backspacing

backspace (canonical)
backspaces (third-person singular)
backspaced (past)
backspaced (past participle)
backspacing (present participle)


rattling

rattle (canonical)
rattles (third-person singular)
rattled (past)
rattled (past participle)
rattling (present participle)


unbosoming

unbosom (canonical)
unbosoms (third-person singular)
unbosomed (past)
unbosomed (past participle)
unbosoming (present participle)


exploits

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


exploits

exploit (canonical)
exploits (third-person singular)
exploited (past)
exploited (past participle)
exploiting (present participle)

The third-person singular form of exploit.


republicans

republican (singular)
republicans (plural)

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


blurt

blurt (canonical)
blurts (third-person singular)
blurted (past)
blurted (past participle)
blurting (present participle)

If you blurt something out, then you are speaking quickly without thinking.

Even though the teacher asked students not to say the answer out loud, Tim blurted "the Revolutionary War!" to the whole class.

Amir was very embarrassed after he blurted to his friend that he had romantic feelings for Lauren.


transformed

transform (canonical)
transforms (third-person singular)
transformed (past)
transformed (past participle)
transforming (present participle)

The past tense and past participle of transform.


coordinating

coordinate (canonical)
coordinates (third-person singular)
coordinated (past)
coordinated (past participle)
coordinating (present participle)


reasonable

reasonable (positive)
more reasonable (comparative)
most reasonable (superlative)

A reasonable amount or number is not too much or too big.

The hotel has good food, and the prices are reasonable.

If something is reasonable, it is fair and sensible.

It seems like a reasonable idea to me.


transforms

The third-person singular form of transform.


fichus

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


clash

clash (canonical)
clashes (third-person singular)
clashed (past)
clashed (past participle)
clashing (present participle)

If two individuals or groups clash, they get into a fight.

The Reds clashed with the police during the riot.


luggage

Luggage is a bag that contains a traveller's belongings.

Alan just lost his green luggage and is asking the staff at the airport for help.


spraying

spray (canonical)
sprays (third-person singular)
sprayed (past)
sprayed (past participle)
spraying (present participle)


chewing gums

chewing gum (singular)
chewing gums (plural)

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


courtship

courtship (singular)
courtships (plural)

Courtship is the period leading up to mating or marriage. The term can be applied to humans and animals.

After a long courtship they got married.

Courtship display is a set of behaviours leading up to mating in birds.

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suicide

Suicide is the act of a person killing themselves on purpose.

Sadly, Joe committed suicide last Thursday.

The police are investigating three suicides at the school.

The suicide bomber killed himself and three other people in a crowded market.


pillages

pillage (canonical)
pillages (third-person singular)
pillaged (past)
pillaged (past participle)
pillaging (present participle)

The third-person singular form of pillage.


yellowjacket

yellowjacket (singular)
yellowjackets (plural)

The yellowjacket stung me.


pillaged

The past tense and past participle of pillage.


traders

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


opia

opium (singular)
opiums or opia (plural)

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


unhealthy

unhealthy (positive)
unhealthier (comparative)
unhealthiest (superlative)

If something is unhealthy, it is not good for your health.

If a person or animal is unhealthy, they are sick and ill.


partition

partition (singular)
partitions (plural)

A partition is a physical barrier which separates a space into two parts.

Our office is divided up by partitions.


partition

partition (canonical)
partitions (third-person singular)
partitioned (past)
partitioned (past participle)
partitioning (present participle)

The act of separating something into two or more pieces or parts.

The act of dividing a place or area into two or more parts.

The partition of India divided the British Indian Empire into India and Pakistan.


disregarding

disregard (canonical)
disregards (third-person singular)
disregarded (past)
disregarded (past participle)
disregarding (present participle)


poops

poop (canonical)
poops (third-person singular)
pooped (past)
pooped (past participle)
pooping (present participle)


eggcups

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


rattled

rattle (canonical)
rattles (third-person singular)
rattled (past)
rattled (past participle)
rattling (present participle)

The past tense and past participle of rattle.


console

That video game console I bought was expensive!


console

console (canonical)
consoles (third-person singular)
consoled (past)
consoled (past participle)
consoling (present participle)

If you console someone, you try to make them feel better.

When my friend found his cassette broken, I tried to console him.


pooped

The past tense and past participle of poop.


boasts

boast (canonical)
boasts (third-person singular)
boasted (past)
boasted (past participle)
boasting (present participle)

The third-person singular form of boast.


apologizing

apologize (canonical)
apologizes (third-person singular)
apologized (past)
apologized (past participle)
apologizing (present participle)


Atlas

Atlas is a god who carries the world on his shoulders.


tumbling

tumble (canonical)
tumbles (third-person singular)
tumbled (past)
tumbled (past participle)
tumbling (present participle)


sleeve

A sleeve is the part of a shirt that covers the arm.

The sleeve on my shirt is too long for my size.


disregarded

The past tense and past participle of disregard.


disregards

The third-person singular form of disregard.


raincoats

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


nosiest

nosy (positive)
nosier (comparative)
nosiest (superlative)

The superlative form of nosy; most nosy.


peppers

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


melancholy

melancholy (positive)
more melancholy (comparative)
most melancholy (superlative)

Something that is melancholy makes you feel very sad.

The news was very melancholy, all about people dying and losing their jobs.


database

A database is a collection of information arranged neatly.

I have a huge database of all the employees in my company.


scalars

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


sprays

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


sprays

spray (canonical)
sprays (third-person singular)
sprayed (past)
sprayed (past participle)
spraying (present participle)

The third-person singular form of spray.


activist

An activist is someone who is trying to change a situation, especially one that is political or environmental.

He is an activist for Greenpeace.


apologizes

The third-person singular form of apologize.


transform

transform (canonical)
transforms (third-person singular)
transformed (past)
transformed (past participle)
transforming (present participle)

When you transform something, you change it into a different thing totally.

The powerful magician transformed the hamster into a rabbit.


lobbied

lobby (canonical)
lobbies (third-person singular)
lobbied (past)
lobbied (past participle)
lobbying (present participle)

The past tense and past participle of lobby.


strapped

strap (canonical)
straps (third-person singular)
strapped (past)
strapped (past participle)
strapping (present participle)

The past tense and past participle of strap.


strapped

If you're strapped (for cash), you don't have much money at the time.


linguists

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


cloudy

cloudy (positive)
cloudier (comparative)
cloudiest (superlative)

When the sky is cloudy, it is covered with clouds.

The sky quickly became cloudy and it started to rain.


backspaces

backspace (singular)
backspaces (plural)

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


backspaces

backspace (canonical)
backspaces (third-person singular)
backspaced (past)
backspaced (past participle)
backspacing (present participle)

The third-person singular form of backspace.


linguist

A linguist is someone who studies many languages.


accordionists

accordionist (singular)
accordionists (plural)

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


rattles

The third-person singular form of rattle.


binturongs

binturong (singular)
binturongs (plural)

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


joking

joke (canonical)
jokes (third-person singular)
joked (past)
joked (past participle)
joking (present participle)


gerent

A gerent is a manager, leader, or ruler.

The gerent was the manager of the store.


tumble

When you tumble, you fall down over and over again.

Tie your shoes so that you won't tumble down the stairs.


catapulting

catapult (canonical)
catapults (third-person singular)
catapulted (past)
catapulted (past participle)
catapulting (present participle)


emblems

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


cataclysms

cataclysm (singular)
cataclysms (plural)

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


nosy

If you are nosy, you are curious in a negative way.

He is always too interested in what I am doing. He's such a nosy boy


boasted

boast (canonical)
boasts (third-person singular)
boasted (past)
boasted (past participle)
boasting (present participle)

The past tense and past participle of boast.


stepfathers

step father (singular)
step fathers (plural)

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


nosier

The comparative form of nosy; more nosy.


trader

A trader is someone who tries to make a profit by buying something at a low price and then selling it at a higher price.

Many traders often come to this market to sell their goods.


spice

Spice is something you put on food to make it taste better.


euphonious

euphonious (positive)
more euphonious (comparative)
most euphonious (superlative)

If something is euphonious, it is pleasing to hear.

The translator changed his pronunciation of the word to make it sound euphonious.


apologising

apologise (canonical)
apologises (third-person singular)
apologised (past)
apologised (past participle)
apologising (present participle)


constraints

constraint (singular)
constraints (plural)

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


discombobulate

discombobulate (canonical)
discombobulates (third-person singular)
discombobulated (past)
discombobulated (past participle)
discombobulating (present participle)

If someone is discombobulated, they are confused.

Jim was discombobulated with the math problem.

Jim felt discombobulated after the argument.


spices

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


teammate

A teammate is a person who is on the same team.

I passed the ball to my teammate so he could score the goal.

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assignment

assignment (singular)
assignments (plural)

An assignment is a task that is given to somebody for them to complete.

The teacher gave Joe an assignment to complete while he is away on vacation.


apologised

The past tense and past participle of apologise.


unbosoms

unbosom (canonical)
unbosoms (third-person singular)
unbosomed (past)
unbosomed (past participle)
unbosoming (present participle)

The third-person singular form of unbosom.


fume

A fume is a gas or a vapor that has a strong smell, or is dangerous to inhale.

A strong fume was coming from the car's exhaust.


fume

fume (canonical)
fumes (third-person singular)
fumed (past)
fumed (past participle)
fuming (present participle)

If something is fuming, there are fumes coming out of it.

The engine of the car was fuming.

If someone is fuming, they are very angry.

He's still fuming from the argument.


fumes

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

The fumes from the car made the child cough.


announcement

announcement (singular)
announcements (plural)

An announcement is something that informs people about a topic or an issue.

The announcement in the airport told people that some airplanes would not arrive on time.


analyst

An analyst is a person who researches or studies a topic.

The company called for a business analyst to help plan the budget.


reciprocating

reciprocate (canonical)
reciprocates (third-person singular)
reciprocated (past)
reciprocated (past participle)
reciprocating (present participle)


joked

The past tense and past participle of joke.


contained

contain (canonical)
contains (third-person singular)
contained (past)
contained (past participle)
containing (present participle)

The past tense and past participle of contain.


apologises

The third-person singular form of apologise.


opium

opium (singular)
opiums or opia (plural)

Opium is a yellow-brown, addictive drug.

China used to sell lots of opium which resulted in many deaths.


nips

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


tissues

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


talents

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


straps

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


straps

strap (canonical)
straps (third-person singular)
strapped (past)
strapped (past participle)
strapping (present participle)

The third-person singular form of strap.


tumbles

tumble (canonical)
tumbles (third-person singular)
tumbled (past)
tumbled (past participle)
tumbling (present participle)

The third-person singular form of tumble.


chewing gum

chewing gum (singular)
chewing gums (plural)

A chewing gum is a type of sweet that can only be chewed on and cannot be eaten.

While chewing on my chewing gum, I accidentally swallowed it and had to rush to the hospital to get it out.


grind

ground (past)
ground (past participle)
grind (canonical)
grinds (third-person singular)
grinded (past)
grinded (past participle)
grinding (present participle)

When you grind something, you use a machine to break it into smaller pieces.

I used the grinder to grind the coffee beans.


fricasseeing

fricassee (canonical)
fricassees (third-person singular)
fricasseed (past)
fricasseed (past participle)
fricasseeing (present participle)


tumbled

The past tense and past participle of tumble.


horse pill

horse pill (singular)
horse pills (plural)

A horse pill is a slang term for a large pill to swallow.


invasions

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


polemics

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


cataclysm

cataclysm (singular)
cataclysms (plural)

A cataclysm is a very bad or big disaster, a catastrophe.


black widow

black widow (singular)
black widows (plural)

A black window is a black spider that has poison in its fangs.

Larry was bitten by a black widow and had to be taken to the hospital.


reciprocated

The past tense and past participle of reciprocate.


fichu

A fichu is a triangular scarf worn by women that is tied at the breast.

Women in the 1800s commonly wore fichus.


pawns

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


Judas

Judas is a biblical character and is one of the disciples of Jesus.


eggcup

An eggcup is a small cup used to serve eggs, especially boiled eggs.

The server served us the boiled egg in the eggcup.


apologize

apologize (canonical)
apologizes (third-person singular)
apologized (past)
apologized (past participle)
apologizing (present participle)

If you apologize, then you say you are sorry.

He apologized because he had accidentally bumped into someone.

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soliloquies

soliloquy (singular)
soliloquies (plural)

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


butternut squash

butternut squash (singular)
butternut squashes (plural)

For dinner is butternut squash


catapulted

catapult (canonical)
catapults (third-person singular)
catapulted (past)
catapulted (past participle)
catapulting (present participle)

The past tense and past participle of catapult.


emblematic

emblematic (positive)
more emblematic (comparative)
most emblematic (superlative)

If something is emblematic, it serves as an emblem or symbol for something else.


raincoat

A raincoat is a waterproof coat that is worn to prevent rain water from entering and wetting the user.

It has been raining a lot these days, do bring a raincoat in case.


binturong

binturong (singular)
binturongs (plural)

The binturong climbed a tree.


rattle

rattle (canonical)
rattles (third-person singular)
rattled (past)
rattled (past participle)
rattling (present participle)

When you rattle something, you make sounds by shaking the object.

I rattled the tin to find out if there were still biscuits left in it.


fricasseed

The past tense and past participle of fricassee.


spray

A spray is a fine and gentle mist of liquid.

I need to get a spray to freshen up the house.


spray

spray (canonical)
sprays (third-person singular)
sprayed (past)
sprayed (past participle)
spraying (present participle)

When you spray something, you target at something and give out mist of liquid at that thing.

The firemen got the hose and sprayed at the burning house.


pepper

Pepper is a kind of spice, usually black, that you put on food.

The pepper was so hot the boy could not eat it.


eye-witness

eye-witness (singular)
eye-witnesses (plural)

An eye-witness is someone who saw the crime in question.


catapults

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


catapults

The third-person singular form of catapult.


lobbies

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


lobbies

lobby (canonical)
lobbies (third-person singular)
lobbied (past)
lobbied (past participle)
lobbying (present participle)

The third-person singular form of lobby.


shyest

shy (positive)
shyer (comparative)
shyest (superlative)


lenient

lenient (positive)
more lenient (comparative)
most lenient (superlative)

If you are lenient, you give light punishments or ask for only a low level of results

He's not in jail because a lenient judge allowed him to get out.

People believe athletes need more lenient treatment from teachers because they are not intelligent enough.


emblem

An emblem is a symbol or logo that represents an individual, group, or organization.

There is an emblem on his jacket that represents the company he works for.


pillage

pillage (canonical)
pillages (third-person singular)
pillaged (past)
pillaged (past participle)
pillaging (present participle)

When you pillage something, you steal or loot money/goods, especially during a war.

The barbarians pillaged every city.


reciprocates

reciprocate (canonical)
reciprocates (third-person singular)
reciprocated (past)
reciprocated (past participle)
reciprocating (present participle)

The third-person singular form of reciprocate.


polemic

A polemic is a hostile one-sided argument against a person or opinion. Can be a description of the person who uses this method.

Hitler's polemic against Jews was published in his book "My Struggle".


boast

boast (canonical)
boasts (third-person singular)
boasted (past)
boasted (past participle)
boasting (present participle)

To boast means to brag about yourself. Usually about what you do, and the good things about you.

After the game Joe started to boast about his skill as a goalie.


involuntary

involuntary (positive)
more involuntary (comparative)
most involuntary (superlative)

If something is involuntary, then it is by accident or not intentionally done.

With a sudden involuntary motion, he broke the glass.


roosting

roost (canonical)
roosts (third-person singular)
roosted (past)
roosted (past participle)
roosting (present participle)


converter

converter (singular)
converters (plural)

A converter is something that converts one object into another object.


mustards

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


invasion

Invasion is the act of invading. It is the act of an army that attacks for gaining land or sack.

Invasion means any entry to an area not owned before; "an invasion of locusts".


shy

When you are shy, you are easily frightened, afraid, or careful.

He is usually shy around people.


starved

starve (canonical)
starves (third-person singular)
starved (past)
starved (past participle)
starving (present participle)

The past tense and past participle of starve.


coordinate

coordinate (canonical)
coordinates (third-person singular)
coordinated (past)
coordinated (past participle)
coordinating (present participle)

When you coordinate with someone, you work with him/her to finish an activity.

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scalar

A scalar is a real number or the magnitude of a vector.


scalar

Scalar in mathematics means to have a magnitude and no direction.


stepfather

stepfather (singular)
stepfathers (plural)

A person's stepfather is a woman who is married to their biological mother but is not their biological father.


unbosom

unbosom (canonical)
unbosoms (third-person singular)
unbosomed (past)
unbosomed (past participle)
unbosoming (present participle)

If you unbosom yourself, you tell somebody a secret or your feelings.

Jackie unbosomed herself to her diary.


fricassee

fricassee (singular)
fricassees (plural)

Fricassee is meat or poultry that is cut into pieces and served in its own fat or juices.

The beef fricassee was a very good meal.


fricassee

fricassee (canonical)
fricassees (third-person singular)
fricasseed (past)
fricasseed (past participle)
fricasseeing (present participle)

To cook meat in the above-mentioned way.


third party

third party (singular)
third parties (plural)

A third party is any person affected by an agreement except the two main people or groups in the agreement.

I send my payment through a third party, who gives the money to the person I owe it to.


housekeeper

housekeeper (singular)
housekeepers (plural)

A housekeeper is a person who is paid to maintain a house or a hotel.

Their housekeeper was cleaning the house.

A member of a household who maintains the household


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third parties

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


roosted

The past tense and past participle of roost.


shallower

shallow (positive)
shallower (comparative)
shallowest (superlative)

The comparative form of shallow; more shallow.


strap

A strap is a long and narrow strip of either leather or cloth usually used to tie things together.

Since we had no strings, we had to use the red strap to tie our tent.


strap

strap (canonical)
straps (third-person singular)
strapped (past)
strapped (past participle)
strapping (present participle)

When you strap something, you use a strap to tie around an object and fasten it.

I strapped the loose strap around my bag.


starves

The third-person singular form of starve.


fuck ups

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


reversing

reverse (canonical)
reverses (third-person singular)
reversed (past)
reversed (past participle)
reversing (present participle)


apologise

apologise (canonical)
apologises (third-person singular)
apologised (past)
apologised (past participle)
apologising (present participle)

If you apologise, then you say you are sorry.

He apologised because he had accidentally bumped into someone.

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/əˈpɒləd͡ʒaɪz/


strolls

stroll (canonical)
strolls (third-person singular)
strolled (past)
strolled (past participle)
strolling (present participle)

The third-person singular form of stroll.


roosts

The third-person singular form of roost.


stroll

When you stroll, you walk slowly, usually when you are enjoying the environment around you.

I strolled with my wife around the park, enjoying the beauty of nature.


genitals

Your genitals are your outer sex organs (penis and vagina).


mustard

Mustard is a yellow sauce which can go on hotdogs, etc.

A dark yellow colour, the colour of mustard.


sexisms

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


excels

excel (canonical)
excels (third-person singular)
excelled (past)
excelled (past participle)
excelling (present participle)

The third-person singular form of excel.


reversed

The past tense and past participle of reverse.


Chicano

A Chicano is a person from America, but has a Mexican descent.


fricassees

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


fricassees

The third-person singular form of fricassee.


housekeepers

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


pacts

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


Netherlands

The man lives in the Netherlands.


referee

A referee is someone who ensures that the rules are followed during a game.

That referee was hit by the ball during the football game.


referee

referee (canonical)
referees (third-person singular)
refereed (past)
refereed (past participle)
refereeing (present participle)

If you referee a game or a match, you make sure that the rules are followed during the game or match.

Both teachers refereed the volleyball match yesterday.


eye-witnesses

eye-witness (singular)
eye-witnesses (plural)

The plural form of eye-witness; more than one (kind of) eye-witness.


firewater

firewater (singular)
firewaters (plural)

Firewater is a hard spirit like whiskey or rum.

The man was cold, so he had some firewater.


Ghana

Ghana is a country in Africa. Its full name is The Republic of Ghana.


black widows

black widow (singular)
black widows (plural)

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


arachnophobia

When Tom saw a spider he screamed and told his friends that he had arachnophobia.


reverses

The third-person singular form of reverse.


reverses

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


slimmer

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

The comparative form of slim; more slim.


voyeurism

voyeurism (singular)
voyeurisms (plural)

Voyeurism is the act of watching someone else do something and becoming sexually excited as a result.


transvestite

transvestite (singular)
transvestites (plural)

A transvestite is a man that dresses in women's clothes or a woman that dresses in men's clothes.


jetplanes

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


compromises

compromise (singular)
compromises (plural)

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


ceremonies

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


strapping

strapping (positive)
more strapping (comparative)
most strapping (superlative)

A strapping young person looks strong, healthy, and muscular.


strapping

strapping (singular)
strappings (plural)

Strapping is a narrow material used to hold things together.

A strapping is a punishment where somebody is hit with a strap of leather.


slimmest

The superlative form of slim; most slim.


awareness

Awareness is the state of consciousness, or the state when someone is awake. It means that a person can sense changes in their environment and respond to it.

I gradually passed from sleep to full awareness.

Awareness is the state or quality of being aware of something.


soliloquy

soliloquy (singular)
soliloquies (plural)

In a drama, a soliloquy is the way a character speaks to himself so that he can reveal his thoughts to the audience.


reciprocate

reciprocate (canonical)
reciprocates (third-person singular)
reciprocated (past)
reciprocated (past participle)
reciprocating (present participle)

To go with alternating forward and backward motion.

A reciprocating engine is so called because its pistons reciprocate: they go forward and backward.

When someone reciprocates something, it means that they give something back in return for something they get. This thing can be an object, or a feeling.

She did not reciprocate his love for her.


transvestites

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


Sunday school

Sunday school (singular)
Sunday schools (plural)

A Sunday school is a school, organized by a church, that provides religious education to children on Sundays.


quests

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


quests

quest (canonical)
quests (third-person singular)
quested (past)
quested (past participle)
questing (present participle)

The third-person singular form of quest.


lobby

Please wait in the lobby for the tour guide.

A lobby is a group of people who try to change the policy of a government.

The U.S. anti-gun lobby is trying to change gun laws.


lobby

lobby (canonical)
lobbies (third-person singular)
lobbied (past)
lobbied (past participle)
lobbying (present participle)

When you lobby something, you attempt to change a decision or policy.

The group lobbied to have the law repealed.


intersex

Intersex is when a human or animal is born with genitals of both genders. The word is more commonly applied to humans.

Depending on the type of intersex condition, corrective surgery may be performed on infants.


Thule

Thule is a town in Greenland. A U.S. naval base was build in Thule during World War II.


voyeurisms

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


tissue

A piece of tissue is a sheet of paper that can absorb very well.

He used the tissue I gave him to blow his nose.

Tissue is a group of cells that work together to do a job.

The human body is made up of many tissues, one example being muscle tissue.


genital

About or related to the outer sex organs (penis and vagina).


traditionally

If something is done traditionally it is done in a way that is traditional.


religious education

Religious education is the teaching of practices connected with different religious faiths, usually to children at school.

My child is visiting a synagogue on Monday with their religious education class.


ceremonial

ceremonial (positive)
more ceremonial (comparative)
most ceremonial (superlative)

If something is ceremonial, it is related to or used in a ceremony.

The men wear them only for ceremonial occasions.


purses

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


purses

purse (canonical)
purses (third-person singular)
pursed (past)
pursed (past participle)
pursing (present participle)

The third-person singular form of purse.


Greenland

Greenland is an island near Iceland, and it is part of Denmark.

The boys went fishing in Greenland.


transgendered

of, relating to, or being a person such as a transsexual or a transvestite.


gamma-hydroxybutyrates

gamma-hydroxybutyrate (singular)
gamma-hydroxybutyrates (plural)

The plural form of gamma-hydroxybutyrate; more than one (kind of) gamma-hydroxybutyrate.


transsexualism

Transsexualism is when someone identifies with a gender that is different from the one they were born with.


Sunday schools

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


fucking up

fuck up (canonical)
fucks up (third-person singular)
fucked up (past)
fucked up (past participle)
fucking up (present participle)


insolent

insolent (positive)
more insolent (comparative)
most insolent (superlative)

Insolent is to be contemptuous, arrogant or insulting. A man is insolent if he acts 'above himself'.

On that occasion, Brummel was certainly insolent.


tonsillectomy

tonsillectomy (singular)
tonsillectomies (plural)

A tonsillectomy is a surgery to remove tonsils.

I was allowed to eat lots of ice cream after my tonsillectomy because my throat hurt.


interrogates

interrogate (canonical)
interrogates (third-person singular)
interrogated (past)
interrogated (past participle)
interrogating (present participle)

The third-person singular form of interrogate.


fucked up

The past tense and past participle of fuck up.


lamentable

lamentable (positive)
more lamentable (comparative)
most lamentable (superlative)

When something is lamentable, it is usually bad or unfortunate and causes distress and sorrow.

That poor man felt very lamentable about his plight.


hermaphroditism

Hermaphroditism is the condition of having both male and female reproductive organs.


raptorial bird

raptorial bird (singular)
raptorial birds (plural)

A raptorial bird is a bird that eats meat.

The hawk is a raptorial bird.


poop

poop (canonical)
poops (third-person singular)
pooped (past)
pooped (past participle)
pooping (present participle)

When you poop, you push feces out of your anus.

He is pooping in the toilet.


poop

She had to clean up the dog poop, that was found on the floor.


manifests

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


preserving

preserve (canonical)
preserves (third-person singular)
preserved (past)
preserved (past participle)
preserving (present participle)


cruise control

Cruise control is when your car keeps itself going at the same speed automatically.

He was going down a sideroad so he used cruise control.


Chicanos

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


catapult

A catapult is an object that can be used to throw or launch objects such as stones.

That child used the catapult to hit his friend.


catapult

catapult (canonical)
catapults (third-person singular)
catapulted (past)
catapulted (past participle)
catapulting (present participle)

When you catapult something, it means that you throw an object through the air.

That small stone was being catapulted towards the road.


sympathetic

sympathetic (positive)
more sympathetic (comparative)
most sympathetic (superlative)

If you are sympathetic, you care about somebody else's problems.

If you are sympathetic towards a plan or idea, you support it.


filial

filial (positive)
more filial (comparative)
most filial (superlative)

A filial relationship, love, duty, etc. is one from an offspring to their parent(s).

She showed filial love for her father.


tonsillectomies

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


backspace

backspace (singular)
backspaces (plural)

A backspace is a key on the keyboard of a computer or typewriter that erases the letter before the cursor.

I pressed backspace because I accidentally typed the wrong letter.


backspace

backspace (canonical)
backspaces (third-person singular)
backspaced (past)
backspaced (past participle)
backspacing (present participle)

When you backspace, you erase the letter before the cursor.

No, that's wrong. Backspace here, and delete this word too.


shallowest

shallow (positive)
shallower (comparative)
shallowest (superlative)

The superlative form of shallow; most shallow.


questing

quest (canonical)
quests (third-person singular)
quested (past)
quested (past participle)
questing (present participle)


die out

If something dies out, it becomes extinct.

The dinosaurs died out a long time ago.


shallow

If water, a container, a hole, etc. is shallow, it is a short distance from the top to the bottom.

The girl swam at the shallow end of the pool.

If you are shallow, you only care about things that are obvious to you, and you never think deeply about the world around you.

He has no ideas because he's too shallow to worry about it.


wardrobes

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


sexists

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


grapefruits

grapefruit (singular)
grapefruits (plural)

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


Delhi

Delhi is an old city in northern India. It is also a national capital territory where New Delhi, the capital of the country is located.


mazes

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


insecticide

insecticide (singular)
insecticides (plural)

Insecticide is a chemical substance that is used to kill insects.


firewaters

firewater (singular)
firewaters (plural)

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


hunters

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


sawdust

Sawdust is the dust which is left over from a piece of wood after it has been cut.

The sawdust was all over me.


roost

roost (canonical)
roosts (third-person singular)
roosted (past)
roosted (past participle)
roosting (present participle)

When a bird roosts, it means that it sleeps, usually on a high perch like the branch of a tree.


interrogate

If you interrogate someone, you ask them questions to get information.

The police officer interrogated the murder suspect.


gamma-hydroxybutyrate

gamma-hydroxybutyrate (singular)
gamma-hydroxybutyrates (plural)

Gamma-hydroxybutyrate is a drug which is used to relax people. It is a strict drug, which is most often used by the homosexual community.


androgynous

androgynous (positive)
more androgynous (comparative)
most androgynous (superlative)

Androgynous is being both male and female.

Androgynous is having an unclear sexual identity.

Androgynous is looking neither masculine or feminine.


quested

The past tense and past participle of quest.


blondies

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


preserved

The past tense and past participle of preserve.


excel

excel (canonical)
excels (third-person singular)
excelled (past)
excelled (past participle)
excelling (present participle)

If you excel at something, you do it very well.

I excel at long-distance running.

The professor excels in his field of study.


intersexual

occurring or existing between the sexes.


lobsters

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


fuck up

He lost his job because of that fuck up.


fuck up

You really fucked up this time.

Something that is fucked up is disturbing or bad.

What you just did was totally fucked up.


hunter

A hunter is a person or animal who hunts.


Nipponese

Nipponese people are inhabitants of Japan.

Nipponese people are from Japan.


telegraphy

telegraphy (singular)
telegraphies (plural)

Telegraphy is talking by using a telegraph, usually with Morse code.

The two boys were sending messages to each other by using telegraphy.


starve

starve (canonical)
starves (third-person singular)
starved (past)
starved (past participle)
starving (present participle)

When you starve, you die from not having enough food.

Many people starved in this earthquake as there was not enough food available.

She wanted to be thin and she ended up starving herself to death.

When you are starving, you are very hungry.

I didn't eat my breakfast and now I'm starving.


compromised

compromise (canonical)
compromises (third-person singular)
compromised (past)
compromised (past participle)
compromising (present participle)

The past tense and past participle of compromise.


Space Shuttle

A Space Shuttle is a space transportation system used by NASA.


comic strips

comic strip (singular)
comic strips (plural)

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


interrogating

interrogate (canonical)
interrogates (third-person singular)
interrogated (past)
interrogated (past participle)
interrogating (present participle)


NASA

NASA is the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. It is an American agency that explores and researches space.


spasmed

spasm (canonical)
spasms (third-person singular)
spasmed (past)
spasmed (past participle)
spasming (present participle)

The past tense and past participle of spasm.


telegraphies

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


maze

A maze is a game consisting in a complicated path where you have to get the exit.

Johnny and his friend tried to solve the maze.


Space Shuttles

Space Shuttle (singular)
Space Shuttles (plural)

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


unpaved

unpaved (positive)
more unpaved (comparative)
most unpaved (superlative)

If something is unpaved, it is not paved.

The workers started to build the road, but it is still unpaved.


egg cups

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


interrogated

The past tense and past participle of interrogate.


purse

A purse is a small bag that is used to carry money.

That lady is carrying a yellow purse in her hand.


purse

purse (canonical)
purses (third-person singular)
pursed (past)
pursed (past participle)
pursing (present participle)

If you purse your lips, you press them in and together so that they protrude.


ceremony

A ceremony is a religious or social event with a number of things that are traditionally done or said.

We are going to get married in a big wedding ceremony.


fucks up

fuck up (canonical)
fucks up (third-person singular)
fucked up (past)
fucked up (past participle)
fucking up (present participle)

The third-person singular form of fuck up.


accordionist

accordionist (singular)
accordionists (plural)

An accordionist is someone who plays the accordion.


talent

If you have a talent in doing something, you have the skill and ability to do that task.

He has got the talent in music, but his family is too poor to provide him with the proper education.


doses

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


doses

dose (canonical)
doses (third-person singular)
dosed (past)
dosed (past participle)
dosing (present participle)


insecticides

insecticide (singular)
insecticides (plural)

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


qwerty

Qwerty is a standard layout for keyboards, as the leftmost keys of the top row form the letters Q-W-E-R-T-Y.

The standard keyboard layout for most English keyboards is the qwerty keyboard.


strolled

stroll (canonical)
strolls (third-person singular)
strolled (past)
strolled (past participle)
strolling (present participle)

The past tense and past participle of stroll.


truest

true (positive)
truer (comparative)
truest (superlative)

The superlative form of true; most true.


pact

A pact is an agreement between two or more governments.


truer

The comparative form of true; more true.


disregard

disregard (canonical)
disregards (third-person singular)
disregarded (past)
disregarded (past participle)
disregarding (present participle)

If you disregard something, you ignore it.

The criminal disregarded the law when he stole.

/dɪsrɪˈɡɑːd/


disregard

Disregard is the lack of care or attention to something.

His actions showed a total disregard for the law.

His own arm in terrible pain and with disregard for his personal safety, he pulled the man to onto the boat.

/dɪsrɪˈɡɑːd/


excelled

excel (canonical)
excels (third-person singular)
excelled (past)
excelled (past participle)
excelling (present participle)

The past tense and past participle of excel.


villas

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


villa

The governor lived in a large villa outside the city.


grapefruit

grapefruit (singular)
grapefruits (plural)

A grapefruit is a fruit closely related to the orange. It has a thick skin and juicy inside. It is sour.


slash

A slash is a very quick cut of an object, usually with a sharp blade.

The symbol "/", also known as a forward slash in computing.


slash

slash (canonical)
slashes (third-person singular)
slashed (past)
slashed (past participle)
slashing (present participle)

When you slash an object, you cut it violently with a sharp blade, such as a knife or a sword.

The samurai slashed the watermelon into two in the blink of an eye.

That shop had to slash its prices for their closing down sales.


slash

You use slash to mean as well as or and, used to separate two items in a list.

She's the cook slash waitress.


compromising

compromise (canonical)
compromises (third-person singular)
compromised (past)
compromised (past participle)
compromising (present participle)


chum

A chum is a slang word for buddies or friends.

The two boys were chums.


preserves

preserve (canonical)
preserves (third-person singular)
preserved (past)
preserved (past participle)
preserving (present participle)

The third-person singular form of preserve.


dose

A dose is a measured amount of medicine that is taken at one time.

Eat a dose of one spoonful of this cough medicine after every meal.


dose

If a doctor doses a patient, they administer a dose to them.


samurais

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


chums

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


wardrobe

A wardrobe is a cabinet that is used to keep clothes.

I keep my clothes neatly inside my wardrobe so that they do not fold.

My new job is more professional than my last job so I'm going to have to buy a whole new wardrobe.

A collection of costumes in a theatrical company.

The extras in the show were wore old costumes chosen from the company's huge wardrobe.


transphobic

If somebody is transphobic, they have transphobia.


jean

Check out my new jean jacket.


butternut squashes

butternut squash (singular)
butternut squashes (plural)

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


favorable

favorable (positive)
more favorable (comparative)
most favorable (superlative)

If something is favorable, then it is pleasing.

His smart attitude left a favorable impression on everybody.

If something is favorable, then it is useful or helpful

The favorable conditions helped us to finish our task quickly.

If something is favorable, then it happens at a suitable time


spasming

spasm (canonical)
spasms (third-person singular)
spasmed (past)
spasmed (past participle)
spasming (present participle)


closers

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


samurai

samurai (singular)
samurais or samurai (plural)

The samurai has a sword in his hand.


pawn

A pawn in the game of chess is a piece that can only move forward. Each player will get eight pawns.


pawn

pawn (canonical)
pawns (third-person singular)
pawned (past)
pawned (past participle)
pawning (present participle)

If you pawn a valuable object, you offer it to a money-lender as security for a loan of money. When money is repaid, plus interest, the object(s) are said to be "redeemed".

Queen Eleanor pawned the crown jewels of England.


quest

The boy went on a quest.


quest

quest (canonical)
quests (third-person singular)
quested (past)
quested (past participle)
questing (present participle)

If you quest for (or after) something, you pursue it.


splinter

A splinter is a long, small, sharp piece of something, usually wood.


closings

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


clumsiest

clumsy (positive)
clumsier (comparative)
clumsiest (superlative)

The superlative form of clumsy; most clumsy.


crab cakes

crab cake (singular)
crab cakes (plural)

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


cream horns

cream horn (singular)
cream horns (plural)

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


creampies

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


lobster

A lobster is a red colored crustacean known for its meat.

We went lobster fishing.


unintentional

unintentional (positive)
more unintentional (comparative)
most unintentional (superlative)

If something is unintentional, nobody planned or meant to do it.

I'm terribly sorry about the mistake with your name. It was completely unintentional.

/ˌʌnɪnˈtɛnʃənəl/


corpses

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


clumsier

The comparative form of clumsy; more clumsy.


crossings

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


conferences

conference (singular)
conferences (plural)

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


weest

wee (positive)
weer (comparative)
weest (superlative)


dies out

die out (canonical)
dies out (third-person singular)
died out (past)
died out (past participle)
dying out (present participle)

The third-person singular form of die out.


worldlier

worldly (positive)
worldlier (comparative)
worldliest (superlative)

The comparative form of worldly; more worldly.


appaling

appal (canonical)
appals (third-person singular)
appaled (past)
appaled (past participle)
appaling (present participle)


crop rotations

crop rotation (singular)
crop rotations (plural)

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


cyclamens

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


preserve

A hunting preserve is an area of land where hunting is allowed.

A fruit preserve is a jam-like concoction.

I love strawberry preserves. My pantry shelves are filled with jars of it!


preserve

preserve (canonical)
preserves (third-person singular)
preserved (past)
preserved (past participle)
preserving (present participle)

To preserve is to keep something from decay or loss.

Jam is preserved in jars.

Ancient objects are preserved in the British Museum.


manifest

A manifest is a written list of the cargo on a ship or plane.

Before taking off, the pilot carefully checked the manifest.


manifest

manifest (positive)
more manifest (comparative)
most manifest (superlative)

Manifest is something that is very easy to know, easy to judge.


manifest

manifest (canonical)
manifests (third-person singular)
manifested (past)
manifested (past participle)
manifesting (present participle)

To manifest is to show; to make things clear.


legislations

legislation (singular)
legislations (plural)

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


cruciverbalists

cruciverbalist (singular)
cruciverbalists (plural)

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


sexism

Sexism is the belief the men and women should be treated differently, usually giving women less power and respect than men.


fifties

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


cheered up

cheer up (canonical)
cheers up (third-person singular)
cheered up (past)
cheered up (past participle)
cheering up (present participle)

The past tense and past participle of cheer up.


additional

Added to what might normally be given or used.

They used an additional sheet of paper.


mediations

mediation (singular)
mediations (plural)

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


fornications

fornication (singular)
fornications (plural)

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


complained

complain (canonical)
complains (third-person singular)
complained (past)
complained (past participle)
complaining (present participle)

The past tense and past participle of complain.


choked

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

The past tense and past participle of choke.


complains

The third-person singular form of complain.


cloning

clone (canonical)
clones (third-person singular)
cloned (past)
cloned (past participle)
cloning (present participle)


revenged

revenge (canonical)
revenges (third-person singular)
revenged (past)
revenged (past participle)
revenging (present participle)

The past tense and past participle of revenge.


ceasing

cease (canonical)
ceases (third-person singular)
ceased (past)
ceased (past participle)
ceasing (present participle)


died out

die out (canonical)
dies out (third-person singular)
died out (past)
died out (past participle)
dying out (present participle)

The past tense and past participle of die out.


obediences

obedience (singular)
obediences (plural)

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


spasms

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


spasms

spasm (canonical)
spasms (third-person singular)
spasmed (past)
spasmed (past participle)
spasming (present participle)

The third-person singular form of spasm.


creepy-crawlies

creepy-crawly (singular)
creepy-crawlies (plural)

The plural form of creepy-crawly; more than one (kind of) creepy-crawly.


cloned

The past tense and past participle of clone.


worldliest

worldly (positive)
worldlier (comparative)
worldliest (superlative)

The superlative form of worldly; most worldly.


civilises

civilise (canonical)
civilises (third-person singular)
civilised (past)
civilised (past participle)
civilising (present participle)

The third-person singular form of civilise.


recessed

recess (canonical)
recesses (third-person singular)
recessed (past)
recessed (past participle)
recessing (present participle)

The past tense and past participle of recess.


confirming

confirm (canonical)
confirms (third-person singular)
confirmed (past)
confirmed (past participle)
confirming (present participle)


warrants

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


warrants

warrant (canonical)
warrants (third-person singular)
warranted (past)
warranted (past participle)
warranting (present participle)

The third-person singular form of warrant.


cited

cite (canonical)
cites (third-person singular)
cited (past)
cited (past participle)
citing (present participle)

The past tense and past participle of cite.


congratulating

congratulate (canonical)
congratulates (third-person singular)
congratulated (past)
congratulated (past participle)
congratulating (present participle)

The present participle of congratulates.


complicates

complicate (canonical)
complicates (third-person singular)
complicated (past)
complicated (past participle)
complicating (present participle)

The third-person singular form of complicate.


pelves

pelvis (singular)
pelves or pelvises (plural)

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


peanut butters

peanut butter (singular)
peanut butters (plural)

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


philanthropies

philanthropy (singular)
philanthropies (plural)

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


pepperonis

pepperoni (singular)
pepperonis (plural)

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


appaled

appal (canonical)
appals (third-person singular)
appaled (past)
appaled (past participle)
appaling (present participle)

The past tense and past participle of appal.


curtaining

curtain (canonical)
curtains (third-person singular)
curtained (past)
curtained (past participle)
curtaining (present participle)


congratulated

The past tense and past participle of congratulates.


radder

rad (positive)
radder (comparative)
raddest (superlative)


curtained

The past tense and past participle of curtain.


phonologies

phonology (singular)
phonologies (plural)

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


androgynes

androgyne (singular)
androgynes (plural)

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


sexist

sexist (positive)
more sexist (comparative)
most sexist (superlative)

Sexist language, behavior, etc. show a belief that men and women should be treated differently.


sexist

A sexist is a person who believes that men and women should be treated differently.

George is a sexist because he believes men are naturally smarter than women.


collaring

collar (canonical)
collars (third-person singular)
collared (past)
collared (past participle)
collaring (present participle)


Esperanto

Esperanto is a language that was created by L. L. Zamenhof.

/ˌɛspəˈræntəʊ/


veganisms

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


ceases

cease (canonical)
ceases (third-person singular)
ceased (past)
ceased (past participle)
ceasing (present participle)

The third-person singular form of cease.


spasm

People who are having seizures sometimes spasm.


spasm

spasm (canonical)
spasms (third-person singular)
spasmed (past)
spasmed (past participle)
spasming (present participle)

To spasm is to have body parts shake violently.


blesses

bless (canonical)
blesses (third-person singular)
blessed (past)
blessed (past participle)
blessing (present participle)

The third-person singular form of bless.


collared

The past tense and past participle of collar.


wees

wee (canonical)
wees (third-person singular)
weed (past)
weed (past participle)
weeing (present participle)


kulaks

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


grossest

gross (positive)
grosser (comparative)
grossest (superlative)

The superlative form of gross; most gross.


tiredest

tired (positive)
tireder (comparative)
tiredest (superlative)

The superlative form of tired; most tired.


frighted

fright (canonical)
frights (third-person singular)
frighted (past)
frighted (past participle)
frighting (present participle)

The past tense and past participle of fright.


antidepressants

antidepressant (singular)
antidepressants (plural)

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


tali

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


roadkills

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


ceased

The past tense and past participle of cease.


manuring

manure (canonical)
manures (third-person singular)
manured (past)
manured (past participle)
manuring (present participle)


terser

terse (positive)
terser (comparative)
tersest (superlative)

The comparative form of terse; more terse.


kulak

A Kulak was a peasant from czarist Russia.


manures

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


manures

The third-person singular form of manure.


autonomies

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


dental caries

Dental caries is a cavity or hole in a tooth which has formed due to enamel damage by acid.

This little boy has dental caries because he drunk too much lemonade.


rimes

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


blobs

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


blobs

blob (canonical)
blobs (third-person singular)
blobbed (past)
blobbed (past participle)
blobbing (present participle)


somethings

something (singular)
somethings (plural)

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


somethings

something (canonical)
somethings (third-person singular)
somethinged (past)
somethinged (past participle)
somethinging (present participle)

The third-person singular form of something.


furies

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


clones

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


clones

clone (canonical)
clones (third-person singular)
cloned (past)
cloned (past participle)
cloning (present participle)

The third-person singular form of clone.


antidepressant

An antidepressant is a medicine given to treat depression.

I was depressed, so my doctor put me on antidepressant tablets to help me feel better.


chokes

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

The third-person singular form of choke.


chokes

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


renovate

renovate (canonical)
renovates (third-person singular)
renovated (past)
renovated (past participle)
renovating (present participle)

If you renovate something, you fix and change it to make it look newer and better.

Joe is going to renovate his basement over the summer.


ferreting

ferret (canonical)
ferrets (third-person singular)
ferreted (past)
ferreted (past participle)
ferreting (present participle)


lymph

Lymph is a clear liquid made by the body that enters the bloodstream and fights infections.

The lymph carries white blood cells to infections.


blessed

blessed (positive)
more blessed (comparative)
most blessed (superlative)

If something or someone is blessed, they have divine aid or protection.


blessed

The past tense and past participle of bless.


complicating

complicate (canonical)
complicates (third-person singular)
complicated (past)
complicated (past participle)
complicating (present participle)


platinums

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


confirms

confirm (canonical)
confirms (third-person singular)
confirmed (past)
confirmed (past participle)
confirming (present participle)

The third-person singular form of confirm.


recessing

recess (canonical)
recesses (third-person singular)
recessed (past)
recessed (past participle)
recessing (present participle)


warrant

A warrant is a certificate that allows someone to do something, as stated in the warrant itself.

The police had the warrant to search his house for evidence.


warrant

warrant (canonical)
warrants (third-person singular)
warranted (past)
warranted (past participle)
warranting (present participle)

If you warrant something, you guarantee it to be of a specified quality or value.

If you warrant an action, you justify it.


motility

Motility has to do with an animal's ability to move.

The single-celled organisms that showed motility moved towards the food.


renovations

renovation (singular)
renovations (plural)

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


compromise

compromise (singular)
compromises (plural)

A compromise is an agreement in which everyone gets only some of what they wanted.

The two parties who were arguing came to a compromise.

Compromise is the act making this type of agreement.

Compromise is difficult, but without it, most deal will never happen.

A split level house is a compromise between a ranch house and a multistorey house.


compromise

compromise (canonical)
compromises (third-person singular)
compromised (past)
compromised (past participle)
compromising (present participle)

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somethinged

The past tense and past participle of something.


renovation

A renovation is the process of changing or fixing a building to make it look newer and better.

The school did renovations on the classrooms over the summer.

The historic hotel reopened in June after undergoing a $129 million renovation.


weeing

wee (canonical)
wees (third-person singular)
weed (past)
weed (past participle)
weeing (present participle)


endured

endure (canonical)
endures (third-person singular)
endured (past)
endured (past participle)
enduring (present participle)

The past tense and past participle of endure.


supers

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


merit

A merit is something that deserves good or bad recognition.

He received a reward of 50 dollars for his merit.


juveniles

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


renovators

renovator (singular)
renovators (plural)

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


remoter

remote (positive)
remoter (comparative)
remotest (superlative)

The comparative form of remote; more remote.


splinters

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


endurance

Endurance is the ability to continue, to keep going, even if it is painful or difficult.

Running in a marathon tested the limits of her endurance.


stagnant

stagnant (positive)
more stagnant (comparative)
most stagnant (superlative)

If something is stagnant, it is not moving.

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grosser

gross (positive)
grosser (comparative)
grossest (superlative)

The comparative form of gross; more gross.


autonomy

Autonomy can be independence or freedom, as of the will or one's actions: the autonomy of the individual.

Autonomy can be the condition of being autonomous; self-government, or the right of self-government; independence.

The rebels demanded autonomy from Spain.

An autonomy is a self-governing community.


renovator

A renovator is a person or company that does renovations.

These tools are popular with buyers, builders and home renovators.


remotest

The superlative form of remote; most remote.


renovates

The third-person singular form of renovate.


blessing

A blessing is something that you are grateful for.

If someone gives you their blessing to do something, they support you.

A blessing is help from God, or words asking for it.


blessing

bless (canonical)
blesses (third-person singular)
blessed (past)
blessed (past participle)
blessing (present participle)


vegetarianisms

vegetarianism (singular)
vegetarianisms (plural)

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


restrictions

restriction (singular)
restrictions (plural)

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


tersest

terse (positive)
terser (comparative)
tersest (superlative)

The superlative form of terse; most terse.


confirmed

The past tense and past participle of confirm.


tireder

tired (positive)
tireder (comparative)
tiredest (superlative)

The comparative form of tired; more tired.


spelts

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


orphanage

orphanage (singular)
orphanages (plural)

An orphanage is a place where orphans live, and are cared for.

He grew up in an orphanage after his parents died.


endure

If you endure something difficult or painful, you experience it for a long time.

We had to endure the climb to the top of the steep hill.

If something endures, it lasts for a long time.

The church has endured for hundreds of years.


glories

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


popularities

popularity (singular)
popularities (plural)

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


ferreted

ferret (canonical)
ferrets (third-person singular)
ferreted (past)
ferreted (past participle)
ferreting (present participle)

The past tense and past participle of ferret.


civilising

civilise (canonical)
civilises (third-person singular)
civilised (past)
civilised (past participle)
civilising (present participle)


variegated

variegated (positive)
more variegated (comparative)
most variegated (superlative)

Variegated means to be marked with different colours.

The leaves of this plant are variegated.


endures

The third-person singular form of endure.


gross pay

Gross pay is the amount of wage or salary that is paid by an employer to an employee.

Mary got her gross pay one day too late this month.


orphanages

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


renovating

renovate (canonical)
renovates (third-person singular)
renovated (past)
renovated (past participle)
renovating (present participle)


peculiar

peculiar (positive)
more peculiar (comparative)
most peculiar (superlative)

When something is peculiar, it is out of the ordinary or is unusual.

The girl there standing in the crowd of boys there looks rather peculiar.


brutal

brutal (positive)
more brutal (comparative)
most brutal (superlative)

If something or someone is brutal, it is violent or cruel.

She killed her victims in a brutal way.


revenges

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


revenges

revenge (canonical)
revenges (third-person singular)
revenged (past)
revenged (past participle)
revenging (present participle)

The third-person singular form of revenge.


slender

slender (positive)
slenderer (comparative)
slenderest (superlative)

When something is slender, it means that the object is thin.

That model is rather slender in shape, which explains why she received many invitations for her photograph to be taken.


appals

appal (canonical)
appals (third-person singular)
appaled (past)
appaled (past participle)
appaling (present participle)

The third-person singular form of appal.


somethinging

something (canonical)
somethings (third-person singular)
somethinged (past)
somethinged (past participle)
somethinging (present participle)


manured

manure (canonical)
manures (third-person singular)
manured (past)
manured (past participle)
manuring (present participle)

The past tense and past participle of manure.


slenderer

The comparative form of slender; more slender.


slenderest

The superlative form of slender; most slender.


subsidies

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


fury

Fury is when a person is more than angry and usually is at the level of putting it to act.

The fury could be seen in the lion's eyes.


spellings

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


laziness

Laziness is the act of being lazy or idle and to do no work.

Laziness is one of the seven deadly sins.


enduring

endure (canonical)
endures (third-person singular)
endured (past)
endured (past participle)
enduring (present participle)


helipads

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


turbid

turbid (positive)
more turbid (comparative)
most turbid (superlative)

A turbid glass of water means that the water contains sediments or impurities.

This glass of water is turbid, could you get another glass with fresh water?


glory

If you have glory, you have honour, fame and pride.


inns

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


generous

generous (positive)
more generous (comparative)
most generous (superlative)

A generous person is one who gives time or money to help others.

Erasmus Darwin was a generous man who helped many people.


Holland

Holland is a country that is part of the Netherlands.

Holland is often wrongly said to represent the entire Netherlands.


discriminated

discriminate (canonical)
discriminates (third-person singular)
discriminated (past)
discriminated (past participle)
discriminating (present participle)

The past tense and past participle of discriminate.


fluids

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


platforms

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


restriction

restriction (singular)
restrictions (plural)

A restriction is something that restricts or limits something else.

The restrictions on parking in the city during snowstorms make it almost impossible to find parking anywhere.

Because one student had bad food allergies, the school put a restriction on what kinds of food the other students were allowed to bring for lunch.

A restriction is a rule or limit that tells you what you cannot do.

On his first day at work, Kwame's new boss said: "Let me tell you about our restrictions. No wearing jeans. No taking breaks. No sitting down at work. Oh, and you are not allowed to take any days off for the next six months. Welcome."


eying

eying (present participle)
eye (canonical)
eyes (third-person singular)
eyed (past)
eyed (past participle)
eyeing (present participle)


fostering

foster (canonical)
fosters (third-person singular)
fostered (past)
fostered (past participle)
fostering (present participle)

I'm fostering a child.


merits

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


renovated

The past tense and past participle of renovate.


distal

distal (positive)
more distal (comparative)
most distal (superlative)

A distal location refers to a point furtherest from an attachment or origin.

At the distal end of a bone or a muscle.


outcries

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


crafted

craft (canonical)
crafts (third-person singular)
crafted (past)
crafted (past participle)
crafting (present participle)

The past tense and past participle of craft.


bestsellers

bestseller (singular)
bestsellers (plural)

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


fosters

The third-person singular form of foster.


lone

If you are lone, you are isolated and have no companion.

Dan avoids talking to others and is a bit of a lone wolf.


fast-paced

fast-paced (positive)
more fast-paced (comparative)
most fast-paced (superlative)

If something is fast-paced, it moves or changes very rapidly or quickly.

We went to see a fast-paced action film. There was never a dull moment.


fostered

The past tense and past participle of foster.


androgyne

androgyne (singular)
androgynes (plural)

A person who is masculine and feminine at the same time.


clocked

clock (canonical)
clocks (third-person singular)
clocked (past)
clocked (past participle)
clocking (present participle)

The past tense and past participle of clock.


eyeing

eyeing (present participle)
eye (canonical)
eyes (third-person singular)
eyed (past)
eyed (past participle)
eying (present participle)


inn

An inn is a place where travellers can get lodging, food and drinks.

My friend has already booked a place in the inn for us.


astronauts

astronaut (singular)
astronauts (plural)

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


snarkiest

snarky (positive)
snarkier (comparative)
snarkiest (superlative)

The superlative form of snarky; most snarky.


remote

remote (positive)
remoter (comparative)
remotest (superlative)

Something that is remote is a long way off, distant, not near anything.

The internet is a powerful tool for bringing modern medicine to remote areas.

She walked to a remote corner of the farm, so she could be alone.

When a television or radio broadcast is remote, it is done in someplace other than a studio

The reporter did a live remote broadcast from the scene of the fire.


remote

A remote is something used to change the volume or channel on a television.

I wanted to change the channel after the show ended, but the remote was under the couch.


crack-pipe


veered

veer (canonical)
veers (third-person singular)
veered (past)
veered (past participle)
veering (present participle)

The past tense and past participle of veer.


snarkier

The comparative form of snarky; more snarky.


crafts

The third-person singular form of craft.


craft

When you craft an object, it means that you make the object by hand.

That craftsman is real good, he can craft out a complicated ship out of a block of wood.


cramps

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


cramps

cramp (canonical)
cramps (third-person singular)
cramped (past)
cramped (past participle)
cramping (present participle)

The third-person singular form of cramp.


enroll

enroll (canonical)
enrolls (third-person singular)
enrolled (past)
enrolled (past participle)
enrolling (present participle)

If you enroll in a group, organization, school, or club, you become a member of it.

Have you enrolled in a school yet?


entrails

The entrails are the internal organs of an animal, especially the intestines.


enrolls

The third-person singular form of enroll.


gross

gross (positive)
grosser (comparative)
grossest (superlative)

The gross amount is the total before you take away losses or expenses.

Her gross pay was $500, but then they took out $60 for tax.

A gross violation or abuse is very bad and clearly wrong.

Leaving the bank unlocked was an act of gross carelessness.

If something is gross is very unpleasant.

There was a gross smell coming from the broken pipe.


honorary

Honorary means holding a title or office without payment or undertaking the duties.

This young man works honorary for the animal shelter.


inclines

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


inclines

incline (canonical)
inclines (third-person singular)
inclined (past)
inclined (past participle)
inclining (present participle)

The third-person singular form of incline.


bestseller

A bestseller is a book or any other product that has sold in large numbers.

The hula hoop was a bestseller in the late 1950s.

The James Bond books are bestsellers.

Have you read any bestsellers this month?


fluid

A fluid is something that can flow smoothly and with ease.

Water, air, and steam are all fluids.


fluid

fluid (positive)
more fluid (comparative)
most fluid (superlative)

It was a fluid, graceful dance.

Jasha was more fluid in her movements than Jabah.

Caska was the most fluid of all the dancers.


outcry

An outcry is a large uproar or a loud cry.

When the fans saw their favorite idol on stage, they made a large outcry.

The proposal resulted in a public outcry.


rubidium

Rubidium is a chemical element (symbol Rb) with an atomic number of 37. It is a soft silver-coloured metal.


subsidy

A subsidy is a type of financial support, especially the use of tax revenues to support things which might otherwise fail.

The government provides a subsidy for students that are in families not doing well financially.


juvenile

juvenile (positive)
more juvenile (comparative)
most juvenile (superlative)

If a person is juvenile, they are childish and immature.


juvenile

A juvenile is a young stage in the development of an animal. It applies to animals which have 'direct development' from the egg, not those which undergo metamorphosis.

Young male lions which do not have manes, and are not ready for breeding, are juveniles.


snarky

If you are snarky, you say something in a sarcastic or snide way; usually because you are irritated, but also sometimes to be funny.

I was asking you a serious question. There's no reason to be snarky with me.

I don't know what's wrong with Joan. I told her it was raining outside and she said, "Thanks for the news flash" in a really snarky way.


wagons

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


crack pipes

crack pipe (singular)
crack pipes (plural)

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


inclined

The past tense and past participle of incline.


inclined

If you are inclined to do something, you are likely to do it.

I am inclined to eat another cheeseburger.


astronaut

An astronaut is a person who travels into space.


feel the pinch

If you feel the pinch, you feel like you don't have a lot of money.

I've really been feeling the pinch since I quit my job last month.


helipad

A helipad is a platform for helicopters to land and take off from. It is usually marked with a letter "H".

There is a helipad on top of this building for use by our country's military.


discriminates

discriminate (canonical)
discriminates (third-person singular)
discriminated (past)
discriminated (past participle)
discriminating (present participle)

The third-person singular form of discriminate.


discriminating

I think they are discriminating against him because he is gay.


floodplains

floodplain (singular)
floodplains (plural)

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


postures

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


house sparrows

house sparrow (singular)
house sparrows (plural)

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


crack pipe

A crack pipe is a pipe used to smoke crack cocaine.

This young man has three different crack pipes.


sloted


dukes

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


foster

foster (canonical)
fosters (third-person singular)
fostered (past)
fostered (past participle)
fostering (present participle)

When you foster something, you do cultivate and grow it.

In this school, they foster students with a talent in music.


sloting


enrolled

enrol (canonical)
enrols (third-person singular)
enroll (canonical)
enrolls (third-person singular)
enrolled (past)
enrolled (past participle)
enrolling (present participle)

The past tense and past participle of enroll.


house sparrow

A house sparrow is a kind of sparrow from Europe.

There are three house sparrows on the tree.


wagon

This brown wagon has very small wheels.

The wagon of the red train is loaded with wood.


Chhattisgarh

Chhattisgarh is a state in central India. Its capital is Raipur.


careful

careful (positive)
more careful (comparative)
most careful (superlative)

If you are careful, then you do not take risks and are cautious; you have care.

Edward had to be very careful when walking with the hot soup bowl in his hands because he could spill it and burn himself.


thunderclouds

thundercloud (singular)
thunderclouds (plural)

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


predators

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


sparrows

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


veer

When you veer, it means that you change your direction suddenly.

The bus veered off the mountain track and went down the steep slope.


Udhampur

Udhampur is a district in the disputed territory of Jammu and Kashmir.


Madhya Pradesh

Madhya Pradesh is a state in central India. Bhopal is the capital.

/ˌmɑːdjə prəˈdɛʃ/


loudmouths

loudmouth (singular)
loudmouths (plural)

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


Daman and Diu

Daman and Diu is a union territory in western India. Its capital is Daman.


Puducherry

Puducherry is a union territory in India.


precipitations

precipitation (singular)
precipitations (plural)

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


precipitation

Precipitation is water that falls from the clouds in the sky as snow, water, or ice.


classrooms

classroom (singular)
classrooms (plural)

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


Kerala

Kerala is a state in southern India. Its capital is Thiruvananthapuram.


Andaman and Nicobar Islands

Andaman and Nicobar Islands is a Union territory in India. The capital city is Port Blair.


Goa

Goa is a state in India. Its capital is Panaji.


micros

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


civilise

civilise (canonical)
civilises (third-person singular)
civilised (past)
civilised (past participle)
civilising (present participle)

When you civilise someone, you educate that person on how to have a higher standard of behaviour.

Our teacher civilised us today, stressing the importance of respecting others.


Tamil Nadu

Tamil Nadu is a state in India. The capital city is Madras.


Dadra and Nagar Haveli

Dadra and Nagar Haveli is a union territory in India. Its capital is Silvassa.

/ˈdɑːdrɑː ənd ˌnʌɡərˌhəˈvɛli/


Rajasthan

Rajasthan is a state in India. The capital is Jaipur.

/ˈrɑːd͡ʒəstæn/


West Bengal

West Bengal is a state in India. The capital city is Calcutta.


loudmouth

A loudmouth is someone who talks too much or too loudly.


Lakshadweep

Lakshadweep is a Union territory in India. Its capital is Kavaratti.


Arunachal Pradesh

A North-eastern state in the far east of India.

/ˌɑːrəˌnɑːtʃəl prəˈdɛʃ/


thundercloud

A thundercloud is a very dark cloud that might have thunder and rain.


Naypyidaw

Naypyidaw is the capital of Myanmar (previously known as Burma).


Yangon

Yangon is the largest city and previously the capital of Myanmar (Burma). It used to be called Rangoon.


cramp

A cramp is a painful contraction of the muscle that cannot be controlled.

Quick, save him! He is having muscle cramps and is about to drown in the water!


cramp

cramp (canonical)
cramps (third-person singular)
cramped (past)
cramped (past participle)
cramping (present participle)

If a muscle cramps, it contracts in a painful way.

My legs cramped in the middle of my run.

If you are cramped by something, you are restricted by it in some way; you are not able to move around or express things.


fudge

Fudge is a kind of chocolate that usually comes in squares.

We baked fudge for dessert.

The fudge was soft and sweet.


bagger

A bagger is someone who usually puts groceries in bags


plungers

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


hostilities

hostility (singular)
hostilities (plural)

Hostilities is the fighting between two groups or countries during a war.

Hostilities began after the results of the election were announced.


unrequited love

Unrequited love is love that is not reciprocated, even though someone wants it to be.


gratitude

Gratitude is the good feeling you have when someone else has done something for you.

She showed her gratitude for his help with a big smile.


predator

A predator is an animal that goes after other animals for food, or energy.

The deer watched for predators as they approached the water.


underway

If something is underway, it has started and is happening now.

The boy has been missing since this morning, and a search is currently underway.

If a ship, train, bus, etc. is underway, it has started moving to where it is supposed to go.

Even underway, there was almost no sound inside the ship.


dutches

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


Maharashtra

Maharashtra is a state in India. The capital city is Bombay.


lonelinesses

loneliness (singular)
lonelinesses (plural)

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


Myanmar

Myanmar is a country in Southeast Asia. It is officially known as the Union of Myanmar and it was previously called Burma.


off-season

In sports, an off-season is when no games in a particular sport are played.

No games were played during the off-season.


bluffed

bluff (canonical)
bluffs (third-person singular)
bluffed (past)
bluffed (past participle)
bluffing (present participle)

The past tense and past participle of bluff.


platform

A platform is a raised stage where speeches, concerts and other performances are made.

The principal of the school stood on the platform to give a speech to parents about the school's upcoming changes.

A platform is a raised structure from which passengers can enter or leave a train, metro etc.

The passengers waited for the train on the platform.


classroom

A classroom is a room used for instruction and teaching, usually a room in a school.


dutch

Peter's dutch is 10 years older than he is.


apathies

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


alertness

Alertness is the state of being wide awake and noticing anything that happens.

Cats' alertness can remain high, even when they look asleep.


apathy

Apathy is a lack of interest in something.

He showed apathy by not completing the tasks that were assigned to him by his boss.


EFL

EFL stands for "English as a foreign language".


sharks

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


promiscuity

promiscuity (singular)
promiscuities (plural)

Promiscuity is the state of having many different sexual partners.

Promiscuity is thought to be a bad thing because it disturbs other people and may cause the spread of disease.


hostility

Hostility is a negative action or feeling against something or somebody.

He wanted to reach an agreement, but her hostility was difficult to deal with.


sparrow

The sparrows sing softly.


incline

You would have to climb a steep incline to get to the peak of this hill.


incline

incline (canonical)
inclines (third-person singular)
inclined (past)
inclined (past participle)
inclining (present participle)

If you are inclined to do something, it means that you tend to do or believe it.

I am more inclined to sleep now instead of going with you for basketball.


frustrations

frustration (singular)
frustrations (plural)

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


baggers

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


troublesome

troublesome (positive)
more troublesome (comparative)
most troublesome (superlative)

Someone or something that causes trouble is troublesome.

He said some troublesome things, and I wasn't sure how to reply.


looped

loop (canonical)
loops (third-person singular)
looped (past)
looped (past participle)
looping (present participle)

The past tense and past participle of loop.


requirements

requirement (singular)
requirements (plural)

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

The requirements of this job are: prior experience, ability to lift up to 50 pounds, and passing a background check and drug screen.


discontinuities

discontinuity (singular)
discontinuities (plural)

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


promiscuities

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


saline

saline (positive)
more saline (comparative)
most saline (superlative)

If something is saline it is salty, especially water containing salt.


discontinuous

discontinuous (positive)
more discontinuous (comparative)
most discontinuous (superlative)

If something is discontinuous, it has breaks or interruptions; it has discontinuity.

Our meeting was discontinuous; we had several breaks for eating and using the restroom.

The series was then discontinuous.


pathogens

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


cobwebs

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


sunniest

sunny (positive)
sunnier (comparative)
sunniest (superlative)

The superlative form of sunny; most sunny.


polluting

pollute (canonical)
pollutes (third-person singular)
polluted (past)
polluted (past participle)
polluting (present participle)


analogies

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


posthumously

When something is done posthumously, it is done after death.

The prize was awarded posthumously.

The author finished the book before he died, but it was released posthumously.


duke

A duke is the husband of a duchess and the male ruler of a duchy.

The duke of Lorraine is very old.


acorns

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


coarser

coarse (positive)
coarser (comparative)
coarsest (superlative)

The comparative form of coarse; more coarse.


woven

weave (canonical)
weaves (third-person singular)
wove (past)
woven (past participle)
weaving (present participle)


rulers

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


pinkies

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


coarsest

The superlative form of coarse; most coarse.


analogy

An analogy is a likeness or a comparison between two things that have some features that are the same and others which are different.

Several quite obvious analogies between the two authors can be made.

/əˈnæləd͡ʒi/


sunnier

The comparative form of sunny; more sunny.


innate

If something is innate, it is present at birth. Often used of abilities and behaviours rather than structures.

A cat's ability to draw in its claws is innate.


lofting

loft (canonical)
lofts (third-person singular)
lofted (past)
lofted (past participle)
lofting (present participle)


remorse

Remorse is the feeling of having made a bad mistake. A person gets this bad feeling when they do or say something, and wish they had not.

I lost a friend because of what I did, and now I feel such remorse about it.


discriminate

discriminate (canonical)
discriminates (third-person singular)
discriminated (past)
discriminated (past participle)
discriminating (present participle)

When you discriminate against someone, you make decisions based on prejudice.

The law makes it illegal for people to discriminate against others based on their skin colour.

If you discriminate, you make a distinction.

John is colorblind and cannot discriminate between red and green.


shark

A shark is a type of fish. Some are dangerous to humans, for example the great white shark, while others are not.

The great white shark is one of the largest sharks in the ocean.

My brother's leg was bitten off by a shark.


pollutes

The third-person singular form of pollute.


floodplain

floodplain (singular)
floodplains (plural)

A floodplain is a plain which is formed by the removal of collection of very small bodies from the repeated flooding of a river and experiences occasional or repeated flooding.


knights

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


bluffs

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


bluffs

bluff (canonical)
bluffs (third-person singular)
bluffed (past)
bluffed (past participle)
bluffing (present participle)

The third-person singular form of bluff.


slippers

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


optional

If something is optional, you may choose it or not.

At this event, dress is optional.


warehouse

warehouse (singular)
warehouses (plural)

A warehouse is a place where manufacturers and suppliers store their goods before they are sold to a customer.


discontinuity

A discontinuity is a gap, break, separation or change in a series of things or events.

A discontinuity occurred when the series of models was redesigned.


lb

One lb refers to one pound (a unit of weight).


slipper

A slipper is a type of shoe that can be slipped on and off easily.

Jane loved to come home and put on her warm slippers.


moustaches

moustache (singular)
moustaches (plural)

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


syntactically

When doing something syntactically, it is following the rules of syntax.

The text is syntactically correct, but it does not make any sense.


mustaches

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


weaves

The third-person singular form of weave.


weaves

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


forever

If something lasts forever it will never go away or it will last for a very long time.

I think the sun will last forever.

I will love you forever and ever.


forever

It took forever for me to walk to work.


micro

micro (positive)
more micro (comparative)
most micro (superlative)

When something is micro, it refers to the size of the object being rather small. Used to compare how small an object is.

At the micro level he was a good manager. At the more macro level he failed.


micro

Micro is a short form of a microcomputer.


micro

(measurement) A prefix on a measurement meaning 10⁻⁶ (one millionth).


hard-hearted

hard-hearted (positive)
more hard-hearted (comparative)
most hard-hearted (superlative)

If you are hard-hearted, you are uncaring about other people's feelings.

There's no point asking him for help. He's the most hard-hearted man I've ever met.


pinky

A pinky, also known as the little finger, is the smallest finger on the hand or foot.


polluted

polluted (positive)
more polluted (comparative)
most polluted (superlative)

If something is polluted, it is made unclean or impure.


polluted

The past tense and past participle of pollute.


bluff

A bluff is an action which suggests you are strong when you are not.

He pretended to reach for a gun, but it was a bluff.


bluff

If you bluff, you pretend to be strong in order to deceive.

He bluffed his way out of a tight corner.


lofted

The past tense and past participle of loft.


careless

careless (positive)
more careless (comparative)
most careless (superlative)

If you are careless, then you don't have caution or care.

Charles was careless and dropped the pencil, which caused it to break in half.


warehouses

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


acquainting

acquaint (canonical)
acquaints (third-person singular)
acquainted (past)
acquainted (past participle)
acquainting (present participle)


pickles

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


pickles

pickle (canonical)
pickles (third-person singular)
pickled (past)
pickled (past participle)
pickling (present participle)

The third-person singular form of pickle.


netball

Netball refers to a game similar to basketball, usually played by seven girls


plunger

A plunger is an object used to free up a toilet, usually for faecal or waste.

That plunger freed up the toilet so it could run properly.


lofts

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


caving

cave (canonical)
caves (third-person singular)
caved (past)
caved (past participle)
caving (present participle)


launderette

launderette (singular)
launderettes (plural)

A launderette is a shop with coin-operated washing machines and dryers for public use.


gutted

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

The past tense and past participle of gut.


moustache

A moustache is hair grown on the face between the nose and lip.


wasn't

be (canonical)
am, is, are (present)
was, were (past)
been (past participle)
being (present participle)

He wasn't home. He was at the store.

It wasn't boring; it was fun.


laundry

Laundry is clothes that need to be washed or that have been newly washed.

Please don't leave your dirty laundry all over the house.

I try to do the laundry at least twice a week.


loneliness

loneliness (singular)
lonelinesses (plural)

Loneliness is the sad feeling of being alone and not having friends.

Without his family and friends, his loneliness grew.


loops

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


loops

loop (canonical)
loops (third-person singular)
looped (past)
looped (past participle)
looping (present participle)


acarophobia

Acarophobia is the fear of feeling felt on an area of the skin that makes a person or animal to want to rub the area with a sharp object.

Acarophobia is also the fear of insects. It causes the feeling felt on an area of the skin that makes a person or animal to want to rub the area with a sharp object.

Ben suffers from a normal form of acarophobia.

/ˌækərəˈfəʊbi.ə/


peal

A peal is a sudden loud sound from a bell, thunder, cannon, etc.


frustration

frustration (singular)
frustrations (plural)

Frustration is the bad feeling of not being able to do what you want to do.

He stood on a chair, but to his frustration, he still could not reach the jar.


mustache

A mustache is hair grown on the face between the nose and lip.


latitude

Latitude refers to the angular from the equator to the north or south pole of the earth


halving

halve (canonical)
halves (third-person singular)
halved (past)
halved (past participle)
halving (present participle)


pickle

A pickle is a sour green food made from a cucumber.


pickle

When a person pickles, he preserves food in a salt, vinegar, or sugar solution.


netballs

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


latch

A latch is a metal lever for fastening a door

A latch is a kind of electronics circuit which holds signal shortly.


handcuffing

handcuff (canonical)
handcuffs (third-person singular)
handcuffed (past)
handcuffed (past participle)
handcuffing (present participle)

The prisoner tried to escape while I was handcuffing him.


peasant

A peasant is a poor agricultural worker in the countryside.


ruler

A ruler is a device used for measuring things.

The ruler says that the shelf is 12 centimeters wide.

If a person is a ruler, they are in charge.

The king was a ruler of many people.


pathogen

A pathogen is something that is able to cause disease, such as bacteria or viruses.


blotting

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


loft

A loft is an attic or a space near the roof of a building.

We will store those old chairs in the loft.


loft

loft (canonical)
lofts (third-person singular)
lofted (past)
lofted (past participle)
lofting (present participle)

To loft an object is to lift it into the air.

He lofted the baseball high into the sky.

Let's loft your bed so we will have storage space under it.


caved

The past tense and past participle of cave.


blotted

The past tense and past participle of blot.


latitudes

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


nettles

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