similes

simile (singular)
similes or similia (plural)

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


hobby

A hobby is an activity that a person likes to do with their extra time.

When I'm not at work, my hobby is to work on my car.

When I'm not at college, my favourite hobby is to play video games.

A hobby can also be a bird with long wings.

We saw a hobby fly by.

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fang

A fang is a long, pointy tooth of an animal.

The dog bit me with his fangs.


distributors

distributor (singular)
distributors (plural)

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


simile

A simile is a figure of speech (a way of saying things) that connects two very different things (usually formed with the words like or as).

Here is an example simile: you eat like a pig.


dispersing

disperse (canonical)
disperses (third-person singular)
dispersed (past)
dispersed (past participle)
dispersing (present participle)


pledging

pledge (canonical)
pledges (third-person singular)
pledged (past)
pledged (past participle)
pledging (present participle)


rodent

A rodent is a small mammal with large front teeth that are used for chewing.

We had to call an exterminator because we had so many unwanted rodents in the basement.


carols

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


carols

carol (canonical)
carols (third-person singular)
carolled (past)
carolled (past participle)
carolling (present participle)

The third-person singular form of carol.


mugs

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


mugs

mug (canonical)
mugs (third-person singular)
mugged (past)
mugged (past participle)
mugging (present participle)


mugged

The past tense and past participle of mug.


mentors

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


mentors

mentor (canonical)
mentors (third-person singular)
mentored (past)
mentored (past participle)
mentoring (present participle)

The third-person singular form of mentor.


inhabitant

inhabitant (singular)
inhabitants (plural)

An inhabitant of a place is a person or animal living in that place.

The baby will be a new inhabitant of our house


waltz

The last dance at the party was the waltz.

A waltz is music in 3/4 time written for this dance.


waltz

waltz (canonical)
waltzes (third-person singular)
waltzed (past)
waltzed (past participle)
waltzing (present participle)

If you waltz with someone, you dance waltz with them.

If you waltz, you move briskly in an inappropriate casual manner.


castles

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


castles

castle (canonical)
castles (third-person singular)
castleed (past)
castleed (past participle)
castleing (present participle)

The third-person singular form of castle.


cataloguing

catalogue (canonical)
catalogues (third-person singular)
catalogued (past)
catalogued (past participle)
cataloguing (present participle)


pledged

The past tense and past participle of pledge.


canaling

canal (canonical)
canals (third-person singular)
canaled (past)
canaled (past participle)
canaling (present participle)


canal

A canal is a waterway (similar to a river) that is made by humans so that boats can travel it.

Before the canal was made there was no way to travel between the two lakes.


canal

canal (canonical)
canals (third-person singular)
canalled (past)
canalled (past participle)
canalling (present participle)

To canal is to build a man-made waterway.

Let's canal through this mountain so we can connect the lakes by water.


photoed

photo (canonical)
photos (third-person singular)
photoed (past)
photoed (past participle)
photoing (present participle)

The past tense and past participle of photo.


unlimited

When something is unlimited, it has no limit.

The seemingly unlimited number of people got out of the mall.

He was so rich it seemed like his money was unlimited.


protagonist

protagonist (singular)
protagonists (plural)

In a literary work or drama, the protagonist is the main character.

I was rooting for the protagonist of the book.

A protagonist is a leading person in a contest; a major performer.

The event was canceled because the protagonist couldn't come.

A protagonist can be someone who recommends a cause or course of action.

There were no protagonists at the meeting so nothing got done.


catholic

catholic (positive)
more catholic (comparative)
most catholic (superlative)

If something is catholic it is diverse and all inclusive.

He was not picky. He had catholic tastes.


chambering

chamber (canonical)
chambers (third-person singular)
chambered (past)
chambered (past participle)
chambering (present participle)


championing

champion (canonical)
champions (third-person singular)
championed (past)
championed (past participle)
championing (present participle)


intricate

intricate (positive)
more intricate (comparative)
most intricate (superlative)

It took a very long time to finish the intricate pattern.


caters

cater (canonical)
caters (third-person singular)
catered (past)
catered (past participle)
catering (present participle)

The third-person singular form of cater.


catered

The past tense and past participle of cater.


carol

Let's go door to door and sing Christmas carols.


carol

carol (canonical)
carols (third-person singular)
caroled (past)
caroled (past participle)
caroling (present participle)

To carol is to sing in a joyful or happy way.

Let's go and carol all of the people at the nursing home.


disperses

disperse (canonical)
disperses (third-person singular)
dispersed (past)
dispersed (past participle)
dispersing (present participle)

The third-person singular form of disperse.


gut

That man has a large belly. He has a beer gut.


gut

gut (canonical)
guts (third-person singular)
gutted (past)
gutted (past participle)
gutting (present participle)

If you gut something, you remove its internal organs.

My grandpa can gut fish in less than a minute.

If you gut something, you remove the important parts.

Congress gutted the bill.

The construction workers are gutting the building so they can rebuild the layout.


fangs

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


catalog

Look through the catalog to find the book you're looking for.


catalog

catalog (canonical)
catalogs (third-person singular)
cataloged (past)
cataloged (past participle)
cataloging (present participle)

To catalog is to organize items in a list, often in alphabetical order.

Catalog these books so we can easily find them.


guts

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

The contents of the abdomen or belly; entrails.

Johnny was cut in the stomach and his guts were hanging out.

It took a lot of guts to tell the evil dictator what she thought of his unfair policies.


catwalks

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


chambered

The past tense and past participle of chamber.


champions

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


champions

The third-person singular form of champion.


cater

To cater is to bring or make food for an event.

We need to get a company to cater our party this weekend.

To cater to someone is to serve them and provide for their needs.

The servant catered to the king.


amicable

amicable (positive)
more amicable (comparative)
most amicable (superlative)

If someone is amicable they are friendly and nice.

The man was amicable when he smiled.


castle

A castle is a large, strong building used to protect the people inside.

In the Middle Ages, castles were used to protect the king and queen.

In chess, the castle is another name for the rook.


castle

castle (canonical)
castles (third-person singular)
castled (past)
castled (past participle)
castling (present participle)

In chess, to castle is to take a turn that involves both the rook and the king moving at once.

I was going to win if he hadn't decided to castle.


catalogue

catalogue (singular)
catalogues (plural)

Look through the catalogue to find the book you're looking for.


catalogue

catalogue (canonical)
catalogues (third-person singular)
catalogued (past)
catalogued (past participle)
cataloguing (present participle)

To catalogue is to organize items in a list, often in alphabetical order.

Catalogue these books so we can easily find them.


casual

casual (positive)
more casual (comparative)
most casual (superlative)

Something that is casual is relaxed and not formal. It's the way we act when we're with friends and family.

Wear casual clothes to this party.

I have casual clothes to wear at home, more formal clothes to wear at work, and very formal clothes to wear to weddings and other special occasions.

Because you're my friend, the way I talk to you is more casual than the way I talk at work.

If something happens in a casual way it means it happens by chance.

There were only casual meetings – nothing that was planned.


mugging

mug (canonical)
mugs (third-person singular)
mugged (past)
mugged (past participle)
mugging (present participle)


distinguished

distinguish (canonical)
distinguishes (third-person singular)
distinguished (past)
distinguished (past participle)
distinguishing (present participle)

The past tense and past participle of distinguish.

/dɪsˈtɪŋɡwɪʃt/


distinguished

distinguished (positive)
more distinguished (comparative)
most distinguished (superlative)

Distinguished means superior to others in importance or rank.

Professor Charm is the most distinguished teacher I know.

Carlton is known for his distinguished bearing.

/dɪsˈtɪŋɡwɪʃt/


charms

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


charms

charm (canonical)
charms (third-person singular)
charmed (past)
charmed (past participle)
charming (present participle)

The third-person singular form of charm.


championed

The past tense and past participle of champion.


boyhood

Boyhood is the time a boy is in his childhood or youth.

He was still in boyhood when he broke the window.


catalogues

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


catalogues

The third-person singular form of catalogue.


boyhoods

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


waltzes

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


waltzes

waltz (canonical)
waltzes (third-person singular)
waltzed (past)
waltzed (past participle)
waltzing (present participle)

The third-person singular form of waltz.


common law

A common law is a law that is made by the courts.

Common laws are not made by legislation.


chambers

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


chambers

chamber (canonical)
chambers (third-person singular)
chambered (past)
chambered (past participle)
chambering (present participle)

The third-person singular form of chamber.


charmed

The past tense and past participle of charm.


catalogs

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


catalogs

The third-person singular form of catalog.


glamours

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


dispersed

The past tense and past participle of disperse.


catwalk

A catwalk is the raised platform on which models walk during a fashion show.

It was almost her turn to walk down the catwalk and show off her new outfit.


disperse

If a group disperses, it breaks up into individual pieces or items and spreads out.

The police fired their guns to disperse the crowd.

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photo

A photo is a picture created by a camera digitally or on film.

I took a photo of that beautiful old building.


photo

photo (canonical)
photos (third-person singular)
photoed (past)
photoed (past participle)
photoing (present participle)

To photo something is to take a picture of it.

Photo me in front of the lake so we can remember it forever


pulp

The pulp is the part of a fruit that is soft and edible.

Wood pulp is wood fibres that are shredded, crushed and mixed with water.

By extension, popular literature printed on rough paper: pulp fiction.


catering

cater (canonical)
caters (third-person singular)
catered (past)
catered (past participle)
catering (present participle)


catering

A catering is the business of providing food and related services at an event.


glamors

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


pledges

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


pledges

pledge (canonical)
pledges (third-person singular)
pledged (past)
pledged (past participle)
pledging (present participle)

The third-person singular form of pledge.


glamor

Glamor is beauty, charm, and attractiveness.

She has a glamor that I just can't resist.

Glamor can be any object that makes someone look better.


inhabitants

inhabitant (singular)
inhabitants (plural)

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


champion

A champion is someone who has been a winner in a contest.

I was the race and so now I am this year's champion.


champion

Something that is champion is the best for its kind.

He is a champion bike racer.


champion

champion (canonical)
champions (third-person singular)
championed (past)
championed (past participle)
championing (present participle)

To champion something is to promote it or be a winner of it.

He had championed the sport.


protege


howl

howl (canonical)
howls (third-person singular)
howled (past)
howled (past participle)
howling (present participle)

To howl is to make a long, loud wailing noise.

We heard the wolf howl from far away.


howl

The howl of the wind echoed through the trees.


oppressors

oppressor (singular)
oppressors (plural)

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


dominators

dominator (singular)
dominators (plural)

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


subjugations

subjugation (singular)
subjugations (plural)

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


firefly

A firefly is a insect that has a glowing light on its back.

The firefly's light shined into the bedroom from the jar.


suppressors

suppressor (singular)
suppressors (plural)

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


mug

A mug is a large cup for hot drinks, with a handle but not used with a saucer.

He drank his hot coffee from an old mug.

He had an ugly mug.

A person who can be tricked easily can be called a mug.

The teacher was a mug – he believed my excuse.


mug

To mug someone is to rob them, to steal from them.

He hid in a doorway and planned to mug the next person who walked past.


congregators

congregator (singular)
congregators (plural)

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


congregations

congregation (singular)
congregations (plural)

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


oppressions

oppression (singular)
oppressions (plural)

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


domination

domination (singular)
dominations (plural)

An act of dominating someone or something.

/ˌdɒməˈneɪʃən/

/ˌdɑːməˈneɪʃən/


pledge

If you made a pledge that means you made promise that you will do something.

I made a pledge that I would go with him, so I can't back out now.


pledge

To make a pledge is to make a serious promise or commitment to someone.

I pledged that I would follow him, no matter where he went.


suppression

suppression (singular)
suppressions (plural)

Suppression is an act of suppressing someone or something.


cravats

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


gracile

gracile (positive)
more gracile (comparative)
most gracile (superlative)

Compared to apes, humans have a gracile form.

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radioactivities

radioactivity (singular)
radioactivities (plural)

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


debtors

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


rifts

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


robust

robust (positive)
more robust (comparative)
most robust (superlative)

If something is robust, it is physically strong.

Compared to humans, apes have robust skeletons.

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garments

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


dominations

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


matriculating

matriculate (canonical)
matriculates (third-person singular)
matriculated (past)
matriculated (past participle)
matriculating (present participle)


extravagance

extravagance (singular)
extravagances (plural)

If something has extravagance, that means that it is worth a lot.

If a person has extravagance, that means that the person spends a lot.


fireflies

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


extravagances

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


matriculated

The past tense and past participle of matriculate.


suppressions

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


chamber

A chamber is a room that is often used for sleeping.

He went to his chamber to get some rest.

A chamber is a legislative body in a government.

The House of Representatives is the only chamber in the legislature of New Zealand.

A chamber can be any enclosed space that holds something, such as where the bullets are stored in a gun.

The chamber was empty so the gun did not fire.


chamber

chamber (canonical)
chambers (third-person singular)
chambered (past)
chambered (past participle)
chambering (present participle)

To chamber something is to put it in a room or an enclosed space.

The angry girl chambered herself in her room.


subjugators

subjugator (singular)
subjugators (plural)

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


waistcoat

waistcoat (singular)
waistcoats (plural)

A waistcoat is a special type of sleeveless garment.

My 3-piece suit includes a waistcoat.


oppressing

oppress (canonical)
oppresses (third-person singular)
oppressed (past)
oppressed (past participle)
oppressing (present participle)


dominates

dominate (canonical)
dominates (third-person singular)
dominated (past)
dominated (past participle)
dominating (present participle)

The third-person singular form of dominate.


waistcoats

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


subjugating

subjugate (canonical)
subjugates (third-person singular)
subjugated (past)
subjugated (past participle)
subjugating (present participle)


dominated

The past tense and past participle of dominate.


protegés

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


apprentices

apprentice (singular)
apprentices (plural)

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


subjugated

The past tense and past participle of subjugate.


congregating

congregate (canonical)
congregates (third-person singular)
congregated (past)
congregated (past participle)
congregating (present participle)


valets

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


congregator

congregator (singular)
congregators (plural)

One who congregates or organizes meetings.


suppresses

suppress (canonical)
suppresses (third-person singular)
suppressed (past)
suppressed (past participle)
suppressing (present participle)

The third-person singular form of suppress.


oppression

oppression (singular)
oppressions (plural)

An act of oppressing someone or something.


deteriorations

deterioration (singular)
deteriorations (plural)

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


apprentice

An apprentice is one who learns from a mentor or organization.


congregates

The third-person singular form of congregate.


rift

A rift opened in the ground after an earthquake.

This caused a rift between the two men who had been so close.


foresight

foresight (singular)
foresights (plural)

If something has foresight, then it has a quality or ability that allows it to foresee.

Having foresight also refers to the process of foreseeing.


foreseers

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


subjugates

The third-person singular form of subjugate.


suppressor

suppressor (singular)
suppressors (plural)

A suppressor is a device or person who suppresses something.


hitmen

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


protégés

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


chemical compound

A chemical compound is made when two or more chemical elements react.


stalemates

stalemate (singular)
stalemates (plural)

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


composites

composite (singular)
composites (plural)

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


glamour

Glamour is beauty, charm, and attractiveness.

She has a glamour that I just can't resist.

Glamour can be any object that makes someone look better.


garment

Shirts and trousers are garments.


charming

charming (positive)
more charming (comparative)
most charming (superlative)

If a person is charming, they are very pleasant or charismatic


charming

charm (canonical)
charms (third-person singular)
charmed (past)
charmed (past participle)
charming (present participle)


deficiencies

deficiency (singular)
deficiencies (plural)

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


participial

participial (positive)
more participial (comparative)
most participial (superlative)


drumstick

drumstick (singular)
drumsticks (plural)

A drumstick is the stick you use to play the drums.

Most drummers have many drumsticks in case they break during a concert

A drumstick is the leg of a chicken when it is cooked.

I'd rather have a drumstick than the leg.


howling

The howling of the wolves can be heard for several miles.


howling

howl (canonical)
howls (third-person singular)
howled (past)
howled (past participle)
howling (present participle)

The wolves are howling tonight.


subjugate

subjugate (canonical)
subjugates (third-person singular)
subjugated (past)
subjugated (past participle)
subjugating (present participle)

To place under the control of someone or something.


influxes

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


charm

A charm is an object that people think has a magical power.

His old pencil was a charm for him. He always used it on tests.

If someone has charm, that means that they can easily make people like them.

Everyone liked her for her charm.

He gave her a charm for her charm bracelet.


charm

To charm someone is to amaze them or win them over.

He charmed her with talk of all the money he had.

To charm something or someone means to use magic upon it.

The witch tried to charm the princess with an old spell.

The sorceror charmed the serpents and ordered them to do his bidding.


hitman

A hitman is a person hired to kill or hurt a particular person.

The businessman used a hitman to take care of people who owed him money.


foreseer

A foreseer is a person who foresees something.


hydrocarbons

hydrocarbon (singular)
hydrocarbons (plural)

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


protegé

A protegé is one who learns from a mentor.


deficiency

A deficiency is a case when there is not enough of something.

There can be a vitamin deficiency, where people don't get enough vitamins and can get sick.

There can be a money deficiency, where there is not enough money to do something.


howled

The past tense and past participle of howl.


drumsticks

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


congregate

congregate (canonical)
congregates (third-person singular)
congregated (past)
congregated (past participle)
congregating (present participle)

If people congregate, they gather together in a small group.


subjugation

subjugation (singular)
subjugations (plural)

An act of subjugating someone or something.

/ˌsʌbdʒʊˈɡeɪʃən/

/ˌsʌbdʒəˈɡeɪʃən/


matriculates

matriculate (canonical)
matriculates (third-person singular)
matriculated (past)
matriculated (past participle)
matriculating (present participle)

The third-person singular form of matriculate.


radioactivity

radioactivity (singular)
radioactivities (plural)

Radioactivity is the energy released from an unstable atom.


hydrocarbon

A chemical compound made out of carbon and hydrogen. Other elements could also be included.


congregation

congregation (singular)
congregations (plural)

/ˌkɒŋɡrɪˈɡeɪʃən/

/ˌkɑŋɡrəˈɡeɪʃən/


pandas

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


oppress

oppress (canonical)
oppresses (third-person singular)
oppressed (past)
oppressed (past participle)
oppressing (present participle)

To oppress is to stifle or prevent something.

To oppress is to deny someone's freedom.


dominate

dominate (canonical)
dominates (third-person singular)
dominated (past)
dominated (past participle)
dominating (present participle)

If someone dominates something, they have sole, or nearly complete, control over it.


foreseeably

foreseeably (positive)
more foreseeably (comparative)
Superlativemost foreseeably

The word foreseeably is the adverbial form of the word foreseeable.


foresees

foresee (canonical)
foresees (third-person singular)
foresaw (past)
foreseen (past participle)
foreseeing (present participle)

The third-person singular form of foresee.


birdie

Look in the sky! A birdie!

In golf, if you get a birdie that means you hit the ball into the hole in one less shot than expected (one under par).

I took three shots on a four par. I got a birdie.

In badminton, the birdie is the type of feathered ball that is used. It is also called a shuttlecock.

He hit the birdie into the net.


birdie

birdie (canonical)
birdies (third-person singular)
birdied (past)
birdied (past participle)
birdieing (present participle)

If you birdie a golf hole, you score one under par on it.

I birdied the last hole with 4 strokes on a par 5.


influx

An influx is a large movement, usually sudden, in or into something.

There was an influx of people into the room.


matriculate

To matriculate is sign up or enroll for something, often for a college or university.

The man matriculated to Harvard University; the school he always wanted to go to.


foreseeable

foreseeable (positive)
more foreseeable (comparative)
most foreseeable (superlative)

If something is foreseeable, then it can be foreseen by somebody.

The foreseeable future.


deteriorating

deteriorate (canonical)
deteriorates (third-person singular)
deteriorated (past)
deteriorated (past participle)
deteriorating (present participle)


suppressing

suppress (canonical)
suppresses (third-person singular)
suppressed (past)
suppressed (past participle)
suppressing (present participle)


oppressed

The past tense and past participle of oppress.


congregated

The past tense and past participle of congregate.


siesta

A siesta is a rest or sleep in the middle of the day. The word comes directly from Spanish.

Spanish people sometimes take a siesta in the afternoon when it is too hot to work.


deterioration

deterioration (singular)
deteriorations (plural)

A deterioration is a process in which an object deteriorates.

A deterioration can also be a length of time taken for the object to deteriorate.

/dɪˌtɪərɪəˈreɪʃən/


dominator

dominator (singular)
dominators (plural)


suppressed

The past tense and past participle of suppress.


d'oh

People say d'oh when they are angry or frustrated. The word comes from the television show The Simpsons


valet

A valet is a male servant who performs personal services for his master such as helping to dress him, sewing on buttons, polishing shoes, or maintaining his clothing.

The Prince of Wales has a valet, who looks after his clothes.

An employee of a hotel, restaurant, country club, resort, inn, or other public or private facility who performs personal services for guests or members such as shining their shoes, simple ironing, parking or retrieving their automobile.

The parking valet brought our car to the front door.

A device such as a rack or a tray that holds a man's jacket, watch, or other personal items.

He put his watch, ring, and stick pin in the valet on top of the dresser.


rhino

Rhino is another way of spelling rhinoceros.


howls

howl (canonical)
howls (third-person singular)
howled (past)
howled (past participle)
howling (present participle)


howls

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


participials

participial (singular)
participials (plural)

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


rhinoceros

rhinoceros (singular)
rhinoceroses (plural)

A rhinoceros is a large gray mammal with thick skin and a horn on its head.

The rhinoceros is chasing against the cheetah.


stalemate

stalemate (singular)
stalemates (plural)

A stalemate is a special position in chess, where no one loses or wins.

Since I had a large advantage, his only hope was to force a stalemate.

A stalemate is a situation where there is no obvious way forward, but where no one loses.


deteriorates

The third-person singular form of deteriorate.


composite

composite (singular)
composites (plural)

A composite is an object made from several similar parts arranged in a certain pattern.

steel is a strong composite for a metal.


composite

composite (positive)
more composite (comparative)
most composite (superlative)

If something is composite, then it is made from several similar parts arranged in a certain pattern.

One of the strongest composite metals on Earth is steel.


suppress

If something is suppressed, it is eliminated, stopped, or held back.

The police suppressed the protesters outside.

The opposition in the government were suppressed.

Warm honey and water are said to suppress coughing.

I struggled to suppress my smile.

If something is suppressed, recognition of it is denied.

The findings of the study were suppressed by the government.


feasted

feast (canonical)
feasts (third-person singular)
feasted (past)
feasted (past participle)
feasting (present participle)

The past tense and past participle of feast.


oppresses

oppress (canonical)
oppresses (third-person singular)
oppressed (past)
oppressed (past participle)
oppressing (present participle)

The third-person singular form of oppress.


foresee

If a person can foresee something, then that means the person knows that the object will come to take place before it actually does.


giraffe

The giraffe is the tallest land animal in the world. It is from Africa and has a very long neck.

The family went to see the giraffe in the zoo.


ladders

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


giraffes

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


shrank

shrank (past)
shrunk (past participle)
shrink (canonical)
shrinks (third-person singular)
shrunk (past)
shrunken (past participle)
shrinking (present participle)


speckled

speckled (positive)
more speckled (comparative)
most speckled (superlative)

If something is speckled, it has dots on it.

The bird's eggs were speckled.


cuddled

cuddle (canonical)
cuddles (third-person singular)
cuddled (past)
cuddled (past participle)
cuddling (present participle)

The past tense and past participle of cuddle.


inventors

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


mat

A mat is a floor covering, similar to a rug.

Muslims say prayers kneeling on a mat.


rhinos

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

Rhinos is another way of spelling rhinoceroses.


siestas

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


keyhole

A keyhole is the hole in a door where you put your key to lock or unlock it.

I tried five keys before finding the one which fit the keyhole.


headache

I can't think properly because I have a bad headache.


ladder

A ladder is something you walk up use to get to a higher (or lower) position. There are two parallel sides and steps (rungs) between them.


headaches

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


yolks

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


debtor

If all my debtors would pay me back I would be rich.


rhinoceroses

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


panda

A panda is a large black and white bear from China. They eat bamboo shoots.


barmen

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


inventor

An inventor is someone who invents things.

Alexander Graham Bell is an inventor. He invented the telephone.


cuddles

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


cuddles

The third-person singular form of cuddle.


cravat

A cravat is a type of clothing usually worn by men.


sharpens

sharpen (canonical)
sharpens (third-person singular)
sharpened (past)
sharpened (past participle)
sharpening (present participle)

The third-person singular form of sharpen.


limbs

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


feast

They had a big feast to celebrate the family reunion.


feast

The family feasted on all the meat and vegetables on the table.


protégé

From French protégé, past participle of protéger “to protect”.

A protégé is one who learns from a mentor.


deteriorated

The past tense and past participle of deteriorate.


cuddle

A cuddle is like a hug, but with more emotion.

I gave my daughter a big cuddle when she finished school.


cuddle

To cuddle someone means to hold them and touch them with affection. It is not sexual.

I like to cuddle my boyfriend when we're watching a film


headmasters

headmaster (singular)
headmasters (plural)

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


subjugator

subjugator (singular)
subjugators (plural)


courage

Courage is the quality of not being afraid easily.

The warrior had great courage.


clutched

clutch (canonical)
clutches (third-person singular)
clutched (past)
clutched (past participle)
clutching (present participle)

The past tense and past participle of clutch.


barman

A barman is a man who works in a bar (a place that serves drinks) and sells customers drinks.


freshman

A freshman is a student on his first year of high school or university.

John is a freshman at Harvard University.


loo

In the United Kingdom, another word for a toilet.

I need to go to the loo.


width

The width of something is the measurement of something from one side to the other side.

The width of a standard football pitch is 68 metres.


plop

plop (canonical)
plops (third-person singular)
plopped (past)
plopped (past participle)
plopping (present participle)


unlocking

unlock (canonical)
unlocks (third-person singular)
unlocked (past)
unlocked (past participle)
unlocking (present participle)


keyholes

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


courageous

courageous (positive)
more courageous (comparative)
most courageous (superlative)

To be courageous is having courage (not being afraid).

The warrior was very courageous.


disadvantaged

Having a disadvantage (a handicap or weakness).

The football team was disadvantaged because one of their players was missing.


plopped

The past tense and past participle of plop.


insignificant

insignificant (positive)
more insignificant (comparative)
most insignificant (superlative)

If something is insignificant it is not important.


unlocked

The past tense and past participle of unlock.

The door is unlocked.


headmaster

A headmaster is a man who is in charge of a school.

The headmaster talked to the parents.


pillow

A pillow is the thing you put under your head when you sleep.

When Jill bought a new pillow she slept a lot better at night.


deteriorate

deteriorate (canonical)
deteriorates (third-person singular)
deteriorated (past)
deteriorated (past participle)
deteriorating (present participle)

To deteriorate, something will slowly lose a certain value over a period of time.

Food is kept cold in a refrigerator so it will not deteriorate or spoil.

If something deteriorates, it gets worse.

His attention to the teacher deteriorated as he got sleepier.

The political situation deteriorated after the soldiers attacked the president's palace.


pillows

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


radioactive

radioactive (positive)
more radioactive (comparative)
most radioactive (superlative)

Radioactive is something which shows radioactivity.

The metal was radioactive.


sharpen

If you sharpen something, you make it sharper.


mourn

mourn (canonical)
mourns (third-person singular)
mourned (past)
mourned (past participle)
mourning (present participle)

If you mourn someone, you feel sorrowful over them, after they have died.

It was difficult mourning my sister's death, we were always together, I don't think i'll ever feel better, I loved her so much.


freshmen

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


widths

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


mourns

The third-person singular form of mourn.


sit down

After walking all day, I needed to sit down and rest.


clutch

The clutch is the device in a car that changes gear.

The clutch pedal is controlled with the left foot in manual cars.


clutch

If you clutch something, you hold it in your hand very tightly.


mourned

The past tense and past participle of mourn.


souvenir

A souvenir is something that you buy or take from a place you visit, to remember the place.

There are many souvenir shops by the Eiffel Tower.

I took some rocks from a volcano as a souvenir from my trip to Hawaii.


pointier

pointy (positive)
pointier (comparative)
pointiest (superlative)

The comparative form of pointy; more pointy.


souvenirs

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


pointy

witches typically wear black pointy hats.


scariest

scary (positive)
scarier (comparative)
scariest (superlative)

The superlative form of scary; most scary.


bleed

bleed (canonical)
bleeds (third-person singular)
bled (past)
bled (past participle)
bleeding (present participle)

If you bleed, you lose blood from your body.


saliva

Saliva is the liquid produced in your mouth.


spookier

spooky (positive)
spookier (comparative)
spookiest (superlative)

The comparative form of spooky; more spooky.


surgeries

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


villagers

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


runners

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


villager

A villager is someone who lives in a village.


pointiest

The superlative form of pointy; most pointy.


knelt

kneel (canonical)
kneels (third-person singular)
knelt (past)
knelt (past participle)
kneeling (present participle)

The past tense and past participle of kneel.


nonadjustable

Nonadjustable is something that is not adjustable (cannot be adjusted).

The chair's height was nonadjustable.


mendelevium

Mendelevium is a chemical element. It is a radioactive metal with the atomic number 101 and the symbol Md.


impregnation

impregnation (singular)
impregnations (plural)

An impregnation is a process that one or more people go through in order to become pregnant.


spookiest

The superlative form of spooky; most spooky.


criticizes

criticize (canonical)
criticizes (third-person singular)
criticized (past)
criticized (past participle)
criticizing (present participle)

The third-person singular form of criticize.


runner

There are lots of runners in the park in the evening.

The cheetah is a very fast runner.

A runner is a mechanical part intended to guide or aid something else to move (using wheels or sliding).

The channel or strip on which a drawer is opened and closed.


surgery

Surgery is a way of removing, repairing or replacing a part of a body that involves incisions.

After the doctor performed surgery, John was able to walk again.

Surgery can also be the place where surgery is done.

Take the patient into surgery.

/ˈsɜːd͡ʒəri/


spooky

If something is spooky it means it is scary and mysterious.

For Halloween, people usually dress up in spooky costumes.


scary

Lots of people think spiders and ghosts are very scary.


upside down

If something is upside down, the top part of it is underneath the bottom part of it.


impregnations

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


criticised

criticise (canonical)
criticises (third-person singular)
criticised (past)
criticised (past participle)
criticising (present participle)

The past tense and past participle of criticise.


extremely

You use extremely when you want to make an adjective or adverb much stronger. It is stronger than very.

It is extremely difficult to climb Mount Everest without oxygen tanks.


scarier

The comparative form of scary; more scary.


ma’am


circular

If something is circular it has the shape of a circle.

The wine glass left a circular stain on the table.


circular

A circular is a printed advertisement or notice that is distributed to a lot of people.


kneels

The third-person singular form of kneel.


shortened

shorten (canonical)
shortens (third-person singular)
shortened (past)
shortened (past participle)
shortening (present participle)

The past tense and past participle of shorten.


bled

The past tense and past participle of bleed.


kneel

If you kneel, you lower your body and put one or two of your knees on the floor.

In many religions, people kneel when they pray.


bleeds

The third-person singular form of bleed.


clutches

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


clutches

clutch (canonical)
clutches (third-person singular)
clutched (past)
clutched (past participle)
clutching (present participle)

The third-person singular form of clutch.


shrinks

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


shrinks

shrank (past)
shrunk (past participle)
shrink (canonical)
shrinks (third-person singular)
shrunk (past)
shrunken (past participle)
shrinking (present participle)

The third-person singular form of shrink.


inconclusible

If something is inconclusible, then it cannot be finished or ended.


summa cum laude

The highest of three degrees of praise you can receive when graduating. In Latin, it means "with highest praise".


high schools

high school (singular)
high schools (plural)

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


impregnate

impregnate (canonical)
impregnates (third-person singular)
impregnated (past)
impregnated (past participle)
impregnating (present participle)

When you impregnate someone, you make them pregnant.


uprising

An uprising is a revolt by a group of people that attempts to get rid of a government or policies that the people do not like.


vices

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


vices

vice (canonical)
vices (third-person singular)
viced (past)
viced (past participle)
vicing (present participle)


dreadful

dreadful (positive)
more dreadful (comparative)
most dreadful (superlative)

Something dreadful is something very bad.

There has been a dreadful accident.


dancers

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


impregnated

The past tense and past participle of impregnate.


despots

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


unlock

unlock (canonical)
unlocks (third-person singular)
unlocked (past)
unlocked (past participle)
unlocking (present participle)

You unlock a door with a key when you want to enter.

David left his house keys at work, so his housemate had to unlock the door for him.


criticized

The past tense and past participle of criticize.


shrink

A shrink is another word for a psychologist.

He was sent to a shrink because he started to act dangerously


shrink

If something shrinks it becomes smaller.

Your clothes will shrink if you put them in the dryer for too long

If you shrink something you make it smaller.

We need to shrink these images in order to fit them on the page.


gestates

gestate (canonical)
gestates (third-person singular)
gestated (past)
gestated (past participle)
gestating (present participle)

The third-person singular form of gestate.


pregnancies

pregnancy (singular)
pregnancies (plural)

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


realtors

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


brainier

brainy (positive)
brainier (comparative)
brainiest (superlative)

The comparative form of brainy; more brainy.


uprisings

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


ballads

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


costume

A costume is the clothes you wear that makes you look like someone or something else.

For Halloween this year I wore a skeleton costume.


costume

costume (canonical)
costumes (third-person singular)
costumed (past)
costumed (past participle)
costuming (present participle)

If you costume yourself, you dress up with a costume.


shortens

The third-person singular form of shorten.


brainy

Somebody brainy is intelligent, or clever.

The kid is brainy.


bleeding

bleed (canonical)
bleeds (third-person singular)
bled (past)
bled (past participle)
bleeding (present participle)


hoods

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


kneeling

kneel (canonical)
kneels (third-person singular)
knelt (past)
knelt (past participle)
kneeling (present participle)


uncoded

uncoded (positive)
more uncoded (comparative)
most uncoded (superlative)

The message was uncoded.


snouts

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


brides

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


plops

plop (canonical)
plops (third-person singular)
plopped (past)
plopped (past participle)
plopping (present participle)


threading

thread (canonical)
threads (third-person singular)
threaded (past)
threaded (past participle)
threading (present participle)


directors

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


criticise

criticise (canonical)
criticises (third-person singular)
criticised (past)
criticised (past participle)
criticising (present participle)

If you criticise something, you point out its flaws or faults.


feasts

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


feasts

feast (canonical)
feasts (third-person singular)
feasted (past)
feasted (past participle)
feasting (present participle)

The third-person singular form of feast.


unlocks

The third-person singular form of unlock.


director

A director is a person who is in charge of something.

The film director was doing a very good job.


impregnates

The third-person singular form of impregnate.


sharpened

sharpened (positive)
more sharpened (comparative)
most sharpened (superlative)

A sharpened knife has a sharp point or edge.


sharpened

sharpen (canonical)
sharpens (third-person singular)
sharpened (past)
sharpened (past participle)
sharpening (present participle)

The past tense and past participle of sharpen.


mats

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


freeborn

born free and with natural rights rather than being a slave or a servant


brainiest

The superlative form of brainy; most brainy.


unbearable

A condition which is so extreme that you want to stop experiencing it is unbearable.

The heat was unbearable.

Her sadness was unbearable.


paternal

Paternal is the adjective related to the noun 'father'.

A paternal inheritance is one which comes from your father.


pregnancy

She was in the third month of her pregnancy.


mini-

You use mini- before words when the object is smaller than usual objects of that type.

Look at that mini elephant! It is so small!


costumes

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


costumes

The third-person singular form of costume.


quangos

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


bride

A bride is a wife, the female partner in a marriage. Most used for the period of time around the marriage ceremony.

Jill was the bride, and Jack was the bridegroom.


shortening

shortening (singular)
shortenings (plural)

Shortening is fat that is used to make pastry.


shortening

shorten (canonical)
shortens (third-person singular)
shortened (past)
shortened (past participle)
shortening (present participle)


intolerable

intolerable (positive)
more intolerable (comparative)
most intolerable (superlative)

If something is intolerable, you can't tolerate it or stand it.

What's that awful noise? It's intolerable!


rubbers

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


gee

When you say "Gee!", it is an expression of delight.

Gee! It is a new toy!


snout

The snout is the front part of the head of a mammal.

Dogs have big snouts, but we have almost none.


hooray

You use "hooray" to show happiness, especially when you have won something.

Hooray! Dad is bring us to the theme park.


ballad

Between the fast numbers, she sang ballads.


gestate

If a female mammal is gestating, it means she is carrying a baby (she is pregnant)


duo

The duo were like brothers, never being separated.


criticises

The third-person singular form of criticise.


criticize

criticize (canonical)
criticizes (third-person singular)
criticized (past)
criticized (past participle)
criticizing (present participle)

If you criticize something, you point out its flaws or faults.

The opposition criticized the cost of the proposed program.


clinics

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

There is a row of clinics at the end of this street.


trombones

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


rubber

The ball is made of rubber.


vice

Smoking is a vice.

A vice is an instrument that consists of two jaws and is closed by a screw or lever. It is used for holding work, such as filing.


vice

vice (canonical)
vices (third-person singular)
viced (past)
viced (past participle)
vicing (present participle)

If you vice something, you clamp it with a vice.


dyslexia

Dyslexia is a learning problem that makes it difficult to read. This may cause difficulties in writing also.

He is not able to do well in school because he has dyslexia.


serrated

A serrated knife is one with a jagged edge.

We cut bread with a serrated bread knife.


high school

high school (singular)
high schools (plural)

John went to high school in England.


copes

cope (canonical)
copes (third-person singular)
coped (past)
coped (past participle)
coping (present participle)


despot

A despot is a totalitarian autocrat or dictator, a person who rules without the need for a senate or parliament.

The emperor Domitian was a despot.


semi-

The prefix semi- is used before a noun to show that it is a half.

This house is a semi-detached type of house.

My father owns a semi-automatic rifle.


insolence

Insolence is the quality of insulting arrogance, and offensiveness.

When Brummel said "Who's your fat friend?" the Prince of Wales thought it was insolence.


LMFAO

A short way of saying "laughing my fucking ass off" when you are talking on the internet.


coped

The past tense and past participle of cope.


trunks

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


choke

choke (canonical)
chokes (third-person singular)
choked (past)
choked (past participle)
choking (present participle)

Not being able to breathe because something stops your windpipe.

Trying to make someone stop breathing by squeezing their throat.

To perform badly at an important part of a contest because you are fearful, especially when you are winning.

A part of a cave to be partly or completely blocked by rocks, mud, or other things.

To move your fingers very close to the tip of a pencil, brush or other art tool.


choke

A control on a carburetor to change the air or fuel mixture when the engine is cold.

In wrestling, karate, or other sports, grabbing someone in a way that can make them stop breathing.

A pressure at the muzzle part of a shotgun barrel which changes the spread of the shot.

A slight or complete block (of rocks, mud, or other things) in a cave passage.


hood

A hood is a covering for the head. It covers the top, back and sides of the head. By extension, other objects may have hoods: cars, some flowers.

The monk was wearing a hood.

A hood is another word for neighbourhood.

I've lived in the hood for five years.


intact

Intact means untouched or at least not spoilt.

Yellowstone is a still a mostly intact ecosystem.


rope

A rope is a long thick line made of hemp twisted together. They are used to pull things, for example to pull sails on boats, and to attach things together.


rope

rope (canonical)
ropes (third-person singular)
roped (past)
roped (past participle)
roping (present participle)

If you rope something, you tie it with rope.


trombone

A trombone is a musical instrument that uses the slide to play notes.

He picked up the trombone and started playing the national anthem.


B-movie

A B-movie is a film that was made with a small amount of money and made not very well.

I did not like the B-movie I saw yesterday.


slim

slim (positive)
slimmer (comparative)
slimmest (superlative)

When someone is slim, they are thin and not fat.

She is so slim that she looks like a wooden stick.


maternal

Maternal is the adjective related to the noun 'mother'.

Maternal inheritance is what you inherit from your mother.


dancer

Fred Astaire was a famous dancer.

I'm a really bad dancer.


headline

Something that is on a front cover page. Especially on newspapers.

His marriage hit the headlines yesterday.


magnet

A magnet is a natural object which can attract magnetic objects such as steel or iron.

Never place magnets near credit cards, or all the info in it will be lost.


gestated

gestate (canonical)
gestates (third-person singular)
gestated (past)
gestated (past participle)
gestating (present participle)

The past tense and past participle of gestate.


vet

We took all of our pets to the vet.

A veteran, somebody who used to be in the military.

My grandfather was a World War II vet. He used to tell stories about fighting in France.


vet

vet (canonical)
vets (third-person singular)
vetted (past)
vetted (past participle)
vetting (present participle)

If you vet someone, you investigate them carefully and critically.

The FBI vets all nominees to the Federal bench.


vets

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


drilling

drill (canonical)
drills (third-person singular)
drilled (past)
drilled (past participle)
drilling (present participle)


sausage

A sausage is a piece of food that is made of chicken, pork and other meats.

Sausages are mass-produced in factories.


trunk

The trunk of a tree is the part between the roots and the branches.

The trunk is the long thing on an elephant's face, used for holding things.

A trunk is a large box made from wood that can be locked, used to store things.

In cars, the trunk is the back part, used for storage.


laboratory

laboratory (singular)
laboratories (plural)

A laboratory is a place for scientists to experiment on new things.

The little child entered the laboratory by mistake.


quagmire

A soft and muddy or swampy area of ground.


flute

A flute is a musical instrument that you blow into to make sound.

He played the flute so much better than his seniors that he became the best player in the band.


fade

fade (canonical)
fades (third-person singular)
faded (past)
faded (past participle)
fading (present participle)

When something fades, it slowly disappears.

The mysterious figure slowly faded into the darkness.


shield

A piece of metal that is used for defense.

A soldier carried a sword and a shield to fight in the past.


menu

A menu is a small book for displaying the type of food sold in a restaurant.

We collected the menu from the waiter after we sat down in the fast food restaurant.

A menu is also a home page of games, similar to main menu

After I turned on the game console, I was brought to the menu.


pars

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


pars

par (canonical)
pars (third-person singular)
parred (past)
parred (past participle)
parring (present participle)


appeases

appease (canonical)
appeases (third-person singular)
appeased (past)
appeased (past participle)
appeasing (present participle)

The third-person singular form of appease.


drilled

The past tense and past participle of drill.


realtor

A realtor is a person or business that helps people sell or rent real estate. They are a type of agent.

The realtor helped us sell the house.


quango

A quango is a British term for a public body which runs itself, but is paid for by the government. See devolution.

English Heritage is a quango because it is paid for by the government, but it manages itself.


supper

A meal taken at night, after dinner. It is usually eating snacks and not eating heavy meals.

It is not good to have suppers too often. It is very unhealthy.


threaded

thread (canonical)
threads (third-person singular)
threaded (past)
threaded (past participle)
threading (present participle)

The past tense and past participle of thread.


threaded

A threaded object contains structures that allow it to be fit into similar structures. A screw is an example.


ridiculing

ridicule (canonical)
ridicules (third-person singular)
ridiculed (past)
ridiculed (past participle)
ridiculing (present participle)


sore

A feeling of the muscles being very tired.

My arm is sore after all the exercises.


ridicules

The third-person singular form of ridicule.


cognate

One related by blood or origin with another, especially a person sharing an ancestor with another.

A word related to one in another language.


cognate

Related by blood; having a common ancestor.

Related in origin, as certain words in genetically related languages descended from the same ancestral root; for example, English name and Latin nmen from Indo-European *n-men-.

Related or analogous in nature, character, or function.


shorten

shorten (canonical)
shortens (third-person singular)
shortened (past)
shortened (past participle)
shortening (present participle)

If you shorten something, you make it shorter.

This document is too long. You must shorten it by 200 words.


litre

A litre is a measurement of water. 1000 millilitres = 1 litre.

To make this cake, you need to first mix 1 litre of water with a spoonful of flour.


criticisms

criticism (singular)
criticisms (plural)

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


ridiculed

The past tense and past participle of ridicule.


multiple

We ran into multiple problems, but we solved them all.


multiple

3, 6, 9 and 12 are multiples of 3.


sweep

sweep (canonical)
sweeps (third-person singular)
swept (past)
swept (past participle)
sweeping (present participle)

When you sweep the floor, you use the broom to clean it.

The road cleaner swept the roads clean.


oral

Oral history, arguments, etc. are spoken, not written.

Oral health, cancer, etc. is issues of the mouth.

Oral medicine is medicine you put in your mouth and swallow.


oral

An oral is an examination that is spoken, usually for the languages.


shelter

A shelter is a place which can protect someone from the rain and sun.

There is no shelter nearby. I wonder how we can get out of this heavy rain.


diners

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


drift

drift (canonical)
drifts (third-person singular)
drifted (past)
drifted (past participle)
drifting (present participle)

An action when an object moves towards the earth slowly.

The plane ran out of fuel, therefore it had to drift slowly down to the nearby airport.


mobile

A mobile is a small device that can be used to call someone.


mobile

Something capable of being moved is said to be mobile.


clinic

A clinic is a place to see the doctor for health checkups or to buy medicine.

He felt ill yesterday, so he had to visit the clinic to buy some medicine.


chunks

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


voucher

A voucher is a special piece of paper which can be used to get discounts on products.

The insurance company was celebrating its 50th anniversary, therefore every new customer was given a $10 voucher.


huddling

huddle (canonical)
huddles (third-person singular)
huddled (past)
huddled (past participle)
huddling (present participle)


treachery

treachery (singular)
treacheries (plural)

Treachery is behaviour which cannot be trusted: to break faith or betray.

King John was known for his treachery.


treachery

His behaviour was treacherous.

Sometimes the weather is treacherous.


millimetre

millimetre (singular)
millimetres (plural)

A millimetre is one tenth of a centimetre.

The smallest measurement of a ruler is the millimetre. You need another tool to measure objects smaller than that.


insist

insist (canonical)
insists (third-person singular)
insisted (past)
insisted (past participle)
insisting (present participle)

To insist means to get your own way without listening to other people's comments.

He insisted on eating out. His wife, therefore, had no choice but to also do so.


tyres

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


numerous

numerous (positive)
more numerous (comparative)
most numerous (superlative)

If something is numerous, it is in large amount.

Why are there numerous ants here?


nervous

nervous (positive)
more nervous (comparative)
most nervous (superlative)

If you are nervous, you are tense and worried about something.

I am nervous about my examinations.

Nervous system.


Singapore

Singapore is a small country in Southeast Asia.

Singapore is a small country although it is well known in many countries.


seduces

seduce (canonical)
seduces (third-person singular)
seduced (past)
seduced (past participle)
seducing (present participle)

The third-person singular form of seduce.


dial

dial (canonical)
dials (third-person singular)
dialed (past)
dialed (past participle)
dialing (present participle)

To dial means to use a telephone to do a call.

I picked up the phone to dial my boss.


brisk

brisker (comparative)
briskest (superlative)
brisk (positive)
more brisk (comparative)
most brisk (superlative)

We took a brisk walk yesterday.


ropes

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


ropes

rope (canonical)
ropes (third-person singular)
roped (past)
roped (past participle)
roping (present participle)


cot

A cot is a simple bed, one that can be portable or used only for a short time, such as when camping.

The baby was sleeping in the cot.

We set our cot for our visit to the mountains.


tyre

A tyre is the outer part of a car wheel. It is usually made of rubber.


pamphlets

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


inhibit

inhibit (canonical)
inhibits (third-person singular)
inhibited (past)
inhibited (past participle)
inhibiting (present participle)

To inhibit is to stop something happening, or to make it happen less.

She wanted to kiss him, but was inhibited by the onlookers.


appeased

appease (canonical)
appeases (third-person singular)
appeased (past)
appeased (past participle)
appeasing (present participle)

The past tense and past participle of appease.


smack

smack (canonical)
smacks (third-person singular)
smacked (past)
smacked (past participle)
smacking (present participle)

I smacked him for talking back to me.


skip

skip (canonical)
skips (third-person singular)
skipped (past)
skipped (past participle)
skipping (present participle)

An act of overlooking something on purpose.

This question has an error. Just skip it.

Squealer skipped from side to side.


infect

infect (canonical)
infects (third-person singular)
infected (past)
infected (past participle)
infecting (present participle)

When someone is infected by something, they come into contact with something that causes sickness.

Don't go near him, or he will infect you with his illness.


glances

glance (canonical)
glances (third-person singular)
glanced (past)
glanced (past participle)
glancing (present participle)

The third-person singular form of glance.


drills

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


drills

drill (canonical)
drills (third-person singular)
drilled (past)
drilled (past participle)
drilling (present participle)

The third-person singular form of drill.


melt

melt (canonical)
melts (third-person singular)
melted (past)
melted (past participle)
melting (present participle)

Melting is a process of an object changing from the solid state to the liquid state without a change in temperature.

The ice melted under the hot sun.


burlesques

burlesque (singular)
burlesques (plural)

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


burlesques

burlesque (canonical)
burlesques (third-person singular)
burlesqued (past)
burlesqued (past participle)
burlesquing (present participle)

The third-person singular form of burlesque.


glow

glow (canonical)
glows (third-person singular)
glowed (past)
glowed (past participle)
glowing (present participle)

The lamp glowed in the dark road.


enclosures

enclosure (singular)
enclosures (plural)

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


lap

The thighs. Usually used when one is sitting down.

The baby was tired, so he rested down on his mother's lap.


lap

lap (canonical)
laps (third-person singular)
lapped (past)
lapped (past participle)
lapping (present participle)

An animal laps when it uses its tongue to drink milk or water.


seduced

seduce (canonical)
seduces (third-person singular)
seduced (past)
seduced (past participle)
seducing (present participle)


snap

snap (canonical)
snaps (third-person singular)
snapped (past)
snapped (past participle)
snapping (present participle)

He snapped the ruler into two by accident.


interfere

interfere (canonical)
interferes (third-person singular)
interfered (past)
interfered (past participle)
interfering (present participle)

An act of minding other people's business.

He is a busybody who goes around interfering with other people's business.


plopping

plop (canonical)
plops (third-person singular)
plopped (past)
plopped (past participle)
plopping (present participle)


cinema

A cinema is a building that shows movies.

The cinema in my town has two screens and has four showings every day.


jest

A jest is a joke or a prank, made in fun.

It was only a jest, a piece of fun.


jest

jest (canonical)
jests (third-person singular)
jested (past)
jested (past participle)
jesting (present participle)

To jest is to joke or make fun of something.

Don't jest about serious things.

He jested about her, but it turned out he was really serious.

He was just jesting.


jig

A jig is a light, quick musical dance or movement.

A jig is a device that is used in manufacturing or woodworking and is used to control the location and movement of the workpiece.


buffers

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


drown

drown (canonical)
drowns (third-person singular)
drowned (past)
drowned (past participle)
drowning (present participle)

To drown is an action where someone is struggling in water.

I remembered when I was young, I nearly drowned in the lake near my house.

The effect of drowning can also be produced intentionally.

If you drown something, you lose, make hard to find or unnoticeable in a great mass.

The CIA collects so much information that the actual answers it should seek are often drowned in the flood of reports.


frustrates

frustrate (canonical)
frustrates (third-person singular)
frustrated (past)
frustrated (past participle)
frustrating (present participle)

The third-person singular form of frustrate.


chunk

A chunk is a part of something that has been separated.

The statue broke into chunks.


dispose

dispose (canonical)
disposes (third-person singular)
disposed (past)
disposed (past participle)
disposing (present participle)

If you dispose something, it means that you throw away that thing.

That toy was so torn and tattered that I disposed it away immediately.


stare

stare (canonical)
stares (third-person singular)
stared (past)
stared (past participle)
staring (present participle)

When someone is looking at you for a very long time, he is staring at you.

Why are so many people staring at me?


criticism

criticism (singular)
criticisms (plural)

Their marriage received a lot of criticism from their families.


nipped

nip (canonical)
nips (third-person singular)
nipped (past)
nipped (past participle)
nipping (present participle)


glanced

glance (canonical)
glances (third-person singular)
glanced (past)
glanced (past participle)
glancing (present participle)

The past tense and past participle of glance.


ridicule

Aristophanes shocked the Athenians with his ridicule of their sincerely-held beliefs.


ridicule

ridicule (canonical)
ridicules (third-person singular)
ridiculed (past)
ridiculed (past participle)
ridiculing (present participle)

To ridicule is to make fun of, or mock, someone or something.

To ridicule a powerful man is to take a big risk.


miserable

miserable (positive)
more miserable (comparative)
most miserable (superlative)

In a state of misery: very sad, ill, or poor.

ˈmɪzəreɪˌbəl


poles

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


diner

A diner is a place where people go to eat. It is like a cheap restaurant.

The diner downtown was always busy late at night.

The waitress made sure to keep the diner's coffee cup full.


housewife

housewife (singular)
housewives (plural)

A housewife is a woman in a household who does all or many of the chores such as cooking, cleaning, and caring for children.

By and large, mothers and housewives are the only workers who do not have regular time off. – Anne Morrow Lindbergh


racists

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


missions

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


dreaded

dread (canonical)
dreads (third-person singular)
dreaded (past)
dreaded (past participle)
dreading (present participle)

The past tense and past participle of dread.


dining

dine (canonical)
dines (third-person singular)
dined (past)
dined (past participle)
dining (present participle)


dormant

When something is dormant, it means that it is not active.

That is a dormant volcano.


buffer

A buffer is a physical object at the end of a train line which stops the train going any further.

Trains stop at the buffers.

That is a buffer to prevent war. No military people may cross it.

A telomere is a buffer at the ends of a chromosome.

A buffer (computer software) is a zone that can be read and written to. It usually holds back data until it is fine to be used.

Let's try to turn off the buffering setting in the game's video settings.


hesitate

hesitate (canonical)
hesitates (third-person singular)
hesitated (past)
hesitated (past participle)
hesitating (present participle)

When someone hesitates, they have doubts about something and therefore do not act, or stop the action.

He hesitated for a while before signing the contract.


slaughter

We kill cows in a slaughter-house.

The end of a battle is often a slaughter of men.


slaughter

slaughter (canonical)
slaughters (third-person singular)
slaughtered (past)
slaughtered (past participle)
slaughtering (present participle)

To slaughter is to kill many men or animals.


inherit

inherit (canonical)
inherits (third-person singular)
inherited (past)
inherited (past participle)
inheriting (present participle)

Getting the characteristics of its parents.

He inherited the double eyelids of his mother.

She inherited her father's billion dollar fortune.


treacheries

treachery (singular)
treacheries (plural)

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


dine

We usually dine at four o'clock, because that is when we get hungry.


miracle

A miracle is an amazing thing that happened that seemed very unlikely to happen.

Thanks to a miracle, Jane recovered from the final stage of cancer.


tolerance

tolerance (singular)
tolerances (plural)

Your tolerance for drugs, alcohol, danger, pain, etc. is your ability to take them without a bad effect.

Tolerance is the ability to accept the opinions, beliefs and customs of other people.


offend

offend (canonical)
offends (third-person singular)
offended (past)
offended (past participle)
offending (present participle)

An act when someone makes another person unhappy. To offend someone is to make them feel disgust.

Don't offend him. It's not nice. He may fight back.


equators

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


pamphlet

A pamphlet is a small book of printed information that is usually not bound between hard covers.

The protesters passed out pamphlets explaining their cause.


shackle

A shackle is a restraint, originally leg-irons which made movement slow and difficult. By extension, it means anything that limits what people do.

Laws are meant as shackles to prevent governments doing whatever they wish.


shackle

shackle (canonical)
shackles (third-person singular)
shackled (past)
shackled (past participle)
shackling (present participle)

To shackle is to limit or restrain what can be done.

He could scarcely move after they shackled him.

Marriage shackled him.


mask

A mask is something you wear over your face for protection, or to disguise yourself.

The health ministry recommended wearing masks when going outdoors due to the forest fires in the next town.


mask

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

If you mask A, you cover or disguise A with B.


shell

A hard object that can be found on beaches.

I have a collection of colorful shells at home which I have collected when I visit the beach.


shell

shell (canonical)
shells (third-person singular)
shelled (past)
shelled (past participle)
shelling (present participle)

The shelling of the South Korean island is a major event that happened in 2010.


vouchers

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


cognates

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


glance

To look for a short moment (at something).

She glanced at her reflection as she passed the mirror.


World Wide Web

A system of websites, and a large part of the Internet.


frustrate

frustrate (canonical)
frustrates (third-person singular)
frustrated (past)
frustrated (past participle)
frustrating (present participle)

If you frustrate someone, then you make him annoyed or upset.

He is frustrated because his car is broken and doesn't start.


nipping

nip (canonical)
nips (third-person singular)
nipped (past)
nipped (past participle)
nipping (present participle)

The past tense and past participle of nip.


antioxidant

antioxidant (singular)
antioxidants (plural)

An antioxidant is something that slows or stops the oxidation of another chemical.

An antioxidant is a vitamin that can fights the harmful effects of oxidation in animal and human tissues.

There are many helpful antioxidants in tea.


activating

activate (canonical)
activates (third-person singular)
activated (past)
activated (past participle)
activating (present participle)


concerting

concert (canonical)
concerts (third-person singular)
concerted (past)
concerted (past participle)
concerting (present participle)


distresses

distress (canonical)
distresses (third-person singular)
distressed (past)
distressed (past participle)
distressing (present participle)

The third-person singular form of distress.


slap

slap (canonical)
slaps (third-person singular)
slapped (past)
slapped (past participle)
slapping (present participle)

When you slap someone, you use something to hit another person, usually with something flat.

Jane's boyfriend cheated her and she slapped him when she heard about it.

Josh got mad at Tommy and slapped him really hard.


theology

Theology is the study of religion and God/gods.


stack

There is a stack of books outside. Are those yours?

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stack

stack (canonical)
stacks (third-person singular)
stacked (past)
stacked (past participle)
stacking (present participle)

When you stack something, you put something similar on top of one another to form a pile.

I stacked up the books at one side.


rip

rip (canonical)
rips (third-person singular)
ripped (past)
ripped (past participle)
ripping (present participle)

In anger, I ripped the page and threw it in his face.


offsprings

offspring (singular)
offsprings (plural)

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


photocopy

photocopy (singular)
photocopies (plural)

Please submit a photocopy of your birth certificate.


photocopy

photocopy (canonical)
photocopies (third-person singular)
photocopied (past)
photocopied (past participle)
photocopying (present participle)

If you photocopy something, you make a duplicate of the original.

It is illegal to photocopy more than 10% of a book.


scribble

scribble (canonical)
scribbles (third-person singular)
scribbled (past)
scribbled (past participle)
scribbling (present participle)

If you scribble something, you write it or draw it quickly.

I scribbled the licence plate number on a piece of paper before the car drove away.


huddled

huddle (canonical)
huddles (third-person singular)
huddled (past)
huddled (past participle)
huddling (present participle)

The past tense and past participle of huddle.


dined

dine (canonical)
dines (third-person singular)
dined (past)
dined (past participle)
dining (present participle)

The past tense and past participle of dine.


inject

inject (canonical)
injects (third-person singular)
injected (past)
injected (past participle)
injecting (present participle)

An act of getting something (usually medicine) into the blood of someone.

The nurse injected a medicine into my body which is useful for my immunity.

My mother injected more money into my insurance.


nosed

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

The past tense and past participle of nose.


slice

A slice is a piece of something that has been sliced.

I like to have my sandwich with a couple slices of ham it in.


slice

slice (canonical)
slices (third-person singular)
sliced (past)
sliced (past participle)
slicing (present participle)

An act of cutting meat using a small knife.

I sliced the fish and placed it into another bowl.


faint

faint (canonical)
faints (third-person singular)
fainted (past)
fainted (past participle)
fainting (present participle)

When someone faints, they suddenly become unconscious and cannot be woken up easily.

Get help quick! Someone has fainted here!

Under a hot sun, humans faint easily.


faint

faint (positive)
fainter (comparative)
faintest (superlative)

When something is faint, it is not clear, very small.

The writing was faint.


seducing

seduce (canonical)
seduces (third-person singular)
seduced (past)
seduced (past participle)
seducing (present participle)

The past tense and past participle of seduce.


drip

The tap is spoiled. Water just keeps coming down drip by drip.


drip

drip (canonical)
drips (third-person singular)
dripped (past)
dripped (past participle)
dripping (present participle)

If something is dripping, it is falling one drop at a time.

My pen has been dripping throughout the day.


pole

A pole is a long stick that is used for grabbing for support.

Grab the pole there to keep your balance on this old bus.


distressed

distress (canonical)
distresses (third-person singular)
distressed (past)
distressed (past participle)
distressing (present participle)

The past tense and past participle of distress.


poked

poke (canonical)
pokes (third-person singular)
poked (past)
poked (past participle)
poking (present participle)

The past tense and past participle of poke.


speculate

speculate (canonical)
speculates (third-person singular)
speculated (past)
speculated (past participle)
speculating (present participle)

When you speculate, you guess about the truth when you don't have all the important information.

I speculated that Tom and Jerry's marriage would not last a year.

It was speculated that the artist had been murdered.

If you speculate, you make risky investments with the hope of making a large profit.

He lost a lot of money by speculating in stocks.


disguising

disguise (canonical)
disguises (third-person singular)
disguised (past)
disguised (past participle)
disguising (present participle)


antioxidants

antioxidant (singular)
antioxidants (plural)

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


triumph

His discovery of the electron was a great triumph.

A Triumph was the ceremonial entry of a victorious general into Rome.

When Caesar returned to Rome he qualified for a Triumph.


triumph

triumph (canonical)
triumphs (third-person singular)
triumphed (past)
triumphed (past participle)
triumphing (present participle)

To triumph is to gain a victory or be successful.

He triumphed over adversity.


dip

A dip is a lower section of a road or geological feature.

There is a dip in the road ahead.

A dip is a short swim to refresh oneself.

I’m going for a dip before breakfast.

This onion dip is just scrumptious.


dip

dip (canonical)
dips (third-person singular)
dipped (past)
dipped (past participle)
dipping (present participle)

To dip is an act when something is placed into a liquid.

I slowly dipped the towel into the bowl of water.


sniff

sniff (canonical)
sniffs (third-person singular)
sniffed (past)
sniffed (past participle)
sniffing (present participle)

An act of breathing to find out what the smell is.

The dog sniffed the floor to find for any bones.


drill

A drill is an object used to dig a hole.

He used the drill to make a hole on the wall.

A practice before a major event is called a drill.

Our school often conduct fire drills to train us in case of a real fire.


drill

drill (canonical)
drills (third-person singular)
drilled (past)
drilled (past participle)
drilling (present participle)

If you drill a hole, you use a drill to make a hole in something.

We must drill six holes in the wood for the screws.

If you drill some information into someone's head, you make them review it again and again until they remember it.

My teacher tried all ways to drill the mathematical concept into my head.


concerted

concert (canonical)
concerts (third-person singular)
concerted (past)
concerted (past participle)
concerting (present participle)

The past tense and past participle of concert.


concerted

concerted (positive)
more concerted (comparative)
most concerted (superlative)

When something is done with a concerted effort, it means that the action was an effort done by many people doing the same thing together.

This project was a concerted effort by my team.

After the earthquake, the government directed a very concerted effort to help the survivors.


soak

soak (canonical)
soaks (third-person singular)
soaked (past)
soaked (past participle)
soaking (present participle)

An act of putting a piece of cloth or something made of thread or silk into a basin of water.

I soaked my dirty clothes into the soap water.


sneak

sneaked (past)
sneaked (past participle)
sneak (canonical)
sneaks (third-person singular)
snuck (past)
snuck (past participle)
sneaking (present participle)

If you sneak, you walk into a place quietly, usually to avoid being noticed by other people of that place.

The burglar sneaked into the room while we were sleeping and stole a bag of jewelries.


activated

activate (canonical)
activates (third-person singular)
activated (past)
activated (past participle)
activating (present participle)

The past tense and past participle of activate.


burlesque

burlesque (singular)
burlesques (plural)

Burlesque is a kind of humorous theatrical entertainment. Exaggeration, and vulgar songs and dance may occur.

Burlesque is a vulgar copy of the respectable world.


burlesque

burlesque (canonical)
burlesques (third-person singular)
burlesqued (past)
burlesqued (past participle)
burlesquing (present participle)

If you burlesque, you make a burlesque parody of something.


pronounces

pronounce (canonical)
pronounces (third-person singular)
pronounced (past)
pronounced (past participle)
pronouncing (present participle)

The third-person singular form of pronounce.


consequent

The warming of the Earth and the consequent climatic changes affect us all.


consequent

If x is consequent on y, x happens as a result of y.

The flooding of the river was consequent on the heavy rain.


cinemas

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


stain

There is an ugly stain on my shirt.


stain

stain (canonical)
stains (third-person singular)
stained (past)
stained (past participle)
staining (present participle)

If you stain something, you discolor it by spilling or other contact with a fluid or substance.

to stain the hand with dye

armour stained with blood

If you stain someone's reputation, you taint or tarnish it.


rips

rip (canonical)
rips (third-person singular)
ripped (past)
ripped (past participle)
ripping (present participle)


appease

appease (canonical)
appeases (third-person singular)
appeased (past)
appeased (past participle)
appeasing (present participle)

To appease is to calm down an angry or dangerous person.

She was so angry, but he managed to appease her.


spark

A spark is something that is created by rubbing two objects quickly. Used for starting fires with fuels.

This lighter does not work anymore. It does not produce any sparks.


spark

spark (canonical)
sparks (third-person singular)
sparked (past)
sparked (past participle)
sparking (present participle)

His strange attire sparked comment.


shackling

shackle (canonical)
shackles (third-person singular)
shackled (past)
shackled (past participle)
shackling (present participle)


California

California is a state in the United States of America.

Los Angeles is a city in California.


age of majority

age of majority (singular)
ages of majority (plural)

The age of majority is the age at which and above which a person is a legal adult in most states.

When a person reaches his state's age of majority, he becomes independent of his parents.


huddle

A huddle is a group of people that are tight and not orderly.

In football, a huddle is a short meeting of all the players from one team that are on the field to plan their next play.


huddle

huddle (canonical)
huddles (third-person singular)
huddled (past)
huddled (past participle)
huddling (present participle)

to crowd together, usually when unhappy or afraid

The girls huddled together to get warm.

to bend your legs to your chest and lean over, getting into a position like an embryo in a womb


scan

scan (canonical)
scans (third-person singular)
scanned (past)
scanned (past participle)
scanning (present participle)

An act of looking through something quickly.

I scanned through the page to find the information I was looking for.


slaughters

slaughter (canonical)
slaughters (third-person singular)
slaughtered (past)
slaughtered (past participle)
slaughtering (present participle)

The third-person singular form of slaughter.


ripped

The past tense and past participle of rip.


clips

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


shackled

The past tense and past participle of shackle.


slaughtered

The past tense and past participle of slaughter.


climate

The desert is a very hot climate to be in.


triumphing

triumph (canonical)
triumphs (third-person singular)
triumphed (past)
triumphed (past participle)
triumphing (present participle)


stains

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


stains

The third-person singular form of stain.


mission

A mission is a quest given by someone to gain something.

The Interpol is on a mission to find the international terrorists.


offspring

offspring (singular)
offsprings or offspring (plural)

An offspring is either the sons, daughters, or immediate descendants of a human, animal or plant.

That lioness just gave birth to two offspring!


Singaporean

Singaporean (singular)
Singaporeans (plural)

A Singaporean is a person from Singapore.

He is a Singaporean living overseas.


Singaporean

Something or someone that is Singaporean comes from Singapore.


inhibits

inhibit (canonical)
inhibits (third-person singular)
inhibited (past)
inhibited (past participle)
inhibiting (present participle)

The third-person singular form of inhibit.


enclosure

enclosure (singular)
enclosures (plural)

An area closed partially or entirely by barriers.

He faced punishment for creating the fenced enclosure in a public park.


headlines

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


disguises

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


disguises

disguise (canonical)
disguises (third-person singular)
disguised (past)
disguised (past participle)
disguising (present participle)

The third-person singular form of disguise.


jested

jest (canonical)
jests (third-person singular)
jested (past)
jested (past participle)
jesting (present participle)

The past tense and past participle of jest.


equator

The equator is the line that separates the Northern Hemisphere and Southern Hemisphere equally. A Latin word for "even-maker", since the days and nights are even throughout the year.

The climate around the equator is very humid.


leak

A hole in a tube. Usually used for gas tubes and water pipes.

Quick! Get a plumber! I have found a leak in this pipe.


leak

leak (canonical)
leaks (third-person singular)
leaked (past)
leaked (past participle)
leaking (present participle)

An action when someone reveals a secret to the public.

Don't tell him about this. He will leak it out.


insisting

insist (canonical)
insists (third-person singular)
insisted (past)
insisted (past participle)
insisting (present participle)


dread

Dread is the feeling of fear of meeting, facing, or dealing with something.

The idea of giving a speech in front of everyone filled her with dread.

A dread is a long matted string of hair.


dread

dread (canonical)
dreads (third-person singular)
dreaded (past)
dreaded (past participle)
dreading (present participle)

If you dread something, you have a strong fear of meeting, facing, or dealing with it.

He dreaded the moment that she would leave him.


par

Par could mean with the same value or quality.

The car was cheaper but on par with the others.

The number of shots needed to reach the hole.

He needs to make this shot for par.


par

par (canonical)
pars (third-person singular)
parred (past)
parred (past participle)
parring (present participle)

To reach the hole in the number of shots needed.

He has to par every hole win this game.


laboratories

laboratory (singular)
laboratories (plural)

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


poking

poke (canonical)
pokes (third-person singular)
poked (past)
poked (past participle)
poking (present participle)


admonish

admonish (canonical)
admonishes (third-person singular)
admonished (past)
admonished (past participle)
admonishing (present participle)

When you admonish someone, you scold or lecture the person.


cubbing

cub (canonical)
cubs (third-person singular)
cubbed (past)
cubbed (past participle)
cubbing (present participle)


nosing

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


disgrace

A shame to someone or a group of people.

The worst thing in life is being a disgrace.


disgrace

disgrace (canonical)
disgraces (third-person singular)
disgraced (past)
disgraced (past participle)
disgracing (present participle)

To bring disgrace or shame to yourself or someone else

The journalist disgraced the Congressman by telling the public of his sex scandal.


substitute

substitute (singular)
substitutes (plural)

A substitute is a person on standby for a sport team or school teacher.

Although he was only a substitute for the team, but he played very well during yesterday's match.


substitute

substitute (canonical)
substitutes (third-person singular)
substituted (past)
substituted (past participle)
substituting (present participle)

If you substitute x for y, you don't use y and use x instead.

You may substitute fresh lime juice for lemon juice


rickrolled

rickroll (canonical)
rickrolls (third-person singular)
rickrolled (past)
rickrolled (past participle)
rickrolling (present participle)


pioneered

pioneer (canonical)
pioneers (third-person singular)
pioneered (past)
pioneered (past participle)
pioneering (present participle)

The past tense and past participle of pioneer.


gesture

gesture (canonical)
gestures (third-person singular)
gestured (past)
gestured (past participle)
gesturing (present participle)

Our old neighbor gestured to us across the road.

/ˈd͡ʒest͡ʃə/


flutes

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


gasp

gasp (canonical)
gasps (third-person singular)
gasped (past)
gasped (past participle)
gasping (present participle)

To gasp is the act of drawing in the breath suddenly, as if surprised.

The audience gasped as the rabbit came out of the magician's hat.


transformer

transformer (singular)
transformers (plural)


cubbed

The past tense and past participle of cub.


necessity

necessity (singular)
necessities (plural)

Is that toy really a necessity to you?


activate

activate (canonical)
activates (third-person singular)
activated (past)
activated (past participle)
activating (present participle)

To activate means to make something active.

The machine activated the screensaver because it was idle.


squeeze

squeeze (canonical)
squeezes (third-person singular)
squeezed (past)
squeezed (past participle)
squeezing (present participle)

When you squeeze something, you press it very tightly in your hand.

I squeezed orange juice from the orange with my bare hands!


seal

We saw seals at the theme park performing tricks.

A form of signature to represent a person or a company/service.

Place this seal on your website and it will be trusted by your visitors.


seal

seal (canonical)
seals (third-person singular)
sealed (past)
sealed (past participle)
sealing (present participle)

If you seal something, you close it tightly.

I sealed the bag tightly before putting it into my suitcase.

The room was sealed so no one could enter it.

Many countries have made it illegal to seal.


racist

A racist is someone who believes that people of difference races should be treated differently.

He is a racist. He keeps on saying bad things about the blacks and Arabs.


infinity

Infinity is an unknown number. It is only a concept and not a real number.

No one can count all the way to infinity.


leaks

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


frustrated

frustrate (canonical)
frustrates (third-person singular)
frustrated (past)
frustrated (past participle)
frustrating (present participle)

The past tense and past participle of frustrate.


activates

The third-person singular form of activate.


seduce

seduce (canonical)
seduces (third-person singular)
seduced (past)
seduced (past participle)
seducing (present participle)

To seduce is to trick someone to do something wrong.

To seduce is to persuade someone to be a part of a sexual relationship

To seduce is to charm or attract someone


tease

tease (canonical)
teases (third-person singular)
teased (past)
teased (past participle)
teasing (present participle)

An act of making fun of somebody. Usually for enjoyment and is not a personal attack.

We were good friends that often tease each other.

If you tease a person, you entice or tempt them.


curls

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


curls

curl (canonical)
curls (third-person singular)
curled (past)
curled (past participle)
curling (present participle)


insisted

insist (canonical)
insists (third-person singular)
insisted (past)
insisted (past participle)
insisting (present participle)

The past tense and past participle of insist.


insists

The third-person singular form of insist.


rocketed

rocket (canonical)
rockets (third-person singular)
rocketed (past)
rocketed (past participle)
rocketing (present participle)

The past tense and past participle of rocket.


exceptional

exceptional (positive)
more exceptional (comparative)
most exceptional (superlative)

I scored ninety percent on the test. My parents thought it exceptional, for math was a difficult subject for me.

Under exceptional circumstances, the elder allowed the child to stay outside past his curfew.


triumphed

triumph (canonical)
triumphs (third-person singular)
triumphed (past)
triumphed (past participle)
triumphing (present participle)

The past tense and past participle of triumph.


influential

influential (positive)
more influential (comparative)
most influential (superlative)

A person or idea that is influential has an effect on others.


dialing

dial (canonical)
dials (third-person singular)
dialed (past)
dialed (past participle)
dialing (present participle)


mends

mend (canonical)
mends (third-person singular)
mended (past)
mended (past participle)
mending (present participle)


dreads

dread (canonical)
dreads (third-person singular)
dreaded (past)
dreaded (past participle)
dreading (present participle)

The third-person singular form of dread.


dreads

If you wear your hair in dreads, you grow it into into long matted strings.

She had the longest dreads I'd ever seen.


jests

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


jests

jest (canonical)
jests (third-person singular)
jested (past)
jested (past participle)
jesting (present participle)


shields

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


flared

flare (canonical)
flares (third-person singular)
flared (past)
flared (past participle)
flaring (present participle)

The past tense and past participle of flare.


rickroll

rickroll (canonical)
rickrolls (third-person singular)
rickrolled (past)
rickrolled (past participle)
rickrolling (present participle)

If you Rickroll someone, you trick them into following a hyperlink that leads to Rick Astley's "Never Gonna Give You Up" as a joke.

I thought I was going to see a sports video, but I got Rickrolled.


sweat

A salty water that is produced naturally by the body.

It is so hot that my whole body is covered with sweat!


sweat

sweat (canonical)
sweats (third-person singular)
sweated (past)
sweated (past participle)
sweating (present participle)

A natural occurrence of the body to allow the body to cool by excreting salty water (see above).

You are sweating so much!


injected

inject (canonical)
injects (third-person singular)
injected (past)
injected (past participle)
injecting (present participle)

The past tense and past participle of inject.


housewives

housewife (singular)
housewives (plural)

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


littered

litter (canonical)
litters (third-person singular)
littered (past)
littered (past participle)
littering (present participle)

The past tense and past participle of litter.