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

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  • riven/ˈɹɪvən/adjectiveC2Split violently apart.
  • roan/ɹəʊn/adjectiveC2Having a coat of mixed white and coloured hairs.
  • roil/ˈɹɔɪl/verbC2To churn and stir up violently.
  • romp/ɹɒmp/verbC2To play boisterously, or to win very easily.
  • rondelnounC2A small round plate of armour or a round shield.
  • rook/ɹʊk/nounC13 meanings
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A large black bird of the crow family that nests in colonies in treetops.
  • rookerynounC2A colony of nests high in the trees.
  • rostrum/ˈɹɒstɹəm/nounC2A raised platform to speak or conduct from.
  • rotund/ɹəʊ̯ˈtʌnd/adjectiveC12 meaningsRound and plump.
  • roundhouse/ˈɹaʊndˌhaʊs/nounC2A circular shed where locomotives were turned and stored.
  • roust/ɹaʊst/verbC2To rouse somebody out of a place roughly.
  • rout/ɹaʊt/nounC2A crushing defeat that sends the losers fleeing.
  • ruff/ɹʌf/nounC2A stiff frilled collar worn in earlier centuries.
  • ruination/ˌɹuː.ɪˈneɪʃən/nounC2The bringing of something to complete ruin.
  • rumble/ˈɹʌmb(ə)l/verbB25 meaningsTo make a deep, low, rolling sound.
  • ruminant/ˈɹuːmɪnənt/nounC2An animal that chews food brought back from its stomach.
  • ruminate/ˈɹumɪneɪt/verbC2To turn a thought over and over.
  • rumination/ˌɹuːmɪˈneɪʃən/nounC2Turning the same painful thought over endlessly.
  • ruminative/ˈruməˌneɪdɪv/adjectiveC2Given to long slow thought.
  • runnel/ˈɹʌnəl/nounC22 meaningsA trickle of water finding its own small course.
  • rustle/ˈɹʌsəl/verbC13 meaningsTo make the soft dry sound of leaves or paper moving.
  • ruttingadjectiveC2In the season when male deer fight and mate.
  • sable/ˈseɪbəl/nounC22 meaningsA small dark fur-bearing animal.
  • sacrosanct/ˈsæk.ɹoʊˌsæŋkt/adjectiveC2So sacred that it must never be touched or changed.
  • saga/ˈsɑːɡə/nounB2+3 meaningsA long story covering many years or generations.
  • sagacious/səˈɡeɪʃəs/adjectiveC2Showing deep and shrewd wisdom.
  • salacious/səˈleɪ.ʃəs/adjectiveC2Dwelling on sex in a way meant to titillate.
  • sally/ˈsæli/nounC2A sudden rush out from a defended position.
  • salon/ˈsælɒn/nounB22 meaningsA shop where hair or beauty treatments are given.
  • saltmarshnounC2Coastal grassland flooded by the sea at high tide.
  • salubrious/səˈl(j)uː.bɹi.əs/adjectiveC2Good for health, or pleasant to live in.
  • salutary/ˈsaljʊtəɹi/adjectiveC2Producing a good effect, though unpleasant at the time.
  • samite/ˈsæmaɪt/nounC2A rich silk cloth interwoven with gold.
  • sanctimonious/ˌsæŋk.tɪˈməʊ.ni.əs/adjectiveC2Making a show of being more moral than others.
  • sanguine/ˈsæŋ.ɡwɪn/adjectiveC2Cheerfully confident that things will turn out well.
  • sate/seɪt/verbC2To satisfy an appetite fully.
  • satiate/ˈseɪʃɪeɪt/verbC2To satisfy an appetite completely, or beyond it.
  • save/seɪv/verbA28 meaningsTo bring someone or something out of danger or harm.
  • sawyer/ˈsɔːjə/nounC2Somebody whose trade is sawing timber.
  • scabrous/ˈskeɪbɹəs/adjectiveC2Rough to the touch, or indecent in subject.
  • scat/skæt/nounC2Jazz singing on nonsense syllables.
  • scathe/skeɪð/verbC2To injure or to wither with criticism.
  • scavenger/ˈskæv.ən.d͡ʒə(ɹ)/nounC2A creature that feeds on what is already dead.
  • schism/ˈskɪzəm/nounC2A deep split that divides a church or a party.
  • scion/ˈsaɪən/<a:RP><ref:<<name:OED>>>nounC2A descendant of a notable family, or a shoot for grafting.
  • sclerosis/skləˈɹəʊ.sɪs/nounC12 meaningsAn abnormal hardening of body tissue.
  • scold/ˈskəʊ̯ld/verbB1+2 meaningsTo tell somebody off angrily.
  • sconce/skɒns/nounC2A bracket on a wall for holding a light.
  • score/skɔː/nounA25 meaningsThe number of points each side or each person has.
  • scram/skɹæm/verbC2To leave quickly, used as an order.
  • scrimp/skɹɪmp/verbC2To spend as little as possible.
  • scrunch/skɹʌnt͡ʃ/verbC2To crush something into a wrinkled mass.
  • scullion/ˈskʌl.i.ən/nounC2A kitchen servant who does the meanest work.
  • scurrilous/ˈskʌ.ɹə.ləs/adjectiveC2Making damaging and indecent accusations.
  • secateurs/ˈsɛk.əˌtɜːz/nounC2Strong scissors for cutting woody stems.
  • secular/ˈsɛkjʊlə/adjectiveC12 meaningsNot connected with religion.
  • sedge/sɛd͡ʒ/nounC2A grassy plant that grows in wet ground.
  • seditious/səˈdɪʃəs/adjectiveC2Stirring people up against the government.
  • sedulous/ˈsɛd͡ʒʊləs/adjectiveC2Working with steady untiring care.
  • seedy/ˈsiːdi/adjectiveC2Shabby and faintly disreputable.