fuse

forms:
fuse (singular)
fuses (plural)

glosses: A fuse is a length of cord that will burn and is used to set off explosives.

text: After lighting the fuse, the miners moved away to a safe area.

glosses: A fuse is a switch used to set off an explosive.

text: The soldier carefully set the fuse on the bomb.

glosses: A fuse is a thin piece of wire that will melt if it gets too hot.

text: We lost power after after the faulty toaster made the fuse melt.

enpr: fyo͞oz

ipa: /fjuːz/

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

hyphenation: fuse


fuse

forms:
fuse (canonical)
fuses (third-person singular)
fused (past)
fused (past participle)
fusing (present participle)

pos: verb

glosses: Fuse is to mix or join two or more things together.

verb

fus

e

expansion: [POS TABLE]


acidity

forms:
acidity (singular)
acidities (plural)

pos: noun

glosses: The quality of sour; sourness to the taste, as in the acidity of lemon juice.

text: Empty stomachs lead to acidity and leave a sour taste in the mouth.

glosses: Excessive acid quality, as in gastric secretions.

ipa: /əˈsɪdɪti/

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

noun

acidities


amends

forms: amends (plural)

glosses: Amends are the apologies or payment given to a person due to loss or injury.

text: Making amends is an important step after a fight.


amends

forms:
amend (canonical)
amends (third-person singular)
amended (past)
amended (past participle)
amending (present participle)

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

verb

amend


shipwreck

forms:
shipwreck (singular)
shipwrecks (plural)

glosses: A shipwreck is the remains of a ship that has sunk or run aground. It can no longer be used.

text: The "Titanic" shipwreck is very deep in the ocean.

text: I know a man who likes to explore shipwrecks.

glosses: When a ship sinks or runs aground, it is called a shipwreck.

text: The sinking of the "Titanic" was a shipwreck.

text: Shipwrecks occur around the world.

ipa: /ˈʃɪprɛk/

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


shipwreck

forms:
shipwreck (canonical)
shipwrecks (third-person singular)
shipwrecked (past)
shipwrecked (past participle)
shipwrecking (present participle)

glosses: Shipwreck is to destroy a ship in an accident.

text: They were shipwrecked on a small island.


stubs

forms:
stub (singular)
stubs (plural)

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

noun

stub


stubs

forms:
stub (canonical)
stubs (third-person singular)
stubbed (past)
stubbed (past participle)
stubbing (present participle)

verb

b


cooker

forms:
cooker (singular)
cookers (plural)

glosses: A cooker is a stove, or a pot, used to cook food.

text: We bought a new gas cooker.

ipa: /ˈkʊkɚ/

ipa: /ˈkʊkə/

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


infusion

forms:
infusion (singular)
infusions (plural)

glosses: A product made of a liquid which has had other ingredients in it to extract useful qualities.

text: An extract of many ingredients makes a refreshing infusion.

glosses: The act of soaking a substance in liquid so as to extract medicinal or herbal qualities.

glosses: The act of installing a quality into a person.

text: 1602 : William Shakespeare, Hamlet , act V scene 1

ipa: /ɪnˈfjuːʒən/

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


grills

forms:
grill (singular)
grills (plural)

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

noun

grill


grills

forms:
grill (canonical)
grills (third-person singular)
grilled (past)
grilled (past participle)
grilling (present participle)

glosses: The third-person singular form of grill.


debit

forms:
debit (singular)
debits (plural)

glosses: A debit is a written record of a debt in an account book.

text: I wrote the amount he owed into the debit column of the account book.


debit

forms:
debit (canonical)
debits (third-person singular)
debited (past)
debited (past participle)
debiting (present participle)

glosses: To debit is to add a debt to an account.

text: The bank agreed to debit his account for the cost of his new suit.


mints

forms:
mint (singular)
mints (plural)

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

ipa: /mɪnts/

mint


mints

forms:
mint (canonical)
mints (third-person singular)
minted (past)
minted (past participle)
minting (present participle)


resent

forms:
resent (canonical)
resents (third-person singular)
resented (past)
resented (past participle)
resenting (present participle)

glosses: Resent is to be angry or bitter about something.

text: I resent having to do homework when I could be outside playing.

ipa: /riˈzɛnt/


fantasied

forms:
fantasy (canonical)
fantasies (third-person singular)
fantasied (past)
fantasied (past participle)
fantasying (present participle)

glosses: The past tense and past participle of fantasy.

verb

fantas

y


mint

glosses: Mint is a plant that can be eaten in the genus Mentha which has very strong-smelling leaves.

text: We had a mint sauce to pour on the roast lamb.

glosses: Mint is a lolly or candy flavored with the mint plant.

text: She sucked on a mint to make her breathe smell nice.

text: There was a high fence around the mint.

text: He made a mint selling his house at the right time.

enpr: mĭnt

ipa: /mɪnt/


mint

text: The government need to mint extra coins.

text: He was able to make people smile when he would mint a new word.


hacked

forms:
hack (canonical)
hacks (third-person singular)
hacked (past)
hacked (past participle)
hacking (present participle)

glosses: The past tense and past participle of hack.

hack


cage

forms:
cage (singular)
cages (plural)

glosses: A cage is a structure made with wire or bars, to hold an animal.

text: The bird lived in a large wire cage near the window.

glosses: A cage is a something that holds things in, to protect or to keep imprisoned.

text: Your heart is inside your rib cage.

ipa: /keɪdʒ/


cage

forms:
cage (canonical)
cages (third-person singular)
caged (past)
caged (past participle)
caging (present participle)

glosses: Cage is to place something in a wire or barred structure so that they can not get out.

text: We had to cage the lion to keep it from escaping.

cag


grill

glosses: {{countable]} A grill is a cooking surface which has parallel metal bars.

text: I like steak when it is cooked on a grill.

text: The most popular meal at the hotel was the mixed grill.

ipa: /ɡrɪl/

audio: EN-AU ck1 grill.ogg


grill

text: He thought he would grill the steak.

text: The police would grill the suspect for hours.


fantasies

forms:
fantasy (singular)
fantasies (plural)

glosses: The plural of fantasy; more than one fantasy.

noun

fantasy

fantasies


fantasies

glosses: The third-person singular form of fantasy.


stub

glosses: A stub is a short piece of something left when the rest has been used.

text: He chewed on the stub of his pencil.

glosses: A stub is the part of a ticket or cheque that you keep.

text: He put the ticket stub into his pocket and entered the theatre.

text: They cut off the branch, leaving a small stub.

text: In Wiktionary and Wikipedia, a stub is an article that is short and not complete.

text: He was angry, because the article he needed for his homework was just a stub.

enpr: stŭb

ipa: /stʌb/


stub

glosses: To stub is to put out something burning by crushing it.

text: Before entering the building, he had to stub out his cigarette.

glosses: If you stub your toe, you hit it hard against something.

text: I was scared walking in bare feet, because I could stub my toe.

text: The farmer needed to stub his field before he could plant a new crop.


adjuster

forms:
adjuster (singular)
adjusters (plural)

glosses: One who adjusts, especially for the insurance industry's employment title "claims adjuster."


hacks

forms:
hack (singular)
hacks (plural)

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


adjusters

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

adjuster


acidities

forms:
acidity (singular)
acidities (plural)

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

acidity


pathologies

forms:
pathology (singular)
pathologies (plural)

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

pathology

pathologies


pathology

glosses: The branch of medicine concerned with the study of the nature of disease and its causes, processes, development, and consequences.

ipa: /pəˈθɒlədʒi/

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


subscribe

forms:
subscribe (canonical)
subscribes (third-person singular)
subscribed (past)
subscribed (past participle)
subscribing (present participle)

glosses: To sign up to have copies of a publication, such as a newspaper or a magazine, delivered for a period of time.

text: Would you like to subscribe or subscribe a friend to our new magazine, Lexicography Illustrated?

glosses: To pay for the provision of a service, such as Internet access or a cell phone plan.

glosses: To believe or agree with a theory or an idea.

text: I don’t subscribe to that theory.

glosses: To pay money to be a member of an organization.

glosses: To contribute or promise to contribute money to a common fund.

text: 1913: Theodore Roosevelt, autobiography — ... under no circumstances could I ever again be nominated for any public office, as no corporation would subscribe to a campaign fund if I was on the ticket, and that they would subscribe most heavily to beat me;

text: 1776: Adam Smith, The Wealth of Nations — The capital which had been subscribed to this bank, at two different subscriptions, amounted to one hundred and sixty thousand pounds, of which eighty per cent only was paid up.

glosses: To write one's name at the bottom of a document, to sign.

glosses: To admit to being inferior or in the wrong.

ipa: /səbˈskraɪb/

verb

subscrib


fantasy

glosses: That which comes from one's imagination.

glosses: The literary genre of magic and fictive medieval technology.

ipa: /ˈfæntəsi/

ipa: /ˈfæn(t)əsi/


fantasy

glosses: To have a fancy for; to be pleased with; to like.


lifestyles

forms:
lifestyle (singular)
lifestyles (plural)

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

noun

lifestyle


humanitarians

forms:
humanitarian (singular)
humanitarians (plural)

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

humanitarian


lifestyle

text: His lifestyle was not a good example for young people.

glosses: the totality of the likes and dislikes of a particular section of the market, especially when expressed in terms of the products and services that they would buy; a marketing strategy based on the self-image of such a group

enpr: līfʹstīl'

ipa: /ˈlaɪfˌstaɪl/

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


heteros

forms:
hetero (singular)
heteros (plural)

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

hetero


roosters

forms:
rooster (singular)
roosters (plural)

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

rooster


nodes

forms:
node (singular)
nodes (plural)

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

node


typists

forms:
typist (singular)
typists (plural)

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

typist


AD

forms: AD

pos: abbrev

glosses: AD is short for the Latin words anno Domini, which means in the year of our Lord. You use AD to refer to a date after the year in which Jesus Christ is believed to have been born.

text: The Romans started building the Colosseum in 70 AD.


Rangpur

forms: Rangpur

pos: name

glosses: Rangpur is also a district and Sadar Upzilla in Bangladesh


Barisal

forms: Barisal

glosses: Barisal is also a district and Sadar Upzilla in Bangladesh


deficits

forms:
deficit (singular)
deficits (plural)

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

deficit


ureas

forms:
urea (singular)
ureas (plural)

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

urea


beware

text: Beware of the dog because it bites.

ipa: /biˈwɛɚ/


Magura

forms: Magura

text: I live in Magura.


rooster

text: The rooster crowed loudly every morning.

ipa: /ˈruːstə/

enpr: roo͞'stər

ipa: /ˈrustər/


Sylhet

forms: Sylhet

glosses: Sylhet also is a district and a sadar upzilla in Bangladesh


durries

forms:
durrie (singular)
durries (plural)

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

durrie


abortions

forms:
abortion (singular)
abortions (plural)

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

abortion


Rajshahi

forms: Rajshahi

glosses: Rajshahi is also a district and sadar upzilla in Bangladesh


cynical

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

pos: adj

glosses: If someone is cynical, they have a negative attitude towards life.

text: He is a cynical person who seems to complain about everything.

ipa: /ˈsɪnɪkəl/

adj

more: true


durrie

text: The durrie was so pretty that we hung it on the wall.

glosses: A durrie is an Australian word for cigarette.

text: Hey mate, have you got a spare durrie?


Jessore

forms: Jessore

text: I live in Jessore.


Khulna

forms: Khulna

glosses: Khulna is also a district and sadar upzilla in Bangladesh


typist

glosses: A typist is a person who writes things using a typewriter.

text: He was a good typist, and could write more than 40 words per minute.

ipa: /ˈtaɪpɪst/

hyphenation: typ‧ist


Cox's Bazar

forms: Cox's Bazar

glosses: Cox's Bazar is a district in Bangladesh.

text: I live in Cox's Bazar.

glosses: Cox's Bazar is also a tourist spot in Bangladesh.

glosses: Cox's Bazar is situated at the most south of Bangladesh.


Mymensingh

forms: Mymensingh

text: I live in Mymensingh.


a.m.

pos: prep

glosses: a.m. is used after a number to show that you are referring to a particular time between midnight and noon.

text: The program starts at 9 a.m.


p.m.

glosses: p.m. is used after a number to show that you are referring to a particular time between 12 noon and 12 midnight.

text: The spa closes at 9:00 pm.

ipa: /piːˈɛm/


charlatans

forms:
charlatan (singular)
charlatans (plural)

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

noun

charlatan


jet

forms:
jet (singular)
jets (plural)

glosses: A jet is a stream of gas or liquid forced through a small opening.

text: A jet of water burst through the broken pipe.

glosses: A jet is the opening where a stream of gas or liquid can be forced.

text: The gas stove would not work because the jet was blocked.

glosses: A jet is an aircraft powered by a jet engine.

text: The jet landed at the airport.

glosses: Jet is a hard, black coal, that is used for jewellery.

text: She was wearing her mother's jet necklace.

ipa: /dʒɛt/


jet

forms: jet (positive)

text: She had jet black hair.


jet

forms:
jet (canonical)
jets (third-person singular)
jetted (past)
jetted (past participle)
jetting (present participle)

glosses: To jet is to travel by a jet powered aircraft.

text: We had to jet from Rome to London.

verb

jet

t


miscreant

forms:
miscreant (singular)
miscreants (plural)


miscreants

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

noun

miscreant


airmail

forms:
airmail (singular)
airmails (plural)

glosses: Airmail is the system of sending letters, parcels, and goods by air.

text: Goods are generally shipped by airmail.


patriotism

forms:
patriotism (singular)
patriotisms (plural)

glosses: Patriotism is love, support, and defense of one's country.

text: Americans get a burst of patriotism every year on July 4 when they celebrate Independence Day.


archbishops

forms:
archbishop (singular)
archbishops (plural)

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

archbishop


armchairs

forms:
armchair (singular)
armchairs (plural)

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

armchair


aborigines

forms:
aborigine (singular)
aborigines (plural)

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

aborigine


hack

forms:
hack (singular)
hacks (plural)

glosses: A hack is someone who works hard, but does not get great results.

text: He thinks he's a great rapper but he's just a hack.

glosses: A hack is a horse that is hired to others.

text: I rode a hack into the valley.

glosses: A hack is a way to gain access to parts of a computer program.

text: He got really high scores in that computer game but we knew he was using a hack.

ipa: /hæk/


hack

forms:
hack (canonical)
hacks (third-person singular)
hacked (past)
hacked (past participle)
hacking (present participle)

text: He decided to hack the tree in half.

glosses: To hack is to break into a computer or make programs do things they wouldn't normally do.

text: I was worried someone could hack into my e-mail account and get my credit card number.


ambassadors

forms:
ambassador (singular)
ambassadors (plural)

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

ambassador


alleviated

forms:
alleviate (canonical)
alleviates (third-person singular)
alleviated (past)
alleviated (past participle)
alleviating (present participle)

glosses: The past tense and past participle of alleviate.

verb

alleviat


AIDS

forms: AIDS (singular)

glosses: AIDS is a disease which destroys the natural system of protection that the body has against other diseases.

text: The AIDS epidemic in the United States began in the 1980s.

glosses: AIDS is an abbreviation for 'acquired immune deficiency syndrome'.

noun

AIDS


acquaintances

forms:
acquaintance (singular)
acquaintances (plural)

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

acquaintance


acquaintance

glosses: An acquaitance is someone you know slightly but not well.

text: He's an old acquaintance of mine.

ipa: /əˈkweɪntəns/


dental

forms: dental (positive)

glosses: Dental describes anything to do with the teeth.

text: I use dental floss to clean between my teeth.

ipa: /ˈdɛntəl/

ipa: /ˈdɛntl̩/

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

hyphenation: den‧tal


agriculture

forms: agriculture (singular)

glosses: Agriculture is farming and the methods that are used to raise and look after crops and animals.

text: Ukraine is strong both in industry and agriculture.

ipa: /ˈæɡrɪˌkʌltʃə/

ipa: /ˈæɡrɪˌkʌltʃɚ/


infections

forms:
infection (singular)
infections (plural)

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

infection


arenas

forms:
arena (singular)
arenas (plural)

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

arena


Arabic

forms: Arabic

glosses: Arabic is a language that is spoken in the Middle East and in parts of North Africa.

text: She is learning Arabic.


Arabic

forms: Arabic (positive)

glosses: Something that is Arabic belongs or relates to the language, writing, or culture of the Arabs.

glosses: An Arabic numeral is one of the written figures such as 1, 2, 3, or 4.

text: The clock is available with either Roman or Arabic numerals.


aloud

forms:
aloud (positive)
Superlative–

pos: adv

glosses: When you say something, read, or laugh aloud, you speak or laugh so that other people can hear you.

text: When we were children, our father read aloud to us.

glosses: If you think aloud, you express your thoughts as they occur to you, rather than thinking first and then speaking.

text: He really must be careful about thinking aloud. Who knew what he might say?

ipa: /əˈlaʊd/


accelerator

forms:
accelerator (singular)
accelerators (plural)

glosses: An accelerator is the pedal in a vehicle which you step on to make it go faster.

text: He took his foot off the accelerator and the car started to slow down.


aborigine

glosses: Aborigines are members of the tribes that were living in Australia when Europeans arrived there.


alleviates

glosses: The third-person singular form of alleviate.


deficit

forms:
deficit (singular)
deficits (plural)

glosses: A deficit is a lack or shortage of something, such as money.

ipa: /ˈdɛfɪsɪt/

ipa: /ˈdɛfəsɪt/

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

hyphenation: de‧fi‧cit


patriotisms

forms:
patriotism (singular)
patriotisms (plural)

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

patriotism


archbishop

forms:
archbishop (singular)
archbishops (plural)

glosses: In the Roman Catholic, Orthodox, and Anglican Churches, an archbishop is a bishop of the highest rank, who is in charge of all the bishops and priests in a certain country or region.

text: A new archbishop was recently appointed.

ipa: /ˌɑː(r)tʃˈbɪʃəp/


hypothesizes

forms:
hypothesize (canonical)
hypothesizes (third-person singular)
hypothesized (past)
hypothesized (past participle)
hypothesizing (present participle)

glosses: The third-person singular form of hypothesize.

verb

hypothesiz


ponchos

forms:
poncho (singular)
ponchos (plural)

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

noun

poncho


hypothesized

glosses: The past tense and past participle of hypothesize.


aboriginals

forms:
aboriginal (singular)
aboriginals (plural)

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

aboriginal


arena

glosses: An arena is a place where sports, entertainments, and other public events take place. It has seats around it where people sit and watch.

text: We went to the arena to watch the football game.

glosses: You can refer to a field of activity, especially one where there is a lot of conflict or action, as an arena of a particular kind.

text: Oil speculation proved a natural arena for his skills.

ipa: /əˈriːnə/


shipwrecked

forms:
shipwreck (canonical)
shipwrecks (third-person singular)
shipwrecked (past)
shipwrecked (past participle)
shipwrecking (present participle)

glosses: The past tense and past participle of shipwreck.

verb

shipwreck


cross-contamination

forms: cross-contamination (singular)

glosses: Cross-contamination is the transfer of disease-causing microorganisms, such as bacteria and viruses, from one food to another.


compassionate

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

glosses: If someone or something is compassionate, they feel or show pity, sympathy, and understanding for people who are suffering.

text: The nurse was a very caring, compassionate person.

ipa: /kəmˈpæʃənət/


grocers

forms:
grocer (singular)
grocers (plural)

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

noun

grocer


Turks

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

proper noun

Turk

Turks


allergic

forms: allergic (positive)

glosses: If you are allergic to something, you become ill when you eat it or touch it.

text: I'm allergic to cats, they make me sneeze.

enpr: ə-lûrʹ-jĭk

hyphenation: al‧ler‧gic


title: surendered

redirect: surrendered

pos: hard-redirect


bewaring

forms:
beware (canonical)
bewares (third-person singular)
bewared (past)
bewared (past participle)
bewaring (present participle)

verb

bewar


decked

forms:
deck (canonical)
decks (third-person singular)
decked (past)
decked (past participle)
decking (present participle)

glosses: The past tense and past participle of deck.

deck


emigrant

forms:
emigrant (singular)
emigrants (plural)

glosses: An emigrant is a person who has left their own country to live in another country.

text: In the 1840's about 30,000 emigrants left Ireland every year.

ipa: /ˈɛmɪɡrənt/

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


intuitive

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

glosses: If something is intuitive, you can learn or understand it without thinking about it much.


enumeration

forms:
enumeration (singular)
enumerations (plural)

glosses: A detailed account, in which each thing is specially noticed.


emigrants

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

noun

emigrant


poncho

glosses: A poncho is a simple garment, like a blanket, with a hole for the head to go through.

text: He bought a poncho on his last trip to Bolivia.


approximately

etymology_text: approximate + -ly

ety-suffix

approximate

ly

expansion: approximate + -ly

glosses: Approximately is close to, but not exactly.

text: Approximately $150 million is to be spent on improvements.

hyphenation: ap‧prox‧i‧mate‧ly


hypobole

forms:
hypobole (singular)
hypoboles (plural)

glosses: A hypobole is an understatement to create emphasis or effect. It is the opposite of hyperbole.


hypoboles

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

noun

hypobole


alleviating

forms:
alleviate (canonical)
alleviates (third-person singular)
alleviated (past)
alleviated (past participle)
alleviating (present participle)

verb

alleviat


dead ends

forms:
dead end (singular)
dead ends (plural)

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

noun

dead end

dead ends


alleviate

glosses: If you alleviate pain, suffering, or an unpleasant condition, you make it less intense or severe.

text: Nowadays, a great deal can be done to alleviate back pain.


ample

forms:
ample (positive)
ampler (comparative)
amplest (superlative)

glosses: If there is an ample amount of something, there is enough of it and usually some extra.

text: There'll be ample opportunity to relax, swim and soak up some sun.

text: The design of the ground floor created ample space for a good-sized kitchen.

glosses: If you describe someone's figure as ample, you mean that they are large in a pleasant or attractive way.

text: ... a young mother with a baby resting against her ample bosom.

adj

ample

ampler

amplest


ambassador

forms:
ambassador (singular)
ambassadors (plural)

glosses: An ambassador is an important official who lives in a foreign country and represents his or her own country's interests there.

text: The German ambassador to Poland lives in Warsaw.

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

hyphenation: am‧bas‧sa‧dor


absent-minded

forms:
absent-minded (positive)
more absent-minded (comparative)
most absent-minded (superlative)

glosses: Someone who is absent-minded forgets things or does not pay attention to what they are doing, often because they are thinking about something else.

text: In his later life he became even more absent-minded.


node

forms:
node (singular)
nodes (plural)

glosses: A node is a centre point, where parts meet.

text: The railway station was the town's transport node where all the buses stopped.

text: The doctor examined his armpit to feel the lymph node.

glosses: A node is a swelling on a plant which becomes a new branch or leaf.

glosses: A node is the point on a wave where the amplitude is zero.

glosses: A node is the point on an orbit where it crosses a plane.

glosses: (computing) A node is a computer in the context of a network.


enumerations

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

noun

enumeration


accelerators

forms:
accelerator (singular)
accelerators (plural)

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

accelerator


resiliences

forms:
resilience (singular)
resiliences (plural)

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

resilience


architecture

forms:
architecture (singular)
architectures (plural)

glosses: Architecture is the art of planning, designing, and constructing buildings.

text: He studied classical architecture and design in Rome.

glosses: The architecture of a building is the style in which it is designed and constructed.

glosses: The architecture of something is its structure.

ipa: /ˈɑrkɪtɛktʃɚ/

hyphenation: ar‧chi‧tec‧ture


infection

forms:
infection (singular)
infections (plural)

glosses: An infection is when germs enter the body and make it sick.

text: He had a serious infection from the cut on his arm.

glosses: An infection is the state of being infected.

text: The doctor had to treat a person with a scabies infection.

ipa: /ɪnˈfɛkʃən/

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


pitched battles

forms:
pitched battle (singular)
pitched battles (plural)

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

pitched battle


hypothesizing

forms:
hypothesize (canonical)
hypothesizes (third-person singular)
hypothesized (past)
hypothesized (past participle)
hypothesizing (present participle)

verb

hypothesiz


armchair

forms:
armchair (singular)
armchairs (plural)

glosses: An armchair is a big comfortable chair which has a support on each side for your arms.

text: She was sitting in an armchair with blankets wrapped round her.


armchair

forms: armchair (positive)

glosses: An armchair critic, fan, or traveller knows about a particular subject from reading or hearing about it rather than from practical experience.

text: This great book is ideal for both the travelling supporter and the armchair fan.


abounds

forms:
abound (canonical)
abounds (third-person singular)
abounded (past)
abounded (past participle)
abounding (present participle)

glosses: The third-person singular form of abound.

abound


gulls

forms:
gull (singular)
gulls (plural)

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

noun

gull


superposition

forms: superposition (singular)

glosses: Superposition means one on top of the other, "placed above".

text: The superposition of rock strata means they are found one on top of the other.

superposition


farinaceous

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

ipa: /ˌfærəˈneɪʃəs/

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


lateral

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

glosses: An object's lateral refers to the side of it.

text: The lateral extension of the wall was 30 metres.

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


suzerains

forms:
suzerain (singular)
suzerains (plural)

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

suzerain


tactics

forms:
tactic (singular)
tactics (plural)

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

tactic


absurd

forms:
absurd (positive)
absurder (comparative)
absurdest (superlative)

glosses: Something absurd is ridiculous and stupid.

text: Saying that a fish cannot swim in water is just absurd.

text: It was absurd for him to start a business selling rusty nails!

ipa: /əbˈzɜːd/

ipa: /æbˈsɝd/

ipa: /æbˈzɝd/

adj

absurd

absurder

absurdest


decks

forms:
deck (singular)
decks (plural)

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

noun

deck


decks

forms:
deck (canonical)
decks (third-person singular)
decked (past)
decked (past participle)
decking (present participle)


autisms

forms:
autism (singular)
autisms (plural)

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

autism


abbreviate

forms:
abbreviate (canonical)
abbreviates (third-person singular)
abbreviated (past)
abbreviated (past participle)
abbreviating (present participle)

glosses: If you abbreviate something, especially a word or a piece of writing, you make it shorter.

text: Alexander abbreviated his first name to Alec.

text: It was an abbreviated document without detailed proposals.

verb

abbreviat


acquits

forms:
acquit (canonical)
acquits (third-person singular)
acquitted (past)
acquitted (past participle)
acquitting (present participle)

glosses: The third-person singular form of acquit.

acquit


resilience

forms:
resilience (singular)
resiliences (plural)

glosses: Resilience is the mental strength to recover from misfortune.

text: He needed resilience to continue working after the death of his wife.

glosses: Resilience is elasticity, how much something can stretch.

text: The scientists measured the resilience of the metal beam.

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


disorders

forms:
disorder (singular)
disorders (plural)

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

noun

disorder


shoreland

forms:
shoreland (singular)
shorelands (plural)

glosses: The land at the shore of a lake, sea, etc.


bewares

forms:
beware (canonical)
bewares (third-person singular)
bewared (past)
bewared (past participle)
bewaring (present participle)

glosses: The third-person singular form of beware.

verb

bewar


Turk

glosses: A Turk is someone who is from Turkey or someone who is part of the Turkic ethnic groups.

text: My father is a Turk, but my family has never visited Turkey.

ipa: /tɝk/

ipa: /tɜːk/


nightfall

forms:
nightfall (singular)
nightfalls (plural)

glosses: Nightfall is the end of the day; the beginning of night.

glosses: Nightfall is when it becomes completely dark outside because the sun went down.

text: Nightfall was 45 minutes after sunset this evening.


stringent

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

glosses: If the requirements of something is stringent, it is strict.

text: They have stringent quality requirements outlining what is acceptable.

ipa: /ˈstrɪndʒənt/


tactic

glosses: A tactic is an action or plan to achieve a specific goal.

glosses: A tactic is a maneuver used against an enemy.

ipa: /ˈtæktɪk/


dead end

forms:
dead end (singular)
dead ends (plural)

glosses: A dead end is a path or road that leads nowhere, which means that the only way back is to turn around.

text: That road on the left comes to a dead end.

noun

dead end


inscriptions

forms:
inscription (singular)
inscriptions (plural)

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

inscription


deathbeds

forms:
deathbed (singular)
deathbeds (plural)

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

deathbed


inoperative

forms: inoperative (positive)

glosses: When something is inoperative, it is not working or not functioning, usually because it is idle or has broken down.

text: This article shall be inoperative unless it shall have been ratified as an amendment to the Constitution by the legislatures of the several States.


nightfalls

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

nightfall


royal family

forms:
royal family (singular)
royal families (plural)

glosses: The family of the ruling sovereign of a country or state.

royal family

royal families


abortion

forms:
abortion (singular)
abortions (plural)

etymology_text: abort + -ion

ety-suffix

abort

ion

expansion: abort + -ion

glosses: If a woman has an abortion, her pregnancy is ended deliberately.

text: She's had two abortions.

enpr: əʹbôrshən


charlatan

forms:
charlatan (singular)
charlatans (plural)

glosses: A charlatan is someone who fools another person.

text: Do not pay that charlatan any more money.

ipa: /ˈʃɑrlətən/

ipa: /ˈʃɑːlətən/

hyphenation: char‧la‧tan


thrones

forms:
throne (singular)
thrones (plural)

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

noun

throne


bewared

glosses: The past tense and past participle of beware.


title: Megen

redirect: Megan


abounded

forms:
abound (canonical)
abounds (third-person singular)
abounded (past)
abounded (past participle)
abounding (present participle)

glosses: The past tense and past participle of abound.

verb

abound


sovereigns

forms:
sovereign (singular)
sovereigns (plural)

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

noun

sovereign


acquit

forms:
acquit (canonical)
acquits (third-person singular)
acquitted (past)
acquitted (past participle)
acquitting (present participle)

glosses: If someone is acquitted of a crime, they have been tried in a court and found not guilty.

text: He was acquitted of murder but found guilty of manslaughter.

enpr: ə-kwĭt

ipa: /əˈkwɪt/

hyphenation: ac‧quit


acquitted

glosses: The past tense and past participle of acquit.


pitched battle

forms:
pitched battle (singular)
pitched battles (plural)

glosses: A hostile battle involving prolonged fighting between opposing forces in close combat.

text: 1594, William Shakespeare, Taming of the Shrew, act 1, sc. 2:


aboriginal

forms:
aboriginal (singular)
aboriginals (plural)

glosses: An Aboriginal is an Australian aborigine.

text: He remained fascinated by the Aboriginals' tales.


aboriginal

forms: aboriginal (positive)

glosses: Aboriginal means belonging or relating to the Australian Aborigines.

text: They saw the Aboriginal rock art in the Northern Territory.

glosses: The aboriginal people or animals of a place are ones that have been there from the earliest known times or that were there before people or animals from other countries arrived.

text: Most Canadians acknowledge that the aboriginal people have had a rotten deal.


accomplishes

forms:
accomplish (canonical)
accomplishes (third-person singular)
accomplished (past)
accomplished (past participle)
accomplishing (present participle)

glosses: The third-person singular form of accomplish.

verb

accomplish

es


loaves

forms:
loaf (singular)
loaves (plural)

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

noun

loaf

loaves


duchesses

forms:
duchess (singular)
duchesss (plural)

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

duchess


apparently

etymology_text: apparent + -ly

ety-suffix

apparent

expansion: apparent + -ly

glosses: You use apparently to indicate that the information you are giving is something that you have heard or seen, but you are not certain that it is true.

text: Oil prices fell this week to their lowest level in fourteen months, apparently because of over-production.

text: Rudolph said no more. Apparently he was a man of few words.

enpr: ə-părʹənt-lē


gorgeous

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

text: All my classmates agreed that Bella was absolutely gorgeous.

text: The sunsets in Hawaii are gorgeous.

text: Israeli hummus is absolutely gorgeous.

ipa: /ˈɡɔːdʒəs/

ipa: /ˈɡɔrdʒəs/


overlords

forms:
overlord (singular)
overlords (plural)

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

noun

overlord


feast days

forms:
feast day (singular)
feast days (plural)

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

feast day


Sri Lanka

forms: Sri Lanka

audio: En-us-Sri Lanka.ogg


throne

glosses: A ceremonial chair for a sovereign, bishop or leader.

glosses: The position of a sovereign or leader itself.

text: The King is the only person that can sit on the throne.

ipa: [θrəʊn]

ipa: [θroʊn]


deathbed

forms:
deathbed (singular)
deathbeds (plural)

ipa: /ˈdɛθˌbɛd/


grocery

forms:
grocery (singular)
groceries (plural)

glosses: Groceries are food and other household supplies that you buy in a store.

text: I'm going to pick up some groceries. Do you need anything?

glosses: A grocery is a shop or store that sells groceries.

text: I'm going to the grocery to get some milk.

ipa: /ˈɡrəʊs(ə)ri/

ipa: /ˈɡroʊs(ə)ri/

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

groceries


scarcity

forms:
scarcity (singular)
scarcities (plural)

ipa: /ˈskɛrsɪti/

ipa: /ˈskɛəsɪti/

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

scarcities


shipwrecks

forms:
shipwreck (singular)
shipwrecks (plural)

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

shipwreck


shipwrecks

forms:
shipwreck (canonical)
shipwrecks (third-person singular)
shipwrecked (past)
shipwrecked (past participle)
shipwrecking (present participle)

glosses: The third-person singular form of shipwreck.


Shetland pony

forms:
Shetland pony (singular)
Shetland ponies (plural)

glosses: A Shetland pony is a very small pony originally bred on the Shetland Islands of Scotland that is a favorite with children

Shetland ponies


acclaimed

forms:
acclaim (canonical)
acclaims (third-person singular)
acclaimed (past)
acclaimed (past participle)
acclaiming (present participle)

glosses: The past tense and past participle of acclaim.

ipa: /əˈkleɪmd/

verb

acclaim


crossbows

forms:
crossbow (singular)
crossbows (plural)

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

noun

crossbow


construing

forms:
construe (canonical)
construes (third-person singular)
construed (past)
construed (past participle)
construing (present participle)

verb

constru

e


disloyal

forms: disloyal (positive)

text: It would be disloyal to let him go alone.

ipa: [dɪsˈlɔɪ(j)əɫ]

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


royal families

forms:
royal family (singular)
royal families (plural)

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


abounding

forms:
abound (canonical)
abounds (third-person singular)
abounded (past)
abounded (past participle)
abounding (present participle)


Megan

forms: Megan

ipa: /ˈmɛɡən/

ipa: /ˈmiːɡən/


feast day

glosses: A day allocated in celebration of a particular saint.

text: March 17 is the feast day of Saint Patrick.


abstraction

forms:
abstraction (singular)
abstractions (plural)

etymology_text: abstract + -ion

ety-suffix

abstract

expansion: abstract + -ion

glosses: An abstraction is a general idea rather than one relating to a particular object, person, or situation.

text: Is it worth fighting a big war, in the name of an abstraction like sovereignty?

text: A line that has no width is only an abstraction.

glosses: Abstraction is the state of being very deep in thought.

text: Andrew noticed her abstraction and asked, 'What's bothering you?'

glosses: Abstraction is the use of shapes and patterns in art.

text: Her paintings grew larger, and the images changed from abstraction to realism.


abbreviates

forms:
abbreviate (canonical)
abbreviates (third-person singular)
abbreviated (past)
abbreviated (past participle)
abbreviating (present participle)

glosses: The third-person singular form of abbreviate.

verb

abbreviat


livery

forms:
livery (singular)
liveries (plural)

glosses: Livery is the formal dress of an upper class servant, usually suggesting the 18th century with gold braid, gold buttons, waistcoat, pumps, powdered wig.

text: The Queen's footmen wear livery on formal occasions.

noun

liveries


Virginia

forms: Virginia

glosses: Virginia is a state in the United States of America (USA).

text: Richmond is the capital of Virginia.


hostages

forms:
hostage (singular)
hostages (plural)

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

hostage


abound

glosses: If things abound, or if a place abounds with things, there are very large numbers of them.

text: The book abounds with close-up images from space.

text: Fish abound in the ocean.


inverted

forms:
invert (canonical)
inverts (third-person singular)
inverted (past)
inverted (past participle)
inverting (present participle)

glosses: The past tense and past participle of invert.

verb

invert


suzerain

forms:
suzerain (singular)
suzerains (plural)

glosses: A dominant nation or state which has at least some control over the subordinate state.

ipa: /ˈs(j)uz(ə)rən/

hyphenation: su‧ze‧rain; suz‧erain


disparaged

forms:
disparage (canonical)
disparages (third-person singular)
disparaged (past)
disparaged (past participle)
disparaging (present participle)

glosses: The past tense and past participle of disparage.

disparag


archers

forms:
archer (singular)
archers (plural)

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

noun

archer


accomplishing

forms:
accomplish (canonical)
accomplishes (third-person singular)
accomplished (past)
accomplished (past participle)
accomplishing (present participle)


depositing

forms:
deposit (canonical)
deposits (third-person singular)
deposited (past)
deposited (past participle)
depositing (present participle)

verb

deposit


loafs

forms:
loaf (canonical)
loafs (third-person singular)
loafed (past)
loafed (past participle)
loafing (present participle)


franc

forms:
franc (singular)
francs (plural)

glosses: Franc is a unit of French currency before it was replaced by the euro.

ipa: /fræŋk/

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

homophones: frank Frank


construe

forms:
construe (canonical)
construes (third-person singular)
construed (past)
construed (past participle)
construing (present participle)

glosses: To translate and explain the meaning of something.

text: This court must construe according to the law.

ipa: /kənˈstruː/


deposited

glosses: The past tense and past participle of deposit.


inscription

forms:
inscription (singular)
inscriptions (plural)

glosses: An inscription is the words cut into or printed on a stone or other surface.

text: The inscription says he died 100 years ago.

ipa: /ɪnˈskrɪpʃən/

hyphenation: in‧scrip‧tion


line of march

forms:
line of march (singular)
lines of march (plural)

glosses: Course or direction taken by an army or body of troops in marching.

noun

line of march

lines of march


hypothesize

forms:
hypothesize (canonical)
hypothesizes (third-person singular)
hypothesized (past)
hypothesized (past participle)
hypothesizing (present participle)

etymology_text: hypothesis + -ize

ety-suffix

hypothesis

ize

expansion: hypothesis + -ize

glosses: To hypothesize is to make a guess, a hypothesis, based on the available evidence.

text: The detective hypothesized that the criminal could have escaped through the heating vents.

ipa: /hʌɪˈpɒθɪsʌɪz/

verb

hypothesiz


disparage

glosses: If you disparage someone, you make fun of or degrade them.

text: The Constitution shall not disparage others and put them in a bad light.

ipa: /dɪsˈpærɪd͡ʒ/

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


construed

glosses: The past tense and past participle of construe.


thingy

forms:
thingy (singular)
thingies (plural)

noun

thingy

thingies


duchess

forms:
duchess (singular)
duchesses (plural)

glosses: The female ruler of a duchy (where women can reign).

duchess

duchesses


construes

glosses: The third-person singular form of construe.


falooda

forms:
falooda (singular)
faloodas (plural)

glosses: Falooda is a cold and sweet drink that is rather popular in Southern Asia.


grocer

forms:
grocer (singular)
grocers (plural)

glosses: A grocer is a person who sells groceries (foodstuffs and household items) retail from a grocery.

text: John worked as a grocer when he was young.

ipa: /ˈɡrəʊsə/

ipa: /ˈɡroʊsər/

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

hyphenation: gro‧cer


avocados

forms:
avocado (singular)
avocados or avocadoes (plural)

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

avocado

avocados

avocadoes


randomly

etymology_text: random + -ly

ety-suffix

random

ly

expansion: random + -ly

text: He fired randomly at all the targets.

ipa: /ˈrændm̩li/

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


illegitimate

forms: illegitimate (positive)

text: They set up an illegitimate government.

text: He was an illegitimate child.

ipa: /ɪlɪˈdʒɪtɪmət/


overlord

forms:
overlord (singular)
overlords (plural)

text: The duke of Normandy's overlord was the king of France.

ipa: /ˈəʊvə(r)lɔː(r)d/

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

audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-overlord2.wav


inverting

forms:
invert (canonical)
inverts (third-person singular)
inverted (past)
inverted (past participle)
inverting (present participle)


resembles

forms:
resemble (canonical)
resembles (third-person singular)
resembled (past)
resembled (past participle)
resembling (present participle)

glosses: The third-person singular form of resemble.

verb

resembl


upstages

forms:
upstage (canonical)
upstages (third-person singular)
upstaged (past)
upstaged (past participle)
upstaging (present participle)

glosses: The third-person singular form of upstage.

upstag


Abdul

forms: Abdul

glosses: Abdul is an Islamic male given name. Abdul means servant in Arabic which is derived from the word Abd.


disparaging

forms:
disparage (canonical)
disparages (third-person singular)
disparaged (past)
disparaged (past participle)
disparaging (present participle)


vernacular

forms:
vernacular (singular)
vernaculars (plural)

glosses: Vernacular refers to the language spoken by the people in their own country.

text: The Bible was translated from Latin into the vernacular.

ipa: /vəˈnækjələ/

ipa: /vɚˈnækjəlɚ/

hyphenation: ver‧nac‧u‧lar


crossbow

forms:
crossbow (singular)
crossbows (plural)

ipa: /ˈkrɒsbəʊ/

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


loafing

forms:
loaf (canonical)
loafs (third-person singular)
loafed (past)
loafed (past participle)
loafing (present participle)

loaf


Georgia

forms: Georgia

glosses: Georgia is a state in the southern United States.


Sri Lankan

forms:
Sri Lankan (singular)
Sri Lankans (plural)

glosses: Someone that is a person who is from Sri Lanka or has a culture from Sri Lanka.

text: William Gopallawa was a famous Sri Lankan president


duchy

forms:
duchy (singular)
duchies (plural)

glosses: A dominion or region ruled by a duke or duchess.

text: She ruled the duchy while the duke was away.

ipa: /ˈdʌtʃi/

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

noun

duchies


monarch

forms:
monarch (singular)
monarchs (plural)

glosses: A monarch is the leader of a kingdom or empire.

text: The monarch of England is Elizabeth II.

glosses: A monarch butterfly is a kind of orange and black butterfly, Danaus plexippus.

ipa: /ˈmɒnək/

ipa: /ˈmɑnɚk/


inverts

glosses: The third-person singular form of invert.


disparages

glosses: The third-person singular form of disparage.


gobbledygook

forms:
gobbledygook (singular)
gobbledygooks (plural)

glosses: Something that is useless, incomprehensible or even nonsense writing.

text: Paggyita's story of the Yang Ying was gobbledygook, none of it was even true.

ipa: /ˈɡɒb(ə)ldɪˌɡuːk/


Fathima

forms: Fathima

glosses: Fathima is an Islamic female given name.


banishing

forms:
banish (canonical)
banishes (third-person singular)
banished (past)
banished (past participle)
banishing (present participle)

verb

banish


archer

forms:
archer (singular)
archers (plural)

glosses: An archer is a person who shoots an arrow from a bow or a bolt from a crossbow.

ipa: /ˈɑrtʃɚ/

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


illegitimacy

forms:
illegitimacy (singular)
illegitimacies (plural)

glosses: The state or condition of being illegitimate.

noun

illegitimacies


tights

forms: tights (plural)

glosses: Tights are pants worn by females that cover from the waist down to the feet.

ipa: /taɪts/

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


banish

glosses: To send someone away and to forbid him from returning.

text: The king banished the rebels.

enpr: băn'ĭsh

ipa: /ˈbænɪʃ/


tenderhearted

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

glosses: When someone is tenderhearted, the person is kind, gentle and cares about other people's troubles or distress.


disloyalty

forms:
disloyalty (singular)
disloyalties (plural)

disloyalties


deposits

forms:
deposit (canonical)
deposits (third-person singular)
deposited (past)
deposited (past participle)
depositing (present participle)

glosses: The third-person singular form of deposit.


deposits

forms:
deposit (singular)
deposits (plural)

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


autism

forms:
autism (singular)
autisms (plural)

glosses: Autism is a disorder where a person has limited communication, little social interaction, have very limited interests, and often do the same things repeatedly.

text: Because their child continually rocked back and forward without speaking, the parents thought it might be autism.

enpr: ôʹtĭzəm

ipa: /ˈɔːtɪzəm/

hyphenation: au‧ti‧sm


Hector

forms: Hector

ipa: /ˈhɛktə/

ipa: /ˈhɛktɚ/

hyphenation: Hec‧tor


moron

forms:
moron (singular)
morons (plural)

glosses: A moron is someone who is an idiot or is stupid.

text: It is not nice to call someone a moron.

ipa: /ˈmɔːrɒn/

ipa: /ˈmorɑn/

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


adoption

forms:
adoption (singular)
adoptions (plural)

glosses: An act of adopting a child by different parents so that the child becomes one of their own.

text: The dog was available for adoption, so I decided to take it.

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

hyphenation: adop‧tion


accomplish

forms:
accomplish (canonical)
accomplishes (third-person singular)
accomplished (past)
accomplished (past participle)
accomplishing (present participle)

glosses: If you accomplish something, you succeed in doing it.

text: They are skeptical about how much will be accomplished by legislation.

hyphenation: a‧ccom‧plish

verb

accomplish


enactment

forms:
enactment (singular)
enactments (plural)

glosses: A piece of legislation that has been authorized by a legislative person.

text: The enactment of this law will be a great step backward for our country.

text: The enactments passed by the council that year included sweeping reforms.


deck

forms:
deck (singular)
decks (plural)

text: The sailors had to clean the top deck.

glosses: A deck is the space between the floors of a ship.

text: The cannons were lined up in the gun deck.

glosses: A deck is something that is like the floor of a ship.

text: We sat on the top deck of the bus.

glosses: A deck is the outside floor of a house or building without a roof.

text: We went out onto the observation deck at the top of the tall building.

text: The bridge was closed while the deck was being repaired.

text: Before playing poker, you need to shuffle the deck.

ipa: /dɛk/


deck

forms:
deck (canonical)
decks (third-person singular)
decked (past)
decked (past participle)
decking (present participle)

glosses: When you deck something, you dress it up.

text: We had to deck out the room with ribbons for the party.

glosses: If you deck someone, you knock them down to the floor.

text: He was so angry, I thought he would deck me.


banished

glosses: The past tense and past participle of banish.


crew

forms:
crew (singular)
crews (plural)

glosses: A group of people working together to operate something such as a ship, factory, airplane, etc.

enpr: kroo͞

ipa: /kruː/


incomprehensible

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

glosses: If something is incomprehensible, it is very difficult or impossible to understand.

text: Alan's story was incomprehensible and made almost everyone confused by what he was saying.

ipa: /ˌɪnkɑmprəˈhɛnsɪbəl/

hyphenation: in‧com‧pre‧hen‧si‧ble


loafed

forms:
loaf (canonical)
loafs (third-person singular)
loafed (past)
loafed (past participle)
loafing (present participle)

glosses: The past tense and past participle of loaf.


patty

forms:
patty (singular)
patties (plural)

glosses: A patty is a flat circular piece of ground meat.

noun

patties


gravy

forms:
gravy (singular)
gravies (plural)

glosses: A thick sauce made from the fats or juices from meat and vegetables.

text: I added some gravy over my plate of rice to make it tastier.

text: To fulfill a dream, to be allowed to sweat over lonely labor, to be given a chance to create, is the meat and potatoes of life. The money is the gravy. -- Bette Davis

text: I have a lot of offers to play for appearance fees. It's nice gravy, but it's not a big motivating factor for me, to go here and there just for money. -- Mike Weir

ipa: /ˈɡreɪvi/

gravies


upstaged

forms:
upstage (canonical)
upstages (third-person singular)
upstaged (past)
upstaged (past participle)
upstaging (present participle)

glosses: The past tense and past participle of upstage.


acclaiming

forms:
acclaim (canonical)
acclaims (third-person singular)
acclaimed (past)
acclaimed (past participle)
acclaiming (present participle)

ipa: /əˈkleɪmɪŋ/

hyphenation: ac‧claim‧ing

verb

acclaim


acclaim

glosses: If someone or something is acclaimed, they are praised enthusiastically.

text: The group's debut album was immediately acclaimed a hip hop classic.

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


acclaim

forms:
acclaim (singular)
acclaims (plural)

glosses: Acclaim is public praise for someone or something.

text: All this equipment has received international acclaim from the specialist hi-fi press.


resembled

forms:
resemble (canonical)
resembles (third-person singular)
resembled (past)
resembled (past participle)
resembling (present participle)

glosses: The past tense and past participle of resemble.

ipa: /rɪˈzɛmbl̩d/

hyphenation: re‧sem‧bled


Welsh

forms: Welsh

glosses: Welsh is a language that is spoken in Wales.

text: I spoke Welsh.

ipa: /wɛlʃ/


Welsh

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

glosses: Something that is Welsh is related to Wales, its people or its culture.


mushroom

forms:
mushroom (singular)
mushrooms (plural)

glosses: A mushroom is a fungus that grows on soil or on dying wood.

text: While in the forest, make sure to look on dead trees for mushrooms!

ipa: /ˈmʌʃˌruːm/

hyphenation: mush‧room


avocado

forms:
avocado (singular)
avocados or avocadoes (plural)

glosses: An avocado is a type of fruit that is yellowish-green and mushy inside.

text: Avocados grow in South Africa.

glosses: A dark chartreuse colour, like the colour of the meat of an avocado.

ipa: /ævəˈkɑːdəʊ/

enpr: ăvəkäʹdō

ipa: /ɑvəˈkɑdoʊ/


abbreviated

forms:
abbreviate (canonical)
abbreviates (third-person singular)
abbreviated (past)
abbreviated (past participle)
abbreviating (present participle)

glosses: The past tense and past participle of abbreviate.

ipa: /əˈbriːvieɪtɪd/

abbreviat


abbreviated

forms: abbreviated (positive)

glosses: If something is abbreviated, it is shortened.

text: The abbreviated book cost less because it wasn't as big.


kite

forms:
kite (singular)
kites (plural)

glosses: A kite is an object made of light material that can use the wind to fly. They are held by a long string.

text: We went to the beach to fly a kite this summer.

text: Most kites eat dead animals, but some catch and eat mice and squirrels.

enpr: kīt

ipa: /kaɪt/


royalty

forms:
royalty (singular)
royalties (plural)

etymology_text: royal + -ty

ety-suffix

royal

ty

expansion: royal + -ty

glosses: The rank, status, power or authority of a monarch.

ipa: /ˈrɔɪəlti/

noun

royalties


title: ed

redirect: -ed


interregnum

forms:
interregnum (singular)
interregnums or interregna (plural)

glosses: The period of time between the end of a sovereign's reign and the beginning of the reign of another sovereign.

glosses: A period of time during which normal executive leadership is suspended or interrupted.

ipa: /ˌɪntərˈrɛɡnəm/

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

interregnum

interregna


prosperous

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

etymology_text: prosper + -ous

ety-suffix

prosper

ous

expansion: prosper + -ous

glosses: Something that is prosperous is financially successful.

text: Trading Babe Ruth was far more prosperous for the Yankees than for the Red Sox.

glosses: A person or thing that is prosperous has a lot of money.

text: He was raised in a very prosperous household.


rebellions

forms:
rebellion (singular)
rebellions (plural)

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

noun

rebellion


reliable

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

etymology_text: rely + -able

ety-suffix

rely

able

expansion: rely + -able

glosses: Something or someone that is reliable can be trusted or believed.

text: I told you computers are reliable, they finished the task in just 10 minutes when we took 5 hours for!

text: Gideon is very reliable if he says he'll do something, he'll do it.!

enpr: rĭ-līʹə-bəl

ipa: /rɪˈlaɪəbəl/


maturity

forms:
maturity (singular)
maturities (plural)

glosses: Maturity is the stage of being fully grown or developed; the stage of being mature. This means being able to reproduce.

ipa: /məˈt͡ʃʊərəti/

ipa: /məˈtʊərəti/

noun

maturities


Kuiper belt

forms: Kuiper belt

glosses: The Kuiper belt is a line of comets in the ridges of space.

hyphenation: Kui‧per‧belt


acclaims

forms:
acclaim (canonical)
acclaims (third-person singular)
acclaimed (past)
acclaimed (past participle)
acclaiming (present participle)

glosses: The third-person singular form of acclaim.

ipa: /əˈkleɪmz/


acclaims

forms:
acclaim (singular)
acclaims (plural)

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


hostage

forms:
hostage (singular)
hostages (plural)

glosses: A person given as a pledge or security for the performance of an action or act; that upon completion of that act the person is to be released.

hyphenation: hos‧tage


resemble

forms:
resemble (canonical)
resembles (third-person singular)
resembled (past)
resembled (past participle)
resembling (present participle)

glosses: If two things resemble each other, it means they are similar or look like one another.

text: Modern computers do not resemble computers from the 1970's.

ipa: /rɪˈzɛmb(ə)l/

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

hyphenation: re‧sem‧ble

verb

e


coachman

forms:
coachman (singular)
coachmen (plural)

glosses: A coachman is the person who drives a coach.

text: The family tipped the coachman when they arrived at their destination.

ipa: /ˈkoʊt͡ʃmən/

ipa: /ˈkəʊt͡ʃmən/

hyphenation: coach‧man

noun

coachmen


marshmallows

forms:
marshmallow (singular)
marshmallows (plural)

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

marshmallow


syrup

forms:
syrup (singular)
syrups (plural)

glosses: Syrup is a thick, sticky, sweet liquid made from sugar, water and flavourings.

text: I poured syrup on my waffles and pancakes.

hyphenation: sy‧rup


unoccupied

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

glosses: If something is unoccupied, it is not occupied.

text: The tenant left, making the house unoccupied.

glosses: If someone is unoccupied, they are not busy; they are free to do something.

text: My dad is unoccupied and is free to get us some ice cream.


hijab

forms:
hijab (singular)
hijabs (plural)

glosses: A hijab is a piece of material worn by Muslim women to cover their hair and neck.

ipa: /hɪˈdʒɑːb/

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

hyphenation: hi‧jab


scattered

forms: scattered (positive)

glosses: A group of items that are distributed randomly.

text: Her toys were scattered all over the floor.

text: The weather forecast says scattered showers this morning.

ipa: /ˈskætɚd/

ipa: /ˈskætəd/

hyphenation: scat‧tered


lychee

forms:
lychee (singular)
lychees (plural)

glosses: A lychee is a fruit, that comes from China. It is small with thick rough reddish skin, white flesh and a large seed inside.

text: Lychees are very sweet.

ipa: /ˈlaɪ̯t͡ʃiː/

ipa: /ˈlitʃiː/

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


characterizes

forms:
characterize (canonical)
characterizes (third-person singular)
characterized (past)
characterized (past participle)
characterizing (present participle)

glosses: The third-person singular form of characterize.

verb

characteriz


resembling

ipa: /rɪˈzɛmblɪŋ/

hyphenation: re‧sem‧bling


disorder

forms:
disorder (singular)
disorders (plural)

etymology_text: dis- + order

ety-prefix

dis

order

expansion: dis- + order

glosses: absence of order; a condition of not being arranged in an orderly manner.

text: The children left the room in disorder.

glosses: A disturbance of civic peace or of public order.

text: The class was thrown into disorder when the teacher left the room

text: The army tried to prevent disorder when claims the elections had been rigged grew stronger.

glosses: A physical or psychical dysfunction and, or, malfunction.

text: Bulimia is an eating disorder.

ipa: /dɪsˈɔː(r)də(r)/


repeaters

forms:
repeater (singular)
repeaters (plural)

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

noun

repeater


mega

forms: mega (positive)

text: This ant experiment will be mega cool!


livid

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

glosses: When someone is livid, he/she is very angry, sometimes can even become irrational.

text: My friend is livid because someone stole his candy bar.


inappropriate

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

glosses: If something that is inappropriate, it is not appropriate, something that is not needed.

text: Your act of throwing food away was inappropriate.

hyphenation: in‧ap‧pro‧pri‧ate


accomplished

forms:
accomplish (canonical)
accomplishes (third-person singular)
accomplished (past)
accomplished (past participle)
accomplishing (present participle)

glosses: The past tense and past participle of accomplish.

verb

es


accomplished

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

glosses: If someone is accomplished at something, they are very good at it.

text: She is an accomplished painter.


pineapple

forms:
pineapple (singular)
pineapples (plural)

glosses: A pineapple is a large green-and-brown fruit with yellow flesh.

text: I was looking forward to eating my pineapple, but I had a lot of trouble cutting it open.


ridges

forms:
ridge (singular)
ridges (plural)

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

noun

ridge


ridges

forms:
ridge (canonical)
ridges (third-person singular)
ridged (past)
ridged (past participle)
ridging (present participle)

glosses: The third-person singular form of ridge.

verb

ridg


spotless

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

etymology_text: spot + -less

ety-suffix

spot

less

expansion: spot + -less

glosses: If something is spotless, it has no spots on it; it is not dirty.

text: You did a good job cleaning the house! It is spotless!


halal

forms: halal (positive)

glosses: Food that Muslims can eat according to the Islamic religious practice.

ipa: /həˈlɑːl/

ipa: /həˈlæl/


revert

forms:
revert (canonical)
reverts (third-person singular)
reverted (past)
reverted (past participle)
reverting (present participle)

glosses: When you revert, you are undoing an action.

enpr: rə-vûrtʹ

ipa: /rɨˈvɝt/

ipa: /rɨˈvɜːt/

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

hyphenation: re‧vert


unhelpful

forms: unhelpful (positive)

glosses: If something is unhelpful, it is not useful or helpful.

text: Most of his contributions are unhelpful.


pineapples

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

noun

pineapple


characterized

glosses: The past tense and past participle of characterize.


delicious

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

glosses: When a food is delicious, it is tasty or tastes very nice.

text: The lasagna the school cooks is delicious and the children loved it a lot.

ipa: /dɪˈlɪʃəs/

ipa: /dəˈlɪʃəs/


obituaries

forms:
obituary (singular)
obituaries (plural)

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

obituary

obituaries


wintry

forms:
wintry (positive)
wintrier (comparative)
wintriest (superlative)

etymology_text: winter + -y

ety-suffix

winter

y

expansion: winter + -y

glosses: If it is wintry, it feels like winter and the cold.

text: It feels wintry even when it is just autumn.

adjective

wintry

wintrier

wintriest


-ed

forms: -ed

pos: suffix

glosses: If you used "ed" after a word, that means it has already happened. This is used to form past tense of verbs.

text: You were banned from eating lunch here.


meaningful

forms: meaningful (positive)

text: Your contributions to Wiktionary are meaningful.


best man

forms:
best man (singular)
best men (plural)

glosses: In western culture, the best man is the groom's attendant at a wedding.

text: John was best man at his brother's wedding.

noun

best man

best men


thingies

forms:
thingy (singular)
thingies (plural)

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

thingy

thingies


dodos

forms:
dodo (singular)
dodos (plural)

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

dodo


aberrant

forms:
aberrant (singular)
aberrants (plural)

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

audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-aberrant2.wav


aberrant

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

glosses: When something is aberrant, it is straying from the right or usual course; wandering.

glosses: Something that is varying from ordinary type; abnormal; exceptional.


insightful

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

glosses: If something is insightful, then it has insight; it gives you a better understanding of a topic or concept.


characterizing

forms:
characterize (canonical)
characterizes (third-person singular)
characterized (past)
characterized (past participle)
characterizing (present participle)


pentagons

forms:
pentagon (singular)
pentagons (plural)

glosses: More than one pentagon; plural of pentagon

pentagon

pentagons


quadrilaterals

forms:
quadrilateral (singular)
quadrilaterals (plural)

glosses: More than one quadrilateral; plural of quadrilateral

quadrilateral

quadrilaterals


thingamabob

forms:
thingamabob (singular)
thingamabobs (plural)

glosses: Thingamabob is used for (usually) weird inventions or things; doohickey


hijabs

forms:
hijab (singular)
hijabs (plural)

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

hijab


colonization

forms:
colonization (singular)
colonizations (plural)

etymology_text: colonize + -ation

ety-suffix

colonize

ation

expansion: colonize + -ation

glosses: Colonization is when a new colony is created by a country elsewhere.

text: The British colonization in the 17th-18th century made the British Empire one of the largest in the world.


deposit

forms:
deposit (canonical)
deposits (third-person singular)
deposited (past)
deposited (past participle)
depositing (present participle)

glosses: If you deposit something, you put it down in a place.

glosses: If you deposit money, you put it into a bank account.

text: I deposited £50 in my bank account.

glosses: If you deposit a coin or a note, you put it into a machine to buy something.

ipa: /dɪˈpɒzɪt/

ipa: /dɨˈpɑzɪt/

hyphenation: de‧po‧sit


deposit

forms:
deposit (singular)
deposits (plural)

glosses: A deposit is something put down or left behind.

glosses: A deposit is money or other valuables left in a bank to be kept safe.

text: I put my jewelry in my safe deposit.

glosses: A deposit is a part payment for an item.

text: I paid a £50 deposit for my new television.

glosses: A deposit is a security left when borrowing something.

glosses: A deposit is a layer of matter that is found under a surface.


ajar

forms: ajar (positive)

glosses: If a door or window is ajar, it is slightly open.

ipa: /əˈd͡ʒɑː/

ipa: /əˈd͡ʒɑr/


popsicles

forms:
popsicle (singular)
popsicles (plural)

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

noun

popsicle


mince

forms:
mince (singular)
minces (plural)

glosses: Mince is meat that has been chopped into very small pieces.

text: That mince that I just gave you was pork.

ipa: /mɪns/

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


mince

forms:
mince (canonical)
minces (third-person singular)
minced (past)
minced (past participle)
mincing (present participle)

glosses: To mince something, you chop it into very small piece to make mince.

verb

minc


repeater

forms:
repeater (singular)
repeaters (plural)

glosses: An electronic device that takes in a weak signal and makes it stronger.

ipa: rɪˈpiːtə/


loaf

forms:
loaf (singular)
loaves (plural)

glosses: (also loaf of bread) A block of bread after baking.

ipa: /ləʊf/

ipa: /loʊf/

noun

loaf

loaves


loaf

forms:
loaf (canonical)
loafs (third-person singular)
loafed (past)
loafed (past participle)
loafing (present participle)

text: loaf about, loaf around.


tsunami

forms:
tsunami (singular)
tsunamis or tsunami (plural)

glosses: A tsunami is a very large water wave formed in the ocean and can destroy buildings and people. Usually due to an earthquake or volcanic eruption.

ipa: /suːˈnɑːmi/

enpr: so͞o-nä'mi

ipa: /suˈnɑmi/

ipa: /suˈnæmi/

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

tsunami


dodo

forms:
dodo (singular)
dodos (plural)

glosses: A dodo is an extinct bird of the Aves family from Mauritius.


syrups

forms:
syrup (singular)
syrups (plural)

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

syrup


spectacular

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

glosses: When something is spectacular, it is very amazing and fascinating, making people surprised and excited about it.

text: The bridge is spectacular! I have never seen something like it before!

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

hyphenation: spec‧tac‧u‧lar


patiently

etymology_text: patient + -ly

ety-suffix

patient

ly

expansion: patient + -ly

glosses: Doing something patiently means to do it in a patient manner.

text: Jimmy waited patiently for his mother to bring him his favorite toy.

ipa: /ˈpeɪʃəntli/

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

hyphenation: pa‧tient‧ly


mushrooms

forms:
mushroom (singular)
mushrooms (plural)

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

noun

mushroom


sovereign

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

glosses: A country that is sovereign is able to control itself without the influence of other countries.

text: Taiwan is recognized as a sovereign state by few countries.

glosses: Something that is sovereign has supreme power.

ipa: /ˈsɑv(ə)rɪn/

hyphenation: sov‧e‧reign


sovereign

forms:
sovereign (singular)
sovereigns (plural)

glosses: A sovereign is a monarch or the ruler of a country.

glosses: A sovereign is a person who is not a subject to a ruler or nation.

glosses: A sovereign is a gold coin formerly used in the United Kingdom.


unreliable

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

etymology_text: un- + reliable

ety-prefix

un

reliable

expansion: un- + reliable

glosses: When something or someone is unreliable, it cannot be trusted.

text: He is an unreliable source of this murder case as he is a good friend of the suspect and would then try to defend him.

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

hyphenation: un‧re‧li‧a‧ble


greedy

forms:
greedy (positive)
greedier (comparative)
greediest (superlative)

etymology_text: greed + -y

ety-suffix

greed

expansion: greed + -y

glosses: A greedy person is someone who wants money or other items for himself and does not like to share.

text: My aunt is greedy because she keeps talking about money.

ipa: /ˈɡriːdi/

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

adj

greedy

greedier

greediest


paranoid

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

glosses: When someone is being paranoid, they feel worried and have fear about something.

text: Stop being so paranoid; nobody's following us.

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

hyphenation: para‧noid

expansion: [POS TABLE]


overload

forms:
overload (canonical)
overloads (third-person singular)
overloaded (past)
overloaded (past participle)
overloading (present participle)

etymology_text: over- + load

ety-prefix

over

load

expansion: over- + load

glosses: To load many items in something that it exceeds the limit.

text: The lift was too overloaded that it refused to close the doors until someone got out of it.

ipa: /əʊvəˈləʊd/

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


reassign

forms:
reassign (canonical)
reassigns (third-person singular)
reassigned (past)
reassigned (past participle)
reassigning (present participle)

etymology_text: re- + assign

re

assign

expansion: re- + assign

glosses: If someone reassigns something, they change a persons job from one thing to another, usually through someone of higher power than them.

text: Mrs. Bullium reassigned Caper from being a software developer to becoming a system administrator.


quadrilateral

forms:
quadrilateral (singular)
quadrilaterals (plural)

glosses: A quadrilateral is a geometric shape having four sides.

text: A rectangle is a quadrilateral.

enpr: kwäd'-rə-lăt′-ər-əl


administrators

forms:
administrator (singular)
administrators (plural)

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

noun

administrator


ferocious

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

glosses: When someone is ferocious, they are livid, scary or mad.

text: Tigers are ferocious.

ipa: /fəˈrəʊʃəs/

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


attackers

forms:
attacker (singular)
attackers (plural)

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

attacker


disposable

forms:
disposable (singular)
disposables (plural)

etymology_text: dispose + -able

ety-suffix

dispose

able

expansion: dispose + -able

glosses: A disposable is an object that is designed to be used once and then thrown away.

ipa: /dɪsˈpəʊzəbl̩/

ipa: /dɪsˈpoʊzəbl̩/

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

hyphenation: dis‧pos‧a‧ble


disposable

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

glosses: When something is disposable, it is made to be used for a short time and then thrown away.

text: He wiped his mouth with a disposable wipe.


irresponsible

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

etymology_text: ir- + responsible

ety-prefix

ir

responsible

expansion: ir- + responsible

glosses: When someone is irresponsible, he/she is not responsible and does not care about anything that goes wrong.

text: My uncle's friend is irresponsible. He does not care about the damage he caused because of him misbehaving in public, causing his company to suffer because of this.

ipa: /ˌɪrɪˈspɒnsəbl/

ipa: /ɪrəˈspɑnsɪbəl/


monarchs

forms:
monarch (singular)
monarchs (plural)

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

noun

monarch


rebellion

forms:
rebellion (singular)
rebellions (plural)

glosses: Armed resistance to an established government or ruler.

text: The government is doing its best to stop rebellion in the country.

glosses: Defiance of authority or control; the act of rebeling.

text: Having a tattoo was Mathilda's personal rebellion against her parents.

glosses: An organized, forceful subversion of the law of the land in an attempt to replace it with another form of government.

text: The army general led a successful rebellion and became president of the country.

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


flush

forms:
flush (canonical)
flushes (third-person singular)
flushed (past)
flushed (past participle)
flushing (present participle)

glosses: To flush is to have your skin turn red from fever or emotion.

text: The sick boy's face was flushed.

glosses: To flush is to clean with a sudden flow of water.

text: Heavy rain would flush the rubbish out of the drain.

text: He forgot to flush the toilet after using it.

ipa: /ˈflʌʃ/

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

verb

flush

es


flush

forms: flush (positive)

text: The tiles had to be flush with each other so that people would not trip over them.

glosses: (game) Flush cards are all of the same suit.

text: In poker he was dealt five hearts, a flush.


stubborner

forms:
stubborn (positive)
stubborner (comparative)
stubbornest (superlative)

glosses: The comparative form of stubborn; more stubborn.

adjective

stubborn

stubborner

stubbornest


forced marches

forms:
forced march (singular)
forced marches (plural)

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

noun

forced march

forced marches


councilman

forms:
councilman (singular)
councilmen (plural)

glosses: A councilman is a male member of a council, usually a city council.

councilman

councilmen


unappreciated

forms: unappreciated (positive)

etymology_text: un- + appreciated

ety-prefix

appreciated

expansion: un- + appreciated

glosses: Unappreciated means to not being appreciated

text: He felt unappreciated when the teacher yelled at him.


characterize

forms:
characterize (canonical)
characterizes (third-person singular)
characterized (past)
characterized (past participle)
characterizing (present participle)

etymology_text: character + -ize

ety-suffix

character

ize

expansion: character + -ize

glosses: To see someone or something a particular way (often negative).

glosses: To determine the characteristics of someone or something.

ipa: /ˈkɛrəktəraɪz/

ipa: /ˈkærəktəraɪz/

hyphenation: char‧ac‧ter‧ize

verb

characteriz

e


toddler

forms:
toddler (singular)
toddlers (plural)

glosses: A toddler is a very young child, about two or three years old.


obituary

forms:
obituary (singular)
obituaries (plural)

glosses: An obituary is a death notice with information of someone who has died, usually published in a newspaper or in a booklet, given to people at funerals.

text: His obituary was published yesterday, but did not have the cause of his death.

text: At Annie's funeral, a worker from the funeral home, were giving out obituaries to everyone.

ipa: /əˈbɪtjʊərɪ/

ipa: /əˈbɪtʃuˌɜri/

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

noun

obituaries


irrational

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

etymology_text: ir- + rational

ety-prefix

rational

expansion: ir- + rational

glosses: If something is irrational is it not rational, or it is nonsensical.

text: That decision was completely irrational.

enpr: ĭră'sh(ə)nəl

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


nonviolent

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

etymology_text: non- + violent

non

violent

expansion: non- + violent

glosses: When something is nonviolent, it is not violent and usually peaceful.

text: Mahatma Gandhi and his protesters protested in a nonviolent way.


recite

forms:
recite (canonical)
recites (third-person singular)
recited (past)
recited (past participle)
reciting (present participle)

text: I will recite my poem tomorrow.

ipa: /rɪˈsaɪt/

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

verb

recit


administrator

forms:
administrator (singular)
administrators (plural)

glosses: An administrator is a person who takes authority over someone or something.

text: Congratulations to Max, he is now an administrator of Wiktionary!

ipa: /ədˈmɪnɪstreɪtə/

ipa: /ədˈmɪnɪstreɪtɚ/


bleach

forms:
bleach (canonical)
bleaches (third-person singular)
bleached (past)
bleached (past participle)
bleaching (present participle)

glosses: Bleaching something means to make it become white or even colorless.

text: She bleached her brown hair so she could impersonate the blonde Marilyn Monroe in the talent show.

text: I will bleach my white shirts to take out those ink stains.

text: Bleaching your white shirts will take out ink stains.

enpr: blēch

ipa: /bliːt͡ʃ/

bleach


bleach

forms:
bleach (singular)
bleaches (plural)

glosses: Bleach is a chemical used to make things white.

text: I used a cup of bleach in the washing machine.

noun

bleaches


stubbornest

glosses: The superlative form of stubborn; most stubborn.


thingamabobs

forms:
thingamabob (singular)
thingamabobs (plural)

thingamabob

thingamabobs


showman

forms:
showman (singular)
showmen (plural)

glosses: A showman is a person who organizes a show or theatrical event.

text: P. T. Barnum was an American showman.

showman

showmen


baffle

forms:
baffle (canonical)
baffles (third-person singular)
baffled (past)
baffled (past participle)
baffling (present participle)

glosses: When you are baffled by something, it shows that it is confusing.

text: I am baffled by this puzzle and I cannot solve it.

ipa: /ˈbæfl̩/

hyphenation: baf‧fle

verb

baffl


cha-cha

forms:
cha-cha (singular)
cha-chas (plural)

glosses: Cha-cha refers to the famous Latin American dance.


forced march

glosses: Soldiers, especially infantry, moving at a faster than normal, even tiring pace.


lynchings

forms:
lynching (singular)
lynchings (plural)

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

noun

lynching


revulsion

forms:
revulsion (singular)
revulsions (plural)

glosses: Loathing, aversion, disgust, abhorrence.

text: I was overcome with revulsion when I heard of what happened.

ipa: /rɪˈvʌlʃən/

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

hyphenation: re‧vul‧sion


marshmallow

forms:
marshmallow (singular)
marshmallows (plural)

glosses: A marshmallow is a plant from Africa (Althaea officinalis).

text: The root of the marshmallow plant is used to make confections.

glosses: A marshmallow is a sweet, fluffy food that is white in color and cylindrical in shape.

text: The kids love having marshmallows in hot chocolate drinks

ipa: /mɑːʃˈmaləʊ/


patties

forms:
patty (singular)
patties (plural)

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

patty

patties


wrinkle

forms:
wrinkle (singular)
wrinkles (plural)

glosses: A wrinkle is a line or crease on old and fragile skin, usually caused by old age or tiredness.

text: My grandfather had a lot of wrinkles on his face.

ipa: /ˈrɪŋkl̩/

hyphenation: wrink‧le


wrinkle

forms:
wrinkle (canonical)
wrinkles (third-person singular)
wrinkled (past)
wrinkled (past participle)
wrinkling (present participle)

glosses: To wrinkle is to make lines, creases, or folds on a smooth surface.

text: When he smiled, his face wrinkled.

verb

wrinkl


upstage

forms: upstage (singular)

etymology_text: up + stage

compound

up

stage

expansion: up + stage

glosses: The part of a stage that is farthest from the audience or camera.

ipa: /ʌpˈsteɪd͡ʒ/


upstage

forms: upstage

text: The actor turned and walked upstage.


upstage

forms: upstage (positive)

text: The play had no upstage props.


upstage

forms:
upstage (canonical)
upstages (third-person singular)
upstaged (past)
upstaged (past participle)
upstaging (present participle)

glosses: To make people pay attention to you instead of to another person.

text: The dog did tricks and upstaged the speaker.

glosses: To force other actors to face away from the audience by moving upstage.

verb

upstag


embellish

forms:
embellish (canonical)
embellishes (third-person singular)
embellished (past)
embellished (past participle)
embellishing (present participle)

glosses: When you embellish something, you decorate it.

text: The picture frame was embellished with tiny gold angels.

text: Don't embellish your excuse for being late with tall tales about your mother being sick, your boss firing you, and your dog running away from home!

ipa: /ɪmˈbɛlɪʃ/

embellish


provoke

forms:
provoke (canonical)
provokes (third-person singular)
provoked (past)
provoked (past participle)
provoking (present participle)

text: Your bad behavior provoked me to drop out of the club.

text: Don't provoke your parents into taking away your privileges by behaving badly.

ipa: /prəˈvəʊk/

ipa: /prəˈvoʊk/

provok


projectiles

forms:
projectile (singular)
projectiles (plural)

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

noun

projectile


stubborn

forms:
stubborn (positive)
stubborner (comparative)
stubbornest (superlative)

glosses: Refusing to move or to change one's opinion; obstinate.

text: He is very stubborn about his beliefs.

text: Jack is always stubborn at the dinner table.

ipa: /ˈstʌbɚn/

hyphenation: stub‧born

adj

stubborn


diabolical

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

glosses: If someone or something is diabolical, it is very evil or cruel.

text: That math test was diabolical! I only knew the answers to three of the questions!

glosses: If someone or something is diabolical, it is related to the devil; it is satanic.

ipa: [ˌdaɪəˈbɒlɪkəɫ]

ipa: [ˌdaɪəˈbɑlɪkəɫ]

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


flapjack

forms:
flapjack (singular)
flapjacks (plural)

ipa: /ˈflæpd͡ʒæk/


treaties

forms:
treaty (singular)
treaties (plural)

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

noun

treaty

treaties


pentagon

forms:
pentagon (singular)
pentagons (plural)

glosses: A pentagon is a shape that has five sides.

enpr: pĕn'təgän

enpr: pĕn'təgən

hyphenation: pen‧ta‧gon


shorelands

forms:
shoreland (singular)
shorelands (plural)

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

shoreland


fire screen

forms:
fire screen (singular)
fire screens (plural)

glosses: A fireplace accessory placed on the hearth to shield people from direct heat and to prevent sparks from bursting into the room.


lynching

forms:
lynch (canonical)
lynches (third-person singular)
lynched (past)
lynched (past participle)
lynching (present participle)

ipa: /lɪntʃɪŋ/

verb

lynch


lynching

forms:
lynching (singular)
lynchings (plural)

glosses: A lynching is an act of violence given to somebody by a mob of people.


cabby

forms:
cabby (singular)
cabbies (plural)

etymology_text: cab + -y

ety-suffix

cab

y

expansion: cab + -y

glosses: One who drives a vehicle for hire such as a taxi cab driver.

text: The cabby sped through rush hour traffic.

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

noun

cabbies


devious

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

glosses: When someone is devious, that person is not honest and frank.

text: Paul is being devious about the missing funds in the company's reserves, something is not right here.


entertainer

forms:
entertainer (singular)
entertainers (plural)

glosses: An entertainer is a person who entertains or amuses other people.

text: There will be many entertainers at the State Fair this year.

text: I want to be an entertainer when I grow up.

ipa: /ɛntəˈteɪnə/

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


flushing

forms:
flush (canonical)
flushes (third-person singular)
flushed (past)
flushed (past participle)
flushing (present participle)

verb

flush

es


synthetic

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

glosses: When something is synthetic, it is artificial, fake, man-made or not genuine.

ipa: /sɪnˈθetɪk/


jaunt

forms:
jaunt (singular)
jaunts (plural)

glosses: When you take a jaunt, you take a short trip, usually for pleasure.

text: We took a jaunt to the beach.

text: My jaunts about town led to meeting many interesting people.

ipa: /ˈdʒɔːnt/

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


jaunt

forms:
jaunt (canonical)
jaunts (third-person singular)
jaunted (past)
jaunted (past participle)
jaunting (present participle)

glosses: If you jaunt, you take a short trip, usually for pleasure.


fealties

forms:
fealty (singular)
fealties (plural)

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

noun

fealty

fealties


threatening

forms:
threaten (canonical)
threatens (third-person singular)
threatened (past)
threatened (past participle)
threatening (present participle)

enpr: thrĕt′ənĭŋ

hyphenation: threat‧en‧ing

verb

threaten


threatening

forms: threatening (positive)

glosses: Threatening means something is bad or has threat.

text: She goes around the block threatening to commit suicide.


humbugs

forms:
humbug (canonical)
humbugs (third-person singular)
humbugged (past)
humbugged (past participle)
humbugging (present participle)

humbug

g


interregnums

forms:
interregnum (singular)
interregnums or interregna (plural)

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

ipa: /ˌɪntərˈrɛɡnəmz/

noun

interregnum


kites

forms:
kite (singular)
kites (plural)

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

ipa: /kaɪts/

kite


adoptions

forms:
adoption (singular)
adoptions (plural)

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

adoption


Sri Lankans

forms:
Sri Lankan (singular)
Sri Lankans (plural)

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

Sri Lankan


colonizations

forms:
colonization (singular)
colonizations (plural)

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

colonization


Shetland ponies

forms:
Shetland pony (singular)
Shetland ponies (plural)

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

Shetland pony

Shetland ponies


royalties

forms:
royalty (singular)
royalties (plural)

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

royalty

royalties


liveries

forms:
livery (singular)
liveries (plural)

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

livery

liveries


francs

forms:
franc (singular)
francs (plural)

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

franc


Northman

forms:
Northman (singular)
Northmen (plural)

glosses: A person from Scandinavia, especially one who raided into Britain and western Europe between the eighth and eleventh centuries; a Viking.

text: A common medieval prayer was: "From the fury of the Northmen deliver us, O Lord."

Northman

Northmen


dressing room

forms:
dressing room (singular)
dressing rooms (plural)

glosses: A dressing room is a place in a theatre, movie studio, television studio, etc. where a performer changes from his street dress into a costume. A locker room is sometimes called a dressing room.

text: He put on his costume and make up in a dressing room on the lower level of the theatre.

text: Her dressing room was crowded with adoring fans after every performance.

dressing room

dressing rooms


colonisations

forms:
colonisation (singular)
colonisations (plural)

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

colonisation


flushed

forms:
flush (canonical)
flushes (third-person singular)
flushed (past)
flushed (past participle)
flushing (present participle)

glosses: The past tense and past participle of flush.


pew

forms:
pew (singular)
pews (plural)

glosses: A bench-like piece of furniture in a house of worship for members of the congregation.

text: I sat in the front pew of the church for my grandson's wedding.

text: All the pews were filled on Easter Day.

ipa: /pjuː/

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


lychees

forms:
lychee (singular)
lychees (plural)

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

lychee


attacker

forms:
attacker (singular)
attackers (plural)

glosses: An attacker is someone who attacks someone else, usually out of violence.

text: A hacker is an attacker that tries to enter other people's systems illegally.

glosses: An attacker is a player who tries to score goals or points for their own team.

ipa: /əˈtækɚ/


disloyalties

forms:
disloyalty (singular)
disloyalties (plural)

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

disloyalty

disloyalties


gobbledygooks

forms:
gobbledygook (singular)
gobbledygooks (plural)

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

gobbledygook


interregna

forms:
interregnum (singular)
interregnums or interregna (plural)

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

ipa: /ˌɪntərˈrɛɡnə/


toddlers

forms:
toddler (singular)
toddlers (plural)

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

toddler


Northmen

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


determination

forms:
determination (singular)
determinations (plural)

glosses: The act of determining, or the state of being determined.

glosses: Direction or tendency to a certain end; impulsion.

glosses: The quality of mind which reaches definite conclusions; decision of character; resoluteness.

glosses: The state of decision; a judicial decision, or ending of controversy.

glosses: That which is determined upon; result of deliberation; purpose; conclusion formed; fixed resolution.

ipa: /dɪˌtɜːmɪˈneɪʃən/


reopening

forms:
reopen (canonical)
reopens (third-person singular)
reopened (past)
reopened (past participle)
reopening (present participle)

verb

reopen


reopened

glosses: The past tense and past participle of reopen.


statuettes

forms:
statuette (singular)
statuettes (plural)

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

noun

statuette

statuettes


anytime

forms: anytime

pos: det

text: I have no plans this weekend; I can paint the house anytime.


jure uxoris

forms:
jure uxoris (positive)
Superlative–

text: For example, Robert Bruce, 6th Lord of Annandale was titled Earl of Carrick jure uxoris.

adverb

jure uxoris


mincing

forms:
mince (canonical)
minces (third-person singular)
minced (past)
minced (past participle)
mincing (present participle)

verb

minc

e


reopens

glosses: The third-person singular form of reopen.


crews

forms:
crew (singular)
crews (plural)

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

noun

crew


premiered

forms:
premiere (canonical)
premieres (third-person singular)
premiered (past)
premiered (past participle)
premiering (present participle)

glosses: The past tense and past participle of premiere.

verb

premier


gravies

forms:
gravy (singular)
gravies (plural)

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

noun

gravy

gravies


impresario

forms:
impresario (singular)
impresarios or impresari (plural)

glosses: An impresario is a person who organizes shows, theatrical events and performers.

ipa: /ˌɪmprɪˈsɑːrɪəʊ/

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

impresari


sons-in-law

forms:
sons-in-law (singular)
sons-in-law or son-in-laws (plural)

glosses: The plural form of son-in-law; more than one (kind of) son-in-law.

sons-in-law

son-in-laws


reassignments

forms:
reassignment (singular)
reassignments (plural)

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

reassignment


lynch

forms:
lynch (canonical)
lynches (third-person singular)
lynched (past)
lynched (past participle)
lynching (present participle)

glosses: To lynch someone is to hang them and is usually done by a mob of people.

text: Do not lynch her, it is against the law!

ipa: /lɪntʃ/

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

verb

lynch


advisories

forms:
advisory (singular)
advisories (plural)

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

noun

advisory

advisories


wintrier

forms:
wintry (positive)
wintrier (comparative)
wintriest (superlative)

glosses: The comparative form of wintry; more wintry.

adjective

wintry

wintrier