Specialist dictionary

Parts of speech

Nouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs, pronouns, determiners, conjunctions and other grammatical classes.

Core vocabulary

106 featured terms

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Accessoryadjective

furnishing added support; "an ancillary pump"; "an adjuvant discipline to forms of mysticism"; "The mind and emotions are auxiliary to each othe…

Adjectiveadjective

relating to court practice and procedure as opposed to the principles of law; "adjective law"

Adjunctadjective

furnishing added support; "an ancillary pump"; "an adjuvant discipline to forms of mysticism"; "The mind and emotions are auxiliary to each othe…

Adjuvantadjective

furnishing added support; "an ancillary pump"; "an adjuvant discipline to forms of mysticism"; "The mind and emotions are auxiliary to each othe…

Ancillaryadjective

furnishing added support; "an ancillary pump"; "an adjuvant discipline to forms of mysticism"; "The mind and emotions are auxiliary to each othe…

Appurtenantadjective

furnishing added support; "an ancillary pump"; "an adjuvant discipline to forms of mysticism"; "The mind and emotions are auxiliary to each othe…

Attributiveadjective

of adjectives; placed before the nouns they modify; "‘red’ is an attributive adjective in ‘a red apple’"

Auxiliaryadjective

furnishing added support; "an ancillary pump"; "an adjuvant discipline to forms of mysticism"; "The mind and emotions are auxiliary to each othe…

Auxiliary verbnoun

a verb that combines with another verb in a verb phrase to help form tense, mood, voice, or condition of the verb it combines with

Causal factornoun

a determining or causal element or factor; "education is an important determinant of one's outlook on life"

Co-ordinatornoun

someone whose task is to see that work goes harmoniously

Commonadjective

being or characteristic of or appropriate to everyday language; "common parlance"; "a vernacular term"; "vernacular speakers"; "the vulgar tongu…

Common nounnoun

a noun that denotes any or all members of a class

Coordinatornoun

someone whose task is to see that work goes harmoniously

Countnoun

the act of counting; reciting numbers in ascending order; "the counting continued for several hours"

Count nounnoun

a noun that forms plurals

Countingnoun

the act of counting; reciting numbers in ascending order; "the counting continued for several hours"

Demonstrativeadjective

given to or marked by the open expression of emotion; "an affectionate and demonstrative family"

Determinantnoun

a determining or causal element or factor; "education is an important determinant of one's outlook on life"

Determinativenoun

a determining or causal element or factor; "education is an important determinant of one's outlook on life"

Determinernoun

a determining or causal element or factor; "education is an important determinant of one's outlook on life"

Determining factornoun

a determining or causal element or factor; "education is an important determinant of one's outlook on life"

Enumerationnoun

the act of counting; reciting numbers in ascending order; "the counting continued for several hours"

Lexicaladjective

of or relating to words; "lexical decision task"

Massnoun

(Roman Catholic Church and Protestant Churches) the celebration of the Eucharist

Mass nounnoun

a noun that does not form plurals

Modaladjective

relating to or expressing the mood of a verb; "modal auxiliary"

Modalnoun

an auxiliary verb (such as ‘can’ or ‘will’) that is used to express modality

Modal auxiliarynoun

an auxiliary verb (such as ‘can’ or ‘will’) that is used to express modality

Modal auxiliary verbnoun

an auxiliary verb (such as ‘can’ or ‘will’) that is used to express modality

Modal verbnoun

an auxiliary verb (such as ‘can’ or ‘will’) that is used to express modality

Nounnoun

the word class that can serve as the subject or object of a verb, the object of a preposition, or in apposition

Numerationnoun

the act of counting; reciting numbers in ascending order; "the counting continued for several hours"

Predicativeadjective

of adjectives; relating to or occurring within the predicate of a sentence; "‘red’ is a predicative adjective in ‘the apple is red’"

Prenominaladjective

of adjectives; placed before the nouns they modify; "‘red’ is an attributive adjective in ‘a red apple’"

Proceduraladjective

relating to court practice and procedure as opposed to the principles of law; "adjective law"

Pronounnoun

a function word that is used in place of a noun or noun phrase

Properadjective

having all the qualities typical of the thing specified; "wanted a proper dinner, not just a snack"; "he finally has a proper job"

Proper namenoun

a noun that denotes a particular thing; usually capitalized

Proper nounnoun

a noun that denotes a particular thing; usually capitalized

Quantifiernoun

(grammar) a word that expresses a quantity (as ‘fifteen’ or ‘many’)

Reckoningnoun

the act of counting; reciting numbers in ascending order; "the counting continued for several hours"

Relationnoun

a person related by blood or marriage; "police are searching for relatives of the deceased"; "he has distant relations back in New Jersey"

Relativenoun

a person related by blood or marriage; "police are searching for relatives of the deceased"; "he has distant relations back in New Jersey"

Relative pronounnoun

a pronoun (as ‘that’ or ‘which’ or ‘who’) that introduces a relative clause referring to some antecedent

Tallynoun

the act of counting; reciting numbers in ascending order; "the counting continued for several hours"

Verbnoun

the word class that serves as the predicate of a sentence

Vernacularadjective

being or characteristic of or appropriate to everyday language; "common parlance"; "a vernacular term"; "vernacular speakers"; "the vulgar tongu…

Vulgaradjective

being or characteristic of or appropriate to everyday language; "common parlance"; "a vernacular term"; "vernacular speakers"; "the vulgar tongu…

Adverbnoun

the word class that qualifies verbs or clauses

Articlenoun

(grammar) a determiner that may indicate the specificity of reference of a noun phrase

Conjunctionnoun

the grammatical relation between linguistic units (words or phrases or clauses) that are connected by a conjunction

Gerundnoun

a noun formed from a verb (such as the ‘-ing’ form of an English verb when used as a noun)

Infinitivenoun

the uninflected form of the verb

Interjectionnoun

the action of interjecting or interposing an action or remark that interrupts

Interpellationnoun

the action of interjecting or interposing an action or remark that interrupts

Interpolationnoun

the action of interjecting or interposing an action or remark that interrupts

Interpositionnoun

the action of interjecting or interposing an action or remark that interrupts

Participialnoun

a non-finite form of the verb; in English it is used adjectivally and to form compound tenses

Participlenoun

a non-finite form of the verb; in English it is used adjectivally and to form compound tenses

Prepositionnoun

(linguistics) the placing of one linguistic element before another (as placing a modifier before the word it modifies in a sentence or placing a…

Adnounnoun

an adjective used as a noun; "‘meek’ in ‘blessed are the meek’ is an adnoun"

Agnatenoun

one related on the father's side

Ancestornoun

someone from whom you are descended (but usually more remote than a grandparent)

Antecedentnoun

someone from whom you are descended (but usually more remote than a grandparent)

Ascendantnoun

someone from whom you are descended (but usually more remote than a grandparent)

Ascendentnoun

someone from whom you are descended (but usually more remote than a grandparent)

Blood countnoun

the act of estimating the number of red and white corpuscles in a blood sample

Censusnoun

a periodic count of the population

Clinchernoun

a point or fact or remark that settles something conclusively

Cognatenoun

one related by blood or origin; especially on sharing an ancestor with another

Countdownnoun

counting backward from an arbitrary number to indicate the time remaining before some event (such as launching a space vehicle)

Cousinnoun

the child of your aunt or uncle

Cousin-germannoun

the child of your aunt or uncle

Demonstrativenoun

a pronoun that points out an intended referent

Descendantnoun

a person considered as descended from some ancestor

Descendentnoun

a person considered as descended from some ancestor

Enatenoun

one related on the mother's side

Familynoun

a person having kinship with another or others; "he's kin"; "he's family"

Influencenoun

a cognitive factor that tends to have an effect on what you do; "her wishes had a great influence on his thinking"

Intransitivenoun

a verb (or verb construction) that does not take an object

Intransitive verbnoun

a verb (or verb construction) that does not take an object

Intransitive verb formnoun

a verb (or verb construction) that does not take an object

Issuenoun

the immediate descendants of a person; "she was the mother of many offspring"; "he died without issue"

kinnoun

a person having kinship with another or others; "he's kin"; "he's family"

Kinsmannoun

a male relative

Kinswomannoun

a female relative

Matenoun

a person's partner in marriage

Miscountnoun

an inaccurate count

Nose countnoun

a periodic count of the population

Nosecountnoun

a periodic count of the population

Offspringnoun

the immediate descendants of a person; "she was the mother of many offspring"; "he died without issue"

Partnernoun

a person's partner in marriage

Pollnoun

the counting of votes (as in an election)

Progenynoun

the immediate descendants of a person; "she was the mother of many offspring"; "he died without issue"

Recountnoun

an additional (usually a second) count; especially of the votes in a close election

Requiemnoun

a Mass celebrated for the dead

Rootnoun

someone from whom you are descended (but usually more remote than a grandparent)

Sibnoun

one related by blood or origin; especially on sharing an ancestor with another

Sibnoun

a person's brother or sister

Sperm countnoun

the act of estimating the number of spermatozoa in an ejaculate

Spousenoun

a person's partner in marriage

Transitivenoun

a verb (or verb construction) that requires an object in order to be grammatical

Transitive verbnoun

a verb (or verb construction) that requires an object in order to be grammatical

Transitive verb formnoun

a verb (or verb construction) that requires an object in order to be grammatical

Universal quantifiernoun

a logical quantifier of a proposition that asserts that the proposition is true for all members of a class of things