onlooker

forms:
onlooker (singular)
onlookers (plural)

glosses: An onlooker is someone who watches but does not participate.

text: I wasn't in the fight. I was only an onlooker.

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


Norway

forms: Norway

pos: name

glosses: Norway is a country in the north of Europe, with borders to Sweden, Finland and Russia.

proper noun

expansion: [POS TABLE]


Finland

forms: Finland

glosses: Finland is a country in the north of Europe.


morphologies

forms:
morphology (singular)
morphologies (plural)

pos: noun

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

noun

morphology

morphologies


rendering

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

pos: verb

ipa: /ˈrɛndərɪŋ/

verb

render


election

forms:
election (singular)
elections (plural)

glosses: An election is a decision, often decided by voting.

text: The man elected to take part in the work.

text: The result of voting for the election was more votes that the man should do the work.

enpr: ĭ-lĕk'shən

ipa: /ɪˈlɛkʃ(ə)n/

ipa: /əˈlɛkʃ(ə)n/

hyphenation: elect‧ion


snow leopard

forms:
snow leopard (singular)
snow leopards (plural)

glosses: The snow leopard is a large wildcat that lives in central Asia.


nationalization

forms:
nationalization (singular)
nationalizations (plural)

glosses: Nationalization is when a privately owned object becomes the property of the government or the public.

hyphenation: na‧tion‧al‧i‧za‧tion


Kashmir stag

forms:
Kashmir stag (singular)
Kashmir stags (plural)

glosses: The Kashmir stag (Cervus canadensis hanglu) is a type of red deer native to northern Pakistan and India.


bird of prey

forms:
bird of prey (singular)
birds of prey (plural)

glosses: A bird of prey is a bird that hunts and eats other animals. Some birds of prey are the eagle, the owl, and the peregrine falcon.

noun

bird of prey

birds of prey


Pakistani

forms:
Pakistani (singular)
Pakistanis (plural)

glosses: A Pakistani is a person or thing that comes from Pakistan.

ipa: /pakɪˈstɑːni/


Pakistani

forms: Pakistani (positive)

pos: adj

glosses: Something or someone that is Pakistani comes from Pakistan.

text: The Pakistani currency is the Rupee.


valleys

forms:
valley (singular)
valleys (plural)

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

ipa: /ˈvæliz/

valley


conscience

forms:
conscience (singular)
consciences (plural)

glosses: The ability to feel whether what you're doing is right or wrong.

text: Even though he stole things, he had some conscience: he didn't kill anyone.


Ireland

forms: Ireland

glosses: An island in the Atlantic Ocean which is a little west of the Britain.

glosses: Ireland is the official name for the Republic of Ireland, it is located in the south of the island, forms most of the island and includes 26 counties.

ipa: /ˈaɪə(r)lənd/


aspirin

forms:
aspirin (singular)
aspirins (plural)

ipa: /ˈæsprɪn/

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


unanimous

forms: unanimous (positive)

glosses: If something is unanimous, it is agreed on by all who are present.

text: The vote to pass the bill was unanimous. Every member of the state congress voted to pass it.

ipa: /juːˈnanɪməs/

ipa: /ju'nænəməs/


Pakistanis

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

Pakistani


Kentucky

forms: Kentucky

glosses: Kentucky is a state in the United States of America.

text: Frankfort is the capital of Kentucky.

ipa: /kɛnˈtʌki/

ipa: /kənˈtʌki/


heathens

forms:
heathen (singular)
heathens (plural)

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

heathen

heathens


corner the market

forms: corner the market

pos: phrase

glosses: If you corner the market, you become so successful at selling or making a particular product that almost no one else sells or makes it.

text: They've more or less cornered the fast-food market – they're in every big city in the country.

audio: en-au-corner the market.ogg


disinterested

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

glosses: If someone is disinterested, they are not affected by a situation, so they can make fair decisions about it.

glosses: If someone is disinterested, they are not interested in something; they find it boring.

ipa: /dɪˈsɪnt(ə)rɛstɪd/

adj

more: true


strict

forms:
strict (positive)
stricter (comparative)
strictest (superlative)

text: The father was very strict about the children coming to dinner on time.

glosses: Following rules exactly, or giving strong punishments for not following the rules.

ipa: /strɪkt/

strict

stricter

strictest


charity

forms:
charity (singular)
charities (plural)

glosses: A charity is an organisation that collects money or goods and uses them to help poor or sick people, often with the help of volunteers.

text: The group, a Catholic charity that runs schools on Indian reservations, collected nearly $17 million from the public.

text: The party was a charity event that raised over $400,000 to fight breast cancer.

text: The money was given away to local charities.

glosses: Charity is the work of helping the poor and the sick.

text: All the money raised goes to charity.

glosses: Charity is the money, goods, or help that people give to the poor and the sick.

text: Our family was poor, but my mother would never accept charity.

glosses: Charity is the quality of being kind, thoughtful, and helpful.

text: He led a life of charity.

ipa: /ˈtʃærɪti/

ipa: /ˈtʃɛrəti/

noun

charities


British

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

glosses: British people or things are those that come from Britain.

text: My dad is British, and my Mom is Indian.


hillbilly

forms:
hillbilly (singular)
hillbillies (plural)

glosses: A person who lives in the country in an area with many hills, and who has little money. Usually, this means an American from a region called Appalachia or a region called the Ozark Mountains. These people have homes and farms in the valleys between the hills.

text: My dad is a hillbilly from eastern Kentucky.

text: People often make fun of hillbillies without ever actually knowing one.

hillbilly

hillbillies


hillbilly

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

glosses: Having to do with hillbillies, or typical of hillbillies.


qualifications

forms:
qualification (singular)
qualifications (plural)

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

ipa: /ˌkwɑlɪfɪˈkeɪʃənz/

ipa: /ˌkwɒlɪfɪˈkeɪʃənz/

qualification


birds of prey

forms:
bird of prey (singular)
birds of prey (plural)

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


definitely

pos: adv

etymology_text: definite + -ly

ety-suffix

definite

ly

expansion: definite + -ly

glosses: Something that will definitely happen will happen without doubt or with great chances of occurring.

text: The letter will definitely come this week.

text: There's a 100% chance of rain tomorrow. It will definitely rain.


priest

forms:
priest (singular)
priests (plural)

glosses: A priest is a person who leads or performs ceremonies in a religion.

text: The priest stood in front of the people and blessed them.

ipa: /ˈpriːst/


silicon

forms: silicon (singular)

glosses: Silicon is a non-metal chemical element with the atomic number 14 and the symbol "Si".

text: Sand is made of mostly silicon compounds.

text: Computers use chips made from silicon.

ipa: /'sIlIkən/

hyphenation: sil‧i‧con

noun

silicon


Denmark

forms: Denmark

glosses: Denmark is a country in the north of Europe.

text: Copenhagen is the capital city of Denmark.

hyphenation: Den‧mark


knowledgeable

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

etymology_text: knowledge + -able

ety-suffix

knowledge

able

expansion: knowledge + -able

glosses: If a person is knowledgeable that person knows many things, or a great amount about something.

text: She is very knowledgeable when it comes to medicine.

text: Could we find anyone more knowledgeable than him?

enpr: nŏl'-ĭj-ə-bl


hillbilly music

forms: hillbilly music (singular)


Sweden

forms: Sweden

glosses: Sweden is a country in the north of Europe.


title: Bharat

redirect: India

pos: hard-redirect


oversight

forms:
oversight (singular)
oversights (plural)

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

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

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

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

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

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

ipa: /ˈoʊvɚˌsaɪt/

ipa: /ˈəʊvəˌsaɪt/

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


ammunition

forms:
ammunition (singular)
ammunitions (plural)

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

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

ipa: /ˌæmjuˈnɪʃən/


hillbillies

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


Zionist

forms:
Zionist (singular)
Zionists (plural)

glosses: A Zionist is a person who supports Zionism.


citizen

forms:
citizen (singular)
citizens (plural)

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

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

text: With the recent economic problems, ordinary citizens are worried.

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

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

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


ankle

forms:
ankle (singular)
ankles (plural)

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

text: She sprained her ankle when she fell on the ice.

noun

ankle


argon

forms: argon (singular)

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

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

enpr: är'gŏn

ipa: /ˈɑːrɡɒn/

hyphenation: ar‧gon

argon


Zahedan

forms: Zahedan

glosses: The capital of the Sistan and Baluchestan province of Iran.


messiah

forms:
messiah (singular)
messiahs (plural)

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

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

enpr: mə-sī'ə

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


East Indies

forms: East Indies

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


underpants

forms: underpants (plural)

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

text: Brad took off his underpants.

ipa: /ˈʌndə(r)ˌpænts/

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


fatherland

forms:
fatherland (singular)
fatherlands (plural)

glosses: The fatherland is the land of your father or mother.


complaints

forms:
complaint (singular)
complaints (plural)

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

enpr: kəmplānts'

ipa: /kəmˈpleɪnts/

complaint


madder

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

text: I am even madder than you about what was done.

adj

mad

madder

maddest


intruder

forms:
intruder (singular)
intruders (plural)

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

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


antivirus

forms: antivirus (singular)

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


lithium

forms: lithium (singular)

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

text: Lithium reacts very easily. It even reacts with water.

text: The lightest metal known is lithium.

enpr: lĭth'ēəm

hyphenation: lith‧i‧um

noun

lithium


Assam

forms: Assam

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


Bihar

forms: Bihar

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


photographer

forms:
photographer (singular)
photographers (plural)

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

text: We had a good photographer at the wedding.

text: A photographer often knows how to develop his own photographs.

text: The photographer was busy taking photographs of the models.

ipa: /fəˈtɑɡrəfɚ/

ipa: /fəˈtɒɡrəfə/


hill

forms:
hill (singular)
hills (plural)

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

text: My house was on the top of a hill.

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

enpr: hĭl

ipa: /hɪl/


Rawalpindi

forms: Rawalpindi

glosses: Rawalpindi is a city in Pakistan next to Islamabad.


Gangtok

forms: Gangtok

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


peregrine falcon

forms:
peregrine falcon (singular)
peregrine falcons (plural)

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

text: The peregrine falcon is the fastest bird in the world.

audio: en-us-peregrine falcon.ogg


title: fuck off

redirect: fuck


water hyacinth

forms:
water hyacinth (singular)
water hyacinths (plural)

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


deodar cedar

forms:
deodar cedar (singular)
deodar cedars (plural)

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


admission

forms:
admission (singular)
admissions (plural)

glosses: An admission is when you admit (confess) something.

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

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

audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Mélange a trois-admission.wav


salary

forms:
salary (singular)
salaries (plural)

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

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

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

text: The average monthly Japanese salary increased 4.3 percent last year.

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

ipa: /ˈsælɚi/

salaries


nowhere

forms: nowhere

pos: det

text: We tried to follow his instructions but we got nowhere.

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

hyphenation: no‧where


hermit

forms:
hermit (singular)
hermits (plural)

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

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

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

hyphenation: her‧mit


preference

forms:
preference (singular)
preferences (plural)

glosses: A preference is something that you like more than others

ipa: /ˈprɛf(ə)r(ə)ns/


juniper

forms:
juniper (singular)
junipers (plural)

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


Himachal Pradesh

forms: Himachal Pradesh

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


dweeb

forms:
dweeb (singular)
dweebs (plural)

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

ipa: /dwiːb/


Iceland

forms: Iceland

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

hyphenation: Ice‧land


beak

forms:
beak (singular)
beaks (plural)

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


Mumbai

forms: Mumbai

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

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


huge

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

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

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

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

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

ipa: /hjuːd͡ʒ/

adj

huge

huger

hugest


qualification

forms:
qualification (singular)
qualifications (plural)

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

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

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

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

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

text: I accept your offer, but with some qualifications.

ipa: /ˌkwɒlɪfɪˈkeɪʃən/

ipa: /ˌkwɑlɪfɪˈkeɪʃən/


fag

forms:
fag (singular)
fags (plural)

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

text: She smokes about 10 fags a day.


clout

forms:
clout (singular)
clouts (plural)

glosses: Clout is control or power over other people.

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

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

text: She gave him two sharp clouts on the ear.


beryllium

forms: beryllium (singular)

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

text: Beryllium is very poisonous.

text: emeralds contain beryllium.

enpr: bərĭl'ēəm

ipa: /bə'rɪliəm/

hyphenation: ber‧yl‧li‧um


owe

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

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

text: I owe $50 to the phone company right now.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

ipa: /əʊ/

enpr: ō

ipa: /oʊ/

verb

ow

e


cunnilingus

forms: cunnilingus (singular)

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

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

noun

cunnilingus


critic

forms:
critic (singular)
critics (plural)

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

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

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

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

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

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


melee

forms:
melee (singular)
melees (plural)

glosses: Hand-to-hand combat; very close fighting.

glosses: A naval or armor battle at a very close range.

ipa: /mɛˈleɪ/


date palm

forms:
date palm (singular)
date palms (plural)

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


hills

forms:
hill (singular)
hills (plural)

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

ipa: /hɪlz/

hill


Chandigarh

forms: Chandigarh

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

ipa: /ˌt͡ʃʌndɪˈɡɑː(r)/

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


magnesium

forms: magnesium (singular)

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

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

text: Magnesium burns very easily.

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

ipa: /ˌmæɡˈniziəm/

hyphenation: mag‧ne‧sium


Dushanbe

forms: Dushanbe

glosses: Dushanbe is the capital city of Tajikistan.


spot-billed pelican

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

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


title: gang-bang

redirect: gangbang


forgive

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

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

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

text: I have forgiven your disloyalty.

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

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

text: I forgave them for being cruel when we were younger.

enpr: fər-gĭv'

ipa: /fəˈgɪv/

forgive

forgives

forgave

forgiven

forgiving


title: BE1500

redirect: Wiktionary:Extended Basic English alphabetical wordlist


Palestine

forms: Palestine

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

text: Israel and Palestine both want peace.

glosses: The region between the Mediterranean Sea and the Jordan River.

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

ipa: /ˈpæləˌstaɪn/

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


almond tree

forms:
almond tree (singular)
almond trees (plural)

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


guilty

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

etymology_text: guilt + -y

ety-suffix

guilt

y

expansion: guilt + -y

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

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

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

adj

guilty

guiltier

guiltiest


chlorine

forms: chlorine (singular)

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

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

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

ipa: /ˈklɔriːn/

hyphenation: chlo‧rine

noun

chlorine


phosphorus

forms: phosphorus (singular)

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

text: Phosphorus is used to make matches.

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

ipa: /ˈfɒsfərəs/

hyphenation: phos‧pho‧rus


Scandinavia

forms: Scandinavia

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

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

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

hyphenation: Scan‧di‧na‧via


maddest

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

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


poems

forms:
poem (singular)
poems (plural)

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

poem


Easter

forms: Easter

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

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

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

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

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


honour

forms:
honour (singular)
honours (plural)

glosses: Honour is the quality of being respected by other people.


honour

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

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


title: AWL

redirect: Wiktionary:Academic word list


mango

forms:
mango (singular)
mangoes or mangos (plural)

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

text: This mango is very big.

ipa: /ˈmæŋɡəʊ/

ipa: /ˈmæŋɡoʊ, ˈmeɪŋɡoʊ/

mango

mangoes

mangos


commerce

forms: commerce (singular)

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

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

text: Millions of American jobs depend on international commerce.

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

commerce


spawn

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

ipa: /ˈspɔːn/

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


spawn

forms: spawn (singular)

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


render

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

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

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

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

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

text: You should carefully render aid to those who are injured.

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

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

text: The photo was rendered in 4K on the screen.

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

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

hyphenation: ren‧der


charts

forms:
chart (singular)
charts (plural)

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

chart


charts

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

glosses: The third-person singular form of chart.


psychiatrist

forms:
psychiatrist (singular)
psychiatrists (plural)

etymology_text: psychiatry + -ist

ety-suffix

psychiatry

ist

expansion: psychiatry + -ist

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

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

hyphenation: psy‧chi‧a‧trist


cooperate

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

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

verb

cooperat


fluorine

forms: fluorine (singular)

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

text: Fluorine reacts very easily.

text: Fluoride toothpaste contains a compound of fluorine.

ipa: /ˈflɔːrɪn/

hyphenation: flou‧rine

noun

fluorine


useless

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

etymology_text: use + -less

ety-suffix

use

less

expansion: use + -less


earn

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

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

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

text: He worked hard to earn our respect.

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

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

text: It took a long time to earn their trust.

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

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

ipa: /ɜːn/

enpr: ûrn

ipa: /ɝn/


criminals

forms:
criminal (singular)
criminals (plural)

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

noun

criminal


deputy

forms:
deputy (singular)
deputies (plural)

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

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

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

hyphenation: dep‧u‧ty

deputy

deputies


sometimes

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

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

text: Sometimes the shop has low prices on a Tuesday.

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

enpr: sŭmʹtīmz

ipa: /ˈsʌmtaɪmz/

hyphenation: some‧times


distract

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

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

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

ipa: /dɪsˈtrækt/

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


consume

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

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

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

text: Most of our leisure time is consumed by TV.

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

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

text: Pregnant women should not consume alcohol.

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

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

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

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

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

ipa: /kənˈsjuːm/

enpr: kən-so͞om

ipa: /kənˈsuːm/

verb

consum


fairy

forms:
fairy (singular)
fairies (plural)

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

text: A fairy granted then each a wish.

text: Some people say fairies live beneath the hills in Ireland.

glosses: A homosexual man, usually one who is very feminine.

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

enpr: fâʹrĭ

ipa: /ˈfɛəri/

enpr: fĕʹrē

ipa: /ˈfɛri/

ipa: /ˈfeːri/

noun

fairy

fairies


distinct

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

text: The change gives the government a distinct advantage.

text: With the cold, snow was a distinct possibility.

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

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

ipa: /dɪˈstɪŋkt/


doggy style

forms: doggy style (singular)

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

text: Then Brat started to do her in doggy style.

doggy style


creampie

forms:
creampie (singular)
creampies (plural)

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


queer

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

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

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

enpr: kwîr

ipa: /kwir/

sampa: /kwir/

adjective

queer

queerer

queerest


queer

forms:
queer (singular)
queers (plural)


capability

forms:
capability (singular)
capabilities (plural)

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

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

ipa: /keɪpəˈbɪləti/

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

hyphenation: ca‧pa‧bil‧i‧ty

noun

capability

capabilities


rose-ringed parakeet

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

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

text: An Indian man with his pet rose-ringed parakeet.


hedge

forms:
hedge (singular)
hedges (plural)

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

enpr: hĕj

ipa: /hedʒ/

sampa: /hedZ/


hedge

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

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

glosses: If you hedge something, you obstruct or surround it.

verb

hedg


rely

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

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

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

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

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

ipa: /rɪˈlaɪ/

rel


criterion

forms:
criterion (singular)
criteria (plural)

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

text: The only criterion used for measuring success was school grades.

ipa: /kraɪˈtɪəriən/

noun

criterion

criteria


pornography

forms: pornography (singular)

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


Muzaffarabad

forms: Muzaffarabad

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


province

forms:
province (singular)
provinces (plural)

glosses: A province is a major subdivision of a country.

text: Canada has ten provinces and three territories.

ipa: /ˈprɑvɪns/

ipa: /ˈprɒvɪns/


cupboard

forms:
cupboard (singular)
cupboards (plural)

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

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


thumps

forms:
thump (singular)
thumps (plural)

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

thump

thumps


thumps

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

glosses: The third-person singular form of thump.


vibrator

forms:
vibrator (singular)
vibrators (plural)

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

text: She used her vibrator to try to have an orgasm.

ipa: /vaɪˈbreɪtə/

ipa: /ˈvaɪbreɪtɚ/

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

hyphenation: vi‧bra‧tor


temper

forms:
temper (singular)
tempers (plural)

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

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

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

ipa: /ˈtɛmpə/

ipa: /ˈtɛmpɚ/


temper

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

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


dozen

forms:
dozen (singular)
dozens (plural)

text: He ate half a dozen cookies and felt sick.

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

text: I've been there dozens of times.

ipa: /ˈdʌzn̩/


signature

forms:
signature (singular)
signatures (plural)

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

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

ipa: /ˈsɪɡnətʃə/

enpr: ′sĭgnəchər

ipa: /ˈsɪɡnətʃɚ/

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


signature

forms: signature (positive)

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

text: My signature dish is herb-crusted lamb.

text: Gordon Ramsay's signature dish is the Beef Wellington.


Indus Valley bullfrog

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

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


atomic number

forms:
atomic number (singular)
atomic numbers (plural)

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

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

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


astrology

forms:
astrology (singular)
astrologies (plural)

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

ipa: /əˈstrɒlədʒi/

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

astrologies


humiliation

forms:
humiliation (singular)
humiliations (plural)

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

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

ipa: /hjuːˌmɪliˈeɪʃən/

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


famous

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

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

text: Judy Garland was a famous singer.

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

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

ipa: /ˈfeɪməs/

hyphenation: UK: fam‧ous; US: fa‧mous


cemetery

forms:
cemetery (singular)
cemeteries (plural)

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

cemetery

cemeteries


coast

forms:
coast (singular)
coasts (plural)

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

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

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

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

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

enpr: kōst

ipa: /kəʊst/


coast

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

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

text: The car gradually coasted to a stop.

text: He rested as the bike coasted down the hill.


porno

forms:
porno (singular)
pornos (plural)

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


gang bang

forms:
gang bang (singular)
gang bangs (plural)

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

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


woodwork

forms: woodwork (singular)

etymology_text: wood + work

compound

wood

work

expansion: wood + work

glosses: Woodwork is things made by people out of wood.

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


decent

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

glosses: If something is decent, it is good enough.

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

text: These British guys are pretty decent actors.

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

text: A decent society does not ignore poor people.

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

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

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


thus

forms:
thus (positive)
Superlative–

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

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

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

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

ipa: /ˈðʌs/

sampa: /"DVs/


embarrass

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

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

text: The boys embarrassed him by pulling down his pants.

verb

embarrass

es


porn

forms:
porn (singular)
porn (plural)

glosses: porn is a short word, meaning pornography

text: My girlfriend and I like to watch porn.

text: Do not let your kids watch porn.

ipa: /pɔːn/

ipa: /pɔrn/

noun

porn

porn


cope

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

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

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

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

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

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

ipa: /kəʊp/

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

verb

cop

e


crisis

forms:
crisis (singular)
crises (plural)

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

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

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

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

text: The US financial system is in crisis.

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

glosses: A crisis is a serious emotional problem.

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

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

ipa: /ˈkraɪsɪs/

hyphenation: cri‧sis

noun

crisis

crises


complicate

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

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

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

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

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

ipa: /ˈkɑmplɪkeɪt/

ipa: /ˈkɒmplɪkeɪt/

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

hyphenation: com‧pli‧cate

verb

complicat


border

forms:
border (singular)
borders (plural)

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

text: You can't cross the border without identification papers.

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

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

ipa: /bɔədə/

ipa: /bɔːdə/

ipa: /bɔrdər/

audio: en-uk-a border.ogg

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


border

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

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

text: The newspaper notice was bordered in black.

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

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

border


nitrogen

forms: nitrogen (singular)

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

text: The air we breathe is mostly made of nitrogen.

text: Nitrogen does not react very easily.

text: Liquid nitrogen is used to keep other things very cold.

ipa: /ˈnaɪtrədʒən/

hyphenation: ni‧tro‧gen

noun

nitrogen


bustard

forms:
bustard (singular)
bustards (plural)

glosses: A bustard is a large bird that lives on land.


directory

forms:
directory (singular)
directories (plural)

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

text: He checked he number in the directory.

ipa: /dɪˈrɛktəri/

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

directories


honor

forms:
honor (singular)
honors (plural)

glosses: Honor is the quality of being respected by other people.


honor

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

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


thump

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

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

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

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

ipa: /θʌmp/

audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-I learned some phrases-thump.wav


thump

forms:
thump (singular)
thumps (plural)

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

glosses: A thump is the action of something hits something else.


criminally

forms:
criminally (positive)
more criminally (comparative)
Superlativemost criminally

etymology_text: criminal + -ly

ety-suffix

criminal

ly

expansion: criminal + -ly

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


tiresome

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

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

text: All of this talking can get a little tiresome.

ipa: /ˈtaɪrsəm/

ipa: /ˈtaɪəsəm/

hyphenation: tire‧some


combine

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

enpr: kəm-bīn'

ipa: /kəmˈbaɪn/

verb

combin


combine

forms:
combine (singular)
combines (plural)

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

enpr: käm'bīn


workhouse

forms:
workhouse (singular)
workhouses (plural)

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

glosses: A jail where the prisoners have to work.


gangbanger

forms:
gangbanger (singular)
gangbangers (plural)

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

text: The gangbangers shot members of another gang from their car.

glosses: A gangbanger is a person who visits a gangbang.

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

ipa: /ˈɡæŋˌbæŋə/


colourless

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

etymology_text: colour + -less

ety-suffix

colour

expansion: colour + -less

glosses: Something that has no colour, and is almost invisible

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

text: Water is normally a colourless liquid.

hyphenation: col‧our‧less


contain

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

text: Did the envelope contain a letter?

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

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

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

text: Some building materials contain a high percentage of recycled material.

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

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

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

text: Molly was so happy should could barely contain her tears.

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

enpr: kən-tān'

ipa: /kənˈteɪn/

hyphenation: con‧tain


zookeeper

forms:
zookeeper (singular)
zookeepers (plural)

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

text: We saw the zookeeper feeding the tiger in the zoo.

hyphenation: zoo‧keep‧er


Rhododendron

forms:
Rhododendron (singular)
Rhododendrons (plural)

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


horny

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

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

text: Rhinos are horny animals.

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

adj

horny

hornier

horniest


zoology

forms: zoology (singular)

glosses: Zoology is the science of learning about animals.

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

ipa: /zəʊˈɒlədʒi/

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

hyphenation: zo‧ol‧o‧gy


yearbook

forms:
yearbook (singular)
yearbooks (plural)

etymology_text: year + book

compound

year

book

expansion: year + book

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

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

text: Will you sign your name in my yearbook?

ipa: /ˈjɪəbʊk/

audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vininn126-yearbook.wav

hyphenation: year‧book


react

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

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

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

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

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

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

text: acids and alkalis normally react to form salt and water.

ipa: /ri'ækt/

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

hyphenation: re‧act


efficient

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

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

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

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

ipa: /ɪˈfɪʃənt/

ipa: /əˈfɪʃənt/


Israel

forms: Israel

text: Israel is the only Jewish country in the world.

glosses: Israel was an ancient kingdom in the Middle East.

enpr: ĭzʹrā-əl


countryside

forms:
countryside (singular)
countrysides (plural)

glosses: The countryside is the area outside the cities.

text: He headed out of town and through the surrounding countryside.

enpr: kŭnʹtri-sīd'

hyphenation: coun‧try‧side


boner

forms:
boner (singular)
boners (plural)

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

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

glosses: A boner is another word for a stupid person.

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


sketch

forms:
sketch (singular)
sketches (plural)

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

text: Here is a sketch of an aeroplane.

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

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

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

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

ipa: /ˈskɛtʃ/

noun

sketches


sketch

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

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

text: I sketched his face quickly before he woke up.

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

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

verb

sketch


volunteer

forms:
volunteer (singular)
volunteers (plural)

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

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

ipa: /ˌvɒl(ə)nˈtɪə/

ipa: /ˌvɑlənˈtɪr/

hyphenation: en‧vol‧un‧teer


volunteer

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

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

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

text: Julie volunteered an explanation without even being asked.


chop

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

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

text: Use 1 small onion, finely chopped.

text: We started chopping wood for the fire.

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

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

text: The company plans to chop up to 8000 workers.

text: They continue to chop away at the budget.

enpr: chŏp

ipa: /ʧɒp/

sampa: /tSQp/

chop

p


chop

forms:
chop (singular)
chops (plural)

glosses: A chop is a quick downward cutting motion.

glosses: Your chops is your skill with something, especially music.

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

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

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


compensate

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

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

ipa: /ˈkɒmpənseɪt/

hyphenation: com‧pen‧sate

compensat


concentrate

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

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

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

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

text: I went to a quiet room so I could concentrate.

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

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

text: The fighting was concentrated in a few small areas.

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

concentrat


concentrate

forms:
concentrate (singular)
concentrates (plural)

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

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


Morina

forms:
Morina (singular)
Morinas (plural)

glosses: Morina is a genus of the Caprifoliaceae family.


criminal

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

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

ipa: /ˈkrɪmənəl/


criminal

forms:
criminal (singular)
criminals (plural)

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

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


soil

forms:
soil (singular)
soils (plural)

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

text: The refugees were happy to return to their home soil.

ipa: /sɔɪl/

sampa: /sOIl/


soil

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

text: Look at that! You soiled your shirt with mud!


writer

forms:
writer (singular)
writers (plural)

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

text: She works as a writer for a magazine.

ipa: /raɪtə/

ipa: /raɪtɚ/

hyphenation: wri‧ter


declare

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

text: Many suppliers go out of business without formally declaring bankruptcy.

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

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

ipa: /dɪkleə(r)/

ipa: /dɪˈklɛɚ/

declar


graph

forms:
graph (singular)
graphs (plural)

glosses: A graph shows data (numbers) as a picture.

ipa: /ɡrɑːf/

ipa: /ɡræf/


graph

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


colorless

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

etymology_text: color + -less

ety-suffix

color

less

expansion: color + -less

glosses: Something that has no color, and is almost invisible

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

text: Water is normally a colorless liquid.

hyphenation: col‧or‧less


pomegranate

forms:
pomegranate (singular)
pomegranates (plural)

glosses: A small tree, that gives fruit called pomegranates.

glosses: A fruit with seeds that are covered in red jelly.

ipa: /ˈpɑməˌɡrænət/

hyphenation: po‧me‧gra‧nate


armour

forms:
armour (singular)
armours (plural)

glosses: Armour is something you wear to protect your body.

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

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

text: A stegosaur's body is protected by its armour.

noun

armour


chocolate

forms:
chocolate (singular)
chocolates (plural)

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

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

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

text: These homemade chocolates are delicious.

ipa: /ˈtʃɒklət/

ipa: /ˈtʃɒklɪt/

sampa: /"tSQklIt/

ipa: /ˈtʃɑklət/

hyphenation: choc‧o‧late


climb

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

text: Narrow steps climb to the door of a small temple.

text: It became very warm as the sun began to climb.

ipa: /klaɪm/


climb

forms:
climb (singular)
climbs (plural)

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

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

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

text: The Yen has made a strong climb this year.

glosses: A climb down is a long slow downwards movement.


contribute

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

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

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

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

text: Staff writer Karlyn Barker contributed to this report.

text: This information contributes to our understanding of the problem.

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

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

text: Everybody contributed $10 to pay for the present.

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

ipa: /kənˈtrɪbjuːt/

hyphenation: con‧tri‧bute

verb

contribut


chat

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

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

text: His friends dropped by frequently just to chat.

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

ipa: /tʃæt/

chat

t


chat

forms:
chat (singular)
chats (plural)

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

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


fig

forms:
fig (singular)
figs (plural)

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

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

ipa: /fɪɡ/


crowd

forms:
crowd (singular)
crowds (plural)

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

text: The crowd cheered when the team scored another goal.

text: When there's an accident, a crowd appears.

text: The crowd were asked to go home.

ipa: /kraʊd/


crowd

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

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

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


stroke

forms:
stroke (singular)
strokes (plural)

glosses: A stroke is when blood stops coming into your brain.

text: I had a stroke after running so hard.

glosses: A stroke is an action of hitting something lightly.

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

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

glosses: A stroke is something that happens without warning.

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

ipa: /strəʊk/

enpr: strōk

ipa: /stroʊk/


stroke

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

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

text: She stroked his hair lovingly.

strok


heathen

forms:
heathen (singular)
heathens (plural)

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

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

text: We are all rational and rebellious heathens here.

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

text: That bunch of heathens completely destroyed this place.

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

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

ipa: /ˈhiːðən/


heathen

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

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

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

text: Everything he does is totally heathen.

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

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


windpipe

forms:
windpipe (singular)
windpipes (plural)

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

text: I can feel the cold air deep in my windpipe.

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

ipa: /ˈwɪndpaɪp/

hyphenation: wind‧pipe


rhesus macaque

forms:
rhesus macaque (singular)
rhesus macaques (plural)

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


governor

forms:
governor (singular)
governors (plural)

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

text: The king appointed a new governor for the province.

text: The governor agreed to set the prisoner free.

text: The election for state governor was a close one.

ipa: /gʌvənɚ/


spelt

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

glosses: The past tense and past participle of spell.

ipa: /'spεlt/

spell

spells

spelt

spelt

spelling


spelt

forms:
spelt (singular)
spelts (plural)


command

forms:
command (singular)
commands (plural)

glosses: Command, is the power to control people or things.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

glosses: Command is the people or place that orders come from.

text: This operation was planned carefully from the central command.

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

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

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

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

text: He gave the command to attack.

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

text: He has an excellent command of both French and Spanish.

ipa: /kəˈmɑːnd/

ipa: /kəˈmænd/

hyphenation: com‧mand


command

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

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

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

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

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

text: The amazing power of weather commands respect and fear.

text: Her fire-red hair commanded attention.

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


cast

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

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

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

text: The campfire cast a warm light on her face.

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

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

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

text: The video casts doubt on the story told by police.

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

text: She cast about for her pen.

text: He cast a quick look at the TV.

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

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

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

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

glosses: If you cast something somewhere, you throw it there.

enpr: käst

ipa: /kɑːst/

enpr: kăst

ipa: /kæst/

sampa: /k{st/

cast

casts

cast

cast

casting


cast

forms:
cast (singular)
casts (plural)

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

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

glosses: The cast of characters is the complete list of characters.

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

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

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


cheer

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

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

text: The band begins to play and the crowd cheers.

text: People cheered the home team wildly.

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

glosses: If something cheers somebody, it makes them feel happier.

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

ipa: /t͡ʃɪə(r)/

ipa: /t͡ʃɪr/


cheer

forms:
cheer (singular)
cheers (plural)

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

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

text: Three cheers for the raiders! Hip hip hooray!

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


clarify

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

etymology_text: clear + -ify

ety-suffix

clear

ify

expansion: clear + -ify

glosses: If you clarify something, you make it clearer.

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

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

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

ipa: /ˈklærɪfaɪ/

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

clarif

y


crisps

forms:
crisp (singular)
crisps (plural)

noun

crisp


crisps

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

glosses: The third-person singular form of crisp.


dare

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

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

text: The President dared to make an unpopular decision.

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

text: I dare you to climb that tree.

ipa: /deə(r)/

verb

dar


dare

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

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

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

text: Dare he risk crossing the woods at night?

text: He dare not enter.

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

text: How dare you come in here without knocking?

dare

dared

daren't


dare

forms:
dare (singular)
dares (plural)

text: He never says "No" to a dare.


nasty

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

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

text: Her nasty behavior caused much trouble.

text: This poison is particularly nasty stuff.

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

adjective

nasty

nastier

nastiest


dam

forms:
dam (singular)
dams (plural)

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

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

ipa: /dæm/


dam

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

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

verb

dam

m


worker

forms:
worker (singular)
workers (plural)

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

text: The workers are putting a new roof on the house.

ipa: /ˈwɝkɚ/

ipa: /ˈwɜːkə/


wasted

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

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

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

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

text: She doesn't look healthy. She looks wasted.

enpr: wāstʹĭd

ipa: /ˈweɪstɪd/


wasted

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

glosses: The past tense and past participle of waste.

wast

e


diagram

forms:
diagram (singular)
diagrams (plural)

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

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

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

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


diagram

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

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

text: They diagramed the building they were about to build.

diagram


refrigerator

forms:
refrigerator (singular)
refrigerators (plural)

glosses: A refrigerator is a machine which keeps food cold.

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

ipa: /rɪˈfrɪd͡ʒəˌreɪtə/

ipa: /rɪˈfrɪd͡ʒəˌreɪɾɚ/


jerk off

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

text: Stop jerking off, we have a deadline.

jerk off

jerks off

jerked off

jerked off

jerking off


past participle

forms:
past participle (singular)
past participles (plural)

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

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

text: Have you seen her?

text: The used book had a dirty cover.

text: I have walked on this street many times.

text: The table is supported by four legs.


term of address

forms: term of address

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

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

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


solution

forms:
solution (singular)
solutions (plural)

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

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

text: The student made a solution by mixing salt and water.

ipa: /səˈl(j)uːʃən/


contents

forms:
content (singular)
contents (plural)

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

noun

content

contents


contents

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

glosses: The third-person singular form of content.


ejaculate

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

glosses: If you ejaculate, you eject semen from your penis.

text: Men usually ejaculate during orgasm.

text: My penis feels weird and icky when I ejaculate.

enpr: ĭjăʹkyəlāt

hyphenation: eja‧cu‧late

verb

ejaculat


clerk

forms:
clerk (singular)
clerks (plural)

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

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

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

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

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

text: The desk clerk called a taxi for us.

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

ipa: /aːk/

ipa: /ɑː(r)k/

enpr: klerk

ipa: /klɝk/


clerk

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

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

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


magazine

forms:
magazine (singular)
magazines (plural)

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

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

text: This magazine has a lot of advertisements.

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

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

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

hyphenation: mag‧a‧zine


fisting

forms: fisting (singular)

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

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

ipa: /ˈfɪstɪŋ/

noun

fisting


fisting

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

verb

fist


compete

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

compet


disabled

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

etymology_text: dis- + abled

ety-prefix

dis

abled

expansion: dis- + abled

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

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

text: This money will help the elderly and the disabled.

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

ipa: [dɪsˈeɪbəɫd]


disabled

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

verb

disabl


clue

forms:
clue (singular)
clues (plural)

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

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

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

text: She disappeared without a clue.

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

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

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

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

ipa: /kluː/


clue

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

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

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

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

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

clu


strip

forms:
strip (singular)
strips (plural)

glosses: A strip is a narrow, long piece of something.

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

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

enpr: strĭp

ipa: /strɪp/


strip

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

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

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

strip


gangbang

forms:
gangbang (singular)
gangbangs (plural)

glosses: A gangbang is sex involving more than two people.

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


gangbang

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

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

text: We gangbanged her all night.

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

text: If you keep gangbanging you will die young.


telegraph

forms:
telegraph (singular)
telegraphs (plural)

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

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

hyphenation: tel‧e‧graph


telegraph

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

glosses: To telegraph means to send a message using a telegraph.


decorate

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

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

text: We're going to decorate our Christmas tree tonight.

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

text: The room was brightly decorated.

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

text: In her room, photos decorated the white walls.

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

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

ipa: /ˈdɛkəreɪt/

hyphenation: dec‧or‧ate

decorat


coach

forms:
coach (singular)
coaches (plural)

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

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

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

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

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

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

ipa: /kəʊtʃ/

ipa: /koʊtʃ

sampa: /koUtS/

noun

coaches


coach

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

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

text: She coaches girls gymnastics at Middlebury High School.

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

verb

coach

es


cock

forms:
cock (singular)
cocks (plural)

text: My girlfriend likes to suck my cock .

ipa: /kɒk/

enpr: kŏk

ipa: /kɑk/


cock

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

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

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

text: He cocked his hat in farewell.


hardly

etymology_text: hard + -ly

ety-suffix

hard

ly

expansion: hard + -ly

text: I hardly noticed the pain.

text: I'm hardly qualified to give you medicine.

ipa: /ˈhɑːdli/

ipa: /ˈhɑrdli/

sampa: /"hArdli/


hardly

forms: hardly

pos: intj

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

text: Would I do that? Hardly!


Hertzsprung-Russell diagram

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

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


fruits

forms:
fruit (singular)
fruits (plural)

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

noun

fruit


apparent magnitude

forms:
apparent magnitude (singular)
apparent magnitudes (plural)

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


Richter scale

forms: Richter scale

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

audio: En-us-Richter scale.ogg


dot

forms:
dot (singular)
dots (plural)

text: You forgot to put a dot over the i.

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

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

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

ipa: /dɒt/


dot

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

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

text: Don't forget to dot the i.

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

text: The valley was dotted with camp fires.

verb

dot


zeros

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

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

noun

zero

zeros

zeroes


well-off

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

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

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

adjective

well-off

better-off

best-off


whisky

forms:
whisky (singular)
whiskies (plural)

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

ipa: /ˈwɪski, ˈʍɪski/

noun

whiskies


outer

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

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

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

ipa: /ˈaʊtɚ/

ipa: /ˈaʊtə/

adj

outer

outermore

outermost


power cord

forms:
power cord (singular)
power cords (plural)

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


crisp

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

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

text: Fry the bacon until it is brown and crisp.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

glosses: If a picture is crisp, it is very clear.

ipa: /krɪsp/

crisp

crisper

crispest


crisp

forms:
crisp (singular)
crisps (plural)


crisp

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


content

forms:
content (singular)
contents (plural)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

glosses: Content is the feeling of being happy and satisfied.

text: She could sleep to her heart's content.

enpr: kŏn'tĕnt

ipa: /'kɒntɛnt/

sampa: /"kQntEnt/

ipa: /'kɑntɛnt/

sampa: /"kAntEnt/


content

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

glosses: If someone is content, they are happy and satisfied.

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

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

enpr: kəntĕnt'

ipa: /kən'tɛnt/


content

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

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


motherboard

forms:
motherboard (singular)
motherboards (plural)

glosses: The motherboard is the main part of a computer.

ipa: /ˈmʌðɚˌbɔrd/


lens

forms:
lens (singular)
lenses (plural)

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

ipa: /lɛnz/

noun

lens

lenses


delegate

forms:
delegate (singular)
delegates (plural)

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

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

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

enpr: dĕlʹĭ-gət

ipa: /ˈdɛlɪɡət/


delegate

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

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

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

enpr: dĕlʹĭ-gāt'

ipa: /ˈdɛlɪˌɡeɪt/

verb

delegat


perpendicular

forms: perpendicular (positive)

glosses: Perpendicular means "at a ninety degree angle to".


lexicon

forms:
lexicon (singular)
lexicons or lexica (plural)

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

enpr: lĕ'ksĭkŏn

noun

lexica


property tax

forms:
property tax (singular)
property taxes (plural)

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

property tax

property taxes


parole

forms:
parole (singular)
paroles (plural)

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

enpr: pə-rōlʹ

ipa: /pəˈroːl/

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

hyphenation: pa‧role


earthquake

forms:
earthquake (singular)
earthquakes (plural)

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

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

ipa: /ˈɜːθkweɪk/

ipa: /ˈɝθkweɪk/


whitewash

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

etymology_text: white + wash

compound

white

wash

expansion: white + wash

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

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

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

text: She whitewashed the wall.

ipa: /ˈwaɪtwɒʃ/

verb

whitewash


whitewash

forms:
whitewash (singular)
whitewashes (plural)

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

text: He covered the fence with whitewash.

noun

whitewashes