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perpetrator |
noun |
The doer of a wrong or a criminal act.
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oortreder |
| 🔊 2 |
perpetuate |
verb |
To preserve from extinction or oblivion.
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voortbestaan |
| 🔊 3 |
perquisite |
noun |
Any profit from service beyond the amount fixed as salary or wages.
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uitsluitend besit |
| 🔊 4 |
persecution |
noun |
Harsh or malignant oppression.
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vervolging |
| 🔊 5 |
perseverance |
noun |
A persistence in purpose and effort.
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volharding |
| 🔊 6 |
persevere |
verb |
To continue striving in spite of discouragements.
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volhard |
| 🔊 7 |
persiflage |
noun |
Banter.
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persiflage |
| 🔊 8 |
persist |
verb |
To continue steadfast against opposition.
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voortduur |
| 🔊 9 |
persistence |
noun |
A fixed adherence to a resolve, course of conduct, or the like.
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volharding |
| 🔊 10 |
personage |
noun |
A man or woman as an individual, especially one of rank or high station.
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persoonlikheid |
| 🔊 11 |
personal |
adjective |
Not general or public.
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persoonlike |
| 🔊 12 |
personality |
noun |
The attributes, taken collectively, that make up the character and nature of an individual.
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persoonlikheid |
| 🔊 13 |
personnel |
noun |
The force of persons collectively employed in some service.
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personeel |
| 🔊 14 |
perspective |
noun |
The relative importance of facts or matters from any special point of view.
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perspektief |
| 🔊 15 |
perspicacious |
adjective |
Astute.
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scherpziend |
| 🔊 16 |
perspicacity |
noun |
Acuteness or discernment.
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skerpsinnigheid |
| 🔊 17 |
perspicuous |
adjective |
Lucid.
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deursigtig |
| 🔊 18 |
perspiration |
noun |
Sweat.
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sweet |
| 🔊 19 |
perspire |
verb |
To excrete through the pores of the skin.
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uitwasemen |
| 🔊 20 |
persuadable |
adjective |
capable of influencing to action by entreaty, statement, or anything that moves the feelings.
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oorhaal |
| 🔊 21 |
persuade |
verb |
To win the mind of by argument, eloquence, evidence, or reflection.
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oorreed |
| 🔊 22 |
pertinacious |
adjective |
Persistent or unyielding.
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hardnekkige |
| 🔊 23 |
pertinacity |
noun |
Unyielding adherence.
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volharding |
| 🔊 24 |
pertinent |
adjective |
Relevant.
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pertinente |
| 🔊 25 |
perturb |
verb |
To disturb greatly.
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beroering |
| 🔊 26 |
perturbation |
noun |
Mental excitement or confusion.
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storing |
| 🔊 27 |
perusal |
noun |
The act of reading carefully or thoughtfully.
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insae |
| 🔊 28 |
pervade |
verb |
To pass or spread through every part.
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deurtrek |
| 🔊 29 |
pervasion |
noun |
The state of spreading through every part.
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deur dring |
| 🔊 30 |
pervasive |
adjective |
Thoroughly penetrating or permeating.
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deurdringende |
| 🔊 31 |
perverse |
adjective |
Unreasonable.
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perverse |
| 🔊 32 |
perversion |
noun |
Diversion from the true meaning or proper purpose.
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perversie |
| 🔊 33 |
perversity |
noun |
Wickedness.
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perversiteit |
| 🔊 34 |
pervert |
noun |
One who has forsaken a doctrine regarded as true for one esteemed false.
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verdraai |
| 🔊 35 |
pervious |
adjective |
Admitting the entrance or passage of another substance.
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ontvanklik |
| 🔊 36 |
pestilence |
noun |
A raging epidemic.
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pes |
| 🔊 37 |
pestilent |
adjective |
Having a malign influence or effect.
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pes |
| 🔊 38 |
pestilential |
adjective |
having the nature of or breeding pestilence.
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pes |
| 🔊 39 |
peter |
verb |
To fail or lose power, efficiency, or value.
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Peter |
| 🔊 40 |
petrify |
verb |
To convert into a substance of stony hardness and character.
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versteend |
| 🔊 41 |
petulance |
noun |
The character or condition of being impatient, capricious or petulant.
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moedswilligheid |
| 🔊 42 |
petulant |
adjective |
Displaying impatience.
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balorig |
| 🔊 43 |
pharmacy |
noun |
The art or business of compounding and dispensing medicines.
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apteek |
| 🔊 44 |
phenomenal |
adjective |
Extraordinary or marvelous.
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fenomenale |
| 🔊 45 |
phenomenon |
noun |
Any unusual occurrence.
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verskynsel |
| 🔊 46 |
philander |
verb |
To play at courtship with a woman.
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Philander |
| 🔊 47 |
philanthropic |
adjective |
Benevolent.
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filantropiese |
| 🔊 48 |
philanthropist |
noun |
One who endeavors to help his fellow men.
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filantroop |
| 🔊 49 |
philanthropy |
noun |
Active humanitarianism.
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filantropie |
| 🔊 50 |
philately |
noun |
The study and collection of stamps.
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filatelie |
| 🔊 51 |
philharmonic |
adjective |
Fond of music.
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Filharmoniese |
| 🔇 |
philogynist |
noun |
One who is fond of women.
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philogynist |
| 🔊 53 |
philologist |
noun |
An expert in linguistics.
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filoloog |
| 🔊 54 |
philology |
noun |
The study of language in connection with history and literature.
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filologie |
| 🔊 55 |
philosophize |
verb |
To seek ultimate causes and principles.
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filosoferen |
| 🔊 56 |
philosophy |
noun |
The general principles, laws, or causes that furnish the rational explanation of anything.
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filosofie |
| 🔊 57 |
phlegmatic |
adjective |
Not easily roused to feeling or action.
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nugter |
| 🔊 58 |
phonetic |
adjective |
Representing articulate sounds or speech.
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fonetiese |
| 🔊 59 |
phonic |
adjective |
Pertaining to the nature of sound.
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fonetiese |
| 🔊 60 |
phonogram |
noun |
A graphic character symbolizing an articulate sound.
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fonogrammen |
| 🔊 61 |
phonology |
noun |
The science of human vocal sounds.
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fonologie |
| 🔊 62 |
phosphorescence |
noun |
The property of emitting light.
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fosforessensie |
| 🔊 63 |
photoelectric |
adjective |
Pertaining to the combined action of light and electricity.
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fotoelektriese |
| 🔊 64 |
photometer |
noun |
Any instrument for measuring the intensity of light or comparing the intensity of two lights.
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fotometer |
| 🔊 65 |
photometry |
noun |
The art of measuring the intensity of light.
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fotometrie |
| 🔊 66 |
physicist |
noun |
A specialist in the science that treats of the phenomena associated with matter and energy.
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fisikus |
| 🔊 67 |
physics |
noun |
The science that treats of the phenomena associated with matter and energy.
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fisika |
| 🔊 68 |
physiognomy |
noun |
The external appearance merely.
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fysionomie |
| 🔊 69 |
physiography |
noun |
Description of nature.
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fisiografie |
| 🔊 70 |
physiology |
noun |
The science of organic functions.
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fisiologie |
| 🔊 71 |
physique |
noun |
The physical structure or organization of a person.
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liggaamsbou |
| 🔊 72 |
piccolo |
noun |
A small flute.
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piccolo |
| 🔊 73 |
piece |
noun |
A loose or separated part, as distinguished from the whole or the mass.
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stuk |
| 🔊 74 |
piecemeal |
adverb |
Gradually.
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stuksgewys |
| 🔊 75 |
pillage |
noun |
Open robbery, as in war.
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roof |
| 🔊 76 |
pillory |
noun |
A wooden framework in which an offender is fastened to boards and is exposed to public scorn.
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kaak |
| 🔊 77 |
pincers |
noun |
An instrument having two lever-handles and two jaws working on a pivot.
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knypers |
| 🔊 78 |
pinchers |
noun |
An instrument having two jaws working on a pivot.
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knypers |
| 🔊 79 |
pinnacle |
noun |
A high or topmost point, as a mountain-peak.
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toppunt |
| 🔊 80 |
pioneer |
noun |
One among the first to explore a country.
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pionier |
| 🔊 81 |
pious |
adjective |
Religious.
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vroom |
| 🔊 82 |
pique |
verb |
To excite a slight degree of anger in.
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pique |
| 🔊 83 |
piteous |
adjective |
Compassionate.
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bedroef |
| 🔊 84 |
pitiable |
adjective |
Contemptible.
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ellendigste |
| 🔊 85 |
pitiful |
adjective |
Wretched.
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jammerlike |
| 🔊 86 |
pitiless |
adjective |
Hard-hearted.
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genadelose |
| 🔊 87 |
pittance |
noun |
Any small portion or meager allowance.
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honger loon |
| 🔊 88 |
placate |
verb |
To bring from a state of angry or hostile feeling to one of patience or friendliness.
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paai |
| 🔊 89 |
placid |
adjective |
Serene.
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kalm |
| 🔊 90 |
plagiarism |
noun |
The stealing of passages from the writings of another and publishing them as one's own.
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plagiaat |
| 🔊 91 |
planisphere |
noun |
A polar projection of the heavens on a chart.
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planisfeer |
| 🔊 92 |
plasticity |
noun |
The property of some substances through which the form of the mass can readily be changed.
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plastisiteit |
| 🔊 93 |
platitude |
noun |
A written or spoken statement that is flat, dull, or commonplace.
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banaliteit |
| 🔊 94 |
plaudit |
noun |
An expression of applause.
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applaus |
| 🔊 95 |
plausible |
adjective |
Seeming likely to be true, though open to doubt.
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geloofwaardige |
| 🔊 96 |
playful |
adjective |
Frolicsome.
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speelse |
| 🔊 97 |
playwright |
noun |
A maker of plays for the stage.
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dramaturg |
| 🔊 98 |
plea |
noun |
An argument to obtain some desired action.
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pleidooi |
| 🔊 99 |
pleasant |
adjective |
Agreeable.
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aangename |
| 🔊 100 |
pleasurable |
adjective |
Affording gratification.
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aangename |
| 🔊 101 |
plebeian |
adjective |
Common.
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plebejer |
| 🔊 102 |
pledgee |
noun |
The person to whom anything is pledged.
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pandhouer |
| 🔊 103 |
plenary |
adjective |
Entire.
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voltallige |
| 🔊 104 |
plenipotentiary |
noun |
A person fully empowered to transact any business.
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gevolmagtigde |
| 🔊 105 |
plenitude |
noun |
Abundance.
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volheid |
| 🔊 106 |
plenteous |
adjective |
Abundant.
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voedsaam |
| 🔊 107 |
plumb |
noun |
A weight suspended by a line to test the verticality of something.
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Plumb |
| 🔊 108 |
plummet |
noun |
A piece of lead for making soundings, adjusting walls to the vertical.
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skietlood |
| 🔊 109 |
pluperfect |
adjective |
Expressing past time or action prior to some other past time or action.
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voltooi verlede tyd |
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plural |
adjective |
Containing or consisting of more than one.
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meervoud |
| 🔊 111 |
plurality |
noun |
A majority.
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pluraliteit |
| 🔊 112 |
plutocracy |
noun |
A wealthy class in a political community who control the government by means of their money.
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plutocratie |
| 🔊 113 |
pneumatic |
adjective |
Pertaining to or consisting of air or gas.
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pneumatiese |
| 🔊 114 |
poesy |
noun |
Poetry.
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poësie |
| 🔊 115 |
poetaster |
noun |
An inferior poet.
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prul digter |
| 🔊 116 |
poetic |
adjective |
Pertaining to poetry.
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poëtiese |
| 🔊 117 |
poetics |
noun |
The rules and principles of poetry.
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poëtika |
| 🔊 118 |
poignancy |
noun |
Severity or acuteness, especially of pain or grief.
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skerp |
| 🔊 119 |
poignant |
adjective |
Severely painful or acute to the spirit.
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aangrypende |
| 🔊 120 |
poise |
noun |
Equilibrium.
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houding |
| 🔊 121 |
polar |
adjective |
Pertaining to the poles of a sphere, especially of the earth.
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polêre |
| 🔊 122 |
polemics |
noun |
The art of controversy or disputation.
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polemiek |
| 🔊 123 |
pollen |
noun |
The fine dust-like grains or powder formed within the anther of a flowering plant.
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stuifmeel |
| 🔊 124 |
pollute |
verb |
To contaminate.
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besoedel |
| 🔊 125 |
polygamy |
noun |
the fact or condition of having more than one wife or husband at once.
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poligamie |
| 🔊 126 |
polyglot |
adjective |
Speaking several tongues.
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veeltalige |
| 🔊 127 |
polygon |
noun |
A figure having many angles.
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veelhoek |
| 🔊 128 |
polyhedron |
noun |
A solid bounded by plane faces, especially by more than four.
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poliëder |
| 🔊 129 |
polysyllable |
adjective |
Having several syllables, especially more than three syllables.
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polysyllable |
| 🔊 130 |
polytechnic |
adjective |
Pertaining to, embracing, or practicing many arts.
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Politegnikum |
| 🔊 131 |
polytheism |
noun |
The doctrine or belief that there are more gods than one.
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politeïsme |
| 🔊 132 |
pommel |
verb |
To beat with something thick or bulky.
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stompen |
| 🔊 133 |
pomposity |
noun |
The quality of being marked by an assumed stateliness and impressiveness of manner.
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geswel |
| 🔊 134 |
pompous |
adjective |
Marked by an assumed stateliness and impressiveness of manner.
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luisterryk |
| 🔊 135 |
ponder |
verb |
To meditate or reflect upon.
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bepeins |
| 🔊 136 |
ponderous |
adjective |
Unusually weighty or forcible.
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swaar |
| 🔊 137 |
pontiff |
noun |
The Pope.
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Pous |
| 🔊 138 |
populace |
noun |
The common people.
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bevolking |
| 🔊 139 |
populous |
adjective |
Containing many inhabitants, especially in proportion to the territory.
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digbevolkte |
| 🔊 140 |
portend |
verb |
To indicate as being about to happen, especially by previous signs.
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voorspel |
| 🔊 141 |
portent |
noun |
Anything that indicates what is to happen.
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teken |
| 🔊 142 |
portfolio |
noun |
A portable case for holding writing-materials, drawings, etc.
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portefeulje |
| 🔊 143 |
posit |
verb |
To present in an orderly manner.
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poneren |
| 🔊 144 |
position |
noun |
The manner in which a thing is placed.
|
posisie |
| 🔊 145 |
positive |
adjective |
Free from doubt or hesitation.
|
positiewe |
| 🔊 146 |
posse |
noun |
A force of men.
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possession |
| 🔊 147 |
possess |
verb |
To own.
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besit |
| 🔊 148 |
possession |
noun |
The having, holding, or detention of property in one's power or command.
|
besit |
| 🔊 149 |
possessive |
adjective |
Pertaining to the having, holding, or detention of property in one's power or command.
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besitlike |
| 🔊 150 |
possessor |
noun |
One who owns, enjoys, or controls anything, as property.
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Skepper |
| 🔊 151 |
possible |
adjective |
Being not beyond the reach of power natural, moral, or supernatural.
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moontlik |
| 🔊 152 |
postdate |
verb |
To make the date of any writing later than the real date.
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Posdatum |
| 🔊 153 |
posterior |
noun |
The hinder part.
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posterior |
| 🔊 154 |
postgraduate |
adjective |
Pertaining to studies that are pursued after receiving a degree.
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nagraadse |
| 🔊 155 |
postscript |
noun |
Something added to a letter after the writer's signature.
|
naskrif |
| 🔊 156 |
potency |
noun |
Power.
|
sterkte |
| 🔊 157 |
potent |
adjective |
Physically powerful.
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kragtige |
| 🔊 158 |
potentate |
noun |
One possessed of great power or sway.
|
Heerser |
| 🔊 159 |
potential |
noun |
Anything that may be possible.
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potensiaal |
| 🔊 160 |
potion |
noun |
A dose of liquid medicine.
|
doepa |
| 🔊 161 |
powerless |
adjective |
Impotent.
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magteloos |
| 🔊 162 |
practicable |
adjective |
Feasible.
|
uitvoerbaar |
| 🔊 163 |
prate |
verb |
To talk about vainly or foolishly.
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gebabbel |
| 🔊 164 |
prattle |
verb |
To utter in simple or childish talk.
|
gesnap |
| 🔊 165 |
preamble |
noun |
A statement introductory to and explanatory of what follows.
|
aanhef |
| 🔊 166 |
precarious |
adjective |
Perilous.
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haglike |
| 🔊 167 |
precaution |
noun |
A provision made in advance for some possible emergency or danger.
|
voorsorgmaatreël |
| 🔊 168 |
precede |
verb |
To happen first.
|
voorafgaan |
| 🔊 169 |
precedence |
noun |
Priority in place, time, or rank.
|
voorrang |
| 🔊 170 |
precedent |
noun |
An instance that may serve as a guide or basis for a rule.
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presedent |
| 🔇 |
precedential |
adjective |
Of the nature of an instance that may serve as a guide or basis for a rule.
|
precedent |
| 🔊 172 |
precipice |
noun |
A high and very steep or approximately vertical cliff.
|
afgrond |
| 🔊 173 |
precipitant |
adjective |
Moving onward quickly and heedlessly.
|
steil |
| 🔊 174 |
precipitate |
verb |
To force forward prematurely.
|
neerslag |
| 🔊 175 |
precise |
adjective |
Exact.
|
presiese |
| 🔊 176 |
precision |
noun |
Accuracy of limitation, definition, or adjustment.
|
presisie |
| 🔊 177 |
preclude |
verb |
To prevent.
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verhoed |
| 🔊 178 |
precocious |
adjective |
Having the mental faculties prematurely developed.
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vir altyd |
| 🔊 179 |
precursor |
noun |
A forerunner or herald.
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voorloper |
| 🔊 180 |
predatory |
adjective |
Prone to pillaging.
|
buit |
| 🔊 181 |
predecessor |
noun |
An incumbent of a given office previous to another.
|
voorganger |
| 🔊 182 |
predicament |
noun |
A difficult, trying situation or plight.
|
penarie |
| 🔊 183 |
predicate |
verb |
To state as belonging to something.
|
predikaat |
| 🔊 184 |
predict |
verb |
To foretell.
|
voorspel |
| 🔊 185 |
prediction |
noun |
A prophecy.
|
voorspelling |
| 🔊 186 |
predominance |
noun |
Ascendancy or preponderance.
|
oorheersing |
| 🔊 187 |
predominant |
adjective |
Superior in power, influence, effectiveness, number, or degree.
|
oorheersende |
| 🔊 188 |
predominate |
verb |
To be chief in importance, quantity, or degree.
|
oorheers |
| 🔊 189 |
preeminence |
noun |
Special eminence.
|
eerste kan |
| 🔊 190 |
preempt |
verb |
To secure the right of preference in the purchase of public land.
|
vooruit te loop |
| 🔊 191 |
preemption |
noun |
The right or act of purchasing before others.
|
preemption |
| 🔊 192 |
preestablish |
verb |
To settle or arrange beforehand.
|
preestablish |
| 🔊 193 |
preexist |
verb |
To exist at a period or in a state earlier than something else.
|
preexist |
| 🔊 194 |
preexistence |
noun |
Existence antecedent to something.
|
preexistence |
| 🔊 195 |
preface |
noun |
A brief explanation or address to the reader, at the beginning of a book.
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voorwoord |
| 🔊 196 |
prefatory |
adjective |
Pertaining to a brief explanation to the reader at the beginning of a book.
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inleidend |
| 🔊 197 |
prefer |
verb |
To hold in higher estimation.
|
verkies |
| 🔊 198 |
preferable |
adjective |
More desirable than others.
|
verkieslik |
| 🔊 199 |
preference |
noun |
An object of favor or choice.
|
voorkeur |
| 🔊 200 |
preferential |
adjective |
Possessing, giving, or constituting preference or priority.
|
voorkeur |