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All 27,899 wordsC2+ is beyond the official CEFR scale: rare, specialist, and literary words kept for reference.
2331 words
dogfennel
C2+
/ˈdɔɡˌfɛnəl/
any of several strong-smelling, fennel-like plants, especially the North American weed Eupatorium capillifolium
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fiddlebow
C2+
/ˈfɪdəlˌboʊ/
a bow used to sound the strings of a fiddle or violin
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goosequill
C2+
/ˈɡuːsˌkwɪl/
a large feather from a goose prepared for use as a writing pen
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sternwheel
C2
/ˈstɝnˌwil/
a paddle wheel mounted at the stern of a vessel to propel it through the water
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wigeon
C2
/ˈwɪdʒən/
any of several medium-sized dabbling ducks of the genus Mareca, especially the Eurasian or American wigeon
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catarrhine
C2
/ˈkætəˌraɪn/
a primate of the group Catarrhini, comprising Old World monkeys, apes, and humans
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titlark
C2+
/ˈtɪtˌlɑːrk/
an old or regional name for a pipit, especially the meadow pipit of Europe and western Asia
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volute
C2
/vəˈluːt/
a spiral scroll ornament, especially one forming a characteristic part of an Ionic column capital
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culpeo
C2+
/kʊlˈpeɪoʊ/
a large foxlike South American canid of the Andes and Patagonia, Lycalopex culpaeus
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antherozoid
C2+
/ˌænθərəˈzoʊɪd/
botany: a motile male gamete produced in an antheridium by algae, bryophytes, ferns, and certain other plants
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barbule
C2
/ˈbɑɹ.bjuːl/
one of the minute branches growing from a feather barb, often bearing hooks that interlock with neighboring branches
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foretarsus
C2+
/ˌfɔrˈtɑrsəs/
the tarsus or distal foot segment of a foreleg, especially in an arthropod
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steatopygia
C2
/ˌstiː.ə.toʊˈpɪdʒ.i.ə/
an unusually pronounced accumulation of fat on the buttocks
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terribilità
C2+
/ˌtɛr.əˌbɪl.əˈtɑː/
art history: an awe-inspiring expression of powerful will, grandeur, and formidable or angry force, especially associated with Michelangelo's work
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cachalot
C2
/ˈkæʃəˌlɑt/
a sperm whale, Physeter macrocephalus, especially in older natural-history or whaling writing
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hoolock
C2+
/ˈhuːlɑk/
any gibbon of the genus Hoolock, native to forests of northeastern India, Bangladesh, Myanmar, and nearby regions
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exophthalmos
C2
/ˌɛksɑfˈθælməs/
protrusion of the eyeball from the socket
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indraught
B2
/ˈɪnˌdræft/
A draft or drawing inward.
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pilus
C2
/ˈpaɪləs/
A hair.
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sphygmogram
C2
/ˈsfɪɡməˌɡræm/
The recording made by a sphygmograph
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penetralia
C2
/ˌpɛ.nəˈtɹeɪ.li.ə/
the innermost parts
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ech
C2
/ɛx/
Scots and Northern English: an exclamation expressing surprise, pity, or disgust
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neive
C2+
/niːv/
Scots and Northern English: a clenched hand; a fist
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penetralium
C2+
/ˌpɛnɪˈtɹeɪliəm/
the innermost (or most secret) part of a building; an inner sanctum; a sanctum sanctorum.
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enthymeme
C2
/ˈɛnθəˌmiːm/
rhetoric: an argument resembling a syllogism in which a premise or conclusion is left unstated
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chiliagon
C2+
/ˈkɪliəˌɡɑn/
a polygon with one thousand sides and one thousand angles
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superficies
C2
/ˌsuːpərˈfɪʃiˌiːz/
the outer surface or external aspect of something
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