oversight

oversight (singular)
oversights (plural)

An oversight is something that someone does by mistake, without seeing that they are doing it.

He didn't thank me, but I'm sure that was just an oversight.

Oversight is the action of watching and making sure people do things right.

We have many ordinary workers, and a manager for oversight.

On Wikipedia, oversight is deleting pages or parts of pages so that not even administrators can see the part that was deleted.

I put my email address on Wikipedia by mistake, but I asked for oversight so that no one would see it.

/ˈəʊvəˌsaɪt/


ammunition

ammunition (singular)
ammunitions (plural)

Ammunition is the supply for a weapon (like bullets).

Ammunition can be used to describe words which can hurt people.


hillbillies

hillbilly (singular)
hillbillies (plural)

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


Zionist

A Zionist is a person who supports Zionism.


citizen

A citizen is a person who lives in a particular place.

The town has a population of 115, most of them senior citizens, with no young families.

With the recent economic problems, ordinary citizens are worried.

We all need to use less energy talk to our fellow citizens about environmental issues.

A citizen is a person who belongs to a particular country, usually because they were born there.

Some of these Americans moved north and eventually become naturalized Canadian citizens.


ankle

The ankle is the joint between the foot and the leg.

She sprained her ankle when she fell on the ice.


argon

A chemical element (symbol Ar) with an atomic number of 18.

Argon is a gas, often used in light bulbs to change the colour of the light.


Zahedan

The capital of the Sistan and Baluchestan province of Iran.


messiah

Jews and Christians use the word messiah to mean someone who was chosen by God to lead the people of Israel. Christians believe that Jesus was the Messiah.

A person who is like God and who has many strong abilities.


East Indies

East Indies is an area in the souteastern part of Asia.


underpants

Underpants are clothes which you wear under your trousers or skirt.

Brad took off his underpants.


fatherland

fatherland (singular)
fatherlands (plural)

The fatherland is the land of your father or mother.


complaints

complaint (singular)
complaints (plural)

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


madder

mad (positive)
madder (comparative)
maddest (superlative)

I am even madder than you about what was done.


intruder

An intruder is someone who enters another persons' home without permission.

The intruder in the house was caught after we called the police.


antivirus

A program for a computer that keep computer viruses out the computer. Usually, this program will take viruses out of the computer too.


lithium

Lithium is a light silver-grey metal. It has an atomic number of 3 and the symbol Li. It is the first alkali metals.

Lithium reacts very easily. It even reacts with water.

The lightest metal known is lithium.


Assam

Assam is a state in India; its capital is Dispur.


Bihar

Bihar is a state in India. The capital city is Patna.


photographer

photographer (singular)
photographers (plural)

A photographer is a person who takes photographs as his work.

We had a good photographer at the wedding.

A photographer often knows how to develop his own photographs.

The photographer was busy taking photographs of the models.

/fəˈtɑɡrəfɚ/

/fəˈtɒɡrəfə/


hill

A hill is a piece of high ground that rises up out of lower ground. A hill is like a mountain but smaller.

My house was on the top of a hill.

We had to climb a tall hill to reach the old family cemetery (place where dead people are buried).


Rawalpindi

Rawalpindi is a city in Pakistan next to Islamabad.


Gangtok

Gangtok is the capital city of the state of Sikkim in India.


peregrine falcon

peregrine falcon (singular)
peregrine falcons (plural)

The peregrine falcon (Falco peregrinus) is a bird of prey found in many parts of the world.

The peregrine falcon is the fastest bird in the world.


fuck off


water hyacinth

water hyacinth (singular)
water hyacinths (plural)

The water hyacinth is a kind of flower that grows in water.


deodar cedar

deodar cedar (singular)
deodar cedars (plural)

The deodar cedar is a species of cedar native to the western Himilayas.


admission

admission (singular)
admissions (plural)

An admission is when you admit (confess) something.

Admission is when you are allowed to enter a place, an event, or a group (organization).

Admission is money you pay to get into a place. Examples would be paying to get into a theater of an amusement park.

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salary

Your salary is the money you are paid every month for doing your job.

Your salary will be paid into your bank on the first day of each month.

The company president earned $814,200 in salary, bonus, and benefits.

The average monthly Japanese salary increased 4.3 percent last year.

She gets a base salary of $34,000, plus commissions, which range from $3,000 to $7,000 a year.


nowhere

We tried to follow his instructions but we got nowhere.

I got lost and found myself in the middle of nowhere.


hermit

A hermit is a person who lives alone, far from other people, and does not like to interact with other people.

We walked far and came to the house of the hermit who lives in the forest.

A hermit is a religious person who lives alone and does not like to interact with other people for religious reasons.


preference

preference (singular)
preferences (plural)

A preference is something that you like more than others


juniper

A juniper is a shrub or tree that has pointed, needle-like leaves and strong-smelling cones.


Himachal Pradesh

Himachal Pradesh is a state in India. The capital is Shimla.


dweeb

What a dweeb -- he dresses like he is still in the 1980's.


Iceland

Iceland is an island country in the northern Atlantic Ocean. Iceland is halfway between Europe and North America.


beak

The bird is pecking with its beak for worms in the grass.


Mumbai

Mumbai, formerly known as Bombay, is a city in India.


huge

huge (positive)
huger (comparative)
hugest (superlative)

If something is huge it is very big. When you say this, you mean bigger than large, or bigger than what is usually called big.

Wow! That dog is so huge he could be a horse.

If something is huge it is very important or very exciting.

He's moving all the way to Africa! That's huge!


qualification

qualification (singular)
qualifications (plural)

A qualification is something you might need to do something (such as a job). This might be a skill, knowing about something, or having done a similar job before.

Being able to lead is an important qualification to be president.

The qualifications for this job include being able to use a computer.

They listed an engineering degree as a qualification for the job, even though it was not as an engineer.

A qualification is something you add to an idea that limits its effect or meaning.

I accept your offer, but with some qualifications.


fag

A homosexual male, sometimes used between homosexuals themselves. Short for faggot.

She smokes about 10 fags a day.


clout

Clout is control or power over other people.

The president of the United States has a lot of clout.

A clout is a hard hit, usually with your hand.

She gave him two sharp clouts on the ear.


beryllium

Beryllium is a light, grey metal. It has an atomic number of 4 and the symbol Be. It is the first of the alkaline earth metals.

Beryllium is very poisonous.

emeralds contain beryllium.


owe

owe (canonical)
owes (third-person singular)
owed (past)
owed (past participle)
owing (present participle)

If you owe something you need to pay or give it to someone because of something you have been given. For example, if I ask to borrow five dollars for lunch from a friend, then I will owe that friend five dollars. It could also be something you agree to pay (like a bill) or something you lost gambling.

I owe $50 to the phone company right now.

Just remember, you owe me five dollars for the lunch I bought you.

I owe John for giving me a ride home last night. (Used to mean I owe kindness in return for kindness, not that I owe money.)

I owe you a shirt since I ruined one of yours.

If you owe a person, there is something you need to pay or give to that person. That is, you owe something to that person.

Thanks for the help! I really owe you for that!

If you owe a lot to someone or something, you have something to thank that person (or thing) for.

We owe as much to good luck as to our own skills.

We owe a debt of gratitude to those who started this organization.

Most people don't know how much they owe their parents.

I would have died if you had not pulled me from the water -- I owe you my life.

If something owes to something else, what it owes to is what caused or the reason for doing it.

Much of the success of early rock music owed to the ability of teenagers to buy records.

Owing to the fact that I will be absent tomorrow I must do extra work today.


cunnilingus

Cunnilingus is where a woman's vagina is touched by somebody's lips or tongue, for sexual pleasure.

I performed cunnilingus on my girlfriend, and she enjoyed it.


critic

A critic is someone whose job is to judge and report about the quality of something such as books, movies, wine, restaurants, etc.

Every critic in New York was at the theatre for the opening.

Washington Post film critic Hal Hinson has been writing about movies for over 20 years.

A critic is someone who talks or writes about the problems with something.

He is one of the most outspoken critics against the practice.

Many critics argue that schools fail to teach children how to read.


melee

Hand-to-hand combat; very close fighting.

A naval or armor battle at a very close range.


date palm

date palm (singular)
date palms (plural)

A date palm is a kind of palm tree with fruit called dates.


hills

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


Chandigarh

Chandigarh is a city in India that serves as the capital of two states: Punjab and Haryana.

/ˌt͡ʃʌndɪˈɡɑː(r)/


magnesium

Magnesium is a light, silver-grey metal. It has an atomic number of 12 and the symbol Mg. It is the second of the alkaline earth metals.

photographers used to use magnesium to make a flash of light.

Magnesium burns very easily.

It is important every day to eat food that contains magnesium compounds.


Dushanbe

Dushanbe is the capital city of Tajikistan.


spot-billed pelican

spot-billed pelican (singular)
spot-billed pelicans (plural)

The spot-billed pelican (Pelecanus philippensis) is a bird of the pelican family.


gang-bang


forgive

forgive (canonical)
forgives (third-person singular)
forgave (past)
forgiven (past participle)
forgiving (present participle)

When you forgive something, you do not punish the person who did it.

I know you stole some money from me, but I forgive your stealing.

I have forgiven your disloyalty.

When you forgive a person, you do not try to punish that person for something.

I know you stole some money from me, but I forgive you.

I forgave them for being cruel when we were younger.


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Palestine

The West Bank and Gaza Strip together; that is, the parts occupied by Israel and those under the jurisdiction of the Palestinian National Authority.

Israel and Palestine both want peace.

The region between the Mediterranean Sea and the Jordan River.

A former British mandate in the Middle East. The capital city was Jerusalem.


almond tree

almond tree (singular)
almond trees (plural)

The almond tree is a kind of nut tree; it gives almonds.


guilty

guilty (positive)
guiltier (comparative)
guiltiest (superlative)

If you are guilty of something, you did it. This is usually for doing a bad thing.

If you feel guilty you feel bad about something you did.

If you are found guilty of a crime, a court of law said you did do that crime.


chlorine

A chemical element (symbol Cl) with an atomic number of 17.

Chlorine can mean something that contains chlorine, but is not chlorine as an element

Drinking water and swimming pool water is chlorinated to make it clean.


phosphorus

Phosphorus is a chemical element that has an atomic number of 15 and the symbol P.

Phosphorus is used to make matches.

We need to eat foods which contain phosphorus to stay healthy.


Scandinavia

A region of Europe in the north. The countries called Norway, Sweden, and Denmark are part of Scandinavia. Sometime Iceland and Finland are included, but not always.

The Vikings sailed from Scandinavia to attack the rest of Europe.


maddest

This hurts me the most, so I am the maddest.


poems

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


Easter

Easter is a Christian celebration, usually in April, of the day when Christians believe that Jesus of Nazareth came back from the dead.

Our church will start Easter Sunday with a sunrise service at 6 a.m.

My sisters and I would wake up early on Easter morning to look for Easter eggs.

He's upset by those who go to church only on Christmas and Easter.


honour

Honour is the quality of being respected by other people.


honour

honour (canonical)
honours (third-person singular)
honoured (past)
honoured (past participle)
honouring (present participle)

If you honour someone or something, you think highly of them; you respect them.


AWL


mango

mango (singular)
mangoes or mangos (plural)

A mango is a sweet tropical fruit with smooth yellow or red skin, soft yellow or orange flesh and a very large seed inside.

This mango is very big.

/ˈmæŋɡoʊ, ˈmeɪŋɡoʊ/


commerce

Commerce is the activity of buying and selling goods and services. Or broadly, it is the unmeasurable exchange of energy.

The U.S. Department of Commerce reported that economic activity had dropped in 16 of the 50 states.

Millions of American jobs depend on international commerce.


spawn

spawn (canonical)
spawns (third-person singular)
spawned (past)
spawned (past participle)
spawning (present participle)


spawn

The eggs of a frog are spawn. They are covered in clear jelly.


render

render (canonical)
renders (third-person singular)
rendered (past)
rendered (past participle)
rendering (present participle)

If something is rendered useless, meaningless, invisible, etc. its use, meaning, visibility, etc. is removed.

She had left the phone in a bowl of water, rendering it useless.

This process can remove pollutants from the environment or render them harmless.

If you render something to someone, you give it to or do it for them because of a promise or commitment.

You should carefully render aid to those who are injured.

If an image is rendered in some style or pose, it is shown that way.

The drawing of the ranch is rendered in a similar style to that of the school.

The photo was rendered in 4K on the screen.

If the fat of a piece of meat renders, the fat drips off the meat when cooking.

Bacon is very fatty when raw; however, most of the fat will render during cooking.


charts

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


charts

chart (canonical)
charts (third-person singular)
charted (past)
charted (past participle)
charting (present participle)

The third-person singular form of chart.


psychiatrist

psychiatrist (singular)
psychiatrists (plural)

A psychiatrist is a doctor who helps people whose minds are sick.

She went to a psychiatrist to try to learn to think about her life in a more normal way.


cooperate

cooperate (canonical)
cooperates (third-person singular)
cooperated (past)
cooperated (past participle)
cooperating (present participle)

If people cooperate, they help each other and work together towards the same goal.


fluorine

Fluorine is a yellow gas that has an atomic number of 9 and the symbol F.

Fluorine reacts very easily.

Fluoride toothpaste contains a compound of fluorine.


useless

useless (positive)
more useless (comparative)
most useless (superlative)


earn

earn (canonical)
earns (third-person singular)
earned (past)
earned (past participle)
earning (present participle)

If you earn something you get it by working or doing something.

I earn a lot more money at my new job than at my last job.

He worked hard to earn our respect.

She earned a bad name for herself by her bad behavior.

The child earned a spanking by not listening to his parents.

It took a long time to earn their trust.

If you think you have earned something, you think you should have it because of what you have done.

After completing that project I thought I had earned some time to rest.


criminals

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


deputy

A deputy is somebody one level down from another person. The deputy helps the other person or does that person's job sometimes.

The sheriff posted a deputy to stay until they could get a better look in the morning.

He was Deputy Secretary and Under Secretary Paul D. Wolfowitz.


sometimes

Things that happen sometimes only happen at certain times, or on certain occasions, but not every time.

The bus sometimes arrives late, especially if it is raining.

Sometimes the shop has low prices on a Tuesday.

I go swimming sometimes, if I have nothing else to do.


distract

distract (canonical)
distracts (third-person singular)
distracted (past)
distracted (past participle)
distracting (present participle)

If you distract someone, you make them pay attention to something different than what they were paying attention to before.

The crowd was distracted by a helicopter hovering over the stadium when the only goal of the game was scored.


consume

consume (canonical)
consumes (third-person singular)
consumed (past)
consumed (past participle)
consuming (present participle)

If you consume energy, resources, time, etc., you use it and it is no longer available.

Only 10% of the energy consumed by a light bulb produces usable light.

Most of our leisure time is consumed by TV.

If you consume alcohol, food, etc., you eat or drink it.

They discovered that about half the calories consumed by an adult bat are used up during flight.

Pregnant women should not consume alcohol.

Many people do not consume adequate amounts of food for good health.

If a fire consumes something, it burns it until it's gone.

In 1988 a fire consumed about half of the park's trees.

If you are consumed by a thought or idea, you cannot think about anything else.

Our minds were consumed by the things we saw and dreamed of having.


fairy

A type of human-like being with magical powers. In modern stories fairies are small with insect-like wings. In older stories they were human-size and very powerful, and sometimes dangerous.

A fairy granted then each a wish.

Some people say fairies live beneath the hills in Ireland.

A homosexual man, usually one who is very feminine.

I'm not sure that fairy even knows he's male.


distinct

distinct (positive)
more distinct (comparative)
most distinct (superlative)

If two things are distinct, they are clearly different or separate.

Sports psychologists recognized that there were two distinct types of athletes who could become gold-medal winners.

There are aspects of this group's identity that are distinct from other groups from the same area.

They are a separate people with a distinct language, identity and culture.

A distinct impression, advantage, possibility, etc. is one that clearly exists.

I had the distinct impression that he was secretly laughing at me.

The change gives the government a distinct advantage.

With the cold, snow was a distinct possibility.

If something is distinct, it can be clearly seen, heard, or sensed.

As Gillian approached Theo's dressing room, the angry voices became more distinct.


doggy style

Doggy style is a sex position where the female is on the floor, like a dog, and the man is behind her.

Then Brat started to do her in doggy style.


creampie

A creampie is semen coming out of someone's vagina (or anus) after sex.


queer

queer (positive)
queerer (comparative)
queerest (superlative)

If something is queer, it is a little bit strange, it is not quite normal.

Another word for homosexual or for LGBT people in general. It is sometimes used as a derogatory term and some people see it as a slur.


capability

capability (singular)
capabilities (plural)

We say that someone has a capability when they are capable of doing something; that means they are able to do it.

He has great capabilities in using computers, but he always forgets to go to school on time.


rose-ringed parakeet

rose-ringed parakeet (singular)
rose-ringed parakeets (plural)

The rose-ringed parakeet, also known as the ringnecked parakeet, is a tropical parakeet.

An Indian man with his pet rose-ringed parakeet.


hedge

A hedge is a plant with green leaves that has been planted in a straight line to divide a space.


hedge

hedge (canonical)
hedges (third-person singular)
hedged (past)
hedged (past participle)
hedging (present participle)

If you hedge an area, you enclose it with hedges.

If you hedge something, you obstruct or surround it.


rely

rely (canonical)
relies (third-person singular)
relied (past)
relied (past participle)
relying (present participle)

When someone relies on something, they need it and they feel certain that it will be there.

In this place, you can't rely on good weather even in the summer.

When someone relies on another person, they need the person to do something, and they trust the person and feel certain that the person will do it.

I'm relying on you to water my plants when I'm travelling.


criterion

A criterion is a principle that you use to judge something or decide about something.

The only criterion used for measuring success was school grades.


pornography

Pornography is pictures or words that show or describe sex to make people feel excited.


Muzaffarabad

Muzaffarabad is the state-level capital city of Azad Kashmir.


province

A province is a major subdivision of a country.

Canada has ten provinces and three territories.


cupboard

A cupboard is a piece of furniture with shelves to hold dishes, towels, food, etc.

He took cups, plates and saucers from the kitchen cupboards and stacked them on the table.


thumps

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


thumps

thump (canonical)
thumps (third-person singular)
thumped (past)
thumped (past participle)
thumping (present participle)

The third-person singular form of thump.


vibrator

A vibrator is a machine that vibrates; they are sometimes used for massages or to increase sexual pleasure.

She used her vibrator to try to have an orgasm.


temper

If you have a temper, you often get mad quickly.

Because of my temper, when I saw what he had done, I got very angry.

Count Cross-Stitch's genial temper makes him a charming house guest.


temper

temper (canonical)
tempers (third-person singular)
tempered (past)
tempered (past participle)
tempering (present participle)

If you temper a material, you toughen it by heat treatment.


dozen

He ate half a dozen cookies and felt sick.

The family had brought him a dozen roses, to mark the end of his journey.

I've been there dozens of times.


signature

signature (singular)
signatures (plural)

When a person writes their own name with a pen, they are writing their signature.

The cheque has to have my signature on it, or the bank won't give you money for it.


signature

A signature item of a place is something that is unique and indicates the identity of it.

My signature dish is herb-crusted lamb.

Gordon Ramsay's signature dish is the Beef Wellington.


Indus Valley bullfrog

Indus Valley bullfrog (singular)
Indus Valley bullfrogs (plural)

The Indus Valley bullfrog (Hoplobatrachus tigerinus) is a large frog found in Pakistan and India.


atomic number

atomic number (singular)
atomic numbers (plural)

The number of protons in an atom is the atomic number. It is also the position in the periodic table of elements.

hydrogen has an atomic number of 1. It has 1 proton, and is the first element in the periodic table.

Heavy elements, such as gold have a high atomic number.


astrology

astrology (singular)
astrologies (plural)

Astrology is the study of stars, planets, and their relations to predict future events.


humiliation

humiliation (singular)
humiliations (plural)

Humiliation is the feeling you have when something very bad has happened and many people think it's your fault.

Humiliation is the act of shaming or embarrassing someone or making them feel very bad.


famous

famous (positive)
more famous (comparative)
most famous (superlative)

If someone or something is famous, then many people know bout them.

Judy Garland was a famous singer.

After I write this book I'll be famous, and then many people will want to talk to me.

The ballet was made famous when it was produced in Paris.


cemetery

A place where dead people are buried; a place for graves.


coast

The coast is the area of land closest to the sea.

The hotel was near the coast and their room had a balcony from which they could see the distant ocean.

The numbers of fish along the Atlantic coast declined from heavy fishing, construction of dams, and pollution.

If the coast is clear, nobody is looking, so you can do something without anyone knowing.

He looked out the window to see if the coast was clear.


coast

coast (canonical)
coasts (third-person singular)
coasted (past)
coasted (past participle)
coasting (present participle)

If a vehicle coasts, it continues to move forward without needing new energy.

The car gradually coasted to a stop.

He rested as the bike coasted down the hill.


porno

My girlfriend and me want to make a porno in our bedroom.


gang bang

gang bang (singular)
gang bangs (plural)

A gang bang is when many people rape a person one after another.

My girlfriend and I want to invite you to our home for a gangbang.


woodwork

Woodwork is things made by people out of wood.

Don't throw water at the wall: it will hurt the woodwork.


decent

decent (positive)
more decent (comparative)
most decent (superlative)

If something is decent, it is good enough.

He urged all workers to demand a living wage and decent working conditions.

These British guys are pretty decent actors.

If someone is decent, they are usually honest, kind, and fair.

A decent society does not ignore poor people.

I know the man very well. He is a totally decent, honorable guy.

If someone is decent, they are wearing enough clothes to be seen by other people.

Excuse me, may I come in? Are you decent?


thus

I didn't do my homework and thus got a bad grade.

If you throw the ball thus, as I’m showing you, you’ll have better luck hitting the target.

You use thus far to mean until now, or up to this point.

Things have gone well thus far. Let's hope they continue.


embarrass

embarrass (canonical)
embarrasses (third-person singular)
embarrassed (past)
embarrassed (past participle)
embarrassing (present participle)

If you embarrass someone, you make them feel discomfort or shame.

The boys embarrassed him by pulling down his pants.


porn

porn is a short word, meaning pornography

My girlfriend and I like to watch porn.

Do not let your kids watch porn.


cope

cope (canonical)
copes (third-person singular)
coped (past)
coped (past participle)
coping (present participle)

If you cope with a problem, you do things so that the problem does not stop you.

She went to a special school and learned the skills needed to cope with her learning differences.

My friends have had a great impact on my ability to cope with this illness.

At work, some people are better at coping with change than other people.

Our phone system can't cope with all the calls we're receiving.


crisis

A crisis is a situation that has become very bad or very dangerous and can have bad changes to security, economic, political, social or environmental issues.

The latest change in the hostage crisis came one day after Israel freed 51 prisoners from a jail in south Lebanon.

This will be president's last trip to the Persian Gulf until the crisis has been resolved.

The conditions of these people were extremely difficult and we faced really serious humanitarian crisis.

The US financial system is in crisis.

He has clear ideas about how to solve our energy crisis.

A crisis is a serious emotional problem.

My high school friends thought I was confused, that I was having an identity crisis.

My dad quit his job. I think he's going through a midlife crisis.


complicate

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

If you complicate a task, you make it difficult to do.

My job is harder. They have complicated it by making me answer the telephone, too.

If you complicate an explanation, you make it difficult to understand.

Just tell me the facts. Please don't complicate the account with unnecessary details.


border

The border of a country is the edge of the country: the place where that country touches another country.

You can't cross the border without identification papers.

The border of a shape or of a picture or of part of a picture is the edge of it.

She drew three pink hearts with red borders at the top of the picture.


border

border (canonical)
borders (third-person singular)
bordered (past)
bordered (past participle)
bordering (present participle)

If something is bordered with or in something, that goes all around it.

The newspaper notice was bordered in black.

If one place borders on another, they are side by side.

The Sea of Japan is bordered by Japan, North Korea, Russia and South Korea.


nitrogen

Nitrogen is a colourless gas that has an atomic number of 7 and the symbol N.

The air we breathe is mostly made of nitrogen.

Nitrogen does not react very easily.

Liquid nitrogen is used to keep other things very cold.


bustard

A bustard is a large bird that lives on land.


directory

directory (singular)
directories (plural)

A directory is a book or list of names, usually in alphabetical order with telephone numbers or addresses.

He checked he number in the directory.


honor

Honor is the quality of being respected by other people.


honor

honor (canonical)
honors (third-person singular)
honored (past)
honored (past participle)
honoring (present participle)

If you honor someone or something, you think highly of them; you respect them.


thump

thump (canonical)
thumps (third-person singular)
thumped (past)
thumped (past participle)
thumping (present participle)

If you thump something, you hit it, often with your closed hand.

If something thumps, it hits something else, making a loud, low sound.

If your heart thumps, it beats so strongly and quickly that you can easily notice it.

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thump

A thump is a loud, low sound made when something hits something else.

A thump is the action of something hits something else.


criminally

criminally (positive)
more criminally (comparative)
Superlativemost criminally

Someone behaving criminally is breaking laws or acting in a criminal manner.


tiresome

tiresome (positive)
more tiresome (comparative)
most tiresome (superlative)

If someone or something is tiresome, it makes you bored or annoyed, usually because it is too long.

All of this talking can get a little tiresome.


combine

combine (canonical)
combines (third-person singular)
combined (past)
combined (past participle)
combining (present participle)

If you combine two or more things, you put them together.

In a large bowl, combine 1/2 cup white sugar and cinnamon.

Her new book combines elements of similar stories told throughout eastern North America.

All of these factors combine to create a system that is difficult to understand.

If something combines two or more things, it has both/all of them.

This is a world that combines the old with the new.


combine

A combine is a large farm vehicle the cuts grain and separates the seeds.


workhouse

workhouse (singular)
workhouses (plural)

A place for poor people to live, but they have to work.

A jail where the prisoners have to work.


gangbanger

gangbanger (singular)
gangbangers (plural)

A gangbanger is someone who is part of a gang of young, violent criminals.

The gangbangers shot members of another gang from their car.

A gangbanger is a person who visits a gangbang.

My girlfriend and I invited Brad to our house, because he was a gangbanger, and we are all gangbangers.


colourless

colourless (positive)
more colourless (comparative)
most colourless (superlative)

Something that has no colour, and is almost invisible

Air is colourless, which is why we can see through it.

Water is normally a colourless liquid.


contain

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

Did the envelope contain a letter?

Each box contains enough food for a family of ten for about a week.

The opinions contained in this report are the private opinions of the authors.

The plant's leaves have a rich lemon smell and contain compounds that can keep away insects.

Some building materials contain a high percentage of recycled material.

Tea contains substances called antioxidants that can help keep cells healthy.

A big part of Mississippi's history is contained in those files.

If you contain something, you stop it from getting out.

Molly was so happy should could barely contain her tears.

Firefighters are trying to contain the fire in an area away from houses.


zookeeper

zookeeper (singular)
zookeepers (plural)

A zookeeper is someone who works at a zoo and takes care of the animals.

We saw the zookeeper feeding the tiger in the zoo.


Rhododendron

Rhododendron (singular)
Rhododendrons (plural)

Rhododendron is a large genus of flowering plants. Most of them display their flowers quite aptly.


horny

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

You make me rather horny when you take off a lot of your clothes.

Rhinos are horny animals.


zoology

Zoology is the science of learning about animals.

He likes animals, so he wants to study zoology in university.

/zəʊˈɒlədʒi/


yearbook

A book which is written newly every year, with information in it

A book which is written every year about a school, with information and pictures about the students in the school.

Will you sign your name in my yearbook?


react

react (canonical)
reacts (third-person singular)
reacted (past)
reacted (past participle)
reacting (present participle)

If you react to a person or event, you do something because of the person or event.

When someone shouts at you, you usually react by shouting back.

If you react to a medicine or other substance, something happens in your body because of it.

She reacts badly to asprin. Her skin becomes red all over her body.

When two or more chemicals react, they combine to form new chemical compounds.

acids and alkalis normally react to form salt and water.


efficient

efficient (positive)
more efficient (comparative)
most efficient (superlative)

If something is efficient, it can do a lot but uses very little time, energy, money, etc.

He wastes a lot of time talking, and isn't very efficient at work.

Smaller cars are generally more fuel-efficient than big cars.


Israel

Israel is the only Jewish country in the world.

Israel was an ancient kingdom in the Middle East.


countryside

countryside (singular)
countrysides (plural)

The countryside is the area outside the cities.

He headed out of town and through the surrounding countryside.


boner

If you get a boner, then your penis becomes hard.

My girlfriend asked me what it was like to have a boner because she's never had one.

A boner is another word for a stupid person.

I guess I'm the smartest person in the class because I'm the only one who isn't a complete boner.


sketch

The artist made a quick sketch before he started painting the real picture.

Here is a sketch of an aeroplane.

A sketch is a quick description of a person, or of something that happened.

He gave me a sketch of the incident, stating only the main facts.

A sketch is a short piece of acting, usually funny.

The best part was the three-minute sketch about the cowboy who couldn't ride a horse.


sketch

sketch (canonical)
sketches (third-person singular)
sketched (past)
sketched (past participle)
sketching (present participle)

If you sketch something, you make a quick drawing of it using a pencil or a pen.

I sketched his face quickly before he woke up.

If you sketch something, you describe it without many details.

The policeman asked me to sketch the accident while he took notes of what I said.


volunteer

volunteer (singular)
volunteers (plural)

A volunteer is someone who does work because they want to, without being paid.

We have one paid manager and five volunteers working on this project.


volunteer

volunteer (canonical)
volunteers (third-person singular)
volunteered (past)
volunteered (past participle)
volunteering (present participle)

To do something voluntarily--to do it without being offered something in exchange

I volunteered to do the dishes after dinner to help my mom clean up.

Julie volunteered an explanation without even being asked.


chop

chop (canonical)
chops (third-person singular)
chopped (past)
chopped (past participle)
chopping (present participle)

If you chop something, you cut it using quick downward movements.

Use 1 small onion, finely chopped.

We started chopping wood for the fire.

If you chop time, money, etc., you reduce it.

Through careful planning, we were able to chop the production time in half.

The company plans to chop up to 8000 workers.

They continue to chop away at the budget.


chop

A chop is a quick downward cutting motion.

Your chops is your skill with something, especially music.

If you get the chop, you are fired your job.

A chop is particular piece of meat containing a bone, especially pork chops or mutton chops.

Chop is irregular waves on a rive, lake, etc.


compensate

compensate (canonical)
compensates (third-person singular)
compensated (past)
compensated (past participle)
compensating (present participle)

If you compensate somebody, you give them something because they have lost something or done something for you.


concentrate

concentrate (canonical)
concentrates (third-person singular)
concentrated (past)
concentrated (past participle)
concentrating (present participle)

If you concentrate on something, you use most of your time and work there.

We concentrated our rebuilding efforts on villages in the North of the city, where most of the damage had been done.

If you concentrate on something, you think about it and not about other things.

I went to a quiet room so I could concentrate.

It's better to look at the big picture instead of concentrating on the details.

If something is concentrated somewhere, there is a lot of it in that place.

The fighting was concentrated in a few small areas.


concentrate

concentrate (singular)
concentrates (plural)

A concentrate is a liquid such as juice or chemicals from which most of the water has been removed.

Instead of fresh orange juice, we usually make it from concentrate.


Morina

Morina is a genus of the Caprifoliaceae family.


criminal

criminal (positive)
more criminal (comparative)
most criminal (superlative)

Criminal law, charges, investigations, and so forth are ones related to crime.


criminal

A criminal is someone who has commited a crime or been convicted of a crime.

The politician said in a speech, "don't blame society when somebody commits a crime, blame the criminal". "


soil

A mix of sand and other natural material on the surface of the earth that is used to grow plants.

The refugees were happy to return to their home soil.


soil

soil (canonical)
soils (third-person singular)
soiled (past)
soiled (past participle)
soiling (present participle)

Look at that! You soiled your shirt with mud!


writer

A writer is a person who writes books or other things that people read.

She works as a writer for a magazine.


declare

declare (canonical)
declares (third-person singular)
declared (past)
declared (past participle)
declaring (present participle)

If you declare something, you say it publicly or officially.

She was declared the winner Sunday, with 54 percent of the vote.

He was declared dead in February, seven months after he disappeared.

A storm has caused flooding and a state of emergency has been declared.

Victory there was declared on September 25 even though fighting in the city went on for three more days.

France had declared war on Germany following the invasion of Poland on September 1, 1939.

The Court declared unconstitutional a law requiring students to salute the American flag.

Many suppliers go out of business without formally declaring bankruptcy.

But before political independence was declared, the colonies had become independent in other ways.

If you declare what you own or earn, you officially list those things.


graph

A graph shows data (numbers) as a picture.


graph

graph (canonical)
graphs (third-person singular)
graphed (past)
graphed (past participle)
graphing (present participle)


colorless

colorless (positive)
more colorless (comparative)
most colorless (superlative)

Something that has no color, and is almost invisible

Air is colorless, which is why we can see through it.

Water is normally a colorless liquid.


pomegranate

pomegranate (singular)
pomegranates (plural)

A small tree, that gives fruit called pomegranates.

A fruit with seeds that are covered in red jelly.

/ˈpɑməˌɡrænət/


armour

Armour is something you wear to protect your body.

It was a story of a girl who dressed in armour and fought great battles.

Armour may be used to describe the hard protective layer of an animal's body.

A stegosaur's body is protected by its armour.


chocolate

chocolate (singular)
chocolates (plural)

Chocolate is a candy made from cacao beans and often used to flavour other foods such as cakes and cookies.

In my opinion, the best cookies are those that contain chocolate.

A chocolate is an individual candy that is made of or covered in chocolate.

These homemade chocolates are delicious.


climb

climb (canonical)
climbs (third-person singular)
climbed (past)
climbed (past participle)
climbing (present participle)

If you climb something, you move up or down it.

They climbed the stairs to the top of the tower again and went out onto the roof.

The kids spent the afternoon climbing up and down the tree.

If you climb into, out of, through something, etc., you move with difficulty, often using your hands and knees.

The old man climbed into the back seat of her small car.

They got changed, said good night, and climbed into bed.

They climbed out of the pool and walked toward the changing room.

If prices, profits, temperatures, etc. climb or if a road, a path, or a piece of land climbs, it goes up.

This year, gas prices have climbed steadily from a low of 75 cents to a peak of almost $1.30 in August.

Narrow steps climb to the door of a small temple.

It became very warm as the sun began to climb.


climb

A climb is an upwards movement, often a slow or difficult one.

It isn't far, but it's a steep climb and they were sweating when they reach the top.

Driving into the east end of town after a long winding climb out of the valley, I saw the small house.

The Yen has made a strong climb this year.

A climb down is a long slow downwards movement.


contribute

contribute (canonical)
contributes (third-person singular)
contributed (past)
contributed (past participle)
contributing (present participle)

If x contributes to y, x is one of a number of things that together make or cause y.

Unusually warm temperatures may have significantly contributed to the amount of rain we've had.

There are a lot of factors that are contributing to the strong economy.

Staff writer Karlyn Barker contributed to this report.

This information contributes to our understanding of the problem.

Reduced rainfall may have contributed to the decline of the Mayan civilization.

If you contribute something, you make it available to other people.

Everybody contributed $10 to pay for the present.

Are you able to contribute an hour a week to help us out?


chat

chat (canonical)
chats (third-person singular)
chatted (past)
chatted (past participle)
chatting (present participle)

If two or more people chat, they talk with each other in a casual way, sometimes by typing on a computer or cell phone.

His friends dropped by frequently just to chat.

The band was taking a break and chatting with the guests.


chat

A chat is a casual conversation, sometimes by typing on a computer or cell phone.

People come to the bar to have a drink and a chat.


fig

A fig is a tree that grows mainly in the tropics and produces fruit.

A fig is a pear-shaped fruit with many small seeds that comes from a fig tree.


crowd

A crowd is a lot of people in one place together.

The crowd cheered when the team scored another goal.

When there's an accident, a crowd appears.

The crowd were asked to go home.


crowd

crowd (canonical)
crowds (third-person singular)
crowded (past)
crowded (past participle)
crowding (present participle)

If you crowd someone, you push too close to them.

Don't crowd me, please. I can't see the stage.


stroke

A stroke is when blood stops coming into your brain.

I had a stroke after running so hard.

A stroke is an action of hitting something lightly.

A stroke is the person who sets the speed in a rowing crew.

After years of training he was made stroke in the Oxford University crew.

A stroke is something that happens without warning.

She had a stroke of good luck playing cards and won 20 dollars.


stroke

stroke (canonical)
strokes (third-person singular)
stroked (past)
stroked (past participle)
stroking (present participle)

If you stroke something, you touch something with the hand, and move your hand gently up it.

She stroked his hair lovingly.


heathen

A person who has no religion and does not believe in anything spiritual.

An atheist doesn't believe in God, but a heathen doesn't believe in anything.

We are all rational and rebellious heathens here.

Those kids were a bunch of heathens who did nothing but party.

That bunch of heathens completely destroyed this place.

A pagan who tries to follow the religion of ancient Germany or Scandinavia. This religion is often called Asatru or Heathenry.

He is a very serious Heathen and prays to Odin and Thor everyday.


heathen

heathen (positive)
more heathen (comparative)
most heathen (superlative)

Not believing in any religion or anything spiritual. This could also mean an idea that is against all religion.

I found him reading some heathen book that claimed to disprove God.

Everything he does is totally heathen.

Having to do with the religion of ancient Germany or Scandinavia; about Heathenry.

"The heathen [Aztec] gods cursed the gold...."—from Pirates of the Caribbean


windpipe

The part of a person's throat that air goes through when they breathe.

I can feel the cold air deep in my windpipe.

There are windpipes to bring the warm air from the furnace to the whole house.


rhesus macaque

rhesus macaque (singular)
rhesus macaques (plural)

The rhesus macaque is a kind of monkey that is native to Africa and Asia.


governor

A governor is a person who leads a place like a state or territory.

The king appointed a new governor for the province.

The governor agreed to set the prisoner free.

The election for state governor was a close one.


spelt

spelled (past)
spelled (past participle)
spell (canonical)
spells (third-person singular)
spelt (past)
spelt (past participle)
spelling (present participle)

The past tense and past participle of spell.


command

Command, is the power to control people or things.

The information moved from the soldiers up the chain of command right to the president.

Machine-gun fire swept through the general's command post.

With their centralized command structure, it's hard to believe that it could be an accidental action.

We'll look at the problems they face and the military options at their command.

These women reject the idea that they are under their husband's command.

We have not leader. Somebody needs to take command and get us moving.

Saddam Hussein was in command of one of the world's biggest military machines.

Command is the people or place that orders come from.

This operation was planned carefully from the central command.

Reporters recently spoke to leaders at the Army's Strategic Defense Command.

A command is a direction for a computer to do something.

A complicated command like "COPY: *. *B:PRNT1 i" could take some time for the computer to complete.

A command is an order that somebody do something or that something happen.

He gave the command to attack.

If you have command of something, you understand it well.

He has an excellent command of both French and Spanish.


command

command (canonical)
commands (third-person singular)
commanded (past)
commanded (past participle)
commanding (present participle)

If you command someone to do something, you tell them to do it because you have power over them.

He'd first joined the Army in 1969 and commanded a unit in Vietnam.

"That's quite enough of that. Stop it right now," commanded his teacher.

If you command attention, respect, etc., you get it because you should get it.

The amazing power of weather commands respect and fear.

Her fire-red hair commanded attention.

The wines from 1989 from that area today command high prices.


cast

cast (canonical)
casts (third-person singular)
cast (past)
cast (past participle)
casting (present participle)

If x casts light or shadow on y, x causes y to be lit or in shadow.

The street light outside my window cast shadows on the wall.

The campfire cast a warm light on her face.

If you cast light on an idea or problem, you make it clearer by giving more information about it.

Our research casts new light on the connection between temperature and plant growth.

If you cast doubt on something, you make make people less likely to believe it.

The video casts doubt on the story told by police.

If you cast a look, glance, you look quickly.

She cast about for her pen.

He cast a quick look at the TV.

If you cast a vote, you vote in an election.

I've decided to cast my vote for the Democratic Party.

If you cast metal, plastic, etc., you make an object by applying wet or melted material to another material and waiting for it to harden.

If you cast somebody in a part in a play, movie, etc., you choose them to play that part.

If you cast something somewhere, you throw it there.


cast

The cast of a play, movie, or show are all the people who act in it.

The director has brought back many of the cast and crew of the earlier movie.

The cast of characters is the complete list of characters.

A cast is a hard protective covering on part of your body that has been seriously hurt or broken.

A cast is a shape made by applying wet or melted material to another material and waiting for it to harden.

A cast is a throw, especially in fishing when you throw your line out.


cheer

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

If you cheer, you shout to show that you are happy about something or to encourage someone.

The band begins to play and the crowd cheers.

People cheered the home team wildly.

We hope everybody will come out and cheer on the runners.

If something cheers somebody, it makes them feel happier.

There isn't much on the street to cheer the poor.


cheer

A cheer is a shout to show that you are happy about something or to encourage someone.

As the clock counted down the final seconds of the game the cheers from the crowd grew louder and louder.

Three cheers for the raiders! Hip hip hooray!

Thanksgiving is a time for families to gather with good cheer and put problems behind them.


clarify

clarify (canonical)
clarifies (third-person singular)
clarified (past)
clarified (past participle)
clarifying (present participle)

If you clarify something, you make it clearer.

Finally, we would recommend further research to clarify the various issues.

The presentation of the results in these graphs and tables will help to clarify the idea.

I think we need to clarify what we have heard on the tape.


crisps

crisp (canonical)
crisps (third-person singular)
crisped (past)
crisped (past participle)
crisping (present participle)

The third-person singular form of crisp.


dare

dare (canonical)
dares (third-person singular)
dared (past)
dared (past participle)
daring (present participle)

If you dare to do something, you have the courage to do it, even if you are afraid.

The President dared to make an unpopular decision.

If you dare someone to do something, you challenge them to do something that is a risk, or even dangerous.

I dare you to climb that tree.


dare

dare (present)
dared (past)
daren't (negative)

If you dare not do something, you are afraid to do it.

I daren't tell my parents what happened. They'll be very cross.

Dare he risk crossing the woods at night?

He dare not enter.

You say How dare someone do something? to show that you are angry about something that someone has done.

How dare you come in here without knocking?


dare

He never says "No" to a dare.


nasty

nasty (positive)
nastier (comparative)
nastiest (superlative)

I've never camped in the Italian Alps, but the weather must be pretty nasty there.

Her nasty behavior caused much trouble.

This poison is particularly nasty stuff.

Smoking, it's a nasty habit... but I quite enjoy it.


dam

A dam is like a wall used to hold back water. Usually, this is to block a river.

A dam is a barrier like that used to hold back water, such as a dental dam.


dam

dam (canonical)
dams (third-person singular)
dammed (past)
dammed (past participle)
damming (present participle)

If you dam a river you block it with a dam.


worker

A worker is a person who works, usually for money.

The workers are putting a new roof on the house.


wasted

wasted (positive)
more wasted (comparative)
most wasted (superlative)

We say that something is wasted if it was not used, but should have been used, and now it can't be used.

We forgot to put the food in the refrigerator to keep it cold, so it was all wasted.

Someone is wasted if they are very thin, as if they didn't eat enough.

She doesn't look healthy. She looks wasted.


wasted

waste (canonical)
wastes (third-person singular)
wasted (past)
wasted (past participle)
wasting (present participle)

The past tense and past participle of waste.


diagram

A diagram is a drawing, or sketch, to show how something, such as a machine, works.

You can see from this diagram that the electric switch is very simple, in fact.

Here is a diagram of some machines in a power plant.


diagram

diagramed (past)
diagramed (past participle)
diagraming (present participle)
diagram (canonical)
diagrams (third-person singular)
diagrammed (past)
diagrammed (past participle)
diagramming (present participle)

If you diagram something or someone, you show it using a diagram.

They diagramed the building they were about to build.


refrigerator

refrigerator (singular)
refrigerators (plural)

A refrigerator is a machine which keeps food cold.

Put the milk in the refrigerator so it will stay fresh.

/rɪˈfrɪd͡ʒəˌreɪtə/

/rɪˈfrɪd͡ʒəˌreɪɾɚ/


jerk off

jerk off (canonical)
jerks off (third-person singular)
jerked off (past)
jerked off (past participle)
jerking off (present participle)

Stop jerking off, we have a deadline.


past participle

past participle (singular)
past participles (plural)

A past participle is a verb form, used mainly with an auxiliary verb expressing tense or voice. In English, it is usually spelled the same as the past tense form.

In the following sentences, the underlined word is a past participle:

Have you seen her?

The used book had a dirty cover.

I have walked on this street many times.

The table is supported by four legs.


term of address

a word or phrase that is used when talking about someone or trying to get someone's attention.

Because he talked a lot, his new term of address was Motor Mouth.

Because he decided to change his name to a picture his term of address was The Artist Formerly Known As Prince.


solution

The solution to the math problem 4+3 is 7.

A solution is a liquid that has something dissolved in it.

The student made a solution by mixing salt and water.


contents

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


contents

content (canonical)
contents (third-person singular)
contented (past)
contented (past participle)
contenting (present participle)

The third-person singular form of content.


ejaculate

ejaculate (canonical)
ejaculates (third-person singular)
ejaculated (past)
ejaculated (past participle)
ejaculating (present participle)

If you ejaculate, you eject semen from your penis.

Men usually ejaculate during orgasm.

My penis feels weird and icky when I ejaculate.


clerk

A clerk is a person who keeps an organization's records.

I called the city clerk's office to see if they had a record of her birth.

A sales clerk is the person in a shop who helps you find things you want to buy.

A convenience store clerk was arrested for selling cigarettes to children.

A desk clerk is the person at a hotel who registers guests.

The desk clerk called a taxi for us.

A law clerk is a person, often a junior lawyer, who is the assistant of a judge or another lawyer.


clerk

clerk (canonical)
clerks (third-person singular)
clerked (past)
clerked (past participle)
clerking (present participle)

If you clerk, you work as a clerk, especially as a law clerk.

She clerked for the judge in 1992, and says she and her fellow clerks worked "as many hours as we could stay awake, often past midnight and on weekends."


magazine

A magazine is a publication that is printed regularly (usually weekly or monthly), and is often about a topic like a hobby, sports or news.

I get the magazine Cosmopolitan every month. I really like the articles it has on fashion and love.

This magazine has a lot of advertisements.

A magazine is a small building that an army keeps weapons in.

We don't sleep too close to the magazine because it has things in it that can explode.

A magazine is removable container that feeds ammunition into a gun.


fisting

Fisting is a sex act where the entire hand is placed inside the vagina or anus.

This vibrator wasn't enough, so Brad started fisting her ass.


fisting

fist (canonical)
fists (third-person singular)
fisted (past)
fisted (past participle)
fisting (present participle)


compete

compete (canonical)
competes (third-person singular)
competed (past)
competed (past participle)
competing (present participle)

If you compete for something, you are working against other people to get it.

He competed but failed to win a medal in the 1928 Olympics in Amsterdam.

Is it a good idea to allow female athletes to compete in male high school athletic events?

East Asian countries are successfully competing against Japanese goods around the world.

The better teams compete against good teams while poorer teams compete with each other.

Health insurance companies have started competing to offer plans for both individuals and families.

Their specific products differ and do not directly compete with each other.

The Prime Minister said, "this change doesn't have any big impact on our ability to compete with Germany or Japan."


disabled

disabled (positive)
more disabled (comparative)
most disabled (superlative)

If somebody is disabled, they cannot use part(s) of their body or mind in the same way that most people can.

Two people died in the crash and the others were severely physically disabled.

This money will help the elderly and the disabled.

Not enough research has been done in the area of the preschool learning-disabled students.


disabled

disable (canonical)
disables (third-person singular)
disabled (past)
disabled (past participle)
disabling (present participle)


clue

A clue is a piece of information that helps you answer a question or solve a problem.

He said nothing, made no gesture, and gave no clue about what he was thinking.

Something in those boxes might provide a clue to his death.

She disappeared without a clue.

If you have no clue about something, you don't know at all.

I'm afraid I have no clue how to get there.

Don't ask him. He doesn't have a clue about computers.

The guy's an idiot. He hasn't got a clue.


clue

clue (canonical)
clues (third-person singular)
clued (past)
clued (past participle)
cluing (present participle)

If you clue somebody in to something, you give them that information that they didn't have.

I had no idea what she was angry about until my sister clued me in.

The look on her face finally clued me in: she didn't speak English.

I finally clued in to the fact that it wasn't going to work.


strip

A strip is a narrow, long piece of something.

A few strips of paper are used for making a chain.

A strip (or a strip mall) is a road with many shops.


strip

strip (canonical)
strips (third-person singular)
stripped (past)
stripped (past participle)
stripping (present participle)

My girlfriend will strip, and Brad and me will watch and become excited.

If you strip paper from a wall, you remove it.


gangbang

A gangbang is sex involving more than two people.

My girlfriend and I want to invite you to our home for a gangbang.


gangbang

gangbang (canonical)
gangbangs (third-person singular)
gangbanged (past)
gangbanged (past participle)
gangbanging (present participle)

If you gangbang, you have sex with a group of people. Usually this means you are one of several men having sex with the same woman.

We gangbanged her all night.

If you gangbang, you do crimes as part of a gang. Most often, this means doing violence (hurting people). Also, it can mean just being part of a criminal gang.

If you keep gangbanging you will die young.


telegraph

telegraph (singular)
telegraphs (plural)

A telegraph is an older instrument that was used for sending words and signals to people over far distances. Most people now use the telephone.

I sent my mother a message using my telegraph to tell her that I was fine.


telegraph

telegraph (canonical)
telegraphs (third-person singular)
telegraphed (past)
telegraphed (past participle)
telegraphing (present participle)

To telegraph means to send a message using a telegraph.


decorate

decorate (canonical)
decorates (third-person singular)
decorated (past)
decorated (past participle)
decorating (present participle)

If you decorate something, you make it look nice, usually by putting something pretty on it or painting it.

We're going to decorate our Christmas tree tonight.

The men sat in large uncomfortable wooden chairs decorated with carvings of flowers.

The room was brightly decorated.

If x decorates y, y looks nice because x is on or close to it.

In her room, photos decorated the white walls.

If you decorate someone, you give them a medal for doing something brave or good.

He was decorated by the president for saving several men who had been shot.


coach

Even though his team won, first-year coach Andrew Johnson was not happy.

Parkview's new assistant girls soccer coach Karen Kingston has led the Panthers team to a 4-1 record.

Mrs. Schenkman, the seventh grade girls' basketball coach, had ended practice for the day.

A coach is a private teacher, often to help prepare for a particular test, job, or situation.

A coach is a bus or a car of a train with seats for many people.

Thomas the Tank Engine was pulling his coaches Annie and Clarabel back into Knapford Station.


coach

coach (canonical)
coaches (third-person singular)
coached (past)
coached (past participle)
coaching (present participle)

If you coach a person or a team, you teach them how to do a sport.

She coaches girls gymnastics at Middlebury High School.

If you coach someone, you help them prepare for a particular test, job, or situation.


cock

My girlfriend likes to suck my cock .


cock

cock (canonical)
cocks (third-person singular)
cocked (past)
cocked (past participle)
cocking (present participle)

If a gun is cocked, that means it is prepared to fire.

If something is cocked, that means it is turned on its side or sideways.

He cocked his hat in farewell.


hardly

I hardly noticed the pain.

I'm hardly qualified to give you medicine.


hardly

You can use hardly show you disagree a lot and are upset.

Would I do that? Hardly!


Hertzsprung-Russell diagram

Hertzsprung-Russell diagram (singular)
Hertzsprung-Russell diagrams (plural)

A Hertzsprung–Russell diagram is a graph that organizes stars by color, temperature and brightness.


fruits

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


apparent magnitude

apparent magnitude (singular)
apparent magnitudes (plural)

A star's apparent magnitude is how bright it looks from Earth.


Richter scale

The Richter scale is a scale to measure how strong an earthquake is.


dot

You forgot to put a dot over the i.

The address is simple dot wiktionary dot org (simple.wiktionary.org).

If you do something at a particular time "on the dot", you do it exactly at that time.

I'll be there at 5:00 on the dot.


dot

dot (canonical)
dots (third-person singular)
dotted (past)
dotted (past participle)
dotting (present participle)

If you dot something, you put small round marks on it.

Don't forget to dot the i.

If an area is dotted with things, the things are spread out over the area.

The valley was dotted with camp fires.


zeros

zero (singular)
zeros or zeroes (plural)

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


well-off

better-off (comparative)
best-off (superlative)
well-off (positive)
more well-off (comparative)
most well-off (superlative)

When you are well-off, you have enough money or other things to be able to live well.

Both parents have worked for many years, so now they're very well-off.


whisky

Whisky is a drink with alcohol in it. It is made from grain.


outer

outer (positive)
outermore (comparative)
outermost (superlative)

An outer thing is on the outside or toward the outside.

The outer layer of the coat is water proof, the inner layer keeps you warm.


power cord

power cord (singular)
power cords (plural)

A power cord or mains cable is a cord or cable that connects an electrical appliance to an electrical power source for the time that it is plugged into an outlet.


crisp

crisp (positive)
crisper (comparative)
crispest (superlative)

If something is crisp, it breaks easily and makes a cracking or snapping sound when you break or bite it.

Fry the bacon until it is brown and crisp.

Add the butter and continue cooking another 5 minutes or longer to brown and crisp them even more.

Nothing beats the taste of a crisp, juicy apple picked fresh from the tree.

If cloth or paper is crisp, it is clean or new and often stiff.

The young man stood tall and straight in a crisp white shirt and dark pants.

Fifteen minutes later Wendy crawled between clean crisp sheets, realized that she was very, very tired, and fell instantly asleep.

If the weather is crisp, it is cold and dry, often with a clear sky.

If food tastes crisp, it has a fresh acid flavour.

If a person is crisp, they are professional and quick, but not especially friendly.

If a picture is crisp, it is very clear.


crisp

crisp (canonical)
crisps (third-person singular)
crisped (past)
crisped (past participle)
crisping (present participle)


content

The contents of a container, such as a bag, a file, a book etc., are the things that are in it.

A couple of green plastic bags had torn open, and the contents had spilled out onto the floor.

Scientists examined the contents of the dead bird's stomach.

The students were generally happy with the course content and the instructor.

More writing could improve students' content knowledge as well as their writing skills.

The fat, water, alcohol, etc. content of something is the amount of that substance in something else.

The red wine had a deep color and high alcohol content.

Content is the feeling of being happy and satisfied.

She could sleep to her heart's content.


content

content (positive)
more content (comparative)
most content (superlative)

If someone is content, they are happy and satisfied.

She had always been perfectly content to live in the city.

Women with many friends are actually less content with their lives than those with a smaller group of friends.


content

content (canonical)
contents (third-person singular)
contented (past)
contented (past participle)
contenting (present participle)

If somebody contents themselves with something, they accept it even though they wanted something different.


motherboard

motherboard (singular)
motherboards (plural)

The motherboard is the main part of a computer.

/ˈmʌðɚˌbɔrd/


lens

A lens is a specially shaped piece of glass that is used in cameras or telescopes to bend light.


delegate

A delegate is a person authorized to act as representative for one or more other people, especially at a conference or in government.

He's attending the Democratic Convention as a delegate from the great state of Ohio.

A majority of the delegates voted against joining with that group.


delegate

delegate (canonical)
delegates (third-person singular)
delegated (past)
delegated (past participle)
delegating (present participle)

If you delegate a job or the power to do that job, it is yours, but you give it to someone in a lower position.

As more decisions on more complicated matters have to be made, more power has to be delegated to lower-ranking personnel.

/ˈdɛlɪˌɡeɪt/


perpendicular

Perpendicular means "at a ninety degree angle to".


lexicon

lexicon (singular)
lexicons or lexica (plural)

The lexicon of a particular subject is all the words and phrases that are used for it.


property tax

property tax (singular)
property taxes (plural)

Property tax is something that a person pays for owning property, which is usually land.


parole

Parole is the supervised release of a prisoner before the completion of their sentence.


earthquake

earthquake (singular)
earthquakes (plural)

An earthquake is a natural event that causes the ground to shake up and down, and sometimes, will destroy buildings.

The earthquake ripped a crack in the road and destroyed half of the building that I live in.


whitewash

whitewash (canonical)
whitewashes (third-person singular)
whitewashed (past)
whitewashed (past participle)
whitewashing (present participle)

Someone whitewashes something when they try to hide anything that is wrong with it and try to make it look good.

He tried to whitewash the thing that happened last year so that he could be elected President.

Someone whitewashes something when they paint it with a white paint.

She whitewashed the wall.


whitewash

whitewash (singular)
whitewashes (plural)

They didn't tell you the whole story. That was just a whitewash.

He covered the fence with whitewash.


wrist

Someone's wrist is a part of their body where the arm joins the hand.

You can move your hand up and down while keeping your arm in one place by bending your wrist.


vegetables

vegetable (singular)
vegetables (plural)

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


pretence

Pretence is the behaviour to make people believe what the pretender is doing.


yawn

yawn (canonical)
yawns (third-person singular)
yawned (past)
yawned (past participle)
yawning (present participle)

When someone yawns, they open their mouth wide and sometimes stretch their arms.

I can see that you're tired, because you keep yawning.


yawn

He did three big yawns, then stood up to go upstairs to bed.


visa

A visa is a document that gives you permission to enter a country.

His visa expired today.


yellowish

yellowish (positive)
more yellowish (comparative)
most yellowish (superlative)

If something is yellowish it is a color that is like yellow but is not yellow.

The grass is looking yellowish because there has been no rain.

The color was yellowish-green. (Meaning it was more green but a little yellow.)


prequel

A prequel is a story, book, or movie that comes or takes place before another one.


defence

The secretary of defence met with the president at the White House.

Airplanes attacked the Ministry of Defence in Tehran.

Clinton's lawyers will lay out his defence next week.

Police officers can only shoot in self defence or to protect another person's life.

When he was accused, his friends and even some people who have never met him rushed to his defence.

In a court case, the defence is the person who was accused of a crime together with their lawyer.

His defence lawyers say that Honecker did not shoot the gun.

The defence is the players who are supposed to stop the other team from scoring points.

I wasn't very satisfied with the play of our offense, but our defence played great.


nomination

nomination (singular)
nominations (plural)

Nomination The process of suggesting a candidate for either election to an office, or of a political party selecting its candidate for presidency.

Senator Barry Goldwater won the Republican Party's nomination for President of the United States of America in 1964 after competing with and defeating Governor Nelson Rockefeller of New York for it.

/ˌnɑmɪˈneɪʃən/

/ˌnɒmɪˈneɪʃən/


chorus

A chorus is a musical group, usually in four parts.

He is in the school chorus.

A chorus is the part of a song that is repeated.

I don't know many of the words, but I can sing the chorus.


lesson

A lesson is a time when something is taught.

The Math lesson starts at 5:12.


telescope

telescope (singular)
telescopes (plural)

A telescope is a machine that is made up of a tube and lenses that is used to make things that are far away look larger. Often used by astronomers.

Freddy used the telescope to see the mountain fifty miles away.


calendar

A calendar is a system of measuring time.

The Chinese new year is different from the western new year because the Chinese use a lunar calendar.

A calendar is list of all the days with their dates, usually for one full year.

Write his birthday on the calendar hanging on the wall.


tear

A tear is hole made by pulling or ripping something.

I cannot wear a shirt with a tear in it!


tear

A tear is a drop of water that comes from your eye when you cry.

I felt sorry when I saw the tears running down her face.


tear

tear (canonical)
tears (third-person singular)
tore (past)
torn (past participle)
tearing (present participle)

If you tear something you make a hole in it, or make it into two pieces, by pulling it apart. It is making a tear.

Paper is easier to tear than cloth.

I tore a hole in my pants when I fell on my knee.

I was so mad at her I tore her letter in half.


tear

tear (canonical)
tears (third-person singular)
teared (past)
teared (past participle)
tearing (present participle)

If someone is tearing, that person has tears coming from the eyes. Often, this is called "tearing up." Usually, this is when the person is not crying in a way that can be heard.

I tried to look brave, but started tearing up at the funeral.

My eye started to tear after I got sand in it.

She teared up when she heard the news.


picnic

A picnic is a meal that is eaten outside, usually not at home or at a restaurant.


picnic

picnic (canonical)
picnics (third-person singular)
picnicked (past)
picnicked (past participle)
picnicking (present participle)


kilo-

Kilo means one thousand, and is used in metric measurements to show that it's 1000 times the base unit.

A kilogram means 1000 grams.

A kilometer is 1000 meters.


vegetable

A vegetable a part of a plant that is good for eating. This does not include grain, but does include leaves, stems, and roots. Some fruits are also called vegetables but most are not.

A vegetable is a person who has much damage to the brain and does not wake-up.


protogalaxy

protogalaxy (singular)
protogalaxies (plural)

A protogalaxy is gas and dust in outer space that will change into a galaxy.


wedge

A wedge is something in the shape of a triangle that someone pushes under a door or into a crack.

You can break a log into two pieces by knocking a wedge into it with a hammer.


wedge

wedge (canonical)
wedges (third-person singular)
wedged (past)
wedged (past participle)
wedging (present participle)

If you wedge something, you force it into a narrow gap.

He had wedged the package between the wall and the back of the sofa.

I wedged into the alcove and listened carefully.


Planck's constant

Planck's constant is a measure of the size of a quantum, or the smallest 'piece' of energy that exists. It has a value h≈6.626×10⁻³⁴J·s


beef

We're having ground beef for dinner.

A beef is a complaint: something that bothers someone, or that someone keeps getting a little angry about.

One of my biggest beefs about this place is that you can't get a drink of water here.


joiner

A joiner something that joins two or more things together.

Glue is a good joiner.


runaway

A runaway is someone who runs away from home.

The little boy tried to become a runaway, but only went to the end of the block before coming home.


handkerchief

handkerchief (singular)
handkerchiefs (plural)

A handkerchief is a cloth, usually white, used to clean one's face of sweat, etc.

The gentleman had a handkerchief in his jacket pocket.

/ˈhæŋkɚtʃɪf/


Democrat

A Democrat is someone who belongs to the Democratic Party, especially the US Democratic Party.

The Democrats took control of the house and the presidency.


inferno

Nobody escaped the inferno last night.


popularity

popularity (singular)
popularities (plural)

Popularity is the quality of being either well-liked or common.

Brad Pitt's popularity as an actor has never been higher.


well-being

Your well-being is your state of happiness and health.

He was in a state of well-being.


greets

greet (canonical)
greets (third-person singular)
greeted (past)
greeted (past participle)
greeting (present participle)

The third-person singular form of greet.


earthwork

earthwork (singular)
earthworks (plural)

An earthwork is a construction made of earth, especially to protect an area from attack.

The existing walls and buildings were linked together with earthworks.


jury

A jury is a group of people who decide a court case's result.

The jury says the person is not guilty.


viewpoint

viewpoint (singular)
viewpoints (plural)

Your viewpoint is your idea of what the world is like.

Jimmy's viewpoint of the war was that is was wrong.


melodies

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


restful

restful (positive)
more restful (comparative)
most restful (superlative)

If something is restful it helps your rest or relax.


post office

post office (singular)
post offices (plural)

A post office is where mail is sent and received from.

He sent his letter from the post office.


agreements

agreement (singular)
agreements (plural)

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


acids

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


true blue

If you are true blue, you are loyal or steadfast.


looking-glass

looking-glass (singular)
looking-glasses (plural)

A looking-glass is a fancy name for a mirror

Alice looked into the looking-glass so she could see herself.


victim

The family of the murder victim cried.


angrier

angry (positive)
angrier (comparative)
angriest (superlative)

The comparative form of angry; more angry.

She was getting angrier with every minute.


waterfall

waterfall (singular)
waterfalls (plural)

A waterfall is a part of a river where water falls down.

Don't swim too close to the waterfall!

/ˈwɔːtəfɔːl/


waterfall

waterfall (canonical)
waterfalls (third-person singular)
waterfalled (past)
waterfalled (past participle)
waterfalling (present participle)

If something waterfalls, it falls like a waterfall.

/ˈwɔːtəfɔːl/


vestigial

vestigial (positive)
more vestigial (comparative)
most vestigial (superlative)

If something is vestigial, it is left over or almost gone.

A horse has a vestigial toe on the side of its leg.

/vɛˈstɪd͡ʒɪəl/


quotient

A quotient is the result you get when you divide one number by another.

A quotient of 2 is given when you divide 6 by 3.


velocity

Something's velocity is how fast it is moving.

The bullet comes out of a gun at a high velocity.

In physics, velocity is how fast something is moving in a particular direction.

The velocity of the car was 10 metres per second to the north-east when it hit the tree.


melody

A melody is the sequence of notes (sounds) that make a piece of music.


sunlight

The sunlight is bright today.


quantity

A quantity is the number or amount of something.

The quantity of the candies in the tin has dropped to 17.


automatics

automatic (singular)
automatics (plural)

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


delight

Delight is the feeling of being very happy.

There was a real sense of relief when the war ended and great delight that it had stopped.

They laughed with delight because he was their favorite uncle.

To her surprise and delight, she was right.

She took great delight in being able to play the piano again.

A delight is something that makes you feel very happy.

Your children are such a delight.


delight

delight (canonical)
delights (third-person singular)
delighted (past)
delighted (past participle)
delighting (present participle)

If you delight somebody, you make them feel very happy.

We delight in the beauty around us.

The gift delighted her.


motor

A machine that changes energy into motion (movement).


motor

motor (canonical)
motors (third-person singular)
motored (past)
motored (past participle)
motoring (present participle)

If you motor, you travel in a motor vehicle.


jug

A jug is a large container for liquids, usually with a wide mouth.

The jug is full of milk.


wholesale

wholesale (singular)
wholesales (plural)

Wholesale is the sale of a large amount of an item to other businesses.


armies

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

There are many armies in the world.


inasmuch as

You use inasmuch as to show the reason for something.

Inasmuch as I already know you, I shall call you Jim, not James.

You use inasmuch as to show that something is only as true as something else.

Inasmuch as people still read books, books are still important.


keeper

A keeper is someone who keeps something.

He is the keeper of the keys.


jealous

jealous (positive)
more jealous (comparative)
most jealous (superlative)

To be jealous is to want something someone else has.

I'm jealous of all your free time.

Your new cell phone is making me jealous.


in step

If you are in step, you move with someone at the same speed.

The army walked in step.


in step

Moscow is anxious to stay in step with Washington.


manhole

A manhole is a large hole in a street that is used to get to the sewers.

Don't fall in the manhole!


awoke

awake (canonical)
awakes (third-person singular)
awoke (past)
awoken (past participle)
awaking (present participle)

He awoke in the morning.


amusements

amusement (singular)
amusements (plural)

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


awakes

The third-person singular form of awake.

She awakes in the morning.


awaking

She was awaking in the morning but she decided to fall asleep again.


tradesman

A tradesman is someone who does a skilled job by hand, such as carpenter or electrician.

We need to hire a tradesman to install the toilet.


postoffice

postoffice (singular)
postoffices (plural)

Postoffice is another way of spelling post office.


evergreen

evergreen (singular)
evergreens (plural)

An evergreen is a tree that says green all year.

The pine tree is an evergreen.


apples

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

I had apples for lunch.


plaything

plaything (singular)
playthings (plural)

A plaything is a toy or something else you play with.

The computer has turned into a plaything.


victory

A victory is the act or result of winning.

The Korean War had no clear victory.


policemen

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


approvals

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


valve

A valve is part of a tube that lets liquid or gas go through one way but stops it from going through the other way.

There are four valves in the heart that let blood go in one direction but stop it from going in the other direction.

A valve is part of a tube that someone can open or close to let water or other things go through.

Open this valve to let water go through the pipe.


nurseries

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


landslip

A landslip is when dirt and mud fall down a hill or cliff, like a landslide.

Beware very wet hills, because a landslip might happen.


angriest

The superlative form of angry; most angry.

He was the angriest in the group.


firearm

Soldiers used the firearms to shot the other side.


undone

undo (canonical)
undoes (third-person singular)
undid (past)
undone (past participle)
undoing (present participle)


gods

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


advertisements

advertisement (singular)
advertisements (plural)

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

There are many advertisements on the wall.


entities

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


downfall

A downfall is a quick fall from power or riches.

The empire's downfall happened when the emperor was killed with out a prince.


sevens

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


cents

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


jeweler

The jeweler said that the jewel was worth $1000.


hours

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


adjustments

adjustment (singular)
adjustments (plural)

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

Many adjustments were made to the book before it was published.


medication

medication (singular)
medications (plural)

The patient forgot to take his medication.


animals

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

There are many animals in the forest.


inland

To be inland is to be away from the ocean.

The town was built near an inland sea.


inland

If something is or moves inland it moves away from the ocean towards the middle of the land.

A terrible storm moved inland off the Pacific Ocean.


chemists

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


caretakers

caretaker (singular)
caretakers (plural)

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


violin

A violin is a musical instrument played by moving a bow across the strings.

He has played the violin from when he was 6 years old.


resides

reside (canonical)
resides (third-person singular)
resided (past)
resided (past participle)
residing (present participle)

The third-person singular form of reside.

She resides in India.


diagrams

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


diagrams

diagramed (past)
diagramed (past participle)
diagraming (present participle)
diagram (canonical)
diagrams (third-person singular)
diagrammed (past)
diagrammed (past participle)
diagramming (present participle)

The third-person singular form of diagram.


acted

act (canonical)
acts (third-person singular)
acted (past)
acted (past participle)
acting (present participle)

The past tense and past participle of act.

He acted very well in Othello.


fourths

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


ablest

able (positive)
abler (comparative)
ablest (superlative)

The superlative form of able; most able.

He is one of the ablest scientists.


postmaster

postmaster (singular)
postmasters (plural)

A postmaster is the head of the post office.

Benjamin Franklin was the first postmaster general of the U.S.


refrigerators

refrigerator (singular)
refrigerators (plural)

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

You can buy refrigerators at an appliance store.


concentrations

concentration (singular)
concentrations (plural)

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


arguments

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


apparatuses

apparatus (singular)
apparatuses (plural)

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


atoms

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


postman

The postman dropped off the mail.


angled

angle (canonical)
angles (third-person singular)
angled (past)
angled (past participle)
angling (present participle)

The past tense and past participle of angle.


immortals

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


tornado

A strong wind that moves in a circle with a cloud shaped like a funnel.

A tornado destroyed our house.


butcher

A butcher is a person who slices and sells meat.

I went to the butcher to buy a steak.

A butcher is a person who kills and prepares animals as meat.

The butcher killed the pig and made bacon.

A butcher is a person who kills in a violent way.

Jack the Ripper was a crazy butcher of women.


butcher

butcher (canonical)
butchers (third-person singular)
butchered (past)
butchered (past participle)
butchering (present participle)

If you butcher an animal, you kill it and cut it up into meat.

He had to butcher the sheep to get chops for his dinner.


answered

answer (canonical)
answers (third-person singular)
answered (past)
answered (past participle)
answering (present participle)

The past tense and past participle of answer.

She answered all the questions on her test.


implementations

implementation (singular)
implementations (plural)

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


spinoffs

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


landmark

A landmark is a large object used to know where one is.

Big Ben is a landmark in London.


cyclones

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


beliefs

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


arched

arch (canonical)
arches (third-person singular)
arched (past)
arched (past participle)
arching (present participle)

The past tense and past participle of arch.

She arched back to stretch.


additions

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


visitors

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


clockworks

clockwork (singular)
clockworks (plural)

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


vapors

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


everywhere

I've looked everywhere else, so it must be here.

The park has signs everywhere telling us to stay off the grass.

I broke my nose and blood went everywhere.


awoken

awake (canonical)
awakes (third-person singular)
awoke (past)
awoken (past participle)
awaking (present participle)

She had awoken in the morning.


impatient

impatient (positive)
more impatient (comparative)
most impatient (superlative)


everything

Everything is all that exists, or all things in one area.

If you win, you get everything: the car and all other prizes you won!


thirds

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


residing

She has been residing in India for 20 years.


attractions

attraction (singular)
attractions (plural)

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


question marks

question mark (singular)
question marks (plural)

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


thunderstorms

thunderstorm (singular)
thunderstorms (plural)

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


pour

pour (canonical)
pours (third-person singular)
poured (past)
poured (past participle)
pouring (present participle)

If you pour something, you let it flow from one place to another.

If something pours, it flows fast from one place to another.

If the rain pours, it is raining hard (a lot of rain is coming down fast).


pour

Now that's a good pour of beer.


hurricanes

hurricane (singular)
hurricanes (plural)

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


backing

back (canonical)
backs (third-person singular)
backed (past)
backed (past participle)
backing (present participle)


cyborgs

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

Cyborgs have not yet taken over Earth.


typhoon

A typhoon is a kind of storm in the Western Pacific Ocean.


accounts

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

He has many bank accounts.


accounts

account (canonical)
accounts (third-person singular)
accounted (past)
accounted (past participle)
accounting (present participle)

The third-person singular form of account.


evenings

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


contains

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

The third-person singular form of contain.


injuries

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


digs

dig (canonical)
digs (third-person singular)
dug (past)
dug (past participle)
digging (present participle)


backed

The past tense and past participle of back.


deaths

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


chocolates

chocolate (singular)
chocolates (plural)

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

She got a box of chocolates.


typhoons

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


anybody

Any one person out of a number of people.

I don't care who comes. Anybody will do.

Hello! Is there anybody inside?


authorities

authority (singular)
authorities (plural)

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


tire

A tire is the outer part of a car wheel. It is usually made of rubber

The front tire on my bike needs changing.


tire

tire (canonical)
tires (third-person singular)
tired (past)
tired (past participle)
tiring (present participle)

Running makes me tire.


tornadoes

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


grayish

grayish (positive)
more grayish (comparative)
most grayish (superlative)

If something is grayish, then it is moderately gray.


clockwork

If something works like clockwork it works very smoothly and correctly.

The new car worked like clockwork.


inlet

An inlet is a body water that is has land on all but one side, like a bay or a cove.

We went fishing in the inlet.


democrat

A democrat is someone who supports democracy.

As a democrat, it angered him that there had been no vote.


endearment

endearment (singular)
endearments (plural)

An endearment is something someone says to show love to someone else.

I like it when he says "darling" and "honey" and other words of endearment to me.


basest

base (positive)
baser (comparative)
basest (superlative)

The superlative form of base; most base.


thunderstorm

A thunderstorm is a type of weather with rain, wind, lightning and thunder.

Don't stand under a tree in a thunderstorm, because lightning might hit you.


earring

An earring is a piece of jewelry worn on the ear.

She wore golden earrings.


vitamin

A vitamin is something that we need in our food to help us live, that is different from protein, carbohydrates, fat or minerals.

The vitamins are named with the letters A, B, C, D, E and K.

Eat good food with vitamins in it to stay healthy.


resided

reside (canonical)
resides (third-person singular)
resided (past)
resided (past participle)
residing (present participle)

The past tense and past participle of reside.

She had resided in India for 20 years.


knocker

A knocker is something that knocks or is used to knock.

I used the knocker on the door.

Man, she has a hot set of knockers.


upkeep

Upkeep is the work of taking care of something.

The upkeep of this big house is a lot of work every year.


arching

arch (canonical)
arches (third-person singular)
arched (past)
arched (past participle)
arching (present participle)

He is arching back to stretch.


lighthouse

lighthouse (singular)
lighthouses (plural)

A lighthouse is a tower built on the shore to light the way to shore for ships.

The lighthouse is showing the way.


ugliest

ugly (positive)
uglier (comparative)
ugliest (superlative)

The superlative form of ugly; most ugly.


pit

Don't fall in the pit!

A pit is a large seed such as that in a peach.

The peach pit is hard. Don't bite it.


pit

pit (canonical)
pits (third-person singular)
pitted (past)
pitted (past participle)
pitting (present participle)

If something is pitted, it is marked with little hollows.

The metal is pitted due to the exposure to acid rain.

If you pit something, you remove the seed from a fruit.

Please pit the cherries before giving it to the children.


adults

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

The adults in the room left in a hurry.


meow

He heard a soft meow from behind the sofa.


meow

meow (canonical)
meows (third-person singular)
meowed (past)
meowed (past participle)
meowing (present participle)

If a cat meows, it makes a crying sound.

The cat meowed when it was fed.


gunpowder

Gunpowder is a black powder that burns very quickly or explodes.

The army ran out of gunpower.

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laptop computers

laptop computer (singular)
laptop computers (plural)

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


currencies

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


common sense

Common sense is something that everybody knows and understands.

The ideas of freedom are common sense.

If somebody has common sense, they act sensibly and think clearly.

Billy has common sense—he doesn't walk across the road without looking.


fluctuations

fluctuation (singular)
fluctuations (plural)

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

The stock market goes through many fluctuations.


attempting

attempt (canonical)
attempts (third-person singular)
attempted (past)
attempted (past participle)
attempting (present participle)

She was attempting to draw a horse.


learns

learn (canonical)
learns (third-person singular)
learned (past)
learned (past participle)
learning (present participle)

The third-person singular form of learn.


bagged

bag (canonical)
bags (third-person singular)
bagged (past)
bagged (past participle)
bagging (present participle)

The past tense and past participle of bag.


answering

answer (canonical)
answers (third-person singular)
answered (past)
answered (past participle)
answering (present participle)

I am answering a question.


chemist

A chemist is someone whose job is related to chemistry

He became a chemist at age 30.

A chemist is another name for a pharmacist (a person who gives medicine to make people feel better).

The chemist gave us medicine.