English Vocabulary
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reincarnate
C2+
/ˌriɪnˈkɑrneɪt/
to cause to be reborn in another body; to embody anew
spank
C2+
/spæŋk/
to slap on the buttocks with the open hand as punishment
squid
C2+
/skwɪd/
a marine cephalopod with ten arms and an elongated body
stupe
C2+
/stup/
a hot, medicated cloth applied to the body as a poultice
sweating
C2+
/ˈswɛtɪŋ/
the exuding of perspiration through the skin
thew
C2+
/θju/
muscular strength or sinew, especially of the body
toad
C2+
/toʊd/
a tailless amphibian with dry warty skin, similar to a frog
topical
C2+
/ˈtɑpɪkəl/
relating to current affairs; applied to a particular body part
chaft
C2+
/tʃaft/
the jaw, especially in Scots and northern English dialect and often used in the plural
weasand
C2+
/ˈwiːzənd/
archaic: the throat or gullet, especially the esophagus
steatopygous
C2+
/ˌstiːəˈtɑːpɪɡəs/
having steatopygia, a marked accumulation of adipose tissue around the buttocks and upper thighs; chiefly a historical anthropological term
temporooccipital
C2+
/ˌtɛmpəroʊɑkˈsɪpɪtəl/
relating to both the temporal and occipital regions, bones, or lobes of the skull and brain
parietooccipital
C2+
/pəˌraɪətoʊɑkˈsɪpɪtəl/
anatomy: relating to both the parietal and occipital bones, lobes, or regions of the skull or brain
occipitofrontalis
C2+
/ɑkˌsɪp.ət.oʊ.fɹʌnˈteɪ.lɪs/
A large flat muscle on each side of the vertex of the skull, consisting of an occipital portion (arising from the occipital and temporal bones) and a frontal portion that are separated by the epicranial aponeurosis, and serving to draw the scalp backwards, raising the eyebrows and wrinkling the forehead.
neive
C2+
/niːv/
Scots and Northern English: a clenched hand; a fist