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Pick a CEFR level (A1–C2, plus C2+ for rare words beyond the CEFR scale) — A1 is the friendliest place to start — and browse its words grouped by topic: travel, food, the body, emotions, and more. Each word shows its meaning, example sentences, and US/UK pronunciation.

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341 words

The Human Body

341 words

/ˈrʌptʃər/ a break, burst, or breach, as of tissue, a pipe, or relations Meaning Off Sound Off

/ˈɛrˌweɪ/ a passage for air, especially the breathing passages of the body Meaning Off Sound Off

/əˈpɛndɪdʒ/ a part attached or subordinate to a larger body Meaning Off Sound Off

/ˈbluˌbɑtəl/ a large buzzing fly with a metallic-blue body; (British slang) a policeman Meaning Off Sound Off

/bɑd/ (informal) a person; the human body Meaning Off Sound Off

/ˈkælkjələs/ the mathematics of continuous change; a hard stone formed in the body Meaning Off Sound Off

/ɪˈfɛktər/ an organ, cell, or molecule that produces a response to a stimulus Meaning Off Sound Off

/ˈmɛroʊ/ the soft tissue inside bones; the innermost or vital part Meaning Off Sound Off

/ˈaʊtɡroʊθ/ a natural development or result; something that grows out from a main body Meaning Off Sound Off

/slaʊ/ a low area of wet, muddy ground Meaning Off Sound Off

/əˈpɛndɪks/ a supplementary section at the end of a book, or a small organ off the intestine Meaning Off Sound Off

/ˈætrəfi/ the wasting away of a body part or faculty from disuse or disease Meaning Off Sound Off

/ˈbæθˌtʌb/ a large container for bathing the whole body Meaning Off Sound Off

/bəˈtæljən/ a large body of troops, typically several companies Meaning Off Sound Off

/ˈbɜrθmɑrk/ a permanent colored mark on the skin present from birth Meaning Off Sound Off

/ˈkɛriz/ decay and crumbling of a tooth or bone Meaning Off Sound Off

/krɪˈmeɪʃən/ the disposal of a dead body by burning it to ashes Meaning Off Sound Off

/ˈkjutɪs/ the true skin, comprising the dermis and epidermis Meaning Off Sound Off

/ˈdɛlɪɡəsi/ a body of delegates; the position of a delegate Meaning Off Sound Off

/ˈfaɪlɪŋ/ a document submitted to an official body, or a particle filed off metal Meaning Off Sound Off

/ˈfʌndəs/ the base or interior surface of a hollow organ opposite its opening Meaning Off Sound Off

/ˈdʒudɪkəˌtʃʊr/ the administration of justice or the body of judges collectively Meaning Off Sound Off

/lɪθ/ a stone or rock; a limb or joint (archaic) Meaning Off Sound Off

/lʌndʒ/ a sudden forward thrust of the body, or to make such a movement Meaning Off Sound Off

/ˈmɪdrɪf/ the front of the body between the chest and the waist Meaning Off Sound Off

/ˈmʌmi/ a preserved embalmed body, or an informal word for mother Meaning Off Sound Off

/ˈniəˌplæzəm/ an abnormal new growth of tissue; a tumor Meaning Off Sound Off

/pərˈkʌʃən/ the striking of one body against another; instruments played by striking Meaning Off Sound Off

/ˈpoʊmeɪt/ a scented ointment for the hair or skin; pomade Meaning Off Sound Off

/paɪˈrɛksiə/ an abnormally high body temperature; fever Meaning Off Sound Off

/ˈspæzəm/ a sudden involuntary contraction of a muscle Meaning Off Sound Off

/splɪnt/ a rigid strip used to immobilize a broken or injured limb Meaning Off Sound Off

/skwɪd/ a marine cephalopod with ten arms and an elongated body Meaning Off Sound Off

/stup/ a hot, medicated cloth applied to the body as a poultice Meaning Off Sound Off

/ˈswɛtɪŋ/ the exuding of perspiration through the skin Meaning Off Sound Off

/θju/ muscular strength or sinew, especially of the body Meaning Off Sound Off

/toʊd/ a tailless amphibian with dry warty skin, similar to a frog Meaning Off Sound Off

/ˈweɪst.laɪn/ the line of the waist of the body or a garment, or one's girth there Meaning Off Sound Off

/ˈmiːtˌboʊn/ a bone with meat still attached, especially as food or scrap Meaning Off Sound Off

/ˈsɛnsˌɔrɡən/ an organ that receives sensory stimuli, such as the eye, ear, or skin Meaning Off Sound Off

/ɡlænd/ an organ or group of cells that produces and releases a substance such as a hormone, enzyme, or sweat Meaning Off Sound Off

stridulation C2

/ˌstrɪdʒəˈleɪʃən/ the production of a shrill sound by rubbing body parts together, especially in insects Meaning Off Sound Off

/ˈnɔː.pli.əs/ an early free-swimming crustacean larva with a median eye, little body segmentation, and usually three pairs of appendages Meaning Off Sound Off

/ɪɡˈzuːviə/ a skin, shell, exoskeleton, or other outer covering shed by an animal during molting Meaning Off Sound Off

/məˈloʊdiəm/ historical, music: a small keyboard reed organ; a rare form related to melodeon Meaning Off Sound Off

/ˈhɑːməlɑːɡ/ a biological structure, organ, gene, or other feature that shares a common evolutionary origin with a corresponding feature Meaning Off Sound Off

cephalothorax C2

/ˌsɛfələˈθɔˌræks/ the fused head and thorax forming the front body region of spiders, crustaceans, and some other arthropods Meaning Off Sound Off

/ɪnˈsɪʒɚ/ anatomy: a notch or indentation in a bone, organ, or other bodily structure Meaning Off Sound Off

/əˈrɛktər/ an erector muscle; especially one of the tiny arrector pili muscles that raise a hair Meaning Off Sound Off

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. Meaning Off Sound Off

/ɡɪlp/ Yorkshire dialect: the scum or skin that forms on porridge Meaning Off Sound Off

to clear tears from the eyes by blinking Phrasal verb Meaning Off Sound Off

to extend the body or limbs, or lie with them extended Phrasal verb Meaning Off Sound Off