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Browse Topic Dictionaries
Build your topic vocabulary with these mini-dictionaries, which are groups of words related to common subject areas.
Choose a topic area from the list below to get started.
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Leisure
Ball sports
American football
Baseball
Basketball
Cricket
Golf
Rugby
Soccer
Tennis
Games
Board games
Card games
Children's games
Games
Pool and snooker
Hobbies
Crafts and skills
Hobbies
Other activities
Athletics
Boating
Combat sports
Cycling
Diving
Equine sports
Extreme sports
Swimming
Water sports
Winter sports
athlete
athletics
baton
bronze medal
cross-country
dash
dead heat
discus
dope
enter
field event
finishing line
front runner
gold medal
grandstand finish
gun
hammer
heat
heptathlon
hurdle
hurdler
javelin
jump
lane
lead
leader
leg
length
marathon
middle-distance
Olympic
outsider
outstrip
pace
pacemaker
pack
pentathlon
photo finish
pip
record
record holder
relay
runner
runner-up
shot
silver medal
sprint
starter
starting blocks
starting pistol
stayer
steeplechase
steroid
stopwatch
straggler
tetrathlon
the high jump
the long jump
the Paralympics
the pole vault
the shot-put
the triple jump
time trial
track
track event
unplaced
water jump