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

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19,295 words · showing 841–900

  • aristocrat/ˈæɹɪstəˌkɹæt/nounB2+A member of the highest class, holding a title by birth.
  • arithmetic[əˈɹɪθmətɪk]nounB1+The part of maths dealing with numbers and calculation.
  • arm/ɑːm/nounA12 meaningsThe part of the body between shoulder and hand.
  • armadillonounC2A small animal in bony plates that rolls into a ball when frightened.
  • armageddon/ˌɑː(ɹ).məˈɡɛ.dn̩/nounB2+A final battle of catastrophic destruction.
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An inflatable ring worn on the arm to keep a child up.
  • armchair/ˈɑː(ɹ)mtʃɛə(ɹ)/nounA2+2 meaningsA comfortable chair with supports for the arms.
  • armed/ɑɹmd/adjectiveB2Carrying weapons.
  • armenianounB1+The Caucasus country of Yerevan, with Mount Ararat on its horizon.
  • armful/ˈɑɹmˌfəl/nounB2+As much as a pair of arms can hold at once.
  • armistice/ˈɑːmɪstɪs/nounC1A formal agreement to stop fighting.
  • armistice daynounC1The anniversary of the hour the fighting stopped.
  • armorynounB2+A place where weapons are made or kept.
  • armournounB1+Protective covering worn in battle.
  • armouredadjectiveB2+2 meaningsProtected by heavy plating.
  • armourernounC1A maker or keeper of weapons and armour.
  • armpit/ˈɑɹmˌpɪt/nounB1The hollow under the arm at the shoulder.
  • armrest/ˈɑɹmˌɹɛst/nounB1The padded support at the side of a seat for your arm.
  • arms race/ˈɑɹmz.ɹeɪs/nounB2Two powers building weapons faster than each other.
  • army/ˈɑː.mi/nounA22 meaningsAll the land soldiers of a country together.
  • aroma/əˈɹəʊ.mə/nounB2A pleasant smell, especially of food or drink.
  • aromatic/ˌæɹ.əˈmæt.ɪk/adjectiveB2+2 meaningsHaving a strong pleasant spicy smell.
  • aromatic herbnounB2A leaf grown for the scent it gives to food.
  • around the clockphraseB2Continuously, day and night.
  • arouse/əˈɹaʊz/verbB2+To stir a feeling into life, or to wake somebody.
  • aroused/əˈɹaʊzd/adjectiveB2+Stirred into strong feeling or desire.
  • arraignment/əˈɹeɪnmənt/nounC1The formal calling of an accused person before a court.
  • arrange/əˈɹeɪnd͡ʒ/verbA23 meaningsTo put things in a particular order or position.
  • arrangement/əˈɹeɪnd͡ʒmənt/nounB12 meaningsSomething agreed about how things will be done.
  • array/əˈɹeɪ/nounC12 meaningsAn ordered list of values stored under one name.
  • arrears/əˈɹɪə(ɹ)z/nounC1Payments you have fallen behind on.
  • arrest/əˈɹɛst/verbB12 meaningsTo take a suspected criminal into custody.
  • arrival/əˈɹaɪ.vl̩/nounB13 meaningsThe act or moment of reaching a place.
  • arrivals hallnounB1The area where people wait to meet passengers.
  • arrive/əˈɹaɪv/verbA13 meaningsTo reach a place you were going to.
  • arrogance/ˈæɹ.ə.ɡəns/nounB2+An offensive sense of your own importance.
  • arrogant/ˈæɹəɡənt/adjectiveB2Behaving as if you are better or more important than other people, and showing it.
  • arrow/ˈæɹəʊ/nounA2+2 meaningsA pointed sign showing direction.
  • arse/ɑːs/nounB2The buttocks, in coarse British use.
  • arsenal/ˈɑːsənəl/nounB2+2 meaningsA store of weapons.
  • arson/ˈɑɹsən/nounB2+The crime of setting fire to a building on purpose.
  • arsonist/ˈɑɹsənəst/nounC1Somebody who sets fire to property on purpose.
  • art/ɑːt/nounA12 meaningsBeautiful things people create.
  • art historynounB2The study of painting and sculpture through time.
  • artefactnounB2+An object made by people long ago.
  • arterialadjectiveC1To do with the vessels carrying blood from the heart.
  • artery/ˈɑː.tə.ɹi/nounB2+A tube carrying blood away from the heart.
  • artichoke/ˈɑɹ.tɪˌtʃoʊk/nounB2+A green flower bud eaten leaf by leaf.
  • article/ˈɑːtɪkl̩/nounB14 meaningsA piece of writing in a newspaper, magazine or website.
  • articulate/ɑː(ɹ)ˈtɪk.jʊ.lət/adjectiveC14 meaningsAble to say what you mean clearly and easily.
  • articulation/ɑːˌtɪk.jʊˈleɪ.ʃən/nounC2Clear expression in speech, or the joining of parts.
  • artifice/ˈɑː(ɹ)tɪfɪs/nounC2Clever trickery used to deceive.
  • artificial/ˌɑː.tɪˈfɪʃ.əl/adjectiveB22 meaningsMade by people or machines rather than by nature.
  • artificial intelligence/ˌɑː.təˈfɪʃ.əl ɪnˈtɛl.ə.d͡ʒəns/phraseB2Computer systems that can learn, reason, and answer like a mind.
  • artillery/ɑːˈtɪləɹi/nounB2The heavy guns of an army, and those who operate them.
  • artillery piecenounC1One heavy gun of the kind that fires far.
  • artisan/ˈɑː(ɹ)tɪzæn/nounB2+A skilled worker who makes things by hand.
  • artist/ˈɑːtɪst/nounA1A person who creates paintings, music or imaginative work.
  • artistic/ɑːˈtɪs.tɪk/adjectiveB2Having or showing skill in art.
  • artistically/ɑː(ɹ)ˈtɪstɪkli/adverbC1In a way that shows creative skill.