quake

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

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


quake

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

When something quakes, it trembles and shakes.

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


abolishing

abolish (canonical)
abolishes (third-person singular)
abolished (past)
abolished (past participle)
abolishing (present participle)


knead

knead (canonical)
kneads (third-person singular)
kneaded (past)
kneaded (past participle)
kneading (present participle)

When you knead, you press a mixture of flour and water with the hands to make bread.


ivories

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


knuckles

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


abolishes

The third-person singular form of abolish.


abolished

The past tense and past participle of abolish.


abolish

When you abolish something, you end it by making it invalid or illegal. You usually use the word "abolish" in regard to laws or actions.

The censorship law was abolished due to huge opposition by many people.


irrigated

irrigate (canonical)
irrigates (third-person singular)
irrigated (past)
irrigated (past participle)
irrigating (present participle)

The past tense and past participle of irrigate.


idol

An idol is a famous person who is greatly admired, loved by many people.


manes

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


illiterate

illiterate (singular)
illiterates (plural)

An illiterate person is someone who cannot read nor write.


illiterate

illiterate (positive)
more illiterate (comparative)
most illiterate (superlative)

When someone is illiterate, it means that the person can't read nor write.


bait

Bait is food placed on a hook to catch fish or other animals


bait

bait (canonical)
baits (third-person singular)
baited (past)
baited (past participle)
baiting (present participle)

If you bait an animal, you attract it using a bait.


wildlife

Wildlife is the natural stock of animals and plants found in a particular place. It usually means the native birds and mammals.

The wildlife on the Isle of Skye includes the Red Deer and the Golden Eagle.


gleams

gleam (canonical)
gleams (third-person singular)
gleamed (past)
gleamed (past participle)
gleaming (present participle)

The third-person singular form of gleam.


embrace

embrace (canonical)
embraces (third-person singular)
embraced (past)
embraced (past participle)
embracing (present participle)

If you embrace someone, you hold them closely in your arms with love.


irrigate

To supply farms with water to grow crops.


knobs

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

In the game of cribbage, knobs is the Jack of the same suit as the card that was revealed after the deck was cut.


bass

The bass is a sound that is generally lower in tone.

A bass is a male voice that is lower than tenor and baritone.

Paul Robeson sang "Old Man River" in a deep bass voice.

A bass is a musical instrument that produces low sounds.

The bass played harmony while the trumpet played melody.

A bass is the lower of two musical clefs. It is centered at the F below middle C.

All the notes in the bass clef were played with the left hand.


bass

A bass is a type of fish, similar to the perch.

Chris caught five wide-mouthed bass on his fishing trip in Tennessee.


mane

The mane of an animal refers to the long hair on the neck of a lion or horse.


misusing

misuse (canonical)
misuses (third-person singular)
misused (past)
misused (past participle)
misusing (present participle)


legible

legible (positive)
more legible (comparative)
most legible (superlative)

When something is legible, it is clear enough and easy to read and written in beautiful letters.


tailor

A tailor is someone who makes suits, trousers, and jackets for individual customers.


tailor

tailor (canonical)
tailors (third-person singular)
tailored (past)
tailored (past participle)
tailoring (present participle)

Will he tailor a suit to my specifications?

He wore tailored suits that were very expensive.

Mr. Smith will be tailoring my new suit to my wife's specifications.


rascal

That rascal made me spill milk all over the floor.


iceberg

An iceberg is a very large piece of ice floating in the sea


nightie

A nightie is a nightdress for women which they wear when they sleep.

Mary climbed into bed after puttin on her nightie.


jeer

jeer (canonical)
jeers (third-person singular)
jeered (past)
jeered (past participle)
jeering (present participle)

When you jeer at someone, you laugh rudely and unkindly with a mock or scoff at the person, humiliating the person.

We jeered at our opponents when they lost to us in the 100m running event.


mashed

mash (canonical)
mashes (third-person singular)
mashed (past)
mashed (past participle)
mashing (present participle)

The past tense and past participle of mash.


gleamed

The past tense and past participle of gleam.


scenery

Scenery is what you see when you look at the outdoor environment around you. It is a word used to describe places.

The scenery on the island is beautiful.

Scenery is the set in a play or other theatrical show.

The scenery for Act Two of The Nutcracker was amazing.


badger

A badger is a wild small short-legged animal with black and white fur that lives in a hole and comes out at night, a kind of weasel or mink.


badger

badger (canonical)
badgers (third-person singular)
badgered (past)
badgered (past participle)
badgering (present participle)

If you badger a person, you annoy them persistently.


illegible

illegible (positive)
more illegible (comparative)
most illegible (superlative)

When something is illegible, it can't be read easily; usually not written in common-looking letters.

Your handwriting is illegible, I can't make any sense of it.


sprocket

The tooth on a wheel; it goes with a chain or other band with holes.


invalids

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


nomadic

When someone is nomadic, the person is wandering and moving from place to place without a set home.


optimists

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


itching

itch (canonical)
itches (third-person singular)
itched (past)
itched (past participle)
itching (present participle)


jeered

The past tense and past participle of jeer.


American football

A game that involves two teams trying to run, catch, or kick a ball into the other team's end zone. It is called American football in most of the world. In the United States, it is just called football.


coleslaws

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


ointments

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


nibs

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


refuges

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


opponents

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


oil rig

An oil rig is a huge structure with equipment for getting oil by drilling a well from deeply under ground, sometimes under sea.


fertilizer

fertilizer (singular)
fertilizers (plural)

Fertilizer is something which is added to soil to help plants grow.

I added two bags of fertilizer to my pumpkin patch.


emigrate

emigrate (canonical)
emigrates (third-person singular)
emigrated (past)
emigrated (past participle)
emigrating (present participle)

When you emigrate, you leave your own country in order to live in another country.


kneads

knead (canonical)
kneads (third-person singular)
kneaded (past)
kneaded (past participle)
kneading (present participle)

The third-person singular form of knead.


irrigating

irrigate (canonical)
irrigates (third-person singular)
irrigated (past)
irrigated (past participle)
irrigating (present participle)


nighties

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


oil rigs

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


painkiller

painkiller (singular)
painkillers (plural)

A painkiller is a medicine or a drug to reduce the feeling of pain.

I just ate some painkillers to ease my headache.


knits

knit (canonical)
knits (third-person singular)
knitted (past)
knitted (past participle)
knitting (present participle)


misuses

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


misuses

The third-person singular form of misuse.


outdoor

We cooked dinner on an outdoor barbecue rather than on the stove.


marsh

A marsh is an area of low wet soft land.


licks

lick (canonical)
licks (third-person singular)
licked (past)
licked (past participle)
licking (present participle)


omelettes

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


cane

A cane is a long thin stick, often bamboo.

The blind man used a cane to feel his way along the path.

I planted raspberry canes in my garden.


cane

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

To cane is to hit someone with a long thin stick.

The pupil was caned for being rude to the teacher.


redefined

redefine (canonical)
redefines (third-person singular)
redefined (past)
redefined (past participle)
redefining (present participle)

The past tense and past participle of redefine.


condiments

condiment (singular)
condiments (plural)

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


knob

A knob is a rounded handle on a door or drawer.


servers

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


glare

glare (canonical)
glares (third-person singular)
glared (past)
glared (past participle)
glaring (present participle)

When you glare at someone, you look at someone angrily.

I glared at the person that knocked into me just now and making me spill my coffee.


patios

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


ketchup

Ketchup is a condiment. It is a liquid made mostly of tomato paste and vinegar.

I covered my hamburger and french fries with a generous helping of ketchup.


ointment

An ointment is a smooth oily medicinal substance, or a cosmetic substance that you rub on your skin, usually to ease pain.

The first aid personnel applied ointment on the injured athlete.


sag

sag (canonical)
sags (third-person singular)
sagged (past)
sagged (past participle)
sagging (present participle)

When something sags, it sink downwards, bend lower from the usual position usually due to a heavy weight.


irrigates

The third-person singular form of irrigate.


picturesque

Picturesque is an adjective which means "as pretty as a picture".

The Isle of Skye is picturesque.


heritage

Heritage is the sum total of our history. It means what we gained from the past.

The English language and customs are part of the heritage of Australia.


degenerations

degeneration (singular)
degenerations (plural)

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


post-production

The last part of movie production, happening after the movie is filmed, where changes are made before the product is finished.


painkillers

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


kneaded

The past tense and past participle of knead.


overhauled

overhaul (canonical)
overhauls (third-person singular)
overhauled (past)
overhauled (past participle)
overhauling (present participle)

The past tense and past participle of overhaul.


optimist

An optimist is someone who always believes that happy things will happen.


omelette

An omelette is a dish of beaten eggs cooked in oil, often with cheese and sometimes with other ingredients.

For breakfast, I had a three-egg ham and cheese omelette.


hot dogs

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


nibbles

nibble (canonical)
nibbles (third-person singular)
nibbled (past)
nibbled (past participle)
nibbling (present participle)

The third-person singular form of nibble.


mashes

mash (canonical)
mashes (third-person singular)
mashed (past)
mashed (past participle)
mashing (present participle)


itched

itch (canonical)
itches (third-person singular)
itched (past)
itched (past participle)
itching (present participle)

The past tense and past participle of itch.


knit

When you knit, you make a cloth from a long wool thread, usually by hands with needles.

My mother loves to knit beautiful scarves for me to wear.


jeering

jeer (canonical)
jeers (third-person singular)
jeered (past)
jeered (past participle)
jeering (present participle)


safeties

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


glares

The third-person singular form of glare.


glares

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


knitting

She is knitting a sweater for her grandchild.


successor

successor (singular)
successors (plural)

A successor is a person that comes after someone and takes their place.

The king's successor is his son.


sprockets

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


nib

The nib is the pointed end part of a pen which the ink comes out from.

A cocoa nib is a piece of a roasted and hulled cocoa bean.


liable

liable (positive)
more liable (comparative)
most liable (superlative)

When you are liable, you are responsible for something by law.

She was liable for the damage her car had caused in the accident.

To be liable is to be likely to begin something.

When he had too much to drink he was liable to get into a fight.


invalid

Something that is invalid is not valid, meaning it is not correct, appropriate, or acceptable.

I learned that my credit card was invalid when I tried to pay for dinner with it.


invalid

Someone who is invalid is very sick, often to the point of having to stay in bed or a wheelchair all the time.

George Chaffey's invalid wife had to use a wheelchair for the last ten years of her life


ivory

A hard creamy-white substance taken from the long tooth of an elephant.


opponent

An opponent is someone who is not in your team in a game, an opposite team.

The United Nations is an opponent of the possession of child pornography.


pasture

land covered with grass. there are cattle or sheep.


baptism

the Christian religious ceremony, a person who want to become a member of the church is touched or covered with holy water.


lick

When you lick something, you touch it with your tongue in order to taste or moisten.

That boy is licking on the ice-cream that his mother bought for him.


mayonnaise

Mayonnaise is a condiment. It is often used as a spread or a dressing. It is made of eggs, oil and vinegar or lemon juice.


banister

A banister is a type of fence at the outer side of stairs.


overhaul

An overhaul is a major repair, remake, renovation, or revision.

The engine required a complete overhaul to run properly.

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overhaul

If you overhaul something, you make major changes or repairs to it.

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safety

It is important to learn traffic safety so you do not get hurt while crossing the street

Something that keeps a device from accidentally going off

It is important that the safety be on the curtain so that it does fall and hurt the actors

In American football, the player on defense who is furthest from the ball at the start of the play.


knitted

The past tense and past participle of knit.


refuge

A place that gives something or someone safety, protection or shelter


constructive

When something is constructive, it is usually carefully considered and meant to be helpful.

Your constructive feedback is appreciated to help us improve our service in the future.


rascals

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


oozing

ooze (canonical)
oozes (third-person singular)
oozed (past)
oozed (past participle)
oozing (present participle)


pastry

A pastry is a mixture of flour, fat, and water.

The cook rolled out the pastry to make it thin to use as a pie crust.

A pastry is a small cake with a cream, jam, or fruit filling.

The cake shop had rows of delicious looking pastries.


sarcastic

sarcastic (positive)
more sarcastic (comparative)
most sarcastic (superlative)

When someone is sarcastic, the person is using words in irony or unkindness, usually to mock people.


ration

A ration is a portion of a limited resource that is given to a person.


ration

ration (canonical)
rations (third-person singular)
rationed (past)
rationed (past participle)
rationing (present participle)

When food is being rationed, there is a limit on each person to have only a small amount of food, especially during wartime.


fertilizers

fertilizer (singular)
fertilizers (plural)

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


ransoms

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


gleaming

gleaming (positive)
more gleaming (comparative)
most gleaming (superlative)

If something is gleaming, it is very bright looking; it is shiny.


gleaming

gleam (canonical)
gleams (third-person singular)
gleamed (past)
gleamed (past participle)
gleaming (present participle)


coleslaw

Coleslaw is a type of salad. It is made with shredded cabbage, buttermilk and mayonnaise. Sometimes it contains other ingredients.

For lunch, I had a chicken leg with a side of coleslaw.


verifies

verify (canonical)
verifies (third-person singular)
verified (past)
verified (past participle)
verifying (present participle)

The third-person singular form of verify.


shriek

A shriek is a very loud, fairly short cry.

She let out a shriek when the car splashed water over her legs.


shriek

shriek (canonical)
shrieks (third-person singular)
shrieked (past)
shrieked (past participle)
shrieking (present participle)

If a person shrieks, they give a very loud cry.


oozed

The past tense and past participle of ooze.


kitty

My kitty is so playful.


lentil

Lentil is a type of plants that have edible seeds. These seeds are usually orange, green, brown, dried, round, can be cooked and eaten.


hot dog

A hot dog is a type of sausage, most often a weiner or frankfurter.

For lunch, I had an all-beef hot dog with ketchup and mustard.


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itch

An itch is when you have an uncomfortable feeling on the skin, then you want to scratch it.


itch

An itch is an uncomfortable feeling on the skin that causes a desire to scratch.


marshes

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


marbles

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


marbles

marble (canonical)
marbles (third-person singular)
marbled (past)
marbled (past participle)
marbling (present participle)

The third-person singular form of marble.


captivity

Captivity is the condition of being kept as a prisoner.

You will be put into captivity until you tell us the truth.

Many children were carried into Indian captivity during the colonial wars in America.

Wild animals taken into captivity are sometimes cruelly mistreated.


itches

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


server

A server is a type of computer that people can access through the Internet to visit a website.

I recently bought a server to host my online shop.


glaring

glaring (positive)
more glaring (comparative)
most glaring (superlative)

If something is glaring, it reflects a lot of light.


glaring

glare (canonical)
glares (third-person singular)
glared (past)
glared (past participle)
glaring (present participle)


shrieks

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


shrieks

The third-person singular form of shriek.


shovel

A shovel is an object made for scooping or digging


shovel

shovel (canonical)
shovels (third-person singular)
shoveled (past)
shoveled (past participle)
shoveling (present participle)

He had to shovel the snow off of their driveway.


mash

mash (canonical)
mashes (third-person singular)
mashed (past)
mashed (past participle)
mashing (present participle)

When you mash something, you crush it with a fork, a pestle, or a similar utensil until it is pulpy.


misuse

A misuse is an incorrect use of something.


misuse

misuse (canonical)
misuses (third-person singular)
misused (past)
misused (past participle)
misusing (present participle)

When you misuse something, you use it incorrectly.


padlock

A padlock is a small lock. You can hang it on the door, gate, bicycle.


padlock

padlock (canonical)
padlocks (third-person singular)
padlocked (past)
padlocked (past participle)
padlocking (present participle)

If you padlock something, you lock it with a padlock.


volleyball

volleyball (singular)
volleyballs (plural)

Volleyball is a ball game for two teams of six players across a high net, they hit a large ball with their hands to touch it on the opposite court.

A volleyball refers to the ball that is used in a game of Volleyball.


symptom

A symptom is a sign or indication of something, usually an illness.

He began to show symptoms of chicken pox a few days ago.


eminent

eminent (positive)
more eminent (comparative)
most eminent (superlative)

When something is eminent, it means that it is high, lofty; towering; prominent.

Something that is noteworthy, remarkable, great.

His eminent good sense has been a great help to this project.

Of a person, distinguished, important, noteworthy

In later years, the professor was known as an eminent historian.


nibble

nibble (canonical)
nibbles (third-person singular)
nibbled (past)
nibbled (past participle)
nibbling (present participle)

When you nibble on something, you take small bites of a biscuit, bread or food.

That squirrel nibbled on the nut it was holding.


rashes

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


ferment

ferment (canonical)
ferments (third-person singular)
fermented (past)
fermented (past participle)
fermenting (present participle)

When something ferments, it turns into alcohol. This happens when sugar in fruit or grain ages or is acted on by yeast.

When the grape juice was left in a barrel for a year, it fermented into wine.

When you ferment an emotion, you stir it up or arouse it.

The preacher fermented anger with the government from the pulpit.


ferment

A ferment is a state of arousal or change.

There was a ferment of reform caused by the Second Great Awakening.


ransom

A ransom is the money demanded by criminals usually paid for the release of a kidnapped person.

The kidnappers wanted us to pay $2.5million as ransom to release the boy.


speechwriters

speechwriter (singular)
speechwriters (plural)

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


barbecued

barbecue (canonical)
barbecues (third-person singular)
barbecued (past)
barbecued (past participle)
barbecuing (present participle)

The past tense and past participle of barbecue.


tellies

telly (singular)
tellys or tellies (plural)

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


tedious

tedious (positive)
more tedious (comparative)
most tedious (superlative)

Something that is tedious takes a long time to do and is boring.

I've stopped making Flash movies because the process is tedious and more trouble than its worth.


horseradishes

horseradish (singular)
horseradishes (plural)

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


featureless

featureless (positive)
more featureless (comparative)
most featureless (superlative)

When something is featureless, it is without features.

The featureless landscape of the desert made the trip very boring.


sapphire

A sapphire is a transparent blue stone used in jewellery.


fermented

The past tense and past participle of ferment.


rash

When you do something rash, you do it too hurriedly without careful consideration.

The accident was a result of his 'rash act.


rash

Rashes are red spots on your skin that may cause irritation.

A rash appeared on his leg.


barbecues

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


barbecues

The third-person singular form of barbecue.


vinegar

Vinegar is a liquid made by fermenting fruit or grain. It is also an acid.

When you mix vinegar and baking soda, it explodes in a chemical reaction.


paddies

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


wandered

wander (canonical)
wanders (third-person singular)
wandered (past)
wandered (past participle)
wandering (present participle)

The past tense and past participle of wander.


sagging

sag (canonical)
sags (third-person singular)
sagged (past)
sagged (past participle)
sagging (present participle)


degeneration

degeneration (singular)
degenerations (plural)

When something undergoes degeneration, it starts to get worse day by day. It is almost like it grows in reverse, with the most weak and delicate parts dying first.


sapphires

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


rationed

ration (canonical)
rations (third-person singular)
rationed (past)
rationed (past participle)
rationing (present participle)

The past tense and past participle of ration.


virtues

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


fanatical

fanatical (positive)
more fanatical (comparative)
most fanatical (superlative)

When you are fanatical, you are believing in something strongly.

Steve Jobs was fanatical about the quality of his company's products.


campaigners

campaigner (singular)
campaigners (plural)

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


publishers

publisher (singular)
publishers (plural)

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


volleyballs

volleyball (singular)
volleyballs (plural)

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


padlocks

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


padlocks

padlock (canonical)
padlocks (third-person singular)
padlocked (past)
padlocked (past participle)
padlocking (present participle)

The third-person singular form of padlock.


condiment

condiment (singular)
condiments (plural)

A condiment is something that is added to a food to give it more flavor or a different flavor. Examples include ketchup and horseradish.

At the big picnic in the park, there were condiments for our hot dogs next to the buns.


co-workers

co-worker (singular)
co-workers (plural)

The plural form of co-worker; more than one (kind of) co-worker.


saluted

salute (canonical)
salutes (third-person singular)
saluted (past)
saluted (past participle)
saluting (present participle)

The past tense and past participle of salute.


draughts

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


draughts

draught (canonical)
draughts (third-person singular)
draughted (past)
draughted (past participle)
draughting (present participle)

The third-person singular form of draught.


artifice

Something that is artifice refers to an artificial object, something that is man-made.


campaigner

A campaigner is a person that tries to get support from others.

A campaigner is a politician that runs for an office.


virtue

A virtue is a morally good characteristic in a person. For example, honesty, patience, etc.


advert

An advert is something that advertises something.


ferments

ferment (canonical)
ferments (third-person singular)
fermented (past)
fermented (past participle)
fermenting (present participle)

The third-person singular form of ferment.


ferments

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


conquests

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


concussions

concussion (singular)
concussions (plural)

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


telly

telly (singular)
tellys or tellies (plural)


agony

Agony is extremely bad suffering with strong pain.


washbasin

washbasin (singular)
washbasins (plural)

A washbasin is a large bowl fixed to a wall used for washing your hands and face.


breakthrough

breakthrough (singular)
breakthroughs (plural)

A breakthrough is a sudden change, a change from not being able to do something to being able to do something.

After the breakthrough, rubber could be made in a factory and rubber trees were no longer the only source of rubber.


vivid

vivid (positive)
more vivid (comparative)
most vivid (superlative)

When something is vivid, it is very bright or deep in color.


possesses

possess (canonical)
possesses (third-person singular)
possessed (past)
possessed (past participle)
possessing (present participle)

The third-person singular form of possess.


carpentry

The activity or job of making or repairing wooden houses and things.


watt

A watt is a measure of electrical power.

One watt is equal to one joule per second.

The electric heater used 2400 watts.


sagged

sag (canonical)
sags (third-person singular)
sagged (past)
sagged (past participle)
sagging (present participle)

The past tense and past participle of sag.


concussion

A concussion is the result of a really hard hit to the head. It is caused by the brain being shaken around. It can lead to loss of function for a while, and sometimes can damage the brain forever.

Jimmy got a concussion after he fell down and hit his head on the concrete.


tempted

tempt (canonical)
tempts (third-person singular)
tempted (past)
tempted (past participle)
tempting (present participle)

The past tense and past participle of tempt.


verify

verify (canonical)
verifies (third-person singular)
verified (past)
verified (past participle)
verifying (present participle)

To verify something is to get evidence to show that it is true.

My receipts verified that I had always paid my telephone bills.


nibbling

nibble (canonical)
nibbles (third-person singular)
nibbled (past)
nibbled (past participle)
nibbling (present participle)


noteworthy

noteworthy (positive)
noteworthier (comparative)
noteworthiest (superlative)

Deserving attention; notable; worthy of notice.

Zukertort represent the other most noteworthy tournaments.

/ˈnəʊtˌwɜːði/


noteworthy

noteworthy (singular)
noteworthies (plural)

/ˈnəʊtˌwɜːði/


sap

Sap is the liquid inside a plant that carries sugars and minerals.


wasp

A wasp is a yellow and black insect which flies fast, has a narrow waist and a sting, bigger than a bee.


mitts

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


aerosol

An aerosol is a fine spray from a can (container) with a button on the top. When you push it, a liquid can be sprayed.

/ˈɛə.rəˌsɒl/


salutes

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


salutes

The third-person singular form of salute.


intentional

intentional (positive)
more intentional (comparative)
most intentional (superlative)

If an action is intentional, it is done on purpose.

"Teacher! Jimmy just stepped on my foot again! That was intentional! Please make him stop."


despising

despise (canonical)
despises (third-person singular)
despised (past)
despised (past participle)
despising (present participle)


verified

The past tense and past participle of verify.


tempt

When you tempt someone, you try to get someone to do something, perhaps something bad or immoral.

He was tempted to steal that expensive phone on the table.

She was tempted to kiss him.


tempts

The third-person singular form of tempt.


captives

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


licked

lick (canonical)
licks (third-person singular)
licked (past)
licked (past participle)
licking (present participle)

The past tense and past participle of lick.


despises

The third-person singular form of despise.


speechwriter

speechwriter (singular)
speechwriters (plural)

A speechwriter is someone who writes speeches for others.

Who is the president's speechwriter?


passage

A passage is the act of passing, from one place to another, or from one state to another

Getting a driver's licence is a rite of passage from being a child to becoming an adult.

His passage to Australia in a sailing ship took 180 days.

He heard footsteps in the passage outside his hotel room.

The ship was able to find safe passage through the coral reef.

A passage can be an opening, or a tube along which things can pass.

The small boy had a pea stuck in his nasal passage.

A passage is a short section from a book or other writing.

She read to the class her favorite passage from Jane Austen's book.

A passage is a short section from a musical work.

There was a long oboe solo is the passage we listened to from Bach's work.


carrot

A long root eaten as a vegetable. It is usually orange in color.

A shade of orange similar to the flesh of most carrots (also called carrot orange).


mitt

A mitt is a type of glove. On a mitt, there is one part for the thumb and one part for the other fingers. An oven mitt is a type of mitt.

I wore an oven mitt to take the baked potatoes out of the oven.


crossovers

crossover (singular)
crossovers (plural)

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


rations

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


rations

ration (canonical)
rations (third-person singular)
rationed (past)
rationed (past participle)
rationing (present participle)

The third-person singular form of ration.


safaris

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


banquet

A banquet is a fancy evening meal for many people in a guest room.


passer-by

passer-by (singular)
passers-by (plural)

A passer-by is someone who walks past a location or event.

As the two argued, passers-by paid little attention.


deceits

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


saluting

salute (canonical)
salutes (third-person singular)
saluted (past)
saluted (past participle)
saluting (present participle)


patio

A patio is an outdoor area near a house. Its surface is often covered with stones, tiles, or concrete.


symptoms

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


reacher

A reacher is a person who reaches for something.

A reacher is an object or device used to reach something.


publisher

publisher (singular)
publishers (plural)

A publisher is a person or a company that prints books, magazines, etc. and sells them to people.


salute

A salute is a greeting gesture in the army and navy by hold up a right hand to the forehead.


salute

When you salute at someone, you greet at the person, usually out of respect.

The group of soldiers saluted at the parade's guest of honour.


barbecuing

barbecue (canonical)
barbecues (third-person singular)
barbecued (past)
barbecued (past participle)
barbecuing (present participle)


safari

A safari is a trip taken to see or hunt animals. It is often in a remote location such as parts of Africa.

We went on a three-month safari on the Serengeti Plain in Africa.


daybreak

The start of the morning light just before sunrise.


ooze

You should put on cleaning gloves if you are going to clean up that nasty ooze.


ooze

ooze (canonical)
oozes (third-person singular)
oozed (past)
oozed (past participle)
oozing (present participle)

When something oozes out, it refers to liquid slowly flowing out.

Blood oozed out of the cut.


carpenters

carpenter (singular)
carpenters (plural)

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


despise

To despise something is to feel the very worst about it.

The step-sisters of Cinderella despised her.


reachers

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


crossover

A crossover is a place where one thing crosses over another.

A crossover is a blend of two or more styles of music, intended to appeal to a wider audience.

The band's new song had crossover appeal to both country and pop listeners.

A crossover is an automobile that is a mix of two kinds of automobiles, like the Pontiac Torrent.

A crossover is a fiction story that borrows places or characters from two or more fictional stories.


horseradish

horseradish (singular)
horseradishes (plural)

A plant that is similar to the mustard plant.

A very hot-tasting condiment that comes from the plant.

After eating a steak with too much horseradish on it, Terrance burnt his tongue

/ˈhɔːsrædɪʃ/


cartoons

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


headers

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


becomingly

becomingly (positive)
more becomingly (comparative)
Superlativemost becomingly

When an action is becomingly, it is in a becoming way.


warden

A warden is a person who looks after a dormitory, a youth hostel.

A warden is a person who watches a park, a traffic, etc.

A warden is a head of a school, a prison, a hospital, a public office.


banner

A banner is piece of long cloth with writing on.


header

A header is the text at the very top of the page.

I put my name and the page number in the header of my term paper.

In football, a header is a goal scored by hitting the ball with one's head

Peter Crouch's header against Chelsea made the highlight show last night.


nibbled

nibble (canonical)
nibbles (third-person singular)
nibbled (past)
nibbled (past participle)
nibbling (present participle)

The past tense and past participle of nibble.


patter

Patter refers to the soft sound that feet makes when walking on a hard surface.

The night was very quiet, and I could hear the patter of the mice crawling in the kitchen.

When someone makes a patter, the person is speaking very fast and the words have no meaning.

Before the magician started on his magic trick, he got the attention of the audience through his patter.


patter

patter (canonical)
patters (third-person singular)
pattered (past)
pattered (past participle)
pattering (present participle)

Pattering refers to the sound made by the rain when it hits a surface.

When someone patters, the person is trying to speak quickly without having meaning in the words, to patter.


barbecue

A style of cooking that involves meat being cooked on a grill or in a pit, then often covered in a special sauce.

Chris' Black Oak Restaurant serves barbecue ribs and chicken.

The grill for cooking barbecue; or for grilling anything in general.

I put two hot dogs and two hamburgers on the barbecue.

There was a big barbecue in Riverside Park for the Fourth of July.


cargos

cargo (singular)
cargos or cargoes (plural)

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


despised

The past tense and past participle of despise.


despised

despised (positive)
more despised (comparative)
most despised (superlative)

A despised person is someone who is hated.


disgracing

disgrace (canonical)
disgraces (third-person singular)
disgraced (past)
disgraced (past participle)
disgracing (present participle)


tenants

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


tenants

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

The third-person singular form of tenant.


advertisable

Something which can be advertised is advertisable.


co-worker

co-worker (singular)
co-workers (plural)

A co-worker is someone a person works with.

/ˈkəʊˈwɜː.kə/


darling

A kind of name to be used when you call a person, your husband, who you love.


marble

Marble is a hard stone, typically white or light yellow, polished smooth and shiny, used in making walls, floors or sculptures.

A marble is a small ball made of coloured glass. Marbles are usually used as toys.


marble

marble (canonical)
marbles (third-person singular)
marbled (past)
marbled (past participle)
marbling (present participle)

If something is marbled it has the streaked or swirled appearance of certain types of marble.

If a piece of meat has great marbling, it is interlaced with fats and its appearance resembles that of marble.


-ise

A suffix used to change a word to a verb meaning to make something like that word.

Example: German → Germanise


-ist

a suffix replacing -ism that means a person that uses that -ism


independentize

independentize (canonical)
independentizes (third-person singular)
independentized (past)
independentized (past participle)
independentizing (present participle)

If someone or something independentizes another thing, then they make it independent.


carve

carve (canonical)
carves (third-person singular)
carved (past)
carved (past participle)
carving (present participle)

If you carve wood or stone, you cut it into a designed shape.

If you carve cooked meat, you cut into slices for eating.


baptize

baptize (canonical)
baptizes (third-person singular)
baptized (past)
baptized (past participle)
baptizing (present participle)

If a pastor baptizes a person, they make them a christen by the ceremony in which he or she is touched or covered with holy water.

The baby was baptized at the church yesterday.


captive

A captive is a prisoner, usually in a war.

Put the captives back in jail.

Settlers often became captives of marauding Indians during the colonial wars in America.


verifying

verify (canonical)
verifies (third-person singular)
verified (past)
verified (past participle)
verifying (present participle)


tenant

A tenant is a person who occupies the land or house from a landlord. He pays money to a landlord as rent.


tenant

If someone tenants a place, they are occupying it as a tenant.


deceit

Deceit is the action of making someone believe that something false is true by telling a lie deliberately.

A deceit is an act used to deceive someone.

Everything he wrote about the issue was just a deceit.


-ism

-ism is a suffix that can nominalize a verb or adjective. For example, the noun socialism is formed by appending ism to the adjective social.


carpenter

A carpenter is a person who creates and repairs wooden houses and other objects.

The carpenter will build us new cabinets.


independentized

The past tense and past participle of independentize.


relaxation

relaxation (singular)
relaxations (plural)

The state of relaxing or being relaxed; the opposite of stress or tension; what you get out of recreation activities.

The walk in the park gave her some relaxation.

There was a relaxation of the rules

recreation; a task meant to give the mind or body relief after effort.

After working hard, it was time for some rest and relaxation.


independentizes

The third-person singular form of independentize.


possessed

possess (canonical)
possesses (third-person singular)
possessed (past)
possessed (past participle)
possessing (present participle)

The past tense and past participle of possess.


tempting

tempting (positive)
more tempting (comparative)
most tempting (superlative)

If something is tempting, it is attractive or appeals to someone.


tempting

tempt (canonical)
tempts (third-person singular)
tempted (past)
tempted (past participle)
tempting (present participle)


rationing

ration (canonical)
rations (third-person singular)
rationed (past)
rationed (past participle)
rationing (present participle)


arrogates

arrogate (canonical)
arrogates (third-person singular)
arrogated (past)
arrogated (past participle)
arrogating (present participle)

The third-person singular form of arrogate.


independentizing

The present participle of independentize.


trance

A trance is a mental state in which a person is only half-conscious. It has been called "an altered state of consciousness". The person seems unaware of what is around them, as if 'lost in thought'.

He seemed to be in a trance, as if someone had hypnotized him.


decimal

A decimal is a number less than one (1) that is written by right of a point (.)

0.782 is a decimal.

Decimal is a system where numbers are grouped in groups of 10.

When you convert the hexadecimal number 4F to decimal, the result is 79.


decimal

Something that is decimal is a type of arithmetic writing methods of number, which based on the number ten (10), 100, 1000, 10000...

The number 239 in the decimal system has 2 hundreds, 3 tens and 9 ones.


manifesting

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


Frenchman

Two Frenchmen sat in the cafe, eating bread and smoking cigarettes.


disgraces

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


disgraces

The third-person singular form of disgrace.


Frenchmen

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


unstable

unstable (positive)
more unstable (comparative)
most unstable (superlative)

Something that is not stable, can change suddenly.


cargo

cargo (singular)
cargos or cargoes (plural)

Cargo is goods carried on a ship or airplane.

Tie up the cargo so that it does not fall off the ship.


-ize

A suffix used to change a word to a verb meaning to make something like that word.

Example: German → Germanize


arrogate

If someone arrogates something, they claim something which is not theirs for themselves.


trait

A trait is a typical characteristic or feature, usually of a person or other living thing.

antlers are a trait of male deer.

vertical black and white stripes are a trait of zebras.


observer

An observer is somebody who watches something.


possess

He does not possess a car.

The evil spirit was going to possess her.


disgraced

disgrace (canonical)
disgraces (third-person singular)
disgraced (past)
disgraced (past participle)
disgracing (present participle)

The past tense and past participle of disgrace.


disgraced

Disgraced lobbyist Jack Abramoff had to speak in front of several members of Congress.


draught

A draught is a wind which blows through a building.

A draught is a piece which is used in a game called draughts.


draught

draught (canonical)
draughts (third-person singular)
draughted (past)
draughted (past participle)
draughting (present participle)

To draught means to pull something along, especially a vehicle or a tractor.


arrogated

The past tense and past participle of arrogate.


swellable

swellable (positive)
more swellable (comparative)
most swellable (superlative)

When something is swellable, it is something that can become swollen.


manifested

The past tense and past participle of manifest.


incite

incite (canonical)
incites (third-person singular)
incited (past)
incited (past participle)
inciting (present participle)

To rouse, stir up or excite. To cause action to happen. To cause a reaction.

He said his friends had incited him to break the window.


dart

A sharp pointed object thrown at a circular board in a game of darts.


dart

dart (canonical)
darts (third-person singular)
darted (past)
darted (past participle)
darting (present participle)

If a person is darting across the room, they are moving suddenly and quickly.


apostle

A leader of a religious mission, especially one in the early Christian Church.

A pioneer or early advocate of a cause; prophet of a belief.

A top-ranking official in the twelve seat council of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.


dawn

Dawn is the start of the morning light just before sunrise.

He woke up before dawn to do a morning jog.

The dawn of something is the beginning of it.


dawn

dawn (canonical)
dawns (third-person singular)
dawned (past)
dawned (past participle)
dawning (present participle)

If something dawns upon a person or thing, they realise it.

It dawned upon him that his answer to the question was wrong.


pause

pause (canonical)
pauses (third-person singular)
paused (past)
paused (past participle)
pausing (present participle)

To pause is to stop current work and do some other work for some time.

He paused the video for some time.


pause

A pause is a short time for stopping a work and doing some other work.

He ate during the pause.


-izes

-ize (canonical)
-izes (third-person singular)
-ized (past)
-ized (past participle)
-izing (present participle)


darts

dart (singular)
darts (plural)
darts (singular)

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

A game in which players throw sharp pointed objects at a circular board marked with numbers in order to score points.


have a bat in the belfry

To have a bat in the belfry is to be crazy.


make sure

If you make sure of something, you go back to something and check to see if it was done right or if it was true.


residence

residence (singular)
residences (plural)

"He has residence in the Great State of Malarkus."


nuisance

A nuisance is something or someone that bothers or annoys.


splendid

splendid (positive)
more splendid (comparative)
most splendid (superlative)

If something is splendid, it is very impressive and magnificent.


modules

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


fall through the cracks

If a problem falls through the cracks, it is not noticed, even though there was a way to catch this type of problem.

Complete every item, and make sure nothing falls through the cracks.


-ised

-ise (canonical)
-ises (third-person singular)
-ised (past)
-ised (past participle)
-ising (present participle)

The past tense and past participle of -ise.


stride

The length or type of way that a person walks.


routines

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


stewards

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


stumbling block

stumbling block (singular)
stumbling blocks (plural)

Idioms are a common stumbling block for learners of a language.


quota

A quota is a limit to the numbers or amounts which are allowed.

Fishermen always try to land more than their quota.


puissance

A puissance is the power, might, force or strength of someone or something.


gracious

gracious (positive)
more gracious (comparative)
most gracious (superlative)

When someone is gracious, they are kind.


moot point

moot point (singular)
moot points (plural)

An issue that is subject to, or open for discussion or debate; originally, one to be definitively determined by an assembly of the people.

An issue regarded as debatable, but no longer practical.

Until we rebuild downtown, whether we build more parking spaces is a moot point.


bicolour

When something is bicolour, it has two colours.


bicolour

A bicolour refers to a flower, cat etc. that has two colours.


bonnets

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


babysitter

babysitter (singular)
babysitters (plural)

A babysitter is someone who looks after young children while their parents are out.

I had to be a babysitter and take care of my younger brother as my parents went overseas.


thighs

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


bicep


cowards

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


unformed

unformed (positive)
more unformed (comparative)
most unformed (superlative)

When something is unformed, it does not have a definite form.

My opinion is unformed until I have some time to think about it.


cooper

A cooper is someone who fixes barrels and tubs.


slippery

slippery (positive)
slipperier (comparative)
slipperiest (superlative)

Tending or liable to cause slipping or sliding.

A slippery road can be dangerous.


chimaera


show-off

A show-off is a person who does things to get other people to notice them.


apostles

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


wardrobe mistress

wardrobe mistress (singular)
wardrobe mistresses (plural)

A wardrobe mistress is a woman who manages and maintains the costumes of a theatrical company.


fastidious

Fastidious means to be very particular about one thing or another; "picky"

He is so fastidious about personal cleanliness that he bathes three times a day.


shove

shove (canonical)
shoves (third-person singular)
shoved (past)
shoved (past participle)
shoving (present participle)

When you shove something, you push something or someone hard.


athletes

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


codas

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


residences

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


thigh

The thigh is the part of the human leg between the hip and the knee.


strides

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


sincerer

sincere (positive)
sincerer (comparative)
sincerest (superlative)

The comparative form of sincere; more sincere.


somewhere

(in, at or to) a place, but you do not say or know exactly where

I know somewhere we can go.


moot points

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


fugitives

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


frisbees

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


hierarchy

hierarchy (singular)
hierarchies (plural)

A hierarchy is a body of officials organized in ranks so that each is above or below another.

Any group of objects ranked so that every one is above or below another.


fugitive

A fugitive is a person who has escaped from a place or is in hiding, especially to avoid arrest or persecution.


sincerest

The superlative form of sincere; most sincere.


modular

If something is modular, it is made up of different modules.


sermon

A sermon is a speech that has to do with religion.

Reverend Mather preached a one-hour sermon on the Book of John in church today

A sermon can also be a speech one person gives to criticize other people.

After George came home at 2 AM, his mom gave him a sermon about staying out late.


nuisances

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


indulge

indulge (canonical)
indulges (third-person singular)
indulged (past)
indulged (past participle)
indulging (present participle)

surrender to your own desire to do something

"I will indulge you by playing one of my finest ukulele songs, The Wailing Guitar."


sincere

sincerer (comparative)
sincerest (superlative)
sincere (positive)
more sincere (comparative)
most sincere (superlative)

If someone is sincere, then they believe that what they are saying is true.

I gave my brother a sincere apology after I broke one of his tools.


hierarchies

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


Frisbees

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


bonspiels

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


think through

think through (canonical)
thinks through (third-person singular)
thought through (past)
thought through (past participle)
thinking through (present participle)

to spend enough time thinking about something to make sure it will work

"That plan was well thought through."


curling irons

curling iron (singular)
curling irons (plural)

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


wardrobe mistresses

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


curling iron

A curling iron is an electrical device that uses heat to create curls in human hair.


routine

routine (positive)
more routine (comparative)
most routine (superlative)

Done like it is a routine. Hackneyed, shop-worn.

He showed little interest in the flute sonata and played it in a routine manner.


routine

A set of actions used to perform a trick

magicians all use the same routine to pull the rabbit out of the hat.


bicolours

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


steward

A steward is someone whose regular job is to take care of something for someone else.

King Ragnar was busy with the war, so his steward was kept busy mending all the ills of the nation at home.


survivals

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


bloodshed

bloodshed (singular)
bloodsheds (plural)

Bloodshed refers to bleeding. Usually during a gun shootout between police and robbers, lots of bloodshed can occur.

There were lots of bloodshed on the site of the riots.


momentary

momentary (positive)
more momentary (comparative)
most momentary (superlative)

When something is momentary, it lasts for a very brief amount of time.

I took a momentary glimpse at the commotion.


sermons

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


traits

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


coopers

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


babysitters

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


outing

An outing is a short trip, such as a picnic, or a shopping trip.

My latest outing was a trip to the beach.

Telling another person's secrets, breaking trust.


bunny hugs

bunny hug (singular)
bunny hugs (plural)

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


replacements

replacement (singular)
replacements (plural)

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


precisely

When something happens precisely, it happens in an exact and precise manner.

The egg flew out the window and landed precisely on Mr. Norton's bald head.


biceps

The biceps is a muscle in the human upper arm.


bloodsheds

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


stumbling blocks

stumbling block (singular)
stumbling blocks (plural)

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


quotas

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


precisions

precision (singular)
precisions (plural)

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


thought through

The past tense and past participle of think through.


backcloth

backcloth (singular)
backcloths (plural)

A backcloth or backdrop is a piece of stage scenery typically covering the rear of the stage.

The backcloth was painted to represent a forest.

The backcloth was designed by Bakst, a famous set and costume designer of the early 20th century.


pesticides

pesticide (singular)
pesticides (plural)

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


hassled

hassle (canonical)
hassles (third-person singular)
hassled (past)
hassled (past participle)
hassling (present participle)

The past tense and past participle of hassle.


outings

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


backcloths

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


aromas

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


chimeras

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


Frisbee

A Frisbee is a plastic disc that is thrown to make it fly.


archivists

archivist (singular)
archivists (plural)

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


indulged

The past tense and past participle of indulge.


effeminacy

Effeminacy is the feminine traits displayed by a human male.


hotdogs

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


help itself

help itself (canonical)
helps itself (third-person singular)
helped itself (past)
helped itself (past participle)
helping itself (present participle)


hangovers

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


coda

A coda is a short passage at the end of a piece of music, sometimes summarizing the main themes or bringing the piece to a brilliant conclusion. A very short coda is called a 'codetta'.


ethereal

ethereal (positive)
more ethereal (comparative)
most ethereal (superlative)

Something that is heavenly, unearthly, of the ether (air).

The ballerina had an ethereal aura.


Biedermeier

Biedermeier is a period in European history between 1815 and 1848, and refers to a style in the arts, literature, and interior design of this period.

That chair is in the Biedermeier style.

The historical period known as the Biedermeier era followed the Congress of Vienna and ended with the Revolutions of 1848.


conflating

conflate (canonical)
conflates (third-person singular)
conflated (past)
conflated (past participle)
conflating (present participle)


futurologist

futurologist (singular)
futurologists (plural)

A futurologist is a scientist that studies the future.

When I grow up, I want to be a futurologist and help mankind find out what is going to happen in the future.


hangover

A hangover is a group of symptoms that can include headache. It can be caused by drinking alcohol, or by other things.


precision

Precision is how exact an action or measurement is.

Please remember to give your precision in 3 significant figures.


coward

A coward is a person who does not have courage.


shoves

shove (canonical)
shoves (third-person singular)
shoved (past)
shoved (past participle)
shoving (present participle)

The third-person singular form of shove.


preaches

preach (canonical)
preaches (third-person singular)
preached (past)
preached (past participle)
preaching (present participle)

The third-person singular form of preach.


timetables

timetable (singular)
timetables (plural)

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


futurologists

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


conflates

The third-person singular form of conflate.


paused

pause (canonical)
pauses (third-person singular)
paused (past)
paused (past participle)
pausing (present participle)

The past tense and past participle of pause.


Uranian

A person of a third sex — originally, someone with "a female psyche in a male body" who is sexually attracted to men. Also known as homosexual.


whiteboard

whiteboard (singular)
whiteboards (plural)

A whiteboard is a large piece of either plastic or glass which words can be written on using a whiteboard marker.

We drew on the class whiteboard until the teacher walked in and scolded us.


timetable

A timetable is a kind of schedule with times of when the events are going to happen, usually used by schools to schedule lesson times.

Check the timetable to know what the next lesson is.


dress rehearsal

dress rehearsal (singular)
dress rehearsals (plural)

A theatrical term meaning the last few rehearsals before the first performance.


cornices

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


designers

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


postponed

postpone (canonical)
postpones (third-person singular)
postponed (past)
postponed (past participle)
postponing (present participle)

The past tense and past participle of postpone.


mystique

A mystique is a mystery, a mysterious aura.


hotdog

A hotdog is a type of sausage, most often a weiner or frankfurter.

For lunch, I had an all-beef hotdog with ketchup and mustard.


preach

When someone preaches, he gives a speech or sermon before a group of people. This speech is usually related to religion.

Reverend Mather preached a one-hour sermon on the Book of John in church today


unconventional

unconventional (positive)
more unconventional (comparative)
most unconventional (superlative)

When something is unconventional, it is non traditional, not the expected, not the norm.

John and Jane had unconventional attitudes about marriage.


incited

incite (canonical)
incites (third-person singular)
incited (past)
incited (past participle)
inciting (present participle)

The past tense and past participle of incite.


cartoon

A cartoon is a funny humorous drawing in a comic or newspaper or magazine.


televise

televise (canonical)
televises (third-person singular)
televised (past)
televised (past participle)
televising (present participle)

When you televise a show, you broadcast it by television.

The media corporation televised the ball game for everyone to see.


mystiques

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


en travesti

A theatrical term meaning a role in the dress of the opposite sex, usually applied to a female playing the role of a young man. sometimes called a "trouser role" or a "breeches role".

Sarah Bernhardt played Hamlet en travesti.

Cherubino in Mozart's "Le Nozze di Figaro" is an en travesti role.


Uranians

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


birdcages

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


virginal

virginal (positive)
more virginal (comparative)
most virginal (superlative)

When something is virginal, it is fresh, new and unspoiled, very much like a virgin.

The young lady had a virginal charm that was endearing.


penultimate

If something is penultimate, it is in the second-to-last position in a series.

Y is the penultimate letter in the alphabet.


dazzles

dazzle (canonical)
dazzles (third-person singular)
dazzled (past)
dazzled (past participle)
dazzling (present participle)

The third-person singular form of dazzle.


futurology

Futurology is the scientific study of the future. A person that studies the future is known as a futurologist.

Futurology has helped us to predict what is going to happen to mankind in the future.


abiotic

When something is abiotic, it is not a living thing, not alive and is not made by an organism. Abiotic refers to things that are not alive, like light, water, air, nutrients, minerals, and soil.

Pollination is often done by abiotic means, such as wind or water.


chorus girl

chorus girl (singular)
chorus girls (plural)

A chorus girl (or boy) is a singer or dancer or both in a theatrical production.

The chorus girl fell and broke her ankle.

The chorus girls sang and danced to a jazzy version of "Old MacDonald Had a Farm".

The chorus boys wore sailor suits.

The chorus boys and girls worked late into the night to perfect their routine.


regularly

Regularly is when something is done often.

I go there quite regularly.


postpone

When you postpone something, it means to cancel a plan or event with the intention of rescheduling at a later date.

She will postpone the picnic if weather reports indicate rain.

The exams were postponed until next week because of the weather.


incites

The third-person singular form of incite.


chorus girls

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


trances

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


delicacy

A delicacy is an exotic, tasty, or rare food item.

Fried fish brains with pickled banana peel is a delicacy for some gourmands.

The delicacy of your touch pleases me.


indulges

indulge (canonical)
indulges (third-person singular)
indulged (past)
indulged (past participle)
indulging (present participle)

The third-person singular form of indulge.


conflate

To bring things together and merge them into a single entity, sometimes wrongly

When she conflated two ideas, it was like mixing apples and oranges.

The police made a mistake when they conflated terrorists and protest activists.


prima ballerina

prima ballerina (singular)
prima ballerinas (plural)

A prima ballerina is the female dancer in a ballet company who is assigned the principal roles in ballets.

The Sugar Plum Fairy in "The Nutcracker" is danced by a prima ballerina.


balletomanes

balletomane (singular)
balletomanes (plural)

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


shoved

The past tense and past participle of shove.


lodged

lodge (canonical)
lodges (third-person singular)
lodged (past)
lodged (past participle)
lodging (present participle)

The past tense and past participle of lodge.


ball gowns

ball gown (singular)
ball gowns (plural)

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


whiteboards

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


prima ballerinas

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


orchestral

The orchestral sound was brilliant.

The orchestral program included a symphony.


archivist

archivist (singular)
archivists (plural)

An archivist is someone that archives things as a job and gets paid to do so.

The Internet Archive is an organisation that employs archivists.


televised

The past tense and past participle of televise.


window sills

window sill (singular)
window sills (plural)

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


conflated

conflate (canonical)
conflates (third-person singular)
conflated (past)
conflated (past participle)
conflating (present participle)

The past tense and past participle of conflate.


athlete

An athlete is person involved in a sporting activity.

The athlete gets ready for her race.

A person who actively participates in physical sports, or a person who is highly skilled in sports. (Known in British English as a "sportsperson".)


designer

A designer is someone who designs something.

The costume designer quit before the show opened.


pauses

pause (canonical)
pauses (third-person singular)
paused (past)
paused (past participle)
pausing (present participle)

The third-person singular form of pause.


pauses

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


window sill

A window sill is an interior ledge on the lowest part of a window.

Put the flower pots on the window sill.

The cat sat on the window sill for hours.


dress rehearsals

dress rehearsal (singular)
dress rehearsals (plural)

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


scrapping

scrap (canonical)
scraps (third-person singular)
scrapped (past)
scrapped (past participle)
scrapping (present participle)


tendrils

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


replacement

replacement (singular)
replacements (plural)

A replacement is something that stands in for something else.

I'll be the replacement security guard for the guy who quit.

Here is the replacement gadget for the one you lost.


preached

preach (canonical)
preaches (third-person singular)
preached (past)
preached (past participle)
preaching (present participle)

The past tense and past participle of preach.


startled

startle (canonical)
startles (third-person singular)
startled (past)
startled (past participle)
startling (present participle)

The past tense and past participle of startle.


saccharine

saccharine (positive)
more saccharine (comparative)
most saccharine (superlative)

Something that is saccharine is too sweet, too syrupy, too cute.

Strawberry shortcake is a saccharine character.

"Brahms' Lullaby" is a saccharine piece of music.


televises

televise (canonical)
televises (third-person singular)
televised (past)
televised (past participle)
televising (present participle)

The third-person singular form of televise.


birdcage

A birdcage is a cage for a pet bird (or birds) usually portable and found in the home.

I keep a parakeet in a birdcage.


delicacies

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

Some patisseries offer delicacies of cream, puff paste, and fruits.


degenerated

degenerate (canonical)
degenerates (third-person singular)
degenerated (past)
degenerated (past participle)
degenerating (present participle)

The past tense and past participle of degenerate.


hassle

A hassle is something that is more difficult than it should be because of problems.

"Buying cows from his farm is always a hassle. He spends more time talking about each one than he needs to."


hassle

hassle (canonical)
hassles (third-person singular)
hassled (past)
hassled (past participle)
hassling (present participle)

When you hassle someone, you give that person a hard time, annoy or a bother.


ball gown

A ball gown is a fancy dress worn to a formal dance.

Cinderella wore a beautiful ball gown.

She bought a ball gown for the wedding reception at the country club.


controversial

controversial (positive)
more controversial (comparative)
most controversial (superlative)

Something that is causing debate, causing talk and discussion.

The latest book about UFOs has been very controversial.

"La Traviata" was more controversial in its day than "Aida".

Brangelina is the most controversial couple in Hollywood.


extraordinary

extraordinary (positive)
more extraordinary (comparative)
most extraordinary (superlative)

Something that is above the everyday, above the ordinary, more than ordinary, spectacular.

We've been having an extraordinary spell of pleasant weather.

It was extraordinary opportunity to make money.


inciting

incite (canonical)
incites (third-person singular)
incited (past)
incited (past participle)
inciting (present participle)


postpones

postpone (canonical)
postpones (third-person singular)
postponed (past)
postponed (past participle)
postponing (present participle)

The third-person singular form of postpone.


archiving

archive (canonical)
archives (third-person singular)
archived (past)
archived (past participle)
archiving (present participle)


dazzling

dazzle (canonical)
dazzles (third-person singular)
dazzled (past)
dazzled (past participle)
dazzling (present participle)


lodge

a building in an outdoorsy setting, where people can rent a room

"We stayed in Hodge's Lodge during our hunting trip."

a place where a hired servant, like a butler or gardener, lives separately from the main house


lodge

lodge (canonical)
lodges (third-person singular)
lodged (past)
lodged (past participle)
lodging (present participle)

"That stick is lodged between those two boulders, and I can't get it out."


archived

The past tense and past participle of archive.


disintegrating

disintegrate (canonical)
disintegrates (third-person singular)
disintegrated (past)
disintegrated (past participle)
disintegrating (present participle)


cornice

A cornice is a decorative horizontal molding.


thrilled

thrill (canonical)
thrills (third-person singular)
thrilled (past)
thrilled (past participle)
thrilling (present participle)

The past tense and past participle of thrill.


tossing

toss (canonical)
tosses (third-person singular)
tossed (past)
tossed (past participle)
tossing (present participle)


scrapped

scrap (canonical)
scraps (third-person singular)
scrapped (past)
scrapped (past participle)
scrapping (present participle)

The past tense and past participle of scrap.


dazzled

The past tense and past participle of dazzle.


disintegrates

The third-person singular form of disintegrate.


balletomane

balletomane (singular)
balletomanes (plural)

She is a balletomane and attends the ballet often.


module

A module is a part of a system. It can often be changed at any time.

In computing, a module is a section of a program.


bonnet

A bonnet is a brimless hat of cloth or straw worn by women and children that covers the hair and ears but not the forehead and is tied under the chin

chiefly Scottish: A seamless woven cap worn by Scottish men and boys; a Tam o'Shanter

British: A metal covering or cowl for a heater, a ventilator, a fireplace, etc.

A baby bonnet is sometimes given as a gift to the parents of a newborn.

She lifted the automobile's bonnet to check the engine.


prolongs

prolong (canonical)
prolongs (third-person singular)
prolonged (past)
prolonged (past participle)
prolonging (present participle)

The third-person singular form of prolong.


virtuosos

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


plumb

if an endlessly long line was plumb, then it would go through the center of the Earth


plumb

same as the adjective meaning


plumb

a heavy piece of lead attached to string used to tell whether a line is truly vertical


plumb

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

If you plumb a liquid, you determine its depth.


tendril

A tendril is a leaf, petiole, or stem with a threadlike shape used by a plant to grow upward by wrapping itself about an object.


virtuosity

Great expertise, a virtuoso is a highly skilled expert with great technical skills.

Claude's virtuosity at the piano can not be bettered.

Virtuosity for a ballet dancer can only be achieved with much practice.


tossed

The past tense and past participle of toss.


pas de deux

pas de deux (singular)
pas de deux (plural)

(French) a ballet term meaning a dance for two

The Black Swan pas de deux in "Swan Lake" is thrilling.

Who will dance the pas de deux in "The Nutcracker"?

There are four segments to a traditional pas de deux.

There are many pas de deux in classical ballet.


improvisations

improvisation (singular)
improvisations (plural)

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


hassles

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


hassles

hassle (canonical)
hassles (third-person singular)
hassled (past)
hassled (past participle)
hassling (present participle)

The third-person singular form of hassle.


fulfilled

fulfill (canonical)
fulfills (third-person singular)
fulfilled (past)
fulfilled (past participle)
fulfilling (present participle)

The past tense and past participle of fulfill.


improvisation

Improvisation refers to a performance without a script, plan, direction, or rehearsal.

Tom and Jerry's 'improvisation at the party was a success.

Tom and Jerry's 'improvisations at parties are always successes.

Making something better, improving it to make something better.


booklets

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


scraps

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


scraps

The third-person singular form of scrap.


tint

In color theory, a tint is the mixture of a color with white, which increases lightness.


tint

tint (canonical)
tints (third-person singular)
tinted (past)
tinted (past participle)
tinting (present participle)

If you tint something, you color or shade it.

The windows of the car are tinted.


adagios

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


rehearsals

rehearsal (singular)
rehearsals (plural)

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


choreographies

choreography (singular)
choreographies (plural)

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


lodges

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


lodges

The third-person singular form of lodge.


emitting

emit (canonical)
emits (third-person singular)
emitted (past)
emitted (past participle)
emitting (present participle)


orchestrated

orchestrate (canonical)
orchestrates (third-person singular)
orchestrated (past)
orchestrated (past participle)
orchestrating (present participle)

The past tense and past participle of orchestrate.


fulfill

If you fulfill something, you meet expectations.

He fulfilled his promises.

The promises he made have been fulfilled.


glaze

A sticky liquid used to coat or color something

A smooth edible coating applied to food.


glaze

glaze (canonical)
glazes (third-person singular)
glazed (past)
glazed (past participle)
glazing (present participle)

If you glaze windows, you install panes of glass into it.

If you glaze something, you apply a thin layer of coating.


expressiveness

The act of showing expression, usually emotional expression.

Her fervent and moving expressiveness led me to reconsider sending her to the guillotine.


urinating

urinate (canonical)
urinates (third-person singular)
urinated (past)
urinated (past participle)
urinating (present participle)


fulfills

The third-person singular form of fulfill.


virtuosi

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


prowess

The prowess of somebody represents the person's great ability, usually referring to the physical ability.

I couldn't match Tom's prowess playing tennis.


wedding day

The wedding day is the day upon which one is married.

My wedding day will be one of great happiness.


flying machine

flying machine (singular)
flying machines (plural)

A machine or apparatus used in a theater to make a performer appear to fly.

Peter Pan's flying machine did not function properly during the show and the performer playing Peter Pan was injured.


opening night

opening night (singular)
opening nights (plural)

The opening night refers to the first night of a theatrical performance.

Opening night was a great success.

The theatre was packed on opening night.

The police were called for crowd control on opening night.


startles

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


startles

startle (canonical)
startles (third-person singular)
startled (past)
startled (past participle)
startling (present participle)

The third-person singular form of startle.


rehearsal

A rehearsal is a practice session before a performance.

A rehearsal gives the director a chance to correct mistakes.

The rehearsal for the concert went smoothly.

We held ten rehearsals for the new play.

When everyone wears their costumes for a rehearsal', the rehearsal is called a "dress rehearsal".

A "dress rehearsal" is usually the last rehearsal before a show opens.


emit

If something emits gas, light, sound, etc., it sends it out.

The sun emits hot rays.


urinates

The third-person singular form of urinate.


disintegrated

disintegrate (canonical)
disintegrates (third-person singular)
disintegrated (past)
disintegrated (past participle)
disintegrating (present participle)

The past tense and past participle of disintegrate.


tints

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


perfumed

perfume (canonical)
perfumes (third-person singular)
perfumed (past)
perfumed (past participle)
perfuming (present participle)

The past tense and past participle of perfume.


bride-to-be

bride-to-be (singular)
brides-to-be (plural)

A bride-to-be is a woman who is about to be married

Jill is a bride-to-be. She will marry in a month.

Many brides-to-be shop for clothes to wear on their honeymoons.


virtuoso

virtuoso (singular)
virtuosos or virtuosi (plural)

A virtuoso is someone with great expertise in a particular field, usually a musician or someone in the arts.

Lotte is virtuoso on the Jew's harp.

Little Jimmie and Punk Rocker are skateboard virtuosos.

/ˌvɜ.tʃuˈəʊ.səʊ/


tosses

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


tosses

toss (canonical)
tosses (third-person singular)
tossed (past)
tossed (past participle)
tossing (present participle)


degenerates

degenerate (singular)
degenerates (plural)

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


degenerates

degenerate (canonical)
degenerates (third-person singular)
degenerated (past)
degenerated (past participle)
degenerating (present participle)

The third-person singular form of degenerate.


orchestrates

The third-person singular form of orchestrate.


toss

A toss is also known as a throw of a ball.


toss

When you toss something, you throw the object to another person.

I am here! Toss the ball to me!


costume designer

costume designer (singular)
costume designers (plural)

A costume designer is someone who comes up with the costume designs for a show.

Tom and Jerry were the costume designers for the ice show.

Costume designers take art courses to learn their craft.


third sex

third sex (singular)
third sexes (plural)

Individuals who are categorized (by their will or by social consensus) as neither man nor woman, as well as the social category present in those societies who recognize three or more genders.


archives

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


archives

archive (canonical)
archives (third-person singular)
archived (past)
archived (past participle)
archiving (present participle)

The third-person singular form of archive.


stage hand

stage hand (singular)
stage hands (plural)

A stage hand is someone who works backstage in a theatre shifting scenery.

The stage hands worked smoothly and swiftly during the intermission.


urinated

The past tense and past participle of urinate.


urinate

When a person or animal urinates, it passes urine to empty the bladder.

I drink a lot of water and need to urinate several times a day.


radiant

radiant (positive)
more radiant (comparative)
most radiant (superlative)

Something that is radiant is shining brightly, glowing brilliantly.

Her radiant face told us she was very happy.

The radiant dawn promised a pleasant day for our picnic.


port de bras

port de bras (singular)
port de bras (plural)

(French, ballet term) The carriage of the arms, how the arms are carried in a dance

The ballerina's port de bras was classically correct.


freshness

Freshness refers to the newness, originality of something.

The freshness of the director's interpretation shed a whole new light on the play.


choreography

choreography (singular)
choreographies (plural)

Choreography is the art of designing dances.

The choreography for "Le Spectre de la rose" was completed in three or four rehearsals.


emits

emit (canonical)
emits (third-person singular)
emitted (past)
emitted (past participle)
emitting (present participle)


supernatural

Something of the other world, spooky, scary things that are not natural or normal.

I love stories about ghost, goblins, and supernatural creatures.

Supernatural creatures scare me.


superstar

superstar (singular)
superstars (plural)

A superstar is an extremely successful, high-profile performer or sportsperson.

Venus and Serena Williams are sports superstars.

Madonna is a pop music superstar.


brides-to-be

The plural form of bride-to-be; more than one (kind of) bride-to-be.


machinist

machinist (singular)
machinists (plural)

An individual who operates machinery such as flying machines and trap doors back stage in a theatre.

The machinist was injured when the trap door failed to open.

The machinists went on strike to improve conditions back stage after several were injured trying to operate Peter Pan's flying machine.


orchestrate

orchestrate (canonical)
orchestrates (third-person singular)
orchestrated (past)
orchestrated (past participle)
orchestrating (present participle)

A musical term meaning to assign specific instruments.

"The Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy" is orchestrated for celesta and bass clarinet.

Mozart's "A Little Night Music" is orchestrated for strings only.

If you orchestrate something, you plan or manipulate it.

Nancy and Rhonda orchestrated the break-up between Ron and Wanda.

Ron and Wanda orchestrated the burglary.


incarnation

incarnation (singular)
incarnations (plural)

A person or thing regarded as embodying or exhibiting some quality, idea, or the like.

The leading dancer is the incarnation of grace.

/ˌɪŋkɑː(r)ˈneɪʃən/


booklet

A booklet is a small book, including audio CDs.


emitted

The past tense and past participle of emit.


prolong

prolong (canonical)
prolongs (third-person singular)
prolonged (past)
prolonged (past participle)
prolonging (present participle)

If you prolong something, you lengthen it in time.

Let's hope a blizzard will not prolong our visit with your mother.

Don't prolong our misery by refusing to leave.

The storm prolonged our stay at the ski lodge.

Your presence is only prolonging my misery.


maidens

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


hideous

hideous (positive)
more hideous (comparative)
most hideous (superlative)

When someone is hideous, it means the person is very ugly.

Medusa was a hideous monster.


dispenses

dispense (canonical)
dispenses (third-person singular)
dispensed (past)
dispensed (past participle)
dispensing (present participle)

The third-person singular form of dispense.


priesthoods

priesthood (singular)
priesthoods (plural)

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


costumier

costumier (singular)
costumiers (plural)

A costumier is a maker or supplier of theatrical costumes.


maiden

A maiden is a female human whose hymen ("cherry") is intact and unbroken.

Jill was a maiden when she met John.

The maidens danced on the village green.


thrill

My trip to Alaska was the thrill of my life.


thrill

thrill (canonical)
thrills (third-person singular)
thrilled (past)
thrilled (past participle)
thrilling (present participle)

Try to thrill me by telling me something new.

A good horror movie thrills me.

I was thrilled with first prize.

He was thrilling me with his passionate kisses.


superstars

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


sequin

A sequin is a sparkling spangle sewn onto clothing.

The sequins on her costume were falling off.


choreographs

choreograph (canonical)
choreographs (third-person singular)
choreographed (past)
choreographed (past participle)
choreographing (present participle)

The third-person singular form of choreograph.


thrills

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


thrills

The third-person singular form of thrill.


choreograph

If you choreograph a dance or a set of movements, you design a them.

Will Susie choreograph this year's Dance Revue?


sequins

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


sensation

sensation (singular)
sensations (plural)

A sensation is a feeling one experiences.

I have a tingling sensation in my arm.

A sensation is a widespread reaction of interest or excitement.

Her debut created a sensation among theatre-goers.


backstage

In the area in a theatre behind the stage.

I met the stars backstage after the show.


backstage

backstage (singular)
backstages (plural)


archive

An archive is a collection of historical information, usually kept for people in the future to see.

The police keeps an archive of the files of the criminals.


archive

archive (canonical)
archives (third-person singular)
archived (past)
archived (past participle)
archiving (present participle)

When you archive something, you store and preserve it for people in the future to see. A person who archives things as a job is known as an archivist.

I just archived my family's photo collection so that we can see it in the future.


tender

tender (positive)
tenderer (comparative)
tenderest (superlative)


tender

A tender is an offer to do something at a fixed price.


tender

tender (canonical)
tenders (third-person singular)
tendered (past)
tendered (past participle)
tendering (present participle)

If a person tenders something, they offer or present it in a formal way.

If a company tenders a contract, they offer to do something at a fixed price.


liberation

liberation (singular)
liberations (plural)

Liberation is the process or result of becoming free.

The country was very different after liberation from minority white rule in 1994.

Our liberation from school studies at the end of May was a relief.


perfumes

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


perfumes

perfume (canonical)
perfumes (third-person singular)
perfumed (past)
perfumed (past participle)
perfuming (present participle)

The third-person singular form of perfume.


reviving

revive (canonical)
revives (third-person singular)
revived (past)
revived (past participle)
reviving (present participle)


adagio

The second movement of a symphony is sometimes an adagio.

An adagio is a type of marking in music meaning to play slowly.

There is an adagio mark at bar 12.

/əˈdɑːdʒiəʊ/


anticipation

anticipation (singular)
anticipations (plural)

Anticipation is looking forward to or expecting something, expectancy, the eagerness associated with waiting for something to occur.

He waited with great anticipation for Christmas to arrive.

The act of anticipating, taking up, placing, or considering something beforehand, or before the proper time in natural order.

Often the anticipation of a shot is worse than the pain of the needle stick.


choreographed

The past tense and past participle of choreograph.

Jill choreographed a short ballet for children.

John choreographed the sword fights in the tv movie version of The Three Musketeers.


anticipations

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


dispensed

The past tense and past participle of dispense.


revives

The third-person singular form of revive.


priesthood

John felt called to enter the priesthood after much prayer.


jilting

jilt (canonical)
jilts (third-person singular)
jilted (past)
jilted (past participle)
jilting (present participle)


coils

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


coils

coil (canonical)
coils (third-person singular)
coiled (past)
coiled (past participle)
coiling (present participle)


commentator

commentator (singular)
commentators (plural)

A commentator is someone who comments, opines, or makes remarks upon a topic, subject, or issue.

The news commentator explained the issue clearly.

News commentators can be wrong. They are only human.


abjections

abjection (singular)
abjections (plural)

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


Idk


deprivations

deprivation (singular)
deprivations (plural)

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


persona

A persona is an assumed identity or role; an identity or role that somebody assumes.

The mask or appearance one presents to the world.

An imaginary person representing a particular type of client or customer.


reconstructed

reconstruct (canonical)
reconstructs (third-person singular)
reconstructed (past)
reconstructed (past participle)
reconstructing (present participle)

The past tense and past participle of reconstruct.


exotic

exotic (positive)
more exotic (comparative)
most exotic (superlative)

Something that is foreign, with the connotation of excitingly foreign.

Vera's make up gave her an exotic appearance.

Candy's make up was more exotic than Nancy's.

Trisha wore the most exotic make up I've ever seen.

If something is exotic, it is not native to the ecosystem.

Palm trees would be considered an exotic species in Antarctica.


discarding

discard (canonical)
discards (third-person singular)
discarded (past)
discarded (past participle)
discarding (present participle)


disintegrate

disintegrate (canonical)
disintegrates (third-person singular)
disintegrated (past)
disintegrated (past participle)
disintegrating (present participle)

When something disintegrates, it means to fall apart, to crumble, to erode.

The 100-year-old shirt disintegrated into scraps and dust.


sensations

sensation (singular)
sensations (plural)

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


trifled

trifle (canonical)
trifles (third-person singular)
trifled (past)
trifled (past participle)
trifling (present participle)

The past tense and past participle of trifle.


insipid

insipid (positive)
more insipid (comparative)
most insipid (superlative)

Something that is unappetizingly flavorless.

The diners were disappointed with the plain, insipid soup they were served.

The textbook had a very insipid presentation of the controversy.

Greeting cards contain some of the most insipid words ever written.

The lyrics to this song are more insipid than the lyrics to that song.


tunic

A garment worn with or without sleeves, and of various lengths reaching from the hips to the ankles. It is worn over the torso.


perfume

A perfume is something that gives out a scent, odor, aroma.

Her perfume smelled like lily of the valley.


perfume

The flowers perfumed the room with a delicious scent.


reconstructs

The third-person singular form of reconstruct.


abjection

The abjection of the king and his realm.

The state of being rejected or cast out.

An abjection from the beatific regions where God, and his angels and saints, dwell forever.

A low or downcast condition; meanness of spirit; abasement; degradation.

/æbˈd͡ʒɛk.ʃn̩/


revived

The past tense and past participle of revive.


transcendences

transcendence (singular)
transcendences (plural)

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


dispensing

dispense (canonical)
dispenses (third-person singular)
dispensed (past)
dispensed (past participle)
dispensing (present participle)


degenerate

degenerate (singular)
degenerates (plural)

A degenerate is a person who loses all moral values

He became a degenerate after becoming a junkie and losing his moral values.

Those drug addicts and degenerates on the street corner should not be allowed near children.


degenerate

degenerate (canonical)
degenerates (third-person singular)
degenerated (past)
degenerated (past participle)
degenerating (present participle)

Degenerate is to break down, to crumble, erode.

She was a junkie and her health degenerated day by day.


revive

revive (canonical)
revives (third-person singular)
revived (past)
revived (past participle)
reviving (present participle)

The drowned swimmer was revived by paramedics.

The Met is reviving its 1995 production of "Don Giovanni".


jilt

jilt (canonical)
jilts (third-person singular)
jilted (past)
jilted (past participle)
jilting (present participle)

To not marry, to break an engagement suddenly, to leave one standing at the altar.

John has warned Jill he will jilt her if she doesn't stop seeing Rory.

Jill was jilted on her wedding day. John left her standing at the altar.

John was jilted. His bride ran away with Rory.


table of contents

A table of contents is a list of chapters or topics that includes page numbers. It helps the reader to find a specific topic or chapter in the story to read.


backstages

backstage (singular)
backstages (plural)

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


personas

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


liberations

liberation (singular)
liberations (plural)

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


dispense

When something dispenses an object, it means that it is issuing the object, to distribute it.

She made us all feel relaxed and comfortable by dispensing with the old formalities.


EBITDA

EBITDA stands for earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization, usually represents revenue before taxes and depreciation are considered.


commentators

commentator (singular)
commentators (plural)

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


costumiers

costumier (singular)
costumiers (plural)

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


tunics

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


jilted

The past tense and past participle of jilt.


prolonged

prolonged (positive)
more prolonged (comparative)
most prolonged (superlative)

If something is prolonged, it is lengthy in duration.


prolonged

prolong (canonical)
prolongs (third-person singular)
prolonged (past)
prolonged (past participle)
prolonging (present participle)

The past tense and past participle of prolong.


fulfilling

fulfill (canonical)
fulfills (third-person singular)
fulfil (canonical)
fulfils (third-person singular)
fulfilled (past)
fulfilled (past participle)
fulfilling (present participle)


oil pan

The part of a car that oil collects in after it is used.

Be careful when draining the oil pan not to leak oil on my driveway!

A pan used for collecting oil when draining the oil from a car.


strangeness

strangeness (singular)
strangenesses (plural)

The state or quality of being strange, odd, or weird.

The 'strangeness of his manner created amusement for his neighbors.


transcendence

The state of being beyond the range of normal perception.

The state of being free from the constraints of the material world, as in the case of a deity.


machinists

machinist (singular)
machinists (plural)

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


incarnations

incarnation (singular)
incarnations (plural)

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


costume designers

costume designer (singular)
costume designers (plural)

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


stage hands

stage hand (singular)
stage hands (plural)

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