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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| abase [əˈbeɪs] | v. To lower in position, estimation, or the like; degrade. ← Many vocabulary words, such as degrade, are repeated in definitions for double learning. |
| abbess [ˈæbes] | n. The lady superior of a nunnery. |
| abbey [ˈæbi] | n. The group of buildings which collectively form the dwelling-place of a society of monks or nuns. Free SAT prep math notes below vocabulary ↓ |
| abbot [ˈæbət] | n. The superior of a community of monks. |
| abdicate [ˈæbdɪkeɪt] | v. To give up (royal power or the like). |
| abdomen [ˈæbdəmən] | n. In mammals, the visceral cavity between the diaphragm and the pelvic floor; the belly. |
| abdominal [æbˈdɒmɪnl̩] | n. Of, pertaining to, or situated on the abdomen. |
| abduction [æbˈdʌktʃn̩] | n. A carrying away of a person against his will, or illegally. |
| abed [əˈbed] | adv. In bed; on a bed. |
| aberration [ˌæbəˈreɪʃn̩] | n. Deviation from a right, customary, or prescribed course. |
| abet [əˈbet] | v. To aid, promote, or encourage the commission of (an offense). |
| abeyance [əˈbeɪəns] | n. A state of suspension or temporary inaction. |
| abhorrence [əbˈhɒrəns] | n. The act of detesting extremely. |
| abhorrent [əbˈhɒrənt] | adj. Very repugnant; hateful. |
| abidance [əˈbaɪdəns] | n. An abiding. |
| abject [ˈæbdʒekt] | adj. Sunk to a low condition. |
| abjure [əbˈdʒʊə] | v. To recant, renounce, repudiate under oath. |
| able-bodied [ˌeɪblˈbɒdid] | adj. Competent for physical service. |
| ablution [əˈbluːʃn̩] | n. A washing or cleansing, especially of the body. |
| abnegate [ˈæbnɪɡeɪt] | v. To renounce (a right or privilege). |
| abnormal [æbˈnɔːml̩] | adj. Not conformed to the ordinary rule or standard. |
| abominable [əˈbɒmɪnəbl̩] | adj. Very hateful. |
| abominate [əˈbɒmɪneɪt] | v. To hate violently. |
| abomination [əˌbɒmɪˈneɪʃn̩] | n. A very detestable act or practice. |
| aboriginal [ˌæbəˈrɪdʒn̩əl] | adj. Primitive; unsophisticated. |
| aborigines [ˌæbəˈrɪdʒəniz] | n. The original of earliest known inhabitants of a country. |
| aboveboard [əˌbʌvˈbɔːd] | adv. & adj. Without concealment, fraud, or trickery. |
| abrade [əˈbreɪd] | v. To wear away the surface or some part of by friction. |
| abrasion [əˈbreɪʒn̩] | n. That which is rubbed off. |
| abridge [əˈbrɪdʒ] | v. To make shorter in words, keeping the essential features, leaning out minor particles. |
| abridgment [əˈbrɪdʒmənt] | n. A condensed form as of a book or play. |
| abrogate [ˈæbrəɡeɪt] | v. To abolish, repeal. |
| abrupt [əˈbrʌpt] | adj. Beginning, ending, or changing suddenly or with a break. |
| abscess [ˈæbses] | n. A Collection of pus in a cavity formed within some tissue of the body. |
| abscission [æbˈsɪʒən] | n. The act of cutting off, as in a surgical operation. |
| abscond [əbˈskɒnd] | v. To depart suddenly and secretly, as for the purpose of escaping arrest. |
| absence [ˈæbsəns] | n. The fact of not being present or available. |
| absent-minded [ˌæbsəntˈmaɪndɪd] | adj. Lacking in attention to immediate surroundings or business. |
| absolution [ˌæbsəˈluːʃn̩] | n. Forgiveness, or passing over of offenses. |
| absolve [əbˈzɒlv] | v. To free from sin or its penalties. |
| absorb [əbˈzɔːb] | v. To drink in or suck up, as a sponge absorbs water. |
| absorption [əbˈzɔːpʃn̩] | n. The act or process of absorbing. |
| abstain [əbˈsteɪn] | v. To keep oneself back (from doing or using something). |
| abstemious [əbˈstiːmiəs] | adj. Characterized by self denial or abstinence, as in the use of drink, food. |
| abstinence [ˈæbstɪnəns] | n. Self denial. |
| abstruse [əbˈstruːs] | adj. Dealing with matters difficult to be understood. |
| absurd [əbˈsɜːd] | adj. Inconsistent with reason or common sense. |
| abundant [əˈbʌndənt] | adj. Plentiful. |
| abusive [əˈbjuːsɪv] | adj. Employing harsh words or ill treatment. |
| abut [əˈbʌt] | v. To touch at the end or boundary line. |
| abyss [əˈbɪs] | n. Bottomless gulf. |
| academic [ˌækəˈdemɪk] | adj. Of or pertaining to an academy, college, or university. |
| academician [əˌkædəˈmɪʃn̩] | n. A member of an academy of literature, art, or science. |
| academy [əˈkædəmi] | n. Any institution where the higher branches of learning are taught. |
| accede [əkˈsiːd] | v. To agree. |
| accelerate [əkˈseləreɪt] | v. To move faster. |
| accept [əkˈsept] | v. To take when offered. |
| access [ˈækses] | n. A way of approach or entrance; passage. |
| accessible [əkˈsesəbl̩] | adj. Approachable. |
| accession [ækˈseʃn̩] | n. Induction or elevation, as to dignity, office, or government. |
| accessory [əkˈsesəri] | n. A person or thing that aids the principal agent. |
| acclaim [əˈkleɪm] | v. To utter with a shout. |
| accommodate [əˈkɒmədeɪt] | v. To furnish something as a kindness or favor. |
| accompaniment [əˈkʌmpənimənt] | n. A subordinate part or parts, enriching or supporting the leading part. |
| accompanist [əˈkʌmpənɪst] | n. One who or that which accompanies. |
| accompany [əˈkʌmpəni] | v. To go with, or be associated with, as a companion. |
| accomplice [əˈkʌmplɪs] | n. An associate in wrong-doing. |
| accomplish [əˈkʌmplɪʃ] | v. To bring to pass. |
| accordion [əˈkɔːdiən] | n. A portable free-reed musical instrument. |
| accost [əˈkɒst] | v. To speak to. |
| account [əˈkaʊnt] | n. A record or statement of receipts and expenditures, or of business transactions. |
| accouter [accouter] | v. To dress. |
| accredit [əˈkredɪt] | v. To give credit or authority to. |
| accumulate [əˈkjuːmjəleɪt] | v. To become greater in quantity or number. |
| accuracy [ˈækjərəsi] | n. Exactness. |
| accurate [ˈækjərət] | adj. Conforming exactly to truth or to a standard. |
| accursed [əˈkɜːsɪd] | adj. Doomed to evil, misery, or misfortune. |
| accusation [ˌækjuˈzeɪʃn̩] | n. A charge of crime, misdemeanor, or error. |
| accusatory [əˈkjuːzətəri] | adj. Of, pertaining to, or involving an accusation. |
| accuse [əˈkjuːz] | v. To charge with wrong doing, misconduct, or error. |
| accustom [əˈkʌstəm] | v. To make familiar by use. |
| acerbity [əˈsɜːbəti] | n. Sourness, with bitterness and astringency. |
| acetate [ˈæsəteɪt] | n. A salt of acetic acid. |
| acetic [əˌsiːtɪk] | adj. Of, pertaining to, or of the nature of vinegar. |
| ache [eɪk] | v. To be in pain or distress. |
| Achillean [achillean] | adj. Invulnerable. |
| achromatic [ˌækrəʊˈmætɪk] | adj. Colorless, |
| acid [ˈæsɪd] | n. A sour substance. |
| acidify [əˈsɪdɪfaɪ] | v. To change into acid. |
| acknowledge [əkˈnɒlɪdʒ] | v. To recognize; to admit the genuineness or validity of. |
| acknowledgment [əkˈnɒlɪdʒmənt] | n. Recognition. |
| acme [ˈækmi] | n. The highest point, or summit. |
| acoustic [əˈkuːstɪk] | adj. Pertaining to the act or sense of hearing. |
| acquaint [əˈkweɪnt] | v. To make familiar or conversant. |
| acquiesce [ˌækwiˈes] | v. To comply; submit. |
| acquiescence [ˌækwiˈesns] | n. Passive consent. |
| acquire [əˈkwaɪə] | v. To get as one's own. |
| acquisition [ˌækwɪˈzɪʃn̩] | n. Anything gained, or made one's own, usually by effort or labor. |
| acquit [əˈkwɪt] | v. To free or clear, as from accusation. |
| acquittal [əˈkwɪtl̩] | n. A discharge from accusation by judicial action. |
| acquittance [əˈkwɪtəns] | n. Release or discharge from indebtedness, obligation, or responsibility. |
| acreage [ˈeɪkərɪdʒ] | n. Quantity or extent of land, especially of cultivated land. |
| acrid [ˈækrɪd] | adj. Harshly pungent or bitter. |
| acrimonious [ˌækrɪˈməʊniəs] | adj. Full of bitterness. |
| acrimony [ˈækrɪməni] | n. Sharpness or bitterness of speech or temper. |
| actionable [ˈækʃənəbl̩] | adj. Affording cause for instituting an action, as trespass, slanderous words. |
| actuality [ˌæktʃuˈæləti] | n. Any reality. |
| actuary [ˈæktʃuəri] | n. An officer, as of an insurance company, who calculates and states the risks and premiums. |
| actuate [ˈæktʃueɪt] | v. To move or incite to action. |
| acumen [ˈækjʊmən] | n. Quickness of intellectual insight, or discernment; keenness of discrimination. |
| acute [əˈkjuːt] | adj. Having fine and penetrating discernment. |
| adamant [ˈædəmənt] | n. Any substance of exceeding hardness or impenetrability. |
| addendum [əˈdendəm] | n. Something added, or to be added. |
| addle [ˈædl̩] | v. To make inefficient or worthless; muddle. |
| adduce [əˈdjuːs] | v. To bring forward or name for consideration. |
| adhere [ədˈhɪə] | v. To stick fast or together. |
| adherence [ədˈhɪərəns] | n. Attachment. |
| adherent [ədˈhɪərənt] | adj. Clinging or sticking fast. |
| adhesion [ədˈhiːʒn̩] | n. The state of being attached or joined. |
| adieu [əˈdjuː] | inter. Good-by; farewell. |
| adjacency [əˈdʒeɪsnsi] | n. The state of being adjacent. |
| adjacent [əˈdʒeɪsnt] | n. That which is near or bordering upon. |
| adjudge [əˈdʒʌdʒ] | v. To award or bestow by formal decision. |
| adjunct [ˈædʒʌŋkt] | n. Something joined to or connected with another thing, but holding a subordinate place. |
| adjuration [ˌædʒʊəˈreɪʃn̩] | n. A vehement appeal. |
| adjutant [ˈædʒʊtənt] | adj. Auxiliary. |
| administrator [ədˈmɪnɪstreɪtə] | n. One who manages affairs of any kind. |
| admissible [ədˈmɪsəbl̩] | adj. Having the right or privilege of entry. |
| admittance [ədˈmɪtns] | n. Entrance, or the right or permission to enter. |
| admonish [ədˈmɒnɪʃ] | v. To warn of a fault. |
| admonition [ˌædməˈnɪʃn̩] | n. Gentle reproof. |
| ado [əˈduː] | n. unnecessary activity or ceremony. |
| adoration [ˌædəˈreɪʃn̩] | n. Profound devotion. |
| adroit [əˈdrɔɪt] | adj. Having skill in the use of the bodily or mental powers. |
| adulterant [əˈdʌltərənt] | n. An adulterating substance. |
| adulterate [əˈdʌltəreɪt] | v. To make impure by the admixture of other or baser ingredients. |
| adumbrate [ˈædəmbreɪt] | v. To represent beforehand in outline or by emblem. |
| advent [ˈædvent] | n. The coming or arrival, as of any important change, event, state, or personage. |
| adverse [ˈædvɜːs] | adj. Opposing or opposed. |
| adversity [ədˈvɜːsəti] | n. Misfortune. |
| advert [ˈædvɜːt] | v. To refer incidentally. |
| advertiser [ˈædvətaɪzə] | n. One who advertises, especially in newspapers. |
| advisory [ədˈvaɪzəri] | adj. Not mandatory. |
| advocacy [ˈædvəkəsi] | n. The act of pleading a cause. |
| advocate [ˈædvəkeɪt] | n. One who pleads the cause of another, as in a legal or ecclesiastical court. |
| aerial [ˈeəriəl] | adj. Of, pertaining to, or like the air. |
| aeronaut [ˈeərəʊnɔːt] | n. One who navigates the air, a balloonist. |
| aeronautics [ˌeərəʊˈnɔːtɪks] | n. the art or practice of flying aircraft |
| aerostat [ˈeroˌstæt] | n. A balloon or other apparatus floating in or sustained by the air. |
| aerostatics [ˌeərəʊˈstætɪks] | n. The branch of pneumatics that treats of the equilibrium, pressure, and mechanical properties. |
| affable [ˈæfəbl̩] | adj. Easy to approach. |
| affect [əˈfekt] | v. To act upon |
| affectation [ˌæfekˈteɪʃn̩] | n. A studied or ostentatious pretense or attempt. |
| affiliate [əˈfɪlieɪt] | n. Some auxiliary person or thing. |
| affirmative [əˈfɜːmətɪv] | adj. Answering yes; to a question at issue. |
| affix [əˈfɪks] | v. To fasten. |
| affluence [ˈæfluəns] | n. A profuse or abundant supply of riches. |
| affront [əˈfrʌnt] | n. An open insult or indignity. |
| afire [əˈfaɪə] | adv. & adj. On fire, literally or figuratively. |
| afoot [əˈfʊt] | adv. In progress. |
| aforesaid [əˈfɔːsed] | adj. Said in a preceding part or before. |
| afresh [əˈfreʃ] | adv. Once more, after rest or interval. |
| afterthought [ˈɑːftəθɔːt] | n. A thought that comes later than its appropriate or expected time. |
| agglomerate [əˈɡlɒməreɪt] | v. To pile or heap together. |
| aggrandize [əˈɡrændaɪz] | v. To cause to appear greatly. |
| aggravate [ˈæɡrəveɪt] | v. To make heavier, worse, or more burdensome. |
| aggravation [ˌæɡrəˈveɪʃn̩] | n. The fact of being made heavier or more heinous, as a crime , offense, misfortune, etc. |
| aggregate [ˈæɡrɪɡət] | n. The entire number, sum, mass, or quantity of something. |
| aggress [əˈɡres] | v. To make the first attack. |
| aggression [əˈɡreʃn̩] | n. An unprovoked attack. |
| aggrieve [əˈɡriːv] | v. To give grief or sorrow to. |
| aghast [əˈɡɑːst] | adj. Struck with terror and amazement. |
| agile [ˈædʒaɪl] | adj. Able to move or act quickly, physically, or mentally. |
| agitate [ˈædʒɪteɪt] | v. To move or excite (the feelings or thoughts). |
| agrarian [əˈɡreəriən] | adj. Pertaining to land, especially agricultural land. |
| aide-de-camp [ˌeɪddəˈkɑːmp] | n. An officer who receives and transmits the orders of the general. |
| ailment [ˈeɪlmənt] | n. Slight sickness. |
| airy [ˈeəri] | adj. Delicate, ethereal. |
| akin [əˈkɪn] | adj. Of similar nature or qualities. |
| alabaster [ˈæləbɑːstə] | n. A white or delicately tinted fine-grained gypsum. |
| alacrity [əˈlækrəti] | n. Cheerful willingness. |
| albeit [ˌɔːlˈbiːɪt] | conj. Even though. |
| albino [ælˈbiːnəʊ] | n. A person with milky white skin and hair, and eyes with bright red pupil and usually pink iris. |
| album [ˈælbəm] | n. A book whose leaves are so made to form paper frames for holding photographs or the like. |
| alchemy [ˈælkəmi] | n. Chemistry of the middle ages, characterized by the pursuit of changing base metals to gold. |
| alcohol [ˈælkəhɒl] | n. A volatile, inflammable, colorless liquid of a penetrating odor and burning taste. |
| alcoholism [ˈælkəhɒlˌɪzəm] | n. A condition resulting from the inordinate or persistent use of alcoholic beverages. |
| alcove [ˈælkəʊv] | n. A covered recess connected with or at the side of a larger room. |
| alder [ˈɔːldə] | n. Any shrub or small tree of the genus Alumnus, of the oak family. |
| alderman [ˈɔːldəmən] | n. A member of a municipal legislative body, who usually exercises also certain judicial functions. |
| aldermanship [aldermanship] | n. The dignity, condition, office, or term of office of an alderman. |
| alias [ˈeɪliəs] | n. An assumed name. |
| alien [ˈeɪliən] | n. One who owes allegiance to a foreign government. |
| alienable [ˈeɪljənəbl] | adj. Capable of being aliened or alienated, as lands. |
| alienate [ˈeɪliəneɪt] | v. To cause to turn away. |
| alienation [ˌeɪliəˈneɪtʃn̩] | n. Estrangement. |
| aliment [ˈælɪmənt] | n. That which nourishes. |
| alkali [ˈælkəlaɪ] | n. Anything that will neutralize an acid, as lime, magnesia, etc. |
| allay [əˈleɪ] | v. To calm the violence or reduce the intensity of; mitigate. |
| allege [əˈledʒ] | v. To assert to be true, especially in a formal manner, as in court. |
| allegory [ˈæləɡəri] | n. The setting forth of a subject under the guise of another subject of aptly suggestive likeness. |
| alleviate [əˈliːvieɪt] | v. To make less burdensome or less hard to bear. |
| alley [ˈæli] | n. A narrow street, garden path, walk, or the like. |
| alliance [əˈlaɪəns] | n. Any combination or union for some common purpose. |
| allot [əˈlɒt] | v. To assign a definite thing or part to a certain person. |
| allotment [əˈlɒtmənt] | n. Portion. |
| allude [əˈluːd] | v. To refer incidentally, or by suggestion. |
| allusion [əˈluːʒn̩] | n. An indirect and incidental reference to something without definite mention of it. |
| alluvion [əˈluːviən] | n. Flood. |
| ally [ˈælaɪ] | n. A person or thing connected with another, usually in some relation of helpfulness. |
| almanac [ˈɔːlmənæk] | n. A series of tables giving the days of the week together with certain astronomical information. |
| aloof [əˈluːf] | adv. Not in sympathy with or desiring to associate with others. |
| altar [ˈɔːltə] | n. Any raised place or structure on which sacrifices may be offered or incense burned. |
| alter [ˈɔːltə] | v. To make change in. |
| alteration [ˌɔːltəˈreɪʃn̩] | n. Change or modification. |
| altercate [ˈɔːltəkeɪt] | v. To contend angrily or zealously in words. |
| alternate [ɔːlˈtɜːnət] | n. One chosen to act in place of another, in case of the absence or incapacity of that other. |
| alternative [ɔːlˈtɜːnətɪv] | n. Something that may or must exist, be taken or chosen, or done instead of something else. |
| altitude [ˈæltɪtjuːd] | n. Vertical distance or elevation above any point or base-level, as the sea. |
| alto [ˈæltəʊ] | n. The lowest or deepest female voice or part. |
| altruism [ˈæltruˌɪzəm] | n. Benevolence to others on subordination to self-interest. |
| altruist [ˈæltruɪst] | n. One who advocates or practices altruism. |
| amalgam [əˈmælɡəm] | n. An alloy or union of mercury with another metal. |
| amalgamate [əˈmælɡəmeɪt] | v. To mix or blend together in a homogeneous body. |
| amateur [ˈæmətə] | adj. Practicing an art or occupation for the love of it, but not as a profession. |
| amatory [ˈæmətəri] | adj. Designed to excite love. |
| ambidextrous [ˌæmbiˈdekstrəs] | adj. Having the ability of using both hands with equal skill or ease. |
| ambiguous [æmˈbɪɡjuəs] | adj. Having a double meaning. |
| ambitious [æmˈbɪʃəs] | adj. Eagerly desirous and aspiring. |
| ambrosial [æmˈbrəʊziəl] | adj. Divinely sweet, fragrant, or delicious. |
| ambulance [ˈæmbjələns] | n. A vehicle fitted for conveying the sick and wounded. |
| ambulate [ˈæmbjuleɪt] | v. To walk about |
| ambush [ˈæmbʊʃ] | n. The act or state of lying concealed for the purpose of surprising or attacking the enemy. |
| ameliorate [əˈmiːliəreɪt] | v. To relieve, as from pain or hardship |
| amenable [əˈmiːnəbl̩] | adj. Willing and ready to submit. |
| Americanism [əˈmerɪkənˌɪzəm] | n. A peculiar sense in which an English word or phrase is used in the United States. |
| amicable [ˈæmɪkəbl̩] | adj. Done in a friendly spirit. |
| amity [ˈæməti] | n. Friendship. |
| amorous [ˈæmərəs] | adj. Having a propensity for falling in love. |
| amorphous [əˈmɔːfəs] | adj. Without determinate shape. |
| amour [əˈmʊə] | n. A love-affair, especially one of an illicit nature. |
| ampere [ˈæmpeə] | n. The practical unit of electric-current strength. |
| ampersand [ˈæmpəsænd] | n. The character &; and. |
| amphibious [æmˈfɪbiəs] | adj. Living both on land and in water. |
| amphitheater [ˈæmfiˌθɪətə] | n. An edifice of elliptical shape, constructed about a central open space or arena. |
| amplitude [ˈæmplɪtjuːd] | n. Largeness. |
| amply [ˈæmpli] | adv. Sufficiently. |
| amputate [ˈæmpjuteɪt] | v. To remove by cutting, as a limb or some portion of the body. |
| amusement [əˈmjuːzmənt] | n. Diversion. |
| anachronism [əˈnækrənɪzəm] | n. Anything occurring or existing out of its proper time. |
| anagram [ˈænəɡræm] | n. The letters of a word or phrase so transposed as to make a different word or phrase. |
| analogous [əˈnæləɡəs] | adj. Corresponding (to some other) in certain respects, as in form, proportion, relations. |
| analogy [əˈnælədʒi] | n. Reasoning in which from certain and known relations or resemblance others are formed. |
| analyst [ˈænəlɪst] | n. One who analyzes or makes use of the analytical method. |
| analyze [ˈænəlaɪz] | v. To examine minutely or critically. |
| anarchy [ˈænəki] | n. Absence or utter disregard of government. |
| anathem [aəˈnæθəmə] | n. Anything forbidden, as by social usage. |
| anatomy [əˈnætəmi] | n. That branch of morphology which treats of the structure of organisms. |
| ancestry [ˈænsestri] | n. One's ancestors collectively. |
| anecdote [ˈænɪkdəʊt] | n. A brief account of some interesting event or incident. |
| anemi [aəˈniːmiə] | n. Deficiency of blood or red corpuscles. |
| anemic [əˈniːmɪk] | adj. Affected with anemia. |
| anemometer [ˌænɪˈmɒmɪtə] | n. An instrument for measuring the force or velocity of wind. |
| anesthetic [ˌænɪsˈθetɪk] | adj. Pertaining to or producing loss of sensation. |
| anew [əˈnjuː] | adv. Once more. |
| angelic [ænˈdʒelɪk] | adj. Saintly. |
| Anglophobi [aˌæŋɡləʊˈfəʊbɪə] | n. Hatred or dread of England or of what is English. |
| Anglo-Saxon [ˌæŋɡləʊ ˈsæksən] | n. The entire English race wherever found, as in Europe, the United States, or India. |
| angular [ˈæŋɡjʊlə] | adj. Sharp-cornered. |
| anhydrous [ænˈhaɪdrəs] | adj. Withered. |
| animadversion [ˌænɪmædˈvɜːʃn̩] | n. The utterance of criticism or censure. |
| animadvert [ˌænɪmædˈvɜːt] | v. To pass criticism or censure. |
| animalcule [ˌænɪˈmælkjuːl] | n. An animal of microscopic smallness. |
| animate [ˈænɪmət] | v. To make alive. |
| animosity [ˌænɪˈmɒsəti] | n. Hatred. |
| annalist [ˈænəlɪst] | n. Historian. |
| annals [ˈænl̩z] | n. A record of events in their chronological order, year by year. |
| annex [ˈæneks] | v. To add or affix at the end. |
| annihilate [əˈnaɪəleɪt] | v. To destroy absolutely. |
| annotate [ˈænəteɪt] | v. To make explanatory or critical notes on or upon. |
| annual [ˈænjuəl] | adj. Occurring every year. |
| annuity [əˈnjuːəti] | n. An annual allowance, payment, or income. |
| annunciation [əˌnʌnsiˈeɪʃn̩] | n. Proclamation. |
| anode [ˈænəʊd] | n. The point where or path by which a voltaic current enters an electrolyte or the like. |
| anonymous [əˈnɒnɪməs] | adj. Of unknown authorship. |
| antagonism [ænˈtæɡəˌnɪzəm] | n. Mutual opposition or resistance of counteracting forces, principles, or persons. |
| Antarctic [ænˈtɑːktɪk] | adj. Pertaining to the south pole or the regions near it. |
| ante [ˈænti] | v. In the game of poker, to put up a stake before the cards are dealt. |
| antecede [antecede] | v. To precede. |
| antecedent [ˌæntɪˈsiːdnt] | n. One who or that which precedes or goes before, as in time, place, rank, order, or causality. |
| antechamber [ˈæntitʃeɪmbə] | n. A waiting room for those who seek audience. |
| antedate [ˌæntiˈdeɪt] | v. To assign or affix a date to earlier than the actual one. |
| antediluvian [ˌæntidɪˈluːviən] | adj. Of or pertaining to the times, things, events before the great flood in the days of Noah. |
| antemeridian [ˌæntəmeˈrɪdiən] | adj. Before noon. |
| antemundane [antemundane] | adj. Pertaining to time before the world's creation. |
| antenatal [ˌæntiˈneɪtl̩] | adj. Occurring or existing before birth. |
| anterior [ænˈtɪəriə] | adj. Prior. |
| anteroom [ˈæntiruːm] | n. A room situated before and opening into another, usually larger. |
| anthology [ænˈθɒlədʒi] | n. A collection of extracts from the writings of various authors. |
| anthracite [ˈænθrəsaɪt] | n. Hard coal. |
| anthropology [ˌænθrəˈpɒlədʒi] | n. The science of man in general. |
| anthropomorphous [anthropomorphous] | adj. Having or resembling human form. |
| antic [ˈæntɪk] | n. A grotesque, ludicrous, or fantastic action. |
| Antichrist [ˈæntɪkraɪst] | n. Any opponent or enemy of Christ, whether a person or a power. |
| anticlimax [ˌæntiˈklaɪmæks] | n. A gradual or sudden decrease in the importance or impressiveness of what is said. |
| anticyclone [ˌæntiˈsaɪkləʊn] | n. An atmospheric condition of high central pressure, with currents flowing outward. |
| antidote [ˈæntidəʊt] | n. Anything that will counteract or remove the effects of poison, disease, or the like. |
| antilogy [ænˈtɪlədʒɪ] | n. Inconsistency or contradiction in terms or ideas. |
| antipathize [antipathize] | v. To show or feel a feeling of antagonism, aversion, or dislike. |
| antiphon [ˈæntəˌfɑːn] | n. A response or alteration of responses, generally musical. |
| antiphony [ænˈtɪfəni] | n. An anthem or other composition sung responsively. |
| antipodes [ænˈtɪpədiːz] | n. A place or region on the opposite side of the earth. |
| antiquary [ˌæntɪkwəri] | n. One who collects and examines old things, as coins, books, medals, weapons, etc. |
| antiquate [ˈæntəˌkwet] | v. To make old or out of date. |
| antique [ænˈtiːk] | adj. Pertaining to ancient times. |
| antiseptic [ˌæntiˈseptɪk] | n. Anything that destroys or restrains the growth of putrefactive micro-organisms. |
| antislavery [antislavery] | adj. Opposed to human slavery. |
| antispasmodic [antispasmodic] | adj. Tending to prevent or relieve non-inflammatory spasmodic affections. |
| antistrophe [antistrophe] | n. The inversion of terms in successive classes, as in the home of joy and the joy of home. |
| antitoxin [ˌæntɪˈtɒksɪn] | n. A substance which neutralizes the poisonous products of micro-organisms. |
| antonym [ˈæntənɪm] | n. A word directly opposed to another in meaning. |
| anxious [ˈæŋkʃəs] | adj. Distressed in mind respecting some uncertain matter. |
| apathy [ˈæpəθi] | n. Insensibility to emotion or passionate feeling. |
| aperture [ˈæpətʃə] | n. Hole. |
| apex [ˈeɪpeks] | n. The highest point, as of a mountain. |
| aphorism [ˈæfəˌrɪzəm] | n. Proverb. |
| apiary [ˈeɪpiəri] | n. A place where bees are kept. |
| apogee [ˈæpəʊdʒiː] | n. The climax. |
| apology [əˈpɒlədʒi] | n. A disclaimer of intentional error or offense. |
| apostasy [əˈpɒstəsi] | n. A total departure from one's faith or religion. |
| apostate [əˈpɒsteɪt] | adj. False. |
| apostle [əˈpɒsl̩] | n. Any messenger commissioned by or as by divine authority. |
| apothecary [əˈpɒθəkəri] | n. One who keeps drugs for sale and puts up prescriptions. |
| apotheosis [əˌpɒθiˈəʊsɪs] | n. Deification. |
| appall [əˈpɒl] | v. To fill with dismay or horror. |
| apparent [əˈpærənt] | adj. Easily understood. |
| apparition [ˌæpəˈrɪʃn̩] | n. Ghost. |
| appease [əˈpiːz] | v. To soothe by quieting anger or indignation. |
| appellate [əˈpelət] | adj. Capable of being appealed to. |
| appellation [ˌæpəˈleɪʃn̩] | n. The name or title by which a particular person, class, or thing is called. |
| append [əˈpend] | v. To add or attach, as something accessory, subordinate, or supplementary. |
| appertain [ˌæpəˈteɪn] | v. To belong, as by right, fitness, association, classification, possession, or natural relation. |
| apposite [ˈæpəzɪt] | adj. Appropriate. |
| apposition [ˌæpəˈzɪʃn̩] | n. The act of placing side by side, together, or in contact. |
| appraise [əˈpreɪz] | v. To estimate the money value of. |
| appreciable [əˈpriːʃəbl̩] | adj. Capable of being discerned by the senses or intellect. |
| apprehend [ˌæprɪˈhend] | v. To make a prisoner of (a person) in the name of the law. |
| apprehensible [ˌæprɪˈhensəbl̩] | adj. Capable of being conceived. |
| approbation [ˌæprəˈbeɪʃn̩] | n. Sanction. |
| appropriate [əˈprəʊpriət] | adj. Suitable for the purpose and circumstances. |
| aqueduct [ˈækwɪdʌkt] | n. A water-conduit, particularly one for supplying a community from a distance. |
| aqueous [ˈeɪkwiəs] | adj. Of, pertaining to, or containing water. |
| arbiter [ˈɑːbɪtə] | n. One chosen or appointed, by mutual consent of parties in dispute, to decide matters. |
| arbitrary [ˈɑːbɪtrəri] | adj. Fixed or done capriciously. |
| arbitrate [ˈɑːbɪtreɪt] | v. To act or give judgment as umpire. |
| arbor [ˈɑːbə] | n. A tree. |
| arboreal [ɑːˈbɔːriəl] | adj. Of or pertaining to a tree or trees. |
| arborescent [ˌɑːbəˈresnt] | adj. Having the nature of a tree. |
| arboretum [ˌɑːbəˈriːtəm] | n. A botanical garden or place devoted to the cultivation of trees or shrubs. |
| arboriculture [ˈɑːbərɪkʌltʃə] | n. The cultivation of trees or shrubs. |
| arcade [ɑːˈkeɪd] | n. A vaulted passageway or street; a roofed passageway having shops, etc., opening from it. |
| archaic [ɑːˈkeɪɪk] | adj. Antiquated |
| archaism [ˈɑːkeɪˌɪzəm] | n. Obsolescence. |
| archangel [ˈɑːkˌeɪndʒəl] | n. An angel of high rank. |
| archbishop [ˌɑːtʃˈbɪʃəp] | n. The chief of the bishops of an ecclesiastical province in the Greek, Roman, and Anglican church. |
| archdeacon [ɑːtʃˈdiːkən] | n. A high official administrator of the affairs of a diocese. |
| archaeology [ˌɑːkiˈɒlədʒi] | n. The branch of anthropology concerned with the systematic investigation of the relics of man. |
| archetype [ˈɑːkitaɪp] | n. A prototype. |
| archipelago [ˌɑːkɪˈpeləɡəʊ] | n. Any large body of water studded with islands, or the islands collectively themselves. |
| ardent [ˈɑːdnt] | adj. Burning with passion. |
| ardor [ˈɑːdə] | n. Intensity of passion or affection. |
| arid [ˈærɪd] | adj. Very dry. |
| aristocracy [ˌærɪˈstɒkrəsi] | n. A hereditary nobility |
| aristocrat [ˈærɪstəkræt] | n. A hereditary noble or one nearly connected with nobility. |
| armad [aɑːˈmɑːdə] | n. A fleet of war-vessels. |
| armful [ˈɑːmfʊl] | n. As much as can be held in the arm or arms. |
| armory [ˈɑːməri] | n. An arsenal. |
| arom [aəˈrəʊmə] | n. An agreeable odor. |
| arraign [əˈreɪn] | v. To call into court, as a person indicted for crime, and demand whether he pleads guilty or not. |
| arrange [əˈreɪndʒ] | v. To put in definite or proper order. |
| arrangement [əˈreɪndʒmənt] | n. The act of putting in proper order, or the state of being put in order. |
| arrant [ˈærənt] | adj. Notoriously bad. |
| arrear [əˈrɪə] | n. Something overdue and unpaid. |
| arrival [əˈraɪvl̩] | n. A coming to stopping-place or destination. |
| arrogant [ˈærəɡənt] | adj. Unduly or excessively proud, as of wealth, station, learning, etc. |
| arrogate [ˈærəɡeɪt] | v. To take, demand, or claim, especially presumptuously or without reasons or grounds. |
| Artesian well [ɑ:ˌti:ziən ˌwel] | n. A very deep bored well. water rises due to underground pressure |
| artful [ˈɑːtfl̩] | adj. Characterized by craft or cunning. |
| Arthurian [arˈθʊriən] | adj. Pertaining to King Arthur, the real or legendary hero of British poetic story. |
| artifice [ˈɑːtɪfɪs] | n. Trickery. |
| artless [ˈɑːtləs] | adj. Ingenuous. |
| ascendant [əˈsendənt] | adj. Dominant. |
| ascension [əˈsenʃn̩] | n. The act of rising. |
| ascent [əˈsent] | n. A rising, soaring, or climbing. |
| ascetic [əˈsetɪk] | adj. Given to severe self-denial and practicing excessive abstinence and devotion. |
| ascribe [əˈskraɪb] | v. To assign as a quality or attribute. |
| asexual [ˌeɪˈsekʃuəl] | adj. Having no distinct sexual organs. |
| ashen [ˈæʃn̩] | adj. Pale. |
| askance [əˈskæns] | adv. With a side or indirect glance or meaning. |
| asperity [æˈsperəti] | n. Harshness or roughness of temper. |
| aspirant [ˈæspərənt] | n. One who seeks earnestly, as for advancement, honors, place. |
| aspiration [ˌæspəˈreɪʃn̩] | n. An earnest wish for that which is above one's present reach. |
| aspire [əˈspaɪə] | v. To have an earnest desire, wish, or longing, as for something high and good, not yet attained. |
| assailant [əˈseɪlənt] | n. One who attacks. |
| assassin [əˈsæsɪn] | n. One who kills, or tries to kill, treacherously or secretly. |
| assassinate [əˈsæsɪneɪt] | v. To kill, as by surprise or secret assault, especially the killing of some eminent person. |
| assassination [əˌsæsɪˈneɪʃn̩] | n. Murderer, as by secret assault or treachery. |
| assay [əˈseɪ] | n. The chemical analysis or testing of an alloy ore. |
| assent [əˈsent] | v. To express agreement with a statement or matter of opinion. |
| assess [əˈses] | v. To determine the amount of (a tax or other sum to be paid). |
| assessor [əˈsesə] | n. An officer whose duty it is to assess taxes. |
| assets [ˈæsets] | n. pl. Property in general, regarded as applicable to the payment of debts. |
| assiduous [əˈsɪdjuəs] | adj. Diligent. |
| assignee [ˌæsaɪˈniː] | n. One who is appointed to act for another in the management of certain property and interests. |
| assimilate [əˈsɪməleɪt] | v. To adapt. |
| assonance [ˈæsənəns] | n. Resemblance or correspondence in sound. |
| assonant [ˈæsənənt] | adj. Having resemblance of sound. |
| assonate [assonate] | v. To accord in sound, especially vowel sound. |
| assuage [əˈsweɪdʒ] | v. To cause to be less harsh, violent, or severe, as excitement, appetite, pain, or disease. |
| astringent [əˈstrɪndʒənt] | adj. Harsh in disposition or character. |
| astute [əˈstjuːt] | adj. Keen in discernment. |
| atheism [ˈeɪθiˌɪzəm] | n. The denial of the existence of God. |
| athirst [əˈθɜːst] | adj. Wanting water. |
| athwart [əˈθwɔːt] | adv. From side to side. |
| atomizer [ˈætəmaɪzə] | n. An apparatus for reducing a liquid to a fine spray, as for disinfection, inhalation, etc. |
| atone [əˈtəʊn] | v. To make amends for. |
| atonement [əˈtəʊnmənt] | n. Amends, reparation, or expiation made from wrong or injury. |
| atrocious [əˈtrəʊʃəs] | adj. Outrageously or wantonly wicked, criminal, vile, or cruel. |
| atrocity [əˈtrɒsəti] | n. Great cruelty or reckless wickedness. |
| attache [əˈtæʃeɪ] | n. A subordinate member of a diplomatic embassy. |
| attest [əˈtest] | v. To certify as accurate, genuine, or true. |
| attorney-general [əˈtɜːni ˈdʒenr̩əl] | n. The chief law-officer of a government. |
| auburn [ˈɔːbən] | adj. Reddish-brown, said usually of the hair. |
| audacious [ɔːˈdeɪʃəs] | adj. Fearless. |
| audible [ˈɔːdəbl̩] | adj. Loud enough to be heard. |
| audition [ɔːˈdɪʃn̩] | n. The act or sensation of hearing. |
| auditory [ˈɔːdɪtəri] | adj. Of or pertaining to hearing or the organs or sense of hearing. |
| augment [ˈɔːɡment] | v. To make bigger. |
| augur [ˈɔːɡə] | v. To predict. |
| Augustinian [ˌɑːɡəˈstɪniən] | adj. Pertaining to St. Augustine, his doctrines, or the religious orders called after him. |
| aur [aˈɔːrə] | n. Pervasive psychic influence supposed to emanate from persons |
| aural [ˈɔːrəl] | adj. Of or pertaining to the ear. |
| auricle [ˈɔːrɪkl̩] | n. One of the two chambers of the heart which receives the blood from the veins. |
| auricular [ɔːˈrɪkjʊlə] | adj. Of or pertaining to the ear, its auricle, or the sense of hearing. |
| auriferous [ɔːˈrɪfərəs] | adj. Containing gold. |
| auror [aəˈrɔːrə] | n. A luminous phenomenon in the upper regions of the atmosphere. |
| auspice [ˈɒˌspɪs] | n. favoring, protecting, or propitious influence or guidance. |
| austere [ɔːˈstɪə] | adj. Severely simple; unadorned. |
| autarchy [ˈɔːtɑːki] | n. Unrestricted power. |
| authentic [ɔːˈθentɪk] | adj. Of undisputed origin. |
| authenticity [ˌɔːθenˈtɪsəti] | n. The state or quality of being genuine, or of the origin and authorship claimed. |
| autobiography [ˌɔːtəʊbaɪˈɒɡrəfi] | n. The story of one's life written by himself. |
| autocracy [ɔːˈtɒkrəsi] | n. Absolute government. |
| autocrat [ˈɔːtəkræt] | n. Any one who claims or wields unrestricted or undisputed authority or influence. |
| automaton [ɔːˈtɒmətən] | n. Any living being whose actions are or appear to be involuntary or mechanical. |
| autonomous [ɔːˈtɒnəməs] | adj. Self-governing. |
| autonomy [ɔːˈtɒnəmi] | n. Self-government. |
| autopsy [ˈɔːtɒpsi] | n. The examination of a dead body by dissection to ascertain the cause of death. |
| autumnal [ɔːˈtʌmnəl] | adj. Of or pertaining to autumn. |
| auxiliary [ɔːɡˈzɪliəri] | n. One who or that which aids or helps, especially when regarded as subsidiary or accessory. |
| avalanche [ˈævəlɑːntʃ] | n. The fall or sliding of a mass of snow or ice down a mountain-slope, often bearing with it rock. |
| avarice [ˈævərɪs] | n. Passion for getting and keeping riches. |
| aver [əˈvɜː] | v. To assert as a fact. |
| averse [əˈvɜːs] | adj. Reluctant. |
| aversion [əˈvɜːʃn̩] | n. A mental condition of fixed opposition to or dislike of some particular thing. |
| avert [əˈvɜːt] | v. To turn away or aside. |
| aviary [ˈeɪviəri] | n. A spacious cage or enclosure in which live birds are kept. |
| avidity [æˈvɪdəti] | n. Greediness. |
| avocation [ˌævəˈkeɪʃn̩] | n. Diversion. |
| avow [əˈvaʊ] | v. To declare openly. |
| awaken [əˈweɪkən] | v. To arouse, as emotion, interest, or the like. |
| awry [əˈraɪ] | adv. & adj. Out of the proper form, direction, or position. |
| aye [aɪ] | adv. An expression of assent. |
| azale [aəˈzeɪliə] | n. A flowering shrub. |
| azure [ˈæʒə] | n. The color of the sky. |
| Baconian [baconian] | adj. Of or pertaining to Lord Bacon or his system of philosophy. |
| bacterium [bækˈtɪəriəm] | n. A microbe. |
| badger [ˈbædʒə] | v. To pester. |
| baffle [ˈbæfl̩] | v. To foil or frustrate. |
| bailiff [ˈbeɪlɪf] | n. An officer of court having custody of prisoners under arraignment. |
| baize [beɪz] | n. A single-colored napped woolen fabric used for table-covers, curtains, etc. |
| bale [beɪl] | n. A large package prepared for transportation or storage. |
| baleful [ˈbeɪlfl̩] | adj. Malignant. |
| ballad [ˈbæləd] | n. Any popular narrative poem, often with epic subject and usually in lyric form. |
| balsam [ˈbɔːlsəm] | n. A medical preparation, aromatic and oily, used for healing. |
| banal [bəˈnɑːl] | adj. Commonplace. |
| barcarole [ˌbɑːkəˈrəʊl] | n. A boat-song of Venetian gondoliers. |
| barograph [ˈbærəʊɡrɑːf] | n. An instrument that registers graphically and continuously the atmospheric pressure. |
| barometer [bəˈrɒmɪtə] | n. An instrument for indicating the atmospheric pressure per unit of surface. |
| barring [ˈbɑːrɪŋ] | prep. Apart from. |
| baritone [ˈbærɪtəʊn] | adj. Having a register higher than bass and lower than tenor. |
| bask [bɑːsk] | v. To make warm by genial heat. |
| bass [ˈbeɪs] | adj. Low in tone or compass. |
| baste [beɪst] | v. To cover with melted fat, gravy, while cooking. |
| baton [ˈbætɒn] | n. An official staff borne either as a weapon or as an emblem of authority or privilege. |
| battalion [bəˈtæljən] | n. A body of infantry composed of two or more companies, forming a part of a regiment. |
| batten [ˈbætn̩] | n. A narrow strip of wood. |
| batter [ˈbætə] | n. A thick liquid mixture of two or more materials beaten together, to be used in cookery. |
| bauble [ˈbɔːbl̩] | n. A trinket. |
| bawl [bɔːl] | v. To proclaim by outcry. |
| beatify [biˈætɪfaɪ] | v. To make supremely happy. |
| beatitude [biˈætɪtjuːd] | n. Any state of great happiness. |
| beau [bəʊ] | n. An escort or lover. |
| becalm [biˈkɑːm] | v. To make quiet. |
| beck [bek] | v. To give a signal to, by nod or gesture. |
| bedaub [bɪˈdɔːb] | v. To smear over, as with something oily or sticky. |
| bedeck [bɪˈdek] | v. To cover with ornament. |
| bedlam [ˈbedləm] | n. Madhouse. |
| befog [bɪˈfɒɡ] | v. To confuse. |
| befriend [bɪˈfrend] | v. To be a friend to, especially when in need. |
| beget [bɪˈɡet] | v. To produce by sexual generation. |
| begrudge [bɪˈɡrʌdʒ] | v. To envy one of the possession of. |
| belate [bəˈleɪt] | v. To delay past the proper hour. |
| belay [biːˈleɪ] | v. To make fast, as a rope, by winding round a cleat. |
| belie [bɪˈlaɪ] | v. To misrepresent. |
| believe [bɪˈliːv] | v. To accept as true on the testimony or authority of others. |
| belittle [bɪˈlɪtl̩] | v. To disparage. |
| belle [bel] | n. A woman who is a center of attraction because of her beauty, accomplishments, etc. |
| bellicose [ˈbelɪkəʊs] | adj. Warlike. |
| belligerent [bəˈlɪdʒrənt] | adj. Manifesting a warlike spirit. |
| bemoan [bɪˈməʊn] | v. To lament |
| benediction [ˌbenɪˈdɪkʃn̩] | n. a solemn invocation of the divine blessing. |
| benefactor [ˈbenɪfæktə] | n. A doer of kindly and charitable acts. |
| benefice [ˈbenɪfɪs] | n. A church office endowed with funds or property for the maintenance of divine service. |
| beneficent [bəˈnefɪsənt] | adj. Characterized by charity and kindness. |
| beneficial [ˌbenɪˈfɪʃl̩] | adj. Helpful. |
| beneficiary [ˌbenɪˈfɪʃəri] | n. One who is lawfully entitled to the profits and proceeds of an estate or property. |
| benefit [ˈbenɪfɪt] | n. Helpful result. |
| benevolence [bəˈnevələns] | n. Any act of kindness or well-doing. |
| benevolent [bəˈnevələnt] | adj. Loving others and actively desirous of their well-being. |
| benign [bəˈnaɪn] | adj. Good and kind of heart. |
| benignant [bəˈnɪɡnət] | adj. Benevolent in feeling, character, or aspect. |
| benignity [bəˈnɪɡnəti] | n. Kindness of feeling, disposition, or manner. |
| benison [ˈbenɪzn̩] | n. Blessing. |
| bequeath [bɪˈkwiːð] | v. To give by will. |
| bereave [bɪˈriːv] | v. To make desolate with loneliness and grief. |
| berth [bɜːθ] | n. A bunk or bed in a vessel, sleeping-car, etc. |
| beseech [bɪˈsiːtʃ] | v. To implore. |
| beset [bɪˈset] | v. To attack on all sides. |
| besmear [bɪˈsmɪə] | v. To smear over, as with any oily or sticky substance. |
| bestial [ˈbestɪəl] | adj. Animal. |
| bestrew [bɪˈstruː] | v. To sprinkle or cover with things strewn. |
| bestride [bɪˈstraɪd] | v. To get or sit upon astride, as a horse. |
| bethink [bɪˈθɪŋk] | v. To remind oneself. |
| betide [bɪˈtaɪd] | v. To happen to or befall. |
| betimes [bɪˈtaɪmz] | adv. In good season or time. |
| betroth [bɪˈtrəʊð] | v. To engage to marry. |
| betrothal [bɪˈtrəʊðəl] | n. Engagement to marry. |
| bevel [ˈbevl̩] | n. Any inclination of two surfaces other than 90 degrees. |
| bewilder [bɪˈwɪldə] | v. To confuse the perceptions or judgment of. |
| bibliomani [aˌbɪblɪəʊˈmeɪnjə] | n. The passion for collecting books. |
| bibliography [ˌbɪblɪˈɒɡrəfi] | n. A list of the words of an author, or the literature bearing on a particular subject. |
| bibliophile [ˈbɪblɪəfaɪl] | n. One who loves books. |
| bibulous [ˈbɪbjʊləs] | adj. Fond of drinking. |
| bide [baɪd] | v. To await. |
| biennial [baɪˈenɪəl] | n. A plant that produces leaves and roots the first year and flowers and fruit the second. |
| bier [bɪə] | n. A horizontal framework with two handles at each end for carrying a corpse to the grave. |
| bigamist [ˈbɪɡəmɪst] | n. One who has two spouses at the same time. |
| bigamy [ˈbɪɡəmi] | n. The crime of marrying any other person while having a legal spouse living. |
| bight [baɪt] | n. A slightly receding bay between headlands, formed by a long curve of a coast-line. |
| bilateral [ˌbaɪˈlætərəl] | adj. Two-sided. |
| bilingual [baɪˈlɪŋɡwəl] | adj. Speaking two languages. |
| biograph [ˈbaɪəɡrɑːf] | n. A bibliographical sketch or notice. |
| biography [baɪˈɒɡrəfi] | n. A written account of one's life, actions, and character. |
| biology [baɪˈɒlədʒi] | n. The science of life or living organisms. |
| biped [ˈbaɪped] | n. An animal having two feet. |
| birthright [ˈbɜːθraɪt] | n. A privilege or possession into which one is born. |
| bitterness [ˈbɪtənəs] | n. Acridity, as to the taste. |
| blase [ˈblɑːzeɪ] | adj. Sated with pleasure. |
| blaspheme [blæsˈfiːm] | v. To indulge in profane oaths. |
| blatant [ˈbleɪtnt] | adj. Noisily or offensively loud or clamorous. |
| blaze [bleɪz] | n. A vivid glowing flame. |
| blazon [ˈbleɪzn̩] | v. To make widely or generally known. |
| bleak [bliːk] | adj. Desolate. |
| blemish [ˈblemɪʃ] | n. A mark that mars beauty. |
| blithe [blaɪð] | adj. Joyous. |
| blithesome [ˈblaɪðsəm] | adj. Cheerful. |
| blockade [blɒˈkeɪd] | n. The shutting up of a town, a frontier, or a line of coast by hostile forces. |
| boatswain [ˈbəʊsn̩] | n. A subordinate officer of a vessel, who has general charge of the rigging, anchors, etc. |
| bodice [ˈbɒdɪs] | n. A women's ornamental corset-shaped laced waist. |
| bodily [ˈbɒdəli] | adj. Corporeal. |
| boisterous [ˈbɔɪstərəs] | adj. Unchecked merriment or animal spirits. |
| bole [bəʊl] | n. The trunk or body of a tree. |
| bolero [bəˈleərəʊ] | n. A Spanish dance, illustrative of the passion of love, accompanied by caste nets and singing. |
| boll [bəʊl] | n. A round pod or seed-capsule, as a flax or cotton. |
| bolster [ˈbəʊlstə] | v. To support, as something wrong. |
| bomb [bɒm] | n. A hollow projectile containing an explosive material. |
| bombard [bɒmˈbɑːd] | v. To assail with any missile or with abusive speech. |
| bombardier [ˌbɒmbəˈdɪə] | n. A person who has charge of mortars, bombs, and shells. |
| bombast [ˈbɒmbæst] | n. Inflated or extravagant language, especially on unimportant subjects. |
| boorish [ˈbʊərɪʃ] | adj. Rude. |
| bore [bɔː] | v. To weary by tediousness or dullness. |
| borough [ˈbʌrə] | n. An incorporated village or town. |
| bosom [ˈbʊzəm] | n. The breast or the upper front of the thorax of a human being, especially of a woman. |
| botanical [bəˈtænɪkl̩] | adj. Connected with the study or cultivation of plants. |
| botanize [ˈbɒtənaɪz] | v. To study plant-life. |
| botany [ˈbɒtəni] | n. The science that treats of plants. |
| bountiful [ˈbaʊntɪfəl] | adj. Showing abundance. |
| Bowdlerize [ˈbaʊdləraɪz] | v. To expurgate in editing (a literary composition) by omitting words or passages. |
| bowler [ˈbəʊlə] | n. In cricket, the player who delivers the ball. |
| boycott [ˈbɔɪkɒt] | v. To place the products or merchandise of under a ban. |
| brae [breɪ] | n. Hillside. |
| braggart [ˈbræɡət] | n. A vain boaster. |
| brandish [ˈbrændɪʃ] | v. To wave, shake, or flourish triumphantly or defiantly, as a sword or spear. |
| bravado [brəˈvɑːdəʊ] | n. An aggressive display of boldness. |
| bravo [ˌbrɑːˈvəʊ] | interj. Well done. |
| bray [breɪ] | n. A loud harsh sound, as the cry of an ass or the blast of a horn. |
| braze [breɪz] | v. To make of or ornament with brass. |
| brazier [ˈbreɪzɪə] | n. An open pan or basin for holding live coals. |
| breach [briːtʃ] | n. The violation of official duty, lawful right, or a legal obligation. |
| breaker [ˈbreɪkə] | n. One who trains horses, dogs, etc. |
| breech [briːtʃ] | n. The buttocks. |
| brethren [ˈbreðrən] | n. pl. Members of a brotherhood, gild, profession, association, or the like. |
| brevity [ˈbrevɪti] | n. Shortness of duration. |
| bric-a-brac [ˈbrɪk ə bræk] | n. Objects of curiosity or for decoration. |
| bridle [ˈbraɪdl̩] | n. The head-harness of a horse consisting of a head-stall, a bit, and the reins. |
| brigade [brɪˈɡeɪd] | n. A body of troops consisting of two or more regiments. |
| brigadier [ˌbrɪɡəˈdɪə] | n. General officer who commands a brigade, ranking between a colonel and a major-general. |
| brigand [ˈbrɪɡənd] | n. One who lives by robbery and plunder. |
| brimstone [ˈbrɪmstəʊn] | n. Sulfur. |
| brine [braɪn] | n. Water saturated with salt. |
| bristle [ˈbrɪsl̩] | n. One of the coarse, stiff hairs of swine: used in brush-making, etc. |
| Britanni [abrəˈtæniə] | n. The United Kingdom of Great Britain. |
| Briticism [ˈbrɪtɪsɪzm] | n. A word, idiom, or phrase characteristic of Great Britain or the British. |
| brittle [ˈbrɪtl̩] | adj. Fragile. |
| broach [brəʊtʃ] | v. To mention, for the first time. |
| broadcast [ˈbrɔːdkɑːst] | adj. Disseminated far and wide. |
| brogan [ˈbroɡən] | n. A coarse, heavy shoe. |
| brogue [brəʊɡ] | n. Any dialectic pronunciation of English, especially that of the Irish people. |
| brokerage [ˈbrəʊkərɪdʒ] | n. The business of making sales and purchases for a commission; a broker. |
| bromine [ˈbrəʊmiːn] | n. A dark reddish-brown, non-metallic liquid element with a suffocating odor. |
| bronchitis [brɒŋˈkaɪtɪs] | n. Inflammation of the bronchial tubes. |
| bronchus [ˈbrɒŋkəs] | n. Either of the two subdivisions of the trachea conveying air into the lungs. |
| brooch [brəʊtʃ] | n. An article of jewelry fastened by a hinged pin and hook on the underside. |
| brotherhood [ˈbrʌðəhʊd] | n. Spiritual or social fellowship or solidarity. |
| browbeat [ˈbraʊbiːt] | v. To overwhelm, or attempt to do so, by stern, haughty, or rude address or manner. |
| brusque [bruːsk] | adj. Somewhat rough or rude in manner or speech. |
| buffoon [bəˈfuːn] | n. A clown. |
| buffoonery [bəˈfuːnəri] | n. Low drollery, coarse jokes, etc. |
| bulbous [ˈbʌlbəs] | adj. Of, or pertaining to, or like a bulb. |
| bullock [ˈbʊlək] | n. An ox. |
| bulrush [ˈbʊlrʌʃ] | n. Any one of various tall rush-like plants growing in damp ground or water. |
| bulwark [ˈbʊlwək] | n. Anything that gives security or defense. |
| bumper [ˈbʌmpə] | n. A cup or glass filled to the brim, especially one to be drunk as a toast or health. |
| bumptious [ˈbʌmpʃəs] | adj. Full of offensive and aggressive self-conceit. |
| bungle [ˈbʌŋɡl̩] | v. To execute clumsily. |
| buoyancy [ˈbɔɪənsi] | n. Power or tendency to float on or in a liquid or gas. |
| buoyant [ˈbɔɪənt] | adj. Having the power or tendency to float or keep afloat. |
| bureau [ˈbjʊərəʊ] | n. A chest of drawers for clothing, etc. |
| bureaucracy [bjʊəˈrɒkrəsi] | n. Government by departments of men transacting particular branches of public business. |
| burgess [ˈbɜːdʒɪs] | n. In colonial times, a member of the lower house of the legislature of Maryland or Virginia. |
| burgher [ˈbɜːɡə] | n. An inhabitant, citizen or freeman of a borough burgh, or corporate town. |
| burnish [ˈbɜːnɪʃ] | v. To make brilliant or shining. |
| bursar [ˈbɜːsə] | n. A treasurer. |
| bustle [ˈbʌsl̩] | v. To hurry. |
| butt [bʌt] | v. To strike with or as with the head, or horns. |
| butte [ˈbjuːt] | n. A conspicuous hill, low mountain, or natural turret, generally isolated. |
| buttress [ˈbʌtrəs] | n. Any support or prop. |
| by-law [ˈbaɪlɔː] | n. A rule or law adopted by an association, a corporation, or the like. |
| cabal [kəˈbæl] | n. A number of persons secretly united for effecting by intrigue some private purpose. |
| cabalism [cabalism] | n. Superstitious devotion to one's religion. |
| cabinet [ˈkæbɪnət] | n. The body of men constituting the official advisors of the executive head of a nation. |
| cacophony [kæˈkɒfəni] | n. A disagreeable, harsh, or discordant sound or combination of sounds or tones. |
| cadaverous [kəˈdævərəs] | adj. Resembling a corpse. |
| cadence [ˈkeɪdəns] | n. Rhythmical or measured flow or movement, as in poetry or the time and pace of marching troops. |
| cadenz [akəˈdenzə] | n. An embellishment or flourish, prepared or improvised, for a solo voice or instrument. |
| caitiff [ˈkeɪtɪf] | adj. Cowardly. |
| cajole [kəˈdʒəʊl] | v. To impose on or dupe by flattering speech. |
| cajolery [kəˈdʒəʊləri] | n. Delusive speech. |
| calculable [ˈkælkjʊləbl̩] | adj. That may be estimated by reckoning. |
| calculus [ˈkælkjʊləs] | n. A concretion formed in various parts of the body resembling a pebble in hardness. |
| callosity [kæˈlɒsɪti] | n. The state of being hard and insensible. |
| callow [ˈkæləʊ] | adj. Without experience of the world. |
| calorie [ˈkæləri] | n. Amount of heat needed to raise the temperature of 1 kilogram of water 1 degree centigrade. |
| calumny [ˈkæləmni] | n. Slander. |
| Calvary [ˈkælvəri] | n. The place where Christ was crucified. |
| Calvinism [ˈkælvɪnɪzəm] | n. The system of doctrine taught by John Calvin. |
| Calvinize [calvinize] | v. To teach or imbue with the doctrines of Calvinism. |
| came [keɪm] | n. A leaden sash-bar or grooved strip for fastening panes in stained-glass windows. |
| cameo [ˈkæmɪəʊ] | n. Any small engraved or carved work in relief. |
| campaign [kæmˈpeɪn] | n. A complete series of connected military operations. |
| Canaanite [ˈkeɪnəˌnaɪt] | n. A member of one of the three tribes that dwelt in the land of Canaan, or western Palestine. |
| canary [kəˈneəri] | adj. Of a bright but delicate yellow. |
| candid [ˈkændɪd] | adj. Straightforward. |
| candor [ˈkændə] | n. The quality of frankness or outspokenness. |
| canine [ˈkeɪnaɪn] | adj. Characteristic of a dog. |
| canon [ˈkænən] | n. Any rule or law. |
| cant [kænt] | v. To talk in a singsong, preaching tone with affected solemnity. |
| cantat [akænˈtɑːtə] | n. A choral composition. |
| canto [ˈkæntəʊ] | n. One of the divisions of an extended poem. |
| cantonment [kænˈtuːnmənt] | n. The part of the town or district in which the troops are quartered. |
| capacious [kəˈpeɪʃəs] | adj. Roomy. |
| capillary [kəˈpɪləri] | n. A minute vessel having walls composed of a single layer of cells. |
| capitulate [kəˈpɪtʃʊleɪt] | v. To surrender or stipulate terms. |
| caprice [kəˈpriːs] | n. A whim. |
| caption [ˈkæpʃn̩] | n. A heading, as of a chapter, section, document, etc. |
| captious [ˈkæpʃəs] | adj. Hypercritical. |
| captivate [ˈkæptɪveɪt] | v. To fascinate, as by excellence. eloquence, or beauty. |
| carcass [ˈkɑːkəs] | n. The dead body of an animal. |
| cardiac [ˈkɑːdɪæk] | adj. Pertaining to the heart. |
| cardinal [ˈkɑːdɪnl̩] | adj. Of prime or special importance. |
| caret [ˈkæret] | n. A sign (^) placed below a line, indicating where omitted words, etc., should be inserted. |
| caricature [ˈkærɪkətʃʊə] | n. a picture or description in which natural characteristics are exaggerated or distorted. |
| carnage [ˈkɑːnɪdʒ] | n. Massacre. |
| carnal [ˈkɑːnl̩] | adj. Sensual. |
| carnivorous [kɑːˈnɪvərəs] | adj. Eating or living on flesh. |
| carouse [kəˈraʊz] | v. To drink deeply and in boisterous or jovial manner. |
| carrion [ˈkærɪən] | n. Dead and putrefying flesh. |
| cartilage [ˈkɑːtɪlɪdʒ] | n. An elastic animal tissue of firm consistence. |
| cartridge [ˈkɑːtrɪdʒ] | n. A charge for a firearm, or for blasting. |
| caste [kɑːst] | n. The division of society on artificial grounds. |
| castigate [ˈkæstɪɡeɪt] | v. To punish. |
| casual [ˈkæʒʊəl] | adj. Accidental, by chance. |
| casualty [ˈkæʒʊəlti] | n. A fatal or serious accident or disaster. |
| cataclysm [ˈkætəklɪzəm] | n. Any overwhelming flood of water. |
| cataract [ˈkætərækt] | n. Opacity of the lens of the eye resulting in complete or partial blindness. |
| catastrophe [kəˈtæstrəfi] | n. Any great and sudden misfortune or calamity. |
| cathode [ˈkæθəʊd] | n. The negative pole or electrode of a galvanic battery. |
| Catholicism [kəˈθɒlɪsɪzm] | n. The system, doctrine, and practice of the Roman Catholic Church. |
| catholicity [ˌkæθəˈlɪsɪti] | n. Universal prevalence or acceptance. |
| cat-o-nine-tails [ˈkætənaɪnˈteɪlz] | n. An instrument consisting of nine pieces of cord, formerly used for flogging in the army and navy. |
| caucus [ˈkɔːkəs] | n. A private meeting of members of a political party to select candidates. |
| causal [ˈkɔːzl̩] | adj. Indicating or expressing a cause. |
| caustic [ˈkɔːstɪk] | adj. Sarcastic and severe. |
| cauterize [ˈkɔːtəraɪz] | v. To burn or sear as with a heated iron. |
| cede [siːd] | v. To pass title to. |
| censor [ˈsensə] | n. An official examiner of manuscripts empowered to prohibit their publication. |
| censorious [senˈsɔːrɪəs] | adj. Judging severely or harshly. |
| census [ˈsensəs] | n. An official numbering of the people of a country or district. |
| centenary [senˈtiːnəri] | adj. Pertaining to a hundred years or a period of a hundred years. |
| centiliter [centiliter] | n. A hundredth of a liter. |
| centimeter [ˈsentəˌmitə] | n. A length of one hundredth of a meter. |
| centurion [senˈtjʊərɪən] | n. A captain of a company of one hundred infantry in the ancient Roman army. |
| cereal [ˈsɪərɪəl] | adj. Pertaining to edible grain or farinaceous seeds. |
| ceremonial [ˌserɪˈməʊnɪəl] | adj. Characterized by outward form or ceremony. |
| ceremonious [ˌserɪˈməʊnɪəs] | adj. Observant of ritual. |
| cessation [seˈseɪʃn̩] | n. Discontinuance, as of action or motion. |
| cession [ˈseʃn̩] | n. Surrender, as of possessions or rights. |
| chagrin [ˈʃæɡrɪn] | n. Keen vexation, annoyance, or mortification, as at one's failures or errors. |
| chameleon [kəˈmiːlɪən] | adj. Changeable in appearance. |
| chancery [ˈtʃɑːnsəri] | n. A court of equity, as distinguished from a common-law court. |
| chaos [ˈkeɪɒs] | n. Any condition of which the elements or parts are in utter disorder and confusion. |
| characteristic [ˌkærəktəˈrɪstɪk] | n. A distinctive feature. |
| characterize [ˈkærəktəraɪz] | v. To describe by distinctive marks or peculiarities. |
| charlatan [ˈʃɑːlətən] | n. A quack. |
| chasm [ˈkæzəm] | n. A yawning hollow, as in the earth's surface. |
| chasten [ˈtʃeɪsn̩] | v. To purify by affliction. |
| chastise [tʃæˈstaɪz] | v. To subject to punitive measures. |
| chastity [ˈtʃæstɪti] | n. Sexual or moral purity. |
| chateau [ˈʃætəʊ] | n. A castle or manor-house. |
| chattel [ˈtʃætl̩] | n. Any article of personal property. |
| check [tʃek] | v. To hold back. |
| chiffon [ˈʃɪfɒn] | n. A very thin gauze used for trimmings, evening dress, etc. |
| chivalry [ˈʃɪvəlri] | n. The knightly system of feudal times with its code, usages and practices. |
| choler [aˈkɒlərə] | n. An acute epidemic disease. |
| choleric [ˈkɒlərɪk] | adj. Easily provoked to anger. |
| choral [ˈkɔːrəl] | adj. Pertaining to, intended for, or performed by a chorus or choir. |
| Christ [ˈkraɪst] | n. A title of Jesus |
| christen [ˈkrɪsn̩] | v. To name in baptism. |
| Christendom [ˈkrɪsndəm] | n. That part of the world where Christianity is generally professed. |
| chromatic [krəʊˈmætɪk] | adj. Belonging, relating to, or abounding in color. |
| chronology [krəˈnɒlədʒi] | n. The science that treats of computation of time or of investigation and arrangement of events. |
| chronometer [krəˈnɒmɪtə] | n. A portable timekeeper of the highest attainable precision. |
| cipher [ˈsaɪfə] | v. To calculate arithmetically. (also a noun meaning zero or nothing) |
| circulate [ˈsɜːkjʊleɪt] | v. To disseminate. |
| circumference [sɜːˈkʌmfərəns] | n. The boundary-line of a circle. |
| circumlocution [ˌsɜːkəmləˈkjuːʃn̩] | n. Indirect or roundabout expression. |
| circumnavigate [ˌsɜːkəmˈnævɪɡeɪt] | v. To sail quite around. |
| circumscribe [ˈsɜːkəmskraɪb] | v. To confine within bounds. |
| circumspect [ˈsɜːkəmspekt] | adj. Showing watchfulness, caution, or careful consideration. |
| citadel [ˈsɪtədəl] | n. Any strong fortress. |
| cite [saɪt] | v. To refer to specifically. |
| claimant [ˈkleɪmənt] | n. One who makes a claim or demand, as of right. |
| clairvoyance [kleəˈvoɪəns] | n. Intuitive sagacity or perception. |
| clamorous [ˈklæmərəs] | adj. Urgent in complaint or demand. |
| clan [klæn] | n. A tribe. |
| clandestine [klænˈdestɪn] | adj. Surreptitious. |
| clangor [clangor] | n. Clanking or a ringing, as of arms, chains, or bells; clamor. |
| clarify [ˈklærɪfaɪ] | v. To render intelligible. |
| clarion [ˈklærɪən] | n. A small shrill trumpet or bugle. |
| classify [ˈklæsɪfaɪ] | v. To arrange in a class or classes on the basis of observed resemblance’s and differences. |
| clearance [ˈklɪərəns] | n. A certificate from the proper authorities that a vessel has complied with the law and may sail. |
| clemency [ˈklemənsi] | n. Mercy. |
| clement [ˈklemənt] | adj. Compassionate. |
| close-hauled [kləʊs ˈhɔːld] | adj. Having the sails set for sailing as close to the wind as possible. |
| clothier [ˈkləʊðɪə] | n. One who makes or sells cloth or clothing. |
| clumsy [ˈklʌmzi] | adj. Awkward of movement. |
| coagulate [kəʊˈæɡjʊleɪt] | v. To change into a clot or a jelly, as by heat, by chemical action, or by a ferment. |
| coagulant [kəʊˈæɡjʊlənt] | adj. Producing coagulation. |
| coalescence [ˌkəʊəˈlesəns] | n. The act or process of coming together so as to form one body, combination, or product. |
| coalition [ˌkəʊəˈlɪʃn̩] | n. Combination in a body or mass. |
| coddle [ˈkɒdl̩] | v. To treat as a baby or an invalid. |
| codicil [ˈkəʊdɪsɪl] | n. A supplement adding to, revoking, or explaining in the body of a will. |
| coerce [kəʊˈɜːs] | v. To force. |
| coercion [kəʊˈɜːʃn̩] | n. Forcible constraint or restraint, moral or physical. |
| coercive [kəʊˈɜːsɪv] | adj. Serving or tending to force. |
| cogent [ˈkəʊdʒənt] | adj. Appealing strongly to the reason or conscience. |
| cognate [ˈkɒɡneɪt] | adj. Akin. |
| cognizant [ˈkɒɡnɪzənt] | adj. Taking notice. |
| cohere [kəʊˈhɪə] | v. To stick together. |
| cohesion [kəʊˈhiːʒn̩] | n. Consistency. |
| cohesive [kəʊˈhiːsɪv] | adj. Having the property of consistency. |
| coincide [ˌkəʊɪnˈsaɪd] | v. To correspond. |
| coincidence [kəʊˈɪnsɪdəns] | n. A circumstance so agreeing with another: often implying accident. |
| coincident [kəʊˈɪnsɪdənt] | adj. Taking place at the same time. |
| collaborate [kəˈlæbəreɪt] | v. To labor or cooperate with another or others, especially in literary or scientific pursuits. |
| collapse [kəˈlæps] | v. To cause to shrink, fall in, or fail. |
| collapsible [kəˈlæpsəbl̩] | adj. That may or can collapse. |
| colleague [ˈkɒliːɡ] | n. An associate in professional employment. |
| collective [kəˈlektɪv] | adj. Consisting of a number of persons or objects considered as gathered into a mass, or sum. |
| collector [kəˈlektə] | n. One who makes a collection, as of objects of art, books, or the like. |
| collegian [kəˈliːdʒən] | n. A college student. |
| collide [kəˈlaɪd] | v. To meet and strike violently. |
| collier [ˈkɒlɪə] | n. One who works in a coal-mine. |
| collision [kəˈlɪʒn̩] | n. Violent contact. |
| colloquial [kəˈləʊkwɪəl] | adj. Pertaining or peculiar to common speech as distinguished from literary. |
| colloquialism [kəˈləʊkwɪəlɪzəm] | n. Form of speech used only or chiefly in conversation. |
| colloquy [ˈkɒləkwi] | n. Conversation. |
| collusion [kəˈluːʒn̩] | n. A secret agreement for a wrongful purpose. |
| colossus [kəˈlɒsəs] | n. Any strikingly great person or object. |
| comely [ˈkʌmli] | adj. Handsome. |
| comestible [kəˈmestəbl̩] | adj. Fit to be eaten. |
| comical [ˈkɒmɪkl̩] | adj. Funny. |
| commemorate [kəˈmeməreɪt] | v. To serve as a remembrance of. |
| commentary [ˈkɒməntri] | n. A series of illustrative or explanatory notes on any important work. |
| commingle [kəˈmɪŋɡl̩] | v. To blend. |
| commissariat [ˌkɒmɪˈseərɪət] | n. The department of an army charged with the provision of its food and water and daily needs. |
| commission [kəˈmɪʃn̩] | v. To empower. |
| commitment [kəˈmɪtmənt] | n. The act or process of entrusting or consigning for safe-keeping. |
| committal [kəˈmɪtl̩] | n. The act, fact, or result of committing, or the state of being |
| commodity [kəˈmɒdɪti] | n. Something that is bought and sold. |
| commotion [kəˈməʊʃn̩] | n. A disturbance or violent agitation. |
| commute [kəˈmjuːt] | v. To put something, especially something less severe, in place of. |
| comparable [ˈkɒmpərəbl̩] | adj. Fit to be compared. |
| comparative [kəmˈpærətɪv] | adj. Relative. |
| comparison [kəmˈpærɪsn̩] | n. Examination of two or more objects with reference to their likeness or unlikeness. |
| compensate [ˈkɒmpənseɪt] | v. To remunerate. |
| competence [ˈkɒmpɪtəns] | n. Adequate qualification or capacity. |
| competent [ˈkɒmpɪtənt] | adj. Qualified. |
| competitive [kəmˈpetətɪv] | adj. characterized by rivalry. |
| competitor [kəmˈpetɪtə] | n. A rival. |
| complacence [kəmˈpleɪsəns] | n. Satisfaction with one's acts or surroundings. |
| complacent [kəmˈpleɪsənt] | adj. Pleased or satisfied with oneself. |
| complaisance [kəmˈpleɪzəns] | n. Politeness. |
| complaisant [kəmˈpleɪzənt] | adj. Agreeable. |
| complement [ˈkɒmplɪmənt] | v. To make complete. |
| complex [ˈkɒmpleks] | adj. Complicated. |
| compliant [kəmˈplaɪənt] | adj. Yielding. |
| complicate [ˈkɒmplɪkeɪt] | v. To make complex, difficult, or hard to deal with. |
| complication [ˌkɒmplɪˈkeɪʃn̩] | n. An intermingling or combination of things or parts, especially in a perplexing manner. |
| complicity [kəmˈplɪsɪti] | n. Participation or partnership, as in wrong-doing or with a wrong-doer. |
| compliment [ˈkɒmplɪment] | v. To address or gratify with expressions of delicate praise. |
| component [kəmˈpəʊnənt] | n. A constituent element or part. |
| comport [kəmˈpɔːt] | v. To conduct or behave (oneself). |
| composure [kəmˈpəʊʒə] | n. Calmness. |
| comprehensible [ˌkɒmprɪˈhensəbl̩] | adj. Intelligible. |
| comprehension [ˌkɒmprɪˈhenʃn̩] | n. Ability to know. |
| comprehensive [ˌkɒmprɪˈhensɪv] | adj. Large in scope or content. |
| compress [kəmˈpres] | v. To press together or into smaller space. |
| compressible [kəmˈpresəbl] | adj. Capable of being pressed into smaller compass. |
| compression [kəmˈpreʃn̩] | n. Constraint, as by force or authority. |
| comprise [kəmˈpraɪz] | v. To consist of. |
| compulsion [kəmˈpʌlʃn̩] | n. Coercion. |
| compulsory [kəmˈpʌlsəri] | adj. Forced. |
| compunction [kəmˈpʌŋkʃn̩] | n. Remorseful feeling. |
| compute [kəmˈpjuːt] | v. To ascertain by mathematical calculation. |
| concede [kənˈsiːd] | v. To surrender. |
| conceit [kənˈsiːt] | n. Self-flattering opinion. |
| conceive [kənˈsiːv] | v. To form an idea, mental image or thought of. |
| concerto [kənˈtʃeətəʊ] | n. A musical composition. |
| concession [kənˈseʃn̩] | n. Anything granted or yielded, or admitted in response to a demand, petition, or claim. |
| conciliate [kənˈsɪlɪeɪt] | v. To obtain the friendship of. |
| conciliatory [kənˈsɪlɪətəri] | adj. Tending to reconcile. |
| conclusive [kənˈkluːsɪv] | adj. Sufficient to convince or decide. |
| concord [ˈkɒŋkɔːd] | n. Harmony. |
| concordance [kənˈkɔːdəns] | n. Harmony. |
| concur [kənˈkɜː] | v. To agree. |
| concurrence [kənˈkʌrəns] | n. Agreement. |
| concurrent [kənˈkʌrənt] | adj. Occurring or acting together. |
| concussion [kənˈkʌʃn̩] | n. A violent shock to some organ by a fall or a sudden blow. |
| condensation [ˌkɒndenˈseɪʃn̩] | n. The act or process of making dense or denser. |
| condense [kənˈdens] | v. To abridge. |
| condescend [ˌkɒndɪˈsend] | v. To come down voluntarily to equal terms with inferiors. |
| condolence [kənˈdəʊləns] | n. Expression of sympathy with a person in pain, sorrow, or misfortune. |
| conduce [kənˈdjuːs] | v. To bring about. |
| conducive [kənˈdjuːsɪv] | adj. Contributing to an end. |
| conductible [conductible] | adj. Capable of being conducted or transmitted. |
| conduit [ˈkɒndwɪt] | n. A means for conducting something, particularly a tube, pipe, or passageway for a fluid. |
| confectionery [kənˈfekʃənəri] | n. The candy collectively that a confectioner makes or sells, as candy. |
| confederacy [kənˈfedərəsi] | n. A number of states or persons in compact or league with each other, as for mutual aid. |
| confederate [kənˈfedəreɪt] | n. One who is united with others in a league, compact, or agreement. |
| confer [kənˈfɜː] | v. To bestow. |
| conferee [ˌkɑːnfəˈriː] | n. A person with whom another confers. |
| confessor [kənˈfesə] | n. A spiritual advisor. |
| confidant [ˌkɒnfɪˈdænt] | n. One to whom secrets are entrusted. |
| confide [kənˈfaɪd] | v. To reveal in trust or confidence. |
| confidence [ˈkɒnfɪdəns] | n. The state or feeling of trust in or reliance upon another. |
| confident [ˈkɒnfɪdənt] | adj. Assured. |
| confinement [kənˈfaɪnmənt] | n. Restriction within limits or boundaries. |
| confiscate [ˈkɒnfɪskeɪt] | v. To appropriate (private property) as forfeited to the public use or treasury. |
| conflagration [ˌkɒnfləˈɡreɪʃn̩] | n. A great fire, as of many buildings, a forest, or the like. |
| confluence [ˈkɒnflʊəns] | n. The place where streams meet. |
| confluent [ˈkɒnflʊənt] | n. A stream that unites with another. |
| conformance [kənˈfɔːməns] | n. The act or state or conforming. |
| conformable [kənˈfɔːməbl̩] | adj. Harmonious. |
| conformation [ˌkɒnfɔːˈmeɪʃn̩] | n. General structure, form, or outline. |
| conformity [kənˈfɔːmɪti] | n. Correspondence in form, manner, or use. |
| confront [kənˈfrʌnt] | v. To encounter, as difficulties or obstacles. |
| congeal [kənˈdʒiːl] | v. To coagulate. |
| congenial [kənˈdʒiːnɪəl] | adj. Having kindred character or tastes. |
| congest [kənˈdʒest] | v. To collect into a mass. |
| congregate [ˈkɒŋɡrɪɡeɪt] | v. To bring together into a crowd. |
| coniferous [kəˈnɪfərəs] | adj. Cone-bearing trees. |
| conjecture [kənˈdʒektʃə] | n. A guess. |
| conjoin [kənˈdʒɔɪn] | v. To unite. |
| conjugal [ˈkɒndʒʊɡəl] | adj. Pertaining to marriage, marital rights, or married persons. |
| conjugate [ˈkɒndʒʊɡeɪt] | adj. Joined together in pairs. |
| conjugation [ˌkɒndʒʊˈɡeɪʃn̩] | n. The state or condition of being joined together. |
| conjunction [kənˈdʒʌŋkʃn̩] | n. The state of being joined together, or the things so joined. |
| connive [kəˈnaɪv] | v. To be in collusion. |
| connoisseur [ˌkɒnəˈsɜː] | n. A critical judge of art, especially one with thorough knowledge and sound judgment of art. |
| connote [kəˈnəʊt] | v. To mean; signify. |
| connubial [kəˈnjuːbɪəl] | adj. Pertaining to marriage or matrimony. |
| conquer [ˈkɒŋkə] | v. To overcome by force. |
| consanguineous [ˌkɒnsæŋˈɡwɪnɪəs] | adj. Descended from the same parent or ancestor. |
| conscience [ˈkɒnʃəns] | n. The faculty in man by which he distinguishes between right and wrong in character and conduct. |
| conscientious [ˌkɒnʃɪˈenʃəs] | adj. Governed by moral standard. |
| conscious [ˈkɒnʃəs] | adj. Aware that one lives, feels, and thinks. |
| conscript [kənˈskrɪpt] | v. To force into military service. |
| consecrate [ˈkɒnsɪkreɪt] | v. To set apart as sacred. |
| consecutive [kənˈsekjʊtɪv] | adj. Following in uninterrupted succession. |
| consensus [kənˈsensəs] | n. A collective unanimous opinion of a number of persons. |
| conservatism [kənˈsɜːvətɪzəm] | n. Tendency to adhere to the existing order of things. |
| conservative [kənˈsɜːvətɪv] | adj. Adhering to the existing order of things. |
| conservatory [kənˈsɜːvətr̩i] | n. An institution for instruction and training in music and declamation. |
| consign [kənˈsaɪn] | v. To entrust. |
| consignee [ˌkɒnsaɪˈniː] | n. A person to whom goods or other property has been entrusted. |
| consignor [kənˈsaɪnə] | n. One who entrusts. |
| consistency [kənˈsɪstənsi] | n. A state of permanence. |
| console [kənˈsəʊl] | v. To comfort. |
| consolidate [kənˈsɒlɪdeɪt] | v. To combine into one body or system. |
| consonance [ˈkɒnsənəns] | n. The state or quality of being in accord with. |
| consonant [ˈkɒnsənənt] | adj. Being in agreement or harmony with. |
| consort [kənˈsɔːt] | n. A companion or associate. |
| conspicuous [kənˈspɪkjʊəs] | adj. Clearly visible. |
| conspirator [kənˈspɪrətə] | n. One who agrees with others to cooperate in accomplishing some unlawful purpose. |
| conspire [kənˈspaɪə] | v. To plot. |
| constable [ˈkɒnstəbl̩] | n. An officer whose duty is to maintain the peace. |
| constellation [ˌkɒnstəˈleɪʃn̩] | n. An arbitrary assemblage or group of stars. |
| consternation [ˌkɒnstəˈneɪʃn̩] | n. Panic. |
| constituency [kənˈstɪtjʊənsi] | n. The inhabitants or voters in a district represented in a legislative body. |
| constituent [kənˈstɪtjʊənt] | n. One who has the right to vote at an election. |
| constrict [kənˈstrɪkt] | v. To bind. |
| consul [ˈkɒnsl̩] | n. An officer appointed to reside in a foreign city, chiefly to represent his country. |
| consulate [ˈkɒnsjʊlət] | n. The place in which a consul transacts official business. |
| consummate [kənˈsʌmət] | v. To bring to completion. |
| consumption [kənˈsʌmpʃn̩] | n. Gradual destruction, as by burning, eating, etc., or by using up, wearing out, etc. |
| consumptive [kənˈsʌmptɪv] | adj. Designed for gradual destruction. |
| contagion [kənˈteɪdʒən] | n. The communication of disease from person to person. |
| contagious [kənˈteɪdʒəs] | adj. Transmitting disease. |
| contaminate [kənˈtæmɪneɪt] | v. To pollute. |
| contemplate [ˈkɒntəmpleɪt] | v. To consider thoughtfully. |
| contemporaneous [kənˌtempəˈreɪnɪəs] | adj. Living, occurring, or existing at the same time. |
| contemporary [kənˈtemprəri] | adj. Living or existing at the same time. |
| contemptible [kənˈtemptəbl̩] | adj. Worthy of scorn or disdain. |
| contemptuous [kənˈtemptʃʊəs] | adj. Disdainful. |
| contender [kənˈtendə] | n. One who exerts oneself in opposition or rivalry. |
| contiguity [ˌkɒntɪˈɡjuːɪti] | n. Proximity. |
| contiguous [kənˈtɪɡjʊəs] | adj. Touching or joining at the edge or boundary. |
| continence [ˈkɒntɪnəns] | n. Self-restraint with respect to desires, appetites, and passion. |
| contingency [kənˈtɪndʒənsi] | n. Possibility of happening. |
| contingent [kənˈtɪndʒənt] | adj. Not predictable. |
| continuance [kənˈtɪnjʊəns] | n. Permanence. |
| continuation [kənˌtɪnjʊˈeɪʃn̩] | n. Prolongation. |
| continuity [ˌkɒntɪˈnjuːɪti] | n. Uninterrupted connection in space, time, operation, or development. |
| continuous [kənˈtɪnjʊəs] | adj. Connected, extended, or prolonged without separation or interruption of sequence. |
| contort [kənˈtɔːt] | v. To twist into a misshapen form. |
| contraband [ˈkɒntrəbænd] | n. Trade forbidden by law or treaty. |
| contradiction [ˌkɒntrəˈdɪkʃn̩] | n. The assertion of the opposite of that which has been said. |
| contradictory [ˌkɒntrəˈdɪktəri] | adj. Inconsistent with itself. |
| contraposition [ˌkɒntrəpəˈzɪʃən] | n. A placing opposite. |
| contravene [ˌkɒntrəˈviːn] | v. To prevent or obstruct the operation of. |
| contribution [ˌkɒntrɪˈbjuːʃn̩] | n. The act of giving for a common purpose. |
| contributor [kənˈtrɪbjuːtə] | n. One who gives or furnishes, in common with others, for a common purpose. |
| contrite [kənˈtraɪt] | adj. Broken in spirit because of a sense of sin. |
| contrivance [kənˈtraɪvəns] | n. The act planning, devising, inventing, or adapting something to or for a special purpose. |
| contrive [kənˈtraɪv] | v. To manage or carry through by some device or scheme. |
| control [kənˈtrəʊl] | v. To exercise a directing, restraining, or governing influence over. |
| controller [kənˈtrəʊlə] | n. One who or that which regulates or directs. |
| contumacious [ˌkɒntjuːˈmeɪʃəs] | adj. Rebellious. |
| contumacy [ˈkɒntjʊməsi] | n. Contemptuous disregard of the requirements of rightful authority. |
| contuse [kənˈtjuːz] | v. To bruise by a blow, either with or without the breaking of the skin. |
| contusion [kənˈtjuːʒn̩] | n. A bruise. |
| convalesce [ˌkɒnvəˈles] | v. To recover after a sickness. |
| convalescence [ˌkɒnvəˈlesns] | n. The state of progressive restoration to health and strength after the cessation of disease. |
| convalescent [ˌkɒnvəˈlesnt] | adj. Recovering health after sickness. |
| convene [kənˈviːn] | v. To summon or cause to assemble. |
| convenience [kənˈviːnɪəns] | n. Fitness, as of time or place. |
| converge [kənˈvɜːdʒ] | v. To cause to incline and approach nearer together. |
| convergent [kənˈvɜːdʒənt] | adj. Tending to one point. |
| conversant [kənˈvɜːsnt] | adj. Thoroughly informed. |
| conversion [kənˈvɜːʃn̩] | n. Change from one state or position to another, or from one form to another. |
| convertible [kənˈvɜːtəbl̩] | adj. Interchangeable. |
| convex [ˈkɒnveks] | adj. Curving like the segment of the globe or of the surface of a circle. |
| conveyance [kənˈveɪəns] | n. That by which anything is transported. |
| convivial [kənˈvɪvɪəl] | adj. Devoted to feasting, or to good-fellowship in eating or drinking. |
| convolution [ˌkɒnvəˈluːʃn̩] | n. A winding motion. |
| convolve [kənˈvɒlv] | v. To move with a circling or winding motion. |
| convoy [ˈkɒnvɔɪ] | n. A protecting force accompanying property in course of transportation. |
| convulse [kənˈvʌls] | v. To cause spasms in. |
| convulsion [kənˈvʌlʃn̩] | n. A violent and abnormal muscular contraction of the body. |
| copious [ˈkəʊpɪəs] | adj. Plenteous. |
| coquette [kɒˈket] | n. A flirt. |
| cornice [ˈkɔːnɪs] | n. An ornamental molding running round the walls of a room close to the ceiling. |
| cornucopi [aˌkɔːnjʊˈkəʊpɪə] | n. The horn of plenty, symbolizing peace and prosperity. |
| corollary [kəˈrɒləri] | n. A proposition following so obviously from another that it requires little demonstration. |
| coronation [ˌkɒrəˈneɪʃn̩] | n. The act or ceremony of crowning a monarch. |
| coronet [ˈkɒrənet] | n. Inferior crown denoting, according to its form, various degrees of noble rank less than sovereign. |
| corporal [ˈkɔːpərəl] | adj. Belonging or relating to the body as opposed to the mind. |
| corporate [ˈkɔːpərət] | adj. Belonging to a corporation. |
| corporeal [kɔːˈpɔːrɪəl] | adj. Of a material nature; physical. |
| corps [kɔːz] | n. A number or body of persons in some way associated or acting together. |
| corpse [kɔːps] | n. A dead body. |
| corpulent [ˈkɔːpjʊlənt] | adj. Obese. |
| corpuscle [ˈkɔːpʌsl̩] | n. A minute particle of matter. |
| correlate [ˈkɒrəleɪt] | v. To put in some relation of connection or correspondence. |
| correlative [kɒˈrelətɪv] | adj. Mutually involving or implying one another. |
| corrigible [ˈkɒrɪdʒəbl̩] | adj. Capable of reformation. |
| corroborate [kəˈrɒbəreɪt] | v. To strengthen, as proof or conviction. |
| corroboration [kəˌrɒbəˈreɪʃn̩] | n. Confirmation. |
| corrode [kəˈrəʊd] | v. To ruin or destroy little by little. |
| corrosion [kəˈrəʊʒn̩] | n. Gradual decay by crumbling or surface disintegration. |
| corrosive [kəˈrəʊsɪv] | n. That which causes gradual decay by crumbling or surface disintegration. |
| corruptible [kəˈrʌptəbl̩] | adj. Open to bribery. |
| corruption [kəˈrʌpʃn̩] | n. Loss of purity or integrity. |
| cosmetic [kɒzˈmetɪk] | adj. Pertaining to the art of beautifying, especially the complexion. |
| cosmic [ˈkɒzmɪk] | adj. Pertaining to the universe. |
| cosmogony [kɒzˈmɒɡəni] | n. A doctrine of creation or of the origin of the universe. |
| cosmography [kɒzˈmɒɡrəfɪ] | n. The science that describes the universe, including astronomy, geography, and geology. |
| cosmology [kɒzˈmɒlədʒi] | n. The general science of the universe. |
| cosmopolitan [ˌkɒzməˈpɒlɪtən] | adj. Common to all the world. |
| cosmopolitanism [ˌkɒzməˈpɒlɪtənɪzm] | n. A cosmopolitan character. |
| cosmos [ˈkɒzmɒs] | n. The world or universe considered as a system, perfect in order and arrangement. |
| counter-claim [ˈkaʊntəkleɪm] | n. A cross-demand alleged by a defendant in his favor against the plaintiff. |
| counteract [ˌkaʊntəˈrækt] | v. To act in opposition to. |
| counterbalance [ˌkaʊntəˈbæləns] | v. To oppose with an equal force. |
| countercharge [ˈkaʊntərˌtʃɑːdʒ] | v. To accuse in return. |
| counterfeit [ˈkaʊntəfɪt] | adj. Made to resemble something else. |
| counterpart [ˈkaʊntəpɑːt] | n. Something taken with another for the completion of either. |
| countervail [ˈkaʊntəveɪl] | v. To offset. |
| counting-house [ˈkaʊntɪŋ haʊs] | n. A house or office used for transacting business, bookkeeping, correspondence, etc. |
| countryman [ˈkʌntrimən] | n. A rustic. |
| courageous [kəˈreɪdʒəs] | adj. Brave. |
| course [kɔːs] | n. Line of motion or direction. |
| courser [ˈkɔːsə] | n. A fleet and spirited horse. |
| courtesy [ˈkɜːtəsi] | n. Politeness originating in kindness and exercised habitually. |
| covenant [ˈkʌvənənt] | n. An agreement entered into by two or more persons or parties. |
| covert [ˈkʌvət] | adj. Concealed, especially for an evil purpose. |
| covey [ˈkʌvi] | n. A flock of quails or partridges. |
| cower [ˈkaʊə] | v. To crouch down tremblingly, as through fear or shame. |
| coxswain [ˈkɒksn̩] | n. One who steers a rowboat, or one who has charge of a ship's boat and its crew under an officer. |
| crag [kræɡ] | n. A rugged, rocky projection on a cliff or ledge. |
| cranium [ˈkreɪnɪəm] | n. The skull of an animal, especially that part enclosing the brain. |
| crass [kræs] | adj. Coarse or thick in nature or structure, as opposed to thin or fine. |
| craving [ˈkreɪvɪŋ] | n. A vehement desire. |
| creak [kriːk] | n. A sharp, harsh, squeaking sound. |
| creamery [ˈkriːməri] | n. A butter-making establishment. |
| creamy [ˈkriːmi] | adj. Resembling or containing cream. |
| credence [ˈkriːdns] | n. Belief. |
| credible [ˈkredəbl̩] | adj. Believable. |
| credulous [ˈkredjʊləs] | adj. Easily deceived. |
| creed [kriːd] | n. A formal summary of fundamental points of religious belief. |
| crematory [ˈkremətəri] | adj. A place for cremating dead bodies. |
| crevasse [krɪˈvæs] | n. A deep crack or fissure in the ice of a glacier. |
| crevice [ˈkrevɪs] | n. A small fissure, as between two contiguous surfaces. |
| criterion [kraɪˈtɪərɪən] | n. A standard by which to determine the correctness of a judgment or conclusion. |
| critique [krɪˈtiːk] | n. A criticism or critical review. |
| crockery [ˈkrɒkəri] | n. Earthenware made from baked clay. |
| crucible [ˈkruːsɪbl̩] | n. A trying and purifying test or agency. |
| crusade [kruːˈseɪd] | n. Any concerted movement, vigorously prosecuted, in behalf of an idea or principle. |
| crustacean [krʌˈsteɪʃn̩] | adj. Pertaining to a division of arthropods, containing lobsters, crabs, crawfish, etc. |
| crustaceous [crustaceous] | adj. Having a crust-like shell. |
| cryptogram [ˈkrɪptəɡræm] | n. Anything written in characters that are secret or so arranged as to have hidden meaning. |
| crystallize [ˈkrɪstəlaɪz] | v. To bring together or give fixed shape to. |
| cudgel [ˈkʌdʒəl] | n. A short thick stick used as a club. |
| culinary [ˈkʌlɪnəri] | adj. Of or pertaining to cooking or the kitchen. |
| cull [kʌl] | v. To pick or sort out from the rest. |
| culpable [ˈkʌlpəbl̩] | adj. Guilty. |
| culprit [ˈkʌlprɪt] | n. A guilty person. |
| culvert [ˈkʌlvət] | n. Any artificial covered channel for the passage of water through a bank or under a road, canal. |
| cupidity [kjuːˈpɪdɪti] | n. Avarice. |
| curable [ˈkjʊərəbl̩] | adj. Capable of being remedied or corrected. |
| curator [kjʊəˈreɪtə] | n. A person having charge as of a library or museum. |
| curio [ˈkjʊərɪəʊ] | n. A piece of bric-a-brac. |
| cursive [ˈkɜːsɪv] | adj. Writing in which the letters are joined together. |
| cursory [ˈkɜːsəri] | adj. Rapid and superficial. |
| curt [kɜːt] | adj. Concise, compressed, and abrupt in act or expression. |
| curtail [kɜːˈteɪl] | v. To cut off or cut short. |
| curtsy [ˈkɜːtsi] | n. A downward movement of the body by bending the knees. |
| cycloid [ˈsaɪklɔɪd] | adj. Like a circle. |
| cygnet [ˈsɪɡnɪt] | n. A young swan. |
| cynical [ˈsɪnɪkl̩] | adj. Exhibiting moral skepticism. |
| cynicism [ˈsɪnɪsɪzəm] | n. Contempt for the opinions of others and of what others value. |
| cynosure [ˈsɪnəˌzjʊə] | n. That to which general interest or attention is directed. |
| daring [ˈdeərɪŋ] | adj. Brave. |
| darkling [dɑːklɪŋ] | adv. Blindly. |
| Darwinism [ˈdɑːwəˌnɪzəm] | n. The doctrine that natural selection has been the prime cause of evolution of higher forms. |
| dastard [ˈdæstəd] | n. A base coward. |
| datum [ˈdeɪtəm] | n. A premise, starting-point, or given fact. |
| dauntless [ˈdɔːntlɪs] | adj. Fearless. |
| day-man [deɪ mæn] | n. A day-laborer. |
| dead-heat [ded hiːt] | n. A race in which two or more competitors come out even, and there is no winner. |
| dearth [dɜːθ] | n. Scarcity, as of something customary, essential ,or desirable. |
| death's-head [ˈdeθshed] | n. A human skull as a symbol of death. |
| debase [dɪˈbeɪs] | v. To lower in character or virtue. |
| debatable [dɪˈbeɪtəbl̩] | adj. Subject to contention or dispute. |
| debonair [ˌdebəˈneə] | adj. Having gentle or courteous bearing or manner. |
| debut [ˈdeɪbjuː] | n. A first appearance in society or on the stage. |
| decagon [ˈdekəɡən] | n. A figure with ten sides and ten angles. |
| decagram [decaɡram] | n. A weight of 10 grams. |
| decaliter [decaliter] | n. A liquid and dry measure of 10 liters. |
| decalogue [ˈdekəlɒɡ] | n. The ten commandments. |
| Decameron [decameron] | n. A volume consisting of ten parts or books. |
| decameter [decameter] | n. A length of ten meters. |
| decamp [dɪˈkæmp] | v. To leave suddenly or unexpectedly. |
| decapitate [dɪˈkæpɪteɪt] | v. To behead. |
| decapod [ˈdekəpɒd] | adj. Ten-footed or ten-armed. |
| decasyllable [ˈdekəsɪləbl̩] | n. A line of ten syllables. |
| deceit [dɪˈsiːt] | n. Falsehood. |
| deceitful [dɪˈsiːtfʊl] | adj. Fraudulent. |
| deceive [dɪˈsiːv] | v. To mislead by or as by falsehood. |
| decency [ˈdiːsnsi] | n. Moral fitness. |
| decent [ˈdiːsnt] | adj. Characterized by propriety of conduct, speech, manners, or dress. |
| deciduous [dɪˈsɪdjʊəs] | adj. Falling off at maturity as petals after flowering, fruit when ripe, etc. |
| decimal [ˈdesɪml̩] | adj. Founded on the number 10. |
| decimate [ˈdesɪmeɪt] | v. To destroy a measurable or large proportion of. |
| decipher [dɪˈsaɪfə] | v. To find out the true words or meaning of, as something hardly legible. |
| decisive [dɪˈsaɪsɪv] | ad. Conclusive. |
| declamation [ˌdekləˈmeɪʃn̩] | n. A speech recited or intended for recitation from memory in public. |
| declamatory [dɪˈklæmətəri] | adj. A full and formal style of utterance. |
| declarative [dɪˈklærətɪv] | adj. Containing a formal, positive, or explicit statement or affirmation. |
| declension [dɪˈklenʃn̩] | n. The change of endings in nouns and adj. to express their different relations of gender. |
| decorate [ˈdekəreɪt] | v. To embellish. |
| decorous [ˈdekərəs] | adj. Suitable for the occasion or circumstances. |
| decoy [dɪˈkoɪ] | n. Anything that allures, or is intended to allures into danger or temptation. |
| decrepit [dɪˈkrepɪt] | adj. Enfeebled, as by old age or some chronic infirmity. |
| dedication [ˌdedɪˈkeɪʃn̩] | n. The voluntary consecration or relinquishment of something to an end or cause. |
| deduce [dɪˈdjuːs] | v. To derive or draw as a conclusion by reasoning from given premises or principles. |
| deface [dɪˈfeɪs] | v. To mar or disfigure the face or external surface of. |
| defalcate [ˈdiːfælkeɪt] | v. To cut off or take away, as a part of something. |
| defamation [ˌdefəˈmeɪʃn̩] | n. Malicious and groundless injury done to the reputation or good name of another. |
| defame [dɪˈfeɪm] | v. To slander. |
| default [dɪˈfɔːlt] | n. The neglect or omission of a legal requirement. |
| defendant [dɪˈfendənt] | n. A person against whom a suit is brought. |
| defensible [dɪˈfensəbl̩] | adj. Capable of being maintained or justified. |
| defensive [dɪˈfensɪv] | adj. Carried on in resistance to aggression. |
| defer [dɪˈfɜː] | v. To delay or put off to some other time. |
| deference [ˈdefərəns] | n. Respectful submission or yielding, as to another's opinion, wishes, or judgment. |
| defiant [dɪˈfaɪənt] | adj. Characterized by bold or insolent opposition. |
| deficiency [dɪˈfɪʃnsi] | n. Lack or insufficiency. |
| deficient [dɪˈfɪʃnt] | adj. Not having an adequate or proper supply or amount. |
| definite [ˈdefɪnət] | adj. Having an exact signification or positive meaning. |
| deflect [dɪˈflekt] | v. To cause to turn aside or downward. |
| deforest [ˌdiːˈfɒrɪst] | v. To clear of forests. |
| deform [dɪˈfɔːm] | v. To disfigure. |
| deformity [dɪˈfɔːmɪti] | n. A disfigurement. |
| defraud [dɪˈfrɔːd] | v. To deprive of something dishonestly. |
| defray [dɪˈfreɪ] | v. To make payment for. |
| degeneracy [dɪˈdʒenərəsi] | n. A becoming worse. |
| degenerate [dɪˈdʒenəreɪt] | v. To become worse or inferior. |
| degradation [ˌdeɡrəˈdeɪʃn̩] | n. Diminution, as of strength or magnitude. |
| degrade [dɪˈɡreɪd] | v. To take away honors or position from. |
| dehydrate [ˌdiːˈhaɪdreɪt] | v. To deprive of water. |
| deify [ˈdiːɪfaɪ] | v. To regard or worship as a god. |
| deign [deɪn] | v. To deem worthy of notice or account. |
| deist [ˈdiːɪst] | n. One who believes in God, but denies supernatural revelation. |
| deity [ˈdiːɪti] | n. A god, goddess, or divine person. |
| deject [dɪˈdʒekt] | v. To dishearten. |
| dejection [dɪˈdʒekʃn̩] | n. Melancholy. |
| delectable [dɪˈlektəbl̩] | adj. Delightful to the taste or to the senses. |
| delectation [ˌdiːlekˈteɪʃn̩] | n. Delight. |
| deleterious [ˌdelɪˈtɪərɪəs] | adj. Hurtful, morally or physically. |
| delicacy [ˈdelɪkəsi] | n. That which is agreeable to a fine taste. |
| delineate [dɪˈlɪnɪeɪt] | v. To represent by sketch or diagram. |
| deliquesce [ˌdelɪˈkwes] | v. To dissolve gradually and become liquid by absorption of moisture from the air. |
| delirious [dɪˈlɪrɪəs] | adj. Raving. |
| delude [dɪˈluːd] | v. To mislead the mind or judgment of. |
| deluge [ˈdeljuːdʒ] | v. To overwhelm with a flood of water. |
| delusion [dɪˈluːʒn̩] | n. Mistaken conviction, especially when more or less enduring. |
| demagnetize [ˌdiːˈmæɡnɪtaɪz] | v. To deprive (a magnet) of magnetism. |
| demagogue [ˈdeməɡɒɡ] | n. An unprincipled politician. |
| demeanor [ˌdɪˈmiːnə] | n. Deportment. |
| demented [dɪˈmentɪd] | adj. Insane. |
| demerit [diːˈmerɪt] | n. A mark for failure or bad conduct. |
| demise [dɪˈmaɪz] | n. Death. |
| demobilize [diːˈməʊbəlaɪz] | v. To disband, as troops. |
| demolish [dɪˈmɒlɪʃ] | v. To annihilate. |
| demonstrable [ˈdemənstrəbl̩] | adj. Capable of positive proof. |
| demonstrate [ˈdemənstreɪt] | v. To prove indubitably. |
| demonstrative [dɪˈmɒnstrətɪv] | adj. Inclined to strong exhibition or expression of feeling or thoughts. |
| demonstrator [ˈdemənstreɪtə] | n. One who proves in a convincing and conclusive manner. |
| demulcent [dɪˈmʌlsənt] | n. Any application soothing to an irritable surface |
| demurrage [dɪˈmʌrɪdʒ] | n. the detention of a vessel beyond the specified time of sailing. |
| dendroid [denˈdrɔɪd] | adj. Like a tree. |
| dendrology [denˈdrɒlədʒɪ] | n. The natural history of trees. |
| denizen [ˈdenɪzn̩] | n. Inhabitant. |
| denominate [dɪˈnɒmɪneɪt] | v. To give a name or epithet to. |
| denomination [dɪˌnɒmɪˈneɪʃn̩] | n. A body of Christians united by a common faith and form of worship and discipline. |
| denominator [dɪˈnɒmɪneɪtə] | n. Part of a fraction which expresses the number of equal parts into which the unit is divided. |
| denote [dɪˈnəʊt] | v. To designate by word or mark. |
| denouement [ˌdeɪˈnuːmːmənt] | n. That part of a play or story in which the mystery is cleared up. |
| denounce [dɪˈnaʊns] | v. To point out or publicly accuse as deserving of punishment, censure, or odium. |
| dentifrice [ˈdentɪfrɪs] | n. Any preparation used for cleaning the teeth. |
| denude [dɪˈnjuːd] | v. To strip the covering from. |
| denunciation [dɪˌnʌnsɪˈeɪʃn̩] | n. The act of declaring an action or person worthy of reprobation or punishment. |
| deplete [dɪˈpliːt] | v. To reduce or lessen, as by use, exhaustion, or waste. |
| deplorable [dɪˈplɔːrəbl̩] | adj. Contemptible. |
| deplore [dɪˈplɔː] | v. To regard with grief or sorrow. |
| deponent [dɪˈpəʊnənt] | adj. Laying down. |
| depopulate [ˌdiːˈpɒpjʊleɪt] | v. To remove the inhabitants from. |
| deport [dɪˈpɔːt] | v. To take or send away forcibly, as to a penal colony. |
| deportment [dɪˈpɔːtmənt] | n. Demeanor. |
| deposition [ˌdepəˈzɪʃn̩] | n. Testimony legally taken on interrogatories and reduced to writing, for use as evidence in court. |
| depositor [dɪˈpɒzɪtə] | n. One who makes a deposit, or has an amount deposited. |
| depository [dɪˈpɒzɪtr̩i] | n. A place where anything is kept in safety. |
| deprave [dɪˈpreɪv] | v. To render bad, especially morally bad. |
| deprecate [ˈdeprəkeɪt] | v. To express disapproval or regret for, with hope for the opposite. |
| depreciate [dɪˈpriːʃɪeɪt] | v. To lessen the worth of. |
| depreciation [dɪˌpriːʃɪˈeɪʃn̩] | n. A lowering in value or an underrating in worth. |
| depress [dɪˈpres] | v. To press down. |
| depression [dɪˈpreʃn̩] | n. A falling of the spirits. |
| depth [depθ] | n. Deepness. |
| derelict [ˈderəlɪkt] | adj. Neglectful of obligation. |
| deride [dɪˈraɪd] | v. To ridicule. |
| derisible [derisible] | adj. Open to ridicule. |
| derision [dɪˈrɪʒn̩] | n. Ridicule. |
| derivation [ˌderɪˈveɪʃn̩] | n. That process by which a word is traced from its original root or primitive form and meaning. |
| derivative [dɪˈrɪvətɪv] | adj. Coming or acquired from some origin. |
| derive [dɪˈraɪv] | v. To deduce, as from a premise. |
| dermatology [ˌdɜːməˈtɒlədʒi] | n. The branch of medical science which relates to the skin and its diseases. |
| derrick [ˈderɪk] | n. An apparatus for hoisting and swinging great weights. |
| descendant [dɪˈsendənt] | n. One who is descended lineally from another, as a child, grandchild, etc. |
| descendent [dəˈsendənt] | adj. Proceeding downward. |
| descent [dɪˈsent] | n. The act of moving or going downward. |
| descry [dɪˈskraɪ] | v. To discern. |
| desert [dɪˈzɜːt] | v. To abandon without regard to the welfare of the abandoned |
| desiccant [ˈdesɪkənt] | n. Any remedy which, when applied externally, dries up or absorbs moisture, as that of wounds. |
| designate [ˈdezɪɡneɪt] | v. To select or appoint, as by authority. |
| desist [dɪˈzɪst] | v. To cease from action. |
| desistance [desistance] | n. Cessation. |
| despair [dɪˈspeə] | n. Utter hopelessness and despondency. |
| desperado [ˌdespəˈrɑːdəʊ] | n. One without regard for law or life. |
| desperate [ˈdespərət] | adj. Resorted to in a last extremity, or as if prompted by utter despair. |
| despicable [dɪˈspɪkəbl̩] | adj. Contemptible. |
| despite [dɪˈspaɪt] | prep. In spite of. |
| despond [dɪˈspɒnd] | v. To lose spirit, courage, or hope. |
| despondent [dɪˈspɒndənt] | adj. Disheartened. |
| despot [ˈdespɒt] | n. An absolute and irresponsible monarch. |
| despotism [ˈdespətɪzəm] | n. Any severe and strict rule in which the judgment of the governed has little or no part. |
| destitute [ˈdestɪtjuːt] | adj. Poverty-stricken. |
| desultory [ˈdesəltr̩i] | adj. Not connected with what precedes. |
| deter [dɪˈtɜː] | v. To frighten away. |
| deteriorate [dɪˈtɪərɪəreɪt] | v. To grow worse. |
| determinate [dɪˈtɜːmɪnət] | adj. Definitely limited or fixed. |
| determination [dɪˌtɜːmɪˈneɪʃn̩] | n. The act of deciding. |
| deterrent [dɪˈterənt] | adj. Hindering from action through fear. |
| detest [dɪˈtest] | v. To dislike or hate with intensity. |
| detract [dɪˈtrækt] | v. To take away in such manner as to lessen value or estimation. |
| detriment [ˈdetrɪmənt] | n. Something that causes damage, depreciation, or loss. |
| detrude [dɪˈtruːd] | v. To push down forcibly. |
| deviate [ˈdiːvɪeɪt] | v. To take a different course. |
| devilry [ˈdevlri] | n. Malicious mischief. |
| deviltry [ˈdevltrɪ] | n. Wanton and malicious mischief. |
| devious [ˈdiːvɪəs] | adj. Out of the common or regular track. |
| devise [dɪˈvaɪz] | v. To invent. |
| devout [dɪˈvaʊt] | adj. Religious. |
| dexterity [ˌdekˈsterɪti] | n. Readiness, precision, efficiency, and ease in any physical activity or in any mechanical work. |
| diabolic [ˌdaɪəˈbɒlɪk] | adj. Characteristic of the devil. |
| diacritical [ˌdaɪəˈkrɪtɪkəl] | adj. Marking a difference. |
| diagnose [ˈdaɪəɡnəʊz] | v. To distinguish, as a disease, by its characteristic phenomena. |
| diagnosis [ˌdaɪəɡˈnəʊsɪs] | n. Determination of the distinctive nature of a disease. |
| dialect [ˈdaɪəlekt] | n. Forms of speech collectively that are peculiar to the people of a particular district. |
| dialectician [ˌdaɪəlekˈtɪʃn̩] | n. A logician. |
| dialogue [ˈdaɪəlɒɡ] | n. A formal conversation in which two or more take part. |
| diaphanous [daɪˈæfənəs] | adj. Transparent. |
| diatomic [ˌdaɪəˈtɒmɪk] | adj. Containing only two atoms. |
| diatribe [ˈdaɪətraɪb] | n. A bitter or malicious criticism. |
| dictum [ˈdɪktəm] | n. A positive utterance. |
| didactic [dɪˈdæktɪk] | adj. Pertaining to teaching. |
| difference [ˈdɪfrəns] | n. Dissimilarity in any respect. |
| differenti [aˌdɪfəˈrenʃɪə] | n. Any essential characteristic of a species by reason of which it differs from other species. |
| differential [ˌdɪfəˈrenʃl̩] | adj. Distinctive. |
| differentiate [ˌdɪfəˈrenʃɪeɪt] | v. To acquire a distinct and separate character. |
| diffidence [ˈdɪfɪdəns] | n. Self-distrust. |
| diffident [ˈdɪfɪdənt] | adj. Affected or possessed with self-distrust. |
| diffusible [dɪˈfjuːzəbl] | adj. Spreading rapidly through the system and acting quickly. |
| diffusion [dɪˈfjuːʒn̩] | n. Dispersion. |
| dignitary [ˈdɪɡnɪtəri] | n. One who holds high rank. |
| digraph [ˈdaɪɡrɑːf] | n. A union of two characters representing a single sound. |
| digress [daɪˈɡres] | v. To turn aside from the main subject and for a time dwell on some incidental matter. |
| dilapidated [dɪˈlæpɪdeɪtɪd] | pa. Fallen into decay or partial ruin. |
| dilate [daɪˈleɪt] | v. To enlarge in all directions. |
| dilatory [ˈdɪlətəri] | adj. Tending to cause delay. |
| dilemm [adɪˈlemə] | n. A situation in which a choice between opposing modes of conduct is necessary. |
| dilettante [ˌdɪlɪˈtænti] | n. A superficial amateur. |
| diligence [ˈdɪlɪdʒəns] | n. Careful and persevering effort to accomplish what is undertaken. |
| dilute [daɪˈljuːt] | v. To make more fluid or less concentrated by admixture with something. |
| diminution [ˌdɪmɪˈnjuːʃn̩] | n. Reduction. |
| dimly [ˈdɪmli] | adv. Obscurely. |
| diphthong [ˈdɪfθɒŋ] | n. The sound produced by combining two vowels in to a single syllable or running together the sounds. |
| diplomacy [dɪˈpləʊməsi] | n. Tact, shrewdness, or skill in conducting any kind of negotiations or in social matters. |
| diplomat [ˈdɪpləmæt] | n. A representative of one sovereign state at the capital or court of another. |
| diplomatic [ˌdɪpləˈmætɪk] | adj. Characterized by special tact in negotiations. |
| diplomatist [dɪˈpləʊmətɪst] | n. One remarkable for tact and shrewd management. |
| disagree [ˌdɪsəˈɡriː] | v. To be opposite in opinion. |
| disallow [ˌdɪsəˈlaʊ] | v. To withhold permission or sanction. |
| disappear [ˌdɪsəˈpɪə] | v. To cease to exist, either actually or for the time being. |
| disappoint [ˌdɪsəˈpɔɪnt] | v. To fail to fulfill the expectation, hope, wish, or desire of. |
| disapprove [ˌdɪsəˈpruːv] | v. To regard with blame. |
| disarm [dɪsˈɑːm] | v. To deprive of weapons. |
| disarrange [ˌdɪsəˈreɪndʒ] | v. To throw out of order. |
| disavow [ˌdɪsəˈvaʊ] | v. To disclaim responsibility for. |
| disavowal [ˌdɪsəˈvaʊəl] | n. Denial. |
| disbeliever [ˈdɪsbɪˈliːvə] | n. One who refuses to believe. |
| disburden [dɪsˈbɜːdn̩] | v. To disencumber. |
| disburse [dɪsˈbɜːs] | v. To pay out or expend, as money from a fund. |
| discard [dɪˈskɑːd] | v. To reject. |
| discernible [dɪˈsɜːnəbl̩] | adj. Perceivable. |
| disciple [dɪˈsaɪpl̩] | n. One who believes the teaching of another, or who adopts and follows some doctrine. |
| disciplinary [ˈdɪsɪplɪnəri] | adj. Having the nature of systematic training or subjection to authority. |
| discipline [ˈdɪsɪplɪn] | v. To train to obedience. |
| disclaim [dɪsˈkleɪm] | v. To disavow any claim to, connection with, or responsibility to. |
| discolor [ˌdɪˈskələ] | v. To stain. |
| discomfit [dɪsˈkʌmfɪt] | v. To put to confusion. |
| discomfort [dɪsˈkʌmfət] | n. The state of being positively uncomfortable. |
| disconnect [ˌdɪskəˈnekt] | v. To undo or dissolve the connection or association of. |
| disconsolate [dɪsˈkɒnsələt] | adj. Grief-stricken. |
| discontinuance [ˌdɪskənˈtɪnjʊəns] | n. Interruption or intermission. |
| discord [ˈdɪskɔːd] | n. Absence of harmoniousness. |
| discountenance [dɪsˈkaʊntɪnəns] | v. To look upon with disfavor. |
| discover [dɪˈskʌvə] | v. To get first sight or knowledge of, as something previously unknown or unperceived. |
| discredit [dɪsˈkredɪt] | v. To injure the reputation of. |
| discreet [dɪˈskriːt] | adj. Judicious. |
| discrepant [dɪsˈkrepənt] | adj. Opposite. |
| discriminate [dɪˈskrɪmɪneɪt] | v. To draw a distinction. |
| discursive [dɪˈskɜːsɪv] | adj. Passing from one subject to another. |
| discussion [dɪˈskʌʃn̩] | n. Debate. |
| disenfranchise [ˌdɪsɪnˈfræntʃaɪz] | v. To deprive of any right privilege or power |
| disengage [ˌdɪsɪnˈɡeɪdʒ] | v. To become detached. |
| disfavor [ˌdɪsˈfeɪvə] | n. Disregard. |
| disfigure [dɪsˈfɪɡə] | v. To impair or injure the beauty, symmetry, or appearance of. |
| dishabille [ˌdɪsæˈbiːl] | n. Undress or negligent attire. |
| dishonest [dɪsˈɒnɪst] | adj. Untrustworthy. |
| disillusion [ˌdɪsɪˈluːʒn̩] | v. To disenchant. |
| disinfect [ˌdɪsɪnˈfekt] | v. To remove or destroy the poison of infectious or contagious diseases. |
| disinfectant [ˌdɪsɪnˈfektənt] | n. A substance used to destroy the germs of infectious diseases. |
| disinherit [ˌdɪsɪnˈherɪt] | v. To deprive of an inheritance. |
| disinterested [dɪsˈɪntrəstɪd] | adj. Impartial. |
| disjunctive [dɪsˈdʒʌŋktɪv] | adj. Helping or serving to disconnect or separate. |
| dislocate [ˈdɪsləkeɪt] | v. To put out of proper place or order. |
| dismissal [dɪzˈmɪsl̩] | n. Displacement by authority from an office or an employment. |
| dismount [ˌdɪsˈmaʊnt] | v. To throw down, push off, or otherwise remove from a horse or the like. |
| disobedience [ˌdɪsəˈbiːdɪəns] | n. Neglect or refusal to comply with an authoritative injunction. |
| disobedient [ˌdɪsəˈbiːdɪənt] | adj. Neglecting or refusing to obey. |
| disown [dɪsˈəʊn] | v. To refuse to acknowledge as one's own or as connected with oneself. |
| disparage [dɪˈspærɪdʒ] | v. To regard or speak of slightingly. |
| disparity [dɪˈspærɪti] | n. Inequality. |
| dispel [dɪˈspel] | v. To drive away by or as by scattering in different directions. |
| dispensation [ˌdɪspenˈseɪʃn̩] | n. That which is bestowed on or appointed to one from a higher power. |
| displace [dɪsˈpleɪs] | v. To put out of the proper or accustomed place. |
| dispossess [ˌdɪspəˈzes] | v. To deprive of actual occupancy, especially of real estate. |
| disputation [ˌdɪspjuːˈteɪʃn̩] | n. Verbal controversy. |
| disqualify [dɪsˈkwɒlɪfaɪ] | v. To debar. |
| disquiet [dɪsˈkwaɪət] | v. To deprive of peace or tranquillity. |
| disregard [ˌdɪsrɪˈɡɑːd] | v. To take no notice of. |
| disreputable [dɪsˈrepjʊtəbl̩] | adj. Dishonorable or disgraceful. |
| disrepute [ˌdɪsrɪˈpjuːt] | n. A bad name or character. |
| disrobe [dɪsˈrəʊb] | v. To unclothe. |
| disrupt [dɪsˈrʌpt] | v. To burst or break asunder. |
| dissatisfy [dɪˈsætɪsfaɪ] | v. To displease. |
| dissect [dɪˈsekt] | v. To cut apart or to pieces. |
| dissection [dɪˈsekʃn̩] | n. The act or operation of cutting in pieces, specifically of a plant or an animal. |
| dissemble [dɪˈsembl̩] | v. To hide by pretending something different. |
| disseminate [dɪˈsemɪneɪt] | v. To sow or scatter abroad, as seed is sown. |
| dissension [dɪˈsenʃn̩] | n. Angry or violent difference of opinion. |
| dissent [dɪˈsent] | n. Disagreement. |
| dissentient [dɪˈsenʃɪənt] | n. One who disagrees. |
| dissentious [dissentious] | adj. Contentious. |
| dissertation [ˌdɪsəˈteɪʃn̩] | n. Thesis. |
| disservice [dɪsˈsɜːvɪs] | n. An ill turn. |
| dissever [dɪˈsevə] | v. To divide. |
| dissimilar [dɪˈsɪmɪlə] | adj. Different. |
| dissipate [ˈdɪsɪpeɪt] | v. To disperse or disappear. |
| dissipation [ˌdɪsɪˈpeɪʃn̩] | n. The state of being dispersed or scattered. |
| dissolute [ˈdɪsəluːt] | adj. Lewd. |
| dissolution [ˌdɪsəˈluːʃn̩] | n. A breaking up of a union of persons. |
| dissolve [dɪˈzɒlv] | v. To liquefy or soften, as by heat or moisture. |
| dissonance [ˈdɪsənəns] | n. Discord. |
| dissonant [ˈdɪsənənt] | adj. Harsh or disagreeable in sound. |
| dissuade [dɪˈsweɪd] | v. To change the purpose or alter the plans of by persuasion, counsel, or pleading. |
| dissuasion [dɪˈsweɪʒn̩] | n. The act of changing the purpose of or altering the plans of through persuasion, or pleading. |
| disyllable [dɪˈsɪləbl̩] | n. A word of two syllables. |
| distemper [dɪˈstempə] | n. A disease or malady. |
| distend [dɪˈstend] | v. To stretch out or expand in every direction. |
| distensible [dɪsˈtensəbl] | adj. Capable of being stretched out or expanded in every direction. |
| distention [distention] | n. Expansion. |
| distill [ˌdɪˈstɪl] | v. To extract or produce by vaporization and condensation. |
| distillation [ˌdɪstɪˈleɪʃn̩] | n. Separation of the more volatile parts of a substance from those less volatile. |
| distiller [dɪˈstɪlə] | n. One occupied in the business of distilling alcoholic liquors. |
| distinction [dɪˈstɪŋkʃn̩] | n. A note or designation of honor, officially recognizing superiority or success in studies. |
| distort [dɪˈstɔːt] | v. To twist into an unnatural or irregular form. |
| distrain [dɪˈstreɪn] | v. To subject a person to distress. |
| distrainor [distrainor] | n. One who subjects a person to distress. |
| distraught [dɪˈstrɔːt] | adj. Bewildered. |
| distrust [dɪsˈtrʌst] | n. Lack of confidence in the power, wisdom, or good intent of any person. |
| disunion [dɪsˈjuːnɪən] | n. Separation of relations or interests. |
| diurnal [daɪˈɜːnl̩] | adj. Daily. |
| divagation [ˌdaɪvəˈɡeɪʃn̩] | n. Digression. |
| divergent [daɪˈvɜːdʒənt] | adj. Tending in different directions. |
| diverse [daɪˈvɜːs] | adj. Capable of various forms. |
| diversion [daɪˈvɜːʃn̩] | n. Pastime. |
| diversity [daɪˈvɜːsɪti] | n. Dissimilitude. |
| divert [daɪˈvɜːt] | v. To turn from the accustomed course or a line of action already established. |
| divertible [divertible] | adj. Able to be turned from the accustomed course or a line of action already established. |
| divest [daɪˈvest] | v. To strip, specifically of clothes, ornaments, or accouterments or disinvestment. |
| divination [ˌdɪvɪˈneɪʃn̩] | n. The pretended forecast of future events or discovery of what is lost or hidden. |
| divinity [dɪˈvɪnɪti] | n. The quality or character of being godlike. |
| divisible [dɪˈvɪzəbl̩] | adj. Capable of being separated into parts. |
| divisor [dɪˈvaɪzə] | n. That by which a number or quantity is divided. |
| divulge [daɪˈvʌldʒ] | v. To tell or make known, as something previously private or secret. |
| divulgence [daɪˈvʌldʒəns] | n. A divulging. |
| docile [ˈdəʊsaɪl] | adj. Easy to manage. |
| docket [ˈdɒkɪt] | n. The registry of judgments of a court. |
| doe [dəʊ] | n. The female of the deer. |
| dogm [aˈdɒɡmə] | n. A statement of religious faith or duty formulated by a body claiming authority. |
| dogmatic [dɒɡˈmætɪk] | adj. Making statements without argument or evidence. |
| dogmatize [ˈdɒɡmətaɪz] | v. To make positive assertions without supporting them by argument or evidence. |
| doleful [ˈdəʊlfʊl] | adj. Melancholy. |
| dolesome [dolesome] | adj. Melancholy. |
| dolor [dolor] | n. Lamentation. |
| dolorous [ˈdɒlərəs] | adj. Expressing or causing sorrow or pain. |
| domain [dəʊˈmeɪn] | n. A sphere or field of action or interest. |
| domesticity [ˌdɒmeˈstɪsɪti] | n. Life in or fondness for one's home and family. |
| domicile [ˈdɒmɪsaɪl] | n. The place where one lives. |
| dominance [ˈdɒmɪnəns] | n. Ascendancy. |
| dominant [ˈdɒmɪnənt] | adj. Conspicuously prominent. |
| dominate [ˈdɒmɪneɪt] | v. To influence controllingly. |
| domination [ˌdɒmɪˈneɪʃn̩] | n. Control by the exercise of power or constituted authority. |
| domineer [ˌdɒmɪˈnɪə] | v. To rule with insolence or unnecessary annoyance. |
| donate [dəʊˈneɪt] | v. To bestow as a gift, especially for a worthy cause. |
| donator [donator] | n. One who makes a donation or present. |
| donee [dəʊˈnɪʌõ] | n. A person to whom a donation is made. |
| donor [ˈdəʊnə] | n. One who makes a donation or present. |
| dormant [ˈdɔːmənt] | adj. Being in a state of or resembling sleep. |
| doublet [ˈdʌblɪt] | n. One of a pair of like things. |
| doubly [ˈdʌbli] | adv. In twofold degree or extent. |
| dowry [ˈdaʊəri] | n. The property which a wife brings to her husband in marriage. |
| drachm [aˈdrækmə] | n. A modern and an ancient Greek coin. |
| dragnet [ˈdræɡnet] | n. A net to be drawn along the bottom of the water. |
| dragoon [drəˈɡuːn] | n. In the British army, a cavalryman. |
| drainage [ˈdreɪnɪdʒ] | n. The means of draining collectively, as a system of conduits, trenches, pipes, etc. |
| dramatist [ˈdræmətɪst] | n. One who writes plays. |
| dramatize [ˈdræmətaɪz] | v. To relate or represent in a dramatic or theatrical manner. |
| drastic [ˈdræstɪk] | adj. Acting vigorously. |
| drought [ˈdraʊt] | n. Dry weather, especially when so long continued as to cause vegetation to wither. |
| drowsy [ˈdraʊzi] | adj. Heavy with sleepiness. |
| drudgery [ˈdrʌdʒəri] | n. Hard and constant work in any menial or dull occupation. |
| dubious [ˈdjuːbɪəs] | adj. Doubtful. |
| duckling [ˈdʌkl̩ɪŋ] | n. A young duck. |
| ductile [ˈdʌktaɪl] | adj. Capable of being drawn out, as into wire or a thread. |
| duet [djuːˈet] | n. A composition for two voices or instruments. |
| dun [dʌn] | v. To make a demand or repeated demands on for payment. |
| duplex [ˈdjuːpleks] | adj. Having two parts. |
| duplicity [djuːˈplɪsɪti] | n. Double-dealing. |
| durance [ˈdjʊərəns] | n. Confinement. |
| duration [djʊˈreɪʃn̩] | n. The period of time during which anything lasts. |
| duteous [ˈdjuːtɪəs] | adj. Showing submission to natural superiors. |
| dutiable [ˈdjuːtɪəbl̩] | adj. Subject to a duty, especially a customs duty. |
| dutiful [ˈdjuːtɪfəl] | adj. Obedient. |
| dwindle [ˈdwɪndl̩] | v. To diminish or become less. |
| dyne [daɪn] | n. The force which, applied to a mass of one gram for 1 second, would give it a velocity of 1 cm/s. |
| earnest [ˈɜːnɪst] | adj. Ardent in spirit and speech. |
| earthenware [ˈeðnweə] | n. Anything made of clay and baked in a kiln or dried in the sun. |
| eatable [ˈiːtəbl̩] | adj. Edible. |
| ebullient [ɪˈbʌlɪənt] | adj. Showing enthusiasm or exhilaration of feeling. |
| eccentric [ekˈsentrɪk] | adj. Peculiar. |
| eccentricity [ˌeksenˈtrɪsɪti] | n. Idiosyncrasy. |
| eclipse [ɪˈklɪps] | n. The obstruction of a heavenly body by its entering into the shadow of another body. |
| economize [ɪˈkɒnəmaɪz] | v. To spend sparingly. |
| ecstasy [ˈekstəsi] | n. Rapturous excitement or exaltation. |
| ecstatic [ekˈstætɪk] | adj. Enraptured. |
| edible [ˈedɪbl̩] | adj. Suitable to be eaten. |
| edict [ˈiːdɪkt] | n. That which is uttered or proclaimed by authority as a rule of action. |
| edify [ˈedɪfaɪ] | v. To build up, or strengthen, especially in morals or religion. |
| editorial [ˌedɪˈtɔːrɪəl] | n. An article in a periodical written by the editor and published as an official argument. |
| educe [ɪˈdjuːs] | v. To draw out. |
| efface [ɪˈfeɪs] | v. To obliterate. |
| effect [ɪˈfekt] | n. A consequence. |
| effective [ɪˈfektɪv] | adj. Fit for a destined purpose. |
| effectual [ɪˈfektʃʊəl] | adj. Efficient. |
| effeminacy [ɪˈfemɪnəsi] | n. Womanishness. |
| effeminate [ɪˈfemɪnət] | adj. Having womanish traits or qualities. |
| effervesce [ˌefəˈves] | v. To bubble up. |
| effervescent [ˌefəˈvesnt] | adj. Giving off bubbles of gas. |
| effete [ɪˈfiːt] | adj. Exhausted, as having performed its functions. |
| efficacious [ˌefɪˈkeɪʃəs] | adj. Effective. |
| efficacy [ˈefɪkəsi] | n. The power to produce an intended effect as shown in the production of it. |
| efficiency [ɪˈfɪʃnsi] | n. The state of possessing adequate skill or knowledge for the performance of a duty. |
| efficient [ɪˈfɪʃnt] | adj. Having and exercising the power to produce effects or results. |
| efflorescence [ˌefləˈresns] | n. The state of being flowery, or a flowery appearance. |
| efflorescent [ˌefləˈresnt] | adj. Opening in flower. |
| effluvium [eˈfluːvjəm] | n. A noxious or ill-smelling exhalation from decaying or putrefying matter. |
| effrontery [ɪˈfrʌntəri] | n. Unblushing impudence. |
| effulgence [ɪˈfʌldʒəns] | n. Splendor. |
| effuse [əˈrjuːz] | v. To pour forth. |
| effusion [ɪˈfjuːʒn̩] | n. an outpouring. |
| egoism [ˈeɡəʊɪzəm] | n. The theory that places man's chief good in the completeness of self. |
| egoist [ˈeɡəʊɪst] | n. One who advocates or practices egoism. |
| egotism [ˈeɡəʊtɪzəm] | n. Self-conceit. |
| egotist [ˈeɡətɪst] | n. One given to self-mention or who is constantly telling of his own views and experiences. |
| egregious [ɪˈɡriːdʒɪəs] | adj. Extreme. |
| egress [ˈiːɡres] | n. Any place of exit. |
| eject [ɪˈdʒekt] | v. To expel. |
| elapse [ɪˈlæps] | v. To quietly terminate: said of time. |
| elasticity [ˌelæˈstɪsɪti] | n. That property of matter by which a body tends to return to a former shape after being changed. |
| electrolysis [ɪˌlekˈtrɒləsɪs] | n. The process of decomposing a chemical compound by the passage of an electric current. |
| electrotype [ɪˈlektrəʊtaɪp] | n. A metallic copy of any surface, as a coin. |
| elegy [ˈelədʒi] | n. A lyric poem lamenting the dead. |
| element [ˈelɪmənt] | n. A component or essential part. |
| elicit [ɪˈlɪsɪt] | v. To educe or extract gradually or without violence. |
| eligible [ˈelɪdʒəbl̩] | adj. Qualified for selection. |
| eliminate [ɪˈlɪmɪneɪt] | v. To separate and cast aside. |
| Elizabethan [ɪˌlɪzəˈbiːθn̩] | adj. Relating to Elizabeth, queen of England, or to her era. |
| elocution [ˌeləˈkjuːʃn̩] | n. The art of correct intonation, inflection, and gesture in public speaking or reading. |
| eloquent [ˈeləkwənt] | adj. Having the ability to express emotion or feeling in lofty and impassioned speech. |
| elucidate [ɪˈluːsɪdeɪt] | v. To bring out more clearly the facts concerning. |
| elude [ɪˈluːd] | v. To evade the search or pursuit of by dexterity or artifice. |
| elusion [ɪˈluːʒən] | n. Evasion. |
| emaciate [ɪˈmeɪʃɪeɪt] | v. To waste away in flesh. |
| emanate [ˈeməneɪt] | v. To flow forth or proceed, as from some source. |
| emancipate [ɪˈmænsɪpeɪt] | v. To release from bondage. |
| embargo [ɪmˈbɑːɡəʊ] | n. Authoritative stoppage of foreign commerce or of any special trade. |
| embark [ɪmˈbɑːk] | v. To make a beginning in some occupation or scheme. |
| embarrass [ɪmˈbærəs] | v. To render flustered or agitated. |
| embellish [ɪmˈbelɪʃ] | v. To make beautiful or elegant by adding attractive or ornamental features. |
| embezzle [ɪmˈbezl̩] | v. To misappropriate secretly. |
| emblazon [ɪmˈbleɪzn̩] | v. To set forth publicly or in glowing terms. |
| emblem [ˈembləm] | n. A symbol. |
| embody [ɪmˈbɒdi] | v. To express, formulate, or exemplify in a concrete, compact or visible form. |
| embolden [ɪmˈbəʊldən] | v. To give courage to. |
| embolism [ˈembəlɪzəm] | n. An obstruction or plugging up of an artery or other blood-vessel. |
| embroil [ɪmˈbrɔɪl] | v. To involve in dissension or strife. |
| emerge [ɪˈmɜːdʒ] | v. To come into view or into existence. |
| emergence [ɪˈmɜːdʒəns] | n. A coming into view. |
| emergent [ɪˈmɜːdʒənt] | adj. Coming into view. |
| emeritus [ɪˈmerɪtəs] | adj. Retired from active service but retained to an honorary position. |
| emigrant [ˈemɪɡrənt] | n. One who moves from one place to settle in another. |
| emigrate [ˈemɪɡreɪt] | v. To go from one country, state, or region for the purpose of settling or residing in another. |
| eminence [ˈemɪnəns] | n. An elevated position with respect to rank, place, character, condition, etc. |
| eminent [ˈemɪnənt] | adj. High in station, merit, or esteem. |
| emit [ɪˈmɪt] | v. To send or give out. |
| emphasis [ˈemfəsɪs] | n. Any special impressiveness added to an utterance or act, or stress laid upon some word. |
| emphasize [ˈemfəsaɪz] | v. To articulate or enunciate with special impressiveness upon a word, or a group of words. |
| emphatic [ɪmˈfætɪk] | adj. Spoken with any special impressiveness laid upon an act, word, or set of words. |
| employee [ˌemploɪˈiː] | n. One who works for wages or a salary. |
| employer [ɪmˈploɪə] | n. One who uses or engages the services of other persons for pay. |
| emporium [ɪmˈpɔːrɪəm] | n. A bazaar or shop. |
| empower [ɪmˈpaʊə] | v. To delegate authority to. |
| emulate [ˈemjʊleɪt] | v. To imitate with intent to equal or surpass. |
| enact [ɪˈnækt] | v. To make into law, as by legislative act. |
| enamor [eˈnæmə] | v. To inspire with ardent love. |
| encamp [ɪnˈkæmp] | v. To pitch tents for a resting-place. |
| encomium [ɪnˈkəʊmɪəm] | n. A formal or discriminating expression of praise. |
| encompass [ɪnˈkʌmpəs] | v. To encircle. |
| encore [ˈɒŋkɔː] | n. The call for a repetition, as of some part of a play or performance. |
| encourage [ɪnˈkʌrɪdʒ] | v. To inspire with courage, hope, or strength of mind. |
| encroach [ɪnˈkrəʊtʃ] | v. To invade partially or insidiously and appropriate the possessions of another. |
| encumber [ɪnˈkʌmbə] | v. To impede with obstacles. |
| encyclical [ɪnˈsɪkl̩ɪkl] | adj. Intended for general circulation. |
| encyclopedi [aɪnˌsaɪkləˈpiːdɪə] | n. A work containing information on subjects, or exhaustive of one subject. |
| endanger [ɪnˈdeɪndʒə] | v. To expose to peril. |
| endear [ɪnˈdɪə] | v. To cause to be loved. |
| endemic [enˈdemɪk] | adj. Peculiar to some specified country or people. |
| endue [ɪnˈdjuː] | v. To endow with some quality, gift, or grace, usually spiritual. |
| endurable [ɪnˈdjuːrəbl̩] | adj. Tolerable. |
| endurance [ɪnˈdjʊərəns] | n. The ability to suffer pain, distress, hardship, or stress of any kind without succumbing. |
| energetic [ˌenəˈdʒetɪk] | adj. Working vigorously. |
| enervate [ˈenəveɪt] | v. To render ineffective or inoperative. |
| enfeeble [ɪnˈfiːbl̩] | v. To debilitate. |
| enfranchise [ɪnˈfræntʃaɪz] | v. To endow with a privilege, especially with the right to vote. |
| engender [ɪnˈdʒendə] | v. To produce. |
| engrave [ɪnˈɡreɪv] | v. To cut or carve in or upon some surface. |
| engross [ɪnˈɡrəʊs] | v. To occupy completely. |
| enhance [ɪnˈhɑːns] | v. To intensify. |
| enigm [aɪˈnɪɡmə] | n. A riddle. |
| enjoin [ɪnˈdʒɔɪn] | v. To command. |
| enkindle [ɪnˈkɪndl̩] | v. To set on fire. |
| enlighten [ɪnˈlaɪtn̩] | v. To cause to see clearly. |
| enlist [ɪnˈlɪst] | v. To enter voluntarily the military service by formal enrollment. |
| enmity [ˈenmɪti] | n. Hatred. |
| ennoble [ɪˈnəʊbl̩] | v. To dignify. |
| enormity [ɪˈnɔːmɪti] | n. Immensity. |
| enormous [ɪˈnɔːməs] | adj. Gigantic. |
| enrage [ɪnˈreɪdʒ] | v. To infuriate. |
| enrapture [ɪnˈræptʃə] | v. To delight extravagantly or intensely. |
| enshrine [ɪnˈʃraɪn] | v. To keep sacred. |
| ensnare [ɪnˈsneə] | v. To entrap. |
| entail [ɪnˈteɪl] | v. To involve; necessitate. |
| entangle [ɪnˈtæŋɡl̩] | v. To involve in difficulties, confusion, or complications. |
| enthrall [ɪnˈθrɔːl] | v. To bring or hold under any overmastering influence. |
| enthrone [ɪnˈθrəʊn] | v. To invest with sovereign power. |
| enthuse [ɪnˈθjuːz] | v. To yield to or display intense and rapturous feeling. |
| enthusiastic [ɪnˌθjuːzɪˈæstɪk] | adj. Full of zeal and fervor. |
| entirety [ɪnˈtaɪərɪti] | n. A complete thing. |
| entomology [ˌentəˈmɒlədʒi] | n. The branch of zoology that treats of insects. |
| entrails [ˈentreɪlz] | n. pl. The internal parts of an animal. |
| entreaty [ɪnˈtriːti] | n. An earnest request. |
| entree [ˈɒntreɪ] | n. The act of entering. |
| entrench [ɪnˈtrentʃ] | v. To fortify or protect, as with a trench or ditch and wall. |
| entwine [ɪnˈtwaɪn] | v. To interweave. |
| enumerate [ɪˈnjuːməreɪt] | v. To name one by one. |
| epic [ˈepɪk] | n. A poem celebrating in formal verse the mythical achievements of great personages, heroes, etc. |
| epicure [ˈepɪkjʊə] | n. One who cultivates a delicate taste for eating and drinking. |
| Epicurean [ˌepɪkjʊˈriːən] | adj. Indulging, ministering, or pertaining to daintiness of appetite. |
| epicycle [ˈepɪsaɪkl] | n. A circle that rolls upon the external or internal circumference of another circle. |
| epicycloid [ˈepɪˈsaɪklɔɪd] | n. A curve traced by a point on the circumference of a circle which rolls upon another circle. |
| epidemic [ˌepɪˈdemɪk] | n. Wide-spread occurrence of a disease in a certain region. |
| epidermis [ˌepɪˈdɜːmɪs] | n. The outer skin. |
| epigram [ˈepɪɡræm] | n. A pithy phrasing of a shrewd observation. |
| epilogue [ˈepɪlɒɡ] | n. The close of a narrative or dramatic poem. |
| epiphany [ɪˈpɪfəni] | n. Any appearance or bodily manifestation of a deity. |
| episode [ˈepɪsəʊd] | n. An incident or story in a literary work, separable from yet growing out of it. |
| epitaph [ˈepɪtɑːf] | n. An inscription on a tomb or monument in honor or in memory of the dead. |
| epithet [ˈepɪθet] | n. Word used adjectivally to describe some quality or attribute of is objects, as in Father Aeneas. |
| epitome [ɪˈpɪtəmi] | n. A simplified representation. |
| epizootic [ˌepɪzəʊˈɒtɪk] | adj. Prevailing among animals. |
| epoch [ˈiːpɒk] | n. A interval of time, memorable for extraordinary events. |
| epode [epode] | n. A species of lyric poems. |
| equalize [ˈiːkwəlaɪz] | v. To render uniform. |
| equanimity [ˌekwəˈnɪmɪti] | n. Evenness of mind or temper. |
| equestrian [ɪˈkwestrɪən] | adj. Pertaining to horses or horsemanship. |
| equilibrium [ˌiːkwɪˈlɪbrɪəm] | n. A state of balance. |
| equitable [ˈekwɪtəbl̩] | adj. Characterized by fairness. |
| equity [ˈekwɪti] | n. Fairness or impartiality. |
| equivalent [ɪˈkwɪvələnt] | adj. Equal in value, force, meaning, or the like. |
| equivocal [ɪˈkwɪvəkl̩] | adj. Ambiguous. |
| equivocate [ɪˈkwɪvəˌket] | v. To use words of double meaning. |
| eradicate [ɪˈrædɪkeɪt] | v. To destroy thoroughly. |
| errant [ˈerənt] | adj. Roving or wandering, as in search of adventure or opportunity for gallant deeds. |
| erratic [ɪˈrætɪk] | adj. Irregular. |
| erroneous [ɪˈrəʊnɪəs] | adj. Incorrect. |
| erudite [ˈeruːdaɪt] | adj. Very-learned. |
| erudition [ˌeruːˈdɪʃn̩] | n. Extensive knowledge of literature, history, language, etc. |
| eschew [ɪˈstʃuː] | v. To keep clear of. |
| espy [ɪˈspaɪ] | v. To keep close watch. |
| esquire [ɪˈskwaɪə] | n. A title of dignity, office, or courtesy. |
| essence [ˈesns] | n. That which makes a thing to be what it is. |
| esthetic [iːsˈθetɪk] | adj. Pertaining to beauty, taste, or the fine arts. |
| estimable [ˈestɪməbl̩] | adj. Worthy of respect. |
| estrange [ɪˈstreɪndʒ] | v. To alienate. |
| estuary [ˈestʃʊəri] | n. A wide lower part of a tidal river. |
| et ceter [aˈet ˈsetərə] | Latin. And so forth. |
| eugenic [juːˈdʒenɪks] | adj. Relating to the development and improvement of race. |
| eulogize [ˈjuːlədʒaɪz] | v. To speak or write a laudation of a person's life or character. |
| eulogy [ˈjuːlədʒi] | n. A spoken or written laudation of a person's life or character. |
| euphemism [ˈjuːfəmɪzəm] | n. A figure of speech by which a phrase less offensive is substituted. |
| euphonious [juːˈfəʊnjəs] | adj. Characterized by agreeableness of sound. |
| euphony [ˈjuːfəni] | n. Agreeableness of sound. |
| eurek [ajʊəˈriːkə] | Greek. I have found it. |
| evade [ɪˈveɪd] | v. To avoid by artifice. |
| evanesce [ˌiːvəˈnes] | v. To vanish gradually. |
| evanescent [ˌiːvəˈnesnt] | adj. Fleeting. |
| evangelical [ˌiːvænˈdʒelɪkl̩] | adj. Seeking the conversion of sinners. |
| evangelist [ɪˈvændʒəlɪst] | n. A preacher who goes from place to place holding services. |
| evasion [ɪˈveɪʒn̩] | n. Escape. |
| eventual [ɪˈventʃʊəl] | adj. Ultimate. |
| evert [ɪˈvɜːt] | v. To turn inside out. |
| evict [ɪˈvɪkt] | v. To dispossess pursuant to judicial decree. |
| evidential [ˌevɪˈdenʃəl] | adj. Indicative. |
| evince [ɪˈvɪns] | v. To make manifest or evident. |
| evoke [ɪˈvəʊk] | v. To call or summon forth. |
| evolution [ˌiːvəˈluːʃn̩] | n. Development or growth. |
| evolve [ɪˈvɒlv] | v. To unfold or expand. |
| exacerbate [ɪɡˈzæsəbeɪt] | v. To make more sharp, severe, or virulent. |
| exaggerate [ɪɡˈzædʒəreɪt] | v. To overstate. |
| exasperate [ɪɡˈzæspəreɪt] | v. To excite great anger in. |
| excavate [ˈekskəveɪt] | v. To remove by digging or scooping out. |
| exceed [ɪkˈsiːd] | v. To go beyond, as in measure, quality, value, action, power, skill, etc. |
| excel [ɪkˈsel] | v. To be superior or distinguished. |
| excellence [ˈeksələns] | n. Possession of eminently or unusually good qualities. |
| excellency [ˈeksələnsi] | n. A title of honor bestowed upon various high officials. |
| excellent [ˈeksələnt] | adj. Possessing distinguished merit. |
| excerpt [ˈeksɜːpt] | n. An extract or selection from written or printed matter. |
| excess [ɪkˈses] | n. That which passes the ordinary, proper, or required limit, measure, or experience. |
| excitable [ɪkˈsaɪtəbl̩] | adj. Nervously high-strung. |
| excitation [ˌeksaɪˈteɪʃən] | n. Intensified emotion or action. |
| exclamation [ˌekskləˈmeɪʃn̩] | n. An abrupt or emphatic expression of thought or of feeling. |
| exclude [ɪkˈskluːd] | v. To shut out purposely or forcibly. |
| exclusion [ɪkˈskluːʒn̩] | n. Non-admission. |
| excrescence [ɪkˈskresns] | n. Any unnatural addition, outgrowth, or development. |
| excretion [ɪkˈskriːʃn̩] | n. The getting rid of waste matter. |
| excruciate [ɪksˈkruːʃɪeɪt] | v. To inflict severe pain or agony upon. |
| excursion [ɪkˈskɜːʃn̩] | n. A journey. |
| excusable [ɪkˈskjuːzəbl̩] | adj. Justifiable. |
| execrable [ˈeksɪkrəbl̩] | adj. Abominable. |
| execration [ˌeksɪˈkreɪʃn̩] | n. An accursed thing. |
| executor [ɪɡˈzekjʊtə] | n. A person nominated by the will of another to execute the will. |
| exegesis [ˌeksɪˈdʒiːsɪs] | n. Biblical exposition or interpretation. |
| exemplar [ɪɡˈzemplɑː] | n. A model, pattern, or original to be copied or imitated. |
| exemplary [ɪɡˈzempləri] | adj. Fitted to serve as a model or example worthy of imitation. |
| exemplify [ɪɡˈzemplɪfaɪ] | v. To show by example. |
| exempt [ɪɡˈzempt] | adj. Free, clear, or released, as from some liability, or restriction affecting others. |
| exert [ɪɡˈzɜːt] | v. To make an effort. |
| exhale [eksˈheɪl] | v. To breathe forth. |
| exhaust [ɪɡˈzɔːst] | v. To empty by draining off the contents. |
| exhaustible [ɪɡˈzɔːstəbl] | adj. Causing or tending to cause exhaustion. |
| exhaustion [ɪɡˈzɔːstʃən] | n. Deprivation of strength or energy. |
| exhaustive [ɪɡˈzɔːstɪv] | adj. Thorough and complete in execution. |
| exhilarate [ɪɡˈzɪləreɪt] | v. To fill with high or cheerful spirits. |
| exhume [eksˈhjuːm] | v. To dig out of the earth (what has been buried). |
| exigency [ˈeksɪdʒənsi] | n. A critical period or condition. |
| exigent [ˈeɡzɪdʒənt] | adj. Urgent. |
| existence [ɪɡˈzɪstəns] | n. Possession or continuance of being. |
| exit [ˈeksɪt] | n. A way or passage out. |
| exodus [ˈeksədəs] | n. A going forth or departure from a place or country, especially of many people. |
| exonerate [ɪɡˈzɒnəreɪt] | v. To relieve or vindicate from accusation, imputation, or blame. |
| exorbitance [ɪɡˈzɔːbɪtəns] | n. Extravagance or enormity. |
| exorbitant [ɪɡˈzɔːbɪtənt] | adj. Going beyond usual and proper limits. |
| exorcise [ˈeksɔːˌsaɪz] | v. To cast or drive out by religious or magical means. |
| exotic [ɪɡˈzɒtɪk] | adj. Foreign. |
| expand [ɪkˈspænd] | v. To increase in range or scope. |
| expanse [ɪkˈspæns] | n. A continuous area or stretch. |
| expansion [ɪkˈspænʃn̩] | n. Increase of amount, size, scope, or the like. |
| expatriate [eksˈpætrɪeɪt] | v. To drive from one's own country. |
| expect [ɪkˈspekt] | v. To look forward to as certain or probable. |
| expectancy [ɪkˈspektənsi] | n. The act or state of looking forward to as certain or probable. |
| expectorate [ɪkˈspektəreɪt] | v. To cough up and spit forth. |
| expediency [ɪkˈspiːdɪənsi] | n. Fitness to meet the requirements of a particular case. |
| expedient [ɪkˈspiːdɪənt] | adj. Contributing to personal advantage. |
| expedite [ˈekspɪdaɪt] | v. To hasten the movement or progress of. |
| expeditious [ˌekspɪˈdɪʃəs] | adj. Speedy. |
| expend [ɪkˈspend] | v. To spend. |
| expense [ɪkˈspens] | n. The laying out or expending or money or other resources, as time or strength. |
| expiate [ˈekspɪeɪt] | v. To make satisfaction or amends for. |
| explicate [ˈeksplɪkeɪt] | v. To clear from involvement. |
| explicit [ɪkˈsplɪsɪt] | adj. Definite. |
| explode [ɪkˈspləʊd] | v. To cause to burst in pieces by force from within. |
| explosion [ɪkˈspləʊʒn̩] | n. A sudden and violent outbreak. |
| explosive [ɪkˈspləʊsɪv] | adj. Pertaining to a sudden and violent outbreak. |
| exposition [ˌekspəˈzɪʃn̩] | n. Formal presentation. |
| expository [eksˈpɒzɪtərɪ] | adj. Pertaining to a formal presentation. |
| expostulate [ɪkˈspɒstʃʊleɪt] | v. To discuss. |
| exposure [ɪkˈspəʊʒə] | n. An open situation or position in relation to the sun, elements, or points of the compass. |
| expressive [ɪkˈspresɪv] | adj. Full of meaning. |
| expulsion [ɪkˈspʌlʃn̩] | n. Forcible ejection. |
| extant [ekˈstænt] | adj. Still existing and known. |
| extemporaneous [ekˌstempəˈreɪnɪəs] | adj. Done or made without much or any preparation. |
| extempore [ekˈstempəri] | adv. Without studied or special preparation. |
| extensible [ɪksˈtensəbl] | adj. Capable of being thrust out. |
| extension [ɪkˈstenʃn̩] | n. A reaching or stretching out, as in space, time or scope. |
| extensive [ɪkˈstensɪv] | adj. Extended widely in space, time, or scope. |
| extensor [ɪkˈstensə] | n. A muscle that causes extension. |
| extenuate [ɪkˈstenjʊeɪt] | v. To diminish the gravity or importance of. |
| exterior [ɪkˈstɪərɪə] | n. That which is outside. |
| external [ɪkˈstɜːnl̩] | n. Anything relating or belonging to the outside. |
| extinct [ɪkˈstɪŋt] | adj. Being no longer in existence. |
| extinguish [ɪkˈstɪŋwɪʃ] | v. To render extinct. |
| extol [ɪkˈstəʊl] | v. To praise in the highest terms. |
| extort [ɪkˈstɔːt] | v. To obtain by violence, threats, compulsion, or the subjection of another to some necessity. |
| extortion [ɪkˈstɔːʃn̩] | n. The practice of obtaining by violence or compulsion. |
| extradite [ˈekstrədaɪt] | v. To surrender the custody of. |
| extradition [ˌekstrəˈdɪʃn̩] | n. The surrender by a government of a person accused of crime to the justice of another government. |
| extrajudicial [ˌekstrədʒuːˈdɪʃl̩] | adj. Happening out of court. |
| extraneous [ɪkˈstreɪnɪəs] | adj. Having no essential relation to a subject. |
| extraordinary [ɪkˈstrɔːdn̩ri] | adj. Unusual. |
| extravagance [ɪkˈstrævəɡəns] | n. Undue expenditure of money. |
| extravagant [ɪkˈstrævəɡənt] | adj. Needlessly free or lavish in expenditure. |
| extremist [ɪkˈstriːmɪst] | n. One who supports extreme measures or holds extreme views. |
| extremity [ɪkˈstremɪti] | n. The utmost point, side, or border, or that farthest removed from a mean position. |
| extricate [ˈekstrɪkeɪt] | v. Disentangle. |
| extrude [ɪkˈstruːd] | v. To drive out or away. |
| exuberance [ɪɡˈzjuːbərəns] | n. Rich supply. |
| exuberant [ɪɡˈzjuːbərənt] | adj. Marked by great plentifulness. |
| fabricate [ˈfæbrɪkeɪt] | v. To invent fancifully or falsely. |
| fabulous [ˈfæbjʊləs] | adj. Incredible. |
| facet [ˈfæsɪt] | n. One of the small triangular plane surfaces of a diamond or other gem. |
| facetious [fəˈsiːʃəs] | adj. Amusing. |
| facial [ˈfeɪʃl̩] | adj. Pertaining to the face. |
| facile [ˈfæsaɪl] | adj. Not difficult to do. |
| facilitate [fəˈsɪlɪteɪt] | v. To make more easy. |
| facility [fəˈsɪlɪti] | n. Ease. |
| facsimile [fækˈsɪməli] | n. An exact copy or reproduction. |
| faction [ˈfækʃn̩] | n. A number of persons combined for a common purpose. |
| factious [ˈfækʃəs] | adj. Turbulent. |
| fallacious [fəˈleɪʃəs] | adj. Illogical. |
| fallacy [ˈfæləsi] | n. Any unsound or delusive mode of reasoning, or anything based on such reasoning. |
| fallible [ˈfæləbl̩] | adj. Capable of erring. |
| fallow [ˈfæləʊ] | n. Land broken up and left to become mellow or to rest. |
| famish [ˈfæmɪʃ] | v. To suffer extremity of hunger or thirst. |
| fanatic [fəˈnætɪk] | n. A religious zealot. |
| fancier [ˈfænsɪə] | n. One having a taste for or interest in special objects. |
| fanciless [fanciless] | adj. Unimaginative. |
| fastidious [fəˈstɪdɪəs] | adj. Hard to please. |
| fathom [ˈfæðəm] | n. A measure of length, 6 feet. |
| fatuous [ˈfætʃʊəs] | adj. Idiotic |
| faulty [ˈfɔːlti] | adj. Imperfect. |
| faun [fɔːn] | n. One of a class of deities of the woods and herds represented as half human, with goats feet. |
| fawn [fɔːn] | n. A young deer. |
| fealty [ˈfiːəlti] | n. Loyalty. |
| feasible [ˈfiːzəbl̩] | adj. That may be done, performed, or effected; practicable. |
| federate [ˈfedəreɪt] | v. To league together. |
| feint [feɪnt] | n. Any sham, pretense, or deceptive movement. |
| felicitate [fəˈlɪsɪteɪt] | v. To wish joy or happiness to, especially in view of a coming event. |
| felicity [fəˈlɪsɪti] | n. A state of well-founded happiness. |
| felon [ˈfelən] | n. A criminal or depraved person. |
| felonious [fɪˈləʊnɪəs] | adj. Showing criminal or evil purpose. |
| felony [ˈfeləni] | n. One of the highest class of offenses, and punishable with death or imprisonment. |
| feminine [ˈfemənɪn] | adj. Characteristic of woman or womankind. |
| fernery [ˈfɜːnəri] | n. A place in which ferns are grown. |
| ferocious [fəˈrəʊʃəs] | adj. Of a wild, fierce, and savage nature. |
| ferocity [fəˈrɒsɪti] | n. Savageness. |
| fervent [ˈfɜːvənt] | adj. Ardent in feeling. |
| fervid [ˈfɜːvɪd] | adj. Intense. |
| fervor [ˈfɜːvə] | n. Ardor or intensity of feeling. |
| festal [ˈfestl̩] | adj. Joyous. |
| festive [ˈfestɪv] | adj. Merry. |
| fete [feɪt] | n. A festival or feast. |
| fetus [ˈfiːtəs] | n. The young in the womb or in the egg. |
| feudal [ˈfjuːdl̩] | adj. Pertaining to the relation of lord and vassal. |
| feudalism [ˈfjuːdlɪzəm] | n. The feudal system. |
| fez [fez] | n. A brimless felt cap in the shape of a truncated cone, usually red with a black tassel. |
| fiasco [fɪˈæskəʊ] | n. A complete or humiliating failure. |
| fickle [ˈfɪkl̩] | adj. Unduly changeable in feeling, judgment, or purpose. |
| fictitious [fɪkˈtɪʃəs] | adj. Created or formed by the imagination. |
| fidelity [fɪˈdelɪti] | n. Loyalty. |
| fiducial [fɪˈdjuːʃjəl] | adj. Indicative of faith or trust. |
| fief [fiːf] | n. A landed estate held under feudal tenure. |
| filibuster [ˈfɪlɪbʌstə] | n. One who attempts to obstruct legislation. |
| finale [fɪˈnɑːli] | n. Concluding performance. |
| finality [faɪˈnælɪti] | n. The state or quality of being final or complete. |
| finally [ˈfaɪnəli] | adv. At last. |
| financial [faɪˈnænʃl̩] | adj. Monetary. |
| financier [faɪˈnænsɪə] | n. One skilled in or occupied with financial affairs or operations. |
| finery [ˈfaɪnəri] | n. That which is used to decorate the person or dress. |
| finesse [fɪˈnes] | n. Subtle contrivance used to gain a point. |
| finite [ˈfaɪnaɪt] | adj. Limited. |
| fiscal [ˈfɪskl̩] | adj. Pertaining to the treasury or public finances of a government. |
| fishmonger [ˈfɪʃmʌŋɡə] | n. One who sells fish. |
| fissure [ˈfɪʃə] | n. A crack or crack-like depression. |
| fitful [ˈfɪtfəl] | adj. Spasmodic. |
| fixture [ˈfɪkstʃə] | n. One who or that which is expected to remain permanently in its position. |
| flag-officer [ˈflæɡˌɒfɪsə] | n. The captain of a flag-ship. |
| flagrant [ˈfleɪɡrənt] | adj. Openly scandalous. |
| flamboyant [flæmˈboɪənt] | adj. Characterized by extravagance and in general by want of good taste. |
| flatulence [ˈflætjʊləns] | n. Accumulation of gas in the stomach and bowels. |
| flection [ˈflekʃən] | n. The act of bending. |
| fledgling [ˈfledʒlɪŋ] | n. A young bird. |
| flexible [ˈfleksəbl̩] | adj. Pliable. |
| flimsy [ˈflɪmzi] | adj. Thin and weak. |
| flippant [ˈflɪpənt] | adj. Having a light, pert, trifling disposition. |
| floe [fləʊ] | n. A collection of tabular masses of floating polar ice. |
| flor [aˈflɔːrə] | n. The aggregate of plants growing without cultivation in a district. |
| floral [ˈflɔːrəl] | adj. Pertaining to flowers. |
| florid [ˈflɒrɪd] | adj. Flushed with red. |
| florist [ˈflɒrɪst] | n. A dealer in flowers. |
| fluctuate [ˈflʌktʃʊeɪt] | v. To pass backward and forward irregularly from one state or degree to another. |
| fluctuation [ˌflʌktʃʊˈeɪʃn̩] | n. Frequent irregular change back and forth from one state or degree to another. |
| flue [fluː] | n. A smoke-duct in a chimney. |
| fluent [ˈfluːənt] | adj. Having a ready or easy flow of words or ideas. |
| fluential [fluential] | adj. Pertaining to streams. |
| flux [flʌks] | n. A state of constant movement, change, or renewal. |
| foggy [ˈfɒɡi] | adj. Obscure. |
| foible [ˈfɔɪbl̩] | n. A personal weakness or failing. |
| foist [fɔɪst] | v. To palm off. |
| foliage [ˈfəʊliɪdʒ] | n. Any growth of leaves. |
| folio [ˈfəʊlɪəʊ] | n. A sheet of paper folded once, or of a size adapted to folding once. |
| folk-lore [ˈfəʊklɔː] | n. The traditions, beliefs, and customs of the common people. |
| fondle [ˈfɒndl̩] | v. To handle tenderly and lovingly. |
| foolery [ˈfuːləri] | n. Folly. |
| foot-note [ˈfʊtnəʊt] | n. A note of explanation or comment at the foot of a page or column. |
| foppery [ˈfɒpərɪ] | n. Dandyism. |
| foppish [ˈfɒpɪʃ] | adj. Characteristic of one who is unduly devoted to dress and the niceties of manners. |
| forbearance [fɔːˈbeərəns] | n. Patient endurance or toleration of offenses. |
| forby [forby] | adv. Besides. |
| forcible [ˈfɔːsəbl̩] | adj. Violent. |
| forecourt [ˈfɔːkɔːt] | n. A court opening directly from the street. |
| forejudge [fɔːˈdʒʌdʒ] | v. To judge of before hearing evidence. |
| forepeak [forepeak] | n. The extreme forward part of a ship's hold, under the lowest deck. |
| foreshore [ˈfɔːʃɔː] | n. That part of a shore uncovered at low tide. |
| forebode [fɔːˈbəʊd] | v. To be an omen or warning sign of, especially of evil. |
| forecast [ˈfɔːkɑːst] | v. To predict. |
| forecastle [ˈfəʊksl̩] | n. That part of the upper deck of a ship forward of the after fore-shrouds. |
| foreclose [fɔːˈkləʊz] | v. To bar by judicial proceedings the equitable right of a mortgagor to redeem property. |
| forefather [ˈfɔːfɑːðə] | n. An ancestor. |
| forego [fɔːˈɡəʊ] | v. To deny oneself the pleasure or profit of. |
| foreground [ˈfɔːɡraʊnd] | n. That part of a landscape or picture situated or represented as nearest the spectator. |
| forehead [ˈfɒrɪd] | n. The upper part of the face, between the eyes and the hair. |
| foreign [ˈfɒrən] | adj. Belonging to, situated in, or derived from another country. |
| foreigner [ˈfɒrənə] | n. A citizen of a foreign country. |
| foreknowledge [ˌfɔːˈnɒlɪdʒ] | n. Prescience. |
| foreman [ˈfɔːmən] | n. The head man. |
| foreordain [ˌfɔːrɔːˈdeɪn] | v. To predetermine. |
| foreordination [foreordination] | n. Predestination. |
| forerun [forerun] | v. To go before as introducing or ushering in. |
| foresail [ˈfɔːseɪl] | n. A square sail. |
| foresee [fɔːˈsiː] | v. To discern beforehand. |
| foresight [ˈfɔːsaɪt] | n. Provision against harm or need. |
| foretell [fɔːˈtel] | v. To predict. |
| forethought [ˈfɔːθɔːt] | n. Premeditation. |
| forfeit [ˈfɔːfɪt] | v. To lose possession of through failure to fulfill some obligation. |
| forfend [forfend] | v. To ward off. |
| forgery [ˈfɔːdʒəri] | n. Counterfeiting. |
| forgo [fɔːˈɡəʊ] | v. To deny oneself. |
| formation [fɔːˈmeɪʃn̩] | n. Relative disposition of parts. |
| formidable [ˈfɔːmɪdəbl̩] | adj. Difficult to accomplish. |
| formul [aˈfɔːmjʊlə] | n. Fixed rule or set form. |
| forswear [fɔːˈsweə] | v. To renounce upon oath. |
| forte [ˈfɔːteɪ] | n. A strong point. |
| forth [fɔːθ] | adv. Into notice or view. |
| forthright [ˈfɔːθraɪt] | adv. With directness. |
| fortify [ˈfɔːtɪfaɪ] | v. To provide with defensive works. |
| fortitude [ˈfɔːtɪtjuːd] | n. Patient courage. |
| foursome [ˈfɔːsəm] | adj. Consisting of four. |
| fracture [ˈfræktʃə] | n. A break. |
| fragile-1 [ˈfrædʒaɪl] | adj. Easily broken. |
| frailty [ˈfreɪlti] | n. Liability to be broken or destroyed. |
| fragile-2 [ˈfrædʒaɪl] | adj. Capable of being broken. |
| frankincense [ˈfræŋkɪnsens] | n. A gum or resin which on burning yields aromatic fumes. |
| frantic [ˈfræntɪk] | adj. Frenzied. |
| fraternal [frəˈtɜːnl̩] | adj. Brotherly. |
| fraudulence [fraudulence] | n. Deceitfulness. |
| fraudulent [ˈfrɔːdjʊlənt] | adj. Counterfeit. |
| fray [freɪ] | v. To fret at the edge so as to loosen or break the threads. |
| freemason [ˈfriːmeɪsn̩] | n. A member of an ancient secret fraternity originally confined to skilled artisans. |
| freethinker [ˈfriːˌθɪŋkə] | n. One who rejects authority or inspiration in religion. |
| free trade [friː treɪd] | n. Commerce unrestricted by tariff or customs. |
| frequency [ˈfriːkwənsi] | n. The comparative number of any kind of occurrences within a given time or space. |
| fresco [ˈfreskəʊ] | n. The art of painting on a surface of plaster, particularly on walls and ceilings. |
| freshness [ˈfreʃnəs] | n. The state, quality, or degree of being fresh. |
| fretful [ˈfretfəl] | adj. Disposed to peevishness. |
| frightful [ˈfraɪtfəl] | adj. Apt to induce terror or alarm. |
| frigid [ˈfrɪdʒɪd] | adj. Lacking warmth. |
| frigidarium [frigidarium] | n. A room kept at a low temperature for preserving fruits, meat, etc. |
| frivolity [frɪˈvɒlɪti] | n. A trifling act, thought, saying, or practice. |
| frivolous [ˈfrɪvələs] | adj. Trivial. |
| frizz [frɪz] | v. To give a crinkled, fluffy appearance to. |
| frizzle [ˈfrɪzl̩] | v. To cause to crinkle or curl, as the hair. |
| frolicsome [ˈfrɒlɪksəm] | adj. Prankish. |
| frontier [ˈfrʌntɪə] | n. The part of a nation's territory that abuts upon another country. |
| frowzy [ˈfraʊzi] | adj. Slovenly in appearance. |
| frugal [ˈfruːɡl̩] | adj. Economical. |
| fruition [fruːˈɪʃn̩] | n. Fulfillment. |
| fugacious [fjuːˈɡeɪʃəs] | adj. Fleeting. |
| fulcrum [ˈfʊlkrəm] | n. The support on or against which a lever rests, or the point about which it turns. |
| fulminate [ˈfʌlmɪneɪt] | v. To cause to explode. |
| fulsome [ˈfʊlsəm] | adj. Offensive from excess of praise or commendation. |
| fumigate [ˈfjuːmɪɡeɪt] | v. To subject to the action of smoke or fumes, especially for disinfection. |
| functionary [ˈfʌŋkʃənəri] | n. An official. |
| fundamental [ˌfʌndəˈmentl̩] | adj. Basal. |
| fungible [ˈfəndʒəbəl] | adj. That may be measured, counted, or weighed. |
| fungous [ˈfʌŋɡəs] | adj. Spongy. |
| fungus [ˈfʌŋɡəs] | n. A plant destitute of chlorophyll, as a mushroom. |
| furbish [ˈfɜːbɪʃ] | v. To restore brightness or beauty to. |
| furlong [ˈfɜːlɒŋ] | n. A measure, one-eighth of a mile. |
| furlough [ˈfɜːləʊ] | n. A temporary absence of a soldier or sailor by permission of the commanding officer. |
| furrier [ˈfʌrɪə] | n. A dealer in or maker of fur goods. |
| further [ˈfɜːðə] | adj. More distant or advanced. |
| furtherance [ˈfɜːðərəns] | n. Advancement. |
| furtive [ˈfɜːtɪv] | adj. Stealthy or sly, like the actions of a thief. |
| fuse [fjuːz] | v. To unite or blend as by melting together. |
| fusible [ˈfjuːzəbəl] | adj. Capable of being melted by heat. |
| futile [ˈfjuːtaɪl] | adj. Of no avail or effect. |
| futurist [ˈfjuːtʃərɪst] | n. A person of expectant temperament. |
| gauge [ɡeɪdʒ] | n. An instrument for measuring. |
| gaiety [ˈɡeɪəti] | n. Festivity. |
| gaily [ˈɡeɪli] | adv. Merrily. |
| gait [ɡeɪt] | n. Carriage of the body in going. |
| gallant [ɡəˈlænt] | adj. Possessing a brave or chivalrous spirit. |
| galore [ɡəˈlɔː] | adj. Abundant. |
| galvanic [ɡælˈvænɪk] | adj. Pertaining or relating to electricity produced by chemical action. |
| galvanism [ˈɡælvənɪzəm] | n. Current electricity, especially that arising from chemical action. |
| galvanize [ˈɡælvənaɪz] | v. To imbue with life or animation. |
| gamble [ˈɡæmbl̩] | v. To risk money or other possession on an event, chance, or contingency. |
| gambol [ˈɡæmbl̩] | n. Playful leaping or frisking. |
| gamester [ˈɡeɪmstə] | n. A gambler. |
| gamut [ˈɡæmət] | n. The whole range or sequence. |
| garnish [ˈɡɑːnɪʃ] | v. In cookery, to surround with additions for embellishment. |
| garrison [ˈɡærɪsn̩] | n. The military force stationed in a fort, town, or other place for its defense. |
| garrote [garrote] | v. To execute by strangling. |
| garrulous [ˈɡærələs] | adj. Given to constant trivial talking. |
| gaseous [ˈɡæsɪəs] | adj. Light and unsubstantial. |
| gastric [ˈɡæstrɪk] | adj. Of, pertaining to, or near the stomach. |
| gastritis [ɡæˈstraɪtɪs] | n. Inflammation of the stomach. |
| gastronomy [ɡæˈstrɒnəmi] | n. The art of preparing and serving appetizing food. |
| gendarme [ˈʒɒndɑːm] | n. In continental Europe, particularly in France, a uniformed and armed police officer. |
| genealogy [ˌdʒiːnɪˈælədʒi] | n. A list, in the order of succession, of ancestors and their descendants. |
| genealogist [ˌdʒiːnɪˈælədʒɪst] | n. A tracer of pedigrees. |
| generality [ˌdʒenəˈræləti] | n. The principal portion. |
| generalize [ˈdʒenr̩əlaɪz] | v. To draw general inferences. |
| generally [ˈdʒenr̩əli] | adv. Ordinarily. |
| generate [ˈdʒenəreɪt] | v. To produce or cause to be. |
| generic [dʒɪˈnerɪk] | adj. Noting a genus or kind; opposed to specific. |
| generosity [ˌdʒenəˈrɒsɪti] | n. A disposition to give liberally or to bestow favors heartily. |
| genesis [ˈdʒenəsɪs] | n. Creation. |
| geniality [ˌdʒiːnɪˈælɪti] | n. Warmth and kindliness of disposition. |
| genital [ˈdʒenɪtl̩] | adj. Of or pertaining to the animal reproductive organs. |
| genitive [ˈdʒenətɪv] | adj. Indicating source, origin, possession, or the like. |
| genteel [dʒenˈtiːl] | adj. Well-bred or refined. |
| gentile [ˈdʒentaɪl] | adj. Belonging to a people not Jewish. |
| geology [dʒɪˈɒlədʒi] | n. The department of natural science that treats of the constitution and structure of the earth. |
| germane [dʒəˈmeɪn] | adj. Relevant. |
| germinate [ˈdʒɜːmɪneɪt] | v. To begin to develop into an embryo or higher form. |
| gestation [dʒeˈsteɪʃn̩] | n. Pregnancy. |
| gesticulate [dʒeˈstɪkjʊleɪt] | v. To make gestures or motions, as in speaking, or in place of speech. |
| gesture [ˈdʒestʃə] | n. A movement or action of the hands or face, expressive of some idea or emotion. |
| ghastly [ˈɡɑːstli] | adj. Hideous. |
| gibe [dʒaɪb] | v. To utter taunts or reproaches. |
| giddy [ˈɡɪdi] | adj. Affected with a whirling or swimming sensation in the head. |
| gigantic [dʒaɪˈɡæntɪk] | adj. Tremendous. |
| giver [ˈɡɪvə] | n. One who gives, in any sense. |
| glacial [ˈɡleɪsɪəl] | adj. Icy, or icily cold. |
| glacier [ˈɡlæsɪə] | n. A field or stream of ice. |
| gladden [ˈɡlædn̩] | v. To make joyous. |
| glazier [ˈɡleɪzɪə] | n. One who cuts and fits panes of glass, as for windows. |
| glimmer [ˈɡlɪmə] | n. A faint, wavering, unsteady light. |
| glimpse [ɡlɪmps] | n. A momentary look. |
| globose [ˈɡləʊbəʊs] | adj. Spherical. |
| globular [ˈɡlɒbjʊlə] | adj. Spherical. |
| glorious [ˈɡlɔːrɪəs] | adj. Of excellence and splendor. |
| glutinous [ˈɡluːtɪnəs] | adj. Sticky. |
| gluttonous [ˈɡlʌtənəs] | adj. Given to excess in eating. |
| gnash [næʃ] | v. To grind or strike the teeth together, as from rage. |
| Gordian knot [ˈɡɔːdɪən nɒt] | n. Any difficulty the only issue out of which is by bold or unusual manners. |
| gourmand [ˈɡʊəmənd] | n. A connoisseur in the delicacies of the table. |
| gosling [ˈɡɒzl̩ɪŋ] | n. A young goose. |
| gossamer [ˈɡɒsəmə] | adj. Flimsy. |
| gourd [ɡʊəd] | n. A melon, pumpkin, squash, or some similar fruit having a hard rind. |
| graceless [ˈɡreɪslɪs] | adj. Ungracious. |
| gradation [ɡrəˈdeɪʃn̩] | n. A step, degree, rank, or relative position in an order or series. |
| gradient [ˈɡreɪdɪənt] | adj. Moving or advancing by steps. |
| granary [ˈɡrænəri] | n. A storehouse for grain after it is thrashed or husked. |
| grandeur [ˈɡrændʒə] | n. The quality of being grand or admirably great. |
| grandiloquent [ɡrænˈdɪləkwənt] | adj. Speaking in or characterized by a pompous or bombastic style. |
| grandiose [ˈɡrændɪəʊs] | adj. Having an imposing style or effect. |
| grantee [ɡrɑːnˈtiː] | n. The person to whom property is transferred by deed. |
| grantor [ˈɡræntə] | n. The maker of a deed. |
| granular [ˈɡrænjʊlə] | adj. Composed of small grains or particles. |
| granulate [ˈɡrænjʊleɪt] | v. To form into grains or small particles. |
| granule [ˈɡrænjuːl] | n. A small grain or particle. |
| grapple [ˈɡræpl̩] | v. To take hold of. |
| gratification [ˌɡrætɪfɪˈkeɪʃn̩] | n. Satisfaction. |
| gratify [ˈɡrætɪfaɪ] | v. To please, as by satisfying a physical or mental desire or need. |
| gratuitous [ɡrəˈtjuːɪtəs] | adj. Voluntarily. |
| gratuity [ɡrəˈtjuːɪti] | n. That which is given without demand or claim. Tip. |
| gravity [ˈɡrævɪti] | n. Seriousness. |
| gregarious [ɡrɪˈɡeərɪəs] | adj. Not habitually solitary or living alone. |
| grenadier [ˌɡrenəˈdɪə] | n. A member of a regiment composed of men of great stature. |
| grief [ˈɡriːf] | n. Sorrow. |
| grievance [ˈɡriːvns] | n. That which oppresses, injures, or causes grief and at the same time a sense of wrong. |
| grievous [ˈɡriːvəs] | adj. Creating affliction. |
| grimace [ɡrɪˈmeɪs] | n. A distortion of the features, occasioned by some feeling of pain, disgust, etc. |
| grindstone [ˈɡraɪndstəʊn] | n. A flat circular stone, used for sharpening tools. |
| grisly [ˈɡrɪzli] | adj. Fear-inspiring. |
| grotesque [ɡrəʊˈtesk] | adj. Incongruously composed or ill-proportioned. |
| grotto [ˈɡrɒtəʊ] | n. A small cavern. |
| ground [ɡraʊnd] | n. A pavement or floor or any supporting surface on which one may walk. |
| guess [ɡes] | n. Surmise. |
| guile [ɡaɪl] | n. Duplicity. |
| guileless [ˈɡaɪl ləs] | adj. Frank. |
| guine [aˈɡɪni] | n. An English monetary unit. |
| guise [ɡaɪz] | n. The external appearance as produced by garb or costume. |
| gullible [ˈɡʌlɪbl̩] | adj. Credulous. |
| gumption [ˈɡʌmpʃn̩] | n. Common sense. |
| gusto [ˈɡʌstəʊ] | n. Keen enjoyment. |
| guy [ɡaɪ] | n. Stay-rope. |
| guzzle [ˈɡʌzl̩] | v. To swallow greedily or hastily; gulp. |
| gynecocracy [gynecocracy] | n. Female supremacy. |
| gynecology [ˌɡaɪnəˈkɑːlədʒi] | n. The science that treats of the functions and diseases peculiar to women. |
| gyrate [ˌdʒaɪˈreɪt] | v. To revolve. |
| gyroscope [ˈdʒaɪrəskəʊp] | n. An instrument for illustrating the laws of rotation. |
| habitable [ˈhæbɪtəbl̩] | adj. Fit to be dwelt in. |
| habitant [ˈhæbɪtənt] | n. Dweller. |
| habitual [həˈbɪtʃʊəl] | adj. According to usual practice. |
| habitude [ˈhæbɪtjuːd] | n. Customary relation or association. |
| hackney [ˈhækni] | v. To make stale or trite by repetition. |
| haggard [ˈhæɡəd] | adj. Worn and gaunt in appearance. |
| halcyon [ˈhælsɪən] | adj. Calm. |
| hale [heɪl] | adj. Of sound and vigorous health. |
| handwriting [ˈhændraɪtɪŋ] | n. Penmanship. |
| hanger-on [ˌhæŋər ˈɒn] | n. A parasite. |
| happy-go-lucky [ˌhæpi ɡəʊ ˈlʌki] | adj. Improvident. |
| harangue [həˈræŋ] | n. A tirade. |
| harass [ˈhærəs] | v. To trouble with importunities, cares, or annoyances. |
| harbinger [ˈhɑːbɪndʒə] | n. One who or that which foreruns and announces the coming of any person or thing. |
| hard-hearted [ˈhɑːdˈhɑːtɪd] | adj. Lacking pity or sympathy. |
| hardihood [ˈhɑːdɪhʊd] | n. Foolish daring. |
| harmonious [hɑːˈməʊnɪəs] | adj. Concordant in sound. |
| havoc [ˈhævək] | n. Devastation. |
| hawthorn [ˈhɔːθɔːn] | n. A thorny shrub much used in England for hedges. |
| hazard [ˈhæzəd] | n. Risk. |
| head first [hed ˈfɜːst] | adv. Precipitately, as in diving. |
| head foremost [hed ˈfɔːməʊst] | adv. Precipitately, as in diving. |
| heartrending [heartrending] | adj. Very depressing. |
| heathenish [ˈhiːðnɪʃ] | adj. Irreligious. |
| heedless [ˈhiːdləs] | adj. Thoughtless. |
| heifer [ˈhefə] | n. A young cow. |
| heinous [ˈheɪnəs] | adj. Odiously sinful. |
| hemorrhage [ˈhemərɪdʒ] | n. Discharge of blood from a ruptured or wounded blood-vessel. |
| hemorrhoids [ˈhemərɔɪdz] | n. pl. Tumors composed of enlarged and thickened blood-vessels, at the lower end of the rectum. |
| henchman [ˈhentʃmən] | n. A servile assistant and subordinate. |
| henpeck [ˈhenˌpek] | v. To worry or harass by ill temper and petty annoyances. |
| heptagon [ˈheptəɡən] | n. A figure having seven sides and seven angles. |
| heptarchy [ˈheptɑːkɪ] | n. A group of seven governments. |
| herbaceous [hɜːˈbeɪʃəs] | adj. Having the character of a herb. |
| herbarium [hərˈberiəm] | n. A collection of dried plants scientifically arranged for study. |
| herbivorous [hɜːˈbɪvərəs] | adj. Feeding on herbs or other vegetable matter, as animals. |
| hereditary [hɪˈredɪtri] | adj. Passing naturally from parent to child. |
| heredity [hɪˈredɪti] | n. Transmission of physical or mental qualities, diseases, etc., from parent to offspring. |
| heresy [ˈherəsi] | n. An opinion or doctrine subversive of settled beliefs or accepted principles. |
| heretic [ˈherətɪk] | n. One who holds opinions contrary to the recognized standards or tenets of any philosophy. |
| heritage [ˈherɪtɪdʒ] | n. Birthright. |
| herni [aˈhɜːnɪə] | n. Protrusion of any internal organ in whole or in part from its normal position. |
| hesitancy [ˈhezɪtənsi] | n. A pausing to consider. |
| hesitant [ˈhezɪtənt] | adj. Vacillating. |
| hesitation [ˌhezɪˈteɪʃn̩] | n. Vacillation. |
| heterodox [ˈhetərədɒks] | adj. At variance with any commonly accepted doctrine or opinion. |
| heterogeneity [ˌhetərəˈdʒiːniəs] | n. Unlikeness of constituent parts. |
| heterogeneous [ˌhetərəˈdʒiːnɪəs] | adj. Consisting of dissimilar elements or ingredients of different kinds. |
| heteromorphic [heteromorphic] | adj. Deviating from the normal form or standard type. |
| hexangular [hexangular] | adj. Having six angles. |
| hexapod [hexapod] | adj. Having six feet. |
| hexagon [ˈheksəɡən] | n. A figure with six angles. |
| hiatus [haɪˈeɪtəs] | n. A break or vacancy where something necessary to supply the connection is wanting. |
| hibernal [haɪˈbɜːnl] | adj. Pertaining to winter. |
| Hibernian [haɪˈbɜːnjən] | adj. Pertaining to Ireland, or its people. |
| hideous [ˈhɪdɪəs] | adj. Appalling. |
| hilarious [hɪˈleərɪəs] | adj. Boisterously merry. |
| hillock [ˈhɪlək] | n. A small hill or mound. |
| hinder [ˈhɪndə] | v. To obstruct. |
| hindmost [ˈhaɪndməʊst] | adj. Farthest from the front. |
| hindrance [ˈhɪndrəns] | n. An obstacle. |
| hirsute [ˈhɜːsjuːt] | adj. Having a hairy covering. |
| hoard [hɔːd] | v. To gather and store away for the sake of accumulation. |
| hoarse [hɔːs] | adj. Having the voice harsh or rough, as from a cold or fatigue. |
| homage [ˈhɒmɪdʒ] | n. Reverential regard or worship. |
| homogeneity [ˌhəʊmədʒɪˈnɪəti] | n. Congruity of the members or elements or parts. |
| homogeneous [ˌhɒməˈdʒiːnɪəs] | adj. Made up of similar parts or elements. |
| homologous [həˈmɒləɡəs] | adj. Identical in nature, make-up, or relation. |
| homonym [ˈhɒmənɪm] | n. A word agreeing in sound with but different in meaning from another. |
| homophone [ˈhɒməfəʊn] | n. A word agreeing in sound with but different in meaning from another. |
| honorarium [ˌɒnəˈreərɪəm] | n. A token fee or payment to a professional man for services. |
| hoodwink [ˈhʊdwɪŋk] | v. To deceive. |
| horde [hɔːd] | n. A gathered multitude of human beings. |
| hosiery [ˈhəʊzɪəri] | n. A stocking. |
| hospitable [hɒˈspɪtəbl̩] | adj. Disposed to treat strangers or guests with generous kindness. |
| hospitality [ˌhɒspɪˈtælɪti] | n. The practice of receiving and entertaining strangers and guests with kindness. |
| hostility [hɒˈstɪlɪti] | n. Enmity. |
| huckster [ˈhʌkstə] | n. One who retails small wares. |
| humane [hjuːˈmeɪn] | adj. Compassionate. |
| humanitarian [hju:ˌmænɪˈteərɪən] | n. A philanthropist. |
| humanize [ˈhjuːmənaɪz] | v. To make gentle or refined. |
| humbug [ˈhʌmbʌɡ] | n. Anything intended or calculated to deceive or mislead. |
| humiliate [hjuːˈmɪlɪeɪt] | v. To put to shame. |
| hussar [hʊˈzɑː] | n. A light-horse trooper armed with saber and carbine. |
| hustle [ˈhʌsl̩] | v. To move with haste and promptness. |
| hybrid [ˈhaɪbrɪd] | adj. Cross-bred. |
| hydr [aˈhaɪdrə] | n. The seven- or nine-headed water-serpent slain by Hercules. |
| hydraulic [haɪˈdrɔːlɪk] | adj. Involving the moving of water, of the force exerted by water in motion. |
| hydrodynamics [ˈhaɪdrəʊdaɪˈnæmɪks] | n. The branch of mechanics that treats of the dynamics of fluids. |
| hydroelectric [ˌhaɪdrəʊɪˈlektrɪk] | adj. Pertaining to electricity developed water or steam. |
| hydromechanics [ˈhaɪdrəʊmɪˈkænɪks] | n. The mechanics of fluids. |
| hydrometer [haɪˈdrɑːmətə] | n. An instrument for determining the density of solids and liquids by flotation. |
| hydrostatics [ˌhaɪdrəʊˈstætɪks] | n. The branch of science that treats of the pressure and equilibrium of fluids. |
| hydrous [ˈhaɪdrəs] | adj. Watery. |
| hygiene [ˈhaɪdʒiːn] | n. The branch of medical science that relates to improving health. |
| hypercritical [ˌhaɪpəˈkrɪtɪkl̩] | adj. Faultfinding. |
| hypnosis [hɪpˈnəʊsɪs] | n. An artificial trance-sleep. |
| hypnotic [hɪpˈnɒtɪk] | adj. Tending to produce sleep. |
| hypnotism [ˈhɪpnətɪzəm] | n. An artificially induced somnambulistic state in which the mind readily acts on suggestion. |
| hypnotize [ˈhɪpnətaɪz] | v. To produce a somnambulistic state in which the mind readily acts on suggestions. |
| hypocrisy [hɪˈpɒkrəsi] | n. Extreme insincerity. |
| hypocrite [ˈhɪpəkrɪt] | n. One who makes false professions of his views or beliefs. |
| hypodermic [ˌhaɪpəˈdɜːmɪk] | adj. Pertaining to the area under the skin. |
| hypotenuse [ˌhaɪˈpɒtənjuːz] | n. The side of a right-angled triangle opposite the right angle. |
| hypothesis [haɪˈpɒθəsɪs] | n. A proposition taken for granted as a premise from which to reach a conclusion. |
| hysteri [ahɪˈstɪərɪə] | n. A nervous affection occurring typically in paroxysms of laughing and crying. |
| ichthyic [ichthyic] | adj. Fish-like. |
| ichthyology [ˌɪkθɪˈɒlədʒɪ] | n. The branch of zoology that treats of fishes. |
| ichthyosaurs [ichthyosaurs] | n. A fossil reptile. |
| icily [ˈaɪsɪli] | adv. Frigidly. |
| iciness [ˈaɪsi] | n. The state of being icy. |
| icon [ˈaɪkɒn] | n. An image or likeness. |
| iconoclast [aɪˈkɒnəklæst] | n. An image-breaker. |
| idealize [aɪˈdɪəlaɪz] | v. To make to conform to some mental or imaginary standard. |
| idiom [ˈɪdɪəm] | n. A use of words peculiar to a particular language. |
| idiosyncrasy [ˌɪdɪəˈsɪŋkrəsi] | n. A mental quality or habit peculiar to an individual. |
| idolize [ˈaɪdəlaɪz] | v. To regard with inordinate love or admiration. |
| ignoble [ɪɡˈnəʊbl̩] | adj. Low in character or purpose. |
| ignominious [ˌɪɡnəˈmɪnɪəs] | adj. Shameful. |
| Iliad [iliad] | n. A Greek epic poem describing scenes from the siege of Troy. |
| illegal [ɪˈliːɡl̩] | adj. Not according to law. |
| illegible [ɪˈledʒəbl̩] | adj. Undecipherable. |
| illegitimate [ˌɪlɪˈdʒɪtɪmət] | adj. Unlawfully begotten. |
| illiberal [ɪˈlɪbərəl] | adj. Stingy. |
| illicit [ɪˈlɪsɪt] | adj. Unlawful. |
| illimitable [ɪˈlɪmɪtəbl̩] | adj. Boundless. |
| illiterate [ɪˈlɪtərət] | adj. Having little or no book-learning. |
| ill-natured [ɪl ˈneɪtʃəd] | adj. Surly. |
| illogical [ɪˈlɒdʒɪkl̩] | adj. Contrary to the rules of sound thought. |
| illuminant [illuminant] | n. That which may be used to produce light. |
| illuminate [ɪˈluːmɪneɪt] | v. To supply with light. |
| illumine [ɪˈluːmɪn] | v. To make bright or clear. |
| illusion [ɪˈluːʒn̩] | n. An unreal image presented to the senses. |
| illusive [ɪˈluːsɪv] | adj. Deceptive. |
| illusory [ɪˈluːsəri] | adj. Deceiving or tending to deceive, as by false appearance. |
| imaginable [ɪˈmædʒɪnəbl̩] | adj. That can be imagined or conceived in the mind. |
| imaginary [ɪˈmædʒɪnəri] | adj. Fancied. |
| imbibe [ɪmˈbaɪb] | v. To drink or take in. |
| imbroglio [ɪmˈbrəʊlɪəʊ] | n. A misunderstanding attended by ill feeling, perplexity, or strife. |
| imbrue [ɪmˈbruː] | v. To wet or moisten. |
| imitation [ˌɪmɪˈteɪʃn̩] | n. That which is made as a likeness or copy. |
| imitator [ˈɪmɪteɪtə] | n. One who makes in imitation. |
| immaculate [ɪˈmækjʊlət] | adj. Without spot or blemish. |
| immaterial [ˌɪməˈtɪərɪəl] | adj. Of no essential consequence. |
| immature [ˌɪməˈtjʊə] | adj. Not full-grown. |
| immeasurable [ɪˈmeʒərəbl̩] | adj. Indefinitely extensive. |
| immense [ɪˈmens] | adj. Very great in degree, extent, size, or quantity. |
| immerse [ɪˈmɜːs] | v. To plunge or dip entirely under water or other fluid. |
| immersion [ɪˈmɜːʃn̩] | n. The act of plunging or dipping entirely under water or another fluid. |
| immigrant [ˈɪmɪɡrənt] | n. A foreigner who enters a country to settle there. |
| immigrate [ˈɪmɪɡreɪt] | v. To come into a country or region from a former habitat. |
| imminence [ˈɪmɪnəns] | n. Impending evil or danger. |
| imminent [ˈɪmɪnənt] | adj. Dangerous and close at hand. |
| immiscible [ɪˈmɪsəbl̩] | adj. Separating, as oil and water. |
| immoral [ɪˈmɒrəl] | adj. Habitually engaged in licentious or lewd practices. |
| immortalize [ɪˈmɔːtəlaɪz] | v. To cause to last or to be known or remembered throughout a great or indefinite length of time. |
| immovable [ɪˈmuːvəbl̩] | adj. Steadfast. |
| immune [ɪˈmjuːn] | adj. Exempt, as from disease. |
| immutable [ɪˈmjuːtəbl̩] | adj. Unchangeable. |
| impair [ɪmˈpeə] | v. To cause to become less or worse. |
| impalpable [ɪmˈpælpəbl̩] | adj. Imperceptible to the touch. |
| impartial [ɪmˈpɑːʃl̩] | adj. Unbiased. |
| impassable [ɪmˈpɑːsəbl̩] | adj. That can not be passed through or over. |
| impassible [ɪmˈpæsɪbl] | adj. Not moved or affected by feeling. |
| impassive [ɪmˈpæsɪv] | adj. Unmoved by or not exhibiting feeling. |
| impatience [ɪmˈpeɪʃns] | n. Unwillingness to brook delays or wait the natural course of things. |
| impeccable [ɪmˈpekəbl̩] | adj. Blameless. |
| impecunious [ˌɪmpɪˈkjuːnɪəs] | adj. Having no money. |
| impede [ɪmˈpiːd] | v. To be an obstacle or to place obstacles in the way of. |
| impel [ɪmˈpel] | v. To drive or urge forward. |
| impend [ɪmˈpend] | v. To be imminent. |
| imperative [ɪmˈperətɪv] | adj. Obligatory. |
| imperceptible [ˌɪmpəˈseptəbl̩] | adj. Indiscernible. |
| imperfectible [imperfectible] | adj. That can not be perfected. |
| imperil [ɪmˈperəl] | v. To endanger. |
| imperious [ɪmˈpɪərɪəs] | adj. Insisting on obedience. |
| impermissible [ˌɪmpɜːˈmɪsəbl̩] | adj. Not permissible. |
| impersonal [ˌɪmˈpɜːsənl̩] | adj. Not relating to a particular person or thing. |
| impersonate [ɪmˈpɜːsəneɪt] | v. To appear or act in the character of. |
| impersuadable [impersuadable] | adj. Unyielding. |
| impertinence [ɪmˈpɜːtɪnəns] | n. Rudeness. |
| imperturbable [ˌɪmpəˈtɜːbəbl̩] | adj. Calm. |
| impervious [ɪmˈpɜːvɪəs] | adj. Impenetrable. |
| impetuosity [ɪmˌpetʃʊˈɒsɪti] | n. Rashness. |
| impetuous [ɪmˈpetʃʊəs] | adj. Impulsive. |
| impetus [ˈɪmpɪtəs] | n. Any impulse or incentive. |
| impiety [ɪmˈpaɪəti] | n. Irreverence toward God. |
| impious [ˈɪmpɪəs] | adj. Characterized by irreverence or irreligion. |
| implausible [ɪmˈplɔːzɪbl̩] | adj. Not plausible. |
| impliable [impliable] | adj. Capable of being inferred. |
| implicate [ˈɪmplɪkeɪt] | v. To show or prove to be involved in or concerned |
| implicit [ɪmˈplɪsɪt] | adj. Implied. |
| imply [ɪmˈplaɪ] | v. To signify. |
| impolitic [ɪmˈpɒlətɪk] | adj. Inexpedient. |
| importation [ˌɪmpɔːˈteɪʃn̩] | n. The act or practice of bringing from one country into another. |
| importunate [ɪmˈpɔːtʃʊnət] | adj. Urgent in character, request, or demand. |
| importune [ˌɪmpəˈtjuːn] | v. To harass with persistent demands or entreaties. |
| impotent [ˈɪmpətənt] | adj. Destitute of or lacking in power, physical, moral, or intellectual. |
| impoverish [ɪmˈpɒvərɪʃ] | v. To make indigent or poor. |
| impracticable [ɪmˈpræktɪkəbl̩] | adj. Not feasible. |
| impregnable [ɪmˈpreɡnəbl̩] | adj. That can not be taken by assault. |
| impregnate [ˈɪmpreɡneɪt] | v. To make pregnant. |
| impromptu [ɪmˈprɒmptjuː] | n. Anything done or said on the impulse of the moment. |
| improper [ɪmˈprɒpə] | adj. Not appropriate, suitable, or becoming. |
| impropriety [ˌɪmprəˈpraɪəti] | n. The state or quality of being unfit, unseemly, or inappropriate. |
| improvident [ɪmˈprɒvɪdənt] | adj. Lacking foresight or thrift. |
| improvise [ˈɪmprəvaɪz] | v. To do anything extemporaneously or offhand. |
| imprudent [ɪmˈpruːdnt] | adj. Heedless. |
| impudence [ˈɪmpjʊdəns] | n. Insolent disrespect. |
| impugn [ɪmˈpjuːn] | v. To assail with arguments, insinuations, or accusations. |
| impulsion [ɪmˈpʌlʃn̩] | n. Impetus. |
| impulsive [ɪmˈpʌlsɪv] | adj. Unpremeditated. |
| impunity [ɪmˈpjuːnɪti] | n. Freedom from punishment. |
| impure [ɪmˈpjʊə] | adj. Tainted. |
| impute [ɪmˈpjuːt] | v. To attribute. |
| inaccessible [ˌɪnækˈsesəbl̩] | adj. Difficult of approach. |
| inaccurate [ɪnˈækjʊrət] | adj. Not exactly according to the facts. |
| inactive [ɪnˈæktɪv] | adj. Inert. |
| inadequate [ɪnˈædɪkwət] | adj. Insufficient. |
| inadmissible [ˌɪnədˈmɪsəbl̩] | adj. Not to be approved, considered, or allowed, as testimony. |
| inadvertent [ˌɪnədˈvɜːtənt] | adj. Accidental. |
| inadvisable [ˌɪnədˈvaɪzəbl̩] | adj. Unadvisable. |
| inane [ɪˈneɪn] | adj. Silly. |
| inanimate [ɪnˈænɪmət] | adj. Destitute of animal life. |
| inapprehensible [ˌɪnæprɪˈhensəbl] | adj. Not to be understood. |
| inapt [ɪnˈæpt] | adj. Awkward or slow. |
| inarticulate [ˌɪnɑːˈtɪkjʊlət] | adj. Speechless. |
| inaudible [ɪnˈɔːdəbl̩] | adj. That can not be heard. |
| inborn [ˌɪnˈbɔːn] | adj. Implanted by nature. |
| inbred [ˌɪnˈbred] | adj. Innate. |
| incandescence [ˌɪnkænˈdesns] | n. The state of being white or glowing with heat. |
| incandescent [ˌɪnkænˈdesnt] | adj. White or glowing with heat. |
| incapacitate [ˌɪnkəˈpæsɪteɪt] | v. To deprive of power, capacity, competency, or qualification. |
| incapacity [ˌɪnkəˈpæsɪti] | n. Want of power to apprehend, understand, and manage. |
| incarcerate [ɪnˈkɑːsəreɪt] | v. To imprison. |
| incendiary [ɪnˈsendɪəri] | n. Chemical or person who starts a fire-literally or figuratively. |
| incentive [ɪnˈsentɪv] | n. That which moves the mind or inflames the passions. |
| inception [ɪnˈsepʃn̩] | n. The beginning. |
| inceptive [ɪnˈseptɪv] | adj. Beginning. |
| incessant [ɪnˈsesnt] | adj. Unceasing. |
| inchmeal [ˈɪntʃmiːl] | adv. Piecemeal. |
| inchoate [ɪnˈkəʊɪt] | adj. Incipient. |
| inchoative [ɪnˈkəʊətɪv] | n. That which begins, or expresses beginning. |
| incidence [ˈɪnsɪdəns] | n. Casual occurrence. |
| incident [ˈɪnsɪdənt] | n. A happening in general, especially one of little importance. |
| incidentally [ˌɪnsɪˈdentəli] | adv. Without intention. |
| incinerate [ɪnˈsɪnəreɪt] | v. To reduce to ashes. |
| incipience [ɪnˈsɪpɪəns] | n. Beginning. |
| incipient [ɪnˈsɪpɪənt] | adj. Initial. |
| incisor [ɪnˈsaɪzə] | n. A front or cutting tooth. |
| incite [ɪnˈsaɪt] | v. To rouse to a particular action. |
| incitement [ɪnˈsaɪtmənt] | n. That which moves to action, or serves as an incentive or stimulus. |
| incoercible [incoercible] | adj. Incapable of being forced, constrained, or compelled. |
| incoherence [ˌɪnkəʊˈhɪərəns] | n. Want of connection, or agreement, as of parts or ideas in thought, speech, etc. |
| incoherent [ˌɪnkəʊˈhɪərənt] | adj. Not logically coordinated, as to parts, elements, or details. |
| incombustible [ˌɪnkəmˈbʌstəbl̩] | adj. That can not be burned. |
| incomparable [ɪnˈkɒmprəbl̩] | adj. Matchless. |
| incompatible [ˌɪnkəmˈpætəbl̩] | adj. Discordant. |
| incompetence [ɪnˈkɒmpɪtəns] | n. General lack of capacity or fitness. |
| incompetent [ɪnˈkɒmpɪtənt] | adj. Not having the abilities desired or necessary for any purpose. |
| incomplete [ˌɪnkəmˈpliːt] | adj. Lacking some element, part, or adjunct necessary or required. |
| incomprehensible [ˌɪnˌkɒmprɪˈhensəbl̩] | adj. Not understandable. |
| incompressible [ɪnkəmˈpresəbl̩] | adj. Resisting all attempts to reduce volume by pressure. |
| inconceivable [ˌɪnkənˈsiːvəbl̩] | adj. Incomprehensible. |
| incongruous [ɪnˈkɒŋɡrʊəs] | adj. Unsuitable for the time, place, or occasion. |
| inconsequential [ɪnˌkɒnsɪˈkwenʃl̩] | adj. Valueless. |
| inconsiderable [ˌɪnkənˈsɪdrəbl̩] | adj. Small in quantity or importance. |
| inconsistent [ˌɪnkənˈsɪstənt] | adj. Contradictory. |
| inconstant [ɪnˈkɒnstənt] | adj. Changeable. |
| incontrovertible [ɪnˌkɒntrəˈvɜːtəbl̩] | adj. Indisputable. |
| inconvenient [ˌɪnkənˈviːnɪənt] | adj. Interfering with comfort or progress. |
| indefensible [ˌɪndɪˈfensəbl̩] | adj. Untenable. |
| indefinitely [ɪnˈdefɪnətli] | adv. In a vague or uncertain way. |
| indelible [ɪnˈdeləbl̩] | adj. That can not be blotted out, effaced, destroyed, or removed. |
| indescribable [ˌɪndɪˈskraɪbəbl̩] | adj. That can not be described. |
| indestructible [ˌɪndɪˈstrʌktəbl̩] | adj. That can not be destroyed. |
| indicant [indicant] | adj. That which points out. |
| indicator [ˈɪndɪkeɪtə] | n. One who or that which points out. |
| indict [ɪnˈdaɪt] | v. To find and declare chargeable with crime. |
| indigence [ˈɪndɪdʒəns] | n. Poverty. |
| indigenous [ɪnˈdɪdʒɪnəs] | adj. Native. |
| indigent [ˈɪndɪdʒənt] | adj. Poor. |
| indigestible [ˌɪndɪˈdʒəstəbl̩] | adj. Not digestible, or difficult to digest. |
| indigestion [ˌɪndɪˈdʒestʃən] | n. Difficulty or failure in the alimentary canal in changing food into absorptive nutriment. |
| indignant [ɪnˈdɪɡnənt] | adj. Having such anger and scorn as is aroused by meanness or wickedness. |
| indignity [ɪnˈdɪɡnɪti] | n. Unmerited contemptuous conduct or treatment. |
| indiscernible [ˌɪndɪˈsɜːnəbl̩] | adj. Not perceptible. |
| indiscreet [ˌɪndɪˈskriːt] | adj. Lacking wise judgment. |
| indiscriminate [ˌɪndɪˈskrɪmɪnət] | adj. Promiscuous. |
| indispensable [ˌɪndɪˈspensəbl̩] | adj. Necessary or requisite for the purpose. |
| indistinct [ˌɪndɪˈstɪŋkt] | adj. Vague. |
| indivertible [ˌɪndɪˈvɜːtəbl] | adj. That can not be turned aside. |
| indivisible [ˌɪndɪˈvɪzəbl̩] | adj. Not separable into parts. |
| indolence [ˈɪndələns] | n. Laziness. |
| indolent [ˈɪndələnt] | adj. Habitually inactive or idle. |
| indomitable [ɪnˈdɒmɪtəbl̩] | adj. Unconquerable. |
| induct [ɪnˈdʌkt] | v. To bring in. |
| indulgence [ɪnˈdʌldʒəns] | n. The yielding to inclination, passion, desire, or propensity in oneself or another. |
| indulgent [ɪnˈdʌldʒənt] | adj. Yielding to the desires or humor of oneself or those under one's care. |
| inebriate [ɪˈniːbrɪeɪt] | v. To intoxicate. |
| inedible [ɪnˈedəbl̩] | adj. Not good for food. |
| ineffable [ɪnˈefəbl̩] | adj. Unutterable. |
| inefficient [ˌɪnɪˈfɪʃnt] | adj. Not accomplishing an intended purpose. |
| inefficiency [ˌɪnɪˈfɪʃənsi] | n. That which does not accomplish an intended purpose. |
| ineligible [ɪnˈelɪdʒəbl̩] | adj. Not suitable to be selected or chosen. |
| inept [ɪˈnept] | adj. Not fit or suitable. |
| inert [ɪˈnɜːt] | adj. Inanimate. |
| inestimable [ɪnˈestɪməbl̩] | adj. Above price. |
| inevitable [ɪnˈevɪtəbl̩] | adj. Unavoidable. |
| inexcusable [ˌɪnɪkˈskjuːzəbl̩] | adj. Not to be justified. |
| inexhaustible [ˌɪnɪɡˈzɔːstəbl̩] | adj. So large or furnishing so great a supply as not to be emptied, wasted, or spent. |
| inexorable [ˌɪnˈeksərəbl̩] | adj. Unrelenting. |
| inexpedient [ˌɪnɪkˈspiːdɪənt] | adj. Unadvisable. |
| inexpensive [ˌɪnɪkˈspensɪv] | adj. Low-priced. |
| inexperience [ˌɪnɪkˈspɪərɪəns] | n. Lack of or deficiency in experience. |
| inexplicable [ˌɪnɪkˈsplɪkəbl̩] | adj. Such as can not be made plain. |
| inexpressible [ˌɪnɪkˈspresəbl̩] | adj. Unutterable. |
| inextensible [inextensible] | adj. Of unchangeable length or area. |
| infallible [ɪnˈfæləbl̩] | adj. Exempt from error of judgment, as in opinion or statement. |
| infamous [ˈɪnfəməs] | adj. Publicly branded or notorious, as for vice, or crime. |
| infamy [ˈɪnfəmi] | n. Total loss or destitution of honor or reputation. |
| inference [ˈɪnfərəns] | n. The derivation of a judgment from any given material of knowledge on the ground of law. |
| infernal [ɪnˈfɜːnl̩] | adj. Akin to or befitting hell or its occupants. |
| infest [ɪnˈfest] | v. To be present in such numbers as to be a source of annoyance, trouble, or danger. |
| infidel [ˈɪnfɪdəl] | n. One who denies the existence of God. |
| infidelity [ˌɪnfɪˈdelɪti] | n. Disloyalty. |
| infinite [ˈɪnfɪnət] | adj. Measureless. |
| infinity [ɪnˈfɪnɪti] | n. Boundless or immeasurable extension or duration. |
| infirm [ɪnˈfɜːm] | adj. Lacking in bodily or mental strength. |
| infirmary [ɪnˈfɜːməri] | n. A place for the reception or treatment of the sick. |
| infirmity [ɪnˈfɜːmɪti] | n. A physical, mental, or moral weakness or flaw. |
| inflammable [ɪnˈflæməbl̩] | adj. Easily set on fire or excited. |
| inflammation [ˌɪnfləˈmeɪʃn̩] | n. A morbid process in some part of the body characterized by heat, swelling, and pain. |
| inflexible [ɪnˈfleksəbl̩] | adj. That can not be altered or varied. |
| influence [ˈɪnflʊəns] | n. Ability to sway the will of another. |
| influential [ˌɪnflʊˈenʃl̩] | adj. Having the power to sway the will of another. |
| influx [ˈɪnflʌks] | n. Infusion. |
| infrequence [infrequence] | n. Rareness. |
| infrequent [ɪnˈfriːkwənt] | adj. Uncommon. |
| infringe [ɪnˈfrɪndʒ] | v. To trespass upon. |
| infuse [ɪnˈfjuːz] | v. To instill, introduce, or inculcate, as principles or qualities. |
| infusion [ɪnˈfjuːʒn̩] | n. The act of imbuing, or pouring in. |
| ingenious [ɪnˈdʒiːnɪəs] | adj. Evincing skill, originality, or cleverness, as in contrivance or arrangement. |
| ingenuity [ˌɪndʒɪˈnjuːɪti] | n. Cleverness in contriving, combining, or originating. |
| ingenuous [ɪnˈdʒenjʊəs] | adj. Candid, frank, or open in character or quality. |
| inglorious [ɪnˈɡlɔːrɪəs] | adj. Shameful. |
| ingraft [ɪnˈɡrɑːft] | v. To set or implant deeply and firmly. |
| ingratiate [ɪnˈɡreɪʃɪeɪt] | v. To win confidence or good graces for oneself. |
| ingratitude [ɪnˈɡrætɪtjuːd] | n. Insensibility to kindness. |
| ingredient [ɪnˈɡriːdɪənt] | n. Component. |
| inherence [ɪnˈhɪərəns] | n. The state of being permanently existing in something. |
| inherent [ɪnˈhɪərənt] | adj. Intrinsic. |
| inhibit [ɪnˈhɪbɪt] | v. To hold back or in. |
| inhospitable [ˌɪnhɒˈspɪtəbl̩] | adj. Not disposed to entertain strangers gratuitously. |
| inhuman [ɪnˈhjuːmən] | adj. Savage. |
| inhume [ɪnˈhjuːm] | v. To place in the earth, as a dead body. |
| inimical [ɪˈnɪmɪkl̩] | adj. Adverse. |
| iniquity [ɪˈnɪkwɪti] | n. Gross wrong or injustice. |
| initiate [ɪˈnɪʃɪeɪt] | v. To perform the first act or rite. |
| inject [ɪnˈdʒekt] | v. To introduce, as a fluid, by injection. |
| injunction [ɪnˈdʒʌŋkʃn̩] | n. Mandate. |
| inkling [ˈɪŋkl̩ɪŋ] | n. A hint. |
| inland [ɪnˈlænd] | adj. Remote from the sea. |
| inlet [ˈɪnlet] | n. A small body of water leading into a larger. |
| inmost [ˈɪnməʊst] | adj. Deepest within. |
| innocuous [ɪˈnɒkjʊəs] | adj. Harmless. |
| innovate [ˈɪnəveɪt] | v. To introduce or strive to introduce new things. |
| innuendo [ˌɪnjuːˈendəʊ] | n. Insinuation. |
| innumerable [ɪˈnjuːmərəbl̩] | adj. Countless. |
| inoffensive [ˌɪnəˈfensɪv] | adj. Causing nothing displeasing or disturbing. |
| inopportune [ˌɪnˈɒpətjuːn] | adj. Unsuitable or inconvenient, especially as to time. |
| inquire [ɪnˈkwaɪə] | v. To ask information about. |
| inquisition [ˌɪnkwɪˈzɪʃn̩] | n. A court or tribunal for examination and punishment of heretics. |
| inquisitive [ɪnˈkwɪzətɪv] | adj. Given to questioning, especially out of curiosity. |
| inquisitor [ɪnˈkwɪzɪtə] | n. One who makes an investigation. |
| inroad [ˈɪnrəʊd] | n. Forcible encroachment or trespass. |
| insatiable [ɪnˈseɪʃəbl̩] | adj. That desires or craves immoderately or unappeasably. |
| inscribe [ɪnˈskraɪb] | v. To enter in a book, or on a list, roll, or document, by writing. |
| inscrutable [ɪnˈskruːtəbl̩] | adj. Impenetrably mysterious or profound. |
| insecure [ˌɪnsɪˈkjʊə] | adj. Not assured of safety. |
| insensible [ɪnˈsensəbl̩] | adj. Imperceptible. |
| insentient [ɪnˈsenʃnt] | adj. Lacking the power of feeling or perceiving. |
| inseparable [ɪnˈseprəbl̩] | adj. That can not be separated. |
| insidious [ɪnˈsɪdɪəs] | adj. Working ill by slow and stealthy means. |
| insight [ˈɪnsaɪt] | n. Intellectual discernment. |
| insignificance [ˌɪnsɪɡˈnɪfɪkəns] | n. Lack of import or of importance. |
| insignificant [ˌɪnsɪɡˈnɪfɪkənt] | adj. Without importance, force, or influence. |
| insinuate [ɪnˈsɪnjʊeɪt] | v. To imply. |
| insipid [ɪnˈsɪpɪd] | adj. Tasteless. |
| insistence [ɪnˈsɪstəns] | n. Urgency. |
| insistent [ɪnˈsɪstənt] | adj. Urgent. |
| insolence [ˈɪnsələns] | n. Pride or haughtiness exhibited in contemptuous and overbearing treatment of others. |
| insolent [ˈɪnsələnt] | adj. Impudent. |
| insomni [aɪnˈsɒmnɪə] | n. Sleeplessness. |
| inspector [ɪnˈspektə] | n. An official appointed to examine or oversee any matter of public interest or importance. |
| instance [ˈɪnstəns] | n. A single occurrence or happening of a given kind. |
| instant [ˈɪnstənt] | n. A very brief portion of time. |
| instantaneous [ˌɪnstənˈteɪnɪəs] | adj. Done without perceptible lapse of time. |
| instigate [ˈɪnstɪɡeɪt] | v. To provoke. |
| instigator [ˈɪnstɪɡeɪtə] | n. One who incites to evil. |
| instill [ɪnˈstɪl] | v. To infuse. |
| instructive [ɪnˈstrʌktɪv] | adj. Conveying knowledge. |
| insufficiency [ˌɪnsəˈfɪʃnsi] | n. Inadequacy. |
| insufficient [ˌɪnsəˈfɪʃnt] | adj. Inadequate for some need, purpose, or use. |
| insular [ˈɪnsjʊlə] | adj. Pertaining to an island. |
| insulate [ˈɪnsjʊleɪt] | v. To place in a detached state or situation. |
| insuperable [ɪnˈsjuːprəbl̩] | adj. Invincible. |
| insuppressible [insuppressible] | adj. Incapable of being concealed. |
| insurgence [ɪnsɜːdʒəns] | n. Uprising. |
| insurgent [ɪnˈsɜːdʒənt] | n. One who takes part in forcible opposition to the constituted authorities of a place. |
| insurrection [ˌɪnsəˈrekʃn̩] | n. The state of being in active resistance to authority. |
| intangible [ɪnˈtændʒəbl̩] | adj. Not perceptible to the touch. |
| integrity [ɪnˈteɡrɪti] | n. Uprightness of character and soundness of moral principle. |
| intellect [ˈɪntəlekt] | n. The faculty of perception or thought. |
| intellectual [ˌɪntəˈlektʃʊəl] | adj. Characterized by intelligence. |
| intelligence [ɪnˈtelɪdʒəns] | n. Capacity to know or understand. |
| intelligible [ɪnˈtelɪdʒəbl̩] | adj. Comprehensible. |
| intemperance [ɪnˈtempərəns] | n. Immoderate action or indulgence, as of the appetites. |
| intension [ɪnˈtenʃən] | n. The act of stringing or stretching, or state of being strained. |
| intensive [ɪnˈtensɪv] | adj. Adding emphasis or force. |
| intention [ɪnˈtenʃn̩] | n. That upon which the mind is set. |
| interact [ˌɪntəˈrækt] | v. To act reciprocally. |
| intercede [ˌɪntəˈsiːd] | v. To mediate between persons. |
| intercept [ˌɪntəˈsept] | v. To interrupt the course of. |
| intercession [ˌɪntəˈseʃn̩] | n. Entreaty in behalf of others. |
| intercessor [ˌɪntəˈsesə] | n. A mediator. |
| interdict [ˌɪntəˈdɪkt] | n. Authoritative act of prohibition. |
| interim [ˈɪntərɪm] | n. Time between acts or periods. |
| interlocutor [ˌɪntəˈlɒkjʊtə] | n. One who takes part in a conversation or oral discussion. |
| interlude [ˈɪntəluːd] | n. An action or event considered as coming between others of greater length. |
| intermediate [ˌɪntəˈmiːdɪət] | adj. Being in a middle place or degree or between extremes. |
| interminable [ɪnˈtɜːmɪnəbl̩] | adj. Having no limit or end. |
| intermission [ˌɪntəˈmɪʃn̩] | n. A recess. |
| intermit [ˌɪntəˈmɪt] | v. To cause to cease temporarily. |
| intermittent [ˌɪntəˈmɪtnt] | adj. A temporary discontinuance. |
| interpolation [ɪnˌtɜːpəˈleɪʃn̩] | n. Verbal interference. |
| interpose [ˌɪntəˈpəʊz] | v. To come between other things or persons. |
| interposition [ˌɪntəpəˈzɪʃn̩] | n. A coming between. |
| interpreter [ɪnˈtɜːprɪtə] | n. A person who makes intelligible the speech of a foreigner by oral translation. |
| interrogate [ɪnˈterəɡeɪt] | v. To examine formally by questioning. |
| interrogative [ˌɪntəˈrɒɡətɪv] | adj. Having the nature or form of a question. |
| interrogatory [ˌɪntəˈrɒɡətr̩i] | n. A question or inquiry. |
| interrupt [ˌɪntəˈrʌpt] | v. To stop while in progress. |
| intersect [ˌɪntəˈsekt] | v. To cut through or into so as to divide. |
| intervale [ˈɪntəveɪl] | n. A low tract of land between hills, especially along a river. |
| intervene [ˌɪntəˈviːn] | v. To interfere for some end. |
| intestacy [ɪnˈtesteɪt] | n. The condition resulting from one's dying not having made a valid will. |
| intestate [ɪnˈtesteɪt] | adj. Not having made a valid will. |
| intestine [ɪnˈtestɪn] | n. That part of the digestive tube below or behind the stomach, extending to the anus. |
| intimacy [ˈɪntɪməsi] | n. Close or confidential friendship. |
| intimidate [ɪnˈtɪmɪdeɪt] | v. To cause to become frightened. |
| intolerable [ɪnˈtɒlərəbl̩] | adj. Insufferable. |
| intolerance [ɪnˈtɒlərəns] | n. Inability or unwillingness to bear or endure. |
| intolerant [ɪnˈtɒlərənt] | adj. Bigoted. |
| intoxicant [ɪnˈtɒksɪkənt] | n. Anything that unduly exhilarates or excites. |
| intoxicate [ɪnˈtɒksɪkeɪt] | v. To make drunk. |
| intracellular [intracellular] | adj. Occurring or situated within a cell. |
| intramural [ˌɪntrəˈmjʊərəl] | adj. Situated within the walls of a city. |
| intrepid [ɪnˈtrepɪd] | adj. Fearless and bold. |
| intricacy [ˈɪntrɪkəsi] | n. Perplexity. |
| intricate [ˈɪntrɪkət] | adj. Difficult to follow or understand. |
| intrigue [ɪnˈtriːɡ] | n. A plot or scheme, usually complicated and intended to accomplish something by secret ways. |
| intrinsic [ɪnˈtrɪnsɪk] | adj. Inherent. |
| introductory [ˌɪntrəˈdʌktəri] | adj. Preliminary. |
| introgression [introgression] | n. Entrance. |
| intromit [intromit] | v. To insert. |
| introspect [ˌɪntrəˈspekt] | v. To look into. |
| introspection [ˌɪntrəˈspekʃn̩] | n. The act of observing and analyzing one's own thoughts and feelings. |
| introversion [ˌɪntrəˈvɜːʃn̩] | n. The act of turning or directing inward, physically or mentally. |
| introvert [ˌɪntrəˈvɜːt] | v. To turn within. |
| intrude [ɪnˈtruːd] | v. To come in without leave or license. |
| intrusion [ɪnˈtruːʒn̩] | n. The act of entering without warrant or invitation; encroachment. |
| intuition [ˌɪntjuːˈɪʃn̩] | n. Instinctive knowledge or feeling. |
| inundate [ˈɪnʌndeɪt] | v. To fill with an overflowing abundance. |
| inundation [ˌɪnʌnˈdeɪʃn̩] | n. Flood. |
| inure [ɪˈnjʊə] | v. To harden or toughen by use, exercise, or exposure. |
| invalid-1 [ɪnˈvælɪd] | adj. Having no force, weight, or cogency. |
| invalid-2 [ɪnˈvælɪd] | n. One who is disabled by illness or injury. |
| invalidate [ɪnˈvælɪdeɪt] | v. To render of no force or effect. |
| invaluable [ɪnˈvæljʊəbl̩] | adj. Exceedingly precious. |
| invariable [ɪnˈveərɪəbl̩] | adj. Unchangeable. |
| invasion [ɪnˈveɪʒn̩] | n. Encroachment, as by an act of intrusion or trespass. |
| invective [ɪnˈvektɪv] | n. An utterance intended to cast censure, or reproach. |
| inveigh [ɪnˈveɪ] | v. To utter vehement censure or invective. |
| inventive [ɪnˈventɪv] | adj. Quick at contrivance. |
| inverse [ɪnˈvɜːs] | adj. Contrary in tendency or direction. |
| inversion [ɪnˈvɜːʃn̩] | n. Change of order so that the first shall become last and the last first. |
| invert [ɪnˈvɜːt] | v. To turn inside out, upside down, or in opposite direction. |
| investigator [ɪnˈvestɪɡeɪtə] | n. One who investigates. |
| investor [ɪnˈvestə] | n. One who invests money. |
| inveterate [ɪnˈvetərət] | adj. Habitual. |
| invidious [ɪnˈvɪdɪəs] | adj. Showing or feeling envy. |
| invigorate [ɪnˈvɪɡəreɪt] | v. To animate. |
| invincible [ɪnˈvɪnsəbl̩] | adj. Not to be conquered, subdued, or overcome. |
| inviolable [ɪnˈvaɪələbl̩] | adj. Incapable of being injured or disturbed. |
| invoke [ɪnˈvəʊk] | v. To call on for assistance or protection. |
| involuntary [ɪnˈvɒləntri] | adj. Unwilling. |
| involution [ˌɪnvəˈluːʃn̩] | n. Complication. |
| involve [ɪnˈvɒlv] | v. To draw into entanglement, literally or figuratively. |
| invulnerable [ɪnˈvʌlnərəbl̩] | adj. That can not be wounded or hurt. |
| inwardly [ˈɪnwədli] | adv. With no outward manifestation. |
| iot [aaɪˈəʊtə] | n. A small or insignificant mark or part. |
| irascible [ɪˈræsəbl̩] | adj. Prone to anger. |
| irate [aɪˈreɪt] | adj. Moved to anger. |
| ire [ˈaɪə] | n. Wrath. |
| iridescence [ˌɪrɪˈdesns] | n. A many-colored appearance. |
| iridescent [ˌɪrɪˈdesnt] | adj. Exhibiting changing rainbow-colors due to the interference of the light. |
| irk [ɜːk] | v. To afflict with pain, vexation, or fatigue. |
| irksome [ˈɜːksəm] | adj. Wearisome. |
| irony [ˈaɪərəni] | n. Censure or ridicule under cover of praise or compliment. |
| irradiance [irradiance] | n. Luster. |
| irradiate [ɪˈreɪdɪeɪt] | v. To render clear and intelligible. |
| irrational [ɪˈræʃn̩əl] | adj. Not possessed of reasoning powers or understanding. |
| irreducible [ˌɪrɪˈdjuːsəbl̩] | adj. That can not be lessened. |
| irrefragable [ɪˈrefrəɡəbl] | adj. That can not be refuted or disproved. |
| irrefrangible [ˌɪrɪˈfrændʒɪbl] | adj. That can not be broken or violated. |
| irrelevant [ɪˈreləvənt] | adj. Inapplicable. |
| irreligious [ˌɪrɪˈlɪdʒəs] | adj. Indifferent or opposed to religion. |
| irreparable [ɪˈrepərəbl̩] | adj. That can not be rectified or made amends for. |
| irrepressible [ˌɪrɪˈpresəbl̩] | adj. That can not be restrained or kept down. |
| irresistible [ˌɪrɪˈzɪstəbl̩] | adj. That can not be successfully withstood or opposed. |
| irresponsible [ˌɪrɪˈspɒnsəbl̩] | adj. Careless of or unable to meet responsibilities. |
| irreverence [ɪˈrevərəns] | n. The quality showing or expressing a deficiency of veneration, especially for sacred things. |
| irreverent [ɪˈrevərənt] | adj. Showing or expressing a deficiency of veneration, especially for sacred things. |
| irreverential [irreverential] | adj. Showing or expressing a deficiency of veneration, especially for sacred things. |
| irreversible [ˌɪrɪˈvɜːsəbl̩] | adj. Irrevocable. |
| irrigant [irrigant] | adj. Serving to water lands by artificial means. |
| irrigate [ˈɪrɪɡeɪt] | v. To water, as land, by ditches or other artificial means. |
| irritable [ˈɪrɪtəbl̩] | adj. Showing impatience or ill temper on little provocation. |
| irritancy [irritancy] | n. The quality of producing vexation. |
| irritant [ˈɪrɪtənt] | n. A mechanical, chemical, or pathological agent of inflammation, pain, or tension. |
| irritate [ˈɪrɪteɪt] | v. To excite ill temper or impatience in. |
| irruption [ɪˈrʌpʃn̩] | n. Sudden invasion. |
| isle [aɪl] | n. An island. |
| islet [ˈaɪlɪt] | n. A little island. |
| isobar [ˈaɪsəbɑː] | n. A line joining points at which the barometric pressure is the same at a specified moment. |
| isochronous [aɪˈsɒkrənəs] | adj. Relating to or denoting equal intervals of time. |
| isolate [ˈaɪsəleɪt] | v. To separate from others of its kind. |
| isothermal [ˌaɪsəˈθɜːməl] | adj. Having or marking equality of temperature. |
| itinerant [aɪˈtɪnərənt] | adj. Wandering. |
| itinerary [aɪˈtɪnərəri] | n. A detailed account or diary of a journey. |
| itinerate [ɪˈtɪnəreɪt] | v. To wander from place to place. |
| jargon [ˈdʒɑːɡən] | n. Confused, unintelligible speech or highly technical speech. |
| jaundice [ˈdʒɔːndɪs] | n. A morbid condition, due to obstructed excretion of bile or characterized by yellowing of the skin. |
| jeopardize [ˈdʒepədaɪz] | v. To imperil. |
| Jingo [ˈdʒɪŋɡəʊ] | n. One of a party in Great Britain in favor of spirited and demonstrative foreign policy. |
| jocose [dʒəʊˈkəʊs] | adj. Done or made in jest. |
| jocular [ˈdʒɒkjʊlə] | adj. Inclined to joke. |
| joggle [ˈdʒɒɡl̩] | n. A sudden irregular shake or a push causing such a shake. |
| journalize [journalize] | v. To keep a diary. |
| jovial [ˈdʒəʊvɪəl] | adj. Merry. |
| jubilation [ˌdʒuːbɪˈleɪʃn̩] | n. Exultation. |
| judgment [ˈdʒʌdʒmənt] | n. The faculty by the exercise of which a deliberate conclusion is reached. |
| judicature [ˈdʒuːdɪkətʃə] | n. Distribution and administration of justice by trial and judgment. |
| judicial [dʒuːˈdɪʃl̩] | adj. Pertaining to the administration of justice. |
| judiciary [dʒuːˈdɪʃəri] | n. That department of government which administers the law relating to civil and criminal justice. |
| judicious [dʒuːˈdɪʃəs] | adj. Prudent. |
| juggle [ˈdʒʌɡl̩] | v. To play tricks of sleight of hand. |
| jugglery [ˈdʒʌɡlərɪ] | n. The art or practice of sleight of hand. |
| jugular [ˈdʒʌɡjʊlə] | adj. Pertaining to the throat. |
| juicy [ˈdʒuːsi] | adj. Succulent. |
| junction [ˈdʒʌŋkʃn̩] | n. The condition of being joined. |
| juncture [ˈdʒʌŋktʃə] | n. An articulation, joint, or seam. |
| junt [aˈdʒʌntə] | n. A council or assembly that deliberates in secret upon the affairs of government. |
| juridical [dʒʊəˈrɪdɪkl̩] | adj. Assumed by law to exist. |
| jurisdiction [ˌdʒʊərɪsˈdɪkʃn̩] | n. Lawful power or right to exercise official authority. |
| jurisprudence [ˌdʒʊərɪsˈpruːdns] | n. The science of rights in accordance with positive law. |
| juror [ˈdʒʊərə] | n. One who serves on a jury or is sworn in for jury duty in a court of justice. |
| joust [dʒaʊst] | v. To engage in a tilt with lances on horseback. |
| justification [ˌdʒʌstɪfɪˈkeɪʃn̩] | n. Vindication. |
| juvenile [ˈdʒuːvənaɪl] | adj. Characteristic of youth. |
| juxtapose [ˌdʒʌkstəˈpəʊz] | v. To place close together. |
| keepsake [ˈkiːpseɪk] | n. Anything kept or given to be kept for the sake of the giver. |
| kerchief [ˈkɜːtʃɪf] | n. A square of linen, silk, or other material, used as a covering for the head or neck. |
| kernel [ˈkɜːnl̩] | n. A grain or seed. |
| kiln [kɪln] | n. An oven or furnace for baking, burning, or drying industrial products. |
| kiloliter [kiloliter] | n. One thousand liters. |
| kilometer [kəˈlɑːmətə] | n. A length of 1,000 meters. |
| kilowatt [ˈkɪləwɒt] | n. One thousand watts. |
| kimono [kɪˈməʊnəʊ] | n. A loose robe, fastening with a sash, the principal outer garment in Japan. |
| kind-hearted [kaɪnd ˈhɑːtɪd] | adj. Having a kind and sympathetic nature. |
| kingling [kingling] | n. A petty king. |
| kingship [ˈkɪŋʃɪp] | n. Royal state. |
| kinsfolk [ˈkɪnzfəʊk] | n. pl. Relatives. |
| knavery [ˈneɪvəri] | n. Deceitfulness in dealing. |
| knead [niːd] | v. To mix and work into a homogeneous mass, especially with the hands. |
| knickknack [ˈnɪkˌnæk] | n. A small article, more for ornament that use. |
| knight errant [naɪt ˈerənt] | n. One of the wandering knights who in the middle ages went forth in search of adventure. |
| knighthood [ˈnaɪthʊd] | n. Chivalry. |
| laborious [ləˈbɔːrɪəs] | adj. Toilsome. |
| labyrinth [ˈlæbərɪnθ] | n. A maze. |
| lacerate [ˈlæsəreɪt] | v. To tear rudely or raggedly. |
| lackadaisical [ˌlækəˈdeɪzɪkl̩] | adj. Listless. |
| lactation [lækˈteɪʃn̩] | n. The secretion of milk. |
| lacteal [ˈlæktɪəl] | adj. Milky. |
| lactic [ˈlæktɪk] | adj. Pertaining to milk. |
| laddie [ˈlædi] | n. A lad. |
| ladle [ˈleɪdl̩] | n. A cup-shaped vessel with a long handle, intended for dipping up and pouring liquids. |
| laggard [ˈlæɡəd] | adj. Falling behind. |
| landholder [ˈlændhəʊldə] | n. Landowner. |
| landlord [ˈlændlɔːd] | n. A man who owns and lets a tenement or tenements. |
| landmark [ˈlændmɑːk] | n. A familiar object in the landscape serving as a guide to an area otherwise easily lost track of. |
| landscape [ˈlændskeɪp] | n. A rural view, especially one of picturesque effect, as seen from a distance or an elevation. |
| languid [ˈlæŋɡwɪd] | adj. Relaxed. |
| languor [ˈlæŋɡə] | n. Lassitude of body or depression. |
| lapse [læps] | n. A slight deviation from what is right, proper, or just. |
| lascivious [ləˈsɪvɪəs] | adj. Lustful. |
| lassie [ˈlæsi] | n. A little lass. |
| latent [ˈleɪtnt] | adj. Dormant. |
| latency [ˈleɪtnt] | n. The state of being dormant. |
| later [ˈleɪtə] | adv. At a subsequent time. |
| lateral [ˈlætərəl] | adj. Directed toward the side. |
| latish [ˈleɪtɪʃ] | adj. Rather late. |
| lattice [ˈlætɪs] | n. Openwork of metal or wood, formed by crossing or interlacing strips or bars. |
| laud [lɔːd] | v. To praise in words or song. |
| laudable [ˈlɔːdəbl̩] | adj. Praiseworthy. |
| laudation [lɔːˈdeɪʃən] | n. High praise. |
| laudatory [ˈlɔːdətəri] | adj. Pertaining to, expressing, or containing praise. |
| laundress [ˈlɔːndrɪs] | n. Washerwoman. |
| laureate [ˈlɒrɪət] | adj. Crowned with laurel, as a mark of distinction. |
| lave [leɪv] | v. To wash or bathe. |
| lawgiver [ˈlɔːɡɪvə] | n. A legislator. |
| lawmaker [ˈlɔːmeɪkə] | n. A legislator. |
| lax [læks] | adj. Not stringent or energetic. |
| laxative [ˈlæksətɪv] | adj. Having power to open or loosen the bowels. |
| le [aliː] | n. A field. |
| leaflet [ˈliːflɪt] | n. A little leaf or a booklet. |
| leaven [ˈlevn̩] | v. To make light by fermentation, as dough. |
| leeward [ˈliːwəd] | n. That side or direction toward which the wind blows. |
| left-handed [left ˈhændɪd] | adj. Using the left hand or arm more dexterously than the right. |
| legacy [ˈleɡəsi] | n. A bequest. |
| legalize [ˈliːɡəlaɪz] | v. To give the authority of law to. |
| legging [ˈleɡɪŋ] | n. A covering for the leg. |
| legible [ˈledʒəbl̩] | adj. That may be read with ease. |
| legionary [ˈlɪdʒənəri] | n. A member of an ancient Roman legion or of the modern French Legion of Honor. |
| legislate [ˈledʒɪsleɪt] | v. To make or enact a law or laws. |
| legislative [ˈledʒɪslətɪv] | adj. That makes or enacts laws. |
| legislator [ˈledʒɪsleɪtə] | n. A lawgiver. |
| legitimacy [lɪˈdʒɪtɪməsi] | n. Accordance with law. |
| legitimate [lɪˈdʒɪtɪmət] | adj. Having the sanction of law or established custom. |
| leisure [ˈleʒə] | n. Spare time. |
| leniency [ˈliːnɪənsi] | n. Forbearance. |
| lenient [ˈliːnɪənt] | adj. Not harsh. |
| leonine [ˈlɪənaɪn] | adj. Like a lion. |
| lethargy [ˈleθədʒi] | n. Prolonged sluggishness of body or mind. |
| levee [ˈlevi] | n. An embankment beside a river or stream or an arm of the sea, to prevent overflow. |
| lever [ˈliːvə] | n. That which exerts, or through which one may exert great power. |
| leviathan [lɪˈvaɪəθən] | n. Any large animal, as a whale. |
| levity [ˈlevɪti] | n. Frivolity. |
| levy [ˈlevi] | v. To impose and collect by force or threat of force. |
| lewd [ljuːd] | adj. Characterized by lust or lasciviousness. |
| lexicographer [ˌleksɪˈkɒɡrəfə] | n. One who makes dictionaries. |
| lexicography [ˌleksɪˈkɒɡrəfi] | n. The making of dictionaries. |
| lexicon [ˈleksɪkən] | n. A dictionary. |
| liable [ˈlaɪəbl̩] | adj. Justly or legally responsible. |
| libel [ˈlaɪbl̩] | n. Defamation. |
| liberalism [ˈlɪbərəlɪzəm] | n. Opposition to conservatism. |
| liberate [ˈlɪbəreɪt] | v. To set free or release from bondage. |
| licentious [laɪˈsenʃəs] | adj. Wanton. |
| licit [ˈlɪsɪt] | adj. Lawful. |
| liege [liːdʒ] | adj. Sovereign. |
| lien [lɪən] | n. A legal claim or hold on property, as security for a debt or charge. |
| lieu [luː] | n. Stead. |
| lifelike [ˈlaɪflaɪk] | adj. Realistic. |
| lifelong [ˈlaɪflɒŋ] | adj. Lasting or continuous through life. |
| lifetime [ˈlaɪftaɪm] | n. The time that life continues. |
| ligament [ˈlɪɡəmənt] | n. That which binds objects together. |
| ligature [ˈlɪɡətʃə] | n. Anything that constricts, or serves for binding or tying. |
| light-hearted [laɪt ˈhɑːtɪd] | adj. Free from care. |
| ligneous [ˈlɪɡnɪəs] | adj. Having the texture of appearance of wood. |
| likelihood [ˈlaɪklɪhʊd] | n. A probability. |
| likely [ˈlaɪkli] | adj. Plausible. |
| liking [ˈlaɪkɪŋ] | n. Fondness. |
| limitation [ˌlɪmɪˈteɪʃn̩] | n. A restriction. |
| linear [ˈlɪnɪə] | adj. Of the nature of a line. |
| liner [ˈlaɪnə] | n. A vessel belonging to a steamship-line. |
| lingo [ˈlɪŋɡəʊ] | n. Language. |
| lingu [aˌlɪŋɡwə ˈfræŋkə] | n. The tongue. |
| lingual [ˈlɪŋɡwəl] | adj. Pertaining to the use of the tongue in utterance. |
| linguist [ˈlɪŋɡwɪst] | n. One who is acquainted with several languages. |
| linguistics [lɪŋˈɡwɪstɪks] | n. The science of languages, or of the origin, history, and significance of words. |
| liniment [ˈlɪnɪmənt] | n. A liquid preparation for rubbing on the skin in cases of bruises, inflammation, etc. |
| liquefacient [liquefacient] | adj. Possessing a liquefying nature or power. |
| liquefy [ˈlɪkwɪfaɪ] | v. To convert into a liquid or into liquid form. |
| liqueur [lɪˈkjʊə] | n. An alcoholic cordial sweetened and flavored with aromatic substances. |
| liquidate [ˈlɪkwɪdeɪt] | v. To deliver the amount or value of. |
| liquor [ˈlɪkə] | n. Any alcoholic or intoxicating liquid. |
| listless [ˈlɪstlɪs] | adj. Inattentive. |
| literacy [ˈlɪtərəsi] | n. The state or condition of knowing how to read and write. |
| literal [ˈlɪtərəl] | adj. Following the exact words. |
| literature [ˈlɪtrətʃə] | n. The written or printed productions of the human mind collectively. |
| lithe [laɪð] | adj. Supple. |
| lithesome [ˈlaɪðsəm] | adj. Nimble. |
| lithograph [ˈlɪθəɡrɑːf] | n. A print made by printing from stone. |
| lithotype [lithotype] | n. In engraving, an etched stone surface for printing. |
| litigant [ˈlɪtɪɡənt] | n. A party to a lawsuit. |
| litigate [ˈlɪtɪɡeɪt] | v. To cause to become the subject-matter of a suit at law. |
| litigious [lɪˈtɪdʒəs] | adj. Quarrelsome. |
| littoral [ˈlɪtərəl] | adj. Of, pertaining to, or living on a shore. |
| liturgy [ˈlɪtədʒi] | n. A ritual. |
| livelihood [ˈlaɪvlɪhʊd] | n. Means of subsistence. |
| livid [ˈlɪvɪd] | adj. Black-and-blue, as contused flesh. |
| loam [ləʊm] | n. A non-coherent mixture of sand and clay. |
| loath [ləʊθ] | adj. Averse. |
| loathe [ləʊð] | v. To abominate. |
| locative [ˈlɒkətɪv] | adj. Indicating place, or the place where or wherein an action occurs. |
| loch [lɒk] | n. A lake. |
| locomotion [ˈləʊkəməʊʃn̩] | n. The act or power of moving from one place to another. |
| lode [ləʊd] | n. A somewhat continuous unstratified metal- bearing vein. |
| lodgment [ˈlɒdʒmənt] | n. The act of furnishing with temporary quarters. |
| logic [ˈlɒdʒɪk] | n. The science of correct thinking. |
| logical [ˈlɒdʒɪkl̩] | adj. Capable of or characterized by clear reasoning. |
| logician [ləˈdʒɪʃn̩] | n. An expert reasoner. |
| loiterer [ˈlɔɪtərə] | n. One who consumes time idly. |
| loneliness [ˈləʊnlɪnəs] | n. Solitude. |
| longevity [lɒnˈdʒevəti] | n. Unusually prolonged life. |
| loot [luːt] | v. To plunder. |
| loquacious [ləˈkweɪʃəs] | adj. Talkative. |
| lordling [lordling] | n. A little lord. |
| lough [lɒk] | n. A lake or loch. |
| louse [laʊs] | n. A small insect parasitic on and sucking the blood of mammals. |
| lovable [ˈlʌvəbl̩] | adj. Amiable. |
| low-spirited [ləʊ ˈspɪrɪtɪd] | adj. Despondent. |
| lowly [ˈləʊli] | adv. Rudely. |
| lucid [ˈluːsɪd] | adj. Mentally sound. |
| lucrative [ˈluːkrətɪv] | adj. Highly profitable. |
| ludicrous [ˈluːdɪkrəs] | adj. Laughable. |
| luminary [ˈluːmɪnəri] | n. One of the heavenly bodies as a source of light. |
| luminescent [ˌluːmɪˈnesns] | adj. Showing increase of light. |
| luminescence [ˌluːmɪˈnesns] | n. Showing increase. |
| luminosity [ˌluːmɪˈnɒsɪti] | n. The quality of giving or radiating light. |
| luminous [ˈluːmɪnəs] | adj. Giving or radiating light. |
| lunacy [ˈluːnəsi] | n. Mental unsoundness. |
| lunar [ˈluːnə] | adj. Pertaining to the moon. |
| lunatic [ˈluːnətɪk] | n. An insane person. |
| lune [lune] | n. The moon. |
| lurid [ˈlʊərɪd] | adj. Ghastly and sensational. |
| luscious [ˈlʌʃəs] | adj. Rich, sweet, and delicious. |
| lustrous [ˈlʌstrəs] | adj. Shining. |
| luxuriance [lʌɡˈʒʊərɪəns] | n. Excessive or superfluous growth or quantity. |
| luxuriant [lʌɡˈʒʊərɪənt] | adj. Abundant or superabundant in growth. |
| luxuriate [lʌɡˈʒʊərɪeɪt] | v. To live sumptuously. |
| lying [ˈlaɪɪŋ] | n. Untruthfulness. |
| lyre [ˈlaɪə] | n. One of the most ancient of stringed instruments of the harp class. |
| lyric [ˈlɪrɪk] | adj. Fitted for expression in song. |
| macadamize [məˈkædəmaɪz] | v. To cover or pave, as a path or roadway, with small broken stone. |
| machinery [məˈʃiːnəri] | n. The parts of a machine or engine, taken collectively. |
| machinist [məˈʃiːnɪst] | n. One who makes or repairs machines, or uses metal-working tools. |
| macrocosm [ˈmækrəʊkɒzəm] | n. The whole of any sphere or department of nature or knowledge to which man is related. |
| madden [ˈmædn̩] | v. To inflame with passion. |
| Madonn [aməˈdɒnə] | n. A painted or sculptured representation of the Virgin, usually with the infant Jesus. |
| magician [məˈdʒɪʃn̩] | n. A sorcerer. |
| magisterial [ˌmædʒɪˈstɪərɪəl] | adj. Having an air of authority. |
| magistracy [ˈmædʒɪstrəsi] | n. The office or dignity of a magistrate. |
| magnanimous [mæɡˈnænɪməs] | adj. Generous in treating or judging others. |
| magnate [ˈmæɡneɪt] | n. A person of rank or importance. |
| magnet [ˈmæɡnɪt] | n. A body possessing that peculiar form of polarity found in nature in the lodestone. |
| magnetize [ˈmæɡnɪtaɪz] | v. To make a magnet of, permanently, or temporarily. |
| magnificence [mæɡˈnɪfɪsns] | n. The exhibition of greatness of action, character, intellect, wealth, or power. |
| magnificent [mæɡˈnɪfɪsnt] | adj. Grand or majestic in appearance, quality, or action. |
| magnitude [ˈmæɡnɪtjuːd] | n. Importance. |
| maharaj [aˌmɑːhəˈrɑːdʒə] | n. A great Hindu prince. |
| maidenhood [ˈmeɪdnhʊd] | n. Virginity. |
| maintain [meɪnˈteɪn] | v. To hold or preserve in any particular state or condition. |
| maintenance [ˈmeɪntənəns] | n. That which supports or sustains. |
| maize [meɪz] | n. Indian corn: usually in the United States called simply corn. |
| makeup [ˈmeɪkʌp] | n. The arrangements or combination of the parts of which anything is composed. |
| malady [ˈmælədi] | n. Any physical disease or disorder, especially a chronic or deep-seated one. |
| malari [aməˈleərɪə] | n. A fever characterized by alternating chills, fever, and sweating. |
| malcontent [ˈmælkəntent] | n. One who is dissatisfied with the existing state of affairs. |
| malediction [ˌmælɪˈdɪkʃn̩] | n. The calling down of a curse or curses. |
| malefactor [ˈmælɪfæktə] | n. One who injures another. |
| maleficent [məˈlefɪsnt] | adj. Mischievous. |
| malevolence [məˈlevəlns] | n. Ill will. |
| malevolent [məˈlevəlnt] | adj. Wishing evil to others. |
| malign [məˈlaɪn] | v. To speak evil of, especially to do so falsely and severely. |
| malignant [məˈlɪɡnənt] | adj. Evil in nature or tending to do great harm or mischief. |
| malleable [ˈmælɪəbl̩] | adj. Pliant. |
| mallet [ˈmælɪt] | n. A wooden hammer. |
| maltreat [ˌmælˈtriːt] | v. To treat ill, unkindly, roughly, or abusively. |
| man-trap [ˈmæntræp] | n. A place or structure dangerous to human life. |
| mandate [ˈmændeɪt] | n. A command. |
| mandatory [ˈmændətr̩i] | adj. Expressive of positive command, as distinguished from merely directory. |
| mane [meɪn] | n. The long hair growing upon and about the neck of certain animals, as the horse and the lion. |
| man-eater [ˈmæn iːtə] | n. An animal that devours human beings. |
| maneuver [məˈnuːvə] | v. To make adroit or artful moves: manage affairs by strategy. |
| mani [aˈmeɪnɪə] | n. Insanity. |
| maniac [ˈmeɪnɪæk] | n. a person raving with madness. |
| manifesto [ˌmænɪˈfestəʊ] | n. A public declaration, making announcement, explanation or defense of intentions, or motives. |
| manlike [ˈmænlaɪk] | adj. Like a man. |
| manliness [ˈmænlɪnəs] | n. The qualities characteristic of a true man, as bravery, resolution, etc. |
| mannerism [ˈmænərɪzəm] | n. Constant or excessive adherence to one manner, style, or peculiarity, as of action or conduct. |
| manor [ˈmænə] | n. The landed estate of a lord or nobleman. |
| mantel [ˈmæntl̩] | n. The facing, sometimes richly ornamented, about a fireplace, including the usual shelf above it. |
| mantle [ˈmæntl̩] | n. A cloak. |
| manufacturer [ˌmænjʊˈfæktʃərə] | n. A person engaged in manufacturing as a business. |
| manumission [ˌmænjʊˈmɪʃn̩] | n. Emancipation. |
| manumit [ˌmænjʊˈmɪt] | v. To set free from bondage. |
| marine [məˈriːn] | adj. Of or pertaining to the sea or matters connected with the sea. |
| maritime [ˈmærɪtaɪm] | adj. Situated on or near the sea. |
| maroon [məˈruːn] | v. To put ashore and abandon (a person) on a desolate coast or island. |
| martial [ˈmɑːʃl̩] | adj. Pertaining to war or military operations. |
| Martian [ˈmɑːʃn̩] | adj. Pertaining to Mars, either the Roman god of war or the planet. |
| martyrdom [ˈmɑːtədəm] | n. Submission to death or persecution for the sake of faith or principle. |
| marvel [ˈmɑːvl̩] | v. To be astonished and perplexed because of (something). |
| masonry [ˈmeɪsnri] | n. The art or work of constructing, as buildings, walls, etc., with regularly arranged stones. |
| masquerade [ˌmɑːskəˈreɪd] | n. A social party composed of persons masked and costumed so as to be disguised. |
| massacre [ˈmæsəkə] | n. The unnecessary and indiscriminate killing of human beings. |
| massive [ˈmæsɪv] | adj. Of considerable bulk and weight. |
| masterpiece [ˈmɑːstəpiːs] | n. A superior production. |
| mastery [ˈmɑːstəri] | n. The attainment of superior skill. |
| material [məˈtɪərɪəl] | n. That of which anything is composed or may be constructed. |
| materialize [məˈtɪərɪəlaɪz] | v. To take perceptible or substantial form. |
| maternal [məˈtɜːnl̩] | adj. Pertaining or peculiar to a mother or to motherhood. |
| matinee [ˈmætɪneɪ] | n. An entertainment (especially theatrical) held in the daytime. |
| matricide [ˈmætrɪsaɪd] | n. The killing, especially the murdering, of one's mother. |
| matrimony [ˈmætrɪməni] | n. The union of a man and a woman in marriage. |
| matrix [ˈmeɪtrɪks] | n. That which contains and gives shape or form to anything. |
| matter of fact [ˈmætər əv fækt] | n. Something that has actual and undeniable existence or reality. |
| maudlin [ˈmɔːdlɪn] | adj. Foolishly and tearfully affectionate. |
| mausoleum [ˌmɔːsəˈliːəm] | n. A tomb of more than ordinary size or architectural pretensions. |
| mawkish [ˈmɔːkɪʃ] | adj. Sickening or insipid. |
| maxim [ˈmæksɪm] | n. A principle accepted as true and acted on as a rule or guide. |
| maze [meɪz] | n. A labyrinth. |
| mead [miːd] | n. A meadow. |
| meager [ˈmiːɡə] | adj. scanty. |
| mealy-mouthed [ˈmiːlɪ maʊðd] | adj. Afraid to express facts or opinions plainly. |
| meander [mɪˈændə] | v. To wind and turn while proceeding in a course. |
| mechanics [mɪˈkænɪks] | n. The branch of physics that treats the phenomena caused by the action of forces. |
| medallion [mɪˈdælɪən] | n. A large medal. |
| meddlesome [ˈmedlsəm] | adj. Interfering. |
| medial [ˈmiːdɪəl] | adj. Of or pertaining to the middle. |
| mediate [ˈmiːdɪeɪt] | v. To effect by negotiating as an agent between parties. |
| medicine [ˈmedsn̩] | n. A substance possessing or reputed to possess curative or remedial properties. |
| medieval [ˌmedɪˈiːvl̩] | adj. Belonging or relating to or descriptive of the middle ages. |
| mediocre [ˌmiːdɪˈəʊkə] | adj. Ordinary. |
| meditation [ˌmedɪˈteɪʃn̩] | n. The turning or revolving of a subject in the mind. |
| medley [ˈmedli] | n. A composition of different songs or parts of songs arranged to run as a continuous whole. |
| meliorate [ˈmiːlɪəreɪt] | v. To make better or improve, as in quality or social or physical condition. |
| mellifluous [meˈlɪflʊəs] | adj. Sweetly or smoothly flowing. |
| melodious [mɪˈləʊdɪəs] | adj. Characterized by a sweet succession of sounds. |
| melodram [aˈmelədrɑːmə] | n. A drama with a romantic story or plot and sensational situation and incidents. |
| memento [mɪˈmentəʊ] | n. A souvenir. |
| memorable [ˈmemərəbl̩] | adj. Noteworthy. |
| menace [ˈmenəs] | n. A threat. |
| menagerie [mɪˈnædʒəri] | n. A collection of wild animals, especially when kept for exhibition. |
| mendacious [menˈdeɪʃəs] | adj. Untrue. |
| mendicant [ˈmendɪkənt] | n. A beggar. |
| mentality [menˈtælɪti] | n. Intellectuality. |
| mentor [ˈmentɔː] | n. A wise and faithful teacher, guide, and friend. |
| mercantile [ˈmɜːkəntaɪl] | adj. Conducted or acting on business principles; commercial. |
| mercenary [ˈmɜːsɪnəri] | adj. Greedy |
| merciful [ˈmɜːsɪfəl] | adj. Disposed to pity and forgive. |
| merciless [ˈmɜːsɪlɪs] | adj. Cruel. |
| meretricious [ˌmerɪˈtrɪʃəs] | adj. Alluring by false or gaudy show. |
| mesmerize [ˈmezməraɪz] | v. To hypnotize. |
| messieurs [meɪˈsjɜː] | n. pl. Gentlemen. |
| metal [ˈmetl̩] | n. An element that forms a base by combining with oxygen, is usually hard, heavy, and lustrous. |
| metallurgy [mɪˈtælədʒi] | n. The art or science of extracting a metal from ores, as by smelting. |
| metamorphosis [ˌmetəˈmɔːfəsɪs] | n. A passing from one form or shape into another. |
| metaphor [ˈmetəfə] | n. A figure of speech in which one object is likened to another, by speaking as if the other. |
| metaphysical [ˌmetəˈfɪzɪkl̩] | adj. Philosophical. |
| metaphysician [ˌmetəfɪˈzɪʃən] | n. One skilled in metaphysics. |
| metaphysics [ˌmetəˈfɪzɪks] | n. The principles of philosophy as applied to explain the methods of any particular science. |
| mete [miːt] | v. To apportion. |
| metempsychosis [ˌmetempsɪˈkəʊsɪs] | n. Transition of the soul of a human being at death into another body, whether human or beast. |
| meticulous [mɪˈtɪkjʊləs] | adj. Over-cautious. |
| metonymy [məˈtɒnəmi] | n. A figure of speech that consists in the naming of a thing by one of its attributes. |
| metric [ˈmetrɪk] | adj. Relating to measurement. |
| metronome [ˈmetrənəʊm] | n. An instrument for indicating and marking exact time in music. |
| metropolis [məˈtrɒpəlɪs] | n. A chief city, either the capital or the largest or most important city of a state. |
| metropolitan [ˌmetrəˈpɒlɪtən] | adj. Pertaining to a chief city. |
| mettle [ˈmetl̩] | n. Courage. |
| mettlesome [ˈmetlsəm] | adj. Having courage or spirit. |
| microcosm [ˈmaɪkrəʊˌkɒzəm] | n. The world or universe on a small scale. |
| micrometer [maɪˈkrɒmɪtə] | n. An instrument for measuring very small angles or dimensions. |
| microphone [ˈmaɪkrəfəʊn] | n. An apparatus for magnifying faint sounds. |
| microscope [ˈmaɪkrəskəʊp] | n. An instrument for assisting the eye in the vision of minute objects or features of objects. |
| microscopic [ˌmaɪkrəˈskɒpɪk] | adj. Adapted to or characterized by minute observation. |
| microscopy [maɪˈkrɒskəpi] | n. The art of examing objects with the microscope. |
| midsummer [ˌmɪdˈsʌmə] | n. The middle of the summer. |
| midwife [ˈmɪdwaɪf] | n. A woman who makes a business of assisting at childbirth. |
| mien [miːn] | n. The external appearance or manner of a person. |
| migrant [ˈmaɪɡrənt] | adj. Wandering. |
| migrate [maɪˈɡreɪt] | v. To remove or pass from one country, region, or habitat to another. |
| migratory [ˈmaɪɡrətr̩i] | adj. Wandering. |
| mileage [ˈmaɪlɪdʒ] | n. A distance in miles. |
| militant [ˈmɪlɪtənt] | adj. Of a warlike or combative disposition or tendency. |
| militarism [ˈmɪlɪtərɪzəm] | n. A policy of maintaining great standing armies. |
| militate [ˈmɪlɪteɪt] | v. To have weight or influence (in determining a question). |
| militi [amɪˈlɪʃə] | n. Those citizens, collectively, who are enrolled and drilled in temporary military organizations. |
| Milky Way [ˈmɪlki ˈweɪ] | n. The galaxy. |
| millet [ˈmɪlɪt] | n. A grass cultivated for forage and cereal. |
| mimic [ˈmɪmɪk] | v. To imitate the speech or actions of. |
| miniature [ˈmɪnɪtʃə] | adj. Much smaller than reality or that the normal size. |
| minimize [ˈmɪnɪmaɪz] | v. To reduce to the smallest possible amount or degree. |
| minion [ˈmɪnɪən] | n. A servile favorite. |
| ministration [ˌmɪnɪˈstreɪʃn̩] | n. Any religious ceremonial. |
| ministry [ˈmɪnɪstri] | n. A service. |
| minority [maɪˈnɒrɪti] | n. The smaller in number of two portions into which a number or a group is divided. |
| minute [maɪˈnjuːt] | adj. Exceedingly small in extent or quantity. |
| minuti [aməˈnuːʃiə] | n. A small or unimportant particular or detail. |
| mirage [ˈmɪrɑːʒ] | n. An optical effect looking like a sheet of water in the desert. |
| misadventure [ˌmɪsədˈventʃə] | n. An unlucky accident. |
| misanthropic [ˌmɪsnˈθrɒpɪk] | adj. Hating mankind. |
| misanthropy [mɪsˈænθrəpi] | n. Hatred of mankind. |
| misapprehend [ˌmɪsæprɪˈhend] | v. To misunderstand. |
| misbehave [ˌmɪsbɪˈheɪv] | v. To behave ill. |
| misbehavior [ˌmɪsbəˈheɪvjə] | n. Ill or improper behavior. |
| mischievous [ˈmɪstʃɪvəs] | adj. Fond of tricks. |
| miscount [ˌmɪsˈkaʊnt] | v. To make a mistake in counting. |
| miscreant [ˈmɪskrɪənt] | n. A villain. |
| misdeed [ˌmɪsˈdiːd] | n. A wrong or improper act. |
| misdemeanor [ˌmɪsdəˈmiːnə] | n. Evil conduct, small crime. |
| miser [ˈmaɪzə] | n. A person given to saving and hoarding unduly. |
| mishap [ˈmɪshæp] | n. Misfortune. |
| misinterpret [ˌmɪsɪnˈtɜːprɪt] | v. To misunderstand. |
| mislay [ˌmɪsˈleɪ] | v. To misplace. |
| mismanage [ˌmɪsˈmænɪdʒ] | v. To manage badly, improperly, or unskillfully. |
| misnomer [ˌmɪsˈnəʊmə] | n. A name wrongly or mistakenly applied. |
| misogamy [mɪˈsɒɡəmɪ] | n. Hatred of marriage. |
| misogyny [mɪˈsɒdʒɪnɪst] | n. Hatred of women. |
| misplace [ˌmɪsˈpleɪs] | v. To put into a wrong place. |
| misrepresent [ˌmɪsˌreprɪˈzent] | v. To give a wrong impression. |
| misrule [ˌmɪsˈruːl] | v. To misgovern. |
| missal [ˈmɪsl̩] | n. The book containing the service for the celebration of mass. |
| missile [ˈmɪsaɪl] | n. Any object, especially a weapon, thrown or intended to be thrown. |
| missive [ˈmɪsɪv] | n. A message in writing. |
| mistrust [ˌmɪsˈtrʌst] | v. To regard with suspicion or jealousy. |
| misty [ˈmɪsti] | adj. Lacking clearness |
| misunderstand [ˌmɪsˌʌndəˈstænd] | v. To Take in a wrong sense. |
| misuse [ˌmɪsˈjuːz] | v. To maltreat. |
| mite [maɪt] | n. A very small amount, portion, or particle. |
| miter [ˈmaɪtə] | n. The junction of two bodies at an equally divided angle. |
| mitigate [ˈmɪtɪɡeɪt] | v. To make milder or more endurable. |
| mnemonics [nɪˈmɒnɪks] | n. A system of principles and formulas designed to assist the recollection in certain instances. |
| moat [məʊt] | n. A ditch on the outside of a fortress wall. |
| mobocracy [mobocracy] | n. Lawless control of public affairs by the mob or populace. |
| moccasin [ˈmɒkəsɪn] | n. A foot-covering made of soft leather or buckskin. |
| mockery [ˈmɒkəri] | n. Ridicule. |
| moderation [ˌmɒdəˈreɪʃn̩] | n. Temperance. |
| moderator [ˈmɒdəreɪtə] | n. The presiding officer of a meeting. |
| modernity [məˈdɜːnɪti] | n. The state or character of being modern. |
| modernize [ˈmɒdənaɪz] | v. To make characteristic of the present or of recent times. |
| modification [ˌmɒdɪfɪˈkeɪʃn̩] | n. A change. |
| modify [ˈmɒdɪfaɪ] | v. To make somewhat different. |
| modish [ˈməʊdɪʃ] | adj. Fashionable. |
| modulate [ˈmɒdjʊleɪt] | v. To vary in tone, inflection, pitch or other quality of sound. |
| mollify [ˈmɒlɪfaɪ] | v. To soothe. |
| molt [məʊlt] | v. To cast off, as hair, feathers, etc. |
| momentary [ˈməʊməntri] | adj. Lasting but a short time. |
| momentous [məˈmentəs] | adj. Very significant. |
| momentum [məˈmentəm] | n. An impetus. |
| monarchy [ˈmɒnəki] | n. Government by a single, sovereign ruler. |
| monastery [ˈmɒnəstri] | n. A dwelling-place occupied in common by persons under religious vows of seclusion. |
| monetary [ˈmʌnɪtri] | adj. Financial. |
| mongrel [ˈmʌŋɡrəl] | n. The progeny resulting from the crossing of different breeds or varieties. |
| monition [məʊˈnɪʃən] | n. Friendly counsel given by way of warning and implying caution or reproof. |
| monitory [ˈmɒnɪtərɪ] | n. Admonition or warning. |
| monocracy [mɒˈnɒkrəsɪ] | n. Government by a single person. |
| monogamy [məˈnɒɡəmi] | n. The habit of pairing, or having but one mate. |
| monogram [ˈmɒnəɡræm] | n. A character consisting of two or more letters interwoven into one, usually initials of a name. |
| monograph [ˈmɒnəɡrɑːf] | n. A treatise discussing a single subject or branch of a subject. |
| monolith [ˈmɒnəlɪθ] | n. Any structure or sculpture in stone formed of a single piece. |
| monologue [ˈmɒnəlɒɡ] | n. A story or drama told or performed by one person. |
| monomani [aˌmɒnəʊˈmeɪnɪə] | n. The unreasonable pursuit of one idea. |
| monopoly [məˈnɒpəli] | n. The control of a thing, as a commodity, to enable a person to raise its price. |
| monosyllable [ˈmɒnəsɪləbl̩] | n. A word of one syllable. |
| monotone [ˈmɒnətəʊn] | n. The sameness or monotony of utterance. |
| monotonous [məˈnɒtənəs] | adj. Unchanging and tedious. |
| monotony [məˈnɒtəni] | n. A lack of variety. |
| monsieur [məˈsjɜː] | n. A French title of respect, equivalent to Mr. and sir. |
| monstrosity [mɒnˈstrɒsɪti] | n. Anything unnaturally huge or distorted. |
| moonbeam [ˈmuːnbiːm] | n. A ray of moonlight. |
| morale [məˈrɑːl] | n. A state of mind with reference to confidence, courage, zeal, and the like. |
| moralist [ˈmɒrəlɪst] | n. A writer on ethics. |
| morality [məˈrælɪti] | n. Virtue. |
| moralize [ˈmɒrəlaɪz] | v. To render virtuous. |
| moratorium [ˌmɒrəˈtɔːrɪəm] | n. An emergency legislation authorizing a government suspend some action temporarily. |
| morbid [ˈmɔːbɪd] | adj. Caused by or denoting a diseased or unsound condition of body or mind. |
| mordacious [mordacious] | adj. Biting or giving to biting. |
| mordant [ˈmɔːdnt] | adj. Biting. |
| moribund [ˈmɒrɪbʌnd] | adj. On the point of dying. |
| morose [məˈrəʊs] | adj. Gloomy. |
| morphology [mɔːˈfɒlədʒi] | n. the science of organic forms. |
| motley [ˈmɒtli] | adj. Composed of heterogeneous or inharmonious elements. |
| motto [ˈmɒtəʊ] | n. An expressive word or pithy sentence enunciating some guiding rule of life, or faith. |
| mountaineer [ˌmaʊntɪˈnɪə] | n. One who travels among or climbs mountains for pleasure or exercise. |
| mountainous [ˈmaʊntɪnəs] | adj. Full of or abounding in mountains. |
| mouthful [ˈmaʊθfʌl] | n. As much as can be or is usually put into the or exercise. |
| muddle [ˈmʌdl̩] | v. To confuse or becloud, especially with or as with drink. |
| muffle [ˈmʌfl̩] | v. To deaden the sound of, as by wraps. |
| mulatto [mjuːˈlætəʊ] | n. The offspring of a white person and a black person. |
| muleteer [ˌmjuːləˈtɪə] | n. A mule-driver. |
| multiform [ˈmʌltifɔːm] | adj. Having many shapes, or appearances. |
| multiplicity [ˌmʌltɪˈplɪsəti] | n. the condition of being manifold or very various. |
| mundane [mʌnˈdeɪn] | adj. Worldly, as opposed to spiritual or celestial. |
| municipal [mjuːˈnɪsɪpl̩] | adj. Of or pertaining to a town or city, or to its corporate or local government. |
| municipality [mju:ˌnɪsɪˈpælɪti] | n. A district enjoying municipal government. |
| munificence [mjuːˈnɪfɪsns] | n. A giving characterized by generous motives and extraordinary liberality. |
| munificent [mjuːˈnɪfɪsnt] | adj. Extraordinarily generous. |
| muster [ˈmʌstə] | n. An assemblage or review of troops for parade or inspection, or for numbering off. |
| mutation [mjuːˈteɪʃn̩] | n. The act or process of change. |
| mutilate [ˈmjuːtɪleɪt] | v. To disfigure. |
| mutiny [ˈmjuːtɪni] | n. Rebellion against lawful or constituted authority. |
| myriad [ˈmɪrɪəd] | n. A vast indefinite number. |
| mystic [ˈmɪstɪk] | n. One who professes direct divine illumination, or relies upon meditation to acquire truth. |
| mystification [ˌmɪstɪfɪˈkeɪʃn̩] | n. The act of artfully perplexing. |
| myth [mɪθ] | n. A fictitious narrative presented as historical, but without any basis of fact. |
| mythology [mɪˈθɒlədʒi] | n. The whole body of legends cherished by a race concerning gods and heroes. |
| nameless [ˈneɪmləs] | adj. Having no fame or reputation. |
| naphth [aˈnæfθə] | n. A light, colorless, volatile, inflammable oil used as a solvent, as in manufacture of paints. |
| Narcissus [nɑːˈsɪsəs] | n. The son of the Athenian river-god Cephisus, fabled to have fallen in love with his reflection. |
| narrate [nəˈreɪt] | v. To tell a story. |
| narration [nəˈreɪʃn̩] | n. The act of recounting the particulars of an event in the order of time or occurrence. |
| narrative [ˈnærətɪv] | n. An orderly continuous account of the successive particulars of an event. |
| narrator [nəˈreɪtə] | n. One who narrates anything. |
| narrow-minded [ˌnærəʊ ˈmaɪndɪd] | adj. Characterized by illiberal views or sentiments. |
| nasal [ˈneɪzl̩] | adj. Pertaining to the nose. |
| natal [ˈneɪtl̩] | adj. Pertaining to one's birth. |
| nationality [ˌnæʃəˈnælɪti] | n. A connection with a particular nation. |
| naturally [ˈnætʃrəli] | adv. According to the usual order of things. |
| nause [aˈnɔːsɪə] | n. An affection of the stomach producing dizziness and usually an impulse to vomit |
| nauseate [ˈnɔːsɪeɪt] | v. To cause to loathe. |
| nauseous [ˈnɔːsɪəs] | adj. Loathsome. |
| nautical [ˈnɔːtɪkl̩] | adj. Pertaining to ships, seamen, or navigation. |
| naval [ˈneɪvl̩] | adj. Pertaining to ships. |
| navel [ˈneɪvl̩] | n. The depression on the abdomen where the umbilical cord of the fetus was attached. |
| navigable [ˈnævɪɡəbl̩] | adj. Capable of commercial navigation. |
| navigate [ˈnævɪɡeɪt] | v. To traverse by ship. |
| nebul [aˈnebjʊlə] | n. A gaseous body of unorganized stellar substance. |
| necessary [ˈnesəsəri] | adj. Indispensably requisite or absolutely needed to accomplish a desired result. |
| necessitate [nɪˈsesɪteɪt] | v. To render indispensable. |
| necessity [nɪˈsesɪti] | n. That which is indispensably requisite to an end desired. |
| necrology [neˈkrɒlədʒɪ] | n. A list of persons who have died in a certain place or time. |
| necromancer [ˈnekrəmænsə] | n. One who practices the art of foretelling the future by means of communication with the dead. |
| necropolis [nɪˈkrɒpəlɪs] | n. A city of the dead. |
| necrosis [neˈkrəʊsɪs] | n. the death of part of the body. |
| nectar [ˈnektə] | n. Any especially sweet and delicious drink. |
| nectarine [ˈnektərɪn] | n. A variety of the peach. |
| needlework [ˈniːdlwɜːk] | n. Embroidery. |
| needy [ˈniːdi] | adj. Being in need, want, or poverty. |
| nefarious [nɪˈfeərɪəs] | adj. Wicked in the extreme. |
| negate [nɪˈɡeɪt] | v. To deny. |
| negation [nɪˈɡeɪʃn̩] | n. The act of denying or of asserting the falsity of a proposition. |
| neglectful [nɪˈɡlektfəl] | adj. Exhibiting or indicating omission. |
| negligee [ˈneɡlɪʒeɪ] | n. A loose gown worn by women. |
| negligence [ˈneɡlɪdʒəns] | n. Omission of that which ought to be done. |
| negligent [ˈneɡlɪdʒənt] | adj. Apt to omit what ought to be done. |
| negligible [ˈneɡlɪdʒəbl̩] | adj. Transferable by assignment, endorsement, or delivery. |
| negotiable [nɪˈɡəʊʃɪəbl̩] | v. To bargain with others for an agreement, as for a treaty or transfer of property. |
| Nemesis [ˈneməsɪs] | n. A goddess; divinity of chastisement and vengeance. |
| neocracy [neocracy] | n. Government administered by new or untried persons. |
| neo-Darwinsim [ˈniːəʊ] | n. Darwinism as modified and extended by more recent students. |
| neo-Latin [ˈniːəʊ ˈlætɪn] | n. Modernized Latin. |
| neopaganism [neopaganism] | n. A new or revived paganism. |
| Neolithic [ˌniːəˈlɪθɪk] | adj. Pertaining to the later stone age. |
| neology [niːˈɒlədʒɪ] | n. The coining or using of new words or new meanings of words. |
| neophyte [ˈniːəfaɪt] | adj. Having the character of a beginner. |
| nestle [ˈnesl̩] | v. To adjust cozily in snug quarters. |
| nestling [ˈnestl̩ɪŋ] | adj. Recently hatched. |
| nettle [ˈnetl̩] | v. To excite sensations of uneasiness or displeasure in. |
| network [ˈnetwɜːk] | n. Anything that presents a system of cross- lines. |
| neural [ˈnjʊərəl] | adj. Pertaining to the nerves or nervous system. |
| neurology [njʊəˈrɒlədʒi] | n. The science of the nervous system. |
| neuter [ˈnjuːtə] | adj. Neither masculine nor feminine. |
| neutral [ˈnjuːtrəl] | adj. Belonging to or under control of neither of two contestants. |
| nevertheless [ˌnevəðəˈles] | conj. Notwithstanding. |
| Newtonian [njuːˈtəʊnɪən] | adj. Of or pertaining to Sir Isaac Newton, the English philosopher. |
| niggardly [ˈnɪɡədli] | adj. Stingy. (no longer acceptable to use) |
| nihilist [ˈnaɪɪlɪst] | n. An advocate of the doctrine that nothing either exists or can be known. |
| nil [nɪl] | n. Nothing |
| nimble [ˈnɪmbl̩] | adj. Light and quick in motion or action. |
| nit [nɪt] | n. The egg of a louse or some other insect. |
| nocturnal [nɒkˈtɜːnl̩] | adj. Of or pertaining to the night. |
| noiseless [ˈnɔɪzləs] | adj. Silent. |
| noisome [ˈnɔɪsəm] | adj. Very offensive, particularly to the sense of smell. |
| noisy [ˈnɔɪzi] | adj. Clamorous. |
| nomad [ˈnəʊmæd] | adj. Having no fixed abode. |
| nomic [nomic] | adj. Usual or customary. |
| nominal [ˈnɒmɪnl̩] | adj. Trivial. |
| nominate [ˈnɒmɪneɪt] | v. To designate as a candidate for any office. |
| nomination [ˌnɒmɪˈneɪʃn̩] | n. The act or ceremony of naming a man or woman for office. |
| nominee [ˌnɒmɪˈniː] | n. One who receives a nomination. |
| non-existent [ˌnɑːnəɡˈzɪstənt] | n. That which does not exist. |
| non-resident [ˈnɒnˈrezɪdənt] | adj. Not residing within a given jurisdiction. |
| nonchalance [ˈnɒnʃələns] | n. A state of mind indicating lack of interest. |
| non-combatant [ˈnɒnˈkɒmbətənt] | n. One attached to the army or navy, but having duties other than that of fighting. |
| nondescript [ˈnɒndɪskrɪpt] | adj. Indescribable. |
| nonentity [nɒˈnentɪti] | n. A person or thing of little or no account. |
| nonpareil [ˌnɒnpəˈreɪl] | n. One who or that which is of unequaled excellence. |
| norm [nɔːm] | n. A model. |
| normalcy [ˈnɔːmlsi] | n. The state of being normal. |
| Norman [ˈnɔːmən] | adj. Of or peculiar to Normandy, in northern France. |
| nostrum [ˈnɒstrəm] | n. Any scheme or recipe of a charlatan character. |
| noticeable [ˈnəʊtɪsəbl̩] | adj. Perceptible. |
| notorious [nəʊˈtɔːrɪəs] | adj. Unfavorably known to the general public. |
| novellette [novellette] | n. A short novel. |
| novice [ˈnɒvɪs] | n. A beginner in any business or occupation. |
| nowadays [ˈnaʊədeɪz] | adv. In the present time or age. |
| nowhere [ˈnəʊweə] | adv. In no place or state. |
| noxious [ˈnɒkʃəs] | adj. Hurtful. |
| nuance [ˈnjuːɑːns] | n. A slight degree of difference in anything perceptible to the sense of the mind. |
| nucleus [ˈnjuːklɪəs] | n. A central point or part about which matter is aggregated. |
| nude [njuːd] | adj. Naked. |
| nugatory [ˈnjuːɡətəri] | adj. Having no power or force. |
| nuisance [ˈnjuːsns] | n. That which annoys, vexes, or irritates. |
| numeration [ˌnjuːməˈreɪʃn̩] | n. The act or art of reading or naming numbers. |
| numerical [njuːˈmerɪkl̩] | adj. Of or pertaining to number. |
| nunnery [ˈnʌnəri] | n. A convent for nuns. |
| nuptial [ˈnʌpʃl̩] | adj. Of or pertaining to marriage, especially to the marriage ceremony. |
| nurture [ˈnɜːtʃə] | n. The process of fostering or promoting growth. |
| nutriment [ˈnjuːtrɪmənt] | n. That which nourishes. |
| nutritive [ˈnjuːtrɪtɪv] | adj. Having nutritious properties. |
| oaken [ˈəʊkən] | adj. Made of or from oak. |
| oakum [ˈəʊkəm] | n. Hemp-fiber obtained by untwisting and picking out loosely the yarns of old hemp rope. |
| obdurate [ˈɒbdjʊərət] | adj. Impassive to feelings of humanity or pity. |
| obelisk [ˈɒbəlɪsk] | n. A square shaft with pyramidal top, usually monumental or commemorative. |
| obese [əʊˈbiːs] | adj. Exceedingly fat. |
| obesity [əʊˈbiːsɪti] | n. Excessive fatness. |
| obituary [əˈbɪtʃʊəri] | adj. A published notice of a death. |
| objective [əbˈdʒektɪv] | adj. Grasping and representing facts as they are. |
| objector [əbˈdʒektə] | n. One who objects, as to a proposition, measure, or ruling. |
| obligate [ˈɒblɪɡeɪt] | v. To hold to the fulfillment of duty. |
| obligatory [əˈblɪɡətr̩i] | adj. Binding in law or conscience. |
| oblique [əˈbliːk] | adj. Slanting; said of lines. |
| obliterate [əˈblɪtəreɪt] | v. To cause to disappear. |
| oblivion [əˈblɪvɪən] | n. The state of having passed out of the memory or of being utterly forgotten. |
| oblong [ˈɒblɒŋ] | adj. Longer than broad: applied most commonly to rectangular objects considerably elongated |
| obnoxious [əbˈnɒkʃəs] | adj. Detestable. |
| obsequies [ˈɒbsɪkwɪz] | n. Funeral rites. |
| obsequious [əbˈsiːkwɪəs] | adj. Showing a servile readiness to fall in with the wishes or will of another. |
| observance [əbˈzɜːvəns] | n. A traditional form or customary act. |
| observant [əbˈzɜːvənt] | adj. Quick to notice. |
| observatory [əbˈzɜːvətr̩i] | n. A building designed for systematic astronomical observations. |
| obsolescence [ˌɒbsəˈlesns] | n. The condition or process of gradually falling into disuse. |
| obsolescent [ˌɒbsəˈlesnt] | adj. Passing out of use, as a word. |
| obsolete [ˈɒbsəliːt adj.] | adj. No longer practiced or accepted. |
| obstetrician [ˌɒbstɪˈtrɪʃn̩] | n. A practitioner of midwifery. |
| obstetrics [əbˈstetrɪks] | n. The branch of medical science concerned with the treatment and care of women during pregnancy. |
| obstinacy [ˈɒbstɪnəsi] | n. Stubborn adherence to opinion, arising from conceit or the desire to have one's own way. |
| obstreperous [əbˈstrepərəs] | adj. Boisterous. |
| obstruct [əbˈstrʌkt] | v. To fill with impediments so as to prevent passage, either wholly or in part. |
| obstruction [əbˈstrʌkʃn̩] | n. Hindrance. |
| obtrude [əbˈtruːd] | v. To be pushed or to push oneself into undue prominence. |
| obtrusive [əbˈtruːsɪv] | adj. Tending to be pushed or to push oneself into undue prominence. |
| obvert [obvert] | v. To turn the front or principal side of (a thing) toward any person or object. |
| obviate [ˈɒbvɪeɪt] | v. To clear away or provide for, as an objection or difficulty. |
| occasion [əˈkeɪʒn̩] | n. An important event or celebration. |
| Occident [ˈɒksɪdənt] | n. The countries lying west of Asia and the Turkish dominions. |
| occlude [əˈkluːd] | v. To absorb, as a gas by a metal. |
| occult [ɒˈkʌlt] | adj. Existing but not immediately perceptible. |
| occupant [ˈɒkjʊpənt] | n. A tenant in possession of property, as distinguished from the actual owner. |
| occurrence [əˈkʌrəns] | n. A happening. |
| octagon [ˈɒktəɡən] | n. A figure with eight sides and eight angles. |
| octave [ˈɒktɪv] | n. A note at this interval above or below any other, considered in relation to that other. |
| octavo [ɒkˈteɪvəʊ] | n. A book, or collection of paper in which the sheets are so folded as to make eight leaves. |
| octogenarian [ˌɒktədʒɪˈneərɪən] | adj. A person of between eighty and ninety years. |
| ocular [ˈɒkjʊlə] | adj. Of or pertaining to the eye. |
| oculist [ˈɒkjʊlɪst] | n. One versed or skilled in treating diseases of the eye. |
| oddity [ˈɒdɪti] | n. An eccentricity. |
| ode [əʊd] | n. The form of lyric poetry anciently intended to be sung. |
| odious [ˈəʊdɪəs] | adj. Hateful. |
| odium [ˈəʊdɪəm] | n. A feeling of extreme repugnance, or of dislike and disgust. |
| odoriferous [ˌəʊdəˈrɪfərəs] | adj. Having or diffusing an odor or scent, especially an agreeable one. |
| odorous [ˈəʊdərəs] | adj. Having an odor, especially a fragrant one. |
| off [ɒf] | adj. Farther or more distant. |
| offhand [ˌɒfˈhænd] | adv. Without preparation. |
| officiate [əˈfɪʃɪeɪt] | v. To act as an officer or leader. |
| officious [əˈfɪʃəs] | adj. Intermeddling with what is not one's concern. |
| offshoot [ˈɒfʃuːt] | n. Something that branches off from the parent stock. |
| ogre [ˈəʊɡə] | n. A demon or monster that was supposed to devour human beings. |
| ointment [ˈɔɪntmənt] | n. A fatty preparation with a butter-like consistency in which a medicinal substance exists. |
| olfactory [ɒlˈfæktəri] | adj. of or pertaining to the sense of smell. |
| olive-branch [ˈɒlɪvbrɑːntʃ] | n. A branch of the olive-tree, as an emblem of peace. |
| ominous [ˈɒmɪnəs] | adj. Portentous. |
| omission [əˈmɪʃn̩] | n. Exclusion. |
| omnipotence [ɒmˈnɪpətəns] | n. Unlimited and universal power. |
| Omnipotent [ɒmˈnɪpətənt] | adj. Possessed of unlimited and universal power. |
| omniscience [ɒmˈnɪsɪəns] | n. Unlimited or infinite knowledge. |
| omniscient [ɒmˈnɪsɪənt] | adj. Characterized by unlimited or infinite knowledge. |
| omnivorous [ɒmˈnɪvərəs] | adj. Eating or living upon food of all kinds indiscriminately. |
| onerous [ˈəʊnərəs] | adj. Burdensome or oppressive. |
| onrush [ˈɒnrʌʃ] | n. Onset. |
| onset [ˈɒnset] | n. An assault, especially of troops, upon an enemy or fortification. |
| onslaught [ˈɒnslɔːt] | n. A violent onset. |
| onus [ˈəʊnəs] | n. A burden or responsibility. |
| opalescence [opalescence] | n. The property of combined refraction and reflection of light, resulting in smoky tints. |
| opaque [əʊˈpeɪk] | adj. Impervious to light. |
| operate [ˈɒpəreɪt] | v. To put in action and supervise the working of. |
| operative [ˈɒpərətɪv] | adj. Active. |
| operator [ˈɒpəreɪtə] | n. One who works with or controls some machine or scientific apparatus. |
| operett [aˌɒpəˈretə] | n. A humorous play in dialogue and music, of more than one act. |
| opinion [əˈpɪnɪən] | n. A conclusion or judgment held with confidence, but falling short of positive knowledge. |
| opponent [əˈpəʊnənt] | n. One who supports the opposite side in a debate, discussion, struggle, or sport. |
| opportune [ˈɒpətjuːn] | adj. Especially fit as occurring, said, or done at the right moment. |
| opportunist [ˌɒpəˈtjuːnɪst] | n. One who takes advantage of circumstances to gain his ends. |
| opportunity [ˌɒpəˈtjuːnɪti] | n. Favorable or advantageous chance or opening. |
| opposite [ˈɒpəzɪt] | adj. Radically different or contrary in action or movement. |
| opprobrium [əˈprəʊbrɪəm] | n. The state of being scornfully reproached or accused of evil. |
| optic [ˈɒptɪk] | n. Pertaining to the eye or vision. |
| optician [ɒpˈtɪʃn̩] | n. One who makes or deals in optical instruments or eye-glasses. |
| optics [ˈɒptɪks] | n. The science that treats of light and vision, and all that is connected with sight. |
| optimism [ˈɒptɪmɪzəm] | n. The view that everything in nature and the history of mankind is ordered for the best. |
| option [ˈɒpʃn̩] | n. The right, power, or liberty of choosing. |
| optometry [apˈtɑːmətri] | n. Measurement of the powers of vision. |
| opulence [ˈɒpjʊləns] | n. Affluence. |
| opulent [ˈɒpjʊlənt] | adj. Wealthy. |
| oral [ˈɔːrəl] | adj. Uttered through the mouth. |
| orate [ɔːˈreɪt] | v. To deliver an elaborate or formal public speech. |
| oration [ɔːˈreɪʃn̩] | n. An elaborate or formal public speech. |
| orator [ˈɒrətə] | n. One who delivers an elaborate or formal speech. |
| oratorio [ˌɒrəˈtɔːrɪəʊ] | n. A composition for solo voices, chorus, and orchestra, generally taken from the Scriptures. |
| oratory [ˈɒrətr̩i] | n. The art of public speaking. |
| ordeal [ɔːˈdiːl] | n. Anything that severely tests courage, strength, patience, conscience, etc. |
| ordinal [ˈɔːdɪnl̩] | n. That form of the numeral that shows the order of anything in a series, as first, second, third. |
| ordination [ˌɔːdɪˈneɪʃn̩] | n. A consecration to the ministry. |
| ordnance [ˈɔːdnəns] | n. A general name for all kinds of weapons and their appliances used in war. |
| orgies [ˈɔːdʒɪz] | n. Wild or wanton revelry. |
| origin [ˈɒrɪdʒɪn] | n. The beginning of that which becomes or is made to be. |
| original [əˈrɪdʒn̩əl] | adj. Not copied nor produced by imitation. |
| originate [əˈrɪdʒəneɪt] | v. To cause or constitute the beginning or first stage of the existence of. |
| ornate [ɔːˈneɪt] | adj. Ornamented to a marked degree. |
| orthodox [ˈɔːθədɒks] | adj. Holding the commonly accepted faith. |
| orthodoxy [ˈɔːθədɒksi] | n. Acceptance of the common faith. |
| orthogonal [ɔːˈθɒɡənl̩] | adj. Having or determined by right angles. |
| orthopedic [ˌɔːθəˈpiːdɪk] | adj. Relating to the correcting or preventing of deformity |
| orthopedist [ˌɔːθəˈpiːdəst] | n. One who practices the correcting or preventing of deformity |
| oscillate [ˈɒsɪleɪt] | v. To swing back and forth. |
| osculate [ˈɒskjʊleɪt] | v. To kiss. |
| ossify [ˈɒsɪfaɪ] | v. to convert into bone. |
| ostentation [ˌɒstenˈteɪʃn̩] | n. A display dictated by vanity and intended to invite applause or flattery. |
| ostracism [ˈɒstrəsɪzəm] | n. Exclusion from intercourse or favor, as in society or politics. |
| ostracize [ˈɒstrəsaɪz] | v. To exclude from public or private favor. |
| ought [ˈɔːt] | v. To be under moral obligation to be or do. |
| oust [aʊst] | v. To eject. |
| out-and-out [ˈaʊtndˈaʊt] | adv. Genuinely. |
| outbreak [ˈaʊtbreɪk] | n. A sudden and violent breaking forth, as of something that has been pent up or restrained. |
| outburst [ˈaʊtbɜːst] | n. A violent issue, especially of passion in an individual. |
| outcast [ˈaʊtkɑːst] | n. One rejected and despised, especially socially. |
| outcry [ˈaʊtkraɪ] | n. A vehement or loud cry or clamor. |
| outdo [aʊtˈduː] | v. To surpass. |
| outlandish [aʊtˈlændɪʃ] | adj. Of barbarous, uncouth, and unfamiliar aspect or action. |
| outlast [ˌaʊtˈlɑːst] | v. To last longer than. |
| outlaw [ˈaʊtlɔː] | n. A habitual lawbreaker. |
| outlive [ˌaʊtˈlɪv] | v. To continue to exist after. |
| out-of-the-way [ˌaʊt əv ðə ˈweɪ] | adj. Remotely situated. |
| outpost [ˈaʊtpəʊst] | n. A detachment of troops stationed at a distance from the main body to guard against surprise. |
| outrage [ˈaʊtreɪdʒ] | n. A gross infringement of morality or decency. |
| outrageous [aʊtˈreɪdʒəs] | adj. Shocking in conduct. |
| outreach [ˈaʊtriːtʃ] | v. To reach or go beyond. |
| outride [ˌaʊtˈraɪd] | v. To ride faster than. |
| outrigger [ˈaʊtrɪɡə] | n. A part built or arranged to project beyond a natural outline for support. |
| outright [ˈaʊtraɪt] | adv. Entirely. |
| outskirt [ˈaʊtˌskərt] | n. A border region. |
| outstretch [aʊtˈstretʃ] | v. To extend. |
| outstrip [ˌaʊtˈstrɪp] | v. To go beyond. |
| outweigh [ˌaʊtˈweɪ] | v. To surpass in importance or excellence. |
| overdo [ˌəʊvəˈduː] | v. To overtax the strength of. |
| overdose [ˈəʊvədəʊs] | n. An excessive dose, usually so large a dose of a medicine that its effect is toxic. |
| overeat [ˌəʊvəˈriːt] | v. To eat to excess. |
| overhang [ˌəʊvəˈhæŋ] | n. A portion of a structure which projects or hangs over. |
| overleap [ˌəʊvəˈliːp] | v. To leap beyond. |
| overlord [ˈəʊvəlɔːd] | n. One who holds supremacy over another. |
| overpass [ˈəʊvəpɑːs] | v. To pass across or over, as a river. |
| overpay [ˌəʊvəˈpeɪ] | v. To pay or reward in excess. |
| overpower [ˌəʊvəˈpaʊə] | v. To gain supremacy or victory over by superior power. |
| overproduction [ˌəʊvəprəˈdʌkʃn̩] | n. Excessive production. |
| overreach [ˌəʊvəˈriːtʃ] | v. To stretch out too far. |
| overrun [ˌəʊvəˈrʌn] | v. To infest or ravage. |
| oversee [ˌəʊvəˈsiː] | v. To superintend. |
| overseer [ˈəʊvəsɪə] | n. A supervisor. |
| overshadow [ˌəʊvəˈʃædəʊ] | v. To cast into the shade or render insignificant by comparison. |
| overstride [overstride] | v. To step beyond. |
| overthrow [ˌəʊvəˈθrəʊ] | v. To vanquish an established ruler or government. |
| overtone [ˈəʊvətəʊn] | n. A harmonic. |
| overture [ˈəʊvətjʊə] | n. An instrumental prelude to an opera, oratorio, or ballet. |
| overweight [ˌəʊvəˈweɪt] | n. Preponderance. |
| pacify [ˈpæsɪfaɪ] | v. To bring into a peaceful state. |
| packet [ˈpækɪt] | n. A bundle, as of letters. |
| pact [pækt] | n. A covenant. |
| pagan [ˈpeɪɡən] | n. A worshiper of false gods. |
| pageant [ˈpædʒənt] | n. A dramatic representation, especially a spectacular one. |
| palate [ˈpælət] | n. The roof of the mouth. |
| palatial [pəˈleɪʃl̩] | adj. Magnificent. |
| paleontology [ˌpælɪɒnˈtɒlədʒi] | n. The branch of biology that treats of ancient life and fossil organisms. |
| palette [ˈpælɪt] | n. A thin tablet, with a hole for the thumb, upon which artists lay their colors for painting. |
| palinode [ˈpælɪnəʊd] | n. A retraction. |
| pall [pɔːl] | v. To make dull by satiety. |
| palliate [ˈpælɪeɪt] | v. To cause to appear less guilty. |
| pallid [ˈpælɪd] | adj. Of a pale or wan appearance. |
| palpable [ˈpælpəbl̩] | n. perceptible by feeling or touch. |
| palsy [ˈpɔːlzi] | n. Paralysis. |
| paly [ˈpeɪlɪ] | adj. Lacking color or brilliancy. |
| pamphlet [ˈpæmflɪt] | n. A brief treatise or essay, usually on a subject of current interest. |
| pamphleteer [ˌpæmfləˈtɪə] | v. To compose or issue pamphlets, especially controversial ones. |
| panace [aˌpænəˈsɪə] | n. A remedy or medicine proposed for or professing to cure all diseases. |
| Pan-American [ˈpænəˈmerɪkən] | adj. Including or pertaining to the whole of America, both North and South. |
| pandemic [pænˈdemɪk] | adj. Affecting a whole people or all classes, as a disease. |
| pandemonium [ˌpændɪˈməʊnɪəm] | n. A fiendish or riotous uproar. |
| panegyric [ˌpænɪˈdʒɪrɪk] | n. A formal and elaborate eulogy, written or spoken, of a person or of an act. |
| panel [ˈpænl̩] | n. A rectangular piece set in or as in a frame. |
| panic [ˈpænɪk] | n. A sudden, unreasonable, overpowering fear. |
| panoply [ˈpænəpli] | n. A full set of armor. |
| panoram [aˌpænəˈrɑːmə] | n. A series of large pictures representing a continuous scene. |
| pantheism [ˈpænθɪɪzəm] | n. The worship of nature for itself or its beauty. |
| Pantheon [ˈpænθɪən] | n. A circular temple at Rome with a fine Corinthian portico and a great domed roof. |
| pantomime [ˈpæntəmaɪm] | n. Sign-language. |
| pantoscope [pantoscope] | n. A very wide-angled photographic lens. |
| papacy [ˈpeɪpəsi] | n. The official head of the Roman Catholic Church. |
| papyrus [pəˈpaɪrəs] | n. The writing-paper of the ancient Egyptians, and later of the Romans. |
| parable [ˈpærəbl̩] | n. A brief narrative founded on real scenes or events usually with a moral. |
| paradox [ˈpærədɒks] | n. A statement or doctrine seemingly in contradiction to the received belief. |
| paragon [ˈpærəɡən] | n. A model of excellence. |
| parallel [ˈpærəlel] | v. To cause to correspond or lie in the same direction and equidistant in all parts. |
| parallelism [ˈpærəlelɪzəm] | n. Essential likeness. |
| paralysis [pəˈræləsɪs] | n. Loss of the power of contractility in the voluntary or involuntary muscles. |
| paralyze [ˈpærəlaɪz] | v. To deprive of the power to act. |
| paramount [ˈpærəmaʊnt] | adj. Supreme in authority. |
| paramour [ˈpærəmʊə] | n. One who is unlawfully and immorally a lover or a mistress. |
| paraphernali [aˌpærəfəˈneɪlɪə] | n. Miscellaneous articles of equipment or adornment. |
| paraphrase [ˈpærəfreɪz] | v. Translate freely. |
| pare [peə] | v. To cut, shave, or remove (the outside) from anything. |
| parentage [ˈpeərəntɪdʒ] | n. The relation of parent to child, of the producer to the produced, or of cause to effect. |
| Pariah [pəˈraɪə] | n. A member of a degraded class; a social outcast. |
| parish [ˈpærɪʃ] | n. The ecclesiastical district in charge of a pastor. |
| Parisian [pəˈrɪzɪən] | adj. Of or pertaining to the city of Paris. |
| parity [ˈpærɪti] | n. Equality, as of condition or rank. |
| parlance [ˈpɑːləns] | n. Mode of speech. |
| parley [ˈpɑːli] | v. To converse in. |
| parliament [ˈpɑːləmənt] | n. A legislative body. |
| parlor [ˈpɑːlə] | n. A room for reception of callers or entertainment of guests. |
| parody [ˈpærədi] | v. To render ludicrous by imitating the language of. |
| paronymous [paronymous] | adj. Derived from the same root or primitive word. |
| paroxysm [ˈpærəksɪzəm] | n. A sudden outburst of any kind of activity. |
| parricide [ˈpærɪsaɪd] | n. The murder of a parent. |
| parse [pɑːz] | v. To describe, as a sentence, by separating it into its elements and describing each word. |
| parsimonious [ˌpɑːsɪˈməʊnɪəs] | adj. Unduly sparing in the use or expenditure of money. |
| partible [ˈpɑːtɪbl] | adj. Separable. |
| participant [pɑːˈtɪsɪpənt] | n. One having a share or part. |
| participate [pɑːˈtɪsɪpeɪt] | v. To receive or have a part or share of. |
| partition [pɑːˈtɪʃn̩] | n. That which separates anything into distinct parts. |
| partisan [ˌpɑːtɪˈzæn] | adj. Characterized by or exhibiting undue or unreasoning devotion to a party. |
| passible [ˈpæsɪbl] | adj. Capable of feeling of suffering. |
| passive [ˈpæsɪv] | adj. Unresponsive. |
| pastoral [ˈpɑːstərəl] | adj. Having the spirit or sentiment of rural life. |
| paternal [pəˈtɜːnl̩] | adj. Fatherly. |
| paternity [pəˈtɜːnɪti] | n. Fatherhood. |
| pathos [ˈpeɪθɒs] | n. The quality in any form of representation that rouses emotion or sympathy. |
| patriarch [ˈpeɪtrɪɑːk] | n. The chief of a tribe or race who rules by paternal right. |
| patrician [pəˈtrɪʃn̩] | adj. Of senatorial or noble rank. |
| patrimony [ˈpætrɪməni] | n. An inheritance from an ancestor, especially from one's father. |
| patriotism [ˈpætrɪətɪzəm] | n. Love and devotion to one's country. |
| patronize [ˈpætrənaɪz] | v. To exercise an arrogant condescension toward. |
| patronymic [ˌpætrəˈnɪmɪk] | adj. Formed after one's father's name. |
| patter [ˈpætə] | v. To mumble something over and over. |
| paucity [ˈpɔːsɪti] | n. Fewness. |
| pauper [ˈpɔːpə] | n. One without means of support. |
| pauperism [ˈpɔːpərɪzəm] | n. Dependence on charity. |
| pavilion [pəˈvɪlɪən] | n. An open structure for temporary shelter. |
| payee [peɪˈiː] | n. A person to whom money has been or is to be paid. |
| peaceable [ˈpiːsəbl̩] | adj. Tranquil. |
| peaceful [ˈpiːsfəl] | adj. Tranquil. |
| peccable [ˈpekəbl̩] | adj. Capable of sinning. |
| peccadillo [ˌpekəˈdɪləʊ] | n. A small breach of propriety or principle. |
| peccant [ˈpekənt] | adj. Guilty. |
| pectoral [ˈpektərəl] | adj. Pertaining to the breast or thorax. |
| pecuniary [pɪˈkjuːnɪəri] | adj. Consisting of money. |
| pedagogics [ˌpedəˈɡɒdʒɪks] | n. The science and art of teaching. |
| pedagogue [ˈpedəɡɒɡ] | n. A schoolmaster. |
| pedagogy [ˈpedəɡɒdʒi] | n. The science and art of teaching |
| pedal [ˈpedl̩] | n. A lever for the foot usually applied only to musical instruments, cycles, and other machines. |
| pedant [ˈpednt] | n. A scholar who makes needless and inopportune display of his learning. |
| peddle [ˈpedl̩] | v. To go about with a small stock of goods to sell. |
| pedestal [ˈpedɪstl̩] | n. A base or support as for a column, statue, or vase. |
| pedestrian [pɪˈdestrɪən] | n. One who journeys on foot. |
| pediatrics [ˌpiːdɪˈætrɪks] | n. The department of medical science that relates to the treatment of diseases of childhood. |
| pedigree [ˈpedɪɡriː] | n. One's line of ancestors. |
| peddler [ˈpedlə] | n. One who travels from house to house with an assortment of goods for retail. |
| peerage [ˈpɪərɪdʒ] | n. The nobility. |
| peerless [ˈpɪələs] | adj. Of unequaled excellence or worth. |
| peevish [ˈpiːvɪʃ] | adj. Petulant. (irritable) |
| pellucid [peˈluːsɪd] | adj. Translucent. |
| penalty [ˈpenlti] | n. The consequences that follow the transgression of natural or divine law. |
| penance [ˈpenəns] | n. Punishment to which one voluntarily submits or subjects himself as an expression of penitence. |
| penchant [ˈpɑːnʃɑːn] | n. A bias in favor of something. |
| pendant [ˈpendənt] | n. Anything that hangs from something else, either for ornament or for use. |
| pendulous [ˈpendjʊləs] | adj. Hanging, especially so as to swing by an attached end or part. |
| pendulum [ˈpendjʊləm] | n. A weight hung on a rod, serving by its oscillation to regulate the rate of a clock. |
| penetrable [ˈpenɪtrəbl̩] | adj. That may be pierced by physical, moral, or intellectual force. |
| penetrate [ˈpenɪtreɪt] | v. To enter or force a way into the interior parts of. |
| penetration [ˌpenɪˈtreɪʃn̩] | n. Discernment. |
| peninsular [pəˈnɪnsjʊlə] | adj. Pertaining to a piece of land almost surrounded by water. |
| penitence [ˈpenɪtəns] | n. Sorrow for sin with desire to amend and to atone. |
| penitential [ˌpenɪˈtenʃl̩] | adj. Pertaining to sorrow for sin with desire to amend and to atone. |
| pennant [ˈpenənt] | n. A small flag. |
| pension [ˈpenʃn̩] | n. A periodical allowance to an individual on account of past service done by him/her. |
| pentagram [ˈpentəɡræm] | n. A figure having five points or lobes. |
| pentavalent [pentavalent] | adj. Quinqeuvalent. |
| pentad [ˈpentæd] | n. The number five. |
| pentagon [ˈpentəɡən] | n. A figure, especially, with five angles and five sides. |
| pentahedron [ˌpentəˈhiːdrən] | n. A solid bounded by five plane faces. |
| pentameter [penˈtæmɪtə] | n. In prosody, a line of verse containing five units or feet. |
| pentathlon [penˈtæθlən] | n. The contest of five associated exercises in the great games and the same contestants. |
| penultimate [penˈʌltɪmət] | adj. A syllable or member of a series that is last but one. |
| penurious [pɪˈnjʊərɪəs] | adj. Excessively sparing in the use of money. |
| penury [ˈpenjʊəri] | n. Indigence. |
| perambulate [pəˈræmbjʊleɪt] | v. To walk about. |
| perceive [pəˈsiːv] | v. To have knowledge of, or receive impressions concerning, through the medium of the body senses. |
| perceptible [pəˈseptəbl̩] | adj. Cognizable. |
| perception [pəˈsepʃn̩] | n. Knowledge through the senses of the existence and properties of matter or the external world. |
| percipience [percipience] | n. The act of perceiving. |
| percipient [pəˈsɪpɪənt] | n. One who or that which perceives. |
| percolate [ˈpɜːkəleɪt] | v. To filter. |
| percolator [ˈpɜːkəleɪtə] | n. A filter. |
| percussion [pəˈkʌʃn̩] | n. The sharp striking of one body against another. |
| peremptory [pəˈremptəri] | adj. Precluding question or appeal. |
| perennial [pəˈrenɪəl] | adj. Continuing though the year or through many years. |
| perfectible [pəˈfektəbl̩] | adj. Capable of being made perfect. |
| perfidy [ˈpɜːfɪdi] | n. Treachery. |
| perforate [ˈpɜːfəreɪt] | v. To make a hole or holes through. |
| perform [pəˈfɔːm] | v. To accomplish. |
| perfumery [pəˈfjuːməri] | n. The preparation of perfumes. |
| perfunctory [pəˈfʌŋktəri] | adj. Half-hearted. |
| perhaps [pəˈhæps] | adv. Possibly. |
| perigee [ˈperɪdʒiː] | n. The point in the orbit of the moon when it is nearest the earth. |
| periodicity [ˌpɪərɪəˈdɪsɪtɪ] | n. The habit or characteristic of recurrence at regular intervals. |
| peripatetic [ˌperɪpəˈtetɪk] | adj. Walking about. |
| perjure [ˈpɜːdʒə] | v. To swear falsely to. |
| perjury [ˈpɜːdʒəri] | n. A solemn assertion of a falsity. |
| permanence [ˈpɜːmənəns] | n. A continuance in the same state, or without any change that destroys the essential form or nature. |
| permanent [ˈpɜːmənənt] | adj. Durable. |
| permeate [ˈpɜːmɪeɪt] | v. To pervade. |
| permissible [pəˈmɪsəbl̩] | adj. That may be allowed. |
| permutation [ˌpɜːmjuːˈteɪʃn̩] | n. Reciprocal change, different ordering of same items. |
| pernicious [pəˈnɪʃəs] | adj. Tending to kill or hurt. |
| perpendicular [ˌpɜːpənˈdɪkjʊlə] | adj. Straight up and down. |
| perpetrator [ˈpɜːpɪtreɪtə] | n. The doer of a wrong or a criminal act. |
| perpetuate [pəˈpetʃʊeɪt] | v. To preserve from extinction or oblivion. |
| perquisite [ˈpɜːkwɪzɪt] | n. Any profit from service beyond the amount fixed as salary or wages. |
| persecution [ˌpɜːsɪˈkjuːʃn̩] | n. Harsh or malignant oppression. |
| perseverance [ˌpɜːsɪˈvɪərəns] | n. A persistence in purpose and effort. |
| persevere [ˌpɜːsɪˈvɪə] | v. To continue striving in spite of discouragements. |
| persiflage [ˈpɜːsɪflɑːʒ] | n. Banter. |
| persist [pəˈsɪst] | v. To continue steadfast against opposition. |
| persistence [pəˈsɪstəns] | n. A fixed adherence to a resolve, course of conduct, or the like. |
| personage [ˈpɜːsənɪdʒ] | n. A man or woman as an individual, especially one of rank or high station. |
| personal [ˈpɜːsənl̩] | adj. Not general or public. |
| personality [ˌpɜːsəˈnælɪti] | n. The attributes, taken collectively, that make up the character and nature of an individual. |
| personnel [ˌpɜːsəˈnel] | n. The force of persons collectively employed in some service. |
| perspective [pəˈspektɪv] | n. The relative importance of facts or matters from any special point of view. |
| perspicacious [ˌpɜːspɪˈkeɪʃəs] | adj. Astute. |
| perspicacity [ˌpɜːspɪˈkæsɪti] | n. Acuteness or discernment. |
| perspicuous [pəˈspɪkjʊəs] | adj. Lucid. |
| perspiration [ˌpɜːspəˈreɪʃn̩] | n. Sweat. |
| perspire [pəˈspaɪə] | v. To excrete through the pores of the skin. |
| persuade [pəˈsweɪd] | v. To win the mind of by argument, eloquence, evidence, or reflection. |
| persuadable [pəˈsweɪdəbl̩] | adj. capable of influencing to action by entreaty, statement, or anything that moves the feelings. |
| pertinacious [ˌpɜːtɪˈneɪʃəs] | adj. Persistent or unyielding. |
| pertinacity [ˌpɜːtɪˈnæsɪti] | n. Unyielding adherence. |
| pertinent [ˈpɜːtɪnənt] | adj. Relevant. |
| perturb [pəˈtɜːb] | v. To disturb greatly. |
| perturbation [ˌpɜːtəˈbeɪʃn̩] | n. Mental excitement or confusion. |
| perusal [pəˈruːzl̩] | n. The act of reading carefully or thoughtfully. |
| pervade [pəˈveɪd] | v. To pass or spread through every part. |
| pervasion [pəˈveɪʒn̩] | n. The state of spreading through every part. |
| pervasive [pəˈveɪsɪv] | adj. Thoroughly penetrating or permeating. |
| perverse [pəˈvɜːs] | adj. Unreasonable. |
| perversion [pəˈvɜːʃn̩] | n. Diversion from the true meaning or proper purpose. |
| perversity [pəˈvɜːsɪti] | n. Wickedness. |
| pervert [pəˈvɜːt] | n. One who has forsaken a doctrine regarded as true for one esteemed false. |
| pervious [ˈpɜːvjəs] | adj. Admitting the entrance or passage of another substance. |
| pestilence [ˈpestɪləns] | n. A raging epidemic. |
| pestilent [ˈpestɪlənt] | adj. Having a malign influence or effect. |
| pestilential [ˌpestɪˈlenʃl̩] | adj. having the nature of or breeding pestilence. |
| peter [ˈpiːtə] | v. To fail or lose power, efficiency, or value. |
| petrify [ˈpetrɪfaɪ] | v. To convert into a substance of stony hardness and character. |
| petulance [ˈpetjʊləns] | n. The character or condition of being impatient, capricious or petulant. |
| petulant [ˈpetjʊlənt] | adj. Displaying impatience. |
| pharmacopoei [aˌfɑːməkəˈpiːə] | n. A book containing the formulas and methods of preparation of medicines for the use of druggists. |
| pharmacy [ˈfɑːməsi] | n. The art or business of compounding and dispensing medicines. |
| phenomenal [fɪˈnɒmɪnl̩] | adj. Extraordinary or marvelous. |
| phenomenon [fɪˈnɒmɪnən] | n. Any unusual occurrence. |
| philander [fɪˈlændə] | v. To play at courtship with a woman. |
| philanthropic [ˌfɪlənˈθrɒpɪk] | adj. Benevolent. |
| philanthropist [fɪˈlænθrəpɪst] | n. One who endeavors to help his fellow men. |
| philanthropy [fɪˈlænθrəpi] | n. Active humanitarianism. |
| philately [fɪˈlætəli] | n. The study and collection of stamps. |
| philharmonic [ˌfɪləˈmɒnɪk] | adj. Fond of music. |
| philogynist [fɪˈlɒdʒɪnɪst] | n. One who is fond of women. |
| philologist [fɪˈlɒlədʒɪst] | n. An expert in linguistics. |
| philology [fɪˈlɒlədʒi] | n. The study of language in connection with history and literature. |
| philosophize [fɪˈlɒsəfaɪz] | v. To seek ultimate causes and principles. |
| philosophy [fɪˈlɒsəfi] | n. The general principles, laws, or causes that furnish the rational explanation of anything. |
| phlegmatic [fleɡˈmætɪk] | adj. Not easily roused to feeling or action. |
| phonetic [fəˈnetɪk] | adj. Representing articulate sounds or speech. |
| phonic [ˈfɒnɪk] | adj. Pertaining to the nature of sound. |
| phonogram [ˈfəʊnəɡræm] | n. A graphic character symbolizing an articulate sound. |
| phonology [fəʊˈnɒlədʒi] | n. The science of human vocal sounds. |
| phosphorescence [ˌfɒsfəˈresns] | n. The property of emitting light. |
| photoelectric [ˌfəʊtəʊɪˈlektrɪk] | adj. Pertaining to the combined action of light and electricity. |
| photometer [fəʊˈtɒmɪtə] | n. Any instrument for measuring the intensity of light or comparing the intensity of two lights. |
| photometry [ˌfəʊˈtɒmɪtrɪ] | n. The art of measuring the intensity of light. |
| physicist [ˈfɪzɪsɪst] | n. A specialist in the science that treats of the phenomena associated with matter and energy. |
| physics [ˈfɪzɪks] | n. The science that treats of the phenomena associated with matter and energy. |
| physiocracy [physiocracy] | n. The doctrine that land and its products are the only true wealth. |
| physiognomy [ˌfɪzɪˈɒnəmi] | n. The external appearance merely. |
| physiography [ˌfɪzɪˈɒɡrəfɪ] | n. Description of nature. |
| physiology [ˌfɪzɪˈɒlədʒi] | n. The science of organic functions. |
| physique [fɪˈziːk] | n. The physical structure or organization of a person. |
| picayune [ˌpɪkiˈjuːn] | adj. Of small value. |
| piccolo [ˈpɪkələʊ] | n. A small flute. |
| piece [piːs] | n. A loose or separated part, as distinguished from the whole or the mass. |
| piecemeal [ˈpiːsmiːl] | adv. Gradually. |
| pillage [ˈpɪlɪdʒ] | n. Open robbery, as in war. |
| pillory [ˈpɪləri] | n. A wooden framework in which an offender is fastened to boards and is exposed to public scorn. |
| pincers [ˈpɪnsəz] | n. An instrument having two lever-handles and two jaws working on a pivot. |
| pinchers [ˈpɪntʃərz] | n. An instrument having two jaws working on a pivot. |
| pinnacle [ˈpɪnəkl̩] | n. A high or topmost point, as a mountain-peak. |
| pioneer [ˌpaɪəˈnɪə] | n. One among the first to explore a country. |
| pious [ˈpaɪəs] | adj. Religious. |
| pique [piːk] | v. To excite a slight degree of anger in. |
| piteous [ˈpɪtɪəs] | adj. Compassionate. |
| pitiable [ˈpɪtɪəbl̩] | adj. Contemptible. |
| pitiful [ˈpɪtɪfəl] | adj. Wretched. |
| pitiless [ˈpɪtɪlɪs] | adj. Hard-hearted. |
| pittance [ˈpɪtns] | n. Any small portion or meager allowance. |
| placate [pləˈkeɪt] | v. To bring from a state of angry or hostile feeling to one of patience or friendliness. |
| placid [ˈplæsɪd] | adj. Serene. |
| plagiarism [ˈpleɪdʒɪərɪzəm] | n. The stealing of passages from the writings of another and publishing them as one's own. |
| planisphere [planisphere] | n. A polar projection of the heavens on a chart. |
| plasticity [plæˈstɪsɪti] | n. The property of some substances through which the form of the mass can readily be changed. |
| platitude [ˈplætɪtjuːd] | n. A written or spoken statement that is flat, dull, or commonplace. |
| plaudit [ˈplɔːdɪt] | n. An expression of applause. |
| plausible [ˈplɔːzəbl̩] | adj. Seeming likely to be true, though open to doubt. |
| playful [ˈpleɪfəl] | adj. Frolicsome. |
| playwright [ˈpleɪraɪt] | n. A maker of plays for the stage. |
| ple [apliː] | n. An argument to obtain some desired action. |
| pleasant [ˈpleznt] | adj. Agreeable. |
| pleasurable [ˈpleʒərəbl̩] | adj. Affording gratification. |
| plebeian [plɪˈbiːən] | adj. Common. |
| pledgee [ˌplɪˈdʒiː] | n. The person to whom anything is pledged. |
| pledgeor [pledgeor] | n. One who gives a pledge. |
| plenary [ˈpliːnəri] | adj. Entire. |
| plenipotentiary [ˌplenɪpəˈtenʃəri] | n. A person fully empowered to transact any business. |
| plenitude [ˈplenɪtjuːd] | n. Abundance. |
| plenteous [ˈplentɪəs] | adj. Abundant. |
| plumb [plʌm] | n. A weight suspended by a line to test the verticality of something. |
| plummet [ˈplʌmɪt] | n. A piece of lead for making soundings, adjusting walls to the vertical. |
| pluperfect [ˌpluːˈpɜːfɪkt] | adj. Expressing past time or action prior to some other past time or action. |
| plural [ˈplʊərəl] | adj. Containing or consisting of more than one. |
| plurality [plʊəˈrælɪti] | n. A majority. |
| plutocracy [pluːˈtɒkrəsi] | n. A wealthy class in a political community who control the government by means of their money. |
| pneumatic [njuːˈmætɪk] | adj. Pertaining to or consisting of air or gas. |
| poesy [ˈpəʊɪzi] | n. Poetry. |
| poetaster [ˌpəʊɪˈtæstə] | n. An inferior poet. |
| poetic [pəʊˈetɪk] | adj. Pertaining to poetry. |
| poetics [pəʊˈetɪks] | n. The rules and principles of poetry. |
| poignancy [ˈpɔɪnjənsi] | n. Severity or acuteness, especially of pain or grief. |
| poignant [ˈpɔɪnjənt] | adj. Severely painful or acute to the spirit. |
| poise [pɔɪz] | n. Equilibrium. |
| polar [ˈpəʊlə] | adj. Pertaining to the poles of a sphere, especially of the earth. |
| polemics [pəˈlemɪks] | n. The art of controversy or disputation. |
| pollen [ˈpɒlən] | n. The fine dust-like grains or powder formed within the anther of a flowering plant. |
| pollute [pəˈluːt] | v. To contaminate. |
| polyarchy [polyarchy] | n. Government by several or many persons of what- ever class. |
| polycracy [polycracy] | n. The rule of many. |
| polygamy [pəˈlɪɡəmi] | n. the fact or condition of having more than one wife or husband at once. |
| polyglot [ˈpɒlɪɡlɒt] | adj. Speaking several tongues. |
| polygon [ˈpɒlɪɡən] | n. A figure having many angles. |
| polyhedron [ˌpɒliˈhiːdrən] | n. A solid bounded by plane faces, especially by more than four. |
| polysyllable [ˈpɒlɪsɪləbl̩] | adj. Having several syllables, especially more than three syllables. |
| polytechnic [ˌpɒlɪˈteknɪk] | adj. Pertaining to, embracing, or practicing many arts. |
| polytheism [ˈpɒlɪθiːɪzəm] | n. The doctrine or belief that there are more gods than one. |
| pommel [ˈpʌml̩] | v. To beat with something thick or bulky. |
| pomposity [pɒmˈpɒsɪti] | n. The quality of being marked by an assumed stateliness and impressiveness of manner. |
| pompous [ˈpɒmpəs] | adj. Marked by an assumed stateliness and impressiveness of manner. |
| ponder [ˈpɒndə] | v. To meditate or reflect upon. |
| ponderous [ˈpɒndərəs] | adj. Unusually weighty or forcible. |
| pontiff [ˈpɒntɪf] | n. The Pope. |
| populace [ˈpɒpjʊləs] | n. The common people. |
| populous [ˈpɒpjʊləs] | adj. Containing many inhabitants, especially in proportion to the territory. |
| portend [pɔːˈtend] | v. To indicate as being about to happen, especially by previous signs. |
| portent [ˈpɔːtent] | n. Anything that indicates what is to happen. |
| portfolio [pɔːtˈfəʊlɪəʊ] | n. A portable case for holding writing-materials, drawings, etc. |
| posit [ˈpɒzɪt] | v. To present in an orderly manner. |
| position [pəˈzɪʃn̩] | n. The manner in which a thing is placed. |
| positive [ˈpɒzətɪv] | adj. Free from doubt or hesitation. |
| posse [ˈpɒsi] | n. A force of men. |
| possess [pəˈzes] | v. To own. |
| possession [pəˈzeʃn̩] | n. The having, holding, or detention of property in one's power or command. |
| possessive [pəˈzesɪv] | adj. Pertaining to the having, holding, or detention of property in one's power or command. |
| possessor [pəˈzesə] | n. One who owns, enjoys, or controls anything, as property. |
| possible [ˈpɒsəbl̩] | adj. Being not beyond the reach of power natural, moral, or supernatural. |
| postdate [ˌpəʊstˈdeɪt] | v. To make the date of any writing later than the real date. |
| posterior [pɒˈstɪərɪə] | n. The hinder part. |
| postgraduate [ˌpəʊstˈɡrædʒʊət] | adj. Pertaining to studies that are pursued after receiving a degree. |
| postscript [ˈpəʊs skrɪpt] | n. Something added to a letter after the writer's signature. |
| potency [ˈpəʊtnsi] | n. Power. |
| potent [ˈpəʊtnt] | adj. Physically powerful. |
| potentate [ˈpəʊtnteɪt] | n. One possessed of great power or sway. |
| potential [pəˈtenʃl̩] | n. Anything that may be possible. |
| potion [ˈpəʊʃn̩] | n. A dose of liquid medicine. |
| powerless [ˈpaʊəlɪs] | adj. Impotent. |
| practicable [ˈpræktɪkəbl̩] | adj. Feasible. |
| prate [preɪt] | v. To talk about vainly or foolishly. |
| prattle [ˈprætl̩] | v. To utter in simple or childish talk. |
| preamble [priːˈæmbl̩] | n. A statement introductory to and explanatory of what follows. |
| precarious [prɪˈkeərɪəs] | adj. Perilous. |
| precaution [prɪˈkɔːʃn̩] | n. A provision made in advance for some possible emergency or danger. |
| precede [prɪˈsiːd] | v. To happen first. |
| precedence [ˈpresɪdəns] | n. Priority in place, time, or rank. |
| precedent [ˈpresɪdənt] | n. An instance that may serve as a guide or basis for a rule. |
| precedential [precedential] | adj. Of the nature of an instance that may serve as a guide or basis for a rule. |
| precession [prɪˈseʃn̩] | n. The act of going forward. |
| precipice [ˈpresɪpɪs] | n. A high and very steep or approximately vertical cliff. |
| precipitant [prɪˈsɪpɪtənt] | adj. Moving onward quickly and heedlessly. |
| precipitate [prɪˈsɪpɪteɪt] | v. To force forward prematurely. |
| precise [prɪˈsaɪs] | adj. Exact. |
| precision [prɪˈsɪʒn̩] | n. Accuracy of limitation, definition, or adjustment. |
| preclude [prɪˈkluːd] | v. To prevent. |
| precocious [prɪˈkəʊʃəs] | adj. Having the mental faculties prematurely developed. |
| precursor [ˌpriːˈkɜːsə] | n. A forerunner or herald. |
| predatory [ˈpredətr̩i] | adj. Prone to pillaging. |
| predecessor [ˈpriːdɪsesə] | n. An incumbent of a given office previous to another. |
| predicament [prɪˈdɪkəmənt] | n. A difficult, trying situation or plight. |
| predicate [ˈpredɪkət] | v. To state as belonging to something. |
| predict [prɪˈdɪkt] | v. To foretell. |
| prediction [prɪˈdɪkʃn̩] | n. A prophecy. |
| predominance [prɪˈdɒmɪnəns] | n. Ascendancy or preponderance. |
| predominant [prɪˈdɒmɪnənt] | adj. Superior in power, influence, effectiveness, number, or degree. |
| predominate [prɪˈdɒmɪneɪt] | v. To be chief in importance, quantity, or degree. |
| preeminence [priˈemənəns] | n. Special eminence. |
| preempt [ˈpriːˌempt] | v. To secure the right of preference in the purchase of public land. |
| preemption [ˌpriˈempʃən] | n. The right or act of purchasing before others. |
| preengage [preengage] | v. To preoccupy. |
| preestablish [ˈpriːɪsˈtæblɪʃ] | v. To settle or arrange beforehand. |
| preexist [ˈpriːɪɡˈzɪst] | v. To exist at a period or in a state earlier than something else. |
| preexistence [preexistence] | n. Existence antecedent to something. |
| preface [ˈprefɪs] | n. A brief explanation or address to the reader, at the beginning of a book. |
| prefatory [ˈprefətr̩i] | adj. Pertaining to a brief explanation to the reader at the beginning of a book. |
| prefer [prɪˈfɜː] | v. To hold in higher estimation. |
| preferable [ˈprefrəbl̩] | adj. More desirable than others. |
| preference [ˈprefrəns] | n. An object of favor or choice. |
| preferential [ˌprefəˈrenʃl̩] | adj. Possessing, giving, or constituting preference or priority. |
| preferment [prɪˈfɜːmənt] | n. Preference. |
| prefix [ˌpriːˈfɪks] | v. To attach at the beginning. |
| prehensible [prehensible] | adj. Capable of being grasped. |
| prehensile [ˌpriːˈhensaɪl] | adj. Adapted for grasping or holding. |
| prehension [prɪˈhenʃən] | n. The act of laying hold of or grasping. |
| prejudice [ˈpredʒʊdɪs] | n. A judgment or opinion formed without due examination of the facts. |
| prelacy [ˈpreləsi] | n. A system of church government. |
| prelate [ˈprelət] | n. One of a higher order of clergy having direct authority over other clergy. |
| prelude [ˈpreljuːd] | n. An introductory or opening performance. |
| premature [ˈpremətjʊə] | adj. Coming too soon. |
| premier [ˈpremɪə] | adj. First in rank or position. |
| premise [ˈpremɪs] | n. A judgment as a conclusion. |
| premonition [ˌpriːməˈnɪʃn̩] | n. Foreboding. |
| preoccupation [pri:ˌɒkjʊˈpeɪʃn̩] | n. The state of having the mind, attention, or inclination preoccupied. |
| preoccupy [priːˈɒkjʊpaɪ] | v. To fill the mind of a person to the exclusion of other subjects. |
| preordain [ˌpriːɔːˈdeɪn] | v. To foreordain. |
| preparation [ˌprepəˈreɪʃn̩] | n. An act or proceeding designed to bring about some event. |
| preparatory [prɪˈpærətr̩i] | adj. Having to do with what is preliminary. |
| preponderant [prɪˈpɒndərənt] | adj. Prevalent. |
| preponderate [prɪˈpɒndəreɪt] | v. To exceed in influence or power. |
| prepossession [ˌpriːpəˈzeʃn̩] | n. A preconceived liking. |
| preposterous [prɪˈpɒstərəs] | adj. Utterly ridiculous or absurd. |
| prerogative [prɪˈrɒɡətɪv] | adj. Having superior rank or precedence. |
| presage [prɪˈseɪdʒ] | v. To foretell. |
| prescience [ˈpresɪəns] | n. Knowledge of events before they take place. |
| prescient [ˈpresɪənt] | adj. Foreknowing. |
| prescript [ˈpriːskrɪpt] | adj. Prescribed as a rule or model. |
| prescriptible [prescriptible] | adj. Derived from authoritative direction. |
| prescription [prɪˈskrɪpʃn̩] | n. An authoritative direction. |
| presentient [presentient] | adj. Perceiving or feeling beforehand. |
| presentiment [prɪˈzentɪmənt] | n. Foreboding. |
| presentment [priˈzentmənt] | n. Semblance. |
| preservation [ˌprezəˈveɪʃn̩] | n. Conservation. |
| presumption [prɪˈzʌmpʃn̩] | n. That which may be logically assumed to be true until disproved. |
| presumptuous [prɪˈzʌmptʃʊəs] | adj. Assuming too much. |
| pretension [prɪˈtenʃn̩] | n. A bold or presumptuous assertion. |
| pretentious [prɪˈtenʃəs] | adj. Marked by pretense, conceit, or display. |
| preternatural [ˌpriːtəˈnætʃrəl] | adj. Extraordinary. |
| pretext [ˈpriːtekst] | n. A fictitious reason or motive. |
| prevalence [ˈprevələns] | n. Frequency. |
| prevalent [ˈprevələnt] | adj. Of wide extent or frequent occurrence. |
| prevaricate [prɪˈværɪkeɪt] | v. To use ambiguous or evasive language for the purpose of deceiving or diverting attention. |
| prevention [prɪˈvenʃn̩] | n. Thwarting. |
| prickle [ˈprɪkl̩] | v. To puncture slightly with fine, sharp points. |
| priggish [ˈprɪɡɪʃ] | adj. Conceited. |
| prim-1 [prɪm] | adj. Stiffly proper. |
| prim-2 [aˈpriːmə] | adj. First. |
| primer [ˈpraɪmə] | n. An elementary reading-book for children. |
| primeval [praɪˈmiːvl̩] | adj. Belonging to the first ages. |
| primitive [ˈprɪmɪtɪv] | adj. Pertaining to the beginning or early times. |
| principal [ˈprɪnsəpl̩] | adj. Most important. |
| principality [ˌprɪnsɪˈpælɪti] | n. The territory of a reigning prince. |
| principle [ˈprɪnsəpl̩] | n. A general truth or proposition. |
| priory [ˈpraɪəri] | n. A monastic house. |
| pristine [ˈprɪstiːn] | adj. Primitive. |
| privateer [ˌpraɪvəˈtɪə] | n. A vessel owned and officered by private persons, but carrying on maritime war. |
| privilege [ˈprɪvəlɪdʒ] | n. A right or immunity not enjoyed by all, or that may be enjoyed only under special conditions. |
| privity [ˈprɪvɪtɪ] | n. Knowledge shared with another or others regarding a private matter. |
| privy [ˈprɪvi] | adj. Participating with another or others in the knowledge of a secret transaction. |
| probate [ˈprəʊbeɪt] | adj. Relating to making proof, as of a will. |
| probation [prəˈbeɪʃn̩] | n. Any proceeding designed to ascertain or test character, qualification, or the like. |
| probe [prəʊb] | v. To search through and through. |
| probity [ˈprəʊbɪti] | n. Virtue or integrity tested and confirmed. |
| procedure [prəˈsiːdʒə] | n. A manner or method of acting. |
| proceed [prəˈsiːd] | v. To renew motion or action, as after rest or interruption. |
| proclamation [ˌprɒkləˈmeɪʃn̩] | n. Any announcement made in a public manner. |
| procrastinate [prəʊˈkræstɪneɪt] | v. To put off till tomorrow or till a future time. |
| procrastination [prəʊˌkræstɪˈneɪʃn̩] | n. Delay. |
| proctor [ˈprɒktə] | n. An agent acting for another. |
| prodigal [ˈprɒdɪɡl̩] | n. One wasteful or extravagant, especially in the use of money or property. |
| prodigious [prəˈdɪdʒəs] | adj. Immense. |
| prodigy [ˈprɒdɪdʒi] | n. A person or thing of very remarkable gifts or qualities. |
| productive [prəˈdʌktɪv] | adj. Yielding in abundance. |
| profession [prəˈfeʃn̩] | n. Any calling or occupation involving special mental or other special disciplines. |
| professor [prəˈfesə] | n. A public teacher of the highest grade in a university or college. |
| proffer [ˈprɒfə] | v. To offer to another for acceptance. |
| proficiency [prəˈfɪʃnsi] | n. An advanced state of acquirement, as in some knowledge, art, or science. |
| proficient [prəˈfɪʃnt] | adj. Possessing ample and ready knowledge or of skill in any art, science, or industry. |
| profile [ˈprəʊfaɪl] | n. An outline or contour. |
| profiteer [ˌprɒfɪˈtɪə] | n. One who profits. |
| profligacy [ˈprɒflɪɡəsi] | n. Shameless viciousness. |
| profligate [ˈprɒflɪɡət] | adj. Abandoned to vice. |
| profuse [prəˈfjuːs] | adj. Produced or displayed in overabundance. |
| progeny [ˈprɒdʒəni] | n. Offspring. |
| progression [prəˈɡreʃn̩] | n. A moving forward or proceeding in course. |
| prohibition [ˌprəʊɪˈbɪʃn̩] | n. A decree or an order forbidding something. |
| prohibitionist [ˌprəʊɪˈbɪʃənɪst] | n. One who favors the prohibition by law of the manufacture and sale of alcoholic beverages. |
| prohibitory [prəˈhɪbɪtəri] | adj. Involving or equivalent to prohibition, especially of the sale of alcoholic beverages. |
| projection [prəˈdʒekʃn̩] | n. A prominence. |
| proletarian [ˌprəʊlɪˈteərɪən] | n. A person of the lowest or poorest class. |
| prolific [prəˈlɪfɪk] | adj. Producing offspring or fruit. |
| prolix [ˈprəʊlɪks] | adj. Verbose. |
| prologue [ˈprəʊlɒɡ] | n. A prefatory statement or explanation to a poem, discourse, or performance. |
| prolong [prəˈlɒŋ] | v. To extend in time or duration. |
| promenade [ˌprɒməˈnɑːd] | v. To walk for amusement or exercise. |
| prominence [ˈprɒmɪnəns] | n. The quality of being noticeable or distinguished. |
| prominent [ˈprɒmɪnənt] | adj. Conspicuous in position, character, or importance. |
| promiscuous [prəˈmɪskjʊəs] | adj. Brought together without order, distinction, or design (for sex). |
| promissory [ˈprɒmɪsəri] | adj. Expressing an engagement to pay. |
| promontory [ˈprɒməntr̩i] | n. A high point of land extending outward from the coastline into the sea. |
| promoter [prəˈməʊtə] | n. A furtherer, forwarder, or encourager. |
| promulgate [ˈprɒməlɡeɪt] | v. To proclaim. |
| propagand [aˌprɒpəˈɡændə] | n. Any institution or systematic scheme for propagating a doctrine or system. |
| propagate [ˈprɒpəɡeɪt] | v. To spread abroad or from person to person. |
| propel [prəˈpel] | v. To drive or urge forward. |
| propellant [prəˈpelənt] | adj. Propelling. |
| propeller [prəˈpelə] | n. One who or that which propels. |
| prophecy [ˈprɒfəsi] | n. Any prediction or foretelling. |
| prophesy [ˈprɒfɪsaɪ] | v. To predict or foretell, especially under divine inspiration and guidance. |
| propitious [prəˈpɪʃəs] | adj. Kindly disposed. |
| proportionate [prəˈpɔːʃənət] | adj. Being in proportion. |
| propriety [prəˈpraɪəti] | n. Accordance with recognized usage, custom, or principles. |
| propulsion [prəˈpʌlʃn̩] | n. A driving onward or forward. |
| prosaic [prəˈzeɪɪk] | adj. Unimaginative. |
| proscenium [prəˈsiːnɪəm] | n. That part of the stage between the curtain and the orchestra. |
| proscribe [prəˈskraɪb] | v. To reject, as a teaching or a practice, with condemnation or denunciation. |
| proscription [prəˈskrɪpʃn̩] | n. Any act of condemnation and rejection from favor and privilege. |
| proselyte [ˈprɒsəlaɪt] | n. One who has been won over from one religious belief to another. |
| prosody [ˈprɒsədi] | n. The science of poetical forms. |
| prospector [prəˈspektə] | n. One who makes exploration, search, or examination, especially for minerals. |
| prospectus [prəˈspektəs] | n. A paper or pamphlet containing information of a proposed undertaking. |
| prostrate [prɒˈstreɪt] | adj. Lying prone, or with the head to the ground. |
| protagonist [prəˈtæɡənɪst] | n. A leader in any enterprise or contest. |
| protection [prəˈtekʃn̩] | n. Preservation from harm, danger, annoyance, or any other evil. |
| protective [prəˈtektɪv] | adj. Sheltering. |
| protector [prəˈtektə] | n. A defender. |
| protege [ˈprɒtəʒeɪ] | n. One specially cared for and favored by another usually older person. |
| Protestant [ˈprɒtɪstənt] | n. A Christian who denies the authority of the Pope and holds the right of special judgment. |
| protomartyr [protomartyr] | n. The earliest victim in any cause. |
| protocol [ˈprəʊtəkɒl] | n. A declaration or memorandum of agreement less solemn and formal than a treaty. |
| protoplasm [ˈprəʊtəplæzəm] | n. The substance that forms the principal portion of an animal or vegetable cell. |
| prototype [ˈprəʊtətaɪp] | n. A work, original in character, afterward imitated in form or spirit. |
| protract [prəˈtrækt] | v. To prolong. |
| protrude [prəˈtruːd] | v. To push out or thrust forth. |
| protrusion [prəˈtruːʒn̩] | n. The act of protruding. |
| protuberance [prəˈtjuːbərəns] | n. Something that swells out from a surrounding surface. |
| protuberant [prəˈtjuːbərənt] | adj. Bulging. |
| protuberate [protuberate] | v. To swell or bulge beyond the surrounding surface. |
| proverb [ˈprɒvɜːb] | n. A brief, pithy saying, condensing in witty or striking form the wisdom of experience. |
| provident [ˈprɒvɪdənt] | adj. Anticipating and making ready for future wants or emergencies. |
| providential [ˌprɒvɪˈdenʃl̩] | adj. Effected by divine guidance. |
| provincial [prəˈvɪnʃl̩] | adj. Uncultured in thought and manner. |
| proviso [prəˈvaɪzəʊ] | n. A clause in a contract, will, etc., by which its operation is rendered conditional. |
| provocation [ˌprɒvəˈkeɪʃn̩] | n. An action or mode of conduct that excites resentment. |
| prowess [ˈpraʊɪs] | n. Strength, skill, and intrepidity in battle. |
| proximately [ˈprɒksɪmətli] | adv. Immediately. |
| proxy [ˈprɒksi] | n. A person who is empowered by another to represent him or her in a given matter. |
| prudence [ˈpruːdns] | n. Caution. |
| prudential [pruːˈdenʃl̩] | adj. Proceeding or marked by caution. |
| prudery [ˈpruːdəri] | n. An undue display of modesty or delicacy. |
| prurient [ˈprʊərɪənt] | adj. Inclined to lascivious thoughts and desires. |
| pseudapostle [pseudapostle] | n. A pretended or false apostle. |
| pseudonym [ˈsjuːdənɪm] | n. A fictitious name, especially when assumed by a writer. |
| pseudonymity [pseudonymity] | n. The state or character of using a fictitious name. |
| psychiatry [saɪˈkaɪətri] | n. The branch of medicine that relates to mental disease. |
| psychic [ˈsaɪkɪk] | adj. Pertaining to the mind or soul. |
| psychopathic [ˌsaɪkəʊˈpæθɪk] | adj. Morally irresponsible. |
| psychotherapy [ˌsaɪkəʊˈθerəpi] | n. The treatment of mental disease. |
| pudgy [ˈpʌdʒi] | adj. Small and fat. |
| puerile [ˈpjʊəraɪl] | adj. Childish. |
| pugnacious [pʌɡˈneɪʃəs] | adj. Quarrelsome. |
| puissant [ˈpwiːsənt] | adj. Possessing strength. |
| pulmonary [ˈpʌlmənəri] | adj. Pertaining to the lungs. |
| punctilious [pʌŋkˈtɪlɪəs] | adj. Strictly observant of the rules or forms prescribed by law or custom. |
| punctual [ˈpʌŋktʃʊəl] | adj. Observant and exact in points of time. |
| pungent [ˈpʌndʒənt] | adj. Affecting the sense of smell. |
| pungency [ˈpʌndʒənsi] | n. The quality of affecting the sense of smell. |
| punitive [ˈpjuːnɪtɪv] | adj. Pertaining to punishment. |
| pupilage [pupilage] | n. The state or period of being a student. |
| purgatory [ˈpɜːɡətr̩i] | n. An intermediate state where souls are made fit for paradise or heaven by expiatory suffering. |
| purl [pɜːl] | v. To cause to whirl, as in an eddy. |
| purloin [pɜːˈlɔɪn] | v. To steal. |
| purport [pəˈpɔːt] | n. Intent. |
| purveyor [pəˈveɪə] | n. one who supplies |
| pusillanimous [ˌpjuːsɪˈlænɪməs] | adj. Without spirit or bravery. |
| putrescent [pjuːˈtresnt] | adj. Undergoing decomposition of animal or vegetable matter accompanied by fetid odors. |
| pyre [ˈpaɪə] | n. A heap of combustibles arranged for burning a dead body. |
| pyromani [apyromania] | n. An insane propensity to set things on fire. |
| pyrotechnic [ˌpaɪrəʊˈteknɪk] | adj. Pertaining to fireworks or their manufacture. |
| pyx [pɪks] | n. A vessel or casket, usually of precious metal, in which the host is preserved. |
| quackery [ˈkwækəri] | n. Charlatanry |
| quadrate [ˈkwɒdrɪt] | v. To divide into quarters. |
| quadruple [kwɒˈdruːpl̩] | v. To multiply by four. |
| qualification [ˌkwɒlɪfɪˈkeɪʃn̩] | n. A requisite for an employment, position, right, or privilege. |
| qualify [ˈkwɒlɪfaɪ] | v. To endow or furnish with requisite ability, character, knowledge, skill, or possessions. |
| qualm [kwɑːm] | n. A fit of nausea. |
| quandary [ˈkwɒndəri] | n. A puzzling predicament. |
| quantity [ˈkwɒntɪti] | n. Magnitude. |
| quarantine [ˈkwɒrəntiːn] | n. The enforced isolation of any person or place infected with contagious disease. |
| quarrelsome [ˈkwɒrəlsəm] | adj. Irascible. |
| quarter [ˈkwɔːtə] | n. One of four equal parts into which anything is or may be divided. |
| quarterly [ˈkwɔːtəli] | adj. Occurring or made at intervals of three months. |
| quartet [kwɔːˈtet] | n. A composition for four voices or four instruments. |
| quarto [ˈkwɔːtəʊ] | n. An eight-page newspaper of any size. |
| quay [kiː] | n. A wharf or artificial landing-place on the shore of a harbor or projecting into it. |
| querulous [ˈkwerʊləs] | adj. Habitually complaining. |
| query [ˈkwɪəri] | v. To make inquiry. |
| queue [kjuː] | n. A file of persons waiting in order of their arrival, as for admittance. |
| quibble [ˈkwɪbl̩] | n. An utterly trivial distinction or objection. |
| quiescence [kwaɪˈesns] | n. Quiet. |
| quiescent [kwaɪˈesnt] | adj. Being in a state of repose or inaction. |
| quiet [ˈkwaɪət] | adj. Making no noise. |
| quietus [kwaɪˈiːtəs] | n. A silencing, suppressing, or ending. |
| quintessence [kwɪnˈtesns] | n. The most essential part of anything. |
| quintet [kwɪnˈtet] | n. Musical composition arranged for five voices or instruments. |
| quite [kwaɪt] | adv. Fully. |
| Quixotic [kwɪkˈsɒtɪk] | adj. Chivalrous or romantic to a ridiculous or extravagant degree. |
| rabid [ˈræbɪd] | adj. Affected with rabies or hydrophobia. |
| racy [ˈreɪsi] | adj. Exciting or exhilarating to the mind. |
| radiance [ˈreɪdɪəns] | n. Brilliant or sparkling luster. |
| radiate [ˈreɪdɪeɪt] | v. To extend in all directions, as from a source or focus. |
| radical [ˈrædɪkl̩] | n. One who holds extreme views or advocates extreme measures. |
| radix [radix] | n. That from or on which something is developed. |
| raillery [ˈreɪləri] | n. Good-humored satire. |
| ramify [ˈræmɪfaɪ] | v. To divide or subdivide into branches or subdivisions. |
| ramose [ˈreɪməs] | adj. Branch-like. |
| rampant [ˈræmpənt] | adj. Growing, climbing, or running without check or restraint. |
| rampart [ˈræmpɑːt] | n. A bulwark or construction to oppose assault or hostile entry. |
| rancor [ˈræŋkə] | n. Malice. |
| rankle [ˈræŋkl̩] | v. To produce irritation or festering. |
| rapacious [rəˈpeɪʃəs] | adj. Disposed to seize by violence or by unlawful or greedy methods. |
| rapid [ˈræpɪd] | adj. Having great speed. |
| rapine [ˈræpaɪn] | n. The act of seizing and carrying off property by superior force, as in war. |
| rapt [ræpt] | adj. Enraptured. |
| raptorial [ˌræpˈtɔːiəl] | adj. Seizing and devouring living prey. |
| ration [ˈræʃn̩] | v. To provide with a fixed allowance or portion, especially of food. |
| rationalism [ˈræʃn̩əˌlɪzəm] | n. The formation of opinions by relying upon reason alone, independently of authority. |
| raucous [ˈrɔːkəs] | adj. Harsh. |
| ravage [ˈrævɪdʒ] | v. To lay waste by pillage, rapine, devouring, or other destructive methods. |
| ravenous [ˈrævənəs] | adj. Furiously voracious or hungry. |
| ravine [rəˈviːn] | n. A deep gorge or hollow, especially one worn by a stream or flow of water. |
| reaction [rɪˈækʃn̩] | n. Tendency towards a former, or opposite state of things, as after reform, revolution, or inflation. |
| reactionary [rɪˈækʃənri] | adj. Pertaining to, of the nature of, causing, or favoring reaction. |
| readily [ˈredɪli] | adv. Without objection or reluctance. |
| readjust [ˌriːəˈdʒʌst] | v. To put in order after disarrangement. |
| ready [ˈredi] | adj. In a state of preparedness for any given purpose or occasion. |
| realism [ˈrɪəlɪzəm] | n. The principle and practice of depicting persons and scenes as they are believed really to exist. |
| rearrange [ˌriːəˈreɪndʒ] | v. To arrange again or in a different order. |
| reassure [ˌriːəˈʃʊə] | v. To give new confidence. |
| rebellious [rɪˈbelɪəs] | adj. Insubordinate. |
| rebuff [rɪˈbʌf] | n. A peremptory or unexpected rejection of advances or approaches. |
| rebuild [ˌriːˈbɪld] | v. To build again or anew. |
| rebut [rɪˈbʌt] | v. To oppose by argument or a sufficient answer. |
| recant [rɪˈkænt] | v. To withdraw formally one's belief (in something previously believed or maintained). |
| recapitulate [ˌriːkəˈpɪtʃʊleɪt] | v. To repeat again the principal points of. |
| recapture [ˌriːˈkæptʃə] | v. To capture again. |
| recede [rɪˈsiːd] | v. To move back or away. |
| receivable [rɪˈsiːvəbl̩] | adj. Capable of being or fit to be received - often money. |
| receptive [rɪˈseptɪv] | adj. Having the capacity, quality, or ability of receiving, as truths or impressions. |
| recessive [rɪˈsesɪv] | adj. Having a tendency to go back. |
| recidivist [rɪˈsɪdɪvɪst] | n. A confirmed criminal. |
| reciprocal [rɪˈsɪprəkl̩] | adj. Mutually interchangeable or convertible. |
| reciprocate [rɪˈsɪprəkeɪt] | v. To give and take mutually. |
| reciprocity [ˌresɪˈprɒsɪti] | n. Equal mutual rights and benefits granted and enjoyed. |
| recitation [ˌresɪˈteɪʃn̩] | n. The act of reciting or repeating, especially in public and from memory. |
| reck [ˈrek] | v. To have a care or thought for. |
| reckless [ˈrekləs] | adj. Foolishly headless of danger. |
| reclaim [rɪˈkleɪm] | v. To demand or to obtain the return or restoration of. |
| recline [rɪˈklaɪn] | v. To cause to assume a leaning or recumbent attitude or position. |
| recluse [rɪˈkluːs] | n. One who lives in retirement or seclusion. |
| reclusory [reclusory] | n. A hermitage. |
| recognizance [rɪˈkɒɡnɪzəns] | n. An acknowledgment entered into before a court with condition to do some particular act. |
| recognize [ˈrekəɡnaɪz] | v. To recall the identity of (a person or thing). |
| recoil [rɪˈkɔɪl] | v. To start back as in dismay, loathing, or dread. |
| recollect [ˌrekəˈlekt] | v. To recall the knowledge of. |
| reconcilable [ˌrekənˈsaɪləbl̩] | adj. Capable of being adjusted or harmonized. |
| reconnoiter [reconnoiter] | v. To make a preliminary examination of for military, surveying, or geological purposes. |
| reconsider [ˌriːkənˈsɪdə] | v. To review with care, especially with a view to a reversal of previous action. |
| reconstruct [ˌriːkənˈstrʌkt] | v. To rebuild. |
| recourse [rɪˈkɔːs] | n. Resort to or application for help in exigency or trouble. |
| recover [rɪˈkʌvə] | v. To regain. |
| recreant [ˈrekrɪənt] | n. A cowardly or faithless person. |
| recreate [ˌriːkriːˈeɪt] | v. To refresh after labor. |
| recrudescence [ˌriːkruːˈdesəns] | n. The state of becoming raw or sore again. |
| recrudescent [recrudescent] | adj. Becoming raw or sore again. |
| recruit [rɪˈkruːt] | v. To enlist men for military or naval service. |
| rectify [ˈrektɪfaɪ] | v. To correct. |
| rectitude [ˈrektɪtjuːd] | n. The quality of being upright in principles and conduct. |
| recuperate [rɪˈkuːpəreɪt] | v. To recover. |
| recur [rɪˈkɜː] | v. To happen again or repeatedly, especially at regular intervals. |
| recure [recure] | v. To cure again. |
| recurrent [rɪˈkʌrənt] | adj. Returning from time to time, especially at regular or stated intervals. |
| redemption [rɪˈdempʃn̩] | n. The recovery of what is mortgaged or pledged, by paying the debt. |
| redolent [ˈredələnt] | adj. Smelling sweet and agreeable. |
| redolence [ˈredələns] | n. Smelling sweet and agreeable. |
| redoubtable [rɪˈdaʊtəbl̩] | adj. Formidable. |
| redound [rɪˈdaʊnd] | n. Rebound. |
| redress [rɪˈdres] | v. To set right, as a wrong by compensation or the punishment of the wrong-doer. |
| reducible [rɪˈdjuːsəbl̩] | adj. That may be reduced. |
| redundance [rɪˈdʌndəns] | n. Excess. |
| redundant [rɪˈdʌndənt] | adj. Constituting an excess. |
| reestablish [riəˈstæblɪʃ] | v. To restore. |
| refer [rɪˈfɜː] | v. To direct or send for information or other purpose. |
| referrer [referrer] | n. One who refers. |
| referable [rɪˈfɜːrəbl̩] | adj. Ascribable. |
| referee [ˌrefəˈriː] | n. An umpire. |
| refinery [rɪˈfaɪnəri] | n. A place where some crude material, as sugar or petroleum, is purified. |
| reflectible [reflectible] | adj. Capable of being turned back. |
| reflection [rɪˈflekʃn̩] | n. The throwing off or back of light, heat, sound, or any form of energy that travels in waves. |
| reflector [rɪˈflektə] | n. A mirror, as of metal, for reflecting light, heat, or sound in a particular direction. |
| reflexible [reflexible] | adj. Capable of being reflected. |
| reform [rɪˈfɔːm] | n. Change for the better. |
| reformer [rɪˈfɔːmə] | n. One who carries out a reform. |
| refract [rɪˈfrækt] | v. To bend or turn from a direct course. |
| refractory [rɪˈfræktəri] | adj. Not amenable to control. |
| refragable [refragable] | adj. Capable of being refuted. |
| refringency [refringency] | n. Power to refract. |
| refringent [refringent] | adj. Having the power to refract. |
| refusal [rɪˈfjuːzl̩] | n. Denial of what is asked. |
| refute [rɪˈfjuːt] | v. To prove to be wrong. |
| regale [rɪˈɡeɪl] | v. To give unusual pleasure. |
| regali [arɪˈɡeɪlɪə] | n. pl. The emblems of royalty. |
| regality [rɪˈɡælɪtɪ] | n. Royalty. |
| regenerate [rɪˈdʒenəreɪt] | v. To reproduce. |
| regent [ˈriːdʒənt] | n. One who is lawfully deputized to administer the government for the time being in the name of the ruler. |
| regicide [ˈredʒɪsaɪd] | n. The killing of a king or sovereign. |
| regime [reɪˈʒiːm] | n. Particular conduct or administration of affairs. |
| regimen [ˈredʒɪmən] | n. A systematized order or course of living with reference to food, clothing and personal habits. |
| regiment [ˈredʒɪmənt] | n. A body of soldiers. |
| regnant [ˈreɡnənt] | adj. Exercising royal authority in one's own right. |
| regress [rɪˈɡres] | v. To return to a former place or condition. |
| regretful [rɪˈɡretfəl] | adj. Feeling, expressive of, or full of regret. |
| rehabilitate [ˌriːəˈbɪlɪteɪt] | v. To restore to a former status, capacity, right rank, or privilege. |
| reign [reɪn] | v. To hold and exercise sovereign power. |
| reimburse [ˌriːɪmˈbɜːs] | v. To pay back as an equivalent of what has been expended. |
| rein [reɪn] | n. A step attached to the bit for controlling a horse or other draft-animal. |
| reinstate [ˌriːɪnˈsteɪt] | v. To restore to a former state, station, or authority. |
| reiterate [riːˈɪtəreɪt] | v. To say or do again and again. |
| rejoin [rɪˈdʒɔɪn] | v. To reunite after separation. |
| rejuvenate [riːˈdʒuːvəneɪt] | v. To restore to youth. |
| rejuvenescence [ˌriːdʒuːvɪˈnesns] | n. A renewal of youth. |
| relapse [rɪˈlæps] | v. To suffer a return of a disease after partial recovery. |
| relegate [ˈrelɪɡeɪt] | v. To send off or consign, as to an obscure position or remote destination. |
| relent [rɪˈlent] | v. To yield. |
| relevant [ˈreləvənt] | adj. Bearing upon the matter in hand. |
| reliance [rɪˈlaɪəns] | n. Dependence. |
| reliant [rɪˈlaɪənt] | adj. Having confidence. |
| relinquish [rɪˈlɪŋkwɪʃ] | v. To give up using or having. |
| reliquary [ˈrelɪkwəri] | n. A casket, coffer, or repository in which relics are kept. |
| relish [ˈrelɪʃ] | v. To like the taste or savor of. |
| reluctance [rɪˈlʌktəns] | n. Unwillingness. |
| reluctant [rɪˈlʌktənt] | adj. Unwilling. |
| remembrance [rɪˈmembrəns] | n. Recollection. |
| reminiscence [ˌremɪˈnɪsns] | n. The calling to mind of incidents within the range of personal knowledge or experience. |
| reminiscent [ˌremɪˈnɪsnt] | adj. Pertaining to the recollection of matters of personal interest. |
| remiss [rɪˈmɪs] | adj. Negligent. |
| remission [rɪˈmɪʃn̩] | n. Temporary diminution of a disease. |
| remodel [riːˈmɒdl̩] | v. Reconstruct. |
| remonstrance [rɪˈmɒnstrəns] | n. Reproof. |
| remonstrant [rɪˈmɒnstrənt] | adj. Having the character of a reproof. |
| remonstrate [ˈremənstreɪt] | v. To present a verbal or written protest to those who have power to right or prevent a wrong. |
| remunerate [rɪˈmjuːnəreɪt] | v. To pay or pay for. |
| remuneration [rɪˌmjuːnəˈreɪʃn̩] | n. Compensation. |
| Renaissance [rɪˈneɪsns] | n. The revival of letters, and then of art, which marks the transition from medieval to modern time. |
| rendezvous [ˈrɒndɪvuːz] | n. A prearranged place of meeting. |
| rendition [renˈdɪʃn̩] | n. Interpretation. |
| renovate [ˈrenəveɪt] | v. To restore after deterioration, as a building. |
| renunciation [rɪˌnʌnsɪˈeɪʃn̩] | n. An explicit disclaimer of a right or privilege. |
| reorganize [riːˈɔːɡənaɪz] | v. To change to a more satisfactory form of organization. |
| reparable [ˈrepərəbl̩] | adj. Capable of repair. |
| reparation [ˌrepəˈreɪʃn̩] | n. The act of making amends, as for an injury, loss, or wrong. |
| repartee [ˌrepɑːˈtiː] | n. A ready, witty, or apt reply. |
| repeal [rɪˈpiːl] | v. To render of no further effect. |
| repel [rɪˈpel] | v. To force or keep back in a manner, physically or mentally. |
| repellent [rɪˈpelənt] | adj. Having power to force back in a manner, physically or mentally. |
| repentance [rɪˈpentəns] | n. Sorrow for something done or left undone, with desire to make things right by undoing the wrong. |
| repertory [ˈrepətr̩i] | n. A place where things are stored or gathered together. |
| repetition [ˌrepɪˈtɪʃn̩] | n. The act of repeating. |
| repine [rɪˈpaɪn] | v. To indulge in fretfulness and faultfinding. |
| replenish [rɪˈplenɪʃ] | v. To fill again, as something that has been emptied. |
| replete [rɪˈpliːt] | adj. Full to the uttermost. |
| replic [aˈreplɪkə] | n. A duplicate executed by the artist himself, and regarded, equally with the first, as an original. |
| repository [rɪˈpɒzɪtr̩i] | n. A place in which goods are stored. |
| reprehend [ˌreprɪˈhend] | v. To find fault with. |
| reprehensible [ˌreprɪˈhensəbl̩] | adj. Censurable. |
| reprehension [ˌreprɪˈhenʃən] | n. Expression of blame. |
| repress [rɪˈpres] | v. To keep under restraint or control. |
| repressible [repressible] | adj. Able to be kept under restraint or control. |
| reprieve [rɪˈpriːv] | v. To grant a respite from punishment to. |
| reprimand [ˈreprɪmɑːnd] | v. To chide or rebuke for a fault. |
| reprisal [rɪˈpraɪzl̩] | n. Any infliction or act by way of retaliation on an enemy. |
| reprobate [ˈreprəbeɪt] | n. One abandoned to depravity and sin. |
| reproduce [ˌriːprəˈdjuːs] | v. To make a copy of. |
| reproduction [ˌriːprəˈdʌkʃn̩] | n. The process by which an animal or plant gives rise to another of its kind. |
| reproof [rɪˈpruːf] | n. An expression of disapproval or blame personally addressed to one censured. |
| repudiate [rɪˈpjuːdɪeɪt] | v. To refuse to have anything to do with. |
| repugnance [rɪˈpʌɡnəns] | n. Thorough dislike. |
| repugnant [rɪˈpʌɡnənt] | adj. Offensive to taste and feeling. |
| repulse [rɪˈpʌls] | n. The act of beating or driving back, as an attacking or advancing enemy. |
| repulsive [rɪˈpʌlsɪv] | adj. Grossly offensive. |
| repute [rɪˈpjuːt] | v. To hold in general opinion. |
| requiem [ˈrekwɪəm] | n. A solemn mass sung for the repose of the souls of the dead. |
| requisite [ˈrekwɪzɪt] | adj. Necessary. |
| requital [rɪˈkwaɪtl̩] | n. Adequate return for good or ill. |
| requite [rɪˈkwaɪt] | v. To repay either good or evil to, as to a person. |
| rescind [rɪˈsɪnd] | v. To make void, as an act, by the enacting authority or a superior authority. |
| reseat [ˌriːˈsiːt] | v. To place in position of office again. |
| resemblance [rɪˈzembləns] | n. Similarity in quality or form. |
| resent [rɪˈzent] | v. To be indignant at, as an injury or insult. |
| reservoir [ˈrezəvwɑː] | n. A receptacle where a quantity of some material, especially of a liquid or gas, may be kept. |
| residue [ˈrezɪdjuː] | n. A remainder or surplus after a part has been separated or otherwise treated. |
| resilience [rɪˈzɪlɪəns] | n. The power of springing back to a former position |
| resilient [rɪˈzɪlɪənt] | adj. Having the quality of springing back to a former position. |
| resistance [rɪˈzɪstəns] | n. The exertion of opposite effort or effect. |
| resistant [rɪˈzɪstənt] | adj. Offering or tending to produce resistance. |
| resistive [rɪˈzɪstɪv] | adj. Having or exercising the power of resistance. |
| resistless [rɪˈzɪstləs] | adj. Powerless. |
| resonance-1 [ˈrezənəns] | n. The quality of being able to reinforce sound by sympathetic vibrations. |
| resonance-2 [ˈrezənəns] | adj. Able to reinforce sound by sympathetic vibrations. |
| resonate [ˈrezəneɪt] | v. To have or produce resonance. |
| resource [rɪˈzɔːs] | n. That which is restored to, relied upon, or made available for aid or support. |
| respite [ˈrespaɪt] | n. Interval of rest. |
| resplendent [rɪˈsplendənt] | adj. Very bright. |
| respondent [rɪˈspɒndənt] | adj. Answering. |
| restitution [ˌrestɪˈtjuːʃn̩] | n. Restoration of anything to the one to whom it properly belongs. |
| resumption [rɪˈzʌmpʃn̩] | n. The act of taking back, or taking again. |
| resurgent [rɪˈsɜːdʒənt] | adj. Surging back or again. |
| resurrection [ˌrezəˈrekʃn̩] | n. A return from death to life |
| resuscitate [rɪˈsʌsɪteɪt] | v. To restore from apparent death. |
| retaliate [rɪˈtælɪeɪt] | v. To repay evil with a similar evil. |
| retch [retʃ] | v. To make an effort to vomit. |
| retention [rɪˈtenʃn̩] | n. The keeping of a thing within one's power or possession. |
| reticence [ˈretɪsns] | n. The quality of habitually keeping silent or being reserved in utterance. |
| reticent [ˈretɪsnt] | adj. Habitually keeping silent or being reserved in utterance. |
| retinue [ˈretɪnjuː] | n. The body of persons who attend a person of importance in travel or public appearance. |
| retort [rɪˈtɔːt] | n. A retaliatory speech. |
| retouch [ˌriːˈtʌtʃ] | v. To modify the details of. |
| retrace [riːˈtreɪs] | v. To follow backward or toward the place of beginning, as a track or marking. |
| retract [rɪˈtrækt] | v. To recall or take back (something that one has said). |
| retrench [rɪˈtrentʃ] | v. To cut down or reduce in extent or quantity. |
| retrieve [rɪˈtriːv] | v. To recover something by searching. |
| retroactive [ˌretrəʊˈæktɪv] | adj. Operative on, affecting, or having reference to past events, transactions, responsibilities. |
| retrograde [ˈretrəɡreɪd] | v. To cause to deteriorate or to move backward. |
| retrogression [ˌretrəˈɡreʃn̩] | n. A going or moving backward or in a reverse direction. |
| retrospect [ˈretrəspekt] | n. A view or contemplation of something past. |
| retrospective [ˌretrəˈspektɪv] | adj. Looking back on the past. |
| reunite [ˌriːjuːˈnaɪt] | v. To unite or join again, as after separation. |
| revelation [ˌrevəˈleɪʃn̩] | n. A disclosing, discovering, or making known of what was before secret, private, or unknown. |
| revere [rɪˈvɪə] | v. To regard with worshipful veneration. |
| reverent [ˈrevərənt] | adj. Humble. |
| reversion [rɪˈvɜːʃn̩] | n. A return to or toward some former state or condition. |
| revert [rɪˈvɜːt] | v. To return, or turn or look back, as toward a former position or the like. |
| revile [rɪˈvaɪl] | v. To heap approach or abuse upon. |
| revisal [revisal] | n. Revision. |
| revise [rɪˈvaɪz] | v. To examine for the correction of errors, or for the purpose of making changes. |
| revocation [ˌrevəˈkeɪʃn̩] | n. Repeal. |
| revoke [rɪˈvəʊk] | v. To rescind. |
| rhapsody [ˈræpsədi] | n. Rapt or rapturous utterance. |
| rhetoric [ˈretərɪk] | n. The art of discourse. |
| rhetorician [ˌretəˈrɪʃn̩] | n. A showy writer or speaker. |
| ribald [ˈrɪbəld] | adj. Indulging in or manifesting coarse indecency or obscenity. |
| riddance [ˈrɪdns] | n. The act or ridding or delivering from something undesirable. |
| ridicule [ˈrɪdɪkjuːl] | n. Looks or acts expressing amused contempt. |
| ridiculous [rɪˈdɪkjʊləs] | adj. Laughable and contemptible. |
| rife [raɪf] | adj. Abundant. |
| righteousness [ˈraɪtʃəsnəs] | n. Rectitude. |
| rightful [ˈraɪtfəl] | adj. Conformed to a just claim according to established laws or usage. |
| rigmarole [ˈrɪɡmərəʊl] | n. Nonsense. |
| rigor [ˌrɪɡə ˈmɔːtɪs] | n. Inflexibility. |
| rigorous [ˈrɪɡərəs] | adj. Uncompromising. |
| ripplet [ripplet] | n. A small ripple, as of water. |
| risible [ˈrɪzəbl̩] | adj. capable of exciting laughter. |
| rivulet [ˈrɪvjʊlɪt] | n. A small stream or brook. |
| robust [rəʊˈbʌst] | adj. Characterized by great strength or power of endurance. |
| rondo [ˈrɒndəʊ] | n. A musical composition during which the first part or subject is repeated several times. |
| rookery [ˈrʊkəri] | n. A place where crows congregate to breed. |
| rotary [ˈrəʊtəri] | adj. Turning around its axis, like a wheel, or so constructed as to turn thus. |
| rotate [rəʊˈteɪt] | v. To cause to turn on or as on its axis, as a wheel. |
| rote [rəʊt] | n. Repetition of words or sounds as a means of learning them, with slight attention. |
| rotund [rəʊˈtʌnd] | adj. Round from fullness or plumpness. |
| rudimentary [ˌruːdɪˈmentri] | adj. Being in an initial, early, or incomplete stage of development. |
| rue [ruː] | v. To regret extremely. |
| ruffian [ˈrʌfɪən] | adj. A lawless or recklessly brutal fellow. |
| ruminant [ˈruːmɪnənt] | adj. Chewing the cud. |
| ruminate [ˈruːmɪneɪt] | v. To chew over again, as food previously swallowed and regurgitated. |
| rupture [ˈrʌptʃə] | v. To separate the parts of by violence. |
| rustic [ˈrʌstɪk] | adj. Characteristic of dwelling in the country. |
| ruth [ruːθ] | n. Sorrow for another's misery. |
| sacrifice [ˈsækrɪfaɪs] | v. To make an offering of to deity, especially by presenting on an altar. |
| sacrificial [ˌsækrɪˈfɪʃl̩] | adj. Offering or offered as an atonement for sin. |
| sacrilege [ˈsækrɪlɪdʒ] | n. The act of violating or profaning anything sacred. |
| sacrilegious [ˌsækrɪˈlɪdʒəs] | adj. Impious. |
| safeguard [ˈseɪfɡɑːd] | v. To protect. |
| sagacious [səˈɡeɪʃəs] | adj. Able to discern and distinguish with wise perception. |
| salacious [səˈleɪʃəs] | adj. Having strong sexual desires. |
| salience [ˈseɪlɪəns] | n. The condition of standing out distinctly. |
| salient [ˈseɪlɪənt] | adj. Standing out prominently. |
| saline [ˈseɪlaɪn] | adj. Constituting or consisting of salt. |
| salutary [ˈsæljʊtri] | adj. Beneficial. |
| salutation [ˌsæljuːˈteɪʃn̩] | n. Any form of greeting, hailing, or welcome, whether by word or act. |
| salutatory [səˈljuːtətərɪ] | n. The opening oration at the commencement in American colleges. |
| salvage [ˈsælvɪdʒ] | n. Any act of saving property. |
| salvo [ˈsælvəʊ] | n. A salute given by firing all the guns, as at the funeral of an officer. |
| sanctimonious [ˌsæŋktɪˈməʊnɪəs] | adj. Making an ostentatious display or hypocritical pretense of holiness or piety. |
| sanction [ˈsæŋkʃn̩] | v. To approve authoritatively. |
| sanctity [ˈsæŋktɪti] | n. Holiness. |
| sanguinary [ˈsæŋɡwɪnəri] | adj. Bloody. |
| sanguine [ˈsæŋɡwɪn] | adj. Having the color of blood. |
| sanguineous [sæŋˈɡwɪnɪəs] | adj. Consisting of blood. |
| sapid [ˈsæpɪd] | adj. Affecting the sense of taste. |
| sapience [ˈseɪpɪəns] | n. Deep wisdom or knowledge. |
| sapient [ˈseɪpɪənt] | adj. Possessing wisdom. |
| sapiential [ˌseɪpɪˈenʃəl] | adj. Possessing wisdom. |
| saponaceous [ˌsæpəʊˈneɪʃəs] | adj. Having the nature or quality of soap. |
| sarcasm [ˈsɑːkæzəm] | n. Cutting and reproachful language. |
| sarcophagus [sɑːˈkɒfəɡəs] | n. A stone coffin or a chest-like tomb. |
| sardonic [sɑːˈdɒnɪk] | adj. Scornfully or bitterly sarcastic. |
| satiate [ˈseɪʃɪeɪt] | v. To satisfy fully the appetite or desire of. |
| satire [ˈsætaɪə] | n. The employment of sarcasm, irony, or keenness of wit in ridiculing vices. |
| satiric [səˈtɪrɪkl̩] | adj. Resembling poetry, in which vice, incapacity ,or corruption is held up to ridicule. |
| satirize [ˈsætəraɪz] | v. To treat with sarcasm or derisive wit. |
| satyr [ˈsætə] | n. A very lascivious person. |
| savage [ˈsævɪdʒ] | n. A wild and uncivilized human being. |
| savor [ˈseɪvə] | v. To perceive by taste or smell. |
| scabbard [ˈskæbəd] | n. The sheath of a sword or similar bladed weapon. |
| scarcity [ˈskeəsɪti] | n. Insufficiency of supply for needs or ordinary demands. |
| scholarly [ˈskɒləli] | adj. Characteristic of an erudite person. |
| scholastic [skəˈlæstɪk] | adj. Pertaining to education or schools. |
| scintill [asɪnˈtɪlə] | n. The faintest ray. |
| scintillate [ˈsɪntɪleɪt] | v. To emit or send forth sparks or little flashes of light. |
| scope [skəʊp] | n. A range of action or view. |
| scoundrel [ˈskaʊndrəl] | n. A man without principle. |
| scribble [ˈskrɪbl̩] | n. Hasty, careless writing. |
| scribe [skraɪb] | n. One who writes or is skilled in writing. |
| script [skrɪpt] | n. Writing or handwriting of the ordinary cursive form. |
| Scriptural [ˈskrɪptʃərəl] | adj. Pertaining to, contained in, or warranted by the Holy Scriptures. |
| scruple [ˈskruːpl̩] | n. Doubt or uncertainty regarding a question of moral right or duty. |
| scrupulous [ˈskruːpjʊləs] | adj. Cautious in action for fear of doing wrong. |
| scurrilous [ˈskʌrɪləs] | adj. Grossly indecent or vulgar. |
| scuttle [ˈskʌtl̩] | v. To sink (a ship) by making holes in the bottom. |
| scythe [saɪð] | n. A long curved blade for mowing, reaping, etc. |
| seance [ˈseɪɒ~s] | n. A meeting of spirituals for consulting spirits. |
| sear [sɪə] | v. To burn on the surface. |
| sebaceous [sɪˈbeɪʃəs] | adj. Pertaining to or appearing like fat. |
| secant [ˈsiːkənt] | adj. Cutting, especially into two parts. |
| secede [sɪˈsiːd] | v. To withdraw from union or association, especially from a political or religious body. |
| secession [sɪˈseʃn̩] | n. Voluntary withdrawal from fellowship, especially from political or religious bodies. |
| seclude [sɪˈkluːd] | v. To place, keep, or withdraw from the companionship of others. |
| seclusion [sɪˈkluːʒn̩] | n. Solitude. |
| secondary [ˈsekəndri] | adj. Less important or effective than that which is primary. |
| secondly [ˈsekəndli] | adv. In the second place in order or succession. |
| second-rate [ˈsekənd reɪt] | adj. Second in quality, size, rank, importance, etc. |
| secrecy [ˈsiːkrəsi] | n. Concealment. |
| secretary [ˈsekrətəri] | n. One who attends to correspondence, keeps records. or does other writing for others. |
| secretive [ˈsiːkrətɪv] | adj. Having a tendency to conceal. |
| sedate [sɪˈdeɪt] | adj. Even-tempered. |
| sedentary [ˈsedntri] | adj. Involving or requiring much sitting. |
| sediment [ˈsedɪmənt] | n. Matter that settles to the bottom of a liquid. |
| sedition [sɪˈdɪʃn̩] | n. Conduct directed against public order and the tranquillity of the state. |
| seditious [sɪˈdɪʃəs] | adj. Promotive of conduct directed against public order and the tranquillity of the state. |
| seduce [sɪˈdjuːs] | v. To entice to surrender chastity. |
| sedulous [ˈsedjʊləs] | adj. Persevering in effort or endeavor. |
| seer [sɪə] | n. A prophet. |
| seethe [siːð] | v. To be violently excited or agitated. |
| seignior [ˈseɪnjə] | n. A title of honor or respectful address, equivalent to sir. |
| seismograph [ˈsaɪzməɡrɑːf] | n. An instrument for recording the phenomena of earthquakes. |
| seize [siːz] | v. To catch or take hold of suddenly and forcibly. |
| selective [sɪˈlektɪv] | adj. Having the power of choice. |
| self-respect [self rɪˈspekt] | n. Rational self-esteem. |
| semblance [ˈsembləns] | n. Outward appearance. |
| semicivilized [semicivilized] | adj. Half-civilized. |
| semiconscious [ˌsemɪˈkɒnʃəs] | adj. Partially conscious. |
| semiannual [ˌsemiˈænjəwəl] | adj. Recurring at intervals of six months. |
| semicircle [ˈsemɪsɜːkl̩] | n. A half-circle. |
| seminar [ˈsemɪnɑː] | n. Any assemblage of pupils for real research in some specific study under a teacher. |
| seminary [ˈsemɪnəri] | n. A special school, as of theology or pedagogics. |
| senile [ˈsiːnaɪl] | adj. Peculiar to or proceeding from the weakness or infirmity of old age. |
| sensation [senˈseɪʃn̩] | n. A condition of mind resulting from spiritual or inherent feeling. |
| sense [sens] | n. The signification conveyed by some word, phrase, or action. |
| sensibility [ˌsensəˈbɪlɪti] | n. Power to perceive or feel. |
| sensitive [ˈsensətɪv] | adj. Easily affected by outside operations or influences. |
| sensorium [sensorium] | n. The sensory apparatus. |
| sensual [ˈsenʃʊəl] | adj. Pertaining to the body or the physical senses. |
| sensuous [ˈsenʃʊəs] | adj. Having a warm appreciation of the beautiful or of the refinements of luxury. |
| sentence [ˈsentəns] | n. A related group of words containing a subject and a predicate and expressing a complete thought. |
| sentience [ˈsenʃəns] | n. Capacity for sensation or sense-perception. |
| sentient [ˈsenʃnt] | adj. Possessing the power of sense or sense-perception. |
| sentinel [ˈsentɪnl̩] | n. Any guard or watch stationed for protection. |
| separable [ˈsepərəbl̩] | adj. Capable of being disjoined or divided. |
| separate [ˈseprət] | v. To take apart. |
| separatist [ˈsepərətɪst] | n. A seceder. |
| septennial [sepˈtenjəl] | adj. Recurring every seven years. |
| sepulcher [sepulcher] | n. A burial-place. |
| sequacious [sɪˈkweɪʃəs] | adj. Ready to be led. |
| sequel [ˈsiːkwəl] | n. That which follows in consequence of what has previously happened. |
| sequence [ˈsiːkwəns] | n. The order in which a number or persons, things, or events follow one another in space or time. |
| sequent [ˈsiːkwənt] | adj. Following in the order of time. |
| sequester [sɪˈkwestə] | v. To cause to withdraw or retire, as from society or public life. |
| sequestrate [sɪˈkwestreɪt] | v. To confiscate. |
| sergeant [ˈsɑːdʒənt] | n. A non-commissioned military officer ranking next above a corporal. |
| sergeant-at-arms [ˈsɑːdʒənt ət ɑːmz] | n. An executive officer in legislative bodies who enforces the orders of the presiding officer. |
| sergeant-major [ˌsɑːdʒənt ˈmeɪdʒə] | n. The highest non-commissioned officer in a regiment. |
| service [ˈsɜːvɪs] | n. Any work done for the benefit of another. |
| serviceable [ˈsɜːvɪsəbl̩] | adj. Durable. |
| servitude [ˈsɜːvɪtjuːd] | n. Slavery. |
| severance [ˈsevərəns] | n. Separation. |
| severely [sɪˈvɪəli] | adv. Extremely. |
| sextet [seksˈtet] | n. A band of six singers or players. |
| sextuple [ˈsekstjʊpl] | adj. Multiplied by six. |
| sheer [ʃɪə] | adj. Absolute. |
| shiftless [ˈʃɪftləs] | adj. Wanting in resource, energy, or executive ability. |
| shrewd [ʃruːd] | adj. Characterized by skill at understanding and profiting by circumstances. |
| shriek [ʃriːk] | n. A sharp, shrill outcry or scream, caused by agony or terror. |
| shrinkage [ˈʃrɪnkɪdʒ] | n. A contraction of any material into less bulk or dimension. |
| shrivel [ˈʃrɪvl̩] | v. To draw or be drawn into wrinkles. |
| shuffle [ˈʃʌfl̩] | n. A mixing or changing the order of things. |
| sibilance [sibilance] | n. A hissing sound. |
| sibilant [ˈsɪbɪlənt] | adj. Made with a hissing sound. |
| sibilate [sibilate] | v. To give a hissing sound to, as in pronouncing the letter s. |
| sidelong [ˈsaɪdlɒŋ] | adj. Inclining or tending to one side. |
| sidereal [saɪˈdɪərɪəl] | adj. Pertaining to stars or constellations. |
| siege [siːdʒ] | n. A beleaguerment. |
| significance [sɪɡˈnɪfɪkəns] | n. Importance. |
| significant [sɪɡˈnɪfɪkənt] | adj. Important, especially as pointing something out. |
| signification [ˌsɪɡnɪfɪˈkeɪʃn̩] | n. The meaning conveyed by language, actions, or signs. |
| similar [ˈsɪmələ] | adj. Bearing resemblance to one another or to something else. |
| simile [ˈsɪmɪli] | n. A comparison which directs the mind to the representative object itself. |
| similitude [sɪˈmɪlɪtjuːd] | n. Similarity. |
| simplify [ˈsɪmplɪfaɪ] | v. To make less complex or difficult. |
| simulate [ˈsɪmjʊleɪt] | v. Imitate. |
| simultaneous [ˌsɪmlˈteɪnɪəs] | adj. Occurring, done, or existing at the same time. |
| sinecure [ˈsaɪnɪkjʊə] | n. Any position having emoluments with few or no duties. |
| singe [sɪndʒ] | v. To burn slightly or superficially. |
| sinister [ˈsɪnɪstə] | adj. Evil. |
| sinuosity [ˌsɪnjʊˈɒsɪti] | n. The quality of curving in and out. |
| sinuous [ˈsɪnjʊəs] | adj. Curving in and out. |
| sinus [ˈsaɪnəs] | n. An opening or cavity. |
| siren [ˈsaɪərən] | n. A sea-nymph, described by Homer as dwelling between the island of Circe and Scylla. |
| sirocco [sɪˈrɒkəʊ] | n. hot winds from Africa. |
| sisterhood [ˈsɪstəhʊd] | n. A body of sisters united by some bond of sympathy or by a religious vow. |
| skeptic [ˈskeptɪk] | n. One who doubts any statements. |
| skepticism [ˈskeptɪsɪzəm] | n. The entertainment of doubt concerning something. |
| skiff [skɪf] | n. Usually, a small light boat propelled by oars. |
| skirmish [ˈskɜːmɪʃ] | n. Desultory fighting between advanced detachments of two armies. |
| sleight [slaɪt] | n. A trick or feat so deftly done that the manner of performance escapes observation. |
| slight [slaɪt] | adj. Of a small importance or significance. |
| slothful [ˈsləʊθfəl] | adj. Lazy. |
| sluggard [ˈslʌɡəd] | n. A person habitually lazy or idle. |
| sociable [ˈsəʊʃəbl̩] | adj. Inclined to seek company. |
| socialism [ˈsəʊʃəlɪzəm] | n. A theory of civil polity that aims to secure the reconstruction of society. |
| socialist [ˈsəʊʃəlɪst] | adj. One who advocates reconstruction of society by collective ownership of land and capital. |
| sociology [ˌsəʊʃiˈɒlədʒi] | n. The philosophical study of society. |
| Sol [sɒl] | n. The sun. |
| solace [ˈsɒlɪs] | n. Comfort in grief, trouble, or calamity. |
| solar [ˈsəʊlə] | adj. Pertaining to the sun. |
| solder [ˈsɒldə] | n. A fusible alloy used for joining metallic surfaces or margins. |
| soldier [ˈsəʊldʒə] | n. A person engaged in military service. |
| solecism [ˈsɒlɪsɪzəm] | n. Any violation of established rules or customs. |
| solicitor [səˈlɪsɪtə] | n. One who represents a client in court of justice; an attorney. |
| solicitude [səˈlɪsɪtjuːd] | n. Uneasiness of mind occasioned by desire, anxiety, or fear. |
| soliloquy [səˈlɪləkwi] | n. A monologue. |
| solstice [ˈsɒlstɪs] | n. The time of year when the sun is at its greatest declination. |
| soluble [ˈsɒljʊbl̩] | adj. Capable of being dissolved, as in a fluid. |
| solvent [ˈsɒlvənt] | adj. Having sufficient funds to pay all debts. |
| somber [ˈsɑːmbə] | adj. Gloomy. |
| somniferous [sɒmˈnɪfərəs] | adj. Tending to produce sleep. |
| somnolence [ˈsɒmnələns] | n. Oppressive drowsiness. |
| somnolent [ˈsɒmnələnt] | adj. Sleepy. |
| sonat [asəˈnɑːtə] | n. An instrumental composition. |
| sonnet [ˈsɒnɪt] | n. A poem of fourteen decasyllabic or octosyllabiclines expressing two successive phrases. |
| sonorous [səˈnɔːrəs] | adj. Resonant. |
| soothsayer [ˈsuːθseɪə] | n. One who claims to have supernatural insight or foresight. |
| sophism [ˈsɒfɪzəm] | n. A false argument understood to be such by the reasoner himself and intentionally used to deceive |
| sophistical [səˈfɪstɪkəl] | adj. Fallacious. |
| sophisticate [səˈfɪstɪkeɪt] | v. To deprive of simplicity of mind or manner. |
| sophistry [ˈsɒfɪstri] | n. Reasoning sound in appearance only, especially when designedly deceptive. |
| soprano [səˈprɑːnəʊ] | n. A woman's or boy's voice of high range. |
| sorcery [ˈsɔːsəri] | n. Witchcraft. |
| sordid [ˈsɔːdɪd] | adj. Of degraded character or nature. |
| souvenir [ˌsuːvəˈnɪə] | n. A token of remembrance. |
| sparse [spɑːs] | adj. Thinly diffused. |
| Spartan [ˈspɑːtn̩] | adj. Exceptionally brave; rigorously severe. |
| spasmodic [spæzˈmɒdɪk] | adj. Convulsive. |
| specialize [ˈspeʃəlaɪz] | v. To assume an individual or specific character, or adopt a singular or special course. |
| specialty [ˈspeʃəlti] | n. An employment limited to one particular line of work. |
| specie [ˈspiːʃiː] | n. A coin or coins of gold, silver, copper, or other metal. |
| species [ˈspiːʃiːz] | n. A classificatory group of animals or plants subordinate to a genus. |
| specimen [ˈspesɪmɪn] | n. One of a class of persons or things regarded as representative of the class. |
| specious [ˈspiːʃəs] | adj. Plausible. |
| spectator [spekˈteɪtə] | n. One who beholds or looks on. |
| specter [ˈspektə] | n. Apparition. |
| spectrum [ˈspektrəm] | n. An image formed by rays of light or other radiant energy. |
| speculate [ˈspekjʊleɪt] | v. To pursue inquiries and form conjectures. |
| speculator [ˈspekjʊleɪtə] | n. One who makes an investment that involves a risk of loss, but also a chance of profit. |
| sphericity [sfɪˈrɪsɪtɪ] | n. The state or condition of being a sphere. |
| spheroid [ˈsfɪərɔɪd] | n. A body having nearly the form of a sphere. |
| spherometer [spherometer] | n. An instrument for measuring curvature or radii of spherical surfaces. |
| spinous [spinous] | adj. Having spines. |
| spinster [ˈspɪnstə] | n. A woman who has never been married. |
| spontaneous [spɒnˈteɪnɪəs] | adj. Arising from inherent qualities or tendencies without external efficient cause. |
| sprightly [ˈspraɪtli] | adj. Vivacious. |
| spurious [ˈspjʊərɪəs] | adj. Not genuine. |
| squabble [ˈskwɒbl̩] | v. To quarrel. |
| squalid [ˈskwɒlɪd] | adj. Having a dirty, mean, poverty-stricken appearance. |
| squatter [ˈskwɒtə] | n. One who settles on land without permission or right. |
| stagnant [ˈstæɡnənt] | adj. Not flowing: said of water, as in a pool. |
| stagnate [stæɡˈneɪt] | v. To become dull or inert. |
| stagnation [stæɡˈneɪʃn̩] | n. The condition of not flowing or not changing. |
| stagy [ˈsteɪdʒi] | adj. Having a theatrical manner. |
| staid [steɪd] | adj. Of a steady and sober character. |
| stallion [ˈstælɪən] | n. An uncastrated male horse, commonly one kept for breeding. |
| stanchion [ˈstæntʃən] | n. A vertical bar, or a pair of bars, used to confine cattle in a stall. |
| stanz [aˈstænzə] | n. A group of rimed lines, usually forming one of a series of similar divisions in a poem. |
| statecraft [ˈsteɪtkrɑːft] | n. The art of conducting state affairs. |
| static [ˈstætɪk] | adj. Pertaining to or designating bodies at rest or forces in equilibrium. |
| statics [ˈstætɪks] | n. The branch of mechanics that treats of the relations that subsist among forces in order. |
| stationary [ˈsteɪʃənri] | adj. Not moving. |
| statistician [ˌstætɪˈstɪʃn̩] | n. One who is skilled in collecting and tabulating numerical facts. |
| statuesque [ˌstætʃʊˈesk] | adj. Having the grace, pose, or quietude of a statue. |
| statuette [ˌstætʃʊˈet] | n. A figurine. |
| stature [ˈstætʃə] | n. The natural height of an animal body. |
| statute [ˈstætʃuːt] | n. Any authoritatively declared rule, ordinance, decree, or law. |
| stealth [stelθ] | n. A concealed manner of acting. |
| stellar [ˈstelə] | adj. Pertaining to the stars. |
| steppe [step] | n. One of the extensive plains in Russia and Siberia. |
| sterling [ˈstɜːlɪŋ] | adj. Genuine. |
| stifle [ˈstaɪfəl] | v. To smother. |
| stigm [aˈstɪɡmə] | n. A mark of infamy or token of disgrace attaching to a person as the result of evil-doing. |
| stiletto [stɪˈletəʊ] | n. A small dagger. |
| stimulant [ˈstɪmjʊlənt] | n. Anything that rouses to activity or to quickened action. |
| stimulate [ˈstɪmjʊleɪt] | v. To rouse to activity or to quickened action. |
| stimulus [ˈstɪmjʊləs] | n. Incentive. |
| stingy [ˈstɪndʒi] | adj. Cheap, unwilling to spend money. |
| stipend [ˈstaɪpend] | n. A definite amount paid at stated periods in compensation for services or as an allowance. |
| Stoicism [ˈstəʊɪsɪzəm] | n. The principles or the practice of the Stoics-being very even tempered in success and failure. |
| stolid [ˈstɒlɪd] | adj. Expressing no power of feeling or perceiving. |
| strait [streɪt] | n. A narrow passage of water connecting two larger bodies of water. |
| stratagem [ˈstrætədʒəm] | n. Any clever trick or device for obtaining an advantage. |
| stratum [ˈstrɑːtəm] | n. A natural or artificial layer, bed, or thickness of any substance or material. |
| streamlet [ˈstriːmlɪt] | n. Rivulet. |
| stringency [ˈstrɪndʒənsi] | n. Strictness. |
| stringent [ˈstrɪndʒənt] | adj. Rigid. |
| stripling [ˈstrɪpl̩ɪŋ] | n. A mere youth. |
| studious [ˈstjuːdɪəs] | adj. Having or showing devotion to the acquisition of knowledge. |
| stultify [ˈstʌltɪfaɪ] | v. To give an appearance of foolishness to. |
| stupendous [stjuːˈpendəs] | adj. Of prodigious size, bulk, or degree. |
| stupor [ˈstjuːpə] | n. Profound lethargy. |
| suasion [ˈsweɪʒn̩] | n. The act of persuading. |
| suave [swɑːv] | adj. Smooth and pleasant in manner. |
| subacid [subacid] | adj. Somewhat sharp or biting. |
| subaquatic [subaquatic] | adj. Being, formed, or operating under water. |
| subconscious [ˌsʌbˈkɒnʃəs] | adj. Being or occurring in the mind, but without attendant consciousness or conscious perception. |
| subjacent [sʌbˈdʒeɪsənt] | adj. Situated directly underneath. |
| subjection [səbˈdʒekʃn̩] | n. The act of bringing into a state of submission. |
| subjugate [ˈsʌbdʒʊɡeɪt] | v. To conquer. |
| subliminal [ˌsʌbˈlɪmɪnl̩] | adj. Being beneath the threshold of consciousness. |
| sublingual [sublingual] | adj. Situated beneath the tongue. |
| submarine [ˌsʌbməˈriːn] | adj. Existing, done, or operating beneath the surface of the sea. |
| submerge [səbˈmɜːdʒ] | v. To place or plunge under water. |
| submergence [səbˈmɜːdʒəns] | n. The act of submerging. |
| submersible [səbˈmɜːsəbl̩] | adj. Capable of being put underwater. |
| submersion [səbˈmɜːʃn̩] | n. The act of submerging. |
| submission [səbˈmɪʃn̩] | n. A yielding to the power or authority of another. |
| submittal [submittal] | n. The act of submitting. |
| subordinate [səˈbɔːdɪneɪt] | adj. Belonging to an inferior order in a classification. |
| subsequent [ˈsʌbsɪkwənt] | adj. Following in time. |
| subservience [səbˈsɜːvɪəns] | n. The quality, character, or condition of being servilely following another's behests. |
| subservient [səbˈsɜːvɪənt] | adj. Servilely following another's behests. |
| subside [səbˈsaɪd] | v. To relapse into a state of repose and tranquillity. |
| subsist [səbˈsɪst] | v. To be maintained or sustained. |
| subsistence [səbˈsɪstəns] | n. Sustenance. |
| substantive [ˈsʌbstəntɪv] | adj. Solid. |
| subtend [səbˈtend] | v. To extend opposite to. |
| subterfuge [ˈsʌbtəfjuːdʒ] | n. Evasion. |
| subterranean [ˌsʌbtəˈreɪnɪən] | adj. Situated or occurring below the surface of the earth. |
| subtle [ˈsʌtl̩] | adj. Discriminating. |
| subtrahend [ˈsʌbtrəhend] | n. That which is to be subtracted. |
| subversion [səbˈvɜːʃn̩] | n. An overthrow, as from the foundation. |
| subvert [sʌbˈvɜːt] | v. To bring to ruin. |
| succeed [səkˈsiːd] | v. To accomplish what is attempted or intended. |
| success [səkˈses] | n. A favorable or prosperous course or termination of anything attempted. |
| successful [səkˈsesfəl] | adj. Having reached a high degree of worldly prosperity. |
| successor [səkˈsesə] | n. One who or that which takes the place of a predecessor or preceding thing. |
| succinct [səkˈsɪŋkt] | adj. Concise. |
| succulent [ˈsʌkjʊlənt] | adj. Juicy. |
| succumb [səˈkʌm] | v. To cease to resist. |
| sufferance [ˈsʌfərəns] | n. Toleration. |
| sufficiency [səˈfɪʃənsi] | n. An ample or adequate supply. |
| suffrage [ˈsʌfrɪdʒ] | n. The right or privilege of voting. |
| suffuse [səˈfjuːz] | v. To cover or fill the surface of. |
| suggestible [səˈdʒestəbl̩] | adj. That can be suggested. |
| suggestive [səˈdʒestɪv] | adj. Stimulating to thought or reflection. |
| summary [ˈsʌməri] | n. An abstract. |
| sumptuous [ˈsʌmptʃʊəs] | adj. Rich and costly. |
| superabundance [ˌsuːpərəˈbʌndəns] | n. An excessive amount. |
| superadd [superadd] | v. To add in addition to what has been added. |
| superannuate [ˌsuːpəˈrænjʊeɪt] | v. To become deteriorated or incapacitated by long service. |
| superb [suːˈpɜːb] | adj. Sumptuously elegant. |
| supercilious [ˌsuːpəˈsɪlɪəs] | adj. Exhibiting haughty and careless contempt. |
| superficial [ˌsuːpəˈfɪʃl̩] | adj. Knowing and understanding only the ordinary and the obvious. |
| superfluity [ˌsuːpəˈflʊɪti] | n. That part of anything that is in excess of what is needed. |
| superfluous [suːˈpɜːflʊəs] | adj. Being more than is needed. |
| superheat [ˈsjuːpəhiːt] | v. To heat to excess. |
| superintend [ˌsuːpərɪnˈtend] | v. To have the charge and direction of, especially of some work or movement. |
| superintendence [ˌsuːpərɪnˈtendəns] | n. Direction and management. |
| superintendent [ˌsuːpərɪnˈtendənt] | n. One who has the charge and direction of, especially of some work or movement. |
| superlative [suːˈpɜːlətɪv] | n. That which is of the highest possible excellence or eminence. |
| supernatural [ˌsuːpəˈnætʃrəl] | adj. Caused miraculously or by the immediate exercise of divine power. |
| supernumerary [ˌsuːpəˈnjuːmərəri] | adj. Superfluous. |
| supersede [ˌsuːpəˈsiːd] | v. To displace. |
| supine [ˈsuːpaɪn] | adj. Lying on the back. |
| supplant [səˈplɑːnt] | v. To take the place of. |
| supple [ˈsʌpl̩] | adj. Easily bent. |
| supplementary [ˌsʌplɪˈmentri] | adj. Being an addition to. |
| supplicant [ˈsʌplɪkənt] | n. One who asks humbly and earnestly. |
| supplicate [ˈsʌplɪkeɪt] | v. To beg. |
| supposition [ˌsʌpəˈzɪʃn̩] | n. Conjecture. |
| suppress [səˈpres] | v. To prevent from being disclosed or punished. |
| suppressible [suppressible] | adj. Capable of being suppressed. |
| suppression [səˈpreʃn̩] | n. A forcible putting or keeping down. |
| supramundane [supramundane] | adj. Supernatural. |
| surcharge [ˈsɜːtʃɑːdʒ] | n. An additional amount charged. |
| surety [ˈʃʊərəti] | n. Security for payment or performance. |
| surfeit [ˈsɜːfɪt] | v. To feed to fullness or to satiety. |
| surmise [səˈmaɪz] | v. To conjecture. |
| surmount [səˈmaʊnt] | v. To overcome by force of will. |
| surreptitious [ˌsʌrəpˈtɪʃəs] | adj. Clandestine. |
| surrogate [ˈsʌrəɡeɪt] | n. One who or that which is substituted for or appointed to act in place of another. |
| surround [səˈraʊnd] | v. To encircle. |
| surveyor [səˈveɪə] | n. A land-measurer. |
| susceptibility [səˌseptəˈbɪlɪti] | n. A specific capability of feeling or emotion. |
| susceptible [səˈseptəbl̩] | adj. Easily under a specified power or influence. |
| suspense [səˈspens] | n. Uncertainty. |
| suspension [səˈspenʃn̩] | n. A hanging from a support. |
| suspicious [səˈspɪʃəs] | adj. Inclined to doubt or mistrust. |
| sustenance [ˈsʌstɪnəns] | n. Food. |
| swarthy [ˈswɔːði] | adj. Having a dark hue, especially a dark or sunburned complexion. |
| Sybarite [ˈsɪbəraɪt] | n. A luxurious person. |
| sycophant [ˈsɪkəfænt] | n. A servile flatterer, especially of those in authority or influence. |
| syllabic [sɪˈlæbɪk] | adj. Consisting of that which is uttered in a single vocal impulse. |
| syllabication [sɪˌlæbɪˈkeɪʃn̩] | n. Division of words into that which is uttered in a single vocal impulse. |
| syllable [ˈsɪləbl̩] | n. That which is uttered in a single vocal impulse. |
| syllabus [ˈsɪləbəs] | n. Outline of a subject, course, lecture, or treatise. |
| sylph [sɪlf] | n. A slender, graceful young woman or girl. |
| symmetrical [sɪˈmetrɪkl̩] | adj. Well-balanced. |
| symmetry [ˈsɪmətri] | n. Relative proportion and harmony. |
| sympathetic [ˌsɪmpəˈθetɪk] | adj. Having a fellow-feeling for or like feelings with another or others. |
| sympathize [ˈsɪmpəθaɪz] | v. To share the sentiments or mental states of another. |
| symphonic [sɪmˈfɒnɪk] | adj. Characterized by a harmonious or agreeable mingling of sounds. |
| symphonious [symphonious] | adj. Marked by a harmonious or agreeable mingling of sounds. |
| symphony [ˈsɪmfəni] | n. A harmonious or agreeable mingling of sounds. |
| synchronism [ˈsɪŋkrənɪzm] | n. Simultaneousness. |
| syndicate [ˈsɪndɪkeɪt] | n. An association of individuals united for the prosecution of some enterprise. |
| syneresis [syneresis] | n. The coalescence of two vowels or syllables, as e'er for ever. |
| synod [ˈsɪnəd] | n. An ecclesiastical council. |
| synonym [ˈsɪnənɪm] | n. A word having the same or almost the same meaning as some other. |
| synopsis [sɪˈnɒpsɪs] | n. A syllabus or summary. |
| systematic [ˌsɪstəˈmætɪk] | adj. Methodical. |
| tableau [ˈtæbləʊ] | n. An arrangement of inanimate figures representing a scene from real life. |
| tacit [ˈtæsɪt] | adj. Understood. |
| taciturn [ˈtæsɪtɜːn] | adj. Disinclined to conversation. |
| tack [tæk] | n. A small sharp-pointed nail. |
| tact [tækt] | n. Fine or ready mental discernment shown in saying or doing the proper thing. |
| tactician [tækˈtɪʃn̩] | n. One who directs affairs with skill and shrewdness. |
| tactics [ˈtæktɪks] | n. Any maneuvering or adroit management for effecting an object. |
| tangency [tangency] | n. The state of touching. |
| tangent [ˈtændʒənt] | adj. Touching. |
| tangible [ˈtændʒəbl̩] | adj. Perceptible by touch. |
| tannery [ˈtænəri] | n. A place where leather is tanned. |
| tantalize [ˈtæntəlaɪz] | v. To tease. |
| tantamount [ˈtæntəmaʊnt] | adj. Having equal or equivalent value, effect, or import. |
| tapestry [ˈtæpɪstri] | n. A fabric to which a pattern is applied with a needle, designed for ornamental hangings. |
| tarnish [ˈtɑːnɪʃ] | v. To lessen or destroy the luster of in any way. |
| taut [tɔːt] | adj. Stretched tight. |
| taxation [tækˈseɪʃn̩] | n. A levy, by government, of a fixed contribution. |
| taxidermy [ˈtæksɪdɜːmi] | n. The art or process of preserving dead animals or parts of them. |
| technic [ˈteknɪk] | adj. Technical. |
| technicality [ˌteknɪˈkælɪti] | n. Something peculiar to a particular art, trade, or the like. |
| technique [tekˈniːk] | n. Manner of performance. |
| technography [technography] | n. The scientific description or study of human arts and industries in their historic development. |
| technology [tekˈnɒlədʒi] | n. The knowledge relating to industries and manufactures. |
| teem [tiːm] | v. To be full to overflowing. |
| telepathy [tɪˈlepəθi] | n. Thought-transference. |
| telephony [tɪˈlefəni] | n. The art or process of communicating by telephone. |
| telescope [ˈtelɪskəʊp] | v. To drive together so that one slides into the another like the sections of a spy-glass. |
| telltale [ˈtelteɪl] | adj. That gives warning or information. |
| temerity [tɪˈmerɪti] | n. Recklessness. |
| temporal [ˈtempərəl] | adj. Pertaining to or concerned with the affairs of the present life. |
| temporary [ˈtemprəri] | adj. Lasting for a short time only. |
| temporize [ˈtempəraɪz] | v. To pursue a policy of delay. |
| tempt [tempt] | v. To offer to (somebody) an inducement to do wrong. |
| tempter [ˈtemptə] | n. An allurer or enticer to evil. |
| tenacious [tɪˈneɪʃəs] | adj. Unyielding. |
| tenant [ˈtenənt] | n. An occupant. |
| tendency [ˈtendənsi] | n. Direction or inclination, as toward some objector end. |
| tenet [ˈtenɪt] | n. Any opinion, principle, dogma, or doctrine that a person believes or maintains as true. |
| tenor [ˈtenə] | n. A settled course or manner of progress. |
| tense [tens] | adj. Strained to stiffness. |
| tentative [ˈtentətɪv] | adj. Done as an experiment. |
| tenure [ˈtenjʊə] | n. The term during which a thing is held. |
| tercentenary [ˌtɜːsenˈtiːnəri] | adj. Pertaining to a period of 300 years. |
| termagant [ˈtɜːməɡənt] | adj. Violently abusive and quarrelsome. |
| terminal [ˈtɜːmɪnl̩] | adj. Pertaining to or creative of a boundary, limit. |
| terminate [ˈtɜːmɪneɪt] | v. To put an end or stop to. |
| termination [ˌtɜːmɪˈneɪʃn̩] | n. The act of ending or concluding. |
| terminus [ˈtɜːmɪnəs] | n. The final point or goal. |
| terrify [ˈterɪfaɪ] | v. To fill with extreme fear. |
| territorial [ˌterɪˈtɔːrɪəl] | adj. Pertaining to the domain over which a sovereign state exercises jurisdiction. |
| terse [tɜːs] | adj. Pithy. |
| testament [ˈtestəmənt] | n. A will. |
| testator [teˈsteɪtə] | n. The maker of a will. |
| testimonial [ˌtestɪˈməʊnɪəl] | n. A formal token of regard, often presented in public. |
| thearchy [thearchy] | n. Government by a supreme deity. |
| theism [ˈθiːɪzəm] | n. Belief in God. |
| theocracy [θɪˈɒkrəsi] | n. A government administered by ecclesiastics. |
| theocrasy [theocrasy] | n. The mixed worship of polytheism. |
| theologian [ˌθɪəˈləʊdʒən] | n. A professor of divinity. |
| theological [ˌθɪəˈlɒdʒɪkl̩] | adj. Based on or growing out of divine revelation. |
| theology [θɪˈɒlədʒi] | n. The branch of theological science that treats of God. |
| theoretical [θɪəˈretɪkl̩] | adj. Directed toward knowledge for its own sake without respect to applications. |
| theorist [ˈθɪərɪst] | n. One given to speculating. |
| theorize [ˈθɪəraɪz] | v. To speculate. |
| thereabout [ˈðeərəbaʊt] | adv. Near that number, quantity, degree, place, or time, approximately. |
| therefor [ðeəˈfɔː] | adv. For that or this. |
| thermal [ˈθɜːml̩] | adj. Of or pertaining to heat. |
| thermoelectric [ˈθɜːməʊɪˈlektrɪk] | adj. Denoting electricity produced by heat. |
| thermoelectricity [ˈθɜːməʊɪlekˈtrɪsɪtɪ] | n. Electricity generated by differences of temperature, |
| thesis [ˈθiːsɪs] | n. An essay or treatise on a particular subject. |
| thoroughbred [ˈθʌrəbred] | adj. Bred from the best or purest blood or stock. |
| thoroughfare [ˈθʌrəfeə] | n. A public street or road. |
| thrall [θrɔːl] | n. One controlled by an appetite or a passion. |
| tilth [tɪlθ] | n. Cultivation. |
| timbre [ˈtæmbrə] | n. The quality of a tone, as distinguished from intensity and pitch. |
| timorous [ˈtɪmərəs] | adj. Lacking courage. |
| tincture [ˈtɪŋktʃə] | n. A solution, usually alcoholic, of some principle used in medicine. |
| tinge [tɪndʒ] | n. A faint trace of color. |
| tipsy [ˈtɪpsi] | adj. Befuddled with drinks. |
| tirade [taɪˈreɪd] | n. Harangue. |
| tireless [ˈtaɪələs] | adj. Untiring. |
| tiresome [ˈtaɪəsəm] | adj. Wearisome. |
| Titanic [taɪˈtænɪk] | adj. Of vast size or strength. |
| toilsome [ˈtɔɪlsəm] | adj. Laborious. |
| tolerable [ˈtɒlərəbl̩] | adj. Moderately good. |
| tolerance [ˈtɒlərəns] | n. Forbearance in judging of the acts or opinions of others. |
| tolerant [ˈtɒlərənt] | adj. Indulgent. |
| tolerate [ˈtɒləreɪt] | v. To passively permit or put up with. |
| toleration [ˌtɒləˈreɪʃn̩] | n. A spirit of charitable leniency. |
| topography [təˈpɒɡrəfi] | n. The art of representing on a map the physical features of any locality or region with accuracy. |
| torpor [ˈtɔːpə] | n. Apathy. |
| torrid [ˈtɒrɪd] | adj. Excessively hot. |
| tortious [tortious] | adj. Wrongful. |
| tortuous [ˈtɔːtʃʊəs] | adj. Abounding in irregular bends or turns. |
| torturous [ˈtɔːˌtʃuːəs] | adj. Marked by extreme suffering. |
| tractable [ˈtræktəbl̩] | adj. Easily led or controlled. |
| trait [treɪt] | n. A distinguishing feature or quality. |
| trajectory [trəˈdʒektəri] | n. The path described by a projectile moving under given forces. |
| trammel [ˈtræməl] | n. An impediment. |
| tranquil [ˈtræŋkwɪl] | adj. Calm. |
| tranquilize [ˈtrænkwɪlaɪz] | v. To soothe. |
| tranquility [trænˈkwɪlɪti] | n. Calmness. |
| transalpine [trænˈzælpaɪn] | adj. Situated on the other side of the Alps. |
| transact [trænˈzækt] | v. To do business. |
| transatlantic [ˌtrænzətˈlæntɪk] | adj. Situated beyond or on the other side of the Atlantic. |
| transcend [trænˈsend] | v. To surpass. |
| transcendent [trænˈsendənt] | adj. Surpassing. |
| transcontinental [ˌtrænzkɒntɪˈnentl̩] | adj. Extending or passing across a continent. |
| transcribe [trænˈskraɪb] | v. To write over again (something already written) |
| transcript [ˈtrænskrɪpt] | n. A copy made directly from an original. |
| transfer [ˈtrænsfɜː] | v. To convey, remove, or cause to pass from one person or place to another. |
| transferable [trænsˈfɜːrəbl̩] | adj. Capable of being conveyed from one person or place to another. |
| transferee [ˌtrænsfɜːˈriː] | n. The person to whom a transfer is made. |
| transference [ˈtrænsfərəns] | n. The act of conveying from one person or place to another. |
| transferrer [transferrer] | n. One who or that which conveys from one person or place to another. |
| transfigure [trænsˈfɪɡə] | v. To give an exalted meaning or glorified appearance to. |
| transfuse [trænsˈfjuːz] | v. To pour or cause to pass, as a fluid, from one vessel to another. |
| transfusible [transfusible] | adj. Capable of being poured from one vessel to another. |
| transfusion [trænsˈfjuːʒn̩] | n. The act of pouring from one vessel to another. |
| transgress [trænzˈɡres] | v. To break a law. |
| transience [ˈtrænzɪəns] | n. Something that is of short duration. |
| transient [ˈtrænzɪənt] | n. One who or that which is only of temporary existence. |
| transition [trænˈzɪʃn̩] | n. Passage from one place, condition, or action to another. |
| transitory [ˈtrænsɪtr̩i] | adj. Existing for a short time only. |
| translate [trænzˈleɪt] | v. To give the sense or equivalent of in another language or dialect. |
| translator [trænzˈleɪtə] | n. An interpreter. |
| translucence [trænzˈluːsns] | n. The property or state of allowing the passage of light. |
| translucent [trænzˈluːsnt] | adj. Allowing the passage of light. |
| transmissible [trænzˈmɪsəbl] | adj. That may e sent through or across. |
| transmission [trænzˈmɪʃn̩] | n. The act of sending through or across. |
| transmit [trænzˈmɪt] | v. To send trough or across. |
| transmute [trænzˈmjuːt] | v. To change in nature, substance, or form. |
| transparent [trænsˈpærənt] | adj. Easy to see through or understand. |
| transpire [trænsˈpaɪə] | v. To come to pass. |
| transplant [ˈtrænsplɑːnt] | v. To remove and plant in another place. |
| transposition [ˌtrænspəˈzɪʃn̩] | n. The act of reversing the order or changing the place of. |
| transverse [ˈtrænzvɜːs] | adj. Lying or being across or in a crosswise direction. |
| travail [ˈtræveɪl] | n. Hard or agonizing labor. |
| travesty [ˈtrævəsti] | n. A grotesque imitation. |
| treacherous [ˈtretʃərəs] | adj. Perfidious. |
| treachery [ˈtretʃəri] | n. Violation of allegiance, confidence, or plighted faith. |
| treasonable [ˈtriːzənəbl̩] | adj. Of the nature of betrayal, treachery, or breech of allegiance. |
| treatise [ˈtriːtɪs] | n. An elaborate literary composition presenting a subject in all its parts. |
| treble [ˈtrebl̩] | adj. Multiplied by three. |
| trebly [trebly] | adv. Triply. |
| tremendous [trɪˈmendəs] | adj. Awe-inspiring. |
| tremor [ˈtremə] | n. An involuntary trembling or shivering. |
| tremulous [ˈtremjʊləs] | adj. Characterized by quivering or unsteadiness. |
| trenchant [ˈtrentʃənt] | adj. Cutting deeply and quickly. |
| trepidation [ˌtrepɪˈdeɪʃn̩] | n. Nervous uncertainty of feeling. |
| trestle [ˈtresl̩] | n. An open braced framework for supporting the horizontal stringers of a railway-bridge. |
| triad [ˈtraɪæd] | n. A group of three persons of things. |
| tribune [ˈtrɪbjuːn] | n. Any champion of the rights and liberties of the people: often used as the name for a newspaper. |
| trickery [ˈtrɪkəri] | n. Artifice. |
| tricolor [tricolor] | adj. Of three colors. |
| tricycle [ˈtraɪsɪkl̩] | n. A three-wheeled vehicle. |
| trident [ˈtraɪdnt] | n. The three-pronged fork that was the emblem of Neptune. |
| triennial [traɪˈenɪəl] | adj. Taking place every third year. |
| trimness [trimness] | n. Neatness. |
| trinity [ˈtrɪnɪti] | n. A threefold personality existing in the one divine being or substance. |
| trio [ˈtriːəʊ] | n. Three things grouped or associated together. |
| triple [ˈtrɪpl̩] | adj. Threefold. |
| triplicate [ˈtrɪplɪkeɪt] | adj. Composed of or pertaining to three related things or parts. |
| triplicity [triplicity] | n. The state of being triple or threefold. |
| tripod [ˈtraɪpɒd] | n. A three-legged stand, usually hinged near the top, for supporting some instrument. |
| trisect [traɪˈsekt] | v. To divide into three parts, especially into three equal parts. |
| trite [traɪt] | adj. Made commonplace by frequent repetition. |
| triumvir [traɪˈʌmvə] | n. One of three men united coordinately in public office or authority. |
| trivial [ˈtrɪvɪəl] | adj. Of little importance or value. |
| troublesome [ˈtrʌblsəm] | adj. Burdensome. |
| truculence [ˈtrʌkjʊləns] | n. Ferocity. |
| truculent [ˈtrʌkjʊlənt] | adj. Having the character or the spirit of a savage. |
| truism [ˈtruːɪzəm] | n. A statement so plainly true as hardly to require statement or proof. |
| truthful [ˈtruːθfəl] | adj. Veracious. |
| turgid [ˈtɜːdʒɪd] | adj. Swollen. |
| turpitude [ˈtɜːpɪtjuːd] | n. Depravity. |
| tutelage [ˈtjuːtɪlɪdʒ] | n. The act of training or the state of being under instruction. |
| tutelar [ˈtjuːtɪlə] | adj. Protective. |
| tutorship [ˈtjuːtəʃɪp] | n. The office of a guardian. |
| twinge [twɪndʒ] | n. A darting momentary local pain. |
| typical [ˈtɪpɪkl̩] | adj. Characteristic. |
| typify [ˈtɪpɪfaɪ] | v. To serve as a characteristic example of. |
| typographical [taɪˈpɒɡrəfi] | adj. Pertaining to typography or printing. |
| typography [taɪˈpɒɡrəfi] | n. The arrangement of composed type, or the appearance of printed matter. |
| tyrannical [tɪˈrænɪkl̩] | adj. Despotic. |
| tyranny [ˈtɪrəni] | n. Absolute power arbitrarily or unjustly administrated. |
| tyro [ˈtaɪərəʊ] | n. One slightly skilled in or acquainted with any trade or profession. |
| ubiquitous [juːˈbɪkwɪtəs] | adj. Being present everywhere. |
| ulterior [ʌlˈtɪərɪə] | adj. Not so pertinent as something else to the matter spoken of. |
| ultimate [ˈʌltɪmət] | adj. Beyond which there is nothing else. |
| ultimatum [ˌʌltɪˈmeɪtəm] | n. A final statement or proposal, as concerning terms or conditions. |
| ultramundane [ˌʌltrəˈmʌndeɪn] | adj. Pertaining to supernatural things or to another life. |
| ultramontane [ˌʌltrəmɒnˈteɪn] | adj. Beyond the mountains, especially beyond the Alps (that is, on their Italian side). |
| umbrage [ˈʌmbrɪdʒ] | n. A sense of injury. |
| unaccountable [ˌʌnəˈkaʊntəbl̩] | adj. Inexplicable. |
| unaffected [ˌʌnəˈfektɪd] | adj. Sincere. |
| unanimous [juːˈnænɪməs] | adj. Sharing the same views or sentiments. |
| unanimity [ˌjuːnəˈnɪmɪti] | n. The state or quality of being of one mind. |
| unavoidable [ˌʌnəˈvoɪdəbl̩] | adj. Inevitable. |
| unbearable [ʌnˈbeərəbl̩] | adj. Unendurable. |
| unbecoming [ˌʌnbɪˈkʌmɪŋ] | adj. Unsuited to the wearer, place, or surroundings. |
| unbelief [ˌʌnbɪˈliːf] | n. Doubt. |
| unbiased [ˌʌnˈbaɪəst] | adj. Impartial, as judgment. |
| unbridled [ˌʌnˈbraɪdl̩d] | adj. Being without restraint. |
| uncommon [ʌnˈkɒmən] | adj. Rare. |
| unconscionable [ʌnˈkɒnʃənəbl̩] | adj. Ridiculously or unjustly excessive. |
| unconscious [ʌnˈkɒnʃəs] | adj. Not cognizant of objects, actions, etc. |
| unction [ˈʌŋkʃn̩] | n. The art of anointing as with oil. |
| unctuous [ˈʌŋktʃʊəs] | adj. Oily. |
| undeceive [ˌʌndɪˈsiːv] | v. To free from deception, as by apprising of the real state of affairs. |
| undercharge [ˌʌndəˈtʃɑːdʒ] | v. To make an inadequate charge for. |
| underexposed [ˌʌndərɪkˈspəʊzd] | adj. Insufficiently exposed for proper or full development, as negatives in photography. |
| undergarment [ˈʌndəɡɑːmənt] | n. A garment to be worn under the ordinary outer garments. |
| underman [ˈəndərˌmæn] | v. To equip with less than the full complement of men. |
| undersell [ˌʌndəˈsel] | v. To sell at a lower price than. |
| undersized [ˌʌndəˈsaɪzd] | adj. Of less than the customary size. |
| underhanded [ˈʌndəhændɪd] | adj. Clandestinely carried on. |
| underlie [ˌʌndəˈlaɪ] | v. To be the ground or support of. |
| underling [ˈʌndəlɪŋ] | n. A subordinate. |
| undermine [ˌʌndəˈmaɪn] | v. To subvert in an underhand way. |
| underrate [ˌʌndəˈreɪt] | v. To undervalue. |
| understate [ˌʌndəˈsteɪt] | v. To fail to put strongly enough, as a case. |
| undervalue [ˌʌndəˈvæljuː] | v. To underestimate. |
| underworld [ˈʌndəwɜːld] | n. Hades. |
| underwrite [ˌʌndəˈraɪt] | v. To issue or be party to the issue of a policy of insurance. |
| undue [ˌʌnˈdjuː] | adj. More than sufficient. |
| undulate [ˈʌndjʊleɪt] | v. To move like a wave or in waves. |
| undulous [undulous] | adj. Resembling waves. |
| unfavorable [ˌənˈfeɪvərəbəl] | adj. Adverse. |
| ungainly [ʌnˈɡeɪnli] | adj. Clumsy. |
| unguent [ˈʌŋɡwənt] | n. Any ointment or lubricant for local application. |
| unicellular [ˌjuːnɪˈseljələ] | adj. Consisting of a single cell. |
| univalence [univalence] | n. Monovalency. |
| unify [ˈjuːnɪfaɪ] | v. To cause to be one. |
| unique [juːˈniːk] | adj. Being the only one of its kind. |
| unison [ˈjuːnɪsn̩] | n. A condition of perfect agreement and accord. |
| unisonant [unisonant] | adj. Being in a condition of perfect agreement and accord. |
| Unitarian [ˌjuːnɪˈteərɪən] | adj. Pertaining to a religious body that rejects the doctrine of the Trinity. |
| unlawful [ʌnˈlɔːfəl] | adj. Illegal. |
| unlimited [ʌnˈlɪmɪtɪd] | adj. Unconstrained. |
| unnatural [ʌnˈnætʃrəl] | adj. Artificial. |
| unnecessary [ʌnˈnesəsri] | adj. Not essential under the circumstances. |
| unsettle [ˌʌnˈsetl̩] | v. To put into confusion. |
| unsophisticated [ˌʌnsəˈfɪstɪkeɪtɪd] | adj. Showing inexperience. |
| unspeakable [ʌnˈspiːkəbl̩] | adj. Abominable. |
| untimely [ʌnˈtaɪmli] | adj. Unseasonable. |
| untoward [ˌʌntəˈwɔːd] | adj. Causing annoyance or hindrance. |
| unutterable [ʌnˈʌtərəbl̩] | adj. Inexpressible. |
| unwieldy [ʌnˈwiːldi] | adj. Moved or managed with difficulty, as from great size or awkward shape. |
| unwise [ʌnˈwaɪz] | adj. Foolish. |
| unyoke [ˈʌnˈjəʊk] | v. To separate. |
| up-keep [ˈʌpkiːp] | n. Maintenance. |
| upbraid [ˌʌpˈbreɪd] | v. To reproach as deserving blame. |
| upcast [ˈʌpkɑːst] | n. A throwing upward. |
| upheaval [ˌʌpˈhiːvəl] | n. Overthrow or violent disturbance of established order or condition. |
| upheave [ʌpˈhiːv] | v. To raise or lift with effort. |
| uppermost [ˈʌpəməʊst] | adj. First in order of precedence. |
| uproarious [ʌpˈrɔːrɪəs] | adj. Noisy. |
| uproot [ˌʌpˈruːt] | v. To eradicate. |
| upturn [ˈʌptɜːn] | v. To throw into confusion. |
| urban [ˈɜːbən] | adj. Of, or pertaining to, or like a city. |
| urbanity [ɜːˈbænɪti] | n. Refined or elegant courtesy. |
| urchin [ˈɜːtʃɪn] | n. A roguish, mischievous boy. |
| urgency [ˈɜːdʒənsi] | n. The pressure of necessity. |
| usage [ˈjuːsɪdʒ] | n. Treatment. |
| usurious [juːˈzjʊərɪəs] | adj. Taking unlawful or exorbitant interest on money loaned. |
| usurp [juːˈzɜːp] | v. To take possession of by force. |
| usury [ˈjuːʒəri] | n. The demanding for the use of money as a loan, a rate of interest beyond what is allowed by law. |
| utilitarianism [ju:ˌtɪlɪˈteərɪənɪzəm] | n. The ethical doctrine that actions are right because they are useful or of beneficial tendency. |
| utility [juːˈtɪlɪti] | n. Fitness for some desirable practical purpose. |
| utmost [ˈʌtməʊst] | n. The greatest possible extent. |
| vacate [vəˈkeɪt] | v. To leave. |
| vaccinate [ˈvæksɪneɪt] | v. To inoculate with vaccine virus or virus of cowpox. |
| vacillate [ˈvæsɪleɪt] | v. To waver. |
| vacuous [ˈvækjʊəs] | adj. Empty. |
| vacuum [ˈvækjʊəm] | n. A space entirely devoid of matter. |
| vagabond [ˈvæɡəbɒnd] | n. A wanderer. |
| vagrant [ˈveɪɡrənt] | n. An idle wanderer. |
| vainglory [veɪnˈɡlɔːri] | n. Excessive, pretentious, and demonstrative vanity. |
| vale [veɪl] | n. Level or low land between hills. |
| valediction [ˌvælɪˈdɪkʃn̩] | n. A bidding farewell. |
| valedictorian [ˌvæləˌdɪkˈtɔːiən] | n. Student who delivers an address at graduating exercises of an educational institution. |
| valedictory [ˌvælɪˈdɪktəri] | n. A parting address. |
| valid [ˈvælɪd] | adj. Founded on truth. |
| valorous [ˈvælərəs] | adj. Courageous. |
| vapid [ˈvæpɪd] | adj. Having lost sparkling quality and flavor. |
| vaporizer [ˈveɪpəraɪzə] | n. An atomizer. |
| variable [ˈveərɪəbl̩] | adj. Having a tendency to change. |
| variance [ˈveərɪəns] | n. Change. |
| variant [ˈveərɪənt] | n. A thing that differs from another in form only, being the same in essence or substance. |
| variation [ˌveərɪˈeɪʃn̩] | n. Modification. |
| variegate [ˈveərɪɡeɪt] | v. To mark with different shades or colors. |
| vassal [ˈvæsəl] | n. A slave or bondman. |
| vaudeville [ˈvɔːdəvɪl] | n. A variety show. |
| vegetal [ˈvedʒətəl] | adj. Of or pertaining to plants. |
| vegetarian [ˌvedʒɪˈteərɪən] | n. One who believes in the theory that man's food should be exclusively vegetable. |
| vegetate [ˈvedʒɪteɪt] | v. To live in a monotonous, passive way without exercise of the mental faculties. |
| vegetation [ˌvedʒɪˈteɪʃn̩] | n. Plant-life in the aggregate. |
| vegetative [ˈvedʒɪtətɪv] | adj. Pertaining to the process of plant-life. |
| vehement [ˈviːəmənt] | adj. Very eager or urgent. |
| velocity [vəˈlɒsɪti] | n. Rapid motion. |
| velvety [ˈvelvɪti] | adj. Marked by lightness and softness. |
| venal [ˈviːnəl] | adj. Mercenary, corrupt. |
| vendible [ˈvendəbl] | adj. Marketable. |
| vendition [vendition] | n. The act of selling. |
| vendor [ˈvendə] | n. A seller. |
| veneer [vəˈnɪə] | n. Outside show or elegance. |
| venerable [ˈvenərəbl̩] | adj. Meriting or commanding high esteem. |
| venerate [ˈvenəreɪt] | v. To cherish reverentially. |
| venereal [vəˈnɪərɪəl] | adj. Pertaining to or proceeding from sexual intercourse. |
| venial [ˈviːnɪəl] | adj. That may be pardoned or forgiven, a forgivable sin. |
| venison [ˈvenɪsn̩] | n. The flesh of deer. |
| venom [ˈvenəm] | n. The poisonous fluid that certain animals secrete. |
| venous [ˈviːnəs] | adj. Of, pertaining to, or contained or carried in a vein or veins. |
| veracious [vəˈreɪʃəs] | adj. Habitually disposed to speak the truth. |
| veracity [vəˈræsɪti] | n. Truthfulness. |
| verbatim [vɜːˈbeɪtɪm] | adv. Word for word. |
| verbiage [ˈvɜːbɪɪdʒ] | n. Use of many words without necessity. |
| verbose [vɜːˈbəʊs] | adj. Wordy. |
| verdant [ˈvɜːdnt] | adj. Green with vegetation. |
| verification [ˌverɪfɪˈkeɪʃn̩] | n. The act of proving to be true, exact, or accurate. |
| verify [ˈverɪfaɪ] | v. To prove to be true, exact, or accurate. |
| verily [ˈverəli] | adv. In truth. |
| verity [ˈverɪti] | n. Truth. |
| vermin [ˈvɜːmɪn] | n. A noxious or troublesome animal. |
| vernacular [vəˈnækjʊlə] | n. The language of one's country. |
| vernal [ˈvɜːnəl] | adj. Belonging to or suggestive of the spring. |
| versatile [ˈvɜːsətaɪl] | adj. Having an aptitude for applying oneself to new and varied tasks or to various subjects. |
| version [ˈvɜːʃn̩] | n. A description or report of something as modified by one's character or opinion. |
| vertex [ˈvɜːteks] | n. Apex. |
| vertical [ˈvɜːtɪkl̩] | adj. Lying or directed perpendicularly to the horizon. |
| vertigo [ˈvɜːtɪɡəʊ] | n. Dizziness. |
| vestige [ˈvestɪdʒ] | n. A visible trace, mark, or impression, of something absent, lost, or gone. |
| vestment [ˈvestmənt] | n. Clothing or covering. |
| veto [ˈviːtəʊ] | n. The constitutional right in a chief executive of refusing to approve an enactment. |
| vicarious [vɪˈkeərɪəs] | adj. Suffered or done in place of or for the sake of another. |
| viceroy [ˈvaɪsroɪ] | n. A ruler acting with royal authority in place of the sovereign in a colony or province. |
| vicissitude [vɪˈsɪsɪtjuːd] | n. A change, especially a complete change, of condition or circumstances, as of fortune. |
| vie [vaɪ] | v. To contend. |
| vigilance [ˈvɪdʒɪləns] | n. Alert and intent mental watchfulness in guarding against danger. |
| vigilant [ˈvɪdʒɪlənt] | adj. Being on the alert to discover and ward off danger or insure safety. |
| vignette [viːˈnjet] | n. A picture having a background or that is shaded off gradually. |
| vincible [ˈvɪnsɪbl] | adj. Conquerable. |
| vindicate [ˈvɪndɪkeɪt] | v. To prove true, right, or real. |
| vindicatory [ˈvɪndɪkətərɪ] | adj. Punitive. |
| vindicative [ˈvɪndɪkətɪv] | adj. Revengeful. |
| vinery [ˈvaɪnəri] | n. A greenhouse for grapes. |
| viol-1 [ˈvaɪəl] | n. A stringed instrument of the violin class. |
| viol-2 [avɪˈəʊlə] | n. A musical instrument somewhat larger than a violin. |
| violator [ˈvaɪəleɪt] | n. One who transgresses. |
| violation [ˌvaɪəˈleɪʃn̩] | n. Infringement. |
| violoncello [ˌvaɪələnˈtʃeləʊ] | n. A stringed instrument held between the player's knees. |
| virago [vɪˈrɑːɡəʊ] | n. A bold, impudent, turbulent woman. |
| virile [ˈvɪraɪl] | adj. Masculine. |
| virtu [vɜːˈtuː] | n. Rare, curious, or beautiful quality. |
| virtual [ˈvɜːtʃʊəl] | adj. Being in essence or effect, but not in form or appearance. |
| virtuoso [ˌvɜːtʃʊˈəʊzəʊ] | n. A master in the technique of some particular fine art. |
| virulence [ˈvɪrʊləns] | n. Extreme poisonousness. |
| virulent [ˈvɪrʊlənt] | adj. Exceedingly noxious or deleterious. |
| visage [ˈvɪzɪdʒ] | n. The face, countenance, or look of a person. |
| viscount [ˈvaɪkaʊnt] | n. In England, a title of nobility, ranking fourth in the order of British peerage. |
| vist [aˈvɪstə] | n. A view or prospect. |
| visual [ˈvɪʒuəl] | adj. Perceptible by sight. |
| visualize [ˈvɪʒuəlaɪz] | v. To give pictorial vividness to a mental representation. |
| vitality [vaɪˈtælɪti] | n. The state or quality of being necessary to existence or continuance. |
| vitalize [ˈvaɪtəlaɪz] | v. To endow with life or energy. |
| vitiate [ˈvɪʃɪeɪt] | v. To contaminate. |
| vituperable [vituperable] | adj. Deserving of censure. |
| vivacity [vɪˈvæsɪti] | n. Liveliness. |
| vivify [ˈvɪvɪfaɪ] | v. To endue with life. |
| vivisection [ˌvɪvɪˈsekʃn̩] | n. The dissection of a living animal. |
| vocable [ˈvəʊkəbl] | n. a word, especially one regarded in relation merely to its qualities of sound. |
| vocative [ˈvɒkətɪv] | adj. Of or pertaining to the act of calling. |
| vociferance [vociferance] | n. The quality of making a clamor. |
| vociferate [vəˈsɪfəreɪt] | v. To utter with a loud and vehement voice. |
| vociferous [vəˈsɪfərəs] | adj. Making a loud outcry. |
| vogue [vəʊɡ] | n. The prevalent way or fashion. |
| volant [ˈvəʊlənt] | adj. Flying or able to fly. |
| volatile [ˈvɒlətaɪl] | adj. Changeable. |
| volition [vəˈlɪʃn̩] | n. An act or exercise of will. |
| volitive [volitive] | adj. Exercising the will. |
| voluble [ˈvɒljʊbl̩] | adj. Having great fluency in speaking. |
| voluptuous [vəˈlʌptʃʊəs] | adj. having fullness of beautiful form, as a woman, with or without sensuous or sensual quality. |
| voracious [vəˈreɪʃəs] | adj. Eating with greediness or in very large quantities. |
| vortex [ˈvɔːteks] | n. A mass of rotating or whirling fluid, especially when sucked spirally toward the center. |
| votary [ˈvəʊtəri] | adj. Consecrated by a vow or promise. |
| votive [ˈvəʊtɪv] | adj. Dedicated by a vow. |
| vulgarity [vʌlˈɡærɪti] | n. Lack of refinement in conduct or speech. |
| vulnerable [ˈvʌlnərəbl̩] | adj. Capable of receiving injuries. |
| waif [weɪf] | n. A homeless, neglected wanderer. |
| waistcoat [ˈweɪskəʊt] | n. A vest. |
| waive [weɪv] | v. To relinquish, especially temporarily, as a right or claim. |
| wampum [ˈwɒmpəm] | n. Beads strung on threads, formerly used among the American Indians as currency. |
| wane [weɪn] | v. To diminish in size and brilliancy. |
| wantonness [ˈwɒntən nəs] | n. Recklessness. |
| warlike [ˈwɔːlaɪk] | adj. Belligerent. |
| wavelet [ˈweɪvlət] | n. A ripple. |
| weak-kneed [wiːk ˈniːd] | adj. Without resolute purpose or energy. |
| weal [wiːl] | n. Well-being. |
| wean [wiːn] | v. To transfer (the young) from dependence on mother's milk to another form of nourishment. |
| wearisome [ˈwɪərɪsəm] | adj. Fatiguing. |
| wee [wiː] | adj. Very small. |
| well-bred [ˈwel bred] | adj. Of good ancestry. |
| well-doer [ˈwel duːə] | n. A performer of moral and social duties. |
| well-to-do [ˌwel tə ˈduː] | adj. In prosperous circumstances. |
| whereabouts [ˈweərəbaʊts] | n. The place in or near which a person or thing is. |
| whereupon [ˌweərʌˈpɒn] | adv. After which. |
| wherever [ˌweəˈrevə] | adv. In or at whatever place. |
| wherewith [ˌweəˈwɪð] | n. The necessary means or resources. |
| whet [wet] | v. To make more keen or eager. |
| whimsical [ˈwɪmzɪkl̩] | adj. Capricious. |
| whine [waɪn] | v. To utter with complaining tone. |
| wholly [ˈhəʊl li] | adv. Completely. |
| wield [wiːld] | v. To use, control, or manage, as a weapon, or instrument, especially with full command. |
| wile [waɪl] | n. An act or a means of cunning deception. |
| winsome [ˈwɪnsəm] | adj. Attractive. |
| wintry [ˈwɪntri] | adj. Lacking warmth of manner. |
| wiry [ˈwaɪəri] | adj. Thin, but tough and sinewy. |
| witchcraft [ˈwɪtʃkrɑːft] | n. Sorcery. |
| witless [ˈwɪtlɪs] | adj. Foolish, indiscreet, or silly. |
| witling [ˈwɪtlɪŋ] | n. A person who has little understanding. |
| witticism [ˈwɪtɪsɪzəm] | n. A witty, brilliant, or original saying or sentiment. |
| wittingly [ˈwɪtɪŋli] | adv. With knowledge and by design. |
| wizen [ˈwaɪzən] | v. To become or cause to become withered or dry. |
| wizen-faced [ˈwaɪzən feɪst] | adj. Having a shriveled face. |
| working-man [ˈwɜːkɪŋmæn] | n. One who earns his bread by manual labor. |
| workmanlike [ˈwɜːkmənlaɪk] | adj. Like or befitting a skilled workman. |
| workmanship [ˈwɜːkmənʃɪp] | n. The art or skill of a workman. |
| wrangle [ˈræŋɡl̩] | v. To maintain by noisy argument or dispute. |
| wreak [riːk] | v. To inflict, as a revenge or punishment. |
| wrest [rest] | v. To pull or force away by or as by violent twisting or wringing. |
| wretchedness [ˈretʃɪdnəs] | n. Extreme misery or unhappiness. |
| writhe [ˈraɪð] | v. To twist the body, face, or limbs or as in pain or distress. |
| writing [ˈraɪtɪŋ] | n. The act or art of tracing or inscribing on a surface letters or ideographs. |
| wry [raɪ] | adj. Deviating from that which is proper or right. |
| yearling [ˈjɜːlɪŋ] | n. A young animal past its first year and not yet two years old. |
| zealot [ˈzelət] | n. One who espouses a cause or pursues an object in an immoderately partisan manner. |
| zeitgeist [tˈsaɪtˌɡaɪst] | n. The intellectual and moral tendencies that characterize any age or epoch. |
| zenith [ˈzenɪθ] | n. The culminating-point of prosperity, influence, or greatness. |
| zephyr [ˈzefə] | n. Any soft, gentle wind. |
| zodiac [ˈzəʊdɪæk] | n. An imaginary belt encircling the heavens within which are the larger planets. |
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