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nausea |
noun |
An affection of the stomach producing dizziness and usually an impulse to vomit
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naarheid |
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nauseate |
verb |
To cause to loathe.
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walgen |
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nauseous |
adjective |
Loathsome.
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naar |
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nautical |
adjective |
Pertaining to ships, seamen, or navigation.
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nautische |
| 🔊 5 |
naval |
adjective |
Pertaining to ships.
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vloot |
| 🔊 6 |
navel |
noun |
The depression on the abdomen where the umbilical cord of the fetus was attached.
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naeltjie |
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navigable |
adjective |
Capable of commercial navigation.
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bevaarbare |
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navigate |
verb |
To traverse by ship.
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navigeer |
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nebula |
noun |
A gaseous body of unorganized stellar substance.
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nebula |
| 🔊 10 |
necessary |
adjective |
Indispensably requisite or absolutely needed to accomplish a desired result.
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nodig |
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necessitate |
verb |
To render indispensable.
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noodsaak |
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necessity |
noun |
That which is indispensably requisite to an end desired.
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noodsaaklikheid |
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necrology |
noun |
A list of persons who have died in a certain place or time.
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necrology |
| 🔊 14 |
necromancer |
noun |
One who practices the art of foretelling the future by means of communication with the dead.
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nekromanser |
| 🔊 15 |
necropolis |
noun |
A city of the dead.
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necro |
| 🔊 16 |
necrosis |
noun |
the death of part of the body.
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nekrose |
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nectar |
noun |
Any especially sweet and delicious drink.
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nektar |
| 🔊 18 |
nectarine |
noun |
A variety of the peach.
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nektarien |
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needlework |
noun |
Embroidery.
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naaldwerk |
| 🔊 20 |
needy |
adjective |
Being in need, want, or poverty.
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behoeftige |
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nefarious |
adjective |
Wicked in the extreme.
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afstootlike |
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negate |
verb |
To deny.
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negeer |
| 🔊 23 |
negation |
noun |
The act of denying or of asserting the falsity of a proposition.
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ontkenning |
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neglectful |
adjective |
Exhibiting or indicating omission.
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nalatig |
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negligee |
noun |
A loose gown worn by women.
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dameshuisjas |
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negligence |
noun |
Omission of that which ought to be done.
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nalatigheid |
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negligent |
adjective |
Apt to omit what ought to be done.
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nalatige |
| 🔊 28 |
negligible |
adjective |
Transferable by assignment, endorsement, or delivery.
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weglaatbaar |
| 🔊 29 |
negotiable |
verb |
To bargain with others for an agreement, as for a treaty or transfer of property.
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onderhandelbaar nie |
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Nemesis |
noun |
A goddess; divinity of chastisement and vengeance.
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Nemesis |
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neo-Darwinsim |
noun |
Darwinism as modified and extended by more recent students.
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neo-Latin |
noun |
Modernized Latin.
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Neolithic |
adjective |
Pertaining to the later stone age.
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Neolitiese |
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neology |
noun |
The coining or using of new words or new meanings of words.
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neologie |
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neophyte |
adjective |
Having the character of a beginner.
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lidmaat van die gemeente |
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nestle |
verb |
To adjust cozily in snug quarters.
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Nestlé |
| 🔊 37 |
nestling |
adjective |
Recently hatched.
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nes |
| 🔊 38 |
nettle |
verb |
To excite sensations of uneasiness or displeasure in.
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brandnetel |
| 🔊 39 |
network |
noun |
Anything that presents a system of cross- lines.
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netwerk |
| 🔊 40 |
neural |
adjective |
Pertaining to the nerves or nervous system.
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neurale |
| 🔊 41 |
neurology |
noun |
The science of the nervous system.
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neurologie |
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neuter |
adjective |
Neither masculine nor feminine.
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onsydig |
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neutral |
adjective |
Belonging to or under control of neither of two contestants.
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neutrale |
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nevertheless |
conj. |
Notwithstanding.
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nogtans |
| 🔊 45 |
Newtonian |
adjective |
Of or pertaining to Sir Isaac Newton, the English philosopher.
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Newtoniese |
| 🔊 46 |
niggardly |
adjective |
Stingy. (no longer acceptable to use)
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geringe |
| 🔊 47 |
nihilist |
noun |
An advocate of the doctrine that nothing either exists or can be known.
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nihilistiese |
| 🔊 48 |
nil |
noun |
Nothing
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nil |
| 🔊 49 |
nimble |
adjective |
Light and quick in motion or action.
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ratse |
| 🔊 50 |
nit |
noun |
The egg of a louse or some other insect.
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neet |
| 🔊 51 |
nocturnal |
adjective |
Of or pertaining to the night.
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nagtelike |
| 🔊 52 |
noiseless |
adjective |
Silent.
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stil |
| 🔊 53 |
noisome |
adjective |
Very offensive, particularly to the sense of smell.
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verderflike |
| 🔊 54 |
noisy |
adjective |
Clamorous.
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lawaaierige |
| 🔊 55 |
nomad |
adjective |
Having no fixed abode.
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nomade |
| 🔊 56 |
nominal |
adjective |
Trivial.
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nominale |
| 🔊 57 |
nominate |
verb |
To designate as a candidate for any office.
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nomineer |
| 🔊 58 |
nomination |
noun |
The act or ceremony of naming a man or woman for office.
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nominasie |
| 🔊 59 |
nominee |
noun |
One who receives a nomination.
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genomineerde |
| 🔊 60 |
non-combatant |
noun |
One attached to the army or navy, but having duties other than that of fighting.
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| 🔊 61 |
non-existent |
noun |
That which does not exist.
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non-resident |
adjective |
Not residing within a given jurisdiction.
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nonchalance |
noun |
A state of mind indicating lack of interest.
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nonchalance |
| 🔊 64 |
nondescript |
adjective |
Indescribable.
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onopvallende |
| 🔊 65 |
nonentity |
noun |
A person or thing of little or no account.
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onding |
| 🔊 66 |
norm |
noun |
A model.
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norm |
| 🔊 67 |
normalcy |
noun |
The state of being normal.
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normaliteit |
| 🔊 68 |
nostrum |
noun |
Any scheme or recipe of a charlatan character.
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nostrum |
| 🔊 69 |
noticeable |
adjective |
Perceptible.
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merkbaar |
| 🔊 70 |
notorious |
adjective |
Unfavorably known to the general public.
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berug |
| 🔊 71 |
novice |
noun |
A beginner in any business or occupation.
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beginner |
| 🔊 72 |
nowadays |
adverb |
In the present time or age.
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deesdae |
| 🔊 73 |
nowhere |
adverb |
In no place or state.
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nêrens |
| 🔊 74 |
noxious |
adjective |
Hurtful.
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skadelike |
| 🔊 75 |
nuance |
noun |
A slight degree of difference in anything perceptible to the sense of the mind.
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nuanse |
| 🔊 76 |
nucleus |
noun |
A central point or part about which matter is aggregated.
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kern |
| 🔊 77 |
nude |
adjective |
Naked.
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naak |
| 🔊 78 |
nugatory |
adjective |
Having no power or force.
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onbenullig |
| 🔊 79 |
nuisance |
noun |
That which annoys, vexes, or irritates.
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oorlas |
| 🔊 80 |
numeration |
noun |
The act or art of reading or naming numbers.
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getalstelsel |
| 🔊 81 |
numerical |
adjective |
Of or pertaining to number.
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numeriese |
| 🔊 82 |
nunnery |
noun |
A convent for nuns.
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klooster |
| 🔊 83 |
nuptial |
adjective |
Of or pertaining to marriage, especially to the marriage ceremony.
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huwelik |
| 🔊 84 |
nurture |
noun |
The process of fostering or promoting growth.
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koester |
| 🔊 85 |
nutriment |
noun |
That which nourishes.
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nutriënt |
| 🔊 86 |
nutritive |
adjective |
Having nutritious properties.
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voedingswaarde |
| 🔊 87 |
oaken |
adjective |
Made of or from oak.
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eikehouten |
| 🔊 88 |
oakum |
noun |
Hemp-fiber obtained by untwisting and picking out loosely the yarns of old hemp rope.
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jong plozen touw |
| 🔊 89 |
obdurate |
adjective |
Impassive to feelings of humanity or pity.
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halsstarrig |
| 🔊 90 |
obelisk |
noun |
A square shaft with pyramidal top, usually monumental or commemorative.
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obelisk |
| 🔊 91 |
obese |
adjective |
Exceedingly fat.
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vetsugtig |
| 🔊 92 |
obesity |
noun |
Excessive fatness.
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vetsug |
| 🔊 93 |
obituary |
adjective |
A published notice of a death.
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rou |
| 🔊 94 |
objective |
adjective |
Grasping and representing facts as they are.
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doel |
| 🔊 95 |
objector |
noun |
One who objects, as to a proposition, measure, or ruling.
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beswaarmaker |
| 🔊 96 |
obligate |
verb |
To hold to the fulfillment of duty.
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obligaat |
| 🔊 97 |
obligatory |
adjective |
Binding in law or conscience.
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verpligte |
| 🔊 98 |
oblique |
adjective |
Slanting; said of lines.
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skuins |
| 🔊 99 |
obliterate |
verb |
To cause to disappear.
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uitwis |
| 🔊 100 |
oblivion |
noun |
The state of having passed out of the memory or of being utterly forgotten.
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vergetelheid |
| 🔊 101 |
oblong |
adjective |
Longer than broad: applied most commonly to rectangular objects considerably elongated
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langwerpige |
| 🔊 102 |
obnoxious |
adjective |
Detestable.
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onaangenaam |
| 🔊 103 |
obsequies |
noun |
Funeral rites.
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lijkstaatsie |
| 🔊 104 |
obsequious |
adjective |
Showing a servile readiness to fall in with the wishes or will of another.
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kruiperig |
| 🔊 105 |
observance |
noun |
A traditional form or customary act.
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nakoming |
| 🔊 106 |
observant |
adjective |
Quick to notice.
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oplettend |
| 🔊 107 |
observatory |
noun |
A building designed for systematic astronomical observations.
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sterrewag |
| 🔊 108 |
obsolescence |
noun |
The condition or process of gradually falling into disuse.
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veroudering |
| 🔊 109 |
obsolescent |
adjective |
Passing out of use, as a word.
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verouderende |
| 🔊 110 |
obsolete |
adjective |
No longer practiced or accepted.
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uitgediende |
| 🔊 111 |
obstetrician |
noun |
A practitioner of midwifery.
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verloskundige |
| 🔊 112 |
obstetrics |
noun |
The branch of medical science concerned with the treatment and care of women during pregnancy.
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verloskunde |
| 🔊 113 |
obstinacy |
noun |
Stubborn adherence to opinion, arising from conceit or the desire to have one's own way.
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koppigheid |
| 🔊 114 |
obstreperous |
adjective |
Boisterous.
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moedswillig |
| 🔊 115 |
obstruct |
verb |
To fill with impediments so as to prevent passage, either wholly or in part.
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belemmer |
| 🔊 116 |
obstruction |
noun |
Hindrance.
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obstruksie |
| 🔊 117 |
obtrude |
verb |
To be pushed or to push oneself into undue prominence.
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lastig |
| 🔊 118 |
obtrusive |
adjective |
Tending to be pushed or to push oneself into undue prominence.
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opdringerig |
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obvert |
verb |
To turn the front or principal side of (a thing) toward any person or object.
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obvert |
| 🔊 120 |
obviate |
verb |
To clear away or provide for, as an objection or difficulty.
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ondervang |
| 🔊 121 |
occasion |
noun |
An important event or celebration.
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geleentheid |
| 🔊 122 |
Occident |
noun |
The countries lying west of Asia and the Turkish dominions.
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Weste |
| 🔊 123 |
occlude |
verb |
To absorb, as a gas by a metal.
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omsluiten |
| 🔊 124 |
occult |
adjective |
Existing but not immediately perceptible.
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okkulte |
| 🔊 125 |
occupant |
noun |
A tenant in possession of property, as distinguished from the actual owner.
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bewoner |
| 🔊 126 |
occurrence |
noun |
A happening.
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voorkoms |
| 🔊 127 |
octagon |
noun |
A figure with eight sides and eight angles.
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agthoek |
| 🔊 128 |
octave |
noun |
A note at this interval above or below any other, considered in relation to that other.
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oktaaf |
| 🔊 129 |
octavo |
noun |
A book, or collection of paper in which the sheets are so folded as to make eight leaves.
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octavo |
| 🔊 130 |
octogenarian |
adjective |
A person of between eighty and ninety years.
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tachtigjarige |
| 🔊 131 |
ocular |
adjective |
Of or pertaining to the eye.
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okulêre |
| 🔊 132 |
oculist |
noun |
One versed or skilled in treating diseases of the eye.
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oogarts |
| 🔊 133 |
oddity |
noun |
An eccentricity.
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vreemd |
| 🔊 134 |
ode |
noun |
The form of lyric poetry anciently intended to be sung.
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ode |
| 🔊 135 |
odious |
adjective |
Hateful.
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gehaat |
| 🔊 136 |
odium |
noun |
A feeling of extreme repugnance, or of dislike and disgust.
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blaam |
| 🔊 137 |
odoriferous |
adjective |
Having or diffusing an odor or scent, especially an agreeable one.
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geur |
| 🔊 138 |
off |
adjective |
Farther or more distant.
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af |
| 🔊 139 |
offhand |
adverb |
Without preparation.
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onvoorbereid |
| 🔊 140 |
officiate |
verb |
To act as an officer or leader.
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optree |
| 🔊 141 |
officious |
adjective |
Intermeddling with what is not one's concern.
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opdringerig |
| 🔊 142 |
offshoot |
noun |
Something that branches off from the parent stock.
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vertakking |
| 🔊 143 |
ogre |
noun |
A demon or monster that was supposed to devour human beings.
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monster |
| 🔊 144 |
ointment |
noun |
A fatty preparation with a butter-like consistency in which a medicinal substance exists.
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salf |
| 🔊 145 |
olfactory |
adjective |
of or pertaining to the sense of smell.
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olfaktoriese |
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olive-branch |
noun |
A branch of the olive-tree, as an emblem of peace.
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| 🔊 147 |
ominous |
adjective |
Portentous.
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onheilspellende |
| 🔊 148 |
omission |
noun |
Exclusion.
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weglating |
| 🔊 149 |
omnipotence |
noun |
Unlimited and universal power.
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almag |
| 🔊 150 |
Omnipotent |
adjective |
Possessed of unlimited and universal power.
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alomteenwoordige |
| 🔊 151 |
omniscience |
noun |
Unlimited or infinite knowledge.
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alwetendheid |
| 🔊 152 |
omniscient |
adjective |
Characterized by unlimited or infinite knowledge.
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alwetend |
| 🔊 153 |
omnivorous |
adjective |
Eating or living upon food of all kinds indiscriminately.
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omnivore |
| 🔊 154 |
onerous |
adjective |
Burdensome or oppressive.
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drukkende |
| 🔊 155 |
onrush |
noun |
Onset.
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toeloop |
| 🔊 156 |
onset |
noun |
An assault, especially of troops, upon an enemy or fortification.
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aanvang |
| 🔊 157 |
onslaught |
noun |
A violent onset.
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aanslag |
| 🔊 158 |
onus |
noun |
A burden or responsibility.
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onus |
| 🔊 159 |
opalescence |
noun |
The property of combined refraction and reflection of light, resulting in smoky tints.
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opaal glans |
| 🔊 160 |
opaque |
adjective |
Impervious to light.
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ondeursigtig |
| 🔊 161 |
operate |
verb |
To put in action and supervise the working of.
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werk |
| 🔊 162 |
operative |
adjective |
Active.
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operatiewe |
| 🔊 163 |
operator |
noun |
One who works with or controls some machine or scientific apparatus.
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operateur |
| 🔊 164 |
operetta |
noun |
A humorous play in dialogue and music, of more than one act.
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operette |
| 🔊 165 |
opinion |
noun |
A conclusion or judgment held with confidence, but falling short of positive knowledge.
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opinie |
| 🔊 166 |
opponent |
noun |
One who supports the opposite side in a debate, discussion, struggle, or sport.
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opponent |
| 🔊 167 |
opportune |
adjective |
Especially fit as occurring, said, or done at the right moment.
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gunstige |
| 🔊 168 |
opportunist |
noun |
One who takes advantage of circumstances to gain his ends.
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opportunis |
| 🔊 169 |
opportunity |
noun |
Favorable or advantageous chance or opening.
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geleentheid |
| 🔊 170 |
opposite |
adjective |
Radically different or contrary in action or movement.
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teenoorgestelde |
| 🔊 171 |
opprobrium |
noun |
The state of being scornfully reproached or accused of evil.
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skande |
| 🔊 172 |
optic |
noun |
Pertaining to the eye or vision.
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optiese |
| 🔊 173 |
optician |
noun |
One who makes or deals in optical instruments or eye-glasses.
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oogkundige |
| 🔊 174 |
optics |
noun |
The science that treats of light and vision, and all that is connected with sight.
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optika |
| 🔊 175 |
optimism |
noun |
The view that everything in nature and the history of mankind is ordered for the best.
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optimisme |
| 🔊 176 |
option |
noun |
The right, power, or liberty of choosing.
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opsie |
| 🔊 177 |
optometry |
noun |
Measurement of the powers of vision.
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optometrie |
| 🔊 178 |
opulence |
noun |
Affluence.
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weelde |
| 🔊 179 |
opulent |
adjective |
Wealthy.
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weelderige |
| 🔊 180 |
oral |
adjective |
Uttered through the mouth.
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mondelinge |
| 🔊 181 |
orate |
verb |
To deliver an elaborate or formal public speech.
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oreren |
| 🔊 182 |
oration |
noun |
An elaborate or formal public speech.
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toegespreek |
| 🔊 183 |
orator |
noun |
One who delivers an elaborate or formal speech.
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redenaar |
| 🔊 184 |
oratorio |
noun |
A composition for solo voices, chorus, and orchestra, generally taken from the Scriptures.
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oratorium |
| 🔊 185 |
oratory |
noun |
The art of public speaking.
|
oratorium |
| 🔊 186 |
ordeal |
noun |
Anything that severely tests courage, strength, patience, conscience, etc.
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beproewing |
| 🔊 187 |
ordinal |
noun |
That form of the numeral that shows the order of anything in a series, as first, second, third.
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ordinale |
| 🔊 188 |
ordination |
noun |
A consecration to the ministry.
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koördinering |
| 🔊 189 |
ordnance |
noun |
A general name for all kinds of weapons and their appliances used in war.
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gedropte |
| 🔊 190 |
orgies |
noun |
Wild or wanton revelry.
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orgies |
| 🔊 191 |
origin |
noun |
The beginning of that which becomes or is made to be.
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oorsprong |
| 🔊 192 |
original |
adjective |
Not copied nor produced by imitation.
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oorspronklike |
| 🔊 193 |
originate |
verb |
To cause or constitute the beginning or first stage of the existence of.
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ontstaan |
| 🔊 194 |
ornate |
adjective |
Ornamented to a marked degree.
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versierde |
| 🔊 195 |
orthodox |
adjective |
Holding the commonly accepted faith.
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ortodokse |
| 🔊 196 |
orthodoxy |
noun |
Acceptance of the common faith.
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ortodoksie |
| 🔊 197 |
orthogonal |
adjective |
Having or determined by right angles.
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ortogonale |
| 🔊 198 |
oscillate |
verb |
To swing back and forth.
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ossilleer |
| 🔊 199 |
osculate |
verb |
To kiss.
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osculeren |
| 🔊 200 |
ossify |
verb |
to convert into bone.
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verbenen |