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alley |
noun |
A narrow street, garden path, walk, or the like.
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stegie |
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alliance |
noun |
Any combination or union for some common purpose.
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alliansie |
| 🔊 3 |
allot |
verb |
To assign a definite thing or part to a certain person.
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toeken |
| 🔊 4 |
allotment |
noun |
Portion.
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toekenning |
| 🔊 5 |
allude |
verb |
To refer incidentally, or by suggestion.
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verwys |
| 🔊 6 |
allusion |
noun |
An indirect and incidental reference to something without definite mention of it.
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verwysing |
| 🔊 7 |
alluvion |
noun |
Flood.
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aanslibbing |
| 🔊 8 |
ally |
noun |
A person or thing connected with another, usually in some relation of helpfulness.
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bondgenoot |
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almanac |
noun |
A series of tables giving the days of the week together with certain astronomical information.
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almanak |
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aloof |
adverb |
Not in sympathy with or desiring to associate with others.
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afsydig |
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altar |
noun |
Any raised place or structure on which sacrifices may be offered or incense burned.
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altaar |
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alter |
verb |
To make change in.
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verander |
| 🔊 13 |
alteration |
noun |
Change or modification.
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verandering |
| 🔊 14 |
altercate |
verb |
To contend angrily or zealously in words.
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altercate |
| 🔊 15 |
alternate |
noun |
One chosen to act in place of another, in case of the absence or incapacity of that other.
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alternatiewe |
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alternative |
noun |
Something that may or must exist, be taken or chosen, or done instead of something else.
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alternatiewe |
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altitude |
noun |
Vertical distance or elevation above any point or base-level, as the sea.
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hoogte |
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alto |
noun |
The lowest or deepest female voice or part.
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alt |
| 🔊 19 |
altruism |
noun |
Benevolence to others on subordination to self-interest.
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altruïsme |
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altruist |
noun |
One who advocates or practices altruism.
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altruïst |
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amalgam |
noun |
An alloy or union of mercury with another metal.
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amalgaam |
| 🔊 22 |
amalgamate |
verb |
To mix or blend together in a homogeneous body.
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amalgameer |
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amateur |
adjective |
Practicing an art or occupation for the love of it, but not as a profession.
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amateur |
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amatory |
adjective |
Designed to excite love.
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amatory |
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ambidextrous |
adjective |
Having the ability of using both hands with equal skill or ease.
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dubbelhandig |
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ambiguous |
adjective |
Having a double meaning.
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dubbelsinnige |
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ambitious |
adjective |
Eagerly desirous and aspiring.
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ambisieuse |
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ambrosial |
adjective |
Divinely sweet, fragrant, or delicious.
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ambrosial |
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ambulance |
noun |
A vehicle fitted for conveying the sick and wounded.
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ambulans |
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ambulate |
verb |
To walk about
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ambulate |
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ambush |
noun |
The act or state of lying concealed for the purpose of surprising or attacking the enemy.
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hinderlaag |
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ameliorate |
verb |
To relieve, as from pain or hardship
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versag |
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amenable |
adjective |
Willing and ready to submit.
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vatbaar |
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americanism |
noun |
A peculiar sense in which an English word or phrase is used in the United States.
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Amerikanisme |
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amicable |
adjective |
Done in a friendly spirit.
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vriendskaplike |
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amity |
noun |
Friendship.
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Amity |
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amorous |
adjective |
Having a propensity for falling in love.
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verliefde |
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amorphous |
adjective |
Without determinate shape.
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amorfe |
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amour |
noun |
A love-affair, especially one of an illicit nature.
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amour |
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ampere |
noun |
The practical unit of electric-current strength.
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ampere |
| 🔊 41 |
ampersand |
noun |
The character &; and.
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ampersand |
| 🔊 42 |
amphibious |
adjective |
Living both on land and in water.
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amfibiese |
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amphitheater |
noun |
An edifice of elliptical shape, constructed about a central open space or arena.
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amfiteater |
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amplitude |
noun |
Largeness.
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amplitude |
| 🔊 45 |
amply |
adverb |
Sufficiently.
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ruim |
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amputate |
verb |
To remove by cutting, as a limb or some portion of the body.
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amputeer |
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amusement |
noun |
Diversion.
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vermaak |
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anachronism |
noun |
Anything occurring or existing out of its proper time.
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anachronisme |
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anagram |
noun |
The letters of a word or phrase so transposed as to make a different word or phrase.
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anagram |
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analogy |
noun |
Reasoning in which from certain and known relations or resemblance others are formed.
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analogie |
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analyst |
noun |
One who analyzes or makes use of the analytical method.
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ontleder |
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analyze |
verb |
To examine minutely or critically.
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analiseer |
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anarchy |
noun |
Absence or utter disregard of government.
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anargie |
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anathema |
noun |
Anything forbidden, as by social usage.
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anathema |
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anatomy |
noun |
That branch of morphology which treats of the structure of organisms.
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anatomie |
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ancestry |
noun |
One's ancestors collectively.
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afkoms |
| 🔊 57 |
anecdote |
noun |
A brief account of some interesting event or incident.
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staaltjie |
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anemic |
adjective |
Affected with anemia.
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anemies |
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anesthetic |
adjective |
Pertaining to or producing loss of sensation.
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narkose |
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anew |
adverb |
Once more.
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opnuut |
| 🔊 61 |
angelic |
adjective |
Saintly.
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engele |
| 🔊 62 |
Anglo-Saxon |
noun |
The entire English race wherever found, as in Europe, the United States, or India.
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angular |
adjective |
Sharp-cornered.
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hoek |
| 🔊 64 |
anhydrous |
adjective |
Withered.
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anhidriese |
| 🔊 65 |
animadversion |
noun |
The utterance of criticism or censure.
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afkeuring |
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animadvert |
verb |
To pass criticism or censure.
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animadvert |
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animalcule |
noun |
An animal of microscopic smallness.
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oerdiertje |
| 🔊 68 |
animate |
verb |
To make alive.
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animeer |
| 🔊 69 |
animosity |
noun |
Hatred.
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vyandigheid |
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annalist |
noun |
Historian.
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annalist |
| 🔊 71 |
annals |
noun |
A record of events in their chronological order, year by year.
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annale |
| 🔊 72 |
annex |
verb |
To add or affix at the end.
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aanhangsel |
| 🔊 73 |
annihilate |
verb |
To destroy absolutely.
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uit te wis |
| 🔊 74 |
annotate |
verb |
To make explanatory or critical notes on or upon.
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annoteer |
| 🔊 75 |
annual |
adjective |
Occurring every year.
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jaarlikse |
| 🔊 76 |
annuity |
noun |
An annual allowance, payment, or income.
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annuïteit |
| 🔊 77 |
annunciation |
noun |
Proclamation.
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aankondiging |
| 🔊 78 |
anode |
noun |
The point where or path by which a voltaic current enters an electrolyte or the like.
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anode |
| 🔊 79 |
anonymous |
adjective |
Of unknown authorship.
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anoniem |
| 🔊 80 |
antagonism |
noun |
Mutual opposition or resistance of counteracting forces, principles, or persons.
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antagonisme |
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Antarctic |
adjective |
Pertaining to the south pole or the regions near it.
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Antarktiese |
| 🔊 82 |
ante |
verb |
In the game of poker, to put up a stake before the cards are dealt.
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ante |
| 🔊 83 |
antecede |
verb |
To precede.
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antecede |
| 🔊 84 |
antecedent |
noun |
One who or that which precedes or goes before, as in time, place, rank, order, or causality.
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antesedente |
| 🔊 85 |
antechamber |
noun |
A waiting room for those who seek audience.
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voorportaal |
| 🔊 86 |
antedate |
verb |
To assign or affix a date to earlier than the actual one.
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terug te sit |
| 🔊 87 |
antediluvian |
adjective |
Of or pertaining to the times, things, events before the great flood in the days of Noah.
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baie oud |
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antemeridian |
adjective |
Before noon.
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teenmeridiaan |
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antemundane |
adjective |
Pertaining to time before the world's creation.
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antemundane |
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antenatal |
adjective |
Occurring or existing before birth.
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voorgeboortesorg |
| 🔊 91 |
anterior |
adjective |
Prior.
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anterior |
| 🔊 92 |
anteroom |
noun |
A room situated before and opening into another, usually larger.
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wagkamer |
| 🔊 93 |
anthology |
noun |
A collection of extracts from the writings of various authors.
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bundel |
| 🔊 94 |
anthracite |
noun |
Hard coal.
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antrasiet |
| 🔊 95 |
anthropology |
noun |
The science of man in general.
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antropologie |
| 🔊 96 |
antic |
noun |
A grotesque, ludicrous, or fantastic action.
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antiek |
| 🔊 97 |
Antichrist |
noun |
Any opponent or enemy of Christ, whether a person or a power.
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Antichris |
| 🔊 98 |
anticlimax |
noun |
A gradual or sudden decrease in the importance or impressiveness of what is said.
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antiklimaks |
| 🔊 99 |
anticyclone |
noun |
An atmospheric condition of high central pressure, with currents flowing outward.
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antisikloon |
| 🔊 100 |
antidote |
noun |
Anything that will counteract or remove the effects of poison, disease, or the like.
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teenmiddel |
| 🔇 |
antilogy |
noun |
Inconsistency or contradiction in terms or ideas.
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antilogy |
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antipathize |
verb |
To show or feel a feeling of antagonism, aversion, or dislike.
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antipathize |
| 🔊 103 |
antiphony |
noun |
An anthem or other composition sung responsively.
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antiphony |
| 🔊 104 |
antipodes |
noun |
A place or region on the opposite side of the earth.
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antipodes |
| 🔊 105 |
antiquary |
noun |
One who collects and examines old things, as coins, books, medals, weapons, etc.
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antiquary |
| 🔊 106 |
antiquate |
verb |
To make old or out of date.
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antiquate |
| 🔊 107 |
antique |
adjective |
Pertaining to ancient times.
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antieke |
| 🔊 108 |
antiseptic |
noun |
Anything that destroys or restrains the growth of putrefactive micro-organisms.
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antiseptiese |
| 🔊 109 |
antislavery |
adjective |
Opposed to human slavery.
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antislavery |
| 🔊 110 |
antispasmodic |
adjective |
Tending to prevent or relieve non-inflammatory spasmodic affections.
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krampstillend |
| 🔊 111 |
antitoxin |
noun |
A substance which neutralizes the poisonous products of micro-organisms.
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teengif |
| 🔊 112 |
antonym |
noun |
A word directly opposed to another in meaning.
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antoniem |
| 🔊 113 |
anxious |
adjective |
Distressed in mind respecting some uncertain matter.
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angstig |
| 🔊 114 |
apathy |
noun |
Insensibility to emotion or passionate feeling.
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apatie |
| 🔊 115 |
aperture |
noun |
Hole.
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diafragma |
| 🔊 116 |
apex |
noun |
The highest point, as of a mountain.
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toppunt |
| 🔊 117 |
aphorism |
noun |
Proverb.
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aforisme |
| 🔊 118 |
apiary |
noun |
A place where bees are kept.
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bye |
| 🔊 119 |
apogee |
noun |
The climax.
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hoogtepunt |
| 🔊 120 |
apology |
noun |
A disclaimer of intentional error or offense.
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verskoning |
| 🔊 121 |
apostasy |
noun |
A total departure from one's faith or religion.
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afvalligheid |
| 🔊 122 |
apostate |
adjective |
False.
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afvallige |
| 🔊 123 |
apostle |
noun |
Any messenger commissioned by or as by divine authority.
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apostel |
| 🔊 124 |
apotheosis |
noun |
Deification.
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apotheose |
| 🔊 125 |
appall |
verb |
To fill with dismay or horror.
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ontstellen |
| 🔊 126 |
apparent |
adjective |
Easily understood.
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oënskynlike |
| 🔊 127 |
apparition |
noun |
Ghost.
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spook |
| 🔊 128 |
appease |
verb |
To soothe by quieting anger or indignation.
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paai |
| 🔊 129 |
appellate |
adjective |
Capable of being appealed to.
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appél |
| 🔊 130 |
appellation |
noun |
The name or title by which a particular person, class, or thing is called.
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benaming |
| 🔊 131 |
append |
verb |
To add or attach, as something accessory, subordinate, or supplementary.
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voeg |
| 🔊 132 |
appertain |
verb |
To belong, as by right, fitness, association, classification, possession, or natural relation.
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toebehoren |
| 🔊 133 |
apposite |
adjective |
Appropriate.
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passend |
| 🔊 134 |
apposition |
noun |
The act of placing side by side, together, or in contact.
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apposisie |
| 🔊 135 |
appraise |
verb |
To estimate the money value of.
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beoordeel |
| 🔊 136 |
appreciable |
adjective |
Capable of being discerned by the senses or intellect.
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aansienlike |
| 🔊 137 |
apprehend |
verb |
To make a prisoner of (a person) in the name of the law.
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vang |
| 🔊 138 |
apprehensible |
adjective |
Capable of being conceived.
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apprehensible |
| 🔊 139 |
approbation |
noun |
Sanction.
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approbasie |
| 🔊 140 |
appropriate |
adjective |
Suitable for the purpose and circumstances.
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toepaslike |
| 🔊 141 |
aqueduct |
noun |
A water-conduit, particularly one for supplying a community from a distance.
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akwaduk |
| 🔊 142 |
aqueous |
adjective |
Of, pertaining to, or containing water.
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waterige |
| 🔊 143 |
arbiter |
noun |
One chosen or appointed, by mutual consent of parties in dispute, to decide matters.
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arbiter |
| 🔊 144 |
arbitrary |
adjective |
Fixed or done capriciously.
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arbitrêre |
| 🔊 145 |
arbitrate |
verb |
To act or give judgment as umpire.
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arbitreer |
| 🔊 146 |
arbor |
noun |
A tree.
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arbor |
| 🔊 147 |
arboreal |
adjective |
Of or pertaining to a tree or trees.
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boomlewende |
| 🔊 148 |
arborescent |
adjective |
Having the nature of a tree.
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arborescent |
| 🔊 149 |
arboretum |
noun |
A botanical garden or place devoted to the cultivation of trees or shrubs.
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arboretum |
| 🔊 150 |
arboriculture |
noun |
The cultivation of trees or shrubs.
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boomkwekerij |
| 🔊 151 |
arcade |
noun |
A vaulted passageway or street; a roofed passageway having shops, etc., opening from it.
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arcade |
| 🔊 152 |
archaeology |
noun |
The branch of anthropology concerned with the systematic investigation of the relics of man.
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argeologie |
| 🔊 153 |
archaic |
adjective |
Antiquated
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argaïese |
| 🔊 154 |
archaism |
noun |
Obsolescence.
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argaïsme |
| 🔊 155 |
archetype |
noun |
A prototype.
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argetipe |
| 🔊 156 |
archipelago |
noun |
Any large body of water studded with islands, or the islands collectively themselves.
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argipel |
| 🔊 157 |
ardent |
adjective |
Burning with passion.
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vurige |
| 🔊 158 |
ardor |
noun |
Intensity of passion or affection.
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ywer |
| 🔊 159 |
arid |
adjective |
Very dry.
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dorre |
| 🔊 160 |
aristocracy |
noun |
A hereditary nobility
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aristokrasie |
| 🔊 161 |
aristocrat |
noun |
A hereditary noble or one nearly connected with nobility.
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aristokraat |
| 🔊 162 |
armada |
noun |
A fleet of war-vessels.
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armada |
| 🔊 163 |
armful |
noun |
As much as can be held in the arm or arms.
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armvol |
| 🔊 164 |
armory |
noun |
An arsenal.
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arsenaal |
| 🔊 165 |
aroma |
noun |
An agreeable odor.
|
aroma |
| 🔊 166 |
arraign |
verb |
To call into court, as a person indicted for crime, and demand whether he pleads guilty or not.
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gerecht dae |
| 🔊 167 |
arrange |
verb |
To put in definite or proper order.
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reël |
| 🔊 168 |
arrangement |
noun |
The act of putting in proper order, or the state of being put in order.
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reëling |
| 🔊 169 |
arrant |
adjective |
Notoriously bad.
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arrant |
| 🔊 170 |
arrear |
noun |
Something overdue and unpaid.
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agterstallige |
| 🔊 171 |
arrival |
noun |
A coming to stopping-place or destination.
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aankoms |
| 🔊 172 |
arrogant |
adjective |
Unduly or excessively proud, as of wealth, station, learning, etc.
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arrogant |
| 🔊 173 |
arrogate |
verb |
To take, demand, or claim, especially presumptuously or without reasons or grounds.
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eigenen |
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artesian well |
noun |
A very deep bored well. water rises due to underground pressure
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| 🔊 175 |
artful |
adjective |
Characterized by craft or cunning.
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skelm |
| 🔊 176 |
artifice |
noun |
Trickery.
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listig |
| 🔊 177 |
artless |
adjective |
Ingenuous.
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ongekunsteld |
| 🔊 178 |
ascendant |
adjective |
Dominant.
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voorouer |
| 🔊 179 |
ascension |
noun |
The act of rising.
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hemelvaart |
| 🔊 180 |
ascent |
noun |
A rising, soaring, or climbing.
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trap |
| 🔊 181 |
ascetic |
adjective |
Given to severe self-denial and practicing excessive abstinence and devotion.
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asketiese |
| 🔊 182 |
ascribe |
verb |
To assign as a quality or attribute.
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toeskryf |
| 🔊 183 |
asexual |
adjective |
Having no distinct sexual organs.
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ongeslagtelike |
| 🔊 184 |
ashen |
adjective |
Pale.
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vaal |
| 🔊 185 |
askance |
adverb |
With a side or indirect glance or meaning.
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skeef |
| 🔊 186 |
asperity |
noun |
Harshness or roughness of temper.
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asperity |
| 🔊 187 |
aspirant |
noun |
One who seeks earnestly, as for advancement, honors, place.
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aspirant |
| 🔊 188 |
aspiration |
noun |
An earnest wish for that which is above one's present reach.
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aspirasie |
| 🔊 189 |
aspire |
verb |
To have an earnest desire, wish, or longing, as for something high and good, not yet attained.
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streef |
| 🔊 190 |
assailant |
noun |
One who attacks.
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aanvaller |
| 🔊 191 |
assassin |
noun |
One who kills, or tries to kill, treacherously or secretly.
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sluipmoordenaar |
| 🔊 192 |
assassinate |
verb |
To kill, as by surprise or secret assault, especially the killing of some eminent person.
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vermoor |
| 🔊 193 |
assassination |
noun |
Murderer, as by secret assault or treachery.
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sluipmoord |
| 🔊 194 |
assay |
noun |
The chemical analysis or testing of an alloy ore.
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toets |
| 🔊 195 |
assent |
verb |
To express agreement with a statement or matter of opinion.
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instemming |
| 🔊 196 |
assess |
verb |
To determine the amount of (a tax or other sum to be paid).
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evalueer |
| 🔊 197 |
assessor |
noun |
An officer whose duty it is to assess taxes.
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assessor |
| 🔊 198 |
assets |
noun |
pl. Property in general, regarded as applicable to the payment of debts.
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bates |
| 🔊 199 |
assiduous |
adjective |
Diligent.
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volhardend |
| 🔊 200 |
assignee |
noun |
One who is appointed to act for another in the management of certain property and interests.
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Gemagtigde |