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abandon {n} (a giving up to natural impulses) abash {v} (to make ashamed, to embarrass) abashed {adj} (embarrassed) abessive {n} (the abessive case) abessive case {n} (case used to express the lack of something) abiogenesis {n} (abiogenesis) a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush {proverb} (small but certain advantage is preferable) abolition {n} (abolition of slave trade) abolition {n} (emancipation of slaves) abominable {adj} ((obsolete) excessive; large) above {adv} (higher in rank) above the law {prep} (idiomatic) abrupt {adj} (botany: truncated) abscess {n} (cavity filled with pus) absence {n} (inattention to things present) absence {n} (lack; deficiency; nonexistence) absence {n} (state of being away) absent {adj} (being away from a place) absent {adj} (inattentive) absentee {n} (A person who is absent) absolutely {adv} (in an absolute manner) absorb {v} (to occupy fully) abstract noun {n} (a noun that denotes an abstract concept) abuse {n} (insulting speech) abuse {v} (to insult) Abyssinia {prop} (historical name of Ethiopia) Abyssinian {adj} (of or pertaining to Abyssinia) acanthesthesia {n} (tingling, numbing sensation as of being pierced) accelerate {v} (to become faster) accelerate {v} (to cause to move faster) accelerate {v} (to quicken natural or ordinary progression or process) acceleration {n} (act or state) acceleration {n} (amount) acceleration {n} ((physics)) accelerator {n} (a device for causing acceleration) accelerator {n} (a substance which speeds up chemical reactions) accelerator {n} (one who, or that which, accelerates) accelerometer {n} (instrument for measuring acceleration) accession {n} (act of coming to or reaching a throne, an office, or dignity) accessory {n} (clothing accessory) accessory {n} (unessential part in a work of art) accountancy {n} (the profession of accounting) account book {n} (a book in which accounts are kept) accusation {n} (act of accusing or charging with a crime) accuse {v} (attribute blame to someone) acetic acid {n} (clear colourless organic acid, CH[3]COOH) acetic anhydride {n} (organic compound) acetoacetic acid {n} (organic compound) acetyl chloride {n} (acyl chloride of acetic acid) acetylcholinesterase {n} (enzyme) a chain is only as strong as its weakest link {proverb} (aphorism) Achilles heel {n} (vulnerability in an otherwise strong situation) Achilles tendon {n} (strong tendon in the calf of the leg) acknowledge {v} (to notify receipt) acknowledgement {n} (act of acknowledging) acknowledgement {n} (formal statement or document recognizing the fulfilment or execution of a legal requirement or procedure) acknowledgment {n} (act of acknowledging) acquired immune deficiency syndrome {n} (infectious disease caused by HIV) acre {n} (unit of surface area) act {n} (statute) acting {adj} (temporarily assuming the duties or authority) Acts of the Apostles {prop} (fifth book of the New Testament) adamant {adj} (determined; unshakeable; unyielding) add fuel to the fire {v} (worsen a conflict) address {n} (direction for letters) address {v} (to direct in writing) address {v} (to refer a location in computer memory) address bar {n} (bar in a web browser that displays the address) address book {n} (small book with addresses) addressee {n} (person or organization to which something is addressed or sent) addresser {n} (a machine that addresses) adept {adj} (well skilled) adequate {adj} (equal to some requirement) adessive {n} (the adessive case, or a word in that case) adessive case {n} (noun case used to indicate adjacent location) adhere {v} (To be consistent or coherent; to be in accordance; to agree) adjective phrase {n} (Phrase that modifies or describes a noun or pronoun) adolescence {n} (period between childhood and maturity) Adriatic Sea {prop} (sea that stretches from the Ionian Sea to the Gulf of Venice) adroit {adj} (dextrous) advanced {adj} (at or close to state of the art) adverbial {n} (grammar: word or phrase modifying a verb) adverbial participle {n} (linguistic sense) adverbial phrase {n} (Phrase that modifies a verb, adjective, another adverb, or a prepositional phrase) Aegean Sea {prop} (sea of the northeastern part of the Mediterranean Sea) affidavit {n} (legal, signed document wherein an affiant makes a sworn statement) affirm {v} (to agree with or verify) affix {v} (to attach) after all {prep} (in the end; anyway) afterings {n} (the last milk that is obtained when milking a cow) aftertaste {n} (The persistence of the taste of something no longer present) agenda {n} (list of matters to be taken up) aggression {n} (act of initiating hostilities or invasion) aggression {n} (hostile or destructive behavior or actions) aggression {n} (the practice or habit of launching attacks) aggressive {adj} (tending or disposed to aggress) aggressiveness {n} (state or quality being aggressive) aggressor {n} (the person who first attacks or makes an aggression) aghast {adj} (terrified) Agnes {prop} (female given name) agog {adj} (in eager desire) agribusiness {n} (big business connected to agriculture) Aguascalientes {prop} (state of Mexico) ahlspiess {n} (polearm used in Germany in the 15th century) air hostess {n} (female flight attendant) airline {n} (company that flies airplanes) airtight {adj} (having no weak points or flaws) akimbo {adj} (with a crook or bend; with the hand on the hip and elbow turned outward) akimbo {adv} (with arms akimbo) akinesia {n} (loss of the ability to control muscles) albino {adj} (congenitally lacking melanin) Alcibiades {prop} (Greek name) al dente {adj} (firm) alembic {n} (chemical apparatus) all {determiner} (every individual of the given class) all {n} (everything possible) allegedly {adv} (according to someone's allegation) all good things come to an end {proverb} (nothing lasts forever) all in all {adv} (generally) all right {adj} (in good health) all right {interj} (Used to express exasperation or frustration, often with already ) all's fair in love and war {proverb} (unpleasant behavior is acceptable during love and conflict) all's well that ends well {proverb} (even though something may have problems, it is all right ...) all that glitters is not gold {proverb} (things that appear valuable or worthwhile might not actually be so) all the best {interj} (good luck) alone {adv} (only) aloof {adj} (reserved and remote; either physically or emotionally distant) a lot {n} (many things) aloud {adv} (audibly, not silent) altar boy {n} (A boy serving as an acolyte) altar girl {n} (a girl serving as an acolyte) alter ego {n} (alternate personality or persona) alternative hypothesis {n} (hypothesis) altimeter {n} (an apparatus for measuring altitude) ambivalent {adj} (experiencing or expressing opposing feelings) ameliorate {v} (to make better) amelioration {n} (act of making better) amelioration {n} (improvement) amend {v} (to become better) amend {v} (to make better) amendment {n} (correction or addition to a law) amendment {n} (that which is added) American {prop} (American English) American Civil War {prop} (civil war in the United States (1861-1865)) American English {prop} (English of the United States) amicable {adj} (showing friendliness or goodwill) ammeter {n} (device that measures an electric current) amnesia {n} (loss of memory) amnesty {n} (act of the sovereign power) amorphous {adj} (lacking a definite form or clear shape) ampere-hour {n} (unit of electric charge) anaesthesia {n} (loss of bodily sensation) anaesthesiology {n} (science of administering anaesthetics) analgesia {n} (absence of the sense of pain) anamnesis {n} (medical history of a patient) anchorman {n} (TV host) Ancient Egypt {prop} (civilization) Ancient Greece {prop} (The ancient civilization of the Mediterranean) androgynous {adj} (pertaining to a characteristic that is not definitively of either sex) anemometer {n} (an instrument for measuring and recording the speed of the wind) anesthesia {n} (loss of bodily sensation) anesthetist {n} (person who gives an anesthetic) anesthetization {n} (an administration of anesthesia) anesthetize {v} (administer anesthesia) a new broom sweeps clean {proverb} (new management will often make radical changes) angel of death {n} (personification of death in fiction and in art) Anglo-Frisian {prop} (language group) Anglophobia {n} (hatred or fear of England or anything English) anguish {n} (extreme pain) angular velocity {n} (angle turned in a given time) animal {n} (person who behaves wildly) animate {adj} (that which lives) animator {n} (one who animates something) ankle monitor {n} (device individuals under house arrest are often required to wear) anniversary {n} (day an exact number of years since an event) anno Domini {adv} (in the year of our Lord) Anno Domini {adv} (in the year of our Lord) annotate {v} (to add annotation) annual report {n} (company report of activities for the preceding year) annual ring {n} (layer of wood) anopheles {n} (member of the Anopheles genus of mosquitos) another {determiner} (one more, in addition to a former number) Antares {prop} (star) antiangiogenesis {n} (prevention of angiogenesis) antic {adj} (architecture: grotesque, incongruous) antic {n} (ludicrous act or behaviour) antidepressant {n} (agent that prevents or counteracts depression) Antisthenes {prop} (Greek name) antithesis {n} (proposition that is opposite to other proposition) ants in one's pants {n} (To be agitated and fidgety) anxiety {n} (concern) anxious {adj} (full of anxiety) anxiously {adv} (in an anxious manner) apheresis {n} (loss of letters or sounds from the beginning of a word) aphesis {n} (loss of the initial unstressed vowel of a word) apiece {adv} (apiece) Apollonian circle {n} (two families of circles) aposiopesis {n} (abrupt breaking-off in speech) Apostles' Creed {prop} (statement of Christian belief) apostolic succession {n} (chain of consecrations of bishops) appease {v} (To make quiet; to calm; to reduce to a state of peace; to still; to pacify) appoint {v} (To assign, designate, or set apart by authority) appoint {v} ( to constitute; to ordain; to prescribe; to fix the time and place of) appoint {v} (To fix with power or firmness) apprehend {v} ( to arrest; to apprehend a criminal) apprehensive {adj} (anticipating something with anxiety or fear) appropriate {adj} (obsolete: set apart for a particular use or person) appropriate {adj} (peculiar, suitable, fit, proper) appropriateness {n} (the quality or condition of being appropriate) Apus {prop} (a constellation of the southern sky) arabesque {n} ((music) ornate composition) arabesque {n} (ornamental design used in Islamic Art) Arabian Sea {prop} (part of the Indian Ocean) Arabic {prop} (alphabet) Arabic script {n} (letters of the Arabic language) Aragonese {n} (a person) Aragonese {prop} (the language of Aragon) archdiocese {n} (area administered by an archbishop) archery {n} (the practice) Archimedes {prop} (an ancient Greek mathematician) archpriest {n} (religious title / rank) arduous {adj} (needing or using up much energy) Ares {prop} (the god of war, son of Zeus and Hera) argali {n} (Ovis ammon) argument {n} (verbal dispute; a quarrel) Aristotle {prop} (ancient Greek philosopher) arithmetic mean {n} (measure of central tendency) arithmetic progression {n} (sequence) Ark of the Covenant {prop} (the sacred container, a gold-plated wooden chest) armchair {n} (a chair with supports for the arms or elbows) Armenian Highland {prop} (plateau) army {n} (government agency in charge of a state's army) arraignment {n} (charging of a defendant) arrest {n} (act of arresting a criminal, suspect etc) arrest {n} (confinement, as after an arrest) arrest {v} (to take into legal custody) artesian {adj} (rising to the surface) artesian well {n} (bore-hole) art history {n} (study of the history of the visual arts) artificial life {n} (study of synthetic systems that behave like living organisms) artiodactyl {n} (any ungulate mammal with an even number of toes) artisanal {adj} ((of an item) made by artisans) artistic {adj} (having creative skill) as a result {conj} (consequently) asbestos {n} (any of several fibrous mineral forms of magnesium silicate) asbestosis {n} (lung disease caused by exposure to asbestos) ascent {n} (act of ascending; motion upwards) ascertain {v} (find out; discover or establish) asceticism {n} (the principles and practices of an ascetic) asexual {adj} (having no distinct sex) as good as it gets {phrase} (the best available) ash {n} (wood) ashamed {adj} (feeling shame or guilt) ash tree {n} (Fraxinus tree) as is {adj} ((of an object) in its present state or condition) asker {n} (person who asks a question) aspen {n} (tree of genus Populus sect. Populus) ass {n} (animal) ass {n} (stupid person) Assamese {prop} (language) asscheek {n} (slang for a buttock) assembly line {n} (system of workers and machinery in a series) assertiveness {n} (the quality of being self-assured) asset-backed {adj} (having assets as collateral) assuage {v} (pacify) a stitch in time saves nine {proverb} (a timely effort can prevent larger problems) astrolabe {n} (astronomical and navigational instrument) as you wish {interj} (as you wish) at best {prep} (in the most favorable of conditions) at death's door {prep} (about to die) atheism {n} (belief that no deities exist (sometimes including rejection of other religious beliefs)) atheist {n} (a person who believes that no deities exist) at last {prep} (in the end; finally; ultimately) at least {prep} (at a lower limit) at sign {n} (name of the symbol @) attaché {n} (diplomatic officer) attack is the best form of defence {proverb} (attacking the opposition first is better than waiting) attempt {n} (the action of trying at something) attend {v} (to be present at) attendance {n} (the state of attending) at the end of the day {prep} (in summary; ultimately) at the latest {adv} (not later than) attic {n} (space, often unfinished and with sloped walls, directly below the roof) Austrian German {prop} (a national standard variety of German) average {n} (arithmetic mean) Avestan {adj} (of or pertaining to Avesta) Avestan {prop} (Old Iranian language) avian influenza {n} (strain of influenza) avow {v} (declare openly) away {adj} (not here; gone) away {adj} (unavailable) awkward {adj} (lacking dexterity in the use of the hands) awkwardly {adv} (in an awkward manner) awkwardness {n} (the state or quality of being awkward) axis of evil {n} (states sponsoring terrorism and seeking weapons of mass destruction) babesiosis {n} (parasitic disease) bachelor {n} (unmarried man) bachelor pad {n} (dwelling of unmarried man) bachelor party {n} (party) backside {n} (buttocks) bad apple {n} (a person who is not wholesome) badger {v} (pester) bag of bones {n} (a skinny person) Balinese {adj} (of, or relating to Bali, or its inhabitants, language) Balinese {n} (cat) Balinese {n} (inhabitant) Balinese {n} (language) Balinesian {adj} (of Bali) balisong {n} (a folding pocket knife) ballast {v} (to lay ballast on the bed of a railway track) balsamic vinegar {n} (a dark, sweet vinegar, made from reduced white wine) Baltic Sea {prop} (a sea) bamboozle {v} (to con, defraud, trick) Banbury story of a cock and a bull {n} (roundabout, nonsensical story) Bangladesh {prop} (country) Bangladeshi {adj} (of, from, or pertaining to Bangladesh) Bangladeshi {n} (person from Bangladesh or of Bangladeshi descent) banquet {n} (a large celebratory meal; a feast) bar {n} (counter of such a premises) barbecue sauce {n} (type of sauce) barbershop {n} (barber's shop) baroness {n} (female ruler of a barony) Bartholomew {prop} (the Apostle) basement {n} (floor below ground level) bash up {v} (assault someone with the intention of causing physical injury) bask {v} (to take great pleasure or satisfaction; to feel warm or happiness) basking shark {n} (Cetorhinus maximus) batter {n} (binge) battered {adj} (beaten repeatedly or consistently) battle cry {n} (Something the troops yell out when going to war or battle) battlement {n} (indented parapet formed by a series of rising members) battle of the sexes {n} (any competition between males and females) battle of the sexes {n} (game theory) battleship {n} (warship) bear {n} (investor who anticipates falling prices) bear {v} (declare) bear cub {n} (young bear) beast {n} (non-human animal) beast {n} (violent/antisocial person) beast of burden {n} (animal that carries or pulls heavy loads) beater {n} (a kitchen implement for mixing) beauty is in the eye of the beholder {proverb} (people have different ideas of what is beautiful) be born yesterday {v} (to be inexperienced) bedrock {n} (underground solid rock) bedtime story {n} (story read to children before they sleep) bee-eater {n} (bird in the family Meropidae) been there, done that {phrase} (assertion that the speaker has personal experience or knowledge of a particular place or topic) beggars can't be choosers {proverb} (when resources are limited, one must accept even substandard gifts) behemoth {n} (mighty monster) being {n} (a living creature) beleaguered {adj} (beset by trouble or difficulty) beleaguered {adj} (besieged, surrounded by enemy troops) belles-lettres {n} (literary works valued for their aesthetic qualities) bemused {adj} (thoughtful; preoccupied) benchmark {n} (a standard for evaluating or measuring) beneficiary {n} (one who benefits from the distribution, especially of an estate) Bengal light {n} (bright blue flare) bequeath {v} (to hand down; to transmit) berate {v} (chide vehemently) besmirch {v} (To make dirty; to soil) besmirch {v} (To tarnish; to debase) besom {n} (broom) bespeak {v} ((transitive) To speak about; tell of; relate; discuss) bespeak {v} ((transitive) To speak for beforehand; engage in advance; make arrangements for; order or reserve in advance) bespoke {adj} (individually or custom made) Bessarabia {prop} (region) best {adj} (superlative of the adjective good) best {adv} (superlative of the adverb well) best {n} (effort) best {n} (person) best friend {n} (an especially close and trusted friend) bestseller {n} (book or thing sold in large numbers) bet {n} (A degree of certainty) betony {n} (Stachys officinalis) better {adj} (comparative of the adjectives good or well) better {adv} (comparative form of the adverb well) betterer {n} (one who makes something better) better half {n} (spouse or lover) better late than never {adv} (it’s better to do something late, than to never do it at all) bicycle {n} (vehicle) big cheese {n} (an important figure) bike {n} (bicycle) bill {n} (draft of a law) binge {n} (regarding bulimia nervosa, rapid and excessive consumption of food) biodiesel {n} (fuel) biohazard {n} (biological risk) bioluminescence {n} (emission of light by a living organism) bioresource {n} (resource of biological origin) bird of paradise {n} (bird) birds of a feather flock together {proverb} (people of similar character, etc. tend to associate) birdsong {n} (musical sound made by a bird) bisexual {adj} (botany: having both male and female organs) black-crested antshrike {n} (bird) Black Death {prop} (the Black Death) black eye {n} (bruised eye) blackhead {n} (skin blemish) black hole {n} (celestial body) blackmail {n} (payment of money exacted by means of intimidation) blackmail {v} (to extort money) blackmailer {n} (someone who blackmails) Black Sea {prop} (an inland sea between southeastern Europe, Caucasus and Asia Minor) black sheep {n} (disliked person) black-tailed jackrabbit {n} (Lepus californicus) Blagoveshchensk {prop} (city in Siberia) blah {n} (nonsense talk) blame {v} (place blame upon) bland {adj} (Lacking in taste or vigor) blank {adj} (free from writing, printing or marks) blasphemer {n} (One who commits blasphemy) blasphemous {adj} (lacking piety or respect for the sacred) blasphemy {n} (Irreverence toward something sacred) blaze {n} (mark resembling fire) blazon {v} (to describe of a coat of arms) bleak {adj} (cheerless) bleak {adj} (desolate and exposed) bleed {n} (edge around layout) blessed {adj} (having divine aid, or protection, or other blessing) bless you {interj} (said to somebody who has sneezed) blight {v} (to spoil or ruin (something)) blizzard {n} (severe snowstorm) blocked {adj} (Obstructed movement) bloodshed {n} (shedding or spilling of blood) blood sister {n} (a female bound to another one in commitment and friendship by a ceremonial mingling of blood) blood sister {n} (sister by birth) blood test {n} (a serologic analysis of a sample of blood) blotting paper {n} (absorbent paper used to dry ink) blue {adj} (depressed) blue giant {n} (very luminous star) blue mussel {n} (Mytilus edulis) blues {n} (musical composition) blues {n} (musical form) blue screen of death {n} (screen indicating a system error) blue supergiant {n} (A large blue giant) blunder {v} (To make a stupid mistake) blunderbuss {n} (old style of firearm with a distinctive large opening at the muzzle) blunt {adj} (Hard to impress or penetrate) blunt {adj} (Having a thick edge or point, as an instrument) body {n} (largest or most important part of anything (e.g. car bodywork)) bogie {n} (structure with axles and wheels under a railroad carriage or locomotive) boiled egg {n} (boiled egg (generic)) boiled egg {n} (hard-boiled egg) boiled egg {n} (soft-boiled egg) boiler {n} (device for heating circulating water) boiler {n} (hot water heater) boilerplate {n} (A sheet of steel used in the construction of a boiler) boisterous {adj} (full of energy; noisy) bombardment {n} (heavy artillery fire) bon appétit {interj} (used to wish someone enjoyment of the meal they are about to eat) bonkers {adj} (irrational, crazy) book {v} (to record the details of an offender) book {v} (to reserve) booking {n} (A reservation for a service, such as accommodation in an hotel) bookmark {n} (record of the address of a file or page) bookmark {n} (strip used to mark a place in a book) bookworm {n} (avid reader) Boolean {adj} (logic: pertaining to data items that have values “true” and “false”) Boolean algebra {n} (algebraic structure) booth {n} (A small stall for the display and sale of goods) boozer {n} (drunkard) Borgesian {adj} (characteristic of Jorge Luis Borges) botched {adj} (clumsily made or repaired) bottle shop {n} (liquor store, bottle shop) bounded function {n} (function ) bounty {n} (something given liberally) bourgeois {adj} (conventional, conservative and materialistic) bowel {n} (interior of something) brace {n} (curved, pointed typographic line) braces {n} (keyboard symbols) braconid {n} (any of several parasitic wasps) braille {n} (system of writing using raised dots) brain {n} (intelligent person) brainchild {n} (creation) brainstorming {v} (method of problem solving) branch {n} (area in business or of knowledge, research) brash {adj} (impetuous or rash) brass {adj} (colour of brass) brass {n} (alloy of copper and zinc) brass {n} (colour of brass) brass {n} (made of brass (attributive use)) Bratislava {prop} (The capital of Slovakia) breach {n} (gap) break a law {v} (to violate a law) breakfast {n} (first meal of the day) bream {n} (Abramis brama) breathalyzer {n} (a device that measures alcohol in expired air) breeches {n} (a garment worn by men, covering the hips and thighs) Brezhnev {prop} (surname) bribe {n} (inducement to dishonesty) bribe {v} (to give a bribe) bribery {n} (making of illegal payment) brick {n} (electronic device) British {prop} (the British English language) British English {prop} (English language as in Britain, especially in England) British Indian Ocean Territory {prop} (UK overseas territory) broken {adj} (of a line: dashed) broken heart {n} (broken heart) brood mare {n} (mare used for breeding) broom {n} (domestic utensil) broom {n} (sweeper in curling) broomstick {n} (the handle of a broom) brotherly {adj} (of or charasteristic of brothers) brush {n} (wild vegetation) brushwood {n} (small trees and shrubs) brutish {adj} (Bestial; lacking human sensibility) bubonic plague {n} (disease caused by the bacterium Yersinia pestis) Bucharest {prop} (The capital of Romania) Budapest {prop} (the capital city of Hungary) Budapestian {adj} (of, from or pertaining to Budapest) Budapestian {n} (someone from Budapest) Buenos Aires {prop} (capital of Argentina) bug {n} (a colloquial name for insect) bulletin board {n} (a board) bulletproof vest {n} (bulletproof vest) bullet train {n} (a Japanese high-speed train) bullying {n} (persistent acts intended to make life unpleasant) bun {n} (A small bread roll, often sweetened or spiced) Bundesrat {prop} (federal council of Germany) Bundestag {prop} (federal parliament of Germany) bungalow {n} (small house or cottage) bungee jumping {n} (jumping from a great height with a cord) buoyant {adj} (lighthearted and lively) burden {v} (encumber) bureaucratese {n} (style of language typically used by bureaucrats) burlesque {adj} (burlesque) burlesque {n} (burlesque) Burmese {adj} (Of, from, or pertaining to Burma) Burmese {prop} (language) business {n} (commercial enterprise or establishment) business {n} (commercial, industrial or professional activity) business {n} (slang: excrement) business analyst {n} (person who analyzes the operations) business as usual {n} (The normal course of an activity, in circumstances that are out of the ordinary) businesslike {adj} (methodical and efficient in a way advantageous to business) businessman {n} (a man in business, one who works at a commercial institution) businessperson {n} (a person in business) business plan {n} (a summary of how a business owner, manager, or entrepreneur intends to organize an entrepreneurial endeavor) business trip {n} (business trip) businesswoman {n} (woman of business) bus stop {n} (a stop for public transport buses) busy {adj} (doing a great deal) busy {adj} (engaged) but {conj} (except) butt {n} (buttocks) butter {v} (to spread butter on, see also: spread, see also: butter) butterfly knife {n} (folding pocket knife) butter knife {n} (dull-edged knife for spreading butter) bylaw {n} (local custom or law) by no means {prep} (certainly not) by the Grace of God {prep} (By divine right) Byzantine Empire {prop} (an ancient Greek-speaking empire of Eastern Europe) Byzantine Greek {prop} (the continuum of forms of the Greek language as written and spoken during the time of the Byzantine Empire) cabriolet {n} (a light two wheeled carriage with a folding top pulled by a single horse) Caesar {prop} (ancient Roman family name) calibre {n} (Diameter of the bore of a firearm) call {n} (social visit) call {v} (to contact by telephone) call {v} (to pay a social visit) callous {adj} (emotionally hardened) campaign {n} (series of operations undertaken to 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{prop} (The official residence of the President of the United States of America) white noise {n} (random signal with flat power spectral density) White Sea {prop} (a sea to the northwest of Russia) whitewash {v} (cover errors) wholesome {adj} (promoting good health, and well-being) wholesome {adj} (sound and healthy) whopping {adj} (exceptionally large or great) whose {pron} (of which (relative)) whose {pron} (of whom (interrogative)) whose {pron} (of whom (relative)) why {adv} (for what reason) why not {adv} (to state one has no objection) Wilamowice {prop} (city in Poland) wild animal {n} (animal living in a natural, undomesticated state) wildfire {n} (rapidly spreading fire) wild-goose chase {n} (fruitless, futile pursuit) will {n} (legal document) will {v} (indicating future action) wind speed {n} (speed of the wind) wind up {v} (to conclude, complete, or finish) wing chair {n} (chair) wino {n} (alcoholic) with all due respect {adv} (phrase used before disagreeing with someone) witherward {adj} (opposite, opposing; hostile) without loss of generality {adv} (without loss of generality) wog {n} (person of Italian descent) wolf cub {n} (young wolf) wooing {n} (a courting) wop {n} (person of Italian descent) Worcestershire sauce {n} (English condiment) worker {n} (insect) worker {n} (person) workout {n} (an exercise session; a period of physical exercise) world's oldest profession {n} (a euphemism for prostitution) worm {v} (to get information that someone is reluctant to give) worm-eaten {adj} (eaten by worms, especially having a worm inside) worried {adj} (thinking about unpleasant things that have happened or that might happen) worrisome {adj} (Causing worry; perturbing or vexing) worry {v} (be troubled) worry {v} (disturb the peace of mind of) worship {n} (the religious ceremonies that express this devotion) worst {adj} (Most inferior) would {v} (indicating a possible (but not definite) future action or state) would {v} (indicating in action or state that is conditional on another) woundwort {n} (any of several plants formerly used for wounds) wrapping paper {n} (paper used for wrapping parcels or presents) written {adj} (of, relating or characteristic of writing) Wroclaw {prop} (a city in southwestern Poland) Xenophanes {prop} (a Greek philosopher and a poet) xiangqi {n} (variant of chess) year of our Lord {adj} (anno Domini) yeast {n} (cake or dried granules used to make bread dough rise) yeast {n} (froth used in medicine, baking and brewing) yellow anemone {n} (a species of herbaceous perennial plant) yellow press {n} (newspapers which publish sensationalist articles) Yellow Sea {prop} (Asian sea) yeshiva {n} (academy for the advanced study of Jewish texts) yesterday {adv} (on the day before today) yesterday {n} (day before today) yon {adj} (that thing, distant, but within sight) you're welcome {phrase} (reply to thanks) Your Majesty {pron} (Title of respect) yours {pron} (possessive pronoun, plural) yours {pron} (possessive pronoun, singular) Yucatec Maya {prop} (Yucatec Maya language) Yule {prop} (the Christmas season) zeroth {adj} (ordinal number corresponding to zero) zoom {n} (humming noise from something moving very fast)