NSF 2014 words list
List #: 26140
Keywords/tags: Spelling Bee, 4th, 5th, Elementary school, Middle school
Created: 05/24/2014
Modified: 05/24/2014
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Unit 1 (295 words)
abate, abdomen, abide, abnormal, abyssal, academia, accolade, accommodate, accumbent, acetic, acme, acoustics, acronym, actinide, adhesion, adjacent, adjournment, admirer, adobo, adorned, aerodromics, aerodynamic, aerolithology, affinity, affluent, aftershock, aggie, aggraded, agitated, ahorse, airborne, alcove, aldehyde, alligator, allocate, almighty, altruism, ambivalent, ambush, amen, amigo, ammunition, amphibious, anatomy, andante, android, anhydrous, animism, anniversary, announcer, annual, antacid, anthropogenic, anticlimax, anvil, apocalyptic, apology, apostrophe, appertain, appoint, approbation, apron, aquatic, aqueous, arachnid, archery, architecture, architrave, Argentine, armada, arraign, arsenal, arsenic, articulate, asthmogenic, atlas, atmogenic, atmospheric, audit, autonomous, autopsy, awash, awkward, axiom, axletree, azure, babka, bagel, balefire, ballast, ballerina, ballot, bambino, baneful, bangle, barding, barnstorm, batik, baton, bayonet, bazooka, beaker, beauteous, bedeck, behoove, belay, belief, belladonna, bellicose, benedictory, benefactor, benefit, benevolence, benign, bequeath, bethel, bibelot, bible, bibliotherapy, biennium, bilberry, billiards, billycan, biopsy, birdie, biscuit, blanch, blasphemy, blithe, bloc, bloodbath, boatload, bond, bongo, bonus, borax, bracelet, bracken, brackish, brain, brawl, breakdown, breaker, breakwater, bridegroom, brigadier, brink, brocade, bruin, buckwheat, buffalo, buffoon, bulletin, bungalow, burrito, butchery, cadenza, calamity, calendar, calzone, campaign, canary, cantor, capitol, capsize, carbonate, cardiac, careworn, caribou, caritative, carnival, carnivore, carrion, casserole, castle, catacombs, catalytic, catastrophe, catch, catholic, cationic, caucus, celebrate, celestial, celluloid, cemetery, censurable, census, centrist, century, cereal, character, charitable, charm, chef, chesstree, chevrette, Chicano, chimichanga, chintz, chocolate, choker, chorus, Christian, chronal, churn, CIS, cleanser, clever, climatologist, coalmouse, cochlear, coffle, coinage, coincidence, colleen, colligate, collision, colloquial, collywobbles, combatant, combative, combust, commando, commissar, committeeman, commonwealth, companion, complaint, concentrate, concho, concurrent, condor, confection, congenital, connote, conscription, constituency, constitutional, consul, contentious, contract, contrapuntal, controversy, convoy, convulsion, coppernose, cordwinder, cornea, corporal, corral, correlative, correspond, corrupt, cosmetic, cossack, cranberry, cranial, credible, crimson, cringle, crouton, Crusoe, cuckoo, culvert, curbstone, curfew, cushy, cyclone, cytoplasm, daffodil, daily, dandruff, dative, dawdler, debacle, debate, decathlon, December, decompose, defensive, demography, denim, denture, denunciation, depose, depot, dervish, designer, desperado, despoilment, despotic, destination, destructible, detonate
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Unit 2 (296 words)
diabolical, diastolic, diffract, digest, digit, dilate, dilatorily, dilute, diorama, disagreeable, disastrous, discern, disdain, disembark, disenable, dismal, dissect, dissident, dissociative, distinct, ditto, diversionary, division, Dixiecrat, documentary, dogfight, dogleg, doneness, donnybrook, doodlebug, dopester, Dracula, dreary, dribble, drosometer, dross, dual, dungaree, duration, dwelling, dynast, earwig, eatage, economics, edict, effuse, elastic, electoral, electrolyte, elegant, elixir, embalmment, embargo, embrocation, embroider, endothelium, endothermic, engineering, enthusiasm, epithelial, equilibrium, ere, erosion, error, erstwhile, escadrille, escalate, essence, eternity, ethology, expeditionary, expiate, explosion, expunge, extant, exterminate, extravaganza, eyeball, failure, faithful, fastidious, fasting, femur, fidgeting, fie, fielder, fiery, fiesta, fifth, filament, firth, fishgig, flagellate, flamingo, Flinders, flouncing, floweret, foolocracy, foreground, foreland, fourscore, foyer, fray, frazzle, freckle, fresh, Friday, fried, frill, frog, furlong, gaffer, gaggle, gagtooth, galleria, garibaldi, garnish, garrison, gaseous, geisha, geothermal, ghoul, giraffe, gladiator, glimpse, glistened, glittering, gloss, glossal, glucose, goal, gondola, grabble, gradient, graduate, grail, grammar, grampus, gratinate, gravimetric, greengage, gribble, gridiron, grotto, guitar, gulden, guru, gynarchy, habitual, haiku, hailstones, halal, hamster, hand, harassed, harmonica, harpy, harvest, hawker, hector, heinousness, helicopter, hellenic, hematology, hexapod, hinterland, histology, hoax, hoisted, homburg, hominy, homunculus, hormone, host, hostilities, hurricane, identify, idolize, igneous, ignite, illegible, illuminate, immemorial, improve, inane, inaugural, Inca, incapable, incite, incoherently, incredulous, incubation, incumbency, inferno, infestation, infidel, infinite, ingredient, initiate, inning, inopportune, inselberg, installation, insurgency, interdiction, interminable, interpellate, interrex, ionize, irony, Islamic, jambalaya, jamboree, javelin, jetty, jovial, Judaism, julep, Kama, Kami, karate, karma, kasha, keelhaul, keno, khan, kick, kind, kirtle, kith, kona, lama, lamentation, landslide, lapwing, larynx, later, Latino, laudable, lawlessness, lemming, lexicology, libertarian, ligament, ligand, linden, linseed, linstock, litmus, liverwurst, loam, Locarno, locket, lodging, loiter, lots, lucid, lumber, luminous, magazine, magnanimity, magnolia, mahout, majority, malaria, malison, malodorous, manacle, mandibular, manganese, manicotti, manicure, marathon, march, mascara, mascot, massage, masticate, matriculate, mattock, mayhem, mechanics, medicine, mediocre, meditate, medullary, meiji, meld, melodrama, mensal, mentor, mermaid, mesa, metalloid, methanize, microphone
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Unit 3 (294 words)
militarism, miniate, ministerial, minisub, misadventure, misanthropy, misery, mishit, misogynist, missive, misspeak, misspelling, misstatement, mizzle, modicum, molecular, mollyhawk, momentary, monastic, monitory, monsoon, moonlighter, Mornay, mournful, mozzarella, muddle, mudflow, mudslinging, muishond, muscular, muslin, muster, muzzle, nabob, nacho, nadir, narrative, nascent, nationalism, naturalism, nautilus, nemesis, neritic, nestle, nether, Netherlander, neutralize, nineteen, nisei, nominee, nonintervention, nonnative, noology, nosh, nostrils, notarize, novice, now, nullifidian, numismatics, nunnery, obscene, obsequious, obtenebrate, occupancy, oceanarium, octuplicate, ocular, oligarchy, omnilegent, omnivorous, onus, ooze, opossum, optimism, orange, orbital, ordination, oregano, orthography, overvoltage, overwhelming, oxidize, package, pagan, pagoda, palate, palette, paloma, panzer, papa, paparazzo, paprika, parachronism, paradox, paralegal, parboil, parentage, parish, particle, patriotism, patronage, paucity, pedant, pedestal, peekaboo, Pegasus, pelvis, pentalogy, penthouse, percolate, perfidy, periscope, Permian, pernicious, perspire, perturbation, peruse, pessimism, petunia, pharmacognosy, phase, pheasant, philately, pickle, piecemeal, pitchblende, plankton, plasma, platycodon, playwright, plurality, plutology, pocket, poi, poker, polluted, pollution, pollyanna, poltergeist, polygon, porpoise, posterity, postmortem, postpartum, pragmatic, precipice, precipitate, predecessor, preexist, prehensile, prehistory, prematurely, premundane, presto, probity, procurator, product, profane, prognosis, prolonger, prompter, pronto, prosaic, protocol, pulverize, punctual, quadrangle, quaint, quarterback, quell, quiver, r, radical, radiculose, rampage, ravioli, rebellion, receptor, recidivist, recto, redoubt, redox, reestablish, reevaluate, referendum, refugee, Regulus, rehearse, reincarnation, relic, remedial, renegade, renvoi, repertory, republic, repulse, resistance, retard, rhinoceros, rhizome, ricer, ridiculously, righteous, rive, robot, romaji, rotunda, routine, ruffle, runnels, Sabbath, sabotage, sambal, sandstorm, sapid, sargassum, savory, saxophone, scagliola, scald, scalp, sciolous, scorch, scowl, scrim, scrimshaw, scrutiny, scut, secrete, semester, seminar, shambles, shellwork, shift, shipwreck, shogun, shogunate, shoofly, shriek, Siberian, siege, siesta, simile, simmer, sinister, sinus, sister, situs, sitzmark, skeleton, snooker, solicitor, sombrero, souvenir, soviet, spaghetti, spatula, spectrum, spherical, spinet, spitz, spraddle, springbok, squatter, stallion, standard, standing, starboard, stationary, statuary, statute, steaming, stentorian, stereophonic, steroid, stethoscope, stimulus, stipple, strategy, strict, stucco, stuff, stumble, sublime, submerge, subservience, subtrahend, subversion, suet, superabundant, superimposable, surrendered, susceptible
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Unit 4 (99 words)
syllabus, synonym, syntax, tactically, taiga, tamarind, tatami, telepathic, television, tendency, termolecular, tetrahedral, theatricality, theology, thermal, thorough, thought, throat, tomb, topography, torment, totem, toucan, touchdown, tournament, tragic, trajectory, trauma, traverse, trawl, treacherous, tridental, trilogy, trimming, truffled, trump, tundra, turbulence, tutu, tycoon, typhoon, underclass, undersea, undertow, unerringly, unimpeachable, unintelligible, unity, univalent, unnatural, unnecessarily, unnerve, usher, utilitarian, valet, vaporetto, vault, vegetarian, vein, venerable, venue, vermin, vernal, viaduct, vigilante, violin, vocation, vogue, volatile, vole, vulnerable, wampum, warren, Waterloo, waywiser, whammy, whodunit, wholesome, wicket, wigwam, wimple, wok, worrisome, worry, wreckage, yamen, yang, yearling, yeoman, yew, yieldable, yore, youth, Zendo, zenith, zilch, Zionist, ziti, zodiac