strand

A strand is the shore of the sea or ocean.

A strand is a single thin length of fibre or wire.


strand

strand (canonical)
strands (third-person singular)
stranded (past)
stranded (past participle)
stranding (present participle)

If you strand your boat, you drive it aground on the shore.

If you strand a person, you leave them in a difficult situation.


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illiberal

illiberal (positive)
more illiberal (comparative)
most illiberal (superlative)

If something is illiberal, it is against change, flexibility, and free thought.

Viktor Orban of Hungary has spent eight years building an "illiberal democracy."

ˈɪlˌlĭˌbərəl


dufflebag


moniker

A moniker is a personal nickname for someone.

Her name is Cynthia, but she likes to go by the moniker Cindy.


redistributing

redistribute (canonical)
redistributes (third-person singular)
redistributed (past)
redistributed (past participle)
redistributing (present participle)


clergymen

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


dufflebags


proselytises

proselytise (canonical)
proselytises (third-person singular)
proselytised (past)
proselytised (past participle)
proselytising (present participle)

The third-person singular form of proselytise.


paronomasia

paronomasia (singular)
paronomasias (plural)

Paronomasia is the use of a word or phrase with two meanings in a funny or interesting way that makes you think of both meanings.


derogated

derogate (canonical)
derogates (third-person singular)
derogated (past)
derogated (past participle)
derogating (present participle)

The past tense and past participle of derogate.


winnowing

winnow (canonical)
winnows (third-person singular)
winnowed (past)
winnowed (past participle)
winnowing (present participle)


unsolved

If something is unsolved, it is not solved.


crimped

crimp (canonical)
crimps (third-person singular)
crimped (past)
crimped (past participle)
crimping (present participle)

The past tense and past participle of crimp.


elitists

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


elitist

An elitist person is someone who supports the idea of having an elite to lead organization or society.


elitist

An elitist is a person who supports the idea of having an elite to lead organization or society.


liberalizing

liberalize (canonical)
liberalizes (third-person singular)
liberalized (past)
liberalized (past participle)
liberalizing (present participle)


corrugates

corrugate (canonical)
corrugates (third-person singular)
corrugated (past)
corrugated (past participle)
corrugating (present participle)

The third-person singular form of corrugate.


anoint

anoint (canonical)
anoints (third-person singular)
anointed (past)
anointed (past participle)
anointing (present participle)

If you anoint, you smear or rub something with oil.


semis

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


winnow

If you winnow a grain, you blow a current of air through it so as to remove its outer layer (chaff).


signified

signify (canonical)
signifies (third-person singular)
signified (past)
signified (past participle)
signifying (present participle)

The past tense and past participle of signify.


ubiquitous

If something is ubiquitous, it can be found everywhere.


detracting

detract (canonical)
detracts (third-person singular)
detracted (past)
detracted (past participle)
detracting (present participle)


administrate

administrate (canonical)
administrates (third-person singular)
administrated (past)
administrated (past participle)
administrating (present participle)

If you administrate something, you organize and manage it.


arbiter

An arbiter is a person who settles a dispute or has ultimate authority in a matter.


annulments

annulment (singular)
annulments (plural)

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


reproach

reproach (canonical)
reproaches (third-person singular)
reproached (past)
reproached (past participle)
reproaching (present participle)

If you reproach a person, you criticize or disapprove their actions.


reproach

A reproach is the expression of disapproval.


corrugate

If you corrugate something, you fold or cause it to fold into folds.


husks

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


husks

husk (canonical)
husks (third-person singular)
husked (past)
husked (past participle)
husking (present participle)


prominences

prominence (singular)
prominences (plural)

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


redistributed

The past tense and past participle of redistribute.


reactive

reactive (positive)
more reactive (comparative)
most reactive (superlative)

If A is reactive, A responds to a stimulus

A reactive metal takes part in a reaction readily.

francium is the most reactive of the alkali metals.


sweetness

The sweetness of a food, plant, chemical, etc. is how sweet it is.


flippant

flippant (positive)
more flippant (comparative)
most flippant (superlative)

If a person's attitude is flippant, they are not serious or respectful.


deviant

A deviant is a person whose behaviour is not acceptable.

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deviant

A deviant act is something that is not part of the usual, accepted standards.


cudgel

A cudgel is a short heavy stick that is used as a weapon.


cudgel

cudgeled (past)
cudgeled (past participle)
cudgeling (present participle)
cudgel (canonical)
cudgels (third-person singular)
cudgelled (past)
cudgelled (past participle)
cudgelling (present participle)

If you cudgel a person, you hit them with a cudgel.


cudgels

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


cudgels

The third-person singular form of cudgel.


liberalising

liberalise (canonical)
liberalises (third-person singular)
liberalised (past)
liberalised (past participle)
liberalising (present participle)


chaffing

chaff (canonical)
chaffs (third-person singular)
chaffed (past)
chaffed (past participle)
chaffing (present participle)


floundered

flounder (canonical)
flounders (third-person singular)
floundered (past)
floundered (past participle)
floundering (present participle)

The past tense and past participle of flounder.


broths

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


prominence

Prominence is the state of being important or widely known.

A prominence is a bulge that projects out of something.


corrugated

The past tense and past participle of corrugate.


pleating

pleat (canonical)
pleats (third-person singular)
pleated (past)
pleated (past participle)
pleating (present participle)


reproaches

The third-person singular form of reproach.


reproaches

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


liberalises

The third-person singular form of liberalise.


pleated

The past tense and past participle of pleat.


thereabouts

About, around, or near a time, place, number, etc.

We'll arrive at two or thereabouts.


chaffs

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


chaffs

The third-person singular form of chaff.


astringent

astringent (singular)
astringents (plural)

An astringent is a substance that restricts the flow of blood by contracting skin cells.


astringent

An astringent substance is something that is very sour or bitter.

An astringent substance is something that is contracts skin cells.


topped

top (canonical)
tops (third-person singular)
topped (past)
topped (past participle)
topping (present participle)

The past tense and past participle of top.


vigour

Vigour is the active strength or force of one's body or mind.


detours

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


detours

detour (canonical)
detours (third-person singular)
detoured (past)
detoured (past participle)
detouring (present participle)

The third-person singular form of detour.


storerooms

storeroom (singular)
storerooms (plural)

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


adverse

adverse (positive)
more adverse (comparative)
most adverse (superlative)

If A has an adverse effect on B, A is an unfavorable condition that prevents B from doing something successfully.


caramelisation

caramelisation (singular)
caramelisations (plural)

Caramelisation is the process of converting sugar into caramel.


liberalize

liberalize (canonical)
liberalizes (third-person singular)
liberalized (past)
liberalized (past participle)
liberalizing (present participle)

If you liberalize something, you remove restrictions of it.


detection

detection (singular)
detections (plural)

Detection is the act of discovering something that was hidden.


threshes

thresh (canonical)
threshes (third-person singular)
threshed (past)
threshed (past participle)
threshing (present participle)

The third-person singular form of thresh.


toppings

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


freshening

freshen (canonical)
freshens (third-person singular)
freshened (past)
freshened (past participle)
freshening (present participle)


blithers

blither (canonical)
blithers (third-person singular)
blithered (past)
blithered (past participle)
blithering (present participle)

The third-person singular form of blither.


choosiest

choosy (positive)
choosier (comparative)
choosiest (superlative)

The superlative form of choosy; most choosy.


derogate

derogate (canonical)
derogates (third-person singular)
derogated (past)
derogated (past participle)
derogating (present participle)

If a person derogates, they deviate from the rules of something.

If a person derogates another person, they belittle them.


redistribute

redistribute (canonical)
redistributes (third-person singular)
redistributed (past)
redistributed (past participle)
redistributing (present participle)

If you redistribute something, you distribute it again.


clergywoman

clergywoman (singular)
clergywomen (plural)

A clergywoman is a formal leader within established religions.


liberalise

liberalise (canonical)
liberalises (third-person singular)
liberalised (past)
liberalised (past participle)
liberalising (present participle)

If you liberalise something, you remove restrictions of it.


duffel bag

duffel bag (singular)
duffel bags (plural)


unfavourable

unfavourable (positive)
more unfavourable (comparative)
most unfavourable (superlative)

If A is unfavourable towards B, A will hinder the accomplishment of B.

If something is unfavourable, it is likely to lead to a bad outcome.


floundering

flounder (canonical)
flounders (third-person singular)
floundered (past)
floundered (past participle)
floundering (present participle)


pleats

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


pleats

pleat (canonical)
pleats (third-person singular)
pleated (past)
pleated (past participle)
pleating (present participle)

The third-person singular form of pleat.


duffel bags

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


crimp

A crimp is a fastener that secures parts by bending metal around a joint and squeezing it together.

The strap was held together by a simple metal crimp.


crimp

crimp (canonical)
crimps (third-person singular)
crimped (past)
crimped (past participle)
crimping (present participle)

If you crimp something, you press it into small ridges or folds.


flails

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


flails

flail (canonical)
flails (third-person singular)
flailed (past)
flailed (past participle)
flailing (present participle)

The third-person singular form of flail.


annulment

annulment (singular)
annulments (plural)

Annulment is the act making something invalid.


reactivity

reactivity (singular)
reactivities (plural)

The reactivity is defined as how reactive it is.


cold cases

cold case (singular)
cold cases (plural)

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


circulars

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


clergyman

A clergyman is a formal leader within established religions.


suitability

The suitability of something is defined as how suitable it is for a specific purpose.


deviates

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


deviates

deviate (canonical)
deviates (third-person singular)
deviated (past)
deviated (past participle)
deviating (present participle)

The third-person singular form of deviate.


overproductions

overproduction (singular)
overproductions (plural)

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


crimps

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


crimps

The third-person singular form of crimp.


threshing

thresh (canonical)
threshes (third-person singular)
threshed (past)
threshed (past participle)
threshing (present participle)


blithering

blither (canonical)
blithers (third-person singular)
blithered (past)
blithered (past participle)
blithering (present participle)


shriveling

shrivel (canonical)
shrivels (third-person singular)
shriveled (past)
shriveled (past participle)
shriveling (present participle)


flailed

The past tense and past participle of flail.


thug

A thug is a intimidating or violent person, usually referring to a criminal.


shrivelled

shrivel (canonical)
shrivels (third-person singular)
shrivelled (past)
shrivelled (past participle)
shrivelling (present participle)

The past tense and past participle of shrivel.


divisible

If something is divisible, it can be divided or split.

[dɪˈvɪzɪbəɫ]


buttery

buttery (positive)
more buttery (comparative)
most buttery (superlative)

If something is buttery, it is made with or tastes like butter.


buttery

A buttery is a room that is used to keep food.


stiffness

The stiffness of something is defined as how stiff it is.


threshed

The past tense and past participle of thresh.


rather than

You use rather than to connect two things when only one is true, preferred, or appropriate.

We're going to do it sooner rather than later.

People who learn languages quickly are the exception rather than the rule.

This change will increase rather than decrease their chances.

She insisted on having the room papered rather than painted.


rather than

Rather than you do the job, I'd prefer to finish it myself.

Rather than sell the painting, Tim preferred to destroy it.

Rather than engage in a long report over the telephone, I had invited him to lunch with me at home on this quiet Sunday.

Rather than that should happen, he would give up his job.

Rather than going directly home, she had turned walking into the afternoon thickness of downtown.

She made students think for themselves, rather than telling them what to think.

Bryson decided to quit rather than accept the new rules.


in time

If something happens in time, it happens before it is too late.

She overslept and thus will not reach the airport in time.

He arrived 12:30, just in time for lunch.

I was late with my assignment; I should have submitted it in time.

If something happens in time, it means that it happens as time passes.

The doctor said my wounds would heal in time.

You will forget about your unpleasant experience in time.


munge

munge (canonical)
munges (third-person singular)
munged (past)
munged (past participle)
munging (present participle)

If you munge data, you transform it from one format to another so as to destroy it.


reprieve

reprieve (canonical)
reprieves (third-person singular)
reprieved (past)
reprieved (past participle)
reprieving (present participle)

If a punishment is reprieved, it is postponed or cancelled.


reprieve

A reprieve is the cancellation or postponement of a punishment.


freshens

freshen (canonical)
freshens (third-person singular)
freshened (past)
freshened (past participle)
freshening (present participle)

The third-person singular form of freshen.


chaff

Chaff is anything that is useless or worthless.

Chaff is small pieces of foil that is released from an aircraft so as to obstruct radar detection.


chaff

chaff (canonical)
chaffs (third-person singular)
chaffed (past)
chaffed (past participle)
chaffing (present participle)

If you chaff, you make fun of or tease a person.


caramelized

caramelize (canonical)
caramelizes (third-person singular)
caramelized (past)
caramelized (past participle)
caramelizing (present participle)

The past tense and past participle of caramelize.


ceasefire

ceasefire (singular)
ceasefires (plural)

A ceasefire is an agreement to stop fighting temporarily during a war.


vigorously

If you do something vigorously, you do it with a lot of energy or force.

The lawyer vigorously defended her client.

He knocked vigorously on the door.


guineas

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


topping

top (canonical)
tops (third-person singular)
topped (past)
topped (past participle)
topping (present participle)


topping

A topping is any food item that is placed on top of another.

Add some sprinkles as a topping on my ice cream

The toppings I would like to have on my pizza are pepperoni and cheese.


caramelize

If you caramelize sugar, you convert it into caramel.

If you caramelize sugar, you brown it by using heat.

Slowly cooking the onions will caramelize them, which brings out the sweetness and gives them a brown color.


caramelise

caramelise (canonical)
caramelises (third-person singular)
caramelised (past)
caramelised (past participle)
caramelising (present participle)

If you caramelise sugar, you convert it into caramel.

If you caramelise sugar, you brown it by using heat.


husk

A husk is the dry exterior of some vegetables or fruits.

A coconut has a very thick husk.


husk

husk (canonical)
husks (third-person singular)
husked (past)
husked (past participle)
husking (present participle)

If you husk something, you remove the husks from it.


overproduce

overproduce (canonical)
overproduces (third-person singular)
overproduced (past)
overproduced (past participle)
overproducing (present participle)

If a factory overproduces a product, they make more than what is needed.


entwines

entwine (canonical)
entwines (third-person singular)
entwined (past)
entwined (past participle)
entwining (present participle)

The third-person singular form of entwine.


henchman

A henchman is a loyal follower or subordinate who is usually prepared to do violent things.


thresh

If you thresh a grain, you separate it from the straw or husks with a flail or machine.


cold case

cold case (singular)
cold cases (plural)

A cold case is an unsolved criminal investigation that remains open pending new evidence.


munges

The third-person singular form of munge.


exults

exult (canonical)
exults (third-person singular)
exulted (past)
exulted (past participle)
exulting (present participle)

The third-person singular form of exult.


requiting

requite (canonical)
requites (third-person singular)
requited (past)
requited (past participle)
requiting (present participle)


overproduction

overproduction (singular)
overproductions (plural)

Overproduction is the production of things that exceeds the demand for it.


yellowness

Yellowness is the quality of being yellow.


earthlier

earthly (positive)
earthlier (comparative)
earthliest (superlative)

The comparative form of earthly; more earthly.


overslept

oversleep (canonical)
oversleeps (third-person singular)
overslept (past)
overslept (past participle)
oversleeping (present participle)

The past tense and past participle of oversleep.


deviate

A deviate is a person whose behaviour is not acceptable.


deviate

deviate (canonical)
deviates (third-person singular)
deviated (past)
deviated (past participle)
deviating (present participle)

If you deviate, you change course or plans.


deviate

A deviate act is something that is not part of the usual, accepted standards.


habituates

habituate (canonical)
habituates (third-person singular)
habituated (past)
habituated (past participle)
habituating (present participle)

The third-person singular form of habituate.


fro

Fro is only used in the expression to and fro, meaning "here and there", "back and forth" or "this way and that way".

He sat watching the birds going to and fro.


exult

If you exult, you feel or show that you are very happy.


requites

The third-person singular form of requite.


exulted

The past tense and past participle of exult.


overproduced

The past tense and past participle of overproduce.


flailing

flail (canonical)
flails (third-person singular)
flailed (past)
flailed (past participle)
flailing (present participle)


requited

The past tense and past participle of requite.


gilded

gild (canonical)
gilds (third-person singular)
gilded (past)
gilded (past participle)
gilding (present participle)

The past tense and past participle of gild.


flounder

flounder (singular)
flounders or flounder (plural)

A flounder is a flatfish of the family Pleuronectidae or Bothidae.

A bootmaker's tool for crimping boot fronts.


flounder

flounder (canonical)
flounders (third-person singular)
floundered (past)
floundered (past participle)
floundering (present participle)

If you flounder, you make clumsy attempts to move or regain balance.

Robert yanked Connie's leg vigorously, causing her to flounder and eventually fall.


flail

A flail is a tool used for threshing. It is made up of a long handle with a shorter stick.

A flail is a weapon that has a striking part attached to the handle with a flexible joint.


flail

If you flail a person, you beat them using a flail (sense 2).

If you flail, you wave or swing vigorously.


shriveled

shrivel (canonical)
shrivels (third-person singular)
shriveled (past)
shriveled (past participle)
shriveling (present participle)

The past tense and past participle of shrivel.


flounders

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


flounders

The third-person singular form of flounder.


earthliest

The superlative form of earthly; most earthly.


mungs

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


mungs

mung (canonical)
mungs (third-person singular)
munged (past)
munged (past participle)
munging (present participle)


shrivels

shriveled (past)
shriveled (past participle)
shriveling (present participle)
shrivel (canonical)
shrivels (third-person singular)
shrivelled (past)
shrivelled (past participle)
shrivelling (present participle)

The third-person singular form of shrivel.


habituated

The past tense and past participle of habituate.


versa


entwined

The past tense and past participle of entwine.


munging

munge (canonical)
munges (third-person singular)
munged (past)
munged (past participle)
munging (present participle)


matts

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


munged

The past tense and past participle of mung.

The past tense and past participle of munge.


misopaedist


ms

The abbreviation ms is short for manuscript.

The abbreviation ms is short for millisecond.


entwining

entwine (canonical)
entwines (third-person singular)
entwined (past)
entwined (past participle)
entwining (present participle)


oversleep

If you oversleep, you sleep longer than what you wanted.

I overslept and was late for school.


yellowed

yellow (canonical)
yellows (third-person singular)
yellowed (past)
yellowed (past participle)
yellowing (present participle)

The past tense and past participle of yellow.


shrivel

If something shrivels, it wrinkles and contracts or cause something else to wrinkle and contract.

The plant shrivelled from lack of water.

His fingers were shriveled from being in the bath for too long.

The hot sun shrivelled the leaves.


mattes

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


pastored

pastor (canonical)
pastors (third-person singular)
pastored (past)
pastored (past participle)
pastoring (present participle)

The past tense and past participle of pastor.


unreasonable

unreasonable (positive)
more unreasonable (comparative)
most unreasonable (superlative)

If a situation is unreasonable, it's not something that many people would agree to or like.

It's unreasonable to ask us all to change our plans at the last minute.

That meeting took an unreasonable amount of time.


consecrates

consecrate (canonical)
consecrates (third-person singular)
consecrated (past)
consecrated (past participle)
consecrating (present participle)

The third-person singular form of consecrate.


freshen

freshen (canonical)
freshens (third-person singular)
freshened (past)
freshened (past participle)
freshening (present participle)

If something freshens, it becomes fresh.


stationers

stationer (singular)
stationers (plural)

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


consecrated

The past tense and past participle of consecrate.


heaths

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


oversleeps

oversleep (canonical)
oversleeps (third-person singular)
overslept (past)
overslept (past participle)
oversleeping (present participle)

The third-person singular form of oversleep.


freshened

The past tense and past participle of freshen.


habituate

habituate (canonical)
habituates (third-person singular)
habituated (past)
habituated (past participle)
habituating (present participle)

If you habituate yourself to the surroundings, you familiarize yourself with the surrounding environment.


matt

A matt finish on paint or photographs is dull, not shiny.


gilding

gilded (past)
gilded (past participle)
gild (canonical)
gilds (third-person singular)
gilt (past)
gilt (past participle)
gilding (present participle)


gilling

gill (canonical)
gills (third-person singular)
gilled (past)
gilled (past participle)
gilling (present participle)


overproduces

overproduce (canonical)
overproduces (third-person singular)
overproduced (past)
overproduced (past participle)
overproducing (present participle)

The third-person singular form of overproduce.


Taiwanese

A Taiwanese is a person or thing that comes from Taiwan.


Taiwanese

Something or someone that is Taiwanese comes from Taiwan.

The Taiwanese currency is the New Taiwan dollar.


coups

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


pleat

A pleat is a fold in the fabric of a garment.


pleat

pleat (canonical)
pleats (third-person singular)
pleated (past)
pleated (past participle)
pleating (present participle)

If you pleat something, you form or fold pleats into it.


mesopedist


matte

A matte finish on paint or photographs is dull, not shiny.


mickey

A mickey is a flat, 375ml liquor bottle that fits into a pocket.

If you take the mickey out of someone or something, you make fun of them.


pastors

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


pastors

The third-person singular form of pastor.


gild

If you gild something, you cover it with a thin layer of gold.


wanner

wan (positive)
wanner (comparative)
wannest (superlative)


megalomanias

megalomania (singular)
megalomanias (plural)

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


requite

requite (canonical)
requites (third-person singular)
requited (past)
requited (past participle)
requiting (present participle)

If you requite something, you return something that has been given.

He requited her for helping him with his assignments.


et

Et is a coordinator meaning "and". It is used only in a very small number of expressions from Latin.

The shop has chips, pop, candy, et cetera.

The new findings from Huddleston et al. are very persuasive.


flying monkeys

Flying monkeys are the enablers of the narcissist or megalomaniac; a narcissistant.

Her children acted as flying monkeys to their mothers' narcissism.


heath

A heath is an open area with grass and small plants, especially in the UK.

There's footpaths all over the heath where people can walk.

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wan

A wan smile, light, colour, etc. is weak, pale, and tired.

I opened the door as cheerfully as I could and gave her a wan smile.


winged monkeys

Winged monkeys are the enablers of the narcissist or megalomaniac; a narcissistant.

Her children acted as winged monkeys to their mothers' narcissism.


megalomaniacs

megalomaniac (singular)
megalomaniacs (plural)

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


reputed

If you are reputed to be A, you are considered to be A.

His father was reputed to be caring and magnanimous.


mung

mung (canonical)
mungs (third-person singular)
munged (past)
munged (past participle)
munging (present participle)

If you mung data, you transform it from one format to another so as to destroy it.


megalomania

Megalomania is when someone is when someone is obsessed with their ego and having the narcissistic power of social validation; a God complex; a delusion of grandeur.

Her megalomania is the reason she wants to be a politician.


mickeys

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


co-imperium

co-imperium (singular)
co-imperiums (plural)

A co-imperium is a political entity that is jointly ruled by two or more external nations.

New Hebrides was a co-imperium of the United Kingdom and France.


guinea

A guinea is a person of Italian descent.

A guinea was a British gold coin worth twenty shillings.

A guinea is a guinea fowl, a kind of large bird.


whoa

You use whoa to show that you want a person or a horse to slow down or stop.

Whoa! Calm down. I can't understand you. You're speaking too fast.

Whoa! that's way bigger than I expected.


pastor

A pastor is a priest who is in-charge of a church.


pastor

pastor (canonical)
pastors (third-person singular)
pastored (past)
pastored (past participle)
pastoring (present participle)

If a person pastors, they serve a church as a pastor


zzz

Zzz is a way to write a snoring sound, in comics and picture books, showing that somebody is asleep.


megalomaniac

A megalomaniac is someone who is obsessed with their ego and having narcissistic power over social validation; a mimophant.

You should be careful being around that megalomaniac.


narcissism

Narcissism is when someone is when someone has extreme admiration for their social validation; a God complex; a delusion of grandeur.

Her narcissism started becoming irritating for those around her.


earthly

earthly (positive)
earthlier (comparative)
earthliest (superlative)

If something is earthly, it is related to the Earth.


magnanimous

magnanimous (positive)
more magnanimous (comparative)
most magnanimous (superlative)

A magnanimous person is generous or forgiving.


megalomanic

megalomanic (positive)
more megalomanic (comparative)
most megalomanic (superlative)

Having megalomania or narcissism. If you are megalomanic you need other people to regulate your emotions, social validation and self-esteem.


stationer

stationer (singular)
stationers (plural)

A stationer is a person or shop that is in the business of selling writing materials, envelopes, and office materials.

I went down to the stationer to pick up some ink for my pen.


repute

Repute is the opinion of someone about something.


prevaricates

prevaricate (canonical)
prevaricates (third-person singular)
prevaricated (past)
prevaricated (past participle)
prevaricating (present participle)

The third-person singular form of prevaricate.


scapegoaters

scapegoater (singular)
scapegoaters (plural)

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


guttered

gutter (canonical)
gutters (third-person singular)
guttered (past)
guttered (past participle)
guttering (present participle)

The past tense and past participle of gutter.


coup

A coup is a successful act of achieving something difficult.

A coup is a sudden overthrow of a government.


narcissistic

narcissistic (positive)
more narcissistic (comparative)
most narcissistic (superlative)

Having narcissism or megalomania. If you are narcissistic you need other people to regulate your emotions, social validation and self-esteem.


remunerated

remunerate (canonical)
remunerates (third-person singular)
remunerated (past)
remunerated (past participle)
remunerating (present participle)

The past tense and past participle of remunerate.


prevaricated

The past tense and past participle of prevaricate.


remunerates

The third-person singular form of remunerate.


consecrate

consecrate (canonical)
consecrates (third-person singular)
consecrated (past)
consecrated (past participle)
consecrating (present participle)

If a pastor consecrates something, he or she declares that it is holy.


misopedist

misopedist (singular)
misopedists (plural)

A misopedist is a person who hates their own offspring.

The misopedist was bullying her own son.


teemed

teem (canonical)
teems (third-person singular)
teemed (past)
teemed (past participle)
teeming (present participle)

The past tense and past participle of teem.


narcissized

narcissize (canonical)
narcissizes (third-person singular)
narcissized (past)
narcissized (past participle)
narcissizing (present participle)

The past tense and past participle of narcissize.


gilled

a gilled mushroom


gilled

gill (canonical)
gills (third-person singular)
gilled (past)
gilled (past participle)
gilling (present participle)

The past tense and past participle of gill.


teem

If a place is teeming, it is filled or overflowing with something.


remunerate

If you remunerate a person, you compensate or pay them for something they did.

The workers were generously remunerated for their time.


scapegoater

A scapegoater is someone who blames an innocent person instead of the wrongdoer.


whatnot

When you add and whatnot to a list, you mean whatever else might be included.

I'm sure he'll talk about sport and the news and whatnot.

Whatnots are things that can't easily be named.

We process the items, whether it's phones, tablets, gadgets, or whatnots.


reputes

repute (canonical)
reputes (third-person singular)
reputed (past)
reputed (past participle)
reputing (present participle)

The third-person singular form of repute.


stoke

stoke (canonical)
stokes (third-person singular)
stoked (past)
stoked (past participle)
stoking (present participle)

If you stoke a fire, an argument, somebody's anger, etc. you increase it by adding fuel.

The cabin was getting cold, so she got up to stoke the fire.

The news about her brother only stoked her anger.


laicizes

laicize (canonical)
laicizes (third-person singular)
laicized (past)
laicized (past participle)
laicizing (present participle)

The third-person singular form of laicize.


misopedic

misopedic (positive)
more misopedic (comparative)
most misopedic (superlative)

If something is misopedic, it is related to hatred of one's own offspring.

She was being really misopedic to her daughters last week.


gutters

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


gutters

The third-person singular form of gutter.


laicized

The past tense and past participle of laicize.


entwine

entwine (canonical)
entwines (third-person singular)
entwined (past)
entwined (past participle)
entwining (present participle)

If you entwine two things, you twist or wind them together.


moratoria

moratorium (singular)
moratoriums or moratoria (plural)

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


stokes

The third-person singular form of stoke.


prevaricate

If a person prevaricates, they deviate from the truth.


laicised

laicise (canonical)
laicises (third-person singular)
laicised (past)
laicised (past participle)
laicising (present participle)

The past tense and past participle of laicise.


stoked

The past tense and past participle of stoke.


moratorium

A moratorium is a temporary suspension of an ongoing activity.


extrajudicial

An extrajudicial killing, detention, or punishment happens outside of the regular legal procedures.

President Duterte has encouraged extrajudicial police killings of drug dealers.


ensnares

ensnare (canonical)
ensnares (third-person singular)
ensnared (past)
ensnared (past participle)
ensnaring (present participle)

The third-person singular form of ensnare.


entrapping

entrap (canonical)
entraps (third-person singular)
entrapped (past)
entrapped (past participle)
entrapping (present participle)


laicise

If a person laicises, they withdraw their control over something.

They will laicise each of the schools in the district.


ensnared

The past tense and past participle of ensnare.


disreputable

disreputable (positive)
more disreputable (comparative)
most disreputable (superlative)

If a person is disreputable, they are not respectable.


laicises

The third-person singular form of laicise.


entrapped

The past tense and past participle of entrap.


gall

If you have the gall to do something, you do it even though it is very rude or unreasonable.

I can't believe he had the gall to cancel at the last minute.

Gall is a green-brown liquid in your stomach that helps you to digest fats.

A gall is a round growth in a plant from disease or insects.


gall

gall (canonical)
galls (third-person singular)
galled (past)
galled (past participle)
galling (present participle)

If someone or something galls you, they make you angry because of some unfairness.


beachheads

beachhead (singular)
beachheads (plural)

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


whizz

whizz (canonical)
whizzes (third-person singular)
whizzed (past)
whizzed (past participle)
whizzing (present participle)

If something whizzes somewhere, it moves there very quickly.

There were bats whizzing around overhead.

She looked out the train window as the trees whizzed by.


whizz

If somebody is a whizz at something, they're very good at it.

She's a whizz at math, so she can figure it out.


narcissize

If you narcissize someone, you devalue and socially invalidate them, while glorifying and socially validating yourself.

Her daughter's self-esteem hit rock bottom after she was narcissized by her mother.


narcissizes

The third-person singular form of narcissize.


bartenders

bartender (singular)
bartenders (plural)

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


beekeepers

beekeeper (singular)
beekeepers (plural)

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


whizzing

whizz (canonical)
whiz (canonical)
whizzes (third-person singular)
whizzed (past)
whizzed (past participle)
whizzing (present participle)


eyeliners

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


pedicures

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


whiz

whiz (canonical)
whizzes (third-person singular)
whizzed (past)
whizzed (past participle)
whizzing (present participle)


whiz

If somebody is a whiz at something, they're very good at it.

She's a whiz at math, so she can figure it out.


whizzed

The past tense and past participle of whizz.


gutter

A gutter is a low area to catch water and direct its flow.

The gutter was full of leaves, and the water was pouring over the edge.

The gutter is the bad or vulgar part of human life.

That's the kind of gutter language we expect from a cheat like you.

The gutter in a book or magazine is the white space between columns.

The gutter should be about 1.5cm.


gutter

gutter (canonical)
gutters (third-person singular)
guttered (past)
guttered (past participle)
guttering (present participle)

If a candle gutters, it burns more on one side and forms a channel in the wax.

In bowling, if you gutter, your ball goes into the side gutters, and does not hit any pins.


manicures

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


eyeliner

Eyeliner is a cosmetic that is used to outline the eye.


untrustworthy

untrustworthy (positive)
more untrustworthy (comparative)
most untrustworthy (superlative)

If a person is untrustworthy, they cannot be trusted.


manicure

Manicure is a cosmetic treatment that involves the care for a person's fingernails.


beauticians

beautician (singular)
beauticians (plural)

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


eyeshadow

eyeshadow (singular)
eyeshadows (plural)

Eyeshadow is a cosmetic that is used applied to the eyelids to give a darker complexion.


pedicure

Pedicure is a cosmetic treatment that involves the care for a person's feet and toenails.


blacklisting

blacklist (canonical)
blacklists (third-person singular)
blacklisted (past)
blacklisted (past participle)
blacklisting (present participle)


The symbol for the asteroid and centaur (2060) Chiron.


no matter

If something is true no matter what else happens, no other thing matters: it is always true.

No matter what she says, I'll believe you.


blacklisted

The past tense and past participle of blacklist.


eyeshadows

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


whitelisted

whitelist (canonical)
whitelists (third-person singular)
whitelisted (past)
whitelisted (past participle)
whitelisting (present participle)

The past tense and past participle of whitelist.


The symbol for the asteroid and dwarf planet (1) Ceres.


short form


makeups

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


beekeeper

A beekeeper is a person who keeps bees, especially for the production of honey.


complexions

complexion (singular)
complexions (plural)

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


minute hand

minute hand (singular)
minute hands (plural)

The minute hand is the clock hand that shows the number of minutes passed.

The minute hand points to the six, so it's half past the hour.


entrap

entrap (canonical)
entraps (third-person singular)
entrapped (past)
entrapped (past participle)
entrapping (present participle)

If you entrap something, you catch or trap it.


citrons

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


beachhead

A beachhead is an hostile area that is taken from the enemy by attacking forces.


makeup

The makeup of something is what the item contains or made of.

To understand how a nuclear reactor works, we must first look at its makeup.

Makeup is cosmetics that is used to alter the appearance of a person's skin.


hour hands

hour hand (singular)
hour hands (plural)

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

One of your clocks is wrong. The hour hands on these two don't match!


bartending

bartend (canonical)
bartends (third-person singular)
bartended (past)
bartended (past participle)
bartending (present participle)


playing cards

playing card (singular)
playing cards (plural)

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

If you want to play poker, I'll get the playing cards.


glycerin

Glycerin is a sweet byproduct of making soap. This chemical is also called glycerol, or E422. It has many uses.


A symbol for planet Earth. It is the usual symbol in astronomy.

The symbol for verdigris (copper patina).


laicize

laicize (canonical)
laicizes (third-person singular)
laicized (past)
laicized (past participle)
laicizing (present participle)

If a person laicizes, they withdraw their control over something.

They will laicize each of the schools in the district.


entraps

The third-person singular form of entrap.


ensnare

ensnare (canonical)
ensnares (third-person singular)
ensnared (past)
ensnared (past participle)
ensnaring (present participle)

If you ensnare something, you catch or trap it.


brutalising

brutalise (canonical)
brutalises (third-person singular)
brutalised (past)
brutalised (past participle)
brutalising (present participle)


minute hands

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

Your watch is set right. Our minute hands point to the same number.


playing card

Any of the usually 52 rectangular pieces of card used to play many games.


The symbol for the Moon. ☽ is a variant.


brutalises

The third-person singular form of brutalise.


glycerins

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


beautician

A beautician is a person who provides beauty treatments such as manicure and hair styling.


brutalizes

brutalize (canonical)
brutalizes (third-person singular)
brutalized (past)
brutalized (past participle)
brutalizing (present participle)

The third-person singular form of brutalize.


The symbol for the metal mercury (quicksilver).


Cape Colony

The Cape Colony was the rule by The British between 1795 and 1910.


jerseys

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


Anglo-Egyptian Sudan

Anglo-Egyptian Sudan was the rule by both Egypt and The United Kingdom until Sudan becomes Independent in January 1, 1956.


secondary

second, next in order to the first or primary.

After finishing elementary school, he went to secondary school.

These things come before that because it's only secondary.


complexion

Complexion is the quality, colour, or appearance of a person's skin.


gaslighted

gaslight (canonical)
gaslights (third-person singular)
gaslighted (past)
gaslighted (past participle)
gaslighting (present participle)

The past tense and past participle of gaslight.


hour hand

The hour hand is the clock hand that shows the number of hours passed.

Look at the hour hand: it is five, not six!


love-bombed

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

The past tense and past participle of love-bomb.


vicarious

If something is vicarious, it gives someone an experience through imagination without them actually doing a task.


blacklists

blacklist (singular)
blacklists (plural)

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


blacklists

The third-person singular form of blacklist.


bartended

The past tense and past participle of bartend.


whizzes

whizz (canonical)
whiz (canonical)
whizzes (third-person singular)
whizzed (past)
whizzed (past participle)
whizzing (present participle)

The third-person singular form of whizz.


whizzes

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


bartends

The third-person singular form of bartend.


brutalised

The past tense and past participle of brutalise.


A symbol for the planet Uranus. It is the more usual symbol in astrology.


second hands

second hand (singular)
second hands (plural)

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

All the clocks had their second hands moving at the same speed.


codependency

codependency (singular)
codependencies (plural)

Codependency is when you emotionally submissive in response to someone's harmful behaviour; being an emotional doormat

Her codependency meant she gave in to most narcissists.


doormats

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


whitelist

whitelist (singular)
whitelists (plural)

A whitelist is a list of people or things that is regarded as trustworthy.


whitelist

whitelist (canonical)
whitelists (third-person singular)
whitelisted (past)
whitelisted (past participle)
whitelisting (present participle)

If you whitelist something, you place it on a whitelist.


whitelists

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


whitelists

The third-person singular form of whitelist.


cosmetics

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

Cosmetics is the preparations applied to enhance the beauty of skin, hair, etc.


hysteria

A person with hysteria acts showing too much emotion like fear or panic.

We know you're afraid, but don't give in to hysteria.

Hysteria is a problem in the mind making the person excitable with no natural cause.

Ray was diagnosed with hysteria.


tertiary

College in the US is a tertiary institution. It comes after high school.


ellipses

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


bartend

If you bartend, you act as a bartender and serve drinks at a bar.


love-bombs

love-bomb (singular)
love-bombs (plural)

The plural form of love-bomb; more than one (kind of) love-bomb.


love-bombs

The third-person singular form of love-bomb.


Adventists

Adventist (singular)
Adventists (plural)

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


bartender

bartender (singular)
bartenders (plural)

A bartender is a person who serves drinks at a bar.


trotted

trot (canonical)
trots (third-person singular)
trotted (past)
trotted (past participle)
trotting (present participle)

The past tense and past participle of trot.


placates

placate (canonical)
placates (third-person singular)
placated (past)
placated (past participle)
placating (present participle)

The third-person singular form of placate.


trots

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


codependence

If you have codependence, you put the needs of others before yourself; an emotional inclination to being subordinate or a doormat.

Her codependence meant she never took care of her own needs first.


codependencies

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


syncretists

syncretist (singular)
syncretists (plural)

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


citron

Citron is a color mixing yellow and green

He had his house painted citron.

Citron is a small tree that has citrus fruit. The scientific name is Citrus medica.

Hannah has a citron growing in her backyard.

She ate a citron with her lunch today.

Citron is the candied rind of the fruit.


respectable

respectable (positive)
more respectable (comparative)
most respectable (superlative)

If a person is respectable, the deserve respect.


enmeshments

enmeshment (singular)
enmeshments (plural)

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


A symbol for the planet Uranus. It is the more usual symbol in astronomy.


gaslit

gaslight (canonical)
gaslights (third-person singular)
gaslit (past)
gaslit (past participle)
gaslighting (present participle)

The past tense and past participle of gaslight.


syncretist

A syncretist is someone who adopts multiple religious or spiritual beliefs.

Those syncretists read from two sets of religious texts.


blacklist

A blacklist is a list of people or things that is regarded as untrustworthy.

The software included a lengthy blacklist of disreputable websites to block.


blacklist

blacklist (canonical)
blacklists (third-person singular)
blacklisted (past)
blacklisted (past participle)
blacklisting (present participle)

If you blacklist something, you place it on a blacklist.


brutalized

brutalize (canonical)
brutalizes (third-person singular)
brutalized (past)
brutalized (past participle)
brutalizing (present participle)

The past tense and past participle of brutalize.


love-bomb

A love-bomb is an instance of giving someone a lot of attention so as to influence them about something.


love-bomb

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

If you love-bomb someone, you give someone a lot of attention so as to influence them about something.

Her neighbour love-bombed her whenever she needed to hitch a hike somewhere.


placate

If you placate a person, you calm them down by making them less angry.


embargoing

embargo (canonical)
embargoes (third-person singular)
embargoed (past)
embargoed (past participle)
embargoing (present participle)


embargoed

The past tense and past participle of embargo.


gaslighting

gaslighted (past)
gaslighted (past participle)
gaslight (canonical)
gaslights (third-person singular)
gaslit (past)
gaslit (past participle)
gaslighting (present participle)


brutalize

If you brutalize, you inflict brutal violence on something or someone.


equisized

If something is equisized, its exactly equal in size. When you say equisized, it means its components or constituents don't have a plurality or majority, nor a minority.

The six varieties of fruit in the basket had an equisized number of each inside.


projections

projection (singular)
projections (plural)

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


gaslights

The third-person singular form of gaslight.


The sciences


Adventist

An Adventist is a person who believes in the Second Advent (or Second Coming) of Jesus.

An Adventist is a member of the Seventh-day Adventist Church.


Adventist

An Adventist thing is a thing related to believers in the Second Advent of Jesus or related to Adventism.

An Adventist thing is a thing related to the Seventh-day Adventist Church.


pacifisms

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


panthoibi


insurgencies

insurgency (singular)
insurgencies (plural)

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


Jersey

Jersey is an island related to the United Kingdom. It is called a dependency.

When Theresa was in the UK, she took a trip to Jersey.

Jersey is a kind of cow from the island of Jersey.

Tim bought 3 Jersey cows.

Jersey is a place and related title of a certain English earl, a kind of noble.

Jersey is a way to refer to New Jersey, a US state.

Pete lives in New York, but he's from Jersey.

Jersey is a town in the US state of Georgia.


enmeshes

enmesh (canonical)
enmeshes (third-person singular)
enmeshed (past)
enmeshed (past participle)
enmeshing (present participle)

The third-person singular form of enmesh.


trot

I'll trot down to the store and buy some.

to cause an animal (usually a horse) to move at a trot, faster than a walk, slower than a canter.

She trotted her horse up next to his.


trot

They put their horses into a trot.


confelicity

Confelicity is the state of being vicariously happy at another person's joy or well-being.


sockmaster

sockmaster (singular)
sockmasters (plural)

A sockmaster is someone who operates sockpuppets (in its cloth animation sense or online identity sense)

The sockmaster ABC3452 operated three secret sockpuppet accounts on that website.


sockpuppets

sockpuppet (singular)
sockpuppets (plural)

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


jersey

A jersey is a piece of clothing for the upper body made of wool.

A jersey is a kind of uniform for sports.

The player put on his jersey and ran onto the field.


gaslighters

gaslighter (singular)
gaslighters (plural)

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


imoinu


trotting

trot (canonical)
trots (third-person singular)
trotted (past)
trotted (past participle)
trotting (present participle)


placated

placate (canonical)
placates (third-person singular)
placated (past)
placated (past participle)
placating (present participle)

The past tense and past participle of placate.


unfeminine

unfeminine (positive)
more unfeminine (comparative)
most unfeminine (superlative)

If something is unfemininine, it is not feminine.


cosmetic

cosmetic (positive)
more cosmetic (comparative)
most cosmetic (superlative)

If something is cosmetic, it is related to improving the beauty of something.

If something is cosmetic, it only affects the outer appearance of something.


cosmetic

A cosmetic is any substances that is applied externally to improve the color or texture of the skin

lipstick, eyeshadow, eyeliner; makeup


doormat

A doormat is someone who lets others dominate or use them.


gaslight

If you gaslight someone, you try to make them doubt their own reality.

Her mother gaslighted her daughter out of narcissistic impulses.

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enmeshment

enmeshment (singular)
enmeshments (plural)

Enmeshment is a personal relationship or family system where there are permeable or no personal boundaries.

Her enmeshment with her mom made her lose her sense of self.

Enmeshment is something which is enmeshed, entangled or interweaved.


reliabilities

reliability (singular)
reliabilities (plural)

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


hoboes

hobo (singular)
hobos or hoboes (plural)

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


chemical warfare

Chemical warfare is the use of chemicals as weapons in war.


pacifism

Pacifism is the belief that war and violence is wrong and all disputes should be settled in a peaceful manner.


wendigos

wendigo (singular)
wendigos or wendigoes (plural)

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


embargo

An embargo is an official ban on trade with another country.

An embargo is a temporary ban on making certain information public.


embargo

If a government embargoes, they impose a ban on trading with another country.

If you embargo something, you impose an embargo on a document.


meteorologists

meteorologist (singular)
meteorologists (plural)

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


Atingkok

Atingkok is an ancient Meitei God of creation of the universe.


triangulating

triangulate (canonical)
triangulates (third-person singular)
triangulated (past)
triangulated (past participle)
triangulating (present participle)


sockmasters

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


Panthoibi

Panthoibi is an ancient Meitei goddess of civilization, courage, fertility, handicraft, love, victory, warfare and wisdom.

Panthoibi is a female given name from Meitei language.


statisticians

statistician (singular)
statisticians (plural)

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


Irai Leima

Irai Leima is an ancient Meitei goddess of water and aquatic life.

Irai Leima is a female given name from Meitei language.


Khamlangba

Khamlangba is an ancient Meitei God of iron, mining, metallurgy, steel manufacturing, hunting and war.

Khamlangba is a male given name from Meitei language.


praxeologies

praxeology (singular)
praxeologies (plural)

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


statistician

A statistician is someone whose job is related to statistics.

He became a statistician at age 30.


insurgency

insurgency (singular)
insurgencies (plural)

An insurgency is an armed rebellion against the forces of a state, or of occupying forces


Khuman Pokpa

Khuman Pokpa is an ancient Meitei God of the sunset and the night. He is the ancestor God of the Khuman clan of Meitei ethnicity.

Khuman Pokpa is a male given name from Meitei language.


eyewitness

eyewitness (singular)
eyewitnesses (plural)

An eyewitness is someone who saw the crime in question.


not only

You use not only at the beginning of a phrase to say that something else was involved.

We saw not only this country but all of Europe as well.

She not only had never had a salad, but had never even heard of one.

Not only was he nice, but he was also helpful.


biochemists

biochemist (singular)
biochemists (plural)

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


parricide

parricide (singular)
parricides (plural)

Parricide is the act of killing a relative, especially a parent.


geometer

A geometer is someone whose job is related to geometry.

He became a geometer at age 30.


Irai Ningthou

Irai Ningthou is an ancient Meitei God of water.

Irai Ningthou is a male given name from Meitei language.


kryptonite

Kryptonite is a fictional crystal in comics. It is Superman's only weakness.

A person's kryptonite is their only weakness, or their biggest weakness.


pacifists

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


parricides

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


Haoreima

Haoreima is an ancient Meitei goddess of diseases, illnesses, souls and spirits.

Haoreima is a female given name from Meitei language.


praxeology

Praxeology is the study of human behaviour.


Khunu Leima

Khunu Leima is an ancient Meitei goddess of pigeons and doves.

Khunu Leima is a female given name from Meitei language.


pacifist

A pacifist is a person who loves or supports peace.

Mahatma Gandhi was a famous pacifist.

A pacifist is a person who doesn't like violence.


pacifist

pacifist (positive)
more pacifist (comparative)
most pacifist (superlative)

If something or someone is a pacifist, it is related to pacifism.


enmeshed

enmesh (canonical)
enmeshes (third-person singular)
enmeshed (past)
enmeshed (past participle)
enmeshing (present participle)

The past tense and past participle of enmesh.


praxeological

praxeological (positive)
more praxeological (comparative)
most praxeological (superlative)

If something is praxeological, it gives information on human conduct and behaviour.

That paper was quite praxeological on the behaviour of the elderly.


Imoinu

Imoinu is an ancient Meitei goddess of family, fireplace, hearth, household, kitchen, peace, prosperity and wealth.

Imoinu is a female given name from Meitei language.


rejuvenations

rejuvenation (singular)
rejuvenations (plural)

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


wendigo

A wendigo is a violent cannibal spirit that inhabits the body of a living person and possess them to commit murder.


Shapi Leima

Shapi Leima is an ancient Meitei goddess of rodents, including mice, rats and squirrels.

Shapi Leima is a female given name from Meitei language.


reliability

Reliability is the quality of being reliable.


sockpuppet

sockpuppet (singular)
sockpuppets (plural)

A sockpuppet is a puppet made of a sock worn by a sockpuppeteer or sockmaster for marionette-style education or marionette-style entertainment.

His sockpuppet was made in the form of a hamster.

A sockpuppet is a covert secondary online account.


triangulated

The past tense and past participle of triangulate.


Mongba Hanba

Mongba Hanba is an ancient Meitei forest God.

Mongba Hanba is a male given name from Meitei language.


triangulates

The third-person singular form of triangulate.


Pakhangba

Pakhangba is an ancient Meitei dragon God of protection of the universe.

Pakhangba is a male given name from Meitei language.


Salailen

Salailen is an ancient Meitei God of sky and heaven. He is the king of all gods.

Salailen is a male given name from Meitei language.


Ngaleima

Ngaleima is an ancient Meitei goddess of fish and aquatic life.

Ngaleima is a female given name from Meitei language.


rejuvenation

Rejuvenation is making something look young again.


Nongpok Ningthou

Nongpok Ningthou is an ancient Meitei guardian God of the eastern direction.

Nongpok Ningthou is a male given name from Meitei language.


Koubru

Koubru is an ancient Meitei God of the winds and the northwest direction.

Koubru is a male given name from Meitei language.

Koubru is a mountain in northwestern Manipur.


triangulate

If you triangulate an area, you try to find something by forming a triangle.

If you triangulate someone, you manipulatively bring a third person into the relationship to keep control.

He got triangulated by his mother via his aunts and uncles.


Khoriphaba

Khoriphaba is an ancient Meitei God of wrestling. He is the son of sky God Salailen.

Khoriphaba is a male given name from Meitei language.


Nganu Leima

Nganu Leima is an ancient Meitei goddess of ducks and waterfowls.

Nganu Leima is a female given name from Meitei language.


Kounu

Kounu is an ancient Meitei guardian goddess of the northern direction.

Kounu is a female given name from Meitei language.


physiologist

physiologist (singular)
physiologists (plural)

A physiologist is someone whose job is related to physiology

He became a physiologist at age 30.


manscaping

manscape (canonical)
manscapes (third-person singular)
manscaped (past)
manscaped (past participle)
manscaping (present participle)


Korouhanba

Korouhanba is an ancient Meitei God of the sun, the sky and the heaven.

Korouhanba is a male given name from Meitei language.


Phou Ningthou

Phou Ningthou is an ancient Meitei God of agriculture, crops, fertility, grains, harvesting, paddy and rice. He is the husband of Phouoibi.

Phou Ningthou is a male given name from Meitei language.


cerebral

If a person is cerebral, they are brainy, smart, or felt in the mind instead of the body or soul.

Percy was able to come up with a cerebral solution to the complex math problem.

The music and lyrics were cerebral because they made listeners think more than they evoked emotions.


wendigoes

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


geometers

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


Loyalakpa

Loyalakpa is an ancient Meitei guardian God of the western direction.

Loyalakpa is a male given name from Meitei language.


brutalise

brutalise (canonical)
brutalises (third-person singular)
brutalised (past)
brutalised (past participle)
brutalising (present participle)

If you brutalise, you inflict brutal violence on something or someone.


eyewitnesses

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


Nongthang Leima

Nongthang Leima is an ancient Meitei goddess of seduction, thunder and lightning.

Nongthang Leima is a female given name from Meitei language.


Taoroinai

Taoroinai is an ancient Meitei dragon God of the moon.

Taoroinai is a male given name from Meitei language.


Panam Ningthou

Panam Ningthou is an ancient Meitei God who ignited the first fire. He is the protector of crops (paddy) from hail storm and thunder.

Panam Ningthou is a male given name from Meitei language.


persevered

persevere (canonical)
perseveres (third-person singular)
persevered (past)
persevered (past participle)
persevering (present participle)

The past tense and past participle of persevere.


Marjing

Marjing is an ancient Meitei God of polo, horses, hockey, sports and war.

Marjing is a male given name from Meitei language.


Nongshaba

Nongshaba is an ancient Meitei dragon lion God of protection.

Nongshaba is a male given name from Meitei language.


extenuating

extenuate (canonical)
extenuates (third-person singular)
extenuated (past)
extenuated (past participle)
extenuating (present participle)


Pisatao

Pisatao is an ancient Meitei God of architecture, artisans, forge, handicrafts, metallurgy and skills.

Pisatao is a male given name from Meitei language.


Thangjing

Thangjing is an ancient Meitei God of the southwestern direction.

Thangjing is a male given name from Meitei language.


Thumleima

Thumleima is an ancient Meitei goddess of salt and salt wells.

Thumleima is a female given name from Meitei language.


Khamnung Kikoi Louonbi

Khamnung Kikoi Louonbi is an ancient Meitei goddess of the death. She appeared to humans to carry them off to the underworld when the time allotted to them had expired.

Khamnung Kikoi Louonbi is a female given name from Meitei language.


embargoes

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


embargoes

embargo (canonical)
embargoes (third-person singular)
embargoed (past)
embargoed (past participle)
embargoing (present participle)

The third-person singular form of embargo.


physiologists

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


extenuated

The past tense and past participle of extenuate.


perseveres

The third-person singular form of persevere.


Thongalel

Thongalel is an ancient Meitei god of the dead and the king of the underworld.

Thongalel is a male given name from Meitei language.


Yangtoupa and Yangtoupi

Yangtoupa and Yangtoupi are the ancient Meitei god and goddess of time.


syncretism

Syncretism is the practise of combining multiple cultural, religious or political beliefs.


squiring

squire (canonical)
squires (third-person singular)
squired (past)
squired (past participle)
squiring (present participle)


Phouoibi

Phouoibi is an ancient Meitei goddess of agriculture, crops, fertility, grains, harvesting, paddy, rice and wealth. She is the wife of Phou Ningthou.

Phouoibi is a female given name from Meitei language.


persevere

If a person perseveres, they continue to do something despite facing tough challenges.


projection

projection (singular)
projections (plural)

A projection is when something juts out.

A projection is display from an electronic device such as a movie projector

A projection is when someone assumes other people have the same thoughts as themselves

Projection is when you externalize your own negative traits onto someone else

Her accusation of animal abuse onto Suzie, was simply a projection of her own sadism towards animals.


meteorologist

meteorologist (singular)
meteorologists (plural)

A meteorologist is someone whose job is related to meteorology

He became a meteorologist at age 30.


manscape

When you manscape you remove body hair from intimate areas and erogenous zones of the male body.

I will manscape my chest and pubic hair.


snuffing

snuff (canonical)
snuffs (third-person singular)
snuffed (past)
snuffed (past participle)
snuffing (present participle)


hobo

hobo (singular)
hobos or hoboes (plural)


Sanamahi

Sanamahi is an ancient Meitei caretaker and protector God of human households.

Sanamahi is a male given name from Meitei language.


enmesh

If you enmesh with someone, personal boundaries disappear or are permeable.

If you enmesh something, you entangle and interweave it, usually in the appearance of a net.


Apokpa

An apokpa is an ancient Meitei ancestral deity belonging to one particular clan or family.

Apokpa is a male given name from Meitei language.


Laikhurembi

Laikhurembi is an ancient Meitei goddess of argument, justice, good counsel, divine law, order, punishment and secrecy.

Laikhurembi is a female given name from Meitei language.


Pureiromba

Pureiromba is an ancient Meitei God of rain and agricultural prosperity.

Pureiromba is a male given name from Meitei language.


Poireiton

Poireiton is an ancient Meitei divine hero of adventure, journey and fire.

Poireiton is a male given name from Meitei language.


squired

The past tense and past participle of squire.


khamnung kikoi louonbi


Yumjao Leima

Yumjao Leima is an ancient Meitei goddess of house, household, royalty, rule and power.

Yumjao Leima is a female given name from Meitei language.


in terms of

If you speak of something in terms of x, you do so in ways that relate to x.

So, in terms of the way we teach, there have been a lot of changes.


regional

A regional office, centre, director, etc. is the one for that region.

The head office called the regional office over a week ago.


Lam Lai

A Lam Lai is an ancient Meitei deity living in a particular place, especially village.

Lam Lai is a given name from Meitei language.


Thongak Leima

Thongak Leima is an ancient Meitei goddess of the death and the gatekeeper of the netherworld.

Thongak Leima is a female given name from Meitei language.


Imung Lai

An Imung Lai is an ancient Meitei god or goddess worshipped inside the household of the mankind.

Imung Lai is a given name from Meitei language.


extenuate

If a person extenuates, they make an offense less serious.


gaslighter

gaslighter (singular)
gaslighters (plural)

gas + lighter(person who lights gas)
gaslight + -er(person who gaslights)

A gaslighter is someone who gaslights. Usually this means someone who makes others doubt their own reality or sanity.


biochemist

biochemist (singular)
biochemists (plural)

A biochemist is someone whose job is related to biochemistry

He became a biochemist at age 30.


manscapes

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


manscapes

The third-person singular form of manscape.


manscaped

The past tense and past participle of manscape.


squires

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


squires

The third-person singular form of squire.


Vishnu

Vishnu is one of the trinity gods and the most popularly worshipped god in Hinduism.


Shiva

(Hinduism) Shiva is the god of destruction and transformation and one of the Trinity in Hinduism.


ski masks

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


ski mask

A ski mask is a type of headgear that is designed to expose only part of the face.


infights

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


flints

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


snuffed

The past tense and past participle of snuff.


flint

A type of quartz. It makes sparks when it is hit against certain materials such as steel.

A type of maize that has a hard shell on the outside.


narcs

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


squire

A squire is a shield-bearer or armor-bearer of a knight.


squire

If you squire, you accompany or escort someone


undesirable

undesirable (positive)
more undesirable (comparative)
most undesirable (superlative)

If something is undesirable, it is not wanted as it might cause harm or other bad consequences.


extenuates

The third-person singular form of extenuate.


Umang Lai

An Umang Lai is an ancient Meitei deity of forests and woods.

Umang Lai is a given name from Meitei language.


echoism

Echoism is the practise of imitating sounds in one's environment, sometimes resulting in coining new words, as with onomatopoeia

Echoism is an empath's habitual refrain from expressing themselves and an erasure of their true identity in favor of agreeability with narcissists, typically stemming from childhood narcissistic abuse.


Hera

Hera is the Greek goddess of marriage and birth, and the queen of the gods.


infight

An infight is a fight or quarrel that happens within a group.


Poseidon

Poseidon is the Greek god of the sea and storms, earthquakes and horses; equivalent to the Roman god Neptune.


anachronistic

If an argument is anachronistic, it is indicative of anachronism.


firstborns

firstborn (singular)
firstborns or firstborn (plural)

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


expediencies

expediency (singular)
expediencies (plural)

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


Odysseus

Odysseus is a Greek king of Ithaca, responsible for the Trojan horse, and is the hero of the Odyssey.


nascent

If something is nascent, it was only emerged but has the potential to become larger quickly.


grandiose

grandiose (positive)
more grandiose (comparative)
most grandiose (superlative)

If something is grandiose, it is impressive in style or appearance.


demilitarizations

demilitarization (singular)
demilitarizations (plural)

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


expediency

Expediency is the quality of doing something that is more convenient rather than what is considered morally correct.


aces

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


embroil

embroil (canonical)
embroils (third-person singular)
embroiled (past)
embroiled (past participle)
embroiling (present participle)

If a person embroils, they get involved in a dispute or argument.


firstborn

A firstborn is the first child of a parent or family.


anachronizing

anachronize (canonical)
anachronizes (third-person singular)
anachronized (past)
anachronized (past participle)
anachronizing (present participle)


instigate

instigate (canonical)
instigates (third-person singular)
instigated (past)
instigated (past participle)
instigating (present participle)

If you instigate a problem, you urge or initiate it.


echoistic

echoistic (positive)
more echoistic (comparative)
most echoistic (superlative)

When something is echoistic, it reverberates sounds from a surface back to the listener.

When something is echoistic, it copies a similar idea, feeling, or event.

A person who is echoistic habitually refrains from expressing themselves and erases their true identity in favor of agreeability with narcissists.

He was echoistic rather than standing out and expressing himself.


foments

foment (canonical)
foments (third-person singular)
fomented (past)
fomented (past participle)
fomenting (present participle)

The third-person singular form of foment.


fomented

The past tense and past participle of foment.


astrological

astrological (positive)
more astrological (comparative)
most astrological (superlative)

If something is astrological, it is related to astrology.


Hephaestus

Hephaestus is the Greek god of artisans, fire, metallurgy, smiths and volcanoes.


narc

A shortening of the term narcotics agent.


demilitarisations

demilitarisation (singular)
demilitarisations (plural)

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


proffered

proffer (canonical)
proffers (third-person singular)
proffered (past)
proffered (past participle)
proffering (present participle)

The past tense and past participle of proffer.


snuffs

snuff (canonical)
snuffs (third-person singular)
snuffed (past)
snuffed (past participle)
snuffing (present participle)

The third-person singular form of snuff.


snuffs

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


demilitarises

demilitarise (canonical)
demilitarises (third-person singular)
demilitarised (past)
demilitarised (past participle)
demilitarising (present participle)

The third-person singular form of demilitarise.


agnations

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


ace

In card games, an ace is a card of value 1. In some games it is the card with the highest value

In tennis, a player hits an ace when the opponent doesn't hit the serve

If you say someone is an ace at something, they are excellent at it.


transvestism

transvestism (singular)
transvestisms (plural)

Transvestism is the practice of dressing in a manner traditionally associated with the opposite gender.


excommunicates

excommunicate (singular)
excommunicates (plural)

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


excommunicates

excommunicate (canonical)
excommunicates (third-person singular)
excommunicated (past)
excommunicated (past participle)
excommunicating (present participle)

The third-person singular form of excommunicate.


transvestisms

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


de-escalate

de-escalate (canonical)
de-escalates (third-person singular)
de-escalated (past)
de-escalated (past participle)
de-escalating (present participle)

If a person de-escalates a situation, they decrease the intensity of it or make it less dangerous.


exuberant

exuberant (positive)
more exuberant (comparative)
most exuberant (superlative)

If a person is exuberant, they are very energetic and enthusiastic.


echoist

An echoist is someone who repeats the sounds in their environment.

An echoist is an empath's habitual refrain from expressing themselves and an erasure of their true identity in favor of agreeability with narcissists, typically stemming from childhood narcissistic abuse.


snuff

If you snuff a candle, you extinguish it.

If you snuff, you inhale through the nose.


snuff

A snuff is powdered tobacco that is inhaled through the nose.

A snuff is the charred part of a candle wick.


shellfish

shellfish (singular)
shellfish or shellfishes (plural)

Shellfish' are an edible aquatic mollusc or crustacean that have a shell


roes

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


proffers

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


proffers

The third-person singular form of proffer.


agnation

The agnation of a person, is their lineage descent when viewed from the male side only.


excommunicated

The past tense and past participle of excommunicate.


anachronism

Anachronism is when you prematurely or incorrectly juxtapose an event with notions or norms from a different time period.

Conflating loyalty in a historic theocracy with that of the modern liberal state is anachronism.


crustacea

crustacean (singular)
crustaceans or crustacea (plural)

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


exasperating

exasperate (canonical)
exasperates (third-person singular)
exasperated (past)
exasperated (past participle)
exasperating (present participle)


tendered

tender (canonical)
tenders (third-person singular)
tendered (past)
tendered (past participle)
tendering (present participle)

The past tense and past participle of tender.


anachronized

anachronize (canonical)
anachronizes (third-person singular)
anachronized (past)
anachronized (past participle)
anachronizing (present participle)

The past tense and past participle of anachronize.


exasperates

The third-person singular form of exasperate.


vertebrate

vertebrate (singular)
vertebrates (plural)

A vertebrate is an animal having a backbone.


subphylum

subphylum (singular)
subphylums or subphyla (plural)

A subphylum is a taxonomic category below phylum and above class.


invertebrates

invertebrate (singular)
invertebrates (plural)

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


incisions

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


molluscs

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


subphyla

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


shellfishes

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


impoverished

impoverish (canonical)
impoverishes (third-person singular)
impoverished (past)
impoverished (past participle)
impoverishing (present participle)

The past tense and past participle of impoverish.


invertebrate

An invertebrate is an animal without backbone.


awry

If something goes awry, it doesn't work as it's supposed to.

Unfortunately, it looks like our plans have gone awry.


energising

energise (canonical)
energises (third-person singular)
energised (past)
energised (past participle)
energising (present participle)


involvements

involvement (singular)
involvements (plural)

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


in addition

You use in addition to add information to something that has already been said.

There were a range of colours, in addition to the sizes.

I became more interested, and in addition, I think I'm happier now.


demilitarization

demilitarization (singular)
demilitarizations (plural)

Demilitarization is the process of a country removing military forces from an area.


crustaceans

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


barters

barter (canonical)
barters (third-person singular)
bartered (past)
bartered (past participle)
bartering (present participle)

The third-person singular form of barter.


sturgeons

sturgeon (singular)
sturgeon or sturgeons (plural)

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


demilitarizes

demilitarize (canonical)
demilitarizes (third-person singular)
demilitarized (past)
demilitarized (past participle)
demilitarizing (present participle)

The third-person singular form of demilitarize.


energizing

energize (canonical)
energizes (third-person singular)
energized (past)
energized (past participle)
energizing (present participle)


roe

Roe is the ovaries of certain shellfish.


aggrandizing

aggrandize (canonical)
aggrandizes (third-person singular)
aggrandized (past)
aggrandized (past participle)
aggrandizing (present participle)


caviars

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


besotted

If you are besotted by something, you are inspired by something for a period of time.


grimacing

grimace (canonical)
grimaces (third-person singular)
grimaced (past)
grimaced (past participle)
grimacing (present participle)


arthropodae

arthropod (singular)
arthropods or arthropodae (plural)

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


inseminates

inseminate (canonical)
inseminates (third-person singular)
inseminated (past)
inseminated (past participle)
inseminating (present participle)

The third-person singular form of inseminate.


demilitarising

demilitarise (canonical)
demilitarises (third-person singular)
demilitarised (past)
demilitarised (past participle)
demilitarising (present participle)


long-term

If something is true in the long term, it may not be true now, but it will after enough time has passed.

We expect to be staying at this location for the long term.

A long-term care, effects, relationships, solutions, etc. are those that will last for a long time.

She has been living in a long-term care home since her husband died.

It looks good for now, but the long-term effects are hard to imagine.

If you do something long-term, you do it in or for the future.

Don't keep it in the freezer long-term.


gluttony

Gluttony is the greed for eating excessively.


de-escalating

de-escalate (canonical)
de-escalates (third-person singular)
de-escalated (past)
de-escalated (past participle)
de-escalating (present participle)


subphylums

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


masked

mask (canonical)
masks (third-person singular)
masked (past)
masked (past participle)
masking (present participle)

The past tense and past participle of mask.


mollusc

A soft-bodied invertebrate of the phylum Mollusca. Most molluscs have a hard shell.

clams and octopus are examples of mollusc.


embroiled

embroil (canonical)
embroils (third-person singular)
embroiled (past)
embroiled (past participle)
embroiling (present participle)

The past tense and past participle of embroil.


chaperoned

chaperone (canonical)
chaperones (third-person singular)
chaperoned (past)
chaperoned (past participle)
chaperoning (present participle)

The past tense and past participle of chaperone.


aggrandizes

The third-person singular form of aggrandize.


trainings

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


energises

The third-person singular form of energise.


credibility

credibility (singular)
credibilities (plural)

The credibility of a person is said to be how trusted they are.


impoverishing

impoverish (canonical)
impoverishes (third-person singular)
impoverished (past)
impoverished (past participle)
impoverishing (present participle)


instigating

instigate (canonical)
instigates (third-person singular)
instigated (past)
instigated (past participle)
instigating (present participle)


demilitarised

The past tense and past participle of demilitarise.


deescalated

deescalate (canonical)
deescalates (third-person singular)
deescalated (past)
deescalated (past participle)
deescalating (present participle)

The past tense and past participle of deescalate.


crustacean

crustacean (singular)
crustaceans or crustacea (plural)

A crustacean is any arthropod within the subphylum Crustacea

lobsters, crabs, and prawns are crustaceans.


de-escalates

The third-person singular form of de-escalate.


seven deadly sins

The seven deadly sins are cardinal sins mentioned by Thomas Aquinas in the 13th century.

The seven deadly sins are pride, envy, gluttony, greed, lust, sloth, and anger.


de-escalated

The past tense and past participle of de-escalate.


aggrandises

aggrandise (canonical)
aggrandises (third-person singular)
aggrandised (past)
aggrandised (past participle)
aggrandising (present participle)

The third-person singular form of aggrandise.


aerations

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


vertebrates

vertebrate (singular)
vertebrates (plural)

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


impoverish

If you impoverish a person, you make them poor.

If A impoverishes B, A weakens the quality of B.

That exuberant crop quickly impoverishes any fertile soil.


energized

energize (canonical)
energizes (third-person singular)
energized (past)
energized (past participle)
energizing (present participle)

The past tense and past participle of energize.


credibilities

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


inseminated

The past tense and past participle of inseminate.


aggrandized

aggrandize (canonical)
aggrandizes (third-person singular)
aggrandized (past)
aggrandized (past participle)
aggrandizing (present participle)

The past tense and past participle of aggrandize.


enumerates

enumerate (canonical)
enumerates (third-person singular)
enumerated (past)
enumerated (past participle)
enumerating (present participle)

The third-person singular form of enumerate.


aeration

Aeration is the process of introducing air into something.


croak

A croak is the noise a frog or crow makes.


croak

croak (canonical)
croaks (third-person singular)
croaked (past)
croaked (past participle)
croaking (present participle)

If a frog or a crow croaks, it makes its typical noise


unoptional

If something is unoptional, you do not have a choice for it.

Death is unoptional.


gluttons

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


enumerate

If you enumerate a list of things, you mention it one by one.


deuteriums

deuterium (singular)
deuteriums (plural)

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


sturgeon

sturgeon (singular)
sturgeon or sturgeons (plural)

A sturgeon is the common name for the species of fish belonging to the family Acipenseridae. Some species are prized for their roe and are usually found in central Eurasia.


inseminate

inseminate (canonical)
inseminates (third-person singular)
inseminated (past)
inseminated (past participle)
inseminating (present participle)

If a man inseminates a woman, he causes the woman to become pregnant.


aggrandised

The past tense and past participle of aggrandise.


tenders

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


tenders

tender (canonical)
tenders (third-person singular)
tendered (past)
tendered (past participle)
tendering (present participle)

The third-person singular form of tender.


proffer

A proffer is an offer proposed for acceptance by another.


proffer

proffer (canonical)
proffers (third-person singular)
proffered (past)
proffered (past participle)
proffering (present participle)

If a person proffers, they offer something for acceptance.


grimaced

grimace (canonical)
grimaces (third-person singular)
grimaced (past)
grimaced (past participle)
grimacing (present participle)

The past tense and past participle of grimace.


excommunicating

excommunicate (canonical)
excommunicates (third-person singular)
excommunicated (past)
excommunicated (past participle)
excommunicating (present participle)

The present participle of excommunicate.


demilitarisation

demilitarisation (singular)
demilitarisations (plural)

Demilitarisation is the process of a country removing military forces from an area.


energizes

The third-person singular form of energize.


arthropods

arthropod (singular)
arthropods or arthropodae (plural)

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


embroils

embroil (canonical)
embroils (third-person singular)
embroiled (past)
embroiled (past participle)
embroiling (present participle)

The third-person singular form of embroil.


impoverishes

impoverish (canonical)
impoverishes (third-person singular)
impoverished (past)
impoverished (past participle)
impoverishing (present participle)

The third-person singular form of impoverish.


enumerated

The past tense and past participle of enumerate.


arthropod

Arthropods are invertebrate animal of the phylum Arthropoda.


energised

energise (canonical)
energises (third-person singular)
energised (past)
energised (past participle)
energising (present participle)

The past tense and past participle of energise.


deescalate

deescalate (canonical)
deescalates (third-person singular)
deescalated (past)
deescalated (past participle)
deescalating (present participle)

If a person de-escalates a situation, they decrease the intensity of it or make it less dangerous.


A symbol for the planet Neptune, now obsolete.


chaperoning

chaperone (canonical)
chaperones (third-person singular)
chaperoned (past)
chaperoned (past participle)
chaperoning (present participle)


incise

incise (canonical)
incises (third-person singular)
incised (past)
incised (past participle)
incising (present participle)

If you incise something, you cut or decorate it with a sharp tool.


foment

foment (canonical)
foments (third-person singular)
fomented (past)
fomented (past participle)
fomenting (present participle)

If a person foments, they cause people to quarrel or fight by saying something undesirable.


permissible

permissible (positive)
more permissible (comparative)
most permissible (superlative)

If something is permissible, it is permitted to be done.


exorbitant

exorbitant (positive)
more exorbitant (comparative)
most exorbitant (superlative)

If the price of something is exorbitant, it is very expensive.

The price for the tickets to his concert is exorbitant.

/ɪɡˈzɔːbɪtənt/


instigated

instigate (canonical)
instigates (third-person singular)
instigated (past)
instigated (past participle)
instigating (present participle)

The past tense and past participle of instigate.


aerates

aerate (canonical)
aerates (third-person singular)
aerated (past)
aerated (past participle)
aerating (present participle)

The third-person singular form of aerate.


bartering

barter (canonical)
barters (third-person singular)
bartered (past)
bartered (past participle)
bartering (present participle)


instigates

The third-person singular form of instigate.


lusts

lust (canonical)
lusts (third-person singular)
lusted (past)
lusted (past participle)
lusting (present participle)


involvement

involvement (singular)
involvements (plural)

Your involvement in something is the way that you participate or are affected.

Your involvements are the things you participate in.


glutton

A glutton is a person who eats excessively.


masking

mask (canonical)
masks (third-person singular)
masked (past)
masked (past participle)
masking (present participle)


enumerating

enumerate (canonical)
enumerates (third-person singular)
enumerated (past)
enumerated (past participle)
enumerating (present participle)


excommunicate

If a person is excommunicate, they have been excluded from membership of a church or any other religious community.


excommunicate

excommunicate (singular)
excommunicates (plural)

An excommunicate is a person who has been excluded from from membership of a church or any other religious community.


excommunicate

excommunicate (canonical)
excommunicates (third-person singular)
excommunicated (past)
excommunicated (past participle)
excommunicating (present participle)

If you excommunicate a person, you exclude them from membership of a church or any other religious community.


grimaces

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


grimaces

grimace (canonical)
grimaces (third-person singular)
grimaced (past)
grimaced (past participle)
grimacing (present participle)

The third-person singular form of grimace.


exasperated

exasperate (canonical)
exasperates (third-person singular)
exasperated (past)
exasperated (past participle)
exasperating (present participle)

The past tense and past participle of exasperate.


saltings

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


lusted

The past tense and past participle of lust.


incises

The third-person singular form of incise.


aggrandise

aggrandise (canonical)
aggrandises (third-person singular)
aggrandised (past)
aggrandised (past participle)
aggrandising (present participle)

If you aggrandise something, you increase the power or status of it.


anachronizes

anachronize (canonical)
anachronizes (third-person singular)
anachronized (past)
anachronized (past participle)
anachronizing (present participle)

The third-person singular form of anachronize.


demilitarized

demilitarize (canonical)
demilitarizes (third-person singular)
demilitarized (past)
demilitarized (past participle)
demilitarizing (present participle)

The past tense and past participle of demilitarize.


deescalating

deescalate (canonical)
deescalates (third-person singular)
deescalated (past)
deescalated (past participle)
deescalating (present participle)


caviar

Caviar is the roe of the sturgeon or other large fish. It is considered to be a delicacy.


enlistments

enlistment (singular)
enlistments (plural)

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


incision

An incision is a cut made to decorate or mark something.

The doctor used a scalpel to make an incision on his abdomen.

The incisions made on this rock is very interesting.


incised

incise (canonical)
incises (third-person singular)
incised (past)
incised (past participle)
incising (present participle)

The past tense and past participle of incise.


humanely

If you do something humanely, you do it in a humane way.


deescalates

The third-person singular form of deescalate.


croaks

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


croaks

croak (canonical)
croaks (third-person singular)
croaked (past)
croaked (past participle)
croaking (present participle)

The third-person singular form of croak.


impromptus

impromptu (singular)
impromptus (plural)

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


bartered

barter (canonical)
barters (third-person singular)
bartered (past)
bartered (past participle)
bartering (present participle)

The past tense and past participle of barter.


aerate

aerate (canonical)
aerates (third-person singular)
aerated (past)
aerated (past participle)
aerating (present participle)

If you aerate something, you introduce air into it.


aerated

The past tense and past participle of aerate.


enlisted

enlist (canonical)
enlists (third-person singular)
enlisted (past)
enlisted (past participle)
enlisting (present participle)

The past tense and past participle of enlist.


A rare symbol for the dwarf planet Pluto.


aggressing

aggress (canonical)
aggresses (third-person singular)
aggressed (past)
aggressed (past participle)
aggressing (present participle)


incapacitate

incapacitate (canonical)
incapacitates (third-person singular)
incapacitated (past)
incapacitated (past participle)
incapacitating (present participle)

If you incapacitate a person, you make someone them incapable of doing something.


aggrandize

aggrandize (canonical)
aggrandizes (third-person singular)
aggrandized (past)
aggrandized (past participle)
aggrandizing (present participle)

If you aggrandize something, you increase the power or status of it.


impatiently

im- + patient + -ly
impatient + patiently

ety-affix

If something is done impatiently, it is done without patience.

Stella was waiting impatiently for the delivery to come.


sufferings

suffering (singular)
sufferings (plural)

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


incapacitated

The past tense and past participle of incapacitate.


purlins

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


energize

energize (canonical)
energizes (third-person singular)
energized (past)
energized (past participle)
energizing (present participle)

If A energizes B, A supplies B with energy, especially electricity.

Whenever we energize that circuit we blow a fuse.


enlistee

An enlistee is a person who enrols for military service.


enlist

If you enlist, you enrol for military service.


energise

energise (canonical)
energises (third-person singular)
energised (past)
energised (past participle)
energising (present participle)

If A energises B, A supplies B with energy, especially electricity.

Whenever we energise that circuit we blow a fuse.


despotism

Despotism is a way a governing body rules with absolute power, usually in a cruel and oppressive way.


demilitarize

If a country demilitarizes an area, they remove military forces from that area.