Vocabulary Words

adjective

(of wood) Full of shakes or cracks (+8 more)

verb

(modal, auxiliary verb, defective) Used before a verb to indicate the simple future tense in the first person singular or plural. (+3 more)

adjective, noun, verb

A costermonger's barrow. (+14 more)

interjection, noun, verb

A cry of admonition for the subject of a speech, either to denounce the speaker or to agree with the speaker's denunciation of some person or matter (+19 more)

adjective

Causing or meriting shame or disgrace (+2 more)

noun, verb

A commercial liquid soap product for washing hair or other fibres/fibers, such as carpets. (+6 more)

noun, verb

(iron manufacture) A piece which has been roughly forged nearly to the form it will receive when completely forged or fitted. (+17 more)

noun, verb

A configuration enabling a resource to be shared over a network. (+13 more)

adjective, adverb, noun, verb

(in the plural) Fine particles of husk mixed with coarse particle of flour of cereals (+65 more)

adverb

(to describe breathing) Suddenly and intensely like a gasp, but typically as the result of an emotional reaction. (+4 more)

noun, verb

A (pine) needle. (+7 more)

noun, verb

A hand tool consisting of a sharp blade with a handle at each end (+19 more)

noun, pronoun

(personal, old-fashioned) Any machine or thing, such as a car, a computer, or (poetically) a season. (+5 more)

noun, verb

(rail transportation) A British Rail Class 66 locomotive. (+27 more)

noun

(chiefly plural) A religious adherent, a member of a congregation or religious community (compare flock). (+7 more)

adjective, adverb, noun, verb

(by extension) Downright (+17 more)

noun, verb

A broad, flat expanse of a material on a surface. (+16 more)

noun

A flat, rigid structure, fixed at right angles to a wall or forming a part of a cabinet, desk etc., and used to support, store or display objects. (+3 more)

noun, verb

(rigging) The outer frame or case of a block within which the sheaves revolve. (+45 more)

noun, verb

A refuge, haven or other cover or protection from something. (+5 more)

noun, verb

(except Scotland) (High Sheriff) An official of a shire or county office, responsible for carrying out court orders, law enforcement and other duties. (+3 more)

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