# translation

lexentry: eng/burnet__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: burnet
trans_list: Pimpinelle
sense:
Any of the herbs of genus Sanguisorba (syn. Poterium), including salad burnet (Sanguisorba minor), an herb used in salads and herbal teas.


lexentry: eng/burning_bush__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: burning bush
trans_list: brennender Dornbusch
sense:
(Judaism, Christianity) A biblical object described in Exodus 3:1-22, used by Yahweh to communicate with Moses.


lexentry: eng/burnish__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: burnish
trans_list: brünieren | glanzschleifen | glatt scheuern | glätten
sense:
To make (something, such as a surface) bright, shiny, and smooth by, or (by extension) as if by, rubbing; to polish, to shine.


lexentry: eng/burnout__Noun__1
sense_num: 06
written_rep: burnout
trans_list: Burn-out
sense:
(automotive) Use of the throttle to spin the wheels of a vehicle being held stationary, causing the spinning tires to produce smoke and burn rubber.


lexentry: eng/buro__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: buro
trans_list: Schreibtisch | Büro | Sekretär
sense:
a desk, usually with a cover and compartments for storing papers etc. located above the level of the writing surface rather than underneath.


lexentry: eng/burpee__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: burpee
trans_list: Burpee
sense:
A physical exercise performed by bending over, performing a squat thrust, returning to a standing position, and jumping once.


lexentry: eng/burqa__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: burqa
trans_list: Burka
sense:
(strictly) An enveloping Central Asian garment which covers the whole body, incorporating a netted screen to cover the eyes, chiefly worn by women in fundamentalist denominations of Islam to observe sartorial hijab (the practice of wearing concealing clothing in front of adult men after the age of puberty).


lexentry: eng/burqini__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: burqini
trans_list: Burkini
sense:
A head-to-toe swimsuit, enabling women to conform to the Islamic dress code when bathing on a public beach.


lexentry: eng/burr__Noun__1
sense_num: 09
written_rep: burr
trans_list: Klette | Mahlscheibe | Mahlstein
sense:
(engineering) A revolving disk or cone with abrasive surfaces used to grind hard products in a grinder or mill.


lexentry: eng/burrito__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: burrito
trans_list: Burrito
sense:
A Mexican dish consisting of a flour tortilla wrapped around a filling of meat and/or beans, cheese etc.


lexentry: eng/bursa__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: bursa
trans_list: Schleimbeutel
sense:
(anatomy) Any of the many small fluid-filled sacs located at the point where a muscle or tendon slides across bone. These sacs serve to reduce friction between the two moving surfaces.


lexentry: eng/burst_someone's_bubble__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: burst someone's bubble
trans_list: jemandem seine Illusionen rauben | jemandem seine Illusionen zerstören
sense:
(idiomatic) To disillusion; to disabuse someone of a false notion or rationalization that has grown comfortable.


lexentry: eng/bus__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: bus
trans_list: Bus | Omnibus
sense:
An electrical conductor or interface serving as a common connection for two or more circuits or components.


lexentry: eng/bus_shelter__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: bus shelter
trans_list: Wartehäuschen | Autobusobdach
sense:
A building or other structure constructed at a bus stop, to provide seating and protection from the weather for the convenience of waiting passengers.


lexentry: eng/bus_trap__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: bus trap
trans_list: Busschleuse
sense:
A construction or device placed on a road that only allows (public transport) buses, and no other vehicles with smaller gauge, to pass.


lexentry: eng/busbar__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: busbar
trans_list: Sammelschiene
sense:
An electrical conductor that carries a large current, especially one that is part of a power distribution system; typically a thick strip, or a tube, of copper or aluminium.


lexentry: eng/busby__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: busby
trans_list: Kalpak
sense:
A fur hat, usually with a plume in the front, worn by certain members of the military or brass bands.


lexentry: eng/bush__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: bush
trans_list: Busch | Strauch
sense:
(horticulture) A woody plant distinguished from a tree by its multiple stems and lower height, being usually less than six metres tall; a horticultural rather than strictly botanical category.


lexentry: eng/bush__Noun__3
sense_num: 01
written_rep: bush
trans_list: Busch
sense:
(Australia) The countryside area of Australia that is less arid and less remote than the outback; loosely, areas of natural flora even within conurbations.


lexentry: eng/bush__Noun__3
sense_num: 01
written_rep: bush
trans_list: Busch
sense:
(often with "the") Tracts of land covered in natural vegetation that are largely undeveloped and uncultivated.


lexentry: eng/bushing__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: bushing
trans_list: Buchse | Gummilager | Lagerbuchse | Lagerschale
sense:
(mechanical engineering) A type of bearing, a cylindrical lining designed to reduce friction and wear inside a hole, often used as a casing for a shaft, pin or hinge.


lexentry: eng/bushing__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: bushing
trans_list: Gewindeeinsatz
sense:
(mechanical engineering) A threaded bushing: a fastener element that is inserted into an object, usually to add a threaded hole in a softer or thin material.


lexentry: eng/bushing__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: bushing
trans_list: Isolator | Muffe | Tülle
sense:
(electrical engineering) A lining for an opening through which a conductor passes, providing insulation and mechanical protection for the conductor.


lexentry: eng/business__Noun__1
sense_num: 16
written_rep: business
trans_list: Geschäft
sense:
(slang, uncountable) The act of defecation, or the excrement itself, particularly that of a non-human animal.


lexentry: eng/business_administration__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: business administration
trans_list: Betriebswirtschaftslehre
sense:
(business, education) A course of study in higher education intended to prepare the students for a career in business.


lexentry: eng/business_as_usual__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: business as usual
trans_list: Tagesgeschäft
sense:
(idiomatic) The normal course of an activity, particularly in circumstances that are out of the ordinary.


lexentry: eng/business_before_pleasure__Proverb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: business before pleasure
trans_list: erst die Arbeit, dann das Vergnügen
sense:
Discharging one's obligations must take precedence over devoting time to pursuits meant solely for one's own gratification.


lexentry: eng/business_card__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: business card
trans_list: Visitenkarte
sense:
A small card with a person's name and professional information (such as occupation, business phone number, e-mail address, etc.).


lexentry: eng/business_class__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: business class
trans_list: Business-Class | Businessclass
sense:
A high-quality class of travelling (especially in airlines), higher than economy class or budget, lower than first class.


lexentry: eng/business_end__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: business end
trans_list: Höhepunkt
sense:
(by extension) The part of an activity, period of time, etc., which is most important and produces the significant result.


lexentry: eng/business_model__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: business model
trans_list: Geschäftsmodell
sense:
The particular way in which a business ensures that it generates income, one that includes the choice of offerings, strategies, infrastructure, organizational structures, trading practices, and operational processes and policies.


lexentry: eng/business_plan__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: business plan
trans_list: Geschäftsplan
sense:
(business) A summary of how a business owner, manager, or entrepreneur intends to organize an entrepreneurial endeavor and implement activities necessary and sufficient for the venture to succeed.


lexentry: eng/busk__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: busk
trans_list: Straßenmusik machen
sense:
(intransitive, especially, UK) To solicit money by entertaining the public in the street or in public transport.


lexentry: eng/busker__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: busker
trans_list: Straßenkünstler
sense:
A person who solicits donations while entertaining the public, often by playing a musical instrument, on a street or in another public area such as a park or marketplace.


lexentry: eng/buskin__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: buskin
trans_list: Kothurn
sense:
(historical) A type of soft calf- or knee-high boot that laces up the front, sometimes featuring open toes or thick soles, worn in the Greco-Roman world by hunters and horsemen, as well as by actors in Athenian tragedy.


lexentry: eng/bust__Verb__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: bust
trans_list: erwischen | ertappen | zerbrechen | zerstören
sense:
(transitive, slang) To catch (someone) in the act of doing something wrong, socially and morally inappropriate, or illegal, especially when being done in a sneaky or secretive state.


lexentry: eng/bust_someone's_balls__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: bust someone's balls
trans_list: ankotzen
sense:
(slang, vulgar) To give someone a hard time, whether by playfully teasing or sincerely harassing them.


lexentry: eng/bustard__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: bustard
trans_list: Trappe
sense:
Any of several large terrestrial birds of the family Otididae in the order Otidiformes that inhabit dry open country and steppes in the Old World.


lexentry: eng/buster__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: buster
trans_list: Aufbrecher | Brecher | Idiot | Knacker | Loser | Zersprenger
sense:
(chiefly, colloquial, with 'of') Someone who or something that 'breaks', tames, or overpowers a specified person or thing.


lexentry: eng/buster__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: buster
trans_list: Alter | Freundchen | Junge | Kerl | Kerlchen
sense:
(colloquial, variously expressing familiarity, admiration, or hostility) A form of address, particularly of men: guy, dude, fella, mack, buddy, loser. (Originally as 'old buster.)


lexentry: eng/bustier__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: bustier
trans_list: Bustier
sense:
A tight-fitting women's top, often strapless, which covers the bust and sometimes extends over the belly, worn either as an undergarment or as outerwear.


lexentry: eng/but__Conjunction__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: but
trans_list: aber | sondern | trotzdem
sense:
However, although, nevertheless, on the other hand (introducing a clause contrary to prior belief or in contrast with the preceding clause or sentence).


lexentry: eng/but__Conjunction__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: but
trans_list: außer | aber | als | nicht
sense:
Except that (introducing a subordinate clause which qualifies a negative statement); also, with omission of the subject of the subordinate clause, acting as a negative relative, "except one that", "except such that".


lexentry: eng/butane__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: butane
trans_list: Butan
sense:
(organic compound) A hydrocarbon (either of the two isomers of C4H10 n-butane, and 2-methyl-propane) found in gaseous petroleum fractions.


lexentry: eng/butcher_block__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: butcher block
trans_list: Block
sense:
A style of assembled wood (often sugar maple, teak, or walnut) used as heavy duty chopping blocks, table tops, and cutting boards.


lexentry: eng/butler__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: butler
trans_list: Butler
sense:
The chief male servant of a household who has charge of other employees, receives guests, directs the serving of meals, and performs various personal services.


lexentry: eng/butt__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: butt
trans_list: Kolben
sense:
(countable) The larger or thicker end of something; the blunt end, in distinction from the sharp or narrow end


lexentry: eng/butt_call__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: butt call
trans_list: Hosentaschenanruf
sense:
(slang, North America) An unintentional telephone call made from a cell phone in a back pant pocket due to body movement or sitting down.


lexentry: eng/butt_in__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: butt in
trans_list: sich einmischen | unterbrechen
sense:
(idiomatic, informal) To join a conversation or situation in which one is not welcome or invited; to interject (connotes a rude or discourteous interruption).


lexentry: eng/butt_joint__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: butt joint
trans_list: Stoßverbindung
sense:
(construction, woodworking) A joint formed by adjacent, separate section of material, such as where two neighboring pieces of insulation abut.


lexentry: eng/butter__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: butter
trans_list: Butter
sense:
Any of various foodstuffs made from other foods or oils, similar in consistency to, eaten like or intended as a substitute for butter (preceded by the name of the food used to make it).


lexentry: eng/butter_dish__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: butter dish
trans_list: Butterdose
sense:
A specialized dish for serving butter, typically consisting of a base with a separate fitting lid with its own handle.


lexentry: eng/butter_knife__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: butter knife
trans_list: Buttermesser
sense:
A non-serrated or unilaterally serrated table knife with a dull edge and rounded point, designed for spreading butter on a piece of bread without tearing it.


lexentry: eng/butter_mountain__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: butter mountain
trans_list: Butterberg
sense:
A large surplus of butter, especially as produced by the European Economic Community or its successors.


lexentry: eng/butterbur__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: butterbur
trans_list: Pestwurz
sense:
Any of several Eurasian herbs, of the genus Petasites, having dense clusters of often purple flowers.


lexentry: eng/buttercream__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: buttercream
trans_list: Buttercreme
sense:
(cooking) A type of thick, sweet icing or cake-filling made by creaming butter (or sometimes another fat, such as margarine) with powdered sugar.


lexentry: eng/butterfish__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: butterfish
trans_list: Theist
sense:
A rock gunnel, Pholis gunnellus, an eel-like fish found in the intertidal and subtidal zones of the North Atlantic.


lexentry: eng/butterfly__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: butterfly
trans_list: Schmetterling | Falter | Tagfalter
sense:
A flying insect of the order Lepidoptera, distinguished from moths by their diurnal activity and generally brighter colouring. [from 11th c.]


lexentry: eng/butterfly_door__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: butterfly door
trans_list: Schmetterlingstür
sense:
(automotive) A car door similar to scissor door, but while scissor doors move straight up via hinge points at the bottom of the A-pillar, butterfly doors move up and out via hinges along the A-pillar.


lexentry: eng/butterfly_door__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: butterfly door
trans_list: Schmetterlingstür
sense:
(architecture) A door which pivots on a central axis, used in locations with a pressure differential between the two sides of the door, so that forces exhibited do not inhibit opening and closing of the door, due to contrary action of forces on the two halves of the door which open inwards and outwards at the same time.


lexentry: eng/butterfly_knot__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: butterfly knot
trans_list: Schmetterlingsknoten
sense:
A type of knot used to provide an anchor point on a long line. Much used by mountaineers. Also known as the alpine butterfly knot.


lexentry: eng/butterfly_stroke__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: butterfly stroke
trans_list: Schmetterlingsschwimmen | Schmetterling | Delphin | Delphinschwimmen
sense:
A swimming stroke in which the body is prone, the arms are moved in simultaneous circles, and the feet are kicked up and down.


lexentry: eng/butterflyfish__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: butterflyfish
trans_list: Falterfisch
sense:
Any of a group of conspicuous tropical marine fish of the family Chaetodontidae; the bannerfish and coralfish are also included in this group. Butterflyfish are fairly small, mostly from 12 to 22 cm (c.7-9 in) in length.


lexentry: eng/buttermilk__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: buttermilk
trans_list: Buttermilch
sense:
The liquid left over after producing butter from full cream milk by the churning process, also called traditional buttermilk.


lexentry: eng/butthead__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: butthead
trans_list: Blödmann
sense:
(sometimes, _, vulgar, colloquial, pejorative) An annoying person or someone who is difficult to get along with.


lexentry: eng/buttock__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: buttock
trans_list: Backe | Pobacke | Hinterbacke
sense:
(usually, in the plural) Each of the two large fleshy halves of the posterior part of the body between the base of the back, the perineum, and the top of the legs.


lexentry: eng/button__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: button
trans_list: Knopf
sense:
(clothing) A knob or disc that is passed through a loop or (buttonhole), serving as a fastener. [from mid-13th c.]


lexentry: eng/button__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: button
trans_list: Knopf | Taste
sense:
A mechanical device meant to be pressed with a finger in order to open or close an electric circuit or to activate a mechanism.


lexentry: eng/button__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: button
trans_list: Button | Schaltfläche
sense:
(graphical user interface) An on-screen control that can be selected as an activator of an attached function.


lexentry: eng/button_accordion__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: button accordion
trans_list: Quetschkommode
sense:
An accordion whose melody-side keyboard consists of a series of buttons, rather than piano-style keys.


lexentry: eng/buttonquail__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: buttonquail
trans_list: Laufhühnchen
sense:
Any of several species of small terrestrial birds, principally in the genus Turnix of the family Turnicidae.


lexentry: eng/butyl__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: butyl
trans_list: Butyl
sense:
(organic chemistry) Any of four isomeric univalent hydrocarbon radicals, C4H9, formally derived from butane by the loss of a hydrogen atom.


lexentry: eng/butylene__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: butylene
trans_list: Butylen
sense:
(organic compound) Any of three isomeric aliphatic alkenes containing four carbon atoms and one double bond; their polymers are used as synthetic rubber.


lexentry: eng/butyric_acid__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: butyric acid
trans_list: Buttersäure
sense:
(fatty acid) Either of the two isomeric carboxylic acids, normal butyric acid and isobutyric acid, with the chemical formula C3H7COOH, occurring in animal milk fat.


lexentry: eng/buy__Verb__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: buy
trans_list: kaufen
sense:
(transitive, archaic) To suffer consequences for (something) through being deprived of something; to pay for (something one has done).


lexentry: eng/buy_into__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: buy into
trans_list: abkaufen | abnehmen
sense:
(idiomatic) To believe (something, especially something implausible); to accept (a craze, fad, or notion) as valid.


lexentry: eng/buyer's_remorse__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: buyer's remorse
trans_list: Kaufreue
sense:
A feeling of anxiety or regret after making, or after promising to make, a purchase, especially a purchase encouraged by a high-pressure sales pitch.


lexentry: eng/buzz-phrase__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: buzz-phrase
trans_list: Schlagwort. | abgedroschene Phrase
sense:
A phrase drawn from or imitative of technical jargon, and often rendered meaningless and fashionable through abuse by non-technical persons in a seeming show of familiarity with the subject.


lexentry: eng/buzz__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: buzz
trans_list: summen | brummen | surren
sense:
(intransitive) To make a low, continuous, humming or sibilant sound, like that made by bees with their wings.


lexentry: eng/buzz__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: buzz
trans_list: düsen | rauschen | schwirren
sense:
(colloquial) To show a high level of activity and haste, energization or excitement, to be busy as a bee in one’s actions but perhaps mentally charged.


lexentry: eng/buzz__Verb__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: buzz
trans_list: raunen | verbreiten
sense:
(transitive) To whisper; to communicate, as tales, in an undertone; to spread, as a report, by whispers or secretly.


lexentry: eng/buzz__Verb__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: buzz
trans_list: rauschen | zischen
sense:
(aviation) To fly at high speed and at a very low altitude over a specified area, as to make a surprise pass.


lexentry: eng/buzzard__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: buzzard
trans_list: alte Gaunerin | alter Gauner
sense:
(colloquial, derogatory, slang, often preceded by "old", the "old buzzard") In North America, a curmudgeonly or cantankerous man; an old person; a mean, greedy person.


lexentry: eng/buzzword__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: buzzword
sense:
(sometimes, derogatory) A word drawn from, or imitative of, technical jargon, used more to impress others than to convey meaning.

trans_list:
Schlagwort | Buzzword | Modewort | abgedroschene Phrase | leeres Schlagwort | sinnentleertes Modewort


lexentry: eng/by_a_long_shot__Prepositional_phrase__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: by a long shot
trans_list: bei Weitem | bei weitem | lange | noch
sense:
(idiomatic, dated, usually, with a negative) By a wide margin; indicates a very big difference or disparity.


lexentry: eng/by_ear__Prepositional_phrase__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: by ear
trans_list: nach Gehör | nach dem Gehör
sense:
(music) To learn to play (an instrument) or sing by listening to recorded music without reading or memorizing sheet music or without any formal instruction.


lexentry: eng/by_right__Prepositional_phrase__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: by right
trans_list: rechtens | verdientermaßen | zu Recht
sense:
According to what is right, or what one is legally or morally entitled to; justly, properly, rightfully.


lexentry: eng/by_the_way__Prepositional_phrase__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: by the way
trans_list: übrigens | nebenbei | apropos
sense:
(conjunctive, idiomatic) Incidentally; used in referencing a parenthetical statement not timely, central, or crucial to the topic at hand; foregone, passed by, something that has already happened.


lexentry: eng/by_virtue_of__Preposition__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: by virtue of
trans_list: aufgrund | vermöge | wegen
sense:
(idiomatic) (originally) By the authority or power of; (now) because of; on the grounds of; by reason of.


lexentry: eng/bycatch__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: bycatch
trans_list: Beifang
sense:
Any fish (or other creatures) that are not targeted as a catch but are unintentionally caught, and often discarded back into the sea.


lexentry: eng/bypass__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: bypass
trans_list: Umgehungsstraße
sense:
A replacement road for obsolete road that is no longer in use because devastating natural disasters (earthquakes, tsunamis, landslides).


lexentry: eng/bypass__Noun__1
sense_num: 06
written_rep: bypass
trans_list: Bypass
sense:
(medicine) An alternative passage created to divert a bodily fluid around a damaged organ; the surgical procedure to construct such a bypass.


lexentry: eng/byssus__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: byssus
trans_list: Byssus
sense:
The long fine silky filaments excreted by several mollusks (particularly Pinna nobilis) by which they attach themselves to the sea bed, and from which sea silk is manufactured.


lexentry: eng/bystander__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: bystander
trans_list: Schaulustiger | Zuschauer
sense:
A person who, although present at some event, does not take part in it; an observer, witness, or spectator.


lexentry: eng/byte__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: byte
trans_list: Byte
sense:
(computing) A short sequence of bits (binary digits) that can be operated on as a unit by a computer; the smallest usable machine word.


lexentry: eng/byte__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: byte
trans_list: Byte
sense:
(computing, most commonly) A unit of computing storage equal to eight bits, which can represent any of 256 distinct values.


lexentry: eng/béarnaise_sauce__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: béarnaise sauce
trans_list: Béarner Sauce
sense:
(cooking) A sauce made of clarified butter emulsified in egg yolks and white wine vinegar and flavored with herbs.


lexentry: eng/bête_noire__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: bête noire
trans_list: Angstgegner
sense:
Someone or something that is unbearable and so particularly avoided or disliked; the bane of someone's existence; an object of aversion; an anathema.


lexentry: eng/c!slash!o__Preposition__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: c/o
trans_list: c/o | p. A. | p. Adr.
sense:
(shipping) Abbreviation of care of, used to identify an intermediary who is responsible for transferring a piece of mail between the postal system and the final addressee.


lexentry: eng/cabaret__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cabaret
trans_list: Kabarett | Cabaret
sense:
Live entertainment held in a restaurant or nightclub; the genre of music associated with this form of entertainment, especially in early 20th century Europe.


lexentry: eng/cabin__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cabin
trans_list: Hütte | Blockhütte
sense:
(US) A small dwelling characteristic of the frontier, especially when built from logs with simple tools and not constructed by professional builders, but by those who meant to live in it.


lexentry: eng/cabin_boy__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cabin boy
trans_list: Schiffsjunge
sense:
(dated) A boy or young man who is employed to serve as an attendant for passengers or crew members on a ship.


lexentry: eng/cabin_crew__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cabin crew
trans_list: Kabinenbesatzung
sense:
(aviation) The members of staff aboard a commercial aircraft, employed to ensure the safety and comfort of their passengers.


lexentry: eng/cabinet__Noun__1
sense_num: 07
written_rep: cabinet
trans_list: Kabinett | Ministerrat | Regierung | Regierungsmannschaft
sense:
(politics, often, capitalized) In parliamentary and some other systems of government, the group of ministers responsible for creating government policy and for overseeing the departments comprising the executive branch.


lexentry: eng/cable__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cable
trans_list: Kabel | Leitung
sense:
An assembly of two or more wires, used for electrical power or data circuits; one or more and/or the whole may be insulated.


lexentry: eng/cable__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: cable
trans_list: Kabel | Leitung
sense:
(communications) A system for transmitting television or Internet services over a network of coaxial or fibreoptic cables.


lexentry: eng/cable_ferry__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cable ferry
trans_list: Seilfähre
sense:
(watercraft) a type of ferry which propels itself by means of one or more steel cables laid across a body of water.


lexentry: eng/cable_modem__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cable modem
trans_list: Kabelmodem
sense:
(Internet) A modem that provides data communication via radio frequency channels over any of a variety of cable types to establish a cable internet connection.


lexentry: eng/cable_television__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cable television
trans_list: Kabelfernsehen
sense:
Television received through coaxial cables; specifically, a TV service that provides reception to suburbs or other residential areas through utility lines and offering a wide variety of TV channels through satellite reception.


lexentry: eng/cabling__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: cabling
trans_list: Verkabelung
sense:
(architecture) The decoration of a fluted shaft of a column or of a pilaster with reeds, or rounded mouldings, which seem to be laid in the hollows of the fluting.


lexentry: eng/caboose__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: caboose
trans_list: Bremserwagen | Güterzugbegleitwagen
sense:
(US, rail transport) The last car on a freight train, consisting of cooking and sleeping facilities for the crew; a guard’s van.


lexentry: eng/cache-sexe__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cache-sexe
trans_list: Feigenblatt
sense:
An article of clothing sufficient to cover the genitalia, primarily as used by an exotic dancer or in certain aboriginal cultures.


lexentry: eng/cache__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: cache
trans_list: Cache | Zwischenspeicher
sense:
(computing) A fast temporary storage where recently or frequently used information is stored to avoid having to reload it from a slower storage medium.


lexentry: eng/cachexia__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cachexia
trans_list: Kachexie
sense:
(pathology) A systemic wasting of muscle tissue, with or without loss of fat mass, that accompanies a chronic disease. [from mid 16th c.]


lexentry: eng/cackling_goose__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cackling goose
trans_list: Zwergkanadagans
sense:
Branta hutchinsii, a North American bird of the genus Branta of black geese, which contains species with largely black plumage, distinguishing them from the grey Anser species.


lexentry: eng/cactus__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cactus
trans_list: Kaktus
sense:
(botany) Any member of the family Cactaceae, a family of flowering New World succulent plants suited to a hot, semi-desert climate.


lexentry: eng/cactus_wren__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cactus wren
trans_list: Kaktuszaunkönig
sense:
a wren (Campylorhynchus brunneicapillus), native to the southwestern United States southwards to central Mexico.


lexentry: eng/cad__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cad
trans_list: Flegel
sense:
A low-bred, presuming person; a mean, vulgar fellow, especially one that cannot be trusted with a lady.


lexentry: eng/cadastre__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cadastre
trans_list: Kataster
sense:
(cartography) A public survey of land, originally for the purpose of taxation and to create an official register of land ownership.


lexentry: eng/cadaver__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cadaver
trans_list: Kadaver
sense:
(literary, medicine) A dead body; especially the corpse of a human to be dissected. [from late 14th c.]


lexentry: eng/cadaverine__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cadaverine
trans_list: Cadaverin
sense:
A foul-smelling diamine produced by protein hydrolysis during putrefaction of animal tissue. Cadaverine is a toxic diamine with the formula NH2(CH2)5NH2.


lexentry: eng/caddie__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: caddie
trans_list: Caddie | Golfjunge | Golfmädchen
sense:
(by extension, golf, also, attributively) A person hired to assist a golfer by carrying their golf clubs and providing advice.


lexentry: eng/caddis_fly__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: caddis fly
trans_list: Köcherfliege
sense:
Any insect, of the order Trichoptera, having two pairs of hairy wings; they are found near lakes and streams.


lexentry: eng/caddy__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: caddy
trans_list: Dock
sense:
A movable tray or other mechanism for holding (sometimes within a piece of equipment or machinery), securing, and transporting a removable component.


lexentry: eng/cadelle_beetle__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cadelle beetle
trans_list: maurisch
sense:
A beetle, known as a common pest in storehouses and granaries throughout the world, Tenebroides mauritanicus.


lexentry: eng/cadence__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: cadence
trans_list: Kadenz | Rhythmus
sense:
(music) A progression of at least two chords which conclude a piece of music, section or musical phrases within it. Sometimes referred to analogously as musical punctuation.


lexentry: eng/cadenza__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cadenza
trans_list: Kadenz
sense:
(music) A part of a piece of music, such as a concerto, that is very decorative and is played by a single musician.


lexentry: eng/cadre__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: cadre
trans_list: Kader
sense:
(military) The framework or skeleton upon which a new regiment is to be formed; the officers of a regiment forming the staff.


lexentry: eng/caduceus__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: caduceus
trans_list: Hermesstab | Caduceus
sense:
A symbol (☤) representing a staff with two snakes wrapped around it, used to indicate merchants and messengers. It is also sometimes incorrectly substituted for the rod of Asclepius as a symbol of medicine.


lexentry: eng/caecum__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: caecum
trans_list: Blinddarm
sense:
(anatomy) A cavity open at one end (such as the blind end of a duct), especially a blind pouch connected to the large intestine between the ileum and the colon.


lexentry: eng/caesaropapism__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: caesaropapism
trans_list: Cäsaropapismus
sense:
(government, religion) The combination of state (originally imperial) power with religious authority; state authority over ecclesiastical matters.


lexentry: eng/caesium__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: caesium
trans_list: Cäsium | Zäsium | Caesium
sense:
The chemical element (symbol Cs) with an atomic number of 55. It is a soft, gold-colored, highly reactive alkali metal.


lexentry: eng/cafeteria__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cafeteria
trans_list: Cafeteria | Kantine
sense:
(chiefly, US, Canada) A restaurant in which customers select their food at a counter then carry it on a tray to a table to eat.


lexentry: eng/cafeteria__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: cafeteria
trans_list: Kantine | Mensa
sense:
(chiefly, US, Canada) A dining area in an institution where meals may be purchased (as above), provided, or brought in from elsewhere.


lexentry: eng/caffeinated__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: caffeinated
trans_list: koffeinhaltig
sense:
Containing caffeine naturally (e.g., coffee, tea, and cacao) or as an additive (e.g., soft drinks, sports drinks, or energy drinks).


lexentry: eng/caffeine__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: caffeine
trans_list: Koffein | Coffein
sense:
An alkaloid, C8H10N4O2, found naturally in tea and coffee plants, which acts as a mild stimulant on the central nervous system. [from 1830]


lexentry: eng/café__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: café
trans_list: Café | Kaffeehaus
sense:
A coffee shop; an establishment selling coffee and sometimes other non-alcoholic beverages, simple meals or snacks, with a facility to consume them on the premises.


lexentry: eng/cage_bird__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cage bird
trans_list: Käfigvogel | Stubenvogel
sense:
A bird, such as a canary or budgerigar, kept captive in a cage or aviary for domestic companionship or as a hobby.


lexentry: eng/cahoots__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cahoots
trans_list: etwas gemeinsam ausfressen
sense:
Chiefly preceded by in: collaboration or collusion, chiefly for a nefarious reason. [from early 19th c.]


lexentry: eng/caiman__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: caiman
trans_list: Kaiman
sense:
(narrowly) Any of the relatively small crocodilians of the genus Caiman, within the family Alligatoridae.


lexentry: eng/caique__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: caique
trans_list: Kaik | Kajik
sense:
(nautical) A small wooden trading vessel, brightly painted and rigged for sail, traditionally used for fishing and trawling.


lexentry: eng/cairn__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cairn
trans_list: Steinhügel | Steinmännchen
sense:
A rounded or conical heap of stones erected by early inhabitants of the British Isles, apparently as a sepulchral monument.


lexentry: eng/cairn__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: cairn
trans_list: Steindaube | Steinhügel | Steinmännchen | Steinpyramide | Steintürmchen
sense:
A pile of stones heaped up as a landmark, to guide travelers on land or at sea, or to arrest attention, as in surveying, or in leaving traces of an exploring party, etc.


lexentry: eng/caisson__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: caisson
trans_list: Caisson | Senkkasten
sense:
(engineering) An enclosure from which water can be expelled, in order to give access to underwater areas for engineering works etc.


lexentry: eng/cajole__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cajole
trans_list: beschwatzen | betteln | dazu bringen | drängen | schmeicheln | umgarnen
sense:
(ambitransitive) To persuade someone to do something which they are reluctant to do, especially by flattery or promises; to coax.


lexentry: eng/cajón__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cajón
trans_list: Cajón | Kachon
sense:
(musical instrument) A box-shaped percussion instrument played by slapping the front or rear faces (generally thin plywood) with the hands, fingers, or sometimes various implements.


lexentry: eng/cake__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cake
trans_list: Kuchen | Torte
sense:
A rich, sweet dessert food, typically made of flour, sugar, and eggs and baked in an oven, and often covered in icing.


lexentry: eng/cake__Noun__1
sense_num: 09
written_rep: cake
trans_list: Feuerwerksbatterie
sense:
(pyrotechnics) A multishot fireworks assembly comprising several tubes, each with a fireworks effect, lit by a single fuse.


lexentry: eng/cake_mix__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cake mix
trans_list: Backmischung
sense:
A powdered mixture of the dry ingredients used to produce a cake or the finished mixture before baking.


lexentry: eng/calabash__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: calabash
trans_list: Flaschenkürbis | Kalebasse
sense:
The bottle gourd (calabash vine, Lagenaria siceraria), believed to have originated in Africa, which is grown for its fruit that are used as a vegetable and to make containers (sense 3); the fruit of this plant.


lexentry: eng/calabash__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: calabash
trans_list: Flaschenkürbis | Kalebasse
sense:
A container made from the mature, dried shell of the fruit of one of the above plants; also, a similarly shaped container made from some other material.


lexentry: eng/calamine__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: calamine
trans_list: Calamin | Calamine | carbonatischer Galmei | mit Eisenoxid eingefärbtes Zinkoxidpulver
sense:
(inorganic compound) Synonym of smithsonite, a pink form of zinc oxide (mainly zinc carbonate ZnCO3) formed as a byproduct of zinc sublimation, now used in skin lotions.


lexentry: eng/calandra_lark__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: calandra lark
trans_list: Kalanderlerche
sense:
Any bird in the genus Melanocorypha, but especially in the species Melanocorypha calandra of the Mediterranean region and central Asia.


lexentry: eng/calcimine__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: calcimine
trans_list: Kalkfarbe
sense:
A form of whitewash (inexpensive white paint) made from calcium carbonate, glue and water, used to coat wooden or plaster surfaces.


lexentry: eng/calcine__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: calcine
trans_list: kalzinieren | Kalk brennen | ausglühen | brennen | calcinieren | glühen
sense:
(physical chemistry) To heat (a substance) without melting in order to drive off water, etc., and to oxidize or reduce it; specifically, to decompose (carbonates) into oxides, and, especially, to heat (limestone) to form quicklime.


lexentry: eng/calcite__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: calcite
trans_list: Calcit | Kalkspat
sense:
(mineral) A very widely distributed crystalline form of calcium carbonate, CaCO3, found as limestone, chalk and marble.


lexentry: eng/calcium__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: calcium
trans_list: Calcium | Kalzium
sense:
The chemical element (Symbol Ca), with an atomic number 20. It is a soft, silvery-white alkaline earth metal which occurs naturally as carbonate in limestone and as silicate in many rocks.


lexentry: eng/calcium_carbide__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: calcium carbide
trans_list: Calciumcarbid
sense:
(inorganic compound) A black, solid, of formula CaC2, manufactured from lime and carbon at high temperatures; reacts with water to form acetylene.


lexentry: eng/calcium_carbonate__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: calcium carbonate
trans_list: Calciumcarbonat | Kalk | Kalkstein
sense:
(inorganic compound) A colourless or white inorganic compound, CaCO3, occurring as chalk, limestone, marble etc. Reacts with acids to liberate carbon dioxide.


lexentry: eng/calcium_chloride__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: calcium chloride
trans_list: Calciumchlorid | Kalziumchlorid
sense:
(inorganic compound) The calcium salt of hydrochloric acid, CaCl2; used as a drying agent and to melt ice on roads.


lexentry: eng/calcium_fluoride__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: calcium fluoride
trans_list: Calciumfluorid | Kalziumfluorid
sense:
(inorganic compound) An inorganic compound and a white insoluble solid, CaF2, occurring as fluorite.


lexentry: eng/calcium_hydroxide__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: calcium hydroxide
trans_list: Calciumhydroxid | Kalkhydrat | Löschkalk | Sumpfkalk | Weißkalkhydrat
sense:
(inorganic compound) A soft, white powder, Ca(OH)2, obtained by the action of water on calcium oxide; slaked lime.


lexentry: eng/calcium_sulfate__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: calcium sulfate
trans_list: Calciumsulfat
sense:
(inorganic compound) The calcium salt of sulfuric acid, CaSO4, the hydrates of which are known as gypsum or plaster of Paris, and the anhydrous mineral form being anhydrite.


lexentry: eng/calculate__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: calculate
trans_list: kalkulieren | berechnen | ausrechnen
sense:
(transitive, mathematics) To determine the value of something or the solution to something by a mathematical process.


lexentry: eng/calculate__Verb__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: calculate
trans_list: rechnen | kalkulieren | berechnen | ausrechnen
sense:
To ascertain or predict by mathematical or astrological computations the time, circumstances, or other conditions of; to forecast or compute the character or consequences of.


lexentry: eng/calculation__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: calculation
trans_list: Berechnung
sense:
(chess, uncountable) The act or process of imagining sequences of potential moves and responses without actually moving the pieces.


lexentry: eng/calculator__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: calculator
trans_list: Taschenrechner | Rechner
sense:
A mechanical or electronic device that performs mathematical calculations; sometimes, an electronic one specifically.


lexentry: eng/calculus__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: calculus
trans_list: Kalkül
sense:
(countable, mathematics) Any formal system in which symbolic expressions are manipulated according to fixed rules.


lexentry: eng/calculus__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: calculus
trans_list: Kalkül
sense:
(uncountable, often, definite, the calculus) Differential calculus and integral calculus considered as a single subject.


lexentry: eng/calculus_of_variations__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: calculus of variations
trans_list: Variationsrechnung
sense:
(calculus) The form of calculus that deals with the maxima and minima of definite integrals of functions of many variables.


lexentry: eng/calefactory__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: calefactory
trans_list: Kalefaktorium | Wärmestube
sense:
(architecture) The room or building in a monastery holding its communal fire, kept warm and used as a sitting room.


lexentry: eng/calendar__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: calendar
trans_list: Kalender
sense:
A means to determine the date consisting of a document containing dates and other temporal information.


lexentry: eng/calendar_month__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: calendar month
trans_list: Kalendermonat
sense:
The period of duration from the first date of one month to the last date of the same month, which can thus vary from 28 to 31 days in length.


lexentry: eng/calendar_year__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: calendar year
trans_list: Kalenderjahr
sense:
The length of time between the beginning and end of a year as marked on a calendar, such as from 0:00 January 1 to 24:00 December 31 in the Gregorian calendar.


lexentry: eng/calender__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: calender
trans_list: Kalander
sense:
Calender machine
 A machine, used for the purpose of giving cloth, paper etc., a smooth, even, and glossy or glazed surface, by cold or hot pressure, or for watering them and giving them a wavy appearance; it consists of two or more cylinders revolving nearly in contact, with the necessary apparatus for moving and regulating.


lexentry: eng/calender__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: calender
trans_list: kalandern
sense:
To press between rollers for the purpose of making smooth and glossy, or wavy, as woolen and silk stuffs, linens, paper etc., as in a calender.


lexentry: eng/calf_raise__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: calf raise
trans_list: Wadenheben
sense:
An exercise targeting the calf muscles where the subject raises their heel off the ground and lowers it again.


lexentry: eng/caliber__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: caliber
trans_list: Kaliber | Bohrung | Durchmesser
sense:
Unit of measure used to express the length of the bore of a weapon. The number of calibres is determined by dividing the length of the bore of the weapon, from the breech face of the tube to the muzzle, by the diameter of its bore. A gun tube the bore of which is 40 feet (480 inches) long and 12 inches in diameter is said to be 40 calibers long.


lexentry: eng/calico__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: calico
trans_list: Kaliko | Kattun
sense:
(textiles) A kind of rough cloth made from unbleached and not fully processed cotton, often printed with a bright pattern.


lexentry: eng/californium__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: californium
trans_list: Californium
sense:
A strongly radioactive and highly fissile transuranic chemical element (symbol Cf) with an atomic number of 98.


lexentry: eng/caliper_brake__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: caliper brake
trans_list: Felgenbremse
sense:
A form of brake, used on bicycles, in which a pair of arms, carrying brake pads, move inwards and press on the rim of the wheel.


lexentry: eng/caliphate__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: caliphate
trans_list: Kalifat
sense:
Monarchical government based on a claim of succession to the Islamic State of Muhammad, ruled by a caliph.


lexentry: eng/calisthenics__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: calisthenics
trans_list: Eigengewichtsübungen | Körpergewichtsübungen | Spannungsübungen
sense:
(in the plural) Physical exercises with the participation of a multitude of muscles and often minimal equipment (thus, usually bodyweight exercises); strength training aspects and cardio aspects are both involved, and stamina is often a focus.


lexentry: eng/call__Noun__1
sense_num: 16
written_rep: call
trans_list: Bereitschaftsdienst | Notdienst
sense:
(poker) The act of matching a bet made by a player who has previously bet in the same round of betting.


lexentry: eng/call__Noun__1
sense_num: 22
written_rep: call
trans_list: Ruf | Schrei | Call | Kaufoption | Laut
sense:
(US, law) A reference to, or statement of, an object, course, distance, or other matter of description in a survey or grant requiring or calling for a corresponding object, etc., on the land.


lexentry: eng/call__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: call
trans_list: besuchen | vorbeischauen
sense:
To pay a (social) visit (often used with "on", "round", or "at"; used by salespeople with "again" to invite customers to come again).


lexentry: eng/call__Verb__1
sense_num: 11
written_rep: call
trans_list: aufrufen
sense:
(transitive, computing) To jump to (another part of a program); to perform some operation, returning to the original point on completion.


lexentry: eng/call_a_spade_a_spade__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: call a spade a spade
sense:
(idiomatic) To put it bluntly, to be outspoken; to speak the truth, to say things as they really are.

trans_list:
das Kind beim Namen nennen | die Dinge beim Namen nennen | es auf gut Deutsch sagen | kein Blatt vor den Mund nehmen


lexentry: eng/call_box__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: call box
trans_list: Notrufsäule
sense:
A box containing a telephone for use in emergency, usually mounted on a post in an area where normal access to telephones is inconvenient (such as on an interstate highway or a very long highway bridge)


lexentry: eng/call_center__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: call center
trans_list: Callcenter
sense:
(business, telephony) A communications facility where phone calls are handled; especially, a commercial one for customer service, sales and telemarketing.


lexentry: eng/call_it_quits__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: call it quits
trans_list: abschließen
sense:
To conclude; to quit or stop an activity, especially after applying oneself to it for a significant period of time.


lexentry: eng/call_to_prayer__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: call to prayer
trans_list: Gebetsruf
sense:
A public proclamation made five times a day in Muslim societies, broadcast from the mosques, to mark out the ordained occasions for worship.


lexentry: eng/calla__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: calla
trans_list: Drachenwurz
sense:
A marsh plant native to cooler areas throughout the northern hemisphere, Calla palustris, having pale green flowers in a white spathe.


lexentry: eng/callback__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: callback
trans_list: Rückruf
sense:
(telephony) A return telephone or radio call; especially one made automatically to authenticate a logon to a computer network.


lexentry: eng/calligraphy__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: calligraphy
trans_list: Kalligraphie | Handschrift | Schönschreiben | Schönschreibkunst | Schönschrift | gute
sense:
(uncountable) The art or practice of writing letters and words in a decorative style; the letters and words so written.


lexentry: eng/calling_card__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: calling card
trans_list: Markenzeichen
sense:
(figurative) An attribute, symptom, object, or behavior which is distinctly characteristic of someone or something.


lexentry: eng/calliope__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: calliope
trans_list: Dampforgel
sense:
A musical organ, consisting of steam whistles played with a keyboard. Often used with merry-go-rounds.


lexentry: eng/callus__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: callus
trans_list: Schwiele | Hornhaut | Kallus
sense:
A hardened area of the skin (especially on the foot or hand) caused by repeated friction, wear or use.


lexentry: eng/callus__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: callus
trans_list: Schwiele | Hornhaut | Kallus
sense:
The material of repair in fractures of bone; a substance exuded at the site of fracture, which is at first soft or cartilaginous in consistency, but is ultimately converted into true bone and unites the fragments into a single piece.


lexentry: eng/calm_before_the_storm__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: calm before the storm
trans_list: Ruhe vor dem Sturm
sense:
(idiomatic) A period of peace before a disturbance or crisis; an unnatural or false calm before a storm.


lexentry: eng/calomel__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: calomel
trans_list: Kalomel
sense:
(inorganic compound) Mercurous chloride Hg2Cl2, formerly used as a laxative and disinfectant and to treat syphilis.


lexentry: eng/calorie__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: calorie
trans_list: Kalorie
sense:
(physical chemistry, physics) The gram calorie or small calorie, a non-SI unit of energy, equivalent to 4.184 joules. This unit was formerly widely used in chemistry and physics, being the amount of energy needed to raise the temperature of 1 gram of water by 1°C.


lexentry: eng/calorimeter__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: calorimeter
trans_list: Kalorimeter
sense:
(physics) An apparatus for measuring the heat generated or absorbed by either a chemical reaction, change of phase or some other physical change.


lexentry: eng/calorimetry__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: calorimetry
trans_list: Kalorimetrie
sense:
(physics) The science of measuring the heat absorbed or evolved during the course of a chemical reaction or change of state.


lexentry: eng/calque__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: calque
trans_list: Lehnübersetzung
sense:
(linguistics, translation studies) A word or phrase in a language formed by word-for-word or morpheme-by-morpheme translation of a word in another language.


lexentry: eng/calque__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: calque
trans_list: lehnübersetzen
sense:
(linguistics, translation studies, transitive) To adopt (a word or phrase) from one language to another by semantic translation of its parts.


lexentry: eng/caltrop__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: caltrop
trans_list: Fußangel | Krähenfuß
sense:
(weaponry) A metal object, usually small, with spikes arranged so that, when thrown onto the ground, one always faces up as a threat to pedestrians, horses, and vehicles (also used as a heraldic charge).


lexentry: eng/calumny__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: calumny
trans_list: verleumden
sense:
(transitive, formal) To make false accusations or levy false charges against a person with the intent to tarnish that person's reputation or standing; to calumniate.


lexentry: eng/calve__Verb__1
sense_num: 06
written_rep: calve
trans_list: kalben
sense:
(transitive, figuratively, especially of an ice shelf, a glacier, an ice sheet, or even an iceberg) To shed (a large piece, e.g. an iceberg); to set loose (a mass of ice), e.g. a block of ice (coming off an iceberg).


lexentry: eng/calx__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: calx
trans_list: Asche
sense:
(now, chiefly, historical) The substance which remains after a metal or mineral has been thoroughly burnt, once seen as being the essential substance left after the expulsion of phlogiston, but now recognised as being the metallic oxide (or, in some cases, the metal in a state of sublimation).


lexentry: eng/calypso__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: calypso
trans_list: Calypso
sense:
A style of Caribbean music that originated in Trinidad and Tobago during the early to the mid-19th century and spread to the rest of the Caribbean Antilles and Venezuela by the mid-20th century. Its rhythms can be traced back to West African Kaiso and the arrival of French planters and their slaves from the French Antilles in the 18th century.


lexentry: eng/calyptra__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: calyptra
trans_list: Kalyptra
sense:
(botany) In bryophytes, a thin hood of tissue that forms from the archegonium and covers the developing sporophyte and is shed as it ripens.


lexentry: eng/calyx__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: calyx
trans_list: Kelch | Calyx
sense:
(botany) The outermost whorl of flower parts, comprising the sepals, which covers and protects the petals as they develop.


lexentry: eng/cam__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cam
trans_list: Nocken
sense:
A turning or sliding piece which imparts motion to a rod, lever or block brought into sliding or rolling contact with it.


lexentry: eng/cambarysu__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cambarysu
trans_list: Cambarysu
sense:
A device reportedly used by the Catuquinaru to communicate, consisting of a wooden drum, filled with various materials and half-buried; when one was beaten, the vibrations (travelling through the earth) could be heard on the devices in other villages up to 1.5 km away.


lexentry: eng/camber__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: camber
trans_list: Radsturz | Sturz
sense:
(automotive) The alignment on the roll axis of the wheels of a road vehicle, where positive camber signifies that the wheels are closer together at the bottom than the top.


lexentry: eng/cambium__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cambium
trans_list: Kambium
sense:
(botany) A layer of cells between the xylem and the phloem that is responsible for the secondary growth of roots and stems.


lexentry: eng/camcorder__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: camcorder
trans_list: Camcorder | Videokamera
sense:
A camera recorder: a portable electronic device for recording images and audio on to a storage device, hence functioning as a camera and a recorder in a single unit.


lexentry: eng/came__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: came
trans_list: Bleisiegel
sense:
A grooved strip of metal, traditionally usually lead or brass and today sometimes stainless steel, used to hold panes of glass together in glazing.


lexentry: eng/camel_case__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: camel case
trans_list: Binnenmajuskel | Binnenversal | Binnenversalie
sense:
(typography, often, programming) Especially in computer programming, and in the names of brands and organizations: a style of typography in which several words are concatenated together without any spaces between them, with the first letter of each word (sometimes excluding the first word) capitalized. [from 1990s]


lexentry: eng/camel_driver__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: camel driver
trans_list: Kameltreiber | Kameltreiberin
sense:
One whose occupation is to direct, handle and care for camels, especially as a part of a caravan travelling long distances.


lexentry: eng/camel_spider__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: camel spider
trans_list: Walzenspinne
sense:
Any fast-moving, predatory desert arachnid belonging to the order Solifugae having massive paired chelicerae and a long body covered with tactile hairs.


lexentry: eng/camellia__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: camellia
trans_list: Kamelie
sense:
Any plant of the genus Camellia, shrubs and small trees native to Asia; Camellia japonica is the most popular as a garden plant; Camellia sinensis is the tea plant.


lexentry: eng/camgirl__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: camgirl
trans_list: Camgirl
sense:
A girl or woman who publishes or broadcasts webcam photographs or videos of herself, often for adult entertainment.


lexentry: eng/camo__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: camo
trans_list: Tarnkleidung
sense:
(textiles) A pattern on clothing consisting of irregularly shaped patches that are either greenish/brownish, brownish/whitish, or bluish/whitish, as used by ground combat forces.


lexentry: eng/camomile__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: camomile
trans_list: Römische Kamille
sense:
Chamaemelum nobile (formerly Anthemis nobilis), English chamomile or Roman chamomile, a ground cover with fragrant foliage.


lexentry: eng/camomile__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: camomile
trans_list: Kamille | Echte Kamille
sense:
Matricaria recutita (formerly known as Matricaria chamomilla), German chamomile or Hungarian chamomile, with fragrant flowers used for tea, and as an herbal remedy.


lexentry: eng/camomile_tea__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: camomile tea
trans_list: Kamillentee
sense:
A beverage made by infusing the leaves of the camomile plant (either Matricaria recutita or Chamaemelum nobile) in hot water.


lexentry: eng/camouflage__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: camouflage
trans_list: Tarnung | Camouflage | Tarnen
sense:
(military) The use of natural or artificial material on personnel, objects, or tactical positions with the aim of confusing, misleading, or evading the enemy.


lexentry: eng/camp__Verb__1
sense_num: 07
written_rep: camp
trans_list: zelten | campen
sense:
(intransitive, obsolete) To fight; contend in battle or in any kind of contest; to strive with others in doing anything; compete.


lexentry: eng/camp_follower__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: camp follower
trans_list: Marketenderin
sense:
(chiefly, historical) A civilian who follows an army, typically a family member of a soldier or someone who provides services to the soldiers, e.g. prostitution, sale of liquor, cooking and laundry.


lexentry: eng/campaigner__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: campaigner
trans_list: Aktivist | Aktivistin
sense:
A person who campaigns for a person running for political office or works, or supports, in an organised and active way towards a goal; an activist.


lexentry: eng/campanile__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: campanile
trans_list: Campanile
sense:
A bell tower (especially one that is freestanding), often associated with a church or other public building, especially in Italy.


lexentry: eng/camper__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: camper
trans_list: Camper | Camperin
sense:
(video games, derogatory) A person who stays in one spot during a first-person shooting game, to guard an item etc.


lexentry: eng/campfire__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: campfire
trans_list: Lagerfeuer | Feuer
sense:
A fire at a campground or on a camping trip, often used for cooking, to provide light and heat, to drive away bugs, and as a focal point for sitting around in the evening and talking, telling stories, and singing.


lexentry: eng/camphor__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: camphor
trans_list: Kampfer | Campher
sense:
(organic compound) A white transparent waxy crystalline isoprenoid ketone, 1,7,7-trimethylbicyclo[2.2.1]heptan-2-one, with a strong pungent odour, used in pharmacy.


lexentry: eng/camphor_tree__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: camphor tree
trans_list: Kampferbaum | Kampferlorbeer
sense:
An aromatic, glossy-leaved evergreen tree native to eastern Asia (Cinnamomum camphora, Camphora officinarum) grown as a shade tree as well as for timber and camphor.


lexentry: eng/camping__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: camping
trans_list: Camping | Zelten
sense:
(uncountable) The recreational or educational activity of temporarily living in a tent or similar accommodation.


lexentry: eng/campus__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: campus
trans_list: Campus | Hochschulgelände | Unigelände | Universitätsgelände
sense:
The grounds or property of a school, college, university, business, church, or hospital, often understood to include buildings and other structures.


lexentry: eng/can_I_use_your_phone__Phrase__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: can I use your phone
trans_list: kann ich Ihr Telefon benutzen? | kann ich dein Telefon benutzen?
sense:
Indicates that the speaker wants to communicate with someone via the interlocutor's telephone, if it is available.


lexentry: eng/can__Verb__1
sense_num: 09
written_rep: can
trans_list: können
sense:
(Manglish, Singlish, intransitive) To be fine or acceptable; to be possible; (with liao or already) to be enough. Often used in conjunction with a variety of clause-final particles, e.g., lah, meh or one, to express different attitudes towards the subject matter.


lexentry: eng/can_of_worms__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: can of worms
trans_list: Fass | Fass ohne Boden | Wespennest
sense:
(idiomatic) A complex, troublesome situation arising when a decision or action produces considerable subsequent problems.


lexentry: eng/canapé__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: canapé
trans_list: Kanapee | Schnittchen
sense:
An hors d’oeuvre, a bite-sized open-faced sandwich made of thin bread or toast topped with savory garnish.


lexentry: eng/canard__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: canard
trans_list: Canard | Entenflugzeug | Entenflügler
sense:
(aviation) A type of aircraft in which the primary horizontal control and stabilization surfaces are in front of the main wing.


lexentry: eng/canasta__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: canasta
trans_list: Canasta
sense:
(uncountable, games, card games) A card game similar to rummy and played using two packs, where the object is to meld groups of the same rank.


lexentry: eng/cancel__Verb__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: cancel
trans_list: kürzen
sense:
(transitive, mathematics) To remove a common factor from both the numerator and denominator of a fraction, or from both sides of an equation.


lexentry: eng/cancel__Verb__1
sense_num: 10
written_rep: cancel
trans_list: abstempeln | canceln | entwerten | kanzellieren
sense:
(transitive, neologism) To cease to provide financial or moral support to (someone deemed unacceptable); to disinvite. Compare cancel culture.


lexentry: eng/cancel_culture__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cancel culture
trans_list: Cancel Culture
sense:
(neologism, often, derogatory) The cultural phenomenon of publicly shaming, rejecting, and ceasing to provide support to people, companies, stores, etc. that are deemed unacceptable, and calling on others to boycott them.


lexentry: eng/cancellation__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cancellation
trans_list: Absage | Kündigung | Aufhebung | Stornierung | Streichung | Widerruf
sense:
The act, process, or result of cancelling; as, the cancellation of certain words in a contract, or of the contract itself.


lexentry: eng/cancellous__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cancellous
trans_list: schwammartig
sense:
(anatomy, of bone) Having low density and strength but high surface area, of the kind that fills the inner cavity of long bones.


lexentry: eng/cancer__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cancer
trans_list: Krebs
sense:
(medicine, oncology, disease) A disease in which the cells of a tissue undergo uncontrolled (and often rapid) proliferation.


lexentry: eng/candareen__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: candareen
trans_list: Minute
sense:
A traditional unit of weight in East Asia, approximately 378 milligrams and equivalent to ten cash. A troy candareen is approximately 374 milligrams.


lexentry: eng/candela__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: candela
trans_list: Candela
sense:
In the International System of Units, the base unit of luminous intensity; the luminous intensity, in a given direction, of a source that emits monochromatic radiation of frequency 540 × 1012 hertz and that has a radiant intensity in that direction of 1/683 watt per steradian. Symbol: cd


lexentry: eng/candid_camera__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: candid camera
trans_list: versteckte Kamera
sense:
(photography) A camera which is concealed or unobtrusive, used to obtain candid photographs of people who usually are unaware; the practice of taking such photos.


lexentry: eng/candle__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: candle
trans_list: Kerze
sense:
A light source consisting of a wick embedded in a solid, flammable substance such as wax, tallow, or paraffin.


lexentry: eng/candrabindu__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: candrabindu
trans_list: Chandrabindu
sense:
A diacritic used in Indic scripts like Devanagari (ँ), Bengali (ঁ), Gurmukhi ( ਁ), Gujarati (ઁ), Odia (ଁ), and Telugu (ఁ) scripts. It usually indicates that the previous vowel is nasalized. Shown here over the letter "ka" (or in the case of Telugu, after the "ka"):


lexentry: eng/candy__Noun__2
sense_num: 01
written_rep: candy
trans_list: Candy
sense:
(obsolete) A unit of weight used in southern India, equal to twenty maunds, roughly equal to 500 pounds avoirdupois but varying locally.


lexentry: eng/candy_cane__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: candy cane
trans_list: Zuckerstange
sense:
(US, Canada) An edible candy in the shape of a cane or staff, generally consumed during Christmas time and usually having a peppermint flavor.


lexentry: eng/cane__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cane
trans_list: Rohr | Schilf
sense:
(uncountable) The slender, flexible main stem of a plant such as bamboo, including many species in the grass family Gramineae


lexentry: eng/cane__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: cane
trans_list: Blindenstock | weisser Langstock
sense:
(countable) A long rod often collapsible and commonly white (for visibility to other persons), used by vision impaired persons for guidance in determining their course and for probing for obstacles in their path


lexentry: eng/cane_toad__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cane toad
trans_list: Aga | Aga-Kröte
sense:
A large toad, Rhinella marina (formerly Bufo marinus), of Central and South America, introduced to Australia and various Pacific islands where it is now an invasive pest species.


lexentry: eng/canid__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: canid
trans_list: Canide | Hund | Hundeartiger
sense:
Any member of the family Canidae, including canines (dogs, wolves, coyotes and jackals) and vulpines (foxes).


lexentry: eng/canister__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: canister
trans_list: Kartusche
sense:
A component of canister-type protective masks containing a mechanical filter and chemical filling to filter, neutralize and/or absorb toxic chemical, biological and radiological agents.


lexentry: eng/canker__Noun__1
sense_num: 08
written_rep: canker
trans_list: gelber Knopf
sense:
An avian disease affecting doves, poultry, parrots and birds of prey, caused by Trichomonas gallinae.


lexentry: eng/cankle__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cankle
trans_list: Krautstampfer | Stamper | Stamperl | Wurstknöchel
sense:
(originally, _, slang, usually, _, pejorative) An obese or otherwise swollen ankle that blends into the calf without clear demarcation. [from 2000s]


lexentry: eng/cannabinoid__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cannabinoid
trans_list: Cannabinoid
sense:
(organic chemistry) Substance that is structurally related to tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), a psychoactive compound present in cannabis, or that bind to cannabinoid receptors.


lexentry: eng/cannabis__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: cannabis
trans_list: Hanf | Cannabis
sense:
A mildly euphoriant or sedating, intoxicating hallucinogenic drug prepared from various parts of this plant.


lexentry: eng/cannibalise__Verb__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: cannibalise
trans_list: kannibalisieren
sense:
(transitive, business) To reduce sales or market share (for one of one's own products) by introducing another.


lexentry: eng/cannoli__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cannoli
trans_list: Cannolo
sense:
(chiefly, _, in the plural) A tube of fried pastry, typical of Sicily, filled with ricotta or similar cream cheese, and flavorings, eaten as a dessert.


lexentry: eng/cannon__Noun__1
sense_num: 12
written_rep: cannon
trans_list: Kanone
sense:
(Chinese chess) A piece which moves horizontally and vertically like a rook but captures another piece by jumping over a different piece in the line of attack.


lexentry: eng/cannonball__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: cannonball
trans_list: Arschbombe
sense:
(diving) The act of jumping (typically into a swimming pool) with the legs bent and the arms wrapped around the knees to create a large splash, mimicking the flight and shape of a cannonball.


lexentry: eng/canoe__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: canoe
trans_list: Kanu | Kanadier
sense:
(watercraft) A small long and narrow boat, propelled by one or more people (depending on the size of canoe), using single-bladed paddles. The paddlers face in the direction of travel, in either a seated position, or kneeling on the bottom of the boat. Canoes are open on top, and pointed at both ends.


lexentry: eng/canola__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: canola
trans_list: Rübsen
sense:
Any of a number of cultivars of rapeseed (Brassica napus) and closely related field mustard (Brassica rapa), which have a lower erucic acid and glucosinolate content than traditional rapeseed.


lexentry: eng/canola_oil__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: canola oil
trans_list: Rapsöl
sense:
(US, Canada, Australia) vegetable oil pressed from canola seeds, used in cooking or as basis for biodiesel.


lexentry: eng/canon__Noun__1
sense_num: 08
written_rep: canon
trans_list: Kanon
sense:
A piece of music in which the same melody is played by different voices, but beginning at different times; a round.


lexentry: eng/canon__Noun__1
sense_num: 10
written_rep: canon
trans_list: Kanon
sense:
(chiefly, _, fandom, uncountable) Those sources, especially including literary works, which are considered part of the main continuity regarding a given fictional universe; (metonymically) these sources' content.


lexentry: eng/canon__Noun__1
sense_num: 12
written_rep: canon
trans_list: Missal
sense:
(printing, dated, uncountable) A large size of type formerly used for printing the church canons, standardized as 48-point.


lexentry: eng/canonical_disjunctive_normal_form__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: canonical disjunctive normal form
trans_list: kanonische disjunktive Normalform
sense:
(logic) Disjunctive normal form with the additional property that all of the terms of the sum contain the same literals, so that the terms differ from each other only in their patterns of complementation (of their literals).


lexentry: eng/canonization__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: canonization
trans_list: Heiligsprechung
sense:
(Christianity) The final process or decree (following beatification) by which the name of a deceased person is placed in the catalogue (canon) of saints and commended to perpetual veneration and invocation.


lexentry: eng/canonize__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: canonize
trans_list: heiligsprechen
sense:
(chiefly, Roman Catholicism) To declare (a deceased person) as a saint, and enter them into the canon of saints.


lexentry: eng/cant__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: cant
trans_list: Gaunersprache | Rotwelsch
sense:
(countable, uncountable) A private or secret language used by a religious sect, gang, or other group.


lexentry: eng/cant__Noun__1
sense_num: 06
written_rep: cant
trans_list: Redendes Wappen
sense:
(countable, heraldry) A blazon of a coat of arms that makes a pun upon the name (or, less often, some attribute or function) of the bearer, canting arms.


lexentry: eng/cant_hook__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cant hook
trans_list: Wendehaken
sense:
A traditional logging tool consisting of a wooden lever handle with a movable metal hook at one end, used for handling and moving logs.


lexentry: eng/cantaloupe__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cantaloupe
trans_list: Cantaloupe-Melone
sense:
Cucumis melo Cantalupensis Group, a cultivar group melon with sweet aromatic orange flesh, including two main types:


lexentry: eng/cantata__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cantata
trans_list: Kantate
sense:
(music) A vocal composition accompanied by instruments and generally containing more than one movement, typical of 17th and 18th century Italian music.


lexentry: eng/canteen__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: canteen
trans_list: Kantine | Cafeteria | Mensa
sense:
A small cafeteria or snack bar, especially one in a military establishment, school, or place of work.


lexentry: eng/canteen__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: canteen
trans_list: Feldflasche
sense:
A water bottle, flask, or other vessel, typically used by a soldier or camper as a bottle for carrying water or liquor for drink


lexentry: eng/canter__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: canter
trans_list: Kanter | leichter Galopp
sense:
A gait of a horse between a trot and a gallop, consisting of three beats and a "suspension" phase, where there are no feet on the ground. Also describing this gait on other four-legged animals.


lexentry: eng/cantilever__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cantilever
trans_list: Kragträger | Auskragung | Ausleger | Kragarm
sense:
(architecture) A beam anchored at one end and projecting into space, such as a long bracket projecting from a wall to support a balcony.


lexentry: eng/cantilever_chair__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cantilever chair
trans_list: Freischwinger | Kragstuhl
sense:
A type of chair missing posterior legs and having instead two legs or a fusion of two legs attached at the edges on the front or sides of the seat.


lexentry: eng/canton__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: canton
trans_list: Freiviertel | Kanton
sense:
A subdivision of a flag, the rectangular inset on the upper hoist (i.e., flagpole) side, the upper-left quadrant of a flag, (the stars of the US national flag are in a canton).


lexentry: eng/cantonist__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cantonist
trans_list: Kantonist
sense:
(historical) A young boy in the Russian Empire who was taken to a special school to be trained for future compulsory military service.


lexentry: eng/canvas__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: canvas
trans_list: Segeltuch | Canvas | Leinen
sense:
A type of coarse cloth, woven from hemp, useful for making sails and tents or as a surface for paintings.


lexentry: eng/canvasser__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: canvasser
trans_list: Stimmenwerber | Wahlhelfer
sense:
Someone who goes through a region soliciting votes in an election, or conducting a public opinion poll.


lexentry: eng/cap__Noun__1
sense_num: 19
written_rep: cap
trans_list: Hut
sense:
(nautical) A collar of iron or wood used in joining spars, as the mast and the topmast, the bowsprit and the jib boom; also, a covering of tarred canvas at the end of a rope.


lexentry: eng/capable__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: capable
trans_list: fähig
sense:
Able and efficient; having the ability needed for a specific task; having the disposition to do something; permitting or being susceptible to something.


lexentry: eng/capacitance__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: capacitance
trans_list: Kapazität
sense:
(physics, uncountable) The property of an electric circuit or its element that permits it to store charge, defined as the ratio of stored charge to potential over that element or circuit (Q/V); SI unit: farad (F).


lexentry: eng/capacitor__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: capacitor
trans_list: Kondensator
sense:
(electronics) An electronic component capable of storing electrical energy in an electric field; especially one consisting of two conductors separated by a dielectric.


lexentry: eng/cape__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cape
trans_list: Kap
sense:
(geography) A piece or point of land, extending beyond the adjacent coast into a sea or lake; a promontory; a headland.


lexentry: eng/cape__Noun__2
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cape
trans_list: Cape | Umhang
sense:
A sleeveless garment or part of a garment, hanging from the neck over the back, arms, and shoulders.


lexentry: eng/caper__Noun__3
sense_num: 01
written_rep: caper
trans_list: Kaper
sense:
The pungent grayish green flower bud of the European and Oriental caper (Capparis spinosa), which is pickled and eaten.


lexentry: eng/caperberry__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: caperberry
trans_list: Kapernapfel
sense:
Capparis spinosa, a perennial winter-deciduous plant that bears rounded, fleshy leaves and large white to pinkish-white flowers, often eaten as pickled buds (capers).


lexentry: eng/capercaillie__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: capercaillie
trans_list: Auerhuhn
sense:
A large, black grouse of the genus Tetrao in the bird family Phasianidae, especially the western capercaillie, Tetrao urogallus.


lexentry: eng/capillarity__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: capillarity
trans_list: Kapillarität
sense:
The interaction between the surfaces of a solid and liquid in contact that distorts the normal geometry of the liquid surface; especially the rise or fall of a liquid in a fine tube.


lexentry: eng/capillary__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: capillary
trans_list: Kapillare
sense:
(anatomy) Any of the small blood vessels (from 5 to 10 micrometres/micrometers (μm) in diameter) that connect arteries to veins (They are the smallest blood vessels in the body: they convey blood between the arterioles and venules).


lexentry: eng/capillary_action__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: capillary action
trans_list: Kapillarität
sense:
(physics) The drawing of a liquid (often against gravity) into or up narrow interstices due to surface tension


lexentry: eng/capital-intensive__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: capital-intensive
trans_list: kapitalintensiv
sense:
Needing a relatively large expenditure on capital, especially when compared to that spent on labour.


lexentry: eng/capital__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: capital
trans_list: Kapital
sense:
(uncountable, business, finance, insurance) Money and wealth. The means to acquire goods and services, especially in a non-barter system.


lexentry: eng/capital_city__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: capital city
trans_list: Hauptstadt
sense:
A city (or cities) much larger or more important to a country than all others, regardless of the actual seat of government (cf., Moscow and Saint Petersburg regardless of moves of the Russian government; Amsterdam despite the Dutch government having been situated in The Hague since 1588).


lexentry: eng/capital_flight__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: capital flight
trans_list: Kapitalflucht
sense:
(economics) The rapid flow of money or assets out of a country in response to globalization or some other economic event.


lexentry: eng/capital_gain__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: capital gain
trans_list: Kapitalertrag | Veräußerungserlös | Veräußerungsgewinn
sense:
(business, finance) An amount by which the value or the proceeds of the sale of a capital asset by its owner exceed its cost to the owner.


lexentry: eng/capitalisation__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: capitalisation
trans_list: Kapitalausstattung
sense:
Choice of case (when writing a word); the act or process of writing a word in a particular case, such as ALL CAPS, Title Case, CamelCase, Sentence case, or all lowercase.


lexentry: eng/capitalism__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: capitalism
trans_list: Kapitalismus
sense:
(politics, economic liberalism) A socio-economic system based on private property rights, including the private ownership of resources or capital, with economic decisions made largely through the operation of a market unregulated by the state.


lexentry: eng/capitalize__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: capitalize
trans_list: großschreiben
sense:
(transitive) In writing or editing, to write (something: either an entire word or text, or just the initial letter(s) thereof) in capital letters, in upper case.


lexentry: eng/capitalize__Verb__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: capitalize
trans_list: kapitalisieren
sense:
(transitive, finance) To convert into capital, i.e., to get cash or similar immediately fungible resources for some less fungible property or source of future income.


lexentry: eng/capitalize__Verb__1
sense_num: 06
written_rep: capitalize
trans_list: Profit schlagen
sense:
(intransitive, followed by on) To seize, as an opportunity; to obtain a benefit from; to invest on something profitable.


lexentry: eng/capitulate__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: capitulate
trans_list: kapitulieren | ergeben
sense:
(intransitive, originally only in military setting) To surrender on stipulated terms, end all resistance, give up, go along with or comply. [from the end of the 17th c.]


lexentry: eng/capitulation__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: capitulation
trans_list: Kapitulation
sense:
The act of capitulating or surrendering to an enemy upon stipulated terms; the act of ceasing to resist an opponent or an unwelcome demand.


lexentry: eng/capoeira__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: capoeira
trans_list: Capoeira
sense:
(uncountable) A martial art developed in Brazil, involving complex acrobatic maneuvers and flowing movements.


lexentry: eng/caponier__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: caponier
trans_list: Kaponniere
sense:
(military, historical) A work made across or in a ditch, to protect it from the enemy (as fire from it could cover the ditch), or to serve as a covered passageway (e.g. to outworks).


lexentry: eng/capotasto__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: capotasto
trans_list: Kapodaster
sense:
(music) A device, placed across the strings of a fretted instrument such as a guitar, to shorten the strings and thus allow upward transposition without altered fingering


lexentry: eng/cappuccino__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cappuccino
trans_list: Cappuccino
sense:
(uncountable) An Italian coffee-based beverage made from espresso to which milk that has been steamed and/or frothed is added; (countable) a cup of this beverage.


lexentry: eng/capri_pants__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: capri pants
trans_list: Caprihose | Fischerhose
sense:
Casual pants or trousers, usually for women, with the bottom hem reaching to below the knee but above the ankle (at midcalf, more or less); usually lightweight and summery.


lexentry: eng/capric_acid__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: capric acid
trans_list: Caprinsäure
sense:
(fatty acid) A fatty acid, CH3(CH2)8COOH, obtained from animal fats, and used in the manufacture of perfumes and flavours.


lexentry: eng/caproic_acid__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: caproic acid
trans_list: Capronsäure
sense:
(fatty acid) A liquid fatty acid, CH3(CH2)4COOH, obtained from animal fats, and used in the manufacture of pharmaceuticals and flavours.


lexentry: eng/caprolactam__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: caprolactam
trans_list: Caprolactam
sense:
(organic compound) A lactam (cyclic amide) manufactured from cyclohexanone and used in the manufacture of nylon.


lexentry: eng/caprylic_acid__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: caprylic acid
trans_list: Caprylsäure
sense:
(fatty acid) A fatty acid, CH3(CH2)6COOH, obtained from butter and other animal fats, and used in the manufacture of perfumes and flavours.


lexentry: eng/capsaicin__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: capsaicin
trans_list: Capsaicin
sense:
(organic compound) A chemical compound found in chilli peppers, which is responsible for their piquancy.


lexentry: eng/capsicum__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: capsicum
trans_list: Paprika | Capsicum
sense:
Any of various tropical American plants, of the genus Capsicum, principally the species Capsicum annuum and Capsicum frutescens, that are cultivated as edible peppers.


lexentry: eng/capstan__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: capstan
trans_list: Spill | Gangspill | Ankerspill | Ankerwinde | Capstan | Rollenantrieb
sense:
(especially, nautical) A vertical cylindrical machine that revolves on a spindle, typically surmounted by a drumhead with sockets for levers for turning it; used to apply force to cables, ropes, etc.


lexentry: eng/capstan__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: capstan
trans_list: Antriebsrolle | Bandantriebsrolle | Capstan | Tonwelle
sense:
(electronics) A rotating spindle used to move recording tape through the mechanism of a tape recorder.


lexentry: eng/capsule__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: capsule
trans_list: Kapsel
sense:
(botany) A type of simple, dehiscent, dry fruit (seed-case) produced by many species of flowering plants, such as poppy, lily, orchid, willow and cotton.


lexentry: eng/capsule__Noun__1
sense_num: 06
written_rep: capsule
trans_list: Kapsel
sense:
(astronautics) A detachable part of a rocket or spacecraft (usually in the nose) containing the crew's living space.


lexentry: eng/captain__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: captain
trans_list: Kapitän | Kapitän zur See | Hauptmann
sense:
A commissioned officer in the United States Navy, Coast Guard, NOAA Corps, or PHS Corps of a grade superior to a commander and junior to a rear admiral (lower half). A captain is equal in grade or rank to a United States Army, Marine Corps, or Air Force colonel.


lexentry: eng/captain__Noun__1
sense_num: 06
written_rep: captain
trans_list: Mannschaftskapitän | Hauptmann
sense:
One of the athletes on a sports team who is designated to make decisions, and is allowed to speak for his team with a referee or official.


lexentry: eng/caption__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: caption
trans_list: Untertitel | Bildtext | Einleitungsformel | Filmuntertitel | Kopf | Titel
sense:
(cinematography, television) A piece of text appearing on screen as a subtitle or other part of a film or broadcast, describing dialogue (and sometimes other sound) for viewers who cannot hear.


lexentry: eng/caption__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: caption
trans_list: Rubrum
sense:
(legal) The section on an official paper (for example, as part of a seizure or capture) that describes when, where, and what was taken, found or executed, and who authorized the act.


lexentry: eng/captious__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: captious
trans_list: haarspalterisch | spitzfindig | verfänglich
sense:
(obsolete) That captures; especially, (of an argument, words etc.) designed to capture or entrap in misleading arguments; sophistical.


lexentry: eng/captivate__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: captivate
trans_list: fesseln | faszinieren | bestechen | bezaubern | entzücken
sense:
(figuratively) To attract and hold (someone's) attention and interest; to charm, to entrance, to fascinate, to enchain.


lexentry: eng/car__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: car
trans_list: Auto | Wagen | Automobil | PKW | Karre
sense:
A wheeled vehicle that moves independently, with at least three wheels, powered mechanically, steered by a driver and mostly for personal transportation.


lexentry: eng/car_battery__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: car battery
trans_list: Autobatterie
sense:
(automotive) A 12-volt battery used to run the electric starter motor in order to ignite the internal combustion engine of an automobile, and power accessories when the engine is off and the alternator is not turning.


lexentry: eng/car_bomb__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: car bomb
trans_list: Autobombe
sense:
An automobile laden with a large amount of explosives, and used as a bomb primarily in order to cause external damage.


lexentry: eng/car_bomb__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: car bomb
trans_list: Autobombe
sense:
An explosive device installed in an automobile with the primary purpose of killing the occupants of the car.


lexentry: eng/car_radio__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: car radio
trans_list: Autoradio
sense:
A radio receiver fitted in a car, typically on or just below the dashboard, sometimes with specific features for use while driving, such as traffic alert interrupts and alternative frequency functions (switching frequencies as one moves in and out of range of transmitters).


lexentry: eng/car_radio__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: car radio
trans_list: Autoradio
sense:
An on-board entertainment system in a car, usually including a radio receiver as well as the capability to play audio from recorded media.


lexentry: eng/car_wash__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: car wash
trans_list: Waschanlage | Wagenwäsche | Waschstraße
sense:
A place at which a car is washed, usually for a fee and often mechanically by driving the car through a tunnel.


lexentry: eng/carabiner__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: carabiner
trans_list: Karabinerhaken
sense:
A metal link with a gate that can open and close, generally used for clipping ropes to anchors or other objects.


lexentry: eng/caracal__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: caracal
trans_list: Karakal
sense:
A type of cat native to Southern Africa, West Asia, and parts of Central and South Asia, Caracal caracal.


lexentry: eng/carapace__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: carapace
trans_list: Carapax | Rückenpanzer | Rückenschild | Schale
sense:
A hard protective covering of bone or chitin, especially one which covers the dorsal portion of an animal.


lexentry: eng/carat__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: carat
trans_list: Karat
sense:
A metric unit of mass equal to exactly 200 mg, chiefly used for measuring precious stones and pearls.


lexentry: eng/carat__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: carat
trans_list: Karat
sense:
(historical) Any of several small units of mass used for measuring precious stones and pearls, equivalent to 189–212 mg.


lexentry: eng/caravan__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: caravan
trans_list: Karawane
sense:
A convoy or procession of travellers, their cargo and vehicles, and any pack animals, especially camels crossing a desert.


lexentry: eng/caravanserai__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: caravanserai
trans_list: Karawanserei
sense:
(chiefly, historical) A roadside inn, usually having a central courtyard where caravans (see sense 3) can rest, providing accommodation for travellers along trade routes in Asia and North Africa.


lexentry: eng/caravel__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: caravel
trans_list: Karavelle
sense:
(nautical, historical) A light, usually lateen-rigged sailing ship used by the Portuguese and Spanish for about 300 years from the 15th century, first for trade and later for voyages of exploration.


lexentry: eng/carbamic_acid__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: carbamic acid
trans_list: Carbamidsäure
sense:
(organic compound) amino-formic acid, NH2COOH; it is too unstable to have been isolated, but its esters and salts are known.


lexentry: eng/carbide_lamp__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: carbide lamp
trans_list: Karbidlampe
sense:
A simple lamp that produces and burns acetylene (C2H2) created by the reaction of calcium carbide (CaC2) with water.


lexentry: eng/carbohydrate__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: carbohydrate
trans_list: Kohlenhydrat
sense:
(organic chemistry, nutrition) A sugar, starch, or cellulose that is a food source of energy for an animal or plant.


lexentry: eng/carbon__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: carbon
trans_list: Kohlenstoff | Kohle
sense:
(uncountable) The chemical element (symbol C) with an atomic number of 6. It can be found in pure form for example as graphite, a black, shiny and very soft material, or diamond, a colourless, transparent, crystalline solid and the hardest known material.


lexentry: eng/carbon_cycle__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: carbon cycle
trans_list: Kohlenstoffkreislauf | Kohlenstoffzyklus
sense:
The physical cycle of carbon through the Earth’s biosphere, geosphere, hydrosphere and atmosphere that includes such processes as photosynthesis, decomposition, respiration and carbonification.


lexentry: eng/carbon_dioxide__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: carbon dioxide
trans_list: Kohlenstoffdioxid | Kohlendioxid | Kohlendioxyd
sense:
(inorganic compound) The normal oxide of carbon, CO₂; a colorless, odorless gas formed during respiration and combustion and consumed by plants during photosynthesis.


lexentry: eng/carbon_disulfide__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: carbon disulfide
trans_list: Kohlenstoffdisulfid | Schwefelkohlenstoff
sense:
(inorganic compound) A binary compound of carbon and sulfur, CS2, a colourless liquid with a not-unpleasant smell; used as a specialist solvent, and in the manufacture of organosulfur compounds.


lexentry: eng/carbon_fiber__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: carbon fiber
trans_list: CFK | Carbon | Karbon | Kohlefaser | kohlenstofffaserverstärkter Kunststoff
sense:
Ellipsis of carbon fiber reinforced polymer/plastic, a type of strong and lightweight composite material, especially epoxied composite laminate.


lexentry: eng/carbon_footprint__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: carbon footprint
trans_list: CO2-Fußabdruck | Kohlenstoff-Fußabdruck
sense:
A measure of the amount of carbon dioxide produced by a person, organization or state in a given time.


lexentry: eng/carbon_nanotube__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: carbon nanotube
trans_list: Kohlenstoffnanoröhre
sense:
Any nanostructure, a member of the fullerene family, having graphene layers wrapped into perfect cylinders.


lexentry: eng/carbon_offset__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: carbon offset
trans_list: CO₂-Ausgleich | Emissionsausgleich | Klimakompensation | Kohlenstoffausgleich
sense:
A reduction in carbon dioxide emission by a third party purchased by a heavy carbon dioxide producer as part of carbon emissions trading.


lexentry: eng/carbon_tax__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: carbon tax
trans_list: CO₂-Steuer
sense:
A tax levied on the carbon contents used by the burning fossil fuels, so as to discourage the production of the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide.


lexentry: eng/carbon_tetrachloride__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: carbon tetrachloride
trans_list: Tetrachlorkohlenstoff | Tetrachlormethan | Kohlenstofftetrachlorid
sense:
(organic chemistry) The halogenated hydrocarbon tetrachloromethane; a toxic, nonflammable liquid, used as a solvent, formerly used in dry cleaning and in fire extinguishers.


lexentry: eng/carbonado__Noun__2
sense_num: 01
written_rep: carbonado
trans_list: Carbonado
sense:
(mineral) A dark, non-transparent, impure form of polycrystalline diamond (also containing graphite and amorphous carbon) used in drilling.


lexentry: eng/carbonated__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: carbonated
trans_list: kohlensäurehaltig | sprudelnd
sense:
Containing carbon dioxide gas under pressure, especially pertaining to beverages, as natural mineral water or man-made drinks.


lexentry: eng/carbonated_water__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: carbonated water
trans_list: Sodawasser | Mineralwasser
sense:
(idiomatic) Water that contains carbon dioxide dissolved in it under pressure and is intended for drinking.


lexentry: eng/carbonic_acid__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: carbonic acid
trans_list: Kohlensäure
sense:
(inorganic compound) A weak unstable acid, H2CO3, known only in solution, and as carbonate salts; it is present in carbonated drinks, and sparkling wine, but decomposes to form carbon dioxide and water.


lexentry: eng/carbonyl__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: carbonyl
trans_list: Carbonyl
sense:
(organic chemistry) A divalent functional group, (-CO-), characteristic of aldehydes, ketones, carboxylic acids, amides, carboxylic acid anhydrides, carbonyl halides, esters and others.


lexentry: eng/carbonyl__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: carbonyl
trans_list: Carbonylverbindung
sense:
(inorganic chemistry) Any compound of a metal with carbon monoxide, such as nickel carbonyl, Ni(CO)4.


lexentry: eng/carbonyl_chloride__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: carbonyl chloride
trans_list: Carbonylchlorid
sense:
(inorganic compound) A toxic gas, COCl2, used in the manufacture of plastics, pesticides etc, and once used as a chemical weapon.


lexentry: eng/carboxyl__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: carboxyl
trans_list: Carboxy | Carboxygruppe
sense:
(organic chemistry) A univalent functional group consisting of a carbonyl and a hydroxyl functional group (-CO.OH); characteristic of carboxylic acids.


lexentry: eng/carbuncle__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: carbuncle
trans_list: Karfunkel
sense:
(archaic) A deep-red or fiery colored garnet or other dark red precious stone, especially when cut cabochon.


lexentry: eng/carbuncle__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: carbuncle
trans_list: Karbunkel
sense:
(pathology) An abscess larger than a boil, usually with one or more openings draining pus onto the skin. It is usually caused by staphylococcal infection.


lexentry: eng/carburetor__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: carburetor
trans_list: Vergaser
sense:
(US, Canada) A device in an internal combustion engine where fuel is vaporized and mixed with air prior to ignition. [from 1890s]


lexentry: eng/carcinization__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: carcinization
trans_list: Karzinisation | Karzinisierung | Verkrebsung
sense:
(evolutionary theory, zoology) The convergent evolution of decapod crustaceans from forms dissimilar to true crabs into similar forms. [from 1916]


lexentry: eng/carcinoma__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: carcinoma
trans_list: Karzinom
sense:
(countable) An invasive malignant tumour derived from epithelial tissue that tends to metastasize to other areas of the body.


lexentry: eng/cardboard_box__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cardboard box
trans_list: Pappschachtel | Pappkarton
sense:
An industrially prefabricated box made from cardboard, primarily used for packaging goods or materials and often recycled.


lexentry: eng/cardiac__Adjective__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: cardiac
trans_list: Herz
sense:
(biology, medicine) Pertaining to the cardia of the stomach; cardial (cardial is the usual adjective in this sense).


lexentry: eng/cardiac_arrest__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cardiac arrest
trans_list: Herzstillstand | Kreislaufstillstand
sense:
(cardiology, pathology) The sudden and complete cessation of the heartbeat resulting in the loss of effective circulation of the blood.


lexentry: eng/cardiac_output__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cardiac output
trans_list: Herzzeitvolumen
sense:
(physiology) The volume of blood ejected from the left ventricle of the heart per unit time, typically per minute.


lexentry: eng/cardigan__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cardigan
trans_list: Strickjacke | Cardigan
sense:
A type of sweater or jumper that fastens up the front with buttons or a zipper, usually machine- or hand-knitted from wool.


lexentry: eng/cardinal__Adjective__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: cardinal
trans_list: grundsätzlich | Kardinal
sense:
Describing a “natural” number used to indicate quantity (e.g., zero, one, two, three), as opposed to an ordinal number indicating relative position.


lexentry: eng/cardinal__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cardinal
trans_list: Kardinal
sense:
(Roman Catholic) One of the officials appointed by the pope in the Roman Catholic Church, ranking only below the pope, equal to the patriarchs, constituting the special college which elects the pope.


lexentry: eng/cardinal__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: cardinal
trans_list: Kardinal
sense:
Any of various species of New-World passerine songbird in the genus Cardinalis, or in the family Cardinalidae more generally, or of similar appearance and once considered to be related to the former; so called because of their red plumage. (See Wikipedia article for taxonomical information.)


lexentry: eng/cardinal__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: cardinal
trans_list: Kardinalrot
sense:
A deep red color, somewhat less vivid than scarlet, the traditional colour of a Catholic cardinal's cassock. (same as cardinal red)


lexentry: eng/cardinal__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: cardinal
trans_list: Grundzahl | Kardinalzahl
sense:
(math) Ellipsis of cardinal number, a number indicating quantity, or the size of a set (e.g., 0, 1, 2, 3). (See Cardinal_number.)


lexentry: eng/cardinal_flower__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cardinal flower
trans_list: Kardinals-Lobelie
sense:
Lobelia cardinalis (syn. L. fulgens), a species of lobelia native to the Americas, usually with vibrant red flowers.


lexentry: eng/cardinal_number__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: cardinal number
trans_list: Kardinalzahl
sense:
(mathematics) A generalized kind of number used to denote the size of a set, including infinite sets.


lexentry: eng/cardinal_symptom__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: cardinal symptom
trans_list: Kardinalsymptom
sense:
(homeopathy) The particular symptom which is regarded most important for choosing the curing substance


lexentry: eng/cardioid__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cardioid
trans_list: Kardioide | Herzkurve
sense:
(geometry) An epicycloid with exactly one cusp; the plane curve with polar equation \rho = 1 + \cos\,\theta - approximately heart-shaped


lexentry: eng/cardiopulmonary_resuscitation__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cardiopulmonary resuscitation
trans_list: Herz-Lungen-Wiederbelebung
sense:
A first aid procedure for cardiac arrest involving compression of the chest wall alternating with artificial respiration.


lexentry: eng/cardiovascular_disease__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cardiovascular disease
trans_list: Herz-Kreislauf-Krankheit | Herz-Kreislauferkrankung
sense:
A disease involving the heart or blood vessels, i.e. arteries and veins, such as coronary heart disease.


lexentry: eng/cardoon__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cardoon
trans_list: Kardone | Cardy | Distel-Artischocke | spanische Artischocke | wilde Artischocke | Distel
sense:
Any of species Cynara cardunculus of prickly perennial plants which has leaf stalks eaten as a vegetable, related to the artichoke.


lexentry: eng/care__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: care
trans_list: kümmern | sorgen
sense:
(transitive, intransitive) To be concerned (about), to have an interest (in); to feel concern (about).


lexentry: eng/care__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: care
trans_list: kümmern | respektieren
sense:
(intransitive, polite, formal, chiefly in the negative) To want, to desire; to like; to be inclined towards or interested in.


lexentry: eng/care_for__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: care for
trans_list: behandeln
sense:
(transitive, mostly, in the negative) To like or appreciate; to consider to be appealing, tasteful, or suitable.


lexentry: eng/careen__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: careen
trans_list: krängen | kielholen
sense:
(nautical, transitive) To heave a ship down on one side so as to expose the other, in order to clean it of barnacles and weed, or to repair it below the water line.


lexentry: eng/careerism__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: careerism
trans_list: Karrierismus
sense:
(derogatory) The overwhelming desire or urge to advance one's own career or social status, usually at the expense of other personal interests, social growth, or ethics.


lexentry: eng/careerism__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: careerism
trans_list: Karrierismus
sense:
(chiefly, US) The perception that being a member of the military is a career, rather than an obligation to serve one's country.


lexentry: eng/careless__Adjective__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: careless
trans_list: nachlässig | fahrlässig | säumig | unachtsam | leichtfertig | leichtsinnig
sense:
Not giving sufficient attention or thought, especially concerning the avoidance of harm or mistakes. [from 16thc.]


lexentry: eng/carer__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: carer
trans_list: Betreuer | Betreuerin
sense:
(UK, Ireland, Commonwealth) Someone who regularly looks after another person, either as a job or often through family responsibilities.


lexentry: eng/caress__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: caress
trans_list: Liebkosung | Umarmung
sense:
An act of endearment; any act or expression of affection; an embracing, or touching, with tenderness. [from 1640s]


lexentry: eng/caret__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
sense: An exponentiation symbol or operator ⟨＾⟩.
written_rep: caret
trans_list:
Dach | Einfügezeichen | Einschaltungszeichen | Exponent-Operator | Tastaturnavigation (beim Programmieren) | Zirkumflex


lexentry: eng/caretaker__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: caretaker
trans_list: Hausmeister | Pfleger | Pflegerin
sense:
Someone who takes care of a place or thing; someone looking after a place, or responsible for keeping it in good repair.


lexentry: eng/caretaker_government__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: caretaker government
trans_list: Übergangsregierung
sense:
(politics) A government that rules temporarily, for example after a no-confidence motion in a parliamentary system.


lexentry: eng/cargo_bike__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cargo bike
trans_list: Lastenrad
sense:
A bicycle designed for carrying large or heavy loads; by extension, any other pedal cycle such as a tricycle or quadricycle designed in this way.


lexentry: eng/cargo_hold__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cargo hold
trans_list: Frachtraum | Laderaum | Schiffsbauch | Schiffsraum
sense:
(nautical) A hold on a ship (a ship's hold includes the forehold and stern hold), used to store cargo during a voyage.


lexentry: eng/carillon__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: carillon
trans_list: Carillon
sense:
(musical instrument) A set of bells, often in a bell tower, sometimes operated by means of a keyboard (manual or pedal), originating from the Low Countries.


lexentry: eng/caritive_case__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: caritive case
trans_list: Karitiv
sense:
(grammatical case) A case used to express the lack or absence of something. It has the meaning of the English preposition "without." The caritive case is found in some Caucasian languages.


lexentry: eng/carminative__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: carminative
trans_list: windtreibend
sense:
(medicine) Relieving the discomfort of gas in the digestive tract, either by reducing its production (by the gut microbiota) or by inducing its expulsion (whether as belches [upper GI action] or as flatus [lower GI action]).


lexentry: eng/carnassial__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: carnassial
trans_list: Einbeulung
sense:
One of the teeth used by a carnivore for shearing flesh, being the last upper premolar and the first lower molar.


lexentry: eng/carnation__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: carnation
trans_list: Nelke
sense:
The type of flower they bear, originally flesh-coloured, but since hybridizing found in a variety of colours.


lexentry: eng/carnet__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: carnet
trans_list: -n
sense:
A ticket book, a collection of tickets in the form of a booklet often sold at a discount to single tickets.


lexentry: eng/carnivalize__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: carnivalize
trans_list: karnevalisieren
sense:
(transitive, literature) To subvert (mainstream assumptions or literary styles) through humour and chaos.


lexentry: eng/carnivore__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: carnivore
trans_list: Fleischfresser
sense:
An organism that feeds chiefly on animals; an animal that feeds on meat as the main part of its diet.


lexentry: eng/carnotite__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: carnotite
trans_list: Karnotit
sense:
(mineral) A yellow mineral that is a potassium uranyl vanadate that is a major ore of uranium, with the chemical formula K2(UO2)2(VO4)2·3H2O.


lexentry: eng/carny__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: carny
trans_list: Schausteller | Schaustellerin
sense:
(informal, countable) A person who works in a carnival (often one who uses exaggerated showmanship or fraud).


lexentry: eng/carnyx__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: carnyx
trans_list: Carnyx | Carnix
sense:
(brass instrument, historical) A bronze wind instrument used by Iron Age Celts (c. 200 B.C.E. – 200 C.E.) as a type of battle trumpet; held vertically when played, it was shaped like an elongated S with a mouthpiece at the lower end and a bell (often resembling an animal with an open mouth) at the upper end.


lexentry: eng/carom__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: carom
trans_list: Novuss
sense:
(uncountable) A billiard-like Indian game in which players take turns flicking checker-like pieces into one of four goals on the corners of a board measuring one meter by one meter.


lexentry: eng/carom_billiards__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: carom billiards
trans_list: Karambolagebillard
sense:
A family of billiards games generally played on cloth-covered, pocketless tables, which often feature heated slate beds, typically having as the objective to score points or "counts" by caroming one's own cue ball off both the opponent's cue ball and the object ball(s) on a single shot.


lexentry: eng/carotene__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: carotene
trans_list: Carotin | Karotin
sense:
(organic chemistry) A class of tetraterpene plant pigments; they vary in colour from yellow, through orange to red, this colour originating in a chain of alternating single and double bonds.


lexentry: eng/carotenoid__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: carotenoid
trans_list: Carotinoid | Karotinoid
sense:
(organic chemistry) Any of a class of yellow to red organic pigments including the carotenes and xanthophylls.


lexentry: eng/carotid__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: carotid
trans_list: Carotis | Halsschlagader | Kopfschlagader
sense:
(anatomy) Either of the two main arteries that supply blood to the head of which the left in humans arises from the arch of the aorta and the right by bifurcation of the brachiocephalic artery with each passing up the side of the neck and dividing opposite the upper border of the thyroid cartilage into an external branch supplying the face, tongue, and external parts of the head and an internal branch supplying the brain, eye, and other internal parts of the head.


lexentry: eng/carp__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: carp
trans_list: Karpfen
sense:
Any of various freshwater fish of the family Cyprinidae; specifically the common carp, Cyprinus carpio.


lexentry: eng/carpal_tunnel__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: carpal tunnel
trans_list: Karpaltunnel
sense:
(countable, anatomy) A fibro-osseous passageway on the palmar side of the wrist that connects the distal forearm to the middle compartment of the deep plane of the palm.


lexentry: eng/carpal_tunnel_syndrome__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: carpal tunnel syndrome
trans_list: Karpaltunnelsyndrom
sense:
(neurology) form of repetitive strain injury caused by compression of the median nerve travelling through the carpal tunnel.


lexentry: eng/carpel__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: carpel
trans_list: Männchen
sense:
(botany) A constituent part of a flower pistil: the female reproductive organs in a flower. A carpel is composed of an ovary, a style, and a stigma, although some flowers have carpels without a distinct style. In origin, carpels are leaves (megasporophylls) that have evolved to enclose the ovules. A pistil may be composed of a single carpel or of several carpels fused together.


lexentry: eng/carpenter's_pencil__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: carpenter's pencil
trans_list: Zimmererbleistift
sense:
(woodworking, carpentry) A pencil specifically designed for the requirements of a carpenter: oval shape makes it less likely to roll away, and thick graphite facilitates drawing on rough surfaces.


lexentry: eng/carpenter__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: carpenter
trans_list: Zimmermann | Tischler | Schreiner | Zimmerer | Schreinerin | Tischlerin
sense:
A person skilled at carpentry, the trade of cutting and joining timber in order to construct buildings or other structures.


lexentry: eng/carpenter__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: carpenter
trans_list: Zimmermann | Tischler | Schreiner | Zimmerer | Schreinerin | Tischlerin
sense:
(nautical) A senior rating in ships responsible for all the woodwork onboard; in the days of sail, a warrant officer responsible for the hull, masts, spars and boats of a ship, and whose responsibility was to sound the well to see if the ship was making water.


lexentry: eng/carpentry__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: carpentry
trans_list: Schreinerei | Tischlerei | Zimmerei
sense:
(uncountable) The trade of cutting and joining timber in order to construct buildings or other structures; woodworking.


lexentry: eng/carpet_beater__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: carpet beater
trans_list: Teppichklopfer
sense:
A tool for beating dust out of carpets, cushions, etc., used in housecleaning before the invention of the vacuum cleaner.


lexentry: eng/carpet_bombing__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: carpet bombing
trans_list: Flächenbombardement | Flächenbombardierung
sense:
Large area bombardment done in a progressive manner to inflict damage in every part of a selected area of land.


lexentry: eng/carpetbag__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: carpetbag
trans_list: (aus Teppichresten gefertigte) Reisetasche
sense:
A traveling bag made from scraps of carpet and widely used in the United States (and elsewhere) in the 19th century.


lexentry: eng/carpool__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: carpool
trans_list: Fahrgemeinschaft
sense:
An arrangement whereby several people travel together in the same car in order to save costs, reduce pollution etc.


lexentry: eng/carport__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: carport
trans_list: Carport
sense:
A roofed structure for automobile storage, usually attached to a house and not fully enclosed like a garage but with at least one side open to the outdoors. [from 1936]


lexentry: eng/carrack__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: carrack
trans_list: Karacke
sense:
(historical) A large European sailing vessel of the 14th to 17th centuries similar to a caravel but square-rigged on the foremast and mainmast and lateen-rigged on the mizzenmast.


lexentry: eng/carriage__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: carriage
trans_list: Kutsche
sense:
A (mostly four-wheeled) lighter vehicle chiefly designed to transport people, generally drawn by horse power.


lexentry: eng/carriage__Noun__1
sense_num: 11
written_rep: carriage
trans_list: Fracht | Frachtgeld | Fuhrlohn
sense:
The charge made for conveying (especially in the phrases carriage forward, when the charge is to be paid by the receiver, and Carriage Paid To).


lexentry: eng/carriage_return__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: carriage return
trans_list: Wagenrücklaufzeichen
sense:
(computing) The control character (0x0D in ASCII, abbreviated as CR) that originally signaled a device to perform a carriage return, but now merely indicates the end of a line of text (newline).


lexentry: eng/carriage_return__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: carriage return
trans_list: Wagenrücklauf | Wagenrücklaufzeichen
sense:
The key or lever that initiates the carriage return action (on a typewriter) or generates the carriage return character (on a computer).


lexentry: eng/carrier__Noun__1
sense_num: 09
written_rep: carrier
trans_list: Überträger
sense:
(genetics, pathology) A person or other organism that has a genetic trait, mutation or infection liable to cause a disease, but displays no symptoms.


lexentry: eng/carrier_bag__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: carrier bag
trans_list: Tragetasche | Tragetüte
sense:
(UK) A bag made of thin polythene or paper, generally used for carrying groceries or other purchased items.


lexentry: eng/carrier_pigeon__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: carrier pigeon
trans_list: Brieftaube
sense:
A domestic pigeon which transports attached messages or very small parcels from the place where it is released to a familiar destination.


lexentry: eng/carrier_wave__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: carrier wave
trans_list: Trägerwelle | Trägersignal
sense:
(physics) A wave that can be modulated, either in amplitude, frequency, or phase, to carry or transmit images, music, speech, or other signals.


lexentry: eng/carrot__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: carrot
trans_list: Karotte | Möhre | Mohrrübe | Rüebli | gelbe Rübe
sense:
A vegetable with a nutritious, juicy, sweet root that is often orange in colour, Daucus carota, family Apiaceae, especially the subspecies sativus.


lexentry: eng/carry-on__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: carry-on
trans_list: Handgepäck
sense:
That luggage or baggage which is taken onto an airplane (or a ferry, etc.) with a passenger, rather than checked.


lexentry: eng/carry__Verb__1
sense_num: 09
written_rep: carry
trans_list: übernehmen
sense:
(transitive, arithmetic) In an addition, to transfer the quantity in excess of what is countable in the units in a column to the column immediately to the left in order to be added there.


lexentry: eng/carry_oneself__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: carry oneself
trans_list: benehmen
sense:
(idiomatic) To behave, especially with respect to how one's speech, body language, facial expressions, and grooming convey one's opinion concerning oneself.


lexentry: eng/carrying_basket__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: carrying basket
trans_list: Kiepe
sense:
A basket fitted with a strap or straps to allow it to be carried on the back with the carrier's arms free.


lexentry: eng/cart__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cart
trans_list: Karren | Wagen
sense:
A small, open, wheeled vehicle, drawn or pushed by a person or animal, often with two wheels on one axle, more often used for transporting goods than passengers.


lexentry: eng/cartel__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cartel
trans_list: Kartell
sense:
(economics) A group of businesses or nations that collude to limit competition within an industry or market.


lexentry: eng/cartilage__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cartilage
trans_list: Knorpel
sense:
(skeleton, uncountable) A usually translucent and somewhat elastic, dense, nonvascular connective tissue found in various forms in the larynx and respiratory tract, in structures such as the external ear, and in the articulating surfaces of joints. It composes most of the skeleton of vertebrate embryos, being replaced by bone during ossification in the higher vertebrates.


lexentry: eng/cartilaginous_fish__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cartilaginous fish
trans_list: Knorpelfisch
sense:
Any member of the taxonomic class Chondrichthyes, having a skeleton made of cartilage rather than bone. They can be contrasted with the Osteichthyes or bony fishes.


lexentry: eng/cartography__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cartography
trans_list: Kartographie | Kartografie
sense:
(uncountable) The creation of charts and maps based on the layout of a territory's geography. [from 19th c.]


lexentry: eng/carton__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: carton
trans_list: Karton
sense:
An inexpensive, disposable box-like container fashioned from either paper, paper with wax-covering (wax paper), or other lightweight material.


lexentry: eng/cartouche__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: cartouche
trans_list: Kartusche
sense:
(Egyptology, hieroglyphs) An oval figure containing the characters of an important personal name, such as that of royal or divine people.


lexentry: eng/cartridge__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cartridge
trans_list: Patrone | Kartusche
sense:
(firearms) The package consisting of the bullet, primer, and casing containing gunpowder; a round of ammunition.


lexentry: eng/cartridge__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: cartridge
trans_list: Patrone | Kartusche
sense:
(computing) A vessel which contains the ink or toner for a computer printer and can be easily replaced with another.


lexentry: eng/cartwheel__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: cartwheel
trans_list: Rad
sense:
A gymnastic maneuver whereby the gymnast rotates to one side or the other while keeping arms and legs outstretched, spinning for one or more revolutions.


lexentry: eng/carve__Verb__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: carve
trans_list: schnitzen | einkerben | kerben | tranchieren | zerlegen
sense:
To shape to sculptural effect; to produce (a work) by cutting, or to cut (a material) into a finished work, especially with cuts that are curved rather than only straight slices.


lexentry: eng/carving_fork__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: carving fork
trans_list: Aufschnittgabel | Bratengabel | Fleischgabel | Tranchiergabel | Vorlegegabel
sense:
A fork with a long handle and two or three whetted flat tines, used in the process of serving meat, sausage, cheese or similar with care.


lexentry: eng/caryatid__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: caryatid
trans_list: Karyatide
sense:
A sculpted female figure serving as an architectural support taking the place of a column or a pillar supporting an entablature on her head.


lexentry: eng/caryopsis__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: caryopsis
trans_list: Karyopse
sense:
(botany) A type of fruit in which the fruit skin is stuck to the seed coat; especially the grain of a cereal.


lexentry: eng/cascabel__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: cascabel
trans_list: Klapperschlange
sense:
A knob at the end of a cannon, cast onto the gun breech, to which a heavy rope is attached in order to control recoil.


lexentry: eng/cascade__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: cascade
trans_list: Kaskade
sense:
A series of electrical (or other types of) components, the output of any one being connected to the input of the next.


lexentry: eng/case__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: case
trans_list: Fall
sense:
A piece of work, specifically defined within a profession; the set of tasks involved in addressing the situation of a specific person or event.


lexentry: eng/case__Noun__2
sense_num: 06
written_rep: case
trans_list: Vitrine
sense:
A piece of furniture, constructed partially of transparent glass or plastic, within which items can be displayed.


lexentry: eng/case__Noun__2
sense_num: 09
written_rep: case
trans_list: Schriftkasten
sense:
(typography, by extension) The nature of a piece of alphabetic type, whether a “capital” (upper case) or “small” (lower case) letter.


lexentry: eng/case__Verb__2
sense_num: 03
written_rep: case
trans_list: ausbaldowern | auskundschaften
sense:
(transitive, informal) To survey (a building or other location) surreptitiously, as in preparation for a robbery.


lexentry: eng/case_law__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: case law
trans_list: Rechtsprechung | Richterrecht
sense:
Law developed by judges through court decisions and opinions, as distinct from statute and other legislation.


lexentry: eng/case_sensitive__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: case sensitive
trans_list: unterscheidet/beachtet (die) [[Großschreibung|Groß-]] und Kleinschreibung
sense:
(computer science) Distinguishing upper- and lower-case letters. Often used in computer science to indicate a distinction is made in comparison or equality of letters based on case. For example, a case-sensitive password will not recognize "Password" and "password" as the same, but a case insensitive comparison would.


lexentry: eng/case_study__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: case study
trans_list: Fallstudie
sense:
(uncountable) Research performed in detail on a single individual, group, incident or community, as opposed to, for instance, a sample of the whole population.


lexentry: eng/casemate__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: casemate
trans_list: Kasematte
sense:
(military) A bombproof chamber, usually of masonry, in which cannon may be placed, to be fired through embrasures; or one capable of being used as a magazine, or for quartering troops.


lexentry: eng/cash__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cash
trans_list: Bargeld | Bares | Cash
sense:
(uncountable) Money in the form of notes or bills and coins, as opposed to checks, credit or electronic transactions.


lexentry: eng/cash_crop__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cash crop
trans_list: Marktfrucht | zum Verkauf bestimmtes Agrarprodukt
sense:
(agriculture) A crop that is grown for sale rather than for personal food or for feeding to livestock.


lexentry: eng/cash_desk__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cash desk
trans_list: Kasse
sense:
A place in a restaurant, bar, or shop etc, typically containing a cash register, where a customer can pay the bill.


lexentry: eng/cash_in__Verb__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: cash in
trans_list: ausnutzen
sense:
(figurative) To profit from something; to take advantage of an opportunity in order to profit, especially financially.


lexentry: eng/cash_on_delivery__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cash on delivery
trans_list: Nachnahme
sense:
A kind of transaction in which goods are paid for in full in cash or by certified check only once they are received by the buyer.


lexentry: eng/cash_register__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cash register
trans_list: Registrierkasse | Kasse
sense:
A machine that tabulates the amount of sales transactions, makes a permanent and cumulative record of them, and has a drawer in which cash can be kept.


lexentry: eng/cashew__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cashew
trans_list: Kaschu | Kaschubaum
sense:
A tree, Anacardium occidentale, native to northeastern Brazil, now widely grown in tropical climates for its cashew nuts and cashew apples.


lexentry: eng/cashless__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cashless
trans_list: bargeldlos
sense:
Operating without the need for cash, such as by accepting nondigital, noncash forms of payment (e.g., chit, cheques, money orders) or (in the 21st century, usually) using digital payment methods (e-payment).


lexentry: eng/cask__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cask
trans_list: Fass | Faß | Tonne
sense:
A large barrel for the storage of liquid, especially of alcoholic drinks. (See a diagram of cask sizes.)


lexentry: eng/cassata_siciliana__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cassata siciliana
trans_list: Cassata
sense:
A rich cake, typical of Sicily, containing liqueur layered with ricotta, candied fruit and chocolate.


lexentry: eng/casserole__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: casserole
trans_list: Kasserolle | Auflaufform
sense:
(countable) A dish of glass or earthenware, with a lid, in which food is baked and sometimes served.


lexentry: eng/cassette__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cassette
trans_list: Kassette | Audiokassette | Tonkassette | Videokassette
sense:
A small flat case containing magnetic tape on two reels, used to record and play back audio and video material.


lexentry: eng/cassock__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cassock
trans_list: Soutane
sense:
An item of clerical clothing: a long, sheath-like, close-fitting, ankle-length robe worn by clergy members of some Christian denominations. [from 17th c.]


lexentry: eng/cassowary__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cassowary
trans_list: Kasuar
sense:
Any large flightless bird of the genus Casuarius that is native to Australia and New Guinea, has a characteristic bony crest on its head, and can be very dangerous.


lexentry: eng/cast__Noun__1
sense_num: 06
written_rep: cast
trans_list: Besetzung | Cast | Ensemble
sense:
(art) The collective group of actors performing a play or production together. Contrasted with crew.


lexentry: eng/cast__Verb__1
sense_num: 08
written_rep: cast
trans_list: gießen
sense:
To shape (molten metal etc.) by pouring into a mould; to make (an object) in such a way. [from 15th c.]


lexentry: eng/cast_off__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: cast off
trans_list: Leinen los
sense:
(ambitransitive, nautical) To let go (a cable or rope securing a vessel to a buoy, wharf, etc.) so that the vessel may make way.


lexentry: eng/cast_off__Verb__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: cast off
trans_list: abketten
sense:
(intransitive, knitting) To finish the last row of knitted stitches and remove them securely from the needle.


lexentry: eng/cast_out_nines__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cast out nines
trans_list: Neunerprobe
sense:
(arithmetic) To apply a procedure for verifying whether an arithmetic operation is probably correct or certainly incorrect using modulo characteristics of the digit 9.


lexentry: eng/castanet__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: castanet
trans_list: Kastagnette
sense:
(musical instruments, chiefly, in the plural) A single handheld percussion instrument consisting of a pair of concave shells or shell-shaped parts joined on one edge by string.


lexentry: eng/caste__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: caste
trans_list: Kaste
sense:
Any of the hereditary social classes and subclasses of South Asian societies or similar found historically in other cultures.


lexentry: eng/castellan__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: castellan
trans_list: Kastellan
sense:
(chiefly, _, historical) The governor or caretaker entrusted to oversee a castle or keep for its lord.


lexentry: eng/caster__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: caster
trans_list: Castor-Rad | Lenkrolle | Rollfuß
sense:
(automotive) The angle of the axis around which a car's front wheels rotate when the steering wheel is turned, with a vertical axis being defined as zero caster.


lexentry: eng/caster_sugar__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: caster sugar
trans_list: Streuzucker
sense:
Granulated sugar that has been sifted to have a finer crystal size, so that it can be shaken out of the holes of a caster.


lexentry: eng/castle__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: castle
trans_list: Burg | Schloss | Festung
sense:
A large residential building or compound that is fortified and contains many defences; in previous ages often inhabited by a nobleman or king. Also, a house or mansion with some of the architectural features of medieval castles.


lexentry: eng/castle__Verb__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: castle
trans_list: rochieren
sense:
(usually, _, intransitive, shogi) To create a similar defensive position in Japanese chess through several moves.


lexentry: eng/castle_in_the_air__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: castle in the air
trans_list: Luftschloss | Traumschloss
sense:
(idiomatic) A desire, idea, or plan that is unlikely to ever be realized; a visionary project or scheme; a daydream, an idle fancy, a near impossibility. [from mid 16th c.]


lexentry: eng/castling__Noun__2
sense_num: 01
written_rep: castling
trans_list: Rochade
sense:
(chess) A move in which the king moves two squares towards a rook, and the rook moves to the other side of the king; the action of the verb to castle.


lexentry: eng/castor_oil__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: castor oil
trans_list: Rizinusöl
sense:
The pale yellow vegetable oil extracted from the castor bean; used as a laxative and an industrial lubricant.


lexentry: eng/castor_oil_plant__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: castor oil plant
trans_list: Wunderbaum | Rizinus
sense:
A plant of the species Ricinus communis, used in the production of castor oil and of the poison ricin.


lexentry: eng/castor_sac__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: castor sac
trans_list: Biberbeutel | Castorbeutel
sense:
an organ of a beaver releasing a secretion for refining the animal’s fell, popular in perfumery as under the name castoreum, and formerly in medicine


lexentry: eng/castoreum__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: castoreum
trans_list: Bibergeil | Castoreum
sense:
The bitter exudate of the castor sacs of mature beavers, used as a scent mark, and as a tincture in some perfumes.


lexentry: eng/castrato__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: castrato
trans_list: Kastrat
sense:
A male who has been castrated, especially a male whose testicles have been removed before puberty in order to retain his boyish voice.


lexentry: eng/castrato__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: castrato
trans_list: Kastrat
sense:
A male soprano or alto voice produced by castration of the treble singer before puberty, intended to conserve his voice; the singer.


lexentry: eng/casual_sex__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: casual sex
trans_list: Gelegenheitssex
sense:
Sexual activity that is undertaken without commitment, emotional attachment or personal familiarity between the participants involved.


lexentry: eng/casualty__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: casualty
trans_list: Opfer | Verletzter | Verlust | Todesopfer | Ausfall | Gefallener
sense:
(military) A person in military service who becomes unavailable for duty, for any reason (notably death, injury, illness, capture, or desertion).


lexentry: eng/casuistry__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: casuistry
trans_list: Kasuistik
sense:
The process of answering practical questions via interpretation of rules, or of cases that illustrate such rules, especially in ethics; case-based reasoning.


lexentry: eng/cat's-paw__Noun__1
sense_num: 06
written_rep: cat's-paw
trans_list: Kuhfuß
sense:
(US, _, carpentry) A small crowbar with a handle at a right angle to a blade with a V-shaped notch, principally used by carpenters to remove nails.


lexentry: eng/cat's_claw__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: cat's claw
trans_list: Katzenkrallenkriechpflanze | Katzenkrallentrompete | Trichterkriechpflanze
sense:
Dolichandra unguis-cati (cat's claw creeper), a Central American climbing vine of the Bignoniaceae family


lexentry: eng/cat's_claw__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: cat's claw
trans_list: Einjährige Martynie | Katzenkralle | Teufelskralle
sense:
Martynia annua (small-fruit devil's-claw, tiger's-claw, iceplant), a plant species endemic to Brazil


lexentry: eng/cat's_eye__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cat's eye
trans_list: Katzenauge
sense:
(countable, especially, Commonwealth, usually, _, in the plural) A retroreflective device placed on a road surface as a marking that can be seen even at night.


lexentry: eng/cat's_tongue__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cat's tongue
trans_list: Katzenzunge
sense:
A small chocolate bar or (sometimes chocolate-covered) cookie/biscuit which is shaped somewhat like the tongue of a cat.


lexentry: eng/cat-o'-nine-tails__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cat-o'-nine-tails
trans_list: neunschwänzige Katze
sense:
(nautical) A scourge (multi-tail whip) having nine, often knotted, whipcords, formerly used for flogging as naval punishment.


lexentry: eng/cat__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cat
trans_list: Katze | Felidae | Felide | Feliden | Feliformia | Felinae
sense:
Any similar animal of the family Felidae, which includes lions, tigers, bobcats, leopards, cougars, cheetahs, caracals, lynxes, and other such non-domesticated species.


lexentry: eng/cat_and_mouse__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cat and mouse
trans_list: Katz-und-Maus-Spiel
sense:
A relationship in which two parties closely monitor and challenge one another in a suspicious or self-protective manner, often because each party is attempting to gain an advantage over the other.


lexentry: eng/cat_and_mouse__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: cat and mouse
trans_list: Katz-und-Maus-Spiel
sense:
A children's game in which one player (the "cat") attempts to break through a ring of players to catch another player (the "mouse") in the centre.


lexentry: eng/cat_burglar__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cat burglar
trans_list: Fassadenkletterer
sense:
A particularly stealthy burglar, especially one who gains undetected entry through the use of agility.


lexentry: eng/cat_flap__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cat flap
trans_list: Katzenklappe | Katzentür
sense:
A small, hinged panel, usually cut into a door, with an opening just large enough for a cat to enter.


lexentry: eng/cat_food__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cat food
trans_list: Katzenfutter
sense:
A type of food specially formulated for the feeding of cats, typically composed of processed grain and meat byproducts as dry food or canned fish or meat as wet food.


lexentry: eng/cat_litter__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cat litter
trans_list: Katzenstreu
sense:
Fuller's earth, clay pellets, wood chips, or similar loose absorbent materials used for the waste of pet cats.


lexentry: eng/cat_scratch_disease__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cat scratch disease
trans_list: Katzenkratzkrankheit
sense:
(medicine) A relatively benign disease, characterized by swollen lymph nodes, caused by the bacterium Bartonella henselae normally carried by the cat flea Ctenocephalides felis.


lexentry: eng/cat_thyme__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cat thyme
trans_list: Katzengamander
sense:
A low-growing herb, Teucrium marum, related to germander, which has a pungent scent that causes sneezing, but is attractive to cats.


lexentry: eng/catabolism__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: catabolism
trans_list: Katabolismus
sense:
(biochemistry) Destructive (lytic) metabolism or metabolization, usually including the release of energy and breakdown of materials.


lexentry: eng/catachresis__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: catachresis
trans_list: Katachrese
sense:
(rhetoric) A misapplication or overextension of a figurative or analogical description; a wrongly applied metaphor or trope.


lexentry: eng/catacomb__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: catacomb
trans_list: Katakombe
sense:
(often plural) An underground system of tunnels and chambers with recesses for graves, used (in former times) as a cemetery; a tunnel system used for burying the dead, as in Paris or Ancient Rome.


lexentry: eng/catalepsy__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: catalepsy
trans_list: Katalepsie | Starrsucht
sense:
(pathology) A severe bodily condition, described in psychiatric pathology, marked by sudden rigidity, fixation of posture, and loss of contact with environmental conditions.


lexentry: eng/catalogue__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: catalogue
trans_list: Katalog | Programm
sense:
(US) A book printed periodically by a college, university, or other institution that gives a definitive description of the institution, its history, courses and degrees offered, etc.


lexentry: eng/catalpa__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: catalpa
trans_list: Trompetenbaum
sense:
Any tree of the genus Catalpa, in the family Bignoniaceae. The two North American species, the southern catalpa, Catalpa bignonioides, and the northern catalpa, Catalpa speciosa — along with the yellow catalpa, Catalpa ovata, from China — are often planted as ornamentals because of their showy flowers and decorative bean pods, though others regard the bean pods as a nuisance.


lexentry: eng/catalyst__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: catalyst
trans_list: Katalysator
sense:
(chemistry) A substance that increases the rate of a chemical reaction without being consumed in the process.


lexentry: eng/catalytic__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: catalytic
trans_list: katalytisch
sense:
(chemistry) Of or relating to a catalyst; having properties facilitating chemical reaction or change.


lexentry: eng/catalytic_converter__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: catalytic converter
trans_list: Katalysator
sense:
(automotive) A chamber containing a finely divided platinum catalyst in which carbon monoxide and hydrocarbons from vehicle exhaust are oxidized to carbon dioxide.


lexentry: eng/catamount__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: catamount
trans_list: Luchs
sense:
(US) A wild animal of the family Felidae, especially the cougar, mountain lion or puma (Puma concolor).


lexentry: eng/cataphatic__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cataphatic
trans_list: kataphatisch
sense:
(theology) Pertaining to the expression of God in terms of what God is, rather than in terms of what God is not (apophatic).


lexentry: eng/cataphract__Noun__2
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cataphract
trans_list: Kataphrakt
sense:
(military, historical) A soldier (especially a horseman) covered with a cataphract (etymology 1, sense 1).


lexentry: eng/catatonia__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: catatonia
trans_list: Katatonie
sense:
A severe psychiatric condition, often associated with schizophrenia, characterized by a tendency to remain in a rigid state of stupor for long periods which give way to short periods of extreme agitation.


lexentry: eng/catatonic__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: catatonic
trans_list: katatonisch
sense:
(medicine) Of, relating to, or suffering from catatonia; having a tendency to remain in a rigid state of stupor for long periods which give way to short periods of extreme agitation.


lexentry: eng/catboat__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: catboat
trans_list: Catboot
sense:
A sailing boat with a single sail, usually rigged on a gaff spar, used for fishing in New England and later adapted for racing and cruising. It has a single mast set near to the bow and a long boom which may extend over the stern.


lexentry: eng/catch__Noun__1
sense_num: 06
written_rep: catch
trans_list: Fang
sense:
(countable, colloquial, by extension) A find, in particular a boyfriend or girlfriend or prospective spouse.


lexentry: eng/catch__Noun__1
sense_num: 09
written_rep: catch
trans_list: Haken
sense:
(countable, sometimes, _, noun adjunct) A concealed difficulty, especially in a deal or negotiation.


lexentry: eng/catch__Noun__1
sense_num: 17
written_rep: catch
trans_list: Fang
sense:
(countable, cricket, baseball) The act of catching a hit ball before it reaches the ground, resulting in an out.


lexentry: eng/catch__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: catch
trans_list: einfangen
sense:
(intransitive) To engage with some mechanism; to stick, to succeed in interacting with something or initiating some process.


lexentry: eng/catch__Verb__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: catch
trans_list: fangen | fassen
sense:
(transitive) To seize or intercept an object moving through the air (or, sometimes, some other medium). [from 16thc.]


lexentry: eng/catch_of_the_day__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: catch of the day
trans_list: Gruppe
sense:
(informal, idiomatic) A person who is a popular or desirable choice to be a partner in a prospective marital or romantic relationship.


lexentry: eng/catchment__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: catchment
trans_list: Einzugsgebiet | Niederschlagsgebiet | Wassereinzugsgebiet
sense:
(often, attributive) Any structure or land feature which catches and holds water; the collection of such water.


lexentry: eng/catchment_area__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: catchment area
trans_list: Einzugsgebiet
sense:
(by extension) The area served by a local institution, such as a hospital or school, or by extension, a railway station.


lexentry: eng/catchword__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: catchword
trans_list: Kustos
sense:
(printing, historical) A word under the right-hand side of the last line on a book page that repeats the first word on the following page.


lexentry: eng/catechize__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: catechize
trans_list: katechisieren
sense:
To give oral instruction, especially of religion; (specifically) by the formal question-and-answer method; in the Church of England and Roman Catholic Church, to teach the catechism as preparation for confirmation.


lexentry: eng/catecholamine__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: catecholamine
trans_list: Catecholamine | Katecholamine
sense:
(biochemistry) Any of a class of aromatic amines derived from pyrocatechol that are hormones produced by the adrenal gland.


lexentry: eng/catechumen__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: catechumen
trans_list: Katechumene | Katechumenin | Taufbewerber | Taufbewerberin
sense:
A convert to Christianity under instruction before baptism; a young or recent Christian preparing for confirmation.


lexentry: eng/categorical_imperative__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: categorical imperative
trans_list: categorischer Imperativ | kategorischer Imperativ
sense:
(ethics) A fundamental ethical principle intended as a guide for determining whether any contemplated action is morally right, based on the concept that an action is good or bad in and of itself regardless of what the actor's aims or preferences are.


lexentry: eng/category__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: category
trans_list: Kategorie
sense:
A group, often named or numbered, to which items are assigned based on similarity or defined criteria.


lexentry: eng/category__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: category
trans_list: Kategorie
sense:
(mathematics) A collection of objects, together with a transitively closed collection of composable arrows between them, such that every object has an identity arrow, and such that arrow composition is associative.


lexentry: eng/category_theory__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: category theory
trans_list: Kategorientheorie
sense:
(mathematics) A branch of mathematics which deals with spaces and maps between them in abstraction, taking similar theorems from various disparate more concrete branches of mathematics and unifying them.


lexentry: eng/catenaccio__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: catenaccio
trans_list: Catenaccio
sense:
(football) A system of defensive play focused on nullifying opponents' attacks and preventing goal-scoring opportunities, typically using a libero.


lexentry: eng/catenary__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: catenary
trans_list: Kettenlinie | Oberleitung
sense:
(engineering) Any physical cable, rope, chain, or other weight-supporting structure taking such geometric shape, as a suspension cable for a bridge or a power-transmission line or an arch for a bridge or roof.


lexentry: eng/caterer__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: caterer
trans_list: Partyservice | Catering-Service | Cateringunternehmen | Speiselieferant
sense:
A person or company hired to provide and serve food, usually for a large group and at a location separate from where the food is prepared.


lexentry: eng/caterpillar_track__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: caterpillar track
trans_list: Gleiskette | Raupenkette
sense:
A generic trademark name for a continuous track in the form of a steel or rubber belt fitted around the wheels of crawlers, bulldozers, excavators, loaders, backhoes, tanks and similar off-road vehicles in such a manner as to spread the load on the ground surface and thereby improve traction and reduce sinking into soft surfaces.


lexentry: eng/catgirl__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: catgirl
trans_list: Katzenmädchen
sense:
(Japanese fiction) A female fictional character who has a cat's ears, tail, or other feline characteristics on an otherwise humanoid body.


lexentry: eng/catharsis__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: catharsis
trans_list: Katharsis
sense:
(drama) A release of emotional tension after an overwhelming vicarious experience, resulting in the purging or purification of the emotions, as through watching a dramatic production (especially a tragedy).


lexentry: eng/cathead__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cathead
trans_list: Kranbalken
sense:
A heavy piece of timber projecting somewhat horizontally from each side of the bow of a ship on which an anchor is raised or lowered, and secured when not used, from its stock end.


lexentry: eng/cathedral__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cathedral
trans_list: Kathedrale | Dom | Domkirche | Bischofskirche
sense:
The principal church serving as the office (and some as place of residence) of an archdiocese's/a diocese's archbishop/bishop which is symbolized by an episcopal throne known as the cathedra.


lexentry: eng/catheter__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: catheter
trans_list: Katheter
sense:
(medicine) A small tube inserted into a body cavity to administer a drug, create an opening, distend a passageway, or remove fluid.


lexentry: eng/cathetus__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cathetus
trans_list: Kathete
sense:
(geometry) A line perpendicular to a surface (or line); in particular, either of the sides of a right triangle other than its hypotenuse.


lexentry: eng/cathode__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cathode
trans_list: Kathode | Minuspol
sense:
(electricity) An electrode, of a cell or other electrically polarized device, through which a positive current of electricity flows outwards (and thus, electrons flow inwards). It can have either a negative or a positive voltage with respect to anode of the same polarized device (depending on whether the device is a load or a source, respectively).


lexentry: eng/cathode_ray__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cathode ray
trans_list: Elektronenstrahl | Kathodenstrahl
sense:
(electricity) A ray consisting of a stream of electrons in a vacuum tube that are emitted by the cathode and accelerated towards the anode by an electric field.


lexentry: eng/cathode_ray_tube__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cathode ray tube
trans_list: Kathodenstrahlröhre | Braunsche Röhre
sense:
(electronics) A vacuum tube that displays still or moving images (such as for a television), by controlling the direction of a cathode ray emitted towards the front of the tube. The front is coated by a layer of fluorescent material, so that it emits light when struck by the beam.


lexentry: eng/catkin__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: catkin
trans_list: Kätzchen
sense:
(botany) A type of inflorescence, consisting of an axis with many unisexual apetalous flowers along its sides, as in the willow and poplar.


lexentry: eng/catloaf__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: catloaf
trans_list: Katzenlaib
sense:
(slang) The loaflike form of a domestic cat sitting with its paws and tail tucked underneath its body.


lexentry: eng/catnip__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: catnip
trans_list: Katzenminze
sense:
Any of the about 250 species of flowering plant of the genus Nepeta, family Lamiaceae, certain of which are said to have medicinal qualities.


lexentry: eng/catnip__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: catnip
trans_list: Katzenminze | Echte Katzenminze
sense:
Nepeta cataria and Nepeta grandiflora (and perhaps other species), which are well-known for causing an apparently harmless pheromone-based intoxication among certain cats.


lexentry: eng/catoblepas__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: catoblepas
trans_list: Katoblepas
sense:
A legendary creature from Ethiopia, said to have the body of a Cape buffalo, scales on its back, and the head of a wild boar, which always points downward because of its weight.


lexentry: eng/cattail__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cattail
trans_list: Rohrkolben | Kolbenschilf
sense:
(US, historically, Yorkshire, Lincolnshire) Any of several perennial herbs, of the genus Typha, that have long flat leaves, and grow in marshy places.


lexentry: eng/cattle_grid__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cattle grid
trans_list: Viehgitter | Viehrost | Weidegitter | Weiderost | Wildgitter | Wildrost
sense:
A grid of parallel metal bars set into a road as an obstacle to prevent hooved animals from passing.


lexentry: eng/cattle_prod__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cattle prod
trans_list: Viehstock | Viehtreiber | Viehtreiberstock
sense:
A stick designed to goad cows, steers, and similar animals in order to prompt them to move in a desired direction, now usually electrified to administer a stimulating shock to the animal.


lexentry: eng/catty__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: catty
trans_list: boshaft | gehässig | stutenbissig | zickig
sense:
(informal, of a person or remark) With subtle hostility in an effort to hurt, annoy, or upset, particularly among women.


lexentry: eng/catwalk__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: catwalk
trans_list: Laufsteg
sense:
(nautical) An elevated enclosed passage providing access fore and aft from the bridge of a merchant vessel.


lexentry: eng/caudate_nucleus__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: caudate nucleus
trans_list: Nucleus caudatus
sense:
(neuroanatomy) a nucleus within each hemisphere of the brain, sitting astride the thalamus and located near the center of the brain.


lexentry: eng/caul__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: caul
trans_list: Glückshaube
sense:
The amnion which encloses the foetus before birth, especially that part of it which sometimes shrouds a baby’s head at birth (traditionally considered to be good luck). [from 16th c.]


lexentry: eng/caul_fat__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: caul fat
trans_list: Mesenterium
sense:
The fatty, transparent serous membrane that covers the intestines of cows, sheep, and pigs, often used as a casing for sausages and other meat dishes.


lexentry: eng/cauliflower__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cauliflower
trans_list: Blumenkohl | Karfiol
sense:
Brassica oleracea var. botrytis, an annual variety of cabbage, of which the cluster of young flower stalks and buds is eaten as a vegetable.


lexentry: eng/cauliflower_ear__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cauliflower ear
trans_list: Blumenkohlohr | Ringerohr
sense:
(boxing, wrestling, sport, pathology) An ear swollen and deformed by repeated blows, common among boxers and rugby players.


lexentry: eng/caulking__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: caulking
trans_list: Kitt
sense:
A sealing material used to seal joints between heterogeneous materials in many kinds of construction and manufacture.


lexentry: eng/caulking_gun__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: caulking gun
trans_list: Kartuschenpistole
sense:
A tool for applying sealant, adhesives, etc., consisting of a metal skeleton with spring-loaded trigger into which a tube of sealant, caulk, etc., is fitted.


lexentry: eng/causalism__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: causalism
trans_list: Kausalismus
sense:
(philosophy) The doctrine that actions have a direct cause, especially that people's actions are caused by their mental state at the time


lexentry: eng/causality__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: causality
trans_list: Ursache und Wirkung
sense:
The relationship between something that happens or exists and the thing that causes it; the cause and consequence relationship.


lexentry: eng/causative__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: causative
trans_list: Kausativ
sense:
(linguistics) An expression of an agent causing or forcing a patient to perform an action (or to be in a certain condition).


lexentry: eng/cause__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cause
trans_list: Ursache | Grund | Anlass
sense:
(countable, often with of, typically of adverse results) The source of, or reason for, an event or action; that which produces or effects a result.


lexentry: eng/cause_of_death__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cause of death
trans_list: Todesursache
sense:
The official cause of a human death as typically determined by a coroner during an autopsy and included on the death certificate of a deceased person.


lexentry: eng/causeway__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: causeway
trans_list: Bahndamm | Damm | Dammstraße | Dammweg | Fahrdamm
sense:
A road that is raised so as to be above water, marshland, and similar low-lying obstacles, which in some cases may flood periodically (e.g. due to tides). Originally causeways were much like dykes, generally pierced to let water through, whereas many modern causeways are more like bridges or viaducts.


lexentry: eng/caustic__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: caustic
trans_list: Ätzmittel
sense:
Any substance or means which, applied to animal or other organic tissue, burns, corrodes, or destroys it by chemical action; an escharotic.


lexentry: eng/caustic__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: caustic
trans_list: Kaustik
sense:
(optics, computer graphics) The envelope of reflected or refracted rays of light for a given surface or object.


lexentry: eng/caustic_soda__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: caustic soda
trans_list: kaustisches Soda | Ätznatron
sense:
sodium hydroxide (NaOH), a strong alkaline substance used in the manufacture of paint, soap and detergents, or as a drain cleaner.


lexentry: eng/cauterize__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cauterize
trans_list: kauterisieren
sense:
To burn and hence seal open tissue using a heated article or caustic agent so as to stop bleeding or minimise the risk of infection.


lexentry: eng/caution_-_slippery_when_wet__Phrase__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: caution - slippery when wet
trans_list: Vorsicht Rutschgefahr
sense:
Warning, often in the form of a sign, that people should pay attention when walking on a wet and slippery floor not to fall down and get injured.


lexentry: eng/caution__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: caution
trans_list: Warnung | Vorsicht
sense:
Prudence when faced with, or when expecting to face, danger; care taken in order to avoid risk or harm.


lexentry: eng/caution__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: caution
trans_list: Vorsicht | Behutsamkeit | Achtsamkeit
sense:
A careful attention to the probable effects of an act, in order that failure or harm may be avoided.


lexentry: eng/cavalier__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cavalier
trans_list: Kavallerist
sense:
(historical) A military man serving on horse, (chiefly) early modern cavalry officers who had abandoned the heavy armor of medieval knights.


lexentry: eng/cavalry__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cavalry
trans_list: Kavallerie | Reiterei
sense:
(military, usually, _, historical, uncountable) The military arm of service that fights while riding horses.


lexentry: eng/cavatina__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cavatina
trans_list: Kavatine
sense:
(music) An operatic song in slow tempo, either complete in itself or (e.g., in Bellini and Verdi) followed by a faster, more resolute section: hence


lexentry: eng/cave_lion__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cave lion
trans_list: Höhlenlöwe
sense:
An extinct subspecies of lion, Panthera leo spelaea, known from fossils and multiple examples of prehistoric art.


lexentry: eng/cave_painting__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cave painting
trans_list: Höhlenmalerei
sense:
(uncountable) The activity of applying pigments to the interior surfaces of caves to create images, especially when carried out in prehistoric times.


lexentry: eng/cave_painting__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: cave painting
trans_list: Höhlenmalerei
sense:
(uncountable) The paintings resulting from this activity regarded collectively, especially if prehistoric; cave art; (countable) an individual painting of this type.


lexentry: eng/cavesson__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cavesson
trans_list: Kappzaum
sense:
A part of a horse's bridle that consists of a headstall with a noseband. When a martingale is used, it is attached to the horse's head at the cavesson.


lexentry: eng/caviar_spoon__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: caviar spoon
trans_list: Kaviarlöffel
sense:
A small shallow spoon made from inert materials (such as gold, horn, or wood) rather than typical metals, intended for eating caviar.


lexentry: eng/cavitation__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: cavitation
trans_list: Kavitation
sense:
(fluid dynamics) The formation, in a fluid, of vapor bubbles that rapidly collapse, especially in a rotating marine propeller or pump impeller.


lexentry: eng/cavity__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: cavity
trans_list: Karies | Loch
sense:
(dentistry) A small or large hole in a tooth caused by caries; often also a soft area adjacent to the hole also affected by caries.


lexentry: eng/cedar__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: cedar
trans_list: Zypressengewächs
sense:
(countable) A coniferous tree of the family Cupressaceae, especially of the genera Juniperus, Cupressus, Calocedrus, or Thuja.


lexentry: eng/cedar__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: cedar
trans_list: Zeder | Zedernholz
sense:
(uncountable) The aromatic wood from a Cedrus tree, or from any of several not closely related trees.


lexentry: eng/cedilla__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cedilla
trans_list: Cedille
sense:
(orthography) In the spelling of Catalan, French, Portuguese and some other languages, a mark ⟨¸⟩ sometimes placed under the letter c to indicate that it is pronounced /s/ rather than /k/, as in Catalan força, French menaçant, and Portuguese almoço, and also used in various other languages to change the sounds of other letters.


lexentry: eng/ceilidh__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ceilidh
trans_list: Céilí
sense:
An informal social gathering, especially one where traditional Irish or Scottish folk music is played, with dancing and storytelling.


lexentry: eng/celebrant__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: celebrant
trans_list: Festredner
sense:
(Australia, NZ) A person who conducts formal ceremonies in the community, particularly weddings, baby namings, renewals of wedding vows and funerals.


lexentry: eng/celebrate__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: celebrate
trans_list: feiern | zelebrieren | halten
sense:
(transitive) To honour by rites, by ceremonies of joy and respect, or by refraining from ordinary business; to observe duly.


lexentry: eng/celebrate__Verb__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: celebrate
trans_list: feiern | zelebrieren
sense:
(transitive) To perform or participate in, as a sacrament or solemn rite; to perform with appropriate rites.


lexentry: eng/celebrity__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: celebrity
trans_list: Berühmtheit | Zelebrität | Promi | Prominente | Prominenter | Bekanntheit
sense:
A person who has a high degree of recognition by the general population for his or her success or accomplishments; a famous person. [from 19th c.]


lexentry: eng/celeriac__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: celeriac
trans_list: Knollensellerie
sense:
A form of celery, Apium graveolens, having an aromatic taproot eaten as a vegetable. [from mid 18th century]


lexentry: eng/celerity__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: celerity
trans_list: Geschwindigkeit
sense:
(oceanography, meteorology) The speed of an individual wave (as opposed to the speed of groups of waves); often denoted c.


lexentry: eng/celesta__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: celesta
trans_list: Celesta
sense:
(musical instruments) A musical instrument consisting principally of a set of graduated steel plates struck with hammers that are activated by a keyboard.


lexentry: eng/celestial_body__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: celestial body
trans_list: Himmelskörper
sense:
(astronomy, astrology) A natural object which is located outside of Earth's atmosphere, such as a comet, an asteroid, the Moon, a planet, the Sun, or a star.


lexentry: eng/celestial_sphere__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: celestial sphere
trans_list: Himmelskugel
sense:
(astronomy) The apparent outer limit of space; an abstract sphere of infinite radius which serves as the imaginary backdrop for celestial objects, and of which the visible sky is one hemisphere.


lexentry: eng/celestine__Noun__2
sense_num: 01
written_rep: celestine
trans_list: Coelestin
sense:
(mineral) A mineral with orthorhombic crystals, SrSO4, colourless or white with blue and sometimes red shades.


lexentry: eng/celibate__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: celibate
trans_list: Junggeselle | Junggesellin | Unverheiratete | Unverheirateter | Zölibatär | Zölibatärin
sense:
One who is not married, especially one who has taken a religious vow not to get married, usually because of being a member of a religious community. [from 1869]


lexentry: eng/cell__Noun__1
sense_num: 06
written_rep: cell
trans_list: Zelle
sense:
(biology, now, chiefly, botany) Any of various chambers in a tissue or organism having specific functions. [from 14th c.]


lexentry: eng/cell__Noun__1
sense_num: 08
written_rep: cell
trans_list: Zelle | Batteriezelle
sense:
(obsolete) Specifically, any of the supposed compartments of the brain, formerly thought to be the source of specific mental capacities, knowledge, or memories. [14th–19th c.]


lexentry: eng/cell__Noun__1
sense_num: 11
written_rep: cell
trans_list: Zelle | Batteriezelle
sense:
A device which stores electrical power; used either singly or together in batteries; the basic unit of a battery. [from 19th c.]


lexentry: eng/cell__Noun__1
sense_num: 12
written_rep: cell
trans_list: Zelle
sense:
(biology) The basic unit of a living organism, consisting of a quantity of protoplasm surrounded by a cell membrane, which is able to synthesize proteins and replicate itself. [from 19th c.]


lexentry: eng/cell__Noun__1
sense_num: 16
written_rep: cell
trans_list: Zelle | Batteriezelle
sense:
A small group of people forming part of a larger organization, often an outlawed one. [from 20th c.]


lexentry: eng/cell_cycle__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cell cycle
trans_list: Zellzyklus
sense:
(cytology) The life cycle of eukaryotic cells from a quiescent beginning, growth, duplication of DNA followed by mitosis and division.


lexentry: eng/cell_line__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cell line
trans_list: Zelllinie
sense:
(genetics) A biological tissue or group of individual cells that are genetically identical as a result of dividing mitotically from a single progenitor cell.


lexentry: eng/cell_theory__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cell theory
trans_list: Zelltheorie
sense:
(biology) The scientific theory that all living organisms are made of cells as the smallest functional unit.


lexentry: eng/cell_wall__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cell wall
trans_list: Zellwand
sense:
(cytology) A thick, fairly rigid, layer formed around individual cells of bacteria, Archaea, fungi, plants, and algae (but not animals and other protists which generally have cell membranes without cell walls). The cell wall is external to the cell membrane and serves a structural function helping the cell maintain its shape and protecting the cell from damage.


lexentry: eng/cello__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cello
trans_list: Violoncello | Cello
sense:
A large unfretted stringed instrument of the violin family with four strings tuned (lowest to highest) C-G-D-A and an endpin to support its weight, usually played with a bow.


lexentry: eng/cellobiose__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cellobiose
trans_list: Cellobiose
sense:
(carbohydrate) A disaccharide, found mainly as a repeat unit in cellulose, in which two glucose units are joined with a 1, 4-β linkage


lexentry: eng/cellophane_noodle__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cellophane noodle
trans_list: Glasnudel
sense:
A transparent Asian noodle made from starch (such as mung bean starch, sweet potato or yam starch, potato starch, cassava starch, or canna starch) and water.


lexentry: eng/celluloid__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: celluloid
trans_list: Zelluloid | Celluloid
sense:
Any of a variety of thermoplastics created from nitrocellulose and camphor, once used as photographic film.


lexentry: eng/cellulose__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cellulose
trans_list: Zellulose | Zellstoff
sense:
A complex carbohydrate that forms the main constituent of the cell wall in most plants and is important in the manufacture of numerous products, such as paper, textiles, pharmaceuticals, and explosives.


lexentry: eng/cement__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: cement
trans_list: Zement | Mörtel | Zementleim | Zementmasse | Zementmörtel
sense:
(uncountable) The paste-like substance resulting from mixing such a powder with water, or the rock-like substance that forms when it dries.


lexentry: eng/cement__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: cement
trans_list: Zement | Kleber | Klebstoff | Bindemittel | Kitt | Klebelösung
sense:
(uncountable) Any material with strong adhesive and cohesive properties such as binding agents, glues, grout.


lexentry: eng/cement_mixer__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cement mixer
trans_list: Betonmischer | Fahrmischer
sense:
A device used in construction in which cement, aggregate and water are slowly mixed together in a revolving drum to form concrete.


lexentry: eng/cenotaph__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cenotaph
trans_list: Kenotaph | Ehrenmal | Scheingrab
sense:
A monument, generally in the form of an empty tomb, erected to honour the dead whose bodies lie elsewhere, especially members of the armed forces who died in battle.


lexentry: eng/cenote__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cenote
trans_list: Cenote
sense:
A deep natural well or sinkhole, especially in Central America, formed by the collapse of surface limestone that exposes ground water underneath, and sometimes used by the ancient Mayans for sacrificial offerings.


lexentry: eng/censor__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: censor
trans_list: Zensor | Zensurin
sense:
An official responsible for the removal or suppression of objectionable material (for example, if obscene or likely to incite violence) or sensitive content in books, films, correspondence, and other media.


lexentry: eng/censor__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: censor
trans_list: zensieren
sense:
To review for, and if necessary to remove or suppress, content from books, films, correspondence, and other media which is regarded as objectionable (for example, obscene, likely to incite violence, or sensitive).


lexentry: eng/censorious__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: censorious
trans_list: tadelsüchtig
sense:
Addicted to censure and scolding; apt to blame or condemn; severe in making remarks on others, or on their writings or manners.


lexentry: eng/censorship__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: censorship
trans_list: Zensur
sense:
The use of state or group power to control freedom of expression or press, such as passing laws to prevent undesirable media from being published or propagated.


lexentry: eng/censorware__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: censorware
trans_list: Zensur-Software
sense:
(computing) Software or hardware used to filter content on the Internet or block Internet access or restrict the running of applications or computer usage, on the basis of content being regarded as objectionable.


lexentry: eng/census__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: census
trans_list: Volkszählung | Zensus | Zählung | Befragung | Bevölkerungszählung
sense:
An official count or enumeration of members of a population (not necessarily human), usually residents or citizens in a particular region, often done at regular intervals.


lexentry: eng/cent__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cent
trans_list: Cent
sense:
(money) A subunit of currency equal to one-hundredth of the main unit of currency in many countries. Symbol: ¢.


lexentry: eng/centaur__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: centaur
trans_list: Zentaur | Kentaur
sense:
(Greek mythology) A mythical beast having a horse's body with a man's head and torso in place of the head and neck of the horse.


lexentry: eng/center__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: center
trans_list: Zentrum | Mitte | Mittelpunkt | Drehpunkt
sense:
(geometry) The point in the interior of any figure of any number of dimensions that has as its coordinates the arithmetic mean of the coordinates of all points on the perimeter of the figure (or of all points in the interior for a center of volume).


lexentry: eng/center__Noun__1
sense_num: 11
written_rep: center
trans_list: Zentrum | Mitte | Mittelpunkt
sense:
(engineering) A conical recess or indentation in the end of a shaft or other work, to receive the point of a center, on which the work can turn, as in a lathe.


lexentry: eng/center__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: center
trans_list: ausmitteln | zenterieren
sense:
(transitive) To cause (some attribute, such as a mood or voltage) to be adjusted to a value which is midway between the extremes.


lexentry: eng/center_of_gravity__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: center of gravity
trans_list: Schwerpunkt | Gravizentrum
sense:
(physics) A point, near or within a body, through which its weight can be assumed to act when considering forces on the body and its motion under gravity. This coincides with the center of mass in a uniform gravitational field.


lexentry: eng/centerfold__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: centerfold
trans_list: mittlere Doppelseite
sense:
The single larger sheet of paper that forms the middle two pages of a magazine or other publication, folded so as to open wider than a standard page spread.


lexentry: eng/centering__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: centering
trans_list: Zentrierung
sense:
(mostly, uncountable) The process of moving something to a centre, normally before some other process.


lexentry: eng/centi-__Prefix__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: centi-
trans_list: zenti-
sense:
(specifically) In the International System of Units and other metric systems of units, multiplying the unit to which it is attached by 10-2. Symbol: c


lexentry: eng/centigrade__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: centigrade
trans_list: Celsius | hundertgradig | hundertteilig
sense:
(uncountable) A centigrade temperature scale having the freezing point of water defined as 0° and its boiling point defined as 100° at standard atmospheric pressure. Although formally known as the Celsius scale since 1948, centigrade is still the more commonly found term.


lexentry: eng/centipede__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: centipede
trans_list: Hundertfüßer | Hundertfüßler | Tausendfüßler | Tausendfüßer
sense:
Any arthropod of class Chilopoda, which have a segmented body with one pair of legs per segment and from about 20 to 300 legs in total.


lexentry: eng/centner__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: centner
trans_list: Doppelzentner | Zentner
sense:
A unit of weight with different actual definitions in parts of Germany and Scandinavia, typically 100 local pounds.


lexentry: eng/central_bank__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: central bank
trans_list: Zentralbank | Notenbank
sense:
(banking) The principal monetary authority of a polity or monetary union; it normally regulates the supply of money, issues currency and controls interest rates. It usually oversees banking activity within its country's borders.


lexentry: eng/central_committee__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: central committee
trans_list: Zentralkomitee
sense:
(communism) A standing administrative body of communist parties, analogous to a board of directors, of both ruling and nonruling parties of former and existing socialist states.


lexentry: eng/central_heating__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: central heating
trans_list: Zentralheizung
sense:
Any of various heating systems in which a central source of heat is used to distribute heat (and sometimes hot water) throughout a building in a controlled manner.


lexentry: eng/central_limit_theorem__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: central limit theorem
trans_list: Zentraler Grenzwertsatz
sense:
(statistics, and, mathematics, singulare tantum) The theorem that states that if the sum of independent identically distributed random variables has a finite variance, then it will be approximately normally distributed.


lexentry: eng/central_nervous_system__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: central nervous system
trans_list: Zentralnervensystem
sense:
(neuroanatomy) In vertebrates, that part of the nervous system comprising the brain, brain stem and spinal cord.


lexentry: eng/central_processing_unit__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: central processing unit
trans_list: CPU | Hauptprozessor
sense:
(computer hardware) The part of a computer that fetches, decodes and executes instructions from memory, possibly through a cache.


lexentry: eng/centralization__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: centralization
trans_list: Zentralisierung
sense:
The act or process of centralizing, or the state of being centralized; the act or process of combining or reducing several parts into a whole


lexentry: eng/centralizer__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: centralizer
trans_list: Zentralisator
sense:
(mathematics) (of an element in a group) The set of elements of the same group which commute with the element. See also normalizer.


lexentry: eng/centre-back__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: centre-back
trans_list: Innenverteidiger
sense:
(soccer) A central defender, a player who plays in the centre of defence, just in front of the goalkeeper


lexentry: eng/centre_forward__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: centre forward
trans_list: Stoßstürmer
sense:
(British spelling, football) The most central of the strikers; traditionally the player who makes the kick-off.


lexentry: eng/centre_of_mass__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: centre of mass
trans_list: Gewichtsschwerpunkt | Massenmittelpunkt | Schwerpunkt
sense:
(mathematics, physics) A point, near, or within a body at which the object's mass can be assumed to be concentrated; it coincides with the centroid for a body of uniform density, and with the centre of gravity in a uniform gravitational field.


lexentry: eng/centreboard__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: centreboard
trans_list: Abdrift
sense:
(British spelling, nautical) The adjustable keel on a small yacht or dinghy that acts, among other things, as ballast and to counteract the sideways force of the wind.


lexentry: eng/centrifugal_force__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: centrifugal force
trans_list: Zentrifugalkraft | Fliehkraft
sense:
(physics) In circular motion, the 'reactive' centrifugal force is a real force applied by the accelerating body that is equal and opposite to the centripetal force that is acting on the accelerating body.


lexentry: eng/centrifuge__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: centrifuge
trans_list: Zentrifuge
sense:
By extension, any device which rotates in order to produce artificial gravity (in the form of centrifugal force)


lexentry: eng/centriole__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: centriole
trans_list: Zentriol
sense:
(biology) A barrel-shaped microtubule structure found in most animal cells, important in the process of mitosis (nuclear division).


lexentry: eng/centroid__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: centroid
trans_list: Zentroide
sense:
(statistics, cluster analysis, of a cluster of points) the arithmetic mean (alternatively, median) position of a cluster of points in a coordinate system based on some application-dependent measure of distance.


lexentry: eng/centrosome__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: centrosome
trans_list: Zentrosom
sense:
(cytology) An organelle, near the nucleus in the cytoplasm of most organisms, that controls the organization of its microtubules


lexentry: eng/century__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: century
trans_list: Jahrhundert
sense:
A period of 100 consecutive years; often specifically a numbered period with conventional start and end dates, e.g., the twentieth century, which stretches from (strictly) 1901 through 2000, or (informally) 1900 through 1999. The first century AD was from 1 to 100.


lexentry: eng/century__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: century
trans_list: Zenturie
sense:
A unit in ancient Roman army, originally of 100 army soldiers as part of a cohort, later of more varied sizes (but typically containing 60 to 70 or 80) soldiers or other men (guards, police, firemen), commanded by a centurion.


lexentry: eng/century_egg__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: century egg
trans_list: hundertjähriges Ei | tausendjähriges Ei
sense:
A Chinese delicacy made by preserving a duck, chicken or quail egg in a mixture of clay, ash, salt, quicklime and rice hulls for several weeks to several months, depending on the method of processing.


lexentry: eng/century_of_humiliation__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: century of humiliation
trans_list: Jahrhundert der Demütigung
sense:
(politics, historical) The period of wars against the Qing dynasty and the succeeding Republic of China by Western countries and the Japanese Empire, lasting from 1839 to 1949.


lexentry: eng/cephalin__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cephalin
trans_list: Kephalin
sense:
(biochemistry) A phospholipid found particularly in the cells of nervous tissue; it is also the primary phospholipid in bacteria.


lexentry: eng/cephalosporin__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cephalosporin
trans_list: Zephalosporin
sense:
Any of a class of natural and synthetic antibiotics developed from Acremonium fungi, having a cepham structure.


lexentry: eng/ceramic__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ceramic
trans_list: keramisch
sense:
Made of material produced by the high-temperature firing of inorganic, nonmetallic rocks and minerals.


lexentry: eng/ceramic__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ceramic
trans_list: Keramik
sense:
(uncountable) A hard, brittle, inorganic, nonmetallic material, usually made from a material, such as clay, then firing it at a high temperature.


lexentry: eng/ceramide__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ceramide
trans_list: Ceramid
sense:
(biochemistry) Any of various lipids formed by linking a fatty acid to sphingosine and found widely but in small amounts in plant and animal tissue


lexentry: eng/cerebellum__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cerebellum
trans_list: Kleinhirn
sense:
(neuroanatomy) Part of the hindbrain in vertebrates. In humans it lies between the brainstem and the back of the cerebrum and is formed of two lateral lobes and a median lobe. It plays an important role in sensory perception, motor output, balance and posture.


lexentry: eng/cerebral_cortex__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cerebral cortex
trans_list: Großhirnrinde
sense:
(neuroanatomy) The grey, folded, outermost layer of the cerebrum that is responsible for higher brain processes such as sensation, voluntary muscle movement, thought, reasoning, and memory.


lexentry: eng/cerebral_hemorrhage__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cerebral hemorrhage
trans_list: Gehirnblutung
sense:
(medicine) A heavy release of blood within the brain; condition in which ruptured blood vessel cause bleeding inside the brain.


lexentry: eng/cerebral_palsy__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cerebral palsy
trans_list: Zerebralparese | infantile Zerebralparese
sense:
(neurology, pathology) A group of non-progressive, non-contagious conditions, caused by brain damage before birth or during infancy, characterized by impairment of muscular coordination.


lexentry: eng/cerebrospinal_fluid__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: cerebrospinal fluid
trans_list: Gehirnwasser | Zerebrospinalflüssigkeit
sense:
(neuroanatomy) A bodily fluid filling the third ventricle and surrounding the interthalamic adhesion.


lexentry: eng/cerebrovascular_accident__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cerebrovascular accident
trans_list: Schlaganfall
sense:
(medicine, formal, sometimes, euphemistic) Stroke (loss of brain function arising when the blood supply to the brain is suddenly interrupted).


lexentry: eng/cerebrum__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cerebrum
trans_list: Großhirn
sense:
(neuroanatomy) The principal and most anterior part of the brain in vertebrates, which is located in the front area of the skull and divided into two hemispheres, left and right, separated by a fissure. In humans it is the largest part of the brain and is responsible for the integration of complex sensory functions and the initiation and coordination of voluntary activity, and the higher mental functions such as consciousness, thought, reason, emotion, and memory.


lexentry: eng/ceremonious__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ceremonious
trans_list: feierlich
sense:
According to the required or usual ceremonies, formalities, or rituals; specifically (Christianity, obsolete) , to ceremonial laws in the Bible.


lexentry: eng/ceriman__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ceriman
trans_list: Fensterblatt
sense:
A large, herbaceous vine of species Monstera deliciosa, native to Mexico, but grown throughout the tropics for its edible fruit, and also grown indoors as an ornamental under the name of Swiss cheese plant.


lexentry: eng/cerium__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cerium
trans_list: Cer | Zer
sense:
A chemical element (symbol Ce) with an atomic number of 58, a very soft, ductile, silvery-white metal that tarnishes when exposed to air.


lexentry: eng/certain__Adjective__1
sense_num: 07
written_rep: certain
trans_list: gewiss | irgendein
sense:
(euphemism, preceded by "a") Used to denote that the speaker is referring to a specific person or thing that they do not want to name directly, implying that the listener should infer the identity of the referent.


lexentry: eng/certifiable__Adjective__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: certifiable
trans_list: verrückt
sense:
(informal, of a person) Mentally ill to such an extent that involuntary institutionalization is appropriate; crazy.


lexentry: eng/certificate_of_conduct__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: certificate of conduct
sense:
An official document issued by a police department or relevant government agency that certifies that an individual has no criminal record or gives details any criminal offenses that may exist.

trans_list:
Bundeszentralregisterauszug | Führungszeugnis | Leumundszeugnis | Strafregisterauszug | Strafregisterbescheinigung


lexentry: eng/ceruloplasmin__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ceruloplasmin
trans_list: Caeruloplasmin
sense:
(protein) A blue metalloprotein that contains copper; it acts as a ferroxidase in association with transferrin.


lexentry: eng/cervical_canal__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cervical canal
trans_list: Gebärmutterhalskanal
sense:
(anatomy) A spindle-shaped, flattened canal of the cervix (the neck of the uterus), communicating with the uterine cavity and the vagina.


lexentry: eng/cervical_cancer__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cervical cancer
trans_list: Gebärmutterhalskrebs | Kollumkarzinom | Zervixkarzinom
sense:
(pathology, oncology) A type of cancer of the cervix of the uterus which can afflict some female mammals including humans. The term usually does not refer to cancer of the neck or other parts of the anatomy which use the term cervix.


lexentry: eng/cervical_cap__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cervical cap
trans_list: Portiokappe
sense:
A small latex or silicone contraceptive device that fits over the cervix and stays in place either by suction or by surface viscosity.


lexentry: eng/cervical_smear__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cervical smear
trans_list: Pap-Abstrich
sense:
(chiefly, gynaecology) A screening test to detect pre-cancerous and cancerous cells by taking a sample (‘smear’) of cells from the cervix.


lexentry: eng/cervix__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: cervix
trans_list: Gebärmutterhals | Zervix | Cervix | Cervix uteri
sense:
(now, specifically) The cervix uteri, or lower, narrow portion of the uterus where it joins with the top end of the vagina.


lexentry: eng/cetane__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cetane
trans_list: Hexadecan
sense:
(organic compound) The aliphatic hydrocarbon C16H34 (hexadecane) used as a standard for diesel fuel.


lexentry: eng/cetology__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cetology
trans_list: Walkunde | Walforschung
sense:
The branch of zoology concerned with the infraorder Cetacea, which includes whales, dolphins, and porpoises.


lexentry: eng/ceviche__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ceviche
trans_list: Ceviche
sense:
(cooking) Raw seafood cured by marination in an acidic medium such as citrus, vinegar, or other souring agent, found primarily in Latin America.


lexentry: eng/chabournéite__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: chabournéite
trans_list: Chabournéit
sense:
(mineral) A black triclinic mineral composed of thallium, lead, antimony, arsenic and sulfur Tl4Pb2(Sb,As)20S34.


lexentry: eng/chad__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: chad
trans_list: Stanzabfall | Stanzrest
sense:
(uncountable) Small pieces of paper punched out from the edges of continuous stationery, or from ballot papers, paper tape, punched cards, etc.


lexentry: eng/chador__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: chador
trans_list: Tschador
sense:
A loose robe made from a single cloth, worn as a combination head covering, veil and shawl by chiefly Muslim women (and occasionally by those of other faiths) in Iran and South Asia.


lexentry: eng/chaff__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: chaff
trans_list: Düppel
sense:
(military) Loose material, e.g. small strips of aluminum foil dropped from aircraft, intended to interfere with radar detection.


lexentry: eng/chaffinch__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: chaffinch
trans_list: Buchfink | Fink
sense:
A small passerine bird, Fringilla coelebs, of the finch family, found throughout Europe and eastward to Iran and eastern Mediterranean coastlands.


lexentry: eng/chagrin__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: chagrin
trans_list: Verdruss | Leidwesen
sense:
Distress of mind caused by a failure of aims or plans, want of appreciation, mistakes etc; vexation or mortification.


lexentry: eng/chain__Noun__1
sense_num: 08
written_rep: chain
trans_list: Kette
sense:
(mathematics, set theory, order theory) A totally ordered set, especially a totally ordered subset of a poset.


lexentry: eng/chain__Noun__1
sense_num: 09
written_rep: chain
trans_list: Kette
sense:
(algebraic topology, originally) A formal sum of cells in a CW complex of a certain dimension k (in which case the formal sums are called k-chains); a formal sum of simplices or cubes of a certain dimension in a simplical complex or cubical complex (respectively).


lexentry: eng/chain_drive__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: chain drive
trans_list: Kettengetriebe
sense:
(mechanics) transmission system in which power is transferred to the wheels (for example), by means of a chain.


lexentry: eng/chain_letter__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: chain letter
trans_list: Kettenbrief
sense:
A letter that can be mailed successively to different recipients, with each recipient ostensibly (but sometimes sarcastically) being instructed in the body of the letter to mail the letter to another person or persons.


lexentry: eng/chain_of_command__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: chain of command
trans_list: Befehlskette | Dienstweg
sense:
(military) The command hierarchy or structure in which one rank obeys the one above it, which obeys the one above it, and so forth.


lexentry: eng/chain_of_custody__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: chain of custody
trans_list: Beweismittelkette
sense:
(legal, chemistry) The documentation showing the full process of acquisition, transfer, handling and disposition of physical or electronic materials.


lexentry: eng/chain_reaction__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: chain reaction
trans_list: Kettenreaktion
sense:
(nuclear physics) A nuclear reaction in which particles produced by the fission of one atom trigger fissions of other atoms.


lexentry: eng/chain_rule__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: chain rule
trans_list: Kettenregel
sense:
(calculus) A formula for computing the derivative of the functional composition of two or more functions.


lexentry: eng/chain_shot__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: chain shot
trans_list: Kettenkugel
sense:
(historical, military, nautical) A projectile consisting of two cannon balls or half balls linked by a chain, fired from cannons mostly to attack spars and rigging.


lexentry: eng/chain_store__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: chain store
trans_list: Filiale
sense:
A retail outlet that is one of a group of similar establishments having common format, contents, ownership and management.


lexentry: eng/chaincase__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: chaincase
trans_list: Kettenkasten
sense:
A guard which fits around the chain of a bicycle to protect it from dirt and other environmental hazards, and to protect operators from dirt and danger of trapping.


lexentry: eng/chainring__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: chainring
trans_list: Kettenblatt
sense:
The large forward ring on a bicycle that a chain attaches to, in order to transfer energy to a wheel. It consists of one or more sprockets that are driven by the cranks and pedals of the bicycle.


lexentry: eng/chainsaw__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: chainsaw
trans_list: Motorsäge | Kettensäge | Motorfuchsschwanz
sense:
(forestry, machinery, DIY) A power saw that has a power-driven and fast-revolving chain of metal teeth, usually used to cut trees.


lexentry: eng/chair__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: chair
trans_list: Stuhl
sense:
An item of furniture used to sit on or in, comprising a seat, legs or wheels, back, and sometimes arm rests, for use by one person.


lexentry: eng/chair_conformation__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: chair conformation
trans_list: Sesselkonformation
sense:
(organic chemistry) the most stable chemical conformation of a six-member single bonded carbon ring such as cyclohexane


lexentry: eng/chairlift__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: chairlift
trans_list: Sesselbahn | Sessellift
sense:
A continuously moving series of open seats, slung from overhead cables, used to transport people (especially skiers) up the sides of mountains.


lexentry: eng/chaise_longue__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: chaise longue
trans_list: Chaiselongue | Recamiere | Relaxliege
sense:
(chiefly, _, UK) A reclining chair with a long seat, which can support the outstretched legs of a sitter normally with one armrest.


lexentry: eng/chakra__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: chakra
trans_list: Chakra
sense:
(Hinduism, Ayurveda) Any of (at least) seven centres of spiritual energy in or near the body, according to Ayurveda philosophy.


lexentry: eng/chalaza__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: chalaza
trans_list: Chalaza | Hagelschnur
sense:
(zoology) One of the two spiral bands which attach the yolk of an egg to the eggshell, suspending it in the white.


lexentry: eng/chalazion__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: chalazion
trans_list: Chalazion | Hagelkorn
sense:
(ophthalmology, optometry) A cyst in the eyelid, caused by inflammation of a blocked meibomian gland.


lexentry: eng/chalcedony__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: chalcedony
trans_list: Chalcedon | Chalzedon
sense:
A form of fine-grained quartz that is nearly transparent or has a milky translucence; it fractures conchoidally.


lexentry: eng/chalcogen__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: chalcogen
trans_list: Chalkogen
sense:
(inorganic chemistry) Any element of group 16 of the periodic table: oxygen, sulfur, selenium, tellurium or polonium.


lexentry: eng/chalcopyrite__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: chalcopyrite
trans_list: Chalkopyrit
sense:
(mineral) A yellow mineral that is a mixed sulfide of copper and iron, with the chemical formula CuFeS2.


lexentry: eng/chalet__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: chalet
trans_list: Chalet
sense:
(Singapore) A recreational lodge or small house within the grounds of a country club, resort, clubhouse or other recreational space, used for events, staycations and social gatherings.


lexentry: eng/chalice__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: chalice
trans_list: Kelch
sense:
A large drinking cup, often having a stem and base and used especially for formal occasions and religious ceremonies.


lexentry: eng/chalk__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: chalk
trans_list: Kreide
sense:
(countable) A piece of chalk, or nowadays processed compressed gypsum (calcium sulfate, CaSO4), that is used for drawing and for writing on a blackboard (chalkboard).


lexentry: eng/chalk__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: chalk
trans_list: Magnesiapulver
sense:
(uncountable, climbing, gymnastics) A white powdery substance used to prevent hands slipping from holds when climbing, or losing grip in weight-lifting or gymnastics, sometimes but not always limestone-chalk, often magnesium carbonate (MgCO3).


lexentry: eng/chalk_and_cheese__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: chalk and cheese
trans_list: wie Tag und Nacht | Äpfel und Birnen
sense:
(British, NZ, idiomatic) Said of things that are very different, though possibly superficially alike.


lexentry: eng/challah__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: challah
trans_list: Challa
sense:
(countable) A traditional bread eaten by Ashkenazi Jews, usually braided for the Sabbath and round for a yom tov.


lexentry: eng/challenge__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: challenge
trans_list: Herausforderung | (schwierige) Aufgabe
sense:
A difficult task, especially one that the person making the attempt finds more enjoyable because of that difficulty.


lexentry: eng/challenge__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: challenge
trans_list: Herausforderung
sense:
(legal, rare) A judge's interest in the result of a case, constituting grounds for them to not be allowed to sit the case (e.g., a conflict of interest).


lexentry: eng/challenger__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: challenger
trans_list: Herausforderer | Herausforderin
sense:
One who challenges; especially, one who plays against the current champion of a game or contest in hopes of winning and becoming the new champion.


lexentry: eng/chamber_ensemble__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: chamber ensemble
trans_list: Kammerorchester
sense:
A musical ensemble of modest size, to play chamber music; can be more specifically named after its number (from duo to nonet) and/or type(s) (e.g. wood, brass, strings) of instruments.


lexentry: eng/chamber_orchestra__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: chamber orchestra
trans_list: Kammerorchester
sense:
An orchestra of modest size, to play chamber music, yet larger than the various chamber ensembles named after their number of instruments (from duo to nonet).


lexentry: eng/chamber_pot__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: chamber pot
trans_list: Nachttopf | Nachtgeschirr
sense:
A container used for urination and defecation, particularly those used in early modern towns before the advent of the flush toilet.


lexentry: eng/chamberlain__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: chamberlain
trans_list: Kammerherr | Kämmerer
sense:
A senior royal official in charge of superintending the arrangement of domestic affairs and often charged with receiving and paying out money kept in the royal chamber, especially in the United Kingdom and in Denmark.


lexentry: eng/chameleon__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: chameleon
trans_list: Chamäleon
sense:
A small to mid-size reptile, of the family Chamaeleonidae, and one of the best known lizard families able to change color and project its long tongue.


lexentry: eng/champagne__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: champagne
trans_list: Champagner | Sekt
sense:
(countable, uncountable) A sparkling white wine made from a blend of grapes, especially Chardonnay and pinot, produced in Champagne, France, by the méthode champenoise.


lexentry: eng/champagne_socialist__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: champagne socialist
sense:
(derogatory) A person who espouses socialism and claims to adhere to its values while enjoying an extravagant lifestyle that is seen as being ostensibly in conflict with their political beliefs.

trans_list:
Cüpli-Sozialist | Cüpli-Sozialistin | Cüplisozialist | Cüplisozialistin | Salonsozialist | Salonsozialistin


lexentry: eng/chancel__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: chancel
trans_list: Altarraum
sense:
The space around the altar in a church, often enclosed, for use by the clergy and the choir. In medieval cathedrals the chancel was usually enclosed or blocked off from the nave by an altar screen.


lexentry: eng/chancellery__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
sense: The office or staff of a chancellor.
written_rep: chancellery
trans_list:
Kanzlei | Kanzleibeamter | Kanzleibeamtin | Kanzleramt | Kanzleramtsangestellte | Kanzleramtspersonal


lexentry: eng/chancellor__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: chancellor
trans_list: Kanzler | Kanzlerin
sense:
A senior secretary or official with administrative or legal duties, sometimes in charge of some area of government such as finance or justice.


lexentry: eng/chancellor__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: chancellor
trans_list: Kanzler | Dekan
sense:
(Christianity) A senior record keeper of a cathedral; a senior legal officer for a bishop or diocese in charge of hearing cases involving ecclesiastical law.


lexentry: eng/chancery_hand__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: chancery hand
trans_list: Kanzleischrift
sense:
(calligraphy, historical) Either of two styles of handwriting: a written form of black letter used in France and England from about 1350, developed in the Lateran chancelry in the 13th century, or a style of cursive handwriting introduced in the 1420s by Niccolò de' Niccoli, developed from humanist minuscule; a variety of either of these styles.


lexentry: eng/change_horses_in_midstream__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: change horses in midstream
trans_list: mitten im Strom die Pferde wechseln
sense:
(idiomatic) To change one's plan or approach when an effort is already underway or at another inopportune time.


lexentry: eng/change_management__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: change management
trans_list: Veränderungsmanagement
sense:
(computing) the controlled implementation of required changes to some system; includes version control and planned fallback


lexentry: eng/changeling__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: changeling
trans_list: Wechselbalg | Dickkopf | Kielkropf | Wechselkind
sense:
(European folklore, also, figurative) In pre-modern European folklore: an infant of a magical creature that was secretly exchanged for a human infant. In British, Irish and Scandinavian mythology the exchanged infants were thought to be those of fairies, sprites or trolls; in other places, they were ascribed to demons, devils, or witches.


lexentry: eng/changing_of_the_guard__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: changing of the guard
trans_list: Wachablöse | Wachablösung
sense:
(usually, preceded by the) A ceremony during which the soldiers or other officials guarding a major government building or state residence, especially Buckingham Palace in England, are replaced by a new shift.


lexentry: eng/changing_room__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: changing room
trans_list: Anprobe | Anproberaum | Kabine | Umkleidekabine
sense:
A room or enclosure, e.g. in a clothes shop, where people try on clothes they are interested in buying.


lexentry: eng/channel__Noun__1
sense_num: 15
written_rep: channel
trans_list: Kanal
sense:
(broadcasting) A specific radio frequency or band of frequencies, usually in conjunction with a predetermined letter, number, or codeword, and allocated by international agreement.


lexentry: eng/chanterelle__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: chanterelle
trans_list: Pfifferling | Eierschwammerl
sense:
(mushroom) A widely distributed edible mushroom, Cantharellus cibarius, being yellow and trumpet-shaped; or any similar mushroom of the genera Cantharellus, Polyozellus or Gomphus, not all of which are edible.


lexentry: eng/chaos__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: chaos
trans_list: Chaos
sense:
(mathematics) A behaviour of iterative non-linear systems in which arbitrarily small variations in initial conditions become magnified over time.


lexentry: eng/chaos_theory__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: chaos theory
trans_list: Chaostheorie
sense:
(mathematics) The study of iterative non-linear systems in which arbitrarily small variations in initial conditions become magnified over time.


lexentry: eng/chap__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: chap
trans_list: aufrauen
sense:
(transitive) To cause to open in slits or chinks; to split; to cause the skin of to crack or become rough.


lexentry: eng/chaparral__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: chaparral
trans_list: Partisanenkampf
sense:
(US) A region of shrubs, typically dry in the summer and rainy in the winter. The coast of the Mediterranean is such a region.


lexentry: eng/chapbook__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: chapbook
trans_list: Broschüre
sense:
A small book, usually made from a single sheet, folded several times, containing poems, ballads or religious tracts.


lexentry: eng/chapel__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: chapel
trans_list: Kapelle
sense:
(UK) A place of worship of a denomination not in conformity with the Church of England, usually Protestant.


lexentry: eng/chapel_of_ease__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: chapel of ease
trans_list: Filiale
sense:
A chapel built in a remote part of a parish to meet the needs of those who live far from the parish church.


lexentry: eng/chapelmaster__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: chapelmaster
trans_list: Kapellmeister | Kapellmeisterin
sense:
A director of music in a chapel, the musical director of a court and/or major church's choir and/or orchestra; often also a composer.


lexentry: eng/chaperone__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: chaperone
trans_list: Anstandsdame | Aufsichtsperson | Begleitperson | Anstandswauwau | Aufpasser | Begleitung
sense:
An older person who accompanies other younger people to ensure the propriety of their behaviour, often an older woman accompanying a young woman.


lexentry: eng/chaperone__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: chaperone
trans_list: Chaperon
sense:
(biochemistry) A protein that assists the non-covalent folding/unfolding and the assembly/disassembly of other macromolecular structures, but does not occur in these structures when the latter are performing their normal biological functions.


lexentry: eng/chapka__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: chapka
trans_list: Tschapka
sense:
A type of hat worn by 19th-century Polish cavalry, consisting of a high, four-pointed cap with regimental insignia on the front, and now associated with Polish independence and nationalism.


lexentry: eng/chaplain__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: chaplain
sense:
A member of a religious body who is (often, although not always, of the clergy) officially assigned to provide pastoral care at an institution, group, private chapel, etc.

trans_list:
Kaplan | Gefängnisseelsorger | Gefängnisseelsorgerin | Kaplanin | Krankenhausseelsorger | Krankenhausseelsorgerin


lexentry: eng/chaplet__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: chaplet
trans_list: Krone
sense:
(Catholicism) A set of repetitive prayers, other than the Rosary, typically prayed with a string of beads.


lexentry: eng/chapter__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: chapter
trans_list: Kapitel | Abschnitt | Sektion | Ortsverband | Verband
sense:
A section of a work, a collection of works, or fragments of works, often manuscripts or transcriptions, created by scholars or advocates, not the original authors, to aid in finding portions of the texts.


lexentry: eng/character__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: character
trans_list: Original | Figur
sense:
(countable) A unique or extraordinary individual; a person characterized by peculiar or notable traits, especially charisma.


lexentry: eng/character__Noun__1
sense_num: 09
written_rep: character
trans_list: Zeichen | Character
sense:
(countable, computing) One of the basic elements making up a text file or string: a code representing a printing character or a control character.


lexentry: eng/character_encoding__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: character encoding
trans_list: Zeichenkodierung
sense:
(computing) A well-defined correspondence between text characters and the numeric values used to represent them.


lexentry: eng/character_reference__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: character reference
trans_list: Zeichenreferenz
sense:
A statement concerning the character of a person, typically for submission during a job application or court proceeding.


lexentry: eng/characteristic__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: characteristic
trans_list: Charakteristik | Eigenart | Eigenschaft | Merkmal
sense:
(nautical) The distinguishing features of a navigational light on a lighthouse etc by which it can be identified (colour, pattern of flashes etc.).


lexentry: eng/characteristic_polynomial__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: characteristic polynomial
trans_list: charakteristiches Polynom
sense:
(linear algebra) The polynomial produced from a given square matrix by first subtracting the appropriate identity matrix multiplied by an indeterminant and then calculating the determinant.


lexentry: eng/charango__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: charango
trans_list: Charango
sense:
A small guitar-like stringed instrument with five courses of eighteen to fifteen strings, originating in traditional Andean folk music.


lexentry: eng/charcloth__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: charcloth
trans_list: Leinwandzunder
sense:
A swatch of fabric made from vegetable fibre (such as linen or cotton) that has been converted via pyrolysis into a slow-burning fuel of very low ignition temperature, historically used as tinder.


lexentry: eng/charcoal__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: charcoal
trans_list: Holzkohle
sense:
(countable, uncountable) impure carbon obtained by destructive distillation of wood or other organic matter, that is, heating it in the absence of oxygen.


lexentry: eng/charcoal_burner__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: charcoal burner
trans_list: Köhler
sense:
A person whose job it is to make charcoal, traditionally by carbonizing wood in a charcoal clamp or a kiln.


lexentry: eng/charcuterie__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
sense: (uncountable) Cured meat that is ready to be eaten, especially pork.
written_rep: charcuterie
trans_list:
Charcuterie | Wurstdelikatessen | feine Fleisch- und Wurstwaren | verzehrfertige Fleisch- und Wurstwaren


lexentry: eng/chard__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: chard
trans_list: Mangold
sense:
(uncountable, culinary) An edible leafy vegetable, Beta vulgaris subsp. cicla, with a slightly bitter taste.


lexentry: eng/charge__Verb__1
sense_num: 11
written_rep: charge
trans_list: laden | befüllen | beladen | füllen
sense:
(transitive) To load equipment with material required for its use, as a firearm with powder, a fire hose with water, a chemical reactor with raw materials.


lexentry: eng/charge__Verb__1
sense_num: 11
written_rep: charge
trans_list: aufladen | laden
sense:
(transitive) To replenish energy to (a battery, or a device containing a battery) by use of an electrical device plugged into a power outlet.


lexentry: eng/charge__Verb__1
sense_num: 12
written_rep: charge
trans_list: beauftragen | belasten | verpflichten | zuweisen
sense:
(cricket, of a, batsman) To take a few steps down the pitch towards the bowler as they deliver the ball, either to disrupt the length of the delivery, or to get into a better position to hit the ball.


lexentry: eng/charge__Verb__1
sense_num: 13
written_rep: charge
trans_list: beauftragen | belasten | verpflichten | zuweisen
sense:
(transitive, of a, hunting dog) To lie on the belly and be still. (A command given by a hunter to a dog)


lexentry: eng/charging_case__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: charging case
trans_list: Ladeschale
sense:
(technology) A removable protective outside layer for an electronic device that contains a battery for the purpose of charging the device contained inside it.


lexentry: eng/charging_the_mound__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: charging the mound
trans_list: Sturm auf den Hügel
sense:
(baseball) The act of a batter running towards the pitcher's mound with the intent of physically assaulting the pitcher for a perceived grievance.


lexentry: eng/chargé_d'affaires__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: chargé d'affaires
trans_list: Geschäftsträger | Geschäftsträgerin
sense:
(diplomacy) A diplomat, ranking below an ambassador, who heads a diplomatic mission when no ambassador is present, either temporarily (in the interim between the departure of one ambassador and the accreditation of another) or for an extended time.


lexentry: eng/charism__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: charism
trans_list: Charisma
sense:
(Christianity, theology, rare) A power or authority, generally of a spiritual nature, believed to be a freely given gift by the Grace of God.


lexentry: eng/charismatic__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: charismatic
trans_list: charismatisch
sense:
Of, related to, or having charisma: having a form of compelling charm which inspires devotion in others due to their strength of character and being full of personality; charming, fascinating, magnetic


lexentry: eng/charismatic__Adjective__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: charismatic
trans_list: charismatisch
sense:
Of, related to, or being a member of a form of Christianity that emphasizes the role of the Holy Spirit.


lexentry: eng/charity__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: charity
trans_list: Wohltätigkeit | Mildtätigkeit | Mildherzigkeit
sense:
(uncountable) Benevolence to others less fortunate than ourselves; the providing of goods or money to those in need.


lexentry: eng/charity__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: charity
trans_list: Nächstenliebe | Mildherzigkeit
sense:
In general, an attitude of kindness and understanding towards others, now especially suggesting generosity.


lexentry: eng/charity__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: charity
trans_list: Nächstenliebe | Wohltätigkeit
sense:
(archaic, Christianity) Christian love; representing God's love of man, man's love of God, or man's love of his fellow-men.


lexentry: eng/charity_shop__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: charity shop
trans_list: Charity-Shop | Sozialkaufhaus
sense:
(UK) A retail establishment run by a charitable organization in order to raise funds for its causes.


lexentry: eng/charivari__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: charivari
trans_list: Charivari
sense:
The noisy banging of pots and pans as a mock serenade to a newly married couple, or similar occasion.


lexentry: eng/charlock__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: charlock
trans_list: Acker-Senf | Ackersenf
sense:
Any of several yellow-flowered cruciferous weeds of grain fields, especially wild mustard (Rhamphospermum arvense, syn. Sinapis arvensis).


lexentry: eng/charm__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: charm
trans_list: Zauberarmband
sense:
A small trinket on a bracelet or chain, etc., traditionally supposed to confer luck upon the wearer.


lexentry: eng/charm__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: charm
trans_list: Charm
sense:
(particle physics) A quantum number of hadrons determined by the number of charm quarks and antiquarks.


lexentry: eng/charm__Noun__1
sense_num: 06
written_rep: charm
trans_list: Charme | Zauber
sense:
(finance) A second-order measure of derivative price sensitivity, expressed as the instantaneous rate of change of delta with respect to time.


lexentry: eng/charm__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: charm
trans_list: bezaubern
sense:
(transitive) To use a magical charm upon; to subdue, control, or summon by incantation or supernatural influence; to ensorcel or exert a magical effect on.


lexentry: eng/charm_offensive__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: charm offensive
trans_list: Charmeoffensive
sense:
(idiomatic) A campaign of deliberately using charm and flattery in order to achieve some goal, especially in a political or diplomatic field.


lexentry: eng/charm_quark__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: charm quark
trans_list: Charm-Quark
sense:
(particle) A quark having a fractional electric charge of +\frac{2}{3} and a mass of about 1150 to 1350 MeV.Symbol: c


lexentry: eng/chart_of_accounts__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: chart of accounts
trans_list: Kontenplan
sense:
(accounting) A list of financial accounts set up, usually by an accountant, for an organization, and available for use by the bookkeeper for recording transactions in the organization's general ledger.


lexentry: eng/charter__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: charter
trans_list: Charta
sense:
A document issued by some authority, creating a public or private institution, and defining its purposes and privileges.


lexentry: eng/charter_school__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: charter school
trans_list: Charter School
sense:
(US, New Zealand, Alberta) A school that receives government funding but operates independently of the established state school system in which it is located, and in some cases is privately owned.


lexentry: eng/charwoman__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: charwoman
trans_list: Putzfrau
sense:
(chiefly, British) A woman employed to do housework, traditionally coming and going on a daily basis and paid weekly wages.


lexentry: eng/chase__Noun__1
sense_num: 08
written_rep: chase
trans_list: Verfolgung | Jagd
sense:
(real tennis) The occurrence of a second bounce by the ball in certain areas of the court, giving the server the chance, later in the game, to "play off" the chase from the receiving end and possibly win the point.


lexentry: eng/chaser__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: chaser
trans_list: Verfolger | Verfolgerin
sense:
(logging, obsolete) Someone who follows logs out of the forest in order to signal a yarder engineer to stop them if they become fouled


lexentry: eng/chaser__Noun__2
sense_num: 01
written_rep: chaser
trans_list: Gravierer | Graviererin
sense:
Someone who chases (decorates) metal; a person who decorates metal by engraving or embossing. [from 18th c.]


lexentry: eng/chaser__Noun__2
sense_num: 02
written_rep: chaser
trans_list: Gewindeschneider
sense:
A tool used for cleaning out screw threads, either as an integral part of a tap or die to remove waste material produced by the cutting tool, or as a separate tool to repair damaged threads. [from 19th c.]


lexentry: eng/chasma__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: chasma
trans_list: Chasma
sense:
(astronomy, geology) A long, narrow, steep-sided depression on a planet (often other than Earth), a moon, or another body in the Solar System.


lexentry: eng/chastity__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: chastity
trans_list: Keuschheit
sense:
The quality of being chaste: the state of abstaining from any sexual activity considered immoral; avoidance of sexual sins.


lexentry: eng/chastity_belt__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: chastity belt
trans_list: Keuschheitsgürtel
sense:
A belt-like garment, designed to be worn over the genitals and locked to prevent sexual intercourse, typically for long periods of time, to maintain chastity, prevent masturbation, or to enforce BDSM submission.


lexentry: eng/chat__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: chat
trans_list: Chat | Gespräch
sense:
(countable, uncountable) An exchange of text or voice messages in real time through a computer network, resembling a face-to-face conversation.


lexentry: eng/chat__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: chat
trans_list: Schmätzer
sense:
(countable) Any of various small Old World passerine birds in the muscicapid tribe Saxicolini or subfamily Saxicolinae that feed on insects.


lexentry: eng/chat__Verb__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: chat
trans_list: chatten
sense:
To exchange text or voice messages in real time through a computer network such as a social media chat room or messaging application (as if having a face-to-face conversation instead of SMS or writing emails or letters).


lexentry: eng/chat_up__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: chat up
trans_list: anbaggern | anquatschen
sense:
(transitive, idiomatic) To talk to (someone) in a friendly, open, or casual manner, sometimes also in a charming or affected manner, usually to curry favor, and sometimes flirtatiously with the intention of establishing a romantic or sexual encounter or relationship with that person.


lexentry: eng/chatelaine__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: chatelaine
trans_list: Chatelaine
sense:
(historical) A chain or clasp worn at the waist by women with handkerchief, keys, etc., attached, supposed to resemble the chain of keys once worn by medieval chatelaines.


lexentry: eng/chattel_paper__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: chattel paper
trans_list: Verkehrspapier
sense:
(legal) A document that demonstrates both a monetary obligation and a security interest either in certain goods, or in a lease on certain goods


lexentry: eng/chauffeur__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: chauffeur
trans_list: Chauffeur | Chauffeurin | Chauffeuse | Berufschauffeur | Berufschauffeurin | Schofför
sense:
A person employed to drive a private motor car or a hired car of executive or luxury class (like a limousine).


lexentry: eng/chauvinism__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: chauvinism
trans_list: Chauvinismus
sense:
(pejorative) Unwarranted bias, favoritism, or devotion to one's own particular group, cause, or idea.


lexentry: eng/chav__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: chav
trans_list: Asi | Proll
sense:
(UK, MLE, Ireland, derogatory, offensive ) A working-class youth, especially one associated with aggression, poor education, and a perceived "common" taste in clothing and lifestyle.


lexentry: eng/cheat__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: cheat
trans_list: Cheat
sense:
(video games) A hidden means of gaining an unfair advantage in a video game, often by entering a cheat code.


lexentry: eng/cheat__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: cheat
trans_list: austricksen
sense:
(intransitive) To be unfaithful to one's spouse or partner; to commit adultery, or to engage in sexual or romantic conduct with a person other than one's partner in contravention of the rules of society or agreement in the relationship.


lexentry: eng/cheat_sheet__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cheat sheet
trans_list: Spickzettel | Schummelzettel | Spicker
sense:
A sheet of paper (or a digital analogue thereof) containing notes used to assist (with or without permission) on a test; especially, such a sheet used secretly and improperly.


lexentry: eng/check__Noun__1
sense_num: 10
written_rep: check
trans_list: Garderobenmarke
sense:
A mark, certificate, or token by which errors may be prevented, or a thing or person may be identified.


lexentry: eng/check__Noun__2
sense_num: 01
written_rep: check
trans_list: Karo | Karomuster
sense:
(textiles, usually, pluralized) A pattern made up of a grid of squares of alternating colors; a checkered pattern.


lexentry: eng/check__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: check
trans_list: gegenprüfen | gegenlesen
sense:
(transitive) To verify the accuracy of a text or translation, usually making some corrections (proofread) or many (copyedit).


lexentry: eng/check__Verb__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: check
trans_list: überprüfen | markieren | abchecken | nachlesen | nachsehen | gegenprüfen
sense:
(transitive, US, often used with "off") To mark items on a list (with a checkmark or by crossing them out) that have been chosen for keeping or removal or that have been dealt with (for example, completed or verified as correct or satisfactory).


lexentry: eng/check__Verb__1
sense_num: 07
sense: (transitive) To leave in safekeeping.
written_rep: check
trans_list:
aufgeben | deponieren | zur Aufbewahrung annehmen | zur Aufbewahrung geben | zur Aufbewahrung übergeben


lexentry: eng/check__Verb__1
sense_num: 10
written_rep: check
trans_list: auflaufen lassen
sense:
(sports, transitive) To disrupt another player with the stick or body to obtain possession of the ball or puck.


lexentry: eng/check__Verb__1
sense_num: 16
sense: (transitive) To make checks or chinks in; to cause to crack.
written_rep: check
trans_list:
Risse erzeugen | Risse hervorrufen | einreissen lassen | innehalten | pausieren | rissig werden lassen


lexentry: eng/check_in__Verb__1
sense_num: 09
written_rep: check in
trans_list: einchecken
sense:
(intransitive, Netherlands, NNSE) to tap on, to touch in, to tap in (to use a smartcard to start a public transport journey)


lexentry: eng/check_mark__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: check mark
trans_list: Schrittzeichen
sense:
(athletics) In long jump, javelin and similar events, little mark alongside the runway which helps the athlete to set their steps just right for their performance.


lexentry: eng/check_out__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: check out
trans_list: ausbuchen | austragen | registrieren
sense:
(transitive) To record the departure or withdrawal of someone or something (such as guests, employees, books, etc.).


lexentry: eng/check_out__Verb__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: check out
trans_list: ausbuchen | auschecken | austragen | bezahlend verlassen | registrieren | überprüfen
sense:
(transitive) To examine, inspect, look at closely, ogle; to investigate; to gather information so as to make a decision.


lexentry: eng/check_out__Verb__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: check out
trans_list: in Eile verlassen | sich abmelden
sense:
(intransitive) To become uninterested in an activity and cease to participate in more than a perfunctory manner; to become uncooperative.


lexentry: eng/check_through__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: check through
trans_list: auslassen
sense:
(idiomatic) To permit someone to continue onward, e.g. through a security checkpoint, after verifying their identity, tickets, etc.


lexentry: eng/check_up__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: check up
trans_list: nachschauen | nachsehen | überprüfen
sense:
(most often in phrasal verb "check up on") To verify through brief investigation or revisit for assurance that there are no problems.


lexentry: eng/checkbox__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: checkbox
trans_list: Auswahlkästchen | Checkbox
sense:
(graphical user interface) An on-screen box that can be optionally filled with a check mark, to enable or disable a setting.


lexentry: eng/checked_exception__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: checked exception
trans_list: überprüfte Ausnahme
sense:
(programming) An exception that has to be declared in the signature of the method that may raise it.


lexentry: eng/checkerboard__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: checkerboard
trans_list: Schachbrett
sense:
A board, usually square, covered with such a pattern; especially such a board with 8×8 squares, used to play chess and draughts/checkers.


lexentry: eng/checkered__Adjective__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: checkered
trans_list: wechselvoll
sense:
(figurative) Changeable; inconsistent; having variations or uncertainty; marked by many problems or failures.


lexentry: eng/checkmate__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: checkmate
trans_list: Schachmatt | schachmatt
sense:
The conclusive victory in a game of chess that occurs when an opponent's king is threatened with unavoidable capture.


lexentry: eng/checkout_divider__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: checkout divider
trans_list: Warentrenner
sense:
A plastic bar that separates the groceries of one customer from another's at a supermarket checkout.


lexentry: eng/checkpoint__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: checkpoint
trans_list: Checkpoint | Grenzübergang | Kontrollpunkt | Kontrollstelle
sense:
A point or place where a check is performed, especially a point along a road or on a frontier where travellers are stopped for inspection


lexentry: eng/checks_and_balances__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: checks and balances
trans_list: Gewaltenteilung | Gewaltentrennung | gegenseitige Kontrolle
sense:
(politics) A system for multiple branches of government wherein each has some control over the actions of each of the others.


lexentry: eng/checksum__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: checksum
trans_list: Prüfsumme
sense:
(mathematics, computing) A number, derived by applying a suitable algorithm to some data, used to check whether errors have occurred in transmission, storage or data entry.


lexentry: eng/cheek__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cheek
trans_list: Wange | Backe
sense:
(anatomy) The soft skin on each side of the face, below the eyes; the outer surface of the sides of the oral cavity.


lexentry: eng/cheek__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: cheek
trans_list: Backe
sense:
(anatomy, informal, usually, in the plural) The lower part of the buttocks that is often exposed beneath very brief underwear, swimwear, or extremely short shorts.


lexentry: eng/cheek__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: cheek
trans_list: Mick | Pumpenmick
sense:
(nautical) pump-cheek, pump-cheeks, a piece of wood cut out fork-shaped in which the brake is fastened by means of a bolt and can thus move around and move the upper box of the pump up and down


lexentry: eng/cheeky__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cheeky
trans_list: frech
sense:
(informal) Impudent; impertinent; impertinently bold, often in a way that is regarded as endearing or amusing.


lexentry: eng/cheerleader__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cheerleader
trans_list: Cheerleaderin | Cheerleader
sense:
(chiefly, US) A person, usually a young, attractive female, who encourages applause and cheers at a sports event, and wearing a specially-designed uniform in the official colors of the team he/she cheers for.


lexentry: eng/cheerleading__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cheerleading
trans_list: Cheerleading
sense:
A physical activity in which cheerleaders organize elements of dance, gymnastics, and tumbling for judgment or to cheer on a team.


lexentry: eng/cheers__Interjection__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: cheers
trans_list: tschüss
sense:
(chiefly, Commonwealth, informal) goodbye, especially as a sign-off in an email or after writing a comment.


lexentry: eng/cheese_mite__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cheese mite
trans_list: Käsemilbe
sense:
Any of several species of mite that thrive on the surface of cheese and feed on it. They are used on purpose in production of some types of cheese to give the cheese a distinct flavor.


lexentry: eng/cheesecake__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: cheesecake
trans_list: Käsekuchen | Käsesahnetorte | Quarkkuchen | Topfentorte
sense:
(countable, and, uncountable, obsolete) A pie made of cream, eggs and milk (somewhat resembling the modern American chess cake).


lexentry: eng/cheesecloth__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cheesecloth
trans_list: Koliertuch | Käsetuch | Mulltuch | Passiertuch | Seihtuch
sense:
A loosely woven cotton gauze, originally used to wrap cheese, but now used for various culinary tasks and by farmers to shade crops and keep birds off.


lexentry: eng/cheetah__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cheetah
trans_list: Gepard
sense:
(cat) A distinctive member (Acinonyx jubatus) of the cat family, slightly smaller than the leopard, but with proportionately longer limbs and a smaller head; native to Africa and southeast Asia (where it is nearly extinct) and also credited with being the fastest terrestrial animal.


lexentry: eng/chef's_knife__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: chef's knife
trans_list: Kochmesser
sense:
A type of general purpose kitchen knife used for food preparation, typically measuring eight inches by one and a half inches.


lexentry: eng/chelicera__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: chelicera
trans_list: Chelicere
sense:
(zoology) Either of the prehensile claws found on the proboscis of chelicerates (horseshoe crabs, sea spiders and arachnids).


lexentry: eng/chelone__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: chelone
trans_list: Schneckchen
sense:
(botany) Chelone, a genus of four species of perennial herbaceous plants that are native to eastern North America.


lexentry: eng/chemical_compound__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: chemical compound
trans_list: chemische Verbindung
sense:
(chemistry) Any substance formed by the union of two or more chemical elements in a fixed ratio, the union being a chemical bond.


lexentry: eng/chemical_element__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: chemical element
trans_list: chemisches Element
sense:
(chemistry) A chemical substance made entirely of one such type of atom; any one of the simplest chemical substances that cannot be decomposed in a chemical reaction or by any chemical means and made up of atoms all having the same number of protons.


lexentry: eng/chemical_engineering__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: chemical engineering
trans_list: Chemieingenieurwesen
sense:
The branch of engineering that deals with the design, construction and operation of industrial process plants, and the physical, chemical and biological processes to create substances or energy in a useful and economic form.


lexentry: eng/chemical_equation__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: chemical equation
trans_list: Reaktionsgleichung
sense:
(chemistry) a symbolic representation of a chemical reaction; reactants are represented on the left, and products on the right


lexentry: eng/chemical_reaction__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: chemical reaction
trans_list: chemische Reaktion
sense:
(chemistry) A process, typically involving the breaking or making of interatomic bonds, in which one or more substances are changed into others.


lexentry: eng/chemistry__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: chemistry
trans_list: Chemie
sense:
(uncountable) The branch of natural science that deals with the composition and constitution of substances and the changes that they undergo as a consequence of alterations in the constitution of their molecules.


lexentry: eng/chemistry__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: chemistry
trans_list: Chemie
sense:
(medicine, countable, informal, sometimes, proscribed) A blood test to measure the amount of various components of the serum (such as electrolytes, creatinine, and glucose).


lexentry: eng/chemokine__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: chemokine
trans_list: Chemokin
sense:
(protein, immunology) Any of various chemotactic cytokines, produced during inflammation, that organize the leukocytes.


lexentry: eng/chemometrics__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: chemometrics
trans_list: Chemometrik
sense:
(chemistry) The use of mathematical statistics in the design of experiments, and the evaluation of the resulting data.


lexentry: eng/chemoreceptor__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: chemoreceptor
trans_list: Chemorezeptor
sense:
a sense organ, or one of its cells (such as those for the sense of taste or smell), that can respond to a chemical stimulus; a chemosensor


lexentry: eng/chemosynthesis__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: chemosynthesis
trans_list: Chemosynthese
sense:
the production of carbohydrates and other compounds from simple compounds such as carbon dioxide, using the oxidation of chemical nutrients as a source of energy rather than sunlight; it is limited to certain bacteria and fungi


lexentry: eng/chemotherapy__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: chemotherapy
trans_list: Chemotherapie
sense:
(oncology, most common usage) chemical treatment to kill or halt the replication and/or spread of cancerous cells in a patient.


lexentry: eng/chemtrail__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: chemtrail
trans_list: Chemtrail
sense:
(often, in plural) A contrail consisting of chemicals or biological agents deliberately sprayed at high altitudes, according to certain conspiracy theories.


lexentry: eng/chengyu__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: chengyu
trans_list: Chengyu
sense:
(linguistics) A certain kind of Chinese set phrase originating in Classical Chinese, typically four characters in length, and usually proverbial.


lexentry: eng/chequy__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: chequy
trans_list: geschacht
sense:
(heraldry) Chequered; divided into small squares (chequers) by transverse vertical and horizontal lines.


lexentry: eng/chernozem__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: chernozem
trans_list: Schwarzerde | Tschernosem
sense:
(soil science) A fertile black soil containing a very high percentage of humus (3% to 15%) and high percentages of phosphoric acids, phosphorus and ammonia.


lexentry: eng/cherry-pick__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cherry-pick
trans_list: sich die Rosinen herauspicken
sense:
(idiomatic) To pick out the best or most desirable items from a list or group, especially to obtain some advantage or to present something in the best possible light.


lexentry: eng/cherry_birch__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cherry birch
trans_list: Zucker-Birke
sense:
A tree of the species Betula lenta, with a dark bark resembling a cherry tree's and an aromatic bark and sap used for birch beer.


lexentry: eng/cherry_laurel__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cherry laurel
trans_list: Lorbeerkirsche
sense:
An evergreen cherry in the section Prunus sect. Laurocerasus, some of which are cultivated as ornamentals.


lexentry: eng/cherry_laurel__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cherry laurel
trans_list: Lorbeerkirsche
sense:
Prunus laurocerasus, an evergreen shrub, native to regions bordering the Black Sea in southwestern Asia.


lexentry: eng/cherry_picking__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cherry picking
trans_list: Rosinenpicken | Rosinenpickerei
sense:
The selection of desirable items and rejection of undesirable ones in order to obtain an advantage or present something in the best possible light.


lexentry: eng/cherry_tree__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cherry tree
trans_list: Kirschbaum
sense:
A tree of the subgenus Prunus subg. Cerasus, the members of which are valued agriculturally for their fruit, the cherry, and the wood of the tree, cherrywood, used in woodworking.


lexentry: eng/cherrywood__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cherrywood
trans_list: Kirschbaum
sense:
A hardwood obtained from the cherry tree, valued for use in furniture and other woodworking applications.


lexentry: eng/chert__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: chert
trans_list: Feuerstein | Hornstein
sense:
(geology, uncountable) Massive, usually dull-colored and opaque, quartzite, hornstone, impure chalcedony, or other flint-like mineral.


lexentry: eng/cherub__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cherub
trans_list: Cherub | Kerub
sense:
(biblical) A winged creature attending God and guarding his throne described as a being with four faces (man, lion, ox, and eagle), human hands, calf hooves, four wings, and many eyes. A description can be found in Ezekiel chapter 1 and Ezekiel chapter 10; similar to a lamassu (winged bull with a human torso) in the pre-exilic texts of the Hebrew Bible, more humanoid in later texts.


lexentry: eng/chervonets__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: chervonets
trans_list: Tscherwonez
sense:
Any of several former currencies of Russia: applied to various foreign gold coins prior to the reign of Peter I of Russia, then to a Russian gold coin of 1701-1757, and finally to a 1922 currency of the Soviet Union.


lexentry: eng/chess__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: chess
trans_list: Schach | Schachspiel
sense:
A board game for two players, each beginning with sixteen chess pieces moving according to fixed rules across a chessboard with the objective to checkmate the opposing king.


lexentry: eng/chess_clock__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: chess clock
trans_list: Schachuhr
sense:
A device consisting of two clocks and a switch for running one at a time, used in chess and other games to measure how much time each player takes.


lexentry: eng/chessboard__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: chessboard
trans_list: Schachbrett
sense:
(chess) The square board used in the game of chess, subdivided into eight rows of eight squares each, the squares in each row and column being of alternating colours.


lexentry: eng/chest__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: chest
trans_list: Brust | Brustkorb | Thorax
sense:
(anatomy) The portion of the human body from the base of the neck to the top of the abdomen; the homologous area in some other animals.


lexentry: eng/chest_of_drawers__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: chest of drawers
trans_list: Kommode
sense:
A piece of furniture which has multiple parallel, horizontal drawers stacked one above the other, used mainly for the storage of clean clothes.


lexentry: eng/chest_voice__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: chest voice
trans_list: Bruststimme
sense:
(phonology, music) A kind of voice of a medium or low pitch and a sonorous quality ascribed to resonance in the chest, or thorax; voice of the thick register. It is produced by vibration of the vocal cords through their entire width and thickness, and with convex surfaces presented to each other.


lexentry: eng/chest_wall__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: chest wall
trans_list: Brustkorb
sense:
(medicine) The set of tissues that bound the thoracic cavity, including the rib cage, fascia, muscles etc.


lexentry: eng/chevron__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: chevron
trans_list: Sparren
sense:
A V-shaped pattern; used in architecture, and as an insignia of military or police rank, on the sleeve.


lexentry: eng/chevrotain__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: chevrotain
trans_list: Hirschferkel | Zwergböckchen
sense:
Any of several small hornless ruminants of the family Tragulidae, native to tropical rainforests of South and Southeast Asia, and Central and West Africa; a mouse deer.


lexentry: eng/chew__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: chew
trans_list: kauen
sense:
To crush with the teeth by repeated closing and opening of the jaws; done to food to soften it and break it down by the action of saliva before it is swallowed.


lexentry: eng/chew_the_cud__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: chew the cud
trans_list: grübeln | nachdenken | sinnieren
sense:
(figuratively, idiomatic, of a person) To meditate or ponder before answering; to be deep in thought; to ruminate.


lexentry: eng/chi__Noun__2
sense_num: 01
written_rep: chi
trans_list: Ch'i | Ki | Qi
sense:
(philosophy, mysticism) A life force in traditional Chinese philosophy, culture, medicine, etc, related (but not limited) to breath and circulation.


lexentry: eng/chia__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: chia
trans_list: Chia | Kalifornische Chia
sense:
Salvia columbariae, a sage with similar seeds, native to the southwestern US and northwestern Mexico.


lexentry: eng/chia_seed__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: chia seed
trans_list: Chiasamen
sense:
An edible seed of Salvia hispanica, a flowering plant in the mint family native to Central America, or of the related Salvia columbariae of southwestern United States and Mexico.


lexentry: eng/chiaroscuro__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: chiaroscuro
trans_list: Chiaroscuro | Clair-obscur | Helldunkelmalerei
sense:
(painting) An artistic technique developed during the Renaissance, referring to the use of strong contrasts between light and dark in order to create the illusion of volume.


lexentry: eng/chicane__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: chicane
trans_list: Schikane
sense:
The use of dishonest means or subterfuge to achieve one's (especially political) goals; chicanery, trickery. [from 17th c.]


lexentry: eng/chicane__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: chicane
trans_list: Schikane
sense:
(motor racing) A sharp double bend on a racecourse, designed to prevent unsafe speeds; an obstacle creating a curve. [from 20th c.]


lexentry: eng/chick_flick__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: chick flick
trans_list: Frauenfilm
sense:
(colloquial, informal, somewhat, derogatory) A film, typically about romance, which is generally more popular with women than men.


lexentry: eng/chicken_dance__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: chicken dance
trans_list: Ententanz
sense:
(preceded by definite article) A simple modern dance, performed to a version of Werner Thomas's Bird Song or Birdie Song, in which certain moves mimic the movements of a chicken.


lexentry: eng/chicken_out__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: chicken out
trans_list: Schiss kriegen | kneifen
sense:
(idiomatic) To shy away from a daring task; to decline, refuse, or avoid something due to fear or uncertainty.


lexentry: eng/chicken_wire__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: chicken wire
trans_list: Hasendraht | Hühnerdraht | Kaninchendraht | Sechseckgeflecht | Hasengitter | Kückendraht
sense:
(countable) A type of such material, differentiated by material, coating, wire thickness, width, and mesh size.


lexentry: eng/chickenhawk__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: chickenhawk
trans_list: Eckschwanzsperber
sense:
Any of the North American hawk species (Cooper's hawk, sharp-shinned hawk and red-tailed hawk), or counterparts elsewhere, mistakenly believed to be pests.


lexentry: eng/chickling_vetch__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: chickling vetch
trans_list: Saat-Platterbse
sense:
A plant with edible seeds similar to peas and chickpeas of species Lathyrus sativus, used as a famine food but causing lathyrism if eaten in large amounts or over a long time.


lexentry: eng/chicory__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: chicory
trans_list: Wegwarte | Chicorée | Zichorie
sense:
(chiefly, Britain) Common chicory (Cichorium intybus), source of Belgian endive, radicchio, and certain other cultivars with other names.


lexentry: eng/chicory__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: chicory
trans_list: Landkaffee | Zichorienkaffee
sense:
(uncountable, cooking) A coffee substitute made from the roasted roots of the common chicory, sometimes used as a cheap adulterant in real coffee.


lexentry: eng/chief_executive_officer__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: chief executive officer
trans_list: Vorstandvorsitzender | Hauptgeschäftsführer | Vorstandvorsitzende
sense:
(business) The highest-ranking corporate officer or executive officer of a corporation, company, or agency, responsible for carrying out the policies of the board of directors on a day-to-day basis; CEO.


lexentry: eng/chief_information_officer__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: chief information officer
trans_list: Informationsmanager
sense:
An executive who is in charge of the technical affairs of a business, notably as head of the information technology department, typically directly under the chief executive officer and/or the board.


lexentry: eng/chief_technology_officer__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: chief technology officer
trans_list: Technikvorstand | Technikvorständin | technische Direktorin | technischer Direktor
sense:
An executive responsible for the technological development and often the overall technical infrastructure of the products of a business, typically directly accountable to the chief executive officer or the board.


lexentry: eng/chiffchaff__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: chiffchaff
trans_list: Zilpzalp
sense:
A small, common warbler, Phylloscopus collybita, with yellowish-green plumage that breeds throughout northern and temperate Europe and Asia.


lexentry: eng/chiffon__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: chiffon
trans_list: Chiffon
sense:
A lightweight, balanced plain-woven sheer fabric, or gauze, like gossamer, woven of alternate S- and Z-twist crepe (high-twist) yarns made of silk, polyester, or cotton.


lexentry: eng/chilblain__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: chilblain
trans_list: Frostbeule
sense:
An itchy purple red inflammation of the skin, especially of the hands, feet and ears, occurring when capillaries below the skin are damaged by exposure to cold weather (but do not freeze, which would lead to frostbite instead).


lexentry: eng/child__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: child
trans_list: Kind
sense:
(with possessive) One's direct descendant by birth, regardless of age; one's offspring; a son or daughter.


lexentry: eng/child__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: child
trans_list: Kind
sense:
(computing) A data item, process, or object which has a subservient or derivative role relative to another.


lexentry: eng/child__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: child
trans_list: Kind
sense:
A person considered a product of a place or culture, a member of a tribe or culture, regardless of age.


lexentry: eng/child_abuse__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: child abuse
trans_list: Kindesmisshandlung | Kindesmissbrauch
sense:
(criminology) Physical, sexual or emotional mistreatment of a child that causes long-term or permanent damage. [from 20th c.]


lexentry: eng/child_carrier__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: child carrier
trans_list: Babytragetuch
sense:
A device used to carry a child, particularly one holding the child attached to the torso of an adult.


lexentry: eng/child_labour__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: child labour
trans_list: Kinderarbeit
sense:
(British spelling, Canadian spelling) Work performed by a minor that is prohibited by statute law, or under terms and conditions considered inhumane.


lexentry: eng/child_molester__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: child molester
trans_list: Kinderschänder | Kinderschänderin
sense:
(criminology) Someone who has committed an act of child molestation; someone who has sexually abused a minor.


lexentry: eng/child_safety_seat__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: child safety seat
trans_list: Kindersitz
sense:
A detachable seat intended to provide additional safety to infants and young children when riding in automobiles, now frequently mandated by law.


lexentry: eng/child_support__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: child support
trans_list: Alimente
sense:
(legal) The ongoing obligation for a periodic payment made directly or indirectly by an obligor, usually the noncustodial parent, to an obligee, usually the custodial parent or other guardian, for the financial care and support of children of a relationship or marriage that has been terminated, or which never existed.


lexentry: eng/children's_home__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: children's home
trans_list: Kinderheim
sense:
A public institution for the care and protection of children whose parents have died or can no longer care for them.


lexentry: eng/chili__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: chili
trans_list: Chili
sense:
(countable) The pungent, spicy fresh or dried fruit of any of several cultivated varieties of capsicum peppers, used in cooking.


lexentry: eng/chili_oil__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: chili oil
trans_list: Chiliöl
sense:
A spicy condiment in which crushed dried red chili peppers (and sometimes other ingredients) have been macerated in oil


lexentry: eng/chili_pepper__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: chili pepper
trans_list: Chili | Peperoni | Peperoncino | Pfefferoni
sense:
Any fruit of a plant of the botanical genus Capsicum, which contains capsaicin and typically has a spicy or burning flavor.


lexentry: eng/chiliasm__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: chiliasm
trans_list: Millenarismus
sense:
Belief in an earthly thousand-year period of peace and prosperity, sometimes equated with the return of Jesus for that period.


lexentry: eng/chill__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: chill
trans_list: Kälte | Kühle | Frost
sense:
A sudden penetrating sense of cold, especially one that causes a brief trembling nerve response through the body; the trembling response itself; often associated with illness: fevers and chills, or susceptibility to illness.


lexentry: eng/chill__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: chill
trans_list: Kälte | Kühle | Frost | Kälteschauer | Schauer
sense:
An uncomfortable and numbing sense of fear, dread, anxiety, or alarm, often one that is sudden and usually accompanied by a trembling nerve response resembling the body's response to biting cold.


lexentry: eng/chimaera__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: chimaera
trans_list: Seekatze
sense:
A cartilaginous marine fish in the subclass Holocephali and especially the order Chimaeriformes, with a blunt snout, long tail, and a spine before the first dorsal fin


lexentry: eng/chime__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: chime
trans_list: Glocke
sense:
(musical instruments) A musical instrument producing a sound when struck, similar to a bell (e.g. a tubular metal bar) or actually a bell. Often used in the plural to refer to the set: the chimes.


lexentry: eng/chime__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: chime
trans_list: läuten
sense:
(transitive) To cause to sound in harmony; to play a tune, as upon a set of bells; to move or strike in harmony.


lexentry: eng/chimeric_antigen_receptor__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: chimeric antigen receptor
trans_list: chimärer Antigenrezeptor
sense:
(immunology) A receptor protein engineered to give T cells the (new) ability to attach to a specific target protein.


lexentry: eng/chimney__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: chimney
trans_list: Schornstein | Kamin | Schlot | Esse
sense:
A vertical tube or hollow column used to emit environmentally polluting gaseous and solid matter (including but not limited to by-products of burning carbon- or hydrocarbon-based fuels); a flue.


lexentry: eng/chimney_stack__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: chimney stack
trans_list: Kamin
sense:
(architectural element) A vertical structure, normally of brick, rising from a roof, containing one or more flues, each one terminating in a chimney pot.


lexentry: eng/chimpanzee__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: chimpanzee
sense:
Pan troglodytes, a species of great ape in the genus Pan, native to Africa, and believed by biologists to be the closest extant relative to humans along with the bonobo.

trans_list:
Schimpanse | Schimpansen-Männchen | Schimpansen-Weibchen | Schimpansenmännchen | Schimpansenweibchen | Schimpansin


lexentry: eng/chimpanzee__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: chimpanzee
sense:
(broadly) A member of the genus Pan, including the bonobo which was formerly known as the pygmy chimpanzee.

trans_list:
Schimpanse | Schimpansen-Männchen | Schimpansen-Weibchen | Schimpansenmännchen | Schimpansenweibchen | Schimpansin


lexentry: eng/chinchilla__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: chinchilla
trans_list: Chinchilla
sense:
(countable) Either of two small, crepuscular rodents of the genus Chinchilla, native to the Andes, prized for their very soft fur and often kept as pets.


lexentry: eng/chink__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: chink
trans_list: ausfüllen | ausstopfen | kalfatern | verstopfen
sense:
(transitive) To fill an opening such as the space between logs in a log house with chinking; to caulk.


lexentry: eng/chintz__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: chintz
trans_list: Chintz
sense:
A painted or stained calico fabric, originally produced in India, and known for its brightly colored designs.


lexentry: eng/chip_on_one's_shoulder__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: chip on one's shoulder
trans_list: Komplex | gewisse Abneigung
sense:
(idiomatic) A habitually combative attitude, usually because of a harboured grievance, sense of inferiority, or having something to prove.


lexentry: eng/chipmunk__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: chipmunk
trans_list: Streifenhörnchen
sense:
Any of the subtribe Tamiina of small, striped rodents; they are found in North America, with the exception of the Siberian chipmunk which is found primarily in Asia.


lexentry: eng/chipper__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: chipper
trans_list: Häcksler | Schredder
sense:
(in particular, US) A machine that reduces organic matter to compost; depending on size, whole tree trunks are reduced to sawdust; a woodchipper.


lexentry: eng/chipset__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: chipset
trans_list: Chipsatz
sense:
(computing) A group of integrated circuits that are designed to work together, and are usually marketed as a single product.


lexentry: eng/chiral__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: chiral
trans_list: chiral
sense:
(geometry, physical chemistry) that exhibits chirality; as in the left-handed and right-handed versions of a helix, or a molecule with L- and D- stereoisomers.


lexentry: eng/chirality__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: chirality
trans_list: Chiralität
sense:
The phenomenon, in chemistry, physics and mathematics, in which objects are mirror images of each other, but are otherwise identical; handedness.


lexentry: eng/chiropractic__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: chiropractic
trans_list: Chiropraktik
sense:
(alternative medicine) A system of health care involving manipulation of the spinal column and other body structures, for the purpose of alleviating neuromusculoskeletal dysfunction.


lexentry: eng/chirp__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: chirp
trans_list: zwitschern | tschilpen | tirilieren
sense:
(intransitive) To make a short, sharp, cheerful note, as of small birds or crickets; to chitter; to twitter.


lexentry: eng/chisel__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: chisel
trans_list: Meißel | Beitel | Stemmeisen | Stechbeitel
sense:
A cutting tool used to remove parts of stone, wood or metal by pushing or pounding the back when the sharp edge is against the material. It consists of a slim, oblong block of metal with a sharp wedge or bevel formed on one end and sometimes a handle at the other end; there are hand tool versions (the original type) and versions as bits for power tools.


lexentry: eng/chit__Verb__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: chit
trans_list: stacheln
sense:
(transitive, British, dialect) To initiate sprouting of tubers, such as potatoes, by placing them in special environment, before planting into the soil.


lexentry: eng/chitin__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: chitin
trans_list: Chitin
sense:
(carbohydrate) A complex polysaccharide, a polymer of N-acetylglucosamine, found in the exoskeletons of arthropods and in the cell walls of fungi; thought to be responsible for some forms of asthma in humans.


lexentry: eng/chiton__Noun__2
sense_num: 01
written_rep: chiton
trans_list: Käferschnecke
sense:
Any of various rock-clinging marine molluscs of the class Polyplacophora, including the genus Chiton.


lexentry: eng/chivalry__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: chivalry
trans_list: Ritterlichkeit | Rittertum
sense:
The ethical code of the knight prevalent in Medieval Europe, having such primary virtues as mercy towards the poor and oppressed, humility, honour, sacrifice, fear of God, faithfulness, courage and courtesy to ladies.


lexentry: eng/chlamydia__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: chlamydia
trans_list: Chlamydien
sense:
(uncountable) Any of several common, often asymptomatic, sexually transmitted diseases caused by the microorganism Chlamydia trachomatis.


lexentry: eng/chlamys__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: chlamys
trans_list: Chlamys
sense:
(historical) A short poncho-like cloak caught up on the shoulder, worn by hunters, soldiers, and horsemen in Ancient Greece.


lexentry: eng/chloral__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: chloral
trans_list: Chloral
sense:
A colourless narcotic liquid, trichloroacetaldehyde, CCl3CHO, obtained at first by the action of chlorine on alcohol and that, when treated with water, produces chloral hydrate.


lexentry: eng/chloric_acid__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: chloric acid
trans_list: Chlorsäure
sense:
(chemistry) a strong acid, HClO3, known only in solution and as its chlorate salts; a powerful oxidizing agent


lexentry: eng/chloride__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: chloride
trans_list: Chlorid
sense:
(chemistry) Any salt of hydrochloric acid, such as sodium chloride, or any binary compound of chlorine and another element or radical.


lexentry: eng/chlorinate__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: chlorinate
trans_list: chlorieren
sense:
(transitive, chemistry) To add chlorine to (something, especially water, to purify it; or an auriferous substance, to extract gold from it).


lexentry: eng/chlorine_dioxide__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: chlorine dioxide
trans_list: Chlordioxid
sense:
(inorganic compound) a reddish-yellow explosive gas, ClO2, used as a water disinfectant and to bleach flour and wood pulp


lexentry: eng/chlorite__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: chlorite
trans_list: Chlorit
sense:
(mineral) A dark green mineral resembling serpentine, being a mixed silicate of magnesium, iron and aluminium.


lexentry: eng/chlorofluorocarbon__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: chlorofluorocarbon
trans_list: Fluorchlorkohlenwasserstoffe
sense:
(organic chemistry) Any of a class of organic compounds in which the hydrogen atoms of a hydrocarbon are replaced with those of chlorine and fluorine; formerly used as refrigerants and aerosol can propellants but withdrawn due to causing damage to the ozone layer.


lexentry: eng/chloroform__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: chloroform
trans_list: Chloroform
sense:
(organic compound) A halogenated hydrocarbon, trichloromethane, CHCl3; it is a volatile, sweet-smelling liquid, used extensively as a solvent and formerly as an anesthetic.


lexentry: eng/chlorophyll__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: chlorophyll
trans_list: Chlorophyll | Blattgrün
sense:
(biochemistry) Any of a group of green pigments that are found in the chloroplasts of plants and in other photosynthetic organisms such as cyanobacteria.


lexentry: eng/chloroplast__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: chloroplast
trans_list: Chloroplast
sense:
(cytology) An organelle, found in the cells of green plants and in photosynthetic algae, where photosynthesis takes place, characterized by a high concentration of chlorophyll and two membranes.


lexentry: eng/chloroprene__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: chloroprene
trans_list: Chloroprene
sense:
(organic compound) The chlorinated derivative of butadiene 2-chloro-1,3-butadiene that is used (via polymerization) in the manufacture of synthetic rubber.


lexentry: eng/chlorosis__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: chlorosis
trans_list: Chlorose
sense:
(medicine, countable) An anaemia, due to deficiency of iron, characterized by a yellow-green coloration of the skin.


lexentry: eng/chlorous_acid__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: chlorous acid
trans_list: Chlorige Säure
sense:
(inorganic compound) an unstable acid, HClO2, known only in solution or as its salts, the chlorites; it is a strong oxidizing agent


lexentry: eng/chlorpromazine__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: chlorpromazine
trans_list: Chlorpromazin
sense:
(pharmaceutical drug) A synthetic drug used as a tranquillizer, sedative, and antiemetic. It is a phenothiazine derivative.


lexentry: eng/chock__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: chock
trans_list: Radvorleger
sense:
Any object used as a wedge or filler, especially when placed behind a wheel to prevent it from rolling.


lexentry: eng/chocolate__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: chocolate
trans_list: chocolat | schokoladenfarben
sense:
(uncountable) A dark, reddish-brown colour/color, like that of chocolate (also called chocolate brown).


lexentry: eng/chocolate_bar__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: chocolate bar
trans_list: Schokoladentafel | Schokoladenriegel | Schokoriegel
sense:
A flat slab of chocolate, usually oblong in shape, which can be broken into smaller segments when being eaten, either solid or with a filling such as nuts or caramel.


lexentry: eng/chocolate_milk__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: chocolate milk
trans_list: Kakao | Schokoladenmilch
sense:
A sweetened cocoa-flavored drink, typically created by mixing chocolate syrup or chocolate powder with milk, and typically served cold.


lexentry: eng/chocolate_teacake__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: chocolate teacake
trans_list: Negerkuss | Mohrenkopf | Schaumkuss | Schokokuss
sense:
A confection consisting of a biscuit base topped with marshmallow-like filling and coated in a hard shell of chocolate.


lexentry: eng/choir__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: choir
trans_list: Chor
sense:
(architecture) Uncommon form of quire (“one quarter of a cruciform church, or the architectural area of a church used by the choir, often near the apse”).


lexentry: eng/choke__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: choke
trans_list: ersticken | verschlucken
sense:
(intransitive) To be unable to breathe because of obstruction of the windpipe (for instance food or other objects that go down the wrong way, or fumes or particles in the air that cause the throat to constrict).


lexentry: eng/choke__Verb__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: choke
trans_list: ersticken | unterdrücken
sense:
(transitive) To hinder or check, as growth, expansion, progress, etc.; to kill (a plant by robbing it of nutrients); to extinguish (fire by robbing it of oxygen).


lexentry: eng/choke_damp__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: choke damp
trans_list: böse Wetter
sense:
An asphyxiant found in enclosed places such as mines and sewers; a mixture of several gases left after oxygen is removed from the air, typically nitrogen, carbon dioxide, and water vapor.


lexentry: eng/chokeberry__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: chokeberry
trans_list: Apfelbeere
sense:
Either of two species in Aronia, formerly and sometimes in Photinia, deciduous shrubs, native to Russia and eastern North America and most commonly found in wet woods and swamps.


lexentry: eng/chokehold__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: chokehold
trans_list: Würgegriff
sense:
(martial arts, wrestling) A grappling hold around the neck that cuts off the flow of air to the brain.


lexentry: eng/choker__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: choker
trans_list: Halsband | Halskette
sense:
(fashion) A piece of jewelry or ornamental fabric, worn as a necklace or neckerchief, tight to the throat.


lexentry: eng/cholera__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cholera
trans_list: Cholera
sense:
(pathology) Any of several acute infectious diseases of humans and domestic animals, caused by certain strains of the Vibrio cholerae bacterium through ingestion of contaminated water or food, usually marked by severe gastrointestinal symptoms such as diarrhea, abdominal cramps, nausea, vomiting, and dehydration.


lexentry: eng/choleric__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: choleric
trans_list: cholerisch
sense:
(humorism, historical) Having a temperament characterized by an excess of choler; easily becoming angry.


lexentry: eng/cholesterol__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cholesterol
trans_list: Cholesterin | Cholesterol
sense:
(biochemistry) A sterol lipid synthesized by the liver and transported in the bloodstream to the membranes of all animal cells; it plays a central role in many biochemical processes and, as a lipoprotein that coats the walls of blood vessels, is associated with cardiovascular disease.


lexentry: eng/choline__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: choline
trans_list: Cholin
sense:
(organic compound) A hydroxy quaternary ammonium compound with formula (CH3)3N+CH2CH2OHX−. It is an essential nutrient for cardiovascular and brain health and for cell membrane formation.


lexentry: eng/cholinesterase__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cholinesterase
trans_list: Cholinesterase
sense:
(enzyme) An enzyme that catalyzes the hydrolysis of choline-based esters (acetylcholine or butyrylcholine).


lexentry: eng/chop_suey__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: chop suey
trans_list: Chop Suey
sense:
(US, Philippines, AU) A stir-fried vegetable dish, served with pieces of beef or pork in a semi-thick sauce, and often soy sauce.


lexentry: eng/chop_suey__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: chop suey
trans_list: Chop Suey
sense:
(Canada, and, British) Steamed bean sprouts served in a semi-thick sauce, and mixed with a choice of meat and/or vegetables.


lexentry: eng/chopped_liver__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: chopped liver
trans_list: gehackte Leber
sense:
A Jewish pâté-like food, usually spread on bread, made by mincing beef or chicken liver and onions which have been broiled or fried in schmaltz together with hard-boiled eggs.


lexentry: eng/chopper__Noun__1
sense_num: 06
written_rep: chopper
trans_list: Chopper
sense:
(archaeology) A crude tool with an irregular cutting edge formed by removing flakes from one side of a stone.


lexentry: eng/chopstick__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: chopstick
trans_list: Essstäbchen | Stäbchen
sense:
(usually, in the plural) An East Asian eating utensil usually used as a pair and held in one hand to grip pieces of food or occasionally to mix liquids or scoop up small pieces of food. The utensil is a stick, usually made of wood and measuring approximately 23cm (10 inches) in length.


lexentry: eng/chopstick_rest__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: chopstick rest
trans_list: Hashioki
sense:
A small ornament on which a pair of chopsticks may be placed to prevent them from becoming contaminated or rolling off the table.


lexentry: eng/chord__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: chord
trans_list: Sehne
sense:
(rail) A section of subsidiary railway track that interconnects two primary tracks that cross at different levels, to permit traffic to flow between them.


lexentry: eng/chord__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: chord
trans_list: Profilsehne
sense:
(aeronautics) The distance between the leading and trailing edge of a wing, measured in the direction of the normal airflow.


lexentry: eng/chord__Noun__1
sense_num: 06
written_rep: chord
trans_list: Tastenkombination
sense:
(computing) A keyboard shortcut that involves two or more distinct keypresses, such as Ctrl+M followed by P.


lexentry: eng/chordae_tendineae__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: chordae tendineae
trans_list: Sehnenfäden
sense:
(anatomy) The cord-like tendons that connect the papillary muscles to the tricuspid valve and the mitral valve in the heart.


lexentry: eng/chordate__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: chordate
trans_list: mit Sehne
sense:
A member of the phylum Chordata; numerous animals having a notochord at some stage of their development; in vertebrates this develops into the spine.


lexentry: eng/chordophone__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: chordophone
trans_list: Chordophon
sense:
(musical instrument) Any musical instrument that produces sound from one or more vibrating strings; a string instrument.


lexentry: eng/chorea__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: chorea
trans_list: Chorea
sense:
(pathology) Any of the various diseases of the nervous system characterized by involuntary muscular movements of the face and extremities; St. Vitus's dance.


lexentry: eng/choreography__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: choreography
trans_list: Choreografie | Choreographie
sense:
(by extension, figurative) The art of creating and arranging any activities that involve social coordination or orchestration.


lexentry: eng/choreography__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: choreography
trans_list: Choreografie | Choreographie
sense:
(uncountable) The art of creating, arranging and recording the dance movements of a work, such as a ballet.


lexentry: eng/chorion__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: chorion
trans_list: Chorion | Zottenhaut
sense:
(anatomy, biology) The protective and nutritive membrane in higher vertebrates that attaches the fetus to the uterus.


lexentry: eng/chorizo__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: chorizo
trans_list: Chorizo
sense:
A spicy Spanish sausage flavoured with paprika, often crumbled for use in filling tacos, quesadillas, etc.


lexentry: eng/chorus__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: chorus
trans_list: Chor
sense:
A group of singers and dancers in a theatrical performance or religious festival who commented on the main performance in speech or song.


lexentry: eng/chorus__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: chorus
trans_list: Chor
sense:
A group of singers performing together; a choir; specifically, such a group singing together in a musical, an opera, etc., as distinct from the soloists; an ensemble.


lexentry: eng/chorus__Noun__1
sense_num: 08
written_rep: chorus
trans_list: Chorus
sense:
(often, attributively) A feature or setting in electronic music that makes one instrument sound like many.


lexentry: eng/chosen_one__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: chosen one
trans_list: Auserkorene | Auserkorener | Auserwählte | Auserwählter
sense:
(informal, authorship) A character in a narrative work who is predestined to save the world or accomplish some other grand and heroic deed; one who is predestined to become the one.


lexentry: eng/chough__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: chough
trans_list: Bergkrähe
sense:
Either of two species of bird of the genus Pyrrhocorax in the crow family Corvidae that breed mainly in high mountains and on coastal sea cliffs of Eurasia.


lexentry: eng/choux_pastry__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: choux pastry
trans_list: Brandteig | Brühteig | Brandmasse
sense:
A type of light pastry (made just from butter, water, flour and eggs) that is used to make profiteroles, éclairs, chouquettes, etc.


lexentry: eng/chrism__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: chrism
trans_list: Chrisam | Chrisma
sense:
A mixture of oil and balm, consecrated for use as an anointing fluid in certain Christian ceremonies, especially confirmation.


lexentry: eng/chrismation__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: chrismation
trans_list: Firmung
sense:
(ecclesiastical) The sacrament of applying chrism to complete baptism in the Orthodox and Eastern Catholic churches.


lexentry: eng/chromakey__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: chromakey
trans_list: Chroma Keying
sense:
(television, cinema) The use of a particular color, usually either green or blue) as a key in a studio in order to allow one image to be seamlessly partially superimposed upon another.


lexentry: eng/chromate__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: chromate
trans_list: Chromat
sense:
(inorganic chemistry) any salt of chromic acid; in solution the yellow chromate anion (CrO42-) is in equilibrium with the orange dichromate anion (Cr2O72−), the relative amount of each ion depending on the pH; they are both very powerful oxidizing agents


lexentry: eng/chromatic__Adjective__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: chromatic
trans_list: chromatisch
sense:
Relating to or using notes not belonging to the diatonic scale of the key in which a passage of music is written.


lexentry: eng/chromatic_aberration__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: chromatic aberration
trans_list: chromatische Aberration
sense:
(optics) An optical aberration in which an image has coloured fringes, caused by differential refraction of light of different wavelengths.


lexentry: eng/chromatin__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: chromatin
trans_list: Chromatin
sense:
(biology) A complex of DNA, RNA and proteins within the cell nucleus out of which chromosomes condense during cell division.


lexentry: eng/chromatogram__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: chromatogram
trans_list: Chrommatogramm
sense:
(analytical chemistry) The visual output from a chromatograph, usually a graphical display or histogram.


lexentry: eng/chromatography__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: chromatography
trans_list: Chromatografie
sense:
(analytical chemistry) Any of various techniques for the qualitative or quantitative separation of the components of mixtures of compounds; all characterized by the use of a mobile phase (gas or liquid) moving relative to a stationary phase (liquid or solid) – the differences between the rates of migration of the compounds between the two phases affect the separation.


lexentry: eng/chromium__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: chromium
trans_list: Chrom
sense:
A chemical element (symbol Cr) with an atomic number of 24: a steely-grey, lustrous, hard and brittle transition metal.


lexentry: eng/chromosome__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: chromosome
trans_list: Chromosom
sense:
(cytology, genetics) A linear arrangement of condensed DNA and associated proteins (such as chaperone proteins) which contains the genetic material (genome) of an organism.


lexentry: eng/chromosphere__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: chromosphere
trans_list: Chromosphäre
sense:
(star) The faint pink extension of a star's atmospheric envelope between the corona and the photosphere


lexentry: eng/chroneme__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: chroneme
trans_list: Chronem
sense:
A basic, theoretical unit of sound that can distinguish words by duration only of a vowel or consonant.


lexentry: eng/chronic_bronchitis__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: chronic bronchitis
trans_list: Blasen
sense:
(diseases) One of the two entities making up chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), defined as having a productive cough for three months in each of two successive years in a patient in whom other causes of chronic cough have been excluded.


lexentry: eng/chronic_obstructive_pulmonary_disease__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
trans_list: chronische obstruktive Lungenerkrankung
sense:
(medicine, pulmonology, pathology) A type of progressive lung disease characterized by long-term respiratory symptoms and airflow limitation.


lexentry: eng/chronic_wasting_disease__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: chronic wasting disease
trans_list: Chronic Wasting Disease
sense:
(veterinary, pathology) A transmissible spongiform encephalopathy found in deer, typified by chronic weight loss leading to death.


lexentry: eng/chronobiology__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: chronobiology
trans_list: Chronobiologie
sense:
(biology) The study of the effects of time on biological systems, especially the effects of periodicity


lexentry: eng/chronogram__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: chronogram
trans_list: Chronogramm
sense:
A sentence or inscription whose letters, when interpreted according to a system (such as Roman numerals) in which letters correspond to numeric values, stand for a particular date (usually the date of inscription) when rearranged.


lexentry: eng/chronological__Adjective__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: chronological
trans_list: chronologisch | zeitlich
sense:
(films, shows, books, etc) Relating to the arrangement of events in the order in which they occur within a story, rather than the order in which they are released.


lexentry: eng/chronology__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: chronology
trans_list: Chronologie | Zeitrechnung | Zeitmessung | Zeitordnung
sense:
(countable) An arrangement of events into chronological order; called a timeline when involving graphical elements.


lexentry: eng/chrononormativity__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: chrononormativity
trans_list: Chrononormativität
sense:
the use of time to organize individuals toward maximum productivity; for example, the appropriate time range to start working, have children, or to retire.


lexentry: eng/chronospecies__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: chronospecies
trans_list: Chronospezies
sense:
A group of one or more species derived from a sequential development pattern which involves continual and uniform changes from an extinct ancestral form on an evolutionary scale.


lexentry: eng/chronostasis__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: chronostasis
trans_list: Chronostasis
sense:
(optics) A visual illusion in which a regular movement seems to pause the first time it is observed.


lexentry: eng/chrysalis__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: chrysalis
trans_list: Puppe
sense:
The pupa of a butterfly or moth, particularly bare and hanging or girdled, as opposed to enclosed in a cocoon, in which metamorphosis takes place.


lexentry: eng/chrysanthemum__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: chrysanthemum
trans_list: Chrysantheme
sense:
Any of many flowering perennial plants, of the genus Chrysanthemum, native to China, that have showy radiate heads.


lexentry: eng/chrysoberyl__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: chrysoberyl
trans_list: Chrysoberyll
sense:
(mineral) A vitreous mineral, often pale green, a mixed oxide of aluminium and beryllium with the chemical formula BeAl2O4, used as a gemstone.


lexentry: eng/chrysotile__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: chrysotile
trans_list: Chrysotil
sense:
(mineral) A fibrous silicate mineral with the chemical formula Mg3(Si2O5)(OH)4; a form of serpentine asbestos.


lexentry: eng/chuchotage__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: chuchotage
trans_list: Flüsterdolmetschen
sense:
The interpretation or translation of speech in a whisper to a single person in proximity to other people.


lexentry: eng/chuck__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: chuck
trans_list: Spannfutter | Bohrfutter | Spannzange
sense:
(mechanical engineering) A mechanical device that holds an object firmly in place, for example holding a drill bit in a high-speed rotating drill or grinder.


lexentry: eng/chuck_up__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: chuck up
trans_list: erbrechen
sense:
(dated, transitive and intransitive) To chuck up the sponge; to give up; to admit defeat; to break a contract; to abandon or quit (something).


lexentry: eng/chufa__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: chufa
trans_list: Erdmandel | Tigernuss
sense:
Cyperus esculentus, a species of sedge native to warm temperate to subtropical regions of the Northern Hemisphere having small edible tubers (tiger nuts).


lexentry: eng/chug__Verb__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: chug
trans_list: auf ex trinken | exen
sense:
(transitive, colloquial) To drink a large amount (especially of beer) in a single action/without breathing; to chugalug. Usually chanted at the person who is drinking.


lexentry: eng/chunder__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: chunder
trans_list: ausspeien
sense:
(Australia, New Zealand, Britain, slang) To throw up, to vomit, particularly from excessive alcohol consumption.


lexentry: eng/church__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: church
trans_list: Kirche
sense:
(countable, Christianity) A Christian house of worship; a building where Christian religious services take place. [from 9th c.]


lexentry: eng/church__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: church
trans_list: Kirche
sense:
(countable) A local group of people who follow the same Christian religious beliefs, local or general. [from 9th c.]


lexentry: eng/church__Noun__1
sense_num: 06
written_rep: church
trans_list: Kirche
sense:
(uncountable) Organized religion in general or a specific religion considered as a political institution.


lexentry: eng/church_bell__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: church bell
trans_list: Kirchenglocke
sense:
A bell belonging to a church, usually housed in a tower or steeple, customarily rung before church services or for other occasions such as weddings.


lexentry: eng/church_service__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: church service
trans_list: Gottesdienst
sense:
A formalized period of communal worship, often but not exclusively occurring on Sunday, or Saturday in the case of those churches practicing Sabbatarianism.


lexentry: eng/churchgoer__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
sense: One who regularly goes to church; a practicing Christian.
written_rep: churchgoer
trans_list:
Kirchengänger | Kirchgänger | Kirchenbesucher | Kirchenbesucherin | Gottesdienstbesucher | Gottesdienstbesucherin


lexentry: eng/churn__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: churn
trans_list: aufwühlen | durchschütteln
sense:
(transitive) To agitate rapidly and repetitively, or to stir with a rowing or rocking motion; generally applies to liquids, notably cream.


lexentry: eng/churn__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: churn
trans_list: rütteln | wusseln | wühlen
sense:
(transitive, figuratively) To produce excessive and sometimes undesirable or unproductive activity or motion.


lexentry: eng/chute__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: chute
trans_list: Rutschbahn | Rutsche | Kanal | Rinne | Rodelbahn | Rohr
sense:
A framework, trough, or tube, upon or through which objects are made to slide from a higher to a lower level, or through which water passes to a wheel.


lexentry: eng/chutney__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: chutney
trans_list: Chutney
sense:
A sweet or savory but usually spicy condiment, originally from eastern India, made from a variety of fruits and/or vegetables, often containing significant amounts of fresh green or dried red chili peppers. [from 1813]


lexentry: eng/chutzpah__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: chutzpah
trans_list: Chuzpe
sense:
(informal) Nearly arrogant courage; utter audacity, effrontery or impudence; supreme self-confidence; exaggerated self-opinion.


lexentry: eng/chymotrypsin__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: chymotrypsin
trans_list: Chymotripsin
sense:
(enzyme) An endopeptidase enzyme that cleaves peptides at the carboxyl side of tyrosine, tryptophan, and phenylalanine amino acids.


lexentry: eng/chytridiomycosis__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: chytridiomycosis
trans_list: Chytridiomykose
sense:
An infectious disease of amphibians caused by Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis (amphibian chytrid fungus) or (chiefly in salamanders and newts) by Batrachochytrium salamandrivorans.


lexentry: eng/cicada__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cicada
trans_list: Zikade
sense:
Any of several insects in the superfamily Cicadoidea, with small eyes wide apart on the head and transparent well-veined wings.


lexentry: eng/cicero__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cicero
trans_list: Cicero
sense:
(typography, Continental, _, printing) The Continental equivalent of the English pica: a measure of 12 Didot points (4.51368 mm or about 0.178 in.) or a body of type in this size.


lexentry: eng/cicerone__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cicerone
trans_list: Cicerone
sense:
A guide who accompanies visitors and sightseers to museums, galleries, etc., and explains matters of archaeological, antiquarian, historic or artistic interest.


lexentry: eng/cicisbeo__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cicisbeo
trans_list: Cicisbeo | Hausfreund
sense:
(now, chiefly, historical) A man who escorts a married woman to social functions, especially in 18th-century Italy; a married woman's lover.


lexentry: eng/cider__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: cider
trans_list: Apfelmost | Apfelsaft
sense:
(US, Canada) A non-alcoholic still beverage consisting of the juice of early-harvest apples, usually unfiltered and still containing pulp; apple cider; sweet cider (without pulp such a beverage is called apple juice).


lexentry: eng/cigar__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cigar
trans_list: Zigarre | Glimmstängel
sense:
A cylinder of tobacco rolled and wrapped with an outer covering of tobacco leaves, intended to be smoked.


lexentry: eng/cigarette__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cigarette
trans_list: Zigarette | Kippe
sense:
A small cigar consisting of tobacco or another substance, wrapped up in a thin roll with paper, intended for smoking.


lexentry: eng/cilantro__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cilantro
trans_list: Koriander | Korianderkraut
sense:
(US) The stems and leaves of the coriander plant, Coriandrum sativum, used as a seasoning and garnish in cooking.


lexentry: eng/ciliary_body__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ciliary body
trans_list: Ziliarkörper
sense:
(anatomy) circumferential tissue inside the eye composed of the ciliary muscle and ciliary processes


lexentry: eng/cilice__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cilice
trans_list: Büsserhemd | Büßerhemd | Cilicium | härenes Hemd
sense:
A garment or undergarment made of coarse cloth or animal hair worn close to the skin used by members of various Christian traditions as a self-imposed means of penance (repentance) and mortification of the flesh.


lexentry: eng/cilium__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cilium
trans_list: Wimper
sense:
(cytology) A short microscopic hairlike organelle projecting from a eukaryotic cell (such as a unicellular organism or one cell of a multicelled organism) which serve either for propulsion by causing currents in the surrounding fluid or as sensors.


lexentry: eng/cinchona__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cinchona
trans_list: Chinarindenbaum
sense:
A tree or shrub of the genus Cinchona, native to the Andes in South America but since widely cultivated in Indonesia and India as well for its medicinal bark.


lexentry: eng/cinder__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cinder
trans_list: Asche
sense:
Partially or mostly burnt material that results from incomplete combustion of coal or wood etc.; it often rides the rising smoke column into the air, and it can pose a fire hazard when it lands, in dry conditions


lexentry: eng/cinematographer__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cinematographer
trans_list: Kamerafrau | Kameramann
sense:
(cinematography) A photographer who oversees the operations of the cameras and lighting when making a film. The cinematographer may also double as the camera operator of the movie camera, though this is usually done by a cameraman. The film director may also double as the cinematographer, though this is usually a different person.


lexentry: eng/cinnabar__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cinnabar
trans_list: Zinnober
sense:
A deep red mineral, mercuric sulfide, HgS; the principal ore of mercury; such ore used as the pigment vermilion.


lexentry: eng/cinnamic_acid__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cinnamic acid
trans_list: Zimtsäure
sense:
(carboxylic acid) The aromatic carboxylic acid C6H5-CH=CH-COOH obtained from cinnamon; it is used in perfumery etc


lexentry: eng/cinnamon__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: cinnamon
trans_list: Zimtbaum | Zimt
sense:
Several related trees, notably the Indonesian cinnamon (Cinnamomum burmanni) and Chinese cinnamon or cassia (Cinnamomum aromaticum or Cinnamomum cassia).


lexentry: eng/cinnamon__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: cinnamon
trans_list: Zimt | Kaneel
sense:
(mostly, uncountable) A spice from the dried aromatic bark of the cinnamon tree, either rolled into strips or ground into a powder. The word is commonly used as trade name for spices made of any of the species above.


lexentry: eng/cinquedea__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cinquedea
trans_list: Cinquedea
sense:
A short sword with a heavy blade developed in northeastern Italy during the Renaissance, often richly ornamented.


lexentry: eng/cipher__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: cipher
trans_list: Verschlüsselungssystem
sense:
(cryptography) A cryptographic system using an algorithm that converts letters or sequences of bits into ciphertext.


lexentry: eng/circadian__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: circadian
trans_list: circadian | zirkadian
sense:
(biology) Of, relating to, or showing rhythmic behaviour with a period of 24 hours; especially of a biological process.


lexentry: eng/circadian_rhythm__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: circadian rhythm
trans_list: circadiane Rhythmik | circadianer Rhythmus
sense:
(biology, sleep medicine) The internal body clock that regulates the roughly 24-hour cycle of biological processes in animals and plants.


lexentry: eng/circle__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: circle
trans_list: Kreis
sense:
(geometry) A two-dimensional geometric figure, a line, consisting of the set of all those points in a plane that are equally distant from a given point (center).


lexentry: eng/circle__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: circle
trans_list: Kreis
sense:
(colloquial) A two-dimensional geometric figure, a disk, consisting of the set of all those points of a plane at a distance less than or equal to a fixed distance (radius) from a given point.


lexentry: eng/circle__Noun__1
sense_num: 10
written_rep: circle
trans_list: Kreis
sense:
(astronomy) An instrument of observation, whose graduated limb consists of an entire circle. When fixed to a wall in an observatory, it is called a mural circle; when mounted with a telescope on an axis and in Y's, in the plane of the meridian, a meridian or transit circle; when involving the principle of reflection, like the sextant, a reflecting circle; and when that of repeating an angle several times continuously along the graduated limb, a repeating circle.


lexentry: eng/circlip__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: circlip
trans_list: Seegerring | Sicherungsring
sense:
A type of fastener consisting of a flexible metal ring of spring steel with open ends which can be snapped into place. Internal and external forms exist.


lexentry: eng/circuit_board__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: circuit board
trans_list: Leiterplatte
sense:
(electronics, computer hardware) A board on which electronic components and their interconnecting circuits are mounted or etched.


lexentry: eng/circuit_breaker__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: circuit breaker
trans_list: Leistungsschutzschalter | Sicherung | Sicherungsautomat
sense:
(electricity) An electrical switch capable of opening and closing an electrical circuit in all operating conditions, including fault situations.


lexentry: eng/circular_argument__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: circular argument
trans_list: Zirkelbeweis | Zirkelschluss
sense:
(philosophy, logic) An argument which commits the logical fallacy of assuming what it is attempting to prove.


lexentry: eng/circular_economy__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: circular economy
trans_list: Kreislaufwirtschaft
sense:
(economics) An industrial economy that aims to reduce waste and pollution by means of reuse, recycling, etc.


lexentry: eng/circular_segment__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: circular segment
trans_list: Kreisabschnitt | Kreissegment
sense:
(geometry) A region of a circle bounded by an arc and the chord connecting the endpoints of the arc.


lexentry: eng/circulation__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: circulation
trans_list: Kreislauf | Umlauf | Zirkulation
sense:
The act of moving in a circle, or in a course which brings the moving body to the place where its motion began.


lexentry: eng/circulation__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: circulation
trans_list: Blutkreislauf | Kreislauf
sense:
(narrowly) The movement of the blood in the circulatory system, by which it is brought into close relations with the cells and tissues of the body; (loosely) the circulatory system.


lexentry: eng/circulatory_system__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: circulatory system
trans_list: Blutgefäßsystem | Blutkreislauf | Blutbahn
sense:
(physiology) The parts of an animal body comprising the heart, blood vessels (arteries, veins, and capillaries), and blood, which circulate the blood around the body. [from mid 19th c.]


lexentry: eng/circumbinary__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: circumbinary
trans_list: zirkumbinär
sense:
(astronomy) Having an orbit around both stars in a binary star system, or relating to such an orbit.


lexentry: eng/circumcircle__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: circumcircle
trans_list: Umkreis
sense:
(geometry) A circle that passes through every vertex of a given triangle (or other polygon where possible).


lexentry: eng/circumcise__Verb__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: circumcise
trans_list: beschneiden
sense:
(military, nautical, slang) To trim off the portion of the barrel liner of a large-caliber naval gun that protrudes from the end of the barrel as a result of the liner slowly stretching from prolonged fire.


lexentry: eng/circumfix__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: circumfix
trans_list: Zirkumfix
sense:
(grammar) An affix containing both a prefixing and a suffixing element existing as a single morphological unit.


lexentry: eng/circumflex__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: circumflex
trans_list: Zirkumflex | Accent circonflexe | Dach
sense:
A diacritical mark (ˆ) placed over a vowel in the orthography or transliteration of many languages to change its pronunciation; while in some other languages over a consonant.


lexentry: eng/circumpolar__Adjective__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: circumpolar
trans_list: zirkumpolar
sense:
(astronomy) Of a celestial body, continually visible above the horizon during the entire 360 degrees of daily travel.


lexentry: eng/circumscription__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: circumscription
trans_list: Ausschnitt
sense:
(taxonomy) The definition of what does and does not belong to a given taxon, from a particular taxonomic viewpoint or taxonomic system.


lexentry: eng/circumstantial__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: circumstantial
trans_list: umstandsbezogen | umstandsmäßig
sense:
Pertaining to or dependent on circumstances, especially as opposed to essentials; incidental, not essential.


lexentry: eng/circumstantial__Adjective__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: circumstantial
trans_list: Indiz | Indizien | Indizienbeweis | anscheinsmäßig | auf Indizienbeweisen beruhend
sense:
(law) Involving evidence that relies on inference to connect it to a conclusion of fact, thus, suggesting guilt but not directly proving it.


lexentry: eng/circus__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: circus
trans_list: Zirkus
sense:
A traveling company of performers that may include acrobats, clowns, trained animals, and other novelty acts, that gives shows usually in a circular tent. [from late 18th c.]


lexentry: eng/cirl_bunting__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cirl bunting
trans_list: Zaunammer
sense:
A small Old World passerine bird, Emberiza cirlus, of the bunting family (Emberizidae), very similar to the yellowhammer.


lexentry: eng/cirque__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: cirque
trans_list: Kar
sense:
(geology) A curved depression or natural amphitheatre, especially one in a mountainside at the end of a valley.


lexentry: eng/cirrhosis__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cirrhosis
trans_list: Zirrhose
sense:
(pathology) A chronic disease of the liver caused by damage from toxins (including alcohol), metabolic problems, hepatitis, or nutritional deprivation, characterised by an increase in fibrous tissue and the destruction of liver cells.


lexentry: eng/cirrocumulus__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cirrocumulus
trans_list: Cirrocumulus
sense:
(physics, meteorology) A principal high-level cloud type appearing as a thin, white patch of cloud without shadows, composed of very small droplets in the form of grains or ripples. The elements may be merged or separate, and more or less regularly arranged; they subtend an angle of less than 1° when observed at an angle of more than 30° above the horizon. Holes or rifts often occur in a sheet of cirrocumulus. Abbreviated Cc.


lexentry: eng/cirrostratus__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cirrostratus
trans_list: Schleierwolke | Zirrostratus
sense:
(meteorology) A principal high-level cloud type appearing as a whitish veil, usually fibrous but sometimes smooth, which may totally cover the sky and which often produces halo phenomena. Abbreviated Cs


lexentry: eng/cirrus__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: cirrus
trans_list: Zirrus
sense:
(meteorology) A principal high-level cloud type, typically composed of thin, delicate, white filaments, wisps, or narrow bands.


lexentry: eng/cis-__Prefix__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: cis-
trans_list: cis- | zis-
sense:
(physical chemistry) Forming names of chemical compounds in which two atoms or groups are situated on the same side of some plane of symmetry passing through the compound.


lexentry: eng/cisco__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cisco
trans_list: Renke
sense:
Any North American freshwater fish of certain species of the genus Coregonus that live in cold-water lakes.


lexentry: eng/cisgender__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cisgender
trans_list: cisgender | cis | cis-gender | cisgeschlechtlich | zisgeschlechtlich | zissexuell
sense:
Having a gender identity which matches the sex one was assigned at birth; or, pertaining to such people.


lexentry: eng/cissoid__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cissoid
trans_list: Zissoide
sense:
(geometry) Any of a family of curves defined as the locus of a point, P, on a line from a given fixed point and intersecting two given curves, C1 and C2, where the distance along the line from C1 to P remains constant and equal to the distance from P to C2.


lexentry: eng/citation__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: citation
trans_list: Zitieren
sense:
The act of citing a passage from a text, or from another person, using the exact words of the original text or speech and giving credit to the original by referencing.


lexentry: eng/citation_needed__Phrase__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: citation needed
trans_list: Belege fehlen
sense:
(originally, Internet slang, chiefly, humorous) Used to designate an assertion or other statement as false, inaccurate, or requiring verification.


lexentry: eng/citicoline__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: citicoline
trans_list: Citicolin
sense:
A psychostimulant and nootropic, an intermediate in the generation of phosphatidylcholine from choline.


lexentry: eng/citizen__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: citizen
trans_list: Bürger | Staatsbürger | Staatsbürgerin | Bürgerin
sense:
A legally recognized member of a state, with associated rights and obligations; a person considered in terms of this role. [from 14th c.]


lexentry: eng/citizen__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: citizen
trans_list: Bürger | Bürgerin | Einwohner | Einwohnerin | Zivilist | Zivilistin
sense:
(Christianity) A resident of the heavenly city or (later) of the kingdom of God: a Christian; a good Christian. [from 15th c.]


lexentry: eng/citizen_journalism__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: citizen journalism
trans_list: Graswurzel-Journalismus
sense:
(media) A form of independent reporting, often carried out by amateurs who are on the scene of an event, and is then disseminated by new media.


lexentry: eng/citizen_of_the_world__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: citizen of the world
trans_list: Weltbürger | Weltbürgerin
sense:
A person regarded as part of the global citizenry; specifically, one who takes the view that they belong to no particular country or state.


lexentry: eng/citizen_science__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: citizen science
trans_list: Bürgerwissenschaft
sense:
(science) Scientific research done, in whole or in part, by amateur (or nonprofessional) scientists. [from 1990s]


lexentry: eng/citric_acid__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: citric acid
trans_list: Citronensäure | Zitronensäure
sense:
(carboxylic acid) A colourless crystalline compound, 2-hydroxy-1,2,3-propanetricarboxylic acid, C6H8O7, found in citrus fruit; it is used as a food additive and in the manufacture of citrates.


lexentry: eng/city__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: city
trans_list: Stadt | Großstadt
sense:
A large settlement, bigger than a town; sometimes with a specific legal definition, depending on the place.


lexentry: eng/city__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: city
trans_list: Stadt | Großstadt
sense:
(UK, historical, _, in, _, Ireland, and) A settlement granted special status by royal charter or letters patent; traditionally, a settlement with a cathedral regardless of size.


lexentry: eng/city_council__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: city council
trans_list: Stadtrat
sense:
A governing body of people elected to oversee management of a city and represent the interests of residents.


lexentry: eng/city_wall__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: city wall
trans_list: Stadtmauer
sense:
(usually, in plural) A wall around a city, built to define the city's boundaries, and sometimes to protect it from aggressors.


lexentry: eng/civet__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: civet
trans_list: Zibetkatze
sense:
Any of the small carnivorous catlike mammals encompassing certain species from the families Viverridae, Eupleridae, and Nandiniidae, native to tropical Africa and Asia.


lexentry: eng/civil__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: civil
trans_list: zivil | bürgerlich
sense:
(uncomparable) Having to do with people and government office as opposed to the military or religion.


lexentry: eng/civil_code__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: civil code
trans_list: Bürgerliches Gesetzbuch
sense:
(legal) A systematic collection of laws addressing dealings between private parties, such as business contracts and negligence lawsuits.


lexentry: eng/civil_disobedience__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: civil disobedience
trans_list: ziviler Ungehorsam
sense:
A form of social protest, involving the active but non-violent refusal to obey certain laws, demands, or commands of an established authority, because they are considered to be morally wrong or detrimental.


lexentry: eng/civil_engineering__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: civil engineering
trans_list: Bauingenieurwesen | Bauwesen
sense:
The technical design and construction of public works such as bridges, buildings, harbours, public greens, roads, etc., and/or technically equivalent private (usually corporate) ones.


lexentry: eng/civil_law__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: civil law
trans_list: Zivilrecht | Bürgerliches Recht | römisch-germanisches Recht
sense:
(law) The body of law dealing with the private relations between members of a community; it contrasts with criminal law, military law and ecclesiastical law.


lexentry: eng/civil_law__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: civil law
trans_list: römisch-germanisches Recht
sense:
(law) Legal system primarily based on a legal code, which commonly derive from the Corpus Juris Civilis; it contrasts with common law.


lexentry: eng/civil_partnership__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: civil partnership
trans_list: eingetragene Partnerschaft
sense:
A union similar to marriage which same-sex couples, and in some jurisdictions opposite-sex couples, may form, which affords rights and responsibilities similar or identical to those afforded by civil marriage.


lexentry: eng/civil_registry__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: civil registry
trans_list: Standesamt
sense:
A government repository, database recording the vital events (births, deaths, etc.) of its citizens and residents, its office.


lexentry: eng/civil_rights__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: civil rights
trans_list: Bürgerrecht | Grundrecht
sense:
(US) Those rights which are guaranteed protection by the US Constitution and are considered to be unquestionable, deserved by all people under all circumstances, especially without regard to race, creed, religion, sexual orientation, gender, and disability.


lexentry: eng/civil_service__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: civil service
trans_list: Staatsdienst | öffentliche Dienst
sense:
In parliamentary forms of government, the branches of government that are not military, legislative, or judicial, but work to apply its laws and regulations.


lexentry: eng/civil_service__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: civil service
trans_list: öffentliche Dienst
sense:
The body of civilian employees of any level of government, not subject to political appointment and removal, normally hired and promoted largely on the basis of competitive examination.


lexentry: eng/civil_society__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: civil society
trans_list: Zivilgesellschaft | bürgerliche Gesellschaft
sense:
All of the institutions, voluntary organizations and corporate bodies that are less than the state but greater than the family. [from 19th c.]


lexentry: eng/civil_union__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: civil union
trans_list: eingetragene Partnerschaft
sense:
A legal union similar to marriage, established to allow same-sex couples (and, in some jurisdictions, opposite-sex couples) rights similar to those married couples have.


lexentry: eng/civil_war__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: civil war
trans_list: Bürgerkrieg
sense:
A war fought between factions of the inhabitants of a single country, or a similar political entity.


lexentry: eng/civilian__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: civilian
trans_list: Zivilist | Zivilistin | Zivilperson
sense:
A person following the pursuits of civil life, especially one who is not an active member of the armed forces.


lexentry: eng/civilian__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: civilian
trans_list: Zivilist | Zivilistin | Zivilperson
sense:
(informal) A person who does not belong to a particular group or engage in a particular activity, an outsider.


lexentry: eng/civilization__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: civilization
trans_list: Zivilisation | Kultur
sense:
An organized culture encompassing many communities, often on the scale of a nation or a people; a stage or system of social, political, or technical development.


lexentry: eng/civilization__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: civilization
trans_list: Zivilisation
sense:
(inherently emic, sometimes, capitalized) Collectively, those people and places of the world considered to have a high standard of behavior and / or a high level of development. Commonly subjectively used by people of one society to exclusively refer to their society, or their elite sub-group, or a few associated societies, implying all others, in time or geography or status, as something less than civilised, as savages or barbarians. (Compare refinement, elitism, civilised society, the Civilised World.


lexentry: eng/cladding__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: cladding
trans_list: Verkleidung
sense:
(construction) A weatherproof, insulating or decorative covering fixed to the outside of a building.


lexentry: eng/claim__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: claim
trans_list: Behauptung
sense:
A new statement of something one believes to be the truth, usually when the statement has yet to be verified or without valid evidence provided.


lexentry: eng/clairvoyance__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: clairvoyance
trans_list: Hellsehen | Hellseherei
sense:
(parapsychology) The power to see or perceive things objects or events beyond the natural range of the senses, such as the past or the future.


lexentry: eng/clam__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: clam
trans_list: Muschel | Klaffmuschel | Venusmuschel
sense:
A bivalve mollusk of many kinds, especially those that are edible; for example soft-shell clams (Mya arenaria), hard clams (Mercenaria mercenaria), sea clams or hen clams (Spisula solidissima), and other species, possibly originally applied to clams of species Tridacna gigas, a huge East Indian bivalve.


lexentry: eng/clamp__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: clamp
trans_list: Klemme | Schraubzwinge | Klammer
sense:
A pile of materials to be heated in a controlled way, stacked or heaped together with fuel so that the fire permeates the pile; the material of interest may be bricks to be fired, ore for roasting, coal for coking, or wood to be charcoalized.


lexentry: eng/clamp_down_on__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: clamp down on
trans_list: Schluss machen
sense:
(transitive, idiomatic) To take measures to stop (something); to put an end to (something); to exert tighter control of (something); to treat (someone or something) more harshly.


lexentry: eng/clan__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: clan
trans_list: Clan | Sippe
sense:
A traditional social group of families in the Scottish Highlands having a common hereditary chieftain.


lexentry: eng/clanger__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: clanger
trans_list: Fauxpas | Fehltritt | Schnitzer
sense:
(chiefly, UK, Commonwealth, Ireland, informal, often in the phrase drop a clanger) A very noticeable mistake; an attention-getting faux pas.


lexentry: eng/clap__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: clap
trans_list: Knall | Schlag
sense:
Any loud, sudden, explosive sound made by striking hard surfaces together, or resembling such a sound.


lexentry: eng/clapboard__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: clapboard
trans_list: Schindel
sense:
A narrow board, usually thicker at one edge than the other, used as siding for houses and similar structures of frame construction.


lexentry: eng/clapper__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: clapper
trans_list: Klöppel | Schwengel
sense:
An object so suspended inside a bell that it may hit the bell and cause it to ring; a clanger or tongue.


lexentry: eng/clapperboard__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: clapperboard
trans_list: Filmklappe
sense:
(film) A device used in film production, having hinged boards that are brought together with a clap, used at the start of each take of a motion picture or other video production to be able to synchronize picture and sound during editing.


lexentry: eng/claret__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: claret
trans_list: bordeaux
sense:
(chiefly, UK) A dry red wine produced in the Bordeaux region of France, or a similar wine made elsewhere.


lexentry: eng/clarification__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: clarification
trans_list: Verdeutlichung | Erläuterung
sense:
The act of clarifying; the act or process of making clear or transparent by freeing visible impurities; particularly, the clearing or fining of liquid substances from impurities via the separation of the insoluble particles which prevent the liquid from being transparent.


lexentry: eng/clarify__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: clarify
trans_list: klären
sense:
(ergative, of liquids, such as wine or syrup) To make or become clear or bright by freeing from impurities or turbidity.


lexentry: eng/clarify__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: clarify
trans_list: klarstellen | klären | aufklären | klar werden
sense:
(by extension) To make or become clear or easily understood; to explain or resolve in order to remove doubt or obscurity.


lexentry: eng/clarinet__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: clarinet
trans_list: Klarinette
sense:
(woodwind instrument) A woodwind musical instrument that has a distinctive liquid tone whose characteristics vary among its three registers: chalumeau (low), clarion (medium), and altissimo (high).


lexentry: eng/clarion__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: clarion
trans_list: Clairon | Fanfare
sense:
(brass instrument, historical, or, poetic) A medieval brass instrument chiefly used as a battle signal; related to the trumpet, it had a narrow, straight pipe and a high-pitched, piercing sound.


lexentry: eng/clash__Verb__1
sense_num: 06
written_rep: clash
trans_list: aufeinanderprallen | einen Krach haben | zanken | zoffen | zusammenstoßen | überschneiden
sense:
(intransitive, of clothes, decor, colours) To fail to look good together; to contrast unattractively; to fail to harmonize.


lexentry: eng/clash__Verb__1
sense_num: 07
written_rep: clash
trans_list: überschneiden
sense:
(intransitive, of events) To coincide, to happen at the same time, thereby rendering it impossible to attend all.


lexentry: eng/clasp__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: clasp
trans_list: Klammer | Spange | Verschluss | Schnalle
sense:
(countable) A device with interlocking parts used for fastening things together, such as a fastener or a holder.


lexentry: eng/class__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: class
trans_list: Klasse
sense:
(sociology, countable) A social grouping, based on job, wealth, etc. In Britain, society is commonly split into three main classes: upper class, middle class and working class.


lexentry: eng/class__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: class
trans_list: Klasse
sense:
(education, countable, and, uncountable) A group of students in a regularly scheduled meeting with a teacher.


lexentry: eng/class__Noun__1
sense_num: 08
written_rep: class
trans_list: Klasse
sense:
(countable) A group of students who commenced or completed their education during a particular year. A school class.


lexentry: eng/class__Noun__1
sense_num: 10
written_rep: class
trans_list: Classis | Klasse
sense:
(taxonomy, countable) A rank in the classification of organisms, below phylum and above order; a taxon of that rank.


lexentry: eng/class__Noun__1
sense_num: 13
written_rep: class
trans_list: Klasse
sense:
(set theory) A collection of sets definable by a shared property, especially one which is not itself a set (in which case the class is called proper).


lexentry: eng/class__Noun__1
sense_num: 15
written_rep: class
trans_list: Klasse
sense:
(object-oriented, countable) A set of objects having the same behavior (but typically differing in state), or a template defining such a set in terms of its common properties, functions, etc.


lexentry: eng/class_action__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: class action
trans_list: Sammelklage
sense:
(law, chiefly, US, Canada) A lawsuit brought by a single plaintiff or small group of plaintiffs as a representative of a large group of others having a common interest, with everyone in the large group eligible to receive damages if the plaintiff is successful.


lexentry: eng/class_consciousness__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: class consciousness
trans_list: Klassenbewusstsein
sense:
(Marxism, social sciences) An individual's awareness of their relative place within the class system of society.


lexentry: eng/class_diagram__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: class diagram
trans_list: Klassendiagramm
sense:
(software engineering) A type of static structure diagram that describes the structure of a system by showing the system's classes, their attributes, and the relationships between the classes.


lexentry: eng/class_struggle__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: class struggle
trans_list: Klassenkampf
sense:
Conflict between social or economic classes (especially between the capitalist and proletariat classes); the active expression of a theoretical class conflict looked at from any kind of socialist perspective.


lexentry: eng/classical__Adjective__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: classical
trans_list: klassisch
sense:
(informal, music) Describing art music (rather than pop, jazz, blues, etc), especially when played using instruments of the orchestra.


lexentry: eng/classical__Adjective__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: classical
trans_list: klassisch
sense:
Of or pertaining to the ancient Greeks and Romans, especially to Greek or Roman authors of the highest rank, or of the period when their best literature was produced; of or pertaining to places inhabited by the ancient Greeks and Romans, or rendered famous by their deeds.


lexentry: eng/classical_antiquity__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: classical antiquity
trans_list: Antike
sense:
(history) The era of the height of Greco-Roman civilization in southern Europe, roughly comprising the 6th century BC to the 5th century (AD), although sometimes distinguished from Late Antiquity


lexentry: eng/classical_conditioning__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: classical conditioning
trans_list: klassische Konditionierung
sense:
(psychology) A learning process in which a previously neutral stimulus (such as a bell) is paired with a potent stimulus (such as food in the case of a dog), so that the neutral stimulus comes to elicit a conditioned response (salivation) similar to the one elicited by the potent stimulus.


lexentry: eng/classical_guitar__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: classical guitar
trans_list: Klassische Gitarre
sense:
A type of flat-tabled guitar of Spanish origin used primarily for Western classical music, flamenco, and Latin American music, with six nylon (formerly gut) strings, usually played with the fingers rather than with a plectrum.


lexentry: eng/classical_mechanics__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: classical mechanics
trans_list: klassische Mechanik
sense:
(physics) All of the physical laws of nature that account for the behaviour of the normal world, but break down when dealing with the very small (see quantum mechanics) or the very fast or very heavy (see relativity).


lexentry: eng/classical_music__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: classical music
trans_list: Klassik | Klassische Musik | klassische Musik
sense:
(music genre) Music of the classical period; the music of Mozart, Haydn, etc; the musical period before the romantic.


lexentry: eng/classical_studies__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: classical studies
trans_list: Altertumswissenschaft | Altertumswissenschaften
sense:
The study of Ancient Greek and Latin, their literature, history, etc., sometimes inclusive of the study of the ancient Mediterranean generally.


lexentry: eng/classicism__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: classicism
trans_list: Klassizismus
sense:
(uncountable) All the classical traditions of the art and architecture of ancient Greece and Rome, especially the aspects of simplicity, elegance and proportion.


lexentry: eng/classification__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: classification
trans_list: Klassifikation | Klassifizierung
sense:
The act of forming into a class or classes; a distribution into groups, as classes, orders, families, etc., according to some common relations or attributes.


lexentry: eng/classified__Adjective__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: classified
trans_list: geheim
sense:
Formally assigned by a government to one of several levels of sensitivity, usually (in English) top secret, secret, confidential, and, in some countries, restricted; thereby making disclosure to unauthorized persons illegal.


lexentry: eng/classified_advertisement__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: classified advertisement
trans_list: Kleinanzeige | Annonce
sense:
Any of a list of newspaper or website advertisements included with others under a heading describing the category of product or service offered or sought.


lexentry: eng/classifier__Noun__1
written_rep: classifier
trans_list:
Klassifikator | Numeralklassifikator | Zahlklassifikator | Zähleinheitswort | Zählklassenwort | Zählwort


lexentry: eng/classism__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: classism
trans_list: Klassismus
sense:
Discrimination or prejudice that is based on social class, especially against those of lower social class.


lexentry: eng/classpath__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: classpath
trans_list: Klassenpfad
sense:
(Java programming language) The path on a file system where the Java virtual machine should look for user-defined classes and packages when running Java programs.


lexentry: eng/clathrate_compound__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: clathrate compound
trans_list: Clathrate
sense:
(chemistry) a substance consisting of molecules of one element or compound contained within the cage-like structure of another


lexentry: eng/clause__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: clause
trans_list: Nebensatz
sense:
(grammar) A group of words that contains a subject and a verb; it may be part of a sentence or may constitute the whole sentence, depending on the syntax in each instance.


lexentry: eng/clause__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: clause
trans_list: Teilsatz
sense:
(grammar) A verb along with its subject and their modifiers. If a clause provides a complete thought on its own, then it is an independent (superordinate) clause; otherwise, it is dependent (subordinate). (Independent clauses can be sentences; they can also be part of a sentence. Dependent clauses can only be part of a sentence.)


lexentry: eng/claustrum__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: claustrum
trans_list: Claustrum | Vormauer
sense:
(neuroanatomy) A thin, irregular sheet of grey matter underneath the inner part of the neocortex on both sides of the brains of mammals; its exact function is not understood, but it is believed to facilitate coordination between senses


lexentry: eng/claves__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: claves
trans_list: Claves
sense:
(musical instruments) A percussion instrument, consisting of two sticks or blocks, in which one is struck against the other in order to produce a sound.


lexentry: eng/clavichord__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: clavichord
trans_list: Clavichord | Klavichord
sense:
(musical instruments) An early keyboard instrument producing a soft sound by means of metal blades (called tangents) attached to the inner ends of the keys gently striking the strings.


lexentry: eng/clavicle__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: clavicle
trans_list: Schlüsselbein | Klavikel | Klavikula
sense:
(skeleton) The collarbone; the prominent bone at the top of the chest between the shoulder and the neck connecting the shoulder and the breastbone.


lexentry: eng/clavicytherium__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: clavicytherium
trans_list: Claviciterium | Clavicytherium | Klavicitherium | Klaviziterium | Klavizitherium
sense:
(musical instruments) A harpsichord in which the soundboard and strings are mounted vertically facing the player. [early 16th c.]


lexentry: eng/claw__Noun__1
sense_num: 06
written_rep: claw
trans_list: Schere
sense:
(botany) A slender appendage or process, formed like a claw, such as the base of petals of the pink.


lexentry: eng/clawed_frog__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: clawed frog
trans_list: Krallenfrosch
sense:
Any of a group of aquatic carnivorous frogs in the genus Xenopus, which are very small and have small claws.


lexentry: eng/clay__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: clay
trans_list: Ton | Lehm
sense:
A mineral substance made up of small crystals of silica and alumina, that is ductile when moist; the material of pre-fired ceramics.


lexentry: eng/clay__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: clay
trans_list: Asche | Ton
sense:
(tennis) A tennis court surface made of crushed stone, brick, shale, or other unbound mineral aggregate.


lexentry: eng/clay_pigeon__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: clay pigeon
trans_list: Tontaube | Wurftaube
sense:
A flying target, usually a disc, made of a mixture of pitch and pulverized limestone rock, used as moving target in sport shooting.


lexentry: eng/claymation__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: claymation
trans_list: Knetanimation
sense:
stop-motion animation where each animated piece is made from a deformable substance, typically Plasticine clay.


lexentry: eng/clean__Adjective__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: clean
trans_list: clean | sauber
sense:
Free from (or showing no signs of) corrupt, unlawful, and/or sinister conduct or connections (and (of criminal, driving, etc. records) therefore without restrictions or penalties).


lexentry: eng/clean_and_jerk__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: clean and jerk
trans_list: Stoßen
sense:
(weightlifting) The act of lifting the barbell from the floor to a resting position across the front of the shoulders (the clean phase), pausing, and thrusting the barbell over the head to a stationary position in one movement (the jerk phase). The normal technique for both parts of this act involves propelling the barbell upwards, quickly lowering the torso, and then straightening the legs.


lexentry: eng/cleaner__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: cleaner
trans_list: Reiniger
sense:
A substance used for cleaning; especially, one retailed for that purpose and meant for use on things other than one's own body.


lexentry: eng/cleaning_shoe__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cleaning shoe
trans_list: Reinigungsvorrichtung
sense:
(agriculture) The part of a harvester or combine which both sieves out large impurities such as rocks and blows out light impurities such as chaff


lexentry: eng/cleanroom__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cleanroom
trans_list: Reinraum | Reinstraum
sense:
A room or environment that is controlled in such a way as to minimize airborne particulate matter, typically for the purpose of fabricating sensitive electronic or other devices.


lexentry: eng/clear__Verb__1
sense_num: 10
written_rep: clear
trans_list: freigeben | verrechnen
sense:
(intransitive) Of a check or financial transaction, to go through as payment; to be processed so that the money is transferred.


lexentry: eng/clear__Verb__1
sense_num: 17
written_rep: clear
trans_list: klären
sense:
(transitive, intransitive, sports) To hit, kick, head, punch etc. (a ball, puck) away in order to defend one's goal.


lexentry: eng/clear_one's_throat__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: clear one's throat
trans_list: räuspern
sense:
Forcibly, sometimes mutedly, expelling air from one's lungs, sometimes to clear mucus, sometimes to attract attention to something; less vigorous than coughing.


lexentry: eng/clearance__Noun__1
sense_num: 07
written_rep: clearance
trans_list: Ausverkauf
sense:
(retail) A sale of merchandise, especially at significantly reduced prices, usually in order to make room for new merchandise or updated versions of the same merchandise; sometimes as a closeout.


lexentry: eng/clearance_rate__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: clearance rate
trans_list: Aufklärungsquote | Aufklärungsrate
sense:
(crime, law enforcement) The proportion of crimes that are solved by the police with respect to the total number of crimes reported.


lexentry: eng/clearing__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: clearing
trans_list: Abrechnungsverkehr | Clearing | Geldausgleich | Verrechnung | Zahlungsausgleich unter Banken
sense:
(banking, finance) A process of exchanging transaction information and authorisation through a central institution or system to complete and settle those transactions.


lexentry: eng/clearing_house__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: clearing house
trans_list: Abrechnungsstelle | Clearing-Stelle | Giroausgleichsstelle | Verrechnungsstelle
sense:
A central point where clearing banks and other financial firms exchange checks, settle accounts, etc.


lexentry: eng/clearness__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: clearness
trans_list: Klarheit
sense:
The state of being free from obscurities or opacity; distinctness of light, colour etc. [from 17th c.]


lexentry: eng/cleavage__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: cleavage
trans_list: Dekolletee | Dekolleté
sense:
The hollow or separation between a woman's breasts, especially as revealed by a low neckline. [from 20th c.]


lexentry: eng/clef__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: clef
trans_list: Schlüssel | Notenschlüssel
sense:
(music) A symbol found on a musical staff that indicates the pitches represented by the lines and the spaces on the staff [from Template:SAFESUBST: c.]


lexentry: eng/cleft_chin__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cleft chin
trans_list: Kinngrübchen
sense:
An anatomical genetic trait in which a fissure in the lower jaw causes a visible dimple in the center of the chin.


lexentry: eng/cleft_palate__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cleft palate
trans_list: Gaumenspalte | Wolfsrachen
sense:
(teratology) An abnormal condition in which the two plates of the skull that form the hard palate (roof of the mouth) are not completely joined.


lexentry: eng/cleft_sentence__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cleft sentence
trans_list: Spaltsatz
sense:
(linguistics) A complex sentence whose meaning could be expressed by a simple sentence, that has a dependent clause in front of the main clause, and that typically stresses a particular constituent.


lexentry: eng/clematis__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: clematis
trans_list: Waldrebe
sense:
(botany) Any plant of the genus Clematis, vigorous climbing lianas found throughout the temperate zones.


lexentry: eng/clemency__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: clemency
trans_list: Milde | Begnadigung | Gnade | Mildheit
sense:
(legal) A pardon, commutation, or similar reduction, removal, or postponement of legal penalties by an executive officer of a state.


lexentry: eng/clementine__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: clementine
trans_list: Clementine | Klementine
sense:
A type of small, sweet-tasting orange, the result of a hybrid cross between the willowleaf variety of mandarin orange (Citrus × aurantium f. deliciosa) and a sweet orange (Citrus sinensis). Scientific name: Citrus × clementina.


lexentry: eng/clenbuterol__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: clenbuterol
trans_list: Clenbuterol
sense:
(pharmaceutical drug) The decongestant and bronchodilator 1-(4-amino-3,5-dichlorophenyl)-2-(tert-butylamino)ethanol.


lexentry: eng/clerestory__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: clerestory
trans_list: Fenstergaden | Lichtgaden | Obergaden
sense:
(architecture) The upper part of a wall containing windows to let in natural light to a building, especially in the nave, transept and choir of a church or cathedral.


lexentry: eng/clerical_collar__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: clerical collar
trans_list: Kollar
sense:
A stiff white collar, having no opening at the front, fastened at the back, worn by members of the Christian clergy.


lexentry: eng/clerihew__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: clerihew
trans_list: Clerihew
sense:
A humorous rhyme of four lines with the rhyming scheme AABB, usually regarding a person mentioned in the first line. [from 1920s]


lexentry: eng/clerk__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: clerk
trans_list: Angestellte | Buchhalter | Büroangestellte | Bürokauffrau | Bürokaufmann | Gerichtsschreiber
sense:
One who occupationally provides assistance by working with records, accounts, letters, etc.; an office worker.


lexentry: eng/clever_clogs__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: clever clogs
trans_list: Neunmalkluge | Neunmalkluger | Schlauberger | Schlaumeier
sense:
(slang, UK, and, Ireland) Somebody who is rather too clever; a smart aleck; sometimes used as an epithet.


lexentry: eng/clever_dick__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: clever dick
trans_list: Schlaumeier
sense:
(informal, chiefly, British) A person who annoyingly tries too hard to impress with their cleverness.


lexentry: eng/clevis__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: clevis
trans_list: Bügel | Gabelkopf | U-Klammer | U-Kupplung
sense:
A U-shaped coupling having holes at each end, through which a bolt is run; used especially to fit attachments to a tractor or other vehicle as it allows a degree of rotation about the bolt.


lexentry: eng/cliché__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cliché
trans_list: Klischee | Gemeinplatz | Abgedroschenheit | Banalität | Floskel | Plattheit
sense:
Something, most often a phrase or expression, that is overused or used outside its original context, so that its original impact and meaning are lost. A trite saying; a platitude. [from 19th c.]


lexentry: eng/click__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: click
trans_list: Schnalzlaut | Klick
sense:
(phonetics) An ingressive sound made by coarticulating a velar or uvular closure with another closure.


lexentry: eng/click__Noun__1
sense_num: 06
written_rep: click
trans_list: Klick | Mausklick | Klicken
sense:
(GUI) The act of pressing a button on a computer mouse or similar input device, both as a physical act and a reaction in the software.


lexentry: eng/click__Verb__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: click
trans_list: klicken | anklicken
sense:
(transitive, GUI) To select a software item using, usually, but not always, the pressing of a mouse button.


lexentry: eng/click_beetle__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: click beetle
trans_list: Schnellkäfer
sense:
Any of various beetles of the family Elateridae, generally less than 20 mm long, which, if turned upside down, flip themselves into the air with a clicking sound.


lexentry: eng/clickbait__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: clickbait
trans_list: Clickbait | Klickköder
sense:
(Internet, _, marketing, pejorative) Website content that is aimed at generating advertising revenue, especially at the expense of quality or accuracy, relying on sensationalist headlines to attract click-throughs; such headlines.


lexentry: eng/client__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: client
trans_list: Klient | Client
sense:
(computing) The role of a computer application or system that requests and/or consumes the services provided by another having the role of server.


lexentry: eng/clientele__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: clientele
trans_list: Kundschaft | Klientel
sense:
The body or class of people who frequent an establishment or purchase a service, especially when considered as forming a more-or-less homogeneous group of clients in terms of values or habits.


lexentry: eng/cliff_face__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cliff face
trans_list: Bergwand | Felswand
sense:
The very steep, vertical, or overhanging section of rock, earth, or ice slope usually free of any vegetation or loose material.


lexentry: eng/cliffhanger__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cliffhanger
trans_list: offenes Ende
sense:
(narratology) An ending or stopping point calculated to leave a story unresolved, in order to create suspense.


lexentry: eng/climacteric__Adjective__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: climacteric
trans_list: klimakterisch
sense:
(medicine) Relating to a period of physiological change during middle age; especially, menopausal. [from 18th c.]


lexentry: eng/climacteric__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: climacteric
trans_list: Klimakterium
sense:
(medicine) The period of life that leads up to and follows the end of menstruation in women; the menopause. [from 18th c.]


lexentry: eng/climacterium__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: climacterium
trans_list: Klimakterium
sense:
(medical) The bodily and mental changes linked to the reproductive and endocrine function in men and women occurring during the latter part of middle age.


lexentry: eng/climate__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: climate
trans_list: Klima
sense:
The long-term manifestations of weather and other atmospheric conditions in a given area or country, now usually represented by the statistical summary of its weather conditions during a period long enough to ensure that representative values are obtained (generally 30 years).


lexentry: eng/climate_catastrophe__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: climate catastrophe
trans_list: Klimakatastrophe
sense:
The severe negative effects of climate change on both the natural world and humanity as a result of extreme weather events, sea level rise, biodiversity loss, etc.


lexentry: eng/climate_change__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: climate change
trans_list: Klimawandel | Klimaveränderung | Klimaänderung | Klimaentwicklung
sense:
Rapid, large-scale, and long-term change in the Earth's climatic system produced by global warming; anthropogenic climate change.


lexentry: eng/climate_emergency__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: climate emergency
trans_list: Klimanotstand
sense:
The dangerous situation in which anthropogenic climate change threatens to cause irreversible environmental damage.


lexentry: eng/climate_refugee__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: climate refugee
trans_list: Klimaflüchtling
sense:
A person who is forced to flee their home due to anthropogenic climate change that made their region unliveable. [from 1980s]


lexentry: eng/climate_sceptic__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: climate sceptic
trans_list: Klimaskeptiker | Klimaskeptikerin
sense:
A person who does not believe climate change is happening or does not believe it is caused by human activity.


lexentry: eng/climate_strike__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: climate strike
trans_list: Klimastreik
sense:
A protest in which people absent themselves from professional or educational activities in order to join demonstrations calling for action to counter climate change.


lexentry: eng/climb__Verb__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: climb
trans_list: klettern
sense:
(transitive) To move (especially up and down something) by gripping with the hands and using the feet.


lexentry: eng/climber__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: climber
trans_list: Kletterpflanze | Schlingpflanze
sense:
(botany) A plant such as a vine that climbs upwards as it grows by attaching itself to some support.


lexentry: eng/climbing__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: climbing
trans_list: Klettern | Kletterei
sense:
(uncountable) The sport of climbing, ascending a wall or a rock or another object using available holds, generally with the safety of a rope and belayer.


lexentry: eng/clinch__Noun__1
sense_num: 07
written_rep: clinch
trans_list: Clinch
sense:
(wrestling, combat sports) The act of one or both fighters holding onto the other to prevent being hit or engage in standup grappling.


lexentry: eng/cline__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cline
trans_list: Kline
sense:
(systematics, evolution, biogeography) A gradation in a character or phenotype within a species, deme, or other systematic group.


lexentry: eng/clingy__Adjective__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: clingy
trans_list: anhänglich | klammernd | possessiv
sense:
(informal, usually, derogatory) Pathetically attached to, or possessive of someone, usually a significant other.


lexentry: eng/clinic__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: clinic
trans_list: Klinik | Ambulanz
sense:
A medical facility, such as a hospital, especially one for the treatment and diagnosis of outpatients.


lexentry: eng/clinical__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: clinical
trans_list: klinisch
sense:
(medicine) Dealing with the practical management of patients, in practice#Noun at the point of care; as contrasted with other health care venues (see clinical medicine#Noun for more explanation).


lexentry: eng/clinical_death__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: clinical death
trans_list: klinischer Tod
sense:
(medicine, legal) A state in which usual medically observable vital signs—such as respiration, heartbeat, and corneal reflex—are not present, but from which patients are sometimes revived.


lexentry: eng/clinical_psychology__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: clinical psychology
trans_list: Klinische Psychologie
sense:
(psychology) A branch of psychology with the purpose of understanding, preventing, and relieving psychologically based distress or dysfunction and to promote subjective well-being and personal development.


lexentry: eng/clinician__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: clinician
sense:
(chiefly, US) Someone who conducts a clinic; an expert or skilled practitioner in a particular field, such as business or education. In this sense, a clinician is someone who provides practical advice or hands-on assistance to others in a specific area of expertise. For example, a business clinician might be an experienced consultant who helps companies improve their operations, while an education clinician might be a skilled teacher who provides professional development and support to other educators.

trans_list:
Kliniker | Klinikerin | Klinikangestellter | Klinikmitarbeiter | Krankenhausarzt | Krankenhausärztin


lexentry: eng/clink__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: clink
trans_list: anstoßen
sense:
(ambitransitive) To make a clinking sound; to make a sound of metal on metal or glass on glass; to strike materials such as metal or glass against one another.


lexentry: eng/clinker__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: clinker
trans_list: Schlacke
sense:
Slag or ash produced by intense heat in a furnace, kiln or boiler that forms a hard residue upon cooling. [from 18th c.]


lexentry: eng/clinometer__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: clinometer
trans_list: Klinometer | Neigungsmesser
sense:
An apparatus for measuring a vertical angle, a slope, or the height of a large object (e.g. a tree).


lexentry: eng/clip__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: clip
trans_list: Ladestreifen
sense:
(military) A frame containing a number of rounds of ammunition which is intended to be inserted into an internal magazine of a firearm to allow for rapid reloading.


lexentry: eng/clipboard__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: clipboard
trans_list: Zwischenablage | Klemmbrett
sense:
(computing) A buffer in memory where the user can store data temporarily while transferring it from one place within an application to another or between applications.


lexentry: eng/clipper__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: clipper
trans_list: Klipper
sense:
(nautical) Any of several forms of very fast sailing ships having a long, low hull and a sharply raked stem.


lexentry: eng/clipping__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: clipping
trans_list: Kurzform | Kurzwortbildung | Verkürzung
sense:
(countable, linguistics) A short form (of a longer word) created by removing syllables, often terminal ones.


lexentry: eng/clitellum__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: clitellum
trans_list: Gürtel
sense:
(biology) A glandular swelling in the epidermis of some annelid worms; it secretes a viscous fluid in which the eggs are deposited.


lexentry: eng/clitic__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: clitic
trans_list: Klitikon
sense:
(linguistics) A morpheme that functions like a word, but never appears as an independent word, instead being always attached to a following or preceding word (or, in some cases, within a surrounding word).


lexentry: eng/clitoral_hood__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: clitoral hood
trans_list: Klitorisvorhaut
sense:
A fold of skin that surrounds and protects the clitoris, homologous with the male foreskin; the female prepuce.


lexentry: eng/clitoris__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: clitoris
trans_list: Klitoris | Kitzler
sense:
(anatomy) A sensitive elongated erectile sex organ at the anterior part of the vulva in female humans and other mammals. [from 17th c.]


lexentry: eng/cloaca__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: cloaca
trans_list: Kloake
sense:
(anatomy, zoology) The opening in reptiles, amphibians and birds, as well as elasmobranchians, lobe-finned fishes, marsupials and monotreme mammals, which serves as the common outlet for the urogenital ducts and rectum.


lexentry: eng/clobber__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: clobber
trans_list: überschreiben
sense:
(transitive, computing, slang) To overwrite (data) or override (an assignment of a value), often unintentionally or unexpectedly.


lexentry: eng/cloche__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cloche
trans_list: Folienschutz | Glasschutz
sense:
A glass covering, originally bell-shaped, for garden plants to prevent frost damage and promote early growth.


lexentry: eng/clock__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: clock
trans_list: Taktsignal | Uhr
sense:
(electronics) An electrical signal that synchronizes timing among digital circuits of semiconductor chips or modules.


lexentry: eng/clock_generator__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: clock generator
trans_list: Taktgeber
sense:
(computing, electronics) a circuit that produces a timing signal for use in synchronizing a circuit's operation.


lexentry: eng/clock_in__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: clock in
trans_list: stempeln
sense:
(US) To begin working time, especially by punching in (entering a workplace by punching a time card with the time clock).


lexentry: eng/clock_tower__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: clock tower
trans_list: Uhrturm
sense:
(architecture) A tower, usually in a prominent position, having a large clock in a high position, often with several faces.


lexentry: eng/clockwork__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: clockwork
trans_list: Uhrwerk | Federwerk
sense:
A mechanism powered by a coiled spring and regulated by some form of escapement; the power is transmitted through toothed gearwheels and used to drive a mechanical clock, toy, or other device.


lexentry: eng/cloister__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cloister
trans_list: Kreuzgang
sense:
A covered walk with an open colonnade on one side, running along the walls of buildings that surround a quadrangle; especially:


lexentry: eng/cloister_vault__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cloister vault
trans_list: Klostergewölbe
sense:
(architecture) A vault resulting from the intersection of two barrel vaults crossing in a right angle. The angles of intersection are groins with projecting angles at the base, which die away at the summit.


lexentry: eng/clonazepam__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: clonazepam
trans_list: Clonazepam
sense:
(organic compound, pharmaceutical drug) A benzodiazepine with potent anticonvulsant used especially in the treatment of epilepsy and other seizure disorders; C15H10ClN3O3. It is a derivative of nitrazepam.


lexentry: eng/clone__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: clone
trans_list: Klon
sense:
A living organism (originally a plant) produced asexually from a single ancestor, to which it is genetically identical.


lexentry: eng/close,_but_no_cigar__Phrase__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: close, but no cigar
trans_list: dicht daneben ist auch vorbei | knapp daneben ist auch vorbei
sense:
(idiomatic, originally, US, colloquial) Used to indicate that one is almost correct or has almost succeeded, but not quite. [from early 20th c.]


lexentry: eng/close-mid__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: close-mid
trans_list: halbgeschlossen
sense:
(phonetics, of a vowel) pronounced with the tongue in a position approximately two-thirds of the way between an open and a close vowel


lexentry: eng/close-up__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: close-up
trans_list: Nahaufnahme
sense:
(photography) A photographic (or other) image in which the subject is shown at a relatively large scale, and occupies most or all of the frame.


lexentry: eng/close__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: close
trans_list: schließen | zumachen
sense:
(ambitransitive) To move a thing, or part of a thing, nearer to another so that the gap or opening between the two is removed.


lexentry: eng/close__Verb__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: close
trans_list: schließen
sense:
(intransitive) To do the tasks (putting things away, locking doors, etc.) required to prepare a store or other establishment to shut down for the night.


lexentry: eng/close_ranks__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: close ranks
trans_list: die Reihen schließen
sense:
(figuratively) To regroup forces, especially when this involves overlooking differences in order to face a challenge or adverse situation. Often implies making a show of unity, especially to the public.


lexentry: eng/close_the_stable_door_after_the_horse_has_bolted__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: close the stable door after the horse has bolted
trans_list: den Brunnen zudecken, wenn das Kind hineingefallen ist
sense:
(idiomatic) To attempt to prevent a problem that has already occurred; to design and implement a preventive mechanism that is too late (after the first failure instead of before).


lexentry: eng/closed_caption__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: closed caption
trans_list: geschlossener Untertitel | optional zuschaltbarer Untertitel
sense:
(television) Text which can be displayed on a television or other video screen with suitable equipment, usually a transcription or description of audio material.


lexentry: eng/closedown__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: closedown
trans_list: Sendeschluss
sense:
(radio, television) The point when a radio or television station shuts down transmission and goes off the air for a predetermined period, as used to happen overnight.


lexentry: eng/closeout__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: closeout
trans_list: Totalausverkauf
sense:
(retail) A sale in which all merchandise is sold, at whatever reduced price is necessary; especially, such a sale for the purpose of either dispensing with a discontinued product line or preparing to close down the store.


lexentry: eng/closet__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: closet
trans_list: Schrank | Wandschrank
sense:
(figuratively) A secret or hiding place, (particularly) the hiding place in English idioms such as in the closet and skeleton in the closet.


lexentry: eng/closet__Noun__1
sense_num: 06
written_rep: closet
trans_list: Schrank | Wandschrank
sense:
(obsolete) Clipping of closet of ease, (later, UK) clipping of water closet: a room containing a toilet.


lexentry: eng/closeup__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: closeup
trans_list: Nahaufnahme
sense:
(film) A video or film recording made with the camera positioned close to an actor, often so that only the head or face is visible.


lexentry: eng/closure__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: closure
trans_list: Abschluss
sense:
(figurative) A feeling of completeness; the experience of an emotional conclusion, usually to a difficult period.


lexentry: eng/closure__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: closure
trans_list: Closure | Funktionsabschluss
sense:
(programming) An abstraction that represents a function within an environment, a context consisting of the variables that are both bound at a particular time during the execution of the program and that are within the function's scope.


lexentry: eng/closure__Noun__1
sense_num: 11
written_rep: closure
trans_list: Schließen
sense:
(politics) A method of ending a parliamentary debate and securing an immediate vote upon a measure before a legislative body.


lexentry: eng/closure_temperature__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: closure temperature
trans_list: Schließungstemperatur
sense:
(geology) The temperature, of a mineral, etc., below which there is no significant diffusion of isotopes into the external environment; the temperature of said mineral at the time it was formed (as calculated by radiometric dating).


lexentry: eng/cloth__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cloth
trans_list: Tuch | Stoff
sense:
(countable, uncountable) A fabric, usually made of woven, knitted, or felted fibres or filaments, such as used in dressing, decorating, cleaning or other practical use.


lexentry: eng/clothes_dryer__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: clothes dryer
trans_list: Wäschetrockner
sense:
An electrical appliance used for drying clothes, usually by tumbling them in a heated rotating drum.


lexentry: eng/clothes_moth__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: clothes moth
trans_list: Kleidermotte
sense:
Any of several small, yellowish or buff-colored moths of the family Tineidae, feeding on textiles (wool, fur, feathers).


lexentry: eng/clothes_peg__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: clothes peg
trans_list: Wäscheklammer | Kluppe
sense:
(British, Australia, NZ, Canada) An object (usually made of wood or plastic) used to attach wet laundry to a clothesline so that it (the laundry) can dry.


lexentry: eng/clotheshorse__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: clotheshorse
trans_list: Modepuppe | Modepüppchen
sense:
(slang, figurative, somewhat, derogatory) A person excessively concerned with the appearance of their clothing.


lexentry: eng/clothesline__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: clothesline
trans_list: Wäscheleine
sense:
(North America, informal) The act of knocking a person over by striking his or her upper body or neck with one's arm, as if he or she had run into a low clothesline.


lexentry: eng/clotted_cream__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: clotted cream
trans_list: Streichrahm
sense:
A thick, sweet dairy product, made by skimming the thickened layer off the top of unhomogenized cream that has been heated and allowed to stand. Fat content is at least 55%.


lexentry: eng/cloud__Noun__1
sense_num: 10
written_rep: cloud
trans_list: Cloud | Wolke
sense:
(cloud computing, with "the") The Internet, regarded as an abstract amorphous omnipresent space for processing and storage, the focus of cloud computing.


lexentry: eng/cloud_computing__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cloud computing
trans_list: Rechnerwolke | Cloud-Computing
sense:
(informal, computing) Computing services provided over the Internet (or the “cloud”), whereby shared resources, software, and information are provided to computers and other devices on demand.


lexentry: eng/clouded_leopard__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: clouded leopard
trans_list: Nebelparder
sense:
(especially) A mainland clouded leopard, a medium-sized, arboreal cat of species Neofelis nebulosa, found in Southeast Asia.


lexentry: eng/clove__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: clove
trans_list: Gewürznelke | Nelke
sense:
(uncountable, or, countable) A very pungent aromatic spice, the unexpanded flower bud of the clove tree.


lexentry: eng/clove_hitch__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: clove hitch
trans_list: Mastwurf
sense:
(nautical) a bend formed by two half hitches in the same direction, used to make a line fast to a spar or to a larger rope; it will not slip


lexentry: eng/clover__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: clover
trans_list: Klee
sense:
A plant of the genus Trifolium with leaves usually divided into three (rarely four) leaflets and with white or red flowers.


lexentry: eng/cloverleaf_interchange__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cloverleaf interchange
trans_list: Kleeblatt | Kleeblattkreuz
sense:
(US, Canada) A junction of two highways, one crossing over the other, having a series of exit and entrance ramps, arranged in the form of a four-leaf clover, such that traffic may proceed from either highway in all directions.


lexentry: eng/clown__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: clown
trans_list: Clown | Clownin
sense:
A slapstick performance artist often associated with a circus and usually characterized by bright, oversized clothing, a red nose, face paint, and a brightly colored wig.


lexentry: eng/clownfish__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: clownfish
trans_list: Anemonenfisch | Clownfisch
sense:
Any of the colorful fish of genera Amphiprion and Premnas in subfamily Amphiprioninae of family Pomacentridae, native to the Pacific and Indian Oceans, notable for their mutual relationship with sea anemones.


lexentry: eng/club__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: club
trans_list: Klub | Verein
sense:
(countable) An association of members joining together for some common purpose, especially sports or recreation.


lexentry: eng/club__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: club
trans_list: Keule
sense:
(countable) A heavy object, often a kind of stick, intended for use as a bludgeoning weapon or a plaything.


lexentry: eng/club__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: club
trans_list: Nachtklub | Nachtlokal
sense:
An establishment that provides staged entertainment, often with food and drink, such as a nightclub.


lexentry: eng/club__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: club
trans_list: Kreuz | Treff
sense:
(card games) A black clover shape (♣), one of the four symbols used to mark the suits of playing cards.


lexentry: eng/club_moss__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: club moss
trans_list: Bärlapp
sense:
Any of various simple microphyllous vascular plants, of the family Lycopodiaceae, that resemble mosses and produce spores.


lexentry: eng/club_soda__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: club soda
trans_list: Sodawasser
sense:
(North America) A carbonated beverage consisting mainly of carbonated water, with or without a few other minor ingredients such as potassium citrate.


lexentry: eng/clue__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: clue
trans_list: Hinweis
sense:
(now, _, rare) A strand of yarn etc. as used to guide one through a labyrinth; something which points the way, a guide.


lexentry: eng/clumsy__Adjective__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: clumsy
trans_list: klobig | plump | unbeholfen | sperrig | unhandlich
sense:
Awkward or inefficient in use or construction, difficult to handle or manage especially because of shape.


lexentry: eng/cluster__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cluster
trans_list: Cluster | Schwarm | Sternhaufen
sense:
(astronomy) A group of galaxies, nebulae, or stars that appear to the naked eye to be near each other.


lexentry: eng/cluster__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cluster
trans_list: Traube
sense:
(linguistics) Synonym of lexical bundle (“a sequence of two or more words that occur in a language with high frequency but are not idiomatic”).


lexentry: eng/cluster__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cluster
trans_list: Gruppe | Haufen
sense:
(statistics) In cluster analysis: a subset of a population whose members are similar enough to each other and distinct from others as to be considered a separate group; also, such a grouping in a set of observed data that is statistically significant.


lexentry: eng/cluster_bomb__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cluster bomb
trans_list: Streubombe
sense:
An explosive munition designed to explode in the air and release a cluster of smaller explosives, thus spreading the blast over a larger area.


lexentry: eng/cluster_set__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cluster set
trans_list: Clustersatz
sense:
(bodybuilding) A set of repetitions of an exercise with measured interrepetition / intraset rest periods.


lexentry: eng/clusterfuck__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: clusterfuck
trans_list: Riesenchaos | Riesenfiasko | Riesenkacke | Riesenscheiße
sense:
(slang, vulgar) A chaotic situation where everything seems to go wrong, often caused by communication failure, a complex environment, or incompetence.


lexentry: eng/clustering__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: clustering
trans_list: Gruppe
sense:
(writing) A prewriting technique consisting of writing ideas down on a sheet of paper around a central idea within a circle, with the related ideas radially joined to the circle using rays.


lexentry: eng/clutch__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: clutch
trans_list: Kupplung | Kupplungspedal
sense:
A device to interrupt power transmission, commonly used to separate the engine and gearbox in a car. [from 19th c.]


lexentry: eng/clutch__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: clutch
trans_list: Kupplungspedal | Kupplung
sense:
The pedal in a car that disengages power and torque transmission from the engine (through the drivetrain) to the drive wheels.


lexentry: eng/clutch_pedal__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: clutch pedal
trans_list: Kupplungspedal
sense:
(automotive) A pedal in a manual transmission car that modulates the clutch mechanism, via clutch plate pressure.


lexentry: eng/clutter__Verb__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: clutter
trans_list: poltern
sense:
(transitive, intransitive) To utter words hurriedly, especially (but not exclusively) as a speech disorder (compare cluttering).


lexentry: eng/cluttering__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: cluttering
trans_list: Battarismus | Poltern | Tachyphemie
sense:
A speech disorder characterized by fast, jerky, or irregular speech, which often sounds like stuttering.


lexentry: eng/cnidarian__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cnidarian
trans_list: Nesseltier
sense:
(zoology) Any of various invertebrate animals, such as jellyfish, hydras, sea anemones, corals and formerly sponges and ctenophores that belong to the phylum Cnidaria. [from 19th c.]


lexentry: eng/cnidocyte__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cnidocyte
trans_list: Nesselzelle
sense:
(biology) A capsule, in certain cnidarians, containing a barbed, string-like tube that transfers a paralyzing sting.


lexentry: eng/co-brother-in-law__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: co-brother-in-law
trans_list: Schwager | Schwippschwager
sense:
(uncommon) One's spouse's brother-in-law (one's spouse's sibling's husband), especially one's wife's sister's husband; either of two (or more) men who marry sisters, in relation to the other; the brother of one spouse in relation to the siblings of the other spouse.


lexentry: eng/co-cathedral__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: co-cathedral
trans_list: Konkathedrale
sense:
(Christianity) One of a group of churches (usually a pair) which share the function of being the seat of a bishop.


lexentry: eng/co-counselling__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: co-counselling
trans_list: co-counseln
sense:
A form of self-help counselling in which each person takes equal turns, usually in pairs, to work on the things in themselves and their lives that they would like to change. This person is mostly or wholly in charge; the other person or people mainly give supportive attention, or suggest ways of working.


lexentry: eng/co-father-in-law__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: co-father-in-law
trans_list: Gegenschwäher | Mitschwiegervater
sense:
The father of one's son- or daughter-in-law; that is, the father-in-law of one's child, or, the father of one spouse in relation to the father of the other spouse; either of two or more men whose children marry each other, such as the father of a bride vis-à-vis the father of the groom.


lexentry: eng/co-sibling-in-law__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: co-sibling-in-law
trans_list: Schwippschwager/Schwippschwägerin
sense:
(rare) One's spouse's sibling's spouse; either of two (or more) people who marry siblings, from the perspective of the other.


lexentry: eng/coagulation__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: coagulation
trans_list: Blutgerinnung | Hämostase | Gerinnung
sense:
The precipitation of suspended particles as they increase in size by any of several physical or chemical processes. (e.g. coagulation of proteins)


lexentry: eng/coal__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: coal
trans_list: Kohle | Steinkohle
sense:
(uncountable) A black or brownish black rock formed from prehistoric plant remains, composed largely of carbon and burned as a fuel.


lexentry: eng/coal_gas__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: coal gas
trans_list: Leuchtgas
sense:
(petrochemistry) The poisonous gas, used domestically for cooking etc and formerly for lighting, prepared by heating coal with steam (gasification); it is a mixture of hydrogen and carbon monoxide; sometimes synonymous with synthesis gas or town gas.


lexentry: eng/coalescer__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: coalescer
trans_list: Koaleszer
sense:
Any of several devices used to perform coalescence; especially to make the fatty elements of an emulsion to coalesce into larger droplets in order to facilitate their separation.


lexentry: eng/coalface__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: coalface
trans_list: Schmiede
sense:
(figurative, UK) A place where more tangible, practical, or direct work of an activity is done, as opposed to theoretical or managerial work.


lexentry: eng/coalfish__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: coalfish
trans_list: Köhler | Kohlfisch
sense:
Any of several blackish fish, especially Pollachius virens, a pollack, and Anoplopoma fimbria, sablefish.


lexentry: eng/coast__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: coast
trans_list: gleiten | ohne zu treten
sense:
(intransitive) To glide along without adding energy; to allow a vehicle to continue moving forward after disengaging the engine or ceasing to apply motive power.


lexentry: eng/coaster__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: coaster
trans_list: Küstenschiff
sense:
A merchant vessel that stays in coastal waters, especially one that travels between ports of the same country.


lexentry: eng/coaster__Noun__2
sense_num: 02
written_rep: coaster
trans_list: Bierdeckel | Untersatz | Untersetzer
sense:
A small, flat or tray-like object on which a bottle, cup, glass, mug, etc., is placed to protect a table surface from drink spills, heat, or water condensation.


lexentry: eng/coaster_brake__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: coaster brake
trans_list: Rücktrittbremse
sense:
A special rear hub for a bicycle that functions as a brake when the user pedals backwards, and which allows the bicycle to roll without forcing the pedals to turn.


lexentry: eng/coastline__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: coastline
trans_list: Küstenlinie
sense:
The shape, outline, or boundary of a coast. (The term coastline is generally used to describe the approximate boundaries at relatively large spatial scales.)


lexentry: eng/coat_hanger__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: coat hanger
trans_list: Kleiderbügel | Bügel
sense:
A device used to hang up coats, shirts, etc, consisting of a hook with sloping "arms" in the approximate shape of human shoulders.


lexentry: eng/coat_of_arms__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: coat of arms
trans_list: Wappen | Wappenschild | Staatswappen | Reichswappen
sense:
(heraldry) Hereditary designs and symbols depicted on an escutcheon, sometimes accompanied by other elements of a heraldic achievement, such as a helm, crest, crest coronet, torse, mantling and supporters; described by a blazon.


lexentry: eng/coat_rack__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: coat rack
trans_list: Kleiderständer | Garderobenständer
sense:
A rack or stand with hooks or pegs for holding hats and coats, often placed near an entrance for temporary use


lexentry: eng/coati__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: coati
trans_list: Nasenbär
sense:
Any of several omnivorous mammals, of the genus Nasua, that live in the range from southern United States to northern Argentina.


lexentry: eng/coax__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: coax
trans_list: schmeicheln | beschwatzen | bezirzen | ködern | locken | überreden
sense:
(transitive) To wheedle or persuade (a person, organisation, animal etc.) gradually or by use of flattery to do something.


lexentry: eng/coax__Verb__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: coax
trans_list: vorsichtig bugsieren
sense:
(transitive) To carefully manipulate (someone or something) into a particular desired state, situation or position.


lexentry: eng/coaxial_cable__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: coaxial cable
trans_list: Koaxialkabel | Koaxkabel
sense:
(electronics, telecommunications) A transmission line, consisting of a conducting wire surrounded by an insulated spacer, surrounded by a cylindrical conducting sheath; used to carry high frequency signals such as TV.


lexentry: eng/cobaltite__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cobaltite
trans_list: Cobaltit
sense:
(mineral) A rare gray mineral, a mixed sulfide and arsenide of cobalt and iron with chemical formula CoAsS; it is an ore of cobalt.


lexentry: eng/cobber__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cobber
trans_list: Alte
sense:
(Australia, slang, dated) A pal, buddy, mate, friend; often used in direct address by one male to another.


lexentry: eng/cobble_together__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cobble together
trans_list: zusammenschustern
sense:
To put together (something) without adequate preparation or equipment; to improvise (something) minimally usable.


lexentry: eng/cobbler__Noun__6
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cobbler
trans_list: Auflauf | Fruchtpastete | Obstauflauf
sense:
(US) Often preceded by a descriptive word as in apple cobbler, peach cobbler, etc.: a kind of pie, usually filled with fruit, originally having a crust at the base but nowadays generally lacking this and instead topped with a thick, cake-like pastry layer.


lexentry: eng/cobelligerent__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cobelligerent
trans_list: Kriegsverbündeter | Verbündete | Verbündeter
sense:
Country that wages war against a common enemy, without the countries on the same side having a formal treaty of military alliance.


lexentry: eng/cobra_effect__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cobra effect
trans_list: Kobra-Effekt
sense:
The phenomenon where an attempted solution to a problem has an unintended consequence that makes the original problem worse.


lexentry: eng/cobweb_spider__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cobweb spider
trans_list: Haubennetzspinne | Kugelspinne
sense:
Any spider of the world-spanning family Theridiidae, that build tangle space webs and have a comb of serrated bristles (setae) on the tarsus of the fourth leg.


lexentry: eng/coca__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: coca
trans_list: Koka | Cocablatt
sense:
The dried leaf of one of these plants, the South American shrub (Erythroxylum coca), widely cultivated in Andean countries, which is the source of cocaine and used as aphrodisiac in the past.


lexentry: eng/cocaine__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cocaine
trans_list: Kokain
sense:
(uncountable, organic compound, pharmaceutical drug) An addictive drug derived from coca (Erythroxylum) or prepared synthetically, used sometimes medicinally as a local anesthetic and, often illegally, as a stimulant.


lexentry: eng/cochineal__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cochineal
trans_list: Cochenille | Cochenillelaus | Cochenilleschildlaus
sense:
(countable) A scale insect of the species Dactylopius coccus, native to the tropical and subtropical Americas, which lives on prickly pear cacti (genus Opuntia).


lexentry: eng/cock_cheese__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cock cheese
trans_list: Nillenkäse
sense:
(slang, vulgar, idiomatic) Smegma or dried semen on the glans penis, usually underneath the foreskin.


lexentry: eng/cock_ring__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cock ring
trans_list: Cockring | Penisring
sense:
(slang, vulgar, sex) A band, worn around the base of the penis, used to slow down the flow of blood from the penile tissue and hence maintain an erection.


lexentry: eng/cock_tease__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cock tease
trans_list: Schwanzfopperin
sense:
(slang, vulgar, chiefly, derogatory) A person, usually a woman, who teases a man but then withdraws an implied promise of sexual intercourse.


lexentry: eng/cock_up__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cock up
trans_list: verbocken | versauen | versemmeln
sense:
(ambitransitive, chiefly, UK, Commonwealth, Ireland, slang, mildly) To ruin (something) unintentionally; to fuck up, mess up, or screw up.


lexentry: eng/cockatiel__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cockatiel
trans_list: Nymphensittich
sense:
Nymphicus hollandicus, a small, rather atypical cockatoo with a distinctive pointed yellow crest, native to Australia. Avicultural forms come in many color mutations such as White Face Gray, White Face Pearl, Fallow, Pearl Pied, Cinnamon Pearl, and White Face Pied.


lexentry: eng/cockfighting__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cockfighting
trans_list: Hahnenkampf
sense:
A gambling blood sport (illegal in most countries) in which two roosters have spikes placed on their feet and are made to fight each other, usually to the death.


lexentry: eng/cockle__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cockle
trans_list: Herzmuschel
sense:
Any of various edible European bivalve mollusks, of the family Cardiidae, having heart-shaped shells.


lexentry: eng/cockpit__Noun__2
sense_num: 04
written_rep: cockpit
trans_list: Cockpit | Pilotenkanzel
sense:
The compartment in an aircraft or spacecraft in which the pilot sits and from where the craft is controlled. [from 20th c.]


lexentry: eng/cockroach__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: cockroach
trans_list: Schabe | Kakerlake
sense:
(slang, offensive) A person or a member of a group of people regarded as undesirable and rapidly procreating.


lexentry: eng/cockscomb__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: cockscomb
trans_list: Hahnenkamm | Silber-Brandschopf
sense:
An annual garden plant (Celosia argentea var. cristata, syn. Celosia cristata), having showy red clusters of flowers


lexentry: eng/cocksucker__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cocksucker
trans_list: Schwanzlutscher | Schwanzlutscherin
sense:
(vulgar, colloquial, derogatory, or, offensive) A very annoying or objectionable person; any contemptible person.


lexentry: eng/cocoa_butter__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cocoa butter
trans_list: Kakaobutter
sense:
The fat that is extracted from the cocoa bean to make chocolate; it has a relatively sharp melting point so does not feel greasy when eaten.


lexentry: eng/cocoa_powder__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cocoa powder
trans_list: Kakaopulver | Kakao
sense:
(baking, cooking) A powder derived from ground cocoa solids, which is used to make the drink of cocoa, various chocolate products, also used as an ingredient in baking.


lexentry: eng/coconut__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: coconut
trans_list: Kokosnuss
sense:
A fruit of the coconut palm (not a true nut), Cocos nucifera, having a fibrous husk surrounding a large seed.


lexentry: eng/coconut_crab__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: coconut crab
trans_list: Kokosdieb | Kokosnussdieb | Palmendieb
sense:
A terrestrial hermit crab of species Birgus latro, that lives on the shores of the Indian Ocean and the central Pacific Ocean and feeds on fruits, nuts, seeds and coconut flesh.


lexentry: eng/coconut_milk__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: coconut milk
trans_list: Kokosmilch
sense:
A thick white liquid produced by soaking the white inner flesh of the seed of the coconut in water and straining. It is traditionally used in Southeast Asian cuisine in curry and other gravy.


lexentry: eng/coconut_oil__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: coconut oil
trans_list: Kokosöl
sense:
A type of cooking oil extracted from the kernel or meat of matured coconuts harvested from the coconut palm.


lexentry: eng/coconut_vinegar__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: coconut vinegar
trans_list: Kokosessig | Kokosnussessig
sense:
Vinegar made by fermenting coconut sap or less often coconut water, used extensively in Southeast Asian cuisine.


lexentry: eng/coconut_water__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: coconut water
trans_list: Kokoswasser
sense:
A clear liquid found inside immature coconuts, which suspends the endosperm during the nuclear stage of development. It is a popular drink in tropical regions.


lexentry: eng/cod__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: cod
trans_list: Kabeljau | Dorsch
sense:
Sea fish of the genus Gadus generally, inclusive of Pacific cod (Gadus macrocephalus) and Greenland cod (Gadus ogac or Gadus macrocephalus ogac).


lexentry: eng/cod_liver_oil__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cod liver oil
trans_list: Lebertran | Dorschlebertran | Dorschleberöl
sense:
Oil derived from the liver of codfish, often used as a nutritional supplement due to its high levels of omega-3 fatty acids, EPA and DHA, and very high levels of vitamin A and vitamin D.


lexentry: eng/code-switching__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: code-switching
trans_list: Code-Switching | Kode-Umschaltung | Kodewechsel | Sprachwechsel
sense:
(linguistics) The phenomenon or practice of alternating between two or more languages or language varieties.


lexentry: eng/code__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: code
trans_list: Gesetzbuch | Kodex
sense:
A body of law, sanctioned by legislation, in which the rules of law to be specifically applied by the courts are set forth in systematic form; a compilation of laws by public authority; a digest.


lexentry: eng/code__Noun__1
sense_num: 06
written_rep: code
trans_list: Code | Kode
sense:
(cryptography) A cryptographic system using a codebook that converts words or phrases into codewords.


lexentry: eng/code__Noun__1
sense_num: 07
written_rep: code
trans_list: Code | Kode
sense:
(programming, uncountable) Instructions for a computer, written in a programming language; the input of a translator, an interpreter or a browser, namely: source code, machine code, bytecode.


lexentry: eng/code__Verb__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: code
trans_list: verschlüsseln
sense:
To categorise by assigning identifiers from a schedule, for example CPT coding for medical insurance purposes.


lexentry: eng/code_block__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: code block
trans_list: Codeblock
sense:
(programming) A block of source code, often one that is delimited by brackets or in some similar way, depending on the programming language.


lexentry: eng/code_name__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: code name
trans_list: Deckname | Codename
sense:
(business, espionage, military) A name used to clandestinely identify somebody or something, either for military or espionage purposes, or for commercial confidentiality.


lexentry: eng/code_of_honour__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: code of honour
trans_list: Ehrenkodex
sense:
Certain rules by which social intercourse is regulated among a social group, and which are founded on a regard for reputation.


lexentry: eng/code_point__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: code point
trans_list: Codepoint | Codepunkt
sense:
(computing, especially, Unicode) A numerical offset in a character set, etc., as opposed to a displayed grapheme or character, which can be composed of several code points.


lexentry: eng/code_review__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: code review
trans_list: Codereview | Review
sense:
(software engineering) The practice, or an instance, of identifying and verifying the choice of algorithms, coding styles and compliance with the software design.


lexentry: eng/codeine__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: codeine
trans_list: Codein | Kodein
sense:
(pharmaceutical drug) An addictive alkaloid narcotic derived from opium and used as a hypnotic, analgesic and antitussive; often mixed with aspirin etc.


lexentry: eng/codomain__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: codomain
trans_list: Zielmenge
sense:
(mathematics, analysis) The target set into which a function is formally defined to map elements of its domain; the set denoted Y in the notation f : X → Y.


lexentry: eng/codominance__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: codominance
trans_list: Kodominanz
sense:
(genetics) A condition in which both alleles of a gene pair in a heterozygote are fully expressed, with neither one being dominant or recessive to the other.


lexentry: eng/codon__Noun__2
sense_num: 01
written_rep: codon
trans_list: Codon
sense:
(biochemistry) A sequence of three adjacent nucleotides, which encode for a specific amino acid during protein synthesis or translation.


lexentry: eng/codpiece__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: codpiece
trans_list: Schamkapsel
sense:
A part of male dress in the 15th and 16th centuries, worn in front of the breeches to cover the male genitals.


lexentry: eng/codriver__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: codriver
trans_list: Copilot
sense:
The navigator in the sport of rally racing, who sits in the front passenger seat and gives directions to the driver.


lexentry: eng/coefficient_of_friction__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: coefficient of friction
trans_list: Reibungskoeffizient
sense:
(physics) The ratio between (1) the magnitude of the force of friction which a surface produces on an object (moving along the surface or being pressed statically against it) and (2) the magnitude of the normal force which is produced by the surface on the object and which is perpendicular to that surface.


lexentry: eng/coelacanth__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: coelacanth
trans_list: Quastenflosser
sense:
(in particular) Either of the two extant species in this group; the West Indian Ocean coelacanth (Latimeria chalumnae) or the Indonesian coelacanth (Latimeria menadoensis).


lexentry: eng/coelacanth__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: coelacanth
trans_list: Quastenflosser
sense:
Any of the class Actinistia of primitive lobe-finned fish, thought to have been extinct for 70 million years until a living specimen was discovered in 1938. Most species are large and plump and they all have bodies covered in tough elasmoid scales that act as armor.


lexentry: eng/coelenterate__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: coelenterate
trans_list: Hohltier
sense:
(zoology, dated) Any simple aquatic animal formerly considered to belong to the phylum Coelenterata, now divided into the cnidarians and ctenophores.


lexentry: eng/coeliac_disease__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: coeliac disease
trans_list: Zöliakie
sense:
(UK) An auto-immune disease characterised by sensitivity of the lining of the small intestine to gluten, causing a failure to digest food properly.


lexentry: eng/coerce__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: coerce
trans_list: zwingen
sense:
(transitive) To use force, threat, fraud, or intimidation in an attempt to compel one to act against their will.


lexentry: eng/coerce__Verb__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: coerce
trans_list: erzwingen | konvertieren
sense:
(transitive, computing) To force an attribute, normally of a data type, to take on the attribute of another data type.


lexentry: eng/coercion__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: coercion
trans_list: Zwang
sense:
(uncountable) Actual or threatened force for the purpose of compelling action by another person; the act of coercing.


lexentry: eng/coercion__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: coercion
trans_list: Nötigung
sense:
(legal, uncountable) Use of physical or moral force to compel a person to do something, or to abstain from doing something, thereby depriving that person of the exercise of free will.


lexentry: eng/coevolution__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: coevolution
trans_list: Coevolution | Koevolution
sense:
(ecology, evolutionary theory) The evolution of organisms of two or more species in which each adapts to changes in the other.


lexentry: eng/coexist__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: coexist
trans_list: koexistieren
sense:
(intransitive, stative, of two or more things, people, concepts, etc.) To exist contemporaneously or in the same area.


lexentry: eng/coexistence__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: coexistence
trans_list: Koexistenz | Zusammenleben
sense:
The state of two or more things existing together, usually in a temporal or spatial sense, with or without mutual interaction.


lexentry: eng/coffee_bean__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: coffee bean
trans_list: Kaffeebohne
sense:
The seed of a tropical plant of the genus Coffea, that is prepared by drying, roasting and grinding for making the beverage coffee.


lexentry: eng/coffee_break__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: coffee break
trans_list: Kaffeepause
sense:
A rest period during the business day (usually of about 10 or 15 minutes). So named because it is an opportunity to get coffee.


lexentry: eng/coffee_grinder__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: coffee grinder
trans_list: Kaffeemühle
sense:
A device for pulverizing or powdering coffee beans so they can be brewed as coffee. (Technically many of the machines tear the coffee beans).


lexentry: eng/cofferdam__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cofferdam
trans_list: Kofferdamm
sense:
(engineering) A temporary watertight enclosure used to create a dry foundation for building bridges and other structures over water.


lexentry: eng/coffin_bone__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: coffin bone
trans_list: Hufbein
sense:
The bottommost bone in the equine leg, encased by the hoof capsule, and corresponding to the third phalanx of the middle finger, or toe, of most mammals.


lexentry: eng/cofounder__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cofounder
trans_list: Mitgründer | Mitgründerin
sense:
A joint founder; one of several people involved with the creation of a business, organization, union, or entity.


lexentry: eng/cog__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: cog
trans_list: Zapfen
sense:
(carpentry) A projection or tenon at the end of a beam designed to fit into a matching opening of another piece of wood to form a joint.


lexentry: eng/cog__Noun__2
sense_num: 02
written_rep: cog
trans_list: Kogge
sense:
(historical) The hypothetical precursor ship type of the above said to be in use during the early Middle Ages, variously alleged to be Frisian or Scandinavian.


lexentry: eng/cognate__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: cognate
trans_list: Kognat | verwandtes Wort
sense:
(linguistics) A word either descended from the same base word of the same ancestor language as the given word, or judged to be a regular reflex of the same reconstructed root of proto-language as the given word.


lexentry: eng/cognition__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cognition
trans_list: Kognition | Erkenntnis
sense:
The process of knowing, of acquiring knowledge and understanding through thought and through the senses.


lexentry: eng/cognitive__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cognitive
trans_list: kognitiv
sense:
Relating to the part of mental functions that deals with logic, as opposed to affective which deals with emotions.


lexentry: eng/cognitive_behavioral_therapy__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cognitive behavioral therapy
trans_list: kognitive Verhaltenstherapie
sense:
(psychology) A psychotherapeutic approach that addresses dysfunctional emotions, behaviors, and cognitions, focussing on a client's current state rather than on their past.


lexentry: eng/cognitive_dissonance__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cognitive dissonance
trans_list: kognitive Dissonanz
sense:
(psychology) A conflict or anxiety resulting from inconsistencies between one's beliefs and one's actions or other beliefs.


lexentry: eng/cognitive_parallax__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cognitive parallax
trans_list: Kognitive Parallaxe
sense:
(philosophy) philosophical phenomenon described as the dislocation of the axis of the theoretical construction of a thinker and the axis of his lived experience; discrepancy between theory and experience


lexentry: eng/cognitive_psychology__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cognitive psychology
trans_list: Kognitionspsychologie | Kognitive Psychologie
sense:
(psychology) A branch of psychology that examines internal mental processes such as problem solving, memory, and language.


lexentry: eng/cognizance__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cognizance
trans_list: Emblem
sense:
An emblem, badge or device, used as a distinguishing mark by the body of retainers of a royal or noble house.


lexentry: eng/cognize__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: cognize
trans_list: erleben
sense:
To make into an object of cognition (the process of acquiring knowledge through thought); to cogitate.


lexentry: eng/cognomen__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cognomen
trans_list: Cognomen | Kognomen | Nachname
sense:
(historical) A personal epithet or clan name added to the given name and family name of Ancient Romans.


lexentry: eng/cohabit__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cohabit
trans_list: zusammenleben
sense:
(intransitive) To live together with someone else, especially in a romantic and sexual relationship but without being married.


lexentry: eng/cohabitation__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cohabitation
trans_list: Kohabitation | wilde Ehe
sense:
An emotional and physical intimate relationship which includes a common living place and which exists without legal or religious sanction.


lexentry: eng/cohabitation__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: cohabitation
trans_list: Kohabitation
sense:
(politics) Cooperation between politicians of opposing political parties; especially, in France, between a President and Prime Minister.


lexentry: eng/coho__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: coho
trans_list: Silberlachs
sense:
An anadromus and semelparous salmon, Oncorhynchus kisutch, found in the coastal regions of the northern Pacific Ocean, used as a symbol by several Native American tribes.


lexentry: eng/cohobation__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cohobation
trans_list: Rektifikation
sense:
(dated, physical chemistry) The boiling of a material in a liquid with the repeated return of the distillate.


lexentry: eng/cohomology__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cohomology
trans_list: Kohomologie
sense:
(mathematics) A method of contravariantly associating a family of invariant quotient groups to each algebraic or geometric object of a category, including categories of geometric and algebraic objects.


lexentry: eng/cohort__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: cohort
trans_list: Kohorte | Kategorie | Klasse
sense:
(statistics) A demographic grouping of people, especially those in a defined age group, or having a common characteristic.


lexentry: eng/cohort__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: cohort
trans_list: Kohorte
sense:
(historical, Ancient Rome, military) Any division of a Roman legion, normally of about 500 or 600 men (equalling about six centuries).


lexentry: eng/cohort_study__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cohort study
trans_list: Kohortenstudie
sense:
A type of research project in which participants sharing a common feature (the cohort) are studied over a long period of time.


lexentry: eng/coif__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: coif
trans_list: Bundhaube
sense:
(historical) A hood; a close-fitting cap covering much of the head, widespread until the 18th century; after that worn only by small children and country women.


lexentry: eng/coil_whine__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: coil whine
trans_list: Spulenfiepen
sense:
(mechanics, electronics) A high-pitched whining sound caused by vibrations of electrical components in a device.


lexentry: eng/coilgun__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: coilgun
trans_list: Gaußgewehr
sense:
Any of various devices that use electromagnets to accelerate a magnetic projectile via non contact means


lexentry: eng/coin__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: coin
trans_list: Münze | Geldstück
sense:
(money) A piece of currency, usually metallic and in the shape of a disc, but sometimes polygonal, or with a hole in the middle.


lexentry: eng/coin_die__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: coin die
trans_list: Münzstempel
sense:
(numismatics) Any of the (usually metal) stamps used in pairs during hammered coining to strike impressions of designs onto their obverse and reverse faces.


lexentry: eng/coin_slot__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: coin slot
trans_list: Münzeinwurf
sense:
A small opening on a vending machine, arcade game machine, parking meter, etc. to accept the payment that operates the mechanism.


lexentry: eng/coin_toss__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: coin toss
trans_list: Münzwurf
sense:
A particular instance where a coin is launched in the air, and whichever side that it lands on finalises a decision.


lexentry: eng/coir__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: coir
trans_list: Kokosfaser
sense:
The fibre obtained from the husk of a coconut, used chiefly in making rope, matting and as a peat substitute.


lexentry: eng/coke__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: coke
trans_list: Koks
sense:
(uncountable) Solid residue from roasting coal in a coke oven; used principally as a fuel and in the production of steel and formerly as a domestic fuel.


lexentry: eng/colander__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: colander
trans_list: Durchschlag | Seiher | Sieb | Küchensieb | Abtropfsieb
sense:
A bowl-shaped kitchen utensil with holes in it used for draining food that has been cooking in water, such as pasta.


lexentry: eng/colchicine__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: colchicine
trans_list: Colchicin
sense:
(organic compound, pharmaceutical drug) A highly toxic alkaloid, chemical formula C22H25NO6, originally extracted from plants of the genus Colchicum and formerly used to treat rheumatic complaints, now used mainly in the treatment of gout.


lexentry: eng/cold__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: cold
trans_list: Erkältung | Verkühlung
sense:
(countable, pathology) A common, usually harmless, usually viral illness, usually with congestion of the nasal passages and sometimes fever.


lexentry: eng/cold_call__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cold call
trans_list: Cold Call | Kaltakquise | Kaltanruf
sense:
A sales call either by telephone or personal presence, made without a referral or without preparing the recipient of the call.


lexentry: eng/cold_drop__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cold drop
trans_list: Kaltlufttropfen
sense:
(meteorology) A high-impact rainfall event occurring in the autumn along the Spanish Mediterranean coast.


lexentry: eng/cold_hands,_warm_heart__Proverb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cold hands, warm heart
trans_list: kalte Hand, warmes Herz
sense:
Having cold hands is an indication of warmheartedness; used as a rejoinder if one finds that another's hands are cold.


lexentry: eng/cold_meat__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cold meat
trans_list: Wurstwaren
sense:
Any cold cooked meat such as luncheon meat or lunch meat, spam, chopped pork, corned beef, and so on.


lexentry: eng/cold_sore__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cold sore
trans_list: Fieberbläschen | Lippenherpes
sense:
(pathology) A small bump (namely a vesicle) on the lips resulting from infection by herpes simplex viruses (mostly HHV1 but also HHV2).


lexentry: eng/cold_sweat__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cold sweat
trans_list: Angstschweiß
sense:
Perspiration which feels chilly to the person perspiring, and which indicates debilitating illness, shock, or the experiencing of an intense emotion such as despair, anxiety, or, especially, fear.


lexentry: eng/cold_turkey__Adverb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cold turkey
trans_list: abrupt
sense:
(idiomatic) Not gradually; all at once. Refers especially to quitting a habit by force of will rather than by a gradual reduction.


lexentry: eng/cold_war__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cold war
trans_list: kalter Krieg
sense:
A period of hostile relations between rivals where direct open warfare between them is largely undesired and avoided; especially, either the Cold War or Cold War II. [from 1945]


lexentry: eng/colegislate__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: colegislate
trans_list: mitgesetzgebend
sense:
(uncommon) To necessarily bring about a statute together with another legislative body or legislature, to be a colegislator.


lexentry: eng/coleslaw__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: coleslaw
trans_list: Kohlsalat | Krautsalat | Weißkohlsalat
sense:
A salad of finely shredded raw cabbage and sometimes shredded carrots, dressed with mayonnaise (white slaw) or a vinaigrette (red slaw).


lexentry: eng/coleus__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: coleus
trans_list: Buntnessel
sense:
Any of certain plants in the mint family, many used as ornamentals for their colorful, variegated leaves, sometime included in genus Plectranthus (spurflowers), sometimes in their own genus Coleus,


lexentry: eng/colewort__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: colewort
trans_list: Kohl
sense:
A plant of the genus Brassica; now specifically, a Brassica plant without a head used for food, such as kale.


lexentry: eng/coli__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: coli
trans_list: Kolibakterie | Kolibakterium
sense:
(often, attributive, bacteriology) Escherichia coli, a Gram-negative bacterium commonly found in the lower intestine of warm-blooded organisms.


lexentry: eng/colic__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: colic
trans_list: Kolik
sense:
(pathology) Severe pains that grip the abdomen or the disease that causes such pains (due to intestinal or bowel-related problems).


lexentry: eng/collaborative_project_management__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: collaborative project management
trans_list: Kollaboratives Projektmanagement
sense:
(operations) The method used to plan, coordinate, control, and monitor distributed complex projects..


lexentry: eng/collage__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: collage
trans_list: Collage
sense:
A picture made by sticking other pictures onto a surface or juxtaposing them digitally in analogous manner.


lexentry: eng/collage__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: collage
trans_list: Collage
sense:
A composite object or collection (abstract or concrete) created by the assemblage of various media; especially for a work of art such as text, film, etc.


lexentry: eng/collagen__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: collagen
trans_list: Kollagen
sense:
(biochemistry) The main structural protein in the extracellular matrix of the connective tissues of many animals.


lexentry: eng/collapse__Verb__1
sense_num: 07
written_rep: collapse
trans_list: kollabieren | ohnmächtig niedersinken | ohnmächtig zusammensinken
sense:
(intransitive) To pass out and fall to the floor or ground, as from exhaustion or other illness; to faint.


lexentry: eng/collar__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: collar
trans_list: Kragen
sense:
The part of an upper garment (shirt, jacket, etc.) that fits around the neck and throat, especially if sewn from a separate piece of fabric.


lexentry: eng/collard_greens__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: collard greens
trans_list: Kohlblätter | Markstammkohl
sense:
A form of Brassica oleracea, sometimes called Brassica oleracea var. acephala or Brassica oleracea var. viridis, similar to kale, that is a popular food in the rural southern United States.


lexentry: eng/collared_flycatcher__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: collared flycatcher
trans_list: Halsbandschnäpper
sense:
Ficedula albicollis, an Old World flycatcher breeding in eastern Europe and across Central Asia, overwintering in Africa


lexentry: eng/collared_peccary__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: collared peccary
trans_list: Halsbandpekari
sense:
A small wild hog (Dicotyles tajacu), native to southern United States through to northern Argentina.


lexentry: eng/collateral__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: collateral
trans_list: Pfand | Sicherheit
sense:
(finance) A security or guarantee (usually an asset) pledged for the repayment of a loan if one cannot procure enough funds to repay.


lexentry: eng/collateral__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: collateral
sense:
(marketing) Printed materials or content of electronic media used to enhance sales of products (short form of collateral material).

trans_list:
Begleitmaterial | Marketing-Material | Werbematerial | entfernte Verwandte | entfernter Verwandter | weitläufige Verwandtschaft


lexentry: eng/collateral__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: collateral
trans_list: Kollaterale | Kollateralgefäß | Nebengefäß | Umgehungsgefäß
sense:
(anatomy) A thinner blood vessel providing an alternate route to blood flow in case the main vessel becomes occluded.


lexentry: eng/collateral_circulation__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: collateral circulation
trans_list: Kollateralkreislauf
sense:
(anatomy) The circulation of blood through a network of vessels that is developed through enlargement of secondary vessels and use of existing anastomoses between adjacent vessels when a major vein or artery is functionally impaired, as by obstruction.


