cleft palate - rozštěp patra
BrE
/ˌkleft'pælət/
AmE
/ˌkleft'pælət/

noun - a birth defect in which there is a split or opening in the roof of the baby's mouth

 
dowry - věno
BrE
/'daʊri/
AmE
/'daʊri/

noun - the amount of money that parents must pay to the man who marries their daughter (in some cultures)

pick
pick - trsátko
BrE
/'pɪk/
AmE
/'pɪk/

noun - a small flat piece of plastic that is used to pluck the strings when playing the guitar etc.

 
legacy - dědictví, odkaz (dědictví)
BrE
/'legəsi/
AmE
/'legəsi/

noun - something that comes from the past or is given to you from someone who lived in the past

 
mutual - vzájemný
BrE
/'mjutʃuəl/
AmE
/'mjutʃuəl/

adjective - shared by two or more parties, done by one party to the other and the other way round

 
element - živel
BrE
/'eləmənt/
AmE
/'eləmənt/

noun - one of the key things that people believed the world was build of (water, earth, fire and air)

 
polygamy - polygamie
BrE
/pə'lɪgəmi/
AmE
/pə'lɪgəmi/

noun - the state of being married to more than one person at the same time (illegal in most societies)

 
inclusion - zahrnutí, započítání
BrE
/ɪn'klu:ʒn/
AmE
/ɪn'klu:ʒn/

noun - the state of being a part of something, the act of accepting something as a part of something

dry cleaning
dry cleaning - chemické čištění, věci určené do čistírny, věci z čistírny
BrE
/ˌdraɪ'kli:nɪŋ/
AmE
/ˌdraɪ'kli:nɪŋ/

noun - the process of cleaning clothes with chemicals rather than water, or the clothes that are cleaned this way

area
area - plocha, rozloha, obsah (např. trojúhelníku)
BrE
/'eəriə/
AmE
/'eriə/

noun - the amount of space inside a shape (square, triangle etc.) or the size of a piece of land

 
hillbilly - venkovan, venkovský křupan, venkovský balík
BrE
/'hɪlbɪli/
AmE
/'hɪlbɪli/

noun, American English, informal - an offensive word for an uneducated and often poor person who lives in the country or the mountains

 
adhesion - přilnavost, adheze, spojení, srůst
BrE
/əd'hi:ʒn/
AmE
/əd'hi:ʒn/

noun - the action or process of sticking to a surface or object; the state of being united or attached

muscle
muscle - sval
BrE
/'mʌsl/
AmE
/'mʌsl/

noun - a part of the body that can be tightened and relaxed in order to make the body move

gutter
gutter - okap
BrE
/'gʌtə/
AmE
/'gʌt̬ər/

noun - a half open pipe at the edge of a roof that collects the water that comes from it

headstand
headstand - stoj na hlavě
BrE
/'hedstænd/
AmE

noun - the act of standing on your head in the vertical position, supported by your hands or your forearms