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8,130 words, searchable by word, definition, part of speech, and CEFR level.
To cover or surround something with a material that stops heat, cold, sound, or electricity from passing through.
Material used to stop heat, cold, sound, or electricity from passing through something.
A material that does not easily allow heat, electricity, or sound to pass through it.
A hormone made by the pancreas that lowers blood sugar by helping cells absorb glucose.
An arrangement in which you pay a company regularly so that it will pay you money if something bad happens, like an accident or illness.
An organized rebellion against an established government or authority, usually using violence.
A person who fights against an established government or authority, usually as part of an armed uprising.
An organized attempt to overthrow a government or authority, often by force.
A whole number, which can be positive, negative, or zero, with no fractional or decimal part.
Essential and necessary as a part of a whole, so important that the whole would be incomplete without it.
The branch of calculus concerned with finding areas, volumes and totals by summing infinitely many small quantities.
To combine separate parts into a single, unified whole, or to bring a person or group fully into a wider community.
The quality of being honest and having strong moral principles, or the state of being whole and undamaged.
The ability to think, reason, and understand, especially at a high level.
Relating to the ability to think, reason, and understand ideas, especially complex ones.
Creative work, such as inventions, designs, or writing, that is legally protected and owned by its creator.
The ability to learn, understand, and reason, or secret information gathered about an enemy or rival.
A score derived from standardized tests intended to measure a person's reasoning ability relative to others.
Having or showing a high ability to learn, understand, and reason.
Able to be understood.
To have a plan or purpose in mind to do something.
Planned or meant, especially referring to a purpose or result.
Very strong or extreme in degree.
A method of agriculture that aims to produce as much output as possible from a given area of land, often using heavy machinery, fertilizer, and chemicals.
A plan or aim that someone has in mind for what they want to do.
To bury a dead body in the ground or in a tomb.
To communicate with or respond to someone or something.
The activity of talking with or reacting to other people or things.
The point where a line crosses an axis on a graph, or the act of stopping something before it reaches its destination.
Existing or happening between different colonies.
The muscles between the ribs that help expand and contract the chest during breathing.
A situation in which two or more things rely on each other in order to exist or function properly.
Involving two or more different academic subjects or fields of knowledge.
A feeling of wanting to know more about or pay attention to something, or extra money paid on a loan or savings.
Wanting to know more about something or someone, or having a personal connection to a matter.
Holding your attention because it is unusual, new, or enjoyable to learn about.
To get involved in a situation in a way that is not wanted, often stopping it from continuing smoothly.
Involving cooperation or agreements between the governments of two or more countries.
Temporary, intended to serve only until something more permanent is arranged.
The inside part of something, or the inland region of a country.
To say something suddenly, interrupting someone else who is speaking.
Ridges of higher land that extend from opposite sides of a river valley and appear to overlap when viewed from above.
A person who takes part in a conversation, especially in a formal or written context.
A short period of time between two longer events or parts of something.
Between two levels, stages, or points, neither basic nor advanced.
Seeming to last forever, especially because it is boring or tedious.
Existing or happening inside something, especially an organization or the body.
Involving or shared by two or more countries.