# translation

lexentry: eng/collection__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: collection
trans_list: collēctus | congeriēs | congestus
sense:
(set theory, topology, analysis) A set of sets; used because such a thing is in general too large to comply with the formal definition of a set.


lexentry: eng/collectively__Adverb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: collectively
trans_list: communiter
sense:
In a collective manner; viewed together as a whole; to be treated as a single unit, rather than the items that make up the collection separately.


lexentry: eng/collier__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: collier
trans_list: carbōnārius
sense:
A person in the business or occupation of producing (digging or mining) coal or making charcoal or in its transporting or commerce.


lexentry: eng/colligate__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: colligate
trans_list: collĭgāre
sense:
(transitive) To formally link or connect together logically; to bring together by colligation; to sum up in a single proposition.


lexentry: eng/cologne__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: cologne
trans_list: aqua Coloniensis
sense:
Any of a family of fresh, citrus-based fragrances distilled using extracts from citrus, floral, and woody ingredients, said to have been developed in the early 18th century in Cologne, Germany.


lexentry: eng/colon__Noun__2
sense_num: 01
written_rep: colon
trans_list: colon
sense:
(anatomy) Part of the large intestine; the final segment of the digestive system, after (distal to) the ileum and before (proximal to) the rectum. (Because the colon is the largest part of the large intestine (constituting most of it), it is often treated as synonymous therewith in broad or casual usage.)


lexentry: eng/colony__Noun__1
sense_num: 09
written_rep: colony
trans_list: colōnia | colonia
sense:
A potential new chapter of a fraternity or sorority awaiting official recognition from their headquarters.


lexentry: eng/color_blindness__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: color blindness
trans_list: achromatopsia
sense:
(medicine, ophthalmology) Any of several medical conditions in which the physical ability to see colors is impaired, especially achromatopsia, Daltonism.


lexentry: eng/colossus__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: colossus
trans_list: colossus
sense:
A statue of gigantic size. The name was especially applied to certain famous statues in antiquity, as the Colossus of Nero in Rome and the Colossus of Rhodes, one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World.


lexentry: eng/colostrum__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: colostrum
trans_list: colostrum
sense:
(medicine) A form of milk produced by the mammary glands in late pregnancy and the few days after giving birth. Human and bovine colostrum is thick and yellowish. In humans, it has high concentrations of nutrients and antibodies, but it is small in quantity.


lexentry: eng/colter__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: colter
trans_list: pugio
sense:
A knife or cutter attached to the beam of a plow to cut the sward, in advance of the plowshare and moldboard.


lexentry: eng/coltsfoot__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: coltsfoot
trans_list: bechion | farfarus
sense:
An herbaceous plant, species Tussilago farfara, that grows in Europe and the Middle East; yellow coltsfoot.


lexentry: eng/columbarium__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: columbarium
trans_list: columbarium
sense:
(historical) A large, sometimes architecturally impressive building for housing a large colony of pigeons or doves, particularly those of ancien regime France.


lexentry: eng/column__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: column
trans_list: columna
sense:
(architecture) A solid upright structure designed usually to support a larger structure above it, such as a roof or horizontal beam, but sometimes for decoration.


lexentry: eng/colza__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: colza
trans_list: brassica
sense:
Oilseed rape (Brassica napus), cultivated for its seeds, which yield an oil, valued for illuminating and lubricating purposes.


lexentry: eng/comarca__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: comarca
trans_list: comarchus
sense:
A traditional region or local administrative division found in parts of Spain, Portugal, Panama, Nicaragua, and Brazil.


lexentry: eng/comb__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: comb
trans_list: pecten
sense:
The toothed plate at the top and bottom of an escalator that prevents objects getting trapped between the moving stairs and fixed landings.


lexentry: eng/combinatorics__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: combinatorics
trans_list: calculus coniunctionibus | ars combinatoria
sense:
(mathematics) a branch of mathematics that studies (usually finite) collections of objects that satisfy specified criteria


lexentry: eng/come_again__Interjection__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: come again
trans_list: quomodo
sense:
(idiomatic, informal, by ellipsis) A polite formula used when one has not heard or understood what has been said, or to indicate surprise.


lexentry: eng/come_back__Verb__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: come back
trans_list: redeō | reveniō
sense:
(intransitive) To return to a former state, usually a desirable one; to become fashionable once more.


lexentry: eng/come_from__Verb__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: come from
trans_list: intellegere
sense:
(transitive, slightly, informal) To derive one's opinion or argument from; to take as a conceptual starting point.


lexentry: eng/come_over__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: come over
trans_list: venire
sense:
(intransitive) To change one's position or location, especially to someone's place of residence; to come by.


lexentry: eng/come_up_with__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: come up with
trans_list: cogitare
sense:
(idiomatic) To manage to produce, deliver, or present (something) by inventing, creating, thinking of, or obtaining it.


lexentry: eng/comely__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: comely
trans_list: venustus
sense:
Of a person: attractive or pleasing to look at; beautiful, handsome; also, attractive but not particularly beautiful or handsome.


lexentry: eng/comfrey__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: comfrey
trans_list: ālum | symphytum
sense:
Any of several species of perennial herbs of the genus Symphytum, often specifically Symphytum officinale.


lexentry: eng/comic__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: comic
trans_list: liber pictus
sense:
A story composed of drawn images arranged in a sequence, usually with textual captions; a graphic novel.


lexentry: eng/comic_book__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: comic book
trans_list: liber pictus
sense:
(comics) A book or magazine that uses sequences of drawings to tell a story or series of stories, primarily in serialized form, usually fiction.


lexentry: eng/comic_strip__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: comic strip
trans_list: liber pictus
sense:
(comics) A series of drawings, in sequence, often but not necessarily depicting something funny or satirical in nature.


lexentry: eng/comma__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: comma
trans_list: comma | diastolē | sicilicus
sense:
(typography) The punctuation mark ⟨,⟩ used to indicate a set of parts of a sentence or between elements of a list.


lexentry: eng/command__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: command
trans_list: imperium
sense:
The right or authority to order, control or dispose of; the right to be obeyed or to compel obedience.


lexentry: eng/commandeer__Verb__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: commandeer
trans_list: subigere
sense:
(transitive, by extension) To take or use for some purpose (not necessarily arbitrarily or by force).


lexentry: eng/commandery__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: commandery
trans_list: commendaria
sense:
(historical) The smallest division of a manor under the control of a commander of an order of knights, originally only the Knights Hospitaller.


lexentry: eng/commensalism__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: commensalism
trans_list: commensalismus
sense:
(ecology) A sharing of the same environment by two organisms where one species benefits and the other is unaffected. An example is barnacles on whales.


lexentry: eng/comment__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: comment
trans_list: scholium
sense:
(programming) A remark embedded in source code in such a way that it will be ignored by the compiler or interpreter, typically to help people to understand the code.


lexentry: eng/commentary__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: commentary
trans_list: comentārium | commentārium
sense:
A series of comments or annotations; especially, a book of explanations or expositions on the whole or a part of some other work.


lexentry: eng/commerce__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: commerce
trans_list: commercium
sense:
(business) The exchange or buying and selling of commodities; especially the exchange of merchandise, on a large scale, between different places or communities; extended trade or traffic.


lexentry: eng/commie__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: commie
trans_list: ruber
sense:
(pejorative, slang) A communist; a person with communist sympathies; a supposed communist infiltrator.


lexentry: eng/comminution__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: comminution
trans_list: comminūtiō
sense:
(often, mining, waste management) The breaking or grinding up of a material to form smaller particles.


lexentry: eng/commissariat__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: commissariat
trans_list: praefectura
sense:
(historical) A department of the government of the Soviet Union in the early period of its existence.


lexentry: eng/commit__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: commit
trans_list: commendō
sense:
(transitive) To give in trust; to put into charge or keeping; to entrust; to consign; used with to or formerly unto.


lexentry: eng/committee__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: committee
trans_list: consilium
sense:
A body of one or more persons convened for the accomplishment of some specific purpose, typically with formal protocols.


lexentry: eng/commodious__Adjective__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: commodious
trans_list: commodus
sense:
(now, rare) Of life or living, endowed with conveniences; comfortable; free from hardship. [from 16th c.]


lexentry: eng/common_bile_duct__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: common bile duct
trans_list: ductus choleducus
sense:
(anatomy) The bile duct downstream of the confluence of the common hepatic duct and the cystic duct. It discharges bile into the duodenum.


lexentry: eng/common_clothes_moth__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: common clothes moth
trans_list: blatta
sense:
Tineola bisselliella, a winged insect of Tineidae family, the caterpillar of which is a serious pest which destroys woollen materials.


lexentry: eng/common_cold__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: common cold
trans_list: alvus astricta
sense:
(pathology) A very common, mild viral infection of the nose and throat, whose symptoms include sneezing, sniffling, a running or blocked nose, a sore throat, coughing and a headache.


lexentry: eng/common_gender__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: common gender
trans_list: genus commune
sense:
(linguistics) A grammatical gender in some languages, formed by the historical merging of masculine and feminine genders.


lexentry: eng/common_gender__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: common gender
trans_list: genus commune
sense:
(grammar) In some languages (e.g. Latin, Lithuanian), a gender applied to a noun that can be either masculine or feminine.


lexentry: eng/common_house_martin__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: common house martin
trans_list: Delichon urbica
sense:
A migratory bird of the species Delichon urbicum, breeding in Europe, North Africa and temperate Asia.


lexentry: eng/common_noun__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: common noun
trans_list: nomen appellativum
sense:
A noun that denotes any member, or all members, of a class; an ordinary noun such as "dog" or "city". In contrast, a proper noun is a single named entity such as "Socrates".


lexentry: eng/common_sense__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: common sense
trans_list: sensus communis
sense:
Ordinary sensible understanding; one's basic intelligence which allows for plain understanding and without which good decisions or judgments cannot be made.


lexentry: eng/communicate__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: communicate
trans_list: communicare
sense:
(transitive) To impart or transmit (information or knowledge) to someone; to make known, to tell. [from 16th c.]


lexentry: eng/communicate__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: communicate
trans_list: communicare
sense:
(intransitive) To be connected with (another room, vessel etc.) by means of an opening or channel. [from 16th c.]


lexentry: eng/communicate__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: communicate
trans_list: communicare
sense:
(intransitive) To express or convey ideas, either through verbal or nonverbal means; to have intercourse, to exchange information. [from 16th c.]


lexentry: eng/communicate__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: communicate
trans_list: communicare
sense:
(intransitive, Christianity) To receive the bread and wine at a celebration of the Eucharist; to take part in Holy Communion. [from 16th c.]


lexentry: eng/communism__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: communism
trans_list: communismus
sense:
Any far-left political ideology or philosophy advocating holding the production of resources collectively, especially by seizing it through revolution.


lexentry: eng/community__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: community
trans_list: communitas
sense:
(countable) A group sharing common characteristics, such as the same language, law, religion, or tradition.


lexentry: eng/community__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: community
trans_list: communitas
sense:
(countable, ecology) A group of interdependent organisms inhabiting the same region and interacting with each other.


lexentry: eng/commute__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: commute
trans_list: cambio
sense:
(intransitive, mathematics) Of an operation, to be commutative, i.e. to have the property that changing the order of the operands does not change the result.


lexentry: eng/comparative__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: comparative
trans_list: comparativus | collatio secunda | gradus comparativus
sense:
(grammar) A construction showing a relative quality, in English usually formed by adding more or appending -er. For example, the comparative of green is greener; of evil, more evil.


lexentry: eng/compare__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: compare
trans_list: comparō | comparare
sense:
(transitive) To assess the similarities and differences between two or more things ["to compare X with Y"]. Having made the comparison of X with Y, one might have found it similar to Y or different from Y.


lexentry: eng/compass__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: compass
trans_list: ambitus
sense:
A magnetic or electronic device used to determine the cardinal directions (usually magnetic or true north).


lexentry: eng/compass_point__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: compass point
trans_list: plaga caeli
sense:
Any of the horizontal directions indicated on a compass. There may be 4, 8, 16, 32, 64, or even 128 compass points on a compass, depending on its size and accuracy.


lexentry: eng/compass_rose__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: compass rose
trans_list: rosa ventorum
sense:
(navigation) A graduated circle, usually marked in degrees, indicating directions and printed or inscribed on an appropriate medium.


lexentry: eng/compellation__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: compellation
trans_list: nomen
sense:
(archaic, rare) A name or title by which someone is addressed or identified; an appellation, a designation.


lexentry: eng/compensate__Verb__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: compensate
trans_list: compensō
sense:
(ambitransitive) To make up for; to do something in place of something else; to correct, satisfy; to reach an agreement such that the scales are literally or (metaphorically) balanced; to equalize or make even.


lexentry: eng/competence__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: competence
trans_list: ius
sense:
(countable) The quality or state of being able or suitable for a particular task; the quality or state of being competent for a particular task or skill.


lexentry: eng/compilation__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: compilation
trans_list: compositio
sense:
(countable) That which is compiled; especially, a book or document composed of materials gathering from other books or documents.


lexentry: eng/complaint__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: complaint
trans_list: querēla | questus
sense:
(legal) In a civil action, the first pleading of the plaintiff setting out the facts on which the claim is based;The purpose is to give notice to the adversary of the nature and basis of the claim asserted.


lexentry: eng/complement__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: complement
trans_list: complementum
sense:
Something which completes, something which combines with something else to make up a complete whole; loosely, something perceived to be a harmonious or desirable partner or addition. [from 19th c.]


lexentry: eng/complex_sentence__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: complex sentence
trans_list: periodus
sense:
(grammar) A sentence that contains an independent clause as well as one or more dependent clauses, such as a relative clause, an adverbial clause, or a noun clause.


lexentry: eng/complication__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: complication
trans_list: difficultas
sense:
(medicine) A disease or diseases, or adventitious circumstances or conditions, coexistent with and modifying a primary disease, but not necessarily connected with it.


lexentry: eng/component__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: component
trans_list: pars
sense:
A smaller, self-contained part of a larger entity. Often refers to a manufactured object that is part of a larger device.


lexentry: eng/compose__Verb__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: compose
trans_list: compōnō
sense:
(transitive, or, intransitive) To construct by mental labor; to think up; particularly, to produce or create a literary or musical work.


lexentry: eng/compound_interest__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: compound interest
trans_list: anatocismus
sense:
(banking, finance) Interest, as on a loan or a bank account, that is calculated on the total on the principal plus accumulated unpaid interest.


lexentry: eng/compress__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: compress
trans_list: fōmentum
sense:
(medicine) A multiply folded piece of cloth, a pouch of ice, etc., used to apply to a patient's skin, cover the dressing of wounds, and placed with the aid of a bandage to apply pressure on an injury.


lexentry: eng/compress__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: compress
trans_list: comprimō | stringō
sense:
(transitive) To make smaller; to press or squeeze together, or to make something occupy a smaller space or volume.


lexentry: eng/compression__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: compression
trans_list: compressio
sense:
(automotive) The cycle of an internal combustion engine during which the fuel and air mixture is compressed.


lexentry: eng/comprise__Verb__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: comprise
trans_list: teneo
sense:
(patent law) To include, contain, or be made up of, defining the minimum elements, whether essential or inessential to define an invention.


lexentry: eng/computer__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: computer
trans_list: computatrum | ordinatrum
sense:
A programmable electronic device that performs mathematical calculations and logical operations, especially one that can process, store and retrieve large amounts of data very quickly; now especially, a small one for personal or home use employed for manipulating text or graphics, accessing the Internet, or playing games or media. [from 20th c.]


lexentry: eng/computer_game__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: computer game
trans_list: ludus computatri
sense:
An electronic game, especially a game played using a general-purpose computer (as opposed to a game console).


lexentry: eng/computer_science__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: computer science
trans_list: informatica
sense:
The study of computers and their architecture, languages, and applications, in all aspects, as well as the mathematical structures that relate to computers and computation.


lexentry: eng/comrade__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: comrade
trans_list: comes
sense:
(communism) A non-hierarchical title, functionally similar to "Mr.", "Mrs.", "Miss", "Ms." etc, in a communist or socialist state.


lexentry: eng/con__Noun__3
sense_num: 01
written_rep: con
trans_list: falsimonia
sense:
(informal) A fraud; something carried out with the intention of deceiving, usually for personal, often illegal, gain.


lexentry: eng/concatenation__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: concatenation
trans_list: catena
sense:
(countable) A series of links united; a series or order of things depending on each other, as if linked together; a chain, a succession.


lexentry: eng/conceit__Noun__1
sense_num: 07
written_rep: conceit
trans_list: cognitio
sense:
(countable, rhetoric, literature) An ingenious expression or metaphorical idea, especially in extended form or used as a literary or rhetorical device. [from 16th c.]


lexentry: eng/conceited__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: conceited
trans_list: vanus
sense:
Having an excessively favourable opinion of one's abilities, appearance, etc.; egotistical and vain.


lexentry: eng/concentrate__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: concentrate
trans_list: animadverto
sense:
(ambitransitive) To bring to, or direct toward, a common center; to unite more closely; to gather into one body, mass, or force.


lexentry: eng/concentration__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: concentration
trans_list: animadversio
sense:
A field or course of study on which one focuses, especially as a student in a college or university.


lexentry: eng/concept__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: concept
trans_list: notio
sense:
Understanding retained in the mind, from experience, reasoning and imagination; a generalization (generic, basic form), or abstraction (mental impression), of a particular set of instances or occurrences (specific, though different, recorded manifestations of the concept).


lexentry: eng/conception__Noun__1
sense_num: 06
written_rep: conception
trans_list: conceptio
sense:
The power or faculty of apprehending of forming an idea in the mind; the power of recalling a past sensation or perception; the ability to form mental abstractions.


lexentry: eng/concern__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: concern
trans_list: attingō
sense:
(transitive) To relate or belong to; to have reference to or connection with; to affect the interest of; to be of importance to.


lexentry: eng/concession__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: concession
trans_list: concessum
sense:
(rhetoric) An admission of the validity of an opponent's point in order to build an argument upon it or to move on to another of greater importance; an instance of this.


lexentry: eng/concierge__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: concierge
trans_list: custos
sense:
(British) One who attends to the maintenance of a building and provides services to its tenants and visitors.


lexentry: eng/concordat__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: concordat
trans_list: concordatum
sense:
A formal agreement between two parties, especially between a church and a state; specifically, an agreement between the Pope and a government.


lexentry: eng/concrete__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: concrete
trans_list: caementicium | opus caementicium
sense:
(countable, uncountable) A building material created by mixing cement, water, and aggregate such as gravel and sand.


lexentry: eng/concur__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: concur
trans_list: coire
sense:
To meet in the same point; to combine or conjoin; to contribute or help towards a common object or effect.


lexentry: eng/concussion__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: concussion
trans_list: commotio cerebri
sense:
(uncountable, _, in, _, Commonwealth, countable, _) An injury to part of the body, most especially the brain, caused by a violent blow, followed by loss of function.


lexentry: eng/condemnation__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: condemnation
trans_list: damnatio
sense:
The act of judicially condemning, or adjudging guilty, unfit for use, or forfeited; the act of dooming to punishment or forfeiture.


lexentry: eng/condense__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: condense
trans_list: condēnsō
sense:
(transitive) To concentrate toward the essence by making more close, compact, or dense, thereby decreasing size or volume.


lexentry: eng/condescend__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: condescend
trans_list: accipio
sense:
(intransitive) To treat (someone) as though inferior; to be patronizing (toward someone); to talk down (to someone).


lexentry: eng/condescend__Verb__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: condescend
trans_list: accipio
sense:
(transitive, rare, nonstandard) To treat (someone) as though inferior; to be patronizing toward (someone); to talk down to (someone).


lexentry: eng/condition__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: condition
trans_list: conditio
sense:
A logical clause or phrase that a conditional statement uses. The phrase can either be true or false.


lexentry: eng/condole__Verb__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: condole
trans_list: condoleo
sense:
(transitive, India, chiefly, _, obsolete, _, in other dialects) To lament, grieve, bemoan (something).


lexentry: eng/condom__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: condom
trans_list: praeservativum
sense:
A flexible sleeve made of latex or other impermeable material such as sheepskin, worn over an erect penis during sexual intercourse as a contraceptive or as a way to prevent the spread of STDs.


lexentry: eng/condone__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: condone
trans_list: tolero
sense:
(transitive) To forgive, excuse or overlook (something that is considered morally wrong, offensive, or generally disliked).


lexentry: eng/condone__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: condone
trans_list: tolero
sense:
(transitive) To allow, accept or permit (something that is considered morally wrong, offensive, or generally disliked).


lexentry: eng/conductor__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: conductor
trans_list: symphoniacarum magister
sense:
(music) A person who conducts an orchestra, choir or other music ensemble; a professional whose occupation is conducting.


lexentry: eng/cone__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cone
trans_list: conus | meta
sense:
(geometry) A surface of revolution formed by rotating a segment of a line around another line that intersects the first line.


lexentry: eng/cone_cell__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cone cell
trans_list: suppositorium
sense:
(anatomy) Any of the photoreceptor cells in the retina that are responsible for colour vision in relatively bright light.


lexentry: eng/confarreation__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: confarreation
trans_list: confarreatio
sense:
(Ancient Rome) A form of marriage in Ancient Rome that was solemnized with cakes made from far (spelt)


lexentry: eng/confection__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: confection
trans_list: blandus
sense:
A food item prepared very sweet, frequently decorated in fine detail, and often preserved with sugar, such as a candy, sweetmeat, fruit preserve, pastry, or cake.


lexentry: eng/confectionery__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: confectionery
trans_list: bellāria | cuppēdia
sense:
(uncountable) Foodstuffs that taste very sweet, taken as a group; candies, sweetmeats and confections collectively.


lexentry: eng/conference__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: conference
trans_list: colloquium | congressus
sense:
(business) An event organized by a for-profit or non-profit organization to discuss a pressing issue, such as a new product, market trend or government regulation, with a range of speakers.


lexentry: eng/confess__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: confess
trans_list: confiteor | fateor
sense:
(intransitive, transitive) To admit to the truth, particularly in the context of sins or crimes committed.


lexentry: eng/confession__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: confession
trans_list: cōnfessiō | confessio
sense:
A formula in which the articles of faith are comprised; a creed to be assented to or signed, as a preliminary to admission to membership of a church; a confession of faith.


lexentry: eng/confidential__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: confidential
trans_list: clandestinus
sense:
Kept, or meant to be kept, secret within a certain circle of persons; not intended to be known publicly


lexentry: eng/confine__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: confine
trans_list: compescō | inclūdō
sense:
(transitive) To restrict (someone or something) to a particular scope or area; to keep in or within certain bounds. [from 17th c.]


lexentry: eng/conflate__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: conflate
trans_list: confundo
sense:
(by extension) To fail to properly distinguish or keep separate (things); to mistakenly treat (them) as equivalent.


lexentry: eng/conflate__Verb__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: conflate
trans_list: iungo
sense:
(by extension) To deliberately draw a false equivalence or association, typically in a tacit or implicit manner as propaganda and/or an intentional distortion or misrepresentation of the subject matter.


lexentry: eng/conflation__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: conflation
trans_list: contractio
sense:
(countable) A blowing or fusing together, as of many instruments in a concert, or of many fires in a foundry.


lexentry: eng/conflation__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: conflation
trans_list: contractio
sense:
(uncountable) A blend or fusion, especially a composite reading or text formed by combining the material of two or more texts into a single text.


lexentry: eng/confluence__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: confluence
trans_list: confluens
sense:
The place where two rivers, streams, or other continuously flowing bodies of water meet and become one, especially where a tributary joins a river.


lexentry: eng/confluence_of_sinuses__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: confluence of sinuses
trans_list: cōnfluēns sinuum
sense:
(anatomy) The junction of several of the sinuses of the dura mater in the internal occipital region.


lexentry: eng/conform__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: conform
trans_list: convenire
sense:
(transitive, intransitive, often followed by to) To change to more closely match typical characteristics or behavior.


lexentry: eng/conform__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: conform
trans_list: convenire
sense:
(intransitive, of things or procedures) To be as required or recommended by a specification, regulation, or policy.


lexentry: eng/confront__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: confront
trans_list: adire
sense:
(transitive) To stand or meet facing, especially in competition, hostility or defiance; to come face to face with


lexentry: eng/conger_eel__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: conger eel
trans_list: conger
sense:
Any of various large marine eels of the family Congridae, having no scales and found in temperate and tropical coastal waters.


lexentry: eng/congestion__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: congestion
trans_list: embolia
sense:
An excess of traffic; usually not a complete standstill of traffic, so usually not synonymous with traffic jam.


lexentry: eng/congress__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: congress
trans_list: conventus
sense:
(often, capitalized) A legislative body of a state, originally the bicameral legislature of the United States of America.


lexentry: eng/congruence__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: congruence
trans_list: congruentia
sense:
(mathematics, number theory) A relation between two numbers indicating they give the same remainder when divided by some given number.


lexentry: eng/congruence__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: congruence
trans_list: congruentia
sense:
(algebra, more generally) Any equivalence relation defined on an algebraic structure which is preserved by operations defined by the structure.


lexentry: eng/conic_section__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: conic section
trans_list: sectio conica
sense:
(geometry) Any of the four distinct shapes that are the intersections of a cone with a plane, namely the circle, ellipse, parabola and hyperbola.


lexentry: eng/conifer__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: conifer
trans_list: abiēs
sense:
(botany) A plant belonging to the order Coniferales; a cone-bearing seed plant with vascular tissue, usually a tree.


lexentry: eng/conjugate__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: conjugate
trans_list: declino
sense:
(grammar, transitive) To inflect (a verb) for each person, in order, for one or more tenses; to list or recite its principal parts.


lexentry: eng/conjugation__Noun__1
sense_num: 06
written_rep: conjugation
trans_list: coniugātiō
sense:
(grammar) The product of that act: the conjugated forms of a verb, collected into a list or recitation.


lexentry: eng/conjunction__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: conjunction
trans_list: conjunctio
sense:
(grammar) A word used to join other words or phrases together into sentences. The specific conjunction used shows how the two joined parts are related.


lexentry: eng/conjunctiva__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: conjunctiva
trans_list: coniunctiva conjunctiva
sense:
(anatomy) A clear mucous membrane that lines the inner surface of the eyelid and the exposed surface of the eyeball or sclera.


lexentry: eng/conk__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: conk
trans_list: lingua
sense:
The shelf- or bracket-shaped fruiting body of a bracket fungus (also called a shelf fungus), i.e. a mushroom growing off a tree trunk.


lexentry: eng/connect__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: connect
trans_list: cōpulō | nectō
sense:
(intransitive, of an object) To join (to another object): to attach, or to be intended to attach or capable of attaching, to another object.


lexentry: eng/connect__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: connect
trans_list: cōpulō | nectō
sense:
(intransitive, of two objects) To join: to attach, or to be intended to attach or capable of attaching, to each other.


lexentry: eng/connect__Verb__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: connect
trans_list: cōpulō | nectō
sense:
(transitive, of an object) To join (two other objects), or to join (one object) to (another object): to be a link between two objects, thereby attaching them to each other.


lexentry: eng/connective_tissue__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: connective tissue
trans_list: textus connectivus
sense:
(anatomy) A type of tissue found in animals whose main function is binding other tissue systems (such as muscle to skin) or organs and consists of the following three elements: cells, fibers and a ground substance (or extracellular matrix).


lexentry: eng/connive__Verb__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: connive
trans_list: connīveō | cōnīveō
sense:
(intransitive, obsolete) Often followed by at: to pretend to be ignorant of something in order to escape blame; to ignore or overlook a fault deliberately.


lexentry: eng/connoisseur__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: connoisseur
trans_list: cognitor
sense:
A specialist in a given field whose opinion is highly valued, especially in one of the fine arts or in matters of taste.


lexentry: eng/connotation__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: connotation
trans_list: sensus
sense:
(semantics) A meaning of a word or phrase that is suggested or implied, as opposed to a denotation, or literal meaning. A characteristic of words or phrases, or of the contexts that words and phrases are used in.


lexentry: eng/conscience__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: conscience
trans_list: cōnscientia | conscientia
sense:
(chiefly, fiction, narratology) A personification of the moral sense of right and wrong, usually in the form of a person, a being or merely a voice that gives moral lessons and advices.


lexentry: eng/conscientious_objector__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: conscientious objector
trans_list: repugnator conscientiae causa
sense:
Someone who refuses to perform military service (for example to fight in an armed conflict, or be compulsorily drafted in a time of peace) because of religious or moral principles.


lexentry: eng/consecutio_temporum__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: consecutio temporum
trans_list: cōnsecūtiō temporum
sense:
(linguistics, grammar) A set of grammatical rules of a particular language, governing the agreement between the tenses of verbs in related clauses or sentences; agreement between tenses of verbs in accordance with said set of rules.


lexentry: eng/consensus__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: consensus
trans_list: consensus
sense:
General agreement among the members of a given group or community, each of which exercises some discretion in decision-making and follow-up action.


lexentry: eng/conservation__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: conservation
trans_list: conservatio
sense:
The act of preserving, guarding, or protecting; the keeping (of a thing) in a safe or entire state; preservation.


lexentry: eng/conservation__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: conservation
trans_list: conservatio
sense:
(biology) Genes and associated characteristics of biological organisms that are unchanged by evolution, for example similar or identical nucleic acid sequences or proteins in different species descended from a common ancestor


lexentry: eng/conservative__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: conservative
trans_list: conservator
sense:
(US, politics) A person who favors decentralization of political power and disfavors interventionist foreign policy.


lexentry: eng/consideration__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: consideration
trans_list: consideratio
sense:
The thought process of considering, of taking multiple or specified factors into account (with of being the main corresponding adposition).


lexentry: eng/consistent__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: consistent
trans_list: congruens
sense:
Of a regularly occurring, dependable nature. [from late 16th c. in the obsolete sense ‘consisting of’]


lexentry: eng/consonant__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: consonant
trans_list: consonans
sense:
(phonetics) A sound that results from the passage of air through restrictions of the oral cavity; any sound that is not the dominant sound of a syllable, the dominant sound generally being a vowel.


lexentry: eng/consortium__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: consortium
trans_list: consortium
sense:
An association or combination of businesses, financial institutions, or investors, for the purpose of engaging in a joint venture.


lexentry: eng/conspire__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: conspire
trans_list: coniūrō
sense:
(intransitive) To secretly plot or make plans together, often with the intention to bring bad or illegal results; to collude.


lexentry: eng/constancy__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: constancy
trans_list: firmitas | firmitudo
sense:
(uncountable) The quality of being constant; steadiness or faithfulness in action, affections, purpose, etc.


lexentry: eng/constellation__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: constellation
trans_list: cōnstēllātiō | sīdus
sense:
(astronomy) An arbitrary formation of stars perceived as a figure (especially one from mythology) or pattern, or a division of the sky including it, especially one officially recognized by astronomers; an asterism.


lexentry: eng/constellation__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: constellation
trans_list: astrum | constellatio
sense:
(modern, _, astronomy) Any of the 88 regions of the sky officially recognized by the International Astronomical Union, including all stars and celestial bodies in the region. [from 1920s]


lexentry: eng/consternation__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: consternation
trans_list: consternātiō
sense:
Amazement or horror that confounds the faculties, and incapacitates for reflection; terror, combined with amazement; dismay.


lexentry: eng/constipation__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: constipation
trans_list: alvus astricta
sense:
The act of crowding anything into a lesser space, or the state of being crowded or pressed together; condensation.


lexentry: eng/constipation__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: constipation
trans_list: alvus astricta
sense:
A state of the bowels in which the evacuations are infrequent and difficult, or the intestines become filled with hardened faeces


lexentry: eng/constituent__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: constituent
trans_list: elector
sense:
A resident of an area represented by an elected official, particularly in relation to that official.


lexentry: eng/constitution__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: constitution
trans_list: constitutio
sense:
The act, or process of setting something up, or establishing something; the composition or structure of such a thing; its makeup.


lexentry: eng/constitution__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: constitution
trans_list: constitutio
sense:
(government) The formal or informal system of primary principles and laws that regulates a government or other institutions.


lexentry: eng/constructed_language__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: constructed language
trans_list: lingua artificialis | lingua constructa
sense:
Any language—whether a human language, a programming language, or markup language—that is not a natural language.


lexentry: eng/construction_site__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: construction site
trans_list: constructio
sense:
A place where a building or other physical structure is under construction. (This entry is a translation hub.)


lexentry: eng/constructor__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: constructor
trans_list: equile
sense:
(automotive) A company or individual who builds racing vehicles. In Formula One, constructor status is strictly defined by the rules, but in other motorsports the term is merely a descriptor. Depending on the racing rules, some constructors (e.g. Cosworth) may provide vehicles to racing teams who are not themselves constructors, while others are both teams and constructors (Ducati Corse, Scuderia Ferrari).


lexentry: eng/constructor__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: constructor
trans_list: structor
sense:
(object-oriented programming) A class method that creates and initializes each instance of an object.


lexentry: eng/construe__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: construe
trans_list: comprehendere
sense:
(transitive) To interpret (something) to another or publicly, explain the meaning (of something), usually language.


lexentry: eng/consul__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: consul
trans_list: cōnsul
sense:
(historical) Either of the two heads of government and state of the Roman Republic or the equivalent nominal post under the Roman and Byzantine Empires.


lexentry: eng/consul__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: consul
trans_list: consul
sense:
(by extension) An official residing in major foreign towns to represent and protect the interests of the merchants and citizens of their country.


lexentry: eng/consult__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: consult
trans_list: sciscitor
sense:
(intransitive) To seek the opinion or advice of another; to take counsel; to deliberate together; to confer.


lexentry: eng/consultant__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: consultant
trans_list: consiliarius
sense:
A person whose occupation is to be consulted for their expertise, advice, service or help in an area or specialty; a party whose business is to be similarly consulted.


lexentry: eng/contagion__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: contagion
trans_list: contāgiō
sense:
(finance) The spread of (initially small) shocks, which initially affect only a few financial institutions or a particular region of an economy, to other financial sectors and other countries whose economies were previously healthy.


lexentry: eng/contamination__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: contamination
trans_list: coinquinatio
sense:
The process of making a material or surface unclean or unsuited for its intended purpose, usually by the addition or attachment of undesirable foreign substances.


lexentry: eng/contemplate__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: contemplate
trans_list: dispecto | inspicio | meditor
sense:
To look at on all sides or in all its aspects; to view or consider with continued attention; to regard with deliberate care; to meditate on; to study, ponder, or consider.


lexentry: eng/contempt__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: contempt
trans_list: contemptus | dēspectiō | fastus
sense:
(uncountable) The state or act of contemning; the feeling or attitude of regarding someone or something as inferior, base, or worthless; scorn, disdain.


lexentry: eng/content__Noun__2
sense_num: 02
written_rep: content
trans_list: materia | materies
sense:
Subject matter; semantic information (or a portion or body thereof); that which is contained in writing, speech, video, etc.


lexentry: eng/context__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: context
trans_list: connexus
sense:
The surroundings, circumstances, environment, background or settings that determine, specify, or clarify the meaning of an event or other occurrence.


lexentry: eng/continent__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: continent
trans_list: continens
sense:
Each of the traditional main regions into which the Earth’s land surface is divided, now generally regarded as seven in number, each usually including both an extent of mainland and various conventionally associated islands, etc.


lexentry: eng/contingency__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: contingency
trans_list: improvisus
sense:
(countable) A possibility; something which may or may not happen. A chance occurrence, especially in finance, unexpected expenses. [from 1610s]


lexentry: eng/contingency__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: contingency
trans_list: poena
sense:
(finance, countable) An amount of money which a party to a contract has to pay to the other party (usually the supplier of a major project to the client) if he or she does not fulfill the contract according to the specification.


lexentry: eng/continuum__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: continuum
trans_list: continuum
sense:
(mathematics) The nondenumerable set of real numbers; more generally, any compact connected metric space.


lexentry: eng/contraceptive__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: contraceptive
trans_list: atocium
sense:
A mechanism or means by which conception as a result of sexual intercourse can be prevented or made less likely.


lexentry: eng/contract__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: contract
trans_list: contractus | foedus | sponsus
sense:
(legal) An agreement which the law will enforce in some way. A legally binding contract must contain at least one promise, i.e., a commitment or offer, by an offeror to and accepted by an offeree to do something in the future. A contract is thus executory rather than executed.


lexentry: eng/contraction__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: contraction
trans_list: contractiō
sense:
A (sometimes reversible) contracting or reduction in length, scope, size, or volume; a narrowing, a shortening, a shrinking.


lexentry: eng/contradiction__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: contradiction
trans_list: oblocutio | obloquium
sense:
(countable) A statement that contradicts itself, i.e., a statement that claims that the same thing is true and that it is false at the same time and in the same senses of the terms.


lexentry: eng/contradiction__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: contradiction
trans_list: oblocutio | obloquium
sense:
(logic, countable) A proposition that is false for all values of its propositional variables or Boolean atoms.


lexentry: eng/contradiction_in_terms__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: contradiction in terms
trans_list: contradictiō in adjectō | contradictiō in terminīs
sense:
A phrase or expression in which the component words contradict one another, often unintentionally, or are claimed to do so when seen from a particular point of view.


lexentry: eng/contraposition__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: contraposition
trans_list: oppositus
sense:
(countable, logic) The statement of the form "if not Q then not P", given the statement "if P then Q".


lexentry: eng/contrast__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: contrast
trans_list: conflicitio
sense:
(countable) A control on a television, etc, that adjusts the amount of contrast in the images being displayed.


lexentry: eng/contrast__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: contrast
trans_list: conflicitio
sense:
(countable) A difference in lightness, brightness and/or hue between two colours that makes them more or less distinguishable.


lexentry: eng/contravention__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: contravention
trans_list: vulnus
sense:
The act of contravening a rule, regulation, or law, or of not fulfilling an obligation, promise, or agreement.


lexentry: eng/control__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: control
trans_list: imperium
sense:
The method and means of governing the performance of any apparatus, machine or system, such as a lever, handle or button.


lexentry: eng/control__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: control
trans_list: imperium
sense:
A security mechanism, policy, or procedure that can counter system attack, reduce risks, and resolve vulnerabilities; a safeguard or countermeasure.


lexentry: eng/control__Noun__1
sense_num: 08
written_rep: control
trans_list: imperium
sense:
(graphical user interface) An interface element that a computer user interacts with, such as a window or a text box (abbreviated Ctrl).


lexentry: eng/control_surface__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: control surface
trans_list: gubernāculum
sense:
(aeronautics) A moveable surface attached to a machine such as an aircraft or submarine that can be used to control the machine's motion in roll, pitch or yaw.


lexentry: eng/convention__Noun__1
sense_num: 06
written_rep: convention
trans_list: conventio
sense:
A practice or procedure widely observed in a group, especially to facilitate social interaction; a custom.


lexentry: eng/conversation__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: conversation
trans_list: colloquium | sermō
sense:
Expression and exchange of individual ideas through talking with other people; also, a set instance or occasion of such talking. [from 16th c.]


lexentry: eng/conversion__Noun__1
sense_num: 07
written_rep: conversion
trans_list: conversio
sense:
(law) Under the common law, the tort of the taking of someone's personal property with intent to permanently deprive them of it, or damaging property to the extent that the owner is deprived of the utility of that property, thus making the tortfeasor liable for the entire value of the property.


lexentry: eng/convert__Verb__1
sense_num: 06
written_rep: convert
trans_list: convertere
sense:
(transitive) To express (a unit of measurement) in terms of another; to furnish a mathematical formula by which a quantity, expressed in the former unit, may be given in the latter.


lexentry: eng/convince__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: convince
trans_list: persuadere | convinco | sibi persuasum habere
sense:
To make someone believe, or feel sure about something, especially by using logic, argument or evidence.


lexentry: eng/convoy__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: convoy
trans_list: hamaxostichus
sense:
(nautical) One or more merchant ships sailing in company to the same general destination under the protection of naval vessels.


lexentry: eng/cony__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cony
trans_list: lepus
sense:
A rabbit, especially the European rabbit, Oryctolagus cuniculus (formerly known as Lepus cuniculus).


lexentry: eng/cook__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cook
trans_list: coquō
sense:
(transitive, or, intransitive) To prepare food for eating by heating it, often combining with other ingredients.


lexentry: eng/cooking_oil__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cooking oil
trans_list: oleum
sense:
A purified fat taken from plant material that is commonly used in cooking, e.g. olive oil, canola oil, sunflower oil, etc.


lexentry: eng/cooper__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cooper
trans_list: tunnārius | viētor
sense:
A craftsman who makes and repairs barrels and similar wooden vessels such as casks, buckets and tubs.


lexentry: eng/coordinate__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: coordinate
trans_list: coōrdināta
sense:
(mathematics, cartography, astronomy) A number representing the position of a point along a line, arc, or similar one-dimensional figure.


lexentry: eng/coordinate_system__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: coordinate system
trans_list: systēma coōrdinātārum
sense:
(geometry, analysis) A method of representing the position of any individual point in a space of given dimensionality as a tuple of numerical coordinates.


lexentry: eng/coot__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: coot
trans_list: fulica
sense:
Any of various aquatic birds of the genus Fulica that are mainly black with a prominent frontal shield on the forehead.


lexentry: eng/cope__Noun__2
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cope
trans_list: cappa
sense:
(liturgy) A long, loose cloak worn by a priest, deacon, or bishop when presiding over a ceremony other than the Mass.


lexentry: eng/copper__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: copper
trans_list: cuprum | aes | cyprum | aerāmen
sense:
(uncountable) A reddish-brown, malleable, ductile metallic element with high electrical and thermal conductivity, symbol Cu, and atomic number 29.


lexentry: eng/copper__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: copper
trans_list: cuprum | aes
sense:
(countable, dated) Any of various specialized items that are made of copper, where the use of copper is either traditional or vital to the function of the item.


lexentry: eng/copper_beech__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: copper beech
trans_list: fagus sylvatica atropurpurea
sense:
A tall type of beech, Fagus sylvatica atropurpurea, with smooth bark and reddish-brown to purple leaves.


lexentry: eng/copula__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: copula
trans_list: copula
sense:
(linguistics, grammar) A word, usually a verb, used to link the subject of a sentence with a predicate (usually a subject complement or an adverbial), that unites or associates the subject with the predicate.


lexentry: eng/copulation__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: copulation
trans_list: coitus
sense:
(uncountable) Sexual procreation between a man and a woman or transfer of the sperm from male to female; usually applied to the mating process in nonhuman animals; coitus; coition.


lexentry: eng/cord__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cord
trans_list: restis | fūnis
sense:
(countable) A long, thin, flexible length of twisted yarns (strands) of fiber (a rope, for example).


lexentry: eng/core__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: core
trans_list: nucleus
sense:
A technical term for classification of things denoting those parts of a category that are most easily or most likely understood as within it.


lexentry: eng/core__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: core
trans_list: nucleus
sense:
The most important part of a thing or aggregate of things wherever located and whether of any determinate location at all; the essence.


lexentry: eng/core__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: core
trans_list: nucleus
sense:
(computer hardware) An individual computer processor, in the sense when several processors (called cores or CPU cores) are plugged together in one single integrated circuit to work as one (called a multi-core processor).


lexentry: eng/core__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: core
trans_list: nucleus
sense:
(engineering, manufacturing) The portion of a mold that creates a cavity or impression within the part (casting or molded part) or that makes a hole in or through the part.


lexentry: eng/core__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: core
trans_list: granum
sense:
A piece of ferromagnetic material (e.g., soft iron), inside the windings of an electromagnet, that channels the magnetic field.


lexentry: eng/core_sample__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: core sample
trans_list: carōta
sense:
A cylindrical section of a naturally occurring substance, typically obtained by drilling into the substance, for example sediment or rock, with a core drill.


lexentry: eng/coregency__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: coregency
trans_list: correctura
sense:
A monarchical position (such as king, queen, emperor or empress) held by two persons when normally held by only one.


lexentry: eng/corium__Noun__2
sense_num: 01
written_rep: corium
trans_list: corium
sense:
(nuclear physics) A lavalike mixture of fissile material created in a nuclear reactor's core during a nuclear meltdown.


lexentry: eng/cork__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cork
trans_list: textus integumentarius accessorius | textus integumentarius secundus
sense:
(botany, uncountable) The dead protective tissue between the bark and cambium in woody plants, with suberin deposits making it impervious to gasses and water.


lexentry: eng/cork__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cork
trans_list: sūber | cortex
sense:
The phellem of the cork oak, used for making bottle stoppers, flotation devices, and insulation material.


lexentry: eng/corkscrew__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: corkscrew
trans_list: extraculum
sense:
An implement for opening bottles that are sealed by a cork. Sometimes specifically such an implement that includes a screw-shaped part, or worm.


lexentry: eng/cormorant__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cormorant
trans_list: phalacrocorax | truō
sense:
Any of various medium-large black seabirds of the family Phalacrocoracidae which dive into water for fish and other aquatic animals, found throughout the world except for islands in the centre of the Pacific Ocean; specifically, the great cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo).


lexentry: eng/corn__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: corn
trans_list: frumentum
sense:
(Commonwealth English, but not Canada, Australia, or New Zealand, uncountable) Any cereal plant (or its grain) that is the main crop or staple of a country or region.


lexentry: eng/corn_salad__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: corn salad
trans_list: rapuntium
sense:
Any of the small plants in genus Valerianella, used in salads and as a herb, especially Valerianella locusta.


lexentry: eng/corncrake__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: corncrake
trans_list: Crex crex
sense:
A bird of the rail family, Crex crex, that breeds in meadows and arable farmland across Europe and western Asia, migrating to Africa in winter.


lexentry: eng/cornel__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cornel
trans_list: cornus
sense:
Any tree or shrub of the dogwood subgenera, Cornus subg. Arctocrania (syn. Cornus subg. Chamaepericlymenum) or Cornus subg. Cornus, especially Cornus mas, the European cornel.


lexentry: eng/corner_tooth__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: corner tooth
trans_list: dens caninus
sense:
One of the four teeth which come in a horse's mouth at the age of four years and a half, one on each side of the upper and of the lower jaw, between the middle teeth and the tushes.


lexentry: eng/cornerstone__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: cornerstone
trans_list: caput anguli
sense:
Such a stone used ceremonially, often inscribed with the architect's and owner's names, dates and other details.


lexentry: eng/cornett__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cornett
trans_list: zincum
sense:
(musical instruments) An early horn wind instrument used in European music of the medieval, Renaissance, and Baroque periods. Not to be confused with later brass instrument.


lexentry: eng/cornice__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cornice
trans_list: corona
sense:
(architectural element) A horizontal architectural element of a building, projecting forward from the main walls, originally used as a means of directing rainwater away from the building's walls.


lexentry: eng/cornice__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: cornice
trans_list: hyperthyrum
sense:
(geography, mountaineering) An overhanging edge of snow on a ridge or the crest of a mountain and along the sides of gullies.


lexentry: eng/cornucopia__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cornucopia
trans_list: cornūcōpia
sense:
(Greek mythology) A goat's horn endlessly overflowing with fruit, flowers and grain; or full of whatever its owner wanted: or, an image of a such a horn, either in two or three dimensions.


lexentry: eng/corolla__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: corolla
trans_list: corolla
sense:
(botany) An outermost-but-one whorl of a flower, composed of petals, when it is not the same in appearance as the outermost whorl (the calyx); it usually comprises the petal, which may be fused.


lexentry: eng/corona__Noun__1
sense_num: 11
written_rep: corona
trans_list: corona
sense:
(Ancient Rome, historical) A crown or garland bestowed among the Romans as a reward for distinguished services.


lexentry: eng/coronal_plane__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: coronal plane
trans_list: plana coronalia
sense:
(anatomy) Any vertical plane that divides the body into anterior and posterior (belly and back) sections.


lexentry: eng/coronation__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: coronation
trans_list: corōnātiō
sense:
(specifically, also, attributively) An act or the ceremony of formally investing a sovereign or the sovereign's consort with a crown and other insignia of royalty, on or shortly after their accession to the sovereignty.


lexentry: eng/coronavirus__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: coronavirus
trans_list: vīrus corōnārium | coronavirus
sense:
(virology) A member of the family Coronaviridaews, comprising viruses which infect animals and human beings, and the genome of which consists of a single strand of RNA. [from 1968]


lexentry: eng/corporal__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: corporal
trans_list: decuriō
sense:
(military) A non-commissioned officer army rank with NATO code OR-4. The rank below a sergeant but above a lance corporal and private.


lexentry: eng/corporation__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: corporation
trans_list: collegium
sense:
A body corporate, created by law or under authority of law, having a continuous existence independent of the existences of its members, and powers and liabilities distinct from those of its members.


lexentry: eng/corpus_cavernosum__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: corpus cavernosum
trans_list: corpus cavernosum penis
sense:
(anatomy) One of the pair of cylindrical columns of erectile tissue that form the bulk of the clitoris and penis.


lexentry: eng/correspond__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: correspond
trans_list: congruō | constō
sense:
(intransitive, constructed with to) To be equivalent or similar in character, quantity, quality, origin, structure, function etc.


lexentry: eng/corrupt__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: corrupt
trans_list: corrumpō | dēprāvō
sense:
(transitive) To make corrupt; to change from good to bad; to draw away from the right path; to deprave; to pervert.


lexentry: eng/corruption__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: corruption
trans_list: corruptiō | corruptēla
sense:
The act of corrupting or of impairing integrity, virtue, or moral principle; the state of being corrupted or debased; loss of purity or integrity.


lexentry: eng/corruption__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: corruption
trans_list: corruptio
sense:
Unethical administrative or executive practices (in government or business), including bribery (offering or receiving bribes), conflicts of interest, nepotism, and so on.


lexentry: eng/corruption__Noun__1
sense_num: 08
written_rep: corruption
trans_list: corruptēla
sense:
(usage prescription) A nonstandard form of a word, expression, or text, assigned a value judgment as being debased, especially when resulting from misunderstanding, transcription error, or mishearing.


lexentry: eng/cortex__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: cortex
trans_list: cortex
sense:
(uncountable, botany) The tissue of a stem or root that lies inward from the epidermis, but exterior to the vascular tissue.


lexentry: eng/cortical__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cortical
trans_list: chorus
sense:
(anatomy) Pertaining to the outer layer of an internal organ or body structure, such as the kidney or the brain.


lexentry: eng/corvette__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: corvette
trans_list: corbita
sense:
(nautical, historical) A flush-decked warship of the 17th-18th centuries having a single tier of guns; it ranked next below a frigate; – called in the United States navy a sloop of war.


lexentry: eng/corvette__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: corvette
trans_list: corbita
sense:
(nautical) In a modern navy, a lightly armed and armoured blue water warship, smaller than a frigate, capable of transoceanic duty.


lexentry: eng/coset__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: coset
trans_list: stratum
sense:
(algebra, group theory) The set that results from applying a group's binary operation with a given fixed element of the group on each element of a given subgroup.


lexentry: eng/cosine__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cosine
trans_list: cosinus
sense:
(trigonometry) In a right triangle, the ratio of the length of the side adjacent to an acute angle to the length of the hypotenuse. Symbol: cos


lexentry: eng/cosmetic__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cosmetic
trans_list: offūcia
sense:
Any substances applied to enhance the external color or texture of the skin, e.g. lipstick, eyeshadow, eyeliner; makeup.


lexentry: eng/cosmogony__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cosmogony
trans_list: cosmogonia
sense:
The study of the origin, and sometimes the development, of the universe or the solar system, in astrophysics, religion, and other fields.


lexentry: eng/costume__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: costume
trans_list: vestitus
sense:
A style of dress, including garments, accessories and hairstyle, especially as characteristic of a particular country, period or people.


lexentry: eng/cottontop_tamarin__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cottontop tamarin
trans_list: Saguinus oedipus
sense:
A small New World monkey with a long crest, white hairs from forehead to nape flowing over the shoulders, Saguinus oedipus


lexentry: eng/cottonwood__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cottonwood
trans_list: populus#pōpulus
sense:
A tree from one of number of species of tree in the genus Populus (poplars), typically growing along watercourses, with fluffy catkins.


lexentry: eng/couch__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: couch
trans_list: lectus | cubīle | pulvīnar | sponda
sense:
(North America, Australia, Ireland) An item of furniture, often upholstered, for the comfortable seating of more than one person; a sofa.


lexentry: eng/couch_potato__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: couch potato
trans_list: legumen
sense:
(idiom) A person who spends a lot of time sitting or lying down, often watching television, eating snacks or drinking alcohol. [from 1976]


lexentry: eng/cougar__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: cougar
trans_list: aquila
sense:
(North America, slang) An older woman who actively seeks the casual, often sexual, companionship of younger men, by implication a female “sexual predator”.


lexentry: eng/cough__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cough
trans_list: tussis
sense:
A sudden, often involuntary expulsion of air from the lungs through the glottis (causing a short, explosive sound), and out through the mouth.


lexentry: eng/cough__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cough
trans_list: tussiō
sense:
Sometimes followed by up: to force (something) out of the lungs or throat by pushing air from the lungs through the glottis (causing a short, explosive sound), and out through the mouth.


lexentry: eng/cough_medicine__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cough medicine
trans_list: antitussiva
sense:
A medication or medicine used to treat those people with coughing and related conditions, usually in liquid or syrup form.


lexentry: eng/councillor__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: councillor
trans_list: commoneo
sense:
In particular, a representative elected to a local authority, such as a city council: a city councillor


lexentry: eng/countable__Adjective__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: countable
trans_list: dinumerabilis
sense:
(mathematics, of a set) finite or countably infinite; having a one-to-one correspondence (bijection) with a subset of the natural numbers.


lexentry: eng/countable__Adjective__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: countable
trans_list: dinumerabilis
sense:
(grammar, of a noun) Freely usable with the indefinite article and with numbers, and therefore having a plural form.


lexentry: eng/countersign__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: countersign
trans_list: contrascibo | contrascribo
sense:
(transitive, by extension) To add a second signature to a document, affirming the validity of the signature of another person.


lexentry: eng/counterweight__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: counterweight
trans_list: aequipondium
sense:
A heavy mass of often iron or concrete, mechanically linked in opposition to a load which is to be raised and lowered, with the intent of reducing the amount of work which must be done to effect the raising and lowering. Counterweights are used, for example, in cable-hauled elevators and some kinds of movable bridges (e.g. a bascule bridge).


lexentry: eng/country__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: country
trans_list: terra | patria | natio
sense:
The territory of a nation, especially an independent nation state or formerly independent nation; a political entity asserting ultimate authority over a geographical area; a sovereign state. [from 14th c.]


lexentry: eng/country__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: country
trans_list: terra | patria
sense:
A set region of land having particular human occupation or agreed limits, especially inhabited by members of the same race, speakers of the same language etc., or associated with a given person, occupation, species etc. [from 13th c.]


lexentry: eng/country__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: country
trans_list: pāgus | rūs
sense:
(uncountable, usually preceded by “the”) A rural area, as opposed to a town or city; the countryside. [from 16th c.]


lexentry: eng/county__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: county
trans_list: comitatus
sense:
An administrative or geographical region of various countries, including Bhutan, Canada, China, Croatia, Ireland, Japan, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, Romania, South Korea, Sweden, the United Kingdom, and 48 of the 50 United States (excluding Alaska and Louisiana).


lexentry: eng/coup_d'état__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: coup d'état
trans_list: eversio reipublicae
sense:
(politics, government) The sudden overthrow of a government, differing from a revolution by being carried out by a small group of people who replace only the leading figures.


lexentry: eng/coupling__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: coupling
trans_list: nexus
sense:
(electronics) A connection between two electronic circuits such that a signal can pass between them.


lexentry: eng/coupon__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: coupon
trans_list: bonus
sense:
A section of a ticket, showing the holder to be entitled to some specified accommodation or service, as to a passage over a designated line of travel, a particular seat in a theater, a discount, etc.


lexentry: eng/courage__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: courage
trans_list: fortitudo | animus | audentia | virtus
sense:
The quality of being confident, not afraid or easily intimidated, but without being incautious or inconsiderate.


lexentry: eng/court__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: court
trans_list: aula
sense:
An enclosed space; a courtyard; an uncovered area shut in by the walls of a building, or by different buildings; also, a space opening from a street and nearly surrounded by houses; a blind alley.


lexentry: eng/court__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: court
trans_list: aula
sense:
The collective body of persons composing the retinue of a sovereign or person high in authority; all the surroundings of a sovereign in his regal state.


lexentry: eng/court_jester__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: court jester
trans_list: sannio
sense:
A person in colorful garb and fool's cap who amused a medieval and early modern royal or noble court.


lexentry: eng/cousin__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cousin
trans_list: consobrinus | consobrina | patruelis | cosina | cosinus | sobrina
sense:
(specifically) When used without a qualifying word: the child of a person's parent's brother (that is, an uncle) or sister (an aunt); a cousin-german, a first cousin.


lexentry: eng/cove__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: cove
trans_list: sinus
sense:
A small coastal inlet, especially one having high cliffs protecting vessels from prevailing winds. [from 16th c.]


lexentry: eng/cover__Verb__1
sense_num: 14
written_rep: cover
trans_list: tego | cooperiō | occulō | operiō
sense:
(military, law enforcement) To protect using an aimed firearm and the threat of firing; or to protect using continuous, heaving fire at or in the direction of the enemy so as to force the enemy to remain in cover; or to threaten using an aimed firearm.


lexentry: eng/covering__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: covering
trans_list: integumentum | operculum | tegimen | tegumentum
sense:
(countable) That which covers or conceals; a cover; something spread or laid over or wrapped about another.


lexentry: eng/covey__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: covey
trans_list: incubatio
sense:
A brood or family of partridges (family Phasianidae), which includes game birds such as grouse (tribe Tetraonini) and ptarmigans (tribe Tetraonini, genus Lagopus).


lexentry: eng/cow__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: cow
trans_list: bōs
sense:
(loosely, or, informal) Any member of the species Bos taurus regardless of sex or age, including bulls and calves.


lexentry: eng/cow__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: cow
trans_list: vacca | bōs
sense:
(biology) A female member of other large species of mammal, including the bovines, moose, whales, seals, hippos, rhinos, manatees, and elephants.


lexentry: eng/cow__Noun__1
sense_num: 06
written_rep: cow
trans_list: vacca
sense:
(derogatory, UK, AU, informal) A woman considered unpleasant in some way, particularly one considered nasty, stupid, fat, lazy, or difficult.


lexentry: eng/cowgirl_position__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cowgirl position
trans_list: Andromache
sense:
(idiomatic) A sex position in which the man lies on his back, and the woman sits on top of him facing him.


lexentry: eng/cowlick__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cowlick
trans_list: arista
sense:
An unruly lock or section of hair that sticks straight out from the skull or lies at an angle at odds with the rest of an individual's hair, like a whorl or vortex.


lexentry: eng/coxswain__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: coxswain
trans_list: gubernator
sense:
(rowing) The member of a crew who steers the shell and coordinates the power and rhythm of the rowers.


lexentry: eng/coypu__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: coypu
trans_list: Myocastor coypus
sense:
A large, crepuscular, semiaquatic rodent (Myocastor coypus) resembling a large rat, having bright orange-yellow incisors, native to South America and introduced to Europe, Asia and North America, valued for its fur in eastern Europe and central Asia and considered a pest elsewhere.


lexentry: eng/cracker__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cracker
trans_list: tractum
sense:
A dry, thin, crispy baked bread (usually salty or savoury, but sometimes sweet, as in the case of graham crackers and animal crackers).


lexentry: eng/cradle_cap__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cradle cap
trans_list: dermatitis seborrhoicum neonatorum
sense:
(medicine, pathology) A form of seborrheic dermatitis that occurs on the scalps of infants, causing scaly, flaky, itchy, red skin.


lexentry: eng/craft__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: craft
trans_list: ars
sense:
Ability, skilfulness, especially skill in making plans and carrying them into execution; dexterity in managing affairs, adroitness, practical cunning; ingenuity in constructing, dexterity [9th century].


lexentry: eng/craft__Noun__1
sense_num: 07
written_rep: craft
trans_list: ars
sense:
(countable, plural crafts) A branch of skilled work or trade, especially one requiring manual dexterity or artistic skill, but sometimes applied equally to any business, calling or profession; the skilled practice of a practical occupation [since the 9th century].


lexentry: eng/craft__Noun__1
sense_num: 09
written_rep: craft
trans_list: ars
sense:
(countable, plural craft) A vehicle designed for navigation in or on water or air or through outer space [since the 17th century].


lexentry: eng/cram__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cram
trans_list: stīpō
sense:
(transitive) To press, force, or drive, particularly in filling, or in thrusting one thing into another; to stuff; to fill to superfluity.


lexentry: eng/crampon__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: crampon
trans_list: spina
sense:
An attachment to a shoe or boot that provides traction by means of spikes. Used for climbing or walking on slippery surfaces, especially ice.


lexentry: eng/crane__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: crane
trans_list: grūs | grus
sense:
Any bird of the family Gruidae, large birds with long legs and a long neck which is extended during flight.


lexentry: eng/crane__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: crane
trans_list: polyspaston | tollēnō
sense:
A mechanical lifting machine or device, often used for lifting heavy loads for industrial or construction purposes.


lexentry: eng/cranefly__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cranefly
trans_list: culex
sense:
Any of various large flies of the suborder Tipulomorpha that have slender bodies and very long legs and that resemble giant mosquitoes.


lexentry: eng/cranial_nerve__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cranial nerve
trans_list: nervus cranialis
sense:
(neuroanatomy) Any of the twelve paired nerves that originate from the brainstem or base of the brain instead of the spinal cord.


lexentry: eng/cranium__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cranium
trans_list: cranium
sense:
(skeleton) That part of the skull consisting of the bones enclosing the brain, but not including the bones of the face or jaw.


lexentry: eng/crank__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: crank
trans_list: cupa
sense:
A bent piece of an axle or shaft, or an attached arm perpendicular, or nearly so, to the end of a shaft or wheel, used to impart a rotation to a wheel or other mechanical device; also used to change circular into reciprocating motion, or reciprocating into circular motion.


lexentry: eng/crank__Noun__1
sense_num: 07
written_rep: crank
trans_list: ulula
sense:
(informal, British, dated in US) A person who is considered strange or odd by others, and may behave in unconventional ways.


lexentry: eng/crappy__Adjective__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: crappy
trans_list: merda
sense:
(chiefly, North America, colloquial, mildly, vulgar, especially with "feel") Bad, sick, or depressed.


lexentry: eng/crasis__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: crasis
trans_list: crasis
sense:
(linguistics) External vowel sandhi; contraction of a vowel or diphthong at the end of a word with a vowel or diphthong at the start of the following word.


lexentry: eng/crater__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: crater
trans_list: crātēr
sense:
(geology) The basin-like opening or mouth of a volcano, through which the chief eruption comes; similarly, the mouth of a geyser, about which a cone of silica is often built up. [from 1610s]


lexentry: eng/crawl__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: crawl
trans_list: rēpō
sense:
(intransitive) To creep; to move slowly on hands and knees, or by dragging the body along the ground.


lexentry: eng/crayfish__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: crayfish
trans_list: cancer | carabus
sense:
Any of numerous freshwater decapod crustaceans in superfamily Astacoidea or Parastacoidea, resembling the related lobster but usually much smaller.


lexentry: eng/creak__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: creak
trans_list: crepō
sense:
(intransitive) To make a prolonged sharp grating or squeaking sound, as by the friction of hard substances.


lexentry: eng/cream__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cream
trans_list: cramum
sense:
The butterfat/milkfat part of milk which rises to the top; this part when separated from the remainder.


lexentry: eng/cream__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: cream
trans_list: unguentum
sense:
(medicine) A viscous aqueous oil/fat emulsion with a medicament added, used to apply that medicament to the skin. (compare with ointment)


lexentry: eng/cream_of_tartar__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cream of tartar
trans_list: crassamentum
sense:
(chemistry) Potassium hydrogen tartrate (also called potassium bitartrate), a byproduct of wine manufacture, used in baking powder and in cooking to stabilize beaten egg whites.


lexentry: eng/crease__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: crease
trans_list: gremium
sense:
A line or mark made by folding or doubling any pliable substance; hence, a similar mark, however produced.


lexentry: eng/create__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: create
trans_list: creō | creo
sense:
(especially, of a, god) To bring into existence out of nothing, without the prior existence of the materials or elements used.


lexentry: eng/creationism__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: creationism
trans_list: creationismus | demiurgismus
sense:
Any creationary belief, especially a belief that the origin of things is due to an event or process of creation brought about by the deliberate act of any divine agency, such as a Creator God.


lexentry: eng/creative_work__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: creative work
trans_list: opus
sense:
(chiefly, copyright) A tangible manifestation of creative effort, such as literature, music, paintings, and software.


lexentry: eng/creator__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: creator
trans_list: conditor | conditrīx | creātor | creātrīx
sense:
(social media) Ellipsis of content creator, someone who regularly produces and publishes content on social media, especially of a monetizable nature.


lexentry: eng/credit_card__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: credit card
trans_list: tessera crediticia
sense:
(banking) A plastic card, usually with a magnetic strip or an embedded microchip, connected to a credit account and used to buy goods or services.


lexentry: eng/creed__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: creed
trans_list: fides
sense:
That which is believed; accepted doctrine, especially religious doctrine; a particular set of beliefs; any summary of principles or opinions professed or adhered to.


lexentry: eng/creek__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: creek
trans_list: sinus
sense:
(British) A small inlet or bay, often saltwater, narrower and extending farther into the land than a cove; a recess in the shore of the sea, or of a river; the inner part of a port that is used as a dock for small boats.


lexentry: eng/creek__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: creek
trans_list: rivus
sense:
(Australia, New Zealand, Canada, US) A stream of water (often freshwater) smaller than a river and larger than a brook; in Australia, also used of river-sized bodies of water.


lexentry: eng/creep__Noun__1
sense_num: 08
written_rep: creep
trans_list: invisus
sense:
(informal, pejorative) Someone creepy (annoyingly unpleasant), especially one who is strange or eccentric.


lexentry: eng/creeper__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: creeper
trans_list: circulus
sense:
A device which allows a small child to safely roam around a room from a seated or standing position.


lexentry: eng/creeper__Noun__1
sense_num: 08
written_rep: creeper
trans_list: circulus
sense:
Any device for causing material to move steadily from one part of a machine to another, such as an apron in a carding machine, or an inner spiral in a grain screen.


lexentry: eng/crescendo__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: crescendo
trans_list: crēscēns
sense:
(music) An instruction to play gradually more loudly, denoted by a long, narrow angle with its apex on the left ( < ), by musicians called a hairpin.


lexentry: eng/crescent__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: crescent
trans_list: semiluna
sense:
The figure of the moon as it appears between its first or last quarter and the new moon, with concave and convex edges terminating in points.


lexentry: eng/crescent_moon__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: crescent moon
trans_list: luna corniculata
sense:
The Moon as it appears early in its first quarter or late in its last quarter, when only a small arc-shaped section of the visible portion is illuminated by the Sun.


lexentry: eng/cress__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cress
trans_list: nasturtium
sense:
(plants) A plant of various species, chiefly cruciferous. The leaves have a moderately pungent taste, and are used as a salad and antiscorbutic.


lexentry: eng/crest__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: crest
trans_list: crista
sense:
A tuft, or other natural ornament, growing on an animal's head, for example the comb of a cockerel, the swelling on the head of a snake, the lengthened feathers of the crown or nape of bird, etc.


lexentry: eng/crest__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: crest
trans_list: crista
sense:
The plume of feathers, or other decoration, worn on or displayed on a helmet; the distinctive ornament of a helmet.


lexentry: eng/crested_tit__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: crested tit
trans_list: Lophophanes cristatus
sense:
Lophophanes cristatus, a small bird of the tit family Paridae, with an erectile crest, the tip of which is often recurved.


lexentry: eng/crew__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: crew
trans_list: nautae
sense:
A group of people (often staff) manning and operating a large facility or piece of equipment such as a factory, ship, boat, airplane, or spacecraft.


lexentry: eng/crib__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: crib
trans_list: cunabula | cunae
sense:
(US) A baby’s bed with high, often slatted, often moveable sides, suitable for a child who has outgrown a cradle or bassinet.


lexentry: eng/cricket__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cricket
trans_list: gryllus | grillus
sense:
An insect in the order Orthoptera, especially family Gryllidae, that makes a chirping sound by rubbing its wing casings against combs on its hind legs.


lexentry: eng/crier__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: crier
trans_list: praecō
sense:
An officer who proclaims the orders or directions of a court, or who gives public notice by loud proclamation, such as a town crier.


lexentry: eng/crime_against_nature__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: crime against nature
trans_list: peccatum contra naturam
sense:
(legal) Any of various sexual deviations that, at one time or another, have been considered to be so unnatural as to be illegal.


lexentry: eng/crime_scene__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: crime scene
trans_list: locus dēlictī
sense:
The location of a crime, especially one at which forensic evidence is collected in a controlled manner.


lexentry: eng/crippled__Adjective__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: crippled
trans_list: claudus | mancus
sense:
(usually, _, offensive) Having any difficulty or impediment which can be likened to a crippling injury.


lexentry: eng/crockery__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: crockery
trans_list: vasa
sense:
Dishes, plates, and similar tableware collectively, usually made of some ceramic material, used for serving food on and eating from.


lexentry: eng/crocodile__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: crocodile
trans_list: crocodilus | corcodillus
sense:
Any of the predatory amphibious reptiles of the family Crocodylidae; (loosely) a crocodilian, any species of the order Crocodilia, which also includes the alligators, caimans and gavials.


lexentry: eng/crocotta__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: crocotta
trans_list: crocotta
sense:
A mythical dog-wolf of India or Ethiopia, said to be a deadly enemy of men and dogs and able to imitate the voice of any animal or human.


lexentry: eng/crocus__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: crocus
trans_list: crocus
sense:
A perennial flowering plant (of the genus Crocus in the Iridaceae family). Saffron is obtained from the stamens of Crocus sativus.


lexentry: eng/croft__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: croft
trans_list: hamus
sense:
An enclosed piece of land, usually small and arable and used for small-scale food production, and often with a dwelling next to it; in particular, such a piece of land rented to a farmer (a crofter), especially in Scotland, together with a right to use separate pastureland shared by other crofters.


lexentry: eng/crook__Noun__1
sense_num: 06
written_rep: crook
trans_list: agolum | pedum
sense:
A specialized staff with a semi-circular bend (a "hook") at one end used by shepherds to control their herds.


lexentry: eng/crop__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: crop
trans_list: messis | seges | frux
sense:
(agriculture) A plant, especially a cereal, grown to be harvested as food, livestock fodder, or fuel or for any other economic purpose.


lexentry: eng/crop__Noun__1
sense_num: 11
written_rep: crop
trans_list: ingluvies
sense:
(anatomy) A pouch-like part of the alimentary tract of some birds (and some other animals), used to store food before digestion or for regurgitation.


lexentry: eng/crosier__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: crosier
trans_list: baculum
sense:
A staff with a hooked end similar to a shepherd's crook, or with a cross at the end, carried by an abbot, bishop, or archbishop as a symbol of office.


lexentry: eng/cross-cousin__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cross-cousin
trans_list: amitin | consobrin
sense:
(anthropology) The child of one's father's sister or of one's mother's brother; a cousin related via opposite-gender siblings rather than same-gender ones (the latter being a parallel cousin).


lexentry: eng/cross-dresser__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cross-dresser
trans_list: transvestitor | transvestitrix | transvestitrum | transvestitus
sense:
A person who wears clothing which society considers appropriate only for members of the opposite sex.


lexentry: eng/cross__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cross
trans_list: crux
sense:
A geometrical figure consisting of two straight lines or bars intersecting each other such that at least one of them is bisected by the other.


lexentry: eng/cross__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: cross
trans_list: crux
sense:
(heraldiccharge) Any geometric figure having this or a similar shape, such as a cross of Lorraine or a Maltese cross.


lexentry: eng/cross__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: cross
trans_list: crux
sense:
A wooden post with a perpendicular beam attached and used (especially in the Roman Empire) to execute criminals (by crucifixion).


lexentry: eng/cross__Noun__1
sense_num: 13
written_rep: cross
trans_list: crux
sense:
A place where roads intersect and lead off in four directions; a crossroad (common in UK and Irish place names such as Gerrards Cross).


lexentry: eng/cross_to_bear__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cross to bear
trans_list: crux
sense:
(idiomatic) A problem, or unpleasant or painful situation or person that one has to accept and deal with, although one finds it very difficult, or it causes trouble or worry over a long period of time.


lexentry: eng/crossbill__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: crossbill
trans_list: loxia
sense:
Any of various finches of the genus Loxia, whose bill crosses over at the tips; they are specialist feeders on conifer cones.


lexentry: eng/crossguard__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: crossguard
trans_list: gustos
sense:
A bar of metal, at right-angles, between the blade and the hilt of a sword that stops an opponent's blade from sliding down and injuring the hand of the person wielding the sword.


lexentry: eng/crosspiece__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: crosspiece
trans_list: vibia
sense:
A horizontal or transverse beam or similar member that extends across or perpendicular to something.


lexentry: eng/crossword__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: crossword
trans_list: crucigramma
sense:
(games, puzzles) A word puzzle in which interlocking words are entered usually horizontally and vertically into a grid based on clues given for each word.


lexentry: eng/crouch__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: crouch
trans_list: conquiniscō
sense:
(intransitive) To bend down; to stoop low; to stand close to the ground with legs bent, like an animal when waiting for prey, or someone in fear.


lexentry: eng/crow's_nest__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: crow's nest
trans_list: carchesium
sense:
(nautical) A small open-top shelter, originally a cask, on the top of the foremast, large enough to accommodate a lookout. It was used by whalers to watch for a blow (spout), or in icebound waters to seek a channel.


lexentry: eng/crow__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: crow
trans_list: cantō | canō
sense:
(intransitive) To make the shrill sound characteristic of a rooster; to make a sound in this manner, either in gaiety, joy, pleasure, or defiance.


lexentry: eng/crowbar__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: crowbar
trans_list: vectis
sense:
An iron or steel bar, often with a flattened end which may also be hook-shaped, to be used as a lever to manually force things apart.


lexentry: eng/crown__Noun__1
sense_num: 11
written_rep: crown
trans_list: corona
sense:
Any currency (originally) issued by the crown (regal power) and often bearing a crown (headdress); (translation) various currencies known by similar names in their native languages, such as the koruna, kruna, krone, korona.


lexentry: eng/crown__Noun__1
sense_num: 27
written_rep: crown
trans_list: corona
sense:
(religion) A round spot shaved clean on the top of the head, as a mark of the clerical state; the tonsure.


lexentry: eng/crown__Verb__1
sense_num: 11
written_rep: crown
trans_list: coronare
sense:
Of a forest fire or bushfire, to spread to the crowns of the trees and thence move from tree to tree independent of the surface fire.


lexentry: eng/crown_of_thorns__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: crown of thorns
trans_list: spinea corona
sense:
(Christianity) The crown made of a thorny plant that Christ was forced to wear before his Crucifixion, in mocking reference to his alleged status as ‘king of the Jews’, or a representation of this. [from 10th c.]


lexentry: eng/crownvetch__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: crownvetch
trans_list: Securigera varia
sense:
A crawling leguminous vine, Securigera varia, which is native to Eurasia and Africa but widely planted elsewhere as a ground cover, where it can become an invasive weed.


lexentry: eng/crucible__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: crucible
trans_list: conflatorium
sense:
A heat-resistant container in which metals are melted, usually at temperatures above 500°C, commonly made of graphite with clay as a binder.


lexentry: eng/crucifix__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: crucifix
trans_list: crux | crucifixum
sense:
An ornamental or symbolic sculptural representation of Christ on a cross, often worn as a pendant or displayed in a Christian church.


lexentry: eng/cruet__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cruet
trans_list: ampulla
sense:
A small bottle or container used to hold a condiment, such as salt, pepper, oil, or vinegar, for use at a dining table.


lexentry: eng/crunch__Verb__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: crunch
trans_list: mando
sense:
(slang) To calculate or otherwise process (e.g. to crunch numbers: to perform mathematical calculations). Presumably from the sound made by mechanical calculators.


lexentry: eng/crusade__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: crusade
trans_list: expeditio sacra
sense:
(historical) Any of the Papally-endorsed military expeditions undertaken by the Christians of Latin Europe in the 11th to 13th centuries to reconquer the Levant from the Muslims, as well as expeditions along the Baltic Sea and against the Cathars.


lexentry: eng/crusade_bull__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: crusade bull
trans_list: bulla cruciāta
sense:
(historical, Roman Catholicism) A papal bull providing indulgences, dispensations from certain religious obligations, and absolution from certain ecclesiastical censures for the participants in a crusade, including those making donations for the cause.


lexentry: eng/crustacean__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: crustacean
trans_list: Crustacea
sense:
Any arthropod of the subphylum Crustacea, including lobsters, crabs, shrimp, barnacles and woodlice.


lexentry: eng/crutch__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: crutch
trans_list: adminiculum
sense:
Something that supports, often used negatively to indicate that it is not needed and causes an unhealthful dependency; a prop


lexentry: eng/cryptocurrency__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cryptocurrency
trans_list: cryptocurrentia
sense:
A digital currency based on a cryptographic system, usually having no central issuing or regulating authority.


lexentry: eng/cryptography__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cryptography
trans_list: cryptographia
sense:
The discipline concerned with communication security (eg, confidentiality of messages, integrity of messages, sender authentication, non-repudiation of messages, and many other related issues), regardless of the used medium such as pencil and paper or computers.


lexentry: eng/crystal__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: crystal
trans_list: crystallum
sense:
(countable) A solid composed of an array of atoms or molecules possessing long-range order and arranged in a pattern which is periodic in three dimensions.


lexentry: eng/crystal_system__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: crystal system
trans_list: systema crystallinus
sense:
(crystallography) Any of the seven distinct symmetry classifications of crystals: cubic, tetragonal, hexagonal, orthorhombic, monoclinic, triclinic and trigonal.


lexentry: eng/cubic__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cubic
trans_list: cubus
sense:
(geometry) Used in the names of units of volume formed by multiplying a unit of length by itself twice.


lexentry: eng/cubism__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cubism
trans_list: cubismus
sense:
(often, capitalized) An artistic movement in the early 20th Century characterized by the depiction of natural forms as geometric structures of planes. [from 1900s]


lexentry: eng/cuckoo__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: cuckoo
trans_list: cuculus
sense:
A person who inveigles themselves into a place where they should not be (used especially in the phrase a cuckoo in the nest).


lexentry: eng/cucumiform__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cucumiform
trans_list: cucumiformis
sense:
Shaped like a cucumber; having the form of a cylinder tapered and rounded at the ends, and possibly curved.


lexentry: eng/cue__Noun__2
sense_num: 02
written_rep: cue
trans_list: signum
sense:
The last words of a play actor's speech, serving as an intimation for the next actor to speak; any word or words which serve to remind an actor to speak or to do something; a catchword.


lexentry: eng/cue_ball__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cue ball
trans_list: lapis
sense:
(snooker, pool, billiards) The white ball which, stricken by the cue, collides with the other balls to achieve the object of the particular game.


lexentry: eng/cuisine__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cuisine
trans_list: coquina
sense:
(countable, uncountable) A characteristic style of preparing food, often associated with a place of origin.


lexentry: eng/cul-de-sac__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: cul-de-sac
trans_list: fundula
sense:
A circular area at the end of a dead end street to allow cars to turn around, designed so children can play on the street, with little or no through-traffic.


lexentry: eng/cull__Verb__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: cull
trans_list: ērŭĕre
sense:
To select animals from a group and then kill them in order to reduce the numbers of the group in a controlled manner.


lexentry: eng/culpable__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: culpable
trans_list: culpandus
sense:
Meriting condemnation, censure or blame, especially as something wrong, harmful or injurious; blameworthy, guilty.


lexentry: eng/cult__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: cult
trans_list: cultus
sense:
The veneration, devotion, and religious rites given to a deity (especially in a historical polytheistic context), or (in a Christian context) to a saint.


lexentry: eng/cultivar__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cultivar
trans_list: cultivarietās
sense:
A cultivated (not necessarily botanical) variety of a plant species or hybrid of two species. [from 1923]


lexentry: eng/culture__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: culture
trans_list: cultūra | cultura
sense:
The arts, customs, lifestyles, background, and habits that characterize humankind, or a particular society or nation.


lexentry: eng/culture__Noun__1
sense_num: 06
written_rep: culture
trans_list: cultura
sense:
(microbiology) The process of growing a bacterial or other biological entity in an artificial medium.


lexentry: eng/culver__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: culver
trans_list: columba
sense:
(now, _, UK, south and east, _, dialect, or) A dove or pigeon, now specifically of the species Columba palumbus.


lexentry: eng/cumulonimbus__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cumulonimbus
trans_list: cumulonimbus
sense:
(meteorology) A cloud, with a tall structure and a flat base, that is often associated with thunderstorms.


lexentry: eng/cunning__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: cunning
trans_list: versūtia
sense:
The disposition to employ one's skill in an artful manner; craftiness; guile; artifice; skill of being cunning, sly, conniving, or deceitful.


lexentry: eng/cup__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cup
trans_list: calix | cantharus | pōculum
sense:
A concave vessel for drinking from, usually made of opaque material (as opposed to a glass) and with a handle.


lexentry: eng/cupboard__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: cupboard
trans_list: armārium | promptuārium
sense:
A cabinet, closet, or other piece of furniture with shelves intended for storing cookware, dishware, or food; similar cabinets or closets used for storing other items.


lexentry: eng/cupule__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cupule
trans_list: putamen
sense:
Any small structure shaped like a cup, such as at the base of an acorn, or the sucker on the feet of some flies.


lexentry: eng/curdle__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: curdle
trans_list: concrescō
sense:
(ambitransitive) To clot or coagulate; to cause to congeal, such as through cold. (metaphorically of blood)


lexentry: eng/curiosity__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: curiosity
trans_list: cūriōsitās | curiositas
sense:
(uncountable) Inquisitiveness; the tendency to ask and learn about things by asking questions, investigating, or exploring. [from 17th c.]


lexentry: eng/curious__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: curious
trans_list: curiosus | studiosus
sense:
Tending to ask questions, or to want to explore or investigate; inquisitive; (with a negative connotation) nosy, prying.


lexentry: eng/current__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: current
trans_list: aestus | cursus | flumen
sense:
The part of a fluid that moves continuously in a certain direction, especially (oceanography) short for ocean current.


lexentry: eng/curriculum_vitae__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: curriculum vitae
trans_list: curriculum vitae
sense:
(British) A written account of one's life comprising one's education, accomplishments, work experience, publications, etc.; especially, one used to apply for a job.


lexentry: eng/curse__Verb__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: curse
trans_list: exsecror
sense:
To bring great evil upon; to be the cause of serious harm or unhappiness to; to furnish with that which will be a cause of deep trouble; to afflict or injure grievously; to harass or torment.


lexentry: eng/curse_tablet__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: curse tablet
trans_list: dēfixiō
sense:
(historical) A stone tablet inscribed with a curse, as used in parts of the ancient Mediterranean to target someone with maleficent magic.


lexentry: eng/custom__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: custom
trans_list: cōnsuētūdō
sense:
Frequent repetition of the same behavior; way of behavior common to many; ordinary manner; habitual practice; method of doing, living or behaving.


lexentry: eng/custom__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: custom
trans_list: cōnsuētūdō
sense:
(legal) Long-established practice, considered as unwritten law, and resting for authority on long consent. Compare prescription.


lexentry: eng/custom_house__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: custom house
trans_list: portitōrium | telōnium | telōnēum
sense:
An official building, in a port, where customs are collected and shipping is cleared for entry and exit


lexentry: eng/customer__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: customer
trans_list: ēmptor
sense:
A patron, a client; one who purchases or receives a product or service from a business or merchant, or intends to do so.


lexentry: eng/custos__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: custos
trans_list: custos
sense:
(Roman Catholicism) A monastic superior, who, under the general of his order, has the direction of all the religious houses of the same fraternity in a given district, called a custody of the order.


lexentry: eng/cut_out__Verb__1
sense_num: 06
written_rep: cut out
trans_list: caedo
sense:
(intransitive) To stop working, to switch off; (of a person on the telephone etc.) to be inaudible, be disconnected.


lexentry: eng/cutaneous__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cutaneous
trans_list: pelliceus
sense:
(anatomy, zoology) Of, relating to, existing on, or affecting the exterior skin, especially the cutis.


lexentry: eng/cute__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cute
trans_list: bellulum
sense:
Possessing physical features, behaviors, personality traits or other properties that are mainly attributed to infants and small or cuddly animals; e.g. fair, dainty, round, and soft physical features, disproportionately large eyes and head, playfulness, fragility, helplessness, curiosity or shyness, innocence, affectionate behavior.


lexentry: eng/cute__Adjective__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: cute
trans_list: bellula | bellulum | bellulus
sense:
Lovable, charming, attractive or pleasing, especially in a youthful, dainty, quaint or fun-spirited way.


lexentry: eng/cutlet__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: cutlet
trans_list: praecīsum
sense:
A chop, a specific piece of meat (especially pork, chicken, or beef) cut from the side of an animal.


lexentry: eng/cuttlefish__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cuttlefish
trans_list: sepia | saepia
sense:
any of various squid-like cephalopods (marine mollusks) of the order Sepiida that have eight arms, two retractable tentacles, and a calcareous internal shell, and can eject a dark ink when threatened


lexentry: eng/cyan__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cyan
trans_list: cyanus
sense:
An additive secondary colour midway between green and blue, evoked by wavelengths between ~490 and ~520 nm.


lexentry: eng/cyclamen__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cyclamen
trans_list: cyclamen | cyclamīnos
sense:
Any of various flowering plants, of the genus Cyclamen, widely cultivated as a houseplant, having decorative leaves and solitary flowers.


lexentry: eng/cyclone__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cyclone
trans_list: cyclonas
sense:
(broad sense) A weather phenomenon consisting of a system of winds rotating around a centre of low atmospheric pressure.


lexentry: eng/cyclotron__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cyclotron
trans_list: cyclotron
sense:
An early particle accelerator in which charged particles were generated at a central source and accelerated spirally outward through a fixed magnetic field and alternating electric fields.


lexentry: eng/cylinder__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cylinder
trans_list: cylindrus
sense:
(geometry) A surface created by projecting a closed two-dimensional curve along an axis intersecting the plane of the curve.


lexentry: eng/cylinder__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: cylinder
trans_list: modiolus | cylindrus
sense:
A cylindrical cavity or chamber in a mechanism, such as the counterpart to a piston found in a piston-driven engine.


lexentry: eng/cymbal__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cymbal
trans_list: cymbalum
sense:
(musical instruments) A concave plate of brass or bronze that produces a sharp, ringing sound when struck: played either in pairs, by striking them together, or singly by striking with a drumstick or the like.


lexentry: eng/cynosure__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: cynosure
trans_list: caminus
sense:
(figuratively) Something that is the center of attention; an object that serves as a focal point of attraction and admiration.


lexentry: eng/cypress__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cypress
trans_list: cupressus | cyparissus
sense:
An evergreen coniferous tree with flattened shoots bearing small scale-like leaves, whose dark foliage is sometimes associated with mourning, in family Cupressaceae, especially the genera Cupressus and Chamaecyparis.


lexentry: eng/cystic_duct__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cystic duct
trans_list: ductus cysticus
sense:
(anatomy) A short duct that leads from the gallbladder and unites with the common hepatic duct to form the common bile duct.


lexentry: eng/cytoplasm__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cytoplasm
trans_list: cytoplasma
sense:
(cytology) The contents of a cell except for the nucleus. It includes cytosol, organelles, vesicles, and the cytoskeleton.


lexentry: eng/dactyl__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dactyl
trans_list: dactylus
sense:
A metrical foot of three syllables (— ⏑ ⏑), one long followed by two short, or one accented followed by two unaccented.


lexentry: eng/daddy__Noun__1
sense_num: 08
written_rep: daddy
trans_list: tata
sense:
(slang, obsolete) The person who gives away the bride at a wedding, in the absence of her actual father.


lexentry: eng/daffodil__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: daffodil
trans_list: narcissus
sense:
(countable) A bulbous plant of the genus Narcissus, with yellow flowers and a trumpet shaped corona, especially Narcissus pseudonarcissus, the national flower of Wales.


lexentry: eng/dagesh__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dagesh
trans_list: Dagesch
sense:
A symbol used in Hebrew script to denote a geminated consonant, or a consonant pronounced as a plosive as opposed to as a fricative.


lexentry: eng/dairy__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dairy
trans_list: pabulatio
sense:
A place, often on a farm, where milk is processed and turned into products such as butter and cheese.


lexentry: eng/dais__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dais
trans_list: suggestus
sense:
A raised platform in a room for a high table, a seat of honour, a throne, or other dignified occupancy, such as ancestral statues; a similar platform supporting a lectern, pulpit, etc., which may be used to speak from. [from c. 1800.]


lexentry: eng/damn__Interjection__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: damn
trans_list: brassica
sense:
(mildly, _, profane) Used to express anger, irritation, disappointment, annoyance, contempt or surprise, etc. See also dammit.


lexentry: eng/damn__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: damn
trans_list: accidens
sense:
(mildly, _, profane, chiefly in the negative) A small, negligible quantity, being of little value; a whit or jot.


lexentry: eng/dance__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dance
trans_list: saltatio | saltatus | tripudium
sense:
A sequence of rhythmic steps or movements usually performed to music, for pleasure or as a form of social interaction.


lexentry: eng/dandelion__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dandelion
trans_list: aphaca
sense:
(countable) Any of the several species of plant in the genus Taraxacum, characterised by yellow flower heads and notched, broad-ended leaves, especially the common dandelion (Taraxacum officinale).


lexentry: eng/dandy__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dandy
trans_list: formaster
sense:
A man very concerned about his physical appearance, refined language, and leisurely hobbies, pursued with the appearance of nonchalance in a cult of self.


lexentry: eng/danse_macabre__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: danse macabre
trans_list: chorea macchabæorum
sense:
(arts) A conventional subject in art, literature and drama, or a particular work in that style, in which death (in the form of a putrid corpse, skeleton, the Grim Reaper, etc) is shown leading people to the grave.


lexentry: eng/daphne__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: daphne
trans_list: citocacia
sense:
Any one of least 50 species of shrub in the genus Daphne of the family Thymelaeaceae, some of which are grown as ornamentals.


lexentry: eng/daredevil__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: daredevil
trans_list: audax
sense:
A person who engages in very risky behavior, especially one who is motivated by a craving for excitement or attention. [from 1794]


lexentry: eng/daric__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: daric
trans_list: darīcus
sense:
A gold coin from Persian Empire, introduced by Darius the Great (522-486 BC) and used until Alexander the Great's invasion (330 BC).


lexentry: eng/dark_horse__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: dark horse
trans_list: planeta
sense:
(idiomatic, politics) A candidate for an election who is nominated unexpectedly, without previously having been discussed or considered as a likely choice.


lexentry: eng/darnel__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: darnel
trans_list: lolium
sense:
A species of ryegrass, Lolium temulentum, often found in wheat fields and often host to a fungus intoxicating to humans and animals.


lexentry: eng/data__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: data
trans_list: data
sense:
(collectively, uncountable) Information, especially in a scientific or computational context, or with the implication that it is organized.


lexentry: eng/database__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: database
trans_list: tabularium
sense:
(general) A collection of (usually) organized information in a regular structure, usually but not necessarily in a machine-readable format accessible by a computer.


lexentry: eng/date__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: date
trans_list: palmula | dactylus
sense:
The fruit of the date palm, Phoenix dactylifera, somewhat in the shape of an olive, containing a soft, sweet pulp and enclosing a hard kernel.


lexentry: eng/date__Noun__2
sense_num: 02
written_rep: date
trans_list: dies | tempus
sense:
A specific day in time at which a transaction or event takes place, or is appointed to take place; a given point of time.


lexentry: eng/dation_in_payment__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dation in payment
trans_list: datio in solutum
sense:
(legal) The agreed discharge of a debt by giving something differing in character from that of the original debt


lexentry: eng/dative__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dative
trans_list: datīvus | dativus
sense:
(grammar) Noting the case of a noun which expresses the remoter or indirect object, generally indicated in English by to or for with the objective.


lexentry: eng/dative_case__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dative case
trans_list: (casus) dativus
sense:
(grammar) Case used to express direction towards an indirect object, the recipient or beneficiary of an action, and is generally indicated in English by to (when a recipient) or for (when a beneficiary) with the objective case. The direct object may be either stated or unstated where the indirect object is the beneficiary of the verbal action, but is stated where the indirect object is a recipient. If there is emphasis on the indirect object, the indirect object usually precedes the direct object and is not usually indicated with to or for; said structure is also used when neither object is being emphasized.


lexentry: eng/datum__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: datum
trans_list: traditus
sense:
(cartography, surveying, engineering) A fixed reference point or set of reference points which precisely define a system of measurement or a coordinate system.


lexentry: eng/dauphin__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dauphin
trans_list: Delphinus
sense:
The eldest son of the king of France. Under the Valois and Bourbon dynasties, the Dauphin of France, generally shortened to Dauphin, was heir apparent to the throne of France. The title derived from the main title of the Dauphin, Dauphin of Viennois.


lexentry: eng/dawdle__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: dawdle
trans_list: cūnctor
sense:
To spend time idly and unfruitfully; to waste time. [from mid 17th c. (probably dialectal); in general use from late 18th c.]


lexentry: eng/day__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: day
trans_list: dies | lux
sense:
A period of time between two set times which mark the beginning and the end of day in a calendar, such as from midnight to the following midnight or (Judaism) from nightfall to the following nightfall.


lexentry: eng/daylight_robbery__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: daylight robbery
trans_list: furtum
sense:
(uncountable) The practice of cheating or of imposing an exorbitant charge for a product or service; (countable, rare) an instance of this.


lexentry: eng/daylight_saving_time__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: daylight saving time
trans_list: hora aestiva
sense:
The practice in some places of adjusting clocks forward in the spring and back in the fall, usually by one hour, so that the adjustment causes the time to coincide with the greatest period of illumination by the sun over the course of the day.


lexentry: eng/daze__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: daze
trans_list: exterreo
sense:
(transitive) To stun or stupefy, for example with bright light, with a blow, with cold, or with fear


lexentry: eng/dazzle__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: dazzle
trans_list: oculos perstringo
sense:
(transitive, figuratively) To render incapable of thinking clearly; to overwhelm with showiness or brilliance.


lexentry: eng/de_facto__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: de facto
trans_list: de facto
sense:
In fact or in practice; in actual use or existence, regardless of official or legal status. (Often opposed to de jure.)


lexentry: eng/deacon__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: deacon
trans_list: diaconus
sense:
(Orthodoxy, Catholicism) A clergyman ranked directly below a priest, with duties of helping the priests and carrying out parish work.


lexentry: eng/dead__Adjective__1
sense_num: 26
written_rep: dead
trans_list: mortuus
sense:
(rare, especially, religion, often with "to") Indifferent to; having no obligation toward; no longer subject to or ruled by (sin, guilt, pleasure, etc).


lexentry: eng/deadeye__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: deadeye
trans_list: virgo
sense:
(nautical) A wooden disk having holes through which the lanyard is passed, used for tightening shrouds.


lexentry: eng/deadly_nightshade__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: deadly nightshade
trans_list: solanum
sense:
The plant Atropa belladonna, a perennial shrub of the nightshade family that contains high concentrations of the alkaloid atropine which can be deadly if taken in excess.


lexentry: eng/deadly_sin__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: deadly sin
trans_list: peccatum mortiferum
sense:
Any of the seven deadly sins: pride (or vanity, vainglory), envy, gluttony, greed (or avarice), lust, sloth (or acedia), and wrath (or anger).


lexentry: eng/deadnettle__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: deadnettle
trans_list: lamium
sense:
Any plant of a species in genus Lamium, which closely resembles the nettle, but does not possess stinging hairs.


lexentry: eng/deal__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: deal
trans_list: copia
sense:
(often followed by of) An indefinite quantity or amount; a lot (now usually qualified by great or good).


lexentry: eng/dean__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dean
trans_list: praefectus
sense:
A senior official in a college or university, who may be in charge of a division or faculty (for example, the dean of science) or have some other advisory or disciplinary function (for example, the dean of students).


lexentry: eng/dean__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: dean
trans_list: praefectus
sense:
A dignitary or presiding officer in certain church bodies, especially an ecclesiastical dignitary, subordinate to a bishop, in charge of a chapter of canons.


lexentry: eng/death__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: death
trans_list: mors | exitium | letum | quietus | nex | funus
sense:
The cessation of life and all associated processes; the end of an organism's existence as an entity independent from its environment and its return to an inert, nonliving state.


lexentry: eng/death__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: death
trans_list: mors | letus
sense:
(often, capitalized) The personification of death as a (usually male) hooded figure with a scythe; the Grim Reaper.


lexentry: eng/death__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: death
trans_list: mors | letum
sense:
(figuratively, especially followed by of-phrase) A cause of great stress, exhaustion, embarrassment, or another negative condition (for someone).


lexentry: eng/death_rattle__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: death rattle
trans_list: singultus
sense:
The raspy or gurgling sound sometimes made by a person while drawing in or expelling their final breaths before dying.


lexentry: eng/deathblow__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: deathblow
trans_list: fatalis
sense:
(figurative) Something that prevents the completion, or ends the existence, of a project etc.; a fatal setback.


lexentry: eng/debate__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: debate
trans_list: altercatio
sense:
An argument, or discussion, usually in an ordered or formal setting, often with more than two people, generally ending with a vote or other decision.


lexentry: eng/debate__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: debate
trans_list: disputō
sense:
(ambitransitive, reciprocal) To participate in a debate; to dispute, argue, especially in a public arena. [from 14th c.]


lexentry: eng/debauched__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: debauched
trans_list: protervus
sense:
Indulging in or characterised by sensual pleasures to a degree perceived to be morally harmful; corrupted; immoral; self-indulgent.


lexentry: eng/debauchery__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: debauchery
trans_list: luxuria
sense:
Indulgence in sensual pleasures; scandalous activities involving sex, alcohol, or drugs without inhibition.


lexentry: eng/debt__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: debt
trans_list: dēbitum
sense:
An action, state of mind, or object one has an obligation to perform for another, adopt toward another, or give to another.


lexentry: eng/debug__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: debug
trans_list: corrigo
sense:
(computer science) To search for and eliminate malfunctioning elements or errors in something, especially a computer program or machinery.


lexentry: eng/decade__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: decade
trans_list: decennium | decas
sense:
A period of ten years [from 17th c.], particularly such a period beginning with a year ending in 0 and ending with a year ending in 9. [from 19th c.]


lexentry: eng/decane__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: decane
trans_list: praefectus
sense:
(chemistry) any of the seventy-five isomers of the aliphatic hydrocarbon having the chemical formula C10H22


lexentry: eng/decentralize__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: decentralize
trans_list: distribuere
sense:
To cause something to change from being concentrated at one point to being distributed across a number of points.


lexentry: eng/deception__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: deception
trans_list: dolus | captiō
sense:
An instance of actions and/or schemes fabricated to mislead someone into believing a lie or inaccuracy.


lexentry: eng/deceptive_cadence__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: deceptive cadence
trans_list: pseudomenos
sense:
(music, US) a falling cadence in which the ear expects the a dominant chord to resolve to the tonic, but resolves to something else (usually a submediant chord) instead.


lexentry: eng/deciduous__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: deciduous
trans_list: brevis
sense:
(biology, anatomy) Describing a part that falls off, or is shed, at a particular time or stage of development.


lexentry: eng/decimal_point__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: decimal point
trans_list: punctum
sense:
(typography) A period/full stop ⟨.⟩ or middot ⟨·⟩ used to set off the decimal or fractional part of a number.


lexentry: eng/decimate__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: decimate
trans_list: dĕcĭmāre
sense:
(archaic) To kill one-tenth of (a group), (historical, specifically) as a military punishment in the Roman army selected by lot, usually carried out by the surviving soldiers.


lexentry: eng/decision__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: decision
trans_list: perfīnītiō
sense:
(chiefly combat sports) A result arrived at by the judges when there is no clear winner at the end of the contest.


lexentry: eng/decisive__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: decisive
trans_list: decretorius
sense:
Having the power or quality of deciding a question or controversy; putting an end to contest or controversy; final; conclusive.


lexentry: eng/declaim__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: declaim
trans_list: declamo
sense:
To recite, e.g., poetry, in a theatrical way; to speak for rhetorical display; to speak pompously, noisily, or theatrically; bemouth; to make an empty speech; to rehearse trite arguments in debate; to rant.


lexentry: eng/declaration__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: declaration
trans_list: fatum
sense:
(legal) In common law, the formal document specifying plaintiff's cause of action, including the facts necessary to sustain a proper cause of action, and to advise the defendant of the grounds upon which he is being sued.


lexentry: eng/declaration_of_will__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: declaration of will
trans_list: dēclārātiō voluntātis | voluntātis dēclārātiō
sense:
(law) A private outward manifestation of intention which is directly aimed at bringing about a legal effect.


lexentry: eng/declare__Verb__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: declare
trans_list: eloquor
sense:
(intransitive, cricket) For the captain of the batting side to announce the innings complete even though all batsmen have not been dismissed.


lexentry: eng/declare__Verb__1
sense_num: 06
written_rep: declare
trans_list: eloquor
sense:
(transitive) To inform government customs or taxation officials of goods one is importing or of income, expenses, or other circumstances affecting one's taxes.


lexentry: eng/declension__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: declension
trans_list: declinatio
sense:
(grammar) The act of declining a word; the act of listing the inflections of a noun, pronoun or adjective in order.


lexentry: eng/declension__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: declension
trans_list: declinatio
sense:
(grammar) A way of categorizing nouns, pronouns, or adjectives according to the inflections they receive.


lexentry: eng/declination__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: declination
trans_list: declinatio
sense:
At a given point, the angle between the line connecting this point with the geographical center of the earth and the equatorial plane.


lexentry: eng/decompose__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: decompose
trans_list: dissolvere
sense:
(transitive) To separate or break down (something) into its components; to disintegrate or fragment.


lexentry: eng/dedovshchina__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dedovshchina
trans_list: fluctus
sense:
Hazing, the informal system of subjection and abuse of new junior conscripts, formerly in the Soviet Armed Forces and today in the Russian, Ukrainian, etc. armed forces.


lexentry: eng/deduce__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: deduce
trans_list: colligere
sense:
(transitive) To reach (a conclusion) by applying rules of logic or other forms of reasoning to given premises or known facts.


lexentry: eng/deduction__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: deduction
trans_list: conclusio
sense:
(logic) A process of reasoning that moves from the general to the specific, in which a conclusion follows necessarily from the premises presented, so that the conclusion cannot be false if the premises are true.


lexentry: eng/deem__Verb__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: deem
trans_list: opinor
sense:
(ambitransitive) To think, judge, or have or hold as an opinion; to decide or believe on consideration; to suppose.


lexentry: eng/deep__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: deep
trans_list: profundus
sense:
(cricket, baseball, softball) Far from the center of the playing area, near to the boundary of the playing area, either in absolute terms or relative to a point of reference.


lexentry: eng/deep_state__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: deep state
trans_list: imperium in imperiō
sense:
(politics, conspiracy research) A large group of people, typically members of government agencies and the military, believed to have long-lasting political influence that is difficult for an administration voted into power to counter.


lexentry: eng/deer__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: deer
trans_list: cervus | cerva
sense:
A ruminant mammal with antlers and hooves of the family Cervidae, or one of several similar animals from related families of the order Artiodactyla.


lexentry: eng/defamation__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: defamation
trans_list: diffamatio | obtrectatio
sense:
The act of injuring another person's reputation by any slanderous communication, written or oral; the wrong of maliciously injuring the good name of another.


lexentry: eng/defect__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: defect
trans_list: dēscīscō
sense:
(intransitive) To abandon or turn against; to cease or change one's loyalty, especially from a military organisation or political party.


lexentry: eng/defective_verb__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: defective verb
trans_list: verbum defectivum
sense:
(grammar) A verb with an incomplete conjugation; for example, one that can only be conjugated in certain persons and numbers.


lexentry: eng/defenceman__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: defenceman
trans_list: defensor
sense:
In ice hockey and lacrosse, a player position with a primary responsibility to prevent the opposing team from scoring goals; same as defender in many other ballgames.


lexentry: eng/defendant__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: defendant
trans_list: reus
sense:
(legal) In civil proceedings, the party responding to the complaint; one who is sued and called upon to make satisfaction for a wrong complained of by another.


lexentry: eng/defender__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: defender
trans_list: dēfensor | tutor
sense:
(law, rare) A lawyer who represents defendants, especially a public defender; a defense attorney (US) or defence counsel (UK).


lexentry: eng/defile__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: defile
trans_list: angustiae | furculae | pylae | saltus
sense:
A narrow passage or way (originally (military) , one which soldiers could only march through in a single file or line), especially a narrow gorge or pass between mountains.


lexentry: eng/define__Verb__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: define
trans_list: definire
sense:
To describe, explain, or make definite and clear; used to request the listener or other person to elaborate or explain more clearly his or her intended meaning of a word or expression.


lexentry: eng/definite_article__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: definite article
trans_list: articulus definitus
sense:
(grammar) An article that introduces a noun and specifies it as the particular noun that is being considered; in English, the only definite article is the and its variations.


lexentry: eng/definition__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: definition
trans_list: dēfīnītiō | definitio
sense:
(semantics, lexicography) A statement of the meaning of a word or word group or a sign or symbol (dictionary definitions).


lexentry: eng/deflation__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: deflation
trans_list: deflatio
sense:
(economics) A decrease in the general price level, that is, in the nominal cost of goods and services as well as wages.


lexentry: eng/deform__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: deform
trans_list: deformo
sense:
To change the form of (something), usually thus making it disordered or irregular; to give (something) an abnormal or unusual shape.


lexentry: eng/defy__Verb__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: defy
trans_list: diffido
sense:
(transitive, obsolete) To renounce or dissolve all bonds of affiance, faith, or obligation with; to reject, refuse, or renounce.


lexentry: eng/degenerate__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: degenerate
trans_list: dēgener
sense:
(of qualities) Having deteriorated, degraded or fallen from normal, coherent, balanced and desirable to undesirable and typically abnormal.


lexentry: eng/degeneration__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: degeneration
trans_list: demutatio
sense:
(uncountable, countable) The process or state of growing worse, or the state of having become worse.


lexentry: eng/degeneration__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: degeneration
trans_list: degeneratio
sense:
(uncountable) That condition of a tissue or an organ in which its vitality has become either diminished or perverted; a substitution of a lower for a higher form of structure.


lexentry: eng/degeneration__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: degeneration
trans_list: degeneratio
sense:
(uncountable) Gradual deterioration, from natural causes, of any class of animals or plants or any particular organ or organs; hereditary degradation of type.


lexentry: eng/degree__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: degree
trans_list: gradus
sense:
(geometry) A unit of measurement of angle equal to 1⁄360 of a circle's circumference. [from 14th c.]


lexentry: eng/degree__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: degree
trans_list: gradus numerantur
sense:
(physics) A unit of measurement of temperature on any of several scales, such as Celsius or Fahrenheit. [from 18th c.]


lexentry: eng/degree_of_comparison__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: degree of comparison
trans_list: gradus | gradus comparationis
sense:
(linguistics, grammar) A form of an adjective that indicates a different degree of the attribute the adjective denotes; like the positive, comparative and superlative forms.


lexentry: eng/delation__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: delation
trans_list: delatio
sense:
(legal) An accusation or charge brought against someone, especially by an informer; the act of accusing someone.


lexentry: eng/delative_case__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: delative case
trans_list: casus delativus
sense:
(grammar) case used to indicate movement from an object. In English, this is usually expressed by the prepositions from or off of, as in "down off of the house." Hungarian is a language that uses the delative case, see -ról.


lexentry: eng/delay__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: delay
trans_list: mora
sense:
A period of time before an event occurs; the act of delaying; procrastination; lingering inactivity.


lexentry: eng/delegation__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: delegation
trans_list: dēlēgātiō
sense:
(legal) The act whereby or constellation in which the performance of an obligation (owed to an obligee, presuming its validity; irrespective of the obligation as the target of the delegation, rarely called delegatary) is assigned by its debtor (delegator, obligor) to and towards another party (delegatee, delegate)


lexentry: eng/delete__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: delete
trans_list: dēleō
sense:
To remove, get rid of or erase, especially written or printed material, or data on a computer or other device. [from 1600s]


lexentry: eng/deliberation__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: deliberation
trans_list: deliberatio
sense:
The act of deliberating, or of weighing and examining the reasons for and against a choice or measure; careful consideration; mature reflection.


lexentry: eng/delicacy__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: delicacy
trans_list: mattea | scītāmentum
sense:
Something appealing, usually a pleasing food, especially a choice dish of a certain culture suggesting rarity and refinement.


lexentry: eng/delicate__Adjective__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: delicate
trans_list: delicatus
sense:
Refined; gentle; scrupulous not to trespass or offend; considerate; said of manners, conduct, or feelings.


lexentry: eng/delirium__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: delirium
trans_list: dēlīrium
sense:
(symptom) A temporary mental state with a sudden onset, usually reversible, including symptoms of confusion, inability to concentrate, disorientation, anxiety, and sometimes hallucinations. Causes can include dehydration, drug intoxication, and severe infection.


lexentry: eng/delirium_tremens__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: delirium tremens
trans_list: delirium tremens
sense:
(pathology) A psychosis of chronic alcoholism, usually due to alcohol withdrawal, which can be fatal. Symptoms include sweating, tremors, terrifying hallucinations, insomnia, restlessness, disorientation and anxiety.


lexentry: eng/delve__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: delve
trans_list: aspicio
sense:
(ambitransitive) To search thoroughly and carefully for information, research, dig into, penetrate, fathom, trace out


lexentry: eng/demeanor__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: demeanor
trans_list: gestus
sense:
(American spelling) The social, non-verbal behaviours (such as body language and facial expressions) that are characteristic of a person.


lexentry: eng/demesne__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: demesne
trans_list: dicio
sense:
A lord's chief manor place, with that part of the lands belonging thereto which has not been granted out in tenancy; a house, and the land adjoining, kept for the proprietor's own use.


lexentry: eng/demise__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: demise
trans_list: acer
sense:
Transmission by formal act or conveyance to an heir or successor; transference; especially, the transfer or transmission of the crown or royal authority to a successor.


lexentry: eng/demiurge__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: demiurge
trans_list: dēmiūrgus
sense:
(Platonic, _, philosophy) The (usually benevolent) being that created the universe out of primal matter.


lexentry: eng/democracy__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: democracy
trans_list: dēmocratia | imperium populī | democratia
sense:
(uncountable) Rule by the people, especially as a form of government; either directly or through elected representatives (representative democracy).


lexentry: eng/democracy__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: democracy
trans_list: dēmocratia | imperium populī | democratia
sense:
(countable, government) A government under the direct or representative rule of the people of its jurisdiction.


lexentry: eng/demography__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: demography
trans_list: demographia
sense:
The study of the characteristics of human populations, especially with regards to their makeup and fluctuations and the social causes behind these.


lexentry: eng/demonstrative_pronoun__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: demonstrative pronoun
trans_list: pronomen demonstrativum
sense:
(grammar) a pronoun that replaces a noun whose identity can be understood from the context; it indicates whether the noun is singular or plural, and whether it is near or far from the speaker or writer


lexentry: eng/demur__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: demur
trans_list: demoror
sense:
(intransitive) To delay; to pause; to suspend proceedings or judgment in view of a doubt or difficulty; to hesitate; to put off the determination or conclusion of an affair.


lexentry: eng/den__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: den
trans_list: lustrum | tablīnum
sense:
A small cavern or hollow place in the side of a hill, or among rocks; especially, a cave used by a wild animal for shelter or concealment.


lexentry: eng/denarius__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: denarius
trans_list: dēnārius
sense:
(Ancient Rome, numismatics) A small silver coin issued both during the Roman Republic and during the Roman Empire, equal to 10 asses or 4 sesterces.


lexentry: eng/dendrochronology__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dendrochronology
trans_list: dendrochronologia
sense:
(biology, archaeology) The science that uses the spacing between the annual growth rings of trees to date their exact year of formation.


lexentry: eng/denial__Noun__1
sense_num: 07
written_rep: denial
trans_list: infitiae
sense:
(psychology) A defense mechanism involving a refusal to accept the truth of a phenomenon or prospect.


lexentry: eng/denizen__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: denizen
trans_list: habitator
sense:
(British, historical) A person with rights between those of naturalized citizen and resident alien (roughly permanent resident), obtained through letters patent.


lexentry: eng/denomination__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: denomination
trans_list: ordo
sense:
(countable, religion) A class, or society of individuals, called by the same name; a subdivision of a religion.


lexentry: eng/denounce__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: denounce
trans_list: accusare
sense:
(transitive) To criticize or speak out against (someone or something); to point out as deserving of reprehension, etc.; to openly accuse or condemn in a threatening manner; to invoke censure upon; to stigmatize; to blame.


lexentry: eng/deoxyribonucleic_acid__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: deoxyribonucleic acid
trans_list: Acidum desoxyribonucleicum
sense:
(biochemistry, genetics) A nucleic acid found in all living things (and some non-living things such as certain viruses) which consists of two polynucleotide chains that coil around each other to form a double helix; encoded in its structure are genetic instructions for development, functioning, growth, and reproduction.


lexentry: eng/department_store__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: department store
trans_list: emporium
sense:
A large store containing many different departments, each of which deals in the sale of different goods or services.


lexentry: eng/departure__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: departure
trans_list: abitus | abitio | egressus | itus
sense:
(navigation) The distance due east or west made by a ship in its course reckoned in plane sailing as the product of the distance sailed and the sine of the angle made by the course with the meridian.


lexentry: eng/departure__Noun__1
sense_num: 06
written_rep: departure
trans_list: abitus | abitio | egressus | itus
sense:
(legal) The desertion by a party to any pleading of the ground taken by him in his last antecedent pleading, and the adoption of another


lexentry: eng/depict__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: depict
trans_list: ludere
sense:
To render a representation of something, using words, sounds, images, or other means. [from early 15th c.]


lexentry: eng/deponent__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: deponent
trans_list: dēpōnēns
sense:
(grammar, of a verb) Having passive grammatical form (that is, conjugating like the passive voice), but an active meaning.


lexentry: eng/depose__Verb__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: depose
trans_list: iuramentum
sense:
(law, intransitive) To give evidence or testimony, especially in response to interrogation during a deposition


lexentry: eng/deposit__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: deposit
trans_list: arrabō
sense:
(finance) A sum of money or other asset given as an initial payment, to show good faith, or to reserve something for purchase.


lexentry: eng/depravity__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: depravity
trans_list: vitiatio
sense:
(uncountable, Christian theology) Inborn corruption, entailing the belief that every facet of human nature has been polluted, defiled, and contaminated by sin.


lexentry: eng/deprecation__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: deprecation
trans_list: carmen
sense:
(countable) A praying against evil; prayer that an evil may be removed or prevented; strong expression of disapprobation.


lexentry: eng/depression__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: depression
trans_list: depressio
sense:
(psychology, usually, uncountable) A state of mind producing serious, long-term lowering of enjoyment of life or inability to visualize a happy future.


lexentry: eng/depression__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: depression
trans_list: depressio
sense:
(psychology, countable) A period of low morale or unhappiness (a period of experiencing the above-mentioned state of mind) which lasts longer than several weeks and may include ideation of self-inflicted injury or suicide.


lexentry: eng/deprivation__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: deprivation
trans_list: orbatio
sense:
(countable) The act of depriving, dispossessing, or bereaving; the act of deposing or divesting of some dignity.


lexentry: eng/deprive__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: deprive
trans_list: viduō
sense:
(transitive) Used with “of”, to take something away from (someone) and keep it away; to deny someone something.


lexentry: eng/deputy__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: deputy
trans_list: lēgātus
sense:
(US) a law enforcement officer who works for the county sheriff's office; a deputy sheriff or sheriff's deputy; the entry level rank in such an agency.


lexentry: eng/derelict__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: derelict
trans_list: derelictus | relictus
sense:
Abandoned, forsaken; given up by the natural owner or guardian; (of a ship) abandoned at sea, dilapidated, neglected; (of a spacecraft) abandoned in outer space.


lexentry: eng/derivation__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: derivation
trans_list: deductio
sense:
The act of receiving anything from a source; the act of procuring an effect from a cause, means, or condition, as profits from capital, conclusions or opinions from evidence.


lexentry: eng/derivative__Adjective__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: derivative
trans_list: traductivus
sense:
(legal, copyright) Referring to a work, such as a translation or adaptation, based on another work that may be subject to copyright restrictions.


lexentry: eng/derogate__Verb__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: derogate
trans_list: abducere
sense:
(ambitransitive) To take away (something from something else) in a way which leaves it lessened. [from 16th c.]


lexentry: eng/derogate__Verb__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: derogate
trans_list: abrogare
sense:
(intransitive) To remove a part, to detract from (a quality of excellence, authority etc.). [from 16th c.]


lexentry: eng/descend__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: descend
trans_list: descendō
sense:
(intransitive) To pass from a higher to a lower place; to move downwards; to come or go down in any way, for example by falling, flowing, walking, climbing etc.


lexentry: eng/descendant__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: descendant
trans_list: prognatus
sense:
One of the progeny of a specified person, at any distance of time or through any number of generations.


lexentry: eng/descender__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: descender
trans_list: descensus
sense:
(typography) The part of a letter or number that is drawn below the baseline (the bottom of most lowercase letters).


lexentry: eng/description__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: description
trans_list: dēscrīptiō
sense:
A sketch or account of anything in words; a portraiture or representation in language; an enumeration of the essential qualities of a thing or species.


lexentry: eng/descry__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: descry
trans_list: prospicio
sense:
(transitive) To see, especially from afar; to discover (a distant or obscure object) by the eye; to espy; to discern or detect.


lexentry: eng/desert__Noun__2
sense_num: 01
written_rep: desert
trans_list: desertum | deserta
sense:
(informal) In particular, a barren, arid area of land which is hot, with sandy, rocky, or parched ground.


lexentry: eng/desert__Noun__2
sense_num: 01
written_rep: desert
trans_list: desertum | deserta
sense:
A barren area of land or desolate terrain, especially one with little water or vegetation; a wasteland.


lexentry: eng/desert__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: desert
trans_list: dēscīscō | dēserō | perfugio | transfugio
sense:
To leave (anything that depends on one's presence to survive, exist, or succeed), especially when contrary to a promise or obligation; to abandon; to forsake.


lexentry: eng/desert_island__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: desert island
trans_list: insula deserta | isla deserta
sense:
A deserted island, an uninhabited island, especially one in the tropics and (now, frequently, _, misunderstood, _, as) a small and almost entirely sandy desert.


lexentry: eng/deserter__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: deserter
trans_list: dēsertor
sense:
(military) A person who has physically removed him- or herself from the control or direction of a military or naval unit with the intention of permanently leaving


lexentry: eng/desertification__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: desertification
trans_list: eremopoesis
sense:
The process by which a geographic region becomes a desert, resulting from natural changes in climate or by human activity.


lexentry: eng/desideratum__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: desideratum
trans_list: dēsīderātum
sense:
Something that is wished for, or considered desirable, particularly when thought to be essential. [from mid 17th c.]


lexentry: eng/design__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: design
trans_list: proiectus
sense:
A plan (with more or less detail) for the structure and functions of an artifact, building or system.


lexentry: eng/design__Noun__1
sense_num: 06
written_rep: design
trans_list: formula
sense:
The shape or appearance given to an object, especially one that is intended to make it more attractive.


lexentry: eng/designate__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: designate
trans_list: dēsignō
sense:
To mark out and make known; to point out; to indicate; to show; to distinguish by marks or description


lexentry: eng/designate__Verb__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: designate
trans_list: addīcō
sense:
To indicate or set apart for a purpose or duty — with to or for; to designate an officer for or to the command of a post or station.


lexentry: eng/desk__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: desk
trans_list: mensa scriptoria
sense:
A table, frame, or case, in past centuries usually with a sloping top but now usually with a flat top, for the use of writers and readers. It often has a drawer or repository underneath.


lexentry: eng/desk__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: desk
trans_list: mensa scriptoria
sense:
A station for a string player in an orchestra, consisting of a chair and a music stand, or a row of such stations.


lexentry: eng/desperate__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: desperate
trans_list: dēspērātus
sense:
A person in desperate circumstances or who is at the point of desperation, such as a down-and-outer, addict, etc.


lexentry: eng/desperate_times_call_for_desperate_measures__Proverb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: desperate times call for desperate measures
trans_list: extremis malis extrema remedia
sense:
In adverse circumstances, actions that might have been rejected under other circumstances may become the best choice.


lexentry: eng/despotism__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: despotism
trans_list: despotismus
sense:
government by a singular authority, either a single person or tight-knit group, which rules with absolute power, especially in a cruel and oppressive way.


lexentry: eng/destination__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: destination
trans_list: dēstinātiō | fatum
sense:
(countable) The place set for the end of a journey, or to which something is sent; place or point aimed at.


lexentry: eng/destitution__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: destitution
trans_list: paupertas
sense:
An extreme state of poverty, in which a person is almost completely lacking in resources or means of support.


lexentry: eng/desuetude__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: desuetude
trans_list: aboleō
sense:
(uncountable) The state when something (for example, a custom or a law) is no longer observed nor practised; disuse, obsolescence; (countable) an instance of this.


lexentry: eng/desultory__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: desultory
trans_list: abnormis
sense:
Jumping, or passing, from one thing or subject to another, without order, planning, or rational connection; lacking logical sequence.


lexentry: eng/detain__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: detain
trans_list: dētineō
sense:
(transitive) To keep someone from proceeding by holding them back or making claims on their attention.


lexentry: eng/detection__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: detection
trans_list: detectio
sense:
The act or process of detecting, uncovering, or finding out, the discovery of something new, hidden, or disguised.


lexentry: eng/detective__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: detective
trans_list: inquīsītor
sense:
(law enforcement) A police officer who looks for evidence as part of solving a crime; an investigator.


lexentry: eng/detention__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: detention
trans_list: detentio
sense:
(pedagogy) A punishment given to a student for a minor infraction, typically requiring the student to report to a designated room during recess or outside of school hours to work on homework or perform busywork.


lexentry: eng/detention__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: detention
trans_list: detentio
sense:
(civil law) The bare physical control without the mental element of intention required for possession.


lexentry: eng/determine__Verb__1
sense_num: 06
written_rep: determine
trans_list: scīscō
sense:
To resolve (to do something); to establish a fixed intention; to cause (something) to come to a conclusion or decision; to lead.


lexentry: eng/deuterocanonical__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: deuterocanonical
trans_list: anagignōscomena
sense:
(biblical) Being of the second canon of the Old Testament of the Bible, and not accepted by some Christians. Part of the Apocrypha.


lexentry: eng/deutoxide__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: deutoxide
trans_list: dioxydatus
sense:
(chemistry) A compound containing in the molecule two atoms of oxygen united with some other element or radical; a dioxide or binoxide.


lexentry: eng/devastate__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: devastate
trans_list: dēvastō | populor | vastō
sense:
To ruin many or all things over a large area, such as most or all buildings of a city, or cities of a region, or trees of a forest.


lexentry: eng/deviation__Noun__1
sense_num: 08
written_rep: deviation
trans_list: exorbitatio
sense:
(statistics) For interval variables and ratio variables, a measure of difference between the observed value and the mean.


lexentry: eng/devil's_advocate__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: devil's advocate
trans_list: advocatus diaboli
sense:
(idiomatic) One who debates from a viewpoint which one may not actually hold, usually to determine its validity or simply for the sake of argument.


lexentry: eng/devil's_advocate__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: devil's advocate
trans_list: advocatus diaboli
sense:
(historical, Roman Catholic) A canon lawyer appointed by the Church to argue against the canonization of the proposed candidate.


lexentry: eng/devil__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: devil
trans_list: diabolus
sense:
A wicked or naughty person, or one who harbors reckless, spirited energy, especially in a mischievous way; usually said of a young child.


lexentry: eng/devil__Noun__1
sense_num: 07
written_rep: devil
trans_list: diabolus
sense:
A person, especially a man; used to express a particular opinion of him, usually in the phrases poor devil and lucky devil.


lexentry: eng/devote__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: devote
trans_list: addīcō | dēvoveō
sense:
to give one's time, focus one's efforts, commit oneself, etc. entirely for, on, or to a certain matter


lexentry: eng/dew__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: dew
trans_list: rōs
sense:
(uncountable) Moisture in the air that settles on plants, etc in the morning or evening, resulting in drops.


lexentry: eng/diabetes__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: diabetes
trans_list: saccharum
sense:
Diabetes mellitus; any of a group of metabolic diseases whereby a person (or other animal) has high blood sugar due to an inability to produce, or inability to metabolize, sufficient quantities of the hormone insulin. [from 19th c.]


lexentry: eng/diabetes_mellitus__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: diabetes mellitus
trans_list: diabetes mellitus
sense:
A medical disorder commonly called diabetes, characterized by varying or persistent hyperglycemia (high blood sugar levels), especially after eating.


lexentry: eng/diaeresis__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: diaeresis
trans_list: diaeresis
sense:
(orthography) A diacritic (◌̈) placed over a vowel letter (especially the second of two consecutive ones) indicating that it is sounded separately, usually forming a distinct syllable, as in the English words naïve, Noël and Brontë, the French haïr and the Dutch ruïne.


lexentry: eng/diaeresis__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: diaeresis
trans_list: diaeresis
sense:
(linguistics, prosody) Distraction; the separation of a vowel, often a diphthong, into two distinct syllables.


lexentry: eng/diagnosis__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: diagnosis
trans_list: diagnosis
sense:
The process of, or an instance of, identification of the nature and cause of something (of any nature).


lexentry: eng/dialect__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: dialect
trans_list: dialectus | dialectos
sense:
(linguistics, broad sense) A variety of a language that is characteristic of a particular area, community, or social group, differing from other varieties of the same language in relatively minor ways as regards grammar, phonology, and lexicon.


lexentry: eng/dialogue__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: dialogue
trans_list: colloquium | sermō
sense:
(authorship) In a dramatic or literary presentation, the verbal parts of the script or text; the verbalizations of the actors or characters.


lexentry: eng/dialysis__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dialysis
trans_list: haemodialysis
sense:
(chemistry) A method of separating molecules or particles of different sizes by differential diffusion through a semipermeable membrane.


lexentry: eng/dialysis__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: dialysis
trans_list: haemodialysis
sense:
(medicine) Utilization of this method for removal of waste products from the blood in the case of kidney failure: hemodialysis or peritoneal dialysis.


lexentry: eng/diamond__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: diamond
trans_list: adamas
sense:
(uncountable) A glimmering glass-like mineral that is an allotrope of carbon in which each atom is surrounded by four others in the form of a tetrahedron.


lexentry: eng/diaper__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: diaper
trans_list: fascea
sense:
(North America) An absorbent garment worn by a baby, by a young child not yet toilet trained, or by an adult who is incontinent; a nappy.


lexentry: eng/diaphragm__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: diaphragm
trans_list: praecordia | diaphragma
sense:
(anatomy) In mammals, a sheet of muscle separating the thorax from the abdomen, contracted and relaxed in respiration to draw air into and expel air from the lungs; also called thoracic diaphragm.


lexentry: eng/dictator__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: dictator
trans_list: dictātor
sense:
(history) A magistrate without colleague in republican Ancient Rome, who held full executive authority for a term granted by the senate (legislature), typically to conduct a war.


lexentry: eng/dictionary__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dictionary
trans_list: dictionarium | lexicon
sense:
A reference work with a list of words from one or more languages, normally ordered alphabetically, explaining each word's meanings (senses), and sometimes also containing information on its etymology, pronunciation, usage, semantic relations, and translations, as well as other data.


lexentry: eng/die__Noun__2
sense_num: 01
written_rep: die
trans_list: talus | tessera | ālea
sense:
An isohedral polyhedron, usually a cube, with numbers or symbols on each side and used in games of chance.


lexentry: eng/die_off__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: die off
trans_list: dēmorior | emorior
sense:
To suffer a series of deaths; to die one by one; to progressively become extinct. (If a group of plants, animals, or people dies off, the entire group dies over a period of time.)


lexentry: eng/diet__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: diet
trans_list: diaeta
sense:
(countable) A controlled regimen of food and drink, as to gain or lose weight or otherwise influence health.


lexentry: eng/diet__Noun__2
sense_num: 01
written_rep: diet
trans_list: diaeta
sense:
(usually capitalized as a proper noun) A council or assembly of leaders; a formal deliberative assembly.


lexentry: eng/diffuse__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: diffuse
trans_list: diffundo
sense:
(transitive) To spread over or through as in air, water, or other matter, especially by fluid motion or passive means.


lexentry: eng/diffuse__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: diffuse
trans_list: diffundo
sense:
(intransitive) To be spread over or through as in air, water, or other matter, especially by fluid motion or passive means.


lexentry: eng/dig__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dig
trans_list: cavō | fodiō
sense:
(transitive, intransitive) To move hard-packed earth out of the way, especially downward to make a hole with a shovel. Or to drill, or the like, through rocks, roads, or the like. More generally, to make any similar hole by moving material out of the way.


lexentry: eng/digest__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: digest
trans_list: digero
sense:
(transitive) To distribute or arrange methodically; to work over and classify; to reduce to portions for ready use or application.


lexentry: eng/digest__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: digest
trans_list: digero
sense:
(transitive) To separate (the food) in its passage through the alimentary canal into the nutritive and nonnutritive elements; to prepare, by the action of the digestive juices, for conversion into blood; to convert into chyme.


lexentry: eng/digest__Verb__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: digest
trans_list: digero
sense:
(transitive) To think over and arrange methodically in the mind; to reduce to a plan or method; to receive in the mind and consider carefully; to get an understanding of; to comprehend.


lexentry: eng/digestion__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: digestion
trans_list: digestio
sense:
The process, in the gastrointestinal tract, by which food is converted into substances that can be utilized by the body.


lexentry: eng/digestive_tract__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: digestive tract
trans_list: stomachus
sense:
System of organs within multicellular animals which takes in food, digests it to extract energy and nutrients, and expels the remaining waste.


lexentry: eng/digit__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: digit
trans_list: digitus
sense:
(historical, _, units of measure) A unit of length notionally based upon the width of an adult human finger, standardized differently in various places and times, (especially) the English digit of 1⁄16 foot, now equivalent to about 1.9 cm.


lexentry: eng/digital__Adjective__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: digital
trans_list: digitales
sense:
Property of representing values as discrete, often binary, numbers rather than a continuous spectrum.


lexentry: eng/digits__Noun__2
sense_num: 01
written_rep: digits
trans_list: numerus
sense:
(US, _, slang) Synonym of telephone number; especially, the one that belongs to a potential dating partner.


lexentry: eng/digress__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: digress
trans_list: dīgrĕdi
sense:
(intransitive) To step or turn aside; to deviate; to swerve; especially, to turn aside from the main subject of attention, or course of argument, in writing or speaking.


lexentry: eng/digression__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: digression
trans_list: dīgressiō
sense:
(generally, _, uncountable) The act of straying from the main subject in speech or writing, (rhetoric) particularly for rhetorical effect.


lexentry: eng/dilemma__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dilemma
trans_list: dilemma
sense:
A circumstance in which a choice must be made between two or more alternatives that seem equally undesirable.


lexentry: eng/dill__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dill
trans_list: anēthum | anethum
sense:
Anethum graveolens (the type species of the genus Anethum), a herb, the seeds of which are moderately warming, pungent, and aromatic, formerly used as a soothing medicine for children; also known as dillseed.


lexentry: eng/dimension__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: dimension
trans_list: dimensio
sense:
(geometry) The number of independent coordinates needed to specify uniquely the location of a point in a space; also, any of such independent coordinates.


lexentry: eng/dimensional__Adjective__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: dimensional
trans_list: dimensio
sense:
(mathematics) Appended to cardinal numbers or algebraic symbols to form adjectives meaning "having the stated number of dimensions".


lexentry: eng/dimidiation__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: dimidiation
trans_list: dīmidiātiō
sense:
(heraldry) A marshalling of two coats of arms by the bisection per pale of their escutcheons and forming a new coat of arms from the dexter half of one coat and the sinister half of the other.


lexentry: eng/diminish__Verb__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: diminish
trans_list: diminuō | dēcrescō | dēdūcō | minuō
sense:
(transitive) To lessen the authority or dignity of; to put down; to degrade; to abase; to weaken; to nerf (in gaming).


lexentry: eng/dimple__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: dimple
trans_list: gelasīnus
sense:
Specifically, a small natural depression on the skin, especially on the face near the corners of the mouth.


lexentry: eng/diner__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: diner
trans_list: popīna
sense:
(US) A typically small restaurant, usually modeled after a railroad dining car, that serves lower-class fare, normally having a counter with stools along one side and booths on the other, and often decorated in 50s and 60s pop culture themes and playing popular music from those decades.


lexentry: eng/ding__Verb__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: ding
trans_list: multo
sense:
(transitive, colloquial) To deduct, as points, from (somebody), in the manner of a penalty; to penalize.


lexentry: eng/dining_room__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dining room
trans_list: cēnāculum | cēnātiō
sense:
A room, in a home or hotel, where meals are eaten. Some restaurants provide private dining rooms for hire, away from the main public eating areas.


lexentry: eng/dinosaur__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: dinosaur
trans_list: dinosaurus
sense:
(proscribed) Any extinct reptile, not necessarily belonging to Dinosauria, that existed between about 230 million and 65 million years ago.


lexentry: eng/diode__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: diode
trans_list: diodus
sense:
(electronics) An electronic device that allows current to flow in one direction only; used chiefly as a rectifier.


lexentry: eng/dip__Verb__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: dip
trans_list: intingō | mergō
sense:
(transitive) To lower (a flag), particularly a national ensign, to a partially hoisted position in order to render or to return a salute. While lowered, the flag is said to be “at the dip.” A flag being carried on a staff may be dipped by leaning it forward at an approximate angle of 45 degrees.


lexentry: eng/diphtheria__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: diphtheria
trans_list: diphtheritis
sense:
(pathology) A serious infectious disease leading to inflammation of mucous membranes of the upper respiratory tract, caused by Corynebacterium diphtheriae.


lexentry: eng/diphthong__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: diphthong
trans_list: diphthongus | diphthongos
sense:
(phonetics) A complex vowel sound that begins with the sound of one vowel and ends with the sound of another vowel, in the same syllable.


lexentry: eng/diplodocus__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: diplodocus
trans_list: diplodocus
sense:
Any of several herbivorous sauropod dinosaurs, of the genus Diplodocus, known as fossils from the late Jurassic in North America.


lexentry: eng/diploma__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: diploma
trans_list: probatoria | diploma
sense:
A document issued by an educational institution testifying that the recipient has earned a degree or has successfully completed a particular course of study.


lexentry: eng/diplomacy__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: diplomacy
trans_list: diplomatia
sense:
The art and practice of conducting international relations by negotiating alliances, treaties, agreements etc., bilaterally or multilaterally, between states and sometimes international organizations, or even between polities with varying status, such as those of monarchs and their princely vassals.


lexentry: eng/diplomat__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: diplomat
trans_list: legatus
sense:
A person, such as an ambassador, who is accredited to represent a government officially in its relations with other governments or international organisations


lexentry: eng/dipped_headlight__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dipped headlight
trans_list: luminar demissum
sense:
The main light on a motor vehicle, with the beam in a lower angle position, to enable oncoming traffic to see.


lexentry: eng/dire_wolf__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dire wolf
trans_list: canis dirus
sense:
An extinct canine (†Canis dirus) from the Pleistocene epoch, heavier and slightly larger than the modern grey wolf.


lexentry: eng/direct_case__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: direct case
trans_list: casus rectus
sense:
(grammar) A noun case which covers the nominative and possibly other cases such as vocative and/or accusative (the precise definition depends on the case system in question; the term is used especially in simple systems with two or three cases)


lexentry: eng/direct_debit__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: direct debit
trans_list: detractio
sense:
a single order to allow a commercial, or similar entity to charge directly to one's bank for a regular payment.


lexentry: eng/direct_speech__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: direct speech
trans_list: oratio recta
sense:
(grammar, narratology) the writing of speech, using the exact words of the speaker, usually between quotation marks


lexentry: eng/direction__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: direction
trans_list: pars
sense:
A theoretical line (physically or mentally) followed from a point of origin or towards a destination. May be relative (e.g. up, left, outbound, dorsal), geographical (e.g. north), rotational (e.g. clockwise), or with respect to an object or location (e.g. toward Boston).


lexentry: eng/director__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: director
trans_list: directrix
sense:
One who directs; the person in charge of managing a department or directorate (e.g., director of engineering), project, or production (as in a show or film, e.g., film director).


lexentry: eng/directory__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: directory
trans_list: numerus
sense:
A list of names, addresses etc, of specific classes of people or organizations, often in alphabetical order or in some classification.


lexentry: eng/disappear__Verb__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: disappear
trans_list: aborior | vanesco | abolescō | evanescō | excidō | extiguor
sense:
(transitive, often, euphemistic) To make vanish; especially, to abduct or murder for political reasons.


lexentry: eng/disappoint__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: disappoint
trans_list: frustro
sense:
(transitive) To sadden or displease (someone) by underperforming, or by not delivering something promised or hoped for.


lexentry: eng/disappointment__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: disappointment
trans_list: deceptio
sense:
(countable) An example or the act of disappointing: a circumstance in which a positive expectation is not achieved.


lexentry: eng/disarm__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: disarm
trans_list: dēarmō | exarmō
sense:
(transitive) To deprive of weapons; to deprive of the means of attack or defense; to render defenseless.


lexentry: eng/disaster__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: disaster
trans_list: calamitās | clādēs
sense:
An unexpected natural or man-made catastrophe of substantial extent causing significant physical damage or destruction, loss of life or sometimes permanent change to the natural environment.


lexentry: eng/disavow__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: disavow
trans_list: diffiteor
sense:
(transitive) To strongly and solemnly refuse to own or acknowledge; to deny responsibility for, approbation of, and the like.


lexentry: eng/disc_jockey__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: disc jockey
trans_list: discimpositor | discimpositrix
sense:
(dated, radio) A person who conducts a radio program of recorded music combined with talk, news, commercials, weather, etc.


lexentry: eng/disc_jockey__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: disc jockey
trans_list: discimpositor | discimpositrix
sense:
A person who plays, and sometimes mixes, recorded music at nightclubs, dances, parties, or some other social event; and/or as a backup musician for spoken word, or hip hop performers.


lexentry: eng/discalced__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: discalced
trans_list: discalceātus
sense:
(Roman Catholicism) Pertaining to a religious order that historically forswore the wearing of shoes. [from 17th c.]


lexentry: eng/discern__Verb__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: discern
trans_list: dispecto | dispicio | internoscō
sense:
(transitive) To distinguish something as being different from something else; to differentiate or discriminate.


lexentry: eng/discharge__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: discharge
trans_list: ēmissiō
sense:
(symptom, uncountable) Pus or exudate or mucus (but in modern usage not exclusively blood) from a wound or orifice, usually due to pathological or hormonal changes.


lexentry: eng/disclosure__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: disclosure
trans_list: fusio
sense:
(legal) The making known of a previously hidden fact or series of facts to another party; the act of disclosing.


lexentry: eng/disco__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: disco
trans_list: discothēca
sense:
(uncountable, music genre) A genre of dance music that was popular in the 1970s, characterized by elements of soul music with a strong Latin-American beat and often accompanied by pulsating lights.


lexentry: eng/discontinue__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: discontinue
trans_list: appendo
sense:
(transitive) To interrupt the continuance of; to put an end to, especially as regards commercial productions; to stop producing, making, or supplying.


lexentry: eng/discourage__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: discourage
trans_list: dehortor
sense:
(transitive) To extinguish the courage of; to dishearten; to depress the spirits of; to deprive of confidence; to deject.


lexentry: eng/discreet__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: discreet
trans_list: cautus
sense:
Respectful of privacy or secrecy; exercising caution in order to avoid causing embarrassment; quiet; diplomatic.


lexentry: eng/discretionary__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: discretionary
trans_list: in
sense:
Available at one's discretion; able to be used as one chooses; left to or regulated by one's own discretion or judgment.


lexentry: eng/discrimination__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: discrimination
trans_list: discriminatio
sense:
(uncountable, countable) Discernment, the act of discriminating, discerning, distinguishing, noting or perceiving differences between things, with the intent to understand rightly and make correct decisions. [from early 17th c.]


lexentry: eng/discrimination__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: discrimination
trans_list: discriminatio
sense:
(uncountable, countable, sometimes, with, "against") Differential treatment of an individual or group to their disadvantage; treatment or consideration based on class or category rather than individual merit; partiality; prejudice; bigotry. [from early 19th c.]


lexentry: eng/disease__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: disease
trans_list: morbus | infirmitas | aegror | languor
sense:
(medicine) An abnormal condition of a human, animal or plant that causes discomfort or dysfunction; distinct from injury insofar as the latter is usually instantaneously acquired.


lexentry: eng/disestablish__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: disestablish
trans_list: ērŭĕre
sense:
To deprive (an established church, military squadron, operations base, etc.) of its official status.


lexentry: eng/disguise__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: disguise
trans_list: dissimulō
sense:
(transitive) To change the appearance of (a person or thing) so as to hide, or to assume an identity.


lexentry: eng/dish__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dish
trans_list: catillus | catīnus | lanx | paropsis | patella
sense:
A vessel such as a plate for holding or serving food, often flat with a depressed region in the middle.


lexentry: eng/dish_up__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dish up
trans_list: ministro
sense:
(transitive) To serve (cooked food); to take (food) from the oven, pots, etc. and put in dishes to be served at table.


lexentry: eng/disintegrate__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: disintegrate
trans_list: dīlābor
sense:
(science fiction, transitive) To cause to break up into infinitesimal parts through the use of a disintegrator.


lexentry: eng/dismay__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dismay
trans_list: consternatio
sense:
A sudden or complete loss of courage and firmness in the face of trouble or danger; overwhelming and disabling terror; a sinking of the spirits


lexentry: eng/dismissal__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: dismissal
trans_list: dīmissiō
sense:
Removal from consideration; putting something out of one's mind, mentally disregarding something or someone.


lexentry: eng/dispensation__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: dispensation
trans_list: dispensatio
sense:
The relaxation of a law in a particular case; permission to do something forbidden, or to omit doing something enjoined; exemption.


lexentry: eng/disperse__Verb__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: disperse
trans_list: dissipō
sense:
(physics, transitive, intransitive) To separate rays of light, etc., according to wavelength; to refract.


lexentry: eng/displease__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: displease
trans_list: displiceō
sense:
(transitive) To make not pleased; to cause a feeling of disapprobation or dislike in; to be disagreeable to; to vex slightly.


lexentry: eng/disposition__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: disposition
trans_list: articulatio
sense:
Control over something, especially with regard to disposing or dispensing with an action item (disposal of a concern, allocation of disbursed funds) or control over the arrangement or placement of certain things.


lexentry: eng/dispute__Verb__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: dispute
trans_list: altercor | disputō
sense:
to oppose by argument or assertion; to controvert; to express dissent or opposition to; to call in question; to deny the truth or validity of


lexentry: eng/disquisition__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: disquisition
trans_list: dissertātiō
sense:
A lengthy, formal discourse that analyses or explains some topic; (loosely) a dissertation or treatise.


lexentry: eng/diss__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: diss
trans_list: eo
sense:
(slang) To put (someone) down, or show disrespect by the use of insulting language or dismissive behaviour.


lexentry: eng/disseminate__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: disseminate
trans_list: dissēminō
sense:
(transitive) To sow and scatter principles, ideas, opinions, etc, or concrete things, for growth and propagation, like seeds.


lexentry: eng/dissemination__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dissemination
trans_list: amplificatio
sense:
The act of disseminating, or the state of being disseminated; diffusion for propagation and permanence; a scattering or spreading abroad, as of ideas, beliefs, etc.


lexentry: eng/dissertation__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dissertation
trans_list: thesis doctoralis
sense:
A formal exposition of a subject, especially a research paper that students write in order to complete the requirements for a doctoral degree in the US and a non-doctoral degree in the UK; a thesis.


lexentry: eng/dissident__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dissident
trans_list: dissidens
sense:
A person who formally opposes the current political structure, the political group in power, the policies of the political group in power, or current laws.


lexentry: eng/dissolve__Verb__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: dissolve
trans_list: dissolvō
sense:
(chemistry, transitive) To disintegrate chemically into a solution by immersion into a liquid or gas.


lexentry: eng/distaff__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: distaff
trans_list: colus
sense:
A device to which a bundle of natural fibres (often wool, flax, or cotton) are attached for temporary storage, before being drawn off gradually to spin thread. A traditional distaff is a staff with flax fibres tied loosely to it (as indicated by the etymology of the word), but modern distaffs are often made of cords weighted with beads, and attached to the wrist.


lexentry: eng/distance__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: distance
trans_list: distantia
sense:
The amount of space between two points, usually geographical points, usually (but not necessarily) measured along a straight line.


lexentry: eng/distil__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: distil
trans_list: destillō
sense:
To heat (a substance, usually a liquid) so that a vapour is produced, and then to cool the vapour so that it condenses back into a liquid, either to purify the original substance or to obtain one of its components; to subject to distillation.


lexentry: eng/distinction__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: distinction
trans_list: distinctiō
sense:
That which distinguishes; a single occurrence of a determining factor or feature, the fact of being divided; separation, discrimination.


lexentry: eng/distribution__Noun__1
sense_num: 10
written_rep: distribution
trans_list: distributio
sense:
(mathematics, statistics) A probability distribution; the set of relative likelihoods that a variable will have a value in a given interval.


lexentry: eng/distribution__Noun__1
sense_num: 11
written_rep: distribution
trans_list: distributio
sense:
(mathematics, differential geometry) A subset of the tangent bundle of a manifold that satisfies certain properties; used to construct the notions of integrability and foliation of a manifold.


lexentry: eng/distribution__Noun__1
sense_num: 17
written_rep: distribution
trans_list: diaeresis | distribūtiō
sense:
(rhetoric) A rhetorical technique in which a subject is divided into multiple cases based on some property or properties, and each case is addressed individually.


lexentry: eng/disturb__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: disturb
trans_list: turbō
sense:
(transitive) to confuse a quiet, constant state or a calm, continuous flow, in particular: thoughts, actions or liquids.


lexentry: eng/dive__Verb__1
sense_num: 10
written_rep: dive
trans_list: praeceps dēsiliō
sense:
(intransitive, figuratively) To plunge or to go deeply into any subject, question, business, etc.; to penetrate; to explore.


lexentry: eng/divide_and_conquer__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: divide and conquer
trans_list: divide et impera
sense:
To use a combination of political, military and economic strategies that aim to gain and maintain power by breaking up larger concentrations of power into chunks that individually have less power than the one implementing the strategy.


lexentry: eng/diving_bell_spider__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: diving bell spider
trans_list: tippūla
sense:
A spider, Argyroneta aquatica, living almost entirely underwater, using hairs on its abdomen and legs to trap air.


lexentry: eng/divining_rod__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: divining rod
trans_list: virgula divina | virgula divinatoria
sense:
Rod used for dowsing, a technique of divination used to locate subterranean sources of water, metal, other mineral resources or even various other things through magic, or according to many believers a natural phenomenon.


lexentry: eng/division__Noun__1
sense_num: 07
written_rep: division
trans_list: divisio
sense:
(taxonomy) A rank below kingdom and above class, particularly used of plants or fungi, also (particularly of animals) called a phylum; a taxon at that rank.


lexentry: eng/division_of_labour__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: division of labour
trans_list: laboris divisio
sense:
(economics) The separation of work into different categories or tasks; each category or task being carried out by different groups of workers.


lexentry: eng/division_ring__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: division ring
trans_list: corpus
sense:
(algebra) A ring with 0 ≠ 1, such that every non-zero element a has a multiplicative inverse, meaning an element x with ax = xa = 1.


lexentry: eng/divulge__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: divulge
trans_list: divulgō
sense:
(transitive) To make public or known; to communicate to the public; to tell (information, especially a secret) so that it may become generally known.


lexentry: eng/do_the_trick__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: do the trick
trans_list: ago
sense:
(informal) To work; to be successful; to solve a problem; to be sufficient or adequate to fulfill a purpose.


lexentry: eng/docket__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: docket
trans_list: album
sense:
(legal) A short entry of the proceedings of a court; the register containing them; the office containing the register.


lexentry: eng/doctor__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: doctor
trans_list: doctor
sense:
A person who has attained a doctorate, such as a Ph.D. or Th.D. or one of many other terminal degrees conferred by a college or university.


lexentry: eng/doctrine__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: doctrine
trans_list: disciplīna
sense:
(countable, and, uncountable) The body of teachings of an ideology, most often a religion, or of an ideological or religious leader, organization, group, or text.


lexentry: eng/document__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: document
trans_list: scriptum | documentum
sense:
An original or official paper used as the basis, proof, or support of anything else, including any writing, book, or other instrument conveying information pertinent to such proof or support.


lexentry: eng/documentary__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: documentary
trans_list: documentum
sense:
A film, TV program, publication etc. which presents a social, political, scientific or historical subject in a factual or informative manner.


lexentry: eng/dodder__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dodder
trans_list: cadytas | cassytas | cassythas | cuscūta | cuscūtha
sense:
Any of about 100-170 species of yellow, orange or red (rarely green) parasitic plants of the genus Cuscuta. Formerly treated as the only genus in the family Cuscutaceae, it is now placed in the morning glory family, Convolvulaceae.


lexentry: eng/dodecahedron__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dodecahedron
trans_list: dodecaedron
sense:
(geometry) A polyhedron with twelve faces; the regular dodecahedron has regular pentagons as faces and is one of the Platonic solids.


lexentry: eng/dodo__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dodo
trans_list: raphus cucullatus
sense:
A large, flightless bird, †Raphus cucullatus, related to the pigeon, that is now extinct (since the 1600s) and was native to Mauritius.


lexentry: eng/doe__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: doe
trans_list: cerva
sense:
A female deer; also used of similar animals such as antelope (less commonly a goat, as nanny is also used).


lexentry: eng/dog-ear__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dog-ear
trans_list: auris
sense:
The folded corner of the page of a book or other publication, either due to having been read many times or intentionally as a sort of bookmark.


lexentry: eng/dog_days__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dog days
trans_list: canicula
sense:
(archaic) The days following the heliacal rising of Sirius, now in early August (Gregorian) at dates varying by latitude.


lexentry: eng/dog_eat_dog__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dog eat dog
trans_list: canis canem edit
sense:
Ruthlessly acquisitive or competitive. Describes a business or other set of circumstances where people try to succeed at the expense of other people.


lexentry: eng/doggy_style__Adverb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: doggy style
trans_list: coitus more ferarum
sense:
(slang, of sexual intercourse) In a position whereby one partner is on all fours and the other partner is penetrating from behind.


lexentry: eng/dogma__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dogma
trans_list: dogma
sense:
An authoritative principle, belief or statement of opinion, especially one considered to be absolutely true and indisputable, regardless of evidence or without evidence to support it.


lexentry: eng/dogma__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: dogma
trans_list: dogma
sense:
A doctrine (or set of doctrines) relating to matters such as morality and faith, set forth authoritatively by a religious organization or leader.


lexentry: eng/doldrums__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: doldrums
trans_list: aegritūdo
sense:
Usually preceded by the: a state of apathy or lack of interest; a situation where one feels boredom, ennui, or tedium; a state of listlessness or malaise.


lexentry: eng/dollar__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dollar
trans_list: dollarium
sense:
Official designation for currency in some parts of the world, including Canada, the United States, Australia, New Zealand, Hong Kong, and elsewhere. Its symbol is $.


lexentry: eng/dolphin__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dolphin
trans_list: delphīnus | delphinus
sense:
A carnivorous aquatic mammal in one of several families of order Cetacea, famed for its intelligence and occasional willingness to approach humans.


lexentry: eng/domain__Noun__1
sense_num: 09
written_rep: domain
trans_list: dicio
sense:
(computing, Internet) A collection of DNS or DNS-like domain names consisting of a delegated domain name and all its subdomains.


lexentry: eng/domain__Noun__1
sense_num: 10
written_rep: domain
trans_list: dicio
sense:
(computing) A collection of information having to do with a domain, the computers named in the domain, and the network on which the computers named in the domain reside.


lexentry: eng/domain__Noun__1
sense_num: 16
written_rep: domain
trans_list: dicio
sense:
(biochemistry) A folded section of a protein molecule that has a discrete function; the equivalent section of a chromosome


lexentry: eng/domestique__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: domestique
trans_list: gregarius
sense:
(cycle racing) A cyclist on a cycle racing team whose role is to assist the team's designated leaders (for example, by riding in front of them to create a slipstream, or to set the pace), even if at the expense of their own individual performance.


lexentry: eng/dominical__Adjective__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: dominical
trans_list: feriae
sense:
(historical) Of or pertaining to the ancient system of dominical letters, used for determining Sundays (particularly Easter Sunday) in any given year.


lexentry: eng/domino__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: domino
trans_list: alea
sense:
(dominoes) A tile divided into two squares, each having 0 to 6 (or sometimes more) dots or pips (as in dice), used in the game of dominoes. [from c. 1800]


lexentry: eng/don't_count_your_chickens_before_they're_hatched__Proverb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: don't count your chickens before they're hatched
trans_list: ante victoriam ne canas triumphum
sense:
One should not depend upon a favorable (and typically overoptimistic) outcome to one's plans until it is certain to occur.


lexentry: eng/don't_look_a_gift_horse_in_the_mouth__Proverb__1
sense_num: 01
sense: One should not unappreciatively question or inspect a gift too closely.
written_rep: don't look a gift horse in the mouth
trans_list:
equī dōnātī dentēs nōn sunt īnspiciendī | equī dōnātī dentēs nōn īnspiciuntur | nōlī equī dentēs īnspicere dōnātī


lexentry: eng/don't_mention_it__Phrase__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: don't mention it
trans_list: aliud cūrā | nihil est | nihil est quod agās | nihil labōris est
sense:
A polite way of responding to thanks, by suggesting that the service is too trivial or humble to warrant thanks; you're welcome.


lexentry: eng/donate__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: donate
trans_list: donare
sense:
(ambitransitive) To make a donation; to give away something of value to support or contribute towards a cause or for the benefit of another.


lexentry: eng/doohickey__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: doohickey
trans_list: res
sense:
(slang, originally, US) A thing (used in a vague way to refer to something whose name one does not know or cannot recall)


lexentry: eng/door__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: door
trans_list: ianua | ostium | foris
sense:
A portal of entry into a building, room, or vehicle, typically consisting of a rigid plane movable on a hinge. It may have a handle to help open and close, a latch to hold it closed, and a lock that ensures it cannot be opened without a key.


lexentry: eng/doorbell__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: doorbell
trans_list: tintinnabulum
sense:
A device on or adjacent to an outer door for announcing one's presence. It can be mechanical, directly sounding a bell, or a button that electrically sounds a chime or buzzer inside the building.


lexentry: eng/doorman__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: doorman
trans_list: ostiārius
sense:
A person who holds open the door at the entryway (entrance) to a building, summons taxicabs, and provides an element of security; in apartment buildings, he also accepts deliveries and may perform certain concierge type services.


lexentry: eng/doozy__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: doozy
trans_list: malleus
sense:
(US, informal) Something that is extraordinary: often troublesome, difficult or problematic, but sometimes extraordinary in a positive sense.


lexentry: eng/dope__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: dope
trans_list: cera
sense:
(uncountable, aeronautics) Any varnish used to coat a part, such as an airplane wing or a hot-air balloon in order to waterproof, strengthen, etc.


lexentry: eng/dormitive_principle__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dormitive principle
trans_list: virtus dormitiva
sense:
(idiomatic, rhetoric, logic, linguistics) A type of tautology in which an item is explained in terms of the item itself, only put in different (usually more abstract) words.


lexentry: eng/dormitory__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dormitory
trans_list: dormitorium
sense:
A room containing a number of beds (and often some other furniture and/or utilities) for sleeping, often applied to student and backpacker accommodation of this kind.


lexentry: eng/dormitory__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: dormitory
trans_list: dormitorium
sense:
A building or part of a building which houses students, soldiers, monks etc. who sleep there and use communal further facilities.


lexentry: eng/dormouse__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dormouse
trans_list: glīs | nītēdula
sense:
Any of several species of small, mostly European rodents of the family Gliridae; also called Myoxidae or Muscardinidae by some taxonomists.


lexentry: eng/dorsal__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dorsal
trans_list: dorsum
sense:
(anatomy, zootomy) With respect to, or concerning the side in which the backbone is located, or the analogous side of an invertebrate.


lexentry: eng/dot__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: dot
trans_list: momentum
sense:
(grammar) A punctuation mark used to indicate the end of a sentence or an abbreviated part of a word; a full stop; a period.


lexentry: eng/dot__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: dot
trans_list: punctum
sense:
A point used as a diacritical mark above or below various letters of the Latin script, as in Ȧ, Ạ, Ḅ, Ḃ, Ċ.


lexentry: eng/dot__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: dot
trans_list: punctum
sense:
(mathematics) A symbol used for separating the fractional part of a decimal number from the whole part, for indicating multiplication or a scalar product, or for various other purposes.


lexentry: eng/double_boiler__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: double boiler
trans_list: balneum Mariae
sense:
A large pan containing hot water, into which other smaller pans are set in order to cook food at low heat (below the boiling point) or to keep food warm.


lexentry: eng/double_bridle__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: double bridle
trans_list: frenum
sense:
(equestrian) A Weymouth bridle, which uses both a bradoon, held by a sliphead, and a curb bit, and is used with two reins.


lexentry: eng/double_entendre__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: double entendre
trans_list: aequivocatio
sense:
A phrase that has two meanings, especially where one is innocent and literal, the other risqué, bawdy, or ironic; an innuendo.


lexentry: eng/double_jeopardy__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: double jeopardy
trans_list: ne bis in idem
sense:
(legal) The act of trying someone twice for the same offense, especially after an acquittal in the first trial.


lexentry: eng/doubly__Adverb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: doubly
trans_list: bis tanto
sense:
(usually, of relative importance, of degree, quantity or measure) In a double manner; with twice the severity or degree.


lexentry: eng/doubt__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: doubt
trans_list: dubium | dubietās | dubitātiō
sense:
(uncountable, countable) Disbelief or uncertainty (about something); (countable) a particular instance of such disbelief or uncertainty.


lexentry: eng/douchebag__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: douchebag
trans_list: culus
sense:
(US, slang, vulgar) A jerk or asshole; a mean or rude person; someone seen as being arrogant, snobby or obnoxious.


lexentry: eng/dough__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dough
trans_list: pasta | farīna
sense:
A thick, malleable substance made by mixing flour with other ingredients such as water, eggs, and/or butter, that is made into a particular form and then baked.


lexentry: eng/doughnut__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: doughnut
trans_list: placenta farta
sense:
A deep-fried piece of dough or batter, commonly of a toroidal (a ring doughnut) shape, often mixed with various sweeteners and flavourings; or flattened sphere (a filled doughnut) shape filled with jam, custard or cream.


lexentry: eng/dove__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dove
trans_list: columba | columbus | turtur
sense:
(countable) A pigeon, especially one smaller in size and white-colored; a bird (often arbitrarily called either a pigeon or a dove or both) of more than 300 species of the family Columbidae.


lexentry: eng/dovecote__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dovecote
trans_list: columbārium
sense:
A small house or box, often raised to a considerable height above the ground, and having compartments (pigeonholes), in which domestic pigeons breed; a dove house.


lexentry: eng/dowel__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dowel
trans_list: gobio
sense:
A pin, or block, of wood or metal, fitting into holes in the abutting portions of two pieces, and being partly in one piece and partly in the other, to keep them in their proper relative position.


lexentry: eng/dowel__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: dowel
trans_list: penna
sense:
(construction) A piece of wood or similar material fitted into a surface not suitable for fastening so that other pieces may be fastened to it.


lexentry: eng/down__Noun__3
sense_num: 02
written_rep: down
trans_list: lānūgō
sense:
(botany) The pubescence of plants; the hairy crown or envelope of the seeds of certain plants, such as the thistle.


lexentry: eng/down_payment__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: down payment
trans_list: arrabō
sense:
(legal, finance) A payment representing a fraction of the price of something being purchased, made to secure the right to continue making payments towards that purchase.


lexentry: eng/down_with__Interjection__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: down with
trans_list: infra
sense:
Expressing disapproval of or encouraging actions against a person, organization, practice, belief, etc., typically in a public protest.


lexentry: eng/downspout__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: downspout
trans_list: descensio
sense:
A vertical pipe or conduit that carries rainwater from the scupper, guttering of a building to a lower roof level, drain, ground or storm water runoff system.


lexentry: eng/downtown__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: downtown
trans_list: media urbs
sense:
(chiefly, US, Canada) The main business part of a city or town, usually located at or near its center.


lexentry: eng/dowry__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dowry
trans_list: dōs | marītāgium
sense:
Payment, such as property or money, paid by the bride's family to the groom or his family at the time of marriage.


lexentry: eng/doxology__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: doxology
trans_list: doxologia
sense:
An expression of praise to God, especially a short hymn sung as part of a Christian worship service.


lexentry: eng/dozen__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: dozen
trans_list: decem
sense:
(as plural only, always followed by of) A large, unspecified number of, comfortably estimated in small multiples of twelve, thus generally implied to be significantly more than ten or twelve, but less than perhaps one or two hundred; many.


lexentry: eng/drachma__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: drachma
trans_list: drachma
sense:
The currency of Greece in ancient times and again from 1832 until 2001, with the symbol ₯, since replaced by the euro.


lexentry: eng/draft_horse__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: draft horse
trans_list: caballus
sense:
(American spelling) A horse used for muscular work, other than carrying a rider and/or load, such as pulling a cart, plow or log.


lexentry: eng/dragon__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dragon
trans_list: draco
sense:
In European mythologies, a gigantic beast, typically reptilian with leathery bat-like wings, lion-like claws, scaly skin and a serpent-like body, often a monster with fiery breath.


lexentry: eng/dragonet__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: dragonet
trans_list: dracaena
sense:
Any of the small perciform marine fish of the families Callionymidae and Draconettidae (slope dragonets) found mainly in the tropical waters of the western Indo-Pacific, the family containing approximately 186 species in 18 genera.


lexentry: eng/dragonfly__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dragonfly
trans_list: libellula
sense:
An insect of the suborder Epiprocta or, more strictly, the infraorder Anisoptera, having four long transparent wings held perpendicular to a long body when perched.


lexentry: eng/dragoon__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dragoon
trans_list: draco
sense:
(by extension) Originally (historical) , a soldier armed with a dragoon musket (sense 1.1) who fought both on foot and mounted on a horse; now, a cavalier or horse soldier from a regiment formerly armed with such muskets.


lexentry: eng/drain__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: drain
trans_list: ēmissārium
sense:
(chiefly, US, Canada) A conduit allowing liquid to flow out of an otherwise contained volume; a plughole (UK)


lexentry: eng/drain__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: drain
trans_list: ēmissārium
sense:
(chiefly, UK) An access point or conduit for rainwater that drains directly downstream in a (drainage) basin without going through sewers or water treatment in order to prevent or belay floods.


lexentry: eng/dram__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: dram
trans_list: digitus
sense:
(by extension) Any similarly minute quantity, (now, _, particularly) a small amount of strong alcohol or poison.


lexentry: eng/drama__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: drama
trans_list: drama
sense:
(countable) A composition, normally in prose, telling a story and intended to be represented by actors impersonating the characters and speaking the dialogue


lexentry: eng/drama__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: drama
trans_list: drama
sense:
(uncountable, countable) A situation in real life that has the characteristics of such a theatrical play.


lexentry: eng/draughts__Noun__2
sense_num: 01
written_rep: draughts
trans_list: damicus ludus
sense:
(board games, British, Australian, uncountable) A board game for two players in which the players each have a set number of pieces (typically 12 or 20, depending on the rule set), known as men, and the object is to capture each of the opponent's pieces by jumping one's own pieces over the opponent's pieces.


lexentry: eng/draw__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: draw
trans_list: abstraho | subduco | traho | trahō | vello
sense:
(intransitive, now, rare) To pull something along; to have force to move anything by pulling. [from 14th c.]


lexentry: eng/draw__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: draw
trans_list: abstraho | subduco | traho | trahō | vello
sense:
(transitive) To pull (a plough, vehicle etc.); to cause (something) to move forwards by pulling it. [from 11th c.]


lexentry: eng/draw__Verb__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: draw
trans_list: pingo
sense:
To conduct (a lottery); to select (the numbers) for a lottery; to win (a prize) in a lottery. [from 16th c.]


lexentry: eng/draw_down__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: draw down
trans_list: detrahere
sense:
To initiate a drawdown (withdrawal of equipment, supplies, etc., potentially to provide it to another party).


lexentry: eng/drawer__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: drawer
trans_list: loculus
sense:
An open-topped box that can be slid in and out of the cabinet that contains it, used for storing clothing or other articles.


lexentry: eng/drawing__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: drawing
trans_list: adumbratio | graphidis scientia | lineamenta
sense:
An act or event in which the outcome (e.g., designating a winner) is selected by chance in the form of a blind draw, notably of lots; especially such a contest in which a winning name or number is selected randomly by removing (or drawing) it from a container, popularly a hat.


lexentry: eng/dray__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dray
trans_list: vehiculum
sense:
Any of various forms of low horse-drawn cart or wagon, often without sides or with removable sides, and used especially for heavy loads.


lexentry: eng/dregs__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dregs
trans_list: faex
sense:
(collectively) The sediment settled at the bottom of a liquid; the lees in a container of unfiltered wine.


lexentry: eng/drench__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: drench
trans_list: macero
sense:
To make (someone or something) completely wet by having water or some other liquid fall or thrown on them or it; to saturate, to soak; also (archaic) , to make (someone or something) completely wet by immersing in water or some other liquid; to soak, to steep.


lexentry: eng/dress__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dress
trans_list: stola
sense:
An item of clothing (usually worn by a woman or young girl) which both covers the upper part of the body and includes a skirt below the waist.


lexentry: eng/dress__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dress
trans_list: vestior
sense:
(agriculture, horticulture) To cultivate or tend to (a garden, land, plants, etc.); especially, to add fertilizer or manure to (soil); to fertilize, to manure.


lexentry: eng/dress__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dress
trans_list: vestior | vestiō
sense:
(also, reflexive, and, figuratively) To put clothes (or, formerly, armour) on (oneself or someone, a doll, a mannequin, etc.); to clothe. [from 15th c.]


lexentry: eng/drift__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: drift
trans_list: institutio
sense:
The tendency of an act, argument, course of conduct, or the like; object aimed at or intended; intention; hence, also, import or meaning of a sentence or discourse; aim.


lexentry: eng/drift__Noun__1
sense_num: 06
written_rep: drift
trans_list: forma
sense:
A slightly tapered tool of steel for enlarging or shaping a hole in metal, by being forced or driven into or through it; a broach.


lexentry: eng/drive__Verb__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: drive
trans_list: impellō | pellō
sense:
To cause intrinsic motivation through the application or demonstration of force: to impel or urge onward thusly, to compel to move on, to coerce, intimidate or threaten.


lexentry: eng/drive__Verb__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: drive
trans_list: pellō
sense:
(transitive) (especially of animals) To impel or urge onward by force; to push forward; to compel to move on.


lexentry: eng/driver's_license__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: driver's license
trans_list: diploma gubernationis
sense:
(American spelling) A document issued to a specific person by a government authority, permitting this person to drive one or more classes of motor vehicle on public roads and highways, often used as an identification document.


lexentry: eng/droop__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: droop
trans_list: beccus
sense:
(aviation) A hinged portion of the leading edge of an aeroplane's wing, which swivels downward to increase lift during takeoff and landing.


lexentry: eng/drop__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: drop
trans_list: gutta | stilla | stagona
sense:
(also, figuratively) A small quantity of liquid, just large enough to hold its own round shape through surface tension, especially one that falls from a source of liquid.


lexentry: eng/drop__Verb__1
sense_num: 15
written_rep: drop
trans_list: dēmittō
sense:
(transitive, ergative, also, figuratively) To let (something) fall; to allow (something) to fall (either by releasing hold of, or losing one's grip on). [from 14th c.]


lexentry: eng/drop_off__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: drop off
trans_list: cado
sense:
(idiomatic, transitive, especially, _, US) To deliver; to deposit or leave; to allow passengers to alight.


lexentry: eng/drove__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: drove
trans_list: grex
sense:
A cattle drive or the herd being driven by it; thus, a number of cattle driven to market or new pastures.


lexentry: eng/drown__Verb__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: drown
trans_list: mergō | summergō
sense:
(intransitive) To be flooded: to be inundated with or submerged in (literally) water or (figuratively) other things; to be overwhelmed.


lexentry: eng/drug__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: drug
trans_list: medicamen
sense:
(pharmacology) A substance used to treat an illness, relieve a symptom, or modify a chemical process in the body for a specific purpose.


lexentry: eng/drug__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: drug
trans_list: somnifer
sense:
A psychoactive substance, especially one which is illegal and addictive, ingested for recreational use, such as cocaine.


lexentry: eng/druid__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: druid
trans_list: Druida
sense:
One of an order of priests among certain groups of Celts before the adoption of Abrahamic religions.


lexentry: eng/drum__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: drum
trans_list: tympanum
sense:
A percussive musical instrument spanned with a thin covering on at least one end for striking, forming an acoustic chamber; a membranophone.


lexentry: eng/drupe__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: drupe
trans_list: nucleus
sense:
(botany) a kind of fruit, with a fleshy exterior, formed from the exocarp and mesocarp, surrounding a hardened endocarp which protects the seed.


lexentry: eng/drupelet__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: drupelet
trans_list: nucleus
sense:
(botany) One of the small drupe-like subdivisions which compose the outer layer of certain fruit such as blackberries or raspberries. [from mid 19th c.]


lexentry: eng/dry__Adjective__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: dry
trans_list: siccus | aridus
sense:
(chemistry) Anhydrous: free from or lacking water in any state, regardless of the presence of other liquids.


lexentry: eng/dryer__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: dryer
trans_list: machina siccatoria
sense:
A household appliance that removes the water from clothing by accelerating evaporation, usually though heat and a tumbling motion.


lexentry: eng/dubious__Adjective__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: dubious
trans_list: dubius
sense:
(of a person) In disbelief; wavering, uncertain, or hesitating in opinion; inclined to doubt; undecided.


lexentry: eng/dubitation__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dubitation
trans_list: dubium
sense:
(uncountable, archaic) The process of doubting or the state of being in doubt; hesitation, uncertainty.


lexentry: eng/dud__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dud
trans_list: lupa
sense:
(informal) A device or machine that is useless because it does not work properly or has failed to work, such as a bomb, or explosive projectile.


lexentry: eng/dude__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: dude
trans_list: manus
sense:
(colloquial, used in the vocative) A term of address for someone, typically a man, particularly when cautioning them or offering advice.


lexentry: eng/dulcimer__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dulcimer
trans_list: cymbalum
sense:
A stringed instrument, with strings stretched across a sounding board, usually trapezoidal, played by plucking on the strings (traditionally with a quill) or by tapping on them (in the case of the hammer dulcimers).


lexentry: eng/dumbness__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dumbness
trans_list: alogia
sense:
(dated) The state of being mute: that is, of not communicating vocally, whether from selective mutism (refusal to speak) or from an inability to speak.


lexentry: eng/dump__Verb__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: dump
trans_list: deonerare
sense:
(transitive, computing) To copy (data) from a system to another place or system, usually in order to archive it.


lexentry: eng/dunch__Noun__2
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dunch
trans_list: antecenium
sense:
(informal, rare) A leisurely meal between lunch and dinner in the late afternoon or early evening (about 3-5 p.m.), usually instead of lunch or dinner.


lexentry: eng/dunk__Verb__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: dunk
trans_list: sepelio
sense:
(ambitransitive, basketball) To put the ball directly downward through the hoop while grabbing onto the rim with power.


lexentry: eng/dunlin__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dunlin
trans_list: Calidris alpina
sense:
A small wading bird, Calidris alpina, found along the coast and having a distinctive black belly patch in its breeding plumage. A type of stint.


lexentry: eng/duodenum__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: duodenum
trans_list: duodenum
sense:
(anatomy) The first part of the small intestine, starting at the lower end of the stomach and extending to the jejunum.


lexentry: eng/duplex__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: duplex
trans_list: flamma
sense:
(philately) A cancellation combining a numerical cancellation with a second mark showing time, date, and place of posting.


lexentry: eng/dusk__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dusk
trans_list: crepusculum
sense:
The time after the sun has set but when the sky is still lit by sunlight; the evening twilight period.


lexentry: eng/dust_bunny__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dust bunny
trans_list: felis
sense:
(US, informal) A small clump of dust, fluff, hair, particles of skin, etc., that tends to accumulate indoors in areas not regularly dusted, such as under heavy furniture.


lexentry: eng/dust_devil__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dust devil
trans_list: vertigo | vortex
sense:
A small atmospheric vortex appearing in clear, dry conditions, made visible by swirling dust picked up from the ground.


lexentry: eng/dustpan__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dustpan
trans_list: pala
sense:
A flat scoop with a short handle, into which dust, dirt and other material is conveyed with a brush or broom.


lexentry: eng/duumvirate__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: duumvirate
trans_list: duumviratus
sense:
(historical) Any of several offices of the Roman Republic held by two joint magistrates known as duumvirs.


lexentry: eng/duvet__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: duvet
trans_list: opertorium
sense:
(British, New Zealand, Canada) A quilt or usually flat cloth bag with a filling (traditionally down) and usually an additional washable cover, used instead of blankets; often called a comforter or quilt, especially in US English.


lexentry: eng/dwarf__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dwarf
trans_list: nanus
sense:
(mythology) Any member of a race of beings from (especially Scandinavian and other Germanic) folklore, usually depicted as having some sort of supernatural powers and being skilled in crafting and metalworking, often as short with long beards, and sometimes as clashing with elves.


lexentry: eng/dwarf__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: dwarf
trans_list: nana | nānus | pumilio | pūmiliō | pūmilus
sense:
(now, sometimes, _, offensive) A person of short stature, often one whose limbs are disproportionately small in relation to the body as compared with typical adults, usually as the result of a genetic condition.


lexentry: eng/dwarf_planet__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dwarf planet
trans_list: planetula
sense:
(astronomy) A planetary (world-like) body of the Solar system, that directly orbits the Sun like the classical planets but does not gravitationally dominate other bodies in the region of its orbit.


lexentry: eng/dyed-in-the-wool__Adjective__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: dyed-in-the-wool
trans_list: inveteratus
sense:
(idiomatic, figuratively, of a person) Firmly established in one's beliefs or habits; having a specified characteristic, identity, etc. deeply ingrained in one's nature.


lexentry: eng/dyscalculia__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dyscalculia
trans_list: dyscalculia
sense:
(pathology) A learning disability characterized by significantly below average mathematical ability.


lexentry: eng/dysentery__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dysentery
trans_list: dysenteria
sense:
(pathology) A disease characterised by inflammation of the intestines, especially the colon (large intestine), accompanied by pus (white blood cells) in the feces, fever, pain in the abdomen, high-volume diarrhea, and possible blood in the feces.


lexentry: eng/dysphemism__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dysphemism
trans_list: hyperbole
sense:
(uncountable) The use of a word or phrase carrying negative connotations or imagery (especially one that is derogatory, offensive or vulgar) to replace a (more) neutral original.


lexentry: eng/dysprosium__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dysprosium
trans_list: dysprosium
sense:
A metallic chemical element (symbol Dy) with atomic number 66: a rare earth element with a metallic silver lustre.


lexentry: eng/dysuria__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dysuria
trans_list: dysuria
sense:
(pathology) The experience or condition of experiencing pain while discharging urine, or (rarely) of having difficulty doing so.


lexentry: eng/e-mail_address__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: e-mail address
trans_list: inscriptio electronica
sense:
A unique identifier of the form user name@domain name specifying a virtual location to which e-mail can be sent.


lexentry: eng/e.g.__Adverb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: e.g.
trans_list: e. c. | e. g. | ex. gr.
sense:
An initialism used to introduce an illustrative example or short list of examples: for the sake of an example; for example.


lexentry: eng/e__Pronoun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: e
trans_list: ē
sense:
(rare, epicene, nonstandard) A gender-neutral third-person singular subject pronoun, equivalent to the singular they and coordinate with gendered pronouns he and she.


lexentry: eng/e_pluribus_unum__Proverb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: e pluribus unum
trans_list: ē plūribus ūnum
sense:
"out of many, one" or "from many, one" (alternatively translated as "one out of many" or "one from many”)


lexentry: eng/each__Determiner__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: each
trans_list: quisque | unusquisque | uterque
sense:
All; every; qualifying a singular noun, indicating all examples of the thing so named seen as individual or separate items (compare every).


lexentry: eng/each_other__Pronoun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: each other
trans_list: ad invicem | alii alios | alter alterum | inter se | invicem | se
sense:
(reciprocal pronoun) To one another; one to the other; signifies that a verb applies to two or more entities both as subjects and as direct objects:


lexentry: eng/eager__Adjective__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: eager
trans_list: avidus | cupiens | studiōsus
sense:
(comptheory) Not employing lazy evaluation; calculating results immediately, rather than deferring calculation until they are required.


lexentry: eng/eagle__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: eagle
trans_list: aquila
sense:
Any of several large carnivorous and carrion-eating birds in the family Accipitridae, having a powerful hooked bill and keen vision.


lexentry: eng/eagle__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: eagle
trans_list: aquila
sense:
(historical, numismatics) A 13th-century coin minted in Europe and circulated in England as a debased sterling silver penny, outlawed under Edward I of England.


lexentry: eng/eagle_owl__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: eagle owl
trans_list: Bubo bubo
sense:
Any of various Old World large owls of the genus Bubo, especially the Eurasian eagle owl, Bubo bubo, that have prominent ear tufts.


lexentry: eng/eaglestone__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: eaglestone
trans_list: callimus
sense:
A concretionary nodule of iron oxide with a loose kernel inside such that it makes a rattling noise, formerly used for magical or medicinal purposes.


lexentry: eng/ear__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ear
trans_list: auris | auricula
sense:
(countable) The organ of hearing, consisting of the pinna, auditory canal, eardrum, malleus, incus, stapes and cochlea.


lexentry: eng/eardrum__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: eardrum
trans_list: tympanum
sense:
(anatomy) A thin membrane that separates the outer ear from the middle ear and transmits sound from the air to the malleus.


lexentry: eng/earl__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: earl
trans_list: comes
sense:
(nobility) A British or Irish nobleman next in rank above a viscount and below a marquess; equivalent to a European count. A female using the style is termed a countess.


lexentry: eng/earless_seal__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: earless seal
trans_list: phoca
sense:
Any of the seals in the taxonomic family Phocidae characterized by lacking external ear flaps; true seals.


lexentry: eng/earnest_money__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: earnest money
trans_list: arrabō
sense:
(chiefly, US) Money paid as a deposit to show intent to buy or to reserve an item to be purchased; especially, money accompanying an offer to buy real estate.


lexentry: eng/earphone__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: earphone
trans_list: auscultabulum
sense:
A transducer that converts electric signals into sound and is held near the ear, especially as part of a telephone; an earpiece or headphone.


lexentry: eng/earth__Noun__1
sense_num: 12
written_rep: earth
trans_list: terra
sense:
(alchemy, philosophy, and, Taoism) The aforementioned soil- or rock-based material, considered one of the four or five classical elements.


lexentry: eng/earthquake__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: earthquake
trans_list: terrae mōtus | terraemōtus | terrae motus
sense:
A shaking of the ground, caused by volcanic activity or movement around geologic faults. [from 14th c.]


lexentry: eng/earthquake__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: earthquake
trans_list: terrae mōtus | terraemōtus | terrae motus
sense:
(planetary geology) Such a quake specifically occurring on the planet Earth, as opposed to other celestial bodies. [from 20th c.]


lexentry: eng/earwig__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: earwig
trans_list: dermaptera
sense:
Any of various insects of the order Dermaptera that have elongated bodies, large membranous wings folded underneath short leathery forewings and a pair of large pincers protruding from the rear of the abdomen.


lexentry: eng/easel__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: easel
trans_list: vāra
sense:
An upright frame, typically on three legs, for displaying or supporting something, such as an artist's canvas.


lexentry: eng/easement__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: easement
trans_list: servitus
sense:
(law) An interest in land which grants the legal right to use another person's real property (real estate), generally in order to cross a part of the property or to gain access to something on the property (right of way).


lexentry: eng/east__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: east
trans_list: oriēns | oriens
sense:
(ecclesiastical) In a church: the direction of the altar and chancel; the direction faced by the priest when celebrating ad orientem.


lexentry: eng/easterly__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: easterly
trans_list: orientale | orientalis
sense:
(meteorology) Any persistent wind from the east (usually applied to broad currents or belts of easterly winds).


lexentry: eng/eat__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: eat
trans_list: edere | edo
sense:
(copulative, intransitive) To have a particular quality of diet; to be well-fed or underfed (typically as "eat healthy" or "eat good").


lexentry: eng/eaves__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: eaves
trans_list: grunda | suggrunda
sense:
(architectural element) The underside of a roof that extends beyond the external walls of a building.


lexentry: eng/echidna__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: echidna
trans_list: echidna
sense:
Any of the species of small spined monotremes in family Tachyglossidae, the four extant species of which are found in Australia and southern New Guinea.


lexentry: eng/echinococcosis__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: echinococcosis
trans_list: echinococcoses
sense:
(diseases) A potentially fatal parasitic disease of animals and humans, caused by the Echinococcus tapeworm.


lexentry: eng/echinococcus__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: echinococcus
trans_list: echinococcus
sense:
(zoology) A parasite of humans and of many domestic and wild animals, the larval stage of Echinococcus granulosus, that forms compound cysts or tumours (called hydatid cysts) in various organs, but especially in the liver and lungs.


lexentry: eng/eclipse__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: eclipse
trans_list: eclīpsis | eclipsis
sense:
Especially, an alignment whereby a planetary object (for example, the Moon) comes between the Sun and another planetary object (for example, the Earth), resulting in a shadow being cast by the middle planetary object onto the other planetary object.


lexentry: eng/ecology__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ecology
trans_list: oecologia
sense:
(biology) The branch of biology dealing with the relationships of organisms with their environment and with each other.


lexentry: eng/economics__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: economics
trans_list: oeconomia
sense:
(social sciences) The study of resource allocation, distribution and consumption; of capital and investment; and of management of the factors of production.


lexentry: eng/economy__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: economy
trans_list: oeconomia | œconomia
sense:
(obsolete) System of management; general regulation and disposition of the affairs of a state or nation, or of any department of government.


lexentry: eng/economy__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: economy
trans_list: oeconomia | œconomia
sense:
The system of production and distribution and consumption. The overall measure of a currency system; as the national economy.


lexentry: eng/ecu__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ecu
trans_list: scutum
sense:
(historical) The European Currency Unit (symbol ₠), a currency used in the European Community before the euro.


lexentry: eng/ecumenical__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ecumenical
trans_list: oecumenicus
sense:
(ecclesiastical) Pertaining to the universal Church, representing the entire Christian world; interdenominational; sometimes by extension, interreligious. [from 16th c.]


lexentry: eng/ecumenical_council__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ecumenical council
trans_list: concilium oecūmenicum
sense:
(Christianity) A church council to which bishops from the entire world are invited, held by Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox Christians to be infallible in its decisions on faith and morals when certain conditions are met.


lexentry: eng/ecumenism__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ecumenism
trans_list: oecumenismus
sense:
(philosophy) Ecumenical doctrines and practices, especially as manifested in the ecumenical movement.


lexentry: eng/edelweiss__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: edelweiss
trans_list: leontopodium
sense:
A European perennial alpine plant (Leontopodium alpinum), with downy leaves and small white flower heads in a dense cluster.


lexentry: eng/edema__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: edema
trans_list: oedema
sense:
(American spelling, pathology) An excessive accumulation of serum in tissue spaces or a body cavity.


lexentry: eng/edge__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: edge
trans_list: margō
sense:
(geometry) A one-dimensional face of a polytope. In particular, the joining line between two vertices of a polygon; the place where two faces of a polyhedron meet.


lexentry: eng/edgy__Adjective__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: edgy
trans_list: finis
sense:
(entertainment, advertising) On the edge between acceptable and offensive; pushing the boundaries of good taste; risqué.


lexentry: eng/edification__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: edification
trans_list: aedificatio
sense:
The act of edifying, or the state of being edified or improved; a building process, especially morally, emotionally, or spiritually


lexentry: eng/edition__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: edition
trans_list: editio
sense:
(publishing) A written work edited and published, as by a certain editor or in a certain manner, or at a certain time.


lexentry: eng/efface__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: efface
trans_list: dēlinō | oblitterō
sense:
(transitive) To erase (as anything impressed or inscribed upon a surface); to render illegible or indiscernible.


lexentry: eng/effect__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: effect
trans_list: fructus | effectus
sense:
(sound engineering) An alteration, or device for producing an alteration, in sound after it has been produced by an instrument.


lexentry: eng/effeminate__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: effeminate
trans_list: perfluus | ēvirātus
sense:
(often, derogatory, of a man or boy) Exhibiting behaviour or mannerisms considered typical of a female; unmasculine.


lexentry: eng/efficiency__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: efficiency
trans_list: efficientia
sense:
The extent to which a resource is used for the intended purpose; the ratio of useful work to energy expended.


lexentry: eng/efficient__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: efficient
trans_list: efficiens
sense:
making good, thorough, or careful use of resources; not consuming extra. Especially, making good use of time or energy


lexentry: eng/egg__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: egg
trans_list: ōvum | ovum
sense:
(specifically, countable) The edible egg (sense 1.1) of a domestic fowl such as a duck, goose, or, especially, a chicken; (uncountable) the contents of such an egg or eggs used as food.


lexentry: eng/egg__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: egg
trans_list: ōvum | ovum
sense:
An approximately spherical or ellipsoidal body produced by birds, insects, reptiles, and other animals, housing the embryo within a membrane or shell during its development.


lexentry: eng/egg_on__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: egg on
trans_list: concire
sense:
(transitive, idiomatic) To encourage or coax a person to do something, especially something foolhardy or reckless.


lexentry: eng/eggplant__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: eggplant
trans_list: melongena
sense:
(North America, Australia, New Zealand, Philippines) The edible fruit of the Solanum melongena: an aubergine.


lexentry: eng/egret__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: egret
trans_list: ardea
sense:
Any of various wading birds of the genera Egretta or Ardea that includes herons, many of which are white or buff, and several of which develop fine plumes during the breeding season.


lexentry: eng/eh__Interjection__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: eh
trans_list: aut
sense:
(informal, chiefly, Canada, UK) Used as a tag question, to emphasise what goes before or to request that the listener express an opinion about what has been said.


lexentry: eng/eh__Interjection__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: eh
trans_list: haud
sense:
(chiefly, Canada) An interjection used to ascertain the continued attention of an individual addressed by the speaker.


lexentry: eng/eider__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: eider
trans_list: somateria mollissima
sense:
Any of the species of the genera Polysticta or Somateria, in the seaduck subfamily Merginae, which line their nests with fine down (taken from their own bodies).


lexentry: eng/eight_hundred__Numeral__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: eight hundred
trans_list: octingentī
sense:
The cardinal number occurring after seven hundred ninety-nine and before eight hundred one, represented in Arabic numerals as 800.


lexentry: eng/eight_o'clock__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: eight o'clock
trans_list: hora octava
sense:
(In both the 12-hour clock and the 24-hour clock) The start of the ninth hour of the day; 8:00 a.m. (08:00).


lexentry: eng/eighteen__Numeral__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: eighteen
trans_list: duodēvīgintī | octōdecim | duodeviginti
sense:
The cardinal number occurring after seventeen and before nineteen, represented in Roman numerals as XVIII and in Arabic numerals as 18.


lexentry: eng/eighty__Numeral__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: eighty
trans_list: octōgintā | octoginta
sense:
The cardinal number occurring after seventy-nine and before eighty-one, represented in Roman numerals as LXXX and in Arabic numerals as 80.


lexentry: eng/einkorn_wheat__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: einkorn wheat
trans_list: arinca
sense:
A type of wheat, characterised by the presence of a single grain in each spikelet, that was cultivated in the Fertile Crescent and was one of the first grains to be domesticated; any subtype of said wheat, considered as a unit; in particular, the domesticated form.


lexentry: eng/einstein__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: einstein
trans_list: einsteinium
sense:
(photochemistry, dated) One mole of photons, regardless of frequency, as used to measure irradiance.


lexentry: eng/einsteinium__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: einsteinium
trans_list: einsteinium
sense:
A transuranic chemical element (symbol Es) with atomic number 99: a soft, silvery, paramagnetic metal.


lexentry: eng/either__Conjunction__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: either
trans_list: aut
sense:
Introduces the first of two (or occasionally more) options or possibilities, the second (or last) of which is introduced by “or”.


lexentry: eng/ejaculate__Verb__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: ejaculate
trans_list: ēiaculor
sense:
(biology, transitive) To eject or suddenly throw fluid or some other substance from a duct or other body structure.


lexentry: eng/ejaculate__Verb__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: ejaculate
trans_list: ēiaculor
sense:
(specifically, transitive, and, intransitive) Of a human being or other mammal: to forcibly eject from the urethra in response to sexual stimulation, in a male, semen; and, in a female, vaginal fluid.


lexentry: eng/ejaculation__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: ejaculation
trans_list: patrātiō
sense:
(specifically) A reflex in human beings and other mammals in response to sexual stimulation involving the forcible ejection from the urethra of, in males, semen; and, in females, vaginal fluid.


lexentry: eng/ejaculatory_duct__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ejaculatory duct
trans_list: ostium ejaculatorium
sense:
(anatomy) Either of a pair of ducts through which semen passes, each of which is formed by the merging of the vas deferens and the duct of the seminal vesicle.


lexentry: eng/elative__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: elative
trans_list: ēlātīvus
sense:
In Semitic languages, the “adjective degree of superiority.” In some languages such as Arabic, the concepts of comparative and superlative degree of an adjective are merged into a single form, the elative. How this form is understood or translated depends upon context and definiteness. In the absence of comparison, the elative conveys the notion of “greatest”, “supreme.”


lexentry: eng/elative_case__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: elative case
trans_list: casus elativus
sense:
(grammar) The case used to indicate movement out of something; for example, out of the house. Some languages that make use of the elative are Finnish, Hungarian, and Estonian.


lexentry: eng/election__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: election
trans_list: creatio
sense:
A process of choosing a leader, members of parliament, councillors, or other representatives by popular vote.


lexentry: eng/elector__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: elector
trans_list: elector
sense:
A member of an electoral college; specifically (US) an official selected by a state as a member of the Electoral College to elect the president and vice president of the United States.


lexentry: eng/electoral_fraud__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: electoral fraud
trans_list: fraus electoralis
sense:
(politics) Illegal interference with the process of an election, especially with the intent to stage a desired election outcome.


lexentry: eng/electric_car__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: electric car
trans_list: autocinetum electricum
sense:
A car that uses electric motors and motor controllers instead of an internal combustion engine, the power coming from rechargeable batteries.


lexentry: eng/electric_charge__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: electric charge
trans_list: onus electricum
sense:
(physics) The quantity of unbalanced positive or negative ions in or on an object; measured in coulombs.


lexentry: eng/electric_current__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: electric current
trans_list: fluxus oneris electrici
sense:
(electromagnetism) The net charge that passes through some cross-section of a conducting material (in one direction), per unit time, having the SI unit A (C/s).


lexentry: eng/electric_eel__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: electric eel
trans_list: Electrophorus electricus
sense:
(narrowly) Electrophorus electricus, a species of fish resembling an eel (though not related) that is capable of generating powerful electric shocks.


lexentry: eng/electric_vehicle__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: electric vehicle
trans_list: autocinetum electricum
sense:
A vehicle that uses an electric motor as the means of propulsion; most especially, an e-car or e-truck.


lexentry: eng/electrical_engineering__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: electrical engineering
trans_list: ars electrica
sense:
the branch of engineering that deals with the technology of electricity, especially the design and application of circuitry and equipment for power generation and distribution, machine control, and communications


lexentry: eng/electricity__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: electricity
trans_list: ēlectricitās
sense:
(physics) The study of electrical phenomena; the branch of science dealing with such phenomena. [from 18th c.]


lexentry: eng/electrify__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: electrify
trans_list: electrificare
sense:
(transitive) To cause electricity to pass through; to affect by electricity; to give an electric shock to.


lexentry: eng/electrochemistry__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: electrochemistry
trans_list: electrochemia
sense:
(chemistry) The science of the chemistry associated with the flow of electricity, especially at the surface of an electrode.


lexentry: eng/electrode__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: electrode
trans_list: electrhodus
sense:
The terminal through which electric current passes between metallic and nonmetallic parts of an electric circuit.


lexentry: eng/electrolysis__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: electrolysis
trans_list: electrolysis
sense:
(chemistry) the chemical change produced by passing an electric current through a conducting solution or a molten salt.


lexentry: eng/electrolyte__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: electrolyte
trans_list: electrolytum
sense:
(physiology, medicine) Any of the various biometal ions (such as sodium or chloride) that regulate the electric charge on cells and the flow of water across their membranes, or (metonymically) such an ion's concentration in a bodily fluid, usually and especially blood#Noun, blood serum#Noun, or urine.


lexentry: eng/electromagnetism__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: electromagnetism
trans_list: elecromagnetismus
sense:
A unified fundamental force that combines the aspects of electricity and magnetism and is one of the four fundamental forces. (technically it can be unified with weak nuclear to form electroweak) Its gauge boson is the photon.


lexentry: eng/electron__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: electron
trans_list: electro
sense:
(particle) The subatomic particle having a negative charge and orbiting the nucleus; the flow of electrons in a conductor constitutes electricity.


lexentry: eng/electron_microscope__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: electron microscope
trans_list: microscopium electronicum
sense:
Any of several forms of microscope that use a beam of electrons, rather than one of light, and thus has a much greater resolving power.


lexentry: eng/electron_shell__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: electron shell
trans_list: involucrum electroniorum
sense:
(physics) The collective states of all electrons in an atom having the same principal quantum number (visualized as an orbit in which the electrons move).


lexentry: eng/electron_volt__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: electron volt
trans_list: electronvoltium
sense:
(physics) A unit for measuring the energy of subatomic particles; the energy equal to that attained by an electron moving through a potential difference of one volt. Equivalent to 1.6022 x 10-19 joules.


lexentry: eng/electronics__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: electronics
trans_list: electronica
sense:
(physics) The study and use of electrical devices that operate by controlling the flow of electrons or other electrically charged particles or by converting the flow of charged particles to or from other forms of energy.


lexentry: eng/electrum__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: electrum
trans_list: electro
sense:
An alloy of gold and silver, used by the ancients; now specifically a natural alloy with between 20 and 50 per cent silver.


lexentry: eng/element__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: element
trans_list: elementum
sense:
(chemistry) Any one of the simplest chemical substances that cannot be decomposed in a chemical reaction or by any chemical means and made up of atoms all having the same number of protons.


lexentry: eng/element__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: element
trans_list: elementum
sense:
(legal) A required aspect or component of a cause of action. A deed is regarded as a violation of law only if each element can be proved.


lexentry: eng/element__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: element
trans_list: elementum
sense:
One of the four basic building blocks of matter in theories of ancient philosophers and alchemists: water, earth, fire, and air.


lexentry: eng/element__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: element
trans_list: elementum
sense:
One of the simplest or essential parts or principles of which anything consists, or upon which the constitution or fundamental powers of anything are based.


lexentry: eng/element__Noun__1
sense_num: 12
written_rep: element
trans_list: elementum
sense:
A component in electrical equipment, often in the form of a coil, having a high resistance, thereby generating heat when a current is passed through it.


lexentry: eng/elementary_particle__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: elementary particle
trans_list: particula elementaria
sense:
(physics) A fundamental particle; any of the subatomic particles that do not consist of other, smaller particles; the gauge bosons, leptons and quarks.


lexentry: eng/elephant__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: elephant
trans_list: elephantus | elephas | barrus | Lūca bōs
sense:
A mammal of the order Proboscidea, having a trunk, and two large ivory tusks jutting from the upper jaw.


lexentry: eng/elephantiasis__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: elephantiasis
trans_list: elephantiasis | elephantia | elephanticus morbus | elephās
sense:
(pathology) A complication of chronic filariasis, in which nematode worms block the lymphatic vessels, usually in the legs or scrotum, causing extreme enlargement of the infected area.


lexentry: eng/elevation__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: elevation
trans_list: elevatio
sense:
The act of raising from a lower place, condition, or quality to a higher; said of material things, persons, the mind, the voice, etc.


lexentry: eng/elevation__Noun__1
sense_num: 07
written_rep: elevation
trans_list: elevatio
sense:
The movement of the axis of a piece in a vertical plane; also, the angle of elevation, that is, the angle between the axis of the piece and the line of sight; distinguished from direction.


lexentry: eng/eleven_o'clock__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: eleven o'clock
trans_list: hora undecima
sense:
(In both the 12-hour clock and the 24-hour clock) The start of the twelfth hour of the day; 11:00 a.m. (11:00).


lexentry: eng/elf__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: elf
trans_list: alfus
sense:
(Norse mythology) A luminous spirit presiding over nature and fertility and dwelling in the world of Álfheim (Elfland). Compare angel, nymph, fairy.


lexentry: eng/elf__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: elf
trans_list: alfus
sense:
Any from a race of mythical, supernatural beings resembling but seen as distinct from human beings. They are usually delicate-featured and skilled in magic or spellcrafting; sometimes depicted as clashing with dwarves, especially in modern fantasy literature.


lexentry: eng/elf__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: elf
trans_list: alfus
sense:
(fantasy) Any of the magical, typically forest-guarding races bearing some similarities to the Norse álfar (through Tolkien's Eldar).


lexentry: eng/elicit__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: elicit
trans_list: accendo
sense:
To evoke, educe (emotions, feelings, responses, etc.); to generate, obtain, or provoke as a response or answer.


lexentry: eng/elicit__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: elicit
trans_list: expedio
sense:
To draw out, bring out, bring forth (something latent); to obtain information from someone or something.


lexentry: eng/eligible__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: eligible
trans_list: accommodatus
sense:
Allowed to and meeting the necessary conditions required to participate in or be chosen for something


lexentry: eng/elite__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: elite
trans_list: acumen
sense:
A special group or social class of people which have a superior intellectual, social or economic status as, the elite of society.


lexentry: eng/ell__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ell
trans_list: ulna
sense:
(historical) A measure of length. An English ell was 1¼ yards (45 inches or 114 cm), a Scottish ell was about 37 inches (94 cm), a Flemish ell was ¾ yard (27 inches or 69 cm), while certain European ells were less than 50 cm.


lexentry: eng/ellipsoid__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ellipsoid
trans_list: ellipsoides
sense:
(mathematics, geometry) A surface, all of whose cross sections are elliptic or circular (including the sphere), that generalises the ellipse and in Cartesian coordinates (x, y, z) is a quadric with equation x2/a2 + y2/b2 + z2/c2 = 1.


lexentry: eng/elm__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: elm
trans_list: ulmus
sense:
(countable) A tree of the genus Ulmus of the family Ulmaceae, large deciduous trees with alternate stipulate leaves and small apetalous flowers.


lexentry: eng/else__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: else
trans_list: alius
sense:
(postpositive, used only with indefinite or interrogative pronouns) Other; in addition to previously mentioned items.


lexentry: eng/elytron__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: elytron
trans_list: elytra
sense:
A sheath or outer covering, especially around the spinal cord or over the hindwings of certain insects.


lexentry: eng/email__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: email
trans_list: cursus electronicus
sense:
(uncountable) A system for transferring messages from one computer to another, usually through a network.


lexentry: eng/emancipation__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: emancipation
trans_list: manumissio
sense:
The state of being thus set free; liberation (used, for example, of slaves from bondage, of a person from prejudices, of the mind from superstition, of a nation from tyranny or subjugation).


lexentry: eng/emasculate__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: emasculate
trans_list: castratio
sense:
(transitive) To deprive of masculine vigor or spirit; to weaken; to render effeminate; to vitiate by unmanly softness. [from early 17th c.]


lexentry: eng/embassy__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: embassy
trans_list: lēgātio | legatio
sense:
An organization or group of officials who permanently represent a sovereign state in a second sovereign state or with respect to an international organization such as the United Nations.


lexentry: eng/embellish__Verb__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: embellish
trans_list: pulchresco
sense:
To make something sound or look better or more acceptable than it is in reality; to distort, to embroider.


lexentry: eng/embezzle__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: embezzle
trans_list: pecūlor
sense:
(legal, business) To steal or misappropriate money that one has been trusted with, especially to steal money from the organisation for which one works.


lexentry: eng/embezzler__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: embezzler
trans_list: pecūlātor | āversor
sense:
One who steals money they have been trusted with, especially from one's employer; one who embezzles.


lexentry: eng/embolism__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: embolism
trans_list: embolia
sense:
(pathology) An obstruction or occlusion of an blood vessel by an embolus, that is by a blood clot, air bubble or other matter that has been transported by the blood stream.


lexentry: eng/embrace__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: embrace
trans_list: amplector
sense:
(transitive) To clasp (someone or each other) in the arms with affection; to take in the arms; to hug.


lexentry: eng/embryo__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: embryo
trans_list: embryo
sense:
In the reproductive cycle, the stage after the fertilization of the egg that precedes the development into a fetus.


lexentry: eng/emerald__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: emerald
trans_list: smaragdus
sense:
Any of various green gemstones, especially a green transparent form of beryl, highly valued as a precious stone.


lexentry: eng/emigrate__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: emigrate
trans_list: demigrare
sense:
(intransitive) To leave the country in which one lives, especially one's native country, in order to reside elsewhere.


lexentry: eng/emigration__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: emigration
trans_list: transmigratio
sense:
The act of emigrating; movement of a person or persons out of a country or national region, for the purpose of permanent relocation of residence.


lexentry: eng/emmer__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: emmer
trans_list: far | alica
sense:
Any of species Triticum dicoccon, one of a group of hulled wheats that are important food grains. [from 1908]


lexentry: eng/emotion__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: emotion
trans_list: sensus | affectus
sense:
A person's internal state of being and involuntary physiological response to an object or a situation, based on or tied to physical state and sensory data.


lexentry: eng/empathy__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: empathy
trans_list: empathia
sense:
Identification with or understanding of the thoughts, feelings, or emotional state of another person.


lexentry: eng/emperor__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: emperor
trans_list: imperātor | autocratōr | basileus | imperator
sense:
Any monarch ruling an empire, irrespective of gender, with "empress" contrasting to mean the consort of an emperor.


lexentry: eng/emphasis__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: emphasis
trans_list: emphasis
sense:
Prominence given to a syllable or words, by raising the voice or printing in italic or underlined type.


lexentry: eng/emphasis__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: emphasis
trans_list: accentus
sense:
(phonology) The phonetic or phonological feature that distinguishes emphatic consonants from other consonants.


lexentry: eng/empire__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: empire
trans_list: imperium
sense:
A political state, often a monarchy, that has achieved a much greater current size than its initial size by conquering surrounding territories, cities or nations.


lexentry: eng/empire__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: empire
trans_list: imperium
sense:
The group of states or other territories that owe allegiance to an imperial power (foreign to them), when distinguished from the native territory of that power; imperial possessions.


lexentry: eng/empiric__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: empiric
trans_list: empīricus
sense:
(historical) A member of a sect of ancient physicians who based their theories solely on experience.


lexentry: eng/empirical__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: empirical
trans_list: empiricus
sense:
Pertaining to or based on experience (often, in contrast with having a basis in theoretical explanation) .


lexentry: eng/empiricism__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: empiricism
trans_list: empīricē
sense:
(medicine, now, chiefly, historical) Medicine as practised by an empiric, founded on mere experience, without the aid of science or a knowledge of principles; folk medicine, quackery. [from 17th c.]


lexentry: eng/emporium__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: emporium
trans_list: taberna
sense:
(also, figuratively) A shop that offers a wide variety of goods for sale; a department store; (with a descriptive word) a shop specializing in particular goods.


lexentry: eng/empower__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: empower
trans_list: adiuvare
sense:
(transitive) To give someone more confidence and/or strength to do something, often by enabling them to increase their control over their own life or situation.


lexentry: eng/empyema__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: empyema
trans_list: empyema
sense:
(medical sign) A collection of pus within a naturally existing anatomical cavity (as opposed to an abscess, which occurs in a newly formed cavity).


lexentry: eng/empyrean__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: empyrean
trans_list: empȳreus
sense:
Of the sky or the heavens, and particularly relating to the highest celestial sphere in premodern cosmology; celestially refined.


lexentry: eng/en_passant__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: en passant
trans_list: in praetereundo
sense:
(chess) A move in which a pawn captures an opposing pawn on the same rank immediately after the latter has moved forward two squares on its first move in the game, as if it had moved forward only one square.


lexentry: eng/enable__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: enable
trans_list: habilito
sense:
To make somebody able (to do, or to be, something); to give sufficient ability or power to do or to be; to give strength or ability to.


lexentry: eng/enclosure__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: enclosure
trans_list: clausura
sense:
(uncountable) The act of enclosing, i.e. the insertion or inclusion of an item in a letter or package.


lexentry: eng/enclosure__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: enclosure
trans_list: clausura
sense:
(uncountable, by extension) The act of restricting access to ideas, works of art or technologies using patents or intellectual property laws.


lexentry: eng/encoding__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: encoding
trans_list: codex
sense:
(computing) The way in which symbols are mapped onto bytes, e.g. in the rendering of a particular font, or in the mapping from keyboard input into visual text.


lexentry: eng/encompass__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: encompass
trans_list: abstinere
sense:
(transitive) To include within its scope; to circumscribe or go round so as to surround; to enclose; to contain.


lexentry: eng/encroachment__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: encroachment
trans_list: incursio magna
sense:
An entry into a place or area that was previously uncommon; an advance beyond former borders; intrusion; incursion.


lexentry: eng/encyclopedia__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: encyclopedia
trans_list: encyclopaedīa | pandectēs | encyclopaedia
sense:
A comprehensive reference work (often spanning several printed volumes) with articles (usually arranged in alphabetical order, or sometimes arranged by category) on a range of subjects, sometimes general, sometimes limited to a particular field.


lexentry: eng/endeavor__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: endeavor
trans_list: mōlior | nītor
sense:
(intransitive) To attempt through application of effort (to do something); to try strenuously. [from 16th c.]


lexentry: eng/endive__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: endive
trans_list: intibum
sense:
A leafy salad vegetable, Cichorium endivia, which is often confused with common chicory (Cichorium intybus).


lexentry: eng/endocrine_system__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: endocrine system
trans_list: systema endocrinum
sense:
(physiology) A control system of ductless glands that secrete hormones which circulate via the bloodstream to affect cells within specific organs.


lexentry: eng/endocrinology__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: endocrinology
trans_list: endocrinologia
sense:
(physiology) The study of the endocrine glands of the human body, the hormones produced by them, and their related disorders.


lexentry: eng/endometrium__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: endometrium
trans_list: endometrium
sense:
(anatomy) The mucous membrane that lines the uterus in mammals and in which fertilized eggs are implanted.


lexentry: eng/endorheic__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: endorheic
trans_list: endorheicus
sense:
(hydrology) Of a basin or lake: having no outflow to an external body of water such as a river or ocean, and only losing water through evaporation or seepage into the ground.


lexentry: eng/endorsement__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: endorsement
trans_list: appendix
sense:
An amendment or annotation to an insurance contract or other official document (such as a driving licence).


lexentry: eng/endorsement__Noun__1
sense_num: 06
written_rep: endorsement
trans_list: adminicolum
sense:
Support from an important, renowned figure of a media (celebrity, politics, sports, etc.), to get back up.


lexentry: eng/endosome__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: endosome
trans_list: nucleolus
sense:
(biology) An endocytic vacuole through which molecules internalized during endocytosis pass en route to lysosomes


lexentry: eng/endosymbiotic_theory__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: endosymbiotic theory
trans_list: hypothesis endosymbiotica
sense:
(ecology) The theory that mitochondria and chloroplasts, which are organelles of eukaryotic cells, originated as independent organisms.


lexentry: eng/endure__Verb__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: endure
trans_list: perpetior | tolerō
sense:
To remain firm, as under trial or suffering; to suffer patiently or without yielding; to bear up under adversity; to hold out.


lexentry: eng/enemy__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: enemy
trans_list: inimīcus | inimicus
sense:
Someone who is hostile to, feels hatred towards, opposes the interests of, or intends injury to someone else.


lexentry: eng/energy__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: energy
trans_list: energia
sense:
(physics) A quantity that denotes the ability to do work and is measured in a unit dimensioned in mass × distance²/time² (ML²/T²) or the equivalent.


lexentry: eng/engender__Verb__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: engender
trans_list: concipere
sense:
(transitive) To bring into existence (a situation, quality, result etc.); to give rise to, cause, create. [from 14th c.]


lexentry: eng/engine__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: engine
trans_list: motorium
sense:
A complex mechanical device which converts energy into useful motion or physical effects. [from 16th c.]


lexentry: eng/engine__Noun__1
sense_num: 07
written_rep: engine
trans_list: machinatio
sense:
(computing) A software or hardware system responsible for a specific technical task (usually with qualifying word). [from 20th c.]


lexentry: eng/engineer__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: engineer
trans_list: māchinātor
sense:
Originally, a person engaged in designing, constructing, or maintaining engines or machinery; now (more generally) , a person qualified or professionally engaged in any branch of engineering, or studying to do so.


lexentry: eng/engineering__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: engineering
trans_list: mechanicus
sense:
(uncountable) The application of mathematics and the physical sciences to the needs of humanity and the development of technology.


lexentry: eng/english__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: english
trans_list: anglicus
sense:
(uncountable, North American) Spinning or rotary motion given to a ball around the vertical axis, as in pool, billiards or bowling; spin, sidespin.


lexentry: eng/engrave__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: engrave
trans_list: caelō | insigno
sense:
(transitive) To carve text or symbols into (something), usually for the purposes of identification or art.


lexentry: eng/engross__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: engross
trans_list: littera
sense:
(transitive, now, _, legal) To write (a document) in large, aesthetic, and legible lettering; to make a finalized copy of.


lexentry: eng/enjoin__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: enjoin
trans_list: hortor
sense:
(transitive, chiefly, literary) To lay upon, as an order or command; to give an injunction to; to direct with authority; to order; to charge.


lexentry: eng/enlighten__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: enlighten
trans_list: illuminare
sense:
(transitive, figurative) To make something clear to (someone); to give knowledge or understanding to.


lexentry: eng/enormity__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: enormity
trans_list: immānitās
sense:
(uncountable) Deviation from moral normality; extreme wickedness, nefariousness, or cruelty. [from 15th c.]


lexentry: eng/ensemble__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: ensemble
trans_list: una
sense:
(collective) A group of musicians, dancers, actors, etc who perform together; e.g. the chorus of a ballet company.


lexentry: eng/enshrine__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: enshrine
trans_list: adorare
sense:
(transitive, by extension) To preserve or cherish (something) as though in a shrine; to preserve or contain, especially with some reverence.


lexentry: eng/ensure__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: ensure
trans_list: polliceri
sense:
(intransitive) To make sure or certain of something (usually some future event or condition). [from 18th c.]


lexentry: eng/entangle__Verb__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: entangle
trans_list: obrētiō
sense:
(transitive) To involve in difficulties or embarrassments; to embarrass, puzzle, or distract by adverse or perplexing circumstances, interests, demands, etc.; to hamper; to bewilder.


lexentry: eng/enter__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: enter
trans_list: ingredior | introeo | imbitō | ineō | intrō | invado
sense:
(transitive) To cause to go (into), or to be received (into); to put in; to insert; to cause to be admitted.


lexentry: eng/entertainment__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: entertainment
trans_list: oblectāmen | oblectāmentum
sense:
An activity designed to give pleasure, enjoyment, diversion, amusement, or relaxation to an audience, no matter whether the audience participates passively as in watching opera or a movie, or actively as in games.


lexentry: eng/entity__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: entity
trans_list: entitas
sense:
That which has a distinct existence as an individual unit. Often used for organisations which have no physical form.


lexentry: eng/entity__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: entity
trans_list: entitas
sense:
(databases) Anything about which information or data can be stored in a database; in particular, an organised array or set of individual elements or parts.


lexentry: eng/entomology__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: entomology
trans_list: entomologia
sense:
The scientific study of insects, and (informally) of other arthropods (and occasionally other invertebrates).


lexentry: eng/entropy__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: entropy
trans_list: entropia
sense:
(Boltzmann definition) A measure of the disorder directly proportional to the natural logarithm of the number of microstates yielding an equivalent thermodynamic macrostate.


lexentry: eng/entropy__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: entropy
trans_list: entropia
sense:
(thermodynamics, countable) A measure of the amount of energy in a physical system that cannot be used to do work.


lexentry: eng/entropy__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: entropy
trans_list: entropia
sense:
(statistics, information theory, countable) A measure of the amount of information and noise present in a signal.


lexentry: eng/entry-level__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: entry-level
trans_list: fundamentalis
sense:
Simple enough to be appropriate to an inexperienced person, or to someone who does not need advanced features.


lexentry: eng/entry__Noun__1
sense_num: 07
written_rep: entry
trans_list: atrium
sense:
A small room immediately inside the front door of a house or other building, often having an access to a stairway and leading on to other rooms


lexentry: eng/entrée__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: entrée
trans_list: gustātiō
sense:
(chiefly, British, French Canada, Australia, New Zealand, historical, _) A smaller dish served before the main course of a meal.


lexentry: eng/envious__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: envious
trans_list: invidus
sense:
Feeling or exhibiting envy; jealously desiring the excellence or good fortune of another; maliciously grudging


lexentry: eng/environ__Verb__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: environ
trans_list: circino
sense:
(chiefly, passive) Of a person: to be positioned or stationed around (someone or something) to attend to or protect them.


lexentry: eng/environmentalist__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: environmentalist
trans_list: viridis
sense:
One who advocates for the protection of the environment and biosphere from misuse from human activity through such measures as ecosystem protection, waste reduction and pollution prevention.


lexentry: eng/envy__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: envy
trans_list: invidia
sense:
Resentful desire of something possessed by another or others (but not limited to material possessions). [from 13th c.]


lexentry: eng/envy__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: envy
trans_list: invideō
sense:
(transitive) To feel displeasure or hatred towards (someone) for their good fortune or possessions. [from 14th c.]


lexentry: eng/eon__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: eon
trans_list: aeon
sense:
(geology) The longest geochronologic unit, being a period of hundreds of millions of years; subdivided into eras.


lexentry: eng/epee__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: epee
trans_list: mucro
sense:
(fencing) A sharp-pointed dueling sword with a bell-shaped guard, used (with the end blunted) in sport fencing.


lexentry: eng/epenthesis__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: epenthesis
trans_list: epenthesis
sense:
(phonetics, prosody) The insertion of a phoneme, letter, or syllable into a word, usually to satisfy the phonological constraints of a language or poetic context.


lexentry: eng/ephod__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ephod
trans_list: ephod
sense:
(biblical, Judaism) A priestly apron, or breastplate, described in the Bible in Exodus 28: vi–xxx, which only the chief priest of ancient Israel was allowed to wear.


lexentry: eng/epic__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: epic
trans_list: epos
sense:
An extended narrative poem in elevated or dignified language, celebrating the feats of a deity, demigod (heroic epic), other legend or traditional hero.


lexentry: eng/epicene__Adjective__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: epicene
trans_list: communis
sense:
(linguistics) Of or relating to nouns or pronouns in any language that have a single form for male and female referents.


lexentry: eng/epicentre__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: epicentre
trans_list: epicentrum
sense:
(seismology) The point on the land or water surface directly above the focus, or hypocentre, of an earthquake.


lexentry: eng/epidemic__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: epidemic
trans_list: luēs
sense:
(epidemiology) An occurrence of a disease or disorder in a population at a frequency higher than that expected in a given time period; an episode of outbreak and subsequent high prevalence.


lexentry: eng/epidemiology__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: epidemiology
trans_list: epidemiologia
sense:
(sciences) The branch of science dealing with the spread and control of diseases, viruses, concepts etc. throughout populations or systems.


lexentry: eng/epididymis__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: epididymis
trans_list: epididymis
sense:
(anatomy) A narrow, tightly-coiled tube connecting the efferent ducts from the rear of each testicle to its vas deferens, where sperm are stored during maturation.


lexentry: eng/epilepsy__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: epilepsy
trans_list: epilēpsia
sense:
(pathology) A medical condition in which the sufferer experiences seizures (or convulsions) and blackouts.


lexentry: eng/epiphyte__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: epiphyte
trans_list: epiphytum
sense:
(botany) A plant that grows on another, using it for physical support but obtaining no nutrients from it and neither causing damage nor offering benefit; an air plant.


lexentry: eng/episode__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: episode
trans_list: episodium
sense:
An incident, action, or time period standing out by itself, but more or less connected with a complete series of events.


lexentry: eng/epistemology__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: epistemology
trans_list: epistemologia
sense:
(uncountable) The branch of philosophy dealing with the study of knowledge; the theory of knowledge, asking such questions as "What is knowledge?", "How is knowledge acquired?", "What do people know?", "How do we know what we know?", "How do we know it is true?", and so on.


lexentry: eng/epistle__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: epistle
trans_list: epistola
sense:
One of the books of the New Testament which was originally a letter issued by an apostle to an individual or a community.


lexentry: eng/epithelium__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: epithelium
trans_list: epithelium | textus epithelialis
sense:
(anatomy) A membranous tissue composed of one or more layers of cells which forms the covering of most internal and external surfaces of the body and its organs: internally including the lining of vessels and other small cavities, and externally being the skin.


lexentry: eng/epithet__Noun__1
sense_num: 06
written_rep: epithet
trans_list: epitheton
sense:
(taxonomy) A word in the scientific name of a taxon following the name of the genus or species. This applies only to formal names of plants, fungi and bacteria. In formal names of animals the corresponding term is the specific name.


lexentry: eng/epitrite__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: epitrite
trans_list: epitritus
sense:
(poetry, Ancient Greek and Latin prosody) A metrical foot consisting of three long syllables and one short syllable.


lexentry: eng/epoch__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: epoch
trans_list: epocha
sense:
A particular period of history, or of a person's life, especially one considered noteworthy or remarkable.


lexentry: eng/eponymous__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: eponymous
trans_list: cognominatus
sense:
Of, relating to, or being the person or entity after which someone or something is named; serving as an eponym.


lexentry: eng/epoophoron__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: epoophoron
trans_list: epoophoron
sense:
(anatomy) A group of tubules, a remnant of the Wolffian body, often found near the ovary or oviduct.


lexentry: eng/equal_sign__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: equal sign
trans_list: signum aequalitatis
sense:
A symbol (=) used in mathematics to indicate that two values are the same, and elsewhere in various other ways, such as (formerly) to separate the signature from the content of a telegram.


lexentry: eng/equalize__Verb__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: equalize
trans_list: compensare
sense:
(underwater diving) To clear the ears to balance the pressure in the middle ear with the outside pressure by letting air enter along the Eustachian tubes.


lexentry: eng/equally__Adverb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: equally
trans_list: pariter | aequāliter | aequē
sense:
(manner) In an equal manner; in equal shares or proportion; with equal and impartial justice; evenly


lexentry: eng/equation__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: equation
trans_list: aequatio
sense:
(astronomy) A small correction to observed values to remove the effects of systematic errors in an observation.


lexentry: eng/equator__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: equator
trans_list: aequator
sense:
(geography, often, _, “the Equator”) An imaginary great circle around Earth, equidistant from the two poles, and dividing earth's surface into the northern and southern hemisphere.


lexentry: eng/equinox__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: equinox
trans_list: aequinoctium
sense:
One of two times in the year (one in March and the other in September) when the length of the day and the night are equal, which occurs when the Earth is squarely facing the sun and the sun is directly overhead at the equator; this marks the beginning of spring in one hemisphere and autumn in the other.


lexentry: eng/equip__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: equip
trans_list: armo | ornō
sense:
(transitive) To supply with something necessary in order to carry out a specific action or task; to provide with (e.g. weapons, provisions, munitions, rigging)


lexentry: eng/equipment__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: equipment
trans_list: armāmentum
sense:
Any items used in equipping something or someone, for example things needed for an expedition or voyage.


lexentry: eng/equivocal__Adjective__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: equivocal
trans_list: aequivocatio
sense:
Capable of being ascribed to different motives, or of signifying opposite feelings, purposes, or characters; deserving to be suspected.


lexentry: eng/equivocate__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: equivocate
trans_list: abducere
sense:
(intransitive) To speak using double meaning; to speak ambiguously, unclearly or doubtfully, with intent to deceive.


lexentry: eng/equivocation__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: equivocation
trans_list: aequivocatio
sense:
The use of expressions susceptible of a double signification, possibly intentionally and with the aim of misleading.


lexentry: eng/erase__Verb__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: erase
trans_list: oblitterō | ērādō
sense:
(intransitive) To be erased (have markings removed, have information removed, or be cleared of information).


lexentry: eng/eraser__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: eraser
trans_list: gummis
sense:
(North America, Philippines) A thing used to erase or remove something written or drawn by a pen or a pencil.


lexentry: eng/eraser__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: eraser
trans_list: gummis
sense:
(North America, Philippines) A thing used to erase something written by chalk on a chalkboard, by marker on a whiteboard, or by some other erasable implement; a chalkboard eraser, whiteboard eraser, etc.


lexentry: eng/erbium__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: erbium
trans_list: erbium
sense:
A chemical element (symbol Er) with atomic number 68: a silvery-white metal, in nature always found in combination with other elements.


lexentry: eng/erection__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: erection
trans_list: tentīgō | verpa | ērectiō
sense:
(uncountable, physiology) The physiological process by which erectile tissue, such as a penis or clitoris, becomes erect by being engorged with blood.


lexentry: eng/erection__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: erection
trans_list: ērectiō
sense:
(uncountable, physiology, of a penis or clitoris) The state or quality of being erect from engorgement with blood.


lexentry: eng/ergative__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ergative
trans_list: ergativus
sense:
(grammar) With the subject of a transitive construction having grammatical cases or thematic relations different from those of an intransitive construction.


lexentry: eng/ergative_case__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ergative case
trans_list: ergativus
sense:
(grammar) A grammatical case used to indicate the agent of a transitive verb in ergative-absolutive languages.


lexentry: eng/ergative_verb__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ergative verb
trans_list: ergativus
sense:
(linguistics) An ambitransitive verb where the patient is the object of the transitive, but becomes the experiencer of the intransitive use.


lexentry: eng/ermine__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ermine
trans_list: Mustela erminea
sense:
A weasel found in northern latitudes (Mustela erminea in Eurasia, Alaska, and the Arctic, Mustela haidarum in Haida Gwaii, Mustela richardsonii in the rest of North America); its dark brown fur turns white in winter, apart from the black tip of the tail.


lexentry: eng/erysipelas__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: erysipelas
trans_list: serpēdo
sense:
(disease) An acute, sometimes recurrent febrile disease caused by infection of a hemolytic streptococcus, associated with intense edematous local inflammation of the skin and subcutaneous tissues, and marked by large raised red patches on the skin.


lexentry: eng/escalator__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: escalator
trans_list: scalae volubiles
sense:
A motor-driven mechanical device consisting of a continuous loop of steps that automatically conveys people from one floor to another.


lexentry: eng/eschar__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: eschar
trans_list: crusta
sense:
(loose or obsolete) Any hard, dark, commonly flattened or sunken lesion or crust, especially on a burn, abscess, infection, wound; commonly a coagulation of blood or exudations, not necessarily involving dead or necrotic tissue.


lexentry: eng/escort__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: escort
trans_list: comitātus | cohors
sense:
A group of people or vehicles, generally armed, who go with a person or people of importance to safeguard them on a journey or mission.


lexentry: eng/espouse__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: espouse
trans_list: accipere
sense:
(transitive, figurative, modern usage) To accept, support, or take on as one’s own (an idea or a cause).


lexentry: eng/espy__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: espy
trans_list: prospicio
sense:
To find out or observe (someone or something, especially if not easy to see) by spying or looking; to catch sight of; to see; to spot.


lexentry: eng/espy__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: espy
trans_list: prospicio
sense:
To observe (someone or something) as a spy; also, to examine or observe (someone or something) carefully; or to look out or watch for.


lexentry: eng/essential_oil__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: essential oil
trans_list: oleum aethereum
sense:
A volatile oil, used to make perfumes and flavourings, especially one having the characteristic odour of the plant from which it is obtained.


lexentry: eng/establishment__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: establishment
trans_list: condicio
sense:
(usually with "the") The ruling class or authority group in a society; especially, an entrenched authority dedicated to preserving the status quo. Also Establishment.


lexentry: eng/estate_agent__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: estate agent
trans_list: praediātor | praediātrīx
sense:
(British, Ireland) A person or company that acts in the sale, purchase, lease or maintenance of land, property, real estate etc for another.


lexentry: eng/ester__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ester
trans_list: ester
sense:
(organic compound) A compound most often formed by the condensation of an alcohol and an acid, with elimination of water, which contains the functional group carbon-oxygen double bond (i.e., carbonyl) joined via carbon to another oxygen atom.


lexentry: eng/estrange__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: estrange
trans_list: abalieno | alieno
sense:
(transitive) To cause to feel less close or friendly; alienate. To cease contact with (particularly of a family member or spouse, especially in form estranged).


lexentry: eng/etc.__Phrase__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: etc.
trans_list: et caetera | et cetera | &c. | etc.
sense:
And so on: used to note that the rest of a list or piece of information has been left out on the assumption that it is similar or already known.


lexentry: eng/etching__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: etching
trans_list: aqua fortis
sense:
(uncountable) The art of producing an image from a metal plate into which an image or text has been etched with acid.


lexentry: eng/ethane__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ethane
trans_list: ethanum
sense:
(organic compound, uncountable) An aliphatic hydrocarbon, C2H6, gaseous at normal temperatures and pressures, being a constituent of natural gas.


lexentry: eng/ethanol__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ethanol
trans_list: ethanol
sense:
(organic compound) A simple aliphatic alcohol formally derived from ethane by replacing one hydrogen atom with a hydroxyl group: CH3-CH2-OH.


lexentry: eng/ether__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ether
trans_list: aether
sense:
(uncountable, literary, or, poetic) The substance formerly supposed to fill the upper regions of the atmosphere above the clouds, in particular as a medium breathed by deities.


lexentry: eng/ether__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: ether
trans_list: aether
sense:
(uncountable, physics, historical) Often as aether and more fully as luminiferous aether: a substance once thought to fill all unoccupied space that allowed electromagnetic waves to pass through it and interact with matter, without exerting any resistance to matter or energy; its existence was disproved by the 1887 Michelson–Morley experiment and the theory of relativity propounded by Albert Einstein (1879–1955).


lexentry: eng/ether__Noun__1
sense_num: 06
written_rep: ether
trans_list: aether
sense:
(countable, organic compound) Any of a class of organic compounds containing an oxygen atom bonded to two hydrocarbon groups.


lexentry: eng/ethereal__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ethereal
trans_list: aetherius
sense:
Pertaining to the presupposition of an invisible air-like element permeating all of space, or to the higher regions beyond the earth or beyond the atmosphere.


lexentry: eng/ethereal__Adjective__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: ethereal
trans_list: aetherius
sense:
Consisting of ether; hence, exceedingly light or airy; tenuous; spiritlike; characterized by extreme delicacy, as form, manner, thought, etc.


lexentry: eng/ethical__Adjective__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: ethical
trans_list: honestum
sense:
(not comparable) Of or relating to the accepted principles of right and wrong, especially those of some organization or profession.


lexentry: eng/ethical_dative__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ethical dative
trans_list: datīvus ēthicus
sense:
(grammar) A form of the dative case applied to pronouns; used (in Latin and some other languages, but rare in English) to show a certain interest felt by the person indicated.


lexentry: eng/ethnic__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ethnic
trans_list: ethnicus
sense:
Of or relating to a group of people having common racial, ancestral, national, religious or cultural origins.


lexentry: eng/ethnic_group__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ethnic group
trans_list: gens
sense:
A group of people who identify with one another, especially on the basis of ancestral, national, cultural, historical or religious grounds.


lexentry: eng/ethnicity__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ethnicity
trans_list: natio
sense:
The common characteristics of a group of people, especially regarding ancestry, culture, language or national experiences.


lexentry: eng/ethnocentrism__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ethnocentrism
trans_list: ethnocentrismus
sense:
The tendency to look at the world primarily from the perspective of one's own traditional, deferred, or adoptive ethnic culture.


lexentry: eng/ethylene__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ethylene
trans_list: ethenum
sense:
(organic compound) The common name for the organic chemical compound ethene. The simplest alkene, a colorless gaseous (at room temperature and pressure) hydrocarbon with the chemical formula C2H4.


lexentry: eng/etiquette__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: etiquette
trans_list: modus
sense:
The customary behavior of members of a profession, business, law, or sports team towards each other.


lexentry: eng/etymology__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: etymology
trans_list: etymologia
sense:
(countable) An account of the origin and historical development of a word as presented in a dictionary or the like.


lexentry: eng/etymon__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: etymon
trans_list: etymon
sense:
(linguistics, philology) The original or earlier form of an inherited or borrowed word, affix, or morpheme either from an earlier period in a language's development, from an ancestral language, or from a foreign language.


lexentry: eng/eugenics__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: eugenics
trans_list: eugenica
sense:
(sociology, biology) A social philosophy or practice which advocates the improvement of human hereditary qualities through selective breeding, either by encouraging people with good genetic qualities to reproduce (positive eugenics), or discouraging people with bad genetic qualities from reproducing (negative eugenics), or by technological means.


lexentry: eng/euglena__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: euglena
trans_list: euglena
sense:
(biology) Any of several protists, of the genus Euglena, that contain chloroplasts and a single flagellum.


lexentry: eng/euhemerism__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: euhemerism
trans_list: euhemerismus
sense:
(uncountable) The belief that legends and mythology arise from exaggerated descriptions of historical people and events.


lexentry: eng/eukaryote__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: eukaryote
trans_list: eukaryota
sense:
(cytology) Any of the single-celled or multicellular organisms of the taxonomic domain Eukaryota, whose cells contain at least one distinct nucleus.


lexentry: eng/eunuch__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: eunuch
trans_list: eunuchus
sense:
Such a man employed as harem guard or in certain (mainly Eastern) monarchies (e.g. late Roman and Chinese Empires) as court or state officials.


lexentry: eng/euphemism__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: euphemism
trans_list: euphemismus
sense:
(uncountable) The use of a word or phrase to replace another with one that is considered less offensive, blunt or vulgar than the word or phrase which it replaces.


lexentry: eng/euphonious__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: euphonious
trans_list: canōrus
sense:
Of sounds, especially speech: demonstrating or possessing euphony; agreeable to the ear; pleasant-sounding.


lexentry: eng/euphonium__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: euphonium
trans_list: euphonium
sense:
A valved brass instrument with conical tubing similar in appearance to a tuba but of higher pitch; a sax horn.


lexentry: eng/euthanasia__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: euthanasia
trans_list: euthanasia
sense:
The practice of intentionally killing a human being or animal for humane reasons, especially in order to end suffering.


lexentry: eng/evade__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: evade
trans_list: eludo | evado | subtefugio | subterfugio
sense:
(transitive) To get away from by cunning; to avoid by using dexterity, subterfuge, address, or ingenuity; to cleverly escape from


lexentry: eng/evaluation__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: evaluation
trans_list: taxātiō
sense:
An assessment, such as an annual personnel performance review used as the basis for a salary increase or bonus, or a summary of a particular situation.


lexentry: eng/evangelize__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: evangelize
trans_list: ēvangelizāre
sense:
To tell people about (a particular branch of) Christianity, especially in order to convert them; to preach the gospel to.


lexentry: eng/evening__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: evening
trans_list: vesper | vespera
sense:
The time of the day between the approximate time of midwinter dusk and midnight (compare afternoon); the period after the end of regular office working hours.


lexentry: eng/event__Noun__1
sense_num: 07
written_rep: event
trans_list: eventum
sense:
(computing) A possible action that the user can perform that is monitored by an application or the operating system (event listener). When an event occurs an event handler is called which performs a specific task.


lexentry: eng/event_horizon__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: event horizon
trans_list: horizon eventuum
sense:
(astrophysics) The gravitational sphere of a black hole within which the escape velocity is greater than the speed of light.


lexentry: eng/eventually__Adverb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: eventually
trans_list: tandem
sense:
In the end; at some later time, especially after a long time, a series of problems, struggles, delays or setbacks.


lexentry: eng/evidently__Adverb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: evidently
trans_list: ēvidenter
sense:
In a manner which makes the fact or conclusion evident; obviously; as may be clearly inferred. [from 17th c.]


lexentry: eng/evil__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: evil
trans_list: malum
sense:
Moral badness; wickedness; malevolence; the forces or behaviors that are the opposite or enemy of good.


lexentry: eng/evil_eye__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: evil eye
trans_list: malus oculus
sense:
A wicked look conveying dislike or envy that in many cultures is believed to be able to cause bad luck or injury; also, the ability to cause bad luck or injury through such a look, supposed to be possessed by some people.


lexentry: eng/evocative__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: evocative
trans_list: vivus
sense:
That which evokes (brings to mind) a memory, mood, idea, feeling, or image; redolent or reminiscent.


lexentry: eng/evolution__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: evolution
trans_list: prōgressus | seriēs
sense:
(geometry) The opening out of a curve; now more generally, the gradual transformation of a curve by a change of the conditions generating it. [from 17th c.]


lexentry: eng/evolution__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: evolution
trans_list: ēvolūtiō vītae
sense:
(biology) The transformation of animals, plants and other living things into different forms (now understood as a change in genetic composition) by the accumulation of changes over successive generations. [from 19th c.]


lexentry: eng/exact__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: exact
trans_list: exactus
sense:
Precisely agreeing with a standard, a fact, or the truth; perfectly conforming; neither exceeding nor falling short in any respect.


lexentry: eng/exaggeration__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: exaggeration
trans_list: superlātiō
sense:
The act of exaggerating; the act of doing or representing in an excessive manner; a going beyond the bounds of truth, reason, or justice; a hyperbolical representation; hyperbole; overstatement.


lexentry: eng/examination__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: examination
trans_list: inquisitio
sense:
Particularly, an inspection by a medical professional to establish the extent and nature of any sickness or injury.


lexentry: eng/examination__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: examination
trans_list: inquisitio | quaestio
sense:
(education) A formal test involving answering written or oral questions under a time constraint and usually without access to textbooks; typically, a large, written test administered to high school and college students covering course material studied in a semester.


lexentry: eng/example__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: example
trans_list: exemplum
sense:
Something that serves as a pattern of behaviour to be imitated (a good example) or not to be imitated (a bad example).


lexentry: eng/example__Noun__1
sense_num: 06
written_rep: example
trans_list: exemplum | exemplar
sense:
An instance (as a problem to be solved) serving to illustrate the rule or precept or to act as an exercise in the application of the rule.


lexentry: eng/excavation__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: excavation
trans_list: excavatio
sense:
(uncountable) The act of excavating, or of making hollow, by cutting, scooping, or digging out a part of a solid mass.


lexentry: eng/except__Conjunction__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: except
trans_list: nisi
sense:
With the exception (that); used to introduce a clause, phrase or adverb forming an exception or qualification to something previously stated.


lexentry: eng/exception__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: exception
trans_list: exceptiō
sense:
That which is excluded from others; a person, thing, or case, specified as distinct, or not included.


lexentry: eng/exception__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: exception
trans_list: exceptio
sense:
(usually, followed by to or against) An objection; cavil; dissent; disapprobation; offense; cause of offense.


lexentry: eng/exception__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: exception
trans_list: exceptio
sense:
(programming) An interruption in normal processing, typically caused by an error condition, that can be raised ("thrown") by one part of the program and handled ("caught") by another part.


lexentry: eng/excerpt__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: excerpt
trans_list: excerptum
sense:
A clip, snippet, passage or extract from a larger work such as a news article, a film, or a literary composition.


lexentry: eng/excess__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: excess
trans_list: nimium
sense:
The state of surpassing or going beyond a limit; the state of being beyond sufficiency, necessity, or duty; more than what is usual or proper.


lexentry: eng/exchange_rate__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: exchange rate
trans_list: collybus
sense:
(economics, finance) The rate at which one currency can be exchanged for another, usually expressed as the value of the one in terms of the other.


lexentry: eng/excite__Verb__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: excite
trans_list: commoveō
sense:
(transitive, physics) To cause an electron to move to a higher than normal state; to promote an electron to an outer level.


lexentry: eng/exclusive_right__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: exclusive right
trans_list: jūs exclūsīvum
sense:
(legal) The power, granted by the government to persons, to allow or disallow others from taking certain actions (through legal force)


lexentry: eng/excommunication__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: excommunication
trans_list: excommūnicātiō | excommūniō
sense:
The act of excommunicating, disfellowshipping or ejecting; especially an ecclesiastical censure whereby the person against whom it is pronounced is, for the time, cast out of the communication of the church; exclusion from fellowship in things spiritual.


lexentry: eng/excrete__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: excrete
trans_list: expellere
sense:
(biology, ambitransitive) To discharge material (including waste products) from a cell, body or system.


lexentry: eng/excretion__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: excretion
trans_list: excretio
sense:
The process of removing or ejecting material that has no further utility, especially from the body; the act of excreting.


lexentry: eng/excuse__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: excuse
trans_list: praetextum
sense:
(countable, uncountable) Explanation designed to avoid or alleviate guilt or negative judgment; a plea offered in extenuation of a fault.


lexentry: eng/excuse__Verb__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: excuse
trans_list: utior
sense:
(transitive) To provide an excuse for; to explain, with the aim of alleviating guilt or negative judgement.


lexentry: eng/execration__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: execration
trans_list: exsecratio | imprecātiō
sense:
An act or instance of cursing; a curse dictated by violent feelings of hatred; an imprecation; an expression of utter detestation.


lexentry: eng/execute__Verb__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: execute
trans_list: fungor
sense:
(transitive, law) To carry out, to perform an act; to put into effect or cause to become legally binding or valid (as a contract) by so doing.


lexentry: eng/executive__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: executive
trans_list: administrator
sense:
A chief officer or administrator, especially one who can make significant decisions on their own authority.


lexentry: eng/executive__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: executive
trans_list: exsecutorius
sense:
The branch of government that is responsible for enforcing laws and judicial decisions, and for the day-to-day administration of the state.


lexentry: eng/exemplar__Noun__1
sense_num: 06
written_rep: exemplar
trans_list: copia
sense:
A handwritten manuscript used by a scribe to make a handwritten copy; the original copy of what gets multiply reproduced in a copy machine.


lexentry: eng/exercise__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: exercise
trans_list: exercitium | exercitātiō
sense:
(countable, uncountable) Activity intended to improve physical, or sometimes mental, strength and fitness.


lexentry: eng/exeunt__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: exeunt
trans_list: exeunt
sense:
(archaic, drama) They leave the stage (a stage direction to two or more actors, the plural counterpart of exit).


lexentry: eng/exhale__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: exhale
trans_list: exhālō
sense:
(intransitive) To expel air from the lungs through the nose or mouth by action of the diaphragm, to breathe out.


lexentry: eng/exhaust__Verb__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: exhaust
trans_list: abūtor
sense:
(transitive, literally, figuratively) To use up; to deplete, drain or expend wholly, or until the supply comes to an end


lexentry: eng/exhibit__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: exhibit
trans_list: exhibeō | ostendō | praestō
sense:
(transitive) To display or show (something) for others to see, especially at an exhibition or contest.


lexentry: eng/exit__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: exit
trans_list: exitus
sense:
An opening or passage through which one can go from inside a place (such as a building, a room, or a vehicle) to the outside; an egress.


lexentry: eng/exonym__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: exonym
trans_list: exonymum
sense:
An external name for a place, people or language used by foreigners instead of the native-language version.


lexentry: eng/exorcise__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: exorcise
trans_list: adiuro
sense:
(transitive) To drive out (an evil spirit) from a person, place or thing, especially by an incantation or prayer.


lexentry: eng/exorcism__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: exorcism
trans_list: adiuratio | exorcismus
sense:
The ritual act of driving out evil spirits from persons, places or things that are possessed by them.


lexentry: eng/exorcist__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: exorcist
trans_list: adiurator
sense:
A person, especially a priest or priestess, who is a masterful practitioner in purification and exorcism to force out evil spirits and/or demons from a living being.


lexentry: eng/exotic__Adjective__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: exotic
trans_list: peregrinus
sense:
(gambling) Being or relating to various wagers, such as the trifecta, that involve betting on the finishing positions of multiple competitors across one or more races.


lexentry: eng/expand__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: expand
trans_list: expando | expandō
sense:
(transitive) To change (something) from a smaller form or size to a larger one; to spread out or lay open.


lexentry: eng/expatriate__Verb__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: expatriate
trans_list: ablēgātiō
sense:
(intransitive) To renounce the rights and liabilities of citizenship where one is born and become a citizen of another country.


lexentry: eng/expectation__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: expectation
trans_list: exspectatio
sense:
The prospect of the future; grounds upon which something excellent is expected to occur; prospect of anything good to come, especially of property or rank.


lexentry: eng/expected_value__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: expected value
trans_list: spes
sense:
(probability theory) The weighted average of outcome values, using probability as the weighting function.


lexentry: eng/expedient__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: expedient
trans_list: instrumentum
sense:
A method or means for achieving a particular result, especially when direct or efficient; a resource.


lexentry: eng/expense__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: expense
trans_list: impendium | impensa
sense:
The elimination or consumption of something, sometimes with the notion of loss or damage to the thing eliminated.


lexentry: eng/experience__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: experience
trans_list: perītia | experientia
sense:
The effect upon the judgment or feelings produced by any event, whether witnessed or participated in; personal and direct impressions as contrasted with description or fancies; personal acquaintance; actual enjoyment or suffering.


lexentry: eng/experience__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: experience
trans_list: experientia
sense:
(countable) A collection of events and/or activities from which an individual or group may gather knowledge, opinions, and skills.


lexentry: eng/experience__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: experience
trans_list: patior | experior
sense:
(transitive) To observe certain events; undergo a certain feeling or process; or perform certain actions that may alter one or contribute to one's knowledge, opinions, or skills.


lexentry: eng/experiment__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: experiment
trans_list: experimentum | periculum
sense:
A test under controlled conditions made to either demonstrate a known truth, examine the validity of a hypothesis, or determine the efficacy or likelihood of something previously untried.


lexentry: eng/explain__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: explain
trans_list: explicō | explānō
sense:
(ambitransitive) To make plain, manifest, or intelligible; to clear of obscurity; to illustrate the meaning of.


lexentry: eng/explode__Verb__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: explode
trans_list: salire
sense:
(intransitive) To fly apart with sudden violent force; to blow up, to burst, to detonate, to go off.


lexentry: eng/exploit__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: exploit
trans_list: prōfĭcĕre
sense:
(transitive) To use (something) to someone's advantage, such as one's own benefit or a society's benefit.


lexentry: eng/exploit__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: exploit
trans_list: prōfĭcĕre
sense:
(transitive) To make unfair use of someone else's labor, person, or property to one's own advantage.


lexentry: eng/exploration__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: exploration
trans_list: inquisitio
sense:
The (pre-)mining process of finding and determining commercially viable ore deposits (after prospecting), also called mineral exploration.


lexentry: eng/explorer__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: explorer
trans_list: nauta
sense:
(computing, graphical user interface) A visual representation of a file system etc. through which the user can navigate.


lexentry: eng/explosion__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: explosion
trans_list: diruptio | displosio
sense:
A violent release of energy (sometimes mechanical, nuclear, or chemical); an act or instance of exploding.


lexentry: eng/exportation__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: exportation
trans_list: exportātiō
sense:
(business, economics) The act of exporting; the act of conveying or sending commodities abroad or to another country, in the course of commerce.


lexentry: eng/exposition__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: exposition
trans_list: ostentatio
sense:
(authorship) The act or process of declaring or describing something through either speech or writing; the portions and aspects of a piece of writing that exist mainly to describe the setting, characters and other non-plot elements.


lexentry: eng/exposure__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: exposure
trans_list: stratum
sense:
(countable, uncountable) That part which is facing or exposed to something, e.g. the sun, weather, sky, or a view.


lexentry: eng/expressway__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: expressway
trans_list: strada
sense:
(US, regional) A divided highway, especially one whose intersections and direct access to adjacent properties have been eliminated.


lexentry: eng/extended_family__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: extended family
trans_list: genus
sense:
A family consisting of parents and children, along with additional members such as grandparents, grandchildren, aunts or uncles, cousins, etc.


lexentry: eng/extension__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: extension
trans_list: extensio
sense:
(semantics) Capacity of a concept or general term to include a greater or smaller number of objects; — correlative of intension.


lexentry: eng/extension__Noun__1
sense_num: 07
written_rep: extension
trans_list: cūnctārī
sense:
(banking, finance) A written engagement on the part of a creditor, allowing a debtor further time to pay a debt.


lexentry: eng/extension__Noun__1
sense_num: 16
written_rep: extension
trans_list: extensio
sense:
(ring theory, of an ideal in the domain of a ring homomorphism) The ideal in the codomain generated by the image of the given ideal under the given homomorphism.


lexentry: eng/extort__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: extort
trans_list: extorqueō
sense:
(transitive) To take or seize from an unwilling person by physical force, menace, duress, torture, or any undue or illegal exercise of power or ingenuity.


lexentry: eng/extra__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: extra
trans_list: subsicīvus
sense:
(not comparable) Beyond what is due, usual, expected, or necessary; extraneous; additional; supernumerary.


lexentry: eng/extract__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: extract
trans_list: extractum
sense:
A decoction, solution, or infusion made by drawing out from any substance that which gives it its essential and characteristic virtue


lexentry: eng/extract__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: extract
trans_list: extractum
sense:
A solid preparation obtained by evaporating a solution of a drug, etc., or the fresh juice of a plant (distinguished from an abstract).


lexentry: eng/extractor_hood__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: extractor hood
trans_list: campana
sense:
(UK) An electrical kitchen device fitted over a cooker and connected to a flue designed to suck off any vapours from cooking.


lexentry: eng/extraterrestrial__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: extraterrestrial
trans_list: extrā terram | extrāterrestris | extrāterrestriālis
sense:
Originating from outside of the Earth's atmosphere, from space, or from another planet; alien to Earth or its environment.


lexentry: eng/extraterrestrial__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: extraterrestrial
trans_list: ēns extrā terram
sense:
A being originating from outside of the Earth's atmosphere, from space, or from another planet; an alien.


lexentry: eng/eye__Noun__1
sense_num: 17
written_rep: eye
trans_list: gemma | oculus
sense:
A loop forming part of anything, or a hole through anything, to receive a hook, pin, rope, shaft, etc.; for example, at the end of a tie bar in a bridge truss, through a crank, at the end of a rope, or through a millstone.


lexentry: eng/eye_for_an_eye__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: eye for an eye
trans_list: oculum pro oculo dentem pro dente
sense:
(idiom) Compensation for injury caused by a person, in the form of inflicting an identical injury on that person.


lexentry: eng/eye_patch__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: eye patch
trans_list: splēnium
sense:
An opaque patch worn so as to cover one eye in order to protect or conceal it, or to treat amblyopia in children.


lexentry: eng/eye_socket__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: eye socket
trans_list: orbita ocularis
sense:
(anatomy, ophthalmology) The bony cavity which contains the eyeball and its associated muscles, vessels, and nerves. In humans, seven bones make up each bony orbit.


lexentry: eng/eyelet__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: eyelet
trans_list: aedes
sense:
An object that consists of a rim and small hole or perforation to receive a cord or fastener, as in garments, sails, etc. An eyelet may reinforce a hole.


lexentry: eng/fable__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fable
trans_list: apologus | fābulātiō
sense:
A fictitious narrative intended to enforce some useful truth or precept, usually with animals, etc. as characters; an apologue. Prototypically, Aesop's Fables.


lexentry: eng/facade__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: facade
trans_list: frons
sense:
(programming) An object serving as a simplified interface to a larger body of code, as in the facade pattern.


lexentry: eng/face__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: face
trans_list: vultus | faciēs | facies
sense:
(anatomy) The front part of the head of a human or other animal, featuring the eyes, nose, and mouth, and the surrounding area.


lexentry: eng/face__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: face
trans_list: vultus
sense:
(in expressions such as 'make a face') A distorted facial expression; an expression of displeasure, insult, etc.


lexentry: eng/face__Noun__1
sense_num: 07
written_rep: face
trans_list: facies
sense:
(geometry) Any of the flat bounding surfaces of a polyhedron; more generally, any of the bounding pieces of a polytope of any dimension.


lexentry: eng/facial_expression__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: facial expression
trans_list: gestus
sense:
The expression or countenance that seems to an onlooker to be represented by the appearance of a person or animal's face, resulting from specific use of that person's facial muscles.


lexentry: eng/facilitator__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: facilitator
trans_list: conciliator
sense:
A person who helps a group to have an effective dialog without taking any side of the argument, especially in order to reach a consensus.


lexentry: eng/facility__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: facility
trans_list: accommodatio
sense:
The physical means or contrivances to make something (especially a public service) possible; the required equipment, infrastructure, location etc. [from 19th c.]


lexentry: eng/facility__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: facility
trans_list: inceptum
sense:
An institution specially designed for a specific purpose, such as incarceration, military use, or scientific experimentation.


lexentry: eng/fact__Noun__1
sense_num: 06
written_rep: fact
trans_list: factum
sense:
(databases) An individual value or measurement at the lowest level of granularity in a data warehouse.


lexentry: eng/faction__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: faction
trans_list: pars
sense:
(countable) A group of people, especially within a political organization, which expresses a shared belief or opinion different from people who are not part of the group.


lexentry: eng/factorial__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: factorial
trans_list: factorialis
sense:
(mathematics, combinatorics) The result of multiplying a given number of consecutive integers from 1 to the given number. In equations, it is symbolized by an exclamation mark (!). For example, 5! = 1 × 2 × 3 × 4 × 5 = 120.


lexentry: eng/fade__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: fade
trans_list: defluo
sense:
(intransitive) To grow weak; to lose strength; to decay; to perish gradually; to wither, as a plant.


lexentry: eng/fag__Noun__3
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fag
trans_list: draucus
sense:
(chiefly, US, Canada, vulgar, usually, _, offensive) A homosexual man, especially (usually, _, derogatory) an effeminate or unusual one.


lexentry: eng/fail__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: fail
trans_list: dēficiō | dēsum
sense:
(transitive) Not to achieve a particular stated goal. (Usage note: The direct object of this word is usually an infinitive.)


lexentry: eng/fail__Verb__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: fail
trans_list: desum
sense:
(transitive) To be wanting to, to be insufficient for, to disappoint, to desert; to disappoint one's expectations.


lexentry: eng/fail__Verb__1
sense_num: 09
written_rep: fail
trans_list: desum
sense:
To be wanting; to fall short; to be or become deficient in any measure or degree up to total absence.


lexentry: eng/fail__Verb__1
sense_num: 10
written_rep: fail
trans_list: desum
sense:
(archaic) To be affected with want; to come short; to lack; to be deficient or unprovided; used with of.


lexentry: eng/fair-weather_friend__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fair-weather friend
trans_list: amicus
sense:
(idiomatic) One who is friendly, helpful, or available only when it is advantageous or convenient to be so. [from early 18th c.]


lexentry: eng/fairy__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: fairy
trans_list: alfa | alfus | diva | divus | fada | fāta
sense:
A mythical being with magical powers, known in many sizes and descriptions, although often depicted in modern illustrations only as a small sprite with gauze-like wings, and revered in some modern forms of paganism.


lexentry: eng/faith__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: faith
trans_list: fides
sense:
A trust or confidence in the intentions or abilities of a person, object, or ideal from prior empirical evidence.


lexentry: eng/fall__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: fall
trans_list: casus | lapsus
sense:
(chiefly, North America, archaic in Britain) The time of the year when the leaves typically fall from the trees; autumn; the season of the year between the autumnal equinox and the winter solstice. [from 16th c.]


lexentry: eng/fall_in_love__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fall in love
trans_list: amorem ardeo | exardesco
sense:
(intransitive, of a person, animate object following “with”) To come to have feelings of love, particularly romantic love.


lexentry: eng/fall_in_love__Verb__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: fall in love
trans_list: amorem ardeo | exardesco
sense:
(intransitive, of a person, inanimate object following "with") To come to have feelings of intense liking directed at another person or a thing.


lexentry: eng/fall_off_the_wagon__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fall off the wagon
trans_list: remergo
sense:
(idiomatic) To cease or fail at a regimen of self-improvement or reform; to lapse back into an old habit or addiction.


lexentry: eng/fallacy__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: fallacy
trans_list: fallacia
sense:
(logic) An argument, or apparent argument, which professes to be decisive of the matter at issue, while in reality it is not; a specious argument.


lexentry: eng/fallout__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fallout
trans_list: cinis
sense:
The event of small airborne particles falling to the ground in significant quantities as a result of major industrial activity, volcano eruption, sandstorm, nuclear explosion, etc.


lexentry: eng/false_friend__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: false friend
trans_list: falsus amicus
sense:
(linguistics, translation studies, lexicography) A word in a language that bears a deceptive resemblance to a word in another language but in fact has a different meaning.


lexentry: eng/falsetto__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: falsetto
trans_list: vox attenuata
sense:
(singing, uncountable) The "false" (singing) voice in any human, usually airy and lacking a purity of vowels; created by utilizing the next highest vocal folds above those used for speech and normal range singing. It is commonly confused with the head voice register.


lexentry: eng/falsework__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: falsework
trans_list: adiuvamen
sense:
(engineering) Scaffolding, a temporary frame serving to support and brace a building under construction until it can stand alone.


lexentry: eng/falsifiable__Adjective__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: falsifiable
trans_list: refutabilis
sense:
(epistemology) The demarcation criterion between scientific and non-scientific statements proposed by Karl Popper. In order to be ranked as scientific, statements or systems of statements must be contradicted by an intersubjective singular existential statement, also called a basic statement, and not be contradicted by another, that is, they must also be logically possible.


lexentry: eng/family__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: family
trans_list: familia | gens
sense:
(countable) A nuclear family: a mother and father who are married and cohabiting and their child or children.


lexentry: eng/family__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: family
trans_list: familia | gens
sense:
(countable) A (close-knit) group of people related by blood, friendship, marriage, law, or custom, especially if they live or work together.


lexentry: eng/family__Noun__1
sense_num: 07
written_rep: family
trans_list: familia
sense:
(countable, biology, taxonomy) A category in the classification of organisms, ranking below order and above genus; a taxon at that rank.


lexentry: eng/family__Noun__1
sense_num: 11
written_rep: family
trans_list: familia
sense:
(countable, linguistics) A group of languages believed to have descended from the same ancestral language.


lexentry: eng/family_tree__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: family tree
trans_list: stemma
sense:
A diagrammatic representation of a pedigree, illustrating the connections between a person's ancestors, offspring and other relatives


lexentry: eng/fan__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fan
trans_list: flābellum | flabellum
sense:
A hand-held device consisting of concertinaed material, or slats of material, gathered together at one end, that may be opened out into the shape of a sector of a circle and waved back and forth in order to move air towards oneself and cool oneself.


lexentry: eng/fan__Noun__2
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fan
trans_list: fautor | fautrix | perquīsītor
sense:
A person who is fond of something or someone, especially an admirer of a performer or aficionado of a sport.


lexentry: eng/fan__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fan
trans_list: ventilo
sense:
(transitive) To blow air on (something) by means of a fan (hand-held, mechanical or electrical) or otherwise.


lexentry: eng/fanboy__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fanboy
trans_list: discipulus
sense:
(fandom, often, derogatory) A male fan who is obsessive about a particular subject (especially, something or someone in popular entertainment media).


lexentry: eng/fanny_pack__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fanny pack
trans_list: ariena
sense:
(North America) A small fabric pouch secured with a zipper and worn at the waist by a strap around the hips.


lexentry: eng/fanslation__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fanslation
trans_list: traducere
sense:
(slang) An unofficial translation of the dialogue or text of a media product (such as a manga, television programme, or video game) from one language to another which is done by fans rather than by its producer.


lexentry: eng/fantasia__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fantasia
trans_list: imaginatio
sense:
(music, also, figurative) A form of instrumental composition with a free structure and improvisational characteristics; specifically, one combining a number of well-known musical pieces. [from early 18th c.]


lexentry: eng/farina__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: farina
trans_list: manna
sense:
A fine flour or meal made from cereal grains or from the starch or fecula of vegetables, extracted by various processes, and used in cookery.


lexentry: eng/farm__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: farm
trans_list: vicus | villa | ager | praedium
sense:
A place where agricultural and similar activities take place, especially the growing of crops or the raising of livestock.


lexentry: eng/farm__Verb__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: farm
trans_list: agricolor
sense:
To give up to another, as an estate, a business, the revenue, etc., on condition of receiving in return a percentage of what it yields; to farm out.


lexentry: eng/farmer__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: farmer
trans_list: agricola
sense:
A person who works the land and/or who keeps livestock; anyone engaged in agriculture on a farm#Noun.


lexentry: eng/farmhouse__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: farmhouse
trans_list: colōnica
sense:
A house that was once a farmer's residence albeit today lived in by residents whose occupation is not farming.


lexentry: eng/faro__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: faro
trans_list: pharao
sense:
(card games) A game of chance played by betting on the order in which certain cards will appear when taken singly from the top of the pack.


lexentry: eng/fasces__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fasces
trans_list: fascis
sense:
A Roman symbol of judicial authority consisting of a bundle of wooden sticks, with an axe blade embedded in the centre; used also as a symbol of fascism.


lexentry: eng/fascine__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: fascine
trans_list: crātis
sense:
(specifically, military, _, fortification) A similar bundle of sticks of wood or plastic pipes used for filling in ditches for armoured fighting vehicles to drive over, and for making parapets, raising batteries, and strengthening ramparts.


lexentry: eng/fascism__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fascism
trans_list: fascismus
sense:
Any right-wing, authoritarian, nationalist ideology characterized by centralized, totalitarian governance, strong regimentation of the economy and society, and repression of criticism or opposition. [1922]


lexentry: eng/fastness__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fastness
trans_list: castellum
sense:
(archaic) Of a fortress or other place: the quality or state of being secure from access or attack; safety, security.


lexentry: eng/fat__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fat
trans_list: adeps
sense:
(uncountable) A specialized animal tissue with high lipid content, used for long-term storage of energy: fat tissue.


lexentry: eng/fat__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: fat
trans_list: adeps
sense:
(countable) A lipid that is solid at room temperature, which fat tissue contains and which is also found in the blood circulation; sometimes, a refined substance chemically resembling such naturally occurring lipids.


lexentry: eng/fatality__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fatality
trans_list: fata
sense:
The state proceeding from destiny; invincible necessity, superior to, and independent of, free and rational control. [from Template:SAFESUBST: c.]


lexentry: eng/father_figure__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: father figure
trans_list: patraster
sense:
One who represents, behaves as, or is regarded as equivalent to a father for another person or group of people.


lexentry: eng/fathom__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fathom
trans_list: brachium
sense:
(chiefly, nautical, historical, US) A man's armspan, generally reckoned to be six feet (about 1.8 metres). Later used to measure the depth of water, but now generally replaced by the metre outside American usage.


lexentry: eng/fathom__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fathom
trans_list: comprehendere
sense:
(archaic, or, obsolete) To encircle (someone or something) with outstretched arms; specifically, to measure the circumference or (rare) length of something.


lexentry: eng/fathom__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fathom
trans_list: comprehendere
sense:
(figuratively) Often followed by out: to deeply understand (someone or something); to get to the bottom of.


lexentry: eng/fauces__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fauces
trans_list: pharynx
sense:
(anatomy) The narrow passage from the mouth to the pharynx, situated between the soft palate and the base of the tongue.


lexentry: eng/fauna__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fauna
trans_list: fauna
sense:
(uncountable) Animals considered as a group; especially those of a particular country, region, time. [from late 18th c.]


lexentry: eng/faze__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: faze
trans_list: expavesco
sense:
(transitive, informal) To frighten or cause hesitation; to daunt, put off (usually used in the negative); to disconcert, to perturb. [from mid 19th c.]


lexentry: eng/fealty__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fealty
trans_list: fides
sense:
Fidelity to one's lord or master; the feudal obligation by which the tenant or vassal was bound to be faithful to his lord.


lexentry: eng/fear__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fear
trans_list: timor | metus | pavor
sense:
(uncountable) A strong, unpleasant emotion or feeling caused by actual or perceived danger or threat.


lexentry: eng/fear__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fear
trans_list: formidō | metuō | paveō | timeō | vereor | veror
sense:
(transitive) To be afraid of (something or someone); to consider or expect (something or someone) with alarm.


lexentry: eng/feather__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: feather
trans_list: penna | plūma
sense:
A branching, hair-like structure that grows on the bodies of birds, used for flight, swimming, protection and display.


lexentry: eng/federal__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: federal
trans_list: foederalis
sense:
Pertaining to a league or treaty; derived from an agreement or covenant between parties, especially between nations.


lexentry: eng/federal__Adjective__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: federal
trans_list: foederalis
sense:
Pertaining to the national government level in a federal nation, as opposed to state, provincial, county, city, or town.


lexentry: eng/federalism__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: federalism
trans_list: foederalismus
sense:
A system of national government in which power is divided between a central authority and a number of regions with delimited self-governing authority.


lexentry: eng/federation__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: federation
trans_list: foederātiō
sense:
Array of nations or states that are unified under one central authority which is elected by its members.


lexentry: eng/fee__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: fee
trans_list: feudum | honōrārium | mercēs | pretium | salārium | stīpendium
sense:
An additional monetary payment charged for a service or good, especially one that is minor compared to the underlying cost.


lexentry: eng/feedback__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: feedback
trans_list: recursus
sense:
(amplification) The high-pitched howling noise heard when there is a loop between a microphone and a speaker.


lexentry: eng/feet_of_clay__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: feet of clay
trans_list: pedes fictiles
sense:
(idiomatic) In someone apparently strong and without failings, a hidden weakness which could lead to downfall.


lexentry: eng/feisty__Adjective__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: feisty
trans_list: pugnax
sense:
Belligerent; prepared to stand and fight, especially in spite of relatively small stature or some other disadvantage.


lexentry: eng/felicity__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: felicity
trans_list: laetitia
sense:
(uncountable) An apt and pleasing style in speech, writing, etc.; (countable) an apt and pleasing choice of words.


lexentry: eng/felon__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: felon
trans_list: scelestus
sense:
(criminal law) A person who has committed a felony; specifically, one who has been tried and convicted of such a crime.


lexentry: eng/felony__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: felony
trans_list: facinus
sense:
(US, historical, _, in, _, UK, legal) A serious criminal offense, which, under United States federal law, is punishable by imprisonment for a term exceeding one year or by death.


lexentry: eng/felt__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: felt
trans_list: coactum
sense:
A cloth or stuff made of matted fibres of wool, or wool and fur, fulled or wrought into a compact substance by rolling and pressure, with lees or size, without spinning or weaving.


lexentry: eng/felucca__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: felucca
trans_list: pheluca
sense:
A traditional wooden shallow-draught sailing boat used in the Mediterranean and along the Nile in Egypt, its rig consisting of one or two lateen sails.


lexentry: eng/female__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: female
trans_list: femineus | femininus
sense:
Belonging to the sex which typically produces eggs (ova), or to the gender which is typically associated with it. [from 14th c.]


lexentry: eng/femicide__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: femicide
trans_list: femicidum
sense:
The killing of a woman or girl because of her sex, especially when motivated by misogyny. [from 19th c.]


lexentry: eng/feminazi__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: feminazi
trans_list: feminazi
sense:
(derogatory, potentially, _, offensive) Relating to a radical or militant feminist who is intolerant of opposing views or who seeks superiority of women over men.


lexentry: eng/feminine__Adjective__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: feminine
trans_list: fēminīnus
sense:
(grammar) Of, pertaining or belonging to the female grammatical gender, in languages that have gender distinctions.


lexentry: eng/feminism__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: feminism
trans_list: feminismus
sense:
A social theory or political movement which argues that legal and social restrictions on women must be removed in order to bring about equality of the sexes in all aspects of public and private life.


lexentry: eng/fen__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fen
trans_list: lāma
sense:
A type of wetland fed by ground water and runoff, containing peat below the waterline, characteristically alkaline.


lexentry: eng/fencing__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fencing
trans_list: ars gladii
sense:
The art or sport of duelling with swords, especially with the 17th- to 18th-century European dueling swords and the practice weapons descended from them (sport fencing).


lexentry: eng/fennec__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fennec
trans_list: vulpes zerda
sense:
A small fox of the species Vulpes zerda, found in the Sahara (excluding the coast) and having distinctive oversized ears.


lexentry: eng/fenugreek__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fenugreek
trans_list: telis | carphos | foenum-graecum
sense:
Any of the species leguminous plant, Trigonella foenum-graecum, eaten as a vegetable and with seeds used as a spice.


lexentry: eng/ferment__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ferment
trans_list: fermentō
sense:
To react, using fermentation; especially to produce alcohol by aging or by allowing yeast to act on sugars; to brew.


lexentry: eng/fermion__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fermion
trans_list: fermion
sense:
(particle physics, Standard Model) Any elementary or composite particle that has half-integer spin and thus obeys Fermi–Dirac statistics and the Pauli exclusion principle (equivalently, a particle for which the wavefunction of any system of identical such particles changes sign whenever two are swapped); a baryon, a lepton or a quark;(slightly more loosely) any such particle or any composite particle composed of fermions.


lexentry: eng/fern__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fern
trans_list: filix
sense:
Any of a group of some twenty thousand species of vascular plants classified in the division Pteridophyta that lack seeds and reproduce by shedding spores to initiate an alternation of generations.


lexentry: eng/ferret__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ferret
trans_list: viverra
sense:
An often domesticated mammal (Mustela putorius furo) rather like a weasel, descended from the polecat and often trained to hunt burrowing animals.


lexentry: eng/ferry__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ferry
trans_list: pontō
sense:
A ship used to transport people, smaller vehicles and goods from one port to another, usually on a regular schedule.


lexentry: eng/ferry__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: ferry
trans_list: pontō
sense:
The legal right or franchise that entitles a corporate body or an individual to operate such a service.


lexentry: eng/ferryboat__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ferryboat
trans_list: pontō
sense:
(nautical) A boat used to ferry passengers, vehicles, or goods across open water, especially one that runs to a regular schedule


lexentry: eng/fertilization__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: fertilization
trans_list: praegnatio
sense:
The act of fecundating or impregnating the gametes of animals, plants, etc.; including the process by which in flowers the pollen renders the ovule fertile, an analogous process in flowerless plants, or the joining of sperm and egg in animals.


lexentry: eng/fescue__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: fescue
trans_list: Festuca
sense:
A hardy grass commonly used to border golf fairways in temperate climates. Any member of the genus Festuca.


lexentry: eng/festival__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: festival
trans_list: festum | feria | festivitas
sense:
An event or series of special events centred on the celebration or promotion of some theme or aspect of the community, often held at regular intervals.


lexentry: eng/festoon__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: festoon
trans_list: pons
sense:
(astronomy) A cloud on Jupiter that hangs out of its home belt or zone into an adjacent area forming a curved finger-like image or a complete loop back to its home belt or zone.


lexentry: eng/fetch__Verb__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: fetch
trans_list: petō
sense:
(intransitive) To bring oneself; to make headway; to veer; as, to fetch about; to fetch to windward.


lexentry: eng/fetial__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fetial
trans_list: fētiālis
sense:
(Ancient Rome, politics, religion, historical) A member of the Roman college of priests who acted as representatives in disputes with foreign nations.


lexentry: eng/feudalism__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: feudalism
trans_list: feudalismus
sense:
A social system based on personal ownership of resources and personal fealty between a suzerain (lord) and a vassal (subject). Defining characteristics are direct ownership of resources, personal loyalty, and a hierarchical social structure reinforced by religion.


lexentry: eng/fever__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fever
trans_list: febris
sense:
A higher than normal body temperature of a person (or, generally, a mammal), usually caused by disease.


lexentry: eng/fibre__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fibre
trans_list: fibra
sense:
(countable) A single piece of a given material, elongated and roughly round in cross-section, often twisted with other fibres to form thread.


lexentry: eng/fiction__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fiction
trans_list: commentum | fabula | res ficta
sense:
(literature) Literary type using invented or imaginative writing, instead of real facts, usually written as prose.


lexentry: eng/fiddle__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fiddle
trans_list: crepido
sense:
Synonym of violin, a small unfretted stringed instrument with four strings tuned (lowest to highest) G-D-A-E, usually held against the chin, shoulder, chest or on the upper thigh and played with a bow; the position of a violinist in a band; (usually, _, proscribed) any of various bowed stringed instruments, particularly those of the violin family when played non-classically.


lexentry: eng/fiddle__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: fiddle
trans_list: crepido
sense:
(especially, nautical) Any rail or device that prevents items from sliding off a table, stove, etc. in rough water.


lexentry: eng/fiddle__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: fiddle
trans_list: palpo
sense:
To fidget or play; to idly amuse oneself, to act aimlessly, idly, or frivolously, particularly out of nervousness or restlessness.


lexentry: eng/fideicommissum__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fideicommissum
trans_list: fideicommissum
sense:
A benefit bequeathed to a beneficiary who inherits the benefit, subject to the obligation of bequeathing it to another.


lexentry: eng/fidget__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fidget
trans_list: movere
sense:
(intransitive) To wiggle or twitch; to move the body, especially the fingers, around nervously or idly.


lexentry: eng/fief__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: fief
trans_list: feudum | rēgnum
sense:
(figurative) A territory, a domain, an area over which one exercises lordly control, particularly with regard to corporate or governmental bureaucracies.


lexentry: eng/field__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: field
trans_list: ager | campus
sense:
A wide, open space that is used to grow crops or to hold farm animals, usually enclosed by a fence, hedge or other barrier.


lexentry: eng/field__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: field
trans_list: ager | arvum
sense:
A place where competitive matches are carried out with figures, or playing area in a board game or a computer game.


lexentry: eng/field__Noun__1
sense_num: 06
written_rep: field
trans_list: campus | ager
sense:
(computing, object-oriented programming) An area of memory or storage reserved for a particular value, subject to virtual access controls.


lexentry: eng/field__Noun__1
sense_num: 06
written_rep: field
trans_list: campus | ager
sense:
(physics) A physical phenomenon (such as force, potential or fluid velocity) that pervades a region; a mathematical model of such a phenomenon that associates each point and time with a scalar, vector or tensor quantity.


lexentry: eng/fig__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: fig
trans_list: ficus
sense:
A fruit-bearing tree or shrub of the genus Ficus that is native mainly to the tropics. [from 14th c.]


lexentry: eng/fighter_plane__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fighter plane
trans_list: aeroplanum insectatorium
sense:
(aircraft, military) A military aircraft primarily designed to attack enemy aircraft. Frequently shortened to fighter.


lexentry: eng/fighting_fish__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fighting fish
trans_list: bellator
sense:
A small aggressive freshwater fish originating from Thailand, popular as aquarium fish, Betta splendens.


lexentry: eng/figurative__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: figurative
trans_list: tropicus
sense:
Of use as a metaphor, simile, metonym or other figure of speech, as opposed to literal; using figures; as when saying that someone who eats more than they should is a pig or like a pig.


lexentry: eng/figurehead__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: figurehead
trans_list: malum aureum
sense:
(by extension) Someone in a nominal position of leadership who has no actual power; a front or front man.


lexentry: eng/file__Noun__3
sense_num: 01
written_rep: file
trans_list: līma | lima
sense:
A hand tool consisting of a handle to which a block of coarse metal is attached, and used for removing sharp edges or for cutting, especially through metal.


lexentry: eng/filing_cabinet__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: filing cabinet
trans_list: armarium
sense:
A piece of office furniture composed of drawers or shelves sized to standard file folder widths, traditionally used for storing documents in order.


lexentry: eng/fill_in__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: fill in
trans_list: compleo
sense:
(transitive, idiomatic) To inform somebody, especially to supply someone missing or missed information.


lexentry: eng/fillet__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fillet
trans_list: vitta
sense:
(now, _, rare) A headband; a ribbon or other band used to tie the hair up, or keep a headdress in place, or for decoration.


lexentry: eng/filter__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: filter
trans_list: liquatorium
sense:
A device which separates a suspended, dissolved, or particulate matter from a fluid, solution, or other substance; any device that separates one substance from another.


lexentry: eng/finagle__Verb__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: finagle
trans_list: detrahere
sense:
(ambitransitive) To cheat or swindle; to use crafty, deceitful methods. (often with "out of" preceding the object)


lexentry: eng/final__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: final
trans_list: finis | exitus | extremum | extremus | peractio | terminus
sense:
(US, Canada) A final examination; a test or examination given at the end of a term or class; the test that concludes a class.


lexentry: eng/final_examination__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: final examination
trans_list: baccalaureatus
sense:
A test given at the end of a period of coursework to determine whether the student has adequately learned the material covered in that period.


lexentry: eng/finals__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: finals
trans_list: finis
sense:
(UK, Ireland, Commonwealth, sports) A contest that narrows a field of contestants (finalists) to ranked positions, usually in numbered places (1st place/prize, 2nd place/prize, etc.) or a winner and numbered runners-up (1st runner-up, etc.).


lexentry: eng/find__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: find
trans_list: inventus
sense:
Anything that is found (usually valuable), as objects on an archeological site or a person with talent.


lexentry: eng/fine_arts__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fine arts
trans_list: ars
sense:
The purely aesthetic arts, such as music, painting, and poetry, as opposed to industrial or functional arts such as architecture or carpentry.


lexentry: eng/finesse__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: finesse
trans_list: fundula
sense:
(countable, card games) In bridge, whist, etc.: a technique which allows one to win a trick, usually by playing a card when it is thought that a card that can beat it is held by another player whose turn is over. [from early 18th c.]


lexentry: eng/fingerboard__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fingerboard
trans_list: speculum
sense:
(music, lutherie) A flat or roughly flat strip on the neck of a stringed instrument, against which the strings are pressed to shorten the vibrating length and produce notes of higher pitches.


lexentry: eng/fingernail__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fingernail
trans_list: unguis
sense:
The hard, flat translucent covering near the tip of a human finger, useful for scratching and fine manipulation.


lexentry: eng/finial__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: finial
trans_list: fastigium
sense:
(architectural element) Especially in Gothic architecture: an ornament, often in the form of a bunch or knot of foliage, on the peak of the gable of a roof, a pediment, a pinnacle, etc.


lexentry: eng/finite__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: finite
trans_list: fīnītus
sense:
Having an end or limit; (of a quantity) constrained by bounds; (of a set) whose number of elements is a natural number.


lexentry: eng/fire__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: fire
trans_list: ignis | focus | flamma
sense:
(countable) An instance of this chemical reaction, especially when intentionally created and maintained in a specific location to a useful end (such as a campfire or a hearth fire).


lexentry: eng/fire__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: fire
trans_list: incendium | ignis
sense:
(countable) The occurrence, often accidental, of fire in a certain place, causing damage and danger.


lexentry: eng/fire__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: fire
trans_list: ignis | focus
sense:
(uncountable, alchemy, philosophy) The aforementioned chemical reaction of burning, considered one of the Classical elements or basic elements of alchemy.


lexentry: eng/fire_engine__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fire engine
trans_list: sipho
sense:
(firefighting) A vehicle used by firefighters to pump water to fight a fire. Typically, a fire engine carries a supply of water and has the ability to connect to an external water supply.


lexentry: eng/fire_in_the_belly__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fire in the belly
trans_list: enthusiasmus
sense:
(idiomatic) The emotional stamina and vigor, passion, or inner drive to achieve something, to take action, etc.


lexentry: eng/fireball__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: fireball
trans_list: igneus nōdus
sense:
(sailing) A class of sailing dinghy with a single trapeze and a symmetrical spinnaker, sailed by a crew of two.


lexentry: eng/firefly__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: firefly
trans_list: cicindela
sense:
(New England, New York, Upper Midwestern US, Western US, Florida) Any beetle of the family Lampyridae, which exhibit bioluminescence during twilight.


lexentry: eng/firmament__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: firmament
trans_list: firmāmentum
sense:
(usually, uncountable, literary, poetic, also, figuratively) The vault of the heavens, where the clouds, sun, moon, and stars can be seen; the heavens, the sky.


lexentry: eng/first_among_equals__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: first among equals
trans_list: prīmus inter parēs
sense:
(idiomatic) A person or position that is formally of equal rank to others in a group, but nonetheless takes a leading role within that group.


lexentry: eng/first_mate__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: first mate
trans_list: secundus
sense:
(nautical) An officer on a merchant ship next in rank to the captain and responsible to the captain for the safety and security of the ship.


lexentry: eng/fiscal__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fiscal
trans_list: fiscalis
sense:
Related to the treasury of a country, company, region or city, particularly to government spending and revenue.


lexentry: eng/fish__Verb__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: fish
trans_list: piscor
sense:
(intransitive, followed by "for" or "around for") To talk to people in an attempt to get them to say something, or seek to obtain something by artifice.


lexentry: eng/fish_bowl__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: fish bowl
trans_list: aquarium
sense:
A variety of discussions where participants are organized in concentric circles and take turns where they and others in the same group are allowed to speak according to a set of rules. [a. 1970]


lexentry: eng/fish_finger__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fish finger
trans_list: digitulus
sense:
(chiefly, UK) A rectangular stick of processed fish coated in breadcrumbs that is cooked by frying or grilling.


lexentry: eng/fish_oil__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fish oil
trans_list: Piscis oleum
sense:
A dietary supplement made up of oil derived from the tissues of oily fish, manufactured and sold in liquid, capsule and tablet forms.


lexentry: eng/fisher__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fisher
trans_list: piscator
sense:
A person who catches fish, especially for a living or for sport; a person engaging in the pastime of fishing.


lexentry: eng/fishing__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: fishing
trans_list: persica
sense:
(uncountable, informal) The act of catching other forms of seafood, separately or together with fish.


lexentry: eng/fishing__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: fishing
trans_list: persicum
sense:
(uncountable) Commercial fishing: the business or industry of catching fish and other seafood for sale.


lexentry: eng/fishing_cat__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fishing cat
trans_list: Prionailurus viverrinus
sense:
A medium-sized cat whose habitat range extends through Indochina, India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Sumatra and Java; (Prionailurus viverrinus).


lexentry: eng/fishing_rod__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fishing rod
trans_list: arundō | harundō
sense:
A rod, often made in sections, which carries a line used for angling and is used to support both the line and the reel and to cast the line.


lexentry: eng/fishpond__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fishpond
trans_list: piscina
sense:
A freshwater pond stocked with fish; especially one formerly attached to a monastery etc as a source of food


lexentry: eng/fistula__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fistula
trans_list: fistula
sense:
(medicine) An abnormal connection or passageway between organs or vessels that normally do not connect.


lexentry: eng/fitful__Adjective__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: fitful
trans_list: implanus
sense:
(by extension) Characterized by sudden bursts of activity with periods of inactivity in between; intermittent, irregular, unsteady.


lexentry: eng/fitting__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: fitting
trans_list: intrinsecum
sense:
(chiefly, _, British, often plural) A removable item in a house or other building, which can be taken with one when one moves out, such as a moveable piece of furniture, a carpet, picture, etc.; US furnishing; compare fixture.


lexentry: eng/five_hundred__Numeral__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: five hundred
trans_list: quīngentī | quingenti
sense:
The cardinal number occurring after four hundred ninety-nine and before five hundred one, represented in Arabic numerals as 500. Ordinal: five-hundredth.


lexentry: eng/five_o'clock__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: five o'clock
trans_list: hora quinta
sense:
(In both the 12-hour clock and the 24-hour clock) The start of the sixth hour of the day; 5:00 a.m. (05:00).


lexentry: eng/fix__Verb__1
sense_num: 12
written_rep: fix
trans_list: fīgō | pangō | reconcinnō | reficiō | restituō | sarciō
sense:
(intransitive) To become firm, so as to resist volatilization; to cease to flow or be fluid; to congeal; to become hard and malleable, as a metallic substance.


lexentry: eng/fizzle_out__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fizzle out
trans_list: desinit in piscem
sense:
To lose excitement, to become less exciting; to end, fail or die out in a weak or disappointing way.


lexentry: eng/flabbergast__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: flabbergast
trans_list: deprehendo
sense:
(transitive) To overwhelm with bewilderment; to amaze, confound, or stun, especially in a ludicrous manner. [from late 18th c.]


lexentry: eng/flabby__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: flabby
trans_list: flaccus
sense:
Yielding to the touch, and easily moved or shaken; hanging loose by its own weight; lacking firmness; flaccid.


lexentry: eng/flag__Noun__1
sense_num: 14
written_rep: flag
trans_list: vexillum
sense:
(internet slang, ACG) A plot or words of a character in an animation, etc., that would usually lead to a specific outcome or event, not logically or causally, but as a pattern of the animation, etc.


lexentry: eng/flail__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: flail
trans_list: pertica trituaria
sense:
A tool used for threshing, consisting of a long handle (handstock) with a shorter stick (swipple or swingle) attached with a short piece of chain, thong or similar material.


lexentry: eng/flail__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: flail
trans_list: tritorium bellicum
sense:
A weapon which has the (usually spherical) striking part attached to the handle with a flexible joint such as a chain.


lexentry: eng/flamen__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: flamen
trans_list: flamen
sense:
(historical, Ancient Rome) a priest devoted to the service of a particular god, from whom he received a distinguishing epithet. The most honored were those of Jupiter, Mars, and Quirinus, called respectively Flamen Dialis, Flamen Martialis, and Flamen Quirinalis.


lexentry: eng/flare__Verb__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: flare
trans_list: ardere
sense:
(ambitransitive, aviation) To (operate an aircraft to) transition from downward flight to level flight just before landing.


lexentry: eng/flare__Verb__1
sense_num: 06
written_rep: flare
trans_list: ardere
sense:
(intransitive) To shine out with a sudden and unsteady light; to emit a dazzling or painfully bright light.


lexentry: eng/flatulence__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: flatulence
trans_list: flatus
sense:
The state of having gas, often smelly, trapped (and when released, frequently with noise) in the digestive system of a human and some other animals; wind; and when released, a flatus, a fart.


lexentry: eng/flavor__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: flavor
trans_list: sapor
sense:
The quality produced by the sensation of taste or, especially, of taste and smell in combined effect.


lexentry: eng/flax-leaved_daphne__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: flax-leaved daphne
trans_list: cneoron
sense:
Daphne gnidium, a poisonous evergreen shrub from the Mediterranean region with dense dark-green foliage and fragrant white flowers.


lexentry: eng/flax__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: flax
trans_list: līnum | linum
sense:
The flax bush, a plant of the genus Phormium, native to New Zealand, with strap-like leaves up to 3 metres long that grow in clumps.


lexentry: eng/flea__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: flea
trans_list: pūlex | pulex
sense:
A small, wingless, parasitic insect of the order Siphonaptera, renowned for its bloodsucking habits and jumping abilities.


lexentry: eng/fleur-de-lis__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fleur-de-lis
trans_list: līlium
sense:
(heraldiccharge) A design representing a flower whose three petals are joined together at the bottom, often used in heraldry, where it is particularly associated with the French monarchy.


lexentry: eng/flick__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: flick
trans_list: talitrum
sense:
(fencing) A cut that lands with the point, often involving a whip of the foible of the blade to strike at a concealed target.


lexentry: eng/flight__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: flight
trans_list: volatus
sense:
A trip made by an aircraft, particularly one between two cities or countries, which is often planned or reserved in advance.


lexentry: eng/flight__Noun__1
sense_num: 14
written_rep: flight
trans_list: planities
sense:
(US, naval) A numbered subclass of a given class of warship, denoting incremental modernizations to the original design.


lexentry: eng/flint__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: flint
trans_list: silex
sense:
A hard, fine-grained quartz that fractures conchoidally and generates sparks when struck against a material such as steel, because tiny chips of the steel are heated to incandescence and burn in air.


lexentry: eng/flip__Verb__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: flip
trans_list: inverto
sense:
(transitive, US) To induce someone to turn state's evidence; to get someone to agree to testify against their co-conspirators in exchange for concessions.


lexentry: eng/flipper__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: flipper
trans_list: penna
sense:
In marine mammals such as whales (or other aquatic animals such as sea turtles), a wide flat, limb adapted for swimming.


lexentry: eng/flirt__Verb__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: flirt
trans_list: ligare
sense:
(intransitive) To play at courtship; to talk with teasing affection, to insinuate sexual attraction in a playful (especially conversational) way. [from 18th c.]


lexentry: eng/flitch__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: flitch
trans_list: sagitta
sense:
The flank or side of an animal, now almost exclusively a pig when cured and salted; a side of bacon.


lexentry: eng/float__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: float
trans_list: fluitō
sense:
(intransitive, of an object or substance) To be supported by a fluid of greater density (than the object).


lexentry: eng/float__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: float
trans_list: fluitō
sense:
To be supported by a liquid of greater density, such that part (of the object or substance) remains above the surface.


lexentry: eng/floccinaucinihilipilification__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: floccinaucinihilipilification
trans_list: floccinaucinihilipilificatio
sense:
(often, humorous) The act or habit of describing or regarding something as unimportant, of having no value or being worthless.


lexentry: eng/flock__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: flock
trans_list: grex
sense:
A large number of animals associated together in a group; commonly used of sheep, but (dated) also used for goats, farmed animals, and a wide variety of animals.


lexentry: eng/flood__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: flood
trans_list: inundatio | abluvium | dīluvium | dīluviēs
sense:
An overflow (usually disastrous) of water from a lake or other body of water due to excessive rainfall or other input of water.


lexentry: eng/flood__Verb__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: flood
trans_list: diluvio | ingurgito | inundo
sense:
(Internet, ambitransitive) To paste numerous lines of text to (a chat system) in order to disrupt the conversation.


lexentry: eng/floor__Noun__1
sense_num: 09
written_rep: floor
trans_list: solum
sense:
(nautical) That part of the bottom of a vessel on each side of the keelson which is most nearly horizontal.


lexentry: eng/floss__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: floss
trans_list: capillus
sense:
The fibres covering a corncob etc.; the loose downy or silky material inside the husks of certain plants, such as beans.


lexentry: eng/flounder__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: flounder
trans_list: Platichthys flesus
sense:
A European species of flatfish having dull brown colouring with reddish-brown blotches; fluke, European flounder (Platichthys flesus).


lexentry: eng/flour__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: flour
trans_list: farīna | farina
sense:
Powder obtained by grinding or milling cereal grains, especially wheat, or other foodstuffs such as soybeans and potatoes, and used to bake bread, cakes, and pastry.


lexentry: eng/flow__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: flow
trans_list: fluxus
sense:
(math) A formalization of the idea of the motion of particles in a fluid, as a group action of the real numbers on a set.


lexentry: eng/flower__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: flower
trans_list: flōs | flos
sense:
(botany) A reproductive structure in angiosperms (flowering plants), often conspicuously colourful and typically including sepals, petals, and either or both stamens and/or a pistil.


lexentry: eng/flower_head__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: flower head
trans_list: anthodium | calathidium | capitulum | corbicula
sense:
(botany) A compact cluster of florets having the appearance of a single [flower]] (as in the daisy family).


lexentry: eng/flue__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: flue
trans_list: administratio
sense:
A pipe or duct that carries gaseous combustion products away from the point of combustion (such as a furnace).


lexentry: eng/fluency__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: fluency
trans_list: lēvitās
sense:
(linguistics) The quality of being fluent in a language; A person's command of a particular language.


lexentry: eng/fluid__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fluid
trans_list: fūsilis | latex | liquidus
sense:
Any substance which can flow with relative ease, tends to assume the shape of its container, and obeys Bernoulli's principle; a liquid, gas or plasma.


lexentry: eng/fluorescence__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fluorescence
trans_list: fluorescentia
sense:
(physics) The emission of light (or other electromagnetic radiation) by a material when stimulated by the absorption of radiation or of a subatomic particle.


lexentry: eng/fluorite__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fluorite
trans_list: murra
sense:
(mineral) A widely occurring mineral (calcium fluoride), of various colours, used as a flux in steelmaking, and in the manufacture of glass, enamels and hydrofluoric acid.


lexentry: eng/flush__Verb__2
sense_num: 03
written_rep: flush
trans_list: erubescere
sense:
(intransitive) To become suffused with reddish color due to embarrassment, excitement, overheating, or other systemic disturbance, to blush.


lexentry: eng/flush_toilet__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: flush toilet
trans_list: conclave
sense:
A toilet that uses water to flush urine and feces through a pipe to another location, typically a sewer main in urban settings or a septic tank elsewhere.


lexentry: eng/flute__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: flute
trans_list: stria
sense:
(architectural element, firearms) A semicylindrical vertical groove, as in a pillar, in plaited cloth, or in a rifle barrel to cut down the weight.


lexentry: eng/flux__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: flux
trans_list: flumen
sense:
(physics) The rate of transfer of energy (or another physical quantity), especially an electric or magnetic field, through a given surface.


lexentry: eng/fly__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: fly
trans_list: musca
sense:
(non-technical) Especially, any of the insects of the family Muscidae, such as the common housefly (other families of Diptera include mosquitoes and midges).


lexentry: eng/fly__Verb__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: fly
trans_list: volō | volare
sense:
(transitive, ergative) To cause to fly (travel or float in the air): to transport via air or the like.


lexentry: eng/fly_by_the_seat_of_one's_pants__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fly by the seat of one's pants
trans_list: navigare
sense:
(idiomatic) To pilot an aircraft without the aid of instruments and without a flight plan, using only instinct, visual observation, and practical judgment.


lexentry: eng/fly_by_the_seat_of_one's_pants__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: fly by the seat of one's pants
trans_list: agere
sense:
(idiomatic, by extension) To use one's judgment, initiative, and perceptions as events unfold in order to improvise a course of action without a predetermined plan or without the desirable data inputs to decision making.


lexentry: eng/fly_in_the_ointment__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fly in the ointment
trans_list: os
sense:
(idiomatic) Something (especially a minor thing) which ruins or spoils everything else, or makes it less pleasant; a nuisance or problem; a disagreeable or unpleasant detail.


lexentry: eng/flycatcher__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: flycatcher
trans_list: Dionaea muscipula
sense:
Any of many kinds of birds of the family Muscicapidae, of Africa, Europe, and Asia, that catch insects in flight; an Old World flycatcher.


lexentry: eng/flycatcher__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: flycatcher
trans_list: Dionaea muscipula
sense:
Any of many kinds of similar birds of various families, such as Tyrannidae (the New World flycatchers of the Americas), Tityridae, Stenostiridae, Monarchidae, Petroicidae, etc.


lexentry: eng/flying_buttress__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: flying buttress
trans_list: anterides
sense:
(architecture) A buttress that stands apart from the structure that it supports, and is connected to it by an arch (flyer).


lexentry: eng/flying_machine__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: flying machine
trans_list: aeroplanum
sense:
(archaic) Early term for an aircraft; a machine for flying in (gerund); a machine that flies (participial adjective)


lexentry: eng/flying_saucer__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: flying saucer
trans_list: patella volans
sense:
(informal) A disc-shaped unidentified flying object or UFO; originally in reference to sightings by aviator Kenneth Arnold in Washington in 1947.


lexentry: eng/flyover__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: flyover
trans_list: viaeductus
sense:
(British, Hong Kong, Philippine) A road or railway that passes over another, allowing routes to cross without interruption.


lexentry: eng/fob_off__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fob off
trans_list: abducere
sense:
(informal, transitive) To use lies, excuses, or deceit to satisfy someone; to deceitfully appease someone by giving something that is spurious or inferior from what was wanted or expected.


lexentry: eng/focus__Verb__1
sense_num: 06
written_rep: focus
trans_list: animadverto
sense:
(intransitive, followed by on or upon) To concentrate one's attention on something; to have as one's central point of interest, concern, etc.


lexentry: eng/fodder__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fodder
trans_list: cibus | pābulum
sense:
Food for animals; that which is fed to cattle, horses, and sheep, such as hay, cornstalks, vegetables, etc.


lexentry: eng/fogey__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fogey
trans_list: dinosaurus
sense:
A dull person (especially an older man) who is behind the times, holding antiquated, over-conservative views.


lexentry: eng/foil__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: foil
trans_list: rudis
sense:
(authorship, figuratively) In literature, theatre/theater, etc., a character who helps emphasize the traits of the main character and who usually acts as an opponent or antagonist, but can also serve as the sidekick of the protagonist.


lexentry: eng/fold__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fold
trans_list: plicō
sense:
(transitive) To bend (any thin material, such as paper) over so that it comes in contact with itself.


lexentry: eng/folder__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: folder
trans_list: categoria
sense:
An organizer that papers are kept in, usually with an index tab, to be stored as a single unit in a filing cabinet.


lexentry: eng/folder__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: folder
trans_list: catēgoria
sense:
(computing) A virtual container in a computer's file system, in which files and other folders may be stored. The files and subfolders in a folder are usually related.


lexentry: eng/follow__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: follow
trans_list: sequor
sense:
(ambitransitive) To go after; to pursue; to move behind in the same path or direction, especially with the intent of catching.


lexentry: eng/font__Noun__2
sense_num: 01
written_rep: font
trans_list: gramma
sense:
In digital typesetting, a set of glyphs in a single style, representing one or more alphabets or writing systems, or the computer code representing it.


lexentry: eng/fontanelle__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fontanelle
trans_list: fonticulus
sense:
(anatomy) A soft membraneous spot on the head of a baby due to incomplete fusion of the cranial bones.


lexentry: eng/food__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: food
trans_list: cibus | alimentum | cibaria | pulmentum | pābulum | esca
sense:
(uncountable) Any solid substance that can be consumed by living organisms, especially by eating, in order to sustain life.


lexentry: eng/food_poisoning__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: food poisoning
trans_list: gastroenteritis acuta
sense:
(pathology) Any food-borne disease, such as salmonella, which causes diarrhea, nausea, fever and abdominal cramps.


lexentry: eng/fool's_errand__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fool's errand
trans_list: furor
sense:
(idiomatic) A foolish undertaking, especially one that is purposeless, fruitless, nonsensical, or certain to fail.


lexentry: eng/fool__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: fool
trans_list: scurra
sense:
(historical) A jester; a person whose role was to entertain a sovereign and the court (or lower personages).


lexentry: eng/foot-and-mouth_disease__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: foot-and-mouth disease
trans_list: aphtae epizooticae | febris aphtosa
sense:
(disease) A highly contagious and sometimes fatal viral disease that can affect animals with cloven hooves.


lexentry: eng/foot__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: foot
trans_list: pēs | pes
sense:
A biological structure found in many animals that is used for locomotion and that is frequently a separate organ at the terminal part of the leg.


lexentry: eng/foot__Noun__1
sense_num: 08
written_rep: foot
trans_list: pēs | pes
sense:
A unit of measure equal to twelve inches or one third of a yard, equal to exactly 30.48 centimetres.


lexentry: eng/foot__Noun__1
sense_num: 09
written_rep: foot
trans_list: pēs | pes
sense:
(music) A unit of measure for organ pipes equal to the wavelength of two octaves above middle C, approximately 328 mm.


lexentry: eng/foot__Noun__1
sense_num: 16
written_rep: foot
trans_list: pēs | pes
sense:
(phonology) The parsing of syllables into prosodic constituents, which are used to determine the placement of stress in languages along with the notions of constituent heads.


lexentry: eng/football__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: football
trans_list: pedilūdium
sense:
(UK, uncountable) Association football: a game in which two teams each contend to get a round ball into the other team's goal primarily by kicking the ball. Known as soccer in Canada, the United States, Australia, Ireland, and New Zealand.


lexentry: eng/foray__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: foray
trans_list: incursio
sense:
A sudden or irregular incursion in border warfare; hence, any irregular incursion for war or spoils; a raid.


lexentry: eng/force__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: force
trans_list: vīs
sense:
Strength or energy of body or mind; active power; vigour; might; capacity of exercising an influence or producing an effect.


lexentry: eng/force__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: force
trans_list: vis | potentia
sense:
(countable, physics) A physical quantity that denotes ability to push, pull, twist or accelerate a body and which has a direction and is measured in a unit dimensioned in mass × distance/time² (ML/T²): SI: newton (N); CGS: dyne (dyn)


lexentry: eng/force_majeure__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: force majeure
trans_list: vīs major
sense:
(law) An unavoidable circumstance, especially one that prevents someone from fulfilling a legal (usually contractual) obligation.


lexentry: eng/forceps__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: forceps
trans_list: forceps
sense:
An instrument used in surgery or medical procedures for grasping and holding objects, similar to tongs or pincers.


lexentry: eng/ford__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ford
trans_list: vadum
sense:
A location where a stream is shallow and the bottom has good footing, making it possible to cross from one side to the other with no bridge, by walking, riding, or driving through the water; a crossing.


lexentry: eng/foreclose__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: foreclose
trans_list: capio
sense:
(transitive, legal) To repossess a mortgaged property whose owner has failed to make the necessary payments; used with on.


lexentry: eng/foreign__Adjective__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: foreign
trans_list: advena | externus | barbarus
sense:
Originating from, characteristic of, belonging to, or being a citizen of a country or place other than the one under discussion.


lexentry: eng/foreplay__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: foreplay
trans_list: praeludium
sense:
In human sexual behavior, the acts at the beginning of a sexual encounter that serve to build up sexual arousal.


lexentry: eng/foreshadowing__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: foreshadowing
trans_list: omen
sense:
(literature, usually, uncountable) A literary device whereby an author drops hints or symbolic representations of plot developments to come later in the story.


lexentry: eng/foreskin__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: foreskin
trans_list: praepūtium
sense:
(anatomy) The nerve-dense, retractable fold of skin which covers and protects the head of the penis in humans and some other animals.


lexentry: eng/forestall__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: forestall
trans_list: antevenire
sense:
(transitive) To prevent, delay or hinder something by taking precautionary or anticipatory measures; to avert.


lexentry: eng/foreword__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: foreword
trans_list: praefatio
sense:
An introductory section preceding the main text of a book or other document; a preface or introduction.


lexentry: eng/forger__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: forger
trans_list: falsārius
sense:
A person who creates forgeries, falsifies documents with intent to defraud, e.g. to create a false will or illicit copies of currency; counterfeiter.


lexentry: eng/forgery__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: forgery
trans_list: falsificatio
sense:
The act of forging, fabricating, or producing falsely; especially the crime of fraudulently making or altering a writing or signature purporting to be made by another, the false making or material alteration of or addition to a written instrument for the purpose of deceit and fraud.


lexentry: eng/forgive__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: forgive
trans_list: condōnō | ignōscō | iustificō | redōnō | veniam do
sense:
(transitive) To pardon (someone); to waive any negative feeling towards or desire for punishment or retribution against.


lexentry: eng/fork__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fork
trans_list: furca
sense:
Such a pronged tool having a long straight handle, generally for two-handed use, as used for digging, lifting, mucking, pitching, etc.


lexentry: eng/forklift__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: forklift
trans_list: anas
sense:
A small industrial vehicle with a power-operated fork-like pronged platform that can be raised and lowered for insertion under a load, often on pallets, to be lifted and moved.


lexentry: eng/formal__Adjective__1
sense_num: 08
written_rep: formal
trans_list: formalis
sense:
(mathematics) Relating to mere manipulation and construction of strings of symbols, without regard to their meaning.


lexentry: eng/formic_acid__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: formic acid
trans_list: acidum formicum
sense:
(organic compound) The simplest carboxylic acid, HCOOH, a colourless, corrosive liquid with a sharp odour; it is present in the stings of ants, bees and nettles, and is prepared industrially by the oxidation of methanol or formaldehyde; it has some industrial uses, and its esters, the formates are used in perfumes.


lexentry: eng/formidable__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: formidable
trans_list: formīdābilis
sense:
Causing fear, dread, awe, or discouragement as a result of size, strength, or some other impressive feature; commanding respect; causing wonder or astonishment.


lexentry: eng/fornication__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fornication
trans_list: fornicor
sense:
(religion, law) Sexual intercourse by people who are not married to each other, or which is considered illicit in another way.


lexentry: eng/fornicator__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fornicator
trans_list: fornicator
sense:
An unmarried person who engages in sexual intercourse, especially when considered to be of an illicit or illegal nature.


lexentry: eng/fortification__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fortification
trans_list: fortificātiō | mūnītiō
sense:
The act of fortifying; the art or science of fortifying places to strengthen defence against an enemy.


lexentry: eng/fortification__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: fortification
trans_list: mūnīmentum | mūnītiō
sense:
That which fortifies; especially, a work or works erected to defend a place against attack; a fortified place; a fortress; a fort; a castle.


lexentry: eng/fortress__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fortress
trans_list: castellum | castrum | arx
sense:
A fortified place; a large and permanent fortification, sometimes including a town; for example a fort, a castle; a stronghold; a place of defense or security.


lexentry: eng/fortune-telling__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fortune-telling
trans_list: hariolatio
sense:
The act or practise of predicting the future (especially for money), as by using a crystal ball, reading palms, reading tea leaves in a cup, etc.; prediction of future events, especially those of a personal nature.


lexentry: eng/forty-first__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: forty-first
trans_list: quadragesimus primus
sense:
The ordinal form of the number forty-one, describing a person or thing in position number 41 of a sequence.


lexentry: eng/forum__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: forum
trans_list: forum
sense:
A form of discussion involving a panel of presenters and often participation by members of the audience.


lexentry: eng/forum__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: forum
trans_list: forum
sense:
(Internet) An Internet message board where users can post messages regarding one or more topics of discussion.


lexentry: eng/forward__Adverb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: forward
trans_list: prorsum | prōsum
sense:
(nautical) At, near, or towards the bow of a vessel (with the frame of reference within the vessel).


lexentry: eng/foster__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: foster
trans_list: accipere
sense:
(transitive) To nurture or bring up offspring, or to provide similar parental care to an unrelated child.


lexentry: eng/foundation__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: foundation
trans_list: fundāmen | fundāmentum
sense:
That upon which anything is founded; that on which anything stands, and by which it is supported; the lowest and supporting layer of a superstructure; underbuilding.


lexentry: eng/four-dimensional__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: four-dimensional
trans_list: quadrimensuralis
sense:
(algebraic geometry) Having four dimensions; being measurable along four mutually perpendicular axes.


lexentry: eng/four-dimensional__Adjective__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: four-dimensional
trans_list: quadrimensuralis
sense:
(physics) Relating to the four dimensions of space-time (three spatial dimensions with the addition of time as the fourth)


lexentry: eng/four__Numeral__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: four
trans_list: quattuor
sense:
A numerical value equal to 4; the number after three and before five; two plus two. This many dots (••••)


lexentry: eng/four_hundred__Numeral__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: four hundred
trans_list: quadringentī
sense:
The cardinal number occurring after three hundred ninety-nine and before four hundred one, represented in Arabic numerals as 400.


lexentry: eng/four_o'clock__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: four o'clock
trans_list: hora quarta
sense:
(In both the 12-hour clock and the 24-hour clock) The start of the fifth hour of the day; 4:00 a.m. (04:00).


lexentry: eng/fourteen__Numeral__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fourteen
trans_list: quattuordecim
sense:
The cardinal number occurring after thirteen and before fifteen, represented in Roman numerals as XIV and in Arabic numerals as 14.


lexentry: eng/fourth_official__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fourth official
trans_list: iudex
sense:
(soccer) The official who keeps things at the dugout in order, and displays substitutions and the amount of injury time


lexentry: eng/fowl__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: fowl
trans_list: avis
sense:
Birds which are hunted or kept for food, including Galliformes and also waterfowl of the order Anseriformes such as ducks, geese and swans, together forming the clade Galloanserae.


lexentry: eng/fox__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fox
trans_list: vulpes
sense:
A red fox, small carnivore (Vulpes vulpes), related to dogs and wolves, with red or silver fur and a bushy tail.


lexentry: eng/fox__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: fox
trans_list: vulpēs | vulpes
sense:
Any of numerous species of small wild canids resembling the red fox. In the taxonomy they form the tribe Vulpini within the family Canidae, consisting of nine genera (see the Wikipedia article on the fox).


lexentry: eng/foxtail_millet__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: foxtail millet
trans_list: Setaria italica
sense:
The second-most widely planted species of millet, Setaria italica, which is the most important species of millet in East Asia.


lexentry: eng/fraction__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: fraction
trans_list: fractiō
sense:
(arithmetic) A ratio of two numbers (numerator and denominator), usually written one above the other and separated by a horizontal bar called the vinculum or, alternatively, in sequence on the same line and separated by a solidus (diagonal bar).


lexentry: eng/frag__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: frag
trans_list: leto
sense:
(transitive, military, and, video games, slang) To hit with the explosion of a fragmentation grenade.


lexentry: eng/frailty__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: frailty
trans_list: infirmitas
sense:
(uncountable) The condition quality of being frail, physically, mentally, or morally; weakness of resolution; liability to be deceived.


lexentry: eng/frame__Noun__1
sense_num: 09
written_rep: frame
trans_list: arma
sense:
(bowling) A set of balls whose results are added together for scoring purposes. Usually two balls, but only one ball in the case of a strike, and three balls in the case of a strike or a spare in the last frame of a game.


lexentry: eng/frame__Noun__1
sense_num: 14
written_rep: frame
trans_list: imago
sense:
(electronics, film, animation, video games) A division of time on a multimedia timeline, such as 1/30th or 1/60th of a second.


lexentry: eng/framework__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: framework
trans_list: compāgēs
sense:
(literally) A support structure comprising joined parts or conglomerated particles and intervening open spaces of similar or larger size.


lexentry: eng/francium__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: francium
trans_list: francium
sense:
The chemical element (symbol Fr) with an atomic number of 87. It is an intensely radioactive alkali metal that is not found in nature.


lexentry: eng/frankly__Adverb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: frankly
trans_list: libere
sense:
In a frank or candid manner, especially in a way that may seem too open, excessively honest, or slightly blunt.


lexentry: eng/fraught__Adjective__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: fraught
trans_list: commotus
sense:
(specifically) Carrying or loaded with anxiety, fear, or stress, for example, due to complexity or difficulty; distressed; also, causing distress; distressing.


lexentry: eng/fraught__Adjective__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: fraught
trans_list: plenus
sense:
Followed by with: carrying, or charged or loaded up with (usually something negative); accompanied by; entailing.


lexentry: eng/fray__Noun__2
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fray
trans_list: colluctatio
sense:
(countable) A noisy commotion, especially resulting from fighting; a brawl, a fight; also, a loud quarrel.


lexentry: eng/freak__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: freak
trans_list: furor
sense:
(bodybuilding) A person whose physique has grown far beyond the normal limits of muscular development; often a bodybuilder weighing more than 260 pounds (117.934 kilos).


lexentry: eng/free-range__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: free-range
trans_list: liber
sense:
Of, pertaining to, or produced by animals that are allowed to roam freely, rather than being confined indoors.


lexentry: eng/free_will__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: free will
trans_list: liberum arbitrium | spōns
sense:
(philosophy) The ability to choose one's actions, or determine what reasons are acceptable motivation for actions, without predestination, fate etc.


lexentry: eng/freedom__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: freedom
trans_list: lībertās
sense:
(countable) The lack of a specific constraint, or of constraints in general; a state of being free, unconstrained.


lexentry: eng/freedom_of_religion__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: freedom of religion
trans_list: libertas religionis
sense:
The right of people to hold any religious beliefs, or none, and to carry out any practices in accordance with those beliefs or with that absence of belief, so long as these practices do not interfere with other people's legal or civil rights, or any reasonable laws, without fear of harm or prosecution.


lexentry: eng/freeloader__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: freeloader
trans_list: parasīta | parasītus
sense:
(colloquial) One who does not contribute or pay appropriately; one who gets a free ride, etc. without paying a fair share.


lexentry: eng/freeze_up__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: freeze up
trans_list: astringere
sense:
(ambitransitive) (of machines and software) To come or bring to a sudden halt, stop working (functioning).


lexentry: eng/frenulum__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: frenulum
trans_list: frenum
sense:
(anatomy) A small fold or ridge of tissue that supports or restrains the motion of the part to which it is attached, in particular a fold of skin beneath the tongue, or between the lip and the gum.


lexentry: eng/frequency__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: frequency
trans_list: crēbritās | frequentia
sense:
(uncountable, or, countable) The rate of occurrence of anything; the relationship between incidence and time period.


lexentry: eng/frequency__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: frequency
trans_list: frequentia
sense:
(countable) The quotient of the number of times n a periodic phenomenon occurs over the time t in which it occurs: f = n / t.


lexentry: eng/frequentative__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: frequentative
trans_list: frequentativum
sense:
(grammar) Any of a subclass of imperfective verbs that denote a repeated action, no longer productive in English, but found in e.g. Finnish, Latin, Russian, and Turkish.


lexentry: eng/frequentative_aspect__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: frequentative aspect
trans_list: frequentativum
sense:
(grammar) A subclass of imperfective verbs that denotes a continuously repeated action. An example in English would be the frequentative verb "to crackle," as opposed to the nonfrequentative "to crack."


lexentry: eng/fresco__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: fresco
trans_list: opus tectonium
sense:
(countable, painting) An artwork made by applying water-based pigment to wet or fresh lime mortar or plaster.


lexentry: eng/freshman__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: freshman
trans_list: caeruleus
sense:
(US, Canada, Philippines) A person (of either sex) entering the first year of an institution, especially a high school (ninth grade for US and Canada, grade 7 for Philippines), a university, or legislative body.


lexentry: eng/fret__Verb__1
sense_num: 06
written_rep: fret
trans_list: aestuō
sense:
(ambitransitive) To be chafed or irritated; to be angry or vexed; to utter peevish expressions through irritation or worry.


lexentry: eng/friar__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: friar
trans_list: frater
sense:
A member of a mendicant Christian order such as the Augustinians, Carmelites (white friars), Franciscans (grey friars) or the Dominicans (black friars).


lexentry: eng/friction__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: friction
trans_list: frictio
sense:
(physics) A force that resists the relative motion or tendency to such motion of two bodies in contact.


lexentry: eng/fridge_magnet__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fridge magnet
trans_list: magnes
sense:
A decoration attached to a magnet, displayed on the outside of refrigerator doors, sometimes used to attach a written reminder.


lexentry: eng/friend__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: friend
trans_list: amicus | amica
sense:
A person, typically someone other than a family member, spouse or lover, whose company one enjoys and towards whom one feels affection.


lexentry: eng/frieze__Noun__2
sense_num: 01
written_rep: frieze
trans_list: ornatus
sense:
(architecture) That part of the entablature of an order which is between the architrave and cornice. It is a flat member or face, either uniform or broken by triglyphs, and often enriched with figures and other ornaments of sculpture.


lexentry: eng/frieze__Noun__2
sense_num: 02
written_rep: frieze
trans_list: ornatus
sense:
Any sculptured or richly ornamented band in a building or, by extension, in rich pieces of furniture.


lexentry: eng/fright__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fright
trans_list: formido
sense:
A state of terror excited by the sudden appearance of danger; sudden and violent fear, usually of short duration; a sudden alarm.


lexentry: eng/frivolous__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: frivolous
trans_list: frīvolus
sense:
Silly, especially at an inappropriate time or in an inappropriate manner; lacking a good reason for being, or for doing what one does; due to or moved by a whim or caprice.


lexentry: eng/frolic__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: frolic
trans_list: jocor
sense:
(intransitive) To make merry; to have fun; to romp; to behave playfully and uninhibitedly. [from 1580s]


lexentry: eng/front__Adjective__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: front
trans_list: antīcus
sense:
Closest or nearest, of a set of futures contracts which expire at particular times, or of the times they expire; (typically, the front month or front year is the next calendar month or year after the current one).


lexentry: eng/frontal_bone__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: frontal bone
trans_list: os frontale
sense:
(skeleton) The bone which forms the front part of the skull and the upper part of the eye sockets and nasal cavity.


lexentry: eng/frontispiece__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: frontispiece
trans_list: frontispicium
sense:
(publishing) An illustration that is on the page before the title page of a book, a section of one, or a magazine.


lexentry: eng/frosh__Noun__2
sense_num: 01
written_rep: frosh
trans_list: caeruleus
sense:
(colloquial) A first-year student, at certain universities, and a first-or-second-year student at other universities.


lexentry: eng/frost__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: frost
trans_list: gelicidium | pruīna
sense:
A cover of minute ice crystals on objects that are exposed to the air. Frost is formed by the same process as dew, except that the temperature of the frosted object is below freezing.


lexentry: eng/froward__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: froward
trans_list: obstinata
sense:
(archaic, literary) Disobedient, contrary, unmanageable; difficult to deal with; with an evil disposition.


lexentry: eng/frugal__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: frugal
trans_list: parcus | frūgālis
sense:
Avoiding unnecessary expenditure either of money or of anything else which is to be used or consumed; avoiding waste.


lexentry: eng/fruit__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fruit
trans_list: frūctus | frūgēs | frūx | pōmum
sense:
The seed-bearing part of a plant; often edible, colourful, fragrant, and sweet or sour; produced from a floral ovary after fertilization.


lexentry: eng/fruit__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: fruit
trans_list: frūctus | pōmum | fructus
sense:
A sweet or sweetish vegetable, such as the petioles of rhubarb, that resembles a true fruit or is used in cookery as if it was a fruit.


lexentry: eng/fruit__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: fruit
trans_list: frūctus | pōmum | fructus
sense:
Any sweet or sour, edible part of a plant that resembles seed-bearing fruit (see former sense) even if it does not develop from a floral ovary.


lexentry: eng/fruit__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: fruit
trans_list: frūctus | pōmum | fructus
sense:
(attributive) Of, belonging to, related to, or having fruit or its characteristics; (of living things) producing or consuming fruit.


lexentry: eng/fruit__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: fruit
trans_list: catamītus | frūctus | pōmum | fructus
sense:
(dated, colloquial, derogatory) A homosexual man; (derogatory, figurative) an effeminate man. [from 1900]


lexentry: eng/fuck__Verb__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: fuck
trans_list: futuō
sense:
(vulgar, colloquial, transitive) To insert one's penis, a dildo, or other object, into a person or a specified orifice or cleft sexually; to penetrate.


lexentry: eng/fuckability__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fuckability
trans_list: futete
sense:
(vulgar) The abstract quality of being desirable as a lover, especially by virtue of physical beauty.


lexentry: eng/fudge__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: fudge
trans_list: migro
sense:
(transitive) To alter something from its true state, as to hide a flaw or uncertainty, deliberately but not necessarily dishonestly or immorally.


lexentry: eng/fugitive__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fugitive
trans_list: fugitīvus
sense:
A person who flees or escapes and travels secretly from place to place, and sometimes using disguises and aliases to conceal his/her identity, as to avoid law authorities in order to avoid an arrest or prosecution; or to avoid some other unwanted situation.


lexentry: eng/fugue__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fugue
trans_list: contrāpunctus
sense:
(music) A contrapuntal piece of music wherein a particular melody is played in a number of voices, each voice introduced in turn by playing the melody.


lexentry: eng/fuliginous__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fuliginous
trans_list: fūlīginōsa | fūlīginōsum | fūlīginōsus
sense:
Pertaining to or resembling soot in such features as colour, texture or taste; sooty, dusky. [from 16th c.]


lexentry: eng/full_stop__Interjection__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: full stop
trans_list: punctum
sense:
(colloquial) Used to emphasize the end of an important statement or point when speaking to show something is not up for discussion or debate.


lexentry: eng/full_stop__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: full stop
trans_list: punctum
sense:
(Australia, British, India, Ireland, NZ, South Africa) The punctuation mark "." (indicating the end of a sentence or marking an abbreviation).


lexentry: eng/fume__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fume
trans_list: fūmō
sense:
(transitive) To expose (something) to fumes; specifically, to expose wood, etc., to ammonia in order to produce dark tints.


lexentry: eng/fume_hood__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fume hood
trans_list: aedicula
sense:
(chemistry) A ventilated compartment in which chemical procedures may be undertaken without the escape of noxious fumes into the local environment.


lexentry: eng/fumitory__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fumitory
trans_list: capnos
sense:
Any plant of the taxonomic genus Fumaria of annual herbaceous flowering plants in the family Papaveraceae, native to temperate Europe and Asia.


lexentry: eng/function__Noun__1
sense_num: 06
written_rep: function
trans_list: fūnctiō
sense:
(mathematics) A relation in which each element of the domain is associated with exactly one element of the codomain.


lexentry: eng/fundamental__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fundamental
trans_list: fundamentum
sense:
(usually, in the plural) A main or major principle, rule, law, etc. which serves as the foundation or basis of a system; an essential part


lexentry: eng/fundamental_theorem__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fundamental theorem
trans_list: theōrēma fundāmentāle
sense:
(chiefly, mathematics) A theorem (or, in non-mathematical fields, a commonly accepted hypothesis) considered to be of central importance to a specified field.


lexentry: eng/fundamentalism__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fundamentalism
trans_list: fundamentalismus
sense:
(religion) The tendency to reduce a religion to its most fundamental tenets, based on strict interpretation of core texts.


lexentry: eng/funeral__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: funeral
trans_list: fūnus | funus
sense:
A ceremony to honour and remember a deceased person. Often distinguished from a memorial service by the presence of the body of the deceased.


lexentry: eng/fungus__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fungus
trans_list: fungus
sense:
(mycology) Any member of the kingdom Fungi; a eukaryotic organism typically having chitin cell walls but no chlorophyll or plastids. Fungi may be unicellular or multicellular.


lexentry: eng/funnel__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: funnel
trans_list: infundibulum | fundibulum
sense:
A utensil in the shape of an inverted hollow cone terminating in a narrow pipe, for channeling liquids or granular material; typically used when transferring said substances from any container into ones with a significantly smaller opening.


lexentry: eng/funnel_cake__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: funnel cake
trans_list: encytum
sense:
(US) A specialty food made from deep-fried batter and originally associated with the Pennsylvania Dutch region of the United States.


lexentry: eng/furlong__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: furlong
trans_list: stadium
sense:
A unit of distance equal to one-eighth of a mile (220 yards, or 201.168 metres), now mainly used in measuring distances in farmland and horse racing.


lexentry: eng/furniture__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: furniture
trans_list: supellex
sense:
(now usually, _, uncountable) Large movable item(s), usually in a room, which enhance(s) the room's characteristics, functionally or decoratively.


lexentry: eng/fusil__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fusil
trans_list: fusus
sense:
(heraldiccharge) A bearing of a rhomboidal figure, originally representing a spindle in shape, longer than a heraldic lozenge.


lexentry: eng/fusion__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fusion
trans_list: colliquatio
sense:
(fiction) The act of two characters merging into one, typically more powerful, being; or the merged being itself.


lexentry: eng/fustian__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fustian
trans_list: barcanus
sense:
Originally, a kind of coarse fabric made from cotton and flax; now, a kind of coarse twilled cotton, or cotton and linen, stuff with a short pile and often dyed a dull colour, which is chiefly prepared for menswear.


lexentry: eng/future_tense__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: future tense
trans_list: futūrum | tempus futūrum
sense:
(grammar) The tense or time form of a verb used to refer to an event or occurrence that has not yet happened or is expected to happen in the future.


lexentry: eng/gable__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: gable
trans_list: fastīgium
sense:
(architectural element) The triangular area at the peak of an external wall adjacent to, and terminating, two sloped roof surfaces (pitches).


lexentry: eng/gadwall__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: gadwall
trans_list: Anas strepera
sense:
A common, widespread dabbling duck which breeds in the northern hemisphere (Mareca strepera, syn. Anas strepera).


lexentry: eng/gaff__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: gaff
trans_list: hamus
sense:
A tool consisting of a large metal hook with a handle or pole, especially the one used to pull large fish aboard a boat.


lexentry: eng/galaxy__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: galaxy
trans_list: galaxias
sense:
(galaxy) Any of the collections of many millions or billions of stars, galactic dust, black holes, etc. existing as independent and coherent systems, of which there are billions in the known universe. [from 19th c.]


lexentry: eng/galbanum__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: galbanum
trans_list: galbanum
sense:
A bitter, aromatic resin or gum, extracted from plants of the genus Ferula, that resembles assafoetida and has been used in incense and in aromatherapy


lexentry: eng/gale__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: gale
trans_list: procella
sense:
(meteorology) A very strong wind, more than a breeze, less than a storm; number 7 through to 9 winds on the 12-step Beaufort scale.


lexentry: eng/gall__Noun__3
sense_num: 01
written_rep: gall
trans_list: galla
sense:
(plant disease) A blister or tumor-like growth found on the surface of plants, caused by various pathogens, especially the burrowing of insect larvae into the living tissues, such as that of the common oak gall wasp (Cynips quercusfolii).


