5 1 noun n noun
• a low evergreen shrub of the family Ericaceae; has small bell-shaped pink or purple flowers
Example sentence • The heath was covered in purple heather flowers.
5 1 noun n noun
• the event of dying or departure from life
Example sentence • She mourned the death of her beloved pet.
6 1 verb, noun v, n noun
• the process of taking in and expelling air during breathing
Example sentence • I took a deep breath before I jumped into the cold water.
4 1 noun
• the 2nd letter of the Hebrew alphabet
9 3 adjective adj noun
• position 20 in a countable series of things
adjective satellite
• coming next after the nineteenth in position
Example sentence • She celebrated her twentieth birthday with a big party.
10 3 adverb adv adverb
• on the lower or downward side; on the underside of
Example sentence • The cat is hiding underneath the bed.
10 3 noun n noun
• a favorite saying of a group, organization or individual
Example sentence • The phrase "happy wife, happy life" became a shibboleth in their household.
6 2 verb, noun v, n noun
• the 4th letter of the Hebrew alphabet
9 3 adjective adj noun
• position 30 in a countable series of things
adjective satellite
• coming next after the twenty-ninth in position
Example sentence • She celebrated her thirtieth birthday with a lavish party.
6 1 noun n noun
• a protective covering (as for a knife or sword)
Example sentence • He pulled a knife from its sheath .
6 1 noun n noun
• flower arrangement consisting of a circular band of foliage or flowers for ornamental purposes
Example sentence • She hung a beautiful wreath on her front door for Christmas.
4 1 noun n noun
• a traditional story accepted as history; serves to explain the world view of a people
Example sentence • Ancient Greek myths often feature gods and heroes.
7 2 adverb adv adverb
• in or to a place that is lower
Example sentence • The treasure was buried beneath the old oak tree.
7 2 noun n noun
• king of Scotland (died in 1057)
4 1 noun
• the 8th letter of the Hebrew alphabet
5 1 adverb adv Example sentence • The treasure lies neath the old oak tree.
8 2 adjective adj
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9 3 noun, adjective n, adj noun
• position 80 in a countable series of things
adjective satellite
• the ordinal number of eighty in counting order
Example sentence • My grandmother celebrated her eightieth birthday last month.
8 3 adjective adj noun
• position 50 in a countable series of things
adjective satellite
• the ordinal number of fifty in counting order
Example sentence • It was her fiftieth birthday celebration.
8 3 adjective adj noun
• position 40 in a countable series of things
adjective satellite
• the ordinal number of forty in counting order
Example sentence • She celebrated her fortieth birthday with a lavish party.
5 1 verb v verb
• (auxiliary) A syntactic marker.
3 1 verb, noun v, n noun
• A letter (capital Ð, small ð) introduced into Old English to represent its dental fricative, then not distinguished from the letter thorn, no longer used in English but still in modern use in Icelandic, the IPA and other phonetic alphabets to represent the voiced dental fricative "th" sound as in the English word then. The letter is also used in Faroese, but is generally silent in that language.
Example sentence • The lowercase form of eth is ð.
4 1
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8 3 noun n noun
• a line drawn on a map connecting points having the same numerical value of some variable
Example sentence • The isopleth on the map represents the distribution of rainfall across the region.
11 2 adjective adj noun
• The width of a hair, a very short distance or a very small amount
Example sentence • He managed to escape the enemy soldiers by a hairbreadth margin.
7 2
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6 2 noun n
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Example sentence • The perfume contained a hint of zibeth .
8 2 verb v verb
• leave or give by will after one's death
Example sentence • She bequeathed her entire estate to her children.
8 2 verb v verb
• To cover with or as if with a sheath.
Example sentence • She expertly ensheathed the sword in its scabbard.
8 2 verb v
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Example sentence • He insheathed the sword in its scabbard.
9 4 noun n noun
• daughter of George VI who became the Queen of England and Northern Ireland in 1952 on the death of her father (1926-)
10 2 verb, noun, adjective v, n, adj noun
• the epidemic form of bubonic plague experienced during the Middle Ages when it killed nearly half the people of western Europe
Example sentence • The black death plague spread rapidly throughout Europe in the 14th century.
10 2 noun n noun
• death when respiration and other reflexes are absent; consciousness is gone; organs can be removed for transplantation before the heartbeat stops
Example sentence • Patients in a brain death state are legally considered dead.
12 4 noun n noun
• the causal agent resulting in death
Example sentence • The cause of death was determined to be a heart attack.
9 2 noun n noun
• (physiology) the normal degeneration and death of living cells (as in various epithelial cells)
Example sentence • Apoptosis is a type of programmed cell death .
13 4 noun n noun
• death when respiration and other reflexes are absent; consciousness is gone; organs can be removed for transplantation before the heartbeat stops
Example sentence • In cases of cerebral death , the person is declared legally dead even though their heart may still be beating.
10 2 noun n noun
• the legal status of a person who is alive but who has been deprived of the rights and privileges of a citizen or a member of society; the legal status of one sentenced to life imprisonment
Example sentence • In certain civil law jurisdictions, a person sentenced to life imprisonment may experience civil death as they lose many of their civil rights.
8 2 noun n noun
• sudden and unexpected death of an apparently healthy infant during sleep
Example sentence • It is important to practice safe sleeping habits to reduce the risk of cot death .
9 2 noun n noun
• sudden and unexpected death of an apparently healthy infant during sleep
Example sentence • The exact cause of crib death is still unknown.
12 4 noun
• a medieval dance in which a skeleton representing death leads a procession of others to the grave
Example sentence • The dancers moved gracefully across the stage in a hauntingly beautiful dance of death .
10 3 noun n noun
• a death resulting from an accident or a disaster
Example sentence • The investigation into the cause of the human death is still ongoing.
11 3 noun
• sudden and unexpected death of an apparently healthy infant during sleep
Example sentence • The hospital is recognized for its efforts to prevent infant deaths.
11 3 noun n noun
• something that is ruinous
Example sentence • Getting caught cheating on the exam is a kiss of death for your academic career.
11 2 noun
• a state of constant misery
Example sentence • Being trapped in an abusive relationship is like a living death .
13 5 noun n noun
• death of a liveborn infant within the first 28 days of life
Example sentence • The neonatal death rate in this country has decreased significantly over the past decade.
11 2 noun n noun
• (sports) overtime in which play is stopped as soon as one contestant scores; e.g. football and golf
Example sentence • She died of sudden death due to a heart attack.
12 4 noun n noun
• an event that causes someone to die
Example sentence • The detective was tasked with solving the mystery surrounding the violent death of the young woman.
13 3 noun, adjective n, adj noun
• a death that results from a wrongful act or from negligence; a death that can serve as the basis for a civil action for damages on behalf of the dead person's family or heirs
Example sentence • The family filed a lawsuit seeking compensation for the wrongful death of their loved one.
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