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lexentry: eng/director_general__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: director general
trans_list: Generaldirektor
sense:
The highest executive officer within a governmental, statutory, NGO, third sector or not-for-profit institution. In reference to government, the executive officer below the minister of the department.


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


lexentry: eng/directory_service__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: directory service
trans_list: Verzeichnisdienst
sense:
(computing) The software system that stores, organizes and provides access to information in a map between names and values.


lexentry: eng/directrix__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: directrix
trans_list: Direktive
sense:
(geometry) A line used to define a curve or surface; especially a line, the distance from which a point on a conic has a constant ratio to that from the focus.


lexentry: eng/dirham__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dirham
trans_list: Dirham | Dirhem
sense:
(currencies) A unit of currency used in the Arab world, currently the name of the currency of Morocco and the United Arab Emirates.


lexentry: eng/dirty_bomb__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dirty bomb
trans_list: schmutzige Bombe
sense:
A device containing conventional explosives and radioactive material, designed to spread radiation over a wide area.


lexentry: eng/dirty_laundry__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: dirty laundry
trans_list: dreckige Wäsche | schmutzige Wäsche
sense:
(idiom) Unflattering or embarrassing facts, or questionable activities that one wants to remain secret, but which someone else may use as blackmail.


lexentry: eng/dirty_money__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dirty money
trans_list: Schwarzgeld | schmutziges Geld
sense:
(idiomatic, business, law) Money that is illegally gained, illegally transferred or illegally utilized, especially money gained through forgery, bribery, prostitution, money laundering, or theft.


lexentry: eng/dirty_old_man__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dirty old man
trans_list: Lustgreis
sense:
(derogatory) An adult male who acts in a lecherous or lewd manner, especially towards people younger than him.


lexentry: eng/disable__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: disable
trans_list: behindern
sense:
(chiefly, of a person) To impair the physical or mental abilities of; to cause a serious, permanent injury.


lexentry: eng/disable__Verb__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: disable
trans_list: deaktivieren | abschalten
sense:
(chiefly, electronics, computing) To deactivate, to make inoperational (especially of a function of an electronic or mechanical device).


lexentry: eng/disabled__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: disabled
trans_list: Behinderter | Mensch mit Behinderung
sense:
(nonstandard) One who is disabled. (often used collectively as the disabled, but sometimes also singular)


lexentry: eng/disabuse__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: disabuse
trans_list: aufklären | eines Besseren belehren
sense:
(transitive) To free (someone) of a misconception or misapprehension; to unveil a falsehood held by (someone).


lexentry: eng/disaccharide__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: disaccharide
trans_list: Disaccharid
sense:
(carbohydrate) Any sugar, such as sucrose, maltose and lactose, consisting of two monosaccharides combined together.


lexentry: eng/disambiguate__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: disambiguate
trans_list: disambiguieren | eindeutig machen | vereindeutigen
sense:
To remove ambiguities from; to make less ambiguous; to clarify or specify which of multiple possibilities applies – e.g., possible meanings of an ambiguous statement – or to invite or require this.


lexentry: eng/disappear__Verb__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: disappear
trans_list: verschwinden | entschwinden | verschwinden lassen | zum Verschwinden bringen
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: enttäuschen
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: Enttäuschung | Fehlschlag | Misserfolg | Verdruss
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: entwaffnen
sense:
(transitive) To deprive of weapons; to deprive of the means of attack or defense; to render defenseless.


lexentry: eng/disarmament__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: disarmament
trans_list: Abrüstung | Entwaffnung
sense:
The reduction or the abolition of the military forces and armaments of a nation, and of its capability to wage war.


lexentry: eng/disassembler__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: disassembler
trans_list: Disassembler
sense:
(computing) A computer program that examines another computer program and attempts to generate assembly language source code that would, in theory, reproduce the target program.


lexentry: eng/disaster__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: disaster
trans_list: Desaster | Katastrophe | Unheil | Unglück
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/disaster_area__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: disaster area
trans_list: Katastrophengebiet
sense:
An area that has been the site of a natural disaster that receives an official designation entitling residents and organizations within that area to receive relief and benefits.


lexentry: eng/disavow__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: disavow
trans_list: desavouieren | ableugnen | abstreiten | leugnen | sich distanzieren von | verleugnen
sense:
(transitive) To strongly and solemnly refuse to own or acknowledge; to deny responsibility for, approbation of, and the like.


lexentry: eng/disbar__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: disbar
trans_list: die Anwaltslizenz entziehen | die Zulassung entziehen
sense:
(legal, transitive) To expel from the bar, or the legal profession; to deprive (an attorney, barrister, or counselor) of his or her status and privileges as such.


lexentry: eng/disc_brake__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: disc brake
trans_list: Scheibenbremse
sense:
(automotive, British spelling) A type of brake where the friction is produced by brake pads which are pressed against a disc.


lexentry: eng/disc_jockey__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: disc jockey
trans_list: Discjockey | Diskjockey
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: unbeschuht
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: unterscheiden
sense:
(transitive) To distinguish something as being different from something else; to differentiate or discriminate.


lexentry: eng/discharge__Noun__1
sense_num: 07
written_rep: discharge
trans_list: Abfluss | Ablauf
sense:
(hydrology) The volume of water transported by a river in a certain amount of time, usually in units of m3/s (cubic meters per second).


lexentry: eng/disclaimer__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
sense: A public disavowal, as of responsibility, pretensions, claims, opinions, etc.
written_rep: disclaimer
trans_list:
Ablehnungshinweis | Ausschlussklausel | Haftungsausschluss | Schrankenerklärung | Verzichtserklärung


lexentry: eng/disclaimer__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: disclaimer
trans_list: Gegenerklärung | Nichtanerkennung | Widerruf
sense:
(legal) A denial, disavowal, or renunciation, as of a title, claim, interest, estate, or trust; relinquishment or waiver of an interest or estate.


lexentry: eng/disclosure__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: disclosure
trans_list: Enthüllung | Bekanntgabe | Bekanntmachung | Offenlegung | Veröffentlichung
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: Discomusik
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/disco_ball__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: disco ball
trans_list: Diskokugel | Spiegelkugel
sense:
A suspended rotating mirrored sphere which casts moving spots of light across a room when light is projected on it.


lexentry: eng/discography__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: discography
trans_list: Diskografie
sense:
List of all of the releases of a certain musical act, usually with release dates, and often with other information about the releases.


lexentry: eng/discomfiture__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: discomfiture
trans_list: Peinlichkeit | Unbehagen
sense:
An emotional state similar to that arising from defeat; frustration, disappointment, perplexity or embarrassment.


lexentry: eng/disconnector__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: disconnector
trans_list: Trenner | Trennschalter
sense:
(electrical engineering) A switching device used to open an electric circuit when there is no current through it. They are used to isolate a part of an electrical system to allow the maintenance staff a safe access to it.


lexentry: eng/discontinue__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: discontinue
trans_list: auslaufen lassen | einstellen
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/discordance__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: discordance
trans_list: Dissonanz
sense:
(genetics) The presence of a specific genetic trait in only one of a set of clones (or identical twins).


lexentry: eng/discount__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: discount
trans_list: Abgeld | Abschlag | Disagio
sense:
(finance) A deduction made for interest, in advancing money upon, or purchasing, a bill or note not due; payment in advance of interest upon money.


lexentry: eng/discount_store__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: discount store
trans_list: Discounter | Diskonter | Discountgeschäft | Discountladen | Discountwarenhaus | Rabattgeschäft
sense:
A type of department store which sell products at prices lower than those asked by other department stores.


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


lexentry: eng/discourse__Noun__1
sense_num: 06
written_rep: discourse
trans_list: Diskurs
sense:
(social sciences, countable) An institutionalized way of thinking, a social boundary defining what can be said about a specific topic (after Michel Foucault).


lexentry: eng/discourse_marker__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: discourse marker
trans_list: Diskursmarker | Diskurspartikel
sense:
(linguistics) A word or phrase that marks a boundary in a discourse, typically as part of a dialogue. Discourse markers often signal topic changes, reformulations, discourse planning, stressing, hedging, or backchanneling.


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


lexentry: eng/discrete_Fourier_transform__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: discrete Fourier transform
trans_list: diskrete Fourier-Transformation
sense:
(mathematics) The process of converting a discrete time-based function into its frequency-based representation.


lexentry: eng/discretization__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: discretization
trans_list: Diskretisierung
sense:
(mathematics, computing, cognitive science) The act of discretizing, or dividing a continuous object or spectrum into a finite number of discrete elements


lexentry: eng/discretize__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: discretize
trans_list: diskretisieren
sense:
(transitive, mathematics, computing) To convert (a continuous space) into an equivalent discrete space, often for the purposes of easier calculation.


lexentry: eng/discriminant__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: discriminant
trans_list: Diskriminante
sense:
(geometry) The invariant (on the vector space of forms of degree d in n variables) that vanishes exactly when the corresponding hypersurface in Pn-1 is singular.


lexentry: eng/discriminant_function__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: discriminant function
trans_list: Diskriminanzfunktion
sense:
(mathematics) A function used to predict a categorical dependent variable by one or more continuous or binary independent variables.


lexentry: eng/discriminate__Verb__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: discriminate
trans_list: differenzieren | unterscheiden
sense:
(transitive) To set apart as being different; to mark as different; to separate from another by discerning differences; to distinguish.


lexentry: eng/discrimination__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: discrimination
trans_list: Diskriminierung | Unterscheidung
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: Diskriminierung | Schlechterstellung
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/discus_throw__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: discus throw
trans_list: Diskuswerfen | Diskuswurf
sense:
(athletics) An athletic throwing event where the object to be thrown is a heavy lenticular disc called discus.


lexentry: eng/disease__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: disease
trans_list: Krankheit | Infektionskrankheit | Seuche
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/disembodiment__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: disembodiment
trans_list: Entkörperlichung
sense:
A soul, spirit, or consciousness that has been disembodied, or which otherwise lacks a physical form.


lexentry: eng/disembody__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: disembody
trans_list: entkörperlichen
sense:
To cause someone's soul, spirit, consciousness, voice, etc, to become separated from the physical body.


lexentry: eng/disembogue__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: disembogue
trans_list: münden
sense:
(of a river or waters) To pour out, to debouch; to flow out through a narrow opening into a larger space.


lexentry: eng/disemvowel__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: disemvowel
trans_list: entvokalisieren
sense:
(transitive, sometimes, humorous) To remove the vowels from, for example, for the purpose of expurgating offensive words.


lexentry: eng/disenchant__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: disenchant
trans_list: desillusionieren
sense:
(transitive, of a person) To free from illusion, false belief or enchantment; to undeceive or disillusion.


lexentry: eng/disenfranchisement__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: disenfranchisement
trans_list: Wahlrechtsausschluss | Wahlrechtsentzug
sense:
Explicit or implicit revocation of, or failure to grant, the right to vote, to a person or group of people.


lexentry: eng/disfigure__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: disfigure
trans_list: entstellen | verunstalten
sense:
to irreversibly damage the shape or structure of something, negatively affecting its appearance or functionality without completely destroying it.


lexentry: eng/disgruntlement__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: disgruntlement
trans_list: Unzufriedenheit
sense:
The state of being disgruntled, usually displayed in a stereotypical form such as frowning and annoyance; the acts of sulky dissatisfaction.


lexentry: eng/disguise__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: disguise
trans_list: Verkleidung | Tarnung
sense:
Material (such as clothing, makeup, a wig) used to alter one’s visual appearance in order to hide one's identity or assume another.


lexentry: eng/disguise__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: disguise
trans_list: verkleiden | verstellen
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: Teller | Gericht | Schüssel
sense:
A vessel such as a plate for holding or serving food, often flat with a depressed region in the middle.


lexentry: eng/dish__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: dish
trans_list: Geschirr
sense:
(in the plural) Tableware (including cutlery, etc, as well as crockery) that is to be or is being washed after being used to prepare, serve and eat a meal.


lexentry: eng/dish_up__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dish up
trans_list: auftun
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/dishrag__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dishrag
trans_list: Spüllappen
sense:
Synonym of dishcloth (but now widely held to connote a threadbare and unclean nature versus that synonym).


lexentry: eng/disillusionment__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: disillusionment
trans_list: Desillusionierung | Enttäuschung | Ernüchterung
sense:
A feeling of disappointment, akin to depression, arising from the realization that something is not what it was expected or believed to be, possibly accompanied by philosophical angst from having one's beliefs challenged.


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


lexentry: eng/disinterested__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: disinterested
trans_list: unparteiisch
sense:
Having no stake or interest in the outcome, and no conflicts of interest; free of bias, impartial. [from 17th c.]


lexentry: eng/disjoint__Adjective__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: disjoint
trans_list: disjunkt
sense:
(set theory, not comparable) Of two or more sets, having no members in common; having an intersection equal to the empty set.


lexentry: eng/disjunction__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: disjunction
trans_list: Disjunktion
sense:
(logic) The proposition resulting from the combination of two or more propositions using the or operator.


lexentry: eng/disjunctive_normal_form__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: disjunctive normal form
trans_list: disjunktive Normalform
sense:
(logic) The form of a boolean formula that the formula has if the formula is a disjunction of conjunctions of literals, such as “(A and B and C) or (D and E and not F)”.


lexentry: eng/disjunctive_syllogism__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: disjunctive syllogism
trans_list: disjunktiver Syllogismus
sense:
(logic) A logical argument of the form that if there are only two possibilities, and one of them is ruled out, then the other must take place. In symbols: P \vee Q, \neg P \vdash Q


lexentry: eng/dislodge__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
sense: (transitive) To remove or force out from a position or dwelling previously occupied.
written_rep: dislodge
trans_list:
(gewaltsam) entfernen | aus seiner Lage bringen | außer Position bringen | herauslösen | herausreißen | verschieben


lexentry: eng/dismay__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dismay
trans_list: Furcht | Ohnmacht
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/dismiss__Verb__1
sense_num: 06
written_rep: dismiss
trans_list: abwimmeln | beiseiteschieben | von dannen schicken | wegfegen
sense:
(transitive) To send or put away, to discard with disregard, contempt or disdain. (sometimes followed by as).


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


lexentry: eng/disorganized_schizophrenia__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: disorganized schizophrenia
trans_list: Hebeprenie | hebephrene Schizophrenie
sense:
(pathology) A form of schizophrenia marked by disorganized behavior and speech as well as inappropriate emotional responses or affect.


lexentry: eng/disparage__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: disparage
trans_list: entehren | geringschätzen | herabmindern | herabsetzen | herabwürdigen | in Verruf bringen
sense:
To dishonor by a comparison with what is inferior; to lower in rank or estimation by actions or words; to speak slightingly of; to depreciate; to undervalue.


lexentry: eng/dispatch__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dispatch
trans_list: Depesche
sense:
A message sent quickly, as a shipment, a prompt settlement of a business, or an important official message sent by a diplomat, government official, military officer, etc.


lexentry: eng/dispatch__Verb__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: dispatch
trans_list: beeilen | besiegen | entziehen | verschicken | versenden
sense:
(transitive) To dispose of speedily, as business; to execute quickly; to make a speedy end of; to finish; to perform.


lexentry: eng/dispensary__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
sense: A place or room where something is dispensed, particularly:
written_rep: dispensary
trans_list:
Apotheke | Arzneimittelausgabe | Ausgabestelle für Medikamente | Krankenhausapotheke | Medikamentenausgabe


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


lexentry: eng/dispersant__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dispersant
trans_list: Dispergiermittel
sense:
(chemistry) Any substance that is used to prevent settling or clumping of particles suspended in a liquid.


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


lexentry: eng/displacement__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: displacement
trans_list: Verdrängung | Wasserverdrängung | Abdrängung | Absetzung | Adressabstand | Ausbootung
sense:
The weight of a ship or other floating vessel, traditionally measured or calculated by finding the volume of the vessel below the waterline when afloat, the weight of the displaced liquid being equal to that of the whole displacing body.


lexentry: eng/displacement_current__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: displacement current
trans_list: Verschiebungsstrom
sense:
(electromagnetism) The direction and rate of change of the electric displacement field at a given point of space and time. It can be expressed as a vector.


lexentry: eng/display__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: display
trans_list: Display
sense:
A device, furniture or marketing-oriented bulk packaging for visual presentation for sales promotion.


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


lexentry: eng/disport__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: disport
trans_list: sich belustigen
sense:
(ambitransitive, reflexive, dated) To amuse oneself divertingly or playfully; in particular, to cavort or gambol.


lexentry: eng/disposable_income__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: disposable income
trans_list: verfügbares Einkommen
sense:
(economics) The amount of a person's or group's monetary income which is available to be saved or spent (on either essential or non-essential items), after deducting all taxes and other governmental fees.


lexentry: eng/disposable_razor__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: disposable razor
trans_list: Einwegrasierer
sense:
A razor designed to be a consumable product and to be disposed of in its entirety once its cutting edge has dulled.


lexentry: eng/disposition__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: disposition
trans_list: Anordnung | Einteilung | Gliederung
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/disproportionation__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: disproportionation
trans_list: Disproportionierung
sense:
(chemistry) A form of redox reaction in which part of a reactant is oxidized and part of it is reduced simultaneously


lexentry: eng/dispute__Verb__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: dispute
trans_list: bestreiten | erörtern
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: Abhandlung | Auseinandersetzung | Erörterung
sense:
A lengthy, formal discourse that analyses or explains some topic; (loosely) a dissertation or treatise.


lexentry: eng/disregard__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
sense: (transitive) To ignore; to pay no attention to.
written_rep: disregard
trans_list:
absehen | als gegenstandslos betrachten | ausblenden | ausklammern | außer Acht lassen | außer Betracht lassen


lexentry: eng/diss__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: diss
trans_list: dissen
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: ausstreuen | ausbreiten | aussähen | disseminieren | sähen | verbreiten
sense:
(transitive) To sow and scatter principles, ideas, opinions, etc, or concrete things, for growth and propagation, like seeds.


lexentry: eng/disseminated_intravascular_coagulation__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: disseminated intravascular coagulation
sense:
(medicine) A pathological process characterised by widespread activation of the clotting cascade throughout the body.

trans_list:
Defibrinationssyndrom | Verbrauchskoagulopathie | disseminierte intravasale Gerinnung | disseminierte intravasale Koagulopathie


lexentry: eng/dissemination__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dissemination
trans_list: Verbreitung
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: Dissertation | Doktorarbeit
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: Dissident | Dissidentin | Regimekritiker | Regimekritikerin
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/dissimilation__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: dissimilation
trans_list: Dissimilation
sense:
(phonology, phonetics) A phenomenon where one of a pair of similar adjacent consonant or vowel sounds in a word becomes less similar.


lexentry: eng/dissimulate__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dissimulate
trans_list: verstellen
sense:
(intransitive) To practise deception by concealment or omission, or by feigning a false appearance; to dissemble.


lexentry: eng/dissipation__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: dissipation
trans_list: Ausschweifung | Ausschweifungen | Durchbringen | Verprassen | Verschleuderung | Verschwendung
sense:
A dissolute course of life, in which health, money, etc., are squandered in pursuit of pleasure; profuseness in immoral indulgence, as late hours, riotous living, etc.; dissoluteness.


lexentry: eng/dissociate__Verb__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: dissociate
trans_list: aufspalten | dissoziieren
sense:
(chemistry, transitive) To separate compounds into simpler component parts, usually by applying heat or through electrolysis.


lexentry: eng/dissociation__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: dissociation
trans_list: Dissoziation
sense:
(psychology) A defence mechanism where certain thoughts or mental processes are compartmentalised in order to avoid emotional stress to the conscious mind.


lexentry: eng/dissociative_identity_disorder__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dissociative identity disorder
trans_list: dissoziative Identitätsstörung
sense:
(psychiatry) A mental disorder characterized by the presence of two or more personality states or distinct identities that repeatedly take control of a person's behavior.


lexentry: eng/dissolve__Verb__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: dissolve
trans_list: auflösen
sense:
(physical chemistry) (transitive) To disintegrate chemically into a solution by immersion into a liquid or other material.


lexentry: eng/distaff__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: distaff
trans_list: Rocken | Kunkel | Spinnrocken | Wocken
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: 02
written_rep: distance
trans_list: Abstand | Entfernung | Distanz
sense:
(military) The amount of space between soldiers or cavalry riders marching or standing in a rank; also, the amount of space between such ranks.


lexentry: eng/distance__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: distance
trans_list: Ferne | Weite
sense:
Chiefly preceded by the, especially in into or in the distance: the place that is far away or remote.


lexentry: eng/distance__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: distance
trans_list: entfernen
sense:
To set oneself at a distance from someone or something else; to move away from someone or something.


lexentry: eng/distance_learning__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: distance learning
trans_list: Fernunterricht | Distanzunterricht | Fernstudium
sense:
Education obtained remotely, often involving written material together with audio-visual material transmitted via the internet and, sometimes, summer schools and local tutorials.


lexentry: eng/distil__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: distil
trans_list: destillieren
sense:
(also, figuratively) To make (something, especially spirits such as gin and whisky) by distillation.


lexentry: eng/distil__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: distil
trans_list: destillieren
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/distillation__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: distillation
trans_list: Destillation
sense:
(chemistry, chemical engineering) The separation of more volatile parts of a substance from less volatile ones by evaporation and condensation.


lexentry: eng/distiller__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: distiller
trans_list: Branntweinbrenner | Branntweinbrennerin | Brenner | Brennerin | Schnapsbrenner | Schnapsbrennerin
sense:
A person who distills, especially alcoholic spirits or hard liquor by a process of distillation; a person who owns, works in or operates a distillery.


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


lexentry: eng/distinction__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: distinction
trans_list: Auszeichnung | Unterscheidung
sense:
(specifically) A feature that causes someone or something to stand out as being better; a mark of honour, rank, eminence or excellence; the quality of being distinguished.


lexentry: eng/distorting_mirror__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: distorting mirror
trans_list: Zerrspiegel
sense:
(entertainment) A curved mirror, often using convex and concave sections to achieve a distorted effect, as:


lexentry: eng/distracter__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: distracter
trans_list: Distraktor
sense:
Any of the incorrect answers in a multiple-choice question, serving to distract from the correct answer.


lexentry: eng/distraint__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: distraint
trans_list: Beschäftigung
sense:
(legal) The legal right of a landlord to seize the property of a tenant in the event of nonpayment of rent.


lexentry: eng/distribution__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: distribution
trans_list: Distribution | Absatz
sense:
(business, marketing) The process by which goods get to final consumers over a geographical market, including storing, selling, shipping and advertising.


lexentry: eng/distribution__Noun__1
sense_num: 10
written_rep: distribution
trans_list: Distribution | Aufteilung | Gliederung
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: Distribution | Aufteilung | Gliederung
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: 15
written_rep: distribution
trans_list: Distribution | Aufteilung
sense:
(printing, historical) The process of sorting the types and placing them in their proper boxes in the cases.


lexentry: eng/distributive__Adjective__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: distributive
trans_list: distributiv
sense:
(mathematics) A property of functions that have a rule describing how the function can be performed to the individual components of another operation.


lexentry: eng/distributor__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: distributor
trans_list: Verteiler
sense:
A device that distributes electric current, especially to the spark plugs in an internal combustion engine.


lexentry: eng/district_attorney__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: district attorney
sense:
(American) The title of the local public official who represents the government in the prosecution of alleged criminals.

trans_list:
Staatsanwalt | Bezirksanwalt | Bezirksanwältin | Bezirksstaatsanwalt | Bezirksstaatsanwältin | Staatsanwältin


lexentry: eng/district_heating__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: district heating
trans_list: Fernwärme
sense:
A system for distributing heat generated in a centralized location for residential and commercial heating requirements.


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


lexentry: eng/dittander__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dittander
trans_list: Pfefferkraut
sense:
A peppergrass of species Lepidium latifolium, native from Iberia to the Himalayas, introduced elsewhere.


lexentry: eng/dittany__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dittany
trans_list: Diktamo | Diptam-Dost | kretischer Diptam
sense:
A labiate plant, Origanum dictamnus, formerly renowned for its medicinal properties; dittany of Crete.


lexentry: eng/ditto__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: ditto
trans_list: Unterführungszeichen
sense:
The ditto mark, 〃; a symbol, represented by two apostrophes, inverted commas, or quotation marks (" "), indicating that the item preceding is to be repeated.


lexentry: eng/diva__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: diva
trans_list: Diva
sense:
(slang, derogatory, informal) A person who may be considered or who considers herself (or by extension, himself) much more important than others, has high expectations of others, and who is extremely demanding and fussy when it comes to personal privileges.


lexentry: eng/divan__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: divan
trans_list: Diwan
sense:
A couch- or sofa-like piece of furniture made of a mattress lying against the wall and on either the floor or an elevated structure.


lexentry: eng/dive__Verb__1
sense_num: 07
written_rep: dive
trans_list: machen
sense:
(sports) To deliberately fall down after a challenge, imitating being fouled, in the hope of getting one's opponent penalised.


lexentry: eng/dive_bomber__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dive bomber
trans_list: Stuka | Sturzbomber | Sturzkampfbomber | Sturzkampfflugzeug
sense:
(aviation, historical) A bomber aircraft that dives directly at its target in order to drop a bomb with greater accuracy.


lexentry: eng/diverge__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: diverge
sense:
(intransitive, figuratively, of interests, opinions, or anything else) To become different; to run apart; to separate; to tend into different directions.

trans_list:
abbiegen | abweichen | auseinander gehen | auseinanderbewegen | auseinandergehen | auseinanderklaffen


lexentry: eng/diverge__Verb__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: diverge
trans_list: divergieren
sense:
(intransitive, mathematics, of a sequence, series, or function) Not to converge: to have no limit, or no finite limit.


lexentry: eng/divergence__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: divergence
trans_list: Divergenz
sense:
(calculus) the operator which maps a function F=(F1, ... Fn) from a n-dimensional vector space to itself to the function \sum_{i=1}^n \frac{\partial F_i}{\partial x_i}


lexentry: eng/diverse__Adjective__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: diverse
trans_list: vielfältig
sense:
Composed of people with a variety of different demographic characteristics in terms of, for example, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, socioeconomic status, etc., and having a sizeable representation of people that are minorities in a given area.


lexentry: eng/diversify__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: diversify
trans_list: diversifizieren | variieren | vielfältig machen
sense:
(transitive) To make (something) diverse or various in form or quality; to give variety to distinguish by numerous differences or aspects, as:


lexentry: eng/diversion__Noun__1
sense_num: 06
written_rep: diversion
trans_list: Umleitung
sense:
(transport) The rerouting of cargo or passengers to a new transshipment point or destination, or to a different mode of transportation before arrival at the ultimate destination.


lexentry: eng/diverticulosis__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: diverticulosis
trans_list: Divertikulose
sense:
(pathology) The condition of having diverticula, or small pouches, formed along the mucosa of the colon.


lexentry: eng/divertimento__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: divertimento
trans_list: Divertimento
sense:
(music) composition that has several short movements, a style that composers started to use in the 18th century.


lexentry: eng/divest__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: divest
trans_list: berauben | entziehen
sense:
(transitive) To strip, deprive, or dispossess (someone) of something (such as a right, passion, privilege, or prejudice).


lexentry: eng/divide__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: divide
trans_list: Wasserscheide
sense:
(hydrology) The topographical boundary dividing two adjacent catchment basins, such as a ridge or a crest.


lexentry: eng/divide__Verb__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: divide
trans_list: teilen | dividieren
sense:
(transitive, arithmetic, with by) To calculate the number (the quotient) by which you must multiply one given number (the divisor) to produce a second given number (the dividend).


lexentry: eng/divide_and_conquer__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: divide and conquer
trans_list: teile und herrsche
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/dividend__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dividend
trans_list: Dividende | Dividend
sense:
(finance) A cash payment of money by a company to its shareholders, usually made periodically (e.g., quarterly or annually).


lexentry: eng/diving_bell__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: diving bell
trans_list: Taucherglocke
sense:
An airtight chamber, open at the bottom, that is lowered on a cable underwater to operate as a base or a means of transport for a diver or a small number of divers.


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


lexentry: eng/diving_duck__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: diving duck
trans_list: Tauchente
sense:
Any of the ducks that feed mainly by diving such as pochards and scaups, of species in tribe Aythyini.


lexentry: eng/diving_mask__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: diving mask
trans_list: Tauchermaske
sense:
A mask worn by divers over the eyes or face to allow them to see clearly underwater, having a watertight seal around its edges to hold it securely to the face.


lexentry: eng/diving_petrel__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: diving petrel
trans_list: Tauchsturmvogel
sense:
Any seabird of the family Pelecanoididae in the order Procellariiformes, resembling auks and native to the southern oceans.


lexentry: eng/diving_platform__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: diving platform
trans_list: Sprungturm
sense:
structure used for competitive diving, consisting of a vertical rigid tower with one or more horizontal platforms extending out over a deep pool of water.


lexentry: eng/divining_rod__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: divining rod
trans_list: Wünschelrute
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/divisibility_sequence__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: divisibility sequence
trans_list: Teilbarkeitsfolge
sense:
(number theory, algebra) Any sequence of integers {an}, indexed by the natural numbers, such that if n is divisible by m then an is divisible by am.


lexentry: eng/division__Noun__1
sense_num: 07
written_rep: division
trans_list: Division
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__Noun__1
sense_num: 10
written_rep: division
trans_list: Division | Teilung
sense:
(music) A florid instrumental variation of a melody in the 17th and 18th centuries, originally conceived as the dividing of each of a succession of long notes into several short ones.


lexentry: eng/division_of_labour__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: division of labour
trans_list: Arbeitsteilung
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: Körper
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/divorce_from_bed_and_board__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: divorce from bed and board
trans_list: Trennung von Tisch und Bett
sense:
A situation where spouses live apart without having legally dissolved their marriage; this may be either a long-term arrangement or a first step towards actual divorce.


lexentry: eng/divot__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: divot
trans_list: Grassode | Rasenstück
sense:
(especially, golf) A torn-up piece of turf, especially by a golf club in making a stroke or by a horse's hoof.


lexentry: eng/divulge__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: divulge
trans_list: ausplaudern | bekannt geben | bekannt machen | preisgeben | verbreiten | verraten
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/djembe__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: djembe
trans_list: Djembé
sense:
(music) A large, rope-tuned, skin-covered drum played with the bare hands, used in West African and some fusion music.


lexentry: eng/djent__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: djent
trans_list: Djent
sense:
(neologism) A style of progressive heavy metal music characterized by rhythmic and technical complexity, and typically featuring heavily distorted, palm-muted guitar chords, syncopated, downtuned riffs, and polyrhythms alongside virtuoso soloing.


lexentry: eng/do-gooder__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: do-gooder
trans_list: Gutmensch | Weltverbesserer | Weltverbesserin
sense:
(derogatory) One who advocates a certain course of action, often of political or social concern, and often with the naive conviction of their own moral superiority.


lexentry: eng/do__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: do
trans_list: tun
sense:
(pro-verb) A syntactic marker that refers back to an earlier verb and allows the speaker to avoid repeating the verb; in most dialects, not used with auxiliaries such as be, though it can be in AAVE.


lexentry: eng/do__Verb__1
sense_num: 31
written_rep: do
trans_list: machen | tun
sense:
(informal, transitive) To drive a vehicle at a certain speed, especially in regard to a speed limit.


lexentry: eng/do_it_yourself__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: do it yourself
trans_list: Heimwerken | Selbermachen | mach es selbst
sense:
The practice of doing home improvements and maintenance oneself, rather than employing a professional.


lexentry: eng/do_not_disturb__Phrase__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: do not disturb
trans_list: bitte nicht stören | nicht stören
sense:
Used to indicate that somebody does not wish to be disturbed, e.g. a sign on a hotel room door, or a "busy" mode of an instant messenger.


lexentry: eng/do_the_dishes__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: do the dishes
trans_list: abwaschen | spülen
sense:
(intransitive) To wash up dirty crockery (plates and dishes) and cutlery (knives, forks, and spoons).


lexentry: eng/do_the_math__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: do the math
trans_list: rechne es dir selbst aus | überzeuge dich selbst
sense:
(chiefly US, idiomatic) To determine the explanation for or precise nature of a situation, such as the motive underlying someone's behavior, based on available facts.


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


lexentry: eng/do_unto_others_as_you_would_have_them_do_unto_you__Proverb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: do unto others as you would have them do unto you
trans_list: behandle andere so, wie du von ihnen behandelt werden willst
sense:
One should treat others as one would like others to treat oneself; an expression of the golden rule.


lexentry: eng/do_you_come_here_often__Phrase__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: do you come here often
trans_list: kommen Sie oft hierher?
sense:
A common phrase for initiating conversation with a stranger, especially one for seeking romantic involvement.


lexentry: eng/do_you_need_to_use_the_bathroom__Phrase__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: do you need to use the bathroom
sense:
(chiefly, US, South Africa, Canada, euphemism, interrogative) Used to ask if one's interlocutor needs to urinate or defecate.

trans_list:
Musst du auf die Toilette gehen? | Müssen Sie auf die Toilette gehen? | Trebuie să mergi la toaletă?


lexentry: eng/do_you_speak_English__Phrase__1
sense_num: 01
sense: Asks the interlocutor whether or not they are able to speak in the English language.
written_rep: do you speak English
trans_list:
sprechen Sie Deutsch | sprechen Sie Englisch? | sprecht ihr Deutsch | sprecht ihr Englisch? | sprichst du Deutsch | sprichst du Englisch?


lexentry: eng/dock__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dock
trans_list: Ampfer
sense:
Any of the genus Rumex of coarse weedy plants with small green flowers related to buckwheat, especially bitter dock (Rumex obtusifolius), and used as potherbs and in folk medicine, especially in curing nettle rash.


lexentry: eng/dock__Noun__3
sense_num: 06
written_rep: dock
trans_list: Andockstation | Dockingstation | Kaffeebar | Kaffeestube
sense:
(electronics) A device designed as a base for holding a connected portable appliance such as a laptop computer (in this case, referred to as a docking station), or a mobile telephone, for providing the necessary electrical charge for its autonomy, or as a hardware extension for additional capabilities.


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


lexentry: eng/docking__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: docking
trans_list: Docking
sense:
(sexuality, slang) The sex act involving two men co-joined by their penises, with overlapping foreskins.


lexentry: eng/docking_station__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: docking station
trans_list: Andockstation | Dockingstation
sense:
(computing) A piece of hardware into which a laptop computer can be plugged for use as a desktop computer, peripherals such as the monitor being connected directly to the docking station.


lexentry: eng/doctor__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: doctor
trans_list: Doktor | Doktorin
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/doctor_bird__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: doctor bird
trans_list: Jamaika-Kolibri | Rotschnabel-Jamaikasylphe | Wimpelschwanz
sense:
Trochilus polytmus; a red-billed streamertail; scissor-tail hummingbird; scissors tail hummingbird (hummingbird)


lexentry: eng/doctor_blade__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: doctor blade
trans_list: Rakel
sense:
(printing) A metal blade used in printing for scraping off excess ink or toner from the printing roll.


lexentry: eng/doctoral_thesis__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: doctoral thesis
trans_list: Doktorarbeit
sense:
A research paper that a student writes in order to complete the requirements for a doctorate; a dissertation.


lexentry: eng/doctrine__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: doctrine
trans_list: Doktrin | Lehre
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/docudrama__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: docudrama
trans_list: Dokudrama
sense:
A type of drama (a film, a television show, or a play) that combines elements of documentary and drama, to some extent showing real events and to some extent using actors performing recreations of documented events.


lexentry: eng/document__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: document
trans_list: Dokument | Schriftstück | Aktenstück | Unterlagen
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: Dokumentarfilm | Dokumentation | Doku
sense:
A film, TV program, publication etc. which presents a social, political, scientific or historical subject in a factual or informative manner.


lexentry: eng/documentary_hypothesis__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: documentary hypothesis
trans_list: Urkundenhypothese
sense:
(theology) The hypothesis that the Pentateuch consists of two or more, usually four, originally distinct major documents. [ca. 1840]


lexentry: eng/documentation__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: documentation
trans_list: Dokumentation
sense:
(computing, mechanical engineering) Documents that explain the operation of a particular machine or software program.


lexentry: eng/docusoap__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: docusoap
trans_list: Doku-Soap
sense:
A form of reality television in the style of a documentary in which an apparent plot is constructed by intention or editing in order to make programmes in this genre resemble soap operas.


lexentry: eng/dodder__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dodder
trans_list: Seide | Teufelszwirn
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: Dodekaeder | Zwölfflächner
sense:
(geometry) A polyhedron with twelve faces; the regular dodecahedron has regular pentagons as faces and is one of the Platonic solids.


lexentry: eng/dodecane__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dodecane
trans_list: Dodecan
sense:
(organic compound) Any of very many isomers of the alkane having twelve carbon atoms, but especially n-dodecane that is used as a solvent and is present in Diesel fuel.


lexentry: eng/dodecaphonist__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dodecaphonist
trans_list: Dodekaphonist
sense:
(music) A practitioner or proponent of dodecaphony, i.e. use of the dodecaphonic musical scale, which has twelve tones per octave


lexentry: eng/dodge_a_bullet__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dodge a bullet
trans_list: gerade nochmal davonkommen
sense:
(idiomatic, informal) To have a narrow escape; to avoid injury, disaster, or some other undesirable situation.


lexentry: eng/dodger__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: dodger
trans_list: Sprayhood
sense:
(countable, nautical) A frame-supported canvas over the companionway (entrance) of a sailboat providing the on-deck crew partial cover from the splashes of the seas that break against the hull of the boat.


lexentry: eng/dodo__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dodo
trans_list: Dodo | Dronte | Doudo | Dudu
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: Hinde | Hirschkuh | Hindin | Damhirschkuh | Rehgeiß | Ricke
sense:
A female deer; also used of similar animals such as antelope (less commonly a goat, as nanny is also used).


lexentry: eng/dog's_mercury__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dog's mercury
trans_list: Wald-Bingelkraut
sense:
Mercurialis perennis, a herbaceous, downy perennial woodland plant with erect stems bearing simple, serrate leaves, found in much of Europe.


lexentry: eng/dog-ear__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dog-ear
trans_list: Eselsohr
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-eared__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dog-eared
trans_list: voller Eselsohren | zerfleddert | zerlesen
sense:
Of a page in a book or other publication: having its corner folded down, 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: Hundstage
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: karg
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/dog_rose__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dog rose
trans_list: Hagrose | Heckenrose | Hundsrose
sense:
A European wild rose shrub of species Rosa canina, having fragrant white or pink flowers and stems with sharp spines.


lexentry: eng/dogfight__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dogfight
trans_list: Luftkampf
sense:
(aviation, military) A twisting turning battle between two or more military aircraft, especially between fighters.


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/dogwatch__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dogwatch
trans_list: Hundewache
sense:
(nautical) Aboard a ship, either of the two short two-hour watches that take place between 4 p.m. and 8 p.m.


lexentry: eng/doldrums__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: doldrums
trans_list: Durchhänger | Flaute | Flautenstimmung | Lustlosigkeit | Trübsal | Trübsinn
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/doldrums__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: doldrums
trans_list: Flaute
sense:
(nautical) Usually preceded by the: the state of a sailing ship when it is impeded by calms or light, baffling winds, and is unable to make progress.


lexentry: eng/doldrums__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: doldrums
trans_list: Innertropische Konvergenzzone | Kalmen | Kalmengürtel
sense:
(nautical, oceanography, by extension) Usually preceded by the: a part of the ocean near the equator where calms, squalls, and light, baffling winds are common.


lexentry: eng/doll_up__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: doll up
trans_list: sich schick machen
sense:
(transitive, slang) To dress oneself or another in formal or ostentatious clothing as if for a special occasion.


lexentry: eng/dollar__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dollar
trans_list: Dollar
sense:
(currencies) 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/dollar_diplomacy__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dollar diplomacy
trans_list: Dollar-Diplomatie
sense:
The effort of the United States — particularly under President William Howard Taft — to further its aims in Latin America and East Asia through use of its economic power by guaranteeing loans made to foreign countries.


lexentry: eng/dollarization__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dollarization
trans_list: Dollarisierung
sense:
(economics) The process of a country, officially, or its residents, unofficially, adopting the US dollar or other foreign currency in parallel to or instead of the domestic currency.


lexentry: eng/dolly_zoom__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dolly zoom
trans_list: Dolly-Zoom
sense:
(film) A camera effect that appears to undermine normal visual perception, achieved by using the setting of a zoom lens to adjust the field of view while the camera dollies towards or away from the subject in such a way as to keep the subject the same size in the frame throughout.


lexentry: eng/dolma__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dolma
trans_list: Dolma
sense:
Any of a family of stuffed vegetable dishes. The filling generally consists of rice, minced meat or grains, together with onion, herbs and spices.


lexentry: eng/dolman__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: dolman
trans_list: Dolman
sense:
A short, close-fitting, heavily braided military jacket, usually worn under a pelisse, originally by hussars.


lexentry: eng/dolmen__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dolmen
trans_list: Hünengrab | Dolmen | Hünenbett | Hünenstein
sense:
A prehistoric megalithic tomb consisting of a capstone supported by two or more upright stones, most having originally been covered with earth or smaller stones to form a barrow.


lexentry: eng/dolomite__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dolomite
trans_list: Dolomit
sense:
(mineral) An evaporite consisting of a mixed calcium and magnesium carbonate, with the chemical formula CaMg(CO3)2; it also exists as the rock dolostone.


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


lexentry: eng/dolphin__Noun__2
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dolphin
trans_list: Dalbe
sense:
(nautical) A man-made semi submerged maritime structure, usually installed to provide a fixed structure for temporary mooring, to prevent ships from drifting to shallow water or to serve as base for navigational aids.


lexentry: eng/dolphinfish__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dolphinfish
trans_list: golden
sense:
A large food and game fish of the Coryphaenidae family which is commonly found in tropical and subtropical waters.


lexentry: eng/domain-specific_language__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: domain-specific language
trans_list: domänenspezifische Sprache
sense:
(programming) A programming/specification language that is dedicated to a particular problem domain, a particular problem representation/solution technique.


lexentry: eng/domain__Noun__1
sense_num: 08
written_rep: domain
trans_list: Domain | Domäne | Domains | Domänen
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: 09
written_rep: domain
trans_list: Definitionsbereich | Definitionsmenge
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: 14
written_rep: domain
trans_list: Domäne | Bereich
sense:
(taxonomy) The highest rank in the classification of organisms, above kingdom; in the three-domain system, one of the taxa Bacteria, Archaea, or Eukaryota.


lexentry: eng/domain__Noun__1
sense_num: 15
written_rep: domain
trans_list: Domain | Domäne | Wissensgebiet
sense:
(biochemistry) A folded section of a protein molecule that has a discrete function; the equivalent section of a chromosome.


lexentry: eng/domain_name__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: domain name
trans_list: Domain | Domainname
sense:
(Internet) A unique, case-insensitive name that identifies a realm of administrative autonomy, authority or control within the Internet.


lexentry: eng/domain_of_discourse__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: domain of discourse
trans_list: Diskursuniversum
sense:
(logic) In predicate logic, an indication of the relevant set of entities that are being dealt with by quantifiers.


lexentry: eng/dome_light__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dome light
trans_list: Deckenleuchte | Innenraumbeleuchtung
sense:
An interior cabin light with a dome-shaped cover attached to the ceiling of a car, vehicle, room or building. In a vehicle it is considered a safety feature, though usually fitted as standard.


lexentry: eng/domestic_cat__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: domestic cat
trans_list: Hauskatze | Hauskater | Hauskätzin
sense:
(zoology) A domesticated cat, of the species Felis catus or Felis silvestris catus, especially one kept as a pet or for vermin control.


lexentry: eng/domestic_duck__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: domestic duck
trans_list: Ente
sense:
The domesticated subspecies or form of mallard, sometimes Anas platyrhynchos domesticus or Anas platyrhynchos f. domestica.


lexentry: eng/domestication__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: domestication
trans_list: Domestizierung | Domestikation
sense:
The act of domesticating, or accustoming to home; the action of taming wild animals or breeding plants.


lexentry: eng/domestique__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: domestique
trans_list: Domestik | Domestikin
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/dominance__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: dominance
trans_list: Dominanz
sense:
(physiology) The superior development of or preference for one side of the body or one of a pair of organs; such as being right-handed.


lexentry: eng/dominical__Adjective__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: dominical
trans_list: sonntäglich
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: Domino
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/domino_effect__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: domino effect
trans_list: Dominoeffekt
sense:
(politics, historical) The theory that, if South Vietnam became communist, it would be followed by Cambodia, Laos, additional Southeast Asian countries, other Asian countries, and likely even elsewhere.


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
sense:
One should not depend upon a favorable (and typically overoptimistic) outcome to one's plans until it is certain to occur.

trans_list:
man soll den Tag nicht vor dem Abend loben | man soll das Fell des Bären nicht verteilen, bevor er erlegt ist


lexentry: eng/don't_hold_your_breath__Phrase__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: don't hold your breath
trans_list: da kannst du lange drauf warten | darauf kannst du lange warten | darauf können Sie lange warten
sense:
(idiom, imperative) Don't wait. Said cynically to suggest that what has just been mentioned is unlikely to happen soon or at all.


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:
einem geschenkten Gaul schaut man nicht ins Maul | einem geschenkten Gaul guckt man nicht ins Maul | einem geschenkten Gaul sieht man nicht ins Maul


lexentry: eng/don't_mention_it__Phrase__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: don't mention it
trans_list: keine Ursache | nichts zu danken
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/don't_shit_where_you_eat__Proverb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: don't shit where you eat
trans_list: das eigene Nest beschmutzen
sense:
(idiomatic, vulgar) One should not cause trouble in a place, group, or situation in which one regularly finds oneself, as it will likely backfire


lexentry: eng/donate__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: donate
trans_list: schenken | spenden | stiften
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/doner_kebab__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: doner kebab
trans_list: Döner | Döner Kebab
sense:
A Turkish dish in which meat (typically seasoned lamb or mutton, but alternatively chicken or perhaps beef) is grilled on a revolving vertical spit; when cooked, the meat is sliced off and served with fresh vegetables in pita or rolled in a piece of unleavened flatbread.


lexentry: eng/dongle__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dongle
trans_list: Adapter
sense:
(computer hardware) Any small device that plugs into an electronic device, typically a computer, and alters its functionality. Common examples include wireless modems, digital media players, software copy protect devices, and adapters.


lexentry: eng/dongle__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: dongle
trans_list: Dongle | Kopierschutzstecker
sense:
(computer hardware) A hardware device used by a specific application for purposes of copy protection.


lexentry: eng/doofus__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: doofus
trans_list: Dummkopf
sense:
(slang, derogatory, sometimes affectionately, humorous) A person with poor judgment and taste; a foolish or silly person.


lexentry: eng/doohickey__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: doohickey
trans_list: Dingsbums | Dingsda
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: Tür | Türe | Türen
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/door_chain__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: door chain
trans_list: Türkette
sense:
A device that allows a door to be partially opened from the inside, whilst preventing it from being fully opened from the outside


lexentry: eng/door_closer__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: door closer
trans_list: Türschließer
sense:
A mechanical device, containing a spring and a cylinder of fluid, that automatically closes an open door.


lexentry: eng/door_opener__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: door opener
trans_list: Türöffner | Türdrücker | Türschnapper | Türsummer
sense:
Any of various devices to automatically open a door in response to a sensor or signal sent from a controller.


lexentry: eng/doorbell__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: doorbell
trans_list: Türklingel | Klingel | Hausglocke | Türglocke
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: Pförtner
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: Hammer | Prachtexemplar | starkes Stück
sense:
(US, colloquial) Something that is extraordinary: often troublesome, difficult or problematic, but sometimes extraordinary in a positive sense.


lexentry: eng/dopamine__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dopamine
trans_list: Dopamin
sense:
(neurotransmitter, pharmaceutical drug) A monoamine C8H11NO2 that is a decarboxylated form of dopa, present in the body as a neurotransmitter and a precursor of other substances including adrenalin.


lexentry: eng/dope__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: dope
trans_list: Insiderinfos
sense:
(uncountable, slang) Information, usually from an inside source, originally in horse racing and other sports. [from early 20th c.]


lexentry: eng/dope__Verb__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: dope
trans_list: dotieren
sense:
(transitive, electronics) To add a dopant such as arsenic to (a pure semiconductor such as silicon).


lexentry: eng/dope__Verb__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: dope
trans_list: dopen
sense:
(intransitive, now, chiefly, sports) To use drugs; especially, to use prohibited performance-enhancing drugs (PEDs) in sporting competitions.


lexentry: eng/doping__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: doping
trans_list: Dotierung
sense:
The addition of small quantities of an element (a dopant) to a semiconductor to change its characteristics.


lexentry: eng/doppelbock__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: doppelbock
trans_list: Doppelbock
sense:
A Bavarian speciality beer, deep gold to dark brown, with a large, creamy, persistent head and a strong malty aroma.


lexentry: eng/dorayaki__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dorayaki
trans_list: Dorayaki
sense:
A Japanese confection consisting of two sponge cake patties baked to resemble gongs, sandwiching a filling of sweet azuki bean paste.


lexentry: eng/dormant_volcano__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dormant volcano
trans_list: ruhender Vulkan
sense:
(geology) A volcano that has not erupted for a considerable length of time, but is still capable of erupting.


lexentry: eng/dormitory__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dormitory
trans_list: Schlafsaal | 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: Studentenheim | Studentenwohnheim | Wohnheim | Dormitorium | Heim
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: Siebenschläfer | Bilch | Schlafmaus | Haselmaus | Bilchmaus | Gartenschläfer
sense:
Any of several species of small, mostly European rodents of the family Gliridae (syns. Myoxidae, Muscardinidae).


lexentry: eng/dormouse__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: dormouse
trans_list: Siebenschläfer | Schlafmütze
sense:
(figuratively) A person who sleeps a great deal, or who falls asleep readily (by analogy with the sound hibernation of the dormouse).


lexentry: eng/dorsal__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dorsal
trans_list: dorsal | Rücken
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/dory__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dory
trans_list: Doriboot | Dorie | Dory
sense:
(nautical) A small flat-bottomed boat with pointed or somewhat pointed ends, used for fishing both offshore and on rivers.


lexentry: eng/dose__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: dose
trans_list: Dosis
sense:
The quantity of an agent (not always active) substance or radiation administered or experienced at any one time.


lexentry: eng/dossard__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dossard
trans_list: Startnummer
sense:
(cycle racing) A bib attached to the back of a cyclist's shirt that carries the cyclist's race number.


lexentry: eng/dossier__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dossier
trans_list: Akte | Dossier
sense:
A collection of papers and/or other sources, containing detailed information about a particular person or subject, together with a synopsis of their content.


lexentry: eng/dot__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: dot
trans_list: Punkt
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: 04
written_rep: dot
trans_list: Punkt
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/dot_matrix__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dot matrix
trans_list: Punktmatrix
sense:
(computing, also, attributively) A two-dimensional array or pattern of dots used (for example, by a display device or a printer) to represent alphanumeric characters and pictures.


lexentry: eng/dot_matrix_printer__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dot matrix printer
trans_list: Matrixdrucker | Nadeldrucker
sense:
(computer hardware) A type of printer that prints characters using an array of small wires that produce an array of dots when striking the paper.


lexentry: eng/dot_the_i's_and_cross_the_t's__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dot the i's and cross the t's
trans_list: das [[i-Tüpfelchen]] setzen
sense:
(idiomatic) To take care of every detail, even minor ones; to be meticulous or thorough; to finish off something close to complete.


lexentry: eng/double-barrelled_shotgun__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: double-barrelled shotgun
trans_list: Doppelflinte | doppelläufige Schrotflinte
sense:
A type of shot-firing gun with two long, parallel barrels, allowing the user to fire twice in quick succession.


lexentry: eng/double-click__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: double-click
trans_list: Doppelklick
sense:
(computing) The action of pushing the button on a mouse twice in quick succession in order to perform a different task that would be performed from a single-click or triple-click.


lexentry: eng/double-click__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: double-click
trans_list: doppelklicken
sense:
(computing) To push the button on a mouse twice in quick succession in order to perform a different task than would be performed from a single-click or triple-click.


lexentry: eng/double-cross__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: double-cross
trans_list: aufs Kreuz legen | ein Doppelspiel treiben mit | hintergehen
sense:
To betray or go back on; to deceive someone after having gained their trust and led them to believe that they were being aided.


lexentry: eng/double-entry__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: double-entry
trans_list: doppelt
sense:
(accounting) Describing a method of bookkeeping in which each transaction is entered in two accounts, for debits and for credits.


lexentry: eng/double-tongued__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: double-tongued
trans_list: doppelzüngig | zweigezüngt
sense:
(idiomatic) Saying one thing to one person and something different to another; double talking; deceitful in speech.


lexentry: eng/double_English__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: double English
trans_list: Roman
sense:
(printing, US, dated) The size of type between double pica and double great primer, standardized as 28-point.


lexentry: eng/double__Verb__1
sense_num: 10
written_rep: double
trans_list: doubeln
sense:
(ambitransitive, sometimes with "for") To act as substitute for (another theatrical performer in a certain role, etc).


lexentry: eng/double__Verb__1
sense_num: 16
written_rep: double
trans_list: kontrieren
sense:
(bridge) To make a call that will double certain scoring points if the preceding bid becomes the contract.


lexentry: eng/double_act__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: double act
trans_list: Duett
sense:
A comic pairing in which humor is derived from the uneven relationship between two partners, usually of the same gender, age, ethnic origin and profession, but often with drastically different personalities or behavior, maybe with a stooge or straight man.


lexentry: eng/double_boiler__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: double boiler
trans_list: Bain-Marie
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_bond__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: double bond
trans_list: Doppelbindung
sense:
(physical chemistry) A covalent bond in which two electron pairs (instead of the usual one) are shared between two atoms; most common between carbon atoms and carbon, oxygen or nitrogen atoms, but several other forms are known.


lexentry: eng/double_bridle__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: double bridle
trans_list: Flansch
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_down__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: double down
trans_list: verdoppeln
sense:
(gambling, intransitive) To double one's wager, particularly, the name of a specific doubling bet allowed in blackjack.


lexentry: eng/double_entendre__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: double entendre
trans_list: Doppeldeutigkeit | Zweideutigkeit
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_factorial__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: double factorial
trans_list: Doppelfakultät | doppelte Fakultät
sense:
(mathematics, combinatorics) For an odd integer, the result of multiplying all the odd integers from 1 to the given number; or for an even integer, the result of multiplying all the even integers from 2 to the given number; symbolised by a double exclamation mark (!!). For example, 9!! = 1 × 3 × 5 × 7 × 9 = 945.


lexentry: eng/double_fault__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: double fault
trans_list: Doppelfehler
sense:
(tennis) The missing of both the first serve and second serve, resulting in a point for the receiver.


lexentry: eng/double_glazing__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: double glazing
trans_list: Doppelverglasung
sense:
A system of insulated windows (and doors) having two parallel layers of glass separated by an air space


lexentry: eng/double_jeopardy__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: double jeopardy
trans_list: Doppelbestrafung | nicht zweimal in derselben Sache
sense:
(legal) The act of trying someone twice for the same offense, especially after an acquittal in the first trial.


lexentry: eng/double_life__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: double life
trans_list: Doppelleben
sense:
An existence or life that has two aspects, particularly when one of them is regarded as embarrassing, immoral, or unlawful and thus kept hidden from some people.


lexentry: eng/double_negative__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: double negative
trans_list: doppelte Verneinung
sense:
(rhetoric, usually, _, pejorative) A phrase including two negative words (no, not, never, etc.) especially when used as intensifiers in informal English.


lexentry: eng/double_penetration__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: double penetration
trans_list: Doppeldecker | Doppelpenetration
sense:
The simultaneous sexual penetration of one or more orifices of one person by two other people or objects.


lexentry: eng/double_reed__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: double reed
trans_list: Doppelrohrblatt
sense:
(music) A pair of reeds, in any of several wind instruments, that are joined together and vibrate together.


lexentry: eng/double_room__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: double room
trans_list: Doppelzimmer
sense:
A room, especially in a hotel, that is designed for two people and has two single beds (sometimes called a twin room) or one double bed.


lexentry: eng/double_sheet_bend__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: double sheet bend
trans_list: Doppelte Schotstek
sense:
Doubled version of the sheet bend; a strong knot used to tie two ropes of different diameters together.


lexentry: eng/double_standard__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: double standard
trans_list: Doppelmoral | Messen mit zweierlei Maß | zweierlei Maß
sense:
A pair of monetary values, i.e. a gold standard and a silver standard, both of which are legal tender.


lexentry: eng/double_star__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: double star
trans_list: Doppelstern
sense:
(star) Two stars which form a stellar system, such that they orbit the point of equilibrium of their gravitational fields; a binary star.


lexentry: eng/double_take__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: double take
trans_list: zweimal hinsehen müssen
sense:
An abrupt movement, used, for example, as a comical reaction to a surprising sight, in which someone casually sees something, briefly stops looking at it, realizes what it is, and snaps attention back to it with an expression of surprise or disbelief.


lexentry: eng/double_track__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: double track
trans_list: zweigleisig
sense:
(rail) A section of railway line or tramline consisting of two parallel tracks, one being used in one direction and the other in the opposite direction.


lexentry: eng/doublet__Noun__1
sense_num: 06
written_rep: doublet
trans_list: Dublette | Scheideform
sense:
(quantum mechanics) A quantum state of a system with a spin of ½, such that there are two allowed values of the spin component, −½ and +½.


lexentry: eng/doublethink__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: doublethink
trans_list: Doppeldenk
sense:
The holding of two contradictory beliefs in one's mind simultaneously and accepting both of them as true or correct, without realizing the contradiction.


lexentry: eng/doubletree__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: doubletree
trans_list: Klippschwengel | Waage | Wagenschwengel
sense:
a device that connects two horses to a wagon or other implement. The tugs of a harness are connected to a singletree, two of which are connected to a doubletree, which, in turn, is connected to the implement.


lexentry: eng/doubloon__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: doubloon
trans_list: Dublone | Duplone
sense:
(historical, numismatics) A former Spanish gold coin, also used in its American colonies. [from early 17th c.]


lexentry: eng/doubly__Adverb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: doubly
trans_list: doppelt
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: Zweifel
sense:
(uncountable, countable) Disbelief or uncertainty (about something); (countable) a particular instance of such disbelief or uncertainty.


lexentry: eng/douche__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: douche
trans_list: Dusche
sense:
A jet or current of water or vapour directed upon some part of the body to benefit it medicinally; in particular, such a jet directed at the vagina for irrigation.


lexentry: eng/douchebag__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: douchebag
trans_list: Arschloch | Scheißkerl | Idiot | Penner | Widerling
sense:
(US, slang, vulgar, humorous) 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: Teig
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/dough_scraper__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dough scraper
trans_list: Teigschaber | Teigspatel
sense:
A rubber or metal implement used to scrape food, such as dough, off a countertop, out of a bowl, etc.


lexentry: eng/doughnut__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: doughnut
trans_list: Donut | Krapfen | Pfannkuchen | Berliner | Reifen
sense:
A deep-fried piece of dough or batter, usually mixed with various sweeteners and flavors, often made in a toroidal or ellipsoidal shape flattened sphere shape filled with jelly/jam, custard, or cream.


lexentry: eng/doughnut__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: doughnut
trans_list: Reifen
sense:
A spare car tyre, usually stored in the boot, that is smaller than a full-sized tyre and is only intended for temporary use.


lexentry: eng/doula__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: doula
trans_list: Doula
sense:
A trained support person who provides emotional, physical and practical assistance to a pregnant woman or couple before, during or after childbirth.


lexentry: eng/dove__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dove
trans_list: Taube
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: Taubenschlag | Taubenhaus | Taubenkobel
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/dovetail__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: dovetail
trans_list: Schwalbenschwanz | Schwalbenschwanzverbindung | Verzahnung
sense:
In full dovetail joint: a type of joint where adjoining components are fastened by multiple tenons cut into wedge shapes resembling a dove's tail, which interlock with mortises having corresponding shapes.


lexentry: eng/dovetail__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
sense: To combine or fit (things) together well.
written_rep: dovetail
trans_list:
aufeinander abgestimmt sein | aufeinander verzahnt sein | einpassen | haargenau zu (etwas) passen | sich nahtlos zusammenfügen


lexentry: eng/dowel__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dowel
trans_list: Holzdübel | Dübel | Feder | Verbinder
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: Holzdübel | Dübel | Feder
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/dower__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dower
trans_list: Leibgedinge | Leibzucht
sense:
(legal) The part of or interest in a deceased husband's property provided to his widow, usually in the form of a life estate.


lexentry: eng/dower__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: dower
trans_list: Wittum
sense:
(legal) Property given by a groom directly to his bride at or before their wedding in order to legitimize the marriage; dowry.


lexentry: eng/down__Noun__2
sense_num: 01
written_rep: down
trans_list: Hügel
sense:
(especially, southern England, also Australia, often plural, often in place names) A hill; in England, especially a chalk hill.


lexentry: eng/down__Noun__2
sense_num: 03
written_rep: down
trans_list: Hügel
sense:
(UK, mostly, in the plural) A tract of poor, sandy, undulating or hilly land near the sea, covered with fine turf which serves chiefly for the grazing of sheep.


lexentry: eng/down__Noun__3
sense_num: 01
written_rep: down
trans_list: Daune
sense:
Soft, fluffy immature feathers which grow on young birds. Used as insulating material in duvets, sleeping bags and jackets.


lexentry: eng/down__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: down
trans_list: exen | runterkippen | schlucken | trinken | versenken
sense:
(transitive) Specifically, to cause (something in the air) to fall to the ground; to bring down (with a missile etc.). [from 19th c.]


lexentry: eng/down_and_out__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: down and out
trans_list: heruntergekommen
sense:
(idiomatic) In a condition of poverty or debility, especially as a result of experiencing a financial or personal setback.


lexentry: eng/down_bad__Adjective__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: down bad
trans_list: notgeil
sense:
(slang, originally, _, AAVE) Romantically or sexually attracted to someone at the expense of one's dignity.


lexentry: eng/down_payment__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: down payment
trans_list: Anzahlung
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_quark__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: down quark
trans_list: Down-Quark
sense:
(particle) A quark having a fractional electric charge of -\frac{1}{3} and a mass of about 4 to 8 MeV.Symbol: d


lexentry: eng/down_the_hatch__Prepositional_phrase__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: down the hatch
trans_list: ex
sense:
(informal) Into the mouth and down the throat, especially with regard to the consumption of a beverage.


lexentry: eng/down_the_track__Prepositional_phrase__1
sense_num: 01
sense: (idiomatic) Further along, in terms of time or progress.
written_rep: down the track
trans_list:
am Ende | im weiteren Verlauf | in der Folge | in der Zukunft | in der weiteren Entwicklung | später


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


lexentry: eng/downburst__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: downburst
trans_list: Downburst
sense:
(meteorology) A powerful downward air current, especially one during a thunderstorm, often creating powerful divergent horizontal winds and strong wind shear upon impacting the surface.


lexentry: eng/downcast__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: downcast
trans_list: niedergeschlagen
sense:
Of the eyes, a facial expression, etc.: looking downwards, usually as a sign of discouragement, sadness, etc., or sometimes modesty.


lexentry: eng/downsizing__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: downsizing
trans_list: Downsizing
sense:
(automotive) Reducing engine's capacity at same power or increasing engine's power without increasing capacity.


lexentry: eng/downspout__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: downspout
trans_list: Fallrohr | Regenfallrohr | Regenwasserfallrohr | Traufröhre
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/downstream__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: downstream
trans_list: stromabwärts
sense:
Further along in the flow of current, in relation to a river, stream, bloodstream, or other flow of fluid.


lexentry: eng/downtown__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: downtown
trans_list: Innenstadt | Stadtmitte | Zentrum | Stadtzentrum | City
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: Mitgift | Aussteuer | Brautschatz
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/dowser__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
sense: One who uses the dowser or divining rod. A diviner.
written_rep: dowser
trans_list:
Rhabdomant | Wünschelrutengänger | Wünschelrutengängerin | Rhabdomantin | Rutengänger | Rutengängerin


lexentry: eng/dowsing__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dowsing
trans_list: Wünschelrutengehen
sense:
The practice of seeking water or other substances (usually liquid) with the aid of a forked stick or similar pointing device, as believed by some practitioners to derive from supernatural power.


lexentry: eng/doxology__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: doxology
trans_list: Doxologie
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: Dutzende
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: Drachme
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__Noun__1
sense_num: 06
written_rep: draft
trans_list: Fassbier | gezapftes Bier
sense:
(US spelling) Liquid, especially beer or other alcohol, drawn from a cask or keg rather than a bottle or can.


lexentry: eng/draft__Noun__1
sense_num: 07
written_rep: draft
trans_list: Tiefgang
sense:
(US spelling, nautical) The depth of water needed to float a particular ship; the depth from the waterline to the bottom of a vessel's hull; the depth of water drawn by a vessel.


lexentry: eng/draft__Noun__1
sense_num: 11
written_rep: draft
trans_list: Einberufung | Einziehung | Musterung | Wehrdienst
sense:
(American English, Canadian English, usually with the) Conscription, the system of forcing people to serve in the military.


lexentry: eng/draft__Verb__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: draft
trans_list: abkommandieren | einberufen | einziehen
sense:
(transitive, US) To conscript a person, force a person to serve in some capacity, especially in the military.


lexentry: eng/draft_horse__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: draft horse
trans_list: Zugpferd | Arbeitspferd
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/drafting__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: drafting
trans_list: Planung
sense:
A profession, usually related to making technical drawings for architecture, engineering, or manufacturing.


lexentry: eng/drafting_site__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: drafting site
trans_list: Saugstelle
sense:
(firefighting) A designated location for a firefighter to draw or pump water out of a natural source, such as a lake or river.


lexentry: eng/drag__Noun__1
sense_num: 17
written_rep: drag
trans_list: Luftwiderstand | Widerstand
sense:
(nautical) The difference between the speed of a screw steamer under sail and that of the screw when the ship outruns the screw; or between the propulsive effects of the different floats of a paddle wheel.


lexentry: eng/drag__Noun__2
sense_num: 01
written_rep: drag
trans_list: Fummel
sense:
(uncountable, slang) Women's clothing worn by men for the purpose of entertainment. [from late 19th c.]


lexentry: eng/drag__Verb__1
sense_num: 06
written_rep: drag
trans_list: ziehen
sense:
(graphical user interface) To operate a pointing device by moving it with a button held down; to move, copy, etc. (an item) in this way.


lexentry: eng/drag_queen__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: drag queen
trans_list: Dragqueen
sense:
(LGBT, originally, slang) A person, usually male, who dresses up in women’s clothing and makeup, typically in an exaggerated fashion and for public performance.


lexentry: eng/dragline_excavator__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dragline excavator
trans_list: Schürfkübelbagger
sense:
Any of several very large vehicles used for lifting, especially in the process of mining: basically an excavator which drags its bucket to fill it.


lexentry: eng/dragon's_blood__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dragon's blood
trans_list: Drachenblut
sense:
A bright red resin, obtained from different species of a number of distinct plants Calamus rotang and genera Croton, Dracaena, Daemonorops, and Pterocarpus, used in the manufacture of varnishes, lacquers, medicines, and incenses.


lexentry: eng/dragon's_teeth__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dragon's teeth
trans_list: Drachenzähne
sense:
(military) Square-pyramidal fortifications of reinforced concrete to impede the movement of tanks and mechanised infantry.


lexentry: eng/dragon__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dragon
trans_list: Drache | Drachen
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/dragon_boat__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dragon boat
trans_list: Drachenboot
sense:
A type of boat raced in Chinese festivals featuring a dragon motif and twenty paddling, one drumming, and one steering known as the sweep.


lexentry: eng/dragon_fruit__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dragon fruit
trans_list: Drachenfrucht | Pitahaya | Pitaya
sense:
The fruit of certain cacti of the genus (Stenocereus (syn. Hylocereus) spp.), cultivated in Southeast Asia and Central and South America, having cerise-pink- or yellow-coloured skin and a white or pink sweet fleshy interior with black seeds.


lexentry: eng/dragonet__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: dragonet
trans_list: Leierfisch
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: Libelle | Wasserjungfer
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/dragonwort__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dragonwort
trans_list: Schlangen-Knöterich
sense:
A perennial herb of Europe and Asia, Bistorta officinalis (syns. Persicaria bistorta, Polygonum bistorta), formerly used as an astringent.


lexentry: eng/dragoon__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dragoon
trans_list: Dragoner
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: Abfluss
sense:
(chiefly, US, Canada) A conduit allowing liquid to flow out of an otherwise contained volume; a plughole (UK)


lexentry: eng/draining_board__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: draining board
trans_list: Abtropfgestell
sense:
A board beside a kitchen sink, designed to drain into the sink, used for letting kitchen utensils dry after they had been washed.


lexentry: eng/dram__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: dram
trans_list: Kurzer
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/drama_queen__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: drama queen
trans_list: Dramaqueen | Schauspielerin | hysterische Tussi
sense:
(idiomatic, informal, pejorative) An overly or exaggeratedly dramatic person, especially a woman or a girl.


lexentry: eng/dramatis_personae__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dramatis personae
trans_list: Dramatis Personae
sense:
The characters in a play or story; a list of them, usually arranged in order of first appearance, as protatic matter.


lexentry: eng/dramaturge__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dramaturge
trans_list: Bühnenautor | Dramatiker | Schauspieldichter | Stückeschreiber
sense:
(rare, theater) Someone who writes or adapts theater plays, a playwright, dramatist, especially one connected with a specific theater or company.


lexentry: eng/dramaturge__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: dramaturge
trans_list: Dramaturg | Dramaturgin
sense:
(rare, theater) A literary adviser or editor in a theater, opera, or film company that researches, selects, adapts, edits, and interprets scripts, libretti, texts, and printed programs (or helps others with these tasks), consults with authors, and does public relations work.


lexentry: eng/draughts__Noun__2
sense_num: 01
written_rep: draughts
trans_list: Dame | Damespiel
sense:
(board games, UK, Irish, Commonwealth, 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__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: draw
trans_list: Remis | Unentschieden
sense:
Draft: flow through a flue of gasses (smoke) resulting from a combustion process, possibly adjustable with a damper.


lexentry: eng/draw__Noun__1
sense_num: 09
written_rep: draw
trans_list: Wadi
sense:
(geography) A dry stream bed that drains surface water only during periods of heavy rain or flooding.


lexentry: eng/draw__Noun__1
sense_num: 12
written_rep: draw
trans_list: Remis | Unentschieden
sense:
(poker) A situation in which one or more players has four cards of the same suit or four out of five necessary cards for a straight and requires a further card to make their flush or straight.


lexentry: eng/draw__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: draw
trans_list: spannen | zurückziehen
sense:
(billiards) To strike (the cue ball) below the center so as to give it a backward rotation which causes it to take a backward direction on striking another ball. [from 19th c.]


lexentry: eng/draw__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: draw
trans_list: ziehen | schleppen | abheben | beziehen | blankziehen | durchziehen
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: ziehen | schleppen | abheben | beziehen | blankziehen | durchziehen
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: 02
written_rep: draw
sense:
(intransitive) To have a draught; to allow air to be passed through in order to allow for combustion. [from 18th c.]

trans_list:
auf etwas stützen | auf etwas zurückgreifen | beziehen | schöpfen | sich etwas bedienen | verlassen auf


lexentry: eng/draw__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: draw
trans_list: anlocken | schöpfen | anziehen | locken | ziehen | abnehmen
sense:
To cause (someone) to come to a particular place, condition, or course of action; to attract (a person). [from 12th c.]


lexentry: eng/draw__Verb__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: draw
trans_list: aufdecken | ziehen
sense:
(cards) To take or be dealt (a card) from the deck; to have (a particular hand) as a result of this. [from 16th c.]


lexentry: eng/draw__Verb__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: draw
trans_list: auf etwas stützen | auf etwas zurückgreifen | aufnehmen | beziehen | brauchen | schöpfen
sense:
(intransitive, transitive) To steep; to leave (tea) temporarily in water to allow the flavour to increase. [from 18th c.]


lexentry: eng/draw__Verb__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: draw
trans_list: zeichnen | ziehen | malen | abmalen | abzeichnen | skizzieren
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__Verb__1
sense_num: 06
written_rep: draw
sense:
To elicit information from (someone); to induce (a person) to speak on some subject. (Now frequently in passive.) [from 19th c.]

trans_list:
auf etwas stützen | auf etwas zurückgreifen | beziehen | schöpfen | sich etwas bedienen | verlassen auf


lexentry: eng/draw_and_quarter__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: draw and quarter
trans_list: vierteilen
sense:
(transitive, historical) To execute (someone) by castration, disembowelling, beheading and quartering.


lexentry: eng/draw_down__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: draw down
trans_list: herabziehen | herunterziehen
sense:
To initiate a drawdown (withdrawal of equipment, supplies, etc., potentially to provide it to another party).


lexentry: eng/draw_in__Verb__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: draw in
trans_list: heranziehen
sense:
(idiomatic, intransitive, of nights or evenings) To become dark earlier as a result of seasonal change.


lexentry: eng/draw_straws__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: draw straws
trans_list: Streichhölzer ziehen | Stöckchen ziehen
sense:
To decide at random by drawing (selecting randomly between) straws, sticks, etc., one of which differs from the others (typically by being shorter), held in a person's hand so as to conceal which is the different one. Typically, whoever draws the short straw must complete some undesirable task. Alternatively, whoever draws the longest straw gets a desired position.


lexentry: eng/drawback__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: drawback
trans_list: Zollrückvergütung
sense:
A partial refund of an import fee, as when goods are re-exported from the country that collected the fee.


lexentry: eng/drawbar__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: drawbar
trans_list: Kupplung
sense:
(rail transport) An open-mouthed bar at the end of a car, which receives a coupling link and pin by which the car is drawn. It is usually provided with a spring to give elasticity to the connection between the cars of a train.


lexentry: eng/drawbridge__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: drawbridge
trans_list: Zugbrücke
sense:
A hinged bridge which can be raised (to prevent its being crossed, as across a moat, or to allow watercraft to travel beneath it).


lexentry: eng/drawer__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: drawer
trans_list: Schublade | Lade
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: Auslosung | Ziehung
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/drawing_knife__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: drawing knife
trans_list: Zugmesser | Reifeisen | Rindenmesser | Schäleisen
sense:
A knife with a handle at each end, used for shaving hoops for barrels by drawing it towards oneself.


lexentry: eng/drawl__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: drawl
trans_list: gedehnte Aussprache | gedehnte Sprechweise
sense:
A way of speaking slowly while lengthening vowel sounds and running words together. Characteristic of some Southern US accents, as well as Broad Australian, Broad New Zealand and Scots.


lexentry: eng/drawl__Verb__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: drawl
trans_list: gedehnt sprechen | schleppend sprechen
sense:
(intransitive) To speak with a slow, spiritless utterance, from affectation, laziness, or lack of interest.


lexentry: eng/drawstring__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: drawstring
trans_list: Kordelzug | Zugband
sense:
A string or cord, encased in a fabric tube, with one or more small openings into the tube, on a bag or garment, allowing the item to be closed (as with a bag) or tightened (as with sweatpants or a bathing suit).


lexentry: eng/dray__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dray
trans_list: Einkaufswagen
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/dread__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
sense: To anticipate with fear.
written_rep: dread
trans_list:
Bammel haben | Blut und Wasser schwitzen | Schiss haben | bibbern | eine Gänsehaut bekommen / kriegen | grausen


lexentry: eng/dreadlocks__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dreadlocks
trans_list: Dreadlocks | Dreads | Filzlocken | Rastalocken
sense:
A hairstyle worn by Rastafarians and others in which the hair is left to grow long, and twisted into matted strings.


lexentry: eng/dreamboat__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dreamboat
trans_list: Traummann
sense:
(informal, dated, or, humorous) An exceptionally good-looking and sexually attractive person, particularly a man.


lexentry: eng/dreamcatcher__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dreamcatcher
trans_list: Traumfänger
sense:
A decorative Native American object in the form of a hoop and net with attachments such as feathers, traditionally believed by the Ojibwa to “filter out” bad dreams.


lexentry: eng/dregs__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dregs
trans_list: Bodensatz | Satz
sense:
(collectively) The sediment settled at the bottom of a liquid; the lees in a container of unfiltered wine.


lexentry: eng/dreidel__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dreidel
trans_list: Dreidel
sense:
A four-sided spinning top, inscribed with the four Hebrew letters נ, ג, ה, and ש (or פ) on each side, often used to play a traditional game during the Jewish festival of Hanukkah.


lexentry: eng/drench__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: drench
trans_list: durchnässen
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: Kleid
sense:
(clothing) 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: anziehen
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: kleiden | anziehen | ankleiden
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/dress__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dress
trans_list: anmachen
sense:
(cooking) To prepare (food) for cooking or eating, especially by seasoning it; specifically, to add a dressing or sauce (to food, especially a salad). [from 15th c.]


lexentry: eng/dress__Verb__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: dress
trans_list: tragen
sense:
(euphemistic, chiefly in the tailoring context) To allow one's penis to fall to one side or the other within one's trousers. [from 20th c.]


lexentry: eng/dress_rehearsal__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dress rehearsal
trans_list: Generalprobe | Hauptprobe
sense:
(theatre) A rehearsal prior to a public spectacle, where all the performers are in costume, in order to test all aspects of the production by closely reproducing the actual conditions of a performance.


lexentry: eng/dress_suit__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: dress suit
trans_list: Abendanzug | Abendkleid
sense:
A type of formal attire for women, typically a jacket over a dress, or a jacket and blouse with trousers or a skirt.


lexentry: eng/dress_up__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: dress up
trans_list: verkleiden
sense:
(intransitive, often with 'as') To put on a costume portraying oneself as a particular type of character or well-known person.


lexentry: eng/dressage__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: dressage
trans_list: Dressurreiten | Dressurwettkampf | Reitschau | Springreiten | Turnier
sense:
(uncountable) An equestrian sport in which the horse and rider perform a test of specific movements in an arena, and are judged on the horse's obedience, acceptance of the bridle and of the rider's aids, gaits, impulsion, and the harmony between horse and rider.


lexentry: eng/dressing_gown__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dressing gown
trans_list: Bademantel | Morgenmantel
sense:
(UK, Ireland) An item of clothing often made from cotton or another absorbent material, in the form of a long open robe with a belt to tie it around the middle and fasten it securely; often worn over pyjamas.


lexentry: eng/dressing_room__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dressing room
trans_list: Künstlergarderobe
sense:
A room in a theatre or other performance venue in which performers may change costumes and apply makeup.


lexentry: eng/dressing_table__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dressing table
trans_list: Toilettentisch | Poudreuse | Frisiertisch | Kommode | Schminktisch
sense:
A low table or chest of drawers with a mirror at which one sits while dressing, applying makeup or similar tasks.


lexentry: eng/dribble__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dribble
trans_list: dribbeln
sense:
(basketball, soccer) In various ball games, to move (with) the ball, controlling its path by kicking or bouncing it repeatedly.


lexentry: eng/dried__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dried
trans_list: getrocknet
sense:
Without water or moisture, said of something that has previously been wet or moist; resulting from the process of drying.


lexentry: eng/drift__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: drift
trans_list: Drift | Abdrift
sense:
The act or motion of drifting; the force which impels or drives; an overpowering influence or impulse.


lexentry: eng/drift__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: drift
trans_list: Drift | Abdrift
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__Verb__1
sense_num: 06
sense: (intransitive) To accumulate in heaps by the force of wind; to be driven into heaps.
written_rep: drift
trans_list:
Verwehungen bilden | sich zu einer Verwehung anhäufen | zu Haufen zusammengeweht werden | zu einen Haufen zusammenwehen


lexentry: eng/drift__Verb__1
sense_num: 09
written_rep: drift
trans_list: driften
sense:
(automotive) To oversteer a vehicle, causing loss of traction, while maintaining control from entry to exit of a corner. See Drifting (motorsport).


lexentry: eng/drift_ice__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: drift ice
trans_list: Treibeis
sense:
One or more floating slabs of ice which have become detached from larger sheets or shoreline glaciers and which are moved by wind or sea currents.


lexentry: eng/drift_net__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: drift net
trans_list: Treibnetz
sense:
(fishing) A very long fishing net, supported by floats, that drifts with the current behind a fishing boat


lexentry: eng/drill__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: drill
trans_list: Drill
sense:
An activity done as an exercise or practice (especially a military exercise), particularly in preparation for some possible future event or occurrence.


lexentry: eng/drill_bit__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: drill bit
trans_list: Bohreinsatz | Bohreisen | Bohrer
sense:
Any other style of cutter, for example a spade drill, that is rotated and fed in a similar manner as a twist drill to of cut a hole in metal, wood or other materials.


lexentry: eng/drill_press__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: drill press
trans_list: Bohrmaschine
sense:
A machine tool in which a rotating cutter, usually a twist drill, is pushed into a workpiece to produce a hole.


lexentry: eng/drink-driver__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: drink-driver
trans_list: betrunkene Autofahrerin | betrunkener Autofahrer
sense:
(chiefly, British, and, Australian, legal) A person who operates a motor vehicle when legally intoxicated.


lexentry: eng/drinking_game__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: drinking game
trans_list: Trinkspiel
sense:
(games) A game (often a logic or memory game) which involves the drinking of alcohol, usually as a penalty for making mistakes, as the intoxication makes the game harder to play.


lexentry: eng/drip__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: drip
trans_list: Tropf
sense:
(medicine) An apparatus that slowly releases a liquid, especially one that intravenously releases drugs into a patient's bloodstream.


lexentry: eng/drive-in__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: drive-in
trans_list: Autokino
sense:
(US, Canada, Australia) An outdoor cinema where movies are projected onto a large screen and patrons watch from inside their vehicles, listening either by a speaker or a designated radio frequency.


lexentry: eng/drive__Noun__1
sense_num: 12
written_rep: drive
trans_list: Laufwerk
sense:
(computer hardware) An apparatus for reading and writing data to or from a mass storage device such as a disk.


lexentry: eng/drive__Noun__1
sense_num: 13
written_rep: drive
trans_list: Laufwerk
sense:
(computer hardware) A mass storage device in which the mechanism for reading and writing data is integrated with the mechanism for storing data.


lexentry: eng/drive__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: drive
trans_list: treiben | einschlagen | schlagen | zwingen
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: Führerschein | Fahrerlaubnis | Fahrausweis | Fahrberechtigung | Lenkberechtigung
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/driver__Noun__1
sense_num: 06
written_rep: driver
trans_list: Treiber
sense:
(computing) A device driver; a program that acts as an interface between an application and hardware, written specifically for the device it controls.


lexentry: eng/drizzle__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: drizzle
trans_list: Nieselregen | Sprühregen
sense:
(physics, weather) Very small, numerous, and uniformly dispersed water drops, mist, or sprinkle. Unlike fog droplets, drizzle falls to the ground.


lexentry: eng/drone__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: drone
trans_list: Drohne
sense:
(metonymically): An aircraft operated by remote control, especially an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV).


lexentry: eng/drop-ball__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: drop-ball
trans_list: Schiedsrichterball
sense:
(soccer) A method of restarting play in a game where the referee drops the ball between two players of opposing teams.


lexentry: eng/drop__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: drop
trans_list: Tropfen
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__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: drop
trans_list: Bonbon | Drops
sense:
Often preceded by a defining word: a small, round piece of hard candy, such as a lemon drop; a lozenge.


lexentry: eng/drop__Noun__1
sense_num: 08
written_rep: drop
trans_list: der tote Briefkasten
sense:
A place where items or supplies may be left for others to collect, whether openly (as with a mail drop), or secretly or illegally (as in crime or espionage); a drop-off point.


lexentry: eng/drop__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: drop
trans_list: fallen
sense:
(intransitive, also, figuratively) To fall (straight down) under the influence of gravity, like a drop of liquid. [from 14th c.]


lexentry: eng/drop__Verb__1
sense_num: 08
written_rep: drop
trans_list: zurückfallen
sense:
(intransitive) To fall behind or to the rear of a group of people, etc., as a result of not keeping up with those at the front.


lexentry: eng/drop__Verb__1
sense_num: 09
written_rep: drop
trans_list: vorbeischauen
sense:
(intransitive) Usually followed by by, in, or into: of a person: to visit someone or somewhere informally or without a prior appointment.


lexentry: eng/drop__Verb__1
sense_num: 15
written_rep: drop
trans_list: fallen lassen
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__Verb__1
sense_num: 19
written_rep: drop
trans_list: fallenlassen
sense:
(transitive) To mention (something) casually or incidentally, usually in conversation. [from 17th c.]


lexentry: eng/drop__Verb__1
sense_num: 20
written_rep: drop
trans_list: einwerfen
sense:
(transitive) To let (a letter, etc.) fall into a postbox; hence, to send (a letter, email, or other message) in an offhand manner. [from 18th c.]


lexentry: eng/drop__Verb__1
sense_num: 30
written_rep: drop
trans_list: auslassen
sense:
(transitive, linguistics) To fail to write, or (especially) to pronounce (a syllable, letter, etc.). [from 19th c.]


lexentry: eng/drop_cap__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: drop cap
trans_list: Initial
sense:
(typography) A large initial letter that drops below the first line of a paragraph, usually used at the beginning of a section or chapter of a book.


lexentry: eng/drop_goal__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: drop goal
trans_list: Sprungtritt
sense:
(rugby union, rugby league) A goal scored by kicking the ball through the goal from open play, after the ball has touched the ground.


lexentry: eng/drop_in_the_bucket__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: drop in the bucket
trans_list: ein Tropfen auf den heißen Stein
sense:
(idiomatic) Something of little importance, especially an inconsequential effort or action as compared to a huge problem.


lexentry: eng/drop_kick__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: drop kick
trans_list: Sprungtritt
sense:
(rugby, Australian rules football, American football, Canadian football) A kick made by dropping the ball on the ground and kicking it as it bounces up.


lexentry: eng/drop_off__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: drop off
trans_list: abfallen | absinken | senken | sinken | wegdämmern | wegtreten
sense:
(idiomatic, transitive, especially, _, US) To deliver; to deposit or leave; to allow passengers to alight.


lexentry: eng/drop_set__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: drop set
trans_list: Reduktionssatz
sense:
(bodybuilding) A set of repetitions of an exercise wherein muscular failure is reached and before resting the exercise is continued with decreased resistance to failure.


lexentry: eng/dropdown_list__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dropdown list
trans_list: Drop-down-Liste | Dropdown-Liste | Dropdown-Listenfeld
sense:
(graphical user interface) A user interface control GUI element similar to a list box which allows the user to choose one value from a list.


lexentry: eng/dropping_point__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dropping point
trans_list: Tropfpunkt
sense:
(mechanical engineering) The temperature at which a grease passes from a semi-solid to a liquid state under specific test conditions.


lexentry: eng/drove__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: drove
trans_list: Herde
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: ertrinken | ertränken | überwältigen
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: Droge | Medikament | Arznei
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: Droge | Rauschmittel | Rauschgift | Betäubungsmittel
sense:
A psychoactive substance, especially one which is illegal and addictive, ingested for recreational use, such as cocaine.


lexentry: eng/drug_addict__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: drug addict
sense:
A person with a chemical or psychological dependency on a drug, especially one which is illegal or improperly procured.

trans_list:
Drogensüchtiger | Drogenabhängiger | Rauschgiftsüchtiger | Drogensüchtige | Drogenabhängige | Rauschgiftsüchtige


lexentry: eng/drug_test__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: drug test
trans_list: Drogentest
sense:
Any chemical check for the presence of (usually illegal) drugs in a sample of one's blood, hair or urine.


lexentry: eng/druid__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: druid
trans_list: Druide
sense:
(historical) 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: Trommel
sense:
(percussion instrument) A percussive musical instrument spanned with a thin covering on at least one end for striking, forming an acoustic chamber; a membranophone.


lexentry: eng/drum_brake__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: drum brake
trans_list: Trommelbremse
sense:
A form of brake in which friction is applied by pads to the inner surface of a rotating cylinder (the brake drum) connected directly to a wheel


lexentry: eng/drum_head__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: drum head
trans_list: Schlagzeugfell
sense:
The thin circle of material attached to the top of a drum shell for the purpose of striking, sometimes made of skin and in such occurrences sometimes referred to as a skin, or drum-skin, but often synthetic.


lexentry: eng/drum_machine__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: drum machine
trans_list: Drumcomputer
sense:
(musical instruments) An electronic musical instrument that can be programmed to create percussion sounds, drum beats, and patterns.


lexentry: eng/drumhead_court-martial__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: drumhead court-martial
trans_list: Standgericht
sense:
(military) A court-martial held in the field to hear urgent charges of offences committed in action.


lexentry: eng/drumstick__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: drumstick
trans_list: Hähnchenkeule
sense:
The second joint of the legbone of a chicken or other fowl, especially as an item of food. [from 17th c.]


lexentry: eng/drunk_tank__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: drunk tank
trans_list: Ausnüchterungszelle
sense:
(slang) A cell where people who have been arrested for public drunkenness are detained until they are sober.


lexentry: eng/drupe__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: drupe
trans_list: Steinfrucht | Steinobst
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: Steinfrüchtchen
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-shod__Adverb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dry-shod
trans_list: trockenen Fußes
sense:
With one's footwear dry, not in or under water, usually referring to walking on ground which at another time, or usually, is covered with deep water.


lexentry: eng/dry__Adjective__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: dry
trans_list: trocken
sense:
(chemistry) Anhydrous: free from or lacking water in any state, regardless of the presence of other liquids.


lexentry: eng/dry_cleaning__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dry cleaning
trans_list: chemische Reinigung | Trockenreinigung
sense:
The process of cleaning clothes and other fabrics without using water, instead using organic solvents and specialized equipment.


lexentry: eng/dry_eye_syndrome__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dry eye syndrome
trans_list: Syndrom des trockenen Auges
sense:
(pathology) The condition of having dry eyes, sometimes accompanied by irritation, redness, discharge, and easily fatigued eyes.


lexentry: eng/dry_ice__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dry ice
trans_list: Trockeneis
sense:
Carbon dioxide frozen in the solid state, used especially as a cooling agent and for the production of fog-like special effects. It sublimes at −78.5 °C (−109.3 °F) at normal atmospheric pressure.


lexentry: eng/dry_powder__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dry powder
trans_list: Löschpulver
sense:
A powder found in a fire extinguisher that is expelled to smother the fire (in contrast with liquid types of extinguisher).


lexentry: eng/dry_season__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dry season
trans_list: Trockenzeit
sense:
Any season in which little rain falls; used especially in the tropics where it alternates with the rainy season


lexentry: eng/dry_valley__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dry valley
trans_list: Trockental
sense:
(geology) A valley formed by water erosion, but without a permanent surface watercourse, often found in areas of permeable rock such as chalk or limestone.


lexentry: eng/dryer__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: dryer
trans_list: Trockner | Wäschetrockner
sense:
A household appliance that removes the water from clothing by accelerating evaporation, usually though heat and a tumbling motion.


lexentry: eng/drypoint__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: drypoint
trans_list: Kaltnadelradierung
sense:
(uncountable) A technique of intaglio printmaking similar to engraving in which an image is incised into a plate by scratching the surface with a hard, sharp metal (or diamond) point.


lexentry: eng/drywall__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: drywall
trans_list: Gipskarton
sense:
A building material comprising a sheet of gypsum sandwiched between two pieces of heavy paper, used mainly for interior walls and ceilings.


lexentry: eng/dual__Adjective__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: dual
trans_list: dual | Dual
sense:
(grammar) Pertaining to a grammatical number in certain languages that refers to two of something, such as a pair of shoes.


lexentry: eng/dual__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: dual
trans_list: Dual | Zweizahl
sense:
(mathematics) Of a vector in an inner product space, the linear functional corresponding to taking the inner product with that vector. The set of all duals is a vector space called the dual space.


lexentry: eng/duale_tantum__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: duale tantum
trans_list: Dualetantum
sense:
(grammar) A noun (or specific sense of a noun) that can only occur in the dual, and which lacks forms for singular, plural, and any other number.


lexentry: eng/dualism__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: dualism
trans_list: Dualismus
sense:
(theology) The belief that the world is ruled by a pair of antagonistic forces, such as good and evil; the belief that man has two basic natures, the physical and the spiritual.


lexentry: eng/duality__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: duality
trans_list: Dualität
sense:
(mathematics, physics) The mathematical equivalence of two seemingly different theoretical descriptions of a physical system.


lexentry: eng/dub__Noun__3
sense_num: 03
written_rep: dub
trans_list: Dub
sense:
(music, uncountable) A trend in music starting in 2009, in which bass distortion is synced off timing to electronic dance music.


lexentry: eng/dubbing__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: dubbing
trans_list: Synchronisation | Synchronisierung
sense:
(film) The replacement of a voice part in a film or animation, particularly with a translation, revoicing.


lexentry: eng/dubiofossil__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dubiofossil
trans_list: Dubiofossil
sense:
(geology, palaeontology) Any geological object that has characteristics of a fossil but whose identity is uncertain.


lexentry: eng/dubious__Adjective__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: dubious
trans_list: unsicher
sense:
(of a person) In disbelief; wavering, uncertain, or hesitating in opinion; inclined to doubt; undecided.


lexentry: eng/dubious_honor__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dubious honor
trans_list: zweifelhafte Ehre
sense:
(American spelling) The supposed honor of being selected to do a difficult or unpopular task or the supposed honor associated with receiving a questionable award.


lexentry: eng/dubitation__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dubitation
trans_list: Bezweifeln | Zweifeln
sense:
(uncountable, archaic) The process of doubting or the state of being in doubt; hesitation, uncertainty.


lexentry: eng/dubplate__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dubplate
trans_list: Dubplate
sense:
(music, originally, Jamaica) An acetate or vinyl record pressed in very limited numbers, especially one issued to disc jockeys in advance of an official release; specifically (and, originally) , one containing a piece of dub music (a style of reggae music, often instrumental, involving the mixing of different audio tracks).


lexentry: eng/dubstep__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dubstep
trans_list: Dubstep
sense:
A subgenre of electronic dance music descended from 2-step garage that was popular in the early 2010s, characterized by its dark mood, sparse half-step and two-step rhythms, and emphasis on sub-bass.


lexentry: eng/duck__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: duck
trans_list: ducken | sich ducken | sich schnell bücken
sense:
(intransitive) To quickly lower the head or body, often in order to prevent it from being struck by something.


lexentry: eng/duck__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: duck
trans_list: ducken | sich ducken | sich schnell bücken
sense:
(transitive) To quickly lower (the head or body), often in order to prevent it from being struck by something.


lexentry: eng/duck__Verb__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: duck
trans_list: untertauchen
sense:
(intransitive) To go under the surface of water and immediately reappear; to plunge one's head into water or other liquid.


lexentry: eng/duck_out__Verb__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: duck out
trans_list: ablaufen
sense:
(idiomatic, intransitive, followed by of or from) To move or act so as to achieve avoidance, escape, or evasion.


lexentry: eng/duckboard__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: duckboard
trans_list: Holzsteg | Steg
sense:
Wooden, low walkway or short part of a path with one or more planks, logs, or boards laid after each other lengthwise, often two planks wide; also called bog board, bog bridge, or puncheon.


lexentry: eng/ductility__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ductility
trans_list: Verformbarkeit
sense:
(physics) Ability of a material to be drawn out longitudinally to a reduced section without fracture under the action of a tensile force.


lexentry: eng/dud__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dud
trans_list: Blindgänger | Versager
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: Alter
sense:
(colloquial, used in the vocative) A term of address for someone, typically a man, particularly when cautioning them or offering advice.


lexentry: eng/due_diligence__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: due diligence
trans_list: Due Diligence | Due-Diligence-Prüfung
sense:
(legal) A process during which a potential party to a contract evaluates the assets and liabilities of one or more other potential parties, to assess whether it should enter into the contract.


lexentry: eng/duet__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: duet
trans_list: Duett
sense:
(music) A musical composition in two parts, each performed by a single voice (singer, instrument or univoce ensemble).


lexentry: eng/dugout__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: dugout
trans_list: Mannschaftsbank | Spielerbank
sense:
(baseball, football) A sunken shelter at the side of a baseball or football (soccer) field where non-playing team members and staff sit during a game.


lexentry: eng/duke_cherry__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: duke cherry
trans_list: Halbkirsche | Halbweichsel
sense:
Prunus × gondouinii, a hybrid between sweet cherry and sour cherry, generally disadvantageous in durability, yield and marketability.


lexentry: eng/dulcimer__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dulcimer
trans_list: Hackbrett | Zimbal
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/duma__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: duma
trans_list: Duma
sense:
A Russian legislative assembly such as the historical duma of the Russian Empire or the modern lower house of the Federal Assembly (the Russian national parliament).


lexentry: eng/dumb_down__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dumb down
trans_list: vulgarisieren
sense:
(idiomatic, transitive) To convey some subject matter in simple terms, avoiding technical or academic language, especially in a way that is considered condescending.


lexentry: eng/dumbness__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dumbness
trans_list: Stummheit | Mutitas
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__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dump
trans_list: Müllkippe | Kippe
sense:
A place where waste or garbage is left; a ground or place for dumping ashes, refuse, etc.; a disposal site.


lexentry: eng/dump__Verb__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: dump
trans_list: freisetzen | kopieren
sense:
(transitive, computing) To copy (data) from a system to another place or system, usually in order to archive it.


lexentry: eng/dump_truck__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dump truck
trans_list: Kipper | Muldenkipper
sense:
A heavy truck, for carrying loose, bulk cargo, having a hinged bed that allows the contents to be unloaded onto the ground.


lexentry: eng/dumping__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: dumping
trans_list: Dumping | Warenverschleuderung
sense:
Selling goods at less than their normal price, or even at a loss, especially in the export market as a means of securing a monopoly.


lexentry: eng/dumpster__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dumpster
trans_list: Abfallcontainer | Müllcontainer
sense:
(Canada, US) A large, usually metal trash receptacle designed to be hoisted up by a garbage truck in order to be emptied.


lexentry: eng/dunch__Noun__2
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dunch
trans_list: Jause
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/dung_beetle__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dung beetle
trans_list: Mistkäfer
sense:
Any of the beetle of the family Scarabaeidae (scarab beetles), especially of the subfamilies Scarabaeinae and Aphodiinae, noted for rolling dung into balls for use as food or as brooding chambers.


lexentry: eng/dunking__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dunking
trans_list: Eintauchen
sense:
The act or process of briefly submerging or immersing an object or person in a liquid, as in dunking a cookie in milk, or dunking a playmate in the swimming pool.


lexentry: eng/dunlin__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dunlin
trans_list: Alpenstrandläufer
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/dunnage__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dunnage
trans_list: Garnier
sense:
(chiefly, transport) Scrap material, often wood, used to fill spaces to prevent the shifting of more valuable items during transport, or underneath large or heavy items to raise them slightly above the ground, in order to protect from chafing and wet.


lexentry: eng/duo__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: duo
trans_list: Duo
sense:
Two people who work or collaborate together as partners; especially, those who perform music together.


lexentry: eng/duodenum__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: duodenum
trans_list: Zwölffingerdarm | 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/duopoly__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: duopoly
trans_list: Duopol | Dyopol
sense:
(economics) An economic condition in which two sellers exert most control over the market of a commodity.


lexentry: eng/dura_mater__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dura mater
trans_list: Dura mater
sense:
(anatomy) The tough and inflexible outermost of the three layers of the meninges, enveloping the brain and spinal cord.


lexentry: eng/durable_good__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: durable good
trans_list: langlebiges Investitionsgut
sense:
(economics) A good, e.g., a household appliance, that yields services or utility over time rather than being exhausted when used only once.


lexentry: eng/duralumin__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: duralumin
trans_list: Duraluminium
sense:
(metallurgy) An alloy of over 90% aluminium, 4% copper and traces of manganese, magnesium, iron and silicon, widely used in the aircraft industry.


lexentry: eng/durum_wheat__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: durum wheat
trans_list: Hartweizen
sense:
Triticum turgidum subsp. durum, syn. Triticum durum (hard wheat), the flour of which is used to make pasta and bread.


lexentry: eng/dusk__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dusk
trans_list: Abenddämmerung
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: Wollmaus
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: Kleintrombe | Staubteufel
sense:
A small atmospheric vortex appearing in clear, dry conditions, made visible by swirling dust picked up from the ground.


lexentry: eng/dust_jacket__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dust jacket
trans_list: Schutzumschlag | Buchumschlag
sense:
(printing, publishing) The detachable paper cover of a book; used to protect the binding, and to provide blurb.


lexentry: eng/dust_mask__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dust mask
trans_list: Mundschutz
sense:
A protective mask which covers the mouth and nose of the wearer, worn when in a dusty atmosphere, or when doing work which creates dust.


lexentry: eng/dust_mite__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dust mite
trans_list: Hausstaubmilbe
sense:
A microscopically small mite, of the Dermatophagoides pteronyssinus, or Dermatophagoides farinae species.


lexentry: eng/dustpan__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dustpan
trans_list: Kehrschaufel | Kehrblech | Kutterschaufel
sense:
A flat scoop with a short handle, into which dust, dirt and other material is conveyed with a brush or broom.


lexentry: eng/dustpan_and_brush__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dustpan and brush
trans_list: Handfeger und Kehrblech | Handfeger und Schaufel | Kehrset | Schaufel und Besen
sense:
A matching dustpan and brush, manufactured and sold as a single item, and often fitting together (typically made from brass if for use with a coal fire, or of plastic for general domestic use).


lexentry: eng/duty__Noun__1
sense_num: 06
written_rep: duty
trans_list: Arbeitszeit | Schicht
sense:
The efficiency of an engine, especially a steam pumping engine, as measured by work done by a certain quantity of fuel; usually, the number of pounds of water lifted one foot by one bushel of coal (94 lbs. old standard), or by 1 cwt. (112 lbs., England, or 100 lbs., United States).


lexentry: eng/duty_of_care__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: duty of care
trans_list: Fürsorgepflicht | Sorgfaltspflicht
sense:
(legal) A legal obligation imposed on an individual requiring that they adhere to a standard of reasonable care while performing any acts that could foreseeably harm others.


lexentry: eng/duumvirate__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: duumvirate
trans_list: Duumvirat
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: Bettdecke | Steppdecke | Daunendecke | Federbett | Plumeau | Plümo
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: Zwerg | Zwergin
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: Zwerg | Zwergin | Zwergstern
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_birch__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dwarf birch
trans_list: Polar-Birke
sense:
Betula nana, a species of birch in the family Betulaceae, native to arctic and cool temperate regions of northern Europe, northern Asia and northern North America.


lexentry: eng/dwarf_galaxy__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dwarf galaxy
trans_list: Zwerggalaxie
sense:
(galaxy) Any galaxy, considerably smaller than the Milky Way, that has only several billions of stars.


lexentry: eng/dwarf_planet__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dwarf planet
trans_list: Zwergplanet
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/dwarf_star__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dwarf star
trans_list: Zwergstern
sense:
(star) A star that is located in the main sequence in the Hertzsprung-Russell diagram, though generally excluding the small minority which fall in the blue band due to their large size and high luminosity; fuses hydrogen into helium in its core.


lexentry: eng/dwell_time__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dwell time
trans_list: Verweildauer
sense:
(chiefly, engineering) The period of time that a system or element of a system remains in a given state.


lexentry: eng/dyed-in-the-wool__Adjective__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: dyed-in-the-wool
trans_list: eingefleischt | in der Wolle gefärbt | waschecht
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/dyke__Noun__1
sense_num: 18
written_rep: dyke
trans_list: Gesteinsgang
sense:
(geology) A body of rock (usually igneous) originally filling a fissure but now often rising above the older stratum as it is eroded away.


lexentry: eng/dyke__Noun__2
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dyke
trans_list: Kampflesbe
sense:
(slang, usually, _, pejorative, offensive) A lesbian, particularly one with masculine or butch traits or behavior.


lexentry: eng/dynamic_memory__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dynamic memory
trans_list: dynamischer Speicher
sense:
Computer memory that requires a periodic refresh to maintain its contents. This memory is usually cheaper and faster than ROM.


lexentry: eng/dynamic_typing__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dynamic typing
trans_list: dynamische Typisierung
sense:
(programming) A system in which typechecking is performed at run time and not at compilation, opposed to static typing.


lexentry: eng/dynamics__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dynamics
trans_list: Dynamik
sense:
(physics) The branch of mechanics that is concerned with the effects of forces on the motion of objects.


lexentry: eng/dynamite__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dynamite
trans_list: Dynamit
sense:
A class of explosives made from nitroglycerine in an absorbent medium such as kieselguhr, used in mining and blasting.


lexentry: eng/dyne__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dyne
trans_list: Dyn
sense:
A unit of force in the CGS system; the force required to accelerate a mass of one gram by one centimetre per second per second. Symbol: dyn.


lexentry: eng/dysarthria__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dysarthria
trans_list: Dysarthrie
sense:
(neurology, neuropsychology) Difficulty in articulating words due to a disturbance in the form or function of the structures that modulate voice into speech; one of the first indicative symptoms of myasthenia gravis, brought about by an autoimmune response to acetylcholine receptors.


lexentry: eng/dyscalculia__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dyscalculia
trans_list: Dyskalkulie | Rechenschwäche
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: Dysenterie | Ruhr
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/dysfunction__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dysfunction
trans_list: Fehlfunktion | Dysfunktion
sense:
(mostly, medical) A failure to function in an expected or complete manner. Usually refers to a disorder in a bodily organ (e.g. erectile dysfunction), a mental disorder, or the improper behavior of a social group.


lexentry: eng/dysfunctional__Adjective__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: dysfunctional
trans_list: dysfunktional
sense:
Functioning incorrectly or abnormally; especially, designating of a business, family or social group with harmful, aberrant, strange or abnormal behavior.


lexentry: eng/dysmenorrhea__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dysmenorrhea
trans_list: Menstruationsbeschwerden | Dysmenorrhoe | Regelschmerzen
sense:
(medicine) Painful menstruation (menstrual#Adjective pain), viewed as a symptom#Noun in any of various disorders.


lexentry: eng/dysmorphia__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dysmorphia
trans_list: Dysmorphophobie
sense:
(psychology, psychiatry) Any of various psychological disorders of distorted body image in which a person inaccurately believes that their body is misshapen or inadequate, such as anorexia, bulimia, and muscle dysmorphia ("bigorexia").


lexentry: eng/dyspepsia__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dyspepsia
trans_list: Verdauungsstörung
sense:
(pathology) Any mild disorder of digestion characterised by stomach pain, discomfort, heartburn, and nausea, often following a meal.


lexentry: eng/dysphasia__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dysphasia
trans_list: Dysphasie
sense:
(medicine, psychology) Loss of or deficiency in the power to use or understand language as a result of injury or disease of the brain.


lexentry: eng/dysphemism__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dysphemism
trans_list: Dysphemisierung | Dysphemismus
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/dysphoria__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dysphoria
trans_list: Dysphorie | Verstimmung
sense:
A state of feeling unwell or unhappy; a feeling of emotional and mental discomfort and suffering from restlessness, malaise, depression, or anxiety.


lexentry: eng/dyspraxia__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dyspraxia
trans_list: Dyspraxie
sense:
(neurology) A genetic neurological disorder where a person has motor skills severely below average due to their brain's inability to consistently send messages accurately to the body for the planning of motor movements.


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/dyssynchrony__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dyssynchrony
trans_list: Dyssynchronie
sense:
(medical) A medical condition wherein the activation of different parts of the heart is improperly synchronized.


lexentry: eng/dysthymia__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: dysthymia
trans_list: Dysthymie
sense:
(psychiatry) A form of clinical depression, characterized by low-grade depression which lasts at least two years.


lexentry: eng/dystonia__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dystonia
trans_list: Dystonie
sense:
(pathology) A disabling neurological disorder in which prolonged and repetitive contractions of muscles cause jerking, twisting movements and abnormal postures of the body.


lexentry: eng/dystopia__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: dystopia
trans_list: Dystopie
sense:
A miserable, dysfunctional state or society that has a very poor standard of living or severe censorship, oppression, etc.


lexentry: eng/dysuria__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dysuria
trans_list: Dysurie
sense:
(pathology) The experience or condition of experiencing pain while discharging urine, or (rarely) of having difficulty doing so.


lexentry: eng/dzud__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dzud
trans_list: Dsud | Zud
sense:
An ecological crisis in the steppe-land of Mongolia and Central Asia causing loss of livestock, typically a summer drought followed by a severe winter.


lexentry: eng/décolletage__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: décolletage
trans_list: Dekolleté | Dekolletee
sense:
The portion of a woman's body that is revealed by a low neckline; the upper chest, as well, sometimes, as the neck, and shoulders.


lexentry: eng/département__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: département
trans_list: Departement | Département
sense:
An administrative unit in various French-speaking countries, smaller than a région, similar to an English county.


lexentry: eng/e-form__Noun__2
sense_num: 01
written_rep: e-form
trans_list: e-Form
sense:
(linguistics, of the Danish language) The definite singular and plural form of adjectives, which often end in -e.


lexentry: eng/e-mail_address__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: e-mail address
trans_list: E-Mail-Adresse
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: z. B. | bspw. | z. E.
sense:
An initialism used to introduce an illustrative example or short list of examples: for the sake of an example; for example.


lexentry: eng/eGovernment__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: eGovernment
trans_list: E-Government
sense:
The use of information technologies in order to enhance the access to and the delivery of government information and services to the public and to improve the effectiveness, efficiency and/or the quality of government operations.


lexentry: eng/e__Pronoun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: e
trans_list: e
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: aus vielen eines
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: jeder | alle
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: einander
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: eifrig | begierig | gierig
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: Adler | Aar
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: 02
written_rep: eagle
trans_list: Eagle
sense:
(US, numismatics, historical) A gold coin with a face value of ten dollars, formerly used in the United States.


lexentry: eng/eagle__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: eagle
trans_list: Adler
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: Uhu | Schuhu
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/ear__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ear
trans_list: Ohr
sense:
(countable) The organ of hearing, consisting of the pinna/auricle, auditory canal, eardrum, malleus, incus, stapes and cochlea.


lexentry: eng/ear__Noun__1
sense_num: 06
written_rep: ear
trans_list: Ohr
sense:
That which resembles in shape or position the ear of an animal; a prominence or projection on an object, usually for support or attachment; a lug; a handle; a foot-rest or step of a spade or a similar digging tool.


lexentry: eng/ear_candle__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ear candle
trans_list: Ohrkerze
sense:
(alternative medicine) A hollow candle used in certain alternative medicine practices to assist the natural clearing of earwax.


lexentry: eng/ear_candy__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ear candy
trans_list: Ohrenschmaus
sense:
(US, colloquial, music) Light popular music that has an instant appeal but no lasting impact or significance.


lexentry: eng/eardrum__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: eardrum
trans_list: Trommelfell
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: Graf | Earl
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: Robbe
sense:
Any of the seals in the taxonomic family Phocidae characterized by lacking external ear flaps; true seals.


lexentry: eng/early_childhood_education__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: early childhood education
trans_list: Frühpädagogik
sense:
The formal teaching and care of young children by people other than their family, or in settings outside of the home, before the age of normal schooling.


lexentry: eng/earmuffs__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: earmuffs
trans_list: Ohrenschützer
sense:
A headphone-like device designed to cover a person's ears for protection against cold or noise. They consist of a thermoplastic or metal head-band, that fits over the top of the head, and a pad at each end, to cover the external ears.


lexentry: eng/earn__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: earn
trans_list: verdienen
sense:
(transitive) To receive payment for work or for a role or position held (regardless of whether effort was applied or whether the remuneration is deserved or commensurate).


lexentry: eng/earn_one's_keep__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: earn one's keep
sense:
(idiomatic) To perform satisfactory physical labor or to provide other worthy services in return for remuneration, lodging, or other benefits; to support oneself financially.

trans_list:
für Kost und Logis arbeiten | sein Auskommen haben | seine Schuld abarbeiten | sich seinen Lebensunterhalt verdienen | sich seinen Platz / sein Bett / sein Essen verdienen


lexentry: eng/earnest_money__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: earnest money
trans_list: Anzahlung
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: Ohrhörer
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/earphones__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: earphones
trans_list: Ohrhörer
sense:
A pair of small loudspeakers worn inside each outer ear or covering all or part of the ear, without a connecting band worn over head.


lexentry: eng/earplug__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: earplug
trans_list: Ohrenstöpsel | Ohropax | Ohrstöpsel
sense:
A piece of protective gear meant to be inserted in the ear canal to protect the wearer's hearing from loud noises or the intrusion of water.


lexentry: eng/earth__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: earth
trans_list: Erde
sense:
(British) A connection electrically to the earth ((US) ground); on equipment: a terminal connected in that manner.


lexentry: eng/earth__Noun__1
sense_num: 12
written_rep: earth
trans_list: Erde
sense:
(alchemy, philosophy, and, Taoism) The aforementioned soil- or rock-based material, considered one of the four or five classical elements.


lexentry: eng/earth_up__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: earth up
trans_list: anhäufeln
sense:
(gardening, transitive) To cover the stem or leaves of plants with soil, as to encourage root growth or protect from cold.


lexentry: eng/earthquake__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: earthquake
trans_list: Erdbeben
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: Erdbeben
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: Ohrwurm | Ohrenkriecher | Ohrkneifer
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: Staffelei
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: Dienstbarkeit
sense:
(law, property 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: Osten | Ost
sense:
(ecclesiastical) In a church: the direction of the altar and chancel; the direction faced by the priest when celebrating ad orientem.


lexentry: eng/east_by_south__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: east by south
trans_list: Ost zu Süd
sense:
The compass point halfway between east and east-southeast, specifically 101.25°, abbreviated as EbS.


lexentry: eng/easterly__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: easterly
trans_list: Ostwind
sense:
(meteorology) Any persistent wind from the east (usually applied to broad currents or belts of easterly winds).


lexentry: eng/eastern_hemlock__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: eastern hemlock
trans_list: Kanadische Hemlocktanne | Kanadische Schierlingstanne
sense:
Tsuga canadensis, native to the northeastern United States, adjoining areas of Canada, extending to Minnesota and Northern Michigan, and the Appalachian mountains.


lexentry: eng/eastern_imperial_eagle__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: eastern imperial eagle
trans_list: Östlicher Kaiseradler
sense:
Aquila heliaca, a large bird of prey that breeds in southeastern Europe and extensively through Western and Central Asia.


lexentry: eng/eastern_olivaceous_warbler__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: eastern olivaceous warbler
trans_list: Blaßspötter
sense:
Iduna pallida, an Old World warbler, mainly found in the northern Afrotropics and winters in southeastern Europe, the Middle East and adjacent western Asia.


lexentry: eng/eastern_redbud__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: eastern redbud
trans_list: Kanadischer Judasbaum
sense:
Cercis canadensis, a tree native to the southeastern, midwestern, and south central United States and parts of northern Mexico.


lexentry: eng/easterner__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: easterner
trans_list: Ossi | Ostler | Ostlerin
sense:
A native or inhabitant of the east of a region (or of the world as a whole), such as one of the eastern United States.


lexentry: eng/easy_come,_easy_go__Phrase__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: easy come, easy go
trans_list: wie gewonnen, so zerronnen
sense:
(idiomatic) Easily won and easily lost (usually said when resigned to a loss; something that comes in the same way, goes in the same way)


lexentry: eng/eat__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: eat
trans_list: essen | speisen
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/eat_crow__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: eat crow
trans_list: zu Kreuze kriechen
sense:
(chiefly, US, idiomatic) To recognize that one has been shown to be mistaken or outdone, especially by admitting that one has made a humiliating error.


lexentry: eng/eat_one's_hat__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: eat one's hat
trans_list: ich freß einen Besen, wenn | ich will Emil heißen, wenn
sense:
(idiomatic) Used in a result clause to express disbelief in a proposition expressed in a conditional clause.


lexentry: eng/eat_someone_out_of_house_and_home__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: eat someone out of house and home
trans_list: die Haare vom Kopf essen | die Haare vom Kopf fressen
sense:
(idiomatic) To consume so much of someone's store of food that little or none is left for the owner.


lexentry: eng/eating_habit__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: eating habit
trans_list: Essgewohnheit | Ernährungsgewohnheit
sense:
(chiefly, in plural) A habit involving the regular consumption of certain types of food; the consistent choices one makes regarding eating, such as food choices, amount of food consumed, frequency of eating, etc.


lexentry: eng/eau_de_toilette__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: eau de toilette
trans_list: Eau de Toilette
sense:
(cosmetics) A lightly scented perfume to freshen the skin, usually applied directly to the skin after bathing or shaving.


lexentry: eng/eaves__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: eaves
trans_list: Traufe | Dachrand | Dachüberstand
sense:
(architectural element) The underside of a roof that extends beyond the external walls of a building.


lexentry: eng/eavesdrop__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: eavesdrop
trans_list: lauschen
sense:
(countable) A concealed aperture through which an occupant of a building can surreptitiously listen to people talking at an entrance to the building.


lexentry: eng/eavestrough__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: eavestrough
trans_list: Dachrinne | Regenrinne
sense:
(Canada, Upper Midwest US, Western US) A trough under the eaves of a building for draining water from the roof; gutter.


lexentry: eng/eccentric__Adjective__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: eccentric
trans_list: exzentrisch | schrullig
sense:
(physiology, of a motion) Against or in the opposite direction of contraction of a muscle (such as results from flexion of the lower arm (bending of the elbow joint) by an external force while contracting the triceps and other elbow extensor muscles to control that movement; opening of the jaw while flexing the masseter).


lexentry: eng/eccentricity__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: eccentricity
trans_list: Exzentrizität
sense:
(mathematics) The ratio, constant for any particular conic section, of the distance of a point from the focus to its distance from the directrix.


lexentry: eng/ecchymosis__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ecchymosis
trans_list: Bluterguss
sense:
A skin discoloration caused by bleeding underneath the skin, especially one that is remote from a site of trauma or caused by a nontraumatic process (such as neoplasia).


lexentry: eng/ecdysteroid__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ecdysteroid
trans_list: Ecdysteroid
sense:
(organic compound, biochemistry) Any of a group of hormones responsible for moulting in insects and other functions in other invertebrates and plants.


lexentry: eng/echidna__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: echidna
trans_list: Ameisenigel | Echidna | Schnabeligel
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: Echinokokkose
sense:
(diseases) A potentially fatal parasitic disease of animals and humans, caused by the Echinococcus tapeworm.


lexentry: eng/echinoderm__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: echinoderm
trans_list: Stachelhäuter
sense:
An animal of the phylum Echinodermata, comprising radially symmetric, spiny-skinned marine animals including seastars, sea urchins, sea cucumbers, crinoids, and sand dollars. [from 19th c.]


lexentry: eng/echo_chamber__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: echo chamber
trans_list: Hallraum | Echokammer | Nachhallraum
sense:
A room or other enclosed space that is highly conducive to the production of echoes, particularly one that has been designed and built for this purpose.


lexentry: eng/echo_chamber__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: echo chamber
trans_list: Nachhall
sense:
(music production) A sound effect that may be applied to live or recorded sounds through a sound editing process, which creates the impression that the sounds originated in an enclosed space which was conducive to producing echoes or echoing.


lexentry: eng/echo_chamber__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: echo chamber
trans_list: Echokammer
sense:
(by extension) An environment in which a person is exposed to only those beliefs and opinions that agree with their own, so that their existing views are magnified and reinforced while alternative ideas are not expressed or considered.


lexentry: eng/echolalia__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: echolalia
trans_list: Echolalie
sense:
(clinical psychology, autism) The involuntary repetitive echoing of words or phrases spoken by another person; either immediate or delayed.


lexentry: eng/echolocation__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: echolocation
trans_list: Echoortung
sense:
The use of echoes to detect objects as observed in bats and other natural creatures. Also known as biosonar.


lexentry: eng/eclipse__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: eclipse
trans_list: Finsternis | Eklipse | Mondfinsternis | Sonnenfinsternis | Verdunklung
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/eclipsis__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: eclipsis
trans_list: Eklipse
sense:
(Irish grammar, Manx grammar) A mutation of the initial sound of a word by which voiceless sounds become voiced, voiced stops become nasal consonants, and vowels acquire a prothetic nasal consonant: see Appendix:Irish mutations#Eclipsis.


lexentry: eng/ecocide__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ecocide
trans_list: Ökozid | Umweltzerstörung
sense:
The complete destruction of an ecosystem due to human activities, such as due to exploitation of resources, nuclear warfare, or the dumping of harmful chemicals.


lexentry: eng/ecological_footprint__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ecological footprint
trans_list: Ökologischer Fußabdruck
sense:
A measure of how much biologically productive land and water area an individual, population or activity requires to produce all the resources it consumes and to absorb the waste it generates using prevailing technology and resource management practices.


lexentry: eng/ecology__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ecology
trans_list: Ökologie | Umweltforschung
sense:
(biology) The branch of biology dealing with the relationships of organisms with their environment and with each other.


lexentry: eng/ecomuseum__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ecomuseum
trans_list: Freilichtmuseum
sense:
A museum, often consisting of replica buildings in an outdoor setting, that shows the heritage of a particular locality or community


lexentry: eng/ecomusicology__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ecomusicology
trans_list: Ökomusikologie
sense:
(music) The study of music, culture, and nature, related to ecology and the natural environment. A mixture of the fields of ecocriticism and musicology.


lexentry: eng/econometrics__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: econometrics
trans_list: Ökonometrie
sense:
(economics) The branch of economics that applies statistical methods to the empirical study of economic theories and relationships.


lexentry: eng/economic_crisis__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: economic crisis
trans_list: Wirtschaftskrise
sense:
A crisis caused by the general demand for goods within an economy falling below their supply, either temporarily or on a protracted basis, typically resulting in widespread bankruptcies of unproductive businesses and falling prices.


lexentry: eng/economics__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: economics
trans_list: Wirtschaftswissenschaft | Ökonomie
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/economies_of_scale__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: economies of scale
trans_list: Skaleneffekte | Skalenerträge
sense:
(economics) The characteristics of a production process in which an increase in the scale of the firm causes a decrease in the long run average cost of each unit.


lexentry: eng/economist__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: economist
trans_list: Wirtschaftswissenschaftler | Ökonom | Volkswirtschaftler | Volkswirt
sense:
An expert in economics, especially one who studies economic data and extracts higher-level information or proposes theories.


lexentry: eng/economize__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: economize
trans_list: ökonomisieren | einsparen
sense:
(intransitive) To practice being economical (by using things sparingly or in moderation, and by avoiding waste or extravagance).


lexentry: eng/economy__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: economy
trans_list: Wirtschaft | Ökonomie
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: Wirtschaft | Ökonomie
sense:
The system of production and distribution and consumption. The overall measure of a currency system; as the national economy.


lexentry: eng/ecoterrorism__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ecoterrorism
trans_list: Ökoterrorismus
sense:
Terrorism with an ecological motive, such as attacks against corporations perceived to be harming the natural environment.


lexentry: eng/ecotourism__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ecotourism
trans_list: Ökotourismus
sense:
Responsible (sustainable#Adjective) travel to natural areas supporting the fauna, flora, and local economy.


lexentry: eng/ecotoxicology__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ecotoxicology
trans_list: Ökotoxikologie
sense:
The toxicology of a substance towards a wide range of organisms or towards an ecosystem; the study of ecotoxicity.


lexentry: eng/ecstasy__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: ecstasy
trans_list: Ecstasy | Pillen | Teile
sense:
(slang) The drug MDMA, a synthetic entactogen of the methylenedioxyphenethylamine family, especially in a tablet form.


lexentry: eng/ectoderm__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ectoderm
trans_list: Ektoderm
sense:
(biology) The outermost of the three tissue layers in the embryo of a metazoan animal, which produces through development, the epidermis (skin) and nervous system of the adult.


lexentry: eng/ectoparasite__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ectoparasite
trans_list: Ektoparasit
sense:
A parasite that lives on the surface of a host organism; such as the Demodex mite, which lives in human hair and eyelashes.


lexentry: eng/ectoplasm__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ectoplasm
trans_list: Ektoplasma
sense:
(parapsychology) A visible substance believed to emanate from the body of a spiritualistic medium during communication with the dead.


lexentry: eng/ectoplasm__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: ectoplasm
trans_list: Ektoplasma
sense:
(parapsychology) An immaterial or ethereal substance, especially the transparent corporeal presence of a spirit or ghost.


lexentry: eng/ectothermic__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ectothermic
trans_list: kaltblütig | wechselwarm | poikiloterm
sense:
(zoology) Of or relating to an ectotherm; having a body temperature that varies depending on the outside temperature.


lexentry: eng/ecu__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ecu
trans_list: Schild
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: ökumenisch
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: ökumenisches Konzil
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: Ökumene | Ökumenismus
sense:
(philosophy) Ecumenical doctrines and practices, especially as manifested in the ecumenical movement.


lexentry: eng/eczema__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: eczema
trans_list: Ekzem
sense:
(biology, medicine) A non-contagious acute or chronic inflammation of the skin, characterized by redness, itching, and the outbreak of oozing vesicular lesions which become encrusted and scaly.


lexentry: eng/edaphic__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: edaphic
trans_list: edaphisch
sense:
(geography) Relating to, or determined by, conditions of the soil, especially as it relates to biological systems.


lexentry: eng/eddy_current__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: eddy current
trans_list: Wirbelstrom
sense:
(physics) An induced electric current formed within the body of a conductor when it is exposed to a time varying magnetic field; used in induction heating and in some braking and damping systems.


lexentry: eng/edelweiss__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: edelweiss
trans_list: Edelweiß
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: Ödem
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: Kante | Rand | Seite
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/edge__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: edge
trans_list: Schneide | Klinge
sense:
(also, figuratively) The thin cutting side of the blade of an instrument, such as an ax, knife, sword, or scythe; that which cuts as an edge does, or wounds deeply, etc.


lexentry: eng/edgy__Adjective__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: edgy
trans_list: grenzwertig
sense:
(entertainment, advertising) On the edge between acceptable and offensive; pushing the boundaries of good taste; risqué.


lexentry: eng/edible_crab__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: edible crab
trans_list: Taschenkrebs
sense:
Cancer pagurus; a species of robust crab of a reddish-brown color found in the North Sea, North Atlantic Ocean, and perhaps in the Mediterranean Sea.


lexentry: eng/edification__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: edification
trans_list: Erbauung | Bauwerk | Gebäude
sense:
The act of edifying, or the state of being edified or improved; a building process, especially morally, emotionally, or spiritually.


lexentry: eng/edit_war__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: edit war
trans_list: Bearbeitungskrieg | Edit-War
sense:
(WMF) A dispute over the content of a page on a wiki or other editable work where opposing editors continually change the page without discussion.


lexentry: eng/editio_princeps__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: editio princeps
trans_list: Erstdruck
sense:
(humanities, printing) The first printed edition of a work previously only published in manuscript form.


lexentry: eng/edition__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: edition
trans_list: Ausgabe
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/editor__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: editor
trans_list: Redakteur | Redakteurin
sense:
A person at a newspaper, publisher or similar institution who edits stories and/or decides which ones to publish.


lexentry: eng/educational_institution__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: educational institution
trans_list: Bildungseinrichtung
sense:
A place where people of different ages gain an education, including preschools, childcare, elementary schools, and universities.


lexentry: eng/educe__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: educe
trans_list: ableiten
sense:
(transitive) To infer or deduce (a result, theory etc.) from existing data or premises. [from 16th c.]


lexentry: eng/educe__Verb__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: educe
trans_list: hervorrufen
sense:
(transitive) To draw out or bring forth from some basic or potential state; to elicit, to develop. [from 17th c.]


lexentry: eng/eeny,_meeny,_miny,_moe__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: eeny, meeny, miny, moe
trans_list: ene mene miste | ene mene mu
sense:
(playground games) A method of choosing between two or more people or things, used by children. A child points to each item in turn (or alternately), while saying a rhyme starting "Eeny, meeny, miney, moe", moving to the next item after each word. The item pointed to on the last word of the rhyme is the one chosen.


lexentry: eng/efface__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: efface
trans_list: unkenntlich machen | unlesbar machen | verwischen
sense:
(transitive) To erase (as anything impressed or inscribed upon a surface); to render illegible or indiscernible.


lexentry: eng/effect__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: effect
trans_list: Effekt | Eindruck
sense:
(filmology, computer graphics, demoscene) An illusion produced by technical means (as in "special effect")


lexentry: eng/effect__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: effect
trans_list: Effekt | Wirkung | Auswirkung
sense:
(sound engineering) An alteration, or device for producing an alteration, in sound after it has been produced by an instrument.


lexentry: eng/effect_size__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: effect size
trans_list: Effektstärke
sense:
(statistics) A measure of the strength or magnitude of the effect of an independent variable on a dependent variable in an experiment or a quasi-experiment.


lexentry: eng/effectuate__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: effectuate
trans_list: ausführen
sense:
(transitive) To cause, bring about (an event); to accomplish, to carry out (a wish, plan etc.). [from 16th c.]


lexentry: eng/effeminate__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: effeminate
trans_list: weibisch | verweiblicht | effeminiert | tuntig | verweichlicht
sense:
(often, derogatory, of a man or boy) Exhibiting behaviour or mannerisms considered typical of a female; unmasculine.


lexentry: eng/effendi__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: effendi
trans_list: Efendi | Effendi
sense:
An educated or well-respected man in an eastern Mediterranean or Arab country; often used as a title of respect or courtesy in Turkey or a former Ottoman territory.


lexentry: eng/effervescence__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: effervescence
trans_list: Sprudeln
sense:
The escape of gas from solution in a liquid, especially the escape of carbon dioxide from a carbonated drink.


lexentry: eng/effervescent_tablet__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: effervescent tablet
trans_list: Brausetablette
sense:
(pharmacology) A tablet of compressed powder, designed to dissolve in water and release carbon dioxide.


lexentry: eng/efficiency__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: efficiency
trans_list: Effizienz | Wirkungsgrad
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: effizient
sense:
making good, thorough, or careful use of resources; not consuming extra. Especially, making good use of time or energy


lexentry: eng/effloresce__Verb__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: effloresce
trans_list: beschönigen
sense:
Of a salt: to seep through some material (bricks, concrete, earth, rock, etc.) in a dissolved state, and then crystallize on a surface in a powdery form.


lexentry: eng/efflorescence__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: efflorescence
trans_list: Ausblühung
sense:
(chemistry) The formation of a powdery surface on crystals, as a hydrate is converted to anhydrous form by losing loosely bound water of crystallization to the atmosphere.


lexentry: eng/effluent__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: effluent
trans_list: Abwasser
sense:
Sewage water that has been (partially) treated, and is released into a natural body of water; a flow of any liquid waste.


lexentry: eng/effusion__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: effusion
trans_list: Effusion
sense:
(chemistry, physics) Process of gases passing through a hole or holes considerably smaller than the mean free path of the gas molecules.


lexentry: eng/egg__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: egg
trans_list: Ei
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: Ei
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_and_spoon_race__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: egg and spoon race
trans_list: Eierlaufen
sense:
(chiefly, British, games) A race in which competitors must carry an egg on a small spoon and race to the finish line without dropping the egg.


lexentry: eng/egg_cosy__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: egg cosy
trans_list: Eierwärmer
sense:
A small cover made of wool or other material and designed to be placed over a boiled egg to keep it warm.


lexentry: eng/egg_on__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: egg on
trans_list: anspitzen | anstiften | aufstacheln | verleiten
sense:
(transitive, idiomatic) To encourage or coax (a person) to do something, especially something foolhardy or reckless.


lexentry: eng/egg_roll__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: egg roll
trans_list: Frühlingsrolle
sense:
A food made made by wrapping a combination of chopped vegetables, possibly meat, and sometimes noodles, in a sheet of dough, dipping the dough in egg or an egg wash, then deep frying it.


lexentry: eng/egg_salad__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: egg salad
trans_list: Eiersalat
sense:
A dish made primarily of chopped hard-boiled eggs and mayonnaise, often including other ingredients such as celery or mustard; it is frequently used as a sandwich spread.


lexentry: eng/egg_spoon__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: egg spoon
trans_list: Eierlöffel
sense:
A spoon, usually smaller than a teaspoon, which is used for eating a boiled egg from a hole made in the shell; the bowl of the spoon is shaped to make it easier to scoop out the contents of the eggshell.


lexentry: eng/egg_timer__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: egg timer
trans_list: Eieruhr
sense:
(by extension) A timer that can be set to sound an alarm after a certain amount of time; a kitchen timer.


lexentry: eng/egg_tooth__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: egg tooth
trans_list: Eizahn
sense:
(zoology) A small, sharp, cranial protuberance used by offspring to break or tear through the egg's surface during hatching.


lexentry: eng/eggnog__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: eggnog
trans_list: Eierkognak | Eierpunsch
sense:
A beverage based on milk, eggs, sugar, and nutmeg; often made alcoholic with rum, brandy, or whisky; popular at Christmas.


lexentry: eng/eggplant__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: eggplant
trans_list: Aubergine | Eierfrucht | Melanzani
sense:
(North America, Australia, New Zealand, Philippines) The edible fruit of the Solanum melongena: an aubergine.


lexentry: eng/eglantine__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: eglantine
trans_list: Weinrose | Zaunrose
sense:
A Eurasian rose (Rosa rubiginosa, syn. Rosa eglanteria), having prickly stems, fragrant leaves, pink flowers and red hips.


lexentry: eng/egotistical__Adjective__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: egotistical
trans_list: egozentrisch
sense:
Believing oneself to be better and more important than others due to one's position, popularity, wealth, appearance, etc.


lexentry: eng/egregore__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: egregore
trans_list: Egregor
sense:
(occult) An autonomous psychic entity that is composed of, and influences, the thoughts of a group of people.


lexentry: eng/egret__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: egret
trans_list: Reiher
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: gell | ne | nicht wahr | oder
sense:
(informal, chiefly, Canada, Northern US, New Zealand, AU, 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: ne | nicht
sense:
(chiefly, Canada) An interjection used to ascertain the continued attention of someone addressed by the speaker.


lexentry: eng/eicosane__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: eicosane
trans_list: Eicosan
sense:
(organic compound) any of the 366,319 isomers of the aliphatic hydrocarbon having the chemical formula C20H42, but especially n-eicosane CH3(CH2)18CH3


lexentry: eng/eider__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: eider
trans_list: Eiderente
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/eidetic__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: eidetic
trans_list: eidetisch | fotographisch
sense:
(neuroscience) Marked by or resulting from extraordinary ability to recall detailed and vivid mental images of visual images.


lexentry: eng/eidolon__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: eidolon
trans_list: Abgott
sense:
An image or representation of an idea; a representation of an ideal form; an apparition of some actual or imaginary entity, or of some aspect of reality.


lexentry: eng/eigenfunction__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: eigenfunction
trans_list: Eigenfunktion
sense:
(mathematics) A function \phi such that, for a given linear operator D, D\phi=\lambda\phi for some scalar \lambda (called an eigenvalue).


lexentry: eng/eigenspace__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: eigenspace
trans_list: Eigenraum
sense:
(linear algebra) The linear subspace consisting of all eigenvectors associated with a particular eigenvalue, together with the zero vector.


lexentry: eng/eigenvalue__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: eigenvalue
trans_list: Eigenwert
sense:
(linear algebra) A scalar, \lambda, such that there exists a non-zero vector x (a corresponding eigenvector) for which the image of x under a given linear operator \mathrm{A} is equal to the image of x under multiplication by \lambda; i.e. \mathrm{A} x = \lambda x.


lexentry: eng/eigenvector__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: eigenvector
trans_list: Eigenvektor
sense:
(linear algebra) A vector that is not rotated under a particular linear transformation; a left or right eigenvector depending on context; (more formally) given a linear transformation A, a vector x such that Ax=λx [or xA=λx] for some scalar λ (called the eigenvalue).


lexentry: eng/eight-thousander__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: eight-thousander
trans_list: Achttausender
sense:
Any of the fourteen independent mountains on Earth, all located in Asia, that extend more than 8,000 metres (26,247 ft) above sea level.


lexentry: eng/eight_hundred__Numeral__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: eight hundred
trans_list: achthundert
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: acht Uhr | zwanzig Uhr
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: achtzehn
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-second__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: eighty-second
trans_list: zweiundachtzigste
sense:
The ordinal form of the number eighty-two, describing a person or thing in position number 82 of a sequence.


lexentry: eng/eighty__Numeral__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: eighty
trans_list: achtzig
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: Blicken | Einkorn | kleiner Spelz
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: Einstein
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: entweder | entweder ... oder
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__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ejaculate
trans_list: Ejakulat
sense:
Fluid or some other substance ejected or suddenly thrown from a duct or other body structure; specifically, semen or vaginal fluid ejected by a human being or other mammal during an ejaculation.


lexentry: eng/ejaculate__Verb__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: ejaculate
trans_list: ejakulieren
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: ejakulieren
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: Ejakulation | Samenerguss
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/eject__Verb__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: eject
trans_list: katapultieren
sense:
(, usually, _, intransitive) To forcefully project oneself or another occupant from an aircraft (or, rarely, another type of vehicle), typically using an ejection seat or escape capsule.


lexentry: eng/ejection_seat__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ejection seat
trans_list: Schleudersitz
sense:
A seat in an aircraft which can be ejected from the cockpit and thus save the pilot's life when a crash is imminent.


lexentry: eng/ejector__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: ejector
trans_list: Auswerfer
sense:
ejector seat: a pilot's seat in an airplane that can be forcibly ejected in the case of an emergency; then the pilot descends by parachute.


lexentry: eng/ekphrasis__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ekphrasis
trans_list: Ekphrase | Ekphrasis
sense:
(rhetoric) A clear, intense, self-contained argument or verbal description of an object, especially of an artwork.


lexentry: eng/elaboration__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: elaboration
trans_list: Produktion
sense:
The natural process of formation or assimilation, performed by the living organs in animals and vegetables, by which a crude substance is changed into something of a higher order


lexentry: eng/eland__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: eland
trans_list: Elenantilope
sense:
A genus of large South African antelope (Taurotragus), valued both for its hide and flesh. [from late 18th c.]


lexentry: eng/elastic__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: elastic
trans_list: elastisch | dehnbar
sense:
Capable of stretching; particularly, capable of stretching so as to return to an original shape or size when force is released.


lexentry: eng/elasticity__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: elasticity
trans_list: Elastizität
sense:
(physics) The property by virtue of which a material deformed under load can regain its original dimensions when unloaded


lexentry: eng/elative__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: elative
trans_list: elativisch | Elativ
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__Noun__2
sense_num: 01
written_rep: elative
trans_list: Elativ
sense:
(grammar) In Finno-Ugric languages, one of the locative cases, expressing “out of,” or “from” as in Finnish talosta, Hungarian házból (“out of the house”). Its opposite is the illative case (“into”). In Finnish, the case form is used also to express "out of" or "proximity" in a figurative sense which in English is often conveyed by the word "about".


lexentry: eng/elative_case__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: elative case
trans_list: Elativ
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/elbaite__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: elbaite
trans_list: Elbait
sense:
(mineral) A sodium-lithium-aluminium borosilicate mineral of the tourmaline group, prized as a gemstone.


lexentry: eng/elbow__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: elbow
trans_list: Rohrbogen | Ellbogen
sense:
(by extension) Any turn or bend like that of the elbow, in a wall, building, coastline, etc.; an angular or jointed part of any structure, such as the raised arm of a chair or sofa, or a short pipe fitting, turning at an angle or bent.


lexentry: eng/elbow_grease__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: elbow grease
trans_list: Gelenkschmiere | Spucke
sense:
(idiomatic) Effort or hard work, especially physical work involving repeated motion of the forearm, such as scrubbing.


lexentry: eng/elbow_mentality__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: elbow mentality
trans_list: Ellbogenmentalität | Ellenbogenmentalität
sense:
(idiomatic) An attitude characterized by self-interest and a willingness to prioritize personal benefit or ambition, often above the welfare of an organization or community; a willingness to elbow past others.


lexentry: eng/election__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: election
trans_list: Wahl
sense:
A process of choosing a leader, members of parliament, councillors, or other representatives by popular vote.


lexentry: eng/election_threshold__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: election threshold
trans_list: Sperrklausel
sense:
A minimum percentage of votes that a party needs to receive in order to obtain a parliamentary seat.


lexentry: eng/elector__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: elector
trans_list: Elektor | Elektorin | Wahlfrau | Wahlmann
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_college__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: electoral college
trans_list: Wahlkollegium | Wahlmännerkollegium
sense:
(politics) A body of electors empowered to elect someone to a particular office, such as the Holy Roman Emperor or the President of the United States.


lexentry: eng/electoral_fraud__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: electoral fraud
trans_list: Wahlbetrug | Unzulässige Wahlbeeinflussung
sense:
(politics) Illegal interference with the process of an election, especially with the intent to stage a desired election outcome.


lexentry: eng/electric_bass__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: electric bass
trans_list: Bassgitarre
sense:
An electric bass guitar with four strings, larger than a normal electric guitar. It has a lower pitch and is often used as a back-up beat for the lead guitar.


lexentry: eng/electric_car__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: electric car
trans_list: Elektroauto | Elektromobil | E-Auto
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_circuit__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: electric circuit
trans_list: Stromkreis
sense:
A path, or an interconnected group of paths (at least one of which is closed), capable of carrying an electric current.


lexentry: eng/electric_current__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: electric current
trans_list: Strom | elektrischer Strom
sense:
(electromagnetism) A net unidirectional movement of electrons, or other charge carriers, caused by a potential difference.


lexentry: eng/electric_current__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: electric current
trans_list: Strom | elektrischer Strom
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: Zitteraal
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_energy__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: electric energy
trans_list: Energie
sense:
(physics) The potential energy of an electric charge in an electric field, or of an electric current in a magnetic field.


lexentry: eng/electric_fence__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: electric fence
trans_list: Elektrozaun | Kontaktzaun | elektrischer Weidezaun
sense:
A fence containing metal wire through which an electric current is passed, as a deterrent which will shock people or animals trying to breach or climb the fence.


lexentry: eng/electric_field__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: electric field
trans_list: elektrisches Feld
sense:
(electricity, physics) A region of space around a charged particle, or between two voltages, which exerts a force on charged objects in its vicinity.


lexentry: eng/electric_locomotive__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: electric locomotive
trans_list: Elektrolokomotive | Elektrolok
sense:
(rail) A locomotive with its motors powered by electricity from overhead lines or (less commonly) from a third rail or on-board energy storage such as a battery or a supercapacitor.


lexentry: eng/electric_train__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: electric train
trans_list: Elektrozug
sense:
(rail) A railway train driven by electric motors powered by electricity supplied via overhead lines or third rails, or sometimes from rechargeable batteries. (This entry is a translation hub.)


lexentry: eng/electric_vehicle__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: electric vehicle
trans_list: E-Auto | Elektroauto | Elektrofahrzeug | Elektromobil
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: Elektrotechnik
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/electrical_resistance__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: electrical resistance
trans_list: Widerstand
sense:
(physics) The opposition offered by an electrical conductor to the flow of a current through itself, resulting in a conversion of electrical energy into heat and radiation. The SI derived unit of resistance is the ohm (Ω). Symbol: R.


lexentry: eng/electricity__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: electricity
trans_list: Elektrizität
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: elektrifizieren | elektrisieren
sense:
(transitive) To cause electricity to pass through; to affect by electricity; to give an electric shock to.


lexentry: eng/electrocardiograph__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: electrocardiograph
trans_list: Elektrokardiograph
sense:
A device used in the diagnosis and detection of heart abnormalities that measures electric potentials on the surface of the body and creates a record (electrocardiogram) of the electrical currents associated with heart muscle activity.


lexentry: eng/electrochemical__Adjective__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: electrochemical
trans_list: elektrochemisch
sense:
(electrochemistry) Of, or relating to electricity produced by a chemical reaction, e.g. in a battery.


lexentry: eng/electrochemical_series__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: electrochemical series
trans_list: elektrochemische Spannungsreihe
sense:
(electrochemistry) A list of the metals in order of their electronegativity (and hence their reactivity).


lexentry: eng/electrochemistry__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: electrochemistry
trans_list: Elektrochemie
sense:
(chemistry) The science of the chemistry associated with the flow of electricity, especially at the surface of an electrode.


lexentry: eng/electroconvulsive_therapy__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: electroconvulsive therapy
trans_list: Elektroschock
sense:
(medicine) A biomedical therapy for severely depressed patients in which a brief electric current is sent through the brain of an anesthetized patient.


lexentry: eng/electrode__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: electrode
trans_list: Elektrode
sense:
The terminal through which electric current passes between metallic and nonmetallic parts of an electric circuit.


lexentry: eng/electrodynamics__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: electrodynamics
trans_list: Elektrodynamik
sense:
(physics) The phenomena associated with moving electric charges, and their interaction with electric and magnetic fields; the study of these phenomena.


lexentry: eng/electroencephalogram__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: electroencephalogram
trans_list: Elektroenzephalogramm
sense:
(neurology) A recording of electrical brain activity (brain waves) made by an electroencephalograph.


lexentry: eng/electroencephalography__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: electroencephalography
trans_list: Elektroenzephalografie
sense:
(neurology) The measurement and recording of electrical activity in the brain for diagnostic purposes.


lexentry: eng/electroflotation__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: electroflotation
trans_list: Elektroflotation
sense:
(chemistry, environmental engineering) Removal of pollutants from water through the electrolytic generation of bubbles which collect pollutants and carry them to the surface


lexentry: eng/electrokinesis__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: electrokinesis
trans_list: Elektrokinese
sense:
(physics) The transport of particles or fluid by means of an electric field acting on a fluid which has a net mobile charge.


lexentry: eng/electroluminescence__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: electroluminescence
trans_list: Elektrolumineszenz
sense:
(physics) The generation of light by the application of an alternating current to a semiconductor or phosphor, or by an electric discharge through a gas.


lexentry: eng/electrolysis__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: electrolysis
trans_list: Elektrolyse
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: Elektrolyt
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/electromagnetic_force__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: electromagnetic force
trans_list: elektromagnetische Wechselwirkung
sense:
(physics) A long-range fundamental force that acts between charged bodies, mediated by the exchange of photons.


lexentry: eng/electromagnetic_induction__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: electromagnetic induction
trans_list: elektromagnetische Induktion
sense:
The production of an electrical potential difference in a conductor situated in a changing magnetic flux.


lexentry: eng/electromagnetic_pulse__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: electromagnetic pulse
trans_list: elektromagnetischer Impuls | elektromagnetischer Puls
sense:
A short-duration burst of high-intensity electromagnetic radiation generated by a physical event, in particular by a large thermonuclear explosion in the atmosphere. The pulse causes a damaging surge of voltage within electrical and electronic systems.


lexentry: eng/electromagnetic_radiation__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: electromagnetic radiation
trans_list: elektromagnetische Strahlung
sense:
Radiation (quantized as photons) consisting of oscillating electric and magnetic fields oriented perpendicularly to each other, moving through space.


lexentry: eng/electromagnetic_spectrum__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: electromagnetic spectrum
trans_list: elektromagnetisches Spektrum
sense:
(physics) The entire range of wavelengths of all known electromagnetic radiations extending from gamma rays, to X-rays through visible light, infrared, to radio waves.


lexentry: eng/electromagnetism__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: electromagnetism
trans_list: Elektromagnetismus
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: Elektron
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: Elektronenmikroskop
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: Atomhülle | Elektronenhülle
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: Elektronenvolt | Elektronvolt
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/electronegativity__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: electronegativity
trans_list: Elektronegativität
sense:
(chemistry) The tendency, or a measure of the ability, of an atom or molecule to attract electrons when forming bonds.


lexentry: eng/electronic_cigarette__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: electronic cigarette
trans_list: elektronische Zigarette | E-Zigarette | elektrische Zigarette
sense:
A cylindrical battery-powered device that provides inhaled doses of nicotine by way of a vaporized solution.


lexentry: eng/electronics__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: electronics
trans_list: Elektronik
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/electronics__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: electronics
trans_list: Elektronik
sense:
(in the plural) Devices which require the flow of electrons through conductors and semiconductors in order to perform their function; devices that operate on electrical power (battery or outlet)


lexentry: eng/electrophoresis__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: electrophoresis
trans_list: Elektrophorese
sense:
(analytical chemistry) (biochemistry), a method for the separation and analysis of large molecules (such as proteins) by migrating a colloidal solution of them through a gel; gel electrophoresis


lexentry: eng/electroscope__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: electroscope
trans_list: Elektroskop
sense:
(physics) a simple device that detects the presence of an electric charge by the mutual repulsion of metal foils or pith balls


lexentry: eng/electrostatics__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: electrostatics
trans_list: Elektrostatik
sense:
(physics) the branch of physics that deals with static electricity; that is, with the force exerted by an unchanging electric field upon a charged object


lexentry: eng/electrum__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: electrum
trans_list: Elektron
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: Tatbestand | Element
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: Element
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: Element
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: Bauelement | Element
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/element__Noun__1
sense_num: 15
written_rep: element
trans_list: Element
sense:
(computing) One of the conceptual objects in a markup language, usually represented in text by tags.


lexentry: eng/elementary_particle__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: elementary particle
trans_list: Elementarteilchen
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: Elefant | Elefantin | Elefantenbulle | Elefantenkalb | Elefantenkuh
sense:
A mammal of the order Proboscidea, having a trunk, and two large ivory tusks jutting from the upper jaw.


lexentry: eng/elephant_bird__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: elephant bird
trans_list: Elefantenvogel
sense:
Any of the very large extinct flightless birds that make up the genera Aepyornis and Mullerornis within family Aepyornithidae, and lived in Madagascar until the 17th or 18th century; especially †Aepyornis maximus.


lexentry: eng/elephant_in_the_room__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: elephant in the room
trans_list: Elefant im Raum
sense:
(idiomatic) A problem or difficult issue that is very obvious, but is ignored for the convenience or comfort of those involved.


lexentry: eng/elephant_race__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: elephant race
trans_list: Elefantenrennen
sense:
a situation in which one truck tries to overtake another at a slightly higher speed, blocking the road for passenger car drivers behind


lexentry: eng/elephant_shrew__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: elephant shrew
trans_list: Rüsselspringer
sense:
Any of several small, insectivorous long-nosed mammals, of the family Macroscelididae, native to Africa; more closely related to elephants than to true shrews.


lexentry: eng/elephantiasis__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: elephantiasis
trans_list: Elefantenkrankheit
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/elevated_railway__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: elevated railway
trans_list: Hochbahn
sense:
(rail transport) a rapid transit railway with tracks above street level on a viaduct or other elevated structure


lexentry: eng/elevation__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: elevation
trans_list: Anheben | Anhebung | Emporhebung | Erheben | Erhöhen | Erhöhung
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: 04
written_rep: elevation
trans_list: Höhe | Höhenwinkel
sense:
(astronomy) The distance of a celestial object above the horizon, or the arc of a vertical circle intercepted between it and the horizon; altitude.


lexentry: eng/elevation__Noun__1
sense_num: 07
written_rep: elevation
trans_list: Anheben | Anhebung | Elevation | Emporhebung | Erheben | Erhöhen
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/elevation__Noun__1
sense_num: 08
written_rep: elevation
trans_list: Ansicht | Aufriss | Profil
sense:
(architecture) A geometrical projection of a building, or other object, on a plane perpendicular to the horizon; orthographic projection on a vertical plane; called by the ancients the orthography.


lexentry: eng/elevator__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: elevator
trans_list: Höhenruder
sense:
(aeronautics) A control surface of an aircraft responsible for controlling the pitching motion of the machine.


lexentry: eng/elevator_music__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: elevator music
trans_list: Fahrstuhlmusik
sense:
(US, Canada) Bland, inoffensive music played as a background in elevators and businesses (such as offices and shopping malls).


lexentry: eng/eleven_o'clock__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: eleven o'clock
trans_list: elf Uhr
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/elevenses__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: elevenses
trans_list: Pause
sense:
(Britain, informal) A short mid-morning break taken around eleven o'clock for a drink or light snack.


lexentry: eng/elf__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: elf
trans_list: Elf | Elb | Alb | Alp | Elbe | Elbin
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/elfin_saddle__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: elfin saddle
trans_list: Lorcheln
sense:
Any of certain ascomycetous fungi of genus Helvella with an irregular cap resembling a saddle, especially Helvella crispa or Helvella lacunosa.


lexentry: eng/elfin_wood__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: elfin wood
trans_list: Krummholz
sense:
A collection of trees that survives on poor soil above the tree line, often covered by snow; krummholz.


lexentry: eng/elicit__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: elicit
trans_list: hervorrufen | auslösen | erzeugen | hervorlocken
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: enthüllen | entlocken | herauslocken | hervorzaubern | zum Vorschein bringen
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: berechtigt | geeignet | infrage kommend | zulassungsfähig | zulässig
sense:
Allowed to and meeting the necessary conditions required to participate in or be chosen for something


lexentry: eng/elimination__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: elimination
trans_list: Elimination
sense:
(mathematics) The act of causing a quantity to disappear from an equation; especially, in the operation of deducing from several equations containing several unknown quantities a less number of equations containing a less number of unknown quantities.


lexentry: eng/elimination_diet__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: elimination diet
trans_list: Ausschlussdiät | Eliminationsdiät
sense:
(medicine) A diagnostic procedure used to identify foods that a person cannot consume without adverse effects.


lexentry: eng/elision__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: elision
trans_list: Elision
sense:
(linguistics) The omission of a letter or syllable between two words or inside a word; sometimes marked with an apostrophe.


lexentry: eng/elite__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: elite
trans_list: Elite | Oberschicht | Spitzengruppe | Auslese | Führungsschicht | Spitze
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/elitist__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: elitist
trans_list: Elitist | Elitistin
sense:
(usually, derogatory) Someone who believes in or is perceived as believing in rule by an elite group.


lexentry: eng/elixir__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: elixir
trans_list: Elixier | Heilmittel
sense:
(pharmacy) A sweet flavored liquid (usually containing a small amount of alcohol) used in compounding medicines to be taken by mouth in order to mask an unpleasant taste.


lexentry: eng/ell__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ell
trans_list: Elle
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/ellipse__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ellipse
trans_list: Ellipse
sense:
(geometry) A closed curve, the locus of a point such that the sum of the distances from that point to two other fixed points (called the foci of the ellipse) is constant; equivalently, the conic section that is the intersection of a cone with a plane that does not intersect the base of the cone.


lexentry: eng/ellipsis__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ellipsis
trans_list: Ellipse | Auslassungspunkte
sense:
(typography, mathematics) A mark consisting of multiple full stops (with or without spaces), used to indicate omitted, missing, or illegible words; or (in mathematics) that a pattern continues.


lexentry: eng/ellipsoid__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ellipsoid
trans_list: Ellipsoid | Ellipsoide
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/elliptic__Adjective__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: elliptic
trans_list: elliptisch
sense:
(mathematics, in combination, of certain functions, equations and operators) That has coefficients satisfying a condition analogous to the condition for the general equation for a conic section to be of an ellipse.


lexentry: eng/elliptical_trainer__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: elliptical trainer
trans_list: Crosstrainer | Elliptical
sense:
An exercise machine in which the feet of the user travel an elliptic path; used to simulate stair climbing, walking, or running without causing excessive pressure to the joints.


lexentry: eng/elm__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: elm
trans_list: Ulme | Rüster
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/elope__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: elope
trans_list: durchbrennen
sense:
(intransitive, of an unmarried person) To run away secretly for the purpose of getting married with one's intended spouse; to marry in a quick or private fashion, especially without a public period of engagement.


lexentry: eng/else__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: else
trans_list: anderer | anders | sonst
sense:
(postpositive, used only with indefinite or interrogative pronouns) Other; in addition to previously mentioned items.


lexentry: eng/elucidate__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: elucidate
trans_list: erläutern | erklären | verdeutlichen
sense:
(figurative) To make (something) clear and understandable; to clarify, to illuminate, to shed light on.


lexentry: eng/elucidation__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: elucidation
trans_list: Erläuterung
sense:
A making clear; the act of elucidating or that which elucidates, as an explanation, an exposition, an illustration


lexentry: eng/elytron__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: elytron
trans_list: Scherentür
sense:
A sheath or outer covering, especially around the spinal cord or over the hindwings of certain insects.


lexentry: eng/em_dash__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: em dash
trans_list: Geviertstrich
sense:
(typography) The symbol (—) (used to demarcate a parenthetical thought or to indicate a break, or for emphasis)


lexentry: eng/email__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: email
trans_list: E-Mail
sense:
(uncountable) A system for transferring messages from one computer to another, usually through a network.


lexentry: eng/email_list__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: email list
trans_list: Mailingliste
sense:
An electronic mailing list consisting of a database of email addresses and sometimes other information.


lexentry: eng/emancipation__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: emancipation
trans_list: Emanzipation | Freilassung
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: schwächen
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/embankment__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: embankment
trans_list: Böschung | Eindeichung | Bahndamm | Dammschüttung
sense:
a long mound of earth, stone, or similar material, usually built for purposes such as to hold back or store water, for protection from weather or enemies, or to support a road or railway.


lexentry: eng/embarrass__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: embarrass
trans_list: demütigen | kränken | verlegen machen
sense:
(transitive) to humiliate; to disrupt somebody's composure or comfort with acting publicly or freely; to abash.


lexentry: eng/embarrassment__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: embarrassment
trans_list: Verlegenheit | Betretenheit | Peinlichkeit
sense:
A state of discomfort arising from bashfulness or consciousness of having violated a social rule; humiliation.


lexentry: eng/embassy__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: embassy
trans_list: Botschaft | Auslandsvertretung
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/embattled__Adjective__2
sense_num: 02
written_rep: embattled
trans_list: Zinnenschnitt
sense:
(by extension, heraldry) Having an upper edge or outline of alternating square indentations and extensions like battlements, unless the embattled item is a pale, cross or saltire, in which case it has the crenelations on all sides.


lexentry: eng/embedded_system__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: embedded system
trans_list: eingebettetes System
sense:
(computing) A computer system with a dedicated function within a larger mechanical or electrical system, often with real-time computing constraints.


lexentry: eng/embedding__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: embedding
trans_list: Einbettung | Einschluss
sense:
(mathematics) A map which, in any of several technical senses, represents the containment of one structure inside another.


lexentry: eng/embellish__Verb__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: embellish
trans_list: verschönern | ausschmücken | verbrämen | idealisieren | kaschieren | schönreden
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: veruntreuen | unterschlagen
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: Betrüger
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: Embolie
sense:
(pathology) An obstruction or occlusion of a 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/embolus__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: embolus
trans_list: Embolie
sense:
(pathology) An obstruction causing an embolism: a blood clot, air bubble or other matter carried by the bloodstream and causing a blockage or occlusion of a blood vessel.


lexentry: eng/embourgeoisement__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: embourgeoisement
trans_list: Verbürgerlichung
sense:
The process of adopting or the condition of adopting the characteristics of the bourgeoisie; bourgeoisification; the process of becoming affluent.


lexentry: eng/embrace__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: embrace
trans_list: umarmen
sense:
(transitive) To clasp (someone or each other) in the arms with affection; to take in the arms; to hug.


lexentry: eng/embrasure__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: embrasure
trans_list: Scharte | Schießscharte
sense:
(architectural element, military) Any of the indentations between the merlons of a battlement; an opening in a wall or parapet through which ordnance can be fired.


lexentry: eng/embrocate__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: embrocate
trans_list: einreiben
sense:
(medicine, transitive) To moisten and rub (a diseased part) with a liquid substance, as with spirit, oil, etc., by means of a cloth or sponge.


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/embryology__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: embryology
trans_list: Embryologie
sense:
The scientific study of embryos and (often) also the developmental biology of all prenatal phases (embryology sensu stricto plus fetology and teratology collectively).


lexentry: eng/emerald__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: emerald
trans_list: Smaragd
sense:
Any of various green gemstones, especially a green transparent form of beryl, highly valued as a precious stone.


lexentry: eng/emerald_ash_borer__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: emerald ash borer
trans_list: Asiatischer Eschenprachtkäfer
sense:
Agrilus planipennis, a green beetle native to Asia and a significant pest of ash trees in Europe and North America.


lexentry: eng/emergency_department__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: emergency department
trans_list: Notaufnahme
sense:
(healthcare) A department of a hospital where seriously ill or injured patients, often with life-threatening conditions that require urgent or immediate treatment, are brought in, usually by ambulance.


lexentry: eng/emergency_landing__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: emergency landing
trans_list: Notlandung
sense:
(aviation) A sudden landing of an aircraft, made in case of an on-board emergency or another reason requiring an immediate landing.


lexentry: eng/emergency_room__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: emergency room
trans_list: Notaufnahme | Rettungsstelle | Sanitätsraum
sense:
(North America, Philippines, healthcare) A department of a hospital where seriously ill or injured patients, often with life-threatening conditions that require urgent or immediate treatment, are brought in, usually by ambulance.


lexentry: eng/emergency_service__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: emergency service
trans_list: Bereitschaft | Bereitschaftsdienst | Notdienst
sense:
Any public service that deals with emergencies; especially the police, fire, ambulance, or lifeboat services.


lexentry: eng/emergency_vehicle__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: emergency vehicle
trans_list: Notfallfahrzeug
sense:
A vehicle that is designated to respond to an emergency, such as a police car, ambulance, fire engine or lifeboat.


lexentry: eng/emic__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: emic
trans_list: emisch
sense:
(social science, anthropology) Of or pertaining to the analysis of a cultural system or its features from the perspective of a participant in that culture.


lexentry: eng/emigrate__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: emigrate
trans_list: auswandern | emigrieren
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: Auswanderung | Emigration
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/eminent_domain__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: eminent domain
trans_list: Enteignung
sense:
(legal, US, Philippines) The right of a government over the private property within its jurisdiction. Usually invoked to compel land owners to sell their property in preparation for a major construction project such as a freeway.


lexentry: eng/eminent_domain__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: eminent domain
trans_list: Obereigentum
sense:
(historical) In feudalism, the legal interest or rights of a lord or superior in an estate in land held in fee, as opposed to the vassal's or tenant's interest.


lexentry: eng/emission_nebula__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: emission nebula
trans_list: Emissionsnebel
sense:
(astronomy) A nebula composed of ionized gases which produce visible light (as distinct from a reflection nebula, which reflects the light produced by neighboring stars).


lexentry: eng/emission_spectrum__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: emission spectrum
trans_list: Emissionsspektrum
sense:
(physics) The spectrum of frequencies of electromagnetic radiation emitted due to electrons making a transition from a high energy state to a lower energy state.


lexentry: eng/emissions_trading__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: emissions trading
trans_list: Emissionshandel | Emissionsrechtehandel
sense:
A market-based approach to controlling pollution by providing incentives for reducing the emissions of pollutants.


lexentry: eng/emmer__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: emmer
trans_list: Emmer | Zweikorn
sense:
Any of species Triticum dicoccon, one of a group of hulled wheats that are important food grains. [from 1908]


lexentry: eng/emoji__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: emoji
trans_list: Emoji
sense:
A digital graphic icon with a unique code point used to represent a concept, object, person, animal or place, originally used in Japanese text messaging but since adopted internationally in other contexts such as social media. Or, by extension, any non-standard emoji-like image inserted inline in text, i.e. an image emoticon.


lexentry: eng/emoticon__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: emoticon
trans_list: Emoticon
sense:
A graphical representation of a particular emotion of the writer, used especially in SMS, email, or other electronic communication.


lexentry: eng/emotion__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: emotion
trans_list: Emotion | Gefühl | Empfindung
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/emotional_intelligence__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: emotional intelligence
trans_list: emotionale Intelligenz
sense:
(psychology) The ability, capacity, or skill to perceive, assess, and manage the emotions of oneself, of others, and of groups.


lexentry: eng/empath__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: empath
trans_list: Empath
sense:
(science fiction, parapsychology) A person with extra-sensory empathic ability, capable of sensing the emotions of others around them in a way unexplained by conventional science and psychology.


lexentry: eng/empathic__Adjective__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: empathic
trans_list: empathisch | einfühlsam
sense:
(science fiction) Of, pertaining to, or being an empath: of or having the capability of sensing the emotions of others.


lexentry: eng/empathy__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: empathy
trans_list: Empathie | Einfühlung
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: Kaiser | 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: Betonung
sense:
Prominence given to a syllable or words, by raising the voice or printing in italic or underlined type.


lexentry: eng/emphatic__Adjective__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: emphatic
trans_list: emphatisch
sense:
(phonology) Belonging to a series of obstruent consonants in several Afro-Asiatic languages that are distinguished by a guttural (co-)articulation.


lexentry: eng/emphyteusis__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: emphyteusis
trans_list: Erbpacht
sense:
(legal) A right to enjoyment of property with a given stipulation that the property will be improved or maintained in an agreed upon manner; long leasehold


lexentry: eng/empire__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: empire
trans_list: Reich | Imperium | Kaiserreich
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 | Weltreich | Reich
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/empirical__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: empirical
trans_list: empirisch | erfahrungsgemäß
sense:
Pertaining to or based on experience (often, in contrast with having a basis in theoretical explanation) .


lexentry: eng/empirical__Adjective__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: empirical
trans_list: empirisch
sense:
Pertaining to, derived from, or testable by observations made using the physical senses or using instruments which extend the senses.


lexentry: eng/empirical_formula__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: empirical formula
trans_list: Verhältnisformel
sense:
(chemistry) A notation indicating the ratios of the various elements present in a compound, without regard to the actual numbers.


lexentry: eng/empiricism__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: empiricism
trans_list: Empirismus
sense:
(philosophy) A doctrine which holds that the only or, at least, the most reliable source of human knowledge is experience, especially perception by means of the physical senses. (Often contrasted with rationalism.) [from 18th c.]


lexentry: eng/empiricism__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: empiricism
trans_list: Empirie | Empirismus
sense:
A pursuit of knowledge purely through experience, especially by means of observation and sometimes by experimentation. [from 19th c.]


lexentry: eng/employment_contract__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: employment contract
trans_list: Arbeitsvertrag | Dienstvertrag
sense:
(law, business, human resources) A category of contract used in labor law to attribute right and responsibilities between parties to a bargain.


lexentry: eng/emporium__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: emporium
trans_list: Emporion | Emporium
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/empty_vessels_make_the_most_sound__Proverb__1
sense_num: 01
sense: Talkative, opinionated people are often ignorant.
written_rep: empty vessels make the most sound
trans_list:
ein leerer Kopf am meisten plappert | ein leerer Topf am meisten klappert | leere Töpfe klappern am meisten


lexentry: eng/empyema__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: empyema
trans_list: Empyem
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: Empyreum
sense:
Of the sky or the heavens, and particularly relating to the highest celestial sphere in premodern cosmology; celestially refined.


lexentry: eng/emulation__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: emulation
trans_list: Emulation
sense:
(computing) Execution of a program or other software designed for a different system, by simulating parts of the other system.


lexentry: eng/en_passant__Adverb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: en passant
trans_list: en passant
sense:
(of capturing an enemy pawn in chess) By moving one's pawn to the square that the enemy pawn has just passed over.


lexentry: eng/en_passant__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: en passant
trans_list: Schlagen en passant
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: ermöglichen | anordnen | befähigen | berechtigen
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/enable__Verb__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: enable
trans_list: anordnen
sense:
To qualify or approve for some role or position; to render sanction or authorization to; to confirm suitability for.


lexentry: eng/enable__Verb__1
sense_num: 07
written_rep: enable
trans_list: aktivieren | einschalten
sense:
(chiefly, electronics, computing) To activate, to make operational (especially of a function of an electronic or mechanical device).


lexentry: eng/enabling_act__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: enabling act
trans_list: Ermächtigungsgesetz
sense:
(politics) Legislation piece enacted by a legislative body that authorizes a dependent entity to exercise specific powers or undertake certain actions.


lexentry: eng/enantiomer__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: enantiomer
trans_list: Enantiomer
sense:
(chemistry) One of a pair of stereoisomers that is the mirror image of the other, but may not be superimposed on this other stereoisomer. Almost always, a pair of enantiomers contain at least one chiral center, and a sample of either enantiomer will be optically active.


lexentry: eng/enby__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: enby
trans_list: Enby
sense:
(neologism, informal) : a non-binary person; a person whose gender identity is not strictly female or male; one who is outside of the gender binary. [from 2013]


lexentry: eng/encapsulate__Verb__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: encapsulate
trans_list: kapseln
sense:
(software, object-oriented) To enclose objects in a common interface in a way that makes them interchangeable, and guards their states from invalid changes.


lexentry: eng/encapsulation__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: encapsulation
trans_list: encapsulation
sense:
The act of enclosing in a capsule; the growth of a membrane around (any part) so as to enclose it in a capsule.


lexentry: eng/encapsulation__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: encapsulation
trans_list: Kapselung
sense:
(programming, object-oriented) Grouping together an object’s ‘state’ (its data) and the operations that may alter or interrogate it (its methods).


lexentry: eng/encephalography__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: encephalography
trans_list: Enzephalografie
sense:
(medicine) An X-ray examination of the brain in which air replaces some of the cerebrospinal fluid to act as a contrast medium


lexentry: eng/encephalomyocarditis__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: encephalomyocarditis
trans_list: Enzephalomyokarditis
sense:
(veterinary medicine) A viral disease afflicting pigs and some non-human primates, attacking muscle tissue and the central nervous system.


lexentry: eng/enclosure__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: enclosure
trans_list: Klausur | Beifügen | Beilegen | Hinzufügen
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: 04
written_rep: enclosure
trans_list: Einschließen | Einzäunen
sense:
(uncountable) The act of separating and surrounding an area, domain, or amount of something with a barrier.


lexentry: eng/enclosure__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: enclosure
trans_list: Klausur
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: Kodierung
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: umfassen | beinhalten | einschließen | abdecken | enthalten
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: Eindringen | Eindringung | Vordringen | Vorrücken
sense:
An entry into a place or area that was previously uncommon; an advance beyond former borders; intrusion; incursion.


lexentry: eng/encryption__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: encryption
trans_list: Verschlüsselung
sense:
(cryptography) The process of obscuring information to make it unreadable without special knowledge, key files, or passwords.


lexentry: eng/encyclopedia__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: encyclopedia
trans_list: Enzyklopädie | Konversationslexikon | Lexikon | Realencyclopädie | Realwörterbuch
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/encyclopedic__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: encyclopedic
trans_list: enzyklopädisch
sense:
Of or relating to the characteristics of an encyclopedia; concerning all subjects, having comprehensive information or knowledge.


lexentry: eng/encyclopedic__Adjective__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: encyclopedic
trans_list: enzyklopädisch
sense:
(lexicography) Relating to or containing descriptive information rather than only linguistic or lexical information; about facts and concepts, and not only a word or term; including proper names, biographical and geographical information and illustrations.


lexentry: eng/encyclopedic_dictionary__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: encyclopedic dictionary
trans_list: Allbuch | enzyklopädisches Wörterbuch
sense:
A form of dictionary with long, detailed entries on words (and often famous people and places), usually with pictures.


lexentry: eng/encyclopedist__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: encyclopedist
trans_list: Enzyklopädist | Enzyklopädistin
sense:
A member of a group of French authors who collaborated in the 18th century in the production of the Encyclopédie, under the direction of Denis Diderot.


lexentry: eng/end_times__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: end times
trans_list: Endzeit
sense:
(Christianity) The days leading up to the second coming of the Messiah (Christ), when the world will be judged.


lexentry: eng/end_up__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: end up
trans_list: landen | am Ende irgendwo / etwas sein | damit enden | herausstellen
sense:
(copulative) To come to a final place, condition, or situation, sometimes unplanned or unexpected; to turn out.


lexentry: eng/end_user_license_agreement__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: end user license agreement
trans_list: Endbenutzer-Lizenzvereinbarung | Endbenutzer-Lizenzvertrag
sense:
(legal, copyright) A contract between the manufacturer or copyright holder, also commonly called the licensor, of an end product and a person, commonly called the end user, that specifies the licenses under which the end user may utilize the end product, subject to restrictions as specified in the contract or agreement.


lexentry: eng/end_zone__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: end zone
trans_list: Endzone
sense:
(American football) The area between the end line and goal line bounded by the sidelines, bordered on all sides by a white line indicating its beginning and end points; it is 10 yards long.


lexentry: eng/endangered__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: endangered
trans_list: bedroht
sense:
in danger, at risk, said of something where there is a strong possibility something bad will happen to it (for example, a species in danger of going extinct)


lexentry: eng/endbutton__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: endbutton
trans_list: Akneknötchen
sense:
(lutherie) In a violin-family instrument, the carved wooden plug which sits in the bottom block of the instrument.


lexentry: eng/endearment__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: endearment
trans_list: Zärtlichkeit
sense:
The act or process of endearing, of causing (something or someone) to be loved or to be the object of affection.


lexentry: eng/endeavor__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: endeavor
trans_list: Bemühung | Bestreben | Unterfangen | Unternehmen
sense:
A sincere attempt; a determined or assiduous effort towards a specific goal; assiduous or persistent activity.


lexentry: eng/endeavor__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: endeavor
trans_list: (sich) bemühen | anstrengen | bestreben
sense:
(intransitive) To attempt through application of effort (to do something); to try strenuously. [from 16th c.]


lexentry: eng/endemic__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: endemic
trans_list: Endemie
sense:
A disease affecting a number of people simultaneously, so as to show a distinct connection with certain localities.


lexentry: eng/endive__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: endive
trans_list: Endivie
sense:
A leafy salad vegetable, Cichorium endivia, which is often confused with common chicory (Cichorium intybus).


lexentry: eng/endocentric__Adjective__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: endocentric
trans_list: endozentrisch
sense:
(grammar, of a phrase or compound word) fulfilling the same grammatical role as one of its constituents.


lexentry: eng/endocrine_disruptor__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: endocrine disruptor
trans_list: endokriner Disruptor
sense:
(endocrinology) A chemical substance that hinders the normal functioning of the endocrine system in animals and human beings.


lexentry: eng/endocrine_gland__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: endocrine gland
trans_list: Endokrindrüse | Hormondrüse | endokrine Drüse
sense:
(anatomy) Any of various glands that secrete hormones directly into the blood or lymph and not through a duct.


lexentry: eng/endocrine_system__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: endocrine system
trans_list: Hormonsystem | endokrines System
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: Endokrinologie
sense:
(physiology) The study of the endocrine glands of the human body, the hormones produced by them, and their related disorders.


lexentry: eng/endoderm__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: endoderm
trans_list: Entoderm
sense:
(anatomy, biology) One of the three tissue layers in the embryo of a metazoan animal, which will produce through development, the digestive system of the adult.


lexentry: eng/endodermis__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: endodermis
trans_list: Endodermis
sense:
(botany) In a plant stem or root, a cylinder of cells that separates the outer cortex from the central core. The endodermis controls flow of water and minerals within the plant. In most plants, this tissue is restricted to the roots.


lexentry: eng/endometriosis__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: endometriosis
trans_list: Endometriose
sense:
(medicine, pathology) A condition characterised by the presence of endometrial-like tissue elsewhere than in the lining of the uterus; an instance of such presence.


lexentry: eng/endometrium__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: endometrium
trans_list: Endometrium | Gebärmutterschleimhaut
sense:
(anatomy) The mucous membrane that lines the uterus in mammals and in which fertilized eggs are implanted.


lexentry: eng/endonym__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: endonym
trans_list: Endonym | Eigenbezeichnung
sense:
A name used by a group or category of people (an ingroup) to refer to themselves or their language, as opposed to a name given to them by other groups (outgroups).


lexentry: eng/endoplasmic_reticulum__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: endoplasmic reticulum
trans_list: endoplasmatisches Retikulum
sense:
(cytology) A network of membranes within the cytoplasm of cells, where proteins and lipids are synthesized.


lexentry: eng/endorheic__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: endorheic
trans_list: endorheisch
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/endorphin__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: endorphin
trans_list: Endorphin
sense:
(biochemistry) Any of a group of peptide hormones found in the mammalian brain that act as neurotransmitters and have properties similar to morphine.


lexentry: eng/endorsement__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: endorsement
trans_list: Anhang | Nachtrag | Zusatz
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: 04
written_rep: endorsement
trans_list: Befähigungsnachweis | Berechtigung | Zusatzqualifikation
sense:
(education, certification) Permission to carry out a specific skill or application in a field in which the practitioner already has a general licence.


lexentry: eng/endorsement__Noun__1
sense_num: 06
written_rep: endorsement
trans_list: Empfehlung | Fürsprache | Unterstützungserklärung
sense:
Support from an important, renowned figure of a media (celebrity, politics, sports, etc.), to get back up.


lexentry: eng/endoskeleton__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: endoskeleton
trans_list: Gerippe
sense:
(anatomy) The internal skeleton of an animal, which in vertebrates is composed of bone and cartilage.


lexentry: eng/endosome__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: endosome
trans_list: Endosom
sense:
(biology) An endocytic vacuole through which molecules internalized during endocytosis pass en route to lysosomes


lexentry: eng/endosperm__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: endosperm
trans_list: Endosperm
sense:
(biology) The tissue surrounding the embryo of flowering plant seeds, that provides nutrition to the developing embryo; usually triploid.


lexentry: eng/endosymbiosis__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: endosymbiosis
trans_list: Endosymbiose
sense:
(ecology) The condition of living within the body or cells of another organism; an instance of an organism so living.


lexentry: eng/endosymbiotic_theory__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: endosymbiotic theory
trans_list: Endosymbiontenhypothese
sense:
(ecology) The theory that mitochondria and chloroplasts, which are organelles of eukaryotic cells, originated as independent organisms.


lexentry: eng/endow__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: endow
trans_list: ausstatten
sense:
(transitive) To give property to (someone) as a gift; specifically, to provide (a person or institution) with support in the form of a permanent fund of money or other benefits.


lexentry: eng/endpaper__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: endpaper
trans_list: Nachsatz | Vorsatz | Vorsatzblatt | Vorsatzpapier
sense:
Either of two folded sheets of paper used to connect the front and back covers of a book to the first and last pages; one side of each endpaper is glued to the cover board, and the other side forms a flyleaf.


lexentry: eng/endure__Verb__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: endure
trans_list: dulden | von Bestand sein
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: Feind | Gegner | Feindin | Gegnerin
sense:
Someone who is hostile to, feels hatred towards, opposes the interests of, or intends injury to someone else.


lexentry: eng/enemy_of_the_people__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: enemy of the people
trans_list: Volksfeind | Volksfeindin
sense:
(typically, _, socialism, or, communism) A political or class opponent of the subgroup in power within a larger group.


lexentry: eng/energy__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: energy
trans_list: Energie
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/energy_drink__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: energy drink
trans_list: Energy-Drink
sense:
A highly caffeinated, sometimes carbonated, beverage containing added ingredients advertised as increasing alertness, performance etc.


lexentry: eng/energy_level__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: energy level
trans_list: Energieniveau
sense:
(physics) Any of the discrete stable energies that a quantum mechanical system (such as the electrons of an atom) can have.


lexentry: eng/energy_source__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: energy source
trans_list: Energiequelle
sense:
A source from which useful energy can be extracted or recovered either directly or by means of a conversion or transformation process (e.g. solid fuels, liquid fuels, solar energy, biomass, etc.)


lexentry: eng/enfeoff__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: enfeoff
trans_list: belehnen
sense:
(transitive, chiefly, law, historical) To transfer a fief to, to endow with a fief; to put (a person) in legal possession of a freehold interest.


lexentry: eng/engagement_ring__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: engagement ring
trans_list: Verlobungsring
sense:
(jewelry) A ring given to one's fiancé(e) or intended fiancé(e), signifying a promise to wed, typically a gold band with one or more diamonds or other precious stones.


lexentry: eng/engender__Verb__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: engender
trans_list: erzeugen | herbeiführen | hervorrufen
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: Motor | Triebwerk | Antrieb
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: Motor
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: Ingenieur | Ingenieurin
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: Ingenieurwissenschaft | Ingenieurwesen | Engineering
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: Englisch
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/engobe__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: engobe
trans_list: Engobe
sense:
A non-black clay slip coating applied to a ceramic body to give it decorative color or improved texture.


lexentry: eng/engraft__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: engraft
trans_list: einpflanzen, anschäften, okulieren
sense:
To insert, as a scion of one tree or plant into another, for the purpose of propagation; graft onto a plant


lexentry: eng/engrave__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: engrave
trans_list: gravieren
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: Buchstabe m
sense:
(transitive, now, _, legal) To write (a document) in large, aesthetic, and legible lettering; to make a finalized copy of.


lexentry: eng/engross__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: engross
trans_list: einheimsen
sense:
(transitive, business, obsolete) To buy up wholesale, especially to buy the whole supply of (a commodity etc.).


lexentry: eng/engross__Verb__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: engross
trans_list: absorbieren
sense:
(transitive) To monopolize; to concentrate (something) in the single possession of someone, especially unfairly.


lexentry: eng/enharmonic__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: enharmonic
trans_list: enharmonisch
sense:
(music) Describing two or more identical or almost identical notes that are written differently when in different keys. (Whether they are identical and what the exact equivalences are depends on the tuning used.)


lexentry: eng/enjoin__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: enjoin
trans_list: anordnen | auferlegen | aufgeben | ermahnen | fordern | mahnen
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: aufklären
sense:
(transitive, figurative) To make something clear to (someone); to give knowledge or understanding to.


lexentry: eng/enlightenment__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: enlightenment
trans_list: Aufklärung
sense:
A concept in spirituality, philosophy and psychology related to achieving clarity of perception, reason and knowledge.


lexentry: eng/enmesh__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: enmesh
trans_list: absorbieren
sense:
To mesh; to tangle or interweave in such a manner as not to be easily separated, particularly in a mesh- or net-like manner.


lexentry: eng/ennealogy__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ennealogy
trans_list: Ennealogie
sense:
(rare) A set of nine works of art that are connected, and that can be seen either as a single work or as nine individual works.


lexentry: eng/ennoble__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: ennoble
trans_list: veredeln
sense:
To perform on a fabric the industrial processes of dry-cleaning, printing and embossing, and sizing and finishing.


lexentry: eng/enoki_mushroom__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: enoki mushroom
trans_list: Samtfußrübling
sense:
A mushroom with a long, thin stem, in the species Flammulina filiformis, used primarily in the cuisines of East Asia.


lexentry: eng/enormity__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: enormity
trans_list: Widernatürlichkeit
sense:
(uncountable) Deviation from moral normality; extreme wickedness, nefariousness, or cruelty. [from 15th c.]


lexentry: eng/enrich__Verb__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: enrich
trans_list: bereichern
sense:
(transitive) To add nutrients or fertilizer to the soil; to fertilize. [from Template:SAFESUBST: c.]


lexentry: eng/enrich__Verb__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: enrich
trans_list: anreichern
sense:
(physics, transitive) To increase the amount of one isotope in a mixture of isotopes, especially in a nuclear fuel. [from Template:SAFESUBST: c.]


lexentry: eng/enriched_uranium__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: enriched uranium
trans_list: angereichertes Uran
sense:
(chemistry, military) Uranium enriched with a higher than normal amount of the fissile isotope U-235; used in nuclear reactors and nuclear weapons.


lexentry: eng/ensemble__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: ensemble
trans_list: Ensemble
sense:
(collective) A group of musicians, dancers, actors, etc who perform together; e.g. the chorus of a ballet company.


lexentry: eng/ensete__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ensete
trans_list: Abessinische Banane | Ensete | Zierbanane
sense:
Ensete ventricosum, a species of flowering plant in the banana family Musaceae, the root of which is used for food and other purposes.


lexentry: eng/enshrine__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: enshrine
trans_list: verehren
sense:
(transitive, by extension) To preserve or cherish (something) as though in a shrine; to preserve or contain, especially with some reverence.


lexentry: eng/ensuing__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ensuing
trans_list: darauf folgend | folgend | nachfolgenden
sense:
Refers to the actions, consequences, and repercussions which result from some prior stimulus or event.


lexentry: eng/ensure__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: ensure
trans_list: sicherstellen | gewährleisten
sense:
(intransitive) To make sure or certain of something (usually some future event or condition). [from 18th c.]


lexentry: eng/entablature__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: entablature
trans_list: Gebälk
sense:
(architecture) All of that part of a classical temple above the capitals of the columns; includes the architrave, frieze, and cornice but not the roof.


lexentry: eng/entail__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: entail
trans_list: als unveräußerliches Gut vererben
sense:
(transitive) To settle or fix inalienably on a person or thing, or on a person and his descendants or a certain line of descendants; -- said especially of an estate; to bestow as a heritage.


lexentry: eng/entangle__Verb__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: entangle
trans_list: verwickeln
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/entasis__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: entasis
trans_list: Entasis
sense:
(architectural element) A slight convex curvature introduced into the shaft of a column for aesthetic reasons, or to compensate for the illusion of concavity.


lexentry: eng/entelechy__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: entelechy
trans_list: Entelechie
sense:
(Aristotelian, _, metaphysics) The complete realisation and final form of some potential concept or function; the conditions under which a potential thing becomes actualized.


lexentry: eng/enter__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: enter
trans_list: eintreten | hineingehen | betreten | hereinkommen | eingeben | hereingehen
sense:
(transitive) To cause to go (into), or to be received (into); to put in; to insert; to cause to be admitted.


lexentry: eng/enteritis__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: enteritis
trans_list: Enteritis
sense:
(pathology) Inflammation of the intestines, generally the small intestine, that may lead to diarrhea.


lexentry: eng/enterprise_union__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: enterprise union
trans_list: Gewerkschaft
sense:
A form of trade union where all members work for the same company rather than having the same trade.


lexentry: eng/entertainer__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: entertainer
trans_list: Unterhalter | Entertainer
sense:
A person who entertains others, esp. as a profession, as a singer, actor, presenter, dancer, musician, magician, comedian, etc.


lexentry: eng/entertainment__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: entertainment
trans_list: Unterhaltung
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/enthalpy__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: enthalpy
trans_list: Enthalpie
sense:
(thermodynamics, physical chemistry) A measure of the heat content of a chemical or physical system.


lexentry: eng/enthrone__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: enthrone
trans_list: inthronisieren
sense:
(transitive) To put on the throne in a formal installation ceremony called enthronement, equivalent to (and often combined with) coronation and/or other ceremonies of investiture


lexentry: eng/entitled__Adjective__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: entitled
trans_list: anmaßend | anspruchsvoll | dünkelhaft | fordernd | hochtrabend | selbstgefällig
sense:
(figuratively) Convinced of one's own righteousness (self-righteousness) or the justifiability of one's actions or status, especially wrongly so; demanding and pretentious.


lexentry: eng/entitledness__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: entitledness
trans_list: Anspruchsdenken
sense:
The quality of feeling entitled, convinced of one's own deservingness or superiority, and of shifting blame and responsibility to others; demandingness; pretense.


lexentry: eng/entity__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: entity
trans_list: Wesen | Entität
sense:
That which has a distinct existence as an individual unit, often used for organizations which have no physical form.


lexentry: eng/entity__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: entity
trans_list: Entität
sense:
(databases) Anything about which information or data can be stored in a database; in particular, one item in an organised array or set of individual elements or parts of the same type.


lexentry: eng/entognath__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: entognath
trans_list: Sackkiefler
sense:
Any of various ametabolous arthropods, of the class Entognatha, whose mouthparts are retracted within their heads.


lexentry: eng/entomology__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: entomology
trans_list: Insektenkunde | Entomologie | Insektologie
sense:
The scientific study of insects, and (informally) of other arthropods (and occasionally other invertebrates).


lexentry: eng/entrance_examination__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: entrance examination
trans_list: Aufnahmeprüfung | Zugangsprüfung
sense:
An examination used by an educational institution to select which students it will grant admission to.


lexentry: eng/entrap__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: entrap
trans_list: verleiten | verstricken
sense:
(transitive) To lure (someone), either into a dangerous situation, or into performing an illegal act.


lexentry: eng/entrapment__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: entrapment
trans_list: Provokation
sense:
(legal) Action by law enforcement personnel to lead an otherwise innocent person to commit a crime, in order to arrest and prosecute that person for the crime.


lexentry: eng/entrapment__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: entrapment
trans_list: Beschlagnahmung
sense:
(chemistry) A method of isolating specific cells or molecules from a mixture, especially by immobilization on a gel.


lexentry: eng/entrenching_tool__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: entrenching tool
trans_list: Klappspaten
sense:
(military) A short shovel, usually with collapsible handle, used by soldiers for digging trenches, foxholes, etc., and as a weapon in hand-to-hand combat.


lexentry: eng/entrepôt__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: entrepôt
trans_list: Packhaus | Zolllager
sense:
A city, port, or other place where merchandise is sent for import, processing, distribution, and/or export, especially one where such merchandise is exempt from some customs duties; hence, a commercial centre.


lexentry: eng/entresol__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: entresol
trans_list: Empore | Galerie | Galeriegeschoss | Halbgeschoss | Loge | Zwischengeschoss
sense:
A mezzanine; an intermediate floor in a building, typically resembling a balcony; most often, the floor immediately above the ground floor and below a higher floor.


lexentry: eng/entropy__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: entropy
trans_list: Entropie
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: Entropie
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: Entropie
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: Grund
sense:
Simple enough to be appropriate to an inexperienced person, or to something who does not need advanced features.


lexentry: eng/entry__Noun__1
sense_num: 07
written_rep: entry
trans_list: Flur
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/entryphone__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: entryphone
trans_list: Sprechanlage | Gegensprechanlage | Türsprechanlage | Türsprecher
sense:
An intercom system which enables someone, without opening the door, to converse with the person who has rung the doorbell.


lexentry: eng/enunciation__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: enunciation
trans_list: (deutliche) Aussprache | Artikulation | Ausdrucksweise
sense:
The mode of utterance or pronunciation, especially with regards to the fullness and distinctness of articulation.


lexentry: eng/envelope__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: envelope
trans_list: Hülle
sense:
A bag containing the lifting gas of a balloon or airship; fabric that encloses the gas-bags of an airship.


lexentry: eng/envelope__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: envelope
trans_list: Hüllkurve
sense:
(geometry) A mathematical curve, surface, or higher-dimensional object that is the tangent to a given family of lines, curves, surfaces, or higher-dimensional objects.


lexentry: eng/envious__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: envious
trans_list: neidisch | neidvoll
sense:
Feeling or exhibiting envy; jealously desiring the excellence or good fortune of another; maliciously grudging


lexentry: eng/environ__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: environ
trans_list: Umgebung
sense:
(archaic, except, in plural, formal, also, figuratively) A surrounding area or place (especially of an urban settlement); an environment.


lexentry: eng/environmental_science__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: environmental science
trans_list: Ökologie
sense:
The integrated study of factors that influence the environment and environmental systems, especially the interaction of the physical, chemical, and biological components of the environment.


lexentry: eng/environmentalism__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: environmentalism
trans_list: Ökologismus
sense:
(politics) A political and social ideology that seeks to prevent the environment from degradation by human activity.


lexentry: eng/environmentalist__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: environmentalist
trans_list: Umweltschützer | Umweltschützerin
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: Neid | Abgunst
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: beneiden
sense:
(transitive) To feel displeasure or hatred towards (someone) for their good fortune or possessions. [from 14th c.]


lexentry: eng/enzyme__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: enzyme
trans_list: Enzym
sense:
(biochemistry) A biomolecule that catalyses a biological chemical reaction: either a globular protein with this function or an RNA molecule with this function.


lexentry: eng/eon__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: eon
trans_list: Äon
sense:
(geology) The longest geochronologic unit, being a period of hundreds of millions of years; subdivided into eras.


lexentry: eng/eonism__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: eonism
trans_list: Eonismus | Transgender
sense:
(sexology) The pretence of being the opposite sex, especially that by a man of being a woman; transvestism.


lexentry: eng/epazote__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: epazote
trans_list: Mexikanischer Drüsengänsefuß
sense:
A pungent herb used in Latin-American cooking and tea making, and in folk medicine; Dysphania ambrosioides.


lexentry: eng/epee__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: epee
trans_list: Degen
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: Epenthese | Fugenlaut | Fugenelement | Epenthesis | Fugenzeichen
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/ephedra__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: ephedra
trans_list: Wald-Schachtelhalm
sense:
A stimulant derived from the plant Ephedra sinica used in traditional Chinese herbal medicine and in over-the-counter weight-loss aids.


lexentry: eng/ephedrine__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ephedrine
trans_list: Ephedrin
sense:
(biochemistry, pharmaceutical drug) A crystalline alkaloid drug C10H15NO obtained from a Chinese ephedra (Ephedra sinica) or synthesized that has the physiological action of epinephrine. It causes constriction of the blood vessels and widening of the bronchial passages and is used in the form of its hydrochloride or sulfate to relieve asthma and hay fever.


lexentry: eng/ephemeris__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: ephemeris
trans_list: Ephemeride
sense:
(astronomy, nautical) A table giving the apparent position of celestial bodies throughout the year; normally given as right ascension and declination.


lexentry: eng/ephod__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ephod
trans_list: Efod
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/epibranchial__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: epibranchial
trans_list: epibranchial
sense:
(zoology, fish anatomy, embryology) Of or pertaining to a segment, below (more ventral than) the pharyngobranchial segment and above (more dorsal than) the ceratobranchial segment, on either side of a branchial arch (in a fish) or of a pharyngeal arch (in the embryo of a vertebrate).


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/epicentre__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: epicentre
trans_list: Epizentrum
sense:
(seismology) The point on the land or water surface directly above the focus, or hypocentre, of an earthquake.


lexentry: eng/epiclesis__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: epiclesis
trans_list: Epiklese
sense:
(Christianity) A prayer invoking the Holy Spirit, especially one offered in the liturgical context of the Eucharist so as to change the elements of bread and wine into the body and blood of Jesus.


lexentry: eng/epicycle__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: epicycle
trans_list: Epizykel
sense:
(astronomy) A small circle whose centre is on the circumference of a larger circle; in Ptolemaic astronomy it was seen as the basis of revolution of the "seven planets", given a fixed central Earth.


lexentry: eng/epicycloid__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: epicycloid
trans_list: Epizykloide
sense:
(geometry) The locus of a point on the circumference of a circle that rolls without slipping on the circumference of another circle.


lexentry: eng/epidemic__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: epidemic
trans_list: Epidemie
sense:
(epidemiology) An occurrence of a disease or disorder in a human 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: Epidemiologie
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: Nebenhoden
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/epigenetics__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: epigenetics
trans_list: Epigenetik
sense:
(genetics) The study of the processes involved in the genetic development of an organism, especially the activation and deactivation of genes.


lexentry: eng/epigenetics__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: epigenetics
trans_list: Epigenetik
sense:
(genetics) The study of heritable changes caused by the activation and deactivation of genes without any change in DNA sequence.


lexentry: eng/epiglottis__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: epiglottis
trans_list: Epiglottis
sense:
(anatomy) A cartilaginous organ in the throat of terrestrial vertebrates covering the glottis when swallowing to prevent food and liquid from entering the trachea, and in Homo sapiens also a speech organ.


lexentry: eng/epilator__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: epilator
trans_list: Epilierer | Epiliergerät
sense:
An electrically-powered device used for hair removal by mechanically grasping multiple hairs simultaneously and pulling them out.


lexentry: eng/epilepsy__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: epilepsy
trans_list: Epilepsie | Fallsucht
sense:
(pathology) A medical condition in which the sufferer experiences seizures (or convulsions) and blackouts.


lexentry: eng/epimer__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: epimer
trans_list: Epimer
sense:
(chemistry) Any diastereoisomer that has the opposite configuration at only one of the stereogenic centres.


lexentry: eng/epimorphism__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: epimorphism
trans_list: Epimorphismus
sense:
(category theory) A morphism p such that for any other pair of morphisms f and g, if f \circ p = g \circ p, then f = g.


lexentry: eng/epinephrine__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: epinephrine
trans_list: Epinephrin
sense:
(hormone, neurotransmitter, organic compound, medicine) A catecholamine hormone and neurotransmitter; as a hormone, secreted by the adrenal gland in response to stress (when it stimulates the autonomic nervous system); as a neurotransmitter, synthesized from norepinephrine. It is also used as a medication.


lexentry: eng/epiphany__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: epiphany
trans_list: Aha-Erlebnis | Erleuchtung | Heureka-Moment
sense:
An illuminating realization or discovery, often resulting in a personal feeling of elation, awe, or wonder.


lexentry: eng/epiphenomenalism__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: epiphenomenalism
trans_list: Epiphänomenalismus
sense:
(philosophy, psychology, countable) Such a doctrine, as advanced by a particular thinker or school of thought.


lexentry: eng/epiphenomenon__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: epiphenomenon
trans_list: Begleiterscheinung | Epiphänomen
sense:
(philosophy, psychology) A mental process or state that is an incidental by-product of physiological events in the brain or nervous system.


lexentry: eng/epiphyte__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: epiphyte
trans_list: Epiphyt | Aufsitzerpflanze
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/episiotomy__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: episiotomy
trans_list: Dammschnitt
sense:
(medical) A surgical incision through the perineum made to enlarge the vagina and assist childbirth.


lexentry: eng/episode__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: episode
trans_list: Episode
sense:
An incident, action, or time period standing out by itself, but more or less connected with a complete series of events.


lexentry: eng/episteme__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: episteme
trans_list: Episteme
sense:
(philosophy) Scientific knowledge; a principled system of understanding; sometimes contrasted with empiricism.


lexentry: eng/episteme__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: episteme
trans_list: Episteme
sense:
(specifically Foucaultian philosophy) The fundamental body of ideas and collective presuppositions that defines the nature and sets the bounds of what is accepted as true knowledge in a given epistemic epoch.


lexentry: eng/epistemic__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: epistemic
trans_list: epistemisch
sense:
(philosophy) Of or relating to cognition or knowledge, its scope, or how it is acquired. [from early 19th c.]


lexentry: eng/epistemology__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: epistemology
trans_list: Erkenntnistheorie | Epistemologie
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: Apostelbrief
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/epitaxy__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: epitaxy
trans_list: Epitaxie
sense:
(crystallography) An overgrowth in which the overlying crystal is either induced into the same orientation, or otherwise grows under the influence of the underlying crystal into the same orientation.


lexentry: eng/epitaxy__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: epitaxy
trans_list: Epitaxie
sense:
A type of crystal growth or material deposition in which new crystalline layers are formed with one or more well-defined orientations with respect to the crystalline seed layer.


lexentry: eng/epithalamus__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: epithalamus
trans_list: Epithalamus
sense:
(anatomy, neuroanatomy) The dorsal posterior segment of the diencephalon; it includes the habenula, the stria medullaris and the pineal body.


lexentry: eng/epithelium__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: epithelium
trans_list: Epithel
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 | Beiname | Beiwort | Spitzname
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/epitope__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: epitope
trans_list: Epitop
sense:
(biochemistry) The part of a biomolecule (such as a protein) which is the target of an immune response


lexentry: eng/epitrachelion__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: epitrachelion
trans_list: Epitrachelion
sense:
(Eastern Orthodoxy) The liturgical vestment worn by priests and bishops of the Eastern Orthodox Church as the symbol of their priesthood, corresponding to the Western stole.


lexentry: eng/epitrite__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: epitrite
trans_list: Epitrit | Epitritus
sense:
(poetry, Ancient Greek and Latin prosody) A metrical foot consisting of three long syllables and one short syllable.


lexentry: eng/epitrochoid__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: epitrochoid
trans_list: Epitrochoide
sense:
A geometric curve traced by a fixed point on one circle which rotates around the perimeter of another circle. Examples include the shape of the Wankel engine


lexentry: eng/epizootic_hemorrhagic_disease__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: epizootic hemorrhagic disease
trans_list: Epizootische Hämorrhagie der Hirsche
sense:
A disease, often fatal, of wild ruminants, most notably white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus), caused by Epizootic hemorrhagic disease virus transmitted by certain midges, especially the species Culicoides variipennis.


lexentry: eng/epoch-making__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: epoch-making
trans_list: epochemachend
sense:
Constituting an epoch; opening a new era; introducing new conceptions or a new method in the treatment of a subject; highly novel and influential.


lexentry: eng/epoch__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: epoch
trans_list: Epoche | Ära
sense:
A particular period of history, or of a person's life, especially one considered noteworthy or remarkable.


lexentry: eng/epoch__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: epoch
trans_list: Epoche
sense:
(geology) A geochronologic unit of hundreds of thousands to millions of years; a subdivision of a period, and subdivided into ages (or sometimes subepochs).


lexentry: eng/eponym__Noun__1
sense_num: 06
written_rep: eponym
trans_list: Eponym | Namensgeber
sense:
(loosely, sometimes, _, proscribed) A name or term derived from any proper noun, inclusive of places, brands, etc.


lexentry: eng/eponymous__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: eponymous
trans_list: gleichnamig | namensgebend | eponymisch
sense:
Of, relating to, or being the person or entity after which someone or something is named; serving as an eponym.


lexentry: eng/epoxide__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: epoxide
trans_list: Epoxid
sense:
(organic chemistry) Any of a class of organic compound, cyclic ethers, having a three-membered ring; they are prepared by the selective oxidation of alkenes or by ring-closure of halohydrins; used to make plastics.


lexentry: eng/epsilon__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: epsilon
trans_list: Epsilon
sense:
The name for the fifth letter of the Greek alphabet, ε or Ε, preceded by delta (Δ, δ) and followed by zeta (Ζ, ζ).


lexentry: eng/equal_sign__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: equal sign
trans_list: Gleichheitszeichen | Gleichzeichen
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/equalization__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: equalization
trans_list: Druckausgleich
sense:
(underwater diving) Maneuvers to balance the pressure in the middle ear with the outside pressure by letting air enter along the Eustachian tubes.


lexentry: eng/equalize__Verb__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: equalize
trans_list: den Druck im Ohr ausgleichen
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/equalizer__Noun__1
sense_num: 10
written_rep: equalizer
trans_list: Ausgleich
sense:
(category theory) A morphism whose codomain is the domain of a parallel pair of morphisms and which forms part of the limit of that parallel pair. Equivalently, a morphism which equalizes a parallel pair of morphisms in a limiting way, which is to say that any other morphism which equalizes that parallel pair factors through this limiting morphism; and moreover such factorization is unique.


lexentry: eng/equally__Adverb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: equally
trans_list: gleichermaßen | gleich | gleichmäßig
sense:
(manner) In an equal manner; in equal shares or proportion; with equal and impartial justice; evenly


lexentry: eng/equation__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: equation
trans_list: Ausgleich | Gleichgewicht
sense:
The act or process of equating two or more things, or the state of those things being equal (that is, identical).


lexentry: eng/equation__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: equation
trans_list: Gleichung
sense:
(mathematics) An assertion that two expressions are equal, expressed by writing the two expressions separated by an equal sign; in mathematical problems, equations describe various essential aspects of the problem, each of which contributes to the resolution of the problem in part.


lexentry: eng/equation_of_time__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: equation of time
trans_list: Zeitgleichung
sense:
The discrepancy between two kinds of solar time: the apparent solar time, which directly tracks the motion of the Sun, and mean solar time, which tracks a theoretical "mean" Sun with noons that are twenty-four hours apart.


lexentry: eng/equative__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: equative
trans_list: Äquativ
sense:
(grammar) A grammatical case in certain languages, including Ossetic and Sumerian, that indicates something is like something else. English equivalents include he was the same age as her and he looks like him.


lexentry: eng/equator__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: equator
trans_list: Äquator | Linie
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/equatorial__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: equatorial
trans_list: Äquatorial
sense:
(astronomy) A kind of telescope mounted so as to have two axes of motion at right angles to each other, one of them parallel to the axis of the Earth, and each carrying a graduated circle, one for measuring declination, and the other right ascension, or the hour angle, so that the telescope may be directed, even in the daytime, to any star or other object whose right ascension and declination are known.


lexentry: eng/equerry__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: equerry
trans_list: Adjutant | Kammerfrau | Kammerherr
sense:
(British) A personal attendant to a head of state, a member of a royal family, or a national representative.


lexentry: eng/equiangular__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: equiangular
trans_list: gleichwinklig
sense:
(geometry) Of a polygon, having all interior angles equal. This is not necessarily a regular polygon, since that would also be equilateral; a rectangle is equiangular but not equilateral, unless it is a square.


lexentry: eng/equidistant__Adjective__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: equidistant
trans_list: äquidistant
sense:
Occupying a position that is an equal distance between several points. Note that in a one-dimensional space this position can be identified with two points, in a two-dimensional space with three points (not on the same straight line), and in a three-dimensional space with four points (not in the same plane).


lexentry: eng/equilibrium__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: equilibrium
trans_list: Gleichgewicht | Equilibrium
sense:
(chemistry) The state of a reaction in which the rates of the forward and reverse reactions are the same.


lexentry: eng/equilibrium__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: equilibrium
trans_list: Gleichgewicht | Equilibrium
sense:
(physics) The state of a body at rest or in uniform motion in which the resultant of all forces on it is zero.


lexentry: eng/equinox__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: equinox
trans_list: Tagundnachtgleiche | Äquinoktium | Tagnachtgleiche
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 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: ausstatten | ausrüsten
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: Ausrüstung | Ausstattung | Zubehör | Equipment
sense:
Any items used in equipping something or someone, for example things needed for an expedition or voyage.


lexentry: eng/equity__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: equity
trans_list: Billigkeitsrecht
sense:
(legal) The power of a court of law having extra-statutory discretion, to decide legal matters and to provide legal relief apart from, though not in violation of, the prevailing legal code; in some cases, a court "sitting in equity" may provide relief to a complainant should the code be found either inapplicable or insufficient to do so.


lexentry: eng/equivalence__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: equivalence
trans_list: Äquivalenz | Gleichwertigkeit
sense:
(uncountable, logic) The relationship between two propositions that are either both true or both false.


lexentry: eng/equivalence_class__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: equivalence class
trans_list: Äquivalenzklasse
sense:
(set theory) Any one of the subsets into which an equivalence relation partitions a set, each of these subsets containing all the elements of the set that are equivalent under the equivalence relation.


lexentry: eng/equivocal__Adjective__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: equivocal
trans_list: zweideutig | fragwürdig | zweifelhaft
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: ablenken
sense:
(intransitive) To speak using double meaning; to speak ambiguously, unclearly or doubtfully, with intent to deceive; to vacillate in one's answers, responding with equivoques.


lexentry: eng/equivocation__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: equivocation
trans_list: Ambiguität | Doppeldeutigkeit | Mehrdeutigkeit | Vieldeutigkeit | Wortspiel | Wortverdrehung
sense:
The use of expressions susceptible of a double signification, possibly intentionally and with the aim of misleading.


lexentry: eng/era__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: era
trans_list: Erdzeitalter
sense:
(geology) A geochronologic unit of tens to hundreds of millions of years; a subdivision of an eon, and subdivided into periods.


lexentry: eng/erase__Verb__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: erase
trans_list: löschen | ausradieren | auslöschen
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: Radiergummi | Gummi | Radierer
sense:
(North America, Philippines) An object 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: Tafelschwamm
sense:
(North America, Philippines) An object used to erase something written either by chalk on a chalkboard, by a marker on a whiteboard, or by some other erasable implement; a chalkboard eraser, whiteboard eraser, etc.


lexentry: eng/erastes__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: erastes
trans_list: Erastes
sense:
(historical) An adult man in Ancient Greece who courted or was in a pederastic relationship with an adolescent boy.


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: Erektion
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: Erektion
sense:
(uncountable, physiology, of a penis or clitoris) The state or quality of being erect from engorgement with blood.


lexentry: eng/erg__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: erg
trans_list: Erg
sense:
A unit of work or energy, being the amount of work done by a force of one dyne applied through a distance of one centimeter. Equal to 10−7 joules.


lexentry: eng/ergative__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ergative
trans_list: ergativ | ergativisch
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: Ergativ
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: Ergativ
sense:
(linguistics) An ambitransitive verb where the patient is the object of the transitive, but becomes the experiencer of the intransitive use.


lexentry: eng/ergativity__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ergativity
trans_list: Ergativität
sense:
(linguistics) The property of a grammar's (or, by extension, a language's) being ergative; the attribute of possessing a grammatical pattern such that the object of a transitive verb is treated the same way as the subject of an intransitive one, while the subject of the transitive verb is treated differently.


lexentry: eng/ergodic__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ergodic
trans_list: ergodisch
sense:
(mathematics, physics) Of or relating to certain systems that, given enough time, will eventually return to a previously experienced state.


lexentry: eng/ergonomics__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ergonomics
trans_list: Ergonomie
sense:
The science of the design of equipment, especially so as to reduce operator fatigue, discomfort and injury. [from c. 1950.]


lexentry: eng/ergosterol__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ergosterol
trans_list: Ergosterin | Ergosterol
sense:
(steroid hormone, mycology) The steroid precursor of vitamin D2. It is found in cell membranes of fungi, and is their functional equivalent of cholesterol. It is also found in the membranes of some protists.


lexentry: eng/ergot__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: ergot
trans_list: Mutterkorn | Mutterkornpilz
sense:
The sclerotium (wintering stage) of certain fungi in the genus Claviceps, appearing as a deformed grain in certain cereals and grasses infected by the fungi.


lexentry: eng/ergotamine__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ergotamine
trans_list: Ergotamin
sense:
(organic chemistry, biochemistry, pharmaceutical drug) An alkaloid, extracted from ergot, that causes constriction of blood vessels and has been used to treat migraine; it is related to lysergic acid.


lexentry: eng/erhu__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: erhu
trans_list: Erhu
sense:
A type of bowed spike fiddle having two strings, originating in China as part of the huqin family of string instruments.


lexentry: eng/erionite__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: erionite
trans_list: Erionit
sense:
(mineral) A zeolite mineral with a molecular structure similar to chabazite, usually found in weathered volcanic ash.


lexentry: eng/eristic__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: eristic
trans_list: Eristik
sense:
A type of dialogue or argument where the participants do not have any reasonable goal. The aim is to argue for the sake of conflict, and often to see who can yell the loudest.


lexentry: eng/erlking__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: erlking
trans_list: Erlkönig
sense:
(European folklore) In German literature and modern folklore, a malicious elf or spirit who preys on children.


lexentry: eng/ermine__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ermine
trans_list: Hermelin
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/ermine__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: ermine
trans_list: Hermelin
sense:
(tincture) The fur of this animal, used as a heraldic tincture: a white field with a repeating pattern of stylized black spots.


lexentry: eng/erosion__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: erosion
trans_list: Erosion
sense:
(uncountable) The result of having been worn away or eroded, as by a glacier on rock or the sea on a cliff face.


lexentry: eng/erosion__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: erosion
trans_list: Erosion
sense:
(uncountable) The changing of a surface by mechanical action, friction, thermal expansion contraction, or impact.


lexentry: eng/errata__Noun__2
sense_num: 01
written_rep: errata
trans_list: Errata
sense:
An added page in a printed work where errors which are discovered after printing and their corrections (corrigenda) are listed.


lexentry: eng/error__Noun__1
sense_num: 07
written_rep: error
trans_list: Irrtum
sense:
(appellate, _, legal, uncountable) One or more mistakes in a trial that could be grounds for review of the judgement.


lexentry: eng/error_bar__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: error bar
trans_list: Fehlerbalken
sense:
(sciences) A bar used on a graph to indicate the range of one standard deviation in the result of an experimental measurement.


lexentry: eng/erysipelas__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: erysipelas
trans_list: Erysipel | Wundrose | Rose | Rotlauf
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/erysipeloid__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: erysipeloid
trans_list: Erysipeloid
sense:
(disease, usually, uncountable) A mild cutaneous infection by Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae in humans that resembles erysipelas.


lexentry: eng/erythrocyte_sedimentation_rate__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: erythrocyte sedimentation rate
trans_list: Blutsenkung
sense:
(hematology) The rate (usually expressed in millimeters per hour) at which red blood cells precipitate in a vertical tube over a period of one hour, often determined as a screening test for the presence of inflammation.


lexentry: eng/erythropoietin__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: erythropoietin
trans_list: Erythropoietin
sense:
(biochemistry) A glycoprotein hormone that functions as a cytokine for erythrocyte precursors in bone marrow.


lexentry: eng/escalate__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: escalate
trans_list: eskalieren | weiterleiten
sense:
(transitive) In technical support, to transfer a customer, a problem, etc. to the next higher level of authority


lexentry: eng/escalator__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: escalator
trans_list: Rolltreppe | Fahrtreppe
sense:
A motor-driven mechanical device consisting of a continuous loop of steps that automatically conveys people from one floor to another.


lexentry: eng/escape_artist__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: escape artist
trans_list: Entfesselungskünstler
sense:
An entertainer who performs escapes from perilous situations such as cages, coffins, and straitjackets.


lexentry: eng/escape_pod__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: escape pod
trans_list: Rettungskapsel
sense:
(mostly, scifi) Any small, secondary, emergency-use vehicle used to evacuate from the main vehicle during times of danger.


lexentry: eng/escape_sequence__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: escape sequence
trans_list: Escape-Sequenz
sense:
(computing, telecommunications) An escape character together with subsequent characters, not output as written, but specifying a particular behaviour.


lexentry: eng/escape_velocity__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: escape velocity
trans_list: Fluchtgeschwindigkeit
sense:
(astrophysics) The minimum speed needed to escape the gravitational field of a planet or other body.


lexentry: eng/escapement__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: escapement
trans_list: Hemmung
sense:
(clocks, mechanics) The linkage in a (watch) that gives impulses to the timekeeping element and periodically releases the gear train to move forward, advancing the clock's hands.


lexentry: eng/escapism__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
sense: An inclination to escape from routine or reality into fantasy.
written_rep: escapism
trans_list:
Eskapismus | Realitätsflucht | Wirklichkeitsflucht | Entfliehung aus dem Alltag | Flucht aus der Wirklichkeit


lexentry: eng/escapology__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: escapology
trans_list: Eskapismus
sense:
The study or art of escaping from a physical restraint, enclosure, or constriction, such as a rope, a sealed box, handcuffs, etc.; escape artistry.


lexentry: eng/escarole__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: escarole
trans_list: Eskariol | Glatte Endivie | Winterendivie
sense:
(Canada, US) A subspecies or variety of broad-leaved endive (Cichorium endivia subsp. endivia, syn. Cichorium endivia var. latifolium), which is eaten as a vegetable. [from early 20th c.]


lexentry: eng/escarpment__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: escarpment
trans_list: Abhang | Böschung | Steilhang
sense:
A steep descent or declivity; steep face or edge of a ridge; ground about a fortified place, cut away nearly vertically to prevent hostile approach.


lexentry: eng/eschar__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: eschar
trans_list: Grind | Kruste | Schorf | Verkrustung
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/eschatology__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: eschatology
trans_list: Eschatologie
sense:
(uncountable) The study of the end times—the end of the world, notably in Christian and Islamic theology, the second coming of Christ, the Apocalypse, or the Last Judgment.


lexentry: eng/escort__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: escort
trans_list: Eskorte | Geleit
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/escort__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: escort
trans_list: eskortieren
sense:
To attend to in order to guard and protect; to accompany as a safeguard (for the person escorted or for others); to give honorable or ceremonious attendance to


lexentry: eng/escutcheon__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: escutcheon
trans_list: Wappenschild
sense:
(heraldry) The shield on which a coat of arms is displayed, or, by extension, the coat of arms itself.


lexentry: eng/esoteric__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: esoteric
trans_list: esoterisch
sense:
Intended for or likely to be understood by only a small number of people with a specialized knowledge or interest, or an enlightened inner circle.


lexentry: eng/esoteric__Adjective__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: esoteric
trans_list: esoterisch
sense:
Having to do with concepts that are highly theoretical and without obvious practical application; often with mystical or religious connotations.


lexentry: eng/esoterism__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: esoterism
trans_list: Esoterik
sense:
The inward forms of faith and religion; transcendence, mystic experience, and internal realizations of the Divine.


lexentry: eng/espouse__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
sense: (transitive) To marry.
written_rep: espouse
trans_list:
die Ehe eingehen mit | ehelichen | heiraten | sich vermählen mit | zum Mann nehmen | zur Frau nehmen


lexentry: eng/espouse__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: espouse
trans_list: Partei ergreifen für | eintreten für
sense:
(transitive, figurative, modern usage) To accept, support, or take on as one’s own (an idea or a cause).


lexentry: eng/espresso__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: espresso
trans_list: Espresso
sense:
A concentrated coffee beverage brewed by forcing hot water under high pressure through finely ground coffee.


lexentry: eng/esprit_de_corps__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: esprit de corps
trans_list: Korpsgeist
sense:
(idiomatic) A shared spirit of comradeship, enthusiasm, and devotion to a cause among the members of a group, for example of a military unit.


lexentry: eng/espy__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: espy
trans_list: beobachten
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: erblicken, sichten
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/esquamulose__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: esquamulose
trans_list: schuppenlos
sense:
(botany, mycology) Not covered in scales or scale-like objects; having a smooth skin or outer covering.


lexentry: eng/essential_amino_acid__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: essential amino acid
trans_list: essentielle Aminosäure
sense:
(amino acid) One of the nine naturally occurring amino acids that the human body cannot synthesize, and so must be provided by dietary protein.


lexentry: eng/essential_oil__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: essential oil
trans_list: ätherisches Öl
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/essential_tremor__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: essential tremor
trans_list: essentieller Tremor
sense:
(medicine, chiefly, uncountable) A neurological condition that causes rhythmic shaking of unknown cause in one or more parts of the body during voluntary movements.


lexentry: eng/essive-formal__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: essive-formal
trans_list: Essiv-Formal
sense:
(grammar) A case in Hungarian that combines the essive case and the formal case, and can express position, task, state (e.g. "as a tourist") or manner (e.g. "like a hunted animal").


lexentry: eng/essive-modal__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: essive-modal
trans_list: Essiv-Modal
sense:
(grammar) The essive-modal case. In the Hungarian language this case can express the state, capacity, task in which somebody is or which somebody has (essive case, e.g. "as a reward", "for example"), or the manner in which the action is carried out, or the language which somebody knows (modal case, e.g. "unexpectedly", "speak English").


lexentry: eng/essive_case__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: essive case
trans_list: Essiv
sense:
(grammar) Noun case used to indicate a temporary state of being, such as the site of an action or the time at which it took place.


lexentry: eng/establish__Verb__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: establish
trans_list: einsetzen
sense:
(transitive) To appoint or adopt, as officers, laws, regulations, guidelines, etc.; to enact; to ordain.


lexentry: eng/established_church__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: established church
trans_list: Staatskirche
sense:
A church that is officially recognized as a national or state church by a government; in England it is the Church of England.


lexentry: eng/establishment__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: establishment
trans_list: Einrichtung
sense:
That which is established; as a form of government, a permanent organization, business or force, or the place where one is permanently fixed for residence.


lexentry: eng/establishment__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: establishment
trans_list: Establishment
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/establishment__Noun__1
sense_num: 06
written_rep: establishment
trans_list: Einrichtung
sense:
(Christianity) The institution and official status of a church as a state church, especially that of the Church of England and historically of Ireland.


lexentry: eng/estate__Noun__1
sense_num: 06
written_rep: estate
trans_list: Stand
sense:
(historical) A major social class or order of persons regarded collectively as part of the body politic of the country and formerly possessing distinct political rights (Estates of the realm). [from 14th c.]


lexentry: eng/estate_agent__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: estate agent
sense:
(UK, Ireland) A person or company that acts in the sale, purchase, lease or maintenance of land, property, real estate etc for another.

trans_list:
Immobilienmakler | Immobilienhändler | Immobilienmaklerin | Grundstücksmakler | Grundstücksmaklerin | Hausmakler


lexentry: eng/estate_sale__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: estate sale
trans_list: Haushaltsauflösung | Wohnungsauflösung
sense:
The sale of a person's possessions after their death, normally formalised by the executor of the estate.


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/estimate__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: estimate
trans_list: Kostenvoranschlag
sense:
(construction and business) A document (or verbal notification) specifying how much a job is likely to cost.


lexentry: eng/estrange__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: estrange
trans_list: entfremden
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/estrogen__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: estrogen
trans_list: Östrogen | Estrogene
sense:
(steroid hormone) Any of a group of steroids that are secreted by the ovaries and function as female sex hormones.


lexentry: eng/etacism__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: etacism
trans_list: Etazismus
sense:
(grammar) The pronunciation of the Greek eta like the Italian long e, or the vowel in the English word ate.


lexentry: eng/etc.__Phrase__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: etc.
trans_list: usw. | &c. | et cetera | etc. | rc. | u. s. w.
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/etch__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: etch
trans_list: einprägen | einbrennen
sense:
To cut into a surface with an acid or other corrosive substance in order to make a pattern. Best known as a technique for creating printing plates, but also used for decoration on metal, and, in modern industry, to make circuit boards.


lexentry: eng/etching__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: etching
trans_list: Radierung | Ätzradierung
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/etendue__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: etendue
trans_list: Etendue
sense:
(optics) A conserved property of the light in an optical system which characterizes how "spread out" the light is in terms of angle and area: it is the product of its cross-sectional area (normal to the direction of propagation) and the solid angle it subtends.


lexentry: eng/eternalism__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: eternalism
trans_list: Eternalismus
sense:
(philosophy, theology) The view that matter is uncreated and has existed, and will exist, eternally.


lexentry: eng/eth__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: eth
trans_list: Eth
sense:
A letter (capital Ð, small ð) introduced into Old English to represent its dental fricative, then not distinguished from the letter thorn, no longer used in English but still in modern use in Icelandic, the IPA and other phonetic alphabets to represent the voiced dental fricative "th" sound as in the English word then. The letter is also used in Faroese, but is generally silent in that language.


lexentry: eng/ethane__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ethane
trans_list: Ethan | Äthan
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 | Äthanol
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: Äther | Ether
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: Äther | Ether
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: 05
written_rep: ether
trans_list: Ether | Äther
sense:
(uncountable, organic compound) Diethyl ether (C4H10O), an organic compound with a sweet odour used in the past as an anaesthetic.


lexentry: eng/ether__Noun__1
sense_num: 06
written_rep: ether
trans_list: Äther | Ether
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: ätherisch
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: ätherisch | himmlisch
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: ethisch
sense:
(not comparable) Of or relating to the accepted principles of right and wrong, especially those of some organization or profession.


lexentry: eng/ethicist__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ethicist
trans_list: Ethiker
sense:
A person, especially a philosopher, who studies ethics (principles governing right and wrong conduct).


lexentry: eng/ethnic__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ethnic
trans_list: ethnisch
sense:
Of or relating to a group of people having common racial, ancestral, national, religious or cultural origins.


lexentry: eng/ethnic_cleansing__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ethnic cleansing
trans_list: ethnische Säuberung
sense:
(euphemistic) The mass expulsion or killing of people belonging to one ethnic group by those of another.


lexentry: eng/ethnic_group__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ethnic group
trans_list: Ethnie | Sippe | Volksgruppe | ethnische Gruppe
sense:
A group of people who identify with one another, especially on the basis of ancestral, national, linguistic, cultural, historical or religious grounds.


lexentry: eng/ethnic_minority__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ethnic minority
trans_list: ethnische Minderheit
sense:
A group of people who have a different ethnicity, religion, language or culture from that of the majority of people in the place where they live.


lexentry: eng/ethnicity__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ethnicity
trans_list: Ethnizität | Volkszugehörigkeit | ethnische Zugehörigkeit
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: Ethnozentrismus
sense:
The tendency to look at the world primarily from the perspective of one's own traditional, deferred, or adoptive ethnic culture.


lexentry: eng/ethnography__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ethnography
trans_list: Ethnographie | Völkerbeschreibung | Ethnografie
sense:
(anthropology) The branch of anthropology that scientifically describes specific human cultures and societies.


lexentry: eng/ethnomusic__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ethnomusic
trans_list: Ethnomusik
sense:
The traditional music associated with an ethnic group; the kinds of music studied in ethnomusicology.


lexentry: eng/ethnonym__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ethnonym
trans_list: Ethnonym
sense:
The name of an ethnic group, nation, nationality, tribe, tribal alliance, clan, or other ethnic community.


lexentry: eng/ethnophaulism__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ethnophaulism
trans_list: Ethnophaulismus
sense:
An ethnic or racial slur, typically caricaturing some identifiable (often physical) feature of the group being derided.


lexentry: eng/ethos__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: ethos
trans_list: Gesinnung
sense:
(art) The traits in a work of art which express the ideal or typic character, as influenced by the ethos (character or fundamental values) of a people, rather than emotional situations or individual character traits in a narrow sense; opposed to pathos.


lexentry: eng/ethyl__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ethyl
trans_list: Ethyl | Äthyl
sense:
(organic chemistry) The univalent hydrocarbon radical, C2H5, formally derived from ethane by the loss of a hydrogen atom.


lexentry: eng/ethylene__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ethylene
trans_list: Ethen | Ethylen | Äthen | Äthylen
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/ethylene_glycol__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ethylene glycol
trans_list: Ethylenglycol
sense:
(organic compound) An organic compound, HO-CH2-CH2-OH, and the chemical structure at right. It is a clear, colorless liquid under normal conditions, and is widely used as a vehicle engine coolant due to its anti-freeze properties.


lexentry: eng/ethylene_oxide__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ethylene oxide
trans_list: Ethylenoxid
sense:
(organic compound) The simplest epoxide; used as a sterilizing agent and in the production of ethylene glycol.


lexentry: eng/ethyne__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ethyne
trans_list: Ethin | Äthin
sense:
(organic compound, official IUPAC name) The organic compound acetylene. The simplest alkyne, a colorless gaseous (at room temperature and pressure) hydrocarbon with the chemical formula HC≡CH or C2H2.


lexentry: eng/etic__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: etic
trans_list: etisch
sense:
(social sciences, anthropology) Of or pertaining to analysis of a culture from a perspective situated outside all cultures.


lexentry: eng/etiquette__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: etiquette
trans_list: Etikette
sense:
The manners or decent behaviour to be observed in social or professional life; conventional decorum; the ceremonial code of polite society.


lexentry: eng/etiquette__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: etiquette
trans_list: Etikette
sense:
The customary behavior of members of a profession, business, law, or sports team towards each other.


lexentry: eng/etude__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: etude
trans_list: Etüde
sense:
(music) A short piece of music, designed to give a performer practice in a particular area or skill.


lexentry: eng/etymology__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: etymology
trans_list: Etymologie | Herkunft | Wortherkunft
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/eucatastrophe__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: eucatastrophe
trans_list: Eukatastrophe
sense:
(narratology) A catastrophe (dramatic event leading to plot resolution) that results in the protagonist's well-being. [from 1944]


lexentry: eng/eudiometer__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: eudiometer
trans_list: Eudiometer
sense:
A graduated glass tube, closed at one end, that is used for measuring the change in the volume of gases during a chemical reaction.


lexentry: eng/euergetism__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: euergetism
trans_list: Euergetismus
sense:
(historical) the practice of élite in Greek and Roman cities of distributing a part of their wealth to the community; public benefaction


lexentry: eng/eugenics__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: eugenics
trans_list: Eugenik | Rassenhygiene | Eugenetik
sense:
(sociology, biology) A social philosophy or practice which advocates the improvement of human hereditary qualities through selective breeding, either by encouraging people with superior genetic qualities to reproduce (positive eugenics), or discouraging people with inferior genetic qualities from reproducing (negative eugenics), or by technological means.


lexentry: eng/eukaryote__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: eukaryote
trans_list: Eukaryot
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/eukaryotic__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: eukaryotic
trans_list: Eukaryot
sense:
(biology) Having complex cells in which the genetic material is organized into membrane-bound nuclei.


lexentry: eng/eulogise__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: eulogise
trans_list: bejubeln | loben
sense:
(British spelling) To praise, celebrate or pay homage to someone, especially in an eloquent formal eulogy.


lexentry: eng/eunuch__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: eunuch
trans_list: Eunuch
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: wohlklingend | wohltönend
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/euphuism__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: euphuism
trans_list: Euphuismus
sense:
(uncountable) An ornate style of writing (in Elizabethan England) marked by the excessive use of alliteration, antithesis and mythological similes.


lexentry: eng/euro_coin__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: euro coin
trans_list: Euromünze
sense:
any of the eight different coins that are in circulation in the eurozone, ranging in value from 1 cent to 2 euros. The 1 euro coin can also be specifically referred to as a euro coin.


lexentry: eng/eusocial__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: eusocial
trans_list: eusozial
sense:
(biology) Of or pertaining to certain social animals' societies (such as those of ants) in which sterile individuals work for reproductive individuals whose genetic endowment they share


lexentry: eng/eusociality__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: eusociality
trans_list: eusozialität
sense:
(biology) Reproductive specialization, in which most individuals of a species are genetically infertile; the state of being eusocial.


lexentry: eng/eustasy__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: eustasy
trans_list: Eustasie
sense:
(geology, oceanography) A worldwide change in sea level, especially one caused by melting ice or tectonic activity. [from 1940s]


lexentry: eng/eutectic__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: eutectic
trans_list: eutektisch
sense:
Describing the chemical composition or temperature of a mixture of substances that gives the lowest temperature at which the mixture becomes fully molten. A further requirement is that that temperature is lower than the melting point of any of the pure component substances.


lexentry: eng/euthanasia__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: euthanasia
trans_list: Euthanasie | Sterbehilfe
sense:
The practice of intentionally killing a human being or animal for humane reasons, especially in order to end suffering.


lexentry: eng/eutrophic__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: eutrophic
trans_list: eutrophisch | nährstoffreich
sense:
(biology, of a body of water) Being rich in nutrients and minerals and therefore having an excessive growth of algae and thus a diminished oxygen content to the detriment of other organisms.


lexentry: eng/eutrophication__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: eutrophication
trans_list: Eutrophierung
sense:
(biology) The process of becoming eutrophic; the ecosystem's response to the addition of artificial or natural nutrients, mainly phosphates, through detergents, fertilizers, or sewage, to an aquatic system.


lexentry: eng/evade__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: evade
trans_list: ausweichen | meiden
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: Beurteilung | Auswertung
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/evanesce__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: evanesce
trans_list: sublimieren
sense:
(intransitive, chemistry) To transition from the solid state to gaseous state without ever becoming a liquid


lexentry: eng/evangelist__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: evangelist
trans_list: Evangelist | Evangelistin
sense:
(Christianity) An itinerant or special preacher, especially a revivalist, who conducts services in different cities or locations, now often televised.


lexentry: eng/evangelist__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: evangelist
trans_list: Evangelist | Evangelistin
sense:
(Bible) A writer of a gospel, especially the four New Testament Gospels (Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John), usually capitalized (Evangelist).


lexentry: eng/evangelize__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: evangelize
trans_list: evangelisieren
sense:
To tell people about (a particular branch of) Christianity, especially in order to convert them; to preach the gospel to.


lexentry: eng/evaporate__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: evaporate
trans_list: ausdörren | dörren
sense:
(transitive) To expel moisture from (usually by means of artificial heat), leaving the solid portion.


lexentry: eng/evaporation__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: evaporation
trans_list: Eindampfen | Einkochen | Reduzieren
sense:
The process in which all or a portion of liquid (in a container) is turned into vapour, in order to increase the concentration of solid matter in the mixture.


lexentry: eng/evasion__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: evasion
trans_list: Ausweichen | Hinterziehung | Umgehung | Vermeidung
sense:
The act of eluding or evading or avoiding, particularly the pressure of an argument, accusation, charge, or interrogation; artful means of eluding.


lexentry: eng/even_function__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: even function
trans_list: gerade Funktion
sense:
(mathematics) Any function whose value is unchanged if the independent variable changes sign i.e. f(x) = f(-x)


lexentry: eng/evening__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: evening
trans_list: Abend
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/evening__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: evening
trans_list: Dämmerung
sense:
(figuratively) A concluding time period; a point in time near the end of something; the beginning of the end of something.


lexentry: eng/evening_dress__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: evening dress
trans_list: Abendkleid
sense:
(countable) An elegant dress worn by women, especially for social events in the evening, an evening gown.


lexentry: eng/evening_prayer__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: evening prayer
trans_list: Abendgebet
sense:
(Anglicanism, Methodism) The second of the two services of the Daily Office, combining the canonical hours of vespers and compline. Commonly called evensong, especially when the service is musical.


lexentry: eng/event__Noun__1
sense_num: 07
written_rep: event
trans_list: Ereignis | Veranstaltung
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: Ereignishorizont
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: schließlich | letztendlich
sense:
In the end; at some later time, especially after a long time, a series of problems, struggles, delays or setbacks.


lexentry: eng/everlasting_flower__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: everlasting flower
trans_list: Amarant
sense:
Any of various species of flower of the genera Gnaphalium, Helichrysum, Anaphalis, Antennaria, and other genera in family Asteraceae.


lexentry: eng/every_man_for_himself__Phrase__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: every man for himself
trans_list: jeder ist sich selbst der Nächste
sense:
(nautical) A command, issued in case of shipwreck, that crew members are relieved of all duties and should try to save themselves.


lexentry: eng/evict__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: evict
trans_list: exmittieren | ausweisen | vertreiben | verweisen
sense:
(transitive) To expel (one or more people) from their property; to force (one or more people) to move out.


lexentry: eng/evidentiality__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: evidentiality
trans_list: Beweiskraft
sense:
(linguistics) The encoding into a language of the source of information being communicated, so as to distinguish (for example) hearsay from something actually witnessed.


lexentry: eng/evidently__Adverb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: evidently
trans_list: offensichtlich
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: Böse | Übel
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: böser Blick
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/evil_laugh__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: evil laugh
trans_list: dreckige Lache | hämische Lache | schmutzige Lache
sense:
A signature laugh associated with villains in films and acting, sometimes represented as muahahaha or bwahaha.


lexentry: eng/evocative__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: evocative
trans_list: atmosphärisch | evokativ | heraufbeschwörend | hervorrufend | sinnträchtig | wachrufend
sense:
That which evokes (brings to mind) a memory, mood, idea, feeling, or image; redolent or reminiscent.


lexentry: eng/evoke__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: evoke
trans_list: hervorrufen | heraufbeschwören
sense:
(transitive) To cause the manifestation of something (emotion, picture, etc.) in someone's mind or imagination.


lexentry: eng/evolution__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: evolution
trans_list: Evolution
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: Evolution
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/evolutionary_biology__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: evolutionary biology
trans_list: Evolutionsbiologie
sense:
(evolutionary theory) A subfield of biology concerned with the origin and descent of species and as their evolution, multiplication and diversity over time.


lexentry: eng/evolutionary_developmental_biology__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: evolutionary developmental biology
trans_list: evolutionäre Entwicklungsbiologie
sense:
(biology) A branch of biology that studies the interaction of evolutionary and developmental processes.


lexentry: eng/evolutionary_theory__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: evolutionary theory
sense:
(biology) A theory of evolution, especially the scientific theory of evolution through natural selection.

trans_list:
Evolutionstheorie | Abstammungslehre | Abstammungstheorie | Deszendenzlehre | Deszendenztheorie | Entwicklungslehre


lexentry: eng/ewer__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ewer
trans_list: Krug
sense:
A kind of widemouthed pitcher or jug with a shape like a vase and a handle. Originally used for carrying water


lexentry: eng/ex__Noun__2
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ex
trans_list: Ex
sense:
(colloquial) A former partner or spouse, usually short for ex-girlfriend, ex-boyfriend, ex-wife or ex-husband.


lexentry: eng/ex_nunc__Adverb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ex nunc
trans_list: ex nunc
sense:
(legal) “from now on”. Used to describe certain legal effects which are applicable solely from this point (in time) on and therefore do not affect past actions.


lexentry: eng/ex_tunc__Prepositional_phrase__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ex tunc
trans_list: ex tunc
sense:
(legal) from the beginning, from the outset. Used to describe certain legal effects that can affect situations prior to this point in time and therefore can affect past actions.


lexentry: eng/exa-__Prefix__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: exa-
trans_list: Exa
sense:
In the International System of Units and other metric systems of units, multiplying the unit to which it is attached by 1018 (a short scale quintillion or long scale trillion). Symbol: E


lexentry: eng/exact__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: exact
trans_list: exakt | genau
sense:
Precisely agreeing with a standard, a fact, or the truth; perfectly conforming; neither exceeding nor falling short in any respect.


lexentry: eng/exact__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: exact
trans_list: abverlangen | eintreiben | fordern
sense:
(ambitransitive) To demand and enforce the payment or performance of, sometimes in a forcible or imperious way.


lexentry: eng/exact_cover__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: exact cover
trans_list: exakte Überdeckung
sense:
(topology, combinatorics) Given a collection S of subsets of a set X, a subcollection S* of S such that each element of X is contained in exactly one subset in S*.


lexentry: eng/exact_science__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: exact science
trans_list: exakte Wissenschaft
sense:
(sciences, narrowly) A mathematical science, i.e. a field of science such as mathematics or mathematical physics which is capable of perfectly exact results based on rigorously formal methods.


lexentry: eng/exaction__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: exaction
trans_list: Forderung
sense:
The act of demanding with authority, and compelling to pay or yield; compulsion to give or furnish; a levying by force


lexentry: eng/exaction__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: exaction
trans_list: Forderung
sense:
That which is exacted; a severe tribute; a fee, reward, or contribution, demanded or levied with severity or injustice.


lexentry: eng/exaggeration__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: exaggeration
trans_list: Übertreibung
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: Untersuchung
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: Prüfung | Examen | Untersuchung | Test | Erprobung | Versuch
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: Beispiel | Vorbild
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: Beispiel | Vorbild
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/exbibyte__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: exbibyte
trans_list: Exbibyte
sense:
(computing) Strictly, 260 (10246, 1,152,921,504,606,846,976) bytes or 210 (1024) pebibytes, as opposed to an exabyte.


lexentry: eng/excavation__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: excavation
trans_list: Grabung | Ausgrabung
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: ausgenommen | bis auf | höchstens
sense:
Used to introduce a clause, phrase, verb infinitive, adverb or other non-noun complement forming an exception or qualification to something previously stated.


lexentry: eng/except__Preposition__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: except
trans_list: außer | bis auf | abgesehen von
sense:
Used to introduce a noun or noun phrase forming an exception or qualification to something previously stated.


lexentry: eng/exception__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: exception
trans_list: Ausnahme
sense:
The act of excepting or excluding; exclusion; restriction by taking out something which would otherwise be included, as in a class, statement, rule.


lexentry: eng/exception__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: exception
trans_list: Ausnahme
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: 05
written_rep: exception
trans_list: Ausnahme | Ausnahmebedingung | Exception
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/exceptionalism__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: exceptionalism
trans_list: Exzeptionalismus
sense:
The belief that something (a nation, species etc.) is exceptional, superior, or does not conform to an established norm.


lexentry: eng/excerpt__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: excerpt
trans_list: Auszug | Exzerpt
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: Überfluss
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/excess__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: excess
trans_list: Übermaß | Völlerei | Überschuss
sense:
(geometry) Spherical excess, the amount by which the sum of the three angles of a spherical triangle exceeds two right angles. The spherical excess is proportional to the area of the triangle.


lexentry: eng/excess__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: excess
trans_list: Selbstbehalt | Eigenbeteiligung | Franchise | Kostenbeteiligung | Selbstbeteiligung | Zuzahlung
sense:
(British, insurance) A condition on an insurance policy by which the insured pays for a part of the claim.


lexentry: eng/exchange_rate__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: exchange rate
trans_list: Wechselkurs
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/excipient__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: excipient
trans_list: Hilfsstoff
sense:
(pharmacy, pharmacology) An ingredient that is intentionally added to a drug for purposes other than the therapeutic or diagnostic effect at the intended dosage.


lexentry: eng/excise_tax__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: excise tax
trans_list: Verbrauchssteuer | Verbrauchsteuer
sense:
Any of various taxes levied on the production or sale of certain goods, especially on luxuries, tobacco, alcohol etc.


lexentry: eng/excitation__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: excitation
trans_list: Erregung
sense:
(physiology) The activity produced in an organ, tissue, or part, such as a nerve cell, as a result of stimulation


lexentry: eng/excitation__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: excitation
trans_list: Anregung | Erregung
sense:
(physics) A transition of a nucleus, atom or molecule to an excited state by the absorption of a quantum of energy; the opposite of relaxation


lexentry: eng/excite__Verb__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: excite
trans_list: erregen
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/exclusion_zone__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: exclusion zone
trans_list: Sperrgebiet | Sperrzone
sense:
A geographic area in which some sanctioning authority prohibits specific activities, see also Restricted Area.


lexentry: eng/exclusive__Adjective__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: exclusive
trans_list: exklusiv
sense:
(figuratively) Referring to a membership organisation, service or product: of high quality and/or renown, for superior members only. A snobbish usage, suggesting that members who do not meet requirements, which may be financial, of social status, religion, skin colour etc., are excluded.


lexentry: eng/exclusive_or__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: exclusive or
trans_list: exklusives Oder
sense:
(logic, computing) An exclusive disjunction; the result of applying the above-described exclusive or to two or more predicates; contrasted with an inclusive or, which is the result of applying an inclusive or.


lexentry: eng/exclusive_right__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: exclusive right
trans_list: ausschließliches Recht
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: Exkommunikation
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/excoriate__Verb__1
sense_num: 03
sense: (transitive, figuratively) To strongly condemn or criticize.
written_rep: excoriate
trans_list:
kein gutes Haar lassen an | mit vernichtender Kritik überziehen | scharf verurteilen | vernichtend kritisieren


lexentry: eng/excrete__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: excrete
trans_list: ausscheiden
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: Ausscheidung | Exkretion
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: Ausrede | Ausflucht
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: 04
written_rep: excuse
trans_list: entschuldigen
sense:
To relieve of an imputation by apology or defense; to make apology for as not seriously evil; to ask pardon or indulgence for.


lexentry: eng/excuse_me__Phrase__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: excuse me
trans_list: Entschuldigung! | Entschuldigung? | wie bitte?
sense:
(North America) Said, as though as a request to repeat information, in order to indicate disbelief or indignation.


lexentry: eng/excussion__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: excussion
trans_list: Vorausklage
sense:
The process or proceedings whereby a creditor must proceed against a principal debtor before proceeding against a surety or subsidiary debtor.


lexentry: eng/execration__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: execration
trans_list: Abscheu | Fluch | Verwünschung
sense:
An act or instance of cursing; a curse dictated by violent feelings of hatred; an imprecation; an expression of utter detestation.


lexentry: eng/executable__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: executable
trans_list: ausführbare Datei
sense:
(computing) A file that can be run directly by a computer's hardware or a p-code interpreter with no further processing.


lexentry: eng/execute__Verb__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: execute
trans_list: ausführen | durchführen
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: 02
written_rep: executive
trans_list: Exekutive
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/executive_committee__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: executive committee
trans_list: Exekutivausschuss | Exekutivkomitee | Vorstand
sense:
(government, politics, Quebec) the equivalent of the cabinet of ministers for a city government, serving the mayor.


lexentry: eng/executive_order__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: executive order
trans_list: Ordonanz
sense:
(legal, chiefly, US) An ordinance issued on the authority of the head of the executive branch of government.


lexentry: eng/executive_producer__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: executive producer
trans_list: Herstellungsleiter
sense:
(US) A job title of varying meaning, common in entertainment, computing and many other industries; often a person in charge of other producers.


lexentry: eng/executive_summary__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: executive summary
trans_list: Kurzfassung
sense:
(business) A short document that summarizes all the reports of a company, or the contents of a longer report to which it is attached.


lexentry: eng/executor__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: executor
trans_list: Testamentsvollstrecker | Testamentsvollstreckerin
sense:
(legal) Someone appointed by a testator to administer their estate in accordance with their will; an administrator.


lexentry: eng/exegete__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: exegete
trans_list: Exeget | Exegetin
sense:
A person skilled in exegesis; an interpreter of texts, difficult passages, signs, law, the words of an oracle, and similar obscure or esoteric sources.


lexentry: eng/exemplar__Noun__1
sense_num: 06
written_rep: exemplar
trans_list: Urschrift
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/exemplification__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: exemplification
trans_list: originalgetreue Ausfertigung
sense:
(legal) A copy or transcript attested to be correct by the seal of an officer having custody of the original.


lexentry: eng/exercise__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: exercise
trans_list: Übung | Sport | Training
sense:
(countable, uncountable) Activity intended to improve physical, or sometimes mental, strength and fitness.


lexentry: eng/exercise_book__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: exercise book
trans_list: Heft | Schulheft
sense:
A booklet for students, containing either problems or exercises, and blank, often lined pages for writing answers.


lexentry: eng/exercise_machine__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: exercise machine
trans_list: Heimtrainer | Trainingsgerät
sense:
Any of a great variety of devices, powered either by electricity or by the user, used to improve strength or physical fitness.


lexentry: eng/exergue__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: exergue
trans_list: Abschnitt
sense:
(numismatics) A space beneath the main design on a coin or medal for the insertion of the date or other minor inscription.


lexentry: eng/exhale__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: exhale
trans_list: ausatmen
sense:
(intransitive) To expel air from the lungs through the nose or mouth by action of the diaphragm, to breathe out.


lexentry: eng/exhaust__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: exhaust
trans_list: Auspuff
sense:
A system consisting of the parts of an engine through which burned gases or steam are discharged; see also exhaust system.


lexentry: eng/exhaust__Verb__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: exhaust
trans_list: aufbrauchen | erschöpfen
sense:
(transitive, literally, figuratively) To use up; to deplete, drain or expend wholly, or until the supply comes to an end


lexentry: eng/exhaust_pipe__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: exhaust pipe
trans_list: Auspuff | Auspuffrohr
sense:
For internal combustion engines, any of several pipes, connected in series, that carry waste gases away from the engine and vent it to the air.


lexentry: eng/exhaust_system__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: exhaust system
trans_list: Abgasanlage
sense:
(automotive) The subsystem of an engine that takes the products of the combustion chamber through a catalytic converter and silencer to the final pipe that releases the gases to the air.


lexentry: eng/exhaust_valve__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: exhaust valve
trans_list: Abblaseventil
sense:
(in an internal combustion engine) a valve through which the products of combustion escape from the cylinder to the manifold


lexentry: eng/exhibit__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: exhibit
trans_list: ausstellen | zeigen | vorzeigen | zur Schau stellen
sense:
(transitive) To display or show (something) for others to see, especially at an exhibition or contest.


lexentry: eng/exhibitionism__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: exhibitionism
trans_list: Exhibitionismus
sense:
(pathology) The practice or character trait of deliberately displaying one's genitals, nipples, or buttocks in public.


lexentry: eng/existential_crisis__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: existential crisis
trans_list: Existenzkrise | existenzielle Krise
sense:
(existentialism) A state of panic or feeling of intense psychological discomfort about questions of existence.


lexentry: eng/existential_quantifier__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: existential quantifier
trans_list: Existenzquantor | Partikularquantor
sense:
(logic) The operator, represented by the symbol ∃, used in predicate calculus to indicate that a predicate is true for at least one member of a specified set. Verbal equivalents include "there exists" and "there is".


lexentry: eng/existentialism__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: existentialism
trans_list: Existentialismus | Existenzialismus
sense:
(philosophy, countable) The philosophical views of a particular thinker associated with the existentialist movement.


lexentry: eng/exit__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: exit
trans_list: Ausfahrt
sense:
(road transport) A minor road (such as a ramp or slip road) which is used to leave a major road (such as an expressway, highway, or motorway).


lexentry: eng/exit__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: exit
trans_list: Ausgang
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/exit_poll__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: exit poll
trans_list: Wahltagsbefragung
sense:
A poll taken of a sample of voters as they leave a voting station, used to predict the outcome of an election.


lexentry: eng/exit_strategy__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: exit strategy
trans_list: Ausstiegsstrategie | Exit-Strategie
sense:
(usually, military, politics, or, business) A well-defined plan for bringing involvement in a mission, activity, or commitment to an acceptable conclusion.


lexentry: eng/exobiology__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: exobiology
trans_list: Exobiologie
sense:
(biology, science fiction) The branch of biology dealing with lifeforms originating a different planet.


lexentry: eng/exogamy__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: exogamy
trans_list: Exogamie
sense:
marriage to a person belonging to a tribe or group other than one's own as required by custom or law


lexentry: eng/exogenous__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: exogenous
trans_list: exogen
sense:
(economics, of a model) Being or relating to a change that comes from outside the model and is not explained by the model.


lexentry: eng/exonym__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: exonym
trans_list: Exonym | Exonymon | Fremdbezeichnung
sense:
An external name for a place, people or a language used by outgroup members (such as foreigners) instead of ingroup members (such as native-language speakers).


lexentry: eng/exorcise__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: exorcise
trans_list: austreiben | exorzieren
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: Exorzismus | Teufelaustreibung | Teufelsbeschwörung
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: Exorzist | Exorzistin | Geisteraustreiber | Geisteraustreiberin | Geisterbanner | Geisterbannerin
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/exoskeleton__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: exoskeleton
trans_list: Exoskelett
sense:
(anatomy) A hard outer structure that provides both structure and protection to creatures such as insects and Crustacea.


lexentry: eng/exoteric__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: exoteric
trans_list: Staatsanwaltschaft
sense:
Of a doctrine, information, etc.: suitable to be imparted to the public without secrecy or other reservations.


lexentry: eng/exoteric__Adjective__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: exoteric
trans_list: erschwinglich
sense:
Capable of being fully or readily comprehended by the public; accessible; also, having an obvious application.


lexentry: eng/exothermic__Adjective__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: exothermic
trans_list: exotherm
sense:
(chemistry, of a compound) That releases heat during its formation, and absorbs it during its decomposition.


lexentry: eng/exotic__Adjective__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: exotic
trans_list: exotisch
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: expandieren | vergrößern
sense:
(transitive) To change (something) from a smaller form or size to a larger one; to spread out or lay open.


lexentry: eng/expanded_metal__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: expanded metal
trans_list: Streckmetall
sense:
Sheet metal that has been slit and stretched at right angles to the slits to form a lattice; used for making screens etc and for reinforcing concrete.


lexentry: eng/expected_value__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: expected value
trans_list: Erwartungswert
sense:
(probability theory) The weighted average of outcome values, using probability as the weighting function.


lexentry: eng/expectoration__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: expectoration
trans_list: Expektoration
sense:
(physiology) The action of expectorating, of ejecting phlegm or mucus from the throat or lungs by coughing, hawking, or spitting.


lexentry: eng/expediency__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: expediency
trans_list: Opportunität | Zweckdienlichkeit | Zweckmäßigkeit
sense:
(uncountable) The quality of being fit or suitable to effect some desired end or the purpose intended; suitability for particular circumstance or situation.


lexentry: eng/expedient__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: expedient
trans_list: Ausweg | Mittel | Notbehelf | Notlösung | Ausflucht | Behelf
sense:
A method or means for achieving a particular result, especially when direct or efficient; a resource.


lexentry: eng/experience__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: experience
trans_list: Erfahrung | Erlebnis
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: Erfahrung | Erlebnis
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: erfahren | erleben
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/experience_points__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: experience points
trans_list: Erfahrungspunkt
sense:
(RPG) A system of points which, when a predetermined amount is accumulated by a player character, causes them to level up. This is one of the core mechanics of many role-playing games. Abbreviations: EXP or XP.


lexentry: eng/experiment__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: experiment
trans_list: Experiment | Versuch
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/expert_system__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: expert system
trans_list: Expertensystem
sense:
(AI) A type of artificially intelligent software system, which stores expertise concerning some subject matter in a knowledge base and attempts to answer questions or solve problems in a manner which simulates the thought processes of a human expert.


lexentry: eng/expiry_date__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: expiry date
trans_list: Haltbarkeitsdatum | Mindesthaltbarkeitsdatum | Verfallsdatum
sense:
(UK) The date on which something runs out or expires and becomes out of date, in many cases needing renewal.


lexentry: eng/explain__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: explain
trans_list: erklären | erläutern
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: explodieren | platzen | sprengen
sense:
(intransitive) To fly apart with sudden violent force; to blow up, to burst, to detonate, to go off.


lexentry: eng/exploded_view__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: exploded view
trans_list: Explosionsgrafik | Explosionszeichnung
sense:
A view in a drawing showing the parts in an assembly separated outwardly, with an indication of how they fit together.


lexentry: eng/exploit__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: exploit
trans_list: ausbeuten | ausnutzen
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: ausbeuten | ausnutzen
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: Erforschung | Erkundung | Exploration | Untersuchung
sense:
The (pre-)mining process of finding and determining commercially viable ore deposits (after prospecting), also called mineral exploration.


lexentry: eng/explosion__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: explosion
trans_list: Explosion
sense:
A violent release of energy (sometimes mechanical, nuclear, or chemical); an act or instance of exploding.


lexentry: eng/exponent__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: exponent
trans_list: Exponent
sense:
(mathematics) The number by which a value (called the base) is said to be raised to a power in exponentiation: for example, the 3 in 2^3=8.


lexentry: eng/exponential__Adjective__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: exponential
trans_list: exponentiell
sense:
(mathematics) Characterised by a rate of change that is proportional to the value of the varying quantity, or, equivalently, by a doubling or halving over successive fixed intervals of time or other parameter, described as exponential growth or exponential decay.


lexentry: eng/exponential_function__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: exponential function
trans_list: Exponentialfunktion
sense:
(mathematics) Any function in which an independent variable is in the form of an exponent; they are the inverse functions of logarithms


lexentry: eng/exponential_growth__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: exponential growth
trans_list: exponentielles Wachstum
sense:
(mathematics) The growth in the value of a quantity in which the rate of growth is proportional to the instantaneous value of the quantity; for example, when the value has doubled, the rate of increase will also have doubled. The rate may be positive or negative.


lexentry: eng/exponentiate__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: exponentiate
trans_list: potenzieren
sense:
(transitive) To raise something (a number, or mathematical expression) to a power; to apply an exponent to a mathematical expression.


lexentry: eng/exponentiation__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: exponentiation
trans_list: Exponentiation
sense:
(mathematics, arithmetic) The process of calculating a power by multiplying together a number of equal factors, where the exponent specifies the number of factors to multiply.


lexentry: eng/exporter__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: exporter
trans_list: Exporteur | Exporteurin
sense:
One who, or that which, exports: especially a person who or organization that exports or sells goods made in one country for delivery in another country.


lexentry: eng/expose__Verb__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: expose
trans_list: aussetzen
sense:
To submit to an active (mostly dangerous) substance like an allergen, ozone, nicotine, solvent, or to any other stress, in order to test the reaction, resistance, etc.


lexentry: eng/expose_oneself__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: expose oneself
trans_list: Blöße
sense:
(idiomatic, euphemistic) To display one's genitalia in a public place or in other inappropriate circumstances.


lexentry: eng/exposition__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: exposition
trans_list: Exposition | Ausstellung
sense:
(authorship) The act or process of declaring or describing something through either speech or writing, in nonfiction or in fiction; the portions and aspects of a piece of writing that exist mainly to describe or explain a set of things (such as, in fiction, the setting, characters and other non-plot elements).


lexentry: eng/exposition__Noun__1
sense_num: 06
written_rep: exposition
trans_list: Einführung
sense:
(authorship) An opening section in fiction, in which background information about the characters, events or setting is conveyed.


lexentry: eng/exposure__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: exposure
trans_list: Lage
sense:
(countable, uncountable) That part which is facing or exposed to something, e.g. the sun, weather, sky, or a view.


lexentry: eng/expression__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: expression
trans_list: Ausdruck
sense:
(mathematics) An arrangement of symbols denoting values, operations performed on them, and grouping symbols.


lexentry: eng/expressionism__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: expressionism
trans_list: Expressionismus
sense:
A movement in the arts in which the artist did not depict objective reality, but rather a subjective expression of their inner experiences


lexentry: eng/expressway__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: expressway
trans_list: Autobahn
sense:
(US, regional) A divided highway, especially one whose intersections and direct access to adjacent properties have been eliminated.


lexentry: eng/expressway__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: expressway
trans_list: Kraftfahrstraße
sense:
(UK, New Zealand) A road built for high speed traffic, but not up to motorway standards or designated a motorway.


lexentry: eng/expropriate__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: expropriate
trans_list: enteignen
sense:
(transitive) To surrender a claim to private property without material compensation; to deprive oneself of private propriety rights.


lexentry: eng/expropriation__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: expropriation
trans_list: Enteignung | Expropriation
sense:
The act of expropriating; the surrender of a claim to private property without material compensation; the act of depriving oneself of private propriety rights.


lexentry: eng/expurgate__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: expurgate
trans_list: entfernen
sense:
(transitive) To edit out (incorrect, offensive, or otherwise undesirable information) from a book or other publication; to cleanse; to purge.


lexentry: eng/expurgate__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: expurgate
trans_list: entfernen
sense:
(transitive) To undertake editing out incorrect, offensive, or otherwise undesirable information from (a book or other publication); to cleanse; to purge.


lexentry: eng/extemporize__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: extemporize
trans_list: extemporieren
sense:
(intransitive) To perform or speak without prior planning or thought; to act in an impromptu manner; to improvise.


lexentry: eng/extended_family__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: extended family
trans_list: Familie
sense:
A family consisting of parents and children, along with additional members such as grandparents, grandchildren, aunts or uncles, cousins, etc.


lexentry: eng/extended_periodic_table__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: extended periodic table
trans_list: erweitertes Periodensystem
sense:
(chemistry) The periodic table extended by chemical elements beyond those currently known and proven.


lexentry: eng/extension__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: extension
trans_list: Ausdehnung
sense:
That property of a body by which it occupies a portion of space (or time, e.g. "spatiotemporal extension").


lexentry: eng/extension__Noun__1
sense_num: 06
written_rep: extension
trans_list: Ausdehnung
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: 08
written_rep: extension
trans_list: Verlängerung
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: 12
written_rep: extension
trans_list: Durchwahl
sense:
(telecommunication) A numerical code used to indicate a specific telephone in a telecommunication network.


lexentry: eng/extension__Noun__1
sense_num: 17
written_rep: extension
trans_list: Erweiterung | Ausdehnung
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/extension_cord__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: extension cord
trans_list: Verlängerungskabel | Verlängerungsschnur
sense:
(electronics, US) An electrical cord with a plug one end, and a single socket or a multi-port socket at the other end, used for powering one or more devices at a distance, too far from the wall outlet to be reached by the normal cords of the device or devices.


lexentry: eng/extension_reel__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: extension reel
trans_list: Kabeltrommel
sense:
(electronics) An extension lead that rolls up, usually into the socket end, which in some cases has more than one socket on it (often 2 or 4).


lexentry: eng/externality__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: externality
trans_list: Externalität | externer Effekt
sense:
(economics, countable) An impact, positive or negative, on any party not involved in a given economic transaction or act.


lexentry: eng/extinct__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: extinct
trans_list: erloschen
sense:
(dated) Of fire, etc.: no longer alight; of a light, etc.: no longer shining; extinguished, quenched.


lexentry: eng/extinct__Adjective__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: extinct
trans_list: aussterben | ausgestorben
sense:
(chiefly, biology) Of an animal or plant species, a class of people, a family, etc.: having died out completely; no longer in existence.


lexentry: eng/extinct__Adjective__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: extinct
trans_list: erloschen
sense:
(geology) Of a geological feature: no longer active; specifically, of a volcano: no longer erupting.


lexentry: eng/extinct__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: extinct
trans_list: auslöschen
sense:
(specifically, biology) To cause (an animal or plant species) to die out completely or become extinct (adjective sense 2.3).


lexentry: eng/extort__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: extort
trans_list: abnötigen
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: zusätzlich
sense:
(not comparable) Beyond what is due, usual, expected, or necessary; extraneous; additional; supernumerary.


lexentry: eng/extracellular_matrix__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: extracellular matrix
trans_list: EZM | Extrazellularmatrix | extrazelluläre Matrix
sense:
(anatomy, cytology, histology) All the microscopic fibres and other molecular structures that are produced by a particular type of cell#Noun but are not part of it (that is, that lie outside its cell membrane), providing support#Noun to the cells and often serving as a co-constituent of the tissue that they constitute, especially a connective tissue.


lexentry: eng/extract__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: extract
trans_list: Extrakt
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: Extrakt
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/extract__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: extract
trans_list: entnehmen | entziehen | herausziehen | ziehen
sense:
(transitive) To draw out; to pull out; to remove forcibly from a fixed position, as by traction or suction, etc.


lexentry: eng/extractor_hood__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: extractor hood
trans_list: Dunstabzugshaube | Abzugshaube | Wrasenabzug
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/extradition__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: extradition
trans_list: Auslieferung
sense:
A formal process by which a criminal suspect held by one government or jurisdiction is handed over to another government or jurisdiction for trial or, if the suspect has already been tried and found guilty, to serve his or her sentence.


lexentry: eng/extranet__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: extranet
trans_list: Extranet
sense:
(computing) A private computer network that uses Internet protocols and can be accessed by authorized individuals via the Internet.


lexentry: eng/extrapolate__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: extrapolate
trans_list: extrapolieren
sense:
(transitive, mathematics) To estimate the value of a variable outside a known range from values within that range by assuming that the estimated value follows logically from the known ones


lexentry: eng/extrapolation__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: extrapolation
trans_list: Extrapolation | Hochrechnung
sense:
(mathematics) A calculation of an estimate of the value of some function outside the range of known values.


lexentry: eng/extrasystole__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: extrasystole
trans_list: Extrasystole
sense:
(medicine) A premature contraction of the heart, producing an interruption or irregularity in heartbeat rhythm, associated with heart disease or the use of some pharmaceuticals.


lexentry: eng/extraterrestrial__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: extraterrestrial
trans_list: außerirdisch | extraterrestrisch
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: Außerirdischer | Außerirdische
sense:
A being originating from outside of the Earth's atmosphere, from space, or from another planet; an alien.


lexentry: eng/extraterritoriality__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: extraterritoriality
trans_list: Exterritorialität
sense:
(legal, uncountable) Immunity from the local laws of a certain area, especially due to diplomatic negotiation.


lexentry: eng/extreme_sport__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: extreme sport
trans_list: Extremsport
sense:
Any sport taking place at potentially dangerous speeds or heights, or involving a high level of physical exertion, highly specialized gear, or spectacular stunts.


lexentry: eng/extremist__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: extremist
trans_list: Extremist | Extremistin
sense:
(political) A person who holds extreme views, especially one who advocates such views; a radical or fanatic.


lexentry: eng/extroversion__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: extroversion
trans_list: Extraversion
sense:
(informal, _, psychology) A personality orientation towards others and things outside oneself; behavior expressing such orientation.


lexentry: eng/extroverted__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: extroverted
trans_list: extrovertiert
sense:
(informal, _, psychology) Of or characteristic of the personality of an extrovert: outgoing, sociable.


lexentry: eng/extrusion__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: extrusion
trans_list: Extrusion | Formdrücken | Formpressen | Strangpressen
sense:
A manufacturing process where a billet of material is pushed and/or drawn through a die to create a shaped rod, rail or pipe.


lexentry: eng/exude__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: exude
trans_list: absondern
sense:
(transitive) To discharge through pores or incisions, as moisture or other liquid matter; to give out.


lexentry: eng/exuviate__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: exuviate
trans_list: umladen
sense:
(ambitransitive, rare) To shed or cast off a covering, especially a skin; to slough; to molt (moult).


lexentry: eng/eye-popping__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
sense: (informal) Visually astonishing, stunning, incredible.
written_rep: eye-popping
trans_list:
atemberaubend | beeindruckend | gewaltig ins Auge fallend | in Erstaunen verrsetzend | sagenhaft | spektakulär


lexentry: eng/eye__Noun__1
sense_num: 10
written_rep: eye
trans_list: Öse
sense:
A fitting consisting of a loop of metal or other material, suitable for receiving a hook or the passage of a cord or line.


lexentry: eng/eye__Noun__1
sense_num: 11
written_rep: eye
trans_list: Auge | Knospe | Trieb
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_dialect__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: eye dialect
trans_list: Umgangssprache
sense:
(uncountable) Nonstandard spellings which, although they indicate a standard pronunciation, are deliberately substituted in place of the standard spellings, often to indicate that a speaker's regular use of language is nonstandard or dialectal.


lexentry: eng/eye_for_an_eye__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: eye for an eye
trans_list: Auge um Auge
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: Augenklappe
sense:
An opaque patch worn so as to cover an injured or infected eye or an eye socket in order to protect or conceal it, or to treat amblyopia in children.


lexentry: eng/eye_pattern__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: eye pattern
trans_list: Augendiagramm
sense:
(electronics) An oscilloscope display of a data signal passed through a transmission line, clocked synchronously to the data symbols; used to analyze the quality of transmission.


lexentry: eng/eye_socket__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: eye socket
trans_list: Augenhöhle | Orbita
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/eyeball__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: eyeball
sense:
(transitive, informal) To gauge, estimate or judge by eye, rather than measuring precisely; to look or glance at.

trans_list:
nach Augenmaß abmessen | nach Augenmaß abschätzen | nach Augenmaß hinzufügen | nach Augenmaß hinzugeben


lexentry: eng/eyebright__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: eyebright
trans_list: Augentrost
sense:
Any of the flowering plants of the genus Euphrasia, originally as used to treat eye infections. [from 16th c.]


lexentry: eng/eyelet__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: eyelet
trans_list: Schnüröse | Öse
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/eyepiece__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: eyepiece
trans_list: Okular
sense:
The lens (or the component containing a combination of lenses) at the eye end of a microscope or telescope by which the image is viewed.


lexentry: eng/eyeshade__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: eyeshade
trans_list: der Schild
sense:
(countable) A type of headgear for shielding the eyes from glaring light, usually consisting of a visor and a headband, more popular among indoor workers in the late-nineteenth and early-twentieth centuries than today.


lexentry: eng/eyeshade__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: eyeshade
trans_list: Lidschatten
sense:
(not countable) A cosmetic product which may be applied to the upper eyelid and to the area near the eye to change skin coloration.


lexentry: eng/eyewash__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: eyewash
trans_list: Augenwischerei
sense:
(countable, uncountable) The washing out of the eyes with copious solution (usually water alone) to quickly remove an irritant, as for example in laboratories and industrial plants; the washing solution itself.


lexentry: eng/f-hole__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: f-hole
trans_list: F-Loch
sense:
(musical instruments) A sound hole, shaped like a lowercase f, through the top surface of a string instrument.


lexentry: eng/f-number__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: f-number
trans_list: Öffnung
sense:
(photography) The ratio of the focal length of a lens to its diameter; a measure of the light-gathering ability of the lens.


lexentry: eng/fa__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fa
trans_list: -s
sense:
(music) A syllable used in solfège to represent the fourth diatonic (or sixth chromatic) note of a major scale.


lexentry: eng/fable__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fable
trans_list: Fabel
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/fable__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fable
trans_list: fabulieren
sense:
(intransitive, archaic) To compose fables; hence, to write or speak fiction; to write or utter what is not true.


lexentry: eng/fabliau__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fabliau
trans_list: Fabliau
sense:
A short, farcical, often bawdy tale of a genre written in the North of France in the 12th, 13th and 14th centuries.


lexentry: eng/fabric__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: fabric
trans_list: Komposition | Muster | Textur
sense:
(archaic) The structure of anything, the manner in which the parts of a thing are united; workmanship, texture, make.


lexentry: eng/fabric_softener__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: fabric softener
trans_list: Weichspüler
sense:
A chemical agent used to prevent static cling and make fabric softer by coating the surface of the cloth fibers with a thin layer of chemicals; these chemicals have lubricant properties and are electrically conductive, thus making the fibers feel smoother and preventing buildup of static electricity; usually available as a liquid or as dryer sheets.


lexentry: eng/facade__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: facade
trans_list: Fassade
sense:
(programming) An object serving as a simplified interface to a larger body of code, as in the facade pattern.


lexentry: eng/facade_pattern__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: facade pattern
trans_list: Fassade
sense:
(software, object-oriented) A structural design pattern that provides an object that is a simplified interface to a larger body of code, such as a class library.


lexentry: eng/face-down__Adverb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: face-down
trans_list: bäuch­lings
sense:
(of a person or object) In a manner such that the face, front, or surface which is normally directed forward for viewing is positioned downward.


