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Introduction

This is the one of the 14 1000-word-family lists from the count of the British National Corpus (BNC) compiled by Paul Nation.

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

Headword List

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

((none))

B

• brand • breakdown • breathe • breed • bump • bunch • burgle • bury • bush • bust • buzz • bypass

C

• cable • canal • canteen • carol • cassette • castle • casual • casualty • catalogue • cater • catholic • certificate • chamber • champion • charm • cheerio • choke • chunk • cinema • circuit • civilise • clap • clash • cliff • climate • clinic • clip • clutch • comedy • compromise • concert • concrete • condense • congratulate • congregate • consequent • contest • convey • coordinate • courage • craft • cramp • cripple • criticism • crystal • curious • curl

D

• daft • damp • dash • deduct • deed • derby • deserve • detach • deteriorate • dial • digest • dine • dip • discriminate • disgrace • disguise • dispose • distress • disturb • dodgy • dole • dominate • doorstep • doorway • dose • draught • dread • dreadful • drift • drill • drip • drown • dual • duke • dutch • dye

E

((none))

F

• fade • faint • fascinate • felled • fierce • filter • flare • folder • fond • forecast • foresee • forever • foster • fringe • frustrate • fume • furnish • fuss

G

• gallery • gallon • gamble • gee • generous • gentle • genuine • gesture • glance • glaze • glory • glow • glue • gospel • gracious • gram • graphic • greed • grind • gross • gut

H

• hairdresser • handicap • handy • harass • hardware • harry • hassle • headache • headline • headmaster • heather • heck • helicopter • hesitate • hint • hobby • hockey • Holland • hood • hooray • hop • horrendous • housewife

I

• incidental • incline • indulge • infect • inherit • inject • inn • insist • intellectual • intense • inter • interfere • intrigue • irritate

J

((none))

K

• kit

L

• laboratory • ladder • lamb • lap • layout • leak • leap • leisure • lever • liable • lid • likeness • literature • litre • litter • lodge • loft • lone • loo • loop • lounge

M

• magnet • manor • mar • marched • mask • melt • mend • menu • merchant • merit • micro • millimetre • mini • miracle • miserable • misery • mission • mixture • moan • mobile • moor • mug • multi • multiple

N

• naive • nay • necessity • nervous • nip • nowt • nuisance • numerous

O

• oak • obscure • offend • oral • orient • outrage • overcome • overnight • overtake • overtime

P

• paddy • pal • pale • palm • par • parade • paris • passage • passion • pathetic • pause • pave • peculiar • pier • perception • personality • photocopy • pity • plaster • platform • plonk • plumb • poke • pole • pollute • port • posh • possess • postcard • potter • preach • premise • pride • prominent • prompt • pronounce • purse • puzzle

Q

((none))

R

• racist • rack • rag • rattle • rebel • reception • referee • refresh • relieve • remote • reproduce • reputation • rescue • retail • ribbon • rip • rocket • rope • rotate • routine • rove • rubber • rugby

S

• saint • salvation • satellite • sausage • scan • scout • scrap • scrape • scratch • scribble • scrub • seal • semi • sensitive • sergeant • sew • sheer • shell • shelter • shield • shove • shovel • shy • sincere • sixpence • skip • slap • slash • sleeve • slice • slim • slot • smack • snap • sneak • sniff • soak • socialist • sophisticated • sore • spark • spectacle • speculate • spill • spit • spite • splash • splendid • spray • squash • squeeze • stab • stack • stain • stare • starve • steady • steer • strap • stride • subsidy • substitute • subtle • suck • suicide • superb • supervise • supper • supplement • surgery • surround • suspicious • swan • swap • sweat • swede • sweep • sympathy • symptom

T

• tab • tack • tag • tale • talent • tease • teenage • telecom • tempt • tender • tennis • terrific • terrify • therapy • thorough • thrill • tide • timber • timetable • tissue • token • tone • toss • tragedy • tragic • transform • transmit • tread • trivial • trolley • troop • trophy • tumble • tunnel • tyre

U

• underline • urge • utilise

V

• vat • verbal • vet • vice • vital • voucher

W

• wagon • wallpaper • wander • wardrobe • warehouse • warrant • weed • whack • whatsoever • whoop • wig • willy • wobble

X

((none))

Y

((none))

Z

((none))