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

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  • culminate/ˈkʌl.mɪ.neɪt/verbC1To reach a highest or final point.
  • culpable/ˈkʌlpəbəl/adjectiveC1Deserving the blame.
  • cult/kʌlt/nounC12 meaningsA small religious group with intense devotion.
  • cult classicnounC1A work loved deeply by a small devoted audience.
  • cultivate/ˈkʌltɪveɪt/verbC12 meaningsTo grow crops with care.
  • culture/ˈkʌlt͡ʃə/
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The shared art, beliefs and habits of a people.
  • cultured pearlnounC1A gem grown in a shellfish with human help.
  • cumbersome/ˈkʌmbəsəm/adjectiveC1So big and awkward it is hard to carry or use.
  • cup your earphraseC1To hold a hand behind the ear to hear better.
  • curdle/ˈkɜː.dəl/verbC1To separate into lumps, as sour milk does.
  • cure/kjɔː/verbB25 meaningsTo make a sick person well, or to end a disease completely.
  • cured/kjʊəd/adjectiveB22 meaningsPreserved with salt, smoke or time.
  • curiosity/ˌkjʊə.ɹiˈɒs.ɪ.ti/nounB22 meaningsA strong desire to know or learn something.
  • curiosity killed the cat/kjʊə.ɹiˈɒs.ɪ.ti kɪld ðə ˈkæt/phraseC1The warning that asking too much can get you in trouble.
  • curlew/ˈkɜːlju/nounC1A large wader with a long down-curved bill and a sad call.
  • curling tongsnounC1A heated rod hair is wound around to curl it.
  • currency/ˈkʌɹ.ən.si/nounB1+2 meaningsThe kind of money a country uses.
  • cursory/ˈkɜː.sə.ɹi/adjectiveC12 meaningsHasty and without attention to detail.
  • curt/kɝt/adjectiveC1Noticeably brief to the point of rudeness.
  • curtail/kɜːˈteɪl/verbC1To cut something short before its natural end.
  • curtain upphraseC1The moment a performance begins.
  • curtsyverbC12 meaningsTo bend the knees briefly as a mark of respect.
  • cusp/kʌsp/nounC12 meaningsThe point at which one state turns into another.
  • custody/ˈkʌstədiː/nounB23 meaningsThe state of being held by the police and not free to leave.
  • customary/ˈkʌs.tə.m(ə.)ɹi/adjectiveC1Usual, according to long practice.
  • cut cornersphraseC1To do a job cheaply and carelessly to save time or money.
  • cute/kjuːt/adjectiveA23 meaningsSweet and charming to look at.
  • cutting/ˈkʌtɪŋ/nounC14 meaningsA passage dug through high ground to carry a railway or road.
  • cutting-edgeadjectiveC1At the very front of what is currently possible.
  • cyclocross/ˈsaɪkləʊˌkɹɒs/nounC1Racing over mixed ground, carrying the cycle at times.
  • cynic/ˈsɪnɪk/nounC1Somebody who assumes people always act from self-interest.
  • cynical/ˈsɪnɪkəl/adjectiveC12 meaningsBelieving that people act only out of self-interest.
  • cynicism/ˈsɪn.ɪˌsɪzəm/nounC1The belief that people act only from selfish motives.
  • dabble/ˈdæb.əl/verbC12 meaningsTo try something casually, without committing.
  • dahlia/ˈdeɪ.li.ə/nounC1A tall garden plant with one large many-petalled bloom on each stem.
  • dale/deu/nounC1A broad open valley.
  • damage/ˈdæmɪd͡ʒ/verbA23 meaningsTo harm something so it works or looks worse.
  • damnation/dæmˈneɪʃən/nounC1Condemnation to eternal punishment.
  • dampen/ˈdæmpən/verbC22 meaningsTo make slightly wet.
  • damsel/ˈdæm.zəl/nounC12 meaningsA young noblewoman, in old stories.
  • dangle/ˈdæŋ.ɡəl/verbB22 meaningsTo hold or hang something so that it swings loose.
  • dank/ˈdæŋk/adjectiveC1Unpleasantly damp and cold.
  • dappled[ˈdæpəɫd]adjectiveC1Marked with soft spots of light and shade.
  • daresay/ˌdɛəˈseɪ/verbC1To suppose that something is probably so.
  • daring/ˈdɛə.ɹɪŋ/adjectiveB22 meaningsBravely willing to take big risks.
  • darkroomnounC1The room where photographic film is developed.
  • darn/dɑɹn/verbB24 meaningsTo mend a hole in cloth or knitting by weaving thread back and forth across the gap.
  • dart/dɑːt/verbB25 meaningsTo move suddenly and quickly in one direction.
  • dash/ˈdæʃ/nounB26 meaningsA very small amount of a liquid or powder added to food.
  • dashing/ˈdæʃɪŋ(ɡ)/adjectiveB22 meaningsStylish, spirited and attractive.
  • daughter/ˈdɔːtə/nounA12 meaningsA girl or woman in relation to her parents.
  • daunt/dɔːnt/verbC1To make somebody lose their nerve.
  • daunting/ˈdɔːntɪŋ/adjectiveC1Frightening because it looks so difficult.
  • dawn chorus/dɔːn ˈkɔːɹəs/nounC1All the birds singing together as the sun comes up.
  • dawn onphraseC1To become gradually clear to somebody.
  • deacon/ˈdiːkən/nounC1An assistant to a priest in some churches.
  • deadbeat/ˈdɛdbiːt/nounC1Somebody who never pays what they owe.
  • deaf/dɛf/adjectiveB12 meaningsUnable to hear.
  • dearie/ˈdɪəɹi/nounC1A homely word of address, often used by an older woman to a stranger.
  • dearth/dɜːθ/nounC1A serious shortage of something needed.