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lexentry: eng/mechanical_engineering__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: mechanical engineering
trans_list: Maschinenwesen
sense:
(engineering) The subfield of engineering concerned with designing and building machines and mechanical systems.


lexentry: eng/mechanical_pencil__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: mechanical pencil
trans_list: mechanischer Stift | Druckbleistift | Minenschreiber | Fallbleistift
sense:
(North America) A pencil with a replaceable and mechanically extendable lead that wears away with use, designed to provide lines of constant thickness without requiring sharpening, and typically featuring a small eraser at the end opposite the tip.


lexentry: eng/mechanism__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: mechanism
trans_list: Mechanismus
sense:
(within a machine or machinery) Any mechanical means for the conversion or control of motion, or the transmission or control of power.


lexentry: eng/mechanized_infantry__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: mechanized infantry
trans_list: Panzergrenadiere | Panzergrenadiertruppe | mechanisierte Infanterie
sense:
Infantry which uses infantry fighting vehicles (types of tanks) in combination with regular infantery tactics.


lexentry: eng/mechatronics__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: mechatronics
trans_list: Mechatronik
sense:
The synergistic combination of mechanical engineering, electronic engineering and software engineering for the study of automata from an engineering perspective and the control of advanced hybrid systems.


lexentry: eng/meconium__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: meconium
trans_list: Kindspech
sense:
(medicine) A dark green mass, the contents of the fetal intestines during the later stages of mammalian gestation, that forms the first feces of the newborn.


lexentry: eng/meddlesome__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: meddlesome
trans_list: lästig | aufdringlich | vorwitzig | zudringlich
sense:
Characterised or marked by meddling; inclined or having a tendency to meddle or interfere in other people's business.


lexentry: eng/media__Noun__3
sense_num: 01
written_rep: media
trans_list: Medien | Medium
sense:
(often, treated as, _, uncountable) Means and institutions for publishing and broadcasting information.


lexentry: eng/media__Noun__3
sense_num: 03
written_rep: media
trans_list: Medien | Medium
sense:
(usually, with a definite article; often treated as, _, uncountable) The journalists and other professionals who comprise the mass communication industry.


lexentry: eng/media_studies__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: media studies
trans_list: Medienwissenschaft
sense:
Academic discipline that deals with the content, history, meaning and effects of various media, in particular mass media.


lexentry: eng/medial__Adjective__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: medial
trans_list: medial | median
sense:
(anatomy, zootomy) Pertaining to the inside; closer to the median plane of the body or the midline of an organ.


lexentry: eng/medial__Adjective__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: medial
trans_list: zentral
sense:
(phonetics) (of a consonant) Central: produced when air flows across the center of the mouth over the tongue.


lexentry: eng/medial_pterygoid_muscle__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: medial pterygoid muscle
trans_list: Musculus pterygoideus medialis
sense:
(muscle) A muscle that arises from the inner surface of the lateral pterygoid plate and from the palatine and maxillary bones, is inserted into the ramus and the gonial angle, cooperates with the masseter and temporalis in elevating the lower jaw, and controls certain lateral and rotary movements of the jaw.


lexentry: eng/median__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: median
trans_list: Median
sense:
(statistics) A number separating the higher half from the lower half of a data sample, population, or probability distribution. The median of a finite list of numbers can be found by arranging all the observations from lowest value to highest value and picking the middle one (e.g., the median of {3, 3, 5, 9, 11} is 5). If there is an even number of observations, then there is no single middle value; the median is then usually defined to be the mean of the two middle values. [from 19th c.]


lexentry: eng/median_age__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: median age
trans_list: Medianalter
sense:
(demography) The age that divides a population (of a country etc.) into two numerically equivalent groups.


lexentry: eng/median_nerve__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: median nerve
trans_list: Medianusnerv | Nervus medianus
sense:
(anatomy) A nerve in the upper limb in humans and other animals, formed from parts of the medial and lateral cords of the brachial plexus, and compression of which in the carpal tunnel of the wrist causes carpal tunnel syndrome.


lexentry: eng/median_plane__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: median plane
trans_list: Medianebene
sense:
(anatomy) The only plane along which the human body is roughly symmetrical, running from the top to the bottom through navel, separating the left and the right hand.


lexentry: eng/mediastinum__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: mediastinum
trans_list: Mediastinum
sense:
(anatomy) The region in mammals between the pleural sacs, containing the heart and all of the thoracic viscera except the lungs.


lexentry: eng/mediate__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: mediate
trans_list: vermitteln
sense:
(intransitive) To intervene between conflicting parties in order to resolve differences or bring about a settlement.


lexentry: eng/medical_certificate__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: medical certificate
trans_list: Attest | Gesundheitszeugnis
sense:
A statement from a physician or other health care provider that attests to the result of a medical examination of a patient.


lexentry: eng/medical_doctor__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: medical doctor
trans_list: Arzt
sense:
A physician; a person who holds a doctoral degree or first professional degree in medicine, and practices in that profession.


lexentry: eng/medical_history__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: medical history
trans_list: Krankengeschichte | Anamnese | KG
sense:
Details of a patient's previous medical experiences, such as existing comorbidities, past infections, operations undergone, and medications taken.


lexentry: eng/medical_practitioner__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: medical practitioner
trans_list: Arzt
sense:
(formal) A person who practices medicine, especially one licensed to do so, such as a physician, dentist, surgeon, or veterinarian.


lexentry: eng/medical_tourism__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: medical tourism
trans_list: Medizintourismus
sense:
(pejorative) Travelling across international borders, generally from a rich country to a poor country, to deliver healthcare, often on a temporary basis.


lexentry: eng/medicalize__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: medicalize
trans_list: medikalisieren
sense:
(transitive) To make medical; to convert or reduce to a branch of medicine; especially, to pathologize.


lexentry: eng/medicine__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: medicine
trans_list: Medizin | Medikament | Arznei
sense:
(uncountable, countable) A substance which specifically promotes healing when ingested or consumed in some way; a pharmaceutical drug.


lexentry: eng/medicine_ball__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: medicine ball
trans_list: Medizinball
sense:
A large, heavy sphere of leather, plastic or rubber etc. filled with sand or similar, and used for athletic training or physical rehabilitation.


lexentry: eng/medick__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: medick
trans_list: Luzerne
sense:
Any of various European and North African herbs, of the genus Medicago, several of which are grown for fodder etc.


lexentry: eng/mediocre__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: mediocre
trans_list: mittelmäßig
sense:
Having no peculiar or outstanding features; not extraordinary, special, exceptional, or great; of medium quality, almost always with a negative connotation.


lexentry: eng/mediocrity__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: mediocrity
trans_list: Mittelmaß | Mittelmäßigkeit
sense:
(uncountable) The condition of being mediocre; having only an average degree of quality, skills etc.; no better than standard.


lexentry: eng/mediopassive__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: mediopassive
trans_list: mediopassiv
sense:
(grammar) Pertaining to a voice of a transitive verb that is both middle voice and passive voice or reflexive and passive voice.


lexentry: eng/mediterranean_sea__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: mediterranean sea
trans_list: Mittelmeer
sense:
(oceanography) A mostly enclosed sea that has limited exchange of deep water with outer oceans, and where the water circulation is dominated by salinity and temperature differences rather than winds.


lexentry: eng/medium__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: medium
trans_list: Medium
sense:
The material of the surrounding environment, e.g. solid, liquid, gas, vacuum, or a specific substance such as a solvent.


lexentry: eng/medium__Noun__1
sense_num: 11
written_rep: medium
trans_list: Medium
sense:
(countable, spiritualism, plural mediums) Someone who supposedly conveys information from the spirit world.


lexentry: eng/medium_rare__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: medium rare
trans_list: halb durch
sense:
(of cooking, particularly meats) Cooked somewhat lightly, so the meat is no longer red, but is not brown (in the case of beef); cooked to a degree between rare and medium.


lexentry: eng/medlar__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: medlar
trans_list: Mispel
sense:
Any tree of the genus Mespilus, now Crataegus sect. Mespilus, including many species now in other genera.


lexentry: eng/medley__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: medley
trans_list: Lagenschwimmen
sense:
(swimming) A competitive swimming event that combines the four strokes of butterfly, backstroke, breaststroke, and freestyle. [from 20th c.]


lexentry: eng/medullary_ray__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: medullary ray
trans_list: Holzstrahl | Markstrahl
sense:
(botany) any of the bands of cells in various trees extending across the wood from the pith to the bark


lexentry: eng/meerkat__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: meerkat
trans_list: Erdmännchen
sense:
Suricata suricatta, a small carnivorous mammal of the mongoose family, from the Kalahari Desert, known for its habit of standing on its hind legs.


lexentry: eng/meet__Verb__1
sense_num: 06
written_rep: meet
trans_list: treffen | begegnen | aufeinandertreffen | entsprechen | gerechtwerden | kennen lernen
sense:
To perceive; to come to a knowledge of; to have personal acquaintance with; to experience; to suffer.


lexentry: eng/meet_one's_Waterloo__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: meet one's Waterloo
trans_list: sein Stalingrad erleben | sein Waterloo erleben
sense:
To be decisively defeated by an encounter with a powerful opponent or a problem that is too difficult.


lexentry: eng/mega-__Prefix__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: mega-
trans_list: mega-
sense:
In the International System of Units and other metric systems of units, multiplying the unit to which it is attached by one million (106.) SI Symbol: M.


lexentry: eng/megafarad__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: megafarad
trans_list: Megafarad
sense:
(physics, obsolete) A unit of quantity of electric charge; the quantity of electricity flowing through a one megohm resistor when driven by an electromotive force of one volt for one second.


lexentry: eng/megalodon__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: megalodon
trans_list: Megalodon
sense:
A species of extinct shark that lived during the Miocene and Pliocene epochs (†Carcharocles megalodon or †Otodus megalodon).


lexentry: eng/megalomania__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: megalomania
trans_list: Größenwahn
sense:
A psychopathological condition characterized by delusional fantasies of wealth, power, or omnipotence.


lexentry: eng/megalopolis__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: megalopolis
trans_list: Megalopolis
sense:
A large conurbation, where two or more large cities have sprawled outward to meet, forming something larger than a metropolis; a megacity.


lexentry: eng/megaphone__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: megaphone
trans_list: Flüstertüte | Megafon | Sprachrohr | Sprechtrichter
sense:
A portable, usually hand-held, funnel-shaped device that is used to amplify a person’s natural voice toward a targeted direction.


lexentry: eng/megaron__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: megaron
trans_list: Megaron
sense:
(architecture, historical) The rectangular great hall in a Mycenaean building, usually supported with pillars.


lexentry: eng/megaton__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: megaton
trans_list: Megatonne
sense:
A measure of the strength of an explosion or a bomb based on how many million tons of TNT would be needed to produce the same energy.


lexentry: eng/megawatt-hour__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: megawatt-hour
trans_list: Megawattstunde
sense:
A unit of energy, especially of electrical energy, equal to that done by one megawatt acting for one hour (abbreviation: MWh).


lexentry: eng/megrim__Noun__2
sense_num: 01
written_rep: megrim
trans_list: Hahn
sense:
A type of flatfish of the genus Lepidorhombus native to the northeastern Atlantic Ocean; specifically, the Cornish sole, sail-fluke, or whiff (Lepidorhombus whiffiagonis).


lexentry: eng/meiosis__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: meiosis
trans_list: Meiose
sense:
(usually, uncountable, cytology) Cell division of a diploid cell into four haploid cells, which develop to produce gametes.


lexentry: eng/melancholic__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: melancholic
trans_list: melancholisch | schwermütig
sense:
Filled with or affected by melancholy—great sadness or depression, especially of a thoughtful or introspective nature.


lexentry: eng/melanin__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: melanin
trans_list: Melanin | Melanine
sense:
(biochemistry) Any of a group of naturally occurring dark pigments, especially the pigment found in skin, hair, fur, and feathers.


lexentry: eng/melanoma__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: melanoma
trans_list: Melanom
sense:
(oncology, disease) A dark-pigmented, usually malignant tumor arising from a melanocyte and occurring most commonly in the skin.


lexentry: eng/melee__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: melee
trans_list: Nahkampf | Handgemenge | Prügelei | Händel | Rauferei | Schlägerei
sense:
(especially, military, gaming) A battle fought at close range, (especially) one not involving ranged weapons; hand-to-hand combat; brawling.


lexentry: eng/mellifluous__Adjective__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: mellifluous
trans_list: honigsüß | lieblich | wohlklingend
sense:
(figurative) Sweet, smooth and musical; pleasant to hear (generally used of a person's voice, tone or writing style).


lexentry: eng/melodrama__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: melodrama
trans_list: Melodrama
sense:
(countable) A drama abounding in romantic sentiment and agonizing situations, with a musical accompaniment only in parts which are especially thrilling or pathetic. In opera, a passage in which the orchestra plays a somewhat descriptive accompaniment, while the actor speaks


lexentry: eng/melt__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: melt
trans_list: schmelzen | zum Schmelzen bringen
sense:
(ergative) To change (or to be changed) from a solid state to a liquid state, usually by a gradual heat.


lexentry: eng/melt__Verb__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: melt
trans_list: schmelzen
sense:
(transitive, figurative) To soften, as by a warming or kindly influence; to relax; to render gentle or susceptible to mild influences; sometimes, in a bad sense, to take away the firmness of; to weaken.


lexentry: eng/melt_in_the_mouth__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: melt in the mouth
trans_list: auf der Zunge zergehen
sense:
(idiom, of food) To be deliciously soft and creamy; to create a melting sensation when eaten; to need little chewing.


lexentry: eng/meltdown__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: meltdown
trans_list: Kernschmelze
sense:
Severe overheating of the core of a nuclear reactor resulting in the core melting and potentially in radiation escaping.


lexentry: eng/melting__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: melting
trans_list: Schmelzen
sense:
The process of changing the state of a substance from solid to liquid by heating it past its melting point.


lexentry: eng/melting_point__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: melting point
trans_list: Schmelzpunkt
sense:
(chemistry, physics) The temperature at which the solid and liquid phases of a substance are in equilibrium; it is relatively insensitive to changes in pressure.


lexentry: eng/melting_pot__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: melting pot
trans_list: Schmelztiegel | Schmelztopf
sense:
(idiomatic) A place where many divergent things (often races or cultures, but also talents) come together and are homogenized.


lexentry: eng/member_function__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: member function
trans_list: Mitgliedsfunktion
sense:
(programming) A function that belongs to a class and can be called on instances of the object defined by that class.


lexentry: eng/member_state__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: member state
trans_list: Mitgliedsland | Mitgliedsstaat
sense:
A sovereign state which is a member of an international organisation or some kind of confederation of other such states.


lexentry: eng/membership_card__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: membership card
trans_list: Mitgliedskarte
sense:
A small card issued to and held by a member of a club, society or other organisation, verifying the member's membership for a given period.


lexentry: eng/membrane__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: membrane
trans_list: Membran | Häutchen | Membrane
sense:
(anatomy, zootomy) A flexible enclosing or separating tissue forming a plane or film and separating two environments.


lexentry: eng/membrane__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: membrane
trans_list: Membran | Membrane
sense:
A mechanical, thin, flat flexible part that can deform or vibrate when excited by an external force.


lexentry: eng/meme__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: meme
trans_list: Mem
sense:
(originally) Any unit of (originally cultural) information, such as a practice or idea, that is transmitted verbally or by repeated action from one mind to another in a comparable way to the transmission of genes.


lexentry: eng/meme__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: meme
trans_list: Meme | Mem
sense:
(Internet) Media, usually humorous, which is copied and circulated online with slight adaptations, such as basic pictures, video templates, etc. [from 1993]


lexentry: eng/memoir__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: memoir
trans_list: Lebenserinnerungen | Memoiren
sense:
A biography; a book describing the experiences of a subject from personal knowledge of the subject or from sources with personal knowledge of the subject.


lexentry: eng/memorandum_of_understanding__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: memorandum of understanding
trans_list: Absichtserklärung | Memorandum of Understanding
sense:
(legal) A document that outlines the legal and factual premises believed by the parties to have been agreed to between them.


lexentry: eng/memorial__Noun__1
sense_num: 06
written_rep: memorial
trans_list: Denkmal | Mahnmal
sense:
(legal) A statement of facts set out in the form of a petition to a person in authority, a court or tribunal, a government, etc. [from 17th c.]


lexentry: eng/memorial_service__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: memorial service
trans_list: Gedenkfeier
sense:
An informal service honoring a deceased person, especially one that does not adhere to the traditional customs of a funeral.


lexentry: eng/memory-hole__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
sense: (transitive, idiomatic) To cause something or someone to be forgotten.
written_rep: memory-hole
trans_list:
aus dem Gedächtnis streichen | dem Vergessen anheimstellen | entfernen | ins Nirwana verschwinden lassen | löschen


lexentry: eng/memory__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: memory
trans_list: Gedächtnis | Speicher
sense:
(uncountable) The ability of the brain to record information or impressions with the facility of recalling them later at will.


lexentry: eng/memory__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: memory
trans_list: Speicher | Gedächtnis
sense:
(computing) The part of a computer that stores variable executable code or data (RAM) or unalterable executable code or default data (ROM).


lexentry: eng/memory_hole__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: memory hole
trans_list: Erinnerungsloch | Gedächtnisloch
sense:
A figurative place to which information is deliberately sent to be forgotten, or to which forgotten or lost information ends up; nowhere, oblivion.


lexentry: eng/memory_lane__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: memory lane
trans_list: (Schwelgen in) Erinnerungen
sense:
(idiomatic, sometimes, capitalized) A set of recollections available to be reviewed, especially accompanied by a feeling of nostalgia.


lexentry: eng/memory_leak__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: memory leak
trans_list: Speicherleck | Speicherloch
sense:
(computing) Any of several faults in the memory allocation logic of a computer or program whereby parts of memory become hidden or unusable.


lexentry: eng/memory_stick__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: memory stick
trans_list: Multimedia-Card | SD-Card | Speicherkarte
sense:
(computing) One of a series of memory devices manufactured by the Sony Corporation ranging in size from a USB drive down to a flash card.


lexentry: eng/men's_studies__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: men's studies
trans_list: Männerforschung | Männerstudien | Männerstudium
sense:
The academic field which examines topics concerning men, masculinity, and the relationship of gender and politics.


lexentry: eng/menagerie__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: menagerie
trans_list: Menagerie
sense:
A collection of live wild animals as an exhibition historically associated with the aristocracy and considered a precursor of modern zoos.


lexentry: eng/menhir__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: menhir
trans_list: Menhir | Hinkelstein | Hünenstein | Druidenstein
sense:
(archaeology) A single tall standing stone as a monument, especially one dating to prehistoric times.


lexentry: eng/meningitis__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: meningitis
trans_list: Hirnhautentzündung | Meningitis
sense:
(pathology) Inflammation of the meninges, characterized by headache, neck stiffness and photophobia and also fever, chills, vomiting and myalgia.


lexentry: eng/meninx__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: meninx
trans_list: Hirnhaut
sense:
(anatomy, usually, in the plural) A membrane, especially one of the three membranes lining the skull and vertebral canal and enclosing the brain and spinal cord in vertebrates.


lexentry: eng/meniscus__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: meniscus
trans_list: Meniskus
sense:
The curved surface of liquids in tubes, whether concave or convex, caused by the surface tension of the liquid. [from 19th c.]


lexentry: eng/meniscus__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: meniscus
trans_list: Meniskus
sense:
(anatomy) Either of two parts of the human knee that provide structural integrity to the knee when it undergoes tension and torsion. [from 19th c.]


lexentry: eng/menologium__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: menologium
trans_list: Kalendarium
sense:
A calendar of the days of the month or of all the days of the year divided by month, particularly as a table of information divided in this way and


lexentry: eng/mens_rea__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: mens rea
trans_list: Vorsatz
sense:
(legal) A guilty mind, the conscious knowing of a perpetrator while committing an act that the act is illicit.


lexentry: eng/menses__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: menses
trans_list: Menstruation
sense:
The discharge of blood mixed with pieces of cellular tissue from the uterus out through the vagina, which occurs roughly every month in uninseminated women; menstrual flow.


lexentry: eng/mensiversary__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: mensiversary
trans_list: Monat-Jubiläum
sense:
(rare) A day that marks an exact month (or specified number of months) since the occurrence of a significant event.


lexentry: eng/menstrual_cycle__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: menstrual cycle
trans_list: Menstruationszyklus
sense:
The recurring cycle of physiological changes in the uninseminated females of some animal species that is associated with reproductive fertility; especially the cycle in a human woman.


lexentry: eng/menstruation__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: menstruation
trans_list: Menstruation | Regel | Monatsblutung | Periode | Regelblutung | ihre Tage haben
sense:
The periodic discharging of the menses, the flow of blood and cells from the lining of the uterus in unfertilized females of humans and other primates.


lexentry: eng/mental__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: mental
trans_list: psychisch | seelisch | geistig | mental
sense:
(relational) Of or relating to the mind or specifically the total emotional and intellectual response of an individual to external reality.


lexentry: eng/mental_calculation__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: mental calculation
trans_list: Kopfrechnen
sense:
Arithmetical calculations using only the human brain, with no help from any supplies (such as pencil and paper) or devices such as a calculator.


lexentry: eng/mental_disorder__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: mental disorder
trans_list: psychische Störung | seelische Störung
sense:
(psychiatry) A behavioral or mental pattern that may cause suffering or a poor ability to function in life.


lexentry: eng/mental_hospital__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: mental hospital
trans_list: Nervenheilanstalt | psychiatrische Klinik | Irrenanstalt | Nervenklinik | Verrücktenanstalt
sense:
A hospital facility designed to treat persons with serious mental disorders, as opposed to disorders of the body.


lexentry: eng/mentalese__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: mentalese
trans_list: Gedankensprache | Mentalese | Mentalesisch
sense:
(philosophy, psychology) A hypothetical non-verbal language in which concepts are represented in the mind. [from 1960s]


lexentry: eng/mentalis__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: mentalis
trans_list: Kinnmuskel
sense:
(muscle) A paired central muscle of the lower lip, situated at the tip of the chin; it originates in the incisive fossa of the mandible, inserts in the skin of the chin, and raises the chin and pushes up the lower lip.


lexentry: eng/mentalization__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: mentalization
trans_list: Mentalisierung
sense:
(psychology) The ability to understand mental states that underlies the overt behaviour of oneself or others.


lexentry: eng/menthol__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: menthol
trans_list: Menthol
sense:
(chemistry) A cyclic monoterpene alcohol; the major component of the essential oil of peppermint; used in pharmaceutical preparations as an antitussive and antipruritic agent, as a nasal decongestant, and in menthol cigarettes.


lexentry: eng/menthone__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: menthone
trans_list: Menthon
sense:
(organic compound) A minty-flavoured monoterpenoid ketone that is used in perfumery, cosmetics and flavouring.


lexentry: eng/mention__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: mention
trans_list: Erwähnung
sense:
A speaking or notice of anything, usually in a brief or cursory manner. Used especially in the phrase make mention of.


lexentry: eng/menu__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: menu
trans_list: Speisekarte | Menü
sense:
A list containing the food and beverages served at a restaurant, café, or bar. Menus may be printed on paper sheets provided to customers, put on a large poster or display board inside the establishment, displayed outside the restaurant, or digital.


lexentry: eng/menu__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: menu
trans_list: Menü | Speisekarte
sense:
(computing, gaming) A list from which the user may select an operation to be performed, often done with a keyboard, mouse, or controller under a graphical user interface


lexentry: eng/menu_bar__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: menu bar
trans_list: Menüleiste
sense:
(graphical user interface) A rectangular region of a graphical user interface where computer menus are housed.


lexentry: eng/mercantilism__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: mercantilism
trans_list: Merkantilismus
sense:
(historical, economics) The theory that a nation must always have a positive balance of trade, in the manner that a merchant would operate a shop. Typically this model presupposes protectionism.


lexentry: eng/mercaptan__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: mercaptan
trans_list: Mercaptan
sense:
(chemistry) Any of a class of organic compounds of sulphur, ( R1.S.R2 ); they tend to be foul-smelling. When R2 is a hydrogen atom, they are termed thiols or thioalcohols.


lexentry: eng/mercenary__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: mercenary
trans_list: Söldner | Söldnerin | Legionär | Mietsoldat
sense:
A person employed to fight in an armed conflict who is not a member of the state or military group for which they are fighting and whose primary motivation is private gain.


lexentry: eng/mercerize__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: mercerize
trans_list: merzerisieren
sense:
(transitive) To treat (cotton fabric) with sodium hydroxide to make it more lustrous and accepting of dyes.


lexentry: eng/merchandising__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: merchandising
trans_list: Vermarktung
sense:
(originally, US) The promotion of goods for sale in a store, especially through advertising, attractive displays, discounts, etc.; also (generally) , the promotion of any goods or services for sale.


lexentry: eng/merchant_navy__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: merchant navy
trans_list: Handelsflotte | Handelsmarine
sense:
A civilian maritime fleet dedicated to the sea transport of goods and merchandise; especially, such a fleet of any particular nationality.


lexentry: eng/mercurial__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: mercurial
trans_list: launenhaft | lebhaft | sprunghaft
sense:
(comparable) Having a lively or volatile character; animated, changeable, quick-witted. [from 17th c.]


lexentry: eng/mercurial__Adjective__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: mercurial
trans_list: quecksilberhaltig
sense:
(not comparable, chemistry) Of or pertaining to the element mercury or quicksilver; containing mercury. [from 16th c.]


lexentry: eng/mercury-vapour_lamp__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: mercury-vapour lamp
trans_list: Quecksilberdampflampe
sense:
(British spelling) a gaseous discharge lamp in which the arc discharge takes place in mercury vapour; used for highway illumination and as an industrial source of ultraviolet radiation


lexentry: eng/mercury__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: mercury
trans_list: Quecksilber
sense:
(science, historical) One of the elemental principles formerly thought to be present in all metals. [from 15th c.]


lexentry: eng/mercury__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: mercury
trans_list: Bingelkraut
sense:
An annual plant, annual mercury (Mercurialis annua), formerly grown for its medicinal properties; French mercury, herb mercury. [from 14th c.]


lexentry: eng/mere__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: mere
trans_list: bloß
sense:
Just, only; no more than, pure and simple, neither more nor better than might be expected. [from 16th c.]


lexentry: eng/meretricious__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: meretricious
trans_list: großkotzig | großspurig | ordinär | protzig
sense:
Tastelessly gaudy; superficially attractive but having in reality no value or substance; falsely alluring.


lexentry: eng/merganser__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: merganser
trans_list: Säger | Aucklandsäger | Dunkelsäger | Gänsesäger | Kappensäger | Mittelsäger
sense:
Any of various diving ducks of the genera Mergus or Lophodytes, which feed on fish and have a sharply serrated bill.


lexentry: eng/merger__Noun__2
sense_num: 02
written_rep: merger
trans_list: Fusion | Firmenzusammenschluss | Zusammenschluss
sense:
(economics) The legal union of two or more corporations into a single entity, typically assets and liabilities being assumed by the buying party.


lexentry: eng/merger__Noun__2
sense_num: 03
written_rep: merger
trans_list: Fusion | Firmenzusammenschluss | Zusammenschluss
sense:
(legal) An absorption of one or more estate(s) or contract(s) into one other, all being held by the same owner; of several counts of accusation into one judgement, etc.


lexentry: eng/meridian__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: meridian
trans_list: Meridian
sense:
(also, geography) In full terrestrial meridian: a great circle on the Earth's surface, passing through the geographic poles (the terrestrial North Pole and South Pole); also, half of such a circle extending from pole to pole, all points of which have the same longitude. [from 14th c.]


lexentry: eng/meridian__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: meridian
trans_list: Sabon
sense:
(US, printing, dated) The size of type between double great primer and canon, standardized as 44-point.


lexentry: eng/meringue__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: meringue
trans_list: Baiser | Meringue
sense:
A mixture consisting of beaten egg whites and sugar which is added to the tops of pies then browned.


lexentry: eng/merkin__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: merkin
trans_list: Schamhaartoupet
sense:
A woman's pubic wig. Worn for nude stage appearances and by women, originally after shaving their pubic hair to eliminate lice or for other reasons, now often as a fashion item.


lexentry: eng/merlon__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: merlon
trans_list: Zinne
sense:
(architectural element, military, historical) Any of the upright projections between the embrasures of a battlement, originally for archers to shield behind while shooting arrows over the embrasures, or through loopholes in the merlons.


lexentry: eng/meronymy__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: meronymy
trans_list: Meronymie
sense:
(semantics) The relationship of being a constituent part or member of something; a system of meronyms.


lexentry: eng/merry-go-round__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: merry-go-round
trans_list: Karussell | Ringelspiel
sense:
A carousel; a pleasure ride, typically found at fairs and amusement parks, consisting of a slowly revolving circular platform on which various seats are fixed, frequently shaped like horses or other animals.


lexentry: eng/mescaline__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: mescaline
trans_list: Meskalin
sense:
(biochemistry) A hallucinogenic and intoxicating compound present in the peyote cactus (Lophophora williamsii), the San Pedro cactus (Echinopsis pachanoi), and the Peruvian torch (Echinopsis peruviana).


lexentry: eng/mesentery__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: mesentery
trans_list: Gekröse
sense:
(anatomy) The membrane that attaches the intestines to the wall of the abdomen, maintaining their position in the abdominal cavity, and supplying them with blood vessels, nerves, and lymphatics.


lexentry: eng/mesh__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: mesh
trans_list: Gitter | Netz
sense:
A structure made of connected strands of metal, fiber, or other flexible/ductile material, with evenly spaced openings between them.


lexentry: eng/mesmerize__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: mesmerize
trans_list: faszinieren | fesseln | mesmerisieren
sense:
To exercise mesmerism on; to affect another person, such as to heal or soothe, through the use of animal magnetism.


lexentry: eng/meso-region__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: meso-region
trans_list: Meso-Regierung
sense:
An administrative system that is equivalent to a prefecture or a department. It is used in Brazil as a third-level administration between state and micro-region.


lexentry: eng/mesoderm__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: mesoderm
trans_list: Mesoderm
sense:
(embryology) One of the three tissue layers in the embryo of a metazoan animal. Through embryonic development, it will produce many internal organs of the adult, e.g. muscles, spine and circulatory system.


lexentry: eng/mesology__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: mesology
trans_list: Mesologie
sense:
The study of the mutual interrelationships between organisms and their environment; branch of biology; former term for ecology.


lexentry: eng/meson__Noun__2
sense_num: 02
written_rep: meson
trans_list: Meson
sense:
(now specifically, particle) An elementary particle that is composed of a quark and an antiquark, such as a kaon or pion. (Mesons composed of rarer quarks are much heavier.)


lexentry: eng/mesosphere__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: mesosphere
trans_list: Mesosphäre
sense:
(meteorology) The layer of the Earth's atmosphere that is directly above the stratosphere and directly below the thermosphere.


lexentry: eng/mesothelioma__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: mesothelioma
trans_list: Mesotheliom
sense:
(pathology, oncology) An uncommon malignant tumour of the mesothelium, usually of the lungs after exposure to asbestos.


lexentry: eng/mesquite__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: mesquite
trans_list: Mesquite-Baum
sense:
Any of several deciduous trees of the genus Prosopis found in America, and used as forage, which have long, beige seed/bean pods which may be dried and ground into a sweet, nutty flour.


lexentry: eng/mess__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: mess
trans_list: Durcheinander | Unordnung | Chaos | Mist | Saustall | Schweinerei
sense:
A disagreeable mixture or confusion of things; hence, a situation resulting from blundering or from misunderstanding.


lexentry: eng/mess_kit__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: mess kit
trans_list: Gamelle
sense:
A compact set of eating utensils (including plate, cup, utensils) and sometimes cooking pots etc, used in the field by soldiers and by campers.


lexentry: eng/message_in_a_bottle__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: message in a bottle
trans_list: Flaschenpost
sense:
A message written on a scrap of paper, rolled-up and put in an empty bottle and set adrift on the ocean; traditionally, a method used by castaways to advertise their distress to the outside world.


lexentry: eng/messenger_RNA__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: messenger RNA
trans_list: Boten-RNA | Boten-RNS | messenger-RNA
sense:
(biochemistry) RNA that encodes and carries information from DNA during transcription to sites of protein synthesis to undergo translation in order to yield a protein.


lexentry: eng/messenger_bag__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: messenger bag
trans_list: Bodybag
sense:
A sack worn over one shoulder with a strap winding around the chest, traditionally used by bicycle messengers.


lexentry: eng/messiah__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: messiah
trans_list: Messias
sense:
(Abrahamic tradition) The one who is ordained by God to lead the people of Israel, believed by Christians and Muslims to be Jesus Christ.


lexentry: eng/messuage__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: messuage
trans_list: Anwesen
sense:
(chiefly, law) Originally, a plot of land as the site for a dwelling house and its appurtenant interests; now, a dwelling house or residential building together with its outbuildings and assigned land.


lexentry: eng/mestizo__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: mestizo
trans_list: Mestize | Mestizin
sense:
(Philippines, historical) a person of mixed ancestry, especially one of native Filipino and Spanish or Chinese ancestry, such as that of the Spanish mestizos and Chinese mestizos from the Spanish Colonial Era of the Philippines.


lexentry: eng/meta-analysis__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: meta-analysis
trans_list: Metaanalyse
sense:
(statistics) Any systematic procedure for statistically combining the results of many different studies.


lexentry: eng/metacarpus__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: metacarpus
trans_list: Mittelhand
sense:
(anatomy) The five bones that form the intermediate part of the hand between the fingers and the wrist.


lexentry: eng/metaclass__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: metaclass
trans_list: Metaklasse
sense:
(object-oriented programming) A class that serves as a template for other classes rather than objects.


lexentry: eng/metadiegetic__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: metadiegetic
trans_list: metadiegetisch
sense:
(narratology) Pertaining to a secondary narrative embedded within the primary narrative (a story within a story).


lexentry: eng/metagenomics__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: metagenomics
trans_list: Metagenomik
sense:
(genetics) The study of genomes recovered from environmental samples; especially the differentiation of genomes from multiple organisms or individuals, either in a symbiotic relationship, or at a crime scene.


lexentry: eng/metal__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: metal
trans_list: Metall
sense:
Any of a number of chemical elements in the periodic table that form a metallic bond with other metal atoms; generally shiny, somewhat malleable and hard, often a conductor of heat and electricity.


lexentry: eng/metal__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: metal
trans_list: Metal | Metall
sense:
(music) A category of rock music encompassing a number of genres (including thrash metal, death metal, heavy metal, etc.) characterized by strong drum-beats and distorted guitars.


lexentry: eng/metal_detector__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: metal detector
trans_list: Metalldetektor
sense:
A structure, similar to a doorway, through which people pass; an alarm is sounded if the person is carrying a metal object, as this may indicate a weapon.


lexentry: eng/metalanguage__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: metalanguage
trans_list: Metasprache
sense:
(linguistics, translation studies, critical theory) Any language or vocabulary of specialized terms used to describe or analyze a language or linguistic process


lexentry: eng/metallocene__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: metallocene
trans_list: Metallocen
sense:
(organic compound) Any of a class of organic compounds containing two cyclopentadienyl anions and a transition metal whose bonding involves overlap of ns and np orbitals of the metal with molecular orbitals of appropriate symmetry of each cyclopentadienyl ring; the rings are parallel to each other, or sometimes canted.


lexentry: eng/metalloid__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: metalloid
trans_list: Halbmetall | Metalloid
sense:
(chemistry) An element, such as silicon or germanium, intermediate in properties between that of a metal and a nonmetal; especially an elemental semiconductor.


lexentry: eng/metallurgy__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: metallurgy
trans_list: Metallurgie | Hüttenwesen | Hüttenkunde
sense:
The science of metals; their extraction from ores, purification and alloying, heat treatment, and working.


lexentry: eng/metamorphic__Adjective__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: metamorphic
trans_list: metamorphes
sense:
(geology) Pertaining to metamorphism; having been structurally altered as a result of, or resulting from, exposure to intense heat and/or pressure (at the contact zone between colliding plates, for example). [from 19th c.]


lexentry: eng/metamorphic_rock__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: metamorphic rock
trans_list: Metamorphit | metamorphes Gestein
sense:
(geology) one of the major groups of rock that makes up the crust of the Earth; consists of pre-existing rock mass in which new minerals or textures are formed at higher temperatures and greater pressures than those present on the Earth's surface


lexentry: eng/metanarrative__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: metanarrative
trans_list: meistererzählung | metanarrativ
sense:
(critical theory) A narrative which concerns narratives of historical meaning, experience or knowledge and offers legitimation of such through the anticipated completion of some master idea; a grand story that is self-legitimizing.


lexentry: eng/metaphor__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: metaphor
trans_list: Metapher
sense:
(uncountable, figure of speech) The use of a word or phrase to refer to something other than its literal meaning, invoking an implicit similarity between the thing described and what is denoted by the word or phrase.


lexentry: eng/metaphysical_naturalism__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: metaphysical naturalism
trans_list: metaphysischer Naturalismus
sense:
(philosophy, metaphysics) Philosophical worldview which holds that there is nothing but natural elements, principles, and relations of the kind studied by the natural sciences.


lexentry: eng/metaprogramming__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: metaprogramming
trans_list: Metaprogrammierung
sense:
(programming) Writing of computer programs that write or manipulate other programs or themselves as their data, or that do part of the work at runtime that would otherwise be done at compile time.


lexentry: eng/metastasis__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: metastasis
trans_list: Metastase
sense:
(medicine) The transference of a bodily function or disease to another part of the body, specifically the development of a secondary area of disease remote from the original site, as with some cancers.


lexentry: eng/metastasize__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: metastasize
trans_list: metastasieren
sense:
(intransitive, medicine, of a disease or tumor) To spread to other sites in the body; to undergo metastasis.


lexentry: eng/metathesis__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: metathesis
trans_list: Metathese
sense:
(phonetics, prosody) The transposition of letters, syllables or sounds within a word, such as in ask as /æks/.


lexentry: eng/metaverse__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: metaverse
trans_list: Metaversum
sense:
(science fiction, Internet) A hypothetical future (counterpart or continuation of the) Internet, created by the convergence of virtually enhanced physical reality and physically persistent virtual space.


lexentry: eng/mete__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: mete
trans_list: ausbreiten
sense:
(transitive, usually with “out”) To dispense, measure in order to dispense, allot (especially punishment, reward etc.).


lexentry: eng/meteor__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: meteor
trans_list: Meteor
sense:
A fast-moving streak of light in the night sky caused by the entry of extraterrestrial matter into the earth's atmosphere; a shooting star or falling star. [from 16th c.]


lexentry: eng/meteor_shower__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: meteor shower
trans_list: Meteorstrom
sense:
(astronomy) A phenomenon occurring when many meteors are seen on Earth during a short period of time.


lexentry: eng/meteoroid__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: meteoroid
trans_list: Meteorit
sense:
(astronomy) A relatively small (sand- to boulder-sized) fragment of debris in a star system that produces a meteor when it hits the atmosphere


lexentry: eng/meteorology__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: meteorology
trans_list: Meteorologie | Wetterkunde | Witterungslehre
sense:
The science that deals with the study of the atmosphere and its phenomena, especially with weather and weather forecasting.


lexentry: eng/methadone__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: methadone
trans_list: Methadon
sense:
(pharmaceutical drug) A powerful synthetic analgesic drug which is similar to morphine in its effects but less sedative and is used as a substitute drug in the treatment of morphine and heroin addiction.


lexentry: eng/methamphetamine__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: methamphetamine
trans_list: Methamphetamin
sense:
A highly addictive phenethylamine stimulant drug, similar to cocaine. Its systematic (IUPAC) name is (S)-N-methyl-1-phenylpropan-2-amine.


lexentry: eng/methane__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: methane
trans_list: Methan
sense:
(organic compound, uncountable) The simplest aliphatic hydrocarbon, CH₄, being a constituent of natural gas, and one of the most abundant greenhouse gases.


lexentry: eng/methanol__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: methanol
trans_list: Methanol
sense:
(organic compound) The simplest aliphatic alcohol, CH3OH; a colourless, toxic, inflammable liquid, used as a solvent, antifreeze, in the chemical industry, and in the preparation of methylated spirit.


lexentry: eng/methionine__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: methionine
trans_list: Methionin
sense:
(amino acid, organic compound) A lipotropic, sulphur-containing essential amino acid, C5H11NO2S, found in most protein.


lexentry: eng/method__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: method
trans_list: Methode | Verfahren | Art und Weise
sense:
A process by which a task is completed; a way of doing something (followed by the adposition of, to or for before the purpose of the process).


lexentry: eng/method_acting__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: method acting
trans_list: Method Acting
sense:
(acting) An acting technique in which the actor fully immerses themselves into the character they are playing.


lexentry: eng/methodology__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: methodology
trans_list: Methodologie | Methodik
sense:
(loosely) A collection of methods, practices, procedures and rules used by those who work in some field.


lexentry: eng/methotrexate__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: methotrexate
trans_list: Methotrexat
sense:
(pharmaceutical drug) An antimetabolite and antifolate drug used in treatment of cancer, autoimmune diseases, and ectopic pregnancies.


lexentry: eng/methyl__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: methyl
trans_list: Methyl
sense:
(organic compound) The univalent hydrocarbon radical, CH3-, formally derived from methane by the loss of a hydrogen atom; a compound or part of a compound formed by the attachment of such a radical.


lexentry: eng/methylated_spirit__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: methylated spirit
trans_list: Brennspiritus | Spiritus
sense:
(Commonwealth) Ethyl alcohol used as a fuel and a solvent, and usually free of taxes on alcohol; denatured alcohol;


lexentry: eng/methylation__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: methylation
trans_list: Methylierung
sense:
(genetics) The addition of a methyl group to cytosine and adenine residues in DNA that leads to the epigenetic modification of DNA and the reduction of gene expression and protein production.


lexentry: eng/methylphenidate__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: methylphenidate
trans_list: Methylphenidat
sense:
(medicine) A stimulant used to treat attention deficit hyperactivity disorder and narcolepsy, better known by the trade name Ritalin


lexentry: eng/metic__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: metic
trans_list: Metöke
sense:
(historical) In Ancient Greek city-states, a resident alien who did not have the rights of a citizen and who paid a tax for the right to live there.


lexentry: eng/metonym__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: metonym
trans_list: Metonym
sense:
(grammar) A word that names an object from a single characteristic of it or of a closely related object; a word used in metonymy.


lexentry: eng/metonymic__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: metonymic
trans_list: metonymisch
sense:
Of, or relating to, a word or phrase that names an object from a single characteristic of it or of a closely related object.


lexentry: eng/metonymy__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: metonymy
trans_list: Metonymie | Namenvertauschung
sense:
(rhetoric) The use of a single characteristic or part of an object, concept or phenomenon to identify the entire object, concept, phenomenon or a related object.


lexentry: eng/metre__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: metre
trans_list: Meter
sense:
The basic unit of length in the International System of Units (SI: Système International d'Unités), equal to the distance travelled by light in a vacuum in 1/299 792 458 seconds. The metre is equal to 39+47⁄127 (approximately 39.37) imperial inches.


lexentry: eng/metric__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: metric
trans_list: Metrik | Indikator | Kenngröße | Kennzahl | Kriterium | Maß
sense:
A measure for something; a means of deriving a quantitative measurement or approximation for otherwise qualitative phenomena (especially used in engineering).


lexentry: eng/metric__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: metric
trans_list: Metrik
sense:
(mathematics) A function for the measurement of the "distance" between two points in some metric space: it is a real-valued function d(x,y) between points x and y satisfying the following properties: (1) "non-negativity": d(x,y) \ge 0 , (2) "identity of indiscernibles": d(x,y) = 0 \mbox{ iff } x=y , (3) "symmetry": d(x,y) = d(y,x) , and (4) "triangle inequality": d(x,y) \le d(x,z) + d(z,y) .


lexentry: eng/metric_space__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: metric space
trans_list: metrischer Raum
sense:
(mathematics, analysis, topology) Any set on which a metric is defined, giving a distance between any two elements.


lexentry: eng/metrizable__Adjective__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: metrizable
trans_list: metrisierbar
sense:
(topology) Of a topological space: for which a metric exists that will induce the original topology.


lexentry: eng/metronome__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: metronome
trans_list: Metronom
sense:
(music) A device, containing an inverted pendulum, used to mark time by means of regular ticks at adjustable intervals; an electronic equivalent that emits flashes.


lexentry: eng/metropolis__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: metropolis
trans_list: Metropole | Weltstadt
sense:
A large, busy city, especially as the main city in an area or country or as distinguished from surrounding rural areas.


lexentry: eng/metrosexual__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: metrosexual
trans_list: Metrosexueller | metrosexuell
sense:
A man — typically urban, heterosexual, and affluent — who is concerned with personal appearance, such as personal grooming, fashion, and aesthetics in general.


lexentry: eng/mezuzah__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: mezuzah
trans_list: Mesusa
sense:
(Judaism, and, _, occasionally, _, Christianity) A piece of parchment inscribed with specific Hebrew verses from the Torah (Deuteronomy 6:4–9 and 11:13–21) and attached in a case to the doorpost of a house.


lexentry: eng/mezzanine__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: mezzanine
trans_list: Halbgeschoss | Mezzanin | Empore | Galerie | Galeriegeschoss | Zwischengeschoss
sense:
An intermediate floor or storey in between the main floors of a building; specifically, one that is directly above the ground floor which does not extend over the whole floorspace of the building, and so resembles a large balcony overlooking the ground floor; an entresol.


lexentry: eng/mica__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: mica
trans_list: Glimmer
sense:
(mineral) Any of a group of hydrous aluminosilicate minerals characterized by highly perfect cleavage, so that they readily separate into very thin leaves, more or less elastic.


lexentry: eng/micelle__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: micelle
trans_list: Mizelle
sense:
(chemistry) a colloidal aggregate, in a simple geometric form, of a specific number of amphipathic molecules which forms at a well-defined concentration, called the critical micelle concentration


lexentry: eng/micro-region__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: micro-region
trans_list: Mikro-Regierung
sense:
An administrative system that is equivalent to a county or a prefecture and a department. It is used in Brazil as a third-level administration between state and micro-region.


lexentry: eng/microaggression__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: microaggression
trans_list: Mikroaggression
sense:
(sociology, chiefly, US) Any small-scale verbal or physical interaction between those of different races, cultures, beliefs, or genders that may have no malicious intent, but that can be interpreted as an aggression.


lexentry: eng/microbiology__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: microbiology
trans_list: Mikrobiologie
sense:
(biology) The branch of biology that deals with microorganisms, especially their effects on man and other living organisms.


lexentry: eng/microbiota__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: microbiota
trans_list: Mikrobiota
sense:
The microbial community that inhabits a multi-cellular organism, whether the entire organism or a specific body surface.


lexentry: eng/microbrewery__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: microbrewery
trans_list: Kleinbrauerei
sense:
A small commercial brewery, often one serving a single pub at which it is physically located; in the United States, often used to indicate a brewery that produces fewer than 15,000 barrels of beer annually.


lexentry: eng/microcephaly__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: microcephaly
trans_list: Mikrozephalie
sense:
A neurological disorder in which the person affected has an abnormally small head due to a failure of brain growth.


lexentry: eng/microcomputer__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: microcomputer
trans_list: Mikrorechner
sense:
(computer hardware) A computer designed around a microprocessor, smaller than a minicomputer or a mainframe.


lexentry: eng/microcontroller__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: microcontroller
trans_list: Mikrocontroller
sense:
(computing, electronics) A microcomputer on a single chip, used to control some device such as an automobile engine or a toy.


lexentry: eng/microcosm__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: microcosm
trans_list: Mikrokosmos
sense:
Human nature or the human body as representative of the wider universe; man considered as a miniature counterpart of divine or universal nature. [from 15th c.]


lexentry: eng/microcosm__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: microcosm
trans_list: Mikrokosmos
sense:
(ecology) A small natural ecosystem; an artificial ecosystem set up as an experimental model. [from 19th c.]


lexentry: eng/microdot__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: microdot
trans_list: Mikropunkt
sense:
A text or photographic image that has been reduced in size to that of a typographical dot in order to escape detection by unintended recipients.


lexentry: eng/microeconomics__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: microeconomics
trans_list: Mikroökonomie
sense:
The field of economics that deals with small-scale economic activities such as those of an individual or company.


lexentry: eng/microelectrode__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: microelectrode
trans_list: Mikroelektrode
sense:
A very small, fine electrode, most often used to study the electrical behaviour of biological cells or tissues.


lexentry: eng/microevolution__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: microevolution
trans_list: Mikroevolution
sense:
Small-scale changes in the history of life, such as changes in allele frequencies in a population (over a few generations); also known as change at or below the species level.


lexentry: eng/microfiche__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: microfiche
trans_list: Mikrofiche
sense:
A sheet of microfilm, six by four inches, holding several hundred reduced images of document pages, read using a microfiche reader or microfilm reader.


lexentry: eng/microflora__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: microflora
trans_list: Mikroflora
sense:
Microscopic plant life, especially the bacterial colonies found in the gut of normal, healthy animals and humans.


lexentry: eng/microgram__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: microgram
trans_list: Mikrogramm
sense:
(metrology) An SI unit of mass equal to 10−6 grams. Symbol: μg A unit of mass equal to one millionth of a gram, or 0.000 001 grams.


lexentry: eng/microgravity__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: microgravity
trans_list: Mikrogravitation
sense:
(physics) A state of very low acceleration between two free floating objects, as found in sustained freefall, in orbit, or in interstellar space.


lexentry: eng/microhistory__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: microhistory
trans_list: Mikrogeschichte
sense:
The study of the past on a small scale, such as an individual neighborhood or town, as a case study for general trends.


lexentry: eng/microkernel__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: microkernel
trans_list: Mikrokernel
sense:
(operating systems) A minimal operating system kernel offering basic mechanisms rather than abstract services.


lexentry: eng/micrometer__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: micrometer
trans_list: Mikrometer | Mikrometerschraube | Messschraube
sense:
A device used to measure distance very precisely but within a limited range, especially depth, thickness, and diameter.


lexentry: eng/micronation__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: micronation
trans_list: Mikronation
sense:
A non-autonomous entity that claims to be a sovereign state and mimics the actions of a state, but lacks any legal recognition and exists only on paper or in the mind of its creator; a micronational entity.


lexentry: eng/micronutrient__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: micronutrient
trans_list: Mikronährstoff | Spurenelement
sense:
A mineral, vitamin or other substance that is essential, even in very small quantities, for growth or metabolism.


lexentry: eng/microorganism__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: microorganism
trans_list: Mikroorganismus
sense:
(microbiology) An organism that is too small to be seen by the unaided eye, especially a single-celled organism, such as a bacterium.


lexentry: eng/micropaleontology__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: micropaleontology
trans_list: Mikropaläontologie
sense:
The branch of paleontology dealing with the fossilized microscopic organic remains (microfossils) of the geologic past; including their structure, biology, relationships and distribution.


lexentry: eng/microphone__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: microphone
trans_list: Mikrofon
sense:
A device (transducer) used to convert sound waves into a varying electric current; normally fed into an amplifier and either recorded or transmitted over radio.


lexentry: eng/microplastic__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: microplastic
trans_list: Mikroplastik
sense:
Small particles of plastic (typically less than 5 mm) produced by the degradation of plastic products, found in high levels in the marine environment and increasingly throughout all environments and in food and drinks.


lexentry: eng/micropyle__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: micropyle
trans_list: Mikropyle
sense:
(botany) In seed-bearing plants, a small opening in the integuments of the ovule through which sperm are able to access the ovum.


lexentry: eng/microsecond__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: microsecond
trans_list: Mikrosekunde
sense:
(metrology) An SI unit of time equal to 10−6 seconds. Symbol: μs It is commonly represented with symbol µs.


lexentry: eng/microtome__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: microtome
trans_list: Mikrotom
sense:
A special instrument that produces very thin slices of plant and animal tissues, for later examination by light microscope or electron microscope.


lexentry: eng/microvillus__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: microvillus
trans_list: Mikrovillus | Mikrozotte
sense:
Any of many fingerlike extensions on the surfaces of many cells, consisting of the proteins actin, fimbrin, and villin.


lexentry: eng/mid-life_crisis__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: mid-life crisis
trans_list: Midlife Crisis
sense:
(psychology) An emotional period of doubt and anxiety sometimes experienced by people who realize that their life is already half over.


lexentry: eng/mid-ocean_ridge__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: mid-ocean ridge
trans_list: Mittelozeanischer Rücken
sense:
(geology, oceanography) any of an interconnected system of broad submarine rises formed by plate tectonics


lexentry: eng/midbrain__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: midbrain
trans_list: Mittelhirn
sense:
(neuroanatomy) A part of the brain located rostral to the pons and caudal to the thalamus and the basal ganglia, composed of the tectum (dorsal portion) and the tegmentum (ventral portion).


lexentry: eng/middle_ear__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: middle ear
trans_list: Mittelohr
sense:
(anatomy) The cavity in the temporal bone between the eardrum and the inner ear that contains the ossicles, and which conveys sound to the cochlea.


lexentry: eng/middle_finger__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: middle finger
trans_list: Stinkefinger | Mittelfinger
sense:
An obscene gesture directed towards another as an insult, made by sticking up the middle finger of a hand.


lexentry: eng/middle_name__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: middle name
trans_list: Mittelname | Zweitname | Zwischenname | zweiter Vorname
sense:
A name between the first given name and the family name or surname; a second or subsequent given name.


lexentry: eng/middle_of_nowhere__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: middle of nowhere
trans_list: Arsch der Welt | wo sich Fuchs und Hase gute Nacht sagen
sense:
(idiomatic) A very remote or secluded area; a nondescript place lacking population, interesting things, or defining characteristics.


lexentry: eng/middle_scalene_muscle__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: middle scalene muscle
trans_list: mittlerer Treppenmuskel
sense:
(muscle) A muscle arising from the transverse processes of the lower six cervical vertebrae, inserting on the upper surface of the first rib, and functioning to bend the neck forward and laterally and to rotate it to the side.


lexentry: eng/middle_school__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: middle school
trans_list: Mittelstufe
sense:
(schools, countable) A school which crosses the traditional divide between primary school and secondary school.


lexentry: eng/middle_voice__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: middle voice
trans_list: Medium
sense:
A voice that is neither active nor passive, because the subject of the verb cannot be unambiguously categorized as either agent or patient, for having elements of both.


lexentry: eng/midge__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: midge
trans_list: Mücke
sense:
any of various small two-winged flies, for example, from the family Chironomidae or non-biting midges, the family Chaoboridae or phantom midges, and the family Ceratopogonidae or biting midges, all belonging to the order Diptera


lexentry: eng/midget__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: midget
trans_list: Zwerg | Liliputaner | Liliputanerin | Zwergin
sense:
(sometimes, offensive) A normally-proportioned person with small stature, usually defined as reaching an adult height less than 4'10". [from later 19th c.]


lexentry: eng/midnight_sun__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: midnight sun
trans_list: Mitternachtssonne
sense:
The phenomenon occurring when the Sun does not set but only approaches the horizon at midnight; it occurs near the summer solstice in the polar regions.


lexentry: eng/midriff__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: midriff
trans_list: Bauch | Taille
sense:
(anatomy) The middle section of the human torso, from below the chest to above the waist; the abdomen and its back part.


lexentry: eng/midst__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: midst
trans_list: Mitte | Mitten
sense:
(often, literary) A place in the middle of something; may be used of a literal or metaphorical location.


lexentry: eng/midwife__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: midwife
sense:
A person, usually a woman, who is trained to assist women in childbirth, but who is not a physician.

trans_list:
Hebamme | Geburtshelferin | Entbindungspfleger | Geburtshelfer | Entbindungshelfer | Entbindungshelferin


lexentry: eng/mien__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: mien
trans_list: Auftreten | Ausdruck | Benehmen | Gebahren | Gesichtsausdruck | Miene
sense:
(countable, uncountable) Demeanor; facial expression or attitude, especially one which is intended by its bearer.


lexentry: eng/mifepristone__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: mifepristone
trans_list: Mifepriston
sense:
(pharmaceutical drug) A steroid medication that inhibits the action of progesterone, typically given orally in combination with misoprostol in early pregnancy to induce abortion.


lexentry: eng/migraine__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: migraine
trans_list: Migräne
sense:
(pathology) A severe, disabling headache, usually affecting only one side of the head, and often accompanied by nausea, vomiting, photophobia and visual disturbances.


lexentry: eng/migrant_worker__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
sense: A person with temporary permission to work in another country; a guest worker.
written_rep: migrant worker
trans_list:
Saisonarbeitnehmer | Saisonarbeitnehmerin | Wanderarbeiter | Wanderarbeiterin | Wanderarbeitnehmer | Wanderarbeitnehmerin


lexentry: eng/migrate__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: migrate
trans_list: migrieren
sense:
(intransitive) To relocate periodically from one region to another, usually according to the seasons.


lexentry: eng/migration__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: migration
trans_list: Migration | Tierwanderung | Vogelstrich | Vogelwanderung | Vogelzug | Wanderung
sense:
Seasonal moving of animals, as mammals, birds or fish, especially between breeding and non-breeding areas.


lexentry: eng/migratory_bird__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: migratory bird
trans_list: Zugvogel
sense:
A bird that moves from one area of the world to another according to the season, usually from north to south and vice versa.


lexentry: eng/mil__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: mil
trans_list: Strich | artillerischer Strich
sense:
An angular mil, a unit of angular measurement equal to 1⁄6400 of a complete circle. At 1000 metres one mil subtends about one metre (0.98 m). Also 1⁄6000 and 1⁄6300 are used in other countries.


lexentry: eng/milch_cow__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: milch cow
trans_list: Goldesel
sense:
(military, slang) A German WWII submarine designed to carry large cargoes of supplies and transfer them to other submarines.


lexentry: eng/mild_steel__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: mild steel
trans_list: Baustahl | Karbonstahl
sense:
A kind of steel having a lower proportion of carbon than hardenable steels, rendering it softer and more malleable and ductile.


lexentry: eng/mildew__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: mildew
trans_list: Schimmel | Mehltau
sense:
(plant disease) A growth of minute powdery or webby fungi, whitish or of different colors, found on various diseased or decaying substances.


lexentry: eng/mile__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: mile
trans_list: Meile
sense:
Any of several customary units of length derived from the 1593 English statute mile of 8 furlongs, equivalent to 5,280 feet or 1,760 yards of various precise values.


lexentry: eng/mile__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: mile
trans_list: Meile
sense:
Any of many customary units of length from other measurement systems of roughly similar values, as the Chinese mile or Arabic mile.


lexentry: eng/milecastle__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: milecastle
trans_list: Meilenkastell
sense:
One of a series of small rectangular fortifications, spaced roughly one Roman mile apart, built during the period of the Roman Empire.


lexentry: eng/milestone__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: milestone
trans_list: Meilenstein | Kilometerstein | Postmeilensäule
sense:
A stone milepost (or by extension in other materials), one of a series of numbered markers placed along a road at regular intervals, typically at the side of the road or in a median.


lexentry: eng/milestone__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: milestone
trans_list: Meilenstein | Etappenziel | Markstein
sense:
(idiomatic) An important event in a person's life or career, in the history of a nation, in the life of some project, etc.


lexentry: eng/militarism__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: militarism
trans_list: Militarismus
sense:
An ideology which claims that the military is the foundation of a society's security, and thereby its most important aspect.


lexentry: eng/militarization__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: militarization
trans_list: Militarisierung
sense:
The process whereby some area, procedure, aspect of culture, etc., becomes controlled by the military or administered in a military fashion.


lexentry: eng/military__Adjective__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: military
trans_list: militärisch
sense:
(North America) Relating to armed forces such as the army, marines, navy and air force (often as distinguished from civilians or police forces).


lexentry: eng/military_exercise__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: military exercise
trans_list: Manöver | Kriegsübung | Militärübung
sense:
A large-scale activity involving military forces from multiple countries or commands, designed to demonstrate the level of alliance between those forces and their ability to coordinate, as a signal to potential military adversaries.


lexentry: eng/military_parade__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: military parade
trans_list: Aufmarsch | Heerschau | Militärparade | Revue
sense:
(military) A show of troops, an assembly of troops as a show of force, to receive orders, or especially for inspection at set times.


lexentry: eng/military_police__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: military police
trans_list: Militärpolizei
sense:
(collective) A unit of a military organization whose duty is to police the organization. They are in charge of law enforcement on military property, and of military personnel.


lexentry: eng/military_rank__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: military rank
trans_list: Dienstgrad
sense:
A grade conferred upon officers in armed forces, police and intelligence agencies, typically denoted by particular insignia affixed to their uniforms.


lexentry: eng/military_science__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: military science
trans_list: Wehrwissenschaft
sense:
The science of how best to run a military; the academic discipline which examines institutions and behaviours in, and optimized administration of, a military.


lexentry: eng/military_service__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: military service
trans_list: Militärdienst | Wehrdienst | Kriegsdienst
sense:
Service in an army or other military organisation, whether as a chosen job (volunteering) or as a result of an involuntary draft (conscription).


lexentry: eng/militia__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: militia
trans_list: Miliz | Volksheer | Landwehr | Reserve
sense:
An army of trained civilians, which may be an official reserve army, called upon in time of need, the entire able-bodied population of a state which may also be called upon, or a private force not under government control.


lexentry: eng/milium__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: milium
trans_list: Hautgrieß | Grießkorn | Milium
sense:
(dermatology) A keratin-filled cyst that can appear just under the epidermis or on the roof of the mouth.


lexentry: eng/milk__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: milk
trans_list: Milch
sense:
(uncountable, by extension) A white (or whitish) liquid obtained from a vegetable source such as almonds, coconuts, oats, rice, and/or soy beans.


lexentry: eng/milk__Verb__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: milk
trans_list: ausreizen | ausschöpfen
sense:
(transitive, figurative) To make excessive use of (a particular point in speech or writing, a source of funds, etc.); to exploit; to take advantage of (something).


lexentry: eng/milk_fever__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: milk fever
trans_list: Milchfieber
sense:
A type of fever caused by infection, occurring in women shortly after childbirth (previously associated with the start of lactation).


lexentry: eng/milk_float__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: milk float
trans_list: Milchauto | Milchwagen
sense:
An electric accumulator battery-driven vehicle (formerly also horse-drawn), designed for the house-to-house delivery of fresh milk; common in Europe, especially the United Kingdom.


lexentry: eng/milk_glass__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: milk glass
trans_list: Milchglas
sense:
(usually, uncountable) Opaque glass, especially the kind having a white shade; first produced in Italy in the 1500s as an imitation of Chinese porcelain.


lexentry: eng/milk_snake__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: milk snake
trans_list: Dreiecksnatter | Milchschlange
sense:
Any of various snakes, Lampropeltis triangulum, with smooth and shiny scales and typically a pattern of colours that runs red-black-yellow or white-black-red.


lexentry: eng/milk_substitute__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: milk substitute
trans_list: Milchersatz | Pflanzenmilch
sense:
Liquid that replaces milk#Noun (usually and especially cow's milk) in a diet#Noun or a recipe (for adults).


lexentry: eng/milkshake__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: milkshake
trans_list: Milchshake | Milchmischgetränk | Milchmix | Milchmixgetränk
sense:
A thick beverage consisting of milk and ice cream mixed together, often with fruit, chocolate, or other flavoring.


lexentry: eng/milkshake__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: milkshake
trans_list: Milchshake | Milchmischgetränk | Milchmix | Milchmixgetränk
sense:
(New England, Australia, New Zealand) A thin beverage, similar to the above, but with no ice cream or significantly less of it.


lexentry: eng/milkwort__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: milkwort
trans_list: Kreuzblume
sense:
Any of more than 500 species of flowering plants of the genus Polygala that are used as a food source by the larvae of some members of the Lepidoptera order.


lexentry: eng/mill_dam__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: mill dam
trans_list: Mühldamm
sense:
A dam constructed across a river or stream to raise the water level so that it can turn a millwheel; also, the millpond so created.


lexentry: eng/mill_race__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: mill race
trans_list: Mühlgraben | Mühlbach
sense:
A fast-running water-filled channel diverted from a river or stream used to drive the millwheel in a watermill.


lexentry: eng/mille-feuille__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: mille-feuille
trans_list: Cremeschnitte
sense:
A type of pastry made of several layers of puff pastry usually filled with cream or custard, and topped with icing or sugar.


lexentry: eng/millennial__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: millennial
trans_list: Millennial
sense:
(originally, US, demography) Often capitalized: a person from the generation born in the last two decades of the 20th century, from around the early 1980s to the mid-1990s and who reached adulthood early in the third millennium C.E., characterized by their familiarity with computer technology and poorer financial prospects than their parents.


lexentry: eng/millennium__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: millennium
trans_list: Jahrtausend | Millennium
sense:
(with definite article) The year in which one period of one thousand years ends and another begins, especially the year 2000.


lexentry: eng/millet__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: millet
trans_list: Hirse
sense:
Any of a group of various types of grass or its grains used as food, widely cultivated in the developing world.


lexentry: eng/milli-__Prefix__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: milli-
trans_list: milli-
sense:
In the International System of Units and other metric systems of units, one-thousandth of the unit to which it is prefixed; that is, multiplying the unit to which it is attached by 10-3. Symbol: m.


lexentry: eng/millimeter_of_mercury__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: millimeter of mercury
trans_list: Millimeter Quecksilber | Millimeter Quecksilbersäule
sense:
A unit of pressure equal to the amount of fluid pressure one millimeter deep in mercury at zero degrees Celsius on Earth.


lexentry: eng/milling_machine__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: milling machine
trans_list: Fräsmaschine
sense:
(mechanical engineering) A machine tool in which a rotating cutter is moved against the workpiece (or vice versa) in order to cut the latter to a desired shape.


lexentry: eng/millipede__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: millipede
trans_list: Tausendfüßler
sense:
Any of many elongated arthropods, of the class Diplopoda, with cylindrical bodies that have two pairs of legs for each one of their 20 to 100 or more body segments.[From 1600]


lexentry: eng/millisecond__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: millisecond
trans_list: Millisekunde
sense:
(metrology) An SI unit of time equal to 10−3 seconds. Symbol: ms; one one-thousandth of a second. Symbol: ms.


lexentry: eng/millrind__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: millrind
trans_list: Mühleisen
sense:
An iron support, usually four-armed or cross-shaped, for the turning ("runner") stone in a pair of millstones.


lexentry: eng/millstone__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: millstone
trans_list: Klotz am Bein | Mühlstein
sense:
(figurative) Ellipsis of millstone round one's neck (referring to Matthew 18:6 in the Bible): a heavy responsibility that is difficult to bear.


lexentry: eng/milquetoast__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: milquetoast
trans_list: Angsthase | Hasenfuß
sense:
(originally, US, informal, derogatory) A person of meek or timid disposition; a person who lacks character or effectiveness.


lexentry: eng/mimosa__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: mimosa
trans_list: Mimose
sense:
(botany) A plant belonging to the genus Mimosa usually found in tropical climates, their leaves are usually prickly and sensitive to touch or light, and have small white or pink flowers.


lexentry: eng/mina__Noun__2
sense_num: 01
written_rep: mina
trans_list: Mine
sense:
(historical) A monetary unit of ancient Greece and the Middle East, originally equivalent to the weight of a mina of silver. [From 15th C.]


lexentry: eng/mina__Noun__2
sense_num: 02
written_rep: mina
trans_list: Mine
sense:
(historical) A unit of weight of varying value used in the ancient Middle East, especially Babylonia, Mesopotamia and Egypt; also an ancient Greek measure of weight equivalent to 1/60th of a talent, approximately 400-700 grams. [From 16th C.]


lexentry: eng/minaret__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: minaret
trans_list: Minarett
sense:
The tall slender tower of an Islamic mosque, from which the muezzin recites the adhan (call to prayer).


lexentry: eng/mince__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: mince
trans_list: abschwächen | mildern | unterdrücken
sense:
(transitive) To lessen; to diminish; to diminish in speaking; to speak of lightly or slightingly; to minimise.


lexentry: eng/mince_words__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: mince words
trans_list: sich kein Blatt vor den Mund nehmen
sense:
(idiomatic, chiefly in the negative) To restrain oneself in a conversation by withholding some comments or using euphemisms.


lexentry: eng/minced_oath__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: minced oath
trans_list: abgemildertes Schimpfwort | entschärfter Fluch
sense:
A type of euphemism based on a profanity or blasphemy that has been altered to remove the objectionable characteristics of the original expression; polite versions of expletives.


lexentry: eng/mind-numbing__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: mind-numbing
trans_list: stumpfsinnig
sense:
(idiomatic) Excessively boring, tedious, or dull; repetitive; of an activity, etc., lacking any interest or variety that might serve as intellectual stimulation.


lexentry: eng/mind__Noun__1
sense_num: 09
written_rep: mind
trans_list: Wahrnehmung
sense:
(philosophy) The non-material substance or set of processes in which consciousness, perception, affectivity, judgement, thinking, and will are based.


lexentry: eng/mind__Verb__1
sense_num: 06
written_rep: mind
trans_list: aufpassen | beachten | dagegen haben
sense:
(chiefly, in the imperative) To pay attention or heed to so as to obey; hence to obey; to make sure, to take care (that). [from 17th c.]


lexentry: eng/mind_map__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: mind map
trans_list: Mindmap
sense:
A diagram used to represent words, ideas, tasks or other items linked to and arranged radially around a central key word or idea.


lexentry: eng/mind_one's_own_business__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: mind one's own business
trans_list: sich um seine eigenen Angelegenheiten kümmern
sense:
(idiomatic) To concern oneself only with what is of interest to oneself and not interfere in the affairs of others.


lexentry: eng/mind_you__Adverb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: mind you
trans_list: wohlgemerkt
sense:
(idiomatic, colloquial, chiefly, UK) Used to introduce a qualification or contrastive statement, especially when toning down or rectifying


lexentry: eng/minder__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: minder
trans_list: Tagesmutter
sense:
A monitor assigned by the authorities to someone, such as a foreign visitor (to exercise control over their contacts with the populace) or a journalist or someone who is speaking to journalists (to monitor and control what they say).


lexentry: eng/mindfuck__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: mindfuck
trans_list: Auflösung
sense:
(slang, vulgar) Something that intentionally destabilizes, confuses or manipulates the mind of another person.


lexentry: eng/mine__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: mine
trans_list: Bergwerk | Mine | Grube | Tagebau | Abbaustelle | Grub
sense:
An excavation from which ore or solid minerals are taken, especially one consisting of underground tunnels.


lexentry: eng/mine__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: mine
trans_list: Mine
sense:
(military) A device intended to explode when stepped upon or touched, or when approached by a ship, vehicle, or person.


lexentry: eng/mine__Verb__1
sense_num: 06
written_rep: mine
trans_list: verminen | abbauen | fördern
sense:
To dig away, or otherwise remove, the substratum or foundation of; to lay a mine under; to sap; to undermine.


lexentry: eng/mine_flail__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: mine flail
trans_list: Minenflegel
sense:
A device mounted in front of an armoured vehicle to clear its track of explosive threats otherwise activated when passing by means of striking them with a chain.


lexentry: eng/mine_plow__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: mine plow
trans_list: Minenpflug
sense:
A device mounted in front of an armoured vehicle to clear its track of explosive threats otherwise activated when passing by means of digging them up and removing them.


lexentry: eng/mine_roller__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: mine roller
trans_list: Minenroller | Minenwalze
sense:
A device mounted in front of an armoured vehicle to clear its track of explosive threats otherwise activated when passing by means of placing pressure on them.


lexentry: eng/mineral__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: mineral
trans_list: Mineral
sense:
(geology) Any naturally occurring inorganic material that has a (more or less) definite chemical composition and characteristic physical properties.


lexentry: eng/mineral_acid__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: mineral acid
trans_list: Mineralsäure
sense:
(inorganic chemistry) Any inorganic acid, especially common acids such as sulfuric acid, nitric acid, phosphoric acid etc.


lexentry: eng/mineral_oil__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: mineral oil
trans_list: Mineralöl
sense:
Any mixture of aliphatic and alicyclic hydrocarbons derived from petroleum used for very many applications, but not as a fuel.


lexentry: eng/mineral_water__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: mineral water
trans_list: Mineralwasser | Wasser
sense:
Water from a spring that naturally contains dissolved minerals, often treated in any of several ways (filtering, aerating etc) and bottled; used either therapeutically or out of preference.


lexentry: eng/mineralocorticoid__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: mineralocorticoid
trans_list: Mineralocorticoid | Mineralokortikoide
sense:
(steroid hormone) Any of a group of steroid hormones, characterised by their similarity to aldosterone and their influence on salt and water metabolism.


lexentry: eng/minesweeper__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: minesweeper
trans_list: Minenabwehrfahrzeug | Minenräumboot
sense:
A vehicle, device or person with the purpose of removing explosive mines (landmines or water mines).


lexentry: eng/mingle__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: mingle
trans_list: untermischen | vermengen | vermischen
sense:
(transitive) To intermix; to combine or join, as an individual or part, with other parts, but commonly so as to be distinguishable in the product.


lexentry: eng/miniature_golf__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: miniature golf
trans_list: Minigolf
sense:
(golf) An informal form of golf, played with a putter on a short course featuring novelty obstacles.


lexentry: eng/miniature_sheet__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: miniature sheet
trans_list: Block
sense:
(philately) A smaller-than-normal sheet or pane of usually identical postage stamps, commonly containing gum and perforations, sometimes bearing a marginal inscription identifying an event being commemorated, printed as a souvenir or for collecting purposes.


lexentry: eng/minibar__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: minibar
trans_list: Minibar
sense:
A small refrigerator in a hotel room, containing drinks and snacks that the guest may choose to purchase during their stay.


lexentry: eng/minimal_pair__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: minimal pair
trans_list: Minimalpaar
sense:
(phonology) A pair of words differing by only one phonetic segment or suprasegment, used to prove the validity of a proposed phoneme, toneme, or chroneme.


lexentry: eng/minimalism__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: minimalism
trans_list: Minimalismus
sense:
(music genre) A style of music that emphasises extreme simplicity of rhythms and melodic forms to achieve a trancelike effect.


lexentry: eng/minimize__Verb__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: minimize
trans_list: minimieren
sense:
(computing, transitive, graphical user interface) To remove (a window) from the main display area, collapsing it to an icon or caption.


lexentry: eng/minimum_wage__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: minimum wage
trans_list: Mindestlohn
sense:
The lowest rate at which an employer must legally pay an employee; usually expressed as pay per hour.


lexentry: eng/minion__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: minion
trans_list: Colonel | Kolonel | Mignon
sense:
(uncountable, typography, printing) The size of type between nonpareil and brevier, standardized as 7-point.


lexentry: eng/minionette__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: minionette
trans_list: Insertio
sense:
(uncountable, US, _, printing, typography, dated) A size of type between nonpareil and minion, standardized as 6½-point.


lexentry: eng/minister__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: minister
trans_list: Priester | Pfarrer
sense:
(religion) A person who is trained to preach, to perform religious ceremonies, and to afford pastoral care at a Protestant church.


lexentry: eng/minister_without_portfolio__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: minister without portfolio
trans_list: Minister ohne Geschäftsbereich | Minister ohne Portefeuille
sense:
(government) A member of a government having the rank of cabinet minister, but not assigned to oversee a particular government department or other permanent area of responsibility.


lexentry: eng/ministry__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ministry
trans_list: Ministerium
sense:
Government department, at the administrative level normally headed by a minister (or equivalent rank, e.g. secretary of state), who holds it as portfolio, especially in a constitutional monarchy, but also as a polity


lexentry: eng/ministry__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: ministry
trans_list: Ministerium
sense:
The complete body of government ministers (whether or not they are in cabinet) under the leadership of a head of government (such as a prime minister)


lexentry: eng/miniver__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: miniver
trans_list: Feh
sense:
A light gray or white fur used to trim the robes of judges or state executives, also used in medieval times.


lexentry: eng/minivet__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: minivet
trans_list: Mennigvogel
sense:
Any of about 13 species of passerine birds in the genus Pericrocotus of the cuckooshrike family of southern and eastern Asia.


lexentry: eng/mink__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: mink
trans_list: Nerz | Mink
sense:
(plural mink or minks) Any of various semi-aquatic, carnivorous mammals in the Mustelinae subfamily, similar to weasels, with dark fur, native to Europe and America, of which two species in different genera are extant: the American mink (Neovison vison) and the European mink (Mustela lutreola).


lexentry: eng/mink_coat__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: mink coat
trans_list: Nerzmantel
sense:
A fur coat made from the fur of the mink, symbolic of membership in a social class of wealthy people.


lexentry: eng/minke_whale__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: minke whale
trans_list: Zwergwal
sense:
Either of two baleen whales, Balaenoptera acutorostrata and Balaenoptera bonaerensis, found in coastal waters.


lexentry: eng/minnow__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: minnow
trans_list: Elritze | Bitterfisch | Maipiere | Pfrille
sense:
The common minnow (Phoxinus phoxinus), a small freshwater fish of the carp family Cyprinidae which has a green back with black elongated blotches, commonly swimming in large shoals.


lexentry: eng/minor__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: minor
trans_list: moll
sense:
(music) Incorporating a minor third interval above the (in scales) tonic or (in chords) root note, (also, _, figurative) tending to produce a dark, discordant, sad, or pensive effect.


lexentry: eng/minor__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: minor
trans_list: unbedeutend | gering | geringfügig | klein | nachgeordnet | untergeordnet
sense:
Lesser, smaller in importance, size, degree, seriousness, or significance compared to another option, particularly:


lexentry: eng/minor__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: minor
trans_list: Nebenfach
sense:
(North America, education) A formally recognized secondary area of undergraduate study, requiring fewer course credits than the equivalent major.


lexentry: eng/minor__Noun__1
sense_num: 17
written_rep: minor
trans_list: Minderjährige | Minderjähriger | minderjährige Person
sense:
(Scots law, obsolete) An adolescent, a person above the legal age of puberty but below the age of majority.


lexentry: eng/minor_third__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: minor third
trans_list: kleine Terz
sense:
A musical interval in Western music that approximates a frequency ratio of 6:5, spanning two degrees of the diatonic scale.


lexentry: eng/minority__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: minority
trans_list: Minderheit | Minorität
sense:
The state of being a minor; youth, the period of a person's life prior to reaching adulthood. [from 15th c.]


lexentry: eng/minority_government__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: minority government
trans_list: Minderheitsregierung
sense:
(politics) Government by a political party or a coalition that does not have a majority of seats or votes in parliament.


lexentry: eng/minstrel__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: minstrel
trans_list: Spielmann | Troubadour | Minnesänger
sense:
(historical) Originally, an entertainer employed to juggle, play music, sing, tell stories, etc.; a buffoon, a fool, a jester; later, a medieval (especially travelling) entertainer who would recite and sing poetry, often to their own musical accompaniment.


lexentry: eng/mint__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: mint
trans_list: Münze | Münzanstalt | Münzstätte
sense:
A building or institution where money (originally, only coins) is produced under government licence.


lexentry: eng/minuet__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: minuet
trans_list: Menuett
sense:
(music) A complete short musical composition inspired by and conforming to many formal characteristics of the traditional musical accompaniment to the dance of same name.


lexentry: eng/minus__Preposition__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: minus
trans_list: minus | weniger
sense:
(mathematics) Made less or reduced by (followed by an expression of number or quantity). [from 15th c.]


lexentry: eng/minus_sign__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: minus sign
trans_list: Minuszeichen
sense:
(arithmetic) The symbol −, used to denote the operation of subtraction or to indicate that a number is negative.


lexentry: eng/minuscule__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: minuscule
trans_list: Minuskel
sense:
(uncountable) Either of the two medieval handwriting styles minuscule cursive and Caroline minuscule.


lexentry: eng/minute__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: minute
trans_list: Minute
sense:
A unit of purchase on a telephone or other similar network, especially a cell phone network, roughly equivalent in gross form to sixty seconds' use of the network.


lexentry: eng/minute_of_angle__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: minute of angle
trans_list: Bogenminute
sense:
An angle, one sixtieth (1/60th) of a degree, used by gunners as a measurement of accuracy. One minute of angle is roughly equal to 1 inch at 100 yards distance.


lexentry: eng/mirabelle_plum__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: mirabelle plum
trans_list: Mirabelle | Gelbe Zwetschge
sense:
The sweet, edible drupaceous fruit of the mirabelle prune tree, a cultivar of the plum tree of the subspecies Prunus domestica subsp. syriaca, often used in pies, wines, and brandy


lexentry: eng/miracle__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: miracle
trans_list: Wunder | Mirakel
sense:
An event that appears inexplicable by the laws of nature and so is held to be supernatural in origin.


lexentry: eng/miracle_play__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: miracle play
trans_list: Mirakelspiel
sense:
A kind of mystery play that re-enacted miraculous interventions by the saints into the lives of ordinary people.


lexentry: eng/miraculous__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: miraculous
trans_list: wundertätig | mirakulös | Wunder
sense:
By supernatural or uncommon causes, e.g. by a god; that cannot be explained in terms of normal events.


lexentry: eng/mirage__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: mirage
trans_list: Fata Morgana | Luftspiegelung
sense:
An optical phenomenon in which light is refracted through a layer of hot air close to the ground, often giving the illusion of a body of water.


lexentry: eng/mirative__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: mirative
trans_list: Admirativ
sense:
(uncountable, grammatical mood) A grammatical mood that expresses (surprise at) unexpected revelations or new information.


lexentry: eng/mirativity__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: mirativity
trans_list: Mirativität
sense:
(grammar, of a mood) The quality of being mirative, that is, of expressing (surprise at) an unexpected revelation or new information.


lexentry: eng/mirepoix__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: mirepoix
trans_list: Mirepoix
sense:
A combination of diced onions, carrots, celery and herbs sautéed in oil or butter as used in French cooking.


lexentry: eng/mirror__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: mirror
trans_list: Spiegel | Kopie
sense:
A smooth surface, usually made of glass with reflective material painted on the underside, that reflects light so as to give an image of what is in front of it.


lexentry: eng/misanthrope__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: misanthrope
trans_list: Misanthrop | Menschenfeind | Menschenfeindin | Misanthropin | Menschenhasser | Menschenhasserin
sense:
One who has a negative view of the entire human race. This may express itself as, e.g., distrust, dislike, hate, or contempt.


lexentry: eng/misanthropic__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: misanthropic
trans_list: menschenfeindlich
sense:
Having a negative view of mankind. This may express itself as, e.g., distrust, dislike, hate, or contempt.


lexentry: eng/misanthropy__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: misanthropy
trans_list: Misanthropie | Menschenfeindlichkeit | Menschenhass
sense:
A negative view of the entire human race. This may express itself as, e.g., distrust, dislike, hate, or contempt.


lexentry: eng/miscarriage__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: miscarriage
trans_list: Fehlgeburt
sense:
(medicine) The spontaneous natural termination of a pregnancy, especially before it is viable; the fatal expulsion of a foetus from the womb before term. [from 17th c.]


lexentry: eng/miscarriage_of_justice__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: miscarriage of justice
trans_list: Justizirrtum | Fehlurteil
sense:
(law) An error at a trial which led to an unjust outcome, such as the conviction of a person for a crime they did not commit.


lexentry: eng/miscarry__Verb__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: miscarry
trans_list: misslingen
sense:
To fail to achieve some purpose; to be unsuccessful, to go wrong (of a business, project etc.). [from 16th c.]


lexentry: eng/mischief__Noun__1
sense_num: 06
written_rep: mischief
trans_list: Rowdy | Störenfried | Anstifter | Aufrührer | Schläger | Unruhestifter
sense:
(archaic, countable) A cause or agent of annoyance, harm or injury, especially a person who causes mischief.


lexentry: eng/misdeed__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: misdeed
trans_list: Missetat
sense:
That which was done that should not have been, ranging from any sin or moral offense to various degrees of crime.


lexentry: eng/misdemeanor__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: misdemeanor
trans_list: Vergehen
sense:
(legal, historical, _, in, _, UK) A crime usually punishable upon conviction by a small fine or by a short term of imprisonment. In the USA, misdemeanants usually are incarcerated in county jail for less than one year, but felons usually are incarcerated in state or federal prison for more than one year. Crimes which are punishable by large fines or by longer imprisonment are sometimes called felonies.


lexentry: eng/miser__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: miser
trans_list: Geizhals | Geizkragen | Knauser | Pfennigfuchser | Geizige | Geiziger
sense:
(pejorative) A person who hoards money rather than spending it; one who is cheap or extremely parsimonious.


lexentry: eng/misericord__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: misericord
trans_list: Misericordie
sense:
A ledge, sometimes ornately carved, attached to a folding church seat to provide support for a person standing for long periods; a subsellium.


lexentry: eng/misgender__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: misgender
trans_list: misgendern
sense:
(transitive) To refer to (someone) using terms that express the wrong sex or gender, either unknowingly or intentionally; for example, calling a woman "son" or a boy "she".


lexentry: eng/miso__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: miso
trans_list: Miso
sense:
A thick paste made by fermentation of soybeans with the mold Aspergillus oryzae, used in making soups and sauces.


lexentry: eng/misprision__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: misprision
trans_list: Verwechslung
sense:
(uncountable) In full misprision of felony or misprision of treason: originally, a less serious form of felony or treason; later, the crime of (intentionally) failing to give information about a felony or treason that one knows about; (countable) an instance of this.


lexentry: eng/misrepresentation__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: misrepresentation
trans_list: Falschdarstellung | Fehldarstellung | falsche Darstellung
sense:
Incorrect or unfaithful representation in the capacity of agent or official representative, such as of a principal in a matter of business, or of constituents in legislation.


lexentry: eng/miss__Verb__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: miss
trans_list: vermissen | sich sehnen
sense:
(transitive) To become aware of the loss or absence of; to feel the want or need of, sometimes with regret.


lexentry: eng/missal__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: missal
trans_list: Messbuch | Missal
sense:
(Catholicism) A book containing the prayers and responses needed when celebrating the Roman Catholic Mass throughout the year.


lexentry: eng/missile__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: missile
trans_list: Geschoss | Fluggeschoss
sense:
Any object used as a weapon by being thrown or fired through the air, such as stone, arrow or bullet. [from Template:SAFESUBST: c.]


lexentry: eng/missile__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: missile
trans_list: Lenkflugkörper | Lenkwaffe | Rakete
sense:
(military) A self-propelled projectile whose trajectory can be adjusted after it is launched. [from Template:SAFESUBST: c.]


lexentry: eng/missing_link__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: missing link
trans_list: Missing Link | fehlende Verbindung | fehlendes Bindeglied | fehlendes Glied
sense:
(colloquial) A hypothetical primate once thought necessary to explain a perceived evolutionary gap between apes and humans.


lexentry: eng/missiology__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: missiology
trans_list: Missionswissenschaft
sense:
The area of practical theology which studies the mandate, message and work of the Christian missionary.


lexentry: eng/mission__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: mission
trans_list: Auftrag | Mission
sense:
(countable) A set of tasks that fulfills a purpose or duty; an assignment set by an employer, or by oneself.


lexentry: eng/missionary__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: missionary
trans_list: Missionar | Missionarin
sense:
(religion) A person who travels attempting to spread a religion or creed (Particularly used in context of Christianity).


lexentry: eng/mister__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: mister
trans_list: Herr
sense:
A title conferred on an adult male, usually when the name is unknown. Also used as a term of address, often by a parent to a young child.


lexentry: eng/mistletoe__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: mistletoe
trans_list: Mistel
sense:
(countable, uncountable) Any of numerous hemiparasitic evergreen plants of the order Santalales with white berries that grow in the crowns of apple trees, oaks, and other trees, such as the European mistletoe (Viscum album) and American mistletoe or eastern mistletoe (Phoradendron leucarpum).


lexentry: eng/mistreatment__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: mistreatment
trans_list: Misshandlung | Schinderei | schlechte Behandlung
sense:
Cruel, abusive , bad, unfair, or thoughtless treatment of a person or animal (only rarely of an object or a machine; usually: mishandle).


lexentry: eng/mistrial__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: mistrial
trans_list: Verfahrenshindernis
sense:
(legal) A trial that has been declared invalid because of an error in procedure, or because of hung jury.


lexentry: eng/misunderstanding__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: misunderstanding
trans_list: Missverständnis
sense:
A mistake as to the meaning of something or a specific point of view; erroneous interpretation or comprehension; misconception.


lexentry: eng/mite__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: mite
trans_list: Winzigkeit | bisschen
sense:
(sometimes used adverbially) Anything very small; a minute object; a very little quantity or particle.


lexentry: eng/mither__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: mither
trans_list: anpöbeln
sense:
(intransitive, Northern England, especially, _, Manchester) To make an unnecessary fuss, moan, bother.


lexentry: eng/mithridate__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: mithridate
trans_list: Mithridat
sense:
(historical, _, medicine) Any of various historical medicines—typically an electuary compounded with various poisons—believed to derive from Mithridates VI and to serve as a universal antidote.


lexentry: eng/mithridatism__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: mithridatism
trans_list: Mithridatisation
sense:
The practice of gradually ingesting successively greater amounts of a poison in order to build immunity. [1851]


lexentry: eng/mitigate__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: mitigate
trans_list: mildern | abschwächen | abmildern
sense:
(transitive, of problems or flaws) To reduce, lessen, or decrease and thereby to make less severe or easier to bear.


lexentry: eng/mitochondrion__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: mitochondrion
trans_list: Mitochondrium | Mitochondrion
sense:
(cytology) A spherical or ovoid organelle found in the cytoplasm of eukaryotic cells and containing genetic material separate from that of the host; it is responsible for the conversion of food to usable energy in the form of ATP.


lexentry: eng/mitosis__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: mitosis
trans_list: Mitose
sense:
(cytology) The division of a cell nucleus in which the genome is copied and separated into two identical halves. It is normally followed by cell division.


lexentry: eng/mitre__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: mitre
trans_list: Mitra
sense:
A covering for the head, worn on solemn occasions by church dignitaries, which has been made in many forms, mostly recently a tall cap with two points or peaks.


lexentry: eng/mitre_box__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: mitre box
trans_list: Gehrlade | Gehrungsschneidlade | Schneidlade
sense:
A wood working appliance used to guide a handsaw or backsaw for making precise cuts, usually 45° and 90° mitre cuts. The mitre boxes are made of wood or plastic.


lexentry: eng/mitre_saw__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: mitre saw
trans_list: Kappsäge
sense:
A power saw that is a bench circular saw that is used to make accurate crosscuts and miters in a workpiece by positioning a mounted blade onto a board, that can be positioned at a variety of angles.


lexentry: eng/mitten__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: mitten
trans_list: Fäustling | Fausthandschuh
sense:
A type of glove or garment that covers a hand with a separate sheath for the thumb, but not for other fingers, which are either enclosed in a single section or left uncovered.


lexentry: eng/mixed-race__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: mixed-race
trans_list: gemischtrassig
sense:
(of a person) Having genetic characteristics of two or more different races, especially having one white parent and one black parent.


lexentry: eng/mixed__Adjective__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: mixed
trans_list: gemischt | vermischt
sense:
Stemming from two or more races or breeds (most commonly used to describe an offspring of one white parent and one black parent).


lexentry: eng/mixed_declension__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: mixed declension
trans_list: gemischte Deklination
sense:
(German grammar) The declension pattern for masculine and neuter nouns that have -en in the plural but -s, -es, or -ens in the genitive singular.


lexentry: eng/mixed_economy__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: mixed economy
trans_list: gelenkte Volkswirtschaft
sense:
A market economy with governmental provision of public goods, often with strong regulatory oversight, other forms of economic interventionism and some level of economic planning.


lexentry: eng/mixed_marriage__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: mixed marriage
trans_list: Mischehe
sense:
Marriage between people of different socially-distinguished groups, such as different races, cultures or religions.


lexentry: eng/mixed_martial_arts__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: mixed martial arts
trans_list: Mixed Martial Arts | gemischte Kampfkünste
sense:
(sports, martial arts) A style of combat sport allowing a wide range of combat techniques such as striking and grappling.


lexentry: eng/mixed_reaction__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: mixed reaction
trans_list: sortierte Reaktionen | verschiedene Reaktionen
sense:
The state of diverse reception, when there are many who praise something while there are also many who dislike it.


lexentry: eng/mixed_reality__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: mixed reality
trans_list: Mixed Reality | gemischte Realität | vermischte Realität
sense:
The merging of real and virtual worlds to produce new environments and visualizations where physical and digital objects coexist and interact.


lexentry: eng/mixer__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: mixer
trans_list: Mixer
sense:
A machine outfitted with (typically blunt) blades with which it mixes or beats ingredients in a bowl below.


lexentry: eng/mixer__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: mixer
trans_list: Mischgetränk
sense:
A non-alcoholic drink (such as lemonade, Coca-Cola or fruit juice) that is added to spirits to make cocktails.


lexentry: eng/mixing_console__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: mixing console
trans_list: Mischpult
sense:
(sound engineering) An electronic device to combine and route audio signals from many sources to various destinations.


lexentry: eng/mizzenmast__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: mizzenmast
trans_list: Besanmast | Achtermast | Hintermast | Kreuzmast
sense:
(nautical) The aftmost mast on a ship having three masts; the third-tallest mast on a full-rigged ship.


lexentry: eng/mnemonic__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: mnemonic
trans_list: Eselsbrücke | Gedächtnishilfe | Gedächtnisstütze | Memorierungshilfe | Merkhilfe | Merkreim
sense:
Something (especially a series of ideas, letters, words, etc.) used to help in remembering a thing; a memory aid.


lexentry: eng/moa__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: moa
trans_list: Moa
sense:
Any of several species of large, extinct, flightless birds of the family Dinornithidae that were native to New Zealand; until its extinction, one species was the largest bird in the world. [from 19th c.]


lexentry: eng/mob__Noun__1
sense_num: 08
written_rep: mob
trans_list: Herde | Pöbel
sense:
(Australian Aboriginal) A group of Aboriginal people associated with an extended family group, clan group or wider community group, from a particular place or country.


lexentry: eng/mob_cap__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: mob cap
trans_list: Morgenhaube
sense:
(chiefly, historical) A plain cap or headdress for women or girls, especially one tied under the chin by a very broad band, and having a puffy crown and frills.


lexentry: eng/mobile__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: mobile
trans_list: Mobile
sense:
(arts) A kinetic sculpture or decorative arrangement made of items hanging so that they can move independently from each other.


lexentry: eng/mobile_library__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: mobile library
trans_list: Fahrbibliothek
sense:
A library housed in a large van that provides a library service to those unable to attend their nearest local library.


lexentry: eng/mobilise__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: mobilise
trans_list: mobilmachen
sense:
(transitive) To assemble troops and their equipment in a coordinated fashion so as to be ready for war.


lexentry: eng/mobility__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: mobility
trans_list: Mobilität | Beweglichkeit
sense:
(military) The ability of a military unit to move or be transported to a new position. [from 18th c.]


lexentry: eng/mobility__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: mobility
trans_list: Mobilität
sense:
(chiefly, sociology) People's ability to move between different social levels or professional occupations. [from 19th c.]


lexentry: eng/mobility_scooter__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: mobility scooter
trans_list: Elektromobil
sense:
An electric-powered scooter, similar in use to a wheelchair, that is specially designed for disabled and/or elderly people.


lexentry: eng/mobilization__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: mobilization
trans_list: Mobilmachung | Mobilisierung
sense:
The marshalling and organizing of troops and national resources in preparation for war, bringing them to a state of readiness for an action.


lexentry: eng/mobocracy__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: mobocracy
trans_list: Ochlokratie
sense:
Rule or control by the mob (or by the mass of ordinary people); a mob as a politically powerful force.


lexentry: eng/moccasin__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: moccasin
trans_list: Mokassin
sense:
A traditional Native North American shoe, usually without a heel or sole, made of a piece of deerskin or other soft leather turned up at the edges which are either stitched together at the top of the shoe, or sewn to a vamp (a piece covering the top of the foot). [from early 17th c.]


lexentry: eng/moccasin__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: moccasin
trans_list: Mokassin
sense:
A modern shoe with either a low or no heel resembling a traditional Native American moccasin in that the leather forming the sides of the shoe is stitched at the top.


lexentry: eng/mock-up__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: mock-up
trans_list: Modell | Mockup | Nachbildung | Vorführmodell
sense:
A scale or full-size model of a design or device which is not fully functional, used for teaching, demonstration, design evaluation, promotion, and other purposes.


lexentry: eng/mock__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: mock
trans_list: Prototyp
sense:
(software engineering) A mockup or prototype; particularly, ellipsis of mock object., as used in unit testing.


lexentry: eng/mock_strawberry__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: mock strawberry
trans_list: indische Scheinerdbeere
sense:
The ornamental plant Potentilla indica and its fruit, resembling the strawberry and of the same tribe as it.


lexentry: eng/mockingbird__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: mockingbird
trans_list: Spottdrossel
sense:
A long-tailed American songbird of the Mimidae family, noted for its ability to mimic calls of other birds.


lexentry: eng/mockumentary__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: mockumentary
trans_list: Mockumentary
sense:
(film genre) A film or television programme presented as if it were a documentary but that is not factual and often a parody or satire.


lexentry: eng/mod__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: mod
trans_list: Mod
sense:
(video games) An end user-created package containing modifications to the look or behaviour of a video game.


lexentry: eng/modal__Adjective__1
sense_num: 07
written_rep: modal
trans_list: modal
sense:
(GUI) Requiring immediate user interaction and thus presented so that it cannot be closed or interacted behind until a decision is made.


lexentry: eng/modality__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: modality
trans_list: Modalität
sense:
(logic) The classification of propositions on the basis on whether they claim possibility, impossibility, contingency or necessity; mode.


lexentry: eng/mode__Noun__1
sense_num: 07
written_rep: mode
trans_list: Modus
sense:
(computing) One of various related sets of rules for processing data; more generally, any state of the system associated with certain behaviours.


lexentry: eng/mode_of_production__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: mode of production
trans_list: Produktionsweise
sense:
(Marxism) A combination of productive forces such as labour power and means of production, and social and technical relations of production such as property, power, laws and regulations, etc.


lexentry: eng/model-view-controller__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: model-view-controller
trans_list: Model-View-Controller | Modell-Präsentation-Steuerung
sense:
(software architecture) A type of computer user interface that separates the representation of information from the user's interaction.


lexentry: eng/model-view-presenter__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: model-view-presenter
trans_list: Model-View-Presenter
sense:
(software architecture) A derivative of the model-view-controller (MVC) architectural pattern, where the presenter assumes the functionality of the "middle-man".


lexentry: eng/model__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: model
trans_list: Model | Mannequin | Fotomodell
sense:
A person who serves as a subject for artwork or fashion, usually in the medium of photography but also for painting or drawing.


lexentry: eng/model_aircraft__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: model aircraft
trans_list: Modellflugzeug
sense:
An aircraft made to a smaller scale, either as a static (non-flying) model, or built to fly with the aid of an engine or electric motor, and controlled by radio from the ground. (This entry is a translation hub.)


lexentry: eng/modem__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: modem
trans_list: Modem
sense:
(computing) A device that encodes digital computer signals into analog/analogue telephone signals and vice versa, allowing computers to communicate over a phone line.


lexentry: eng/moderator__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: moderator
trans_list: Moderator | Moderatorin
sense:
(Internet) A person who enforces the rules of a discussion forum by deleting posts, banning users, etc.


lexentry: eng/modern__Adjective__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: modern
trans_list: modern
sense:
(history) Pertaining to the modern period (c.1800 to contemporary times), particularly in academic historiography.


lexentry: eng/modern_art__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: modern art
trans_list: Moderne Kunst
sense:
(arts) Any of very many genres of art from the late 19th to the mid 20th centuries, especially those forms that move away from a traditional narrative towards experimentation and conceptual art.


lexentry: eng/modern_pentathlon__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: modern pentathlon
trans_list: Fünfkampf
sense:
An athletics event where athletes compete in épée fencing, shooting, freestyle swimming, show jumping and cross country.


lexentry: eng/modernism__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: modernism
trans_list: Modernismus
sense:
Any of several styles of art, architecture, literature, philosophy, etc., that flourished in the 20th century.


lexentry: eng/modernize__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: modernize
trans_list: modernisieren
sense:
(transitive) To make (something old or outdated) up to date, or modern in style or function by adding or changing equipment, designs, etc.


lexentry: eng/modest__Adjective__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: modest
trans_list: anständig | sittsam
sense:
(especially of behaviour or clothing) Intending to avoid the encouraging of sexual attraction in others.


lexentry: eng/modesty__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: modesty
trans_list: Bescheidenheit
sense:
The quality of being modest; having a limited and not overly high opinion of oneself and one's abilities.


lexentry: eng/modification__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: modification
trans_list: Modifikation | Änderung | Abänderung
sense:
The act of making a change to something while keeping its essential character intact; an alteration or adjustment. [from 18th c.]


lexentry: eng/modification__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: modification
trans_list: Modifikation
sense:
(biology) A change to an organism as a result of its environment that is not transmissable to offspring. [from 19th c.]


lexentry: eng/modulate__Verb__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: modulate
trans_list: modulieren
sense:
(intransitive, music) to move from one key or tonality to another, especially by using a chord progression


lexentry: eng/module__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: module
trans_list: Modul
sense:
A self-contained component of a system, often interchangeable, which has a well-defined interface to the other components.


lexentry: eng/module__Noun__1
sense_num: 06
written_rep: module
trans_list: Modul
sense:
(algebra, ring theory) An abelian group equipped with the operation of multiplication by an element of a ring (or another of certain algebraic objects), representing a generalisation of the concept of vector space with scalar multiplication.


lexentry: eng/modulus__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: modulus
trans_list: Modul
sense:
(physics) A coefficient that expresses how much of a certain property is possessed by a certain substance.


lexentry: eng/modulus__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: modulus
trans_list: Modul
sense:
(computing, programming) An operator placed between two numbers, to get the remainder of the division of those numbers.


lexentry: eng/modus_operandi__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: modus operandi
trans_list: Modus Operandi
sense:
(law enforcement) A known criminal's established habits and mode of work when committing specific offences, especially fraud, matched with characteristics of an unsolved crime to narrow down (limit to a specific list) or profile suspects.


lexentry: eng/modus_tollens__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: modus tollens
trans_list: Modus tollens
sense:
(philosophy, logic) A valid form of argument in which the consequent of a conditional proposition is denied, thus implying the denial of the antecedent. Modus tollens has this form:


lexentry: eng/moggy__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: moggy
trans_list: Katzenvieh
sense:
(UK, AU) A domestic cat, especially (depreciative, _, or, _, derogatory) a non-pedigree or unremarkable cat.


lexentry: eng/mogul_skiing__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: mogul skiing
trans_list: Buckelpistenfahren
sense:
A type of freestyle skiing where skiers ski terrain characterized by a large number of different bumps called moguls.


lexentry: eng/mojibake__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: mojibake
trans_list: Krähenfüße | Mojibake | Zeichensalat
sense:
(computing) Corrupt characters or letters, especially resulting from being displayed or transferred through an inappropriate character set or encoding.


lexentry: eng/moka_pot__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: moka pot
trans_list: Espressokanne
sense:
A coffeemaker that produces coffee by passing boiling water pressurized by steam through ground coffee, traditionally made of aluminium.


lexentry: eng/molality__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: molality
trans_list: Molalität
sense:
(chemistry) the concentration of a substance in solution, expressed as the number of moles of solute per kilogram of solvent


lexentry: eng/molar__Adjective__2
sense_num: 01
written_rep: molar
trans_list: molar
sense:
(chemistry) Of, relating to, or being a solution containing one mole of solute per litre of solution.


lexentry: eng/molarity__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: molarity
trans_list: Molarität | Stoffmengenkonzentration
sense:
(chemistry) the concentration of a substance in solution, expressed as the number of moles of solute per litre of solution


lexentry: eng/molasses__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: molasses
trans_list: Melasse | Sirup
sense:
A thick, sweet syrup drained from sugarcane, especially (North America) the still thicker and sweeter syrup produced by boiling down raw molasses.


lexentry: eng/mold__Noun__2
sense_num: 01
written_rep: mold
trans_list: Schimmel | Mehltau
sense:
A natural substance in the form of a woolly or furry growth of tiny fungi that appears when organic material lies for a long time exposed to (usually warm and moist) air.


lexentry: eng/moldavite__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: moldavite
trans_list: Moldavit
sense:
(geology) A substance formed by meteorite impact, a component of the tektites found across central Europe.


lexentry: eng/molding__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: molding
trans_list: Abformen | Ausformung | Formen | Formung | Formverfahren | Guss
sense:
The act or process of shaping in or on a mold, or of making molds; the art or occupation of a molder.


lexentry: eng/molding__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: molding
trans_list: Band | Fuge | Leiste | Profil | Profilleiste | Schattenfuge
sense:
(architecture) A plane, or curved, narrow surface, either sunk or projecting, used for decoration by means of the lights and shades upon its surface and to conceal joints, especially between unlike materials.


lexentry: eng/mole__Noun__2
sense_num: 03
written_rep: mole
trans_list: Maulwurf
sense:
(espionage) An internal spy, a person who involves himself or herself with an enemy organisation, especially an intelligence or governmental organisation, to determine and betray its secrets from within.


lexentry: eng/mole__Noun__4
sense_num: 01
written_rep: mole
trans_list: Mole
sense:
(nautical) A massive structure, usually of stone, used as a pier, breakwater or junction between places separated by water.


lexentry: eng/mole__Noun__5
sense_num: 01
written_rep: mole
trans_list: Mol | Gramm-Molekül
sense:
(chemistry, physics) In the International System of Units, the base unit of amount of substance; the amount of substance of a system which contains exactly 6.02214076×1023 elementary entities (atoms, ions, molecules, etc.). Symbol: mol. The number of atoms is known as Avogadro’s number. [from 1897]


lexentry: eng/mole_cricket__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: mole cricket
trans_list: Maulwurfsgrille
sense:
Any of various large insects from the family Gryllotalpidae that burrow into moist soil and feed on plant roots.


lexentry: eng/molecular_cloud__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: molecular cloud
trans_list: Molekülwolke
sense:
(astronomy) A large and relatively dense cloud of cold gas and dust in interstellar space from which new stars are formed


lexentry: eng/molecular_formula__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: molecular formula
trans_list: Summenformel | Bruttoformel
sense:
(chemistry) A notation indicating the number of atoms of each element present in one molecule of a substance.


lexentry: eng/molecular_orbital__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: molecular orbital
trans_list: Molekülorbital
sense:
(quantum mechanics, chemistry) The quantum mechanical behaviour of an electron in a molecule describing the probability of the electron's particular position and energy; approximated by a linear combination of atomic orbitals.


lexentry: eng/molecular_sieve__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: molecular sieve
trans_list: Molekularsieb
sense:
(chemistry) A material, usually a zeolite silicate mineral, having pores of a precise and uniform size, that can be used to separate molecules of different shape and size.


lexentry: eng/molecule__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: molecule
trans_list: Molekül
sense:
(chemistry) The smallest particle of a specific element or compound that retains the chemical properties of that element or compound; two or more atoms held together by chemical bonds.


lexentry: eng/mollusc__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: mollusc
trans_list: Weichtier | Molluske
sense:
A soft-bodied invertebrate of the phylum Mollusca, typically with a hard shell of one or more pieces.


lexentry: eng/molybdenite__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: molybdenite
trans_list: Molybdänit
sense:
(mineral) A mineral, molybdenum disulfide MoS2, that is the principal ore of molybdenum; it is structurally similar to graphite and has a similar look and feel.


lexentry: eng/molybdenum__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: molybdenum
trans_list: Molybdän
sense:
A chemical element (symbol Mo) with an atomic number of 42: a silvery metal, not found as a free element, used in steel alloys.


lexentry: eng/molybdomancy__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: molybdomancy
trans_list: Bleigießen
sense:
divination by interpreting shapes formed when molten metal, typically lead or tin, is dropped into water.


lexentry: eng/moment__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: moment
trans_list: Moment | Augenblick | Zeitpunkt
sense:
(historical, unit) A definite period of time, specifically one-tenth of a point, or one-fortieth or one-fiftieth of an hour.


lexentry: eng/moment_of_force__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: moment of force
trans_list: Drehmoment | Kraftmoment
sense:
(physics) The turning effect of a force applied to a rotational system at a distance from the axis of rotation. The moment is equal to the magnitude of the force multiplied by the perpendicular distance between its line of action and the axis of rotation.


lexentry: eng/moment_of_inertia__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: moment of inertia
trans_list: Inertialmoment | Massenträgheitsmoment | Trägheitsmoment
sense:
(physics, classical mechanics) A measure of a rigid body's resistance to change in its angular velocity around a given axis.


lexentry: eng/moment_of_silence__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: moment of silence
trans_list: Gedenkminute | Schweigeminute
sense:
A period of silence conducted to honor or provide a gesture of respect to a recently deceased person, as part of the mourning process. May also be conducted following a tragic event or on the anniversary thereof.


lexentry: eng/moment_of_truth__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: moment of truth
trans_list: Augenblick der Wahrheit | Moment der Wahrheit | Stunde der Wahrheit
sense:
(idiomatic) A deciding instant; the time when a test determines or makes it apparent whether something will succeed.


lexentry: eng/momentum__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: momentum
trans_list: Impuls | Schwung | Moment | Bewegungsgröße | Bewegungsmenge | Schwungkraft
sense:
(physics) Of a body in motion: the tendency of a body to maintain its inertial motion; the product of its mass and velocity, or the vector sum of the products of its masses and velocities.


lexentry: eng/momo__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: momo
trans_list: Momo
sense:
A type of dumpling from Nepal, Ladakh or Tibet made with a simple flour and water dough and filled with meat, vegetables or cheese.


lexentry: eng/monad__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: monad
trans_list: Monade
sense:
(functional, _, programming) A data type which represents a specific form of computation, along with the operations "return" and "bind".


lexentry: eng/monarchy__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: monarchy
trans_list: Monarchie
sense:
A government in which sovereignty is embodied within a single, today usually hereditary head of state (whether as a figurehead or as a powerful ruler).


lexentry: eng/monasticism__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: monasticism
trans_list: Monastizismus | Mönchtum
sense:
(religion) The practice of renouncing all worldly pursuits in order to fully devote one's life to spiritual work.


lexentry: eng/monatomic__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: monatomic
trans_list: monoatomar
sense:
(chemistry) Of an element, consisting of a single atom in the molecule, for example, the noble gases. Note: Strictly speaking, a molecule has at least two atoms.


lexentry: eng/mondegreen__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: mondegreen
trans_list: Verhörer
sense:
(linguistics) A form of (possibly intentional) error arising from mishearing a spoken or sung phrase, possibly in a different language. [from 1954]


lexentry: eng/monergism__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: monergism
trans_list: Monergismus
sense:
(theology) A Christian position holding that God, through the Holy Spirit, works to bring about effectually the salvation of individuals through spiritual regeneration without cooperation from the individual.


lexentry: eng/monetarism__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: monetarism
trans_list: Monetarismus
sense:
(economics) The political doctrine that a nation's economy can be controlled by regulating the money supply.


lexentry: eng/monetary_policy__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: monetary policy
trans_list: Geldmarktpolitik
sense:
(economics) The process by which the government, central bank, or monetary authority manages the supply of money, or trading in foreign exchange markets.


lexentry: eng/monetize__Verb__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: monetize
trans_list: monetarisieren | geldlich verwerten | gewinnbringend nutzen | monetär verwerten
sense:
(transitive) To make an activity profit-generating, particularly in computer and Internet-related activities.


lexentry: eng/money__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: money
trans_list: Geld
sense:
A currency maintained by a state or other entity which can guarantee its value (such as a monetary union).


lexentry: eng/money__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: money
trans_list: Bargeld | Geld
sense:
Hard cash in the form of banknotes and coins, as opposed to cheques/checks, credit cards, or credit more generally.


lexentry: eng/money_doesn't_grow_on_trees__Proverb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: money doesn't grow on trees
trans_list: das Geld liegt nicht auf der Straße
sense:
Wealth cannot be obtained without some effort; hence currency is not always available for a prospective purchase.


lexentry: eng/money_laundering__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: money laundering
trans_list: Geldwäsche | Geldwäscherei
sense:
The act of engaging in transactions designed to obscure the origin of money, especially money that has been obtained illegally. [from early 20th c.]


lexentry: eng/money_market__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: money market
trans_list: Geldmarkt
sense:
(finance) A market for trading short-term debt instruments, such as treasury bills, commercial paper, bankers' acceptances, and certificates of deposit.


lexentry: eng/money_order__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: money order
trans_list: Postanweisung | Geldbrief
sense:
(finance) A directive to pay a prespecified amount of money from prepaid funds, making it a more trusted method of payment than a check.


lexentry: eng/money_pit__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: money pit
trans_list: Fass ohne Boden
sense:
(sometimes, capitalized) Long-standing nickname of a complicated, seemingly man-made excavation on Oak Island in Nova Scotia, Canada, rumored to contain pirate treasure and which has been repeatedly and unsuccessfully probed at great expense.


lexentry: eng/money_supply__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: money supply
trans_list: Geldmenge
sense:
(economics) The total amount of money (bills, coins, loans, credit, and other liquid instruments) in a particular economy.


lexentry: eng/moneyboy__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: moneyboy
trans_list: Nuttesohn | Stricher
sense:
(slang, LGBT, especially in China and Thailand) A rentboy; a (usually young) male who earns money by offering sexual services.


lexentry: eng/moneyer__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: moneyer
trans_list: Münzmeister
sense:
A minter: one who makes money, particularly (historical) the superintendent of a mint producing coinage.


lexentry: eng/moneylender__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: moneylender
trans_list: Geldverleiher | Geldverleiherin
sense:
A person who lends money and charges interest, especially one who is not part of the official financial industry.


lexentry: eng/mongoose__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: mongoose
trans_list: Manguste | Mungo
sense:
Any of several species of generalist predatory Carnivores in the family Herpestidae; the various species range in size from rats to large cats. The Indian mongoose is noted as a predator of venomous snakes, though other mongoose species have similar habits.


lexentry: eng/monism__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: monism
trans_list: Monismus
sense:
(philosophy, religion) The doctrine of the oneness and unity of reality, despite the appearance of diversity in the world.


lexentry: eng/monitor__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: monitor
trans_list: Monitor | Bildschirm
sense:
(computing) A device similar to a television set used as to give a graphical display of the output from a computer.


lexentry: eng/monitor_lizard__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: monitor lizard
trans_list: Waran
sense:
Any of various large carnivorous lizards of the family Varanidae, all of whose extant species are of genus Varanus, native to Africa, Asia and Australia.


lexentry: eng/monitoring__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: monitoring
trans_list: Überwachung
sense:
The carrying out of surveillance on, or continuous or regular observation of, an environment or people in order to detect signals, movements or changes of state or quality.


lexentry: eng/monkey's_fist__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: monkey's fist
trans_list: Affenfaust
sense:
(knots, nautical) A type of knot tied at the end of a rope to serve as a weight, making it easier to throw the line.


lexentry: eng/monkeypox__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: monkeypox
trans_list: Affenpocken
sense:
(disease) A viral disease, of primates and some other mammals, related to smallpox, caused by the Monkeypox virus.


lexentry: eng/monkfish__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: monkfish
trans_list: Seeteufel | Meeresteufel
sense:
Any large bottom-dwelling anglerfish of the genus Lophius, such as Lophius piscatorius, of the Atlantic, having a large head and mouth.


lexentry: eng/monoamine_oxidase__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: monoamine oxidase
trans_list: Monoaminooxidase
sense:
(enzyme) Either of two enzymes, found in the outer membrane of mitochondria, that degrade biogenic amines and are thus responsible for the destruction of transmitter substances at neuronal synapses.


lexentry: eng/monocotyledon__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: monocotyledon
trans_list: einkeimblättrigen
sense:
(botany) Any plant whose seedlings typically have one cotyledon (seed leaf) (in contrast to the two cotyledons typical of dicots), thereby belonging to the taxonomic monocots, formerly variously known as Monocotyledones, Monocotyledonae, or Liliopsida, a class in the angiosperms (Angiospermae), the flowering plants.


lexentry: eng/monocyte__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: monocyte
trans_list: Monozyt
sense:
(immunology, cytology) A type of leukocyte (white blood cell) that differentiates into a macrophage.


lexentry: eng/monoecious__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: monoecious
trans_list: einhäusig | monözisch
sense:
(botany, invertebrate) Having both the male and female reproductive organs in the same individual, either in different flowers or in the same or different flowers; hermaphrodite.


lexentry: eng/monoecy__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: monoecy
trans_list: Einhäusigkeit | Monözie
sense:
(botany) The condition of being monoecious, the state of having pistils and stamens on separate flowers of the same plant.


lexentry: eng/monogon__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: monogon
trans_list: Eineck
sense:
(geometry) A one-dimensional object comprising one vertex and one (not necessarily straight) edge both of whose ends are that vertex.


lexentry: eng/monogram__Noun__3
sense_num: 01
written_rep: monogram
trans_list: Monogramm
sense:
A design or motif composed of one or more letters, often intertwined, used as an identifying mark of an individual or institution; the letters are usually the initials of their names.


lexentry: eng/monograph__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: monograph
trans_list: Monografie
sense:
A scholarly book or a treatise on a single subject or a group of related subjects, usually written by one person.


lexentry: eng/monoid__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: monoid
trans_list: Monoid
sense:
(algebra, functional programming) A set which is closed under an associative binary operation, and which contains an element which is an identity for the operation.


lexentry: eng/monolith__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: monolith
trans_list: Monolith
sense:
(also, attributively) A large, single block of stone which is a natural feature; or a block of stone or other similar material used in architecture and sculpture, especially one carved into a monument in ancient times.


lexentry: eng/monolithic__Adjective__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: monolithic
trans_list: monolithisch
sense:
(engineering) Consisting of a single piece of homogeneous material as opposed to a composite material or an assembly of multiple parts.


lexentry: eng/monologue__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: monologue
trans_list: Monolog | Selbstgespräch
sense:
(drama, authorship) A long speech by one person in a play; sometimes a soliloquy; other times spoken to other characters.


lexentry: eng/monomer__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: monomer
trans_list: Monomer
sense:
(chemistry) A relatively small molecule which can be covalently bonded to other monomers to form a polymer.


lexentry: eng/monomial__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: monomial
trans_list: Monom | Mononom
sense:
(mathematics) A single term consisting of a product of numbers and variables with positive integer exponents.


lexentry: eng/monophthong__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: monophthong
trans_list: Monophthong
sense:
A vowel (in the sense of a sound rather than a letter of the alphabet) that has the same sound throughout its pronunciation, such as the short vowels in "pap", "pep", "pip", "pop" and "pup", as opposed to a diphthong (eg, /aɪ/, the vowel in "pipe") or a triphthong (eg, /aɪə/, the sound in the non-rhotic pronunciation of "pyre").


lexentry: eng/monophysitism__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: monophysitism
trans_list: Monophysitismus
sense:
(Christianity) A Christological doctrine, generally considered heterodox or heretical, holding that Jesus Christ has a single nature, which is either wholly divine or partially human and partially divine.


lexentry: eng/monopoly__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: monopoly
trans_list: Monopol
sense:
An exclusive control over the trade or production of a commodity or service through exclusive possession.


lexentry: eng/monosodium_glutamate__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: monosodium glutamate
trans_list: Mononatriumglutamat
sense:
(chemistry) The mono sodium salt of the amino acid, glutamic acid; present in soy sauce; used as a condiment in Chinese and Japanese cooking, and as a food additive to enhance flavor and add the umami taste. Abbreviations: MSG, E621.


lexentry: eng/monoterpene__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: monoterpene
trans_list: Monoterpen
sense:
(organic chemistry) Any terpene formed from two isoprene units, and having ten carbon atoms; either hydrocarbons such as pinene, or compounds with functional groups such as camphor.


lexentry: eng/monotheistic__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: monotheistic
trans_list: monotheistisch
sense:
(religion) Believing in a single god, deity, spirit, etc., especially for an organized religion, faith, or creed.


lexentry: eng/monotone_function__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: monotone function
trans_list: monotone Funktion
sense:
(calculus) A function f : X→R (where X is a subset of R, possibly a discrete set) that either never decreases or never increases as its independent variable increases; that is, either x ≤ y implies f(x) ≤ f(y) or x ≤ y implies f(y) ≤ f(x).


lexentry: eng/monotone_function__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: monotone function
trans_list: monotone Funktion
sense:
(order theory, analysis) A function f : X→Y (where X and Y are posets with partial order "≤") with either: (1) the property that x ≤ y implies f(x) ≤ f(y), or (2) the property that x ≤ y implies f(y) ≤ f(x).


lexentry: eng/monotonic__Adjective__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: monotonic
trans_list: monoton
sense:
(mathematics) Of a function: that either never decreases or never increases as its independent variable increases.


lexentry: eng/monotonicity__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: monotonicity
trans_list: Monotonie
sense:
(analysis) Said of a positive measure: the property of a positive measure of a measure space, that given two measurable sets where the first set is contained in the second one, then the measure of the first set must be less than or equal to the measure of the second set.


lexentry: eng/monotreme__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: monotreme
trans_list: Kloakentier
sense:
(zoology) A mammal that lays eggs and has a single urogenital and digestive orifice. Only the echidnas and platypuses are included in this group.


lexentry: eng/monster_truck__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: monster truck
trans_list: Monstertruck
sense:
A large truck designed specifically to perform in monster truck shows, typically based on a lifted pickup truck with oversized wheels and modified suspension.


lexentry: eng/monstrance__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: monstrance
trans_list: Monstranz
sense:
(Christianity) An ornamental, often precious receptacle, either open or with a transparent cover, in which the sacramental bread (consecrated host) is placed for Eucharistic adoration.


lexentry: eng/montage__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: montage
trans_list: Montage
sense:
(countable) A composite work, particularly an artwork, created by assembling or putting together other elements such as pieces of music, pictures, texts, videos, etc. [from early 20th c.]


lexentry: eng/montmorillonite__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: montmorillonite
trans_list: Montmorillonit
sense:
(mineral) Any of a group of soft, clay-like silicate minerals having many industrial and technical uses.


lexentry: eng/moocher__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: moocher
trans_list: Schnorrer | Schnorrerin
sense:
(mostly, pejorative) A person having a tendency to take advantage of the help of others, especially if making little effort to help themselves.


lexentry: eng/moon_bag__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: moon bag
trans_list: Banane
sense:
A small pouch attached to a belt that is worn on the outside of clothing around the waist and used for holding small personal items.


lexentry: eng/moon_letter__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: moon letter
trans_list: Mondbuchstabe
sense:
(linguistics) One of fourteen Arabic letters that do not affect the pronunciation of the "L" of a preceding definite article (ال-). The "L" in the Arabic definite article is pronounced "L" when followed by a moon letter: e.g., القُرْآن. The fourteen moon letters are: ء, ب, ج, ح, خ, ع, غ, ف, ق, ك, م, ه, و, ي


lexentry: eng/moon_pool__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: moon pool
trans_list: Moonpool
sense:
(nautical, chiefly, oil industry) An opening in the base of the hull of a vessel (especially a marine drilling platform), which is used for lowering equipment into the sea below.


lexentry: eng/moonbow__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: moonbow
trans_list: Mondregenbogen
sense:
(meteorology) A rainbow formed by moonlight diffracted by water droplets in the air, usually fainter than a daytime rainbow and with fewer distinguishable colours.


lexentry: eng/mooncake__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: mooncake
trans_list: Mondkuchen
sense:
A rich, dense Chinese pastry traditionally filled with lotus seed paste and nowadays with a variety of other fillings, usually eaten during the Mid-Autumn Festival (on the 15th day of the eighth month of the Chinese lunisolar calendar; early September to early October). [from late 17th c.]


lexentry: eng/moonlighter__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
sense: A person who moonlights, working a second job on the side.
written_rep: moonlighter
trans_list:
Schwarzarbeiter | Doppelverdiener | Schwarzarbeiterin | Doppelverdienerin | Frau mit Nebentätigkeit | Mann mit Nebentätigkeit


lexentry: eng/moonlighting__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: moonlighting
trans_list: Schwarzarbeit | Mehrfachbeschäftigung
sense:
The act of, or a period of, working on the side (at a secondary job), often in the evening or during the night.


lexentry: eng/moonshine__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: moonshine
trans_list: Schwarzbrennerei | Selbstgebrannter | schwarzgebrannter Schnaps
sense:
(math, uncountable) A branch of pure mathematics relating the Monster group to an invariant of elliptic functions.


lexentry: eng/moor__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: moor
trans_list: Hochmoor
sense:
An extensive waste covered with patches of heath, and having a poor, light soil, but sometimes marshy, and abounding in peat; a heath


lexentry: eng/moor__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: moor
trans_list: vertäuen | festmachen
sense:
(transitive, nautical) To fix or secure (e.g. a vessel) in a particular place by casting anchor, or by fastening with ropes, cables or chains or the like.


lexentry: eng/moorhen__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: moorhen
trans_list: Teichralle
sense:
Any of various medium-sized water birds of the genus Gallinula, of the rail family, that feed in open water margins.


lexentry: eng/moose__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: moose
trans_list: Elch
sense:
The largest member of the deer family (Alces americanus, sometimes included in Alces alces), of which the male has very large, palmate antlers.


lexentry: eng/moose_test__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: moose test
trans_list: Elchtest
sense:
(automotive, engineering) A test of the stability of a vehicle, which determines the maximum speed it can attain and still be able to steer clear of an obstacle (such as a child or a large animal running in front of the car) without going out of control.


lexentry: eng/moot__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: moot
trans_list: fraglich | strittig | umstritten
sense:
(current in, _, UK, rare, _, in the, _) Subject to discussion (originally at a moot); arguable, debatable, unsolved or impossible to solve.


lexentry: eng/moot_point__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: moot point
trans_list: Streitpunkt | fragliche Sache | offene Frage
sense:
An issue that is subject to, or open for, discussion or debate, to which no satisfactory answer is found; originally, one to be definitively determined by an assembly of the people.


lexentry: eng/moot_point__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: moot point
trans_list: akademische Frage
sense:
An issue regarded as potentially debatable, but no longer practically applicable. Although the idea may still be worth debating and exploring academically, and such discussion may be useful for addressing similar issues in the future, the idea has been rendered irrelevant for the present issue.


lexentry: eng/mop__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: mop
trans_list: Mopp | Aufnehmer | Schrubber
sense:
An implement for washing floors or similar, made of a piece of cloth, or a collection of thrums, or coarse yarn, fastened to a handle.


lexentry: eng/mope__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: mope
trans_list: down sein
sense:
(intransitive) To carry oneself in a depressed, lackadaisical manner; to give oneself up to low spirits; to pout, sulk.


lexentry: eng/moped__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: moped
trans_list: Moped | Mofa | Kleinkraftrad | Highriser | Mokick | Motorfahrrad
sense:
A lightweight, two-wheeled vehicle equipped with a small motor and pedals, designed to go no faster than some specified speed limit.


lexentry: eng/mora__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: mora
trans_list: Mora | More
sense:
(phonology) A unit of syllable weight used in phonology, by which stress, foot structure, or timing of utterance is determined in some languages (e.g. Japanese).


lexentry: eng/moral__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: moral
trans_list: moralisch | sittlich
sense:
Of or relating to principles of right and wrong in behaviour, especially for teaching right behaviour.


lexentry: eng/moral_authority__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: moral authority
trans_list: moralische authorität
sense:
(of a person, institution, or written work) The quality or characteristic of being respected for having good character or knowledge, especially as a source of guidance or an exemplar of proper conduct.


lexentry: eng/moral_code__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: moral code
trans_list: Moralkodex
sense:
(ethics) A written, formal, and consistent set of rules prescribing righteous behavior, accepted by a person or by a group of people.


lexentry: eng/moral_compass__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: moral compass
trans_list: Wertekompass
sense:
An inner sense which distinguishes what is right from what is wrong, functioning as a guide for morally appropriate behaviour.


lexentry: eng/moral_hazard__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: moral hazard
trans_list: Rationalitätsfalle | moralisches Risiko
sense:
(economics, insurance) The prospect that a party insulated from risk may behave differently from the way it would behave if it were fully exposed to the risk.


lexentry: eng/moral_objectivism__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: moral objectivism
trans_list: ethischer Objektivismus | moralischer Objektivismus
sense:
(philosophy) The position that certain acts are objectively right or wrong, independent of human opinion.


lexentry: eng/moral_panic__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: moral panic
trans_list: allgemeiner Protest | moralische Panik
sense:
A semi-spontaneous or media-generated mass movement based on the perception that an individual, group, community, or culture is dangerously deviant and poses a menace to society; a public outcry.


lexentry: eng/morale__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: morale
trans_list: Moral
sense:
The capacity of people to maintain belief in an institution or a goal, or even in oneself and others.


lexentry: eng/moralism__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: moralism
trans_list: Moralismus
sense:
(uncountable, often, pejorative) The act or practice of moralizing (making moral reflections or judging the morality of others).


lexentry: eng/moralist__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: moralist
trans_list: Moralist | Moralistin
sense:
(pejorative) One who bases all decisions on perceived morals, especially one who enforces them with censorship.


lexentry: eng/morality__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: morality
trans_list: Moral | Moralität
sense:
(uncountable) Recognition of the distinction between good and evil or between right and wrong; respect for and obedience to the rules of right conduct; the mental disposition or characteristic of behaving in a manner intended to produce morally good results.


lexentry: eng/morbid__Adjective__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: morbid
trans_list: krankhaft
sense:
(by extension) Taking an interest in, or fixating on, unhealthy or unwholesome subjects such as death, decay, disease. [from 1770s]


lexentry: eng/mordant__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: mordant
trans_list: Beize
sense:
Any substance used to facilitate the fixing of a dye to a fibre; usually a metallic compound which reacts with the dye using chelation.


lexentry: eng/mordent__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: mordent
trans_list: Mordent
sense:
(music) An ornament consisting of a single alternation between a given pitch and the one immediately below it.


lexentry: eng/more_Catholic_than_the_Pope__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: more Catholic than the Pope
trans_list: katholischer als der Papst | päpstlicher als der Papst
sense:
Adhering more stringently to Roman Catholic practices and doctrine than is required by church doctrine.


lexentry: eng/morel__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: morel
trans_list: Morchel
sense:
A true morel; any of several fungi in the genus Morchella, the upper part of which is covered with a reticulated and pitted hymenium.


lexentry: eng/morepork__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: morepork
trans_list: Neuseeland-Kuckuckskauz
sense:
(chiefly, New Zealand) The Tasmanian spotted owl (Ninox novaeseelandiae), a small brown owl indigenous to New Zealand and Tasmania. [from 19th c.]


lexentry: eng/moresome__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: moresome
trans_list: Ballett
sense:
(rare, slang) A sexual act involving more than three people, or a group of individuals involved in such an act.


lexentry: eng/morganatic__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: morganatic
trans_list: morganatisch
sense:
Designating a marriage (or the wife involved) between a man of higher rank and a woman of lower rank, often having various legal repercussions (typically that such a wife has no claim on the husband's possessions or title). It was not an aspect of English law, but was common in other royal houses, especially in Germany.


lexentry: eng/morgue__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: morgue
trans_list: Leichenhaus | Leichenschauhaus | Leichenhalle
sense:
A building or room where dead bodies are kept before their proper burial or cremation, (now) particularly in legal and law enforcement contexts.


lexentry: eng/morion__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: morion
trans_list: Morion
sense:
(historical) A kind of open brimmed helmet used by footsoldiers in the 16th and 17th centuries, having no visor or bevor. [from 16th c.]


lexentry: eng/morning__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: morning
trans_list: Morgen | Vormittag
sense:
(obsolete) That part of the day from dawn until the main meal (typically in late afternoon). [18th–19th c.]


lexentry: eng/morning_gift__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: morning gift
trans_list: Morgengabe
sense:
A gift traditionally given in some (especially Germanic) cultures by the husband to his wife on the first morning after they were married.


lexentry: eng/morning_star__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: morning star
trans_list: Morgenstern
sense:
(military, countable) A weapon consisting of a heavy ball set with spikes attached rigidly to a staff, in contrast to a flail.


lexentry: eng/moron__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: moron
trans_list: Schwachsinniger | Trottel | Depp | Schwachkopf
sense:
(psychology, dated, originally) A person of mild mental subnormality in the former classification of mental retardation, having an intelligence quotient of 50–70.


lexentry: eng/morph__Noun__2
sense_num: 01
written_rep: morph
trans_list: Morphe
sense:
(zoology) A variety of a species, distinguishable from other individuals of the species by morphology or behaviour.


lexentry: eng/morpheme__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: morpheme
trans_list: Morphem
sense:
(linguistic morphology) The smallest linguistic unit within a word that can carry a meaning. It may be a letter, a syllable, or otherwise.


lexentry: eng/morphine__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: morphine
trans_list: Morphin | Morphium
sense:
(biochemistry, pharmaceutical drug) A crystalline alkaloid (7,8-didehydro-4,5-epoxy-17-methyl-morphinan-3,6-diol), extracted from opium, the salts of which are soluble in water and are used as analgesics, anaesthetics and sedatives; it is one of a group of morphine alkaloids.


lexentry: eng/morphism__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: morphism
trans_list: Morphismus
sense:
(mathematics, category theory) (formally) An arrow in a category; (less formally) an abstraction that generalises a map from one mathematical object to another and is structure-preserving in a way that depends on the branch of mathematics from which it arises.


lexentry: eng/morphology__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: morphology
trans_list: Morphologie | Formenlehre | Wortbildung
sense:
(linguistics) The study of the internal structure of morphemes (words and their semantic building blocks).


lexentry: eng/morphology__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: morphology
trans_list: Morphologie | Formenlehre
sense:
(uncountable) A scientific study of form and structure, usually without regard to function. Especially:


lexentry: eng/mortal_sin__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: mortal sin
trans_list: Todsünde
sense:
(Roman Catholicism, theology) A sin which causes the loss of God's grace, leading to eternal damnation, unless the sinner repents, which includes their intent to confess and atone; such a sin is defined as a grave transgression against one of the Ten Commandments with the full knowledge and deliberate consent of the sinner.


lexentry: eng/mortality__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: mortality
trans_list: Mortalität | Sterblichkeit | Mortalitätsziffer | Sterbeziffer
sense:
The number of deaths; and, usually and especially, the number of deaths per time unit (usually per year), expressed as a rate.


lexentry: eng/mortar__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: mortar
trans_list: Mörser | Mörtel
sense:
(countable, military, historical) A short, heavy, large-bore cannon designed for indirect fire at very steep trajectories.


lexentry: eng/mortar__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: mortar
trans_list: Mörser | Granatwerfer
sense:
(countable, military) A relatively lightweight, often portable indirect fire weapon which transmits recoil to a base plate and is designed to lob explosive shells at very steep trajectories. [from 20th c.]


lexentry: eng/mortar_and_pestle__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: mortar and pestle
trans_list: Mörser und Stößel
sense:
A device made up of a bowl (the mortar) and a heavy, blunt object (the pestle), the end of which is used for crushing and grinding ingredients or substances into a fine paste or powder.


lexentry: eng/mortgage-backed_security__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: mortgage-backed security
trans_list: hypothekenbesichertes Wertpapier
sense:
(finance) An asset-backed security whose cash flows are backed by the principal and interest payments of a set of mortgage loans.


lexentry: eng/mortgage__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: mortgage
trans_list: Hypothek | Grundpfand
sense:
(legal) A special form of secured loan where the purpose of the loan must be specified to the lender, to purchase assets that must be fixed (not movable) property, such as a house or piece of farm land. The assets are registered as the legal property of the borrower but the lender can seize them and dispose of them if they are not satisfied with the manner in which the repayment of the loan is conducted by the borrower. Once the loan is fully repaid, the lender loses this right of seizure and the assets are then deemed to be unencumbered.


lexentry: eng/mortgage__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: mortgage
trans_list: verpfänden | eine Hypothek aufnehmen
sense:
(transitive, legal) To borrow against a property, to obtain a loan for another purpose by giving away the right of seizure to the lender over a fixed property such as a house or piece of land; to pledge a property in order to get a loan.


lexentry: eng/mortify__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: mortify
trans_list: abtöten
sense:
(transitive) To discipline (one's body, appetites etc.) by suppressing desires; to practise abstinence on. [from 15th c.]


lexentry: eng/mosaic__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: mosaic
trans_list: Mosaik
sense:
A piece of artwork created by placing colored squares (usually tiles) in a pattern so as to create a picture.


lexentry: eng/mosaic__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: mosaic
trans_list: Mosaik
sense:
(genetics) An individual composed of two or more cell lines of different genetic or chromosomal constitution, but from the same zygote.


lexentry: eng/mosh__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: mosh
trans_list: Pogo tanzen | jemanden antanzen
sense:
(intransitive) To dance by intentionally jumping into and colliding with other, similarly behaving dancers, and performing other wild, aggressive, or spastic movements.


lexentry: eng/mosquito__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: mosquito
trans_list: Mücke | Moskito | Stechmücke | Schnake | Gelse
sense:
A small flying insect of the family Culicidae, the females of which bite humans and animals and suck blood, leaving an itching bump on the skin, and sometimes carrying diseases like malaria, dengue and yellow fever.


lexentry: eng/mosquito_coil__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: mosquito coil
trans_list: Antimückenspirale | Mückenspirale
sense:
A mosquito-repelling incense, usually shaped into a spiral, and typically made from a dried paste of pyrethrum powder.


lexentry: eng/mosquito_net__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: mosquito net
trans_list: Moskitonetz | Mückennetz
sense:
A fine net, placed around a bed, in a window opening, etc., to provide protection against mosquitoes and other insects, and the diseases carried by them.


lexentry: eng/moss__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: moss
trans_list: Moos
sense:
Any of various small, green, seedless plants growing on the ground or on the surfaces of trees, stones, etc.; now specifically, a plant of the phylum Bryophyta (formerly division Musci).


lexentry: eng/motel__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: motel
trans_list: Motel
sense:
(also, _, attributive) A type of hotel or lodging establishment, often located near a major highway, which typically features a series of rooms the entrances of which are immediately adjacent to a parking lot to facilitate convenient access to automobiles parked there.


lexentry: eng/moth__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: moth
trans_list: Motte | Nachtfalter
sense:
A usually nocturnal insect of the order Lepidoptera, distinguished from butterflies by feather-like antennae.


lexentry: eng/mothball__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: mothball
trans_list: Mottenkugel
sense:
(usually, in plural) A small ball of chemical pesticide (typically naphthalene) and deodorant placed in or around clothing and other articles susceptible to damage from mold or moth larvae in order to protect them from this damage.


lexentry: eng/mother-in-law's_tongue__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: mother-in-law's tongue
trans_list: Schwiegermutterzunge
sense:
A plant with narrow, leathery, pointed leaves, of species Dracaena trifasciata (syn. Sansevieria trifasciata), often grown as a houseplant for its distinctive foliage and its tolerance of low light. The leaves are also the source of a tough fiber used for rope.


lexentry: eng/mother__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: mother
trans_list: Mutter | Mama | Mutti
sense:
A female parent, sometimes especially a human; a female who parents a child (which she has given birth to, adopted, or fostered).


lexentry: eng/mother_figure__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: mother figure
trans_list: Autorität
sense:
One (especially an older woman) who behaves as, is regarded as equivalent to, or represents a mother for another person or group of people.


lexentry: eng/mother_hen__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: mother hen
trans_list: Glucke
sense:
(idiomatic) An outspoken and overprotective woman or person dealing with others' affairs; especially, an assertive matriarch.


lexentry: eng/mother_lode__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: mother lode
trans_list: Hauptader
sense:
(geology) A large or rich vein of gold or of another precious mineral from which other branches extend.


lexentry: eng/mother_ship__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: mother ship
trans_list: Mutterschiff
sense:
A vessel or aircraft that serves or carries a smaller vessel or vessels that operate independently from it.


lexentry: eng/motherboard__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: motherboard
trans_list: Hauptplatine | Motherboard | Mainboard
sense:
(computer hardware) The primary circuit board of a personal computer, containing the circuitry for the central processing unit, keyboard, mouse and monitor, together with slots for other devices.


lexentry: eng/motherhouse__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: motherhouse
trans_list: Mutterhaus
sense:
The monastery from which the other 'houses' of a religious order or congregation were (directly or indirectly) founded, often eponymous.


lexentry: eng/motile__Adjective__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: motile
trans_list: beweglich
sense:
(physiology) In organs: having the power to move their contents, or to change their shape or tension by writhing or contracting as required by their particular physiological functions.


lexentry: eng/motion__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: motion
trans_list: Antrag
sense:
(countable) A parliamentary action to propose something. A similar procedure in any official or business meeting.


lexentry: eng/motion_sickness__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: motion sickness
trans_list: Reisekrankheit | Bewegungskrankheit | Kinetose | Seekrankheit
sense:
A feeling of nausea or dizziness caused by a disagreement between visually perceived movement and the vestibular system's sense of movement; typically resulting from travel in a vehicle such as a ship or car.


lexentry: eng/motivated_reasoning__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: motivated reasoning
trans_list: Motivated Reasoning
sense:
The phenomenon of seeking out rational arguments in favor of a conclusion already reached for non-rational (chiefly emotional) reasons.


lexentry: eng/motive__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: motive
trans_list: Motiv | Beweggrund
sense:
(law) Something which causes someone to want to commit a crime; a reason for criminal behaviour. [from 18th c.]


lexentry: eng/motor_home__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: motor home
trans_list: Reisemobil
sense:
A type of recreational vehicle, a self-propelled structure built on a truck or bus chassis containing living accommodations.


lexentry: eng/motor_neuron_disease__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: motor neuron disease
trans_list: Motoneuron-Krankheit
sense:
(neurology, pathology) Any of several neurodegenerative disorders that selectively affect motor neurons.


lexentry: eng/motor_vehicle__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: motor vehicle
trans_list: Kraftfahrzeug
sense:
Any land-based means of transportation in the form of a machine that operates primarily through a motor to provide power to rotate the tires.


lexentry: eng/motorcycle__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: motorcycle
trans_list: Motorrad
sense:
An open-seated motor vehicle with handlebars instead of a steering wheel, and having two (or sometimes three) wheels.


lexentry: eng/motorway__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: motorway
trans_list: Autobahn | Kraftfahrstraße
sense:
(In Europe, New Zealand and parts of Australia) A highway with grade-separated crossings (rather than level crossings) and designed (and only permitted) for high-speed motor-traffic (in Europe motor vehicles with a higher speed limit than 40 km/h) running in two directions on one separate carriageway each


lexentry: eng/motto__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: motto
trans_list: Motto
sense:
A sentence, phrase, or word, prefixed to an essay, discourse, chapter, canto, or the like, suggestive of its subject matter; a short, suggestive expression of a guiding principle; a maxim.


lexentry: eng/mouflon__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: mouflon
trans_list: Mufflon
sense:
A species of wild sheep, Ovis orientalis musimon, syn. Ovis aries musimon, endemic to Sardinia and Corsica. [from c. 1770]


lexentry: eng/mould-breaking__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: mould-breaking
trans_list: bahnbrechend
sense:
(UK) Using or involving the use of original, innovative and unconventional methods; departing from tradition.


lexentry: eng/moulin__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: moulin
trans_list: Mühle
sense:
(geology) A cylindrical, vertical shaft that extends through a glacier and is carved by meltwater from the glacier’s surface.


lexentry: eng/moult__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: moult
trans_list: häuten | mausern
sense:
(intransitive) To shed or lose a covering of hair or fur, feathers, skin, horns, etc, and replace it with a fresh one.


lexentry: eng/mound__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: mound
trans_list: Hügel
sense:
A natural elevation appearing as if thrown up artificially; a regular and isolated hill, hillock, or knoll.


lexentry: eng/mount__Verb__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: mount
trans_list: besteigen | anbringen | bespringen | befestigen | decken
sense:
(obsolete, transitive) To cause (something) to rise or ascend; to drive up; to raise; to elevate; to lift up.


lexentry: eng/mount__Verb__1
sense_num: 08
written_rep: mount
trans_list: anmelden | mounten
sense:
(transitive, computing) To attach (a drive or device) to the file system in order to make it available to the operating system.


lexentry: eng/mountain__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: mountain
trans_list: Berg
sense:
(countable) An elevation of land of considerable dimensions rising more or less abruptly, forming a conspicuous figure in the landscape, usually having a small extent of surface at its summit. [from 12th c.]


lexentry: eng/mountain_bike__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: mountain bike
trans_list: Geländerad | Mountainbike
sense:
(cycling) A bicycle specially designed for off-road riding, typically with straight, flat handlebars, a heavier frame than road bikes, higher ground clearance, and wider tires, sometimes with knobs on them for greater traction.


lexentry: eng/mountain_climber__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: mountain climber
trans_list: Bergsteiger
sense:
An exercise starting in a plank position with hands and possibly feet wider than the shoulders where the knees are adducted to the head or elbows alternatingly without lifting the braced hip.


lexentry: eng/mountain_goat__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: mountain goat
trans_list: Bergziege | Schneeziege
sense:
A sure-footed goat antelope, Oreamnos americanus, of the North American mountains, having black curved horns and a shaggy coat.


lexentry: eng/mountain_reindeer__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: mountain reindeer
trans_list: Rain
sense:
A subspecies of reindeer, found wild in southern Norway and Kola peninsula in Russia; Rangifer tarandus tarandus. A semi-domesticated variant is widely herded by the Sami in northern Scandinavia.


lexentry: eng/mountaineer__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: mountaineer
trans_list: Bergbewohner | Bergbewohnerin
sense:
(now, rare) A person who lives in a mountainous area (often with the connotation that such people are outlaws or uncivilized). [from 16th c.]


lexentry: eng/mountainous__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: mountainous
trans_list: bergig | gebirgig
sense:
Having many mountains; characterized by mountains; of the nature of a mountain; rough (terrain); rocky.


lexentry: eng/mounted_police__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: mounted police
trans_list: berittene Polizei | Reiterstaffel
sense:
A unit of the civil police who are specifically trained to serve duty on horseback. Their duties can be ceremonial, or often for crowd control, and to police areas of difficult access or wilderness areas.


lexentry: eng/mouse-ear__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: mouse-ear
trans_list: Kleines Habichtskraut
sense:
A type of small hawkweed native to Eurasia (Pilosella officinarum), commonly found on dry grasslands. [from 14th c.]


lexentry: eng/mouse__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: mouse
trans_list: Maus | Computermaus | Rechnermaus
sense:
(computing) (plural mice or, rarely, mouses) An input device that is moved over a pad or other flat surface to produce a corresponding movement of a pointer on a graphical display.


lexentry: eng/mouse__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: mouse
trans_list: mausen
sense:
(intransitive) To move cautiously or furtively, in the manner of a mouse (the rodent) (frequently used in the phrasal verb to mouse around).


lexentry: eng/mouse_wheel__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: mouse wheel
trans_list: Mausrad | Scrollrad
sense:
(computing) A hard plastic or rubbery disc on a computer mouse, rotated by the user in order to scroll the display.


lexentry: eng/mousebird__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: mousebird
trans_list: Mausvogel
sense:
Any of a group of possibly passerine arboreal birds of order Coliiformes, confined to sub-Saharan Africa, which build cup-shaped nests of twigs.


lexentry: eng/mousse__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: mousse
trans_list: Schaumfestiger
sense:
A stable emulsion of water and oil that is created by wave action churning the water where an oil spill occurs.


lexentry: eng/mouthbrooder__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: mouthbrooder
trans_list: Maulbrüter
sense:
(zoology) Any animal that cares for its offspring, either eggs or juveniles, by holding them in its mouth for extended periods of time.


lexentry: eng/mouthguard__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: mouthguard
trans_list: Mundschutz | Aufbissschiene | Zahnschutz
sense:
A device that fits into the mouth over one or both arches of teeth, which is usually made of plastic. They may be used to protect aginst injury during sport or fighting, or may serve a medical purpose.


lexentry: eng/mouthpart__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: mouthpart
trans_list: Mundwerkzeug
sense:
(usually, in plural) An appendage-like structure on the outside of an insect's or other arthropod's mouth, serving to manipulate and masticate food.


lexentry: eng/movable__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: movable
trans_list: beweglich
sense:
Capable of being moved, lifted, carried, drawn, turned, or conveyed, or in any way made to change place or posture; not fixed or stationary


lexentry: eng/movable_feast__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: movable feast
trans_list: beweglicher Feiertag
sense:
A day of note, frequently a Christian festival, whose date changes from year to year according to a set of rules.


lexentry: eng/movable_type__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: movable type
trans_list: bewegliche Lettern
sense:
A system of printing and typography that uses movable components such as individual letters or punctuation to reproduce the elements of a document.


lexentry: eng/move__Noun__1
sense_num: 07
written_rep: move
trans_list: Umzug | Zug | Spielzug
sense:
(board games) The act of moving a token on a gameboard from one position to another according to the rules of the game.


lexentry: eng/move__Verb__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: move
trans_list: bewegen | rühren
sense:
(transitive, ergative) To cause to change place or posture in any manner; to set in motion; to carry, convey, draw, or push from one place to another


lexentry: eng/move__Verb__1
sense_num: 07
written_rep: move
trans_list: bewegen | rühren
sense:
(transitive) To arouse the feelings or passions of; especially, to excite to tenderness or compassion, to excite (for example, an emotion).


lexentry: eng/move__Verb__1
sense_num: 09
written_rep: move
trans_list: bewegen
sense:
(transitive, obsolete) To mention; to raise (a question); to suggest (a course of action); to lodge (a complaint).


lexentry: eng/move_in__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: move in
trans_list: einziehen
sense:
(intransitive) To start living or working in a new place; to transport one's belongings to a new home or workplace; to make one's home or workplace into a suitable environment.


lexentry: eng/movement__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: movement
trans_list: Bewegung | Satz
sense:
A trend in various fields or social categories, a group of people with a common ideology who try together to achieve certain general goals


lexentry: eng/movement_disorder__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: movement disorder
trans_list: Bewegungsstörung
sense:
(medicine) Any abnormality that concerns control of skeletal muscle, from involuntary twitching or lack of coordination to loss of function.


lexentry: eng/mover_and_shaker__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: mover and shaker
trans_list: Macher
sense:
(usually, in the plural) Someone who has power and influence in a field or activity; one who accomplishes tasks, who gets things done.


lexentry: eng/movie__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: movie
trans_list: Film | Spielfilm
sense:
(chiefly, North America, AU) A recorded sequence of images displayed on a screen at a rate sufficiently fast to create the appearance of motion; a film.


lexentry: eng/moving_violation__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: moving violation
trans_list: Verkehrsverstoß
sense:
(US, Canada, Australia, law enforcement) Violation of the law by the driver of a vehicle while in motion.


lexentry: eng/moving_walkway__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: moving walkway
trans_list: Fahrsteig | Laufband | Rollsteig
sense:
(US) A slow conveyor belt that transports people horizontally or on an incline in a similar manner to an escalator.


lexentry: eng/mow_down__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: mow down
trans_list: niedermähen
sense:
(transitive, figuratively, by extension) To kill or slaughter, or to injure by knocking down, especially in large numbers and in a ruthless manner.


lexentry: eng/mozzarella__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: mozzarella
trans_list: Mozzarella
sense:
Soft Italian cheese made from cow's or buffalo's milk and commonly used as a pizza topping and in salads etc.


lexentry: eng/muck_about__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: muck about
trans_list: herumspielen
sense:
(informal, intransitive) To attempt to do something with a piece of equipment without understanding how it works.


lexentry: eng/muck_about__Verb__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: muck about
trans_list: herumalbern
sense:
(informal, intransitive, British, Australia) To be playful; full of fun and high spirits; to not treat the situation seriously.


lexentry: eng/mucker__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: mucker
trans_list: Gräber | Lader | Schutterarbeiter | Schutterer
sense:
A person who removes muck (waste, debris, broken rock, etc.), especially from a mine, construction site, or stable.


lexentry: eng/muckraker__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: muckraker
trans_list: Muckraker | investigativer Journalist
sense:
(US) One who investigates and exposes issues of corruption that often violate widely held values; e.g. one who exposes political corruption or the poor conditions in prisons.


lexentry: eng/mucous_membrane__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: mucous membrane
trans_list: Schleimhaut
sense:
(anatomy) A membrane which secretes mucus. It forms the lining of various body passages that communicate with the air, such as the respiratory, genitourinary, and alimentary tracts including the mouth, nasal passages, vagina, and urethra.


lexentry: eng/mud__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: mud
trans_list: Schlamm
sense:
(figuratively) Willfully abusive, even slanderous remarks or claims, notably between political opponents.


lexentry: eng/mud_flap__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: mud flap
trans_list: Schmutzfänger | Schmutzlappen | Spritzlappen
sense:
A flap that hangs down behind a vehicle's wheel so that mud and other things kicked up by the wheel will hit the flap instead of a vehicle behind.


lexentry: eng/mud_volcano__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: mud volcano
trans_list: Schlammvulkan
sense:
(vulcanology, geology) A conical structure formed by the eruption of rock fragments and wet mud along with hot gases.


lexentry: eng/mudflap__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: mudflap
trans_list: schmutzfanger
sense:
A rectangular flap mounted near the wheel of a motor vehicle (especially a truck) to prevent mud or rocks from being thrown up (by the wheel), either onto the body panels or into the path of vehicles following behind.


lexentry: eng/mudguard__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: mudguard
trans_list: Schutzblech
sense:
A cover over the wheels of a vehicle, or a flap behind that wheel, to prevent water and mud being projected.


lexentry: eng/mudra__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: mudra
trans_list: Mudra
sense:
(dance, arts) Any of several formal symbolic hand postures used in classical dance of India and in Hindu and Buddhist iconography.


lexentry: eng/mudslinger__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: mudslinger
trans_list: Dreckschleuder | Dreckschleuderin | Verleumder | Verleumderin
sense:
One who casts aspersions or insults; especially a political candidate who makes negative statements about the opposition.


lexentry: eng/muffin__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: muffin
trans_list: Muffin
sense:
(British) A type of flattish bun, usually cut in two horizontally, toasted and spread with butter, etc, before being eaten; an English muffin.


lexentry: eng/muffin__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: muffin
trans_list: Muffin
sense:
A cupcake-shaped baked good (for example of cornbread, banana bread, or a chocolate dough), sometimes glazed but typically without frosting, eaten especially for breakfast (in contrast to a cupcake, which is a dessert).


lexentry: eng/muffle__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: muffle
trans_list: ersticken
sense:
(transitive) To wrap (a person, face etc.) in fabric or another covering, for warmth or protection; often with up.


lexentry: eng/muffle__Verb__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: muffle
trans_list: dämpfen
sense:
(transitive, dated) To prevent seeing, or hearing, or speaking, by wraps bound about the head; to blindfold; to deafen.


lexentry: eng/mufti__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: mufti
trans_list: Zivil | Zivilkleidung
sense:
(uncountable, AU, British, New Zealand) A civilian dress when worn by a member of the military, or casual dress when worn by a pupil of a school who normally would wear uniform.


lexentry: eng/mug_shot__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: mug shot
trans_list: Polizeifoto
sense:
A photograph taken of the head and shoulders, often from the front and in profile, usually taken in conjunction with somebody's arrest.


lexentry: eng/mukhtar__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: mukhtar
trans_list: Muchtar
sense:
(politics) A minor official—usually overseeing a village or town—in many Arab countries and (historical) in the Ottoman Empire and its successor states, including Turkey, Northern Cyprus, and formerly Albania.


lexentry: eng/mulatto__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: mulatto
trans_list: Mulatte | Mulattin
sense:
(historical, now, sometimes, pejorative) A person of mixed black and white descent, especially a person with one black and one white parent or two mulatto parents.


lexentry: eng/mulch__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: mulch
trans_list: Mulch
sense:
(agriculture, horticulture) Any material used to cover the top layer of soil to protect, insulate, or decorate it, or to discourage weeds or retain moisture.


lexentry: eng/mulga_wire__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: mulga wire
trans_list: Gerücht
sense:
A message or story transmitted through such an informal network, especially one containing false information.


lexentry: eng/mullein__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: mullein
trans_list: Königskerze
sense:
Any of a few hundred species of European and Asian plants, of the genus Verbascum, especially that majority that have yellow flowers. Some species have been introduced to other continents, where some are now seen as invasive pests. Some species, though far from all, have downy leaves, hence common names such as: "velvet plant". [from 14th c.]


lexentry: eng/mullet__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: mullet
trans_list: Meeräsche
sense:
A fish of the family Mullidae (order Syngnathiformes), especially the genus Mullus (the red mullets or goatfish).


lexentry: eng/mullion__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: mullion
trans_list: Mittelpfosten | Pfosten | Stulp
sense:
(architectural element) A vertical bar between the panes of glass or casements of a window or the panels of a screen.


lexentry: eng/multiculturalism__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: multiculturalism
trans_list: Multikulturalismus
sense:
The characteristics of an organization, society, city etc. which has many different ethnic or national cultures mingling freely; political or social policies which support or encourage such coexistence. [from 20th c.]


lexentry: eng/multidimensional_array__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: multidimensional array
trans_list: mehrdimensionales Datenfeld
sense:
(programming) A data structure consisting of a vector of vectors, in the case of a 2-dimensional array, or, in the case of an N-dimensional array, a vector of multidimensional arrays of degree N minus 1, thereby allowing the simulation of a N-dimensional grid of storage locations using an underlying memory architecture in which storage is addressed in a linear fashion.


lexentry: eng/multidimensional_array__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: multidimensional array
trans_list: mehrdimensionales Datenfeld
sense:
(programming) Any abstraction, usually a memory-resident data structure, that addresses storage locations via an N-dimensional coordinate space.


lexentry: eng/multifocal__Adjective__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: multifocal
trans_list: multifokal
sense:
(of an eyeglass lens) having several focusing areas that correct for both nearsightedness and farsightedness.


lexentry: eng/multifunctional_cooker__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: multifunctional cooker
trans_list: Multikocher
sense:
An electric cooking pot, with a timer and a large variety of cooking modes, that can fully replace a kitchen stove and oven.


lexentry: eng/multilateralism__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: multilateralism
trans_list: Multilateralismus
sense:
A system by which nations consult others in matters of foreign policy, by way of organisations such as the United Nations.


lexentry: eng/multilinear_form__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: multilinear form
trans_list: Multilinearform
sense:
(linear algebra, multilinear algebra) Given a vector space V over a field K of scalars, a mapping V k → K that is linear in each of its arguments;(more generally) a similarly multiply linear mapping M r → R defined for a given module M over some commutative ring R.


lexentry: eng/multimeter__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: multimeter
trans_list: Multimeter
sense:
An electronic measuring instrument that combines multiple functions; a combined voltmeter, ammeter and ohmmeter.


lexentry: eng/multimillion__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: multimillion
trans_list: millionenschwer | millionenteuer
sense:
Having several millions; costing or worth many millions of dollars, pounds, euros or some other currency.


lexentry: eng/multiple-choice_question__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: multiple-choice question
trans_list: Mehrfachauswahlfrage | Multiple-Choice-Frage
sense:
(education) A question where several answers are presented and the respondent must choose the correct one.


lexentry: eng/multiple__Adjective__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: multiple
trans_list: mehrere | vielfach
sense:
Having more than one element, part, component, or function, having more than one instance, occurring more than once, usually contrary to expectations (can be followed by a singular).


lexentry: eng/multiple_citizenship__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: multiple citizenship
trans_list: Mehrstaatigkeit | mehrfache Staatsangehörigkeit
sense:
A status in which a person is concurrently regarded as a citizen under the laws of more than one state.


lexentry: eng/multiple_fruit__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: multiple fruit
trans_list: Fruchtverband
sense:
(botany) A fruit that develops from the fusion of carpels from more than one flower, as for instance, a pineapple.


lexentry: eng/multiple_inheritance__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: multiple inheritance
trans_list: Mehrfachvererbung
sense:
(programming, object-oriented) The ability to inherit from more than one superclass in a single subclass.


lexentry: eng/multiple_sclerosis__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: multiple sclerosis
trans_list: Multiple Sklerose
sense:
(pathology) A chronic disease of the brain and spinal cord characterized by changes in sensation, visual problems, weakness, depression, difficulties with coordination and speech, impaired mobility and disability.


lexentry: eng/multiple_unit__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: multiple unit
trans_list: Mehrfachtraktion | Triebwagen
sense:
(rail transport) A train consisting of one or more self-propelled cars capable of coupling with other units of the same or similar type and still being controlled from one cab.


lexentry: eng/multiplication_table__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: multiplication table
trans_list: Einmaleins | großes Einmaleins | kleines Einmaleins
sense:
(arithmetic) A table showing the products of each of the integers from 1 to 10 (or, especially formerly, 12) with each of the integers from 1 to 10 (or 12).


lexentry: eng/multiplicative_identity__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: multiplicative identity
trans_list: multiplikative Identität
sense:
(algebra) An element of an algebraic structure, generally denoted 1, which is an identity for a multiplicative operation (generally denoted × or *, or by concatenation).


lexentry: eng/multipolar__Adjective__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: multipolar
trans_list: multipolar
sense:
(politics) Of or relating to an international system in which a number of states wield most of the cultural, economic, and political influence. [from 20th c.]


lexentry: eng/multitasking__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: multitasking
trans_list: Multitasking
sense:
(computing) The simultaneous execution of multiple tasks (programs) under the control of an interrupt-driven operating system.


lexentry: eng/mummery__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: mummery
trans_list: Mummerei
sense:
(now, chiefly, historical) Mumming; disguising oneself to perform as a mummer, or to take part in some other festivities or performance. [from 15th c.]


lexentry: eng/mummy__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: mummy
trans_list: Mumie
sense:
(countable, by extension) A reanimated embalmed human corpse, as a stock character in horror films. [from 20th c.]


lexentry: eng/mumps__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: mumps
trans_list: Mumps | Ziegenpeter | Mumpf
sense:
(pathology) A contagious disease caused by the Mumps virus of the genus Rubulavirus, mostly occurring in childhood, which causes swelling of glands in the face and neck.


lexentry: eng/munchies__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: munchies
trans_list: Fressflash | Heißhunger
sense:
(slang, with the definite article) Hunger, especially a craving for food as a result of cannabis or alcohol consumption.


lexentry: eng/munge__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: munge
trans_list: beschädigen | zerstören
sense:
(transitive, computing, informal) To transform data in an undefined or unexplained manner, as for example when data wrangling requires nonsystemic or nonsystematic edits.


lexentry: eng/municipal__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: municipal
trans_list: munizipal | Stadt
sense:
Of or pertaining to a municipality (a city or a corporation having the right of administering local government).


lexentry: eng/municipality__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: municipality
trans_list: Gemeinde | Munizipalität
sense:
A district with a government that typically encloses no other governed districts; a borough, city, or incorporated town or village.


lexentry: eng/muntjac__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: muntjac
trans_list: Muntjak
sense:
Any of various species of east Asian deer of the genus Muntiacus, having short antlers and a barking call.


lexentry: eng/muon__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: muon
trans_list: Myon
sense:
(physics) An unstable elementary particle in the lepton family, having similar properties to the electron but with a mass 207 times greater.


lexentry: eng/mural_crown__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: mural crown
trans_list: Mauerkrone
sense:
A crown or headpiece representing city walls or towers, used as a military decoration in Ancient Rome and later as a heraldic symbol in Europe.


lexentry: eng/murder__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: murder
trans_list: Mord
sense:
(uncountable, legal, in jurisdictions which use the felony murder rule) The act of committing or abetting a crime that results in the killing of a person, regardless of intent, and even if the committer or abettor is not the one who killed the person: felony murder.


lexentry: eng/murder__Verb__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: murder
trans_list: umbringen
sense:
(figuratively, colloquial, hyperbolic) To kick someone's ass or chew someone out (used to express one’s anger at somebody).


lexentry: eng/murder_will_out__Proverb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: murder will out
trans_list: Die Sonne bringt es an den Tag
sense:
(idiomatic) Secrets or hidden crimes will eventually be exposed or discovered; nothing that is secret can remain a secret forever.


lexentry: eng/murderball__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: murderball
trans_list: Völkerball
sense:
A team sport resembling dodgeball in which players are eliminated ("murdered") by being struck with the ball.


lexentry: eng/murine__Adjective__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: murine
trans_list: Maus
sense:
More generally, of, pertaining to, or characteristic of any rodent up to the taxonomic rank of Muroidea, most often with reference to mice and rats of the subfamily Murinae.


lexentry: eng/murmur__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: murmur
trans_list: Gemurmel | Murmeln | Herzgeräusch | Raunen | Strömungsgeräusch
sense:
(cardiology, medicine) The sound made by any condition which produces noisy, or turbulent, flow of blood through the heart.


lexentry: eng/murmur__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: murmur
trans_list: Gemurmel | Murmeln | Murren | Gemurre | Raunen
sense:
A muttered complaint or protest; the expression of dissatisfaction in a low muttering voice; any expression of complaint or discontent.


lexentry: eng/murmur__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: murmur
trans_list: brabbeln | lallen | muffeln | murren | nuscheln
sense:
(intransitive, now, _, rare) To grumble; to complain in a low, muttering voice, or express discontent at or against someone or something. [from 14th c.]


lexentry: eng/murrain__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: murrain
trans_list: Rinderkrankheit
sense:
(veterinary medicine, chiefly, historical) Any of several highly infectious diseases of cattle, such as anthrax, or a particular epizootic#Noun thereof.


lexentry: eng/muscarine__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: muscarine
trans_list: Muskarin
sense:
(biochemistry) An extremely poisonous alkaloid, obtained from fly agaric, that disrupts the action of acetylcholine neurotransmitter.


lexentry: eng/muscle_tone__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: muscle tone
trans_list: Muskeltonus
sense:
(physiology) The continuous and passive partial contraction of the muscles, which helps maintain posture.


lexentry: eng/muscovite__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: muscovite
trans_list: Muskovit
sense:
(mineral) A pale brown mineral of the mica group, being a basic potassium aluminosilicate with the chemical formula KAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH,F)2; used as an electrical insulator etc.


lexentry: eng/muscular_dystrophy__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: muscular dystrophy
trans_list: Muskeldystrophie
sense:
(pathology) A group of genetic diseases which cause progressive skeletal muscle weakness, defects in muscle proteins, and the death of muscle cells and tissue.


lexentry: eng/musette__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: musette
trans_list: Musette
sense:
(by extension) A pastoral air or tune that has a drone imitating such an instrument; also, a dance performed to this music. [from 18th c.]


lexentry: eng/musette__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: musette
trans_list: Musette
sense:
(historical) Any of various small bagpipes having a soft sound, especially with a bellows, which were popular in France in the 17th and early 18th century. [from 14th c.]


lexentry: eng/musette__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: musette
trans_list: Musette
sense:
A small oboe without a cap for its reed, which evolved from the chanter or pipe of bagpipes; a piccolo oboe. [from 19th c.]


lexentry: eng/museum__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: museum
trans_list: Museum
sense:
A building or institution dedicated to the acquisition, conservation, study, exhibition, and educational interpretation of objects having scientific, historical, cultural or artistic value.


lexentry: eng/mushroom_cloud__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: mushroom cloud
trans_list: Atompilz | Pilzwolke
sense:
A large cloud of smoke, flame and debris that rises into the sky as a result of a large explosion, especially after a nuclear explosion, characterized by a long shaft rising from the ground into a much-larger or more-spread-out top, reminiscent of a mushroom in shape.


lexentry: eng/music__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: music
trans_list: Musik | Musikstück | Tonkunst
sense:
A series of sounds organized in time, usually employing some combination of harmony, melody, rhythm, tempo, etc., often to convey a mood.


lexentry: eng/music_box__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: music box
trans_list: Spieldose | Musikdose | Spieluhr
sense:
A box that generates or plays music, particularly one using mechanical means rather than electronic, generally using a cylinder or disk containing the music.


lexentry: eng/music_of_the_spheres__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: music of the spheres
trans_list: Sphärenharmonie | Sphärenmusik
sense:
A continuous, glorious, harmonious set of sounds that are not audible to ordinary human beings, said in ancient and medieval Western cosmology to be produced by the movement of the celestial bodies.


lexentry: eng/music_theory__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: music theory
trans_list: Musiktheorie
sense:
The field of study dealing with how music works, typically examining the language and notation of music, the patterns and structures in composers' techniques, and so on.


lexentry: eng/music_to_someone's_ears__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: music to someone's ears
trans_list: Musik in jemandes Ohren
sense:
(idiomatic) A spoken expression or a sound which is pleasing; specifically, some good news, or welcome information or remarks.


lexentry: eng/musical__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: musical
trans_list: Musical
sense:
A stage performance, show or film that involves singing, dancing and musical numbers performed by the cast as well as acting.


lexentry: eng/musical_bow__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: musical bow
trans_list: Bogen
sense:
(musical instrument) A simple musical instrument consisting of a string supported by a flexible wooden bearer.


lexentry: eng/musical_chairs__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: musical chairs
trans_list: Reise nach Jerusalem
sense:
(games) A children's game in which players circle a group of chairs. There is one chair fewer than the number of players. When someone who is not watching stops playing music, everybody sits down, and the player left without a chair is eliminated.


lexentry: eng/musical_saw__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: musical saw
trans_list: singende Säge
sense:
(musical instrument) A musical instrument consisting of a thin sheet of metal, or sometimes a saw, usually played with a bow.


lexentry: eng/musician__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: musician
trans_list: Musiker | Musikant | Musikus | Tonkünstler
sense:
A composer, conductor, or performer of music; specifically, a person who sings and/or plays a musical instrument as a hobby, occupation, or profession.


lexentry: eng/musicology__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: musicology
trans_list: Musikwissenschaft
sense:
(music) the scholarly or scientific study of music, as in historical research, musical theory, or the physical nature of sound.


lexentry: eng/musk__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: musk
trans_list: Moschus | Bisam
sense:
A greasy secretion with a powerful odour, produced in a glandular sac of the male musk deer and used in the manufacture of perfumes.


lexentry: eng/musk_ox__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: musk ox
trans_list: Moschusochse
sense:
An Arctic mammal, Ovibos moschatus of the Caprinae subfamily of the family Bovidae, having a thick coat and long curved horns.


lexentry: eng/muskellunge__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: muskellunge
trans_list: Muskellunge
sense:
A large freshwater gamefish of the pike family, native to the lakes and rivers of eastern and middle western North America; Esox masquinongy.


lexentry: eng/musket__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: musket
trans_list: Muskete
sense:
A kind of firearm formerly carried by the infantry of an army, originally fired by means of a match, or matchlock, for which several mechanical appliances (including the flintlock, and finally the percussion lock) were successively substituted; ultimately superseded by the rifle.


lexentry: eng/muskmelon__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: muskmelon
trans_list: Orangenmelone | Zuckermelone
sense:
A type of melon, Cucumis melo subsp. melo, with sweet orange flesh and a rough skin resembling netting.


lexentry: eng/muskrat__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: muskrat
trans_list: Moschusspitzmaus
sense:
Any of several species of shrews in the family Soricidae, especially the Asian house shrew (Suncus murinus).


lexentry: eng/must__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: must
trans_list: müssen
sense:
(modal, _, auxiliary, defective) To do as a requirement; indicates that the sentence subject is required as an imperative or directive to execute the sentence predicate, with failure to do so resulting in a failure or negative consequence.


lexentry: eng/mustard_gas__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: mustard gas
trans_list: Senfgas | Gelbkreuz | Lost
sense:
A highly cytotoxic vesicant, C4H8Cl2S, used in World War I that is known to cause skin burns, blisters, inflammation, edema, and potentially other respiratory effects.


lexentry: eng/mustelid__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: mustelid
trans_list: Marder
sense:
Any carnivorous mammal of the diverse weasel family Mustelidae, which also includes badgers, otters, martens, mink and wolverines.


lexentry: eng/muster__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: muster
trans_list: Inspektion | Musterung
sense:
(military) An assembling or review of troops, as for parade, verification of numbers, inspection, exercise, or introduction into service. [from 15th c.]


lexentry: eng/muster__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: muster
trans_list: versammeln
sense:
(intransitive) To be gathered together for parade, inspection, exercise, or the like (especially of a military force); to come together as parts of a force or body. [from 15th c.]


lexentry: eng/mutant__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: mutant
trans_list: mutierend | mutiert
sense:
(genetics) Of, relating to, undergoing (i.e. mutating), or resulting from change or mutation; that has undergone mutation.


lexentry: eng/mutation__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: mutation
trans_list: Mutation
sense:
(linguistics) An alteration in a particular sound of a word, especially the initial consonant, which is triggered by the word's morphological or syntactic context and not by its phonological context.


lexentry: eng/mutatis_mutandis__Adverb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: mutatis mutandis
trans_list: mutatis mutandis
sense:
(especially, law) with the necessary changes being made; with the necessary modifications; with such changes as are necessary to ensure congruence


lexentry: eng/mute_swan__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: mute swan
trans_list: Höckerschwan
sense:
A species of white plumaged swan, Cygnus olor, having a distinctive orange bill with a black tip, native to Eurasia and widely introduced elsewhere as an ornamental waterbird.


lexentry: eng/mutex__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: mutex
trans_list: Mutex | wechselseitiger Ausschluss
sense:
(programming) An object in a program that serves as a lock, used to negotiate mutual exclusion among threads.


lexentry: eng/mutilate__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: mutilate
trans_list: verstümmeln | verschandeln
sense:
To physically harm as to impair use, notably by cutting off or otherwise disabling a vital part, such as a limb.


lexentry: eng/mutiny__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: mutiny
trans_list: Meuterei
sense:
An organized rebellion against a legally constituted authority, especially by seamen against their officers.


lexentry: eng/mutter__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: mutter
trans_list: murmeln
sense:
To utter words, especially complaints or angry expressions, indistinctly or with a low voice and lips partly closed; to say under one's breath.


lexentry: eng/mutton_dressed_as_lamb__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: mutton dressed as lamb
trans_list: von hinten Lyzeum, von vorne Museum
sense:
(UK, derogatory) A middle-aged or elderly woman dressed in a style more suited to a young woman, especially if in a deliberate attempt to appear young.


lexentry: eng/mutual_assured_destruction__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: mutual assured destruction
trans_list: Gleichgewicht des Schreckens
sense:
(politics, public policy, military) The threat of massive retaliation using nuclear weapons should a potential enemy use them first, both sides being annihilated in the event of war.


lexentry: eng/mutual_fund__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: mutual fund
trans_list: Investmentfonds
sense:
(finance) A form of collective investment in which money from many investors is pooled and invested in stocks, bonds, short-term money market instruments, or other securities under the direction of a fund manager.


lexentry: eng/mutual_masturbation__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: mutual masturbation
trans_list: gegenseitige Masturbation | gemeinsame Masturbation
sense:
A sexual activity in which two or more persons simultaneously masturbate themselves, usually while observing or otherwise communicating with one another.


lexentry: eng/mutual_savings_bank__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: mutual savings bank
trans_list: Sparkasse
sense:
A financial institution chartered by a central or regional government, without capital stock, that is nominally owned by its members, who subscribe to a common fund.


lexentry: eng/mutualism__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: mutualism
trans_list: Mutualismus
sense:
(ecology) Any interaction between two species that benefits both; typically involves the exchange of substances or services.


lexentry: eng/muumuu__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: muumuu
trans_list: Muʻumuʻu
sense:
A long loose-fitting dress made of lightweight fabric printed with bright, stylized Hawaiian themes (such as flowers and palm branches).


lexentry: eng/muzzle__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: muzzle
trans_list: Mündung
sense:
(firearms) The mouth or the end for entrance or discharge of a gun, pistol etc., that the bullet emerges from.


lexentry: eng/muzzle__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: muzzle
trans_list: einen Maulkorb anlegen | jemandem einen Maulkorb verpassen
sense:
(transitive, figuratively) To restrain (from speaking, expressing opinion or acting); to gag; to silence; to censor.


lexentry: eng/muzzle_brake__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: muzzle brake
trans_list: Mündungsbremse
sense:
(firearms) A device placed at the muzzle of a firearm to reduce the recoil energy by redirecting the escaping gases.


lexentry: eng/muzzleloader__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: muzzleloader
trans_list: Vorderlader | Vorderladergewehr
sense:
A variety of firearm in which the weapon is loaded from the end that discharges the projectile (the muzzle).


lexentry: eng/my_ass__Interjection__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: my ass
trans_list: am Arsch | von wegen
sense:
(slang, vulgar) Indicates disapproval, disagreement, or disbelief, often with a tone of disregard, disdain, or disgust, referring to the buttocks.


lexentry: eng/my_kingdom_for_a_horse__Phrase__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: my kingdom for a horse
trans_list: mein Königreich für ein Pferd
sense:
The speaker is willing to sacrifice anything to obtain a seemingly unimportant item that is invaluable at a critical moment.


lexentry: eng/my_very_educated_mother_just_served_us_nine_pumpkins__Phrase__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: my very educated mother just served us nine pumpkins
trans_list: mein Vater erklärt mir jeden Sonntag unsere neun Planeten
sense:
(astronomy, slightly, dated, mnemonic) Used to remember the order and names of the (then) nine planets of the solar system: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, Pluto.


lexentry: eng/my_very_educated_mother_just_served_us_noodles__Phrase__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: my very educated mother just served us noodles
trans_list: mein Vater erklärt mir jeden Sonntag unseren Nachthimmel
sense:
(astronomy, _, mnemonic) Used to remember the order and names of the eight planets of the solar system: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune.


lexentry: eng/mycelium__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: mycelium
trans_list: Myzel | Myzelium
sense:
The vegetative part of any fungus, consisting of a mass of branching, threadlike hyphae, often underground.


lexentry: eng/mycorrhiza__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: mycorrhiza
trans_list: Pilzwurzel
sense:
(ecology, botany, mycology) A plant root formed in symbiosis with a fungus; the symbiosis between the mycelium of a fungus and the roots of a plant. [from 19th c.]


lexentry: eng/mycotoxin__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: mycotoxin
trans_list: Mykotoxin
sense:
(biochemistry) Any substance, produced by a mold or fungus, that is injurious to vertebrates upon ingestion, inhalation or skin contact.


lexentry: eng/myeloma__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: myeloma
trans_list: Myelom
sense:
(pathology, oncology) A malignant tumour arising from cells of the bone marrow, specifically plasma cells.


lexentry: eng/myocardium__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: myocardium
trans_list: Myokard | Herzmuskel
sense:
(anatomy, cardiology) The muscular substance of the heart; the middle of the three layers forming the outer wall of the human heart.


lexentry: eng/myofibril__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: myofibril
trans_list: Myofibrille
sense:
(muscle) Any of the cylindrical organelles, found within muscle cells, that are the contractile unit of muscles.


lexentry: eng/myosin__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: myosin
trans_list: Myosin
sense:
(biochemistry) Any of a large family of motor proteins found in eukaryotic tissues, allowing mobility in muscles.


lexentry: eng/myrobalan__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: myrobalan
trans_list: Myrobalane
sense:
A plum-like fruit from various trees of the genus Terminalia, formerly used in medicine and now in the dyeing industry; also, the tree itself.


lexentry: eng/myroblyte__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: myroblyte
trans_list: Myroblyt | Myroblytin
sense:
A saint whose relics or place of burial produce or are said to have produced the Oil of Saints ("an aromatic liquid with healing properties" or "holy water (very much like myrrh)") or the odour of sanctity.


lexentry: eng/myrrh__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: myrrh
trans_list: Myrrhe
sense:
A red-brown resinous material, the dried sap of a tree of the species Commiphora myrrha, used as perfume, incense or medicine.


lexentry: eng/myself__Pronoun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: myself
trans_list: mich | mir
sense:
(reflexive pronoun) Me, as direct or indirect object the speaker as the object of a verb or preposition, when the speaker is also the subject. [from 9th c.]


lexentry: eng/myself__Pronoun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: myself
trans_list: selber | selbst
sense:
Personally, for my part; used in apposition to I, sometimes for simple emphasis and sometimes with implicit exclusion of any others performing the activity described. [from 10th c.]


lexentry: eng/mystery_play__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: mystery play
trans_list: Mysterienspiel
sense:
(performing arts) A medieval dramatic performance depicting events from Christian scriptures, especially events from the life of Jesus Christ.


lexentry: eng/myth__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: myth
trans_list: Mythos
sense:
A commonly-held but false belief, a common misconception; a fictitious or imaginary person or thing; a popular conception about a real person or event which exaggerates or idealizes reality.


lexentry: eng/mythology__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: mythology
trans_list: Mythologie | Götterlehre | Sagenwelt
sense:
(countable, _, and, _, uncountable) The collection of myths of a people, concerning the origin of the people, history, deities, ancestors and heroes.


lexentry: eng/mythos__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: mythos
trans_list: Mythos
sense:
Anything transmitted by word of mouth, such as a fable, legend, narrative, story, or tale (especially a poetic tale).


lexentry: eng/mythos__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: mythos
trans_list: Mythos
sense:
A story or set of stories relevant to or having a significant truth or meaning for a particular culture, religion, society, or other group; a myth, a mythology.


lexentry: eng/myxedema__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: myxedema
trans_list: Myxödem
sense:
(pathology) A form of cutaneous and dermal edema that is secondary to increased deposition of connective tissue components in subcutaneous tissue. [from 19th c.]


lexentry: eng/mâche__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: mâche
sense:
Valerianella locusta, a small dicot annual plant of the family Caprifoliaceae often cultivated as a salad green or herb.

trans_list:
Ackersalat | Echter Feldsalat | Gewöhnlicher Feldsalat | Nüsslisalat | Nüsslisalat Feldsalat | Rapunzel


lexentry: eng/n-gram__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: n-gram
trans_list: N-Gramm
sense:
(computational linguistics) A contiguous sequence of n items (usually characters or words) from a given sequence of text or speech, used in analysis.


lexentry: eng/na-na_na-na_boo-boo__Phrase__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: na-na na-na boo-boo
trans_list: ätsch | ätschbätsch | ätschibätschi
sense:
(North America, idiomatic, colloquial, childish, pejorative, taunt, often) A taunt or putdown, typically used to indicate that the speaker believes he or she has beaten the listener in a competition or is better in some other way or in a general sense; or an expression of satisfaction that the listener has received some supposedly deserved minor punishment or misfortune (that is to say, schadenfreude). [c. mid 20th century?]


lexentry: eng/nacelle__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: nacelle
trans_list: Korb
sense:
A separate streamlined enclosure mounted on an aircraft to house, originally, an engine, and now also cargo or crew.


lexentry: eng/nadir__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: nadir
trans_list: Nadir
sense:
The point of the celestial sphere, directly opposite the zenith; inferior pole of the horizon; point of the celestial sphere directly under the place of observation.


lexentry: eng/naevus_flammeus__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: naevus flammeus
trans_list: Feuermal
sense:
(anatomy) A vascular birthmark or naevus, usually on the head and neck, consisting of an overgrowth of capillaries which produce a reddish to purplish discoloration of the skin.


lexentry: eng/nag__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: nag
trans_list: quengeln | nörgeln | herumhacken | herumnörgeln | in den Ohren liegen | keifen
sense:
(ambitransitive) To repeatedly remind or complain to (someone) in an annoying way, often about insignificant or unnecessary matters.


lexentry: eng/naiad__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: naiad
trans_list: Najade
sense:
(Greek mythology) A female deity (nymph) associated with water, especially a spring, stream, or other fresh water.


lexentry: eng/nail__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: nail
trans_list: Nagel
sense:
A spike-shaped metal fastener used for joining wood or similar materials. The nail is generally driven through two or more layers of material by means of impacts from a hammer or other device. It is then held in place by friction.


lexentry: eng/nail_bomb__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: nail bomb
trans_list: Nagelbombe
sense:
A bomb designed to cause extensive wounding by packing sharp objects around the explosive; used especially by terrorists and suicide bombers.


lexentry: eng/nail_file__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: nail file
trans_list: Nagelfeile
sense:
A small file made of soft metal, or a board covered with fine sandpaper, for filing and shaping one's fingernails and toenails.


lexentry: eng/nail_one's_colours_to_the_mast__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: nail one's colours to the mast
trans_list: Farbe bekennen
sense:
To clearly show one's support for a side or opinion in a dispute, often indicating an intention to defend that side to the end.


lexentry: eng/nailset__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: nailset
trans_list: Nageltreiber | Versenker
sense:
A tool used with a hammer for driving in nails, rather than striking the nail directly at the risk of damaging the surrounding surface.


lexentry: eng/naked_as_a_jaybird__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: naked as a jaybird
trans_list: fadennackt
sense:
(simile, colloquial) Stark naked; nude; especially, naked in a public setting and without embarrassment.


lexentry: eng/naled__Noun__2
sense_num: 01
written_rep: naled
trans_list: Aufeis
sense:
A sheet-like layered mass of ice formed in freezing temperatures from the freezing of successive flows of ground water over previously formed layers of ice.


lexentry: eng/name__Verb__1
sense_num: 07
written_rep: name
trans_list: nennen | benennen | taufen | bezeichnen
sense:
(transitive, Westminster system politics) To initiate a process to temporarily remove a member of parliament who is breaking the rules of conduct.


lexentry: eng/name_after__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: name after
trans_list: benennen nach
sense:
To intentionally give someone or something the same name or a derivation of the same name as another person, place, or thing.


lexentry: eng/name_names__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: name names
trans_list: Ross und Reiter nennen
sense:
(idiom) To identify specific people, especially people involved in misdeeds or other secretive activity.


lexentry: eng/namespace__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: namespace
trans_list: Namensraum
sense:
(programming) A conceptual space that groups classes, identifiers, etc. to avoid conflicts with items in unrelated code that have the same names.


lexentry: eng/naming_convention__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: naming convention
trans_list: Benennungsregel | Namenskonvention
sense:
A collection of rules followed by a set of names which allow users to deduce useful information, based on the names' character sequence and knowledge of the rules followed; such as Manhattan's East-West streets being called "Streets" and its North-South streets being called "Avenues".


lexentry: eng/nanny_state__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: nanny state
trans_list: Bevormundungsstaat | Gouvernantenstaat
sense:
(pejorative) A state whose government institutions are authoritative and over-paternalistic, interfering with and controlling people's lives. [from mid-20th c.]


lexentry: eng/nano-__Prefix__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: nano-
trans_list: nano-
sense:
In the International System of Units and other metric systems of units, multiplying the unit to which it is attached by 10−9 (short scale billionth or long scale milliardth). Symbol: n


lexentry: eng/nanocrystal__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: nanocrystal
trans_list: Nanokristall
sense:
A crystalline entity whose size is measured in nanometers; an individual nanometer-sized crystal of such a material.


lexentry: eng/nanotechnology__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: nanotechnology
trans_list: Nanotechnologie
sense:
The science and technology of creating nanoparticles and of manufacturing machines which have sizes within the range of nanometres (1–100 nm).


lexentry: eng/nanotube__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: nanotube
trans_list: Nanoröhre
sense:
(chemistry) Shortening of carbon nanotube; A carbon molecule, in the shape of a tube, having a fullerene structure and a diameter of about 1 or 2 nanometers.


lexentry: eng/napa_cabbage__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: napa cabbage
trans_list: Chinakohl
sense:
A species of Chinese cabbage, Brassica rapa subsp. pekinensis, commonly used as an ingredient in East-Asian cuisines.


lexentry: eng/napalm__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: napalm
trans_list: Napalm
sense:
A highly flammable, viscous substance, designed to stick to the body while burning, used in warfare as an incendiary especially in wooded areas.


lexentry: eng/naphtha__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: naphtha
trans_list: Naphtha
sense:
(petrochemistry) Any of a wide variety of aliphatic or aromatic liquid hydrocarbon mixtures distilled from petroleum or coal tar, especially as used in solvents or petrol.


lexentry: eng/napkin__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: napkin
trans_list: Serviette | Mundtuch
sense:
A serviette; a (usually rectangular) piece of cloth or paper used at the table for wiping the mouth and hands for cleanliness while eating.


lexentry: eng/narc__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: narc
trans_list: Drogenfahnder
sense:
(informal, colloquial, drugs) A police officer or federal agent assigned to or engaging in illegal narcotics control.


lexentry: eng/narcissistic_personality_disorder__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: narcissistic personality disorder
trans_list: narzisstische Persönlichkeitsstörung
sense:
(psychiatry) A personality disorder characterized largely by an overinflated sense of self-importance typically caused by unbalanced parental valuation during childhood.


lexentry: eng/narcissus__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: narcissus
trans_list: Narzisse
sense:
Any of several bulbous flowering plants, of the genus Narcissus, having white or yellow cup- or trumpet-shaped flowers, notably the daffodil


lexentry: eng/narcodollar__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: narcodollar
trans_list: Narcodollar
sense:
(especially in the plural) Money (especially in the form of US dollars) obtained from narcotrafficking.


lexentry: eng/narcolepsy__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: narcolepsy
trans_list: Narkolepsie
sense:
(pathology) A disorder characterized by sudden and uncontrollable attacks of deep sleep, often brief, sometimes accompanied by paralysis and hallucinations


lexentry: eng/narcoleptic__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: narcoleptic
trans_list: Narkoleptiker
sense:
One who suffers from narcolepsy ("a disorder characterized by sudden and uncontrollable attacks of deep sleep").


lexentry: eng/narcotic__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: narcotic
trans_list: Narkotikum
sense:
(pharmaceutical drug) Any substance or drug that reduces pain, induces sleep and may alter mood or behaviour; in some contexts, especially in reference to the opiates-and-opioids class, especially in reference to illegal drugs, and often both.


lexentry: eng/narration__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: narration
trans_list: Erzählung
sense:
The act of recounting or relating in order the particulars of some action, occurrence, or affair; a narrating.


lexentry: eng/narration__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: narration
trans_list: Erzählung
sense:
That which is narrated or recounted; an orderly recital of the details and particulars of some transaction or event, or of a series of transactions or events; a story or narrative.


lexentry: eng/narrative__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
sense: A representation of an event or story in a way to promote a certain point of view.
written_rep: narrative
trans_list:
Erzählweise | Narrativ | einseitige Darstellung der Ereignisse | einseitige Sicht der Dinge | persönliche Sichtweise | unausgewogene Darstellungsweise


lexentry: eng/narrow__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: narrow
trans_list: schmal | eng | begrenzt
sense:
Having a small width; not wide; having opposite edges or sides that are close, especially by comparison to length or depth.


lexentry: eng/narwhal__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: narwhal
trans_list: Narwal
sense:
Monodon monoceros, an Arctic cetacean that grows to about 20 feet (6 meters) long, the male having a single horn-like tusk, a twisted, pointed canine tooth that projects forward.


lexentry: eng/nasal__Adjective__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: nasal
trans_list: nasal
sense:
(phonetics) Having a sound imparted by means of the nose; and specifically, made by lowering the soft palate, in some cases with closure of the oral passage, the voice thus issuing (wholly or partially) through the nose, as in the consonants m, n, ng.


lexentry: eng/nasal_bone__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: nasal bone
trans_list: Nasenbein
sense:
(skeleton, zootomy) Either of two bones of the skull of vertebrates above the fishes which lie in front of the frontal bones and in humans are oblong in shape forming by their junction the bridge of the nose and partly covering the nasal cavity.


lexentry: eng/nasal_cavity__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: nasal cavity
trans_list: Nasenhöhle
sense:
(anatomy) In higher vertebrates, a large air-filled space above and behind the nose in the middle of the face.


lexentry: eng/nasal_mutation__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: nasal mutation
trans_list: nasale Mutation
sense:
An alteration of the initial consonant of a word which occurs in certain Celtic languages under particular linguistic circumstances.


lexentry: eng/nasal_polyp__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: nasal polyp
trans_list: Nasenpolyp
sense:
(pathology) A growth in the nose commonly connected with allergic rhinitis, but not directly caused by it, arising mainly from the mucous membranes and paranasal sinuses.


lexentry: eng/nasal_septum__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: nasal septum
trans_list: Nasenscheidewand
sense:
(anatomy) A bony and cartilaginous partition in the nose, separating the left and right airways in the nose and dividing the two nostrils.


lexentry: eng/nasal_vowel__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: nasal vowel
trans_list: Nasalvokal | Nasenvokal | nasaler Vokal | nasalierter Vokal
sense:
(phonetics) A vowel that is produced with a lowering of the velum so that air escapes both through nose as well as the mouth.


lexentry: eng/nasalization__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: nasalization
trans_list: Nasalierung
sense:
(phonetics, uncountable) the articulation of a vowel or continuant consonant in such a way that air flows through the nose at the same time as it flows through the mouth


lexentry: eng/nasalize__Verb__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: nasalize
trans_list: nasalieren
sense:
(phonetics) To lower the soft palate so that air flows through the nose during the articulation of a speech sound.


lexentry: eng/nascent__Adjective__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: nascent
trans_list: naszierend
sense:
(chemistry) Of the state of an element at the time it is being generated from some compound or transitioning from one state to another; Newly released from a compound (especially hydrogen and oxygen) by a chemical reaction or electrolysis and possessing heightened reactivity; Newly synthesized (especially protein or RNA) by translation or transcription.


lexentry: eng/nasheed__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: nasheed
trans_list: Naschid
sense:
A song, often Islamic, consisting of vocals either sung a cappella or accompanied by percussion instruments.


lexentry: eng/nasturtium__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: nasturtium
trans_list: Kapuzinerkresse
sense:
The popular name of any of the plants in the Tropaeolum genus of flowering plants native to south and central America.


lexentry: eng/nation-state__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: nation-state
trans_list: Nationalstaat
sense:
(government, politics) A political entity (a state) associated with a particular cultural entity (a nation) and a sovereign territorial unit.


lexentry: eng/nation__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: nation
trans_list: Nation | Volk
sense:
(collective) A historically constituted, stable community of people, formed based on a common language, territory, economic life, ethnicity and/or psychological make-up manifested in a common culture.


lexentry: eng/nation__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: nation
trans_list: Staat | Nation
sense:
(international, _, legal, metonymically) A sovereign state; (loosely, metonymically, proscribed) a country.


lexentry: eng/national__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: national
trans_list: national | Staats-
sense:
Pertaining to a nation or country, especially as a whole; affecting, shared by, or existing throughout all of a nation. [from 16th c.]


lexentry: eng/national_academy__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: national academy
trans_list: Akademie
sense:
A body, usually operating with state financial support and approval, that co-ordinates the activities of research in (nearly always) the sciences and (sometimes) other disciplines.


lexentry: eng/national_bourgeoisie__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: national bourgeoisie
trans_list: Nationalbourgeoisie
sense:
(Marxism) A section of an indigenous entrepreneurial class interested in an independent political and economic development of the country.


lexentry: eng/national_conservatism__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: national conservatism
trans_list: Nationalkonservatismus
sense:
A nationalist variant of conservatism that concentrates on upholding national and cultural identity, in particular family values, while opposing multiculturalism, immigration, and globalization.


lexentry: eng/national_costume__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: national costume
trans_list: Nationaltracht | Volkstracht
sense:
Clothing of a particular style and colours worn to represent a country at international events, or as part of national celebrations.


lexentry: eng/national_day__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: national day
trans_list: Nationalfeiertag
sense:
A day marking a country's establishment as a sovereign entity, typically a celebration of its independence, revolution or former ruler.


lexentry: eng/national_epic__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: national epic
trans_list: Nationalepos
sense:
An epic poem or similar work which seeks or is believed to capture and express the essence or spirit of a particular nation.


lexentry: eng/national_park__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: national park
trans_list: Nationalpark
sense:
An area of land that is not built upon, but reserved by the national government for conservation of nature and usually also for recreational use.


lexentry: eng/national_security__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: national security
trans_list: nationale Sicherheit | äußere Sicherheit
sense:
The safety of a country as managed through the exercise of economic and political power, intelligence agencies and diplomacy.


lexentry: eng/national_treasure__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: national treasure
trans_list: nationaler Schatz
sense:
A person, place, or object that is deemed to be of value to an entire nation, usually due to its cultural significance.


lexentry: eng/nationality__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: nationality
trans_list: Nationalität
sense:
National origin or identity; legal membership of a particular nation or state, by origin, birth, naturalization, ownership, allegiance or otherwise. [from 18th c.]


lexentry: eng/nationalize__Verb__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: nationalize
trans_list: verstaatlichen | nationalisieren
sense:
(archaic) To make national; to make a nation of; to endow with the character and habits of a nation, or the peculiar sentiments and attachment of citizens of a nation.


lexentry: eng/native_soil__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: native soil
trans_list: Heimat
sense:
(idiomatic, as pertaining to persons) The country or geographical region where one was born or which one considers to be one's true homeland.


lexentry: eng/native_speaker__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
sense: (linguistics) A person who grew up with a particular language as their mother tongue.
written_rep: native speaker
trans_list:
Muttersprachler | Muttersprachlerin | Muttersprachige | Muttersprachiger | native Speaker | native speaker


lexentry: eng/native_species__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: native species
trans_list: autochthone Art | einheimische Art | indigene Art
sense:
(biology) A species that normally lives and thrives in a particular ecosystem. This can include any species that developed with the surrounding habitat, and can be assisted by or affected by a new species.


lexentry: eng/nativity_play__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: nativity play
trans_list: Krippenspiel
sense:
(Christianity) A dramatic depiction of the story of the birth of Jesus Christ, commonly performed by children in churches and in Christian schools during the Christmas season.


lexentry: eng/nativity_scene__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: nativity scene
trans_list: Weihnachtskrippe | Krippe
sense:
(Christianity) A depiction—which may be pictorial, dramatic, or by means of figurines—of the birth of Jesus Christ in a manger, as described in the New Testament account.


lexentry: eng/natrolite__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: natrolite
trans_list: Natrolith
sense:
(mineral) A fibrous zeolite mineral, being a sodium aluminosilicate, of the chemical formula Na2Al2Si3O10·2H2O.


lexentry: eng/natural__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: natural
trans_list: naturfarben | naturfarbig | natürlich
sense:
Containing no artificial or man-made additives; especially (of food) containing no colourings, flavourings or preservatives. [from 19th c.]


lexentry: eng/natural__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: natural
trans_list: natürlich | naturwüchsig
sense:
Normally associated with a particular person or thing; inherently related to the nature of a thing or creature. [from 14th c.]


lexentry: eng/natural__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: natural
trans_list: natürlich | naturwüchsig
sense:
Pertaining to death brought about by disease or old age, rather than by violence, accident etc. [from 16th c.]


lexentry: eng/natural__Adjective__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: natural
trans_list: natürlich | naturwüchsig
sense:
Related genetically but not legally to one's father; born out of wedlock, illegitimate. [from 15th c.]


lexentry: eng/natural_gas__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: natural gas
trans_list: Erdgas
sense:
A mixture of gaseous hydrocarbons associated with petroleum deposits; mostly methane with smaller amounts of ethane, propane and butane; principally used as a fuel.


lexentry: eng/natural_gender__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: natural gender
trans_list: Sexus
sense:
(grammar) The gender that a noun, etc. would be expected to have, based on attributes of the referent, such as physical sex.


lexentry: eng/natural_language__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: natural language
trans_list: natürliche Sprache
sense:
(retronym, linguistics) Any human language that has evolved naturally in a community, usually in contrast to computer programming languages, to controlled natural languages, and to constructed languages such as Esperanto (although constructed languages are subject to change by natural forces among fluent speakers).


lexentry: eng/natural_language_processing__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: natural language processing
trans_list: linguistische Datenverarbeitung
sense:
A field of computer science and linguistics concerned with the interactions between computers and human (natural) languages, especially computational analysis and processing of large amounts of natural language data.


lexentry: eng/natural_law__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: natural law
trans_list: Naturgesetz
sense:
(law, philosophy) The set of universal legal or moral principles said to be discernible from nature by reason alone; one of these principles.


lexentry: eng/natural_logarithm__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: natural logarithm
trans_list: natürlicher Logarithmus
sense:
(mathematics) The logarithm in base e: either the function that given x returns y such that ey = x, or the value of y given by the function.


lexentry: eng/natural_science__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: natural science
trans_list: Naturwissenschaft
sense:
Any science involved in studying phenomena or laws of the physical world: physics, chemistry, biology, astronomy, and so on.


lexentry: eng/natural_selection__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: natural selection
trans_list: natürliche Auslese | natürliche Selektion | natürliche Zuchtwahl
sense:
(evolutionary theory) A process by which heritable traits conferring survival and reproductive advantage to individuals, or related individuals, tend to be passed on to succeeding generations and become more frequent in a population, whereas other less favourable traits tend to become eliminated; the differential survival and reproduction of phenotypes.


lexentry: eng/naturalist__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: naturalist
trans_list: Naturalist | Naturalistin | Naturforscher | Naturforscherin
sense:
(philosophy) A person who believes in or advocates the tenets of philosophical or methodological naturalism. [from 16th c.]


lexentry: eng/nature__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: nature
trans_list: Natur
sense:
(uncountable, often, _, capitalized) The way things are, the totality of all things in the physical universe and their order, especially the physical world in contrast to spiritual realms and flora and fauna as distinct from human conventions, art, and technology.


lexentry: eng/nature__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: nature
trans_list: Natur | Art
sense:
The essential or innate characteristics of a person or thing which will always tend to manifest, especially in contrast to specific contexts, reason, religious duty, upbringing, and personal pretense or effort.


lexentry: eng/naturism__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: naturism
trans_list: Naturismus | Freikörperkultur
sense:
The belief in or practice of going nude in social settings, often in mixed-gender groups, specifically either in cultures where this is not the norm or for health reasons.


lexentry: eng/naturist__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: naturist
trans_list: Naturist | Naturistin
sense:
One who follows a philosophical belief in a naked, natural life and prefers to live without clothes, often for reasons of ecology, health, religious belief, and/or ethical concerns.


lexentry: eng/naturopathy__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: naturopathy
trans_list: Naturheilkunde
sense:
(alternative medicine) A system of therapy that avoids synthetic drugs and surgery, while emphasizing the use of natural remedies (plants and the elements) and physical means (massage, acupuncture) to treat illness.


lexentry: eng/naumachia__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: naumachia
trans_list: Naumachie
sense:
(historical, nautical, in Ancient Rome) The recreation of a sea battle staged for entertainment. [from 16th c.]


lexentry: eng/nausea__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: nausea
trans_list: Übelkeit
sense:
A feeling of illness or discomfort in the digestive system, usually characterized by a strong urge to vomit.


lexentry: eng/nautical_mile__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: nautical mile
trans_list: Seemeile
sense:
A unit of length corresponding approximately to one minute of arc of latitude along any meridian. By international agreement it is exactly 1,852 metres (approximately 6,076 feet or 1.151 statute mile).


lexentry: eng/nautilus__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: nautilus
trans_list: Nautilus | Perlboot
sense:
A marine mollusc, of the family Nautilidae native to the Pacific Ocean and Indian Ocean, which has tentacles and a spiral shell with a series of air-filled chambers, of which Nautilus is the type genus.


lexentry: eng/naval_base__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: naval base
trans_list: Flottenbasis
sense:
(military) an installation in a port or harbour used as a centre of operations by the country's navy.


lexentry: eng/nave__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: nave
trans_list: Schiff
sense:
(architecture) The middle or body of a church, extending from the transepts to the principal entrances.


lexentry: eng/navel__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: navel
trans_list: Nabel | Bauchnabel
sense:
(anatomy) The indentation or bump remaining in the abdomen of mammals where the umbilical cord was attached before birth.


lexentry: eng/navelwort__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: navelwort
trans_list: Nabelkraut | Venusnabel
sense:
Umbilicus spp., especially Umbilicus rupestris), a European perennial succulent herb with round, peltate leaves with a central depression.


lexentry: eng/navigable__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: navigable
trans_list: schiffbar
sense:
(of a body of water) Capable of being navigated; deep enough and wide enough to afford passage to vessels.


lexentry: eng/navigate__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: navigate
trans_list: fahren
sense:
(transitive) To plan, control and record the position and course of a vehicle, ship, aircraft, etc., on a journey; to follow a planned course.


lexentry: eng/navigation__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: navigation
trans_list: Navigation
sense:
(uncountable) The theory, practice and technology of charting a course for a road vehicle, ship, aircraft, or spaceship.


lexentry: eng/navigation_channel__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: navigation channel
trans_list: Fahrrinne
sense:
(nautical) A deeper channel cut into the sea or river bed, to enable larger ships to pass through to a port.


lexentry: eng/navigator__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: navigator
trans_list: Navigator
sense:
A person who navigates, especially an officer with that responsibility on a ship or an aircrew member with that responsibility on an aircraft.


lexentry: eng/nay__Adverb__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: nay
trans_list: oder sogar
sense:
(now, archaic, or, jocular) Or rather, or should I say; moreover (introducing a stronger and more appropriate expression than the preceding one). [from 16th c.]


lexentry: eng/neap__Adjective__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: neap
trans_list: Nippflut | Nipptide
sense:
Designating a tide which occurs just after the first and third quarters of the moon, when there is the least difference between high tide and low tide.


lexentry: eng/neap_tide__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: neap tide
trans_list: Nippflut | Nipptide
sense:
The tide which occurs just after the first and third quarters of the moon, when there is least difference between high tide and low tide.


lexentry: eng/near-death_experience__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: near-death experience
trans_list: Nahtoderfahrung | Nahtod-Erfahrung | Nahtodeserfahrung | Todesnähe-Erfahrung
sense:
A sensation of detachment from one's body, the presence of a tunnel of light, the apparent viewing of one's own body from on high, and similar manifestations, experienced by people whose heart and brain have temporarily ceased to function.


lexentry: eng/near_abroad__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: near abroad
trans_list: Nahes Ausland
sense:
The other countries and political regions which are in the vicinity of a country or political region.


lexentry: eng/near_infrared__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: near infrared
trans_list: Nahinfrarot
sense:
(physics, often in compounds) Infrared light closest in wavelength to visible light, from .7–1.4 µm.


lexentry: eng/neat__Adjective__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: neat
trans_list: pur | unverdünnt | unvermischt
sense:
Free from contaminants; unadulterated, undiluted. Particularly of liquor and cocktails; see usage below.


lexentry: eng/neat__Adjective__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: neat
trans_list: lösungsmittelfrei | rein
sense:
(chemistry) Conditions with a liquid reagent or gas performed with no standard solvent or cosolvent.


lexentry: eng/nebula__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: nebula
trans_list: Nebel | Wolke
sense:
(astronomy) A cloud in outer space consisting of gas or dust (e.g. a cloud formed after a star explodes).


lexentry: eng/nebulizer__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: nebulizer
trans_list: Zerstäuber
sense:
(medicine) A device used to administer a medicine into the lungs, by converting the medicine from liquid state into a fine spray of aerosols, to be inhaled through the nose or mouth.


lexentry: eng/necessary__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: necessary
trans_list: notwendig | nötig | erforderlich | geboten | zwangsläufig
sense:
Required, essential, whether logically inescapable or needed in order to achieve a desired result or avoid some penalty.


lexentry: eng/necessary_evil__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: necessary evil
trans_list: notwendiges Übel
sense:
(idiomatic) An unfavorable thing that must be done or accepted, especially because the available alternative courses of action or inaction would be worse.


lexentry: eng/necessitate__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: necessitate
trans_list: erfordern | zwingen
sense:
(transitive) To make necessary; to behove; to require (something) to be brought about. [from early 17th c.]


lexentry: eng/necessity__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: necessity
trans_list: Bedürftigkeit
sense:
The negation of freedom in voluntary action; the subjection of all phenomena, whether material or spiritual, to inevitable causation; necessitarianism.


lexentry: eng/necessity_knows_no_law__Proverb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: necessity knows no law
trans_list: Not kennt kein Gebot | Not bricht Gebot | Not kennt kein Gesetz
sense:
A person who is in great need of something will find a way to obtain it, and violate the law if needed.


lexentry: eng/necklace__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: necklace
trans_list: Halskette | Halsband | Collier
sense:
An article of jewelry that is worn around the neck, most often made of a string of precious metal, pearls, gems, beads or shells, and sometimes having a pendant attached.


lexentry: eng/neckline__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: neckline
trans_list: der Ausschnitt, das Dekollete
sense:
The line formed by the edge of an article of clothing that surrounds the neck, especially as seen at the front.


lexentry: eng/necrocracy__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: necrocracy
trans_list: Nekrokratie
sense:
A form of government where a dead person is recognised as its head; usually a deceased former leader.


lexentry: eng/necromancy__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: necromancy
trans_list: Totenbeschwörung | Nekromantie | Totenorakel
sense:
Loosely, any sorcery or witchcraft, especially involving death or the dead, particularly sorcery involving raising or reanimating the dead.


lexentry: eng/necrophore__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: necrophore
trans_list: Aaskäfer
sense:
Any of various beetles, especially of the genus Nicrophorus, that bury the carcasses of small vertebrates (such as birds and rodents) as a food source for their larvae


lexentry: eng/necropsy__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: necropsy
trans_list: Nekropsie
sense:
(medicine) The pathological examination of a corpse, particularly to determine cause of death. [from 19th c.]


lexentry: eng/necrosis__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: necrosis
trans_list: Nekrose | Gewebetod
sense:
(pathology) The localized death of cells or tissues through injury, disease, or the interruption of blood supply.


lexentry: eng/nectar__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: nectar
trans_list: Nektar
sense:
(botany) The sweet liquid secreted by flowers to attract pollinating insects and birds. [from 17th c.]


lexentry: eng/needle__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: needle
trans_list: Nadel
sense:
A long, thin, sharp implement usually for piercing as in sewing, embroidery, acupuncture, tattooing, body piercing, medical injections, sutures, etc; or a blunt but otherwise similar implement used for forming loops or knots in crafts such as darning, knitting, tatting, etc.


lexentry: eng/needlenose_pliers__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: needlenose pliers
trans_list: Spitzzange
sense:
A variety of pliers with long, narrow extensions of the gripping faces, used to reach into narrow spaces.


lexentry: eng/nefarious__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: nefarious
trans_list: berüchtigt | bösartig | böse | ruchlos | schändlich | verachtenswert
sense:
Sinful, villainous, criminal, or wicked, especially when noteworthy or notorious for such characteristics.


lexentry: eng/negative_reinforcement__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: negative reinforcement
trans_list: negative Verstärkung
sense:
The removal of a discouraging stimulus associated with a particular behaviour with the result that it is more likely to be repeated.


lexentry: eng/negligence__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: negligence
trans_list: Fahrlässigkeit
sense:
(legal, uncountable) The breach of a duty of care: the failure to exercise a standard of care that a reasonable person would have in a similar situation.


lexentry: eng/negligible__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: negligible
trans_list: vernachlässigbar
sense:
Able to be neglected, ignored or excluded from consideration; too small or unimportant to be of concern.


lexentry: eng/negotiable__Adjective__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: negotiable
trans_list: negoziabel
sense:
(legal, finance) Able to be transferred to another person, with or without endorsement, in exchange for money.


lexentry: eng/negotiable_instrument__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: negotiable instrument
trans_list: Handelswechsel | Warenwechsel
sense:
(legal, banking, business) a legal document, as a cheque or bill of exchange, that is freely negotiable.


lexentry: eng/negroid__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: negroid
trans_list: negrid
sense:
(anthropology, dated, offensive) Pertaining to a racial classification of humanity including people indigenous to sub-Saharan Africa and their diaspora in other parts of the world.


lexentry: eng/negus__Noun__2
sense_num: 01
written_rep: negus
trans_list: Negus
sense:
(historical) A ruler of Abyssinia (Ethiopia), or of a province of Ethiopia; specifically, the king of Ethiopia before 1974.


lexentry: eng/neighbour__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: neighbour
trans_list: Nachbar | Nachbarin
sense:
A person living on adjacent or nearby land; a person situated adjacently or nearby; anything (of the same type of thing as the subject) in an adjacent or nearby position.


lexentry: eng/neither_..._nor__Conjunction__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: neither … nor
trans_list: weder … noch
sense:
used for showing that something is not true of two or more people, things, actions, qualities, or ideas (This entry is a translation hub.)


lexentry: eng/neither_fish,_flesh,_nor_good_red_herring__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: neither fish, flesh, nor good red herring
trans_list: weder Fisch noch Fleisch
sense:
(idiomatic) Synonym of neither fish nor fowl (“not easily categorized; not rightly belonging or fitting well in a given group or situation; also, not having the advantages of the various options”)


lexentry: eng/neither_fish_nor_fowl__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: neither fish nor fowl
trans_list: weder Fisch noch Fleisch
sense:
(idiomatic) Not easily categorized; not rightly belonging or fitting well in a given group or situation; also, not having the advantages of the various options.


lexentry: eng/nemesis__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: nemesis
trans_list: Antipode
sense:
(chiefly, outside the US and Canada) A person or character who specifically brings about the downfall of another person or character, as an agent of that character's fate or destiny, especially within a narrative.


lexentry: eng/nemesis__Noun__1
sense_num: 06
written_rep: nemesis
trans_list: Fügung
sense:
(usually, in the singular, formal) A punishment or defeat that is deserved and cannot be avoided; (an instance of) retribution.


lexentry: eng/neoclassicism__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: neoclassicism
trans_list: Neoklassizismus
sense:
Any of several movements in the arts, architecture, literature and music that revived forms from earlier centuries.


lexentry: eng/neocolonialism__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: neocolonialism
trans_list: Neokolonialismus
sense:
The control or domination by a powerful country over weaker ones (especially former colonies) by the use of economic pressure, political suppression and cultural dominance.


lexentry: eng/neocortex__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: neocortex
trans_list: Neocortex
sense:
(neuroanatomy) The top layer of the cerebral hemispheres in the brain of mammals; part of the cerebral cortex.


lexentry: eng/neodymium__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: neodymium
trans_list: Neodym
sense:
A chemical element (symbol Nd) with an atomic number of 60: a hard, slightly malleable silvery metal that quickly tarnishes in air and moisture.


lexentry: eng/neoliberalism__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: neoliberalism
trans_list: Neoliberalismus
sense:
A political ideology or ideological trend based on neoclassical economics that espouses economic liberalism, favouring trade liberalisation, financial deregulation, a small government, privatisation and liberalisation of government businesses, passive antitrust enforcement, accepting greater economic inequality and disfavouring unionisation.


lexentry: eng/neologism__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: neologism
trans_list: Neologismus
sense:
(linguistics, lexicography, countable) A word or phrase which has recently been coined; a new word or phrase, or an existing one which has gained a new meaning.


lexentry: eng/neon_sign__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: neon sign
trans_list: Neon
sense:
An illuminated sign constructed from fluorescent lights in the form of bent glass tubes; the different colours being obtained by adding different noble gases to the neon.


lexentry: eng/neonatology__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: neonatology
trans_list: Neonatologie
sense:
(medicine) The branch of medicine that deals with newborn infants, especially the ill or premature newborn infant.


lexentry: eng/neonicotinoid__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: neonicotinoid
trans_list: Neonikotinoid
sense:
(organic chemistry) Any of a certain class of insecticides that act on the central nervous system in a similar way to nicotine.


lexentry: eng/neophyte__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: neophyte
trans_list: Neophyt
sense:
(botany) A plant species recently introduced to an area (in contrast to archaeophyte, a long-established introduced species).


lexentry: eng/neoprene__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: neoprene
trans_list: Neopren
sense:
A synthetic rubber, a polymer of chloroprene, commonly used in wetsuits, laptop sleeves, orthopedic braces, electrical insulation, liquid and sheet-applied elastomeric membranes and flashings, car fan belts, etc.


lexentry: eng/neopronoun__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: neopronoun
trans_list: Neopronomen
sense:
A pronoun used in place of he, she, or singular they, especially one of the modern coinages used by some non-binary people.


lexentry: eng/neovagina__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: neovagina
trans_list: Neovagina
sense:
A surgically crafted vagina, as of a trans woman who has undergone sex reassignment surgery, or any woman who lacked a vagina due to a congenital defect, illness, or injury.


lexentry: eng/nephew__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: nephew
trans_list: Neffe
sense:
A son of one's sibling, brother-in-law, or sister-in-law; either a son of one's brother (fraternal nephew) or a son of one's sister (sororal nephew).


lexentry: eng/nephrite__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: nephrite
trans_list: Nephrit
sense:
(mineral) A semi-precious stone, one of the two types of stone commonly referred to as jade (the other being jadeite).


lexentry: eng/nephron__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: nephron
trans_list: Nephron
sense:
(anatomy) The basic structural and functional unit of the kidney, which filters the blood in order to regulate chemical concentrations, and thereby produces urine.


lexentry: eng/nepotism__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: nepotism
trans_list: Nepotismus | Vetternwirtschaft
sense:
The favoring of relatives (most strictly) or also personal friends (more broadly) because of their relationship rather than because of their abilities.


lexentry: eng/nerdy__Adjective__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: nerdy
trans_list: absonderlich | nerdig
sense:
(colloquial, derogatory, of a quality or interest) Of, pertaining to, in the style of, or appealing to nerds.


lexentry: eng/nereid__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: nereid
trans_list: Nereide
sense:
(Greek mythology) One of 50 sea nymphs who were attendants upon Poseidon (Neptune), and were represented as riding on sea horses, sometimes in human form and sometimes with the tail of a fish.


lexentry: eng/neroli__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: neroli
trans_list: Neroli
sense:
More fully neroli oil or oil of neroli: an essential oil distilled from the blossoms of the bitter orange or Seville orange (Citrus × aurantium subsp. amara) used to make perfumes.


lexentry: eng/nerve_gas__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: nerve gas
trans_list: Nervengas | Nervenkampfstoff
sense:
A toxic chemical compound and banned weapon of mass destruction which, when inhaled or ingested, impairs nervous system functions, typically causing extreme physical distress and death by asphyxiation.


lexentry: eng/nerve_impulse__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: nerve impulse
trans_list: Aktionspotenzial eines Neurons | Nervenimpuls | elektrische Erregung einer Nervenzelle
sense:
(physiology) The signal transmitted along a nerve fibre, either in response to a stimulus (such as touch, pain or heat), or as an instruction (such as causing a muscle to contract).


lexentry: eng/nervous_breakdown__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: nervous breakdown
trans_list: Nervenzusammenbruch
sense:
An attack of a psychological disorder such as depression or anxiety so severe that it prevents a person from continuing to function normally


lexentry: eng/nervous_system__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: nervous system
trans_list: Nervensystem
sense:
An organ system whose principal constituent is nervous tissue that coordinates the activities of muscles, monitors organs, constructs and processes data received from the senses, and initiates actions.


lexentry: eng/nesh__Adjective__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: nesh
trans_list: kälteempfindlich
sense:
(now, _, UK, _, dialectal) Delicate; weak; poor-spirited; susceptible to cold weather, harsh conditions etc.


lexentry: eng/nest_egg__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: nest egg
trans_list: Nestei
sense:
A natural or artificial egg placed in a bird's nest, to encourage the bird to lay its own eggs there.


lexentry: eng/net__Noun__1
sense_num: 07
written_rep: net
trans_list: Netz
sense:
A system that interconnects a number of users, locations etc. allowing transport or communication between them.


lexentry: eng/netball__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: netball
trans_list: Netball
sense:
(uncountable) A (usually women's) team sport derived from basketball, with seven players on each side who attempt to score goals by passing a ball and throwing it into the opponent's goal, which is a raised hoop with a net at one end of the playing area. Unlike basketball, a player in possession of the ball cannot move until the ball is passed to another player.


lexentry: eng/netherworld__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: netherworld
trans_list: Jenseits
sense:
The locale of the spirit world or afterlife, whether deemed to be situated below the world of the living or not.


lexentry: eng/netsuke__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: netsuke
trans_list: Netsuke
sense:
A small, often collectible, artistic carving characterized by an opening or two small holes (紐通し), most commonly made of wood or ivory, used as a fob at the end of a cord attached to a suspended pouch containing pens, medicines, or tobacco. Netsuke originated in feudal Japan in the late 16th and 17th centuries.


lexentry: eng/network_effect__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: network effect
trans_list: Netzwerkeffekt
sense:
(economics) The higher growth rate of businesses with higher market share in those segments of economy in which the value of a product or service depends on the compounding effects of the number of existing users of the product or a service, as is the case with telephone networks.


lexentry: eng/network_neutrality__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: network neutrality
trans_list: Netzneutralität
sense:
(networking) A principle proposed for user-access networks participating in the Internet that advocates no restrictions by ISPs or government on the content, sites, platforms, equipment, and modes of communication over the network.


lexentry: eng/neural_network__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: neural network
trans_list: neuronales Netzwerk
sense:
(ML) A real or virtual computer system designed to emulate the brain in its ability to "learn" to assess imprecise data.


lexentry: eng/neurasthenia__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: neurasthenia
trans_list: Memory
sense:
(psychiatry, dated) An ill-defined medical condition characterized by lassitude, fatigue, headache, and irritability, associated chiefly with emotional disturbance.


lexentry: eng/neurasthenic__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: neurasthenic
trans_list: neurasthenisch
sense:
Of or pertaining to neurasthenia; that is, tendencies of a person who has suffered a nervous breakdown.


lexentry: eng/neuro-linguistic_programming__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: neuro-linguistic programming
trans_list: neurolinguistisches Programmieren
sense:
(psychology) A field of study that attempts to build a set of transferable skills by programming the unconscious mind.


lexentry: eng/neurofibromatosis__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: neurofibromatosis
trans_list: Neurofibromatose
sense:
(medicine) A genetic disorder characterized by the presence of multiple neurofibromas under the skin.


lexentry: eng/neurohypophysis__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: neurohypophysis
trans_list: Neurohypophyse
sense:
(anatomy) The posterior lobe of the pituitary gland, responsible for the release of oxytocin and antidiuretic hormone (ADH), also called vasopressin.


lexentry: eng/neurolinguistics__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: neurolinguistics
trans_list: Neurolinguistik
sense:
(linguistics) Science concerned with the human brain mechanisms underlying the comprehension, production and abstract knowledge of language, be it spoken, signed or written.


lexentry: eng/neurological__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: neurological
trans_list: neurologisch
sense:
Dealing with neurology, the study of the nervous system or the health care specialty that provides care for it.


lexentry: eng/neurology__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: neurology
trans_list: Neurologie | Nervenkunde
sense:
The branch of medicine that deals with the disorders of nervous system including the brain and spinal cord of the central nervous system and the nerves, muscles, and neuromuscular junction of the peripheral nervous system.


lexentry: eng/neuron__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: neuron
trans_list: Neuron | Nervenzelle
sense:
(cytology) A cell of the nervous system, which conducts nerve impulses; consisting of an axon and several dendrites. Neurons are connected by synapses.


lexentry: eng/neuropathy__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: neuropathy
trans_list: Nervenleiden | Neuropathie
sense:
(medicine) Any disease of the nerves and nervous system, usually and more specifically the peripheral nervous system, thus including both non-neuraxial and neuraxial instances of neural damage or dysfunction but excluding the neuraxis's psychiatric aspects (mental illnesses).


lexentry: eng/neuropsychiatry__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: neuropsychiatry
trans_list: Neuropsychiatrie
sense:
(medicine) The branch of medicine dealing with disorders that have both neurological and psychiatric features


lexentry: eng/neurosis__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: neurosis
trans_list: Neurose
sense:
(pathology) A mental disorder, less severe than psychosis, marked by anxiety or fear which differ from normal measures by their intensity, which disorder results from a failure to compromise or properly adjust during the developmental stages of life, between normal human instinctual impulses and the demands of human society.


lexentry: eng/neurosurgery__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: neurosurgery
trans_list: Neurochirurgie
sense:
(neurology, surgery, uncountable) The surgical discipline focused on treating those central and peripheral nervous system diseases.


lexentry: eng/neurosurgery__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: neurosurgery
trans_list: Hirnchirurgie
sense:
(neurology, surgery, countable) Any surgical procedure performed on the nervous system, especially the brain.


lexentry: eng/neurotoxin__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: neurotoxin
trans_list: Nervengift | Neurotoxin
sense:
(neuroscience, toxicology, pharmaceutical drug) A toxin that specifically acts upon neurons, their synapses, or the nervous system in its entirety.


lexentry: eng/neurotransmitter__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: neurotransmitter
trans_list: Neurotransmitter
sense:
(biochemistry, neuroscience) Any substance, such as acetylcholine or dopamine, responsible for sending nerve signals across a synapse between two neurons.


lexentry: eng/neurotypical__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: neurotypical
trans_list: neurotypisch
sense:
Having a normal (usual, ordinary) way of processing sensory, linguistic, and social information; often to contrast with autistic.


lexentry: eng/neuter__Adjective__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: neuter
trans_list: neutral | sächlich | neutrisch | neuter
sense:
(grammar) Having a form which is not masculine nor feminine; or having a form which is not of common gender.


lexentry: eng/neuter__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: neuter
sense:
(grammar) A noun of the neuter gender; any one of those words which have the terminations usually found in neuter words.

trans_list:
Neutrum | sächliches Geschlecht | neutrisches Geschlecht | neutrisches Hauptwort | neutrisches Substantiv | sächliches Hauptwort


lexentry: eng/neuter__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: neuter
trans_list: kastrieren | verschneiden
sense:
To remove sex organs from an animal to prevent it from having offspring; to castrate or spay, particularly as applied to domestic animals.


lexentry: eng/neutral__Adjective__1
sense_num: 07
written_rep: neutral
trans_list: neutral
sense:
(physics) Neither positive nor negative; possessing no charge or equivalent positive and negative charge such that there is no imbalance.


lexentry: eng/neutrality__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: neutrality
trans_list: Neutralität
sense:
The state or quality of being neutral; the condition of being unengaged in contests between others; state of taking no part on either side.


lexentry: eng/neutrino__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: neutrino
trans_list: Neutrino
sense:
An elementary particle that is classified as a lepton, and has an extremely small but nonzero mass and no electric charge. It interacts with the surroundings only via the weak force or gravitation, making it very difficult to detect.


lexentry: eng/neutron__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: neutron
trans_list: Neutron
sense:
(particle) A subatomic particle forming part of the nucleus of an atom and having no charge; it is a combination of an up quark and two down quarks.


lexentry: eng/neutron_activation_analysis__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: neutron activation analysis
trans_list: Neutronenaktivierungsanalyse
sense:
(inorganic chemistry) An analytical technique that measures the decay of elements when bombarded with neutrons


lexentry: eng/neutron_bomb__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: neutron bomb
trans_list: Neutronenbombe
sense:
An atomic bomb that produces a greater amount of neutrons, and a lesser amount of blast; the intention being to create equal lethal neutron radiation and blast radii which increases the effectiveness of the weapon against armour while reducing collateral damage.


lexentry: eng/neutron_capture__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: neutron capture
trans_list: Neutroneneinfang
sense:
(physics) A form of nuclear reaction in which one or more neutrons are absorbed by an atomic nucleus


lexentry: eng/neutron_star__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: neutron star
trans_list: Neutronenstern
sense:
(star) A degenerate star that has been so collapsed by gravity that its electrons and protons have been merged into neutrons by the intense pressure. The solid mass of neutrons is sometimes called neutronium.


lexentry: eng/neutronium__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: neutronium
trans_list: Neutronium
sense:
(physics) A hypothetical gravitationally bound system of a neutron and an antineutron (the onium of a neutron), not predicted to exist under normal circumstances.


lexentry: eng/never_again__Adverb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: never again
trans_list: nie wieder | niemals mehr | nimmermehr
sense:
(set phrase) At no time in the future; usually said of a negative event, practice, etc which should not be allowed to reoccur.


lexentry: eng/never_mind__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: never mind
trans_list: macht nichts | das ist egal | das macht nichts | ganz egal | schon gut
sense:
(hortative) It is not important; do not fret; used to reassure or comfort the person to whom it is said.


lexentry: eng/nevus_flammeus_nuchae__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: nevus flammeus nuchae
trans_list: Bossard-Fleck | Storchenbiss
sense:
(medicine) A congenital and usually temporary capillary malformation in a newborn. It is generally pink and flat, and is caused by the dilation of blood vessels.


lexentry: eng/new__Adjective__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: new
trans_list: neu
sense:
Used to distinguish something established more recently, named after something or some place previously existing.


lexentry: eng/new_normal__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: new normal
trans_list: neue Normalität | neuer Maßstab | neuer Standard | neues Normal
sense:
(chiefly, Canada, US, idiomatic) A current prevailing situation which has emerged recently, that differs dramatically from the previous one and is expected to remain. [from 1920s]


lexentry: eng/new_potato__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: new potato
trans_list: Frühlingskartoffel
sense:
A potato harvested before fully developed for its tender, less starchy texture and more delicate flavor.


lexentry: eng/new_religious_movement__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: new religious movement
trans_list: neue religiöse Bewegung
sense:
(religion) (abbreviated NRM) Any religious community or spiritual group of modern origins, having a peripheral place within a state's dominant religious culture.


lexentry: eng/newbie__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: newbie
trans_list: Anfänger | Neuling
sense:
(Internet) A new user or participant; someone who is extremely new and inexperienced (to a game or activity). A beginner.


lexentry: eng/newfangled__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: newfangled
trans_list: neumodisch
sense:
(usually derogatory, disapproving, or humorous) new and often needlessly novel or gratuitously different; recently devised or fashionable, especially when not an improvement.


lexentry: eng/news_agency__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: news agency
trans_list: Nachrichtenagentur | Presseagentur
sense:
An organisation that gathers and distributes news to newspapers and radio and television broadcasters.


lexentry: eng/news_ticker__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: news ticker
trans_list: Nachrichtenticker
sense:
A device, used primarily in the 20th century, which printed out incoming news stories on paper tape.


lexentry: eng/newscast__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: newscast
trans_list: Nachrichtensendung | Tagesschau
sense:
(broadcasting, journalism) A broadcast of the news; a news report that is transmitted over the air for television, radio, etc.


lexentry: eng/newscaster__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: newscaster
trans_list: Nachrichtensprecherin | Nachrichtensprecher
sense:
(broadcasting, journalism) One who delivers the news for broadcast on television, radio, etc; a newsreader.


lexentry: eng/newsletter__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: newsletter
trans_list: Newsletter | Mitteilungsblatt
sense:
A periodically sent publication containing current events or the like, generally on a particular topic or geared toward a limited audience.


lexentry: eng/newspaper__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: newspaper
trans_list: Zeitung | Tageszeitung
sense:
(countable) A publication, usually published daily or weekly and usually printed on cheap, low-quality paper, containing news and other articles.


lexentry: eng/newspaper__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: newspaper
trans_list: Zeitungspapier
sense:
(uncountable, countable) A quantity of or one of the types of paper on which newspapers are printed.


lexentry: eng/newspeak__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: newspeak
trans_list: Neusprech
sense:
Use of ambiguous, misleading, or euphemistic words in order to deceive the listener, especially by politicians and officials.


lexentry: eng/newsreel__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: newsreel
trans_list: Wochenblatt
sense:
(countable) A short film containing news or current affairs; especially one of several shown in sequence.


lexentry: eng/newsroom__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: newsroom
trans_list: Newsdesk | Newsroom | Redaktion
sense:
The office of a news organisation, especially that part of it where the journalists work and news stories are processed.


lexentry: eng/newsworthy__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
sense: Interesting enough to be reported as a news
written_rep: newsworthy
trans_list:
berichtenswert | eine Nachricht wert seiend | interessant | mit Nachrichtenwert | veröffentlichungswürdig


lexentry: eng/newton__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: newton
trans_list: Newton
sense:
In the International System of Units, the derived unit of force; the force required to accelerate a mass of one kilogram by one metre per second per second. Symbol: N.


lexentry: eng/next_of_kin__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: next of kin
trans_list: Angehöriger
sense:
Close friend, spouse, or partner (for example on a hospital admission form), one of someone's close ones.


lexentry: eng/niacin__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: niacin
trans_list: Niacin
sense:
(vitamin) A water-soluble vitamin, a component of vitamin B complex, found in meat, yeast, and dairy products; it is essential to metabolism.


lexentry: eng/nibling__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: nibling
trans_list: Geschwisterkind
sense:
(originally, chiefly, anthropology, often, in the plural) Used especially as a gender-neutral term: the child of one's sibling or sibling-in-law; one's nephew or niece. [from 1951]


lexentry: eng/niche__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: niche
trans_list: Nische | Mauernische | Mauerrücksprung | Wandnische
sense:
(architectural element) A cavity, hollow, or recess, generally within the thickness of a wall, for a statue, bust, or other erect ornament.


lexentry: eng/niche__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: niche
trans_list: Nische | Marktnische | Marktlücke
sense:
(by extension) Any position of opportunity for which one is well-suited, such as a particular market in business.


lexentry: eng/nick__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: nick
trans_list: Schramme
sense:
(printing, dated) A notch cut crosswise in the shank of a type, to assist a compositor in placing it properly in the stick, and in distribution.


lexentry: eng/nickeline__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: nickeline
trans_list: Nickelin
sense:
(mineral) A mineral, a form of nickel arsenide, NiAs, having a metallic lustre and copper-red colour, that is a minor ore of nickel.


lexentry: eng/nickname__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: nickname
trans_list: Spitzname | Beiname
sense:
A familiar, invented name for a person or thing used instead of the actual name of the person or thing, often based on some noteworthy characteristic.


lexentry: eng/nicotine__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: nicotine
trans_list: Nikotin
sense:
(organic compound) An alkaloid (C10H14N2), commonly occurring in the tobacco plant. In small doses it is a habit-forming stimulant; in larger doses it is toxic and is often used in insecticides.


lexentry: eng/nicotine_gum__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: nicotine gum
trans_list: Nikotinkaugummi
sense:
A form of chewing gum that slowly releases nicotine into the body; used by people who are trying to quit smoking


lexentry: eng/nicotine_patch__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: nicotine patch
trans_list: Nikotinpflaster
sense:
An adhesive patch, affixed to the skin, that slowly diffuses nicotine into the bloodstream; used by people who are trying to quit smoking


lexentry: eng/nictitating_membrane__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: nictitating membrane
trans_list: Nickhaut
sense:
A transparent protective fold of skin acting as an inner eyelid in birds, reptiles and some mammals.


lexentry: eng/niddy-noddy__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: niddy-noddy
trans_list: Kreuzhaspel | Nicker
sense:
A tool used to make skeins from yarn, consisting of a central bar with crossbars at each end, offset from each other by 90°.


lexentry: eng/nidicolous__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: nidicolous
trans_list: nesthockend
sense:
(zoology) Tending to stay at the nest or birthplace for a long time after birth, due to dependence on the parents for feeding and protection.


lexentry: eng/niece__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: niece
trans_list: Nichte
sense:
A daughter of one’s sibling, brother-in-law, or sister-in-law; either the daughter of one's brother ("fraternal niece"), or of one's sister ("sororal niece").


lexentry: eng/niello__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: niello
trans_list: Niello | Schwarzschmelz
sense:
(metallurgy) Any of various black metal alloys, made of sulphur with copper, silver or lead, used to create decorative designs on other metals.


lexentry: eng/nigella__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: nigella
trans_list: Schwarzkümmel
sense:
Any plant of the genus Nigella of about twelve species of annual flowering plants, the blooms of which are generally blue in colour but also found in shades of pink, white and pale purple.


lexentry: eng/nigger__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: nigger
trans_list: Neger | Bimbo | Kaffer | Kafferin | Mohr | Mohrin
sense:
(offensive, ethnic slur, vulgar, see usage notes) A black person; a person of black African descent.


lexentry: eng/night__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: night
trans_list: Nacht
sense:
(astronomy, countable) The period of darkness beginning at the end of evening astronomical twilight when the sun is 18 degrees below the horizon, and ending at the beginning of morning astronomical twilight.


lexentry: eng/night__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: night
trans_list: Nacht
sense:
(legal, countable) A period of time often defined in the legal system as beginning 30 minutes after sunset, and ending 30 minutes before sunrise.


lexentry: eng/night_owl__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: night owl
trans_list: Nachteule | Nachtmensch | Nachtschwärmer
sense:
(idiomatic) One who goes to bed late, or stays up late at night or in the early hours of the morning.


lexentry: eng/night_person__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: night person
trans_list: Eule
sense:
(idiomatic) A person whose preference or custom is to remain awake and active during the evening and early morning (night) hours, and who usually sleeps during part of the daytime.


lexentry: eng/night_school__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: night school
trans_list: Abendschule
sense:
A school, typically used for the purpose of continuing education with classes held predominantly in the evening to accommodate students with typical day shift work schedules.


lexentry: eng/night_vision__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: night vision
trans_list: Nachtsicht
sense:
The ability, either naturally, by technology or by superpowers, to see in a low light or even dark environment.


lexentry: eng/night_watchman__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: night watchman
trans_list: Nachtwächter
sense:
(historical) Prior to police forces, a person appointed by a town or city to walk the streets at night and guard the burghers from felons and robbers.


lexentry: eng/night_watchman_state__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: night watchman state
trans_list: Nachtwächterstaat | Minimalstaat
sense:
(political philosophy) Government that is limited to a bare minimum of functions, usually just military, police, and courts.


lexentry: eng/nightcap__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: nightcap
trans_list: Schlafmütze
sense:
A warm cloth cap worn while sleeping, often with pajamas, being common attire in northern Europe before effective home heating became widespread. [From 14th c.]


lexentry: eng/nightclothes__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: nightclothes
trans_list: Kindernachtwäsche | Nachthemden | Nachtkleidung | Nachtwäsche | Nachtzeug
sense:
Clothing worn while sleeping in bed, such as pyjamas or a nightgown, and, when worn over nightclothes, a robe.


lexentry: eng/nightclub__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: nightclub
trans_list: Nachtklub | Nightclub
sense:
A public or private establishment that is open late at night to provide entertainment, food, drink, music and/or dancing.


lexentry: eng/nightcrawler__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: nightcrawler
trans_list: Aalwurm | Gemeiner Regenwurm | Tauwurm
sense:
An earthworm of the species Lumbricus terrestris, known for its large size and nocturnal surfacings.


lexentry: eng/nightingale__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: nightingale
trans_list: Nachtigall
sense:
A Eurasian and African songbird, Luscinia megarhynchos, family Muscicapidae, famed for its beautiful singing at night; a common nightingale.


lexentry: eng/nightjar__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: nightjar
trans_list: Nachtschwalbe | Ziegenmelker
sense:
Any of various medium-sized nocturnal birds of the family Caprimulgidae, that feed predominantly on moths and other large flying insects.


lexentry: eng/nightmare__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: nightmare
trans_list: Albtraum | Alptraum | Nachtmahr
sense:
(now, chiefly, historical) A feeling of extreme anxiety or suffocation experienced during sleep; Sleep paralysis. [from 16th c.]


lexentry: eng/nightmare__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: nightmare
trans_list: Albtraum | Alptraum | Nachtmahr
sense:
(figuratively) Any bad, miserable, difficult or terrifying situation or experience that arouses anxiety, terror, agony or great displeasure. [from 20th c.]


lexentry: eng/nightshade__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: nightshade
trans_list: Nachtschattengewächs
sense:
Any of the poisonous plants belonging to the genus Solanum, especially black nightshade or woody nightshade.


lexentry: eng/nightstand__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: nightstand
trans_list: Nachttisch
sense:
(US) A small table or cabinet, usually with two drawers one above the other or one drawer and a lower shelf, placed beside the head of a bed.


lexentry: eng/nihilism__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: nihilism
trans_list: Nihilismus
sense:
(usually, uncountable) The rejection of, or opposition to, religious beliefs, (inherent or objective) moral principles, legal rules, etc., often due to the view that life is meaningless (sense 1).


lexentry: eng/nihilism__Noun__1
sense_num: 06
written_rep: nihilism
trans_list: Nihilismus
sense:
(countable, uncountable, philosophy) A doctrine grounded on the negation of one or more meaningful aspects of life; in particular, the view that nothing in the world actually exists.


lexentry: eng/nikud__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: nikud
trans_list: Nikud
sense:
The system of optional diacritics attached to Hebrew letters that indicate vowels and consonant variations.


lexentry: eng/nine-banded_armadillo__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: nine-banded armadillo
trans_list: Neunbinden-Gürteltier
sense:
A species of armadillo, Dasypus novemcinctus, ranging from much of the southern US to warmer South America.


lexentry: eng/nine_hundred__Numeral__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: nine hundred
trans_list: neunhundert
sense:
The cardinal number occurring after eight hundred ninety-nine and before nine hundred one, represented in Arabic numerals as 900. Ordinal: nine-hundredth.


lexentry: eng/nine_men's_morris__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: nine men's morris
trans_list: Mühle
sense:
An ancient strategic board game for two players, each having nine pieces, and in which forming a row of three of one's own pieces earns the removal of one of the other player's pieces.


lexentry: eng/nine_o'clock__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: nine o'clock
trans_list: neun Uhr
sense:
(In both the 12-hour clock and the 24-hour clock) The start of the tenth hour of the day; 9:00 a.m. (09:00).


lexentry: eng/nine_thousand_nine_hundred_and_ninety-nine__Numeral__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: nine thousand nine hundred and ninety-nine
trans_list: neuntausendneunhundertneunundneunzig
sense:
The cardinal number occurring after nine thousand nine hundred and ninety-eight and before ten thousand, represented in Arabic numerals as 9,999. Represented in Roman numerals as IXCMXCIX.


lexentry: eng/nineteen__Numeral__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: nineteen
trans_list: neunzehn
sense:
The cardinal number occurring after eighteen and before twenty, represented in Roman numerals as XIX and in Arabic numerals as 19. It is the last/largest of the "teens".


lexentry: eng/ninety-eight__Numeral__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ninety-eight
trans_list: achtundneunzig
sense:
The cardinal number immediately following ninety-seven — ninety plus eight — and preceding ninety-nine.


lexentry: eng/ninety__Numeral__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ninety
trans_list: neunzig
sense:
The cardinal number occurring after eighty-nine and before ninety-one, represented in Roman numerals as XC and in Arabic numerals as 90.


lexentry: eng/ninhydrin__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ninhydrin
trans_list: Ninhydrin
sense:
(organic compound) The aromatic compound 2,2-dihydroxyindane-1,3-dione which is used as a reagent to detect amines


lexentry: eng/ninja__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ninja
trans_list: Ninja
sense:
(martial arts) A person trained in ninjutsu, especially (historical) one used for espionage, assassination, and other tasks requiring stealth during Japan's shogunate period.


lexentry: eng/ninjutsu__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ninjutsu
trans_list: Ninjutsu
sense:
(martial arts) A Japanese martial art that is a collection of techniques originally practiced for Japanese espionage purposes, and includes methods of gathering information, nondetection, avoidance, and misdirection techniques. Used by ninja (忍者).


lexentry: eng/ninth__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: ninth
trans_list: Neuntel | Neunter | neunte
sense:
(music) The compound interval between any tone and the tone represented on the ninth degree of the staff above it, as between one of the scale and two of the octave above; the octave of the second, consisting of 13 or 14 semitones (called minor and major ninth).


lexentry: eng/niobium__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: niobium
trans_list: Niob
sense:
A chemical element (symbol Nb) with an atomic number of 41: a light grey, crystalline, ductile transition metal used in superconducting materials.


lexentry: eng/nip__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: nip
trans_list: kneifen | zusammenquetschen
sense:
To catch and enclose or compress tightly between two surfaces, or points which are brought together or closed; to pinch; to close in upon.


lexentry: eng/nip_point__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: nip point
trans_list: Walzenspalt
sense:
(manufacturing) A point of convergence between two rolling parts, or a rolling part and a stationary part, where all or part of the human body could become trapped and injured.


lexentry: eng/nipple__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: nipple
trans_list: Brustwarze | Nippel
sense:
(anatomy) The projection of a mammary gland from which, on female mammals, milk is secreted. [from 16th c.]


lexentry: eng/nipple__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: nipple
trans_list: Nippel
sense:
Any small physical protrusion on an automotive, a machine part or any other part that fits into a groove on another part.


lexentry: eng/nipple__Noun__1
sense_num: 08
written_rep: nipple
trans_list: Nippel | Speichennippel
sense:
(cycling) An internally threaded piece which holds a bicycle spoke in place on the rim. [from 20th c.]


lexentry: eng/nirvana__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: nirvana
trans_list: Nirvana | Nirwana
sense:
(Buddhism) Complete cessation of suffering; a blissful state attained through realization of sunyata; enlightened experience.


lexentry: eng/nisba__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: nisba
trans_list: Nisbe
sense:
An Arabic derivational adjective formed with the suffix ـِيّ / ـِيَّة, or the equivalent construction in another Semitic language.


lexentry: eng/nitpicker__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
sense: One who nitpicks (finds fault in unimportant details).
written_rep: nitpicker
trans_list:
Erbsenzähler | Erbsenzählerin | Griffelspitzer | Griffelspitzerin | Korinthenkacker | Korinthenkackerin


lexentry: eng/nitpicking__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: nitpicking
trans_list: Erbsenzählerei | Pedanterie
sense:
(figuratively, by extension) A process of finding or pointing out tiny details or errors, particularly if the pointed-out details seem insignificant or irrelevant to all but the finder.


lexentry: eng/nitric_acid__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: nitric acid
trans_list: Salpetersäure
sense:
(inorganic compound) A transparent, colorless to pale yellow, fuming corrosive liquid, HNO3; a highly reactive oxidizing agent used in the production of fertilizers, explosives, and rocket fuels and in a wide variety of industrial processes; once called aqua fortis.


lexentry: eng/nitric_oxide__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: nitric oxide
trans_list: Stickoxid
sense:
(chemistry) the binary compound of nitrogen and oxygen NO; an unstable compound which rapidly oxidizes in the presence of air.


lexentry: eng/nitrile__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: nitrile
trans_list: Nitril
sense:
(organic chemistry) Any of a class of organic compounds containing a cyano functional group −C≡N; they are named as derivatives of the appropriate carboxylic acid.


lexentry: eng/nitrocellulose__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: nitrocellulose
trans_list: Nitrozellulose | Pyroxylin | Schießbaumwolle | Zellulosenitrat
sense:
(organic compound) A cotton-like material, made from cellulose by the action of nitric and sulphuric acids, used in the manufacture of explosives, collodion etc.


lexentry: eng/nitrogen__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: nitrogen
trans_list: Stickstoff
sense:
(uncountable) The chemical element (symbol N) with an atomic number of 7 and atomic weight of 14.0067. It is a colorless and odorless gas.


lexentry: eng/nitrogen_dioxide__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: nitrogen dioxide
trans_list: Nitrogendioxid | Stickstoffdioxid
sense:
(inorganic compound) The binary compound NO₂, a brownish gas that is a poisonous air pollutant; it exists in equilibrium with dinitrogen tetroxide.


lexentry: eng/nitroglycerine__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: nitroglycerine
trans_list: Nitroglyzerin
sense:
(organic compound) The compound glyceryl-tri-nitrate or 1,2,3 tri-nitrooxy propane; the ester of glycerol with nitric acid; prepared by the careful addition of a mixture of nitric and sulphuric acids to glycerol with constant stirring and cooling; it is a thick, pale yellow liquid, that is highly explosive on concussion or on exposure to sudden heat; it is used in medicine as a vasodilator, and as an explosive in the form of dynamite which is safe to handle.


lexentry: eng/nitrous_acid__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: nitrous acid
trans_list: salpetrige Säure
sense:
(inorganic compound) A weak acid, HNO2, known only in solution, or as its salts and esters, the nitrites; it has a linear structure, H-O-N=O


lexentry: eng/nitrous_oxide__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: nitrous oxide
trans_list: Distickstoffmonoxid
sense:
(inorganic compound) A non-flammable gas (N₂O) commonly used in surgery and dentistry for its anaesthetic and analgesic effects and in motorsport for bursts of added power.


lexentry: eng/nitrox__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: nitrox
trans_list: Nitrox
sense:
(underwater diving) A mixture of nitrogen and oxygen, the nitrogen content being lower than that of normal air, which is used in place of air as a breathing gas.


lexentry: eng/no-brainer__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: no-brainer
trans_list: Selbstläufer | einfache Sache
sense:
(informal) An easy or obvious conclusion, decision, solution, task, etc.; something requiring little or no thought.


lexentry: eng/no-show__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: no-show
trans_list: Abwesenheit
sense:
An absence; failure to show up or to make a scheduled appearance, especially at a hotel or a place of employment.


lexentry: eng/no_comment__Phrase__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: no comment
trans_list: kein Kommentar
sense:
(idiomatic) An "official" refusal to relay any further information, used for example in response to a question by a newspaper reporter or police officer. [from c. 1950]


lexentry: eng/no_good_deed_goes_unpunished__Proverb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: no good deed goes unpunished
trans_list: der Fluch der guten Tat
sense:
Beneficial actions often go unappreciated or are met with outright hostility or demands for further work.


lexentry: eng/no_hard_feelings__Phrase__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: no hard feelings
trans_list: nichts für ungut
sense:
(idiomatic) (I, etc.) hold no lingering anger or resentment toward (you, etc.); there's no bad blood between (us, etc.).


lexentry: eng/no_man's_land__Noun__1
sense_num: 06
written_rep: no man's land
trans_list: Niemandsland
sense:
The stretch of land between the border posts of two contiguous sovereign states, sometimes separated by great distance.


lexentry: eng/no_pain,_no_gain__Proverb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: no pain, no gain
sense:
One must be willing to endure some inconvenience or discomfort in order to achieve worthwhile goals.

trans_list:
ohne Fleiß kein Preis | Qualität kommt von Qual | Schmerz vergeht, der Stolz bleibt | Schmerz vergeht, die Ehre bleibt | ohne Schweiß kein Preis | von nichts kommt nichts


lexentry: eng/no_parking__Phrase__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: no parking
trans_list: Parken verboten
sense:
On a traffic sign, indicates that parking a vehicle is not allowed within the area of influence of the sign.


lexentry: eng/no_shit,_Sherlock__Interjection__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: no shit, Sherlock
trans_list: kein Scheiß, Sherlock
sense:
(vulgar, colloquial, sarcastic, somewhat, derogatory) A riposte to someone who has just said something obvious


lexentry: eng/no_smoking__Phrase__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: no smoking
trans_list: Rauchen verboten
sense:
A phrase used in notices indicating that the smoking of cigarettes, etc., is not permitted in the surrounding area.


lexentry: eng/nob__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: nob
trans_list: Mama
sense:
(slang) The glans penis, the sensitive bulbous structure at the end of the penis also known as the head of the penis. (Also spelled knob.)


lexentry: eng/noble__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: noble
trans_list: edel | nobel | großmütig | großzügig | hehr
sense:
Having honorable qualities; having moral eminence and freedom from anything petty, mean or dubious in conduct and character.


lexentry: eng/noble__Adjective__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: noble
trans_list: adlig | aristokratisch | erhaben | erlaucht | nobel | prächtig
sense:
Of exalted rank; of or relating to the nobility; distinguished from the masses by birth, station, or title; highborn.


lexentry: eng/noble__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: noble
trans_list: Nobel
sense:
(historical) A medieval gold coin of England in the 14th and 15th centuries, usually valued at 6s 8d. [from 14th c.]


lexentry: eng/noble_gas__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: noble gas
trans_list: Edelgas
sense:
(chemistry) Any of the elements of group 18 of the periodic table, being monatomic and (with very limited exceptions) inert.


lexentry: eng/noble_metal__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: noble metal
trans_list: Edelmetall
sense:
(inorganic chemistry, alchemy) A metal resistant to corrosion, oxidizing and tarnishing, such as gold or platinum.


lexentry: eng/noble_rot__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: noble rot
trans_list: Edelfäule
sense:
A benevolent form of the fungus Botrytis cinerea which, in the right conditions, leads to a concentrated sweet wine.


lexentry: eng/noble_savage__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: noble savage
trans_list: edle Wilde | edler Wilder
sense:
(literature) A stock character embodying the concept of an idealized indigene or outsider who has not been corrupted by civilization and therefore symbolizes humanity's innate goodness.


lexentry: eng/noblesse_oblige__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: noblesse oblige
trans_list: Adel verpflichtet
sense:
The honourable obligation that is the responsibility of those of high rank; in American English this often includes the expectation of benevolent actions such as helping those less fortunate.


lexentry: eng/nobody's_perfect__Phrase__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: nobody's perfect
trans_list: niemand ist perfekt
sense:
Used when someone's mistakes or flaws are acknowledged, to remind that everyone else makes mistakes and has flaws.


lexentry: eng/nocebo__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: nocebo
trans_list: Nocebo
sense:
(pharmacology, also, _, attributive) A substance which a patient experiences as harmful due to a previous negative perception, but which is in fact pharmacologically (medicinally) inactive. [from 1961]


lexentry: eng/nociplastic__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: nociplastic
trans_list: noziplastisch
sense:
(physiology) Of, pertaining to, or resulting from plasticity, of a kind analogous to neuroplasticity, in parts of the central nervous system concerned with nociception.


lexentry: eng/nociplastic_pain__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: nociplastic pain
trans_list: Zentrale Sensitivierung | noziplastischer Schmerz
sense:
(medicine) Heightened responsiveness to sensory input, thought to result from dysfunction in the processing of pain signals by the central nervous system.


lexentry: eng/noctilucine__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: noctilucine
trans_list: Noctilucin
sense:
(biochemistry) A nitrogenous substance in fireflies, glowworms and marine animals, once believed to be responsible for their luminescence.


lexentry: eng/node__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: node
trans_list: Knoten
sense:
(astronomy) The point where the orbit of a planet, as viewed from the Sun, intersects the ecliptic. The ascending and descending nodes refer respectively to the points where the planet moves from South to North and N to S; their respective symbols are ☊ and ☋.


lexentry: eng/noetherian__Adjective__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: noetherian
trans_list: noethersch
sense:
(mathematics, of a binary relation on a set) Such that the converse relation is well-founded (on that set).


lexentry: eng/noil__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: noil
trans_list: Kämmling
sense:
A short fibre left over from combing wool or spinning silk during the preparation of textile yarns. Sometimes it is referred to as 'Raw Silk', although this is somewhat of a misnomer.


lexentry: eng/noise__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: noise
trans_list: Rauschen | Lärm
sense:
(technology) Any part of a signal or data that reduces the clarity, precision, or quality of the desired output.


lexentry: eng/noisome__Adjective__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: noisome
trans_list: ekelhaft | eklig | widerlich
sense:
(literary) Offensive to the senses; disgusting, unpleasant, nauseous, especially having an undesirable smell.


lexentry: eng/noisy_miner__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: noisy miner
trans_list: Weißstirn-Schwatzvogel
sense:
A grey honeyeater, Manorina melanocephala, that has a large range of songs, calls, and alarms, is endemic to eastern and south-eastern Australia, and has a black head, orange-yellow beak and feet, and a yellow patch behind the eye.


lexentry: eng/nomad__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: nomad
trans_list: Nomade | Nomadin
sense:
(anthropology) A member of a society or class who herd animals from pasture to pasture with no fixed home.


lexentry: eng/nombril__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: nombril
trans_list: Nabe
sense:
(heraldry) A point halfway between the fess point (centre of the shield) and the middle base (bottom) point of an escutcheon.


lexentry: eng/nomenklatura__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: nomenklatura
trans_list: Kader
sense:
(now, _, historical) A list of bureaucratic posts in government and industry in the former Soviet Union (or other communist countries), filled by those appointed by the Party. [from 20th c.]


lexentry: eng/nominal__Adjective__1
sense_num: 07
written_rep: nominal
trans_list: nominal | substantivisch
sense:
(finance) Of, relating to, or being the amount or face value of a sum of money or a stock certificate, for example, and not the purchasing power or market value.


lexentry: eng/nominalism__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: nominalism
trans_list: Nominalismus
sense:
(philosophy) A doctrine that universals do not have an existence except as names for classes of concrete objects.


lexentry: eng/nominalization__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: nominalization
trans_list: Substantivierung | Hauptwortbildung | Nominalisierung
sense:
(linguistics, countable) A noun derived from an adjective, verb, etc., often by adding a suffix such as -ity, -tion or -ism.


lexentry: eng/nominalizer__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: nominalizer
trans_list: Substantivator
sense:
(linguistics) Anything, usually an affixed morpheme or a particle, that changes another part of speech into a noun.


lexentry: eng/nominee__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: nominee
trans_list: Kandidat | Nominierte
sense:
A person named, or designated, by another, to any office, duty, or position; one nominated, or proposed, by others for office or for election to office.


lexentry: eng/nomogram__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: nomogram
trans_list: Nomogramm
sense:
(mathematics) A diagram in which the relationship between three variables is represented by a straight line or curve for each variable; the value of the third variable corresponding to particular values of the first two is obtained by drawing a straight line through the points on the first two curves that represent particular values of the first two variables and noting the point at which the line intersects the third line or curve.


lexentry: eng/non-Euclidean_geometry__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: non-Euclidean geometry
trans_list: nichteuklidische Geometrie
sense:
(geometry) Any system of geometry not based on the set of axioms of Euclidean geometry, which is based on the three-dimensional space of common experience.


lexentry: eng/non-__Prefix__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: non-
trans_list: nicht-
sense:
Used in the sense of no or none, to show lack of or failure to perform; or in the sense of not, to negate the meaning of the word to which it is prefixed.


lexentry: eng/non-binary__Adjective__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: non-binary
trans_list: nichtbinär | diversgeschlechtlich | zwischengeschlechtlich | divers | nicht-binär | non-binär
sense:
Having or pertaining to a gender identity not represented by the gender binary; not exclusively male or female; genderqueer.


lexentry: eng/non-breaking_space__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: non-breaking space
trans_list: geschütztes Leerzeichen
sense:
(computing) A variant of the space character that prevents text from wrapping onto the next line at that point.


lexentry: eng/non-commissioned_officer__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: non-commissioned officer
trans_list: Unteroffizier
sense:
A person of authority in the military who has not received a commission (a direct conveyance of authority from the sovereign government); as such they can have charge or control but not command in the most technical use of the word.


lexentry: eng/non-disclosure_agreement__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
sense: (legal, business) A contract that enjoins a party not to disclose certain information.
written_rep: non-disclosure agreement
trans_list:
Geheimhaltungserklärung | Geheimhaltungsvereinbarung | Vertraulichkeitsvereinbarung | Vertraulichkeitserklärung | Geheimhaltungsabrede | Verschwiegenheitsabrede


lexentry: eng/non-esterified_fatty_acid__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: non-esterified fatty acid
trans_list: freie Fettsäure
sense:
(biochemistry) Any fatty acid which occurs free, rather than esterified with glycerol to form a glyceride or other lipid; usually as the result of hydrolysis


lexentry: eng/non-finite_verb__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: non-finite verb
trans_list: infinites Verb
sense:
(grammar) A verb form that lacks a subject, is not inflected by tense, aspect, mood, number, gender or person and cannot serve as a predicate.


lexentry: eng/non-governmental_organization__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: non-governmental organization
trans_list: Nichtregierungsorganisation
sense:
A legally constituted non-commercial organization created by natural or legal persons with no participation or representation of any government.


lexentry: eng/non-military_service__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: non-military service
trans_list: Zivildienst
sense:
Service in a non-military organisation, instead of serving in the military. Service done by conscientious objector.


lexentry: eng/non-refoulement__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: non-refoulement
sense:
(international law) The principle that a person (particularly a refugee) should not be returned to an area (chiefly their country of origin) where they would face mistreatment.

trans_list:
Grundsatz der Nichtzurückweisung | Nichtzurückweisungsprinzip | Non-refoulement-Gebot | Refoulement-Verbot


lexentry: eng/non-verbal__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: non-verbal
trans_list: nonverbal
sense:
(of communication) In a form other than written or spoken words, such as gestures, facial expressions or body language.


lexentry: eng/nonane__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: nonane
trans_list: Nonan
sense:
(organic compound) Any of very many isomeric alkanes, of general formula C9H20, having 9 carbon atoms.


lexentry: eng/nonce_word__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
sense: (lexicography) A word invented for the occasion.
written_rep: nonce word
trans_list:
Ad-hoc-Bildung | Ad-hoc-Wortbildung | Augenblicksbildung | Gelegenheitsbildung | Okkasionalismus | okkasionelle Bildung


lexentry: eng/noncommittal__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: noncommittal
trans_list: unverbindlich
sense:
Tending to avoid commitment; lacking certainty or decisiveness; reluctant to give out information or show one's feelings or opinion.


lexentry: eng/nonconformity__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: nonconformity
trans_list: Nichtkonformität | Nonkonformismus | Nonkonformität
sense:
Refusal to conform to the doctrine, discipline, or practice of a state religion, especially refusal by other Protestants to conform to the doctrine or discipline of the Church of England; the principles or practice of nonconformists; nonconformists as a class.


lexentry: eng/nondeterministic__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: nondeterministic
trans_list: nichtdeterministisch
sense:
(computer science) Exhibiting nondeterminism; involving choices between indistinguishable possibilities.


lexentry: eng/nondimensionalization__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: nondimensionalization
trans_list: Entdimensionalisierung | Entdimensionierung
sense:
(physics, engineering) The partial or full removal of units from an equation involving physical quantities by a suitable substitution of variables, in order, for example, to simplify and parameterize problems where measured units are involved.


lexentry: eng/none_of_your_beeswax__Phrase__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: none of your beeswax
trans_list: das geht dich einen feuchten Kehricht an
sense:
A riposte to badgering questioning, expressing a refusal to answer, and an insistence that the questioner cease prying any further.


lexentry: eng/nonessential_amino_acid__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: nonessential amino acid
trans_list: nichtessentielle Aminosäure
sense:
(amino acid) Those of the naturally occurring amino acids that the human body can synthesize for itself, and so need not be provided by dietary protein.


lexentry: eng/nonfiction__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: nonfiction
trans_list: Sachliteratur
sense:
Written works intended to give facts, or true accounts of real things and events. Often used attributively.


lexentry: eng/nonfree__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: nonfree
trans_list: kostenpflichtig
sense:
(rare) Not free, not free of charge, that costs money, that must be paid for, that must be purchased; paid (as in paid service); pay (as in pay channel); cash (as in cash bar).


lexentry: eng/nonlinear__Adjective__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: nonlinear
trans_list: nicht linear | nichtlinear
sense:
(mathematics, of a function) Having a product of independent variables, or a variable with an exponent not equal to one.


lexentry: eng/nonmetal__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: nonmetal
trans_list: Nichtmetall
sense:
(chemistry) An element, such as phosphorus or chlorine, that does not have the chemical or physical properties of a metal.


lexentry: eng/nonpareil__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: nonpareil
trans_list: Nonpareille
sense:
(uncountable, typography, chiefly, historical) A size of type between ruby and emerald (or, in the United States, between agate and minion), standardized as 6-point; (countable) a slug of this size.


lexentry: eng/nonpracticing__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: nonpracticing
trans_list: nicht praktizierend | nichtpraktizierend
sense:
Not practicing; of a person in a particular profession, not engaged in the practice of that profession; of a person born into a particular religion, not abiding by the rituals and mores of that religion.


lexentry: eng/nonprofit__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: nonprofit
trans_list: Non-Profit-Organisation
sense:
Ellipsis of nonprofit organization: an organization that exists for reasons other than to make a profit, such as a charitable, educational or service organization.


lexentry: eng/nonrepudiation__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: nonrepudiation
trans_list: Unleugbarkeit
sense:
(telecommunication) Assurance that the claimed sender or recipient is in fact the party who sent or received a given message.


lexentry: eng/nonsectarian__Adjective__1
sense_num: 02
sense: Of or pertaining to nonsectarianism.
written_rep: nonsectarian
trans_list:
bekenntnisfrei | konfessionell ungebunden | konfessionsfrei | konfessionslos | konfessionsungebunden | nicht konfessionsgebunden


lexentry: eng/nonviolence__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: nonviolence
trans_list: Gewaltfreiheit | Gewaltlosigkeit
sense:
A philosophy that rejects the use of violence, and instead seeks to bring about change through peaceful responses even to violent acts.


lexentry: eng/nonwoven__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: nonwoven
trans_list: Vliesstoff
sense:
Any of various fabriclike materials made from long fibres bonded together by chemical or mechanical processes.


lexentry: eng/noob__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: noob
trans_list: Neuling | Noob | Anfänger | Gimp | Nub
sense:
(Internet slang, derogatory) A newb or newbie; refers to the idea that someone is new to a game, concept, or idea; implying a lack of experience. Also, in some areas the word noob can mean someone is obsessed with things.


lexentry: eng/noodle__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: noodle
trans_list: Nudel
sense:
(usually, in the plural) A string or flat strip of pasta or other dough, usually cooked (at least initially) by boiling, and served in soup or in a dry form mixed with a sauce and other ingredients.


lexentry: eng/noogie__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: noogie
trans_list: Kopfnuss
sense:
(slang) An act of putting a person in a headlock and rubbing one's knuckles on the other person's head, often a playful gesture of affection when done lightly.


lexentry: eng/noose__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: noose
trans_list: Strick | Schlinge
sense:
An adjustable loop of rope, such as the one placed around the neck in hangings, or the one at the end of a lasso.


lexentry: eng/nor__Conjunction__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: nor
trans_list: noch
sense:
A function word introducing each except the first term of a series, indicating none of them is true.


lexentry: eng/norepinephrine__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: norepinephrine
trans_list: Norepinephrin
sense:
(neurotransmitter) A neurotransmitter found in the locus coeruleus which is synthesized from dopamine.


lexentry: eng/norm__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: norm
trans_list: Norm
sense:
(mathematics) A function, generally denoted v\mapsto\left|v\right| or v\mapsto\left\|v\right\|, that maps vectors to non-negative scalars and has the following properties:


lexentry: eng/normal__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: normal
trans_list: normal
sense:
(set theory, of a function from the ordinals to the ordinals) Which is strictly monotonically increasing and continuous with respect to the order topology.


lexentry: eng/normal_distribution__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: normal distribution
trans_list: Gauß-Verteilung | Normalverteilung
sense:
(statistics) Any of a family of continuous probability distributions such that the probability density function is the Gaussian function


lexentry: eng/normal_subgroup__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: normal subgroup
trans_list: Normalteiler | normale Untergruppe
sense:
(group theory) A subgroup H of a group G that is invariant under conjugation; that is, for all elements h of H and for all elements g in G, the element ghg−1 is in H.


lexentry: eng/normal_time__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: normal time
trans_list: reguläre Spielzeit
sense:
(sports) The standard period of play, contrasted with any additional periods such as injury time, extra time or penalty shootout.


lexentry: eng/normality__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: normality
trans_list: Äquivalentkonzentration
sense:
(chemistry) The concentration of a solution expressed in gram equivalent weights of solute per litre of solution.


lexentry: eng/normalization__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: normalization
trans_list: Normalisierung
sense:
Any process that makes something more normal or regular, which typically means conforming to some regularity or rule, or returning from some state of abnormality.


lexentry: eng/normalizer__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: normalizer
trans_list: Normalisator
sense:
(algebra) The subset of elements of some group which leave some given subset invariant when conjugating it.


lexentry: eng/north__Adjective__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: north
trans_list: nördlich
sense:
(ecclesiastical) Designating, or situated in, the liturgical north (in a church, the direction to the left-hand side of a person facing the altar).


lexentry: eng/north__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: north
trans_list: Norden | Nord
sense:
The direction towards the pole to the left-hand side of someone facing east, specifically 0°, or (on another celestial object) the direction towards the pole lying on the northern side of the invariable plane.


lexentry: eng/north__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: north
trans_list: Norden | Nord
sense:
(physics) The positive or north pole of a magnet, which seeks the magnetic pole near Earth's geographic North Pole (which, for its magnetic properties, is a south pole).


lexentry: eng/north_by_west__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: north by west
trans_list: Nord zu West
sense:
The compass point halfway between north and north-northwest, specifically 348.75°, abbreviated as NbW.


lexentry: eng/northeast_by_east__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: northeast by east
trans_list: Nordost zu Ost
sense:
The compass point halfway between northeast and east-northeast, specifically 56.25°, abbreviated as NEbE.


lexentry: eng/northeast_by_north__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: northeast by north
trans_list: Nordost zu Nord
sense:
The compass point halfway between northeast and north-northeast, specifically 33.75°, abbreviated as NEbN.


lexentry: eng/northern_birch_mouse__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: northern birch mouse
trans_list: Streifenhüpfmaus | Waldbirkenmaus
sense:
A rodent classified either in the family Sminthidae or in the Dipodidae, Sicista betulina that is found in subarctic and cool temperate Asia from Scandinavia to Lake Baikal.


lexentry: eng/northern_firmoss__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: northern firmoss
trans_list: Tannenbärlapp
sense:
A firmoss of species Huperzia selago of temperate and boreal environments in the Northern Hemisphere.


lexentry: eng/northern_flicker__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: northern flicker
trans_list: Goldspecht
sense:
Colaptes auratus, a medium-sized member of the woodpecker family, native to most of Central and North America.


lexentry: eng/northern_fur_seal__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: northern fur seal
trans_list: Nördlicher Seebär
sense:
A fur seal of the species Callorhinus ursinus (formerly Arctocephalus ursinus), of the northern Pacific.


lexentry: eng/northern_shoveler__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: northern shoveler
trans_list: Löffelente
sense:
Spatula clypeata, formerly Anas clypeata, a duck breeding in northern areas of Europe and across the Palearctic and across most of North America.


lexentry: eng/northern_shrike__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: northern shrike
trans_list: Taigaraubwürger
sense:
Lanius borealis, a large songbird species in the shrike family (Laniidae) native to North America and Siberia.


lexentry: eng/northern_wild_rice__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: northern wild rice
trans_list: Wasserreis
sense:
Wild rice of the species Zizania palustris, native to Minnesota, Wisconsin, and Michigan, and Canada north and west of the Great Lakes.


lexentry: eng/northerner__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: northerner
trans_list: Bewohner des Nordens | Bewohnerin des Nordens | Nordländer | Nordländerin
sense:
A native or inhabitant of the north of a region (or of the world as a whole), such as one of the northern United States, the north of Norway, etc.


lexentry: eng/northwest_by_north__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: northwest by north
trans_list: Nordwest zu Nord
sense:
The compass point halfway between northwest and north-northwest, specifically 326.25°, abbreviated as NWbN.


lexentry: eng/northwest_by_west__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: northwest by west
trans_list: Nordwest zu West
sense:
The compass point halfway between northwest and west-northwest, specifically 303.75°, abbreviated as NWbW.


lexentry: eng/nose__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: nose
trans_list: Nasenlänge
sense:
(horse racing) The length of a horse’s nose, used to indicate the distance between horses at the finish of a race, or any very close race.


lexentry: eng/nose_cone__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: nose cone
trans_list: Nasenkegel
sense:
(aviation) The forwardmost part of an aircraft, rocket or missile; it is shaped to minimize aerodynamic resistance.


lexentry: eng/nose_out_of_joint__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: nose out of joint
trans_list: bedient sein | die Nase voll haben | die Schnauze voll haben
sense:
(idiomatic) An emotional state where someone is in a bad mood because he/she has been offended by or taken exception (objected) to some action. This action usually involves being seen in an inferior light to another person.


lexentry: eng/nose_ring__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: nose ring
trans_list: Nasenring
sense:
A ring affixed to the snout of cattle, to make them follow immediately when a chain is attached to the ring.


lexentry: eng/nosebag__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: nosebag
trans_list: Futtersack
sense:
A sack or bag for feeding a horse, mule, ox or similar animal, generally on the move or away from the home stable or paddock. Designed to be attached to harness and slipped over the animal's nose to permit feeding while eliminating spillage; designs vary.


lexentry: eng/nosebleed__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: nosebleed
trans_list: Nasenbluten
sense:
A haemorrhage from the nose; usually, blood flow exiting the nostrils that originates from the nasal cavity.


lexentry: eng/noseclip__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: noseclip
trans_list: Nasenklammer
sense:
A device that holds a person's nostrils closed to prevent water from entering, or air from escaping, during swimming and other aquatic activities.


lexentry: eng/nosegay__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: nosegay
trans_list: Biedermeiersträußchen | Blumensträußchen | Sträußchen
sense:
A small bunch of fragrant flowers or herbs tied in a bundle, often presented as a gift; nosegays were originally intended to be put to the nose for the pleasant sensation or to mask unpleasant odours. [from 15th c.]


lexentry: eng/nosema_disease__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: nosema disease
trans_list: Nosemaseuche
sense:
(honey bees) An infectious disease of adult honey bees caused by microsporidian parasites, such as Nosema apis and Nosema ceranae.


lexentry: eng/nosocomial__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: nosocomial
sense:
(pathology) Of an infection or its cause: arising from the environment of, or treatment in, a hospital. [from early 19th c.]

trans_list:
nosokomial | Krankenhaus- | durch den Aufenthalt oder der Behandlung in einem Krankenhaus verursacht


lexentry: eng/nosophobia__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: nosophobia
trans_list: Nosophobie
sense:
An excessive or irrational fear of contracting a disease, such as: HIV/AIDS, pulmonary tuberculosis, venereal diseases, cancer, and heart diseases.


lexentry: eng/nostril__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: nostril
trans_list: Nasenloch | Nüster
sense:
Either of the two orifices located on the nose (or on the beak of a bird); used as a passage for air and other gases to travel the nasal passages.


lexentry: eng/nostrum__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: nostrum
trans_list: Patentrezept
sense:
A medicine or remedy in conventional use which has not been proven to have any desirable medical effects.


lexentry: eng/nostrum__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: nostrum
trans_list: Patentlösung | Patentrezept
sense:
(by extension) An ineffective but favorite remedy for a problem, usually involving political action.


lexentry: eng/not_at_all__Interjection__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: not at all
trans_list: bitte | keine Ursache | gern geschehen | nichts zu danken
sense:
(idiomatic) Used similarly to you're welcome, as a conventional reply to an expression of gratitude.


lexentry: eng/not_to_mention__Conjunction__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: not to mention
trans_list: ganz zu schweigen von | zugeschweigen
sense:
(idiomatic) An apophasis used by a speaker to introduce, despite claiming not to address, a given point of discussion.


lexentry: eng/not_touch_with_a_ten-foot_pole__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: not touch with a ten-foot pole
trans_list: mit der Kneifzange nicht anfassen
sense:
(idiomatic) To avoid something at all costs; to refuse to associate with something; signifies a strong aversion.


lexentry: eng/notarize__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: notarize
trans_list: notariell beglaubigen
sense:
(transitive) To be witness of the authenticity of a document and its accompanying signatures in one's capacity as notary public.


lexentry: eng/notary__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: notary
trans_list: Notar | Notarin
sense:
(legal, Canada, US) A notary public, a public officer who serves as an impartial witness to the signing of important documents, but who is not authorised to practise law.


lexentry: eng/notary_public__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: notary public
trans_list: Notar
sense:
(law) An officer who can administer oaths and statutory declarations, witness and authenticate documents and perform certain other acts varying from jurisdiction to jurisdiction.


lexentry: eng/notation__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: notation
trans_list: Bezeichnung | Darstellung
sense:
(uncountable) The act, process, method, or an instance of representing by a system or set of marks, signs, figures, or characters.


lexentry: eng/notation__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: notation
trans_list: Notation | Bezeichnung | Bezeichnungen | Darstellung | Darstellungsart | Schreibweise
sense:
(uncountable) A system of characters, symbols, or abbreviated expressions used in an art or science or in mathematics or logic to express technical facts or quantities.


lexentry: eng/note__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: note
trans_list: Note
sense:
A brief remark; a marginal comment or explanation; hence, an annotation on a text or author; a comment; a critical, explanatory, or illustrative observation.


lexentry: eng/note__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: note
trans_list: Note
sense:
A character, variously formed, to indicate the length of a tone, and variously placed upon the staff to indicate its pitch.


lexentry: eng/note_value__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: note value
trans_list: Notenwert
sense:
(music) A musical notation that indicates the relative duration of a note, using the color or shape of the note head, the presence or absence of a stem, and the presence of flags.


lexentry: eng/notebook__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: notebook
trans_list: Notizbuch | Notizblock | Merkheft | Notizheft | Schmierheft
sense:
(computing, sometimes, attributive) A kind of user interface in literate programming, allowing calculations to be interspersed with human-readable comments, diagrams, etc.


lexentry: eng/notetaking__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: notetaking
trans_list: Aufzeichnung
sense:
The practice of writing down pieces of information gained from a particular source, such as a lecture or presentation.


lexentry: eng/nothingburger__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: nothingburger
trans_list: Lacher | Luftnummer | heiße Luft
sense:
Something of less importance than its treatment suggests; also, something which is bland or unremarkable in appearance or impact.


lexentry: eng/notice__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: notice
trans_list: Kündigung | Kündigungsfrist
sense:
(chiefly, uncountable) Advance notification of termination of employment, given by an employer to an employee or vice versa.


lexentry: eng/notice_period__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: notice period
trans_list: Kündigungsfrist
sense:
(labour law) The time period between the receipt of the letter of dismissal and the last working day.


lexentry: eng/notoriety__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
sense: An infamous or notorious condition or reputation.
written_rep: notoriety
trans_list:
Allbekanntheit | Notorität | schlechter Leumund | schlechter Ruf | traurige Berühmtheit | übler Leumund


lexentry: eng/nougat__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: nougat
trans_list: Nougat
sense:
(uncountable) A mixture consisting of egg white and a sweetener, variously mixed with (in, _, western, _, Europe) almonds or (in, _, eastern, _, Europe) hazelnuts or (in, _, America) used without nuts as a filler in candy bars.


lexentry: eng/noughties__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: noughties
trans_list: Nullerjahre | Nuller-Jahre | nuller Jahre
sense:
(UK, sometimes, capitalized) The decade consisting of the last year of the previous century and the first nine years of the next: from 1900 to 1909, 2000 to 2009, etc.


lexentry: eng/noumenal__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: noumenal
trans_list: noumenisch
sense:
(philosophy, especially Kantianism) Of or pertaining to the noumenon or the realm of things as they are in themselves.


lexentry: eng/noumenon__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: noumenon
trans_list: Noumenon
sense:
(from Kantian, _, philosophy, _, on) A thing as it is independent of any conceptualization or perception by the human mind, postulated by practical reason but existing in a condition which is in principle unknowable and unexperienceable.


lexentry: eng/noun__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: noun
trans_list: Substantiv | Hauptwort | Dingwort | Gegenstandswort | Hauptnennwort | Substantivum
sense:
(grammar, narrow sense) A word that functions as the name of a specific object or set of objects, such as person, animal, place, word, thing, phenomenon, substance, quality, or idea; one of the basic parts of speech in many languages, including English.


lexentry: eng/noun__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: noun
trans_list: Nomen | Namenwort | Nennwort
sense:
(grammar, now rare, broad sense) Either a word that can be used to refer to a person, animal, place, thing, phenomenon, substance, quality or idea, or a word that modifies or describes a previous word or its referent; a substantive or adjective, sometimes also including other parts of speech such as numeral or pronoun.


lexentry: eng/noun_class__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: noun class
trans_list: Nominalklasse
sense:
(linguistics) A grammatical category similar to gender in which nouns may be organised according to meaning, such as sex, animacy or shape. This is a prominent feature of some of the world's languages, notably the Bantu language family.


lexentry: eng/noun_phrase__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: noun phrase
trans_list: Nominalphrase
sense:
(grammar) A phrase that has a noun (or indefinite pronoun) as its head or performs the same grammatical function as a noun.


lexentry: eng/nourish__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: nourish
trans_list: ernähren | aufziehen | nähren
sense:
(transitive) To feed and cause to grow; to supply with food or other matter which increases weight and promotes health.


lexentry: eng/nourish__Verb__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: nourish
trans_list: aufziehen | erziehen | großziehen
sense:
(transitive, of a person) To educate or bring up; to nurture; to promote emotional, spiritual or other non-physical growth.


lexentry: eng/nourish_a_viper_in_one's_bosom__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: nourish a viper in one's bosom
trans_list: eine Schlange am Busen nähren
sense:
(idiom) To do acts of kindness that will be met with ingratitude and will cause one harm in the end.


lexentry: eng/nouveau_riche__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: nouveau riche
trans_list: Neureicher | Emporkömmling | Parvenü
sense:
(pejorative) New money; wealthy persons whose fortunes are newly acquired, and who are therefore perceived to lack the refinement of those who were raised wealthy.


lexentry: eng/novation__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: novation
trans_list: Neuerungsvertrag | Novation
sense:
(legal) A new contract between the original contracting parties whereby the first obligation is extinguished and a new obligation is substituted.


lexentry: eng/novice__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: novice
trans_list: Novize | Novizin
sense:
(religion) A new member of a religious order accepted on a conditional basis, prior to confirmation. [from 14th c.]


lexentry: eng/novichok__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: novichok
trans_list: Nowitschok
sense:
Any of a group of deadly organophosphate nerve agents developed by the Soviet Union in the 1970s and 1980s to evade restrictions on chemical weapons.


lexentry: eng/now__Adverb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: now
trans_list: jetzt
sense:
(sentential) Used to introduce a point, a qualification of what has previously been said, a remonstration or a rebuke.


lexentry: eng/nozzle__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: nozzle
trans_list: Abdampfstutzen | Abfüllstutzen | Ablaufstutzen | Anzapfstutzen | Füllstutzen | Gewindestutzen
sense:
A short outlet or inlet pipe projecting from the end or side of a hollow vessel, as a steam-engine cylinder or a steam boiler.


lexentry: eng/nu_jazz__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: nu jazz
trans_list: Nu Jazz | Nujazz
sense:
(music genre, jazz) Any music that blends jazz elements with other musical styles, such as funk, soul, or electronic dance music.


lexentry: eng/nubile__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: nubile
trans_list: heiratsfähig
sense:
Of an age suitable for marriage; marriageable (principally of a young woman). [from Template:SAFESUBST: c.]


lexentry: eng/nubuck__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: nubuck
trans_list: Nubuk | Nubukleder
sense:
A type of brushed, soft calf leather, similar to suede. Differs from suede in that while suede is created from the flesh (inner) side of a hide, nubuck is created using the grain (outer) side, giving it added strength and durability.


lexentry: eng/nuclear__Adjective__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: nuclear
trans_list: nuklear | Kern
sense:
Relating to a weapon that derives its force from rapid release of energy through nuclear reactions. [from 20th c.]


lexentry: eng/nuclear_binding_energy__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: nuclear binding energy
trans_list: Kernbindungsenergie
sense:
(nuclear physics) The energy needed to split an atomic nucleus into its component parts; equivalently, the energy value of bringing all the nucleons together.


lexentry: eng/nuclear_chemistry__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: nuclear chemistry
trans_list: Kernchemie
sense:
(chemistry) The application of chemical techniques to the solution of problems in nuclear physics, including the discovery of naturally occurring and synthetic radioactive elements and the results of nuclear fission.


lexentry: eng/nuclear_fission__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: nuclear fission
trans_list: Kernspaltung
sense:
(nuclear physics) A nuclear reaction in which a large nucleus splits into smaller ones, sometimes accompanied by the simultaneous release of energy.


lexentry: eng/nuclear_fusion__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: nuclear fusion
trans_list: Kernfusion
sense:
(nuclear physics) The combining of the nuclei of small atoms to form the nuclei of larger ones, with a resulting release of large quantities of energy; the process that makes the sun shine, and hydrogen bombs explode.


lexentry: eng/nuclear_membrane__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: nuclear membrane
trans_list: Kernhülle | Kernmembran
sense:
(cytology) A double lipid bilayer that surrounds the nucleus in eukaryotic cells; it contains the genetic material (DNA).


lexentry: eng/nuclear_reaction__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: nuclear reaction
trans_list: Kernreaktion
sense:
A process such as the fission of an atomic nucleus, or the fusion of one or more atomic nuclei and/or subatomic particles in which the number of protons and/or neutrons in a nucleus changes; the reaction products may contain a different element or a different isotope of the same element.


lexentry: eng/nuclear_reactor__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: nuclear reactor
trans_list: Kernreaktor | Atomreaktor | Atommeiler | Kernmeiler
sense:
(physics) Any device in which a controlled chain reaction is maintained for the purpose of creating heat (for power generation) or for creating neutrons and other fission products for experimental, medical or other purposes.


lexentry: eng/nuclear_winter__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: nuclear winter
trans_list: nuklearer Winter
sense:
A predicted drop in global temperature following a nuclear war due to dust in the upper atmosphere reducing sunlight reaching the ground.


lexentry: eng/nuclease__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: nuclease
trans_list: Nuklease
sense:
(enzyme) Any of several enzymes capable of cleaving the phosphodiester bonds between the nucleotide subunits of nucleic acids.


lexentry: eng/nucleic_acid__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: nucleic acid
trans_list: Nukleinsäure
sense:
(biochemistry, genetics) Any acidic, chainlike biological macromolecule consisting of multiple repeat units of phosphoric acid, sugar and purine and pyrimidine bases; they are involved in the preservation, replication and expression of hereditary information in every living cell


lexentry: eng/nucleocosmochronology__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: nucleocosmochronology
trans_list: Nukleokosmochronologie
sense:
(astronomy) A technique for estimating the age of astronomical objects by measuring the relative abundances of isotopes


lexentry: eng/nucleosome__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: nucleosome
trans_list: Nukleosom
sense:
(genetics) Any of the subunits that repeat in chromatin; a coil of DNA surrounding a core of eight histones.


lexentry: eng/nucleotide__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: nucleotide
trans_list: Nukleotid
sense:
(biochemistry) The monomer constituting DNA or RNA biopolymer molecules. Each nucleotide consists of a nitrogenous heterocyclic base (or nucleobase), which can be either a double-ringed purine or a single-ringed pyrimidine; a five-carbon pentose sugar (deoxyribose in DNA or ribose in RNA); and a phosphate group.


lexentry: eng/nucleus__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: nucleus
trans_list: Atomkern | Kern
sense:
(chemistry, physics) The massive, positively charged central part of an atom, made up of protons and neutrons.


lexentry: eng/nucleus__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: nucleus
trans_list: Zellkern | Nukleus | Kern
sense:
(cytology) A large membrane-enclosed organelle found in eukaryotic cells which contains genetic material.


lexentry: eng/nude__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: nude
trans_list: Akt
sense:
A painting, sculpture, photograph or other artwork or mass-media-reproduced image depicting one or more human figure(s) in a state of near or total undress.


lexentry: eng/nudism__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: nudism
trans_list: Nudismus | Freikörperkultur | FKK
sense:
The belief in or practice of going nude in social, nonsexualized and frequently mixed-gender groups specifically in cultures where going nude in the social situation is not the norm.


lexentry: eng/nudity__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: nudity
trans_list: Nacktheit
sense:
(uncountable) The state or quality of being without clothing on the body; specifically, the quality of being without clothing on the genitals.


lexentry: eng/nudiustertian__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: nudiustertian
trans_list: vorgestrig
sense:
(rare, obsolete, modern uses probably, _, humorous) Of or relating to the day before yesterday; very recent.


lexentry: eng/nuisance__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: nuisance
trans_list: Belästigung
sense:
(legal) Anything harmful or offensive to the community or to a member of it, for which a legal remedy exists.


lexentry: eng/nuke__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: nuke
trans_list: A-Bombe
sense:
A person (such as a sailor in a navy or a scientist) who works with nuclear weapons or nuclear power.


lexentry: eng/null_hypothesis__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: null hypothesis
trans_list: Nullhypothese
sense:
(statistics) A hypothesis set up to be nullified or refuted in order to support an alternative hypothesis. When used, the null hypothesis is presumed true until statistical evidence in the form of a hypothesis test indicates otherwise. Therefore, the null and the alternative hypothesis must be mutually exclusive and exhaustive.


lexentry: eng/nulla_pœna_sine_lege__Phrase__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: nulla pœna sine lege
trans_list: keine Strafe ohne Gesetz | nulla poena sine lege
sense:
(legal) The principle that a person shall receive no punishment unless he has committed an offence as explicitly defined in a law.


lexentry: eng/nullipara__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: nullipara
trans_list: Nullipara
sense:
A woman who has never carried a pregnancy beyond 20 weeks (one who has never given birth). It includes women who have experienced spontaneous miscarriages and induced abortions before the mid-point of pregnancy, but not women who have experienced pregnancy loss after 20 weeks.


lexentry: eng/numbat__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: numbat
trans_list: Ameisenbeutler
sense:
A small marsupial carnivore, Myrmecobius fasciatus, endemic to western Australia, that eats almost exclusively termites.


lexentry: eng/number__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: number
trans_list: Zahl | Nummer | Ziffer
sense:
(countable, mathematics) An element of one of several sets: natural numbers, integers, rational numbers, real numbers, complex numbers, and sometimes extensions such as hypercomplex numbers, etc.


lexentry: eng/number__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: number
trans_list: Nummer | Zahl
sense:
(Followed by a numeral; used attributively) Indicating the position of something in a list or sequence. Abbreviations: No or No., no or no. (in each case, sometimes written with a superscript "o", like Nº or №). The symbol "#" is also used in this manner.


lexentry: eng/number_line__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: number line
trans_list: Zahlenstrahl
sense:
(mathematics) A line that graphically represents the real numbers as a series of points whose distance from an origin is proportional to their value


lexentry: eng/numeral__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: numeral
trans_list: Ziffer | Zahl | Zahlzeichen
sense:
A symbol that is not a word and represents a number, such as the Arabic numerals 1, 2, 3 and the Roman numerals I, V, X, L.


lexentry: eng/numeral__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: numeral
trans_list: Zahlwort | Numerale
sense:
(linguistics) A number word, a simple or compound word for a number often having particular grammatical attributes depending on the language.


lexentry: eng/numerical_analysis__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: numerical analysis
trans_list: Numerik
sense:
(mathematics) The study of algorithms to solve mathematical problems concerning continuous sets of values (such as the real numbers, complex numbers or vector spaces).


lexentry: eng/numerology__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: numerology
trans_list: Numerologie
sense:
The study of the purported mystical relationship between numbers (or the letters of words, represented by numbers) and the character or action of physical objects and living beings.


lexentry: eng/nun__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: nun
trans_list: Nonne | Klosterschwester | Ordensschwester | Schwester
sense:
A member of a Christian religious community of women who live by certain vows and usually wear a habit, (Roman Catholicism, specifically) those living together in a cloister.


lexentry: eng/nunatak__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: nunatak
trans_list: Nunatak
sense:
A mountain top or rocky element of a ridge that is surrounded by glacial ice but is not covered by ice; a peak protruding from the surface ice sheet. [from 1870s]


lexentry: eng/nunchaku__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: nunchaku
trans_list: Nunchaku
sense:
(countable) A weapon originating from Okinawa, Japan, consisting of two sticks joined by a chain or cord. [from 20th c.]


lexentry: eng/nuncheon__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: nuncheon
trans_list: Brotzeit
sense:
(now, _, dialectal, archaic) A drink or light snack taken in the afternoon; a refreshment between meals.


lexentry: eng/nuncio__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: nuncio
trans_list: Nuntius
sense:
(Roman Catholicism) The ecclesiastic title of a permanent diplomatic representative of the Roman Catholic Church to a sovereign state or international organization, who is accorded a rank equivalent to an accredited ambassador, and may also be given additional privileges including recognition as Dean in a country's diplomatic corps.


lexentry: eng/nuqta__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: nuqta
trans_list: Punkt
sense:
A diacritic used in the Devanagari, Gurmukhi, and other Indian scripts for sounds not present in the original scripts, including sounds borrowed from Arabic, Persian, and English.


lexentry: eng/nurse_practitioner__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: nurse practitioner
trans_list: Pflegeexperte APN
sense:
(medicine) A professional nursing designation recognized in some jurisdictions, denoting an individual who is fully qualified as a nurse and who has additional qualifications and authorization to provide diagnoses and/or treatments, including writing prescriptions .


lexentry: eng/nurse_shark__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: nurse shark
trans_list: Ammenhai
sense:
Any of various bottom-dwelling sharks of the family Ginglymostomatidae that have two fleshy barbels hanging from the lower jaw.


lexentry: eng/nursery__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: nursery
trans_list: Kinderstube | Kinderzimmer
sense:
(by extension) Especially in European countries: a room or area in a household set apart for the care of children.


lexentry: eng/nursery__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: nursery
trans_list: Krippe | Kindergarten | Kinderstube | Kinderzimmer
sense:
A place where the pre-school children of working parents are supervised during the day; a crèche, a daycare centre.


lexentry: eng/nursery__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: nursery
trans_list: Baumschule | Gärtnerei
sense:
(horticulture) A place where young shrubs, trees, vines, etc., are cultivated for transplanting, or (more generally) made available for public sale, a garden centre; also (obsolete) a plantation of young trees.


lexentry: eng/nursing_bra__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: nursing bra
trans_list: Schwangerschafts-BH | Still-BH | Umstands-BH
sense:
A bra specifically designed for breastfeeding mothers, with cups which fold down, allowing easy access to the nipple when the infant is to be fed, usually constructed of fabric only.


lexentry: eng/nursing_home__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: nursing home
trans_list: Pflegeheim
sense:
A place of residence for people who require constant nursing care and have significant deficiencies with activities of daily living, such as the elderly and younger adults with physical disabilities.


lexentry: eng/nurture__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: nurture
trans_list: Erziehung | Pflege | Umwelteinflüsse
sense:
The environmental influences that contribute to the development of an individual (as opposed to "nature").


lexentry: eng/nut__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: nut
trans_list: Nuss | Nussfrucht
sense:
(food, broadly) Any of various hard-shelled seeds or hard, dry fruits from various families of plants.


lexentry: eng/nut__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: nut
trans_list: Mutter | Schraubenmutter
sense:
(hardware) A piece of hardware, typically metal and typically hexagonal or square in shape, with a hole through it having internal screw threads, intended to be screwed onto a threaded bolt or other threaded shaft.


lexentry: eng/nut__Noun__1
sense_num: 11
written_rep: nut
trans_list: Birne | Dötz | Obersattel | Rübe | Sattel
sense:
(musical instruments, lutherie) On stringed instruments such as guitars and violins, the small piece at the peghead end of the fingerboard that holds the strings at the proper spacing and, in most cases, the proper height.


lexentry: eng/nut__Noun__1
sense_num: 13
written_rep: nut
trans_list: Mutter | Schraubenmutter
sense:
(climbing) A shaped piece of metal, threaded by a wire loop, which is jammed in a crack in the rockface and used to protect a climb. (Originally, machine nuts [sense #2] were used for this purpose.)


lexentry: eng/nutation__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: nutation
trans_list: Nutation
sense:
(astronomy) Any of several irregularities in the precession of the equinoxes caused by varying torque applied to the Earth by the Sun and the Moon.


lexentry: eng/nuthatch__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: nuthatch
trans_list: Kleiber
sense:
Any of various small passerine birds from the family Sittidae (and its single genus Sitta), found throughout the northern hemisphere and noted for their unusual proclivity for climbing down trees head first.


lexentry: eng/nutrient__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: nutrient
trans_list: Nährstoff
sense:
A source of nourishment, such as food, that can be metabolized by an organism to give energy and build tissue.


lexentry: eng/nutrigenomics__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: nutrigenomics
trans_list: Nutrigenomforschung | Nutrigenomik
sense:
(medicine) The field of study that examines how the interaction between genetics and nutrition affects human health, specifically to devise a personalized diet to improve or maintain good health.


lexentry: eng/nutritional_yeast__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: nutritional yeast
trans_list: Hefeflocken | Nährhefe | Würzhefe
sense:
A pale yellow preparation of the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae, often used as a nutritional supplement and flavoring by vegetarians and vegans due to its high protein content and selection of B vitamins.


lexentry: eng/nuts_and_bolts__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: nuts and bolts
trans_list: A und O
sense:
(idiomatic) The basic inner workings of something; the fundamentals; that which makes something operate.


lexentry: eng/nylon__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: nylon
trans_list: Nylon
sense:
Originally, the DuPont company trade name for polyamide, a copolymer whose molecules consist of alternating diamine and dicarboxylic acid monomers bonded together; now generically used for this type of polymer.


lexentry: eng/nylon__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: nylon
trans_list: Nylon | Nylonstrumpf
sense:
(in the plural) A stocking originally fabricated from nylon; also used generically for any long, sheer stocking worn on a woman's legs.


lexentry: eng/nylon__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: nylon
trans_list: Nylon
sense:
(perjoratively, by comparison to silk) A Queen's Counsel, King's Counsel or Senior Counsel who was appointed as a courtesy, rather than on merit.


lexentry: eng/nymph__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: nymph
trans_list: Nymphe
sense:
(Greek mythology, Roman mythology) Any female nature spirit associated with water, forests, grotto, wind, etc.


lexentry: eng/négligée__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: négligée
trans_list: Negligé
sense:
A woman's loose-fitting nightgown, especially when short, lacy and/or revealing; a nightie. [from 19th c.]


lexentry: eng/o'clock__Adverb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: o'clock
trans_list: ein Uhr
sense:
(modifying a numeral, one to twelve) In conjunction with a numeral, indicates the time within a twelve-hour period (midnight to noon or noon to midnight), specifically the time when the hour hand of a clock points precisely to the symbol or marking corresponding to the designated numeral.


lexentry: eng/o'clock__Adverb__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: o'clock
trans_list: ein Uhr | um 1 Uhr | um eins
sense:
(with a numeral, one to twelve) In conjunction with a numeral, indicates the direction, relative to the speaker or a vehicle, especially an aircraft, corresponding to the direction the hour hand is pointing at the time corresponding to the numeral, with twelve representing directly ahead and three being to the right.


lexentry: eng/oak__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: oak
trans_list: Eiche | Eichenholz
sense:
Any tree of other genera and species of trees resembling typical oaks of genus Quercus in some ways.


lexentry: eng/oakleaf__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: oakleaf
trans_list: Eichenlaub
sense:
(military) A device, badge or emblem shaped like the leaf of an oak, and indicating an award. (see Oak leaves)


lexentry: eng/oakum__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: oakum
trans_list: Werg
sense:
Fibres chiefly obtained by untwisting old rope, which are used to caulk or pack gaps between boards of wooden ships and joints in masonry and plumbing, and sometimes for dressing wounds.


lexentry: eng/oar__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: oar
trans_list: Ruder
sense:
A type of lever used to propel a boat, having a flat blade at one end and a handle at the other, and pivoted in a rowlock atop the gunwale, whereby a rower seated in the boat and pulling the handle can pass the blade through the water by repeated strokes against the water's resistance, thus moving the boat.


lexentry: eng/oarlock__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: oarlock
trans_list: Dolle
sense:
(nautical) A usually U-shaped device attached to the gunwale of a rowboat to hold the oars in place while rowing.


lexentry: eng/oath__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: oath
trans_list: Eid | Schwur | Fluch
sense:
A solemn pledge or promise that invokes a deity, a ruler, or another entity (not necessarily present) to attest the truth of a statement or sincerity of one's desire to fulfill a contract or promise.


lexentry: eng/obeisance__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: obeisance
trans_list: Ehrerbietung | Verbeugung
sense:
Demonstration of an obedient attitude, especially by bowing deeply; a deep bow which demonstrates such an attitude.


lexentry: eng/obelisk__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: obelisk
trans_list: Obelisk
sense:
(architecture) A tall, square, tapered, stone monolith topped with a pyramidal point, frequently used as a monument. [from mid 16th c.]


lexentry: eng/obelisk__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: obelisk
trans_list: Kreuz
sense:
A dagger symbol (†), which is used in printed matter as a reference mark to refer the reader to a footnote, marginal note, etc.; beside a person's name to indicate that the person is deceased; or beside a date to indicate that it is a person's death date.


lexentry: eng/obelus__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: obelus
trans_list: Obelos
sense:
(historical) A symbol resembling a horizontal line (–), sometimes together with one or two dots (for example, ⨪ or ÷), which was used in ancient manuscripts and texts to mark a word or passage as doubtful or spurious, or redundant; an obelisk.


lexentry: eng/obese__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: obese
trans_list: fettleibig | fettsüchtig | adipös
sense:
Extremely overweight, especially: weighing more than 20% (for men) or 25% (for women) over their conventionally ideal weight determined by height and build; or, having a body mass index over 30 kg/m2.


lexentry: eng/obfuscation__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: obfuscation
trans_list: Entstellung
sense:
(computing, uncountable) The alteration of computer code to preserve its behavior while concealing its structure and intent.


lexentry: eng/obfuscation__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: obfuscation
trans_list: Verdunkelung | Vernebelung | Verschleierung
sense:
(uncountable) The act or process of obfuscating, or obscuring the perception of something; the concept of concealing the meaning of a communication by making it more confusing and harder to interpret.


lexentry: eng/obfuscation__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: obfuscation
trans_list: Verdunkelung | Vernebelung
sense:
(uncountable) Confusion, bewilderment, or a baffled state resulting from something obfuscated, or made more opaque and muddled with the intent to obscure information.


lexentry: eng/obituary__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: obituary
trans_list: Todesanzeige | Nekrolog | Traueranzeige
sense:
A brief notice of a person's death, especially one published in a newspaper or other publication; also (obsolete) , the section of a newspaper where notices of deaths are published.


lexentry: eng/obituary__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: obituary
trans_list: Nachruf | Nekrolog
sense:
(by extension) A brief biography of a person (especially one who is well-known) who has recently died, usually describing their life and achievements, particularly in the form of an article in a news publication or an item in a news broadcast.


lexentry: eng/object-based_programming__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: object-based programming
trans_list: objektbasierte Programmierung
sense:
(programming) A programming paradigm that encapsulates states and operations inside "objects" to design applications and computer programs.


lexentry: eng/object-oriented__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: object-oriented
trans_list: objektorientiert
sense:
(programming) Using entities called objects that can process data and exchange messages with other objects.


lexentry: eng/object-oriented_programming__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: object-oriented programming
trans_list: objektorientierte Programmierung
sense:
(programming) A programming paradigm that uses hierarchies of "objects", instantiated from templates called "classes", to design applications and computer programs.


lexentry: eng/object__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: object
trans_list: Objekt | Ergänzung | Satzergänzung
sense:
(grammar) The noun phrase which is an internal complement of a verb phrase or a prepositional phrase. In a verb phrase with a transitive action verb, it is typically the receiver of the action.


lexentry: eng/object__Noun__1
sense_num: 06
written_rep: object
trans_list: Gegenstand | Ziel
sense:
(category theory) An instance of one of the two kinds of entities that form a category, the other kind being the arrows (also called morphisms).


lexentry: eng/object__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: object
trans_list: einwenden | Einwände haben | dagegen sein
sense:
(intransitive) To disagree with or oppose something or someone; (especially in a Court of Law) to raise an objection.


lexentry: eng/object_code__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: object code
trans_list: Objektcode | Objektkode
sense:
(computing) The output of a compiler or assembler; it is not necessarily executable directly without linking to other modules


lexentry: eng/object_language__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: object language
trans_list: Objektsprache
sense:
(philosophy) A language or a part of a language that is used to speak about objects but not about sentences or propositions.


lexentry: eng/object_language__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: object language
trans_list: Objektsprache
sense:
(lexicography) the language of the headwords in a dictionary (in a French-to-English translation dictionary, French is the object language)


lexentry: eng/object_lesson__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: object lesson
trans_list: Lehrstück
sense:
Anything used as an example or lesson which serves to warn others as to the outcomes that result from a particular action or behavior, as exemplified by the fates of those who followed that course.


lexentry: eng/object_permanence__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: object permanence
trans_list: Objektpermanenz
sense:
(psychology) The understanding (typically developed during early infancy) that an object still exists even when it disappears from sight, or other senses.


lexentry: eng/objection__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: objection
trans_list: Einwand | Widerspruch
sense:
A statement expressing opposition, or a reason or cause for expressing opposition (generally followed by the adposition to).


lexentry: eng/objection__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: objection
trans_list: Einspruch | Einwand
sense:
(legal) An official protest raised in a court of law during a legal trial over a violation of the rules of the court by the opposing party.


lexentry: eng/objective__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: objective
trans_list: Objektiv | objektiv
sense:
The lens or lenses of a camera, microscope, or other optical device closest to the object being examined.


lexentry: eng/objectivism__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: objectivism
trans_list: Objektivismus
sense:
(philosophy) Any of several doctrines that holds that all of reality is objective and exists outside of the mind.


lexentry: eng/objectivity__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: objectivity
trans_list: Objektivität
sense:
The state of being objective, just, unbiased, and not influenced by emotions or personal prejudices.


lexentry: eng/obligation__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: obligation
trans_list: Verpflichtung
sense:
A social, legal, or moral requirement, duty, contract, or promise that compels someone to follow or avoid a particular course of action.


lexentry: eng/oblige__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: oblige
trans_list: einen Gefallen tun
sense:
(transitive, intransitive) To do (someone) a service or favour (hence, originally, creating an obligation).


lexentry: eng/oblique_case__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: oblique case
trans_list: Obliquus | Casus obliquus | abhängiger Fall | obliquer Kasus
sense:
(grammar) Any noun case except the nominative case (and sometimes the vocative case), where the noun is the object of a verb or the object of a preposition.


lexentry: eng/obliteration__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: obliteration
trans_list: Auslöschung | Obliteration | Vernichtung | Verschluss | Verödung | Zerstörung
sense:
(medicine) The cancellation of the function, structure, or both of a vessel or organ; for example, the occlusion of the lumen of a duct, blood vessel, or lymphatic vessel, be it solely functional (as when squeezed by nearby mass effect or inflammation) or both structural and functional (as when clogged with thrombus, embolus, or fibrosis).


lexentry: eng/oblivion__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: oblivion
trans_list: Vergessenheit | Vergessen
sense:
The state of being completely forgotten, of being reduced to a state of non-existence, extinction, or nothingness, including through war and destruction. (Figuratively) for an area like hell, a wasteland.


lexentry: eng/oblong__Adjective__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: oblong
trans_list: länglich | breit | lang | quer
sense:
(bookmaking) Having the horizontal axis of a page longer than the vertical; In landscape orientation.


lexentry: eng/oboe__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: oboe
trans_list: Oboe
sense:
A soprano and melody wind instrument in the modern orchestra and wind ensemble. It is a smaller instrument and generally made of grenadilla wood. It is a member of the double reed family.


lexentry: eng/obscure__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: obscure
trans_list: verdunkeln | vernebeln | verunklaren | verwirren
sense:
(transitive) To render obscure; to darken; to make dim; to keep in the dark; to hide; to make less visible, intelligible, legible, glorious, beautiful, or illustrious.


lexentry: eng/observatory__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: observatory
trans_list: Sternwarte | Observatorium
sense:
A place where stars, planets and other celestial bodies are observed, usually through a telescope; also place for observing meteorological or other natural phenomena.


lexentry: eng/observe__Verb__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: observe
trans_list: beobachten | beachten | halten
sense:
(transitive) To take note of and celebrate (a holiday or similar occurrence), to keep; to follow (a type of time or calendar reckoning).


lexentry: eng/obsession__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: obsession
trans_list: fixe Idee
sense:
An idea that engenders a compulsive or irrational preoccupation, or the preoccupation thereby engendered.


lexentry: eng/obsession__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: obsession
trans_list: Besessenheit | Sucht
sense:
An activity or entity that inspires a compulsive and potentially unhealthy fixation, or the fixation thereby inspired.


lexentry: eng/obsessive-compulsive_disorder__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: obsessive-compulsive disorder
trans_list: Zwangsstörung
sense:
(medicine, psychology) A mental and behavioral disorder, characterized by obsessive intrusive thoughts and a compulsion to ease the resulting distress by repeating specific routines or rituals, regardless of their interference with other activities.


lexentry: eng/obsessive__Adjective__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: obsessive
trans_list: obsessiv | zwanghaft
sense:
Having one thought or pursuing one activity to the absolute or nearly absolute exclusion of all others.


lexentry: eng/obsolete__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: obsolete
trans_list: veraltet | obsolet
sense:
(of words, equipment, etc.) No longer in use; gone into disuse; disused or neglected (often in favour of something newer).


lexentry: eng/obstacle__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: obstacle
trans_list: Hindernis | Hürde
sense:
Something that impedes, stands in the way of, or holds up progress, either physically or figuratively


lexentry: eng/obstinate__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: obstinate
trans_list: hartnäckig | stur | starrköpfig
sense:
Stubbornly adhering to an opinion, purpose, or course, usually with implied unreasonableness; persistent.


lexentry: eng/obstreperous__Adjective__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: obstreperous
trans_list: aufmüpfig | aufsässig | renitent | ungebärdig | widerborstig | widerspenstig
sense:
Stubbornly defiant; disobedient; resistant to authority or control, whether in a noisy manner or not.


lexentry: eng/obstruction__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: obstruction
trans_list: Blockierung | Obstruktion | Verhinderung | Störung
sense:
The condition of having the natural powers obstructed in their usual course; the arrest of the vital functions; death.


lexentry: eng/obstruction_of_justice__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: obstruction of justice
trans_list: Strafvereitelung
sense:
(legal) Interference with the administration of law and justice, as by ignorance of a justification, fraud of evidential validity, or not disclosing discovery of facts, or by doing damage to a witness, officer, juror.


lexentry: eng/obstruent__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: obstruent
trans_list: Geräuschlaut | Obstruent
sense:
(phonetics) A consonant sound formed by obstructing the airway, causing turbulence; a plosive, fricative, or affricate.


lexentry: eng/obtuse__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: obtuse
trans_list: stumpf
sense:
(geometry, specifically, of an, angle) Larger than one, and smaller than two right angles, or more than 90° and less than 180°.


lexentry: eng/obviate__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: obviate
trans_list: umgehen | überflüssig machen
sense:
(transitive) To anticipate and prevent or bypass (something which would otherwise have been necessary or required).


lexentry: eng/ocarina__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ocarina
trans_list: Okarina
sense:
(musical instruments) A woodwind musical instrument that is closed at both sides to produce an enclosed space, and punctured with finger holes.


lexentry: eng/occasion__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: occasion
trans_list: Gelegenheit
sense:
An occurrence or state of affairs which causes some event or reaction; a motive or reason. [from 14th c.]


lexentry: eng/occasional_table__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: occasional table
trans_list: Beistelltisch | Beitisch | Katzentisch | Nebentisch | Seitentisch | Tischchen
sense:
Any small table, such as an end table, having no particular function. It can typically be folded away.


lexentry: eng/occident__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: occident
trans_list: Okzident
sense:
The part of the horizon where the sun last appears in the evening; that part of the earth towards the sunset; the west.


lexentry: eng/occipital__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: occipital
trans_list: okzipital
sense:
(anatomy) Of, pertaining to, or located within or near the occiput (back of the head) or the occipital bone.


lexentry: eng/occipital_lobe__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: occipital lobe
trans_list: Occipitallappen
sense:
(anatomy) One of the four major divisions of the cerebrum of the brain, located at the back of the head.


lexentry: eng/occluded_front__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: occluded front
trans_list: Okklusion
sense:
(meteorology) A front that occurs when a cold front overtakes a warm front at the surface and a temperature contrast exists between the advancing and retreating cold air masses.


lexentry: eng/occultation__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: occultation
trans_list: Bedeckung | Okkultation | Verfinsterung
sense:
(astronomy) An astronomical event that occurs when one celestial object is hidden by another celestial object that passes between it and the observer when the nearer object appears larger and completely hides the more distant object.


lexentry: eng/occupation__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: occupation
trans_list: Beschäftigung | Beruf
sense:
An activity or task with which one occupies oneself; usually specifically the productive activity, service, trade, or craft for which one is regularly paid; a job.


lexentry: eng/occupational_hazard__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: occupational hazard
trans_list: Berufsrisiko
sense:
A substantial risk to a worker's physical or mental well-being which is present in a certain task, job, or profession.


lexentry: eng/occupational_hazard__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: occupational hazard
trans_list: Berufsrisiko
sense:
(figuratively, by extension) An unpleasant, inconvenient, or unusual circumstance which occurs or is likely to occur during the course of one's employment.


lexentry: eng/occupational_safety_and_health__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: occupational safety and health
trans_list: Arbeitsschutz | Arbeitssicherheit
sense:
The activities and policies aimed at protecting the safety, health and welfare of people engaged in work or employment.


lexentry: eng/occupational_therapist__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: occupational therapist
trans_list: Ergotherapeut | Ergotherapeutin
sense:
A therapist whose aim is to help clients achieve a better quality of life through work or similar occupations.


lexentry: eng/occupational_therapy__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: occupational therapy
trans_list: Beschäftigungstherapie | Ergotherapie
sense:
The therapeutic practice of encouraging better quality of life through the pursuit of work or other occupations.


lexentry: eng/occupier__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: occupier
trans_list: Besatzer | Okkupant | Okkupantin | Besatzerin
sense:
One who occupies, particularly with respect to a foreign government controlling the territory of another.


lexentry: eng/ocean_sunfish__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ocean sunfish
trans_list: Mondfisch
sense:
A large, heavy species of bony fish, Mola mola, native to tropical and temperate waters around the world.


lexentry: eng/oceanic_whitetip_shark__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: oceanic whitetip shark
trans_list: Hochsee-Weißflossenhai | Weißspitzen-Hochseehai
sense:
a large pelagic shark, taxonomic name Carcharhinus longimanus, characterized by the white tips on the fin, often prone to attack humans.


lexentry: eng/ocelot__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ocelot
trans_list: Ozelot
sense:
An American feline carnivore (Leopardus pardalis, syn. Felis pardalis) covered with blackish ocellated spots and blotches which are variously arranged.


lexentry: eng/ocrea__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ocrea
trans_list: Ochrea
sense:
(botany) A sheath around a plant stem forming from the stipule of a leaf and extending above the point of insertion of the leaf.


lexentry: eng/octahedron__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: octahedron
trans_list: Oktaeder | Achtflächner
sense:
(geometry) a polyhedron with eight faces; the regular octahedron has regular triangles as faces and is one of the Platonic solids.


lexentry: eng/octal__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: octal
trans_list: Achter- | Oktal- | oktal
sense:
(arithmetic, computing) Concerning numbers expressed in octal or mathematical calculations performed using octal.


lexentry: eng/octane__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: octane
trans_list: Octan
sense:
(organic compound) Any of the eighteen isomeric aliphatic hydrocarbons (C8H18) found in petroleum, especially an iso-octane 2,2,4 trimethyl-pentane; they are used as fuels and solvents.


lexentry: eng/octane_number__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: octane number
trans_list: Oktanzahl
sense:
A measure of the antiknock properties of an automobile fuel; isooctane having an octane number of 100, a fuel with the same antiknock properties as a mixture of 90% isooctane and 10% heptane having an octane number of 90.


lexentry: eng/octanitrocubane__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: octanitrocubane
trans_list: Octanitrocuban
sense:
(organic compound) A high explosive derived from cubane, and one of the most powerful chemical explosives known.


lexentry: eng/octave__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: octave
trans_list: Oktave
sense:
(music) An interval of twelve semitones spanning eight degrees of the diatonic scale, representing a doubling or halving in pitch frequency.


lexentry: eng/octillion__Numeral__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: octillion
trans_list: Quadrilliarde | Oktillion
sense:
(US, modern, _, British, _, &, _) A thousand trillion trillion, a billion billion billion: 1 followed by 27 zeros, 1027.


lexentry: eng/octobass__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: octobass
trans_list: Oktobass
sense:
(musical instruments) A very large double bass requiring two musicians, one to finger and one to bow.


lexentry: eng/octodontid__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: octodontid
trans_list: Trugratte
sense:
(zoology) Any of the Octodontidae, a family of rodents including the common degu (Octodon degus) and 12 other South American species


lexentry: eng/octonion__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: octonion
trans_list: Oktonion | Oktave
sense:
(mathematics) An 8-dimensional nonassociative extension of a quaternion with a real part and 7 imaginary parts (each a real multiple of a distinct square root of −1).


lexentry: eng/odd__Adjective__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: odd
trans_list: einzeln
sense:
(not comparable) Without a corresponding mate in a pair or set; unmatched; (of a pair or set) mismatched.


lexentry: eng/odd_function__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: odd function
trans_list: ungerade Funktion
sense:
(mathematics) Any function whose value changes sign if the independent variable changes sign i.e. f(-x) = -f(x)


lexentry: eng/odd_one_out__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: odd one out
trans_list: schräger Vogel
sense:
(uncountable) A visual puzzle where the guesser has to choose which word/picture/symbol etc. does not fit with the others.


lexentry: eng/ode__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ode
trans_list: Ode
sense:
A short poetical composition proper to be set to music or sung; a lyric poem; especially, now, a poem characterized by sustained noble sentiment and appropriate dignity of style.


lexentry: eng/odometer__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: odometer
trans_list: Hodometer | Kilometerzähler | Odometer
sense:
An instrument, usually embedded within the speedometer of a vehicle, that measures the distance the vehicle has traveled since production.


lexentry: eng/odontophobia__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
sense: An irrational fear of dentistry.
written_rep: odontophobia
trans_list:
Zahnbehandlungsphobie | Dentalphobie | Dentophobie | Odontophobie | Oralphobie | Zahnbehandlungsangst


lexentry: eng/odorant__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: odorant
trans_list: Odoriermittel
sense:
Any substance that has a distinctive smell, especially one added to something (such as household gas) for safety purposes


lexentry: eng/of__Preposition__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: of
trans_list: von
sense:
Indicating a (non-physical) source of action or emotion; introducing a cause, instigation; from, out of, as an expression of. [from 9th c.]


lexentry: eng/of__Preposition__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: of
trans_list: von
sense:
Introducing an epithet that indicates a birthplace, residence, dominion, or other place associated with the individual.


lexentry: eng/of__Preposition__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: of
trans_list: von
sense:
(following an adjective) Used to indicate the agent of something described by the adjective. [from 16th c.]


lexentry: eng/of__Preposition__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: of
trans_list: vor
sense:
Used to introduce the "subjective genitive"; following a noun to form the head of a postmodifying noun phrase (see also 'Possession' senses below). [from 13th c.]


lexentry: eng/of__Preposition__1
sense_num: 06
written_rep: of
trans_list: von | der | über
sense:
Links an intransitive verb, or a transitive verb and its subject (especially verbs to do with thinking, feeling, expressing etc.), with its subject-matter; concerning, with regard to. [from 10th c.]


lexentry: eng/of__Preposition__1
sense_num: 08
written_rep: of
trans_list: von
sense:
Belonging to (someone or something) as something they possess or have as a characteristic; the "possessive genitive". (With abstract nouns, this intersects with the subjective genitive, above under "agency" senses.) [from 13th c.]


lexentry: eng/of__Preposition__1
sense_num: 08
written_rep: of
trans_list: aus | von
sense:
Belonging to, existing in, or taking place in a given location, place or time. Compare "origin" senses, above. [from 9th c.]


lexentry: eng/of__Preposition__1
sense_num: 10
written_rep: of
trans_list: der | von
sense:
(archaic, or, literary) Links an adjective with a noun or noun phrase to form a quasi-adverbial qualifier; in respect to, as regards. [from 13th c.]


lexentry: eng/of_one's_own_accord__Prepositional_phrase__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: of one's own accord
trans_list: auf eigene Faust
sense:
On one's (or its) own initiative; under one's (or its) own power, without being commanded or controlled.


lexentry: eng/off-campus__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: off-campus
trans_list: außerhalb des Schulgelände
sense:
Being one of the facilities or activities regularly utilized by the faculty or students of an educational institution that are located off the campus.


lexentry: eng/off-piste__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: off-piste
trans_list: abseits der Piste
sense:
(of snow or ski-runs) Not specially prepared or designated for skiing, hence viewed as more exciting but also more dangerous.


lexentry: eng/off-ramp__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: off-ramp
trans_list: Abfahrtsrampe
sense:
(North America, Australia) A segment of roadway that directs vehicular traffic from a freeway onto local roads. [from 20th c.]


lexentry: eng/off-road__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: off-road
trans_list: geländegängig
sense:
Designed for, used for, or taking place on a driving surface that is not traditionally paved, such as a beach or rugged terrain


lexentry: eng/off-the-cuff__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
sense: (idiomatic) Extemporaneous; without prior preparation; spontaneous; impromptu.
written_rep: off-the-cuff
trans_list:
Stegreif- | aus dem Handgelenk | aus dem Hemdsärmel | aus dem Stand | aus dem Stegreif | aus dem Ärmel geschüttelt


lexentry: eng/off_label__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: off label
trans_list: zulassungsüberschreitend
sense:
(medicine, of a prescription medication) Outside of regulatorily approved indications, but (unless otherwise specified) within the bounds of reasonable use as defined by a licensed prescriber.


lexentry: eng/offer__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: offer
trans_list: Angebot | Offerte | Antrag
sense:
(legal) An invitation to enter into a binding contract communicated to another party which contains terms sufficiently definite to create an enforceable contract if the other party accepts the invitation.


lexentry: eng/offer__Verb__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: offer
trans_list: anbieten
sense:
(transitive) To place at someone’s disposal; to present (something) to be either accepted or turned down.


lexentry: eng/offertory__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: offertory
trans_list: Offertorium | Kollekte
sense:
(Christianity) A prayer said or sung as an anthem while offerings of bread and wine are placed on the altar during the Roman Catholic Mass or the Anglican Communion service. [from 14th c.]


lexentry: eng/offertory__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: offertory
trans_list: Gabenbereitung
sense:
(Christianity) The part of the Eucharist service when offerings of bread and wine are placed on the altar and when any collection is taken; also, the money or other things collected. [from 15th c.]


lexentry: eng/office_chair__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: office chair
trans_list: Bürostuhl
sense:
A chair that is designed for use at a desk in an office. It is generally comfortable and adjustable and can swivel 360 degrees and has wheels.


lexentry: eng/office_hours__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: office hours
trans_list: Bürozeit | Geschäftszeit | Kassenstunden | Sprechstunden
sense:
The times, typically from about 9am to 5pm, Monday to Friday, when non-24/7 office workers are at their desks.


lexentry: eng/office_hours__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: office hours
trans_list: Sprechstunde | Beratungstermin | Bürozeit | Konsultationsstunde
sense:
A pre-arranged time when a person whose occupation frequently takes them away from their office during working hours is available in their office to answer questions or provide assistance without the requirement for an appointment.


lexentry: eng/officer__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: officer
trans_list: Funktionär | Funktionärin
sense:
One who has a position of authority in a hierarchical organization, especially in military, police or government organizations.


lexentry: eng/official__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: official
trans_list: Beamtin | Beamter
sense:
An office holder, a person holding an official position in government, sports, or other organization.


lexentry: eng/official_language__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: official language
trans_list: Amtssprache
sense:
A language afforded an elevated status in a particular country, state, or other jurisdiction, typically for government use.


lexentry: eng/offline__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: offline
trans_list: offline
sense:
Of a system, currently not connected (generally electrically) to a larger network. For example, a power plant which is not connected to the grid, or a computer which is not connected to the Internet or to any other communications service.


lexentry: eng/offset_printing__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: offset printing
trans_list: Offsetdruck
sense:
Printing by the offset process, in which ink is carried from a metal plate to a rubber blanket (“offset cylinder”) and from there to the printing surface.


lexentry: eng/offside_trap__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: offside trap
trans_list: Abseitsfalle
sense:
(football) A defensive play intended to catch the attacking team offside, generally in such a way that the defense line suddenly and simultaneously moves forward.


lexentry: eng/oganesson__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: oganesson
trans_list: Oganesson
sense:
The chemical element (Symbol Og) with atomic number 118. It is the heaviest known element. Highly radioactive, it does not occur naturally. Originally expected to be a noble gas, it is now predicted to be a reactive metallic solid, and a semiconductor or a post-transition metal.


lexentry: eng/ogle__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ogle
trans_list: liebäugeln | äugeln
sense:
(transitive, intransitive) To stare at (someone or something), especially impertinently, amorously, or covetously.


lexentry: eng/ogonek__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ogonek
trans_list: Ogonek
sense:
(orthography) A hook-shaped diacritical mark ⟨◌̨⟩ attached underneath a vowel, typically to indicate nasalization, as in Ąą, Ęę, Įį, Ǫǫ or Ųų.


lexentry: eng/oh_my_God__Interjection__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: oh my God
trans_list: (o) mein Gott
sense:
(potentially, _, offensive) An expression of anger, frustration, excitement, shock, awe, dismay, etc.


lexentry: eng/ohm__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ohm
trans_list: Ohm
sense:
In the International System of Units, the derived unit of electrical resistance; the electrical resistance of a device across which a potential difference of one volt causes a current of one ampere. Symbol: Ω


lexentry: eng/oil_beetle__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: oil beetle
trans_list: Ölkäfer
sense:
Any of the genus Meloe of blister beetles, which release oily droplets of toxic hemolymph from their joints when disturbed.


lexentry: eng/oil_cake__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: oil cake
trans_list: Ölkuchen | Presskuchen | Öltreber | Öltrester
sense:
The solid residue remaining after any oilseed has been pressed to remove the vegetable oil; it is used, with other ingredients, as animal food.


lexentry: eng/oil_company__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: oil company
sense:
A company that is dedicated to trade or exploitation of petroleum/oil. (This entry is a translation hub.)

trans_list:
Erdölgesellschaft | Erdölunternehmen | Mineralölgesellschaft | Mineralölunternehmen | Ölgesellschaft | Ölunternehmen


lexentry: eng/oil_paint__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: oil paint
trans_list: Ölfarbe
sense:
A paint in which the colours or pigments are suspended in an oil-based carrier such as linseed oil which hardens on exposure to the air.


lexentry: eng/oil_platform__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: oil platform
trans_list: Bohrinsel
sense:
A large structure used to house workers and machinery needed to drill and then produce oil and natural gas in the ocean.


lexentry: eng/oil_rig__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: oil rig
trans_list: Bohrturm
sense:
A rig, consisting of platform and machinery, used to drill for oil and other petroleum products like natural gas.


lexentry: eng/oil_shale__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: oil shale
trans_list: Ölschiefer
sense:
A sedimentary rock containing kerogen from which petroleum-like shale oil can be produced by pyrolysis, hydrogenation, or thermal dissolution.


lexentry: eng/oil_slick__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: oil slick
trans_list: Ölspur | Ölteppich
sense:
A thin film of oil floating on the surface of water, especially one that has leaked or been discharged from a ship etc


lexentry: eng/oilcan__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: oilcan
trans_list: Ölkanne | Ölkännchen
sense:
A container with a long spout, for holding oil and delivering it in drops or small quantities for lubrication.


lexentry: eng/oilcloth__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: oilcloth
trans_list: Wachstuch
sense:
A fabric or cloth treated on one side with a waterproof covering, especially one made from linseed oil etc.; used for flooring, tablecloths, kitchen shelves and sometimes furniture covering.


lexentry: eng/ointment__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ointment
trans_list: Salbe | Balsam
sense:
(medicine) A viscous preparation of oils and/or fats, usually containing medication, used as a treatment or as an emollient.


lexentry: eng/okapi__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: okapi
trans_list: Okapi
sense:
A large ruminant mammal, Okapia johnstoni, found in the rainforests of the Congo, related to the giraffe but with a much shorter neck, a reddish-brown coat, and zebra-like stripes on its hindquarters. [from early 20th c.]


lexentry: eng/old_age_pension__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: old age pension
trans_list: Ruhestand
sense:
A pension paid to people by the state, when they reach a predefined age, to compensate for loss of earnings


lexentry: eng/old_folks'_home__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: old folks' home
trans_list: Altenheim | Altersheim | Seniorenheim
sense:
(colloquial, sometimes, derogatory, or, humorous) A residential complex for elderly people often equipped with special facilities and care services; especially, a nursing home.


lexentry: eng/old_guard__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: old guard
trans_list: Nachhut
sense:
A (comparatively) conservative, reactionary faction that is more unwilling to accept new ideas than their peers are.


lexentry: eng/old_maid__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: old maid
trans_list: Schwarzer Peter
sense:
(uncountable) A card game in which cards must be paired and one undesirable card is designated "old maid".


lexentry: eng/old_money__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: old money
trans_list: Geldadel
sense:
(idiomatic, often, derogatory) Families that have been wealthy for generations or members of such families.


lexentry: eng/old_school__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: old school
trans_list: oldschool
sense:
(informal, idiomatic) Characteristic of a style, outlook, or method employed in a former era, remembered either as inferior to the current style, or alternately, remembered nostalgically as superior or preferable to the new style, the older denoting something that would be considered out of date or out of fashion to some, but as such, is considered by others as cool and hip.


lexentry: eng/old_school__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: old school
trans_list: alte Schule
sense:
(informal, idiomatic) A style, way of thinking, or method for accomplishing a task that was employed in a former era, remembered either for its inferiority to the current method, or for its time-honored superiority over the new way.


lexentry: eng/old_wives'_tale__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: old wives' tale
trans_list: Ammenmärchen
sense:
A rumour, myth or superstition; something which is almost certainly untrue, despite acceptance by many.


lexentry: eng/older_brother__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: older brother
trans_list: großer Bruder
sense:
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see older,‎ brother. (This entry is a translation hub.)


lexentry: eng/older_sister__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: older sister
trans_list: große Schwester
sense:
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see older,‎ sister. (This entry is a translation hub.)


lexentry: eng/oleander__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: oleander
trans_list: Oleander
sense:
Nerium oleander, a notoriously poisonous shrub in the dogbane family, Apocynaceae, but nonetheless widely grown as an ornamental, having leathery lance-shaped leaves and deep rose-colored or white flowers.


lexentry: eng/oleic_acid__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: oleic acid
trans_list: Ölsäure
sense:
(fatty acid) An unsaturated fatty acid, having 18 carbon atoms and one double bond, found in olive oil and very many other vegetable and animal oils and fats; it is used for making soap, cosmetics etc.


lexentry: eng/olericulture__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: olericulture
trans_list: Gemüsebau
sense:
The field of horticulture dealing with the production, storage, processing and marketing of vegetables


lexentry: eng/oligolecty__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: oligolecty
trans_list: Oligolektie
sense:
(entomology) The preference of an insect pollinator (chiefly a bee) for pollinating only a few plant species.


lexentry: eng/oligomer__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: oligomer
trans_list: Oligomer
sense:
(chemistry) A compound intermediate between a monomer and a polymer, normally having a specified number of units between about five and a hundred.


lexentry: eng/oligopoly__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: oligopoly
trans_list: Oligopol
sense:
(economics) An economic condition in which a small number of sellers exert control over the market of a commodity.


lexentry: eng/oligosaccharide__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: oligosaccharide
trans_list: oligosaccharide
sense:
(carbohydrate) A polysaccharide of low molecular weight, being a polymer of between three and eight monosaccharide units.


lexentry: eng/olive-backed_pipit__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: olive-backed pipit
trans_list: Waldpieper
sense:
Anthus hodgsoni, passerine bird of the pipit (Anthus) genus, which breeds across southern, north central and eastern Asia, as well as in the north-eastern European Russia


lexentry: eng/olive_oil__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: olive oil
trans_list: Olivenöl
sense:
A vegetable oil, pressed from olives, and used in cooking and as a salad dressing; it is high in unsaturated fatty acids.


lexentry: eng/olivine__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: olivine
trans_list: Olivin
sense:
(mineral, geology) Any of a group of olive green magnesium-iron silicate minerals that crystallize in the orthorhombic system.


lexentry: eng/olm__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: olm
trans_list: Olm
sense:
Proteus anguinus, a cave-dwelling neotenous salamander with external gills, found along the coast from northeastern Italy to Montenegro.


lexentry: eng/omasum__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: omasum
trans_list: Blättermagen | Buchmagen | Buch | Kalender | Löser | Psalter
sense:
(biology, food) The third compartment of the stomach of a ruminant; the lining of said compartment, regarded as a foodstuff.


lexentry: eng/ombrotrophy__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ombrotrophy
trans_list: Ombrotrophie
sense:
(biology) The state or condition of receiving water and nutrients only from precipitation rather than streams or springs.


lexentry: eng/ombudsman__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ombudsman
trans_list: Ombudsmann
sense:
An appointed official whose duty is to investigate complaints, generally on behalf of individuals such as consumers or taxpayers, against institutions such as companies and government departments.


lexentry: eng/omega-3_fatty_acid__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: omega-3 fatty acid
trans_list: Omega-3-Fettsäure
sense:
(chemistry) Any polyunsaturated fatty acid having a double bond between the third and fourth carbon atoms from the end of the molecule farthest from the carboxylic acid; they are found in green vegetables and in the oils of fish such as salmon and mackerel; they are essential fatty acids, and seem to be beneficial in reducing the risk of heart disease.


lexentry: eng/omega-6_fatty_acid__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: omega-6 fatty acid
trans_list: Omega-6-Fettsäure
sense:
(chemistry) any polyunsaturated fatty acid having a double bond between the sixth and seventh carbon atoms from the end of the molecule farthest from the carboxylic acid; although they are essential fatty acids, there is evidence that excess levels can cause a number of diseases


