Word Singular / Definition Image

Plural
1- Alga rootless, leafless plants living in water

2- Algae Rootless, leafless plants living in water.

3- Alumna 1- A girl or woman who has attended or has

graduated from a particular school, college,
or university

2- A girl or woman who is a former member,

employee, contributor, or inmate

4- Alumnae 1- A girl or woman who has attended or has

graduated from a particular school, college,
or university

2- A girl or woman who is a former member,

employee, contributor, or inmate

5- Alumnus 1-A person who has attended or has

graduated from a particular school, college,
or university
2- A person who is a former member,
employee, contributor, or inmate

6- Alumni 1- a person who has attended or has

graduated from a particular school, college,
or university
2-: a person who is a former member,
employee, contributor, or inmate

7- Antenna a usually metallic device (as a rod or wire)

for radiating or receiving radio waves
8- Antennae 1-one of a pair of slender movable
segmented sensory organs on the head of
insects, myriapods, and crustaceans

2-one of a pair of slender movable

segmented sensory organs on the head of
insects, myriapods, and crustaceans.

9- Appendix a : appendage
b : supplementary material usually attached
at the end of a piece of writing.

2: a bodily outgrowth or process; specifically

: vermiform appendix

10- Appendixes/ a : appendage

appendices b : supplementary material usually attached
at the end of a piece of writing.

2 : a bodily outgrowth or process; specifically

: vermiform appendix

11- Bacterium ubiquitous one-celled organisms, spherical,

spiral, or rod-shaped and appearing singly or
in chains, comprising the Schizomycota, a
phylum of the kingdom Monera (in some
classification systems the plant class
Schizomycetes), various species of which
are involved in fermentation, putrefaction,
infectious diseases, or nitrogen fixation.
12- Bacteria smallest living organism, substance that
causes harm, death

13- Bison a large wild animal like a cow with long hair
and a big head. One type lives in North
America and the other in Europe.

14- Bison a large wild animal like a cow with long hair
and a big head. One type lives in North
America and the other in Europe.

15- Buffalo a large African animal similar to a cow, with

curved horns, a large wild animal like a cow
with a large head and thick hair on its neck
and shoulders
16- Buffalos/ a large African animal similar to a cow, with
Buffaloes/ Buffalo curved horns, a large wild animal like a cow
with a large head and thick hair on its neck
and shoulders

17- Bus a large road vehicle with a lot of seats that

you pay to travel on, especially one that
takes you fairly short distances and stops
frequently, computing a set of wires that
send information from one part of a
computer system to another
18- Buses/ a large road vehicle with a lot of seats that
Busses you pay to travel on, especially one that
takes you fairly short distances and stops
frequently, computing a set of wires that
send information from one part of a
computer system to another
19- Cactus a plant that grows in deserts and has thick
stems and sharp points called spines

20- Cacti/ a plant that grows in deserts and has thick

Cactuses stems and sharp points called spines

21- Child a young person from the time they are born
until they are about 14 years old
[only before noun] for or about children
[only before noun] used for showing that the
person mentioned is a child.

22- Children a young person from the time they are born
until they are about 14 years old
[only before noun] for or about children
[only before noun] used for showing that the
person mentioned is a child. the plural of
child

23- Corps a part of an army that has particular

responsibilities, a part of an army that
consists of at least two divisions (large
units), a group of people who work together
to do a particular job
24- Corps a part of an army that has particular
responsibilities, a part of an army that
consists of at least two divisions (large
units), a group of people who work together
to do a particular job
25- Crisis an urgent, difficult, or dangerous situation.
financial/economic/political crisis:
a dangerous situation in someone's
personal or professional life when something
could fail.
medical a time when a disease starts to get
better or worse very suddenly
26- Crises an urgent, difficult, or dangerous situation.
financial/economic/political crisis:
a dangerous situation in someone's
personal or professional life when something
could fail.
medical a time when a disease starts to get
better or worse very suddenly
27- Datum : something given or admitted especially as
a basis for reasoning or inference
something used as a basis for calculating or
measuring

28- Data something given or admitted especially as a

basis for reasoning or inference.
something used as a basis for calculating or
measuring

29- Deer 1-archaic : animal; especially : a small

mammal
2: any of numerous slender-legged ruminant
mammals (family Cervidae, the deer family)
having usually brownish fur and antlers
borne by the males of nearly all and by the
females of a few forms

30- Deer 1-archaic : animal; especially : a small

mammal
2: any of numerous slender-legged ruminant
mammals (family Cervidae, the deer family)
having usually brownish fur and antlers
borne by the males of nearly all and by the
females of a few forms

31- Die
1-: to pass from physical life : expire
2
a : to pass out of existence : cease <their
anger died at these words>
b : a gambling game played with dice
32- Dice 1-: to pass from physical life : expire
2
a : to pass out of existence : cease <their
anger died at these words>
b : a gambling game played with dice

33- Dwarf 1-a : a person of unusually small stature;

especially : one whose bodily proportions
are abnormal
b : an insignificant person <a literary dwarf>
2-: small legendary manlike being who is
usually misshapen and ugly and skilled as a
craftsman
34- Dwarfs/ 1-a : a person of unusually small stature;
Dwarves especially : one whose bodily proportions
are abnormal
b : an insignificant person <a literary dwarf>
2-: a small legendary manlike being who is
usually misshapen and ugly and skilled as a
craftsman
35- Foot 1-: the terminal part of the vertebrate leg
upon which an individual stands
2
: an invertebrate organ of locomotion or
attachment; especially : a ventral muscular
surface or process of a mollusk

36- Feet 1-: the terminal part of the vertebrate leg

upon which an individual stands
2
: an invertebrate organ of locomotion or
attachment; especially : a ventral muscular
surface or process of a mollusk

37- Fish a : any of numerous cold-blooded strictly

aquatic craniate vertebrates fishes.
b : a person who is caught or is wanted (as
in a criminal investigation)

38- Fish/ Fishes a : any of numerous cold-blooded strictly

aquatic craniate vertebrates fishes.
b: a person who is caught or is wanted (as in
a criminal investigation)

39- Goose a : any of numerous large waterfowl (family

Anatidae) that are intermediate between the
swans and ducks and have long necks,
feathered lores, and reticulate tarsi
b : a female goose as distinguished from a
gander
40- Geese a : any of numerous large waterfowl (family
Anatidae) that are intermediate between the
swans and ducks and have long necks,
feathered lores, and reticulate tarsi
b : a female goose as distinguished from a
gander
41- Half 1a : either of two equal parts that compose
something; also : a part approximately equal
to one of these
b : either of the two equal periods that
together make up the playing time of some
games
42- Halves 1a : either of two equal parts that compose
something; also : a part approximately equal
to one of these
b : either of the two equal periods that
together make up the playing time of some
games
43- a very large herbivorous 4-toed chiefly
Hippopotamus aquatic artiodactyl mammal (Hippopotamus
amphibius) of sub-Saharan Africa with an
extremely large head and mouth, bare and
very thick grayish skin, and short legs.
44- Hippopotami/ a very large herbivorous 4-toed chiefly
hippopotamuses aquatic artiodactyl mammal (Hippopotamus
amphibius) of sub-Saharan Africa with an
extremely large head and mouth, bare and
very thick grayish skin, and short legs.
45-Hoof 1: a curved covering of horn that protects the
front of or encloses the ends of the digits of
an ungulate mammal and that corresponds
to a nail or claw
2: a hoofed foot especially of a horse

46- Hoofs/ 1: a curved covering of horn that protects the

Hooves front of or encloses the ends of the digits of
an ungulate mammal and that corresponds
to a nail or claw
2: a hoofed foot especially of a horse

47- Louse a : any of various small wingless usually

flattened insects (orders Anoplura and
Mallophaga) parasitic on warm-blooded
animals
b : a small usually sluggish arthropod (as a
biting louse) that lives on other animals or on
plants and sucks their blood or juices
48- Lice a : any of various small wingless usually
flattened insects (orders Anoplura and
Mallophaga) parasitic on warm-blooded
animals
b : a small usually sluggish arthropod (as a
biting louse) that lives on other animals or on
plants and sucks their blood or juices
49- Man a (1) : an individual human; especially : an
adult male human (2) : a man belonging to a
particular category (as by birth, residence,
membership, or occupation)
b : the human race.
50- Men an individual human; especially : an adult
male human. a man belonging to a particular
category (as by birth, residence,
membership, or occupation)
the human race.
51- Moose a large deer that lives in North America,
northern Europe, and Asia.

52- Moose a large deer that lives in North America,

northern Europe, and Asia.

53- Mouse a small furry animal with a long tail

plural mouses or mice.
Computing a small object that you move in
order to do things on a computer screen.
Informal someone who is quiet and prefers
not to be noticed.
54- Mice a small furry animal with a long tail
plural mouses or mice.
Computing a small object that you move in
order to do things on a computer screen.
Informal someone who is quiet and prefers
not to be noticed.
55- Octopus a sea animal with a soft round body and
eight long arms called tentacles.

56- Octopi/ a sea animal with a soft round body and

Octopuses/ eight long arms called tentacles.
Octopodes

57- Ox a bull that has had its testicles removed, a

large type of cow that is used on farms for
pulling or carrying things

58- Oxen a bull that has had its testicles removed, a

large type of cow that is used on farms for
pulling or carrying things
59- Scarf a piece of cloth that you wear round your
neck or head to keep warm or to make
yourself look nice.

60- Scarves/ a piece of cloth that you wear round your

Scarfs neck or head to keep warm or to make
yourself look nice.

61- Series a set of similar things that follow one after

another
series of.
a set of television or radio programmes that
are all about a particular subject, person, or
group of people.
a set of books, documents etc that are
published with the same design in order to
show that they belong to the same group.

62- Series a set of similar things that follow one after

another
series of.
a set of television or radio programmes that
are all about a particular subject, person, or
group of people.
a set of books, documents etc that are
published with the same design in order to
show that they belong to the same group.

63- Sheep an animal kept by farmers for its wool or

meat. The male sheep is called a ram and
the female is a ewe. A young sheep is called
a lamb. Meat from a young sheep is called
lamb and from an older sheep is called
mutton. someone who does the same as
everyone else without thinking about it
64- Sheep an animal kept by farmers for its wool or
meat. The male sheep is called a ram and
the female is a ewe. A young sheep is called
a lamb. Meat from a young sheep is called
lamb and from an older sheep is called
mutton. someone who does the same as
everyone else without thinking about it
65- Staff a long stick used for making walking easier,
used mainly in the past, the set of lines on
which music is written.
66- Staves a long stick used for making walking easier,
used mainly in the past, the set of lines on
which music is written.

67- Staff the people who work for a particular

company, organization, or institution: can be
followed by a singular or plural verb, the
ordinary workers, not the managers: can be
followed by a singular or plural verb, the
people who do paid work in a place, rather
than the other people there: can be followed
by a singular or plural verb.
68- Staffs the people who work for a particular
company, organization, or institution: can be
followed by a singular or plural verb, the
ordinary workers, not the managers: can be
followed by a singular or plural verb, the
people who do paid work in a place, rather
than the other people there: can be followed
by a singular or plural verb.
69- Stegosaurus a dinosaur with large flat plates sticking up
from its back

70- Stegosauri a dinosaur with large flat plates sticking up

from its back

71- Swine an extremely unpleasant or cruel man,

informal something that is extremely
unpleasant or annoying, an old word
meaning a 'pig'

72- Swine an extremely unpleasant or cruel man,

informal something that is extremely
unpleasant or annoying, an old word
meaning a 'pig'

73- Talisman an object that someone believes has special

powers, especially the power to protect them
from bad things
74- Talismans an object that someone believes has special
powers, especially the power to protect them
from bad things

75- Tooth one of the hard white objects inside your

mouth that you use for biting and for
chewing food, one of a row of narrow
pointed parts that form the edge of a tool or
machine,

76- Teeth one of the hard white objects inside your

mouth that you use for biting and for
chewing food, one of a row of narrow
pointed parts that form the edge of a tool or
machine, the necessary power and authority
to be effective or to make people obey you
77- Wharf a structure built for boats to stop at, at the
edge of the land or leading from the land out
into the water

78- Wharfs / a structure built for boats to stop at, at the

Wharves edge of the land or leading from the land out
into the water

79- Woman an adult female person, used for saying that

someone who does something is a woman,
all women considered as a group

80- Women an adult female person, used for saying that

someone who does something is a woman,
all women considered as a group
ESCUELA SUPERIOR DEL MAESTRO (ESMA)

TOEFL PREPARATION

MS. NILDA VALDEZ

4th GLOSARY, Forty One Irregular Plurals

STUDENT: MARTA VILMA GONZALEZ DE KISTE

FRIDAY, JULY 12nd, 2013