6 1 noun
n
adjective
• having great (or a certain) extent from one side to the other
adjective satellite
• broad in scope or content
Example sentence • He docked his boat in the calm broads of Norfolk.
5 1 noun
n
noun
• a partly sheltered anchorage
Example sentence • The roads were congested with traffic during rush hour.
10 2 noun
n
noun
• a community of people smaller than a village
Example sentence • I'm standing at a crossroads and don't know which path to take.
4 1 noun
n
noun
• the vessel that contains the seeds of a plant (not the seeds themselves)
adverb
• collecting the charges upon delivery
adjective satellite
• payable by the recipient on delivery
Example sentence • The fisherman caught a bucketful of cods .
5 1 verb
v
verb
• indicate, as with a sign or an omen
Example sentence • The sudden silence in the room bodes ill for the upcoming announcement.
5 1 verb
v
noun
• a pointed instrument that is used to prod into a state of motion
verb
• give heart or courage to
Example sentence • He goads his teammates to give their best performance.
5 1 noun
n
noun
• how something is done or how it happens
Example sentence • There are different modes of traveling, such as by car, train, or plane.
5 1 noun
n
noun
• a connecting point at which several lines come together
Example sentence • The computer network consists of several nodes connected together.
4 1 noun
n
noun
• a lyric poem with complex stanza forms
Example sentence • I enjoy reading odes because they capture the essence of a person or thing.
5 1 noun
n
noun
• The line from a vessel to its anchor.
6 1 noun
n
noun
• English potter who started a pottery famous for its bone china (1754-1827)
Example sentence • My aunt collects antique spodes .
5 1 noun
n
noun
• any of various tailless stout-bodied amphibians with long hind limbs for leaping; semiaquatic and terrestrial species
Example sentence • Many people find toads fascinating and keep them as pets.
5 1 noun
n
noun
• a blue dyestuff obtained from the woad plant
Example sentence • The woads are cultivated for their coloring properties.
4 1 verb, noun
v, n
noun
• alternative names for the body of a human being
Example sentence • The gym instructor helped us work on our bods .
4 1 noun
n
noun
• an open box attached to a long pole handle; bricks or mortar are carried on the shoulder
Example sentence • She stacked the hods of bricks neatly.
3 1 noun
n
noun
• a doctor's degree in optometry
5 1 verb
v
noun
• the act of walking with a slow heavy gait
verb
• walk heavily and firmly, as when weary, or through mud
Example sentence • He plods along the muddy path.
5 1 verb, noun
v, n
noun
• a verbalization that encourages you to attempt something
Example sentence • The cattle farmer used electric prods to move the livestock.
7 1 noun
n
noun
• flesh of young Atlantic cod weighing up to 2 pounds; also young haddock and pollock; often broiled
Example sentence • I enjoy studying the behavior of schrods in their natural environment.
6 1 adverb, noun
adv, n
noun
• flesh of young Atlantic cod weighing up to 2 pounds; also young haddock and pollock; often broiled
Example sentence • The fish market had fresh scrods available for sale.
4 1
noun
• a unit of weight for wool equal to about 28 pounds
4 1 noun
n
noun
• A palatal approximant, /j/.
Example sentence • The word 'yods ' is the plural form of 'yod', which is the smallest letter in the Hebrew alphabet.
6 2 noun
n
noun
• any address at which you dwell more than temporarily
Example sentence • Their old abodes were damaged in the storm.
6 2 noun
n
noun
• a positively charged electrode by which electrons leave an electrical device
Example sentence • The anodes in the battery need to be replaced.
9 3 noun
n
noun
• (physics) the point of maximum displacement in a periodic system
Example sentence • When a string is plucked, it vibrates and creates antinodes at certain points.
9 3 noun
n
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Example sentence • The arillodes of the seeds help with dispersal.
8 2 noun
n
noun
• A quantity of things approaching the maximum that could be held or carried with one arm.
Example sentence • She carried armloads of books to her study table.
9 2 verb, noun
v, n
noun
• A load carried on the return journey of a delivery vehicle.
verb
• To load toward the back, or towards the end of a period.
Example sentence • The company decided to use backloads to reduce shipping costs.
9 2 noun
n
noun
• the amount of cargo that can be held by a boat or ship or a freight car
Example sentence • They caught boatloads of fish during their fishing trip.
7 2 verb
v
verb
• convert code into ordinary language
Example sentence • He decodes encrypted messages for the government.
10 3 noun
n
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Example sentence • The system's eigenmodes determine its vibration properties.
10 3 noun
n
noun
• a conductor used to make electrical contact with some part of a circuit
Example sentence • The electrodes are used in the process of electroplating.
7 2 verb
v
verb
• convert information into code
Example sentence • The computer program encodes the data into a binary format.
6 2 noun
n
noun
• The after song; the part of a lyric ode which follows the strophe and antistrophe.
Example sentence • He studied the epodes of Horace in his literature class.
6 2 verb
v
verb
• become ground down or deteriorate
Example sentence • The constant exposure to water erodes the rocks along the riverbank.
8 2 verb
v
verb
• cause to burst with a violent release of energy
Example sentence • The firework explodes in a burst of color.
9 2 verb
v
verb
• make a prediction about; tell in advance
Example sentence • The eerie silence forebodes something sinister.
6 2 noun
n
noun
• (mineralogy) a hollow rock or nodule with the cavity usually lined with crystals
Example sentence • I love collecting geodes from different parts of the world.
9 2 noun
n
Example sentence • The scenic highroads in the countryside attract many tourists.
8 2 verb
v
Example sentence • The grenade implodes upon impact, causing less damage but creating a powerful vacuum effect.
7 2 noun
n
noun
• an encroachment or intrusion
Example sentence • The company has made significant inroads in the European market.
10 3 noun
n
noun
• a segment of a stem between two nodes
Example sentence • The plant's internodes were unusually short, causing it to have a compact growth habit.
8 2 noun
n
noun
• An electrode, of a cell or other electrically polarized device, through which a positive current of electricity flows outwards (and thus, electrons flow inwards). It usually, but not always, has a positive voltage.
9 3 noun
n
noun
• large-footed short-winged birds of Australasia; build mounds of decaying vegetation to incubate eggs
Example sentence • The female megapodes lay their eggs in mounds of vegetation or volcanic ash.
10 3 noun
n
noun
• (computer science) coded instructions that are stored permanently in read-only memory
Example sentence • The microcodes in the BIOS determine how hardware components interact with each other.
9 3 noun
n
noun
• unsegmented worms with elongated rounded body pointed at both ends; mostly free-living but some are parasitic
Example sentence • Some nematodes are parasitic and can cause diseases in humans and animals.
8 2 verb
v
verb
• transfer to a peripheral device, of computer data
Example sentence • He offloads his responsibilities onto others.
10 3 noun
n
noun
• Any of many small crustaceans, of the class Ostracoda, that resemble a shrimp enclosed in a bivalve shell.
Example sentence • Scientists use ostracodes as bioindicators to study past environments.
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