English Words From Voice of America (Charles Kelly)

a device with moving parts used to do work

a publication of news, stories, pictures or other information

a piece of iron or other material that has a pulling force; this pulling force is called magnetism

letters, papers and other things sent through an official system, such as a post office

the most important or largest

great in size, importance or amount

the greater number; more than half

to produce; to create; to build; to do something or to carry out an action; to cause to be or to become

a man or boy; the sex that is the father of children; ad. of or about men

an adult male human

to make goods in large amounts

a large number or amount of

a picture of the earth's surface or a part of it

to walk in a group like soldiers; to walk together in a large group to protest about something

to make a sign or cut on something

a place or area where goods are sold, bought or traded; an economic system in which the prices of things are decided by how many there are and how much money people are willing to pay for them

to join a man and woman together as husband and wife; to become husband and wife (usually in a religious or civil ceremony)

an amount of matter having no special form and usually of a large size

to bring together a male and a female to create another creature

the substance, substances or matter of which something is made or from which something can be made, such as wood, cloth or stone; anything that can be made into something else

the science dealing with amounts, sizes and shapes, as explained by numbers and signs

anything that can be seen or felt; what things are made of

a word used with an action word to mean permit or possible ("May I go?" "They may leave tomorrow.")

the chief official of a city or town government

food eaten to satisfy hunger, such as dinner

to want to; to give the idea of; to have the idea of

to learn the amount, size or distance of something; n. an action taken; a legislative proposal

the part of a dead animal used for food

all public information organizations, including newspapers, television and radio

a substance or drug used to treat disease or pain; the science or study of treating and curing disease or improving health

to come together with someone or something at the same time and place

to make a solid into a liquid by heating it

one of a group

something done or made to honor the memory of a person or event

a picture in the mind of past events; the ability to remember; a thing remembered

about or having to do with the mind

kindness toward those who should be punished; the power to be kind or to pardon

written or spoken news or information; a note from one person to another person or group

a hard substance such as iron, steel or gold

the way something is done

a device used to make very small things look larger so they can be studied

the center; a place or time of equal distance from both sides or ends; ad. in the center

someone active in trying to cause political change, often by the use of force or violence

the armed forces of a nation or group; ad. of or about the armed forces

the white liquid produced by female animals to feed their young

the thinking, feeling part of a person

to dig useful or valuable substances out of the earth; n. a place in the earth where such substances are found; a bomb placed under the ground or under water so it cannot be seen

a substance found in nature that is not an animal or a plant, such as coal or salt

a member of a cabinet; a high government official ("prime minister,"foreign minister")

small in size; of little importance

the smaller number; opposite majority

a measure of time; one of the sixty equal parts of an hour; sixty seconds

to fail to hit, see, reach or meet

any weapon that can be thrown or fired through the air and explodes when it reaches its target

lost; not found

a wrong action or decision; an action done without the knowledge that it was wrong

to put different things together to make one thing

a large group of wild or angry people

an example; something, usually small, made to show how something will look or work

not extreme

of the present or very recent time; the most improved

the smallest amount of a chemical substance that can exist

pieces of metal or paper used to pay for things

one of the twelve periods of time into which a year is divided

the bright object often seen in the night sky that orbits the earth about every twenty-nine days

concerning what is right or wrong in someone's actions

greater in size or amount

the early part of the day, from sunrise until noon

greatest in size or amount

the female parent; a woman who has a child or children

a movement; a continuing change of position or place

a part of the earth's surface that rises high above the area around it

to express or feel sadness

to change position; to put or keep in motion; to go

the act of moving or a way of moving; a series of acts or efforts to reach a goal

a motion picture; a film

great in amount

to kill another person illegally; n. the crime of killing another person

the making of sounds by singing or using a musical instrument

a word used with an action word to mean necessary ("You must go to school.")

something that is not or cannot be explained or understood; a secret