# translation

lexentry: eng/granola__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: granola
trans_list: γκρανόλα
sense:
A breakfast and snack food consisting of loose, crispy pellets made of nuts, rolled oats, honey and other natural ingredients.


lexentry: eng/grant__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: grant
trans_list: επιδότηση
sense:
(law) A transfer of property by deed or writing; especially, an appropriation or conveyance made by the government.


lexentry: eng/granulometric__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: granulometric
trans_list: κοκκομετρικός
sense:
(geology) Of or pertaining to granulometry (measurement of the size of grains in sedimentary deposits)


lexentry: eng/grape__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: grape
trans_list: σταφύλι
sense:
(countable) A small, round, smooth-skinned edible fruit, usually purple, red, or green, that grows in bunches on vines of genus Vitis.


lexentry: eng/grape__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: grape
trans_list: σταφύλι
sense:
(countable) Any of various fruits or plants with varying resemblances to those of genus Vitis but belonging to other genera; their edibility varies.


lexentry: eng/graph__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: graph
trans_list: γράφημα
sense:
(mathematics) A set of points constituting a graphical representation of a real function; (formally) a set of tuples (x_1, x_2, \ldots, x_m, y)\in\R^{m+1}, where y=f(x_1, x_2, \ldots, x_m) for a given function f: \R^m\rightarrow\R. See also w:Graph of a function on Wikipedia.Wikipedia


lexentry: eng/graph__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: graph
trans_list: γράφημα | γράφος
sense:
(graph theory) A set of vertices (or nodes) connected together by edges; (formally) an ordered pair of sets (V,E), where the elements of V are called vertices or nodes and E is a set of pairs (called edges) of elements of V. See also w:Graph (discrete mathematics) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia


lexentry: eng/graph_theory__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: graph theory
trans_list: θεωρία γράφων
sense:
(uncountable, mathematics) The branch of mathematics dealing with the properties of graphs (networks of vertices and edges).


lexentry: eng/grapheme__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: grapheme
trans_list: γράφημα
sense:
(Unicode) A sequence of one or more code points that are processed and displayed as a single graphical unit of a writing system.


lexentry: eng/graphene__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: graphene
trans_list: γραφένιο
sense:
(inorganic chemistry) An arbitrarily large-scale, one-atom-thick layer of graphite, an allotrope of carbon, that has remarkable electric characteristics.


lexentry: eng/graphic__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: graphic
trans_list: εικόνα
sense:
(mostly in plural) A computer-generated image as viewed on a screen forming part of a game or a film etc.


lexentry: eng/graphical_user_interface__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: graphical user interface
trans_list: γραφική διεπαφή χρήστη
sense:
(computing) A type of user interface which allows people to interact with a computer through a metaphor of direct manipulation of graphical images and widgets in addition to text.


lexentry: eng/graphics__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: graphics
trans_list: γραφικά
sense:
(computing) The pictorial representation and manipulation of data; the process by which a computer displays data.


lexentry: eng/graphite__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: graphite
trans_list: γραφίτης
sense:
An allotrope of carbon, consisting of planes of carbon atoms arranged in hexagonal arrays with the planes stacked loosely, that is used as a dry lubricant, in "lead" pencils, and as a moderator in some nuclear reactors.


lexentry: eng/grappa__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: grappa
trans_list: γκράπα
sense:
(uncountable) An Italian grape-based spirit of between 80 and 100 proof, made from the distillation of pomace.


lexentry: eng/grass__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: grass
trans_list: χορτάρι | χόρτο
sense:
(countable, uncountable) Any plant of the family Poaceae, characterized by leaves that arise from nodes in the stem and leaf bases that wrap around the stem, especially those grown as ground cover rather than for grain.


lexentry: eng/grasshopper__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: grasshopper
trans_list: ακρίδα
sense:
A mostly herbivorous insect of the order Orthoptera, noted for its ability to jump long distances and for the habit of some species communicating by stridulation; they are related to but distinct from crickets.


lexentry: eng/grater__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: grater
trans_list: τρίφτης
sense:
a tool with which one grates, especially foods such as cheese, to facilitate getting small particles or shreds off a solid lump


lexentry: eng/grave_accent__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: grave accent
trans_list: βαρεία
sense:
(countable) A diacritic mark ( ` ) used in many languages to distinguish the pronunciations of vowels.


lexentry: eng/gravel__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: gravel
trans_list: χαλίκι
sense:
(uncountable) Small fragments of rock, used for laying on the beds of roads and railways, and as ballast.


lexentry: eng/graveyard__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: graveyard
trans_list: νεκροταφείο
sense:
(figuratively, by extension) A final storage place for collections of things that are no longer useful or useable.


lexentry: eng/gravitation__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: gravitation
trans_list: βαρύτητα
sense:
(physics) The fundamental force of attraction that exists between all matter in the universe, caused by the curvature of spacetime caused by matter. It is the weakest of the four fundamental interactions, and possesses a gauge boson known as the graviton.


lexentry: eng/gravitational_force__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: gravitational force
trans_list: βαρύτητα
sense:
(physics) A very long-range, but relatively weak fundamental force of attraction that acts between all particles that have mass; believed to be mediated by gravitons.


lexentry: eng/gravitational_lensing__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: gravitational lensing
trans_list: βαρυτοπρίσμωση | βαρυτοπρισμάτωση
sense:
(astronomy) The action of a highly-massive object (such as a star, galaxy, or black hole) that acts as a gravitational lens and focuses light from a light source (such as another star or galaxy) that passes behind it as observed from the Earth.


lexentry: eng/gravitational_wave__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: gravitational wave
trans_list: βαρυτικά κύματα
sense:
(relativity) A fluctuation in spacetime caused by accelerating mass, which propagates as a wave at the speed of light.


lexentry: eng/graviton__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: graviton
trans_list: βαρυτόνιο
sense:
(particle) A hypothetical gauge boson that regulates the gravitational force. It would have a spin of 2 and zero rest mass.


lexentry: eng/gravity__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: gravity
trans_list: βαρύτητα
sense:
(physics) The phenomenon that, on earth, objects have weight; the similar phenomenon on other celestial bodies such as the moon.


lexentry: eng/gravity__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: gravity
trans_list: βαρύτητα
sense:
(loosely, see usage notes) Gravitation, the universal force exercised by two bodies on each other by virtue of their masses.


lexentry: eng/gravity__Noun__1
sense_num: 06
written_rep: gravity
trans_list: βαρύτητα | σοβαρότητα | δριμύτητα
sense:
(physics) A law or laws of gravitation: any theory which attempts to account for the phenomena of weight and/or the mutual attraction of massive objects (Aristotelian gravity, Newtonian gravity).


lexentry: eng/gravure__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: gravure
trans_list: γκραβούρα | χαλκογραφία
sense:
(arts, printing) A type of intaglio printing process, in which an image is engraved onto a rotating copper cylinder.


lexentry: eng/gray__Noun__2
sense_num: 01
written_rep: gray
trans_list: γκρέυ
sense:
In the International System of Units, the derived unit of absorbed dose of radiation (radiation absorbed by a patient); one joule of energy absorbed per kilogram of the patient's mass. Symbol: Gy


lexentry: eng/grayling__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: grayling
trans_list: θύμαλλος
sense:
Any freshwater fish of the genus Thymallus or specifically Thymallus thymallus, of the salmon family, having a large dorsal fin.


lexentry: eng/great_ape__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: great ape
trans_list: ανθρωπίδες
sense:
Any member of the taxonomic family Hominidae, including Homo, and also many similar extinct species.


lexentry: eng/great_minds_think_alike__Proverb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: great minds think alike
trans_list: τα μεγάλα πνεύματα συναντώνται
sense:
Used to emphasize a coincidence, or two people reaching the same conclusion in any manner at the same time.


lexentry: eng/great_northern_diver__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: great northern diver
trans_list: παγοβούτι
sense:
(UK, Ireland) A large member of the diver family, Gavia immer, commonly breeding in North America, where it is known as the as common loon.


lexentry: eng/great_white_shark__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: great white shark
trans_list: λευκός καρχαρίας
sense:
A large shark, Carcharodon carcharias, of coastal surface waters in all major oceans that feeds on fish and marine mammals.


lexentry: eng/greater__Adjective__2
sense_num: 01
written_rep: greater
trans_list: μεγάλος
sense:
Of two (or, rarely, more than two) things: the larger in size (bigger), in value, in importance etc.


lexentry: eng/greater__Adjective__2
sense_num: 02
written_rep: greater
trans_list: μεγάλος
sense:
(usually, capitalized) Including the surrounding urban areas and conurbation (of a city or other large settlement).


lexentry: eng/greatest_common_divisor__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: greatest common divisor
trans_list: μέγιστος κοινός διαιρέτης
sense:
(arithmetic, number theory) The largest positive integer (respectively polynomial, element of a given ring) that is a divisor of each of a given set of integers (respectively polynomials, elements of a given ring).


lexentry: eng/greave__Noun__3
sense_num: 01
written_rep: greave
trans_list: κνημίδα
sense:
A piece of armour that protects the leg, especially the shin, and occasionally the tops of the feet.


lexentry: eng/grebe__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: grebe
trans_list: βουτηχτάρα
sense:
Any of several waterbirds in the cosmopolitan family Podicipedidae. They have strong, sharp bills, and lobate toes.


lexentry: eng/greed__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: greed
trans_list: απληστία
sense:
A selfish or excessive desire for more than is needed or deserved, especially of money, wealth, food, or other possessions.


lexentry: eng/green__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: green
trans_list: πράσινο | πράσινος
sense:
The colour of grass and leaves; a primary additive colour midway between yellow and cyan which is evoked by light between roughly roughly 495–570 nm.


lexentry: eng/green_roof__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: green roof
trans_list: οροφόκηπος
sense:
A roof of a house or other building which is covered with soil and grass, plants, trees, or other landscaping materials.


lexentry: eng/green_tea__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: green tea
trans_list: πράσινο τσάι
sense:
Leaves of the tea plant which are treated with steam or roasted to denature the enzymes that cause the leaves to darken and change taste. (Without this step they would become oolong tea or black tea).


lexentry: eng/green_wave__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: green wave
trans_list: πράσινο κύμα
sense:
A purposefully designed timing of a series of traffic lights to produce a green light for cars travelling at the correct speed as they arrive at the lights.


lexentry: eng/greenfinch__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: greenfinch
trans_list: φλώρος
sense:
European greenfinch, a common Old World finch (Chloris chloris, syn. Carduelis chloris), mainly green with yellow in the wings and tail.


lexentry: eng/greengage__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: greengage
trans_list: πράσινο δαμάσκηνο
sense:
A plum cultivar with greenish-yellow flesh and skin, Prunus domestica subsp. italica var. claudiana.


lexentry: eng/greengrocer__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: greengrocer
trans_list: μανάβης
sense:
(chiefly, British, Commonwealth, Irish) A person who sells fresh vegetables and fruit, normally from a relatively small shop.


lexentry: eng/greenhouse__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: greenhouse
trans_list: θερμοκήπιο
sense:
A building used to grow plants, particularly one with large glass windows or plastic sheeting to trap heat from sunlight even in intemperate seasons or climates.


lexentry: eng/greenhouse_effect__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: greenhouse effect
trans_list: φαινόμενο του θερμοκηπίου
sense:
(climatology, climate change) The process by which a planet is heated by solar radiation which is retained by its atmosphere.


lexentry: eng/greenhouse_gas__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: greenhouse gas
trans_list: αέριο του θερμοκηπίου
sense:
Any gas (such as carbon dioxide, a chlorofluorocarbon (CFC), or methane) that contributes to the greenhouse effect when released into the atmosphere by absorbing infrared radiation emitted by a planet's surface, thus increasing the surface temperature.


lexentry: eng/greenschist__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: greenschist
trans_list: πάρκο
sense:
(rock) A metamorphic rock formed at low temperature and pressure, often with an abundance of green minerals such as chlorite, serpentine, and epidote.


lexentry: eng/greenspace__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: greenspace
trans_list: πάρκο
sense:
An area of undeveloped landscape, such as park land left within a city during planning and zoning other areas for development.


lexentry: eng/greenway__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: greenway
trans_list: πάρκο
sense:
A corridor of undeveloped or park land, set aside for environmental protection or recreational and primarily non-motorized use, such as bicycle paths.


lexentry: eng/greeting__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: greeting
trans_list: χαιρετισμός
sense:
A conventional phrase used to start a letter or conversation or otherwise to acknowledge a person's arrival or presence.


lexentry: eng/greeting_card__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: greeting card
trans_list: ευχετήρια κάρτα
sense:
A card, typically folded in half and available commercially, that is sent to someone as a greeting. (This entry is a translation hub.)


lexentry: eng/gremlin__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: gremlin
trans_list: καλικάντζαρος
sense:
(mythological creature) An imaginary creature reputed to be mischievously inclined, for example, to damage or dismantle machinery.


lexentry: eng/grenade__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: grenade
trans_list: χειροβομβίδα
sense:
A small explosive device, designed to be thrown by hand or launched using a rifle, grenade launcher, or rocket.


lexentry: eng/grenadier__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: grenadier
trans_list: γρεναδιέρος
sense:
(military) A type of soldier, originally one who threw grenades, later a member of a company formed from the tallest men of the regiment; now specifically, a member of the Grenadier Guards of Canada and the United Kingdom.


lexentry: eng/grey_area__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: grey area
trans_list: γκρίζα ζώνη
sense:
(idiomatic) An area intermediate between two mutually exclusive states or categories, where the border between the two is fuzzy or ill-defined.


lexentry: eng/grey_matter__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: grey matter
trans_list: φαιά ουσία
sense:
(neuroanatomy) A collection of cell bodies and (usually) dendritic connections, in contrast to white matter.


lexentry: eng/grey_wolf__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: grey wolf
trans_list: Βολφ
sense:
A large canid, Canis lupus, once found throughout forested areas of northern Europe, Asia and America; it shares a common ancestry with the domestic dog.


lexentry: eng/gridlock__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: gridlock
trans_list: μποτιλιάρισμα
sense:
(road transport) A condition of total, interlocking traffic congestion on the streets or highways of a crowded city, in which no one can move because everyone is in someone else's way.


lexentry: eng/gridlock__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: gridlock
trans_list: μποτιλιάρισμα
sense:
On a smaller scale, the situation in which cars enter a signal-controlled intersection too late during the green light cycle, and are unable to clear the intersection (due to congestion in the next block) when the light turns red, thus blocking the cross traffic when it's their turn to go. Repeated at enough intersections, this phenomenon can lead to citywide gridlock.


lexentry: eng/gridlock__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: gridlock
trans_list: αδιέξοδο
sense:
(figuratively, by extension) Any paralysis of a complex system due to severe congestion, conflict, or deadlock.


lexentry: eng/grief__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: grief
trans_list: θλίψη | οδύνη | πόνος | συντριβή
sense:
Emotional pain, generally arising from misfortune, significant personal loss, bereavement, misconduct of oneself or others, etc.; sorrow; sadness. [from early 14th c.]


lexentry: eng/grievance__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: grievance
trans_list: παράπονο
sense:
(countable, human resources) A formal complaint, especially in the context of a unionized workplace.


lexentry: eng/grill__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: grill
trans_list: μάσκα
sense:
On a vehicle, a slotted cover as above, to protect and hide the radiator, while admitting air to cool it.


lexentry: eng/grill__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: grill
trans_list: σχάρα | ψησταριά
sense:
(US) A cooking device comprising a source of radiative and convective heat and a means of holding food above it; a barbecue.


lexentry: eng/grimoire__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: grimoire
trans_list: γριμόριο
sense:
(occult) A book of instructions in the use of alchemy or magic, especially one containing spells for summoning demons.


lexentry: eng/gristmill__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: gristmill
trans_list: αλευρόμυλος
sense:
A mill that grinds grain, especially grain brought by a farmer to be exchanged for the resulting flour (less a percentage).


lexentry: eng/grit__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: grit
trans_list: άμμος
sense:
A collection of hard small materials, such as dirt, ground stone, debris from sandblasting or other such grinding, or swarf from metalworking.


lexentry: eng/groceries__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: groceries
trans_list: ψώνια
sense:
Retail foodstuffs and other household supplies; the commodities sold by a grocer or in a grocery store.


lexentry: eng/groin__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: groin
trans_list: βουβώνας | αχαμνά
sense:
The crease or depression of the human body at the junction of the trunk and the thigh, together with the surrounding region.


lexentry: eng/groin_vault__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: groin vault
trans_list: σταυροθόλιο
sense:
(architecture) A vault resulting from the intersection of two barrel-vaults crossing in a right angle. Its thrusts are concentrated along the groins or arrises and eventually at the four corners


lexentry: eng/grok__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: grok
trans_list: καταλαβαίνω
sense:
(transitive, slang) To understand (something) intuitively, to know (something) without having to think intellectually.


lexentry: eng/grok__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: grok
trans_list: καταλαβαίνω
sense:
(transitive, slang) To fully and completely understand something in all of its details and intricacies.


lexentry: eng/groove__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: groove
trans_list: αυλάκωση
sense:
A long, narrow channel or depression; e.g., such a slot cut into a hard material to provide a location for an engineering component, a tyre groove, or a geological channel or depression.


lexentry: eng/grope__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: grope
trans_list: πασπατεύω
sense:
To search or attempt to find something in the dark, or, as a blind person, by feeling; to move about hesitatingly, as in darkness or obscurity; to feel one's way, as with the hands, when one can not see.


lexentry: eng/gross_domestic_product__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: gross domestic product
trans_list: ακαθάριστο εγχώριο προϊόν | ΑΕΠ
sense:
(economics) A measure of the economic production of a particular territory in financial capital terms over a specific time period.


lexentry: eng/gross_national_income__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: gross national income
trans_list: εθνικό εισόδημα
sense:
(economics) A more recent designation for gross national product, the total market value of all the goods and services produced by a nation.


lexentry: eng/gross_national_product__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: gross national product
trans_list: ακαθάριστο εθνικό προϊόν
sense:
(economics) The total market value of all the goods and services produced by a nation (citizens of a country, whether living at home or abroad) during a specified period.


lexentry: eng/gross_out__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: gross out
trans_list: αηδιάζω
sense:
(informal, transitive, mostly, North America) To sicken or distress (someone) by being disgusting, gory, or lewd.


lexentry: eng/grotto__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: grotto
trans_list: σπηλιά
sense:
A local organization of cavers that typically organizes trips to caves and provides information and training for caving; a caving club.


lexentry: eng/ground__Noun__1
sense_num: 17
written_rep: ground
trans_list: γείωση
sense:
(electricity, Canadian, and, US) An electrical conductor connected to the earth, or a large conductor whose electrical potential is taken as zero (such as a steel chassis).


lexentry: eng/ground_frost__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: ground frost
trans_list: πάγος
sense:
Ice produced by the direct deposition of water vapor on grass, trees and other objects in freezing conditions.


lexentry: eng/group__Noun__1
sense_num: 14
written_rep: group
trans_list: ομάδα
sense:
(sports) A set of teams playing each other in the same division, while not during the same period playing any teams that belong to other sets in the division.


lexentry: eng/grouper__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: grouper
trans_list: ροφός
sense:
Any of various large food and game fishes of the subfamily Epinephelinae, especially the genera Epinephelus and Mycteroperca, which inhabit warm seas.


lexentry: eng/grouse__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: grouse
trans_list: αγριόγαλος
sense:
(countable) Any of various game birds of the subfamily Tetraoninae which inhabit temperate and subarctic regions of the Northern Hemisphere; specifically, the red grouse (Lagopus lagopus scotica) native to heather moorland on the British Isles. [from 1530s]


lexentry: eng/grouse__Verb__2
sense_num: 01
written_rep: grouse
trans_list: γκρινιάζω | μουρμουρίζω
sense:
(intransitive, originally, military, _, slang, informal) To complain or grumble. [from late 19th c.]


lexentry: eng/growing_season__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: growing season
trans_list: καλλιεργητική περίοδος
sense:
the part of a year when weather conditions and temperatures are favourable for the growth of plants and trees.


lexentry: eng/groyne__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: groyne
trans_list: στάχυ
sense:
An often wooden structure that projects from a coastline to prevent erosion, longshore drift etc.; a breakwater.


lexentry: eng/grudge__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: grudge
trans_list: μνησικακία | άχτι | μανιάτικο
sense:
(countable) Deep-seated and/or long-term animosity or ill will about something or someone, especially due to perceived mistreatment.


lexentry: eng/grue__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: grue
trans_list: πρασινογάλαζος
sense:
(philosophy) Of an object, green when first observed before a specified time or blue when first observed after that time.


lexentry: eng/grue__Adjective__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: grue
trans_list: γαλαζοπράσινος | πρασινογάλαζος
sense:
(linguistics) A single color inclusive of both green and blue as different shades, used in translations from languages such as Old Welsh and Old Chinese that lacked a distinction between green and blue.


lexentry: eng/grumble__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: grumble
trans_list: γκρινιάζω | γογγύζω
sense:
(intransitive) To complain; to murmur or mutter with discontent; to make ill-natured complaints in a low voice and a surly manner.


lexentry: eng/grunt__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: grunt
trans_list: γρύλισμα | γρυλισμός | γρυλλισμός
sense:
A short snorting sound, often to show disapproval, or used as a reply when one is reluctant to speak.


lexentry: eng/guacamole__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: guacamole
trans_list: γουακαμόλε
sense:
An avocado-based greenish dip with onions, tomato, and spices, common to Mexican cuisine and often served with tortilla chips.


lexentry: eng/guanaco__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: guanaco
trans_list: γουανάκος
sense:
A South American ruminant (Lama guanicoe), closely related to the other lamoids, the alpaca, llama, and vicuña in the family Camelidae.


lexentry: eng/guard__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: guard
trans_list: φρουρώ | φυλάω | φυλάσσω
sense:
(transitive) To protect from danger; to secure against surprise, attack, or injury; to keep in safety; to defend.


lexentry: eng/guard__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: guard
trans_list: φυλάω
sense:
(transitive) To keep watch over, in order to prevent escape or restrain from acts of violence, or the like.


lexentry: eng/guava__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: guava
trans_list: γκουάβα | γκουαγιάβα
sense:
Its yellowish tropical fruit, 1¼ to 2 inches, globular or pear-shaped with thin, yellow, green or brown skin, is often made into jams and jellies. The meat can be yellowish to pale green or pink in color, depending on the variety.


lexentry: eng/guerrilla__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: guerrilla
trans_list: αντάρτης
sense:
A soldier in a small independent group, fighting against the government or regular forces by surprise raids.


lexentry: eng/guerrilla_warfare__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: guerrilla warfare
trans_list: ανταρτοπόλεμος | αντάρτικο
sense:
Combat using groups of irregular, light, mobile troops within areas occupied by an enemy force, usually through hit-and-run tactics.


lexentry: eng/guest__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: guest
trans_list: φιλοξενούμαι
sense:
(intransitive) As a musician: to play as a guest, providing an instrument that a band/orchestra does not normally have in its line up (for instance, percussion in a string band).


lexentry: eng/guest_book__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: guest book
trans_list: βιβλίο επισκεπτών
sense:
a type of ledger in which visitors to a particular establishment, such as a bed and breakfast or a museum, may leave comments about the establishment.


lexentry: eng/guide__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: guide
trans_list: ξεναγός | οδηγός
sense:
Someone who guides, especially someone hired to show people around a place or an institution and offer information and explanation, or to lead them through dangerous terrain.


lexentry: eng/guide_book__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: guide book
trans_list: οδηγός
sense:
A book that provides guidance, but especially one designed for travellers which provides local tourist information about a particular country or area.


lexentry: eng/guide_dog__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: guide dog
trans_list: σκυλί για τυφλούς
sense:
A dog that is trained to be of assistance to a vision-impaired or hearing-impaired person and is thus able to guide them.


lexentry: eng/guided_missile__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: guided missile
trans_list: πύραυλος
sense:
An unmanned, self-propelled vehicle that travels through the air to deliver a warhead to a predetermined point, keeping itself on course by making corrections via its control surfaces.


lexentry: eng/guild__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: guild
trans_list: ανθοδέσμη
sense:
A group or association mainly of tradespeople made up of merchants, craftspeople, or artisans, particularly in the Middle Ages, established to oversee and protect their specific commercial interests and to provide mutual aid.


lexentry: eng/guilder__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: guilder
trans_list: γκούλντεν
sense:
The current currency unit in the islands in the former Netherlands Antilles, divided into 100 cents.


lexentry: eng/guillemet__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: guillemet
trans_list: εισαγωγικά
sense:
Either of the punctuation marks « or », used in several languages to indicate passages of speech. Similar to typical quotation marks used in the English language, such as “ and ”.


lexentry: eng/guillemot__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: guillemot
trans_list: κόλυμβος | ουρία
sense:
Any seabird belonging to the genera Uria and Cepphus of the auk family Alcidae. They have black and white bodies and are good at swimming and diving.


lexentry: eng/guillotine__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: guillotine
trans_list: γκιλοτίνα | καρμανιόλα | λαιμητόμος
sense:
(historical, also, figuratively) A machine used for the application of capital punishment by decapitation, consisting of a tall upright frame from which is suspended a heavy diagonal-edged blade which is dropped onto the neck of the person to be executed; also, execution using this machine.


lexentry: eng/guillotine__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: guillotine
trans_list: μαχαίρι
sense:
A device used for cutting the pages of books, stacks of paper, etc., to straight edges, usually by means of a hinged or sliding blade attached to a flat platform.


lexentry: eng/guinea__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: guinea
trans_list: γκινέα
sense:
(British, historical) A gold coin originally worth twenty shillings; later (from 1717 until the adoption of decimal currency) standardised at a value of twenty-one shillings.


lexentry: eng/guise__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: guise
trans_list: εμφάνιση
sense:
Customary way of speaking or acting; fashion, manner, practice (often used formerly in such phrases as "at his own guise"; that is, in his own fashion, to suit himself.)


lexentry: eng/guitar__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: guitar
trans_list: κιθάρα
sense:
(musical instrument) A stringed musical instrument, of European origin, usually with a fretted fingerboard and six strings, played with the fingers or a plectrum (guitar pick).


lexentry: eng/gulag__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: gulag
trans_list: γκουλάγκ
sense:
(historical) Also GULAG: the system of all Soviet labour camps and prisons in use, especially during the Stalinist period (1930s–1950s).


lexentry: eng/gulch__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: gulch
trans_list: φαράγγι
sense:
A ravine-like or deep V-shaped valley, often eroded by flash floods; shallower than a canyon and deeper than a gully.


lexentry: eng/gules__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: gules
trans_list: ερυθρό
sense:
(tincture) Red, e.g. on a coat of arms, typically represented in engraving by vertical parallel lines.


lexentry: eng/gumbo__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: gumbo
trans_list: μπάμια
sense:
(countable) A soup or stew popular in Louisiana, consisting of a strong stock, meat or shellfish, a thickener (often okra), and the "Holy Trinity" of celery, bell peppers, and onions.


lexentry: eng/gun__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: gun
trans_list: κανόνι
sense:
(military) A cannon with relatively long barrel, operating with relatively low angle of fire, and having a high muzzle velocity.


lexentry: eng/gun__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: gun
trans_list: τουφέκι
sense:
A less portable, long firearm that fires bullets or projectiles; a rifle, either manual, automatic or semi-automatic; a flintlock, musket or shotgun.


lexentry: eng/gun__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: gun
trans_list: πιστόλι | περίστροφο
sense:
A very portable, short firearm, for hand use, which fires bullets or projectiles, such as a handgun, revolver, pistol, or Derringer.


lexentry: eng/gunfire__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: gunfire
trans_list: φωτιά
sense:
(chiefly, military) The use of gunpowder-type weapons, mainly cannon, as opposed to swords or bayonets.


lexentry: eng/gunpowder__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: gunpowder
trans_list: μπαρούτι
sense:
An explosive mixture of saltpetre (potassium nitrate), charcoal and sulphur; formerly used in gunnery but now mostly used in fireworks.


lexentry: eng/gurnard__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: gurnard
trans_list: τρίγλη | χελιδονόψαρο
sense:
(loosely) Other fish with appearance like that of members of family Triglidae, such as certain of those in families Dactylopteridae, Peristediidae, and Scorpaenidae.


lexentry: eng/gusset__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: gusset
trans_list: τσόντα
sense:
A small piece of cloth inserted in a garment, for the purpose of strengthening some part or giving it a tapering enlargement cf. godet.


lexentry: eng/gutsy__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: gutsy
trans_list: γενναίος
sense:
(informal) Marked by courage, determination or boldness in the face of difficulties or danger; having guts.


lexentry: eng/gutta__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: gutta
trans_list: ρανίδα
sense:
(architectural element) A small water-repelling, cone-shaped projection used in the architrave of the Doric order in classical architecture.


lexentry: eng/guv__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: guv
trans_list: αρχηγός
sense:
(UK, Irish, chiefly, London, informal) A form of address to a man, usually a stranger or a superior.


lexentry: eng/guzzle__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: guzzle
trans_list: περιδρομιάζω
sense:
To drink or eat quickly, voraciously, or to excess; to gulp down; to swallow greedily, continually, or with gusto.


lexentry: eng/guzzle__Verb__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: guzzle
trans_list: περιδρομιάζω
sense:
(by extension) To consume anything quickly, greedily, or to excess, as if with insatiable thirst; often said of gas-powered vehicles.


lexentry: eng/gymnasium__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: gymnasium
trans_list: γυμνάσιο | λύκειο
sense:
A type of secondary school in some European countries which typically prepares students for university; grammar school, prep school


lexentry: eng/gymnastics__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: gymnastics
trans_list: γυμναστική
sense:
A sport involving the performance of sequences of movements requiring physical strength, flexibility, and kinesthetic awareness.


lexentry: eng/gynaecologist__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: gynaecologist
trans_list: γυναικολόγος
sense:
(Australia, British spelling, Commonwealth) (Canadian spelling, also common) A physician who specialises in diseases of the female reproductive system.


lexentry: eng/gynecology__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: gynecology
trans_list: γυναικολογία
sense:
The study of, or the branch of medicine specializing in, the medical problems of women, especially disorders of the reproductive organs.


lexentry: eng/gynecomastia__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: gynecomastia
trans_list: γυναικομαστία
sense:
(American spelling, diseases) Excessive development of breasts in males, resembling the breast development in women.


lexentry: eng/gypsy__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: gypsy
trans_list: τσιγγάνος
sense:
(colloquial) An itinerant person or any person, not necessarily Romani; a tinker, a traveller or a carny.


lexentry: eng/gyrfalcon__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: gyrfalcon
trans_list: ασπρογέρακας
sense:
Falco rusticolus, a large bird of prey that breeds on Arctic coasts and islands of North America, Europe and Asia.


lexentry: eng/gyroscope__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: gyroscope
trans_list: γυροσκόπιο
sense:
An apparatus composed of a wheel which spins inside of a frame (gimbal) and causes the balancing of the frame in any direction or position. In the form of a gyroscopic stabilizer, used to help keep aircraft and ships steady.


lexentry: eng/habilitation__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: habilitation
trans_list: υφηγεσία
sense:
An academic qualification, prerequiring a PhD, required in order to gain tenure as a professor in some European universities; a thesis or dissertation presented to achieve the qualification.


lexentry: eng/habitation__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: habitation
trans_list: κατοίκηση
sense:
(uncountable) The act of inhabiting; state of inhabiting or dwelling, or of being inhabited; occupancy.


lexentry: eng/habitual__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: habitual
trans_list: σύνηθες
sense:
Of or relating to a habit; established as a habit; performed over and over again; recurrent, recurring.


lexentry: eng/hack__Verb__1
sense_num: 07
written_rep: hack
trans_list: χακάρω
sense:
(transitive, slang, computing) To hack into; to gain unauthorized access to (a computer system, e.g., a website, or network) by manipulating code.


lexentry: eng/hack__Verb__1
sense_num: 08
written_rep: hack
trans_list: χακάρω
sense:
(transitive, slang, computing, by extension) To gain unauthorised access to a computer or online account belonging to (a person or organisation).


lexentry: eng/hacker__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: hacker
trans_list: χάκερ
sense:
(computer security, telecommunications) One who uses a computer to gain unauthorized access to data stored in, or to carry out malicious attacks on, computer networks or computer systems.


lexentry: eng/hadith__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: hadith
trans_list: χαντίθ
sense:
(countable, religion, Islam) An eyewitness account of a saying or action of Muhammad or sometimes one of his companions not otherwise found in the Quran.


lexentry: eng/hadron__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: hadron
trans_list: αδρόνιο
sense:
(particle) A composite particle that comprises two or more quarks held together by the strong force and (consequently) can interact with other particles via said force; a meson or a baryon.


lexentry: eng/haemophilia__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: haemophilia
trans_list: αιμοφιλία
sense:
(British spelling, pathology) Any of several hereditary illnesses that impair the body's ability to control bleeding, usually passed from mother to son.


lexentry: eng/hafnium__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: hafnium
trans_list: άφνιο
sense:
A chemical element (symbol Hf) with an atomic number of 72: a lustrous, silvery-grey tetravalent transition metal.


lexentry: eng/hagiographer__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: hagiographer
trans_list: υμνήτρια | υμνητής
sense:
(figuratively, derogatory) Someone who writes in an excessively flattering and laudatory way about a person (as if that person were a saint).


lexentry: eng/haiku__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: haiku
trans_list: χαϊκού
sense:
A Japanese poem in three lines, the first and last consisting of five morae, and the second consisting of seven morae, usually with an emphasis on the season or a naturalistic theme.


lexentry: eng/hail__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: hail
trans_list: χαλάζι
sense:
(meteorology, uncountable) Balls or pieces of ice falling as precipitation, often in connection with a thunderstorm.


lexentry: eng/hair__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: hair
trans_list: τρίχα
sense:
(countable) A pigmented filament of keratin which grows from a follicle on the skin of humans and other mammals.


lexentry: eng/hair__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: hair
trans_list: μαλλιά | μαλλί | τρίχες
sense:
(uncountable) The collection or mass of such growths growing from the skin of humans and animals, and forming a covering for a part of the head or for any part or the whole body.


lexentry: eng/hair_conditioner__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: hair conditioner
trans_list: μαλακτικό
sense:
(cosmetics) A type of shampoo product that aims to improve the condition of the hair, especially after washing.


lexentry: eng/hair_spray__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: hair spray
trans_list: βερνίκι
sense:
A usually scented hairstyling product in aerosol form that stiffens the hair, so it stays in a certain hairstyle.


lexentry: eng/halberd__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: halberd
trans_list: αλαβάρδα
sense:
A two-handed pole weapon, consisting of a long pole with an axe-like blade mounted on it (at a right angle like an axe, not on the tip like a spear), and (opposite the blade) typically a spike or hook.


lexentry: eng/halcyon__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: halcyon
trans_list: αλκυόνη
sense:
A tropical kingfisher of the genus Halcyon, such as the sacred kingfisher (Halcyon sancta) of Australia.


lexentry: eng/half-ass__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: half-ass
trans_list: τσαπατσούλης
sense:
(sometimes considered, vulgar, slang) Produced in an incompetent or desultory manner, or of something lacking in quality or substance; of low rank; incompetent.


lexentry: eng/half-breed__Adjective__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: half-breed
trans_list: μιγάς
sense:
(of an animal or plant) Hybridized; having one purebred parent; descended from parents of different breeds or with different traits


lexentry: eng/half-breed__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: half-breed
trans_list: μιγάς
sense:
(derogatory) A person of mixed racial parentage or ancestry, especially one of mixed white and American Indian parentage (metis, métis, Metis, Métis; mestizo).


lexentry: eng/half-life__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: half-life
trans_list: χρόνος ημιζωής
sense:
(physics) The time required for half the nuclei in a sample of an isotope to undergo radioactive decay.


lexentry: eng/half-mast__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: half-mast
trans_list: μεσίστια
sense:
The lowered position, half the height of a mast, at which a flag is flown when mourning, especially expressing respect for the dead.


lexentry: eng/half-moon__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: half-moon
trans_list: ημισέληνος
sense:
The moon in its first or last quarter when only half the visible face is illuminated; a quarter moon.


lexentry: eng/half-year__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: half-year
trans_list: εξάμηνο
sense:
The period of time equal to half a year; normally referred to as 6 months, but a half-year is more exactly 182.5 days (without a leap day)


lexentry: eng/half__Adjective__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: half
trans_list: μισός | ήμισυς
sense:
Consisting of some indefinite portion resembling a half; approximately a half, whether more or less; partial; imperfect.


lexentry: eng/half__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: half
trans_list: μισό | μισός
sense:
One of two usually roughly equal parts into which anything may be divided, or considered as divided.


lexentry: eng/half__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: half
trans_list: μισό
sense:
(British) half a pint of beer or cider. (Refusing a pint) Just a half, thank you. (Offering to top up a pint glass) Do you want a half in that? (Minimizing the amount of drink taken) A swift half at the Pear Tree.


lexentry: eng/half_brother__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: half brother
trans_list: ετεροθαλής αδελφός
sense:
A male sibling sharing a single parent, as distinguished from a full brother or brother-german, from a step-brother, or from a brother-like figure such as a blood brother.


lexentry: eng/halibut__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: halibut
trans_list: ιππόγλωσσα
sense:
A large flatfish of the genus Hippoglossus, which sometimes leaves the ocean floor and swims vertically.


lexentry: eng/hall_of_fame__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: hall of fame
trans_list: αίθουσα της φήμης
sense:
(usually, capitalized, often, _, sports) A structure housing memorials to famous or illustrious individuals (especially ones of importance to some field), often containing a collection of memorabilia relating to them.


lexentry: eng/hallmark__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: hallmark
trans_list: απόπειρα
sense:
An official marking made by a trusted party, usually an assay office, on items made of precious metals.


lexentry: eng/hallucination__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: hallucination
trans_list: παραίσθηση
sense:
A sensory perception of something that does not exist, often arising from disorder of the nervous system, as in delirium tremens.


lexentry: eng/halo__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: halo
trans_list: άλως
sense:
A circular band of coloured light, visible around the sun or moon etc., caused by reflection and refraction of light by ice crystals in the atmosphere.


lexentry: eng/halo__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: halo
trans_list: άλως | δόξα | φωτοστέφανο
sense:
(religion) nimbus, a luminous disc, often of gold, around or over the heads of saints, etc., in religious paintings.


lexentry: eng/halogen__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: halogen
trans_list: αλογόνο
sense:
(chemistry) Any element of group 17, i.e. fluorine, chlorine, bromine, iodine, astatine and tennessine.


lexentry: eng/halter__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: halter
trans_list: καπίστρι
sense:
A bitless headpiece of rope or straps, placed on the head of animals such as cattle or horses to lead or tie them.


lexentry: eng/haltere__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: haltere
trans_list: αλτήρας
sense:
(entomology) A small knobbed structure in some two-winged insects, one of a pair that are flapped rapidly and function as accelerometers to maintain stability in flight.


lexentry: eng/halva__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: halva
trans_list: χαλβάς
sense:
A confection usually made from crushed sesame seeds and honey. It is a traditional dessert in South Asia, the Mediterranean and the Middle East.


lexentry: eng/ham__Noun__3
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ham
trans_list: άσχετος
sense:
(acting) An overacting or amateurish performer; an actor with an especially showy or exaggerated style.


lexentry: eng/hamadryad__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: hamadryad
trans_list: αμαδρυάδα
sense:
(Greek mythology) A wood-nymph who was physically a part of her tree; she would die if her tree were felled.


lexentry: eng/hammer_throw__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: hammer throw
trans_list: σφυροβολία
sense:
An athletic throwing event where the object to be thrown is a heavy steel ball attached with wire (maximum length 4 ft (1.22 m)) to a handle.


lexentry: eng/hammock__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: hammock
trans_list: αιώρα
sense:
A swinging couch or bed, usually made of netting or canvas about six feet (1.8 meters) wide, suspended by clews or cords at the ends.


lexentry: eng/hamper__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: hamper
trans_list: καλάθι
sense:
A large basket, usually with a cover, used for the packing and carrying of articles or small animals.


lexentry: eng/hamza__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: hamza
trans_list: χάμζα
sense:
A sign (ء‎ - a stand-alone hamza) used in the written Arabic language representing a glottal stop. Hamza may appear as a stand-alone letter or most commonly diacritically over or under other letters, e.g. أ‎ (over an alif - ا‎), إ‎ (under an alif), ؤ‎ (over a wāw - و‎) or ئ‎ (over a dotless yāʾ - ى‎). The exact seat of hamza is governed by an orthographic rule - "seat of hamza rule".


lexentry: eng/hand-me-down__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: hand-me-down
trans_list: αποφόρι
sense:
(especially) A piece of clothing or other item which has been outgrown by an older sibling and passed down to a younger one.


lexentry: eng/hand__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: hand
trans_list: χέρι
sense:
The part of the forelimb below the forearm or wrist in a human, and the corresponding part in many other animals.


lexentry: eng/hand__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: hand
trans_list: δείκτης
sense:
An index or pointer on a dial; such as the hour and minute hands on the face of an analog clock, which are used to indicate the time of day.


lexentry: eng/hand__Noun__1
sense_num: 07
written_rep: hand
trans_list: εργάτης | εργάτρια | χειρώνακτας
sense:
(especially in compounds) An agent; a servant, or manual laborer; a workman, trained or competent for special service or duty.


lexentry: eng/hand_fan__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: hand fan
trans_list: ανεμιστήρας
sense:
A hand-held device designed to be waved back and forth in order to induce airflow for the purpose of cooling the user.


lexentry: eng/hand_in_hand__Adverb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: hand in hand
trans_list: χέρι-χέρι
sense:
(figurative) Naturally, ordinarily or predictably together; commonly having a correlation or relationship.


lexentry: eng/hand_net__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: hand net
trans_list: απόχη
sense:
A small net that is equipped with a handle and attached to a rim so that the net forms a pouch, used for trapping butterflies or individual fish.


lexentry: eng/hand_truck__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: hand truck
trans_list: άλεση
sense:
(North America) An L-shaped box-moving handcart with handles at one end, wheels at the base, with a small ledge to set objects on, flat against the floor when the hand-truck is upright. It makes otherwise bulky and heavy objects easier to move.


lexentry: eng/handbag__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: handbag
trans_list: τσάντα
sense:
(now, rare) A small bag carried in the hand, used either when travelling or to carry tools for a specific job. [from 19th c.]


lexentry: eng/handball__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: handball
trans_list: χειροσφαίριση | χάντμπολ
sense:
(uncountable) A team sport where two teams of seven players each (six players and a goalkeeper) pass and bounce a ball trying to throw it in the goal of the opposing team.


lexentry: eng/handball__Noun__1
sense_num: 06
written_rep: handball
trans_list: χέρι
sense:
(countable, Australian Rules Football) An act of passing a football by holding it with one hand and hitting it with the other.


lexentry: eng/handbook__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: handbook
trans_list: εγχειρίδιο
sense:
A topically organized book of reference on a certain field of knowledge, regardless of size, but archetypally one to be kept readily at hand.


lexentry: eng/handbrake__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: handbrake
trans_list: χειρόφρενο
sense:
(mechanical engineering, automotive, railroading) The mechanism, particularly the locking hand-operated lever or foot-operated toggle lever in a motorcar or the hand-operated crank on a railcar, which is used to set and release such a brake.


lexentry: eng/handcuffs__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: handcuffs
trans_list: χειροπέδες
sense:
A fastening consisting of two metal rings, designed to go around a person's wrists, and connected by a chain or hinge.


lexentry: eng/handicap__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: handicap
trans_list: προβάδισμα
sense:
(sports) An allowance of a certain amount of time or distance in starting, granted in a race (or other contest of skill) to the competitor possessing disadvantages; or an additional weight or other hindrance imposed upon the one possessing advantages, in order to equalize, as much as possible, the chances of success.


lexentry: eng/handkerchief__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: handkerchief
trans_list: μαντήλι
sense:
A piece of cloth, usually square and often fine and elegant, carried for wiping the face, eyes, nose or hands.


lexentry: eng/handle__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: handle
trans_list: λαβή
sense:
(gambling) The gross amount of wagering within a given period of time or for a given event at one of more establishments.


lexentry: eng/handlebar__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: handlebar
trans_list: τιμόνι
sense:
(mostly, in the plural) The bar used to steer a bicycle, motorbike, or similar vehicle using the hands.


lexentry: eng/handling__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: handling
trans_list: κατεργασία
sense:
A touching, controlling, managing, using, take care of, etc., with the hand or hands, or as with the hands.


lexentry: eng/handout__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: handout
trans_list: χαρτί
sense:
A printed sheet such as a leaflet or pamphlet, or a worksheet, that is given out free of charge (usually by hand) for a certain use, for example as an advertisement or for information.


lexentry: eng/handrail__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: handrail
trans_list: κάγκελο | κουπαστή
sense:
A rail which can be held, such as on the side of a staircase, ramp or other walkway, and serving as a support or guard.


lexentry: eng/handset__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: handset
trans_list: ακουστικά
sense:
The part of a landline telephone containing both receiver and transmitter (and sometimes dial), held in the hand.


lexentry: eng/handspan__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: handspan
trans_list: πιθαμή
sense:
The distance between the outstretched tips of the little finger and thumb when used as a unit of measurement.


lexentry: eng/handstand__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: handstand
trans_list: κατακόρυφος
sense:
A movement or position in which a person is upside down, supported by their arms with their hands on the ground.


lexentry: eng/hang__Verb__1
sense_num: 08
written_rep: hang
trans_list: κρεμώ
sense:
(intransitive, legal) To be executed by suspension by one's neck from a gallows, a tree, or other raised bar, attached by a rope tied into a noose.


lexentry: eng/hanging__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: hanging
trans_list: απαγχονισμός
sense:
(countable, uncountable) The act of hanging a person (or oneself) by the neck in order to kill that person (or to commit suicide).


lexentry: eng/hanging_coffin__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: hanging coffin
trans_list: κρεμαστό φέρετρο
sense:
A coffin suspended on a cliff as part of an ancient funeral custom practised in countries such as China, Indonesia and the Philippines.


lexentry: eng/hangman__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: hangman
trans_list: κρεμάλα
sense:
(uncountable, games) A guessing game where one has to guess the word an opponent is thinking of by guessing one letter at a time, and involving the gradual drawing of a stick figure hanging from the gallows.


lexentry: eng/hangnail__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: hangnail
trans_list: παρωνυχίδα
sense:
A loose, narrow strip of nail tissue protruding from the side edge and anchored near the base of a fingernail or toenail.


lexentry: eng/hangover__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: hangover
trans_list: χανγκόβερ
sense:
Negative effects, such as headache or nausea, caused by previous drunkenness due to (excessive) consumption of alcohol.


lexentry: eng/hank__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: hank
trans_list: αναβάτης
sense:
(nautical) A ring or shackle that secures a staysail to its stay and allows the sail to glide smoothly up and down.


lexentry: eng/haplography__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: haplography
trans_list: απλογραφία
sense:
Accidental omission of a letter or letter group that should be repeated in writing, for example, mispell for misspell.


lexentry: eng/haplology__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: haplology
trans_list: απλολογία
sense:
(phonology, uncountable) The process of deleting one of two almost identical syllables within a word.


lexentry: eng/happening__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: happening
trans_list: χάπενινγκ
sense:
(originally, arts) A spontaneous or improvised event, especially one that involves audience participation.


lexentry: eng/happily_ever_after__Adverb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: happily ever after
trans_list: κι έζησαν αυτοί καλά κι εμείς καλύτερα
sense:
(idiomatic, often preceded by "they lived") Happily until death; used in a formulaic ending for fairy tales.


lexentry: eng/happy_New_Year__Phrase__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: happy New Year
trans_list: καλή χρονιά | ευτυχισμένος ο καινούριος χρόνος | χρόνια πολλά
sense:
A wish said around the start of a new year to wish someone well for the New Year (holiday) or for the (entire) new year.


lexentry: eng/happy__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: happy
trans_list: ευχαριστημένος | χαρούμενος
sense:
Having a feeling arising from a consciousness of well-being or of enjoyment; enjoying good of any kind, such as comfort, peace, or tranquillity; blissful, contented, joyous.


lexentry: eng/happy__Adjective__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: happy
trans_list: ευτυχισμένος | ευτυχής
sense:
Experiencing the effect of favourable fortune; favored by fortune or luck; fortunate, lucky, propitious.


lexentry: eng/happy_birthday__Interjection__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: happy birthday
trans_list: χρόνια πολλά | να τα εκατοστήσεις | να τα εκατοστίσεις
sense:
Said or written to a person who is celebrating their birthday in order to convey the good wishes of the speaker or writer (literally, "may you have a happy birthday")


lexentry: eng/happy_ending__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: happy ending
trans_list: χάπι εντ
sense:
(literature) A clichéd conclusion in which all loose ends are tied up and all main characters are content.


lexentry: eng/happy_ending__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: happy ending
trans_list: χάπι εντ
sense:
(vulgar, slang, euphemistic) A hand job, especially one provided by the masseuse to the client at or towards the end of a massage.


lexentry: eng/happy_holidays__Phrase__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: happy holidays
trans_list: καλές γιορτές
sense:
(North America, Philippines) A greeting used during the Christmas and winter holiday season to recognize the celebration of many holidays, sometimes starting with Thanksgiving and including Hanukkah, the winter solstice, Christmas, Kwanzaa, and New Year's Day.


lexentry: eng/haptic_interface__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: haptic interface
trans_list: απτική διεπαφή
sense:
(computing) A user interface that allows a user to receive tactile feedback through the movement of a limb or the head.


lexentry: eng/hara-kiri__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: hara-kiri
trans_list: σεπούκου
sense:
Ceremonial suicide by disembowelment, as by slicing open the abdomen with a dagger or knife: formerly practised in Japan by the samurai when disgraced or sentenced to death.


lexentry: eng/harass__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: harass
trans_list: παρενοχλώ
sense:
(specifically) To persistently bother (someone, or a group of people) physically or psychologically when such behaviour is illegal and/or unwanted, especially over an extended period.


lexentry: eng/harbor__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: harbor
trans_list: λιμάνι
sense:
(countable, nautical) A sheltered expanse of water, adjacent to land, in which ships may anchor or dock, especially for loading and unloading.


lexentry: eng/hard_candy__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: hard candy
trans_list: καραμέλα
sense:
(US) A candy prepared from one or more syrups boiled to a temperature of 160°C (320°F), thereafter becoming stiff and brittle at room temperature.


lexentry: eng/hard_cheese__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: hard cheese
trans_list: τυρί
sense:
A type of rennet cheese that is firm owing to the curds having been pressed or comminuted to a large degree to shed more whey and ripened for a longer time.


lexentry: eng/hard_currency__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: hard currency
trans_list: σκληρό νόμισμα
sense:
(economics, finance) Any globally traded currency that serves as a reliable and stable store of value.


lexentry: eng/hard_disk__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: hard disk
trans_list: σκληρός δίσκος
sense:
(computer hardware) One of a series of parallel magnetic recording disks in a drive unit, used for the recording and retrieval of digital information; used especially in personal computers.


lexentry: eng/hard_drive__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: hard drive
trans_list: σκληρός δίσκος
sense:
(computing, computer hardware) An electromechanical data storage device that stores and retrieves digital data using magnetic storage with one or more rigid, rapidly rotating platters coated with magnetic material.


lexentry: eng/hard_hat__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: hard hat
trans_list: κράνος ασφαλείας
sense:
A helmet, usually made from rigid plastic, used on construction sites to protect the head from falling objects.


lexentry: eng/hard_shoulder__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: hard shoulder
trans_list: ΛΕΑ
sense:
A verge to the side of a highway, which should be used only in case of an emergency (especially on a motorway)


lexentry: eng/hard_work__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: hard work
trans_list: κόπος | μόχθος
sense:
Something requiring much effort to accomplish, either physical, mental or emotional; labor; toil. (This entry is a translation hub.)


lexentry: eng/harden__Verb__1
sense_num: 07
written_rep: harden
trans_list: σκληρύνω
sense:
(ambitransitive, phonology) To become or make (a consonant) more fortis; to (cause to) undergo fortition.


lexentry: eng/hardtack__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: hardtack
trans_list: παξιμάδι
sense:
(nautical) A large, hard biscuit made from unleavened flour and water; formerly used as a long-term staple food aboard ships.


lexentry: eng/hardware__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: hardware
trans_list: δομικά υλικά
sense:
Fixtures, equipment, tools and devices used for general-purpose construction and repair of a structure or object. Also such equipment as sold as stock by a store of the same name, e.g. hardware store.


lexentry: eng/hardware__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: hardware
trans_list: υλισμικό
sense:
(computing) The part of a computer that is fixed and cannot be altered without replacement or physical modification; motherboard, expansion cards, etc. Compare software.


lexentry: eng/hardware_store__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: hardware store
trans_list: σιδηροπωλείο
sense:
A shop that sells tools, fasteners, and similar objects known collectively as hardware, as well as related sundries used in construction and repair.


lexentry: eng/harem__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: harem
trans_list: χαρέμι
sense:
A group of female animals (cows) herded and controlled by a male animal (bull) of that species for breeding purposes. Such behaviour is exhibited by bovids including cattle and buffalo as well as moose, elephants, seals, sea lions, baboons, and elephant seals.[2006]


lexentry: eng/harlot__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: harlot
trans_list: καριόλα
sense:
(obsolete) A churl; a common man; a person, male or female, of low birth, especially one given to low conduct.


lexentry: eng/harmonic__Adjective__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: harmonic
trans_list: αρμονικός
sense:
(mathematics) Used to characterize various mathematical entities or relationships supposed to bear some resemblance to musical consonance.


lexentry: eng/harmonica__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: harmonica
trans_list: φυσαρμόνικα
sense:
A musical wind instrument with a series of holes for the player to blow into, each hole producing a different note.


lexentry: eng/harness__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: harness
trans_list: ιπποσκευή | χάμουρα
sense:
(countable) A restraint or support, especially one consisting of a loop or network of rope or straps, and especially one worn by a working animal such as a horse pulling a carriage or farm implement.


lexentry: eng/harness_saddle__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: harness saddle
trans_list: (séla)
sense:
The part of a harness which supports the weight of poles or shafts attaching a vehicle to a horse or other animal.


lexentry: eng/harp_on__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: harp on
trans_list: λέω τα ίδια και τα ίδια
sense:
(transitive) To nag about; to complain incessantly or persistently request; to continue to bring up as a point of contention.


lexentry: eng/harpsichord__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: harpsichord
trans_list: τσέμπαλο
sense:
(musical instruments) A musical instrument with a keyboard that produces sound through a mechanical process. When the performer presses a key, a corresponding plectrum plucks a tuned string. The harpsichord originated in late medieval Europe and is one of the most important instruments used to perform Baroque music.


lexentry: eng/harpy__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: harpy
trans_list: άρπυια
sense:
(mythological creature) A mythological creature generally depicted as a bird-of-prey with the head of a maiden, a face pale with hunger and long claws on her hands personifying the destructive power of storm winds.


lexentry: eng/harrow__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: harrow
trans_list: σβάρνα | βωλοκόπος
sense:
A device consisting of a heavy framework having several disks or teeth in a row, which is dragged across ploughed land to smooth or break up the soil, to remove weeds or cover seeds; a harrow plow.


lexentry: eng/hashish__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: hashish
trans_list: χασίσι
sense:
The leaves and tender parts of the Indian hemp plant (which are intoxicating), which are dried for either chewing or smoking.


lexentry: eng/hat__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: hat
trans_list: καπέλο | πίλος
sense:
(headwear) A covering for the head, often in the approximate form of a cone, dome or cylinder closed at its top end, and sometimes having a brim and other decoration.


lexentry: eng/hat_rack__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: hat rack
trans_list: κρεμανταλάς
sense:
(US) A piece of furniture used to store hats and clothing, consisting of a pole with pegs on a moderately broad base; a hatstand.


lexentry: eng/hat_trick__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: hat trick
trans_list: χατ τρικ
sense:
(by extension, sports) Three achievements in a single game, competition, season, etc., such as three consecutive wins.


lexentry: eng/hatch__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: hatch
trans_list: άνοιγμα
sense:
An opening in a wall at window height for the purpose of serving food or other items. A pass through.


lexentry: eng/hatch__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: hatch
trans_list: άνοιγμα
sense:
A small door in large mechanical structures and vehicles such as aircraft and spacecraft often provided for access for maintenance.


lexentry: eng/hatchway__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: hatchway
trans_list: κουβούσι
sense:
A means of passing through a wall or floor, having a hatch (especially on a ship); a doorway with a hatch rather than a door.


lexentry: eng/hate_speech__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: hate speech
trans_list: λόγος μίσους
sense:
Speech that attacks or disparages a person or group of persons on the basis of origin, race, nationality, ethnicity, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, or disability.


lexentry: eng/haul__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: haul
trans_list: ψάρεμα
sense:
An amount of something that has been taken, especially of fish, illegal loot, or items purchased on a shopping trip.


lexentry: eng/haul__Verb__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: haul
trans_list: οδηγώ
sense:
(transitive) To carry or transport something, with a connotation that the item is heavy or otherwise difficult to move.


lexentry: eng/haulm__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: haulm
trans_list: άχυρο
sense:
(uncountable) The stems of various cultivated plants, left after harvesting the crop, which are used as animal food or litter, or for thatching.


lexentry: eng/haunted_house__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: haunted house
trans_list: στοιχειωμένο σπίτι
sense:
An amusement attraction in which a building or series of rooms is decorated to frighten the people who pass through.


lexentry: eng/have_a_word__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: have a word
trans_list: λέω
sense:
(idiomatic, meiosis) To speak to someone, usually and especially in private, often in order to admonish.


lexentry: eng/have_an_affair__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: have an affair
trans_list: φλερτάρω
sense:
To engage in a romantic or sexual relationship while being married. (This entry is a translation hub.)


lexentry: eng/have_one's_cake_and_eat_it_too__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: have one's cake and eat it too
trans_list: θέλω και την πίτα ολόκληρη και τον σκύλο χορτάτο
sense:
(idiomatic) To benefit by having two things which are mutually incompatible (such as eating a piece of cake and yet still possessing that piece for future use).


lexentry: eng/have_the_hots_for__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: have the hots for
trans_list: πετώ
sense:
(idiomatic, transitive, informal) To be attracted (sexually or romantically) to (someone); to fancy someone.


lexentry: eng/haversack__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: haversack
trans_list: ταγάρι
sense:
A small, strong bag carried on the back or the shoulder, usually with only one strap, and originally made of canvas.


lexentry: eng/hawk__Noun__2
sense_num: 01
written_rep: hawk
trans_list: πηλοφόρι
sense:
A plasterer's tool, made of a flat surface with a handle below, used to hold an amount of plaster prior to application to the wall or ceiling being worked on: a mortarboard.


lexentry: eng/hawk__Verb__3
sense_num: 02
written_rep: hawk
trans_list: αποχρέμπτομαι
sense:
(transitive, intransitive) To try to cough up something from one's throat; to clear the throat loudly; to cough heavily, especially causing uvular frication.


lexentry: eng/hawkbit__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: hawkbit
trans_list: αγριοραδίκι
sense:
Any dandelion-like flower of the genera Leontodon, Scorzoneroides, and others in subtribe Hypochaeridinae, in the family Asteraceae.


lexentry: eng/hawthorn__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: hawthorn
trans_list: κράταιγος
sense:
Any of various shrubs and small trees of the genus Crataegus having small, apple-like fruits and thorny branches


lexentry: eng/haze__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: haze
trans_list: αχλή
sense:
Very fine solid particles (smoke, dust) or liquid droplets (moisture) suspended in the air, slightly limiting visibility. (Compare fog, mist.)


lexentry: eng/haze__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: haze
trans_list: ταραχή
sense:
(figuratively) Any state suggestive of haze in the atmosphere, such as mental confusion or vagueness of memory.


lexentry: eng/hazing__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: hazing
trans_list: καψώνι
sense:
(US, Philippines) An initiation or behavior that involves humiliation, harassment or abuse, particularly in universities and in the military.


lexentry: eng/he__Pronoun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: he
trans_list: αυτός
sense:
(personal, sometimes, _, proscribed, see usage notes) They; he or she (a person whose gender is unknown or irrelevant).


lexentry: eng/he_who_digs_a_pit_for_others_falls_in_himself__Proverb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: he who digs a pit for others falls in himself
trans_list: όποιος σκάβει το λάκκο του αλλουνού, πέφτει ο ίδιος μέσα
sense:
Someone that plans harm or misfortune for others may also inadvertently be the recipient of that same misfortune.


lexentry: eng/head__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: head
trans_list: κεφάλι | κεφαλή
sense:
(countable) The part of the body of an animal or human which contains the brain, mouth, and main sense organs.


lexentry: eng/head__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: head
trans_list: κεφάλι | κεφαλή
sense:
The end of a nail, screw, bolt, or similar fastener which is opposite the point; usually blunt and relatively wide.


lexentry: eng/head_in_the_clouds__Phrase__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: head in the clouds
trans_list: αεροβατώ
sense:
(metaphorical, usually with have or with) Used to indicate that a person has fantastic or impractical dreams.


lexentry: eng/head_of_government__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: head of government
trans_list: αρχηγός
sense:
The chief officer of the executive branch of a government, often presiding over a cabinet; usually called Prime Minister (in a parliamentary system) or President (in a presidential system).


lexentry: eng/head_of_state__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: head of state
trans_list: επικεφαλής του κράτους
sense:
The chief public representative of a nation having duties, privileges and responsibilities varying greatly depending on the constitutional rules; a monarch in a monarchy, and often styled president in a republic, but variations such as collegiality exist.


lexentry: eng/head_start__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: head start
trans_list: προβάδισμα
sense:
(idiomatic) An advantage consisting in starting a competition or task earlier than might be expected; given (or taken), for example, prior to the beginning of a race.


lexentry: eng/headbutt__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: headbutt
trans_list: κεφαλιά | κουτουλιά
sense:
A sharp blow delivered by driving the head into an opponent or object, generally by lowering the head and charging forward or by rapidly tilting the head backward and then forward.


lexentry: eng/header__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: header
trans_list: κεφαλίδα
sense:
Text, or other visual information, used to mark off a quantity of text, often titling or summarizing it.


lexentry: eng/headhunter__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: headhunter
trans_list: κρανιοθήρας | κυνηγός κεφαλών
sense:
(anthropology) A person who practises headhunting, the taking and preserving of a person's head after killing them.


lexentry: eng/heading__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: heading
trans_list: πορεία
sense:
(nautical and aeronautical) The direction into which a seagoing or airborne vessel's bow is pointing (apparent heading) and/or the direction into which it is actually moving relative to the ground (true heading)


lexentry: eng/headlight__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: headlight
trans_list: προβολέας
sense:
A bright light, with a lens and reflector, on the front of a motor vehicle (or originally a ship or train), designed to illuminate the road when driving at night; normally one of a pair.


lexentry: eng/headlock__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: headlock
trans_list: γραβάτα
sense:
A wrestling move where the attacker puts their arm tightly round their opponent's head, which the opponent can't easily escape from.


lexentry: eng/headquarters__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: headquarters
trans_list: αρχηγείο | επιτελείο
sense:
The military installation from which troops are commanded and orders are issued; the military unit consisting of a commander and his support staff.


lexentry: eng/heads-up__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: heads-up
trans_list: συμβουλή
sense:
(chiefly, US, idiomatic) A warning or call to pay attention; an advisory notice; a notice of what is to happen; a holler.


lexentry: eng/heads_or_tails__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: heads or tails
trans_list: κορώνα ή γράμματα
sense:
(idiomatic) The practice of flipping a coin in the air, to choose between two alternatives based on which side lands face up.


lexentry: eng/headscarf__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: headscarf
trans_list: μαντήλα
sense:
A more or less square piece of material worn over the head, typically by women, often to protect the hair, or for religious reasons.


lexentry: eng/headset__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: headset
trans_list: ακουστικά
sense:
A pair of headphones or earphones, or a singular headphone or earphone, typically with an attached microphone.


lexentry: eng/headstock__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: headstock
trans_list: κεφάλι
sense:
The part of a lute-type string instrument, such as a guitar, that holds the tuning pegs or tensioning screws of the strings.


lexentry: eng/headteacher__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: headteacher
trans_list: διευθυντής
sense:
(UK, Irish) The most senior teacher in a school who is responsible for its management and administration.


lexentry: eng/headwind__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: headwind
trans_list: αντίθετος άνεμος
sense:
(transitive, uncommon) To blow directly against the course of a vehicle, like an aircraft, train, or ship.


lexentry: eng/headword__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: headword
trans_list: σλόγκαν
sense:
A word (or compound term) used as the title of a list entry or section, particularly in a dictionary, encyclopedia, or thesaurus.


lexentry: eng/health__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: health
trans_list: υγεία
sense:
The state of being free from physical or psychological disease, illness, or malfunction; wellness. [from 11th c.]


lexentry: eng/health_care__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: health care
trans_list: φροντίδα υγείας
sense:
The prevention, treatment, and management of illness or the preservation of mental and physical well-being through the services offered by the medical, nursing, and allied health professions.


lexentry: eng/health_fund__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: health fund
trans_list: ταμείο υγείας
sense:
A not-for-profit or a public health insurance company, usually found in health care systems in Central Europe, such as Germany.


lexentry: eng/heap__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: heap
trans_list: στοίβα | σωρός
sense:
A pile or mass; a collection of things laid in a body, or thrown together so as to form an elevation.


lexentry: eng/heap__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: heap
trans_list: σωρός
sense:
(computing) A data structure consisting of trees in which each node is greater than all its children.


lexentry: eng/hear,_hear__Interjection__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: hear, hear
trans_list: άκουσον, άκουσον
sense:
(often after a toast) Let us hear and applaud the previous speaker; I endorse the previous statement; expression of support, agreement, or enthusiasm for what has just been said.


lexentry: eng/hear__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: hear
trans_list: ακούω | μαθαίνω
sense:
(transitive, stative) To perceive (a sound, or something producing a sound) with the ear, to recognize (something) in an auditory way. [from 10th c.]


lexentry: eng/hear_of__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: hear of
trans_list: έχω ακουστά
sense:
To become aware of (a subject, person) through second-hand knowledge, or not through personal experience.


lexentry: eng/hearing__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: hearing
trans_list: ακρόαση
sense:
(countable, legal) A legal procedure done before a judge, without a jury, as with an evidentiary hearing.


lexentry: eng/hearken__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: hearken
trans_list: ακούω
sense:
(intransitive) To listen; to attend or give heed to what is uttered; to hear with attention, compliance, or obedience.


lexentry: eng/hearsay__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: hearsay
trans_list: φήμη
sense:
(law) Evidence based on the reports of others, which is normally inadmissible because it was not made under oath, rather than on personal knowledge.


lexentry: eng/hearsay__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: hearsay
trans_list: φήμη
sense:
(law) An out-of-court statement offered in court for the truth of the matter asserted, which is normally inadmissible because it is not subject to cross-examination unless the hearsay statement falls under one of a number of exceptions.


lexentry: eng/hearse__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: hearse
trans_list: νεκροφόρα
sense:
A carriage or vehicle specially adapted or used for transporting a dead person to the place of funeral or to the grave.


lexentry: eng/heart-shaped__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: heart-shaped
trans_list: καρδιοειδής | καρδιόσχημος
sense:
Having the traditional shape of a heart (♥), that is pointed at one end and indented at the opposite side.


lexentry: eng/heart__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: heart
trans_list: καρδιά
sense:
(anatomy) A muscular organ that pumps blood through the body, traditionally thought to be the seat of emotion.


lexentry: eng/heart__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: heart
trans_list: καρδιά
sense:
The seat of the affections or sensibilities, collectively or separately, as love, hate, joy, grief, courage, etc.; rarely, the seat of the understanding or will; usually in a good sense; personality.


lexentry: eng/heart_attack__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: heart attack
trans_list: έμφραγμα | έμφραγμα του μυοκαρδίου | καρδιακή προσβολή
sense:
(cardiology, pathology) An acute myocardial infarction, sometimes fatal, caused by the sudden occurrence of coronary thrombosis, which obstructs the blood supply to the heart and leads to necrosis of heart muscle tissue.


lexentry: eng/heart_failure__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: heart failure
trans_list: καρδιακή ανεπάρκεια
sense:
(cardiology, pathology) The chronic inability of the heart to pump a sufficient amount of blood throughout the body, leading to a pooling of blood and shortness of breath.


lexentry: eng/heart_valve__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: heart valve
trans_list: καρδιακή βαλβίδα
sense:
(anatomy, cardiology) Any of the valves in the heart which prevent blood from moving in the wrong direction.


lexentry: eng/heartbreaker__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: heartbreaker
trans_list: καρδιοκατακτητής
sense:
A person, usually attractive, who flirts with or otherwise enamours another person, but does not reciprocate their love.


lexentry: eng/heartland__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: heartland
trans_list: κέντρο
sense:
The interior part of a region, especially when contrasted with coastal parts or when regarded as particularly powerful or significant.


lexentry: eng/heat_capacity__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: heat capacity
trans_list: θερμοχωρητικότητα
sense:
(physics) The capability of a system to absorb heat energy; the amount of thermal energy required to raise the temperature of a system by one temperature unit without any change of phase.


lexentry: eng/heat_exchanger__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: heat exchanger
trans_list: εναλλάκτης θερμότητας
sense:
(physics) Any device (such as a radiator) that transfers heat from one fluid to another via a separating wall.


lexentry: eng/heat_pump__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: heat pump
trans_list: αντλία θερμότητας
sense:
A device that transfers thermal energy between spaces using a refrigeration cycle, usually between an enclosed space and the outdoors.


lexentry: eng/heat_stroke__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: heat stroke
trans_list: θερμοπληξία
sense:
(medicine, countable, or, uncountable) An illness caused by overheating a person or animal beyond its body's capacity to regulate internal temperature.


lexentry: eng/heathen__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: heathen
trans_list: ειδωλολάτρης
sense:
A pagan; someone who is neither Christian nor Jewish (other Abrahamic or monotheistic religions may or may not be included)


lexentry: eng/heathland__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: heathland
trans_list: ερεικώνας
sense:
A tract of scrubland habitats characterised by open, low growing woody vegetation, found on mainly infertile acidic soils. Similar to moorland but with warmer and drier climate.


lexentry: eng/heave__Verb__1
sense_num: 12
written_rep: heave
trans_list: ανεβοκατεβαίνω
sense:
(intransitive) To make an effort to raise, throw, or move anything; to strain to do something difficult.


lexentry: eng/heaven__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: heaven
trans_list: παράδεισος | ουράνια
sense:
(religion, by extension, often capitalized) The afterlife of the blessed dead in other religions and traditions, such as the Pure Land or Elysium.


lexentry: eng/heavenly__Adjective__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: heavenly
trans_list: θαυμάσιος
sense:
Synonym of celestial: of or pertaining to the heavens, the sky regarded as the realm of the sun, moon, planets, and stars.


lexentry: eng/heavenly_body__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: heavenly body
trans_list: ουράνιο σώμα
sense:
A natural celestial object, visible in the sky, such as a star, planet, natural satellite, asteroid, comet, the Moon or the Sun. Objects flying or moving in the atmosphere are not usually considered as heavenly bodies.


lexentry: eng/heavy_goods_vehicle__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: heavy goods vehicle
trans_list: φορτηγό
sense:
A lorry, truck or other large vehicle used to transport cargo with a total weight of at least 3.5 tonnes.


lexentry: eng/heavy_industry__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: heavy industry
trans_list: βαριά βιομηχανία
sense:
Industrial processes that are very complex or involve large and heavy equipment, facilities, or end products.


lexentry: eng/heavy_metal__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: heavy metal
trans_list: χέβι μέταλ
sense:
(music genre, uncountable) A genre descended from rock music, characterized by the use of emphatic drumbeats, highly amplified distortion, and overall loudness; often featuring extended instrumental solos and powerful vocals.


lexentry: eng/hebephrenia__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: hebephrenia
trans_list: ηβηφρένεια
sense:
(clinical psychology) A form of schizophrenia characterised by inappropriate behaviour and emotional responses.


lexentry: eng/hecatomb__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: hecatomb
trans_list: εκατόμβη
sense:
(Ancient Greece, Ancient Rome, historical) A great public sacrifice to the gods, originally of a hundred oxen; also, a great number of animals reserved for such a sacrifice.


lexentry: eng/hectare__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: hectare
trans_list: εκτάριο
sense:
A unit of surface area (symbol ㏊) equal to 100 ares (that is, 10,000 square metres, one hundredth of a square kilometre, or approximately 2.5 acres), used for measuring the areas of geographical features such as land and bodies of water.


lexentry: eng/hectic__Adjective__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: hectic
trans_list: εμπύρετος
sense:
(obsolete) Denoting a type of fever accompanying consumption and similar wasting diseases, characterised by flushed cheeks and dry skin.


lexentry: eng/heddle__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: heddle
trans_list: λείος
sense:
A component in a loom, being one of a number of similar components, through the eye of each of which a distinct strand of the warp is threaded.


lexentry: eng/hedge__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: hedge
trans_list: φράχτης | φράκτης με θάμνους
sense:
A thicket of bushes or other shrubbery, especially one planted as a fence between two portions of land, or to separate the parts of a garden.


lexentry: eng/hedgehog__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: hedgehog
trans_list: σκαντζόχοιρος | σκατζόχοιρος
sense:
A small mammal, of the family Erinaceidae or subfamily Erinaceinae (spiny hedgehogs, the latter characterized by their spiny back and often by the habit of rolling up into a ball when attacked.)


lexentry: eng/hefty__Adjective__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: hefty
trans_list: έντονος
sense:
(of a person) Possessing physical strength and weight; rugged and powerful; powerfully or heavily built.


lexentry: eng/hegemony__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: hegemony
trans_list: ηγεμονία
sense:
(formal) Domination, influence, or authority over another, especially by one political group over a society or by one nation over others.


lexentry: eng/height__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: height
trans_list: ύψος
sense:
The vertical distance from the ground to the highest part of a standing person or animal (withers in the case of a horse).


lexentry: eng/heir_apparent__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: heir apparent
trans_list: φυσικός κληρονόμος
sense:
(usually, monarchy) Someone who will definitely inherit if surviving the one whose property is to be inherited.


lexentry: eng/heir_presumptive__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: heir presumptive
trans_list: επίδοξος κληρονόμος | πιθανός κληρονόμος
sense:
Someone who will become an heir (usually to a monarchy) only if no-one with a higher-ranking claim is born.


lexentry: eng/helicopter__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: helicopter
trans_list: ελικόπτερο
sense:
(aircraft) An aircraft that is borne along by one or more sets of long rotating blades which allow it to hover, move in any direction including reverse, or land; and typically having a smaller set of blades on its tail to stabilize the aircraft.


lexentry: eng/heliocentric__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: heliocentric
trans_list: ηλιοκεντρικός
sense:
(astronomy) Having the sun at the center/centre; usually in reference to a coordinate system or orbit. [from Template:SAFESUBST: c.]


lexentry: eng/heliopause__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: heliopause
trans_list: ηλιόπαυση
sense:
(astronomy) The boundary of heliosphere where the Sun's solar wind is stopped by the interstellar medium.


lexentry: eng/heliosphere__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: heliosphere
trans_list: ηλιόσφαιρα
sense:
(astronomy) The region of space where interstellar medium is blown away by solar wind; the boundary, heliopause, is often considered the edge of the Solar System.


lexentry: eng/heliotrope__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: heliotrope
trans_list: ηλιοτρόπιο
sense:
(countable, botany, also, figuratively) A plant with flowers which turn to face and follow the sun, such as (archaic) marigolds and sunflowers.


lexentry: eng/heliotrope__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: heliotrope
trans_list: ηλιοτρόπιο
sense:
(specifically) A plant of the genus Heliotropium, especially the common heliotrope (Heliotropium arborescens) which has clusters of purple flowers with a strong fragrance.


lexentry: eng/helium__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: helium
trans_list: ήλιο
sense:
(uncountable) The second lightest chemical element (symbol He) with an atomic number of 2 and atomic weight of 4.002602, a colorless, odorless and inert noble gas.


lexentry: eng/hell__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: hell
trans_list: κόλαση | Κόλαση | γέεννα
sense:
(in many religions, uncountable) A place of torment where some or all sinners and evil spirits are believed to go after death.


lexentry: eng/hell_of_a__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: hell of a
trans_list: ιερός
sense:
(colloquial, or, vulgar) Intensifier; indicates that someone or something is especially good, bad, difficult, etc.


lexentry: eng/hellebore__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: hellebore
trans_list: ελλέβορος
sense:
Any of the common garden flowering plants of the genus Helleborus, in family Ranunculaceae, having supposed medicinal properties.


lexentry: eng/helm__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: helm
trans_list: πηδάλιο
sense:
(nautical) The tiller (or, in a large ship, the wheel) which is used to control the rudder of a marine vessel; also, the entire steering apparatus of a vessel.


lexentry: eng/help__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: help
trans_list: βοήθεια | οικιακή βοηθός
sense:
(usually, uncountable) One or more people employed to help in the maintenance of a house or the operation of a farm or enterprise.


lexentry: eng/help_desk__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: help desk
trans_list: γραφείο πληροφοριών
sense:
A section of an organization offering specialist advice to customers or users who have problems, especially with computer equipment or systems.


lexentry: eng/hem__Noun__2
sense_num: 01
written_rep: hem
trans_list: στρίφωμα
sense:
(sewing) The border of an article of clothing doubled back and stitched together to finish the edge and prevent it from fraying.


lexentry: eng/hematocele__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: hematocele
trans_list: αιματοκήλη
sense:
(pathology) A swelling caused by the collection of blood in a cavity, especially of the membrane covering a testicle.


lexentry: eng/hemisphere__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: hemisphere
trans_list: ημισφαίριο
sense:
(geography) Half of the Earth, such as the Northern Hemisphere, Southern Hemisphere, Western Hemisphere or Eastern Hemisphere, Land Hemisphere, Water Hemisphere etc. [1550s].


lexentry: eng/hemocyanin__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: hemocyanin
trans_list: αιμοκυανίνη
sense:
(biochemistry) a blue copper-containing respiratory pigment (a metalloprotein) found in most molluscs, and some arthropods


lexentry: eng/hemodialysis__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: hemodialysis
trans_list: αιμοδιάλυση
sense:
(medicine) Dialysis that uses an extracorporeal apparatus to remove waste products from the blood in the case of kidney failure.


lexentry: eng/hemoglobin__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: hemoglobin
trans_list: αιμοσφαιρίνη
sense:
(American spelling) The iron-containing substance in red blood cells that transports oxygen from the lungs to the rest of the body; it consists of a protein (globulin), and haem (a porphyrin ring with an atom of iron at its centre).


lexentry: eng/hemolysis__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: hemolysis
trans_list: αιμολυσία | αιμόλυση
sense:
(medicine) The destruction of red blood cells, and subsequent release of hemoglobin, at the normal end of the cell's life.


lexentry: eng/hemoperfusion__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: hemoperfusion
trans_list: αιμοδιήθηση
sense:
(medicine) A procedure in which drugs or toxins are removed from a patient's blood by passing it through a column of charcoal or other adsorbent material


lexentry: eng/hemorrhoid__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: hemorrhoid
trans_list: αιμορροΐδα
sense:
(pathology, often, in the plural) An engorged, dilated and easily broken varicosity in the perianal area, often accompanied by intense itching and throbbing pain: piles.


lexentry: eng/hemostasis__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: hemostasis
trans_list: αιμοστασία | αιμόσταση
sense:
(medicine, countable, uncountable) The process of keeping blood inside a damaged vessel to stop bleeding.


lexentry: eng/henbane__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: henbane
trans_list: δαιμοναριά
sense:
A poisonous plant, Hyoscyamus niger, used sometimes as a drug that causes at least hallucinations, dilated pupils, restlessness, and flushed skin.


lexentry: eng/henna__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: henna
trans_list: χένα
sense:
(countable, uncountable) A reddish plant substance, prepared from the dried leaves of this plant, used for temporary tattoos and hair coloring. Hair colorings range from bright red to earth brown to near black.


lexentry: eng/henpecked__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: henpecked
trans_list: κιοτής
sense:
(particularly of husbands or boyfriends) Intimidated or overwhelmed by a nagging or overbearing matriarch, wife, or girlfriend.


lexentry: eng/heparin__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: heparin
trans_list: ηπαρίνη
sense:
(carbohydrate, pharmaceutical drug) A compound occurring in the liver and other tissues which inhibits blood coagulation. A sulfur-containing polysaccharide, it is used as an anticoagulant in the treatment of thrombosis.


lexentry: eng/heptathlon__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: heptathlon
trans_list: έπταθλο
sense:
(athletics) An athletic contest comprising seven events; contested mostly by women, for whom this is an Olympic sport.


lexentry: eng/her__Determiner__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: her
trans_list: της
sense:
Belonging to her (belonging to that female person or animal, or in poetic or old-fashioned language that ship, city, season, etc).


lexentry: eng/herald__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: herald
trans_list: οικοσημολόγος
sense:
(heraldry) An official whose speciality is heraldry, especially one between the ranks of pursuivant and king-of-arms


lexentry: eng/heraldry__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: heraldry
trans_list: εραλδική
sense:
(uncountable) The profession or art of devising, granting and blazoning coats of arms, tracing genealogies and ruling on questions of protocol or rank.


lexentry: eng/herbal_tea__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: herbal tea
trans_list: βότανα
sense:
A beverage made by infusing mainly the leaves (and sometimes the flowers, roots, or stems) of various herbs or other plants, generally not including true tea (Camellia sinensis).


lexentry: eng/herbivore__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: herbivore
trans_list: φυτοφάγος
sense:
An organism that feeds chiefly on plants; an animal that feeds on herbage or vegetation as the main part of its diet.


lexentry: eng/herd__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: herd
trans_list: κοπάδι
sense:
A number of domestic animals assembled together under the watch or ownership of a keeper. [from 11th c.]


lexentry: eng/herd_immunity__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: herd immunity
trans_list: ανοσία αγέλης
sense:
(epidemiology) The indirect protection against the spread of a contagious disease in a given population caused by the immunity of a significant proportion of the population to that particular disease; the immunity may have been obtained through having survived the infection or through vaccination. [from early 20th c.]


lexentry: eng/herdsman__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: herdsman
trans_list: βοσκός
sense:
A person who tends livestock, especially cows and sheep; especially, the foreman among a group of such farmworkers, usually with more knowledge and experience.


lexentry: eng/here_you_are__Phrase__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: here you are
trans_list: ορίστε
sense:
(idiomatic) Said when handing something over to someone or doing a favour to them, usually to draw the recipient's attention to the exchange; equivalent to “thank you” when receiving something.


lexentry: eng/heredity__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: heredity
trans_list: κληρονομικότητα
sense:
Hereditary transmission of the physical and genetic qualities of parents to their offspring; the biological law by which living beings tend to repeat their characteristics in their descendants.


lexentry: eng/heresiarch__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: heresiarch
trans_list: αιρεσιάρχης
sense:
(religion) The founder of a heresy, or a major ecclesiastical proponent of such a heresy. [from mid 16th c.]


lexentry: eng/heresy__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: heresy
trans_list: αίρεση
sense:
(religion) a doctrine held by a member of a religion at variance or conflict with established religious beliefs


lexentry: eng/heresy__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: heresy
trans_list: αίρεση
sense:
(by extension) A controversial or unorthodox opinion held by a member of a group, as in politics, philosophy or science.


lexentry: eng/heritage__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: heritage
trans_list: κληρονομιά
sense:
A tradition; a practice or set of values that is passed down from preceding generations through families or through institutional memory.


lexentry: eng/heritage_interpretation__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: heritage interpretation
trans_list: ερμηνεία κληρονομιάς | ερμηνεία φυσικής και πολιτιστικής κληρονομιά
sense:
(museology, education) The practice and discipline of explaining natural and cultural heritage, used in museums, zoos, historic sites, galleries, etc.


lexentry: eng/hermaphrodite__Noun__1
sense_num: 07
written_rep: hermaphrodite
trans_list: ερμαφρόδιτος | ερμαφρόδιτη
sense:
(WWI, _, military, historical) An armoured fighting vehicle having features of both male tanks and female tanks.


lexentry: eng/hermit_crab__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: hermit crab
trans_list: πάγουρος
sense:
A decapod crustacean (not a true crab) from the superfamily Paguroidea, which salvages empty seashells or other portable objects to permanently shelter and protect its soft abdomen.


lexentry: eng/hernia__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: hernia
trans_list: κήλη
sense:
(diseases) A disorder in which a part of the body protrudes abnormally through a tear or opening in an adjacent part, especially of the abdomen.


lexentry: eng/heroin__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: heroin
trans_list: ηρωίνη
sense:
A powerful and addictive drug derived from opium producing intense euphoria, classed as an illegal narcotic in most of the world. [from late 19th century]


lexentry: eng/heroism__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: heroism
trans_list: ηρωισμός
sense:
The qualities characteristic of a hero, such as courage, bravery, fortitude, selflessness, etc.; the display of such qualities.


lexentry: eng/herpes__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: herpes
trans_list: έρπης
sense:
(medicine) A viral infection, caused by Human alphaherpesvirus 1 and Human alphaherpesvirus 2, marked by painful, watery blisters in the skin or mucous membranes or on the genitals.


lexentry: eng/hers__Pronoun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: hers
trans_list: δικά | δικές | δική | δικιά | δικοί | δικό
sense:
That which belongs to her; the possessive case of she, used without a following noun. [from 12th c.]


lexentry: eng/herself__Pronoun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: herself
trans_list: ίδιος
sense:
(emphatic) She; an intensive repetition of the female subject, often used to indicate the exclusiveness of that person as the only satisfier of the predicate.


lexentry: eng/hertz__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: hertz
trans_list: χερτζ
sense:
In the International System of Units, the derived unit of frequency; one (period or cycle of any periodic event) per second. Symbol: Hz


lexentry: eng/hesitate__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: hesitate
trans_list: διστάζω
sense:
(intransitive) To stop or pause respecting decision or action; to be in suspense or uncertainty as to a determination.


lexentry: eng/hetaera__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: hetaera
trans_list: εταίρα
sense:
(historical, Ancient Greece) A highly cultivated hired female companion who would entertain upper-class male clients and might perform sex acts for them.


lexentry: eng/heterodox__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: heterodox
trans_list: αλλόδοξος
sense:
Of or pertaining to creeds, beliefs, or teachings, especially religious ones, that are different from what a religion (or sect) believes to be orthodox, but (usually) not conflicting with that religion's established beliefs and therefore not heretical.


lexentry: eng/heteronormativity__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: heteronormativity
trans_list: ετεροκανονικότητα
sense:
The assumption that all human beings are either male or female in both sex and gender, and that sexual and romantic attraction and activity only occurs, or is only normal, between people of different sexes.


lexentry: eng/heteronym__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: heteronym
trans_list: ετερώνυμο
sense:
(linguistics) A word having the same spelling as another, but a different pronunciation and meaning.


lexentry: eng/heterosexuality__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: heterosexuality
trans_list: ετεροφυλοφιλία
sense:
The state of being sexually and romantically attracted primarily or exclusively to persons of the opposite sex.


lexentry: eng/heuristic__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: heuristic
trans_list: ευρετικός
sense:
(of an approach to problem solving, learning, or discovery) That employs a practical method not guaranteed to be optimal or perfect; either not following or derived from any theory, or based on an advisedly oversimplified one. [from 1821]


lexentry: eng/heuristic__Adjective__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: heuristic
trans_list: ευρετικός
sense:
(computing, of a method or algorithm) That provides a useful, but not optimal, solution to a problem. Such algorithms are typically employed either because the only known algorithms that provide optimal solutions use too much time or resources, or else because there is no known algorithm that provides an optimal solution.


lexentry: eng/hexadecimal__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: hexadecimal
trans_list: δεκαεξαδικό
sense:
(arithmetic, computing, uncountable) A number system with base sixteen, using the digits 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, A, B, C, D, E and F, most used in computing as a hexadecimal digit can represent four bits, half a standard byte, and thus a single byte can be represented conveniently with two digits.


lexentry: eng/hiatus__Noun__1
sense_num: 06
written_rep: hiatus
trans_list: χασμωδία
sense:
(linguistics, uncountable) A syllable break between two vowels, without an intervening consonant. (Compare diphthong.)


lexentry: eng/hibernate__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: hibernate
trans_list: αλλάζω
sense:
(intransitive, biology) To spend the winter in a dormant or inactive state of minimal activity, low body temperature, slow breathing and heart rate, and low metabolic rate; to go through a winter sleep.


lexentry: eng/hibernate__Verb__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: hibernate
trans_list: αλλάζω
sense:
(intransitive, computing) To enter a standby state which conserves power without losing the contents of memory.


lexentry: eng/hibernation__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: hibernation
trans_list: χειμερία νάρκη
sense:
(biology, sleep) A state of minimum power consumption, inactivity and metabolic depression in some animals during winter.


lexentry: eng/hibiscus__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: hibiscus
trans_list: ιβίσκος
sense:
A flowering plant of the genus Hibiscus, especially Hibiscus syriacus, found in tropical to temperate regions, of some species used for making infusions/tea.


lexentry: eng/hiccup__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: hiccup
trans_list: λόξιγκας
sense:
A case of the hiccups; the condition of having the spasms of hiccupping; singultus; diaphragmatic myoclonus.


lexentry: eng/hiccups__Noun__2
sense_num: 01
written_rep: hiccups
trans_list: λόξιγκας
sense:
(usually, _, with "the") The condition of having the spasms of hiccupping; singultus; diaphragmatic myoclonus.


lexentry: eng/hickey__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: hickey
trans_list: γλειφιτζούρι
sense:
(originally, US, slang) A bruise-like mark made during petting by pressing the mouth to the skin on one’s partner’s body and sucking. [from 1934]


lexentry: eng/hierarch__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: hierarch
trans_list: ιεράρχης
sense:
(religion) One who has high and controlling authority in sacred things; the chief of a sacred order.


lexentry: eng/hierarch__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: hierarch
trans_list: ιεράρχης
sense:
(Eastern Orthodoxy) A title of bishops in their role as ordinaries (arbiters of canon law) over their respective dioceses.


lexentry: eng/hierarchy__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: hierarchy
trans_list: ιεραρχία
sense:
Any group of objects ranked so that every one but the topmost is subordinate to a specified one above it.


lexentry: eng/hierophant__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: hierophant
trans_list: ιεροφάντης
sense:
(Ancient Greece) An ancient Greek priest who interpreted sacred mysteries, especially the priest of the Eleusinian Mysteries.


lexentry: eng/high__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: high
trans_list: ψηλός
sense:
Relatively elevated; rising or raised above the average or normal level from which elevation is measured.


lexentry: eng/high__Adjective__1
sense_num: 16
written_rep: high
trans_list: μαστουρωμένος
sense:
(informal) Intoxicated; under the influence of a mood-altering drug, formerly usually alcohol, but now (from the mid-20th century) usually not alcohol but rather marijuana, cocaine, heroin, etc.


lexentry: eng/high_jump__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: high jump
trans_list: άλμα εις ύψος
sense:
(uncountable) An athletics event where a competitor must jump over a bar placed gradually higher and higher.


lexentry: eng/high_relief__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: high relief
trans_list: έξεργο
sense:
(sculpture) A form of classical sculpture in which forms extend from the background by at least half of their depth.


lexentry: eng/high_seas__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: high seas
trans_list: πόντος
sense:
(nautical) Regions of the ocean that are far from shore, especially those regions that do not belong to any country.


lexentry: eng/hijack__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: hijack
trans_list: απάγω | καταλαμβάνω
sense:
To forcibly seize control of some vehicle in order to rob it or to reach a destination (especially an airplane, truck or a boat).


lexentry: eng/hillbilly__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: hillbilly
trans_list: βλαχαδερό
sense:
(often, _, pejorative) Someone who is from the hills; especially from a rural area, with a connotation of a lack of refinement or sophistication.


lexentry: eng/hilt__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: hilt
trans_list: λαβή
sense:
The handle of a sword, consisting of grip, guard, and pommel, designed to facilitate use of the blade and afford protection to the hand.


lexentry: eng/hilum__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: hilum
trans_list: βαθούλωμα
sense:
(botany) The eye of a bean or other seed; the mark or scar at the point of attachment of an ovule or seed to its base or support.


lexentry: eng/him__Pronoun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: him
trans_list: αυτός
sense:
With nominative effect: he, especially as a predicate after be, or following a preposition. [from 15th c.]


lexentry: eng/himself__Pronoun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: himself
trans_list: ίδιος
sense:
(emphatic) He; used as an intensifier, often to emphasize that the referent is the exclusive participant in the predicate


lexentry: eng/hindbrain__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: hindbrain
trans_list: ρομβεγκέφαλος
sense:
(neuroanatomy) The posterior part of the brain, comprising the cerebellum, pons and medulla, the rhombencephalon


lexentry: eng/hip_flask__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: hip flask
trans_list: φιάλη πλακέ
sense:
A container designed to hold small amounts of alcohol, especially spirits, for personal consumption on the go.


lexentry: eng/hippie__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: hippie
trans_list: χίππης | χίππισσα
sense:
(1960s slang; still widely used in reference to that era) One who chooses not to conform to prevailing social norms: especially one who subscribes to values or actions such as acceptance or self-practice of recreational drug use, liberal or radical sexual mores, advocacy of communal living, strong pacifism or anti-war sentiment, etc.


lexentry: eng/hippocampus__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: hippocampus
trans_list: ιππόκαμπος
sense:
(mythological creature) A mythological creature with the front head and forelimbs of a horse and the rear of a dolphin.


lexentry: eng/hippocampus__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: hippocampus
trans_list: ιππόκαμπος
sense:
(neuroanatomy, anatomy) A part of the brain located inside the temporal lobe, consisting mainly of grey matter. It is a component of the limbic system and plays a role in memory and emotion.


lexentry: eng/hippopotamus__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: hippopotamus
trans_list: ιπποπόταμος
sense:
A large, semi-aquatic, herbivorous (plant-eating) African mammal (Hippopotamus amphibius; common hippopotamus).


lexentry: eng/hiragana__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: hiragana
trans_list: χιραγκάνα
sense:
(uncountable) The main syllabary for the Japanese language, used to represent native Japanese words, including particles, and when kanji is used, to represent verb and adjective endings.


lexentry: eng/histamine__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: histamine
trans_list: ισταμίνη
sense:
(neurotransmitter) An amine, C5H9N3, formed by decarboxylation of histidine, that causes dilatation of capillaries, contraction of smooth muscle, and stimulation of gastric acid secretion; it is released during allergic reactions.


lexentry: eng/histidine__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: histidine
trans_list: ιστιδίνη
sense:
(amino acid) An essential amino acid C6H9N3O2 found in most animal proteins; essential for tissue growth and repair.


lexentry: eng/histogram__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: histogram
trans_list: ιστόγραμμα
sense:
(statistics) A graphical display of numerical data in the form of upright bars, with the area of each bar representing frequency.


lexentry: eng/histology__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: histology
trans_list: ιστολογία
sense:
(biology) The study of the microscopic structure, chemical composition and function of the tissue or tissue systems of plants and animals.


lexentry: eng/historical_present__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: historical present
trans_list: ιστορικός ενεστώτας
sense:
(grammar) The present tense as used when referring to real past events, to add immediacy to what is being said or written.


lexentry: eng/historiography__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: historiography
trans_list: ιστοριογραφία
sense:
(uncountable) The study of the discipline and practice of history and the writings of past historians.


lexentry: eng/history__Noun__1
sense_num: 07
written_rep: history
trans_list: ιστορικό | ιστορία
sense:
(countable, computing) A record of previous user events, especially of visited web pages in a browser.


lexentry: eng/histrionics__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: histrionics
trans_list: εγκωμιασμός
sense:
Exaggerated, overemotional behaviour, especially when calculated to elicit a response; melodramatics.


lexentry: eng/hit_it_off__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: hit it off
trans_list: συμπαθώ
sense:
(informal) To develop an amicable relationship (with), especially in a sudden manner during an initial encounter.


lexentry: eng/hit_on__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: hit on
trans_list: την πέφτω σε
sense:
(transitive, slang) To flirt with; to approach and speak to (someone), seeking romance, love, sex, etc.


lexentry: eng/hit_point__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: hit point
trans_list: επίπεδο ζωής
sense:
(chiefly, RPG) A unit of damage, used to specify the amount of damage a character or object can withstand before it is defeated or destroyed.


lexentry: eng/hitchhike__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: hitchhike
trans_list: κάνω οτοστόπ
sense:
(intransitive) To try to get a ride in a passing vehicle while standing at the side of a road, generally by either sticking out one's finger or thumb or holding a sign with one's stated destination.


lexentry: eng/hitchhike__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: hitchhike
trans_list: κάνω οτοστόπ
sense:
(US, transitive) To try to get (a ride) in a passing vehicle while standing at the side of a road, generally by either sticking out one's finger or thumb or holding a sign with one's stated destination.


lexentry: eng/ho__Noun__2
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ho
trans_list: γαμώτο
sense:
(slang, derogatory) A whore; a sexually promiscuous woman; in general use as a highly offensive term of abuse for a woman with connotations of loose sexuality.


lexentry: eng/hoar_frost__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: hoar frost
trans_list: πάχνη
sense:
(specifically, meteorology) Water vapour which has undergone deposition or desublimation when the air is cold and moist to form a white deposit on exposed surfaces.


lexentry: eng/hoatzin__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: hoatzin
trans_list: οασίν | οατσίν
sense:
A bird, Opisthocomus hoazin, with claws on the wing fingers of the juvenile and an enlarged crop used as a rumen.


lexentry: eng/hob__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: hob
trans_list: λαμαρίνα
sense:
(UK, Irish, Commonwealth) The top cooking surface on a cooker; a cooktop. It typically comprises several cooking elements (often four), also known as 'rings'.


lexentry: eng/hobble__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: hobble
trans_list: πέδικλο
sense:
(mostly, in the plural) One of the short straps tied between the legs of unfenced horses, allowing them to wander short distances but preventing them from running off.


lexentry: eng/hobnob__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: hobnob
trans_list: κουτσοπίνω | συναναστρέφομαι
sense:
(intransitive, often, _, derogatory) To associate with in a friendly manner, often with those of a higher class or status; to fraternize.


lexentry: eng/hobo__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: hobo
trans_list: ζητιάνος
sense:
(North America) A wandering homeless person, especially (historical) one illegally travelling by rail or (pejorative) a penniless, unemployed bum.


lexentry: eng/hockey__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: hockey
trans_list: χόκεϋ | χόκεϊ
sense:
(North America) Ice hockey, a game on ice in which two teams of six players skate and try to score by shooting a puck into the opposing team's net, using their sticks.


lexentry: eng/hockey_puck__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: hockey puck
trans_list: σφαίρα
sense:
(ice hockey) A small black flat roundel of hardened rubber used as a playing piece in ice hockey to score points by moving the puck into the opponent's goal net.


lexentry: eng/hockey_stick__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: hockey stick
trans_list: ξύλο
sense:
(North America, ice hockey) A stick used to handle the puck in ice hockey, having a flat, angled blade at the end.


lexentry: eng/hocus-pocus__Interjection__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: hocus-pocus
trans_list: αμπρακατάμπρα
sense:
A phrase used (by a stage magician, etc.) as a magical incantation to bring about some change: abracadabra, hey presto.


lexentry: eng/hocus-pocus__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: hocus-pocus
trans_list: αμπρακατάμπρα
sense:
(countable, uncountable, chiefly, US, also, attributively) Some action carried out to bring about change as if by magic; a trick; sleight of hand, trickery.


lexentry: eng/hod__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: hod
trans_list: καλάθι
sense:
A three-sided box mounted on a pole for carrying bricks, mortar, or other construction materials over the shoulder.


lexentry: eng/hoe__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: hoe
trans_list: τσάπα
sense:
An agricultural tool consisting of a long handle with a flat blade fixed perpendicular to it at the end, used for digging rows or removing weeds.


lexentry: eng/hog__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: hog
trans_list: γουρούνι
sense:
Any animal belonging to the Suidae family of mammals, especially the pig, the warthog, and the boar.


lexentry: eng/hog__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: hog
trans_list: μονοπόλιο
sense:
(transitive, informal) To greedily take more than one's share, to take precedence at the expense of another or others.


lexentry: eng/hoist__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: hoist
trans_list: ανατρέφω
sense:
(transitive) To raise; to lift; to elevate (especially, to raise or lift to a desired elevation, by means of tackle or pulley, said of a sail, a flag, a heavy package or weight).


lexentry: eng/hokey__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: hokey
trans_list: επιτηδευμένος
sense:
(US, colloquial) Phony, as if a hoax; noticeably contrived; of obviously flimsy credibility or quality.


lexentry: eng/hold__Verb__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: hold
trans_list: κρατώ | βάζω σε αναμονή
sense:
(transitive) To impose restraint upon; to limit in motion or action; to bind legally or morally; to confine; to restrain.


lexentry: eng/hold__Verb__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: hold
trans_list: περιέχω
sense:
To maintain in being or action; to carry on; to prosecute, as a course of conduct or an argument; to continue; to sustain.


lexentry: eng/hold_off__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: hold off
trans_list: αναβάλλω
sense:
(idiomatic, transitive, intransitive) To delay commencing (an action until some specified time or event has passed).


lexentry: eng/hold_one's_breath__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: hold one's breath
trans_list: κρατάω την ανάσα μου
sense:
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see hold,‎ one's,‎ breath. To keep air in one's lungs, pausing noticeably before exhaling after previously inhaling.


lexentry: eng/hold_one's_liquor__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: hold one's liquor
trans_list: αντέχω
sense:
(idiomatic) To be resistant to intoxication or to show few signs of intoxication, even after consuming a significant amount of alcohol.


lexentry: eng/hold_out__Verb__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: hold out
trans_list: περιμένω
sense:
(idiomatic, often, with for) To wait, or refuse in hopes of getting something better (from a negotiation, etc.)


lexentry: eng/hole__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: hole
trans_list: τρύπα | οπή
sense:
(golf) A subsurface standard-size hole, also called cup, hitting the ball into which is the object of play. Each hole, of which there are usually eighteen as the standard on a full course, is located on a prepared surface, called the green, of a particular type grass.


lexentry: eng/hole__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: hole
trans_list: τρύπα | οπή
sense:
(stud poker) A card (also called a hole card) dealt face down thus unknown to all but its holder; the status in which such a card is.


lexentry: eng/hole__Noun__1
sense_num: 07
written_rep: hole
trans_list: τρύπα | οπή
sense:
(physics) In semiconductors, a lack of an electron in an occupied band behaving like a positively charged particle.


lexentry: eng/holiday__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: holiday
trans_list: διακοπές
sense:
(chiefly, UK, Australia) A period of one or more days taken off work for leisure and often travel; often plural.


lexentry: eng/holiday__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: holiday
trans_list: διακοπές
sense:
(chiefly, UK, Australia) A period during which pupils do not attend their school; often plural; rarely used for students at university (usually: vacation).


lexentry: eng/holiday_season__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: holiday season
trans_list: διακοπές
sense:
(US, Canada) The period of the late fall and early winter when several holidays occur, such as Halloween, American Thanksgiving, Christmas, New Year's Day, Hanukkah, and Kwanzaa


lexentry: eng/hollow__Adjective__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: hollow
trans_list: υπόκωφος
sense:
(of a sound) Distant, eerie; echoing, reverberating, as if in a hollow space; dull, muffled; often low-pitched.


lexentry: eng/holly__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: holly
trans_list: ίλεξ
sense:
Any of various shrubs or (mostly) small trees, of the genus Ilex, either evergreen or deciduous, used as decoration especially at Christmas.


lexentry: eng/holmium__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: holmium
trans_list: όλμιο
sense:
A chemical element (symbol Ho) with atomic number 67: a soft and malleable silvery-white metal, too reactive to be found uncombined in nature.


lexentry: eng/holocaust__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: holocaust
trans_list: εξολόθρευση
sense:
Extensive destruction of a group of animals or (especially) people; a large-scale massacre or slaughter.


lexentry: eng/holograph__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: holograph
trans_list: ολόγραφος
sense:
(legal, textual criticism) A handwritten document that is solely the work of the person whose signature it bears, especially a letter, deed, or will; an original manuscript, a protograph.


lexentry: eng/holography__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: holography
trans_list: ολογραφία
sense:
(physics) a technique for recording, and then reconstructing, the amplitude and phase distributions of a coherent wave disturbance; used to produce three-dimensional images or holograms


lexentry: eng/holy_shit__Interjection__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: holy shit
trans_list: γαμώτο
sense:
(idiomatic, vulgar, slang) Expression of terror, awe, surprise, astonishment, etc., often at something seen for the first time or remembered immediately before using this term.


lexentry: eng/holy_water__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: holy water
trans_list: αγίασμα
sense:
(Christianity) In certain Christian churches, water that has been sanctified by a priest or bishop for the purpose of baptism or for the blessing of persons, places, or things.


lexentry: eng/homage__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: homage
trans_list: σεβασμός
sense:
(countable, uncountable) A demonstration of respect, such as towards a person after their retirement or death.


lexentry: eng/home__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: home
trans_list: σπίτι | σπιτικό
sense:
One’s own dwelling place; the house or structure in which one lives; especially the house in which one lives with one's family; the habitual abode of one’s family.


lexentry: eng/home__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: home
trans_list: πατρικό
sense:
The place (residence, settlement, country, etc.), where a person was born and/or raised; childhood or parental home; home of one’s parents or guardian.


lexentry: eng/home__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: home
trans_list: πατρίδα | γενέτειρα
sense:
One’s native land; the place or country in which one dwells; the place where one’s ancestors dwell or dwelt.


lexentry: eng/home__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: home
trans_list: κατοικία | περιβάλλον
sense:
The locality where a thing is usually found, or was first found, or where it is naturally abundant; habitat; seat.


lexentry: eng/home_country__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: home country
trans_list: πατρίδα
sense:
The country in which a person was born and usually raised, regardless of the present country of residence and citizenship.


lexentry: eng/home_front__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: home front
trans_list: τα νώτα
sense:
The civilian sphere as opposed to the military; specifically, the civilian sphere supporting the military's efforts in a war.


lexentry: eng/home_loan__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: home loan
trans_list: στεγαστικό δάνειο
sense:
(countable) A loan taken for the purpose of purchasing a house, or other type of residential property.


lexentry: eng/home_plate__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: home plate
trans_list: μάρμαρο
sense:
(baseball) A flat, pentagonal, rubber object placed at the center of the batter's box, which is used as a basis for judging pitched strikes and balls, and the touching of which by a runner advancing from or past third base scores a run.


lexentry: eng/homebody__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: homebody
trans_list: σπιτόγατος
sense:
(North American, informal) A person who prefers to remain at home, rather than participate in social events elsewhere.


lexentry: eng/homecoming__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: homecoming
trans_list: νόστος
sense:
Ellipsis of harvest homecoming.; A traditional (street) party and/or dance near the start of the school year, at around fall mid-terms. Traditionally marking the start of harvest break, where students go home in autumn to harvest the crops on the family farms.


lexentry: eng/homemaker__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: homemaker
trans_list: νοικοκυρά
sense:
(US) A person who maintains the administration and upkeep of his or her residence, especially one who is not employed outside the home; one who runs the household.


lexentry: eng/homeopathy__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: homeopathy
trans_list: ομοιοπαθητική
sense:
A system of treating diseases with small amounts of substances which, in larger amounts, would produce the observed symptoms.


lexentry: eng/homeostasis__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: homeostasis
trans_list: ομοιόσταση
sense:
(physiology) The ability of a system or living organism to adjust its internal environment to maintain a state of dynamic constancy; such as the ability of warm-blooded animals to maintain a stable temperature.


lexentry: eng/homesickness__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: homesickness
trans_list: νοσταλγία
sense:
The characteristic of being homesick; a strong, sad feeling of missing one's home (and often left-behind loved ones, such as family and friends) when physically away.


lexentry: eng/homicide__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: homicide
trans_list: ανθρωποκτονία
sense:
(countable, uncountable, crime) The killing of one person by another, whether premeditated or unintentional.


lexentry: eng/homicide__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: homicide
trans_list: ανθρωποκτονία
sense:
(countable, US, police jargon) A victim of homicide; a person who has been unlawfully killed by someone else.


lexentry: eng/hominid__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: hominid
trans_list: Ανθρωπίδας | Ανθρωπίδης
sense:
Any primate of the taxonomic family Hominidae, which includes all the nonhuman great apes (chimpanzees, gorillas, orangutans) as well as humans.


lexentry: eng/homogeneous__Adjective__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: homogeneous
trans_list: ομοιογενής | ομογενής
sense:
(ring theory, of an element of a graded ring) Belonging to one of the summands of the grading (if the ring is graded over the natural numbers and the element is in the kth summand, it is said to be homogeneous of degree k; if the ring is graded over a commutative monoid I, and the element is an element of the ith summand, it is said to be of grade i)


lexentry: eng/homogenization__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: homogenization
trans_list: ομογενοποίηση
sense:
The act of making something homogenous, or the same throughout; or the tendency of something to become homogenous.


lexentry: eng/homogenized_milk__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: homogenized milk
trans_list: ομογενοποιημένο γάλα
sense:
Milk which has been treated so that the liquid remains creamy throughout, instead of forming a separate layer of cream at the top.


lexentry: eng/homologous__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: homologous
trans_list: ομόλογος
sense:
(biology) Corresponding to a similar structure in another life form with a common evolutionary origin.


lexentry: eng/homologous__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: homologous
trans_list: ομόλογος
sense:
(cultural anthropology, structural anthropology) Playing the same role as seen in another culture, whether by historical connection, psychological archetype, convergent cultural evolution, or otherwise (as may be hypothesized but not known with certainty by current science), as for example with the cryptozoologic concepts of yeti and sasquatch, the use of polite and familiar pronouns, or other similarities.


lexentry: eng/homomorphism__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: homomorphism
trans_list: ομομορφισμός
sense:
(algebra) A structure-preserving map between two algebraic structures of the same type, such as groups, rings, or vector spaces.


lexentry: eng/homophone__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: homophone
trans_list: ομόφωνος
sense:
(semantics) A word which is pronounced the same as another word but differs in spelling or meaning or origin.


lexentry: eng/homoscedasticity__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: homoscedasticity
trans_list: ομοσκεδαστικότητα
sense:
(statistics) A property of a set of random variables such that each variable has the same finite variance.


lexentry: eng/homosexual__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: homosexual
trans_list: ομοφυλόφιλος | γκέι | λεσβιακή | ομοφυλόφιλη
sense:
(of a person or other animal, formal, distancing, or, dated) Sexually and/or romantically attracted to members of the same sex, such as a man who is attracted to men or a woman who is attracted to women; gay. (Typically used in the sense of sole/exclusive attraction.)


lexentry: eng/homosexual__Adjective__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: homosexual
trans_list: ομοφυλόφιλος | γκέι
sense:
(of a romantic or sexual act or relationship, formal, distancing, or, dated) Between two people of the same sex; gay.


lexentry: eng/homosexual__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: homosexual
trans_list: ομοφυλόφιλος | λεσβία | γκέι
sense:
(typically, formal, distancing, or, dated) A person who is sexually attracted solely or primarily to others of the same sex.


lexentry: eng/homosexuality__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: homosexuality
trans_list: ομοφυλοφιλία
sense:
Sexual activity with a person of the same sex, sometimes (potentially, _, offensive) restricted to same-sex sex between males. [1897]


lexentry: eng/homosociality__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: homosociality
trans_list: ομοκοινωνικότητα
sense:
Socialization (social interaction, social relationships) with members of the same sex, as distinguished from sexual interaction with or attraction to members of the same sex (homosexuality) and social interaction with members of the opposite sex (heterosociality).


lexentry: eng/hone__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: hone
trans_list: ακόνι
sense:
A sharpening stone composed of extra-fine grit used for removing the burr or curl from the blade of a razor or some other edge tool.


lexentry: eng/honest__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: honest
trans_list: τίμιος | έντιμος
sense:
(of a person or institution) Scrupulous with regard to telling the truth; not given to swindling, lying, or fraud; upright.


lexentry: eng/honey__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: honey
trans_list: μέλι
sense:
(uncountable) A viscous, gold-colored sweet fluid produced from plant nectar by bees, and often consumed by humans.


lexentry: eng/honey__Noun__1
sense_num: 07
written_rep: honey
trans_list: μελί | μελόχρουν
sense:
A spectrum of pale yellow to brownish-yellow color, like that of most types of (the sweet substance) honey.


lexentry: eng/honey_bee__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: honey bee
trans_list: μέλισσα
sense:
Any of seven species of bee, in genus Apis, often kept commercially for honey, beeswax, and pollination of crops.


lexentry: eng/honey_buzzard__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: honey buzzard
trans_list: σφηκιάρης
sense:
European honey buzzard (Pernis apivorus), a summer migrant to most of Europe and western Asia, wintering in tropical Africa


lexentry: eng/honeycomb__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: honeycomb
trans_list: κηρήθρα
sense:
(uncountable) A substance made by bees (clade Anthophila) primarily from beeswax which has hexagonal cells to hold their larvae, and for storing pollen and honey to feed the larvae and themselves when other food is scarce; it is also eaten by humans as part of comb-honey; (countable) a single sheet made up of two layers of this substance.


lexentry: eng/honeydew_melon__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: honeydew melon
trans_list: πεπόνι
sense:
A melon from the Cucumis melo Inodorus cultivar group, with sweet, light green or white flesh and a smooth greenish-white or yellow rind.


lexentry: eng/honor__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: honor
trans_list: τιμώ
sense:
(transitive) To think of highly, to respect highly; to show respect for; to recognise the importance or spiritual value of.


lexentry: eng/hood_rat__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: hood rat
trans_list: αρουραίος
sense:
(slang, African-American Vernacular English, pejorative) A person from an urban neighbourhood who overtly exhibits attributes associated with inner city life, especially in both behaviour and appearance.


lexentry: eng/hoof__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: hoof
trans_list: οπλή
sense:
The tip of a toe of an ungulate such as a horse, ox or deer, strengthened by a thick keratin covering.


lexentry: eng/hook__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: hook
trans_list: γάντζος | άγκιστρο
sense:
A rod bent into a curved shape, typically with one end free and the other end secured to a rope or other attachment.


lexentry: eng/hook__Noun__1
sense_num: 14
written_rep: hook
trans_list: άγκιστρο
sense:
(narratology) A gimmick or element of a creative work intended to be attention-grabbing for the audience; a compelling idea for a story that will be sure to attract people's attention.


lexentry: eng/hook_up__Verb__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: hook up
trans_list: ακολουθώ
sense:
(idiomatic, slang) To give a good deal for buying something; to give something for free or to give more than the recipient is entitled to.


lexentry: eng/hookah__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: hookah
trans_list: ναργιλές
sense:
(recreational inhalants) A pipe with a long flexible tube that draws the smoke through water, traditionally used for smoking tobacco, which is often flavored.


lexentry: eng/hoopoe__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: hoopoe
trans_list: τσαλαπετεινός
sense:
Any Old World bird of genus Upupa, especially Upupa epops (Eurasian hoopoe), known for its distinctive plumage, fanlike crest, and slender bill.


lexentry: eng/hope__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: hope
trans_list: ελπίδα
sense:
(countable, _, or, _, uncountable) The feeling of trust, confidence, belief or expectation that something wished for can or will happen.


lexentry: eng/hoplite__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: hoplite
trans_list: οπλίτης
sense:
(historical) A heavily-armed infantry soldier of Ancient Greece, wielding a one-handed spear and an aspis.


lexentry: eng/hopscotch__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: hopscotch
trans_list: κουτσό
sense:
(playground games) A child's game, in which a player, hopping on one foot, drives a stone from one compartment to another of a figure traced or scotched on the ground.


lexentry: eng/horde__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: horde
trans_list: ορδή
sense:
A wandering troop or gang; especially, a clan or tribe of a nomadic people (originally Tatars) migrating from place to place for the sake of pasturage, plunder, etc.; a predatory multitude.


lexentry: eng/horizon__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: horizon
trans_list: ορίζοντας
sense:
The visible horizontal line (in all directions) where the sky appears to meet the earth in the distance.


lexentry: eng/horizontal_bar__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: horizontal bar
trans_list: μονόζυγο
sense:
(gymnastics) A horizontally-aligned bar used in gymnastics, upon which acts of swinging are performed.


lexentry: eng/hormone__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: hormone
trans_list: ορμόνη
sense:
(physiology) Any substance produced by one tissue and conveyed by the bloodstream to another to effect physiological activity.


lexentry: eng/horn__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: horn
trans_list: κέρατο
sense:
Any similar real or imaginary growth or projection such as the elongated tusk of a narwhal, the eyestalk of a snail, the pointed growth on the nose of a rhinoceros, or the hornlike projection on the head of a demon or similar.


lexentry: eng/horn__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: horn
trans_list: κερατίνη | κέρατο
sense:
(uncountable) The hard substance from which animals' horns are made, sometimes used by man as a material for making various objects.


lexentry: eng/hornbeam__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: hornbeam
trans_list: γάβρος
sense:
A tree of the genus Carpinus, having a smooth gray bark and a ridged trunk, the wood being white and very hard, common along the banks of streams in the United States.


lexentry: eng/hornbill__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: hornbill
trans_list: καλάο
sense:
Any of various birds of the family Bucerotidae, with bills resembling a cow's horns. Many species have a casque above the bill, and many imprison their young in a tree.


lexentry: eng/horned_owl__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: horned owl
trans_list: μπούφος
sense:
An owl of the genus Bubo native to the Americas, among the largest types of owl, having two horn-like tufts of feathers on its head.


lexentry: eng/hornet__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: hornet
trans_list: σερσένι | σκούρκος
sense:
A large wasp, of the genus Vespa, having a brown-and-yellow-striped body and the ability to inflict a serious sting.


lexentry: eng/horny__Adjective__2
sense_num: 01
written_rep: horny
trans_list: καυλωμένος
sense:
(slang, informal) Sexually aroused, with or without physical manifestation; experiencing a feeling of sexual desire.


lexentry: eng/horoscope__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: horoscope
trans_list: ωροσκόπιο
sense:
The position of the planets and stars at the moment of someone's birth; a diagram of such positions.


lexentry: eng/horror_movie__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: horror movie
trans_list: ταινία τρόμου
sense:
(mostly, North America) A motion picture which entertains by horrifying or frightening the audience.


lexentry: eng/horse__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: horse
trans_list: άλογο | ίππος
sense:
Any member of the species Equus ferus, including the Przewalski's horse and the extinct Equus ferus ferus.


lexentry: eng/horse_chestnut__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: horse chestnut
trans_list: αγριοκαστανιά
sense:
Any of several tree species of genus Aesculus, especially Aesculus hippocastanum, common in temperate northern hemisphere.


lexentry: eng/horsefly__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: horsefly
trans_list: αλογόμυγα
sense:
Any of several medium to large flies, of the family Tabanidae, that suck the blood of mammals (not to be confused with Stomoxys calcitrans, the stable fly, or dog fly).


lexentry: eng/horseshoe__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: horseshoe
trans_list: πέταλο
sense:
The U-shaped shoe of a horse, now typically made of metal; by extension, a representation of this used to play the game horseshoes, hung as a luck charm, etc.


lexentry: eng/horsetail__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: horsetail
trans_list: εκουιζέτο | ιππουρίδα
sense:
(botany) Any of various simple vascular plants, of the order Equisetales, that have hollow stems and produce spores.


lexentry: eng/hosanna__Interjection__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: hosanna
trans_list: ωσαννά
sense:
A cry of praise or adoration to God in liturgical use among the Jews, and said to have been shouted in recognition of the Messiahship of Jesus on his entry into Jerusalem; hence since used in the Christian Church.


lexentry: eng/hospice__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: hospice
trans_list: άσυλο ανιάτων
sense:
(uncountable) The provision of palliative care for terminally ill patients, either at a specialized facility or at a residence, and support for the family, typically refraining from taking extraordinary measures to prolong life.


lexentry: eng/hospital__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: hospital
trans_list: νοσοκομείο
sense:
A large medical facility, usually in a building with multiple floors, where seriously ill or injured patients are given extensive medical and/or surgical treatment.


lexentry: eng/hospitality__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: hospitality
trans_list: φιλοξενία
sense:
The act or service of welcoming, receiving, hosting, or entertaining guests; an appropriate attitude of openness, respect, and generosity toward guests.


lexentry: eng/hospitalization__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: hospitalization
trans_list: νοσηλεία
sense:
The hospitalizing of a patient, the condition of being hospitalized, or the period a patient stays in hospital.


lexentry: eng/host__Noun__1
sense_num: 06
written_rep: host
trans_list: ξενιστής
sense:
(ecology) A cell or organism which harbors another organism or biological entity, usually a parasite.


lexentry: eng/host__Noun__2
sense_num: 01
written_rep: host
trans_list: στρατιά
sense:
A multitude of people arrayed as an army; used also in religious senses, as: Heavenly host (of angels)


lexentry: eng/hostage__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: hostage
trans_list: όμηρος
sense:
A person given as a pledge or security for the performance of the conditions of a treaty or similar agreement, such as to ensure the status of a vassal.


lexentry: eng/hostel__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: hostel
trans_list: ξενώνας
sense:
A commercial overnight lodging place, with dormitory accommodation and shared facilities, especially a youth hostel.


lexentry: eng/hostile__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: hostile
trans_list: εχθρικός
sense:
Not friendly; appropriate to an enemy; showing the disposition of an enemy; showing ill will and malevolence or a desire to thwart and injure.


lexentry: eng/hostility__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: hostility
trans_list: εχθροπραξία
sense:
(countable) A hostile action, especially a military action. See hostilities for specific plural definition.


lexentry: eng/hot-air_balloon__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: hot-air balloon
trans_list: αερόστατο
sense:
A balloon-shaped aircraft whose bag is inflated with hot air, carrying passengers and crew in a gondola slung underneath.


lexentry: eng/hot_dog__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: hot dog
trans_list: χοτ ντογκ
sense:
A food item consisting of a frankfurter or wiener, typically served on a hot dog bun, with toppings such as ketchup, mustard, relish, sauerkraut, onions, cheese, etc.


lexentry: eng/hot_flush__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: hot flush
trans_list: έξαψη
sense:
(UK, Canada, AU, NZ) A sudden, but brief, sensation of heat over the entire body; a common symptom of the menopause.


lexentry: eng/hot_water_bottle__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: hot water bottle
trans_list: θερμοφόρα | μπουγιότα
sense:
A flexible, saclike bottle, usually made of rubber, intended to be filled with hot water and placed on some part of the body for thermotherapy, or simple warming.


lexentry: eng/hot_water_heater__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: hot water heater
trans_list: θερμοσίφωνας
sense:
An apparatus, usually fuel-burning, electric or solar-powered, in which water is heated to be used directly as domestic hot water or process hot water (but not for supplying space heating, calorifiers etc, for which a boiler or furnace is used).


lexentry: eng/hotbed__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: hotbed
trans_list: εστία, τζάκι
sense:
(by extension) An environment that is ideal for the growth or development of something, especially of something undesirable.


lexentry: eng/hotel__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: hotel
trans_list: ξενοδοχείο
sense:
An establishment that provides accommodation and other services for paying guests; normally larger than a guesthouse, and often one of a chain. [from 17th c.]


lexentry: eng/hothouse__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: hothouse
trans_list: θερμοκήπιο
sense:
(figurative) An environment in which growth or development is encouraged naturally or artificially; a hotbed.


lexentry: eng/hour__Noun__1
sense_num: 06
written_rep: hour
trans_list: ώρα | χρόνος
sense:
(Christianity, in the plural) The set times of prayer, the canonical hours, the offices or services prescribed for these, or a book containing them.


lexentry: eng/house__Noun__1
sense_num: 06
written_rep: house
trans_list: σπίτι
sense:
A building used for something other than a residence (typically with qualifying word). [from 10th c.]


lexentry: eng/house__Noun__1
sense_num: 06
written_rep: house
trans_list: σπίτι
sense:
A place of business; a company or organisation, especially a printing press, a publishing company, or a couturier. [from 10th c.]


lexentry: eng/house__Noun__1
sense_num: 06
written_rep: house
trans_list: σπίτι
sense:
A place of public accommodation or entertainment, especially a public house, an inn, a restaurant, a theatre, or a casino; or the management thereof. [from 10th c.]


lexentry: eng/house__Noun__1
sense_num: 08
written_rep: house
trans_list: σπίτι
sense:
(politics) A building where a deliberative assembly meets; whence the assembly itself, particularly a component of a legislature. [from 10th c.]


lexentry: eng/house__Noun__1
sense_num: 09
written_rep: house
trans_list: οίκος | σπίτι
sense:
A dynasty; a family with its ancestors and descendants, especially a royal or noble one. [from 10th c.]


lexentry: eng/house_music__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: house music
trans_list: house | χάουζ
sense:
(music genre) A particular type of electronic dance music with an uptempo beat and recurring kickdrum.


lexentry: eng/house_sparrow__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: house sparrow
trans_list: σπιτοσπουργίτι
sense:
A bird of the species Passer domesticus, native to much of Eurasia, introduced in many other temperate environments.


lexentry: eng/housebreaker__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: housebreaker
trans_list: διαρρήκτης | διαρρήκτρια
sense:
A criminal who breaks into and enters another's house or premises with the intent of committing a crime.


lexentry: eng/household_deity__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: household deity
trans_list: οικιακή θεότητα
sense:
(mythology, religion) A minor tutelary deity watching over a household, usually conceived as a protective ancestral spirit or genius loci.


lexentry: eng/housekeeper__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: housekeeper
trans_list: οικονόμος
sense:
Someone (traditionally a woman) employed to look after the home, typically by managing domestic servants or superintending household management; also someone with equivalent duties in a hotel, institution etc. [from 16th c.]


lexentry: eng/housekeeper__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: housekeeper
trans_list: νοικοκυρά | οικονόμος
sense:
Someone who manages the running of a home, traditionally the female head of the household. [from 17th c.]


lexentry: eng/housemaid__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: housemaid
trans_list: οικιακή βοηθός
sense:
A female domestic worker attached to the non-servant quarter part of the house, as opposed to a scullery maid.


lexentry: eng/housewife__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: housewife
trans_list: νοικοκυρά | οικοδέσποινα
sense:
(plural "housewives") The wife of a householder; the mistress of a family; the female head of a household.


lexentry: eng/housing_estate__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: housing estate
trans_list: συνοικία
sense:
A group of often architecturally similar buildings constructed at the same time, primarily for residential accommodation.


lexentry: eng/hoverboard__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: hoverboard
trans_list: χόβερμπορντ
sense:
(mostly, science fiction) A levitating board that can be ridden in the manner of a surfboard or skateboard.


lexentry: eng/hovercraft__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: hovercraft
trans_list: αερόστρωμνο
sense:
(vehicle, genericized trademark) A vehicle supported on a cushion of air, able to traverse many different types of terrain and travel over water, used for transport.


lexentry: eng/how__Adverb__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: how
trans_list: πόσο | τι | πολύ
sense:
(exclamative) Used as a modifier to indicate surprise, delight, or other strong feelings in an exclamation.


lexentry: eng/how_are_you__Phrase__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: how are you
trans_list: τι κάνεις | πώς είσαι; | πώς είστε; | τι κάνετε
sense:
(idiomatic) An informal greeting, not requiring a literal response. In form a question, and thus followed by a question mark. Typical responses include:


lexentry: eng/how_do_you_do__Phrase__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: how do you do
trans_list: χαίρω πολύ
sense:
(formal) A greeting used upon being introduced to someone. Alternatives are how are you, pleased to meet you, and nice to meet you. (Sometimes used as a rhetorical question among familiar parties, depending on the region).


lexentry: eng/howitzer__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: howitzer
trans_list: οβιδοβόλο
sense:
A cannon that combines certain characteristics of field guns and mortars, delivering projectiles with medium velocities, usually with relatively high trajectories; normally a cannon with a tube length of 20 to 30 calibers.


lexentry: eng/hug__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: hug
trans_list: αγκαλιά | αγκάλιασμα
sense:
A close embrace, especially when charged with an emotion such as affection, joy, relief, lust, anger, aggression, compassion, and the like, as opposed to being characterized by formality, equivocation or ambivalence (a half-embrace or "little hug").


lexentry: eng/huh__Interjection__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: huh
trans_list: α
sense:
(slang, with falling pitch) Used either to belittle the issuer of a statement/question, or sarcastically to indicate utter agreement, and that the statement being responded to is an extreme understatement. The intonation is changed to distinguish between the two meanings - implied dullness for belittlement, and feigned surprise for utter agreement.


lexentry: eng/hulk__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: hulk
trans_list: ναυάγιο
sense:
(by extension) A non-functional but floating ship, usually stripped of equipment and rigging, and often put to other uses such as accommodation or storage.


lexentry: eng/hull__Noun__2
sense_num: 02
written_rep: hull
trans_list: σκάφος
sense:
(mathematics, geometry, of a set A) The smallest set that possesses a particular property (such as convexity) and contains every point of A; slightly more formally, the intersection of all sets which possess the specified property and of which A is a subset.


lexentry: eng/hum__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: hum
trans_list: μουρμουρίζω
sense:
(intransitive) To make a sound from the vocal cords without pronouncing any real words, with one's lips closed.


lexentry: eng/hum__Verb__1
sense_num: 07
written_rep: hum
trans_list: βουίζω
sense:
(transitive, UK, dated, slang) To flatter by approving; to cajole; to deceive or impose upon; to humbug.


lexentry: eng/human_being__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: human being
trans_list: άνθρωπος
sense:
A person; a large sapient, bipedal primate, with notably less hair than others of that order, of the species Homo sapiens.


lexentry: eng/human_resources__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: human resources
trans_list: τμήμα
sense:
(management) The personnel department of an organization, dealing with the recruitment, administration, management and training of employees; abbreviated as HR.


lexentry: eng/human_rights__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: human rights
trans_list: ανθρώπινα δικαιώματα
sense:
(international law) The set of basic rights and freedoms that all humans should be guaranteed, including the right to life and liberty, freedom of thought and expression, and equality before the law.


lexentry: eng/human_shield__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: human shield
trans_list: ανθρώπινη ασπίδα
sense:
(military) Civilians which a military group has deliberately placed combat targets near to deter an enemy from attacking those targets.


lexentry: eng/human_trafficking__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: human trafficking
trans_list: τράφικινγκ
sense:
A criminal activity in which people are recruited, harbored, transported, bought, or kidnapped to serve an exploitative purpose, such as sexual slavery, forced labor, or child soldiery.


lexentry: eng/humane__Adjective__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: humane
trans_list: ανθρώπινος
sense:
Pertaining to branches of learning concerned with human affairs or the humanities, especially classical literature or rhetoric.


lexentry: eng/humanism__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: humanism
trans_list: ουμανισμός | ανθρωπισμός
sense:
(historical, often capitalized) Specifically, a cultural and intellectual movement in 14th-16th century Europe characterised by attention to classical culture and a promotion of vernacular texts, notably during the Renaissance. [from 19th c.]


lexentry: eng/humanism__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: humanism
trans_list: ανθρωπισμός
sense:
An ethical system that centers on humans and their values, needs, interests, abilities, dignity and freedom; especially used for a secular one which rejects theistic religion and superstition. [from 19th c.]


lexentry: eng/humanoid__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: humanoid
trans_list: ανθρωποειδής
sense:
Having the appearance or characteristics of a human; being anthropomorphic under some criteria (physical, mental, genetical, ethological, ethical etc.).


lexentry: eng/humectant__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: humectant
trans_list: υγραντικό
sense:
Any substance that promotes the retention of water, especially one used to keep a food product moist.


lexentry: eng/humid__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: humid
trans_list: νοτερός | υγρός
sense:
Containing perceptible moisture (usually describing air or atmosphere); damp; moist; somewhat wet or watery.


lexentry: eng/hummus__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: hummus
trans_list: χούμους
sense:
A Levantine Arab dip made of chickpea paste with various additions, such as olive oil, fresh garlic, lemon juice, and tahini, often eaten with pitta bread, or as a meze.


lexentry: eng/humour__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: humour
trans_list: χιούμορ
sense:
(medicine) Either of the two regions of liquid within the eyeball, the aqueous humour and vitreous humour.


lexentry: eng/humus__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: humus
trans_list: χούμος
sense:
A large group of natural organic compounds, found in the soil, formed from the chemical and biological decomposition of plant and animal residues and from the synthetic activity of microorganisms.


lexentry: eng/hundredweight__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: hundredweight
trans_list: εκατόκιλο
sense:
(historical) Various units of ancient measurement systems consisting of 100 units usually translated as "pounds".


lexentry: eng/hung__Adjective__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: hung
trans_list: αργός
sense:
(computing, colloquial) Of a computer or similar device, receiving power but not functioning as desired; working very slowly or not at all. The condition is often corrected by rebooting the computer.


lexentry: eng/hunger__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: hunger
trans_list: λαχταρώ | ποθώ
sense:
(figuratively, intransitive, usually, _, with 'for' or 'after') To have a desire (for); to long; to yearn.


lexentry: eng/hunter-gatherer__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: hunter-gatherer
trans_list: κυνηγός-συλλέκτης | τροφοσυλλέκτης
sense:
A member of a group of people who live by hunting animals and gathering edible plants for their main food sources, and who do not keep animals or farm land.


lexentry: eng/hunting__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: hunting
trans_list: κυνήγι | θήρα
sense:
The act of finding and killing a wild animal, either for sport or with the intention of using its parts to make food, clothes, etc.


lexentry: eng/hurdle__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: hurdle
trans_list: εμπόδιο | φράγμα
sense:
(athletics, horses) An artificial barrier, variously constructed, over which athletes or horses jump in a race.


lexentry: eng/hurricane__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: hurricane
trans_list: ανεμοστρόβιλος | κυκλώνας | τυφώνας
sense:
A severe tropical cyclone in the North Atlantic Ocean, Caribbean Sea, Gulf of Mexico, or in the eastern North Pacific off the west coast of Mexico, with winds of 119 km/h (74 miles per hour) or greater accompanied by rain, lightning, and thunder that sometimes moves into temperate latitudes.


lexentry: eng/hurtle__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: hurtle
trans_list: οδηγώ
sense:
To cause (someone or something) to collide with or hit another person or thing; or (two people or things) to collide with or hit each other.


lexentry: eng/husbandry__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: husbandry
trans_list: κτηνοτροφία
sense:
The occupation or work of a husbandman or farmer; the cultivation of crops and the raising of livestock; agriculture.


lexentry: eng/husk__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: husk
trans_list: φλούδι
sense:
The dry, leafy or stringy exterior of certain vegetables or fruits, which must be removed before eating the meat inside.


lexentry: eng/hut__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: hut
trans_list: καλύβα
sense:
A small, simple one-storey dwelling or shelter, often with just one room, and generally built of readily available local materials.


lexentry: eng/hybrid__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: hybrid
trans_list: υβρίδιο
sense:
(biology) Offspring resulting from cross-breeding different entities, e.g. two different species or two purebred parent strains.


lexentry: eng/hybrid_warfare__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: hybrid warfare
trans_list: υβριδικός πόλεμος
sense:
A form of conflict which blends conventional warfare, irregular warfare, and activities such as political warfare and information warfare.


lexentry: eng/hydraulic_fracturing__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: hydraulic fracturing
trans_list: υδραυλική θραύση | υδραυλική ρωγμάτωση
sense:
(oil drilling) A technique in which a mixture of water and sand is forced down an oil well (or similar) in order to create fractures in the oil-bearing rock and thus release more oil.


lexentry: eng/hydraulics__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: hydraulics
trans_list: υδραυλική
sense:
The engineering science that deals with practical applications where liquid is in motion and transmits energy.


lexentry: eng/hydrocephalus__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: hydrocephalus
trans_list: υδροκεφαλία
sense:
(medicine) A usually congenital condition in which an abnormal accumulation of fluid in the cerebral ventricles causes enlargement of the skull and compression of the brain, destroying much of the neural tissue


lexentry: eng/hydrochloric_acid__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: hydrochloric acid
trans_list: υδροχλωρικό οξύ
sense:
(inorganic compound) A strong acid made by dissolving the gas hydrogen chloride in water. It reacts with alkalis, bases and many metals to form chlorides; it has many industrial applications.


lexentry: eng/hydrogen_bomb__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: hydrogen bomb
trans_list: βόμβα υδρογόνου
sense:
A thermonuclear bomb that derives its destructive power from the fusion of isotopes of hydrogen (deuterium and tritium).


lexentry: eng/hydrogen_peroxide__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: hydrogen peroxide
trans_list: οξυγονούχο νερό
sense:
(inorganic compound) A colourless liquid, H2O2, soluble in water, used as a mild antiseptic, bleaching agent (especially for bleaching hair), oxidizing agent and chemical reagent.


lexentry: eng/hydrogenation__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: hydrogenation
trans_list: υδρογόνωση
sense:
(chemistry) The chemical reaction of hydrogen with another substance, especially with an unsaturated organic compound, and usually under the influence of temperature, pressure and catalysts.


lexentry: eng/hydrography__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: hydrography
trans_list: υδρογραφία
sense:
(nautical) The scientific measurement and description of the physical features and conditions of navigable waters and the shoreline.


lexentry: eng/hydrology__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: hydrology
trans_list: υδρολογία
sense:
The science of the properties, distribution, and effects of water on a planet's surface, in the soil and underlying rocks, and in the atmosphere


lexentry: eng/hydrolysis__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: hydrolysis
trans_list: υδρόλυση
sense:
(chemistry) A chemical process of decomposition involving the splitting of a bond and the addition of the hydrogen cation and the hydroxide anion of water.


lexentry: eng/hydrometeorology__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: hydrometeorology
trans_list: υδρομετεωρολογία
sense:
The branch of meteorology that studies the occurrence, movement and changes of state of water in the atmosphere.


lexentry: eng/hydrophilic__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: hydrophilic
trans_list: υδρόφιλος
sense:
(physics, chemistry) Having an affinity for water; able to absorb, or be wetted by water; water-loving.


lexentry: eng/hydroxyl__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: hydroxyl
trans_list: υδροξύλιο
sense:
(chemistry) A univalent radical or functional group (–OH) in organic chemistry; present in alcohols, phenols, carboxylic acids and certain other classes of compounds.


lexentry: eng/hyena__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: hyena
trans_list: ύαινα
sense:
Any of the medium-sized to large feliform carnivores of the subfamily Hyaenidae, native to Africa and Asia and noted for the sound similar to laughter which they can make if excited.


lexentry: eng/hyena__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: hyena
trans_list: ύαινα
sense:
(Subsaharan Africa) A man that performs ritualized sex acts with recently widowed women and menarchal girls.


lexentry: eng/hygrometer__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: hygrometer
trans_list: υγρόμετρο
sense:
(meteorology) An instrument that measures the humidity of the air or other gases, especially the relative humidity.


lexentry: eng/hylomorphism__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: hylomorphism
trans_list: yλομορφισμός
sense:
(philosophy) The doctrine that every physical substance is the sum of its component matter and the form taken by that matter.


lexentry: eng/hylozoism__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: hylozoism
trans_list: υλοζωία | υλοζωισμός
sense:
A philosophical doctrine espousing that all or some material things possess life, or that all life is inseparable from matter.


lexentry: eng/hyperbaton__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: hyperbaton
trans_list: υπερβατό
sense:
(grammar) An inversion of the usual or logical order of words or phrases, for emphasis or poetic effect.


lexentry: eng/hyperbola__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: hyperbola
trans_list: υπερβολή
sense:
(geometry) A conic section formed by the intersection of a cone with a plane that intersects the base of the cone and is not tangent to the cone. The function y(x) = 1/x draws a hyperbola.


lexentry: eng/hyperbole__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: hyperbole
trans_list: υπερβολή
sense:
(uncountable, rhetoric, literature) Deliberate or unintentional overstatement, particularly extreme overstatement.


lexentry: eng/hyperbolic__Adjective__2
sense_num: 05
written_rep: hyperbolic
trans_list: υπερβολικός
sense:
(topology) Of, pertaining to, or in a hyperbolic space (a space having negative curvature or sectional curvature).


lexentry: eng/hypercorrection__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: hypercorrection
trans_list: υπερδιόρθωση
sense:
(linguistics) Nonstandard language use that results from the over-application of a perceived prescriptive rule.


lexentry: eng/hyperkinetic__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: hyperkinetic
trans_list: υπερκινητικός
sense:
(neurology, pathology, psychiatry, psychology) Of, relating to, or affected with hyperkinesis or hyperactivity.


lexentry: eng/hyperkinetic_disorder__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: hyperkinetic disorder
trans_list: υπερκινητική διαταραχή | υπερκινητικότητα
sense:
(neurology, pathology, psychiatry, psychology) A developmental disorder in which a person has a persistent and pervasive pattern of inattention, hyperactivity, and impulsivity.


lexentry: eng/hyperlink__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: hyperlink
trans_list: υπερζεύξη | υπερσύνδεσμος
sense:
(Internet) Some text or a graphic in an electronic document that can be activated to display another document or trigger an action.


lexentry: eng/hypermedia__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: hypermedia
trans_list: υπερμέσα
sense:
(computing) The use of text, data, graphics, audio and video as elements of an extended hypertext system in which all elements are linked so that the user can move among them at will.


lexentry: eng/hypernym__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: hypernym
trans_list: υπερώνυμο
sense:
(semantics) A superordinate word or phrase; a term whose referents form a set which includes as a subset the referents of a subordinate term—as, for example, insect being (a hypernym) for ant.


lexentry: eng/hypersonic__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: hypersonic
trans_list: υπερηχητικός
sense:
(of a speed, aviation) Equal to, or greater than, or capable of achieving, five times the speed of sound.


lexentry: eng/hyperspace__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: hyperspace
trans_list: υπερδιάστημα
sense:
(science fiction) A notional space orthogonal to the usual dimensions of space-time often used for faster-than-light travel.


lexentry: eng/hypertext__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: hypertext
trans_list: υπερκείμενο
sense:
(uncountable) Digital text in which the reader may navigate related information through embedded hyperlinks.


lexentry: eng/hypertrophy__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: hypertrophy
trans_list: υπερτροφία
sense:
(countable, medicine) An increase in the size of an organ or tissue due to the enlargement of its individual cells.


lexentry: eng/hyphen__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: hyphen
trans_list: ενωτικό
sense:
The symbol "‐", typically used to join two or more words to form a compound term, or to indicate that a word has been split at the end of a line.


lexentry: eng/hypnosis__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: hypnosis
trans_list: ύπνωση
sense:
A trancelike state, artificially induced, in which a person has a heightened suggestibility, and in which suppressed memories may be experienced.


lexentry: eng/hypochondria__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: hypochondria
trans_list: υποχονδρία
sense:
(medicine) A psychological disorder characterized by excessive preoccupation or worry about having a serious illness.


lexentry: eng/hypocoristic__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: hypocoristic
trans_list: υποκοριστικό
sense:
A nickname, especially one indicating intimacy and formed through a shortening of the original name.


lexentry: eng/hypocrisy__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: hypocrisy
trans_list: υποκρισία
sense:
The practice of engaging in the same behaviour or activity for which one criticises another; moral self-contradiction whereby the behavior of one or more people belies their own claimed or implied possession of certain beliefs, standards or virtues.


lexentry: eng/hypocrite__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: hypocrite
trans_list: υποκρίτρια | υποκριτής | φαρισαία | φαρισαίος
sense:
Someone who practices hypocrisy, who pretends to hold beliefs, or whose actions are not consistent with their claimed beliefs. [from early 13th c.]


lexentry: eng/hyponym__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: hyponym
trans_list: υπώνυμο
sense:
(semantics) A more specific term; a subordinate grouping word or phrase; a term designating a subclass of another more general class described by the given word.


lexentry: eng/hypospadias__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: hypospadias
trans_list: υποσπαδίας
sense:
(anatomy) A congenital condition in males in which the opening of the urethra is on the underside of the penis.


lexentry: eng/hypostasis__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: hypostasis
trans_list: υπόσταση
sense:
(psychology) Referring to the hypostatic model of personality; i.e., asserting that humans present themselves in many different aspects or hypostases, depending on the internal and external realities they relate to, including different approaches to the study of personality.


lexentry: eng/hypothalamus__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: hypothalamus
trans_list: υποθάλαμος
sense:
(neuroanatomy) A region of the forebrain located below the thalamus, forming the basal portion of the diencephalon, and functioning to regulate body temperature, some metabolic processes and governing the autonomic nervous system.


lexentry: eng/hypothesis__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: hypothesis
trans_list: υπόθεση
sense:
(sciences) Used loosely, a tentative conjecture explaining an observation, phenomenon or scientific problem that can be tested by further observation, investigation and/or experimentation. As a scientific term of art, see the attached quotation. Compare to theory, and quotation given there.


lexentry: eng/hypothyroidism__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: hypothyroidism
trans_list: υποθυρεοειδισμός
sense:
(pathology) The disease state caused by insufficient production of thyroid hormone by the thyroid gland. [from 1900s]


lexentry: eng/hyssop__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: hyssop
trans_list: ύσσωπος
sense:
Any of several aromatic bushy herbs, of the genus Hyssopus, native to Southern Europe and once used medicinally.


lexentry: eng/hysteria__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: hysteria
trans_list: υστερία
sense:
Behavior exhibiting excessive or uncontrollable emotions, in a wide range from joy to panic but usually including anxiety or fear.


lexentry: eng/háček__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: háček
trans_list: καπέλο
sense:
(orthography, and, typography) A caron; a diacritical mark (ˇ) usually resembling an inverted circumflex, but in the cases of ď, Ľ, ľ, and ť resembling a prime (′) instead.


lexentry: eng/iamb__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: iamb
trans_list: ίαμβος
sense:
(prosody) A metrical foot in verse consisting of an unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllable.


lexentry: eng/iambic__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: iambic
trans_list: ιαμβικός
sense:
(prosody) Consisting of iambs (metrical feet with an unstressed-stressed pattern) or characterized by their predominance. [from Template:SAFESUBST: c.]


lexentry: eng/iatrogenic__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: iatrogenic
trans_list: ιατρογενής
sense:
(medicine, of a disease, injury, or other adverse outcome) Induced by the words or actions of the physician or by medical treatment or diagnostic procedure.


lexentry: eng/ibid.__Adverb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ibid.
trans_list: αυτ. | αυτόθι
sense:
(bibliography, abbreviation) ibidem, in the same place. Indicates a reference to the same source as the previous one.


lexentry: eng/ibis__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ibis
trans_list: ίβις
sense:
Any of various long-legged wading birds in the family Threskiornithidae, having long downcurved bills used to probe the mud for prey such as crustaceans.


lexentry: eng/ibuprofen__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ibuprofen
trans_list: ιβουπροφαίνη
sense:
(carboxylic acid, pharmaceutical drug) A synthetic compound used widely as an analgesic and anti-inflammatory drug.


lexentry: eng/ice_age__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: ice age
trans_list: Εποχή των Παγετώνων
sense:
(colloquial) Any of several glacial periods (within a scientific ice age) marked by episodes of extensive glaciation alternating with episodes of relative warmth (interglacial).


lexentry: eng/ice_cream_cone__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ice cream cone
trans_list: χωνάκι
sense:
A thin, conical confection baked from crepe batter, sealed at its apex, used to hold ice cream while it is being eaten.


lexentry: eng/iceberg__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: iceberg
trans_list: παγόβουνο
sense:
A huge mass of ocean-floating ice which has broken off a glacier or ice shelf [from Template:SAFESUBST: c.]


lexentry: eng/iceberg_lettuce__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: iceberg lettuce
trans_list: μαρούλι άισμπεργκ
sense:
A lettuce cultivar (Lactuca sativa var. capitata) noted for its crunchiness; the most familiar of all lettuces sold in the United States.


lexentry: eng/icebox__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: icebox
trans_list: χύξη
sense:
(UK) A compartment in a refrigerator that is colder than the rest of the refrigerator and is used as a freezer.


lexentry: eng/icebreaker__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: icebreaker
trans_list: παγοθραυστικό | παγοθραύστης | παγοθραυστικό πλοίο
sense:
A ship designed to break through ice so that it, or other ships coming behind, can navigate on frozen seas.


lexentry: eng/ichor__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ichor
trans_list: ιχώρ
sense:
(Greek mythology) The liquid said to flow in place of blood in the veins of the gods. [from late 17th c.]


lexentry: eng/ichthyosaur__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ichthyosaur
trans_list: ιχθυόσαυρος
sense:
Any of several fishlike marine reptiles of the extinct order †Ichthyosauria of the early Triassic to the late Cretaceous period, that had a body somewhat like a porpoise. [from c. 1830]


lexentry: eng/icing__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: icing
trans_list: γλάσο
sense:
(cooking) A sweet, often creamy and thick glaze made primarily of sugar, often enriched with ingredients like butter, egg whites, or flavorings, typically used for baked goods.


lexentry: eng/icing_on_the_cake__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: icing on the cake
trans_list: το κερασάκι στην τούρτα
sense:
(idiomatic) Something that intensifies the appreciation of something already good (or bad in an ironic sense depending on the context).


lexentry: eng/icon__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: icon
trans_list: εικόνα
sense:
An image, symbol, picture, portrait, or other representation usually as an object of religious devotion.


lexentry: eng/icon__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: icon
trans_list: εικόνα | εικόνισμα
sense:
(religion, especially, Eastern Christianity) A type of religious painting portraying a saint or scene from Scripture, often done on wooden panels.


lexentry: eng/iconoclasm__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: iconoclasm
trans_list: εικονοκλασία
sense:
The belief in, participation in, or sanction of destroying religious icons and other symbols or monuments, usually with religious or political motives. [1797]


lexentry: eng/iconoclastic__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: iconoclastic
trans_list: εικονοκλάστης
sense:
Characterized by attack on established and accepted beliefs, customs, or institutions; of or pertaining to iconoclasm.


lexentry: eng/iconostasis__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: iconostasis
trans_list: εικονοστάσιο
sense:
(Eastern Orthodoxy) A wall of icons between the sanctuary and the nave in an Eastern Orthodox church.


lexentry: eng/id__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: id
trans_list: εκείνο
sense:
(psychoanalysis) The unconscious impulsive component of the personality in the Freudian psychoanalytic model.


lexentry: eng/ide__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ide
trans_list: Άλαντ
sense:
A freshwater fish of the family Cyprinidae, found across northern Europe and Asia, especially Leuciscus idus. [from 19th c.]


lexentry: eng/idea__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: idea
trans_list: ιδέα
sense:
(philosophy) An abstract archetype of a given thing, compared to which real-life examples are seen as imperfect approximations; pure essence, as opposed to actual examples. [from 14th c.]


lexentry: eng/idea__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: idea
trans_list: ιδέα
sense:
More generally, any result of mental activity; a thought, a notion; a way of thinking. [from 17th c.]


lexentry: eng/idea__Noun__1
sense_num: 06
written_rep: idea
trans_list: ιδέα
sense:
A conception in the mind of something to be done; a plan for doing something, an intention. [from 17th c.]


lexentry: eng/idealism__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: idealism
trans_list: ιδεαλισμός
sense:
The property of a person of having high ideals that are usually unrealizable or at odds with practical life.


lexentry: eng/idealism__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: idealism
trans_list: ιδεαλισμός
sense:
(philosophy) An approach to philosophical enquiry, which asserts that direct and immediate knowledge can only be had of ideas or mental pictures.


lexentry: eng/idempotence__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: idempotence
trans_list: ταυτοδυναµία
sense:
(mathematics, computing) A quality of an action such that repetitions of the action have no further effect on the outcome; the state of being idempotent.


lexentry: eng/idempotent__Adjective__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: idempotent
trans_list: ταυτοδύναμος
sense:
(mathematics) (said of an element of an algebraic structure with a binary operation, such as a group or semigroup) Such that, when it operates on itself, the result is equal to itself.


lexentry: eng/identical__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: identical
trans_list: απαράλλακτος
sense:
(not comparable) Bearing full likeness by having precisely the same set of characteristics; indistinguishable.


lexentry: eng/identifier__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: identifier
trans_list: αναγνωριστικό
sense:
(programming, operating systems) A formal name used in source code to refer to a variable, function, procedure, package, etc. or in an operating system to refer to a process, user, group, etc.


lexentry: eng/identity__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: identity
trans_list: ταυτότητα
sense:
The difference or character that marks off an individual or collective from the rest of the same kind; selfhood; the sense of who something or someone or oneself is, or the recurring characteristics that enable the recognition of such an individual or group by others or themselves.


lexentry: eng/identity_theft__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: identity theft
trans_list: κλοπή ταυτότητας
sense:
(law, criminology) The deliberate assumption of another person's identity, usually to gain access to that person's finances or to frame a person for a crime.


lexentry: eng/ideogram__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ideogram
trans_list: ιδεόγραμμα
sense:
A picture or symbol which represents the idea of something without indicating the sequence of sounds used to pronounce it. Examples include digits, traffic signs, and graphic symbols such as @.


lexentry: eng/ideological__Adjective__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: ideological
trans_list: ιδεολογικός
sense:
Based on an ideology or misleading studies or statistics, especially based on the media or propaganda. Not based on scientific evidence or reality.


lexentry: eng/ides__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ides
trans_list: ειδοί
sense:
(historical, often, _, capitalized) The notional full-moon day of a Roman month, occurring on the 15th day of the four original 31-day months (March, May, Quintilis or July, and October) and on the 13th day of all other months.


lexentry: eng/idiocy__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: idiocy
trans_list: ιδιωτεία | ηλιθιότητα
sense:
(dated, psychology, now, , pejorative) The state or condition of being an idiot; the quality of having an intelligence level far below average; mental retardation; intellectual disability.


lexentry: eng/idiom__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: idiom
trans_list: ιδίωμα
sense:
A manner of speaking, a mode of expression peculiar to a language, language family, or group of people.


lexentry: eng/idiom__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: idiom
trans_list: ιδίωμα
sense:
An established phrasal expression whose meaning may not be deducible from the literal meanings of its component words.


lexentry: eng/idiot__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: idiot
trans_list: ιδιώτης | μικρόνους
sense:
(obsolete, medicine, psychology) A person of the lowest intellectual standing, a person who lacks the capacity to develop beyond the mental age of a normal four-year-old; a person with an IQ below 30.


lexentry: eng/idiotic__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: idiotic
trans_list: ανόητος
sense:
(of a person or animal) Pertaining to or resembling an idiot; characterised with behaviour resembling idiocy.


lexentry: eng/idioticon__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: idioticon
trans_list: γλωσσάριο
sense:
A dictionary of a specific dialect, or of the words and phrases peculiar to one part of a country; a glossary.


lexentry: eng/idle_hands_are_the_devil's_workshop__Proverb__1
sense_num: 01
sense: One who is idle will likely come to do evil.
written_rep: idle hands are the devil's workshop
trans_list:
αργία μητήρ πάσης κακίας | δουλειά δεν είχε ο διάβολος και έπνιγε τα παιδιά του | δουλειά δεν είχε ο διάβολος, γαμούσε τα παιδιά του


lexentry: eng/idol__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: idol
trans_list: είδωλο
sense:
A graven image or representation of anything that is revered, or believed to convey spiritual power.


lexentry: eng/idyll__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: idyll
trans_list: ειδύλλιο
sense:
Any poem or short written piece composed in the style of Theocritus's short pastoral poems, the Idylls.


lexentry: eng/idyll__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: idyll
trans_list: ειδύλλιο
sense:
An episode or series of events or circumstances of pastoral or rural simplicity, fit for an idyll; a carefree or lighthearted experience.


lexentry: eng/idée_fixe__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: idée fixe
trans_list: έμμονη ιδέα
sense:
(psychology) An idea dominating the mind and maintained despite evidence to the contrary; (loosely) , an obsession.


lexentry: eng/if_I_were_you__Phrase__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: if I were you
trans_list: αν ήμουν στη θέση σου | στη θέση σου
sense:
A phrase said to introduce advice, i.e. to express what one would do in the interlocutor's situation.


lexentry: eng/if__Conjunction__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: if
trans_list: εάν
sense:
(computing) In the event that a statement is true (a programming statement that acts in a similar manner).


lexentry: eng/if_and_only_if__Conjunction__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: if and only if
trans_list: αν και μόνο αν
sense:
(logic, mathematics) Is equivalent to; implies and is implied by; is true and false in the same cases as.


lexentry: eng/if_the_mountain_won't_come_to_Muhammad__Proverb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: if the mountain won't come to Muhammad
trans_list: όταν δεν πάει στον Μωάμεθ το βουνό, πάει στο βουνό ο Μωάμεθ
sense:
If something one wishes to be done cannot be commanded to be done, one must find another way to achieve one's goal.


lexentry: eng/if_you_pay_peanuts,_you_get_monkeys__Proverb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: if you pay peanuts, you get monkeys
sense:
(Britain, informal) Offering a low payment or salary will not attract skilled workers or employees. [from mid 20th c.]

trans_list:
αν βάζεις τον κώλο σου να σου κάνει δουλειά, σκατά δουλειά θα κάνει | τον κώλο βάζεις μάγειρα, σκατά θα μαγειρέψει


lexentry: eng/igneous__Adjective__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: igneous
trans_list: πύρινος
sense:
(geology) Resulting from, or produced by, great heat. With rocks, it could also mean formed from lava or magma.


lexentry: eng/ignosticism__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ignosticism
trans_list: ιγνωστικισμός
sense:
The lack of belief that "creator and designer of the universe" is a coherently defined phrase, thus modern religionists do not believe in any god but only have the illusion that they do, and that modern atheists do not disbelieve in any god, or even lack belief in any god, but only have the illusion that they do.


lexentry: eng/iguana__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: iguana
trans_list: ιγκουάνα
sense:
Colloquially, in Africa, any large member of the genus Varanus, especially the aquatic Nile monitor (see leguan).


lexentry: eng/ileum__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ileum
trans_list: ειλεός
sense:
(anatomy) The last, and usually the longest, division of the small intestine; the part between the jejunum and large intestine.


lexentry: eng/ilk__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ilk
trans_list: γένος
sense:
A type, race or category; a group of entities that have common characteristics such that they may be grouped together.


lexentry: eng/ill-advised__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ill-advised
trans_list: ασύνετος
sense:
Carried out without the benefit of wise counsel or careful deliberation, or carried out with unwise counsel.


lexentry: eng/illiterate__Adjective__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: illiterate
trans_list: αναλφάβητος
sense:
Having less than an expected standard of familiarity with language and literature, or having little formal education.


lexentry: eng/illustrate__Verb__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: illustrate
trans_list: διευκρινίζω
sense:
To provide a book or other publication with pictures, diagrams or other explanatory or decorative features.


lexentry: eng/ilmenite__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ilmenite
trans_list: ιλμενίτης
sense:
(mineral) A weakly magnetic dark gray mineral found in metamorphic and igneous rocks; it is a mixed oxide of iron and titanium, FeTiO3


lexentry: eng/image__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: image
trans_list: εικόνα
sense:
(computing) A file that contains all information needed to produce a live working copy. (See disk image and image copy.)


lexentry: eng/image__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: image
trans_list: εικόνα | περιωπή
sense:
A characteristic of a person, group or company etc., style, manner of dress, how one is or wishes to be perceived by others.


lexentry: eng/imaginary__Adjective__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: imaginary
trans_list: φανταστικός
sense:
(mathematics, of a number) Having no real part; that part of a complex number which is a multiple of \sqrt{-1} (called imaginary unit).


lexentry: eng/imaginary_number__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: imaginary number
trans_list: φανταστικός αριθμός
sense:
(complex analysis, strict sense) A number of the form bi, where b is any real number and i denotes the imaginary unit.


lexentry: eng/imagination__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: imagination
trans_list: φαντασία
sense:
The image-making power of the mind; the act of mentally creating or reproducing an object not previously perceived; the ability to create such images.


lexentry: eng/imam__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: imam
trans_list: ιμάμης
sense:
(usually capitalized) A Shi'ite Muslim leader descended from the prophet Muhammad and functioning as his spiritual successor.


lexentry: eng/imbecile__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: imbecile
trans_list: ηλίθιος
sense:
(obsolete) A person with limited mental capacity who can perform tasks and think only like a young child, in medical circles meaning a person who lacks the capacity to develop beyond the mental age of a normal five- to seven-year-old child.


lexentry: eng/immanence__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: immanence
trans_list: εμμένεια
sense:
(philosophy, metaphysics, theology) The concept of the presence of deity in and throughout the real world; the idea that God is everywhere and in everything. Contrast transcendence.


lexentry: eng/immigration__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: immigration
trans_list: μετανάστευση
sense:
The act of immigrating; the passing or coming into a country of which one is not native born for the purpose of permanent residence.


lexentry: eng/immoral__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: immoral
trans_list: ανήθικος
sense:
Breaching principles of natural law, rectitude, or justice, and so inconsistent with the demands of virtue, purity, or "good morals"; not right, not moral. (Compare unethical, illegal.)


lexentry: eng/immune_system__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: immune system
trans_list: ανοσοποιητικό | ανοσοποιητικό σύστημα
sense:
(anatomy, immunology) The system that differentiates self from non-self and protects the body from foreign substances and pathogenic organisms by producing an immune response. It includes organs such as the thymus, the spleen and lymph nodes; tissue such as bone marrow, and lymphoid tissues such as the tonsils; cells such as lymphocytes including the B cells and T cells, and cell products such as antibodies.


lexentry: eng/immunosuppressive__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: immunosuppressive
trans_list: ανοσοκατασταλτικός
sense:
(pharmaceutical effect, immunology) Having the capability to suppress the immune system, capable of immunosuppression.


lexentry: eng/immunotherapy__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: immunotherapy
trans_list: ανοσοθεραπεία
sense:
(immunology) The treatment of disease (especially cancers and autoimmune diseases) by adjusting the body's immune response.


lexentry: eng/immunotherapy__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: immunotherapy
trans_list: ανοσοθεραπεία
sense:
(immunology, oncology) The treatment of cancer by improving the ability of the host to reject a tumour immunologically: cancer immunotherapy.


lexentry: eng/immurement__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: immurement
trans_list: περιτείχιση
sense:
Capital punishment, human sacrifice or life imprisonment by entombing for life or sealing behind walls.


lexentry: eng/imp__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: imp
trans_list: διαβολάκι
sense:
(chiefly, fiction, and, mythology) A small, mischievous sprite or a malevolent supernatural creature, somewhat comparable to a demon but smaller and less powerful, formerly regarded as the child of the devil or a demon (see sense 3.2). [from 16th c.]


lexentry: eng/impact__Verb__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: impact
trans_list: προσκρούω
sense:
(transitive, figurative, proscribed) To significantly or strongly influence or affect; to have an impact on.


lexentry: eng/impact_crater__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: impact crater
trans_list: κρατήρας πρόσκρουσης
sense:
(geology, astronomy) A crater formed from a hypervelocity impact, typically of a meteorite, as opposed to one formed by other means such as vulcanism.


lexentry: eng/impala__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: impala
trans_list: ιμπάλα
sense:
An African antelope, Aepyceros melampus, noted for its leaping ability; the male has ridged, curved horns.


lexentry: eng/imparisyllabic__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: imparisyllabic
trans_list: ανισοσύλλαβος
sense:
Not having the same number of syllables in all its inflections (especially of Greek or Latin nouns); for example, the Latin word pars, which has the genitive form partis.


lexentry: eng/impatience__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: impatience
trans_list: ανυπομονησία
sense:
The quality of being impatient; lacking patience; restlessness and intolerance of delays; anxiety and eagerness, especially to begin something.


lexentry: eng/impedance__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: impedance
trans_list: εμπέδηση | σύνθετη αντίσταση
sense:
(physics) A measure of the opposition to the flow of an alternating current in a circuit; the aggregation of its resistance, and inductive and capacitive reactances; the ratio of voltage to current treated as complex quantities.


lexentry: eng/imperative_mood__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: imperative mood
trans_list: προστακτική
sense:
(grammar) The grammatical mood generally expressing a command, though also used to express a request or permission.


lexentry: eng/imperfection__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: imperfection
trans_list: ατέλεια
sense:
(uncountable) Those qualities or features that are imperfect; the characteristic, state, or quality of being imperfect.


lexentry: eng/imperfective_aspect__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: imperfective aspect
trans_list: μη τετελεσμένος
sense:
(grammar) A feature of a verb which denotes that its action or condition does not have a fixed temporal boundary, but is habitual, unfinished, continuous, repetitive or in progress.


lexentry: eng/imperialism__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: imperialism
trans_list: αποικιοκρατία | αποικιοκρατισμός
sense:
The policy of forcefully extending a nation's authority by territorial gain or by the establishment of economic and political dominance over other nations.


lexentry: eng/impersonal__Adjective__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: impersonal
trans_list: απρόσωπος
sense:
(grammar, of a verb or other word) Not having a subject, or having a third person pronoun without an antecedent.


lexentry: eng/impersonal_verb__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: impersonal verb
trans_list: απρόσωπο ρήμα
sense:
(linguistics) A verb used only in the infinitive or in the third person. In the third person, the subject is either implied or a dummy.


lexentry: eng/impersonate__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: impersonate
trans_list: ενσαρκώνω
sense:
(transitive) To pretend to be (a different person); to assume the identity of, especially when there is an intent to deceive.


lexentry: eng/implant__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: implant
trans_list: εμφύτευμα
sense:
(medicine) Anything surgically implanted in the body, such as a tissue graft or prosthesis, particularly breast implants.


lexentry: eng/implementation__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: implementation
trans_list: εφαρμογή | υλοποίηση
sense:
The process of moving an idea from concept to reality. In business, engineering and other fields, implementation refers to the building process rather than the design process.


lexentry: eng/implication__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: implication
trans_list: υποκείμενη συνέπεια | υποκείμενο συμπέρασμα | υπονοούμενο
sense:
(countable, uncountable) An implying, or that which is implied, but not expressed; an inference, or something which may fairly be understood, though not expressed in words.


lexentry: eng/imply__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: imply
trans_list: υπονοώ
sense:
(transitive, of a proposition) to have as a necessary consequence; to lead to (something) as a consequence


lexentry: eng/impostor_syndrome__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: impostor syndrome
trans_list: σύνδρομο του απατεώνα
sense:
(psychology) A psychological phenomenon in which a person is unable to internalize his or her accomplishments, remaining convinced that he or she does not deserve any accompanying success.


lexentry: eng/imprecation__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: imprecation
trans_list: κατάρα
sense:
The act of imprecating, or invoking evil upon someone; a prayer that a curse or calamity may befall someone.


lexentry: eng/impregnable__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: impregnable
trans_list: απόρθητος | άπαρτος
sense:
(military) Of a fortress or other fortified place: able to withstand all attacks; impenetrable, inconquerable, unvanquishable.


lexentry: eng/impressionism__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: impressionism
trans_list: ιμπρεσιονισμός
sense:
(arts) An art movement characterized by visible brushstrokes, ordinary subject matter, and an emphasis on light and its changing qualities.


lexentry: eng/impressionism__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: impressionism
trans_list: ιμπρεσιονισμός
sense:
(music genre) A style that avoided traditional harmony, and sought to invoke the impressions of the composer.


lexentry: eng/impromptu__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: impromptu
trans_list: αυτοσχεδιασμός
sense:
(music) A short musical composition for an informal occasion often with the character of improvisation and usually to be played solo.


lexentry: eng/improvement__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: improvement
trans_list: βελτίωση | καλυτέρευση
sense:
The act of making profitable use or application of anything, or the state of being profitably employed; practical application, for example of a doctrine, principle, or theory, stated in a discourse.


lexentry: eng/improvise__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: improvise
trans_list: αυτοσχεδιάζω
sense:
To make something up or invent it as one goes on; to proceed guided only by imagination, intuition, and guesswork rather than by a careful plan.


lexentry: eng/imprudence__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: imprudence
trans_list: απρονοησία
sense:
(uncountable) The quality or state of being imprudent; lack of prudence, caution, discretion or circumspection.


lexentry: eng/impugn__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: impugn
trans_list: αμφισβητώ
sense:
(transitive) To verbally assault, especially to argue against an opinion, motive, or action; to question the truth or validity of.


lexentry: eng/impunity__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: impunity
trans_list: ατιμωρησία
sense:
(uncountable) Freedom from punishment or retribution; security from any reprisal or injurious consequences of an action, behaviour etc.


lexentry: eng/in-law__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: in-law
trans_list: συμπέθερος
sense:
Sometimes specifically a parent-in-law of one's child, for which the dedicated terms co-mother-in-law, co-father-in-law are rare.


lexentry: eng/in_a_word__Prepositional_phrase__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: in a word
trans_list: με μια λέξη
sense:
(abbreviative action or effect): In summarization: briefly, concisely, summarily, in short; to sum up


lexentry: eng/in_cold_blood__Prepositional_phrase__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: in cold blood
trans_list: εν ψυχρώ
sense:
(idiomatic) In a ruthless and unfeeling manner, particularly as applied to first-degree murder committed without provocation and with malice aforethought.


lexentry: eng/in_no_uncertain_terms__Prepositional_phrase__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: in no uncertain terms
trans_list: χωρίς περιστροφές
sense:
(idiomatic, of a statement, especially a threat or admonishment) Definitely, clearly; bluntly, forthrightly; explicitly, categorically, unequivocally.


lexentry: eng/in_other_words__Prepositional_phrase__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: in other words
trans_list: με άλλα λόγια
sense:
(conjunctive, idiomatic) Stated or interpreted another way; Used to introduce an explanation, simplification, or clarification.


lexentry: eng/in_the_land_of_the_blind,_the_one-eyed_man_is_king__Proverb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: in the land of the blind, the one-eyed man is king
trans_list: στη χώρα των τυφλών, ο μονόφθαλμος είναι βασιλιάς | στους τυφλούς, βασιλεύει ο μονόφθαλμος
sense:
Even someone with limited abilities or opportunities is dominant over, and considered special by, those who have even fewer abilities and opportunities; the value of any ability depends on its prevalence.


lexentry: eng/in_vitro_fertilization__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: in vitro fertilization
trans_list: εξωσωματική γονιμοποίηση
sense:
(medicine) The fertilization of an ovum by sperm outside of a woman's body; normally used as a treatment for infertility.


lexentry: eng/in_wine,_there_is_truth__Proverb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: in wine, there is truth
trans_list: εν οίνω αλήθεια
sense:
Statements made or expressed under the influence of alcohol reveal true beliefs that are not expressed when sober.


lexentry: eng/in_your_dreams__Phrase__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: in your dreams
trans_list: ούτε στ' όνειρό σου | ούτε στα όνειρά σου | ούτε στο όνειρό σου
sense:
(idiomatic, colloquial, somewhat, derogatory, often, sarcastic) Used to express the speaker's skepticism about another's preceding statement about a desired or assumed state of affairs.


lexentry: eng/inaugurate__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: inaugurate
trans_list: εγκαινιάζω
sense:
To dedicate (something, as a building or a monument) for public access or use with a formal ceremony.


lexentry: eng/inauguration__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: inauguration
trans_list: έναρξη
sense:
The act of inaugurating, or inducting into office with solemnity; investiture by appropriate ceremonies.


lexentry: eng/inbox__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: inbox
trans_list: εισερχόμενα
sense:
(computing) An electronic folder serving the same purpose, but for electronic files, especially email.


lexentry: eng/inbreeding__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: inbreeding
trans_list: ενδογαμία
sense:
(biology) Breeding between members of a relatively small population, especially one in which most members are related.


lexentry: eng/incantation__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: incantation
trans_list: επωδή
sense:
The act or process of using formulas and/or usually rhyming words, sung or spoken, with occult ceremonies, for the purpose of raising spirits, producing enchantment, or creating other magical results.


lexentry: eng/incarnate__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: incarnate
trans_list: ενσαρκωμένος | ενσώματος
sense:
(traditionally postpositive, now frequently prepositive) Embodied in flesh; given a bodily, especially a human, form; personified.


lexentry: eng/incense__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: incense
trans_list: λιβάνι | θυμίαμα
sense:
Biotic material that releases fragrant smoke when burnt, often used in religious rites or for aesthetic reasons.


lexentry: eng/incest__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: incest
trans_list: αιμομιξία | αδελφομιξία
sense:
Sexual relations between close relatives, especially immediate family members and sometimes first cousins, usually considered taboo; in many jurisdictions, close relatives are not allowed to marry, and incest is a crime.


lexentry: eng/inch__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: inch
trans_list: ίντσα
sense:
An English unit of length equal to 1/12 of a foot or 2.54 cm, conceived as roughly the width of a thumb.


lexentry: eng/inchoative__Adjective__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: inchoative
trans_list: αρκτικός | εναρκτικός
sense:
(grammar) Aspectually indicating that a state is about to be entered or is in the process of being entered.


lexentry: eng/incident__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: incident
trans_list: επεισόδιο | περιστατικό
sense:
An event that causes or may cause an interruption or a crisis, such as a workplace illness or a software error.


lexentry: eng/incision__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: incision
trans_list: τομή | εντομή
sense:
A cut, especially one made by a scalpel or similar medical tool in the context of surgical operation; the scar resulting from such a cut.


lexentry: eng/incisor__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: incisor
trans_list: κοπτήρας | τομέας | τομεύς
sense:
(anatomy, zootomy) A narrow-edged tooth at the front of the mouth of mammals, between the canines and adapted for cutting; in humans there are four in each jaw.


lexentry: eng/inclusive_or__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: inclusive or
trans_list: μη αποκλειστικό or
sense:
(logic, computing) A logical connective joining two or more predicates that yields the logical value "true" when at least one of the predicates is true.


lexentry: eng/incoherence__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: incoherence
trans_list: ασυναρτησία
sense:
(countable) Something incoherent; something that does not make logical sense or is not logically connected.


lexentry: eng/incompatible__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: incompatible
trans_list: ασυμβίβαστος | ασύμβατος
sense:
Of two things: that cannot coexist; not congruous because of differences; unable to function together due to dissimilarities.


lexentry: eng/inconsolable__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: inconsolable
trans_list: απαρηγόρητος
sense:
Not consolable; unable to be consoled or comforted, usually due to grief, disappointment, or other distress.


lexentry: eng/incontinence__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: incontinence
trans_list: ακράτεια
sense:
(urology) The inability of any of the physical organs to restrain discharges of their contents; involuntary discharge or evacuation (of urine or feces).


lexentry: eng/incorporate__Verb__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: incorporate
trans_list: ενσωματώνω
sense:
(US, legal) To include (another clause or guarantee of the US constitution) as a part (of the Fourteenth Amendment, such that the clause binds not only the federal government but also state governments).


lexentry: eng/incredibly__Adverb__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: incredibly
trans_list: απίστευτα
sense:
Used to note the surprising or hard-to-believe nature of what is being said and suggest that it is nevertheless true.


lexentry: eng/incredulity__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: incredulity
trans_list: δυσπιστία
sense:
Unwillingness or inability to believe; doubt about the truth or verisimilitude of something; disbelief.


lexentry: eng/increment__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: increment
trans_list: επαύξηση
sense:
(grammar) A syllable in excess of the number of the nominative singular or the second-person singular present indicative.


lexentry: eng/incubation__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: incubation
trans_list: επώαση
sense:
Sitting on eggs for the purpose of hatching young; a brooding on, or keeping warm, to develop the life within, by any process.


lexentry: eng/incubation__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: incubation
trans_list: εγκοίμηση
sense:
(psychology) One of the four proposed stages of creativity (preparation, incubation, illumination, and verification): the unconscious recombination of thought elements that were stimulated through conscious work at one point in time, resulting in novel ideas at a later point.


lexentry: eng/incubation_period__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: incubation period
trans_list: περίοδος επώασης
sense:
(epidemiology) The time elapsed between an exposure to a pathogenic organism, a chemical or radiation, and the appearance of signs and symptoms.


lexentry: eng/incubus__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: incubus
trans_list: ίνκουμπους
sense:
(medieval folklore) An evil spirit supposed to oppress people while asleep, especially to have sex with women as they sleep.


lexentry: eng/incumbent__Adjective__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: incumbent
trans_list: υποχρεωτικός
sense:
Followed by on or upon: imposed on one as an obligation, especially due to one's office or position.


lexentry: eng/indecent_assault__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: indecent assault
trans_list: ασέλγεια
sense:
(criminal law, Hong Kong, historical, _, in, _, UK) Sexual contact with another person, who does not want it, that does not result in, or is not considered to be, rape.


lexentry: eng/indecent_exposure__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: indecent exposure
trans_list: επιδειξιμανία
sense:
(legal) The crime of intentionally exposing one's genitalia in public; in some cases also including the act of public urination and defecation.


lexentry: eng/indefinite__Adjective__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: indefinite
trans_list: ακαθόριστος | αόριστος
sense:
(linguistics) Designating an unspecified or unidentified person or thing or group of persons or things


lexentry: eng/indefinite_article__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: indefinite article
trans_list: αόριστο άρθρο
sense:
(grammar) A word preceding a noun to indicate that the noun refers to any member of the class of objects named by the noun.


lexentry: eng/indentation__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: indentation
trans_list: παράγραφος
sense:
(typography) The act of beginning a line or series of lines at a little distance within the flush line of the column or page, as in the common way of beginning the first line of a paragraph.


lexentry: eng/indenture__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: indenture
trans_list: συμβόλαιο
sense:
(legal) A contract which binds a person to work for another, under specified conditions, for a specified time (often as an apprentice).


lexentry: eng/indenture__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: indenture
trans_list: συμβόλαιο
sense:
(legal) A contract relating to lending (typically for issuing a bond), a real estate transaction, or a bankruptcy that imposes additional conditions on one or both parties.


lexentry: eng/independence__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: independence
trans_list: ανεξαρτησία
sense:
The quality or state of being independent; lack of dependence; the state of not being reliant on, or controlled by, others.


lexentry: eng/independence_day__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: independence day
trans_list: ημέρα ανεξαρτησίας
sense:
An annual celebration commemorating the anniversary of a nation's assumption of independent statehood.


lexentry: eng/index__Verb__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: index
trans_list: καταλογογραφώ
sense:
(chiefly, economics) To normalise in order to account for inflation; to correct for inflation by linking to a price index in order to maintain real levels.


lexentry: eng/indicator__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: indicator
trans_list: δείκτης
sense:
(chemistry) Any of many substances, such as litmus, used to indicate the concentration of a substance, or the degree of a reaction.


lexentry: eng/indicator__Noun__1
sense_num: 07
written_rep: indicator
trans_list: δείκτης πορείας
sense:
(UK, Australia, New Zealand, Ireland, South Africa, automotive ) A turn signal; each of the flashing lights on each side of a vehicle which indicate a turn is being made to left or right, or a lane change etc.


lexentry: eng/indict__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: indict
trans_list: κατηγορώ
sense:
(legal) To make a formal accusation or indictment for a crime against (a party) by the findings of a jury, especially a grand jury.


lexentry: eng/indictable_offence__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: indictable offence
trans_list: έγκλημα
sense:
(legal, British, Canadian, Australian, Hong Kong) An offence which can only be tried on an indictment after a preliminary hearing to determine whether there is a prima facie case to answer or by a grand jury, in contrast to a summary offence.


lexentry: eng/indiction__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: indiction
trans_list: ινδικτιών
sense:
(historical) A fiscal period of fifteen years, instituted by Constantine in 313 C.E. (but counting from 1st September 312), used throughout the Middle Ages as a way of dating events, documents etc.


lexentry: eng/indictment__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: indictment
trans_list: κατηγορητήριο
sense:
(legal) The official legal document outlining the charges concerned; bill of indictment. [from 16th c.]


lexentry: eng/indigenous__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: indigenous
trans_list: ιθαγενής
sense:
In particular, of or relating to a people (or their language or culture) that inhabited a region prior to the arrival of people of other cultures which became dominant (e.g., through colonialism), and which maintains a distinct culture.


lexentry: eng/indigestion__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: indigestion
trans_list: βαρυστομαχιά | δυσπεψία
sense:
A condition of heartburn, nausea, or other stomach-related pain, sometimes caused by eating too quickly.


lexentry: eng/indistinguishable__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: indistinguishable
trans_list: ολόιδιος | πανομοιότυπος | φτυστός
sense:
Not distinguishable; not capable of being perceived, known, or discriminated as separate and distinct


lexentry: eng/individualism__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: individualism
trans_list: ατομοκρατία | ατομικισμός
sense:
The moral stance, political philosophy, or social outlook that promotes independence and self-reliance of individual people, while opposing the interference with each person's choices by society, the state, or any other group or institution.


lexentry: eng/individuality__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: individuality
trans_list: ατομικότητα
sense:
(uncountable) The characteristics that contribute to the differentiation or distinction of someone or something from a group of otherwise comparable identity.


lexentry: eng/inductance__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: inductance
trans_list: αυτεπαγωγή
sense:
(physics) The property of an electric circuit by which a voltage is induced in it by a changing magnetic field.


lexentry: eng/inductance__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: inductance
trans_list: αυτεπαγωγή
sense:
The quantity of the resulting electromagnetic flux divided by the current that produces it, measured in henries (SI symbol: H.)


lexentry: eng/induction__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: induction
trans_list: επαγωγή
sense:
(embryology) Given a group of cells that emits or displays a substance, the influence of this substance on the fate of a second group of cells


lexentry: eng/indulgence__Noun__1
sense_num: 07
written_rep: indulgence
trans_list: συγχωροχάρτι | συχωροχάρτι
sense:
(Roman Catholicism) A pardon or release from the expectation of punishment in purgatory, after the sinner has been granted absolution.


lexentry: eng/indulgent__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: indulgent
trans_list: επιεικής
sense:
Disposed or prone to indulge, humor, gratify, or yield to one's own or another's desires, etc., or to be compliant, lenient, or forbearing;


lexentry: eng/industrialization__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: industrialization
trans_list: εκβιομηχάνιση
sense:
A process of social and economic change whereby a human society is transformed from a preindustrial to an industrial state.


lexentry: eng/inebriate__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: inebriate
trans_list: μεθώ
sense:
(transitive, figurative) To disorder the senses of; to exhilarate, elate or stupefy as if by spirituous drink.


lexentry: eng/inefficient__Adjective__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: inefficient
trans_list: ατελέσφορος
sense:
Incapable of, or indisposed to, effective action; habitually slack or unproductive; effecting little or nothing


lexentry: eng/inequality__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: inequality
trans_list: ανισότητα
sense:
(mathematics) A statement that of two quantities one is specifically less than (or greater than) another. Symbol: < or \leq or > or \geq or \ne, as appropriate.


lexentry: eng/infamous__Adjective__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: infamous
trans_list: διαβόητος
sense:
(UK, historical) Subject to a judicial punishment that deprived the infamous person of certain rights; this included a prohibition against holding public office, exercising the franchise, receiving a public pension, serving on a jury, or giving testimony in a court of law.


lexentry: eng/infant__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: infant
trans_list: βρέφος | νήπιο
sense:
A very young human being, from birth to somewhere between six months and two years of age after birth, needing almost constant care and attention.


lexentry: eng/infante__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: infante
trans_list: ινφάντης
sense:
(historical) Any son of the king of Spain or Portugal, sometimes except the eldest or heir apparent.


lexentry: eng/infanticide__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: infanticide
trans_list: παιδοκτονία | τεκνοκτονία
sense:
(law, Canada) The criminal offence of killing of a newborn, committed by its mother while psychologically disturbed by the effects of childbirth or lactation, not regarded as murder.


lexentry: eng/infantry__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: infantry
trans_list: πεζικό
sense:
Soldiers who fight on foot (on land), as opposed to cavalry and other mounted units, regardless of external transport (e.g. airborne).


lexentry: eng/infantry__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: infantry
trans_list: πεζικό
sense:
(uncountable) The part of an army consisting of infantry soldiers, especially opposed to mounted and technical troops.


lexentry: eng/infectious__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: infectious
trans_list: λοιμώδης
sense:
(pathology, of an illness) Caused by an agent that enters the host's body (such as a bacterium, virus, parasite, or prion); often, also, transmitted among hosts via any of various routes (for example, contact, droplet-borne, airborne, waterborne, foodborne, fomite-borne, or bloodborne).


lexentry: eng/infer__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: infer
trans_list: συμπεραίνω
sense:
(transitive) To introduce (something) as a reasoned conclusion; to conclude by reasoning or deduction, as from premises or evidence. [from 16th c.]


lexentry: eng/inference__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: inference
trans_list: πόρισμα | συμπέρασμα | τεκμήριο
sense:
(countable) That which is inferred; a truth or proposition drawn from another which is admitted or supposed to be true; a conclusion; a deduction.


lexentry: eng/infestation__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: infestation
trans_list: μόλυνση
sense:
The presence of a large number of pest organisms in an area or field, on the surface of a host or anything that might contact a host, or in the soil.


lexentry: eng/infinitesimal__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: infinitesimal
trans_list: πολλοστημόριο
sense:
(mathematics) A non-zero quantity whose magnitude is smaller than any positive number (by definition it is not a real number).


lexentry: eng/infinitive__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: infinitive
trans_list: απαρέμφατο
sense:
(grammar) A non-finite verb form considered neutral with respect to inflection; depending on language variously found used with auxiliary verbs, in subordinate clauses, or acting as a gerund, and often as the dictionary form.


lexentry: eng/infix__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: infix
trans_list: επένθημα
sense:
(linguistics, proscribed) A morpheme that always appears between other morphemes in a word, such as -i- and -o- in English (i.e. an interfix).


lexentry: eng/inflammation__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: inflammation
trans_list: φλεγμονή
sense:
(pathology) A condition of any part of the body, consisting of congestion of the blood vessels, with obstruction of the blood current, and growth of morbid tissue. It is manifested outwardly by redness and swelling, attended with heat and pain.


lexentry: eng/inflation__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: inflation
trans_list: φούσκωμα
sense:
An act, instance of, or state of expansion or increase in size, especially by injection of a gas or liquid.


lexentry: eng/inflection__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: inflection
trans_list: κλίση
sense:
(grammar, uncountable) A change in the form of a word (morphologic change) to express different grammatical categories.


lexentry: eng/inflorescence__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: inflorescence
trans_list: ανθοταξία
sense:
(botany) Flower cluster; a group or cluster of flowers arranged on a stem that is composed of a main branch or a complicated arrangement of branches.


lexentry: eng/influence__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: influence
trans_list: επιρροή
sense:
The power to affect, control or manipulate something or someone; the ability to change the development of fluctuating things such as conduct, thoughts or decisions.


lexentry: eng/influence__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: influence
trans_list: επιρροή
sense:
(astrology) An element believed to determine someone's character or individual tendencies, caused by the position of the stars and planets at the time of one's birth.


lexentry: eng/influence__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: influence
trans_list: επηρεάζω | επηρεάζομαι
sense:
(transitive) To have an effect on by using gentle or subtle action; to exert an influence upon; to modify, bias, or sway; to persuade or induce.


lexentry: eng/influenza__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: influenza
trans_list: γρίπη
sense:
(disease) An acute contagious disease of the upper airways and lungs, caused by a virus, which rapidly spreads around the world in seasonal epidemics.


lexentry: eng/inform__Verb__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: inform
trans_list: πληροφορώ
sense:
(transitive) To give form or character to; to inspire (with a given quality); to affect, influence (with a pervading principle, idea etc.).


lexentry: eng/informatics__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: informatics
trans_list: πληροφορική
sense:
(computing) A branch of information science and of computer science that focuses on the study of information processing, particularly with respect to systems integration and human interactions with machine and data.


lexentry: eng/information__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: information
trans_list: πληροφορία
sense:
Things that are or can be known about a given topic; communicable knowledge of something. [from 14th c.]


lexentry: eng/information_science__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: information science
trans_list: πληροφορική
sense:
(applied science) A broad and interdisciplinary science that deals with the gathering, classification, storage, manipulation, retrieval and analysis of information as an organized resource.


lexentry: eng/information_society__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: information society
trans_list: κοινωνία της πληροφορίας
sense:
(sociology) A society where the creation, distribution, use, integration and manipulation of information is a significant economic, political, and cultural activity.


lexentry: eng/infrared__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: infrared
trans_list: υπέρυθρος
sense:
(uncountable) The electromagnetic radiation of a wavelength longer than visible light, but shorter than microwave radiation, having a wavelength between 700 nm and 1 mm.


lexentry: eng/infrastructure__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: infrastructure
trans_list: υποδομή
sense:
(systems theory) An underlying base or foundation especially for an organization or system. [from 1887]


lexentry: eng/infrastructure__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: infrastructure
trans_list: υποδομή
sense:
The basic facilities, services and installations needed for the functioning of a community or society.


lexentry: eng/infusion__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: infusion
trans_list: αφέψημα
sense:
A product consisting of a liquid which has had other ingredients steeped in it to extract useful qualities.


lexentry: eng/ingest__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ingest
trans_list: καταπίνω
sense:
(transitive) To take (a substance, e.g., food) into the body of an organism, especially through the mouth and into the gastrointestinal tract.


lexentry: eng/ingot__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ingot
trans_list: πλίνθωμα
sense:
A solid block of more or less pure metal, often but not necessarily bricklike in shape and trapezoidal in cross-section, the result of pouring out and cooling molten metal, often immediately after smelting from raw ore or alloying from constituents.


lexentry: eng/ingress__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: ingress
trans_list: είσοδος
sense:
(astronomy) The entrance of the Moon into the shadow of the Earth in eclipses, or the Sun's entrance into a sign, etc.


lexentry: eng/inhaler__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: inhaler
trans_list: εισπνευστήρας
sense:
(medicine) A device with a canister holding medicine (either in powder or gas form) which is sprayed and inhaled by the patient, often for treating asthma and other respiratory diseases.


lexentry: eng/inherit__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: inherit
trans_list: κληρονομώ
sense:
(transitive) To receive (property, a title, etc.), by legal succession or bequest after the previous owner's death.


lexentry: eng/inheritance__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: inheritance
trans_list: κληρονομιά
sense:
(countable) That which a person is entitled to inherit, by law or testament, such as the part of an estate (i.e., a portion).


lexentry: eng/inheritance_tax__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: inheritance tax
trans_list: φόρος κληρονομιάς
sense:
A tax based on the value of the property of a deceased person, and charged on the beneficiaries of the estate.


lexentry: eng/inhuman__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: inhuman
trans_list: απάνθρωπος | αφιλάνθρωπος
sense:
Of or pertaining to inhumanity and the indifferently cruel, sadistic or barbaric behavior it brings.


lexentry: eng/inion__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: inion
trans_list: ινίο
sense:
(anatomy) A small protuberance on the external surface of the back of the skull near the neck; the external occipital protuberance.


lexentry: eng/iniquity__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: iniquity
trans_list: αδικία
sense:
(countable) An act of great injustice or unfairness; a sinful or wicked act; an unconscionable deed.


lexentry: eng/initial__Adjective__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: initial
trans_list: αρχικός
sense:
Spatially first, placed at the beginning, in the first position; especially said of the first letter of a word.


lexentry: eng/initialism__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: initialism
trans_list: αρκτικόλεξο
sense:
(linguistics) A term formed from the initial letters of several words or parts of words, which is itself pronounced letter by letter.


lexentry: eng/initiation__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: initiation
trans_list: μύηση
sense:
The form or ceremony by which a person is introduced into any society; mode of entrance into an organized body; especially, the rite of admission into a secret society or order.


lexentry: eng/injection__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: injection
trans_list: εμφύτευση
sense:
(category theory) A morphism from either one of the two components of a coproduct to that coproduct.


lexentry: eng/injection__Noun__1
sense_num: 09
written_rep: injection
trans_list: εμφύτευση
sense:
(set theory) A function that maps distinct x in the domain to distinct y in the codomain; formally, a f: X → Y such that f(a) = f(b) implies a = b for any a, b in the domain.


lexentry: eng/injective__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: injective
trans_list: αμφιμονότιμη
sense:
(mathematics) Of, relating to, or being an injection: such that each element of the image (or range) is associated with at most one element of the preimage (or domain); inverse-deterministic


lexentry: eng/injury_time__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: injury time
trans_list: καθυστερήσεις
sense:
(sports) Additional time played after each period of a game in order to compensate for stoppages due to player injuries; loosely extended to include time added on to compensate for all types of stoppages, i.e. synonymous with stoppage time.


lexentry: eng/ink-pad__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ink-pad
trans_list: ταμπόν
sense:
A piece of absorbent material, soaked with ink used for rubber stamps. The ink gets onto the stamp by pressing the stamp on the ink-pad.


lexentry: eng/inkjet__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: inkjet
trans_list: ψεκασμού
sense:
A device, particularly one used in the printing of documents, which propels tiny droplets of ink to the paper.


lexentry: eng/inkjet_printer__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: inkjet printer
trans_list: εκτυπωτής ψεκασμού
sense:
(computer hardware) A device for the printing of documents which that operates by propelling tiny droplets of liquid ink onto paper.


lexentry: eng/inkwell__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: inkwell
trans_list: μελανοδοχείο | καλαμάρι
sense:
A container for ink, designed and usually positioned so that a person may conveniently dip a pen into it whenever a refill is needed.


lexentry: eng/inlay__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: inlay
trans_list: γέμιση
sense:
(dentistry) A filling for a tooth, made of ceramic or gold to fit the cavity and shape of tooth and cemented into place.


lexentry: eng/inner__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: inner
trans_list: εσωτερικός
sense:
Being or occurring (farther) inside, situated farther in, located (situated) or happening on the inside of something, situated within or farther within contained within something.


lexentry: eng/inner_city__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: inner city
trans_list: άστυ
sense:
(urban studies) The parts of a large city closer to its core, especially older, populous areas of low-income or immigrant families as opposed to centrally located commercial areas.


lexentry: eng/inner_ear__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: inner ear
trans_list: έσω ους
sense:
(anatomy) The portion of the ear located within the temporal bone which includes the semicircular canals, vestibule, and cochlea and is responsible for hearing and balance.


lexentry: eng/inning__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: inning
trans_list: είσοδος
sense:
(baseball) A period of play in which members of a visiting baseball team attempt to hit a baseball pitched by the opposing home team until three players are called out, followed by a similar attempt by members of the home baseball team against the visiting team's pitching. There are nine or more innings in a regulation baseball game.


lexentry: eng/inoculate__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: inoculate
trans_list: εμβολιάζω
sense:
(transitive, immunology) To introduce an antigenic substance or vaccine into something (e.g. the body) or someone, such as to produce immunity to a specific disease. [from c. 1722]


lexentry: eng/inoculation__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: inoculation
trans_list: εμβολιασμός
sense:
(immunology) The introduction of an antigenic substance or vaccine into the body to produce immunity to a specific disease.


lexentry: eng/inpatient__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: inpatient
trans_list: εσωτερικός ασθενής
sense:
(healthcare) A patient whose treatment requires at least one night's residence in a hospital; a hospitalized patient.


lexentry: eng/inquiry__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: inquiry
trans_list: διερεύνηση | ερώτηση
sense:
The act of inquiring; a seeking of information by asking questions; interrogation; a question or questioning.


lexentry: eng/inroad__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: inroad
trans_list: πρόσπτωση
sense:
(military, also, figuratively) An advance into enemy territory, an attempted invasion; an encroachment, an incursion.


lexentry: eng/inscribe__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: inscribe
trans_list: επιγράφω
sense:
(transitive) To write or cut (words) onto (something, especially a hard surface, or a book to be given to another person); to engrave.


lexentry: eng/inscribe__Verb__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: inscribe
trans_list: εγγράφω
sense:
(geometry) To draw a circle, sphere, etc. inside a polygon, polyhedron, etc. and tangent to all its sides.


lexentry: eng/insect__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: insect
trans_list: έντομο
sense:
An arthropod (in the Insecta class) characterized by six legs, up to four wings, and a chitinous exoskeleton.


lexentry: eng/insemination__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: insemination
trans_list: έμπνευση
sense:
The introduction of sperm into a female’s reproductive system for the purpose of impregnating (making pregnant).


lexentry: eng/inside__Adverb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: inside
trans_list: μέσα
sense:
Within or towards the interior of something; within the scope or limits of something (a place), especially a building.


lexentry: eng/insidiousness__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: insidiousness
trans_list: δολιότητα
sense:
A surreptitious harmfulness, quality of entrapment, or treacherousness; the characteristic of being insidious.


lexentry: eng/insight__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: insight
trans_list: διορατικότητα | ενόραση
sense:
A sight or view of the interior of anything; a deep inspection or view; introspection; frequently used with into.


lexentry: eng/insinuation__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: insinuation
trans_list: υπαινιγμός
sense:
The act of gaining favor, affection, or influence, by gentle or artful means; — formerly used in a good sense, as of friendly influence or interposition.


lexentry: eng/insolation__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: insolation
trans_list: ηλιασμός
sense:
The act or process of exposing to the rays of the sun, such as for the purpose of medical treatment, drying or maturing, as fruits, drugs, etc., or of rendering acid, as vinegar.


lexentry: eng/insolvency__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: insolvency
trans_list: πτώχευση
sense:
(finance) The condition of being insolvent; the state or condition of a person who is insolvent; the condition of one who is unable to pay his debts as they fall due, or in the usual course of trade and business.


lexentry: eng/inspect__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: inspect
trans_list: γνωματεύω
sense:
To examine critically or carefully; especially, to search out problems or determine condition; to scrutinize.


lexentry: eng/inspiration__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: inspiration
trans_list: εισπνοή
sense:
(physiology, uncountable) The drawing of air into the lungs, accomplished in mammals by elevation of the chest walls and flattening of the diaphragm, as part of the act of respiration.


lexentry: eng/inspiration__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: inspiration
trans_list: έμπνευση
sense:
A supernatural divine influence on the prophets, apostles, or sacred writers, by which they were qualified to communicate moral or religious truth with authority; a supernatural influence which qualifies people to receive and communicate divine truth; also, the truth communicated.


lexentry: eng/inspiration__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: inspiration
trans_list: έμπνευση
sense:
A person, object, or situation which quickens or stimulates an influence upon the intellect, emotions or creativity.


lexentry: eng/inspire__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: inspire
trans_list: εμπνέω
sense:
(transitive) To infuse into the mind; to communicate to the spirit; to convey, as by a divine or supernatural influence; to disclose preternaturally; to produce in, as by inspiration.


lexentry: eng/installation__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: installation
trans_list: εγκατάσταση
sense:
Something installed, especially the whole of a system of machines, apparatus, and accessories, when set up and arranged for practical working, as in electric lighting, transmission of power, etc.


lexentry: eng/instance__Noun__1
sense_num: 08
written_rep: instance
trans_list: στιγµιότυπο
sense:
(computing) A specific occurrence of something that is created or instantiated, such as a database, or an object of a class in object-oriented programming. [from 20th c.]


lexentry: eng/instant_coffee__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: instant coffee
trans_list: στιγμιαίος καφές
sense:
A beverage in the form of a powder, granules, or concentrated liquid, made from coffee and able to be quickly reconstituted by adding water.


lexentry: eng/instant_messaging__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: instant messaging
trans_list: πρόγραμμα ανταλλαγής αμέσων μηνυμάτων
sense:
(communication, computing) A form of realtime communication where two or more people exchange text messages, usually short, using computers or other devices with communications capabilities.


lexentry: eng/instantaneous__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: instantaneous
trans_list: στιγμιαίος
sense:
Occurring, arising, or functioning without any delay; happening within an imperceptibly brief period of time. [from 17th c.]


lexentry: eng/instantiate__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: instantiate
trans_list: προτυποποιώ
sense:
(transitive, object-oriented programming) To create an object (an instance) of a specific class. [from 20th c.]


lexentry: eng/instar__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: instar
trans_list: στάδιο
sense:
Any one of the several stages of postembryonic development which an arthropod undergoes, between molts, before it reaches sexual maturity.


lexentry: eng/instigator__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: instigator
trans_list: υποκινητής
sense:
A person who intentionally instigates, incites, or starts something, especially one that creates trouble.


lexentry: eng/institution__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: institution
trans_list: ίδρυμα
sense:
A long established and respected organization, particularly one involved with education, public service, or charity work.


lexentry: eng/instruct__Verb__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: instruct
trans_list: άγω
sense:
(transitive) To give (one's own lawyer) legal instructions as to how they should act in relation to a particular issue; thereby formally appointing them as one's own legal representative in relation to it.


lexentry: eng/instrumental__Adjective__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: instrumental
trans_list: οργανικός
sense:
(music) Pertaining to, made by, or prepared for an instrument, especially a musical instrument (rather than the human voice).


lexentry: eng/instrumental_case__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: instrumental case
trans_list: οργανική | οργανική πτώση
sense:
(grammar) A noun case used to express means or agency—and is generally indicated in English by by or with with the objective. Languages that use the instrumental case include Armenian, Serbo-Croatian, Czech, Dyirbal, Georgian, Latvian, Slovene, Polish, Ukrainian, Quechua, Russian, Assamese, Turkish and Sanskrit. Extinct languages that used the instrumental case include Old English, Old Saxon and Old High German.


lexentry: eng/insubordination__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: insubordination
trans_list: ανυποταξία | απειθαρχία
sense:
The quality or state of being insubordinate; disobedience to lawful authority; specifically, an employee's failure or refusal to comply with a request or an assignment given by his/her supervisor.


lexentry: eng/insular__Adjective__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: insular
trans_list: ανεξάρτητος
sense:
Separate or isolated from the surroundings; having little regard for others opinions or prejudices; provincial.


lexentry: eng/insular__Adjective__1
sense_num: 06
written_rep: insular
trans_list: νησί
sense:
(linguistics, anthropology) (often with a capital letter) Relating to the varieties of a language or languages spoken chiefly on islands. Insular Latin, Latin as it was spoken in Britain and Ireland. Insular Celtic, the Celtic languages of Britain, Ireland and also Brittany, as opposed to those spoken in mainland Europe other than Brittany. Insular Scandinavian, relating to the Icelandic and Faroese languages as opposed to the ones spoken in Sweden, Denmark and Norway.


lexentry: eng/insulate__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: insulate
trans_list: απομονώνω
sense:
To separate a body or material from others, e.g. by non-conductors to prevent the transfer of electricity, heat, etc.


lexentry: eng/insulation__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: insulation
trans_list: μόνωση
sense:
(engineering) The act of separating a body from others by nonconductors, so as to prevent the transfer of electricity, heat, or sound


lexentry: eng/insulation__Noun__1
sense_num: 06
written_rep: insulation
trans_list: μόνωση
sense:
(electricity) a medium in which it is possible to maintain an electrical field with little supply of energy from additional sources.


lexentry: eng/insulator__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: insulator
trans_list: μονωτής
sense:
A substance that does not transmit heat (thermal insulator), sound (acoustic insulator) or electricity (electrical insulator).


lexentry: eng/insult__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: insult
trans_list: προσβολή
sense:
(uncountable) Action or form of speech deliberately intended to be rude; (countable) a particular act or statement having this effect.


lexentry: eng/insult__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: insult
trans_list: προσβάλλω
sense:
(transitive) To be insensitive, insolent, or rude to (somebody); to affront or demean (someone). [from 17th c.]


lexentry: eng/insurance_policy__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: insurance policy
trans_list: ασφαλιστήριο συμβόλαιο
sense:
(insurance) A legal document outlining a particular insurance cover for an insured entity for a given risk.


lexentry: eng/insure__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: insure
trans_list: ασφαλίζω
sense:
(transitive) To provide for compensation if some specified risk occurs. Often agreed by policy (contract) to offer financial compensation in case of an accident, theft or other undesirable event.


lexentry: eng/insurgent__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: insurgent
trans_list: αντάρτης | επαναστάτης
sense:
One of several people who take up arms against the local state authority; a participant in insurgency.


lexentry: eng/insurrection__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: insurrection
trans_list: εξέγερση
sense:
(uncountable) The action of part or all of a national population violently rising up against the government or other authority; (countable) an instance of this; a revolt, an uprising; specifically, one that is at an initial stage or limited in nature.


lexentry: eng/intangible_cultural_heritage__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: intangible cultural heritage
trans_list: Άυλη Πολιτιστική Κληρονομιά
sense:
practices, representations, expressions, knowledge, or skills, as well as the instruments, objects, artifacts, and cultural spaces that are considered by UNESCO to be part of a place's cultural heritage.


lexentry: eng/integer__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: integer
trans_list: ακέραιος αριθμός | ακέραιος
sense:
(arithmetic) A number that is not a fraction; an element of the infinite and numerable set {..., -3, -2, -1, 0, 1, 2, 3, ...}.


lexentry: eng/integral__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: integral
trans_list: ολοκλήρωμα
sense:
(mathematics) One of the two fundamental operations of calculus (the other being differentiation), whereby a function's displacement, area, volume, or other qualities arising from the study of infinitesimal change are quantified, usually defined as a limiting process on a sequence of partial sums. Denoted using a long s: ∫, or a variant thereof.


lexentry: eng/integral_calculus__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: integral calculus
trans_list: ολοκληρωτικός λογισμός
sense:
(calculus) The calculus that generalizes summation to find areas, masses, volumes, sums, and totals of quantities described by continuously varying functions.


lexentry: eng/integrated_circuit__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: integrated circuit
trans_list: ολοκληρωμένο κύκλωμα
sense:
(semiconductors) A thin chip, usually of silicon, consisting of at least two interconnected semiconductor devices, mainly transistors.


lexentry: eng/integrated_services_digital_network__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: integrated services digital network
trans_list: ψηφιακό δίκτυο ενοποιημένων υπηρεσιών
sense:
The integration of data and voice communications services that are transported over digital facilities of various physical types.


lexentry: eng/integration__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: integration
trans_list: ολοκλήρωση
sense:
(biology) In evolution, the process by which the manifold is compacted into the relatively simple and permanent; supposed to alternate with differentiation as an agent in species' development.


lexentry: eng/intellect__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: intellect
trans_list: μυαλό
sense:
(uncountable) The faculty of thinking, judging, abstract reasoning, and conceptual understanding; the cognitive faculty.


lexentry: eng/intellectual__Adjective__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: intellectual
trans_list: διανοητικός
sense:
Endowed with intellect; having a keen sense of understanding; having the capacity for higher forms of knowledge or thought; characterized by intelligence or cleverness


lexentry: eng/intellectual_property__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: intellectual property
trans_list: διανοητική ιδιοκτησία
sense:
(uncountable) Any product of someone's intellect that has commercial value: a piece of literature, a painting, an invention, a trademark, a trade secret, etc. Works protected under intellectual property law, and accorded intellectual property rights such as copyrights and patents.


lexentry: eng/intelligence__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: intelligence
trans_list: νοημοσύνη | ευφυΐα
sense:
(mostly, uncountable) The quality of making use or having made use of such capacities: depth of understanding, mental quickness.


lexentry: eng/intelligence__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: intelligence
trans_list: πληροφορία | υπηρεσία πληροφοριών
sense:
(countable) A political or military department, agency or unit designed to gather information, usually secret, about the enemy or about hostile activities.


lexentry: eng/intelligence_agency__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: intelligence agency
trans_list: υπηρεσία πληροφοριών
sense:
A governmental agency that is tasked with information gathering (known in the context as "intelligence") for purposes of national security and defense.


lexentry: eng/intelligence_quotient__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: intelligence quotient
trans_list: δείκτης νοημοσύνης
sense:
A score derived from one of several different standardized tests attempting to measure a person's intelligence relative to that of the general population, with the average usually calibrated to a number around 100.


lexentry: eng/intend__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: intend
trans_list: σκοπεύω
sense:
(ambitransitive, usually followed by particle "to" + verb, or "on"/"upon" + noun) To fix the mind upon (something, or something to be accomplished); be intent upon


lexentry: eng/intendment__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: intendment
trans_list: νομοθέτης
sense:
(legal) the sense in which the legal system interprets something, especially the intention of legislation


lexentry: eng/intensive__Adjective__1
sense_num: 06
written_rep: intensive
trans_list: έντονος
sense:
Chiefly suffixed to a noun: using something with intensity; requiring a great amount of something; demanding.


lexentry: eng/intensive_care_unit__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: intensive care unit
trans_list: εντατικός
sense:
A hospital ward into which critically ill patients, in danger of dying, are admitted and closely monitored (abbreviation: ICU).


lexentry: eng/inter-__Prefix__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: inter-
trans_list: δια-
sense:
Intermittently: the root verb is done between or among temporal entities; also forming nouns and adjectives derived from the verb form.


lexentry: eng/inter-__Prefix__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: inter-
trans_list: δια-
sense:
Internally: the root verb is done in between or among relevant entities; also formining nouns and adjectives derived from the verb form.


lexentry: eng/inter-__Prefix__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: inter-
trans_list: δια-
sense:
Intersocially: the root verb is done between or among social entities; also forming nouns and adjectives derived from the verb form.


lexentry: eng/inter-__Prefix__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: inter-
trans_list: δια-
sense:
Interspatially: the root verb is done between or among spatial entities; also forming nouns and adjectives derived from the verb form.


lexentry: eng/interaction__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: interaction
trans_list: αλληλεπίδραση | διάδραση
sense:
The situation or occurrence in which two or more objects or events act upon one another to produce a new effect; the effect resulting from such a situation or occurrence.


lexentry: eng/interactive__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: interactive
trans_list: διαδραστικός | αλληλεπιδραστικός | διαλογικός | συνάλληλος
sense:
Interacting with or communicating with and reacting to each other; influencing or having an effect on each other; acting or capable of acting on each other or with the other.


lexentry: eng/intercession__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: intercession
trans_list: μεσιτεία
sense:
A prayer to God on behalf of another person; especially, such a prayer offered by a heavenly saint on behalf of a mere mortal who has prayed to the saint for such help.


lexentry: eng/interchange__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: interchange
trans_list: έξοδος
sense:
(countable) A junction in which traffic may merge to enter or diverge to exit a limited-access highway to access a surface street, without crossing traffic on the main highway.


lexentry: eng/interdict__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: interdict
trans_list: έκπληκτος
sense:
A papal decree prohibiting the administration of the sacraments from a political entity under the power of a single person (e.g., a king or an oligarchy with similar powers). Extreme unction/Anointing of the Sick is excepted.


lexentry: eng/interdict__Verb__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: interdict
trans_list: απαγορεύω
sense:
(transitive, US, military) To impede (an enemy); to interrupt or destroy (enemy communications, supply lines etc). [from 20th c.]


lexentry: eng/interest__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: interest
trans_list: τόκος | ενδιαφέρον
sense:
(uncountable, finance) The price paid for obtaining, or price received for providing, money or goods in a credit transaction, calculated as a fraction of the amount or value of what was borrowed. [from earlier 16th c.]


lexentry: eng/interest__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: interest
trans_list: ενδιαφέρον | τόκος
sense:
(uncountable) A great attention and concern from someone or something; intellectual curiosity. [from later 18th c.]


lexentry: eng/interest__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: interest
trans_list: συμφέρον
sense:
(countable) An involvement, claim, right, share, stake in or link with a financial, business, or other undertaking or endeavor.


lexentry: eng/interest__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: interest
trans_list: ενδιαφέρω
sense:
(obsolete, often, _, impersonal) To be concerned with or engaged in; to affect; to concern; to excite.


lexentry: eng/interest_rate__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: interest rate
trans_list: επιτόκιο
sense:
(finance) The percentage of an amount of money charged for its use per some period of time (often a year).


lexentry: eng/interface__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: interface
trans_list: διεπιφάνεια
sense:
(chemistry, physics) A thin layer or boundary between different substances or two phases of a single substance.


lexentry: eng/interface__Noun__1
sense_num: 07
written_rep: interface
trans_list: διεπαφή | διεπιφάνεια
sense:
(object-oriented programming) In some languages, a block of code declaring the interface (point of interconnection) between a class and code that interacts with it.


lexentry: eng/interferon__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: interferon
trans_list: ιντερφερόνη
sense:
(biochemistry) Any of a group of glycoproteins, produced by the immune system, that prevent viral replication in infected cells.


lexentry: eng/interjection__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: interjection
trans_list: επιφώνημα
sense:
(grammar) An exclamation or filled pause; a word or phrase with no particular grammatical relation to a sentence, often an expression of emotion.


lexentry: eng/interleave__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: interleave
trans_list: διεμπλέκω
sense:
(transitive) To intersperse (something) at regular intervals between the parts of a thing or between items in a group.


lexentry: eng/intermezzo__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: intermezzo
trans_list: ιντερμέδιο | ιντερμέτζο
sense:
(music, arts) A short piece of music or act in the interval of the main spectacle; a theatrical interlude.


lexentry: eng/intermission__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: intermission
trans_list: διάλειμμα
sense:
A break, especially between two performances or sessions, such as at a concert, play, seminar, or religious assembly.


lexentry: eng/internal_combustion__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: internal combustion
trans_list: εσωτερική καύση
sense:
The process where fuel is burned within an engine such as a diesel engine, producing power directly as opposed to externally such as in a steam engine.


lexentry: eng/internal_combustion_engine__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: internal combustion engine
trans_list: κινητήρας εσωτερικής καύσης | μηχανή εσωτερικής καύσης
sense:
A heat engine in which intermittent or the continuous burning of a fuel takes place inside a combustion chamber; the resulting pressurized gas acts directly on the engine to do useful work, such as a piston engine, gas turbine, jet engine or rocket.


lexentry: eng/international_law__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: international law
trans_list: δίκαιο
sense:
Set of rules generally regarded and accepted as binding in relations between states and between nations, serving as a framework for the practice of stable and organized international relations.


lexentry: eng/international_organization__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: international organization
trans_list: διεθνής οργανισμός
sense:
(international law) An organisation established by a treaty or other instrument governed by international law and possessing its own international legal personality.


lexentry: eng/international_waters__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: international waters
trans_list: διεθνή ύδατα
sense:
(international law) Those parts of the ocean that are not legally recognized as being under the jurisdiction of any national government.


lexentry: eng/interoperability__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: interoperability
trans_list: διαλειτουργικότητα
sense:
(military) The capacity for a service, piece of equipment etc., to be operated by different forces or groups.


lexentry: eng/interpellate__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: interpellate
trans_list: επερωτώ
sense:
(philosophy) To address (a person) in a way that presupposes a particular identification of them; to give (a person) an identity (which may or may not be accurate).


lexentry: eng/interpellate__Verb__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: interpellate
trans_list: επερωτώ
sense:
(transitive, chiefly, politics) To question (someone) formally concerning official or governmental policy or business.


lexentry: eng/interpellation__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: interpellation
trans_list: επερώτηση
sense:
(politics) The act of interpellating (questioning); the period in which government officials are questioned about and explain an act, a policy or a point raised during a debate.


lexentry: eng/interphase__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: interphase
trans_list: μεσοφάση
sense:
(biology) The stage in the life cycle of a cell between two successive mitotic or meiotic divisions.


lexentry: eng/interpolate__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: interpolate
trans_list: παρεμβάλλω
sense:
(transitive, intransitive) To introduce (something) between other things; especially to insert (possibly spurious) words into a text.


lexentry: eng/interpret__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: interpret
trans_list: διερμηνεύω
sense:
To decode the meaning of a topic and then act, whether to continue researching the topic, follow through, act in opposition, or further the understanding through sharing an interpretation.


lexentry: eng/interpret__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: interpret
trans_list: ερμηνεύω
sense:
To explain or tell the meaning of; to translate orally into intelligible or familiar language or terms. applied especially to language, but also to dreams, signs, conduct, mysteries, etc.


lexentry: eng/interpretation__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: interpretation
trans_list: διερμηνεία
sense:
(uncountable, linguistics, translation studies) The discipline or study of translating one spoken or signed language into another (as opposed to translation, which concerns itself with written language).


lexentry: eng/interpreter__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: interpreter
trans_list: διερμηνέας
sense:
A person who converts spoken or signed language into a different language for the benefit of one or more others who do not understand the first language being used (especially if in real time or shortly after that person has finished communicating). (Contrasted with translator.)


lexentry: eng/interpreter__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: interpreter
trans_list: διερμηνευτής | διερμηνέας
sense:
(computing) A program that executes another program written in a high-level language by reading the instructions in real time rather than by compiling it in advance.


lexentry: eng/interrogative_pronoun__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: interrogative pronoun
trans_list: ερωτηματική αντωνυμία
sense:
(grammar) A pronoun used in a question. In English, the five interrogative pronouns are what, which, who, whom, and whose (also used as relative pronouns). These require no antecedent.


lexentry: eng/interrupt__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: interrupt
trans_list: διακοπή
sense:
(computing, electronics) An event that causes a computer or other device to temporarily cease what it was doing and attend to a condition.


lexentry: eng/interrupt__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: interrupt
trans_list: διακόπτω
sense:
(ambitransitive) To disturb or halt (an ongoing process or action, or the person performing it) by interfering suddenly, especially by speaking.


lexentry: eng/intersection__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: intersection
trans_list: τομή
sense:
(geometry) The point or set of points common to two geometrical objects (such as the point where two lines meet or the line where two planes intersect).


lexentry: eng/intersexuality__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: intersexuality
trans_list: διαφυλικότητα
sense:
The state of having the physical features of both sexes, or of having ambiguous sex, i.e. not unambiguously male or female.


lexentry: eng/intertidal_zone__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: intertidal zone
trans_list: αλίπεδο
sense:
(oceanography) The part of a shore between high water and low water, especially the beach exposed at maximum ebb spring tides.


lexentry: eng/interview__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: interview
trans_list: συνέντευξη
sense:
A conversation in person (or, by extension, over the telephone, Internet etc.) between a journalist and someone whose opinion or statements he or she wishes to record for publication, broadcast etc. [from 19th c.]


lexentry: eng/interwar__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: interwar
trans_list: μεσοπολεμικός
sense:
During or relating to the period of time between two wars, especially the two World Wars (1919–1939).


lexentry: eng/intestine__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: intestine
trans_list: έντερο
sense:
(anatomy, often pluralized) The alimentary canal of an animal through which food passes after having passed all stomachs.


lexentry: eng/intestine__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: intestine
trans_list: έντερο
sense:
One of certain subdivisions of this part of the alimentary canal, such as the small or large intestine in human beings.


lexentry: eng/intimacy__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: intimacy
trans_list: οικειότητα
sense:
(uncountable, countable) Feeling or atmosphere of closeness and openness towards someone else, often but not necessarily involving sexuality.


lexentry: eng/intimidate__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: intimidate
trans_list: εκφοβίζω
sense:
(transitive) To make timid or afraid; to cause to feel fear or nervousness; to deter, especially by threats of violence.


lexentry: eng/into__Preposition__1
sense_num: 08
written_rep: into
trans_list: periphrastically
sense:
(mathematics) Expressing the operation of division, with the denominator given first. Usually with "goes".


lexentry: eng/intractable__Adjective__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: intractable
trans_list: δύσκολος
sense:
(maths) (of a mathematical problem) Not able to be solved in polynomial time; too difficult to attempt to solve.


lexentry: eng/intrauterine_device__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: intrauterine device
trans_list: κολπικό διάφραγμα
sense:
A contraceptive device consisting of a spiral or similar shape of plastic or metal inserted through the vagina into the uterus in order to prevent the implantation of a fertilized egg.


lexentry: eng/intrigue__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: intrigue
trans_list: δολοπλοκία | μηχανορραφία | ραδιουργία
sense:
A complicated or clandestine plot or scheme intended to effect some purpose by secret artifice; conspiracy; stratagem.


lexentry: eng/intrigue__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: intrigue
trans_list: πλοκή
sense:
The plot of a play, poem or romance; the series of complications in which a writer involves their imaginary characters.


lexentry: eng/intrinsic__Adjective__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: intrinsic
trans_list: σύμφυτος
sense:
(anatomy, of a body part) Situated, produced, secreted in, or coming from inside an organ, tissue, muscle or member.


lexentry: eng/intrinsic_value__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: intrinsic value
trans_list: αυταξία | εγγενής αξία
sense:
(finance, economics) The real value of something within itself, which may not take into account its market value or face value.


lexentry: eng/introspection__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: introspection
trans_list: ενδοσκόπηση
sense:
(psychology) A looking inward; specifically, the act or process of self-examination, or inspection of one's own thoughts and feelings; the cognition which the mind has of its own acts and states.


lexentry: eng/introvert__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: introvert
trans_list: εσωστρεφής
sense:
(zoology) An organ or other body part that is or can be turned inside out, especially an anterior portion of some annelid worms capable of retraction.


lexentry: eng/introvert__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: introvert
trans_list: εσωστρεφής
sense:
(psychology) An introverted person: one who is considered more thoughtful than social, with a personality more inwardly than outwardly directed; one who often prefers to have time in non-social situations.


lexentry: eng/intrude__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: intrude
trans_list: διεισδύω
sense:
(intransitive) To thrust oneself in; to come or enter without invitation, permission, or welcome; to encroach; to trespass.


lexentry: eng/intrusive__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: intrusive
trans_list: ενοχλητικός
sense:
Tending to intrude; doing that which is not welcome; interrupting or disturbing; entering without permission or welcome.


lexentry: eng/intubation__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: intubation
trans_list: διασωλήνωση
sense:
(medicine) The introduction of a tube into an organ to keep it open, as into the larynx in cases of croup.


lexentry: eng/inure__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: inure
trans_list: εγκλιματίζω | εξοικειώνω
sense:
(transitive) To cause someone to become accustomed to something that requires prolonged or repeated tolerance of one or more unpleasantries. [from 16th c.]


lexentry: eng/invasion__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: invasion
trans_list: εισβολή
sense:
A military action consisting of armed forces of one geopolitical entity entering territory controlled by another such entity, generally with the objective of conquering territory or altering the established government.


lexentry: eng/inveigh__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: inveigh
trans_list: υποτιμώ
sense:
(intransitive, with against or occasionally about, formerly also with on, at, upon) To complain loudly, to give voice to one's censure or criticism [from 16th c.]


lexentry: eng/inventive__Adjective__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: inventive
trans_list: εφευρετικός
sense:
Possessed of a particular capacity for the design of new mechanisms or processes, creative or skilful at inventing.


lexentry: eng/inversion__Noun__1
sense_num: 09
written_rep: inversion
trans_list: αναστροφή | αντιστροφή
sense:
(grammar) Deviation from standard word order by putting the predicate before the subject. It takes place in questions with auxiliary verbs and in normal, affirmative clauses beginning with a negative particle, for the purpose of emphasis.


lexentry: eng/investigation__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: investigation
trans_list: έρευνα | διερεύνηση
sense:
The act of investigating; the process of inquiring into or following up; research, especially patient or thorough inquiry or examination


lexentry: eng/investment__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: investment
trans_list: επένδυση
sense:
(finance) A placement of capital in expectation of deriving income or profit from its use or appreciation.


lexentry: eng/invidious__Adjective__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: invidious
trans_list: απεχθής | αποκρουστικός | μισητός
sense:
Detestable, hateful, or odious. (Often used in cases of perceived unfairness, or when facing a difficult situation or choice — especially in the phrase invidious position.)


lexentry: eng/invisible_hand__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: invisible hand
trans_list: αόρατο χέρι
sense:
(economics) A metaphor for the principle that in a free market, an individual pursuing his own self-interest also tends to promote the good of his community as a whole.


lexentry: eng/invisible_ink__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: invisible ink
trans_list: συμπαθητική μελάνη
sense:
An ink, invisible on application or soon thereafter, that can later be rendered visible by some process, such as exposing it to heat.


lexentry: eng/invitation__Noun__1
sense_num: 06
written_rep: invitation
trans_list: πρόσκληση
sense:
(bridge) A bid that tells one's partner that game or slam is likely if their hand is at the strong end of what they have indicated.


lexentry: eng/invocation__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: invocation
trans_list: επίκληση | παράκληση
sense:
The act or form of calling for the assistance or presence of some superior being, especially prayer offered to a divine being.


lexentry: eng/invoice__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: invoice
trans_list: λογαριασμός | τιμολόγιο
sense:
A bill; a commercial document issued by a seller to a buyer indicating the products, quantities and agreed prices for products or services that the seller has already provided the buyer with. An invoice indicates that, unless paid in advance, payment is due by the buyer to the seller, according to the agreed terms.


lexentry: eng/ion__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ion
trans_list: ιόν
sense:
An atom or group of atoms bearing an electrical charge, such as the sodium and chlorine atoms in a salt solution.


lexentry: eng/ionization__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ionization
trans_list: ιονισμός
sense:
(chemistry, physics) Any process that leads to the dissociation of a neutral atom or molecule into charged particles ions; the state of being ionized.


lexentry: eng/ionize__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ionize
trans_list: ιονίζω
sense:
(physical chemistry) To dissociate atoms or molecules into electrically charged species; to be thus dissociated.


lexentry: eng/ionosphere__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ionosphere
trans_list: ιονόσφαιρα
sense:
The part of the Earth's atmosphere beginning at an altitude of about 50 kilometers (31 miles) and extending outward 500 kilometers (310 miles) or more.


lexentry: eng/iota_subscript__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: iota subscript
trans_list: υπογεγραμμένη
sense:
(Greek orthography) A small iota written below an alpha, eta or omega – e.g. in ᾠδή – representing a vocalic offglide that was pronounced in early Ancient Greek, but later became silent; invented in the Middle Ages in order to mark those vowels which would originally have had such an offglide.


lexentry: eng/iridium__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: iridium
trans_list: ιρίδιο
sense:
(uncountable) A chemical element (symbol Ir) with an atomic number of 77: a very hard, brittle, silvery-white transition metal of the platinum group.


lexentry: eng/iris__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: iris
trans_list: ίρις | ίριδα
sense:
(botany) A plant of the genus Iris, common in the northern hemisphere, and generally having attractive blooms (See w:Iris (plant) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia).


lexentry: eng/iris__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: iris
trans_list: ίριδα | ίρις
sense:
(anatomy) The contractile membrane perforated by the pupil, which adjusts to control the amount of light reaching the retina, and which forms the colored portion of the eye (See w:Iris (anatomy) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia).


lexentry: eng/irksome__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: irksome
trans_list: ενοχλητικός
sense:
Marked by irritation or annoyance; disagreeable; troublesome by reason of long continuance or repetition


lexentry: eng/iron__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: iron
trans_list: σίδηρος | σίδερο
sense:
(uncountable) A common, inexpensive metal, silvery grey when untarnished, that rusts, is attracted by magnets, and is used in making steel: a chemical element having atomic number 26 and symbol Fe.


lexentry: eng/iron__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: iron
trans_list: σιδερώνω
sense:
(transitive) To pass an iron over (clothing or some other item made of cloth) in order to remove creases.


lexentry: eng/iron_maiden__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: iron maiden
trans_list: σιδηρά παρθένος
sense:
(historical) A falsely or neo-medieval torture device invented in the 18th century consisting of a chamber lined with spikes which closes upon and impales the victim inside.


lexentry: eng/ironing_board__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ironing board
trans_list: σιδερώστρα
sense:
A long board, often covered with fabric and having on legs that are usually collapsible, on which one can iron clothes.


lexentry: eng/irony__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: irony
trans_list: ειρωνεία | ειρωνία
sense:
(rhetoric) The quality of a statement that, when taken in context, may actually mean something different from, or the opposite of, what is written literally; the use of words expressing something other than their literal intention, often in a humorous context.


lexentry: eng/irony__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: irony
trans_list: ειρωνεία | ειρωνία
sense:
(informal) Contradiction between circumstances and expectations; condition contrary to what might be expected. [from the 1640s]


lexentry: eng/irradiate__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: irradiate
trans_list: ακτινοβολώ
sense:
(often, literary, or, poetic) To make (someone or something) bright by shining light on them or it; to brighten, to illuminate.


lexentry: eng/irradiation__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: irradiation
trans_list: αποστείρωση
sense:
(uncountable) a process of sterilization whereby radiation is passed through a bag containing food, utensils, etc., to sterilize the contents.


lexentry: eng/irrational__Adjective__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: irrational
trans_list: άρρητος
sense:
(mathematics, arithmetic, number theory, not comparable) Of a real number, that cannot be written as the ratio of two integers.


lexentry: eng/irrationalism__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: irrationalism
trans_list: ιρασιοναλισμός
sense:
A philosophical movement formed as a cultural reaction against positivism in the early 20th century.


lexentry: eng/irregular__Adjective__1
sense_num: 06
written_rep: irregular
trans_list: ανώμαλος
sense:
(grammar, of a word) not following the regular or expected patterns of inflection in a given language


lexentry: eng/irregular__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: irregular
trans_list: άτακτος
sense:
A soldier who is not a member of an official military force and who may not use regular army tactics.


lexentry: eng/irrelevant__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: irrelevant
trans_list: άσχετος
sense:
Not usefully related: not associated in any way that is important or useful to the context being discussed: not materially applicable; having connections not applicable in the present situation.


lexentry: eng/irresponsibility__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: irresponsibility
trans_list: ανευθυνότητα
sense:
The character or state of being irresponsible; lack of or freedom from responsibility; want of accountability.


lexentry: eng/irreverence__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: irreverence
trans_list: αγένεια
sense:
The state or quality of being irreverent; want of proper reverence; disregard of the authority and character of a superior.


lexentry: eng/irreverent__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: irreverent
trans_list: αγενής
sense:
Lacking respect; not having or not showing respect for or seriousness towards something that is usually treated with respect; going against conventional precepts.


lexentry: eng/irrigation__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: irrigation
trans_list: άρδευση
sense:
The act or process of irrigating, or the state of being irrigated; especially, the operation of causing water to flow over lands, for nourishing plants.


lexentry: eng/irritation__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: irritation
trans_list: εκνευρισμός | ερεθισμός
sense:
A condition of morbid excitability or oversensitiveness of an organ or part of the body; a state in which the application of ordinary stimuli produces pain or excessive or vitiated action.


lexentry: eng/ischemia__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ischemia
trans_list: ισχαιμία
sense:
(cardiology, pathology) Local disturbance in blood circulation due to mechanical obstruction of the blood supply (for example, embolism, thrombosis, or vasoconstriction).


lexentry: eng/ischemic__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ischemic
trans_list: ισχαιμικός
sense:
(pathology) Characteristic of, or accompanied by, ischemia — localised anaemia due to mechanical obstruction of the blood supply, creating a local disturbance in blood circulation.


lexentry: eng/isinglass__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: isinglass
trans_list: ιχθυόκολλα
sense:
A form of gelatine obtained from the air bladder of the sturgeon and certain other fish, used as an adhesive and as a clarifying agent for wine and beer.


lexentry: eng/island__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: island
trans_list: νησί | νήσος
sense:
(by extension, in place names) A contiguous area of land, smaller than a continent, partially surrounded by water; A peninsula; A half-island.


lexentry: eng/isobutyric_acid__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: isobutyric acid
trans_list: ισοβουτυρικό οξύ
sense:
(fatty acid) 2-methyl-propanoic acid, (CH3)2CHCOOH, an isomer of butyric acid, that occurs in carob beans and croton oil.


lexentry: eng/isogoria__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: isogoria
trans_list: ισηγορία
sense:
Equality of freedom of speech and expression; the right of each citizen of a city (or other unit) to speak in public and address that city.


lexentry: eng/isolation__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: isolation
trans_list: απομόνωση
sense:
(chiefly, uncountable) The state of being isolated, detached, or separated; the state of being away from other people.


lexentry: eng/isolation__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: isolation
trans_list: απομόνωση | καραντίνα
sense:
(medicine) The separation of a patient, suffering from a contagious disease, from contact with others (compare: quarantine)


lexentry: eng/isoleucine__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: isoleucine
trans_list: ισολευκίνη
sense:
(amino acid) An essential amino acid, C6H13NO2, isomeric with leucine, found in most animal proteins.


lexentry: eng/isomer__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: isomer
trans_list: ισομερές
sense:
(physical chemistry) Any of two or more compounds with the same molecular formula but with different structure.


lexentry: eng/isomer__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: isomer
trans_list: ισομερές
sense:
(nuclear physics) Any of two or more atomic nuclei with the same mass number and atomic number but with different radioactive properties.


lexentry: eng/isometric__Adjective__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: isometric
trans_list: ισομετρικός
sense:
(physiology) Of or involving muscular contraction against resistance in which the length of the muscle remains the same. See also: Wikipedia:isometric exercise


lexentry: eng/isometry__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: isometry
trans_list: ισομετρική
sense:
(mathematics) A function between metric spaces (or on a single metric space) having the property that the distance between two images is equal to the distance between their preimages.


lexentry: eng/isomorphism__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: isomorphism
trans_list: ισομορφισμός
sense:
(group algebra) A bijection f such that both f and its inverse f −1 are homomorphisms, that is, structure-preserving mappings.


lexentry: eng/isopentane__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: isopentane
trans_list: ισοπεντάνιο
sense:
(organic compound) An aliphatic hydrocarbon with the chemical structure CH2CH2CH(CH3)2; isomeric with pentane and neopentane.


lexentry: eng/isoprene__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: isoprene
trans_list: ισοπρένιο
sense:
(organic compound) An unsaturated hydrocarbon, C5H8, that is readily polymerized; natural rubber (caoutchouc) is cis-1,4-polyisoprene, and trans-1,4-polyisoprene is present in gutta-percha and balata; it is the structural basis for the terpenes.


lexentry: eng/isostasy__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: isostasy
trans_list: ισοστασία
sense:
(geology) The state of balance or pressure equilibrium thought to exist within the Earth's crust, whereby the upper lithosphere floats on denser magma beneath.


lexentry: eng/isotherm__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: isotherm
trans_list: ισόθερμος
sense:
A line on a graph or chart, such as a weather map, along which all the points have the same temperature.


lexentry: eng/isotope__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: isotope
trans_list: ισότοπο
sense:
(nuclear physics) Any of two or more forms of an element where the atoms have the same number of protons, but a different number of neutrons within their nuclei. Thus, isotopes have the same atomic number but a different mass number.


lexentry: eng/isotropy__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: isotropy
trans_list: ισοτροπία
sense:
(geometry, physics) The property of being identical, or having the same physical properties, in all directions.


lexentry: eng/issue__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: issue
trans_list: τεύχος
sense:
The entire set of some item printed and disseminated during a certain period, particularly (publishing) a single printing of a particular edition of a work when contrasted with other print runs.


lexentry: eng/issue__Noun__1
sense_num: 06
written_rep: issue
trans_list: θέμα
sense:
(US, originally, _, psychology, usually, in the plural) A psychological or emotional difficulty, (now, _, informal, figurative, _, and, _) any problem or concern considered as a vague and intractable difficulty.


lexentry: eng/isthmus__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: isthmus
trans_list: ισθμός
sense:
(landforms) A narrow strip of land, bordered on both sides by water, and connecting two larger landmasses.


lexentry: eng/it__Pronoun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: it
trans_list: αυτό | το | τούτος
sense:
The third-person singular neuter personal pronoun used to refer to an inanimate object, abstract entity, or non-human living thing.


lexentry: eng/it__Pronoun__1
sense_num: 09
written_rep: it
trans_list: το
sense:
The impersonal pronoun, used as a placeholder for a delayed subject, or less commonly, object; known as the dummy pronoun (according to some definitions), anticipatory it or, more formally in linguistics, a syntactic expletive. The delayed subject is commonly a to-infinitive, a gerund, or a noun clause introduced by a subordinating conjunction.


lexentry: eng/it_figures__Phrase__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: it figures
trans_list: προφανώς
sense:
(idiomatic, North America) Used to indicate that a preceding event or statement by another is an unsurprising accompaniment of known facts and circumstances.


lexentry: eng/itch__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: itch
trans_list: κνησμός | φαγούρα
sense:
A sensation felt on an area of the skin that causes a person or animal to want to scratch said area.


lexentry: eng/itch__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: itch
trans_list: λαχταρώ
sense:
(intransitive) To have a constant, teasing urge; to feel strongly motivated; to want or desire something.


lexentry: eng/iterative__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: iterative
trans_list: επαναλαμβανόμενος
sense:
Of a procedure that involves repetition of steps (iteration) to achieve the desired outcome; in computing this may involve a mechanism such as a loop.


lexentry: eng/ithyphallic__Adjective__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: ithyphallic
trans_list: ιθυφαλλικός
sense:
Of or pertaining to an upward pointing, erect penis; (specifically) of an artistic depiction of a deity or other figure: possessing an erect penis.


lexentry: eng/itself__Pronoun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: itself
trans_list: ίδιος
sense:
(emphatic) it; used to intensify the subject, especially to emphasize that it is the only participant in the predicate


lexentry: eng/ivory__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ivory
trans_list: φίλντισι | ελεφαντόδοντο
sense:
(uncountable) The hard white form of dentin which forms the tusks of elephants, walruses and other animals.


lexentry: eng/jabiru__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: jabiru
trans_list: ζαμπιρού
sense:
A species of bird Jabiru mycteria in the monotypic genus Jabiru, of the stork family Ciconiidae, endemic to the Americas.


lexentry: eng/jack-o'-lantern__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: jack-o'-lantern
trans_list: τζακ ο' λάντερν
sense:
A carved pumpkin whose top and stem have been cut out and interior removed, leaving a hollow shell that is then decorated to represent a face, illuminated from within by a candle. It is a symbol of Halloween.


lexentry: eng/jack__Noun__2
sense_num: 02
written_rep: jack
trans_list: γρύλος
sense:
A mechanical device used to raise and (temporarily) support a heavy object, now especially to lift one side of a motor vehicle when (e.g.) changing a tyre. [from 17th c.]


lexentry: eng/jack__Noun__2
sense_num: 03
written_rep: jack
trans_list: σημαία
sense:
(nautical) A small ship's flag used as a signal or identifying device; a small flag flown at the bow of the vessel. [from 17th c.]


lexentry: eng/jack_mackerel__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: jack mackerel
trans_list: σαυρίδι
sense:
Any of various edible fish, especially of genus Trachurus, but also genera Caranx, Acanthocybium and Euthynnus.


lexentry: eng/jack_of_all_trades,_master_of_none__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: jack of all trades, master of none
trans_list: δύο καρπούζια δε χωράνε σε μία μασχάλη
sense:
(idiomatic) A person who has a competent grasp of many skills but who is not outstanding in any one.


lexentry: eng/jackal__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: jackal
trans_list: τσακάλι
sense:
Any of certain wild canids of the genera Lupulella and Canis, native to the tropical Old World and smaller than a wolf.


lexentry: eng/jacket__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: jacket
trans_list: ζακέτα | σακάκι
sense:
A piece of clothing worn on the upper body outside a shirt or blouse, often waist length to thigh length.


lexentry: eng/jackhammer__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: jackhammer
trans_list: κομπρεσέρ
sense:
A portable percussive power tool that combines a hammer and chisel used to drill or break hard matter, for instance rock or concrete.


lexentry: eng/jade__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: jade
trans_list: νεφρίτης
sense:
A semiprecious stone, either nephrite or jadeite, generally green or white in color, often used for carving figurines.


lexentry: eng/jail__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: jail
trans_list: φυλακή | δεσμωτήριο
sense:
A place or institution for the confinement of persons held against their will in lawful custody or detention, especially (in US usage) a place where people are held for minor offenses or with reference to some future judicial proceeding.


lexentry: eng/jailbait__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: jailbait
trans_list: πιπίνι
sense:
(slang) A sexually mature person below, or appearing to be below, the legal age of consent, who is regarded, usually by an adult, as being sexually attractive and/or seductive.


lexentry: eng/jalousie__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: jalousie
trans_list: γρίλια
sense:
Upward sloping window slats which form a blind or shutter, allowing light and air in but excluding rain and direct sun.


lexentry: eng/jam__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: jam
trans_list: μαρμελάδα
sense:
(less common in the, _, US, &, Canada) A sweet mixture of fruit boiled with sugar and allowed to congeal. Often spread on bread or toast or used in jam tarts.


lexentry: eng/jam_session__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: jam session
trans_list: βωδινό
sense:
(music) An informal gathering of musicians to play music, especially improvised jazz or a similar genre.


lexentry: eng/jamb__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: jamb
trans_list: κάσα
sense:
(architecture, interior decorating, carpentry) Either of the vertical components that form the side of an opening in a wall, such as that of a door frame, window frame, or fireplace.


lexentry: eng/jambalaya__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: jambalaya
trans_list: τζαμπαλάγια
sense:
Any of various of rice-based dishes common in Louisiana Cajun or Creole cooking; most often with shrimp, oysters, chicken or ham.


lexentry: eng/janissary__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: janissary
trans_list: γενίτσαρος
sense:
(historical) An infantry soldier, often of European Christian background from the Balkans as well as Eastern Europe and forcibly converted to Islam, in a former elite Turkish (Ottoman) guard (disbanded in 1826).


lexentry: eng/jar__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: jar
trans_list: βάζο | γυάλα | κανάτα
sense:
A small, approximately cylindrical container, normally made of clay or glass, for holding fruit, preserves, etc., or for ornamental purposes.


lexentry: eng/jasmine__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: jasmine
trans_list: γιασεμί
sense:
Any of several plants, of the genus Jasminum, mostly native to Asia, having fragrant white or yellow flowers.


lexentry: eng/jasper__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: jasper
trans_list: ίασπις
sense:
An opaque, impure variety of quartz, of red, yellow, and other dull colors, breaking conchoidally with a smooth surface.


lexentry: eng/jaundice__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: jaundice
trans_list: ίκτερος
sense:
(pathology) A morbid condition, characterized by yellowness of the eyes, skin, and urine. [from early 14th c.]


lexentry: eng/javelin_throw__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: javelin throw
trans_list: ακοντισμός
sense:
(athletics) An athletic throwing event where the object to be thrown is the javelin, a spear-like object made of metal, fiberglass and, in some cases, kyshashrek.


lexentry: eng/jazz__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: jazz
trans_list: τζαζ
sense:
(music genre) A musical art form rooted in West African cultural and musical expression and in the African American blues tradition, with diverse influences over time, commonly characterized by blue notes, syncopation, swing, call and response, polyrhythms and improvisation.


lexentry: eng/jealous__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: jealous
trans_list: ζηλιάρης
sense:
Suspecting rivalry in love; troubled by worries that one might have been replaced in someone's affections; suspicious of a lover's or spouse's fidelity. [from 13th c.]


lexentry: eng/jealous__Adjective__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: jealous
trans_list: ζηλότυπος
sense:
Protective; zealously guarding; careful in the protection of something (or someone) one has or appreciates, especially one's spouse or lover. [from 14th c.]


lexentry: eng/jealous__Adjective__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: jealous
trans_list: φθονερός | ζηλόφθονος
sense:
Envious; feeling resentful or angered toward someone for a perceived advantage or success, material or otherwise. [from 14th c.]


lexentry: eng/jeer__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: jeer
trans_list: αστειεύομαι
sense:
(intransitive, with at) To utter sarcastic or mocking comments; to speak with mockery or derision; to use taunting language.


lexentry: eng/jejunum__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: jejunum
trans_list: νήστις
sense:
(anatomy) The central of the three divisions of the small intestine which lies between the duodenum and the ileum


lexentry: eng/jelly__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: jelly
trans_list: ζελές | ζελέ | ζελατίνη
sense:
(New Zealand, Australia, British) A dessert made by boiling gelatine, sugar and some flavouring (often derived from fruit) and allowing it to set, known as "jello" in North America.


lexentry: eng/jelly__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: jelly
trans_list: ζελέ | ζελατίνη | μαρμελάδα
sense:
(North America, Britain (certain specific usages)) A clear or translucent fruit preserve, made from fruit juice and set using either naturally occurring, or added, pectin. Normally known as "jam" in Commonwealth English but see redcurrant jelly and jeely.


lexentry: eng/jellyfish__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: jellyfish
trans_list: μέδουσα | τσούχτρα
sense:
An almost transparent aquatic animal; any one of the acalephs, especially one of the larger species, having a jellylike appearance.


lexentry: eng/jerk__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: jerk
trans_list: κόπανος
sense:
(originally, North America, slang, pejorative) A person with unlikable or obnoxious qualities and behavior, typically mean, self-centered, or disagreeable; an arsehole.


lexentry: eng/jerkin__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: jerkin
trans_list: ζακέτα
sense:
(historical) A type of men's garment popular in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries: a close-fitting collarless jacket, with or without sleeves.


lexentry: eng/jet_bridge__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: jet bridge
trans_list: δάχτυλο
sense:
(aviation) An elevated corridor connecting an airport to a plane, usually enclosed and used for disembarking and embarking passengers and crew.


lexentry: eng/jet_engine__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: jet engine
trans_list: αεριοστροβιλωθητήρας
sense:
An engine that obtains thrust by taking in air at the front, using it to burn fuel, then ejecting the hot combustion products at the rear through a propulsive nozzle.


lexentry: eng/jet_engine__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: jet engine
trans_list: αεριοστροβιλωθητήρας
sense:
Any engine propelled by expelling a high speed fluid jet (jet propulsion), such as a rocket, turbojet, turbofan, ramjet, etc.


lexentry: eng/jet_lag__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: jet lag
trans_list: βιοαπορρύθμιση
sense:
(aviation) A physical condition caused by crossing time zones during flight; often the result of disruption to the circadian rhythms of the body.


lexentry: eng/jet_propulsion__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: jet propulsion
trans_list: αεριοπροώθηση
sense:
Propulsion that is caused by the expulsion of a jet of fluid, especially by a jet engine or jellyfish.


lexentry: eng/jet_stream__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: jet stream
trans_list: αεροχείμαρρος
sense:
(meteorology) any of the high-speed, high-altitude air currents that circle the Earth in a westerly direction


lexentry: eng/jetty__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: jetty
trans_list: λιμενοβραχίονας | μόλος
sense:
A structure of wood or stone extended into the sea to influence the current or tide, or to protect a harbor or beach.


lexentry: eng/jewel__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: jewel
trans_list: κόσμημα
sense:
A valuable object used for personal ornamentation, especially one made of precious metals and stones; a piece of jewellery.


lexentry: eng/jewellery__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: jewellery
trans_list: κόσμημα | κοσμήματα
sense:
Collectively, personal ornamentation such as rings, necklaces, brooches and bracelets, made of precious metals and sometimes set with gemstones.


lexentry: eng/jib__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: jib
trans_list: φλόκος
sense:
(nautical, usually with a modifier) Any of a variety of specialty triangular staysails set forward of the foremast.


lexentry: eng/jigger__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: jigger
trans_list: δάκτυλο
sense:
(US) A double-ended vessel, generally of stainless steel or other metal, one end of which typically measures 1½ fluid ounces (approx. 44 ml), the other typically 1 fluid ounce (approx. 30 ml).


lexentry: eng/jigsaw_puzzle__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: jigsaw puzzle
trans_list: παζλ
sense:
A type of puzzle in which the aim is to reconstruct a picture that has been cut (originally, with a jigsaw) into many small interlocking pieces.


lexentry: eng/jimsonweed__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: jimsonweed
trans_list: Στραμώνιο
sense:
(US) A poisonous plant of the Datura stramonium species, part of the nightshade (Solanaceae) family, occasionally ingested as a hallucinogen.


lexentry: eng/jingoism__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: jingoism
trans_list: υπερεθνικισμός | υπερεθνικοφροσύνη
sense:
(uncountable) Excessive patriotism or aggressive nationalism, especially with regards to foreign policy.


lexentry: eng/jingoistic__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: jingoistic
trans_list: σοβινιστικός
sense:
Overly patriotic or nationalistic, often with an element of favouring war or an aggressive foreign policy.


lexentry: eng/jinn__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: jinn
trans_list: τζίνι
sense:
(Arabic culture) A human-like spiritual or immaterial being, as opposed to al-ins (people), often invisible but able to manifest in form and also inhabit people or animals; origin of the genie of Western literature, film etc.


lexentry: eng/jive__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: jive
trans_list: χορεύω
sense:
(intransitive, colloquial) To dance, originally to jive or swing music; later, to jazz, rock and roll, rhythm and blues, disco, etc.


lexentry: eng/job__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: job
trans_list: εργασία | δουλειά
sense:
(computing) A task, or series of tasks, carried out in batch mode (especially on a mainframe computer).


lexentry: eng/job_interview__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: job interview
trans_list: συνέντευξη για δουλειά
sense:
A formal interview in which a job applicant must answer questions, especially in a professional manner, to determine whether they are suitable for the job applied for.


lexentry: eng/jockstrap__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: jockstrap
trans_list: σπασουάρ
sense:
(sports) An athletic supporter worn by men and boys to support the genitals during strenuous exercise.


lexentry: eng/jog__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: jog
trans_list: σκουντώ
sense:
(transitive) To push slightly; to move or shake with a push or jerk, as to gain the attention of; to jolt.


lexentry: eng/john__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: john
trans_list: αποχωρητήριο
sense:
(slang, US) A device or place to urinate and defecate: now usually a toilet or lavatory, but also (dated) a chamber pot or outhouse.


lexentry: eng/joint-stock_company__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: joint-stock company
trans_list: ανώνυμη εταιρεία
sense:
(business, finance, legal, UK) A company with transferable ownership interests and limited shareholder liability.


lexentry: eng/joint-stock_company__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: joint-stock company
trans_list: ανώνυμη εταιρεία
sense:
(business, finance, legal, US) A company with transferable ownership interests and unlimited shareholder liability.


lexentry: eng/joint__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: joint
trans_list: άρθρωση | κλείδωση
sense:
(anatomy) Any part of the body where two bones join, in most cases allowing that part of the body to be bent or straightened.


lexentry: eng/joint__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: joint
trans_list: αρμός
sense:
A cut of meat, especially (but not necessarily) (a) one containing a joint in the sense of an articulation or (b) one rolled up and tied.


lexentry: eng/joint_lock__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: joint lock
trans_list: κλειδί
sense:
(combat sports) Any lock designed to hyperextend one of the joints of the body, leading to pain and/or injury.


lexentry: eng/joint_venture__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: joint venture
trans_list: κοινοπραξία
sense:
A cooperative partnership between two individuals or businesses in which profits and risks are shared.


lexentry: eng/joist__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: joist
trans_list: διαδοκίδα
sense:
A piece of timber or steel laid horizontally, or nearly so, to which the planks of the floor, or the laths or furring strips of a ceiling, are nailed.


lexentry: eng/joker__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: joker
trans_list: μπαλαντέρ
sense:
A playing card that features a picture of a joker (that is, a jester) and that may be used as a wild card in some card games.


lexentry: eng/joule__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: joule
trans_list: τζάουλ
sense:
In the International System of Units, the derived unit of energy, work and heat; the work required to exert a force of one newton for a distance of one metre. Equivalent to one watt of power for a duration of one second. Symbol: J


lexentry: eng/joust__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: joust
trans_list: κονταρομαχία
sense:
A tilting match: a mock combat between two mounted knights or men-at-arms using lances in the lists or enclosed field.


lexentry: eng/jowl__Noun__2
sense_num: 01
written_rep: jowl
trans_list: λαιμός, (на птица) - γούσα, σγάρα, (мед.) - βρογχοκήλη
sense:
A fold of fatty flesh under the chin, around the cheeks, or lower jaw (as a dewlap, wattle, crop, or double chin).


lexentry: eng/joy__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: joy
trans_list: χαρά
sense:
A feeling of extreme happiness or cheerfulness, especially related to the acquisition or expectation of something good.


lexentry: eng/joystick__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: joystick
trans_list: πηδάλιο
sense:
A mechanical device consisting of a handgrip mounted on a base or pedestal and typically having one or more buttons, used to control an aircraft, computer, or other equipment.


lexentry: eng/jubilee__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: jubilee
trans_list: ιωβηλαίο
sense:
A major anniversary of an event, particularly the fiftieth (50th) anniversary of a coronation or marriage. [from late 14th c.]


lexentry: eng/judge__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: judge
trans_list: δικαστής
sense:
A public official whose duty it is to administer the law, especially by presiding over trials and rendering judgments; a justice.


lexentry: eng/judgement_day__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: judgement day
trans_list: ημέρα της κρίσης
sense:
(Christianity, Islam, Judaism) The final trial of all humankind, both the living and the dead, by God expected to take place at the end of the world, when each is rewarded or punished according to their merits; the Final Judgment, the Last Judgment.


lexentry: eng/judgment__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: judgment
trans_list: κρίση
sense:
The power or faculty of performing such operations; especially, when unqualified, the faculty of judging or deciding rightly, justly, or wisely


lexentry: eng/judgment__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: judgment
trans_list: κρίση | απόφαση
sense:
(legal) The act of determining, as in courts of law, what is conformable to law and justice; also, the determination, decision, or sentence of a court, or of a judge.


lexentry: eng/jug__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: jug
trans_list: κανάτι
sense:
A serving vessel or container, typically circular in cross-section and typically higher than it is wide, with a relatively small mouth or spout, an ear handle and often a stopper or top.


lexentry: eng/juggle__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: juggle
trans_list: ζογκλάρω
sense:
To manipulate objects, such as balls, clubs, beanbags, rings, etc. in an artful or artistic manner. Juggling may also include assorted other circus skills such as the diabolo, devil sticks, hat, and cigar box manipulation as well.


lexentry: eng/juggling__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: juggling
trans_list: ζογκλερικά
sense:
The art of moving objects, such as balls, clubs, beanbags, rings, etc. in an artful or artistic manner.


lexentry: eng/jugular_vein__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: jugular vein
trans_list: σφαγίτιδα φλέβα
sense:
(anatomy) Any of several veins on each side of the neck, which drain the brain, face and neck of deoxygenated blood.


lexentry: eng/jukebox__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: jukebox
trans_list: τζουκμπόξ
sense:
A coin-operated machine that plays recorded music; it has push-buttons to make selections. [from 1939]


lexentry: eng/jump__Noun__1
sense_num: 14
written_rep: jump
trans_list: άλμα | αναπήδηση
sense:
(mathematics) A discontinuity in the graph of a function, where the function is continuous in a punctured interval of the discontinuity.


lexentry: eng/jump__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: jump
trans_list: σαλτάρω | πηδάω
sense:
(intransitive) To propel oneself rapidly upward, downward and/or in any horizontal direction such that momentum causes the body to become airborne.


lexentry: eng/jump_rope__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: jump rope
trans_list: σκοινάκι
sense:
(uncountable) (also jump-roping, jumping rope) The activity, game or exercise in which a person must jump, bounce or skip repeatedly while a length of rope is swung over and under, both ends held in the hands of the jumper, or alternately, held by two other participants.


lexentry: eng/jungle__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: jungle
trans_list: ζούγκλα
sense:
A large, undeveloped, humid forest, especially in a tropical region, that is home to many wild plants and animals; a tropical rainforest.


lexentry: eng/junior_high_school__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: junior high school
trans_list: γυμνάσιο
sense:
(education) A school for children who have completed elementary school or grade school, but are not yet old enough for high school. In the US, it often includes grades 7 and 8, and possibly also 6 or 9.


lexentry: eng/juniper__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: juniper
trans_list: άρκευθος | γιουνίπερος
sense:
Any shrub or tree of the genus Juniperus of the cypress family, which is characterized by pointed, needle-like leaves and aromatic berry-like cones.


lexentry: eng/junk_food__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: junk food
trans_list: έτοιμο ανθυγιεινό φαγητό
sense:
(informal) Food with little or no nutritional value; alternatively, food that supplies a large amount of nutrients but also excess calories, excess sugar or starch, and so on.


lexentry: eng/junket__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: junket
trans_list: μπαλάντα
sense:
A pleasure-trip; a journey made for feasting or enjoyment, now especially a trip made ostensibly for business but which entails merrymaking or entertainment.


lexentry: eng/juridical__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: juridical
trans_list: νομικός
sense:
Pertaining to the law or rule of law, legal; judicial, related to the administration of justice (as to jurisprudence, or to the function of a judge or court).


lexentry: eng/juridical_act__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: juridical act
trans_list: έννομη πράξη
sense:
(civil, _, law, Louisiana, Philippines) Any conduct by a person intended to create, modify, transfer, preserve, or extinguish a right, obligation, or legal relationship.


lexentry: eng/juristic_act__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: juristic act
trans_list: έννομη πράξη
sense:
(civil, _, law, South Africa) Any conduct by a person intended to create, modify, transfer, preserve, or extinguish a right, obligation, or legal relationship.


lexentry: eng/justiciable__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: justiciable
trans_list: δικάσιμος
sense:
(legal) Of or pertaining to justiciability; able to be evaluated and resolved by the courts; that can be adjudicated.


lexentry: eng/justification__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: justification
trans_list: αιτιολόγηση | απολόγηση | δικαιολογία
sense:
(countable) A reason, explanation, or excuse which someone believes provides convincing, morally acceptable support for behavior or for a belief or occurrence.


lexentry: eng/justification__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: justification
trans_list: στοίχιση
sense:
(typography, uncountable) The alignment of text to the left margin (left justification), the right margin (right justification), or both margins (full justification).


lexentry: eng/justify__Verb__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: justify
trans_list: ευθυγραμμίζω | στοιχίζω
sense:
(transitive, typography) To arrange (text) on a page or a computer screen such that the left and right ends of all lines within paragraphs are aligned.


lexentry: eng/jute__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: jute
trans_list: γιούτα | ιούτη
sense:
The coarse, strong fiber of the East Indian plants, Corchorus olitorius and Corchorus capsularis, used to make mats, paper, gunny cloth etc.


lexentry: eng/juvenile__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: juvenile
trans_list: ανήλικος
sense:
(criminal law) A person younger than the age of full criminal responsibility, such that the person either cannot be held criminally liable or is subject to less severe forms of punishment.


lexentry: eng/juvenile_delinquent__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: juvenile delinquent
trans_list: ανήλικος παραβάτης
sense:
(legal) A persistent young offender; an antisocial minor, one who has committed criminal acts such as theft or violence.


lexentry: eng/kaboom__Interjection__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: kaboom
trans_list: καμπούμ
sense:
(mimesis) An explosion; the word is typically seen in comic strips or heard in a light-hearted conversation.


lexentry: eng/kaffir__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: kaffir
trans_list: κάφρος
sense:
(countable, South Africa, Rhodesia, ethnic slur, offensive, derogatory) A black person. [from 17th c.]


lexentry: eng/kafir__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: kafir
trans_list: γκιαούρης
sense:
(Islam, countable, offensive, religious slur, political) A disbeliever, a denier: someone who rejects or disbelieves in Allah or the tenets of Islam; or more broadly any non-Muslim.


lexentry: eng/kakistocracy__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: kakistocracy
trans_list: κακιστοκρατία
sense:
(political science) Government under the control of a nation's worst or least-qualified citizens. [from 1829.]


lexentry: eng/kale__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: kale
trans_list: λαχανίδα
sense:
An edible plant, similar to cabbage, with curled leaves that do not form a dense head (Brassica oleracea var. acephala)


lexentry: eng/kaleidoscope__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: kaleidoscope
trans_list: καλειδοσκόπιο
sense:
An instrument consisting of a tube containing mirrors and loose, colourful beads or other objects; when the tube is looked into and rotated, a succession of symmetrical designs can be seen. [from 1817]


lexentry: eng/kalokagathia__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: kalokagathia
trans_list: καλοκαγαθία
sense:
(philosophy) A Platonic teaching consisting of the harmonious combination of bodily, moral and spiritual virtues.


lexentry: eng/kamancheh__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: kamancheh
trans_list: κεμεντζές | λύρα
sense:
(musical instrument) A long-necked stringed instrument (a spike fiddle) with a bowl-shaped body, traditionally featuring three silk strings but now more often four metal ones, played with a bow, common among the peoples of the Caucasus, Anatolia and the Near East.


lexentry: eng/kana__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: kana
trans_list: κάνα
sense:
The hiragana and katakana syllabaries. These are made up of characters that represent individual syllables, which are used to write Japanese words and particles. Kana are derived from kanji.


lexentry: eng/kangaroo__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: kangaroo
trans_list: καγκουρό
sense:
A member of the Macropodidae family of large marsupials with strong hind legs for hopping, native to Australia. [from 18th c.]


lexentry: eng/kaolinite__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: kaolinite
trans_list: καολίνης
sense:
(mineral) A common hydrous aluminosilicate mineral found in sediments, soils and sedimentary rocks, Al2Si2O5(OH)4; one of the kaolin group of minerals.


lexentry: eng/karaoke__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: karaoke
trans_list: καραόκε
sense:
(uncountable) A form of entertainment popular in clubs, at parties, etc, in which individual members of the public sing along to pre-recorded instrumental versions of popular songs, the lyrics of which are displayed for the singer on a screen in time with the music.


lexentry: eng/karate__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: karate
trans_list: καράτε
sense:
An Okinawan martial art involving primarily punching and kicking, but additionally, advanced throws, arm bars, grappling and all means of fighting.


lexentry: eng/karma__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: karma
trans_list: κάρμα
sense:
(Hinduism, Buddhism, Sikhism, Jainism) The sum total of a person's actions, which determine the person's next incarnation in samsara, the cycle of death and rebirth.


lexentry: eng/karyotype__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: karyotype
trans_list: καρυότυπος
sense:
(genetics) The observed characteristics (number, type, shape, etc) of the chromosomes of an individual or species.


lexentry: eng/kasseri__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: kasseri
trans_list: κασέρι
sense:
A medium-hard pale yellow cheese of Bulgaria, Greece and Turkey, usually made from unpasteurized sheep milk.


lexentry: eng/katakana__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: katakana
trans_list: κατακάνα
sense:
(uncountable) A Japanese syllabary used when writing words borrowed from foreign languages other than Chinese, specific names of plants and animals and other jargon, onomatopoeia, or to emphasize a word or phrase. Also used to write the Ainu language.


lexentry: eng/katal__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: katal
trans_list: κατάλ
sense:
(chemistry) In the International System of Units, the derived unit of catalytic activity; one mole per second. Symbol: kat.


lexentry: eng/kayak__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: kayak
trans_list: καγιάκ
sense:
A type of small boat, covered over by a surface deck, powered by the occupant or occupants using a double-bladed paddle in a sitting position, from a hole in the surface deck


lexentry: eng/kaymak__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: kaymak
trans_list: καϊμάκι
sense:
A creamy dairy product, similar to clotted cream, made in the Balkans, Turkey, the Middle East, Central Asia, Iran, Afghanistan, and India. It is made from the milk of water buffalos in the East or of cows in the West.


lexentry: eng/kazoo__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: kazoo
trans_list: καζού
sense:
(musical instrument) A simple musical instrument (a membranophone) consisting of a pipe with a hole in it, producing a buzzing sound when the player hums into it.


lexentry: eng/kebab__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: kebab
trans_list: κεμπάπ
sense:
(British) A dish of pieces of meat, fish, or vegetables roasted on a skewer or spit, especially a doner kebab.


lexentry: eng/keel__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: keel
trans_list: καρίνα
sense:
(nautical) A rigid, flat piece of material anchored to the lowest part of the hull of a ship to give it greater control and stability.


lexentry: eng/keelson__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: keelson
trans_list: εσωτρόπιο
sense:
(nautical) A longitudinal beam fastened on top of the keel of a vessel for strength and stiffness. [from c. 1611]


lexentry: eng/keen__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: keen
trans_list: παράφορος
sense:
(chiefly, Commonwealth) Often with a prepositional phrase, or with to and an infinitive: showing a quick and ardent responsiveness or willingness; eager, enthusiastic, interested.


lexentry: eng/keeper__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: keeper
trans_list: φύλακας
sense:
A person charged with guarding or caring for, storing, or maintaining something; a custodian, a guard; sometimes a gamekeeper.


lexentry: eng/keepsake__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: keepsake
trans_list: ενθύμιο | αναμνηστικό
sense:
Some object given by a person and retained in memory of something or someone; something kept for sentimental or nostalgic reasons.


lexentry: eng/keirin__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: keirin
trans_list: κέιριν
sense:
(cycle racing) A form of track cycling originating in Japan, where riders must initially race behind a motorised pace-setter, the derny.


lexentry: eng/kelvin__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: kelvin
trans_list: κέλβιν
sense:
In the International System of Units, the base unit of thermodynamic temperature; 1⁄273.16 of the thermodynamic temperature of the triple point of water. Shown as "K".


lexentry: eng/kenosis__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: kenosis
trans_list: κένωση
sense:
(Christianity) Christ's voluntary abasement consisting of humanity and the simultaneous occultation of the Divinity.


lexentry: eng/keratoconus__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: keratoconus
trans_list: κερατόκωνος
sense:
(pathology) A degenerative non-inflammatory disorder of the eye in which structural changes within the cornea cause it to thin and change to a more conical shape than its normal even curve.


lexentry: eng/kerb__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: kerb
trans_list: κράσπεδο πεζοδρόμιο
sense:
(British, AU, NZ) The raised edge between the pavement and the roadway, typically made of concrete though originally consisting of a line of kerbstones.


lexentry: eng/kerfuffle__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: kerfuffle
trans_list: ανοργανωσιά
sense:
(chiefly, Commonwealth, informal) A disorderly outburst, disturbance, commotion, or tumult. [from Template:SAFESUBST: c.]


lexentry: eng/kernel__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: kernel
trans_list: πυρήνας
sense:
(botany) The central (usually edible) part of a nut, especially once the hard shell has been removed.


lexentry: eng/kernel__Noun__1
sense_num: 06
written_rep: kernel
trans_list: πυρήνας
sense:
(computing) The central part of many computer operating systems which manages the system's resources and the communication between hardware and software components.


lexentry: eng/kernel__Noun__1
sense_num: 11
written_rep: kernel
trans_list: πυρήνας
sense:
(mathematics, linear algebra, group theory, functional analysis) For a given function (especially a linear transformation between vector spaces or homomorphism between groups), the set of elements in the domain which are mapped to zero; (formally) given f : X → Y, the set {x ∈ X : f(x) = 0}.


lexentry: eng/kerygma__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: kerygma
trans_list: κήρυγμα
sense:
The Apostolic proclamation of religious truths; the core teachings of Christianity taught by the early Church.


lexentry: eng/ketamine__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ketamine
trans_list: κεταμίνη
sense:
(pharmaceutical drug) A synthetic compound used as an anesthetic and analgesic drug and also (illicitly) as a hallucinogen.


lexentry: eng/ketch__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ketch
trans_list: δικάταρτο
sense:
A fore-and-aft rigged sailing vessel with two masts, main and mizzen, the mizzen being stepped forward of the rudder post.


lexentry: eng/ketchup__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ketchup
trans_list: κέτσαπ
sense:
(uncountable, chiefly, US, Canada, UK) Ellipsis of tomato ketchup. A tomato-vinegar-based sauce, sometimes containing spices, onion or garlic, and (especially in the US) sweeteners.


lexentry: eng/ketone__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ketone
trans_list: κετόνη
sense:
(organic compound) A homologous series of organic molecules whose functional group is an oxygen atom joined to a carbon atom—by a double bond—in a carbon-hydrogen based molecule.


lexentry: eng/kettledrum__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: kettledrum
trans_list: τυμπάνια
sense:
(musical instruments) A large percussion instrument with a drumhead that is stretched over a hemispherical metal bowl.


lexentry: eng/kettling__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: kettling
trans_list: ψαροκόφινο
sense:
A crowd control technique, used by police, where a hostile group of protesters or rioters are surrounded and not allowed to disperse, sometimes with the use of temporary fencing to corral and isolate portions of the group.


lexentry: eng/key__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: key
trans_list: κλειδί
sense:
An object designed to fit between two other objects (such as a shaft and a wheel) in a mechanism and maintain their relative orientation.


lexentry: eng/key__Noun__1
sense_num: 06
written_rep: key
trans_list: πλήκτρο
sense:
(computing) One of several small, usually square buttons on a typewriter or computer keyboard, mostly corresponding to text characters.


lexentry: eng/key__Noun__1
sense_num: 07
written_rep: key
trans_list: πλήκτρο | κλειδί
sense:
In instruments with a keyboard such as an organ or piano, one of the levers, or especially the exposed front end of it, which are depressed to cause a particular sound or note to be produced.


lexentry: eng/key__Noun__1
sense_num: 07
written_rep: key
trans_list: κλειδί
sense:
In musical instruments, one of the valve levers used to select notes, such as a lever opening a hole on a woodwind.


lexentry: eng/key__Noun__1
sense_num: 12
written_rep: key
trans_list: κλειδί
sense:
(historical) A manual electrical switching device primarily used for the transmission of Morse code.


lexentry: eng/key__Noun__1
sense_num: 13
written_rep: key
trans_list: κλειδί
sense:
(cryptography) A piece of information (e.g., a password or passphrase) used to encode or decode a message or messages.


lexentry: eng/key__Noun__1
sense_num: 15
written_rep: key
trans_list: κλειδί
sense:
(databases) In a relational database, a field used as an index into another table (not necessarily unique).


lexentry: eng/key__Noun__1
sense_num: 17
written_rep: key
trans_list: κλειδί
sense:
(basketball) The free-throw lane together with the circle surrounding the free-throw line, the free-throw lane having formerly been narrower, giving the area the shape of a skeleton key hole.


lexentry: eng/key__Noun__1
sense_num: 18
written_rep: key
trans_list: κλειδί
sense:
(biology) A series of logically organized groups of discriminating information which aims to allow the user to correctly identify a taxon.


lexentry: eng/key_logger__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: key logger
trans_list: καταγραφέας πληκτρολόγησης
sense:
(computing) Software or hardware designed to record keyboard entries, often for the purpose of stealing passwords or other sensitive data.


lexentry: eng/key_signature__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: key signature
trans_list: οπλισμός
sense:
(music) An indication of the key of a composition, giving the number of sharps or flats in the corresponding scale.


lexentry: eng/keyboard__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: keyboard
trans_list: κλαβιέ | πλήκτρα | πληκτρολόγιο
sense:
(music) A component of many instruments including the piano, organ, and harpsichord consisting of usually black and white keys that cause different tones to be produced when struck.


lexentry: eng/keyboard__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: keyboard
trans_list: πληκτρολόγιο | κλαβιέ
sense:
(music) A device with keys of a musical keyboard, used to control electronic sound-producing devices which may be built into or separate from the keyboard device.


lexentry: eng/keyboard_shortcut__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: keyboard shortcut
trans_list: συντόμευση πληκτρολογίου
sense:
(computing) A key, or more usually a combination of keys, on the keyboard of a personal computer that activates a specific, predefined function.


lexentry: eng/keycard__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: keycard
trans_list: διάβαση
sense:
A usually plastic card which stores a digital signature that is used to operate an electronic access control lock.


lexentry: eng/keycode__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: keycode
trans_list: κλειδάριθμος
sense:
A code that serves to unlock something, such as an electronic door or a car stereo (as an antitheft measure).


lexentry: eng/keyhole__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: keyhole
trans_list: κλειδαρότρυπα
sense:
Any small opening resembling the hole for a key in shape or function; especially, one that gives a vista of, or access to, a space beyond.


lexentry: eng/khedive__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: khedive
trans_list: χεδίβης
sense:
The title of the hereditary monarch of Egypt from 1805–1914, nominally ruling as a viceroy of the Sultan of Turkey.


lexentry: eng/kibbutz__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: kibbutz
trans_list: κιμπούτς
sense:
A community, usually an agricultural one in Israel, based on a high level of social and economical sharing, equality, direct democracy and tight social relations.


lexentry: eng/kick_off__Verb__1
sense_num: 08
written_rep: kick off
trans_list: εκφυλίζομαι
sense:
(intransitive, UK, idiomatic, colloquial) To be overcome with anger, to start an argument or a fight; to behave aggressively.


lexentry: eng/kick_rocks__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: kick rocks
trans_list: κακομαθαίνω
sense:
(slang, derogatory, idiomatic) To leave or run away; to skedaddle; (often used imperatively and dismissively).


lexentry: eng/kick_someone's_ass__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: kick someone's ass
trans_list: καταστρέφω
sense:
(idiomatic, sometimes considered, vulgar, chiefly, US, Canada) To clobber someone; to beat someone severely.


lexentry: eng/kickback__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: kickback
trans_list: λάδωμα
sense:
(countable, informal) A covert, often illegal, payment in return for a favor consisting of providing an opportunity of chargeable transaction; especially, a kind of quid pro quo in which if you (an insider) secretly help me (an outsider) win the bid for the contract then I will secretly send you a portion of the contract value; thus, a kind of bribe.


lexentry: eng/kickboxing__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: kickboxing
trans_list: κικ μπόξινγκ
sense:
(martial arts) A hybrid martial art derived from Muay Thai, karate and especially boxing during the 1960s to 1970s; more generally, any stand-up combat sport that combines kicks and punches.


lexentry: eng/kidnap__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: kidnap
trans_list: απάγω
sense:
(transitive) To seize or detain a person unlawfully and move or conceal them; sometimes for ransom. [from 17th c.]


lexentry: eng/kidney_dish__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: kidney dish
trans_list: νεφρό
sense:
(medicine, surgery) A shallow kidney-shaped basin for holding soiled dressings and other medical waste.


lexentry: eng/kill_time__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: kill time
trans_list: σκοτώνω τον καιρό
sense:
(informal, intransitive) To engage in an activity whose only purpose is to make the time seem to pass more quickly; to fill the time between activities.


lexentry: eng/killer__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: killer
trans_list: θανατηφόρος
sense:
(figuratively) That which causes stress or is extremely difficult, especially that which may cause failure at a task.


lexentry: eng/killer__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: killer
trans_list: θανατηφόρος
sense:
(figuratively) Something that is so far ahead of its competition that it effectively kills off that competition.


lexentry: eng/kiln__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: kiln
trans_list: φούρνος
sense:
An oven or furnace or a heated chamber, for the purpose of hardening, burning, calcining or drying anything; for example, firing ceramics, curing or preserving tobacco, or drying grain.


lexentry: eng/kilo-__Prefix__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: kilo-
trans_list: χιλιο- | χιλιό-
sense:
In the International System of Units and other metric systems of units, multiplying the unit to which it is attached by 1,000. Symbol: k


lexentry: eng/kilo__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: kilo
trans_list: κιλό
sense:
(international standards) Alternative letter-case form of Kilo from the NATO/ICAO Phonetic Alphabet.


lexentry: eng/kilogram__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: kilogram
trans_list: χιλιόγραμμο | κιλό
sense:
In the International System of Units, the base unit of mass; conceived of as the mass of one litre of water, but now defined by taking the fixed numerical value of the Planck constant h to be 6.626 070 15 × 10-34 when expressed in units of kg⋅m2⋅s−1. Symbol: kg


lexentry: eng/kilter__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: kilter
trans_list: κατάσταση
sense:
(chiefly in the negative) Chiefly in out of kilter: (good) condition, form, or order; fettle. [from 17th c.]


lexentry: eng/kimberlite__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: kimberlite
trans_list: κιμπερλίτης
sense:
(geology) A variety of peridotite containing a high proportion of carbon dioxide; often contains diamonds.


lexentry: eng/kimono__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: kimono
trans_list: κιμονό
sense:
A traditional Japanese T-shaped, wrapped-front garment with square sleeves and a rectangular body, now generally worn only on formal occasions.


lexentry: eng/kinase__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: kinase
trans_list: κινάση
sense:
(enzyme, organic compound) Any of a group of enzymes that transfer phosphate groups from high-energy donor molecules, such as ATP, to specific target molecules (substrates), in a process termed phosphorylation.


lexentry: eng/kindergarten__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: kindergarten
trans_list: νηπιαγωγείο
sense:
(North America, Australia) An educational institution for young children, usually between ages 4 and 6; nursery school. [from 1852]


lexentry: eng/kinematics__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: kinematics
trans_list: κινηματική
sense:
(physics) The branch of mechanics concerned with objects in motion, but not with the forces involved.


lexentry: eng/kinesthesia__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: kinesthesia
trans_list: κιναισθησία
sense:
Proprioception or static position sense; the perception of the position and posture of the body; also, more broadly, including the motion of the body as well. See usage notes below.


lexentry: eng/kinetic_energy__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: kinetic energy
trans_list: κινητική ενέργεια
sense:
(physics) The energy possessed by an object because of its motion, equal (nonrelativistically) to one half the mass of the body times the square of its speed.


lexentry: eng/kinetics__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: kinetics
trans_list: κινητική
sense:
(mechanics) The branch of mechanics concerned with motion of objects, as well as the reason i.e. the forces acting on such bodies. This, along with kinematics constitute dynamics, which is concerned purely with the effects of forces on moving bodies.


lexentry: eng/king__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: king
trans_list: βασιλιάς | ρήγας
sense:
A male monarch; a man who heads a monarchy; in an absolute monarchy, the supreme ruler of his nation.


lexentry: eng/king__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: king
trans_list: ρήγας | βασιλιάς
sense:
(card games) A playing card with the letter "K" and the image of a king on it, the thirteenth card in a given suit.


lexentry: eng/king__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: king
trans_list: βασιλιάς | ρήγας
sense:
(chess) The principal chess piece, that players seek to threaten with unavoidable capture to result in a victory by checkmate. It is often the tallest piece, with a symbolic crown with a cross at the top.


lexentry: eng/king_cake__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: king cake
trans_list: βασιλόπιτα
sense:
(Louisiana) A decorative cake distributed among friends or visitors on Epiphany. In many traditions it contains a pea, a trinket or some other small object which entitles its finder to be the "king" for one day.


lexentry: eng/kingdom__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: kingdom
trans_list: βασίλειο
sense:
(taxonomy) A rank in the classification of organisms, below domain and above phylum; a taxon at that rank (e.g. the plant kingdom, the animal kingdom).


lexentry: eng/kingfisher__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: kingfisher
trans_list: αλκυόνη
sense:
Any of various birds of the suborder Alcedines (or the family Alcedinidae sensu lato), having a large head, short tail and brilliant colouration; they feed mostly on fish.


lexentry: eng/kingpin__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: kingpin
trans_list: άξονας
sense:
(transportation) The axis around which steered wheels pivot; a bolt that holds the axis in place—a kingbolt.


lexentry: eng/kingpin__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: kingpin
trans_list: άξονας
sense:
(transportation) The pivot or connector between a tractor and trailer in the fifth-wheel coupling of semi-trailer truck.


lexentry: eng/kingpin__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: kingpin
trans_list: άξονας
sense:
(ten-pin, _, bowling) The pin at the centre of the triangle of bowling pins (originally the tallest pin in kayles). Sometimes also the headpin at the apex.


lexentry: eng/kinkajou__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: kinkajou
trans_list: κερκολήπτης
sense:
Potos flavus, a carnivorous mammal of Central America and South America with a long, prehensile tail, related to the raccoon.


lexentry: eng/kinky__Adjective__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: kinky
trans_list: ανώμαλος
sense:
(informal) Marked by unconventional sexual preferences or behavior, as fetishism, sadomasochism, and other sexual practices.


lexentry: eng/kiosk__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: kiosk
trans_list: περίπτερο
sense:
A small enclosed structure, often freestanding, open on one side or with a window, used as a booth to sell newspapers, cigarettes, etc.


lexentry: eng/kip__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: kip
trans_list: έρωτας
sense:
(informal, chiefly, UK) To sleep; often with the connotation of a temporary or charitable situation, or one borne out of necessity.


lexentry: eng/kiss__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: kiss
trans_list: φιλώ | ασπάζομαι | δίνω φιλί
sense:
(transitive) To touch with the lips or press the lips against, usually to show love or affection or passion, or as part of a greeting.


lexentry: eng/kiss__Verb__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: kiss
trans_list: φιλώ | ασπάζομαι
sense:
(reciprocal) Of two or more people, to touch each other's lips together, usually to express love or affection or passion.


lexentry: eng/kiss_me__Phrase__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: kiss me
trans_list: φίλα με | φίλησέ με
sense:
I informally request that you kiss me—that you touch my lips with your lips or press the lips against, as an expression of love or affection.


lexentry: eng/kiss_of_peace__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: kiss of peace
trans_list: φιλί ειρήνης
sense:
(Christianity) An early Christian greeting consisting of a kiss, originally on the mouth but later on the cheek, still used in some traditional churches.


lexentry: eng/kit__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: kit
trans_list: κασετίνα
sense:
Any collection of items needed for a specific purpose, especially for use by a workman, or personal effects packed for travelling.


lexentry: eng/kitchen_paper__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: kitchen paper
trans_list: χαρτί κουζίνας
sense:
(UK) Paper towels intended for kitchen purposes such as absorbing spillages and wrapping sandwiches.


lexentry: eng/kitchen_sink__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: kitchen sink
trans_list: νεροχύτης
sense:
A sink in a kitchen used for washing crockery, cutlery, utensils, food, etc., and disposing of waste.


lexentry: eng/kitchenware__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: kitchenware
trans_list: μαγειρικά σκεύη
sense:
Instruments and utensils found in a kitchen, particularly those associated with the preparation and serving of food.


lexentry: eng/kite__Noun__1
sense_num: 09
written_rep: kite
trans_list: χαρταετός
sense:
(geometry) A polygon resembling the shape of a traditional toy kite (sense 3): a quadrilateral having two pairs of edges of equal length, the edges of each pair touching each other at one end.


lexentry: eng/kite__Noun__1
sense_num: 11
written_rep: kite
trans_list: χαρταετός
sense:
(sailing, dated) In a square-rigged ship: originally a sail positioned above a topsail; later a lightweight sail set above the topgallants, such as a studding sail or a jib topsail.


lexentry: eng/kitsch__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: kitsch
trans_list: κιτς
sense:
Art, decorative objects, and other forms of representation of questionable artistic or aesthetic value; a representation that is excessively sentimental, overdone, or vulgar.


lexentry: eng/kitsune__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: kitsune
trans_list: κιτσούνε
sense:
(Japanese mythology) A Japanese fox spirit, often but not exclusively female, said to have powers such as shape-shifting, and whose power is symbolized by increase in number of tails.


lexentry: eng/kiwi_fruit__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: kiwi fruit
trans_list: ακτινίδιο
sense:
A Chinese gooseberry vine fruit, having a hairy brown skin and dark green (or in the case of the kiwi fruit gold, yellow) flesh with fine black seeds, almost always varieties of Actinidia deliciosa.


lexentry: eng/klaxon__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: klaxon
trans_list: κλάξον
sense:
A loud electric alarm or horn, especially as used in automobiles in the early 20th century. [from 1908]


lexentry: eng/klepht__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: klepht
trans_list: κλέφτης
sense:
(historical) An anti-Ottoman insurgent living in the mountains when Greece was a part of the Ottoman Empire.


lexentry: eng/kleptomania__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: kleptomania
trans_list: κλεπτομανία
sense:
(psychology) A psychological disorder that causes an uncontrollable obsession with stealing without economic or material need.


lexentry: eng/knead__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: knead
trans_list: ζυμώνω
sense:
(transitive) To work and press into a mass, usually with the hands; especially, to work, as by repeated pressure with the knuckles, into a well mixed mass, the materials of bread, cake, etc.


lexentry: eng/knee-high__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: knee-high
trans_list: κάλτσα ως ο γόνατο
sense:
(US, usually, in the plural) A sock or stocking that reaches to the knees; chiefly, women's nylon stockings that end slightly above the knee and supported by garter belts.


lexentry: eng/knee__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: knee
trans_list: γόνατο
sense:
(anatomy) In humans, the joint or the region of the joint in the middle part of the leg between the thigh and the shank.


lexentry: eng/knife__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: knife
trans_list: μαχαίρι
sense:
A utensil or a tool designed for cutting, consisting of a flat piece of hard material, usually steel or other metal (the blade), usually sharpened on one edge, attached to a handle. The blade may be pointed for piercing.


lexentry: eng/knife__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: knife
trans_list: μαχαίρι
sense:
A weapon designed with the aforementioned specifications intended for slashing or stabbing but too short to be called a sword; a dagger.


lexentry: eng/knife__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: knife
trans_list: μαχαιρώνω
sense:
(transitive) To use a knife to injure or kill by stabbing, slashing, or otherwise using the sharp edge of the knife as a weapon.


lexentry: eng/knight__Noun__1
sense_num: 07
written_rep: knight
trans_list: ίππος | άλογο
sense:
(chess) A chess piece, often in the shape of a horse's head, that is moved two squares in one direction and one at right angles to that direction in a single move, leaping over any intervening pieces.


lexentry: eng/knit__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: knit
trans_list: πλέκω
sense:
(ambitransitive) To turn thread or yarn into a piece of fabric by forming loops that are pulled through each other. This can be done by hand with needles or by machine.


lexentry: eng/knit__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: knit
trans_list: πλέκω
sense:
(ambitransitive) To create a stitch by pulling the working yarn through an existing stitch from back to front.


lexentry: eng/knobhead__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: knobhead
trans_list: ανόητος
sense:
(UK, Ireland, Commonwealth, derogatory, vulgar, slang, synecdochically) A fool; an idiot; a contemptible person.


lexentry: eng/knock__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: knock
trans_list: προανάφλεξη
sense:
(automotive, uncountable) Preignition, a type of abnormal combustion occurring in spark ignition engines caused by self-ignition; also, the characteristic knocking sound associated with it.


lexentry: eng/knock__Verb__1
sense_num: 06
written_rep: knock
trans_list: χτυπάω
sense:
(transitive, Britain, slang, dated) To impress forcibly or strongly; to astonish; to move to admiration or applause.


lexentry: eng/knock_about__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: knock about
trans_list: κακοποιώ
sense:
(transitive) To hit (someone or something) all over repeatedly; hence, to behave violently towards or mistreat (someone or something).


lexentry: eng/knock_it_off__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: knock it off
trans_list: τελειώνω
sense:
(colloquial, mostly, imperative, idiom) To cease doing something, particularly annoying or unpleasant; to desist.


lexentry: eng/knock_on_wood__Interjection__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: knock on wood
trans_list: χτύπα ξύλο
sense:
(idiomatic, US, Philippines) Hopefully; a self-directive to undertake the customary action to ward off bad luck.


lexentry: eng/knock_on_wood__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: knock on wood
trans_list: χτύπα ξύλο
sense:
(idiomatic, US, Philippines) To take a customary action to ward off some misfortune that is believed to be attracted by a presumptuous statement.


lexentry: eng/knockoff__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: knockoff
trans_list: μαϊμού
sense:
An imitation of something, particularly a well-known product, usually lower in quality and price than the original.


lexentry: eng/knot__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: knot
trans_list: κόμπος | κόμβος
sense:
A looping of a piece of string or of any other long, flexible material that cannot be untangled without passing one or both ends of the material through its loops.


lexentry: eng/knot__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: knot
trans_list: κόμβος
sense:
(mathematics) A non-self-intersecting closed curve in (e.g., three-dimensional) space that is an abstraction of a knot (in sense 1 above).


lexentry: eng/knot__Noun__1
sense_num: 18
written_rep: knot
trans_list: κόμβος
sense:
(aviation) A unit of indicated airspeed, calibrated airspeed, or equivalent airspeed, which varies in its relation to the unit of speed so as to compensate for the effects of different ambient atmospheric conditions on aircraft performance.


lexentry: eng/knout__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: knout
trans_list: καμουτσίκι
sense:
A leather scourge (multi-tail whip), in the severe version known as 'great knout' with metal weights on each tongue, notoriously used in imperial Russia.


lexentry: eng/know-it-all__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: know-it-all
trans_list: ξερόλα | ξερόλας
sense:
(chiefly, US, pejorative) Someone who claims to be knowledgeable or an expert in something, obnoxiously dismissing the opinions, advice, suggestions, etc. of others.


lexentry: eng/know__Verb__1
sense_num: 13
written_rep: know
trans_list: γνωρίζω
sense:
(transitive, philosophy) To maintain (a belief, a position) subject to a given philosophical definition of knowledge; to hold a justified true belief.


lexentry: eng/knowledge__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: knowledge
trans_list: γνώση | αγωγή
sense:
The fact of knowing about something; general understanding or familiarity with a subject, place, situation etc. [from 14th c.]


lexentry: eng/knowledge__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: knowledge
trans_list: γνώση | επίγνωση
sense:
Awareness of a particular fact or situation; a state of having been informed or made aware of something. [from 14th c.]


lexentry: eng/knowledge_is_power__Proverb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: knowledge is power
trans_list: η γνώση είναι δύναμη
sense:
Scientia potentia est; with knowledge and/or education, one's potential or ability to succeed in the pursuit of one's objectives will certainly increase.


lexentry: eng/koala__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: koala
trans_list: κοάλα
sense:
A tree-dwelling marsupial, Phascolarctos cinereus, that resembles a small bear with a broad head, large ears and sharp claws, mainly found in eastern Australia.


lexentry: eng/kofta__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: kofta
trans_list: κεφτές | κιοφτές
sense:
Any of various spicy meatball or meatloaf dishes of the Middle East, Caucasus, South Asia, and the Balkans.


lexentry: eng/kogel_mogel__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: kogel mogel
trans_list: κόγκελ μόγκελ
sense:
An egg-based homemade dessert made from egg yolks, sugar, and flavourings such as honey, vanilla, cocoa or rum, similar to eggnog, popular in Central and Eastern Europe, as well as in Caucasus.


lexentry: eng/kokoretsi__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: kokoretsi
trans_list: κοκορέτσι
sense:
A traditional Greek dish typically consumed at Easter, consisting mainly of seasoned lamb or goat offal.


lexentry: eng/koliva__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: koliva
trans_list: κόλλυβα
sense:
A dish made of sweetened boiled wheat, optionally mixed with nuts and spices, and used in Eastern Orthodox rituals to commemorate the dead or at slava.


lexentry: eng/komboskini__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: komboskini
trans_list: κομβοσχοίνι | κομποσκοίνι
sense:
(Christianity) A rope of usually 33, 50 or 100 knots, used in meditative prayer in the Eastern Orthodox and Eastern Catholic tradition, to count one's recitations of the Jesus Prayer.


lexentry: eng/kore__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: kore
trans_list: κόρη
sense:
(arts, sculpture) An Ancient Greek statue of a woman, portrayed standing, usually clothed, painted in bright colours and having an elaborate hairstyle.


lexentry: eng/koulouri__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: koulouri
trans_list: κουλούρι
sense:
A bagel or ring doughnut shaped bread roll covered with sesame or sunflower seeds, often sold on the streets of Greece.


lexentry: eng/krone__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: krone
trans_list: κορώνα
sense:
The currency of Iceland, Denmark (including Greenland and the Faroe Islands) and Norway, divided into 100 øre, except in Iceland where 1 króna = 100 aurar.


lexentry: eng/krypton__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: krypton
trans_list: κρυπτό
sense:
The chemical element (symbol Kr) with an atomic number of 36. It is a colourless, odourless noble gas that only reacts with fluorine. It is one of the rarest gases in the Earth's atmosphere.


lexentry: eng/kugel__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: kugel
trans_list: σφαίρα
sense:
A traditional savoury or sweet Jewish dish consisting of a baked pudding of pasta, potatoes, or rice, with vegetables, or raisins and spices.


lexentry: eng/kulak__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: kulak
trans_list: κουλάκος
sense:
(historical) A prosperous peasant in the Russian Empire or the Soviet Union, who owned land and could hire workers.


lexentry: eng/kumari__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: kumari
trans_list: θεά
sense:
(Hinduism, chiefly, _, Nepal) A living goddess; a prepubescent girl worshipped as a manifestation of divine female energy.


lexentry: eng/kumquat__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: kumquat
trans_list: κουμκουάτ
sense:
A small, orange citrus-like fruit which is native to Asia (Citrus japonica, syn. Fortunella japonica).


lexentry: eng/kykeon__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: kykeon
trans_list: κυκεώνας
sense:
An Ancient Greek drink made mainly of water, barley and herbs. Closely tied to Demeter and the seasonal celebrations of Crete.


lexentry: eng/lab_rat__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: lab rat
trans_list: ινδόχοιρος
sense:
(idiomatic) A person or group used as the subject of an experiment or test, especially unwillingly or unwittingly.


lexentry: eng/label__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: label
trans_list: ετικέτα | επιγραφή
sense:
A small ticket or sign giving information about something to which it is attached or intended to be attached.


lexentry: eng/label__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: label
trans_list: βαφτίζω | κατατάσσω σε | τιτλοφορώ
sense:
(ditransitive) To give a label to (someone or something) in order to categorise that person or thing.


lexentry: eng/labionasal__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: labionasal
trans_list: χειλεορινικός
sense:
(medicine) Labial and nasal; pertaining to both the upper lip and the nose, or to both lips and the nose.


lexentry: eng/labium__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: labium
trans_list: χείλος του αιδοίου
sense:
(anatomy, usually, in the plural) A liplike structure; especially one of the vulva's two pairs of folds of skin on either side.


lexentry: eng/labor-intensive__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: labor-intensive
trans_list: έντασης εργασίας | εντάσεως εργασίας
sense:
(American spelling) Requiring a great deal of work, especially physical and manual effort versus capital.


lexentry: eng/labor_market__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: labor market
trans_list: αγορά εργασίας
sense:
(economics) The market consisting of the supply of unemployed workers in relation to the demand for them.


lexentry: eng/labour__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: labour
trans_list: δουλειά | εργασία | εργατικό δυναμικό | κόπος | μόχθος
sense:
(uncountable) Workers in general; the working class, the workforce; sometimes specifically the labour movement, organised labour.


lexentry: eng/labour_force__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: labour force
trans_list: εργατικό δυναμικό
sense:
The collective group of people who are available for employment, whether currently employed or unemployed (though sometimes only those unemployed people who are seeking work are included).


lexentry: eng/labyrinth__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: labyrinth
trans_list: λαβύρινθος
sense:
(anatomy) A complex structure in the inner ear which contains the organs of hearing and balance. It consists of bony cavities (the bony labyrinth) filled with fluid and lined with sensitive membranes (the membranous labyrinth).


lexentry: eng/lac__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: lac
trans_list: λάκη
sense:
A resinous substance or lacquer produced mainly on the banyan tree by the female of Kerria lacca, a scale insect.


lexentry: eng/lace__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: lace
trans_list: δαντέλα
sense:
(uncountable) A light fabric containing patterns of holes, usually built up from a single thread. Wp


lexentry: eng/lackluster__Adjective__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: lackluster
trans_list: μουντός
sense:
(figurative) Not exceptional; not worthy of special merit, attention, or interest; having no vitality.


lexentry: eng/lacquer__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: lacquer
trans_list: βερνίκι
sense:
A glossy, resinous material used as a surface coating; either a natural exudation of certain trees, or a solution of nitrocellulose in alcohol, etc.


lexentry: eng/lacrimal_gland__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: lacrimal gland
trans_list: δακρυϊκός πόρος
sense:
(anatomy, ophthalmology) Either of a pair of almond-shaped glands, one for each eye, that secrete the aqueous layer of the tear film.


lexentry: eng/lacrimal_sac__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: lacrimal sac
trans_list: δακρυϊκός ασκός
sense:
(anatomy, ophthalmology) The upper dilated end of the nasolacrimal duct that is situated in a groove formed by the lacrimal bone and the frontal process of the maxilla and receives the lacrimal canaliculi.


lexentry: eng/lacrosse__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: lacrosse
trans_list: λακρός
sense:
(sports) A sport played on a field between two opposing teams using sticks (crosses) and a ball, whereby one team defeats the other by scoring more goals within the allotted time.


lexentry: eng/lactase__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: lactase
trans_list: λακτάση
sense:
(enzyme, organic compound) A β-galactosidase enzyme that is involved in the hydrolysis of the disaccharide lactose into constituent galactose and glucose monomers.


lexentry: eng/lactic_acid__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: lactic acid
trans_list: γαλακτικό οξύ
sense:
(carboxylic acid) 2-hydroxy-propanoic acid (CH3.CHOH.CO2H), a syrupy liquid, soluble in water; found in milk, wine and many fruits; used as a food additive and in many industrial applications.


lexentry: eng/lactose__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: lactose
trans_list: λακτόζη
sense:
(carbohydrate) The disaccharide sugar of milk and dairy products, C12H22O11, a product of glucose and galactose used as a food and in medicinal compounds.


lexentry: eng/lacuna__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: lacuna
trans_list: κενό
sense:
(linguistics, translation studies) A language gap, which occurs when there is no direct translation in the target language for a lexical term found in the source language.


lexentry: eng/lacuna__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: lacuna
trans_list: κενό | χάσμα
sense:
An absent part, especially in a book or other piece of writing, often referring to an ancient manuscript or similar.


lexentry: eng/ladder__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ladder
trans_list: σκάλα
sense:
A frame, usually portable, of wood, metal, or rope, used for ascent and descent, consisting of two side pieces to which are fastened rungs (cross strips or rounds acting as steps).


lexentry: eng/ladder__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: ladder
trans_list: πόντος
sense:
(chiefly, Britain) A length of unravelled fabric in a knitted garment, especially in nylon stockings; a run.


lexentry: eng/ladder__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: ladder
trans_list: σκάλα
sense:
In the game of go, a sequence of moves following a zigzag pattern and ultimately leading to the capture of the attacked stones.


lexentry: eng/ladette__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ladette
trans_list: αγοροκόριτσο
sense:
(informal) A young woman who behaves in a laddish manner, namely being boisterous and loud and drinking to excess.


lexentry: eng/lady__Noun__1
sense_num: 10
written_rep: lady
trans_list: κυρία
sense:
A woman to whom the particular homage of a knight was paid; a woman to whom one is devoted or bound.


lexentry: eng/ladybird__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ladybird
trans_list: πασχαλίτσα
sense:
Any of the Coccinellidae family of beetles, typically having a round shape and red or yellow spotted elytra.


lexentry: eng/lag__Noun__1
sense_num: 09
written_rep: lag
trans_list: καθυστέρηση | χρονοτριβή
sense:
A stave of a cask, drum, etc.; especially (engineering) one of the narrow boards or staves forming the covering of a cylindrical object, such as a boiler, or the cylinder of a carding machine or steam engine.


lexentry: eng/lagniappe__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: lagniappe
trans_list: υπηρεσία
sense:
(chiefly, Louisiana, Mississippi, Trinidad and Tobago) An extra or unexpected gift or benefit, such as that given to customers when they purchase something.


lexentry: eng/lahmacun__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: lahmacun
trans_list: λαχματζούν
sense:
A dish of Arab origin consisting of a round, thin piece of dough topped with minced meat (most commonly beef and lamb).


lexentry: eng/lair__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: lair
trans_list: κρησφύγετο | λημέρι
sense:
(figuratively) A place inhabited by a criminal or criminals, a superhero or a supervillain; a refuge, retreat, haven or hideaway.


lexentry: eng/lake__Noun__4
sense_num: 02
written_rep: lake
trans_list: λάκη
sense:
In the composition of colors for use in products intended for human consumption, made by extending on a substratum of alumina, a salt prepared from one of the certified water-soluble straight colors.


lexentry: eng/lamb_fries__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: lamb fries
trans_list: αμελέτητα
sense:
(US) The testicles of a lamb, peeled, rolled in cracker meal, fried, and served as food, a traditional dish in the Bluegrass region of Kentucky.


lexentry: eng/lambada__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: lambada
trans_list: λαμπάντα
sense:
(preceded by definite article) A fast-paced, erotic Brazilian dance in which couples dance with their stomachs touching.


lexentry: eng/lambda__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: lambda
trans_list: λάμδα | λάμβδα
sense:
The eleventh letter of the Classical and Modern Greek alphabet, the twelfth of the Old Greek alphabet.


lexentry: eng/lambda_calculus__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: lambda calculus
trans_list: λογισμός λάμδα
sense:
(computing theory) Any of a family of functionally complete algebraic systems in which lambda expressions are evaluated according to a fixed set of rules to produce values, which may themselves be lambda expressions.


lexentry: eng/lambskin__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: lambskin
trans_list: αρνί
sense:
The skin of a very young sheep, especially prepared with the fleece still attached. A very fine form of leather.


lexentry: eng/lametta__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: lametta
trans_list: βροχή
sense:
Thin wire or foil made of brass, gold or silver; now especially thin strips of metallic foil used as Christmas decoration.


lexentry: eng/lamia__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: lamia
trans_list: λάμια | Λάμια
sense:
(Greek mythology) A monster preying upon human beings, who sucked the blood of children, often described as having the head and breasts of a woman and the lower half of a serpent.


lexentry: eng/lamina__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: lamina
trans_list: πέταλο | φολίδα
sense:
(skeleton) Either of two broad, flat plates of bone of a vertebra that is fused with and extends from the pedicle to the median line of the neural arch to form the base of the spinous process and that along with the pedicle forms the posterior part of the vertebral foramen.


lexentry: eng/lampoon__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: lampoon
trans_list: λίβελλος | σάτιρα
sense:
A written attack or other work ridiculing a person, group, or institution; especially, a satirical one.


lexentry: eng/lampshade__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: lampshade
trans_list: αμπαζούρ
sense:
A cover over a lamp to either diffuse the light or to block it in certain directions to avoid glare in the eyes.


lexentry: eng/lance__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: lance
trans_list: λόγχη
sense:
A weapon of war, consisting of a long shaft or handle and a steel blade or head; a spear carried by horsemen.


lexentry: eng/lanceolate__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: lanceolate
trans_list: λογχοειδής
sense:
(botany, mycology) Having the general shape of a lance; much longer than wide, with the widest part lower than the middle and a pointed apex.


lexentry: eng/lancet_arch__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: lancet arch
trans_list: λογχοειδές τόξο
sense:
(architecture) A sharp pointed arch used in doors and windows, etc. This type of architecture was peculiar to England in the 13th century.


lexentry: eng/land__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: land
trans_list: γαίες | εκτάσεις | κτήματα
sense:
Real estate or landed property; a partitioned and measurable area which is owned and acquired and on which buildings and structures can be built and erected.


lexentry: eng/landau__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: landau
trans_list: λαντό
sense:
A type of lightweight, four-wheeled carriage in which the front and back passenger seats face each other.


lexentry: eng/landgrave__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: landgrave
trans_list: λανδίγραβος | λανδγράβος
sense:
County nobleman in the British, privately held North American colony Carolina, ranking just below the proprietary (chartered equivalent of a royal vassal).


lexentry: eng/landing_craft__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: landing craft
trans_list: αποβατικό σκάφος
sense:
(nautical, military) A type of flat-bottomed boat used to transport infantry and vehicles onto a shore during an assault from the sea.


lexentry: eng/landing_gear__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: landing gear
trans_list: σύστημα προσγείωσης
sense:
(uncountable, countable, aviation) The wheels, tyres, brakes, shock absorbers etc of an aircraft; its undercarriage.


lexentry: eng/landing_net__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: landing net
trans_list: απόχη
sense:
(fishing) A fishnet mounted on a ring which is connected to a handle, used by anglers to secure a catch when pulling it out of the water by the line to which it is hooked.


lexentry: eng/landscape__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: landscape
trans_list: τοπίο
sense:
A portion of land or territory which the eye can comprehend in a single view, including all the objects it contains.


lexentry: eng/landscape__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: landscape
trans_list: τοπίο
sense:
A picture representing a real or imaginary scene by land or sea, the main subject being the general aspect of nature, as fields, hills, forests, water, etc.


lexentry: eng/landslide__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: landslide
trans_list: κατολίσθηση
sense:
A natural disaster that involves the breakup and downhill flow of rock, mud, water and anything caught in the path.


lexentry: eng/language__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: language
trans_list: γλώσσα
sense:
(countable) A body of words, and set of methods of combining them (called a grammar), understood by a community and used as a form of communication.


lexentry: eng/language__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: language
trans_list: διάλεκτος | ιδιογλωσσία | φρασεολογία
sense:
(uncountable) A sublanguage: the slang of a particular community or jargon of a particular specialist field.


lexentry: eng/language__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: language
trans_list: γλώσσα
sense:
(countable, uncountable, figurative) The expression of thought (the communication of meaning) in a specified way; that which communicates something, as language does.


lexentry: eng/languid__Adjective__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: languid
trans_list: άτονος
sense:
Of a person or their actions, character, etc.: lacking drive, emotion, or enthusiasm; apathetic, listless, spiritless, unenthusiastic.


lexentry: eng/languish__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: languish
trans_list: μαραζώνω
sense:
(intransitive) To pine away in longing for something; to have low spirits, especially from lovesickness. [from 14th c.]


lexentry: eng/languor__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: languor
trans_list: ατονία
sense:
(uncountable) A state of the body or mind caused by exhaustion or disease and characterized by a languid or weary feeling; lassitude; (countable) an instance of this.


lexentry: eng/lanolin__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: lanolin
trans_list: λανολίνη
sense:
A greasy yellow substance chemically akin to wax that is secreted from wooly animals, with a variety of uses from rust prevention, lubrication and waterproofing to cosmetics and skin ointments.


lexentry: eng/lansquenet__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: lansquenet
trans_list: Λάντσκνεχτ
sense:
(countable, historical) Any of a class of German mercenaries of the 15th and 16th centuries, most of whom were pikemen and foot soldiers.


lexentry: eng/lantern__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: lantern
trans_list: φανάρι
sense:
A case of translucent or transparent material made to protect a flame, or light, used to illuminate its surroundings.


lexentry: eng/lanternfish__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: lanternfish
trans_list: λυχναρόψαρο
sense:
any of small, deep sea fish of the large family Myctophidae, named after their conspicuous use of bioluminescence.


lexentry: eng/lanthanide__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: lanthanide
trans_list: λανθανίδιο
sense:
(chemistry) Any of the 15 rare earth elements from lanthanum to lutetium in the periodic table; because their outermost orbitals are not filled, they have very similar chemistry; below them are the actinides.


lexentry: eng/lanthanum__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: lanthanum
trans_list: λανθάνιο | λανδάνιο
sense:
(uncountable) A chemical element (symbol La) with an atomic number of 57: a soft, ductile, silvery-white metal that tarnishes slowly when exposed to air.


lexentry: eng/lanyard__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: lanyard
trans_list: δράκαινα
sense:
(by extension) A cord worn around the neck, shoulder, or wrist which is attached to a small object to be carried such as an identity card or security pass, key, knife, or whistle.


lexentry: eng/lap__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: lap
trans_list: λαιμός
sense:
The part of the clothing that lies on the knees or thighs when one sits down; that part of the person thus covered.


lexentry: eng/lap__Noun__2
sense_num: 03
written_rep: lap
trans_list: διάδρομος
sense:
The state or condition of being in part extended over or by the side of something else; or the extent of the overlapping.


lexentry: eng/lap_dog__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: lap dog
trans_list: σκυλάκι
sense:
A small toy dog, kept as household pet, whose light weight and companionable temperament make it both suited and disposed to spend time resting in the comfort of its master's lap; a dog bred to behave in this manner.


lexentry: eng/laparoscopy__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: laparoscopy
trans_list: λαπαροσκόπηση | λαπαροσκοπία
sense:
(medicine) Examination of the loins or abdomen, now specifically examination or surgery on the peritoneal cavity using a laparoscope.


lexentry: eng/laparotomy__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: laparotomy
trans_list: λαπαροτομή
sense:
(surgery) The surgical procedure for making an incision in the abdominal wall to gain access into the abdominal cavity. Performed either as exploratory surgery, or as the first step in an abdominal operation.


lexentry: eng/lapel__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: lapel
trans_list: γιακάς | πέτο
sense:
Each of the two triangular pieces of cloth on the front of a jacket or coat that are folded back below the throat, leaving a triangular opening between.


lexentry: eng/lapwing__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: lapwing
trans_list: καλημάνα
sense:
Any of several medium-sized wading birds belonging to the subfamily Vanellinae, within family Charadriidae.


lexentry: eng/larceny__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: larceny
trans_list: κλοπή
sense:
(legal, uncountable) The unlawful taking of personal property as an attempt to deprive the legal owner of it permanently. [from mid-15th c.]


lexentry: eng/largehearted__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: largehearted
trans_list: μεγαλόκαρδος
sense:
Possessing the properties associated with the heart as the seat of love; compassionate, generous, benevolent, forgiving, etc.


lexentry: eng/largesse__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: largesse
trans_list: γενναιόδωρος
sense:
(also, figuratively) A specific gift of money, etc., given in this way, specifically (historical) at harvest time; a donation, a gratuity.


lexentry: eng/larkspur__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: larkspur
trans_list: δελφίνιο
sense:
A delphinium: any plant of the genus Delphinium, especially Delphinium ajacis and other plants of the subgenus Delphinium subg. Consolida


lexentry: eng/larnax__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: larnax
trans_list: λάρνακα | λάρναξ
sense:
(archaeology, historical) A small closed coffin, box or cinerary urn often used as a container for human remains in Ancient Greece.


lexentry: eng/larva__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: larva
trans_list: προνύμφη
sense:
(figurative) A preliminary stage of someone or something, before it has fully matured, especially a time of growth rather than one of performance.


lexentry: eng/larynx__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: larynx
trans_list: λάρυγγας
sense:
(anatomy, zootomy) A hollow muscular organ of the neck of mammals situated just below where the tract of the pharynx splits into the trachea and the oesophagus. It is involved in breath control and protection of the trachea, and, because it houses the vocal cords, sound production.


lexentry: eng/laser_printer__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: laser printer
trans_list: εκτυπωτής λέιζερ
sense:
(computer hardware) A computer printer that uses a laser beam to produce an image on a rotating drum before transferring it to the paper.


lexentry: eng/lassie__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: lassie
trans_list: κορίτσι
sense:
(chiefly, Scotland, Northern England, Geordie, Northumbria) A young girl, a lass, especially one seen as a sweetheart.


lexentry: eng/last_but_not_least__Adverb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: last but not least
trans_list: βέβαια
sense:
An expression to start the last item of a list, emphasising that while it is listed last, it is just as important as the rest of the items.


lexentry: eng/last_night__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: last night
trans_list: εψές
sense:
(often, used adverbially) The evening or night immediately before the present. (This entry is a translation hub.)


lexentry: eng/last_straw__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: last straw
trans_list: η σταγόνα που ξεχείλισε το ποτήρι
sense:
(idiomatic, almost always preceded by the) A small addition to a burden which causes it to exceed the capacity.


lexentry: eng/last_word__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: last word
trans_list: στέμμα
sense:
(idiomatic, often preceded by the and followed by in) The finest, highest, or ultimate representative of some class of objects.


lexentry: eng/latch__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: latch
trans_list: σύρτης | μάνταλο
sense:
A fastening for a door that has a bar that fits into a notch or slot, and is lifted by a lever or string from either side.


lexentry: eng/latch__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: latch
trans_list: μανδαλωτής | μανταλωτής
sense:
(electronics) An electronic circuit that is like a flip-flop, except that it is level triggered instead of edge triggered.


lexentry: eng/late__Adjective__1
sense_num: 07
written_rep: late
trans_list: μακαρίτης
sense:
(not comparable, euphemistic) Deceased, dead: used particularly when speaking of the dead person's actions while alive. (Generally must be preceded by a possessive or an article, commonly "the"; see usage notes. Can itself only precede the person's name, never follow it.)


lexentry: eng/lateen__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: lateen
trans_list: λατίνι
sense:
(ship parts) A triangular fore-and-aft sail set on a boom in such way that the tack is attached to the hull of the vessel and the free end of the boom lifts the sail.


lexentry: eng/lateral__Adjective__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: lateral
trans_list: έξω
sense:
(phonetics, phonology) (of a consonant, especially the English clear l) Pertaining to speech sounds generated by partially blocking the egress of the airstream with the tongue, leaving space on one or both sides of the occlusion for air passage.


lexentry: eng/laterite__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: laterite
trans_list: λατερίτης
sense:
A red hard or gravel-like soil or subsoil formed in the tropics that has been leached of soluble minerals leaving insoluble iron and aluminium oxides and hydroxides; used to make bricks and roads.


lexentry: eng/lath__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: lath
trans_list: φάσα
sense:
A thin, narrow strip, fastened to the rafters, studs, or floor beams of a building, for the purpose of supporting a covering of tiles, plastering, etc.


lexentry: eng/lathe__Noun__2
sense_num: 01
written_rep: lathe
trans_list: τόρνος
sense:
(tools, metalworking, woodworking) A machine tool used to shape a piece of material, or workpiece, by rotating the workpiece against a cutting tool.


lexentry: eng/latitude__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: latitude
trans_list: πλάτος
sense:
(geography, astronomy, countable) The angular distance north or south from a planet's equator, measured along the meridian of that particular point.


lexentry: eng/latitude__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: latitude
trans_list: γεωγραφικό πλάτος
sense:
(geography) An imaginary line (in the form of a circumference) around a planet running parallel to the planet's equator.


lexentry: eng/latte__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: latte
trans_list: καφέ-ω-λαι
sense:
A similar drink, where the espresso is replaced with some other flavoring ingredient such as chai, maté or matcha (green tea).


lexentry: eng/lattermath__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: lattermath
trans_list: επακόλουθο | συνέπεια
sense:
(literally) The latter (i.e. second) mowing, a second crop of grass grown after the first was harvested


lexentry: eng/lattice__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: lattice
trans_list: καφάσι
sense:
A flat panel constructed with widely-spaced crossed thin strips of wood or other material, commonly used as a garden trellis.


lexentry: eng/laugh__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: laugh
trans_list: γελώ | γελάω
sense:
(intransitive) To show mirth, satisfaction, or derision, by peculiar movement of the muscles of the face, particularly of the mouth, causing a lighting up of the face and eyes, and usually accompanied by the emission of explosive or chuckling sounds from the chest and throat; to indulge in laughter.


lexentry: eng/laugh__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: laugh
trans_list: γελάω
sense:
(intransitive, figuratively, obsolete) To be or appear cheerful, pleasant, mirthful, lively, or brilliant; to sparkle; to sport.


lexentry: eng/laugh__Verb__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: laugh
trans_list: γελάω
sense:
(intransitive, followed by "at") To make an object of laughter or ridicule; to make fun of; to deride; to mock.


lexentry: eng/laughing_dove__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: laughing dove
trans_list: φοινικοτρύγονο
sense:
A small pigeon (Spilopelia senegalensis) native to the tropics in Africa south of the Sahara; the Middle East; and southern Asia east to India.


lexentry: eng/laughter__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: laughter
trans_list: γέλιο
sense:
A movement (usually involuntary) of the muscles of the laughing face, particularly of the lips, and of the whole body, with a peculiar expression of the eyes, indicating merriment, satisfaction or derision, and usually attended by a sonorous and interrupted expulsion of air from the lungs.


lexentry: eng/launch__Noun__2
sense_num: 01
written_rep: launch
trans_list: άκατος
sense:
(nautical) The boat of the largest size and/or of most importance belonging to a ship of war, and often called the "captain's boat" or "captain's launch".


lexentry: eng/launcher__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: launcher
trans_list: εκτοξευτής | προωθητής
sense:
One who or that which launches. A device that throws something or the person who initiates a launch.


lexentry: eng/laundry__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: laundry
trans_list: πλυντήριο | πλυσταριό | μπουγάδα | πλύσιμο
sense:
A place or room where laundering is done - including, by extension, other forms of laundering than clothes washing.


lexentry: eng/laundry_basket__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: laundry basket
trans_list: κάνιστρο
sense:
A container, often made of plastic, for holding and transporting clothing and household textiles, especially before and after being laundered.


lexentry: eng/laura__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: laura
trans_list: Λάουρα
sense:
(historical, Eastern Orthodox Church) A cluster of cells or caves for hermits, with a church and sometimes a refectory at the centre.


lexentry: eng/laurel__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: laurel
trans_list: δάφνη
sense:
Laurus nobilis, an evergreen shrub having aromatic leaves of a lanceolate shape, with clusters of small, yellowish white flowers in their axils.


lexentry: eng/lava__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: lava
trans_list: λάβα
sense:
The molten rock ejected by a volcano from its crater or fissured sides; magma that has breached the surface of the earth.


lexentry: eng/lava_lamp__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: lava lamp
trans_list: Λάμπα λάβας
sense:
A kind of lamp, typically used more for decoration than illumination, in which the gentle flow of randomly-shaped clumps of wax purportedly suggests the flowing of lava.


lexentry: eng/law__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: law
trans_list: νόμος | δίκαιο
sense:
(usually with "the") The body of binding rules and regulations, customs, and standards established in a community by its legislative and judicial authorities.


lexentry: eng/law__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: law
trans_list: νόμος
sense:
(cricket) One of the official rules of cricket as codified by the its (former) governing body, the MCC.


lexentry: eng/law__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: law
trans_list: νόμος
sense:
(mathematics, logic) A statement (of relation) that is true under specified conditions; a mathematical or logical rule.


lexentry: eng/law__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: law
trans_list: νόμος
sense:
A statement (in physics, etc) of an (observed, established) order or sequence or relationship of phenomena which is invariable under certain conditions. (Compare theory.)


lexentry: eng/law__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: law
trans_list: νόμος
sense:
Any rule that must or should be obeyed, concerning behaviours and their consequences. (Compare mores.)


lexentry: eng/law_of_the_jungle__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: law of the jungle
trans_list: νόμος της ζούγκλας
sense:
(figurative) A putative law dictating that one serves one's own interest to the extent that one can, in any situation where legal authority is absent or generally ignored; self-interested behaviour that emerges in the absence of law; lawlessness.


lexentry: eng/lawnmower__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: lawnmower
trans_list: χλοοκοπτική μηχανή
sense:
A device used for cutting grass to a chosen height, typically of landscaped lawns of residences or institutions.


lexentry: eng/lawsuit__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: lawsuit
trans_list: αγωγή | μήνυση
sense:
(legal) In civil law, a case where two or more people disagree and one or more of the parties take the case to a court for resolution.


lexentry: eng/lawyer__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: lawyer
trans_list: δικηγόρος
sense:
A professional person qualified (as by a law degree or bar exam) and authorized to practice law as an attorney-at-law, solicitor, advocate, barrister or equivalent, i.e. represent parties in lawsuits or trials and give legal advice.


lexentry: eng/lay_down__Verb__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: lay down
trans_list: ορίζω
sense:
(transitive) To specify, institute, enact, assert firmly, state authoritatively, establish or formulate (rules or policies).


lexentry: eng/lay_off__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: lay off
trans_list: απολύω
sense:
(transitive, chiefly, US, idiom) (of an employer) To dismiss (workers) from employment, e.g. at a time of low business volume or through no fault of the worker, often with a severance package.


lexentry: eng/layoff__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: layoff
trans_list: προσωρινή απόλυση
sense:
(chiefly, US) A dismissal of employees from their jobs because of tightened budgetary constraints or work shortage (not due to poor performance or misconduct).


lexentry: eng/layout__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: layout
trans_list: σελιδοποίηση
sense:
(publishing) The process of arranging editorial content, advertising, graphics and other information to fit within certain constraints.


lexentry: eng/laytime__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: laytime
trans_list: σταλία
sense:
In commercial shipping, the amount of time specified in a charter party for a vessel's loading and unloading.


lexentry: eng/lazaretto__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: lazaretto
trans_list: λαζαρέτο
sense:
(also, figuratively) A building such as a hospital, or occasionally a ship, used to temporarily isolate sick people to prevent the spread of infectious diseases; a quarantine. [from early 17th c.]


lexentry: eng/lazaretto__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: lazaretto
trans_list: λαζαρέτο
sense:
A place reserved for people with infectious diseases (especially leprosy or plague) to live on a long-term basis. [from mid 16th c.]


lexentry: eng/lead__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: lead
trans_list: μόλυβδος
sense:
(uncountable) A heavy, pliable, inelastic metal element, having a bright, bluish color, but easily tarnished; both malleable and ductile, though with little tenacity. It is easily fusible, forms alloys with other metals, and is an ingredient of solder and type metal. Atomic number 82, symbol Pb (from Latin plumbum).


lexentry: eng/lead__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: lead
trans_list: βυθομετρητής | επιμολυβδώνω
sense:
(countable, nautical) A plummet or mass of lead attached to a line, used in sounding depth at sea or (dated) to estimate velocity in knots.


lexentry: eng/lead__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: lead
trans_list: διάστιχο
sense:
(uncountable, typography) Vertical space in advance of a row or between rows of text. Also known as leading.


lexentry: eng/lead__Noun__2
sense_num: 02
written_rep: lead
trans_list: προβάδισμα
sense:
(countable) Precedence; advance position; also, the measure of precedence; the state of being ahead in a race; the highest score in an incomplete game.


lexentry: eng/leader__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: leader
trans_list: κύριο άρθρο
sense:
(UK, journalism) The first, or the principal, editorial article in a newspaper; a leading or main editorial article; a lead story.


lexentry: eng/leaf__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: leaf
trans_list: φύλλο
sense:
(publishing, bookbinding, advertising) A sheet of a book, magazine, etc (consisting of two pages, one on each face of the leaf).


lexentry: eng/leaf_node__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: leaf node
trans_list: φύλλο
sense:
(botany) One of the spots upon a stem where buds and intercalary meristems occur, usually marking the end of a season's growth.


lexentry: eng/league__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: league
trans_list: συνασπίζομαι | συνδυάζομαι
sense:
(ambitransitive) To form an association; to unite in a league or confederacy; to combine for mutual support.


lexentry: eng/league_table__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: league table
trans_list: πίνακας
sense:
(sports) A tabular display of the teams in some league in order of win percentage or points awarded, often also including number of matches played, won, lost, and drawn, goal difference, etc.


lexentry: eng/leap_of_faith__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: leap of faith
trans_list: τυφλή πίστη
sense:
(figuratively) The act of believing in something despite lack of proof of its truth or existence, or the attempt of something without being sure of its possible outcome.


lexentry: eng/leap_year__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: leap year
trans_list: δίσεκτο έτος
sense:
A year in the Julian or Gregorian calendar with an intercalary day added to February (in the Gregorian calendar, February 29), used to adjust for the extra hours of the solar year; a 366-day year.


lexentry: eng/leapfrog__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: leapfrog
trans_list: βαρελάκια
sense:
(games) A game, often played by children, in which a player leaps like a frog over the back of another person who has stooped over. One variation of the game involves a number of people lining up in a row and bending over. The last person in the line then vaults forward over each of the others until he or she reaches the front of the line, whereupon he also bends over. The process is then repeated.


lexentry: eng/learned_borrowing__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: learned borrowing
trans_list: λόγιο δάνειο
sense:
(linguistics) A word or other linguistic form borrowed from one language into another on purpose instead of through normal language contact, especially one from a classical language.


lexentry: eng/lease__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: lease
trans_list: εκμίσθωση | μισθωτήριο | σύμβαση μίσθωσης
sense:
(formal, law) An interest in land granting exclusive use or occupation of real estate for a limited period; a leasehold.


lexentry: eng/least_common_multiple__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: least common multiple
trans_list: ελάχιστο κοινό πολλαπλάσιο
sense:
(number theory) The smallest positive integer which is divisible by (equivalently, is an integer multiple of) each of a specified finite set of integers.


lexentry: eng/least_weasel__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: least weasel
trans_list: νυφίτσα
sense:
The common weasel, little weasel, or simply weasel (Mustela nivalis), the smallest member of the weasel genus Mustela, native to Eurasia, North America, and North Africa.


lexentry: eng/leather__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: leather
trans_list: δέρμα
sense:
A tough material produced from the skin of animals, by tanning or similar process, used e.g. for clothing.


lexentry: eng/leatherette__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: leatherette
trans_list: δερματίνη
sense:
(countable, uncountable, also, attributively) A type of fabric, often plastic, made to imitate the appearance of leather.


lexentry: eng/leave__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: leave
trans_list: αφήνω
sense:
(transitive) To cause or allow (something) to remain as available; to refrain from taking (something) away; to stop short of consuming or otherwise depleting (something) entirely.


lexentry: eng/leave__Verb__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: leave
trans_list: αφήνω
sense:
(transitive) To transfer responsibility or attention of (something) (to someone); to stop being concerned with.


lexentry: eng/leave_me_alone__Phrase__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: leave me alone
trans_list: άσε με ήσυχη | άσε με ήσυχο | αφήστε με ήσυχη | αφήστε με ήσυχο
sense:
stop talking to me, stop being near me, stop interfering with my life (used especially when one is angry, frustrated, or annoyed).


lexentry: eng/lecithin__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: lecithin
trans_list: λεκιθίνη
sense:
(organic chemistry) The principal phospholipid in animals; it is particularly abundant in egg yolks, and is extracted commercially from soy. It is a major constituent of cell membranes, and is commonly used as a food additive (as an emulsifier).


lexentry: eng/lectern__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: lectern
trans_list: αναλόγιο
sense:
A stand with a slanted top used to support a bible from which passages are read during a church service.


lexentry: eng/lecturer__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: lecturer
trans_list: επιμελήτρια | επιμελητής
sense:
A member of a university or college below the rank of assistant professor or reader; docent; lector.


lexentry: eng/lede__Noun__2
sense_num: 01
written_rep: lede
trans_list: εισαγωγή | εισαγωγική παράγραφος
sense:
(chiefly, US, journalism) The introductory paragraph or paragraphs of a newspaper, or a news or other type of article; the lead or lead-in. [from mid 20th c.]


lexentry: eng/ledger_line__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: ledger line
trans_list: βοηθητική γραμμή
sense:
(music) A musical notation to inscribe notes outside the lines and spaces of the regular musical staves; a line slightly longer than the note is drawn parallel to the staff, above or below, spaced at the same distances as the notes within the staff.


lexentry: eng/leek__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: leek
trans_list: πράσο
sense:
A vegetable of variety variety, having edible leaves and an onion-like bulb but with a milder flavour than the onion.


lexentry: eng/leer__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: leer
trans_list: καταστέλλω
sense:
(intransitive) To look sideways or obliquely; now especially with sexual desire or malicious intent.


lexentry: eng/left__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: left
trans_list: αριστερός
sense:
Designating the side of the body toward the west when one is facing north; the side of the body on which the heart is located in most humans; the opposite of right. This arrow points to the reader's left: ←


lexentry: eng/leg_warmer__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: leg warmer
trans_list: περικνημίδα
sense:
A type of garment similar to a footless sock, which usually extends from below the knee to above the ankle.


lexentry: eng/legal_person__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: legal person
trans_list: νομικό πρόσωπο
sense:
(legal) An aggregate of people, legal entity, or body corporate who have (some of) the legal rights and responsibilities of a natural person under the law.


lexentry: eng/legal_positivism__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: legal positivism
trans_list: νομικός θετικισμός
sense:
(legal) A school of thought in jurisprudence in which the law is seen as separated from moral values, i.e. the law is posited by lawmakers (humans).


lexentry: eng/legalize__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: legalize
trans_list: νομιμοποιώ
sense:
To make legal or permit under law. Either by decriminalising something that has been illegal or by specifically permitting it.


lexentry: eng/legate__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: legate
trans_list: παπικός έξαρχος
sense:
A deputy representing the pope, specifically a papal ambassador sent on special ecclesiastical missions.


lexentry: eng/legion__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: legion
trans_list: λεγεώνα
sense:
(military, Ancient Rome) The major unit or division of the Roman army, usually comprising 3000 to 6000 infantry soldiers and 100 to 200 cavalry troops.


lexentry: eng/legionary__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: legionary
trans_list: λεγεωνάριος
sense:
A member of a legion, such as the American Legion, or of any organization containing the term legion in its title (e.g. the French Foreign Legion).


lexentry: eng/legwork__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: legwork
trans_list: λεπτοδουλειά
sense:
Work, especially research or preparation, that involves significant walking, travel, or similar effort.


lexentry: eng/leishmaniasis__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: leishmaniasis
trans_list: λεϊσμανίαση
sense:
(disease) Any of various ulcerative skin diseases caused by any of the protozoans of the genus Leishmania, transmitted to humans and animals by bloodsucking sandflies.


lexentry: eng/lemma__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: lemma
trans_list: λήμμα
sense:
(mathematics) A proposition proved or accepted for immediate use in the proof of some other proposition.


lexentry: eng/lemma__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: lemma
trans_list: λήμμα
sense:
(psycholinguistics) The theoretical abstract conceptual form of a word, representing a specific meaning, before the creation of a specific phonological form as the sounds of a lexeme, which may find representation in a specific written form as a dictionary or lexicographic word.


lexentry: eng/lemon__Noun__1
sense_num: 08
written_rep: lemon
trans_list: λεμονί | λεμόνι
sense:
(geometry) The surface of revolution of a circular arc of angle less than 180° rotated about the straight line passing through the arc’s two endpoints.


lexentry: eng/lemon_balm__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: lemon balm
trans_list: μελισσόχορτο
sense:
A perennial herb, of species Melissa officinalis, of southern Europe; used as a flavouring in ice cream etc.


lexentry: eng/lemon_juice__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: lemon juice
trans_list: λεμονάδα | χυμός λεμονιού
sense:
The liquid extract of lemon fruit, notably sour and often condensed, as used especially in food preparation.


lexentry: eng/lemonade__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: lemonade
trans_list: λεμονάδα | λεμονίτα
sense:
(US, Canada, India, Philippines) A flavoured beverage consisting of water, lemon, and sweetener, sometimes ice, served mainly as a refreshment.


lexentry: eng/lemonade__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: lemonade
trans_list: λεμονάδα | γκαζόζα | λεμονίτα
sense:
(UK, AU, NZ) A clear, usually carbonated, beverage made from lemon or artificial lemon flavouring, water, and sugar.


lexentry: eng/lend__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: lend
trans_list: δανείζω
sense:
(transitive) To allow to be used by someone temporarily, on condition that it or its equivalent will be returned.


lexentry: eng/lender__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: lender
trans_list: δανειστής
sense:
One who lends, especially money; specifically, a bank or other entity that specializes in granting loans.


lexentry: eng/lentil__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: lentil
trans_list: φακή
sense:
Any of several plants of the genus Lens, especially Lens culinaris, from southwest Asia, that have edible, lens-shaped seeds within flattened pods.


lexentry: eng/leonine__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: leonine
trans_list: λιονταρίσιος
sense:
(pathology) Of a facies: resembling those of a lion as a result of some disease, especially a form of leprosy which causes leontiasis; also, of leprosy: causing a lionlike facies.


lexentry: eng/leopard__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: leopard
trans_list: λεοπάρδαλη
sense:
Panthera pardus, a large wild cat with a spotted coat native to Africa and Asia, especially the male of the species (in contrast to leopardess) .


lexentry: eng/leotard__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: leotard
trans_list: κορμάκι
sense:
A one-piece skintight garment with or without sleeves and without legs (often worn by gymnasts, acrobats, wrestlers, female swimmers, etc.)


lexentry: eng/leper_colony__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: leper colony
trans_list: λεπροκομείο
sense:
An isolated community used to house lepers, usually in permanent quarantine from the rest of society.


lexentry: eng/leprosy__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: leprosy
trans_list: λέπρα
sense:
(disease, medicine) An infectious disease caused by the bacterium Mycobacterium leprae, gradually producing nerve damage and patches of skin necrosis and historically handled by permanently quarantining its sufferers.


lexentry: eng/leptokurtic__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: leptokurtic
trans_list: λεπτόκυρτος
sense:
(statistics) Of a distribution: having kurtosis greater than that of a normal distribution; equivalently, having positive excess kurtosis.


lexentry: eng/lepton__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: lepton
trans_list: λεπτό
sense:
A coin used since ancient times in Greece, serving in modern times as one hundredth of a phoenix, a drachma, and a euro (as the Greek form of the Eurocent).


lexentry: eng/lepton__Noun__2
sense_num: 01
written_rep: lepton
trans_list: λεπτόνιο
sense:
(particle physics) An elementary particle that has a spin of 1/2 (i.e., is a fermion) and does not interact via the strong nuclear force; examples include the electron, the muon, the neutrino and the tauon.


lexentry: eng/leptospirosis__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: leptospirosis
trans_list: λεπτοσπείρωση
sense:
An acute, infectious, febrile disease of both humans and animals, caused by spirochetes of the genus Leptospira.


lexentry: eng/lese_majesty__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: lese majesty
trans_list: έγκλημα καθοσιώσεως
sense:
The crime of violating majesty, an offense against the dignity of a reigning sovereign or against a state.


lexentry: eng/leshy__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: leshy
trans_list: δασοκόμος
sense:
(Slavic mythology) A male woodland spirit in Slavic mythology who protects wild animals and forests.


lexentry: eng/lesion__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: lesion
trans_list: τραύμα
sense:
(medicine) An infected or otherwise injured or diseased organ or part, especially such on a patch of skin.


lexentry: eng/less_is_more__Proverb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: less is more
trans_list: ουκ εν τω πολλώ το ευ
sense:
That which is less complicated is often better understood and more appreciated than what is more complicated; brevity in communication is more effective than verbosity.


lexentry: eng/let's__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: let's
trans_list: αφήνω
sense:
Used to form the cohortative of verbs, equivalent of the first-person plural imperative in some other languages.


lexentry: eng/let_alone__Conjunction__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: let alone
trans_list: πόσο μάλλον
sense:
(idiomatic, negative polarity item) Much less; to say nothing of; used after one negative clause to introduce another, usually broader and more important clause, whose negation is implied by the negation of the first. However either of these instances mentioned can be applied with the use of let alone.


lexentry: eng/let_bygones_be_bygones__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: let bygones be bygones
trans_list: περασμένα ξεχασμένα
sense:
(intransitive, idiomatic) To disregard or ignore a past difficulty in a relationship or an offence (when dealing with another individual).


lexentry: eng/let_go__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: let go
trans_list: αφήνω
sense:
(intransitive, with of, and, transitive, with object before go) To release from one's grasp; to go from a state of holding on to a state of no longer holding on.


lexentry: eng/lethargy__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: lethargy
trans_list: λήθαργος
sense:
A state of extreme torpor, sopor or apathy, especially with lack of emotion, energy or enthusiasm; (loosely) sluggishness, laziness. [from 14th c.]


lexentry: eng/letter_carrier__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: letter carrier
trans_list: ταχυδρόμος
sense:
An employee of the post office who delivers mail (post) to, and collects it from, a residence or business, or from public mailboxes.


lexentry: eng/letter_of_credit__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: letter of credit
trans_list: τραπεζική πίστωση
sense:
(finance, banking) A document, used primarily in trade finance and issued generally by a financial institution, in which the institution promises to pay debts up to a certain limit to be acquired by the beneficiary against delivery of documents specified in the letter.


lexentry: eng/letter_of_recommendation__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: letter of recommendation
trans_list: συστατική επιστολή
sense:
A letter written by one person who is familiar with another, usually a teacher, employer, or person of similar authority, evaluating and often extolling the fitness of the other person for a position.


lexentry: eng/letterbox__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: letterbox
trans_list: γραμματοκιβώτιο
sense:
A collection point for mail intended for onward delivery, a secure box or receptacle for this purpose.


lexentry: eng/lettuce__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: lettuce
trans_list: μαρούλι
sense:
An edible plant, Lactuca sativa and its close relatives, having a head of green and/or purple leaves.


lexentry: eng/lettuce__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: lettuce
trans_list: μαρούλι
sense:
(uncountable) The leaves of the lettuce plant, eaten as a vegetable; as a dish often mixed with other ingredients, dressing etc.


lexentry: eng/leucine__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: leucine
trans_list: λευκίνη
sense:
(amino acid) An essential amino acid, C6H13NO2, isomeric with isoleucine, found in most animal proteins; it is essential for growth in children.


lexentry: eng/leukemia__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: leukemia
trans_list: λευχαιμία
sense:
(oncology, pathology) Any of a class of types of cancer affecting the blood cells, especially the white blood cells (usually with massive leukocytosis), and the blood cell–forming (hematopoietic) tissues.


lexentry: eng/leukocyte__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: leukocyte
trans_list: λευκό αιμοσφαίριο
sense:
(hematology, cytology, immunology) Any of a class of blood cells that play various roles in cell-mediated immunity.


lexentry: eng/levanter__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: levanter
trans_list: λεβάντες
sense:
An Easterly wind that blows from the Mediterranean, through the straits of Gibraltar to the Atlantic.


lexentry: eng/level__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: level
trans_list: αλφάδι
sense:
A tool for finding whether a surface is level, or for creating a horizontal or vertical line of reference.


lexentry: eng/level__Noun__1
sense_num: 06
written_rep: level
trans_list: επίπεδο
sense:
(video games) One of several discrete segments of a game, generally increasing in difficulty and representing different locations in the game world.


lexentry: eng/level_crossing__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: level crossing
trans_list: ισόπεδος διάβασις
sense:
(chiefly, British) An at-grade crossing between a railway line and an ordinary road, with rails and road at the same level.


lexentry: eng/leverage__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: leverage
trans_list: μόχλευση
sense:
(finance) The use of borrowed funds with a contractually determined return to increase the ability to invest and earn an expected higher return, but usually at high risk.


lexentry: eng/leverage__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: leverage
trans_list: αξιοποιώ | εκμεταλλεύομαι
sense:
(transitive, chiefly, US, slang, business) To use; to exploit; to manipulate in order to take full advantage (of something).


lexentry: eng/leviathan__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: leviathan
trans_list: λεβιάθαν
sense:
(Bible, mythological creature) A vast sea monster of tremendous strength, described as the most powerful and dangerous creature in the ocean.


lexentry: eng/levity__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: levity
trans_list: ελαφρότητα
sense:
Lightness of manner or speech, frivolity; flippancy; lack of appropriate seriousness; inclination to make a joke of serious matters.


lexentry: eng/levorotatory__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: levorotatory
trans_list: αριστερόστροφος
sense:
(chemistry) (of an optically active compound or crystal) That rotates the plane of polarized light to the left, or counter-clockwise. Notation: (−) or formerly lowercase l-#Prefix.


lexentry: eng/lexeme__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: lexeme
trans_list: λέξημα
sense:
(linguistics) A lexical item corresponding to the set of all words (or of all multi-word expressions) that are semantically related through inflection of a particular shared basic form.


lexentry: eng/lexical_category__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: lexical category
trans_list: φύση
sense:
(linguistics) A linguistic category of words (or more precisely lexical items), generally defined by the syntactic or morphological behaviour of the lexical item in question, such as noun or verb.


lexentry: eng/lexicography__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: lexicography
trans_list: λεξικογραφία | λεξικογράφηση
sense:
(uncountable, linguistics) The scholarly discipline of analysing and describing the semantic, syntagmatic and paradigmatic relationships within the lexicon (vocabulary) of a language and developing theories of dictionary components and structures linking the data in dictionaries.


lexentry: eng/liability__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: liability
trans_list: χάντικαπ
sense:
A handicap that holds something back, a drawback, someone or something that is a burden to whoever is required to take care of them; a person or action that exposes others to greater risk.


lexentry: eng/libation__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: libation
trans_list: σπονδή
sense:
The act of pouring a liquid, most often wine, in sacrifice on the ground, on a ritual object, or on a victim, in honor of some deity.


lexentry: eng/libel__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: libel
trans_list: λίβελλος | λιβελλογράφημα
sense:
(countable) A written or pictorial false statement which unjustly seeks to damage someone's reputation.


lexentry: eng/liberal__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: liberal
trans_list: φιλελεύθερος
sense:
(UK politics) One who favors individual voting rights, human and civil rights, and laissez-faire markets (also called "classical liberal"; compare libertarian).


lexentry: eng/liberalism__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: liberalism
trans_list: φιλελευθερισμός
sense:
(politics) Any political movement founded on the autonomy and personal freedom of the individual, progress and reform, and government by law with the consent of the governed.


