radium

forms: radium (singular)

glosses: Radium is an element that has an atomic number of 88 and symbol Ra.

text: A normal person cannot find radium in any store.

enpr: rād'ēəm

audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-AcpoKrane-radium.wav

hyphenation: rad‧i‧um

noun

radium


formulae

forms:
formula (singular)
formulas or formulae (plural)

pos: noun

glosses: The plural form of formula; more than one (kind of) formula.

ipa: /ˈfɔː(r)mjəˌli/

formula

formulae

expansion: [POS TABLE]


calcium

forms: calcium (singular)

glosses: An element with atomic number 20 and symbol Ca. Also a nutrient in many different foods.

text: The human body needs calcium in order to stay healthy.

enpr: kăl′sē-əm

hyphenation: cal‧ci‧um

calcium


tosh

forms: tosh (singular)

glosses: Tosh is stupid nonsense, usually made intentionally so that no one can understand.

text: He always writes tosh on Wikipedia because he thinks it's funny, but in fact he's just blocked.

ipa: /tɒʃ/

tosh


witherite

forms: witherite (singular)

glosses: Witherite is a yellow-grey mineral. It is made of a form of barium.

text: I would like that sample of witherite for my collection, please.

witherite


lipstick lesbian

forms:
lipstick lesbian (singular)
lipstick lesbians (plural)

glosses: A lipstick lesbian is a lesbian who looks very feminine. It is sometimes thought to be a stereotype of what a woman should look.

text: Heterosexual men often imagine scenes between lipstick lesbians.


square root

forms:
square root (singular)
square roots (plural)

glosses: The square root of a number n is a number that, multiplied by itself, is equal to this number n. Its symbol is √. "The square root of "n" is written √.

text: The square root of 9 is 3.


squeaky

forms:
squeaky (positive)
squeakier (comparative)
squeakiest (superlative)

pos: adj

glosses: A squeaky sound is a sound that has a very high pitch.

text: When sped up, people speaking get a funny squeaky voice.

ipa: /ˈskwiːki/

audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-squeaky.wav

adj

squeaky

squeakier

squeakiest


skinny

forms:
skinny (positive)
skinnier (comparative)
skinniest (superlative)

glosses: A skinny person or animal has few flesh or muscle around the skeleton, he/she/it has a thin and narrow body.

text: You should eat more and do some sports, you're too skinny!

text: This poor village is full of skinny cats and dogs searching for food.

adjective

skinny

skinnier

skinniest


skinny

forms:
skinny (singular)
skinnies (plural)

glosses: A skinny is a person who has not enough flesh, enough muscle, whose body appears to be too thin and narrow.

text: This skinny has lifted this heavy piece of furniture unaided! I couldn't believe my eyes!

irrnoun

skinnies


allotropy

forms:
allotropy (singular)
allotropies (plural)

glosses: Allotropy is the property that certain elements have to get their atoms disposed in different structures.

text: Carbon has two main forms : graphite and diamond, that are each characterized by a different atomic disposition. This is called allotropy.

allotropies


plutonium

forms: plutonium (singular)

glosses: Plutonium is a man-made element of the periodic table, with atomic number 94 and symbol Pu.

text: Along with neptunium, plutonium was the first man-made element to be created by bombarding uranium-238 cores with neutrons.

glosses: Plutonium is also the radioactive metal made of plutonium atoms.

text: Plutonium is a silvery and very dense metal, its toxicity makes it dangerous to manipulate.

enpr: plo͞otō'nēəm

ipa: /pluːˈtoʊniəm/

hyphenation: plu‧to‧ni‧um

noun

plutonium


atom

forms:
atom (singular)
atoms (plural)

glosses: An atom is the smallest bit that matter can be broken down into.

text: Atoms of hydrogen make up a water molecule.

glosses: A particle which is made up of protons, neutrons, and electrons.

ipa: /ˈætəm/


customers

forms:
customer (singular)
customers (plural)

glosses: The plural form of customer; more than one (kind of) customer.

customer


FTL

forms: FTL

pos: abbrev

glosses: FTL is a short way of saying Faster Than Light (travel), the word "travel" is usually not needed to understand.

text: Though sci-fi uses it a lot, today's physics considers FTL impossible.


salmonid

forms:
salmonid (singular)
salmonids (plural)

glosses: A group of fish similar to a salmon or a trout.


mortality

forms: mortality (singular)

glosses: Mortality is the condition of being able to die or disappear.

text: When they begin aging, certain people become afraid of their mortality.

ipa: /mɔrˈtælɪti/


aluminum

forms: aluminum (singular)

glosses: Aluminum is a metallic (meaning made of metal) element with an atomic number of 13 and the symbol Al.

text: These cans are made from aluminum.

hyphenation: alu‧mi‧num


astronomy

forms:
astronomy (singular)
astronomies (plural)

glosses: The study of space and everything related to it, like stars, black holes, meteors, etc.

ipa: /əˈstrɑnəˌmi/

hyphenation: as‧tro‧no‧my

irrnoun

astronomies


pulsar

forms:
pulsar (singular)
pulsars (plural)

glosses: A pulsar is an extremely dense astronomical body more massive than our Sun but not larger than 20 kilometers in diameter, essentially composed of neutrons with an iron shell. This astronomical body pulsates at very regular intervals, from a few milliseconds to more than one second : its name is a portmanteau-word coming from pulsating star.

text: When the first pulsar was detected, its pulsating period was so regular that scientists first believed it came from an extraterrestrial civilization.


gibberish

forms: gibberish (singular)

glosses: Gibberish is a language that is not understandable, because it has no meaning or is too complicated or technical.

text: Extraterrestrials in bad science-fiction often speak gibberish to make you understand that they are extraterrestrials.

text: Some people want to be considered specialists though they mainly use gibberish.

audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-gibberish.wav

noun

gibberish


country music

forms: country music

pos: phrase

glosses: A kind of (mostly American) music started by people who lived far from cities.

text: I've been listening to a lot of country music this month.


IPA

forms: IPA

glosses: International Phonetic Alphabet, one of the writing systems used to transcribe every sound that exists in any known human language.


diary

forms:
diary (singular)
diaries (plural)

glosses: A diary is a journal that some people keep to write down what has happened on days during their lives.

text: I have kept a diary ever since I was a little girl.

ipa: /ˈdaɪəri/

irrnoun

diaries


neon

forms: neon (singular)

glosses: Neon is an element with atomic number 10 and the symbol Ne.

text: Neon is used in signs to make them glow.

glosses: Neon is used to describe neon tetra fish.

text: My mom and I went to the pet store to buy a neon tetra fish.

enpr: nē'ŏn

hyphenation: ne‧on

noun

neon


mortal

forms: mortal (positive)

glosses: Someone or something that is mortal can age, be injured, die, or disappear.

text: Even stars, though living millions or billions of years, are mortal.

text: When they are young, people usually don't think they are mortal.


mortal

forms:
mortal (singular)
mortals (plural)

glosses: A mortal is a human being, as opposed to immortal beings such as gods or beings with supernatural powers.

text: To ancient Greeks mortals were only toys in the hands of gods.

text: Son of a sorceress and a mortal, he still inherited his mother's powers.


tuxedo

forms:
tuxedo (singular)
tuxedos or tuxedoes (plural)

glosses: A tuxedo is black jacket that men wear in formal occasions.

glosses: A tuxedo is also the whole upper suit that includes this jacket, with a white shirt and a black bowtie.

text: In official receptions men always wear tuxedoes.

ipa: /tʌkˈsiːdəʊ/

enpr: tŭksē'dō

ipa: /tʌkˈsidoʊ/

audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-tuxedo.wav

tuxedoes


hamster

forms:
hamster (singular)
hamsters (plural)

glosses: A hamster is a furry rodent a little larger than a mouse and with a very short tail. They are popular as pets.

ipa: /'hæmstəɽ/


creepy-crawly

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

glosses: A creepy-crawly is a small animal that crawls, such as an insect, spider, or worm; this word describes the way these animals move.

text: While most people are disgusted by creepy-crawlies, some find them interesting.

irrnoun

creepy-crawlies


replicator

forms:
replicator (singular)
replicators (plural)

glosses: A replicator is a device or a structure that can make copies of itself.

text: Genes are natural replicators.

glosses: A replicator is also a (fictional) man-made device that can make copies of itself, or transform matter to build any object or structure, living or not.

text: Replicators still belong to science-fiction nowadays, but could exist one day thanks to technological progress.


fail

forms:
fail (canonical)
fails (third-person singular)
failed (past)
failed (past participle)
failing (present participle)

pos: verb

text: The event is going to fail.

enpr: fāl

ipa: /feɪl/


showoff

forms:
showoff (singular)
showoffs (plural)

glosses: A person trying to show prowess or ability.

text: They were a showoff.


electron configuration

forms:
electron configuration (singular)
electron configurations (plural)

glosses: How the electrons in an atom are arranged.

text: The electron configuration in a Hydrogen-1 atom is 1s¹.


assure

forms:
assure (canonical)
assures (third-person singular)
assured (past)
assured (past participle)
assuring (present participle)

glosses: If you assure somebody about something, you tell them not to worry because the thing you say is true.

text: The doctor assured me that he would be OK.

text: He certainly won't be boring; I can assure you of that.

glosses: If x assures that y happens, x makes it certain that y happens.

text: You need to begin now to assure that the everything is ready in January.

ipa: /əˈʃʊə/

verb

assur

e


offline

forms: offline (positive)

etymology_text: off- + line

ety-prefix

off

line

expansion: off- + line

glosses: If a system is offline, it is not connected (generally electronically) to a larger network.

glosses: If a machine is offline, it is not powered on.

text: The printer is offline for a few minutes while it starts up.

ipa: /ɒfˈlaɪn/

audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-offline.wav


offline

pos: adv


clown

forms:
clown (singular)
clowns (plural)

glosses: A clown is a person that entertains people, usually at a circus. He dresses in bright colors, has paint on his face, and wears clothes that are too big for him.

text: Some children are afraid by clowns because of their unusual appearance that can be rather impressive.

glosses: A clown is also a person whose behaviour is a bit silly, not serious.

text: Though very intelligent, this person is a true clown so that no one believes what he says.

enpr: kloun

ipa: /klaʊn/

audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-clown.wav


clown

forms:
clown (canonical)
clowns (third-person singular)
clowned (past)
clowned (past participle)
clowning (present participle)

glosses: A person who is clowning is not serious, acts in a silly way, like a clown.

text: Stop clowning all the time, you're annoying me!


everybody

forms: everybody

pos: det

ipa: /ˈɛvriˌbɒdi/

ipa: /ˈɛvirbədi/

ipa: /ˈɛrbʌdi/


counterfeiter

forms:
counterfeiter (singular)
counterfeiters (plural)

glosses: A counterfeiter is a person who makes copies of things, copies that are considered false and not legal; a person who counterfeits.

text: The police have arrested a gang of counterfeiters that made many false banknotes.

text: To make such well-imitated paintings, counterfeiters must have very good skills.


identifications

forms:
identification (singular)
identifications (plural)

glosses: The plural form of identification; more than one (kind of) identification.

noun

identification


barium

forms: barium (singular)

glosses: An element with atomic number 56 and the symbol Ba.

text: This rock has parts of barium on it.

ipa: /ˈbɛərɪəm/

audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-barium.wav

hyphenation: bar‧i‧um

barium


chord

forms:
chord (singular)
chords (plural)

glosses: A chord is made of several notes together, usually three or four.

text: Some singers accompany themselves on guitar by playing chords.

glosses: A chord is a straight line, that can be material or an abstract line linking two points together.

ipa: /kɔː(r)d/


density

forms:
density (singular)
densities (plural)

glosses: Density is how much stuff fits in a particular area.

text: The population density of Singapore is one of the highest in the world.

glosses: The density of a material is how closely packed its atoms are.

text: The density of water is higher than the density of steam.

audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-density.wav

irrnoun

densities


backup

forms:
backup (singular)
backups (plural)

glosses: A secondary plan that can be used in case the first plan fails.

ipa: /ˈbækˌʌp/

audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-backup.wav


title: cannabis sativa

redirect: Cannabis sativa

pos: hard-redirect


answering machine

forms:
answering machine (singular)
answering machines (plural)

glosses: An answering machine is an automatic device on a phone that leaves a message to people calling when you are absent or when you do not want to be phoned. At the end of the message they can also leave you their own message.


smolt

forms:
smolt (singular)
smolts (plural)

glosses: A young salmon fish, just before becoming an adult which breeds.

ipa: /smoʊlt/

audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-smolt.wav


notable

forms:
notable (positive)
more notable (comparative)
most notable (superlative)

etymology_text: note + -able

ety-suffix

note

able

expansion: note + -able

glosses: A person or a thing is notable if the person or thing is famous, important, significant. It means that many people know about that person or thing; many things have been said or written about that person or thing.

text: She is a notable writer: people in many different countries read her books.

text: A notable event happened here today. It will be in the newspaper.

ipa: /ˈnəʊtəbəl/

adj

more: true


countrymen

forms:
countryman (singular)
countrymen (plural)

glosses: The plural form of countryman; more than one (kind of) countryman.

noun

countryman

countrymen


salmon

forms:
salmon (singular)
salmons or salmon (plural)

glosses: A yellowish pink colour, the colour of cooked salmon.

enpr: să'mən

ipa: /ˈsæmən/

salmon


arson

forms:
arson (singular)
arsons (plural)

glosses: Arson is the crime of setting a fire to cause damage.

text: A man is being held by police in connection with an arson attack that destroyed a school.

text: The cause of the fire is unknown, but investigators believe it to be an arson.

ipa: /ˈɑrsən/

ipa: /ˈɑːsən/

audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-arson.wav


unobtainium

forms: unobtainium (singular)

glosses: Unobtainium is a fictional material that has extraordinary properties and is considered very difficult, maybe even impossible, to obtain.

text: Science-fiction works have a lot of devices that could not even exist if they were not made of unobtainium!

audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-unobtanium.wav

hyphenation: un‧ob‧tain‧i‧um


parr

forms:
parr (singular)
parrs (plural)

glosses: A parr is a young salmon fish, more mature than a fry.

ipa: /pɑː/


cyborg

forms:
cyborg (singular)
cyborgs (plural)

glosses: Mixing of cybernetic and organism, a cyborg is a being, usually human, that has an important part of mechanical/robotic devices in his or her body. He or she still has an organic brain, contrary to a robot.

glosses: A true robot that has a relation with organic life, such as looking like a normal human being or having a human soul inside.

text: Terminator is a cyborg.


tomato

forms:
tomato (singular)
tomatoes (plural)

glosses: A tomato is a red, roundish fruit, roughly the size of a fist. It does not have a core nor pips.

text: Bad singers or musicians used to be thrown tomatoes at.

glosses: A tomato is also the plant bearing tomatoes.

text: Tomatoes were imported from Central America to Europe in the sixteenth century.

text: Ketchup sauce contains some amount of tomato.

text: Tomato is a color that looks like oxygenated blood.

ipa: /təˈmɑːtəʊ/

ipa: /təˈmeɪtoʊ/

irrnoun

tomatoes


wizard

forms:
wizard (singular)
wizards (plural)

glosses: A person who uses magic, who has magical powers.

text: Wizards use magic to cast spells.

glosses: A person who is very talented in one area or more.

text: That guy is a wizard at problem-solving!

glosses: A computer program that simplifies operations for users that have little or no experience in computing.

text: To install this drawing program, we had to use the install wizard to set the program up on the computer.

ipa: /ˈwɪzəd/


ton

forms:
ton (singular)
tons (plural)

glosses: A ton is a metric unit of weight that as three main values : the international metric ton that is exactly 1,000 kilograms, the short ton used in Northern America that is 2,000 pounds (about 907 kilograms), and the long ton used in United Kingdom that is 2,240 pounds or about 1016 kilograms.

glosses: A ton is also a great amount of something, or many things.

text: Today I have tons of things to do: how discouraging!

ipa: /tʌn/

homophones: tonne tun


i.e.

glosses: This is a Latin abbreviation for id est (literally "that is"), and is used to explain something by saying it in a different way : in other words, which means are expressions having roughly the same meaning.

text: They are just liars, i.e. they never tell the truth.


immortal

forms:
immortal (singular)
immortals (plural)

etymology_text: im- + mortal

word parts

im-

mortal

expansion: im- + mortal

glosses: An immortal is a being that lives forever and does not age or die.

text: Though never dying, an immortal can still be killed in certain cases.


immortal

forms: immortal (positive)

glosses: If something or someone is immortal, it lives forever and never dies or disappears.

text: In ancient Greek civilization, gods were believed to be immortal.

text: Lots of people believe that human beings have an immortal soul inside.


sprinted

forms:
sprint (canonical)
sprints (third-person singular)
sprinted (past)
sprinted (past participle)
sprinting (present participle)

verb

sprint


boundary

forms:
boundary (singular)
boundaries (plural)

glosses: A boundary is the line around something's outside edge.

text: The elephants have to live within the boundary of the park or risk being shot.

text: There have been many times in their lives when the boundaries between their personal and professional lives have disappeared.

text: More manufactured goods are crossing international boundaries every day.

text: An international commission that regulates the boundary waters between the U.S. and Canada.

ipa: /baʊndri/

sampa: /baUndri/

ipa: /ˈbaʊndəri/

irrnoun

boundaries


terse

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

glosses: A terse reply or message uses very few words to say only the most important information.

text: He gave a terse, one-word answer.

ipa: /tɜːs/

ipa: /tɝːs/

adj

terse

terser

tersest


helium

forms: helium (singular)

glosses: Helium is a colourless gas that has an atomic number of 2 and the symbol He.

text: Sir, can you please fill my balloon up with helium, please?

enpr: hē'lēəm

ipa: /ˈhiːlɪəm/

hyphenation: he‧li‧um

noun

helium


arsonist

forms:
arsonist (singular)
arsonists (plural)

etymology_text: arson + -ist

ety-suffix

arson

ist

expansion: arson + -ist

glosses: An arsonist is a person who sets fire to cause damage, especially in buildings or forests.

text: Forest fires are often caused by arsonists, but they are difficult to arrest.

ipa: /ˈɑrsənəst/

ipa: /ˈɑːsənɪst/

audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-arsonist.wav


mess

forms:
mess (singular)
messes (plural)

glosses: A mess is a dirty or untidy place or situation.

text: Your room is such a mess! You're not leaving the house until you clean it up!

glosses: A mess is a chaotic, confused or troublesome state or situation.

text: Look at the mess you've gotten us into now!

glosses: A mess is a number of people who eat together.

ipa: /mɛs/

irrnoun

messes


mess

forms:
mess (canonical)
messes (third-person singular)
messed (past)
messed (past participle)
messing (present participle)

glosses: If you mess, you take meals with a mess.

verb

mess

es


zoom

forms:
zoom (canonical)
zooms (third-person singular)
zoomed (past)
zoomed (past participle)
zooming (present participle)

enpr: zōōm

ipa: /zuːm/

audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-zoom.wav


gegenschein

forms: gegenschein

pos: name

glosses: A faint glow that can be seen on the opposite side of the sky where the sun is, due to dust and debris around that position.

ipa: ˈgeːgənʃaɪn

audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-gegenschein.wav

hyphenation: ge‧gen‧schein


flowers

forms:
flower (singular)
flowers (plural)

glosses: The plural form of flower; more than one (kind of) flower.

text: John gave me flowers for our anniversary this year.

ipa: /ˈflaʊəz/

ipa: /ˈflaʊɚz/

noun

flower


flowers

forms:
flower (canonical)
flowers (third-person singular)
flowered (past)
flowered (past participle)
flowering (present participle)

glosses: The third-person singular form of flower.


tricks

forms:
trick (canonical)
tricks (third-person singular)
tricked (past)
tricked (past participle)
tricking (present participle)

glosses: The third-person singular form of trick.

verb

trick


tricks

forms:
trick (singular)
tricks (plural)

glosses: The plural form of trick; more than one (kind of) trick.


lame duck

forms:
lame duck (singular)
lame ducks (plural)

glosses: A lame duck is a person who is handicapped or not efficient.

text: The whole group wasted a lot of time only because of him. He's what I call a lame duck!

glosses: In the United States, a lame duck is a politician who holds an office now, but lost the recent election or is not eligible to hold the position anymore; they are called a lame duck because they have very little power in the last few months of their service.

text: Being accused of corruption, this congressman has become a lame duck.


smoulder

forms:
smoulder (canonical)
smoulders (third-person singular)
smouldered (past)
smouldered (past participle)
smouldering (present participle)

glosses: Smoulder is another way of spelling smolder.

ipa: /ˈsmoʊldɚ/

hyphenation: smoul‧der


countryman

forms:
countryman (singular)
countrymen (plural)

glosses: Your countrymen are people who come from the same country (nation) that you are from.

text: My fellow Americans are my countrymen.

text: The student from Japan wished she could see more of her countrymen.

ipa: /ˈkʌntrimən/

hyphenation: coun‧try‧man


semi-detached house

forms:
semi-detached house (singular)
semi-detached houses (plural)

glosses: A semi-detached house is a house that has a common wall with another house.

text: I don't especially like my semi-detached house because I can hear what my neighbors do. It's not very intimate.


firewoman

forms:
firewoman (singular)
firewomen (plural)

etymology_text: fire + -woman

ety-suffix

fire

woman

expansion: fire + -woman

glosses: A firewoman is a woman whose job is to fight fires and extinguish them. This word was created when woman began to do this job and not only men.

text: The firewoman sprayed the house with the fire hose.

irrnoun

firewomen


exclamation mark

forms:
exclamation mark (singular)
exclamation marks (plural)

glosses: An exclamation mark is the sign ! used at the end of a sentence to express a strong emotion such as surprise, annoyance or anger.

text: In English a space is not needed between the last word and the exclamation mark.

text: Comics use a lot of exclamation marks alone to express strong emotions.

sampa: /%Eks.kl@"meI.S@n %mA:k/


alevin

forms:
alevin (singular)
alevins (plural)

glosses: An alevin is a young salmon fish who has just hatched.

enpr: ăl'-ə-vən

audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-alevin.wav


booking

forms:
booking (singular)
bookings (plural)

glosses: A booking is an agreement between you and a business such as a hotel or airline to use their services on a particular date.

text: If you need to cancel your booking, you must advise the hotel before Aug. 22.

text: The band has a number of bookings in Toronto this summer.

ipa: /ˈbʊkɪŋ/

audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-booking.wav


booking

forms:
book (canonical)
books (third-person singular)
booked (past)
booked (past participle)
booking (present participle)

verb

book


fireman

forms:
fireman (singular)
firemen (plural)

etymology_text: fire + -man

ety-suffix

man

expansion: fire + -man

glosses: A fireman is a person whose job is to fight fires and stops them. It can be used for men or both sexes.

text: Firemen often use red trucks to make them easily recognizable.

text: Forest fires were fought by firemen all the summer long.

glosses: A fireman is the person who puts coal in the fire of a steam engine on a train.

ipa: /ˈfaɪrmən/

ipa: /ˈfaɪəmən/

hyphenation: fire‧man

irrnoun

firemen


wilderness

forms: wilderness (singular)

glosses: Places that are far from cities or farms; usually places where no people live.

text: We were hunting deer in the wilderness.

text: I was lost in the wilderness for two weeks.

text: There are miles of wilderness between here and the city.

ipa: /ˈwɪldənɪs/

ipa: /ˈwɪldərnəs/


semicolon

forms:
semicolon (singular)
semicolons (plural)

glosses: A semicolon is the sign ; used to mark a pause longer than the comma (,) but shorter than the period (.).

text: A space is needed after the semicolon.

text: Do not use a semicolon between a clause and a phrase, or a main clause and a subordinate clause.

ipa: /ˌsɛmiˈkəʊlən/

ipa: /ˈsɛmikoʊlən/

audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-semicolon.wav


awkward

forms:
awkwarder (comparative)
awkwardest (superlative)
awkward (positive)
more awkward (comparative)
most awkward (superlative)

glosses: An awkward person or animal is clumsy, lacks agility, dexterity or grace.

text: He doesn't managed well when I try to juggle. He's still awkward.

glosses: An awkward situation, event is an embarrassing situation, event.

text: When I fell in front of everybody, I felt ridiculous. It was so awkward!

text: What an awkward device! I can't even imagine how it works.

ipa: /ˈɔːkwəd/

ipa: /ˈɔkwɚd/

ipa: /ˈɑkwɚd/

adj

awkward

awkwarder

awkwardest


cherry

forms:
cherry (singular)
cherries (plural)

glosses: A cherry is a roundish small piece of fruit with a core inside. Its color varies from pale yellow to red or purple and even nearly black.

text: We should eat our cherries quickly before birds get them all eaten!

glosses: By extension, cherry can also be the tree or the bush bearing this fruit.

glosses: The wood of which a cherry tree is made of.

glosses: Cherry is also the color of the fruit, bright red or purple.

text: Cherry is a color that human eyes immediately remark.

text: Her cherry make-up makes her look ugly.

text: (uncountable) Cherry is the flavour or smell of cherries.

text: This cherry perfume is rather strange but not unpleasant at all.

ipa: /ˈʧɐri/

irrnoun

cherries


firefighter

forms:
firefighter (singular)
firefighters (plural)

glosses: A firefighter is a person whose job is to fight fires and put them out.


acronym

forms:
acronym (singular)
acronyms (plural)

glosses: An acronym is an abbreviation usually made by the first letters of a series of words, and which is itself said as a word

text: RAM, radar and scuba are acronyms.


reprise

forms:
reprise (singular)
reprises (plural)


reprise

forms:
reprise (canonical)
reprises (third-person singular)
reprised (past)
reprised (past participle)
reprising (present participle)

verb

repris


sodium

forms: sodium (singular)

glosses: A metal and element with the atomic number 11 and the symbol Na. Also used as a nutrient, preservative, and seasoning in food.

text: It is pretty hard to find an item of food that doesn't contain sodium in it.

text: Scientists sometimes use sodium in experiments to see what it reacts with.

text: Many of the top food brands use a kind of sodium to preserve the food that they make for people to eat..

ipa: /ˈsəʊdɪəm/

enpr: sōʹdē-əm

hyphenation: so‧di‧um

noun

sodium


detached house

forms:
detached house (singular)
detached houses (plural)

glosses: A detached house is a house standing alone, that has no common wall with another house.

text: People usually prefer detached houses not to hear the noise their neighbors could do.


pos: symbol

glosses: An exclamation mark used to show excitement, surprise or anger.

text: Ouch! Help! I am hurt!

text: Children's rhyme: "The interjection cries out: 'Hark! I need an exclamation mark!'"

text: c.1649 A Fiery Flying Roll by Abiezer Coppe: "And now (my dearest ones!) every one under the Sun..."

glosses: (symbol) Used by itself as a sign to make you notice something, such as something that is dangerous or something that has gone wrong.

glosses: In computing, it usually represents a Boolean not.

text: "if !x" means "if not x"

text: 5! = 5 × 4 × 3 × 2 × 1

text: "five factorial equals…"


brochure

forms:
brochure (singular)
brochures (plural)

glosses: A brochure is a small book, often just a few pages, explaining or advertising something.

text: For more information, pick up our free self-help brochure called "Gum Disease".

ipa: 'brəʊʃjʊə(r)


impossible

forms:
impossible (positive)
more impossible (comparative)
most impossible (superlative)

glosses: If something is impossible it cannot happen or cannot be done.

text: It is impossible for people to breathe water.

text: It's impossible for one man to build a whole city in one day.

text: That shot is impossible, no one could hit the target from here.

glosses: If a person is impossible they refuse to agree or to be peaceful.

text: No point arguing with you! You're just impossible!

ipa: /ɪmˈpɒsəbl/

ipa: /ɪmˈpɑsəbl/

hyphenation: im‧pos‧si‧ble


arrive

forms:
arrive (canonical)
arrives (third-person singular)
arrived (past)
arrived (past participle)
arriving (present participle)

glosses: If you arrive somewhere, you come to that place, usually the place that you planned to go to.

text: Is everything ready? I expect the guests to arrive soon.

text: Please arrive at the airport at least 2 hours before your flight.

text: We arrive in New York at 10:52.

text: They asked us to arrive early to help get ready for the party.

text: Different people thinking about the same question often arrive at the same answer.

glosses: If something arrives somewhere, it comes to that place, usually the place that it was supposed to go to.

text: Five days later a letter arrived by Federal Express.

glosses: If a time or event arrives, it moves from the future into the present.

text: Finally the day arrived for him to come home.

enpr: ə-rīvʹ

ipa: /əˈraɪv/

verb

arriv


arrive

forms:
arrival (singular)
arrivals (plural)

noun

arrival


Spanish

forms: Spanish

enpr: spă'nĭsh

ipa: /ˈspænɪʃ/

sampa: /"sp{nIS/


Spanish

forms: Spanish (positive)

text: I enjoy Spanish food.


assemble

forms:
assemble (canonical)
assembles (third-person singular)
assembled (past)
assembled (past participle)
assembling (present participle)

glosses: If you assemble many people or things, you bring them together.

text: They went into the meeting room where a dozen other people had already assembled.

text: The first thing you try to do is assemble people you want to work with.

glosses: If you assemble something, you put it together.

text: He would have to go to Japan to find a company to supply parts and assemble the machine.

text: They worked together in assembling the art collection.

text: She had assembled a team of 10 lawyers to attack the court's ruling.

ipa: /əˈsɛmbl̩/

hyphenation: as‧sem‧ble

verb

assembl


bloom

forms:
bloom (singular)
blooms (plural)

text: The seeds you plant in the spring will give blooms from summer through fall.

glosses: If something is in bloom, its flowers are open or it is reaching a state of fullness.

text: The weather is warming and spring flowers are coming into bloom.

text: She had a wide circle of friends and her career was in full bloom .

glosses: The bloom is the best time or a look of freshness or fullness.

text: The bloom is off their love.

text: It's wonderful to see the children in the bloom of youth.

text: As she approached, he saw the round of her hips and the bloom of her breasts.

ipa: /bluːm/


bloom

forms:
bloom (canonical)
blooms (third-person singular)
bloomed (past)
bloomed (past participle)
blooming (present participle)

glosses: If something such as a flower blooms, it opens, or is reaching a state of fullness.

text: The blue sky was the color of the sea, and flowers were blooming in the fields.

text: She had a wide circle of friends and her life was in full bloom.

text: Business is blooming on this busy street.


identification

forms:
identification (singular)
identifications (plural)

glosses: Identification is the process of naming a thing by seeing it, hearing it, and/or touching it.

text: With finding new animals, the process of identification is a long and difficult one.

text: You have to show your identification card before entering.

ipa: /ɪˌdɛntɪfɪˈkeɪʃən/

hyphenation: i‧den‧ti‧fi‧ca‧tion


youth

forms:
youth (singular)
youths (plural)


treats

forms:
treat (singular)
treats (plural)

glosses: The plural form of treat; more than one (kind of) treat.

noun

treat


treats

forms:
treat (canonical)
treats (third-person singular)
treated (past)
treated (past participle)
treating (present participle)

glosses: The third-person singular form of treat.


assassin

forms:
assassin (singular)
assassins (plural)

glosses: An assassin is a person who kills a famous or important person, usually for political reasons or for money.

text: Lee Harvey Oswald is believed to be the assassin of President John F. Kennedy.

ipa: /ǝ'sæsın/


broad

forms:
broad (positive)
broader (comparative)
broadest (superlative)

glosses: If something is broad, the distance from one side to the other is large.

text: Her shoulders were swimmer's shoulders, strong and broad.

glosses: If something is broad, it includes a lot.

text: They have laws now which give very, very broad powers to the President.

text: We have a range of activities broad enough to include teachers in all program areas and in all grade levels.

glosses: Broad senses, definitions, agreements, etc. are general, not detailed.

text: We accept a broad definition of music to include any sound organized in an meaningful way.

text: They walked through the broad field behind the building.

glosses: A broad accent is one that is very noticeable.

glosses: If something happens in broad daylight, it happens during the day where many people can see it.

ipa: /brɔːd/

adjective

broad

broader

broadest


broad

forms:
broad (singular)
broads (plural)

text: There's this German broad, fuckin' bitch, who told me I'm going to jail for her pushin' her stupid ass.


wake

forms:
wake (canonical)
wakes (third-person singular)
woke (past)
woken (past participle)
waking (present participle)

text: I woke up early to catch the bus.

text: I woke up at four o'clock this morning.

glosses: If someone or something wakes you up, they make you stop sleeping.

text: Could you please wake Donald up?

text: The alarm clock woke me up.

ipa: /'weɪk/

wake

wakes

woke

woken

waking


wake

forms:
wake (singular)
wakes (plural)

glosses:
:
 This short section needs someone to add to it.


immortality

forms: immortality (singular)

etymology_text:
im- + mortal + -ity
immortal + mortality

ety-affix

im

ity

glosses: Immortality is the condition of not dying or ageing.

text: Jesus promised immortality after our death.

text: Technological civilizations believe in their own immortality.

ipa: /ˌɪmɔːˈtæləti/

ipa: /ˌɪmɔːrˈtæləti/

audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-immortality.wav


rehearse

forms:
rehearse (canonical)
rehearses (third-person singular)
rehearsed (past)
rehearsed (past participle)
rehearsing (present participle)

text: There's no need to rehearse that, we already know.

text: The witness rehearsed the events.

glosses: To practice by repeating something in private.

text: The band rehearsed before the show.

ipa: [rɪˈhɜːs]

ipa: /rɨˈhɝs/

audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-rehearse.wav

verb

rehears


gifts

forms:
gift (singular)
gifts (plural)

glosses: The plural form of gift; more than one (kind of) gift.

text: He always likes to receive gifts.

noun

gift


gifts

forms:
gift (canonical)
gifts (third-person singular)
gifted (past)
gifted (past participle)
gifting (present participle)


gibber

forms:
gibber (canonical)
gibbers (third-person singular)
gibbered (past)
gibbered (past participle)
gibbering (present participle)

glosses: To gibber is to speak in a way you that cannot be understood, especially when using unknown words or known words that have no meaning put together.

text: This magician gibbers when he does his tricks, because he wants to appear more mysterious.

ipa: /ˈdʒɪbə(r)/

audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-gibber.wav


magical

forms:
magical (positive)
more magical (comparative)
most magical (superlative)

glosses: Something that is magical is related to magic.

text: Sorcerers have magical objects besides their own powers.

glosses: Something magical is also something so unusual that it appears to be caused by magic.

text: This landscape is so beautiful! It has something magical.

ipa: /ˈmædʒɪkəl/

audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-magical.wav


attract

forms:
attract (canonical)
attracts (third-person singular)
attracted (past)
attracted (past participle)
attracting (present participle)

glosses: If something attracts you, it makes you interested in it.

text: She jumped up and down to attract attention.

text: A cheaper price should also help attract customers.

glosses: If you are attracted to someone, you want to have a relationship with them, often a sexual relationship.

text: Boys were mad about her, attracted by her good looks.

text: The city hoped the new roads would attract businesses.

text: With magnets, opposite poles attract each other.

ipa: /əˈtrækt/

audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-attract.wav


zodiac

forms:
zodiac (singular)
zodiacs (plural)

glosses: A belt-like area of the sky that the Sun, Moon, and the planets pass through; it extends about eight degrees north and south of the ecliptic, and is divided into 12 equal parts which are each named after a constellation.

glosses: The 12 signs, or houses, of the zodiac. Each sign is named after one of the constellations in the zodiac.

text: My zodiac constellation is Gemini.

glosses: A circle decorated with the signs of the zodiac.

text: My friend has a tattoo of a zodiac.

audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-zodiac.wav

hyphenation: zo‧di‧ac


totals

forms:
total (singular)
totals (plural)

glosses: The plural form of total; more than one (kind of) total.

total


totals

forms:
totaled (past)
totaled (past participle)
totaling (present participle)
total (canonical)
totals (third-person singular)
totalled (past)
totalled (past participle)
totalling (present participle)

glosses: The third-person singular form of total.

verb

l


define

forms:
define (canonical)
defines (third-person singular)
defined (past)
defined (past participle)
defining (present participle)

glosses: If you define a word, you state exactly what the word means.

text: The dictionary defines the word "define" as "to state exactly what a word means".

ipa: /dɪˈfaɪn/

hyphenation: de‧fine

defin


goose

forms:
goose (singular)
geese (plural)

glosses: A goose is a big flying bird looking like a duck, with a long neck and webbed feet. The color of its feathers is usually a mix of grey, black and/or white, certain individuals having a uniform color.

text: Wild geese regularly fly over our house when they migrate to Southern countries.

text: I have a pet goose that honks when someone comes into the yard.

text: Aunt Dreeda acts like a goose whenever a man comes to her front door.

ipa: /'guːs/

irrnoun

geese


goose

forms:
goose (canonical)
gooses (third-person singular)
goosed (past)
goosed (past participle)
goosing (present participle)

glosses: To goose someone is to take him by surprise with a finger jab to the cleft of the buttocks that penetrates to the anus. The violated may be clothed or unclothed and usually reacts with a sudden, offended start.

text: I was wearing only a jockstrap when a teammate goosed me in the locker room.

verb

goos


keyboard

forms:
keyboard (singular)
keyboards (plural)

glosses: A keyboard is a range of black and white keys (buttons) on a musical instrument.

text: Pianos, organs, harpsicords and some accordions have keyboards.

glosses: A keyboard is also a set of square or rectangular buttons on a typewriter or a computer.

text: Almost everybody has to use a keyboard in everyday life nowadays.

ipa: /ˈkiːbɔːd/

ipa: /kiˈbɔrd/

sampa: /ki"bOrd/


keyboard

forms:
keyboard (canonical)
keyboards (third-person singular)
keyboarded (past)
keyboarded (past participle)
keyboarding (present participle)

glosses: To keyboard is to type on a computer keyboard.

text: Everyday life in an office usually consists in keyboarding.


dildo

forms:
dildo (singular)
dildos or dildoes (plural)

glosses: A dildo is a device shaped like a penis that is used for masturbation and sex.

enpr: dĭldō

ipa: /ˈdɪldəʊ/

ipa: /ˈdɪldoʊ/

audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-dildo.wav

noun

dildoes


weekend

forms:
weekend (singular)
weekends (plural)

glosses: The end of the working week, usually Saturday and Sunday.

text: I do not have work on the weekend.

ipa: /wiːˈkɛnd/

ipa: /ˈwiˌkɛnd/

ipa: /ˈwiːˌkend/


weekend

forms:
weekend (canonical)
weekends (third-person singular)
weekended (past)
weekended (past participle)
weekending (present participle)

glosses: If you weekend somewhere, you stay there just for the weekend.

text: We'll weekend at the beach.


master

forms:
master (singular)
masters (plural)

glosses: A master is someone who controls something.

text: She is the master of this domain.

text: She is a master at sculpting humans.

text: She holds a master's degree at Balliol College.

ipa: /ˈmɑːstə/

ipa: /ˈmæstɚ/


master

forms:
master (canonical)
masters (third-person singular)
mastered (past)
mastered (past participle)
mastering (present participle)

glosses: If a person masters something, they become very good at it; they are skilled at it.

text: Through their courses, they will master the fine arts.


sack

forms:
sack (singular)
sacks (plural)

text: She opened the brown paper sack and put the shopping in it.

glosses: To sack is to plunder and pillage a captured town or city.

text: The sack of Rome.

text: I'm tired. I think I'll hit the sack and get some sleep.

ipa: /sæk/


sack

forms:
sack (canonical)
sacks (third-person singular)
sacked (past)
sacked (past participle)
sacking (present participle)

glosses: If the company sacks you, they end your job; they fire you.

text: Phil was sacked last week, and I think they will get rid of more people soon.

glosses: To plunder or pillage a captured town or city.

text: The barbarians sacked Rome.


didgeridoo

forms:
didgeridoo (singular)
didgeridoos (plural)

glosses: A didgeridoo is a long and straight, wooden wind instrument that Australian aborigines traditionally use. Roughly the size of a man, it produces sound when you continuously blow into it.

text: Didgeridoos often have drawings showing mythological elements of the Aboriginal culture or clanic symbols.

text: While playing didgeridoo, you can imitate some natural sounds such as bird songs.

enpr: dĭj'ər-ē-do͞oʹ

hyphenation: did‧ger‧i‧doo


meter

forms:
meter (singular)
meters (plural)

text: This table is 2 meters wide.

ipa: /ˈmiːtə(r)/


bind

forms:
bind (canonical)
binds (third-person singular)
bound (past)
bound (past participle)
binding (present participle)

glosses: If you bind something put rope or string around it, often many times.

text: She tied the rope around their hands, binding them tightly together.

text: He bound the books with string and carried them downstairs.

glosses: If something binds two people or things, it connects them.

text: Now that he couldn't walk, he was bound to his nurse.

glosses: (transitive), (usually passive) If someone is bound by a rule, promise, etc., they must not break it.

text: The media are not bound by the same rules that govern lawyers.

text: When they join the European Union, they will have to agree to be bound by the European Convention on Human Rights.

text: The president is not bound to sign any law that Congress sends up.

glosses: If two things bind, they stick together.

text: Carbon binds with oxygen to form carbon dioxide.

glosses: If you bind a book, you put it together so the pages stay together.

ipa: /bʌɪnd/

bind

binds

bound

bound

binding


bind

forms:
bind (singular)
binds (plural)

glosses: A bind is a difficult position or situation.

text: I've lost my job and I'm in a terrible bind.


gift

forms:
gift (singular)
gifts (plural)

glosses: A gift is something given to another person voluntarily.

text: I didn't receive many gifts this Christmas.

text: She has a gift for singing.

ipa: /ɡɪft/

enpr: gĭft

sampa: /gIft/


gift

forms:
gift (canonical)
gifts (third-person singular)
gifted (past)
gifted (past participle)
gifting (present participle)

glosses: A gift is given to someone as a present.

text: I received a gift from my parents as my Christmas present.


rural

forms:
rural (positive)
more rural (comparative)
most rural (superlative)

glosses: If something is rural, it is related to the country and is not of the city.

glosses: If a place is rural, it is far from any city.

glosses: If a person is rural, it means they live away from the city.

ipa: /ˈrʊrəl/

ipa: /ˈrʊərəl/

audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Back ache-Rural.wav

hyphenation: ru‧ral


candidate

forms:
candidate (singular)
candidates (plural)

glosses: A candidate is one person or thing that may be chosen, especially in an election.

text: The three presidential candidates will be interviewed on TV tonight.

text: Crouch said LaBossiere was the more qualified of the two job candidates.

text: Because the school has a lot of poor children, it's a good candidate to receive extra money.


chaos

forms:
chaos (singular)
chaoses (plural)

glosses: Chaos is a state of disorder or confusion.

sampa: /keIQs/

hyphenation: cha‧os

chaos

chaoses


mirror

forms:
mirror (singular)
mirrors (plural)

glosses: A very reflective surface which light can bounce off of.

text: She kept staring at the mirror all day.

ipa: /ˈmɪrə/


mirror

forms:
mirror (canonical)
mirrors (third-person singular)
mirrored (past)
mirrored (past participle)
mirroring (present participle)

glosses: If something/someone mirrors something, then it is identical to it.


cabinet

forms:
cabinet (singular)
cabinets (plural)

glosses: A country's cabinet is the main group of politicians who work closely with the leader of the government.

text: Nearly all the cabinet ministers in Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu's coalition government are immigrants or the sons of immigrants.

text: He was senior businessman before he joined President Clinton's Cabinet as Treasury secretary.

glosses: A cabinet is a piece of furniture used to keep things in.

text: He walked over to the filing cabinet, took out the file and put it on his desk.

audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-cabinet.wav


illegal

forms:
illegal (positive)
more illegal (comparative)
most illegal (superlative)

etymology_text: il- + legal

ety-prefix

il

legal

expansion: il- + legal

glosses: An illegal act or object is one that does not follow the law.

text: This drug is illegal in that country. If you are caught with it, you will be arrested.

ipa: /ɪˈliːɡəl/

audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-illegal.wav

hyphenation: il‧le‧gal


sake

forms:
sake (singular)
sakes (plural)

glosses: If something is for x's sake or for the sake of x, it is to help x or make x happy.

text: You are the reason I did it. I did it for your sake.

text: I must pretend to be happy when I am not, for everyone's sake.

text: The parents are staying together for the children's sake.

glosses: You use for God's/Christ's/Heaven's/Pete's/pity's/fuck's sake when you feel strongly about something.

text: "No, I will not." "For God's sake, why not?"

glosses: If something is for x's sake or for the sake of x, it is for that purpose.

text: I carried my gun in the jungle for safety's sake.

text: Let's say, for the sake of argument, that he comes out and says, "I love you." Then what?

enpr: sāk

ipa: /seɪk/

sampa: /seIk/


sake

glosses: Sake is a kind of Japanese wine made from rice.

enpr: säkĕ

ipa: /sɑːkɛ/

enpr: säkē

ipa: /sɑːki/


edit

forms:
edit (canonical)
edits (third-person singular)
edited (past)
edited (past participle)
editing (present participle)

glosses: When you edit something, you change or move around words.

text: You can edit pages on Simple English Wiktionary by clicking the button that says "change this page".

ipa: /ˈɛdɪt/

audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-edit.wav

hyphenation: ed‧it


edit

forms:
edit (singular)
edits (plural)

glosses: An edit is a change in text or a document.

text: Thank you for your edit to the page hello on the Simple English Wiktionary!


swarm

forms:
swarm (singular)
swarms (plural)

glosses: A swarm is a group of many insects, especially flying insects like bees, wasps or flies.

text: He walked on a wasp nest and was attacked by the swarm.

glosses: Less commonly, a swarm can also be a group of fish or birds.

text: When attacked, sardinas group into compact swarms to protect themselves.

glosses: A crowd of people or animals moving in a chaotic way.

text: By observing the sky with telescopes, astronomers can see swarms of stars.

ipa: /swɔrm/

ipa: /swɔːm/


swarm

forms:
swarm (canonical)
swarms (third-person singular)
swarmed (past)
swarmed (past participle)
swarming (present participle)

text: I felt disgusted when I saw all these flies swarming on this dead body.

glosses: When there are to many insects in a place.

text: Fire ants swarm in the Southern United States since man accidentally brought some with him by ship.

text: Ants are swarming the kitchen since we let food accessible.


medical student

forms:
medical student (singular)
medical students (plural)

etymology_text: medical + student

multiword term

medical

student

expansion: medical + student

glosses: An medical student is an adult student who goes to a school and is learning to be a doctor so that they can treats sick people.

text: The medical student has been learning for three years.


technobabble

forms: technobabble (singular)

glosses: Technobabble is a language that appears very technical or scientific, but that has in fact little or no meaning at all.

text: Science-fiction often uses technobabble to speak about advanced technologies or non-existent physical phenomena.

text: Some advertisers want to impress people by saying their product is very sophisticated, but we know it's just technobabble.

ipa: /ˈtɛknəʊbæbəl/

ipa: /ˈtɛknoʊbæbəl/


aluminium

forms: aluminium (singular)

glosses: Aluminium is another way of spelling aluminum.

enpr: ăl"yo͝omĭn'ēəm

enpr: ăl"(y)o͞omĭn'ēəm

enpr: əlo͞om'ĭnəm

ipa: /əˈluːmɪnəm/

enpr: ăl"(y)əmĭn'yəm

hyphenation: al‧u‧min‧i‧um


organized

forms:
organized (positive)
more organized (comparative)
most organized (superlative)

glosses: If something is organized, it is in a state of order.

ipa: /ˈɔrɡənaɪzd/

ipa: /ˈɔːɡənaɪzd/

hyphenation: or‧gan‧ized


organized

forms:
organize (canonical)
organizes (third-person singular)
organized (past)
organized (past participle)
organizing (present participle)

glosses: The past tense and past participle of organize.

ipa: /ˈɔːɡənaɪzd/

verb

organiz

e


inch

forms:
inch (singular)
inches (plural)

glosses: A unit of length that is equal to 2.54 centimetres; there are 12 inches in a foot.

text: My pencil is six inches long.

ipa: /ɪntʃ/

irrnoun

inches


inch

forms:
inch (canonical)
inches (third-person singular)
inched (past)
inched (past participle)
inching (present participle)

text: Fearful of falling, he inched along the window ledge.

verb

inch


squeak

forms:
squeak (singular)
squeaks (plural)

glosses: A squeak is a high-pitched sound that objects produce, especially when rubbing together.

text: The squeak of this old door is so annoying!

ipa: /skwiːk/


squeak

forms:
squeak (canonical)
squeaks (third-person singular)
squeaked (past)
squeaked (past participle)
squeaking (present participle)

glosses: If something squeaks it produces this kind of sound.

text: His wheelchair is always squeaking when it moves.


bowl

forms:
bowl (singular)
bowls (plural)

text: In large mixing bowl, stir together flours, baking powder, and salt until thoroughly combined.

text: Why don't you let me fix you a nice hot bowl of soup.

glosses: The bowl is the part of an object that looks like a bowl.

text: When's the last time you cleaned the toilet bowl?

glosses: An important American football game played outside the regular season is sometimes called the ~ bowl.

text: These two teams will head to the Super Bowl to decide the champion.

glosses: A stadium is sometimes called the ~ bowl.

text: Every Tuesday and Thursday evening, you can hear the finest classical music at the Hollywood Bowl.

ipa: /bəʊl/

ipa: /boʊl/


bowl

forms:
bowl (canonical)
bowls (third-person singular)
bowled (past)
bowled (past participle)
bowling (present participle)

glosses: If you bowl, you roll a ball along the ground or floor as part of a game.

glosses: If you bowl in cricket, you throw the ball at the batsman.

glosses: If you are bowling along, down, etc., you are moving very fast.

text: We were bowling down the hill when we hit a tree.

glosses: If you bowl somebody over, you hit them when you are running and make them fall down.


paintball

forms:
paintball (singular)
paintballs (plural)

glosses: Paintball is a game where people shoot small balls filled with paint instead of bullets.

text: You should get changed if you want to play paintball; I don't want to have more clothes to wash!

glosses: A paintball is a paint-filled ball that is used in the game of paintball.

ipa: /ˈpeɪntbɔːl/

audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-paintball.wav

hyphenation: paint‧ball


paintball

forms:
paintball (canonical)
paintballs (third-person singular)
paintballed (past)
paintballed (past participle)
paintballing (present participle)

glosses: If you paintball someone, you shoot them with a paintball.

glosses: If you paintball, you play the sport paintball.


magician

forms:
magician (singular)
magicians (plural)

glosses: A magician is a man who uses magic, who has magical or mystical powers.

glosses: A magician is a person who does things that seem magical, but that are in fact tricks.

text: Magicians do not want reveal their secrets because their shows would become less interesting and mysterious since everybody could understand what happens.

glosses: A magician is a very skilled person, in one area or more.

ipa: /məˈʤɪʃən/


gain

forms:
gain (singular)
gains (plural)

text: You have nothing to gain.

glosses: What one gains, as a return on investment or dividend.

text: No pain, no gain.

glosses: The factor by which a signal is multiplied.

ipa: /geɪn/

sampa: /geIn/


gain

forms:
gain (canonical)
gains (third-person singular)
gained (past)
gained (past participle)
gaining (present participle)

glosses: You gain something by getting or receiving it.


clone

forms:
clone (singular)
clones (plural)

glosses: A clone is a living being produced from another being that is genetically identical to the first being.

text: Ewe Dolly is known to be the first man-made clone.

text: All these cells are clones of a first cell that has divided.

glosses: A clone is a copy or imitation of something, living or not.

text: This counterfeiter has a lot of talent : the painting he has made is a perfect clone of the original one.

enpr: klōn

ipa: /kloʊn/


clone

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

glosses: To clone is to make an identical copy of something, especially a living being.

text: Cells usually reproduce by cloning themselves.

text: It is considered morally unacceptable to clone human beings.

clon


joint

forms:
joint (singular)
joints (plural)

glosses: A place where two things meet but are still able to move.

glosses: Any part of the body where two bones join, sometimes letting that part of the body to be bent or straightened.

glosses: A way to join two pieces of wood together so that they interlock.

text: It was the kind of joint you wouldn't want your boss to see you in.

text: I'm not breaking any more laws because I don't want to go back to the joint.

text: Let's smoke a joint and then go skateboarding.

ipa: /dʒɔɪnt/


firewall

forms:
firewall (singular)
firewalls (plural)

etymology_text: fire + wall

compound

fire

wall

expansion: fire + wall

glosses: computer software that can be installed or downloaded to protect the person's computer from viruses, spyware, malware, and other kinds of unwanted junk


firewall

forms:
firewall (canonical)
firewalls (third-person singular)
firewalled (past)
firewalled (past participle)
firewalling (present participle)

glosses: When you firewall, you set up software to protect your electronic item from viruses.

glosses: If you firewall someone, you maintain social distance from a manipulative person to avoid manipulative or narcissistic abuse.

text: She firewalled her narcissistic stepmother.


cancel

forms:
canceled (past)
canceled (past participle)
canceling (present participle)
cancel (canonical)
cancels (third-person singular)
cancelled (past)
cancelled (past participle)
cancelling (present participle)

glosses: If you cancel something that was going to happen, you decide that it will not happen.

text: Her father had cancelled his trip to Canandaigua because of the weather.

text: The mayor is also reducing city services and canceling plans to hire thousands of new workers.

text: I'm afraid I can't make it; I'll have to cancel.

ipa: /ˈkænsl̩/

hyphenation: can‧cel

verb

cancel


blame

forms:
blame (canonical)
blames (third-person singular)
blamed (past)
blamed (past participle)
blaming (present participle)

glosses: If you blame someone or something for something bad, you say or think that they are the reason for or cause of it.

text: It's not your fault... don't blame yourself.

text: If you keep asking the woman why he attacked her, you're blaming the victim.

text: She's changed, but I blame it on the drugs.

text: Everything's gone wrong, and I want to know who's to blame.

ipa: /bleɪm/

blam


blame

forms: blame (singular)

glosses: The blame for something bad is the idea that you made or let it happen.

text: You keep your mouth shut and I'll take the blame.

text: I went told lies, beat up smaller boys, and put the blame on someone else.

text: Coaches and players must share the blame for the worst season in club history.


experiment

forms:
experiment (singular)
experiments (plural)

glosses: A test that is done to prove something, to see if a guess is valid, or to do something that has not been tried before.

text: The experiment will prove that water boils at 100°C.

hyphenation: ex‧pe‧ri‧ment


experiment

forms:
experiment (canonical)
experiments (third-person singular)
experimented (past)
experimented (past participle)
experimenting (present participle)


career

forms:
career (singular)
careers (plural)

glosses: A career is a job or a series of related jobs that you do for many years.

text: His pro coaching career spans 23 years, including time with the 49ers (1967–73 and' 77), the Browns (1978–80), the Oilers (1981–82), the Cowboys (1983–85) and the Cardinals (1986–89).

text: She says that she enjoyed making the movie, but has no plans to pursue an acting career.

text: Students need more support from teachers and advisers in deciding about academic programs and career paths.

text: Don quit his old job and launched a new career, restoring classic cars in a backyard garage.

text: He lost his hand in an accident, which ended his painting career.

text: Career advancement is often based on job performance, not just how long you've been in the job.

ipa: /kəˈrɪr/

ipa: /kəˈrɪə/

hyphenation: ca‧reer


locate

forms:
locate (canonical)
locates (third-person singular)
located (past)
located (past participle)
locating (present participle)

glosses: If you locate something you find it, you learn where it is.

text: I need to locate the nearest gas station.

glosses: If you locate something somewhere, you put it there.

text: The city plans to locate the subway stop right across the street.

ipa: /ləʊˈkeɪt/

ipa: /ˈloʊkeɪt/

hyphenation: lo‧cate

locat


remarkable

forms:
remarkable (positive)
more remarkable (comparative)
most remarkable (superlative)

glosses: Something worth noticing; not common; extraordinary.

text: It's remarkable that many mothers don't breastfeed their children, despite the evidence that it is good for babies to breastfeed.

ipa: /rɪˈmɑrkəbl̩/

ipa: /rɪˈmɑːkəbl̩/

hyphenation: re‧mark‧a‧ble


creep

forms:
creep (singular)
creeps (plural)

glosses: When an animal moves with its belly close to the ground.

text: The creep of the snake makes it frightening.

glosses: Small and progressive changes of a measure.

text: Few people noticed the creep of the prices this year.

glosses: A very annoying person who makes you nervous.

text: Stop staring at me all the time, you creep!

enpr: /krēp/

ipa: /kriːp/


creep

forms:
crept (past)
crept (past participle)
creep (canonical)
creeps (third-person singular)
creeped (past)
creeped (past participle)
creeping (present participle)

glosses: An animal creeps when it moves with its belly close to the ground.

text: Snakes and lizards creep.

glosses: A plant creeps when it grows close to the ground or stuck to a wall, instead of growing upwards.

glosses: To move slowly and quietly in a particular direction, like a snake can move.

text: When prices creep, some people do not immediately notice the changes.

creep

creeps

crept

crept

creeping


award

forms:
award (singular)
awards (plural)

glosses: An award is something that you give to someone who has done something very well.

text: Each year, Westinghouse announces the winners of its awards for the best high-school science projects.

text: He won the National League's Most Valuable Player award in 2007.

glosses: An award is money that a court decides should be given to somebody who has won a legal case.

text: The lawyer often takes 10 to 30 percent of any awards of damages.

ipa: /əˈwɔːd/

ipa: /əˈwɔrd/


award

forms:
award (canonical)
awards (third-person singular)
awarded (past)
awarded (past participle)
awarding (present participle)

glosses: If you award somebody something, you officially give it to them, usually because they have done something well.

text: A total of $205,000 in prize money will be awarded, with $50,000 for the winner and $25,000 for second place.

glosses: If you award somebody something, you officially decide that somebody should receive money or a contract.

text: The judge ruled that the company had no just cause for dismissing Morsi, and he was awarded damages.

text: The company was awarded a contract worth $2.3 billion to build the new highway.


scissor

forms:
scissor (singular)
scissors (plural)

ipa: /ˈsɪzə/

ipa: /ˈsɪzɚ/

audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-scissor.wav


scissor

forms:
scissor (canonical)
scissors (third-person singular)
scissored (past)
scissored (past participle)
scissoring (present participle)


bless

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

glosses: You say, bless you when someone sneezes.

glosses: You say, bless you, him, her, etc. when that person has done something nice.

glosses: If you are blessed with an ability or something, you are lucky to have it.

glosses: If God blesses something, he gives it special attention and takes care of it.

enpr: blĕs

ipa: /blɛs/

bless


bracket

forms:
bracket (singular)
brackets (plural)

glosses: A tax, income, or age bracket is a set of values with a bottom limit and a top limit or a group of people who fit between the limits.

text: In the 25 to 29 age bracket, 43 percent of men and 29 percent of women had never married.

text: Investors in the 28% tax bracket (taxable income between $32,450 and $46,200 a year) will pay less tax next year.

glosses: A bracket is a punctuation mark used to set off extra information. The basic shape is round, like this: ( ), but the following are also brackets: [ ], { }, < >.

text: Weight is given in kilograms, while numbers in brackets show weight in pounds.

text: A common error in writing computer code is to forget to close your brackets.

glosses: A bracket is one of a wide variety of pieces, usually metal, wood, or plastic that are used to support or connect machines or materials. Commonly brackets are L-shaped.


bracket

forms:
bracket (canonical)
brackets (third-person singular)
bracketed (past)
bracketed (past participle)
bracketing (present participle)

text: Her desk was bracketed by bookcases.

glosses: If two things are bracketed together, they are put together in the same group.


peoples

forms:
people (singular)
peoples (plural)

glosses: The plural form of people; more than one (kind of) people.

text: The native peoples of America speak different languages.

noun

people


peoples

forms:
people (canonical)
peoples (third-person singular)
peopled (past)
peopled (past participle)
peopling (present participle)

glosses: The third-person singular form of people.

verb

peopl


platinum

forms:
platinum (singular)
platinums (plural)

glosses: Platinum is an element of the periodic table with the atomic number 78. Its symbol is Pt.

glosses: Platinum is also the silver-grey metal made of platinum atoms.

text: With a density of 21,4, platinum is one of the densest materials known to Earth.

glosses: Platinum is the silver-grey color of the metal.

glosses: A platinum is a musical recording that has sold over one million copies (for singles), or two million (for albums)

ipa: /ˈplætɪnəm/

ipa: /ˈplætənəm/

hyphenation: plat‧i‧num


platinum

forms: platinum (positive)

glosses: Something platinum has the silver-grey color of the metal.

text: She has always had her strange platinum hair.


bid

forms:
bid (singular)
bids (plural)

glosses: A bid is an offer to enter into a contract to buy something or to do some kind of job.

text: He amazed the art world with his winning bid of nearly $54 million for Van Gogh's painting, Irises.

text: The Suns also made a bid for $2.3 million to get Willis from the Bulls.

text: He went back to teaching after his unsuccessful presidential bid in 1988.

text: She lost her bid at a world record fourth gold medal in swimming.

ipa: /bɪd/


bid

forms:
bid (past)
bid (past participle)
bid (canonical)
bids (third-person singular)
bade (past)
bidden (past participle)
bidding (present participle)

glosses: If you bid for something, you offer to enter into a contract to buy it or to do it.

text: Microsoft bid $44.6 billion to acquire Yahoo.

glosses: If you bid for something, you attempt to do or get it.

text: Montesinos, decided not to bid for the new position.

text: They bid on and won a job to build a bank in Marietta, Ohio.

glosses: If you bid someone a good day, evening, etc., you wish it to them in greeting.

text: She bade farewell to her sister, Fannie, and to other relatives and friends.

glosses: If you bid someone (to) do something, you tell them to do it.

text: Standing with her back to the open door, she bade him pass.

glosses: The past tense and past participle of bid.

bid

bids

bid

bid

bidding

bade

bidden


bugger

forms:
bugger (singular)
buggers (plural)

text: He was wearing his hat in church, so I yelled, "Take your hat off, you silly bugger.

ipa: /ˈbʌɡɚ/

ipa: /ˈbʌɡə/

audio: EN-AU ck1 bugger.ogg


bugger

forms:
bugger (canonical)
buggers (third-person singular)
buggered (past)
buggered (past participle)
buggering (present participle)

glosses: You say "bugger it" to show that you are very angry or that you don't care.

glosses: You say "bugger me" or "I'm buggered" to show that you're very surprised.

glosses: If you bugger somebody, you have anal sex with them.

glosses: You say "bugger off" you want someone to leave you alone.

glosses: If you bugger something up, you make a problem with it.


cube

forms:
cube (singular)
cubes (plural)

glosses: A cube is a shape that has six square faces of the same size.

glosses: A cube is also a solid object that has more or less this shape.

text: I usually take two sugar cubes with my coffee.

glosses: The cube of a number n is this number multiplied three times by itself. Its symbol is n³.

text: The cube of 3 is 27, also written 3³.

ipa: /kjuːb/

ipa: /kjub/

sampa: /kjub/


cube

forms:
cube (canonical)
cubes (third-person singular)
cubed (past)
cubed (past participle)
cubing (present participle)

glosses: To cube a number is multiplying this number three times by itself.

text: 3 cubed is 27.

text: To cube the meat.

cub


scared

forms:
scared (positive)
more scared (comparative)
most scared (superlative)

glosses: If someone or something is scared, they are afraid of someone or something.

text: I'm scared of monsters.

ipa: /skɛəd/

ipa: /skɛərd/

audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Back ache-scared.wav


scared

forms:
scare (canonical)
scares (third-person singular)
scared (past)
scared (past participle)
scaring (present participle)

glosses: The past tense and past participle of scare.

scar


bomb

forms:
bomb (singular)
bombs (plural)

text: The man killed himself and eight others by detonating a very powerful bomb.

text: On August 6, a U.S. B-29 dropped a 9,000-pound atomic bomb on Hiroshima.

text: One U.S. soldier and two Iraqi children were killed when a roadside bomb exploded in central Baghdad.

glosses: If something, often a movie or a concert, was a bomb, it was very unsuccessful.

text: The first computer was a bomb, but IBM improved it and the new machine sold very well.

ipa: /bɒm/

ipa: /bɑm/

audio: EN-AU ck1 bomb.ogg


bomb

forms:
bomb (canonical)
bombs (third-person singular)
bombed (past)
bombed (past participle)
bombing (present participle)

glosses: If you bomb a place, you drop or put one or more bombs there.

text: This woman's mother and son were killed when American planes bombed the village.

glosses: If you bomb somewhere, you go there at high speed.

text: They walked up the mountain with their bikes and then bombed down as fast as they could go.

glosses: If you bomb a test, course, etc., you get a very low grade on it.

glosses: If something, often a movie or a concert, bombs, it is very unsuccessful.

text: The show bombed in London as well as flopping on Broadway.


boss

forms:
boss (singular)
bosses (plural)

glosses: Your boss is the person who tells you what to do at work.

text: My former boss was very happy for the chance to fire me.

text: I started the company because I wanted to be my own boss.

text: The Mayor was an old-style political boss who made his own decisions.

ipa: /bɒs/

sampa: /bQs/

enpr: bäs

ipa: /bɑs/

sampa: /bAs/

noun

bosses


boss

forms:
boss (canonical)
bosses (third-person singular)
bossed (past)
bossed (past participle)
bossing (present participle)

glosses: If you boss somebody around/about, you tell them what to do, especially when you don't have any special power to do so.

text: This was just another occasion when Indians were bossed around by white people.

verb

boss


boss

forms:
boss (positive)
more boss (comparative)
most boss (superlative)


cash

forms: cash (singular)

glosses: Cash is money in the form of bills and coins, rather than checks/cheques or credit cards.

text: The publisher supplied cash prizes and books for the winning essays written by fourth through sixth graders.

text: Payment is by cash, VISA, or MasterCard.

enpr: kăsh

ipa: /kæʃ/

sampa: k{S

noun

cash


cash

forms:
cash (canonical)
cashes (third-person singular)
cashed (past)
cashed (past participle)
cashing (present participle)

glosses: To exchange a check/cheque for money in the form of bills.

text: I need to stop at the back to cash my paycheck before we go out to dinner.


swamp

forms:
swamp (singular)
swamps (plural)

glosses: A swamp is an area where most of the land is underwater. Land in a swamp is not usually more than a meter (or a few feet) under water.

text: We were wading through the swamp.

text: The swamp is home to many animals, including alligators, frogs, and birds.

text: U.S. state of Louisiana is famous for its swamps.

ipa: /swɒmp/


swamp

forms:
swamp (canonical)
swamps (third-person singular)
swamped (past)
swamped (past participle)
swamping (present participle)

glosses: If something is swamped it is being covered of filled with water.

text: The deck of our boat was swamped by the storm.

glosses: If something is swamped is has gotten more of something than it can work with.

text: Our office was swamped with phone calls.

text: The store was swamped with customers last night.

text: That many downloads would swamp our computers.


campaign

forms:
campaign (singular)
campaigns (plural)

glosses: A campaign is a group of activities working towards a particular goal, often to elect a political candidate or in a war.

text: Angry TV viewers did launch a letter-writing campaign against CBS's decision to cancel the show.

text: The president is preparing for his re-election campaign.

text: For four months the government has waged a campaign to shut down the illegal drug operations.

text: The Shining Path waged a bloody campaign against the Peruvian government, killing more than 40,000 people.

ipa: /kæm'peɪn/

hyphenation: cam‧paign


campaign

forms:
campaign (canonical)
campaigns (third-person singular)
campaigned (past)
campaigned (past participle)
campaigning (present participle)

glosses: If you are campaigning, you are working in an organized way with a goal.


blind

forms:
blind (positive)
blinder (comparative)
blindest (superlative)

glosses: If someone or something is blind, they can't see.

text: I'm not totally blind. I can see a little.

glosses: If someone or something is blind, they can't see the truth about something.

text: How can you be so blind about your problems?

ipa: /blaɪnd/

adjective

blind

blinder

blindest


blind

forms:
blind (canonical)
blinds (third-person singular)
blinded (past)
blinded (past participle)
blinding (present participle)

glosses: If someone is blinded, they become unable to see.

text: The light was so bright that for a moment he was blinded.

text: Don't wave that pencil in my face - do you want to blind me?


blind

forms:
blind (singular)
blinds (plural)

glosses: A covering for a window to keep out light. The covering may be made of cloth or of narrow slats that can block light or allow it to pass.

glosses: Any device intended to conceal or hide; as, a duck blind.

text: The player was in the big blind.

glosses: An 1800s baseball term meaning no score.


blind

forms:
blind (positive)
Superlative–

glosses: In three card brag, without looking at the cards dealt.


calculate

forms:
calculate (canonical)
calculates (third-person singular)
calculated (past)
calculated (past participle)
calculating (present participle)

glosses: If you calculate something, you find its value, usually by using mathematics.

text: These scores were calculated by subtracting total errors from total correct.

text: The computers can calculate how much your family can afford to pay for college.

glosses: If you calculate something, you find the answer by thinking about the facts.

text: The leaders seems to have calculated that the political benefit outweighs the cost to their people.

glosses: If something is calculated to do something, you hope or expect it to do it.

text: She waved her hands around in a way calculated to make him laugh.

glosses: If you calculate on something, you plan on it or expect it.

text: He hadn't calculated on her being late.

ipa: /kæɫkjuːleɪt/

hyphenation: cal‧cu‧late

verb

calculat


debut

forms:
debut (singular)
debuts (plural)

glosses: Debut is a person's first time doing something in public.

text: I made my theatrical debut in a production of "The King and I" many years ago.

ipa: /ˈdɛbjuː/

ipa: /deɪˈbjuː/

ipa: /dəˈbʉː/


debut

forms:
debut (canonical)
debuts (third-person singular)
debuted (past)
debuted (past participle)
debuting (present participle)

glosses: To appear or do something for the first time, as to the public.

text: The new baseball player debuted in September of 2008.

text: The police agency is making their debut tomorrow.


title: i. e.


title: i.e.,


Leh

forms: Leh

glosses: Leh is a city and a district in the disputed territory of Jammu and Kashmir.


Pakistan

forms: Pakistan

glosses: Pakistan is a country in South-Central Asia. Its full, official name is the Islamic Republic of Pakistan.

ipa: /ˈpaːkɪst̪aːn/


New Delhi

forms: New Delhi

glosses: New Delhi is the capital city of India. It is located in the national capital territory of Delhi.

ipa: /n(j)uː ˈdɛli/

audio: New Delhi.ogg


Afghanistan

forms: Afghanistan

glosses: Afghanistan is a landlocked country in South-Central Asia. The capital is Kabul.


Kargil

forms: Kargil

glosses: Kargil is a district in the disputed territory of Jammu and Kashmir.


India

forms: India

glosses: A country in South Asia, also known as Bharat. Its full official name is the Republic of India.

text: In 1947, The British were leaving India after Independence Day.

enpr: ĭnʹdēə

ipa: /ˈɪndiə/


Dhaka

forms: Dhaka

glosses: Dhaka is the capital city of Bangladesh.

ipa: /ˈdækə/

audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Dhaka.wav


Ahmedabad

forms: Ahmedabad

glosses: Ahmedabad is the capital city of Gujarat in India.


Khalistan

forms: Khalistan

glosses: Khalistan is the name of a proposed country based on theocratic ideas.


Calcutta

forms: Calcutta

glosses: Calcutta was the name of the city that is now called Kolkata.

ipa: /kælˈkʌtə/


Brahui

forms: Brahui

glosses: A group of people of Eastern Baluchistan.


Pashto

forms: Pashto

glosses: Pashto is a language spoken mainly in Afghanistan and northwestern Pakistan.


Oriya

forms: Oriya

glosses: Oriya is the official language of the state of Orissa, India.


Lucknow

forms: Lucknow

glosses: Lucknow is the state capital of Uttar Pradesh, India.


Chittagong

forms: Chittagong

glosses: Chittagong is the second largest city in Bangladesh.

text: Chittagong is where I live.

glosses: Chittagong is also a district and Sadar Upzilla in Bangladesh.


Haryana

forms: Haryana

ipa: /hʌrɪˈjɑːnə/


Kabul

forms: Kabul

glosses: Kabul is the capital city of Afghanistan.

enpr: käʹbo͝ol

ipa: /ˈkɑːbəl/

audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Kabul.wav


Lhasa

forms: Lhasa

glosses: Lhasa is the capital city of Tibet, China.

ipa: /ˈlɑːsə/

audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Lhasa.wav


Shimla

forms: Shimla

glosses: Shimla is a city of India, the capital of the state of Himachal Pradesh.


Tibet

forms: Tibet

glosses: Tibet is a province of China. The capital is Lhasa.

enpr: tĭ-bĕt', tə-bĕt'

ipa: /tɪˈbet/


Taipei

forms: Taipei

glosses: Taipei is the capital of the Republic of China.


Jammu

forms: Jammu

glosses: A region in the southern part of the disputed territory of Jammu and Kashmir and Azad Kashmir (Pakistan).


Jerusalem

forms: Jerusalem

glosses: Jerusalem is the ancient holy city, and the capital city of Israel and Palestine.

enpr: jə-ro͞o'sə-ləm

ipa: /d͡ʒəˈruːsələm/

audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Jerusalem.wav


Ambala

forms: Ambala

glosses: Ambala is a city in the state of Haryana in India.


ridiculous

forms:
ridiculous (positive)
more ridiculous (comparative)
most ridiculous (superlative)

glosses: Describes something that deserves ridicule, is foolish or absurd

text: Adam's mohawk is ridiculous.

ipa: /rɪˈdɪkjʊləs/


Albania

forms: Albania

glosses: Albania is a country in southeastern Europe. The capital is Tirana.

hyphenation: Al‧ba‧nia


Madras

forms: Madras

glosses: Madras was the name of a city in India that is now called Chennai.

ipa: /məˈdræs/

audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Madras.wav


Bangladesh

forms: Bangladesh

glosses: Bangladesh is a country in southeast Asia.

audio: Bn-বাংলাদেশ.oga


Balochi

forms: Balochi

glosses: Balochi is a language spoken mainly in southwest Pakistan (80% of speakers), southeast Iran and southern Afghanistan.


Moroni

forms: Moroni

glosses: Moroni is the capital city of the island nation of Comoros.

ipa: /məˈrɑni/

ipa: /məˈrəʊni/

audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Moroni.wav


Shanghai

forms: Shanghai

audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Shanghai.wav

audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Shanghai2.wav

hyphenation: Shang‧hai


Eritrea

forms: Eritrea

glosses: Eritrea is a country in Africa; the capital city is Asmara.

ipa: /ˌerɪˈtriːə/


Ulan Bator

forms: Ulan Bator

glosses: Ulan Bator is the capital city of Mongolia.


Gujarati

forms: Gujarati

glosses: A language that is spoken in the state of Gujarat, India.

ipa: /ˌɡʊdʒəˈrɑːti/


glosses: K2 is the second-tallest mountain in the world located in Pakistan. It is part of the Himalayas.

glosses: K2 can be slang for man-made marijuana, a drug.


Tripoli

forms: Tripoli

ipa: /ˈtrɪpəli/

audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Tripoli.wav


Cornish

forms: Cornish

ipa: /ˈkɔːrnɪʃ/

audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Cornish.wav


Kuala Lumpur

forms: Kuala Lumpur

glosses: Kuala Lumpur is the capital city of Malaysia.

ipa: /kuˈɑːlə ˈlʊmpə(r)/


Awadh

forms: Awadh

glosses: Awadh is a region in the state Uttar Pradesh in India.


Havana

forms: Havana

ipa: /həˈvænə/

audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Havana.wav


piecemeal

forms:
piecemeal (positive)
more piecemeal (comparative)
most piecemeal (superlative)

glosses: Made or done piece by piece, or occurring slowly.


piecemeal

glosses: gradually, slowly, bit by bit; into pieces, into fragments.


Riyadh

forms: Riyadh

glosses: Riyadh is the capital city of Saudi Arabia.

ipa: /riˈjɑːd/

audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Riyadh.wav


cell

forms:
cell (singular)
cells (plural)

glosses: A cell is a room in a jail where prisoners are kept.

text: He was arrested and kept in a small cell for one day.

text: A plant cell has a cell wall.

ipa: /sɛl/

sampa: /sEl/

homophones: cel sell


Djibouti City

forms: Djibouti City

glosses: Djibouti is the capital of Djibouti, Africa.


Jaipur

forms: Jaipur

glosses: Jaipur is the capital city of the state of Rajputstan in India.


Tamil

forms: Tamil

glosses: Tamil is a language of India and Sri Lanka.

ipa: /ˈtæmɪl/

hyphenation: Ta‧mil


Sarajevo

forms: Sarajevo

glosses: Sarajevo is the capital city of Bosnia and Herzegovina.


Taiwan

forms: Taiwan

glosses: Taiwan is an island that forms most of the Republic of China.

ipa: /ˌtaɪˈwɑn/

ipa: /ˌtaɪˈwɑːn/

enpr: tīʹwänʹ


Iran

forms: Iran

glosses: ' Iran' is a country in South-Central Asia. The capital is Tehran. It was known as Persia until 1935.

ipa: /ɪˈrɑːn/


Comoros

forms: Comoros

glosses: Comoros is an island country in Africa; the capital city is Moroni.


Skopje

forms: Skopje

glosses: Skopje is the capital city of Macedonia.


Sudan

forms: Sudan

glosses: Sudan is a country in northern Africa, the capital city is Khartoum.

ipa: /suːˈdɑːn/

ipa: /suˈdæn/


Bosnia and Herzegovina

forms: Bosnia and Herzegovina

glosses: Bosnia is a country on the Balkan peninsula in Europe. The capital city is Sarajevo.

ipa: /ˈbɒzni.ə ænd ˌhɜrtsɨɡoʊˈviːnə/

enpr: bŏz′·nē·ə and hûrts′·ə·gōv′·ĭn·ə

ipa: /ˈbɒzni.ə ænd hɜrtsɨˈɡoʊvɨnə/

enpr: bŏz′·nē·ə and hûrts′·ə·gōv′·ĭn·ə

ipa: /ˈbɒzni.ə ənd ˌhɜrtsɨɡoʊˈviːnə/

enpr: bŏz′·nē·ə ənd hûrts′·ə·gōv′·ĭn·ə

ipa: /ˈbɒzni.ə ənd hɜrtsɨˈɡoʊvɨnə/

enpr: bŏz′·nē·ə ənd hûrts′·ə·gōv′·ĭn·ə

audio: en-us-Bosnia and Herzegovina.ogg


Yemen

forms: Yemen

glosses: Yemen is a country in Asia. The capital city is Sanaa.


Arabian Sea

forms: Arabian Sea

glosses: The Arabian Sea is a sea which is part of the Indian Ocean. It is between the Arabian Peninsula, India and Somalia.


Oman

forms: Oman

glosses: Oman is a country in Asia, the capital city is Muscat.

ipa: /əʊˈmɑːn/

ipa: /oʊˈmæn/


Nouakchott

forms: Nouakchott

glosses: Nouakchott is the capital city of Mauritania.


Kingston

forms: Kingston

ipa: /ˈkɪŋstən/

audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Kingston.wav


Azerbaijan

forms: Azerbaijan

glosses: Azerbaijan is a country in Asia, and the capital city is Baku.


Mongolia

forms: Mongolia

glosses: Mongolia is a country in Asia, the capital city is Ulan Bator.

ipa: /mɒŋˈɡəʊli.ə/

ipa: /mɑːŋˈɡoʊli.ə/


Tajikistan

forms: Tajikistan

glosses: Tajikistan is a country in South-Central Asia, the capital city is Dushanbe.

ipa: /tɑːˈdʒiːkɪstɑːn/


Sikkim

forms: Sikkim

glosses: Sikkim is a state in eastern India which has Gangtok as its capital.

hyphenation: Sik‧kim


Djibouti

forms: Djibouti

glosses: Djibouti is the capital city of the country Djibouti.

ipa: /d͡ʒɪˈbuːtiː/


Mauritania

forms: Mauritania

glosses: Mauritania is a country in Africa, the capital city is Nouakchott.


Republic of Turkey

forms: Republic of Turkey

glosses: Republic of Turkey is the official name for Turkey.


Sofia

forms: Sofia

glosses: Sofia can also be a woman's name. It is a less common spelling of Sophia.

audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Sofia.wav


Tunisia

forms: Tunisia

glosses: Tunisia is a country in Africa. The capital city is Tunis.


Mali

forms: Mali

glosses: Mali is a country in Africa, the capital city is Bamako.

ipa: /ˈmɑːli/


Jakarta

forms: Jakarta

glosses: Jakarta is the capital city of Indonesia.

ipa: /d͡ʒəˈkɑː(r)tə/

audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Jakarta.wav


Algeria

forms: Algeria

glosses: Algeria is a country in Africa. The capital city is Algiers.

ipa: /ælˈdʒɪəriə/


carpet

forms:
carpet (singular)
carpets (plural)

glosses: A carpet is a floor covering, usually made of nylon or wool.

text: He walked in with his boots leaving snow on the carpet.

glosses: A carpet of something is a thick layer of it.

text: A carpet of snow lay on the ground.

ipa: /ˈcɑrpɪt/

sampa: /"cArpIt/


carpet

forms:
carpet (canonical)
carpets (third-person singular)
carpeted (past)
carpeted (past participle)
carpeting (present participle)

glosses: If a floor or room is carpeted, it has carpets on the floor.

glosses: If something carpets a place, it covers the ground.

text: The road was carpeted with broken glass.


Bishkek

forms: Bishkek

glosses: Bishkek is the capital city of Kyrgyzstan.


Karnataka

forms: Karnataka

glosses: Karnataka is a state in southern India. Bangalore is the capital city.


Granada

forms: Granada

glosses: Granada is the capital city of the Granada province.


Libya

forms: Libya

glosses: Libya is a country in Africa, the capital city is Tripoli.

enpr: lĭbʹē-ə

hyphenation: Lib‧ya


Muscat

forms: Muscat

ipa: /ˈmʌskæt/

audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Muscat.wav


Marathi

forms: Marathi

glosses: A language spoken by the people of Maharashtra, India.


Tashkent

forms: Tashkent

glosses: Tashkent is the capital city of Uzbekistan.

text: I used to live in Tashkent.


Patna

forms: Patna

glosses: Patna is the capital city of the state of Bihar in India.


Manchester

forms: Manchester

glosses: Manchester is a part of Greater Manchester, which is a main city in northern England of the United Kingdom.

ipa: /ˈmæntʃɛstɚ/

ipa: /ˈmantʃɪstə/


Syria

forms: Syria

glosses: Syria is a country in Asia, the capital city is Damascus.


Turkmenistan

forms: Turkmenistan

glosses: Turkmenistan is a country in South-Central Asia, the capital city is Ashgabat.


Dacca

forms: Dacca

glosses: The old spelling of Dhaka, capital of East Bengal, later East Pakistan.


presidential

forms:
presidential (positive)
more presidential (comparative)
most presidential (superlative)

text: Bush won the 2004 U.S. presidential election.

glosses: If somebody is presidential, they seem or act like a president.

text: Dan Quayle didn't appear very presidential.

ipa: /prɛzɪˈdɛnʃ(ə)l/

hyphenation: pres‧i‧den‧tial


Astana

forms: Astana

glosses: Nur-Sultan, formerly Astana, is the capital city of Kazakhstan.


Bengali

forms: Bengali

glosses: Bangla or Bengali is a language spoken in Bangladesh and the states of Tripura and West Bengal, India.

ipa: /bɛŋˈɡɔːli/


Khartoum

forms: Khartoum

ipa: /kɑː(r)ˈtuːm/

audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Khartoum.wav


Dublin

forms: Dublin

ipa: /ˈdʌblən/

audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Kathmandu.wav


Cairo

forms: Cairo

ipa: /ˈkaɪroʊ/

ipa: /kɛroʊ/

audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Cairo.wav


San Francisco

forms: San Francisco

glosses: San Francisco is a city in California in the United States of America.


celebrate

forms:
celebrate (canonical)
celebrates (third-person singular)
celebrated (past)
celebrated (past participle)
celebrating (present participle)

glosses: If you celebrate something, you do something special to show that you are happy about it.

text: The town celebrates its 200th anniversary this Saturday by launching 20,000 balloons.

text: Some American homes are treeless during Christmas as these families celebrate other holidays.

text: Fans poured into the streets to celebrate after their team's victory.

glosses: When you celebrate something, you perform or participate in it, usually a sacrament or solemn rite.

text: The Christians gathered together to celebrate a mass.

celebrat


Tatarstan

forms: Tatarstan

glosses: Tatarstan is an autonomous republic in Russia; the capital city is Kazan.


Kazakhstan

forms: Kazakhstan

glosses: Kazakhstan is landlocked country in South-Central Asia; the capital city is Astana.

ipa: /ˈkæzəkstæn/

ipa: /ˈkɑzəkˌstæn/


Egypt

forms: Egypt

glosses: Egypt is a country of Africa. The capital city is Cairo.


Istanbul

forms: Istanbul

ipa: /ɪstænˈbʊl/

audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Istanbul.wav


Saudi Arabia

forms: Saudi Arabia

glosses: Saudi Arabia is a country in Asia, the capital city is Riyadh. Often this country is just called Arabia.

text: Our king, Salman bin Abdulaziz, has ruled Saudi Arabia.

ipa: /ˌsaʊ.di əˈreɪ.bi.ə/

ipa: /ˌsɔː.di əˈreɪ.bi.ə/

audio: en-us-Saudi Arabia.ogg


Uzbekistan

forms: Uzbekistan

glosses: Uzbek Republic is a landlocked country in South-Central Asia; the capital city is Tashkent.

ipa: /ʊzˌbɛkɪˈstɑːn/


Morocco

forms: Morocco

glosses: Morocco is a country in Africa; the capital city is Rabat.

ipa: /məˈrɒkəʊ/

ipa: /məˈrɑkoʊ/


Ashgabat

forms: Ashgabat

glosses: Ashgabat is the capital city of Turkmenistan.

hyphenation: Ash‧ga‧bat


Kyrgyzstan

forms: Kyrgyzstan

glosses: Kyrgyzstan is a landlocked country in South-Central Asia. The capital city is Bishkek.

ipa: /ˈkɪər.ɡɪˌstɑːn/

ipa: /ˌkɪər.ɡɪˈstɑːn/


stealth

forms:
stealth (singular)
stealths (plural)

glosses: characteristic of acting in secret and being hard to detect

text: He used stealth to creep up on the cat.

glosses: technology used to hide airplanes from radar. Also, an airplane which has this technology.

text: The attack was from a stealth-bomber.

enpr: stĕlth

ipa: /stɛlθ/


Hindi

forms: Hindi

glosses: Hindi is the national language of India.

text: I'm sorry, but I do not understand Hindi.

enpr: hĭn'di

ipa: /ˈhɪndi/

hyphenation: Hin‧di


title: un

redirect: un-


Bradford

forms: Bradford

ipa: /ˈbrædfɚd/

ipa: /ˈbrædfərd/


Macedonia

forms: Macedonia

glosses: Macedonia or Macedon is the name of an Ancient Greek kingdom where Alexander the Great came from.

glosses: Macedonia is a geographic region in southeastern Europe. The larger part is in Greece and the rest is in North Macedonia and a smaller part in Bulgaria.

glosses: North Macedonia, officially named Republic of North Macedonia, is a country in the Balkan region of Europe that used to be a part of Yugoslavia. The capital city is Skopje.

glosses: Macedonia is the name of a region in northern Greece. The capital city is Thessaloniki

enpr: măs'ədōʹnēə


Tripura

forms: Tripura

glosses: Tripura is a state in north-eastern India with Agartala as its capital.

ipa: /ˈtrɪpuːrɑː/


United Arab Emirates

forms: United Arab Emirates

glosses: The United Arab Emirates (UAE) is a country in Asia.

text: Abu Dhabi is the capital city of the United Arab Emirates.

audio: En-us-United Arab Emirates.ogg


Wales

forms: Wales

glosses: Wales is a principality in the west of, and one of the nations of, the United Kingdom. The capital city is Cardiff.

enpr: wālz

ipa: /weɪlz/

sampa: /weIlz/


Malaysia

forms: Malaysia

glosses: Malaysia is a country in Asia, the capital city is Kuala Lumpur.

ipa: /məˈleɪʒə/


Cuba

forms: Cuba

glosses: Cuba is a country in North America. The capital city is Havana.

enpr: kyo͞oʹ-bə

ipa: /ˈkjuːbə/

hyphenation: Cu‧ba


Niger

forms: Niger

glosses: Niger is a country in Africa. Its official name is the Republic of Niger.

glosses: Niger is a river in Africa that flows into the Gulf of Guinea in Nigeria.

enpr: nījər

ipa: /ˈnaɪdʒɚ/

ipa: /ˈnaɪdʒə/


Ürümqi

forms: Ürümqi

glosses: Ürümqi is a city in northwestern China, formerly the capital of East Turkestan.

ipa: /ʊˈrʊmt͡ʃi/

audio: Ürümqi English pronunciation.mp3


United Kingdom

forms: United Kingdom

glosses: The United Kingdom is a country of northern Europe located in a group of islands, consisting of the entire island of Great Britain and a small part of the island of Ireland. The capital city is London.

text: I live in the United Kingdom.

ipa: /juːˌnaɪ.tɪd ˈkɪŋ.dəm/

audio: en-us-United Kingdom.ogg

hyphenation: Unit‧ed King‧dom


Mecca

forms: Mecca

text: Mecca is a holy place for Muslims, many of who travel there every year.

ipa: /ˈmɛkə/

audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Mecca.wav


gravestone

forms:
gravestone (singular)
gravestones (plural)

glosses: A gravestone is a stone on a grave, usually with the name of the dead person written on it.

text: The old gravestone was smooth from many years of rain, but she could still read the name on it.


Jesus freak

forms:
Jesus freak (singular)
Jesus freaks (plural)

glosses: Someone who is seen to be excessively and overtly Christian.


chase

forms:
chase (canonical)
chases (third-person singular)
chased (past)
chased (past participle)
chasing (present participle)

glosses: If you chase something, you go after it quickly.

text: Dogs often play at chasing their own tail.

text: In my dream, someone's chasing after me and I'm running down this street.

text: The children were chasing the ball down the soccer field.

glosses: If you chase somebody or something away, you make them leave.

text: He waved his arms to chase the birds out of the cherry tree.

ipa: /tʃeɪs/

chas


chase

forms:
chase (singular)
chases (plural)

glosses: A chase is an act of going quickly after something or trying to get it.

text: TV has too many high-speed car chases.


besides

forms: besides

pos: prep

text: We've got a pile of homework and a part time job besides.

text: Besides the obvious benefit of learning, going to school has helped me make many friends.

text: I don't really want to go. Besides, it's too late now.

text: I don't want to go anywhere besides China.

ipa: /bəˈsaɪdz/


ant-hill

forms:
ant-hill (singular)
ant-hills (plural)

glosses: Ant-hill is another way of spelling anthill.


Thor

forms: Thor

glosses: The god of thunder and lightning to the Vikings (a people from ancient Europe).

ipa: /θɔː/

ipa: /θɔr/

audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Thor.wav


audio

forms: audio (singular)

glosses: Audio is a kind of sound or sound signal.

text: The audio for the game was playing through the computer speakers.


disappointment

forms:
disappointment (singular)
disappointments (plural)

etymology_text: disappoint + -ment

ety-suffix

disappoint

ment

expansion: disappoint + -ment

glosses: Disappointment is the feeling you have when something isn't as good as you expected.

glosses: A disappointment is someone or something that isn't as good as you expected.

ipa: /dɪsəˈpɔɪntmənt/


uncertain

forms:
uncertain (positive)
more uncertain (comparative)
most uncertain (superlative)

glosses: Uncertain is the opposite of certain. You don't know whether it is going to happen or not. You have doubts about it.

text: I'm uncertain whether I should go out tonight.

ipa: /ʌnˈsɜːtən/


quadrennial

forms: quadrennial (positive)

glosses: If something is quadrennial, it happens every four years.


cheque

forms:
cheque (singular)
cheques (plural)

glosses: A cheque is a written promise that allows the receiver to take money from a bank account. It is used instead of cash to pay for things.

text: Do you take personal cheques?

text: Did you cash the cheque yet?

text: I wrote them a cheque for $300.

enpr: chĕk

ipa: /tʃɛk/

audio: EN-AU ck1 cheque.ogg

homophones: check Czech


lend

forms:
lend (canonical)
lends (third-person singular)
lent (past)
lent (past participle)
lending (present participle)

glosses: When you lend something to another person, you let them use it, after which they must return it to you.

text: I lent my textbook to Jack to allow him to study from it.

text: The main functions of banks are to hold your money safely and to lend some of that money to others.

glosses: If x lends y support, believability, acceptance, etc., x gives it to y.

text: Several studies in recent years have lent support to this idea.

text: We're moving house next week and we were hoping you could lend us a hand.

enpr: lĕnd

ipa: /lɛnd/

sampa: /lEnd/

lend

lends

lent

lent

lending


Jammu and Kashmir

forms: Jammu and Kashmir

glosses: Jammu and Kashmir is a state in northern India. The capital is Srinagar.


gramps

forms: gramps (singular)

text: Hi gramps! How's grandma?

text: Hey gramps, get off the road!

noun

gramps


shamans

forms:
shaman (singular)
shaman or shamans (plural)

glosses: The plural form of shaman; more than one (kind of) shaman.

shaman

shaman

shamans


don't cry over spilt milk

forms: don't cry over spilt milk

glosses: A phrase that means that you shouldn't get upset or worry about something that has already happened and can't be changed.

audio: en-uk-dont cry over spilt milk.ogg


Appalachia

forms: Appalachia

glosses: Appalachia is a region in the eastern United States of America, named for the Appalachian Mountains.

text: It is hard to pass through the Appalachia region because most of it is mountainous.

hyphenation: Ap‧pa‧la‧chia


later

glosses: The comparative form of late; more late.

text: She arrived later than me.

text: I'll see you later.

text: He arrived on Wednesday and left three days later.

ipa: /leɪtə/


later

forms:
late (positive)
later (comparative)
latest (superlative)

text: Most people can't walk in the later stages of the disease.

text: We can't be there now, but we'd like to meet at a later date.

text: Much is known about his early days, but are many question about his later life.

text: I expected you to be later than this.

adj

late

later

latest