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

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  • 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.
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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 herbnounB2A leaf grown for the scent it gives to food.
  • arraignment/əˈɹeɪnmənt/nounC1The formal calling of an accused person before a court.
  • 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.
  • arrival/əˈɹaɪ.vl̩/nounB13 meaningsThe act or moment of reaching a place.
  • arrivals hallnounB1The area where people wait to meet passengers.
  • arrogance/ˈæɹ.ə.ɡəns/nounB2+An offensive sense of your own importance.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • articulation/ɑːˌtɪk.jʊˈleɪ.ʃən/nounC2Clear expression in speech, or the joining of parts.
  • artifice/ˈɑː(ɹ)tɪfɪs/nounC2Clever trickery used to deceive.
  • 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.
  • artistry/ˈɑː(ɹ)tɪstɹi/nounB2+Great skill in a creative art.
  • artwork/ˈɑːtˌwɜːk/nounB2Pictures and designs made for a purpose.
  • ascendancy/əˈsɛndənsi/nounC2A position of rising power over others.
  • ascent/əˈsɛnt/nounB2+The climb up.
  • ascetic/əˈsɛ.tɪk/nounC1Somebody who lives with severe self-denial.
  • ash/ˈæʃ/nounB24 meaningsThe soft grey powder left when something has burned.
  • ash treenounB2A tall tree with feathery leaves and black buds.
  • ashtray/ˈæʃ.tɹeɪ/nounA2+A small dish for the ends of cigarettes.
  • aside/əˈsaɪd/adverbB22 meaningsTo one side, or out of the way.
  • ask/ɑːsk/verbA15 meaningsTo put a question to someone.
  • asparagus/əˈspæɹ.ə.ɡəs/nounB1+Long green spears eaten as a spring vegetable.
  • aspect/ˈæspɛkt/nounB22 meaningsOne side or feature of a thing.
  • aspen/ˈæspən/nounB2+A poplar whose leaves tremble in the wind.
  • aspersionnounC2A damaging remark made about somebody's character.
  • asphalt/ˈæʃfɑlt/nounB2+The black tar-and-stone mixture used to surface roads.
  • aspiration/ˌæspəˈɹeɪʃən/nounC1A strong hope of achieving something.
  • aspirin/ˈæs.p(ɪ.)ɹɪn/nounB1A common tablet taken for pain and fever.
  • assailant/əˈseɪlənt/nounC1Somebody who attacks another person.
  • assassination/əˌsæs.ɪˈneɪ.ʃən/nounC1The murder of an important person.
  • assault/əˈsɒlt/nounB23 meaningsThe crime of physically attacking somebody.
  • assay/ˈæseɪ/nounC2A test of how much metal an ore contains.
  • assay officenounC2Where precious metal is tested and stamped.
  • assembly/əˈsɛmb.lɪ/nounB13 meaningsA gathering of a whole school at the start of the day.