semaphore

semaphore (singular)
semaphores (plural)

Semaphore is a system of sending messages using lights, mechanical signals or flags.

Railways use semaphore to send messages to trains.

Semaphore is a system of sending messages using two flags to show each alphabet letter.

Sailors use semaphore flags to send messages between ships.


semaphore

semaphore (canonical)
semaphores (third-person singular)
semaphored (past)
semaphored (past participle)
semaphoring (present participle)

To semaphore is to send a message using a semaphore system.

The sailor semaphored the nearby ship.


kilts

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


asymmetrical

Asymmetrical means not being symmetrical.

An asymmetrical painting is one which is not balanced by the frame of the picture.


starch

Starch is a carbohydrate found in seeds, fruits, roots, and tubers.

Potatoes and rice are a good source of starch.

Starch is a white powder made from carbohydrates and added to clothes during washing to make them stiff.

She added starch to the washing to stiffen the shirt collars.


starch

starch (canonical)
starches (third-person singular)
starched (past)
starched (past participle)
starching (present participle)

To starch is to add a powder to washing to make the material stiff.

His freshly washed clothes had been starched and were so hard that it was difficult to put them on.


auctioneers

auctioneer (singular)
auctioneers (plural)

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


apostrophe

apostrophe (singular)
apostrophes (plural)

An apostrophe is a punctuation mark which is used to show that part of a word is missing, to show that something belongs to someone, or added after plurals of numbers, letters and abbreviations.

In the phrase "John's sentence", there is an apostrophe after John but before the "s" to show that the sentence belongs to John.


tremble

tremble (canonical)
trembles (third-person singular)
trembled (past)
trembled (past participle)
trembling (present participle)

The building trembled during the earthquake.

To tremble is to shake with fear, anxiety or excitement.

She was trembling with fear while waiting her turn to speak at the meeting.


tremble

A tremble is the act of slightly shaking.

He felt a tremble in his body as he turned into the dark street.


leverage

Leverage is the action caused by using a lever.

She was able to use the iron bar to get leverage on the heavy rock.

Leverage is the power to be able to use something to get something done.

She was able to use her position on the council as leverage to get a better price from the company.

Leverage is the act of using the value of investment shares to borrow money to buy more shares.

Increasing the amount of leverage was seen to be too risky.


leverage

leverage (canonical)
leverages (third-person singular)
leveraged (past)
leveraged (past participle)
leveraging (present participle)

He was able to leverage the company's money to buy more shares.

Leverage is to improve something to make it better.

We need to leverage our good reputation to increase our sales.


sewers

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


sewers

sewer (canonical)
sewers (third-person singular)
sewered (past)
sewered (past participle)
sewering (present participle)

The third-person singular form of sewer.


pipers

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


plaster

Plaster is a mix of lime or gypsum and sand which becomes hard when water is added.

Builders use plaster to put a smooth coating on walls and ceilings.

A bandage or medical dressing is also called a plaster.

The doctor put a plaster over the deep cut on the boy's arm.


plaster

plaster (canonical)
plasters (third-person singular)
plastered (past)
plastered (past participle)
plastering (present participle)

To plaster is to put a mix of lime, sand and water on a surface.

She plastered the new wall in the bedroom.

To plaster is to put a dressing on a wound.

To plaster can mean to cover, hide or stick something completely as if you were using plaster.

He got very angry when his new car was plastered with bird droppings.

To plaster can mean to use force or cause damage.

The city was plastered with bombs during the war.


timbered

timber (canonical)
timbers (third-person singular)
timbered (past)
timbered (past participle)
timbering (present participle)

The past tense and past participle of timber.


chaos theories

chaos theory (singular)
chaos theories (plural)

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


environmentalists

environmentalist (singular)
environmentalists (plural)

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


tolled

toll (canonical)
tolls (third-person singular)
tolled (past)
tolled (past participle)
tolling (present participle)

The past tense and past participle of toll.


kimono

A kimono is a Japanese item of clothing.


kilt

A kilt is a knee length skirt, with pleats, and usually with a tartan pattern and worn by men in the Scottish highlands.

The piper played his bagpipes and wore a traditional highland kilt.

A kilt is a similar skirt worn by women.

The school's winter uniform for girls was a kilt and a blazer.


incidental

incidental (positive)
more incidental (comparative)
most incidental (superlative)

When something is incidental, it happened by chance or has occurred by accident.


garbed

garb (canonical)
garbs (third-person singular)
garbed (past)
garbed (past participle)
garbing (present participle)

The past tense and past participle of garb.


spies

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


spies

spy (canonical)
spies (third-person singular)
spied (past)
spied (past participle)
spying (present participle)


suburban

To be suburban, something is about or characteristic of a suburb.

He led a quiet, suburban life.


postulate

postulate (canonical)
postulates (third-person singular)
postulated (past)
postulated (past participle)
postulating (present participle)

To postulate is to suggest or accept that something is true.

Maharishi Kanad postulated that atoms are smallest particles.


postulate

postulate (singular)
postulates (plural)

A postulate is a thing that is suggested or assumed to be true.


receptionists

receptionist (singular)
receptionists (plural)

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


TBD

A shortening of to be determined or to be decided. Used to indicate something that is planned to happen.


spied

The past tense and past participle of spy.


postulates

The third-person singular form of postulate.


postulates

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


great-grandchildren

great-grandchild (singular)
great-grandchildren (plural)

The plural form of great-grandchild; more than one (kind of) great-grandchild.


raptorial birds

raptorial bird (singular)
raptorial birds (plural)

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


lolly

A lolly is a sweet, a hard type of candy.

He liked to suck on a lolly while working.

A lolly is a shortened word for a lollipop.


starched

starch (canonical)
starches (third-person singular)
starched (past)
starched (past participle)
starching (present participle)

The past tense and past participle of starch.


tartan

Tartan is a pattern of colored lines and stripes crossing at right angles.

Clans, or large family groups in Scotland have their own tartans.

Tartan is a material having the tartan pattern.

They selected a big roll of tartan to make the kilts.


cabs

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


bagpipes

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


suburb

A suburb is the area around a city where people live.

Carlton is an inner suburb, close to the city of Melbourne.


anus

The anus is the opening in the butt where waste from the intestines leaves the body.

He used paper to clean around his anus before leaving the toilet.


personalities

personality (singular)
personalities (plural)

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


gowning

gown (canonical)
gowns (third-person singular)
gowned (past)
gowned (past participle)
gowning (present participle)


bagpiper

A bagpiper is a person who plays the bagpipes.

We had a bagpiper at our Scottish wedding.


badminton

Badminton is a sport where players hit a shuttlecock over a high net using racquets.

He played six games of badminton.


gowned

The past tense and past participle of gown.


robed

robe (canonical)
robes (third-person singular)
robed (past)
robed (past participle)
robing (present participle)

The past tense and past participle of robe.


overtakes

overtake (canonical)
overtakes (third-person singular)
overtook (past)
overtaken (past participle)
overtaking (present participle)

The third-person singular form of overtake.


revival

A revival is when something is brought back into use, or restored.

There was a revival of the music of Mozart on his 200th birthday.


feces

Feces are the solid waste from the intestines, also called excrement, shit or poo.

The street was dirty, with dog feces all over the footpath.


diabetics

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


atlases

atlas (singular)
atlases or atlantes (plural)

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


dextrins

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


urine

Urine is the liquid waste from the bladder, also called piss or wee.

The doctor tested the man's urine to see if he had diabetes.


suburbs

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


carbohydrates

carbohydrate (singular)
carbohydrates (plural)

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


medieval

Medieval means something belongs to the Middle Ages, the time from about 400 AD to 1400 AD.

She liked to collect medieval books, with their beautiful pictures and handwriting.


dislikes

dislike (canonical)
dislikes (third-person singular)
disliked (past)
disliked (past participle)
disliking (present participle)

The third-person singular form of dislike.


lollies

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


archaeologists

archaeologist (singular)
archaeologists (plural)

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


pitying

pity (canonical)
pities (third-person singular)
pitied (past)
pitied (past participle)
pitying (present participle)


quantum leap

quantum leap (singular)
quantum leaps (plural)

A quantum leap is a sudden and significant change, advance or increase; a giant leap forward. Also called a quantum jump.


outrage

He kicked a puppy which was an outrage.

An outrage can be an act that offends many people.

Burning the US flag was an outrage.

Outrage is a feeling of anger towards people who have been violent or offensive.

He was outraged by by the attack on the old lady.


outrage

outrage (canonical)
outrages (third-person singular)
outraged (past)
outraged (past participle)
outraging (present participle)

To outrage someone is to be very violent or cause great offence.

He outraged Muslims when he burned copies of the Koran.


willow

Willows are trees and shrubs belonging to the genus Salix.

Salix alba caerulea is a tree called the cricket bat willow.

Cricket bats are made from willow.

A willow can be a bat made from the wood of a willow tree used in cricket and baseball.

He struck the ball with the willow and sent it to the boundary.

A willow is machine with rotating metal spikes use to clean raw materials for making textiles.


postulating

postulate (canonical)
postulates (third-person singular)
postulated (past)
postulated (past participle)
postulating (present participle)


lollipop

A lollipop is a piece of hard candy on a stick.

The little boy's face was a sticky mess from eating a lollipop.


mathematician

mathematician (singular)
mathematicians (plural)

A mathematician is a person who studies mathematics.

Sir Isaac Newton is regarded as one of the greatest mathematicians.


penances

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


confectionaries

confectionery (singular)
confectionaries (plural)

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


piper

A piper is a person who plays the bagpipes.

The piper played on the castle wall to signal the end of the day.

A piper is a person who plays the pipes.

Piper is a large family of climbing tropical plants.

A pepper vine is part of the genus Piper.


repayments

repayment (singular)
repayments (plural)

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


confectioner

confectioner (singular)
confectioners (plural)

A confectioner is a person who makes or sells sweets.

The confectioner spent the morning making lollipops.


supervised

supervise (canonical)
supervises (third-person singular)
supervised (past)
supervised (past participle)
supervising (present participle)

The past tense and past participle of supervise.


great-grandchild

great-grandchild (singular)
great-grandchildren (plural)

The son or daughter of someone's grandchild.


garbing

garb (canonical)
garbs (third-person singular)
garbed (past)
garbed (past participle)
garbing (present participle)


starches

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


starches

starch (canonical)
starches (third-person singular)
starched (past)
starched (past participle)
starching (present participle)

The third-person singular form of starch.


chaos theory

chaos theory (singular)
chaos theories (plural)

Chaos theory is an idea that says that things which seem to be random do have a hidden order.

Benoît Mandelbrot was a mathematician who studied chaos theory.


sewering

sewer (canonical)
sewers (third-person singular)
sewered (past)
sewered (past participle)
sewering (present participle)


keying

key (canonical)
keys (third-person singular)
keyed (past)
keyed (past participle)
keying (present participle)


willies

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


floral

Floral is something to do with flowers or like a flower.

The material had a floral pattern.

The church was decorated with beautiful floral arrangements.


intellectuals

intellectual (singular)
intellectuals (plural)

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


mandolinist

mandolinist (singular)
mandolinists (plural)

A mandolinist is a person who plays the mandolin.

Fred Tackett is the mandolinist in the band Little Feat.


thermostats

thermostat (singular)
thermostats (plural)

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


tartans

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


locksmiths

locksmith (singular)
locksmiths (plural)

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


pottery

Pottery is items made from clay and then baked to make them hard.

The archaeologist found broken pottery at the site of the ancient village.

A pottery is a place where a potter makes things from clay.

He worked hard at the pottery making tall vases.


tome

The lawyer had many legal tomes on his shelves.


garbs

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


archaeological

/ˌɑːkɪəˈlɒdʒɪk(ə)l/

Archaeological describes things that are about or related to archaeology.

The Valley of the Kings in Egypt is an important archaeological site.


garb

A garb is a style or fashion of clothing.

A garb is an outer layer or guise, worn to hide or disguise.

A garb is clothes worn by a special group or profession.


garb

To garb is to cover, as if you were using a layer of clothes.


auctioneer

auctioneer (singular)
auctioneers (plural)

An auctioneer is a person who sells items at an auction.

The auctioneer sold the house to the highest bidder.


full stops

full stop (singular)
full stops (plural)

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


fatasses

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


diabetic

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A diabetic is a person with the disease called diabetes.

The diabetic had to test his blood sugar levels every day.


diabetic

diabetic (positive)
more diabetic (comparative)
most diabetic (superlative)

Diabetic is something for or about the disease called diabetes.

To control his blood sugar levels, he could only eat special diabetic sweets.


full stop

A full stop is a punctuation mark "." at the end of a sentence.

Don't forget to write full stops at the end of each paragraph!


pottered

potter (canonical)
potters (third-person singular)
pottered (past)
pottered (past participle)
pottering (present participle)

The past tense and past participle of potter.


supervises

The third-person singular form of supervise.


suspicious

suspicious (positive)
more suspicious (comparative)
most suspicious (superlative)

If someone or something is suspicious, you do not trust that person, you suspect that he is doing something shady, or that something odd is happening.

The man who is inspecting that window seems suspicious.

If you are suspicious, you don't trust people. You suspect something or are distrustful.

Don't be suspicious of that man; I don't think he's doing anything shady.


noble gas

noble gas (singular)
noble gases (plural)

Any of the elements of group 18 of the periodic table, being odorless, colorless, and monatomic.

helium is the first noble gas in the periodic table.


environmentalist

environmentalist (singular)
environmentalists (plural)

An environmentalist is a person who works to protect the environment from being damaged.

John Muir was a famous environmentalist who worked to create National Parks in America.


overtaking

overtake (canonical)
overtakes (third-person singular)
overtook (past)
overtaken (past participle)
overtaking (present participle)


noble gases

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


gowns

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


gowns

gown (canonical)
gowns (third-person singular)
gowned (past)
gowned (past participle)
gowning (present participle)


auctions

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


auctions

auction (canonical)
auctions (third-person singular)
auctioned (past)
auctioned (past participle)
auctioning (present participle)

The third-person singular form of auction.


dishonesties

dishonesty (singular)
dishonesties (plural)

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


robes

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


robes

robe (canonical)
robes (third-person singular)
robed (past)
robed (past participle)
robing (present participle)


cab

A cab is a car that you can hire (pay for) for single trips. (Often taxi cab)


intriguing

intrigue (canonical)
intrigues (third-person singular)
intrigued (past)
intrigued (past participle)
intriguing (present participle)

/ɪnˈtriːɡɪŋ/


willy

A willy is a word, often used by or around children, for penis.

Richard said his willy was the biggest in the class.


asterisking

asterisk (canonical)
asterisks (third-person singular)
asterisked (past)
asterisked (past participle)
asterisking (present participle)


gown

A gown is a long formal dress for women.

She wore a beautiful white gown and carried a bunch of flowers.

A gown is a long, loose item of clothing to be worn in bed.

She wore a gown to bed.

A gown is a protective item worn by doctors during operations.

The doctor put on his gown before going into the operating theatre.

A gown is a ceremonial robe worn by scholars or church men.

At the graduation the students looked impressive in their black gowns.

The gown defeated the town at the annual golf match.


gown

The nurse assisted the doctor to gown before the operation.


toning

tone (canonical)
tones (third-person singular)
toned (past)
toned (past participle)
toning (present participle)


prisoners

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


intellectual

intellectual (singular)
intellectuals (plural)

An intellectual is an intelligent person, or a person who has learned a lot about a subject.

doctor Smith is an intellectual person in medicine.


intellectual

intellectual (positive)
more intellectual (comparative)
most intellectual (superlative)

A person who is intelligent, or has learned a lot about a subject.

A person who is able to think clearly about difficult things.


spamming

spam (canonical)
spams (third-person singular)
spammed (past)
spammed (past participle)
spamming (present participle)


archaeology

Archaeology is the study of people and societies by looking at what they have left behind.

To understand the ancient burials, we needed someone who was skilled in archaeology.


tolling

toll (canonical)
tolls (third-person singular)
tolled (past)
tolled (past participle)
tolling (present participle)


lever

A lever is a simple tool, a bar resting on a fixed point. If one end of the bar is pushed, the force is used at the other end.

A see-saw in a children's' playground is a simple lever.

A lever is a long handle used to operate a machine.

The signalman pulled on the lever to change the railway signals.

Lever is to use something to do something else.

He used his charm as a lever to get past the guards at the gate.


lever

lever (canonical)
levers (third-person singular)
levered (past)
levered (past participle)
levering (present participle)

To lever is to move or lift something with lever.

She used a long pole to lever the large rock out of the way.


thorough

thorough (positive)
more thorough (comparative)
most thorough (superlative)

The thorough investigation by the police led to the arrest of the criminals.

These are the most thorough workers I have ever seen.

It is a thorough pleasure to see the building finished.


uniqueness

uniqueness (singular)
uniquenesses (plural)

The state or quality of being unique or one-of-a-kind.


spammed

The past tense and past participle of spam.


tragedies

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


footage

A footage is the raw and unedited video that is originally recorded on a video camera.

I have got a rare footage of the towers collapsing in the 9/11 attacks.


supervise

supervise (canonical)
supervises (third-person singular)
supervised (past)
supervised (past participle)
supervising (present participle)

The principal said that our class will need a teacher to supervise us if we go on the field trip.


templating

template (canonical)
templates (third-person singular)
templated (past)
templated (past participle)
templating (present participle)


sewer

A sewer is a pipe, or system of pipes, that removes wastes from buildings.

They were not able to use the toilet after the sewer was blocked.

A sewer in medieval times was a person who served food at meals.

A sewer is a person who sews with needle and thread.

She was a sewer of quality clothing.


sewer

sewer (canonical)
sewers (third-person singular)
sewered (past)
sewered (past participle)
sewering (present participle)

To sewer is to put in pipes to take away sewage and wastes.

The new house needed to be sewered before the family could move in.


timber

Timber is trees and forests used as a source of wood.

They walked into the tall timber to find a place to camp.

He went to the timber yard to buy the wood for his house.

Timber is a piece of wood used in building.

She carefully chose a timber that had an interesting pattern.

Timber is wood used as a frame in building ships.

During the battle he could feel the ship's timbers shiver.


timber

timber (canonical)
timbers (third-person singular)
timbered (past)
timbered (past participle)
timbering (present participle)

To timber is to use wood as a support or frame.

The miners had to timber the shaft in the gold mine to make it safe.


scientific

scientific (positive)
more scientific (comparative)
most scientific (superlative)

Having the quality of being derived from, or similar to, the scientific method.


toned

The past tense and past participle of tone.


toned

toned (positive)
more toned (comparative)
most toned (superlative)

A toned person is someone who is physically fit.


pottering

potter (canonical)
potters (third-person singular)
pottered (past)
pottered (past participle)
pottering (present participle)


overtake

overtake (canonical)
overtakes (third-person singular)
overtook (past)
overtaken (past participle)
overtaking (present participle)

To overtake is to catch up to and then pass or do better than something.

He had to really increase his speed to overtake her car on the freeway.

There was an overtaking lane on the road to allow cars to get passed the slow moving trucks going up the hills.

If something overtakes you, you are not ready, you are surprised, and overwhelmed by it.

The government's reforms were overtaken by the mass demonstrations which called for big changes in the laws.


captioned

caption (canonical)
captions (third-person singular)
captioned (past)
captioned (past participle)
captioning (present participle)

The past tense and past participle of caption.


pity

A feeling of sympathy at the distress or suffering of someone or something.

It's a pity her friend died.


pity

pity (canonical)
pities (third-person singular)
pitied (past)
pitied (past participle)
pitying (present participle)

The action of feeling pity for someone or something.

We pity her not being able to come with the rest of us.


spited

spite (canonical)
spites (third-person singular)
spited (past)
spited (past participle)
spiting (present participle)

The past tense and past participle of spite.


archaeologist

archaeologist (singular)
archaeologists (plural)

An archaeologist is a person who studies people and societies by looking at the things they have left behind.

Archaeologists dug around the pyramids looking for clues to show how they were built.


templated

The past tense and past participle of template.


prisoner

A prisoner is a person imprisoned, while on trial or serving a sentence.

The prisoners were let out of their cells each afternoon so they could exercise.

Any person held against his or her will is a prisoner.

He kept his mother as a prisoner in her bedroom until she agreed to change her will.


auction

An auction is a sale where the goods are sold to the person who offers the most money.

She wanted to sell her house at auction because she hoped to get a higher price.


auction

auction (canonical)
auctions (third-person singular)
auctioned (past)
auctioned (past participle)
auctioning (present participle)

To auction is to sell goods to the person who offers the most money.

He auctioned the house on Saturday morning.


plonking

plonk (canonical)
plonks (third-person singular)
plonked (past)
plonked (past participle)
plonking (present participle)


plonked

The past tense and past participle of plonk.


dishonesty

dishonesty (singular)
dishonesties (plural)

Dishonesty is the quality of not being honest. If you have dishonesty, you do not tell the truth. You are not honest.

A dishonesty is an act which is not honest.


terrifies

terrify (canonical)
terrifies (third-person singular)
terrified (past)
terrified (past participle)
terrifying (present participle)

The third-person singular form of terrify.


pities

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


therapied

therapy (canonical)
therapies (third-person singular)
therapied (past)
therapied (past participle)
therapying (present participle)

The past tense and past participle of therapy.


intrigued

intrigue (canonical)
intrigues (third-person singular)
intrigued (past)
intrigued (past participle)
intriguing (present participle)

The past tense and past participle of intrigue.


spams

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


spams

spam (canonical)
spams (third-person singular)
spammed (past)
spammed (past participle)
spamming (present participle)


terrify

When you terrify someone, you frighten the person greatly; to fill with terror.

The dogs terrify the cats.


asterisked

asterisk (canonical)
asterisks (third-person singular)
asterisked (past)
asterisked (past participle)
asterisking (present participle)

The past tense and past participle of asterisk.


asterisks

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


asterisks

The third-person singular form of asterisk.


spy

A spy is a person whose job is to get secret information.

James Bond is a famous spy from the books by Ian Fleming.

A spy is a person who watches other people secretly.

The princess was concerned that a spy with a camera would take photos when she went near the pool.


spy

spy (canonical)
spies (third-person singular)
spied (past)
spied (past participle)
spying (present participle)

To spy is to gather information secretly.

He was not a rich businessman, he was really spying for the CIA.

He spied on the people who entered the Russian embassy.

I thought I could spy someone on top of the mountain.


robe

A robe is a long loose item of clothing.

The young people wore white robes to the church for their confirmation.

A robe is a long item of clothing used to show rank or importance.

The judge looked splendid in his red robe.

He put on his robe after his bath and watched TV.


robe

robe (canonical)
robes (third-person singular)
robed (past)
robed (past participle)
robing (present participle)

The king was robed before his coronation.


terrific

terrific (positive)
more terrific (comparative)
most terrific (superlative)

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She's a terrific tennis player.

The aircraft landed at a terrific speed.

The lightning was followed by a terrific clap of thunder.

The racing cars drive at terrific speeds.


repayment

repayment (singular)
repayments (plural)

A repayment the act of giving back money, or a part of the money, that you have borrowed.

He had to make three more repayments before he owned the car.


spites

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


spites

The third-person singular form of spite.


heavily

Heavily is a quality of heavy, a great weight, load, effort, or to a large amount.

He dragged himself heavily out of the water and onto the boat.

He drank heavily, which caused him many health problems.

In his plays, he borrowed heavily from Shakespeare.

When she heard the bad news, she sank heavily into the chair.


templates

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


templates

template (canonical)
templates (third-person singular)
templated (past)
templated (past participle)
templating (present participle)

The third-person singular form of template.


captions

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


captions

caption (canonical)
captions (third-person singular)
captioned (past)
captioned (past participle)
captioning (present participle)

The third-person singular form of caption.


plonks

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


plonks

The third-person singular form of plonk.


terrified

terrified (positive)
more terrified (comparative)
most terrified (superlative)

Being terrified means being very scared.


terrified

The past tense and past participle of terrify.


intrigues

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


intrigues

The third-person singular form of intrigue.


potter

A potter is someone who creates pots or other pottery.

He went to the potter because he wanted a new vase for his flowers.


potter

potter (canonical)
potters (third-person singular)
pottered (past)
pottered (past participle)
pottering (present participle)

If you potter, you walk aimlessly or for no reason. (putter) (Often potter around, potter about)

He was bored so he pottered around.

If you potter, you do small things. (same as putter, potter around)

I pottered around yesterday, sharpening some pencils and sorting out my VHS collection.


therapies

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


therapies

The third-person singular form of therapy.


plonk

He had a headache after a night on the plonk.

A plonk is the noise something makes if dropped, especially into liquid.

She heard the plonk of the coins as she dropped them into the wishing well.


plonk

To plonk is to drop something heavily, or sit down heavily.

He was so tired he just plonked on the sofa when he got home.


potters

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


potters

The third-person singular form of potter.


tones

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


tones

tone (canonical)
tones (third-person singular)
toned (past)
toned (past participle)
toning (present participle)


therapy

Therapy is the treatment of disease or disability, physical or mental.

My grandfather's therapy will start at the hospital at noon tomorrow.


spite

Ill will or hatred toward another, accompanied with the disposition to annoy, harass, irritate, or thwart; a desire to harass, injure or vex; petty malice; grudge; rancor.

They were so filled with spite for their coach that they lost most of their matches.


spite

spite (canonical)
spites (third-person singular)
spited (past)
spited (past participle)
spiting (present participle)

To treat maliciously; to try to injure or thwart.

He soon married again, to spite his ex-wife.

To fill with spite; to offend; to harass.

After calling a foul on one of the players, the referee was spited by him.


asterisk

An asterisk is the sign * used for several purposes including to mark footnotes and other notes, to indicate multiplication (e.g., 3*3), and (on the Internet) to signify that something should be in bold (e.g., *IMPORTANT*).

linguists put asterisks before reconstructed words.


asterisk

If you asterisk something, you mark it with an asterisk (*).

I asterisked that sentence because I wanted to leave a footnote at the bottom.


intrigue

An intrigue is when someone plots (plans) to do something in a secret and complicated way; a conspiracy, secret scheme.

After hearing that the politican had planned an intrigue, the citizens were outraged.

Intrigue is the activity of making a secret plan or conspiracy.

There was a lot of intrigue in the secret orginization.


intrigue

If something or someone intrigues you, it interests you.

That article on the creation of the universe intrigued the reader.

The plot of the popular book intrigues most of its readers because it is interesting.


tone

"What's your favourite tone?" asked the teacher of music.

The character of a sound, especially the timbre of an instrument or voice.

He needed more practice to get proper control of the tone on his oboe.

I don't like the tone of your tenant.

The pitch of a word that distinguishes a difference in meaning, for example in Chinese.

The manner in which speech or writing is expressed.

She was surprised at how many tones of sage green there were in the paint shop.

The definition and firmness of a muscle or organ.

The state of a living body or of any of its organs or parts in which the functions are healthy and performed with due vigor.

Normal tension or responsiveness to stimuli.


tone

To give a particular tone to (something).

The landlord asked the painter to tone the border a bit.

He found doing more sit ups helped to tone his muscles.


template

A template is a model or base which you can use as a starting point to make other objects.

I used the template with holes for letters to write that message neatly.


template

If you template something, you make it or set it up using a template.

If you template something, you make a guide or pattern for creating it.

He templated a circle by writing rules for making circles and providing an example circle to copy.


tragedy

A tragedy is a disaster that usually involves someone getting injured or dying and can affect the lives of many others.

The 9/11 attacks was a tragedy in the history of United States.

A tragedy is play or written work in which the main character is destroyed by his own weakness or things that he can not deal with.

In Shakepeare's tragedy Macbeth, Macbeth is destroyed by his own ambition and greed.


caption

A caption is a title or description of an image or illustration.

Look at the caption under the illustration to learn more.


caption

If you caption an image or a text, you add a caption (description or title) to it.

Only once the drawing is done will the letterer caption it.


socialists

socialist (singular)
socialists (plural)

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


spam

Spam refers to random messages on the Internet. If you receive many messages that advertise things or were sent without you asking for them, you are getting spam.

There are many online computer programs that send spam to users.

A spam is a single random message. A single occurrence of spam.

He received 65 spams to his e-mail account yesterday.


spam

If you spam someone, you send many random electronic messages (spam) to that person.

I hate it when people spam my forum.

I don't like the guy who spams people every day.


socialisms

socialism (singular)
socialisms (plural)

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


Argentinians

Argentinian (singular)
Argentinians (plural)

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


sophisticated

sophisticated (positive)
more sophisticated (comparative)
most sophisticated (superlative)

When something is sophisticated, it is very complicated and difficult to understand for someone who is not knowledgeable in that area.

This key is very sophisticated, is it a key to a secret passage?

When something is sophisticated it is very high class, very refined, cultured, the very best quality.

She was a very sophisticated young woman, who always looked stunning, in beautifully designed dresses.


Argentines

Argentine (singular)
Argentines (plural)

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


tragic

tragic (positive)
more tragic (comparative)
most tragic (superlative)

When an event is tragic, it is causing a lot of pain and suffering for those involved in that event. We would call such event a tragedy as well.

Terrorists are people who want to make tragic events happen and make the innocent people suffer so as to tell the government something.


blunts

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


argentine

argentine (singular)
argentines (plural)

Argentine is a word for silver, or silver coloured metals.

Argentine is a family of small silver coloured fish, like small salmon.

A species in the argentine family of fish is "Argentina sphyraena".


argentines

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


hash

Hash is a kind of chopped meat and vegetable that are mixed together.

A symbol ("#"), also known as the number sign.


cannabis

Cannabis is a type of plant from Central Asia.

A type of drug taken from the cannabis plant parts.


nowt

Nowt means nothing, something that is empty and does not contain anything.

There is nowt in this box.


salvation

salvation (singular)
salvations (plural)

Salvation is the state of being saved from hell or a punishment of sin.

Someone's or something's salvation is the act of saving them from harm or from an unpleasant situation.


deleting

delete (canonical)
deletes (third-person singular)
deleted (past)
deleted (past participle)
deleting (present participle)


deletes

The third-person singular form of delete.


socialism

/ˈsəʊʃəlɪzəm/

Socialism is any ideology that wants everyone to publicly own all things that are used to make other things, like factories and farms. In this system, the economy is run to benefit all the people and not simply to make profit.

Karl Marx said socialism was the first step in moving from capitalism to communism.


deleted

The past tense and past participle of delete.


Argentina

Argentina is a country in South America.

The capital city of Argentina is Buenos Aires.


blunt

blunt (positive)
blunter (comparative)
bluntest (superlative)

When something is blunt, it has a thick end and is not sharp.

Very direct in one's words, usually in a negative manner and in a rude way.


mosaicking

mosaic (canonical)
mosaics (third-person singular)
mosaicked (past)
mosaicked (past participle)
mosaicking (present participle)


stronghold

stronghold (singular)
strongholds (plural)

A stronghold is a place of refuge, survival or domination by a particular group or idea.

The soldiers attacked the enemy stronghold on the hill.

Cornwall is the last stronghold of the Cornish language.


mosaicked

The past tense and past participle of mosaic.


hounds

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


usages

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


noons

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


tractors

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


Bibles

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


pathetic

pathetic (positive)
more pathetic (comparative)
most pathetic (superlative)

The student's pathetic pleas for an extension stirred the teacher's heart.


Argentine

Argentina is sometimes called "the Argentine".

An Argentine is a person from Argentina, also called an Argentinian.


Argentine

Argentine is something from, or is like something from Argentina.

She loved the excitement in dancing an Argentine tango.


leaderships

leadership (singular)
leaderships (plural)

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


tummies

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


cavemen

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


performers

performer (singular)
performers (plural)

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


Argentinian

An Argentinian is a citizen of Argentina.

The musical "Evita" was written about the life of a famous Argentinian, Eva Perón.


Argentinian

If something is Argentinian, it about or comes from Argentina.

The tango is a famous Argentinian dance.


hound

A hound is a breed of dog that has a good sense of smell for hunting other animals.


posthumous

To be posthumous, a person was born after the death of their father.

Posthumous orphans never knew their fathers.

Posthumous is something that happens to a person after their death.

The posthumous Medal of Honor was given to the family of the soldier who died in battle.

Artists who were not famous during their life often receive posthumous recognition, too late for them to enjoy.

His book was his posthumous revenge on enemies he dared not take on alive.


cautious

cautious (positive)
more cautious (comparative)
most cautious (superlative)

Someone who is cautious is careful, uses or exercises caution, and is tentative.

He took a few cautious steps out the door when he heard the sirens.


caveman

A caveman is someone who lives in caves.


mosaics

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


mosaics

The third-person singular form of mosaic.


usage

I learnt the usage of some verbs while studying the language.


noon

The ninth hour of the day counted from sunrise; around three o'clock in the afternoon.

time of day when the sun is at its highest point; twelve o'clock in the day, midday.

We turned the television on just before noon.

The corresponding time in the middle of the night; midnight.


auditioned

audition (canonical)
auditions (third-person singular)
auditioned (past)
auditioned (past participle)
auditioning (present participle)

The past tense and past participle of audition.


oftentimes

To do something oftentimes means you do it many times.

Oftentimes we met each other on the way home from school.


mosaic

A mosaic is a picture or design made with small coloured pieces.

The Romans used mosaics to decorate the floors of their houses.

A mosaic can be something that is like a mosaic as it is made up of many pieces.

This mosaic is made of images taken by the Mariner 10 spacecraft.


mosaic

To mosaic you would make a picture or design using many small pieces.

He was tired after mosaicking around the edge of the pool to make it look Roman.


tummy

Tommy told his mother that his tummy was full.


palaces

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


socialist

socialist (singular)
socialists (plural)

/ˈsəʊʃəlɪst/

A socialist is someone who practices socialism, a type of government that makes the goods produced in a country owned by the people.

Russia used to be a socialist country during the period when the country was called the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics.


socialist

socialist (positive)
more socialist (comparative)
most socialist (superlative)

/ˈsəʊʃəlɪst/

The level of socialism that a person practices.


applicants

applicant (singular)
applicants (plural)

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


terrorists

terrorist (singular)
terrorists (plural)

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


mudra

Mudra are hand and body positions used in classical Indian dancing.

She moved her hands into a calming mudra.


coincidence

coincidence (singular)
coincidences (plural)

A coincidence is when two things are in the same place or space, they coincide.

The scientist studied the beam of electrons and timed examples of coincidence.

A coincidence is when two things happen by chance, but it seems like it was really planned.

It is a strange coincidence that William Shakespeare was born and died on 23 April.


performer

A performer is someone who entertains people with music, dance or acting.

Freddie Mercury, the lead singer of Queen, was a great performer.


auditions

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


auditions

The third-person singular form of audition.


leadership

Leadership is the capacity of someone to lead.

I doubt that even his leadership can help us.

The leadership of the football club has decided to have them suspended for rough play.

Leadership is the office or status of a leader.

She really wanted the leadership of the gardening club.


telecom

Telecom is short for telecommunications.

He bought shares in cable, internet and telecom companies.


applicant

An applicant is a person who makes an application for something, often a job.

The job applicants had to have an interview with the head of the company.


prominent

prominent (positive)
more prominent (comparative)
most prominent (superlative)

Something that is prominent sticks out and is easily seen.

The most prominent feature of the garden was the large fountain in the center of the pond.

He was a tall man with long black hair and a prominent nose.

A person who is prominent is one who is important and famous.

He was described as being one of Canada's prominent writers.


delete

A key that may be pressed to delete something (including text or files) from a computer.

I lost the files when I accidentally hit delete.


delete

If you delete something, you remove or get rid of, or erase it, especially written or printed material, or data on a computer.

I will delete the first paragraph of my essay from the file.

If you delete something, you conceal hide or conceal it.


mudras

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


palace

A palace is the home of a king or queen.

Elizabeth II of England lives in a palace in London, called Buckingham Palace.

A palace is a big, very grand house, often the home of someone important like a president or bishop.

During the revolution, soldiers guarded the gates of the president's palace.


cautioning

caution (canonical)
cautions (third-person singular)
cautioned (past)
cautioned (past participle)
cautioning (present participle)


telecommunications

telecommunication (singular)
telecommunications (plural)

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


cautioned

The past tense and past participle of caution.


ephemeral

Something that is ephemeral is only temporary, it does not last long.

"Here today and gone tomorrow" is a phrase which describes an ephemeral situation.

Her friendships seemed to be rather ephemeral.

Mayfly are ephemeral because their adults never last more than a day.


weightlessness

Weightlessness is the feeling of having very little or no weight.

Astronauts train for space flights in planes that make steep dives to create a sense of weightlessness.


telecoms

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


tractor

A vehicle used on farms for pulling equipment, preparing the fields, and so on.

The mechanic just fixed the old tractor so the that Mr. Brown, the farmer can plough his fields.

A truck (or lorry) for pulling a semi-trailer or trailer.

Any piece of machinery or thing that pulls something.

An airplane where the propeller is located in front of the fuselage.


Santa

Santa is short for Santa Claus, the person who brings children presents at Christmas.

The children were excited at Christmas because they hoped Santa would leave them presents.


specialists

specialist (singular)
specialists (plural)

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


dissented

dissent (canonical)
dissents (third-person singular)
dissented (past)
dissented (past participle)
dissenting (present participle)

The past tense and past participle of dissent.


Moors

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


reusable

Something that is reusable can be used more than once.

I have to remember to take my own reusable bags as the shops no longer put things into plastic bags.


Moor

A Moor is a Muslim person from northern Africa with Arab and Berber ancestors.

The Moors ruled Spain for more than 700 years.


cautions

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


cautions

The third-person singular form of caution.


specialist

A specialist is a person who is highly skilled in one type of activity or study.

His army training had made him a bomb disposal specialist.

A specialist is a doctor who is skilled in treating one part of the body.

It hurt so much when she swallowed food that she was sent to a throat specialist.


alarm clocks

alarm clock (singular)
alarm clocks (plural)

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


Swedes

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


audition

An audition is a performance by an someone hoping to become a performer in order to show suitability or talent.

The music club had it's auditions on Tuesday.

His audition was poor.


audition

To audition is to evaluate one or more performers through an audition.

We auditioned many singers for the part in our new show.

To audition is to take part in an audition.

Many singers auditioned for the part in our new show.


capital punishments

capital punishment (singular)
capital punishments (plural)

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


terrorist

A terrorist is a person who uses terror and violence to get political change.

The car bomb at the busy market was the work of a terrorist.


Swede

Alfred Nobel is a famous Swede, who gave the money for the Nobel Prizes.


capital punishment

Capital punishment is a specific punishment that results in the death of the accused.

The murderer received Capital punishment for all the people he killed.


Santas

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


lignotuber

lignotuber (singular)
lignotubers (plural)

A lignotuber is a large root buried in the ground that can produce one or more tree trunks.

Many Australian eucalypt trees have lignotubers which let the tree regrow after a bushfire.


rooting

root (canonical)
roots (third-person singular)
rooted (past)
rooted (past participle)
rooting (present participle)


dissents

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


dissents

The third-person singular form of dissent.


mistily

mistily (positive)
more mistily (comparative)
Superlativemost mistily

Mistily refers to being full of or covered with something; in a misty manner.


swede

A swede is a yellow root vegetable, like a turnip.

He really enjoyed a dinner of fish with boiled swedes and peas.


rooted

The past tense and past participle of root.


lignotubers

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


moored

moor (canonical)
moors (third-person singular)
moored (past)
moored (past participle)
mooring (present participle)

The past tense and past participle of moor.


caution

Caution is being careful and planning ways to avoid danger or being hurt.

He used caution as he climbed the old wooden steps.

A caution is a warning about what might happen in the future.

The doctor gave me a caution about eating too much.

A caution can be a legal warning and that a repeat of the action could end up as an arrest.

The police gave the boy a caution after he was caught stealing from the shop.


caution

To caution is to give a warning or advice.

His mother cautioned him about staying out too late at night.


editable

If something is editable you can change or edit it.

This page is editable, like all Wiktionary pages.


banners

The plural form of banner; more than one banner.


decimals

The plural form of decimal; more than one decimal.


telecommunication

Telecommunication is the science of sending messages over a distance using radio, television, telegraph, computers, cable and telephone.

Telecommunication has made it possible to speak directly to people in other countries.

A telecommunication is a message received by using radio, television, telegraph, computers, cable and telephone.

The CIA was able to read the company's telecommunications using a spy satellite.


rockhole

A hole in an outcrop of solid bedrock that holds surface water.

Any depression or opening in an area of bedrock sticking out of the ground. Often found in granite outcrops.


dissent

In his dissent he pointed out what was wrong with the decision.

Dissent can be a public protest to show disagreement with government.

The people marched in the street, showing their dissent to the changes to the law.


dissent

To dissent is to disagree or have a different opinion.

The judge strongly dissented the decision of the Supreme Court.

To dissent can be to take action to show disagreement.


g forces

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


rockholes

The plural form of rockhole; more than one rockhole.


g force

G force is another way of spelling g-force.


downtowns

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


rock holes

rock hole (singular)
rock holes (plural)

The plural form of rock hole; more than one rock hole.


rock hole

Rock hole is another way of spelling rockhole.


banquets

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


watts

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


wasps

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


wardens

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


dalmatians

dalmatian (singular)
dalmatians (plural)

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


tropes

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


washbasins

washbasin (singular)
washbasins (plural)

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


canaries

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


fabrics

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


bedrock

The solid rock that sits below the ground surface (and sometimes sticks out of the ground).


easels

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


canes

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


passages

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


bowling alley

bowling alley (singular)
bowling alleys (plural)

A bowling alley is a building where 10 pin bowling is played.

We went to the bowling alley for a game.


adverts

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


banisters

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


daisies

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


arm-twisting

arm-twisting (singular)
arm-twistings (plural)

The use of personal pressure to persuade

The use of political pressure to gain support


coalitions

coalition (singular)
coalitions (plural)

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


steamroller

steamroller (singular)
steamrollers (plural)

A steamroller is a steam-powered heavy road-making machine.

A steamroller was used to make the road smooth and hard.

A modern steamroller is a petrol or diesel-powered heavy road making machine.

A figure of speech for anything that rolls over someone or something else.


steamrollers

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


bluntest

blunt (positive)
blunter (comparative)
bluntest (superlative)

The superlative form of blunt; most blunt.


fables

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


moors

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


downtown

In or in the direction of the center of a city or town.

The bus is headed downtown.

Outside the three-point line, or generally far from the basket.

He took a shot from way downtown!


downtown

Either the lower, or the business center, of a city or town.

The downtown was badly damaged in the war.

The downtown stores usually open early.


bowling alleys

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


aerosols

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


arbitration

arbitration (singular)
arbitrations (plural)

Arbitration is a way of settling a dispute. An independent person listens to arguments from all participants in the dispute, and then makes a decision.

The two neighbors had to go to arbitration to decide who had to pay for the new fence.


arbitrations

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


blunter

The comparative form of blunt; more blunt.


coalition

/koʊəˈlɪʃən/

A temporary group that is formed for a particular reason.

The two governments formed a coalition to help their workers.


puppets

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


elves

The plural form of elf; more than one elf.


hashes

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


hartals

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


hartal

In India, a hartal is closing a shop or not working as part of a political protest.

The hartal was a large disservice to Srivijaya, who wanted to go shopping at the bazaar.


trope

Something which is common in popular culture or in a type of literature, such as ‘once upon a time’ is the first lline of a story

A figure of speech in which words or phrases are used with a special meaning, like a metaphor

A short section at the end of the melody in some early music.

A phrase or verse added to the mass when sung by a choir.


pastries

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


rafts

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


sergeants

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


Zoroastrianism

/ˌzɒrəʊˈæstrɪəˌnɪzəm/

Zoroastrianism is a religion founded by Zoroaster.


accessories

accessory (singular)
accessories (plural)

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


tokens

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


tides

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


puppet

A puppet is a doll or animal figure that is moved by strings.

Another name for a string puppet is a marionette.

A puppet is a doll or animal figure that is moved by a hand place inside it.

Mr. Punch is a famous glove puppet from the "Punch and Judy" puppet show.

A puppet is a doll or animal figure that is moved with long sticks.

The play had a large dragon puppet with four men using long sticks to make it flap its wings.

A puppet is a person whose actions are controlled by other people.

The new President was simply a puppet of the army generals.


coincidences

coincidence (singular)
coincidences (plural)

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


fireworks

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


covings

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


moor

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To moor a ship or boat is to tie it to a dock, jetty, or hold it in place with an anchor.

The big ship was moored at the long jetty.


moor

A moor is open ground, often with peat soils, swampy, covered in grass or low shrubs.

The search for the missing boy led them right across the moors.


denomination

denomination (singular)
denominations (plural)

/dɪˌnɒmɪˈneɪʃən/

A denomination is a class or society of people.

You are a Christian? What is your denomination?


excitements

excitement (singular)
excitements (plural)

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


sheers

sheer (canonical)
sheers (third-person singular)
sheered (past)
sheered (past participle)
sheering (present participle)

The third-person singular form of sheer.


brutes

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


spectacle

spectacle (singular)
spectacles (plural)

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A spectacle is something that you see that is unusual or notable.

I will never forget the spectacle of watching trying to carry all his bags home from the station.

A spectacle is a display or event on a grand scale.

The opening ceremony of the Olympic Games was quite a spectacle.

To make a spectacle of yourself you do something stupid that other people can see.

While trying to impress the boys, she fell over in her high heel shoes, making a real spectacle of herself.


machinery

machinery (singular)
machineries (plural)

The group of machines that make up a production apparatus in a plant.

The working parts of a machine as a group.

The group of parts of something which allows it to function.


tittles

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


caned

cane (canonical)
canes (third-person singular)
caned (past)
caned (past participle)
caning (present participle)

The past tense and past participle of cane.


ignosticism

Ignosticism is the idea that religions assume too much about the idea of God.

In ignosticism people ask "What is meant by 'God'?"


sheered

The past tense and past participle of sheer.


scraped

scrape (canonical)
scrapes (third-person singular)
scraped (past)
scraped (past participle)
scraping (present participle)

The past tense and past participle of scrape.


denominations

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


devalues

devalue (canonical)
devalues (third-person singular)
devalued (past)
devalued (past participle)
devaluing (present participle)

The third-person singular form of devalue.


sprigs

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


historians

historian (singular)
historians (plural)

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


intimidated

intimidate (canonical)
intimidates (third-person singular)
intimidated (past)
intimidated (past participle)
intimidating (present participle)

The past tense and past participle of intimidate.


Arabs

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


fashion models

fashion model (singular)
fashion models (plural)

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


spectacles

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

She could not read the newspaper without her spectacles.


missiles

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


welterweights

welterweight (singular)
welterweights (plural)

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


tide

The tide is the regular rising and falling of sea levels caused by the moon.

After getting the ship stuck on sand, the crew had to wait until high tide so it would refloat.

A tide may be something that rises and falls as if it were the sea.

The politicians knew that one day the tide of public opinion would agree with them.

Tide is a period of time or a season; usually used with another word.

She always looked forward to Whitsuntide.


quaquaversal

If it is quaquaversal then it is going in all directions at the same time.

A quaquaversal beard.


sadists

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


liabilities

liability (singular)
liabilities (plural)

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


masochism

Masochism is the feeling of sexual pleasure from pain or other abuse.

He had to seek medical help for his love of masochism.


machineries

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


monotheistic

/ˌmɒnə(ʊ)θɪˈɪstɪk/

Monotheistic is believing in a single god.

Christianity is a monotheistic religion.


bred

breed (canonical)
breeds (third-person singular)
bred (past)
bred (past participle)
breeding (present participle)

The past tense and past participle of breed.


primates

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


masochists

masochist (singular)
masochists (plural)

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


tacking

tack (canonical)
tacks (third-person singular)
tacked (past)
tacked (past participle)
tacking (present participle)

We watched the boat tacking across the bay.


coving

The coving is a concave surface that joins a ceiling and a wall.

The coving on the old house was very decorative.


intimidates

The third-person singular form of intimidate.


molestations

molestation (singular)
molestations (plural)

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


number sign

number sign (singular)
number signs (plural)

The character # used to represent the word number; the hash sign; also called the pound sign in the United States of America.


fashion model

A fashion model is a person who wears and displays clothes on a cat walk, stage or for photographs.

People who design clothes pay a fashion model to wear them at fashion shows.


intimidate

To make fearful; to inspire or affect with fear; to stop or block others by threats

He's trying to intimidate you. If you ignore him, hopefully he'll stop.


accessory

accessory (singular)
accessories (plural)

An accessory is an extra item, not needed, but which adds to the whole.

She bought a number of accessories including a bag, hat, and gloves, to match her new dress.

An accessory is a person who helps someone to break the law.

Because she helped him hide the body after the murder, she was charged with being an accessory to the crime.


phototropic

phototropic (positive)
more phototropic (comparative)
most phototropic (superlative)

When someone or an animal is phototropic, it has the tendency to move towards or away from light.


niobium

An element with atomic number 41 and the symbol Nb. It was formerly known as columbium (Cb), but is now called "niobium".


sprig

A sprig is the young growth of a plant, sometimes sprouts.

Sprigs of clover were pushing through the soil.

Sprigs are cuttings from a mature plant.

She used sprigs of holly to decorate the room.


scarrings

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


molestation

Molestation is the act of annoying, disturbing, or molesting others.

Molestation in the office would lead to immediate dismissal.

Molestation is the act of forcing unwanted sexual contact on others.

The result of child molestation left her with emotional problems.


historian

A historian is a person who studies or writes about history.

Herodotus (484 – c. 420 BC), was a famous historian who wrote about Ancient Greece.


supplemented

supplement (canonical)
supplements (third-person singular)
supplemented (past)
supplemented (past participle)
supplementing (present participle)

The past tense and past participle of supplement.


hesitations

hesitation (singular)
hesitations (plural)

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


reaming

ream (canonical)
reams (third-person singular)
reamed (past)
reamed (past participle)
reaming (present participle)


liability

A liability is something for which you are liable or responsible.

The airline admitted liability for loosing the suitcase.

A liability is when you owe money to someone else.

The company had a liability of more than 10 million dollars.

A liability is a weakness or problem that holds you back from doing things.

He worked as a writer, but found his bad spelling was a real liability.


cisgendered

of, relating to, or being someone whose birth sex matches the sex they act and/or appear as.


faultier

faulty (positive)
faultier (comparative)
faultiest (superlative)

The comparative form of faulty; more faulty.


devalued

devalue (canonical)
devalues (third-person singular)
devalued (past)
devalued (past participle)
devaluing (present participle)

The past tense and past participle of devalue.


molesters

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


quotation mark

quotation mark (singular)
quotation marks (plural)

Mark used to show the start and end to a quotation: ".

She said "I'm not hungry" when the waiter asked her what she wanted to eat.

Use a quotation mark around something someone said.


infotainment

infotainment (singular)
infotainments (plural)

Infotainment is a mix of information and entertainment, usually used negatively.

He had to keep the story light and amusing, it was just infotainment, not serious news.


faultiest

The superlative form of faulty; most faulty.


arrangements

arrangement (singular)
arrangements (plural)

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


negatively

In a negative manner rather than a positive one.

His idea for cutting wages was received negatively by the workers.


belated

When something is belated, it refers to being at a later time as compared to the actual time of the event.

Your birthday was yesterday, but well, happy belated birthday!


ramps

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


sadist

A sadist is someone who enjoys causing pain or cruelty to others.


descriptions

description (singular)
descriptions (plural)

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


arses

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


masochist

A masochist is a person who likes pain, or enjoys being punished.


cisgenders

cisgender (singular)
cisgenders (plural)

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


staircase

staircase (singular)
staircases (plural)

A staircase is a set of steps between two different levels.

She climbed the staircase to reach the upper floor of the house.


staircases

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


archaic

If something is archaic, it is very old, ancient, or no longer used.

There was no hot water because of the archaic plumbing.


tacked

The past tense and past participle of tack.


pruned

prune (canonical)
prunes (third-person singular)
pruned (past)
pruned (past participle)
pruning (present participle)

The past tense and past participle of prune.


contractions

contraction (singular)
contractions (plural)

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


accountable

accountable (positive)
more accountable (comparative)
most accountable (superlative)

If you are accountable for something that people are not happy about, you need to explain or apologize for it.

Governments must be accountable for the way they spend people's taxes.

She acts as if she isn't accountable to anyone.


sergeant

A sergeant is a noncomissioned officer in the army, higher in rank than a corporal but lower in rank than a staff sergeant.

She was wearing a huge army overcoat which had sergeant stripes at the shoulder.

A sergeant is an officer in the police force, higher in rank than a constable but lower than an inspector.

He was a police sergeant with over twenty years experience.


phlogiston

An ancient Greek idea of energy, which was used up when things burned. For example, burning wood would use up the phlogiston in the wood and the air (which actually had no oxygen). When the air or the wood had lost their phlogiston they could not be used. Scientists now know this idea is wrong.


number signs

number sign (singular)
number signs (plural)

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


token

A token is an individual symbol, representing something else.

A postage stamp is a token to show you have paid the postal charge.

A king's crown is a token to show his royal power and authority.

A token can be a plastic or metal disc used instead of a coin.

He had to put a token in the ticket machine to enter the station.


token

A token is a small amount, purely symbolic.

He was not interested in winning, so he only made a token effort.


pertains

pertain (canonical)
pertains (third-person singular)
pertained (past)
pertained (past participle)
pertaining (present participle)

The third-person singular form of pertain.


quotation marks

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


hesitation

A hesitation is a pause in speaking, usually because you are nor sure of what to say.

There was a hesitation in his reading as he turned the page.


reams

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


cisgender

appearing or attempting to be a member of their birth sex.

having one's gender identity match their biological sex.


aunty

A fun word for aunt; a different way of spelling auntie.


swampy

swampy (positive)
swampier (comparative)
swampiest (superlative)

If a place is swampy, the ground is like a swamp. It's usually wet, soggy, or the water might be deep enough to wade through. Usually the place will be shady and with lots of trees.

The hike led through some swampy sections, unfortunately.


reamed

The past tense and past participle of ream.


propulsion

propulsion (singular)
propulsions (plural)

Propulsion is a force that makes something move, by pushing it or pulling on it.

The rocket needed a lot of propulsion from the engine to fly upwards.


previewing

preview (canonical)
previews (third-person singular)
previewed (past)
previewed (past participle)
previewing (present participle)


outlets

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


swampier

The comparative form of swampy; more swampy.


wherewithals

wherewithal (singular)
wherewithals (plural)

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


incidents

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


scrape

scrape (canonical)
scrapes (third-person singular)
scraped (past)
scraped (past participle)
scraping (present participle)

To scrape is to drag something with force across a surface.

She was worried the heavy table would scrape the polished floor as it was being moved.

He needed to scrape the mud off his boots before entering the house.

To scrape is to make something smooth by rubbing.

He could scrape off the rough edges to make the stone smooth.

To scrape is to save or collect things with difficulty.

After I lost my job, I had to really scrape to have enough money for the rent.


scrape

A scrape is the noise made by forced rubbing.

He could hear the scrape of the table being dragged across the floor.

She had a nasty scrape on her knee after falling on the path.

The two boys got into a bit of a scrape during the football match.


actionable

actionable (positive)
more actionable (comparative)
most actionable (superlative)

If something is actionable, then it can be acted on.

The general wanted details of where the enemy were; he needed actionable information.


grumpiest

grumpy (positive)
grumpier (comparative)
grumpiest (superlative)

The superlative form of grumpy; most grumpy.


bulletproofing

bulletproof (canonical)
bulletproofs (third-person singular)
bulletproofed (past)
bulletproofed (past participle)
bulletproofing (present participle)


sheer

sheer (canonical)
sheers (third-person singular)
sheered (past)
sheered (past participle)
sheering (present participle)

To sheer is to turn sharply or change direction quickly.

The lion hoped that one of the deer would sheer off from the herd so he could catch it.


sheer

Sheer is total, complete, without anything to hold it back.

When people heard the air raid siren they ran around in sheer panic.

Something that is sheer is very steep, almost vertical.

They came to the edge of the cliff, with a sheer drop into the valley below.

Sheer material is so thin you can almost see through it.

She wore her high heel shoes and her sheer silk stockings.


devalue

devalue (canonical)
devalues (third-person singular)
devalued (past)
devalued (past participle)
devaluing (present participle)

To lower or remove the value of something.

The bully tried to devalue his critics.

The government wanted to devalue the Australian dollar in relation to the euro.


scrapes

The third-person singular form of scrape.


scrapes

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


baggier

baggy (positive)
baggier (comparative)
baggiest (superlative)

The comparative form of baggy; more baggy.


odor

The football players had an odor after their match and I had to hold my breath as they walked past.


swampiest

The superlative form of swampy; most swampy.


fluffiest

fluffy (positive)
fluffier (comparative)
fluffiest (superlative)

The superlative form of fluffy; most fluffy.


tamer

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

The comparative form of tame; more tame.


paychecks

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


retarded

retard (canonical)
retards (third-person singular)
retarded (past)
retarded (past participle)
retarding (present participle)

The past tense and past participle of retard.


tremolandos

tremolando (singular)
tremolandos (plural)

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


swiftest

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

The superlative form of swift; most swift.


premises

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

Premises is the land, and all the structures built on it.

This organization will be moving its headquarters to a new premises.


premises

premise (canonical)
premises (third-person singular)
premised (past)
premised (past participle)
premising (present participle)

The third-person singular form of premise.


incident

What happened before was sure an unusual incident.

He was fired over an incident in the staff lounge.

An incident is a small event that has something to do with other events.


pokers

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


pertained

pertain (canonical)
pertains (third-person singular)
pertained (past)
pertained (past participle)
pertaining (present participle)

The past tense and past participle of pertain.


trod

tread (past)
tread (past participle)
trod (past participle)
tread (canonical)
treads (third-person singular)
trod (past)
trodden (past participle)
treading (present participle)

The past tense and past participle of tread.


allergy

An allergy is when your immune system reacts badly to something that isn't bad for other people.

I have a peanut allergy.


hornier

horny (positive)
hornier (comparative)
horniest (superlative)

The comparative form of horny; more horny.


horniest

The superlative form of horny; most horny.


fluffier

The comparative form of fluffy; more fluffy.


livelier

lively (positive)
livelier (comparative)
liveliest (superlative)

The comparative form of lively; more lively.


rallied

rally (canonical)
rallies (third-person singular)
rallied (past)
rallied (past participle)
rallying (present participle)

The past tense and past participle of rally.


allergies

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


disciples

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


swifter

The comparative form of swift; more swift.


grumpier

The comparative form of grumpy; more grumpy.


liveliest

The superlative form of lively; most lively.


disciple

A disciple is a person who believes in and helps spread the teachings of another person.

There were 12 disciples who spread the teachings of Jesus Christ.


premise

A premise is a set of ideas from which you can put forward an answer or reach conclusion.

A basic premise of Christianity is to treat other people like you want to be treated.


premise

If you premise, you make an argument based on findings.


paycheck

Money received (normally in the form of a check) in return for work performed during the previous pay period.

My paycheck was pleasantly high this week!


welterweight

welterweight (singular)
welterweights (plural)

Welterweight is a division in boxing and other sports, based on the person's weight.

A welterweight is a boxer or wrestler in the welterweight division.

A welterweight was a weight of 28 pounds carried by racehorses as a handicap.


distant

distant (positive)
more distant (comparative)
most distant (superlative)

She liked to travel to distant places.

A distant person is someone who is hard to get to know.

My best friend is so quiet and distant, even I don't know him too well sometimes.


centre stage

centre stage (positive)
more centre stage (comparative)
most centre stage (superlative)

When an actor is in the centre of a stage.


tamest

The superlative form of tame; most tame.


fascism

A political system that needs absolute obedience and control of the market and the people by companies and government joined together under the cult leadership of the dictator and a devoted military hierarchy where people are above one another.

Adolf Hitler and the Nazis set up a government based on fascism.

Used today to describe any kind of authoritarian system that violates the rights of ordinary, unarmed people.


supplements

supplement (singular)
supplements (plural)

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


supplements

supplement (canonical)
supplements (third-person singular)
supplemented (past)
supplemented (past participle)
supplementing (present participle)

The third-person singular form of supplement.


missile

An object intended to be launched at a target.

A self-propelled object whose path can be changed after having been launched.


shortages

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


molesting

molest (canonical)
molests (third-person singular)
molested (past)
molested (past participle)
molesting (present participle)


intuition

intuition (singular)
intuitions (plural)

Intuition is knowing something or how to do it without thinking about it.

She just had a sense, an intuition, that something was wrong.


scarred

scar (canonical)
scars (third-person singular)
scarred (past)
scarred (past participle)
scarring (present participle)

The past tense and past participle of scar.


molests

The third-person singular form of molest.


brute

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He told her he would not come to the house unless she tied up her brute.

A person who behaves like an animal is a brute.

The brute just pushed his way to the front of the line.


brute

Brute is strong, like an animal, without thought or reason.

He used brute strength to move the large rock.


capitalisms

capitalism (singular)
capitalisms (plural)

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


molested

The past tense and past participle of molest.


intuitions

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


microscopes

microscope (singular)
microscopes (plural)

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


ramp

A ramp is a sloped surface that connects two levels.

If you are handicapped, you might have to take a ramp to get onto the sidewalk.

A ramp is a large parking area in an airport for aircraft, for loading and unloading or for storage (see also apron)


trodden

The past tense and past participle of tread.


bossiest

bossy (positive)
bossier (comparative)
bossiest (superlative)

The superlative form of bossy; most bossy.


protections

protection (singular)
protections (plural)

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


taxonomies

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


tremolando

tremolando (singular)
tremolandos (plural)

A tremolando is a rapid repetition of the same note, or an alternation between two or more notes.

Molly played the notes tremolando , much to the surprise of her friends.


wherewithal

wherewithal (singular)
wherewithals (plural)

/ˈwɛə.wɪ.ðɔːl/

Wherewithal is a tool with which you are able to do something, often money. It can also be the series of steps you go through to do something.

He didn't have any wherewithal to carry out his difficult ideas.

He was a nice, handsome man and had the wherewithal to take me on fancy dates.


faulty

faulty (positive)
faultier (comparative)
faultiest (superlative)

If something is faulty it is not working, or has gone wrong.

The car would not start because the battery was faulty.


baggiest

baggy (positive)
baggier (comparative)
baggiest (superlative)

The superlative form of baggy; most baggy.


prescient

Prescient people are able to know what will happen in the future.


taxonomy

Taxonomy is the classification of living things into groups.

Taxonomy is dividing things into categories and groups.


odors

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


brewing

brew (canonical)
brews (third-person singular)
brewed (past)
brewed (past participle)
brewing (present participle)


temples

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


pest

A pest is an insect that spreads disease or bothers people in some way.

We had to call pest control to get rid of this infestation in my house.

A pest is an annoying, bothersome person.

My little brother is so annoying, he's such a pest.


description

description (singular)
descriptions (plural)

A description is a phrase or sentence that tells you what something is, or what something is like. A dictionary has descriptions of words, and a biography has descriptions of events in a person's life.

After coming back from Costa Rica, he gave me a long description of the swimming and sight-seeing he did there.


unimportant

Something unimportant is not important, it is minor or petty.

He had to know the starting time, but the other details were unimportant.


tittle

A tittle is a small mark, like the little dot over i or j.

Don't forget to dot your is by adding tittles!

A tittle is a small amount of something, like a crumb or a speck.


discomforts

discomfort (canonical)
discomforts (third-person singular)
discomforted (past)
discomforted (past participle)
discomforting (present participle)

The third-person singular form of discomfort.


previewed

preview (canonical)
previews (third-person singular)
previewed (past)
previewed (past participle)
previewing (present participle)

The past tense and past participle of preview.


molester

A molester is someone who tries to have unwanted sexual contact with others.

He was a well known child molester.


fastenings

fastening (singular)
fastenings (plural)

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


ream

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A ream is a measure of paper; there are 500 sheets in a ream.

He was sent to the storeroom to bring back a ream of paper.

He had to complete reams for his mid term essay.


ream

ream (canonical)
reams (third-person singular)
reamed (past)
reamed (past participle)
reaming (present participle)

To ream is to make a hole, or make a hole bigger.

To ream is to remove material from a hole with a reamer.

When you ream a lemon, you squeeze out the juice with a reamer.


bulletproofs

bulletproof (canonical)
bulletproofs (third-person singular)
bulletproofed (past)
bulletproofed (past participle)
bulletproofing (present participle)

The third-person singular form of bulletproof.


bulletproofed

The past tense and past participle of bulletproof.


faux

When something is a faux, it is a fake and not real.

She was wearing faux leather.


brewed

The past tense and past participle of brew.


critical

critical (positive)
more critical (comparative)
most critical (superlative)

Something that criticizes or includes criticism.

A critical review.

If something is critical, it is very important.

It's critical that my package arrives on time.

If a person is in critical condition, they are badly injured.

He got hit by a car and is in critical condition.


tacks

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


tacks

tack (canonical)
tacks (third-person singular)
tacked (past)
tacked (past participle)
tacking (present participle)


eager

eager (positive)
more eager (comparative)
most eager (superlative)

To be eager is to hardly be able to wait to do something.

They were eager to see the new movie.


outlet

An outlet is the thing on the wall you plug electronics into.

A store of a large company selling their products.


barfs

barf (canonical)
barfs (third-person singular)
barfed (past)
barfed (past participle)
barfing (present participle)


neptunium

Neptunium is a chemical element with atomic number 93 and symbol Np.


poker

Poker is a group of card games that involve trying to get a good hand of cards. Usually there is some betting, and people give or take cards to try to build a better hand.

The three of us play poker every Friday night, and the loser buys drinks.

A poker, which people also call a fire poker or fire iron, is something people use in a fire. They use it to move around the ashes so that the fire keeps burning well, and they use it to move coals back to the middle of the fire.

The fire is dying down, so can you hand me the poker?


supplement

supplement (singular)
supplements (plural)

A supplement is extra text that is added to the end of a book.

At the back of the book was a supplement with maps showing where the story took place.

A supplement is a small insert or magazine added to a newspaper.

He read the sport supplement that came with the Sunday paper.

A supplement is an extra that is added to something.

His hotel bill included an internet connection supplement.

A supplement is a loosely attached expression set off by intonation and usually punctuation, presenting supplementary, non-integrated content.


supplement

supplement (canonical)
supplements (third-person singular)
supplemented (past)
supplemented (past participle)
supplementing (present participle)

To supplement is to add something extra.

The doctor told him to supplement his new diet with vitamins.


surplusses

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


rebuilding

rebuild (canonical)
rebuilds (third-person singular)
rebuilded (past)
rebuilded (past participle)
rebuilding (present participle)


primate

A primate is a family of mammals, with well developed hands and feet, short noses, and large brains.

Humans and apes are examples of a primate.

A primate is the highest ranking bishop in a country.

The Archbishop of Canterbury is the Primate of all England.


prunes

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


prunes

prune (canonical)
prunes (third-person singular)
pruned (past)
pruned (past participle)
pruning (present participle)

The third-person singular form of prune.


utters

utter (canonical)
utters (third-person singular)
uttered (past)
uttered (past participle)
uttering (present participle)

The third-person singular form of utter.


capitalism

capitalism (singular)
capitalisms (plural)

/ˈkæpɪ̈tl̩ˌɪzm̩/

Capitalism is an economic system in which ordinary people own land and businesses and use them to increase their wealth.

East Germany changed from the Soviet Union's type of socialism to the Western type of capitalism after the fall of the Berlin Wall.

Many people blame capitalism for poverty and pollution.


retards

retard (canonical)
retards (third-person singular)
retarded (past)
retarded (past participle)
retarding (present participle)

The third-person singular form of retard.


retards

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


Arab

Of or relating to Arabs and their nations.

I am not familiar with that Arab tradition.


Arab

A Semitic person, whose ancestors were from Arabia.

A member of a community that speaks Arabic.

An Arab was fishing from the river.


previews

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


previews

The third-person singular form of preview.


microscope

microscope (singular)
microscopes (plural)

A microscope is a device that makes tiny things easy to see.

The scientist used a microscope to look at the blood cells.


arrangement

arrangement (singular)
arrangements (plural)

Arrangement is the manner of being arranged.

The arrangement of furniture in the office was important for getting things done efficiently.

An arrangement is a collection of things that have been arranged.

In the vase was a beautiful flower arrangement.

An arrangement is a plans for some activity.

We made arrangements to meet after work.

We came to an arrangement about who would wash the dishes.

An arrangement is an adaptation of a piece of music.

Percy Grainger wrote a piano arrangement of an English folk song called "Country Gardens"


pruning

Pruning means removing excess material from a tree or shrub.


contraction

contraction (singular)
contractions (plural)

A contraction is when something pulls together and gets smaller. It is the act of contracting.

The cold weather made the bridge contract and break.

A contraction is a word made of two other words, with letters and spaces removed, and an apostrophe added. It is different from a compound word, because a compound word doesn't have any letters removed. Most are informal.

In English class, we learned the contractions we've and you're.

A contraction is when a muscle is used and pulls together to move some part of the body. Specifically, when giving birth, it means the uterus contracting.

When she felt the contractions, she knew she was going into labor.


nucleus

nucleus (singular)
nuclei or nucleuses (plural)

A nucleus is the central part of something, such as a cell or an atom.

Our cells store their genetic information in their nucleus.

The nucleus of an atom is made up of protons and neutrons.


juvenile delinquents

juvenile delinquent (singular)
juvenile delinquents (plural)

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


forging

forge (canonical)
forges (third-person singular)
forged (past)
forged (past participle)
forging (present participle)


tack

A tack is a small, sharp nail with a large flat head.

He needed a tack to hold the carpet edge down.

A tack is the direction of a boat sailing against the wind.

The boat sailed across the bay on a southerly tack.

A tack is a course or direction to follow.

Our ideas caused so much anger we were forced to change tack.

Tack is items that are used for horse riding.

The saddles were kept in the tack room.


tack

To tack is to use small nails to hold something.

She had to tack the new rules on the notice board.

We might be able to tack together a few ideas.

To tack is to sew something together with large loose stitches.

The tailor quickly began to tack the hem of her dress.

To tack is to sail a zigzag course against the wind.

We had to tack our way along the coast.


accumulating

accumulate (canonical)
accumulates (third-person singular)
accumulated (past)
accumulated (past participle)
accumulating (present participle)


crabs

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


implausible

implausible (positive)
more implausible (comparative)
most implausible (superlative)

A third world war is implausible now that so many countries are closely linked economically.


scarring

scar (canonical)
scars (third-person singular)
scarred (past)
scarred (past participle)
scarring (present participle)


protection

protection (singular)
protections (plural)

Protection is keeping something or someone safe.

She ran away from her abusive husband to her brother for protection.

I used protection so I wouldn't get her pregnant.


nuclei

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


political correctness

political correctness (singular)
political correctnesses (plural)

Political correctness is using words/language that won't offend people who are usually discriminated against such as immigrants or disabled people.


discomforted

discomfort (canonical)
discomforts (third-person singular)
discomforted (past)
discomforted (past participle)
discomforting (present participle)


rallies

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


rallies

rally (canonical)
rallies (third-person singular)
rallied (past)
rallied (past participle)
rallying (present participle)

The third-person singular form of rally.


rebuild

rebuild (canonical)
rebuilds (third-person singular)
rebuilt (past)
rebuilt (past participle)
rebuilding (present participle)

If you rebuild something, you build it again.

He had to completely rebuild his house after the tornado destroyed it.


backwoods

Backwoods are an area of forest or woodlands, far from any towns.

The family enjoyed camping in the backwoods.


juvenile delinquent

A juvenile delinquent is a young, or youth, criminal.

The juvenile delinquent was jailed for smashing shop windows.


rally

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A rally is a large meeting where people gather to protest to support or oppose something.


rally

If you rally, you recover in health or consciousness.


accumulated

The past tense and past participle of accumulate.


crab

A crab is a sea animal with a shell and pincers.


bluebell

A bluebell is a small blue flowering bulb of the genus Hyacinthoides.

He went into the garden to pick a bluebell.


tread

The old man moved with heavy tread across the road.

A tread is a mark made by someone taking a step.

The police searched the crime scene for tread marks.

Tread is the part of a wheel, tyre, or a shoe that touches the road.

The car left tread marks across the lawn.

The car was not safe as there was very little tread left on the tyre.

The tread on a stair is the part on which you put your foot.

The wooden staircase had to be fixed by replacing the rotten treads.


tread

tread (past)
tread (past participle)
trod (past participle)
tread (canonical)
treads (third-person singular)
trod (past)
trodden (past participle)
treading (present participle)

The wooden bridge did not look safe so I had to tread carefully.

To make wine you need to tread on the grapes to squeeze out the juice.

The past tense and past participle of tread.


momentum

momentum (singular)
momentums or momenta (plural)

The momentum is the way something keeps going after you stop pushing it.

The rock rolled down the hill. It had too much momentum. Nobody could stop it.