牛津高阶英汉双解词典第7版页首词整理

Oxford Advanced Learner's English-Chinese Dictionary (Seventh edition)

#1 A #2 abandon #3 abide #4 abode #5 about-turn #6 abrupt #7 absolute temperature #8 abstracted #9 academia #10 acceptable #11 accessory #12 accompanist #13 accountable #14 accretion #15 acellular #16 acid salt #17 acquiescence #18 ACT #19 actionable #20 active citizen #21 actuary #22 adamant #23 addictive #24 ADHD #25 adjustable spanner #26 admit #27 admonition #28 adroit #29 advanced #30 adventurer #31 advice column/columnist #32 aerodrome #33 affectation #34 afforestation #35 African American #36 afterbirth #37 against #38 ageing #39 aggravated #40 agog #41 agreeable #42 ahem #43 aimless #44 aircrew #45 airport #46 à la #47 alcoholic #48 -alia #49 alkali #50 all- #51 allergy #52 all-out #53 all-rounder #54 aloha shirt #55 alongside #56 also #57 alternative medicine #58 alveolar #59 amazement #60 ameba, amebic #61 Americanism #62 among #63 amply #64 analgesia #65 ANC #66 andante #67 angle bracket #68 anguish #69 anime #70 announcement #71 anonymous FTP #72 answerable #73 anthemic #74 anticoagulant #75 antisocial #76 anyhow #77 apart from #78 apocalyptic #79 appalled #80 appearance #81 applause #82 appoint #83 appreciative #84 appropriation #85 après-ski #86 Arabic #87 arch- #88 Arctic Circle #89 argumentation #90 armada #91 armpit #92 around-the-clock #93 arrestable offence #94 art deco #95 articulated #96 artistry #97 ASA #98 aseptic #99 aside from #100 askew

#101 aspirate #102 assembly #103 assiduous #104 associated #105 assumption #106 astrakhan #107 atavistic #108 -ative #109 ATP #110 attacker #111 attendee #112 attract #113 auctioneer #114 august #115 authenticate #116 auto-da-fé#117 auto-suggestion #118 averse #119 avoirdupois #120 awareness #121 awning #122 ayatollah #123 B #124 baby bouncer #125 back #126 backache #127 backdate #128 backhander #129 backstitch #130 bad #131 bad debt #132 bag #133 baggage #134 baked beans #135 balance beam #136 ballad #137 ballot box #138 banana skin #139 bane #140 bankable #141 banter #142 baraza #143 Barbour #144 bargaining #145 barnstorm #146 barrier #147 baseball #148 basil #149 basque #150 Bath bun #151 baton round #152 battlefield #153 BCE #154 be- #155 bean #156 bearable #157 beast of burden #158 beat box #159 beauty contest #160 bêche-de-mer #161 bed and board #162 bedraggled #163 beer belly #164 begad #165 beginning #166 behindhand #167 believer #168 bell jar #169 belt #170 bender #171 bequest #172 besides #173 best-before date #174 beta-carotene #175 better half #176 bewilderment #177 Bible-bashing #178 bid #179 bigamist #180 big hair #181 bilingual #182 billet #183 bin bag #184 bint #185 biotechnology #186 birth #187 bitch #188 bite-sized #189 bitter lemon #190 blackmoor #191 black flag #192 black spot #193 blank cheque #194 blasted #195 bleed #196 blether #197 blindfold #198 blistering #199 blockade #200 blood bank

#201 bloom #202 blow-dry #203 blowpipe #204 blue pages #205 blurb #206 boarder #207 bobbed #208 body #209 body armour #210 bodywork #211 boilermaker #212 bolt-action #213 bombshell #214 bone dry #215 boob tube #216 booking office #217 boorish #218 boozer #219 bore #220 born-again #221 both #222 bottle blonde #223 bottom feeder #224 bouncing #225 Bourke #226 bow legs #227 box junction #228 barce and bit #229 brain box #230 brand #231 brave #232 breadboard #233 break down #234 break out #235 breakable #236 breastbone #237 breather #238 brewer #239 bridge-building #240 brighten #241 brimful #242 bring-and-buy sale #243 Britannic #244 broadcaster #245 broken #246 Bronx cheer #247 brow #248 bruiser #249 brutalism #250 buccaneer #251 bud #252 buffet #253 build #254 building block #255 bulkhead #256 bull terrier #257 bumper car #258 bunk #259 bureau de change #260 burner #261 burnish #262 bursty #263 bushido #264 business end #265 busybody #266 butte #267 butty #268 buzz saw #269 by-product #270 C #271 cack #272 caffeinated #273 calculated #274 call #275 callback #276 callous #277 camber #278 campaign #279 campanology #280 can #281 Cancer #282 canker #283 canst #284 capability #285 capillary action #286 caps #287 carafe #288 carcinogenic #289 card index #290 care assistant #291 careline #292 carol singing #293 carrier bag #294 carrycot #295 cart track #296 casebook #297 cashless #298 castanets #299 casualization #300 cataphora

#301 catch-all #302 catch-up #303 cat's craddle #304 cauterize #305 caving #306 ceiling rose #307 Celtic #308 Central America #309 centre forward #310 cerise #311 certificated #312 chain gang #313 chairlift #314 chamber #315 chancel #316 change #317 changeable #318 chap. #319 character actor #320 chargeable #321 charity shop #322 chartered #323 chastity #324 cheapen #325 check #326 check book #327 check room #328 cheerful #329 chemo #330 chervil #331 chickadee #332 chikungunya #333 chime #334 chinless #335 chipolata #336 chocoholic #337 choked #338 chop-chop #339 chough #340 chrome steel #341 chunk #342 cigar #343 circlet #344 circumnavigate #345 citizenry #346 civility #347 claimant #348 clampdown #349 clasp #350 class action #351 classifier #352 clean #353 clean and jerk #354 clear #355 clearance #356 clearness #357 clerk of works #358 climatic #359 cling film #360 clip-on #361 clocker #362 close #363 close-cropped #364 closed season #365 clothes hanger #366 cloudless #367 cluck #368 cluttered #369 coalman #370 coastal #371 cobblestones #372 cocktail #373 CODESA #374 coffee morning #375 cohort #376 cold-blooded #377 cold cream #378 collapsible #379 collectable #380 collectivism #381 collocate #382 colophon #383 colourant #384 Columbus Day #385 combining form #386 come #387 come #388 come #389 comeback #390 comfortably #391 commandant #392 commendation #393 commercialization #394 commitment #395 the common cold #396 commue #397 community centre #398 company car #399 compartment #400 compensation

#401 complainant #402 complementary medicine #403 complication #404 compositor #405 compromise #406 comrade #407 concentrated #408 concerned #409 conchie #410 concrete jungle #411 conditional #412 condo #413 confabulation #414 confidence #415 confirmation #416 confrontation #417 conglomeration #418 conjugal rights #419 connective #420 conscience-striken #421 consequent #422 considerable #423 consolation prize #424 conspicuous consumption #425 constitutional #426 constructional #427 consumerism #428 container #429 contend #430 contiguous #431 continued #432 contraband #433 contraflow #434 contribution #435 control freak #436 convalesce #437 conversant #438 convey #439 coo #440 coolabah #441 co-opt #442 copperplate #443 corbel #444 corkage #445 cornerback #446 corporate raider #447 correlate #448 corrupt #449 cosmogony #450 cost accounting #451 costume party #452 couch potato #453 count #454 countdown #455 counterpoint #456 country and western #457 couplet #458 coursebook #459 court card #460 courtly love #461 coverage #462 coveralls #463 cowling #464 crackbrained #465 crackle #466 crammer #467 crash barrier #468 crater #469 cream cheese #470

creative accounting #471 creditable #472 cremains #473 crevasse #474 crimp #475 critical #476 crocodile clip #477 crop top #478 cross- #479 cross-platform #480 crouton #481 crown colony #482 cruet #483 crusader #484 crybaby #485 the CSA #486 cuddly #487 cultivar #488 cumulus #489 curacao #490 curler #491 cursed #492 curvilinear #493 customary #494 cut #495 cut and dried #496 cutlass #497 cybernetics #498 cystitis #499 D #500 dainty

#501 Damascus #502 damning #503 dang #504 daredevil #505 darkroom #506 dashiki #507 date rape #508 daybed #509 daylights #510 dead beat #511 dead bolt #512 deaf mute #513 dearest #514 death's head #515 debt #516 decelerate #517 decimalize #518 declarative #519 decolletage #520 decrease #521 deed poll #522 deep freeze #523 defeatist #524 defensive medicine #525 definition #526 defy #527 deism #528 delicate #529 deliverable #530 demanding #531 demisel #532 demonstration #533 denier #534 dentistry #535 dependable #536 deport #537 depressing #538 deracinate #539 desalination #540 desert boot #541 designated driver #542 desolation #543 destination #544 detailed #545 determine #546 detumescence #547 development #548 devious #549 dhow #550 dialogue #551 dicey #552 didgeridoo #553 different #554 diffident #555 the digerati #556 digital audiotape #557 dime #558 dim-witted #559 diocese #560 diplomatic corps #561 direct deposit #562 directory enquiries #563 dirty bomb #564 disagreeable #565 disarmament #566 discerning #567 disco #568 discounter #569 discrepancy #570 diseased #571 disgrace #572 disgusted #573 dishonest #574 disk drive #575 disobedience #576 dispense #577 displeasure #578 disquieting #579 dissociate #580 distaste #581 distract #582 disturb #583 dive-bomb #584 diverting #585 diving bell #586 dizzying #587 do #588 do #589 doctoral #590 dodo #591 dogleg #592 doll's house #593 domiciled #594 done kebab #595 door bell #596 Doppler shift #597 dotage #598 double act #599 double-header #600 doubtful

#601 down and out #602 downhill #603 Down syndrome #604 Dracula #605 drag-and-drop #606 dramatic irony #607 draw #608 drawback #609 dreaded #610 dream ticket #611 dressed #612 drifter #613 drinking box #614 drive bay #615 droit de seigneur #616 drop cloth #617 drowse #618 drumming #619 dry-clean #620 ducat #621 due date #622 dullard #623 dump bin #624 dupatta #625 dust devil #626 dweller #627 dyspraxia #628 E #629 earache #630 earned run #631 earthenware #632 eastbound #633 easy-care #634 Ebola fever #635 eco- #636 economic migrant #637 edelweiss #638 edition #639 EEG #640 effective #641 effortless #642 eggshell #643 ejaculation #644 elderberry #645 electoral #646 electrode #647 elemental #648 eliminate #649 eloquent #650 embark #651 embody #652 emergency brake #653 emotionless #654 employee #655 emulator #656 enchilada #657 encroach #658 endanger #659 endnote #660 endure #661 enfranchise #662 engine room #663 enjoyable #664 en passant #665 enshrine #666 enteritis #667 enthuse #668 entrance #669 E-number #670 environmentally friendly #671 epigraph #672 equality #673 equinoctial #674 -er #675 err #676 escape clause #677 ESP #678 essentially #679 established #680 ETA #681 ethnic minority #682 Euro- #683 evangelize #684 evening class #685 evergreen #686 evident #687 exacting #688 examination #689 exasperate #690 except #691 excess baggage #692 excitement #693 exclamation mark #694 excuse #695 the executive branch #696 exeunt #697 exist #698 exorcism #699 expectancy #700 expenditure

#701 experienced #702 explain #703 exploit #704 exponent #705 express #706 expurgate #707 extension agent #708 extort #709 extrapolate #710 extremity #711 eye ball #712 eyelash #713 F #714 face card #715 face time #716 fact-finding #717 factory floor #718 fail #719 faintness #720 fairer sex #721 faithfully #722 fallacious #723 fallback #724 falsity #725 family name #726 fancy dress #727 fantasy football #728 Farad #729 far-reaching #730 fashionable #731 fast bowler #732 fast food #733 fatalistic #734 fatiguing #735 favourable #736 fax #737 Feast of Tabernacles #738 Fed #739 feedback #740 feeler #741 feelingly #742 feminine rhyme #743 feringhee #744 Festival of the Dead #745 feverfew #746 fibroid #747 field craft #748 fiery #749 fightback #750 fighter-bomber #751 figurine #752 filler #753 filter #754 finalist #755 finder #756 fine art #757 fingerprint #758 fire alarm #759 fire door #760 firing #761 first aid #762 first-ever #763 firth #764 fist #765 fitful #766 fixated #767 fizz #768 flail #769 flannel #770 flashback #771 flatbed #772 flatbed scanner #773 flautist #774 Fleet Admiral #775 flicker #776 flight sergeant #777 flipper #778 floe #779 floorboard #780 flop house #781 floury #782 flue #783 flush #784 fly agaric #785 flying doctor #786 focused #787 foist #788 folk song #789 following #790 food poisoning #791 footage #792 football boot #793 footsore #794 forbade #795 forced #796 fore- #797 foreigner #798 forestall #799 forgetful #800 forked

#801 formal #802 formerly #803 the Forth Bridge #804 fortune-teller #805 foul ball #806 fountain #807 foxhound #808 frailty #809 francium #810 fraud squad #811 free agent #812 free form #813 free-standing #814 freezing point #815 frequentative #816 Freudian #817 friendly fire #818 frightening #819 frog #820 front #821 frontage road #822 froth #823 fruit salad #824 fuck all #825 fullback #826 full-length #827 fumigate #828 functionary #829 funicular #830 funny bone #831 furtherance #832 fusion bomb #833 fuzzbox #834 G #835 gage #836 gallantry #837 gambling #838 gamete #839 gape #840 garden centre #841 gasbag #842 gate array #843 gathering #844 gaze #845 gearbox #846 gender bender #847 General American #848 general strike #849 Genghis Khan #850 gentlemanly #851 geometry #852 gesundheit #853 get #854 get #855 getaway #856 get-out #857 giantess #858 giggle #859 ginseng #860 give #861 giveaway #862 glaciation #863 glad rags #864 glass-blowing #865 glebe #866 glitz #867 glory days #868 glue ear #869 go #870 go #871 go #872 go #873 go #874 goad #875 gobbet #876 godlike #877 goldbrick #878 gold-plated #879 gonorhoea #880 good afternoon #881 good-looking #882 goofball #883 gorilla #884 Gouda #885 gown #886 grace favour #887 graduated #888 grammar translation method #889 grand opera #890 granulated sugar #891 grasping #892 gratuitous #893 grazier #894 great ape #895 green audit #896 greenskeeper #897 grey matter #898 grimace #899 gripe #900 groat

#901 grot #902 ground ball #903 group captain #904 growbag #905 grudging #906 guarantor #907 guardroom #908 guest room #909 guilty #910 gumball #911 gunsmith #912 guttering #913 H #914 hacker #915 Hail Mary #916 hairless #917 half-and-half #918 half-price #919 hallucinatory #920 hammer and sickle #921 hand #922 handbag #923 handbrake turn #924 handlebar #925 handsaw #926 hangar #927 hang-up #928 happy-clappy #929 harbinger #930 hardback #931 hard error #932 hard rock #933 harmful #934 harrow #935 hasten #936 hatchet man #937 hatstand #938 have #939 haven #940 havoc #941 H-bomb #942 headache #943 headband #944 headphones #945 health centre #946 hearer #947 heartache #948 heartsick #949 Heath Robinson #950 heavy breather #951 heck #952 heel bar #953 heliocentric #954 hellhole #955 help desk #956 hemo- #957 Herculean #958 heritable #959 hertz #960 HFC #961 hiding place #962 high and tight #963 high-born #964 highlander #965

high-rise #966 hijacker #967 hindsight #968 hippopotamus #969 historical #970 hit-and-miss #971 hitchhike #972 hobble #973 Hogmanay #974 hold #975 holdall #976 holding #977 holiday camp #978 holographic #979 home base #980 homeland #981 homicidal #982 honest broker #983 honeycombed #984 honourable #985 hookah #986 hoot #987 hope chest #988 hornbeam #989 horse #990 hospice #991 hostility #992 hot-air balloon #993 hot-swap #994 house #995 household name #996 housing benefit #997 howzat #998 huge #999 humanity #1000 Humint

#1001 hundreds and thousands #1002 hunted #1003 hurt #1004 hush money #1005 hydrogen #1006 hypernym #1007 hypothesize #1008 I #1009 ice cube #1010 -ide #1011 indentification parade #1012 identity card #1013 idler #1014 iff #1015 ikon #1016 ill-judged #1017 illusory #1018 imagine #1019 imbroglio #1020 immensely #1021 immune response #1022 impatient #1023 imperishable #1024 implication #1025 importer #1026 impregnate #1027 improbable #1028 impurity #1029 inability #1030 inaugurate #1031 incensed #1032 incisor #1033 incognito #1034 incompetence #1035 incorporated #1036 incumbency #1037 indefinitely #1038 indexation #1039 indictment #1040 indispensable #1041 indoors #1042 industrial relations #1043 inevitably #1044 infantryman #1045 infidelity #1046 inflationary #1047 informal #1048 infuse #1049 inherent #1050 initialize #1051 injury time #1052 the Inland Revenue #1053 innovation #1054 insane #1055 in-service #1056 insincere #1057 inspectorate #1058 instantaneous #1059 instruction #1060 insulator #1061 integral calculus #1062 intelligent #1063 intention #1064 intercostal #1065 interested #1066 interface #1067 interlink #1068 internal-combustion engine #1069 interpol #1070 intersect #1071 interviewee #1072 intolerable #1073 intrigued #1074 intrude #1075 invariable #1076 investigate #1077 invitational #1078 involvement #1079 ire #1080 irony #1081 irresolute #1082 -ism #1083 isthmus #1084 Italianate #1085 I've #1086 J #1087 jackrabbit #1088 jamb #1089 jawan #1090 jelly baby #1091 jet black #1092 Jew's harp #1093 jive #1094 jobber #1095 jogging suit #1096 Joint Chiefs of Staff #1097 Joneses #1098 joystick #1099 Judgement of Solomon #1100 July

#1101 Jump ball #1102 Junior school #1103 justice #1104 just-in-time #1105 K #1106 Karma #1107 keep #1108 keeper #1109 kept woman #1110 keyhole surgery #1111 kickback #1112 kidney machine #1113 kilter #1114 kindergarten #1115 kinship #1116 kitchen-sink #1117 knackered #1118 knife-edge #1119 knockabout #1120 knock-back #1121 know #1122 know-all #1123 knuckleduster #1124 kudos #1125 L #1126 Labor Day #1127 laboured #1128 lactate #1129 ladybird #1130 lama #1131 lance corporal #1132 land agent #1133 land reform #1134 language transfer #1135 lapa #1136 largely #1137 lass #1138 last #1139 latecomer #1140 Latina #1141 laughable #1142 launder #1143 law-abiding #1144 lay #1145 layabout #1146 L.c. #1147 lead #1148 leaf mould #1149 leapfrog #1150 leaseback #1151 -leaved #1152 lecturer #1153 lefthand #1154 legal eagle #1155 legitimize #1156 lemon-squeezer #1157 lenis #1158 lesso #1159 -let #1160 lettering #1161 level crossing #1162 l.h. #1163 liberate #1164 licentiate #1165 lie #1166 life #1167 life-and-death #1168 life-support machine #1169 ligger #1170 light aircraft #1171 lighting engineer #1172 -like #1173 likely #1174 lime #1175 limitation #1176 line #1177 lineage #1178 linen #1179 linkage #1180 liposome #1181 listenable #1182 lithology #1183 Little Englander #1184 live #1185 living death #1186 loading #1187 lobster #1188 lockable #1189 locum #1190 log cabin #1191 lollipop #1192 long #1193 long haul #1194 look #1195 look #1196 lookalike #1197 loophole #1198 loot #1199 loser #1200 lost and founder

#1201 lotus #1202 lovage #1203 lovebird #1204 lowball #1205 lower #1206 low tide #1207 luckless #1208 lucky dip #1209 lumme #1210 lungful #1211 luvvy #1212 M #1213 machine-gun #1214 madam #1215 maelstrom #1216 magnanimous #1217 magnum #1218 mailing list #1219 main clause #1220 major-domo #1221 make #1222 make-believe #1223 make-up #1224 malformation #1225 mammary #1226 manacle #1227 mandated #1228 man-hour #1229 man-made #1230 manque #1231 Maoism #1232 marble cake #1233 marginalia #1234 mark #1235 markdown #1236 market price #1237 marriage licence #1238 martinet #1239 masked #1240 massage parlour #1241 master gunnery sergeant #1242 matchbook #1243 materialism #1244 Matilda #1245 matter-of-fact #1246 mature student #1247 May #1248 MC #1249 meal time #1250 meander #1251 meanwhile #1252 measured #1253 medallion #1254 medical hall #1255 medlar #1256 mega- #1257 melodic #1258 memoir #1259 mendacious #1260 menorah #1261 mentor #1262 Mercury #1263 mermaid #1264 message #1265 metafiction #1266 methadone #1267 metropolis #1268 micro- #1269 mid-air #1270 middleman #1271 midtown #1272 mike #1273 military #1274 millennium #1275 mimetic #1276 mind #1277 mind-bending #1278 mind-detector #1279 minimalist #1280 minority #1281 minute #1282 mis- #1283 misconstruction #1284 mishear #1285 missal #1286 missionary #1287 mistaken #1288 misunderstanding #1289 mixed #1290 mixture #1291 mob cap #1292 mock turtle soup #1293 model home #1294 modern language #1295 moisture #1296 momentous #1297 money-back guarantee #1298 monk #1299 monomania #1300 mons pubis #1301 mood-altering #1302 moot court #1303 moralize #1304 moribund #1305 mortality #1306 -most #1307 motherless #1308 motorbike #1309 moulder #1310 mountainside #1311 mouthful #1312 moveable #1313 movie theater #1314 muchness #1315 MUD #1316 mugger #1317 multifaceted #1318 multitrack #1319 murderer #1320 museum #1321 musicality #1322 musty #1323 muted #1324 myalgia #1325 mystify #1326 N #1327 naked #1328 name-calling #1329 namely #1330 nark #1331 narrows #1332 nationalistic #1333 natural-born #1334 nature reserve #1335 navvy #1336 nearby #1337 necessitate #1338 need-blind #1339 needlewoman #1340 negligent #1341 nelson #1342 nerve centre #1343 nestling #1344 neurology #1345 never-ending #1346 newfie #1347 newsprint #1348 next to #1349 nice-looking #1350 nightcap #1351 nimbostratus #1352 nitrite #1353 noblesse oblige #1354 noiseless #1355 non-alphabetic #1356 non-essential #1357 non-residential #1358 noon #1359 North America #1360 nosebag #1361 notable #1362 notebook #1363 noticeable #1364 nougat #1365 nowadays #1366 nuclear fuel #1367 number #1368 Number Ten #1369 nursing #1370 nylon #1371 O #1372 obelisk #1373 object language #1374 o.b.o. #1375 observer #1376 obstructionism #1377 occasionally #1378 OCD #1379 oculist #1380 odium #1381 off #1382 offend #1383 offering #1384 official receiver #1385 offsider #1386 oil-bearing #1387 old age #1388 olden #1389 olive branch #1390 on-air #1391 once-over #1392 one another #1393 one-shot #1394 only child #1395 oodles #1396 open #1397 the open air #1398 openly #1399 operational #1400 opinion poll

#1401 opposition #1402 optical illusion #1403 -or #1404 orangeade #1405 order #1406 order book #1407 ordinary level #1408 organ loft #1409 originality #1410 oryx #1411 otherness #1412 ours #1413 out- #1414 outer space #1415 outline #1416 outrageous #1417 outside broadcast #1418 outward #1419 over- #1420 overarching #1421 overdraw #1422 overfond #1423 overlap #1424 overplay #1425 oversight #1426 overtired #1427 owing #1428 oxbow #1429 P #1430 pacify #1431 package

store #1432 packetize #1433 paddy #1434 pah #1435 painless #1436 pairing #1437 palais #1438 palliate #1439 pan #1440 panel beater #1441 pantheism #1442 paperback #1443 parachutist #1444 parakeet #1445 paramour #1446 parchment #1447 parish-pump #1448 parliamentarian #1449 parsonage #1450 partake #1451 particulate #1452 party favors #1453 passable #1454 passage #1455 passive resistance #1456 pastiche #1457 patchouli #1458 pathetic #1459 patrilineal #1460 patterned #1461 pawnee #1462 payable #1463 pay-off #1464 the Peace Corps #1465 peanut #1466 pecuniary #1467 peekaboo #1468 peg leg #1469 penalty area #1470 penetrative #1471 pen-pusher #1472 people carrier #1473 per cent #1474 percussion #1475 perforation #1476 perilous #1477 perisher #1478 permit #1479 persecution complex #1480 personal action #1481 personal organizer #1482 persuasion #1483 peso #1484 petition #1485 PGCE #1486 phenol #1487 philtre #1488 phone box #1489 photoelectric #1490 photostat #1491 physio #1492 pick #1493 pick-and-mix #1494 picnicker #1495 picture messaging #1496 piece de resistance #1497 pierrot #1498 pigswill #1499 pillage #1500 pina colada

#1501 pinched #1502 pinprick #1503 pipe band #1504 pissed #1505 pitch and putt #1506 pitiless #1507 place #1508 placebo #1509 place card #1510 plainchant #1511 Plan A #1512 plant #1513 plasma #1514 plateau #1515 Platonism #1516 playable #1517 playing #1518 pleadingly #1519 pleasure boat #1520 plentiful #1521 plotter #1522 plucky #1523 plumb line #1524 pluralist #1525 pneumatic #1526 podgy #1527 point #1528 point-and-click #1529 poison #1530 polar bear #1531 policing #1532 politician #1533 pollywog #1534 polyunsaturated fat #1535 pony-trekking #1536 poorness #1537 pop. #1538 population #1539 portable #1540 portraitist #1541 positional #1542 possessed #1543 possibly #1544 post- #1545 postgrad #1546 post-sync #1547 poteen #1548 pouffe #1549 pout #1550 power-assisted steering #1551 power-up #1552 practise #1553 praline #1554 precancerous #1555 precipitous #1556 predatory #1557 predominant #1558 preferment #1559 pre-med #1560 pre-packed #1561 prequel #1562 presence of mind #1563 the present day #1564 presidency #1565 press agency #1566 pressure cooker #1567 presumptive #1568 pretzel #1569 prez #1570 price controls #1571 priest #1572 prime cost #1573 princess royal #1574 printable #1575 prismatic #1576 private company #1577 privy #1578 probationer #1579 proceed #1580 proctor #1581 production line #1582 profession #1583 profiling #1584 progenitor #1585 progressive #1586 projectionist #1587 promise #1588 prompter #1589 proofread #1590 proper noun #1591 proportional #1592 propriety #1593 prostate #1594 protégé #1595 proud #1596 provided #1597 provost #1598 psephology #1599 psycholinguistics #1600 public access

#1601 publicize #1602 pud #1603 pull #1604 pullback #1605 pull tab #1606 pump-action #1607 punctuate #1608 pupillage #1609 purifier #1610 purse #1611 pursuer #1612 pushbike #1613 put #1614 put #1615 putative #1616 putz #1617 pyrotechnics #1618 Q #1619 qualification #1620 quality time #1621 quaterback #1622 quayside #1623 questionable #1624 quick #1625 quieten #1626 quit #1627 quizmaster #1628 R #1629 race car #1630 rack-and-pinion #1631 radiator #1632 radish #1633 raglan #1634 rainbow #1635 raised #1636 rallycross #1637 ramrod #1638 rangefinder #1639 rankle #1640 rapt #1641 raster image processor #1642 rate cap #1643 rational #1644 ravages #1645 rayon #1646 reachable #1647 readable #1648 readiness #1649 ready-made #1650 realistically #1651 realm #1652 rearguard action #1653 reasonable #1654 rebel #1655 recant #1656 receivership #1657 recipient #1658 recline #1659 recommendation #1660 reconnect #1661 record-breaker #1662 recreational #1663 red #1664 redeemable #1665 redouble #1666 red zone #1667 referable #1668 reflate #1669 re-form #1670 refulgent #1671 regardless #1672 regimental #1673 registration number #1674 regularity #1675 reheat #1676 reinvent #1677 related #1678 relaxant #1679 relent #1680 relieved #1681 remade #1682 remediable #1683 reminisce #1684 remote access #1685 rendering #1686 renowned #1687 reorganize #1688 repeatable #1689 replaceable #1690 reportage #1691 represent #1692 reprimand #1693 repudiate #1694 requisite #1695 resentful #1696 residence #1697 resistance #1698 resonator #1699 respectful #1700 responsibly

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