humanities

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

Humanities is the study of language, literature, the arts, and philosophy.


partook

partake (canonical)
partakes (third-person singular)
partook (past)
partaken (past participle)
partaking (present participle)


monosaccharide

monosaccharide (singular)
monosaccharides (plural)

A monosaccharide is a simple sugar, such as glucose, fructose or galactose, that cannot be broken up into a simpler form.


soldered

solder (canonical)
solders (third-person singular)
soldered (past)
soldered (past participle)
soldering (present participle)

The past tense and past participle of solder.


seep

seep (canonical)
seeps (third-person singular)
seeped (past)
seeped (past participle)
seeping (present participle)

If a liquid or gas seeps out of where it was held, or into where it doesn't belong, it moves slowly in small amounts.

She noticed blood seeping out of the bandage on his finger.

The chill of the air started to seep in under the thickness of his coat.

The truth only began to seep out weeks later, after the police had stopped looking.


seep

A seep is a spring or a place where liquid or oil comes out in small amounts.

The plants were fed by seeps in the cliff walls.


amplifiers

amplifier (singular)
amplifiers (plural)

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


faculties

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


simulcasts

simulcast (singular)
simulcasts (plural)

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


simulcasts

simulcast (canonical)
simulcasts (third-person singular)
simulcasted (past)
simulcasted (past participle)
simulcasting (present participle)

The third-person singular form of simulcast.


accountability

accountability (singular)
accountabilities (plural)

Accountability is the state of be open and honest about your responsibilities, especially when there are problems.

It's too often the case that police can avoid accountability for their actions.

Citizens should demand greater accountability and effectiveness from their government.


insurgents

insurgent (singular)
insurgents (plural)

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


excavation

excavation (singular)
excavations (plural)

Excavation is the act of digging something, especially an archaeological site.

An excavation is the site that is being or has been excavated.


disinherit

disinherit (canonical)
disinherits (third-person singular)
disinherited (past)
disinherited (past participle)
disinheriting (present participle)

If you disinherit your family member or someone else, you prevent them from inheriting your property, usually because you feel that they've done something wrong.

The Duke is seeking to disinherit his eldest son over the incident.


electives

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


fluxed

flux (canonical)
fluxes (third-person singular)
fluxed (past)
fluxed (past participle)
fluxing (present participle)

The past tense and past participle of flux.


selective

selective (positive)
more selective (comparative)
most selective (superlative)

If something or someone is selective, it is related to the process of selecting something that best qualifies a criteria.


swivelling

swivel (canonical)
swivels (third-person singular)
swivelled (past)
swivelled (past participle)
swivelling (present participle)


rephrased

rephrase (canonical)
rephrases (third-person singular)
rephrased (past)
rephrased (past participle)
rephrasing (present participle)

The past tense and past participle of rephrase.


welding

weld (canonical)
welds (third-person singular)
welded (past)
welded (past participle)
welding (present participle)


electorates

electorate (singular)
electorates (plural)

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


watercraft

watercraft (singular)
watercrafts or watercraft (plural)

A watercraft is a boat or any vessel that travels on water.

Watercraft is the skill in boating, swimming, or other water-related sports.


arcade

An arcade is a covered passage with shops on both sides.

An arcade is a place that has coin-operated games.


welded

The past tense and past participle of weld.


accompaniment

accompaniment (singular)
accompaniments (plural)

Accompaniment is music played as background to a featured musician.

She has produced 10 new songs recorded with orchestral or big-band accompaniment.

Accompaniment is something that is together with something else.

The prime minister has taken this trip without the usual accompaniment of the press.

Salad is an ideal accompaniment to any meat or fish.


swiveled

swivel (canonical)
swivels (third-person singular)
swiveled (past)
swiveled (past participle)
swiveling (present participle)

The past tense and past participle of swivel.


partaken

partake (canonical)
partakes (third-person singular)
partook (past)
partaken (past participle)
partaking (present participle)


orangish

If something is orangish, then it is a little orange or similar to orange.


grit

The wind blew a fine grit that got in her teeth, hair, and eyes.

Rinse the lettuce thoroughly under cold running water to remove grit and sand.

If you have grit, you have the strength to keep going despite many difficulties.

Although we lost today, we showed real grit, courage, and a refusal to quit.

Grits are ground corn cooked as a porridge, mostly eaten in the southern U.S.

Enjoy a special Mother's Day brunch, including shrimp and grits.


grit

grit (canonical)
grits (third-person singular)
gritted (past)
gritted (past participle)
gritting (present participle)

If you grit your teeth, you bite them together, usually as you face a difficulty.

Gritting her teeth, she jumped into the icy water.

If you grit a road or sidewalk, you put small pieces of stone on it to make it less slippery.

They've changed from salting the road in the winter, to gritting it.


whimsy

A whimsy is a playful and unpredictable idea or behaviour.


aggregation

aggregation (singular)
aggregations (plural)

/æɡrəˈɡeɪʃən/

Aggregation is the process of bringing things together.

Greater aggregation of cell phone data will create more privacy issues.

An aggregation is a collection brought together in one place.

In June, large aggregations of these fish move up river to feed on smaller fishes.


Somali

Somali (positive)
more Somali (comparative)
most Somali (superlative)


pilgrimaging

pilgrimage (canonical)
pilgrimages (third-person singular)
pilgrimaged (past)
pilgrimaged (past participle)
pilgrimaging (present participle)


Dervish

A Dervish was an inhabitant of the Dhulbahante Darawiish kingdom of Diiriye Guure (1896–1920) in the Khatumo region.

The vast majority of Dervishes were Dhulbahante.

A Dervish is a member of a missionary Sufi mystic and ascetic lifestyle.

He was a whirling Dervish.


electorate

An electorate is the people of a country who are entitled to vote in an election.

The votes have been counted and the electorate has spoken.


verdicts

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


quaint

quaint (positive)
quainter (comparative)
quaintest (superlative)

If someone is quaint, they are attractively unusual.


vicinity

If A is within the vicinity of B, A is at an area which is near B.

There is a hurricane in the vicinity of the Bahamas.


vicinities

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


verdict

A verdict is a decision on an issue in a civil or criminal case.

The jury returned a “not guilty” verdict.


tenanted

tenant (canonical)
tenants (third-person singular)
tenanted (past)
tenanted (past participle)
tenanting (present participle)

The past tense and past participle of tenant.


quainter

The comparative form of quaint; more quaint.


aggravation

aggravation (singular)
aggravations (plural)

Aggravation is the feeling of being angry, stressed, and annoyed.

The fact that the children never cleaned was a source of great aggravation for their parents.

Aggravation is the worsening of a bad situation.

An aggravation of the original injury can lead to a much longer recovery time.

These problems are the result of the deliberate aggravation of pre-existing tensions.


rephrases

The third-person singular form of rephrase.


curator

A curator is a person who manages a museum, library, archive or zoo.


amplifier

amplifier (singular)
amplifiers (plural)

An amplifier is an electronic device that increases the strength of a sound or signal.

You need to plug in the amplifier to get any sound.


profaning

profane (canonical)
profanes (third-person singular)
profaned (past)
profaned (past participle)
profaning (present participle)


mast

A mast is a tall, slim post that supports the sails on a ship, flags or any other aerial equipment.

A mast is the fruit of forest trees that is used as food to feed pigs.


mast

mast (canonical)
masts (third-person singular)
masted (past)
masted (past participle)
masting (present participle)

If a pig masts, it feeds on forest seed or fruit.


cheaply

If you do something cheaply, it doesn't cost you a lot of money.

They were able to move the goods more quickly and cheaply.

There are more cheap goods, produced by cheaply paid foreign labor.


whimsies

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


coupés

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


swizzled

swizzle (canonical)
swizzles (third-person singular)
swizzled (past)
swizzled (past participle)
swizzling (present participle)

The past tense and past participle of swizzle.


quaintest

The superlative form of quaint; most quaint.


faculty

Faculty are the academic staff at schools, colleges or universities.

Across all Ontario Colleges, faculty have been on strike for two weeks.

A faculty is a division of a university.

She transferred from the Faculty of Science to the Faculty of Medicine.


precincts

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


welds

weld (canonical)
welds (third-person singular)
welded (past)
welded (past participle)
welding (present participle)


welds

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


profanes

The third-person singular form of profane.


swivelled

swivel (canonical)
swivels (third-person singular)
swivelled (past)
swivelled (past participle)
swivelling (present participle)

The past tense and past participle of swivel.


revokes

revoke (canonical)
revokes (third-person singular)
revoked (past)
revoked (past participle)
revoking (present participle)

The third-person singular form of revoke.


curating

curate (canonical)
curates (third-person singular)
curated (past)
curated (past participle)
curating (present participle)


trickeries

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


curates

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


curates

The third-person singular form of curate.


curated

The past tense and past participle of curate.


agonized

agonize (canonical)
agonizes (third-person singular)
agonized (past)
agonized (past participle)
agonizing (present participle)

The past tense and past participle of agonize.


potions

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


partaking

partake (canonical)
partakes (third-person singular)
partook (past)
partaken (past participle)
partaking (present participle)


rescinds

rescind (canonical)
rescinds (third-person singular)
rescinded (past)
rescinded (past participle)
rescinding (present participle)

The third-person singular form of rescind.


soldering

solder (canonical)
solders (third-person singular)
soldered (past)
soldered (past participle)
soldering (present participle)


simulcast

simulcast (singular)
simulcasts (plural)

A simulcast program or event that is broadcast across more than one channel at the same time.


simulcast

simulcast (canonical)
simulcasts (third-person singular)
simulcasted (past)
simulcasted (past participle)
simulcasting (present participle)

If you simulcast, you broadcast a program or event across more than one channel at the same time.


Hansards

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


revoked

The past tense and past participle of revoke.


annually

If something happens annually, it happens once a year.

The meeting is held annually in Toronto.

An amount or rate considered annually, is the sum or change over the period of a year.

This change will cost the company $5–8 million annually.

Tax revenues won't exceed 6 percent growth annually.


Khatumo

Khatumo is a regional state in northern Somalia, created by reer darawiish.


agonises

agonise (canonical)
agonises (third-person singular)
agonised (past)
agonised (past participle)
agonising (present participle)

The third-person singular form of agonise.


rescinded

The past tense and past participle of rescind.


envoys

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


partakes

The third-person singular form of partake.


in league

If you are in league with somebody else, you are working together, often for a bad reason.

The oil-producing nations are in league with each other to keep prices high.

The other students are in league against us.


unpredictable

unpredictable (positive)
more unpredictable (comparative)
most unpredictable (superlative)

If something is unpredictable, you don't know when or how it is going to happen.


solders

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


solders

The third-person singular form of solder.


Ayn

Ayn is a province in northern Somalia, between Togdheer and Sool.

Ayn or Cayn is settled by the reer darawiish community in Khatumo.


agonize

If you agonize over/about a difficult decision or choice, you find making it very difficult, almost painful.

I have been agonizing over whether or not to say something to you.

Don't spend hours or days agonizing about what to do.


by virtue

If x happens or is true by virtue of y, x is because of y.

He became popular by virtue of the way he handled the issues.

The article stuck in my mind by virtue of one detail.


profaned

The past tense and past participle of profane.


parliamentarians

parliamentarian (singular)
parliamentarians (plural)

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


artefact

An artefact is an object that was made by a human.

An artefact is a finding in an investigation that is not a true feature of the object, but is a result of external action, such as an experimental error.

An artefact is an object, such as a tool or weapon, that is found at an archaeological excavation.


twirled

twirl (canonical)
twirls (third-person singular)
twirled (past)
twirled (past participle)
twirling (present participle)

The past tense and past participle of twirl.


whimsical

whimsical (positive)
more whimsical (comparative)
most whimsical (superlative)

If a person is whimsical, they are playful and unpredictable.


flux

A flux is a chemical agent for cleaning metal prior to soldering or welding.

It is important to use flux when soldering or oxides on the metal will prevent a good bond.

Flux is the action or process of flowing.


flux

flux (canonical)
fluxes (third-person singular)
fluxed (past)
fluxed (past participle)
fluxing (present participle)

If you flux metal, you use flux on it to promote melting.

You have to flux the joint before soldering.


contrives

contrive (canonical)
contrives (third-person singular)
contrived (past)
contrived (past participle)
contriving (present participle)

The third-person singular form of contrive.


shipments

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


Dervish state

Dervish state was the Dhulbahante anti-colonial kingdom of Diiriye Guure that existed in the Khatumo area.


rephrase

rephrase (canonical)
rephrases (third-person singular)
rephrased (past)
rephrased (past participle)
rephrasing (present participle)

If you rephrase something, you say it again in different words.


contrive

If you contrive something, you plan or arrange something to happen.


fussier

fussy (positive)
fussier (comparative)
fussiest (superlative)

The comparative form of fussy; more fussy.


swizzles

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


swizzles

swizzle (canonical)
swizzles (third-person singular)
swizzled (past)
swizzled (past participle)
swizzling (present participle)

The third-person singular form of swizzle.


fussiest

The superlative form of fussy; most fussy.


contrived

The past tense and past participle of contrive.


plenipotentiaries

plenipotentiary (singular)
plenipotentiaries (plural)

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


profane

profane (positive)
more profane (comparative)
most profane (superlative)

If something is profane, it is not sacred or holy.

If a person is profane, they treat something sacred or religious with disrespect.


profane

profane (canonical)
profanes (third-person singular)
profaned (past)
profaned (past participle)
profaning (present participle)

If you profane, you treat something sacred or religious with disrespect.

One should not profane the name of God.


efficacy

Efficacy is the ability to produce a effect or result that is desired.


potion

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Potion is a portion of a liquid which can either be medicinal or poisonous.

He hoped to win the princess's heart by mixing the love potion the witch gave him into her drink.


swizzle

A swizzle is any type of mixed alcoholic drink.


swizzle

If you swizzle something, you stir or mix.

She swizzled the milk into her coffee.


rescinding

rescind (canonical)
rescinds (third-person singular)
rescinded (past)
rescinded (past participle)
rescinding (present participle)


solder

Solder is any type of alloys that melts easily, commonly of tin and lead, that are used to coat, or join metal objects.


solder

solder (canonical)
solders (third-person singular)
soldered (past)
soldered (past participle)
soldering (present participle)

If you solder something, you join items together or coat them with solder.


artifact

An artifact is an object that was made by a human.

An artifact is a finding in an investigation that is not a true feature of the object but is a result of external action, such as an experimental error.

An artifact is an object, such as a tool or weapon, that is found at an archaeological excavation.


agonised

The past tense and past participle of agonise.


trendiest

trendy (positive)
trendier (comparative)
trendiest (superlative)

The superlative form of trendy; most trendy.


trendier

The comparative form of trendy; more trendy.


pilgrimaged

pilgrimage (canonical)
pilgrimages (third-person singular)
pilgrimaged (past)
pilgrimaged (past participle)
pilgrimaging (present participle)

The past tense and past participle of pilgrimage.


fluxes

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


wickets

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


plenipotentiary

A plenipotentiary is a person who has the full authority to represent their government in a foreign country.


agonizes

agonize (canonical)
agonizes (third-person singular)
agonized (past)
agonized (past participle)
agonizing (present participle)

The third-person singular form of agonize.


parliamentarian

A parliamentarian is a member of a parliament or congress.


precinct

A precinct is an area within a particular place or building.

A precinct is a district of a city as defined for policing purposes.

A precinct is a police station within the district of a city.


predictable

predictable (positive)
more predictable (comparative)
most predictable (superlative)

If something is predictable, you know when or how it is going to happen.


pilgrimages

pilgrimage (singular)
pilgrimages (plural)

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


pilgrimages

The third-person singular form of pilgrimage.


devised

devise (canonical)
devises (third-person singular)
devised (past)
devised (past participle)
devising (present participle)

The past tense and past participle of devise.


apprising

apprise (canonical)
apprises (third-person singular)
apprised (past)
apprised (past participle)
apprising (present participle)


apprises

The third-person singular form of apprise.


exemption

exemption (singular)
exemptions (plural)

Exemption is the act or state of being free from something.

In some countries, exemption from road tax are given to electric cars.


rescind

If a law is rescinded, it is cancelled or revoked.

The agency will rescind the policy because many people are dissatisfied with it.


incriminates

incriminate (canonical)
incriminates (third-person singular)
incriminated (past)
incriminated (past participle)
incriminating (present participle)

The third-person singular form of incriminate.


cohesive

cohesive (positive)
more cohesive (comparative)
most cohesive (superlative)

A cohesive substance has molecules that are able to stick together due to intermolecular forces


choosy

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

If you are choosy, you know what you want or what is good, and you won't easily accept other options.

With so many jobs available, workers can afford to by choosy.


bookworms

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


exemptions

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


tapered

taper (canonical)
tapers (third-person singular)
tapered (past)
tapered (past participle)
tapering (present participle)

The past tense and past participle of taper.


retailers

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


revoke

revoke (canonical)
revokes (third-person singular)
revoked (past)
revoked (past participle)
revoking (present participle)

If something is revoked, it is cancelled or removed officially.

Your driver's license will be revoked.


agonise

agonise (canonical)
agonises (third-person singular)
agonised (past)
agonised (past participle)
agonising (present participle)

If you agonise over/about a difficult decision or choice, you find making it very difficult, almost painful.

I have been agonising over whether or not to say something to you.

Don't spend hours or days agonising about what to do.


fussy

fussy (positive)
fussier (comparative)
fussiest (superlative)

If a person is fussy, they are anxious or show excessive concern about petty details.


survivors

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


elective

elective (positive)
more elective (comparative)
most elective (superlative)

If something is elective, it is related to voting or elections.

If something is elective, it is not compulsory and you can chose to not do it.

My insurance wouldn't pay for the operation because it was elective surgery.


elective

An elective is an optional course of study or medical procedure.


devises

The third-person singular form of devise.


setups

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


monogrammed

monogram (canonical)
monograms (third-person singular)
monogrammed (past)
monogrammed (past participle)
monogramming (present participle)

The past tense and past participle of monogram.


bullions

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


empowering

empower (canonical)
empowers (third-person singular)
empowered (past)
empowered (past participle)
empowering (present participle)


retailer

A retailer is a person or company that sells goods.


imprinting

imprint (canonical)
imprints (third-person singular)
imprinted (past)
imprinted (past participle)
imprinting (present participle)


earthiest

earthy (positive)
earthier (comparative)
earthiest (superlative)

The superlative form of earthy; most earthy.


alms

Alms is something that is given as charity, such as money, clothing or food.


earthier

The comparative form of earthy; more earthy.


incriminated

The past tense and past participle of incriminate.


apprise

If you apprise someone, you notify or inform them about something.


envoy

An envoy is a representative of a country, next in status after an ambassador.


earthy

If something is earthy, it is like dirt or soil.

If a person is earthy, they are honest and direct about a topic they are talking about.


dossier

A dossier is a collection of documents about a person or subject.


tapers

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


tapers

The third-person singular form of taper.


imprinted

The past tense and past participle of imprint.


setup

A setup is an equipment that is designed for a specific use.

A setup is a scheme or trick that is used to deceive or frame someone.

Listen. He didn't die. It was a set-up

A setup is the way in which something is organized or arranged.

The classroom setup was simple and efficient.


shipment

A shipment is a load of goods that is transported in any way possible.

We're expecting another shipment of oranges tomorrow.

Shipment is the act of transporting goods

Shipment of crude oil along this route is prohibited unless there is a permit to do so.


dossiers

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


apprised

The past tense and past participle of apprise.


partake

partake (canonical)
partakes (third-person singular)
partook (past)
partaken (past participle)
partaking (present participle)

If you partake in something, you participate in it.

Brutes partake in this faculty.

If you partake something, you take a share or portion it.

Will you partake of some food?


pilgrimage

pilgrimage (singular)
pilgrimages (plural)

/ˈpɪlɡrɪmɪd͡ʒ/

Pilgrimage is a journey made to a sacred place of one's religion.

In the Muslim faith, the pilgrimage to Mecca is known as the Hajj.


pilgrimage

pilgrimage (canonical)
pilgrimages (third-person singular)
pilgrimaged (past)
pilgrimaged (past participle)
pilgrimaging (present participle)

/ˈpɪlɡrɪmɪd͡ʒ/

If you pilgrimage, you are on a journey to a sacred place.


bookworm

A bookworm is a person who likes to read.


twirls

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


twirls

twirl (canonical)
twirls (third-person singular)
twirled (past)
twirled (past participle)
twirling (present participle)

The third-person singular form of twirl.


bullion

A bullion is a large quantity of gold or silver that is measured by weight.


empowers

The third-person singular form of empower.


empower

If someone is empowered, they have the permission or authority to do something.


empowered

The past tense and past participle of empower.


tenanting

tenant (canonical)
tenants (third-person singular)
tenanted (past)
tenanted (past participle)
tenanting (present participle)


severities

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


devouring

devour (canonical)
devours (third-person singular)
devoured (past)
devoured (past participle)
devouring (present participle)


agonising

agonising (positive)
more agonising (comparative)
most agonising (superlative)

An agonising choice, decision, wait, etc. is one that is very, very difficult.

The wait to hear whether his wife had survived was agonising.

An agonising death, pain, or injury is very, very painful.

He died a slow, agonising death after falling the in woods and breaking his both legs.


madnesses

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


vivisections

vivisection (singular)
vivisections (plural)

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


porridges

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


perambulates

perambulate (canonical)
perambulates (third-person singular)
perambulated (past)
perambulated (past participle)
perambulating (present participle)

The third-person singular form of perambulate.


taper

taper (canonical)
tapers (third-person singular)
tapered (past)
tapered (past participle)
tapering (present participle)

If you taper something, you make it thinner or narrower at one end.


sleuthed

sleuth (canonical)
sleuths (third-person singular)
sleuthed (past)
sleuthed (past participle)
sleuthing (present participle)

The past tense and past participle of sleuth.


imprints

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


imprints

The third-person singular form of imprint.


devoured

The past tense and past participle of devour.


survivor

A survivor is a person who is alive after a tragedy or major accident.

She was the sole survivor of the air crash.


agonizing

agonizing (positive)
more agonizing (comparative)
most agonizing (superlative)

An agonizing choice, decision, wait, etc. is one that is very, very difficult.

The wait to hear whether his wife had survived was agonizing.

An agonizing death, pain, or injury is very, very painful.

He died a slow, agonizing death after falling the in woods and breaking his both legs.


agonizing

agonize (canonical)
agonizes (third-person singular)
agonized (past)
agonized (past participle)
agonizing (present participle)


wicket

A wicket is one of the two wooden structures at each end of the pitch,

A wicket is a small door or gate that is built into a larger one.


menace

cigarette smoking is a menace to society.

This man poses a menace to himself and his family.


menace

menace (canonical)
menaces (third-person singular)
menaced (past)
menaced (past participle)
menacing (present participle)

If you menace somebody, you try to make them feel unsafe.

He began carrying a gun and menacing his neighbours.


eviscerated

eviscerate (canonical)
eviscerates (third-person singular)
eviscerated (past)
eviscerated (past participle)
eviscerating (present participle)

The past tense and past participle of eviscerate.


importunate

importunate (positive)
more importunate (comparative)
most importunate (superlative)

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If a person is importunate, they are persistent in doing something and are usually annoying.


tantamount

tantamount (positive)
more tantamount (comparative)
most tantamount (superlative)

If the seriousness of situation A is tantamount to B, the severity of A is the same as B.

In this view, disagreement and treason are tantamount.


exempting

exempt (canonical)
exempts (third-person singular)
exempted (past)
exempted (past participle)
exempting (present participle)


devise

devise (canonical)
devises (third-person singular)
devised (past)
devised (past participle)
devising (present participle)

If you devise something, you plan or design something using your intelligence.


devours

The third-person singular form of devour.


absorptivities

absorptivity (singular)
absorptivities (plural)

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


swivels

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


swivels

swiveled (past)
swiveled (past participle)
swiveling (present participle)
swivel (canonical)
swivels (third-person singular)
swivelled (past)
swivelled (past participle)
swivelling (present participle)

The third-person singular form of swivel.


incriminate

incriminate (canonical)
incriminates (third-person singular)
incriminated (past)
incriminated (past participle)
incriminating (present participle)

If a person is incriminated, they are accused or found guilty for doing something.

The newspapers unjustly incriminated the innocent man.

We have all sorts of evidence which incriminates you.


exempted

The past tense and past participle of exempt.


nefarious

nefarious (positive)
more nefarious (comparative)
most nefarious (superlative)

If a person is nefarious, they are wicked and notorious.


devour

devour (canonical)
devours (third-person singular)
devoured (past)
devoured (past participle)
devouring (present participle)

If you devour your food, you eat it quickly and greedily.

If something is being devoured, it is being destroyed quickly.

The fire was devouring the building.


humaner

humane (positive)
humaner (comparative)
humanest (superlative)

The comparative form of humane; more humane.


vivisection

vivisection (singular)
vivisections (plural)

Vivisection is the action of performing surgeries on living organisms for the purposes of scientific investigation.


gerrymandering

gerrymander (canonical)
gerrymanders (third-person singular)
gerrymandered (past)
gerrymandered (past participle)
gerrymandering (present participle)


Hansard

Hansard is the official report of debates and other proceedings in parliaments.


sleuthing

sleuth (canonical)
sleuths (third-person singular)
sleuthed (past)
sleuthed (past participle)
sleuthing (present participle)


curate

A curate is an assistant rector or vicar.


curate

curate (canonical)
curates (third-person singular)
curated (past)
curated (past participle)
curating (present participle)

If you curate something, you act as a curator for someone or something.

She curated the traveling exhibition.

They carefully curated the recovered artifacts.

If you curate, you work or act as a curator.

Not only does he curate for the museum, he manages the office and fund-raises.


reluctantly

If you do something reluctantly, you do it because you have to even though you don't want to.


perambulating

perambulate (canonical)
perambulates (third-person singular)
perambulated (past)
perambulated (past participle)
perambulating (present participle)


eviscerates

The third-person singular form of eviscerate.


fornicates

fornicate (canonical)
fornicates (third-person singular)
fornicated (past)
fornicated (past participle)
fornicating (present participle)

The third-person singular form of fornicate.


gerrymanders

The third-person singular form of gerrymander.


gerrymandered

The past tense and past participle of gerrymander.


monograms

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


monograms

monogram (canonical)
monograms (third-person singular)
monogrammed (past)
monogrammed (past participle)
monogramming (present participle)

The third-person singular form of monogram.


exempts

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


exempts

The third-person singular form of exempt.


perambulated

The past tense and past participle of perambulate.


perpetrators

perpetrator (singular)
perpetrators (plural)

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


imprint

An imprint is a mark left behind by pressing something onto a soft substance.

The day left an imprint in my mind.

The shirts bore the company imprint on the right sleeve.


imprint

imprint (canonical)
imprints (third-person singular)
imprinted (past)
imprinted (past participle)
imprinting (present participle)

If you imprint something, you leave a mark on something.

For a fee, they can imprint the envelopes with a monogram.


perpetrator

A perpetrator is a person who commits or carries out a crime or illegal act.


debossing

deboss (canonical)
debosses (third-person singular)
debossed (past)
debossed (past participle)
debossing (present participle)


relinquishing

relinquish (canonical)
relinquishes (third-person singular)
relinquished (past)
relinquished (past participle)
relinquishing (present participle)


trendy

trendy (positive)
trendier (comparative)
trendiest (superlative)

If something is trendy, it is very fashionable.

I hate those trendy pre-wrinkled shirts.


fiascos

fiasco (singular)
fiascos or fiascoes (plural)

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


sprinkling

sprinkle (canonical)
sprinkles (third-person singular)
sprinkled (past)
sprinkled (past participle)
sprinkling (present participle)


perambulate

If you perambulate, you walk about a place to inspect it.


eviscerate

eviscerate (canonical)
eviscerates (third-person singular)
eviscerated (past)
eviscerated (past participle)
eviscerating (present participle)

If you eviscerate an animal, you remove all of its organs from the animal's body.


debosses

The third-person singular form of deboss.


gentrifications

gentrification (singular)
gentrifications (plural)

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


madness

Madness is the state of being mad or insane.


sprinkled

The past tense and past participle of sprinkle.


inhumane

inhumane (positive)
more inhumane (comparative)
most inhumane (superlative)

If a person is inhumane, they do not have compassion for misery and suffering.


poultry

Poultry is any type of meat from domestic fowls (e.g. chickens, ducks, turkeys, and geese).


fanatics

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


severity

The severity of something is the condition of how severe the situation is.


pochard

A pochard is a type of duck in the subfamily Aythyinae. The male pochard usually has a reddish head with black breast.


sleuths

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


sleuths

The third-person singular form of sleuth.


pochards

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


debossed

The past tense and past participle of deboss.


upheavals

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


fiasco

A fiasco is a sudden or unexpected failure.


appends

append (canonical)
appends (third-person singular)
appended (past)
appended (past participle)
appending (present participle)

The third-person singular form of append.


innovates

innovate (canonical)
innovates (third-person singular)
innovated (past)
innovated (past participle)
innovating (present participle)

The third-person singular form of innovate.


gerrymander

gerrymander (canonical)
gerrymanders (third-person singular)
gerrymandered (past)
gerrymandered (past participle)
gerrymandering (present participle)

If an area is gerrymandered, it is divided in a way as to give an unfair advantage to a political party in an election.


absorptivity

absorptivity (singular)
absorptivities (plural)

The absorptivity of a material is defined by how much the material can absorb another substance.


absolutisms

absolutism (singular)
absolutisms (plural)

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


relinquished

The past tense and past participle of relinquish.


relinquish

[rɪˈlɪŋkwɪʃ]

If you relinquish something, you give up or retire from something voluntarily.

to relinquish a title

to relinquish property

to relinquish rights

to relinquish citizenship or nationality


gentrification

Gentrification is the process of improving or renovating a housing or district so as to make it more appealing to the middle classes.


voluntarily

If you do something voluntarily, you do it without someone forcing you to; or without expecting to get money in exchange.

He signed up for the army voluntarily, there was no draft

Doctor John knew that the poor family couldn't pay him, but he treated them anyway.


swivel

A swivel is a piece, a ring or hook, attached to another piece by a pin in a way to allow rotation at the axis.


swivel

swiveled (past)
swiveled (past participle)
swiveling (present participle)
swivel (canonical)
swivels (third-person singular)
swivelled (past)
swivelled (past participle)
swivelling (present participle)

If something or someone swivels, it swings or turn as on a pin or pivot.


fornicated

fornicate (canonical)
fornicates (third-person singular)
fornicated (past)
fornicated (past participle)
fornicating (present participle)

The past tense and past participle of fornicate.


twirl

The conductor gave his baton a twirl, and the orchestra began to play.

A twirl is something that is moving in a twisting or spiraling pattern.


twirl

twirl (canonical)
twirls (third-person singular)
twirled (past)
twirled (past participle)
twirling (present participle)

If you twirl, you perform a twirl or spin quickly around something.


relinquishes

The third-person singular form of relinquish.


enthusiasts

enthusiast (singular)
enthusiasts (plural)

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


indeterminate

indeterminate (positive)
more indeterminate (comparative)
most indeterminate (superlative)

If something is indeterminate, it is not accurately determined.


appended

The past tense and past participle of append.


deboss

deboss (canonical)
debosses (third-person singular)
debossed (past)
debossed (past participle)
debossing (present participle)

If you deboss something, you stamp an indented design onto the surface of the object.


conjunctivitis

Conjunctivitis is the inflammation of the conjunctiva.


abscesses

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


perpetrated

perpetrate (canonical)
perpetrates (third-person singular)
perpetrated (past)
perpetrated (past participle)
perpetrating (present participle)

The past tense and past participle of perpetrate.


catastrophic

catastrophic (positive)
more catastrophic (comparative)
most catastrophic (superlative)

If something is catastrophic, it involves or causes a sudden great damage to something.


bereaves

bereave (canonical)
bereaves (third-person singular)
bereaved (past)
bereaved (past participle)
bereaving (present participle)

The third-person singular form of bereave.


salvaging

salvage (canonical)
salvages (third-person singular)
salvaged (past)
salvaged (past participle)
salvaging (present participle)


gentrifies

gentrify (canonical)
gentrifies (third-person singular)
gentrified (past)
gentrified (past participle)
gentrifying (present participle)

The third-person singular form of gentrify.


fanatic

A fanatic is a person who is zealously enthusiastic about something, especially in religion or politics.


fiascoes

fiasco (singular)
fiascos or fiascoes (plural)

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


unemployments

unemployment (singular)
unemployments (plural)

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


append

append (canonical)
appends (third-person singular)
appended (past)
appended (past participle)
appending (present participle)

If you append something, you add it to the end of a written document.

notes appended to a book chapter


pus

Pus is a thick yellowish substance that is made up of dead white blood cells and dead bacteria. It is normally found in regions of bacterial infection.


specimens

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


humane

humane (positive)
humaner (comparative)
humanest (superlative)

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If a person is humane, they show concern for the pain or suffering of other living things.

It is no longer considered humane to perform vivisection on research animals.


sprinkles

sprinkle (canonical)
sprinkles (third-person singular)
sprinkled (past)
sprinkled (past participle)
sprinkling (present participle)

The third-person singular form of sprinkle.


sprinkles

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


accolades

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


swizzling

swizzle (canonical)
swizzles (third-person singular)
swizzled (past)
swizzled (past participle)
swizzling (present participle)


accolade

An accolade is an acknowledgement given to someone for something they did.


begrudged

begrudge (canonical)
begrudges (third-person singular)
begrudged (past)
begrudged (past participle)
begrudging (present participle)

The past tense and past participle of begrudge.


abscess

An abscess is an accumulation of pus that has built up within the body tissue.


fornicate

fornicate (canonical)
fornicates (third-person singular)
fornicated (past)
fornicated (past participle)
fornicating (present participle)

If a person fornicates, they have sex with someone they are not married to.


immaculate

immaculate (positive)
more immaculate (comparative)
most immaculate (superlative)

If something is immaculate, it is very clean or tidy.


innovated

innovate (canonical)
innovates (third-person singular)
innovated (past)
innovated (past participle)
innovating (present participle)

The past tense and past participle of innovate.


mortifies

mortify (canonical)
mortifies (third-person singular)
mortified (past)
mortified (past participle)
mortifying (present participle)

The third-person singular form of mortify.


salvages

The third-person singular form of salvage.


monogram

A monogram is a design that is made of one or more letters and is used to identify a someone or something.


monogram

monogram (canonical)
monograms (third-person singular)
monogrammed (past)
monogrammed (past participle)
monogramming (present participle)

If you monogram something, you mark or decorate it with a monogram.


enthusiast

enthusiast (singular)
enthusiasts (plural)

/ɪ̞nˈθʊʉ.ziˌəst/

An enthusiast is a person who is very interested in a certain activity or topic.


hurled

hurl (canonical)
hurls (third-person singular)
hurled (past)
hurled (past participle)
hurling (present participle)

The past tense and past participle of hurl.


parings

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


sleuth

sleuth (canonical)
sleuths (third-person singular)
sleuthed (past)
sleuthed (past participle)
sleuthing (present participle)

If you sleuth, you investigate something in the manner of a detective.


carnivores

carnivore (singular)
carnivores (plural)

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


conjunctivas

conjunctiva (singular)
conjunctivas or conjunctivae (plural)

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


humanest

The superlative form of humane; most humane.


monologues

monologue (singular)
monologues (plural)

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


perpetrates

perpetrate (canonical)
perpetrates (third-person singular)
perpetrated (past)
perpetrated (past participle)
perpetrating (present participle)

The third-person singular form of perpetrate.


omnivores

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


unemployment

unemployment (singular)
unemployments (plural)

Unemployment is the state of having no job.


herbivores

herbivore (singular)
herbivores (plural)

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


gentrify

gentrify (canonical)
gentrifies (third-person singular)
gentrified (past)
gentrified (past participle)
gentrifying (present participle)

If a housing or district is being gentrified, it is being renovated or improved to make it more appealing to the middle classes.


sprinkle

sprinkle (canonical)
sprinkles (third-person singular)
sprinkled (past)
sprinkled (past participle)
sprinkling (present participle)

If you sprinkle something, you cover an object with small drops or particles of a substance.

The confectioner sprinkled icing sugar over the cakes.

It sprinkled very early in the morning.


sprinkle

A sprinkle is a light covering with a small amount of substance.

He decorated the Christmas card with a sprinkle of glitter.


begrudge

begrudge (canonical)
begrudges (third-person singular)
begrudged (past)
begrudged (past participle)
begrudging (present participle)

If you begrudge, you give something reluctantly.

If you begrudge, you envy someone because they have something that you do not own.


salvaged

salvage (canonical)
salvages (third-person singular)
salvaged (past)
salvaged (past participle)
salvaging (present participle)

The past tense and past participle of salvage.


specimen

A specimen is a sample of an animal, plant or mineral that is used for scientific studies.


hurl

If you hurl something, you throw it with force.


begrudges

The third-person singular form of begrudge.


conjunctiva

The conjunctiva is a clear mucous membrane that covers the front of the eye and lines the inside of the eyelids.


mucous

mucous (positive)
more mucous (comparative)
most mucous (superlative)

If something is mucous, it is related to mucus or has qualities of it.


upheaval

An upheaval is the upward movement of a portion of the earth's crust.

An upheaval is a sudden change or disruption


cataclysmic

cataclysmic (positive)
more cataclysmic (comparative)
most cataclysmic (superlative)

If something is cataclysmic, it causes great destruction or upheaval.

It is believed that a cataclysmic impact caused the extinction of the dinosaurs.


perpetrate

If you perpetrate, you carry out or commit a crime.


monologue

A monologue is a long speech by one person in a play, film or conversation.


plodding

plod (canonical)
plods (third-person singular)
plodded (past)
plodded (past participle)
plodding (present participle)


carnivore

A carnivore is an animal that eats other animals or meat only.


salvage

If something is being salvaged, it is being rescued from a dangerous or difficult situation.


anaphrodisiacs

anaphrodisiac (singular)
anaphrodisiacs (plural)

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


mortified

mortify (canonical)
mortifies (third-person singular)
mortified (past)
mortified (past participle)
mortifying (present participle)

The past tense and past participle of mortify.


omnivore

An omnivore is an animal which eats both plants (like a herbivore) and meat (like a carnivore).

Bears are omnivores: they can eat plants, but they also eat fish.


hurls

hurl (canonical)
hurls (third-person singular)
hurled (past)
hurled (past participle)
hurling (present participle)


bereave

bereave (canonical)
bereaves (third-person singular)
bereaved (past)
bereaved (past participle)
bereaving (present participle)

If you bereave, you take someone or something away from a person that is important or close.


innovate

innovate (canonical)
innovates (third-person singular)
innovated (past)
innovated (past participle)
innovating (present participle)

If you innovate, you think of new ideas that can be introduced into something established.


mortify

If you mortify someone, you embarrass or humiliate them.

She was so mortified that she nearly fainted.


plodded

The past tense and past participle of plod.


eviscerating

eviscerate (canonical)
eviscerates (third-person singular)
eviscerated (past)
eviscerated (past participle)
eviscerating (present participle)


gentrified

The past tense and past participle of gentrify.


concedes

concede (canonical)
concedes (third-person singular)
conceded (past)
conceded (past participle)
conceding (present participle)

The third-person singular form of concede.


herbivore

A herbivore is an animal that eats on plants only.


vanishes

vanish (canonical)
vanishes (third-person singular)
vanished (past)
vanished (past participle)
vanishing (present participle)

The third-person singular form of vanish.


pared

pare (canonical)
pares (third-person singular)
pared (past)
pared (past participle)
paring (present participle)

The past tense and past participle of pare.


abaci

abacus (singular)
abacuses or abaci (plural)

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


concede

If you concede, you admit to something after resisting it.

I have to concede the argument.

He conceded the race once it was clear he could not win.

Kendall conceded defeat once she realized she could not win in a battle of wits.


straggles

straggle (canonical)
straggles (third-person singular)
straggled (past)
straggled (past participle)
straggling (present participle)

The third-person singular form of straggle.


vanished

The past tense and past participle of vanish.


exempt

If you are exempt from something, you do not need to fulfill the duty or obligation.

In their country, all women are exempt from military service.

His income is so small that it is exempt from tax.


exempt

An exempt is a person who has been released from something.


exempt

exempt (canonical)
exempts (third-person singular)
exempted (past)
exempted (past participle)
exempting (present participle)

If you exempt something from something, you grant them freedom or immunity from it.

Citizens over 45 years of age were exempted from military service.


bereaved

bereaved (positive)
more bereaved (comparative)
most bereaved (superlative)

If you are bereaved, your are suffering from the death of a close friend or relative.


bereaved

The past tense and past participle of bereave.


complimentary

complimentary (positive)
more complimentary (comparative)
most complimentary (superlative)

If something is complimentary, it is said to praise or approve someone.

If something is complimentary, it is given without any cost.


conceded

The past tense and past participle of concede.


complementary

complementary (positive)
more complementary (comparative)
most complementary (superlative)

If something is complementary, it acts as something that complements something else.


plod

We started at a brisk walk and ended at a plod.


plod

If you plod, you walk or move slowly with heavy steps.


paring

Parings are small pieces of something that has been pared.


cultivars

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


vanish

If something vanishes, it becomes equal to zero.

The function f(x)=x² vanishes at x=0.


deans

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


interlude

interlude (singular)
interludes (plural)

An interlude is an intervening period of time.

An interlude is something that occurs or is done during an interval.


straggled

The past tense and past participle of straggle.


cultivar

A cultivar is a cultivated plant species or hybrid of two species.


straggle

If you straggle, you stray away from the road or crowd.

He straggled away from the crowd and went off on his own.


truthful

truthful (positive)
more truthful (comparative)
most truthful (superlative)

If a person is truthful, they are honest and always tell the truth.


hogwash

Hogwash is a word that describes something that is foolish or ridiculous. It is often used as an exclamation.

"You think I should spend all my money on lottery tickets? Hogwash!"


commends

commend (canonical)
commends (third-person singular)
commended (past)
commended (past participle)
commending (present participle)

The third-person singular form of commend.


commended

The past tense and past participle of commend.


gentrifying

gentrify (canonical)
gentrifies (third-person singular)
gentrified (past)
gentrified (past participle)
gentrifying (present participle)


interludes

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


jumbo

jumbo (positive)
more jumbo (comparative)
most jumbo (superlative)


plethoras

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


fedoras

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


flimsiest

flimsy (positive)
flimsier (comparative)
flimsiest (superlative)

The superlative form of flimsy; most flimsy.


flimsier

The comparative form of flimsy; more flimsy.


homemakers

homemaker (singular)
homemakers (plural)

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


flimsy

If something is flimsy, it is likely to bend or break under pressure; easily damaged.


pare

If you pare something, you remove the outer covering of something with a cutting device.

Victor pared some apples in preparation to make a tart.


larcenies

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


househusbands

househusband (singular)
househusbands (plural)

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


househusband

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


fedora

A fedora is a felt hat with a low, creased top with a brim that can be turned up or down.


plethora

A plethora of something is a large amount or number of that thing, especially when that amount is excessive.

The menu offers a plethora of cuisines from around the world.


hinds

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


proper nouns

proper noun (singular)
proper nouns (plural)

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


larceny

Larceny is the theft of someone else's personal property.


whistle-blowers

whistle-blower (singular)
whistle-blowers (plural)

The plural form of whistle-blower; more than one (kind of) whistle-blower.


gratifies

gratify (canonical)
gratifies (third-person singular)
gratified (past)
gratified (past participle)
gratifying (present participle)

The third-person singular form of gratify.


brimming

brim (canonical)
brims (third-person singular)
brimmed (past)
brimmed (past participle)
brimming (present participle)


faithfully

If a person does something faithfully, he or she does it in a faithful or loyal manner.

I have been faithfully married for the past twenty years.


calibrations

calibration (singular)
calibrations (plural)

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


infractions

infraction (singular)
infractions (plural)

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


illicit

illicit (positive)
more illicit (comparative)
most illicit (superlative)

If something is illicit, it is not approved by law.


meteorites

meteorite (singular)
meteorites (plural)

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


cavorting

cavort (canonical)
cavorts (third-person singular)
cavorted (past)
cavorted (past participle)
cavorting (present participle)


laureates

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


brimmed

The past tense and past participle of brim.


drollest

droll (positive)
droller (comparative)
drollest (superlative)

The superlative form of droll; most droll.


romps

romp (canonical)
romps (third-person singular)
romped (past)
romped (past participle)
romping (present participle)


hind

If something is located at the hind, it is located at the back of it.


cavorts

The third-person singular form of cavort.


podiums

podium (singular)
podiums or podia (plural)

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


solstice

A solstice is an event that occurs when the Sun reaches its highest or lowest point in the sky at noon.


carcasses

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


elicits

elicit (canonical)
elicits (third-person singular)
elicited (past)
elicited (past participle)
eliciting (present participle)

The third-person singular form of elicit.


elated

elated (positive)
more elated (comparative)
most elated (superlative)

If a person is elated, he or she is very happy and excited.

She was elated with her new car.


voiding

void (canonical)
voids (third-person singular)
voided (past)
voided (past participle)
voiding (present participle)


prances

prance (canonical)
prances (third-person singular)
pranced (past)
pranced (past participle)
prancing (present participle)

The third-person singular form of prance.


ecosystems

ecosystem (singular)
ecosystems (plural)

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


strutting

strut (canonical)
struts (third-person singular)
strutted (past)
strutted (past participle)
strutting (present participle)


strutted

The past tense and past participle of strut.


pranced

The past tense and past participle of prance.


restorations

restoration (singular)
restorations (plural)

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


frolicking

frolic (canonical)
frolics (third-person singular)
frolicked (past)
frolicked (past participle)
frolicking (present participle)


opulent

opulent (positive)
more opulent (comparative)
most opulent (superlative)

If something is opulent, it is so luxurious and costly that it attracts attention.


fondly

If you do something in a fondly manner, you do it in a affectionate way.


unlawful

unlawful (positive)
more unlawful (comparative)
most unlawful (superlative)

If an act is unlawful, it is not allowed by law

He was charged with unlawful use of a car.


whistle-blower

whistle-blower (singular)
whistle-blowers (plural)

A whistle-blower is a person who reports an unlawful act to the authorities.

We owe it to a small group of brave whistle-blowers that we know about the infractions at all.


cavalry

Cavalry is the military arm of service that fights while riding horses.

A cavalry is a single unit of the military arm.


droller

The comparative form of droll; more droll.


rioting

riot (canonical)
riots (third-person singular)
rioted (past)
rioted (past participle)
rioting (present participle)


droll

If a person is droll, they are unusual in a way that it is humorous.


muffling

muffle (canonical)
muffles (third-person singular)
muffled (past)
muffled (past participle)
muffling (present participle)


sensors

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


prance

If a horse prances, it springs forward on the hind legs.


estuaries

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


furloughed

furlough (canonical)
furloughs (third-person singular)
furloughed (past)
furloughed (past participle)
furloughing (present participle)

The past tense and past participle of furlough.


preventive

preventive (positive)
more preventive (comparative)
most preventive (superlative)

If something is preventive, it is done to prevent something from happening.


blazers

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


laureate

A laureate is a graduate of a university.


gratified

gratify (canonical)
gratifies (third-person singular)
gratified (past)
gratified (past participle)
gratifying (present participle)

The past tense and past participle of gratify.


limitations

limitation (singular)
limitations (plural)

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


muffled

The past tense and past participle of muffle.


clandestine

clandestine (positive)
more clandestine (comparative)
most clandestine (superlative)

If something is clandestine, it is done or kept in secret so as to hide an illicit purpose.


teals

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


clans

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


cavorted

cavort (canonical)
cavorts (third-person singular)
cavorted (past)
cavorted (past participle)
cavorting (present participle)

The past tense and past participle of cavort.


podium

podium (singular)
podiums or podia (plural)

A podium is a platform for a person to stand on so as to be seen by the audience.

A podium is a platform with three different heights where the top three competitors stand to receive their medals or prize.


cavalries

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


subtropical

A subtropical area is located close to tropical parts of the world.

Everglades National Park is the largest subtropical wilderness in the U.S.


struts

The third-person singular form of strut.


struts

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


gratify

If you gratify someone, you please or satisfy them.


estuary

An estuary is where the river flows into the sea

Nine different environments exist within the Everglades. They include mangrove and cypress swamps, estuaries and coastal marshes.


romped

romp (canonical)
romps (third-person singular)
romped (past)
romped (past participle)
romping (present participle)

The past tense and past participle of romp.


correspondents

correspondent (singular)
correspondents (plural)

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


infraction

infraction (singular)
infractions (plural)


simian

simian (positive)
more simian (comparative)
most simian (superlative)

If someone is simian, he or she looks like an ape.


romp

If you romp, you play about roughly, energetically.

When the kids are allowed to romp in the bedroom, they break something.


carcass

The carcass of a structure is the framework of it that is not normally seen.


encroaching

encroach (canonical)
encroaches (third-person singular)
encroached (past)
encroached (past participle)
encroaching (present participle)


operating system

/ˈɒpəˌreɪtɪŋ ˌsɪstəm/

/ˈɑpəˌreɪtɪŋ ˌsɪstəm/

An operating system is a system software that controls the use of computer hardware and software resources.


frolicked

frolic (canonical)
frolics (third-person singular)
frolicked (past)
frolicked (past participle)
frolicking (present participle)

The past tense and past participle of frolic.


propagating

propagate (canonical)
propagates (third-person singular)
propagated (past)
propagated (past participle)
propagating (present participle)


eliciting

elicit (canonical)
elicits (third-person singular)
elicited (past)
elicited (past participle)
eliciting (present participle)


fivers

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


speedometers

speedometer (singular)
speedometers (plural)

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


abiotrophies

abiotrophy (singular)
abiotrophies (plural)

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


cavort

If you cavort, you move about excitedly.


solstices

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


chevrons

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


renaissances

renaissance (singular)
renaissances (plural)

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


muffles

muffle (canonical)
muffles (third-person singular)
muffled (past)
muffled (past participle)
muffling (present participle)

The third-person singular form of muffle.


chortling

chortle (canonical)
chortles (third-person singular)
chortled (past)
chortled (past participle)
chortling (present participle)


proper noun

proper noun (singular)
proper nouns (plural)

A proper noun is a noun that refers to a particular person, place or organization.


intruding

intrude (canonical)
intrudes (third-person singular)
intruded (past)
intruded (past participle)
intruding (present participle)


calibrating

calibrate (canonical)
calibrates (third-person singular)
calibrated (past)
calibrated (past participle)
calibrating (present participle)


odometers

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


domes

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


chortled

The past tense and past participle of chortle.


intruded

The past tense and past participle of intrude.


ecosystem

ecosystem (singular)
ecosystems (plural)

An ecosystem is a large community of living organisms in a particular area.


rioted

riot (canonical)
riots (third-person singular)
rioted (past)
rioted (past participle)
rioting (present participle)

The past tense and past participle of riot.


meteorite

meteorite (singular)
meteorites (plural)

A meteorite is a piece of rock or metal that fell to the earth's surface from outer space as a meteor.


chevron

A chevron is a V-shaped pattern that is used to indicate a personnel's rank in the military or police.

A chevron is a V-shaped markings on road signs to show a sharp bend in the road.


elicit

If you elicit, you try to make someone do something.

I tried to elicit a smile from her.


homemaker

homemaker (singular)
homemakers (plural)

A homemaker is a person whose main job is to care for her or his household.


censuses

census (singular)
censuses or census (plural)

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


imbibes

imbibe (canonical)
imbibes (third-person singular)
imbibed (past)
imbibed (past participle)
imbibing (present participle)

The third-person singular form of imbibe.


elicited

The past tense and past participle of elicit.


mushier

mushy (positive)
mushier (comparative)
mushiest (superlative)

The comparative form of mushy; more mushy.


voided

void (canonical)
voids (third-person singular)
voided (past)
voided (past participle)
voiding (present participle)

The past tense and past participle of void.


cornier

corny (positive)
cornier (comparative)
corniest (superlative)

The comparative form of corny; more corny.


infiltrated

infiltrate (canonical)
infiltrates (third-person singular)
infiltrated (past)
infiltrated (past participle)
infiltrating (present participle)

The past tense and past participle of infiltrate.


mushiest

The superlative form of mushy; most mushy.


brim

The brim of something is located at the edge or border of it.

The brim of a container at the upper rim or lip of it.


brim

brim (canonical)
brims (third-person singular)
brimmed (past)
brimmed (past participle)
brimming (present participle)

If something is brimming, it is being filled to a point that it starts to overflow.

The room brimmed with people.


japed

jape (canonical)
japes (third-person singular)
japed (past)
japed (past participle)
japing (present participle)

The past tense and past participle of jape.


frolics

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


frolics

frolic (canonical)
frolics (third-person singular)
frolicked (past)
frolicked (past participle)
frolicking (present participle)

The third-person singular form of frolic.


brims

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


trustworthy

trustworthy (positive)
more trustworthy (comparative)
most trustworthy (superlative)

If a person is trustworthy, they can be trusted.

Because of our long term friendship, I knew that Jess was trustworthy.


calibrated

The past tense and past participle of calibrate.


hackneyed

hackneyed (positive)
more hackneyed (comparative)
most hackneyed (superlative)

If something is hackneyed, it is overused and not original.


infiltrate

If you infiltrate a place, you secretly enter the place to get something.

If a liquid infiltrates, it passes through something by filtration.


strut

strut (canonical)
struts (third-person singular)
strutted (past)
strutted (past participle)
strutting (present participle)

If a fowl struts, it walks with a stiff posture and has its tail erect and spread out.


strut

A strut is a rod that supports the framework of something.


riots

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


corniest

The superlative form of corny; most corny.


encroaches

encroach (canonical)
encroaches (third-person singular)
encroached (past)
encroached (past participle)
encroaching (present participle)

The third-person singular form of encroach.


infiltrates

The third-person singular form of infiltrate.


census

A census is an official count or survey of a population.


calibrates

calibrate (canonical)
calibrates (third-person singular)
calibrated (past)
calibrated (past participle)
calibrating (present participle)

The third-person singular form of calibrate.


besmirching

besmirch (canonical)
besmirches (third-person singular)
besmirched (past)
besmirched (past participle)
besmirching (present participle)


improvises

improvise (canonical)
improvises (third-person singular)
improvised (past)
improvised (past participle)
improvising (present participle)

The third-person singular form of improvise.


celibates

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


calibrate

If you calibrate something, you adjust the accuracy of a measuring instrument, such as a pressure gauge, against a standard scale.


Brummier

Brummie (positive)
Brummier (comparative)
Brummiest (superlative)

The comparative form of Brummie; more Brummie.


propagated

propagate (canonical)
propagates (third-person singular)
propagated (past)
propagated (past participle)
propagating (present participle)

The past tense and past participle of propagate.


calibration

calibration (singular)
calibrations (plural)

Calibration is the act of adjusting the accuracy of a measuring instrument against a standard scale.


cellmates

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


propagates

The third-person singular form of propagate.


besmirched

The past tense and past participle of besmirch.


intrudes

intrude (canonical)
intrudes (third-person singular)
intruded (past)
intruded (past participle)
intruding (present participle)

The third-person singular form of intrude.


commentaries

commentary (singular)
commentaries (plural)

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


imbibe

imbibe (canonical)
imbibes (third-person singular)
imbibed (past)
imbibed (past participle)
imbibing (present participle)

If you imbibe, you drink alcohol or alcoholic beverages

If you imbibe, you take in ideas or knowledge.


consummated

consummate (canonical)
consummates (third-person singular)
consummated (past)
consummated (past participle)
consummating (present participle)

The past tense and past participle of consummate.


correspondent

correspondent (singular)
correspondents (plural)

A correspondent is a journalist who is hired to report for a newspaper or any other broadcasting organization.


renaissance

renaissance (singular)
renaissances (plural)

A renaissance is the rebirth of an idea, art style, institution, place, etc.

Poetry is experiencing a lively renaissance, with many more people writing and reading it.

The Renaissance is a period in the history of Europe beginning in about 1400 when modern ideas about science began to develop.

For hundreds of years, the Arab world saved the ancient writings that were the foundation of the Renaissance.


improvised

The past tense and past participle of improvise.


limitation

limitation (singular)
limitations (plural)

A limitation is a restriction that is caused by something or by a certain circumstance.

Getting into his wheelchair after his amputation, it felt like a limitation you could roll in.

A limitation is a time period after which some legal action may no longer be continued.


imbibed

The past tense and past participle of imbibe.


encroached

The past tense and past participle of encroach.


besmirches

The third-person singular form of besmirch.


furloughs

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


furloughs

furlough (canonical)
furloughs (third-person singular)
furloughed (past)
furloughed (past participle)
furloughing (present participle)

The third-person singular form of furlough.


dome

A dome is a structure that looks like the hollow upper half of a sphere or oval.


dismembered

dismember (canonical)
dismembers (third-person singular)
dismembered (past)
dismembered (past participle)
dismembering (present participle)

The past tense and past participle of dismember.


clan

A clan is an extended group of families, with a real or mythical founding member.

Everyone in the clan knew the story of Dasi and Leben.

Dromoland was built in the 1600s as the base of the O'Brien clan.


dismembers

The third-person singular form of dismember.


chamberlains

chamberlain (singular)
chamberlains (plural)

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


blazer

A blazer is a type of jacket that people wear to look more casual.


odometer

/oʊˈdɑːmətɚ/

An odometer is an instrument that measures the distance a vehicle traveled.


honeymooned

honeymoon (canonical)
honeymoons (third-person singular)
honeymooned (past)
honeymooned (past participle)
honeymooning (present participle)

The past tense and past participle of honeymoon.


Brummiest

The superlative form of Brummie; most Brummie.


voids

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


voids

void (canonical)
voids (third-person singular)
voided (past)
voided (past participle)
voiding (present participle)


shanking

shank (canonical)
shanks (third-person singular)
shanked (past)
shanked (past participle)
shanking (present participle)


sensor

A sensor is a device that measures a physical quantity and responds to it accordingly.


shanked

The past tense and past participle of shank.


dunged

dung (canonical)
dungs (third-person singular)
dunged (past)
dunged (past participle)
dunging (present participle)

The past tense and past participle of dung.


improvise

improvise (canonical)
improvises (third-person singular)
improvised (past)
improvised (past participle)
improvising (present participle)

If you improvise something, you create or make it without a plan.

He had no speech prepared, so he improvised.


chambermaids

chambermaid (singular)
chambermaids (plural)

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


severely

If something is done severely, it is done in a strict manner.


japing

jape (canonical)
japes (third-person singular)
japed (past)
japed (past participle)
japing (present participle)


intrude

intrude (canonical)
intrudes (third-person singular)
intruded (past)
intruded (past participle)
intruding (present participle)

If you intrude, you put yourself in a place or situation without invitation or permission.


consummates

The third-person singular form of consummate.


speedometer

speedometer (singular)
speedometers (plural)

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A speedometer is a device that measures, and indicates the current speed of a vehicle on the car dashboard.

I check my speed on the speedometer.


commentary

commentary (singular)
commentaries (plural)

A commentary is a series of comments about an event.

We listened to the football commentary while watching the match.


encroach

encroach (canonical)
encroaches (third-person singular)
encroached (past)
encroached (past participle)
encroaching (present participle)

If you encroach, you intrude on a person's rights or territory.


consummating

consummate (canonical)
consummates (third-person singular)
consummated (past)
consummated (past participle)
consummating (present participle)


gratifying

gratifying (positive)
more gratifying (comparative)
most gratifying (superlative)

/ˈɡrætɪfaɪ.ɪŋ/

If something is gratifying, you feel good about directly or indirectly causing it.

Seeing my book on the shelves of college bookstores is very gratifying.

Helping our youth is a gratifying and thrilling experience.


gratifying

gratify (canonical)
gratifies (third-person singular)
gratified (past)
gratified (past participle)
gratifying (present participle)

/ˈɡrætɪfaɪ.ɪŋ/


briskets

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


cockfight

cockfight (singular)
cockfights (plural)

A cockfight is a contest, in a cockpit, between fighting roosters.


whoring

whore (canonical)
whores (third-person singular)
whored (past)
whored (past participle)
whoring (present participle)


chambermaid

A chambermaid is a maid who handles the chores in a bedroom.


helmed

helm (canonical)
helms (third-person singular)
helmed (past)
helmed (past participle)
helming (present participle)

The past tense and past participle of helm.


chortles

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


chortles

chortle (canonical)
chortles (third-person singular)
chortled (past)
chortled (past participle)
chortling (present participle)

The third-person singular form of chortle.


Brummies

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


bulletins

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


censoring

censor (canonical)
censors (third-person singular)
censored (past)
censored (past participle)
censoring (present participle)


cockfights

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


muffle

muffle (canonical)
muffles (third-person singular)
muffled (past)
muffled (past participle)
muffling (present participle)

If you muffle someone, you wrap a person in fabric for warmth or protection.

He muffled up his daughter to prevent her from catching a cold.

If you muffle something, you wrap or cover it to lower or mute the sound.


ostensible

ostensible (positive)
more ostensible (comparative)
most ostensible (superlative)

If something is ostensible, it appears to be something but is actually something else.


Birmingham

/ˈbɜː.mɪŋˌhæm/

The second-largest city in England and the United Kingdom.

The largest city in Alabama, United States.


arduous

arduous (positive)
more arduous (comparative)
most arduous (superlative)

/ˈɑːrd͡ʒuəs/

If a something is arduous, it requires or uses up a lot of energy to do it.


cockpit

A cockpit is the front part of an aircraft where the pilots sit to control an aircraft.


ostensibly

You use ostensibly to indicate that the information you are giving is something that you have heard or seen, but you are not certain that it is true.


cockpits

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


unsortable

unsortable (positive)
more unsortable (comparative)
most unsortable (superlative)

If something is unsortable, it cannot be sorted.


phonetic

phonetic (positive)
more phonetic (comparative)
most phonetic (superlative)

A phonetic alphabet, system, difference, etc. relates to the basic language sounds (or movements, in the case of sign language).

If you're learning a number of languages, it's useful to learn the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA).

There is a phonetic similarity between sounds like [s] and [z].

The phonetic transcription of "phonetic" is [fəˈnɛɾɪk].


sortable

sortable (positive)
more sortable (comparative)
most sortable (superlative)

If something is sortable, it can be sorted.


incensing

incense (canonical)
incenses (third-person singular)
incensed (past)
incensed (past participle)
incensing (present participle)


restoration

restoration (singular)
restorations (plural)

Restoration is the process of bringing back something to its original state.

Mona Lisa returned to the Louvre Pyramid after a restoration effort.


censored

The past tense and past participle of censor.


corsages

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


fiver

A fiver is a banknote worth five units of currency.

It costs a fiver for a bag of apples.


vinaigrettes

vinaigrette (singular)
vinaigrettes (plural)

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


closeting

closet (canonical)
closets (third-person singular)
closeted (past)
closeted (past participle)
closeting (present participle)


incensed

The past tense and past participle of incense.


cellmate

A cellmate is a person whom one shares a prison cell with.

When he arrived at the prison he was happy to find out that his cellmate was easy to get along with.


bustled

bustle (canonical)
bustles (third-person singular)
bustled (past)
bustled (past participle)
bustling (present participle)

The past tense and past participle of bustle.


closeted

The past tense and past participle of closet.


chastised

chastise (canonical)
chastises (third-person singular)
chastised (past)
chastised (past participle)
chastising (present participle)

The past tense and past participle of chastise.


japes

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


japes

jape (canonical)
japes (third-person singular)
japed (past)
japed (past participle)
japing (present participle)


bouquets

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


corteges

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


accelerometers

accelerometer (singular)
accelerometers (plural)

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


uncanniest

uncanny (positive)
uncannier (comparative)
uncanniest (superlative)

The superlative form of uncanny; most uncanny.


frolic

A frolic is a playful and lively moment of someone doing something.


frolic

frolic (canonical)
frolics (third-person singular)
frolicked (past)
frolicked (past participle)
frolicking (present participle)

If you frolic, you behave in a playful and lively way.

We saw the lambs frolicking in the meadow.


slumped

slump (canonical)
slumps (third-person singular)
slumped (past)
slumped (past participle)
slumping (present participle)

The past tense and past participle of slump.


dismember

dismember (canonical)
dismembers (third-person singular)
dismembered (past)
dismembered (past participle)
dismembering (present participle)

If you dismember a living thing, you remove the limbs of it.

If you dismember something, you cut or divide it.


uncannier

The comparative form of uncanny; more uncanny.


trekked

trek (canonical)
treks (third-person singular)
trekked (past)
trekked (past participle)
trekking (present participle)

The past tense and past participle of trek.


honeymoon

honeymoon (singular)
honeymoons (plural)

A honeymoon is the time (or holiday) a couple spends together immediately after a marriage.


honeymoon

honeymoon (canonical)
honeymoons (third-person singular)
honeymooned (past)
honeymooned (past participle)
honeymooning (present participle)

If a couple honeymoons, they spend time together on a honeymoon

My parents honeymooned at Niagara falls.


honeymoons

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


honeymoons

The third-person singular form of honeymoon.


capitulates

capitulate (canonical)
capitulates (third-person singular)
capitulated (past)
capitulated (past participle)
capitulating (present participle)

The third-person singular form of capitulate.


bulldozers

bulldozer (singular)
bulldozers (plural)

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


riot

A riot is a violent disturbance of the public peace by a crowd.


riot

riot (canonical)
riots (third-person singular)
rioted (past)
rioted (past participle)
rioting (present participle)

The protesters rioted outside the parliament.


propagate

propagate (canonical)
propagates (third-person singular)
propagated (past)
propagated (past participle)
propagating (present participle)

If something propagates something, it spreads something widely.

If a computer system propagates, it causes something to take effect on all devices within the network.

The server propagates the password file at midnight each day.


shank

The shank is the part of the leg that is between the knee and the ankle.


shank

shank (canonical)
shanks (third-person singular)
shanked (past)
shanked (past participle)
shanking (present participle)

If you shank someone. you stab someone with an improvised knife.


chortle

A chortle is a joyful and muffled laugh.

He frequently interrupted himself with chortles while he told us his favorite joke.


chortle

chortle (canonical)
chortles (third-person singular)
chortled (past)
chortled (past participle)
chortling (present participle)

If you chortle, you laugh with a chortle.


bulldozer

A bulldozer is a tractor with an attached blade for demolishing building structures.


shanks

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


shanks

The third-person singular form of shank.


chastise

If you chastise someone, you scold or punish them severely.


jape

If you jape, you say or do something to mock a person.


dungs

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


dungs

dung (canonical)
dungs (third-person singular)
dunged (past)
dunged (past participle)
dunging (present participle)


bulletin

A bulletin is a short report that is released officially.


cortege

A cortege is a ceremonial procession, especially for a wedding or funeral.


chattering

chatter (canonical)
chatters (third-person singular)
chattered (past)
chattered (past participle)
chattering (present participle)


furlough

A furlough is a leave of absence or vacation.


furlough

furlough (canonical)
furloughs (third-person singular)
furloughed (past)
furloughed (past participle)
furloughing (present participle)

If you furlough, you grant a leave of absence to someone.


helms

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


helms

helm (canonical)
helms (third-person singular)
helmed (past)
helmed (past participle)
helming (present participle)


mushy

mushy (positive)
mushier (comparative)
mushiest (superlative)

If something is mushy, it is soft and does not have a firm shape.

If the conversation between two people is mushy, it is excessively emotional.


censors

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


censors

censor (canonical)
censors (third-person singular)
censored (past)
censored (past participle)
censoring (present participle)

The third-person singular form of censor.


accomplices

accomplice (singular)
accomplices (plural)

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


concourses

concourse (singular)
concourses (plural)

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


vinaigrette

vinaigrette (singular)
vinaigrettes (plural)

Vinaigrette is a dressing or marinade that is made of vinegar, oil and other seasonings.


dung

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dung

If you dung the soil, you fertilize with dung.


besmirch

besmirch (canonical)
besmirches (third-person singular)
besmirched (past)
besmirched (past participle)
besmirching (present participle)

If you besmirch something, you make it dirty.

If you besmirch someone, you damage someone's reputation.

The newspaper was on a campaign to besmirch the actor.


chatters

The third-person singular form of chatter.


corny

corny (positive)
cornier (comparative)
corniest (superlative)

If something is corny, it is too dramatic or sentimental.

The movie was okay, but the love scene was really corny.

He sent a bouquet of twelve red roses and a card: "Roses are red, Violets are blue, Sugar is sweet, And so are you." How corny is that!


accelerometer

accelerometer (singular)
accelerometers (plural)

An accelerometer is a device that is used to measure acceleration.


chastises

chastise (canonical)
chastises (third-person singular)
chastised (past)
chastised (past participle)
chastising (present participle)

The third-person singular form of chastise.


void

void (canonical)
voids (third-person singular)
voided (past)
voided (past participle)
voiding (present participle)

If you void something, you make it invalid or worthless.

He voided the cheque and returned it.


whored

whore (canonical)
whores (third-person singular)
whored (past)
whored (past participle)
whoring (present participle)

The past tense and past participle of whore.


chattered

The past tense and past participle of chatter.


wiggling

wiggle (canonical)
wiggles (third-person singular)
wiggled (past)
wiggled (past participle)
wiggling (present participle)


celibate

A celibate is a person who is not married due to religious reasons.


celibate

If a person remains celibate, they will not get married.


bulldozing

bulldoze (canonical)
bulldozes (third-person singular)
bulldozed (past)
bulldozed (past participle)
bulldozing (present participle)


jiggling

jiggle (canonical)
jiggles (third-person singular)
jiggled (past)
jiggled (past participle)
jiggling (present participle)


corsage

A corsage is a small bouquet of flowers that a woman pins on her dress or wears around her wrist for a formal occasion.


capitulated

capitulate (canonical)
capitulates (third-person singular)
capitulated (past)
capitulated (past participle)
capitulating (present participle)

The past tense and past participle of capitulate.


bouquet

A bouquet is a bunch of flowers that are arranged nicely.

For my birthday I received two bouquets.

A bouquet is the scent of wine or perfume.


bulldozed

The past tense and past participle of bulldoze.


decapitates

decapitate (canonical)
decapitates (third-person singular)
decapitated (past)
decapitated (past participle)
decapitating (present participle)

The third-person singular form of decapitate.


jiggled

The past tense and past participle of jiggle.


slumps

slump (canonical)
slumps (third-person singular)
slumped (past)
slumped (past participle)
slumping (present participle)

The third-person singular form of slump.


slumps

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


anaesthesias

anaesthesia (singular)
anaesthesias (plural)

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


bustles

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


bustles

bustle (canonical)
bustles (third-person singular)
bustled (past)
bustled (past participle)
bustling (present participle)

The third-person singular form of bustle.


bulldozes

The third-person singular form of bulldoze.


capitulate

If you capitulate, you surrender to go along or comply with someone.

He argued and hollered for so long that I finally capitulated just to make him stop.


whores

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


whores

The third-person singular form of whore.


bustle

If you bustle, you move in an energetic way.

The commuters bustled about inside the train station.


incenses

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


incenses

incense (canonical)
incenses (third-person singular)
incensed (past)
incensed (past participle)
incensing (present participle)

The third-person singular form of incense.


anesthesias

anesthesia (singular)
anesthesias (plural)

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


decapitated

The past tense and past participle of decapitate.


marinate

marinate (canonical)
marinates (third-person singular)
marinated (past)
marinated (past participle)
marinating (present participle)

If you marinate something, you soak it in marinade.


beheaded

behead (canonical)
beheads (third-person singular)
beheaded (past)
beheaded (past participle)
beheading (present participle)

The past tense and past participle of behead.


wiggled

The past tense and past participle of wiggle.


decapitate

If you decapitate an animal, you remove the head of it.


marinates

The third-person singular form of marinate.


marinaded

marinade (canonical)
marinades (third-person singular)
marinaded (past)
marinaded (past participle)
marinading (present participle)

The past tense and past participle of marinade.


wiggles

The third-person singular form of wiggle.


behead

If you behead an animal, you remove its head.


niftier

nifty (positive)
niftier (comparative)
niftiest (superlative)

The comparative form of nifty; more nifty.


chatter

A chatter is a meaningless or unimportant talk.


chatter

chatter (canonical)
chatters (third-person singular)
chattered (past)
chattered (past participle)
chattering (present participle)

If you chatter, you talk about anything that is not important.

They knitted and chattered the whole time.

If a machine chatters, it is making multiple high-pitch sounds rapidly.


beheads

The third-person singular form of behead.


bailors

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


discordant

discordant (positive)
more discordant (comparative)
most discordant (superlative)

If the sound of something is discordant, it is not in harmony with others.


cacophony

cacophony (singular)
cacophonies (plural)

A cacophony is a mix of discordant sounds.


cacophonies

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


concourse

concourse (singular)
concourses (plural)

A concourse is a large open space inside or in front of a building where people can gather.

A station concourse.


chamberlain

chamberlain (singular)
chamberlains (plural)

A chamberlain is an officer who is in charge of managing the household of a royalty.


cabals

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


bulldoze

bulldoze (canonical)
bulldozes (third-person singular)
bulldozed (past)
bulldozed (past participle)
bulldozing (present participle)

If you bulldoze a building, you destroy it with a bulldozer.

He's certainly very chirpy for a man whose house has just been bulldozed down.


niftiest

The superlative form of nifty; most nifty.


duping

dupe (canonical)
dupes (third-person singular)
duped (past)
duped (past participle)
duping (present participle)


brand new

If something is brand new, it is completely new.


bustling

bustling (positive)
more bustling (comparative)
most bustling (superlative)

If a place is bustling, it is very busy and has a lot of activity.


bailees

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


treks

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


treks

trek (canonical)
treks (third-person singular)
trekked (past)
trekked (past participle)
trekking (present participle)


closets

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


closets

closet (canonical)
closets (third-person singular)
closeted (past)
closeted (past participle)
closeting (present participle)

The third-person singular form of closet.


slump

slump (canonical)
slumps (third-person singular)
slumped (past)
slumped (past participle)
slumping (present participle)

If a person slumps, they sit or lean heavily.

If the value of something slumps, its price falls suddenly.

Real estate prices slumped during the recession.


slump

A slump is a sudden fall of something, especially for an extended period.


jiggles

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


jiggles

jiggle (canonical)
jiggles (third-person singular)
jiggled (past)
jiggled (past participle)
jiggling (present participle)

The third-person singular form of jiggle.


deluding

delude (canonical)
deludes (third-person singular)
deluded (past)
deluded (past participle)
deluding (present participle)


anaesthetised

anaesthetise (canonical)
anaesthetises (third-person singular)
anaesthetised (past)
anaesthetised (past participle)
anaesthetising (present participle)

The past tense and past participle of anaesthetise.


deludes

The third-person singular form of delude.


carbonated

carbonated (positive)
more carbonated (comparative)
most carbonated (superlative)

If a liquid is carbonated, it contains dissolved carbon dioxide gas.

soda are carbonated drinks. champagne and beer are naturally carbonated through fermentation.


carbonated

carbonate (canonical)
carbonates (third-person singular)
carbonated (past)
carbonated (past participle)
carbonating (present participle)

The past tense and past participle of carbonate.


loped

lope (canonical)
lopes (third-person singular)
loped (past)
loped (past participle)
loping (present participle)

The past tense and past participle of lope.


dedications

dedication (singular)
dedications (plural)

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


anesthesia

anesthesia (singular)
anesthesias (plural)

/ˌæn.əsˈθi.ʒə/

Anesthesia is an artificial method of making a person insensitive to pain.


treasurers

treasurer (singular)
treasurers (plural)

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


dedication

/ˌdɛdɪˈkeɪʃən/

To be set apart for a god or for religious purposes.

Having a strong desire to get something done.


marinated

marinate (canonical)
marinates (third-person singular)
marinated (past)
marinated (past participle)
marinating (present participle)

The past tense and past participle of marinate.


scions

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


anaesthesia

anaesthesia (singular)
anaesthesias (plural)

/ˌæn.əsˈθi.ʒə/

Anaesthesia is an artificial method of making a person insensitive to pain.


clamant

clamant (positive)
more clamant (comparative)
most clamant (superlative)


wiggle

wiggle (canonical)
wiggles (third-person singular)
wiggled (past)
wiggled (past participle)
wiggling (present participle)

If something or someone wiggles, it moves back and forth or side to side.

Her hips wiggle as she walks.

The jelly wiggles on the plate when you move it.


determinatives

determinative (singular)
determinatives (plural)

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


consummate

consummate (positive)
more consummate (comparative)
most consummate (superlative)

If a person is consummate, he or she is highly skilled and experienced in doing something.