intensifier

noun

How to pronounce intensifier?

The word intensifier sounds like in-ten-si-fi-er
/ɪn'tɛnsə,faɪər/

What is the definition of intensifier?

nouna modifier that has little meaning except to intensify the meaning it modifies
Examples
  • `up' in `finished up' is an intensifier
  • `honestly' in `I honestly don't know' is an intensifier

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bacchanal

noun, adjective

How to pronounce bacchanal?

The word bacchanal sounds like bac-cha-nal
/,bɑkə'nɑl/

What is the definition of bacchanal?

nouna wild gathering involving excessive drinking and promiscuity
nounsomeone who engages in drinking bouts
adjectiveused of riotously drunken merrymaking
Examples
  • a night of bacchanalian revelry
nouna drunken reveller; a devotee of Bacchus

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blanche

How to pronounce blanche?

The word blanche sounds like Blanche

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shipping

noun

How to pronounce shipping?

The word shipping sounds like ship-ping

What is the definition of shipping?

nounconveyance provided by the ships belonging to one country or industry
nounthe commercial enterprise of moving goods and materials

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scummy

adjective

How to pronounce scummy?

The word scummy sounds like scum-my
/'skəmi/

What is the definition of scummy?

adjectiveof the most contemptible kind
Examples
  • a scummy rabble
adjectivecovered with scum
Examples
  • the scummy surface of the polluted pond

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bartlett

noun

How to pronounce bartlett?

The word bartlett sounds like bart-lett
/'bɑrtlɪt/

What is the definition of bartlett?

nounUnited States explorer who accompanied Peary's expedition to the North Pole and who led many other Arctic trips (1875-1946)
nounUnited States publisher and editor who compiled a book of familiar quotations (1820-1905)
nounjuicy yellow pear

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mascot

noun

How to pronounce mascot?

The word mascot sounds like mas-cot
/'mæskət/

What is the definition of mascot?

nouna character, animal or object that is adopted by a team or group as a symbolic figure

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naivety

noun

How to pronounce naivety?

The word naivety sounds like na-ive-ty

What is the definition of naivety?

nounlack of sophistication or worldliness

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dostoyevsky

noun

How to pronounce dostoyevsky?

The word dostoyevsky sounds like dos-to-yev-sky

What is the definition of dostoyevsky?

nounRussian novelist who wrote of human suffering with humor and psychological insight (1821-1881)

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ethylene

noun

How to pronounce ethylene?

The word ethylene sounds like eth-yl-ene
/'ɛθə,lin/

What is the definition of ethylene?

nouna flammable colorless gaseous alkene; obtained from petroleum and natural gas and used in manufacturing many other chemicals; sometimes used as an anesthetic

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regrettable

adjective

How to pronounce regrettable?

The word regrettable sounds like re-gret-ta-ble
/ri'grɛtəbəl/

What is the definition of regrettable?

adjectivedeserving regret
Examples
  • regrettable remarks
  • it's regrettable that she didn't go to college

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biodegradable

adjective

How to pronounce biodegradable?

The word biodegradable sounds like bi-o-de-grad-a-ble
/,baɪoʊdɪ'greɪddəbəl/

What is the definition of biodegradable?

adjectivecapable of being decomposed by e.g. bacteria
Examples
  • a biodegradable detergent

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