audit trails

forms:
audit trail (singular)
audit trails (plural)

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

audit trail


mainly

pos: adv

etymology_text: main + -ly

ety-suffix

main

ly

expansion: main + -ly

text: In England, they speak mainly English.

ipa: /ˈmeɪnli/

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


zeroes

forms:
zero (singular)
zeros or zeroes (plural)

pos: noun

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

noun

zero

zeros

zeroes

expansion: [POS TABLE]


zeroes

forms:
zero (canonical)
zeroes (third-person singular)
zeroed (past)
zeroed (past participle)
zeroing (present participle)

pos: verb

verb

es


botany

forms: botany (singular)

glosses: Botany is the science of learning about plants.

text: My mother studied botany in college.

ipa: /ˈbɒtənɪ/


paintballs

forms:
paintball (singular)
paintballs (plural)

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

noun

paintball


paintballs

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

glosses: The third-person singular form of paintball.


dictators

forms:
dictator (singular)
dictators (plural)

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

dictator


remain

forms:
remain (canonical)
remains (third-person singular)
remained (past)
remained (past participle)
remaining (present participle)

glosses: If something remains it stays. It does not go away.

text: I'll remain here as wait for you.

text: He remained at home.

glosses: If something remains it does not change.

text: She remains is pretty as ever.

text: I remain loyal to the my friends.

ipa: /rɪˈmeɪn/

hyphenation: re‧main


remain

forms:
remain (singular)
remains (plural)

glosses: The remains of something are parts of something gone that are still here. This is often used for what is left of dead person whose body was damaged or decayed.


heal

forms:
heal (canonical)
heals (third-person singular)
healed (past)
healed (past participle)
healing (present participle)

glosses: If you heal your wounds or diseases leave you. Your body repairs itself, so you get better.

glosses: If you heal another person or animal you repair their body. You make wounds or diseases leave them.

ipa: /hiːl/


pearl

forms:
pearl (singular)
pearls (plural)

glosses: A pearl is a round, white jewel that you get from inside of oysters.

text: She bought a pearl necklace.

glosses: A pearl is a kind of fish called the brill.

ipa: /pɜːl/

ipa: /pɝl/


pearl

forms:
pearl (canonical)
pearls (third-person singular)
pearled (past)
pearled (past participle)
pearling (present participle)

glosses: If you pearl something, you adorn it with pearls.

glosses: If you pearl something, you make it into small, round grains, as with barley.

glosses: If you pearl, you go hunting for pearls; you go pearling.

verb

pearl


mop

forms:
mop (singular)
mops (plural)

glosses: A tool used for cleaning floors or similar things, made of cloth.

text: He made his mop of hair stick up.

ipa: /mɒp/

ipa: /mɑp/


mop

forms:
mop (canonical)
mops (third-person singular)
mopped (past)
mopped (past participle)
mopping (present participle)

glosses: To rub, scrub, clean or wipe with a mop.

text: He mopped the floor until it was clean.

mop

p


crocodile

forms:
crocodile (singular)
crocodiles (plural)

glosses: A crocodile is a big reptile that lives mostly in water.

ipa: /ˈkrɒkədaɪl/


stepdaughter

forms:
stepdaughter (singular)
stepdaughters (plural)

etymology_text: step- + daughter

ety-prefix

step

daughter

expansion: step- + daughter

glosses: A stepdaughter is the daughter of a person's husband or wife. A stepdaughter is a female child from an earlier marriage.

text: When I married my wife I got two stepdaughters.

hyphenation: step‧daugh‧ter


dwarfs

forms:
dwarf (singular)
dwarfs (plural)

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

noun

dwarf

dwarfs


dwarfs

forms:
dwarf (canonical)
dwarfs (third-person singular)
dwarfed (past)
dwarfed (past participle)
dwarfing (present participle)

glosses: The third-person singular form of dwarf.


practical

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

pos: adj

glosses: If something is practical, it works and is not more difficult that it should be. It makes sense and is good for real life.

glosses: If something is practical, it comes from actually doing something, not from theory.

glosses: If you are practical, you do practical things and think in a practical way.

ipa: /ˈpræktɪkəl/

hyphenation: prac‧ti‧cal

adj

more: true


republic

forms:
republic (singular)
republics (plural)

glosses: A republic is a country that has leaders elected that are by the people.

text: Many have pointed out that the United States is a republic, not a pure democracy.

hyphenation: re‧pub‧lic


spreading

forms:
spread (canonical)
spreads (third-person singular)
spread (past)
spread (past participle)
spreading (present participle)

verb

spread

spreads

spread

spread

spreading


semantic

forms: semantic (positive)

glosses: If something is semantic it is based on semantics. It is about meaning in language.

text: Were his errors semantic, like calling a horse a deer or a saddle? Or were they based on the sound of the word?

text: Your whole argument is semantic, based one what you think the word "life" means.

ipa: /sɪˈmæntɪk/

sampa: /sI"m{ntIk/


descendant

forms:
descendant (singular)
descendants (plural)

glosses: A descendant is something or someone that comes after something or someone (ancestor).

text: Dogs are descendants of early wolves.

text: You are a descendant of your grandparents.

text: I am a descendant of Grover Cleveland.

ipa: /dɪˈsɛndənt/

hyphenation: des‧cen‧dant


conjugations

forms:
conjugation (singular)
conjugations (plural)

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

noun

conjugation


fathers

forms:
father (singular)
fathers (plural)

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

father


fathers

forms:
father (canonical)
fathers (third-person singular)
fathered (past)
fathered (past participle)
fathering (present participle)

glosses: The third-person singular form of father.


china

forms: china (singular)

glosses: Very good dishes. They are often expensive and decorated with a design.

text: We only get out the good china for special guests.

enpr: chī'nə

china


Japanese

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

glosses: If something is Japanese, it comes from Japan.

text: I had a Japanese car once.

text: We had a Japanese girl in our class.

glosses: If something is Japanese, it is typical of Japan.

text: I like Japanese food.

ipa: /ˌʤæpəˈniːz/


Japanese

forms: Japanese

pos: name

glosses: Japanese is the language that is spoken in Japan.

ipa: /ˌʤæpəˈniːz/


naming

forms:
name (canonical)
names (third-person singular)
named (past)
named (past participle)
naming (present participle)

verb

nam

e


anywhere

forms: anywhere

pos: det

text: I don't have anywhere to go.

text: Victor has never been anywhere outside Chengdu.


guitar

forms:
guitar (singular)
guitars (plural)

glosses: A guitar is a stringed musical instrument, usually with six strings, but sometimes more. It is used to play many kinds of music, including classical, rock, jazz, and bluegrass.

text: John played the Edvard Grieg song "Morning Mood" on his guitar.

ipa: /ɡɪˈtɑː/


redundancies

forms:
redundancy (singular)
redundancies (plural)

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

noun

redundancy

redundancies


wiener

forms:
wiener (singular)
wieners (plural)

text: Can you please pass me that wiener?

text: In New York I bought a wiener for 5 dollars.

text: He showed me his wiener, even though I didn't want him to.

ipa: /ˈwiːnə(r)/


busying

forms:
busy (canonical)
busies (third-person singular)
busied (past)
busied (past participle)
busying (present participle)

verb

bus

y


abbey

forms:
abbey (singular)
abbeys (plural)

glosses: An abbey is a building where monks or nuns live, or used to live.

text: After working in the fields, the monks went back to the abbey.

glosses: An abbey is a church which was once part of an abbey.

text: Westminster Abbey is a famous church in England.

hyphenation: ab‧bey


dirtiest

forms:
dirty (positive)
dirtier (comparative)
dirtiest (superlative)

glosses: The superlative form of dirty; most dirty.

adjective

dirty

dirtier

dirtiest


rawer

forms:
raw (positive)
rawer (comparative)
rawest (superlative)

raw

rawer

rawest


audit trail

forms:
audit trail (singular)
audit trails (plural)

glosses: An audit trail is a record of an audit. This is often a computer record.


named

glosses: The past tense and past participle of name.

glosses: What you are named is what people call you.


nicotine

forms: nicotine (singular)

glosses: Nicotine is a chemical in tobacco that might make you want to smoke.

text: I needed to smoke because I was addicted to nicotine.

ipa: /ˈnɪkətiːn/

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


mothers

forms:
mother (singular)
mothers (plural)

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

noun

mother


mothers

forms:
mother (canonical)
mothers (third-person singular)
mothered (past)
mothered (past participle)
mothering (present participle)

glosses: The third-person singular form of mother.


empresses

forms:
empress (singular)
empresses (plural)

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

text: The two empresses were very good friends.

empress

empresses


probability

forms:
probability (singular)
probabilities (plural)

text: The probability of rolling a six is one in six, 1/6.

text: We calculated the probabilities of each result.

text: I took a class in probability and statistics.

ipa: /prɒbəˈbɪlɪti/

ipa: /prɑbəˈbɪlɪɾi/

hyphenation: prob‧a‧bil‧i‧ty

probabilities


visions

forms:
vision (singular)
visions (plural)

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

vision


mount

forms:
mount (canonical)
mounts (third-person singular)
mounted (past)
mounted (past participle)
mounting (present participle)

glosses: If you mount something you get on to it.

text: They mounted their horses and rode off.

glosses: If you mount something you attach it to something else.

text: I need someone to mount this diamond on a ring.

text: The show was mounted in Montreal and New York.

ipa: /maʊnt/


mount

forms:
mount (singular)
mounts (plural)

glosses: Mount is another word for mountain. This may be shortened to "Mt." to name a mountain.

text: Jesus gave us the Sermon on the Mount.

text: We were all worried when Mount Saint Helens exploded.

glosses: A mount is an animal you ride, often a horse.

text: The policemen sat on his mount watching the park.


dirtier

glosses: The comparative form of dirty; more dirty.


pearls

forms:
pearl (singular)
pearls (plural)

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

ipa: /pɜːlz/

ipa: /pɝlz/


pearls

forms:
pearl (canonical)
pearls (third-person singular)
pearled (past)
pearled (past participle)
pearling (present participle)

glosses: The third-person singular form of pearl.


composer

forms:
composer (singular)
composers (plural)

glosses: A composer is a person who writes music.

enpr: kəm-pōzʹər

ipa: /kəmˈpoʊzər/

ipa: /kəmˈpəʊzə/


yellower

forms:
yellow (positive)
yellower (comparative)
yellowest (superlative)

glosses: The comparative form of yellow; more yellow.

adjective

yellow

yellower

yellowest


councils

forms:
council (singular)
councils (plural)

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

noun

council


authors

forms:
author (singular)
authors (plural)

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

hyphenation: au‧thors

author


authors

forms:
author (canonical)
authors (third-person singular)
authored (past)
authored (past participle)
authoring (present participle)

glosses: The third-person singular form of author.


dictation

forms:
dictation (singular)
dictations (plural)

glosses: The act of dictating; telling someone else what to write or type.

text: Can you take dictation?

glosses: The words you tell someone to write or type.

text: You need to slow down so I can take your dictation?

ipa: /dɪkˈteɪʃən/

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


hooves

forms:
hoof (singular)
hoofs or hooves (plural)

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

hoof

hoofs

hooves


denser

forms:
dense (positive)
denser (comparative)
densest (superlative)

glosses: The comparative form of dense; more dense.

adjective

dense

denser

densest


alligator

forms:
alligator (singular)
alligators (plural)

glosses: An alligator is a large reptile that lives on land and in water.

ipa: /ˈælɪgeɪtə/

enpr: ălʹĭ-gā-tər

ipa: /ˈælɪgeɪtɚ/

hyphenation: al‧li‧ga‧tor


semantics

forms: semantics (plural)

glosses: Semantics is the study of how languages (ways people talk) show meaning.

text: We were studying the difference of semantics for both words and sentence between cultures.

text: After his injury, he could not remember what words belonged together because of a problem with semantics.

glosses: If an argument is based on semantics it is based on different meanings of words, not different ideas. Or, someone might use different meanings to be difficult.

text: I've heard you talking about it, and it sound like its all semantics to me.

ipa: /sɪˈmæntɪks/

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

audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-semantics.wav


brothers

forms:
brother (singular)
brothers (plural)

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

ipa: /ˈbrʌðə(r)z/

noun

brother


brothers

forms:
brother (canonical)
brothers (third-person singular)
brothered (past)
brothered (past participle)
brothering (present participle)

glosses: The third-person singular form of brother.


stickier

forms:
sticky (positive)
stickier (comparative)
stickiest (superlative)

glosses: The comparative form of sticky; more sticky.

adjective

sticky

stickier

stickiest


gripped

forms:
grip (canonical)
grips (third-person singular)
gripped (past)
gripped (past participle)
gripping (present participle)

glosses: The past tense and past participle of grip.

verb

grip


stickiest

glosses: The superlative form of sticky; most sticky.


densest

glosses: The superlative form of dense; most dense.


dictator

forms:
dictator (singular)
dictators (plural)

glosses: A leader of a country who has total control over everything.

text: Hitler was a terrible dictator.

glosses: Someone who dictates (tell others what to write or what to do).

text: It would take a very good secretary to follow such a bad dictator.

ipa: /dɪkˈteɪtə(r)/

ipa: /ˈdɪkteɪtər/


healer

forms:
healer (singular)
healers (plural)

glosses: A healer is someone who helps other people get well from disease or injury.

text: I saw a local healer when I got sick on my trip.

ipa: /ˈhiːlə(r)/

ipa: /ˈhilɚ/


injure

forms:
injure (canonical)
injures (third-person singular)
injured (past)
injured (past participle)
injuring (present participle)

glosses: If you injure you cause an injury. You wound someone or something.

ipa: /ˈɪndʒɚ/

injur


toilet

forms:
toilet (singular)
toilets (plural)

glosses: A toilet is something you may put human waste (feces and urine) into.

text: Excuse me, I need to use the toilet.

text: Where is the toilet?

hyphenation: toi‧let


lake

forms:
lake (singular)
lakes (plural)

glosses: A lake is a place with a lot of deep water. A lake does not usually have salt in it.

text: We went swimming in the lake.

enpr: lāk

ipa: /leɪk/


eagles

forms:
eagle (singular)
eagles (plural)

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

noun

eagle


eagles

forms:
eagle (canonical)
eagles (third-person singular)
eagled (past)
eagled (past participle)
eagling (present participle)

glosses: The third-person singular form of eagle.

verb

eagl


fortnight

forms:
fortnight (singular)
fortnights (plural)

text: Her mother will be staying for a fortnight over Christmas.


yellowest

forms:
yellow (positive)
yellower (comparative)
yellowest (superlative)

glosses: The superlative form of yellow; most yellow.


Norwegian

forms: Norwegian

glosses: Norwegian is a language spoken by around 5 million people, mainly in Norway.

text: I can not understand a word Norwegian, but I think it is a very nice language.


Norwegian

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

glosses: If something is Norwegian, it is about Norway or the people living there.

text: I think Norwegian food is good.

text: I am Norwegian.


Norwegian

forms:
Norwegian (singular)
Norwegians (plural)

glosses: If someone is a Norwegian, he or she is from Norway.

text: I am a Norwegian.


accelerations

forms:
acceleration (singular)
accelerations (plural)

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

noun

acceleration


geldings

forms:
gelding (singular)
geldings (plural)

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

text: He sold his geldings to the riding school.

gelding


empress

forms:
empress (singular)
empresses (plural)

glosses: An empress is the female leader or monarch of an empire.

ipa: /ˈɛmprəs/


parakeet

forms:
parakeet (singular)
parakeets (plural)

glosses: A parakeet is a tropical bird often kept as a pet. It is a small parrot.

text: My pet parakeet's name is Polly.

ipa: /ˈparəkiːt/

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


Roman

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

glosses: Similar to something from Rome or the Roman Empire.

enpr: rōmən

ipa: /ˈroʊmən/


emperor

forms:
emperor (singular)
emperors (plural)

glosses: An emperor is the male leader or monarch of an empire.

text: The coronation of the Japanese emperor happened this year.

ipa: /ˈɛmpərə/

ipa: /ˈɛmpərɚ/

hyphenation: em‧peror


wade

forms:
wade (canonical)
wades (third-person singular)
waded (past)
waded (past participle)
wading (present participle)

text: I waded into the water just a little ways so that I could feel the temperature of the water.

text: Roy was able to wade into the water for several feet before the water reached his waist.

ipa: /weɪd/

sampa: /weId/

homophones: weighed wayed

verb

wad


pope

forms:
pope (singular)
popes (plural)

glosses: The pope is the leader of the Roman Catholic Church.

enpr: pōp

ipa: /pəʊp/

ipa: /poʊp/


united

forms: united (positive)

glosses: I some things (two or more) are united they are together. These act as one thing. This is often used for people of groups of people.

text: We are united in our goals.

text: John as Sue were united in holy matrimony (marriage) last week.

text: We stand united against our enemies.

ipa: /juːˈnaɪtɪd/

enpr: yo͞o-nīʹtĭd

ipa: /juˈnaɪtɪd/


united

forms:
unite (canonical)
unites (third-person singular)
united (past)
united (past participle)
uniting (present participle)

glosses: The past tense and past participle of unite.

unit


frighten

forms:
frighten (canonical)
frightens (third-person singular)
frightened (past)
frightened (past participle)
frightening (present participle)

etymology_text: fright + -en

ety-suffix

fright

en

expansion: fright + -en

glosses: If you frighten somebody, you make them feel afraid.

text: You are shouting at me and frightening your daughters.

text: It made so much noise that it frightened away the animals.

ipa: /ˈfraɪtn̩/

hyphenation: frigh‧ten


coins

forms:
coin (singular)
coins (plural)

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

noun

coin


coins

forms:
coin (canonical)
coins (third-person singular)
coined (past)
coined (past participle)
coining (present participle)


blackboards

forms:
blackboard (singular)
blackboards (plural)

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

blackboard


conjugation

forms:
conjugation (singular)
conjugations (plural)

glosses: Conjugation is how a word changes based on several things. In English and European languages this word is usually a verb. It might change because of what time is talked about, who is talked about, or what part of the sentence the word is in.

text: I find German conjugation hard to remember.

text: Some linguists do not talk about conjugation because they think it is just an example of morphology.

glosses: A conjugation is the ways a word changes.

text: The conjugations of "to do" are "does," "did," and "doing."

ipa: /ˌkɒnd͡ʒəˈɡeɪʃən/

ipa: /ˌkɑnd͡ʒəˈɡeɪʃən/

hyphenation: con‧ju‧ga‧tion


stallions

forms:
stallion (singular)
stallions (plural)

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

stallion


rawest

forms:
raw (positive)
rawer (comparative)
rawest (superlative)

adjective

raw


ashes

forms:
ash (singular)
ashes (plural)

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

noun

ash

ashes


empire

forms:
empire (singular)
empires (plural)

glosses: An empire is a large country that has taken control of many other countries.

glosses: An empire is a country led by an emperor or empress.

glosses: An empire is a large amount of property and power that a person might have.

text: No mater how rich he got, he kept trying to build his empire bigger.

ipa: /ˈɛmpaɪə/

ipa: /ˈɛmpaɪɚ/


hoofing

forms:
hoof (canonical)
hoofs (third-person singular)
hoofed (past)
hoofed (past participle)
hoofing (present participle)

verb

hoof


foals

forms:
foal (singular)
foals (plural)

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

text: Both of our mares had foals last year.

noun

foal


foal

text: Our mare had a foal last year.

ipa: /fəʊl/

ipa: /foʊl/


flattest

forms:
flat (positive)
flatter (comparative)
flattest (superlative)

glosses: The superlative form of flat; most flat.

adjective

flat

flatter

flattest


biology

forms:
biology (singular)
biologies (plural)

glosses: Biology is a type of science that studies living things like plants and animals.

text: It is required for students to study biology.

glosses: The biology of an animal, plant, or other living thing is how its body works.

text: The biology of cats is different from that of dogs in several ways.

noun

biology

biologies


singer

forms:
singer (singular)
singers (plural)

etymology_text: sing + -er

ety-suffix

sing

er

expansion: sing + -er

text: She is a very good singer.

ipa: /ˈsɪŋə/

ipa: /ˈsɪŋɚ/


warn

forms:
warn (canonical)
warns (third-person singular)
warned (past)
warned (past participle)
warning (present participle)

glosses: If you warn someone about something, is to make them aware of a danger approaching.

text: I warn you, lions are dangerous.

glosses: If you warn someone can also be to make them aware that something they do is not accepted.

text: It is not allowed to steal, I warn you.

glosses: If you warn someone, you give a warning.

ipa: /wɔːn/

ipa: /wɔrn/


title: good-morning

redirect: good morning

pos: hard-redirect


terminals

forms:
terminal (singular)
terminals (plural)

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

noun

terminal


parrot

forms:
parrot (singular)
parrots (plural)

glosses: A parrot is a type of tropical bird sometimes kept as a pet.

text: Movie pirates always seem to have parrots.

text: I had a pet parrot named Peter.

enpr: părʹət

ipa: /ˈpærət/


parrot

forms:
parrot (canonical)
parrots (third-person singular)
parroted (past)
parroted (past participle)
parroting (present participle)

glosses: If you parrot someone, you say exactly what that person says.

text: I want you to parrot back what I just said, so I know you heard me right.


protectors

forms:
protector (singular)
protectors (plural)

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

protector


hoof

forms:
hoof (singular)
hoofs or hooves (plural)

glosses: A hoof is a foot of an animal with hard feet.

text: The horseshoes are nailed to the horse's hoofs.

ipa: /hʊf/

sampa: /hUf/


hoof

text: My car is broken so we'll have to hoof it. We'll only be walking 3 blocks.


kidney beans

forms:
kidney bean (singular)
kidney beans (plural)

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

kidney bean


adders

forms:
adder (singular)
adders (plural)

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

adder


kennels

forms:
kennel (singular)
kennels (plural)

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

kennel


kennels

forms:
kenneled (past)
kenneled (past participle)
kenneling (present participle)
kennel (canonical)
kennels (third-person singular)
kennelled (past)
kennelled (past participle)
kennelling (present participle)

glosses: The third-person singular form of kennel.

verb

l


carp

forms:
carp (singular)
carp or carps (plural)

text: A goldfish is a small carp.

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

text: We fed the carp at the boat dock. We saw many carp there.

ipa: /ˈkɑːp/

ipa: /ˈkɑrp/

noun

carp

carp

carps


carp

forms:
carp (canonical)
carps (third-person singular)
carped (past)
carped (past participle)
carping (present participle)


tick

forms:
tick (singular)
ticks (plural)

glosses: A tick is a mark, used to show that something is right.

text: The teacher put a tick on the correct answer.

text: The dog was scratching because it had a tick in its ear.

glosses: A tick is a clicking noise that keeps going.

text: It was very quiet, and the only sound she could hear was the tick of the old clock.

glosses: A tick is small line used to show a measure or a count.

ipa: /tɪk/

sampa: /tIk/


tick

forms:
tick (canonical)
ticks (third-person singular)
ticked (past)
ticked (past participle)
ticking (present participle)

glosses: If something ticks, it is making clicking noises.

text: The clocked ticked on as I waited.

text: Its a ticking time-bomb. (It is like the clock on the bomb is ticking as time runs out.)


dictate

forms:
dictate (canonical)
dictates (third-person singular)
dictated (past)
dictated (past participle)
dictating (present participle)

glosses: If you dictate a document (something written), you say the words so another person can write or type them.

text: I dictated the letter to my secretary.

glosses: If X dictates Y, X requires Y, or X causes Y.

text: Circumstances dictate that we must be ready to fight.

ipa: /ˈdɪkˌteɪt/

ipa: /ˌdɪkˈteɪt/

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

hyphenation: dic‧tate

verb

dictat

e


fuchsias

forms:
fuchsia (singular)
fuchsias (plural)

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

noun

fuchsia


clays

forms:
clay (singular)
clays (plural)

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

clay

clays


incompetent

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

etymology_text: in- + competent

ety-prefix

in

competent

expansion: in- + competent

glosses: If you are incompetent you are not good at what you are doing. You might not know how to do it. You might not be able to do it.

text: He is an incompetent driver, and cannot keep a car on the road.

text: He died because of medicine from an incompetent doctor.

glosses: If you are incompetent you are stupid or crazy.

text: The incompetent fools ruined my whole day.

glosses: In some countries if you are incompetent the law says you are not able to decide things. This means you are not allowed to do some things but do not do need to do other things. This is often because the incompetent person is insane (crazy).

text: He was found incompetent to stand trial.

text: The contract is no good because she was legally incompetent when she signed it.

ipa: /ɪŋˈkɒmpətənt/

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


felon

forms:
felon (singular)
felons (plural)

glosses: A felon is a person who has committed a felony or been convicted of a felony.

ipa: /ˈfɛlən/

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


hoofed

forms:
hoof (canonical)
hoofs (third-person singular)
hoofed (past)
hoofed (past participle)
hoofing (present participle)

glosses: The past tense and past participle of hoof.


title: π

redirect: pi


numbered

forms:
number (canonical)
numbers (third-person singular)
numbered (past)
numbered (past participle)
numbering (present participle)

glosses: The past tense and past participle of number.

enpr: nŭmʹbərd

ipa: /ˈnʌmbɚd/

ipa: /ˈnʌmbəd/

hyphenation: num‧bered

verb

number


returned

forms:
return (canonical)
returns (third-person singular)
returned (past)
returned (past participle)
returning (present participle)

glosses: The past tense and past participle of return.

ipa: /rɪˈtɜːnd/

ipa: /rɪˈtɝnd/

return


floored

forms:
floor (canonical)
floors (third-person singular)
floored (past)
floored (past participle)
flooring (present participle)

glosses: The past tense and past participle of floor.

floor


solar system

forms:
solar system (singular)
solar systems (plural)

glosses: A solar system is made of planets moving around a star (a sun).

text: It is a long way to the next solar system.

ipa: /ˈsəʊl.ə ˌsɪs.təm/

ipa: /ˈsoʊ.lɚ ˌsɪs.təm/

hyphenation: so‧lar sys‧tem


familiarised

forms:
familiarise (canonical)
familiarises (third-person singular)
familiarised (past)
familiarised (past participle)
familiarising (present participle)

glosses: The past tense and past participle of familiarise.

familiaris


megatons

forms:
megaton (singular)
megatons (plural)

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

noun

megaton


mares

forms:
mare (singular)
mares (plural)

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

text: Both of our mares had foals last year.

mare


spreads

forms:
spread (canonical)
spreads (third-person singular)
spread (past)
spread (past participle)
spreading (present participle)

glosses: The third-person singular form of spread.

verb

spread

spreads


spreads

forms:
spread (singular)
spreads (plural)

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


album

forms:
album (singular)
albums (plural)

glosses: An album is a record, tape, or CD, with many songs on it.

text: He loved the Beatles, and had bought all their albums.

glosses: An album is a book for keeping photographs.

text: She loved to look through the family photo album and see her childhood pictures.

glosses: An album is a book for keeping collectable things like stamps or coins.

text: He put his new coin straight into the album to keep it safe.

ipa: /ˈælbəm/

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


presuming

forms:
presume (canonical)
presumes (third-person singular)
presumed (past)
presumed (past participle)
presuming (present participle)

presum


deci-

forms: deci-

pos: prefix

glosses: Deci- is a prefix meaning one tenth as much.

text: There are 10 decimeters in a meter.


explosions

forms:
explosion (singular)
explosions (plural)

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

noun

explosion

explosions


megaton

glosses: A megaton is a unit that is used to determine how strong an explosion made by a bomb is. The unit is based upon how many million tons of TNT it would take to make a similar explosion.

ipa: /ˈmɛgəˌtʌn/


Canada

forms: Canada

glosses: Canada is a country in North America. Canada is north of the United States.

text: There are 10 provinces and 3 territories in Canada.

ipa: /ˈkænədə/


web-site

forms:
web-site (singular)
web-sites (plural)

glosses: A web-site is a place on the World Wide Web; if there are many pages to a web-site, they have the same URL and are usually part of the same server.

text: My favorite web-sites are ebay.com, espn.com, and facebook.com.

ipa: /ˈwɛbˌsaɪt/

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


belting

forms:
belt (canonical)
belts (third-person singular)
belted (past)
belted (past participle)
belting (present participle)

verb

belt


theft

forms:
theft (singular)
thefts (plural)

glosses: A theft is when someone steals something.

text: We were the victims of a theft last year.

text: Theft is on the rise in the city.

ipa: /θɛft/

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


ash

forms:
ash (singular)
ashes (plural)

glosses: Ashes are what is left of something after it has burned (been destroyed by fire).

text: The was nothing left of the wood but ashes.

text: He was covered in ash from the fire.

text: After the funeral we kept his ashes in a vase on the table.

glosses: Ash is a light gray color. The color of wood ashes.

text: My sister loved to wear ash-gray cloths.

text: I had an ash growing in my yard.

text: There are several ashes in the lot across the street.

glosses: The letter Æ (capital) / æ (lower case). This letter is not used often in modern English. It is found in Old English and some other languages, and is an IPA symbol.

enpr: ăsh

ipa: /æʃ/

noun

ash


layering

forms:
layer (canonical)
layers (third-person singular)
layered (past)
layered (past participle)
layering (present participle)

verb

layer


politest

forms:
polite (positive)
politer (comparative)
politest (superlative)

glosses: The superlative form of polite; most polite.

text: Susie is the politest child I have ever met.

adjective

polite

politer

politest


Chinese

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

glosses: If something is Chinese, it comes from China.

text: Many Chinese goods are sold in the U.S.

text: We had a Chinese girl in our class.

text: Australia has a large population of overseas Chinese people.

glosses: If something is Chinese, it is typical of China.

text: I like Chinese food.

enpr: chī-nēzʹ

ipa: /tʃaɪˈniːz/


Chinese

forms:
Chinese (singular)
Chinese (plural)

glosses: A person from China or of Chinese descent.

noun

Chinese


Chinese

forms: Chinese

glosses: Chinese is any of the languages (ways people talk) in China.

text: Mandarin, Hokkien, and Cantonese are forms of Chinese.


hundreds

forms:
hundred (singular)
hundreds (plural)

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

glosses: "Hundreds" is used to refer to lots of something.

text: There's hundreds of cool stuff I can do!

hundred


mud

forms: mud (singular)

text: I slipped and fell in the mud.

enpr: mŭd

ipa: /mʌd/

sampa: /mVd/

mud


felony

forms:
felony (singular)
felonies (plural)

glosses: A felony is a serious crime; this is something a person can be put in prison for.

text: Somethings that might be called felonies are robbery, rape, murder, treason, threats, spousal abuse, child abuse, or sexually molesting a child.

enpr: fĕ'lə-nē

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

irrnoun

felonies


acute angle

forms:
acute angle (singular)
acute angles (plural)

glosses: An acute angle is an angle of less than 90 degrees (π/2 radians).


clay

forms:
clay (singular)
clays (plural)

glosses: Clay is a type of mud or dirt that can be made into bricks and pots.

enpr: klā

ipa: /kleɪ/

sampa: /kleI/


good night

forms: good night

pos: phrase

glosses: Something you might say to someone before you go to bed, or before you leave for the night.

text: I had a good time, but I need to go. Good night.

glosses: A greeting you might say to someone at night.

text: Hey, good night, haven't seen you all day.

audio: en-us-good night.ogg

audio: en-uk-good night.ogg


jumping

forms:
jump (canonical)
jumps (third-person singular)
jumped (past)
jumped (past participle)
jumping (present participle)

verb

jump


numbers

forms:
number (singular)
numbers (plural)

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

ipa: /ˈnʌmbɚz/

ipa: /ˈnʌmbəz/

hyphenation: num‧bers

noun

number


numbers

forms:
number (canonical)
numbers (third-person singular)
numbered (past)
numbered (past participle)
numbering (present participle)

glosses: The third-person singular form of number.


fault

forms:
fault (singular)
faults (plural)

glosses: If something is your fault, you did something wrong or didn't do something right.

text: It doesn't matter whose fault it is, let's work together to make it right.

text: I'm sorry. It's my fault. I forgot to turn it off.

text: It's clear that both sides are at fault.

text: We found a few faults in the plan, but we'll fix them later.

glosses: A fault in your character is something about you that is not nice or good.

text: The other girls thought that her only fault was that she was really stupid.

text: The earthquake occurred near the San Andreas fault.

glosses: In sports like tennis or volleyball, a fault is hitting the ball in the wrong way, or to or from the wrong place.

ipa: /fɔːlt/


fault

forms:
fault (canonical)
faults (third-person singular)
faulted (past)
faulted (past participle)
faulting (present participle)

glosses: If you fault somebody for something bad, you say they did something wrong or didn't do something right.

text: You can't fault him for not knowing about the change.


acceleration

forms:
acceleration (singular)
accelerations (plural)

text: As the plane took off, the acceleration pressed her into her seat.

glosses: Acceleration is by how much a speed or velocity goes up.

glosses: derivative for velocity, has formula a= lim _(Δx→0)(Δv)/(Δt) .

enpr: əksĕlərā'shən

hyphenation: ac‧cel‧er‧a‧tion


competent

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

glosses: If you are competent at something you can do it. You are good at doing it.

glosses: In some countries, if you are competent the law says you are not insane (crazy). This means you can decide things, and may be allowed to do somethings that crazy people are not allowed to do.

ipa: /ˈkɒmpətənt/


goodnight

forms: goodnight

text: I had a good time, but I need to go. Goodnight.

text: Hey, goodnight, haven't seen you all day.


goodbyes

forms:
goodbye (singular)
goodbyes (plural)

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

goodbye


obtuse angle

forms:
obtuse angle (singular)
obtuse angles (plural)

glosses: An obtuse angle is an angle of more than 90 degrees (π/2 radians).


doctored

forms:
doctor (canonical)
doctors (third-person singular)
doctored (past)
doctored (past participle)
doctoring (present participle)

glosses: The past tense and past participle of doctor.

verb

doctor


audit

forms:
audit (singular)
audits (plural)

glosses: An audit is an when something is examined by an independent person or group.


audit

forms:
audit (canonical)
audits (third-person singular)
audited (past)
audited (past participle)
auditing (present participle)

glosses: If you audit something you examine it, and it is not yours.


right angles

forms:
right angle (singular)
right angles (plural)

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

noun

right angle

right angles


dirt

forms:
dirt (singular)
dirts (plural)

glosses: Dirt is what the ground (land) is made of.

glosses: A dirt is a spot that is dirty on clothes and makes it look ugly.

ipa: /dɜːt/

ipa: /dɝt/


alligators

forms:
alligator (singular)
alligators (plural)

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

enpr: ălʹĭ-gā-tərz

alligator


returning

forms:
return (canonical)
returns (third-person singular)
returned (past)
returned (past participle)
returning (present participle)

ipa: /rɪˈtɜːnɪŋ/

ipa: /rɪˈtɝnɪŋ/

hyphenation: re‧turn‧ing

verb

return


good morning

forms: good morning

glosses: A greeting you might use in the morning. This is most often used with people you have not see earlier that day.

text: Good morning, I'm glad to see you.

ipa: /ˌgʊd ˈmɔː.nɪŋ/

ipa: /ˌgʊd ˈmɔːr.nɪŋ/

audio: en-uk-good morning.ogg

audio: en-us-good morning.ogg


bye

forms:
bye (singular)
byes (plural)

glosses: A bye is a position given to a player in a tournament when the match the player is supposed to play has no opposers playing against the player that gives them a free win.

enpr: bī

ipa: /baɪ/

sampa: /baI/


bye

forms: bye

pos: intj

glosses: Short for goodbye; you say bye when you leave a person or people.


explosion

forms:
explosion (singular)
explosions (plural)

glosses: An explosion is when something explodes.

text: The explosion destroyed the building.


familiarising

forms:
familiarise (canonical)
familiarises (third-person singular)
familiarised (past)
familiarised (past participle)
familiarising (present participle)

text: He enjoyed familiarising new users with the rules of Wiktionary.

familiaris


misdemeanor

forms:
misdemeanor (singular)
misdemeanors (plural)

glosses: A misdemeanor is a crime that is not serious.

text: Back in Michigan he pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor assault charge in a domestic violence case and was given probation.

ipa: /ˌmɪsdɪˈmiːnə(r)/

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

hyphenation: mis‧de‧mean‧or


layered

forms:
layer (canonical)
layers (third-person singular)
layered (past)
layered (past participle)
layering (present participle)

glosses: The past tense and past participle of layer.


boxes

forms:
box (singular)
boxes (plural)

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

enpr: bäksĭz

ipa: /ˈbɑksɪz/

ipa: /ˈbɒksɪz/

noun

box

boxes


boxes

forms:
box (canonical)
boxes (third-person singular)
boxed (past)
boxed (past participle)
boxing (present participle)

verb

es


vine

forms:
vine (singular)
vines (plural)

glosses: A vine is a long, thin plant. Vines might grow along the ground, or up things such as walls or trees.

glosses: If something is "of the vine" it is made from grapes.

enpr: vīn

ipa: /vaɪn/

sampa: /vaIn/


zest

forms:
zest (singular)
zests (plural)

glosses: If you have zest, you are full of excitement or enthusiasm; you are full of life.

glosses: If food has zest, it has a lot of flavor. It might be spicy.

text: The hot peppers add zest to the soup.

glosses: If music has zest, it is fast and lively.

text: Play it with more zest this time.

glosses: The outer skin of a citrus fruit, used as a flavouring.

ipa: /zɛst/


zest

forms:
zest (canonical)
zests (third-person singular)
zested (past)
zested (past participle)
zesting (present participle)

glosses: If you zest something, you take the zest off of the fruit.

zest


familiarises

glosses: The third-person singular form of familiarise.


politer

forms:
polite (positive)
politer (comparative)
politest (superlative)

glosses: The comparative form of polite; more polite.

text: Susie is politer than her sister Cindy.


hermaphrodites

forms:
hermaphrodite (singular)
hermaphrodites (plural)

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

noun

hermaphrodite


belted

forms:
belt (canonical)
belts (third-person singular)
belted (past)
belted (past participle)
belting (present participle)

glosses: The past tense and past participle of belt.

verb

belt


interact

forms:
interact (canonical)
interacts (third-person singular)
interacted (past)
interacted (past participle)
interacting (present participle)

glosses: If you interact with someone or something, you communicate or work with someone or something else.

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

hyphenation: in‧ter‧act


interact

forms:
interact (singular)
interacts (plural)

glosses: A short act or piece between others, as in a play; an interlude.


align

forms:
align (canonical)
aligns (third-person singular)
aligned (past)
aligned (past participle)
aligning (present participle)

glosses: If you align some things, you make them point the same direction.

glosses: If you align with another person or group, you are on the same side; you become allies.

text: Japan decided to align itself with Germany in World War II.

ipa: /əˈlaɪn/

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


chemistries

forms:
chemistry (singular)
chemistries (plural)

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

text: Metals and non-metals have very different chemistries.

noun

chemistry

chemistries


deliberate

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

glosses: A deliberate action was done on purpose, for a reason, it was not an accident.

text: She walked up to her brother and gave him a deliberate kick.

enpr: dĭlĭ'bərət

ipa: /dɪˈlɪbərət/

enpr: dəlĭ'bərət

ipa: /dəˈlɪbərət/


deliberate

forms:
deliberate (canonical)
deliberates (third-person singular)
deliberated (past)
deliberated (past participle)
deliberating (present participle)

glosses: If you deliberate something, you think about it carefully.

text: The jury deliberated about the innocence of the person on trial.

enpr: dĭlĭ'bərāt

ipa: /dɪˈlɪbəreɪt/

enpr: dəlĭ'bərāt

ipa: /dəˈlɪbəreɪt/

verb

deliberat


presumes

forms:
presume (canonical)
presumes (third-person singular)
presumed (past)
presumed (past participle)
presuming (present participle)

glosses: The third-person singular form of presume.

presum


dialogues

forms:
dialogue (singular)
dialogues (plural)

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

noun

dialogue


fuel

forms:
fuel (singular)
fuels (plural)

text: My car uses gasoline for fuel to make it go. My body uses food for fuel, it's what makes me go.

ipa: /ˈfjuːəl̩/


fuel

forms:
fueled (past)
fueled (past participle)
fueling (present participle)
fuel (canonical)
fuels (third-person singular)
fuelled (past)
fuelled (past participle)
fuelling (present participle)

glosses: When you fuel something, you add on to it.

text: His words fuelled my anger.

verb

fuel


anchor

forms:
anchor (singular)
anchors (plural)

glosses: An anchor is a large heavy weight, attached to a boat by a rope and dropped to the bottom of the water, to hold the boat in place.

ipa: /ˈæŋkə/

enpr: ăngʹkər

ipa: /ˈæŋkɚ/


anchor

forms:
anchor (canonical)
anchors (third-person singular)
anchored (past)
anchored (past participle)
anchoring (present participle)

glosses: If you anchor something, you hold it in place with an anchor.

text: We'll anchor the boat tonight so we don't go anywhere while we sleep.


actions

forms:
action (singular)
actions (plural)

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

noun

action


thief

forms:
thief (singular)
thieves (plural)

enpr: thēf

ipa: /θiːf/

ipa: /θif/

thief

thieves


conjugate

forms:
conjugate (canonical)
conjugates (third-person singular)
conjugated (past)
conjugated (past participle)
conjugating (present participle)

glosses: If you conjugate a word, you change it because of time, person, or place in a sentence.

text: If you don't conjugate right, people may still understand you but they will think you talk funny.

ipa: /ˈkɒndʒəɡeɪt/

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

verb

conjugat


conjugate

forms:
conjugate (singular)
conjugates (plural)

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


conjugate

forms: conjugate (positive)


doctoring

forms:
doctor (canonical)
doctors (third-person singular)
doctored (past)
doctored (past participle)
doctoring (present participle)

doctor


boxed

forms:
box (canonical)
boxes (third-person singular)
boxed (past)
boxed (past participle)
boxing (present participle)

glosses: The past tense and past participle of box.

ipa: /bɒkst/

sampa: /"bQkst/

enpr: bäkst

ipa: /ˈbɑːkst/


spoil

forms:
spoiled (past)
spoiled (past participle)
spoil (canonical)
spoils (third-person singular)
spoilt (past)
spoilt (past participle)
spoiling (present participle)

glosses: If something spoils it becomes no good. This is often due to rotting.

text: If found my lunch was spoiled.

glosses: If you spoil something, you ruin it, you make it no good.

text: I think I spoiled my presentation by forgetting my data.

glosses: If you spoil your child, you overpamper them and harm the character of them.

enpr: spoil

ipa: /spɔɪl/

sampa: /spOIl/

spoil

spoils

spoilt

spoilt

spoiling


demonstrating

forms:
demonstrate (canonical)
demonstrates (third-person singular)
demonstrated (past)
demonstrated (past participle)
demonstrating (present participle)

demonstrat


hulled

forms:
hull (canonical)
hulls (third-person singular)
hulled (past)
hulled (past participle)
hulling (present participle)

glosses: The past tense and past participle of hull.

hull


Middle English

forms: Middle English

glosses: Middle English is the language in England from 900 to 500 years ago. No one uses this language anymore, but people study it for history and linguistics.


voltage

forms:
voltage (singular)
voltages (plural)

glosses: Voltage is an amount of electromotive force; a number of volts.

ipa: /voʊltɪdʒ/

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

hyphenation: volt‧age


demonstrates

glosses: The third-person singular form of demonstrate.


dynamite

forms: dynamite (singular)

glosses: A type of explosive; dynamite is nitroglycerin mixed in special clay (dirt).

text: They used dynamite to blast the rock from the mountain.

text: Dynamite was invented by Alfred Nobel.

glosses: If something is dynamite is it is very exciting or dangerous.

ipa: /ˈdaɪnəmaɪt/


dynamite

forms:
dynamite (canonical)
dynamites (third-person singular)
dynamited (past)
dynamited (past participle)
dynamiting (present participle)

text: That building was dynamited last week and as soon as the rubble is cleared they are going to begin rebuilding.

dynamit


hoofs

forms:
hoof (singular)
hoofs or hooves (plural)

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

noun

hoof

hoofs


hoofs

forms:
hoof (canonical)
hoofs (third-person singular)
hoofed (past)
hoofed (past participle)
hoofing (present participle)


Early Modern English

forms: Early Modern English

glosses: A type of Modern English that was used from 500 to 350 years ago. This is still different from the English we use now.

text: "Thee," "thou," and "ye" were ways to say "you" in Early Modern English.


measures

forms:
measure (canonical)
measures (third-person singular)
measured (past)
measured (past participle)
measuring (present participle)

glosses: The third-person singular form of measure.

verb

measur


measures

forms:
measure (singular)
measures (plural)

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

noun

measure


names

forms:
name (singular)
names (plural)

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

name


names

forms:
name (canonical)
names (third-person singular)
named (past)
named (past participle)
naming (present participle)

verb

nam


crying

forms:
cry (canonical)
cries (third-person singular)
cried (past)
cried (past participle)
crying (present participle)

cr

y


spread

forms:
spread (canonical)
spreads (third-person singular)
spread (past)
spread (past participle)
spreading (present participle)

glosses: If you spread something, you make it cover a larger area.

text: I spread butter on my bread.

text: They are spreading their religion to new countries.

glosses: If something spreads, the area it covers gets larger.

text: The spilled water spread over the table.

text: The disease spread through the whole city.

glosses: If you spread two or more things, you move them away from each other.

text: She spread her arms as wide as she could.

text: My brothers and sisters spread to different places, all over the country, after we grew up.

glosses: The past tense and past participle of spread.

ipa: /'sprɛd/

spread


spread

forms:
spread (singular)
spreads (plural)

glosses: A spread is something you put on food. margarine and mayonnaise are spreads.

glosses: A spread is a piece of cloth you put over furniture. For one, a "bed spread".

glosses: A spread is a large amount of something spread in front of you. This is most often food of many types.

glosses: A spread is a large plot of land used for farming or ranching.


demonstrated

glosses: The past tense and past participle of demonstrate.


thieve

forms:
thieve (canonical)
thieves (third-person singular)
thieved (past)
thieved (past participle)
thieving (present participle)

glosses: If you thieve, you rob something; you make a theft.

enpr: thēv

ipa: /θiːv/

thiev


axis

forms:
axis (singular)
axes (plural)

glosses: An axis is the imaginary line that an object spins around. This is the middle of the circle of the turn, and at a right angle to it.

text: The Earth rotates once a day on its axis.

glosses: The second cervical vertebra of the spine.

ipa: /æxɪs/

noun

axis

axes


axis

forms:
axis (singular)
axises (plural)

axises


prostitutes

forms:
prostitute (singular)
prostitutes (plural)

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

prostitute

prostitutes


prostitutes

forms:
prostitute (canonical)
prostitutes (third-person singular)
prostituted (past)
prostituted (past participle)
prostituting (present participle)

glosses: The third-person singular form of prostitute.

verb

prostitut

e


heroine

forms:
heroine (singular)
heroines (plural)

ipa: /ˈhɛroʊɪn/


hulling

forms:
hull (canonical)
hulls (third-person singular)
hulled (past)
hulled (past participle)
hulling (present participle)


bells

forms:
bell (singular)
bells (plural)

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

ipa: /bɛlz/

noun

bell


chemistry

forms:
chemistry (singular)
chemistries (plural)

glosses: Chemistry is the science that studies matter (material).

text: We studied acids in chemistry.

glosses: Chemistry is when someone likes, or is attracted to someone else, but does not know why.

text: We had perfect chemistry since we first met.

glosses: Something's chemistry is how it works in a chemical way.

text: My body chemistry may be different from yours.

irrnoun

chemistries


comic strip

forms:
comic strip (singular)
comic strips (plural)

glosses: A comic strip is a short story written with pictures, often in newspapers and often meant to be funny.

audio: en-us-comic strip.ogg


volt

forms:
volt (singular)
volts (plural)

glosses: A volt is the unit used to measure electric potential and electromotive force (voltage).

text: This needs a 9 volt battery to work.

text: The socket has 110 volts.

ipa: /vɒlt/

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


bricks

forms:
brick (singular)
bricks (plural)

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

noun

brick


explosive

forms:
explosive (singular)
explosives (plural)

glosses: An explosive is a material that explodes and is used to make explosions.

ipa: /ɪkˈspləʊsɪv/


explosive

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

glosses: If something is explosive, it can explode easily.

glosses: If something is explosive, it is become dangerous or bad easily.

glosses: If something is explosive, it is very exciting.


good-looking

forms:
better-looking (comparative)
best-looking (superlative)
good-looking (positive)
more good-looking (comparative)
most good-looking (superlative)

glosses: If someone or something is good-looking, it is looks attractive.

text: That was a good-looking car you had.

text: I'd sure like to meet a good-looking girl who was single.

text: I'm afraid I'm not very good-looking.

adjective

good-looking

better-looking

best-looking


prostitute

glosses: A prostitute is someone who has sex with people for money.

ipa: /ˈprɒstɪtjuːt/

ipa: /ˈprɑːstətuːt/

hyphenation: pros‧ti‧tute


prostitute

glosses: If you prostitute (yourself), you take money to have sex with people.

text: I'm not desperate enough to prostitute myself yet.

glosses: If you prostitute another person, you force them to have sex with other people for money.

text: He was arrested for prostituting his own daughter.


days

forms:
day (singular)
days (plural)

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

text: There are many days in the year.

ipa: /ˈdeɪz/

sampa: /"deIz/

noun

day


imaginary

forms: imaginary (positive)

glosses: If something is imaginary, it is not real. It is only exists in a person's mind.

text: Characters in films and television are imaginary people.

glosses: If a number is imaginary, it is the square root of a negative number. Imaginary one is written as i.

ipa: /ɪˈmædʒɪn(ə)ri/

ipa: /ɪˈmædʒɪˌnɛri/

hyphenation: im‧a‧gin‧a‧ry


seaman

forms:
seaman (singular)
seamen (plural)

glosses: A seaman is someone who works at sea, or on a boat.

text: The seaman sailed from coast to coast.

glosses: A seaman is the lowest rank in the United States navy.

ipa: /ˈsiːmən/

seaman

seamen


flattering

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

glosses: If something is flattering, it makes you look good; attractive.

text: The dress really did not look very flattering on her figure.

enpr: flă'tərĭng

ipa: /ˈflætərɪŋ/


flattering

forms:
flatter (canonical)
flatters (third-person singular)
flattered (past)
flattered (past participle)
flattering (present participle)

verb

flatter


camped

forms:
camp (canonical)
camps (third-person singular)
camped (past)
camped (past participle)
camping (present participle)

glosses: The past tense and past participle of camp.

ipa: /kæmpt/

camp


electromotive force

forms: electromotive force (singular)

glosses: Electromotive force is what pushes electricity through something (such as a wire). It creates electric current and is measured in volts.

noun

electromotive force


blonde

forms:
blonde (singular)
blondes (plural)

glosses: A blonde is someone who has fair (light colored) skin and hair and is usually a woman.

glosses: Blonde is a light yellowish brown color.

ipa: /blɒnd/

ipa: /blɑːnd/

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

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


blonde

forms:
blond (positive)
blonder (comparative)
blondest (superlative)

glosses: If hair is blonde, it is a color lighter than brown and not red. It may be yellow, golden, or almost white.

glosses: If you are blonde, you have blonde hair.

glosses: Blonde has been used to name other things the are a lighter color than usual.

text: We made blonde brownies yesterday.

adj

blond

blonder

blondest


blackberries

forms:
blackberry (singular)
blackberries (plural)

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

hyphenation: black‧be‧rries

noun

blackberry

blackberries


portrait

forms:
portrait (singular)
portraits (plural)

glosses: A portrait is a painting or picture of a person's head and shoulders.

text: The portrait of the former queen sold for several million dollars.

glosses: If you print something in the portrait setting, whatever is printed will have a shorter width and a larger height.

ipa: /ˈpɔːtrɪt/

ipa: /ˈpɔːtreɪt/

ipa: /ˈpɔrtrət/

ipa: /ˈpɔrtreɪt/


decay

forms:
decay (canonical)
decays (third-person singular)
decayed (past)
decayed (past participle)
decaying (present participle)

text: The body decayed.

text: My teeth were decaying because I ate too much sugar.

glosses: If something decays it gets weaker and is destroyed slowly.

text: Their empire decayed because the leaders were fools.

ipa: /dɪˈkeɪ/

enpr: dē-kāʹ

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


decay

forms: decay (singular)

text: Nothing could stop the decay at the time.

glosses: Decay is material (stuff) that is decaying or has decayed.

text: My teeth were full of decay.

decay


frogs

forms:
frog (singular)
frogs (plural)

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

frog


polyglots

forms:
polyglot (singular)
polyglots (plural)

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

polyglot


right angle

forms:
right angle (singular)
right angles (plural)

glosses: A right angle is a 90 degree angle (π/2 radians). This is the type of angle in the corner of a square.


flatters

glosses: The third-person singular form of flatter.


hyenas

forms:
hyena (singular)
hyenas (plural)

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

hyena


hero sandwich

forms:
hero sandwich (singular)
hero sandwiches (plural)

hero sandwiches


media studies

forms: media studies (singular)

glosses: Media studies is a academic discipline. It deals with the content, history and effects of mass media, especially newspapers, radio, television and the internet.

text: He is a professor of media studies.

ipa: /ˈmiːdiə ˈstʌdis/

sampa: /"mi:di@ "stVdis/

media studies


geology

forms:
geology (singular)
geologies (plural)

glosses: Geology is the science that studies the earth. In geology you might learn about how mountains are made or how continents move. This is sometimes used for similar things on other planets.

text: Geology is not required for most students.

text: The geologies of different types of mountains tell why they look different.

text: The geology of Mars is different from that of Earth because Mars does not have a liquid center.

enpr: jē-ŏlʹə-jē

ipa: /d͡ʒɪˈɒl.ə.d͡ʒɪ/

hyphenation: ge‧o‧lo‧gy

geology

geologies


opera

forms:
opera (singular)
operas (plural)

glosses: An opera is a story told by actors singing instead of speaking, along with an orchestra.

text: The couple dressed up to go hear their favorite opera at the theatre.


pi

forms:
pi (singular)
pis (plural)

glosses: Pi is a number that is found by dividing the circumference of a circle by its diameter. Pi is constant, it is always the same (close to 3.14159 , also accurate approx as tfrac 355 113, or rough approx as tfrac 22 7). It is usually written as "π"

text: The distance around a circle is twice the radius times pi; C = 2πr.

enpr: pī

ipa: /paɪ/

sampa: /paI/


nitroglycerin

forms: nitroglycerin (singular)

etymology_text: nitro- + glycerin

ety-prefix

nitro

glycerin

expansion: nitro- + glycerin

glosses: Nitroglycerin is a type of explosive that is made by mixing nitric acid and glycerol.

glosses: Nitroglycerin is a medicine used by people with heart disease.


psychotic

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

glosses: Having psychosis. If you are psychotic you do not know what is real and what is imaginary because of mental illness.

ipa: /ˈsɑɪˌkɑtɪk/


sailor

forms:
sailor (singular)
sailors (plural)

glosses: A sailor is a person who works on a ship.

ipa: /ˈseɪlɚ/

ipa: /ˈseɪlə/

hyphenation: sail‧or


unsung hero

forms:
unsung hero (singular)
unsung heroes (plural)

glosses: An unsung hero is a person who does heroic things, but that not many people know about.

text: I'd like to salute all the unsung heroes who made a difference but never became famous.

noun

unsung hero

unsung heroes


gelding

forms:
gelding (singular)
geldings (plural)

text: Our gelding is much easier to ride than our stallion.

ipa: /ˈɡɛldɪŋ/


gelding

forms:
geld (canonical)
gelds (third-person singular)
gelded (past)
gelded (past participle)
gelding (present participle)

verb

geld


goldfish

forms:
goldfish (singular)
goldfish or goldfishes (plural)

glosses: A goldfish is a type of small fish that is orange, or orange and white.

text: My pet goldfish died soon after I got it.

text: A goldfish is a type of carp.

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

enpr: gōld'fĭsh

ipa: /ˈɡoʊldfɪʃ/

hyphenation: gold‧fish

noun

goldfish

goldfish

goldfishes


rot

forms:
rot (canonical)
rots (third-person singular)
rotted (past)
rotted (past participle)
rotting (present participle)

glosses: If something rots it spoils. Rotting is how something turns into dirt (soil) because of bacteria and fungus.

text: We threw out the fruit that rots.

text: The police found the rotting body of someone who was killed.

ipa: [rɑt]

verb

rot

t


rot

forms: rot (singular)

glosses: Rot is material is decaying (rotting) and has decayed (rotted) a lot already.

text: The log was full of rot so it broke easily.

text: We put our food in the freezer to avoid rot.


prostitution

forms: prostitution (singular)

text: She was arrested for prostitution.

ipa: /ˌprɒstɪˈtʃuːʃn/

hyphenation: pros‧ti‧tu‧tion


centi-

forms: centi-

glosses: Centi- is a prefix meaning one-hundredth (1/100ᵗʰ) as much.

text: There are 100 centimeters in a meter.


flattered

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

glosses: If you are flattered, a comment or action has made you feel good about yourself.

text: I'm flattered that you called to offer me a job so soon, but I would be more flattered if it were a job in management instead of production.


flattered

forms:
flatter (canonical)
flatters (third-person singular)
flattered (past)
flattered (past participle)
flattering (present participle)

glosses: The past tense and past participle of flatter.


measuring

forms:
measure (canonical)
measures (third-person singular)
measured (past)
measured (past participle)
measuring (present participle)

measur


tents

forms:
tent (singular)
tents (plural)

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

ipa: /tɛnts/

noun

tent


tents

forms:
tent (canonical)
tents (third-person singular)
tented (past)
tented (past participle)
tenting (present participle)


capillary

forms:
capillary (singular)
capillaries (plural)

glosses: A tiny tube in the body that blood travels through. It connects the end of an artery to the beginning of a vein.

text: Blood cells have to go through each tiny capillary one by one.

ipa: /kəˈpɪləri/

ipa: /ˈkæpɪˌlɛri/

capillary

capillaries


capillary

forms: capillary (positive)

text: The capillary cracks in the old plate of glass made me think that it would break if I touched it.

text: The body's capillary system must reach every cell.


good looking

forms:
good looking (positive)
more good looking (comparative)
most good looking (superlative)

glosses: Good looking is another way of spelling good-looking.


serpents

forms:
serpent (singular)
serpents (plural)

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

serpent


trail

forms:
trail (singular)
trails (plural)

glosses: A trail is a way to get to a place, usually made of dirt and used by hikers or horse riders.

text: That trail leads into the woods.

glosses: A trail is a path that is followed by a hunter.

enpr: trāl

ipa: /treɪl/

sampa: /treIl/


trail

forms:
trail (canonical)
trails (third-person singular)
trailed (past)
trailed (past participle)
trailing (present participle)

glosses: If you trail someone, you follow that person.

text: If you don't know the way you can trail me when I go.

text: The thief must have trailed me home.

glosses: If you trail something, you drag it or drop it behind you.

glosses: If you leave a trail of something, you leave material behind as you move.

text: The snail left a trail of slime.

text: The tail of a comet is trailing gas and dust.


equestrian

forms: equestrian (positive)

glosses: Related to horseback riding or horseback riders.

text: She will compete in a horse show to test her equestrian skills.

text: The equestrian soldiers rode down the hill into the battle.

glosses: Showing a person sitting on the back of a horse.

text: Children like to play among the metal legs of the equestrian statue in the park.

ipa: /ɪˈkwɛstrɪən/

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


equestrian

forms:
equestrian (singular)
equestrians (plural)

text: The equestrian brushed his horse before the race.


stallion

forms:
stallion (singular)
stallions (plural)

glosses: A stallion is a male horse that is not castrated .

text: We are mating our stallion with our mare.

hyphenation: stal‧lion


villain

forms:
villain (singular)
villains (plural)

glosses: A villain is a very bad person, often a criminal.

glosses: A villain is the enemy of the main character in a story.

ipa: vɪlən


radian

forms:
radian (singular)
radians (plural)

glosses: We sometimes measure an angle using radians. All the way around a circle is 2π radians.

ipa: /ˈreɪdiən/

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


superhero

forms:
superhero (singular)
superheroes (plural)

glosses: A superhero is good person who has special powers and does heroic things.

text: There have been many movies about superheroes in recent years.

ipa: /s(j)upə(r)hɪroʊ/

superheroes


blondie

forms:
blondie (singular)
blondies (plural)

etymology_text: blond + -ie

ety-suffix

blond

ie

expansion: blond + -ie

glosses: A nickname for a blond person, usually this is a blond woman or girl.

text: My name is Jenny, but most people just call me Blondie.

text: Hey, blondie, how are you.

ipa: /ˈblɑndi/

ipa: /ˈblɒndi/


spoils

forms: spoils (plural)

glosses: The spoils of something (such as a war) are what winners take from losers.


spoils

forms:
spoiled (past)
spoiled (past participle)
spoil (canonical)
spoils (third-person singular)
spoilt (past)
spoilt (past participle)
spoiling (present participle)

glosses: The third-person singular form of spoil.

verb

spoil

spoils


thorn

forms:
thorn (singular)
thorns (plural)

glosses: A thorn is a sharp thing on part of a plant.

glosses: A letter used in Old English and some other languages, but not used in English today. Thorn is written as "Þ."

ipa: θɔːn/

ipa: θɔrn

sampa: TOrn


hulls

forms:
hull (singular)
hulls (plural)

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

noun

hull


hulls

forms:
hull (canonical)
hulls (third-person singular)
hulled (past)
hulled (past participle)
hulling (present participle)


geography

forms: geography (singular)

glosses: Geography is how a place is on a map. It is about where things like rivers, mountains, cities, and countries are.

text: I know the geography of the area because I once lived there.

text: Our geography was pretty easy.

ipa: /dʒɪˈɒgrəfi/


Mexico

forms: Mexico

glosses: Mexico is a country in North America. It is south of the USA.


auntie

forms:
auntie (singular)
aunties (plural)

glosses: A fun word for aunt, most often used by children or when talking to children.

text: Go see auntie Janice.

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


mood

forms:
mood (singular)
moods (plural)

enpr: mo͞od

ipa: /muːd/


manganese

forms: manganese (singular)

glosses: Manganese is a hard, fragile, gray metal that is an element on the periodic table with an atomic number of 25 and the symbol Mn. It is added to steel to make it stronger.

ipa: /ˈmæŋɡəniz/

ipa: /ˈmæŋɡəniːz/

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

hyphenation: man‧ga‧nese


grape

forms:
grape (singular)
grapes (plural)

glosses: A grape is a type of fruit that grows on a vine and is often used to make wine.

glosses: A dark purplish-red colour, the colour of grapes.

ipa: /ɡreɪp/


layers

forms:
layer (singular)
layers (plural)

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

layer


layers

forms:
layer (canonical)
layers (third-person singular)
layered (past)
layered (past participle)
layering (present participle)

glosses: The third-person singular form of layer.


United States

forms: United States

ipa: /juːˌnaɪtɨd ˈsteɪts/

enpr: yo͞o-nī'tĭd stātsʹ

ipa: /juˌnaɪtɪ̈d ˈsteɪts/

audio: en-us-United States.ogg


heroism

forms: heroism (singular)

glosses: Heroism is the act of doing something heroic.

text: They showed true heroism by risking their lives to save us.

glosses: Heroism is the quality of being heroic; if you have heroism you are a hero (or are similar to a hero).

text: The heroism of firemen, who run into burning buildings for people they don't know, is inspiring.

ipa: /ˈhɛrəʊɪzəm/

ipa: /ˈhɛroʊɪzəm/

heroism


funnies

forms:
funny (singular)
funnies (plural)

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

glosses: The funnies are the comic strips in a newspaper.

funny

funnies


conventions

forms:
convention (singular)
conventions (plural)

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

convention


moods

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

mood


sauces

forms:
sauce (singular)
sauces (plural)

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

sauce


measured

forms:
measure (canonical)
measures (third-person singular)
measured (past)
measured (past participle)
measuring (present participle)

glosses: The past tense and past participle of measure.

text: I measured the length 3 times and I think I still did it wrong.

ipa: /ˈmɛʒɚd/

ipa: /ˈmɛʒəd/

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

hyphenation: meas‧ured


measured

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

glosses: If something is measured, it has been determined by measurement.

text: He ran over a measured mile.

glosses: Something that is measured is deliberate but restrained.

text: He argued in measured tones.

glosses: rhythmically written in meter; metrical.


burners

forms:
burner (singular)
burners (plural)

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

burner


basement

forms:
basement (singular)
basements (plural)

glosses: A basement is part of a house or building that is under the ground.

text: After work I like to come home and relax in my basement.

ipa: /beɪsmənt

hyphenation: base‧ment


comic

forms:
comic (singular)
comics (plural)

glosses: A comic is a person whose job is telling jokes or trying to be funny.

ipa: /ˈkɒmɪk/

sampa: /"kQmIk/

ipa: /ˈkɑmɪk/

sampa: /"kAmIk/


beard

forms:
beard (singular)
beards (plural)

glosses: A beard is hair that grows on a man's face.

text: After living in the woods for three months, Tom had grown a big, bushy beard

glosses: Hair on the face of some animals, such as a goat's beard.

glosses: A woman who goes on a date with a gay male so that others will think that he is heterosexual.

ipa: /bɪəd/

ipa: /bɪrd/


diskettes

forms:
diskette (singular)
diskettes (plural)

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

diskette


dialect

forms:
dialect (singular)
dialects (plural)

glosses: A dialect is a version of a language. People who speak different dialects might sound different or word meanings might be a little different. People speaking different dialects talk similar enough that they can understand each other. (If people cannot understand each other, they speak different languages, not different dialects.)

text: The dialect of the southern United States is quite different from that of the north.


jumps

forms:
jump (canonical)
jumps (third-person singular)
jumped (past)
jumped (past participle)
jumping (present participle)

verb

jump


jumps

forms:
jump (singular)
jumps (plural)

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


Simple English

forms: Simple English

glosses: Simple English is a form of English that uses common words that most people know and does not use complex sentences.

glosses: English that is easy for most people to understand.

ipa: /ˈsɪmpl ˈɪŋglɪʃ/


diskette

glosses: A diskette is a small disk that is used to store information.


hatchbacks

forms:
hatchback (singular)
hatchbacks (plural)

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

noun

hatchback


good grief

forms: good grief

glosses: You can say "good grief!" if you are surprised or unhappy about something.

text: You did what?!? Good grief, are you crazy?!?


radicals

forms:
radical (singular)
radicals (plural)

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

radical


rape

forms:
rape (singular)
rapes (plural)

glosses: Rape is when someone has sex with a person who does not want to have sex.

text: 6 years ago my ex-boyfriend raped me, and I had to call the police.

text: A person who commits the crime of rape can be either male or female.

glosses: Rape is when a man has sexual intercourse with a woman against her will.

ipa: /reɪp/

sampa: /reIp/


rape

forms:
rape (canonical)
rapes (third-person singular)
raped (past)
raped (past participle)
raping (present participle)

glosses: If a person rapes someone, he or she makes the other person have involuntary sex with him or her.

verb

rap


heights

forms:
height (singular)
heights (plural)

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

noun

height


breakfasts

forms:
breakfast (singular)
breakfasts (plural)

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

breakfast


beans

forms:
bean (singular)
beans (plural)

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

bean


mare

forms:
mare (singular)
mares (plural)

ipa: /mɛː/


capitals

forms:
capital (singular)
capitals (plural)

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

capital


thieves

forms:
thief (singular)
thieves (plural)

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

enpr: thēvz

ipa: /θiːvz/

thief

thieves


thieves

forms:
thieve (canonical)
thieves (third-person singular)
thieved (past)
thieved (past participle)
thieving (present participle)

glosses: The third-person singular form of thieve.

verb

thiev

e


harvestman

forms:
harvestman (singular)
harvestmen (plural)

glosses: A person who works in the fields to bring in the ripe crops.

text: When the corn was ripe, the farmer hired extra harvestmen to help bring in the crop.

glosses: An arachnid from the order Opiliones that has very long, thin legs.

noun

harvestman

harvestmen


blackboard

forms:
blackboard (singular)
blackboards (plural)

glosses: A blackboard is a large, flat piece of slate, typically hung in a classroom and written on with erasable chalk.

text: The teacher wrote the day's lesson on the blackboard.

ipa: /ˈblækbɔrd/

ipa: /ˈblækbɔːd/

hyphenation: black‧board


bakers

forms:
baker (singular)
bakers (plural)

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

baker


blackberry

forms:
blackberry (singular)
blackberries (plural)

glosses: A blackberry is a type of black fruit that grows on vines that have thorns.

text: The blackberries have a great taste.

hyphenation: black‧ber‧ry

blackberry


cells

forms:
cell (singular)
cells (plural)

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

cell


afterthought

forms:
afterthought (singular)
afterthoughts (plural)

glosses: An afterthought is something that is thought about after an act; it was not thought of originally.

text: She packed her sandals only as an afterthought, but she was glad she did.


founded

forms:
found (canonical)
founds (third-person singular)
founded (past)
founded (past participle)
founding (present participle)

glosses: The past tense and past participle of found.

ipa: /ˈfaʊndɪd/

hyphenation: found‧ed

verb

found


hyperpolyglots

forms:
hyperpolyglot (singular)
hyperpolyglots (plural)

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

noun

hyperpolyglot


builder

forms:
builder (singular)
builders (plural)

glosses: A builder is a person who builds things. This is most often a person who makes houses or buildings.


voices

forms:
voice (singular)
voices (plural)

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

ipa: /ˈvɔɪsɪz/

voice


voices

forms:
voice (canonical)
voices (third-person singular)
voiced (past)
voiced (past participle)
voicing (present participle)

glosses: The third-person singular form of voice.

verb

voic


polyglot

forms:
polyglot (singular)
polyglots (plural)

glosses: A polyglot is a person who knows or can talk in many different languages.

glosses: A polyglot is something that is made up out of more than one language.

ipa: /ˈpɒliːɡlɒt/

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


hyperpolyglot

glosses: A hyperpolyglot is a person who can speak or talk in very many different languages.


bathrooms

forms:
bathroom (singular)
bathrooms (plural)

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

noun

bathroom


psychosis

forms:
psychosis (singular)
psychoses (plural)

glosses: Psychosis is mental illness that causes imaginary things to seem real. These imaginary things could be delusions (false ideas) or hallucinations (things you might see or hear that are not real).

text: His psychosis led him think I had stolen his stomach and hidden it.

text: Schizophrenia is a severe form of psychosis.

ipa: /saɪˈkəʊsɪs/

ipa: /saɪˈkoʊsɪs/

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

hyphenation: psych‧o‧sis

psychosis

psychoses


height

forms:
height (singular)
heights (plural)

glosses: The distance of something from the bottom of it to the top; how tall something is.

enpr: hīt

ipa: /haɪt/

audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Nattes à chat-height.wav


catalysts

forms:
catalyst (singular)
catalysts (plural)

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

catalyst


teas

forms:
tea (singular)
teas (plural)

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

ipa: /tiːz/

tea


horrible

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

glosses: If something is horrible, it is very bad.

text: The killing of this woman was a horrible, horrible crime.

text: Yesterday was horrible, just horrible.

text: My God, these things are horrible. I can't believe they happened.

text: They only had a no food or water and they feared a slow and horrible death.

ipa: /ˈhɔrɪbl/


grief

forms: grief (singular)

text: After she died the grief almost killed me.

glosses: If someone gives you grief that person causes problems for you or annoys you.

ipa: /griːf/

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

grief


burner

forms:
burner (singular)
burners (plural)

glosses: A burner is something that fire comes from. A burner uses fuel (such as propane) and is often found on old stoves.

glosses: A burner is the thing on a stove that makes heat, even if it is electric.

text: Take the kettle off the burner please.

ipa: /ˈbɜːnə/

ipa: /ˈbɝnɚ/


fire engine

forms: fire engine

glosses: A fire engine is a truck that firemen use to help put out fires.

text: The fire engine is red.


blond

forms:
blond (singular)
blonds (plural)

glosses: ; A blond is a person with blond colored hair.

ipa: /blɒnd/

ipa: /blɑːnd/


blond

forms:
blond (positive)
blonder (comparative)
blondest (superlative)

glosses: If something is blond, it is pale golden brown in color.

text: He had blond hair.

adjective

blond

blonder


script

forms:
script (singular)
scripts (plural)

text: Russian language uses Greek script fonts.

text: The script was developed by a famous screenwriter.

glosses: A way of writing in which all of the letters in the same word are connected; cursive.

ipa: /skrɪpt/


ax

forms:
ax (singular)
axes (plural)

enpr: ăks

ipa: /æks/

noun

ax

axes


ax

forms:
ax (canonical)
axes (third-person singular)
axed (past)
axed (past participle)
axing (present participle)

verb

es


antihero

forms:
antihero (singular)
antiheroes (plural)

glosses: An antihero is a bad person who is the principal (main) character in a story. A bad or evil hero.

ipa: /ˈæn.tɪˌhɪə.rəʊ/

noun

antihero

antiheroes


submarine sandwich

forms:
submarine sandwich (singular)
submarine sandwiches (plural)

glosses: A submarine sandwich is a long sandwich, shaped like a submarine.

submarine sandwiches


anti

forms: anti

pos: prep

text: I'm anti the idea of moving the couch there. I think that's a horrible place for it.


sited

forms:
site (canonical)
sites (third-person singular)
sited (past)
sited (past participle)
siting (present participle)

glosses: The past tense and past participle of site.

verb

sit


bakeries

forms:
bakery (singular)
bakeries (plural)

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

noun

bakery

bakeries


badly

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

etymology_text: bad + -ly

ety-suffix

bad

ly

expansion: bad + -ly


solids

forms:
solid (singular)
solids (plural)

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

noun

solid


exit

forms:
exit (canonical)
exits (third-person singular)
exited (past)
exited (past participle)
exiting (present participle)

glosses: If you exit you leave, you go to another place.

text: Please wait until the lights are on to exit the theater.

ipa: /ˈɛgzɪt/

sampa: /"EgzIt/


exit

forms:
exit (singular)
exits (plural)

glosses: An exit is a way out of a room or building. This usually means a door that people are expected to leave through.

text: Excuse me. Do you know where the exit is?

glosses: An exit is a small road that takes you off a highway. This is often used for a way off the interstate roads in the United States.

text: The store is just off exit 245.

text: He made a grand exit, bowing deeply before leaving the stage.


thermometers

forms:
thermometer (singular)
thermometers (plural)

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

thermometer


salads

forms:
salad (singular)
salads (plural)

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

salad


customs

forms:
custom (singular)
customs (plural)

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

text: The Ancient Egyptian culture had many unique and interesting beliefs and customs.

glosses: The taxes on things brought into or taken out of a country.

text: We had to pay customs of £200 on all the wine we brought back from France.

glosses: The government department that collects the taxes on things brought into a country.

text: We got pulled over by customs on our way back from France - we only had 200 bottles of wine - it was so unfair.

ipa: /ˈkʌstəmz/

custom


psycho

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

glosses: Short for psychotic; not able to tell what is real or not.

text: He is totally psycho and thinks he is Jesus.

ipa: /ˈsaɪ̯.kəʊ̯/


psycho

forms:
psycho (singular)
psychos (plural)

glosses: A psycho is a person who acts in a strange and often dangerous way.

text: That psycho has been stalking me all year. I'm afraid he might do something to me any time.

ipa: /ˈsaɪ̯.kəʊ̯/


Old English

forms: Old English

glosses: Old English is the language in England from 1500 to 1000 years ago. No one uses this language anymore, but people study it for history and linguistics.

glosses: Old English is any English that does not sound like how we talk now. This is often used for Early Modern English (the way people talked 500 to 350 years ago).


Elizabethan English

forms: Elizabethan English

glosses: The way people in England talked when Elizabeth I was queen of England.

text: "Thee," "thou," and "ye" were ways to say "you" in Elizabethan English.

ipa: /əˌlɪzəˈbiːθən ˈiːŋglɪʃ/


batteries

forms:
battery (singular)
batteries (plural)

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

battery

batteries


gardener

forms:
gardener (singular)
gardeners (plural)

etymology_text: garden + -er

ety-suffix

garden

er

expansion: garden + -er

glosses: A gardener is a person who works in a garden to care for plants. This could also be someone who takes care of a yard that has many plants.

text: The gardener planted several trees, watered the flowers, and trimmed the bushes.

ipa: /ˈɡɑːd.n̩.ə/

hyphenation: gar‧den‧er


sandwich

forms:
sandwich (singular)
sandwiches (plural)

glosses: A sandwich is meat or other food between two pieces of bread.

ipa: /ˈsæn(d)wɪd͡ʒ/

ipa: /ˈsænˌ(d)wɪt͡ʃ/

noun

sandwiches


sandwich

forms:
sandwich (canonical)
sandwiches (third-person singular)
sandwiched (past)
sandwiched (past participle)
sandwiching (present participle)

glosses: To put one thing between two other things.

verb

sandwich


intervals

forms:
interval (singular)
intervals (plural)

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

noun

interval


returns

forms:
return (canonical)
returns (third-person singular)
returned (past)
returned (past participle)
returning (present participle)

glosses: The third-person singular form of return.

ipa: /rɪˈtɜːnz/

ipa: /rɪˈtɝnz/

hyphenation: re‧turns

verb

return


returns

forms:
return (singular)
returns (plural)

glosses: The returns on an investment are the profits earned from it.

text: This year's returns are the highest ever.

text: The returns from farming keep going down.

glosses: Returns are items that customers bring or send back because they are unwanted, broke, or don't fit.

text: Our returns policy allows for returns within 30 days of purchase.

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

glosses: If you wish someone many happy returns, you wish them a happy birthday and a long life.

text: She wished him many happy returns on his 50th birthday.


title: -n’t

redirect: -n't


simplify

forms:
simplify (canonical)
simplifies (third-person singular)
simplified (past)
simplified (past participle)
simplifying (present participle)

etymology_text: simple + -ify

ety-suffix

simple

ify

expansion: simple + -ify

glosses: If you simplify something, you make it easier; you make it less complex.

ipa: /ˈsɪmplɪfaɪ/

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

audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-simplify2.wav

simplif

y


decompose

forms:
decompose (canonical)
decomposes (third-person singular)
decomposed (past)
decomposed (past participle)
decomposing (present participle)

etymology_text: de- + compose

ety-prefix

de

compose

expansion: de- + compose

glosses: If something decomposes it changes back into what it was made from. The things it was made from separate from each other. This things are most often chemicals.

glosses: If you decompose something you separate the things it was made from. You change it back into those things.

text: Water can be decomposed into hydrogen and oxygen.

text: Don't try to decompose my thoughts into other motives.

enpr: dē"kəm-pōz'

ipa: /ˌdiːkəmˈpəʊz/

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

verb

decompos


brains

forms:
brain (singular)
brains (plural)

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

noun

brain


beds

forms:
bed (singular)
beds (plural)

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

ipa: /bɛdz/

bed


beds

forms:
bed (canonical)
beds (third-person singular)
bedded (past)
bedded (past participle)
bedding (present participle)

verb

d


anti-hero

forms:
anti-hero (singular)
anti-heroes (plural)

glosses: Anti-hero is another way of spelling antihero.

noun

anti-hero

anti-heroes


empires

forms:
empire (singular)
empires (plural)

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

empire


superior

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

glosses: If x is superior to y, x is better than y.

glosses: If x is superior to y, x is above y in the body. (This might not be true if the person or animal is not standing.)

ipa: /supɪriɚ/


superior

forms:
superior (singular)
superiors (plural)

text: "Always listen to your superiors."

glosses: The senior person in a monastic community.


tower

forms:
tower (singular)
towers (plural)

glosses: A tower is a tall building or structure.

ipa: /ˈtaʊə/

ipa: /ˈtaʊɚ/


tower

forms:
tower (canonical)
towers (third-person singular)
towered (past)
towered (past participle)
towering (present participle)

glosses: To tower is to be much taller than something.

text: The basketball players towered over their fans.


janitors

forms:
janitor (singular)
janitors (plural)

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

janitor


crawl

forms:
crawl (canonical)
crawls (third-person singular)
crawled (past)
crawled (past participle)
crawling (present participle)

glosses: The way an animal or baby might walk. If something crawls, it walks on four or more legs. For a person, this means using the hands and arms like legs.

text: I crawled through the tunnel.

text: Yesterday seemed so long, like time was crawling.

glosses: If your skin crawls. you feel bugs are crawling over your body. This is often a way of saying you are afraid or disturbed.

text: Just hearing about that makes my skin crawl.

glosses: If a place is crawling with something, that thing covers that place.

text: The club was crawling with people I'd like to meet.

enpr: krôl


crawl

forms:
crawl (singular)
crawls (plural)

glosses: A crawl is when something crawls on more than two legs.

text: If was a long crawl though the bushes.

glosses: If something is moving at a crawl, it is going slowly.

text: We were making progress, but only at a crawl.

text: The first stroke we learned in swimming class was the crawl.


baker

forms:
baker (singular)
bakers (plural)


withdrawing

forms:
withdraw (canonical)
withdraws (third-person singular)
withdrew (past)
withdrawn (past participle)
withdrawing (present participle)

verb

withdraw

withdraws

withdrew

withdrawn

withdrawing


mediums

forms:
medium (singular)
mediums (plural)

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

noun

medium


asides

forms:
aside (singular)
asides (plural)

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

aside


irregular

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

etymology_text: ir- + regular

ety-prefix

ir

regular

expansion: ir- + regular

glosses: Something that is not standard or regular.

ipa: /ɪˈrɛgjəlɚ/

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


inaccessible

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

glosses: If something is inaccessible, then it can not be reached or accessed.

ipa: /ˌɪnəkˈsɛsɪbl̩/

hyphenation: in‧access‧ible


prescriptions

forms:
prescription (singular)
prescriptions (plural)

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

noun

prescription


short-cuts

forms:
short-cut (singular)
short-cuts (plural)

glosses: The plural form of short-cut; more than one (kind of) short-cut.

short-cut


heroic

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

glosses: If something you do is heroic is like something a hero would do; it is very brave or difficult to do.

text: To win while wounded was truly heroic.

text: Though his efforts were heroic, his failure could not be avoided.

glosses: If you are heroic you are a hero or like a hero; you do heroic things.

text: The soldiers who fought in World War II were heroic men.

glosses: If story or poem is heroic, it is about a hero or heroes doing great things.

text: "Beowulf" is the best known heroic epic of early British literature.

glosses: If a society is heroic it is at a stage where stories of great heroes are common and wars are won by single heroic warriors. This is often a society with tribes or technology is bronze age or iron age.

text: Comparisons have been made between the heroic societies of ancient Greece and modern heroic societies such as the Zulu.

glosses: A heroic age is a time when great heroes were said to have lived. This is often early in history.

text: Homer's heroic age was hundreds of years before Homer live, around 1000 B.C.E.

hyphenation: he‧ro‧ic


accessing

forms:
access (canonical)
accesses (third-person singular)
accessed (past)
accessed (past participle)
accessing (present participle)

verb

access


tent

forms:
tent (singular)
tents (plural)

glosses: A tent is similar to a house or building that is made of cloth or skins.

text: We slept in a tent all week.

enpr: tĕnt

ipa: /tent/

sampa: /tent/


tent

forms:
tent (canonical)
tents (third-person singular)
tented (past)
tented (past participle)
tenting (present participle)


composers

forms:
composer (singular)
composers (plural)

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

noun

composer


airline

forms:
airline (singular)
airlines (plural)

glosses: An airline is a company that carries people and goods by means of airplanes.


sites

forms:
site (singular)
sites (plural)

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

site


sites

forms:
site (canonical)
sites (third-person singular)
sited (past)
sited (past participle)
siting (present participle)

verb

sit

e


comical

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

glosses: If something is comical it is funny, it makes you laugh.

ipa: /ˈkɒmɪkəl/

ipa: /ˈkɑmɪkəl/


janitor

forms:
janitor (singular)
janitors (plural)

glosses: A janitor is a person who is responsible for cleaning a building.

ipa: /ˈdʒænɪtə/

ipa: /ˈdʒænɪtɚ/

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


frequencies

forms:
frequency (singular)
frequencies (plural)

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

noun

frequency

frequencies


gradual

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

glosses: Something that is done in steps or in small degrees, something that happens slowly.

text: The slope of the hill was very gradual.

ipa: /ˈɡrædʒuəl/

ipa: /ˈɡradʒuəl/

ipa: /ˈɡrɛdʒʉɘl/

hyphenation: grad‧u‧al; grad‧ual; gradu‧al


hire

forms:
hire (canonical)
hires (third-person singular)
hired (past)
hired (past participle)
hiring (present participle)

glosses: If someone hires you, they agree to give you a job and pay you money.

text: I was hired at Food City several years ago.

text: I heard the new factory was now hiring.

enpr: hīr

ipa: /haɪə/

ipa: /haɪr/

verb

hir


hire

forms:
hire (singular)
hires (plural)

text: We pair up each of our new hires with one of our original hires.


garages

forms:
garage (singular)
garages (plural)

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

noun

garage


boycott

forms:
boycott (canonical)
boycotts (third-person singular)
boycotted (past)
boycotted (past participle)
boycotting (present participle)

glosses: If you boycott something, then you stop using a product or buying from a store on purpose. People mainly boycott as a form of protest.

text: When the newspapers reported that a major clothing company had used child labor, many people boycotted the company.

ipa: /ˈbɔɪkɒt/

sampa: /"bOIkQt/

ipa: /ˈbɔɪkɑt/

sampa: /"bOIkAt/

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

hyphenation: boy‧cott


boycott

forms:
boycott (singular)
boycotts (plural)

glosses: A boycott is when people stop using a product or stop buying from a store on purpose. Boycotting is a form of protest to prove a point and avoid buying things from companies that have done wrong.

text: The boycott against fruit grown in foreign countries lasted two months.

text: Martin Luther King Jr. led a boycott against the Montgomery buses because the bus drivers gave priority seats to white people. So, instead of taking the bus, African Americans walked so the bus company would sell fewer tickets and lose money.


dusters

forms:
duster (singular)
dusters (plural)

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

duster


salad

forms:
salad (singular)
salads (plural)

glosses: A salad is a food that is made of uncooked vegetables. It is often served with a dressing or vinegar.

ipa: /ˈsæləd/