English Vocabulary with Meanings — stifle … talking
Every English word from the Akshara word game with its everyday meaning — the same reviewed definitions players see at the end of each level. Part 31 of 36 · 8,882 words in total.
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- stifle
- joint between the femur and tibia in a quadruped
- stigma
- a skin lesion that is a diagnostic sign of some disease
- still
- a plant and works where alcoholic drinks are made by distillation
- sting
- a swindle in which you cheat at gambling or persuade a person to buy worthless property
- stingy
- deficient in amount or quality or extent
- stink
- a distinctive odor that is offensively unpleasant
- stinky
- having an unpleasant smell
- stint
- an individual's prescribed share of work
- stipend
- a sum of money allotted on a regular basis
- stir
- a rapid active commotion
- stirred
- set into a usually circular motion in order to mix or blend
- stitch
- a link or loop or knot made by an implement in knitting, crocheting, embroidery, or sewing
- stock
- any animals kept for use or profit
- stocked
- furnished with more than enough
- stocks
- a former instrument of punishment consisting of a heavy timber frame with holes in which the feet (and sometimes the hands) of an offender could be locked
- stoic
- a member of the ancient Greek school of philosophy founded by Zeno
- stoke
- stir up or tend
- stole
- a wide scarf worn about their shoulders by women
- stomach
- an enlarged and muscular saclike organ of the alimentary canal
- stomp
- a dance involving a rhythmical stamping step
- stone
- building material consisting of a piece of rock hewn in a definite shape for a special purpose
- stoned
- under the influence of narcotics
- stoner
- an attacker who pelts the victim with stones (especially with intent to kill)
- stony
- hard as granite
- stool
- a simple seat without a back or arms
- stoop
- an inclination of the top half of the body forward and downward
- stop
- a brief stay in the course of a journey
- stopped
- (of a nose) blocked
- stopper
- blockage consisting of an object designed to fill a hole tightly
- stops
- a gambling card game in which chips are placed on the ace and king and queen and jack of separate suits (taken from a separate deck)
- storage
- depositing in a warehouse
- store
- an electronic memory device
- storey
- a structure consisting of a room or set of rooms at a single position along a vertical scale
- storm
- a direct and violent assault on a stronghold
- story
- a structure consisting of a room or set of rooms at a single position along a vertical scale
- stout
- a garment size for a large or heavy person
- stove
- any heating apparatus
- stow
- fill by packing tightly
- strain
- the act of singing
- strait
- a narrow channel of the sea joining two larger bodies of water
- straits
- a difficult juncture
- strand
- a necklace made by a stringing objects together
- strange
- not known before
- strap
- whip consisting of a strip of leather used in flogging
- strauss
- Austrian composer of waltzes (1804-1849)
- straw
- a thin paper or plastic tube used to suck liquids into the mouth
- stray
- an animal that has strayed (especially a domestic animal)
- streak
- a narrow marking of a different color or texture from the background
- stream
- the act of flowing or streaming
- streep
- United States film actress (born in 1949)
- street
- a thoroughfare (usually including sidewalks) that is lined with buildings
- stress
- the relative prominence of a syllable or musical note (especially with regard to stress or pitch)
- stretch
- the act of physically reaching or thrusting out
- strict
- severe and unremitting in making demands
- stride
- significant progress (especially in the phrase "make strides")
- strife
- bitter conflict
- strike
- a conspicuous success
- striker
- the part of a mechanical device that strikes something
- string
- stringed instruments that are played with a bow
- strip
- a long narrow piece of something
- stripe
- an adornment consisting of a strip of a contrasting color or material
- striped
- marked or decorated with stripes
- stripes
- V-shaped sleeve badge indicating military rank and service
- stroke
- a light touch with the hands
- strong
- strong and sure
- struck
- (used in combination) affected by something overwhelming
- strung
- that is on a string
- strut
- a proud stiff pompous gait
- stuart
- the royal family that ruled Scotland from 1371-1714 and ruled England from 1603 to 1649 and again from 1660 to 1714
- stub
- the small unused part of something (especially the end of a cigarette that is left after smoking)
- stuck
- caught or fixed
- stud
- poker in which each player receives hole cards and the remainder are dealt face up
- student
- a learned person (especially in the humanities)
- studied
- produced or marked by conscious design or premeditation
- studio
- workplace for the teaching or practice of an art
- study
- a detailed critical inspection
- stuff
- miscellaneous unspecified objects
- stuffed
- filled with something
- stumble
- an unintentional but embarrassing blunder
- stump
- a platform raised above the surrounding level to give prominence to the person on it
- stun
- make senseless or dizzy by or as if by a blow
- stung
- aroused to impatience or anger
- stunt
- a difficult or unusual or dangerous feat
- stupid
- a person who is not very bright
- style
- a slender bristlelike or tubular process
- stylish
- being or in accordance with current social fashions
- stylus
- a pointed tool for writing or drawing or engraving
- sub
- a submersible warship usually armed with torpedoes
- subdue
- correct by punishment or discipline
- subdued
- lacking in light
- subject
- something (a person or object or scene) selected by an artist or photographer for graphic representation
- sublime
- vaporize and then condense right back again
- submit
- accept or undergo, often unwillingly
- subset
- a set whose members are members of another set
- subsidy
- a grant paid by a government to an enterprise that benefits the public
- subtle
- working or spreading in a hidden and usually injurious way
- subtly
- in a subtle manner
- subunit
- a monetary unit that is valued at a fraction (usually one hundredth) of the basic monetary unit
- subway
- an electric railway operating below the surface of the ground (usually in a city)
- succeed
- be the successor (of)
- success
- an attainment that is successful
- such
- to so extreme a degree
- suck
- the act of sucking
- sucker
- mostly North American freshwater fishes with a thick-lipped mouth for feeding by suction
- sucking
- the act of sucking
- suction
- the act of sucking
- sudan
- a region of northern Africa to the south of the Sahara and Libyan deserts
- sudden
- happening without warning or in a short space of time
- sue
- French writer whose novels described the sordid side of city life (1804-1857)
- suede
- a fabric made to resemble suede leather
- suez
- a city in northeastern Egypt at the head of the Gulf of Suez and at the southern end of the Suez Canal
- suffice
- be sufficient
- suffix
- an affix that is added at the end of the word
- sugar
- a white crystalline carbohydrate used as a sweetener and preservative
- sugary
- containing sugar
- suggest
- make a proposal, declare a plan for something
- suit
- a comprehensive term for any proceeding in a court of law whereby an individual seeks a legal remedy
- suite
- apartment consisting of a series of connected rooms used as a living unit (as in a hotel)
- suited
- outfitted or supplied with clothing
- sulfate
- a salt or ester of sulphuric acid
- sully
- French statesman (1560-1641)
- sulphur
- an abundant tasteless odorless multivalent nonmetallic element
- sultan
- the ruler of a Muslim country (especially of the former Ottoman Empire)
- sum
- the whole amount
- sumatra
- a mountainous island in western Indonesia
- summary
- a brief statement that presents the main points in a concise form
- summon
- make ready for action or use
- summons
- a writ issued by authority of law
- sumner
- United States sociologist (1840-1910)
- sumo
- a Japanese form of wrestling
- sun
- the star that is the source of light and heat for the planets in the solar system
- sunday
- United States evangelist (1862-1935)
- sung
- the imperial dynasty of China from 960 to 1279
- sunk
- doomed to extinction
- sunni
- one of the two main branches of orthodox Islam
- sunny
- bright and pleasant
- sunrise
- the daily event of the sun rising above the horizon
- sunset
- the daily event of the sun sinking below the horizon
- sup
- a small amount of liquid food
- super
- a caretaker for an apartment house
- superb
- surpassingly good
- supper
- a light evening meal
- supply
- the activity of supplying or providing something
- support
- documentary validation
- suppose
- expect, believe, or suppose
- supra
- at an earlier place
- supreme
- greatest in status or authority or power
- sur
- a port in southern Lebanon on the Mediterranean Sea
- sure
- exercising or taking care great enough to bring assurance
- surely
- definitely or positively (`sure' is sometimes used informally for `surely')
- surf
- waves breaking on the shore
- surface
- a device that provides reactive force when in motion relative to the surrounding air
- surfer
- someone who engages in surfboarding
- surfing
- the sport of riding a surfboard toward the shore on the crest of a wave
- surge
- a sudden or abrupt strong increase
- surgeon
- a physician who specializes in surgery
- surgery
- a medical procedure involving an incision with instruments
- surname
- the name used to identify the members of a family (as distinguished from each member's given name)
- surpass
- be or do something to a greater degree
- surreal
- resembling a dream
- surrey
- a light four-wheeled horse-drawn carriage
- survey
- a detailed critical inspection
- survive
- support oneself
- sus
- type genus of the Suidae
- susanna
- an Apocryphal book consisting of text added to the Book of Daniel
- sushi
- rice (with raw fish) wrapped in seaweed
- suspect
- a person or institution against whom an action is brought in a court of law
- sustain
- undergo (as of injuries and illnesses)
- suture
- thread of catgut or silk or wire used by surgeons to stitch tissues together
- suv
- a high-performance four-wheel drive car built on a truck chassis
- swag
- a bundle containing the personal belongings of a swagman
- swagger
- a proud stiff pompous gait
- swain
- a man who is the lover of a girl or young woman
- swallow
- the act of swallowing
- swami
- a Hindu religious teacher
- swamp
- low land that is seasonally flooded
- swan
- stately heavy-bodied aquatic bird with very long neck and usually white plumage as adult
- swanson
- United States actress in many silent films (1899-1983)
- swap
- an equal exchange
- swarm
- a group of many things in the air or on the ground
- swat
- a sharp blow
- sway
- pitching dangerously to one side
- swear
- have confidence or faith in
- sweat
- use of physical or mental energy
- sweats
- garment consisting of sweat pants and a sweatshirt
- swede
- the large yellow root of a rutabaga plant used as food
- swedish
- a Scandinavian language that is the official language of Sweden and one of two official languages of Finland
- sweep
- a movement in an arc
- sweet
- the property of tasting as if it contains sugar
- swell
- a crescendo followed by a decrescendo
- swelled
- feeling self-importance
- swept
- possessing sweep
- swift
- common western lizard
- swim
- the act of swimming
- swine
- stout-bodied short-legged omnivorous animals
- swing
- changing location by moving back and forth
- swipe
- a sweeping stroke or blow
- swirl
- the shape of something rotating rapidly
- swiss
- the natives or inhabitants of Switzerland
- switch
- the act of changing one thing or position for another
- swollen
- characteristic of false pride
- sword
- a cutting or thrusting weapon that has a long metal blade and a hilt with a hand guard
- sworn
- bound by or as if by an oath
- sydney
- the largest Australian city located in southeastern Australia on the Tasman Sea
- symbol
- something visible that by association or convention represents something else that is invisible
- symptom
- anything that accompanies X and is regarded as an indication of X's existence
- sync
- make synchronous and adjust in time or manner
- synod
- a council convened to discuss ecclesiastical business
- syria
- an Asian republic in the Middle East at the east end of the Mediterranean
- syrian
- a native or inhabitant of Syria
- syrup
- a thick sweet sticky liquid
- system
- instrumentality that combines interrelated interacting artifacts designed to work as a coherent entity
- tab
- a dose of medicine in the form of a small pellet
- table
- a piece of furniture having a smooth flat top that is usually supported by one or more vertical legs
- tablet
- a dose of medicine in the form of a small pellet
- tabloid
- newspaper with half-size pages
- taboo
- an inhibition or ban resulting from social custom or emotional aversion
- tack
- sailing a zigzag course
- tackle
- (American football) grasping an opposing player with the intention of stopping by throwing to the ground
- tacky
- tastelessly showy
- taco
- a tortilla rolled cupped around a filling
- tacoma
- a city in west central Washington on an arm of Puget Sound to the south of Seattle
- tact
- consideration in dealing with others and avoiding giving offense
- tactic
- a plan for attaining a particular goal
- tactics
- a plan for attaining a particular goal
- tactile
- producing a sensation of touch
- tad
- a slight amount or degree of difference
- taft
- 27th President of the United States and later chief justice of the United States Supreme Court (1857-1930)
- tag
- a small label, or a chasing game children play
- tagged
- bearing or marked with a label or tag
- tahiti
- an island in the south Pacific
- tai
- the most widespread and best known of the Kadai family of languages
- tail
- the posterior part of the body of a vertebrate especially when elongated and extending beyond the trunk or main part of the body
- tailed
- having a tail of a specified kind
- tailor
- a person whose occupation is making and altering garments
- tails
- formalwear consisting of full evening dress for men
- tainted
- touched by rot or decay
- taipei
- the capital of Nationalist China
- taiwan
- an island in southeastern Asia 100 miles off the coast of mainland China in the South China Sea
- take
- the act of photographing a scene or part of a scene without interruption
- taken
- be affected with an indisposition
- taker
- one who takes a bet or wager
- takin
- large heavily built goat antelope of eastern Himalayan area
- taking
- the act of someone who picks up or takes something
- talbot
- English inventor and pioneer in photography who published the first book illustrated with photographs (1800-1877)
- tale
- a trivial lie
- talent
- natural abilities or qualities
- taliban
- a fundamentalist Islamic militia
- talk
- the act of giving a talk to an audience
- talking
- an exchange of ideas via conversation