| 🔊 1 |
assimilate |
verb |
To adapt.
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assimileer |
| 🔊 2 |
assonance |
noun |
Resemblance or correspondence in sound.
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assonansie |
| 🔊 3 |
assonant |
adjective |
Having resemblance of sound.
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assonant |
| 🔇 |
assonate |
verb |
To accord in sound, especially vowel sound.
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assonate |
| 🔊 5 |
assuage |
verb |
To cause to be less harsh, violent, or severe, as excitement, appetite, pain, or disease.
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sus |
| 🔊 6 |
astringent |
adjective |
Harsh in disposition or character.
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trekkend |
| 🔊 7 |
astute |
adjective |
Keen in discernment.
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slim |
| 🔊 8 |
atheism |
noun |
The denial of the existence of God.
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ateïsme |
| 🔊 9 |
athwart |
adverb |
From side to side.
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dwars |
| 🔊 10 |
atomizer |
noun |
An apparatus for reducing a liquid to a fine spray, as for disinfection, inhalation, etc.
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verstuiver |
| 🔊 11 |
atone |
verb |
To make amends for.
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versoening |
| 🔊 12 |
atonement |
noun |
Amends, reparation, or expiation made from wrong or injury.
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versoening |
| 🔊 13 |
atrocious |
adjective |
Outrageously or wantonly wicked, criminal, vile, or cruel.
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gruwelike |
| 🔊 14 |
atrocity |
noun |
Great cruelty or reckless wickedness.
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gruweldaad |
| 🔊 15 |
attache |
noun |
A subordinate member of a diplomatic embassy.
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attaché |
| 🔊 16 |
attest |
verb |
To certify as accurate, genuine, or true.
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getuig |
| 🔇 |
attorney-general |
noun |
The chief law-officer of a government.
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| 🔊 18 |
auburn |
adjective |
Reddish-brown, said usually of the hair.
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Rooi |
| 🔊 19 |
audacious |
adjective |
Fearless.
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gewaagde |
| 🔊 20 |
audible |
adjective |
Loud enough to be heard.
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hoorbaar |
| 🔊 21 |
audition |
noun |
The act or sensation of hearing.
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oudisie |
| 🔊 22 |
auditory |
adjective |
Of or pertaining to hearing or the organs or sense of hearing.
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ouditiewe |
| 🔊 23 |
augment |
verb |
To make bigger.
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vul |
| 🔊 24 |
augur |
verb |
To predict.
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voorspeller |
| 🔊 25 |
aura |
noun |
Pervasive psychic influence supposed to emanate from persons
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aura |
| 🔊 26 |
aural |
adjective |
Of or pertaining to the ear.
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gehoor |
| 🔊 27 |
auricle |
noun |
One of the two chambers of the heart which receives the blood from the veins.
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oorskulp |
| 🔊 28 |
auricular |
adjective |
Of or pertaining to the ear, its auricle, or the sense of hearing.
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voorkamer |
| 🔊 29 |
auriferous |
adjective |
Containing gold.
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goud houdend |
| 🔊 30 |
aurora |
noun |
A luminous phenomenon in the upper regions of the atmosphere.
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Aurora |
| 🔊 31 |
auspice |
noun |
favoring, protecting, or propitious influence or guidance.
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auspice |
| 🔊 32 |
austere |
adjective |
Severely simple; unadorned.
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sober |
| 🔊 33 |
autarchy |
noun |
Unrestricted power.
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autarkie |
| 🔊 34 |
authentic |
adjective |
Of undisputed origin.
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outentieke |
| 🔊 35 |
authenticity |
noun |
The state or quality of being genuine, or of the origin and authorship claimed.
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egtheid |
| 🔊 36 |
autobiography |
noun |
The story of one's life written by himself.
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outobiografie |
| 🔊 37 |
autocracy |
noun |
Absolute government.
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outokrasie |
| 🔊 38 |
autocrat |
noun |
Any one who claims or wields unrestricted or undisputed authority or influence.
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outokraat |
| 🔊 39 |
automaton |
noun |
Any living being whose actions are or appear to be involuntary or mechanical.
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outomaat |
| 🔊 40 |
autonomous |
adjective |
Self-governing.
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outonome |
| 🔊 41 |
autonomy |
noun |
Self-government.
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outonomie |
| 🔊 42 |
autopsy |
noun |
The examination of a dead body by dissection to ascertain the cause of death.
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lykskouing |
| 🔊 43 |
autumnal |
adjective |
Of or pertaining to autumn.
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herfs |
| 🔊 44 |
auxiliary |
noun |
One who or that which aids or helps, especially when regarded as subsidiary or accessory.
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hulp |
| 🔊 45 |
avalanche |
noun |
The fall or sliding of a mass of snow or ice down a mountain-slope, often bearing with it rock.
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stortvloed |
| 🔊 46 |
avarice |
noun |
Passion for getting and keeping riches.
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gierigheid |
| 🔊 47 |
aver |
verb |
To assert as a fact.
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aver |
| 🔊 48 |
averse |
adjective |
Reluctant.
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sku |
| 🔊 49 |
aversion |
noun |
A mental condition of fixed opposition to or dislike of some particular thing.
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weersin |
| 🔊 50 |
avert |
verb |
To turn away or aside.
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voorkom |
| 🔊 51 |
aviary |
noun |
A spacious cage or enclosure in which live birds are kept.
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voëlhok |
| 🔊 52 |
avidity |
noun |
Greediness.
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gretigheid |
| 🔊 53 |
avocation |
noun |
Diversion.
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roeping |
| 🔊 54 |
avow |
verb |
To declare openly.
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avow |
| 🔊 55 |
awaken |
verb |
To arouse, as emotion, interest, or the like.
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ontwaak |
| 🔊 56 |
awry |
adverb&adjective |
Out of the proper form, direction, or position.
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mis |
| 🔊 57 |
aye |
adverb |
An expression of assent.
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aye |
| 🔊 58 |
azure |
noun |
The color of the sky.
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blou |
| 🔊 59 |
baconian |
adjective |
Of or pertaining to Lord Bacon or his system of philosophy.
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baconian |
| 🔊 60 |
bacterium |
noun |
A microbe.
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bakterie |
| 🔊 61 |
badger |
verb |
To pester.
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Das |
| 🔊 62 |
baffle |
verb |
To foil or frustrate.
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baffle |
| 🔊 63 |
bailiff |
noun |
An officer of court having custody of prisoners under arraignment.
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balju |
| 🔊 64 |
baize |
noun |
A single-colored napped woolen fabric used for table-covers, curtains, etc.
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baai |
| 🔊 65 |
bale |
noun |
A large package prepared for transportation or storage.
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baal |
| 🔊 66 |
baleful |
adjective |
Malignant.
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onheilspellend |
| 🔊 67 |
ballad |
noun |
Any popular narrative poem, often with epic subject and usually in lyric form.
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ballade |
| 🔊 68 |
balsam |
noun |
A medical preparation, aromatic and oily, used for healing.
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balsem |
| 🔊 69 |
banal |
adjective |
Commonplace.
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banale |
| 🔊 70 |
baritone |
adjective |
Having a register higher than bass and lower than tenor.
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bariton |
| 🔊 71 |
barograph |
noun |
An instrument that registers graphically and continuously the atmospheric pressure.
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barograaf |
| 🔊 72 |
barometer |
noun |
An instrument for indicating the atmospheric pressure per unit of surface.
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barometer |
| 🔊 73 |
barring |
prep. |
Apart from.
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blokkeer |
| 🔊 74 |
bask |
verb |
To make warm by genial heat.
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koester |
| 🔊 75 |
bass |
adjective |
Low in tone or compass.
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bass |
| 🔊 76 |
baste |
verb |
To cover with melted fat, gravy, while cooking.
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bedruipsous |
| 🔊 77 |
baton |
noun |
An official staff borne either as a weapon or as an emblem of authority or privilege.
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knuppel |
| 🔊 78 |
battalion |
noun |
A body of infantry composed of two or more companies, forming a part of a regiment.
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bataljon |
| 🔊 79 |
batten |
noun |
A narrow strip of wood.
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Batten |
| 🔊 80 |
batter |
noun |
A thick liquid mixture of two or more materials beaten together, to be used in cookery.
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beslag |
| 🔊 81 |
bauble |
noun |
A trinket.
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zotskolf |
| 🔊 82 |
bawl |
verb |
To proclaim by outcry.
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joelen |
| 🔊 83 |
beatify |
verb |
To make supremely happy.
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salig verklaar |
| 🔊 84 |
beatitude |
noun |
Any state of great happiness.
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saligheid |
| 🔊 85 |
beau |
noun |
An escort or lover.
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Beau |
| 🔊 86 |
becalm |
verb |
To make quiet.
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wees kalm |
| 🔊 87 |
beck |
verb |
To give a signal to, by nod or gesture.
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beck |
| 🔊 88 |
bedaub |
verb |
To smear over, as with something oily or sticky.
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bekladden |
| 🔊 89 |
bedeck |
verb |
To cover with ornament.
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tooien |
| 🔊 90 |
bedlam |
noun |
Madhouse.
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gekke |
| 🔊 91 |
befog |
verb |
To confuse.
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Bené baie |
| 🔊 92 |
befriend |
verb |
To be a friend to, especially when in need.
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bevriend |
| 🔊 93 |
beget |
verb |
To produce by sexual generation.
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verwek |
| 🔊 94 |
begrudge |
verb |
To envy one of the possession of.
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gun |
| 🔇 |
belate |
verb |
To delay past the proper hour.
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laat wees |
| 🔊 96 |
belay |
verb |
To make fast, as a rope, by winding round a cleat.
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seker maak |
| 🔊 97 |
belie |
verb |
To misrepresent.
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verloën |
| 🔊 98 |
believe |
verb |
To accept as true on the testimony or authority of others.
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glo |
| 🔊 99 |
belittle |
verb |
To disparage.
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verkleineer |
| 🔊 100 |
belle |
noun |
A woman who is a center of attraction because of her beauty, accomplishments, etc.
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Belle |
| 🔊 101 |
bellicose |
adjective |
Warlike.
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oorlogzuchtig |
| 🔊 102 |
belligerent |
adjective |
Manifesting a warlike spirit.
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veglustige |
| 🔊 103 |
bemoan |
verb |
To lament
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bejammeren |
| 🔊 104 |
benediction |
noun |
a solemn invocation of the divine blessing.
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seënbede |
| 🔊 105 |
benefactor |
noun |
A doer of kindly and charitable acts.
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weldoener |
| 🔊 106 |
benefice |
noun |
A church office endowed with funds or property for the maintenance of divine service.
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kan benoem |
| 🔊 107 |
beneficent |
adjective |
Characterized by charity and kindness.
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Barmhartige |
| 🔊 108 |
beneficial |
adjective |
Helpful.
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voordelige |
| 🔊 109 |
beneficiary |
noun |
One who is lawfully entitled to the profits and proceeds of an estate or property.
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begunstigde |
| 🔊 110 |
benefit |
noun |
Helpful result.
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voordeel |
| 🔊 111 |
benevolence |
noun |
Any act of kindness or well-doing.
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welwillendheid |
| 🔊 112 |
benevolent |
adjective |
Loving others and actively desirous of their well-being.
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welwillende |
| 🔊 113 |
benign |
adjective |
Good and kind of heart.
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benigne |
| 🔊 114 |
benignant |
adjective |
Benevolent in feeling, character, or aspect.
|
minzaam |
| 🔊 115 |
benignity |
noun |
Kindness of feeling, disposition, or manner.
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goedheid |
| 🔊 116 |
benison |
noun |
Blessing.
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benison |
| 🔊 117 |
bequeath |
verb |
To give by will.
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bemaak |
| 🔊 118 |
bereave |
verb |
To make desolate with loneliness and grief.
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beroof |
| 🔊 119 |
berth |
noun |
A bunk or bed in a vessel, sleeping-car, etc.
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bed |
| 🔊 120 |
beseech |
verb |
To implore.
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vermaan |
| 🔊 121 |
beset |
verb |
To attack on all sides.
|
omring |
| 🔊 122 |
besmear |
verb |
To smear over, as with any oily or sticky substance.
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besmeren |
| 🔊 123 |
bestial |
adjective |
Animal.
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dierlike |
| 🔊 124 |
bestrew |
verb |
To sprinkle or cover with things strewn.
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best rooien |
| 🔊 125 |
bestride |
verb |
To get or sit upon astride, as a horse.
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beschrijden |
| 🔊 126 |
bethink |
verb |
To remind oneself.
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hulle dink |
| 🔊 127 |
betide |
verb |
To happen to or befall.
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wee |
| 🔊 128 |
betimes |
adverb |
In good season or time.
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vroeg |
| 🔊 129 |
betroth |
verb |
To engage to marry.
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verloof |
| 🔊 130 |
betrothal |
noun |
Engagement to marry.
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verlowing |
| 🔊 131 |
bevel |
noun |
Any inclination of two surfaces other than 90 degrees.
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skuinste |
| 🔊 132 |
bewilder |
verb |
To confuse the perceptions or judgment of.
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betower |
| 🔊 133 |
bibliography |
noun |
A list of the words of an author, or the literature bearing on a particular subject.
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bibliografie |
| 🔊 134 |
bibliomania |
noun |
The passion for collecting books.
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biblio manie |
| 🔊 135 |
bibliophile |
noun |
One who loves books.
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bibliofiel |
| 🔊 136 |
bibulous |
adjective |
Fond of drinking.
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dronk |
| 🔊 137 |
bide |
verb |
To await.
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afwag |
| 🔊 138 |
biennial |
noun |
A plant that produces leaves and roots the first year and flowers and fruit the second.
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tweejaarlikse |
| 🔊 139 |
bier |
noun |
A horizontal framework with two handles at each end for carrying a corpse to the grave.
|
bier |
| 🔊 140 |
bigamist |
noun |
One who has two spouses at the same time.
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bigamist |
| 🔊 141 |
bigamy |
noun |
The crime of marrying any other person while having a legal spouse living.
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bigamie |
| 🔊 142 |
bight |
noun |
A slightly receding bay between headlands, formed by a long curve of a coast-line.
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bog |
| 🔊 143 |
bilateral |
adjective |
Two-sided.
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bilaterale |
| 🔊 144 |
bilingual |
adjective |
Speaking two languages.
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tweetalig |
| 🔇 |
biograph |
noun |
A bibliographical sketch or notice.
|
Biograph |
| 🔊 146 |
biography |
noun |
A written account of one's life, actions, and character.
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biografie |
| 🔊 147 |
biology |
noun |
The science of life or living organisms.
|
biologie |
| 🔊 148 |
biped |
noun |
An animal having two feet.
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tweevoetig dier |
| 🔊 149 |
birthright |
noun |
A privilege or possession into which one is born.
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geboortereg |
| 🔊 150 |
bitterness |
noun |
Acridity, as to the taste.
|
bitterheid |
| 🔊 151 |
blaspheme |
verb |
To indulge in profane oaths.
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laster |
| 🔊 152 |
blatant |
adjective |
Noisily or offensively loud or clamorous.
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blatante |
| 🔊 153 |
blaze |
noun |
A vivid glowing flame.
|
brand |
| 🔊 154 |
blazon |
verb |
To make widely or generally known.
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blasoen |
| 🔊 155 |
bleak |
adjective |
Desolate.
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somber |
| 🔊 156 |
blemish |
noun |
A mark that mars beauty.
|
gebrek |
| 🔊 157 |
blithe |
adjective |
Joyous.
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lustige |
| 🔊 158 |
blockade |
noun |
The shutting up of a town, a frontier, or a line of coast by hostile forces.
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blokkade |
| 🔊 159 |
boatswain |
noun |
A subordinate officer of a vessel, who has general charge of the rigging, anchors, etc.
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bootsman |
| 🔊 160 |
bodice |
noun |
A women's ornamental corset-shaped laced waist.
|
lyfie |
| 🔊 161 |
bodily |
adjective |
Corporeal.
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liggaamlike |
| 🔊 162 |
boisterous |
adjective |
Unchecked merriment or animal spirits.
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lawaaierige |
| 🔊 163 |
bole |
noun |
The trunk or body of a tree.
|
bole |
| 🔊 164 |
bolero |
noun |
A Spanish dance, illustrative of the passion of love, accompanied by caste nets and singing.
|
bolero |
| 🔊 165 |
boll |
noun |
A round pod or seed-capsule, as a flax or cotton.
|
Boll |
| 🔊 166 |
bolster |
verb |
To support, as something wrong.
|
versterk |
| 🔊 167 |
bomb |
noun |
A hollow projectile containing an explosive material.
|
bom |
| 🔊 168 |
bombard |
verb |
To assail with any missile or with abusive speech.
|
bombardeer |
| 🔊 169 |
bombardier |
noun |
A person who has charge of mortars, bombs, and shells.
|
Bombardier |
| 🔊 170 |
bombast |
noun |
Inflated or extravagant language, especially on unimportant subjects.
|
bombast |
| 🔊 171 |
boorish |
adjective |
Rude.
|
lompe |
| 🔊 172 |
bore |
verb |
To weary by tediousness or dullness.
|
gebaar |
| 🔊 173 |
borough |
noun |
An incorporated village or town.
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gemeente |
| 🔊 174 |
bosom |
noun |
The breast or the upper front of the thorax of a human being, especially of a woman.
|
boesem |
| 🔊 175 |
botanical |
adjective |
Connected with the study or cultivation of plants.
|
botaniese |
| 🔊 176 |
botanize |
verb |
To study plant-life.
|
botanize |
| 🔊 177 |
botany |
noun |
The science that treats of plants.
|
plantkunde |
| 🔊 178 |
bountiful |
adjective |
Showing abundance.
|
oorvloed |
| 🔊 179 |
Bowdlerize |
verb |
To expurgate in editing (a literary composition) by omitting words or passages.
|
kuisen |
| 🔊 180 |
bowler |
noun |
In cricket, the player who delivers the ball.
|
bouler |
| 🔊 181 |
boycott |
verb |
To place the products or merchandise of under a ban.
|
boikot |
| 🔊 182 |
brae |
noun |
Hillside.
|
Brae |
| 🔊 183 |
braggart |
noun |
A vain boaster.
|
grootprater |
| 🔊 184 |
brandish |
verb |
To wave, shake, or flourish triumphantly or defiantly, as a sword or spear.
|
Brandish |
| 🔊 185 |
bravado |
noun |
An aggressive display of boldness.
|
bravade |
| 🔊 186 |
bravo |
interj. |
Well done.
|
Bravo |
| 🔊 187 |
bray |
noun |
A loud harsh sound, as the cry of an ass or the blast of a horn.
|
Bray |
| 🔊 188 |
braze |
verb |
To make of or ornament with brass.
|
hardsoldeer |
| 🔊 189 |
brazier |
noun |
An open pan or basin for holding live coals.
|
vuurpan |
| 🔊 190 |
breach |
noun |
The violation of official duty, lawful right, or a legal obligation.
|
breek |
| 🔊 191 |
breaker |
noun |
One who trains horses, dogs, etc.
|
breker |
| 🔊 192 |
breech |
noun |
The buttocks.
|
sluitstuk |
| 🔊 193 |
brethren |
noun |
pl. Members of a brotherhood, gild, profession, association, or the like.
|
broers |
| 🔊 194 |
brevity |
noun |
Shortness of duration.
|
bondigheid |
| 🔊 195 |
bric-a-brac |
noun |
Objects of curiosity or for decoration.
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| 🔊 196 |
bridle |
noun |
The head-harness of a horse consisting of a head-stall, a bit, and the reins.
|
toom |
| 🔊 197 |
brigade |
noun |
A body of troops consisting of two or more regiments.
|
brigade |
| 🔊 198 |
brigadier |
noun |
General officer who commands a brigade, ranking between a colonel and a major-general.
|
brigadier |
| 🔊 199 |
brigand |
noun |
One who lives by robbery and plunder.
|
brigand |
| 🔊 200 |
brimstone |
noun |
Sulfur.
|
swawel |