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8,130 words, searchable by word, definition, part of speech, and CEFR level.
Unfriendly or aggressive feelings or behavior.
Having a high temperature.
A warm, sweet drink made from chocolate or cocoa mixed with hot milk or water.
A long, thin sausage served inside a sliced bread roll.
A building where travelers can pay to stay overnight.
A unit of time equal to sixty minutes.
A building where people live, usually for one family.
All the people who live together in one home.
Buildings for people to live in, or the general provision of homes.
Used to ask about the way something happens or the condition of something.
Used to introduce a statement that contrasts with what was just said.
To make a long, loud, mournful cry, as a wolf or dog does.
Excessive pride or confidence that often leads a person to ignore danger or good advice.
To put your arms around someone and hold them closely, usually to show affection.
Extremely large in size or amount.
Relating to people rather than animals or machines.
A measure that ranks countries by combining data on life expectancy, education, and income per person.
The large international scientific effort, completed in the early 2000s, to map and identify every gene in human DNA.
The basic freedoms and protections that every person is considered entitled to simply by being human.
Concerned with reducing suffering and improving the welfare and dignity of people, especially during a crisis.
All people considered together as a group, or the quality of being kind and caring toward others.
Not thinking of yourself as more important than other people, even if you have reason to.
Containing a noticeably high amount of moisture in the air.
The amount of moisture in the air.
The quality of not being proud or arrogant about your own achievements.
A very small bird that can hover in the air by beating its wings extremely fast.
The quality of being funny, or the ability to find things funny.
Funny or amusing.
The dark, rich part of soil formed from decayed plants and leaves.
The number 100, equal to ten times ten.
Feeling like you need to eat.
To chase and kill wild animals for food or sport, or to search hard for something.
A person or animal that hunts other animals for food or sport.
The activity of chasing and killing wild animals for food or sport.
A violent storm with extremely strong, spinning winds, usually forming over warm ocean water.
To move or act more quickly than usual, often because time is short.
To cause pain or injury to someone, or to feel pain yourself.
A man who is married to someone.
A small, simple building, often made of wood, mud, or straw.
The state of having enough water in the body, or, in chemistry, the process of a substance combining with water.
Operated by the pressure of a liquid moving through pipes or cylinders.
The branch of engineering concerned with the mechanical properties and uses of liquids under pressure.
A chemical compound made only of hydrogen and carbon, found especially in fuels like oil and gas.
A fuel, such as oil, gas, or coal, made mostly of hydrogen and carbon compounds.
The branch of physics that studies the motion of fluids and the forces acting on them.
Relating to electricity generated by the force of moving water, usually from a dam.
A relatively weak attraction between a hydrogen atom in one molecule and an electronegative atom, such as oxygen or nitrogen, in another.
The continuous natural movement of water between the earth's surface, atmosphere, and oceans, also called the water cycle.