# translation

lexentry: eng/International_System_of_Units__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: International System of Units
trans_list: SI-järjestelmä
sense:
(metrology) A standard set of units of measurement for use in scientific literature worldwide. The newest and most widespread version of the metric system.


lexentry: eng/Internationale__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Internationale
trans_list: Kansainvälinen
sense:
A general left-wing anthem for solidarity and emancipation of the working class, dating back to the 19th century.


lexentry: eng/Internet_Protocol__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Internet Protocol
trans_list: verkkoprotokolla
sense:
(Internet) A communication protocol that enables networking a large number of computers to the Internet by providing the basis for packet switching, routing, addressing and other essential functions of the net.


lexentry: eng/Internet__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Internet
trans_list: Internet | netti
sense:
The specific internet consisting of a global network of computers that communicate using Internet Protocol (IP) and that use Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) to identify the best paths to route those communications.


lexentry: eng/Invisible_Pink_Unicorn__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Invisible Pink Unicorn
trans_list: näkymätön vaaleanpunainen yksisarvinen
sense:
(Internet slang, humorous) A unicorn goddess who is simultaneously invisible and pink, used in arguments against faith in an unprovable deity.


lexentry: eng/Io__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Io
trans_list: Io
sense:
(Greek mythology) The daughter of Inachus river god, and a lover of Zeus, turned by the latter into a heifer.


lexentry: eng/Io__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: Io
trans_list: Io
sense:
(astronomy) A moon of Jupiter, known for its volcanic activity, peppered with about 400 active volcanoes.


lexentry: eng/Ionia__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Ionia
trans_list: Joonia
sense:
(historical) A former settlement in Anatolia, on the coast of the Aegean Sea; An Ancient Greek settlement on the west coast of Asia Minor inhabited by the Ionians, one of the four main Hellenic tribes.


lexentry: eng/Ionian_Islands__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Ionian Islands
trans_list: Jooniansaaret
sense:
A group of islands in the Ionian Sea – one of the 13 peripheries of Greece. The main islands are Cephalonia, Corfu, Ithaca, Kythira, Lefkada, Paxoi and Zante.


lexentry: eng/Iphigenia__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Iphigenia
trans_list: Ifigeneia
sense:
(Greek mythology) The daughter of Agamemnon and Clytaemnestra, who is sacrificed by her father to ensure the safe journey of the Greeks to Troy.


lexentry: eng/Iran__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Iran
trans_list: Iran
sense:
A country in West Asia, in the Middle East. Official name: Islamic Republic of Iran. Capital: Tehran.


lexentry: eng/Iraq__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Iraq
trans_list: Irak
sense:
A country in Western Asia, in the Middle East. Official name: Republic of Iraq. Capital and largest city: Baghdad.


lexentry: eng/Ireland__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: Ireland
trans_list: Irlanti
sense:
A republic occupying the majority-area of the island of Ireland, with Northern Ireland occupying the rest of the island. Also known as the Republic of Ireland since 1949.


lexentry: eng/Iriomote_cat__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Iriomote cat
trans_list: iriomotenkissa
sense:
(zoology) A small wild cat, Prionailurus iriomotensis, found only on the Japanese island of Iriomote. It has a long, dark brown coat with darker rows of horizontal spots.


lexentry: eng/Irish_Sea__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Irish Sea
trans_list: Irlanninmeri
sense:
A sea in British Isles, Europe, in the Atlantic. A sea between the islands of Great Britain and Ireland; bordered to the north by the North Channel and to the south by St George's Channel and the Celtic Sea.


lexentry: eng/Iron_Age__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Iron Age
trans_list: rautakausi
sense:
(mythology) The most recent and debased of the four or five classical Ages of Man; hence, any period characterized by wicked behavior. [from 16th c.]


lexentry: eng/Iron_Age__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: Iron Age
trans_list: rautakausi
sense:
(archaeology) A level of culture in which humans used iron and the technology of ironworking. (Estimated to have begun in Europe about 1100BC) [from 19th c.]


lexentry: eng/Iron_Cross__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Iron Cross
trans_list: rautaristi
sense:
(military) (formerly) the second highest military decoration of Germany, under the military order of the Pour le Mérite, or the cross pattée shape of this decoration.


lexentry: eng/Iron_Curtain__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Iron Curtain
trans_list: rautaesirippu
sense:
(historical) Chiefly preceded by the: the dividing line between Western Europe and the Soviet controlled regions, especially during the Cold War (1947–1991). [from early 20th c.]


lexentry: eng/Iroquois__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Iroquois
trans_list: irokeesi
sense:
A member of a confederacy of (originally) five Native American (Indian) tribes: the Mohawks, the Oneidas, the Onondagas, the Cayugas, and the Senecas. Also known as the Iroquois League.


lexentry: eng/Isaac__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Isaac
trans_list: Iisak
sense:
(biblical character) The son of Abraham and Sarah, father of Esau and Jacob, from whom the Hebrew people trace their descent.


lexentry: eng/Ishikawa_diagram__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Ishikawa diagram
trans_list: kalanruotokaavio
sense:
A diagram used in quality management to display a detailed list of causes and effects of a problem and thus to decipher the root cause of a problem.


lexentry: eng/Ishmael__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Ishmael
trans_list: Ismael
sense:
(Abrahamism, biblical character) The eldest son of Abraham and his wife's handmaiden Hagar who were cast out after the birth of Isaac; traditionally the ancestor of the Arabs via the Ishmaelites.


lexentry: eng/Isis__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Isis
trans_list: Isis
sense:
(Egyptian god) An ancient Egyptian goddess, the wife of Osiris and mother of Horus, worshiped as the ideal mother and wife and as the matron of nature and magic.


lexentry: eng/Islam__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Islam
trans_list: islam
sense:
A monotheistic Abrahamic religion followed by Muslims that is based on the teachings of Muhammad and the Qur'an.


lexentry: eng/Islamic_State__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Islamic State
trans_list: Isis | Islamilainen valtio
sense:
A Salafist group active in Libya, Nigeria, Iraq and Syria, where it has proclaimed an (unrecognized) state.


lexentry: eng/Islamic_fundamentalism__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Islamic fundamentalism
trans_list: islamilainen fundamentalismi
sense:
A revolutionary movement towards Islamism, with literal and traditional interpretations of their sacred texts. It is often used to describe Muslim groups that advocate the replacement of secular state laws with Islamic law, or Shari'a.


lexentry: eng/Islamism__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: Islamism
trans_list: islamismi
sense:
(by extension) Islamic fundamentalism, especially the forms that promote violence, hostility, and persecution of non-believers. [from 20th c.]


lexentry: eng/Isle_of_Man__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Isle of Man
trans_list: Mansaari
sense:
An island and crown dependency of the United Kingdom in the Irish Sea, part of the British Isles but not of the United Kingdom.


lexentry: eng/Isle_of_Wight__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Isle of Wight
trans_list: Wightsaari
sense:
An island, county and unitary authority off the south coast of England in the English Channel opposite Southampton.


lexentry: eng/Isonade__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Isonade
trans_list: Isonade
sense:
(Japanese mythology) A mythological monster that resembles an enormous shark, said to live off the coast of western Japan.


lexentry: eng/Israel__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: Israel
trans_list: Israel
sense:
(Biblical) A Biblical region of Western Asia roughly coextensive with the modern State of Israel, known in the Bible as the Land of Israel and considered the ancestral homeland of the Jewish people.


lexentry: eng/Israelite__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Israelite
trans_list: israelilainen
sense:
A native or inhabitant of (i) the united nation of Israel (under the Judges, and then kings Saul, David and Solomon), or (ii) the later northern kingdom centered in Samaria, distinct from kingdom of Judah centered in Jerusalem.


lexentry: eng/Issa__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Issa
trans_list: issa
sense:
A member of a Somali clan, mainly residing in Djibouti; it is the larger of the two dominant ethnic groups.


lexentry: eng/Istanbul__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Istanbul
trans_list: Istanbul | Konstantinopoli
sense:
A Turkish city, and the largest European city by population, which was the last capital of the Ottoman Empire and the Byzantine Empire (Eastern Roman Empire).


lexentry: eng/Istria__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Istria
trans_list: Istria
sense:
A peninsula in Croatia, Slovenia and Italy, on the northeastern coast of the Adriatic Sea: The Istrian Peninsula.


lexentry: eng/Italian_Peninsula__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Italian Peninsula
trans_list: Apenniinien niemimaa
sense:
A large peninsula in Southern Europe protruding into the Mediterranean Sea and shaped like a boot. The mountain range of Apennines runs across it from north to south. Occupied almost entirely by Italy.


lexentry: eng/Italian__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: Italian
trans_list: italia | italialainen
sense:
(uncountable) The official language of Italy, also spoken in San Marino, the Vatican, and parts of Argentina, Slovenia and Switzerland.


lexentry: eng/Italian_grip__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Italian grip
trans_list: italialainen kahva
sense:
(fencing) A grip used for foil and épée that consists of a straight block of wood or aluminum wrapped in a rubber or leather grip-tape, with projecting prongs to aid grip.


lexentry: eng/Italian_oak__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Italian oak
trans_list: unkarintammi
sense:
Quercus frainetto, a species of oak native to southeastern Europe (parts of Italy, the Balkans, parts of Hungary, Romania) and Turkey.


lexentry: eng/Italianization__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Italianization
trans_list: italialaistaminen
sense:
(historical) The forced cultural and ethnic assimilation of minorities in the Kingdom of Italy, with particular reference to the Fascist government (1922–1943).


lexentry: eng/Italic__Adjective__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: Italic
trans_list: itaalinen | italialainen
sense:
(Indo-European studies) Pertaining to a subfamily of the Centum branch of the Indo-European language family, that includes Latin and other languages (as Oscan, Umbrian) spoken by the peoples of ancient Italy


lexentry: eng/Italic__Adjective__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: Italic
trans_list: itaalinen
sense:
(historical) Pertaining to various peoples that lived in Italy before the establishment of the Roman Empire, or to any of several alphabet systems used by those peoples.


lexentry: eng/Italy__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Italy
trans_list: Italia
sense:
A country in Southern Europe. Official names: Italian Republic and Republic of Italy. Capital and largest city: Rome.


lexentry: eng/Ivy_League__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Ivy League
trans_list: Ivy League | murattiliiga
sense:
(US, education, politics) An association of eight universities in the USA, known for high quality. [from 1935]


lexentry: eng/Ixion__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Ixion
trans_list: Iksion
sense:
(Greek mythology) King of Lapiths, who was punished by Zeus for trying to seduce Hera by being bound to a winged fiery wheel that was always spinning.


lexentry: eng/Ixion__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: Ixion
trans_list: Iksion
sense:
(astronomy) A Kuiper belt object (KBO), 28978 Ixion (provisional designation 2001 KX76), once thought to be a possible dwarf planet.


lexentry: eng/Jack_the_Ripper__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Jack the Ripper
trans_list: Viiltäjä-Jack
sense:
A supposed individual who was an unidentified 19th century serial killer in England, who has become part of folklore.


lexentry: eng/Jacob__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Jacob
trans_list: Jaakob | Jaakko
sense:
(biblical character) One of the sons of Isaac and Rebecca, and twin brother of Esau; father of the Israelites (Jews and Samaritans) by 12 sons by 4 consorts, most famously Judah and Joseph who fathered Manasseh; was renamed to Israel.


lexentry: eng/Jacobite__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Jacobite
trans_list: jakobiitti
sense:
(historical) A supporter of the restoration of the Stuart kings to the thrones of England and Scotland in the late 17th century. [from Template:SAFESUBST: c.]


lexentry: eng/Jacquard_machine__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Jacquard machine
trans_list: jacquardlaite | jakardilaite
sense:
A device fitted to a loom that simplifies the process of manufacturing patterned textiles by means of punch cards that control the weaving operation.


lexentry: eng/Jaffa_cake__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Jaffa cake
trans_list: jaffakeksi
sense:
(chiefly, British) A small, biscuit-like cake with a base of firm sponge, a layer of orange jelly, and a chocolate covering.


lexentry: eng/Jahannam__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Jahannam
trans_list: ahdinko
sense:
(Islam) Islamic concept of hell, where unfaithful Muslims not true to their religion will be punished, but will eventually be forgiven.


lexentry: eng/Jamahiriya__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Jamahiriya
trans_list: jamahiriya
sense:
(historical) State of the masses; people's republic; the form of the Libyan state ruled by Muammar Gaddafi from 1977-2011, during which time it was known first as the Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya then as the Great Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya.


lexentry: eng/Jamaican_patty__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Jamaican patty
trans_list: jamaikalainen pasteija
sense:
A turnover with various fillings and spices baked inside a flaky shell, often tinted golden yellow with an egg yolk mixture or turmeric.


lexentry: eng/James__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: James
trans_list: Jaakob | Jaakko
sense:
One of two Apostles, James the Greater and James the Less, often identified with James, brother of Jesus.


lexentry: eng/Jammu_and_Kashmir__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Jammu and Kashmir
trans_list: Jammu ja Kashmir
sense:
(now, historical) A princely state which governed the region of Kashmir, the territory of which is now de facto divided between China, India, and Pakistan.


lexentry: eng/Jansenism__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Jansenism
trans_list: jansenismi
sense:
The Catholic doctrines of Cornelius Jansen and his followers, which emphasise original sin, divine grace and predestination; condemned as a heresy by Pope Innocent X in 1653


lexentry: eng/January__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: January
trans_list: tammikuu
sense:
The first month of the Gregorian calendar, following the December of the previous year and preceding February. Abbreviation: Jan or Jan.


lexentry: eng/Janus__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Janus
trans_list: Janus
sense:
(Roman god) The god of doorways, gates and transitions, and of beginnings and endings, having two faces looking in opposite directions.


lexentry: eng/Japanese__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Japanese
trans_list: japanilainen | japani
sense:
(countable, chiefly, in the plural) A person living in or originating from Japan, or of Japanese ancestry.


lexentry: eng/Japanese_andromeda__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Japanese andromeda
trans_list: japaninkellovaivero
sense:
A plant, Pieris japonica, native to eastern China, Taiwan, and Japan where it grows in mountain thickets.


lexentry: eng/Japanese_beetle__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Japanese beetle
trans_list: japaninturilas
sense:
A beetle of species Popillia japonica, with iridescent copper-colored elytra and green thorax and head, an invasive pest outside of Japan.


lexentry: eng/Japanese_eel__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Japanese eel
trans_list: japaninankerias | unagi
sense:
Am eel of species Anguilla japonica, found in Japan, Korea, China, Taiwan, and Vietnam, as well as the northern Philippines.


lexentry: eng/Japanese_encephalitis__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Japanese encephalitis
trans_list: Japanin aivotulehdus
sense:
(pathology) A viral disease prevalent in south-east Asia, caused by Japanese encephalitis virus transmitted by mosquito.


lexentry: eng/Japanese_giant_hornet__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Japanese giant hornet
trans_list: Japanin jättiherhiläinen
sense:
A flying insect, Vespa mandarinia japonica, known for being a subspecies of the world's largest hornet.


lexentry: eng/Japanese_knotweed__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Japanese knotweed
trans_list: japanintatar
sense:
A large, herbaceous perennial plant, Fallopia japonica, native to Asia; it is a highly invasive colonizer outside of its native territory.


lexentry: eng/Japanese_sea_bass__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Japanese sea bass
trans_list: japaninmeribassi
sense:
A species of catadromous marine ray-finned fish found in the Western Pacific, Lateolabrax japonicus.


lexentry: eng/Japanese_spikenard__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Japanese spikenard
trans_list: hertta-aralia
sense:
An upright herbaceous perennial plant, Aralia cordata, growing up to 2 to 3 metres in height and native to Japan, Korea, and eastern China.


lexentry: eng/Japanese_spitz__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Japanese spitz
trans_list: japaninpystykorva
sense:
(zoology) A small breed of dog from Japan, having a somewhat square body, deep chest, and very thick, pure white double coat.


lexentry: eng/Japanese_studies__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Japanese studies
trans_list: Japanin tutkimus | japanologia
sense:
(humanities) An academic discipline that includes the study of literatures written in the Japanese language, Japanese linguistics, and Japanese sociolinguistics.


lexentry: eng/Japheth__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Japheth
trans_list: Jaafet
sense:
(biblical character) The third son of Noah, brother to Shem and Ham, who received a blessing from God with Shem, considered to be the ancestor of the Japhetic people(s) (associated approx. with Indo-Europeans).


lexentry: eng/Jedi_mind_trick__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Jedi mind trick
trans_list: jeditemppu
sense:
(idiomatic) A mental feat such as apparently inducing someone to act a certain way or reading someone's mind, achieved as if by magic or telepathy.


lexentry: eng/Jehovah's_Witness__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Jehovah's Witness
trans_list: Jehovan todistaja
sense:
A member of a monotheistic and nontrinitarian Restoration Christian denomination founded by Charles Taze Russell in 1879 as a small Bible study group. Originally known as International Bible Students or Bible Students.


lexentry: eng/Jehovah's_Witnesses__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Jehovah's Witnesses
trans_list: Jehovan todistajat
sense:
A monotheistic and nontrinitarian Restoration Christian denomination founded by Charles Taze Russell in 1879 as a small Bible study group. Originally known as International Bible Students or Bible Students.


lexentry: eng/Jenga__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Jenga
trans_list: huojuva torni
sense:
(games) A game where players take turns removing wooden blocks from a stack formed brickwise, in which the loser being the player whose actions cause the tower to collapse.


lexentry: eng/Jeremiah__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Jeremiah
trans_list: Jeremia
sense:
(Abrahamism, biblical character) An ancient prophet, the author of the Book of Jeremiah, and of the Lamentations.


lexentry: eng/Jeroboam__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Jeroboam
trans_list: Jerobeam
sense:
A bottle of champagne or Burgundy wine containing 3 liters of fluid, four times the volume of a standard bottle.


lexentry: eng/Jeroboam__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: Jeroboam
trans_list: Jerobeam
sense:
A bottle of Bordeaux wine containing 4.5 liters of fluid, six times the volume of a standard bottle.


lexentry: eng/Jerusalem__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Jerusalem
trans_list: Jerusalem
sense:
A city in the Holy Land between the Mediterranean Sea and Dead Sea, holy in Judaism, Christianity and Islam; the legal capital city of Israel.


lexentry: eng/Jerusalem_artichoke__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Jerusalem artichoke
trans_list: maa-artisokka | mukula-artisokka
sense:
A variety of sunflower, Helianthus tuberosus, native to North America, having yellow flower heads and edible tubers.


lexentry: eng/Jerusalem_cross__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Jerusalem cross
trans_list: Jerusalemin risti
sense:
(heraldry) a cross variant consisting of a large cross potent surrounded by four smaller Greek crosses, one in each quadrant.


lexentry: eng/Jesus_Christ__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Jesus Christ
trans_list: Jeesus Kristus
sense:
(Christianity, Islam, Baháʼí) Jesus of Nazareth, a first-century Jewish religious preacher and craftsman (commonly understood to have been a carpenter, see Ancient Greek τέκτων (téktōn, “builder”)) from Galilee, held to be a prophet, teacher and the Messiah, or Christ, in Christianity. Also held to be a prophet in Islam and the Baháʼí Faith.


lexentry: eng/Jesus__Interjection__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Jesus
trans_list: jestas | jösses | kiesus
sense:
(possibly, _, offensive, blasphemous) An exclamation, particularly used to express excitement or exasperation.


lexentry: eng/Jesus__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Jesus
trans_list: Jeesus
sense:
Jesus of Nazareth, a first-century Jewish religious preacher and craftsman (commonly understood to have been a carpenter, see Ancient Greek τέκτων (téktōn, “builder”)) from Galilee held to be a prophet, teacher, the son of God, and the Messiah, or Christ, in Christianity; also called "Jesus Christ" by Christians. Held to be a prophet by Muslims and Baháʼís.


lexentry: eng/Jesus__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Jesus
trans_list: jeesustella
sense:
(colloquial, often, pejorative, or, humorous) To subject to (excessive) Christian proselytizing, preaching, or moralizing.


lexentry: eng/Jew's_ear__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Jew's ear
trans_list: juudaksenkorva
sense:
A kind of edible fungus (Auricularia auricula-judae), growing on tree-trunks, formerly used for medicinal purposes.


lexentry: eng/Jew's_harp__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Jew's harp
trans_list: munniharppu | märistysrauta | suuharppu
sense:
A musical instrument consisting of a flexible metal or bamboo “tongue” attached to a frame. This tongue is placed in the performer's mouth and plucked with the finger to produce a note of constant pitch. Melodies can be created by changing the shape of the mouth and causing different overtones.


lexentry: eng/Jewry__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: Jewry
trans_list: juutalaiset
sense:
(historical) The quarter of a town or city inhabited either partially or exclusively by Jews; historically, its main buildings were the synagogue, the ritual bath or mikve, the kosher-oriented butchery and bakery, etc. [from 17th c.]


lexentry: eng/Jezebel__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Jezebel
trans_list: Iisebel | Isebel
sense:
(biblical character) The Phoenician princess and Queen of Ancient Israel who appears in the Old Testament (1 Kings & 2 Kings). She incited heresy and lured the Jews away from their God and back to idols.


lexentry: eng/Jim_Crow_law__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Jim Crow law
trans_list: rotuerottelulaki
sense:
(US, historical) Any law that racially segregated public facilities and which was enacted in Southern and border states in the United States between 1876 and 1965.


lexentry: eng/Jinan__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Jinan
trans_list: Jinan
sense:
A prefecture-level city and subprovincial city, the provincial capital of Shandong, in eastern China.


lexentry: eng/Job's_tears__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Job's tears
trans_list: jobinkyynelheinä | sila
sense:
Coix lacryma-jobi, a tall grain-bearing perennial tropical plant of the family Poaceae, native to southeast Asia.


lexentry: eng/Joe_Public__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Joe Public
trans_list: Pihtiputaan mummo
sense:
(idiomatic) A hypothetical average or generic member of the public; the common man (or person, by extension).


lexentry: eng/John_Doe__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: John Doe
trans_list: Matti Meikäläinen | N.N.
sense:
(United States) A fictitious name used in legal documents for an unknown or anonymous, usually male, person.


lexentry: eng/John__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: John
trans_list: Johannes
sense:
(biblical) Persons of the Christian Bible: John the Baptist; and names possibly referring to one, two or three persons, frequently called "Saint": John the Apostle, John the Evangelist and John of Patmos (also called John the Divine or John the Theologian).


lexentry: eng/John__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: John
trans_list: Johanneksen evankeliumi
sense:
(biblical) The Gospel of St. John, a book of the New Testament of the Bible. Traditionally the fourth of the four gospels.


lexentry: eng/John__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: John
trans_list: Johanneksen kirje | Johannes
sense:
(biblical) One of the books in the New Testament of the Bible, the epistles of John (1 John, 2 John and 3 John).


lexentry: eng/Jolly_Roger__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Jolly Roger
trans_list: merirosvolippu
sense:
The traditional flag used on European and American pirate ships, and, more recently, by submarine crews, often pictured as a white skull and crossbones on a black field; the blackjack. [from early 18th c.]


lexentry: eng/Judaism__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Judaism
trans_list: juutalaisuus
sense:
An Abrahamic religion tracing its origin to the Hebrew people of the ancient Middle East, as documented in their religious writings, the Tanakh.


lexentry: eng/Judas_Iscariot__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Judas Iscariot
trans_list: Juudas Iskariot
sense:
(biblical character) One of the twelve disciples of Jesus in the New Testament, who betrayed Jesus into the hands of the chief priests for 30 pieces of silver.


lexentry: eng/Judas__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Judas
trans_list: Juudas
sense:
(biblical character) One of the twelve original Apostles of Jesus, known for his role in Jesus' betrayal into the hands of Roman authorities.


lexentry: eng/Judas__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: Judas
trans_list: Juudas
sense:
(biblical, archaic) Alternative form of Jude, the penultimate book of the Bible and its ascribed author, Jude the Apostle.


lexentry: eng/Judas_tree__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Judas tree
trans_list: Juudaksenpuu
sense:
A small deciduous tree, Cercis siliquastrum, noted for its prolific display of deep-pink flowers in spring.


lexentry: eng/Judea__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Judea
trans_list: Juudea
sense:
Roman rendition of Judah. Used after the fall of the Davidic dynasty and through the period as part of the Roman Empire.


lexentry: eng/Julian_calendar__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Julian calendar
trans_list: juliaaninen kalenteri
sense:
The calendar which was used in the western world before the present-day Gregorian calendar. The Julian calendar differed in having all multiple-of-4 years as leap years.


lexentry: eng/Julian_day__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Julian day
trans_list: juliaaninen päivä
sense:
A date expressed as a real number of days counted with GMT noon on 1 January 4713 BCE in proleptic Julian calendar (November 24, 4714 BCE, in the proleptic Gregorian calendar) as zero; used primarily by astronomers and historians to compare events recorded in different cultures.


lexentry: eng/July__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: July
trans_list: heinäkuu
sense:
The seventh month of the Gregorian calendar, following June and preceding August. Abbreviation: Jul or Jul.


lexentry: eng/June__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: June
trans_list: kesäkuu
sense:
The sixth month of the Gregorian calendar, following May and preceding July. Abbreviation: Jun or Jun.


lexentry: eng/Jupiter__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: Jupiter
trans_list: Jupiter | Juppiter
sense:
(Roman god) The King of the Gods, also called Jove. Equivalent to the Greek Zeus, Jupiter was one of the children of Saturn. As supreme god of the Roman pantheon, Jupiter was the god of thunder, lightning, and storms, and appropriately called the god of light and sky.


lexentry: eng/Jurassic__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Jurassic
trans_list: jurakautinen
sense:
(geology) Of or pertaining to the second period of the Mesozoic era, a time still dominated by dinosaurs.


lexentry: eng/Jurassic__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Jurassic
trans_list: jurakausi | Jurakausi
sense:
(geology, paleontology) The period from 201.3±0.2 to 145 million years ago, after the Triassic and before the Cretaceous; the geologic systems of this period.


lexentry: eng/Jute__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Jute
trans_list: juutti
sense:
A member of the Germanic tribe that existed in modern-day Denmark that invaded England about the same time as the Angles and the Saxons in the beginning of the Middle Ages, but were eventually integrated by the time of the Norman Conquest.


lexentry: eng/Jutland__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Jutland
trans_list: Jyllanti
sense:
A peninsula in northwestern Europe, which belongs to Denmark (depending on the definition of the southern boundary also Germany).


lexentry: eng/K2__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: K2
trans_list: K2
sense:
A mountain on the border between Pakistan and Taxkorgan, Kashgar prefecture, Xinjiang, China, the world’s second highest mountain, located in the Ladakh Karakorams.


lexentry: eng/KTV__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: KTV
trans_list: karaokekabinetti
sense:
(chiefly, Asia, common in, _, China, uncountable) Karaoke television, a form of interactive musical entertainment.


lexentry: eng/Kaaba__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Kaaba
trans_list: Kaaba
sense:
(Islam) The nearly cubical stone temple in Mecca, the holiest place in Islam and site of the great hajj assembly.


lexentry: eng/Kabarda__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Kabarda
trans_list: kabardi
sense:
A member of the Kabardian-speaking people living in or originating from the Kabardino-Balkaria area in North Caucasus.


lexentry: eng/Kabardian__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Kabardian
trans_list: kabardi
sense:
A North Caucasian language spoken in Kabardino-Balkaria and Karachay-Cherkessia, Russia, also known as East Circassian.


lexentry: eng/Kabballah__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Kabballah
trans_list: kabbala
sense:
(Judaism) A body of mystical Jewish teachings based on an esoteric reading of the Hebrew scriptures.


lexentry: eng/Kabyle__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Kabyle
trans_list: kabyyli
sense:
A Northern Berber language of the Berber branch of the Afroasiatic language family, spoken by over 3,000,000 people in Algeria; native name Taqbaylit.


lexentry: eng/Kachin__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Kachin
trans_list: kachini
sense:
Any of a number of non-Burman ethnolinguistic groups in Kachin State, Burma, including the Jingpho people.


lexentry: eng/Kadiivka__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Kadiivka
trans_list: Kadijivka
sense:
A city, the administrative centre of the urban hromada of the same name in Alchevsk Raion, Luhansk Oblast, Ukraine, founded in 1814, controlled by the Luhansk People’s Republic since 2014


lexentry: eng/Kahlúa__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Kahlúa
trans_list: Kahlúa
sense:
A brand of heavy, sweet, coffee flavored liqueur made in Mexico; a variety or serving of this drink.


lexentry: eng/Kaiser__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Kaiser
trans_list: keisari
sense:
An emperor of a German-speaking country, particularly the Holy Roman Empire (962–1806), the Austrian Empire/Austria-Hungary (1806–1918), or the German Empire (1871–1918) — often specifically Wilhelm II.


lexentry: eng/Kalash__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Kalash
trans_list: kalashit
sense:
A Dardic indigenous group residing in the Chitral District of the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan. They speak the Kalasha language.


lexentry: eng/Kalasha__Proper_noun__2
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Kalasha
trans_list: kalaša
sense:
The language spoken by the Kalash people, an Indo-European language in the Indo-Aryan branch, further classified as a Dardic language in the Chitral group. The Kalasha language is phonologically atypical because it contrasts plain, long, nasal, and retroflex vowels as well as combinations of these. The language, also known as Kalashmondr, is spoken by around 5000 people.


lexentry: eng/Kalevala__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: Kalevala
trans_list: Kalevala | Uhtua
sense:
An urban-type settlement, the administrative capital of the Kalevalsky District, Republic of Karelia, in northwestern Russia; also historically known as Uhtua.


lexentry: eng/Kama_Sutra__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Kama Sutra
trans_list: Kamasutra
sense:
A Sanskrit treatise (sutra) setting forth rules for sensuous and sensual pleasure, love, and marriage in accordance with Hindu law.


lexentry: eng/Kantianism__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Kantianism
trans_list: kantilaisuus
sense:
(philosophy) The philosophical system of Immanuel Kant (1724-1804) and his followers; also called transcendental idealism.


lexentry: eng/Kapampangan__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Kapampangan
trans_list: pampanga
sense:
A language of the Malayo-Polynesian branch of the Austronesian family of languages; it is one of the major languages of the Philippines and the primary language in the province of Pampanga, as well as southern Tarlac.


lexentry: eng/Karachi__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Karachi
trans_list: Karachi
sense:
The largest city in Pakistan situated along the Arabian Sea, as well as the provincial capital of Sindh Province.


lexentry: eng/Karaim__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Karaim
trans_list: karaiimi
sense:
A Kipchak Turkic language, with Aramaic and Persian influences, spoken in Lithuania, Poland, the Crimea and the Ukraine.


lexentry: eng/Karakalpakstan__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Karakalpakstan
trans_list: Karakalpakia
sense:
An autonomous republic in northwestern Uzbekistan, bordering Kazakhstan and Turkmenistan. Official name: Republic of Karakalpakstan. Capital: Nukus


lexentry: eng/Karelian_pasty__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Karelian pasty
trans_list: karjalanpiirakka
sense:
A traditional pasty from Karelia, usually with a rye crust and now most often eaten with a mixture of boiled eggs and butter.


lexentry: eng/Karelo-Finnish_Laika__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Karelo-Finnish Laika
trans_list: karjalais-suomalainen laika | suomenpystykorva
sense:
(zoology) A breed of spitz-type dog from the Karelian area of Russia, according to the Finnish Kennel Club the same breed as the Finnish Spitz.


lexentry: eng/Karelo-Finnish_SSR__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Karelo-Finnish SSR
trans_list: Karjalais-suomalainen SNT
sense:
(historical) A short-lived republic of the Soviet Union with its capital in Petrozavodsk (1940–1956).


lexentry: eng/Kashmir_Valley__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Kashmir Valley
trans_list: Kashmirin laakso
sense:
A valley around 135 km long and 32 km wide, formed by the Jhelum river, located between the Karakoram and the Pir Panjal Range, within the central Indian-controlled part of the disputed region of Kashmir.


lexentry: eng/Kashmir__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Kashmir
trans_list: Kashmir
sense:
A region of the northern part of the Indian subcontinent, located between (and de facto divided between) China, India, and Pakistan.


lexentry: eng/Katharevousa__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Katharevousa
trans_list: katharévousa
sense:
A learned, archaising form of Modern Greek, based on Classical Greek and used for formal and official purposes; it was legally displaced as the official language of Greece in 1976 by Demotic Greek.


lexentry: eng/Kawasaki_disease__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Kawasaki disease
trans_list: Kawasakin tauti
sense:
(medicine) An illness of childhood that causes fever, lymphadenopathy, elevated platelet count, and a variety of other symptoms.


lexentry: eng/Kawi__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Kawi
trans_list: kawi
sense:
A literary and prose language based on Old Javanese with a large number of Sanskrit loanwords, and used on the islands of Java, Bali, and Lombok; or the script used in writing this language.


lexentry: eng/Kazakh_SSR__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Kazakh SSR
trans_list: Kazakkien SNT
sense:
Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic, the name for the Republic of Kazakhstan while under the rule of the Soviet Union (1920–1990).


lexentry: eng/Kemi__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Kemi
trans_list: Kemi
sense:
A town in northern Finland by the Bothnian Bay, renowned for the icebreaker Sampo, the world's only icebreaker operating tourist cruises.


lexentry: eng/Kentish_plover__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Kentish plover
trans_list: mustajalkatylli
sense:
Charadrius alexandrinus, a small wader that breeds in a wide range, from southern Europe to Japan and in Ecuador, Peru, Chile, the southern United States and the Caribbean, but not including Kent.


lexentry: eng/Kentucky__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Kentucky
trans_list: Kentucky
sense:
A state of the United States. Capital: Frankfort; largest city: Louisville. Formally known as the Commonwealth of Kentucky, one of four such states known as Commonwealths.


lexentry: eng/Kerch__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Kerch
trans_list: Kertš
sense:
A port city in Crimea, internationally recognized as part of Ukraine, but de facto controlled by Russia.


lexentry: eng/Kermode_bear__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Kermode bear
trans_list: kermodekarhu
sense:
A subspecies of the American black bear, Ursus americanus kermodei found in British Columbia, some members of which have white or cream-colored (rather than black) skin due to a recessive gene.


lexentry: eng/Key_lime__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Key lime
trans_list: limetti
sense:
A small yellow (when ripe, usually sold green) lime, of hybrid Citrus × aurantiifolia, especially those from southern Florida.


lexentry: eng/Keynesian__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Keynesian
trans_list: keynesiläinen
sense:
(economics) Of or pertaining to an economic theory based on the ideas of John Maynard Keynes, as put forward in his book The General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money, published in 1936 in response to the Great Depression of the 1930s, and extensively extended by a large body of followers before and after his death in 1946.


lexentry: eng/Keynesianism__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Keynesianism
trans_list: keynesiläisyys
sense:
(economics) A prescriptive or normative economic stance according to which the state should actively stimulate economic growth and improve stability in the private sector through interest rates, taxation and public projects.


lexentry: eng/Khanty__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Khanty
trans_list: hanti
sense:
The Ob-Ugric language spoken by these people, now more often considered a group of closely related languages.


lexentry: eng/Kharkiv__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Kharkiv
trans_list: Harkova
sense:
(city) An industrial city, the administrative centre of Kharkiv Raion, Kharkiv Oblast, in eastern Ukraine.


lexentry: eng/Khazaria__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Khazaria
trans_list: Kasaaria
sense:
(historical) A polity, established in medieval Eurasia by Khazars, that occupied much of modern-day European Russia, western Kazakhstan, eastern Ukraine, Azerbaijan, large portions of the northern Caucasus, parts of Georgia, the Crimea, and northeastern Turkey.


lexentry: eng/Khinalug__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Khinalug
trans_list: hinalugi
sense:
A Northeast Caucasian language spoken mainly in the villages of Khinalug and Qalayxudat just north of Quba (Quba Rayon, Azerbaijan).


lexentry: eng/Khmer_Rouge__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Khmer Rouge
trans_list: punaiset khmerit
sense:
(historical) A Cambodian communist guerrilla force active from the 1970s to the 1990s under the leadership of Pol Pot.


lexentry: eng/Khoisan__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: Khoisan
trans_list: khoisankielet
sense:
The group of languages associated with the Khoisan including the Khoi, Kx'a and Tuu families, sometimes to the inclusion of the Hadza and Sandawe language isolates of Tanzania.


lexentry: eng/Khorasan__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Khorasan
trans_list: Khorasan
sense:
(historical) The Sassanian and post-Islamic Persian name for the region of Parthia located in north east of Persia (Iran), sometimes covering also parts of Central Asia and Afghanistan; the Greater Khorasan.


lexentry: eng/Khrushchev__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Khrushchev
trans_list: Hruštšov
sense:
English transliteration of the Russian surname Хрущёв; usually refers to the Russian revolutionary and Soviet Secretary of the Central Committee of the CPSU(b) Nikita Khrushchev.


lexentry: eng/Kierkegaardian__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Kierkegaardian
trans_list: kierkegaardilainen
sense:
(philosophy) Of or pertaining to the Danish philosopher Søren Kierkegaard (1813–1855) or his existentialist philosophy.


lexentry: eng/Kievan_Rus__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Kievan Rus
trans_list: Kiovan Venäjä
sense:
(historical) A medieval principality in Eastern Europe centred around Kiev; considered an early predecessor of Russia, Ukraine and Belarus.


lexentry: eng/Killing_Fields__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Killing Fields
trans_list: kuoleman kentät
sense:
A number of sites in Cambodia where mass slaughter of some 2,000,000 people was carried out by the Khmer Rouge in the late 1970s.


lexentry: eng/King_Arthur__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: King Arthur
trans_list: kuningas Arthur
sense:
A legendary king of Britain, said to have led the defence of Britain against Saxon invaders in the early 6th century.


lexentry: eng/King_James_Version__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: King James Version
trans_list: Kuningas Jaakon Raamattu
sense:
(biblical, Christianity) An English translation, published in 1611, of the Bible from the original Hebrew (Old Testament) and Greek (New Testament) commissioned for the Church of England, which is the version most quoted and influential in English literature and English Protestant religious culture.


lexentry: eng/Kingdom_of_England__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Kingdom of England
trans_list: Englannin kuningaskunta
sense:
A kingdom in western Europe, until the foundation of the United Kingdom of Great Britain on 1 May 1707.


lexentry: eng/Kingdom_of_Heaven__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Kingdom of Heaven
trans_list: taivasten valtakunta
sense:
(Christianity) A concept of heaven as a hierarchical dominion with God at the top and a court of saints, archangels and angels.


lexentry: eng/Kingdom_of_Laos__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Kingdom of Laos
trans_list: Laosin kuningaskunta
sense:
A former country in Southeast Asia (official name). Usually called Laos. Now the Lao People's Democratic Republic.


lexentry: eng/Kingdom_of_Scotland__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Kingdom of Scotland
trans_list: Skotlannin kuningaskunta
sense:
A kingdom in western Europe, until the foundation of the United Kingdom of Great Britain on the First of May 1707.


lexentry: eng/Kinshasa__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Kinshasa
trans_list: Kinshasa
sense:
The capital and largest city of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (formerly Zaire), in the western part of the country on the Congo River.


lexentry: eng/Kintamani__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Kintamani
trans_list: balinvuoristokoira
sense:
(zoology) A dog native to the Indonesian island of Bali, which originated from the Kintamani region.


lexentry: eng/Kiribati__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Kiribati
trans_list: Kiribati
sense:
A country consisting mostly of the Gilbert Islands archipelago, located in Micronesia in Oceania. Official name: Republic of Kiribati. Capital and largest city: South Tarawa.


lexentry: eng/Kitti's_hog-nosed_bat__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Kitti's hog-nosed bat
trans_list: siankuonolepakko
sense:
Craseonycteris thonglongyai, a small bat with a distinctive pig-like snout, found in western Thailand and southeast Burma.


lexentry: eng/Klein_bottle__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Klein bottle
trans_list: Kleinin pullo
sense:
(topology) The closed manifold obtained by identifying the boundary components of the annulus so that the resultant surface is nonorientable.


lexentry: eng/Klingon__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Klingon
trans_list: klingon
sense:
(countable) Member of an alien warrior race in the Star Trek universe with distinctive forehead ridges and a culture based on strict observance of honour, loyalty, and combat.


lexentry: eng/Klyazma__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Klyazma
trans_list: Kljazma
sense:
A river wholly within Russia, originating near Solnechnogorsk (Moscow Oblast) in the Moscow Uplands, whence it flows into and through Vladimir Oblast, approximately delineating its border with Ivanovo Oblast from near Repniki to near Mstyora, before returning to Vladimir’s interior, and thereafter approximately delineating its border with Nizhny Novgorod Oblast from near the point at which the river is bridged by the Volga Highway (E22) to its confluence with the Oka, whereof it forms a left tributary.


lexentry: eng/Kodiak_bear__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Kodiak bear
trans_list: kodiakinkarhu
sense:
The largest brown bear, Ursus arctos middendorffi, found on Kodiak Island off the south coast of Alaska, United States.


lexentry: eng/Koine__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Koine
trans_list: koinee
sense:
The “common” Greek language that developed and flourished between 300 B.C.E. and 300 C.E. (the time of the Roman Empire), and from which Modern Greek descended. It was based on the Attic and Ionian dialects of Ancient Greek.


lexentry: eng/Kola_Peninsula__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Kola Peninsula
trans_list: Kuolan niemimaa
sense:
A peninsula in Murmansk Oblast, in the far north of Russia. It borders upon the Barents Sea on the north and the White Sea on the east and south.


lexentry: eng/Kolmogorov_complexity__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Kolmogorov complexity
trans_list: Kolmogorov-kompleksisuus
sense:
(computing theory) The complexity of an information object—such as a book or an image—informally defined as the length of the shortest program that produces that information object as output.


lexentry: eng/Komi-Permyak__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Komi-Permyak
trans_list: Permin komi | komipermjakki
sense:
A Permic language in the Finno-Ugric branch of the Uralic language family, smaller of the two main regional varieties (ISO 639-3 language code: koi) of the pluricentrical Komi language, the other variety being Komi-Zyrian. It's the standard language of Komi people in Komi-Permyak Okrug.


lexentry: eng/Komi-Yazva__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Komi-Yazva
trans_list: Jazvan komi
sense:
A Permic language in the Finno-Ugric branch of the Uralic language family, smallest of the three regional varieties of the pluricentrical macrolanguage Komi, the other two being Komi-Zyrian and Komi-Permyak.


lexentry: eng/Komi-Zyrian__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Komi-Zyrian
trans_list: komi | komisyrjääni | syrjääni
sense:
A Uralic language, the more common of the two main regional varieties of the pluricentric Komi language, the other variety being Komi-Permyak. It's the standard language of Komi people in Komi Republic and, along with Russian, an official language in the republic.


lexentry: eng/Komi__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Komi
trans_list: komi | komit | syrjääni | syrjäänit
sense:
A member of an ethnic group chiefly consisting of Komi speakers and descendants of Komi speakers who don't speak the language.


lexentry: eng/Komi__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Komi
trans_list: komi | syrjääni
sense:
A Finno-Ugric language currently spoken by 200,000 to 400,000 people, depending on source and definition of "speaker", in northeastern European part of Russia.


lexentry: eng/Komodo_dragon__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Komodo dragon
trans_list: komodonvaraani
sense:
Varanus komodoensis, an endangered species of monitor lizard native to certain Indonesian islands east of Java, the world's largest lizard, growing to 10 feet or 3 meters, known for its ability to kill prey with its septic saliva.


lexentry: eng/Komsomol__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Komsomol
trans_list: Komsomol
sense:
(historical) Young Communist League, the former youth wing of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union.


lexentry: eng/Kondo__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Kondo
trans_list: konmarittaa | marittaa
sense:
(transitive) To tidy up using the methods advocated by Marie Kondo, especially keeping only those things that tokimeku (spark joy).


lexentry: eng/Korea__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Korea
trans_list: Korea
sense:
A nation and peninsula in East Asia. Now divided into two sovereign states, commonly called South Korea and North Korea.


lexentry: eng/Korean_War__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Korean War
trans_list: Korean sota
sense:
(historical) A war fought in the Korean Peninsula from 1950–1953 between the Soviet Union-backed Democratic People's Republic of Korea and the United Nations-backed Republic of Korea.


lexentry: eng/Korean__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Korean
trans_list: korea | korean kieli
sense:
(uncountable) Official language of the people residing on the Korean Peninsula, and language of approximately 60 million people, in Asia, North America, and elsewhere.


lexentry: eng/Koschei__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Koschei
trans_list: Koštšei | Koštšei Kuolematon
sense:
(Slavic mythology) An archetypal male antagonist, described mainly as abducting the hero's wife, and sometimes represented as a skeleton.


lexentry: eng/Kosovo__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Kosovo
trans_list: Kosovo
sense:
A partly-recognized country on the Balkan Peninsula in Southeast Europe. Official name: Republic of Kosovo. Capital and largest city: Pristina. Considered by the Republic of Serbia to be one of its two autonomous provinces.


lexentry: eng/Kosovo_and_Metohia__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Kosovo and Metohia
trans_list: Kosovo ja Metohija
sense:
An autonomous province of Serbia; a term used of Kosovo by those who do not recognize the Republic of Kosovo.


lexentry: eng/Kraken__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Kraken
trans_list: kraken
sense:
(Norse mythology) A colossal sea monster that attacks ships and sailors, often portrayed as a giant octopus or squid.


lexentry: eng/Krasnodar__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: Krasnodar
trans_list: Krasnodar
sense:
A city, the administrative center of Krasnodar Krai, Russia, called Yekaterinodar before December 1920.


lexentry: eng/Krebs_cycle__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Krebs cycle
trans_list: Krebsin sykli | sitruunahappokierto | trikarboksyylihappokierto
sense:
(biochemistry, organic chemistry) A series of enzymatic reactions that occurs in all aerobic organisms; it involves the oxidative metabolism of acetyl units, and serves as the main source of cellular energy.


lexentry: eng/Kremlin__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Kremlin
trans_list: Kreml
sense:
The Moscow Kremlin; a fortified complex in Moscow, Russia that serves as the official residence of the President of the Russian Federation.


lexentry: eng/Kronstadt__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Kronstadt
trans_list: Kronstadt
sense:
A municipal town near Saint Petersburg, Russia. Located on Kotlin Island (also known as Retusaari or Reitskär).


lexentry: eng/Kuban__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: Kuban
trans_list: Kuban
sense:
(by extension) a geographic region of Southern Russia surrounding the Kuban River, on the Black Sea between the Don Steppe, Volga delta and the Caucasus.


lexentry: eng/Kufic__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Kufic
trans_list: kuufalainen kirjoitus
sense:
Original form of Arabic script, consisting of a modified form of Old South Arabian and old Nabataean scripts.


lexentry: eng/Kuiper_belt__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Kuiper belt
trans_list: Kuiperin vyöhyke
sense:
(astronomy) A region of space between 30 and 50 astronomical units from the Sun, roughly confined within a thick band around the ecliptic of the Solar System. This area is populated by many thousands of trans-Neptunian objects.


lexentry: eng/Kurd__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Kurd
trans_list: kurdi | kurdit
sense:
A member of the linguistically and culturally distinct people who speak Kurdish and mainly inhabit those parts of Turkey, Iran, Iraq and Syria sometimes known as Kurdistan.


lexentry: eng/Kurdish__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Kurdish
trans_list: kurdi | kurdin kieli
sense:
Family of Indo-Iranian languages of Kurdistan (in the Mesopotamia region, from the Zagros of mid-western Iran to the eastern extension of the chain of the Taurus Mountains).


lexentry: eng/Kurdistan__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Kurdistan
trans_list: Kurdistan
sense:
A region in the Middle East inhabited mostly by the Kurds. It encompasses parts of Turkey, Iraq, Iran and Syria.


lexentry: eng/Kurgan__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: Kurgan
trans_list: Kurgan
sense:
A city, the administrative center of Kurgan Oblast, Russia. Originally called Tsaryovo Gorodishche (Russian Царёво Городи́ще n (Carjóvo Gorodíšče)) (1662-1782).


lexentry: eng/Kuril_Islands__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Kuril Islands
trans_list: Kuriilit
sense:
An archipelago between Japan and Kamchatka, Russia, separating the Sea of Okhotsk from the north Pacific Ocean.


lexentry: eng/Kurmanji__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Kurmanji
trans_list: kurmandži
sense:
The Kurdish language with the largest number of speakers, spoken in Turkey, Syria, northernmost Iraq, and parts of Iran and Central Asia.


lexentry: eng/Kuroshio__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Kuroshio
trans_list: Kuroshio | Kurosivo
sense:
(oceanography, usually with "~ Current") The oceanic current forming the swift, warm, northward-flowing western quarter of the North Pacific Gyre.


lexentry: eng/Kursk__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: Kursk
trans_list: Kursk
sense:
A city in Kursk Oblast, the administrative centre of Kursky Raion and Kursk Oblast, Central Federal District, Russia, first mentioned in 1032, scene in 1943 of the largest battle in human history.


lexentry: eng/Kuwait__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Kuwait
trans_list: Kuwait
sense:
A country in Western Asia, in the Middle East. Official name: State of Kuwait. Capital: Kuwait City.


lexentry: eng/Kvarken__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Kvarken
trans_list: Merenkurkku
sense:
The narrow region in the Gulf of Bothnia separating the Bothnian Bay (the inner part of the gulf) from the Bothnian Sea.


lexentry: eng/Kyrgyzstan__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Kyrgyzstan
trans_list: Kirgisia
sense:
A country in Central Asia, bordering on Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan and China. Official name: Kyrgyz Republic. Capital: Bishkek.


lexentry: eng/LOL__Interjection__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: LOL
trans_list: lol | naur | reps
sense:
(Internet slang, text messaging, by dilution) Indicates light-heartedness or amusement, or that the accompanying statement is not intended as serious.


lexentry: eng/LUCA__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: LUCA
trans_list: LUCA | alkusolu | progenootti | viimeinen universaali esivanhempi
sense:
(taxonomy, biology, paleontology) Initialism of last universal common ancestor; the hypothesised most recent primordial organism that is an ancestor to all organisms now living.


lexentry: eng/La_Niña__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: La Niña
trans_list: La Niña
sense:
(sometimes, attributive) A sustained negative sea-surface temperature anomaly of more than 0.5°C across the equatorial zone of the central and eastern Pacific Ocean; the negative phase of the multi-year ENSO cycle, which causes variations in local and regional weather patterns.


lexentry: eng/La_Pérouse_Strait__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: La Pérouse Strait
trans_list: La Pérousen salmi
sense:
A strait dividing the Russian island of Sakhalin in the north from the Japanese island of Hokkaido, and connecting the Sea of Japan on the west with the Sea of Okhotsk on the east.


lexentry: eng/La_Rochelle__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: La Rochelle
trans_list: La Rochelle
sense:
A port city, the capital of the Charente-Maritime department, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France, on the Bay of Biscay, formerly in Poitou-Charentes.


lexentry: eng/Labor_Party__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: Labor Party
trans_list: Australian työväenpuolue
sense:
Any of a number of political parties of various nationalities, often opposed to conservative parties.


lexentry: eng/Labour_Party__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Labour Party
trans_list: työväenpuolue
sense:
Any of various political parties that aim to advance the interests of the working class, often characterized by left-of-centre politics and support for organized labour.


lexentry: eng/Labrador__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: Labrador
trans_list: Labrador | labradorinnoutaja
sense:
(chiefly, historical) The geographical region including Labrador in sense 1, as well as neighbouring regions of what is now the province of Quebec.


lexentry: eng/Lacanian__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Lacanian
trans_list: lacanilainen
sense:
(psychoanalysis) Of, pertaining to, or resembling the psychoanalytical views of Jacques Lacan (1901–1981).


lexentry: eng/Lacerta__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Lacerta
trans_list: Sisilisko
sense:
(constellation) An inconspicuous autumn constellation of the northern sky, said to resemble a lizard. It lies between the constellations of Cygnus and Andromeda.


lexentry: eng/Lachesis__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Lachesis
trans_list: Lakhesis
sense:
(Greek god) One of the three Fates (Moirae), daughter of Zeus and Themis; the measurer of each thread of life. Her Roman equivalent is Decima.


lexentry: eng/Ladin__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Ladin
trans_list: ladin
sense:
A Rhaeto-Romance language (or dialect continuum), spoken primarily in the Italian portion of Tyrol and the Dolomite Mountains in Northern Italy.


lexentry: eng/Ladino__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Ladino
trans_list: ladino
sense:
A Romance language mainly spoken by Sephardic Jews (Wikipedia), derived mainly from Old Castilian (Spanish) and Hebrew.


lexentry: eng/Ladoga__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Ladoga
trans_list: Laatokka
sense:
A freshwater lake located in the Republic of Karelia and Leningrad Oblast in northwestern Russia, not far from Saint Petersburg. It is the largest lake in Europe.


lexentry: eng/Ladoga_ringed_seal__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Ladoga ringed seal
trans_list: laatokannorppa
sense:
A freshwater subspecies of the ringed seal, which are found entirely in Lake Ladoga in northwestern Russia, Pusa hispida ladogensis.


lexentry: eng/Lady__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Lady
trans_list: daami
sense:
An aristocratic title for a woman; the wife of a lord and/or a woman who holds the position in her own right; a title for a peeress, the wife of a peer or knight, and the daughters and daughters-in-law of certain peers.


lexentry: eng/Lagrangian_function__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Lagrangian function
trans_list: Lagrangen funktio
sense:
(mathematics) A function of the generalized coordinates and velocities of a dynamic system from which Lagrange's equations may be derived.


lexentry: eng/Lake_Constance__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Lake Constance
trans_list: Bodenjärvi
sense:
A lake on the Rhine located at the intersection of Germany (Bavaria and Baden-Württemberg), Switzerland (St. Gallen, Thurgau and Schaffhausen) and Austria (Vorarlberg). It consists of two parts, the Obersee in the east and northwest (Überlinger See) and the much smaller Untersee in the west.


lexentry: eng/Lake_Geneva__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Lake Geneva
trans_list: Genevejärvi
sense:
A large lake in Europe, mainly in Switzerland, but with most of its southern shore in France; the city of Geneva is situated at its south-west end.


lexentry: eng/Lake_Michigan__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Lake Michigan
trans_list: Michiganjärvi
sense:
One of the Great Lakes of North America, and the only one located entirely within the United States. Hydrologically, a bay of Lake Michigan–Huron.


lexentry: eng/Lake_Superior__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Lake Superior
trans_list: Yläjärvi
sense:
A lake in North America; the largest of the Great Lakes and second largest lake and largest freshwater lake in the world by area.


lexentry: eng/Lake_Victoria__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Lake Victoria
trans_list: Victorianjärvi
sense:
The largest lake in Africa, with shoreline in Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania; one of the African Great Lakes.


lexentry: eng/Lakshmi__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Lakshmi
trans_list: Lakshmi
sense:
The Hindu goddess of wealth, the consort of Vishnu and married to Rama (in her incarnation as Sita) and Krishna (as Radha and Rukmini).


lexentry: eng/Lamarckism__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Lamarckism
trans_list: lamarckismi
sense:
(evolutionary theory, historical) The theory that structural variations, characteristic of species and genera, are produced in animals and plants by the direct influence of physical environments, and especially, in the case of animals, by effort, or by use or disuse of certain organs.


lexentry: eng/Lantern_Festival__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Lantern Festival
trans_list: Lyhtyjuhla
sense:
A festival marking the end of the Chinese New Year period, celebrated on the fifteenth day of the first month in the Chinese calendar when the first full moon of the year is seen (in February or early March).


lexentry: eng/Laocoön__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Laocoön
trans_list: Laokoon
sense:
(Greek mythology) A Trojan priest of Poseidon (or Apollo, depending on the author), whose rules he had defied (or whom he had otherwise offended), who tried to warn his fellow citizens against the Trojan horse. He was killed for this, along with his two sons, by giant snakes sent by Minerva (or Poseidon, or Apollo).


lexentry: eng/Laotian__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Laotian
trans_list: laosilainen | laonkielinen
sense:
Of, from, or pertaining to the Lao People's Democratic Republic, the Laotian people or the Laotian language.


lexentry: eng/Laozi__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Laozi
trans_list: Laotse
sense:
(Chinese history) An honorific title for the legendary Taoist philosopher Li Er, who supposedly lived in the 6th and 5th centuries BC and (Chinese mythology) has subsequently been worshipped as a Taoist god.


lexentry: eng/Laplace_distribution__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Laplace distribution
trans_list: Laplace-jakauma
sense:
(statistics) A probability distribution consisting of two exponential distributions, one positive and one negative.


lexentry: eng/Laplace_operator__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Laplace operator
trans_list: Laplacen operaattori
sense:
(mathematics, physics) A differential operator,denoted ∆ and defined on \mathbb{R}^n as \Delta = \sum_{i=1}^n \frac{\partial^2}{\partial x_i^2}, used in the modeling of wave propagation, heat flow and many other applications.


lexentry: eng/Laplace_transform__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Laplace transform
trans_list: Laplace-muunnos
sense:
(mathematics) an integral transform of positive real function f(t) to a complex function F(s); given by:


lexentry: eng/Lapland__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Lapland
trans_list: Lappi | Lapinmaa
sense:
The northern parts of Scandinavia and Finland with the Kola Peninsula in Russia, traditionally inhabited by the Sami people.


lexentry: eng/Laptev_Sea__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Laptev Sea
trans_list: Laptevinmeri
sense:
A marginal sea of the Arctic Ocean, located between the eastern coast of Siberia, the Taimyr Peninsula, the Severnaya Zemlya and the New Siberian Islands. The Kara Sea lies to the west, the East Siberian Sea to the east.


lexentry: eng/Larissa__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: Larissa
trans_list: Larissa
sense:
A city in western Asia Minor, close to the ancient Greek city of Smyrna and to present-day Menemen, Turkey.


lexentry: eng/Larmor_precession__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Larmor precession
trans_list: Larmorin prekessio
sense:
(physics) The precession of the motion of charged particles, or particles having a magnetic moment, in a magnetic field.


lexentry: eng/Larry__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Larry
trans_list: Lars
sense:
A diminutive of the en given name Laurence or Lawrence, popular as a male given name in the U.S. in the 1940s and the 1950s.


lexentry: eng/Late_Middle_Ages__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Late Middle Ages
trans_list: myöhäiskeskiaika
sense:
(history) The period of European history between the High Middle Ages and the Early Modern period, c. 1300 to 1500 CE.


lexentry: eng/Latin_America__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Latin America
trans_list: Latinalainen Amerikka | Lattarit
sense:
Those parts of the Americas which speak Spanish, Portuguese, French or Creoles based on them, which are Latin-derived languages: South America, Central America, Mexico, and most islands of the Caribbean.


lexentry: eng/Latin_Church__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Latin Church
trans_list: latinalainen kirkko
sense:
(Catholicism) One of the 24 particular churches (sui juris) in full communion with the Holy See and the rest of the Catholic Church which uses the Latin liturgical rites.


lexentry: eng/Latin__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: Latin
trans_list: romaanisen kielen puhuja
sense:
A person from one of the modern European countries (including Italy, Spain etc.) whose language is descended from Latin.


lexentry: eng/Latin__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Latin
trans_list: latina
sense:
(uncountable) The language of the ancient Romans, other Latins and of the Roman Catholic church, especially Classical Latin.


lexentry: eng/Latin_alphabet__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Latin alphabet
trans_list: latinalaiset aakkoset
sense:
The 26-letter alphabet consisting of the following letters (presented in majuscule and minuscule pairs):


lexentry: eng/Latin_square__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Latin square
trans_list: latinalainen neliö
sense:
(mathematics) An n-by-n arrangement of n different integers such that each row, each column and each of the two diagonals contains each of the integers once and once only.


lexentry: eng/Latinize__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Latinize
trans_list: latinalaistaa | latinantaa
sense:
(transitive) To translate something into the Latin language; or make a word similar in appearance or form to a Latin word.


lexentry: eng/Latino__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Latino
trans_list: latinalaisamerikkalainen | lattari
sense:
(chiefly, _, US) A person, especially and usually (interpreted as) a male, from Latin America, a Hispanic person. (Compare Latina.)


lexentry: eng/Latium__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Latium
trans_list: Latium | Lazio
sense:
(historical) A historical region of central Italy, in which the city of Rome was founded and grew to be the capital city of the Roman Empire.


lexentry: eng/Latvian_SSR__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Latvian SSR
trans_list: Latvian SNT
sense:
Latvian Soviet Socialist Republic, the name of Latvia while it was a member republic of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (1940–1941 and 1944–1991).


lexentry: eng/Laurasia__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Laurasia
trans_list: Lauraasia
sense:
(geology) A supercontinent which included most of the landmasses which make up today's continents of the Northern Hemisphere.


lexentry: eng/Laurel__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Laurel
trans_list: laakeri
sense:
(Mormonism) Formerly a 16- to 17-year-old participant in the Young Women organization of the LDS Church.


lexentry: eng/Lausanne__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Lausanne
trans_list: Lausanne
sense:
A municipality and city, the capital of Vaud canton, in western Switzerland, in which French is the main language.


lexentry: eng/Lazarus__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Lazarus
trans_list: Lasarus
sense:
(biblical) Lazarus of Bethany, a man supposedly raised from the dead by Jesus Christ and later (Christianity) revered as a saint.


lexentry: eng/Lazarus__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: Lazarus
trans_list: Lasarus
sense:
(biblical) A beggar in a parable by Jesus Christ, traditionally (Christianity) believed to have been a leper and often conflated with Lazarus of Bethany.


lexentry: eng/Lazio__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Lazio
trans_list: Lazio
sense:
An administrative region of Italy, situated in the central peninsular section of the country with Rome as its capital. It corresponds to ancient Latium.


lexentry: eng/Le_Havre__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Le Havre
trans_list: Le Havre
sense:
A city and major port beside the mouth of the River Seine in Seine-Maritime department, Normandy, northern France.


lexentry: eng/League_of_Nations__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: League of Nations
trans_list: Kansainliitto
sense:
An international organization founded as a result of the Treaty of Versailles, which ended the First World War. Its goals included disarmament, preventing war through collective security, settling disputes between countries through negotiation, diplomacy and improving global quality of life. The predecessor of the United Nations.


lexentry: eng/Lebanon__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Lebanon
trans_list: Libanon
sense:
A country in Western Asia, in the Middle East. Official name: Lebanese Republic. Capital: Beirut. Also (especially formerly) known as "the Lebanon".


lexentry: eng/Leeward_Islands__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Leeward Islands
trans_list: Leewardsaaret
sense:
The northern of the Lesser Antilles, consisting of the islands or nations of the Virgin Islands, Anguilla, Saint Martin, Saint-Barthélemy, Saba, Sint Eustatius, Saint Kitts, Nevis, Barbuda, Antigua, Montserrat and Guadeloupe.


lexentry: eng/Legalism__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Legalism
trans_list: legalismi
sense:
A school of thought, originating in ancient China during the Warring States period and officially adopted during the Qin dynasty, advocating rule of law as key to ensuring social stability.


lexentry: eng/Lego__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Lego
trans_list: lego
sense:
Any of several small, coloured, plastic bricks, often made by the Lego Company, that can be made to join together and be taken apart, used to construct toy buildings, vehicles, etc.


lexentry: eng/Lena__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: Lena
trans_list: Lena
sense:
A major river in Russia, flowing 2,734 miles from the mountains by the lake Baikal to the Arctic Ocean.


lexentry: eng/Leningrad__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Leningrad
trans_list: Leningrad
sense:
(historical) Saint Petersburg, a major city in Russia, from the time of Lenin's death in 1924 until 1991.


lexentry: eng/Leningrad__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: Leningrad
trans_list: Leningradin alue
sense:
An oblast of Russia, which surrounds, but no longer contains, Saint Petersburg, its former administrative centre.


lexentry: eng/Leninism__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Leninism
trans_list: leninismi
sense:
A political ideology developed by Vladimir Lenin that proposes the establishment of the dictatorship of the proletariat led by a revolutionary vanguard party, as the political prelude to the establishment of communism.


lexentry: eng/Lent__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Lent
trans_list: paasto | paastonaika | suuri paasto
sense:
(Christianity) A period of the ecclesiastical year preceding Easter, traditionally involving temporary abstention from certain foods and pleasures.


lexentry: eng/Leo_Minor__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Leo Minor
trans_list: Pieni leijona
sense:
(constellation) A spring constellation of the northern sky, said to resemble a small lion. It lies north of the constellation Leo and south of Ursa Major.


lexentry: eng/Leo__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: Leo
trans_list: Leijona | Jalopeura
sense:
(zodiac constellations) A constellation of the zodiac, shaped approximately like a lion and containing the stars Regulus and Denebola.


lexentry: eng/Leo__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: Leo
trans_list: Leijona
sense:
(astrology) The zodiac sign for the Lion, ruled by the Sun and covering July 23 - August 22 (tropical astrology) or August 16 - September 15 (sidereal astrology).


lexentry: eng/Lepus__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Lepus
trans_list: Jänis
sense:
(constellation) A winter constellation of the northern sky, said to resemble a rabbit. It lies south of the constellation Orion.


lexentry: eng/Levant__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Levant
trans_list: Levantti
sense:
The countries bordering the eastern Mediterranean Sea, namely Syria, Lebanon, Israel, Palestine, Jordan and Cyprus (and sometimes, especially in a historical context, also including Turkey and Egypt, then part of the Ottoman Empire).


lexentry: eng/Leyden_jar__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Leyden jar
trans_list: Leidenin pullo | Leydenin pullo
sense:
(electrical engineering, historical) A glass jar or bottle used to accumulate static electricity between two electrodes.


lexentry: eng/Libra__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: Libra
trans_list: Vaaka
sense:
(astrology) The astrological sign for the scales, ruled by Venus and covering September 24 - October 23 (tropical astrology) or October 16 - November 16 (sidereal astrology).


lexentry: eng/Lie_algebra__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Lie algebra
trans_list: Lien algebra
sense:
(mathematics) An algebra over a field whose bilinear product is alternating (or, equivalently for a bilinear product, anticommutative) and satisfies the Jacobi identity. Such a bilinear product is called a Lie bracket.


lexentry: eng/Limburgish__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Limburgish
trans_list: limburgi
sense:
A Germanic language or dialect continuum spoken near the common border between the Netherlands, Belgium and Germany.


lexentry: eng/Linear_A__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Linear A
trans_list: lineaari-A-kirjoitus
sense:
(archaeology, linguistics) A syllabary used to write the as-yet-undeciphered Minoan language, and an apparent predecessor to other scripts, such as Linear B.


lexentry: eng/Linear_B__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Linear B
trans_list: lineaari-B-kirjoitus
sense:
(archaeology, linguistics) A syllabary used to write Mycenaean Greek in the second millennium BC, before the invention of the Greek alphabet.


lexentry: eng/Lingala__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Lingala
trans_list: lingala
sense:
A Bantu language spoken throughout the northwestern part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (Congo-Kinshasa) and a large part of the Republic of the Congo (Congo-Brazzaville), as well as to some degree in Angola and the Central African Republic.


lexentry: eng/Lingqijing__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Lingqijing
trans_list: Lingqijing
sense:
A Chinese divinatory text, of unknown time and authorship, describing divination involving twelve pieces resembling those for xiangqi.


lexentry: eng/Linnaean__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Linnaean
trans_list: Linné | linnéläinen
sense:
(biology) Of or relating to Carolus Linnaeus, Swedish naturalist, either personally or in a wider sense, to the era influenced by him.


lexentry: eng/Linux__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Linux
trans_list: Linux
sense:
(computing, strictly) The Unix-like open-source computer operating system kernel created by Linus Torvalds in 1991.


lexentry: eng/Linz__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Linz
trans_list: Linz
sense:
The capital of, and largest city in, the state of Upper Austria, Austria, and the third-largest city in the country.


lexentry: eng/Lion_of_Judah__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Lion of Judah
trans_list: Juudan leijona
sense:
(Judaism) a Jewish national and cultural symbol, traditionally regarded as a symbol of the tribe of Judah.


lexentry: eng/Lisbon__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Lisbon
trans_list: Lissabon
sense:
A port city on the Iberian Peninsula, at the mouth of the Tagus River on the Atlantic Ocean; capital city of Portugal.


lexentry: eng/Lissajous_figure__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Lissajous figure
trans_list: Lissajous'n kuvio
sense:
(mathematics) A plane curve traced by a point which executes two perpendicular independent harmonic motions, the frequencies of which are in a simple ratio.


lexentry: eng/Lithuanian_SSR__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Lithuanian SSR
trans_list: Liettuan SNT
sense:
Lithuanian Soviet Socialist Republic, the name for the Republic of Lithuania while under the rule of the Soviet Union (1940–1991, name changed in 1990).


lexentry: eng/Little_Dipper__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Little Dipper
trans_list: Pikku-Otava
sense:
(constellation) A bright circumpolar asterism of the northern sky, said to resemble a ladle or cart. It is part of the constellation Ursa Minor and includes the northern pole star Polaris.


lexentry: eng/Little_Red_Riding_Hood__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Little Red Riding Hood
trans_list: Punahilkka
sense:
A fairy tale about a young girl who walks through the forest to visit her grandmother and encounters the Big Bad Wolf (or another vicious wolf, or werewolf in archaic versions).


lexentry: eng/Liturgy_of_the_Hours__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Liturgy of the Hours
trans_list: hetkipalvelus
sense:
(Catholicism) A liturgy for daily use at each of the canonical hours obligatory to all Catholic bishops, priests, and transitional deacons and composed of psalms, hymns, and readings but lacking the eucharist.


lexentry: eng/Liverpool__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Liverpool
trans_list: Liverpool
sense:
A city and metropolitan borough of Merseyside, England; an important seaport in the United Kingdom, and once one of the biggest in the world.


lexentry: eng/Livonia__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Livonia
trans_list: Liivinmaa
sense:
(historic) A historical region in the Baltic, south of the Gulf of Finland, now divided and constituting southern Estonia and northern Latvia.


lexentry: eng/Local_Group__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Local Group
trans_list: Paikallinen ryhmä
sense:
(astronomy) The small cluster of galaxies that contains the Milky Way Galaxy; includes Andromeda, Triangulum, the Large Magellanic Cloud, Small Magellanic Cloud and others.


lexentry: eng/Loch_Ness_monster__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Loch Ness monster
trans_list: Loch Nessin hirviö
sense:
(cryptozoology) A large creature believed by some to inhabit Loch Ness in Scotland. It is said to have a long neck and one or more humps that protrude from the water.


lexentry: eng/Loess_Plateau__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Loess Plateau
trans_list: Kiinan lössiylänkö
sense:
A plateau that covers an area of some 640,000 km² in the upper and middle reaches of China's Yellow River.


lexentry: eng/Logos__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: Logos
trans_list: Logos | Sana
sense:
(Christianity) The Word of God as incarnate in Jesus Christ, or as identified with the second person of the Trinity; Jesus; God the Son; Word of God.


lexentry: eng/Lojban__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Lojban
trans_list: lojban
sense:
An artificial language created by Logical Language Group designed to be logical, based on the earlier Loglan.


lexentry: eng/Loki__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Loki
trans_list: Loki
sense:
(Norse mythology) The god of mischief and trickery; growing progressively evil, he kills Balder, and is bound until Ragnarok, the end of the world.


lexentry: eng/Lombard_rate__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Lombard rate
trans_list: Lombard-korko
sense:
(finance) An interest rate charged by a central bank for very short-term loans to other banks against an approved collateral.


lexentry: eng/Lombardy__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Lombardy
trans_list: Lombardia
sense:
An administrative region in northern Italy, where its capital and the largest city Milan is founded in the Po Valley.


lexentry: eng/London__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: London
trans_list: lontoolainen
sense:
The capital city of the United Kingdom; capital city of England. Situated on the tidal River Thames in southeast England, with a metropolitan population of more than 13,000,000.


lexentry: eng/London__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: London
trans_list: Lontoo
sense:
A former administrative county in England, created in 1889 from parts of Kent, Middlesex and Surrey, and merged into Greater London in 1965.


lexentry: eng/Long_Island__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: Long Island
trans_list: Long Island
sense:
Specifically, a region of New York state consisting of Nassau County and Suffolk County, to the exclusion of Brooklyn and Queens (the parts of the island found in New York City).


lexentry: eng/Long_March__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Long March
trans_list: pitkä marssi
sense:
(historical) A military retreat undertaken by the Red Army of the Communist Party of China, the forerunner of the People's Liberation Army, to evade the pursuit of the Kuomintang (KMT or Chinese Nationalist Party) army.


lexentry: eng/Lopingian__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Lopingian
trans_list: myöhäispermikautinen
sense:
(geology) Of a geologic epoch within the Permian period from about 260 to 251 million years ago; marked by the formation of the Pangea supercontinent.


lexentry: eng/Lord's_Prayer__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Lord's Prayer
trans_list: Herran rukous | Isä meidän -rukous | Isä Meidän
sense:
The prayer which, according to the New Testament of the Bible, Jesus Christ taught his disciples in the Sermon on the Mount.


lexentry: eng/Lord__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: Lord
trans_list: lordi
sense:
An additional title added to denote the dignity of certain high officials, such as the "Lord Mayors" of major cities in the British Commonwealth


lexentry: eng/Lorentz-Fitzgerald_contraction__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Lorentz-Fitzgerald contraction
trans_list: pituuskontraktio
sense:
The decrease in length of a moving object in the direction of motion, measurable only at relativistic speeds.


lexentry: eng/Lorentz_transformation__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Lorentz transformation
trans_list: Lorentz-muunnos
sense:
(mathematics, relativity) A transformation relating the spacetime coordinates of one frame of reference to another in special relativity.


lexentry: eng/Lorraine__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Lorraine
trans_list: Lothringen
sense:
A former administrative region and former duchy in eastern France; since 2016 part of the region of Grand Est.


lexentry: eng/Los_Angeles__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Los Angeles
trans_list: Los Angeles
sense:
A city and port, the county seat of Los Angeles County, the largest city in California, and the 2nd largest in the United States, famed for being the center of the American film industry.


lexentry: eng/Louisiana__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Louisiana
trans_list: Louisiana
sense:
A state in the Deep South and South Central regions of the United States. Capital: Baton Rouge. Largest city: New Orleans.


lexentry: eng/Lourdes__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Lourdes
trans_list: Lourdes
sense:
A town in the Hautes-Pyrénées department, Occitanie in the French Pyrenees, and site of a large Catholic pilgrimage.


lexentry: eng/Low_German__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: Low German
trans_list: alasaksa | alasaksi
sense:
(linguistics) Any of a number of West Germanic languages, primarily spoken in northern Germany, the Netherlands and Belgium, that did not undergo the High German consonant shift; the group thereof.


lexentry: eng/Low_Germany__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Low Germany
trans_list: Alasaksa
sense:
(dated) Northern Germany, the low-lying land of the German people in Central Europe around the North and Baltic seas.


lexentry: eng/Low_Saxon__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: Low Saxon
trans_list: alasaksi
sense:
A group of related dialects of Low German, spoken in northern Germany and parts of the Netherlands, formerly also in Denmark.


lexentry: eng/Lower_Egypt__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Lower Egypt
trans_list: Ala-Egypti
sense:
(Egyptology) The half of Ancient Egypt north of Memphis, the Nile Delta, so named because the Nile flows South to North.


lexentry: eng/Lucasian__Adjective__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: Lucasian
trans_list: Lucas
sense:
(mathematics) Of or pertaining to Henry Lucas (c. 1610–1663), Member of Parliament for Cambridge University and founder of the Lucasian Chair of Mathematics.


lexentry: eng/Lucifer__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: Lucifer
trans_list: Kointähti
sense:
(biblical) The King of Babylon who was compared to the planet Venus in first the Wycliffe version then the King James Version of Isaiah 14:12; it is unclear whether this verse refers to a specific king or to a representation of the entire line of kings of Babylon.


lexentry: eng/Lucky_Charms__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Lucky Charms
trans_list: Lucky Charms
sense:
A breakfast cereal containing a combination of wheat-based pieces and marshmallows in various shapes.


lexentry: eng/Lucy__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: Lucy
trans_list: Lucia
sense:
A surname from Old French derived from place names in Normandy based on a male personal name, from Latin Lucius.


lexentry: eng/Luddite__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Luddite
trans_list: luddiitti
sense:
(historical) Any of a group of early-19th-century English textile workers who destroyed machinery because it would harm their livelihood.


lexentry: eng/Ludwig's_angina__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Ludwig's angina
trans_list: Ludwigin angiina
sense:
(otorhinolaryngology, pathology) A serious, potentially life-threatening infection of the floor of the mouth, usually occurring in adults with concomitant dental infections, and if left untreated, may obstruct the airways, necessitating tracheotomy.


lexentry: eng/Luhansk_People's_Republic__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Luhansk People's Republic
trans_list: Luhanskin kansantasavalta
sense:
A Russian-backed, partially-recognized secessionist state proclaimed in Luhansk Oblast, Ukraine on the 27th of April, 2014.


lexentry: eng/Luhansk__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Luhansk
trans_list: Lugansk | Luhansk
sense:
(city) A city, the administrative capital of Luhansk Raion, Luhansk Oblast, in the Donbas region, in eastern Ukraine, former administrative capital of the eponymous provonce.


lexentry: eng/Luhya__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Luhya
trans_list: luhya
sense:
A Bantu language spoken in western Kenya and Uganda. Luhya has a number of dialects, including Maragoli, Abagisu, Marama, Kibukusu, Wanga, and Bukusu.


lexentry: eng/Luke__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: Luke
trans_list: Luukas
sense:
Luke the Evangelist, an early Christian credited with the authorship of the Gospel of Luke and the Acts of the Apostles.


lexentry: eng/Luke__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: Luke
trans_list: Luukkaan evankeliumi | Luukas
sense:
(biblical) The Gospel of St. Luke, a book of the New Testament of the Bible. Traditionally the third of the four gospels.


lexentry: eng/Lunar_New_Year__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Lunar New Year
trans_list: kiinalainen uusivuosi
sense:
An annual holiday of several cultures that marks the beginning of a new year according to a lunar or lunisolar calendar, as opposed to a new year dictated by a solar calendar such as the Julian or Gregorian calendars.


lexentry: eng/Lupo_Italiano__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Lupo Italiano
trans_list: italiansusikoira
sense:
(zoology) A large wolfdog hybrid originally produced by crossing a female Italian wolf and a male German Shepherd.


lexentry: eng/Lupus__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Lupus
trans_list: Susi
sense:
(constellation) A summer constellation of the southern sky, said to resemble a wolf. It lies south of the constellation Libra.


lexentry: eng/Lutheran__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Lutheran
trans_list: luterilainen | evankelis-luterilainen
sense:
(Christianity) Of or pertaining to the theology of Martin Luther (1483–1546) or his followers, or the Lutheran church.


lexentry: eng/Lutheran__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Lutheran
trans_list: luterilainen
sense:
(Christianity) A member of any of the Christian churches which identify with the theology of Martin Luther.


lexentry: eng/Lutheranism__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Lutheranism
trans_list: evankelis-luterilaisuus | luterilaisuus
sense:
The Christian denomination based on the beliefs and doctrines developed by Martin Luther and his immediate followers.


lexentry: eng/Luwian__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Luwian
trans_list: luuvi
sense:
an extinct language of the Anatolian branch of the Indo-European language family, spoken in the 2nd millennium BC and recorded in both hieroglyphic and cuneiform scripts.


lexentry: eng/Luxembourg__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Luxembourg
trans_list: Luxemburg | Luxembourg
sense:
A small country in Western Europe. Official name: Grand Duchy of Luxembourg. Capital and largest city: Luxembourg.


lexentry: eng/Luxembourgish__Adjective__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: Luxembourgish
trans_list: luxemburginkielinen
sense:
Of or in the language of Luxembourg (derived from the Moselle Franconian group of High German dialects).


lexentry: eng/Luxembourgish__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Luxembourgish
trans_list: luxemburg
sense:
A Germanic language spoken in Luxembourg and, traditionally, around the city of Arlon (Belgium); originally included in the Moselle Franconian group of High German dialects, but now usually regarded as a separate language due to its standardisation and official use in the state of Luxembourg.


lexentry: eng/Lyme_disease__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Lyme disease
trans_list: borrelioosi
sense:
(disease) Infection by one of three or more subspecies of the bacterium Borrelia burgdorferi, which is transmitted by four species of tick in genus Ixodes. Symptoms include a rash followed by fever, joint pain, and headaches.


lexentry: eng/Lynx__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Lynx
trans_list: Ilves
sense:
(constellation) A faint spring constellation of the northern sky. It lies north of the constellation Cancer.


lexentry: eng/Lyra__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Lyra
trans_list: Lyyra
sense:
(constellation) A summer constellation of the northern sky, said to resemble a lyre. It includes the bright star Vega and the Ring Nebula.


lexentry: eng/Lübeck__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Lübeck
trans_list: Lyypekki
sense:
A city in Schleswig-Holstein, north-central Germany, northeast of Hamburg; a major Baltic port and industrial center, the present city dates from 1143 and was the leading town of the Hanseatic League after its designation as a free city in 1226; it retained that status until 1937.


lexentry: eng/MAC_address__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: MAC address
trans_list: MAC-osoite
sense:
(computing, networking) Media Access Control address; a unique identifying number assigned to most network devices.


lexentry: eng/MOOC__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: MOOC
trans_list: MOOC | massiivinen avoin verkkokurssi
sense:
A massive open online course designed for a very large enrollment, offered on the World Wide Web by an educational institution and typically free of charge.


lexentry: eng/MP3_player__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: MP3 player
trans_list: MP3-soitin
sense:
An electronic device for playing digital audio files in the MP3 format and, in many cases, files in some other formats, as well as including a radio function.


lexentry: eng/MRSA__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: MRSA
trans_list: MRSA
sense:
(microbiology, medicine) Initialism of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus; a bacterium responsible for serious infections.


lexentry: eng/Macanese__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Macanese
trans_list: macaolainen
sense:
(chiefly, in the plural) A member of an ethnic group from Macau of mixed European (usually Portuguese) and Asian (usually Chinese) origin.


lexentry: eng/Macaronesia__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Macaronesia
trans_list: Makaronesia
sense:
A group of islands in the North Atlantic: the Azores, the Canary Islands, Cape Verde, Madeira and the Savage Islands.


lexentry: eng/Macau__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Macau
trans_list: Macao
sense:
A special administrative region of the People's Republic of China, west of Hong Kong, previously under Portuguese control.


lexentry: eng/Maccabee__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Maccabee
trans_list: makkabilainen
sense:
(biblical) A member of the Maccabees (a liberation movement in Israel who established Jewish independence in the Land of Israel in the second and first centuries BC).


lexentry: eng/Macedonia__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Macedonia
trans_list: Makedonia
sense:
An ancient Greek kingdom, located to the north of Thessaly, comprising the Greek city of Thessaloniki and its surroundings.


lexentry: eng/Macedonia__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: Macedonia
trans_list: Makedonia
sense:
A geographical region which includes the Republic of North Macedonia, the Greek region of Macedonia, the Pirin region of Bulgaria, and small parts of Albania and Serbia.


lexentry: eng/Mach's_principle__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Mach's principle
trans_list: Machin periaate
sense:
(physics) The principle that the inertia of a body arises from its relation to the totality of all other bodies in the universe.


lexentry: eng/Mach__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Mach
trans_list: Mach
sense:
(physics, uncountable) A ratio of the speed (of an object, etc.) to the speed of sound in the fluid or other medium through which the object travels. Usually used to describe supersonic speeds; always precedes the Mach number.


lexentry: eng/Machiavellian__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Machiavellian
trans_list: häikäilemätön | machiavellilainen | machiavellimainen
sense:
Attempting to achieve goals by cunning, scheming, and unscrupulous methods, especially in politics or in advancing one's career.


lexentry: eng/Machiavellianism__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Machiavellianism
trans_list: machiavellismi
sense:
(philosophy, politics) A political philosophy, based on the writings of Machiavelli, especially The Prince, that advocates the use of ruthlessness and duplicity in political dealings.


lexentry: eng/Madagascan_fish_eagle__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Madagascan fish eagle
trans_list: madagaskarinmerikotka
sense:
Haliaeetus vociferoides, a species of eagle native to the coastal strip in the northwest of Madagascar.


lexentry: eng/Madagascar__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Madagascar
trans_list: Madagaskar
sense:
An island and country off the east coast of Africa. Official name: Republic of Madagascar. Capital: Antananarivo.


lexentry: eng/Madeira_petrel__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Madeira petrel
trans_list: madeiranviistäjä
sense:
An endangered species of gadfly petrel endemic to the island of Madeira, Portugal, Pterodroma madeira.


lexentry: eng/Madelung's_deformity__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Madelung's deformity
trans_list: epämuodostuma
sense:
The presence of malformed wrists and wrist bones and short stature, often associated with Léri-Weill dyschondrosteosis.


lexentry: eng/Mafia__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Mafia
trans_list: mafia
sense:
Any other specific organized crime syndicate operating internationally in high-level organized crime; often with a modifying adjective, such as a nationality.


lexentry: eng/Mafia__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Mafia
trans_list: mafia
sense:
The international criminal organization of Sicilian origin operating in Italy and the United States.


lexentry: eng/Maghreb__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Maghreb
trans_list: Maghreb
sense:
A region of North Africa. Northwest Africa, the region of Africa north of the Sahara and west of the Nile. The lands of the Maghreb are generally considered to be the coastal plains of Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, and western Libya.


lexentry: eng/Magi__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Magi
trans_list: Itämaan tietäjät
sense:
(Christianity) Chiefly preceded by the (three): the wise men who visited and gave gifts to the baby Jesus at the Epiphany (traditionally considered to be three in number and sometimes named Balthazar, Caspar, and Melchior, but the Bible does not state how many there were or their names).


lexentry: eng/Magi__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: Magi
trans_list: Orionin vyö
sense:
(astronomy, by extension) The three bright stars (Alnitak (ζ Ori), Alnilam (ε Ori), and Mintaka (δ Ori)) that form Orion's Belt in the Orion constellation.


lexentry: eng/Magna_Carta__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Magna Carta
trans_list: Magna Carta
sense:
(historical) A charter granted by King John to the barons at Runnymede in 1215, which is one of the bases of English constitutional tradition; a physical copy of this charter, or a later version.


lexentry: eng/Magna_Graecia__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Magna Graecia
trans_list: Magna Graecia | Suur-Kreikka
sense:
(historical) The ancient coastal regions of Sicily and southern Italy once colonized by Greek settlers.


lexentry: eng/Mahabharata__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Mahabharata
trans_list: Mahabharata
sense:
(Hinduism, mythology) An ancient Sanskrit epic concerning some text of the Bhagavad Gita, including elaborations on theology and morality.


lexentry: eng/Maillard_reaction__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Maillard reaction
trans_list: Maillardin reaktio
sense:
(organic chemistry) The condensation reaction of an amino acid and a reducing sugar, followed by polymerization to form brown pigments - melanoidins; one of the causes of browning during cooking. [from 1910s]


lexentry: eng/Main_Street__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Main Street
trans_list: valtakatu
sense:
The generic street name (and often the official name) of the primary retail street of a village, town, or small city in the United States, Canada, Ireland, some parts of Scotland and also in some countries in central Europe.


lexentry: eng/Maine__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: Maine
trans_list: Maine
sense:
A state of the United States; probably named for the province in France. Capital: Augusta. Largest city: Portland.


lexentry: eng/Major_Mitchell's_cockatoo__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Major Mitchell's cockatoo
trans_list: arokakadu
sense:
A cockatoo of species Cacatua leadbeateri (syn. Lophochroa leadbeateri), having distinctive salmon pink plumage and a bright red and yellow crest, principally of arid Australia.


lexentry: eng/Makalu__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Makalu
trans_list: Makalu
sense:
A mountain in the Himalayas, on the border of Sankhuwasabha district, Koshi, Nepal and Tingri County, Shigatse, Tibet Autonomous Region, China; the fifth highest mountain in the world.


lexentry: eng/Malagasy__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: Malagasy
trans_list: malagassi
sense:
(uncountable) The languages of Madagascar or of the Malagasy people, when considered to be one language.


lexentry: eng/Malay_Peninsula__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Malay Peninsula
trans_list: Malakan niemimaa
sense:
A peninsula in Southeast Asia containing the southernmost tip of Myanmar, Peninsular Malaysia and Southern Thailand.


lexentry: eng/Malay__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Malay
trans_list: malaiji | malaijinkielinen | malesialainen
sense:
Of or relating to the Malays, a people living in Brunei, on the eastern coast of Sumatra, the islands of Bangka and Belitung, the Riau archipelago and the coastal areas of Kalimantan in Indonesia, in most of Malaysia (states where they are politically dominant), in Singapore and in the southernmost provinces of Thailand.


lexentry: eng/Malay__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Malay
trans_list: malaiji
sense:
(countable) A person of Malay ancestry, referring to a diverse group of Austronesian peoples inhabiting the Malay archipelago and Malay peninsula in Southeast Asia.


lexentry: eng/Malay__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Malay
trans_list: malaiji
sense:
(broad sense) The Malay language, an Austronesian language spoken by most Malay people and by others where it is an official language, including under the name Indonesian.


lexentry: eng/Maldives__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Maldives
trans_list: Malediivit
sense:
An archipelago and country in South Asia, located in the Indian Ocean off the coast of India. Official name: Republic of Maldives. Capital: Malé.


lexentry: eng/Mameluke__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Mameluke
trans_list: mamelukki
sense:
(historical) A member of various military regimes in the Middle East established and run by freed white slave soldiers, mainly from the Eurasian steppe or the Caucasus; in particular, those who formed a ruling caste in Egypt from 1250 until 1812 and in Syria from 1260 until 1516.


lexentry: eng/Manchester__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 06
written_rep: Manchester
trans_list: Manchester
sense:
The largest city in New Hampshire, United States and one of the two county seats of Hillsborough County.


lexentry: eng/Manchukuo__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Manchukuo
trans_list: Mantšukuo
sense:
A puppet state of Imperial Japan, existing from 1932 to 1945, conceived as a purported Manchu nation-state under the restored Qing dynasty. Capital: Hsinking (Changchun).


lexentry: eng/Manchuria__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: Manchuria
trans_list: Mantšuria
sense:
(historical) The area traditionally inhabited by the Manchu people and their Jurchen predecessors, in modern China and Russia.


lexentry: eng/Manchurian_hare__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Manchurian hare
trans_list: mantšurianjänis
sense:
Lepus mandshuricus, a forest-dwelling hare found in northeastern China and Russia, the Amur River basin, and the higher mountains of northern Korea.


lexentry: eng/Mandaeism__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Mandaeism
trans_list: mandealaisuus
sense:
A monotheistic religion of the Iraq region with a strongly dualistic and gnostic worldview, whose adherents (the Mandaeans) revere Adam and other Biblical figures, especially John the Baptist.


lexentry: eng/Mandarin__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Mandarin
trans_list: mandariinikiina
sense:
Standard Mandarin, an official language of China and Taiwan, and one of four official languages in Singapore; Putonghua, Guoyu or Huayu.


lexentry: eng/Mandelbrot_set__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Mandelbrot set
trans_list: Mandelbrotin fraktaali | Mandelbrotin joukko
sense:
(mathematics) the set of complex numbers c for which the orbit of 0 under iteration of the complex quadratic polynomial zn+1 = zn2 + c remains bounded. The boundary of this set is a fractal.


lexentry: eng/Mandingo__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Mandingo
trans_list: mandingo
sense:
A macrolanguage spoken primarily in West Africa, with seven individual languages: Mandinka, Eastern Maninkakan, Forest Maninka, Kita Maninkakan, Konyanka Maninka, Sankaran Maninka, Western Maninkakan.


lexentry: eng/Manhattan__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: Manhattan
trans_list: Manhattan | manhattan
sense:
Ellipsis of Borough of Manhattan.; A borough of New York City, New York, United States, mainly on Manhattan Island, coterminous with New York County.


lexentry: eng/Manichaean__Adjective__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: Manichaean
trans_list: manikealainen
sense:
(by extension) Of or relating to a worldview of distinct good and evil, especially to the exclusion of other possible categories.


lexentry: eng/Manichaeism__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Manichaeism
trans_list: manikealaisuus
sense:
(religion) A syncretic, dualistic religion that combines elements of Zoroastrian, Christian, and Gnostic thought, founded by the Iranian prophet Mani in 3rd century AD.


lexentry: eng/Manichaeism__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: Manichaeism
trans_list: manikealaisuus
sense:
(philosophy) A dualistic philosophy dividing the world between good and evil principles, or regarding matter as intrinsically evil and mind as intrinsically good.


lexentry: eng/Mannerism__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Mannerism
trans_list: manierismi
sense:
(arts) A style of art developed at the end of the High Renaissance, characterized by the deliberate distortion and exaggeration of perspective and especially the elongation of figures.


lexentry: eng/Mansi__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Mansi
trans_list: mansi
sense:
The Uralic language spoken by these people, now more often considered a group of closely related languages.


lexentry: eng/Mantoux_test__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Mantoux test
trans_list: Mantoux'n koe | Mantoux'n testi | Mantoux-testi
sense:
(immunology) A skin test for tuberculosis, involving an injection of PPD (purified protein derivative).


lexentry: eng/Manx_cat__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Manx cat
trans_list: mansaarenkissa | manx
sense:
A domestic cat of a breed that is native to the Isle of Man, principally characterized by suppression of the tail, and with a short-haired coat and a medium-sized, rounded, cobby body.


lexentry: eng/Mao_suit__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Mao suit
trans_list: maotakki
sense:
A type of jacket popularized in China in the 20th century, with two breast pockets and two waist pockets.


lexentry: eng/Maoism__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Maoism
trans_list: maolaisuus
sense:
The philosophy espoused by Chinese leader Mao Zedong, a form of Marxism-Leninism that focuses on the peasantry as the revolutionary vanguard.


lexentry: eng/Marathi__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Marathi
trans_list: maharashtralainen | marathinkielinen
sense:
Pertaining to the state of Maharashtra, to the Marathi-speaking people from the state, or to the Marathi language.


lexentry: eng/Marathi__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Marathi
trans_list: marathi
sense:
A person of a Marathi-speaking people from the state of Maharashtra; a person of or from Maharashtra.


lexentry: eng/Marathon__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Marathon
trans_list: maraton
sense:
A town in Attica, Greece, the site of the victory in 490 BC of heavily outnumbered Athenians against Persians.


lexentry: eng/March__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: March
trans_list: maaliskuu
sense:
The third month of the Gregorian calendar, following February and preceding April. Abbreviation: Mar or Mar.


lexentry: eng/Marcionism__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Marcionism
trans_list: markionismi
sense:
(Christianity) An early Christian following akin to but distinct from gnosticism which rejected the validity of the Old Testament and essentially denied the Trinity, regarding God the Father as an inferior demiurge, and that Jesus had nothing to do with the First Person of the Trinity.


lexentry: eng/Mariana_Trench__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Mariana Trench
trans_list: hauta
sense:
(oceanography) A submarine trench in the North Pacific Ocean, noted for having the deepest known point on Earth.


lexentry: eng/Marie_Rose_sauce__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Marie Rose sauce
trans_list: Marie Rose-kastike
sense:
A condiment made from a blend of ketchup and mayonnaise, most often served with seafood, especially prawns.


lexentry: eng/Mariupol_Greek__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Mariupol Greek
trans_list: Mariupolin kreikka
sense:
A Greek dialect spoken by the ethnic Greeks living along the northern coast of the Sea of Azov, in southeastern Ukraine.


lexentry: eng/Mariupol__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Mariupol
trans_list: Mariupol
sense:
A city in Mariupol Raion, Donetsk Oblast, in eastern Ukraine, on the shore of the Sea of Azov, of the Black Sea.


lexentry: eng/Mark__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: Mark
trans_list: Markus | Markku
sense:
Mark the Evangelist, also called John Mark, the first patriarch of Alexandria, credited with the authorship of the Gospel of Mark.


lexentry: eng/Mark__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: Mark
trans_list: Markus | Markuksen evankeliumi
sense:
(biblical) The Gospel of St. Mark, a book of the New Testament of the Bible. Traditionally the second of the four gospels.


lexentry: eng/Markov_process__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Markov process
trans_list: Markov-prosessi | Markovin prosessi
sense:
(probability theory) Any stochastic process for which the conditional probability distribution of future states depends only on the current state (and not on past states).


lexentry: eng/Marseille__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Marseille
trans_list: Marseilles
sense:
The capital city of the Bouches-du-Rhône department, France; capital city of the region of Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur.


lexentry: eng/Marshall_Islands__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Marshall Islands
trans_list: Marshallinsaaret
sense:
A country consisting of two archipelagos in Micronesia, in Oceania. Official name: Republic of the Marshall Islands. Capital and largest city: Majuro.


lexentry: eng/Martinique__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Martinique
trans_list: Martinique
sense:
An island, overseas department, and administrative region of France, in the Caribbean. Official name: Department of Martinique.


lexentry: eng/Marxian__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Marxian
trans_list: marxilainen
sense:
Of, pertaining to, or influenced by the 19th-century philosopher Karl Marx and his political and economic theories; now often distinguished from Marxist by the nuance that one does not necessarily adhere to Marxism itself. [from 19th c.]


lexentry: eng/Marxism-Leninism__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Marxism-Leninism
trans_list: marxismi-leninismi
sense:
(politics, communism) A communist ideological stream that emerged as the mainstream tendency amongst the Communist parties in the 1920s as it was adopted as the ideological foundation of the Communist International during Stalin's era, and was later adopted by the People's Republic of China, Cuba, Vietnam, and several other nations.


lexentry: eng/Marxism__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Marxism
trans_list: marxismi | marxilaisuus
sense:
The socialist and communist philosophy and political program founded by Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels.


lexentry: eng/Marxism__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: Marxism
trans_list: marxismi | marxilaisuus
sense:
The socialist and communist theory of the followers of Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels; a radical, revolutionary political philosophy that aims to capture state power, introduce a dictatorship of the proletariat, and then progress to communism.


lexentry: eng/Mary__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: Mary
trans_list: Maria
sense:
(Islam) The 19th sura (chapter) of the Qur'an, recounting the events leading up to the birth of Jesus.


lexentry: eng/Maryland__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Maryland
trans_list: Maryland
sense:
A state of the United States; named for Queen Mary, queen consort of England, Scotland and Ireland. Capital: Annapolis. Largest city: Baltimore.


lexentry: eng/Mascarene_Islands__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Mascarene Islands
trans_list: Maskareenien saaret
sense:
An archipelago in the Indian Ocean, consisting of Mauritius, Réunion, Rodrigues and the Cargados Carajos.


lexentry: eng/Mass__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Mass
trans_list: messu
sense:
(Roman Catholic Church) The principal liturgical service of the Church, encompassing both a scripture service (Liturgy of the Word) and a eucharistic service (Liturgy of the Eucharist), which includes the consecration and oblation (offering) of the host and wine.


lexentry: eng/Master_of_Science__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Master of Science
trans_list: diplomi-insinööri | filosofian maisteri
sense:
A degree that usually requires 2-3 years beyond a Bachelor of Science and emphasizes science and scientific applications. The degree is less advanced than a Doctorate degree.


lexentry: eng/Matthew__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: Matthew
trans_list: Matteuksen evankeliumi | Matteus
sense:
(biblical) The Gospel of St. Matthew, the first book of the New Testament of the Bible. Traditionally the first of the four gospels, a book attributed to Matthew the Evangelist.


lexentry: eng/Mauretania__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Mauretania
trans_list: Mauritania
sense:
An ancient Berber kingdom on the Mediterranean coast of north Africa which was annexed by the Romans.


lexentry: eng/Mauser__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Mauser
trans_list: mauseri | mauserpistooli
sense:
Any of the firearms made or designed by the German company Mauser, notably automatic pistols and bolt action rifles.


lexentry: eng/Maxwell's_demon__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Maxwell's demon
trans_list: Maxwellin demoni
sense:
A hypothetical creature created for a thought experiment. Maxwell’s demon, if it existed, would act as a sort of gate guard by sorting between higher-energy molecules and lower-energy molecules within an enclosed space. Because such a sorting process would tend to decrease entropy, it would violate the second law of thermodynamics.


lexentry: eng/Maxwellisation__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Maxwellisation
trans_list: Maxwellin–Boltzmannin jakauman omaksuminen
sense:
(physics) The property of exhibiting a Maxwellian distribution (or Maxwell–Boltzmann distribution), especially as regards the speed of a particle.


lexentry: eng/Maxwellisation__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: Maxwellisation
trans_list: tutkinnan arvostelun lukeminen ennalta
sense:
(Britain, law) A process whereby a person criticized in an official inquiry is given an opportunity to read and respond to the criticisms before the report of the inquiry is published.


lexentry: eng/May_Day__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: May Day
trans_list: vappu
sense:
The first day of May, a festival celebrating the beginning of the spring season; originally, and still among neopagans, a fertility celebration.


lexentry: eng/Maya__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Maya
trans_list: maya | mayakulttuuri
sense:
a flourishing Mesoamerican civilization that existed in and around Guatemala from the 3rd century to the 9th century.


lexentry: eng/Maya__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Maya
trans_list: maya | mayakulttuuri
sense:
a variety of Mesoamerican peoples with farming from around 1000 BC onward, who developed a large civilization from the 3rd century onward


lexentry: eng/Maya__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Maya
trans_list: maya
sense:
various Mesoamerican peoples living in the Spanish Empire, and now parts of Mexico, Guatemala and Honduras


lexentry: eng/Maya__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Maya
trans_list: maya | mayakulttuuri
sense:
various Mesoamerican peoples that continued in competing civilizations from the 10th century onward until conquered by Spain


lexentry: eng/Mayotte__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Mayotte
trans_list: Mayotte
sense:
An archipelago, overseas department, and administrative region of France, formerly an overseas territorial collectivity, located between Africa's mainland and Madagascar.


lexentry: eng/McCarthyism__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: McCarthyism
trans_list: mccarthyismi
sense:
The intense opposition to, and fear and suspicion of, Communism, particularly in the United States during the 1950s.


lexentry: eng/McJob__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: McJob
trans_list: hanttihomma | paskaduuni
sense:
(colloquial, sometimes, pejorative) A typically entry-level job, often part-time or temporary, generally paying low wages and requiring minimal training, such as entry-level positions at fast-food restaurants.


lexentry: eng/Meadow_Mari__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Meadow Mari
trans_list: itämari | niittymari
sense:
A standardized dialect of the Mari language used mainly in the European part of the Russian Federation.


lexentry: eng/Mecca__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Mecca
trans_list: Mekka
sense:
A large city, the provincial capital of Mecca Province in the in the Hejaz region, Saudi Arabia, the holiest place in Islam, location of the sacred Ka'ba, and to which Muslims are required to make a hajj at least once in their lifetime, if possible.


lexentry: eng/Mechitarist__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Mechitarist
trans_list: mekhitarilainen
sense:
(historical) A member of a congregation of Benedictine monks of the Armenian Catholic Church established in 1717 by Abbot Mekhitar of Sebaste on the island of San Lazzaro, south of Venice.


lexentry: eng/Median__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Median
trans_list: meedia
sense:
The northwestern Old Iranian language of the Medes, attested only by numerous loanwords in Old Persian, few borrowings in Old Armenian and some glosses in Ancient Greek; nothing is known of its grammar.


lexentry: eng/Medici_collar__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Medici collar
trans_list: Medici-kaulus
sense:
A fan-shaped (especially lace) collar, standing upright behind the head and sloping down to meet a square neckline in front.


lexentry: eng/Medieval_Latin__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Medieval Latin
trans_list: keskiaikainen latina
sense:
The Latin language as used during the Middle Ages, before it was developed by the Italian humanists into Renaissance Latin.


lexentry: eng/Mediterranean__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: Mediterranean
trans_list: Välimeren alue
sense:
A region of Southern Europe and North Africa and Western Asia. The region surrounding the Mediterranean Sea.


lexentry: eng/Mediterranean_diet__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Mediterranean diet
trans_list: Välimeren ruokavalio
sense:
A diet typical of that eaten by people in the Mediterranean region (with olive oil, legumes, unrefined cereals, fruits and vegetables, etc. and limited meat other than fish); thought to increase life expectancy and protect against heart disease and cancer.


lexentry: eng/Megaera__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Megaera
trans_list: Megaira
sense:
(Greek god) One of the Furies, Erinyes in Greek mythology, the cause of jealousy and envy, who punishes people who commit crimes, especially marital infidelity.


lexentry: eng/Meiji_period__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Meiji period
trans_list: Meiji-kausi
sense:
The 45-year reign of Emperor Meiji (1868-1912). During this time, Japan started its modernization and rose to world power status.


lexentry: eng/Mekong__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Mekong
trans_list: Mekong
sense:
A river in southeastern Asia that flows about 4,183 km (2,600 miles) from Tibet to the South China Sea in Vietnam.


lexentry: eng/Melanesia__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Melanesia
trans_list: Melanesia
sense:
A region of Oceania, made up of New Guinea, the Bismarck Archipelago, the Solomon Islands, New Caledonia, Vanuatu and Fiji.


lexentry: eng/Melkite__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Melkite
trans_list: melkiitti
sense:
(historical) In 5th-century Syria and Egypt, a sobriquet applied to Chalcedonians by their opponents, denoting the Chalcedonians' fidelity to the Byzantine emperor.


lexentry: eng/Melkite__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: Melkite
trans_list: melkiitti
sense:
(since the Great Schism) A member of the Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Alexandria, the Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Antioch or the Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Jerusalem; ellipsis of Orthodox Melkite.


lexentry: eng/Member_of_Parliament__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Member of Parliament
trans_list: kansanedustaja
sense:
(UK, Canada, Australia, NZ) A representative elected by the voters of an electoral district to a house of a parliament.


lexentry: eng/Memnon__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Memnon
trans_list: Memnon
sense:
(Greek mythology) An Ethiopian king and son of Tithonus and Eos. Considered a great warrior, he fought on the side of Troy and was killed by Achilles.


lexentry: eng/Mendelism__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Mendelism
trans_list: mendelismi
sense:
The whole body of principles of heredity, formulated by G. Mendel, that represent the basis of genetics.


lexentry: eng/Mennonite__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Mennonite
trans_list: mennoniitta
sense:
A member of any of a group of Protestant churches or denominations in the Anabaptist tradition, practicing credobaptism and committed to nonresistance and nonviolence, many of whom may wear plain dress and shun modern technology.


lexentry: eng/Mensa__Proper_noun__2
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Mensa
trans_list: Pöytä
sense:
(constellation) A summer constellation of the southern sky, originally named after Table Mountain in South Africa. It lies between the constellations of Hydrus and Volans.


lexentry: eng/Menshevik__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Menshevik
trans_list: menshevikki | menševikki
sense:
(now, chiefly, historical) A member of the gradualist or moderate wing of the Russian Social Democratic Labour Party during the years preceding the Russian Revolution, when they split with the Bolsheviks; or a member of a later independent moderate-Marxist party formed in 1917. [from 20th c.]


lexentry: eng/Mercury__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Mercury
trans_list: Merkurius
sense:
(astronomy) The first planet in the Solar system with the closest orbit to the Sun, named after the god; represented by ☿.


lexentry: eng/Mercury__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: Mercury
trans_list: Merkurius
sense:
(Roman god) The Roman god associated with speed, sometimes used as a messenger, wearing winged sandals; the Roman counterpart of the Greek god Hermes.


lexentry: eng/Merkel_cell__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Merkel cell
trans_list: Merkelin solu | neuroendokriininen solu
sense:
An oval receptor cell having synaptic contacts with somatosensory afferents, found in the skin of vertebrates and associated with the sense of light touch discrimination of shapes and textures.


lexentry: eng/Merya__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Merya
trans_list: merjalaiset
sense:
A Finno-Ugric tribe which lived in the region around the modern Moscow and was later assimilated by Slavs.


lexentry: eng/Mesoamerica__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Mesoamerica
trans_list: Väli-Amerikka
sense:
A pre-Columbian cultural region extending from the southern part of Mexico to an area that comprises some parts of the countries of Central America


lexentry: eng/Mesoarchean__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Mesoarchean
trans_list: keskiarkeeinen | mesoarkeeinen
sense:
(geology) Of a geologic era within the Archaean eon from about 3200 to 2800 million years ago; stromatolites have existed from this time.


lexentry: eng/Mesolithic__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Mesolithic
trans_list: mesoliittinen
sense:
Of or referring to the Middle Stone Age (also the Mesolithic period or the Mesolithic age), a prehistoric period that lasted between 10000 and 3000 BC.


lexentry: eng/Mesopotamia__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Mesopotamia
trans_list: Mesopotamia | Kaksoisvirranmaa
sense:
A region in Southwest Asia spanning from the rivers Euphrates and Tigris that is the site of one of the most ancient civilizations in the history of man.


lexentry: eng/Mesoproterozoic__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Mesoproterozoic
trans_list: keskiproterotsooinen | mesoproterotsooinen
sense:
(geology) Of a geologic era within the Proterozoic eon; comprises the Calymmian, Ectasian and Stennian periods from about 1600 to 900 million years ago, when the Rodinia supercontinent was formed.


lexentry: eng/Mesozoic__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Mesozoic
trans_list: mesotsooinen
sense:
(geology) Of a geologic era within the Phanerozoic eon that comprises the Triassic, Jurassic and Cretaceous periods from about 230 to 65 million years ago, when life on earth was dominated by reptiles.


lexentry: eng/Messidor__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Messidor
trans_list: messidor
sense:
(historical) The tenth month of the French Republican Calendar, from June 19 or 20 to July 18 or 19.


lexentry: eng/Methodist__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Methodist
trans_list: metodistinen
sense:
Of or pertaining to the branch of Christianity that descends from the religious societies overseen by John Wesley (1703–1791) among others.


lexentry: eng/Metis__Proper_noun__2
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Metis
trans_list: Metis
sense:
(Greek god) A Titan who was the personification of wisdom, the first spouse of Zeus, and the mother of Athena


lexentry: eng/Meuse__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Meuse
trans_list: Maas
sense:
A river in Europe that flows about 901 km (560 mi) from France through Belgium and the Netherlands to the North Sea.


lexentry: eng/Mexican_Plateau__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Mexican Plateau
trans_list: Meksikon keskiylänkö
sense:
A plateau in Mexico, lying between two mountain ranges: the Sierra Madre Oriental on its east, and the Sierra Madre Occidental on its west.


lexentry: eng/Mexican_Spanish__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Mexican Spanish
trans_list: meksikonespanja
sense:
A set of variations of the Spanish language as spoken in Mexico and in some parts of the United States and Canada, where there are communities of Hispanic origin influenced by North American Spanish-speaking media.


lexentry: eng/Mexican_jumping_bean__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Mexican jumping bean
trans_list: meksikolainen hyppypapu
sense:
A type of seed of a shrub of the genus Sebastiania in which a larva has hatched from an egg laid there by a moth (Cydia deshaisiana, the movement of the larva causing the seed to move around.


lexentry: eng/Mexican_marigold__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Mexican marigold
trans_list: isosamettikukka
sense:
A wild flowering plant, Tagetes erecta, native to Mexico and Central America, with numerous small orangish petals.


lexentry: eng/Mexican_tarragon__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Mexican tarragon
trans_list: rohtosamettikukka | samettirakuuna
sense:
A perennial plant with tarragon-flavored leaves, Tagetes lucida, native to Mexico and Central America, used as a medicinal plant and as a culinary herb.


lexentry: eng/Mexican_wave__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Mexican wave
trans_list: aalto
sense:
(UK, Ireland, Commonwealth) A phenomenon that primarily occurs at sports events, where the members of the crowd stand up and/or raise their hands in turn, creating the illusion of a wave passing through the crowd.


lexentry: eng/Meänkieli__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Meänkieli
trans_list: meänkieli | tornionlaaksonsuomi | meän kieli
sense:
A language spoken by some 40,000–70,000 people mainly in Northern Sweden. It is a variant of Finnish with a structure and grammar similar to Finnish, but the vocabulary considerably influenced by Swedish.


lexentry: eng/Micah__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: Micah
trans_list: Miika
sense:
An Ephraimite featured in Judges 17–18 and protagonist of the Micah’s idol narrative. Also called Michas.


lexentry: eng/Michael__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: Michael
trans_list: Mikael
sense:
(Judaism, Christianity, Islam) An archangel associated with defending the faithful in the tribulation.


lexentry: eng/Michaelmas_daisy__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Michaelmas daisy
trans_list: elokuunasteri
sense:
(botany) Any of several species and hybrids of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae, particularly in the genera Aster or Symphyotrichum; a flower of any such plant. [from 18th c.]


lexentry: eng/Michigan__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Michigan
trans_list: ilmaveivi
sense:
(ice hockey) A deke consisting of lifting the puck with the stick and throwing it under the top corner of the goal, while skating behind the net.


lexentry: eng/Mickey_Mouse__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Mickey Mouse
trans_list: Mikki Hiiri
sense:
The most famous Disney cartoon character, an anthropomorphic mouse with a falsetto voice and a cheerful disposition.


lexentry: eng/Micronesia__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: Micronesia
trans_list: Mikronesia
sense:
A country consisting of about 2000 islands in Oceania. Official name: Federated States of Micronesia. Capital: Palikir.


lexentry: eng/Microscopium__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Microscopium
trans_list: Mikroskooppi
sense:
(constellation) A faint constellation of the southern spring sky, said to resemble a microscope. It lies south of the constellation of Capricornus.


lexentry: eng/Mid-Autumn_Festival__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: Mid-Autumn Festival
trans_list: keskisyksyn juhla
sense:
(collective) The East Asian festivals originating, inspired, or co-opted from the Chinese Mid-Autumn Festival.


lexentry: eng/Midas_touch__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: Midas touch
trans_list: Midaan kosketus
sense:
(idiomatic) The ability to achieve financial reward (or, more generally, success) from one's actions easily and consistently.


lexentry: eng/Middle_Ages__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Middle Ages
trans_list: keskiaika
sense:
(history) The period of primarily European history between the decline of the Western Roman Empire (antiquity) and the early modern period or the Renaissance; the time between c. 500 and 1500 CE.


lexentry: eng/Middle_Cambrian__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Middle Cambrian
trans_list: keskikambrikausi
sense:
(geology, dated) An epoch from 513 to 501 million years ago, ending with the first occurrences of Glyptagnostus reticulatus in the fossil record.


lexentry: eng/Middle_Chinese__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Middle Chinese
trans_list: keskikiina
sense:
Chinese language spoken during Southern and Northern Dynasties and the Sui, Tang, and Song dynasties (6th century – 10th century)


lexentry: eng/Middle_Dutch__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Middle Dutch
trans_list: keskihollanti
sense:
Collective name for a number of closely related West Germanic dialects (whose ancestor was Old Dutch) which were spoken and written between 1150 and 1500 in the present-day Dutch-speaking area. There was at that time as yet no overarching standard language, but they were all mutually intelligible.


lexentry: eng/Middle_East__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: Middle East
trans_list: Lähi-itä
sense:
(geopolitics) The region comprising West Asia without the South Caucasus and additionally including all of Egypt (not just the Sinai) and all of Turkey (not just Asian Turkey).


lexentry: eng/Middle_English__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Middle English
trans_list: keskienglanti
sense:
The ancient or older language of Modern English, spoken in England and parts of Scotland (where it became Lowland Scots) from about 1100 AD to 1500 AD.


lexentry: eng/Middle_French__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Middle French
trans_list: keskiranska
sense:
A historical division of the French language, spoken roughly from 1340 to 1610, during which French became established as the official language of France.


lexentry: eng/Middle_High_German__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Middle High German
trans_list: keskiyläsaksa
sense:
An ancestor to the modern (High) German language, spoken from 1050 to about 1500. Some linguists prefer to use 1350 as the end of the Middle High German period, calling the period from 1350 to 1650 Early New High German in a broad sense.


lexentry: eng/Middle_Irish__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Middle Irish
trans_list: keski-iiri
sense:
The Goidelic language spoken in Ireland, Scotland, and the Isle of Man from the 10th to the 12th century.


lexentry: eng/Middle_Kingdom__Proper_noun__2
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Middle Kingdom
trans_list: keskivaltakunta
sense:
(historical) Egypt from the time of its reunification under Mentuhotep II in the 11th Dynasty (ending the First Intermediate Period) to its disintegration during the 13th Dynasty and the beginning of the Second Intermediate Period.


lexentry: eng/Middle_Low_German__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Middle Low German
trans_list: keskialasaksa
sense:
A language or collection of dialects that descended from Old Saxon and is the ancestor of modern Low German, spoken from about 1100 to 1600.


lexentry: eng/Middle_Ottoman__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Middle Ottoman
trans_list: klassinen osmaninturkki
sense:
A register of the Ottoman Turkish language typical to the time from 1501–1800 and later a chosen register, particularly seen as exclusive to an educated elite, as marked by complex syntax (lacking punctuation) and largely Persianized and Arabicized vocabulary and sentence structure.


lexentry: eng/Migration_Period__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Migration Period
trans_list: kansainvaellusaika
sense:
(history) The age of mass migration of Germanic people in Europe during the early Middle Ages, circa 376 to 800 CE.


lexentry: eng/Milgram_experiment__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Milgram experiment
trans_list: Milgramin tottelevaisuuskoe
sense:
A social psychology experiment performed by Stanley Milgram in 1963, measuring people's willingness to obey an authority figure who instructed them to perform acts conflicting with their personal conscience.


lexentry: eng/Milky_Way__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: Milky Way
trans_list: linnunrata | Linnunrata
sense:
(astronomy) A broad band of diffuse white light, visible in the night sky; our view of the dense portions of the Milky Way Galaxy from inside the galaxy. [from late 14th c.]


lexentry: eng/Minecraft__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Minecraft
trans_list: Minecraft
sense:
(video games) A sandbox video game, released in 2011, in which players explore a three-dimensional world made of blocks and can craft items and build structures.


lexentry: eng/Minnesota__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: Minnesota
trans_list: Minnesota
sense:
(historical) A former territory (1849–1858) of the United States, encompassing the modern state and part of the Dakotas. Capital: Saint Paul.


lexentry: eng/Minoan__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Minoan
trans_list: minolainen
sense:
Of or relating to the civilization that developed in Crete from the neolithic period to the Bronze Age (about 3000-1050 B.C.E.).


lexentry: eng/Minos__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Minos
trans_list: Minos
sense:
(Greek mythology) The mythological first king of Crete, a son of Zeus by Europa, who imprisoned the Minotaur in a labyrinth and after death was made a judge of the dead in Hades; a putative corresponding historical person.


lexentry: eng/Miocene__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Miocene
trans_list: mioseenikautinen
sense:
(geology) Of a geologic epoch within the Neogene period from about 23 to 5.3 million years ago; marked by the drift of continents to their present position.


lexentry: eng/Mira__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Mira
trans_list: Mira
sense:
(star) A binary star in the constellation Cetus, Omicron (ο) Ceti. The system contains a variable red giant and a white dwarf. Its brightness varies from a magnitude 2 at its brightest to a magnitude 10 at its dimmest.


lexentry: eng/Mirandese__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Mirandese
trans_list: mirandeesi
sense:
An endangered Romance language spoken in the northeastern corner of Portugal, principally in the municipalities of Miranda do Douro and Vimioso.


lexentry: eng/Mishar__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Mishar
trans_list: mišääri
sense:
A person belonging to a major subgroup of Tatars, a.k.a. Volga Tatars, mainly populating the western part of Tatarstan and neighbouring regions of Russia.


lexentry: eng/Miss__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Miss
trans_list: neiti
sense:
Form of address, now used chiefly for an unmarried woman; used chiefly of girls before the mid-1700s, and thereafter used also of adult women without regard to marital status.


lexentry: eng/Mississippi__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: Mississippi
trans_list: Mississippi
sense:
(with the) A major river in the United States that flows from north-central Minnesota into the Gulf of Mexico.


lexentry: eng/Mississippian__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Mississippian
trans_list: varhaiskivihiilikautinen
sense:
(geology) Of a geologic epoch within the Carboniferous period from about 359 to 318 million years ago; marked by glaciation and the appearance of the first trees.


lexentry: eng/Missouri__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Missouri
trans_list: Missouri
sense:
A state in the Midwestern region of the United States. Capital: Jefferson City. Largest city: Kansas City.


lexentry: eng/Missouri__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: Missouri
trans_list: Missouri | Missouri-joki
sense:
The longest river in North America, rising in the Rocky Mountains of western Montana and flowing roughly southeast over 2,300 miles through North Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska, Iowa, Kansas and Missouri, before joining the Mississippi at St. Louis.


lexentry: eng/Mixolydian__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Mixolydian
trans_list: miksolyydinen
sense:
(music) Designating the Mixolydian mode, the highest of the ancient Greek modes, and now having final G and D dominant.


lexentry: eng/Modern_Greek__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Modern Greek
trans_list: nykykreikka
sense:
The Greek language as spoken by the Greek people since the fall of Constantinople in 1453. It was written using polytonic script until 1982, when this was officially dropped in favour of monotonic.


lexentry: eng/Modern_Standard_Arabic__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Modern Standard Arabic
trans_list: standardiarabia
sense:
The standard and literary variety of Arabic used in writing and in formal speech in the Arab world since c. the 19th century.


lexentry: eng/Moebius_syndrome__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Moebius syndrome
trans_list: Möbiuksen oireyhtymä | Möbiuksen syndrooma
sense:
(neurology) A rare congenital disorder characterized by facial paralysis and an inability to move one's eyes from side to side.


lexentry: eng/Mohawk__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: Mohawk
trans_list: irokeesi | irokeesikampaus | irokeesitukka | mohikaanikampaus
sense:
A hairstyle where both sides are shaved, with the hair along the crest of the head kept long, and usually styled so as to stand straight up.


lexentry: eng/Mohism__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Mohism
trans_list: mohismi
sense:
(Chinese philosophy) The doctrines of Mozi and his followers, especially the concept of universal love.


lexentry: eng/Moldavia__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Moldavia
trans_list: Moldavia
sense:
(historical) A former principality in Eastern Europe, which occupied a region now made up of the country of Moldova and northeastern Romania.


lexentry: eng/Moldavia__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: Moldavia
trans_list: Moldavia
sense:
Moldavia, Western Moldavia (a region in eastern Romania adjacent to the country of Moldova, once part of the principality of Moldova).


lexentry: eng/Moldavian_SSR__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Moldavian SSR
trans_list: Moldavian SNT
sense:
Moldavian Soviet Socialist Republic, the name for the Republic of Moldova while under the rule of the Soviet Union (1940–1941 and 1945–1991).


lexentry: eng/Moldavian__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Moldavian
trans_list: moldavialainen
sense:
(historical) An inhabitant or citizen of the former Principality of Moldavia or Moldavian Soviet Socialist Republic.


lexentry: eng/Moldova__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Moldova
trans_list: Moldova | Moldavia
sense:
A country in Eastern Europe. Official name: Republic of Moldova. Capital and largest city: Chișinău.


lexentry: eng/Moldova__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: Moldova
trans_list: Moldova | Moldavia
sense:
A region in eastern Romania adjacent to the country of Moldova, once part of the principality of Moldova.


lexentry: eng/Moldovan__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Moldovan
trans_list: moldova
sense:
The dialect of Romanian spoken in the Republic of Moldova, which may be written in either the Cyrillic or the Roman alphabet.


lexentry: eng/Moloch__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Moloch
trans_list: Moolok
sense:
An ancient Ammonite deity worshiped by the Canaanites, Phoenician and related cultures in North Africa and the Levant, often depicted with the head of a bull.


lexentry: eng/Molotov_cocktail__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Molotov cocktail
trans_list: polttopullo | Molotovin cocktail | Molotovin koktaili
sense:
A crude incendiary bomb made from a glass bottle, either filled with a flammable liquid such as petroleum and supplied with a rag for a fuse that is lit just before being hurled, or filled with such a mix of flammable liquids that it ignites itself when it is smashed and its contents are exposed to air.


lexentry: eng/Monday__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Monday
trans_list: maanantai
sense:
The second day of the week in many religious traditions, and the first day of the week in systems using the ISO 8601 norm. It follows Sunday and precedes Tuesday.


lexentry: eng/Mongol_Empire__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Mongol Empire
trans_list: Mongolivaltakunta
sense:
An empire of the Mongols and Turkic peoples which existed in Asia from 1206 to 1368 and became the largest contiguous land empire in human history, stretching from Central Europe east to the Sea of Japan and from Siberia south to the Indian subcontinent and the Middle East.


lexentry: eng/Mongolian_Plateau__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Mongolian Plateau
trans_list: Mongolian ylänkö
sense:
A plateau located between Mongolia, China and Russia with an area of approximately 3,200,000 square kilometres.


lexentry: eng/Mongolian__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: Mongolian
trans_list: mongoli
sense:
(uncountable) A group of languages from Mongolia, specifically Khalkha, the official language of Mongolia.


lexentry: eng/Mongolian_gazelle__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Mongolian gazelle
trans_list: mongoliangaselli
sense:
A medium-sized antelope native to the semiarid Central Asian steppes of Mongolia, as well as some parts of Siberia and China, Procapra gutturosa.


lexentry: eng/Mongolian_spot__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Mongolian spot
trans_list: mongoliläiskä
sense:
A benign, flat, congenital, usually blue to blue-black birthmark on the lower back with wavy borders and irregular shape, prevalent among East Asians, South-East Asians, Polynesians, Native Americans, East Africans, and the Turkish people. It normally disappears three to five years after birth and almost always by puberty.


lexentry: eng/Monoceros__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Monoceros
trans_list: Yksisarvinen
sense:
(constellation) A winter constellation of the northern sky, said to resemble a unicorn. It lies amid the Milky Way, just east of the constellation Orion.


lexentry: eng/Monopoly__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Monopoly
trans_list: Monopoli
sense:
(games, board games) A board game in which players use play money to buy and trade properties, with the objective of forcing opponents into bankruptcy.


lexentry: eng/Monopoly_money__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: Monopoly money
trans_list: monopoliraha
sense:
(slang, often, derogatory) Banknotes of foreign currency; especially those which are vibrant or flimsy.


lexentry: eng/Monopoly_money__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: Monopoly money
trans_list: monopoliraha
sense:
Money, especially paper money, that is perceived to have little or no value, or to be distributed freely.


lexentry: eng/Montanism__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Montanism
trans_list: montanismi
sense:
(Christianity) The doctrines of a heretical sect of the second to fifth centuries in Asia Minor, who held millenarian beliefs.


lexentry: eng/Monte_Carlo_method__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Monte Carlo method
trans_list: Monte Carlo -menetelmä
sense:
(mathematics, statistics) Any of a class of techniques for estimating the solution of a numerical mathematical problem by means of a random artificial sampling experiment that simulates the problem.


lexentry: eng/Montenegrin__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: Montenegrin
trans_list: montenegro
sense:
(uncountable) The standardized variety of Serbo-Croatian, a South Slavic language, spoken in Montenegro.


lexentry: eng/Montenegro__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Montenegro
trans_list: Montenegro
sense:
A country on the Balkan Peninsula in Southeast Europe. Capital and largest city: Podgorica. Part of Yugoslavia until 2003, then part of Serbia and Montenegro until 2006.


lexentry: eng/Montezuma's_revenge__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Montezuma's revenge
trans_list: Montezuman kosto
sense:
(humorous, euphemistic) Diarrhea experienced by tourists after drinking water or eating food in Mexico as a result of a microorganism to which native Mexicans are immune. [1962]


lexentry: eng/Montgolfier_balloon__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Montgolfier balloon
trans_list: kuumailmapallo
sense:
The most common type of hot-air balloon, a balloon lifted by only heated air with onboard burners, and a usually-manned platform at the base.


lexentry: eng/Moon__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Moon
trans_list: Kuu
sense:
The Earth's moon; the sole natural satellite of the Earth, represented in astronomy and astrology by ☾.


lexentry: eng/Moor__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: Moor
trans_list: mauri
sense:
(historical) A member of an Islamic people of Arab or Amazigh origin ruling Spain and parts of North Africa from the 8th to the 15th centuries.


lexentry: eng/Moore's_law__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Moore's law
trans_list: Mooren laki
sense:
(computing) An empirical observation that the density of transistors on a chip doubles every two years.


lexentry: eng/Moorish__Adjective__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: Moorish
trans_list: maurilainen
sense:
(architecture) Of or pertaining to a style of Spanish and Portuguese architecture from the time of the Moors, characterized by the horseshoe arch and ornate, geometric decoration.


lexentry: eng/Moravian__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: Moravian
trans_list: moraavi | määri
sense:
A group of Slavic dialects spoken in the Moravia region, considered by some linguists to compose a language separate from Czech.


lexentry: eng/Mormon__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Mormon
trans_list: mormoni
sense:
(originally, derogatory, sometimes, proscribed) A believer in the Mormon religion, which views Joseph Smith as a prophet of God and holds the Bible and the Book of Mormon as its primary scriptures.


lexentry: eng/Morpheus__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Morpheus
trans_list: Morfeus
sense:
(Greek god) The god and personification of dreams; according to the Roman poet Ovid, one of the sons of Somnus, the god of sleep.


lexentry: eng/Morse_code__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Morse code
trans_list: Morsen aakkoset | morseaakkoset
sense:
(telecommunications) A character code represented by dots and dashes (or short and long pulses), originally used to send messages by telegraph, later by flashes of light or by radio.


lexentry: eng/Moses__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Moses
trans_list: Mooses
sense:
(biblical character) The pharaonic patriarch who led the enslaved Hebrews out of Egypt, the brother of Aaron and Miriam described in the Book of Exodus and the Quran.


lexentry: eng/Mother's_Day__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Mother's Day
trans_list: äitienpäivä
sense:
(US, Canada) A day in honor of one's mother on the second Sunday in May in the United States and Canada.


lexentry: eng/Mother_of_God__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Mother of God
trans_list: Jumalansynnyttäjä | jumalanäiti
sense:
(Christianity) A dogmatic title of Mary, mother of Jesus, in particular reference to her role as mother of God.


lexentry: eng/Mount_Athos__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Mount Athos
trans_list: Athosvuori
sense:
A mountain and peninsula in northeastern Greece which is an important centre of Greek Orthodox monasticism.


lexentry: eng/Mount_Everest__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Mount Everest
trans_list: huippu
sense:
(figurative) An endeavour that is very demanding yet rewarding; also, a thing which is the highest achievement, challenge, etc.; the epitome, the pinnacle, the ultimate.


lexentry: eng/Mount_Everest__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Mount Everest
trans_list: Mount Everest
sense:
A mountain in the Himalayas, on the border of Solukhumbu district, Koshi, Nepal and Tingri County, Shigatse, Tibet Autonomous Region, China; the world's highest mountain above sea level. [from 1856]


lexentry: eng/Mount_Megiddo__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Mount Megiddo
trans_list: Tel Megiddo
sense:
A hill in modern Israel near the kibbutz of Megiddo, known for its historical, geographical, and theological importance.


lexentry: eng/Mount_of_Olives__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Mount of Olives
trans_list: Öljymäki
sense:
A mountain ridge east of and adjacent to the Old City of Jerusalem, a holy place for both Judaism and Christianity.


lexentry: eng/Mozambique__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Mozambique
trans_list: Mosambik
sense:
A country in East Africa and Southern Africa. Official name: Republic of Mozambique (since 1990). Capital: Maputo.


lexentry: eng/Mozarabic__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Mozarabic
trans_list: mosarabi
sense:
A continuum of closely related Romance dialects spoken in Muslim-dominated areas of the Iberian Peninsula during the early stages of Romance language development in Iberia.


lexentry: eng/Mr.__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Mr.
trans_list: hra
sense:
(US, Canada) Abbreviation of mister. A title used before the surname in theory, though not generally in practice, above some undefined social level, too old to be addressed as “Master”, not a knight or of some higher rank, and, in Britain though not in the United States, not entitled to be addressed as “Dr.”.


lexentry: eng/Mrs__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Mrs
trans_list: rva | Rva
sense:
Abbreviation of Missus or Mistress (used before an adult woman's name or surname, used for any high-status woman without regard to marital status until the 1800s, after which it began to be reserved for married, divorced and widowed women and used with their married surnames)


lexentry: eng/Ms__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Ms
trans_list: rva
sense:
Title used before an adult woman's name or surname, especially when it is not desired or possible to indicate her marital status with Miss or Mrs.


lexentry: eng/Muay_Thai__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Muay Thai
trans_list: thainyrkkeily
sense:
(martial arts) A sport practiced in Thailand which is similar to boxing but also allows strikes with the shins, feet, elbows, and knees.


lexentry: eng/Muhammad__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Muhammad
trans_list: Muhammad | Muhammed
sense:
(Islam, uncountable) The figure who introduced Islam, and the man to whom the Qur'an was revealed; considered a prophet by Muslims and Baháʼís.


lexentry: eng/Mummerset__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: Mummerset
trans_list: Mummersetin murre
sense:
(often, theater) An invented English-language dialect used by actors that mimics a stereotypical West Country rural accent.


lexentry: eng/Murray-Darling_Basin__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Murray-Darling Basin
trans_list: Murray-Darling-jokialue
sense:
A large geographical area in the interior of southeastern Australia, spanning most of the states of New South Wales, Victoria, and the Australian Capital Territory, and parts of the states of Queensland (lower third) and South Australia (southeastern corner).


lexentry: eng/Musca__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Musca
trans_list: Kärpänen
sense:
(constellation) An autumn constellation of the southern sky, said to resemble a fly, between the constellations of Carina and Apus.


lexentry: eng/Muscovy__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Muscovy
trans_list: Moskova
sense:
The Russian territory around and ruled from Moscow by grand princes until it became the nucleus of a united Russia, which its dynasty ruled first as czars (kings) from Moscow, later as emperors from Saint Petersburg.


lexentry: eng/Muzak__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Muzak
trans_list: hissimusiikki
sense:
(music) Easy listening music, whether played live or recorded, especially if regarded as uninteresting.


lexentry: eng/Muzak__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Muzak
trans_list: hissimusiikki | muzak
sense:
(music, trademark) Recorded background music characterized by soft, soothing instrumental sounds which is transmitted by wire, radio, or recorded media (originally on a subscription basis) to doctors' offices, shops, and other business premises. [from 1934]


lexentry: eng/Myanmar__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Myanmar
trans_list: Myanmar
sense:
A country in Southeast Asia. Official name: Republic of the Union of Myanmar. Capital: Naypyidaw. Also known as Burma (which was formerly the official name).


lexentry: eng/Mycenaean_Greek__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Mycenaean Greek
trans_list: mykeneläinen kreikka
sense:
The most ancient attested form of the Greek language, spoken on the Greek mainland and on Crete in the 16th to 11th centuries BC, written in Linear B script.


lexentry: eng/Mykolaiv__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 06
written_rep: Mykolaiv
trans_list: Mykolajiv | Nikolajev
sense:
(historical) The Ukrainian name of Kreisgebiet Nikolajew, Nikolajew Generalbezirk, Reichskommissariat Ukraine.


lexentry: eng/Ménière's_disease__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Ménière's disease
trans_list: Ménièren tauti
sense:
A disorder of the inner ear, caused by lymphatic channel dilation and characterized by episodes of dizziness and tinnitus and progressive hearing loss, usually in one ear.


lexentry: eng/Möbius_strip__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Möbius strip
trans_list: Möbiuksen nauha
sense:
(topology) A one-sided surface formed by identifying two opposite edges of a square in opposite senses;a narrow strip given a half twist and joined at the ends, forming a three-dimensional embedding of said surface.


lexentry: eng/Müllerian_mimicry__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Müllerian mimicry
trans_list: Müllerin mimikry
sense:
(evolutionary theory) The resemblance of two or more poisonous species with each other, giving the effect that they are all more recognisable to potential predators. For example, the monarch butterfly and the viceroy butterfly.


lexentry: eng/NAFLD__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: NAFLD
trans_list: ei-alkoholiperäinen rasvamaksa
sense:
(disease) Initialism of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease: a spectrum of disorders characterized by predominantly macrovesicular hepatic steatosis occurring in individuals in the absence of significant alcohol consumption.


lexentry: eng/NOT__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: NOT
trans_list: kieltää
sense:
(mathematics, logic) A unary operation on logical values that changes true to false, and false to true.


lexentry: eng/NP-complete__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: NP-complete
trans_list: NP-täydellinen
sense:
(computing theory, of a, decision problem) That is both NP (solvable in polynomial time by a non-deterministic Turing machine) and NP-hard (such that any (other) NP problem can be reduced to it in polynomial time).


lexentry: eng/NP-hard__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: NP-hard
trans_list: NP-kova | NP-vaikea
sense:
(computing theory) A problem H is NP-hard if and only if there is an NP-complete problem L that is polynomial time Turing-reducible to H.


lexentry: eng/NP-hard__Adjective__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: NP-hard
trans_list: NP-kova | NP-vaikea
sense:
(computing theory) An alternative definition restricts NP-hard to decision problems and then uses polynomial-time many-one reduction instead of Turing reduction.


lexentry: eng/Nagorno-Karabakh_Republic__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Nagorno-Karabakh Republic
trans_list: Vuoristo-Karabahin tasavalta
sense:
(historical) An erstwhile Armenian-populated republic with limited recognition in the Nagorno-Karabakh region of the South Caucasus that existed between 1991 and 2024.


lexentry: eng/Nantes__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Nantes
trans_list: Nantes
sense:
The capital city of the department of the Loire-Atlantique, France; capital city of the region of Pays de la Loire, in historical Brittany.


lexentry: eng/Napier's_bones__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Napier's bones
trans_list: Napierin luut
sense:
(arithmetic) A set of numbered rods used for multiplication and division (see the Wikipedia article for a fuller explanation).


lexentry: eng/Napoleon_complex__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Napoleon complex
trans_list: Napoleon-kompleksi
sense:
(pejorative, psychology) Aggressive or domineering behaviour, claimed to be a form of psychological compensation for one's short physical stature.


lexentry: eng/Narcissus__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Narcissus
trans_list: Narkissos
sense:
(Greek mythology) A youth who spurned the love of Echo and fell in love with his own reflection in a pool: in some versions of the myth, he drowned trying to reach it, while in others he sat fixated until a god took pity and transformed him into a flower.


lexentry: eng/Narnia__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Narnia
trans_list: Narnia
sense:
(fantasy) A land in which a series of seven children's books, The Chronicles of Narnia by C. S. Lewis are set.


lexentry: eng/Natal__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Natal
trans_list: Joulu
sense:
A former British colony and province of South Africa, itself beforehand the Natalia Republic. It is now called KwaZulu-Natal province.


lexentry: eng/National_Socialist_German_Workers'_Party__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: National Socialist German Workers' Party
trans_list: Saksan kansallissosialistinen työväenpuolue
sense:
(historical, Nazism, German politics) Far-Right political party from Germany, commonly known as the Nazi Party


lexentry: eng/Navajo__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Navajo
trans_list: navajo
sense:
An Apachean (Southern Athabaskan) language of the Athabascan language family belonging to the Na-Dené phylum. It is spoken by 149,000 people in the American Southwest (Arizona, New Mexico, Utah, and Colorado).


lexentry: eng/Naypyidaw__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Naypyidaw
trans_list: Nay Pyi Taw | Naypyidaw
sense:
The capital city (since 2006) of Burma (Myanmar), located in Pyinmana Township, Mandalay Division (approximately 320 kilometres north of Yangon).


lexentry: eng/Nazi__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Nazi
trans_list: natsi
sense:
(historical) A member of the Nazi Party (the National Socialist German Workers' Party or NSDAP). [1930]


lexentry: eng/Nazism__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Nazism
trans_list: natsismi
sense:
The ideology of the Nazi Party (the National Socialist German Workers' Party or NSDAP), being a form of fascism characterised by Adolf Hitler's cult of personality, hate propaganda, white supremacy, extreme bigotry (especially antisemitism and racism), eugenics, mass violence, genocide, ethnonationalist territorial expansion (Lebensraum) and state capitalism.


lexentry: eng/Near_East__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Near East
trans_list: Lähi-itä
sense:
The region located south of Eastern Europe, comprising Anatolia, Transcaucasia, the Levant, and Mesopotamia.


lexentry: eng/Nebuchadnezzar__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Nebuchadnezzar
trans_list: Nebukadnessar
sense:
A ruler of Babylon in the Chaldean Dynasty who reigned c. 605 B.C.E. – 562 B.C.E.. According to the Bible, he conquered Judah and Jerusalem, and sent the Israelites into exile.


lexentry: eng/Nefertem__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Nefertem
trans_list: Nefertum
sense:
(Egyptian god) An ancient Egyptian god, who represented the first sunlight and the delightful smell of the Egyptian blue lotus flower


lexentry: eng/Nehru_jacket__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Nehru jacket
trans_list: Nehru-takki | nehrutakki
sense:
A hip-length tailored unisex coat with a mandarin collar, modelled on the South Asian achkan or sherwani and briefly popular in the West in the 1960s and 1970s.


lexentry: eng/Neo-Confucianism__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Neo-Confucianism
trans_list: uuskungfutselaisuus
sense:
A Chinese philosophy influenced by Confucianism which originated in the Tang dynasty and became prominent during the Song and Ming dynasties.


lexentry: eng/Neogene__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Neogene
trans_list: neogeenikautinen
sense:
(geology) Of a geologic period within the Cenozoic era; comprises the Miocene, Pliocene, Pleistocene and Holocene epochs from about 26 million years ago to the present.


lexentry: eng/Neogrammarian__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Neogrammarian
trans_list: nuorgrammaatikko
sense:
(linguistics, historical) A member or follower of a 19th-century school of German linguists who first advanced the theory of regular sound change.


lexentry: eng/Neoplatonism__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Neoplatonism
trans_list: uusplatonismi
sense:
A school of philosophy based on the teachings of Plato and, subsequently, Plotinus; it was the foundation for paganism.


lexentry: eng/Neoproterozoic__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Neoproterozoic
trans_list: myöhäisproterotsooinen | neoproterotsooinen
sense:
(geology) Of a geologic era within the Proterozoic eon; comprises the Tonian, Cryogenian and Ediacaran periods from about 1000 to 544 million years ago, when algae and sponges flourished.


lexentry: eng/Nepal__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Nepal
trans_list: Nepal
sense:
A country in South Asia, located between China and India. Official name: Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal. Capital and largest city: Kathmandu.


lexentry: eng/Neptune__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: Neptune
trans_list: Neptunus
sense:
(Roman mythology) The god of the ocean and of earthquakes, equivalent to Poseidon in Greek mythology.


lexentry: eng/Nestorian__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Nestorian
trans_list: nestorilainen
sense:
(sometimes, pejorative) A perceived follower of Nestorius in the fourth and fifth centuries. A member of a Nestorian church.


lexentry: eng/Nestorianism__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Nestorianism
trans_list: nestoriolaisuus
sense:
(Christianity) The Christological doctrine ascribed to Nestorius, condemned as heretical by the Council of Ephesus but later also ascribed to the Church of the East, holding that within Christ there are two distinct hypostases, divine and human.


lexentry: eng/Netherlands_Antilles__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Netherlands Antilles
trans_list: Alankomaiden Antillit
sense:
(historical) A former autonomous country in the Caribbean, within the Kingdom of the Netherlands, composed of the islands of Aruba, Curaçao, Bonaire, Sint Eustatius, Saba and Sint Maarten, dissolved in 2010.


lexentry: eng/Netherlands__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: Netherlands
trans_list: Alankomaat | Hollanti
sense:
A country in Western Europe, consisting of four constituent countries: the Netherlands per se, Aruba, Curaçao and Sint Maarten.


lexentry: eng/New_Age__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: New Age
trans_list: new age | uushenkinen
sense:
Of or relating to a broad movement in Western culture, covering a wide variety of alternative spiritual and philosophical ideas, often spirituality, mysticism, holism, and environmentalism, and partially based on eastern religions such as Buddhism and Hinduism, that developed towards the end of the 20th century.


lexentry: eng/New_Caledonia__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: New Caledonia
trans_list: Uusi-Kaledonia
sense:
An archipelago and overseas territory of France in Oceania. Official name: Territory of New Caledonia and Dependencies.


lexentry: eng/New_Deal__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: New Deal
trans_list: New Deal
sense:
A series of domestic programs enacted in the United States between 1933 and 1938 in response to the Great Depression, focusing on relief, recovery, and reform.


lexentry: eng/New_England__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: New England
trans_list: Uusi-Englanti
sense:
Collectively, six states of the United States, namely Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island and Vermont.


lexentry: eng/New_English__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: New English
trans_list: nykyenglanti
sense:
The form of the English language spoken since the Great Vowel Shift in England, completed in roughly 1550.


lexentry: eng/New_France__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: New France
trans_list: Uusi Ranska
sense:
(historical) France's former possessions and colonies in North America, including Canada (now Quebec and Ontario and Ohio plains), Acadia (now New Brunswick and Nova Scotia), and Louisiana (now the Mississippi plains), before 1763.


lexentry: eng/New_Guinea__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: New Guinea
trans_list: Uusi-Guinea
sense:
A large Oceanian island in the Pacific Ocean, north of Australia, whose territory is divided between Indonesia in the west and Papua New Guinea in the east.


lexentry: eng/New_Latin__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: New Latin
trans_list: uuslatina
sense:
The reformed Latin language as written or spoken as a lingua franca from 14th century Renaissance Latin to Contemporary Latin beginning in the late 19th century.


lexentry: eng/New_Netherland__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: New Netherland
trans_list: Uudet-Alankomaat
sense:
(historical) A former colony of the Netherlands: A Dutch colonial province along the east coast of North America, capital New Amsterdam


lexentry: eng/New_Objectivity__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: New Objectivity
trans_list: uusasiallisuus
sense:
An anti-expressionist artistic movement of the first half of the twentieth century that espoused direct, unadorned, matter-of-fact aesthetics.


lexentry: eng/New_Orleans__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: New Orleans
trans_list: New Orleans
sense:
The largest city in Louisiana, United States and the parish seat of Orleans Parish, which is coterminous with the city. It is an industrial and distribution center and major seaport located along the Mississippi near the Gulf of Mexico, known for its rich cultural heritage, especially its music and cuisine.


lexentry: eng/New_South_Wales__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: New South Wales
trans_list: Uusi-Etelä-Wales
sense:
One of the six states of Australia. Capital: Sydney. Situated in the south-eastern part of the continent.


lexentry: eng/New_Spain__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: New Spain
trans_list: Uusi-Espanja
sense:
(historical) The colony comprising Spain's territorial possessions in the New World north of the Isthmus of Panama, established following the Spanish conquest of the Aztec Empire in 1521.


lexentry: eng/New_Testament__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: New Testament
trans_list: Uusi testamentti
sense:
(bible, Christianity) The second half of the Christian Bible, which includes the four Gospels, the Book of Acts, the Epistles, and the Book of Revelation.


lexentry: eng/New_World_Order__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: New World Order
trans_list: uusi maailmanjärjestys
sense:
A vision for the world in which greater peace and stability is achieved through a new political order.


lexentry: eng/New_World_monkey__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: New World monkey
trans_list: kierteishäntäapina
sense:
Any monkey from any of the five families of primates that are found in Central America and South America: the Callitrichidae, Cebidae, Aotidae, Pitheciidae, and Atelidae.


lexentry: eng/New_Year's_Day__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: New Year's Day
trans_list: uudenvuodenpäivä
sense:
A holiday celebrating the first day of the New Year, celebrated on January 1 in cultures following the Gregorian calendar.


lexentry: eng/New_Year's_Eve__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: New Year's Eve
trans_list: uudenvuodenaatto | uusivuosi
sense:
The holiday occurring on the last day of the year, celebrated on December 31st in cultures following the Gregorian calendar


lexentry: eng/New_Year__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: New Year
trans_list: uusivuosi
sense:
In particular, January 1 in the Julian and Gregorian calendar (New Year’s Day) and the days following.


lexentry: eng/New_York_City__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: New York City
trans_list: New York
sense:
The largest city in the United States, situated in the state of New York at the mouth of the Hudson River on the northeastern Atlantic Coast. It consists of five boroughs: Manhattan, the Bronx, Brooklyn, Queens, and Staten Island.


lexentry: eng/New_York__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: New York
trans_list: New York | New Yorkin osavaltio
sense:
The largest city in the state of New York and the largest city in the United States, a metropolis extending into neighboring New Jersey.


lexentry: eng/New_Zealand__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: New Zealand
trans_list: Uusi-Seelanti
sense:
A country and archipelago in Oceania, to the east of Australia. Official name: New Zealand. Capital: Wellington.


lexentry: eng/New_Zealand_wren__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: New Zealand wren
trans_list: vilistäjä
sense:
A passerine bird of the family Acanthisittidae, including two living and several extinct species in four or five genera. [from 19th c.]


lexentry: eng/Newari__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Newari
trans_list: newari
sense:
A Tibeto-Burman language spoken in Nepal, India and Bhutan by the Newa people, and the only Tibeto-Burman language written in Devanagari script.


lexentry: eng/Newfoundland__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Newfoundland
trans_list: newfoundlandinkoira
sense:
A very large breed of working dog from Newfoundland, with a shaggy, usually black coat, known for its water rescue ability, strength, and gentle disposition.


lexentry: eng/Newfoundland__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Newfoundland
trans_list: Newfoundland
sense:
A large island off the coast of eastern Canada, which, along with Labrador, has composed the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador since 1949, and the Dominion of Newfoundland, before it.


lexentry: eng/Newspeak__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: Newspeak
trans_list: uuskieli
sense:
(computer languages) A highly dynamic and reflective programming language descended from Smalltalk, supporting both object-oriented and functional programming.


lexentry: eng/Newton's_first_law__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Newton's first law
trans_list: Newtonin ensimmäinen laki
sense:
(mechanics) The observation that objects in motion tend to stay in motion, and objects at rest tend to stay at rest unless an outside force acts upon them.


lexentry: eng/Newton's_second_law__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Newton's second law
trans_list: Newtonin toinen laki
sense:
(mechanics) Newton's observation that the rate of change of the momentum of a body is directly proportional to, and in the same direction as, the net force acting on it. Often stated as F = ma: F = force, m = mass, a = acceleration.


lexentry: eng/Newton's_third_law__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Newton's third law
trans_list: Newtonin kolmas laki
sense:
(mechanics) Newton's observation that to every action (force applied) there is an equal and opposite reaction (equal force applied in the opposite direction)


lexentry: eng/Niagara_Falls__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Niagara Falls
trans_list: Niagaran putoukset
sense:
A waterfall in the Niagara river, Niagara region, on the international border between Canada and United States, in both Ontario and New York state; Massive waterfalls located on the Niagara River.


lexentry: eng/Niagara_River__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Niagara River
trans_list: Niagara | Niagara-joki
sense:
A river in North America flowing to the north from Lake Erie to Lake Ontario and including the Niagara Falls.


lexentry: eng/Nice__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Nice
trans_list: Nizza
sense:
A coastal city, the capital of the Alpes-Maritimes department, in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in southeast France.


lexentry: eng/Nicene_Creed__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Nicene Creed
trans_list: Nikean uskontunnustus
sense:
The first official creed of the early Christian church, stating the basic tenets of the Christian faith, including the nature of the Holy Trinity.


lexentry: eng/Nicene__Adjective__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: Nicene
trans_list: nikealainen
sense:
Of or pertaining to the First Council of Nicaea convened by the Roman Emperor Constantine I, or to the churches that profess the Nicene Creed, the formulation of which began at this council.


lexentry: eng/Nietzschean__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Nietzschean
trans_list: nietzscheläinen
sense:
Of, pertaining to or characteristic of Friedrich Nietzsche (1844–1900), German philosopher, or his writings.


lexentry: eng/Niger-Congo__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Niger-Congo
trans_list: [[niger-kongolainen|niger-kongolaiset]] kielet
sense:
(linguistics) A major language family of sub-Saharan Africa noted for the use of a noun class system.


lexentry: eng/Nigeria__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Nigeria
trans_list: Nigeria
sense:
A country in West Africa, south of the country of Niger. Official name: Federal Republic of Nigeria. Capital: Abuja. Largest city: Lagos.


lexentry: eng/Nigerian_scam__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Nigerian scam
trans_list: nigerialaiskirje
sense:
(Internet) An attempt to defraud by sending out large numbers of emails, each stating that the recipient is entitled to receive a large amount of money, but will need to supply banking account details, or to send payment for fees, before the payment can be passed on.


lexentry: eng/Nihilism__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Nihilism
trans_list: nihilismi
sense:
(Russia, politics, historical) A movement of the 1860s that rejected all authority and promoted the use of violence for political change.


lexentry: eng/Nile__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Nile
trans_list: Niili
sense:
A large river in Africa flowing through Khartoum and Cairo into the Mediterranean Sea, usually considered to be the longest river in the world.


lexentry: eng/Ningxia__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Ningxia
trans_list: Ningxia
sense:
A Hui autonomous region in China. Official name: Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region. Capital: Yinchuan. [from late 20th c.]


lexentry: eng/Nintendocore__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Nintendocore
trans_list: nintendocore
sense:
(music genre, video games) An aggressive genre of modern rock music influenced by chiptunes and video game music. [from 2001]


lexentry: eng/Nintendrone__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Nintendrone
trans_list: raskaus
sense:
(slang, derogatory, video games) A slavish supporter of Nintendo's video games or consoles; a Nintendo fanboy


lexentry: eng/Niue__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Niue
trans_list: Niue
sense:
An island and country in Polynesia in Oceania, a self-governing state in free association with New Zealand. Official name: Republic of Niue. Capital: Alofi.


lexentry: eng/Nivôse__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Nivôse
trans_list: nivôse
sense:
(historical) The fourth month of the French Republican Calendar, from December 21, 22 or 23 to January 19, 20 or 21.


lexentry: eng/Nizhny_Novgorod__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: Nizhny Novgorod
trans_list: Nižni Novgorod
sense:
A city, the administrative center of Nizhny Novgorod Oblast, Russia, the fourth-largest in the country by population.


lexentry: eng/Nobel_Prize__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Nobel Prize
trans_list: Nobel-palkinto | nobel
sense:
Any of the international prizes awarded annually by the Nobel Foundation for outstanding achievements in the fields of physics, chemistry, physiology or medicine, literature and for the promotion of world peace; or the prize in economics awarded by the Swedish National Bank, in memorial of Alfred Nobel.


lexentry: eng/Nogai__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Nogai
trans_list: nogai | nogain kieli
sense:
A Turkic language spoken in the northern Caucasus region of southwestern Russia and in Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan.


lexentry: eng/Nordic_combined__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Nordic combined
trans_list: yhdistetty
sense:
(skiing) An event in which individual skiers take part in runs on a cross-country skiing course and a ski jumping hill.


lexentry: eng/Norfolk_Island_pine__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Norfolk Island pine
trans_list: huonekuusi | norfolkinaraukaria
sense:
Araucaria heterophylla (synonym Araucaria excelsa), a conifer endemic to Norfolk Island, but grown as an ornamental tree in mild climates and as a container plant indoors worldwide.


lexentry: eng/Norma__Proper_noun__2
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Norma
trans_list: Kulmaviivoitin
sense:
(constellation) An inconspicuous constellation of the southern sky, said to resemble a carpenter's square. It lies south of the constellations Scorpius and Centaurus.


lexentry: eng/Norman__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Norman
trans_list: normanni
sense:
The langue d'oïl variant, closely related to the French of Île-de-France (i.e. Paris), spoken in Normandy and the Channel Islands, and was for several centuries the ruling language of England (see Anglo-Norman).


lexentry: eng/Normandy__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Normandy
trans_list: Normandia
sense:
An administrative region, historical province, and medieval kingdom in northwest France, on the English Channel. The modern region was created in 2016 with the merger of Upper Normandy and Lower Normandy.


lexentry: eng/North_Africa__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: North Africa
trans_list: Pohjois-Afrikka
sense:
The northern part of the continent of Africa, usually referring to specifically the regions north of the Sahara Desert where Arabic is widely spoken as a mother tongue.


lexentry: eng/North_America__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: North America
trans_list: Pohjois-Amerikka
sense:
The continent that is the northern part of the Americas; that part east of the Pacific Ocean, west of the Atlantic Ocean, north of South America and south of the Arctic Ocean.


lexentry: eng/North_Atlantic__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: North Atlantic
trans_list: Pohjois-Atlantti
sense:
The portion of the Atlantic Ocean that lies primarily between North America and the northeast coast of South America to the east, and Europe and the northwest coast of Africa to the west.


lexentry: eng/North_Carolina__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: North Carolina
trans_list: Pohjois-Carolina
sense:
A state of the United States situated on the east coast of the North American mainland north of South Carolina and south of Virginia. Capital: Raleigh.


lexentry: eng/North_East__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: North East
trans_list: Koillis-Englanti
sense:
(UK) A region of England, consisting of the counties of Northumberland, Tyne and Wear, County Durham and the part of North Yorkshire that was part of the former county of Cleveland or the former county borough of Teesside.


lexentry: eng/North_Frisian_Islands__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: North Frisian Islands
trans_list: Pohjois-Friisein saaret
sense:
A group of islands in the Wadden Sea, a part of the North Sea, off the western coast of Schleswig-Holstein, Germany.


lexentry: eng/North_Frisian__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: North Frisian
trans_list: pohjoisfriisi
sense:
A Frisian language, or group of dialects, spoken by 5,000 to 10,000 people in northwestern Schleswig-Holstein, Germany.


lexentry: eng/North_Germanic__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: North Germanic
trans_list: pohjoisgermaaniset kielet
sense:
(linguistics) A branch of the Germanic language family which comprises Danish, Faroese, Icelandic, Norwegian and Swedish


lexentry: eng/North_India__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: North India
trans_list: [[pohjois-|Pohjois-]]Intia
sense:
The northern region of India, comprising the states of Haryana, Punjab, Uttarakhand, and Uttar Pradesh, and the union territories of Delhi, Chandigarh, Jammu and Kashmir, and Ladakh. Often Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh and Bihar are included, as well.


lexentry: eng/North_Karelia__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: North Karelia
trans_list: Pohjois-Karjala
sense:
A county and region in northern Karelia, in southeast Finland. (Since 2022, the English term officially prescribed as the name for the Finnish administrative unit long known as a “region” was changed to be called a “county”, although reference to counties as regions is still common. See Counties of Finland.)


lexentry: eng/North_Korea__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: North Korea
trans_list: Pohjois-Korea
sense:
A country in East Asia, whose territory consists of the northern part of Korea. Official name: Democratic People's Republic of Korea. Capital: Pyongyang.


lexentry: eng/North_Macedonia__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: North Macedonia
trans_list: Pohjois-Makedonia
sense:
A country on the Balkan Peninsula in Southeast Europe. Official name: Republic of North Macedonia. Capital and largest city: Skopje. Part of Yugoslavia until 1992. The current name was adopted in 2019 to resolve a naming dispute with Greece.


lexentry: eng/North_Pole__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: North Pole
trans_list: pohjoisnapa
sense:
(geography) The Geographic North Pole or Terrestrial North Pole; the point which north is oriented towards, and therefore the northernmost point on Earth (having a latitude of 90°).


lexentry: eng/North_Sea__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: North Sea
trans_list: Pohjanmeri
sense:
A marginal sea of the Atlantic Ocean between Britain (in the west), Scandinavia (in the east) and Germany, Netherlands, Belgium and France (in the south).


lexentry: eng/North_Star__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: North Star
trans_list: Pohjantähti
sense:
(astronomy) The current northern pole star, the star nearest the northern celestial pole, which has been Polaris for the last 1500 years.


lexentry: eng/North_Vietnam__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: North Vietnam
trans_list: Pohjois-Vietnam
sense:
(historical) A state (officially the Democratic Republic of Vietnam) that governed northern Vietnam in 1945–1975.


lexentry: eng/North_West__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: North West
trans_list: Luoteis-Englanti
sense:
A region of England, consisting of the counties of Cheshire, Cumbria, Greater Manchester, Lancashire and Merseyside.


lexentry: eng/Northeast_China_Plain__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Northeast China Plain
trans_list: Mantšurian tasanko
sense:
A plain located in Northeast China lying between the Greater and Lesser Khingan and Changbai mountains.


lexentry: eng/Northern_Europe__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Northern Europe
trans_list: Pohjois-Eurooppa
sense:
A sociopolitical region of Europe including such countries as Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, Sweden, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania.


lexentry: eng/Northern_Mariana_Islands__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Northern Mariana Islands
trans_list: Pohjois-Mariaanit
sense:
An archipelago, commonwealth and dependent territory (technically, an unincorporated territory) of the United States in the Pacific Ocean. Official name: Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.


lexentry: eng/Northern_Sami__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Northern Sami
trans_list: pohjoissaame
sense:
The most widely spoken Sami language; it is spoken in northern Norway, Sweden, and Finland. It includes three dialects: Torne, Finnmark and Sea Sami.


lexentry: eng/Northern_Sea_Route__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Northern Sea Route
trans_list: koillisväylä | pohjoinen meritie
sense:
(geography) A shipping lane from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean along the Russian Arctic coast from the Barents Sea, along Siberia, to the Far East.


lexentry: eng/Northumberland__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Northumberland
trans_list: Northumberland
sense:
The most northerly county of England bordered by County Durham, Cumbria, Tyne and Wear, Scotland and the North Sea.


lexentry: eng/Northwest_Passage__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Northwest Passage
trans_list: Luoteisväylä
sense:
(geography, nautical) The sea route through the Canadian Arctic Archipelago in the Arctic Ocean, connecting the Atlantic and the Pacific oceans, between the Baffin Bay and the Beaufort Sea.


lexentry: eng/Norway_spruce__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Norway spruce
trans_list: metsäkuusi | euroopankuusi
sense:
A species of spruce native to Europe and naturalized in temperate northeastern North America, Picea abies.


lexentry: eng/Norwegian_Buhund__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Norwegian Buhund
trans_list: buhund
sense:
(zoology) A breed of dog of the spitz type, used as an all-purpose farm and herding dog, as well as a watchdog and a nanny dog.


lexentry: eng/Norwegian__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: Norwegian
trans_list: norja | norjan kieli
sense:
(uncountable) The language of Norway, which has two official forms (written standards): Bokmål and Nynorsk.


lexentry: eng/Norwegian_forest_cat__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Norwegian forest cat
trans_list: norjalainen metsäkissa
sense:
A domestic cat breed noted for its above average size, long, water-repellent fur and woolly undercoat.


lexentry: eng/Nostratic__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Nostratic
trans_list: nostraattinen
sense:
A conjectural and not widely accepted grouping of languages including the Indo-European, Uralic, Altaic, Chukchi-Kamchatkan, Eskimo-Aleut, Dravidian, Elamite, Sumerian, Kartvelian, and Afroasiatic languages, and less commonly including the Aegean and Ainu languages as well.


lexentry: eng/Nouméa__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Nouméa
trans_list: Nouméa
sense:
The capital city of the French overseas territory New Caledonia, a natural South Sea port on its main island.


lexentry: eng/November__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: November
trans_list: marraskuu
sense:
The eleventh month of the Gregorian calendar, following October and preceding December. Abbreviation: Nov or Nov.


lexentry: eng/Novial__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Novial
trans_list: novial
sense:
An international auxiliary language, or interlanguage, published by the Danish linguist Otto Jespersen in 1928.


lexentry: eng/Num_Lock__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Num Lock
trans_list: num lock | numerolukitusnäppäin
sense:
(computing) A key on a standard extended keyboard which, when pressed, toggles the keys of the numeric keypad between cursor control functions and numeric digits.


lexentry: eng/Numbers__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Numbers
trans_list: 4. Mooseksen kirja | 4. Mooseksen kirja
sense:
The Book of Numbers, the fourth of the Books of Moses in the Old Testament of the Bible, the fourth book in the Torah.


lexentry: eng/Nuremberg_defense__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Nuremberg defense
trans_list: Nürnbergin puolustus | noudatin vain käskyjä -puolustus
sense:
(ethics, international law, idiomatic) An explanation offered as an excuse for behaving in a criminal or wrongful manner, claiming that one acted in this way because one was ordered by others (particularly superiors) to do so.


lexentry: eng/Nusayri__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Nusayri
trans_list: alaviitti
sense:
(religion) A member of a prominent mystical religious group centred in Syria who follow a branch of the Twelver school of Shia Islam.


lexentry: eng/Nutella__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Nutella
trans_list: Nutella
sense:
A sweet spread made from hazelnuts, sugar, vegetable oils, cocoa solids and skimmed milk, generically called chocolate spread.


lexentry: eng/Nîmes__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Nîmes
trans_list: Nîmes
sense:
A city in Occitanie, southern France, the capital of the department of Gard, formerly in the region of Languedoc-Roussillon.


lexentry: eng/Ob-Ugric__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Ob-Ugric
trans_list: obinugrilainen
sense:
Of or pertaining to a subgroup of languages in the Uralic language family, including Khanty and Mansi.


lexentry: eng/Occitan__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Occitan
trans_list: oksitaani
sense:
A Romance language spoken in Occitania, a region of Europe that includes Southern France, Auvergne, Limousin, and some parts of Catalonia and Italy.


lexentry: eng/Occitania__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Occitania
trans_list: Oksitania
sense:
A region of Europe corresponding to Southern France, Auvergne, Limousin, and some parts of Catalonia and Italy, where the Occitan language was widely spoken and is still spoken.


lexentry: eng/Oceania__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Oceania
trans_list: Oseania
sense:
A geographical region or continent composed of many islands (Melanesia, Micronesia, and Polynesia) plus Australasia. It is located between Asia, Antarctica and the Americas.


lexentry: eng/Oceanus__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Oceanus
trans_list: Okeanos
sense:
(Greek god) Personification of vast waters or the world ocean. He was the first-born of the Titans, son of Uranus and Gaia, the god that encircled the earth. With his sister-wife, Tethys, he fathered all rivers and the Oceanids.


lexentry: eng/Octans__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Octans
trans_list: Oktantti
sense:
(constellation) A small circumpolar constellation of the southern sky, said to resemble an octant. It lies closest to the southern celestial pole of any constellation.


lexentry: eng/October__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: October
trans_list: lokakuu
sense:
The tenth month of the Gregorian calendar, following September and preceding November. Abbreviation: Oct.


lexentry: eng/Odense__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Odense
trans_list: Odense
sense:
The largest city in the Region of Southern Denmark (Region Syddanmark) and third-largest city in Denmark.


lexentry: eng/Odin__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Odin
trans_list: Odin
sense:
(Norse mythology, and, paganism) A major Germanic god, often described as chief of the pantheon, in his Norse form a member of the Æsir, married to Frigg and associated with knowledge, poetry and war. Wednesday refers to him by way of interpretatio germanica.


lexentry: eng/Odysseus__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: Odysseus
trans_list: Odysseus
sense:
(Greek mythology) The son of Laertes and Anticlea and father of Telemachus. A Greek leader during the Trojan War, he was responsible for the Trojan horse. He was also king of Ithaca, hero of the Iliad and protagonist of the Odyssey.


lexentry: eng/Oedipus__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Oedipus
trans_list: Oidipus
sense:
(Greek mythology) A son of Laius and Jocasta, who unwittingly killed his father and married his mother.


lexentry: eng/Oedipus_complex__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Oedipus complex
trans_list: oidipuskompleksi
sense:
(psychoanalysis) In Freudian theory, the complex of emotions aroused in a child by an unconscious sexual desire for the parent of the opposite sex.


lexentry: eng/Ohio__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: Ohio
trans_list: Ohio
sense:
A river in the United States, flowing 981 miles from the confluence of the Allegheny and Monongahela at Pittsburgh into the Mississippi at Cairo, Illinois.


lexentry: eng/Ohm's_law__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Ohm's law
trans_list: Ohmin laki
sense:
(physics) Ohm's observation that the direct current flowing in an electrical circuit consisting only of resistances is directly proportional to the voltage applied.


lexentry: eng/Ojibwe__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Ojibwe
trans_list: ojibwa
sense:
The language spoken by the native Algonquin people of central Canada, one of a closely related group of languages and dialects of the Algonquian branch of the Algic language family.


lexentry: eng/Okazaki_fragment__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Okazaki fragment
trans_list: fragmentti
sense:
(genetics, often, _, in the plural) One of many short, newly synthesized DNA fragments formed on the lagging template strand (i.e. lagging strand) during DNA replication.


lexentry: eng/Old_Armenian__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Old Armenian
trans_list: klassinen armenia | muinaisarmenia
sense:
The oldest attested form of the Armenian language, first written down at the beginning of the 5th century AD and spoken until 12th century; then replaced by Middle Armenian. Served as a literary language until the 18-19th centuries. Partly intelligible to speakers of modern Armenian.


lexentry: eng/Old_Believer__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Old Believer
trans_list: starovertsi | vanhauskoinen
sense:
(religion) Any of those who separated from the official Russian Orthodox Church after 1666 as a protest against the church reforms introduced by Patriarch Nikon between 1652 and 1666. They continue liturgical and ritual practices which predate the reforms.


lexentry: eng/Old_Dutch__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Old Dutch
trans_list: muinaishollanti
sense:
A branch of Old Low Franconian, with a Frisian substrate, spoken and written during the Middle Ages (c. 9th to 12th century) in the Netherlands and the northern part of present-day Belgium, as well as in areas of northern France along the North Sea coast and adjoining Belgium. This language represents the first attested stage of the Dutch language and its dialects, being succeeded by Middle Dutch in the later Middle Ages.


lexentry: eng/Old_East_Slavic__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Old East Slavic
trans_list: muinaisitäslaavi | muinaisvenäjä
sense:
(historical) A Slavic language used from the 10th to the 14th centuries by East Slavs in the state of Kievan Rus and its successors. The ancestor of Belarusian, Russian, Rusyn and Ukrainian.


lexentry: eng/Old_English_Sheepdog__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Old English Sheepdog
trans_list: vanhaenglanninlammaskoira
sense:
A herding dog of a particular breed (also used as a pet), with shaggy grey and white fur also covering its face, and a docked tail.


lexentry: eng/Old_English__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Old English
trans_list: muinaisenglanti
sense:
(linguistics, history) The ancestor language of Modern English, also called Anglo-Saxon, spoken in most of Britain from about 400 to 1100.


lexentry: eng/Old_Greek__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Old Greek
trans_list: kreikka
sense:
A form of the Greek language intermediate between Ancient Greek and Modern Greek; spoken roughly between the 1st and 16th centuries.


lexentry: eng/Old_High_German__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Old High German
trans_list: muinaisyläsaksa
sense:
The early recorded form of the High German language, spoken from the 8th century to the 11th century.


lexentry: eng/Old_Latin__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Old Latin
trans_list: arkaainen latina
sense:
The Latin language in the period before the age of Classical Latin; particularly Latin before 75 BC.


lexentry: eng/Old_Maid__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Old Maid
trans_list: Pekka | Pekka-peli | mustapekka
sense:
(uncountable) A children's card game, sometimes played with a special deck, where the object of the game is for each player to find matches for all the cards in his hand, without being stuck with the single unmatchable card.


lexentry: eng/Old_Norse__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Old Norse
trans_list: muinaisnorja | muinaisskandinaavi
sense:
The language of Scandinavia until the 14th century, the common ancestor of modern Swedish, Danish, Norwegian, Faroese, and Icelandic.


lexentry: eng/Old_Persian__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Old Persian
trans_list: muinaispersia
sense:
The ancestor language of Middle Persian, and via it of New Persian language. Attested in Old Persian cuneiform, in the period 525 B.C.E. - 300 B.C.E..


lexentry: eng/Old_Prussian__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Old Prussian
trans_list: muinaispreussi
sense:
An extinct Baltic language, once spoken by the Old Prussians, the indigenous peoples of the historical region of Prussia (now north-eastern Poland, the Kaliningrad Oblast of Russia and Lithuania).


lexentry: eng/Old_Swedish__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Old Swedish
trans_list: muinaisruotsi
sense:
The medieval form of the Swedish language, markedly different from the modern language in having more complex case and gender systems.


lexentry: eng/Old_Testament__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Old Testament
trans_list: Vanha testamentti
sense:
(religion, chiefly, Christianity) The first major part of the Christian Bible, covering events before the coming of Christ, corresponding roughly to the Jewish Tanakh. Usually subdivided into the categories of law, history, poetry (or wisdom books), and prophecy.


lexentry: eng/Old_West__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Old West
trans_list: vanha länsi | villi länsi
sense:
(historical) The western part of the United States during the 19th-century era of expansion and settlement.


lexentry: eng/Old_World_flycatcher__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Old World flycatcher
trans_list: sieppo
sense:
Any of various small birds of the passerine family Muscicapidae, of Africa and Eurasia; a muscicapid.


lexentry: eng/Old_World_monkey__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Old World monkey
trans_list: häntäapina | vanhan maailman häntäapina
sense:
A member of a group of primates, falling in the superfamily Cercopithecoidea in the clade Catarrhini.


lexentry: eng/Oligocene__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Oligocene
trans_list: oligoseenikautinen
sense:
(geology) Of a geologic epoch within the Paleogene period from about 34 to 23 million years ago; marked by the rapid evolution in a warm climate.


lexentry: eng/Olivia__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: Olivia
trans_list: Olivia
sense:
A city, the county seat of Renville County, Minnesota, United States, named for a female station agent named Olive.


lexentry: eng/Olmec__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Olmec
trans_list: olmeekki
sense:
A member of an ancient pre-Columbian people living in the tropical lowlands of south-central Mexico, in what are roughly the modern-day states of Veracruz and Tabasco.


lexentry: eng/Olomouc_cheese__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Olomouc cheese
trans_list: Olmützer Quargel
sense:
a kind of ripened soft cheese, characteristic with its strong scent, distinctive pungent taste and yellowish colour, traditionally made in central Moravia, the Czech Republic


lexentry: eng/Olympiad__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: Olympiad
trans_list: olympiadi
sense:
(by, _, extension, usually, _, preceded, _) A competition aspiring to the importance of the Olympic Games or considered similar to them, especially one occurring at 4-year intervals, representing a national or international range of amateur student rather than professional adult competition, and/or requiring the highest level of ability in the field for success.


lexentry: eng/Olympian__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Olympian
trans_list: olympolainen
sense:
(not comparable) Of or relating to Mount Olympus, the highest mountain in Greece; or (Greek mythology) the Greek gods and goddesses who were believed to live there.


lexentry: eng/Olympian__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Olympian
trans_list: olympolainen
sense:
(Greek mythology) Any of the 12 principal gods and goddesses of the Greek pantheon (Zeus, Hera, Poseidon, Ares, Hermes, Hephaestus, Aphrodite, Athena, Apollo, Artemis, Demeter, and Hades); (specifically) preceded by the: Zeus, the supreme ruler of the Greek deities.


lexentry: eng/Olympic_Games__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Olympic Games
trans_list: Olympian kisat | antiikin olympialaiset | olympialaiset
sense:
(historical, Ancient Greece) A sporting festival held every four or five years on the Plain of Olympia in southern Greece, in honour of Zeus. [from 16th c.]


lexentry: eng/Olympic_Games__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: Olympic Games
trans_list: olympiakisat | olympialaiset
sense:
An international multi-sport event (inspired by the ancient festival) taking place every fourth year. [from 19th c.]


lexentry: eng/Olympic_Rings__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Olympic Rings
trans_list: olympiarenkaat
sense:
A symbol consisting of five interlocking colored rings, each one representing a continent that competes in the Olympic Games.


lexentry: eng/Olympic_Valley__Proper_noun__2
sense_num: 02
written_rep: Olympic Valley
trans_list: Olympic Valley
sense:
(optionally with the) A valley in the Sierra Nevada, Placer County, California, United States, named after this community.


lexentry: eng/Olympic_diving__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Olympic diving
trans_list: uimahyppy
sense:
A specific competition in the Olympics, involving diving off a ten-meter platform from a three-meter springboard.


lexentry: eng/Olympic_village__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Olympic village
trans_list: olympiakylä
sense:
An area where participating athletes, as well as officials and trainers, are accommodated during the Olympic Games.


lexentry: eng/Omaha_hold_'em__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Omaha hold 'em
trans_list: Omaha-pokeri
sense:
A variant of poker where individuals each receive four private cards of which exactly two can be used to form a five-card hand, and five other cards are shared between them.


lexentry: eng/Omsk__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Omsk
trans_list: Omsk
sense:
A city, the administrative center of Omsk Oblast, Russia, the seventh-largest in the country by population.


lexentry: eng/Onega__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Onega
trans_list: Ääninen | Äänisjärvi
sense:
a freshwater lake in the north-west European part of Russia, located on the territory of Republic of Karelia, Leningrad Oblast and Vologda Oblast


lexentry: eng/Oort_Cloud__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Oort Cloud
trans_list: Oortin pilvi
sense:
(astronomy) The Solar System's Oort cloud, extending from 50,000 to 100,000 astronomical units (approximately 1 light year) from the sun; supposedly the source of most comets around the Solar System.


lexentry: eng/Ophiuchus__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Ophiuchus
trans_list: Käärmeenkantaja
sense:
(zodiac constellations) A zodiacal constellation of the northern summer said to depict a man (Asclepius) holding a serpent; the serpent is the constellation Serpens.


lexentry: eng/Opium_War__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Opium War
trans_list: oopiumisota
sense:
(historical) The First Opium War or the Second Opium War, two Anglo-Chinese wars relating to opium trade in the mid-19th century.


lexentry: eng/Ops__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Ops
trans_list: Ops
sense:
(Roman god) The goddess of earth and fertility. Equivalent to the Greek Rhea, Ops was the sister-wife of Saturn and mother of Jupiter. After Saturn learned of a prophecy that his children by Ops would overthrow him, he ate each of them just after they were born; however, Ops saved Jupiter by feeding Saturn a stone instead.


lexentry: eng/Orange_GGN__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Orange GGN
trans_list: lisäaine E111 | oranssi GGN
sense:
(organic compound) An orange azo dye, 1-(m-sulfophenylazo)-2-naphthol-6-sulfonic acid, used as a food colouring


lexentry: eng/Orange_Order__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Orange Order
trans_list: oranialaisveljeskunta
sense:
A Northern Ireland religious and political organisation, loyal to the British crown and with strong anti-Catholicism policies.


lexentry: eng/Order_of_Australia__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Order of Australia
trans_list: Australian ritarikunta
sense:
(chiefly, Australia, UK) An order of chivalry established for the purpose of according recognition to Australian citizens and other persons for outstanding achievement. [Established 1975.]


lexentry: eng/Oregon__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Oregon
trans_list: Oregon
sense:
A state in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States. Capital: Salem. Largest city: Portland.


lexentry: eng/Oregon_grape__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Oregon grape
trans_list: mahonia
sense:
An evergreen shrub (Berberis aquifolium, syn. Mahonia aquifolium) native to the northwestern United States and southwestern Canada, having broadly serrated, glossy leaves and clusters of yellow flowers that develop into dark bluish-purple fruits.


lexentry: eng/Orestes__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Orestes
trans_list: Orestes
sense:
(Greek mythology) The son of Agamemnon and Clytemnestra, who killed his mother, avenging his father's death, and was then pursued by the Furies.


lexentry: eng/Oriental__Adjective__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: Oriental
trans_list: itämainen | orientaalinen
sense:
Pertaining to the regions east of the Mediterranean, beyond the Roman Empire or the early Christian world; of the Near East, the Middle East or the Far East, now especially relating to East Asia. [from 15th c.]


lexentry: eng/Oriental_studies__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Oriental studies
trans_list: itämaiden tutkimus | orientalistiikka
sense:
(humanities) an academic field of study that embraces Near Eastern and Far Eastern societies and cultures, languages, peoples, history and archaeology


lexentry: eng/Orion's_Belt__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Orion's Belt
trans_list: Orionin vyö
sense:
(constellation) A bright asterism located near the celestial equator, consisting of three bright stars lined up and visibly close together.


lexentry: eng/Orion_Nebula__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Orion Nebula
trans_list: Orionin sumu
sense:
(astronomy) A diffuse nebula visible in the night sky below Orion's Belt; it is approximately 40 light years across. It is one of the brightest nebulae visible to the naked eye and is the closest region of stellar formation to Earth.


lexentry: eng/Orion__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: Orion
trans_list: Orion | Väinämöisen Viikate | kalevanmiekka
sense:
(constellation) A constellation on the celestial equator close to Gemini and Taurus, containing the stars Betelgeuse and Rigel.


lexentry: eng/Orontes__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Orontes
trans_list: Orontes
sense:
A river in Western Asia, about 400 km (250 mi) long, flowing from Lebanon through Syria before entering the Mediterranean Sea near Samandağ in Turkey.


lexentry: eng/Orpheus__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Orpheus
trans_list: Orfeus
sense:
(Greek mythology) A Thracian musician and poet, who failed to retrieve his wife Eurydice from Hades.


lexentry: eng/Orthodox_Judaism__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Orthodox Judaism
trans_list: ortodoksijuutalaisuus
sense:
(Judaism) The most traditional Rabbinic branch of Judaism, characterized by the belief in the continued relevance and binding nature of the Rabbinic interpretation of Jewish law.


lexentry: eng/Orthodox__Adjective__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: Orthodox
trans_list: ortodoksinen
sense:
(Christianity, loosely) Of or pertaining to a particular Orthodox Church, usually the Eastern Orthodox Church, sometimes the Oriental Orthodox Church or the Church of the East.


lexentry: eng/Orthodoxy__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: Orthodoxy
trans_list: ortodoksijuutalaisuus | ortodoksisuus
sense:
The aggregate of the definitive elements of the Eastern Orthodox Church, such as its faith, worship, theology, and traditions.


lexentry: eng/Orwellian__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Orwellian
trans_list: orwellilainen
sense:
Resembling the totalitarian political methods decried in the works of writer George Orwell, particularly in the dystopian novel Nineteen Eighty-Four; characterized by use of misleading terminology, propaganda, censorship, surveillance and repression. [1950]


lexentry: eng/Ossetia__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Ossetia
trans_list: Ossetia
sense:
An ethnolinguistic region on the border of Europe and Asia, located on both sides of the Greater Caucasus Mountains, largely inhabited by the Ossetians. The northern part of the region forms North Ossetia-Alania federal subject of Russia. The southern part is South Ossetia.


lexentry: eng/Ostrogoth__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Ostrogoth
trans_list: ostrogootti
sense:
Any member of an ancient East Germanic tribe, one branch of the Goths (the Visigoths being the other), which invaded Italy in the sixth century


lexentry: eng/Other__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Other
trans_list: muu
sense:
(philosophy, psychoanalysis) Radical alterity or otherness conceived or reified as a separate entity; “other people” altogether in their difference from oneself.


lexentry: eng/Ottoman_Empire__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Ottoman Empire
trans_list: Osmanien valtakunta | Ottomaanien valtakunta
sense:
(historical) A large Turkish empire which began as a Turkish sultanate centered in modern Turkey; founded in the late 13th century, it lasted until the end of World War I.


lexentry: eng/Ottoman_Turkish__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Ottoman Turkish
trans_list: osmaninturkki
sense:
A historical division of the Turkish language that was used as the administrative and literary language of the Ottoman Empire.


lexentry: eng/Ouija__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Ouija
trans_list: Ouija-lauta | ouija
sense:
(countable) A board, having letters of the alphabet and the words yes and no; used with a planchette during a seance to "communicate" with spirits.


lexentry: eng/Our_Lady_of_Sorrows__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Our Lady of Sorrows
trans_list: tuskien Äiti
sense:
(Christianity, chiefly, _, Catholicism) Synonym of Mary, mother of Jesus, in particular reference to her grief at the Christ's crucifixion.


lexentry: eng/Outer_Mongolia__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Outer Mongolia
trans_list: Ulko-Mongolia
sense:
Mongolia; a region south of Siberia, west of Manchuria and north of Inner Mongolia (with closely related native Mongolian population), well north of the Great Wall, which never became an integral part of the Chinese empire, and later achieved autonomy and full independence of China, as the republic of Mongolia


lexentry: eng/Oval_Office__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Oval Office
trans_list: Oval Office
sense:
The official office of the President of the United States, located in the West Wing of the White House.


lexentry: eng/Oxford_shoe__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Oxford shoe
trans_list: Oxford-kenkä
sense:
A type of leather shoe with lacing seamlessly integrated into the vamp, giving it a formal appearance.


lexentry: eng/Oxfordian__Adjective__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: Oxfordian
trans_list: oxfordilainen
sense:
Relating to or denoting the theory that Edward de Vere (1550–1604), Earl of Oxford, wrote the plays attributed to William Shakespeare.


lexentry: eng/Oxfordian__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: Oxfordian
trans_list: oxfordilainen
sense:
One who believes that Edward de Vere, 17th Earl of Oxford, wrote the plays traditionally attributed to William Shakespeare.


lexentry: eng/Oxfordian__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Oxfordian
trans_list: Oxford-kausi
sense:
(geology) The age from 163.5±1.0 Ma to 157.3±1.0 Ma or the stage of rocks (chiefly coral-derived limestones) deposited during it.


lexentry: eng/P-complete__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: P-complete
trans_list: P-täydellinen
sense:
(computing theory) Describing any problem in the complexity class P to which there exists a polynomial time mapping from any other problem in P.


lexentry: eng/PBUH__Interjection__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: PBUH
trans_list: rh | rohk
sense:
(Islam, sometimes, proscribed) Initialism of peace be upon him or peace be upon her; an honorific phrase used by some Muslims after any mention in speech or print of the Islamic prophet Muhammad or any other prophets or chosen figures believed by the majority of Muslims to be sent by God (Allah).


lexentry: eng/PEBCAK__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: PEBCAK
trans_list: ongelma sijaitsee näppäimistön ja tuolin välissä
sense:
(computing, humorous, also, attributively) Chiefly used by technical support helpdesk staff: a problem experienced with a user's computer that is due to user error.


lexentry: eng/PERT_chart__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: PERT chart
trans_list: kaavio
sense:
(operations) A diagram which uses the symbols and notations of program evaluation and review technique to depict the flow of dependent tasks and other events in a project.


lexentry: eng/PHEV__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
sense: (automotive) Initialism of plug-in hybrid electric vehicle.
written_rep: PHEV
trans_list:
ladattava hybridi | lataushybridi | pistokehybridi | plug-in-hybridi | plug-in-hybridiauto | plugari


lexentry: eng/PS__Noun__1
sense_num: 10
written_rep: PS
trans_list: JK | PS
sense:
Initialism of post scriptum, postscriptum, postscript. (initialism written at the end of a text as a footnote)


lexentry: eng/Pacific_Northwest__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Pacific Northwest
trans_list: [[Pohjois-Amerikan]] luoteisosa
sense:
The region of North America along the Pacific coast, typically defined as the states of Washington and Oregon and the southern part of the province of British Columbia, but variously including northern California, Idaho, all of British Columbia, the Yukon territory, and the panhandle of or all of Alaska.


lexentry: eng/Pacific_Ocean__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Pacific Ocean
trans_list: Tyyni valtameri | Tyynimeri | Iso valtameri
sense:
An ocean, the world's largest body of water, to the east of Asia and Australasia and to the west of the Americas.


lexentry: eng/Pacific_herring__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Pacific herring
trans_list: tyynenmerensilli
sense:
A species of the herring family native to north Pacific Ocean from Yellow Sea to Baja California; Clupea pallasii.


lexentry: eng/Pacific_saury__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Pacific saury
trans_list: saira
sense:
A species of the saury family native to north Pacific Ocean from Yellow Sea to Gulf of Alaska; Cololabis saira.


lexentry: eng/Paeonia__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Paeonia
trans_list: Paionia
sense:
The land of the Paeonians, a people inhabiting between the lands of Macedonians, Thracians, and Illyrians.


lexentry: eng/Paki_shop__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Paki shop
trans_list: arabi
sense:
(UK, Ireland, offensive, _, slang, derogatory) A corner shop run by a Pakistani or any other person of South-West and North-West Asian descent.


lexentry: eng/Palace_of_Westminster__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Palace of Westminster
trans_list: Westminsterin palatsi
sense:
An extensive building on the north bank of the River Thames in London, housing the House of Commons and the House of Lords.


lexentry: eng/Palau__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Palau
trans_list: Palau
sense:
A country consisting of around 340 islands in Micronesia, in Oceania. Official name: Republic of Palau. Capital: Ngerulmud.


lexentry: eng/Palauan__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Palauan
trans_list: palau
sense:
A language spoken in the Pacific, in the Republic of Palau. It is a member of the Austronesian family of languages, and is considered to be one of two languages in Micronesia belonging to the Western Austronesian group, all others considered to be members of the Oceanic subgroup.


lexentry: eng/Paleo_diet__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Paleo diet
trans_list: kivikautinen ruokavalio | paleoruokavalio
sense:
A nutritional plan based on the presumed ancient diet of wild plants and animals that various hominid species habitually consumed during the Paleolithic.


lexentry: eng/Paleoarchean__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Paleoarchean
trans_list: paleoarkeeinen | varhaisarkeeinen
sense:
(geology) Of a geologic era within the Archaean eon from about 3600 to 3200 million years ago; the first aerobic bacteria appeared at this time.


lexentry: eng/Paleocene__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Paleocene
trans_list: paleoseeni
sense:
(geology) A geologic epoch within the Paleogene period from about 65 to 56 million years ago; marked by the rise of the first large mammals in a tropical climate.


lexentry: eng/Paleogene__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Paleogene
trans_list: paleogeenikautinen | paleogeeninen
sense:
(geology) Of a geologic period within the Cenozoic era; comprises the Paleocene, Eocene and Oligocene epochs from about 65 to 23 million years ago.


lexentry: eng/Palestine__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: Palestine
trans_list: Palestiina
sense:
(historical, technical) A British colonial entity administering approximately the lands mentioned in definition 1.


lexentry: eng/Palestine__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: Palestine
trans_list: Palestiina
sense:
(historical, technical, rare) The British League of Nations Mandate for Palestine, of which this region was a part (the remainder being Transjordan, which covered approximately the lands of the modern Kingdom (originally Emirate) of Jordan).


lexentry: eng/Palestine__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: Palestine
trans_list: Palestiina
sense:
(historical) Any of four Ancient Roman and Byzantine provinces in the eastern Mediterranean: Syria Palaestina, Palaestina Prima, Palaestina Secunda and Palaestina Salutaris.


lexentry: eng/Pali__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Pali
trans_list: paali
sense:
A Middle Indo-Aryan language of north India, closely related to Sanskrit; the sacred language of the Buddhist scriptures. [from 1690s]


lexentry: eng/Pallas's_leaf_warbler__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Pallas's leaf warbler
trans_list: hippiäisuunilintu
sense:
Phylloscopus proregulus, a leaf warbler that breeds in mountain forests from southern Siberia east to northern Mongolia and northeast China.


lexentry: eng/Pamir_Mountains__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Pamir Mountains
trans_list: Pamir-vuoret
sense:
A mountain range in Central Asia at the junction of the Himalayas with the Tian Shan, Karakoram, Kunlun and Hindu Kush ranges.


lexentry: eng/Pan-American__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Pan-American
trans_list: panamerikkalainen
sense:
Covering or representing all of the Americas (both North America and South America), particularly with respect to events involving representatives of most or all countries in the Americas.


lexentry: eng/Pan-Scandinavianism__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Pan-Scandinavianism
trans_list: skandinavismi
sense:
(chiefly, historical) A movement aimed at uniting the Scandinavian peoples into a single country; Scandinavian nationalism.


lexentry: eng/Pan__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Pan
trans_list: Pan
sense:
(Greek god) Greek god of nature, often visualized as half goat and half man playing pipes. His Roman counterpart is Faunus.


lexentry: eng/Panathenaea__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Panathenaea
trans_list: Panathenaia
sense:
(Ancient Greece, historical) A festival formerly held annually in Athens to honour the city's patron goddess Athena, involving animal sacrifices, a grand procession, and, every fourth year, athletic and musical contests.


lexentry: eng/Panchen_Lama__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Panchen Lama
trans_list: Panchen-lama
sense:
(Tibetan Buddhism) The second-highest-ranking lama of the Gelug sect of Tibetan Buddhism, after the Dalai Lama.


lexentry: eng/Pandora__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Pandora
trans_list: Pandora
sense:
(Greek mythology) The first woman on earth, who had been given a box by the gods and instructed not to open it, but who disobeyed the instructions out of curiosity, releasing all manner of evils into the world.


lexentry: eng/Pangaea__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Pangaea
trans_list: Pangea
sense:
(geology) A supercontinent that included all the landmasses of the earth before the Triassic period and that broke up into Laurasia and Gondwana.


lexentry: eng/Panzerfaust__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Panzerfaust
trans_list: panssarinyrkki
sense:
A light, single-shot anti-tank grenade launcher developed in Germany in the latter stages of the Second World War.


lexentry: eng/Pap_smear__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Pap smear
trans_list: papakoe
sense:
(gynaecology) A screening test meant to detect pre-cancerous and cancerous cells by taking a sample (‘smear’) of cells from the cervix.


lexentry: eng/Pap_test__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Pap test
trans_list: Papa-koe
sense:
(gynaecology) A screening test to detect pre-cancerous and cancerous cells by taking a sample ('smear') of cells from the cervix.


lexentry: eng/Papal_States__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Papal States
trans_list: Kirkkovaltio
sense:
(historical) A country in southern Europe that existed until 1870, comprising the territories of Italy over which the pope was the ruler in a civil as well as a spiritual sense.


lexentry: eng/Paphian__Adjective__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: Paphian
trans_list: -lainen
sense:
Of or relating to Paphos, the mythical birthplace of the goddess of love on the island of Cyprus. [from 16th c.]


lexentry: eng/Paphlagonia__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Paphlagonia
trans_list: Paflagonia
sense:
A historical region in northern Asia Minor, on the shore of the Black Sea, between Bithynia and Pontus


lexentry: eng/Papua_New_Guinea__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Papua New Guinea
trans_list: Papua-Uusi-Guinea
sense:
A country in Oceania. Official name: Independent State of Papua New Guinea. Capital and largest city: Port Moresby.


lexentry: eng/Papua__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Papua
trans_list: Papua
sense:
The southern part of what is now called Papua New Guinea, formerly administered as a separate territory to New Guinea.


lexentry: eng/Paraclete__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Paraclete
trans_list: Parakletos
sense:
(Christianity) The Holy Spirit, the Holy Ghost, especially in its role as comforter of the faithful.


lexentry: eng/Paraguay__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Paraguay
trans_list: Paraguay
sense:
A country in South America. Official name: Republic of Paraguay. Capital and largest city: Asunción.


lexentry: eng/Paralympic_Games__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Paralympic Games
trans_list: paralympialaiset
sense:
An international sports competition participated in by sportspeople with physical disabilities, which is held every four years as a counterpart of the Olympic Games and nowadays at the same venue.


lexentry: eng/Paralympics__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Paralympics
trans_list: paralympialaiset
sense:
(sports) Synonym of Paralympic Games (“an international sports competition participated in by sportspeople with physical disabilities, which is held every four years as a counterpart of the Olympic Games and nowadays at the same venue”)


lexentry: eng/Pareto_principle__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Pareto principle
trans_list: periaate
sense:
The principle that describes the phenomenon wherein a small percentage of a population accounts for a large proportion of a particular characteristic of that population.


lexentry: eng/Paris_syndrome__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Paris syndrome
trans_list: Pariisin syndrooma
sense:
An alleged transient psychological disorder encountered by some people visiting or vacationing in Paris, France, resulting from shock at their discovery that Paris is not what they had expected it to be.


lexentry: eng/Parkinson's_disease__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Parkinson's disease
trans_list: Parkinsonin tauti
sense:
(neurology, disease) A chronic neurological disorder affecting movement, characterized by tremor, slowness of movement (bradykinesia), cogwheel or lead-pipe rigidity, and postural instability.


lexentry: eng/Parthia__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: Parthia
trans_list: Parthia
sense:
A former country in Central and Western Asia; the empire ruled by dynasts from Parthia; the Parthian Empire; the Arsacid Empire.


lexentry: eng/Parthian_Empire__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Parthian Empire
trans_list: Parthian valtakunta
sense:
(historical) An ancient empire of Western Asia founded as a kingdom by Arsaces I with his 3rd-century-BCE conquest of Parthia (only recently a satrapy of the Seleucid Empire) and subsequently greatly expanded by Mithridates I.


lexentry: eng/Pascal's_triangle__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Pascal's triangle
trans_list: Pascalin kolmio
sense:
(mathematics) A geometric representation of the binomial coefficients in a triangle, each entry being the sum of the two entries above.


lexentry: eng/Pascal's_wager__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Pascal's wager
trans_list: Pascalin vaaka
sense:
(religion) An argument for theism (and specifically Christianity, according to the writer) maintaining that belief in the divine ensures happiness in this life and offers the possibility of eternal happiness (should God or divine beings exist), whereas atheism, even if it brings happiness in this life, offers no hope of eternal happiness and carries the risk of eternal damnation.


lexentry: eng/Paschal_Lamb__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: Paschal Lamb
trans_list: Jumalan Karitsa
sense:
(heraldiccharge) A lamb depicted with nimbus and bearing a flag (usually St. George's cross: argent a cross gules).


lexentry: eng/Pashto__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Pashto
trans_list: paštu
sense:
The native Indo-Iranian language of the Pashtun people; an official language of Afghanistan and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan.


lexentry: eng/Pashtun__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Pashtun
trans_list: pataanilainen | paštulainen
sense:
Of or relating to the Pashtuns (a segmentary-lineage ethnic group currently numbering some 50 million people, which is the largest ethnic group in Afghanistan and the second largest in Pakistan), or to their culture.


lexentry: eng/Passau__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Passau
trans_list: Passau
sense:
An independent town in Lower Bavaria, Bavaria, Germany, on the confluence of Inn and Ilz into Danube.


lexentry: eng/Passover__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Passover
trans_list: (juutalainen) pääsiäinen | pesah
sense:
The one-day Biblical feast or festival (not a holy day) that begins at twilight at the beginning of the fourteenth day of the first month (Abib 14 / Nisan 14), during which the first-born sons of the Israelites were passed over while those of the Egyptians were killed; this feast day is then immediately followed by the seven-day Feast of Unleavened Bread (Nisan 15 to 21; the first and seventh days are holy days or annual or yearly Sabbaths).


lexentry: eng/Pastafarianism__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Pastafarianism
trans_list: pastafarismi
sense:
A parody religion centered around the Flying Spaghetti Monster, a creator deity who resembles spaghetti and meatballs.


lexentry: eng/Pasteur_pipette__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Pasteur pipette
trans_list: pasteur-pipetti
sense:
(chemistry) An item of laboratory equipment consisting of a simple pipette with a very long, fine nose and a rubber bulb, used to draw small amounts of liquid from a chemical liquid or solution. Often used to separate two phases in a small sample.


lexentry: eng/Patagonia__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Patagonia
trans_list: Patagonia
sense:
A geographical region in southern South America, including the southern parts of Chile and Argentina


lexentry: eng/Patras__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Patras
trans_list: Patraksesta
sense:
The third most populated Greek city (after Athens and Thessaloniki), the most populated city in the Peloponnese and the capital of Western Greece (administrative region of Greece).


lexentry: eng/Pauli_exclusion_principle__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Pauli exclusion principle
trans_list: Paulin kieltosääntö
sense:
(physics) A principle in quantum mechanics that states that no two identical fermions may occupy the same quantum state simultaneously.


lexentry: eng/Pavlovian__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Pavlovian
trans_list: pavlovilainen | Pavlovin
sense:
Of or relating to the theories of the Russian physiologist, psychologist, and physician Ivan Petrovich Pavlov, especially those related to behavioral conditioning.


lexentry: eng/Pavo__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Pavo
trans_list: Riikinkukko
sense:
(constellation) A constellation of the southern sky, said to resemble a peacock. It lies between the constellations Telescopium and Octans.


lexentry: eng/Pegasus__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Pegasus
trans_list: Pegasus
sense:
(Greek mythology) A winged horse fabled to have sprung from the blood of Medusa when she was slain. He is noted for causing, with a blow of his hoof, Hippocrene, the inspiring fountain of the Muses, to spring from Mount Helicon. Bellerophon tamed and rode upon Pegasus when he defeated the Chimaera.


lexentry: eng/Pegasus__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Pegasus
trans_list: Pegasus
sense:
(constellation) A constellation of the northern sky, near the vernal equinoctial point, representing the winged horse. Its three brightest stars, with the brightest star of Andromeda, form the asterism of the Great Square of Pegasus.


lexentry: eng/Peipus__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Peipus
trans_list: Peipsijärvi
sense:
A large freshwater lake on the border between Estonia and Russia in Northern Europe. It is the fifth-largest lake in Europe, and the largest in Estonia. The lake consists of three parts: Peipsi (Chudskoe), Pihkva (Pskovskoe), Lämmijärv (Teploe).


lexentry: eng/Peking_opera__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Peking opera
trans_list: Pekingin ooppera
sense:
(music genre) A form of traditional Chinese theatre which combines music, vocal performance, mime, dance and acrobatics.


lexentry: eng/Pelagianism__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Pelagianism
trans_list: pelagiolaisuus
sense:
(Christianity) A Christian belief that denies the view of original sin and the necessity of grace, asserting that man is capable of achieving salvation by his own efforts.


lexentry: eng/Peloponnese__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Peloponnese
trans_list: Peloponnesos
sense:
A peninsula in Greece, separated from mainland Europe by the Gulf of Corinth and connected to it by the Isthmus of Corinth.


lexentry: eng/Peltier_effect__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Peltier effect
trans_list: Peltier'n ilmiö
sense:
(physics) A thermoelectric effect which occurs when current is passed through a thermocouple causing one side of the Peltier to heat up and the other to cool down, used in computing as a cooling process.


lexentry: eng/Pennsylvanian__Adjective__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: Pennsylvanian
trans_list: myöhäiskivihiilikautinen
sense:
(geology) Of any of the three geologic epochs (lower, middle and upper) within the Carboniferous period from 318 to 299 million years ago; marked by a high oxygen atmosphere and the rise of reptiles and winged insects.


lexentry: eng/Penrose_stairs__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Penrose stairs
trans_list: Penrosen portaat
sense:
An impossible loop of endlessly ascending and descending stairs, or an optical illusion appearing to depict such a loop.


lexentry: eng/People's_Liberation_Army__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: People's Liberation Army
trans_list: Kansan vapautusarmeija
sense:
(military) People's Liberation Army Ground Force, the army branch of the military arm of the People's Republic of China.


lexentry: eng/People's_Republic_of_Angola__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: People's Republic of Angola
trans_list: Angolan kansantasavalta
sense:
(history) A former country in West Africa, a self-declared socialist state that existed from 1975 to 1992.


lexentry: eng/Periclean__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Periclean
trans_list: Perikleen | Perikleen ajalta
sense:
Of or relating to Pericles, an Ancient Greek politician, or to the golden age of art and literature in Athens.


lexentry: eng/Perioikoi__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Perioikoi
trans_list: perioikit
sense:
The ancient inhabitants of Laconia who were free residents of the mountains and the beaches of Laconia.


lexentry: eng/Permian__Adjective__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: Permian
trans_list: permikautinen | permiläinen
sense:
(geology) Pertaining to the last geologic period of the Paleozoic era; comprising the Cisuralian, Guadalupian and Lopingian epochs from about 280 to 248 million years ago. [from 19th c.]


lexentry: eng/Permian__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Permian
trans_list: permiläinen
sense:
An inhabitant of the Russian region of Perm; specifically, one belonging to a branch of the Finno-Ugric peoples, including Komis and Udmurts, who speak Permic languages. [from 16th c.]


lexentry: eng/Peronism__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Peronism
trans_list: peronismi
sense:
(politics) The eclectic political ideology attributed to the former Argentine leaders Juan Perón and Eva Duarte de Perón, combining populism, nationalism and state intervention, but originally chiefly centred on their personalities.


lexentry: eng/Perpignan__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Perpignan
trans_list: Perpignan
sense:
A city, the capital of the Pyrénées-Orientales department, Occitanie, France, formerly in Languedoc-Roussillon.


lexentry: eng/Perse__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Perse
trans_list: Perse | Perseis
sense:
(Greek god) An Oceanid, (one of the three thousand daughters of the Titans' Oceanus and Tethys), and the wife of the sun god, Helios, by whom she is the mother of Aeetes, Perses, Pasiphae, and Circe. One of her many sisters is Amphitrite, (the wife of Poseidon). Perse is also closely identified with Hecate.


lexentry: eng/Persephone__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Persephone
trans_list: Persefone
sense:
(Greek god) A minor deity, the queen of the Underworld/Hades, and goddess of the seasons and vegetation. Originally named Kore/Core, she is the daughter of Zeus and Demeter; and the wife of Hades. Her Roman counterpart is Proserpina.


lexentry: eng/Perseus__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Perseus
trans_list: Perseus
sense:
(Greek mythology) The mythological Greek warrior who slew the Gorgon Medusa by decapitating her. He married Andromeda after rescuing her from Ceto and founded Mycenae. He was the son of Zeus and Danae.


lexentry: eng/Perseus__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: Perseus
trans_list: Perseus
sense:
(constellation) An autumn constellation of the northern sky, said to resemble the mythical hero. It includes the stars Algenib, Algol, and Mirfak.


lexentry: eng/Persia__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: Persia
trans_list: Persia
sense:
Persia proper (Persis), the land of the ancient Persians, corresponding to modern-day Fars province in southwestern Iran.


lexentry: eng/Persian__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Persian
trans_list: persia | farsi | farsin kieli | persian kieli
sense:
(uncountable) The Persian language, or a family of languages spoken primarily in Iran, Afghanistan, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan.


lexentry: eng/Peter__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: Peter
trans_list: Pietarin kirje | Pietari | Pekka
sense:
(biblical) The epistles of Peter in the New Testament of the Bible, 1 Peter and 2 Peter attributed to St. Peter.


lexentry: eng/Peter_principle__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Peter principle
trans_list: Peterin periaate
sense:
(management) The theory that people in an organization tend to rise (be promoted) to the level of their incompetence.


lexentry: eng/Petrarchan_sonnet__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Petrarchan sonnet
trans_list: italialainen sonetti | petrarcalainen sonetti
sense:
(poetry) A sonnet comprising an octave and a closing sestet, following the rhyme scheme of either abba abba cde cde or abba abba cd cd cd or abba abba cce dde or abba abba cdd cee.


lexentry: eng/Petrograd__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: Petrograd
trans_list: Petrograd | Pietari
sense:
A region of Saint Petersburg city, Saint Petersburg, Northwest Russia district, European Russia, Russia.


lexentry: eng/Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky
trans_list: Petropavlovsk-Kamtšatski
sense:
A city in the far East of Russia, administrative centre of Kamchatka kray, also called Petropavlovsk


lexentry: eng/Pe̍h-ōe-jī__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Pe̍h-ōe-jī
trans_list: Pe̍h-ōe-jī -ortografia
sense:
A Latin alphabet-based orthography for Hokkien, created and introduced by Presbyterian Christian missionaries in the 19th century.


lexentry: eng/Pharisee__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Pharisee
trans_list: fariseus
sense:
(historical) A member of an ancient Jewish political party, a social movement, and a school of thought among Jews that flourished during the Second Temple Era (536 B.C.E.–70 C.E.). The movement was ultimately the basis for most contemporary forms of Judaism.


lexentry: eng/Pharisee__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: Pharisee
trans_list: farisealainen | fariseus
sense:
(figuratively, by extension, ;, pejorative) A person who values the letter of the law over its spirit or intention.


lexentry: eng/Pherecrates__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Pherecrates
trans_list: Ferekrates
sense:
A celebrated Athenian poet of the Old Comedy, living in the fifth century BCE (born after Crates and Cratinus but before Aristophanes, Eupolis, and Plato Comicus – so between c. 519 and c. 446 BCE), victorious at least thrice at the City Dionysia and the Lenaia in the 440s–430s, and inventor of the Pherecratean metre.


lexentry: eng/Philemon__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Philemon
trans_list: Filemon | Kirje Filemonille
sense:
The eighteenth book of the New Testament of the Bible, the epistle of Saint Paul to a fellow Christian called Philemon.


lexentry: eng/Philippians__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Philippians
trans_list: Filippiläiskirje | Kirje filippiläisille
sense:
(biblical) The eleventh book of the New Testament of the Bible, the epistle of St Paul to the Philippians.


lexentry: eng/Philippine_eagle__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Philippine eagle
trans_list: filippiinienkotka
sense:
Pithecophaga jefferyi, a species of eagle endemic to forests in the Philippines that has brown and white-coloured plumage, and a shaggy crest.


lexentry: eng/Philippine_mahogany__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Philippine mahogany
trans_list: Filippiinien mahonki
sense:
(US) Any of several species of tree whose wood resemble mahogany (Swietenia spp.) in some ways, such as tanguile (Dipterocarpoideae spp.), red lauan (Shorea negrosensis), white lauan (Parashorea macrophylla), tiaong (Shorea teysmanniana), almon (Shorea spp., esp. Shorea eximia), mayapis (Dipterocarpoideae spp.), bagtikan (Dipterocarpoideae spp., esp. Parashorea malaanon and Parashorea warburgii).


lexentry: eng/Philistine__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Philistine
trans_list: filistealainen
sense:
(historical) A non-Semitic person from ancient Philistia, a region in the southwest Levant in the Middle East.


lexentry: eng/Phillips_screwdriver__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Phillips screwdriver
trans_list: ristipäämeisseli | ristipääruuvimeisseli
sense:
A screwdriver having a cross-shaped tip rather than the rectangular tip of a standard flathead screwdriver.


lexentry: eng/Phoenicia__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Phoenicia
trans_list: Foinikia
sense:
The land of city states of the Phoenicians which around 1000 BC was situated on the coast of present day Syria and Lebanon, and included the cities of Tyre and Sidon.


lexentry: eng/Phoenix__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: Phoenix
trans_list: Feeniks
sense:
(constellation) A spring constellation of the southern sky, said to resemble the mythical bird. It lies north of Tucana.


lexentry: eng/Phoney_War__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Phoney War
trans_list: valesota
sense:
(historical) During World War Two, the period of limited military activity from the outbreak of hostilities on September 3rd, 1939 until Germany's attack on the Low Countries on May 10th, 1940.


lexentry: eng/Phosphorus__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: Phosphorus
trans_list: Venus
sense:
An Ancient Greek name for the morning star (the planet Venus when it is visible in the eastern sky before sunrise).


lexentry: eng/Phrygian_cap__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Phrygian cap
trans_list: fryygialaismyssy
sense:
(Ancient Greece, Ancient Rome) A soft, close-fitting conical cap with the top bent forward, represented in Greek and Roman art as worn by ancient Phrygians, and later associated with the Roman liberty cap.


lexentry: eng/Phrygian_cap__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: Phrygian cap
trans_list: synnynnäinen sappirakon pohjukan ja rungon välinen poimu
sense:
(by extension, anatomy) A congenital abnormality of the gall bladder with no pathological significance, caused by a folding at the distal part of the fundus.


lexentry: eng/Picardy__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Picardy
trans_list: Picardie
sense:
A former administrative region and historical province of France; since 2016, part of the administrative region of Hauts-de-France.


lexentry: eng/Pictor__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Pictor
trans_list: Maalari
sense:
(constellation) A summer constellation of the southern sky, said to resemble an easel. It lies between the constellations Carina and Dorado.


lexentry: eng/Pijin__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Pijin
trans_list: pijin
sense:
In full Solomon Islands Pijin, Solomon Pijin, or Solomons Pijin: a language spoken on the Solomon Islands, which is a form of Melanesian Pidgin.


lexentry: eng/Piltdown_Man__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Piltdown Man
trans_list: Piltdownin ihminen
sense:
(taxonomy) A supposed early human theorized from bone fragments said to have been found in a gravel pit in Piltdown, England, in 1912, but later identified as a forgery.


lexentry: eng/Pinocchio__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Pinocchio
trans_list: Pinokkio
sense:
The fictional boy made from wood whose nose gets longer with each lie he tells, protagonist of the story The Adventures of Pinocchio (1881–1883) by Carlo Collodi.


lexentry: eng/Pinyin__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Pinyin
trans_list: pinyin
sense:
A system of romanization for Standard Mandarin, used in the People’s Republic of China, and more recently in other Mandarin Chinese-speaking areas as well. [from 20th c.]


lexentry: eng/Pippi_Longstocking__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Pippi Longstocking
trans_list: Peppi Pitkätossu
sense:
A person, especially a girl or woman, with long or flamboyant red hair, especially in pigtails or parted down the middle, and prominent freckles.


lexentry: eng/Piraeus__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Piraeus
trans_list: Pireus
sense:
A municipality and port in Greece, part of Athens agglomeration, the chief port of Athens, located on the Saronic Gulf.


lexentry: eng/Pisces__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Pisces
trans_list: Kalat
sense:
(zodiac constellations) The Fish, a Greco-Roman constellation of the zodiac named for its presumed resemblance to a pair of fish


lexentry: eng/Pisces__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: Pisces
trans_list: Kalat
sense:
(astrology) The zodiac sign for the fish, supposed to be ruled by Neptune and to influence events occurring between February 20 and March 20 (tropical) or, less often, between March 15 and April 14 (sidereal).


lexentry: eng/Piscis_Austrinus__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Piscis Austrinus
trans_list: Etelän kala
sense:
(constellation) An autumn constellation of the northern sky, said to resemble a fish. It contains the star Fomalhaut.


lexentry: eng/Pitjantjatjara__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Pitjantjatjara
trans_list: pitjantjatjara
sense:
An Aboriginal language, mainly spoken in central Australia and belonging to the Western Desert language group (Pama-Nyungan subfamily).


lexentry: eng/Planalto_slaty_antshrike__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Planalto slaty antshrike
trans_list: vaaleapuumuura
sense:
a passerine bird of the antbird family, Thamnophilus pelzelni (syn. Thamnophilus punctatus pelzelni)


lexentry: eng/Planck's_constant__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Planck's constant
trans_list: Planckin vakio
sense:
(quantum mechanics) the constant of proportionality (symbol ℎ), relating the energy and frequency of a photon (6.626×10−34 joule-second); also related to the indeterminacy limit in the Heisenberg uncertainty principle; the quantum of action


lexentry: eng/Planet_X__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Planet X
trans_list: planeetta X
sense:
(astronomy) A hypothetical planet in the Solar system, beyond the currently known outermost planet. (The term was applied to Eris for a short while, when Pluto was still considered the ninth planet.)


lexentry: eng/Platonic_solid__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Platonic solid
trans_list: Platonin kappale
sense:
(geometry) Any of five convex polyhedra with congruent regular polygonal faces, which have a high degree of symmetry and have been studied since antiquity.


lexentry: eng/Playboy_Bunny__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Playboy Bunny
trans_list: Playboy-pupu
sense:
A waitress at a Playboy Club, characteristically dressed in a strapless teddy, black pantyhose, cuffs, a collar and bowtie, bunny ears, and a short, fluffy tail.


lexentry: eng/Pleiades__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Pleiades
trans_list: Plejadit
sense:
(Greek god) The "seven sisters", companions of Artemis and daughters of the Titan Atlas and the sea-nymph Pleione.


lexentry: eng/Pleiades__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: Pleiades
trans_list: Plejadit | Seulaset
sense:
(astronomy) An open cluster of hot blue stars in the constellation Taurus, and the most easily visible such cluster from Earth.


lexentry: eng/Pleistocene__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Pleistocene
trans_list: pleistoseenikautinen
sense:
(geology) Of a geologic epoch within the Quaternary period from about 2,588,000 to 11,700 years ago (earlier definition 1.7 million to 11,000 years ago); marked by the evolution of man, and the extinction of the large mammals.


lexentry: eng/Plimsoll_line__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Plimsoll line
trans_list: Plimsollin lastimerkki | Plimsollin merkki | lastimerkki
sense:
(nautical) Properly the International Load Line, a mark on the hull of a merchant ship to show the waterline under specified conditions. The line shows the maximum capacity load the ship may carry.


lexentry: eng/Pliocene__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Pliocene
trans_list: plioseenikautinen
sense:
(geology) Of a geologic epoch within the Neogene period from about 5.3 to 1.7 million years ago; marked by the appearance of humanity's first ancestors.


lexentry: eng/Plutarch__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Plutarch
trans_list: Plutarkhos
sense:
The classical historian and essayist Lucius Mestrius Plutarchus (46-120 C.E.). Often used as a byword for a biographer, to suggest that the writer is especially skilled or has other attributes associated with Plutarch.


lexentry: eng/Pluto__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: Pluto
trans_list: Pluto
sense:
(astronomy) The largest dwarf planet and formerly the ninth planet, represented by the symbol ♇ or ⯓, both now used mostly in astrology. [from 1930]


lexentry: eng/Plutonian__Adjective__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: Plutonian
trans_list: Plutoniin liittyvä
sense:
(by extension, geology, historical) Synonym of plutonic (“of, pertaining to, or supporting plutonism, the theory that the rocks of the Earth were formed in fire by volcanic activity, with a continuing gradual process of weathering and erosion, then deposited on the sea bed, re-formed into layers of sedimentary rock by heat and pressure, and raised again”)


lexentry: eng/Plutonic__Adjective__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: Plutonic
trans_list: plutoninen | syvä
sense:
(by extension, geology, mineralogy) Of or pertaining to rocks formed deep in the Earth's crust, rather than by volcanoes at the surface of the Earth.


lexentry: eng/Pluviôse__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Pluviôse
trans_list: pluviôse
sense:
(historical) The fifth month of the French Republican Calendar, from January 20, 21 or 22 to February 18, 19 or 20.


lexentry: eng/Plymouth_Sound__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Plymouth Sound
trans_list: Plymouthinlahti
sense:
An inlet or sound off the English Channel, and south of Plymouth, Devon, England (OS grid ref SX45).


lexentry: eng/Pnyx__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Pnyx
trans_list: Pnyks
sense:
(Ancient Greece, historical) A hill in Athens west of the Acropolis with a stone platform and steps set into its side, which was used as the meeting place of the democratic assembly in Ancient Greece.


lexentry: eng/Poincaré_disk__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Poincaré disk
trans_list: Poincarén kiekko
sense:
The hyperbolic plane, viewed as a disk so that Euclidean circles and lines Euclidean-perpendicular to the disk's surface are hyperbolic lines.


lexentry: eng/Poisson's_ratio__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Poisson's ratio
trans_list: Poissonin suhde
sense:
Of a material in tension or compression, the ratio of the strain in the direction of the applied load to the strain normal to the load. Abbreviated ν.


lexentry: eng/Polaris__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Polaris
trans_list: Pohjantähti
sense:
(star) α Ursae Minoris, a trinary star in the constellation Ursa Minor located near the north celestial pole for the last 1500 years.


lexentry: eng/Polish_notation__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Polish notation
trans_list: puolalainen notaatio
sense:
(arithmetic, logic) A notation for arithmetic (and logical) formulae in which operations (respectively, quantifiers and operands) are written immediately before their operands, used to avoid the need for parentheses; for example, 3 * (4 + 7) is written as * 3 + 4 7 and A AND B is written as AND A B.


lexentry: eng/Polish_studies__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Polish studies
trans_list: polonistiikka
sense:
(humanities) An academic discipline that includes the study of literatures written in the Polish language, Polish linguistics, and Polish sociolinguistics.


lexentry: eng/Polynesia__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Polynesia
trans_list: Polynesia
sense:
A region of Oceania, including Easter Island, Hawaii, New Zealand, and most of the islands between them.


lexentry: eng/Pomerania__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Pomerania
trans_list: Pommeri
sense:
A former duchy, historical province of Prussia, and now a region split between Germany and Poland on the southern shore of the Baltic Sea.


lexentry: eng/Ponzi_scheme__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Ponzi scheme
trans_list: Ponzi-huijaus
sense:
A fraudulent scheme where earlier investors are paid with the money taken from new investors, giving the impression that the scheme is a viable investment.


lexentry: eng/Popemobile__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Popemobile
trans_list: paavimobiili
sense:
(informal) Any of various vehicles with bulletproof glass sides used to transport the Pope through crowds safely while allowing an open view.


lexentry: eng/Popeye__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Popeye
trans_list: Kippari-Kalle
sense:
A tough cartoon sailor, full name Popeye the Sailor, characterized by bulging forearm muscles, a squinty eye, and an affinity for spinach.


lexentry: eng/Portugal__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Portugal
trans_list: Portugali
sense:
A country in Southern Europe, on the Iberian Peninsula. Official name: Portuguese Republic. Capital and largest city: Lisbon.


lexentry: eng/Portuguese__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Portuguese
trans_list: portugali | portugalilainen
sense:
A Romance language originating in Portugal, and now the official language of Portugal, Angola, Mozambique, São Tomé and Príncipe, Guiné Bissau (Guinea-Bissau), Cape Verde, East Timor, and Brazil.


lexentry: eng/Portuguese_man-of-war__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Portuguese man-of-war
trans_list: portugalinsotalaiva
sense:
Physalia physalis, a marine cnidarian consisting of a floating colony of hydrozoans attached to a float, superficially resembling a jellyfish.


lexentry: eng/Poseidon__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Poseidon
trans_list: Poseidon
sense:
(Greek god) The god of the sea and other waters, earthquakes and horses; corresponds to the Roman god Neptune.


lexentry: eng/Pott's_disease__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Pott's disease
trans_list: selkärankatuberkuloosi
sense:
A presentation of extrapulmonary tuberculosis that affects the spine, a kind of tuberculous arthritis of the intervertebral joints.


lexentry: eng/Praetorian__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Praetorian
trans_list: pretoriaani
sense:
(historical, Ancient Rome) A member of a special bodyguard force used by Roman emperors, their symbol being the scorpion.


lexentry: eng/Prague__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Prague
trans_list: Praha | prahalainen
sense:
The capital city of the Czech Republic; former capital of Czechoslovakia; former capital of the Kingdom of Bohemia.


lexentry: eng/Prakrit__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Prakrit
trans_list: prakrit | prakrit-kieli
sense:
Any one of several Middle Indo-Aryan languages, all derived from dialects of Old Indo-Aryan languages. [from 1766]


lexentry: eng/Pre-Raphaelite__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Pre-Raphaelite
trans_list: prerafaeliitti
sense:
One who favors or practices art as it was before Raphael; one who favors or advocates Pre-Raphaelism.


lexentry: eng/Precambrian__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Precambrian
trans_list: prekambri
sense:
(geology) The Precambrian supereon; spanning from the formation of the Earth around 4.6 billion years ago to the emergence of hard-shelled creatures 541 million years ago.


lexentry: eng/Primus_stove__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: Primus stove
trans_list: kaasukeitin
sense:
Any portable stove marketed under the Primus trademark that may use also other fuels, particularly butane or propane gas ("camping gas").


lexentry: eng/Prince_Charming__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: Prince Charming
trans_list: satuprinssi | unelmien prinssi
sense:
(by extension) A heterosexual woman's prototypical ideal romantic partner, especially but not necessarily if he embodies common characteristics of the fictional princes, such as being courageous or chivalrous.


lexentry: eng/Procopius__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: Procopius
trans_list: Procopius | Prokopios
sense:
A male given name of historical usage, notably borne by Saint Procopius, an early Christian martyr of the 3rd century C.E.


lexentry: eng/Procopius__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: Procopius
trans_list: Procopius | Prokopios
sense:
A male given name of historical usage, notably borne by Procopius, a Roman imperial usurper of the 4th century C.E.


lexentry: eng/Procopius__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: Procopius
trans_list: Procopius | Prokopios
sense:
A male given name of historical usage, notably borne by Procopius of Caesarea, a Byzantine Greek historian of the 6th century C.E.


lexentry: eng/Procrustes__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Procrustes
trans_list: Prokrustes
sense:
(Greek mythology) A celebrated legendary highwayman of Attica, who tied his victims upon an iron bed, and, as the case required, either stretched or cut off their legs to adapt them to its length.


lexentry: eng/Prohibition__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Prohibition
trans_list: kieltolain aika
sense:
(history) Any of several periods during which the manufacture, transportation, import, export, and sale of alcoholic beverages were restricted or illegal.


lexentry: eng/Promethean__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Promethean
trans_list: prometeaaninen
sense:
Of a Romantic literary hero: defying traditional moral categories; rebelling against a larger order; persecuted but dauntless.


lexentry: eng/Promethean__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Promethean
trans_list: Prometheuksen | prometeaaninen
sense:
Of or pertaining to Prometheus, a demigod in Greek mythology who created mortals from clay and stole fire from Zeus to give to them, for which Zeus punished him by chaining him to a rock and having an eagle feed on his liver which grew back each night; he was later rescued by Heracles.


lexentry: eng/Promethean__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: Promethean
trans_list: Promethean-tulitikku | Prometheuksen kaltainen henkilö
sense:
(also, attributive, historical) A kind of lucifer match consisting of a glass tube containing sulfuric acid coated on the outside with a flammable mixture of potassium chlorate and sugar and wrapped in paper rolls; the match was lit by crushing the tube with pliers, causing the acid to react with and ignite the flammable components. This type of match was superseded by the friction match which was lit by rubbing against a rough surface.


lexentry: eng/Prometheus__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: Prometheus
trans_list: Prometeus | Prometheas | Prometheus
sense:
(Greek god) The Titan chiefly honored for stealing fire from Zeus in the stalk of a fennel plant and giving it to mortals for their use. The god of fire and craft.


lexentry: eng/Promised_Land__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Promised Land
trans_list: luvattu maa
sense:
(idiomatic, sometimes, lower case) Any place to which one eagerly seeks to go and which one expects to greatly improve one's situation.


lexentry: eng/Promised_Land__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Promised Land
trans_list: Luvattu maa
sense:
(Judaism, Christianity) The area historically known as Judea, which was promised to the Israelites by God according to oral tradition recorded in the Book of Genesis.


lexentry: eng/Proterozoic__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Proterozoic
trans_list: proterotsooinen aioni
sense:
(geology) The eon from 2,500 Ma to 541.0±1.0 Ma, the beginning of the Phanerozoic, marked by the build up of oxygen in the atmosphere and the emergence of primitive multicellular life.


lexentry: eng/Protestant__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Protestant
trans_list: protestantti
sense:
(Christianity) A member of any of several Christian denominations which separated from the Roman Catholic Church based on theological or political differences during the Reformation (or in some cases later).


lexentry: eng/Proteus_syndrome__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Proteus syndrome
trans_list: Proteus-syndrooma
sense:
(disease) A congenital disorder that causes skin overgrowth and atypical bone development, often accompanied by tumors.


lexentry: eng/Proto-Finnic__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Proto-Finnic
trans_list: kantasuomi
sense:
(linguistics, uncountable) The hypothetical ancestor language or protolanguage of the Finnic (Baltic-Finnic) languages. Usually written with the UPA transcription system.


lexentry: eng/Proto-Indo-European__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Proto-Indo-European
trans_list: indoeurooppalainen kantakieli | kantaindoeurooppa
sense:
(linguistics, uncountable) The reconstructed ancestor language or protolanguage of the Indo-European family of languages, which includes most European, Iranian, and Indian languages.


lexentry: eng/Proto-Norse__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Proto-Norse
trans_list: kantaskandinaavi
sense:
An Indo-European language spoken in Scandinavia and ancestral to Old Norse that evolved from Proto-Germanic over the first centuries AD.


lexentry: eng/Proto-Sino-Tibetan__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Proto-Sino-Tibetan
trans_list: sinotiibetiläinen kantakieli
sense:
The original language, or rather, cluster of dialects, from which descend the Sino-Tibetan family of languages, to include Tibeto-Burman group and the various Chinese languages; the exact phylogenetic relationships remain subject to scholarly debate.


lexentry: eng/Proto-Slavic__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Proto-Slavic
trans_list: kantaslaavi
sense:
(linguistics) A hypothetical, reconstructed language whence all the Slavic languages later descended.


lexentry: eng/Proto-Uralic__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Proto-Uralic
trans_list: kantaurali | uralilainen kantakieli
sense:
The ancestor language of the Uralic language family, usually written with the UPA-transcription system.


lexentry: eng/Provence__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Provence
trans_list: Provence
sense:
A maritime region of southeastern France bordering Italy, now included in Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur.


lexentry: eng/Prussia__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: Prussia
trans_list: Preussi
sense:
(historical) A German province which was originally located in this area but later greatly expanded, and which was the predecessor to and a member of the German Empire; abolished as an administrative unit at the end of the Second World War.


lexentry: eng/Prussia__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: Prussia
trans_list: Preussi
sense:
(countable) A country known for exceptional military professionalism in her region. Historically used for Bulgaria as the "Prussia of the Balkans".


lexentry: eng/Prussian_blue__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Prussian blue
trans_list: preussinsininen | berliininsininen
sense:
(inorganic compound) An insoluble dark, bright blue pigment, ferric ferrocyanide (equivalent to ferrous ferricyanide), used in painting and dyeing, and as an antidote for certain kinds of heavy metal poisoning.


lexentry: eng/Prussian_red__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Prussian red
trans_list: preussinpunainen
sense:
(chemistry) Potassium ferricyanide, K3[Fe(CN)6], a highly poisonous ferric crystal salt of potassium cyanide used as a pigment.


lexentry: eng/Psyche__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Psyche
trans_list: Psykhe
sense:
(Greek mythology, Roman mythology) The personification of the soul. Originally a mortal princess who later married Eros/Cupid, (the god of love), was deified, and bore him a daughter, Hedone/Voluptas.


lexentry: eng/Ptah__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Ptah
trans_list: Ptah
sense:
(Egyptian god) A god of creativity and craftsmen, sometimes also identified with the gods of death and the birth of the sun.


lexentry: eng/Ptolemaic__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Ptolemaic
trans_list: ptolemaiolainen
sense:
(historical) Of or pertaining to the Ptolemy dynasty of pharaohs, the Ptolemies, rulers of Hellenistic Egypt.


lexentry: eng/Punjab__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Punjab
trans_list: Pandžab | Punjab
sense:
A geographical region of South Asia, divided (by the Radcliffe Line) between India and Pakistan. Pakistani Punjab includes the (West) Punjab Province and parts of the Islamabad Capital Territory; Indian Punjab includes (East) Punjab State and some other territories.


lexentry: eng/Punjabi__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Punjabi
trans_list: punjabilainen | punjabinkielinen
sense:
Of, pertaining to, descended from the people or culture of the Punjab, or written in the Punjabi language.


lexentry: eng/Punjabi__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Punjabi
trans_list: pandžabi | punjabi
sense:
(uncountable) The main language spoken in the Punjab region, in eastern Pakistan and Northern India.


lexentry: eng/Puppis__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Puppis
trans_list: Peräkeula
sense:
(constellation) A winter constellation of the northern sky, said to resemble the stern of a ship. Until 1763, it was part of a larger constellation, Argo Navis.


lexentry: eng/Purgatory__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Purgatory
trans_list: kiirastuli
sense:
(Christianity) An intermediate state after death in which some of those ultimately destined for Heaven must first undergo purification.


lexentry: eng/Purkinje_fiber__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Purkinje fiber
trans_list: Purkinjen syy
sense:
(anatomy, cardiology) One of a group of fibers in the heart, consisting of specialized cardiomyocytes, that allow the heart's conduction system to create synchronized contractions of its ventricles and thus maintain a consistent rhythm.


lexentry: eng/Puss_in_Boots__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Puss in Boots
trans_list: Saapasjalkakissa
sense:
A 17th-century French literary fairy tale about a cat who uses trickery and deceit to gain power, wealth, and the hand of a princess in marriage for his penniless and low-born master.


lexentry: eng/Putinesque__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Putinesque
trans_list: putinmainen
sense:
Reminiscent of the beliefs or policies of Vladimir Putin (born 1952), President of Russia since 2012.


lexentry: eng/Putinism__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Putinism
trans_list: putinismi
sense:
(politics) The political policies of Vladimir Putin; the Russian political system during Putin’s tenure in power.


lexentry: eng/Putonghua__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Putonghua
trans_list: mandariini
sense:
Standard Mandarin, the official language of the People's Republic of China; the state-designated national speech of the Han nationality using Beijing pronunciation as the standard pronunciation, Beijing speech as the basic dialect, and the model writing of the modern vernacular prose as the norm for grammar.


lexentry: eng/Pyrenean_chamois__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Pyrenean chamois
trans_list: gemssi
sense:
Rupicapra pyrenaica, a goat-antelope that lives in the Pyrenees and the Apennine Mountains of central Italy.


lexentry: eng/Pyrenees__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Pyrenees
trans_list: Pyreneet
sense:
The mountain range separating Spain from France, inhabited by Basques in the west, Occitans in the centre-north, Aragonese in the centre-south, and Catalans in the east.


lexentry: eng/Pyrrhic_victory__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Pyrrhic victory
trans_list: Pyrrhoksen voitto
sense:
A very costly victory, wherein the considerable losses outweigh the gain, so as to render the struggle not worth the cost.


lexentry: eng/Pyrrhus__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Pyrrhus
trans_list: Pyrrhos
sense:
Ancient Greek given name, particularly worn by the king of Epirus (319-272 BC) who defeated Romans in several battles, but sustained heavy losses, from which the term Pyrrhic victory was coined.


lexentry: eng/Pythagorean_theorem__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Pythagorean theorem
trans_list: Pythagoraan lause
sense:
(geometry) A mathematical theorem which states that the square of the length of the hypotenuse of a right triangle is equal to the sum of the squares of those of the two other sides.


lexentry: eng/Pyxis__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Pyxis
trans_list: Kompassi
sense:
(constellation) A spring constellation of the southern sky, said to resemble the compass of a ship. It is associated with the larger Argo Navis, although it was never officially part of that constellation.


lexentry: eng/Père_David's_deer__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Père David's deer
trans_list: milu
sense:
Elaphurus davidianus, a species of deer known only in captivity, which prefers marshland and is believed to be native to the subtropics of China.


lexentry: eng/QR_decomposition__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: QR decomposition
trans_list: QR-hajotelma
sense:
(linear algebra) A decomposition of a matrix into a product of a unitary matrix (orthogonal matrix) and an upper-triangular matrix.


lexentry: eng/QWERTY__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: QWERTY
trans_list: qwerty-
sense:
(uncountable, computing, typography) A standard layout of keys on a keyboard for typing, in which the leftmost keys of the top lettered row are Q-W-E-R-T-Y.


lexentry: eng/Q_fever__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Q fever
trans_list: Q-kuume
sense:
An infectious disease, resembling influenza, caused by the bacterium Coxiella burnetii (previously classified as Rickettsia burnetii).


lexentry: eng/Quaker__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Quaker
trans_list: kveekari
sense:
A believer of the Quaker faith and a member of the Society of Friends, known for their pacifist views.


lexentry: eng/Quakerism__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Quakerism
trans_list: kveekarismi
sense:
The belief system of the members of the Religious Society of Friends, an ostensibly Christian religious denomination that began in England in the 17th century.


lexentry: eng/Quaternary__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Quaternary
trans_list: kvartäärikausi
sense:
(geology) The geological period of the Cenozoic Era immediately following the Tertiary. It is subdivided into the Pleistocene and the Holocene Epochs.


lexentry: eng/Queen_Anne's_lace__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Queen Anne's lace
trans_list: villiporkkana
sense:
(North America) A flowering plant, species Daucus carota, especially the flowering part of the plant.


lexentry: eng/Queen_Anne's_lace__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: Queen Anne's lace
trans_list: isosudenporkkana
sense:
Ammi majus (false Queen Anne's lace), native to the Nile River Valley, with white lace-like flower clusters.


lexentry: eng/Queensland__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Queensland
trans_list: Queensland
sense:
One of the six states of Australia. Capital: Brisbane. It occupies the north-eastern part of the continent.


lexentry: eng/Queenslander__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: Queenslander
trans_list: queenslandilainen talo
sense:
(Australia, architecture) A house built in an architectural style found in Queensland, characterized by being raised up on stumps about two metres off the ground, and having wide verandahs around it.


lexentry: eng/Question_Time__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Question Time
trans_list: kyselytunti
sense:
(politics) A time during a sitting of parliament wherein Members of Parliament ask questions of government ministers (including the Prime Minister) which they are obliged to answer.


lexentry: eng/Quidditch__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Quidditch
trans_list: huispaus
sense:
A fictional ball game played between two teams of seven players riding flying broomsticks, using four balls and six elevated ring-shaped goals.


lexentry: eng/R&D__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: R&D
trans_list: T&K
sense:
(business) Initialism of Research and Development (a department within a company (or governmental division) dedicated to that task, or the fiscal category that represents it in fiscal reporting.)


lexentry: eng/REM_sleep__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: REM sleep
trans_list: vilkeuni
sense:
The stage of sleep during which most brain activity and dreams occur, characterised by rapid eye movement (REM).


lexentry: eng/Rabbinic_Judaism__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Rabbinic Judaism
trans_list: rabbininen juutalaisuus
sense:
The mainstream form of Judaism since the 6th century CE, after the codification of the Babylonian Talmud, having its roots in Pharisaic Judaism and based on the belief that Moses at Mount Sinai received two items from God: the written Torah and the oral Torah.


lexentry: eng/Ragnarok__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Ragnarok
trans_list: ragnarök
sense:
(Norse mythology) A series of future events culminating in a battle, fought between the Æsir and einherjar on one side, and the forces of Surtr, Loki, and Loki's children on the other, in which all of creation is burned down and almost all life is extinguished.


lexentry: eng/Rajasthan__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Rajasthan
trans_list: Rajasthan
sense:
A state in northwestern India, created in 1949 and replacing the former province of Rajputana. Capital: Jaipur. [from 20th c.]


lexentry: eng/Ramadan__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Ramadan
trans_list: ramadan
sense:
(Islam) The holy ninth month of the Islamic lunar calendar, during which Muslims fast between the break of dawn until sunset; they also refrain from drinking liquids, smoking and having sexual relations.


lexentry: eng/Raman_spectroscopy__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Raman spectroscopy
trans_list: Raman-spektroskopia
sense:
(analytical chemistry) A form of spectroscopy that uses the Raman effect to study low-frequency vibrational and rotational modes of molecules.


lexentry: eng/Ramism__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Ramism
trans_list: ramismi
sense:
(historical, philosophy) A collection of theories on rhetoric, logic and pedagogy based on the teachings of Petrus Ramus.


lexentry: eng/Rapunzel__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Rapunzel
trans_list: Tähkäpää
sense:
A German fairy tale about a girl imprisoned in a tower who lets down her long hair for a rescuer to climb.


lexentry: eng/Rapunzel_syndrome__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Rapunzel syndrome
trans_list: Rapunzelin oireyhtymä
sense:
(medicine) The rare condition of having eaten large quantities of hair, which subsequently become lodged within a long portion of the intestine.


lexentry: eng/Rastafarianism__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Rastafarianism
trans_list: rastafari
sense:
A religion that emerged in Jamaica in the 1930s out of biblical prophecy and rising black aspirations.


lexentry: eng/Ravenclaw__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Ravenclaw
trans_list: Korpinkynsi
sense:
A person having traits associated with Ravenclaw house from the Harry Potter series, including intelligence, creativity, and love of learning or an affinity for eagles or the colours blue and bronze.


lexentry: eng/Raynaud's_phenomenon__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Raynaud's phenomenon
trans_list: Raynaud'n ilmiö | valkosormisuus
sense:
(medicine, rheumatology) A condition of the hands and feet becoming discoloured, typically white, red, and blue, caused by an altered blood flow brought about by cold, or stress.


lexentry: eng/Raëlism__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Raëlism
trans_list: raëlilaisuus
sense:
A UFO religion with liberal sexual views, holding that all life on Earth was created in scientific laboratories by extraterrestrials.


lexentry: eng/Reaganomics__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Reaganomics
trans_list: reaganismi
sense:
The neoliberal, free market economic ideas and policies of the American president Ronald Reagan (1911–2004) and his two administrations (1981–1989), with a focus on reduced government spending, taxation, and regulations (supply-side economics) and granting potential benefits and encouragement to wealthy people and businesses in particular to drive the rest of the economy (trickle-down hypothesis).


lexentry: eng/Received_Pronunciation__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Received Pronunciation
trans_list: kuningattaren englanti
sense:
The form of pronunciation of the English language traditionally spoken by the educated classes of the south-east of England, considered to be a standard (see received) and used as such in the pronunciation schemes of most British dictionaries. Abbreviation: RP


lexentry: eng/Red_Army_Faction__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Red Army Faction
trans_list: Punainen armeijakunta | ryhmä
sense:
(historical) A far-left terrorist organization active from 1970 to 1998, mainly in West Germany and West Berlin.


lexentry: eng/Red_Sea__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Red Sea
trans_list: Punainenmeri
sense:
A long, narrow sea between Africa and the Arabian Peninsula; links the Suez Canal with the Arabian Sea.


lexentry: eng/Reformation__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Reformation
trans_list: uskonpuhdistus
sense:
(historical) The religious movement initiated in the 16th century against the Roman Catholic Church.


lexentry: eng/Regensburg__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Regensburg
trans_list: Regensburg
sense:
An independent city, the administrative seat of Upper Palatinate, on the River Danube in Bavaria, Germany; also called Ratisbon.


lexentry: eng/Rehoboam__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Rehoboam
trans_list: Rehabeam
sense:
King of Israel after Solomon, whose folly split the kingdom in two; the father of Abijah (biblical character)


lexentry: eng/Renaissance__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Renaissance
trans_list: renessanssi
sense:
(historical) The 14th-century revival of classical art, architecture, literature and learning that originated in Italy and spread throughout Europe over the following two centuries.


lexentry: eng/Renaissance__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: Renaissance
trans_list: renessanssi | renessanssiaika
sense:
The period of this revival, typically lasting from the late 14th to the late 16th centuries; the transition from medieval to modern times.


lexentry: eng/Republic_of_China__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Republic of China
trans_list: Kiinan tasavalta | Taiwan
sense:
A country in East Asia; modern-day Taiwan, the rump state left over from the Republic of China on the mainland after 1949.


lexentry: eng/Republic_of_Letters__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Republic of Letters
trans_list: kirjeiden tasavalta
sense:
(historical) The intellectual community in the late 17th and 18th centuries in Europe and the Americas, exchanging ideas by circulating handwritten letters.


lexentry: eng/Republic_of_North_Macedonia__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Republic of North Macedonia
trans_list: Pohjois-Makedonian tasavalta
sense:
Country situated north of Greece and west of Bulgaria on the Balkan Peninsula, formerly partially recognised as the Republic of Macedonia.


lexentry: eng/Republic_of_South_Vietnam__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Republic of South Vietnam
trans_list: Etelä-Vietnamin tasavalta
sense:
(history) An underground government that opposed the South Vietnamese government during the Vietnam War and became its provisional government for a year after the war.


lexentry: eng/Republican__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Republican
trans_list: republikaani | tasavaltalainen
sense:
(US politics) A member or supporter of the Republican Party, the more right-wing of the two main political parties in the United States.


lexentry: eng/Retail_Price_Index__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Retail Price Index
trans_list: vähittäishintaindeksi
sense:
(UK, economics) A measure of inflation based on the changing cost of a representative sample of retail goods and services. Calculated on a slightly different basis to the Consumer Price Index.


lexentry: eng/Reticulum__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Reticulum
trans_list: Verkko
sense:
(constellation) A small constellation of the southern summer sky, said to resemble a reticle. It lies between the constellations of Horologium and Dorado.


lexentry: eng/Reuleaux_triangle__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Reuleaux triangle
trans_list: Reuleaux'n kolmio
sense:
(geometry) A figure consisting of three circular arcs, each centered on the intersection of the other two.


lexentry: eng/Reynold__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Reynold
trans_list: Reino
sense:
A en given name, today more popular in the forms Reginald and Ronald. Modern use is partly transferred from the surname.


lexentry: eng/Rhaeto-Romance__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Rhaeto-Romance
trans_list: retoromaani
sense:
(linguistics) A group of related Romance languages spoken in north and north-eastern Italy and southeastern Switzerland, or any of these languages individually. [from 19th c.]


lexentry: eng/Rhea__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Rhea
trans_list: Rhea
sense:
(Greek god) A Titan, the daughter of Uranus and Gaia, the mother of Demeter, Hades, Hera, Hestia, Poseidon, and Zeus.


lexentry: eng/Rhesus_factor__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Rhesus factor
trans_list: Rh-tekijä | reesustekijä
sense:
An antigen of the Rhesus system; understood unless otherwise specified to refer to Rhesus factor D (RhD), which appears on the surface of the red blood cells of most (85%) humans. An incompatibility between the Rh-blood types of a mother and her baby may cause serious disease for the baby.


lexentry: eng/Rhine__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Rhine
trans_list: Rein
sense:
A river in western Europe, that flows through Switzerland, Austria, Liechtenstein, Germany, France and the Netherlands, before emptying into the North Sea.


lexentry: eng/Rhineland-Palatinate__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Rhineland-Palatinate
trans_list: Rheinland-Pfalz
sense:
One of the component states of Germany according to the current administrative division of the nation.


lexentry: eng/Rhineland__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Rhineland
trans_list: Reininmaa
sense:
(usually, with the definite article) An area on both sides of the river Rhine, in the west of Germany. Roughly equivalent to the former Prussian Rhine Province, now the greater part of Rhineland-Palatinate plus the south-western half of North Rhine-Westphalia.


lexentry: eng/Rhode_Island__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Rhode Island
trans_list: Rhode Island
sense:
The smallest state of the United States, formerly officially State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations.


lexentry: eng/Rhodesia__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: Rhodesia
trans_list: Rhodesia
sense:
(historical) A historical region in Southern Africa, the area now occupied by Zimbabwe and Zambia. [used from 1895 to 1964]


lexentry: eng/Rhodopes__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Rhodopes
trans_list: Rodópi
sense:
A mountain range in Southeastern Europe, with over 83% of its area in southern Bulgaria and the remainder in Greece.


lexentry: eng/Richard's_pipit__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Richard's pipit
trans_list: isokirvinen
sense:
Anthus richardi, a medium-sized passerine bird which breeds in open grasslands in the East Palearctic.


lexentry: eng/Richter_scale__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Richter scale
trans_list: Richter-asteikko
sense:
(seismology) a logarithmic scale used to express the energy released by an earthquake, each increase of 1 representing a 32-fold increase in energy.


lexentry: eng/Righteous_Among_the_Nations__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Righteous Among the Nations
trans_list: vanhurskaat kansakuntien joukossa
sense:
(State of Israel) Title given to a non-Jew who risked his or her life during the Holocaust to save Jews from extermination by the Nazis.


lexentry: eng/Ring_of_Fire__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Ring of Fire
trans_list: Tyynenmeren tulirengas
sense:
(geology, volcanology) An area of frequent earthquakes and volcanic activity, around the Pacific Ocean.


lexentry: eng/Robin_Hood__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Robin Hood
trans_list: Robin Hood
sense:
A legendary English outlaw famous for his skill in archery and his vow to defend the poor and the oppressed against established authority.


lexentry: eng/Roblox__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Roblox
trans_list: Roblox
sense:
A massively multiplayer online game and creation system platform (introduced in 2004) in which users design and play video games.


lexentry: eng/Rolls-Royce__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: Rolls-Royce
trans_list: Mersu
sense:
(chiefly, British, informal) Anything that is the best of its type; the best quality product possible.


lexentry: eng/Rom__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: Rom
trans_list: romani | mustalainen
sense:
(in particular) A male member of the Romani people who is married and considered respectable amongst the family.


lexentry: eng/Roman_Empire__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Roman Empire
trans_list: Rooman valtakunta | Rooman imperiumi
sense:
(historical) The empire which succeeded the Roman Republic and existed between 27 B.C.E. and 476 C.E. in the west (and until 1453 C.E. in the east; see Byzantine Empire), encompassing territories stretching from Britain and Germany to Spain, North Africa and the Persian Gulf. [from 15th c.]


lexentry: eng/Roman_mile__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Roman mile
trans_list: roomalainen maili
sense:
An ancient Roman unit of itinerant distance of 1000 paces (mille passus, hence also "mile" from Latin mille, "1000"). Indirectly standardized to 5000 Roman feet by Agrippa in 29 BC. In modern times, Agrippa's Imperial Roman mile is empirically estimated to have been around 1481 meters (1620 yards, 4860 English feet, 0.92 English miles); compared with a modern mile, which is 5280 feet.


lexentry: eng/Roman_road__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Roman road
trans_list: roomalainen tie | roomalaistie
sense:
(historical) Any of many roads built in Europe, including Britain, by the Ancient Romans, many of which survive in various forms.


lexentry: eng/Romance__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Romance
trans_list: romaaninen
sense:
Of or dealing with languages or cultures derived from Roman influence and Latin: French, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish, Galician, Romanian, Catalan, Occitan, etc.


lexentry: eng/Romanesco__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Romanesco
trans_list: parsakukkakaali | romanesco
sense:
Romanesco broccoli, a light-green edible flower bud of certain forms of Brassica oleracea var. botrytis, which is thus related to broccoli and cauliflower. Its form is a natural approximation of a fractal.


lexentry: eng/Romanesque__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Romanesque
trans_list: romaani
sense:
Somewhat resembling the Roman; applied sometimes to the debased style of the later Roman Empire, but especially to the more developed art and architecture prevailing from the 8th century to the 12th.


lexentry: eng/Romani__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Romani
trans_list: romani
sense:
The Indo-Aryan lect of the Roma people, or one of its sublects (such as Roma, Sinti, Romanichal, etc), closely related to Hindi and Rajasthani.


lexentry: eng/Romanian_deadlift__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Romanian deadlift
trans_list: romanialainen maastaveto
sense:
(weightlifting) A form of deadlift in which the body is bent at the hips and the knees are not bent.


lexentry: eng/Romanization__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Romanization
trans_list: latinisaatio
sense:
(usually, uncountable) The act or process of putting text into the Latin (Roman) alphabet, by means such as transliteration and transcription.


lexentry: eng/Romans__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Romans
trans_list: Roomalaiskirje
sense:
(biblical) The sixth book of the New Testament of the Bible, the epistle of St Paul to the Christians in Rome.


lexentry: eng/Romansch__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: Romansch
trans_list: retoromaani
sense:
(strict sense) A Rhaeto-Romance language (or dialect continuum) spoken in the Graubünden/Grisons canton of Switzerland; it is one of the four official languages of Switzerland.


lexentry: eng/Romanticism__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Romanticism
trans_list: romantiikka
sense:
(arts, music) An artistic, literary, musical, and intellectual movement that originated in Europe towards the end of the 18th century, peaking from 1800 to 1850, characterized by its emphasis on emotion and individualism as well as glorification of all the past and nature, preferring the medieval rather than the classical.


lexentry: eng/Rome__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Rome
trans_list: Rooma
sense:
A city on the Tiber River on the Italian peninsula; ancient capital of the Roman Empire; capital city of Italy; capital city of the region of Lazio.


lexentry: eng/Rome__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: Rome
trans_list: Rooma | Vatikaani
sense:
The Holy See, the leadership of the Roman Catholic Church, particularly prior to the establishment of the Vatican City in the 19th century.


lexentry: eng/Romeo__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: Romeo
trans_list: Romeo
sense:
(fiction) One of the main characters of Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare: the ardent lover of Juliet.


lexentry: eng/Romeo_and_Juliet__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Romeo and Juliet
trans_list: Romeo ja Julia
sense:
A pair of lovers, particularly if they are young, visibly enamored, and come from families or groups that are on opposing sides of a dispute.


lexentry: eng/Roof_of_the_World__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Roof of the World
trans_list: maailman katto
sense:
The various high mountainous regions in Asia, made up of the Pamirs, the Himalayas, Tibet and Mount Everest.


lexentry: eng/Rorschach_test__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Rorschach test
trans_list: Rorschachin testi
sense:
(psychology) A method of psychological evaluation that uses a person's interpretations of inkblots or similar images to discover information concerning his or her personality, emotional functioning, or unconscious mind.


lexentry: eng/Rosetta_Stone__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Rosetta Stone
trans_list: Rosettan kivi
sense:
A large inscribed stone found near Rosetta, Egypt, in 1799, later used as a basis for understanding many previously undecipherable examples of hieroglyphic writing.


lexentry: eng/Rosicrucianism__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Rosicrucianism
trans_list: ruusuristiläisyys
sense:
A theology of a secret society of mystics, allegedly formed in late medieval Germany by Christian Rosenkreutz, and using the rose cross as their symbol.


lexentry: eng/Ross's_gull__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Ross's gull
trans_list: ruusulokki
sense:
Rhodostethia rosea, a small gull breeding in the high Arctic of northernmost North America, and northeast Siberia.


lexentry: eng/Rubicon__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Rubicon
trans_list: Rubikon
sense:
(historical) A small river in northeastern Italy which flowed into the Adriatic Sea marking the boundary between the Roman province of Gaul and the Roman heartland. Its crossing by Julius Caesar in 49 B.C.E. began a civil war.


lexentry: eng/Rubik's_cube__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Rubik's cube
trans_list: Rubikin kuutio
sense:
A mechanical puzzle in the shape of a cube, all sides able to be rotated, each side divided into 9 squares, the moving pieces allowing the cube to be rearranged. The goal is to get the colored squares aligned so that each side of the cube is the same color.


lexentry: eng/Rudolph_the_Red-Nosed_Reindeer__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer
trans_list: Petteri Punakuono
sense:
A legendary reindeer with a nose that glows red, the subject of a comic Christmas song; often added among Santa Claus's reindeer as the leading one.


lexentry: eng/Rumpelstiltskin__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Rumpelstiltskin
trans_list: Hopskukkeli | Rompanruoja | Tittelintuure
sense:
A fairy tale about a dwarf who saves the miller’s daughter by spinning straw into gold in exchange for her first-born child, but is foiled when she guesses his name.


lexentry: eng/Ruritanian__Adjective__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: Ruritanian
trans_list: vinkuintialainen
sense:
Used to describe a fictitious and generic foreign government or person, used to state a general or hypothetical situation.


lexentry: eng/Rus__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Rus
trans_list: rusit
sense:
A people made up of Scandinavian warrior merchants who travelled Eastern European river-roads from the eighth century, and whose settlements around Novgorod, Kiev and the Volga and Dnieper gave rise to the Rus' principalities. [from 19th c.]


lexentry: eng/Rus__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: Rus
trans_list: Rutenia
sense:
Kievan Rus', the medieval East Slavic state established by these same warrior merchants in the 9th century, whose capital was in Kiev.


lexentry: eng/Russell's_paradox__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Russell's paradox
trans_list: Russellin paradoksi
sense:
(set theory) The paradox that a set defined to contain all sets which do not contain themselves can neither consistently contain itself nor not contain itself.


lexentry: eng/Russia__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Russia
trans_list: Venäjä
sense:
A transcontinental country in Eastern Europe and North Asia. Official name: Russian Federation. Capital and largest city: Moscow. It borders the Pacific and Arctic Oceans and the Baltic, Black, and Caspian Seas. Part of the Soviet Union from 1917 through 1991.


lexentry: eng/Russia_leather__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Russia leather
trans_list: juhtinahka | juhti
sense:
A form of bark-tanned cow leather, made hard-wearing, flexible, and waterproof with the use of birch oil.


lexentry: eng/Russian_SFSR__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Russian SFSR
trans_list: VSFNT | Venäjän SFNT
sense:
Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic, the name for modern day Russia before the collapse of the Soviet Union (1917-1991).


lexentry: eng/Russian_Soviet_Federative_Socialist_Republic__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic
trans_list: Venäjän Sosialistinen Federatiivinen Neuvostotasavalta
sense:
The official name for modern-day Russia under the Communist Party from 1936 to 1991 (from 1918 to 1937, according to the Constitution of the RSFSR, called the Russian Socialist Federative Soviet Republic). Part of the USSR from 1922 to 1991.


lexentry: eng/Russian_oven__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Russian oven
trans_list: uuni
sense:
A kind of oven/furnace that first appeared in the 15th century, used for both cooking and domestic heating in traditional Russian, Ukrainian and Belarusian households, and designed to retain heat for long periods of time by channeling the smoke and hot air of combustion through a labyrinth of passages.


lexentry: eng/Russian_roulette__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Russian roulette
trans_list: venäläinen ruletti
sense:
(idiomatic, games) A deadly game in which a person loads a single bullet in the cylinder of a revolver, spins the cylinder so that the bullet's location is unknown, points the muzzle at his/her head, and pulls the trigger. In its most lethal form, played by multiple participants each of whom takes a turn until the weapon discharges.


lexentry: eng/Russian_thistle__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Russian thistle
trans_list: idänotakilokki
sense:
Any of several species of genus Salsola and its close relatives, prickly shrublike annuals, especially Salsola tragus (syn. Kali tragus, which is the best-known kind of tumbleweed in the US.


lexentry: eng/Russianism__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Russianism
trans_list: venäläisperäinen ilmaus | venäläisperäinen sana
sense:
(countable) A word or other feature originating in the Russian language that has been borrowed by another language.


lexentry: eng/Russophobia__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Russophobia
trans_list: russofobia | ryssänviha
sense:
Contempt or hatred towards Russia or Russians, especially the political system, or the customs of the former Soviet Union.


lexentry: eng/Rusyn__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Rusyn
trans_list: ruteeni
sense:
A member of a people living in the eastern Carpathian Mountains, in part of western Ukraine, south-eastern Poland and north-eastern Slovakia.


lexentry: eng/Ruy_Lopez__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Ruy Lopez
trans_list: espanja
sense:
(chess) A common chess opening, an Open Game characterized by the moves 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5, in which White moves king's bishop to the fifth rank.


lexentry: eng/Ryan__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: Ryan
trans_list: Ryan
sense:
A en given name رَيَّان. Sometimes written and pronounced as Ryan in English due to the phonetic similarity with the Arabic name.


lexentry: eng/Réunion__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Réunion
trans_list: Réunion
sense:
An island, overseas department, and administrative region of France, located in the Indian Ocean to the west of Mauritius and to the east of Madagascar.


lexentry: eng/Rāma__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Rāma
trans_list: Rama
sense:
(Hinduism) A mythological king of Ayodhya in ancient India, considered as the seventh avatar of Vishnu and a lila-avatara described in Bhagavata Purana; one of the most worshipped Hindu deities.


lexentry: eng/SIM_card__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: SIM card
trans_list: SIM-kortti
sense:
A small, removable card smaller than a credit card which stores mobile phone data such as contact names and numbers, SMSs and security information.


lexentry: eng/SMS__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: SMS
trans_list: tekstiviesti
sense:
(uncountable, telecommunications) Initialism of short message service: a system enabling cell phones to send or receive text messages .


lexentry: eng/SNAFU__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: SNAFU
trans_list: hässäkkä
sense:
A confused, muddled, or messed-up condition or state; a ridiculously chaotic situation; confusion or chaos regarded as the normal state.


lexentry: eng/SRC__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: SRC
trans_list: rannikkolaivurin radiotodistus
sense:
(nautical) Initialism of Short Range Certificate (certificate that entitles the holder to operate a maritime VHF radio).


lexentry: eng/Saba__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Saba
trans_list: Saba
sense:
An island and special municipality in the Netherlands, in the Caribbean Sea; in the southern part of the Caribbean off the west coast of Venezuela.


lexentry: eng/Sabah__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Sabah
trans_list: makrilli
sense:
A state in eastern Malaysia located at the Northern part of the Borneo island with the main city Kota Kinabalu as its capital.


lexentry: eng/Sabbath__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Sabbath
trans_list: sapatti
sense:
Friday evening to Saturday evening, observed in Judaism and some Christian denominations (such as the Coptic Orthodox Church) as a day of rest and worship.


lexentry: eng/Sachertorte__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Sachertorte
trans_list: sacherkakku
sense:
A torte made of butter, eggs, confectioner's sugar, toasted breadcrumbs, spices, and chocolate, which is baked in layers, put together with apricot jam and finally frosted with chocolate.


lexentry: eng/Sacred_War__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Sacred War
trans_list: pyhä sota
sense:
(history) Any of three wars fought (in 595-585 BCE, 449 BC-448 BCE and 357-346 BCE) by the Amphictyonic Council.


lexentry: eng/Sadducee__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Sadducee
trans_list: saddukeus
sense:
(historical) A member of an ancient Jewish sect possibly formed as a political party in the 2nd century BCE and existing until around the 1st century CE.


lexentry: eng/Sagitta__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Sagitta
trans_list: Nuoli
sense:
(constellation) A small autumn constellation of the northern sky, said to resemble an arrow. It lies between the constellations of Vulpecula and Aquila.


lexentry: eng/Sagittarius__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Sagittarius
trans_list: Jousimies
sense:
(zodiac constellations) A constellation of the zodiac supposedly shaped like a centaur who is an archer. It contains the stars Kaus Australis and Nunki.


lexentry: eng/Sagittarius__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: Sagittarius
trans_list: Jousimies
sense:
(astrology) The zodiac sign for the archer, ruled by Jupiter and covering November 23 - December 21 (tropical astrology) or December 16 - January 14 (sidereal astrology).


lexentry: eng/Saint-Simonianism__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Saint-Simonianism
trans_list: saintsimonismi
sense:
(historical) A 19th-century French political and social movement of the first half of the 19th century, based on a perception that industrialization and scientific discovery would have profound changes on society.


lexentry: eng/Saint-Tropez__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Saint-Tropez
trans_list: St-Tropez
sense:
A town, port and seaside resort on the French Riviera, in the Var department, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France.


lexentry: eng/Saint_Barbara__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Saint Barbara
trans_list: Pyhä Barbara
sense:
The patron of armourers, military engineers, gunsmiths, miners and anyone else who worked with cannon and explosives.


lexentry: eng/Saint_Helena__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: Saint Helena
trans_list: Saint Helena
sense:
An island of volcanic origin in the South Atlantic Ocean, and an overseas territory of the United Kingdom. Official name: Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha. Formerly named Saint Helena and Dependencies.


lexentry: eng/Saint_Kitts_and_Nevis__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Saint Kitts and Nevis
trans_list: Saint Kitts ja Nevis
sense:
A country in the Caribbean, comprising the islands of Saint Kitts and Nevis. Official name: Federation of Saint Christopher and Nevis.


lexentry: eng/Saint_Martin__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Saint Martin
trans_list: Saint-Martin | Sint Maarten
sense:
An island in the northeast of the Caribbean Sea, whose northern portion is part of France and whose southern portion is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands.


lexentry: eng/Saint_Michael__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: Saint Michael
trans_list: Pyhä Mikael
sense:
Former name of Bridgetown.; Ellipsis of Town of Saint Michael.; A city in Saint Michael parish, Barbados


lexentry: eng/Saint_Nicholas__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Saint Nicholas
trans_list: Pyhä Nikolaus
sense:
(Christianity) A 4th-century Greek bishop from Myra, Anatolia, patron saint of children, mariners and the unwed among others, functioning in multiple countries as a gift-giving figure around his feast day of December 6.


lexentry: eng/Saint_Petersburg__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Saint Petersburg
trans_list: Pietari
sense:
A federal city of Russia, known between 1914 and 1924 as Petrograd and between 1924 and 1991 as Leningrad, and former capital of Russia (1713–1728, 1732–1918).


lexentry: eng/Saint_Valentine's_Day__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Saint Valentine's Day
trans_list: ystävänpäivä
sense:
A holiday in remembrance of Saint Valentine, February 14th, celebrated by sending cards or similar tokens of love.


lexentry: eng/Saint_Vincent_and_the_Grenadines__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
trans_list: Saint Vincent ja Grenadiinit
sense:
An archipelago and country in the Caribbean, comprising the islands of Saint Vincent and the island chain of the Grenadines.


lexentry: eng/Salafism__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Salafism
trans_list: salafismi
sense:
(Islam) A movement comparing itself to Sunni Islam, claiming to taking the pious ancestors, the salaf of the patristic period of early Islam, as exemplary models.


lexentry: eng/Salekhard__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Salekhard
trans_list: Salehard
sense:
A town, the administrative center of Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug (Yamalia), Russia, located on the Arctic Circle and the Ob Region.


lexentry: eng/Saluki__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Saluki
trans_list: persianvinttikoira | saluki
sense:
(cynology) An ancient sighthound breed of dog with a silky coat originating in the Middle East, once sacred to the Egyptians.


lexentry: eng/Salvation_Army__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Salvation Army
trans_list: Pelastusarmeija
sense:
A Protestant Christian church and an international charitable organisation structured in a quasi-military fashion, originally founded to help the poor of London.


lexentry: eng/Salzkammergut__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Salzkammergut
trans_list: Salzkammergut
sense:
A resort area of lakes and mountains in Austria, stretching from the City of Salzburg eastwards along the Austrian Alpine Foreland and the Northern Limestone Alps to the peaks of the Dachstein Mountains.


lexentry: eng/Sam_Browne_belt__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Sam Browne belt
trans_list: komentovyö
sense:
A wide military belt, usually leather, supported by a strap going diagonally over the right shoulder.


lexentry: eng/Samara__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: Samara
trans_list: Samara
sense:
A city, the administrative center of Samara Oblast, Russia, the sixth-largest in the country by population.


lexentry: eng/Samaria__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: Samaria
trans_list: Samaria
sense:
(historical) An ancient region in the region of Palestine, mostly in the northern part of the modern West Bank.


lexentry: eng/Samaritan__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Samaritan
trans_list: samarialainen
sense:
A native, or inhabitant of Samaria; especially one practising certain ethnoreligious traditions indigenous to that region.


lexentry: eng/Samoa__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Samoa
trans_list: Samoa
sense:
A country consisting of the western part of the Samoan archipelago in Polynesia, in Oceania. Official name: Independent State of Samoa. Capital and largest city: Apia. Formerly Western Samoa, and, before that, German Samoa. It is distinct from American Samoa.


lexentry: eng/Samoyed__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Samoyed
trans_list: samojedi
sense:
(anthropology) A member of the Samoyedic peoples of the Siberian Urals, who speak Samoyedic languages.


lexentry: eng/Samoyedic__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Samoyedic
trans_list: samojedikielet
sense:
Any of a group of languages spoken in the Urals that, along with Finno-Ugric, make up the Uralic language group.


lexentry: eng/Samson__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Samson
trans_list: Simson
sense:
(biblical character) An Israelite judge in the Old Testament who performed feats of strength against the Philistines but was betrayed by Delilah his mistress.


lexentry: eng/San_Francisco__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: San Francisco
trans_list: San Francisco
sense:
A major coastal city and county in California, United States, of over 800,000, widely known for its unique culture, architecture, and LGBT population; formerly Yerba Buena (pre-1847).


lexentry: eng/San_Marino__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: San Marino
trans_list: San Marino
sense:
A landlocked microstate in Southern Europe, located within the borders of Italy. Official name: Republic of San Marino.


lexentry: eng/San_Salvador__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: San Salvador
trans_list: San Salvador
sense:
(historical) A former province of El Salvador of the Spanish Empire and then of the United Provinces of Central America.


lexentry: eng/Sango__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Sango
trans_list: sango
sense:
The primary language spoken in the Central African Republic: it has 5 million second-language speakers, but only 400,000 native speakers, mainly in the towns.


lexentry: eng/Sanskrit__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Sanskrit
trans_list: sanskriitti | sanskrit
sense:
A classical Indo-European language of South Asia, which is the liturgical language of Hinduism, Buddhism, Sikhism, Jainism.


lexentry: eng/Santa's_workshop__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: Santa's workshop
trans_list: joulupukin työpaja
sense:
A fanciful replica of this structure, temporarily erected in a retail store, shopping mall, or other public venue at Christmastime as an attraction for children and parents.


lexentry: eng/Santa's_workshop__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: Santa's workshop
trans_list: tuottava työpaikka
sense:
(idiomatic, by extension) A busy, productive large or small work environment, populated by dedicated workers.


lexentry: eng/Santa_Claus_melon__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Santa Claus melon
trans_list: piel de sapo | piel de sapo -meloni
sense:
A variety of melon, Cucumis melo, with sweet, pale green to white flesh and an easily recognizable green-olive striped peel, which has earned the fruit its Spanish name .


lexentry: eng/Sappho__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Sappho
trans_list: Sapfo
sense:
An Ancient Greek female name, particularly borne by a poetess from Lesbos who lived between 630 and 570 BC (exact dates unknown).


lexentry: eng/Saracen__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Saracen
trans_list: saraseeni
sense:
A member of a nomadic people from the Sinai near the Roman province of Arabia in the early centuries CE, who were specifically distinct from Arabs.


lexentry: eng/Sarai__Proper_noun__2
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Sarai
trans_list: Sarai
sense:
A en given name, most famously borne by Sarah, the wife of Abram and mother of Isaac in the Bible, prior to her name change.


lexentry: eng/Saratov__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Saratov
trans_list: Saratov
sense:
A city, the administrative center of Saratov Oblast, Volga Region, Volga Federal District, European Russia, Russia.


lexentry: eng/Sarmatia__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Sarmatia
trans_list: Sarmatia
sense:
(historical) An ancient territory corresponding to the western part of greater Scythia (modern Ukraine, southern Russia, and the eastern Balkans).


lexentry: eng/Saskatchewan__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: Saskatchewan
trans_list: Saskatchewan
sense:
Prairie province in western Canada (named after the river, which flows through it) which has Regina as its capital city.


lexentry: eng/Satan__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Satan
trans_list: Saatana | paholainen
sense:
(religion) The supreme evil spirit in the Abrahamic religions, who tempts humanity and rules Hell; the Devil; (in, _, Theistic Satanism) the same figure, regarded as a deity to be revered and worshipped.


lexentry: eng/Satanism__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: Satanism
trans_list: satanismi
sense:
A profession, philosophy, or ideological construct featuring a positive, admirable, or useful association to the figure, character or entity known as 'Satan'; or, featuring opposition to all morality and the procurement of what is wanted regardless of the consequences concerning others.


lexentry: eng/Satanist__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Satanist
trans_list: satanisti
sense:
One who identifies with Anton Szandor LaVey's philosophical teachings and the religion, Satanism, founded upon it.


lexentry: eng/Saterland_Frisian__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Saterland Frisian
trans_list: itäfriisi
sense:
a Frisian language spoken mostly in the municipality of Saterland in the district of Cloppenburg, in Lower Saxony, Germany


lexentry: eng/Saturday__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Saturday
trans_list: lauantai
sense:
The seventh day of the week in many religious traditions, and the sixth day of the week in systems using the ISO 8601 norm; observed as the Sabbath/Shabbat in Judaism (Friday sunset to Saturday sunset); it follows Friday and precedes Sunday.


lexentry: eng/Saturn__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Saturn
trans_list: Saturnus
sense:
(astronomy) The sixth planet of the solar system, known for its large rings, and until recent times the furthest known; represented in astronomy and astrology by ♄.


lexentry: eng/Saudi_Arabia__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Saudi Arabia
trans_list: Saudi-Arabia
sense:
A country in Western Asia, in the Middle East. Official name: Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Capital: Riyadh.


lexentry: eng/Save__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Save
trans_list: Sava
sense:
A river in southeastern Africa that flows about 400 km (250 mi) from south of Harare in Zimbabwe, through Mozambique, to the Indian Ocean.


lexentry: eng/Save__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: Save
trans_list: Sava
sense:
A river in southern France that flows about 143 km (89 mi) from the Pyrenees to the Garonne at Grenade.


lexentry: eng/Savi's_warbler__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Savi's warbler
trans_list: ruokosirkkalintu
sense:
Locustella luscinioides, an Old World warbler, found in parts of Europe, Western Asia, and sub-Saharan Africa.


lexentry: eng/Savoy__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Savoy
trans_list: Savoiji
sense:
(historical) A historical region shared between the modern countries of France, Italy and Switzerland.


lexentry: eng/Saxon__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Saxon
trans_list: saksi
sense:
A member of an ancient West Germanic tribe that lived at the eastern North Sea coast and south of it.


lexentry: eng/Saxony-Anhalt__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Saxony-Anhalt
trans_list: Saksi-Anhalt
sense:
One of the component states of Germany according to the current administrative division of the nation. Its capital is Magdeburg.


lexentry: eng/Scandinavian_Peninsula__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Scandinavian Peninsula
trans_list: Skandinavia | Skandinavian niemimaa
sense:
A peninsula comprising the mainlands of Norway and Sweden, and the northwestern part of Finland (compared to Fennoscandia which comprises all the three countries Norway, Sweden and Finland); the largest peninsula in Europe (with an area of three-quarter million square kilometres).


lexentry: eng/Scandinavian__Adjective__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: Scandinavian
trans_list: skandinaavinen | pohjoisgermaaninen
sense:
(Of a language) Of or relating to the North Germanic family of languages to which Swedish, Norwegian (Bokmål, Nynorsk), Danish, Icelandic, and Faeroese belong.


lexentry: eng/Scandinavian_mile__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Scandinavian mile
trans_list: maili
sense:
A Scandinavian unit of distance of 10 kilometers. Standardized to 10,688.54 meters in 1649, before being defined as 10 km in 1889.


lexentry: eng/Scania__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Scania
trans_list: Skoone | Skåne
sense:
A historical region, currently part of Sweden, occupying the southernmost tip of the Scandinavian Peninsula.


lexentry: eng/Scarborough_lily__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Scarborough lily
trans_list: vaarinkukka
sense:
Cyrtanthus elatus, a bulbous flowering plant that originates from the Cape Province of South Africa.


lexentry: eng/Scheherazade__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: Scheherazade
trans_list: Šeherazade
sense:
A fictional character, the wife and storyteller of the king Shahryar in One Thousand and One Nights.


lexentry: eng/Schengen_Area__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Schengen Area
trans_list: Schengen-alue
sense:
(European politics) The group of European countries that have signed the Schengen Agreement, abolishing border controls between each other.


lexentry: eng/Schlemm's_canal__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Schlemm's canal
trans_list: Schlemmin kanava
sense:
(anatomy) a circular channel in the eye that collects aqueous humour from the anterior chamber and delivers it into the bloodstream; if it is blocked, a glaucoma results


lexentry: eng/Schläfli_symbol__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Schläfli symbol
trans_list: Schläflin symboli
sense:
(geometry) A notation that recursively encodes certain properties of a specified regular polytope or tessellation.


lexentry: eng/Schmidt_telescope__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Schmidt telescope
trans_list: Schmidt-teleskooppi
sense:
(astronomy) A telescope, having a wide field of view, comprising a thin aspheric lens and a large concave mirror


lexentry: eng/Schomburgk's_deer__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Schomburgk's deer
trans_list: thaimaankauris
sense:
An extinct deer (†Rucervus schomburgki) once native to south-east Asia, having a dark brown coat and lighter belly, a short mane and basket-like antlers in the male.


lexentry: eng/Schopenhauerian__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Schopenhauerian
trans_list: schopenhauerilainen
sense:
Of or relating to Arthur Schopenhauer (1788–1860), German philosopher known for his pessimism and clarity.


lexentry: eng/Schrödinger's_cat__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Schrödinger's cat
trans_list: Schrödingerin kissa
sense:
The thought experiment which was devised by Erwin Schrödinger, is usually considered a paradox, involves a Schrödinger's cat and is typically supposed to be analysed from the point of view of quantum mechanics.


lexentry: eng/Scientologist__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Scientologist
trans_list: skientologi
sense:
A follower of Scientology, whether belonging to the "official" Church of Scientology or being outside in the so-called Free Zone.


lexentry: eng/Scientology__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Scientology
trans_list: skientologia
sense:
A belief system with certain religious aspects, developed in 1952, focused on the teachings of L. Ron Hubbard.


lexentry: eng/Scorpio__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: Scorpio
trans_list: Skorpioni
sense:
(astrology) The zodiac sign for the scorpion, ruled by Mars and covering October 23 - November 22 (tropical astrology) or November 16 - December 15 (sidereal astrology).


lexentry: eng/Scorpius__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Scorpius
trans_list: Skorpioni
sense:
(constellation) A constellation of the zodiac, roughly shaped like a scorpion. Its brightest star is the red giant Antares.


lexentry: eng/Scots__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Scots
trans_list: skotti | skotin kieli
sense:
A Germanic language closely related to English and descended from northern dialects of Middle English, spoken in parts of Scotland, now especially in the northeastern and southern regions of the country.


lexentry: eng/Scottish_Gaelic__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Scottish Gaelic
trans_list: gaeli
sense:
The Gaelic language of Scotland, spoken primarily in the northern and western parts of the country, with important communities in Glasgow and Edinburgh. Scottish Gaelic had its widest influence between 800 and 1200 C.E., as place names throughout Scotland attest.


lexentry: eng/Scottish_crossbill__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Scottish crossbill
trans_list: skotlanninkäpylintu
sense:
Loxia scotica, a small passerine bird in the finch family Fringillidae. It is endemic to the Caledonian Forests of Scotland


lexentry: eng/Scouts__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Scouts
trans_list: partio | partiolainen | partioliike
sense:
A worldwide youth movement with the aim of supporting young people in their physical, mental and spiritual development, so that they may play a constructive role in the society [1].


lexentry: eng/Scrabble__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Scrabble
trans_list: Scrabble | Riti-Rati sanapeli
sense:
A board game in which players draw letter tiles and take turns to make interlocking words like a crossword, scoring points according to the letters played and their positions on the board.


lexentry: eng/Scroll_Lock__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Scroll Lock
trans_list: scroll lock | vierityksen lukitusnäppäin
sense:
(computing) A key on a standard extended keyboard, originally causing the arrow keys to scroll a window rather than moving a cursor, now sometimes used for other purposes.


lexentry: eng/Sculptor__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Sculptor
trans_list: Kuvanveistäjä
sense:
(constellation) A dim spring constellation of the southern sky. It lies between Aquarius and Phoenix and lies in the direction of the southern pole of the Milky Way.


lexentry: eng/Scutum__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Scutum
trans_list: Kilpi
sense:
(constellation) A small autumn constellation of the northern sky, said to resemble a shield. It lies between the constellations of Aquila, Sagittarius, and the tail of Serpens.


lexentry: eng/Sea_Peoples__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Sea Peoples
trans_list: merikansat
sense:
(historical) A confederacy of seafaring raiders of unknown nationality, who invaded the eastern Mediterranean at the end of the Bronze Age.


lexentry: eng/Sea_of_Azov__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Sea of Azov
trans_list: Asovanmeri
sense:
A very shallow sea bounded by Russia, Ukraine, and the Crimean peninsula, linked to the Black Sea by the Strait of Kerch.


lexentry: eng/Sea_of_Galilee__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Sea of Galilee
trans_list: Genesaretinjärvi
sense:
A lake in northern Israel, located about 15 miles (24 km) northeast of the ancient city of Nazareth.


lexentry: eng/Sea_of_Marmara__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Sea of Marmara
trans_list: Marmaranmeri
sense:
A deep inland sea in north-western Turkey connecting the Black Sea to the Aegean Sea via the straits of Bosphorus and Dardanelles.


lexentry: eng/Sea_of_Okhotsk__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Sea of Okhotsk
trans_list: Ohotanmeri
sense:
A sea between the Kamchatka Peninsula on the east, the Kuril Islands on the southeast, the island of Hokkaidō to the far south, the island of Sakhalin along the west, and a long stretch of eastern Siberian coast along the west and north.


lexentry: eng/Sealand__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: Sealand
trans_list: Själlanti
sense:
A hamlet and community in Flintshire, Wales, close to Chester in England (OS grid ref SJ3568). It is on land reclaimed from the sea on the Chester side of the River Dee.


lexentry: eng/Second_World__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Second World
trans_list: itä
sense:
Those countries aligned with the East during the Cold War, particularly in contrast to those aligned with the West (First World).


lexentry: eng/Seebeck_effect__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Seebeck effect
trans_list: Seebeck-ilmiö
sense:
(physics) the thermodynamic effect by which heat being passed through a thermocouple is converted into electricity


lexentry: eng/Seleucid_Empire__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Seleucid Empire
trans_list: Seleukidien valtakunta
sense:
(historical) A Greek-Macedonian empire created by Seleucus out of the eastern conquests of Alexander the Great and ruled by the Seleucid dynasty (312–63 BCE).


lexentry: eng/Seleucid__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Seleucid
trans_list: seleukidilainen
sense:
Relating to the Greek-Macedonian dynasty which ruled (312–63 BCE) an empire created by Seleucus out of the eastern conquests of Alexander the Great.


lexentry: eng/Semipelagianism__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Semipelagianism
trans_list: semipelagiolaisuus
sense:
A Christian theological and soteriological school of thought on salvation, holding that the beginning of faith (and therefore salvation) is an act of free will, while the increase of faith is the work of God.


lexentry: eng/Semite__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: Semite
trans_list: seemiläinen
sense:
A member of any of a number of peoples of ancient southwestern Asia and East Africa such as the Akkadians, Assyrians, Arameans, Phoenicians, Canaanites, Hebrews, Arabs, or Aksumites.


lexentry: eng/Semitism__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Semitism
trans_list: semitismi
sense:
(countable) A word or phrase (construction or idiom) typical of or influenced by a Semitic language such as Arabic, Aramaic or Hebrew. (Compare Romanism, Hebraism.)


lexentry: eng/Semitism__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: Semitism
trans_list: juutalaisuus
sense:
(uncountable, strict sense, rare) Judaism; Jewishness (especially when seen as the thing to which anti-Semitism is opposed).


lexentry: eng/Senate__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Senate
trans_list: senaatti
sense:
Any of several legislative bodies. (In countries which have multiple legislative bodies, the Senate is often the more senior.)


lexentry: eng/Seoul__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Seoul
trans_list: Soul
sense:
The capital city of South Korea, also the historical capital of Korea from 1394 until the country was divided in 1945.


lexentry: eng/September__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: September
trans_list: syyskuu
sense:
The ninth month of the Gregorian calendar, following August and preceding October. Abbreviations: Sep or Sep., Sept or Sept.


lexentry: eng/Septuagint__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: Septuagint
trans_list: Septuaginta
sense:
(bible) An influential Greek translation of the Hebrew Bible produced in Alexandria in the 3rd and 2nd centuries BC.


lexentry: eng/Serbia__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Serbia
trans_list: Serbia
sense:
A country on the Balkan Peninsula in Southeast Europe. Official name: Republic of Serbia. Capital and largest city: Belgrade. Part of Yugoslavia until 1992, then part of Serbia and Montenegro until 2006.


lexentry: eng/Serbia_and_Montenegro__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Serbia and Montenegro
trans_list: Serbia ja Montenegro
sense:
(historical) Former country on the Balkan Peninsula, formerly part of Yugoslavia. It disbanded in 2006.


lexentry: eng/Serbo-Croatian__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Serbo-Croatian
trans_list: serbokroaatti
sense:
The South Slavic language of which Bosnian, Croatian, Montenegrin and Serbian are literary standards.


lexentry: eng/Serpens__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Serpens
trans_list: Käärme
sense:
(constellation) A large summer constellation of the northern sky said to resemble a snake. It is the only constellation consisting of two parts (Serpens Caput and Serpens Cauda) separated by the constellation Ophiuchus, representing the snake handler Asclepius.


lexentry: eng/Sevastopol__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Sevastopol
trans_list: Sevastopol
sense:
A port city in Crimea, internationally recognized as part of Ukraine but de facto in Russia. It is the base of the Black Sea Fleet.


lexentry: eng/Seven_Sages__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Seven Sages
trans_list: Kreikan seitsemän viisasta
sense:
(historical) Seven Ancient Greek men renowned for their wisdom: Thales, Solon, Periander, Cleobulus, Chilon, Bias, and Pittacus.


lexentry: eng/Sexagesima__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Sexagesima
trans_list: seksagesima
sense:
(Christianity) In the Christian calendar the Sunday two weeks before Lent, eight before Easter Sunday.


lexentry: eng/Sextans__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Sextans
trans_list: Sekstantti
sense:
(constellation) A dim spring constellation of the northern sky, said to resemble a sextant. It lies south of the constellation of Leo.


lexentry: eng/Seychelles__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Seychelles
trans_list: Seychellit
sense:
An archipelago and country in East Africa, in the Indian Ocean. Official name: Republic of Seychelles.


lexentry: eng/Shahnameh__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Shahnameh
trans_list: Shahnameh
sense:
An epic poem written by Ferdowsi around 1000 CE, telling the mythical and historical past of ancient Persia from the beginning of the world until the Muslim invasion.


lexentry: eng/Shakespeare__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: Shakespeare
trans_list: Shakespeare
sense:
William Shakespeare, an English playwright and poet of the late sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries


lexentry: eng/Shakespearean__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Shakespearean
trans_list: Shakespearen
sense:
(literature) Of or pertaining to, characteristic of, associated with, or suggestive of William Shakespeare (an English playwright), his works, or his authorship, or the time in which he lived.


lexentry: eng/Shakespearean_sonnet__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Shakespearean sonnet
trans_list: englantilainen sonetti
sense:
(poetry) A sonnet comprising three quatrains and a final couplet, in iambic pentameter with the rhyme scheme of abab cdcd efef gg.


lexentry: eng/Shan__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Shan
trans_list: shan-kansa | shanit
sense:
A member of a people living primarily in the Shan State of Myanmar (also known as Burma), and in adjacent areas of China, Thailand, Cambodia and Vietnam, with about 6 million people.


lexentry: eng/Shandong_Peninsula__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Shandong Peninsula
trans_list: Shandongin niemimaa
sense:
A peninsula in Shandong, in eastern China, between the Bohai Sea to the north and the Yellow Sea to the south.


lexentry: eng/Shangri-La__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Shangri-La
trans_list: Shangri-La
sense:
A place of complete bliss, delight, and peace, especially one seen as an escape from ordinary life; a paradise.


lexentry: eng/Sharpe_ratio__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Sharpe ratio
trans_list: Sharpen luku
sense:
(finance) A ratio that measures the excess return (or risk premium) per unit of deviation in an investment asset or a trading strategy, used to examine the performance of an investment by adjusting for its risk.


lexentry: eng/Shavuot__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Shavuot
trans_list: helluntai | šavuot
sense:
(Judaism) A Jewish holiday that occurs in the spring, a harvest festival, also commemorating the anniversary of the giving of the Ten Commandments to Moses and the Israelites at Mount Sinai.


lexentry: eng/Sheba__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Sheba
trans_list: Saba
sense:
(biblical) A former kingdom in the Red Sea region. An ancient kingdom in Arabia or possibly in Africa. Frequently equated with ancient Saba.


lexentry: eng/Shinto__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Shinto
trans_list: šinto | šintolaisuus
sense:
Formerly the state religion of Japan, a type of animism involving the worship of ancestors and nature spirits.


lexentry: eng/Shiva__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Shiva
trans_list: Shiva | Šiva
sense:
(Hinduism) The god of destruction and transformation, and together with Brahma and Vishnu, one of the principal deities in Hinduism. Within Shaivism he is viewed as the Supreme deity, whereas in other branches of Hinduism such as the Smarta tradition he is worshipped as one of the six manifestations of the Divine.


lexentry: eng/Shrovetide__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Shrovetide
trans_list: laskiainen | voiviikko
sense:
The three days immediately preceding Lent; Shrove Sunday, Shrove Monday, and Shrove Tuesday, preceding Ash Wednesday.


lexentry: eng/Shughni__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Shughni
trans_list: šugnani
sense:
a Pamir language of the Southeastern Iranian language group spoken in the Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Province in Tajikistan and Badakhshan Province in Afghanistan


lexentry: eng/Siamese_cat__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Siamese cat
trans_list: siamilaiskissa
sense:
A short-haired breed of domestic cat having blue eyes and pointed coat pattern, that is, a pale body and dark extremities.


lexentry: eng/Siberian_Husky__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Siberian Husky
trans_list: siperianhusky
sense:
(zoology) A medium-sized spitz breed of dog originally used for herding reindeer and pulling sleighs.


lexentry: eng/Siberian_crane__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Siberian crane
trans_list: lumikurki
sense:
(ornithology) A large white crane, Grus leucogeranus, which breeds in Arctic Russia and western Siberia.


lexentry: eng/Sichuan_pepper__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Sichuan pepper
trans_list: sichuaninpippuri | anispippuri | kiinanpippuri
sense:
(countable, uncountable) The outer pod of the tiny fruit of a number of species in the genus Zanthoxylum widely grown and consumed in Asia as a spice. Not closely related to black pepper or to chilli peppers.


lexentry: eng/Sicilian_Defence__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Sicilian Defence
trans_list: sisilialainen puolustus
sense:
A chess opening characterized by the moves 1.e4 c5, in which both the white king's pawn and the black king's bishop's pawn advance two squares as the first moves.


lexentry: eng/Sicily__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Sicily
trans_list: Sisilia
sense:
The largest island in the Mediterranean Sea, an autonomous region of Italy, close to Africa and separated from Tunisia and Libya by the Strait of Sicily.


lexentry: eng/Sienese__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Sienese
trans_list: sienalainen
sense:
Of or pertaining to Siena in central Italy, or its school of painting in the 13th and 14th centuries.


lexentry: eng/Sierpinski_triangle__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Sierpinski triangle
trans_list: Sierpińskin kolmio
sense:
A fractal consisting of three copies of itself, shrunk to half size, arranged in a triangular shape without rotating.


lexentry: eng/Sikhism__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Sikhism
trans_list: sikhiläisyys
sense:
A revealed, monotheistic religion originating in northern India, in the 15th century, through Guru Nanak and his successors.


lexentry: eng/Silent_Sam__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Silent Sam
trans_list: tuppisuu
sense:
(informal, sometimes used attributively) A person who seldom or never speaks; a taciturn or unresponsive individual.


lexentry: eng/Silesia__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Silesia
trans_list: Sleesia
sense:
A region in central Europe, now chiefly in Poland, with small portions in the Czech Republic and Germany, from early modernity until 1945 predominantly German-speaking with Slavic-speaking minorities (and local majorities).


lexentry: eng/Silesian__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: Silesian
trans_list: Sleesian
sense:
(uncountable) Upper Silesian, a West Slavic language spoken in southwestern parts of Poland and the Czech Republic.


lexentry: eng/Silicon_Valley__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Silicon Valley
trans_list: Piilaakso
sense:
(informal) Originally, the region of the San Francisco Bay Area in which there were a high number of industries producing silicon chips; later extended to mean the entire concentration of high-tech businesses in this area.


lexentry: eng/Silk_Road__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Silk Road
trans_list: silkkitie
sense:
(historical) An extensive interconnected network of trade routes across Asia, North and Northeast Africa, and Europe, historically used by silk traders.


lexentry: eng/Silurian__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Silurian
trans_list: siluurikautinen
sense:
(geology) Of a geologic period within the Paleozoic era; comprises the Llandovery, Wenlock, Ludlow and Pridoli epochs from about 439 to 409 million years ago.


lexentry: eng/Simferopol__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Simferopol
trans_list: Simferopol
sense:
The capital city and raion of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea, Ukraine and capital city of the Republic of Crimea, Russia.


lexentry: eng/Simon_says__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Simon says
trans_list: kapteeni käskee
sense:
(games) A children's game where players must carry out only those commands that are preceded by the utterance "Simon says".


lexentry: eng/Simplified_Chinese__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Simplified Chinese
trans_list: yksinkertaistettu kiina | yksinkertaistetut kiinalaiset kirjoitusmerkit
sense:
Chinese written using the forms of Chinese characters introduced by the PRC as script reform. The characters are simplified (with a reduced number of strokes, etc.) compared to their pre-reform shapes.


lexentry: eng/Sinai__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: Sinai
trans_list: Siinainvuori
sense:
A mountain in Sinai Peninsula; the location where Moses is said to have received the Ten Commandments from God.


lexentry: eng/Sindhi__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Sindhi
trans_list: sindhi
sense:
An Indo-Aryan language spoken in four main dialects in Pakistan and India. There are around 35 million Sindhi speakers in Sindh سنڌ and more than 40 million throughout the world. Sindhi is written with a modified Arabic script that has 52 letters, and in a modified Devanagari script too.


lexentry: eng/Singapore__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Singapore
trans_list: Singapore
sense:
An island and city-state in Southeast Asia, located off the southernmost tip of the Malay Peninsula; a former British crown colony. Official name: Republic of Singapore.


lexentry: eng/Singlish__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Singlish
trans_list: singlish
sense:
(Singapore, linguistics) A highly colloquial or basilectal variety of Singapore English incorporating much Hokkien and Malay lexis.


lexentry: eng/Sino-Xenic__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Sino-Xenic
trans_list: ulkokiinalainen
sense:
(linguistics) Related to pronunciations for reading Chinese in Japan, Korea and Vietnam, originating in medieval times and the source of large-scale borrowings of Chinese words into Japonic, Koreanic and Vietnamese languages, none of which are genetically related to Chinese (excluding Sinitic topolects).


lexentry: eng/Sinocentrism__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Sinocentrism
trans_list: Kiina-keskisyys | sinosentrismi
sense:
(historical) The belief, held by the ancient Chinese, that China was literally the centre of the world.


lexentry: eng/Sinophone__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Sinophone
trans_list: kiinankielinen
sense:
A person who speaks one or more of the Sinitic or Chinese language(s), usually natively; a Chinese-speaking person.


lexentry: eng/Sint_Eustatius__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Sint Eustatius
trans_list: Sint Eustatius
sense:
A Caribbean island, in the northern Leeward Islands portion of the West Indies, that is a special municipality of the Netherlands.


lexentry: eng/Sint_Maarten__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Sint Maarten
trans_list: Saint-Martin
sense:
A dependent territory and constituent country of the Netherlands, located on the southern half of the island of Saint Martin in the Caribbean Sea. Capital: Philipsburg.


lexentry: eng/Sisyphus__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Sisyphus
trans_list: Sisyfos
sense:
(Greek mythology) Son of Aeolus and Enarete, and king of Ephyra, as tragic figure doomed eternally to roll a boulder up a hill in Tartarus, a part of Hades.


lexentry: eng/Sjögren's_syndrome__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Sjögren's syndrome
trans_list: Sjögrenin oireyhtymä
sense:
An autoimmune disorder in which immune cells attack and destroy the exocrine glands that produce tears and saliva.


lexentry: eng/Skolt_Sami__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Skolt Sami
trans_list: koltansaame
sense:
A Finno-Ugric language spoken by 300 people in the area north of the lake Inari in Finland and nearby parts of Russia.


lexentry: eng/Skolt__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Skolt
trans_list: koltta | kolttasaamelainen
sense:
A member of a small ethnic Sami fraction living in northern Finland and nearby areas of Russia. The Skolts have their own language, Skolt Sami.


lexentry: eng/Skopos_theory__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Skopos theory
trans_list: skoposteoria
sense:
(translation studies) The idea that translating and interpreting should primarily take into account the function of both the source and target text.


lexentry: eng/Slavic_studies__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Slavic studies
trans_list: slavistiikka
sense:
(humanities, US) A field of academic study concerned with Slavic areas, Slavic languages, literature, history, and culture.


lexentry: eng/Slavism__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Slavism
trans_list: slavismi
sense:
(countable) A linguistic feature of one or more Slavic languages, especially a Slavic idiom or phrasing that appears in a non-Slavic language.


lexentry: eng/Slavonia__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: Slavonia
trans_list: Slavonia
sense:
In early modern times: Kingdom of Slavonia, covering north-eastern parts of modern Croatia and region of Syrmia in modern Serbia.


lexentry: eng/Sleeping_Beauty__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: Sleeping Beauty
trans_list: Prinsessa Ruusunen
sense:
The main character in this story, who is in unbroken slumber under a magical spell, awaiting the kiss of a prince.


lexentry: eng/Slovenia__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Slovenia
trans_list: Slovenia
sense:
A country on the Balkan Peninsula in Central Europe. Official name: Republic of Slovenia. Capital and largest city: Ljubljana. Part of Yugoslavia until 1991.


lexentry: eng/Slovincian__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Slovincian
trans_list: slovintsi
sense:
One of a Slavic people living between the lakes Gardno (Gardersee) and Łebsko (Lebasee) near Słupsk (Stolp) in Pomerania.


lexentry: eng/Slovio__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Slovio
trans_list: slovio
sense:
An artificial language based on the Slavic languages and written in either the Latin or Cyrillic script, intended to be readily understandable by speakers of any modern Slavic language.


lexentry: eng/Slytherin__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Slytherin
trans_list: Luihuinen
sense:
A person having traits associated with Slytherin house from the Harry Potter series, including ambition, cunning, or an affinity for snakes or the colours green and silver.


lexentry: eng/Smell-O-Vision__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Smell-O-Vision
trans_list: Smell-O-Vision
sense:
(originally, and, chiefly, US, film, historical) A system that choreographed the release of odors into a movie theater during the projection of a film. [from 1959]


lexentry: eng/Snoopy__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Snoopy
trans_list: Ressu
sense:
Charlie Brown's pet beagle in the comic strip Peanuts, by Charles M. Schulz; often representing doggish soulfulness.


lexentry: eng/Snow_White__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: Snow White
trans_list: Lumikki | Lumivalko
sense:
A fictional character in the fairy tale Snow-White and Rose-Red, from Schneeweißchen und Rosenrot collected by the Brothers Grimm.


lexentry: eng/Society_of_Jesus__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Society of Jesus
trans_list: jesuiittaveljeskunta
sense:
An order of Roman Catholic clergy, the Jesuits, having a tradition of education, theological scholarship, and missionary work; formed during the 16th century.


lexentry: eng/Socratic_irony__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Socratic irony
trans_list: sokraattinen ironia
sense:
The practice or act of asking someone a question, as though ignorant of the answer, in order to show a flaw in their argument.


lexentry: eng/Sodom__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Sodom
trans_list: Sodoma
sense:
(biblical, Quranic) A city in the Middle East which, according to the Bible and Islamic tradition, but not specifically named in the Qur'an, was destroyed by God (along with Gomorrah) for the sins of its inhabitants.


lexentry: eng/Sogdiana__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Sogdiana
trans_list: Sogdiana
sense:
An ancient Iranian-speaking civilization of what is today eastern Uzbekistan and western Tajikistan.


lexentry: eng/Solar_System__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Solar System
trans_list: Aurinkokunta | aurinkokunta
sense:
(astronomy) The Sun and all the heavenly bodies that orbit around it, including the eight planets, their moons, the asteroids, and comets.


lexentry: eng/Solomon_Islands__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Solomon Islands
trans_list: Salomonsaaret
sense:
A country consisting of the majority of the Solomon Islands archipelago in Melanesia, in Oceania, as well as the Santa Cruz Islands. Official name: Solomon Islands. Capital and largest city: Honiara.


lexentry: eng/Solomon__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Solomon
trans_list: Salomo
sense:
(Biblical character) In the Old Testament and Qur'an, a king of Israel famous for his wisdom; father of King Rehoboam and the son of King David.


lexentry: eng/Somalia__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Somalia
trans_list: Somalia
sense:
A country in East Africa, in the Horn of Africa. Official name: Federal Republic of Somalia. Capital: Mogadishu.


lexentry: eng/Somaliland__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: Somaliland
trans_list: Somalimaa
sense:
An unrecognized state in East Africa, de-facto independent of Somalia; formerly the Somali Coast Protectorate.


lexentry: eng/Son_of_Man__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Son of Man
trans_list: Ihmisen Poika
sense:
(Christianity) A Christian title of Jesus Christ, referring to his status as a celestial being who presides as an eschatological judge.


lexentry: eng/Song_of_Songs__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Song of Songs
trans_list: Laulujen laulu
sense:
(biblical) The twenty-second book of the Christian Old Testament and the seventeenth book of the Hebrew Bible.


lexentry: eng/Sophocles__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Sophocles
trans_list: Sofokles
sense:
A Greek dramatic poet (ca. 497 BCE – 405 BCE); Sophocles was one of the three greatest Greek tragedians. In the Athenian dramatic competitions of the Festival of Dionysus, he won more first prizes (around 20) than any other playwright, and placed second in all others he participated in. He is best remembered for his Oedipus Cycle of plays.


lexentry: eng/Sound__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Sound
trans_list: Juutinrauma
sense:
The strait that separates Zealand (an island of Denmark) from Scania (part of Sweden); also sometimes called by the Danish name, Øresund.


lexentry: eng/South_Africa__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: South Africa
trans_list: Etelä-Afrikka
sense:
A country in Southern Africa. Official name: Republic of South Africa. Capitals: Pretoria, Cape Town, and Bloemfontein.


lexentry: eng/South_African_Republic__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: South African Republic
trans_list: [[Etelä-Afrikka|Etelä-Afrikan]] tasavalta
sense:
A former country in Southern Africa, the official English name of the Transvaal "Boer republic" state that existed from 1852 to the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland's annexation of it in 1902.


lexentry: eng/South_America__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: South America
trans_list: Etelä-Amerikka
sense:
The continent that is the southern part of the Americas. It is east of the Pacific Ocean, west of the Atlantic Ocean, south of North America and north of Antarctica.


lexentry: eng/South_Asia__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: South Asia
trans_list: Etelä-Aasia
sense:
All the countries of the Indian subcontinent (principally India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal, and Bhutan) and the Indian Ocean (principally Sri Lanka, Maldives)


lexentry: eng/South_Australia__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: South Australia
trans_list: Etelä-Australia
sense:
One of the six states of Australia, located in the central southern part of the continent, with its capital at Adelaide.


lexentry: eng/South_China_Sea__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: South China Sea
trans_list: Etelä-Kiinanmeri
sense:
The western arm of the Pacific Ocean, between the Asian mainland and Taiwan, Borneo and the Philippines.


lexentry: eng/South_Dakota__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: South Dakota
trans_list: Etelä-Dakota
sense:
A state in the Upper Midwest region of the United States. Capital: Pierre. Largest city: Sioux Falls.


lexentry: eng/South_Georgia_and_the_South_Sandwich_Islands__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
trans_list: Etelä-Georgia ja Eteläiset Sandwichsaaret
sense:
Two archipelagos comprising an overseas territory of the United Kingdom in the southern Atlantic Ocean. A territory of inhospitable islands, composed of the South Georgia island group, and the South Sandwich Islands chain.


lexentry: eng/South_India__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: South India
trans_list: Etelä-Intia
sense:
The southern region of India, comprising the states of Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala, and Tamil Nadu, as well as the union territories of Lakshadweep and Pondicherry. These regions speak mainly Dravidian languages, and have distinct cuisine and culture.


lexentry: eng/South_Korea__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: South Korea
trans_list: Etelä-Korea | Korean tasavalta
sense:
A country in East Asia, comprising the southern part of the Korean Peninsula. Official name: Republic of Korea. Capital: Seoul.


lexentry: eng/South_Ossetia__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: South Ossetia
trans_list: Etelä-Ossetia
sense:
A disputed region in the South Caucasus. Formally recognized as a part of Georgia by most countries, but de facto an independent country fully named Republic of South Ossetia, with capital city Tskhinvali.


lexentry: eng/South_Pole__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: South Pole
trans_list: etelänapa
sense:
(geography) The Geographic South Pole or Terrestrial South Pole; the point which south is oriented towards, and therefore the southernmost point on Earth (having a latitude of -90°).


lexentry: eng/South_Sudan__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: South Sudan
trans_list: Etelä-Sudan
sense:
A country in East Africa. Official name: Republic of South Sudan, formerly the southern part of Sudan.


lexentry: eng/South_Vietnam__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: South Vietnam
trans_list: Etelä-Vietnam
sense:
(historical) A state, officially the Republic of Vietnam, that governed southern Vietnam in 1955–1975.


lexentry: eng/South_West_Africa__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: South West Africa
trans_list: Lounais-Afrikka
sense:
(historical) A former province of South Africa, which gained independence in 1990 and was renamed to Namibia.


lexentry: eng/South_Yemen__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: South Yemen
trans_list: Etelä-Jemen
sense:
(historical) A former country in the Middle East from 1967 until 1990; full name People's Democratic Republic of Yemen.


lexentry: eng/South__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: South
trans_list: etelä
sense:
(US) The south-eastern states of the United States, including many of the same states as formed the Confederacy.


lexentry: eng/Southeast_Asia__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Southeast Asia
trans_list: Kaakkois-Aasia
sense:
A subregion of Asia, comprising the territories of Brunei, Cambodia, East Timor, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar (Burma), the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam.


lexentry: eng/Southern_Altai__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Southern Altai
trans_list: altai
sense:
A Turkic language spoken in the Altai Republic, Russia on the border of Mongolia and the People's Republic of China. There is no mutual intelligibility with Northern Altai.


lexentry: eng/Southern_Cross__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Southern Cross
trans_list: Etelän risti
sense:
(constellation) A distinctive winter constellation of the southern sky, shaped like a cross, which appears in the flags of several countries in Oceania.


lexentry: eng/Southern_Ocean__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Southern Ocean
trans_list: Eteläinen jäämeri
sense:
The portion of the World Ocean surrounding Antarctica, variously taken as the waters south of the Antarctic Circle, the waters south of 60° S, or the waters bounded by the Antarctic Convergence.


lexentry: eng/Soviet__Adjective__1
sense_num: 02
sense: Supporting or representing the Soviet Union or Sovietism; Sovietist.
written_rep: Soviet
trans_list:
neuvostoliittolainen | Neuvostoliiton | neuvosto | neuvostohenkinen | neuvostolainen | neuvostomielinen


lexentry: eng/Soviet_republic__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Soviet republic
trans_list: neuvostotasavalta
sense:
(historical) A republic within the former Union of Soviet Socialist Republics; a list of these can be found at Soviet Socialist Republic.


lexentry: eng/Space_Race__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Space Race
trans_list: avaruuskilpa | kilpajuoksu avaruuteen
sense:
The informal competition between the United States and the Soviet Union to launch unmanned satellites, send people into space and land them on the Moon.


lexentry: eng/Space_Shuttle__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Space Shuttle
trans_list: avaruussukkula
sense:
A space transportation system developed by NASA consisting of a reusable winged orbiter, a set of recoverable booster rockets, and a fuel tank.


lexentry: eng/Spain__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Spain
trans_list: Espanja
sense:
A country in Southern Europe, including most of the Iberian peninsula. Official name: Kingdom of Spain. Capital and largest city: Madrid.


lexentry: eng/Spanish_influenza__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Spanish influenza
trans_list: espanjantauti
sense:
(pathology) A form of influenza that spread to nearly every part of the world in a pandemic between 1918 and 1920, killing from 20 to 100 million people.


lexentry: eng/Spanish_moss__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Spanish moss
trans_list: naavatillandsia
sense:
A gray epiphyte that hangs down from trees, Tillandsia usneoides, native to the southeastern US and throughout humid tropical and subtropical parts of the Americas.


lexentry: eng/Spartacist__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: Spartacist
trans_list: spartakisti
sense:
(historical) A member of the Spartacus League, a left-wing Marxist revolutionary movement in Germany during and just after World War I.


lexentry: eng/Spartacist__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: Spartacist
trans_list: spartakisti
sense:
A member of the modern Spartacist League, or International Communist League, a Trotskyist international organisation.


lexentry: eng/Spartacus__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Spartacus
trans_list: Spartacus
sense:
A Thracian name, notably borne by a gladiator who was one of the slave leaders in a major slave uprising against the Roman Republic.


lexentry: eng/Sphinx__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Sphinx
trans_list: Sfinksi
sense:
(usually, with "the") An ancient, large statue in Egypt, with the face of a man and the body of a lion, lying near the Great Pyramids.


lexentry: eng/Sphinx__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: Sphinx
trans_list: Sfinksi
sense:
(Greek mythology) One of the many offspring of Typhon and Echidna, a winged lion-like creature with a woman's face, who committed suicide out of frustration after Oedipus managed to solve her riddles.


lexentry: eng/Spiritism__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Spiritism
trans_list: spiritismi
sense:
A philosophical doctrine, established in France in the mid nineteenth century, postulating that humans are essentially immortal spirits that temporarily inhabit physical bodies, and may have influence on the physical world.


lexentry: eng/Spiritualism__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Spiritualism
trans_list: spiritismi
sense:
A belief that spirits of the dead have both the ability and the inclination to communicate with the living, providing useful knowledge about moral and ethical issues, as well as about the nature of God.


lexentry: eng/Sri_Lanka__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Sri Lanka
trans_list: Sri Lanka
sense:
An island and country in South Asia, off the coast of India. Official name: Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka. Capital: Colombo.


lexentry: eng/St._Elmo's_fire__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: St. Elmo's fire
trans_list: Elmon tuli | ukonvirva
sense:
An electrical discharge, or corona, seen around pointed objects, caused by ionization of the atmosphere during storms.


lexentry: eng/St._John's_wort__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: St. John's wort
trans_list: kuisma | mäkikuisma
sense:
Any of several plants, of the genus Hypericum, especially Hypericum perforatum, that have yellow flowers and traditionally ward off evil.


lexentry: eng/St._Stephen's_Day__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: St. Stephen's Day
trans_list: tapaninpäivä
sense:
(Christianity) A Christian holiday commemorating Saint Stephen the protomartyr (first Christian martyr; died 34 C.E.), falling immediately after Christmas Day (on December 26 in the Western Church and on December 27 in the Eastern Orthodox Church).


lexentry: eng/Stakhanovite__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Stakhanovite
trans_list: stahanovilainen
sense:
(historical) An extremely productive or hard-working worker, especially in the former USSR, who may earn special rewards; a workaholic.


lexentry: eng/Stalin__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Stalin
trans_list: Stalin
sense:
A surname from Russian; usually referring to the Russian [empire, republic] revolutionary and Soviet Secretary of the Central Committee of the CPSU(b) Joseph Stalin.


lexentry: eng/Standard_Model__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Standard Model
trans_list: standardimalli
sense:
(particle physics) A theory about the electromagnetic, weak, and strong nuclear interactions that mediate the dynamics of the known subatomic particles.


lexentry: eng/Star_Trek__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Star Trek
trans_list: Star Trek
sense:
A popular sci-fi media franchise set in the future, primarily focusing on the adventures of the personnel of a space navy of an interstellar political federation of which Earth is a charter member.


lexentry: eng/Star_Wars__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Star Wars
trans_list: Tähtien sota
sense:
An American epic space opera franchise centered on a film series created by George Lucas in a setting where futuristic technology co-exists with a semi-sentient form of magic/religion called the Force.


lexentry: eng/Star_of_Bethlehem__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Star of Bethlehem
trans_list: Betlehemin tähti | joulutähti
sense:
(Biblical) The bright star in the Gospel of Matthew that lead the "wise men from the East" to travel to Bethlehem.


lexentry: eng/Star_of_David__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Star of David
trans_list: daavidintähti
sense:
(Judaism) A symbol of Jewish identity and Judaism, having the shape of a hexagram, the compound of two equilateral triangles.


lexentry: eng/Start_button__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Start button
trans_list: aloituspainike
sense:
(computing, GUI) a labeled button in some versions of the Microsoft Windows operating system that opens the Start menu.


lexentry: eng/Start_menu__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Start menu
trans_list: aloitusvalikko
sense:
(computing) A menu in some operating systems that is launched by pressing an on-screen button and provides a central launching point for applications and tasks.


lexentry: eng/State_of_Palestine__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: State of Palestine
trans_list: Palestiina | Palestiinalaisalue
sense:
A country in West Asia, in the Middle East, composed of the two Palestinian territories: the West Bank, which includes East Jerusalem, and the Gaza Strip.


lexentry: eng/State_of_the_Union__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: State of the Union
trans_list: kansakunnan tila | liittovaltion tila
sense:
(US politics) The State of the Union address, an annual event in which a president of the United States reports the status of the country, normally to a joint session of the United States Congress.


lexentry: eng/Statue_of_Liberty__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Statue of Liberty
trans_list: Vapaudenpatsas
sense:
A very large statue in New York harbor, representing the Roman goddess Libertas, and considered emblematic of the United States and its attractiveness to voluntary immigrants.


lexentry: eng/Stendhalian__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Stendhalian
trans_list: stendhalilainen
sense:
Of, pertaining to, or in the style of French novelist Marie-Henri Beyle (1783–1842), known as Stendhal.


lexentry: eng/Stigmata__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Stigmata
trans_list: polttomerkit | stigmat
sense:
(religion, Christianity) bodily marks or sores, corresponding in location to the crucifixion wounds of Christ; supposed to occur during states of religious ecstasy or hysteria, and sometimes reported to bleed periodically


lexentry: eng/Stone_Age__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Stone Age
trans_list: kivikausi | Kivikausi
sense:
(archaeology, paleontology) A broad prehistoric period during which humans widely used stone for toolmaking.


lexentry: eng/Stone_Age__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: Stone Age
trans_list: kivikausi
sense:
(figuratively) The time a particular field was introduced and was in its earliest stages of development.


lexentry: eng/Stone__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Stone
trans_list: kivi
sense:
(countable) An English occupational and habitational surname from Old English, for someone who lived near a stone worked with stone, from Old English stan.


lexentry: eng/Stonehenge__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Stonehenge
trans_list: Stonehenge
sense:
An ancient group of standing stones on Salisbury Plain in Amesbury parish, Wiltshire, England (OS grid ref SU1242).


lexentry: eng/Stradivarius__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Stradivarius
trans_list: stradivarius
sense:
(musical instruments) A stringed instrument built by members of the Stradivari family, particularly Antonio Stradivari.


lexentry: eng/Strait_of_Bonifacio__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Strait of Bonifacio
trans_list: Bonifacionsalmi
sense:
A strait between Corsica and Sardinia, connecting the Tyrrhenian Sea and the western Mediterranean Sea.


lexentry: eng/Strait_of_Dover__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Strait of Dover
trans_list: Doverin salmi
sense:
A strait in the English Channel, connecting to the North Sea, between Dover (England) and Calais (France)


lexentry: eng/Strait_of_Kerch__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Strait of Kerch
trans_list: Kertšinsalmi
sense:
A strait that connects the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov, separating the Kerch Peninsula of Crimea in the west from the Taman Peninsula of Russia's Krasnodar Krai in the east.


lexentry: eng/Strait_of_Magellan__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Strait of Magellan
trans_list: Magalhãesinsalmi
sense:
A navigable sea route between the southern coast of Chile and the northern coast of Tierra del Fuego.


lexentry: eng/Strait_of_Messina__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Strait of Messina
trans_list: Messinansalmi
sense:
The narrow section of water between the eastern tip of Sicily and the southern tip of mainland Italy.


lexentry: eng/Straits_Settlements__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Straits Settlements
trans_list: Salmisiirtokunnat
sense:
(historical) A group of British territories located in Southeast Asia that consists of modern day Malacca, Penang and Perak in Malaysia, Christmas Island and Cocos (Keeling) Islands in Australia and Singapore.


lexentry: eng/Strasbourg__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Strasbourg
trans_list: Strasbourg
sense:
The capital city of the Bas-Rhin department, France; capital city of the region of Grand Est; located in the historic region of Alsace, near the border with Germany and at various historical points a part of Germany.


lexentry: eng/Streisand_effect__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Streisand effect
trans_list: Streisand-ilmiö
sense:
A phenomenon in which attempting to suppress an item of information attracts even more unwanted attention, thus furthering its dissemination.


lexentry: eng/Student's_t_distribution__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Student's t distribution
trans_list: Studentin t-jakauma | t-jakauma
sense:
(statistics) A distribution that arises when the population standard deviation is unknown and has to be estimated from the data.


lexentry: eng/Stuttgart__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: Stuttgart
trans_list: Stuttgart
sense:
An unincorporated community in Phillips County, Kansas, located in the north of the state off U.S. Route 36 7.6 mi west-northwest of Phillipsburg and 6.6 mi east-southeast of Prairie View.


lexentry: eng/Stymphalian_bird__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Stymphalian bird
trans_list: Stymfaloksen linnut
sense:
(Greek mythology) A man-eating bird with a bronze beak and sharp metallic feathers it could launch at its victims, which infested Stymphalus. They were slain by Herakles as part of his sixth Labour, who took advantage of their sensitive sense of hearing.


lexentry: eng/Sukhumi__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Sukhumi
trans_list: Suhumi
sense:
The capital city of Abkhazia, a de-facto independent country internationally recognized as part of the country of Georgia.


lexentry: eng/Sukkot__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Sukkot
trans_list: Sukkot
sense:
(Judaism) An ancient biblical / Israelite / Jewish festival lasting seven days, celebrating the autumn harvest and commemorating the passage through the wilderness: observed from the 15th day to the 21st day of the month of Tishrei (Tishri).


lexentry: eng/Sumer__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Sumer
trans_list: Sumer
sense:
Earliest known civilization of the ancient Near East (4th to 3rd millennia BC), located in lower Mesopotamia.


lexentry: eng/Summer_Triangle__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Summer Triangle
trans_list: Kesäkolmio
sense:
(asterism) A bright asterism of the northern summer sky. Its corners are the three 1st-magnitude stars Altair (α Aql), Deneb (α Cyg), and Vega (α Lyr).


lexentry: eng/Sun__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Sun
trans_list: Aurinko
sense:
The star at the center of the Solar System (our solar system), which shines in our sky, represented in astronomy and astrology by ☉.


lexentry: eng/Sundaland__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Sundaland
trans_list: Sundamaa
sense:
(biogeography) A biogeographical region of Southeastern Asia which encompasses the areas of the Asian continental shelf that was exposed during the last ice age [from 1920s]


lexentry: eng/Sunday__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Sunday
trans_list: sunnuntai
sense:
The first day of the week in many religious traditions, and the seventh day of the week in systems using the ISO 8601 standard; the Christian Sabbath; the Lord's Day; it follows Saturday and precedes Monday.


lexentry: eng/Sunday_best__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Sunday best
trans_list: pyhäpuku | pyhävaatteet
sense:
(idiomatic) A person's finest clothing, especially the clothes one reserves to wear to church on Sunday.


lexentry: eng/Sunday_roast__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Sunday roast
trans_list: sunnuntaipaisti
sense:
(British, Canada, Australia, New Zealand) A traditional roast dinner, eaten on a Sunday, consisting of roast meat and trimmings.


lexentry: eng/Sunni_Islam__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Sunni Islam
trans_list: sunnalaisuus | sunnilaisuus
sense:
(Islam) The largest branch of Islam, followed by around 1.7 billion people, whose adherents believe that Muhammad died without appointing a successor, leading to the election of Abu Bakr as the legitimate leader of the Muslim community.


lexentry: eng/Sunni__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Sunni
trans_list: sunnilainen
sense:
Belonging or relating to the branch of Islam based on the Qur'an, the Kutub al-Sittah (the hadiths which record the Sunnah) and that places emphasis on the Sahabah.


lexentry: eng/Superman__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Superman
trans_list: Teräsmies
sense:
A fictional comic-book superhero with superhuman strength and speed, X-ray vision, and the ability to fly. [from 1933.]


lexentry: eng/Suprematism__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Suprematism
trans_list: suprematismi
sense:
(arts) A genre of abstract art based on simple geometric forms championed by the Russian avant-garde in the early twentieth century.


lexentry: eng/Suriname__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Suriname
trans_list: Suriname
sense:
A country in South America. Official name: Republic of Suriname. Capital and largest city: Paramaribo.


lexentry: eng/Swadesh_list__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Swadesh list
trans_list: Swadesh-luettelo
sense:
(linguistics) One of the lists of vocabulary with universal test meanings/concepts developed by Morris Swadesh in the 1950-70s.


lexentry: eng/Swahili__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Swahili
trans_list: swahili | suahili
sense:
An agglutinative language of the Bantu branch widely spoken in East Africa. Born in its modern form from the hybridization of the Arabic and Bantu cultures, it was the language of the traders in East Africa, and spread along the routes of trade.


lexentry: eng/Swazi__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Swazi
trans_list: eswatinilainen | swazi
sense:
A person from Swaziland/Eswatini or of Swazi/Swati descent originally migrating from Central Africa.


lexentry: eng/Swazi__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Swazi
trans_list: swazi
sense:
A Bantu language primarily spoken in Swaziland/Eswatini and the South African regions adjacent to it.


lexentry: eng/Swedenborgianism__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Swedenborgianism
trans_list: swedenborgilaisuus
sense:
(historical) Any of several related Christian denominations that developed as a new religious movement, informed by the writings of Emanuel Swedenborg.


lexentry: eng/Swedish__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Swedish
trans_list: ruotsi | ruotsin kieli
sense:
The language of Sweden and Åland (an autonomous part of Finland). Swedish is also one of the two official languages of Finland, spoken by 6% of the citizens. A very small minority in Estonia has Swedish as their mother tongue.


lexentry: eng/Swedish_massage__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Swedish massage
trans_list: klassinen ruotsalainen hieronta
sense:
A popular style of massage involving effleurage, petrissage, tapotement, friction, and vibration/shaking as the basic strokes.


lexentry: eng/Swedish_mile__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Swedish mile
trans_list: peninkulma
sense:
A unit of measure used in Sweden and other parts of Scandinavia, today with a length of 10 kilometres, but formerly with different values.


lexentry: eng/Swiss_Army_knife__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Swiss Army knife
trans_list: Sveitsin armeijan veitsi | sveitsinveitsi
sense:
Any of a class of multi-function pocket knives or multitools, having a blade and various tools, such as screwdrivers and can openers.


lexentry: eng/Swiss_roll__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Swiss roll
trans_list: kääretorttu
sense:
A type of sponge cake rolled up into a cylinder, typically but not exclusively with jam or chocolate filling.


lexentry: eng/Switzerland__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Switzerland
trans_list: Sveitsi
sense:
A country in Western Europe and Central Europe. Official name: Swiss Confederation. Capital: Bern (de facto).


lexentry: eng/Sydney__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Sydney
trans_list: Sydney
sense:
(uncountable) A major port city, the state capital of New South Wales, Australia, and the most populous city in Australia.


lexentry: eng/Syria__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: Syria
trans_list: Syyria
sense:
(historical) Syria (an ancient region in the Levant in Western Asia, roughly coextensive with the modern country of Syria).


lexentry: eng/São_Tomé_and_Príncipe__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: São Tomé and Príncipe
trans_list: São Tomé ja Príncipe
sense:
A country and archipelago in Central Africa, in the Atlantic Ocean. Official name: Democratic Republic of São Tomé and Príncipe. Capital: São Tomé.


lexentry: eng/T-bar__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: T-bar
trans_list: ankkurihissi
sense:
(skiing) A type of ski lift where skiers/snowboarders are dragged up the ski run while they slide along on their skis/snowboards on the slope. They hang onto a T-shaped bar, a crossbar handle and a lead shaft linking to the drive cable.


lexentry: eng/T-form__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: T-form
trans_list: sinuttelumuoto
sense:
(linguistics) A second-person pronoun used in informal situations, to address friends, family, and sometimes inferiors.


lexentry: eng/T-junction__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: T-junction
trans_list: T-risteys
sense:
An intersection of routes where one road terminates as it joins a (usually higher priority) road at approximately 90°. In most countries, a give way or stop road sign will be seen at a T-junction.


lexentry: eng/T-shirt__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: T-shirt
trans_list: t-paita
sense:
(clothing) A lightweight shirt without buttons, usually with short sleeves and no collar. Often made of cotton and frequently bears a picture or slogan.


lexentry: eng/T-square__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: T-square
trans_list: T-viivain
sense:
A rule with a short perpendicular crosspiece at one end, used by draughtsmen to draw parallel lines.


lexentry: eng/Tabasco__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Tabasco
trans_list: tabascokastike
sense:
A spicy pepper sauce made from tabasco pepper (a chili pepper) with the addition of vinegar and salt.


lexentry: eng/Taimyr__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Taimyr
trans_list: Taimyrin niemimaa
sense:
A large peninsula in the Russian North that forms the northernmost part of mainland Eurasia and Asia in Krasnoyarsk kray, Russia.


lexentry: eng/Taiwan_Strait__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Taiwan Strait
trans_list: Taiwaninsalmi
sense:
The strait dividing mainland Asia (China) from Taiwan island and connecting the East and South China Seas.


lexentry: eng/Taixuanjing__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Taixuanjing
trans_list: Taixuanjing
sense:
A Chinese divinatory text composed by the Confucian writer Yang Xiong (53 BCE-18 CE), similar to and inspired by the I Ching, and having 81 ternary tetragrams.


lexentry: eng/Taj_Mahal__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Taj Mahal
trans_list: Taj Mahal
sense:
A monument in Agra, India, constructed between 1631 and 1654, considered one of the finest examples of Mughal architecture in the world.


lexentry: eng/Tajik_SSR__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Tajik SSR
trans_list: Tadžikistanin SNT
sense:
Tajik Soviet Socialist Republic, the name for the Republic of Tajikistan while under the rule of the Soviet Union (1924–1991).


lexentry: eng/Tajik__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Tajik
trans_list: tadžikkilainen | tadžikki
sense:
Of, from, or pertaining to Tajikistan, the Tajik people (living in Tajikistan and Afghanistan) or the Tajiki dialect of Persian.


lexentry: eng/Takayasu's_arteritis__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Takayasu's arteritis
trans_list: Takayasun arteriitti | Takayasun tauti
sense:
(disease) An inflammatory disease of unknown cause, affecting the aorta and most common in young Asian women.


lexentry: eng/Taliban__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Taliban
trans_list: Taliban
sense:
A Deobandi Islamist and largely Pashtun religious political movement founded in Afghanistan in 1994 by mullah Mohammad Omar, which has governed the country from 1996 to 2001 and since 2021.


lexentry: eng/Talmud__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Talmud
trans_list: Talmud
sense:
(Judaism) A collection of Jewish writings related to the practical application of Judaic law and tradition (may refer to either the Babylonian Talmud or the shorter Jerusalem Talmud).


lexentry: eng/Tamil_Tigers__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Tamil Tigers
trans_list: Tamilitiikerit
sense:
A former guerrilla and conventional militant organization that sought the establishment of an independent homeland () in the northeast of Sri Lanka for the minority Tamil community.


lexentry: eng/Tamil__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: Tamil
trans_list: tamili
sense:
(uncountable) A Dravidian language spoken in the state of Tamil Nadu, India and in Sri Lanka, Singapore, Malaysia.


lexentry: eng/Tanakh__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Tanakh
trans_list: Tanak
sense:
(biblical, Judaism) The body of Jewish scripture comprising the Torah, the Neviim (prophets) and the Ketuvim (writings), corresponding roughly to the Christian Old Testament.


lexentry: eng/Tanganyika__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: Tanganyika
trans_list: Tanganjika
sense:
A former British mandate and territory and, between 1961 and 1964, an independent country in East Africa.


lexentry: eng/Tangier__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Tangier
trans_list: Tanger
sense:
A port city, the capital of the region of Tangier-Tetouan-Al Hoceima, Morocco, on the Strait of Gibraltar.


lexentry: eng/Tao__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Tao
trans_list: tao
sense:
(Chinese, _, philosophy) In Taoism, The Way, specifically the transcendental basis of nature and, and/or the ideal way to live one's life.


lexentry: eng/Taoiseach__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Taoiseach
trans_list: irlannin pääministeri | taoiseach
sense:
(Irish politics) The head of the government of Ireland, comparable to a prime minister of a Commonwealth of Nations country.


lexentry: eng/Taoism__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Taoism
trans_list: taolaisuus | taoismi
sense:
A Chinese mystical philosophy traditionally founded by Lao-tzu in the 6th century B.C.E. that teaches conformity to the tao by unassertive action and simplicity.


lexentry: eng/Taoism__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: Taoism
trans_list: taolaisuus | taoismi
sense:
A religion developed from Taoist philosophy and folk and Buddhist religion and concerned with obtaining long life and good fortune often by magical means.


lexentry: eng/Tarim_Basin__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Tarim Basin
trans_list: Tarimin allas
sense:
An endorheic basin in Xinjiang, northwest China, occupying an area of about 906,500 km2 (350,000 sq mi).


lexentry: eng/Tasmania__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Tasmania
trans_list: Tasmania
sense:
One of the six federal states of Australia, consisting of one large, eponymous and several much smaller islands, off the eastern part of Australia's south coast, having its capital at Hobart.


lexentry: eng/Tasmania__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: Tasmania
trans_list: Tasmania
sense:
The large island of Australia comprising the majority of the state of Tasmania's land area and on which most of its inhabitants live.


lexentry: eng/Tasmanian_devil__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Tasmanian devil
trans_list: pussiahma | pussipiru
sense:
A medium-sized carnivorous marsupial (Sarcophilus harrisii) found exclusively on the island of Tasmania.


lexentry: eng/Tat__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Tat
trans_list: tati
sense:
A member of an Iranian people, presently living within Azerbaijan, Armenia and southern Dagestan in Russia.


lexentry: eng/Tatar__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Tatar
trans_list: tataari
sense:
A person belonging to one of several Turkic, Tatar-speaking ethnic groups in Eastern Europe, Russia and Central Asia.


lexentry: eng/Tatar__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Tatar
trans_list: tataari | tataarin kieli
sense:
An agglutinative language belonging to the Altai group of Turkic languages. It is an official language of Tatarstan. There are some eight million speakers spread across Eastern Europe, Russia and Central Asia.


lexentry: eng/Tati__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Tati
trans_list: tati
sense:
A group of northwestern Iranian dialects which are closely related to the Talysh language, spoken by the Tat people of Iran.


sense_num: 01
sense: A hill near Pōrangahau, in Hawke's Bay, New Zealand.
written_rep: Taumatawhakatangihangakoauauotamateaturipukakapikimaungahoronukupokaiwhenuakitanatahu
trans_list: Taumatawhakatangihangakoauauotamateaturipukakapikimaungahoronukupokaiwhenuakitanatahu
lexentry:
eng/Taumatawhakatangihangakoauauotamateaturipukakapikimaungahoronukupokaiwhenuakitanatahu__Proper_noun__1


lexentry: eng/Taurus__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Taurus
trans_list: Härkä
sense:
(zodiac constellations) A constellation of the zodiac supposedly shaped like a bull and containing the star Aldebaran.


lexentry: eng/Taurus__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: Taurus
trans_list: Härkä
sense:
(astrology) The zodiac sign for the bull, ruled by Venus and covering April 21 - May 21 (tropical astrology) or May 16 - June 15 (sidereal astrology).


lexentry: eng/Tausug__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Tausug
trans_list: sulun kieli | tausug
sense:
A Visayan language (Malayo-Polynesian) spoken mainly in Sulu province in the Philippines, eastern Sabah in Malaysia and North Kalimantan in Indonesia.


lexentry: eng/Taylorism__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: Taylorism
trans_list: taylorismi
sense:
Scientific management; a theory of management of the early 20th century that analyzed workflows in order to improve efficiency, originally developed by Frederick Winslow Taylor.


lexentry: eng/Tchaikovsky__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Tchaikovsky
trans_list: Tšaikovski
sense:
A transliteration of the Russian surname Чайко́вский (Čajkóvskij), usually applying to Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky.


lexentry: eng/Telangana__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Telangana
trans_list: Telangana
sense:
A state in south-central India, created in 2014 by separation from Andhra Pradesh. Capital: Hyderabad.


lexentry: eng/Telescopium__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Telescopium
trans_list: Kaukoputki
sense:
(constellation) A small faint constellation of the southern winter sky, said to resemble a telescope. It lies south of the constellation of Corona Australis.


lexentry: eng/Teletext__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Teletext
trans_list: teksti-TV | tekstitelevisio
sense:
(UK, Ireland) A text-based information retrieval system using television sets with a suitable decoder; developed by the BBC.


lexentry: eng/Temple_Mount__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Temple Mount
trans_list: Temppelivuori
sense:
One of the hills in Jerusalem, where King Solomon built his great temple, which was destroyed twice (the hill ultimately leveled, leaving only the Wailing Wall venerated by Jews) and today an Islamic compound/courtyard enclosing the Foundation Stone atop which sit the Dome of the Rock, and containing the Al-Aqsa Mosque and other Islamic-era structures.


lexentry: eng/Temple__Proper_noun__2
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Temple
trans_list: temppeli
sense:
(Judaism, Christianity, historical) Any of the former chief temples to YHWH in Jerusalem, particularly Solomon's Temple.


lexentry: eng/Temple__Proper_noun__2
sense_num: 02
written_rep: Temple
trans_list: temppeli
sense:
Either of two of the Inns of Court in London (the Inner Temple and the Middle Temple), built on a site once occupied by the Knights Templar.


lexentry: eng/Temple_of_Heaven__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Temple of Heaven
trans_list: Taivaan temppeli
sense:
A religious complex in southeastern Beijing, formerly important to Chinese imperial rituals; the present-day park surrounding and preserving the site.


lexentry: eng/Ten_Commandments__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Ten Commandments
trans_list: kymmenen käskyä
sense:
(bible) A particular list of religious and moral imperatives which, according to the Old Testament of the Bible or the Hebrew Bible, were twice given or dictated by God to Moses on Mount Sinai and inscribed on two stone tablets.


lexentry: eng/Tengrism__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Tengrism
trans_list: tengrismi
sense:
A Central Asian religion characterized by features of shamanism, animism, totemism, both polytheism and monotheism, and ancestor worship. It was the state religion of the six ancient Turkic states.


lexentry: eng/Tepelenë__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Tepelenë
trans_list: Tepelenë
sense:
A city in southern Albania, located on a plateau on the left bank of the river Vjosa about three kilometres downstream from its confluence with the river Drino; it is the seat of its eponymous municipality and the former seat of its now defunct eponymous district.


lexentry: eng/Terpsichore__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Terpsichore
trans_list: Terpsikhore
sense:
(Greek god) The goddess of dance and the dramatic chorus, and one of the Muses; the daughters of Zeus & Mnemosyne.


lexentry: eng/Terracotta_Army__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Terracotta Army
trans_list: terrakotta-armeija
sense:
A collection of terracotta sculptures depicting the armies of Qin Shi Huang, the first Emperor of China, located in Xi'an, Shaanxi province, China.


lexentry: eng/Tertiary__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Tertiary
trans_list: tertiäärikautinen | tertiäärinen
sense:
(geology) Of or pertaining to the first part of the Cenozoic era when modern flora and mammals appeared.


lexentry: eng/Tesla_coil__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Tesla coil
trans_list: teslamuuntaja
sense:
A type of resonant transformer circuit used to produce high-voltage, low-current, high-frequency alternating-current electricity.


lexentry: eng/Tetra_Pak__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Tetra Pak
trans_list: tetra | tetrapakkaus
sense:
A type of plasticized carton for milk, juice and other drinks, originally in the form of a tetrahedron but now primarily in the form of a rectangular cuboid.


lexentry: eng/Tetragrammaton__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Tetragrammaton
trans_list: tetragrammi
sense:
(Judaism) The word in four Hebrew letters יהוה (in transliteration as YHWH or JHVH) used as the ineffable name of God in the Hebrew Bible, variously rendered as Yahweh or Jehovah.


lexentry: eng/Tetris__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Tetris
trans_list: Tetris
sense:
A puzzle video game in which falling tetrominoes must be manipulated to form complete lines, which are then cleared from the grid.


lexentry: eng/Teutonic_Knights__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Teutonic Knights
trans_list: Saksalainen ritarikunta
sense:
A German religious order founded in the late 12th century and known for conquering the Baltic Prussians and bringing Prussia under German control; the order exists today as a charitable organisation.


lexentry: eng/Texas_hold_'em__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Texas hold 'em
trans_list: texas hold 'em
sense:
A variant of poker in which players receive two cards each, and five other cards are shared between them.


lexentry: eng/Thailand__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Thailand
trans_list: Thaimaa
sense:
A country in Southeast Asia. Official name: Kingdom of Thailand. Capital: Bangkok. Former name: Siam.


lexentry: eng/Thales's_theorem__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Thales's theorem
trans_list: Thaleen lause
sense:
(geometry) A theorem stating that if A, B, and C are distinct points on a circle where the line AC is a diameter, the angle ABC is a right angle.


lexentry: eng/Thames__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Thames
trans_list: Thames
sense:
(with the) A river in southern England, flowing 336 km (209 mi.) from Gloucestershire, through Wiltshire, Oxfordshire, Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, Surrey and Greater London to the Thames Estuary and North Sea.


lexentry: eng/Thames__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: Thames
trans_list: Thames
sense:
(with the) A river in the U.S. State of Connecticut flowing 24 km (15 mi.) past New London to Long Island Sound.


lexentry: eng/Thatcherism__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Thatcherism
trans_list: thatcherilaisuus | thatcheriläisyys | thatcherismi | thatserismi
sense:
(UK politics) The political ideology attributed to the governments of British prime minister Margaret Thatcher (1979–1990), characterised by, among other things, a free market economy, privatisation, low taxation, austerity and opposition to unionisation.


lexentry: eng/The_Call_of_South_Africa__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: The Call of South Africa
trans_list: Etelä-Afrikan kutsu
sense:
a former national anthem of South Africa, created during the 1920s and used from the 1930s to the 1990s.


lexentry: eng/The_Game__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: The Game
trans_list: peli
sense:
A mind game where the objective is to avoid thinking about "The Game", and by thinking about it one loses, and subsequently has to announce one's loss to the world in order to make them lose.


lexentry: eng/Theaetetus__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Theaetetus
trans_list: Theaitetos
sense:
A classical Greek mathematician credited with proving that there are precisely five regular convex polyhedra.


lexentry: eng/Thebes__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Thebes
trans_list: Theba
sense:
A city in central Greece, the capital city of Boeotia and an important political centre in antiquity.


lexentry: eng/Thebes__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: Thebes
trans_list: Theba
sense:
An ancient city and archaeological site in Upper Egypt, having functioned as capital city at times during the Middle Kingdom and New Kingdom.


lexentry: eng/Thelema__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Thelema
trans_list: thelema
sense:
A spiritual and social philosophy developed in the early 1900s, calling each person to act in alignment with his or her True Will (which may or may not be the same as personal wishes) as a basis for spiritual growth.


lexentry: eng/Theotokos__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Theotokos
trans_list: Jumalansynnyttäjä
sense:
(Christianity, chiefly, _, Orthodoxy) Synonym of Mary, mother of Jesus, in particular reference to her role giving birth to God.


lexentry: eng/Thermidor__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Thermidor
trans_list: thermidor
sense:
(historical) The eleventh month of the French Republican Calendar, from July 19 or 20 to August 17 or 18.


lexentry: eng/Thermopylae__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Thermopylae
trans_list: Thermopylai
sense:
A narrow pass on the east-central coast of Greece adjacent to the Maliakos Gulf, northwest of Athens. Its name is derived from its hot sulphur springs. It was the site of the Battle of Thermopylae, at which the Spartan King Leonidas stood off, for a time, the Persian armies of Xerxes.


lexentry: eng/Thessalonians__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Thessalonians
trans_list: Tessalonikalaiskirje
sense:
(biblical) Books in the New Testament of the Bible (1 Thessalonians and 2 Thessalonians), epistles to the Christians in ancient Thessaloniki.


lexentry: eng/Thessaly__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Thessaly
trans_list: Thessalia
sense:
A region in north-central Greece; one of its 13 peripheries. It contains the prefectures of Karditsa, Larissa, Magnesia and Trikala.


lexentry: eng/Third_World__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: Third World
trans_list: kolmas maailma
sense:
(attributive, pejorative, informal) Any developing country, or a country lacking the perceived internationally respected ideal standards of a society (e.g. sufficient rule of law and internationally respected level of prosperity).


lexentry: eng/Thor__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Thor
trans_list: Thor | Tor
sense:
(Norse mythology) A hammer-wielding god associated with thunder, lightning, storms, sacred groves and trees, strength, and the protection of mankind.


lexentry: eng/Thoth__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Thoth
trans_list: Thot
sense:
(Egyptian god) The ancient Egyptian moon god of wisdom, learning, and magic, usually depicted as an ibis or baboon.


lexentry: eng/Thrace__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Thrace
trans_list: Traakia
sense:
A historical and geographic area in southeast Europe, now divided between Greece, Bulgaria and Turkey.


lexentry: eng/Thucydides__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Thucydides
trans_list: Thukydides
sense:
(c. 460 BCE – c. 395 BCE) A great ancient Greek historian and author of the History of the Peloponnesian War, which recounts the 5th century BCE war between Sparta and Athens to the year 411 BCE.


lexentry: eng/Thule__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Thule
trans_list: Thule
sense:
The semi-legendary island of classical antiquity considered to represent the northernmost location in the inhabited world (the Ecumene).


lexentry: eng/Thursday__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Thursday
trans_list: torstai
sense:
The fifth day of the week in many religious traditions, and the fourth day of the week in systems using the ISO 8601 norm; it follows Wednesday and precedes Friday.


lexentry: eng/Tibet_Autonomous_Region__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Tibet Autonomous Region
trans_list: Tiibetin autonominen alue
sense:
An autonomous region of China, located on the Tibetan Plateau and part of Tibet, the home to the Tibetan people


lexentry: eng/Tibet__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Tibet
trans_list: Tiibet
sense:
The Tibetan Plateau, a plateau region in Central Asia, where the Tibetan people traditionally live, encompassing what is now Tibet Autonomous Region (also called Xizang), most of Qinghai, the western half of Sichuan, a small part of Yunnan and a small part of Gansu in the People's Republic of China, and also the country of Bhutan, and the Indian regions of Sikkim and Ladakh.


lexentry: eng/Tibetan_Buddhism__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Tibetan Buddhism
trans_list: lamalaisuus
sense:
The body of Buddhist religious doctrine and institutions characteristic of Tibet, Mongolia, Tuva, Bhutan, Kalmykia, Buryatia and certain regions of the Himalayas, including northern Nepal, and India.


lexentry: eng/Tibetan_Mastiff__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: Tibetan Mastiff
trans_list: tiibetinmastiffi
sense:
A large dog of a breed from Central Asia, having a medium to long double coat in a wide variety of colors, sometimes with white markings around neck, chest, and legs.


