

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


footballs

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


rabbits

The plural form of rabbit; more than one (kind of) rabbit.


spinoff

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

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


constructions

construction (singular)
constructions (plural)

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


eyelash

An eyelash is one of the hairs that grows on the eyelid.


article

An article is a story or report that you can read in a newspaper, journal, or online.

An article is a member of a larger group.

A shirt is an article of clothing.


religious

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

We have been less than religious about our daily exercise.


millenium


evidences

The plural form of evidence; more than one (kind of) evidence.


evidences

evidence (canonical)
evidences (third-person singular)
evidenced (past)
evidenced (past participle)
evidencing (present participle)

The third-person singular form of evidence.


worths

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


stuffed toy


anti-

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

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

Cars need antifreeze when the weather is cold.

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

antimatter

antihero

antisocial


frequency

frequency (singular)
frequencies (plural)

Something's frequency is how often it happens.

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


abler

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

The comparative form of able; more able.


buildings

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


apology

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

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

Japan has never offered an official apology for Pearl Harbor.

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

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


football

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

A football is the ball used in a football game.


serpent

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

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


incorrect

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

Incorrect things are wrong, or not correct.

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


oddity

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


hedgehog

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

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


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eyelid

The eyelid is a piece of skin that covers the eye. The eyelid can move back, allowing the eye to "open".

The doctor looked at his eyelids.

His eyelids felt heavy because he was tired.


astrophysics

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

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


drawings

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


nuts

The plural form of nut; more than one (kind of) nut.


nuts

nuts (positive)
more nuts (comparative)
most nuts (superlative)

If a person is nuts, they are crazy or insane.

You're going to jump out of a plane?! Are you nuts?!


nuts

nut (canonical)
nuts (third-person singular)
nutted (past)
nutted (past participle)
nutting (present participle)


bald

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

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

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


white hole

white hole (singular)
white holes (plural)

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

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


machine gun

machine gun (singular)
machine guns (plural)

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

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


oxygen

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

An oxygen is an atom of the element oxygen.


nostril

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

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


allotropy

allotropy (singular)
allotropies (plural)

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

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


oddities

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


amaze

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

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

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

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

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


furry

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

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

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

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inside joke

inside joke (singular)
inside jokes (plural)

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

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


palate

A person's palate is his ability to taste.


boron

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

The scientist used boron in his experiment.

A lot of glass is made using boron.


Yugoslavia

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


teddy

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

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


writes

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

The third-person singular form of write.


subordinate clause

subordinate clause (singular)
subordinate clauses (plural)

A subordinate clause is a clause inside another clause.

In the following sentences, the subordinate clause is underlined.


periodic table

periodic table (singular)
periodic tables (plural)

The periodic table is a chart that has all the elements in chemistry. Each element has an atomic number.


counterglow


stuffed animal

stuffed animal (singular)
stuffed animals (plural)

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

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

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


joins

join (canonical)
joins (third-person singular)
joined (past)
joined (past participle)
joining (present participle)


witherite

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

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


square root

square root (singular)
square roots (plural)

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

The square root of 9 is 3.


participations

participation (singular)
participations (plural)

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


classes

The plural form of class; more than one (kind of) class.


classes

class (canonical)
classes (third-person singular)
classed (past)
classed (past participle)
classing (present participle)

The third-person singular form of class.


China

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

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


sprinted

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


trespass

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

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

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


aluminum

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

These cans are made from aluminum.


wines

The plural form of wine; more than one (kind of) wine.


wines

wine (canonical)
wines (third-person singular)
wined (past)
wined (past participle)
wining (present participle)


Milky Way

The Milky Way is the galaxy that we live in.

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


forest

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

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


viper

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

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

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

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


introduction

introduction (singular)
introductions (plural)

An introduction is the first or opening part

This is the introduction to the book.

The introduction to the first movement of the symphony is slow and majestic.

The winners received their prizes after their introductions to the audience.

An introduction is when something is announced.

The winner of the prize will be announced during the introduction portion of the opening ceremonies.

An introduction is a social process for making two people acquainted.

My introduction to Dr. Sagan was cordial.

Dr. Sagan was silent during our introduction.

Karen was responsible for my introduction to Dr. Sagan.

A process for making someone familiar with a certain area, topic, or field.

Lisa's introduction to horseback riding was a disaster.


mosquito

mosquito (singular)
mosquitos or mosquitoes (plural)

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

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


barium

An element with atomic number 56 and the symbol Ba.

This rock has parts of barium on it.


noses

The plural form of nose; more than one (kind of) nose.


noses

nose (canonical)
noses (third-person singular)
nosed (past)
nosed (past participle)
nosing (present participle)


leader

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

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

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

Johntech is a leader in the microprocessor industry.


Saros cycle

Saros cycle (singular)
Saros cycles (plural)

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


comparable

comparable (positive)
more comparable (comparative)
most comparable (superlative)

If two things are comparable, then they are similar and can be compared to one another.

An elephant is comparable in size to a double-decker bus.


beginning

beginning (singular)
beginnings (plural)

The beginning of something is where it starts from.

The beginning is the first part of something.

The beginning of the book introduced all the main characters.


beginning

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

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

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


sectors

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


backup

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


mortality

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

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


imagination

imagination (singular)
imaginations (plural)

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

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

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

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

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

The artist made this amazing artwork by using his imagination.

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

The writer was well-known for his creative imagination.

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opening

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

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

We are going to the museum's opening.

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opening

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

/ˈəʊ.pə.nɪŋ/


vapor

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

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

When you heat up water, vapor appears.


teddy bear

teddy bear (singular)
teddy bears (plural)

A teddy bear or abridged teddy is a stuffed toy looking like an anthropomorphic bear.

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


iodine

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

People use iodine in salt to make it iodized.

That kid used iodine on his wound to prevent infection.


extraterrestrial

extraterrestrial (singular)
extraterrestrials (plural)

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

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

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

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


extraterrestrial

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

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

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


immortal

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

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


immortal

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

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

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


defy

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

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

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

When you defy something, you challenge it.

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


working

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

I have fixed the machine. It is currently working.

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


working

The workings of something is how it functions.

He showed us the machine's inner workings.


comma

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

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


clumsy

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

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

He is very clumsy. He might break the dishes.

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

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


entertain

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

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

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

When you entertain an idea, you think about it.

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


squeaky

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

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

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


millennium

millennium (singular)
millenniums or millennia (plural)

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

Mankind invented the first writing systems a few millennia ago.

Lots of animal species have disappeared during the last millennium.


hard science

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


diary

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

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


approve

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

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

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

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

The plan must now be approved by the president.

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

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

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electron configuration

electron configuration (singular)
electron configurations (plural)

How the electrons in an atom are arranged.

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


flowers

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

John gave me flowers for our anniversary this year.


flowers

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

The third-person singular form of flower.


tonne

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


wormhole

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

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


funny

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

Funny things keep people interested and can make people laugh.

That was a funny joke.

This rotten milk has a funny smell.


sake

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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


sake

Sake is a kind of Japanese wine made from rice.


pulsar

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

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


isotope

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

Uranium 235 and uranium 238 are isotopes of uranium.

Deutherium is an isotope of oxygen that has two neutrons.


eyeball

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

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


eyeball

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

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


plutonium

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

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

Plutonium is also the radioactive metal made of plutonium atoms.

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


counterfeiter

counterfeiter (singular)
counterfeiters (plural)

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

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

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


reprise

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


thinner

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

The comparative form of thin; more thin.


thinner

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

turpentine can be used as a thinner for oil-based paints.


black hole

black hole (singular)
black holes (plural)

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

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


password

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


guard

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

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

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

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

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

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

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


guard

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

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

The front gate was guarded by Iraqi soldiers.


showoff

A person trying to show prowess or ability.

They were a showoff.


calcium

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

The human body needs calcium in order to stay healthy.


galaxy

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

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

The known universe contains billions of galaxies.

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

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


agenda

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

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

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

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

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

The President may have a political agenda in saying this.


nickel

A nickel is a coin that is worth five cents.

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


won

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

The past tense and past participle of win.


hopeful

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

A hopeful person wishes that something could happen.


hopeful

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

There are many presidential hopefuls this year.


application

application (singular)
applications (plural)

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

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

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

An application is the way something is used.

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

If something has an application, it can be used.

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

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

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

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

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

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joined

join (canonical)
joins (third-person singular)
joined (past)
joined (past participle)
joining (present participle)

The past tense and past participle of join.


accounting

account (canonical)
accounts (third-person singular)
accounted (past)
accounted (past participle)
accounting (present participle)


accounting

Accounting involves keeping records on financial information.

An accounting goes over an event that happened and the explanation for why it happened.


drug

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

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

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

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

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

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

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


drug

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

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

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

The past tense and past participle of drag.


X-rays

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


X-rays

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

The third-person singular form of X-ray.


neon

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

Neon is used in signs to make them glow.

Neon is used to describe neon tetra fish.

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


awkward

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

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

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

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

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

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


radium

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

A normal person cannot find radium in any store.


terse

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

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

He gave a terse, one-word answer.


uranium

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

Uranium is the natural element with the biggest atomic core.

Uranium is also the radioactive metal made of uranium atoms.

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


g-force

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

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


forwards

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

If something goes forwards, it gets better.

If something goes forwards, it moves into the future.


forwards

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

The third-person singular form of forward.

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


forwards

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


race

A race is when people compete to see who is the fastest at either driving or running.

There was a race to see who could finish first.

A race is a group of people that come from the same place and have similar traditions.

A race is a group of people with the same physical characteristics, such as skin color, hair color and type, etc.

There were three different races at the school; blacks, whites, and Asians


race

race (canonical)
races (third-person singular)
raced (past)
raced (past participle)
racing (present participle)

When a person races, he competes with other people to see who can go the fastest.

Tom was hungry, so he raced George down to the ice cream truck.