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simile |
noun |
A comparison which directs the mind to the representative object itself.
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vergelyking |
| 🔊 2 |
similitude |
noun |
Similarity.
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verskyning |
| 🔊 3 |
simplify |
verb |
To make less complex or difficult.
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vereenvoudig |
| 🔊 4 |
simulate |
verb |
Imitate.
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simuleer |
| 🔊 5 |
simultaneous |
adjective |
Occurring, done, or existing at the same time.
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gelyktydig |
| 🔊 6 |
sinecure |
noun |
Any position having emoluments with few or no duties.
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sine cure |
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singe |
verb |
To burn slightly or superficially.
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verse |
| 🔊 8 |
sinister |
adjective |
Evil.
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sinistere |
| 🔊 9 |
sinuous |
adjective |
Curving in and out.
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kronkelende |
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sinus |
noun |
An opening or cavity.
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sinus |
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siren |
noun |
A sea-nymph, described by Homer as dwelling between the island of Circe and Scylla.
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sirene |
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sirocco |
noun |
hot winds from Africa.
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Sirocco |
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sisterhood |
noun |
A body of sisters united by some bond of sympathy or by a religious vow.
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susterskap |
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skeptic |
noun |
One who doubts any statements.
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skepties |
| 🔊 15 |
skepticism |
noun |
The entertainment of doubt concerning something.
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skeptisisme |
| 🔊 16 |
skiff |
noun |
Usually, a small light boat propelled by oars.
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skiff |
| 🔊 17 |
skirmish |
noun |
Desultory fighting between advanced detachments of two armies.
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skermutseling |
| 🔊 18 |
sleight |
noun |
A trick or feat so deftly done that the manner of performance escapes observation.
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bedrieëry |
| 🔊 19 |
slight |
adjective |
Of a small importance or significance.
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effense |
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slothful |
adjective |
Lazy.
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luie |
| 🔊 21 |
sluggard |
noun |
A person habitually lazy or idle.
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luiaard |
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sociable |
adjective |
Inclined to seek company.
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gesellige |
| 🔊 23 |
socialism |
noun |
A theory of civil polity that aims to secure the reconstruction of society.
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sosialisme |
| 🔊 24 |
socialist |
adjective |
One who advocates reconstruction of society by collective ownership of land and capital.
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sosialistiese |
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sociology |
noun |
The philosophical study of society.
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sosiologie |
| 🔊 26 |
Sol |
noun |
The sun.
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Sol |
| 🔊 27 |
solace |
noun |
Comfort in grief, trouble, or calamity.
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troos |
| 🔊 28 |
solar |
adjective |
Pertaining to the sun.
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sonkrag |
| 🔊 29 |
solder |
noun |
A fusible alloy used for joining metallic surfaces or margins.
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soldeersel |
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soldier |
noun |
A person engaged in military service.
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soldaat |
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solecism |
noun |
Any violation of established rules or customs.
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flater |
| 🔊 32 |
solicitor |
noun |
One who represents a client in court of justice; an attorney.
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prokureur |
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solicitude |
noun |
Uneasiness of mind occasioned by desire, anxiety, or fear.
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bekommernis |
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soliloquy |
noun |
A monologue.
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monoloog |
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solstice |
noun |
The time of year when the sun is at its greatest declination.
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sonstilstand |
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soluble |
adjective |
Capable of being dissolved, as in a fluid.
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oplosbare |
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solvent |
adjective |
Having sufficient funds to pay all debts.
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oplosmiddel |
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somber |
adjective |
Gloomy.
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somber |
| 🔊 39 |
somniferous |
adjective |
Tending to produce sleep.
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slaapverwekkend |
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somnolence |
noun |
Oppressive drowsiness.
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slaperigheid |
| 🔊 41 |
somnolent |
adjective |
Sleepy.
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slaperig |
| 🔊 42 |
sonata |
noun |
An instrumental composition.
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sonate |
| 🔊 43 |
sonnet |
noun |
A poem of fourteen decasyllabic or octosyllabiclines expressing two successive phrases.
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sonnet |
| 🔊 44 |
sonorous |
adjective |
Resonant.
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klankvol |
| 🔊 45 |
soothsayer |
noun |
One who claims to have supernatural insight or foresight.
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waarsêer |
| 🔊 46 |
sophism |
noun |
A false argument understood to be such by the reasoner himself and intentionally used to deceive
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drogreden |
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sophistical |
adjective |
Fallacious.
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sophistical |
| 🔊 48 |
sophisticate |
verb |
To deprive of simplicity of mind or manner.
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verdraai |
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sophistry |
noun |
Reasoning sound in appearance only, especially when designedly deceptive.
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drogredenasies |
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soprano |
noun |
A woman's or boy's voice of high range.
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sopraan |
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sorcery |
noun |
Witchcraft.
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toorkuns |
| 🔊 52 |
sordid |
adjective |
Of degraded character or nature.
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ongure |
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souvenir |
noun |
A token of remembrance.
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aandenking |
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sparse |
adjective |
Thinly diffused.
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yl |
| 🔊 55 |
spasmodic |
adjective |
Convulsive.
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spasmodiese |
| 🔊 56 |
specialize |
verb |
To assume an individual or specific character, or adopt a singular or special course.
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spesialiseer |
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specialty |
noun |
An employment limited to one particular line of work.
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spesialiteit |
| 🔊 58 |
specie |
noun |
A coin or coins of gold, silver, copper, or other metal.
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spesie |
| 🔊 59 |
species |
noun |
A classificatory group of animals or plants subordinate to a genus.
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spesies |
| 🔊 60 |
specimen |
noun |
One of a class of persons or things regarded as representative of the class.
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monster |
| 🔊 61 |
specious |
adjective |
Plausible.
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skyn |
| 🔊 62 |
spectator |
noun |
One who beholds or looks on.
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toeskouer |
| 🔊 63 |
specter |
noun |
Apparition.
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spook |
| 🔊 64 |
spectrum |
noun |
An image formed by rays of light or other radiant energy.
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spektrum |
| 🔊 65 |
speculate |
verb |
To pursue inquiries and form conjectures.
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spekuleer |
| 🔊 66 |
speculator |
noun |
One who makes an investment that involves a risk of loss, but also a chance of profit.
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spekulant |
| 🔊 67 |
sphericity |
noun |
The state or condition of being a sphere.
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bolvormig |
| 🔊 68 |
spheroid |
noun |
A body having nearly the form of a sphere.
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sferoïde |
| 🔊 69 |
spherometer |
noun |
An instrument for measuring curvature or radii of spherical surfaces.
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spherometer |
| 🔊 70 |
spinous |
adjective |
Having spines.
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spineuse |
| 🔊 71 |
spinster |
noun |
A woman who has never been married.
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oujongnooi |
| 🔊 72 |
spontaneous |
adjective |
Arising from inherent qualities or tendencies without external efficient cause.
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spontane |
| 🔊 73 |
sprightly |
adjective |
Vivacious.
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fietse |
| 🔊 74 |
spurious |
adjective |
Not genuine.
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onwaar |
| 🔊 75 |
squabble |
verb |
To quarrel.
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gekibbel |
| 🔊 76 |
squalid |
adjective |
Having a dirty, mean, poverty-stricken appearance.
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goor |
| 🔊 77 |
squatter |
noun |
One who settles on land without permission or right.
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plakkerskamp |
| 🔊 78 |
stagnant |
adjective |
Not flowing: said of water, as in a pool.
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staande |
| 🔊 79 |
stagnate |
verb |
To become dull or inert.
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stagneer |
| 🔊 80 |
stagnation |
noun |
The condition of not flowing or not changing.
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stagnasie |
| 🔊 81 |
stagy |
adjective |
Having a theatrical manner.
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theatraal |
| 🔊 82 |
staid |
adjective |
Of a steady and sober character.
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sober |
| 🔊 83 |
stallion |
noun |
An uncastrated male horse, commonly one kept for breeding.
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hings |
| 🔊 84 |
stanchion |
noun |
A vertical bar, or a pair of bars, used to confine cattle in a stall.
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paal |
| 🔊 85 |
stanza |
noun |
A group of rimed lines, usually forming one of a series of similar divisions in a poem.
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strofe |
| 🔊 86 |
statecraft |
noun |
The art of conducting state affairs.
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statecraft |
| 🔊 87 |
static |
adjective |
Pertaining to or designating bodies at rest or forces in equilibrium.
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statiese |
| 🔊 88 |
statics |
noun |
The branch of mechanics that treats of the relations that subsist among forces in order.
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statika |
| 🔊 89 |
stationary |
adjective |
Not moving.
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stilstaande |
| 🔊 90 |
statistician |
noun |
One who is skilled in collecting and tabulating numerical facts.
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statistikus |
| 🔊 91 |
statuesque |
adjective |
Having the grace, pose, or quietude of a statue.
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statige |
| 🔊 92 |
statuette |
noun |
A figurine.
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beeldjie |
| 🔊 93 |
stature |
noun |
The natural height of an animal body.
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statuur |
| 🔊 94 |
statute |
noun |
Any authoritatively declared rule, ordinance, decree, or law.
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wet |
| 🔊 95 |
stealth |
noun |
A concealed manner of acting.
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stealth |
| 🔊 96 |
stellar |
adjective |
Pertaining to the stars.
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ster |
| 🔊 97 |
steppe |
noun |
One of the extensive plains in Russia and Siberia.
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steppe |
| 🔊 98 |
sterling |
adjective |
Genuine.
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sterling |
| 🔊 99 |
stifle |
verb |
To smother.
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onderdruk |
| 🔊 100 |
stigma |
noun |
A mark of infamy or token of disgrace attaching to a person as the result of evil-doing.
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stigma |
| 🔊 101 |
stiletto |
noun |
A small dagger.
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stilet |
| 🔊 102 |
stimulant |
noun |
Anything that rouses to activity or to quickened action.
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stimulant |
| 🔊 103 |
stimulate |
verb |
To rouse to activity or to quickened action.
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stimuleer |
| 🔊 104 |
stimulus |
noun |
Incentive.
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stimulus |
| 🔊 105 |
stingy |
adjective |
Cheap, unwilling to spend money.
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suinig |
| 🔊 106 |
stipend |
noun |
A definite amount paid at stated periods in compensation for services or as an allowance.
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toelae |
| 🔊 107 |
Stoicism |
noun |
The principles or the practice of the Stoics-being very even tempered in success and failure.
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stoïcisme |
| 🔊 108 |
stolid |
adjective |
Expressing no power of feeling or perceiving.
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bot |
| 🔊 109 |
strait |
noun |
A narrow passage of water connecting two larger bodies of water.
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seestraat |
| 🔊 110 |
stratagem |
noun |
Any clever trick or device for obtaining an advantage.
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slimmigheid |
| 🔊 111 |
stratum |
noun |
A natural or artificial layer, bed, or thickness of any substance or material.
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stratum |
| 🔊 112 |
streamlet |
noun |
Rivulet.
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stroompie |
| 🔊 113 |
stringency |
noun |
Strictness.
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streng |
| 🔊 114 |
stringent |
adjective |
Rigid.
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streng |
| 🔊 115 |
stripling |
noun |
A mere youth.
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jongman tog |
| 🔊 116 |
studious |
adjective |
Having or showing devotion to the acquisition of knowledge.
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leergierige |
| 🔊 117 |
stultify |
verb |
To give an appearance of foolishness to.
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nie doen |
| 🔊 118 |
stupendous |
adjective |
Of prodigious size, bulk, or degree.
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ontsaglike |
| 🔊 119 |
stupor |
noun |
Profound lethargy.
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stupor |
| 🔊 120 |
suasion |
noun |
The act of persuading.
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oorreding |
| 🔊 121 |
suave |
adjective |
Smooth and pleasant in manner.
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suave |
| 🔊 122 |
subacid |
adjective |
Somewhat sharp or biting.
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subacid |
| 🔊 123 |
subaquatic |
adjective |
Being, formed, or operating under water.
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subaquatic |
| 🔊 124 |
subconscious |
adjective |
Being or occurring in the mind, but without attendant consciousness or conscious perception.
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onderbewussyn |
| 🔊 125 |
subjacent |
adjective |
Situated directly underneath.
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onderliggend |
| 🔊 126 |
subjection |
noun |
The act of bringing into a state of submission.
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onderdanigheid |
| 🔊 127 |
subjugate |
verb |
To conquer.
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onderwerp |
| 🔊 128 |
subliminal |
adjective |
Being beneath the threshold of consciousness.
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subliminale |
| 🔊 129 |
sublingual |
adjective |
Situated beneath the tongue.
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sublinguale |
| 🔊 130 |
submarine |
adjective |
Existing, done, or operating beneath the surface of the sea.
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ondersese |
| 🔊 131 |
submerge |
verb |
To place or plunge under water.
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dompel |
| 🔊 132 |
submergence |
noun |
The act of submerging.
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overstroming |
| 🔊 133 |
submersible |
adjective |
Capable of being put underwater.
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dompelpomp |
| 🔊 134 |
submersion |
noun |
The act of submerging.
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onderdompeling |
| 🔊 135 |
submission |
noun |
A yielding to the power or authority of another.
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voorlegging |
| 🔊 136 |
submittal |
noun |
The act of submitting.
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ingehandig |
| 🔊 137 |
subordinate |
adjective |
Belonging to an inferior order in a classification.
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ondergeskikte |
| 🔊 138 |
subsequent |
adjective |
Following in time.
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daaropvolgende |
| 🔊 139 |
subservience |
noun |
The quality, character, or condition of being servilely following another's behests.
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onderdanigheid |
| 🔊 140 |
subservient |
adjective |
Servilely following another's behests.
|
onderdanige |
| 🔊 141 |
subside |
verb |
To relapse into a state of repose and tranquillity.
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bedaar |
| 🔊 142 |
subsist |
verb |
To be maintained or sustained.
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bly bestaan |
| 🔊 143 |
subsistence |
noun |
Sustenance.
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bestaansboere |
| 🔊 144 |
substantive |
adjective |
Solid.
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substantiewe |
| 🔊 145 |
subtend |
verb |
To extend opposite to.
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onderspan |
| 🔊 146 |
subterfuge |
noun |
Evasion.
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skelmstreke |
| 🔊 147 |
subterranean |
adjective |
Situated or occurring below the surface of the earth.
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ondergrondse |
| 🔊 148 |
subtle |
adjective |
Discriminating.
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subtiele |
| 🔊 149 |
subtrahend |
noun |
That which is to be subtracted.
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aftrekker |
| 🔊 150 |
subversion |
noun |
An overthrow, as from the foundation.
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ondermyning |
| 🔊 151 |
subvert |
verb |
To bring to ruin.
|
ondermyn |
| 🔊 152 |
succeed |
verb |
To accomplish what is attempted or intended.
|
slaag |
| 🔊 153 |
success |
noun |
A favorable or prosperous course or termination of anything attempted.
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sukses |
| 🔊 154 |
successful |
adjective |
Having reached a high degree of worldly prosperity.
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suksesvol |
| 🔊 155 |
successor |
noun |
One who or that which takes the place of a predecessor or preceding thing.
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opvolger |
| 🔊 156 |
succinct |
adjective |
Concise.
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bondige |
| 🔊 157 |
succulent |
adjective |
Juicy.
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sappige |
| 🔊 158 |
succumb |
verb |
To cease to resist.
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swig |
| 🔊 159 |
sufferance |
noun |
Toleration.
|
lyding |
| 🔊 160 |
sufficiency |
noun |
An ample or adequate supply.
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genoegsaamheid |
| 🔊 161 |
suffrage |
noun |
The right or privilege of voting.
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stemreg |
| 🔊 162 |
suffuse |
verb |
To cover or fill the surface of.
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strome langs |
| 🔊 163 |
suggestible |
adjective |
That can be suggested.
|
vatbaar |
| 🔊 164 |
suggestive |
adjective |
Stimulating to thought or reflection.
|
suggestief |
| 🔊 165 |
summary |
noun |
An abstract.
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opsomming |
| 🔊 166 |
sumptuous |
adjective |
Rich and costly.
|
weelderige |
| 🔊 167 |
superabundance |
noun |
An excessive amount.
|
oorvloed |
| 🔊 168 |
superadd |
verb |
To add in addition to what has been added.
|
superadd |
| 🔊 169 |
superannuate |
verb |
To become deteriorated or incapacitated by long service.
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op pensioen |
| 🔊 170 |
superb |
adjective |
Sumptuously elegant.
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uitstekende |
| 🔊 171 |
supercilious |
adjective |
Exhibiting haughty and careless contempt.
|
verwaand |
| 🔊 172 |
superficial |
adjective |
Knowing and understanding only the ordinary and the obvious.
|
oppervlakkige |
| 🔊 173 |
superfluity |
noun |
That part of anything that is in excess of what is needed.
|
oorvloed |
| 🔊 174 |
superfluous |
adjective |
Being more than is needed.
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oorbodig |
| 🔊 175 |
superheat |
verb |
To heat to excess.
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superhitte |
| 🔊 176 |
superintend |
verb |
To have the charge and direction of, especially of some work or movement.
|
toesig |
| 🔊 177 |
superintendence |
noun |
Direction and management.
|
toesig |
| 🔊 178 |
superintendent |
noun |
One who has the charge and direction of, especially of some work or movement.
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superintendent |
| 🔊 179 |
superlative |
noun |
That which is of the highest possible excellence or eminence.
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oortreffende |
| 🔊 180 |
supernatural |
adjective |
Caused miraculously or by the immediate exercise of divine power.
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bonatuurlike |
| 🔊 181 |
supernumerary |
adjective |
Superfluous.
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botallige |
| 🔊 182 |
supersede |
verb |
To displace.
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vervang |
| 🔊 183 |
supine |
adjective |
Lying on the back.
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liggende |
| 🔊 184 |
supplant |
verb |
To take the place of.
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verdring |
| 🔊 185 |
supple |
adjective |
Easily bent.
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soepel |
| 🔊 186 |
supplementary |
adjective |
Being an addition to.
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aanvullende |
| 🔊 187 |
supplicant |
noun |
One who asks humbly and earnestly.
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bidder |
| 🔊 188 |
supplicate |
verb |
To beg.
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smeek |
| 🔊 189 |
supposition |
noun |
Conjecture.
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veronderstelling |
| 🔊 190 |
suppress |
verb |
To prevent from being disclosed or punished.
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onderdruk |
| 🔊 191 |
suppressible |
adjective |
Capable of being suppressed.
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suppressible |
| 🔊 192 |
suppression |
noun |
A forcible putting or keeping down.
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onderdrukking |
| 🔊 193 |
surcharge |
noun |
An additional amount charged.
|
toeslag |
| 🔊 194 |
surety |
noun |
Security for payment or performance.
|
borg |
| 🔊 195 |
surfeit |
verb |
To feed to fullness or to satiety.
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oorvloed |
| 🔊 196 |
surmise |
verb |
To conjecture.
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vermoed |
| 🔊 197 |
surmount |
verb |
To overcome by force of will.
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oorkom |
| 🔊 198 |
surreptitious |
adjective |
Clandestine.
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onderlangse |
| 🔊 199 |
surrogate |
noun |
One who or that which is substituted for or appointed to act in place of another.
|
surrogaat |
| 🔊 200 |
surround |
verb |
To encircle.
|
surround |