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

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abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz
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524 words · showing 421–480

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  • smart/smɑɹt/adjectiveA25 meaningsQuick to understand things and good at working them out.
  • smelly/ˈsmɛli/adjectiveB1Having a strong bad smell.
  • smiley/ˈsmaɪli/nounB12 meaningsA simple drawing of a smiling face.
  • smoked/sməʊkt/adjectiveB12 meaningsPreserved and flavoured by hanging in wood smoke.
  • smooth/smuːð/adjectiveB13 meaningsEven to the touch, with no bumps.
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verbB14 meanings
To go somewhere quietly and secretly so that nobody sees you.
  • sneaky/ˈsniːki/adjectiveB13 meaningsDoing things quietly and secretly so as not to be seen, in a way that seems dishonest.
  • snow whiteadjectiveB1A pure brilliant white.
  • soapy/ˈsəʊpi/adjectiveB22 meaningsTasting unpleasantly of detergent.
  • solid/ˈsɒl.ɪd/adjectiveB14 meaningsHard and firm, not liquid or gas.
  • solo/ˈsoʊ.loʊ/nounB22 meaningsA passage performed by one musician alone.
  • sore/sɔː/adjectiveB13 meaningsPainful and tender, especially when touched or moved.
  • sound/ˈsaʊ̯nd/nounA17 meaningsSomething you hear; vibration travelling through the air to the ear.
  • southern/ˈsʌðən/adjectiveB1Belonging to the south.
  • spare/spɛə(ɹ)/verbB16 meaningsTo choose not to harm, punish or kill someone you have power over.
  • sparkling/ˈspɑɹkl̩ɪŋ/adjectiveB22 meaningsSo clean that it catches the light.
  • special/ˈspɛʃ.əl/adjectiveA14 meaningsNot ordinary, and valued or important because of it.
  • spicy/ˈspaɪsi/adjectiveB1Burning pleasantly in the mouth.
  • spoiled/spɔɪld/adjectiveB12 meaningsGiven so much that behaviour has suffered.
  • spoken/ˈspəʊ.k(ə)n/adjectiveB1Said aloud rather than written down.
  • square/skwɛə/nounA24 meaningsA shape with four equal straight sides and four right angles.
  • stable/ˈsteɪ.bəl/nounB13 meaningsA building where horses are kept.
  • standard/ˈstændəd/adjectiveB12 meaningsUsual and accepted as normal.
  • steady/ˈstɛdi/adjectiveB14 meaningsFirmly fixed and not shaking or moving.
  • sticky/ˈstɪki/adjectiveB14 meaningsCovered with something that holds to whatever it touches.
  • stock/stɒk/nounB14 meaningsThe goods a business has available to sell.
  • stray/stɹeɪ/nounB13 meaningsAn animal living without an owner.
  • striped/stɹaɪpt/adjectiveB1Marked with parallel bands.
  • strong/stɹɒŋ/adjectiveA14 meaningsHaving great physical power.
  • stubborn/ˈstʌbɚn/adjectiveB12 meaningsRefusing to change your mind or your behaviour, whatever anyone says.
  • stung/stʌŋ/adjectiveB1Pierced by a sting, or wounded by a remark.
  • stupid/ˈstjuːpɪd/adjectiveA23 meaningsOf a person: slow to understand; lacking intelligence.
  • submarine/sʌb.məˈɹiːn/nounB12 meaningsA vessel that travels under the surface of the sea.
  • successful/səkˈsɛs.fəl/adjectiveA2+2 meaningsHaving achieved what was aimed for.
  • sudden/ˈsʌd.ən/adjectiveB12 meaningsHappening quickly and with no warning.
  • suspect/ˈsʌspɛkt/nounB14 meaningsSomebody the police think may have committed a crime.
  • suspicious/səˈspɪʃ.əs/adjectiveB12 meaningsMaking people think that something dishonest or dangerous is going on.
  • sweaty/ˈswɛti/adjectiveB1Damp with sweat.
  • sweet/swiːt/adjectiveA14 meaningsTasting of sugar.
  • talented/ˈtæləntɪd/adjectiveB1Having a natural gift for doing something well.
  • tense/tɛns/adjectiveB15 meaningsNervous and unable to relax.
  • terminal/ˈtɚmɪnəl/adjectiveC14 meaningsOf an illness, certain to cause death; of a person, dying from such an illness.
  • terrible/ˈtɛɹəbəl/adjectiveA13 meaningsExtremely bad or unpleasant.
  • terrific/təˈɹɪf.ɪk/adjectiveB12 meaningsVery good indeed.
  • terrified/ˈtɛɹɪfaɪd/adjectiveB1Extremely frightened.
  • thick/θɪk/adjectiveA25 meaningsHaving a large distance between opposite sides.
  • thin/ˈθɪn/adjectiveA26 meaningsHaving a short distance between one surface and the other.
  • tight/taɪt/adjectiveA26 meaningsFitting closely against the body, with no room to spare.
  • top/tɒp/nounA16 meaningsThe highest part or upper surface of something.
  • top secretadjectiveB1Of the highest level of official secrecy.
  • top-secretadjectiveB1Classified at the very highest level.
  • torn/tɔːn/adjectiveB12 meaningsRipped, with an open split.
  • total/ˈtəʊ.tl̩/nounB14 meaningsThe whole amount reached by adding everything together.
  • tough/tʌf/adjectiveB15 meaningsStrong and hard to break, cut or damage.
  • tricky/ˈtɹɪk.i/adjectiveB12 meaningsAwkward and needing care.
  • trim/ˈtɹɪm/verbB15 meaningsTo cut small amounts off something to make it neat.
  • triple/ˈtɹɪp.əl/verbB12 meaningsTo make or become three times as big.
  • true/tɹuː/adjectiveA14 meaningsAgreeing with the facts; not false.
  • turquoise/ˈtɜː(ɹ).k(w)ɔɪz/adjectiveB1+3 meaningsOf a bright colour between blue and green.
  • twin/twɪn/nounA2+2 meaningsOne of two children born at the same birth.