cordage

Cordage is a set of ropes and cords, especially when used for a ship's rigging.

The cordage of the ship stretched during the storm.

Cordage is the amount of wood measured in cords.


superannuate

superannuate (canonical)
superannuates (third-person singular)
superannuated (past)
superannuated (past participle)
superannuating (present participle)

If a person superannuates, they retire due to their age.


Ottoman Empire

The Ottoman Empire was a country in western Asia and eastern Europe from 1299 to 1922.

/ˈɒtəmən ˈɛmpaɪə/


herders

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


lambasts

lambast (canonical)
lambasts (third-person singular)
lambasted (past)
lambasted (past participle)
lambasting (present participle)

The third-person singular form of lambast.


chiffonading

chiffonade (canonical)
chiffonades (third-person singular)
chiffonaded (past)
chiffonaded (past participle)
chiffonading (present participle)


godfathers

godfather (singular)
godfathers (plural)

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


sleepy

sleepy (positive)
sleepier (comparative)
sleepiest (superlative)

If someone is sleepy, that person feels like they need to sleep; they are tired.

My son woke me up at four in the morning, and I had to work until eight at night! Now I'm very sleepy.

If a place is sleepy, it is quiet; there is not a lot happening there.

After I moved to the big city, I missed my sleepy hometown.


dolts

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


hookiest

hooky (positive)
hookier (comparative)
hookiest (superlative)

The superlative form of hooky; most hooky.


boredom

She suffered from boredom because her job was not interesting.


jiggly

jiggly (positive)
jigglier (comparative)
jiggliest (superlative)

/ˈd͡ʒɪɡ.əˌli/


oddly

oddly (positive)
more oddly (comparative)
Superlativemost oddly

To do something oddly is to do it in an odd manner.


deputise

deputise (canonical)
deputises (third-person singular)
deputised (past)
deputised (past participle)
deputising (present participle)

If you deputise a person, you officially authorise them to be a deputy.

If you deputise a person, you officially empower and authorise them to act as a substitute in one's role or office.

Dominic Raab was deputised by Boris Johnson when the latter was down with COVID.


emulating

emulate (canonical)
emulates (third-person singular)
emulated (past)
emulated (past participle)
emulating (present participle)


herder

The herder brought the sheep to the barn.


godmothers

godmother (singular)
godmothers (plural)

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


wriest

wry (positive)
wrier (comparative)
wriest (superlative)


aerosolises

aerosolise (canonical)
aerosolises (third-person singular)
aerosolised (past)
aerosolised (past participle)
aerosolising (present participle)

The third-person singular form of aerosolise.


wryest

wry (positive)
wryer (comparative)
wryest (superlative)


drovers

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


dolt

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goggles

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


goggles

goggle (canonical)
goggles (third-person singular)
goggled (past)
goggled (past participle)
goggling (present participle)

The third-person singular form of goggle.


chiffonades

chiffonade (singular)
chiffonades (plural)

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


chiffonades

The third-person singular form of chiffonade.


putt

A putt is act of tapping a golf ball gently into the hole.


putt

putt (canonical)
putts (third-person singular)
putted (past)
putted (past participle)
putting (present participle)

If a golfer putts, they lightly strike a golf ball with a putter.


arraigned

arraign (canonical)
arraigns (third-person singular)
arraigned (past)
arraigned (past participle)
arraigning (present participle)

The past tense and past participle of arraign.


midday

Midday is twelve o'clock during the day.

Adam awoke at midday because the alarm didn't ring at morning.


gambol

gamboled (past)
gamboled (past participle)
gamboling (present participle)
gambol (canonical)
gambols (third-person singular)
gambolled (past)
gambolled (past participle)
gambolling (present participle)

If a person gambols, they move about in a playful way.

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dealings

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


mailman

A mailman is someone who delivers mail. Mailman usually refers to a man, but it can also be a gender-neutral term.


recurring

recur (canonical)
recurs (third-person singular)
recurred (past)
recurred (past participle)
recurring (present participle)


recurring

recurring (positive)
more recurring (comparative)
most recurring (superlative)

If something is recurring, it is something that happens multiple times.


picket

A picket is a piece of stake that is driven into the ground.

A picket is a protester who stands outside a building during a strike.


picket

picket (canonical)
pickets (third-person singular)
picketed (past)
picketed (past participle)
picketing (present participle)

If people picket, they protest in front a building.


bindee

A bindee is a pronoun grammatically associated with its antecedent.

A bindee is someone who is bound, such as with a rope.

The bindee tried to remove the rope from his arms.


rector

A rector is a clerk who is in charge of a church or parish.

By then the church had replaced him with the first of several rectors.

A rector is a headmaster in educational institutions, e.g. a university.

One of my friends has been a rector at various universities in the United States.


cubical

cubical (positive)
more cubical (comparative)
most cubical (superlative)

Something cubical is shaped like a cube.

The GameCube is named after its cubical shape.


renewal

Renewal is the process or situation of starting again after a pause.

They fear the renewal of fighting if an agreement is not reached soon.

The renewal of a contract, license, or other document is the act of making it valid for a longer time.

The renewal of his vehicle insurance is good for five more years.


Indonesians

Indonesian (singular)
Indonesians (plural)

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


goggle

Goggles are worn over the eyes to protect them.


goggle

If a person goggles, they stare at something with wide eyes.


fatality

Fatality is how likely a person dies from an accident or disease.


aerosolizes

aerosolize (canonical)
aerosolizes (third-person singular)
aerosolized (past)
aerosolized (past participle)
aerosolizing (present participle)

The third-person singular form of aerosolize.


practice what you preach

If you tell other people to do something, you should do it too. If you tell other people not to do something, you shouldn't do it either.


uncharacteristic

uncharacteristic (positive)
more uncharacteristic (comparative)
most uncharacteristic (superlative)

That was uncharacteristic of him.


hooky

If you play hooky, you skip school or work without a valid reason.

Let's play hooky and go to the mall.


hooky

hooky (positive)
hookier (comparative)
hookiest (superlative)

If something is hooky, it has a lot of hooks.


dust devil

dust devil (singular)
dust devils (plural)

A dust devil is a small vortex that is visible as a column of dust or debris

A dust devil may look harmless, but a large one can overturn a car.


digger

The man was a digger.


drover

A drover is a person who herds cattle or sheep


half-sibling

half-sibling (singular)
half-siblings (plural)

A half-sibling is a sibling you share only one parent with.


helpless

helpless (positive)
more helpless (comparative)
most helpless (superlative)

If you are helpless, you cannot help or protect yourself.

The rich man becomes helpless when he cannot catch his train.

If you are helpless with laughter, rage, or some other feeling, you cannot control it.


organizational

Organizational is the way where an organization is set up.

The organizational heads has sent three men for looking into this matter.

Organizational is relating to the action of organizing something.

Our leader has different kinds of organizational skills for developing a project.

/ˌɔːɡənʌɪˈzeɪʃən(ə)l/


putter

putter (canonical)
putters (third-person singular)
puttered (past)
puttered (past participle)
puttering (present participle)

If an engine putters, it produces bursts of sound intermittent when it is operating.


putter

A putter is a type of golf club that is specifically used for a putt.


Osings

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


recurred

The past tense and past participle of recur.


croissant

croissant (singular)
croissants (plural)

A croissant is a buttery pastry sold at bakeries and cafés.


godmother

godmother (singular)
godmothers (plural)

A godmother is a woman present at the baptism of a child.


Solo

The Solo is a large river in Java flowing through Central Java into the Java Sea. It is the longest river in the Indonesian island of Java.


plumbs

plumb (canonical)
plumbs (third-person singular)
plumbed (past)
plumbed (past participle)
plumbing (present participle)

The third-person singular form of plumb.


encouragement

encouragement (singular)
encouragements (plural)

You give encouragement to someone to help motivate them or make them feel better about something.

"I wasn't feeling brave enough to run a marathon, but my mother gave me some encouragement."


demagnetise

demagnetise (canonical)
demagnetises (third-person singular)
demagnetised (past)
demagnetised (past participle)
demagnetising (present participle)

If a demagnetise a piece of metal, you remove its magnetic properties.


doubtful

doubtful (positive)
more doubtful (comparative)
most doubtful (superlative)

If something is doubtful it is probably not true.

The fool made many doubtful claims.

If someone is doubtful they are doubting something or someone.

The teacher was doubtful of his bad students.


preposterous

preposterous (positive)
more preposterous (comparative)
most preposterous (superlative)

Something that is preposterous is ridiculous or unbelievable.


drifters

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


Osing

Osing is an indigenous language of the Indonesian island of Java (in easternmost regions).

Osing is the co-official language of Indonesia in Banyuwangi.


Osing

An Osing is a person from the Indonesian island of Java (in easternmost regions).


Osing

Osing (positive)
more Osing (comparative)
most Osing (superlative)

Something that is related to the cultural land of Osing in easternmost Java (especially in Banyuwangi).

Something that is related to the Osing people.

Something that is related to the Osing language.


cordages

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


lawless

lawless (positive)
more lawless (comparative)
most lawless (superlative)

A lawless place is not well controlled by laws and rules.

Orin's area is a lawless region where peace never really took hold.

A lawless action is one that is illegal.

Thomas's drugs business was completely lawless, for which he was penalized.


deputize

deputize (canonical)
deputizes (third-person singular)
deputized (past)
deputized (past participle)
deputizing (present participle)

If you deputize a person, you officially authorize them to be a deputy.

If you deputize a person, you officially empower and authorize them to act as a substitute in one's role or office.

Dominic Raab was deputized by Boris Johnson when the latter was down with COVID.


jigglier

jiggly (positive)
jigglier (comparative)
jiggliest (superlative)

The comparative form of jiggly; more jiggly.


buggies

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


diggers

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


censorships

censorship (singular)
censorships (plural)

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


hookier

hooky (positive)
hookier (comparative)
hookiest (superlative)

The comparative form of hooky; more hooky.


PSA

PSA is an initialism of public service announcement.


droplets

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


gender-neutral

gender-neutral (positive)
more gender-neutral (comparative)
most gender-neutral (superlative)

Something that is gender-neutral applies to men, women, and people with other gender identities.

chairperson is a gender-neutral word for chairman and chairwoman.


defrosting

defrost (canonical)
defrosts (third-person singular)
defrosted (past)
defrosted (past participle)
defrosting (present participle)


godfather

godfather (singular)
godfathers (plural)

A godfather is a woman present at the baptism of a child.


spotter

A spotter is someone who observes something.

(weightlifting, gymnastics, climbing) A spotter is someone who watches another person who is performing an activity, for the purpose of being there to help them if they can't complete the activity.


torque

Torque is a rotational or twisting effect of force.

This type of engine is good for this job because they offer a lot of torque at low rpm.


torque

torque (canonical)
torques (third-person singular)
torqued (past)
torqued (past participle)
torquing (present participle)

If you torque something, you make it rotate about an axis by imparting torque to it.


emus

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


profound

profound (positive)
more profound (comparative)
most profound (superlative)

Something that is profound is deep, having great depths, reaching far below the surface.

The explorers became trapped in a profound cave.

Something that is profound is deep in an intellectual sense. It means something that reaches figuratively deep into a subject, or has great depth of meaning.


skinship

Skinship is the act of two or more people spending time together while naked in order to strengthen a social bond.


spherical

spherical (positive)
more spherical (comparative)
most spherical (superlative)

Something that is spherical is shaped like a sphere.

A basketball is spherical.


subclass

A subclass is a group of things which are all also in a larger group.

Volcanoes are a subclass of mountains.

Squares are a subclass of rectangles.


divisor

The divisor is the number that another number is divided by.

In the equation "48 ÷ 6 = 8", the divisor is 6.

The divisors of a number are all the numbers which evenly divide into it.

The divisors of 12 are 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, and 12.


adapter

An adapter is a device that allows two different standards to work together.

This monitor won't work for you computer without an adapter.

An adapter is a person who changes or changes something to suit a new situation.

In creating her movies, she is an able adapter of novels and short stories.


arraigns

arraign (canonical)
arraigns (third-person singular)
arraigned (past)
arraigned (past participle)
arraigning (present participle)

The third-person singular form of arraign.


questionably

questionably (positive)
more questionably (comparative)
Superlativemost questionably

The word questionably describes something that is questionable (dubious).

The fool was questionably dressed.

If something is said questionably it is said in a questioning manner.


hives

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

Hives are itchy, red areas on your skin. People usually get hives from an allergic reaction.


surf

A surf is the mass of waves that break on an ocean shoreline.


surf

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

If a person surfs the waves, the ride a wave on a surfboard.

If you surf the web, you browse the Internet.


spousal

Something that is spousal is related to a spouse (a husband or a wife).


defrosted

The past tense and past participle of defrost.


sentries

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


croissants

croissant (singular)
croissants (plural)

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


subclasses

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


wolf spiders

wolf spider (singular)
wolf spiders (plural)

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


droplet

On a rainy day, my window is covered in water droplets.


sprinters

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


real world

The real world is the world you live in, it is reality. It is different from fiction, imagination, and the online spaces of the Internet.


giver

A giver is someone who gives something to another person or people.

Santa Claus is a giver of gifts.


indescribable

indescribable (positive)
more indescribable (comparative)
most indescribable (superlative)

Something that is too unusual, extreme, or incomprehensible to describe

His artwork was considered indescribable by many.


emaciating

emaciate (canonical)
emaciates (third-person singular)
emaciated (past)
emaciated (past participle)
emaciating (present participle)


arraign

If a person is arraigned, they are officially charged in court.


adventurers

adventurer (singular)
adventurers (plural)

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


sup


toffees

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


coverage

Coverage is the amount something or someone is covered.

Coverage is the amount of space or time given to an event in newspapers or television.

Coverage is the area a mobile phone (cellphone) network or radio network provides to.


sedentary

sedentary (positive)
more sedentary (comparative)
most sedentary (superlative)

Being sedentary means not moving very often, staying still most of the time.


workplaces

workplace (singular)
workplaces (plural)

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


recur

recur (canonical)
recurs (third-person singular)
recurred (past)
recurred (past participle)
recurring (present participle)

If something recurs, it happens more than once.

These accidents are a recurring problem.


emaciates

The third-person singular form of emaciate.


taqueria

A taqueria is a restaurant that sells tacos.

/ˌtɑkəˈriːə/


givers

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


bigot

A bigot is someone who has bad and unfair opinions about large groups of people, especially groups of people defined by something inherent to them, like race, gender, or sexuality.


incessantly

To do something incessantly is to do something without pause, especially when it annoys other people.


middle-aged

middle-aged (positive)
more middle-aged (comparative)
most middle-aged (superlative)

If someone is middle-aged, they are around 50 years old.

My father is middle-aged.


breastfeeds

breastfeed (canonical)
breastfeeds (third-person singular)
breastfed (past)
breastfed (past participle)
breastfeeding (present participle)

The third-person singular form of breastfeed.


hugest

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

The superlative form of huge; most huge.


Indonesian

Indonesian is an official and the national language of Indonesia.

We studied Indonesian during primary school in Australia.


Indonesian

Indonesian (singular)
Indonesians (plural)

An Indonesian is a person from Indonesia.


Indonesian

Indonesian (positive)
more Indonesian (comparative)
most Indonesian (superlative)

Our family has taken many trips to the Indonesian island of Bali.

Something that is related to the Indonesian people.

Something that is related to the Indonesian language.

The Indonesian words of "bamboo", "batik", "ikat", "komodo dragon", "nasi goreng", "paddy", "orangutan", and "rendang" are known around the world.


realism

Realism is the quality of being real, as opposed to stylized or fictional.


opportunists

opportunist (singular)
opportunists (plural)

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


conditioner

conditioner (singular)
conditioners (plural)

Conditioner is a substance (commonly liquid) used to improve the condition of a object.

He uses a hair conditioner after washing his head.

/kənˈdɪʃənə/


bigoted

bigoted (positive)
more bigoted (comparative)
most bigoted (superlative)

Racists, sexists and homophobes are all bigoted.

A bigoted statement or opinion is one that bigots are likely to say or agree with.


huger

The comparative form of huge; more huge.


100% means fully, entirely, completely, or perfectly.

After years of hard work, my sculpture is 100% complete.

If you're 100% about something, you're completely certain of it.

If someone is feeling 100%, they're feeling perfectly fine.


denting

dent (canonical)
dents (third-person singular)
dented (past)
dented (past participle)
denting (present participle)


hoeing

hoe (canonical)
hoes (third-person singular)
hoed (past)
hoed (past participle)
hoeing (present participle)


Sundanese

Sundanese is an indigenous language of the Indonesian island of Java (in western and northwestern regions).

Sundanese is the co-official language of Indonesia in West Java province.


Sundanese

Sundanese (singular)
Sundaneses (plural)

A Sundanese is a person from the Indonesian island of Java (in western and northwestern regions).


Sundanese

Sundanese (positive)
more Sundanese (comparative)
most Sundanese (superlative)

Something that is related to the cultural land of Sundanese in western Java.

Something that is related to the Sundanese people.

Something that is related to the Sundanese language.


sentry

A sentry is a guard, usually one who is stationed at the entrance of a place, especially a military base.


hourglass

hourglass (singular)
hourglasses (plural)

An hourglass is a glass device used as a timer. It contains sand which slowly falls down from a top section into a bottom section.

Someone with an hourglass figure has a slim waist, wide hips, and a broad chest (large breasts). This word is almost always applied to women.


titular

Something in a work that is titular shares a name with the work's title.

SpongeBob SquarePants is the titular character of the television show SpongeBob SquarePants.

In Star Wars: The Last Jedi, the titular line is: "I am not the last Jedi," said by Luke Skywalker.

Gravity Falls is the titular setting of the television show Gravity Falls.


workplace

A workplace is any place where people work.


marimba

A marimba is a musical instrument made of wooden bars that are struck with mallets to produce sound. It is similar to a xylophone, but a marimba is bigger.


oneself

Oneself is a word that stands in for words like "myself", "himself", and "herself". It is meant to refer to people in general, nobody in particular.

It's a good idea to check oneself in the mirror before going outside.


defrost

defrost (canonical)
defrosts (third-person singular)
defrosted (past)
defrosted (past participle)
defrosting (present participle)

If you defrost something, you bring its temperature to above freezing, so that all ice will melt and that no more ice will form.


sine

The sine is the ratio of the side opposite an angle to the length of the hypotenuse.


befuddles

befuddle (canonical)
befuddles (third-person singular)
befuddled (past)
befuddled (past participle)
befuddling (present participle)

The third-person singular form of befuddle.


hourglasses

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


inconceivable

inconceivable (positive)
more inconceivable (comparative)
most inconceivable (superlative)

Something that is inconceivable is unable to be believed.

Something that is inconceivable is something that is impossible to imagine or think about.

You can't imagine a color you've never seen before, that's inconceivable!


Betawi

Betawi is an indigenous language of the Indonesian island of Java (in northwestern regions; Greater Jakarta).

Betawi is the co-official language of Indonesia in Jakarta province.


Betawi

A Betawi is a person from the Indonesian island of Java (in northwestern regions; Greater Jakarta).


Betawi

Betawi (positive)
more Betawi (comparative)
most Betawi (superlative)

Something that is related to the cultural land of Betawi in northwestern Java (Greater Jakarta).

Something that is related to the Betawi people.

Something that is related to the Betawi language.


half-sister

half-sister (singular)
half-sisters (plural)


tongs

The plural form of tong; more than one (kind of) tong. A pair of tongs are a tool used to grab things without using your hands.


end users

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


slurring

slur (canonical)
slurs (third-person singular)
slurred (past)
slurred (past participle)
slurring (present participle)


handful

A handful of something is the amount of it you can hold in the palm of one hand.

If a person or a group of people are called a handful, it means they're demanding and difficult to watch over.

"Those rowdy kids are a handful!"


half-brother

half-brother (singular)
half-brothers (plural)


decaffeinates

decaffeinate (canonical)
decaffeinates (third-person singular)
decaffeinated (past)
decaffeinated (past participle)
decaffeinating (present participle)

The third-person singular form of decaffeinate.


verbalise

verbalise (canonical)
verbalises (third-person singular)
verbalised (past)
verbalised (past participle)
verbalising (present participle)

If you verbalise, you speak or to use words to express something.

/ˈvəːbəlʌɪz/


close relative

close relative (singular)
close relatives (plural)

A close relative is someone you're closely related to; they are a close member of your family.


nationally

nationally (positive)
more nationally (comparative)
Superlativemost nationally

If something is done nationally it applies to the whole nation.

The speech was broadcasted nationally.


mailmen

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


blood relative

Someone's blood relative is someone who genetically related to them; they are related by blood.

My mother gave birth to me, so she is my blood relative, but my adopted brother is not my blood relative.


emaciate

emaciate (canonical)
emaciates (third-person singular)
emaciated (past)
emaciated (past participle)
emaciating (present participle)

If you emaciate a person, you make them extremely thin.


Javanese

Javanese is an indigenous language of the Indonesian island of Java (in central, eastern, northern, southern, and westernmost regions).

Javanese is the co-official language of Indonesia in most regions of Java.


Javanese

A Javanese is a person from the Indonesian island of Java (in central, eastern, northern, southern, and westernmost regions).


Javanese

Javanese (positive)
more Javanese (comparative)
most Javanese (superlative)

Something that is related to the Indonesian island of Java.

Our family has taken many trips to the Java mountain of Bromo.

Something that is related to the Javanese people.

Something that is related to the Javanese language.

The Javanese words of "batik", "gamelan", "ikat", and "nasi goreng" are known around the world.


slurred

The past tense and past participle of slur.


first cousin

first cousin (singular)
first cousins (plural)

Your first cousin is the child of your aunt or your uncle.


emaciated

The past tense and past participle of emaciate.


emaciated

emaciated (positive)
more emaciated (comparative)
most emaciated (superlative)

An emaciated person is someone who is extremely thin and weak.


notification

notification (singular)
notifications (plural)

A notification is a message that notifies you of something.

/ˌnəʊtɪfɪˈkeɪʃən/


grossly

Something that is done grossly is done in a gross way.


overstatements

overstatement (singular)
overstatements (plural)

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


airheads

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


upsides

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


surfs

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


surfs

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


technically

technically (positive)
more technically (comparative)
Superlativemost technically

Based on exact facts which go against common knowledge or intuition but are still true.

He was technically an American, even though everyone thought he was Canadian.

Based on a technicality; true only under a very specific set of rules.

It was 7PM, but it was before sunset, so technically it wasn't nighttime.

She was technically gifted at playing the piano; she was very good at it.

It is technically impossible for humans to go to Mars; we don't have the technology to do it.


technicalities

technicality (singular)
technicalities (plural)

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


unsaved

Something that was left unsaved was not saved.


footstep

A footstep is the act of taking a single step while walking.

Footsteps in snow make footprints.


menders

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


XXX

A placeholder to mark a place where work still needs to be done.

A mark placed on containers of alcoholic beverages that means it is especially strong.

By extension, XXX is a mark put on anything that is especially strong or potent. It is most notably used to refer to hardcore pornography and even to just refer to pornography in general.


adventurer

adventurer (singular)
adventurers (plural)

An adventurer is someone who goes on an adventure, especially someone who frequently goes on adventures.


wasteful

wasteful (positive)
more wasteful (comparative)
most wasteful (superlative)

Something that is wasteful is something that is a waste of good resources, time, or opportunities.

Throwing away fresh food is wasteful.


organisational

Organisational structure, culture, change, etc. are those things as they relate to an organisation.

In the new organisational structure, my department is under a new director.

Organisational skills, efforts, etc. are those things as they relate to organising.

I need to improve my organisational skills to get things done on time.

/ˌɔːɡənʌɪˈzeɪʃən(ə)l/


equivalences

equivalence (singular)
equivalences (plural)

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


labyrinth

labyrinth (singular)
labyrinths (plural)

A labyrinth is a maze, a structure made of a complicated network of paths.

A place that is very difficult to navigate is sometimes called a labyrinth.


territorial

territorial (positive)
more territorial (comparative)
most territorial (superlative)

A territorial person or animal is one that is very protective of its territory.

Wolves are territorial animals.


literary devices

literary device (singular)
literary devices (plural)

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


payday

Your payday is the day you get paid by your employer.


northeastern

A northeastern state, corner, city, etc. is in the northeast.

Maine is in the northeastern United States.


amicably

He smiled at me amicably.


deceitful

deceitful (positive)
more deceitful (comparative)
most deceitful (superlative)

A deceitful person is someone who does not tell the truth.


doody

doody (canonical)
doodies (third-person singular)
doodied (past)
doodied (past participle)
doodying (present participle)


frostily

frostily (positive)
more frostily (comparative)
Superlativemost frostily

Something that is done frostily is done coldly; it is done in a frosty manner.


substandard

substandard (positive)
more substandard (comparative)
most substandard (superlative)

Something that is substandard is below standards; it is not good enough.


hoes

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


hoes

hoe (canonical)
hoes (third-person singular)
hoed (past)
hoed (past participle)
hoeing (present participle)


cubicle

A cubicle is a sectioned-off part of a room, especially in a workplace.

Another word for a bathroom stall, a small enclosure with a toilet for single-person use.


clockwise

Clockwise is the direction that the hands of a clock turn in.


perseverance

Perseverance is the ability to continue and not give up at something, even when it is difficult, or people tell you that you can't do it, or you have failed at it before.


fungi

fungus (singular)
fungi or funguses (plural)

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


surmountable

surmountable (positive)
more surmountable (comparative)
most surmountable (superlative)

An obstacle that is surmountable is able to be overcome; it can be moved past or gotten over.


drifter

A drifter is someone who travels from place to place without staying anywhere for very long.


uneaten

Something that is uneaten has not been eaten; something can be completely uneaten or it can be partially uneaten.


insurmountable

insurmountable (positive)
more insurmountable (comparative)
most insurmountable (superlative)

An obstacle that is insurmountable is impossible or very difficult to overcome.

This mountain is an insurmountable obstacle in our path.


informational

informational (positive)
more informational (comparative)
most informational (superlative)

Something that is informational is educational, it provides information.


META

META is an initialism of most effective tactic available.


humourous

humourous (positive)
more humourous (comparative)
most humourous (superlative)

If a person is humourous, they cause laughter and amusement for others.

The waiters were so humourous, one even did a back flip for us, when we asked him.


water down

If you water a drink down, you add water to is so that is less strong.

If you water down a claim or statement, you soften it by using different language or taking out parts that somebody else might not like.


cryptography

Cryptography is the field of study related to communication security. It is about making sure messages are sent securely without being read by anyone other than who is supposed to read it, and making sure the message doesn't get changed as it is sent, as well as solving other related problems.


equivalence

If there is equivalence between things, they are equal.


himbo

A himbo is a man who is stupid but very sexy.


fungus

A fungus is a member of the Fungi kingdom of organisms. Fungi are plant-like organisms that lack chlorophyll. Common examples of fungi include mushrooms and mold.


in line

Someone or something that is in line is suitable and appropriate.

The soldiers were undisciplined, but the new general got them all in line.

If one object is in line with others, they are arranged in a straight line.

The device itself was right under the vehicle, almost in line with the gear lever.

When people wait in line, they wait in a queue.

Please wait in line to be served.


in line

If x is in line with y, x is closely connected with y.

Annual pay increases will be in line with inflation.


bullish

bullish (positive)
more bullish (comparative)
most bullish (superlative)

A bullish person is muscular and strong; they are "built like a bull".

A bullish person is aggressive and overly confident.


upside

An upside is a good aspect of a situation that is otherwise bad.


mariners

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


nuclear family

nuclear family (singular)
nuclear families (plural)

A nuclear family is made up of two parents and their child/children.


unsays

unsay (canonical)
unsays (third-person singular)
unsaid (past)
unsaid (past participle)
unsaying (present participle)

The third-person singular form of unsay.


ghastly

ghastly (positive)
more ghastly (comparative)
most ghastly (superlative)

Something that is ghastly is gross and scary.


overvalued

overvalued (positive)
more overvalued (comparative)
most overvalued (superlative)

Something that is overvalued is valued too much, too highly.

The painting was overvalued; it sold for $100 but was only worth $20.


undervalued

undervalued (positive)
more undervalued (comparative)
most undervalued (superlative)

Something that is undervalued is valued too little.


gave birth

give birth (canonical)
gives birth (third-person singular)
gave birth (past)
gave birth (past participle)
giving birth (present participle)

The past tense and past participle of give birth.


retile

retile (canonical)
retiles (third-person singular)
retiled (past)
retiled (past participle)
retiling (present participle)

To retile something is to tile it again.


unsaid

Something that was unsaid wasn't said; it wasn't spoken, but it might have been written down or thought of.


unsaid

The past tense and past participle of unsay.


overstatement

overstatement (singular)
overstatements (plural)

An overstatement is a description that makes something out to be more than it actually is; an exaggeration.


patricide

patricide (singular)
patricides (plural)

Patricide is the act of killing one's own father.


stupidly

Something done in a stupid (dumb, unintelligent) way.

Something that shouldn't have been done; it was a stupid decision to do it at all.


mender

A mender is someone or something that mends (repairs).

A doctor is sometimes called a mender, because they mend people.


nads

If you have the nads to do something, you have the courage to do it.


ultraviolet

electromagnetic waves (light) that are ultraviolet are higher in frequency than violet waves. They are outside of the visible spectrum and can't be seen with your eyes.


unsay

To unsay something is to make it so that it was never said. This isn't possible in real life, so when this word is used, it's usually someone wishing they could do it.

I wish I could unsay the insults I said to you last night.


rouge

Red makeup put onto the cheeks of the face is called rouge.


burdensome

burdensome (positive)
more burdensome (comparative)
most burdensome (superlative)

Something that is burdensome is a burden; it is something that literally or figuratively weighs you down.


outlasted

outlast (canonical)
outlasts (third-person singular)
outlasted (past)
outlasted (past participle)
outlasting (present participle)

The past tense and past participle of outlast.


accelerants

accelerant (singular)
accelerants (plural)

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


dollies

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


rizzes

rizz (canonical)
rizzes (third-person singular)
rizzed (past)
rizzed (past participle)
rizzing (present participle)


reconsideration

reconsideration (singular)
reconsiderations (plural)

Reconsideration is when you consider something again.


unhyphenated

A word or phrase that is unhyphenated doesn't have any hyphens in it.


decaf

"I enjoy decaf coffee."


SOS

An SOS is a distress signal sent with Morse code; it tells anyone who is listening to send help.


airhead

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technicality

technicality (singular)
technicalities (plural)

A technicality is a minor rule, law, or other detail which is usually unimportant but can sometimes have big consequences.

She was fired on a technicality.


practicable

practicable (positive)
more practicable (comparative)
most practicable (superlative)

From practice + -able. The "e" in "practice" gets removed.

Able to be put into practice. In other words, it can be done.


featherless

featherless (positive)
more featherless (comparative)
most featherless (superlative)

Something that is featherless doesn't have any feathers.


booger

Snot; both dried flakes of snot and liquid globs.


superiority

If you have superiority over someone, you are superior to them and probably have authority over them.


breastfed

breastfeed (canonical)
breastfeeds (third-person singular)
breastfed (past)
breastfed (past participle)
breastfeeding (present participle)

The past tense and past participle of breastfeed.


unexposed

unexposed (positive)
more unexposed (comparative)
most unexposed (superlative)

Something that is unexposed is covered; it is not exposed.

If you're unexposed to something, you haven't seen or dealt with it before.


caffeine

Caffeine is a mild drug that acts as a stimulant in the body, making you more jittery and excited. It is in coffee and some teas.


rizzed

The past tense and past participle of rizz.


openness

The state of being open, literally or figuratively.


distressingly

Done in a way that causes discomfort and unease; it causes distress.


freedom of speech

freedom of speech (singular)
freedoms of speech (plural)

Freedom of speech is the ability to speak freely, without being silenced or censored.

Freedom of speech is a constitutional right in many countries.


spacecrafts

spacecraft (singular)
spacecrafts (plural)

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


dismissively

If you say or do something dismissively, you do it with disregard for someone else, as a way of rejecting or ignoring them.


funguses

fungus (singular)
fungi or funguses (plural)

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

usually seen as incorrect; fungi is preferred


imperfect

imperfect (positive)
more imperfect (comparative)
most imperfect (superlative)

Something that is imperfect has flaws; it is not perfect.


incest

Incest is the act of having sex with a close relative, like your sibling or your parent. Sex with your first cousin is also usually considered incest. Incest is taboo and illegal in most places.


gives birth

give birth (canonical)
gives birth (third-person singular)
gave birth (past)
gave birth (past participle)
giving birth (present participle)

The third-person singular form of give birth.


watchlist

watchlist (singular)
watchlists (plural)

A watchlist is a list of things being watched; things on a watchlist are given extra attention and monitoring.


suckers

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


footsteps

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


adaptability

Adaptability is the ability to change yourself and your behaviors to match changes in your life and your environment.

Thanks to evolution, animals have high adaptability.


shards

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


reinvested

reinvest (canonical)
reinvests (third-person singular)
reinvested (past)
reinvested (past participle)
reinvesting (present participle)

The past tense and past participle of reinvest.


girly

girly (positive)
more girly (comparative)
most girly (superlative)

Something that is girly is for girls, or like a girl.

"That flowery shirt is so girly!"

Despite being a boy, Zacharie is very girly.


allegory

An allegory is a fictional story that is meant to metaphorically represent things, people, or events in the real world.

Nineteen Eighty-Four is a famous allegory for totalitarianism.

/ˈæl.ɪˌɡɔː.ri/


hoe

A hoe is a agricultural tool used to level ground and break roots.

A hoe is an insulting term that describes a sexually promiscuous woman.


hoe

hoe (canonical)
hoes (third-person singular)
hoed (past)
hoed (past participle)
hoeing (present participle)

To hoe is to use a hoe, especially when using it to dig or to level ground.

To hoe is to act sexually promiscuous, or in other words, to act like a whore.


manly

manly (positive)
more manly (comparative)
most manly (superlative)

Something that is manly is for men, or like a man.

"That truck is so manly!"

Despite being a girl, Paula is very manly.


omniscient

omniscient (positive)
more omniscient (comparative)
most omniscient (superlative)

Someone who is omniscient knows absolutely everything.


morality

Morality is the ability to tell the difference between things that are just and things that are evil.

Without morality, everybody would be killing each other constantly.

A morality is a set of rules and beliefs that say what actions are appropriate for people in a society to do.

Your morality is your own personal set of beliefs for what is okay for you and other people to do.

In my morality, it is always wrong to kill someone, no matter what.

Morality is the field of moral philosophy.


fairness

Fairness is the act of treating people or things fairly.


incestuous

incestuous (positive)
more incestuous (comparative)
most incestuous (superlative)

An act that is incestuous is an act of incest. A person who is incestuous is someone who participates in incest.

Having sex with your sister is incestuous.


omnipotent

omnipotent (positive)
more omnipotent (comparative)
most omnipotent (superlative)

Something that is omnipotent is infinitely strong.


scarlet

Her household is clothed with scarlet.


scarlet

scarlet (positive)
more scarlet (comparative)
most scarlet (superlative)

She had scarlet hair; her hair was bright red.

A person who is scarlet is sinful or whorish.

a scarlet woman

A scarlet person is blushing, embarrassed, or mortified.


breastfeeding

Breastfeeding is the act of feeding a baby milk from the breasts.


watered down

water down (canonical)
waters down (third-person singular)
watered down (past)
watered down (past participle)
watering down (present participle)

The past tense and past participle of water down.


insertions

insertion (singular)
insertions (plural)

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


sucker

A sucker is something that sucks, in the sense that it sucks fluid from something.

mosquitos are blood-suckers.

A sucker is someone who is easy to trick or deceive. They are gullible.

A sucker is another word for a lollipop. It can also mean any candy that you suck on.

If someone is a sucker for something or someone, they are very attracted to it.

I'm always a sucker for horror stories.


headstones

headstone (singular)
headstones (plural)

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


serpentine

serpentine (positive)
more serpentine (comparative)
most serpentine (superlative)

If something is serpentine it is related to snakes or looks like a snake.

If someone is serpentine they are crafty and deceitful.


'sup

'Sup is short for "what's up?". It is a casual greeting.

"'Sup, bro."


hyperbolic

hyperbolic (positive)
more hyperbolic (comparative)
most hyperbolic (superlative)

Something that is hyperbolic is exaggerated; it is hyperbole.

Something hyperbolic is related to hyperbolas.


QoL

QoL is an initialism of quality of life.


abundantly

Something that is abundantly available is available in abundance.


waters down

The third-person singular form of water down.


slurs

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


slurs

slur (canonical)
slurs (third-person singular)
slurred (past)
slurred (past participle)
slurring (present participle)


opportunist

opportunist (singular)
opportunists (plural)

An opportunist is someone who always takes advantage of good opportunities.


matricide

matricide (singular)
matricides (plural)

Matricide is the act of killing one's own mother.


qol

qol is an initialism of quality of life.


outran

outrun (canonical)
outruns (third-person singular)
outran (past)
outran (past participle)
outrunning (present participle)

The past tense and past participle of outrun.


outruns

The third-person singular form of outrun.


caffeinating

caffeinate (canonical)
caffeinates (third-person singular)
caffeinated (past)
caffeinated (past participle)
caffeinating (present participle)


playdates

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


bimbos

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


paydays

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


tl;dr

tl;dr is an initialism of too long; didn't read. People use it to say that some block of text or other message is too long and that they don't want to read all of it.


thorny

thorny (positive)
thornier (comparative)
thorniest (superlative)

If something is thorny, it has a lot of thorns.

If someone is thorny, they are rude and emotionally closed off.


hive

A hive is a home for honeybees. Honeybees make their own hives, but humans who farm honey usually make artificial hives for bees.

The group of all honeybees in a hive are also collectively called a hive.

A very busy place crowded with people is sometimes called a hive.


subtitle

subtitle (canonical)
subtitles (third-person singular)
subtitled (past)
subtitled (past participle)
subtitling (present participle)

If you subtitle something, you add subtitles to it.


tldr

tldr is an initialism of too long; didn't read. People use it to say that some block of text or other message is too long and that they don't want to read all of it.


tepid

tepid (positive)
more tepid (comparative)
most tepid (superlative)

If something (especially a drink) is tepid, it isn't hot or cold, it's somewhere in between.

This glass of water is tepid.

The comedian received a tepid response from the audience.


spacecraft

spacecraft (singular)
spacecrafts (plural)

A spacecraft is a machine that is sent into outer space, like a spaceship, satellite, or a space station.


obsidian

A black glass-like material made from cooled lava.


overdressed

overdressed (positive)
more overdressed (comparative)
most overdressed (superlative)

Someone who is overdressed is dressed in clothes that are too fancy.

Someone who is overdressed is wearing more pieces of clothing than they should be.


overdressed

overdress (canonical)
overdresses (third-person singular)
overdressed (past)
overdressed (past participle)
overdressing (present participle)

The past tense and past participle of overdress.


no honor among thieves

Bad people will treat everyone badly, even other bad people they're in alliance with.


nutritional

nutritional (positive)
more nutritional (comparative)
most nutritional (superlative)

If a food is nutritional, it has a lot of nutrients.


proxied

proxy (canonical)
proxies (third-person singular)
proxied (past)
proxied (past participle)
proxying (present participle)

The past tense and past participle of proxy.


decaffeinating

decaffeinate (canonical)
decaffeinates (third-person singular)
decaffeinated (past)
decaffeinated (past participle)
decaffeinating (present participle)


accelerant

accelerant (singular)
accelerants (plural)

An accelerant is something that causes something else to accelerate.

caffeine is an accelerant; it makes your heart rate accelerate.

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electoral

Something that is electoral has to do with elections or electing.


trifurcates

trifurcate (canonical)
trifurcates (third-person singular)
trifurcated (past)
trifurcated (past participle)
trifurcating (present participle)

The third-person singular form of trifurcate.


playdate

A playdate is a scheduled date where two or more children are to play together.


caffeinates

The third-person singular form of caffeinate.


meta

meta is an initialism of most effective tactic available.


black box

black box (singular)
black boxes (plural)

A black box is a type of machine or mechanism where the insides of it (the way that it works) is unknown, and in some contexts, unimportant.


boogers

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


egocentric

egocentric (positive)
more egocentric (comparative)
most egocentric (superlative)

Someone who is egocentric is selfish and self-centered; they only ever think about themself.


himbos

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


mermaids

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


shrunken

shrunken (positive)
more shrunken (comparative)
most shrunken (superlative)

Something that is shrunken has been made smaller than it used to be.


shrunken

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


dented

If something is dented, it has one or more dents in it.


dented

dent (canonical)
dents (third-person singular)
dented (past)
dented (past participle)
denting (present participle)

The past tense and past participle of dent.


time machines

time machine (singular)
time machines (plural)

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


polygamy

Polygamy is the practice of having more than one sexual partner or spouse at the same time. In polygamy, each of the partners know about the others. It is distinct from cheating because of this.


mermaid

A mermaid is a mythical creature with the upper body of a woman and the lower body of a fish.


themself

Another form of themselves, used when the subject is a single person, while themselves is used for singular or plural.


black boxes

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


sweeties

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


donators

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


platypus

platypus (singular)
platypuses or platypi (plural)

A platypus is an animal that lives on both water and land. It has a body like a mole, a bill like a duck, a tail like a beaver, a waterproof pelt, and webbed feet. A male platypus has poisonous spurs on the inside of the back legs.


rizz

rizz (canonical)
rizzes (third-person singular)
rizzed (past)
rizzed (past participle)
rizzing (present participle)

If you rizz someone, you attempt to seduce them.


outrun

outrun (canonical)
outruns (third-person singular)
outran (past)
outran (past participle)
outrunning (present participle)

If you outrun someone, you run faster than they do.


romantics

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


TLDR

TLDR is an initialism of too long; didn't read. People use it to say that some block of text or other message is too long and that they don't want to read all of it.


postwar

Something that is postwar is after a war.


subtitled

If something is subtitled, it has subtitles.


subtitled

subtitle (canonical)
subtitles (third-person singular)
subtitled (past)
subtitled (past participle)
subtitling (present participle)

The past tense and past participle of subtitle.


bromance

Bromance is a strong, non-romantic bond between two men.


reap what you sow


toffee

Toffee is a soft, chewy candy made of sugar and milk.

A toffee is a small, individual piece of toffee.


time machine

A time machine is an imaginary machine that sends you to another point in time.


flora

The flora is the plants that grow a particular place.


subtitling

Subtitling is the act of adding subtitles to something.


jack of all trades, master of none

Someone who can do a very large amount of different things probably isn't especially good at any single one of them.

en-au-jack of all trades, master of none.ogg


trifurcated

If something is 'trifurcated, it is divided into three.


trifurcated

The past tense and past participle of trifurcate.


metalworking

Metalworking is the process of turning raw scraps or chunks of metal into something useful.


platypuses

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


decaffeinate

If you decaffeinate something, you remove caffeine from it.


donator

A donator is someone who donates, especially someone who donates frequently.


shard

A shard is a small, broken-off piece of a larger thing. When something shatters, it becomes shards.


retiles

retile (canonical)
retiles (third-person singular)
retiled (past)
retiled (past participle)
retiling (present participle)

The third-person singular form of retile.


hate mail

Hate mail is rude messages (not necessarily literal mail) that a person sends to someone as a way of saying they hate them.


seminal

seminal (positive)
more seminal (comparative)
most seminal (superlative)

Something that is seminal is an original idea that has a big impact and can be built upon by people in the future.


default

The default option or setting is the one that is there without any input. It is what you are given if you do not ask for anything specific.


default

A default is one such option or setting.

If someone loses a competition because they were unable to compete, they lose by default.


default

default (canonical)
defaults (third-person singular)
defaulted (past)
defaulted (past participle)
defaulting (present participle)

To default is to take on a default value.


wordier

wordy (positive)
wordier (comparative)
wordiest (superlative)

The comparative form of wordy; more wordy.


twittered

twitter (canonical)
twitters (third-person singular)
twittered (past)
twittered (past participle)
twittering (present participle)

The past tense and past participle of twitter.


wordiest

The superlative form of wordy; most wordy.


indistinct

indistinct (positive)
more indistinct (comparative)
most indistinct (superlative)

Two (or more) things that are indistinct are difficult to tell apart.


unwaveringly

unwaveringly (positive)
more unwaveringly (comparative)
Superlativemost unwaveringly


watchlists

watchlist (singular)
watchlists (plural)

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


notifications

notification (singular)
notifications (plural)

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


subtitles

Subtitles are the words of a video written out and put into the video for people to read.


subtitles

The third-person singular form of subtitle.


wordy

If something is wordy it has a lot of words, probably too many words.


caffeinated

caffeinated (positive)
more caffeinated (comparative)
most caffeinated (superlative)

Something that is caffeinated contains caffeine.


caffeinated

caffeinate (canonical)
caffeinates (third-person singular)
caffeinated (past)
caffeinated (past participle)
caffeinating (present participle)

The past tense and past participle of caffeinate.


slur

A slur is an offensive and bigoted word used to describe a specific group of people as a way of insulting them.

retard is a slur used to describe mentally disabled people.


slur

slur (canonical)
slurs (third-person singular)
slurred (past)
slurred (past participle)
slurring (present participle)

If you slur your speech, it means the way you pronounce words is difficult for other people to understand.


masters of one

master of one (singular)
masters of one (plural)

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


indiscriminate

indiscriminate (positive)
more indiscriminate (comparative)
most indiscriminate (superlative)

Without discrimination; something that is indiscriminate does not discriminate.


outlast

outlast (canonical)
outlasts (third-person singular)
outlasted (past)
outlasted (past participle)
outlasting (present participle)

To outlast something is to last longer than it.


undented

If something is undented, it has no dents.


adios

Adios is a word in the Spanish language that means "goodbye". People speaking English will sometimes say "adios" to mean goodbye, especially in a context related to or involving Spanish people.

"Adios, everyone."


rounds

round (canonical)
rounds (third-person singular)
rounded (past)
rounded (past participle)
rounding (present participle)

The third-person singular form of round.


caffeinate

If you caffeinate something, you add caffeine to it.


overworked

overwork (canonical)
overworks (third-person singular)
overworked (past)
overworked (past participle)
overworking (present participle)

The past tense and past participle of overwork.


John Smith

John Smith is a name used as a generic placeholder for a man.

By extension, a John Smith is a generic, uninteresting man.


shufflers

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


inferiors

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


shittily

shittily (positive)
more shittily (comparative)
Superlativemost shittily


Jazz

Jazz is a female given name. It is usually short for Jasmine.


undersized

undersized (positive)
more undersized (comparative)
most undersized (superlative)

Something that is undersized is too small.


pentasyllabic

A pentasyllabic word is a word that has five syllables.


butter knife

butter knife (singular)
butter knives (plural)

A dull, rounded type of knife made for spreading butter onto a piece of bread, unlike most knives which are designed to cut.


master of one

* From the phrase "a jack of all trades is a master of none, but better than a master of one"

A master of one is someone who is very good at one specific thing and isn't very good at anything else.

Julia can draw incredibly well, but she's terrible at everything else. She's a master of one.


overacting

overact (canonical)
overacts (third-person singular)
overacted (past)
overacted (past participle)
overacting (present participle)


retiled

retile (canonical)
retiles (third-person singular)
retiled (past)
retiled (past participle)
retiling (present participle)

The past tense and past participle of retile.


retro

retro (positive)
more retro (comparative)
most retro (superlative)

Old, but with a positive connotation. Frequently applied to fashion, music, and video games. Not applied to people.

Super Mario Bros. is a retro video game.


butter knives

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


swiftness

The quality of being swift; fast; quick.


decaffeinated

Something that is decaffeinated has had all the caffeine in it removed.


decaffeinated

decaffeinate (canonical)
decaffeinates (third-person singular)
decaffeinated (past)
decaffeinated (past participle)
decaffeinating (present participle)

The past tense and past participle of decaffeinate.


blacksmithing

blacksmith (canonical)
blacksmiths (third-person singular)
blacksmithed (past)
blacksmithed (past participle)
blacksmithing (present participle)


pediatrician

pediatrician (singular)
pediatricians (plural)

A pediatrician is a doctor who specializes in treating children.


hoopla

Hoopla is excited, chatty talk about something.

Sounds like a lot of hoopla to make over a sandwich.


overworks

The third-person singular form of overwork.


haphazardly

If something is done haphazardly, it is done carelessly, without much thought, especially in situations where not being careful is dangerous.


headstone

headstone (singular)
headstones (plural)

A headstone is a stone put above a grave with an inscription on it, usually saying something about the person and when they were born and died.


sickly

sickly (positive)
more sickly (comparative)
most sickly (superlative)

A sickly person is someone who is sick, especially someone who is sick very frequently.

He was a sickly child.

Something that appears sickly appears diseased and unhealthy.

Something that gives off a sickly light doesn't give off very much light; it is dim but not completely dark.

A sickly action or activity is one that lacks intensity and vigor; it is done weakly.

He flashed me a sickly smile.

Something that is sickly is associated with poor moral or mental well-being.

Something that is sickly is disgusting, especially something that makes you nauseous.

The house was filled with a sickly smell; it smelled like a rotting corpse.

Something sickly sweet is too sweet; it is overly sweet.


sickly

Something done sickly is done in a sick way.

She sickly coughed into her arm.


unisex

If something is unisex, it is fit for both men and women.

Charlie is a unisex name, because both boys and girls can be named Charlie.

A unisex bathroom is a bathroom that anybody can use, no matter what gender they are.


repossess

repossess (canonical)
repossesses (third-person singular)
repossessed (past)
repossessed (past participle)
repossessing (present participle)

If you repossess something, you reclaim the ownership of it.


one-trick pony

one-trick pony (singular)
one-trick ponies (plural)

An animal in a performance (like a circus) who only knows how to do one trick.

Someone who has only one thing that they're good at, or someone who is well-known for one thing and one thing only.


shuffler

The card shuffler shuffled the deck of cards.


overseers

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


overseer

An overseer is someone who watches over someone or something.


blacksmithed

The past tense and past participle of blacksmith.


trifurcate

If something is trifurcate, it is divided into three.


trifurcate

trifurcate (canonical)
trifurcates (third-person singular)
trifurcated (past)
trifurcated (past participle)
trifurcating (present participle)

If you trifurcate something, you divide it into three pieces.


-ess

Adding -ess to the end of a word makes it female. For example, "actor" becomes "actress", meaning a female actor.


-able

Verbs suffixed with -able become adjectives meaning "able to be [that verb]"

practice + -able = practicable, meaning "able to be practiced"


rounded

rounded (positive)
more rounded (comparative)
most rounded (superlative)


rounded

round (canonical)
rounds (third-person singular)
rounded (past)
rounded (past participle)
rounding (present participle)

The past tense and past participle of round.


WWJD

WWJD is an initialism of "what would Jesus do?". This is a question that Christians will sometimes ask themselves (or other people) as a way of deciding what the right thing to do is in a specific situation.


counterrevolutionaries

counterrevolutionary (singular)
counterrevolutionaries (plural)

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


inbreds

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


gloved

If a hand is gloved, it has a glove on it. If a person is gloved, they are wearing gloves.


authenticity

Authenticity is the quality of being authentic; the quality of being true and genuine.


inbreed

inbreed (canonical)
inbreeds (third-person singular)
inbred (past)
inbred (past participle)
inbreeding (present participle)

The act of producing a child through incest.


-ish

Adjectives suffixed with -ish forms nouns that means that something is similar to or being like it.


romantic

romantic (positive)
more romantic (comparative)
most romantic (superlative)

Relating to romance, or good for romance.


romantic

A romantic is someone who enjoys and frequently thinks about and participates in romance.


pyromaniacs

pyromaniac (singular)
pyromaniacs (plural)

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


populace

The populace of a place is people who live there, especially the common, average people.


re-

re- is a prefix meaning "again". When you attach it to a verb, that verb means to do that verb again.

re- + build: to build again

re- + make: to make again


inbreeds

The third-person singular form of inbreed.


godless

godless (positive)
more godless (comparative)
most godless (superlative)

Something or someone who doesn't have a god.


reinvesting

reinvest (canonical)
reinvests (third-person singular)
reinvested (past)
reinvested (past participle)
reinvesting (present participle)


notched

notch (canonical)
notches (third-person singular)
notched (past)
notched (past participle)
notching (present participle)

The past tense and past participle of notch.


fundraises

fundraise (canonical)
fundraises (third-person singular)
fundraised (past)
fundraised (past participle)
fundraising (present participle)

The third-person singular form of fundraise.


wavelengths

wavelength (singular)
wavelengths (plural)

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


reinvest

To reinvest is to invest again, either repeatedly investing into the same thing or switching over to investing in something new.


feverish

feverish (positive)
more feverish (comparative)
most feverish (superlative)


lemmas

lemma (singular)
lemmas or lemmata (plural)

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


TL;DR

TL;DR is an initialism of too long; didn't read. People use it to say that some block of text or other message is too long and that they don't want to read all of it.


puppeteers

puppeteer (singular)
puppeteers (plural)

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


workable

workable (positive)
more workable (comparative)
most workable (superlative)

That's a workable idea.


fundraised

The past tense and past participle of fundraise.


inbreeding

Inbreeding is breeding (making children) with close relatives.


déjà vu

Déjà vu is the feeling of something being familiar, like you've seen or done it before. It is most often used in situations where someone hasn't actually experienced something before, but still feels like they have.

I got the strangest feeling of déjà vu while I was visiting Egypt, even though I've never been there before.


krising

kris (canonical)
krises (third-person singular)
krised (past)
krised (past participle)
krising (present participle)


wavelength

The physical length of a wave, especially an electromagnetic wave. For electromagnetic waves, the wavelength is approximately the speed of light divided by frequency.


stubby

stubby (positive)
more stubby (comparative)
most stubby (superlative)

If something is stubby, it is small or short.


atypical

atypical (positive)
more atypical (comparative)
most atypical (superlative)

Something that is atypical is not typical; it is strange and unusual.


ROM

ROM is the acronym for read-only memory.


notches

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


notches

The third-person singular form of notch.


unfolding

unfold (canonical)
unfolds (third-person singular)
unfolded (past)
unfolded (past participle)
unfolding (present participle)


unfolds

The third-person singular form of unfold.


skepticism

Skepticism is the state of being skeptic; it means being doubtful about something.


oncoming

Oncoming traffic, cars, trains, etc are facing, travelling towards, or moving in the opposite direction to another road-user.

Look carefully before pulling out into oncoming traffic.

An oncoming storm, wave, season, crisis, etc. is one that will arrive soon.

They rushed to prepare for the oncoming storm.


fundraising

The act of gathering funds for something.


ricin

Ricin is a very toxic poison that comes from the castor bean.

She had poisoned him for years with ricin.


ignorance is bliss

You use ignorance is bliss to say that it's comfortable not to know about certain things; there are some things you'd be happier not knowing.


feuded

feud (canonical)
feuds (third-person singular)
feuded (past)
feuded (past participle)
feuding (present participle)

The past tense and past participle of feud.


spotlighting

spotlight (canonical)
spotlights (third-person singular)
spotlighted (past)
spotlighted (past participle)
spotlighting (present participle)


you reap what you sow


outlasts

outlast (canonical)
outlasts (third-person singular)
outlasted (past)
outlasted (past participle)
outlasting (present participle)

The third-person singular form of outlast.


encouragements

encouragement (singular)
encouragements (plural)

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


urbanizing

urbanize (canonical)
urbanizes (third-person singular)
urbanized (past)
urbanized (past participle)
urbanizing (present participle)


absence makes the heart grow fonder

Being away from someone you care about makes you love them more, because you miss them.

en-au-absence makes the heart grow fonder.ogg


scarlets

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


unfamous

unfamous (positive)
more unfamous (comparative)
most unfamous (superlative)

Not famous; not well-known about; obscure.


urbanized

The past tense and past participle of urbanize.


unrecognized

unrecognized (positive)
more unrecognized (comparative)
most unrecognized (superlative)

Something that is unrecognized has not been recognized.


unwrinkles

unwrinkle (canonical)
unwrinkles (third-person singular)
unwrinkled (past)
unwrinkled (past participle)
unwrinkling (present participle)

The third-person singular form of unwrinkle.


inbred

inbred (positive)
more inbred (comparative)
most inbred (superlative)

If an organism is inbred, it was given birth through incest.


inbred

inbreed (canonical)
inbreeds (third-person singular)
inbred (past)
inbred (past participle)
inbreeding (present participle)

The past tense and past participle of inbreed.


sweetie

Sweetie is something you call someone who you love, especially someone you love romantically.

A sweetie is someone who is sweet; they are kind and affectionate.


warren

A warren is the tunnels in the ground where rabbits live.


Dakota

The Dakota are a Native American tribe and First Nations band government in the US and Canada.

Dakota is the language of the Dakota people.


nonchargeable

nonchargeable (positive)
more nonchargeable (comparative)
most nonchargeable (superlative)

Something that is nonchargeable is not able to be charged.


advancements

advancement (singular)
advancements (plural)

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


factitious

factitious (positive)
more factitious (comparative)
most factitious (superlative)

Something that is factitious is artificial; it was made by humans.

Something that is factitious is fake, fabricated, not real.


pedant

A pedant is someone who is too worried about small details, especially someone who corrects other people on small errors.


twittering

twitter (canonical)
twitters (third-person singular)
twittered (past)
twittered (past participle)
twittering (present participle)


collectively

If you talk about things collectively, you mean you see them as together a whole thing.


one-trick ponies

one-trick pony (singular)
one-trick ponies (plural)

The plural form of one-trick pony; more than one (kind of) one-trick pony.


spotlighted

The past tense and past participle of spotlight.


little-known

little-known (positive)
more little-known (comparative)
most little-known (superlative)

Something that is little-known is known to few people. Most people don't know about it.


urbanizes

The third-person singular form of urbanize.


unclothed

unclothe (canonical)
unclothes (third-person singular)
unclothed (past)
unclothed (past participle)
unclothing (present participle)

The past tense and past participle of unclothe.


unclothes

The third-person singular form of unclothe.


pediatricians

pediatrician (singular)
pediatricians (plural)

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


schooled

school (canonical)
schools (third-person singular)
schooled (past)
schooled (past participle)
schooling (present participle)

The past tense and past participle of school.


peninsulas

peninsula (singular)
peninsulas (plural)

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


waxiest

waxy (positive)
waxier (comparative)
waxiest (superlative)

The superlative form of waxy; most waxy.


unfolded

unfold (canonical)
unfolds (third-person singular)
unfolded (past)
unfolded (past participle)
unfolding (present participle)

The past tense and past participle of unfold.


attires

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


feuds

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


feuds

feud (canonical)
feuds (third-person singular)
feuded (past)
feuded (past participle)
feuding (present participle)


shutdowns

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


black out

A black out is when electricity becomes unavailable in a certain area, like a house, business, or in a larger area like an entire neighborhood or city.

The thunderstorm caused many homes to suffer black outs.

If a person blacks out, they suddenly fall unconscious.

He got hit on the head with a baseball bat and blacked out.

If you black out words, you cover them up.

Blacked out text might look like this: ████ ██ █████ █


specializations

specialization (singular)
specializations (plural)

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


unwrinkling

unwrinkle (canonical)
unwrinkles (third-person singular)
unwrinkled (past)
unwrinkled (past participle)
unwrinkling (present participle)


shutdown

A shutdown is the action of completely stopping something, making it no longer operational.


unverifiable

If something is unverifiable, it's not possible to tell if it's true or false. It could be true, it could be false, but there's no way to know for sure which it is.


buffs

buff (canonical)
buffs (third-person singular)
buffed (past)
buffed (past participle)
buffing (present participle)


buffs

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


unemployable

unemployable (positive)
more unemployable (comparative)
most unemployable (superlative)

Someone who is unemployable is not fit for working anywhere; they cannot be employed.

His chronic illness made him unemployable.


attire

An attire is a set of clothes that are worn together.

Your attire is the clothes you're wearing at any given moment.


webbing

Webbing is the material that webs are made of.


webbing

web (canonical)
webs (third-person singular)
webbed (past)
webbed (past participle)
webbing (present participle)


coldish

Something that is coldish is somewhat cold, but not very cold.


reinvests

reinvest (canonical)
reinvests (third-person singular)
reinvested (past)
reinvested (past participle)
reinvesting (present participle)

The third-person singular form of reinvest.


overacts

overact (canonical)
overacts (third-person singular)
overacted (past)
overacted (past participle)
overacting (present participle)

The third-person singular form of overact.


resourceful

resourceful (positive)
more resourceful (comparative)
most resourceful (superlative)

If someone is resourceful, they are capable and clever; they can put whatever resources they have to good use.


verifiable

verifiable (positive)
more verifiable (comparative)
most verifiable (superlative)

If something is verifiable, it's possible to tell if it's true or false.


puppeteer

puppeteer (singular)
puppeteers (plural)

A puppeteer is someone who controls puppets.


unconditional

Something that is unconditional is absolute; without conditions or caveats.

My love for you is unconditional.

/ˌʌnkənˈdɪʃənəl/


unclosed

Something is is unclosed is not closed; it is open.


edutainment

Edutainment is a type of media (movies, television, games, etc.) that is both educational and entertaining.


supplemental

Something that is supplemental supplements something else.


concierges

concierge (singular)
concierges (plural)

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


subsets

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


pentagrams

pentagram (singular)
pentagrams (plural)

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


risottos

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


overworking

overwork (canonical)
overworks (third-person singular)
overworked (past)
overworked (past participle)
overworking (present participle)


reaped what one sowed

reap what one sows (canonical)
reaps what one sows (third-person singular)
reaped what one sowed (past)
reaped what one has sown (past participle)
reaping what one sows (present participle)


bob

bob (canonical)
bobs (third-person singular)
bobbing (past)
bobbed (past participle)
bobbed (present participle)

If something bobs, it moves up and down at a steady speed.

The buoy in the sea was bobbing in the waves.


concierge

A concierge is a person who attends to the needs of hotel guests.

/ˌkɒn.siˈɛə̯ʒ/


second person

Something that is written in the second person is written addressing the person reading it.

You enter the house with your wallet in your pocket.


motlier

motley (positive)
motlier (comparative)
motliest (superlative)

The comparative form of motley; more motley.


sherpas

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


explorations

exploration (singular)
explorations (plural)

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


This symbol is used for parenthetical thoughts. See —_—.

This symbol is used in dialogue to indicate that someone suddenly stops talking.

You're going to have to try harder than that, you b—


jacks of all trades

jack of all trades (singular)
jacks of all trades (plural)

The plural form of jack of all trades; more than one (kind of) jack of all trades.


rhetorical questions

rhetorical question (singular)
rhetorical questions (plural)

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


overacted

The past tense and past participle of overact.


first person

Something that is written in the first person is written from the perspective of the person writing it.

I walked into the bar and ordered a drink.


motliest

The superlative form of motley; most motley.


pedantic

pedantic (positive)
more pedantic (comparative)
most pedantic (superlative)

If someone is being pedantic, they are worrying too much about small details that don't really matter.


QR codes

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


fidelity

Your fidelity is how faithful you are to your responsibilities.

The fidelity of an audio recording, digital image, etc. is the quality of it, not in a subjective sense, but in a technical sense.


feud

A feud is when two or more groups are hostile towards each other, usually over a disagreement or a rivalry.


feud

feud (canonical)
feuds (third-person singular)
feuded (past)
feuded (past participle)
feuding (present participle)


horrific

horrific (positive)
more horrific (comparative)
most horrific (superlative)

Something that is horrific is disturbing, scary, and bad.


doggies

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


visual novel

A visual novel is a type of video game that focuses very heavily on dialogue and narrative. There is not usually a lot of interactive game elements in visual novels. Instead, visual novels are about reading and enjoying a story.


specialisations

specialisation (singular)
specialisations (plural)

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


reap what one sows

The phrase "reap what one sows" means that what you put into something is what you get back from it. The phrase can be used in a positive or negative sense. In a negative sense, it means that you'll face the consequences of your actions. It most commonly comes in the form of "you reap what you sow".


barcodes

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


barcode

A barcode is a pattern of black and white stripes that store a small amount of text that can be read by a computer. They're most commonly placed on objects sold in stores and are then scanned by cashiers.


sacrosanct

sacrosanct (positive)
more sacrosanct (comparative)
most sacrosanct (superlative)

If something is sacrosanct, it is too important to be interfered or altered.


mph

mph is an initialism of mile(s) per hour.


seasonal depression

Seasonal depression is a kind of depression (intense sadness or emotional numbness) that affects people during the cold seasons of autumn and winter.


advancement

advancement (singular)
advancements (plural)

An advancement is a step towards something further, better, or higher; the act of advancing.

A raise is an advancement in pay.

The discovery was a huge advancement in physics.


silver fox

A silver fox is an attractive person with greying hair.


peninsula

peninsula (singular)
peninsulas (plural)

A peninsula is a landmass that is surrounded on almost all sides by water, but is still connected to a larger landmass. It is almost an island, but not quite.


adulterers

adulterer (singular)
adulterers (plural)

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


QR code

A QR code is a two-dimensional barcode, usually used to link to a website by scanning it with your phone camera.


/gen

/gen is a tone indicator which indicates that a statement is said in a genuine, not joking, rhetorical, or facetious tone. It is usually used to indicate a genuine question.


hexahedra

hexahedron (singular)
hexahedrons or hexahedra (plural)

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


simpleton

simpleton (singular)
simpletons (plural)

A simpleton is a stupid person, specifically someone who is naive and lacks common sense.


webbed

If feet or hands are webbed, the fingers or toes are connected by a thin membrane.

ducks have webbed feet, which help them swim.

Something that is webbed is similar to a web.


webbed

web (canonical)
webs (third-person singular)
webbed (past)
webbed (past participle)
webbing (present participle)

The past tense and past participle of web.


This symbol means "approximately" or "around", especially when it's placed in front of a number.

We'll meet you there ~5:00 PM.

There are ~100 floors in the Empire State Building.

When attached to the end of a sentence, this symbol means to read it with a flirtatious or playful tone.

I'll be seeing you later tonight, Jessica~


unclothe

unclothe (canonical)
unclothes (third-person singular)
unclothed (past)
unclothed (past participle)
unclothing (present participle)

If you unclothe, your remove your clothes. If you unclothe someone else, you remove their clothes.


insertion

insertion (singular)
insertions (plural)

An insertion is the act of inserting something into another thing.


bimbo

A bimbo is a woman who is stupid but very sexy.


a-

a- is a prefix that means "not". When put in front of a word, the meaning of that word reverses.


spotlights

spotlight (singular)
spotlights (plural)

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


spotlights

spotlight (canonical)
spotlights (third-person singular)
spotlighted (past)
spotlighted (past participle)
spotlighting (present participle)

The third-person singular form of spotlight.


LOD

LOD is an initialism of level of detail.


ship of Theseus

The ship of Theseus is a thought experiment that asks the following question: A ship goes on a long voyage. Over the course of this voyage, the ship's parts gradually wear out, and they get replaced one by one. By the end of the voyage, every part of the ship has been replaced with a new part. Is it still the same ship?


unfold

unfold (canonical)
unfolds (third-person singular)
unfolded (past)
unfolded (past participle)
unfolding (present participle)

If you unfold something, you make it flat.

I took the origami and unfolded it into a flat sheet of paper.


antidotes

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


Buridan's ass

Buridan's ass is a philosophical question that can be summarized like this: A hungry ass (donkey) is placed in between two bales of hay. Both bales of hay are equally far from the donkey, and both bales are completely identical and equally good. The donkey needs to eat at least one of the bales of hay, otherwise it will starve and die. Assuming that free will does not exist and that the donkey decides purely based on logic, how does the donkey decide which hay bale to eat? If it decides to eat both of them, how does it choose which one to eat first?


separatable

separatable (positive)
more separatable (comparative)
most separatable (superlative)

Something that is separatable is able to be separated; it can be divided and split into smaller pieces.


Tony

Tony is a male given name. It is usually short for Anthony.


Tony

Tony (singular)
Tonys or Tonies (plural)

A Tony is a statuette awarded by the American Theatre Wing to excellent actors in Broadway theatre.


Elvis

The name Elvis on its own often refers specifically to Elvis Presley.


unconditionally

un- + conditional + -ly
unconditional + conditionally

ety-affix

If something is done unconditionally, it is done without any conditions; without any stipulations or caveats.

I will always love you. I love you unconditionally.


unintuitive

unintuitive (positive)
more unintuitive (comparative)
most unintuitive (superlative)

If something is unintuitive, it is true, but not obvious.


inseparable

inseparable (positive)
more inseparable (comparative)
most inseparable (superlative)

If something is inseparable, it cannot be divided or broken down into smaller parts.

Two or more things that are inseparable cannot be removed from one another; they are always together.

My twin brother and I are inseparable.


rhetorical question

rhetorical question (singular)
rhetorical questions (plural)

A rhetorical question is a question that is asked only for the purpose of dramatic or persuasive effect.

A rhetorical question is a question which the person asking it doesn't expect an answer to.

Are you nuts? Don't answer that – it's a rhetorical question.


urbanize

urbanize (canonical)
urbanizes (third-person singular)
urbanized (past)
urbanized (past participle)
urbanizing (present participle)

If you urbanize something, you make it more urban.


bedridden

bedridden (positive)
more bedridden (comparative)
most bedridden (superlative)

Someone who is bedridden is too sick, tired, or disabled to get up out of bed.


motley

motley (positive)
motlier (comparative)
motliest (superlative)

If a group of people is motley, their appearance varies drastically.


toiletries

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


programming language

A programming language is a specific way of writing code for computers to run. Different programming languages might use different symbols, syntax, operations, etc.

Python, Ruby, and JavaScript are all examples of programming languages.

/ˈprəʊɡræmɪŋ læŋɡwɪdʒ/

/ˈproʊɡræmɪŋ læŋɡwɪdʒ/


layabouts

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


antidote

An antidote is something that cures or helps lessen the effects of poison or venom.

We need to find an antidote for the snake venom, or else he is going to die.


subset

A subset is a collection of things that is a part of another larger collection of things.

The set of all even numbers is a subset of the set of all numbers.

The set of all men is a subset of the set of all people.


specialization

specialization (singular)
specializations (plural)

A specialization is a specific thing that a person focuses on and becomes skilled at or knowledgeable about.

/ˌspɛʃəlɪˈzeɪʃn̩/


binary

binary (positive)
more binary (comparative)
most binary (superlative)

Something that is binary is in one of two mutually exclusive states.

Binary states are often represented as 1 and 0 in computers.

Something that is binary has two equally important parts.


spiral staircase

spiral staircase (singular)
spiral staircases (plural)

A spiral staircase is a staircase that loops over itself in a repeating spiral pattern.


defaulting

default (canonical)
defaults (third-person singular)
defaulted (past)
defaulted (past participle)
defaulting (present participle)


white pizza

white pizza (singular)
white pizzas (plural)

A white pizza is a pizza without any tomato sauce.


krisses

kris (singular)
krises or krisses (plural)

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


unchangeably

unchangeably (positive)
more unchangeably (comparative)
Superlativemost unchangeably

un- + changeable + -ly
unchangeable + changeably


sherpa

A sherpa is a mountain guide. Their job is to help people navigate through and up mountains.

A sherpa is someone who guides someone else through a potentially dangerous or stressful situation.


pentagram

pentagram (singular)
pentagrams (plural)

A pentagram is a 5-pointed star shape with self-intersecting lines.


overwork

overwork (canonical)
overworks (third-person singular)
overworked (past)
overworked (past participle)
overworking (present participle)

If you overwork someone, you make them work too hard.

/ˌəʊvəˈwɜːk/


twitter

A twitter is the sound that a bird makes.


twitter

twitter (canonical)
twitters (third-person singular)
twittered (past)
twittered (past participle)
twittering (present participle)


krissed

kris (canonical)
krises (third-person singular)
krissed (past)
krissed (past participle)
krissing (present participle)

The past tense and past participle of kris.


defaulted

The past tense and past participle of default.


hexahedron

hexahedron (singular)
hexahedrons or hexahedra (plural)

A hexahedron is a polyhedron with six faces. The regular hexahedron is the cube.


decontaminated

decontaminated (positive)
more decontaminated (comparative)
most decontaminated (superlative)

Something that has been decontaminated has had any dangerous contaminants removed from it.


decontaminated

decontaminate (canonical)
decontaminates (third-person singular)
decontaminated (past)
decontaminated (past participle)
decontaminating (present participle)

The past tense and past participle of decontaminate.


jack of all trades

jack of all trades (singular)
jacks of all trades (plural)

A jack of all trades is someone who is skilled at a lot of different things.

Justin does metalworking, he can sing, and he's a weightlifter. He's a jack of all trades.


long-distance relationship

long-distance relationship (singular)
long-distance relationships (plural)

A long-distance relationship is when two people who live far away from each other develop a bond through communicating without meeting up in real life. The phrase is usually used to mean a romantic relationship. It applies to people who talk over the Internet, over telephone, through letters, etc.


specialisation

specialisation (singular)
specialisations (plural)

A specialisation is a specific thing that a person focuses on and becomes skilled at or knowledgeable about.

/ˌspɛʃəlɪˈzeɪʃn̩/


end-user


pedants

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


lemma

lemma (singular)
lemmas or lemmata (plural)

A lemma is the basic form of a word. For example, of "run", "runs", "ran", and "running", the lemma is "run".


adulteress

adulteress (singular)
adulteresses (plural)

An adulteress is a woman who is not faithful to her husband.


hypersexual

hypersexual (positive)
more hypersexual (comparative)
most hypersexual (superlative)

Someone who is hypersexual is very sexual.


hypersexual

hypersexual (singular)
hypersexuals (plural)

A hypersexual is someone who is hypersexual.


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ghost town

A ghost town is a town that nobody lives in anymore.

A ghost town is anything that has been abandoned.

A ghost town is a town with very few people living in it.


unwrinkled

unwrinkled (positive)
more unwrinkled (comparative)
most unwrinkled (superlative)

If something is unwrinkled, it doesn't have any wrinkles in it.

Your face looks so unwrinkled!


unwrinkled

unwrinkle (canonical)
unwrinkles (third-person singular)
unwrinkled (past)
unwrinkled (past participle)
unwrinkling (present participle)

The past tense and past participle of unwrinkle.


buffed

buff (canonical)
buffs (third-person singular)
buffed (past)
buffed (past participle)
buffing (present participle)

The past tense and past participle of buff.


adulteresses

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


This symbol indicates something moving or located to the left or west.


a jack of all trades is a master of none


This symbol indicates something moving or located to the right or east.

This symbol is used to list steps that should be done in a specific order.

Go to File → Save As → CSV file → OK.


wingwoman

The feminine form of wingman; a female wingman.


adulterer

adulterer (singular)
adulterers (plural)

An adulterer is someone who is not faithful to their spouse.


Tonies

Tony (singular)
Tonys or Tonies (plural)

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


deafening silence

Deafening silence is a period of silence that is uncomfortable, disapproving, unenthusiastic, or otherwise noteworthy.


world record

The world record in something is the best anyone has ever done in it by some specific measure, like fastest time or highest score.

The world record for the fastest marathon ever ran is 2:01:09, ran by Eliud Kipchoge on September 25, 2022 at the Berlin Marathon.


/nm

/nm is a tone indicator which indicates that the person writing a statement is not mad.


krised

kris (canonical)
krises (third-person singular)
krised (past)
krised (past participle)
krising (present participle)

The past tense and past participle of kris.


yeets

yeet (canonical)
yeets (third-person singular)
yeeted (past)
yeeted (past participle)
yeeting (present participle)


assessors

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


toiletry

A toiletry is any item used for personal hygiene or grooming. As the name suggests, toiletries are often found in one's bathroom.

Examples of toiletries include: a toothbrush, toothpaste, a comb.


overact

overact (canonical)
overacts (third-person singular)
overacted (past)
overacted (past participle)
overacting (present participle)

When acting (for example, in a play or a movie), overacting is when an actor exaggerates their performance, putting too much emotion into it.

/ˌəʊvərˈækt/


imprecise

If something is imprecise, it is not precise or exact.


amnesics

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


amnestics

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


atbash

Atbash is a simple cipher used to hide the meaning of a piece of text. In atbash, the alphabet goes in reverse. The letter A becomes the letter Z, the letter B becomes the letter Y, and so on.

ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ ↔ ZYXWVUTSRQPONMLKJIHGFEDCBA

Hello, world! ↔ Svool, dliow!


/lh

/lh is a tone indicator which indicates that a statement is said in a lighthearted (not serious or rude) tone.


adapters

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


professionally

If you do something professionally, you do it in a professional way.

You handled that customer's complaint very professionally.


defaults

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


defaults

default (canonical)
defaults (third-person singular)
defaulted (past)
defaulted (past participle)
defaulting (present participle)

The third-person singular form of default.


/s

/s is a tone indicator which indicates that a statement is said in a sarcastic tone.

wow, that sounds like a great idea /s


/srs

/srs is a tone indicator which indicates that a statement is said in a serious, not joking tone.


/pos

/pos is a tone indicator which indicates that a statement is said in a positive tone.


/hj

/hj is a tone indicator which indicates that a statement is said half-jokingly.


/neg

/neg is a tone indicator which indicates that a statement is said in a negative tone.


/nsrs

/nsrs is a tone indicator which indicates that a statement is said in a non-serious tone.


waxier

waxy (positive)
waxier (comparative)
waxiest (superlative)

The comparative form of waxy; more waxy.


domino effect

A domino effect is when one event causes a long series of other things to occur.


twitters

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


twitters

twitter (canonical)
twitters (third-person singular)
twittered (past)
twittered (past participle)
twittering (present participle)

The third-person singular form of twitter.