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.
5 1 noun n noun
• the event of dying or departure from life
Example sentence • She mourned the death of her beloved pet.
5 1 noun n noun
• the 3rd planet from the sun; the planet we live on
verb
• hide in the earth like a hunted animal
Example sentence • The earth revolves around the sun.
4 1 noun
• the 2nd letter of the Hebrew alphabet
7 2 verb, noun v, n noun
• after death the soul begins a new cycle of existence in another human body
Example sentence • After his near-death experience, he felt like he had been given a rebirth .
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.
6 2 verb, noun v, n noun
• the 4th letter of the Hebrew alphabet
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.
5 1 verb, noun v, n noun
• the time when something begins (especially life)
Example sentence • The birth of a new star is always a spectacular event.
5 1 verb, noun v, n noun
• French couturier (born in England) regarded as the founder of Parisian haute couture; noted for introducing the bustle (1825-1895)
adjective satellite
• (often used ironically) worthy of being treated in a particular way
Example sentence • The worth of the painting is estimated to be over a million dollars.
9 3 noun n noun
• the death of a million people
Example sentence • The megadeath toll from the explosion was devastating.
4 1
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8 2 noun, adjective n, adj
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Example sentence • The book discusses various developmental stages from prebirth to adulthood.
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.
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.
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.
4 1 noun
• the 8th letter of the Hebrew alphabet
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 .
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-)
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.
10 2 noun n noun
• the parturition process in human beings; having a baby; the process of giving birth to a child
Example sentence • The expectant mother was nervous about her upcoming childbirth .
6 1 noun n Example sentence • There is a dearth of fresh produce in the winter.
5 1 noun n Example sentence • The children's joyful laughter filled the room with mirth .
5 1 noun n noun
• a long narrow estuary (especially in Scotland)
Example sentence • The dolphins were spotted playing in the firth .
7 2 verb v verb
• discover by investigation
Example sentence • Archaeologists unearthed ancient artifacts at the excavation site.
7 2 noun n noun
• king of Scotland (died in 1057)
8 3 noun n noun
• a historic town in northern Israel that is mentioned in the Gospels as the home of Joseph and Mary
10 3 noun n noun
• the placenta and fetal membranes that are expelled from the uterus after the baby is born
Example sentence • The midwife carefully removed the afterbirth from the birthing bed.
10 3 noun, adjective n, adj noun
• the amount that can be bought for a penny
Example sentence • I bought a pennyworth of candy from the store.
10 2 noun n noun
• a natural loss of the products of conception
Example sentence • They were devastated by their stillbirth .
9 2 adjective adj
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Example sentence • He was a stalworth supporter of the team, attending every game.
7 2 noun
• (Old Testament) the youngest son of Noah
5 2 noun n noun
• a city in southwestern Spain that is famous for making sherry
11 3
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12 2 noun n noun
• tall plant with small lance-shaped leaves and numerous tiny white or pink flowers
Example sentence • She carried a bouquet of roses and babies'-breath .
13 3 noun n noun
• Eurasian herb with ample panicles of small white flowers; naturalized in North America
Example sentence • She adorned her hair with a crown of infant's-breath for the wedding.
11 3 noun n noun
• tall plant with small lance-shaped leaves and numerous tiny white or pink flowers
Example sentence • She wore a beautiful bouquet of baby's breath flowers in her hair on her wedding day.
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.
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