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corruptible |
adjective |
Open to bribery.
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verganklike |
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corruption |
noun |
Loss of purity or integrity.
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korrupsie |
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cosmetic |
adjective |
Pertaining to the art of beautifying, especially the complexion.
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kosmetiese |
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cosmic |
adjective |
Pertaining to the universe.
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kosmiese |
| 🔊 5 |
cosmography |
noun |
The science that describes the universe, including astronomy, geography, and geology.
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kosmografie |
| 🔊 6 |
cosmology |
noun |
The general science of the universe.
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kosmologie |
| 🔊 7 |
cosmopolitan |
adjective |
Common to all the world.
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kosmopolitiese |
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cosmopolitanism |
noun |
A cosmopolitan character.
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kosmopolitisme |
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cosmos |
noun |
The world or universe considered as a system, perfect in order and arrangement.
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kosmos |
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counter-claim |
noun |
A cross-demand alleged by a defendant in his favor against the plaintiff.
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counteract |
verb |
To act in opposition to.
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teen te werk |
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counterbalance |
verb |
To oppose with an equal force.
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tegengewicht |
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countercharge |
verb |
To accuse in return.
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teen aanklacht |
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counterfeit |
adjective |
Made to resemble something else.
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nagemaakte |
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counterpart |
noun |
Something taken with another for the completion of either.
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eweknie |
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countervail |
verb |
To offset.
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compenseren |
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counting-house |
noun |
A house or office used for transacting business, bookkeeping, correspondence, etc.
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countryman |
noun |
A rustic.
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landgenoot |
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courageous |
adjective |
Brave.
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moedige |
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course |
noun |
Line of motion or direction.
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kursus |
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courser |
noun |
A fleet and spirited horse.
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drawwertjie |
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courtesy |
noun |
Politeness originating in kindness and exercised habitually.
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vergunning |
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covenant |
noun |
An agreement entered into by two or more persons or parties.
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verbond |
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covert |
adjective |
Concealed, especially for an evil purpose.
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koverte |
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covey |
noun |
A flock of quails or partridges.
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Covey |
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cower |
verb |
To crouch down tremblingly, as through fear or shame.
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bewe |
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crag |
noun |
A rugged, rocky projection on a cliff or ledge.
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rots |
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cranium |
noun |
The skull of an animal, especially that part enclosing the brain.
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skedel |
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crass |
adjective |
Coarse or thick in nature or structure, as opposed to thin or fine.
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kras |
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craving |
noun |
A vehement desire.
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drang |
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creak |
noun |
A sharp, harsh, squeaking sound.
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kraak |
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creamery |
noun |
A butter-making establishment.
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botterfabriek |
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creamy |
adjective |
Resembling or containing cream.
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romerige |
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credence |
noun |
Belief.
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geloofwaardigheid |
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credible |
adjective |
Believable.
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geloofwaardige |
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credulous |
adjective |
Easily deceived.
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goedgelowige |
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creed |
noun |
A formal summary of fundamental points of religious belief.
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geloof |
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crematory |
adjective |
A place for cremating dead bodies.
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crematorium |
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crevasse |
noun |
A deep crack or fissure in the ice of a glacier.
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skeur |
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crevice |
noun |
A small fissure, as between two contiguous surfaces.
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skeur |
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criterion |
noun |
A standard by which to determine the correctness of a judgment or conclusion.
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maatstaf |
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critique |
noun |
A criticism or critical review.
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kritiek |
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crockery |
noun |
Earthenware made from baked clay.
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breekware |
| 🔊 44 |
crucible |
noun |
A trying and purifying test or agency.
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smeltkroes |
| 🔊 45 |
crusade |
noun |
Any concerted movement, vigorously prosecuted, in behalf of an idea or principle.
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kruistog |
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crustacean |
adjective |
Pertaining to a division of arthropods, containing lobsters, crabs, crawfish, etc.
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skaaldier |
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crustaceous |
adjective |
Having a crust-like shell.
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crustaceous |
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cryptogram |
noun |
Anything written in characters that are secret or so arranged as to have hidden meaning.
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kriptogram |
| 🔊 49 |
crystallize |
verb |
To bring together or give fixed shape to.
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kristalliseer |
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cudgel |
noun |
A short thick stick used as a club.
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knuppel |
| 🔊 51 |
culinary |
adjective |
Of or pertaining to cooking or the kitchen.
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kulinêre |
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cull |
verb |
To pick or sort out from the rest.
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slag |
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culpable |
adjective |
Guilty.
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strafbare |
| 🔊 54 |
culprit |
noun |
A guilty person.
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skuldige |
| 🔊 55 |
culvert |
noun |
Any artificial covered channel for the passage of water through a bank or under a road, canal.
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duiker |
| 🔊 56 |
cupidity |
noun |
Avarice.
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begeerlikheid |
| 🔊 57 |
curable |
adjective |
Capable of being remedied or corrected.
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geneesbaar |
| 🔊 58 |
curator |
noun |
A person having charge as of a library or museum.
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kurator |
| 🔊 59 |
curio |
noun |
A piece of bric-a-brac.
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curio |
| 🔊 60 |
cursive |
adjective |
Writing in which the letters are joined together.
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lopende |
| 🔊 61 |
cursory |
adjective |
Rapid and superficial.
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oppervlakkige |
| 🔊 62 |
curt |
adjective |
Concise, compressed, and abrupt in act or expression.
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Curt |
| 🔊 63 |
curtail |
verb |
To cut off or cut short.
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beperk |
| 🔊 64 |
curtsy |
noun |
A downward movement of the body by bending the knees.
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buiging |
| 🔊 65 |
cycloid |
adjective |
Like a circle.
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sikloïde |
| 🔊 66 |
cygnet |
noun |
A young swan.
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zwaantje |
| 🔊 67 |
cynical |
adjective |
Exhibiting moral skepticism.
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sinies |
| 🔊 68 |
cynicism |
noun |
Contempt for the opinions of others and of what others value.
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sinisme |
| 🔊 69 |
cynosure |
noun |
That to which general interest or attention is directed.
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aanbid |
| 🔊 70 |
daring |
adjective |
Brave.
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durf |
| 🔊 71 |
darkling |
adverb |
Blindly.
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Ingrid Jonker |
| 🔊 72 |
dastard |
noun |
A base coward.
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lafaard |
| 🔊 73 |
datum |
noun |
A premise, starting-point, or given fact.
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datum |
| 🔊 74 |
dauntless |
adjective |
Fearless.
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onversaagd |
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day-man |
noun |
A day-laborer.
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dead-heat |
noun |
A race in which two or more competitors come out even, and there is no winner.
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dearth |
noun |
Scarcity, as of something customary, essential ,or desirable.
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hongersnood |
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death's-head |
noun |
A human skull as a symbol of death.
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debase |
verb |
To lower in character or virtue.
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verneder |
| 🔊 80 |
debatable |
adjective |
Subject to contention or dispute.
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debatteerbaar |
| 🔊 81 |
debonair |
adjective |
Having gentle or courteous bearing or manner.
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vrolik |
| 🔊 82 |
debut |
noun |
A first appearance in society or on the stage.
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debuut |
| 🔊 83 |
decagon |
noun |
A figure with ten sides and ten angles.
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tienhoek |
| 🔊 84 |
decamp |
verb |
To leave suddenly or unexpectedly.
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opbreken |
| 🔊 85 |
decapitate |
verb |
To behead.
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onthoof |
| 🔊 86 |
decapod |
adjective |
Ten-footed or ten-armed.
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decapod |
| 🔊 87 |
decasyllable |
noun |
A line of ten syllables.
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decasyllable |
| 🔊 88 |
deceit |
noun |
Falsehood.
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bedrog |
| 🔊 89 |
deceitful |
adjective |
Fraudulent.
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bedrieglike |
| 🔊 90 |
deceive |
verb |
To mislead by or as by falsehood.
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mislei |
| 🔊 91 |
decency |
noun |
Moral fitness.
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ordentlikheid |
| 🔊 92 |
decent |
adjective |
Characterized by propriety of conduct, speech, manners, or dress.
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ordentlike |
| 🔊 93 |
deciduous |
adjective |
Falling off at maturity as petals after flowering, fruit when ripe, etc.
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bladwisselende |
| 🔊 94 |
decimal |
adjective |
Founded on the number 10.
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desimale |
| 🔊 95 |
decimate |
verb |
To destroy a measurable or large proportion of.
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decimeren |
| 🔊 96 |
decipher |
verb |
To find out the true words or meaning of, as something hardly legible.
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ontsyfer |
| 🔊 97 |
decisive |
ad. |
Conclusive.
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beslissende |
| 🔊 98 |
declamation |
noun |
A speech recited or intended for recitation from memory in public.
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deklamasie |
| 🔊 99 |
declamatory |
adjective |
A full and formal style of utterance.
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hoogdravend |
| 🔊 100 |
declarative |
adjective |
Containing a formal, positive, or explicit statement or affirmation.
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verklarende |
| 🔊 101 |
declension |
noun |
The change of endings in nouns and
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verbuiging |
| 🔊 102 |
decorate |
verb |
To embellish.
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versier |
| 🔊 103 |
decorous |
adjective |
Suitable for the occasion or circumstances.
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welvoeglijk |
| 🔊 104 |
decoy |
noun |
Anything that allures, or is intended to allures into danger or temptation.
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lokmiddel |
| 🔊 105 |
decrepit |
adjective |
Enfeebled, as by old age or some chronic infirmity.
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afgeleefde |
| 🔊 106 |
dedication |
noun |
The voluntary consecration or relinquishment of something to an end or cause.
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toewyding |
| 🔊 107 |
deduce |
verb |
To derive or draw as a conclusion by reasoning from given premises or principles.
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aflei |
| 🔊 108 |
deface |
verb |
To mar or disfigure the face or external surface of.
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ontsier |
| 🔊 109 |
defalcate |
verb |
To cut off or take away, as a part of something.
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verduisteren |
| 🔊 110 |
defamation |
noun |
Malicious and groundless injury done to the reputation or good name of another.
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laster |
| 🔊 111 |
defame |
verb |
To slander.
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laster |
| 🔊 112 |
default |
noun |
The neglect or omission of a legal requirement.
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verstek |
| 🔊 113 |
defendant |
noun |
A person against whom a suit is brought.
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verweerder |
| 🔊 114 |
defensible |
adjective |
Capable of being maintained or justified.
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verdedigbaar |
| 🔊 115 |
defensive |
adjective |
Carried on in resistance to aggression.
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verdedigende |
| 🔊 116 |
defer |
verb |
To delay or put off to some other time.
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uitstel |
| 🔊 117 |
deference |
noun |
Respectful submission or yielding, as to another's opinion, wishes, or judgment.
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onderdanigheid |
| 🔊 118 |
defiant |
adjective |
Characterized by bold or insolent opposition.
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uitdagend |
| 🔊 119 |
deficiency |
noun |
Lack or insufficiency.
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tekort |
| 🔊 120 |
deficient |
adjective |
Not having an adequate or proper supply or amount.
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gebrekkig |
| 🔊 121 |
definite |
adjective |
Having an exact signification or positive meaning.
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definitiewe |
| 🔊 122 |
deflect |
verb |
To cause to turn aside or downward.
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buig |
| 🔊 123 |
deforest |
verb |
To clear of forests.
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ontbos |
| 🔊 124 |
deform |
verb |
To disfigure.
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vervorm |
| 🔊 125 |
deformity |
noun |
A disfigurement.
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misvorming |
| 🔊 126 |
defraud |
verb |
To deprive of something dishonestly.
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bedrieg |
| 🔊 127 |
defray |
verb |
To make payment for.
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bestry |
| 🔊 128 |
degeneracy |
noun |
A becoming worse.
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ontaarding |
| 🔊 129 |
degenerate |
verb |
To become worse or inferior.
|
ontaard |
| 🔊 130 |
degradation |
noun |
Diminution, as of strength or magnitude.
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agteruitgang |
| 🔊 131 |
degrade |
verb |
To take away honors or position from.
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verneder |
| 🔊 132 |
dehydrate |
verb |
To deprive of water.
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dehidreer |
| 🔊 133 |
deify |
verb |
To regard or worship as a god.
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vergoddelik |
| 🔊 134 |
deign |
verb |
To deem worthy of notice or account.
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verwerdig |
| 🔊 135 |
deity |
noun |
A god, goddess, or divine person.
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godheid |
| 🔊 136 |
deject |
verb |
To dishearten.
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neerslachtig |
| 🔊 137 |
dejection |
noun |
Melancholy.
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neerslagtigheid |
| 🔊 138 |
delectable |
adjective |
Delightful to the taste or to the senses.
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smullekker |
| 🔊 139 |
delectation |
noun |
Delight.
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genot |
| 🔊 140 |
deleterious |
adjective |
Hurtful, morally or physically.
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nadelige |
| 🔊 141 |
delicacy |
noun |
That which is agreeable to a fine taste.
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lekkerny |
| 🔊 142 |
delineate |
verb |
To represent by sketch or diagram.
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baken |
| 🔊 143 |
deliquesce |
verb |
To dissolve gradually and become liquid by absorption of moisture from the air.
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vloeibaar |
| 🔊 144 |
delirious |
adjective |
Raving.
|
yl |
| 🔊 145 |
delude |
verb |
To mislead the mind or judgment of.
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mislei |
| 🔊 146 |
deluge |
verb |
To overwhelm with a flood of water.
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stortvloed |
| 🔊 147 |
delusion |
noun |
Mistaken conviction, especially when more or less enduring.
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dwaling |
| 🔊 148 |
demagnetize |
verb |
To deprive (a magnet) of magnetism.
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demagnetiseren |
| 🔊 149 |
demagogue |
noun |
An unprincipled politician.
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demagoog |
| 🔊 150 |
demeanor |
noun |
Deportment.
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houding |
| 🔊 151 |
demented |
adjective |
Insane.
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demente |
| 🔊 152 |
demerit |
noun |
A mark for failure or bad conduct.
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strafpuntstelsel |
| 🔊 153 |
demise |
noun |
Death.
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ondergang |
| 🔊 154 |
demobilize |
verb |
To disband, as troops.
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demobilize |
| 🔊 155 |
demolish |
verb |
To annihilate.
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sloop |
| 🔊 156 |
demonstrable |
adjective |
Capable of positive proof.
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bewysbare |
| 🔊 157 |
demonstrate |
verb |
To prove indubitably.
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demonstreer |
| 🔊 158 |
demonstrative |
adjective |
Inclined to strong exhibition or expression of feeling or thoughts.
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demonstratiewe |
| 🔊 159 |
demonstrator |
noun |
One who proves in a convincing and conclusive manner.
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betoger |
| 🔊 160 |
demulcent |
noun |
Any application soothing to an irritable surface
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kalmerend |
| 🔊 161 |
demurrage |
noun |
the detention of a vessel beyond the specified time of sailing.
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liggeld |
| 🔊 162 |
dendroid |
adjective |
Like a tree.
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boom soortgelyk |
| 🔊 163 |
dendrology |
noun |
The natural history of trees.
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dendrologie |
| 🔊 164 |
denizen |
noun |
Inhabitant.
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bewoner |
| 🔊 165 |
denominate |
verb |
To give a name or epithet to.
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denominate |
| 🔊 166 |
denomination |
noun |
A body of Christians united by a common faith and form of worship and discipline.
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denominasie |
| 🔊 167 |
denominator |
noun |
Part of a fraction which expresses the number of equal parts into which the unit is divided.
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deler |
| 🔊 168 |
denote |
verb |
To designate by word or mark.
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dui |
| 🔊 169 |
denounce |
verb |
To point out or publicly accuse as deserving of punishment, censure, or odium.
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veroordeel |
| 🔊 170 |
dentifrice |
noun |
Any preparation used for cleaning the teeth.
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tandpasta |
| 🔊 171 |
denude |
verb |
To strip the covering from.
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beroof |
| 🔊 172 |
denunciation |
noun |
The act of declaring an action or person worthy of reprobation or punishment.
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veroordeling |
| 🔊 173 |
deplete |
verb |
To reduce or lessen, as by use, exhaustion, or waste.
|
uitput |
| 🔊 174 |
deplorable |
adjective |
Contemptible.
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betreurenswaardig |
| 🔊 175 |
deplore |
verb |
To regard with grief or sorrow.
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betreur |
| 🔊 176 |
deponent |
adjective |
Laying down.
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deponent |
| 🔊 177 |
depopulate |
verb |
To remove the inhabitants from.
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ontvolken |
| 🔊 178 |
deport |
verb |
To take or send away forcibly, as to a penal colony.
|
deporteer |
| 🔊 179 |
deportment |
noun |
Demeanor.
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houding |
| 🔊 180 |
deposition |
noun |
Testimony legally taken on interrogatories and reduced to writing, for use as evidence in court.
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afsetting |
| 🔊 181 |
depositor |
noun |
One who makes a deposit, or has an amount deposited.
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deponeerder |
| 🔊 182 |
depository |
noun |
A place where anything is kept in safety.
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bewaarplaas |
| 🔊 183 |
deprave |
verb |
To render bad, especially morally bad.
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laat ontaard |
| 🔊 184 |
deprecate |
verb |
To express disapproval or regret for, with hope for the opposite.
|
afkeuren |
| 🔊 185 |
depreciate |
verb |
To lessen the worth of.
|
verswak |
| 🔊 186 |
depreciation |
noun |
A lowering in value or an underrating in worth.
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waardevermindering |
| 🔊 187 |
depress |
verb |
To press down.
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onderdruk |
| 🔊 188 |
depression |
noun |
A falling of the spirits.
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depressie |
| 🔊 189 |
depth |
noun |
Deepness.
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diepte |
| 🔊 190 |
derelict |
adjective |
Neglectful of obligation.
|
verlate |
| 🔊 191 |
deride |
verb |
To ridicule.
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spot |
| 🔇 |
derisible |
adjective |
Open to ridicule.
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derisible |
| 🔊 193 |
derision |
noun |
Ridicule.
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bespotting |
| 🔊 194 |
derivation |
noun |
That process by which a word is traced from its original root or primitive form and meaning.
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afleiding |
| 🔊 195 |
derivative |
adjective |
Coming or acquired from some origin.
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afgeleide |
| 🔊 196 |
derive |
verb |
To deduce, as from a premise.
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herlei |
| 🔊 197 |
dermatology |
noun |
The branch of medical science which relates to the skin and its diseases.
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vel |
| 🔊 198 |
derrick |
noun |
An apparatus for hoisting and swinging great weights.
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Derrick |
| 🔊 199 |
descendant |
noun |
One who is descended lineally from another, as a child, grandchild, etc.
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afstammeling |
| 🔊 200 |
descendent |
adjective |
Proceeding downward.
|
afstammeling |