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lattice |
noun |
Openwork of metal or wood, formed by crossing or interlacing strips or bars.
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rooster |
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laud |
verb |
To praise in words or song.
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loflied |
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laudable |
adjective |
Praiseworthy.
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lofwaardige |
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laudation |
noun |
High praise.
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lofrede |
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laudatory |
adjective |
Pertaining to, expressing, or containing praise.
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lofprysing |
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laundress |
noun |
Washerwoman.
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wasvrouw |
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laureate |
adjective |
Crowned with laurel, as a mark of distinction.
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laureate |
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lave |
verb |
To wash or bathe.
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lave |
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lawgiver |
noun |
A legislator.
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septer |
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lawmaker |
noun |
A legislator.
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wetmaker |
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lax |
adjective |
Not stringent or energetic.
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laks |
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laxative |
adjective |
Having power to open or loosen the bowels.
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lakseermiddel |
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lea |
noun |
A field.
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lea |
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leaflet |
noun |
A little leaf or a booklet.
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pamflet |
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leaven |
verb |
To make light by fermentation, as dough.
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suurdeeg |
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leeward |
noun |
That side or direction toward which the wind blows.
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Leeward |
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left-handed |
adjective |
Using the left hand or arm more dexterously than the right.
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legacy |
noun |
A bequest.
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nalatenskap |
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legalize |
verb |
To give the authority of law to.
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wettig |
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legging |
noun |
A covering for the leg.
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beenkap |
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legible |
adjective |
That may be read with ease.
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leesbaar |
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legionary |
noun |
A member of an ancient Roman legion or of the modern French Legion of Honor.
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legio |
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legislate |
verb |
To make or enact a law or laws.
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wette |
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legislative |
adjective |
That makes or enacts laws.
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wetgewende |
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legislator |
noun |
A lawgiver.
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wetgewer |
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legitimacy |
noun |
Accordance with law.
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legitimiteit |
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legitimate |
adjective |
Having the sanction of law or established custom.
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wettige |
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leisure |
noun |
Spare time.
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ontspanning |
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leniency |
noun |
Forbearance.
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toegeeflikheid |
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lenient |
adjective |
Not harsh.
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toegeeflik |
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leonine |
adjective |
Like a lion.
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leeus |
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lethargy |
noun |
Prolonged sluggishness of body or mind.
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lusteloosheid |
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levee |
noun |
An embankment beside a river or stream or an arm of the sea, to prevent overflow.
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rivierdijk |
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lever |
noun |
That which exerts, or through which one may exert great power.
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hefboom |
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leviathan |
noun |
Any large animal, as a whale.
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Leviatan |
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levity |
noun |
Frivolity.
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onstandvastigheid |
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levy |
verb |
To impose and collect by force or threat of force.
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heffing |
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lewd |
adjective |
Characterized by lust or lasciviousness.
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ontugtige |
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lexicographer |
noun |
One who makes dictionaries.
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leksikograaf |
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lexicography |
noun |
The making of dictionaries.
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leksikografie |
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lexicon |
noun |
A dictionary.
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leksikon |
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liable |
adjective |
Justly or legally responsible.
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aanspreeklik |
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libel |
noun |
Defamation.
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laster |
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liberalism |
noun |
Opposition to conservatism.
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liberalisme |
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liberate |
verb |
To set free or release from bondage.
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bevry |
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licentious |
adjective |
Wanton.
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losbandige |
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licit |
adjective |
Lawful.
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wettig |
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liege |
adjective |
Sovereign.
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Liege |
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lien |
noun |
A legal claim or hold on property, as security for a debt or charge.
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retensiereg |
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lieu |
noun |
Stead.
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plaas |
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lifelike |
adjective |
Realistic.
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lewensgetroue |
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lifelong |
adjective |
Lasting or continuous through life.
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lewenslange |
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lifetime |
noun |
The time that life continues.
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lewensduur |
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ligament |
noun |
That which binds objects together.
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ligament |
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ligature |
noun |
Anything that constricts, or serves for binding or tying.
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ligatuur |
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light-hearted |
adjective |
Free from care.
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ligneous |
adjective |
Having the texture of appearance of wood.
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houtagtige |
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likelihood |
noun |
A probability.
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waarskynlikheid |
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likely |
adjective |
Plausible.
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waarskynlik |
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liking |
noun |
Fondness.
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smaak |
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limitation |
noun |
A restriction.
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beperking |
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linear |
adjective |
Of the nature of a line.
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lineêre |
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liner |
noun |
A vessel belonging to a steamship-line.
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liner |
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lingo |
noun |
Language.
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lingo |
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lingua |
noun |
The tongue.
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lingua |
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lingual |
adjective |
Pertaining to the use of the tongue in utterance.
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linguale |
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linguist |
noun |
One who is acquainted with several languages.
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taalkundige |
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linguistics |
noun |
The science of languages, or of the origin, history, and significance of words.
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linguistiek |
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liniment |
noun |
A liquid preparation for rubbing on the skin in cases of bruises, inflammation, etc.
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salf |
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liquefy |
verb |
To convert into a liquid or into liquid form.
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vervloei |
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liqueur |
noun |
An alcoholic cordial sweetened and flavored with aromatic substances.
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likeur |
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liquidate |
verb |
To deliver the amount or value of.
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likwideer |
| 🔊 73 |
liquor |
noun |
Any alcoholic or intoxicating liquid.
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drank |
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listless |
adjective |
Inattentive.
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lusteloos |
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literacy |
noun |
The state or condition of knowing how to read and write.
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geletterdheid |
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literal |
adjective |
Following the exact words.
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letterlike |
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literature |
noun |
The written or printed productions of the human mind collectively.
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literatuur |
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lithe |
adjective |
Supple.
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lenige |
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lithesome |
adjective |
Nimble.
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lenig |
| 🔊 80 |
lithograph |
noun |
A print made by printing from stone.
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litografie |
| 🔊 81 |
litigant |
noun |
A party to a lawsuit.
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litigant |
| 🔊 82 |
litigate |
verb |
To cause to become the subject-matter of a suit at law.
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litigeer |
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litigious |
adjective |
Quarrelsome.
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hofwerk |
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littoral |
adjective |
Of, pertaining to, or living on a shore.
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kus |
| 🔊 85 |
liturgy |
noun |
A ritual.
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liturgie |
| 🔊 86 |
livelihood |
noun |
Means of subsistence.
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lewensbestaan |
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livid |
adjective |
Black-and-blue, as contused flesh.
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woedend |
| 🔊 88 |
loam |
noun |
A non-coherent mixture of sand and clay.
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leem |
| 🔊 89 |
loath |
adjective |
Averse.
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onwillig |
| 🔊 90 |
loathe |
verb |
To abominate.
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walglik |
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locative |
adjective |
Indicating place, or the place where or wherein an action occurs.
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lokatiewe |
| 🔊 92 |
loch |
noun |
A lake.
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loch |
| 🔊 93 |
locomotion |
noun |
The act or power of moving from one place to another.
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beweging |
| 🔊 94 |
lode |
noun |
A somewhat continuous unstratified metal- bearing vein.
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Lode |
| 🔊 95 |
lodgment |
noun |
The act of furnishing with temporary quarters.
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indiening |
| 🔊 96 |
logic |
noun |
The science of correct thinking.
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logika |
| 🔊 97 |
logical |
adjective |
Capable of or characterized by clear reasoning.
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logiese |
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logician |
noun |
An expert reasoner.
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logikus |
| 🔊 99 |
loiterer |
noun |
One who consumes time idly.
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leeglêerslewe |
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loneliness |
noun |
Solitude.
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eensaamheid |
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longevity |
noun |
Unusually prolonged life.
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langslewendheid |
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loot |
verb |
To plunder.
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buit |
| 🔊 103 |
loquacious |
adjective |
Talkative.
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kwetterend |
| 🔊 104 |
lordling |
noun |
A little lord.
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lordling |
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lough |
noun |
A lake or loch.
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Lough |
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louse |
noun |
A small insect parasitic on and sucking the blood of mammals.
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luis |
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lovable |
adjective |
Amiable.
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lief |
| 🔊 108 |
low-spirited |
adjective |
Despondent.
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lowly |
adverb |
Rudely.
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nederig |
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lucid |
adjective |
Mentally sound.
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helder |
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lucrative |
adjective |
Highly profitable.
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winsgewende |
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ludicrous |
adjective |
Laughable.
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belaglik |
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luminary |
noun |
One of the heavenly bodies as a source of light.
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uitblinker |
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luminescence |
noun |
Showing increase.
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luminessensie |
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luminescent |
adjective |
Showing increase of light.
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liggewende |
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luminosity |
noun |
The quality of giving or radiating light.
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helderheid |
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luminous |
adjective |
Giving or radiating light.
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lig |
| 🔊 118 |
lunacy |
noun |
Mental unsoundness.
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gekheid |
| 🔊 119 |
lunar |
adjective |
Pertaining to the moon.
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maan |
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lunatic |
noun |
An insane person.
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kranksinnige |
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lune |
noun |
The moon.
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lune |
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lurid |
adjective |
Ghastly and sensational.
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guur |
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luscious |
adjective |
Rich, sweet, and delicious.
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sappige |
| 🔊 124 |
lustrous |
adjective |
Shining.
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glansende |
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luxuriance |
noun |
Excessive or superfluous growth or quantity.
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weelderig |
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luxuriant |
adjective |
Abundant or superabundant in growth.
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weelde |
| 🔊 127 |
luxuriate |
verb |
To live sumptuously.
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gemak |
| 🔊 128 |
lying |
noun |
Untruthfulness.
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lê |
| 🔊 129 |
lyre |
noun |
One of the most ancient of stringed instruments of the harp class.
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lier |
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lyric |
adjective |
Fitted for expression in song.
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lirieke |
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macadamize |
verb |
To cover or pave, as a path or roadway, with small broken stone.
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macadamiseren |
| 🔊 132 |
machinery |
noun |
The parts of a machine or engine, taken collectively.
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masjinerie |
| 🔊 133 |
machinist |
noun |
One who makes or repairs machines, or uses metal-working tools.
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masjinis |
| 🔊 134 |
macrocosm |
noun |
The whole of any sphere or department of nature or knowledge to which man is related.
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makrokosmos |
| 🔊 135 |
madden |
verb |
To inflame with passion.
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Madden |
| 🔊 136 |
Madonna |
noun |
A painted or sculptured representation of the Virgin, usually with the infant Jesus.
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Madonna |
| 🔊 137 |
magician |
noun |
A sorcerer.
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towenaar |
| 🔊 138 |
magisterial |
adjective |
Having an air of authority.
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landdrosdistrik |
| 🔊 139 |
magistracy |
noun |
The office or dignity of a magistrate.
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landdroskantoor |
| 🔊 140 |
magnanimous |
adjective |
Generous in treating or judging others.
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grootmoedige |
| 🔊 141 |
magnate |
noun |
A person of rank or importance.
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magnaat |
| 🔊 142 |
magnet |
noun |
A body possessing that peculiar form of polarity found in nature in the lodestone.
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magneet |
| 🔊 143 |
magnetize |
verb |
To make a magnet of, permanently, or temporarily.
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biologeren |
| 🔊 144 |
magnificence |
noun |
The exhibition of greatness of action, character, intellect, wealth, or power.
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heerlikheid |
| 🔊 145 |
magnificent |
adjective |
Grand or majestic in appearance, quality, or action.
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pragtige |
| 🔊 146 |
magnitude |
noun |
Importance.
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grootte |
| 🔊 147 |
maidenhood |
noun |
Virginity.
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meisie jaar |
| 🔊 148 |
maintain |
verb |
To hold or preserve in any particular state or condition.
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onderhou |
| 🔊 149 |
maintenance |
noun |
That which supports or sustains.
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onderhoud |
| 🔊 150 |
maize |
noun |
Indian corn: usually in the United States called simply corn.
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mielies |
| 🔊 151 |
makeup |
noun |
The arrangements or combination of the parts of which anything is composed.
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grimering |
| 🔊 152 |
malady |
noun |
Any physical disease or disorder, especially a chronic or deep-seated one.
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kwaal |
| 🔊 153 |
malaria |
noun |
A fever characterized by alternating chills, fever, and sweating.
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malaria |
| 🔊 154 |
malcontent |
noun |
One who is dissatisfied with the existing state of affairs.
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ontevrede |
| 🔊 155 |
malediction |
noun |
The calling down of a curse or curses.
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vervloeking |
| 🔊 156 |
malefactor |
noun |
One who injures another.
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kwaaddoener |
| 🔊 157 |
maleficent |
adjective |
Mischievous.
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boosaardig |
| 🔊 158 |
malevolence |
noun |
Ill will.
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kwaadwillig |
| 🔊 159 |
malevolent |
adjective |
Wishing evil to others.
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kwaadwillig |
| 🔊 160 |
malign |
verb |
To speak evil of, especially to do so falsely and severely.
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skadelike |
| 🔊 161 |
malignant |
adjective |
Evil in nature or tending to do great harm or mischief.
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kwaadaardige |
| 🔊 162 |
malleable |
adjective |
Pliant.
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smeebaar |
| 🔊 163 |
mallet |
noun |
A wooden hammer.
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hamer |
| 🔊 164 |
maltreat |
verb |
To treat ill, unkindly, roughly, or abusively.
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uitskel |
| 🔊 165 |
man-eater |
noun |
An animal that devours human beings.
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| 🔊 166 |
man-trap |
noun |
A place or structure dangerous to human life.
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| 🔊 167 |
mandate |
noun |
A command.
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mandaat |
| 🔊 168 |
mandatory |
adjective |
Expressive of positive command, as distinguished from merely directory.
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verpligte |
| 🔊 169 |
mane |
noun |
The long hair growing upon and about the neck of certain animals, as the horse and the lion.
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maanhare |
| 🔊 170 |
maneuver |
verb |
To make adroit or artful moves: manage affairs by strategy.
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maneuver |
| 🔊 171 |
mania |
noun |
Insanity.
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manie |
| 🔊 172 |
maniac |
noun |
a person raving with madness.
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maniak |
| 🔊 173 |
manifesto |
noun |
A public declaration, making announcement, explanation or defense of intentions, or motives.
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manifes |
| 🔊 174 |
manlike |
adjective |
Like a man.
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manachtig |
| 🔊 175 |
manliness |
noun |
The qualities characteristic of a true man, as bravery, resolution, etc.
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manlikheid |
| 🔊 176 |
mannerism |
noun |
Constant or excessive adherence to one manner, style, or peculiarity, as of action or conduct.
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maniërisme |
| 🔊 177 |
manor |
noun |
The landed estate of a lord or nobleman.
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Manor |
| 🔊 178 |
mantel |
noun |
The facing, sometimes richly ornamented, about a fireplace, including the usual shelf above it.
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mantel |
| 🔊 179 |
mantle |
noun |
A cloak.
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mantel |
| 🔊 180 |
manufacturer |
noun |
A person engaged in manufacturing as a business.
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vervaardiger |
| 🔊 181 |
manumission |
noun |
Emancipation.
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vrystelling |
| 🔊 182 |
manumit |
verb |
To set free from bondage.
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vry laat |
| 🔊 183 |
marine |
adjective |
Of or pertaining to the sea or matters connected with the sea.
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mariene |
| 🔊 184 |
maritime |
adjective |
Situated on or near the sea.
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maritieme |
| 🔊 185 |
maroon |
verb |
To put ashore and abandon (a person) on a desolate coast or island.
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maroen |
| 🔊 186 |
martial |
adjective |
Pertaining to war or military operations.
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martial |
| 🔊 187 |
Martian |
adjective |
Pertaining to Mars, either the Roman god of war or the planet.
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Mars |
| 🔊 188 |
martyrdom |
noun |
Submission to death or persecution for the sake of faith or principle.
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martelaarskap |
| 🔊 189 |
marvel |
verb |
To be astonished and perplexed because of (something).
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bewonder |
| 🔊 190 |
masonry |
noun |
The art or work of constructing, as buildings, walls, etc., with regularly arranged stones.
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messelwerk |
| 🔊 191 |
masquerade |
noun |
A social party composed of persons masked and costumed so as to be disguised.
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maskerade |
| 🔊 192 |
massacre |
noun |
The unnecessary and indiscriminate killing of human beings.
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slagting |
| 🔊 193 |
massive |
adjective |
Of considerable bulk and weight.
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massiewe |
| 🔊 194 |
masterpiece |
noun |
A superior production.
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meesterstuk |
| 🔊 195 |
mastery |
noun |
The attainment of superior skill.
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meesterskap |
| 🔊 196 |
material |
noun |
That of which anything is composed or may be constructed.
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materiaal |
| 🔊 197 |
materialize |
verb |
To take perceptible or substantial form.
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realiseer |
| 🔊 198 |
maternal |
adjective |
Pertaining or peculiar to a mother or to motherhood.
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moederlike |
| 🔊 199 |
matinee |
noun |
An entertainment (especially theatrical) held in the daytime.
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matinee |
| 🔊 200 |
matricide |
noun |
The killing, especially the murdering, of one's mother.
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moeder moord |