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

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  • groom/ɡɹuːm/nounB15 meaningsA man on his wedding day, or in the period just before or after it.
  • grooming/ˈɡɹuːmɪŋ/nounB2Keeping yourself clean and neatly presented.
  • grooming brushnounB2The brush used to keep an animal's coat in order.
  • groove/ɡɹuːv/nounB22 meaningsThe rhythmic feel that makes music move.
  • ground/ɡɹaʊnd/nounA24 meaningsThe surface of the earth.
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The workers who service aircraft between flights.
  • grove/ɡɹəʊv/nounB2A small group of trees growing together.
  • growing painsnounB2Aches in the legs that children get as they grow.
  • growing seasonnounB2The part of the year warm enough for crops to grow.
  • growl/ˈɡɹaʊ̯l/verbB24 meaningsTo make a low rough rumbling sound in the throat, the way an angry animal does.
  • growth/ɡɹoʊθ/nounB12 meaningsAn increase in size, number or strength.
  • growth spurtnounB2A sudden fast period of growing.
  • grub/ɡɹʌb/nounB22 meaningsThe soft legless larva of an insect.
  • grudge/ɡɹʌd͡ʒ/nounB22 meaningsAn old wrong you refuse to let go of.
  • grumble/ˈɡɹʌmbl̩/verbB23 meaningsTo complain in a low, continuous, half-hearted voice.
  • grunt/ɡɹʌnt/verbB23 meaningsTo make a short low rough sound in your throat, from effort or in place of speaking.
  • guarantee/ˌɡæɹ.ənˈtiː/nounB23 meaningsA promise to repair or replace something if it fails.
  • guard/ɡɑːd/nounB13 meaningsSomebody whose job is to watch a place or a person and keep them safe.
  • guardian/ˈɡɑː.dɪ.ən/nounB22 meaningsThe adult legally responsible for a child who is not their own.
  • guest/ɡɛst/nounA24 meaningsA person you have invited to your home or to an event.
  • guest of honournounB2The person the occasion is chiefly for.
  • guest registernounB2The record of who is staying and when.
  • guilt/ɡɪlt/nounB23 meaningsThe unhappy feeling of having done something wrong.
  • guinea/ˈɡɪni/nounB2A country on the west coast of Africa.
  • gulp/ɡʌlp/verbB23 meaningsTo swallow quickly in large mouthfuls.
  • gum/ɡʌm/nounB22 meaningsThe pink flesh in which teeth are set.
  • gunpoint/ˈɡʌnpɔɪnt/nounB2The threat of a gun.
  • gust/ɡʌst/nounB23 meaningsA sudden strong rush of wind.
  • gut/ɡʌt/nounB22 meaningsThe bowels and digestive tract.
  • gut feelingnounB2A conviction that comes from the body, not the reasoning.
  • gutter/ˈɡʌt.ə/nounB15 meaningsA channel along the edge of a roof that carries rainwater away.
  • gym facilitiesnounB2The exercise equipment provided for guests.
  • gymnastics floornounB2The mat routine of tumbling and dance.
  • habitat/ˈhæb.ɪ.tæt/nounB22 meaningsThe kind of natural place where a particular animal or plant normally lives.
  • habitat lossnounB2The destruction of the places wildlife needs.
  • hack/hæk/verbB23 meaningsTo cut roughly with heavy blows.
  • hair removalnounB2Taking unwanted hair off the body.
  • hairdo/ˈhɛəˌduː/nounB2Informal and slightly dated: a person's hair as set and arranged for one particular occasion, not the neutral general word for the cut and shape they wear.
  • hairline/ˈhɛɹˌlaɪn/nounB2The edge where the hair begins on the forehead.
  • hairpin/ˈhɛə.pɪn/nounB1+2 meaningsA thin bent wire that holds hair up.
  • half boardnounB2A rate including breakfast and one other meal.
  • half-life/ˈhæfˌlaɪf/nounB2The time it takes half a radioactive sample to decay.
  • halo/ˈheɪ̯ləʊ̯/nounB22 meaningsA ring of light around the sun or moon.
  • halt/hɒlt/verbB23 meaningsTo stop moving, or to make something stop moving.
  • hamlet/ˈhæm.lɪt/nounB2A settlement too small to be a village.
  • hammer thrownounB2Throwing a heavy ball on a wire after spinning round.
  • hamper/ˈhæm.pə/nounB2A large lidded basket, often of food.
  • hamstring/ˈhæmstɹɪŋ/verbC12 meaningsTo destroy somebody's ability to act.
  • hand-me-downnounB2A garment passed on from an older child.
  • handicap/ˈhændikæp/nounB24 meaningsAn advantage given to a weaker competitor, or a disadvantage given to a stronger one, so that a contest is even.
  • handle/ˈhæn.d(ə)l/nounB14 meaningsThe part of an object made to be held.
  • handling/ˈhændl̩ɪŋ/nounB22 meaningsThe way something is dealt with.
  • handout/ˈhændaʊt/nounB2A sheet given out to a class or an audience.
  • handrail/ˈhændˌɹeɪl/nounB2A rail to hold onto for support.
  • handshake/ˈhæn(d)ˌʃeɪk/nounB13 meaningsA grip and shake of right hands, used in greeting or to seal an agreement.
  • hang-outnounB2A place somebody likes to spend time.
  • hangar/ˈhæŋ.ə/nounB2A large shed where aircraft are kept.
  • hangman/ˈhæŋˌmæn/nounB2The official who carries out a hanging.
  • harbournounB22 meaningsA sheltered place where boats are safe.
  • hard drivenounB2The part of a computer that stores files permanently.