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8,130 words, searchable by word, definition, part of speech, and CEFR level.
The title printed in large letters at the top of a newspaper article, meant to summarise or attract attention to the story.
A pair of small speakers worn over or in the ears for listening to sound privately.
The main office or center of operations for an organization.
The source or starting point of a river or stream, usually a small stream high in the mountains.
To become healthy again after an injury or illness.
The condition of a person's body and mind, and how well it is working.
In good physical condition, or good for the body.
A messy pile of things stacked or thrown together.
To notice a sound using your ears.
The ability to hear, or a formal meeting in which a court or committee listens to evidence about a case.
To listen carefully to something, especially advice or a warning.
The organ in the chest that pumps blood through the body.
A single pulse of the heart as it pumps blood, or the rhythm made by repeated pulses.
Warmth, especially a strong or uncomfortable amount of it.
The amount of energy needed to raise the temperature of an object or substance by one degree.
A system that warms the air inside a building.
In many religions, the place where good people are believed to go after death, often imagined as being in the sky.
Weighing more than something else.
To a great degree or extent, or with great weight or force.
Weighing a lot, hard to lift or carry.
A row of closely planted bushes, often shaped to form a border or fence.
A small animal covered in sharp spines that curls into a ball when it feels threatened.
A person who believes that pleasure is the most important goal in life and lives accordingly.
The rounded back part of your foot, or the raised part of a shoe under that spot.
Having dominant power or influence over others, especially in a political, cultural, or economic sense.
Dominance or control by one group, country, or idea over others.
How tall a person or thing is, measured from bottom to top.
Extremely wicked or shocking, especially describing a crime.
An aircraft that flies using spinning blades on top instead of fixed wings.
Based on the idea that the sun, not the Earth, is at the center of the solar system.
A light, colorless gas that does not burn, often used to fill balloons.
In many religions, a place of punishment and suffering after death for those considered evil.
A friendly word used to greet someone when you meet them or answer the phone.
A hard covering worn to protect the head.
To make something easier for someone by doing part of the work or giving support.
Willing and ready to help, or making a task easier.
One half of the Earth, usually divided by the equator or by a line running through the poles.
The protein in red blood cells that binds to oxygen and carries it around the body.
An adult female chicken, often kept for laying eggs.
For this reason, or, with a period of time, from now.
Shows that something belongs to a girl or woman already mentioned, or refers to her as an object.
Describing a plant with a soft, green, non-woody stem that usually dies back at the end of the growing season.
A chemical substance used to kill unwanted plants, especially weeds.
An animal that eats only plants.
At or to the place where the speaker is.
Passed down genetically from parent to child.
The passing of physical or biological characteristics from parents to their children through genes.
A belief or opinion that strongly disagrees with accepted, especially religious, doctrine.