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

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  • promenade/ˈpɹɒm.əˌnɑːd/nounC2A wide walkway along a seafront.
  • promontory/ˈpɹɒm.ən.tɹi/nounC2A high point of land jutting into the sea.
  • prong settingnounC2Small claws of metal gripping a stone.
  • proscription/pɹəˈskɹɪp.ʃən/nounC2An official forbidding of something.
  • protrusion/pɹəˈtɹuːʒən/nounC2A part that sticks out.
  • protuberance/pɹəˈtjuː.bə.ɹəns/
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A rounded part that sticks out from a surface.
  • provenance gapnounC2A missing stretch in an object's ownership history.
  • provender/ˈpɹɒvɪndə/nounC2Food, especially dry fodder for animals.
  • providence/ˈpɹɒvɪdəns/nounC12 meaningsCare believed to be exercised by a higher power.
  • provision/pɹəˈvɪʒ.ən/nounC15 meaningsThe act of supplying something that people need.
  • pterodactylnounC2A flying reptile of the dinosaur age, with wings of skin.
  • puissance/ˈpjuːɪ.s(ə)ns/nounC2Great power or influence, in old use.
  • purl/pɜːl/nounC2A stitch that makes a ridge on the front of knitting.
  • pyre/ˈpaɪɚ/nounC2A pile of wood built to burn a body on.
  • qualm/kwɑːm/nounC2A small doubt about whether something is right.
  • quarterstaff/ˈkwɔɹtəɹˌstæf/nounC2A long stout pole used as a weapon.
  • quartzite/ˈk(w)ɔːtˌsaɪt/nounC2A very hard rock formed from pressed sandstone.
  • quaver/ˈkweɪvə(ɹ)/nounC2A trembling in the voice.
  • quest/kwɛst/nounB23 meaningsA long and difficult search for something important.
  • quintain/ˈkwɪntɪn/nounC2A target set up for knights to charge at in practice.
  • quintessence/kwɪnˈtɛs.əns/nounC2The purest and most typical form of something.
  • quiver/ˈkwɪvə/nounC2A slight rapid trembling.
  • raiment/ˈɹeɪ.mənt/nounC2Clothing, in poetic or old use.
  • rancournounC2Long-held bitterness and ill will.
  • rapacity/ɹəˈpæ.sɪ.ti/nounC2Aggressive greed that takes everything it can.
  • rapine/ˈɹæpaɪn/nounC2The violent seizing of property in war.
  • rapture/ˈɹæpt͡ʃəː/nounC2Overwhelming joy that carries you away.
  • ratepayernounC2Someone who pays the local charge on a property.
  • ratternounC2A dog or cat kept for killing vermin.
  • rearguard/ˈɹɪəɹˌɡɑɹd/nounC2The troops who protect the back of an army.
  • rebuke/ɹiˈbjuːk/verbC22 meaningsTo tell somebody sharply that they were wrong.
  • recalcitrance/ɹɪˈkæl.sɪˌtɹəns/nounC2Stubborn refusal to obey.
  • recession/ɹɪˈsɛʃn̩/nounB2+2 meaningsA period when an economy shrinks and jobs are lost.
  • recidivism/rɪˈsɪdɪvɪzm̩/nounC2The habit of returning to crime after punishment.
  • recitation/ˌɹɛsɪˈteɪʃən/nounC2Saying a learned piece aloud from memory.
  • recluse/ɹɪˈkluːs/nounC2Somebody who lives shut away from other people.
  • reconciliation/ˌɹɛk(ə)nsɪlɪˈeɪʃ(ə)n/nounC22 meaningsComing back together after a quarrel.
  • recourse/ɹɪˈkɔːs/nounC2The help or remedy you can turn to.
  • recrimination/ɹiˌkɹɪməˈneɪʃən/nounC2Angry blame thrown back and forth.
  • rectitude/ˈɹɛk.tɪ.tjuːd/nounC2Strict moral uprightness.
  • recuperationnounC2The regaining of health and strength.
  • redoubt/ɹɪˈdaʊt/nounC2A small fort built to hold one position.
  • redundancy/ɹɪˈdʌnd(ə)nsi/nounC23 meaningsThe ending of a job because the role is no longer needed.
  • reef/ɹiːf/nounB1+2 meaningsA ridge of coral or rock just below the sea surface.
  • refutation/ˌɹɛf.jʊˈteɪ.ʃən/nounC2Proof that a claim is false.
  • regicide/ˈɹɛ.d͡ʒə.saɪd/nounC2The killing of a king.
  • reissuenounC2A fresh release of something published before.
  • rejoinder/ɹɪˈd͡ʒɔɪndɚ/nounC2A quick sharp reply.
  • relativismnounC2The view that truth depends on who is looking.
  • remission/ɹɪˈmɪʃ(ə)n/nounB2+3 meaningsA period when the signs of a disease ease or disappear.
  • remittance/ɹɪˈmɪtəns/nounC2A sum of money sent to somebody.
  • render/ˈɹɛn.də/verbC17 meaningsTo cause someone or something to be in a particular state or condition.
  • repast/ɹɪˈpɑːst/nounC2A meal.
  • report/ɹɪˈpɔːt/verbA15 meaningsTo give an account of something that happened.
  • repose/ɹɪˈpəʊz/nounC2Rest and peaceful stillness.
  • repudiation/ɹɪˌpjuːdɪˈeɪ̯ʃ(ə)n/nounC2A formal refusal to accept or honour something.
  • repugnance/ɹɪˈpʌɡnəns/nounC2A strong feeling of disgust.
  • requisition/ˌɹɛkwɪˈzɪʃən/nounC22 meaningsA formal request for goods or services.
  • resuscitationnounC2Reviving somebody who has stopped breathing.
  • retainer/ɹɪˈteɪn.ə/nounC2A servant kept on by a family for many years.