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

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  • enigma/ɪˈnɪɡmə/nounB2+A person or thing that nobody can work out.
  • enquiry/ɪnˈkwaɪə.ɹi/nounB2+A question asked, or an official investigation.
  • enrichment/ɪnˈɹɪt͡ʃ.mənt/nounB2+The making of something better or fuller.
  • ensemble/ˌɒ̃nˈsɒ̃m.bl̩/nounB2+3 meaningsA group of musicians, actors or dancers who perform together as one.
  • entourage/ˈɒn.tʊ.ɹɑːʒ/nounB2+The group of helpers who travel with an important person.
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/ˌɒn.tɹə.pɹəˈnɜː/
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A person who starts their own company and takes the risk.
  • environmentalistnounB2+Somebody who works to protect the natural world.
  • enzyme/ˈɛn.zaɪm/nounB2+A protein made by living cells that speeds up one particular chemical reaction without being used up itself.
  • eon/ˈi.ɑn/nounB2+An immensely long period of time.
  • epicentre/ˈɛpɪˌsɛntɚ/nounB2+The point right above where a quake starts.
  • epilepsy/ˈɛpɪlɛpsi/nounB2+A condition of the brain that causes fits.
  • epilogue/ˈɛp.ɪ.lɒɡ/nounB2+A closing section added after the main story.
  • equinox/ˈɛkwɪnɒks/nounB2+One of the two days when day and night are about equal.
  • erosion/ɪˈɹəʊʒən/nounB2+2 meaningsThe gradual wearing away of land or rock by water, wind or ice.
  • escalation/ˌɛs.kəˈleɪ.ʃən/nounB2+A sharp increase in scale or seriousness.
  • esteem/ɪˈstiːm/nounB2+The respect in which somebody is held.
  • estuary/ˈɛstjʊəɹi/nounB2+The wide mouth where a river meets the sea.
  • ethic/ˈɛθ.ɪk/nounB2+A guiding moral principle.
  • etiquette/ˈɛt.ɪˌkɛt/nounB2+The accepted rules of polite behaviour.
  • eucalyptus/ˌjuː.kəˈlɪp.təs/nounB2+An Australian tree with pale peeling bark and oily leaves.
  • evaporation/ɪˌvæpəˈɹeɪʃən/nounB2+2 meaningsThe change of a liquid into a gas at its surface, without boiling.
  • evasion/ɪˈveɪʒən/nounB2+The act of dodging a question or a duty.
  • eviction/ɪˈvɪk.ʃən/nounB2+Being legally forced out of a rented home.
  • exaggeration/ɪɡˌzæd͡ʒəˈɹeɪʃən/nounB2+A statement that makes something sound greater than it is.
  • excaliburnounB2+The named sword of King Arthur.
  • excavation/ˌɛkskəˈveɪʃn/nounB2+2 meaningsThe careful digging up of a buried site.
  • excavator/ˈɛkskəˌveɪtə/nounB2+A machine with a jointed arm and bucket for digging.
  • excerpt/ˈɛɡzɜː(p)t/nounB2+A short passage taken from a longer text.
  • exclusion/ɪksˈkluːʒən/nounB2+3 meaningsThe act of shutting somebody or something out.
  • excursion/ɪkˈskɜː.ʃən/nounB2+2 meaningsA short organised trip made for pleasure.
  • exemption/ɪɡˈzɛm(p).ʃən/nounB2+Official release from a duty others must meet.
  • exertion/ɪɡˈzɝʃən/nounB2+Strenuous physical or mental effort.
  • exile/ˈɛɡˌzaɪl/nounC14 meaningsThe state of being forced to live away from your own country.
  • expanse/ɪkˈspæns/nounB2+A wide unbroken area of something.
  • expansion/ɪkˈspænʃən/nounB2+A growing larger in size or in reach.
  • expat/ˈɛksˌpæt/nounB2+A person living long-term in a country not their own.
  • expectation/ˌɛk.spɛkˈteɪ.ʃən/nounB2+A belief that something will happen or be provided.
  • experimentation/ɪkˌspɛɹ.ɪ.mənˈteɪ.ʃən/nounB2+The trying out of new methods to see what works.
  • expulsion/ɪkˈspʌlʃən/nounB2+The forcing of somebody out of a school or a country.
  • exterminator/ɪkˈstɝmɪˌneɪtɚ/nounB2+Somebody employed to destroy pests.
  • extractor/ɪkˈstɹæktɚ/nounB2+The fan above a stove that pulls away steam and smells.
  • extremity/ɪkˈstɹɛmɪti/nounB22 meaningsThe furthest point of something.
  • extrovert/ˈɛkstɹəvəːt/nounB2+Someone who gains energy from being with people.
  • eyeliner/ˈaɪˌlaɪnɚ/nounB2+A line drawn along the edge of the eyelid.
  • facet/ˈfæs.ɪt/nounB2+2 meaningsOne of the flat cut faces of a gem.
  • falsehood/ˈfɒlsˌhʊd/nounB2+A lie, or the state of being untrue.
  • familiarity/fəmɪliˈæɹɪti/nounB2+Close knowledge of somebody or something.
  • famine/ˈfæm.ɪn/nounB2+A time when a whole region has almost nothing to eat.
  • fanfare/ˈfænfɛə/nounB2+2 meaningsA short loud flourish of trumpets.
  • fasting/ˈfæstɪŋ/nounB2+Going without food for a religious reason.
  • fauna/ˈfɔːnə/nounB2+The animals of a region taken together.
  • femur/ˈfiːmə(ɹ)/nounB2+The long bone of the thigh.
  • fencing/ˈfɛnsɪŋ/nounB2+2 meaningsThe sport of fighting with slim blunted swords.
  • fennel/ˈfɛnəl/nounB2+A plant with feathery leaves and an aniseed flavour.
  • ferment/fəˈmɛnt/verbB2+2 meaningsTo let food change through living cultures.
  • fermentation/ˌfɜːmənˈteɪʃən/nounB2+The change sugar undergoes to make alcohol or bread rise.
  • ferret/ˈfɛɹɪt/nounB2+A small tame animal used to hunt rabbits.
  • ferryboat/ˈfɛɹiˌboʊt/nounB2+The vessel itself that shuttles back and forth on one short fixed crossing, named with the word for a small craft attached.
  • ferryman/ˈfɛɹ.i.mən/nounB2+Somebody who takes people across water in a boat.
  • fertility/fə(ɹ)ˈtɪlɪti/nounB2+2 meaningsThe ability to produce young or good crops.