sardine

forms:
sardine (singular)
sardines (plural)

glosses: A sardine is a small oily fish related to herring.

text: They opened a tin of sardines.

text: The refugees were packed like sardines.

ipa: /sɑːˈdiːn/

ipa: /sɑrˈdin/

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


racks

forms:
rack (singular)
racks (plural)

pos: noun

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

ipa: /ræks/

noun

rack

expansion: [POS TABLE]


racks

forms:
rack (canonical)
racks (third-person singular)
racked (past)
racked (past participle)
racking (present participle)

pos: verb


rack

glosses: A rack is a series of shelves stacked on top of each other.

text: I have a rack at home that holds the books that I have.

glosses: A rack is a frame you can hang things on.

glosses: A rack is a cut of meat that has several connecting ribs.

text: I bought a rack of lamb at the butcher's yesterday.

text: Check out the rack on that woman.

ipa: /ræk/


rack

glosses: If you rack somethin, you put it on a rack.

glosses: If you rack a person, you cause them to suffer pain.


tangled

forms:
tangle (canonical)
tangles (third-person singular)
tangled (past)
tangled (past participle)
tangling (present participle)

glosses: The past tense and past participle of tangle.

verb

tangl

e


jolt

forms:
jolt (canonical)
jolts (third-person singular)
jolted (past)
jolted (past participle)
jolting (present participle)

glosses: When you jolt something, you push or shake it suddenly.

text: The bus was moving along a bumpy road, thus jolting its passengers along the way.

text: I was sleeping soundly when I was suddenly jolted awake.

ipa: /dʒɒlt/

sampa: /dZQlt/


jolt

forms:
jolt (singular)
jolts (plural)


vandalize

forms:
vandalize (canonical)
vandalizes (third-person singular)
vandalized (past)
vandalized (past participle)
vandalizing (present participle)

glosses: When you vandalize something, you destroy or damage other people's work or property.

text: John, please do not vandalize the wall!

ipa: /ˈvændəlaɪz/

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

vandaliz


peeps

forms:
peep (singular)
peeps (plural)

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

noun

peep


peeps

forms:
peep (canonical)
peeps (third-person singular)
peeped (past)
peeped (past participle)
peeping (present participle)


varnishes

forms:
varnish (singular)
varnishes (plural)

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

varnish

varnishes


varnishes

forms:
varnish (canonical)
varnishes (third-person singular)
varnished (past)
varnished (past participle)
varnishing (present participle)

glosses: The third-person singular form of varnish.

verb

es


blockade

forms:
blockade (singular)
blockades (plural)

glosses: A blockade is the blocking of a port or city, so that nothing can come in or out of it.

glosses: A blockade refers to ships or armies used to block a port or city.

ipa: /blɑˈkeɪd/

ipa: /blɒˈkeɪd/

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


blockade

forms:
blockade (canonical)
blockades (third-person singular)
blockaded (past)
blockaded (past participle)
blockading (present participle)

glosses: When you set up a blockade, you block a port or city, to form a blockade.

blockad


influenzas

forms:
influenza (singular)
influenzas (plural)

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

noun

influenza


referendums

forms:
referendum (singular)
referendums (plural)

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

referendum


startup

forms:
startup (singular)
startups (plural)

etymology_text: start + up

compound

start

up

expansion: start + up

text: The startup had trouble making money at first.

glosses: A startup is the act or process of starting a process or machine.

ipa: /ˈstɑrtˌʌp/


combat

forms:
combat (singular)
combats (plural)

ipa: /ˈkɒmˌbæt/

ipa: /ˈkɑmˌbæt/

hyphenation: com‧bat


combat

forms:
combated (past)
combated (past participle)
combating (present participle)
combat (canonical)
combats (third-person singular)
combatted (past)
combatted (past participle)
combatting (present participle)

glosses: If you combat against someone or something, you fight or take action against it.

ipa: /kəmˈbæt/

audio: en-us-combat (verb).ogg

verb

combat

t


blot

forms:
blot (singular)
blots (plural)

glosses: A stain, spot or mark left by a colored object.

text: There was a blot of wine on my shirt.

ipa: /blɒt/

ipa: /blɑt/


blot

forms:
blot (canonical)
blots (third-person singular)
blotted (past)
blotted (past participle)
blotting (present participle)

text: I tried to blot the spill as quickly as possibly, but it still left a stain.

glosses: To cause a blot (on something) by spilling a colored substance.

blot


peeped

glosses: The past tense and past participle of peep.


influenza

glosses: A virus that causes fevers and sickness. Often called the flu.

text: The large number cases of influenza in the 1910s killed many.


taming

forms:
tame (canonical)
tames (third-person singular)
tamed (past)
tamed (past participle)
taming (present participle)

tam


uplifted

forms:
uplift (canonical)
uplifts (third-person singular)
uplifted (past)
uplifted (past participle)
uplifting (present participle)

glosses: The past tense and past participle of uplift.

uplift


vandalizes

glosses: The third-person singular form of vandalize.


pegs

forms:
peg (singular)
pegs (plural)

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

noun

peg


pegs

forms:
peg (canonical)
pegs (third-person singular)
pegged (past)
pegged (past participle)
pegging (present participle)

verb

g


tamed

glosses: The past tense and past participle of tame.


appetite

forms:
appetite (singular)
appetites (plural)

glosses: When you have appetite, you feel hungry and would like to eat some food.

text: My blocked nose is making me lose appetite.


peer

forms:
peer (singular)
peers (plural)

glosses: A peer is someone of the same level as you.

text: I have peers in school that often help me when I need their help.

ipa: /pɪə/

enpr: pîr

ipa: /pɪr/


peer

forms:
peer (canonical)
peers (third-person singular)
peered (past)
peered (past participle)
peering (present participle)

glosses: When you peer at something, you look at it with difficulty and concentration. Usually a small thing or a small text.


omelets

forms:
omelet (singular)
omelets (plural)

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

noun

omelet


box office

forms:
box office (singular)
box offices (plural)

glosses: A place at the cinema or theater where you can buy tickets from.


zillions

forms:
zillion (singular)
zillions (plural)

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

zillion


ballets

forms:
ballet (singular)
ballets (plural)

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

ballet


imperial

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

pos: adj

glosses: Something that is imperial is something related to an empire.

text: The imperial crown is kept with the other jewels in the tower.

adjective

more: true


apes

forms:
ape (singular)
apes (plural)

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

ipa: /eɪps/

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

noun

ape


teenage

forms: teenage (positive)

glosses: When someone is teenage, that person is older than twelve years old, but younger than twenty years old.

text: During my teenage years, I had to fight for my own survival, as it was during the Great Depression.


zillion

glosses: A zillion refers to an extremely large number.

ipa: /ˈzɪljən/


referendum

forms:
referendum (singular)
referendums (plural)

glosses: A referendum is vote on a law by the general public

text: California held a referendum on the new tax law.

ipa: /ˌrɛfəˈrɛndəm/

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


zappers

forms:
zapper (singular)
zappers (plural)

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

zapper


competitor

forms:
competitor (singular)
competitors (plural)

glosses: A competitor is someone who is competing in a race/event.

enpr: kəm-pĕʹ-tĭ-tər

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


boulder

forms:
boulder (singular)
boulders (plural)

glosses: A boulder is a large piece of stone or rock.

ipa: /ˈboʊldər/


cafes

forms:
cafe (singular)
cafes (plural)

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

cafe


applause

forms:
applause (singular)
applauses (plural)

glosses: An applause is to show praise or enjoyment of a music or play by hitting hands together many times with sounds (clapping).

text: Please give a round of applause to this wonderful band for their music!


launch

forms:
launch (canonical)
launches (third-person singular)
launched (past)
launched (past participle)
launching (present participle)

text: During the fight, he launched a dart at my head. Luckily, he missed.

glosses: If you launch a boat, you put it in water.

text: Bob is having a party to launch his new speed boat this weekend.

glosses: If you launch something, you start it or get it going.

text: The movie star is going to launch her new clothing line next month.

text: If I can get the money I need, I plan to launch my restaurant within a year.

text: This opportunity could really launch your career.

enpr: lônch

ipa: /lɔːntʃ/

ipa: /lɔntʃ/

sampa: /lOntS/

ipa: /lɑntʃ/

sampa: /lAntS/

verb

launch


twenty-one

forms: twenty-one

pos: det

text: The legal age to drink is twenty-one years old in most states in the USA.

enpr: twĕn'tē wŭnʹ

ipa: /ˌtwɛntiˈwʌn/


cliffhanger

forms:
cliffhanger (singular)
cliffhangers (plural)

glosses: A cliffhanger is a story or movie that is exciting because you do not know what is going to happen next.


tame

forms:
tame (positive)
tamer (comparative)
tamest (superlative)

glosses: If something is tame, it is not dangerous.

text: Tame animals can live with people.

adjective

tame

tamer

tamest


tame

forms:
tame (canonical)
tames (third-person singular)
tamed (past)
tamed (past participle)
taming (present participle)

glosses: To tame is to train an animal to live with people.

text: The monkey is tame. He will not hurt you.


uplifting

forms:
uplift (canonical)
uplifts (third-person singular)
uplifted (past)
uplifted (past participle)
uplifting (present participle)


fate

forms:
fate (singular)
fates (plural)

glosses: Fate is a power that decides what will happen to us in the future.

ipa: /feɪt/


errand

forms:
errand (singular)
errands (plural)

glosses: An errand is a short journey to buy or deliver something.

text: She had a few errands to do before she met me for coffee.


lashes

forms:
lash (singular)
lashes (plural)

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

noun

lash

lashes


lashes

forms:
lash (canonical)
lashes (third-person singular)
lashed (past)
lashed (past participle)
lashing (present participle)


apricot

forms:
apricot (singular)
apricots (plural)

glosses: An apricot is a juicy, soft fruit of an red-yellow colour.

text: He ate a delicious apricot.

glosses: A pale yellow-orange colour, like that of an apricot fruit.

ipa: /æeprɪˈkɒt/

audio: EN-AU ck1 apricot.ogg

hyphenation: apri‧cot


undercooked

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

etymology_text: under- + cooked

ety-prefix

under

cooked

expansion: under- + cooked

glosses: Undercooked describes food that is not heated fully

text: The chicken was undercooked.


tangling

forms:
tangle (canonical)
tangles (third-person singular)
tangled (past)
tangled (past participle)
tangling (present participle)

verb

tangl


tart

forms:
tart (singular)
tarts (plural)

glosses: A tart is a food like a small pie, usually with a fruit inside it.

text: We ate a strawberry tart for breakfast.

glosses: A tart is a woman who does a lot of flirting. Most people consider it an insult.

text: I think she's a real tart.

ipa: /tɑrt/

ipa: /tɑːt/


tart

forms: tart (positive)

glosses: When something is tart, it has an acidic taste to it.

text: The lemonade was too tart to drink.


cafe

forms:
cafe (singular)
cafes (plural)

glosses: A cafe is a place where you can buy and drink coffee; usually you can buy and eat food there as well.

ipa: /ˌkæˈfeɪ/

ipa: /ˈkæfeɪ/

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


detests

forms:
detest (canonical)
detests (third-person singular)
detested (past)
detested (past participle)
detesting (present participle)

glosses: The third-person singular form of detest.

detest


cliffhangers

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

noun

cliffhanger


chirp

forms:
chirp (singular)
chirps (plural)

glosses: A chirp is a short, sharp, high-pitched sound by an insect or a small bird.

ipa: /tʃɜː(r)p/

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


reassure

forms:
reassure (canonical)
reassures (third-person singular)
reassured (past)
reassured (past participle)
reassuring (present participle)

etymology_text: re- + assure

ety-prefix

re

assure

expansion: re- + assure

glosses: When you reassure someone, you stop the person from having doubts and fears by giving advice and help.

ipa: /riəˈʃʊə(r)/

ipa: /riəˈʃʊr/

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

verb

reassur


cafés

forms:
café (singular)
cafés (plural)

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

noun

café


varnish

forms:
varnish (singular)
varnishes (plural)

glosses: Varnish is a type of paint dissolved in a liquid for applying on wood to form a hard, clear, shiny surface.

ipa: /ˈvɑː(r)nɪʃ/


varnish

forms:
varnish (canonical)
varnishes (third-person singular)
varnished (past)
varnished (past participle)
varnishing (present participle)

glosses: If you varnish something, you apply or cover it with varnish.

verb

varnish


epidemics

forms:
epidemic (singular)
epidemics (plural)

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

noun

epidemic


tangles

forms:
tangle (singular)
tangles (plural)

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

tangle


tangles

glosses: The third-person singular form of tangle.


diarrhoeas

forms:
diarrhoea (singular)
diarrhoeas (plural)

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

diarrhoea


peered

forms:
peer (canonical)
peers (third-person singular)
peered (past)
peered (past participle)
peering (present participle)

glosses: The past tense and past participle of peer.

verb

peer


rebel

forms:
rebel (singular)
rebels (plural)

glosses: A rebel is somebody who fights against power, especially against your own government.

text: There are six or more armed rebel groups fighting government forces in and around those forests.

text: When he was young, he was a bit of a rebel, and was always getting in trouble at school.

enpr: rĕbʹəl

ipa: /ˈrɛbəl/


rebel

forms:
rebel (canonical)
rebels (third-person singular)
rebelled (past)
rebelled (past participle)
rebelling (present participle)

glosses: If you rebel against something that has power over you, you fight against it.

text: Teachers need to balance many things so their students don't rebel against them.

enpr: rĭ-bĕlʹ

ipa: /rɪˈbɛl/

rebel

l


errands

forms:
errand (singular)
errands (plural)

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

noun

errand


choirs

forms:
choir (singular)
choirs (plural)

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

choir


chirps

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

chirp


breadth

forms:
breadth (singular)
breadths (plural)

glosses: The breadth of an object is the distance from side to side, to show how wide an object is.


tangle

glosses: A tangle is a twisted mass of something.

text: There is a bad tangle in my hair.


tangle

forms:
tangle (canonical)
tangles (third-person singular)
tangled (past)
tangled (past participle)
tangling (present participle)

glosses: To tangle is to twist something together into knots.

text: Those ropes are in a tangled mess.


café

glosses: A café is a place where you can buy and drink coffee; usually you can buy and eat some food there as well.


chicks

forms:
chick (singular)
chicks (plural)

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

chick


vandalized

forms:
vandalize (canonical)
vandalizes (third-person singular)
vandalized (past)
vandalized (past participle)
vandalizing (present participle)

glosses: The past tense and past participle of vandalize.

verb

vandaliz


fates

forms:
fate (singular)
fates (plural)

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

noun

fate


choir

glosses: A choir is a group of singers, especially in church

text: The choir sang Jingle Bells

ipa: /kwaɪə(r)/

ipa: /kwaɪɚ/


diarrhoea

glosses: Diarrhoea is an illness where the person's poop or feces are soft like water.

diarrhoeas


detest

forms:
detest (canonical)
detests (third-person singular)
detested (past)
detested (past participle)
detesting (present participle)

glosses: If you detest, something, you dislike it.

text: I detest that television show

ipa: /dɪˈtɛst/

hyphenation: de‧test


ape

forms:
ape (singular)
apes (plural)

glosses: An ape is a primate that doesn't have a tail, including chimpanzees, gorillas, orangutans and humans.

enpr: āp

ipa: /eɪp/


chuckle

forms:
chuckle (canonical)
chuckles (third-person singular)
chuckled (past)
chuckled (past participle)
chuckling (present participle)

glosses: If you chuckle, you laugh quietly or inwardly

text: John chuckled because Fred told him a joke

ipa: /ˈt͡ʃʌkəl/

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

verb

chuckl


zapper

forms:
zapper (singular)
zappers (plural)

glosses: A zapper is a remote control for a television.

text: Please pass me the zapper, my show is starting on the other channel.

enpr: zăpʹə(r)


grubby

forms:
grubby (positive)
grubbier (comparative)
grubbiest (superlative)

glosses: When someone is grubby, the person is very dirty and unclean.

text: Tommy was very grubby after playing football.

adjective

grubby

grubbier

grubbiest


envious

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

glosses: When someone is envious, that person is jealous and has the feeling of wanting something that someone else has.

text: As someone who does not own a car, I sometimes feel quite envious of my colleges that do.

enpr: ĕnʹvēəs

ipa: /ˈɛnviːəs/

audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vininn126-envious.wav


guerrillas

forms:
guerrilla (singular)
guerrillas (plural)

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

noun

guerrilla


grunts

forms:
grunt (canonical)
grunts (third-person singular)
grunted (past)
grunted (past participle)
grunting (present participle)

glosses: The third-person singular form of grunt.

verb

grunt


tarmac

forms: tarmac (singular)

glosses: A tarmac is a mixture of tar and very small stones, it is used for making roads.

ipa: /ˈtɑː(r)mæk/

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


tarmac

forms:
tarmac (canonical)
tarmacs (third-person singular)
tarmaced (past)
tarmaced (past participle)
tarmacing (present participle)

glosses: If you tarmac something, you cover it with tarmac.


progressive

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

glosses: Something that is progressive has to do with progress.

glosses: In politics, someone who is progressive wants to make things better through new laws and methods.

text: It's a victory for feminism and progressive politics.

glosses: A progressive tax is a tax that makes the rich pay a much higher amount of their money than the poor.

glosses: The progressive aspect is made with a form of the verb "be" and a verb with an "-ing" at the end.

text: The present progressive of "I go" is "I am going" and the past progressive of "I walk" is "I was walking".

glosses: If a disease is progressive, it begins slowly and gets worse over time.

ipa: /prəˈɡrɛsɪv/

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


detesting

detest


detested

glosses: The past tense and past participle of detest.


gropes

forms:
grope (canonical)
gropes (third-person singular)
groped (past)
groped (past participle)
groping (present participle)

glosses: The third-person singular form of grope.

grop


competitors

forms:
competitor (singular)
competitors (plural)

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

noun

competitor


combats

forms:
combat (singular)
combats (plural)

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

combat


combats

forms:
combated (past)
combated (past participle)
combating (present participle)
combat (canonical)
combats (third-person singular)
combatted (past)
combatted (past participle)
combatting (present participle)

glosses: The third-person singular form of combat.


applaud

forms:
applaud (canonical)
applauds (third-person singular)
applauded (past)
applauded (past participle)
applauding (present participle)

glosses: If you applaud something, you show you like it by hitting your hands together many times, making sounds. (clap) Especially if it is music or a play.

text: I applaud your wonderful performance.

ipa: /əˈplɔːd/

ipa: /əˈplɔd/


guerrilla

glosses: A guerrilla is a member of a small independent group in military who fights against larger forces such as the government.

ipa: /ɡəˈrɪlə/


appetites

forms:
appetite (singular)
appetites (plural)

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

appetite


grumbling

forms:
grumble (canonical)
grumbles (third-person singular)
grumbled (past)
grumbled (past participle)
grumbling (present participle)

verb

grumbl


groped

glosses: The past tense and past participle of grope.


hairstyle

forms:
hairstyle (singular)
hairstyles (plural)

glosses: The way in which someone's hair has been cut and arranged.

text: His hairstyle is one which covers his ears


haze

forms:
haze (singular)
hazes (plural)

glosses: Haze is thin fog, slight mist, thin cloud and slight smoke


haziest

forms:
hazy (positive)
hazier (comparative)
haziest (superlative)

glosses: The superlative form of hazy; most hazy.

adjective

hazy

hazier

haziest


hairstyles

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

noun

hairstyle


satellite

forms:
satellite (singular)
satellites (plural)

glosses: A satellite is an object in orbit around another celestial object, such as the Moon orbiting the Earth.

glosses: A satellite is a man-made object orbiting a celestial body, especially one sending back information to Earth or one helping with GPS trilateration or television signals.

glosses: A television which uses a satellite dish.

ipa: /ˈsætəlaɪt/

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


hazy

glosses: If it is a hazy day, the sky is not clear and covered by a haze.

ipa: /ˈheɪzi/

audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vininn126-hazy.wav


chuckles

forms:
chuckle (canonical)
chuckles (third-person singular)
chuckled (past)
chuckled (past participle)
chuckling (present participle)

glosses: The third-person singular form of chuckle.


ballet

forms:
ballet (singular)
ballets (plural)

glosses: Ballet is a type of dancing from France.

text: Jim and Lisa liked to watch ballet.

glosses: A ballet is any dance done in the style of ballet.

text: What is your favorite ballet?

ipa: /ˈbæleɪ/

enpr: bă-lāʹ

ipa: /bæˈleɪ/

ipa: /bælæe/

ipa: /bɛlæe/

ipa: /bɐleː/

hyphenation: bal‧let


molted

forms:
molt (canonical)
molts (third-person singular)
molted (past)
molted (past participle)
molting (present participle)

glosses: The past tense and past participle of molt.

verb

molt


annex

forms:
annex (canonical)
annexes (third-person singular)
annexed (past)
annexed (past participle)
annexing (present participle)

glosses: To attach, append, or add, especially to something larger or more important.

glosses: To incorporate (territory) into the domain of a city, country, or state.

text: Germany annexed part of Czechoslovakia.

glosses: To take or appropriate, especially without permission.

glosses: To attach as an attribute, condition, or consequence.

annex


gallons

forms:
gallon (singular)
gallons (plural)

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

noun

gallon


unanimities

forms:
unanimity (singular)
unanimities (plural)

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

unanimity

unanimities


hazes

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

haze


uncompetitiveness

forms: uncompetitiveness (singular)

etymology_text:
un- + competitive + -ness
uncompetitive + competitiveness

ety-affix

un

competitive

ness


uplift

forms:
uplift (canonical)
uplifts (third-person singular)
uplifted (past)
uplifted (past participle)
uplifting (present participle)

etymology_text: up- + lift

ety-prefix

up

lift

expansion: up- + lift

glosses: To uplift is to raise something or someone to a point where their physical or mental status is better

text: To uplift my mode, I play music.

enpr: ŭplĭftʹ

ipa: /ʌpˈlɪft/


epidemic

forms:
epidemic (singular)
epidemics (plural)

glosses: An epidemic is a widespread illness, this spreads quickly to many people.

ipa: /ˌɛpɪˈdɛmɪk/

hyphenation: ep‧i‧dem‧ic


hazier

glosses: The comparative form of hazy; more hazy.


hastiest

forms:
hasty (positive)
hastier (comparative)
hastiest (superlative)

glosses: The superlative form of hasty; most hasty.

adjective

hasty

hastier

hastiest


satellites

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

noun

satellite


applauses

forms:
applause (singular)
applauses (plural)

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

applause


grumbles

glosses: The third-person singular form of grumble.

verb

e


grumbles

forms:
grumble (singular)
grumbles (plural)

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

noun

grumble


breadths

forms:
breadth (singular)
breadths (plural)

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

breadth


boulders

forms:
boulder (singular)
boulders (plural)

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

boulder


chuckled

glosses: The past tense and past participle of chuckle.

verb

chuckl


grumbled

forms:
grumble (canonical)
grumbles (third-person singular)
grumbled (past)
grumbled (past participle)
grumbling (present participle)

glosses: The past tense and past participle of grumble.

grumbl


haste

forms: haste (singular)

glosses: If you make haste, you try to do something quickly and soon.

text: We must make haste if we are to arrive on time.

glosses: Your haste is the careless speed you do something with.

text: In my haste to catch the bus, I forgot my bag.

ipa: /heɪst/

noun

haste


groaning

forms:
groan (canonical)
groans (third-person singular)
groaned (past)
groaned (past participle)
groaning (present participle)

verb

groan


apricots

forms:
apricot (singular)
apricots (plural)

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

noun

apricot


grunted

forms:
grunt (canonical)
grunts (third-person singular)
grunted (past)
grunted (past participle)
grunting (present participle)

glosses: The past tense and past participle of grunt.

verb

grunt


kegs

forms:
keg (singular)
kegs (plural)

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

noun

keg


coyotes

forms:
coyote (singular)
coyotes (plural)

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

coyote


keg

text: The keg has beer in it.


coyote

glosses: A coyote is an animal in the wolf family.

text: The coyote ran across the field.

ipa: /kəˈjoʊti/

ipa: /kɔɪˈ(j)əʊt(ɪ)/


nanny

forms:
nanny (singular)
nannies (plural)

glosses: A nanny is a woman who looks after a child in its own home.

ipa: /ˈnæni/

nannies


bragging

forms:
brag (canonical)
brags (third-person singular)
bragged (past)
bragged (past participle)
bragging (present participle)

ipa: /ˈbraɡɪŋ/

verb

brag


hauling

forms:
haul (canonical)
hauls (third-person singular)
hauled (past)
hauled (past participle)
hauling (present participle)

haul


imperatives

forms:
imperative (singular)
imperatives (plural)

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

noun

imperative


distortions

forms:
distortion (singular)
distortions (plural)

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

distortion


ladle

forms:
ladle (singular)
ladles (plural)


immunizes

forms:
immunize (canonical)
immunizes (third-person singular)
immunized (past)
immunized (past participle)
immunizing (present participle)

glosses: The third-person singular form of immunize.

verb

immuniz


groceries

forms:
grocery (singular)
groceries (plural)

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

glosses: Groceries are foods and other goods, for example, sugar, tea, tinned meat, and soap.

text: We went shopping to get the groceries.

ipa: /ˈɡroʊsəriz/

ipa: /ˈɡrəʊs(ə)riz/

hyphenation: gro‧cer‧ies

noun

grocery

groceries


studios

forms:
studio (singular)
studios (plural)

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

studio


grunt

glosses: When you grunt, you make a low short sound, usually to show your unhappiness about something.


growls

forms:
growl (singular)
growls (plural)

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

growl


growls

forms:
growl (canonical)
growls (third-person singular)
growled (past)
growled (past participle)
growling (present participle)

glosses: The third-person singular form of growl.


sedge

forms:
sedge (singular)
sedges (plural)

glosses: A sedge is a grass-like plant such as papyrus.


majestic

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

glosses: When something is majestic, it is very beautiful and royal.

ipa: /məˈdʒɛstɪk/


wobbliest

forms:
wobbly (positive)
wobblier (comparative)
wobbliest (superlative)

glosses: The superlative form of wobbly; most wobbly.

adjective

wobbly

wobblier

wobbliest


bragged

glosses: The past tense and past participle of brag.

ipa: /bræɡd/

verb

g


inadequate

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

etymology_text: in- + adequate

ety-prefix

in

adequate

expansion: in- + adequate

glosses: If something is inadequate, there is not enough of it. Something that is inadequate is lacking.

text: We have an inadequate amount of food to last us three days.

ipa: /ɪnˈædəkwɪt/

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

hyphenation: in‧ad‧e‧quate


harsh

forms:
harsh (positive)
harsher (comparative)
harshest (superlative)

glosses: When someone is harsh, that person is very unpleasant, rough and cruel.

text: Our school's discipline master is very harsh on people who break the school rules.

ipa: /hɑrʃ/

ipa: /hɑːʃ/

adj

harsh

harsher

harshest


ladles

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

noun

ladle


sedges

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

sedge


hastier

forms:
hasty (positive)
hastier (comparative)
hastiest (superlative)

glosses: The comparative form of hasty; more hasty.

adjective

hasty


bromines

forms:
bromine (singular)
bromines (plural)

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

noun

bromine


kerb

forms:
kerb (singular)
kerbs (plural)

glosses: A kerb is a stone edging to a pavement or sidewalk.

ipa: /kɝb/

ipa: /kɜːb/


obligation

forms:
obligation (singular)
obligations (plural)

glosses: An obligation is a duty, something you must do.


slurry

forms:
slurry (singular)
slurries (plural)

glosses: Slurry is a liquid mixture of insoluble substances in water. Substances could be clay, cement, coal, manure.

text: The cement slurry came down a chute into the setting.

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

slurries


distortion

forms:
distortion (singular)
distortions (plural)

glosses: A distortion is a change to the original (or normal) shape (or characteristic) of something. It can apply to objects, images, sounds, or information.

text: He told her the story, but it was a distortion of the truth.


majesties

forms:
majesty (singular)
majesties (plural)

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

majesty

majesties


brace

forms:
brace (singular)
braces (plural)

glosses: A brace is a wire fitted in the child's mouth to straighten the teeth.

ipa: /breɪs/

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


brace

forms:
brace (canonical)
braces (third-person singular)
braced (past)
braced (past participle)
bracing (present participle)

glosses: When you brace for something, you get yourself mentally prepared for it. preparing yourself for something bad that is going to happen.

text: The residents braced themselves for the incoming earthquake by moving to shelters earlier today.

verb

brac


gallon

forms:
gallon (singular)
gallons (plural)

glosses: A unit of volume: eight pints, commonly used for measuring gasoline.

text: Gas costs only 3 dollars and 20 cents per gallon here

ipa: /ˈɡælən/

hyphenation: gal‧lon


oaths

forms:
oath (singular)
oaths (plural)

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

noun

oath


national anthems

forms:
national anthem (singular)
national anthems (plural)

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

national anthem


hauled

forms:
haul (canonical)
hauls (third-person singular)
hauled (past)
hauled (past participle)
hauling (present participle)

glosses: The past tense and past participle of haul.

verb

haul


webisodes

forms:
webisode (singular)
webisodes (plural)

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

noun

webisode


slurries

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

slurry


obligations

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

obligation


sunflowers

forms:
sunflower (singular)
sunflowers (plural)

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

sunflower


laden

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

glosses: When something is laden, it has a heavy weight.

glosses: Words that are laden carry something heavy in its meaning.

text: That philosopher's words were laden with wise words.


growled

forms:
growl (canonical)
growls (third-person singular)
growled (past)
growled (past participle)
growling (present participle)

glosses: The past tense and past participle of growl.

verb

growl


webisode

glosses: A webisode is an episode of a show that can be watched over the internet instead of on the TV.


brag

forms:
brag (canonical)
brags (third-person singular)
bragged (past)
bragged (past participle)
bragging (present participle)

glosses: If you brag about something, you say something in a too proud manner; you boast about what you have, what you can do or what you have done.

text: Don't brag about it please.

ipa: /bræɡ/

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

audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-brag.wav

hyphenation: brag

brag


catamount

forms:
catamount (singular)
catamounts (plural)

glosses: a catamount is a wildcat with a short tail

text: the catamount paced back and forth


handicaps

forms:
handicap (singular)
handicaps (plural)

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

noun

handicap


handicaps

forms:
handicap (canonical)
handicaps (third-person singular)
handicapped (past)
handicapped (past participle)
handicapping (present participle)

glosses: The third-person singular form of handicap.

verb

p


obstacles

forms:
obstacle (singular)
obstacles (plural)

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

noun

obstacle


malleable

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

glosses: When something is malleable, it can be easily made into thin sheets and can be made into other shapes easily.


participants

forms:
participant (singular)
participants (plural)

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

participant


groping

forms:
grope (canonical)
gropes (third-person singular)
groped (past)
groped (past participle)
groping (present participle)

verb

grop


groan

forms:
groan (canonical)
groans (third-person singular)
groaned (past)
groaned (past participle)
groaning (present participle)

glosses: A noise a person makes when they feel unhappy.

ipa: /ɡrəʊn/

enpr: ʹgrōn

ipa: /ɡroʊn/


anonymously

forms:
anonymously (positive)
Superlative–

pos: adv

etymology_text: anonymous + -ly

ety-suffix

anonymous

ly

expansion: anonymous + -ly

glosses: If you do something anonymously, then you do it without giving out your name/identity; you do it in an anonymous manner.

text: The book was written anonymously

ipa: /əˈnɒnəməsli/

adverb

anonymously


wobblier

forms:
wobbly (positive)
wobblier (comparative)
wobbliest (superlative)

glosses: The comparative form of wobbly; more wobbly.

adjective

wobbly


molting

forms:
molt (canonical)
molts (third-person singular)
molted (past)
molted (past participle)
molting (present participle)

verb

molt


grunting

forms:
grunt (canonical)
grunts (third-person singular)
grunted (past)
grunted (past participle)
grunting (present participle)

grunt


maiden name

forms:
maiden name (singular)
maiden names (plural)

glosses: the family name that a married woman used before she was married, and still uses in an office.


plumber

forms:
plumber (singular)
plumbers (plural)

glosses: A plumber is someone who installs and fixes pipes and drains to carry water, sewage and gas.

text: We had to call a plumber because the bathroom sink was leaking.

ipa: /ˈplʌmə/

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


plumbers

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

noun

plumber


groaned

glosses: The past tense and past participle of groan.

verb

groan


spruces

forms:
spruce (singular)
spruces (plural)

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

noun

spruce

spruces


chick

forms:
chick (singular)
chicks (plural)

glosses: Chick is a slang term for a woman or a girl.

ipa: /t͡ʃɪk/


landlady

forms:
landlady (singular)
landladies (plural)

etymology_text: land + lady

compound

land

lady

expansion: land + lady

glosses: A landlady is a woman who rents out land or a building.

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

landladies


dignified

forms:
dignify (canonical)
dignifies (third-person singular)
dignified (past)
dignified (past participle)
dignifying (present participle)

glosses: The past tense and past participle of dignify.

ipa: /ˈdɪɡnɪfaɪd/

verb

dignif

y


dignified

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

glosses: When someone is dignified, that person has very good manners and is respectable.


obstructs

forms:
obstruct (canonical)
obstructs (third-person singular)
obstructed (past)
obstructed (past participle)
obstructing (present participle)

glosses: The third-person singular form of obstruct.

obstruct


beverages

forms:
beverage (singular)
beverages (plural)

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

noun

beverage


television show

forms:
television show (singular)
television shows (plural)

glosses: A live or recorded broadcast or program, or series of broadcasts or programs, meant to be viewed on television.

text: After dinner, I watched a television show about two cops solving a murder

glosses: The taping of a television broadcast before a studio audience.

text: When we were in Los Angeles, we went to a television show taping of The Price is Right.

sg: television show


nannies

forms:
nanny (singular)
nannies (plural)

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

nanny


nagging

forms:
nag (canonical)
nags (third-person singular)
nagged (past)
nagged (past participle)
nagging (present participle)

verb

nag


obstructed

glosses: The past tense and past participle of obstruct.


colony

forms:
colony (singular)
colonies (plural)

glosses: A colony is a place that is settled by people from another place.

text: The Amana Colonies in Iowa were settled by people from New York and Germany

glosses: A colony is a group of organisms of same or different species living together in close association.

text: An ant colony is a large group of ants that live together

hyphenation: col‧ony

noun

colonies


hauls

forms:
haul (canonical)
hauls (third-person singular)
hauled (past)
hauled (past participle)
hauling (present participle)

verb

haul


quarries

forms:
quarry (singular)
quarries (plural)

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

noun

quarry

quarries


grumble

forms:
grumble (canonical)
grumbles (third-person singular)
grumbled (past)
grumbled (past participle)
grumbling (present participle)

glosses: When you grumble you complain about something.

text: Don't grumble about it.

ipa: /ˈɡrʌmbl̩/

verb

grumbl

e


grumble

forms:
grumble (singular)
grumbles (plural)

text: I do not want to hear another grumble.


nagged

glosses: The past tense and past participle of nag.


kin

forms: kin (singular)

enpr: kĭn

ipa: /kɪn/

noun

kin


bromine

forms:
bromine (singular)
bromines (plural)

glosses: Bromine is an chemical element that has atomic number 35 and symbol Br. It is one of the halogens

glosses: A bromine is a bromine atom in a molecule.

enpr: brō'mēn, -mĭn, -mīn

ipa: /ˈbrəʊmiːn, -mɪn, -maɪn/

enpr: brō'mēn

ipa: /ˈbroʊmin/

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

audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-bromine2.wav

audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-bromine3.wav

hyphenation: bro‧mine


bookkeeper

forms:
bookkeeper (singular)
bookkeepers (plural)

glosses: A bookkeeper is someone responsible for keeping records, documents, and other things.


paralysis

forms:
paralysis (singular)
paralyses (plural)

text: The injuries were only millimetres from causing paralysis and death.

text: Sleep paralysis is when you wake up from sleep but you still can't move.

text: What is the cause of India's policy paralysis, which is undermining its future.

ipa: /pəˈræləsəs/

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

paralyses


spruce

forms:
spruce (singular)
spruces (plural)

text: That spruce is very tall.

enpr: sprōōs

ipa: /spruːs/


studio

forms:
studio (singular)
studios (plural)

glosses: A studio is a place where an artist makes art

glosses: A studio is a place where art or music is taught

glosses: A studio is a place where radio or television shows, records or films are made.

glosses: The radio show Music and Musings was broadcast from the studios of KOXY

glosses: A studio apartment downtown rents for $800 a month


majesty

forms:
majesty (singular)
majesties (plural)

glosses: royal power, a title given to a king or queen, His - , Her –, Your -

majesty


quarry

glosses: A quarry is a place from which stones or sand are dug out; a place where people mine.


diapers

forms:
diaper (singular)
diapers (plural)

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

diaper


diapers

forms:
diaper (canonical)
diapers (third-person singular)
diapered (past)
diapered (past participle)
diapering (present participle)

glosses: The third-person singular form of diaper.


oblong

forms:
oblong (singular)
oblongs (plural)

glosses: An oblong is a rectangle (a polygon with four straight sides and 4 right angles) which is not a square (the length and height are different).

text: The ancient Greeks used oblong shaped stones for their mosaic floors.


quay

forms:
quay (singular)
quays (plural)

glosses: A big flat stone or metal platform beside the sea or a river where ship can be tied up.

ipa: /kiː/

enpr: kē

ipa: /keɪ/

ipa: /ki/


obey

forms:
obey (canonical)
obeys (third-person singular)
obeyed (past)
obeyed (past participle)
obeying (present participle)

glosses: Obey is to do what a person tells you to do.

text: Soldiers in the army must obey their officers.

ipa: /oʊˈbeɪ/

ipa: /əʊˈbeɪ/


naval

forms: naval (positive)

glosses: If something is naval, it is about a navy or navies.

text: There is a naval station not far from here.

text: I liked the sailors' naval uniforms best of all.

enpr: nā'vəl

ipa: /ˈneɪvəl/


nappy

forms:
nappy (singular)
nappies (plural)

glosses: A nappy is a diaper, baby's napkin for between their legs.

ipa: /ˈnæpi/

nappies


nappy

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


banters

forms:
banter (canonical)
banters (third-person singular)
bantered (past)
bantered (past participle)
bantering (present participle)

glosses: The third-person singular form of banter.

verb

banter


quays

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

noun

quay


handicapped

forms:
handicap (canonical)
handicaps (third-person singular)
handicapped (past)
handicapped (past participle)
handicapping (present participle)

glosses: The past tense and past participle of handicap.

verb

handicap


oblongs

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

noun

oblong


national anthem

forms:
national anthem (singular)
national anthems (plural)

glosses: A national anthem is the official song of a country (nation).


applauding

forms:
applaud (canonical)
applauds (third-person singular)
applauded (past)
applauded (past participle)
applauding (present participle)

verb

applaud


booksellers

forms:
bookseller (singular)
booksellers (plural)

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

noun

bookseller


grope

forms:
grope (canonical)
gropes (third-person singular)
groped (past)
groped (past participle)
groping (present participle)

glosses: When you try to grope something, you search for it blindly, search something only by your hands without looking.

ipa: /ɡrəʊp/

ipa: /ɡroʊp/

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

verb

grop


hasty

forms:
hasty (positive)
hastier (comparative)
hastiest (superlative)

etymology_text: haste + -y

ety-suffix

haste

expansion: haste + -y

glosses: When something is hasty, it is done in haste, very quickly or in a hurried manner.

text: Without taking time to think about it, they made a hasty decision to take up the project.

ipa: /ˈheɪsti/

adj

hasty

hastier


digesting

forms:
digest (canonical)
digests (third-person singular)
digested (past)
digested (past participle)
digesting (present participle)

verb

digest


braces

forms:
brace (singular)
braces (plural)

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

glosses: Braces is something used to straighten teeth.

glosses: Braces are a pair of straps that you wear over the shoulders and fasten to the top of trousers at the front and back to hold them up.

ipa: /ˈbreɪsɪz/

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

noun

brace

braces


braces

forms:
brace (canonical)
braces (third-person singular)
braced (past)
braced (past participle)
bracing (present participle)

glosses: The third-person singular form of brace.

verb

brac


asbestos

forms: asbestos (singular)

glosses: Asbestos is a mineral which is found naturally in all parts of the world. It is fibrous, heat resistant and non-flammable. The small fibres can cause cancer when in the lungs.

noun

asbestos


cross-purpose

forms:
cross-purpose (singular)
cross-purposes (plural)

glosses: A contrary purpose or a conflict in purpose or understanding, especially an unintentional one.

text: We are working at cross-purposes here, if you're trying to reduce the count and I'm trying to increase it.


haunting

forms:
haunt (canonical)
haunts (third-person singular)
haunted (past)
haunted (past participle)
haunting (present participle)

verb

haunt


applauds

glosses: The third-person singular form of applaud.


colonies

forms:
colony (singular)
colonies (plural)

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

noun

colony


obstructing

forms:
obstruct (canonical)
obstructs (third-person singular)
obstructed (past)
obstructed (past participle)
obstructing (present participle)

verb

obstruct


wallpapering

forms:
wallpaper (canonical)
wallpapers (third-person singular)
wallpapered (past)
wallpapered (past participle)
wallpapering (present participle)

wallpaper


sunflower

forms:
sunflower (singular)
sunflowers (plural)

glosses: A sunflower is large yellow flower that sprouts every year.

glosses: Sunflower is a bright yellow colour, like those of the petals of the flower.

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


growl

forms:
growl (singular)
growls (plural)

glosses: A growl is a low angry sound, particularly one made by a dog

text: When he got near the house, he heard a growl


growl

forms:
growl (canonical)
growls (third-person singular)
growled (past)
growled (past participle)
growling (present participle)

glosses: When you growl at someone, you make an angry sound at them.


oars

forms:
oar (singular)
oars (plural)

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

noun

oar


wobbly

forms:
wobbly (positive)
wobblier (comparative)
wobbliest (superlative)

etymology_text: wobble + -y

ety-suffix

wobble

expansion: wobble + -y

glosses: Something that is wobbly is shaky or unsteady.

text: When you shake it, a jelly is wobbly.

ipa: /ˈwɒb(ə)li/

ipa: /ˈwɑb(ə)li/

adj

wobbly

wobblier


oar

glosses: An oar is a pole with a flat blade, used to row a boat.

text: He pulled hard on the oar to make the boat go faster.

enpr: ôr

ipa: /ɔr/

homophones: or ore o'er


digested

glosses: The past tense and past participle of digest.


bookkeeping

forms:
bookkeeping (singular)
bookkeepings (plural)

glosses: The act of keeping books or records of information on transactions.

ipa: /ˈbʊkˌkiːpɪŋ/


immunized

forms:
immunize (canonical)
immunizes (third-person singular)
immunized (past)
immunized (past participle)
immunizing (present participle)

glosses: The past tense and past participle of immunize.

verb

immuniz


imperative

forms:
imperative (singular)
imperatives (plural)

glosses: An imperative is the mood of a verb that is a command.

text: "Come here" is an imperative.

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


imperative

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

glosses: If something is imperative, it is very important.


obstacle

forms:
obstacle (singular)
obstacles (plural)

glosses: An obstacle is something that blocks your way.

ipa: /ˈɒbstəkl̩/

ipa: /ˈɑbstəkl̩/

hyphenation: ob‧sta‧cle


applauded

forms:
applaud (canonical)
applauds (third-person singular)
applauded (past)
applauded (past participle)
applauding (present participle)

glosses: The past tense and past participle of applaud.

applaud


wallpapers

forms:
wallpaper (singular)
wallpapers (plural)

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


wallpapers

glosses: The third-person singular form of wallpaper.


title: dry out

redirect: dry

pos: hard-redirect


porous

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

glosses: A porous object is one with a lot of holes or spaces in it that allows liquids and gases to pass through.

text: Some kinds of rock are so porous that water goes right through it.

text: Drugs easily enter the country because of its porous borders.

ipa: /ˈpɔːrəs/


paralysing

forms:
paralyse (canonical)
paralyses (third-person singular)
paralysed (past)
paralysed (past participle)
paralysing (present participle)

paralys


beverage

forms:
beverage (singular)
beverages (plural)

glosses: A beverage is a liquid, such as milk, juice or coffee, that can be drank.

text: You can get water and other cold beverages from the vending machine.

ipa: /ˈbevərɪdʒ/


bantering

forms:
banter (canonical)
banters (third-person singular)
bantered (past)
bantered (past participle)
bantering (present participle)

banter


grubs

forms:
grub (singular)
grubs (plural)

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

noun

grub


grubs

forms:
grub (canonical)
grubs (third-person singular)
grubbed (past)
grubbed (past participle)
grubbing (present participle)

verb

b


eclipsing

forms:
eclipse (canonical)
eclipses (third-person singular)
eclipsed (past)
eclipsed (past participle)
eclipsing (present participle)

eclips


digests

forms:
digest (singular)
digests (plural)

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

noun

digest


digests

forms:
digest (canonical)
digests (third-person singular)
digested (past)
digested (past participle)
digesting (present participle)

glosses: The third-person singular form of digest.


connotations

forms:
connotation (singular)
connotations (plural)

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

connotation


eclipsed

glosses: The past tense and past participle of eclipse.


participant

forms:
participant (singular)
participants (plural)

glosses: A participant is a person who takes part in something.

text: The athlete was a participant at the Olympics.

ipa: /pɑːˈtɪsɪpənt/

ipa: /pɑːrˈtɪsəpənt/

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


unanimity

forms:
unanimity (singular)
unanimities (plural)

etymology_text: unanim(ous) + ity

glosses: Unanimity is when something is unanimous.

ipa: /juːnəˈnɪmɪti/

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

audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vininn126-unanimity.wav

unanimities


obedient

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

glosses: An obedient person someone who is willing to do what others tells them to do.

ipa: /əˈbiːdɪənt/

ipa: /əˈbidiənt/

hyphenation: obe‧di‧ent


brags

forms:
brag (canonical)
brags (third-person singular)
bragged (past)
bragged (past participle)
bragging (present participle)

ipa: /bræɡz/

verb

brag

g


suspense

forms: suspense (singular)

glosses: Suspense is the excited or worried feeling of wondering how something will end, especially a book or movie.

text: Don't keep us in suspense, my dear! What happened?

text: It's a wonderful story of suspense and mystery.

glosses: Suspense is the state of being hung on something.

ipa: /səˈspɛns/

noun

suspense


molt

forms:
molt (singular)
molts (plural)

glosses: Molt is the process of shedding a covering of fur, feathers or skin etc.

ipa: /moʊlt/

ipa: /mɒlt/

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


molt

forms:
molt (canonical)
molts (third-person singular)
molted (past)
molted (past participle)
molting (present participle)

glosses: If an insect or animal molts, it sheds its hair, fur, feathers, skin or horns, and replace it with a new one.


bantered

glosses: The past tense and past participle of banter.


bookkeepers

forms:
bookkeeper (singular)
bookkeepers (plural)

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

bookkeeper


haunts

forms:
haunt (singular)
haunts (plural)

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

haunt


haunts

forms:
haunt (canonical)
haunts (third-person singular)
haunted (past)
haunted (past participle)
haunting (present participle)

glosses: The third-person singular form of haunt.


growling

forms:
growl (canonical)
growls (third-person singular)
growled (past)
growled (past participle)
growling (present participle)

verb

growl


quivering

forms:
quiver (canonical)
quivers (third-person singular)
quivered (past)
quivered (past participle)
quivering (present participle)

quiver


nag

forms:
nag (canonical)
nags (third-person singular)
nagged (past)
nagged (past participle)
nagging (present participle)

glosses: If you nag someone, you keep complaining to him because he does not do something.

ipa: /ˈnæɡ/

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

nag


digest

glosses: A publication that contains articles or parts of other books

enpr: dī-jĕstʹ

ipa: /daɪˈdʒɛst/


digest

glosses: To break down food in the stomach and intestines


quarrelled

forms:
quarrel (canonical)
quarrels (third-person singular)
quarrelled (past)
quarrelled (past participle)
quarrelling (present participle)

glosses: The past tense and past participle of quarrel.

quarrel

l


haul

forms:
haul (canonical)
hauls (third-person singular)
hauled (past)
hauled (past participle)
hauling (present participle)

glosses: When you haul something heavy, you pull it up with big force, or drag with big force.

ipa: /hɔːl/

ipa: /hɔl/


raided

forms:
raid (canonical)
raids (third-person singular)
raided (past)
raided (past participle)
raiding (present participle)

glosses: The past tense and past participle of raid.

raid


quenches

forms:
quench (canonical)
quenches (third-person singular)
quenched (past)
quenched (past participle)
quenching (present participle)

glosses: The third-person singular form of quench.

quench

es


obstinate

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

glosses: strongly refusing to change your opinion

enpr: äb'stənət

hyphenation: ob‧sti‧nate


nap

forms:
nap (singular)
naps (plural)

glosses: A nap is a short sleep, usually in the daytime.

text: Jennifer picked up her son from preschool and put him in bed for his nap.

text: The boy is taking a nap.

glosses: A nap is a soft or fuzzy surface, generally on fabric.

ipa: /nap/

ipa: /næp/

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


nap

forms:
nap (canonical)
naps (third-person singular)
napped (past)
napped (past participle)
napping (present participle)

glosses: When you nap, you sleep for a short period of time, especially during the day.

text: I was having a severe headache and went to nap for a while.

nap

p


jumble

forms:
jumble (singular)
jumbles (plural)

glosses: A jumble is a group of things that are all mixed up.

ipa: /dʒʌmbəl/


jumble

forms:
jumble (canonical)
jumbles (third-person singular)
jumbled (past)
jumbled (past participle)
jumbling (present participle)

text: The puzzle pieces have been jumbled.

jumbl


voyage

forms:
voyage (singular)
voyages (plural)

glosses: A voyage is a trip involving significant travel; a long trip.


immunize

forms:
immunize (canonical)
immunizes (third-person singular)
immunized (past)
immunized (past participle)
immunizing (present participle)

etymology_text: immune + -ize

word parts

immune

-ize

expansion: immune + -ize

glosses: To immunize is to give a person a vaccine to protect him/her against an illness.

text: These shots will immunize me against the flu.

immuniz


radiators

forms:
radiator (singular)
radiators (plural)

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

noun

radiator

radiators


Zealanders

forms:
Zealander (singular)
Zealanders (plural)

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

text: Many Zealanders are in Denmark, where Zealand is located.

Zealander


obeys

forms:
obey (canonical)
obeys (third-person singular)
obeyed (past)
obeyed (past participle)
obeying (present participle)

verb

obey


diaper

forms:
diaper (singular)
diapers (plural)

glosses: A baby’s nappy, a napkin for between their legs.

ipa: /ˈdaɪ(ə)pə/

ipa: /ˈdaɪ(ə)pɚ/

hyphenation: di‧a‧per; dia‧per


diaper

forms:
diaper (canonical)
diapers (third-person singular)
diapered (past)
diapered (past participle)
diapering (present participle)

glosses: If you diaper someone, you put on diapers on someone.

text: Diapering a baby is something you have to learn fast.


paralyze

forms:
paralyze (canonical)
paralyzes (third-person singular)
paralyzed (past)
paralyzed (past participle)
paralyzing (present participle)

glosses: If you paralyze someone, you make a person (or a part of their body) not able to move wholly or partly.

ipa: /ˈparəlʌɪz/

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

paralyz


nags

forms:
nag (canonical)
nags (third-person singular)
nagged (past)
nagged (past participle)
nagging (present participle)


obstruct

forms:
obstruct (canonical)
obstructs (third-person singular)
obstructed (past)
obstructed (past participle)
obstructing (present participle)

glosses: If something obstructs your way, it blocks your path from point A to point B.

ipa: /əbˈstrʌkt/

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


haunt

forms:
haunt (singular)
haunts (plural)

glosses: A haunt is a place where someone is regularly found at.

enpr: hônt

ipa: /hɔːnt/

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


haunt

forms:
haunt (canonical)
haunts (third-person singular)
haunted (past)
haunted (past participle)
haunting (present participle)

glosses: If a ghost haunts a place, it visits and appears at the place frequently.


ya

pos: pron

text: Will ya do this for me?

text: Where's ya car?

ipa: yuh


raiding

forms:
raid (canonical)
raids (third-person singular)
raided (past)
raided (past participle)
raiding (present participle)


radar

forms:
radar (singular)
radars (plural)

glosses: The way for finding the position and speed of aircraft and ships.

ipa: /ˈreɪdɑː(r)/


hygienes

forms:
hygiene (singular)
hygienes (plural)

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

text: There are many hygienes people believe in.

noun

hygiene


oath

forms:
oath (singular)
oaths (plural)

ipa: /ˈəʊθ/

ipa: /ˈoʊθ/


bankers

forms:
banker (singular)
bankers (plural)

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

banker


grub

forms:
grub (singular)
grubs (plural)

glosses: Grub is the child form of an insect that does not have wings. It especially refers to a young beetle.

text: This restaurant serves some good-tasting grub.

ipa: /ɡrʌb/

audio: EN-AU ck1 grub.ogg


grub

forms:
grub (canonical)
grubs (third-person singular)
grubbed (past)
grubbed (past participle)
grubbing (present participle)

glosses: If you grub, you search in a clumsy manner.

verb

grub


title: litanys

redirect: litanies


connotation

forms:
connotation (singular)
connotations (plural)

glosses: A connotation of a word is something it means other than its literal meaning.

text: That word has a negative connotation.


raids

forms:
raid (singular)
raids (plural)

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


groans

forms:
groan (canonical)
groans (third-person singular)
groaned (past)
groaned (past participle)
groaning (present participle)

glosses: The third-person singular form of groan.

ipa: /ɡroʊnz/

ipa: /ɡrəʊnz/

groan


groans

forms:
groan (singular)
groans (plural)

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


paralyses

forms:
paralyse (canonical)
paralyses (third-person singular)
paralysed (past)
paralysed (past participle)
paralysing (present participle)

glosses: The third-person singular form of paralyse.

paralys


handicap

forms:
handicap (singular)
handicaps (plural)

glosses: Something that makes someone disadvantaged. This often refers to being disabled physically or mentally.

glosses: A change made in a race or competition to make it more equal. This might involve giving one player more time, or extra points at the start.

ipa: /ˈhændɪkæp/

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


handicap

forms:
handicap (canonical)
handicaps (third-person singular)
handicapped (past)
handicapped (past participle)
handicapping (present participle)

glosses: To figure out who has the best chance of winning a race or competition

handicap


raft

forms:
raft (singular)
rafts (plural)

glosses: A raft is a rough flat boat, often made from large logs of wood joined together.

ipa: /rɑːft/

ipa: /ræft/


colloquialisms

forms:
colloquialism (singular)
colloquialisms (plural)

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

text: Rappers use many colloquialisms in their songs.

noun

colloquialism


kidnap

forms:
kidnaped (past)
kidnaped (past participle)
kidnaping (present participle)
kidnap (canonical)
kidnaps (third-person singular)
kidnapped (past)
kidnapped (past participle)
kidnapping (present participle)

glosses: When you kidnap someone, you take the person away, usually to demand for money as a ransom.

ipa: /ˈkɪdnæp/

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

verb

kidnap


kidnap

forms:
kidnap (singular)
kidnaps (plural)

glosses: A kidnap refers to the act of taking someone away, to kidnap someone.


Zealander

forms:
Zealander (singular)
Zealanders (plural)

glosses: A Zealander is a resident of (someone who lives in) Zealand.

text: People who have stayed in Zealand for quite a while are often called Zealanders.

ipa: zee-luhndur


dominions

forms:
dominion (singular)
dominions (plural)

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

text: The store's dominions included the store's supplies and the store itself.

ipa: dəˈmɪnyəns

noun

dominion


quarreled

forms:
quarrel (canonical)
quarrels (third-person singular)
quarreled (past)
quarreled (past participle)
quarreling (present participle)

glosses: The past tense and past participle of quarrel.

verb

quarrel


banker

forms:
banker (singular)
bankers (plural)

glosses: A banker is someone who works at a bank and helps in managing the money and finances of people.

text: My Aunt is a banker.

glosses: A banker is a person who manages the bank in a gambling house.

glosses: A banker is a machine that is used at the back of the train to help it climb a slope.

ipa: /ˈbæŋkə(r)/

ipa: /ˈbæŋkɚ/

audio: EN-AU ck1 banker.ogg


portray

forms:
portray (canonical)
portrays (third-person singular)
portrayed (past)
portrayed (past participle)
portraying (present participle)

glosses: When you portray something, you create a picture of it by painting or drawing.

text: The artist portrayed the bustling life of the city very uniquely in his latest artwork.

glosses: When you portray something, you are trying to describe and explain it in words so that you can convey it to other people.

text: The witness was at the police station and trying to portray what he saw during the accident.

glosses: When someone portrays a character, the person is acting as the character.

text: He managed to portray Shakespeare in a very interesting way and the audience really liked it.

glosses: When you portray something, you decorate it with pictures.

ipa: /pɔrˈtreɪ/

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


quenching

forms:
quench (canonical)
quenches (third-person singular)
quenched (past)
quenched (past participle)
quenching (present participle)

quench


hygienics

forms: hygienics (singular)

glosses: Hygienics is the part (field) of science which involves the preservation of health.

text: Hygienics is mostly based on hygiene.

ipa: haɪdʒiˈɛnɪks


heterosexual

forms: heterosexual (positive)

etymology_text: hetero- + -sexual

glosses: Someone who is heterosexual is attracted to people of the opposite sex. That means a heterosexual man is attracted to women, and a heterosexual woman is attracted to men.

ipa: /ˌhɛtərəˈsɛkʃuəl/


heterosexual

forms:
heterosexual (singular)
heterosexuals (plural)

text: John is definitely a heterosexual, despite the nasty rumors.

text: John and Jane are heterosexuals.

text: Heterosexuals do not always understand homosexuals.


elk

forms:
elk (singular)
elks (plural)

glosses: An elk is a kind of large deer with antlers

text: The elk walked into the forest

ipa: /ɛlk/


colloquialism

etymology_text: colloquial + -ism

ety-suffix

colloquial

ism

expansion: colloquial + -ism

text: Using a colloquialism in formal writing is bad to do.


bookseller

forms:
bookseller (singular)
booksellers (plural)

etymology_text: book + seller

compound

book

seller

expansion: book + seller

glosses: A bookseller is someone who sells books.

text: George wants to become a bookseller as he has a passion for books.

ipa: /ˈbʊksɛlɚ/

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


quarrelling

forms:
quarrel (canonical)
quarrels (third-person singular)
quarrelled (past)
quarrelled (past participle)
quarrelling (present participle)


haunted

forms:
haunt (canonical)
haunts (third-person singular)
haunted (past)
haunted (past participle)
haunting (present participle)

glosses: The past tense and past participle of haunt.

ipa: /ˈhɔːntɪd/

ipa: /ˈhɑntɪd/

hyphenation: haunt‧ed

verb

haunt


haunted

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

glosses: If a place is haunted, it is frequented by ghosts.


racial

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

etymology_text: race + -ial

ety-suffix

race

ial

expansion: race + -ial

glosses: If something is racial, it is related to the skin color (race) of people


hygiene

forms:
hygiene (singular)
hygienes (plural)

glosses: A certain practice to the preservation of health (i.e. cleanliness)

text: The nurse always told me to never give up on hygiene.

enpr: hī'jēn

ipa: /ˈhaɪˌdʒiːn/


paralyzing

forms:
paralyze (canonical)
paralyzes (third-person singular)
paralyzed (past)
paralyzed (past participle)
paralyzing (present participle)

verb

e


swell

forms:
swelled (past participle)
swell (canonical)
swells (third-person singular)
swelled (past)
swollen (past participle)
swelling (present participle)

glosses: When something swells, it becomes larger, usually due to an increase in blood in an area of the body.

enpr: swĕl

ipa: /swɛl/

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

swell

swells

swelled

swollen

swelling


title: can’t

redirect: can't


comets

forms:
comet (singular)
comets (plural)

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

text: Some comets only pass by our planet once in a while.

ipa: kom-its

noun

comet


fins

forms:
fin (singular)
fins (plural)

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

text: Some fish have two fins attached to both sides of their body.

ipa: fɪns

fin


quizzical

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

text: The painting, to me, was very quizzical.

glosses: When something is quizzical, it is puzzling.

text: The hieroglyphs on the stone wall were very quizzical in figuring out them.

text: Algebra is very quizzical.

ipa: kwiz-i-kuhl


valency

forms:
valency (singular)
valencies (plural)

enpr: vā'lənsē

ipa: /ˈveɪlənsi/

valencies


quarreling

forms:
quarrel (canonical)
quarrels (third-person singular)
quarreled (past)
quarreled (past participle)
quarreling (present participle)

text: Stop quarreling now.


quivered

forms:
quiver (canonical)
quivers (third-person singular)
quivered (past)
quivered (past participle)
quivering (present participle)

glosses: The past tense and past participle of quiver.

verb

quiver


kitchenette

forms:
kitchenette (singular)
kitchenettes (plural)

glosses: A kitchenette is a small, organized kitchen.

text: In our apartment we have a kitchenette.

ipa: ˌkɪtʃəˈnɛt

noun

kitchenette


banter

forms: banter (singular)

ipa: /ˈbæntə/

ipa: /ˈbæntɚ/


banter

forms:
banter (canonical)
banters (third-person singular)
bantered (past)
bantered (past participle)
bantering (present participle)

text: We were bantering for hours.


apathetic

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

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


comet

glosses: A comet is an object in outer space in an orbit that has dust surrounding its main mass, including a tail formed from gas from it.

text: I could see the bright blue comet passing my window at night.

enpr: kŏm'ət

ipa: /ˈkɒmət/


plumbing

forms:
plumbing (singular)
plumbing (plural)

glosses: Plumbing is the pipes, joints, and taps that carry water in and out of a building.

glosses: The job of fixing pipes, joints and taps, which is done by a plumber.

ipa: /ˈplʌmɪŋ/

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

plumbing

plumbing


plumbing

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

verb

plumb


pant

forms:
pant (canonical)
pants (third-person singular)
panted (past)
panted (past participle)
panting (present participle)

glosses: If a person pants, they breathe shortly and quickly, when running, climbing, etc.

enpr: pănt

ipa: /pænt/


neutron

forms:
neutron (singular)
neutrons (plural)

glosses: A neutron is a type particle in the nucleus (center) of an atom that is the largest out of all the particles in an atom, weighs the most and has no charge. There are sometimes different numbers of them in an atom, which make isotopes (atoms that have different numbers of neutrons). They can also change the atomic mass of an atom (how much an atom weighs).

text: Neutrons take up most of the space in an atom.

ipa: ˈn(y)o͞oträn


encyclopedic

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

glosses: If something is encyclopedic, then it is related to an encyclopedia or in the style of one.

text: The excerpt was part of encyclopedic content.

ipa: ɛnˌsaɪkləˈpidɪk


wallpapered

forms:
wallpaper (canonical)
wallpapers (third-person singular)
wallpapered (past)
wallpapered (past participle)
wallpapering (present participle)

glosses: The past tense and past participle of wallpaper.

wallpaper


wallpaper

forms:
wallpaper (singular)
wallpapers (plural)

glosses: Something similar to paper that is put over walls, and often contains pretty patterns.

glosses: The background image on a computer image


title: wasn’t

redirect: wasn't


radiator

forms:
radiator (singular)
radiators (plural)

text: It's cold in here, turn the radiator on!

glosses: A part of a cars engine made to cool it.


longitudes

forms:
longitude (singular)
longitudes (plural)

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

text: There are many longitudes that can be listed between 0 and 360 degrees.

ipa: ˈlɒndʒɪˌtuds

noun

longitude


swift

forms:
swift (positive)
swifter (comparative)
swiftest (superlative)

text: A swift hit on the head should keep him unconscious for an hour.

ipa: /swɪft/

adj

swift

swifter

swiftest


paralyse

forms:
paralyse (canonical)
paralyses (third-person singular)
paralysed (past)
paralysed (past participle)
paralysing (present participle)

glosses: If you paralyse someone, you make a person (or a part of their body) not able to move wholly or partly.

ipa: /ˈparəlʌɪz/

verb

paralys


quiver

forms:
quiver (singular)
quivers (plural)

text: Robin Hood was never without his bow and quiver.

enpr: kwĭvər

ipa: [kʍɪvə(r)]

ipa: /ˈkwɪvə/

hyphenation: qui‧ver


quiver

forms:
quiver (canonical)
quivers (third-person singular)
quivered (past)
quivered (past participle)
quivering (present participle)

glosses: If you quiver, you shake slightly and rapidly

text: The sudden wind made him quiver with cold.


litanies

forms:
litany (singular)
litanies (plural)

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

text: Today in church, the minister is going to recite litanies.

ipa: ˈlɪtnise

noun

litany

litanies


obeyed

forms:
obey (canonical)
obeys (third-person singular)
obeyed (past)
obeyed (past participle)
obeying (present participle)

glosses: The past tense and past participle of obey.

ipa: /oʊˈbeɪd/

ipa: /əʊˈbeɪd/

hyphenation: o‧beyed

verb

obey


quivers

glosses: The third-person singular form of quiver.


juiciest

forms:
juicy (positive)
juicier (comparative)
juiciest (superlative)

glosses: The superlative form of juicy; most juicy.

adjective

juicy

juicier

juiciest


pajamas

forms: pajamas (plural)

glosses: Pajamas are clothes worn at night, made up of soft loose-fitting pants and a soft shirt.

text: Make sure when you go to sleep that you have your pajamas on.


pranked

forms:
prank (canonical)
pranks (third-person singular)
pranked (past)
pranked (past participle)
pranking (present participle)

glosses: The past tense and past participle of prank.

verb

prank


juicier

glosses: The comparative form of juicy; more juicy.


neutrons

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

text: Different amounts of neutrons are found in different things.

ipa: ˈn(y)o͞oträns

noun

neutron


swerves

forms:
swerve (canonical)
swerves (third-person singular)
swerved (past)
swerved (past participle)
swerving (present participle)

glosses: The third-person singular form of swerve.

verb

swerv


juicy

glosses: If something is juicy, it is full of juice.

text: I bit into the juicy orange.

glosses: If something is juicy, it is very rich or interesting, sometimes when not proper.

text: Bits of juicy gossip were spreading slowly through the school.

ipa: /ˈdʒusi/


foreigners

forms:
foreigner (singular)
foreigners (plural)

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

noun

foreigner


litany

glosses: A litany is a formal prayer made up of invocations (callings upon God) with responses that are the same number as the questions.

text: Today I am going to recite a litany.

ipa: ˈlɪtni


quench

forms:
quench (canonical)
quenches (third-person singular)
quenched (past)
quenched (past participle)
quenching (present participle)

glosses: When you quench yourself, you drink water to satisfy your thirst.

text: I need some water to quench my thirst

ipa: /kwɛnt͡ʃ/

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

verb

quench


Australians

forms:
Australian (singular)
Australians (plural)

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

noun

Australian


unserviceable

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

glosses: Something that is no longer usable, unusable.


quenched

glosses: The past tense and past participle of quench.


valances

forms:
valance (singular)
valances (plural)

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

text: There were two valances hung separately from each other, one for each window.

ipa: ˈveɪlənsehses

valance


longitude

glosses: The distance from an angle going east or west measured from any angle in comparison to the prime meridian, which is Greenwich, England. It is either measured in degrees or any other unit having to do with degrees.

text: Greenwich, England is located at 0 degrees longitude.

ipa: /ˈlɒnɡɪtjuːd/

ipa: /ˈlɑndʒəˌtud/


kitchenettes

forms:
kitchenette (singular)
kitchenettes (plural)

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

text: Other people with kitchenettes often find themselves to a lack of space they can work with.

ipa: ˌkɪtʃəˈnɛts

kitchenette


paralyzes

forms:
paralyze (canonical)
paralyzes (third-person singular)
paralyzed (past)
paralyzed (past participle)
paralyzing (present participle)

glosses: The third-person singular form of paralyze.

verb

paralyz


excitement

forms:
excitement (singular)
excitements (plural)

etymology_text: excite + -ment

ety-suffix

excite

ment

expansion: excite + -ment

glosses: Excitement is looking forward to do something, or eager to do something.

text: My excitement for riding the roller coaster was great.

glosses: Excitement is a feeling of great enjoyment.

text: I felt excitement when I started opening my Christmas present.

enpr: ĭk-sītʹmənt

ipa: /ɪkˈsaɪtmənt/

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


valence

forms:
valence (singular)
valences (plural)

glosses: A valence is something that determines the number of atoms that will bond with another kind of atom.

glosses: A valence is a certain amount of atoms or groups in a basic combination that an atom or group can actually hold.

ipa: /ˈveɪl(ə)ns/

ipa: /ˈveɪləns/

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

hyphenation: val‧ence


torpedo

forms:
torpedo (singular)
torpedos (plural)

glosses: A missile with explosives that is shaped like a cigar that moves by itself, sometimes built with a targeting device. It is a weapon used in sea battle and is used to destroy ships overseas.

text: The torpedo slammed into the submarine and in one hit, it destroyed the machine.

hyphenation: tor‧pe‧do

noun

torpedo


torpedos

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

ipa: tɔrˈpidoʊs


mass production

forms: mass production (singular)

glosses: Mass production is the creation of goods in large numbers, using machines.

mass production


swelling

forms:
swelled (past participle)
swell (canonical)
swells (third-person singular)
swelled (past)
swollen (past participle)
swelling (present participle)

verb

swell


valences

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

noun

valence


torpedoes

forms:
torpedo (singular)
torpedoes (plural)

text: In our inventory, we only had 3 torpedoes.

torpedoes


time frames

forms:
time frame (singular)
time frames (plural)

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

time frame


quarrel

forms:
quarrel (singular)
quarrels (plural)

glosses: A quarrel is an argument or disagreement.

ipa: /ˈkwɒr(ə)l/

enpr: 'kwôrʹəl

ipa: /ˈkwɔrəl/

hyphenation: quar‧rel


quarrel

forms:
quarreled (past)
quarreled (past participle)
quarreling (present participle)
quarrel (canonical)
quarrels (third-person singular)
quarrelled (past)
quarrelled (past participle)
quarrelling (present participle)

glosses: If you quarrel, you have an argument or disagreement.

verb

quarrel

l


valencies

forms:
valency (singular)
valencies (plural)

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

ipa: ˈveɪlənsis

noun

valency


sway

forms:
sway (canonical)
sways (third-person singular)
swayed (past)
swayed (past participle)
swaying (present participle)

glosses: If you sway, you move slowly from side to side


paralysed

forms:
paralyse (canonical)
paralyses (third-person singular)
paralysed (past)
paralysed (past participle)
paralysing (present participle)

glosses: The past tense and past participle of paralyse.

verb

paralys


paralysed

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

glosses: If someone is paralysed, they are unable to move.

text: The paralysed man was unable to walk again.


squash

forms:
squash (canonical)
squashes (third-person singular)
squashed (past)
squashed (past participle)
squashing (present participle)

glosses: To squash is to press something into a smaller space, or to put weight onto it.

text: He sat on the balloon and squashed it.

ipa: /skwɒʃ/

ipa: /skwɔʃ/

squash

es


squash

forms: squash (singular)

glosses: Squash is a fast game played indoors with a small ball and a racquet.

text: He was a great squash player.

glosses: A squash is a type of plant that has edible fruits.


mismatch

forms:
mismatch (canonical)
mismatches (third-person singular)
mismatched (past)
mismatched (past participle)
mismatching (present participle)

etymology_text: mis- + match

ety-prefix

mis

match

expansion: mis- + match

glosses: If you mismatch something, you match it with an unsuitable thing.

ipa: /ˌmɪsˈmætʃ/

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

mismatch


mismatch

forms:
mismatch (singular)
mismatches (plural)

glosses: A mismatch is something that does not match with another thing; something not similar or not appropriate

noun

mismatches


dominion

forms:
dominion (singular)
dominions (plural)

glosses: Power of right of ruling over something.

text: I have dominion over my room.

glosses: A dominion is a territory ruled by someone.

text: My sister's iPhone is her dominion.

ipa: /dəˈmɪnjən/

hyphenation: do‧min‧ion


relieves

forms:
relieve (canonical)
relieves (third-person singular)
relieved (past)
relieved (past participle)
relieving (present participle)

glosses: The third-person singular form of relieve.

verb

reliev


notation

forms:
notation (singular)
notations (plural)

glosses: A notation is a few words written to explain something, usually as a note.

ipa: /noʊˈteɪʃən/


swerved

forms:
swerve (canonical)
swerves (third-person singular)
swerved (past)
swerved (past participle)
swerving (present participle)

glosses: The past tense and past participle of swerve.

swerv


quake

forms:
quake (singular)
quakes (plural)

glosses: A quake refers to an earthquake, the shaking of the ground.

glosses: A quake is a shaking of something, usually a building.

ipa: /kweɪk/


quake

forms:
quaked (past)
quaked (past participle)
quoke (past)
quoke (past participle)
quake (canonical)
quakes (third-person singular)
quook (past)
quook (past participle)
quaking (present participle)

glosses: When something quakes, it trembles and shakes.

text: Be careful! The ground was quaking a little bit just now.

quak

quake

quakes

quoke

quaking

quook


segregation

forms:
segregation (singular)
segregations (plural)

glosses: Segregation is the process separating and keeping two or more groups apart, especially for racial, sexual or religious reasons.

ipa: /sɛɡrəˈɡeɪ̯ʃən/


enthraller

forms:
enthraller (singular)
enthrallers (plural)

glosses: An enthraller is someone or something that enthrals.


fin

forms:
fin (singular)
fins (plural)

glosses: A fin is a wing like organ that is attached to some parts of the body of undersea animals. It is used for turning in a certain direction, balancing, and for propelling themselves.

text: Some fish have a dorsal fin.

enpr: fĭn

ipa: /fɪn/

noun

fin


worthless

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

etymology_text: worth + -less

ety-suffix

worth

less

expansion: worth + -less

glosses: If something is worthless it has no value, meaning or importance.

text: The china figure was worthless after I accidentally dropped it.

ipa: /ˈwɝθləs/

ipa: /ˈwɜːθləs/


Australian

forms:
Australian (singular)
Australians (plural)

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

hyphenation: Aus‧tra‧lian

noun

expansion: [POS TABLE]


Australian

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

glosses: If a person is Australian, they come from Australia.


time frame

forms:
time frame (singular)
time frames (plural)

glosses: A time frame is the period of time during which something is expected to occur or does occur.


successions

forms:
succession (singular)
successions (plural)

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

succession


valance

forms:
valance (singular)
valances (plural)

glosses: A curtain that is hung from a covering / bed / etc.

text: I pushed away the valance separating me from my room.

glosses: A curtain that is hung on the top of a window for a decoration.

text: I drew the valance and gazed out my window, looking at the blue skies.

ipa: /ˈvæləns/


succession

glosses: A group of rocks or strata that succeed one another in chronological order.


paralyzed

forms:
paralyze (canonical)
paralyzes (third-person singular)
paralyzed (past)
paralyzed (past participle)
paralyzing (present participle)

glosses: The past tense and past participle of paralyze.

verb

paralyz


paralyzed

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

glosses: If someone is paralyzed, they are unable to move.

text: The paralyzed man was unable to walk again.


swelled

forms:
swelled (past participle)
swell (canonical)
swells (third-person singular)
swelled (past)
swollen (past participle)
swelling (present participle)

glosses: The past tense and past participle of swell.

ipa: /ˈswɛld/

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

swell


relieve

forms:
relieve (canonical)
relieves (third-person singular)
relieved (past)
relieved (past participle)
relieving (present participle)

glosses: If you relieve pain, pressure, sadness, difficulty, etc., you reduce it.

text: These drugs are used to relieve pain.

text: Adding new nurses will relieve pressure on the hospital.

text: The new roads only relieved the traffic for a few months.

text: He went behind a tree to relieve himself.

glosses: If you relieve somebody, you release them from duty, often by taking their place.

text: When I arrived at 11:00 to relieve the guard, he was asleep.

text: After the failure, the manager was relieved of his duties.

ipa: /rɪˈliːv/


raid

forms:
raid (singular)
raids (plural)

glosses: A raid is a rapid surprise attack on an enemy.

text: The general planned a night raid on the enemy positions.

ipa: /reɪd/


raid

forms:
raid (canonical)
raids (third-person singular)
raided (past)
raided (past participle)
raiding (present participle)

glosses: To raid an enemy is to attack them suddenly, without giving a warning.

text: The police raided a house where they thought the thief was hiding.


prank

forms:
prank (singular)
pranks (plural)

glosses: A prank is an act to trick or confuse someone; a mean act.

enpr: prăngk

ipa: /præŋk/


prank

forms:
prank (canonical)
pranks (third-person singular)
pranked (past)
pranked (past participle)
pranking (present participle)

text: Bobby likes to prank me by hiding my keys.


surpriser

forms:
surpriser (singular)
surprisers (plural)

glosses: A surpriser is someone or something that surprises.

text: You always amaze me. What a surpriser you are!


quarrels

forms:
quarrel (singular)
quarrels (plural)

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


quarrels

forms:
quarreled (past)
quarreled (past participle)
quarreling (present participle)
quarrel (canonical)
quarrels (third-person singular)
quarrelled (past)
quarrelled (past participle)
quarrelling (present participle)

glosses: The third-person singular form of quarrel.


pranks

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

noun

prank

pranks


pranks

glosses: The third-person singular form of prank.

text: He pranks me all the time!


surprisers

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

surpriser


furnishing

forms:
furnish (canonical)
furnishes (third-person singular)
furnished (past)
furnished (past participle)
furnishing (present participle)

verb

furnish


naps

forms:
nap (singular)
naps (plural)

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

noun

nap


naps

forms:
nap (canonical)
naps (third-person singular)
napped (past)
napped (past participle)
napping (present participle)

verb

p


catlike

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

glosses: If something is catlike, it is similar to a cat

text: She moved across the dance floor with smooth catlike actions.


furnished

glosses: The past tense and past participle of furnish.


gills

forms:
gill (singular)
gills (plural)

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

text: Fish have gills that allow them to swim underwater without coming up for air.

ipa: gɪlz

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

noun

gill


gills

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


loyal

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

glosses: To be loyal is to be true to someone; to always tell the truth to someone.

text: Be loyal to me, friend.

glosses: If you are loyal to someone you are faithful to them.

text: Spot is a loyal dog.


gill

glosses: A gill is the breathing organ for animals that live in the sea. It helps them breathe oxygen inside of water.

text: If I had a gill, then I could breathe underwater.

ipa: /ɡɪl/


gill

glosses: If you gill a fish, you remove the gills from it.


humidities

forms:
humidity (singular)
humidities (plural)

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

humidity

humidities


long game

forms: long game

pos: phrase

glosses: The long game is about future outcomes in the long term, rather than immediate results.

text: Obama could play the short game (by pursuing short term goals) or he could play the long game (by pursuing long-term goals) -- Henri L. Barkey. "Why America should play the long game in Iran," The National. August 9, 2009.

glosses: In golf, the long game is the part where the ball is hit to cover longer distances, usually to get it closer to the green. The short game involves hitting the ball shorter distances such as to get it on the green near the cup, or into the cup by putting on the green.

text: "Under these conditions, the long game can be played to most advantage, as the ball will usually roll ..." William Park. (1896). The Game of Golf, p. 151.


swells

forms:
swelled (past participle)
swell (canonical)
swells (third-person singular)
swelled (past)
swollen (past participle)
swelling (present participle)

glosses: The third-person singular form of swell.

verb

swells


furnish

glosses: To furnish is to give a place furniture or other supplies.

text: Our new house still needs to be furnished.

glosses: To furnish something is to supply or give to it.

text: My father will furnish me with gifts.

ipa: /ˈfɝnɪʃ/

ipa: /ˈfɜːnɪʃ/

hyphenation: fur‧nish


title: beside table

redirect: bedside table


integrate

forms:
integrate (canonical)
integrates (third-person singular)
integrated (past)
integrated (past participle)
integrating (present participle)

glosses: If you integrate x into y, you combine them together to form one whole.

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

integrat

e


relieving

forms:
relieve (canonical)
relieves (third-person singular)
relieved (past)
relieved (past participle)
relieving (present participle)

ipa: /rɪˈliːvɪŋ/


perceptions

forms:
perception (singular)
perceptions (plural)

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

noun

perception


intoxications

forms:
intoxication (singular)
intoxications (plural)

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

intoxication


arable

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

glosses: Arable land is land that is useful for farming crops.

text: Most of the arable land in the area is already used for growing rice.

ipa: /ˈærəbl̩/

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

hyphenation: ar‧able


relieved

glosses: The past tense and past participle of relieve.

ipa: /rɪˈliːvd/

verb

reliev


arrivals

forms:
arrival (singular)
arrivals (plural)

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

noun

arrival


nays

forms:
nay (singular)
nays (plural)

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

nay


foreigner

forms:
foreigner (singular)
foreigners (plural)

glosses: A foreigner is a person who is from a different country.

hyphenation: for‧eign‧er


title: UK

redirect: United Kingdom


cadmium

forms: cadmium (singular)

glosses: Cadmium is a soft metal with the symbol Cd and atomic number 48.

text: Cadmium has many common industrial uses as it is an important in battery production.

enpr: kăd'mēəm

ipa: /ˈkædmiəm/

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

hyphenation: cad‧mi‧um


title: USA

redirect: United States of America


catchphrases

forms:
catchphrase (singular)
catchphrases (plural)

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

catchphrase

catchphrases


overcrowding

forms: overcrowding (singular)

glosses: The action or event of a space having more occupants than that space can accommodate.


overcrowding

forms:
overcrowd (canonical)
overcrowds (third-person singular)
overcrowded (past)
overcrowded (past participle)
overcrowding (present participle)

verb

overcrowd


haircuts

forms:
haircut (singular)
haircuts (plural)

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

text: I usually get about three haircuts a year.

noun

haircut


realizations

forms:
realization (singular)
realizations (plural)

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

realization


adoration

forms:
adoration (singular)
adorations (plural)

glosses: Adoration is the act of liking someone or something.

text: She spoke about him with adoration.


barbers

forms:
barber (singular)
barbers (plural)

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

barber


survival

forms:
survival (singular)
survivals (plural)

glosses: Survival is the state of continuing to live.

text: Survival is a success for any species.

ipa: /sɚˈvaɪvəl/

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


tenors

forms:
tenor (singular)
tenors (plural)

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

tenor


philosophe

forms:
philosophe (singular)
philosophes (plural)

glosses: A philosophe was an intellectual, or thinker of the 18th-century French Enlightenment.


ulcer

forms:
ulcer (singular)
ulcers (plural)

glosses: An ulcer is a painful area inside your stomach, mouth or skin. that fails to heal and may have unpleasant liquid.

ipa: /ʌlsə/

ipa: /ʌlsɚ/


chromatophores

forms:
chromatophore (singular)
chromatophores (plural)

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

chromatophore


baritones

forms:
baritone (singular)
baritones (plural)

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

baritone


tracksuits

forms:
tracksuit (singular)
tracksuits (plural)

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

tracksuit


doorways

forms:
doorway (singular)
doorways (plural)

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

doorway


stationary

forms: stationary (positive)

glosses: When an object is stationary, it is not moving.

text: When a car stops, it is stationary.

text: artificial satellites can stay in a stationary orbit. This means they stay in the same position above Earth, and orbit at the same speed as the Earth rotates.

ipa: /ˈsteɪʃ(ə)n(ə)ri/

enpr: stāʹshə-nĕr'ē

ipa: /ˈsteɪʃəˌnɛri/

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

hyphenation: sta‧tion‧ary


mutations

forms:
mutation (singular)
mutations (plural)

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

mutation


basses

forms:
bass (singular)
basses (plural)

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

bass

basses


baritone

glosses: A baritone is a male voice that is lower than tenor, but higher than bass

text: Thomas Hampson sings operas with a loud baritone voice

glosses: A baritone is a musical instrument that plays notes that are between tenor and bass, such as a euphonium or a baritone saxophone.

glosses: A baritone is a musical instrument that is as big as a euphonium.

text: The baritone looks like a tuba or euphonium.

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


hoodies

forms:
hoodie (singular)
hoodies (plural)

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

hoodie


tailors

forms:
tailor (singular)
tailors (plural)

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

tailor


neodymium

forms: neodymium (singular)

glosses: Neodymium is a soft silvery metal with the symbol Nd and atomic number 60.

neodymium