01 Art and entertainment

01.01 Art
01.01.01 Art and culture
01.01.02 Art history and artistic movements
01.01.03 Ceramics and pottery
01.01.04 Crafts
01.01.05 Drawing and painting
01.01.05.01 Artists
01.01.05.02 Painting and drawing materials
01.01.05.03 Painting, drawing and printing
01.01.05.04 Pictures
01.01.05.05 Representation in art and in general
01.01.06 Knitting and sewing
01.01.07 Models and moulds
01.01.08 Photography
01.01.09 Sculpture
01.01.10 The visual arts in general
01.02 Carnival, fairground and circus
01.03 Cinema and theatre
01.03.01 Acting, rehearsing and performing
01.03.02 Actors and performers
01.03.03 Casting, roles and scripts
01.03.04 Cinema - general words
01.03.05 Parts of plays, shows and films
01.03.06 People who work in cinemas and theatres
01.03.07 Production, direction and recording
01.03.08 Theatre - general words
01.03.09 Theatre auditorium and front-of-house
01.03.10 Theatres, cinemas and their parts
01.03.11 Types of film and cinema ratings
01.04 Dance and choreography
01.04.01 Ballet
01.04.02 Dance and choreography in general
01.04.03 Names of dances
01.05 Entertainers in general
01.06 Humour and humorous
01.07 Lacking humour
01.08 Literature
01.08.01 Characters in literature and film
01.08.02 Drama and plays
01.08.03 Literary criticism
01.08.04 Literature in general
01.08.05 Poetry
01.09 Media and publishing
01.09.01 Broadcasting
01.09.01.01 Broadcasting in general
01.09.01.02 Broadcasting organizations
01.09.01.03 Programmes and other broadcasts
01.09.01.04 Radio
01.09.01.05 Radio and television presenters
01.09.01.06 Television
01.09.02 Media in general
01.09.03 Publishing
01.09.03.01 Abbreviations used in publishing
01.09.03.02 Books and book publishing
01.09.03.02.01 Books and parts of books
01.09.03.02.02 Kinds of books
01.09.03.02.03 Reference books
01.09.03.03 Newspaper and magazine publishing
01.09.03.03.01 Headlines and features in newspapers and magazines

01.09.03.03.02 Newspapers and magazines

01.09.03.03.03 The press and news reporting
01.09.03.04 Paper and stationery
01.09.03.04.01 Paper
01.09.03.04.02 Writing implements
01.09.03.05 People who work in publishing
01.09.03.06 Printing and word processing
01.10 Music
01.10.01 Beats or lengths of musical notes
01.10.02 Folk and ethnic musical
01.10.03 Groups of musicians
01.10.04 Jazz and blues
01.10.05 Musical instruments
01.10.05.01 Brass instruments
01.10.05.02 Keyboard instruments
01.10.05.03 Musical instruments in general
01.10.05.04 Percussion instruments
01.10.05.05 String instruments
01.10.05.06 Wind instruments
01.10.06 Musical performances
01.10.07 Musical pieces
01.10.08 Musicians
01.10.09 Notes of the musical scale
01.10.10 Opera
01.10.11 Playing music
01.10.12 Pop, rock and soul
01.10.13 Singing
01.10.13.01 Singers
01.10.14.02 Singing in general
01.10.14.03 Types of songs
01.10.14.04 Voice ranges
01.10.14 Technical music terms
01.10.15 Types of music
01.10.16 Writing, reading and studying music
01.11 Types of film, play, book etc.
02 Building and civil engineering
02.01 Bridges
02.02 Building
02.02.01 Building materials
02.02.02 Carpentry and joinery
02.02.03 Construction work and workers
02.02.04 Interior decoration
02.02.05 Locks and locksmithing
02.02.06 Plastering
02.02.07 Plumbing and pipes and sewage
02.03 Buildings
02.03.01 Archaeology
02.03.02 Architecture
02.03.03 Buildings for storing things
02.03.04 Buildings in general
02.03.05 Fortifications
02.03.06 Furniture and fittings
02.03.06.01 Bathroom fixtures and fittings
02.03.06.02 Beds and parts of beds
02.03.06.03 Carpets, rug and other floor coverings
02.03.06.04 Chairs and seats
02.03.06.05 Curtains and wallpaper
02.03.06.06 Cushions and furniture coverings
02.03.06.07 Furniture and fittings - general words
02.03.06.08 Furniture for storage

02.03.06.09 Lighting and light fittings in the home

02.03.06.10 Tables and desks
02.03.07 Houses and homes
02.03.08 Parts of Buildings
02.03.08.01 Arches, columns and beams
02.03.08.02 Doors and parts of doors
02.03.08.03 Fences and rails
02.03.08.04 Floors and parts of floors
02.03.08.05 Parts of buildings in general
02.03.08.06 Passages and entrance areas
02.03.08.07 Roofs and parts of roofs
02.03.08.08 Rooms
02.03.08.09 Stairs and lifts
02.03.08.10 The fireplace and parts of the fireplace
02.03.08.11 The toilet
02.03.08.12 Vents and ventilation
02.03.08.13 Walls and parts of walls
02.03.08.14 Windows and parts of windows
02.03.09 Public buildings
02.03.10 Public entertainment venues
02.04 Civil engineering in general
02.05 Ditches, dams and tunnels
02.06 Roads and road building
02.06.01 Lights, signs and markings on roads
02.06.02 Motorways
02.06.03 Pedestrian routes
02.06.04 Road junctions
02.06.05 Road surfaces and features
02.06.06 Routes and roads in general
02.06.07 Rural and suburban roads
02.06.08 Urban and residential streets
03 Clothes, belongings and personal care
03.01 Clothing
03.01.01 Babies' and children's clothing
03.01.02 Ceremonial clothes and objects
03.01.03 Clothes which cover most of the body
03.01.04 Clothes worn for a particular job or activity
03.01.05 Clothing - general words
03.01.06 Coats, jackets and cloaks
03.01.07 Decorations added to clothes
03.01.08 Fastening clothing and textiles
03.01.09 Gloves and other accessories
03.01.10 Jumpers, shirts and tee-shirts
03.01.11 Nightwear
03.01.12 Not wearing or removing clothes
03.01.13 Parts of clothes
03.01.14 Protective clothing
03.01.15 Putting clothes on
03.01.16 Shoes and shoemaking
03.01.17 Skirts and kilts
03.01.18 Smart and elegant
03.01.19 Sportswear and swimwear
03.01.20 Stockings, tights and socks
03.01.21 The style, appearance, and make-up of clothes
03.01.22 Things worn to cover the head, face or neck
03.01.23 Trousers
03.01.24 Underwear
03.01.25 Wearing clothes
03.02 Fashion
03.03 Personal appearance

03.03.01 Beauty treatments

03.03.02 Care for the hair
03.03.03 Hair
03.03.04 Hair colour
03.03.05 Hairdressing
03.03.06 Hairstyles
03.03.07 Jewellery
03.03.08 Make-up and skin care
03.03.09 Personal hygiene and appearance - general words
03.03.10 Toiletry and perfumes
04 Communication
04.01 Admitting and confessing
04.02 Announcing, informing and stating
04.03 Answering and responding
04.04 Assertions and asserting
04.05 Codes and decoding
04.06 Communicating and keeping in touch
04.07 Communicative styles
04.07.01 Attention-seeking, distracting and showing off
04.07.02 Digressing and being indirect or evasive
04.07.03 Falling silent and not speaking
04.07.04 Not saying much
04.07.05 Rude and cheeky
04.07.06 Speech impediments
04.07.07 Swearing and blasphemy
04.07.08 Talkative and eloquent
04.07.09 Talking angrily
04.07.10 Talking too much
04.07.11 Ways of talking
04.08 Debate and discussion
04.09 Defining and explaining
04.10 Describing and telling stories
04.11 Exaggerating and playing down
04.12 Expressing agreement and support
04.12.01 Accepting and agreeing
04.12.02 Accepting and agreeing reluctantly
04.12.03 Approving and approval
04.12.04 Backing, supporting and defending
04.12.05 Reassuring
04.12.06 Supporters, members and defenders
04.12.07 Urging and persuading
04.12.08 Words and phrases expressing agreement and acceptance
04.13 Expressing opposition and disapproval
04.13.01 Arguing and disagreeing
04.13.02 Arguments and disagreements
04.13.03 Blaming and accusing
04.13.04 Chastising and rebuking
04.13.05 Complaining
04.13.06 Critical and uncomplimentary
04.13.07 Denying and contradicting
04.13.08 Disapproving and criticizing
04.13.09 Opposing and against
04.13.10 Refusing and rejecting
04.13.11 Shouting and screaming
04.14 Gestures and gesturing
04.14.01 Gestures and gesturing in general
04.14.02 Gestures with the hands or arms
04.14.03 Gestures with the head or shoulders
04.15 Giving advice
04.16 Giving orders and commands

04.17 Informal talking and conversation

04.18 Information
04.18.01 Accounts and stories
04.18.02 Flags
04.18.03 Gossip and rumour
04.18.04 Information and messages
04.18.05 Instructions and orders
04.18.06 Names and titles
04.18.07 Papers and compositions
04.18.08 Reasons and explanations
04.18.09 Signs, signals and symbols
04.18.10 Specific signs and symbols
04.18.11 Summaries and summarising
04.19 Insults and abuse
04.20 Interrupting and preventing from speaking
04.21 Inviting and summoning
04.22 Language
04.22.01 Figurative use of language
04.22.02 Foreign words and phrases used in English
04.22.03 Forms of languages and specialist dialects
04.22.04 Forms of the English language
04.22.05 Language names
04.22.06 Letters of alphabets
04.22.07 Linguistics
04.22.07.01 Both, all, each and every
04.22.07.02 Connecting words joining words or phrases with similar or related m
eanings
04.22.07.03 Connecting words which express a condition
04.22.07.04 Connecting words which express a contrast
04.22.07.05 Connecting words which introduce a cause or reason
04.22.07.06 Expressions telling people to stop doing something
04.22.07.07 Grammatical terms
04.22.07.08 Intensifying expressions
04.22.07.09 Interjections
04.22.07.10 Linguistic terms and linguistic style
04.22.07.11 Morphology and parts of words
04.22.07.12 Parts of speech
04.22.07.13 Personal pronouns
04.22.07.14 Phonology and phonetics
04.22.07.15 Possessive forms
04.22.07.16 Question words and expressions
04.22.07.17 Reflexive forms
04.22.07.18 Relative forms
04.22.07.19 Sentences and expressions
04.22.07.20 Sounds used as interjections
04.22.07.21 Taboo interjections
04.22.07.22 Terminology and vocabulary
04.22.07.23 Verb forms, tenses and types of verbs
04.22.07.24 Very and extreme
04.22.08 Official documents
04.22.09 Punctuation
04.22.10 Using other languages
04.22.11 Ways of speaking
04.22.12 Writing
04.22.12.01 Deleting writing
04.22.12.02 Describing handwriting and printing
04.22.12.03 Editing and compiling
04.22.12.04 Lettering and alphabets
04.22.12.05 People who write for work or pleasure
04.22.12.06 Pieces of writing

04.22.12.07 Signing and signatures

04.22.12.08 Writing and typing
04.23 Lecturing and addressing
04.24 Making and accepting apologies
04.25 Making and breaking promises and commitments
04.26 Making appeals and requests
04.27 Meaning and significance
04.28 Meeting people
04.29 Nonsense
04.30 Official meetings
04.31 People who reveal secrets and tell tales
04.32 Questioning people and asking questions in general
04.33 Quoting and making references
04.34 Reading
04.35 Remarks and remarking
04.36 Revealing secrets and becoming known
04.37 Saying again
04.38 Saying and uttering
04.39 Speakers and talkers
04.40 Stressing and emphasizing
04.41 Suggestions and proposals
04.42 Suspecting and questioning
04.43 Threats and warnings
04.44 Topics and areas of interest
04.45 Welcoming, greeting and greetings
04.46 Written greetings
04.47 Yes, no and not
05 Education
05.01 Classes, courses and coursework
05.02 Degrees, academic titles and exams
05.02.01 Exams, tests and exercises
05.02.02 Marks and results
05.02.03 Qualifications in higher education
05.02.04 School and vocational qualifications
05.03 Knowing and learning
05.04 Not going to school
05.05 Preschool
05.06 Schools in general
05.07 Students and pupils
05.08 Subjects and disciplines
05.09 Teachers
05.10 Teaching in general
05.11 Types of education
05.12 Types of school
05.13 University and college education
06 Finance and business
06.01 Borrowing, lending and debt
06.02 Budgeting and saving money
06.03 Business and commerce
06.03.01 Accounting
06.03.02 Advertising, marketing and merchandising
06.03.03 Bills and invoices
06.03.04 Business and commerce - general words
06.03.05 Businesses and enterprises
06.03.06 Mergers and takeovers
06.03.07 Negotiating prices
06.03.08 Office equipment
06.03.09 Office practices
06.03.10 Retailing
06.03.10.01 Buying

06.03.10.02 Buying and selling in general

06.03.10.03 Parts of shops, shop fittings and retail activities
06.03.10.04 People who buy things
06.03.10.05 People who sell things
06.03.10.06 Selling
06.03.10.07 Shops, markets and auctions
06.03.11 Staff and the workforce
06.03.11.01 Bosses, managers and directors
06.03.11.02 Employees and colleagues
06.03.11.03 Employment status and types of work
06.03.11.04 Firing staff and being fired
06.03.11.05 Industrial action
06.03.11.06 Industrial relations
06.03.11.07 Jobs, careers and professions
06.03.11.08 Promoting, demoting and transferring staff
06.03.11.09 Recruiting staff, applying for and accepting jobs
06.03.11.10 Retiring and resigning from work
06.03.11.11 Time off work
06.03.11.12 Working hours and periods of work
06.03.12 Starting, succeeding and failing in business
06.03.13 Traders, merchants and entrepreneurs
06.04 Economics and finance
06.04.01 Amounts of money
06.04.01.01 General words for amounts of money
06.03.01.02 Informal words for money
06.03.01.03 Large amounts of money
06.03.01.04 Small amounts of money
06.03.01.05 Specific amounts of money
06.04.02 Banking and personal finance
06.03.02.01 Banks and bank accounts
06.03.02.02 Saving and savings accounts
06.03.02.03 Withdrawing money
06.04.03 Borrowers and lenders
06.04.04 British money
06.04.05 Currencies
06.04.06 Earning money and money earned
06.04.07 Economics and the state of the economy
06.04.08 Forms of money and methods of payment
06.04.09 Grants and allowances
06.04.10 Mortgages and real estate
06.04.11 North American money
06.04.12 Profits and losses
06.04.13 Renting property
06.04.14 Renting, hiring and hire purchase in general
06.05 Insurance
06.06 Investment and stock markets
06.06.01 Financial investments and the stock market
06.06.02 Investing money
06.06.03 Savings, interest and capital
06.06.04 Trusts and funds
06.07 Paying and spending money
06.08 Poor people
06.09 Poverty and poor
06.10 Taxation
06.11 The price of things
06.11.01 Assessing and estimating value
06.11.02 Costing or worth little or no money
06.11.03 Costing too much
06.11.04 Costs and expenses
06.11.05 Expensive and luxurious

06.11.06 Value and price decreases

06.11.07 Value and price increases
06.12 Wealthiness and wealthy
06.13 Wealthy people
07 General/abstract
07.01 Adapting and modifying
07.02 Aiming and aim
07.03 Allowing and forbidding
07.03.01 Allowing and permitting
07.03.02 Forbidding and banning things
07.04 Almost
07.05 Apparent and obvious
07.06 Attention and care
07.06.01 Creating a distraction
07.06.02 Neglecting and ignoring
07.06.03 Not paying attention
07.06.04 Not showing careful thought
07.06.05 Paying attention and being careful
07.06.06 Treating as unimportant
07.07 Audiences and spectators
07.08 Behaving, interacting and behaviour
07.09 Being and existing
07.09.01 Conditions and characteristics
07.09.02 Existing and being
07.09.03 Non-existence and not being
07.09.04 Seeming and purporting to be
07.10 Breaking and damaging
07.10.01 Damaging and spoiling
07.10.02 Destroying and demolishing
07.10.03 Deteriorating and making worse
07.10.04 Exploding and erupting
07.10.05 Fragile and breakable
07.10.06 Hitting against objects accidentally and colliding
07.10.07 Hitting and beating
07.10.08 In bad condition
07.10.09 Injuring and injuries
07.10.10 Scratching and rubbing
07.10.11 Squeezing and grinding
07.10.12 Tearing and breaking into pieces
07.10.13 Undamaged, unbroken or in good condition
07.10.14 Upsetting and destabilizing
07.11 Causing and forcing
07.11.01 Causing somebody to act
07.11.02 Causing things to happen
07.11.03 Duty, obligation and responsibility
07.11.04 Outcomes and consequences
07.12 Chance and possibility
07.12.01 Achievable
07.12.02 Advantage and disadvantage
07.12.03 Certainty
07.12.04 Chance and randomness
07.12.05 Fate and destiny
07.12.06 Good luck and bad luck
07.12.07 Impossible and improbable
07.12.08 Inevitable
07.12.09 Opportunity
07.12.10 Possible and probable
07.12.11 Unachievable
07.12.12 Uncertainty
07.13 Changing and not changing

07.13.01 Change and changes

07.13.02 Changing
07.13.03 Changing frequently
07.13.04 Keeping and staying the same
07.13.05 Not able to be changed
07.13.06 Replacing and exchanging
07.14 Comparing and classifying
07.14.01 Being and appearing different
07.14.02 Being or appearing similar or the same
07.14.03 Categories and varieties
07.14.04 Classifying and creating order
07.14.05 Comparing and contrasting
07.14.06 Describing people with the same qualities
07.14.07 Different and difference
07.14.08 Identifying
07.14.09 Linking and relating
07.14.10 Lists and catalogues
07.14.11 Opposites
07.14.12 Samples and examples
07.14.13 Similar and the same
07.14.14 Typifying, illustrating and exemplifying
07.14.15 Variety and mixtures
07.15 Containers and vessels
07.15.01 Bags in general
07.15.02 Containers for carrying personal possessions
07.15.03 Containers for liquids and gases
07.15.04 Containers for waste
07.15.05 General and miscellaneous containers
07.15.06 Lids, covers and stoppers
07.16 Controlling
07.16.01 Affecting and influencing
07.16.02 Being based on or depending on something
07.16.03 Controlling and being in charge
07.16.04 Freedom to act
07.16.05 Lack of freedom to act
07.16.06 Liberating, relaxing and releasing
07.16.07 Limiting and restricting
07.16.08 Managing and organizing
07.16.09 People in charge of or controlling other people
07.16.10 Power to controlling
07.16.11 Range and limits
07.16.12 Self-control and moderation
07.17 Copying and copies
07.18 Coverings and layers
07.19 Creating and producing
07.20 Cutting and joining
07.20.01 Connecting and combining
07.20.02 Cutting and stabbing
07.20.03 Cutting off and disconnecting
07.20.04 Fastening and tying
07.20.05 Isolating and separating
07.20.06 Making holes in things
07.20.07 Separating and dividing
07.20.08 Sharp and blunt
07.20.09 Things added or attached to other things
07.21 Dealing with things or people
07.22 Deserving and deserved
07.23 Doing and achieving
07.23.01 Abstaining and refraining
07.23.02 Acting and acts

07.23.03 Avoiding action

07.23.04 Becoming better
07.23.05 Cancelling and interrupting
07.23.06 Competing and contending (non-sporting)
07.23.07 Coping and not coping
07.23.08 Delaying and wasting time
07.23.09 Describing the leading position
07.23.10 Efficient and effective
07.23.11 Expressions telling people to hurry up
07.23.12 Failing and doing badly
07.23.13 Failures
07.23.14 Getting involved for one's own
07.23.15 Hesitating
07.23.16 Higher and lower points of achievement
07.23.17 Hurrying and doing things quickly
07.23.18 Making progress and advancing
07.23.19 Making things better
07.23.20 Performing a function
07.23.21 Potential
07.23.22 Reacting and responding
07.23.23 Repeating an action
07.23.24 Succeeding, achieving and fulfilling
07.23.25 Success and achievements
07.23.26 Successful (things or people)
07.23.27 Surpassing in quality or number
07.23.28 Taking part and getting involved
07.23.29 Trying and making an effort
07.23.30 Unsuccessful (people or things)
07.23.31 Waiting
07.23.32 Ways of achieving things
07.24 Easy and difficult
07.24.01 Causing difficulties for oneself or others
07.24.02 Complexity
07.24.03 Complicated and difficult to documents
07.24.04 Crude and basic
07.24.05 Difficult situations and unpleasant experiences
07.24.06 Easiness and simplicity
07.24.07 Experiencing difficulties
07.25 Either, or, neither, nor
07.26 Fame and reputation
07.26.01 Damaging reputation
07.26.02 Fame and famous
07.26.03 Famous people
07.26.04 Reputation
07.27 Finding and losing
07.27.01 Finding and discovering
07.27.02 Losing and loss
07.27.03 Searching
07.28 Full and empty
07.28.01 Complete and whole
07.28.02 Detailed and careful
07.28.03 Empty
07.28.04 Emptying
07.28.05 Filling and completing
07.28.06 Full
07.28.07 Incomplete
07.29 General and specific
07.29.01 Adapting and attuning to something
07.29.02 Elaborating, specifying and simplifying
07.29.03 Exceptional qualities, things and people

07.29.04 General
07.29.05 Habitual and customary
07.29.06 Habitual behaviour
07.29.07 Particular and individual
07.29.08 Plain and ordinary
07.29.09 Standard and routine
07.29.10 Strange, suspicious and unnatural
07.29.11 Strange, suspicious and unnatural things and people
07.29.12 Unique and unusual
07.29.13 Unknown and unfamiliar
07.30 Giving and sharing
07.30.01 Gifts in the form of money
07.30.02 Giving oneself
07.30.03 Giving, providing and supplying
07.30.04 Presents and gifts
07.30.05 Prizes, rewards and medals
07.30.06 Sharing
07.30.07 Spreading and scattering
07.31 Good and bad
07.31.01 Bad and wrong behaviour
07.31.02 Bad but attractive
07.31.03 Behaving in a silly way
07.31.04 Behaving well
07.31.05 Dangerous and harmful
07.31.06 Disobedient
07.31.07 Good, better and best in terms of quality
07.31.07.01 Extremely good
07.31.07.02 Good and excellent things
07.31.07.03 Good, better and best
07.31.07.04 Informal words for good
07.31.07.05 Not good enough
07.31.07.06 Not of good quality
07.31.07.07 Quite good, or not very good
07.31.08 Informal words for bad
07.31.09 Morality
07.31.09.01 Feeling morally superior
07.31.09.02 Morality and rules of behaviour
07.31.09.03 Morally wrong and evil
07.31.09.04 Virtue and moral good
07.31.10 Obedient and compliant
07.31.11 People having good qualities
07.31.12 Selfishness
07.31.13 Serious and severe
07.31.14 Serious and unpleasant
07.31.15 Uncontrolled
07.31.16 Unpleasant people
07.31.16.01 Unpleasant men
07.31.16.02 Unpleasant people in general
07.31.16.03 Unpleasant women
07.31.17 Violent or aggressive
07.31.18 Worse and worst
07.32 Hanging and suspending
07.33 Happening and events
07.33.01 Accidents and disasters
07.33.02 Events and occurrences
07.33.03 Expressions used to describe situations
07.33.04 Occurring and happening
07.33.05 Situations and circumstances
07.34 Having and owning
07.34.01 Belongings and possessions

07.34.02 Capturing or taking possession of things

07.34.03 Collecting and amassing
07.34.04 Getting, receiving and accepting
07.34.05 Giving, bringing or getting back
07.34.06 Having and owning - general words
07.34.07 Having in your hands
07.34.08 Keeping and storing things
07.34.09 Reciprocating
07.34.10 Removing and getting rid of things
07.34.11 Stop having or doing something
07.34.12 Taking and choosing
07.34.13 Taking things away from someone or somewhere
07.35 Height, width and length
07.35.01 High, tall and deep
07.35.02 Long
07.35.03 Low, short and shallow
07.35.04 Narrow and thin
07.35.05 Thin and fine
07.35.06 Wide and thick
07.36 Helping and not helping
07.36.01 Acting, being or existing together
07.36.02 Discouraging and putting off
07.36.03 Encouraging and urging on
07.36.04 Helpers and accomplices
07.36.05 Helping and co-operating
07.36.06 People who help or serve people professionally
07.36.07 Preventing and impeding
07.36.08 Unaided and working alone
07.36.09 Unhelpful and Uncooperative
07.37 Holes, hollows and dips
07.38 Importance
07.38.01 Being important and having importance
07.38.02 Essential or necessary
07.38.03 Expressions meaning 'it isn't important to me'
07.38.04 Importance
07.38.05 Important and essential things
07.38.06 Important people and describing important people
07.38.07 Irrelevant
07.38.08 Of little or less importance
07.38.09 People of little importance
07.38.10 Things needed for a task
07.38.11 Things of little importance
07.38.12 Very important or urgent
07.39 Including and excluding
07.39.01 Comprising and consisting of
07.39.02 Covering and adding layers
07.39.03 Creating alliances
07.39.04 Enclosing, surrounding and immersing
07.39.05 Excluding
07.39.06 Including and containing
07.39.07 Words meaning parts of things
07.39.08 Wrapping, packing and loading
07.40 Inventing, designing and innovation
07.41 Mixing and mixtures
07.42 Motives and reasons
07.43 Natural and artificial
07.44 Objects
07.44.01 Bands, straps and strips
07.44.02 Groups and collections of things
07.44.03 Nets, grids and grilles

07.44.04 Objects - general words

07.44.05 Physical supports and supporting
07.44.06 Poles, rods, shafts and sticks
07.45 Opening and closing
07.45.01 Closing and blocking
07.45.02 Locking and bolting
07.45.03 Open and closed
07.45.04 Unfastening and opening
07.46 Order and sequence
07.46.01 Before, after and already
07.46.02 Beginnings and starts
07.46.03 Causing something to end
07.46.04 Ends and endings
07.46.05 Final and finally
07.46.06 First and firstly
07.46.07 Order and sequence
07.46.08 Origins and sources
07.46.09 Preceding and introducing
07.46.10 Simultaneous and consecutive
07.46.11 Starting again
07.46.12 Starting and beginning
07.46.13 Starting from a particular time
07.47 Patterns and shapes
07.48 Preparing
07.49 Protecting and saving
07.49.01 Cautious and vigilant
07.49.02 Defending and protecting
07.49.03 Preserving and saving
07.49.04 Protection and protectors
07.49.05 Safe and secure
07.49.06 Unsafe and insecure
07.50 Protruding and sticking out
07.51 Quality and standard
07.52 Ready and willing
07.53 Regarding and concerning
07.54 Restoring and reviving
07.55 Right and wrong
07.55.01 Accurate and exact
07.55.02 Approximate
07.55.03 Balance and imbalance
07.55.04 Being suitable or unsuitable
07.55.05 Correcting and mending
07.55.06 Faults and mistakes
07.55.07 Inconvenience
07.55.08 Justice and fairness
07.55.09 Making mistakes
07.55.10 Matching and co-ordinating
07.55.11 Perfect and faultless
07.55.12 Proving and disproving
07.55.13 Reality and truth
07.55.14 Suitable and acceptable
07.55.15 True, real, false, and unreal
07.44.16 Unfairness and favouring someone unfairly
07.44.17 Unreal things and unreality
07.44.18 Unspoilt
07.44.19 Unsuitable and unacceptable
07.44.20 Wanting everything to be right
07.44.21 Wrong
07.56 Showing and hiding
07.56.01 Exhibiting and exhibitions

07.56.02 Hiding and disguising

07.56.03 Secrecy and privacy
07.56.04 Showing and demonstrating
07.57 Size and quantity
07.57.01 Also, extra, and in addition
07.57.02 Available and accessible
07.57.03 Changing size and quantity
07.57.03.01 Augmenting and supplementing
07.57.03.02 Becoming and making smaller or less
07.57.03.03 Becoming bigger
07.57.03.04 Enlarging and inflating
07.57.03.05 Increasing and intensifying
07.57.04 Describing size and quantity
07.57.04.01 Big and quite big
07.57.04.02 Enormous
07.57.04.03 Enough
07.57.04.04 Extremely small
07.57.04.05 Large in number of quantity
07.57.04.06 Maximum and minimum
07.57.04.07 Medium-sized
07.57.04.08 Plenty and abundant
07.57.04.09 Scarce, inadequate and not enough
07.57.04.10 Small
07.57.04.11 Small in number and quantity
07.57.04.12 Unlimited
07.57.05 General words for size and amount
07.57.06 Masses and large amount of things
07.57.07 Merely and barely
07.57.08 Some and quite
07.57.09 Someone, anyone, no one or everyone
07.57.10 Something, anything, nothing and everything
07.57.11 Things collected in lines or rings
07.57.12 Things remaining
07.57.13 Too much and unnecessary
07.57.14 Unavailable and inaccessible
07.57.15 Words meaning small pieces and amounts
07.58 Slanting, sloping, leaning, tilting
07.59 Space
07.59.01 Absent
07.59.02 Alone
07.59.03 Centres of objects
07.59.04 Closeness in distance and time
07.59.05 Distant in space and time
07.59.06 Edges and extremities of objects
07.59.07 Location and orientation
07.59.07.01 Above and over
07.59.07.02 After and behind
07.59.07.03 Ahead, in front and beyond
07.59.07.04 Between
07.59.07.05 From, out and outside
07.59.07.06 General location and orientation
07.59.07.07 In and at
07.59.07.08 Next to and beside
07.59.07.09 On or off
07.59.07.10 Somewhere, anywhere, nowhere or everywhere
07.59.07.11 Through, across, opposite and against
07.59.07.12 Under and below
07.59.08 Present
07.59.09 Separateness and isolation in space
07.59.10 Space - general words

07.59.11 Surfaces of objects

07.59.12 Territorial boundaries
07.60 Straight and regular
07.60.01 Making things more or less smooth or straight
07.60.02 Rough, irregular and uneven
07.60.03 Spherical, circular and annular objects
07.60.04 Straight, even and level
07.61 Strong and weak
07.61.01 Becoming and making less strong
07.61.02 Becoming and making stronger
07.61.03 Having a powerful effective
07.61.04 Physically strong and powerful
07.61.05 Power and intensity
07.61.06 Strength of will and determination
07.61.07 Strong-willed
07.61.08 Stubborn and determined people
07.61.09 Weakness and vulnerability
07.62 Tight and tightening
07.63 Time
07.63.01 About to happen
07.63.02 At the right time
07.63.03 Coming to an end
07.63.04 Describing when something happened or will happen
07.63.05 Early
07.63.06 Finished and over
07.63.07 Frequency and regularity
07.63.07.01 Always and never
07.63.07.02 Continually and repeatedly
07.63.07.03 Frequency and regularity - general words
07.63.07.04 Rarely and infrequently
07.63.08 Immediately
07.63.09 Late
07.63.10 Old and New
07.63.10.01 Modern and fashionable
07.63.10.02 New
07.63.10.03 Old or old-fashioned
07.63.11 People's ages
07.63.11.01 Describing age and birthdays
07.63.11.02 Describing people who are old
07.63.11.03 Describing people who are young
07.63.11.04 Physically and mentally mature and immature
07.63.12 Periods of time
07.63.12.01 Continue and last
07.63.12.02 Continuous and permanent
07.63.12.03 Days and times of day
07.63.12.04 Decades, centuries and the millennium
07.63.12.05 Lasting for a long time
07.63.12.06 Long periods of time
07.63.12.07 Pauses and interludes
07.63.12.08 Periods of time - general words
07.63.12.09 Relating to regular periods of time
07.63.12.10 Short in time
07.63.12.11 Specific periods of time
07.63.12.12 Temporary
07.63.12.13 Years and yearly
07.63.13 Points in time
07.63.14 Relating to time
07.63.15 Schedules and agendas
07.63.16 Spending time and time passing
07.63.17 Stages and phases

07.63.18 Stages of life

07.63.19 The calendar
07.63.19.01 Days, and parts of the week
07.63.19.02 Names of months
07.63.19.03 The seasons
07.63.20 The past, the present and the future
07.63.20.01 In the future and soon
07.63.20.02 In the past
07.63.20.03 Now
07.63.21 Turning points and deciding moments
07.63.22 Until a particular moments
07.63.23 Watches and clocks
07.64 Treating people or animals badly
07.65 Treating someone well
07.66 Using things
07.66.01 Goals and purposes
07.66.02 Rubbish and waste
07.66.03 Useful or advantageous
07.66.04 Useless and futile
07.66.05 Using and misusing
07.66.06 Wasting
07.67 Weight and firmness
07.67.01 Flexible, loose and yielding
07.67.02 Hard and firm
07.67.03 Light and weightless
07.67.04 Soft and fluffy
07.67.05 Thick, dense and heavy
07.68 Winning and losing
07.68.01 Losing and being defeated
07.68.02 Winning and defeating
07.69 Working
07.69.01 Busy and active
07.69.02 Effort and expending energy
07.69.03 Laziness and lazy people
07.69.04 Passive and not working
07.69.05 Work, working and the workplace
07.69.06 Workers in general
08 History
08.01 Ancient history: before 500 AD
08.02 History - general words
08.03 Middle Ages (medieval Period) 501-1500
08.04 Prehistory
08.05 Renaissance: 1501 to 1899
08.06 Twentieth century
09 Industry
09.01 Factories
09.02 Glass
09.03 Industrial processing
09.04 Industry and industrial processes
09.05 Paints, dyes and pigments
09.06 Plastics and rubber
09.07 Products and producers
09.08 Tanning and leather
09.09 Textiles and fabrics
09.09.01 General words for textiles
09.09.02 Textiles made from man-made fibres
09.09.03 Textiles made from natural fibres
09.09.04 Words used to describe textiles
10 Life, death and the living world
10.01 Death

10.01.01 Burying, cremating and preserving bodies

10.01.02 Death and dying
10.01.03 Funerals
10.01.04 Gravestones and monuments
10.01.05 Killing
10.01.06 Places where bodies are buried or cremated
10.01.07 Remembering people who have died
10.02 Decaying and staying fresh
10.03 Farming and forestry
10.03.01 Animal farming
10.03.01.01 Animal farming - general words
10.03.01.02 Animal food
10.03.01.03 Breeds and breeding
10.03.01.04 People who work with animals
10.03.02 Areas of land where crops are grown
10.03.03 Commercial fishing
10.03.04 Farm vehicles and equipment
10.03.05 Farmers and farm workers
10.03.06 Farming - general words
10.03.07 Farms and ranches
10.03.08 Fertile or infertile land
10.03.09 Forestry
10.03.10 Gardening tools
10.03.11 Horticulture and gardening
10.03.11.01 Garden buildings and structures
10.03.11.02 Gardening - general words
10.03.11.03 Gardens and yards
10.03.11.04 Improving fertility and pest control
10.03.11.05 Parts of gardens
10.03.12 Soil
10.03.13 Types of wood
10.04 Feelings
10.04.01 Admiration and respect
10.04.01.01 Admirable and admired
10.04.01.02 Admirers
10.04.01.03 Polite and respectful
10.04.01.04 Polite expressions
10.04.01.05 Praising and applauding
10.04.01.06 Showing respect and admiration
10.04.02 Anger and displeasure
10.04.02.01 Anger and displeasure
10.04.02.02 Angry and displeased
10.04.02.03 Annoying
10.04.02.04 Bad-tempered
10.04.02.05 Becoming angry and expressing anger
10.04.02.06 causing feelings of anger and displeasure
10.04.02.07 Expressions of anger
10.04.02.08 Revenge and vengefulness
10.04.02.09 Teasing
10.04.03 Anxiety and worry
10.04.03.01 Anxiety and worry - general words
10.04.03.02 Anxious and worried
10.04.03.03 Causing anxiety and worry
10.04.04 Calm and quiet
10.04.04.01 Calm and relaxed
10.04.04.02 Calming and relaxing
10.04.04.03 Patient and uncomplaining
10.04.04.04 Peaceful and tranquil
10.04.05 Controlling emotions
10.04.06 Experiencing and suffering

10.04.07 Expressing and showing feelings

10.04.08 Fear and danger
10.04.08.01 Afraid
10.04.08.02 Brave and courageous
10.04.08.03 Bravery
10.04.08.04 Cowardly
10.04.08.05 Dangers and threats
10.04.08.06 Describing things that cause fear
10.04.08.07 Doing things without fear or proper thought
10.04.08.08 Frightening and scaring
10.04.08.09 Heroes and cowards
10.04.08.10 Shy and modest
10.04.08.11 Taking risks
10.04.09 Feelings - general words
10.04.10 Happy and unhappy
10.04.10.01 Grimacing and frowning
10.04.10.02 Laughing and smiling
10.04.10.03 Weeping and crying
10.04.11 Inspiring feelings in others
10.04.12 Interest and excitement
10.04.12.01 Becoming too excited and easily upset
10.04.12.02 Bore and bored
10.04.12.03 Boredom, tedium and boring things
10.04.12.04 Curiosity
10.04.12.05 Energetic and lively
10.04.12.06 Enthusiasts
10.04.12.07 Excited, interested and enthusiastic
10.04.12.08 Excitement, interest, energy and enthusiasm
10.04.12.09 Exciting and interesting
10.04.12.10 Lacking interest and enthusiasm
10.04.12.11 Making people excited and interested
10.04.12.12 Passionate or passing interests
10.04.12.13 People who are boring and old-fashioned
10.04.12.14 Tedious and uninspiring
10.04.12.15 Tired and making tired
10.04.12.16 Unwilling and reluctant
10.04.13 Liking
10.04.13.01 Affectionate terms of address
10.04.13.02 Attracting and tempting
10.04.13.03 Attractive
10.04.13.04 Beauty and attractiveness
10.04.13.05 Decorating or making something
10.04.13.06 Liked, or not liked, by many people
10.04.13.07 Liking
10.04.13.08 Liking more
10.04.13.09 Loving and in love
10.04.13.10 Narrow-minded
10.04.13.11 Open-minded
10.04.13.12 Showing affection
10.04.13.13 Unbiased or impartial
10.04.14 Moods
10.04.15 Not liking
10.04.15.01 Feelings of dislike and hatred
10.04.15.02 Inspiring dislike
10.04.15.03 Not attractive to look at
10.04.15.04 Not liking
10.04.15.05 Ungrateful
10.04.16 Not showing or feeling emotions
10.04.17 Pleasure and happiness
10.04.17.01 Causing pleasure

10.04.17.02 Comfortable and uncomfortable

10.04.17.03 Feeling pleasure and happiness
10.04.17.04 General words for fun
10.04.17.05 Hoping and hopefulness
10.04.17.06 People who enjoy pleasure
10.04.17.07 Pleasure and happiness
10.04.17.08 Relieved and thankful
10.04.17.09 Satisfied and complacent
10.04.17.10 Taking pleasure in something
10.04.18 Pride
10.04.18.01 Boasting
10.04.18.02 Mocking and taunting
10.04.18.03 Showing arrogance and conceit
10.04.19 Sadness
10.04.19.01 Disappointing yourself and others
10.04.19.02 Feeling sad and unhappy
10.04.19.03 Making people sad, shocked and upset
10.04.19.04 Not hopefulness
10.04.19.05 Saddening, shocking and upsetting
10.04.19.06 Sadness and regret
10.04.20 Sentimental and over-emotional
10.04.21 Shame and disgrace
10.04.21.01 Ashamed and embarrassed
10.04.21.02 Embarrassing
10.04.21.03 Humiliating and degrading
10.04.21.04 Shamelessness
10.04.22 Strong feelings
10.04.23 Surprise and confusion
10.04.23.01 Confusion, confusing and feeling confused
10.04.23.02 Expressions of surprise
10.04.23.03 Feelings of surprise and amazement
10.04.23.04 Puzzle and confused
10.04.23.05 Surprised
10.04.23.06 Surprising and shocking
10.04.24 Tolerating and enduring
10.04.25 Wanting
10.04.25.01 Envy and jealousy
10.04.25.02 Feelings of desire
10.04.25.03 Lacking things
10.04.25.04 Wanting things
10.05 Food and drink
10.05.01 Drinks
10.05.01.01 Alcohol - general words
10.05.01.02 Beer and cider
10.05.01.03 Cocktails
10.05.01.04 Drinking
10.05.01.05 Drinking alcohol
10.05.01.06 Drinks - general words
10.05.01.07 Drunkenness and sobriety
10.05.01.08 Selling and serving alcoholic drinks
10.05.01.09 Soft drinks
10.05.01.10 Spirits and distilling
10.05.01.11 Warm drinks
10.05.01.12 Wines and winemaking
10.05.02 Flavours and tastes
10.05.03 Food and cooking
10.05.03.01 Biting, chewing and swallowing
10.05.03.02 Cookery
10.05.03.02.01 Cookery terms
10.05.03.02.02 Kitchen equipment

10.05.03.02.02.01 Cutlery
10.05.03.02.02.02 Dishes, bowls, cups and glasses
10.05.03.02.02.03 Kitchen appliances
10.05.03.02.02.04 Kitchen utensils
10.05.03.02.02.05 Pots and pans
10.05.03.02.02.06 Refrigerators and freezers
10.05.03.02.02.07 Straining and filtering devices
10.05.03.02.02.08 Trays, racks and boards in the home
10.05.03.02.02.09 Washing the dishes
10.05.03.02.03 Preparing animals and fish for cooking
10.05.03.02.04 Preparing food
10.05.03.02.05 Preparing food using heat
10.05.03.02.06 Preserving and storing food
10.05.03.02.07 Removing the skin or seed from fruit and vegetables
10.05.03.03 Eating
10.05.03.04 Foods
10.05.03.04.01 Additives in food and drinks
10.05.03.04.02 Beans and pulses
10.05.03.04.03 Biscuits
10.05.03.04.04 Bread
10.05.03.04.05 Cakes
10.05.03.04.06 Cereals
10.05.03.04.07 Cheese
10.05.03.04.08 Cuts of meat
10.05.03.04.09 Dairy products and eggs
10.05.03.04.10 Edible and inedible
10.05.03.04.11 Fats and oils in food and cooking
10.05.03.04.12 Fish and seafood
10.05.03.04.13 Flour and yeast
10.05.03.04.14 Food - general words
10.05.03.04.15 Forms of potatoes as food
10.05.03.04.16 Herbs and spices
10.05.03.04.17 Jams and spreads
10.05.03.04.18 Kinds of meat
10.05.03.04.19 Meat - general words
10.05.03.04.20 Not pleasant to eat or drink
10.05.03.04.21 Organs eaten as meat
10.05.03.04.22 Pancakes and batter
10.05.03.04.23 Pasta
10.05.03.04.24 Pastry and pies
10.05.03.04.25 Pleasant to eat or drink
10.05.03.04.26 Prepared salads
10.05.03.04.27 Puddings, desserts and ices
10.05.03.04.28 Sandwiches and snacks
10.05.03.04.29 Sauces, dressings, dips and pickles
10.05.03.04.30 Sausages, burgers and stuffings
10.05.03.04.31 Savoury dishes
10.05.03.04.32 Soups
10.05.03.04.33 Spicy
10.05.03.04.34 Sugar and sugar substitutes
10.05.03.04.35 Sweet flavours
10.05.03.04.36 Sweets
10.05.03.04.37 Types of edible nut
10.05.03.04.38 Types of fruit
10.05.03.04.39 Types of vegetable
10.05.03.04.40 Various qualities of food
10.05.03.04.41 Vitamins and minerals
10.05.03.05 Giving food to people and animals
10.05.03.06 Hungry and thirsty
10.05.03.07 Meals and parts of meals

10.05.03.08 People who make and serve food

10.05.03.09 Providing and serving meals
10.05.03.10 Restaurants and cafes
10.06 Homes, accommodation and shelter
10.06.01 Accommodating people
10.06.02 Changing homes and moving
10.06.03 Home
10.06.04 Household equipment and domestic chores
10.06.04.01 Bed linen and covers
10.06.04.02 Clean and tidy
10.06.04.03 Cleaning agents
10.06.04.04 Cleaning and tidying places and things
10.06.04.05 Cleaning clothes
10.06.04.06 Cleaning generally
10.06.04.07 Cords, ropes, cables and string
10.06.04.08 Dirt and untidiness
10.06.04.09 Dirty and untidy
10.06.04.10 Equipment used for cleaning
10.06.04.11 Glues and gluing and stickiness
10.06.04.12 Heaters and burners
10.06.04.13 Making things dirty and untidy
10.06.04.14 Nuts, bolts and screws
10.06.04.15 People who clean and tidy places and things
10.06.04.16 Pins, clips, hooks and pegs
10.06.04.17 Polishing and polishes
10.06.04.18 Table linen and accessories
10.06.04.19 Tools
10.06.04.20 Tools in general
10.06.05 Living or sleeping somewhere
10.06.06 People who live or settle somewhere
10.06.07 Safe and enclosed spaces
10.07 Innate and congenital
10.08 Life and living
10.09 Plants and animals
10.09.01 Animal Dwellings - man-made
10.09.02 Animal dwellings - natural
10.09.03 Animal groupings
10.09.04 Animal names
10.09.04.01 Animal young
10.09.04.02 Bird names
10.09.04.02.01 Birds - general words
10.09.04.02.02 Birds commonly kept as pets
10.09.04.02.03 Birds found by or on the sea
10.09.04.02.04 Birds of prey
10.09.04.02.05 Birds which live by or on inland water
10.09.04.02.06 Duck, geese and game birds
10.09.04.02.07 Hens
10.09.04.02.08 Other wild birds
10.09.04.03 Fish names
10.09.04.03.01 Freshwater fish
10.09.04.03.02 Sea fish
10.09.04.04 General and informal words for animals
10.09.04.05 Insects
10.09.04.05.01 Insect names
10.09.05.05.02 The development and parts of insects
10.09.04.06 Invertebrates
10.09.04.06.01 Arachnids
10.09.04.06.02 Sea creatures
10.09.04.06.03 Worms, snails, slugs and similar animals
10.09.04.07 Mammals

10.09.04.07.01 Canines (dogs)

10.09.04.07.02 Cattle and similar animals
10.09.04.07.03 Deer and antelope
10.09.04.07.04 Felines (cats)
10.09.04.07.05 Horses and similar animals
10.09.04.07.06 Humans, apes and monkeys
10.09.04.07.07 Marine mammals
10.09.04.07.08 Pigs
10.09.04.07.09 Rodents and similar animals
10.09.04.07.10 Sheep and goats
10.09.04.07.11 Wild mammals
10.09.04.08 Names for the male and female of animals
10.09.04.09 Reptile and amphibian names
10.09.05 Plants and animals - general words
10.09.06 Plants in general
10.09.06.01 Bushes and shrubs
10.09.06.02 Climbing plants
10.09.06.03 Common plants
10.09.06.04 Flowers and flowering plants
10.09.06.05 Groups of crop plants and economic plants
10.09.06.06 Trees
10.09.06.06.01 Deciduous trees
10.09.06.06.02 Fruit trees
10.09.06.06.03 Trees - general words
10.09.06.06.04 Types of evergreen and coniferous tree
10.09.06.07 Types of plant
10.09.06.08 Water and marsh plants, bushes and trees
11 Light and colour
11.01 Colours
11.01.01 Black, white and grey
11.01.02 Colour - general words
11.01.03 Common colours
11.01.04 Less common colours
11.01.05 Monochrome and multi-coloured
11.01.06 Pale and colourless and causing colour to fade
11.01.07 The qualities of colour
11.02 Darkness and becoming dark
11.03 Emitting and casting light
11.04 Light
11.05 Opaque
11.06 Quantities and units of light
11.07 The qualities of light
11.08 Transparent
12 Movement and location
12.01 Arriving and departing
12.01.01 Arrivals and departures
12.01.02 Arriving, entering and invading
12.01.03 Boarding and alighting from modes of transport
12.01.04 Departing
12.01.05 Phrases telling people to go away
12.02 Bouncing
12.03 Digging
12.04 Direction of motion
12.05 Ease and speed of movement
12.05.01 Fast and rapid
12.05.02 Immobility
12.05.03 Increasing and decresing speed of motion
12.05.04 Movement
12.05.05 Moving quickly
12.05.06 Slow and moving slowly

12.05.07 Speed of motion

12.06 Evicting and forcing to leave
12.07 General words for movement
12.08 Jumping
12.09 Making short, sudden movements
12.10 Movement of liquids
12.11 Movement on or through water
12.12 Movement through air
12.13 Moving in order to avoid contact
12.14 Moving in particular directions
12.14.01 Advancing and moving forward
12.14.02 Backwards, sideways and back and forth
12.14.03 Bending, twisting and curving
12.14.04 Changing direction
12.14.05 Crossing and moving through
12.14.06 Describing movement towards
12.14.07 Revolving, rotating and spinning
12.14.08 Turning upside down
12.15 Moving objects
12.15.01 Delivering and despatching
12.15.02 Emitting and ejecting
12.15.03 Inserting and forcing things into other things
12.15.04 Messengers and people who deliver things
12.15.05 Placing and positioning an object
12.15.06 Pulling
12.15.07 Pushing and shoving
12.15.08 Removing and extracting
12.15.09 Throwing
12.15.10 Transferring and transporting objects
12.16 Moving on foot
12.16.01 Moving a long way on foot
12.16.02 Moving firmly on foot
12.16.03 Moving gently on foot
12.16.04 Moving unsteadily or with difficulty
12.16.05 Walking and walkers
12.17 Moving on your hands and legs or on your stomach
12.18 Moving or holding the body in various ways
12.18.01 Not holding the body upright
12.18.02 Physical gestures of respect
12.18.03 Posture
12.18.04 Reclining
12.18.05 Sitting and standing
12.18.06 Stretching the body
12.19 Moving to avoid being seen
12.20 Moving up or down
12.20.01 Down and downward
12.20.02 Falling and dropping
12.20.03 Moving downwards
12.20.04 Moving upwards
12.20.05 Raising and lowering
12.20.06 Up and upward
12.21 Places and locations
12.22 Pleasant and make-believe places
12.23 Pursuing
12.24 Returning to a place
12.25 Runaways and refugees
12.26 Running away and escaping
12.27 Shaking, swinging and vibrating
12.28 Staying and remaining
12.29 Taking someone somewhere or telling them the way

12.30 Travel and transport

12.30.01 Air travel
12.30.01.01 Airports and landing strips
12.30.01.02 Aviation
12.30.01.03 Balloons and parachutes
12.30.01.04 Fixed-wind aircraft and helicopters
12.30.01.05 Parts of aeroplanes
12.30.01.06 Travelling by aircraft
12.30.01.07 Workers on/with aircraft and spacecraft
12.30.02 Hotels and hostels
12.30.03 Journeys
12.30.04 Making bookings and reservations
12.30.05 Nautical terms and seafaring
12.30.05.01 Arriving and departing by boat or ship
12.30.05.02 Boats in general
12.30.05.03 Names and types of ships and boats
12.30.05.03.01 Boats and sailing craft
12.30.05.03.02 Passenger, cargo and military ships
12.30.05.04 Navigation and shipwrecks
12.30.05.05 Parts of ships and boats
12.30.05.06 People who work on boats and ships
12.30.05.07 Ports and docks
12.30.05.08 Sailing and boating
12.30.05.09 Ship's officers
12.30.05.10 Staying afloat, capsizing and sinking
12.30.05.11 Terms for location and direction used at sea
12.30.06 On the road
12.30.06.01 Accidents involving vehicles
12.30.06.02 Drivers
12.30.06.03 Driving and operating road vehicles
12.30.06.04 Parking
12.30.06.05 Petrol stations, garages and repair shops
12.30.06.06 Traffic jams
12.30.07 Railways
12.30.07.01 Railway workers
12.30.07.02 Railways and railway lines
12.30.07.03 Trains and parts of trains
12.30.08 Road vehicles
12.30.08.01 Army and military vehicles
12.30.08.02 Bicycles
12.30.08.03 Buses, trams and coaches
12.30.08.04 Carriages and carts
12.30.08.05 Cars
12.30.08.06 Handcarts, trolleys and prams
12.30.08.07 Motorbikes
12.30.08.08 Skates and skateboards
12.30.08.09 The engine and engine parts
12.30.08.10 The exterior of vehicles
12.30.08.11 The interior of vehicles
12.30.08.12 Trucks, vans and caravans
12.30.08.13 Vehicles in general
12.30.09 Space travel
12.30.10 Tickets
12.30.11 Tourism and holidays
12.30.12 Train and bus stations and taxi ranks
12.30.13 Travellers and visitors
12.30.14 Travelling
12.31 Unpleasant places
12.32 Visiting
13 Religion

13.01 Administrative church areas

13.02 God and gods
13.03 Mythology and legend
13.03.01 Greek and Roman myth
13.03.02 Legendary and mythological characters
13.04 Religions
13.04.01 Buddhism
13.04.02 Christianity
13.04.02.01 Christian denominations
13.04.02.02 The Roman Catholic Church
13.04.03 Hinduism
13.04.04 Islam
13.04.05 Judaism
13.04.06 Meditation, religious chanting and spiritual states
13.04.07 Parts of religious buildings
13.04.08 Religions and religious groups
13.04.09 Religious buildings and places
13.04.10 Religious ceremonies and prayers
13.04.11 Religious festivals
13.04.12 Religious objects
13.04.13 Religious practices
13.04.14 The Bible - people, events and places
13.05 Religious beliefs and atheistic beliefs
13.06 Religious concepts
13.06.01 Angels
13.06.02 Devils
13.06.03 Forgiveness in religion
13.06.04 Heaven
13.06.05 Hell
13.06.06 Holiness
13.06.07 Life after death
13.06.08 Profanity
13.06.09 Sin
13.07 Religious people
13.07.01 Believers and non-believers
13.07.02 Followers of religious groups
13.07.03 Monks and nuns
13.07.04 Religious leaders and officials
13.07.05 Religious titles
13.08 The supernatural
13.08.01 Astrology
13.08.02 Extrasensory perception and telepathy
13.08.03 Lucky charms
13.08.04 Magic
13.08.05 People who perform magic or have paranormal abilities
13.08.06 Signs of the zodiac
13.08.07 Souls, spirits and ghosts
13.08.08 The supernatural - general words
13.09 Worshipping a god
14 Science
14.01 Animal and plant biology
14.01.01 Anatomy
14.01.01.01 Animal anatomy
14.01.01.01.01 Bone structures
14.01.01.01.02 Glands in the human body
14.01.01.01.03 Informal words for the sexual organs
14.01.01.01.04 Miscellaneous animal body parts
14.01.01.01.05 Other major organs
14.01.01.01.06 Physical irregularities
14.01.01.01.07 Relating to particular parts of the body

14.01.01.01.08 Sexual and reproductive organs

14.01.01.01.09 Substances and structures in the body
14.01.01.01.10 The arm
14.01.01.01.11 The body
14.01.01.01.12 The brain and nervous system
14.01.01.01.13 The breast
14.01.01.01.14 The buttocks
14.01.01.01.15 The circulatory system and blood
14.01.01.01.16 The digestive system
14.01.01.01.17 The ear
14.01.01.01.18 The eye and surrounding areas
14.01.01.01.19 The foot
14.01.01.01.20 The hand
14.01.01.01.21 The head
14.01.01.01.22 The head and face
14.01.01.01.23 The head and neck of non-human animals
14.01.01.01.24 The human torso
14.01.01.01.25 The leg
14.01.01.01.26 The legs and feet of non-human animals
14.01.01.01.27 The mouth and throat
14.01.01.01.28 The nose
14.01.01.01.29 The skin, and skin colour
14.01.01.01.30 The skin, hair and bone of non-human animals
14.01.01.01.31 The teeth
14.01.01.02 Plant anatomy
14.01.01.02.01 Flowers - general words
14.01.01.02.02 Fruits and seeds and their parts
14.01.01.02.03 New growth in plants
14.01.01.02.04 Parts of plants
14.01.01.02.05 Plant pathology
14.01.01.02.06 Plant reproduction
14.01.02 Animal (non-human) behaviour
14.01.03 Animal (non-human) sounds
14.01.04 Animal and plant biology - general words
14.01.05 Animal physiology
14.01.05.01 Bodily fluids and their production
14.01.05.02 Breathing and stopping breathing
14.01.05.03 Excrement and its excretion
14.01.05.04 Fat or well-built
14.01.05.05 Fit and healthy
14.01.05.06 Not sleeping and not unconscious
14.01.05.07 Sleep and sleeping
14.01.05.08 The respiratory system
14.01.05.09 The senses and sounds
14.01.05.09.01 Appearing and disappearing
14.01.05.09.02 Describing qualities of sound
14.01.05.09.03 Describing qualities of the human voice
14.01.05.09.04 Indistinct and invisible
14.01.05.09.05 Noise and noisy
14.01.05.09.06 Noises made by the body
14.01.05.09.07 Perceptive
14.01.05.09.08 Silence and quiet
14.01.05.09.09 Smells and smelling
14.01.05.09.10 Sound and its properties
14.01.05.09.11 Sounds made by humans with their mouths
14.01.05.09.12 Sounds made by objects, movement or impact
14.01.05.09.13 The senses in general
14.01.05.09.14 Touching and feeling
14.01.05.09.15 Unable to feel anything
14.01.05.09.16 Using the ears

14.01.05.09.17 Using the eyes

14.01.05.09.18 Visible
14.01.05.10 Thin or slender (of people)
14.01.05.11 Urine and urinating
14.01.06 Animal reproduction
14.01.07 Bacteria, moulds, germs and viruses
14.01.08 Cells
14.01.09 Descriptions of animal (non-human) markings
14.01.10 Genetics
14.01.11 Immunology and vaccination
14.01.12 Species and genders
14.01.13 Zoology
14.01.13.01 Ornithology and bird-watching
14.01.13.02 Veterinary medicine
14.01.13.03 Zoos and wildlife reserves
14.02 Chemistry
14.02.01 Biochemistry
14.02.01.01 Animal biochemistry
14.02.01.02 Plant biochemistry
14.02.02 Chemical elements
14.02.03 Chemistry - general words
14.02.04 Metals and metalworking
14.02.05 Specific chemicals, chemical compounds and gases
14.02.06 Types of chemicals
14.03 Laboratory equipment
14.04 Mathematics and arithmetic
14.04.01 Addition, subtraction, multiplication and division
14.04.02 Averages
14.04.03 Branches and types of mathematics
14.04.04 Calculations and calculating
14.04.05 Fractions
14.04.06 Geometry
14.04.06.01 Bends, loops and curves
14.04.06.02 Describing angles, lines and orientations
14.04.06.03 Geometrical and mathematical instruments
14.04.06.04 Geometrical shapes
14.04.06.05 Parts of geometrical shapes
14.04.06.06 Properties of circles and curves
14.04.07 Mathematical symbols
14.04.08 Numbering and counting
14.04.09 Numbers
14.04.09.01 Cardinal numbers, including nought and zero
14.04.09.02 Groups of things according to number
14.04.09.03 Numbers generally
14.04.09.04 Ordinal numbers
14.04.09.05 Single, double and multiple
14.04.10 Numerical relationships
14.04.11 Statistics
14.04.12 Tables, graphs and diagrams
14.04.13 Terms for numbers
14.05 Measures and quantities
14.05.01 Area, mass, weight and volume in general
14.05.02 Informal measurements of volume
14.05.03 Measurements in general
14.05.04 Measurements of length and distance
14.05.05 Measurements of speed
14.05.06 Measurements of temperature
14.05.07 Measurements of volume
14.05.08 Measurements of weight and mass
14.05.09 Miscellaneous units of measurement

14.05.10 Weighing and measuring

14.05.11 Weighing, measuring and counting devices
14.06 Medicine
14.06.01 Addiction
14.06.02 Alternative and traditional therapies
14.06.03 Cancer
14.06.04 Dentistry
14.06.05 Diets and dieting
14.06.06 Disease and illness
14.06.06.01 Being and falling illness
14.06.06.02 Colds and flu
14.06.06.03 Disease and illness - general words
14.06.06.04 Fevers and infectious diseases
14.06.06.05 General bodily disorders
14.06.06.06 Health problems in specific parts of the body
14.06.06.06.01 Digestive disorders
14.06.06.06.02 Diseases of the reproductive system
14.06.06.06.03 Disorders and diseases of the heart and blood
14.06.06.06.04 Disorders of muscles and the nervous system
14.06.06.06.05 Disorders of the urinary system
14.06.06.06.06 Headaches and dizziness
14.06.06.06.07 Problems with bones, joints and teeth
14.06.06.06.08 Respiratory disorders
14.06.06.06.09 Skin complaints and blemishes
14.06.06.07 Losing consciousness
14.06.06.08 Not fit and healthy
14.06.06.09 Pain and painful
14.06.06.10 Passing on illness and causing diseases
14.06.06.11 Poisoning and allergy
14.06.06.12 Recovering from illness
14.06.06.13 Swellings and lumps
14.06.06.14 Vomiting and feelings of sickness
14.06.07 Drugs
14.06.07.01 Drug addiction
14.06.07.02 Drugs - general words
14.06.07.03 Specific types of drugs
14.06.07.04 Tobacco and smoking
14.06.08 Eyesight, glasses and lenses
14.06.09 Health in general
14.06.10 Medical treatment
14.06.10.01 Describing medical treatment generally
14.06.10.02 Doctors and health workers generally
14.06.10.03 Medical and surgical equipment
14.06.10.04 Medical dressings, supports and devices
14.06.10.05 Medical examination
14.06.10.06 Medical places and organizations
14.06.10.07 Medical studies and the people who study them
14.06.10.08 People who receive medical treatment
14.06.10.09 Surgery
14.06.10.10 Symptoms and diagnosis of medical problems
14.06.10.11 Treating and caring for people
14.06.11 Medicines and drugs
14.06.11.01 Administering drugs and medicines
14.06.11.02 Medicine in different forms
14.06.11.03 Preventing infection
14.06.11.04 Specific medicines and drugs
14.06.12 Obstetrics (pregnancy and birth)
14.06.12.01 Birth
14.06.12.02 Contraception
14.06.12.03 Pregnancy

14.06.12.04 Process and stages connected with sexual reproduction

14.06.13 Physiotherapy, massage and osteopathy
14.07 Palaeontology and fossils
14.08 Physics
14.08.01 Atoms, molecules and sub-atomic particles
14.08.02 Energy, force and power
14.08.03 Optics, microscopy and lasers
14.08.04 Particular theories and concepts in physics
14.08.05 Physical and chemical processes
14.08.06 Physics in general
14.08.07 Radiation and radioactivity
14.08.08 The state of matter
14.09 Psychology, psychiatry and psychoanalysis
14.09.01 Counselling and psychotherapy
14.09.02 Psychiatry and mental illness
14.09.02.01 Fear and phobias
14.09.02.02 Healthiness of mind
14.09.02.03 Mental and psychiatric disorders
14.09.02.04 Of unsound mind
14.09.03 Science of psychology and psychoanalysis
14.10 Scientific techniques
14.11 Technology
14.11.01 Communications technology
14.11.01.01 Communicating by telephone
14.11.01.02 Communications technology - general words
14.11.01.03 Faxes, pagers, and text messages
14.11.01.04 Postal system and terms
14.11.01.04.01 Letters, notes and cards
14.11.01.04.02 The postal system
14.11.01.05 Telephone equipment
14.11.02 Computer technology
14.11.02.01 Computer concepts
14.11.02.02 Computer hardware
14.11.02.03 Computer programming and software
14.11.02.04 Conventions used on the Internet and in email
14.11.02.05 Internet terminology and abbreviations
14.11.02.06 Operating computers
14.11.03 Electricity
14.11.03.01 Electrical components and circuitry
14.11.03.02 Electrical switches and connections
14.11.03.03 Electricity and electronics
14.11.03.04 Recording and Hi-fi
14.11.03.04.01 Amplifiers, microphones and speakers
14.11.03.04.02 Audio and video equipment
14.11.03.04.03 Recording sounds and images
14.11.03.04.04 Sound and image recordings
14.11.03.05 Units of electrical power
14.11.04 Engineering
14.11.04.01 Machines and machine parts
14.11.04.01.01 Engines and motors
14.11.04.01.02 Functioning
14.11.04.01.03 Generating and pumping devices
14.11.04.01.04 Lubrication
14.11.04.01.05 Machine parts
14.11.04.01.06 Machinery and machines
14.11.04.01.07 Not functioning
14.11.04.02 Mechanical engineering
14.11.04.03 Mining and quarrying
14.12 The Earth and outer space
14.12.01 Astronomy

14.12.01.01 Astronomy - general words

14.12.01.02 Planets
14.12.01.03 Stars and constellations
14.12.02 Countries, nationalities and continents
14.12.02.01 Continents and regions of the world
14.12.02.02 Country and nationalities
14.12.02.03 Country names
14.12.02.04 Informal words for nationalities and races
14.12.02.05 Nationalities
14.12.03 Energy and related terms
14.12.03.01 Burning, burnt and on fired
14.12.03.02 Fire and flame
14.12.03.03 Fuels
14.12.03.04 Petroleum products especially when used as fuel
14.12.03.05 Products of fired
14.12.03.06 Starting fires
14.12.03.07 Stopping fires
14.12.04 Environmental issues
14.12.05 Geography
14.12.05.01 Areas of land in general
14.12.05.02 Banks and embankments
14.12.05.03 Caves, cracks and crevices
14.12.05.04 Deserts, prairies and wildernesses
14.12.05.05 Geography - general words
14.12.05.06 Hills and mountains
14.12.05.07 Promontories and peninsulas
14.12.05.08 Scenery and views
14.12.05.09 Seas, rivers and water
14.12.05.09.01 Bays and gulfs
14.12.05.09.02 Coasts and beaches
14.12.05.09.03 Floods, tides and currents
14.12.05.09.04 Inland waters
14.12.05.09.05 Parts of watercourses
14.12.05.09.06 Seas and oceans
14.12.05.09.07 Water in general
14.12.05.09.08 Watercourses and waterfalls
14.12.05.09.09 Waves
14.12.05.10 Small and large land masses
14.12.05.11 Valleys
14.12.05.12 Wetland
14.12.06 Geology
14.12.06.01 Earthquakes and volcanic eruptions
14.12.06.02 Geology - general words
14.12.06.03 Mineralogy
14.12.06.04 Precious and semi-precious stones
14.12.06.05 Types of rock
14.12.07 Maps and map-making
14.12.08 Points of the compass
14.12.09 The Earth and outer space - general words
14.12.10 Towns and regions
14.12.10.01 Areas in towns and cities
14.12.10.02 City names and their inhabitants
14.12.10.03 Environments and localities
14.12.10.04 Named regions of countries
14.12.10.05 Parts of countries
14.12.10.06 The countryside
14.12.10.07 Towns, cities and villages (general)
14.12.11 Weather and climate
14.12.11.01 Cold
14.12.11.02 Cool

14.12.11.03 Describing bad weather

14.12.11.04 Describing good weather
14.12.11.05 Dry weather, arid conditions and dryness
14.12.11.06 Hot and heat
14.12.11.07 Ice
14.12.11.08 Precipitation
14.12.11.08.01 Clouds, dew, fog and steam
14.12.11.08.02 Rain
14.12.11.08.03 Snow and ice
14.12.11.08.04 Stormy weather
14.12.11.08.05 Sultriness and humidity
14.12.11.08.06 Wet weather and wetness
14.12.11.09 Warm
14.12.11.10 Weather and climate - general words
14.12.11.11 Wind and winds
15 Society
15.01 Crime and the law
15.01.01 Crime
15.01.01.01 Crime - general words
15.01.01.02 Crimes against people and property
15.01.01.02.01 Crimes against property
15.01.01.02.02 Murder and attempted murder
15.01.01.02.03 Physical and sexual assault and abduction
15.01.01.02.04 Stealing
15.01.01.03 Criminal activity
15.01.01.03.01 Forgery
15.01.01.03.02 Fraud and corruption
15.01.01.03.03 Terrorism and political crime
15.01.01.03.04 Trafficking and racketeering
15.01.01.04 Criminals
15.01.01.04.01 Criminals - general words
15.01.01.04.02 Gangsters, thugs and criminal organizations
15.01.01.04.03 Miscellaneous criminals
15.01.01.04.04 Murderers and attackers
15.01.01.04.05 Sex offenders
15.01.01.05 Punishments
15.01.01.05.01 Death penalties
15.01.01.05.02 Not punishing and reducing punishment
15.01.01.05.03 Prisons and related terms
15.01.01.05.03.01 People held in prison
15.01.01.05.03.02 Prisons and parts of prisons
15.01.01.05.03.03 Putting people in prison
15.01.01.05.04 Punishing and punishments
15.01.01.05.05 Punishing by causing pain
15.01.01.05.06 Punishing someone by sending them somewhere else
15.01.02 Legal and illegal
15.01.03 Obeying and breaking the law
15.01.04 Police service
15.01.04.01 Arresting and charging
15.01.04.02 People who work for the police service
15.01.04.03 Relating to detection and solving crimes
15.01.04.04 The police generally
15.01.05 Rules and laws
15.01.06 Trials, inquests and court cases
15.01.06.01 Court cases, orders and decisions
15.01.06.02 Guilty
15.01.06.03 Inheriting and bequeathing
15.01.06.04 Innocent
15.01.06.05 Judges and juries
15.01.06.06 Law courts

15.01.06.07 Lawyers and legal officials

16.01.06.08 People appearing in court
16.01.06.09 Taking legal action
15.02 Emergency services
15.02.01 Emergency services in general
15.02.02 Fire service
15.02.03 Resuscitation
15.03 Human races and cultures
15.03.01 Names of groups of people who lived in the past
15.03.02 People of specific racial or ethnic background
15.03.03 Race and ethnicity
15.04 Manners and levels of formality
15.05 Organisations, groups and orders
15.05.01 Charity organizations
15.05.02 Joining and leaving groups and organizations
15.05.03 Named organizations and societies and their members
15.05.04 Position and status in groups and organizations
15.05.05 Societies, clubs and organizations
15.06 People and character traits
15.06.01 Babies and young children
15.06.01.01 Children and babies
15.06.01.02 Parents and children
15.06.02 Confidence and self-assurance
15.06.03 Doubt and ambivalence
15.06.04 Forming groups (of people)
15.06.05 Groups of people
15.06.06 Honest and dishonest
15.06.06.01 Affected and insincere
15.06.06.02 Blunt and direct in speech and behaviour
15.06.06.03 Cheating and tricking
15.06.06.04 Dishonest
15.06.06.05 Dishonest people
15.06.06.06 Disloyalty, betrayal and treason
15.06.06.07 Faking and pretending
15.06.06.08 Honesty, openness and sincerity
15.06.06.09 Lies, lying and hypocrisy
15.06.06.10 Loyal, faithful and dependable
15.06.06.11 Naive and trusting
15.06.06.12 Plotting and trapping
15.06.06.13 Praising insincerely or too eagerly
15.06.06.14 Sly and devious
15.06.07 Kind and unkind
15.06.07.01 Generous and charitable
15.06.07.02 Greedy
15.06.07.03 Inconsiderate
15.06.07.04 Kind and thoughtful
15.06.07.05 Lenient and merciful
15.06.07.06 Mean with money
15.06.07.07 Severe
15.06.07.08 Sympathy and compassion
15.06.07.09 Tender and gentle
15.06.07.10 Unkind, cruel and unfeeling
15.06.08 Kinds of men
15.06.09 Kinds of women
15.06.10 Parenting and caring for children
15.06.11 People in general
15.06.12 The elderly
15.06.13 Young people
15.07 Politics, diplomacy and government
15.07.01 Colonisation and self-government

15.07.02 Elections
15.07.03 Government ministers and civil servants
15.07.04 Leaders of national and regional governments
15.07.05 Overseas politics and international relations
15.07.05.01 Diplomacy and mediation
15.07.05.02 European politics and government
15.07.05.03 International politics and government
15.07.05.04 Spying and espionage
15.07.05.05 United States politics and government
15.07.06 Patriotism and nationalism
15.07.07 Political movements and groups
15.07.08 Politics
15.07.09 Powerful people and dictators
15.07.10 Republics and kingdoms
15.07.11 Ruling and governing
15.07.12 Systems of government
15.07.13 Taking action against people in power
15.07.14 UK politics and government
15.07.14.01 Government administration and organisation
15.07.14.02 Government departments and organisation
15.07.14.03 Legislation and law-making
15.07.14.04 Local government and politics
15.07.15 Voters and Candidates in elections
15.08 Relationships, customs and lifestyle
15.08.01 Celebrations, social events and festivals
15.08.01.01 Birthdays and anniversaries
15.08.01.02 Celebrating and entertaining
15.08.01.03 Celebrations, parties and special occasions
15.08.01.04 Informal words for parties
15.08.01.05 Objects and decorations connected with celebrations
15.08.01.06 Specific holidays and festivals
15.08.01.07 Spectacles and performances
15.08.02 Ceremonies
15.08.03 Custom, tradition and conformity
15.08.04 Lifestyles and their study
15.08.05 Marriage, divorce, and relationships
15.08.05.01 Ending relationships and divorce
15.08.05.02 Finding a partner
15.08.05.03 Infidelity in relationships
15.08.05.04 Marital status
15.08.05.05 Marriage, cohabitation and other relationships
15.08.05.06 Relating to weddings
15.08.06 Nomadic and alternative lifestyles
15.08.07 Sexuality and gender
15.08.07.01 Gender-related attributes
15.08.07.02 Men and women
15.08.07.03 Relating to sexual preference
15.08.08 Social relationships and roles
15.08.08.01 Being, becoming friends and getting to know someone
15.08.08.02 Enemies and rivals
15.08.08.03 Friendly
15.08.08.04 Friendly and unfriendly terms of address
15.08.08.05 Friends, acquaintances and contemporaries
15.08.08.06 Not being friendly
15.08.08.07 Relationships in general
15.08.08.08 Romantic and sexual partners
15.08.09 The family
15.08.09.01 Ancestors and descendants
15.08.09.02 Family relations in general
15.08.09.03 Names people call their close relatives

15.08.09.04 Non-blood relations

15.09 Sexual behaviour and practices
15.09.01 Lack of sexual activity
15.09.02 People who sell sex or are promiscuous
15.09.03 Relating to sex and sexual desire
15.09.04 Sexual activity in general
15.09.05 Sexual attraction
15.09.06 Sexual devices and the sex industry
15.09.07 Sexual intercourse
15.09.08 Sexually attractive people
15.10 Social issues
15.10.01 Activism and pressure groups
15.10.02 Handicap and the disabled
15.10.03 Homelessness
15.10.04 Human rights
15.10.05 Racial issues
15.10.06 Social security and state benefits
15.10.07 Social services and sanitation
15.10.08 Unemployment
15.11 Social order and disorder
15.12 Society - general words
15.13 The class system
15.13.01 Class and class-consciousness in general
15.13.02 Ordinary people
15.13.03 Royalty, aristocracy and titles
15.13.04 Servants, slaves and underlings
16 Sports and games
16.01 Air sports
16.02 Athletics
16.03 Board games
16.03.01 Board games - general words
16.03.02 Chess
16.03.03 Names of board games
16.04 Bowls, bowling and croquet
16.05 Camping
16.06 Card games
16.06.01 Actions involved in playng cards
16.06.02 Card games
16.06.03 Playing cards
16.07 Children's games and toys
16.07.01 Children's games
16.07.02 Play areas for children
16.07.03 Toys and dolls
16.08 Competing in sport
16.09 Competitions, and parts of competitions
16.10 Competitors and participants in sports and games
16.11 Exercising and training
16.12 Fighting sports
16.12.01 Boxing
16.12.02 Fencing
16.12.03 Martial arts
16.12.04 Wrestling
16.13 Gambling and bookmaking
16.14 General terms used in ball sports
16.15 Golf
16.16 Gymnastics
16.17 Hiking and orienteering
16.18 Horse racing
16.19 Horse riding
16.20 Hunting and fishing

16.20.01 Fishing
16.20.02 Hunting
16.21 Miscellaneous games and activities
16.22 Miscellaneous pastimes and their participants
16.23 Motor racing
16.24 Mountaineering and rock climbing
16.25 Parts and stages of competitions
16.26 Pastimes - general words
16.27 Refereeing and judging in sport
16.28 Scoring, winning and losing in sport
16.29 Snooker, pool and billiards
16.30 Specific sporting events
16.31 Spectators and commentators at sports events
16.32 Sports and games generally
16.33 Sports venues
16.34 Surfaces on which sports take place
16.35 Target sports
16.36 Team games
16.36.01 American football
16.36.02 Baseball and rounders
16.36.03 Basketball, netball and volleyball
16.36.04 Cricket
16.36.05 Football/soccer
16.36.06 Hockey
16.36.07 Rugby
16.37 Tennis and racket sports
16.38 Water sports
16.38.01 Rowing
16.38.02 Sailing, yachting and canoeing
16.38.03 Swimming
16.38.04 Water sports
16.39 Winners and losers
16.40 Winter Sports
16.40.01 Other winter sports
16.40.02 Skiing
17 Using the mind
17.01 Ability and experience
17.01.01 Experienced
17.01.02 Experts and specialists
17.01.03 Inability and awkwardness
17.01.04 Inexperienced (of people)
17.01.05 Inexperienced people and lack of experience
17.01.06 Intelligence
17.01.07 Intelligent people
17.01.08 Skill, talent and ability
17.01.09 Skilled, talented and able
17.01.10 Stupid and silly
17.01.11 Stupid and silly behaviour
17.01.12 Stupid and silly people
17.01.13 Wise and sensible
17.02 Beliefs and opinions
17.02.01 Analysing and evaluating
17.02.02 Believable
17.02.03 Believing
17.02.04 Changing your mind
17.02.05 Concluding and deducing
17.02.06 Decisions and deciding
17.02.07 Expressing and asking opinions
17.02.08 Inspiration and inspiring
17.02.09 Not believable

17.02.10 Not believing

17.02.11 Opinions, beliefs and points of view
17.02.12 People who analyse and judge
17.02.13 Testing, checking and experimenting
17.02.14 Trusting and not trusting
17.03 Difficult to understand
17.04 Easy to understand
17.05 Judgments and analyses
17.06 Knowing and understanding
17.06.01 Aware
17.06.02 Empathy and sensitivity
17.06.03 Knowledge and awareness
17.06.04 Misunderstanding
17.06.05 Unaware
17.06.06 Understanding and comprehending
17.07 Mind and personality
17.08 Philosophy
17.09 Remembering
17.09.01 Forgetting and forgetfulness
17.09.02 Memory and memories
17.09.03 Remembering, reminding and reminders
17.10 Thinking
17.10.01 Continually thinking about
17.10.02 Deep in thought
17.10.03 Dreaming
17.10.04 Guesses and assumptions
17.10.05 Guessing, supposing and suspecting
17.10.06 Ideas, concepts and theories
17.10.07 Imagining and conceiving
17.10.08 Logic and reason
17.10.09 Solving and solutions
17.10.10 Thinking and contemplating
17.11 Thinking about the future
17.11.01 Not expected or planned
17.11.02 People who make predictions
17.11.03 Planning, expecting and arranging
17.11.04 Plans and arrangements
17.11.05 Predicting things and intuition
18 War and military
18.01 Arms and munitions
18.01.01 Arms and munitions in general
18.01.02 Bullets and cartridges
18.01.03 Explosives
18.01.03.01 Bombs and missiles
18.01.03.02 Detonation and bombardment
18.01.03.03 Explosives in general
18.01.03.04 Fireworks
18.01.04 Guns
18.01.05 Hand weapons
18.01.06 Handguns and rifles
18.01.07 Parts of guns
18.02 Attacking and invading
18.03 Fighting
18.04 Military (the armed forces)
18.04.01 Joining or leaving the army
18.04.02 Military training and ceremonies
18.04.03 Parts of armies and groups of servicemen
18.04.04 Places involved in military activity
18.04.05 Ranks in the armed forces
18.04.05.01 General ranks in the armed forces

18.04.05.02 Ranks in the Air Force

18.04.05.03 Ranks in the Army
18.04.05.04 Ranks in the Navy
18.04.06 Soldiers and people who fight in wars
18.04.07 Soldiers in the past
18.04.08 The Air Force
18.04.09 The armed forces generally
18.04.10 The Navy
18.05 Peace
18.06 Providing weapons or taking weapons away
18.07 Responding to an attack
18.08 Stopping fighting
18.09 War