Wiktionary:BNC spoken freq 04HWC

This list contains only headwords from the BNC1. The list has been vertically compressed so that it takes up less space and is easier to read.

BNC lists (edit)

Main Lists 1–1000, 1001–2000, 2001–3000, 3001–4000 Other lists BNC1 Compressed, by headwords: A–E F–M N–R S–Z Compressed, by letter: A–E F–M N–R S–Z Only headwords: Long and Compressed BNC2 Compressed, by headwords: A–E F–M N–R S–Z Compressed, by letter: A–E F–M N–R S–Z Only headwords: Long and Compressed BNC3 Compressed, by headwords: A–E F–M N–R S–Z Compressed, by letter: A–E F–M N–R S–Z Only headwords: Long and Compressed BNC4 Compressed, by headwords: A–E F–M N–R S–Z Compressed, by letter: A–E F–M N–R S–Z Only headwords: Long and Compressed

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

A

abandon • abnormal • abrupt • absent • absorb • academy • accompany • accord • accountable • accumulate • acknowledge • acquire • acre • administration • adore • advocate • aggravate • aggregate • agony • ale • alien • alike • allege • allergy • alliance • ally • alternate • amateur • amber • ambition • ambitious • amend • ample • amplify • anaesthetic • angel • ankle • antibiotic • anticipate • antique • anxiety • anxious • anytime • appetite • apprentice • Arab • arch • architect • architecture • archive • arise • arithmetic • armour • arse • ash • assault • assert • asset • attribute • audit • audition • Austria • automobile • axe

B

backup • bacon • baffle • bail • balloon • bandage • bankrupt • banner • basin • bastard • batch • bathe • battered • bay • bee • Belgium • beneath • betray • beware • bias • billion • biology • bitch • blackboard • blah • blast • bleach • blob • blunt • bobby • bowel • brace • brew • bribe • bride • brigade • broadcast • brownie • browse • bruise • brute • bubble • bud • bulb • bulge • bullet • bullshit • bum • bun • bundle • bung • bungalow • bureau • busted • butt • butterfly

C

cab • cage • California • campus • candid • canvass • capitalist • caravan • carbon • caretaker • carpenter • carriage • carriageway • carrot • cartoon • carve • catastrophe • cattle • caution • cave • cease • cellar • centimetre • cereal • chalk • chancellor • chaos • chauffeur • cheerful • chef • chemistry • cherry • chestnut • chill • chin • choir • chronic • churn • cigar • circulate • circus • clamp • classify • clause • clay • clerical • cling • clobber • clog • clout • coke • colony • comb • comic • comma • commence • commend • commonsense • communist • commute • competent • complement • component • compose • compound • compulsory • conclude • condemn • condom • conduct • conform • confront • conscience • conscientious • consequence • conserve • consist • consistency • console • conspire • constable • constituency • construct • contemplate • controversy • conversion • convict • cooperate • copper • cork • corn • corrupt • costume • counsel • courtesy • cowboy • crab • cram • crease • creature • crew • criticise • crocodile • crude • cruise • crumble • crunch • cuddle • curb • currency • curriculum • curse • curve • cynical

D

dale • dam • darling • dart • database • dawn • daytime • dean • debit • decade • decay • deck • decline • dedicate • defeat • delete • demolish • demon • den • dent • dental • dentist • depart • deposit • depot • deprive • despair • despatch • deter • devastate • device • diamond • diarrhoea • dice • diesel • differ • differentiate • digital • dim • dis • disc • disco • discard • discharge • dismiss • dispute • disrupt • dissolve • distinguish • distort • distract • divert • dividend • documentary • doll • domino • doom • downhill • drainage • dubious • dumb • duration • dustbin • dwell

E

eager • eagle • elaborate • elastic • elegant • elephant • elevate • enclose • encounter • endow • enhance • enlarge • enlighten • enrol • entail • enterprise • envisage • envy • equation • ere • erect • essence • esteem • eternal • eternity • ethnic • Euro • evacuate • evaporate • evident • exceed • executive • expenditure • exploit • explore • explosion • extort • extraordinary • eyesight

F

fabric • fabulous • fag • fairy • fame • fantastic • farce • fate • feasible • feast • federal • federate • ferry • festival • fibre • filth • fin • fireman • fist • fiver • fixture • flake • flatter • flesh • flick • fling • flip • flour • flourish • fluctuate • fluid • flush • fog • forbid • fore • foreman • forge • former • formula • forthcoming • foul • fox • fragile • fraud • fro • fuck • fulfil • fuse

G

gale • gall • gauge • gaze • gel • gem • gender • gene • generals • generator • giggle • gin • ginger • girlfriend • glare • glen • globe • goose • gorgeous • gossip • gown • graduate • graft • granny • grape • grate • grave • gravel • gravity • gravy • grease • grid • grill • grin • grit • grocery • grotty • grove • grumble • guardian • guideline • guild • guinea • gulf • gum • gutter

H

hack • halt • handbag • handkerchief • handout • handsome • harbor • hardy • harsh • haste • hatch • haul • hazard • headquarters • heap • heath • heave • helmet • herb • heritage • hiya • hoist • hoover • hormone • horn • horrid • horrifying • hose • housekeeping • hover • hum • hump • Hungary • hunk • hygiene • hysterical

I

iceberg • id • ignite • illusion • imitate • implement • imply • import • importance • incident • incur • inevitable • infant • inferior • inflate • informal • ingredient • inhale • ink • innit • innocent • input • insert • instinct • integrate • interact • interchange • intervene • intimate • intimidate • invade • invasion • invert • invoice • inward • isolate • Israel • itch • ivy

J

jail • jealous • jerk • jet • Jew • joiner • jot • jumper • jungle • jury

K

Kenya • keyboard • kiddy • kidnap • kilo • kilometre • kin • kiss • kite • knit • knuckle

L

lag • lapse • laser • lass • latch • Latin • latter • launch • lease • leather • leeway • legion • legislate • legitimate • lemon • lens • liberty • lick • lifestyle • lime • liner • lion • liquidate • literacy • liver • loaf • lobby • longing • loyal • ludicrous • luncheon • lurk

M

macho • magistrate • magnificent • magnify • maid • manifesto • manipulate • marathon • marital • mash • massage • mat • maternity • matt • mechanism • medal • media • medication • mega • menace • mercury • merge • metro • Mexico • mickey • microscope • mileage • milkman • mince • mineral • ministry • mint • mischief • mistress • mode • modest • modify • monk • monkey • mop • moss • motorcycle • mould • ms • muddle • mushroom • mustard • mutual

N

nanny • native • navy • negligent • network • nominate • noon • Norway • notion • novel

O

objective • obsess • ocean • offhand • offset • ongoing • onion • opera • opponent • opt • optimist • ornament • outlet • outline • outlook • output • outright • outstanding • overflow • overlap • overload • overlook • overseas • owt • oxygen

P

palace • pamphlet • pantomime • pants • paradise • participant • participate • passport • patron • pea • pear • pedal • pedestrian • peer • peg • penalise • penetrate • perceive • perfume • perish • perk • perpetual • persist • personnel • perspective • pest • petition • petty • ph • philosophy • phrase • physics • pickle • picnic • pill • pillar • pillow • pioneer • planet • plank • plead • plum • poach • poet • poly • pony • porch • pork • portable • portrait • portray • Portugal • postman • poverty • precaution • precious • prejudice • premium • presence • preserve • president • priest • primary • prior • privacy • privatise • probation • profession • professor • profile • prone • prop • proposition • prosecute • prosper • protest • province • provision • provisional • prune • publication • publicize • pulse • puncture • punter • pursue • pursuit

Q

quiz • quantity

R

racial • radar • radiator • raffle • rage • raid • ramble • ramp • rape • rapid • rash • rave • reap • rearrange • receiver • recite • recollect • recycle • reel • refine • reform • refrain • refund • refurbish • rehabilitate • reign • remainder • remedy • reopen • repay • republic • resent • resolution • resolve • respective • restrain • resume • retain • revenue • reverend • revert • review • revive • revolve • rib • rice • ridge • rig • rigid • ripe • ripple • roast • robin • rod • rogue • rug • rural • rust • rustle

S

sacred • salesman • salmon • sane • sauce • sawn • scandal • scar • scatter • scenario • scissors • scone • scoop • scramble • secondhand • sector • seep • seminar • sentiment • sequence • serial • sermon • sever • shaft • Shakespeare • shallow • shareholder • shatter • shepherd • shilling • shit • shorthand • shorts • shrink • shuffle • sigh • simultaneous • skate • ski • skim • skirt • slack • slam • slaughter • sling • slippery • slop • slope • slump • soap • sociable • socket • software • sow • spade • specify • spectacular • spectrum • spider • spike • spokesman • spontaneous • squad • squeal • stagger • staircase • staple • stark • static • stationary • stationer • statistic • statutory • steak • stem • stew • steward • sting • stipulate • stocking • stoke • storey • strand • stray • strive • stub • stud • studio • stumble • submarine • submit • subscribe • subsequent • suitcase • summary • summat • summon • sunset • superior • supreme • surplus • surrender • sustain • swell • swift • sword • syndrome

T

tangle • tarmac • task • teddy • tedious • teen • telegraph • tempered • temple • tenant • territory • terror • textile • theft • theme • thereabouts • thorn • thrash • thread • thrust • thump • tilt • toast • tobacco • tolerate • toll • tomato • tonic • tow • tractor • trailer • tram • tramp • transact • trauma • traumatic • tray • treble • trek • trend • tribunal • tribute • trim • triple • trot • trunk • tuck • tummy • tumour • tuppence • turnover • tutor

U

ugly • umbrella • uncle • underlie • undermine • universe • urban • usage • utter

V

vale • valley • varnish • ventilate • venture • verge • verify • versa • versatile • vertical • viable • vigorous • violin • visa • vitamin • vocabulary

W

waffle • wan • warden • wary • wax • wealth • weave • web • wedge • weld • wells • whale • whiz • whoa • wholesale • winding • wit • witch • withstand • woo • woodwork • worship • wrinkle • writ

X

(none)

Y

yield

Z

z • zip

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