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19,295 words · meanings, pronunciation and origins · ranked by use

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1,562 words · showing 781–840

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  • snub/snʌb/nounB2+2 meaningsA deliberate refusal to acknowledge somebody.
  • snuff/snʌf/verbC12 meaningsTo put a candle out.
  • snuffboxnounC2A small ornamental box for powdered tobacco.
  • snug/snʌɡ/adjectiveB23 meaningsWarm, small and comfortable.
  • snug fitnounB2A join tight enough that nothing moves.
  • soap/soʊp/nounA2
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A substance used with water for washing.
  • soap opera/ˈsoʊp ˌɑ.pɚ.ə/nounB1A drama series about the daily lives of a regular cast.
  • sob/sɒb/verbB23 meaningsTo cry noisily, drawing sudden sharp breaths.
  • sobriety/səˈbɹaɪ.ɪ.ti/nounB2+The state of living free of alcohol or drugs.
  • social/ˈsəʊ.ʃəl/adjectiveA23 meaningsTo do with people and how they live together.
  • social mobilitynounC1How easily people can move to a different class than their parents.
  • social networkingnounB1Keeping in touch with people through websites.
  • social workernounB1The official who helps families and vulnerable people.
  • socialism/ˈsoʊʃəlɪzəm/nounB2+The belief that industry should be owned in common.
  • socializationnounC1The learning of how to behave among other people.
  • society/səˈsaɪ.ə.ti/nounA2+3 meaningsPeople in general, living together in an organised way.
  • sociology/ˌsəʊsiːˈɒləd͡ʒiː/nounB1+The science of how societies and groups work.
  • sociopath/ˈsəʊ.si.ə(ʊ)ˌpæθ/nounB2+Somebody with no conscience about how they treat others.
  • sock/sɒk/nounA2A soft covering for the foot worn inside a shoe.
  • socket/ˈsɒkɪt/nounB1+2 meaningsThe fitting in the wall where electricity comes out.
  • socket outletnounB2The point in a wall where a plug goes in.
  • socket setnounC1A handle and a box of hollow heads that fit different nuts.
  • sod/sɒd/nounC12 meaningsA person, used with either affection or contempt.
  • soda/ˈsəʊdə/nounA22 meaningsIn American English, a sweet fizzy drink.
  • sodium/ˈsəʊ.di.əm/nounB1+A soft reactive metal, half of common salt.
  • sofa/ˈsəʊ̯fə/nounA2+A long upholstered seat for more than one person.
  • soft drinknounA2A cold drink with no alcohol in it.
  • soft touchnounC1Somebody who is easily persuaded to give or help.
  • softballnounB2A game like baseball with a larger ball and underarm pitching.
  • softness/ˈsɔftnəs/nounB2The quality of yielding gently to touch.
  • software/ˈsɒf(t)ˌwɛə/nounB1+The programs a computer runs.
  • softwoodnounB2+Wood from a fast-growing evergreen, light and easy to cut.
  • soil/sɔɪl/nounB12 meaningsThe top layer of ground in which plants grow.
  • sojourn/ˈsɒd͡ʒən/nounC2A temporary stay in a place.
  • solace/ˈsɒl.ɪs/nounC1Comfort in a time of sadness.
  • solar system/ˈsəʊl.ə ˌsɪs.təm/nounB1A star and everything held by its gravity.
  • soldering/ˈsɑdəɹɪŋ/nounB2+Joining metal with a lower-melting alloy.
  • soldier/ˈsəʊld͡ʒə/nounA22 meaningsA person who serves in an army, especially one below officer rank.
  • sole/səʊl/nounB24 meaningsThe flat underside of a foot.
  • sole tradernounC1A person running a business alone in their own name.
  • solemnity/səˈlɛmnɪti/nounC1Grave seriousness, or a formal ceremony.
  • solicitation/səˌlɪsɪˈteɪʃən/nounC1A formal request for money or for business.
  • solicitude/səˈlɪsɪˌt(j)uːd/nounC2Anxious care for somebody's welfare.
  • solid/ˈsɒl.ɪd/adjectiveB14 meaningsHard and firm, not liquid or gas.
  • solidarity/ˌsɒl.ɪˈdæɹ.ə.ti/nounC1Standing together with others in their struggle.
  • solidity/səˈlɪdɪti/nounC1Firmness and strength of structure.
  • soliloquy/səˈlɪləkwi/nounB2+A speech made aloud by a character who is alone.
  • solipsism/ˈsɒlɪpsɪzəm/nounC2The view that only your own mind can be known to exist.
  • solitaire/ˈsɒl.ɪˌtɛə(ɹ)/nounB1+3 meaningsA card game for one player.
  • solitariness/ˈsɒlɪt(ə)ɹɪnəs/nounC2The quality of being habitually apart from others, treated as a trait of a person or place rather than as the peaceful aloneness someone seeks out.
  • solitude/ˈsɒlɪˌtjuːd/nounC2Being alone by choice.
  • solo/ˈsoʊ.loʊ/nounB22 meaningsA passage performed by one musician alone.
  • soloistnounB2+A performer who appears alone.
  • solomon islandsnounC1Pacific island chain east of Papua New Guinea.
  • solstice/ˈsɒl.stɪs/nounB2+The longest or the shortest day of the year.
  • solute/ˈsɒljuːt/nounC1The substance that dissolves into a liquid.
  • solution/səˈl(j)uːʃən/nounA2+2 meaningsThe answer that ends a problem or difficulty.
  • solvent/ˈsɒlvənt/nounB2+3 meaningsThe liquid in which another substance dissolves.
  • somalianounB1+Country on the Horn of Africa with the continent's longest coastline.
  • somersault/ˈsʌməˌsɒlt/nounC1A complete roll of the body head over heels.