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

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  • covenant/ˈkʌv.ən.ənt/nounC12 meaningsA solemn binding agreement, especially with a god.
  • covert/ˈkəʊvɜːt/adjectiveC13 meaningsKept secret and hidden from anyone not part of it.
  • cowl/kaʊl/nounC2A hood attached to a monk's robe.
  • coxcomb/ˈkɒks.koʊm/nounC2A vain man who fusses over his appearance.
  • crannog/ˈkɹænəɡ/nounC2An ancient dwelling built on an island in a lake.
  • credulity/kɹɪˈd͡ʒuːlɪti/
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Being far too ready to believe things.
  • crenel/ˈkɹɛnəl/nounC2One of the gaps in a battlement.
  • criterium/kɹaɪˈtɪəɹiəm/nounC2A race of many laps round a short town circuit.
  • critter/ˈkɹɪtɚ/nounC2A small animal or creature.
  • croft/kɹɒft/nounC2A small rented farm in Scotland.
  • crofternounC2A small tenant farmer, especially in Scotland.
  • crony/ˈkɹoʊni/nounC2A close friend, especially one given unfair favours.
  • crowning/ˈkɹaʊnɪŋ/adjectiveC12 meaningsStanding at the top of a life's achievements.
  • cruet/ˈkɹu.ɪt/nounC2The small stand holding salt and pepper.
  • cuckold/ˈkʌ.kəʊld/nounC2A man whose wife has been unfaithful.
  • cudgel/ˈkʌd͡ʒəl/nounC2A short thick stick used as a weapon.
  • cupidity/kjuːˈpɪdəti/nounC2Greed for money and possessions.
  • cur/kɜː/nounC22 meaningsAn aggressive or worthless mongrel dog.
  • curator/kjʊəˈɹeɪtə(ɹ)/nounC2The person who chooses and arranges what a museum shows.
  • curio/ˈkjʊə̯ɹiˌəʊ̯/nounC2A small unusual object kept for its oddity.
  • curmudgeon/kɜːˈmʌdʒ.ən/nounC2A bad-tempered person who grumbles at everything.
  • currycombnounC2A toothed comb for cleaning a horse's coat.
  • cusp/kʌsp/nounC12 meaningsThe point at which one state turns into another.
  • cutpurse/ˈkʌtˌpɜːs/nounC2A thief who cuts money bags from belts.
  • cyclops/ˈsaɪˌklɑps/nounB2+2 meaningsIn Greek myth, a giant with a single eye in the middle of its forehead.
  • dais/ˈdeɪ.ɪs/nounC2A low platform for a throne or a high table.
  • dalliance/ˈdælɪəns/nounC2A brief light-hearted romance, or idle delay.
  • damask/ˈdæm.əsk/nounC2A rich patterned cloth woven in one colour.
  • damp coursenounC2The barrier that stops wet rising up a wall.
  • damsel/ˈdæm.zəl/nounC12 meaningsA young noblewoman, in old stories.
  • dead dropnounC2A hiding place where two people leave things for each other.
  • decease/dɪˈsiːs/nounC2A person's death, in legal use.
  • defile/dɪˈfaɪl/verbC12 meaningsTo make something sacred or clean unfit.
  • delicatessen/ˌdɛlɪkəˈtɛsən/nounC2A shop selling fine cheeses, cold meats and prepared foods.
  • delineation/diːlɪniˈeɪʃən/nounC2A precise mapping out of something.
  • dell/dɛl/nounC2A small wooded hollow in the ground.
  • demarcation/ˌdɛm.ɑːˈkeɪ.ʃən/nounC2The marking out of a boundary or a division of responsibility.
  • demurragenounC2A charge for keeping a container or ship too long.
  • denizen/ˈdɛn.ɪ.zən/nounC2An inhabitant of a particular place.
  • denotation/ˌdiː.noʊˈteɪ.ʃən/nounC2The plain literal meaning of a word.
  • denouementnounC2The final part where everything is explained.
  • denunciation/dɪˌnʌnsiˈeɪʃən/nounC2A public condemnation of somebody or something.
  • depilatory/dəˈpɪləˌtɔɹi/nounC2A cream that dissolves hair at the surface.
  • deposition/ˌdɛp.əˈzɪʃ.ən/nounC12 meaningsSworn evidence taken down.
  • depravity/dəˈpɹævɪti/nounC2Deep moral corruption.
  • depredation/ˌdɛpɹəˈdeɪʃən/nounC2Damage done by plundering or by nature.
  • derision/dɪˈɹɪʒən/nounC2Contemptuous mockery.
  • despondency/dɪˈspɒndənsi/nounC2Low spirits from a loss of hope.
  • determinism/dɪˈtɜːmɪnɪzəm/nounC2The view that everything is fixed by what came before.
  • deterrent/dɪˈtɛɹənt/nounC2Something kept in order to stop an enemy attacking.
  • diadem/ˈdaɪ.əˌdɛm/nounC2A jewelled band worn as a mark of royalty.
  • dialectic/ˌdaɪəˈlɛktɪk/nounC2Reasoning that tests an idea against its opposite.
  • diatribe/ˈdaɪ.əˌtɹaɪb/nounC2A long bitter attack in speech or writing.
  • dictum/ˈdɪk.təm/nounC2A short formal statement laid down as true.
  • diminuendo/dɪˌmɪnjuːˈɛndəʊ/nounC2A passage that fades steadily quieter.
  • diminution/dɪmɪˈnjuːʃən/nounC2A making or becoming smaller.
  • dint/dɪnt/nounC2Force or means, in the phrase by dint of.
  • diphtheria/dɪfˈθɪə.ɹi.ə/nounC2A dangerous infection of the throat.
  • diplodocusnounC2A huge plant-eating dinosaur with a very long neck and tail.
  • dirge/dɜːdʒ/nounC2A slow mournful piece of music for the dead.