# translation

lexentry: eng/patriarchy__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: patriarchy
trans_list: miesvalta | miesvaltaisuus | patriarkia
sense:
(anthropology, history) A social system in which the father is head of the household, having authority over women and children, and in which lineage is traced through the male line.


lexentry: eng/patriotic__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: patriotic
trans_list: isänmaallinen | patrioottinen
sense:
Inspired by or showing patriotism; done out of love of one's country; zealously and unselfishly devoted to the service of one's country


lexentry: eng/patriotism__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: patriotism
trans_list: isänmaallisuus | patriotismi
sense:
Love of one's country; devotion to the welfare of one's compatriots; passion which inspires one to serve one's country.


lexentry: eng/patrol__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: patrol
trans_list: partiointi
sense:
(military) A going of the rounds along the chain of sentinels and between the posts, by a guard, usually consisting of three or four men, to insure greater security from attacks on the outposts.


lexentry: eng/patrol__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: patrol
trans_list: partiointi
sense:
(military) A movement, by a small body of troops beyond the line of outposts, to explore the country and gain intelligence of the enemy's whereabouts.


lexentry: eng/patrolman__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: patrolman
trans_list: passipoliisi
sense:
A police officer, especially a junior officer assigned patrol duty instead of detection or supervision.


lexentry: eng/patron__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: patron
trans_list: suojelija
sense:
(historical, Roman law) A protector of a dependent, especially a master who had freed a slave but still retained some paternal rights.


lexentry: eng/patron_saint__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: patron saint
trans_list: suojeluspyhimys
sense:
(Christianity) A saint conceived as the patron (protector or supporter) of a particular place, group, person, or activity, for whom or for which his or her intercession is specially invoked.


lexentry: eng/patronage__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: patronage
trans_list: alentuvuus | holhoaminen
sense:
A communication that indicates lack of respect by patronizing the recipient; condescension; disdain.


lexentry: eng/patronize__Verb__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: patronize
trans_list: holhota | suhtautua alentuvasti
sense:
(transitive) To assume a tone of unjustified superiority toward; to talk down to, to treat condescendingly.


lexentry: eng/patronymic__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: patronymic
trans_list: isännimi | patronyymi
sense:
(onomastics, by extension) A name acquired from the first name of one's father, grandfather or earlier (male) ancestor. Some cultures use a patronymic where other cultures use a surname or family name; other cultures (like Russia) use both a patronymic and a surname.


lexentry: eng/patsy__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: patsy
trans_list: syntipukki | uhri
sense:
(informal, derogatory) A person who is taken advantage of, especially by being cheated or blamed for something.


lexentry: eng/pattern__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: pattern
trans_list: kuvio | kaava | kaavamaisuus
sense:
A particular sequence of events, facts etc. which can be understood, used to predict the future, or seen to have a mathematical, geometric, statistical etc. relationship. [from 19th c.]


lexentry: eng/pattern_matching__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: pattern matching
trans_list: hahmonsovitus
sense:
(computer science) the act of checking some sequence of tokens for the presence of the constituents of a pattern


lexentry: eng/patty__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: patty
trans_list: jauhelihapihvi | kasvispihvi | pihvi
sense:
(US, Australia, New Zealand) A flattened portion of ground meat or a vegetarian equivalent, usually round but sometimes square in shape.


lexentry: eng/patty__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: patty
trans_list: pasteija | piirakka
sense:
(Jamaica) A pastry with various fillings and spices baked inside a flaky shell, often tinted golden yellow with an egg yolk mixture or turmeric.


lexentry: eng/pattypan_squash__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: pattypan squash
trans_list: kiekkokurpitsa | patisson
sense:
A summer squash belonging to the species Cucurbita pepo, distinguished by its small size, shallow round shape, and scalloped edges, which give it a resemblance to a toy top or a flying saucer.


lexentry: eng/paucal__Adjective__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: paucal
trans_list: jokunen
sense:
(grammar) Pertaining to a language form referring to a few or a couple of something (typically three to around ten), e.g. a small group of people.


lexentry: eng/paucal__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: paucal
trans_list: jokunen
sense:
(grammar) A language form referring to a few of something (three to around ten), as a small group of people; contrast singular, dual, trial, and plural.


lexentry: eng/pause__Verb__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: pause
trans_list: keskeyttää | laittaa tauolle | pistää tauolle
sense:
(transitive) To halt the play or playback of, temporarily, so that it can be resumed from the same point.


lexentry: eng/pave__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: pave
trans_list: kivetä | päällystää
sense:
(Canada, US) To cover with stone, concrete, blacktop or other solid covering, especially to aid travel.


lexentry: eng/pavement__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: pavement
trans_list: päällyste | tiepäällyste
sense:
(now, chiefly, North America) A paving (paved part) of a road or other thoroughfare; the roadway or road surface. [from 13th c.]


lexentry: eng/pavis__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: pavis
trans_list: paviisi
sense:
(military, history) Most usually, a very large shield fitted with a stand, like a small moveable wall, carried in front to protect all or most of the bearer's body that could be positioned independently of the user, such as a crossbowman, often with a projecting ridge running vertically down the center. However, smaller, more standard shield types were also termed as such, with the central verticle ridge as a defining feature.


lexentry: eng/pavlova__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: pavlova
trans_list: pavlova
sense:
(chiefly, Australia, and, New Zealand) A meringue dessert usually topped with fruit and cream. [From 1927.]


lexentry: eng/paw__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: paw
trans_list: käpälä | tassu
sense:
The soft foot of a mammal or other animal, generally a quadruped, that has claws or nails; comparable to a human hand or foot.


lexentry: eng/paw__Verb__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: paw
trans_list: kuopia
sense:
(transitive) Of an animal, to draw the forefoot along the ground; to beat or scrape with the forefoot.


lexentry: eng/pawa__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: pawa
trans_list: abaloni | punamerikorva
sense:
(New Zealand) An edible univalve mollusc of the genus Haliotis, having a shell lined with mother-of-pearl.


lexentry: eng/pawl__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: pawl
trans_list: lukituskynsi
sense:
A pivoted catch designed to fall into a notch on a ratchet wheel so as to allow movement in only one direction (e.g. on a windlass or in a clock mechanism), or alternatively to move the wheel in one direction.


lexentry: eng/pawn__Noun__2
sense_num: 01
written_rep: pawn
trans_list: sotilas | moukka
sense:
(chess) The most numerous chess piece, or a similar piece in a similar game. In chess, each side starts with eight; moves are only forward, and attacks are only diagonally or en passant.


lexentry: eng/pawn__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: pawn
trans_list: pantata
sense:
(transitive) To give as security on a loan of money; especially, to deposit (something) at a pawn shop.


lexentry: eng/pawnbroker__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: pawnbroker
trans_list: panttilainaamon pitäjä
sense:
A person who makes monetary loans at interest, taking personal property as security – which may be sold if not redeemed.


lexentry: eng/pawnbroking__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: pawnbroking
trans_list: panttilainaus
sense:
The business of a pawnbroker; advancing loans against pledges of household goods or personal possessions, and selling those pledges that are not redeemed.


lexentry: eng/pay-as-you-go__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: pay-as-you-go
trans_list: tulorahoitus
sense:
(economics) A financial policy by which capital projects are financed from current revenue in the operating budget rather than through borrowing.


lexentry: eng/pay-as-you-go__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: pay-as-you-go
trans_list: ennakkoon maksettava | ennalta maksettava | valmiiksi maksettava
sense:
(British) A payment method where the charge of a service is taken automatically, usually in small amounts, after the usage, in contrast of paying before usage. Used especially of mobile phones and transport ticketing.


lexentry: eng/pay_TV__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: pay TV
trans_list: maksu-TV
sense:
A system whereby viewers pay to subscribe to specific broadcast television channels or programme typically used in cable television services


lexentry: eng/pay__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: pay
trans_list: maksaa
sense:
(ambitransitive) To discharge, as a debt or other obligation, by giving or doing what is due or required.


lexentry: eng/pay__Verb__2
sense_num: 01
written_rep: pay
trans_list: pietä | tervata | tiivistää
sense:
(nautical, transitive) To cover (the bottom of a vessel, a seam, a spar, etc.) with tar or pitch, or a waterproof composition of tallow, resin, etc.; to smear.


lexentry: eng/pay_as_you_earn__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: pay as you earn
trans_list: ennakonpidätys
sense:
(British) The national system whereby income tax and national insurance is deducted by an employer from the salary or wages of an employee.


lexentry: eng/pay_grade__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: pay grade
trans_list: asemataso
sense:
(figuratively) A level of authority or responsibility (since pay rate, authority and responsibility generally increase similarly).


lexentry: eng/pay_off__Verb__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: pay off
trans_list: maksaa | maksaa pois
sense:
(transitive) To pay back (repay) the entirety of a loan, thereby effecting the release of a lien on (the thing that was financed).


lexentry: eng/pay_one's_respects__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: pay one's respects
trans_list: esittää osanottonsa | osoittaa kunnioitustaan
sense:
To grieve or mourn a person to a degree appropriate for one's relationship; to attend someone's funeral.


lexentry: eng/pay_respect__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: pay respect
trans_list: kunnioittaa | osoittaa kunnioitusta
sense:
To demonstrate or profess respect to (someone or an ideal); to behave in a manner that demonstrates respect to (someone or an ideal).


lexentry: eng/pay_through_the_nose__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: pay through the nose
trans_list: maksaa maltaita
sense:
(idiomatic) To pay an exorbitant or excessive amount, either in money or in some other manner. [from 17th c.]


lexentry: eng/payload__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: payload
trans_list: hyötykuorma
sense:
That part of a rocket, missile, propelled stinger, or torpedo that is not concerned with propulsion or guidance, such as a warhead or satellite.


lexentry: eng/payment_card__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: payment card
trans_list: maksukortti
sense:
(banking) A card, such as a credit card or debit card, which can be used for payment of goods or services.


lexentry: eng/payment_order__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: payment order
trans_list: maksumääräys
sense:
(finance, chiefly, banking) An instruction from a sender to a receiving bank, transmitted orally, electronically, or in writing, to pay, or to cause another bank to pay a fixed and determinable amount of money to a beneficiary.


lexentry: eng/payola__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: payola
trans_list: lahjus
sense:
(US, Philippines) A bribe given in exchange for a favor, such as one given in exchange for the promotion of goods or services (originally one given to a disk jockey to play a record).


lexentry: eng/payphone__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: payphone
trans_list: rahapuhelin | yleisöpuhelin
sense:
A public telephone that requires prepayment to operate, generally via the insertion of coins or a credit card.


lexentry: eng/payroll__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: payroll
trans_list: palkanlaskenta | palkkatoimisto
sense:
(accounting) The calculation of salaries and wages and the deduction of taxes etc.; the department in a company responsible for this.


lexentry: eng/payslip__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: payslip
trans_list: palkkalaskelma | palkkanauha | tilinauha
sense:
A small document, included with an employee's wage or salary, giving details of money earned and tax and insurance paid.


lexentry: eng/paywall__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: paywall
trans_list: maksumuuri
sense:
(informal, computing) A system that restricts access to content with a purchase or a paid subscription.


lexentry: eng/pe__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: pe
trans_list: pe
sense:
The seventeenth letter of many Semitic alphabets/abjads (Phoenician, Aramaic, Hebrew פ, Syriac ܦ, and others; Arabic has the analog faa).


lexentry: eng/pea__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: pea
trans_list: herne
sense:
(especially, when without a qualifier) A plant, Pisum sativum, member of the legume (Fabaceae) family.


lexentry: eng/peace_pipe__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: peace pipe
trans_list: rauhanpiippu
sense:
A tobacco pipe smoked ceremonially in certain Native American cultures that symbolizes peace among those who smoke it, and among whom it is passed around from person to person.


lexentry: eng/peace_talks__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: peace talks
trans_list: rauhanneuvottelut
sense:
A series of formal discussions between two or more nation-states or groups of people held to resolve existing conflict between them.


lexentry: eng/peaceable__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: peaceable
trans_list: rauhaarakastava | rauhantahtoinen
sense:
Favouring peace rather than conflict; not aggressive, tending to avoid violence (of people, actions etc.). [from 14th c.]


lexentry: eng/peaceful_coexistence__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: peaceful coexistence
trans_list: rauhanomainen rinnakkaiselo
sense:
(politics) A situation where nation-states do not interfere with the domestic affairs of other countries, in order to avoid conflict; mutual non-interference.


lexentry: eng/peacekeeping__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: peacekeeping
trans_list: rauhanturvaaminen
sense:
The act of preserving peace, specifically between hostile groups or states, especially by a sanctioned military force. [from 17th c.]


lexentry: eng/peach__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: peach
trans_list: persikka
sense:
(countable) Any tree of species Prunus persica, native to China and now widely cultivated throughout temperate regions, having pink flowers and edible fruit.


lexentry: eng/peach__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: peach
trans_list: persikka
sense:
(countable, uncountable) Soft juicy stone fruit of the peach tree, having yellow flesh, downy, red-tinted yellow skin, and a deeply sculptured pit or stone containing a single seed.


lexentry: eng/peach_fuzz__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: peach fuzz
trans_list: haituva
sense:
(literally) The fibrous material covering the skin of a peach fruit, e.g. as opposed to the fuzzless skin of a nectarine.


lexentry: eng/peachy__Adjective__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: peachy
trans_list: ihanaa | mahtavaa
sense:
(colloquial) Very good, excellent, typically used sarcastically to indicate a state of misery, resentment or great frustration.


lexentry: eng/peafowl__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: peafowl
trans_list: riikinkukko
sense:
A bird of the genus Pavo or Afropavo, notable for the extravagant tails of the males; a peacock (unspecified sex).


lexentry: eng/peak__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: peak
trans_list: kärki | lippa | maksimipiste
sense:
A point; the sharp end or top of anything that terminates in a point; as, the peak, or front, of a cap.


lexentry: eng/peak__Noun__1
sense_num: 09
written_rep: peak
trans_list: maksimipiste
sense:
(mathematics) A local maximum of a function, e.g. for sine waves, each point at which the value of y is at its maximum.


lexentry: eng/peal__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: peal
trans_list: jylinä | jyly | jyrinä | jyrähdys | kumina | kumu
sense:
A loud sound, or a succession of loud sounds, as of bells, thunder, cannon, shouts, laughter, of a multitude, etc.


lexentry: eng/pearl__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: pearl
trans_list: helmi
sense:
(literally) A shelly concretion, usually rounded, and having a brilliant luster, with varying tints, found in the mantle, or between the mantle and shell, of certain bivalve mollusks, especially in the pearl oysters and river mussels, and sometimes in certain univalves. It is usually due to a secretion of shelly substance around some irritating foreign particle. Its substance is the same as nacre, or mother-of-pearl. Round lustrous pearls are used in jewellery.


lexentry: eng/pearl__Noun__1
sense_num: 13
written_rep: pearl
trans_list: helmi
sense:
(uncountable, typography, printing, dated) The size of type between diamond and agate, standardized as 5-point.


lexentry: eng/pearly_penile_papules__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: pearly penile papules
trans_list: helmiäisnystyt
sense:
(urology) A harmless hereditary anatomical variation consisting of small protuberances that may form on the ridge of the glans of the human penis.


lexentry: eng/peasant__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: peasant
trans_list: pienviljelijä | torppari
sense:
A member of the lowly social class that toils on the land, constituted by small farmers and tenants, sharecroppers, farmhands and other laborers on the land where they form the main labor force in agriculture and horticulture.


lexentry: eng/peat__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: peat
trans_list: turve
sense:
Soil formed of dead but not fully decayed plants found in bog areas, often burned as fuel. [from 14th c.]


lexentry: eng/pecan_pie__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: pecan pie
trans_list: pekaanipähkinäpiirakka
sense:
A sweet pie made from corn syrup and pecans, considered a specialty of Southern United States cuisine.


lexentry: eng/peck__Noun__2
sense_num: 01
written_rep: peck
trans_list: kaksi kappaa | peck
sense:
One quarter of a bushel; a dry measure of eight quarts; equal to approximately 9092 cubic centimeters in the imperial system or 8810 cubic centimeters in the U.S. system.


lexentry: eng/peckerwood_sawmill__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: peckerwood sawmill
trans_list: piensaha
sense:
A small-scale sawmill, often with older equipment not capable of producing wood of uniform dimension.


lexentry: eng/pecking_order__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: pecking order
trans_list: nokkimisjärjestys
sense:
The usually informal hierarchy of authority or command, often partial or approximate, as determined by the especially natural propensity for domination of different members of a specific group over each other, such as older brothers and sisters over their younger siblings.


lexentry: eng/pectin__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: pectin
trans_list: pektiini
sense:
(carbohydrate) A polysaccharide extracted from the cell walls of plants, especially of fruits; under acidic conditions it forms a gel. It is often used in processed foods, especially jellies and jams where it causes thickening (setting).


lexentry: eng/pectineus__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: pectineus
trans_list: harjannelihas
sense:
(anatomy) A flat quadrangular muscle, situated at the anterior part of the upper and medial aspect of the thigh, whose primary function is hip flexion.


lexentry: eng/pectoral_sandpiper__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: pectoral sandpiper
trans_list: palsasirri
sense:
Calidris melanotos, a small migratory wader that breeds in North America and Asia, wintering in South America and Oceania, and eats small invertebrates.


lexentry: eng/pedal__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: pedal
trans_list: poljin | pedaali
sense:
A lever operated by one's foot that is used to control or power a machine or mechanism, such as a bicycle or piano.


lexentry: eng/pedal_pushers__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: pedal pushers
trans_list: pohjehousut
sense:
(originally, US) Women's casual trousers, usually fairly form-fitting, that end at the calves. [from mid 20th c.]


lexentry: eng/pedalo__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: pedalo
trans_list: polkuvene
sense:
(UK, watercraft) A small boat propelled by pedals that directly turn external paddles, used for recreation.


lexentry: eng/pedant__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: pedant
trans_list: saivartelija | viisastelija
sense:
A person who makes an excessive or tedious show of their knowledge, especially regarding rules of vocabulary and grammar.


lexentry: eng/pedestrian_zone__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: pedestrian zone
trans_list: jalankulkualue
sense:
A road which is closed off to non-emergency motor traffic, with only pedestrians and small vehicles such as bicycles being allowed.


lexentry: eng/pediatrician__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: pediatrician
trans_list: lastenlääkäri | pediatri
sense:
(American spelling) A physician that specializes in pediatrics; the medical care of infants, children, adolescents, and young adults.


lexentry: eng/pediatrics__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: pediatrics
trans_list: lastentautioppi | pediatria
sense:
(American spelling, medicine) The branch of medicine that deals with the treatment of children and adolescents.


lexentry: eng/pedicel__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: pedicel
trans_list: kukkaperä
sense:
(botany) A stalk of an individual flower (or fruit, e.g., once fertilised) or spore-producing body within a cluster.


lexentry: eng/pedigree__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: pedigree
trans_list: kantakirja | sukutaulu
sense:
A chart, list, or record of ancestors, to show breeding, especially distinguished breeding. [from 15th c.]


lexentry: eng/pediment__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: pediment
trans_list: päätykolmio | frontoni
sense:
(architectural element) A classical architectural element consisting of a triangular section or gable found above the horizontal superstructure (entablature) which lies immediately upon the columns; fronton.


lexentry: eng/pedipalp__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: pedipalp
trans_list: leukajalka | pedipalppi | pyyntileuka | tuntorihma
sense:
(zootomy) Either of a second pair of appendages near the mouth of many arachnids, variously specialized as pincers, sensory or locomotory organs.


lexentry: eng/pedology__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: pedology
trans_list: pedologia
sense:
The sub-discipline of soil science that studies soils as a component of natural systems or deals with soil genesis and soil classification, or studies the soil profiles or solum in its natural setting.


lexentry: eng/pedometer__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: pedometer
trans_list: askelmittari
sense:
A device, often electronic, that measures the number of steps taken, and thus estimates the distance walked.


lexentry: eng/pedophile__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: pedophile
trans_list: pedofiili
sense:
(psychiatry, sexology) An adult or older adolescent who is sexually attracted to prepubescent children. [from 20th c.]


lexentry: eng/pedophile__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: pedophile
trans_list: pedofiili
sense:
(pejorative, by extension, common use) An adult who is sexually attracted to or engages in sexual acts with a child under the age of consent.


lexentry: eng/pedophilia__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: pedophilia
trans_list: pedofilia
sense:
(by extension, proscribed) Sexual activity between adults and children; the act of child molestation.


lexentry: eng/pedosexual__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: pedosexual
trans_list: pedoseksuaalinen
sense:
(uncommon, of an act or behavior) Being or constituting pedosexuality, sexual activity between an adult and a child.


lexentry: eng/peduncle__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: peduncle
trans_list: varsi
sense:
(anatomy) In vertebrates, the base of any relatively massive anatomical member connected to the body by a narrower section. Cf. caudal peduncle of fishes.


lexentry: eng/peduncle__Noun__1
sense_num: 07
written_rep: peduncle
trans_list: hermokimppu
sense:
(zoology) A collection of nerves in the appendage of an animal (such as the tip of a dolphin's tail).


lexentry: eng/peekaboo__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: peekaboo
trans_list: kurkistusleikki
sense:
(games) A game for a small child in which one covers one's face, then suddenly reveals it, saying "Boo!" or "Peekaboo!".


lexentry: eng/peel__Noun__3
sense_num: 01
written_rep: peel
trans_list: leipälapio
sense:
A shovel or similar instrument, now especially a pole with a flat disc at the end used for removing pizza or loaves of bread from a baker's oven.


lexentry: eng/peel__Verb__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: peel
trans_list: kuoriutua
sense:
(intransitive) To become detached, come away, especially in flakes or strips; to shed skin in such a way.


lexentry: eng/peel_off__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: peel off
trans_list: halkeilla | lohkeilla
sense:
(intransitive) To separate off from the main body, to move off to one side; as in troop movements on a parade ground or an organized retreat, or columns in a procession.


lexentry: eng/peep__Verb__2
sense_num: 02
written_rep: peep
trans_list: vilkaista | vilkuilla
sense:
(intransitive, dated) To begin to appear; to look forth from concealment; to make the first appearance.


lexentry: eng/peephole__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: peephole
trans_list: ovisilmä | kurkistusaukko | kurkistusluukku | kurkistusreikä
sense:
A small hole, opening, or piece of glass, especially in a door, through which one can look without being seen.


lexentry: eng/peeping_tom__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: peeping tom
trans_list: tirkistelijä | voyeuristi
sense:
A person who watches another without the other's permission and usually without the other's knowledge, especially for the purpose of deriving sexual pleasure from the sight of the other.


lexentry: eng/peepshow__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: peepshow
trans_list: peepshow | tirkistelyesitys | tirkistysesitys
sense:
A titillating or pornographic display viewed through a small slot, generally equipped with a timer to automatically close the slot when payment has expired.


lexentry: eng/peer__Noun__2
sense_num: 03
written_rep: peer
trans_list: pääri
sense:
A noble with a title, i.e., a peerage, and in times past, with certain rights and privileges not enjoyed by commoners.


lexentry: eng/peer_review__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: peer review
trans_list: vertaisarviointi
sense:
(education) The scholarly process whereby manuscripts intended to be published in an academic journal are reviewed by independent researchers (referees) to evaluate the contribution, i.e. the importance, novelty and accuracy of the manuscript's contents.


lexentry: eng/peg_warmer__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: peg warmer
trans_list: hyllynlämmittäjä
sense:
(informal) A retail product, especially a collectible, that has very high supply and very low demand.


lexentry: eng/pejoratively__Adverb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: pejoratively
trans_list: halveksien | halveksuen | halventavasti
sense:
In a pejorative manner. Insultingly, disparagingly; so as to belittle another or harm their reputation.


lexentry: eng/pelargonium__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: pelargonium
trans_list: pelargoni
sense:
Any of various flowering plants of the genus Pelargonium, similar to (and often confused with) true geraniums, but less hardy and often cultivated as annuals for ornamental purposes.


lexentry: eng/pellagra__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: pellagra
trans_list: pellagra
sense:
(pathology) A disease characterised by skin lesions and mental confusion, primarily caused by a niacin deficiency. [from 19th c.]


lexentry: eng/pellet__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: pellet
trans_list: oksennuspallo
sense:
Compressed byproduct of digestion regurgitated by owls and many other birds of prey, which serves as a waste disposal mechanism for indigestible parts of food, such as fur and bones.


lexentry: eng/pelmanism__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: pelmanism
trans_list: muistipeli
sense:
A memory card game in which a pack of cards is spread out face-down and players try to turn up pairs with the same symbol.


lexentry: eng/peloton__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: peloton
trans_list: pääjoukko | peloton
sense:
(cycle racing) A group of riders formed during a cycling road race; especially, the main group of riders; the pack.


lexentry: eng/pelt__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: pelt
trans_list: turkis | vuota | nahas | talja
sense:
The skin of an animal with the hair or wool on; either a raw or undressed hide, or a skin preserved with the hair or wool on it (sometimes worn as a garment with minimal modification).


lexentry: eng/pelt__Verb__2
sense_num: 01
written_rep: pelt
trans_list: langeta | pudota | sataa
sense:
Of a number of small objects (such as raindrops), or the sun's rays: to beat down or fall on (someone or something) in a shower.


lexentry: eng/pelt__Verb__2
sense_num: 02
written_rep: pelt
trans_list: heitellä päin
sense:
(archaic, also, figuratively) Chiefly followed by at: to bombard someone or something with missiles continuously.


lexentry: eng/pelvic_floor__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: pelvic floor
trans_list: lantionpohja
sense:
(anatomy) A muscular partition, formed by the muscle fibers of the levator ani, the coccygeus, and associated connective tissue, which spans the area underneath the pelvis.


lexentry: eng/pelvic_inflammatory_disease__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: pelvic inflammatory disease
trans_list: sisäsynnytintulehdus
sense:
(disease) The infection of the upper part of the female reproductive system (uterus, fallopian tubes, and ovaries) and inside of the pelvis.


lexentry: eng/pelvis__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: pelvis
trans_list: lantiorengas | lantio
sense:
(anatomy) The large compound bone structure at the base of the spine that supports the legs in hominids.


lexentry: eng/pemmican__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: pemmican
trans_list: pemmikaani
sense:
A food made from meat which has been dried and beaten into a paste, mixed with berries and rendered fat, and shaped into little patties. [from 18th c.]


lexentry: eng/pemphigus__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: pemphigus
trans_list: pemfigus
sense:
(pathology) A severe autoimmune skin disease characterized by pustules and painful blisters, and which can be fatal.


lexentry: eng/pen__Noun__2
sense_num: 01
written_rep: pen
trans_list: kynä | mustekynä
sense:
A tool, originally made from a feather but now usually a small tubular instrument, containing ink used to write or make marks.


lexentry: eng/pen__Noun__2
sense_num: 06
written_rep: pen
trans_list: lentosulka
sense:
(now, rare, poetic, dialectal) A feather, especially one of the flight feathers of a bird, angel etc.


lexentry: eng/penal_colony__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: penal colony
trans_list: rangaistussiirtola | työsiirtola
sense:
A colonial territory used (mainly) for the detention and forced labor of deportees, typically where free labor is desperately scarce.


lexentry: eng/penalty__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: penalty
trans_list: rangaistus | jäähy
sense:
(ice hockey) A punishment for an infraction of the rules, often in the form of being removed from play for a specified amount of time.


lexentry: eng/penalty_area__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: penalty area
trans_list: rangaistusalue
sense:
(football, futsal) An area of a pitch or field, inside which a penalty is given to the offensive team if a foul is made by the defensive team.


lexentry: eng/penalty_box__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: penalty box
trans_list: jäähyaitio | rangaistusaitio
sense:
(ice hockey) An enclosed bench where a player must remain for timed period (a penalty) that is assessed after an infraction.


lexentry: eng/penalty_kick__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: penalty kick
trans_list: rangaistuspotku | rankkari
sense:
(soccer) A form of direct free kick, taken from the penalty spot after a defensive foul in the penalty box, with only the goalkeeper defending the goal.


lexentry: eng/penalty_kick__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: penalty kick
trans_list: rangaistuspotku
sense:
(rugby) A form of free kick in which the ball may be kicked towards touch, towards the goal or dribbled.


lexentry: eng/penalty_kill__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: penalty kill
trans_list: alivoimapeli
sense:
(ice hockey) An effort by a penalized team to nullify a penalty and opponent's power play, a length of time during the game when a penalized team has one or more players in the penalty box.


lexentry: eng/penalty_rate__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: penalty rate
trans_list: työaikakorvaus
sense:
(Australia, industrial relations) A mandated minimum rate of pay which is higher than the usual minimum wage, paid to an employee when working on weekends, public holidays, overtime, late night shifts or early morning shifts.


lexentry: eng/penalty_shootout__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: penalty shootout
trans_list: rangaistuslaukauskilpailu | rangaistuspotkukilpailu
sense:
(football, field hockey) A series of penalties (penalty kicks in soccer), taken to decide a winner after a game has resulted in a tie and extra time has been played.


lexentry: eng/penalty_shot__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: penalty shot
trans_list: rangaistuslaukaus
sense:
(ice hockey) A penalty awarded when a team loses a clear scoring opportunity on a breakaway because of a foul committed by an opposing player. A player from the non-offending team is given an attempt to score a goal without opposition from any defending players except the goaltender.


lexentry: eng/penalty_unit__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: penalty unit
trans_list: sakkoyksikkö
sense:
(Australia, criminal law) An amount of money, used as a basis of a penalty fine, which can be adjusted by the government without the need to pass new legislation.


lexentry: eng/penance__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: penance
trans_list: katumus
sense:
A sacrament in some Christian churches that involves penitence (remorse plus restitution via prayer).


lexentry: eng/pencil__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: pencil
trans_list: lyijykynä | kynä
sense:
A writing utensil with a graphite (commonly referred to as lead) shaft, usually blended with clay, clad in wood, and sharpened to a taper. [from 16th c.]


lexentry: eng/pencil_holder__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: pencil holder
trans_list: kynäpurkki
sense:
A small opened container for stationery such as pencils, ballpoint pens, rubber, correction fluid, etc.


lexentry: eng/pencil_lead__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: pencil lead
trans_list: lyijy | lyijykynän lyijy
sense:
The material (usually black or dark gray) which allows a pencil to work. Usually a mixture of graphite and smaller amounts of other material, but not actual lead.


lexentry: eng/pencil_pusher__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: pencil pusher
trans_list: konttorirotta | kynänpyörittäjä
sense:
(informal, often, derogatory) One who does routine office work; someone involved mainly in paperwork.


lexentry: eng/pend__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: pend
trans_list: holvikäytävä
sense:
(Scotland) An archway; especially, a vaulted passageway leading through a tenement-style building from the main street, giving access to the rear of the building or an internal courtyard. [from 15th c.]


lexentry: eng/pendant__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: pendant
trans_list: riipus | vitja
sense:
A piece of jewellery which hangs down as an ornament, especially worn on a chain around the neck. [from 15th c.]


lexentry: eng/pendeloque__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: pendeloque
trans_list: pisara
sense:
(also, attributive) A drop-shaped diamond or other gem used as a pendant; also, a piece of jewellery in pendant form. [from 19th c.]


lexentry: eng/pendentive__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: pendentive
trans_list: pendentiivi
sense:
(architecture) The concave triangular sections of vaulting that provide the transition between a dome and the square base on which it is set and transfer the weight of the dome.


lexentry: eng/penduline_tit__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: penduline tit
trans_list: pussitiainen
sense:
Any of the family of small passerine birds Remizidae, which nearly all make nests which hang from trees; found in Eurasia, Africa, and North America.


lexentry: eng/pendulum__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: pendulum
trans_list: heiluri
sense:
(clocks, mechanics) A body suspended from a fixed support so that it swings freely back and forth under the influence of gravity, commonly used to regulate various devices such as clocks.


lexentry: eng/penguin__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: penguin
trans_list: pingviini
sense:
Any of several flightless sea birds, of the family Spheniscidae within the order Sphenisciformes, found in the Southern Hemisphere, marked by their usual upright stance, walking on short legs, and (generally) their stark black and white plumage. [from 16th c.]


lexentry: eng/penicillin__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: penicillin
trans_list: penisilliini
sense:
(pharmaceutical drug) Any of a group of narrow-spectrum antibiotics obtained from Penicillium molds or synthesized, that have a beta-lactam structure and are active against gram-positive bacteria and used in the treatment of various infections and diseases.


lexentry: eng/penis_pump__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: penis pump
trans_list: penispumppu
sense:
A tubelike device placed over the penis to make it harder and larger, usually equipped with a hand pump or electric pump.


lexentry: eng/penny__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: penny
trans_list: penny
sense:
(historical) In the United Kingdom and Ireland and many other countries, a unit of currency worth 1⁄240 of a pound sterling or Irish pound before decimalisation, or a copper coin worth this amount. Abbreviation: d.


lexentry: eng/penny_for_your_thoughts__Phrase__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: penny for your thoughts
trans_list: penni ajatuksistasi
sense:
(idiomatic) Used to inquire into the thoughts and feelings of another, especially when the person appears pensive or conflicted.


lexentry: eng/penny_stock__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: penny stock
trans_list: senttiosake
sense:
(finance, UK, US) A highly speculative stock selling for less than one dollar or pound per share and quoted in cents or pence.


lexentry: eng/pennycress__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: pennycress
trans_list: taskuruoho
sense:
Any of several plants, of the genus Thlaspi, that have flattened seedpods (in the form of an old penny)


lexentry: eng/pennyroyal__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: pennyroyal
trans_list: puolanminttu
sense:
Mentha pulegium, a plant of the mint family, formerly much used in various medicinal treatments and as a flea repellent.


lexentry: eng/pennywhistle__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: pennywhistle
trans_list: tinapilli
sense:
(music) A six-holed flute-like instrument with a fipple. They have approximately a two octave range (sometimes a little higher). Stereotypically, they are made out of tin, but in reality they come in all sorts of varieties, including tin, brass, nickel, cane, polymer, etc.


lexentry: eng/pennywort__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: pennywort
trans_list: kallionapalehti
sense:
(in Europe) Any of species Umbilicus rupestris of succulent, perennial flowering plants (penny-pies, wall pennywort, kidney wort, navelwort) in the stonecrop family (Crassulaceae).


lexentry: eng/pennywort__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: pennywort
trans_list: sammakonputki
sense:
Any aquatic or semi-aquatic plant in the genus Hydrocotyle (water pennywort, Indian pennywort, marsh penny, thick-leaved pennywort, and white rot).


lexentry: eng/pension__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: pension
trans_list: eläke
sense:
(finance) An annuity paid regularly as benefit due to a retired employee, serviceman etc. in consideration of past services, originally and chiefly by a government but also by various private pension schemes. [from 16th c.]


lexentry: eng/pension__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: pension
trans_list: määräraha
sense:
(now, _, historical) A regular allowance paid to support a royal favourite, or as patronage of an artist or scholar. [from 16th c.]


lexentry: eng/pension__Noun__2
sense_num: 01
written_rep: pension
trans_list: majatalo | matkakoti
sense:
A boarding house or small hotel, especially in continental Europe, which typically offers lodging and certain meals and services. [from 17th c.]


lexentry: eng/pension_fund__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: pension fund
trans_list: eläkerahasto
sense:
A pool of assets forming an independent legal entity that are bought with the contributions to a pension plan for the exclusive purpose of financing pension plan benefits.


lexentry: eng/penstock__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: penstock
trans_list: tulokanava
sense:
A sluice or pipe which allows the controlled flow of water from behind a dam, typically routing it to a turbine of a power plant.


lexentry: eng/pentachoron__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: pentachoron
trans_list: viisisolu
sense:
(mathematics) A four-dimensional object analogous to a tetrahedron, constructed out of five tetrahedra.


lexentry: eng/pentaerythritol_tetranitrate__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: pentaerythritol tetranitrate
trans_list: pentriitti
sense:
(organic compound) A potent, water-soluble high explosive, prepared by nitration of pentaerythritol.


lexentry: eng/pentagram__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: pentagram
trans_list: pentagrammi | viisikanta
sense:
The shape of a five-pointed star constructed of five intersecting lines meeting at the vertices, such that a central pentagon and five surrounding isosceles triangles are formed; often with magical connotations; a 5/2 (or 5/3) star polygon.


lexentry: eng/pentakis_dodecahedron__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: pentakis dodecahedron
trans_list: pentakis-dodekaedri
sense:
(mathematics) A Catalan solid equivalent to a dodecahedron with a pentagonal pyramid covering each face


lexentry: eng/pentalogy__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: pentalogy
trans_list: pentalogia
sense:
A set of five works of art that are connected, and that can be seen either as a single work or as five individual works.


lexentry: eng/pentane__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: pentane
trans_list: pentaani
sense:
(organic compound) An aliphatic hydrocarbon of chemical formula C5H12; either of the three isomers n-pentane, methylbutane (isopentane), and dimethylpropane (neopentane); volatile liquids under normal conditions.


lexentry: eng/pentanol__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: pentanol
trans_list: amyylialkoholi
sense:
(organic compound) Any of several isomers of the alcohol C5H11OH; the principal constituents of fusel oil.


lexentry: eng/pentathlon__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: pentathlon
trans_list: antiikin viisiottelu
sense:
An ancient athletics discipline, featuring five events: stadion, wrestling, long jump, javelin and discus


lexentry: eng/pentathlon__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: pentathlon
trans_list: antiikin viisiottelu
sense:
(athletics) Ellipsis of women's pentathlon (“a 20th-century athletics discipline for women, the women's counterpart of the men's decathlon, the predecessor to the women's heptathlon, featuring five events: hurdles, shot put, high jump, long jump, and a run”).


lexentry: eng/pentathlon__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: pentathlon
trans_list: nykyaikainen viisiottelu
sense:
(athletics) Ellipsis of modern pentathlon, a discipline with five events based on late-19th century basic military skills.


lexentry: eng/penthouse__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: penthouse
trans_list: kylkirakennus
sense:
(now, historical) A structure or annexe (especially one with a sloping roof) extending from the side of a building, sometimes as protection from the weather. [from 14th c.]


lexentry: eng/penthouse__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: penthouse
trans_list: suoja
sense:
(by extension, now, rare) Something forming a shelter or canopy over something; an awning, shelter, etc. [from 16th c.]


lexentry: eng/penthouse__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: penthouse
trans_list: kattohuoneisto
sense:
An apartment or suite found on an upper floor, or floors, of a tall building, especially one that is expensive or luxurious with panoramic views. [from 19th c.]


lexentry: eng/pentice__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: pentice
trans_list: katos
sense:
(mining) An unexcavated portion of a shaftway, intended to afford protection from falling debris to workers at the bottom of the shaft during certain stages of mining.


lexentry: eng/pentode__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: pentode
trans_list: pentodi
sense:
A thermionic valve similar to a tetrode with the addition of a third grid, the suppressor grid to reduce the secondary emission effect; was/is used in high quality audio and radio products.


lexentry: eng/penultimate__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: penultimate
trans_list: viimeistä edellinen | toiseksi viimeinen
sense:
(UK, in, _, US, _, usually, formal) Next to last, second to last; immediately preceding the end of a sequence, list, etc.


lexentry: eng/penumbra__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: penumbra
trans_list: penumbra
sense:
(astronomy) A region around the edge of a sunspot, darker than the sun's surface but lighter than the middle of the sunspot.


lexentry: eng/people's__Adjective__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: people's
trans_list: kansa
sense:
In certain socialist states: of, from, or controlled (at least in name) by the common people rather than a ruling elite.


lexentry: eng/people's_army__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: people's army
trans_list: kansanarmeija
sense:
A communist-based military organization, often linked to a communist political party; the armed forces of a communist state.


lexentry: eng/people's_house__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: people's house
trans_list: seurantalo | työväentalo
sense:
(historical) A leisure and cultural centre built with the intention of making art and cultural appreciation available to the working classes.


lexentry: eng/people__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: people
trans_list: kansa | väestö
sense:
(countable, collective) Persons forming or belonging to a particular group, such as a nation, class, ethnic group, country, family, etc.


lexentry: eng/people__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: people
trans_list: väki | henkilökunta
sense:
A group of persons regarded as being servants, followers, companions or subjects of a ruler or leader.


lexentry: eng/people__Noun__1
sense_num: 06
written_rep: people
trans_list: kansa | ihmiset
sense:
The mass of a community as distinguished from a special class (elite); the commonalty; the populace; the vulgar; the common crowd; the citizens.


lexentry: eng/people_mover__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: people mover
trans_list: automaattijuna | automaattimetro
sense:
A fully automated, grade-separated mass transit system, typically serving a small area such as an airport.


lexentry: eng/people_person__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: people person
trans_list: ihmisläheinen henkilö | ihmisystävällinen henkilö | sosiaalinen henkilö
sense:
(idiomatic) One who interacts skilfully with other people and who receives satisfaction from such interaction.


lexentry: eng/pepino_melon__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: pepino melon
trans_list: pepino
sense:
A South American plant in the nightshade family Solanaceae, cultivated for its melon-like fruit, Solanum muricatum.


lexentry: eng/pepo__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: pepo
trans_list: kurkku | kurpitsa | meloni
sense:
A fruit of plants of the gourd family Cucurbitaceae, possessing a hard rind and producing many seeds in a single, central, pulpy chamber.


lexentry: eng/pepper__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: pepper
trans_list: paprika | chili | chilipippuri
sense:
(UK, US, Ireland, and, Canada) A fruit of the capsicum plant: red, green, yellow or white, hollow and containing seeds, and in a wide range of mild (sweet, nonspicy) to hot (spicy) varieties.


lexentry: eng/pepper_mill__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: pepper mill
trans_list: pippurimylly
sense:
A small handheld grinder containing a supply of peppercorns for grinding fresh at the table or in the kitchen.


lexentry: eng/pepper_shaker__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: pepper shaker
trans_list: pippurisirotin
sense:
A small container designed to hold pepper and facilitate sprinkling it on food for seasoning purposes.


lexentry: eng/pepper_tree__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: pepper tree
trans_list: roseepippuri
sense:
Any of the South American trees in the genus Schinus, which have small fruits that have been used as a substitute for black pepper.


lexentry: eng/peppermint__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: peppermint
trans_list: piparminttu
sense:
A hybrid herb of the mint family (Mentha × piperita), formed by crossing watermint and spearmint, which has a high menthol content and a sharp flavor and is used in cooking, especially in herb teas and in confections. [from 17th c.]


lexentry: eng/peppermint__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: peppermint
trans_list: piparminttu | piparminttukaramelli
sense:
(countable) Any of various sweets containing extract of the peppermint herb; peppermint confectionery. [from 19th c.]


lexentry: eng/peppermint_oil__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: peppermint oil
trans_list: piparminttuöljy
sense:
oil derived from the leaves of the peppermint plant Mentha × piperita, which is used for a number of purposes.


lexentry: eng/pepperwort__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: pepperwort
trans_list: krassi
sense:
Any of several species of perennial plant in the genus Lepidium (originally specifically dittander, species Lepidium latifolium), which is a member of the mustard and cabbage family. [from 16th c.]


lexentry: eng/pepsin__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: pepsin
trans_list: pepsiini
sense:
(enzyme) A digestive enzyme that chemically digests, or breaks down, proteins into shorter chains of amino acids.


lexentry: eng/peptide__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: peptide
trans_list: peptidi
sense:
(organic compound) Any of a class of organic compounds consisting of various numbers of amino acids in which the amine of one is reacted with the carboxylic acid of the next to form an amide bond.


lexentry: eng/peptide_bond__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: peptide bond
trans_list: peptidisidos
sense:
(chemistry) An amide bond formed between the amino and carboxyl functional groups of separate amino acids.


lexentry: eng/peptization__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: peptization
trans_list: peptisoituminen
sense:
The stabilization of a hydrophobic colloidal sol by the addition of an electrolyte that is adsorbed on the particle surfaces


lexentry: eng/per_bend__Adverb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: per bend
trans_list: lohkoinen
sense:
(heraldry) (Partitioned) diagonally by a line going from the dexter chief (viewer's top left) along a 45 degree angle towards the sinister base, (especially) into two halves (formally party per bend).


lexentry: eng/per_bend_sinister__Adverb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: per bend sinister
trans_list: vastalohkoinen
sense:
(heraldry) (Partitioned) diagonally by a line going from the sinister chief (viewer's top right) towards the dexter base, (especially) into two halves (formally party per bend sinister).


lexentry: eng/per_fess__Adverb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: per fess
trans_list: katkoinen
sense:
(heraldry) (Partitioned) horizontally; (especially) partitioned horizontally into two halves (formally party per fess).


lexentry: eng/per_pale__Adverb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: per pale
trans_list: halkoinen
sense:
(heraldry) (Partitioned) vertically; (especially) partitioned vertically into two halves (formally party per pale).


lexentry: eng/per_se__Adverb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: per se
trans_list: sellaisenaan | varsinaisesti
sense:
(non-standard, more loosely, negative polarity) In a true or literal sense; as one would expect from the name or description.


lexentry: eng/percentage_rate__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: percentage rate
trans_list: prosentuaalinen muutosvauhti
sense:
(finance, mathematics) A coefficient, expressed as a fraction of 100, of the quotient of two numbers over a specified period of time, where the denominator has the same units as the numerator but is adjusted by a unit of time. This measure indicates the proportion of a part in relation to a whole and is commonly used to describe rates of interest, growth, or change in financial and economic contexts, expressed in percentage points.


lexentry: eng/percentile__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: percentile
trans_list: persentiili
sense:
(statistics) Any of the ninety-nine points that divide an ordered distribution into one hundred parts, each containing one per cent of the population.


lexentry: eng/perchloric_acid__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: perchloric acid
trans_list: perkloorihappo
sense:
A clear colourless liquid that is a strong acid and a violent, sometimes explosive, oxidizing agent: HClO4, the oxyacid of chlorine in which chlorine has the highest oxidation number.


lexentry: eng/percontation__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: percontation
trans_list: kysely
sense:
(formal, rare, or, obsolete) A question which cannot properly be given a one-word answer like “yes” or “no”. [from early 17th c.]


lexentry: eng/percussion__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: percussion
trans_list: lyömäsoittimet | lyömäsoitinryhmä
sense:
(music) The section of an orchestra or band containing percussion instruments; such instruments considered as a group; in bands, may be separate from drum kits.


lexentry: eng/percussion_cap__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: percussion cap
trans_list: nallihattu
sense:
a metal cap found on muzzleloading firearms that contains chemical substances such as fulminate that explode upon impact


lexentry: eng/percussion_instrument__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: percussion instrument
trans_list: lyömäsoitin
sense:
(musical instruments) An instrument in which the sound is produced by striking, scraping or shaking an object.


lexentry: eng/percussionist__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: percussionist
trans_list: perkussionisti | lyömäsoittaja
sense:
A trained musician who plays percussion instruments, as opposed to a drummer who lacks formal training.


lexentry: eng/peregrinate__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: peregrinate
trans_list: matkustaa
sense:
(intransitive) To travel from place to place, or from one country to another, especially on foot; hence, to sojourn in foreign countries.


lexentry: eng/peregrination__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: peregrination
trans_list: vaellus
sense:
(countable) A journey or trip, especially by foot; also (uncountable) journeying, travelling. [from mid 16th c.]


lexentry: eng/peremptory__Adjective__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: peremptory
trans_list: ehdoton
sense:
Positive in opinion or judgment; absolutely certain, overconfident, unwilling to hear any debate or argument (especially in a pejorative sense); dogmatic.


lexentry: eng/perennial__Adjective__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: perennial
trans_list: ajaton | jatkuva
sense:
Continuing without cessation or intermission for several years, or for an undetermined or infinite period; neverending or never failing; perpetual, unceasing.


lexentry: eng/perennial__Adjective__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: perennial
trans_list: monivuotinen
sense:
(botany) Of a plant: active throughout the year, or having a life cycle of more than two growing seasons.


lexentry: eng/perennial__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: perennial
trans_list: monivuotinen kasvi | perenna
sense:
(botany) A plant that is active throughout the year, or has a life cycle of more than two growing seasons.


lexentry: eng/perestroika__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: perestroika
trans_list: perestroika | uudelleenrakentaminen
sense:
(historical, uncountable) A program of political and economic reform carried out in the Soviet Union in the 1980s and early 1990s under the leadership of Mikhail Gorbachev.


lexentry: eng/perfect__Adjective__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: perfect
trans_list: täydellinen | mestarillinen | taitava
sense:
(obsolete, _, outside set of phrases, of a person) Having thoroughly learned or memorized a lesson; of a lesson: having been thoroughly learned or memorized.


lexentry: eng/perfect__Adjective__1
sense_num: 11
written_rep: perfect
trans_list: puhdas
sense:
(music) Describing an interval or any compound interval of a unison, octave, or fourths and fifths that are not tritones.


lexentry: eng/perfect_fifth__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: perfect fifth
trans_list: puhdas kvintti
sense:
(music) An interval equal to that of between the second and third harmonics of the harmonic series. In twelve-tone equal temperament, it spans seven semitones or five degrees of the diatonic scale.


lexentry: eng/perfect_pitch__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: perfect pitch
trans_list: absoluuttinen sävelkorva
sense:
(music, uncountable) The ability to identify a note by name on hearing it, or to re-create a specified note from memory, without the benefit of an externally provided reference pitch.


lexentry: eng/perfect_tense__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: perfect tense
trans_list: perfektimuoto
sense:
A verb form indicating that an action or state has been completed at the present time, in the past, or shall be completed in the future.


lexentry: eng/perfection__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: perfection
trans_list: täydellisyys
sense:
The quality or state of being perfect or complete, so that nothing substandard remains; the highest attainable state or degree of excellence.


lexentry: eng/perfectionist__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: perfectionist
trans_list: perfektionisti
sense:
Someone who is unwilling to settle for anything that is not perfect or does not meet extremely high standards. [from 20th c.]


lexentry: eng/perfective_aspect__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: perfective aspect
trans_list: perfektiivinen aspekti
sense:
(grammar) A feature of the verb which denotes viewing the event the verb describes as a completed whole, rather than from within the event as it unfolds. For example, "she sat down" as opposed to "she was sitting down". Since the focus is on the completion of what is expressed by the verb, this aspect is generally associated with the past and future tenses. This term is often used interchangeably with aorist aspect. This is not to be confused with the perfect tense.


lexentry: eng/perfidious__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: perfidious
trans_list: petollinen
sense:
Of, pertaining to, or representing perfidy; disloyal to what should command one's fidelity or allegiance. [from late 16th c.]


lexentry: eng/perfidy__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: perfidy
trans_list: sotapetos
sense:
(international law, in warfare) An illegitimate act of deception, such as using symbols like the Red Cross or white flag in a false claim of surrender to gain proximity to an enemy for purposes of attack.


lexentry: eng/perform__Verb__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: perform
trans_list: esittää
sense:
(ambitransitive) To do (something) in front of an audience, such as acting or music, often in order to entertain.


lexentry: eng/perform__Verb__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: perform
trans_list: näytellä | teeskennellä
sense:
(by extension, transitive) To behave theatrically so as to give the impression of (a quality, character trait, etc.); to feign.


lexentry: eng/performance__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: performance
trans_list: suoritus
sense:
The act of performing; carrying into execution or action; execution; achievement; accomplishment; representation by action.


lexentry: eng/performance__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: performance
trans_list: saavutus | suoritus
sense:
That which is performed or accomplished; a thing done or carried through; an achievement; a deed; an act; a feat; especially, an action of an elaborate or public character.


lexentry: eng/performance_art__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: performance art
trans_list: performanssitaide
sense:
(arts) A form of art in which the artist creates a live performance, often using a variety of media.


lexentry: eng/performance_management__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: performance management
trans_list: suorituskyvyn johtaminen
sense:
The process of ensuring that organisational goals are consistently being met in an effective and efficient manner.


lexentry: eng/perfume__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: perfume
trans_list: hajuvesi | parfyymi | hajuste | tuoksu | hajuaine
sense:
A pleasant smell; the scent, odor, or odoriferous particles emitted from a sweet-smelling substance; a pleasant odor.


lexentry: eng/pergola__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: pergola
trans_list: pergola
sense:
A framework in the form of a passageway of columns that supports a trelliswork roof; used to support and train climbing plants.


lexentry: eng/periastron__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: periastron
trans_list: periastron
sense:
(astronomy) That point of the orbit of a celestial body which is closest to the star around which the body is orbiting.


lexentry: eng/pericardial_fluid__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: pericardial fluid
trans_list: sydänpussineste
sense:
A fluid that reduces friction within the pericardium by lubricating the epicardial surface, allowing the membranes to glide over each other with each heartbeat.


lexentry: eng/peridotite__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: peridotite
trans_list: peridotiitti
sense:
(geology) A rock consisting of small crystals of olivine, pyroxene and hornblende; the major constituent of the Earth's mantle.


lexentry: eng/perigee__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: perigee
trans_list: perigeum | periapsis
sense:
(astronomy) The point, in an orbit about the Earth, that is closest to the Earth: the periapsis of an Earth orbiter.


lexentry: eng/perigee__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: perigee
trans_list: periapsis
sense:
(astronomy, more generally) The point, in an orbit about any planet, that is closest to the planet: the periapsis of any satellite.


lexentry: eng/perihelion__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: perihelion
trans_list: periheli
sense:
(astronomy) The point in the elliptical orbit of a comet, planet, etc., where it is nearest to the Sun.


lexentry: eng/perilla__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: perilla
trans_list: veripeippi
sense:
An East Asian herb with flavorful leaves used in cooking and as a garnish, Perilla frutescens. Also grown for the seeds, which contain an edible and industrially-useful oil.


lexentry: eng/perilune__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: perilune
trans_list: periluni
sense:
(astronomy) The point of an elliptical lunar orbit where the distance between the satellite and the Moon is at its minimum.


lexentry: eng/perimenopause__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: perimenopause
trans_list: esivaihdevuodet | perimenopaussi
sense:
The physiological stage that women approaching menopause go through when, due to hormonal changes, they progress from their usual pattern of menstruation through a phase of atypical menstruation, and finally cease menstruating. Perimenopause ends when a woman has not menstruated for a year.


lexentry: eng/period__Interjection__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: period
trans_list: piste
sense:
(chiefly, North America) That's final; that's the end of the matter (analogous to a period ending a sentence); end of story.


lexentry: eng/period__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: period
trans_list: piste
sense:
(now, chiefly, North America, Philippines) The punctuation mark “.” (indicating the ending of a sentence or marking an abbreviation).


lexentry: eng/period__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: period
trans_list: jakso | ajanjakso | aika | jaksonaika
sense:
The length of time during which the same characteristics of a periodic phenomenon recur, such as the repetition of a wave or the rotation of a planet. [from 17th c.]


lexentry: eng/period__Noun__1
sense_num: 07
written_rep: period
trans_list: kausi
sense:
A section of an artist's, writer's (etc.) career distinguished by a given quality, preoccupation etc. [from 19th c.]


lexentry: eng/period__Noun__1
sense_num: 12
written_rep: period
trans_list: päätepiste
sense:
(archaic) An end or conclusion; the final point of a process, a state, an event, etc. [from 16th c.]


lexentry: eng/period__Noun__1
sense_num: 13
written_rep: period
trans_list: lause
sense:
(rhetoric) A complete sentence, especially one expressing a single thought or making a balanced, rhythmic whole. [from 16th c.]


lexentry: eng/period__Noun__1
sense_num: 16
written_rep: period
trans_list: kausi | erä | tunti
sense:
(geology) A geochronologic unit of millions to tens of millions of years; a subdivision of an era, and subdivided into epochs.


lexentry: eng/period__Noun__1
sense_num: 17
written_rep: period
trans_list: period-geeni
sense:
(genetics) A Drosophila gene, the gene product of which is involved in regulation of the circadian rhythm.


lexentry: eng/periodic__Adjective__1
sense_num: 06
written_rep: periodic
trans_list: jaksollinen
sense:
(mathematics, stochastic processes, of a state) For which any return to it must occur in multiples of k time steps, for some k>1.


lexentry: eng/periodic_table__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: periodic table
trans_list: jaksollinen järjestelmä | alkuaineiden jaksollinen järjestelmä | alkuainetaulukko
sense:
(chemistry) A tabular chart of the chemical elements according to their atomic numbers so that elements with similar properties are in the same group (column).


lexentry: eng/periodical__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: periodical
trans_list: aikakauslehti | aikakausjulkaisu
sense:
A regularly issued thematic publication that contains the most current information in its field, often the primary means for communication of original scholarship or creative work at the cutting edge of research in its field.


lexentry: eng/periodical_cicada__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: periodical cicada
trans_list: seitsentoistavuotiskaskas
sense:
Any of certain species of cicadas, especially in genus Magicicada, which are known for their 17- and 13-year life-cycles, during most of which they develop underground, emerging in large numbers for a short time as large and audible adults, all those emerging in a year constituting a brood.


lexentry: eng/periodize__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: periodize
trans_list: jaksottaa
sense:
(weightlifting, sports) To split (a training program) into segments of a few weeks or months, so that training begins at lower intensity and is gradually increased to high intensity.


lexentry: eng/periodontics__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: periodontics
trans_list: parodontologia
sense:
(dentistry) The study of supporting structures of teeth, including the gums, alveolar bone, cementum, and the periodontal ligament, and the diseases and conditions that affect them.


lexentry: eng/periodontitis__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: periodontitis
sense:
(dentistry, periodontology) A serious form or stage of periodontal disease which may lead to loss of bone and falling out of teeth.

trans_list:
parodontiitti | hampaiden kiinnityskudossairaus | hampaiden kiinnityskudostulehdus | hampaiden tukikudostulehdus | kiinnityskudossairaus | kiinnityskudostulehdus


lexentry: eng/perioperative__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: perioperative
trans_list: leikkaus
sense:
(surgery) Relating to the period around an operation, including immediate preoperative preparation and postoperative recovery.


lexentry: eng/peripheral_device__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: peripheral device
trans_list: oheislaite
sense:
(computer hardware) An electronic device that is outside the computer's system unit (external to the computer's enclosing case), but used by the computer to which it is connected, such as a printer or a scanner.


lexentry: eng/periphrasis__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: periphrasis
trans_list: perifraasi
sense:
The use of a longer expression instead of a shorter one with a similar meaning, for example "I am going to" instead of "I will".


lexentry: eng/periscope__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: periscope
trans_list: periskooppi
sense:
A form of viewing device that allows the viewer to see things at a different height level and usually with minimal visibility.


lexentry: eng/perissodactyl__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: perissodactyl
trans_list: kavioeläin
sense:
Any ungulate mammal with an odd number of toes and belonging to the Perissodactyla, an equid, a tapir, or a rhinoceros.


lexentry: eng/peristalsis__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: peristalsis
trans_list: peristaltiikka | peristalttinen liike
sense:
(medicine) The rhythmic, wave-like contraction and relaxation of muscles so as to propagate motion, as of food in the digestive tract.


lexentry: eng/peritoneal_dialysis__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: peritoneal dialysis
trans_list: vatsakalvodialyysi
sense:
(medicine) A treatment for patients with severe chronic kidney disease in which fluids are exchanged from the blood in the patient's peritoneum in the abdomen.


lexentry: eng/peritoneum__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: peritoneum
trans_list: vatsakalvo
sense:
(anatomy) In mammals, the serous membrane lining the cavity of the abdomen and that is folded over the viscera.


lexentry: eng/peritonitis__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: peritonitis
trans_list: vatsakalvontulehdus | peritoniitti
sense:
(pathology) Inflammation of the peritoneum, especially when caused by an infectious organism introduced into the abdominal cavity.


lexentry: eng/permaculture__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: permaculture
trans_list: permakulttuuri
sense:
(agriculture) Any system of sustainable agriculture that renews natural resources and enriches local ecosystems. [from 1978]


lexentry: eng/permalink__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: permalink
trans_list: ikilinkki
sense:
(internet) A permanent (unchanging) link to an individual blog entry or news item on the World Wide Web.


lexentry: eng/permanent__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: permanent
trans_list: kestokiharat | permanentti
sense:
A chemical hair treatment imparting or removing curliness, whose effects typically last for a period of weeks; a perm.


lexentry: eng/permanent__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: permanent
trans_list: permanentti
sense:
(linear algebra, combinatorics) Given an n \times n matrix a_{ij} \,, the sum over all permutations \pi \, of \prod_{i=1}^n{a_{i\pi(i)}}.


lexentry: eng/permanent_magnet__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: permanent magnet
trans_list: kestomagneetti
sense:
(physics) A material, or piece of such material, which retains its magnetism even when not subjected to any external magnetic fields.


lexentry: eng/permanent_residency__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: permanent residency
trans_list: pysyvä oleskelulupa
sense:
A visa status which allows a person to reside indefinitely in a foreign country without acquiring citizenship in that country


lexentry: eng/permanent_resident__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: permanent resident
trans_list: pysyvän oleskeluluvan haltija
sense:
A person with permanent residency, a visa status which allows that person to reside indefinitely in a foreign country without acquiring citizenship in that country.


lexentry: eng/permanganate__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: permanganate
trans_list: permanganaatti
sense:
(inorganic chemistry) any salt of permanganic acid: they are purple crystalline solids, mostly soluble in water, and are strong oxidizing agents


lexentry: eng/permeability__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: permeability
trans_list: permeabiliteetti
sense:
(physics) A quantitative measure of the degree of magnetization of a material in the presence of an applied magnetic field (measured in newtons per ampere squared in SI units).


lexentry: eng/permeable__Adjective__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: permeable
trans_list: läpäisevä
sense:
(by extension) Allowing the passage of persons, information, or other things, especially when such passage occurs despite hopes or expectations otherwise.


lexentry: eng/permeate__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: permeate
trans_list: kulkeutua läpi | läpäistä | päästä läpi | tunkeutua läpi | vuotaa läpi
sense:
(transitive) To pass through the pores or interstices of; to penetrate and pass through without causing rupture or displacement; applied especially to fluids which pass through substances of loose texture


lexentry: eng/permission__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: permission
trans_list: käyttöoikeudet | oikeudet
sense:
(computing) Flags or access control lists pertaining to a file that dictate who can access it, and how.


lexentry: eng/permittivity__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: permittivity
trans_list: permittiivisyys
sense:
(physics) A property of a dielectric medium that determines the forces that electric charges placed in the medium exert on each other.


lexentry: eng/permutation__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: permutation
trans_list: permutaatio
sense:
(music) A transformation of a set's prime form, by applying one or more of certain operations, specifically, transposition, inversion, and retrograde.


lexentry: eng/permutation_group__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: permutation group
trans_list: permutaatioryhmä
sense:
(algebra, group theory) A group whose elements are permutations (self-bijections) of a given set and whose group operation is function composition.


lexentry: eng/pernoctation__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: pernoctation
trans_list: yöpyminen | yövartio
sense:
(uncountable) The action of abiding through the night at a location; (countable) an instance of this; an overnight stay.


lexentry: eng/pernoctation__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: pernoctation
trans_list: yövartio
sense:
(uncountable) The action of walking about at night, especially as a vigil or watch; (countable) an instance of this.


lexentry: eng/pernoctation__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: pernoctation
trans_list: yömessu
sense:
(countable, religion, chiefly, Christianity, obsolete) A religious watch kept during normal sleeping hours, during which prayers or other ceremonies are performed; a vigil.


lexentry: eng/peroration__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: peroration
trans_list: tiivistelmä
sense:
The concluding section of a discourse, either written or oral, in which the orator or writer sums up and commends his topic to his audience, particularly as used in the technical sense of a component of ancient Roman oratorical delivery.


lexentry: eng/peroxide__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: peroxide
trans_list: peroksidi
sense:
(inorganic chemistry) A divalent radical or anion containing two oxygen atoms linked by a covalent bond; any substance containing this group yields hydrogen peroxide when treated with an acid.


lexentry: eng/perpetual_motion_machine__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: perpetual motion machine
trans_list: ikiliikkuja
sense:
(physics, pseudoscience) A hypothetical, pseudoscientific device that exhibits perpetual motion, especially one that does useful work with no input of energy.


lexentry: eng/perpetual_motion_machine_of_the_second_kind__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: perpetual motion machine of the second kind
trans_list: toisen lajin ikiliikkuja
sense:
(physics, pseudoscience) A perpetual motion machine that spontaneously converts thermal energy into mechanical work.


lexentry: eng/perpetuate__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: perpetuate
trans_list: suojella | säilyttää
sense:
(transitive) To make (something) perpetual; to make (something) continue for an indefinite time; also, to preserve (something) from extinction or oblivion.


lexentry: eng/persecute__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: persecute
trans_list: vainota | sortaa
sense:
To pursue in a manner to do harm or cruelty to; especially, because of the victim's race, sexual identity, or adherence to a particular belief.


lexentry: eng/perseverance__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
sense: Continuing in a course of action without regard to discouragement, opposition or previous failure.
written_rep: perseverance
trans_list:
hellittämättömyys | itsepintaisuus | määrätietoisuus | periksiantamattomuus | peräänantamattomuus | sinnikkyys


lexentry: eng/perseverance_of_the_saints__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: perseverance of the saints
trans_list: ehdoton pelastusvarmuus
sense:
(Christianity, theology) A doctrine, one of the Five Points of Calvinism, stating that true believers in Jesus Christ's substitutionary atonement on the cross (the "saints") cannot relapse and are predestined to salvation.


lexentry: eng/persevere__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: persevere
trans_list: jankuttaa
sense:
(intransitive) To persist steadfastly in pursuit of an undertaking, task, journey, or goal, even if hindered by distraction, difficulty, obstacles, or discouragement.


lexentry: eng/persimmon__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: persimmon
trans_list: kaki
sense:
The orange fruit of any of various species of trees in the genus Diospyros, especially Diospyros kaki (the kaki or Japanese persimmon) or Diospyros virginiana (the wild American persimmon), which is sweet when ripe and astringent when immature.


lexentry: eng/persimmon__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: persimmon
trans_list: kaki | persimoni | sharon | taateliluumu
sense:
The tree this fruit grows on, generally one of two species of ebony: Diospyros kaki (Asian) or Diospyros virginiana (North American).


lexentry: eng/persistent__Adjective__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: persistent
trans_list: pysyvä
sense:
(computing) Of data or a data structure: not transient or temporary, but remaining in existence after the termination of the program that creates it.


lexentry: eng/persistent_organic_pollutant__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: persistent organic pollutant
trans_list: pysyvä orgaaninen yhdiste
sense:
An organic compound, predominantly synthetic, that is resistant to environmental degradation through chemical, biological, and photolytic processes, and that is often associated with health risks.


lexentry: eng/person-to-person__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: person-to-person
trans_list: henkilö
sense:
(telephony) Of a telephone call, such that the caller is only connected and charged if the person he specified is available to speak.


lexentry: eng/person-year__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: person-year
trans_list: henkilötyövuosi
sense:
One person's working time for a year, or the equivalent, used as a measure of how much work or labor is required or consumed to perform some task.


lexentry: eng/person__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: person
trans_list: persoona
sense:
(Christianity) Any one of the three hypostases of the Holy Trinity: the Father, Son, or Holy Spirit.


lexentry: eng/person__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: person
trans_list: ihminen | henkilö
sense:
(in a compound noun or noun phrase) A human of unspecified gender (in terms usually constructed with man or woman).


lexentry: eng/person__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: person
trans_list: ihminen
sense:
(in a compound noun or noun phrase) Someone who likes or has an affinity for (a specified thing). [from 20th c.]


lexentry: eng/person__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: person
trans_list: hahmo | henkilö
sense:
A character or part, as in a play; a specific kind or manifestation of individual character, whether in real life, or in literary or dramatic representation; an assumed character.


lexentry: eng/person__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: person
trans_list: persoona | henkilö
sense:
(grammar) A linguistic category used to distinguish between the speaker of an utterance and those to whom or about whom they are speaking. See grammatical person. [from 14th c.]


lexentry: eng/person__Noun__1
sense_num: 06
written_rep: person
trans_list: yksilö
sense:
(biology) A shoot or bud of a plant; a polyp or zooid of the compound Hydrozoa, Anthozoa, etc.; also, an individual, in the narrowest sense, among the higher animals. [from 19th c.]


lexentry: eng/persona__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: persona
trans_list: profiili
sense:
(marketing, user experience) An imaginary person representing a particular type of client or customer, considered when designing products and services that will appeal to them.


lexentry: eng/personal__Adjective__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: personal
trans_list: henkilökohtainen
sense:
Of or pertaining to a particular person; relating to, or affecting, an individual, or each of many individuals


lexentry: eng/personal__Adjective__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: personal
trans_list: henkilökohtainen
sense:
Dealing with subjects about which one wishes (or people usually wish) to maintain privacy or discretion; not for public view; sensitive, intimate.


lexentry: eng/personal__Adjective__1
sense_num: 07
written_rep: personal
trans_list: henkilökohtainen
sense:
Relating to an individual, their character, conduct, motives, or private affairs, in an invidious and offensive manner


lexentry: eng/personal__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: personal
trans_list: henkilökohtaista -ilmoitus
sense:
(mostly, in the plural) An advertisement by which an individual attempts to meet others with similar interests.


lexentry: eng/personal_area_network__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: personal area network
trans_list: likiverkko
sense:
A communications network intended for devices within one person's workspace (a small room or cubicle); it is typically wireless.


lexentry: eng/personal_conduct__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: personal conduct
trans_list: arvot
sense:
A set of precepts that one individual tries to observe in daily life. For example, precepts of preserving human life, speaking truthfully, or being nice to people.


lexentry: eng/personal_effect__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: personal effect
trans_list: henkilökohtainen tavara
sense:
(usually, in the plural) An item of personal property that one carries on one's person, including identification, jewelry, and clothing.


lexentry: eng/personal_hygiene__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: personal hygiene
trans_list: henkilökohtainen hygienia
sense:
(health sciences) The hygienic measures concerning a person's bodily condition, notably external cleanliness.


lexentry: eng/personal_lubricant__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: personal lubricant
trans_list: liukaste | liukuvoide
sense:
Any lubricant used during human sexual activity to reduce friction between body parts, or between body parts and other objects.


lexentry: eng/personal_protective_equipment__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: personal protective equipment
trans_list: henkilökohtainen suojavarustus
sense:
Clothing, helmets, goggles, and other garments and equipment designed to protect the wearer's body from injury, poison,or infection.


lexentry: eng/personal_space__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: personal space
trans_list: henkilökohtainen alue | henkilökohtainen tila
sense:
The physical space closely surrounding a person, which can lead to discomfort, anger or anxiety if encroached on.


lexentry: eng/personal_trainer__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: personal trainer
trans_list: henkilökohtainen valmentaja | kuntosaliohjaaja
sense:
Someone employed to help another with their fitness, especially by means of a personalised diet program and exercise regime.


lexentry: eng/personal_video_recorder__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: personal video recorder
trans_list: PVR-laite
sense:
(television, Canada, UK, Ireland) A device that can record broadcast television programmes, or the images from a video camera, for subsequent playback through a television set


lexentry: eng/personalism__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: personalism
trans_list: personalismi
sense:
(philosophy) A doctrine of subjective idealism that regards personality as the means of interpreting reality.


lexentry: eng/personality__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: personality
trans_list: persoonallisuus | luonne
sense:
(of people) A set of non-physical psychological and social qualities that make one person distinct from another.


lexentry: eng/personality__Noun__1
sense_num: 06
written_rep: personality
trans_list: henkilökohtaisuus
sense:
(dated) Something said or written which refers to the person, conduct, etc., of some individual, especially something of a disparaging or offensive nature; personal remarks.


lexentry: eng/personality_disorder__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: personality disorder
trans_list: persoonallisuushäiriö
sense:
(psychiatry) Any of a class of mental disorders characterized by ongoing rigid patterns of thought and action.


lexentry: eng/personify__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: personify
trans_list: henkilöidä
sense:
(transitive) To create a representation of (an abstract quality) in the form of a character or persona.


lexentry: eng/personnel__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: personnel
trans_list: henkilökunta | henkilöstö
sense:
Collection of people in an organization, such as employees and office staff, members of the military, etc.


lexentry: eng/perspective__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: perspective
trans_list: näkökulma
sense:
(figuratively) The choice of a single angle or point of view from which to sense, categorize, measure or codify experience.


lexentry: eng/persuade__Verb__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: persuade
trans_list: suostutella | taivutella | vakuuttaa | taivuttaa
sense:
(transitive, now, rare, regional) To urge, plead; to try to convince (someone to do something). [from 16th c.]


lexentry: eng/persuasion__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: persuasion
trans_list: kuppikunta
sense:
The act of persuading, or trying to do so; the addressing of arguments to someone with the intention of changing their mind or convincing them of a certain point of view, course of action etc. [from 14th c.]


lexentry: eng/persuasion__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: persuasion
trans_list: kuppikunta
sense:
(euphemism) All activity attempting to influence or control others' behavior or profession of beliefs, from convincing to threatening, assault, or battery.


lexentry: eng/perturbation__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: perturbation
trans_list: häiriö | poikkeuma | poikkeutus
sense:
(countable) A small change in a physical system, or more broadly any definable system (such as a biological or economic system)


lexentry: eng/peruke__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: peruke
trans_list: peruukki
sense:
A wig, especially one with long hair on the sides and back, worn mainly by men in the 17th and 18th centuries.


lexentry: eng/pervert__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: pervert
trans_list: pervertti
sense:
(dated) One who has been perverted; one who has turned to error, or adopted a twisted sense of values or morals.


lexentry: eng/perxenate__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: perxenate
trans_list: perksenaatti
sense:
(inorganic chemistry) The anion XeO64- formally derived from perxenic acid; any salt containing this anion.


lexentry: eng/peso__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: peso
trans_list: peso
sense:
(historical) A former unit of currency in Spain and Spain's colonies, worth 8 reales; the Spanish dollar.


lexentry: eng/pessary__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: pessary
trans_list: pessaari
sense:
A medical device similar to the outer ring of a contraceptive diaphragm, most commonly used to support a displaced uterus; also called therapeutic pessary.


lexentry: eng/pesticide__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: pesticide
trans_list: tuholaismyrkky | torjunta-aine
sense:
Anything, especially a synthetic substance but also any substance (e.g. sulfur), or virus, bacterium, or other organism, which kills or suppresses the activities of pests.


lexentry: eng/pesto__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: pesto
trans_list: pesto | pestokastike
sense:
A sauce, especially for pasta, originating from the Genoa region in Italy, made from basil, garlic, pine nuts, olive oil and cheese (usually pecorino).


lexentry: eng/pet__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: pet
trans_list: lemmikkieläin | lemmikki
sense:
An animal kept as a companion or otherwise for pleasure, rather than for some practical benefit or use.


lexentry: eng/pet_door__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: pet door
trans_list: kissanluukku
sense:
An opening in a door for pets to come in and out of the house without requiring a human to open the door.


lexentry: eng/pet_rock__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: pet rock
trans_list: lemmikkikivi
sense:
A rock one keeps and cares for as if it were a pet, often purchased as a novelty item and jokingly treated as having needs like those of a living animal.


lexentry: eng/pet_shop__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: pet shop
trans_list: eläinkauppa | lemmikkieläinkauppa
sense:
A shop that sells animals kept as domestic pets, and products for caring for and feeding them. [from 1927]


lexentry: eng/peta-__Prefix__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: peta-
trans_list: peta-
sense:
In the metric system, multiplying the unit to which it is attached by 1015 (a short scale quadrillion or long scale billiard). Symbol: P


lexentry: eng/petal__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: petal
trans_list: terälehti
sense:
(botany) One of the component parts of the corolla of a flower. It applies particularly, but not necessarily only, when the corolla consists of separate parts, that is when the petals are not connately fused. Petals are often brightly colored.


lexentry: eng/peter__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: peter
trans_list: ehtyä
sense:
(intransitive, originally, US) Chiefly followed by out: originally (mining) , of a vein of ore: to be depleted of ore; now (generally) , to diminish to nothing; to dwindle, to trail off.


lexentry: eng/peter_out__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: peter out
trans_list: huveta | loppua | sammua
sense:
(intransitive, originally, US) Synonym of peter (“to diminish to nothing, (originally) to refer to a vein of ore”).


lexentry: eng/petit_mal__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: petit mal
trans_list: pieni kohtaus
sense:
(neurology) A form of epilepsy where the seizures are characterized as minor, the person becomes vacant or unaware, but not involving spasms and unconsciousness. These seizures are usually brief, lasting up to 30 seconds, and may include twitching. A formal medical term would be absence seizures.


lexentry: eng/petite_bourgeoisie__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: petite bourgeoisie
trans_list: pikkuporvaristo
sense:
(Marxism) An aspirational socio-economic class comprising small-scale capitalists such as small-business owners, managers, and some skilled professionals.


lexentry: eng/petition__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: petition
trans_list: adressi | vetoomus
sense:
A formal written request made by an individual or a group of people to a sovereign or political authority, often containing many signatures, soliciting some grace, right, mercy, or the redress of some wrong or grievance. [from early 15th c.]


lexentry: eng/petition__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: petition
trans_list: anomus | hakemus | adressi | vetoomus
sense:
(law, by extension) A formal written application made to a magistrate or court for an order or a suit for divorce. [from 1730s]


lexentry: eng/petition__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: petition
trans_list: rukous
sense:
A prayer or supplication, especially of which is formal or humble and made to a deity, a sovereign, or an authority. [from c. 1330]


lexentry: eng/petrichor__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: petrichor
trans_list: sateen tuoksu
sense:
The distinctive scent, caused by geosmin, which accompanies the first rain after a long, warm, dry spell.


lexentry: eng/petrify__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: petrify
trans_list: kivettää
sense:
(transitive) To turn to stone: to harden organic matter by permeating with water and depositing dissolved minerals.


lexentry: eng/petrify__Verb__1
sense_num: 06
written_rep: petrify
trans_list: jähmettää | kovettaa | kovettua
sense:
(transitive, figurative) To make callous or obdurate; to stupefy; to paralyze; to transform; as by petrification.


lexentry: eng/petrochemistry__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: petrochemistry
trans_list: petrokemia
sense:
(petrochemistry) The branch of chemistry that deals with petroleum, natural gas and their derivatives.


lexentry: eng/petrodollar__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: petrodollar
trans_list: öljyraha
sense:
(oil industry, mostly, in the plural, also, attributively) Money (either notionally or specifically in dollars or other currencies) earned from the sale of oil, often especially as considered among a national economy's principal revenue streams.


lexentry: eng/petrography__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: petrography
trans_list: petrografia
sense:
(petrology) The branch of petrology that deals with the scientific description and classification of rocks.


lexentry: eng/petroleum_ether__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: petroleum ether
trans_list: liuotinbensiini
sense:
A volatile petroleum fraction, usually available in a number of fractions boiling between 40°C and 140°C, and used as a solvent in the laboratory and industry.


lexentry: eng/petroleum_jelly__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: petroleum jelly
trans_list: vaseliini
sense:
A pale yellow semisolid mixture of hydrocarbons obtained from petroleum; used in lubricants and ointments.


lexentry: eng/petticoat__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: petticoat
trans_list: alushame
sense:
A light woman's undergarment worn under a dress or skirt, and hanging either from the shoulders or (now especially) from the waist; a kind of slip, worn to make the skirt fuller, or for extra warmth.


lexentry: eng/petty_cash__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: petty cash
trans_list: käteiskassa
sense:
(business) Cash available for trivial purchases, especially limited funds for employees to use without close supervision.


lexentry: eng/petty_officer__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: petty officer
trans_list: kersantti | pursimies
sense:
A non-commissioned officer in the Canadian, US and UK Navy and the US Coast Guard; roughly equivalent to a sergeant in the army


lexentry: eng/petty_theft__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: petty theft
trans_list: näpistys
sense:
A theft of property having a value lower than a certain small amount set forth in a statute, and considered to be a less serious class of crime.


lexentry: eng/pew__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: pew
trans_list: kirkonpenkki
sense:
Any structure shaped like a church pew, such as a stall, formerly used by money lenders, etc.; a box in a theatre; or a pen or sheepfold.


lexentry: eng/peyote__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: peyote
trans_list: meskaliinikaktus | myrkkykaktus
sense:
A small, spineless cactus (Lophophora williamsii) found from southwest United States to central Mexico that produces buttonlike tubercles that can be chewed for their psychedelic effect, primarily from the drug mescaline.


lexentry: eng/phagocyte__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: phagocyte
trans_list: fagosyytti | syöjäsolu
sense:
(cytology) A cell of the immune system, such as a neutrophil, macrophage or dendritic cell, that engulfs and destroys viruses, bacteria and waste materials, or in the case of mature dendritic cells; displays antigens from invading pathogens to cells of the lymphoid lineage.


lexentry: eng/phalanx__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: phalanx
trans_list: falangi
sense:
(historical, plural phalanxes) An ancient Greek and Macedonian military unit that consisted of several ranks and files (lines) of soldiers in close array with joined shields and long spears.


lexentry: eng/phalanx__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: phalanx
trans_list: falangi
sense:
(plural phalanxes or (rare) phalanges) A large group of people, animals or things, compact or closely massed, or tightly knit and united in common purpose.


lexentry: eng/phalarope__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: phalarope
trans_list: vesipääsky
sense:
Any of three small wading birds in the genus Phalaropus, of the family Scolopacidae, that have lobed toes.


lexentry: eng/phalloplasty__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: phalloplasty
trans_list: siittimen korjausleikkaus
sense:
(surgery) Plastic surgery to construct or repair a penis, performed to repair injury or as part of sex reassignment surgery.


lexentry: eng/phantom__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: phantom
trans_list: aave
sense:
Something apparently seen, heard, or sensed, but having no physical reality; an image that appears only in the mind; an illusion or delusion.


lexentry: eng/phantom_limb__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: phantom limb
trans_list: aaveraaja
sense:
(pathology) The false sensation, which is often painful, that an amputated limb is still present and attached.


lexentry: eng/phantom_pain__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: phantom pain
trans_list: aavekipu | fantomisärky
sense:
(medicine, pathology) A sensation of pain coming from a part of the body that has been amputated, or in which the nerves have been destroyed.


lexentry: eng/pharaoh__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: pharaoh
trans_list: faarao
sense:
(historical) The supreme ruler of Ancient Egypt; a formal address for the sovereign seat of power as personified by the "king" in an institutional role of Horus son of Osiris; often used by metonymy for Ancient Egyptian sovereignty


lexentry: eng/pharaoh_ant__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: pharaoh ant
trans_list: faraomuurahainen
sense:
A small yellow-brown ant, Monomorium pharaonis, introduced to virtually every area of the world, considered to be a major indoor pest.


lexentry: eng/pharisaic__Adjective__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: pharisaic
trans_list: farisealainen | tekopyhä | ulkokultainen
sense:
(of circumcision) Involving the total excision of the foreskin (posthetomy), including all or most of the penile frenulum, in addition to milah, periah, and occasionally metzitza.


lexentry: eng/pharisaism__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: pharisaism
trans_list: farisealaisuus
sense:
(chiefly, Christianity) Rigid observance of external forms of religion without genuine piety; hypocrisy in religion; a censorious, self-righteous spirit in matters of morals or manners.


lexentry: eng/pharmacodynamics__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: pharmacodynamics
trans_list: farmakodynamiikka
sense:
(pharmacology) The branch of pharmacology that studies the effects and modes of action of drugs upon the body.


lexentry: eng/pharmacogenomics__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: pharmacogenomics
trans_list: farmakogenetiikka
sense:
(pharmacology, genetics) The study of genes that code for enzymes that metabolize drugs, and the design of tailor-made drugs adapted to an individual's genetic make-up.


lexentry: eng/pharmacognosy__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: pharmacognosy
trans_list: farmakognosia
sense:
A branch of pharmacology that studies medical substances that are derived from natural sources, and their recognition.


lexentry: eng/pharmacokinetics__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: pharmacokinetics
trans_list: farmakokinetiikka
sense:
(pharmacology) A branch of pharmacology concerned with the rate at which drugs are absorbed, distributed, metabolized, and eliminated by the body.


lexentry: eng/pharmacology__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: pharmacology
trans_list: farmakologia
sense:
The science of drugs, including their origin, composition, pharmacokinetics, therapeutic use, and toxicology.


lexentry: eng/pharmacopoeia__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: pharmacopoeia
trans_list: farmakopea
sense:
(pharmacology) A text describing medicines and pharmacological substances, especially their use, preparation, and regulation.


lexentry: eng/pharmacy__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: pharmacy
trans_list: farmasia
sense:
(uncountable) The science of medicinal substances, inclusive of pharmaceutics, pharmaceutical chemistry, pharmacology, phytochemistry, and forensics.


lexentry: eng/pharyngeal__Adjective__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: pharyngeal
trans_list: nielu
sense:
(phonetics) Articulated with the pharynx; a term usually describing a consonant which is articulated by the rear area of the tongue being raised to below the region between the uvula and the pharyngeal wall. The term cannot apply to a plosive or stop consonant.


lexentry: eng/pharyngotomy__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: pharyngotomy
trans_list: faryngotomia
sense:
(surgery) The operation of making an incision into the pharynx, to remove a tumour or anything that obstructs the passage.


lexentry: eng/pharynx__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: pharynx
trans_list: nielu | farynks
sense:
(anatomy) The part of the alimentary canal and respiratory tract that extends from the back of the mouth and nasal cavity to the larynx and esophagus.


lexentry: eng/phascogale__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: phascogale
trans_list: wambengeri
sense:
Any of several Australian dasyurid marsupials, of the genus Phascogale, the males of which die shortly after mating.


lexentry: eng/phase-shift_keying__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: phase-shift keying
trans_list: vaiheavainnus
sense:
A form of phase modulation in which digital information is transmitted through discrete changes of the phase of a carrier wave.


lexentry: eng/phase__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: phase
trans_list: näkymä
sense:
That which is exhibited to the eye; the appearance which anything manifests, especially any one among different and varying appearances of the same object.


lexentry: eng/phase__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: phase
trans_list: vaihe
sense:
(astronomy) A particular appearance or state in a regularly recurring cycle of changes with respect to quantity of illumination or form, or the absence, of a body's illuminated disk. Illustrated in Wikipedia's article Lunar phase.


lexentry: eng/phase__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: phase
trans_list: vaihe | faasi | olomuotoalue
sense:
(physics) Any one point or portion in a recurring series of changes, as in the changes of motion of one of the particles constituting a wave or vibration; one portion of a series of such changes, in distinction from a contrasted portion, as the portion on one side of a position of equilibrium, in contrast with that on the opposite side.


lexentry: eng/phase__Noun__1
sense_num: 06
written_rep: phase
trans_list: faasi | olomuotoalue
sense:
(chemistry) A component in a material system that is distinguished by chemical composition and/or physical state (solid, liquid or gas) and/or crystal structure. It is delineated from an adjoining phase by an abrupt change in one or more of those conditions.


lexentry: eng/phase__Noun__1
sense_num: 07
written_rep: phase
trans_list: värimuunnos
sense:
(zoology) In certain organisms, one of two or more colour variations characteristic of the species, but independent of the ordinary seasonal and sexual differences, and often also of age.


lexentry: eng/phase_diagram__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: phase diagram
trans_list: faasidiagrammi
sense:
(physics, chemistry) A graph, with axes representing temperature and pressure, showing the equilibrium conditions for a given substance to be a solid, liquid or gas.


lexentry: eng/phase_diagram__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: phase diagram
trans_list: faasidiagrammi
sense:
a similar diagram for a binary mixture of substances, with axes representing composition and temperature.


lexentry: eng/phase_modulation__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: phase modulation
trans_list: vaihemodulaatio | vaihemodulointi
sense:
A method of sending information by modifying (modulating) the difference in phase (fraction of a wave length) between a signal and a reference.


lexentry: eng/phase_space__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: phase space
trans_list: faasiavaruus
sense:
(mathematics, physics, dynamical system theory) Given a (dynamical) system, any topological space such that every point in the space's underlying set uniquely represents a state of the system and every possible state is represented by some point;(less formally) the underlying set of such a topological space.


lexentry: eng/phase_transition__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: phase transition
trans_list: faasimuutos | faasitransitio
sense:
(physics) The transition between thermodynamic phases of a physical system, especially one between the solid, liquid, and gaseous phases of a substance.


lexentry: eng/phase_velocity__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: phase velocity
trans_list: vaihenopeus
sense:
(physics) The velocity of propagation of a pure sine wave of infinite extent and infinitesimal amplitude.


lexentry: eng/phasor__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: phasor
trans_list: osoitin
sense:
(sciences, engineering) A plotted line whose length and angle represent the amplitude and phase, respectively, of a sinusoidally varying quantity such as an alternating current.


lexentry: eng/phatic__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: phatic
trans_list: faattinen
sense:
(linguistics) Pertaining to words used to convey any kind of social relationship and whose meaning is otherwise either deemphasized or absent.


lexentry: eng/pheasant's_eye__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: pheasant's eye
trans_list: ruusuleinikki
sense:
Any of genus Adonis of flowering plants in the buttercup family (Ranunculaceae), native to Europe and Asia, particularly


lexentry: eng/phenanthrene__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: phenanthrene
trans_list: fenantreeni
sense:
(organic compound) A tricyclic aromatic hydrocarbon obtained from coal tar; used in the manufacture of dyes, pharmaceuticals and explosives; it is isomeric with anthracene.


lexentry: eng/phenanthroline__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: phenanthroline
trans_list: fenantroliini
sense:
(organic compound) A tricyclic heterocyclic compound having two pyridine rings fused with a benzene ring; any of its derivatives


lexentry: eng/phencyclidine__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: phencyclidine
trans_list: fensyklidiini
sense:
(pharmaceutical drug) A synthetic compound derived from piperidine, used as a veterinary anesthetic and in hallucinogenic drugs such as angel dust.


lexentry: eng/phenol__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: phenol
trans_list: fenoli
sense:
(organic compound, uncountable) A caustic, poisonous, white crystalline compound, C6H5OH, derived from benzene and used in resins, plastics, and pharmaceuticals and in dilute form as a disinfectant and antiseptic; once called carbolic acid


lexentry: eng/phenol__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: phenol
trans_list: fenoli
sense:
(organic chemistry, countable) Any of a class of aromatic organic compounds having at least one hydroxyl group attached directly to the benzene ring (or other aromatic ring)


lexentry: eng/phenomenal__Adjective__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: phenomenal
trans_list: fenomenaalinen
sense:
(philosophy) Of or pertaining to the appearance of the world, as opposed to the ultimate nature of the world as it is in itself.


lexentry: eng/phenomenalism__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: phenomenalism
trans_list: fenomenalismi
sense:
(philosophy) The doctrine that physical objects exist only as perceptual phenomena or sensory stimuli


lexentry: eng/phenomenography__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: phenomenography
trans_list: fenomenografia
sense:
A qualitative methodology applied in educational research that investigates the qualitatively different ways in which people experience something or think about something.


lexentry: eng/phenomenology__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: phenomenology
trans_list: fenomenologia
sense:
(philosophy) The study of structures of consciousness as experienced from the first-person point of view.


lexentry: eng/phenomenon__Noun__1
sense_num: 07
written_rep: phenomenon
trans_list: ilmiö
sense:
(philosophy, chiefly, Kantian, _, idealism) An experienced object whose constitution reflects the order and conceptual structure imposed upon it by the human mind (especially by the powers of perception and understanding).


lexentry: eng/phenotype__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: phenotype
trans_list: fenotyyppi | ilmiasu
sense:
(genetics, evolutionary theory) The appearance of an organism based on a multifactorial combination of genetic traits and environmental factors, especially used in pedigrees.


lexentry: eng/phenyl__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: phenyl
trans_list: fenyyli | fenyyliryhmä
sense:
(organic compound) A univalent hydrocarbon radical, C6H5 (benzene minus one hydrogen atom), and the basis of an immense number of aromatic derivatives.


lexentry: eng/phenylalanine__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: phenylalanine
trans_list: fenyylialaniini
sense:
(amino acid) An essential amino acid C9H11NO2 found in most animal proteins; it is essential for growth; the inability to metabolize it leads to phenylketonuria; it is a constituent of aspartame.


lexentry: eng/phenylene__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: phenylene
trans_list: fenyleeni
sense:
(chemistry) Any of three isomeric divalent aromatic radicals derived from benzene by removing two hydrogen atoms from the ortho-, meta- or para- positions.


lexentry: eng/phenylephrine__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: phenylephrine
trans_list: fenyyliefriini
sense:
(medicine, pharmaceutical drug) An α-adrenergic receptor agonist related to adrenaline, used as a vasoconstrictor and nasal decongestant; 3-(1-hydroxy-2-methylamino-ethyl)phenol, with the formula C9H13NO2.


lexentry: eng/phenylketonuria__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: phenylketonuria
trans_list: fenyyliketonuria
sense:
(medicine) A metabolic disorder in which individuals lack the liver enzyme phenylalanine hydroxylase (PAH) which is needed to metabolize the amino acid phenylalanine.


lexentry: eng/pheromone__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: pheromone
trans_list: feromoni
sense:
(biology) A chemical secreted by an animal, especially an insect, that affects the development or behavior of other members of the same species, functioning often as a means of attracting a member of the opposite sex.


lexentry: eng/philander__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: philander
trans_list: philanderinvillapussirotta | venezuelanvillaopossumi
sense:
A South American opossum, bare-tailed woolly opossum, of species Caluromys philander (syn. Didelphis philander).


lexentry: eng/philander__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: philander
trans_list: isokorvapusseli | isopussikaniini
sense:
(obsolete) A greater bilby, an Australian marsupial of species Macrotis lagotis (syn. Perameles lagotis).


lexentry: eng/philanthropinism__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: philanthropinism
trans_list: filantropinismi
sense:
(historical, education) A 19th-century German system of education, aiming to reform society by teaching children to become philanthropic, natural and rational beings.


lexentry: eng/philanthropy__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: philanthropy
trans_list: filantropia | ihmisystävällisyys
sense:
(chiefly, _, uncountable) Benevolent altruism with the intention of increasing the well-being of humankind.


lexentry: eng/philhellene__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: philhellene
trans_list: filhelleeni
sense:
(now, historical) Specifically, a supporter of Greek independence, especially during the Greek war of independence in 1821-29. [from 19th c.]


lexentry: eng/philhellenism__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: philhellenism
trans_list: filhellenismi
sense:
A 19th-century intellectual movement which supported the independence of Greece from the Ottoman Empire.


lexentry: eng/philistine__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: philistine
trans_list: moukkamainen
sense:
(derogatory) Ignorant or uneducated; specifically, lacking appreciation for or antagonistic towards art or culture, and having pedestrian tastes.


lexentry: eng/philistine__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: philistine
trans_list: filisteri | moukka
sense:
(derogatory) A person who is ignorant or uneducated; specifically, a person who lacks appreciation of or is antagonistic towards art or culture, and who has pedestrian tastes.


lexentry: eng/phillumenist__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: phillumenist
trans_list: fillumenisti
sense:
A person who collects match-related items, like matchbox labels, matchboxes, matchbooks, or matchbook covers.


lexentry: eng/philologist__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: philologist
trans_list: filologi
sense:
A person who engages in philology (historical linguistics), especially as a profession; a collector of words and their etymologies.


lexentry: eng/philosopher's_stone__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: philosopher's stone
trans_list: viisasten kivi
sense:
(alchemy) A supposed substance able to turn base metals, such as lead or mercury, into gold or silver, also sometimes claimed to cure any illness (as panacea) or confer immortality (as elixir of life), among other functions.


lexentry: eng/philosopher__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: philosopher
trans_list: filosofi
sense:
(archaic) A person who applies the principles of philosophy to the conduct of their life, as by acting calmly and rationally in the face of inevitable change.


lexentry: eng/philosopher__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: philosopher
trans_list: filosofi
sense:
(archaic) A student, scholar, or expert in any branch of knowledge, especially those branches studied prior to being considered part of pure science.


lexentry: eng/philosophy__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: philosophy
trans_list: filosofia
sense:
(uncountable) An academic discipline that seeks truth through reasoning rather than empiricism, often attempting to provide explanations relating to general concepts such as existence and rationality.


lexentry: eng/philosophy_of_mind__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: philosophy of mind
trans_list: mielenfilosofia
sense:
(philosophy, countable) The views of a particular philosopher or philosophical movement concerning the matters studied within this area of philosophy.


lexentry: eng/philosophy_of_science__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: philosophy of science
trans_list: tieteenfilosofia
sense:
(philosophy, uncountable) The study of the assumptions, foundations, and implications of science, including such questions as what distinguishes science from non-science, what are the aims of science, or what is a successful scientific explanation of a phenomenon.


lexentry: eng/philter__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: philter
trans_list: lemmenjuoma
sense:
A kind of potion, charm, or drug; especially a love potion intended to make the drinker fall in love with the giver. [from the 16th c.]


lexentry: eng/phimosis__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: phimosis
trans_list: fimoosi
sense:
(symptom) A contraction of the foreskin (either as a stage of development or a pathological condition), which prevents it from being retracted.


lexentry: eng/phlegm__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: phlegm
trans_list: lima
sense:
(historical) One of the four humors making up the body in ancient and mediaeval medicine; said to be cold and moist, and often identified with mucus. [from 13th c.]


lexentry: eng/phlegm__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: phlegm
trans_list: lima
sense:
Viscid mucus produced by the body, later especially mucus expelled from the bronchial passages by coughing. [from 14th c.]


lexentry: eng/phlegm__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: phlegm
trans_list: flegma | tyyneys
sense:
Calmness of temperament, composure; also seen negatively, sluggishness, indifference. [from 16th c.]


lexentry: eng/phloem__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: phloem
trans_list: nila
sense:
(botany) A vascular tissue in land plants primarily responsible for the distribution of sugars and nutrients manufactured in the shoot.


lexentry: eng/phlogiston__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: phlogiston
trans_list: flogiston
sense:
(chemistry, historical) The hypothetical fiery principle formerly assumed to be a necessary constituent of combustible bodies and to be given up by them in burning.


lexentry: eng/phlogopite__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: phlogopite
trans_list: flogopiitti
sense:
(mineral) A mica mineral with the chemical formula KMg3AlSi3O10(F,OH)2, a basic potassium magnesium aluminosilicate, used as an insulator


lexentry: eng/pho__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: pho
trans_list: pho | phở
sense:
A Vietnamese soup with a beef base, typically served with rice noodles and optionally beef or chicken.


lexentry: eng/phoenix__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: phoenix
trans_list: feeniks
sense:
(Chinese mythology) A mythological Chinese chimerical bird whose physical body symbolizes the six celestial bodies; a fenghuang.


lexentry: eng/phon__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: phon
trans_list: foni | fooni
sense:
(acoustics) A unit of apparent loudness, equal in number to the intensity in decibels of a 1,000-hertz tone judged to be as loud as the sound being measured.


lexentry: eng/phonation__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: phonation
trans_list: fonaatio
sense:
(phonetics) The process of producing vocal sound by the vibration of the vocal folds that is in turn modified by the resonance of the vocal tract.


lexentry: eng/phone__Noun__2
sense_num: 01
written_rep: phone
trans_list: fooni | äänne
sense:
(phonetics) A speech segment that possesses distinct physical or perceptual properties, considered as a physical event without regard to its place in the phonology of a language.


lexentry: eng/phone_in__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: phone in
trans_list: soittaa (jollekin)
sense:
(ambitransitive) To deliver a message by telephone when etiquette demands the effort and respect conveyed by communication in person.


lexentry: eng/phone_in__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: phone in
trans_list: arastella | soittaa ohjelmaan
sense:
(intransitive) To make a telephone call to a broadcasting station, especially to participate in a program being aired.


lexentry: eng/phone_in__Verb__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: phone in
trans_list: tehdä (jotakin) rimaa hipoen | tehdä (jotakin) vasemmalla kädellä
sense:
(ambitransitive, idiomatic, figurative) To fulfill a responsibility with a minimum effort rather than the appropriate level of effort.


lexentry: eng/phoneme__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: phoneme
trans_list: foneemi
sense:
(phonology) An indivisible unit of sound in a given language. A phoneme is an abstraction of the physical speech sounds (phones) and may encompass several different phones.


lexentry: eng/phonemic__Adjective__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: phonemic
trans_list: foneeminen
sense:
(linguistics) Relating to a difference between sounds that can change the meaning of words in a language.


lexentry: eng/phonetic__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: phonetic
trans_list: foneettinen osa
sense:
(linguistics) In such writing systems as the Chinese writing system, the portion of a phono-semantic character that provides an indication of its pronunciation; contrasted with semantic (which is usually the radical).


lexentry: eng/phonetically__Adverb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: phonetically
trans_list: foneettisesti
sense:
In the way it sounds, particularly: written to describe the sound rather than the dictionary spelling.


lexentry: eng/phonetics__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: phonetics
trans_list: fonetiikka | ääntöoppi
sense:
(linguistics) The study of the physical sounds of human speech, concerned with the physical properties of speech sounds (phones), and the processes of their physiological production, auditory reception, and neurophysiological perception, and their representation by written symbols.


lexentry: eng/phono-semantic_compound__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: phono-semantic compound
trans_list: kuvafoneettinen merkki
sense:
A Chinese character (CJKV character) composed of a component which is related to the meaning the character and another component which is related to the sound of the character.


lexentry: eng/phono-semantic_matching__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: phono-semantic matching
trans_list: vierassanaa äänteellisesti ja merkityksellisesti jäljittelevä uudismuodoste
sense:
(linguistics) The borrowing of a word into one language from another which completely or partially preserves both the original sound and meaning but does so via substitution of etymons.


lexentry: eng/phonology__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: phonology
trans_list: fonologia | äänneoppi
sense:
(uncountable) The study of the way sounds function in languages, including accent, intonation, phonemes, stress, and syllable structure, and which sounds are distinctive units within a language; (countable) the way sounds function within a given language; a phonological system. [from late 18th c.]


lexentry: eng/phonology__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: phonology
trans_list: fonologia | äänneoppi
sense:
(by extension, uncountable) The study of the way components of signs function in a sign language, and which components are distinctive units within the language; (countable) the way components of signs function within a given sign language.


lexentry: eng/phonon__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: phonon
trans_list: fononi
sense:
(physics) The quantum of acoustic or vibrational energy (sound), considered a discrete particle rather than a wave.


lexentry: eng/phonosemantic__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: phonosemantic
trans_list: fonosemanttinen
sense:
Combining phonetic and semantic components, as with more than eighty percent of Chinese characters. (a way of creating Han characters by combining a component that indicates the meaning with a component that indicates the pronunciation)


lexentry: eng/phonotactics__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: phonotactics
trans_list: fonotaksi
sense:
(linguistics, phonology) A branch of phonology that deals with the restrictions a language applies to combinations of phonemes.


lexentry: eng/phosgenite__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: phosgenite
trans_list: fosgeniitti
sense:
(mineral) A tetragonal-ditetragonal dipyramidal mineral containing carbon, chlorine, lead, and oxygen.


lexentry: eng/phosphatase__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: phosphatase
trans_list: fosfataasi
sense:
(enzyme) Any of several enzymes that hydrolyze phosphate esters, and are important in the metabolism of carbohydrates, nucleotides and phospholipids, and in the formation of bone.


lexentry: eng/phosphazene__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: phosphazene
trans_list: fosfatseeni
sense:
(chemistry) Any of a class of compounds in which a phosphorous atom is covalently linked to a nitrogen atom by a double bond, and to three other atoms or radicals by single bonds.


lexentry: eng/phosphene__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: phosphene
trans_list: fosfeeni
sense:
A sensation of lights induced by mechanical, electrical, or magnetic stimulation (rather than optical) of the retina or visual cortex, or by random firing of cells in the visual system.


lexentry: eng/phosphine__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: phosphine
trans_list: fosfiini
sense:
(organic chemistry, countable) Any alkyl or aryl derivative of this compound, PR3 (where at least one R is not H),


lexentry: eng/phospholipid__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: phospholipid
trans_list: fosfolipidi
sense:
(organic compound) Any lipid, such as lecithin or cephalin, consisting of a diglyceride combined with a phosphate group and a simple organic molecule such as choline or ethanolamine; they are important constituents of biological membranes.


lexentry: eng/phosphonate__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: phosphonate
trans_list: fosfonaatti
sense:
(chemistry) Any salt or ester of a phosphonic acid; many of its derivatives have important biological activity.


lexentry: eng/phosphor__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: phosphor
trans_list: loisteaine
sense:
(chemistry) Any of various compounds of transition metals or of rare earths that exhibit phosphorescence.


lexentry: eng/phosphorelay__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: phosphorelay
trans_list: fosforinsiirto
sense:
(biology) The multi-stage process, involving the movement of phosphoryl groups by histidine kinases, of bacterial signal transduction


lexentry: eng/phosphorescent__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: phosphorescent
trans_list: fosforoiva
sense:
Having the property of emitting light for a period of time after the source of excitation is taken away, e.g., in electrostatic storage tubes and cathode-ray tubes.


lexentry: eng/phosphoric__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: phosphoric
trans_list: fosfori
sense:
(chemistry) Pertaining to the element phosphorus; containing phosphorus, especially in its higher valency (5). [from 18th c.]


lexentry: eng/phosphoric_acid__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: phosphoric acid
trans_list: fosforihappo
sense:
(inorganic compound) A colourless, odourless solid, H3PO4, often in solution as a syrupy liquid, used in the manufacture of fertilizers, detergents and pharmaceuticals and as an additive in cola drinks.


lexentry: eng/phosphorus__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: phosphorus
trans_list: fosfori
sense:
(chemistry) a chemical element (symbol P) with an atomic number of 15, that exists in several allotropic forms.


lexentry: eng/phosphorylation__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: phosphorylation
trans_list: fosforylaatio
sense:
(biochemistry) the process of transferring a phosphate group from a donor to an acceptor; often catalysed by enzymes.


lexentry: eng/photo_finish__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: photo finish
trans_list: maalikameraratkaisu
sense:
(sports) The finish of a race in which the leaders are so close together that the winner cannot be identified using the naked eye but is determined by means of a photograph.


lexentry: eng/photochemical_reaction__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: photochemical reaction
trans_list: fotokemiallinen reaktio
sense:
(chemistry) Any chemical reaction initiated by the absorption of electromagnetic radiation to form an excited state


lexentry: eng/photocopier__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: photocopier
trans_list: kopiokone | valokopiokone
sense:
A machine which reproduces documents by photographing the original over a glass plate and printing duplicates.


lexentry: eng/photodiode__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: photodiode
trans_list: fotodiodi | valodiodi
sense:
(electronics) A semiconductor two-terminal component whose electrical characteristics are light-sensitive.


lexentry: eng/photoelectric__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: photoelectric
trans_list: valosähköinen
sense:
Of or relating to the electric effects of electromagnetic radiation, especially the ejection of an electron from a surface by a photon.


lexentry: eng/photoelectric_effect__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: photoelectric effect
trans_list: valosähköinen ilmiö
sense:
(physics) The emission of electrons from the surface of a material following the absorption of electromagnetic radiation.


lexentry: eng/photogram__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: photogram
trans_list: fotogrammi
sense:
A photograph made without using a camera; normally by placing an object in contact with photosensitive paper and exposing it to light


lexentry: eng/photograph__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: photograph
trans_list: valokuva | kuva | foto
sense:
(photography) A picture created by projecting an image onto a photosensitive surface such as a chemically treated plate or film, CCD receptor, etc.


lexentry: eng/photographic_memory__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: photographic memory
trans_list: valokuvamuisti
sense:
(neuroscience) The ability to recall images, sounds, smells, or objects in memory with great accuracy and in seemingly unlimited volume.


lexentry: eng/photon__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: photon
trans_list: fotoni | valohiukkanen | valokvantti
sense:
(particle) The quantum of light and other electromagnetic energy, regarded as a discrete particle having zero rest mass, no electric charge, and an indefinitely long lifetime. It is a gauge boson.


lexentry: eng/photonics__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: photonics
trans_list: fotoniikka | valotiede
sense:
(sciences) The science and technology of generating and controlling photons, particularly in the visible and near infrared light spectrum.


lexentry: eng/photopaper__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: photopaper
trans_list: valokuvapaperi
sense:
Photographic paper; paper coated with light-sensitive chemicals, used for making photographic prints on traditional film cameras.


lexentry: eng/photoshop__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: photoshop
trans_list: photoshopata
sense:
(trademark, media, computing, usually, transitive) To digitally edit or alter (a picture or photograph).


lexentry: eng/photosynthesis__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: photosynthesis
trans_list: fotosynteesi | yhteyttäminen
sense:
(biochemistry, organic chemistry) Any process by which plants and other photoautotrophs convert light energy into chemical energy.


lexentry: eng/photosynthesize__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: photosynthesize
trans_list: yhteyttää
sense:
To synthesize carbohydrates from carbon dioxide and water using the energy of light by photosynthesis


lexentry: eng/phototypesetting__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: phototypesetting
trans_list: valoladonta
sense:
A printing process that generated columns of type on a scroll of photographic paper, using a phototypesetter.


lexentry: eng/photovoltaic_effect__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: photovoltaic effect
trans_list: valosähköilmiö
sense:
(physics) the conversion of electromagnetic radiation into electric power through absorption by a semiconducting material


lexentry: eng/photovoltaics__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: photovoltaics
trans_list: aurinkokennotekniikka
sense:
(physics) The technology of the conversion of sunlight into electricity using semiconductors that exhibit the photovoltaic effect.


lexentry: eng/phrasal_verb__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: phrasal verb
trans_list: partikkeliverbi
sense:
(linguistics, more loosely) A phrase, consisting of a verb with a preposition and/or adverb, that has idiomatic meaning.


lexentry: eng/phrase__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: phrase
trans_list: fraasi | lauseke
sense:
(grammar) A word or, more commonly, a group of words that functions as a single unit in the syntax of a sentence, always containing an expressed or implied head (the principal word or subgroup, with core importance) and often consisting of a head plus some other elaborating words.


lexentry: eng/phrasing__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: phrasing
trans_list: fraseeraus | sanamuoto
sense:
(music) The way the musical phrases are put together in a composition or in its interpretation, with changes in tempo, volume, or emphasizing one or more instruments over others.


lexentry: eng/phreatic__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: phreatic
trans_list: freaattinen | pohjavesi
sense:
(geology) Of or pertaining to ground water; (volcanology) involving explosively rapid heating of ground water by magma.


lexentry: eng/phrenology__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: phrenology
trans_list: frenologia
sense:
(medicine, biology, historical) The pseudoscience which studies the relationships between a person's character and the morphology (structure) of the skull.


lexentry: eng/phthalic_acid__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: phthalic acid
trans_list: ftaalihappo
sense:
(carboxylic acid) Any of three isomeric aromatic organic benzenedicarboxylic acids, C6H4(COOH)2; especially the ortho- isomer manufactured from naphthalene, used in the synthesis of dyes, perfumes and other compounds.


lexentry: eng/phugoid__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: phugoid
trans_list: [[korkeus-nopeusheilahtelu]]n omainen | fugoidi-
sense:
(aeronautics, aviation) Of the motion of an aircraft, missile, or other flying object: continuously oscillating in a vertical plane due to the object pitching up and climbing, thus slowing down; then pitching down and descending, thus speeding up.


lexentry: eng/phugoid__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: phugoid
trans_list: fugoidi | fugoidiliike | korkeus-nopeusheilahtelu
sense:
(aeronautics, aviation) The motion of an aircraft, missile, or other flying object continuously oscillating in a vertical plane due to the object pitching up and climbing, thus slowing down; then pitching down and descending, thus speeding up.


lexentry: eng/phylactery__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: phylactery
trans_list: tefillin
sense:
Either of two small leather cases containing scrolls with passages from the Torah, traditionally worn by a Jewish man (one on the arm (usually the left) and one on the forehead) and now sometimes by a woman at certain morning prayers as a reminder to obey the law as set out in the Bible; a tefilla.


lexentry: eng/phylactery__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: phylactery
trans_list: amuletti
sense:
(by extension, fantasy, roleplaying games) An enchanted object used (for example, by a lich) to contain and protect the owner's soul.


lexentry: eng/phylactery__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: phylactery
trans_list: tekstinauha
sense:
(art, historical) A scroll with words on it depicted as emerging from a person's mouth or held in their hands, indicating what they are singing or speaking; a banderole, a speech scroll.


lexentry: eng/phyllo__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: phyllo
trans_list: filotaikina
sense:
A type of dough, originating in Mediterranean cuisine, that is used in thin layers to make pastries (such as baklava and apple strudel) and pies and becomes very flaky when cooked.


lexentry: eng/phyllosilicate__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: phyllosilicate
trans_list: fyllosilikaatti
sense:
(mineral) Any silicate mineral having a crystal structure of parallel sheets of silicate tetrahedra.


lexentry: eng/phylloxera__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: phylloxera
trans_list: viinikirva
sense:
An insect, Daktulosphaira vitifoliae of the family Phylloxeridae (not the genus Phylloxera), that is very destructive to grape vines; also, the diseased condition of a vine caused by this insect. [from 19th c.]


lexentry: eng/phylogenetic_tree__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: phylogenetic tree
trans_list: evoluutiopuu | fylogeneettinen puu
sense:
(biology) A branching diagram illustrating the potential evolutionary relationships among biological organisms or other entities in which the tree-maker hypothesizes share a common ancestor.


lexentry: eng/phylogenetics__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: phylogenetics
trans_list: fylogenia
sense:
(biology, systematics) The study of the evolutionary history and relationships among or within groups of organisms, through computational methods that focus on observed heritable traits.


lexentry: eng/phylum__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: phylum
trans_list: pääjakso | kaari
sense:
(taxonomy) A rank in the classification of organisms, below kingdom and above class; also called a divisio or a division, especially in describing plants; a taxon at that rank


lexentry: eng/physalis__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: physalis
trans_list: lyhtykoison marja
sense:
Fruit of such a plant, a yellow-orange berry, typically firm in texture with a mild, refreshing acidity.


lexentry: eng/physic_nut__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: physic nut
trans_list: öljyjatropa
sense:
A small tropical American euphorbiaceous tree (Jatropha curcas) with poisonous seeds, cultivated to produce biodiesel fuel.


lexentry: eng/physical__Adjective__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: physical
trans_list: fyysinen | ruumiillinen
sense:
Pertaining to the world as understood through the senses rather than the mind; tangible, concrete; real. Having to do with the material world. [from 16th c.]


lexentry: eng/physical_change__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: physical change
trans_list: fysikaalinen muutos
sense:
(physics, chemistry) A change affecting the form of a chemical substance, but not its chemical composition.


lexentry: eng/physical_culture__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: physical culture
trans_list: liikunta
sense:
(historical) A 19th- and 20th-century popular movement of light gymnastics for the purpose of health and fitness.


lexentry: eng/physical_education__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: physical education
trans_list: liikunta
sense:
An element of an educational curriculum concerned with bodily development, physical health and wellness, strength, physical co-ordination, and agility.


lexentry: eng/physical_examination__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: physical examination
trans_list: lääkärintarkastus | lääkärintutkimus
sense:
(medicine) The examination of the patient's body with the use of such methods as inspection, palpation, percussion and auscultation.


lexentry: eng/physical_law__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: physical law
trans_list: fysiikan laki | luonnonlaki
sense:
A universal statement about the operation of nature, based on empirical observations of physical behavior, tested using the scientific method.


lexentry: eng/physical_mediumship__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: physical mediumship
trans_list: fysikaalinen mediumismi
sense:
(parapsychology) The ability to make the spirit world cause physical phenomena that can be observed by anyone present.


lexentry: eng/physical_quantity__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: physical quantity
trans_list: suure | fysikaalinen suure
sense:
(physics) A physical property that can be measured or calculated from other physical property and expressed as the product of a numerical value and a physical unit.


lexentry: eng/physical_science__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: physical science
trans_list: fyysinen tiede
sense:
Any of the branches of natural science and science that study non-living systems, in contrast to the biological sciences.


lexentry: eng/physicalism__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: physicalism
trans_list: fysikalismi
sense:
(philosophy) A philosophical position holding that everything which exists is no more extensive than its physical properties; that is, that there are no kinds of things other than physical things, which all are of logically procedural nature, based on fundamental laws at their deepest level of causality.


lexentry: eng/physicist__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: physicist
trans_list: fyysikko
sense:
A person whose occupation specializes in the science of physics, especially at a professional level.


lexentry: eng/physics__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: physics
trans_list: fysiikka
sense:
The branch of science concerned with the study of the properties and interactions of space, time, matter and energy.


lexentry: eng/physiocrat__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: physiocrat
trans_list: fysiokraatti
sense:
(economics, now, historical) Any of a group of economists in 18th-century France who believed that the government should not seek to influence the operation of natural economic laws. [from 18th c.]


lexentry: eng/physiognomy__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: physiognomy
trans_list: fysiognomia
sense:
The art or pseudoscience of deducing the predominant temper and other characteristic qualities of the mind from the outward appearance, especially from the features of the face.


lexentry: eng/physiology__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: physiology
trans_list: fysiologia
sense:
A branch of biology that deals with the functions and activities of life or of living matter (as organs, tissues, or cells) and of the physical and chemical phenomena involved.


lexentry: eng/physiotherapist__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: physiotherapist
trans_list: fysioterapeutti
sense:
(British, Commonwealth, Irish) A therapist who treats physical injury or dysfunction, usually with exercise.


lexentry: eng/physiotherapy__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: physiotherapy
trans_list: fysioterapia
sense:
(British, Commonwealth, Irish) Therapy that uses physical techniques such as massage, ultrasound, heat, and exercise.


lexentry: eng/phytic_acid__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: phytic acid
trans_list: fytiinihappo
sense:
(organic compound) The compound inositol hexaphosphoric acid present in cereals etc as alkali and alkaline earth salts; it is a source of phosphorus for ruminants but is indigestible for carnivores


lexentry: eng/phytomining__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: phytomining
trans_list: fytolouhinta
sense:
(biotechnology) The planting and harvesting of vegetation that selectively concentrates specific metals from the environment into their tissues, for the purpose of commercial exploitation of the extracted metal.


lexentry: eng/phytoncide__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: phytoncide
trans_list: fytonsidi
sense:
(biochemistry) Any volatile antimicrobial compound given off by a plant, especially one that prevents it from being eaten.


lexentry: eng/pi__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: pi
trans_list: erikoinen
sense:
(typography) Not part of the usual font character set; especially, non-Roman type or symbols as opposed to standard alphanumeric Roman type.


lexentry: eng/pi__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: pi
trans_list: pii
sense:
(mathematics) An irrational and transcendental constant representing the ratio of the circumference of a Euclidean circle to its diameter; approximately 3.14159265358979323846264338327950; usually written π.


lexentry: eng/piano__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: piano
trans_list: piano | flyygeli
sense:
(musical instruments) A percussive keyboard musical instrument, usually ranging over seven octaves, with white and black colored keys, played by pressing these keys, causing hammers to strike strings. [from 1803]


lexentry: eng/pica__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: pica
trans_list: pica-oireyhtymä
sense:
(pathology, usually, uncountable) A disorder characterized by appetite and craving for non-edible substances, such as chalk, clay, dirt, ice, or sand.


lexentry: eng/piccolo__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: piccolo
trans_list: piccolo | piccolohuilu | pikkolo
sense:
A piccolo flute
 A transverse flute that is smaller than a Western concert flute and pitched nearly an octave higher.


lexentry: eng/piccolo__Noun__1
sense_num: 06
written_rep: piccolo
trans_list: pikkolopullo
sense:
A bottle of champagne containing 0.1875 litres of fluid, one quarter the volume of a standard bottle.


lexentry: eng/pick-me-up__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: pick-me-up
trans_list: krapularyyppy
sense:
(informal) A drink, often an alcoholic one, taken as a stimulant or sometimes as a hangover cure; a restorative, tonic or bracer. [from 19th c.]


lexentry: eng/pick_'n'_mix__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: pick 'n' mix
trans_list: irtotavara
sense:
A selection of different articles (such as sweets arranged in trays) that can be chosen in any combination and paid for by weight or number.


lexentry: eng/pick__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: pick
trans_list: poimia
sense:
To harvest a fruit or vegetable for consumption by removing it from the plant to which it is attached; to harvest an entire plant by removing it from the ground.


lexentry: eng/pick__Verb__1
sense_num: 08
written_rep: pick
trans_list: lukea
sense:
(cricket) To recognise the type of ball being bowled by a bowler by studying the position of the hand and arm as the ball is released.


lexentry: eng/pick__Verb__1
sense_num: 15
written_rep: pick
trans_list: tonkia
sense:
(dated, transitive) To peck at, as a bird with its beak; to strike at with anything pointed; to act upon with a pointed instrument; to pierce; to prick, as with a pin.


lexentry: eng/pick_one's_nose__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: pick one's nose
trans_list: kaivaa nenäänsä
sense:
(idiomatic) To insert a finger or other object into one's nostril to remove obstructions, especially dried mucus.


lexentry: eng/pick_up__Verb__1
sense_num: 15
written_rep: pick up
trans_list: iskeä
sense:
(transitive, and, intransitive, _, with on) To meet and seduce somebody for romantic purposes, especially in a social situation.


lexentry: eng/pickaxe__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: pickaxe
trans_list: hakku
sense:
A heavy iron tool with a wooden handle; one end of the head is pointed, the other has a chisel edge.


lexentry: eng/picket__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: picket
trans_list: paaluun paneminen
sense:
(historical) A type of punishment by which an offender had to rest his or her entire body weight on the top of a small stake.


lexentry: eng/picket__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: picket
trans_list: etuvartio
sense:
(military) One of the soldiers or troops placed on a line forward of a position to warn against an enemy advance; or any unit (for example, an aircraft or ship) performing a similar function.


lexentry: eng/picket__Noun__1
sense_num: 06
written_rep: picket
trans_list: lakkovahti | lakkovartio
sense:
A protester positioned outside an office, workplace etc. during a strike (usually in plural); also the protest itself.


lexentry: eng/picket_line__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: picket line
trans_list: lakkovartio
sense:
A boundary created by workers participating in a strike, generally at the workplace entrance, which other workers are asked not to pass.


lexentry: eng/pickle__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: pickle
trans_list: kurkku | maustekurkku | suolakurkku
sense:
(chiefly, US, Canada, Australia) A cucumber preserved in a solution, usually a brine or a vinegar syrup.


lexentry: eng/pickle__Noun__1
sense_num: 11
written_rep: pickle
trans_list: peittausneste
sense:
(metalworking) A bath of dilute sulphuric or nitric acid, etc., to remove burnt sand, scale, rust, etc., from the surface of castings, or other articles of metal, or to brighten them or improve their colour.


lexentry: eng/pickle__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: pickle
trans_list: pikkelöidä | suolata | säilöä | säilöä etikkaliemeen
sense:
(transitive, ergative) To preserve food (or sometimes other things) in a salt, sugar or vinegar solution.


lexentry: eng/pickle__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: pickle
trans_list: peitata
sense:
(transitive) To remove high-temperature scale and oxidation from metal with heated (often sulphuric) industrial acid.


lexentry: eng/pickup__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: pickup
trans_list: mikrofoni | äänirasia
sense:
An electronic device for detecting sound, vibration, etc., such as one fitted to an electric guitar or record player.


lexentry: eng/pickup__Noun__1
sense_num: 07
written_rep: pickup
trans_list: esine | lisäys
sense:
(video games) An item that can be picked up by the player, conferring some benefit or effect; a power-up.


lexentry: eng/pico-__Prefix__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: pico-
trans_list: piko-
sense:
In the International System of Units and other metric systems of units, multiplying the unit to which it is attached by 10−12 (short scale trillionth or long scale billionth).


lexentry: eng/picornavirus__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: picornavirus
trans_list: pikornavirus
sense:
Any of the family Picornaviridae of RNA viruses, many of which are pathogenic, causing diseases such as polio, foot-and-mouth disease, and many varieties of the common cold.


lexentry: eng/picric_acid__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: picric acid
trans_list: pikriinihappo
sense:
(organic compound) 2,4,6-trinitrophenol, C6H2(NO2)3, prepared by the nitration of phenol or of aspirin; a toxic, yellow, explosive substance used in dyes, explosives, and as an antiseptic


lexentry: eng/pics_or_it_didn't_happen__Phrase__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: pics or it didn't happen
trans_list: kuva tai ei uskota
sense:
(internet slang, jocular) Used to request a picture of a reported event, especially on an Internet forum.


lexentry: eng/picture__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: picture
trans_list: kuva
sense:
A representation of anything (as a person, a landscape, a building) upon canvas, paper, or other surface, by drawing, painting, printing, photography, etc.


lexentry: eng/picture_card__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: picture card
trans_list: kuvakortti
sense:
A playing card which has a picture on it (usually Jack, Queen or King (coat card), but sometimes including Ace or Joker).


lexentry: eng/picturesque__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: picturesque
trans_list: kuvankaunis | maalauksellinen | pittoreski
sense:
Resembling or worthy of a picture or painting; having the qualities of a picture or painting; pleasingly beautiful.


lexentry: eng/pidgin__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: pidgin
trans_list: kreoli
sense:
(linguistics) An amalgamation of two disparate languages, used by two populations having no common language as a lingua franca to communicate with each other, lacking formalized grammar and having a small, utilitarian vocabulary and no native speakers.


lexentry: eng/pie__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: pie
trans_list: piirakka | piiras | torttu | pasteija
sense:
A type of pastry that consists of an outer crust and a filling. (Savory pies are more popular in the UK and sweet pies are more popular in the US, so "pie" without qualification has different connotations in these dialects.)


lexentry: eng/pie__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: pie
trans_list: piirakka | piiras | torttu
sense:
Any of various other, non-pastry dishes that maintain the general concept of a shell with a filling.


lexentry: eng/pie__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: pie
trans_list: piirakka | piiras | pasteija
sense:
A paper plate covered in cream, shaving foam or custard that is thrown or rubbed in someone’s face for comical purposes, to raise money for charity, or as a form of political protest; a custard pie; a cream pie.


lexentry: eng/pie__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: pie
trans_list: kakuttaa
sense:
(transitive) To hit in the face with a pie, either for comic effect or as a means of protest (see also pieing).


lexentry: eng/pie_in_the_sky__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: pie in the sky
trans_list: pilvilinna
sense:
(idiomatic) A fanciful notion; an unrealistic or ludicrous concept; the illusory promise of a desired outcome that is unlikely to happen.


lexentry: eng/piece__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: piece
trans_list: upseeri | nappula | voikku | voileipä
sense:
(chess) One of the figures used in playing chess, specifically a higher-value figure as distinguished from a pawn; (by extension) those with which draughts, backgammon, and other similar board games are played.


lexentry: eng/piece__Noun__1
sense_num: 10
written_rep: piece
trans_list: voikku | voileipä
sense:
(Scotland, Ireland, UK, US, dialectal) A slice or other quantity of bread, eaten on its own; a sandwich or light snack.


lexentry: eng/piece__Noun__1
sense_num: 12
written_rep: piece
trans_list: romu
sense:
(US, colloquial, mildly, vulgar, short for piece of crap/piece of shit) A shoddy or worthless object (usually applied to consumer products like vehicles or appliances).


lexentry: eng/piece__Noun__1
sense_num: 14
written_rep: piece
trans_list: lantti | pikkukolikko
sense:
(baseball, uncountable) Used to describe a pitch that has been hit but not well, usually either being caught by the opposing team or going foul. Usually used in the past tense with get.


lexentry: eng/piece_rate__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: piece rate
trans_list: kappalepalkka | urakkapalkka
sense:
The monetary amount paid per unit of production in the reward scheme of piece work, contrasting with hourly wage and salary.


lexentry: eng/piece_work__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: piece work
trans_list: urakka | urakkatyö
sense:
Work that a worker is paid for according to the number of units produced, rather than the number of hours worked; work done and paid for by the piece or by the job.


lexentry: eng/piecewise_linear__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: piecewise linear
trans_list: paloittain lineaarinen
sense:
(mathematics) Equal to a sum of finitely many linear functions, each defined on a convex polytope: said of functions between vector spaces


lexentry: eng/pied_avocet__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: pied avocet
trans_list: avosetti
sense:
Recurvirostra avosetta, a black and white wading bird of temperate Europe and western and central Asia, wintering in Africa and south Asia.


lexentry: eng/pieing__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: pieing
trans_list: kakunheitto
sense:
An instance of throwing a pie at someone, often a politician or other powerful or influential person as a means of protest.


lexentry: eng/pier__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: pier
trans_list: laituri
sense:
A raised platform built from the shore out over water, supported on piles; used to secure, or provide access to shipping; a jetty.


lexentry: eng/pier__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: pier
trans_list: pilari
sense:
(architecture) A rectangular pillar, or similar structure, that supports an arch, wall or roof, or the hinges of a gate.


lexentry: eng/pierogi__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: pierogi
trans_list: pelmeni | pierogi
sense:
(North America) A square- or crescent-shaped dumpling of unleavened dough, stuffed with sauerkraut, cheese, mashed potatoes, cabbage, onion, meat, or any combination of these, or with a fruit filling.


lexentry: eng/pietism__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: pietism
trans_list: pietismi
sense:
(Christianity, often capitalized) A movement in the Lutheran church in the late 17th and 18th centuries, calling for practical and devout Christianity.


lexentry: eng/pig-footed_bandicoot__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: pig-footed bandicoot
trans_list: pussisika
sense:
A small marsupial of the arid and semi-arid plains of Australia, †Chaeropus ecaudatus, now presumed to be extinct.


lexentry: eng/pig_Latin__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: pig Latin
trans_list: kontinkieli
sense:
A type of wordplay in which (English) words are altered by moving the leading phonetic of a word to the end and appending -ay [eɪ̯], except when the word begins with a vowel, in which case "-way" [weɪ̯] is suffixed with no leading phonetic change. {| class="examples floatright" style="background-color:var(--wikt-palette-paleblue,#f8f9fa);color:inherit;border: 1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-collapse:separate;padding:5px;width:18em"
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lexentry: eng/pig__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: pig
trans_list: sika | porsas
sense:
(countable) Any of several mammalian species of the family Suidae, having cloven hooves, bristles and a snout adapted for digging; especially the domesticated animal Sus domesticus.


lexentry: eng/pig__Noun__1
sense_num: 13
written_rep: pig
trans_list: sika | porsas
sense:
(engineering) A device for cleaning or inspecting the inside of an oil or gas pipeline, or for separating different substances within the pipeline. Named for the pig-like squealing noise made by their progress.


lexentry: eng/pig_in_a_poke__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: pig in a poke
trans_list: sika säkissä
sense:
(idiomatic) Something whose true value is concealed or unknown and may be lower than expected by the buyer or claimed by the seller, especially something offered for sale.


lexentry: eng/pig_iron__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: pig iron
trans_list: takkirauta
sense:
A type of crude, brittle iron shaped like a block, unsuitable for working but suitable for casting, commonly used as an industrial raw material.


lexentry: eng/pigeonhole__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: pigeonhole
trans_list: häpeäpaalu | jalkapuu
sense:
(historical, chiefly, in the plural, also, attributive) A form of stocks with openings for restraining a person's hands or feet; also, one of the openings in the device.


lexentry: eng/pigeonhole__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: pigeonhole
trans_list: lokero
sense:
One of an array of open compartments in a desk, set of shelves, etc., used for sorting and/or storing letters, papers, or other items.


lexentry: eng/pigeonhole__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: pigeonhole
trans_list: lokeroida
sense:
To construct pigeonholes (noun sense 1 or sense 3.1) in (a place); also, to subdivide (a place) into pigeonholes.


lexentry: eng/pigeonhole__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: pigeonhole
trans_list: lokeroida
sense:
To put (letters, papers, or other items) into pigeonholes or small compartments; also, to arrange or sort (items) by putting into pigeonholes.


lexentry: eng/pigeonhole__Verb__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: pigeonhole
trans_list: lokeroida | luokitella
sense:
To place (someone or something) into a notional category or class, especially in a way which makes unjustified assumptions or which is restrictive; to categorize, to classify, to label.


lexentry: eng/pigeonhole_principle__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: pigeonhole principle
trans_list: kyyhkyslakkaperiaate
sense:
(mathematics) The theorem which states that any partition of a finite set of n elements into m (< n) subsets (allowing empty subsets) must include a subset with two or more elements; any of certain reformulations concerning the partition of infinite sets where the cardinality of the unpartitioned set exceeds that of the partition (so there is no one-to-one correspondence).


lexentry: eng/pika__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: pika
trans_list: pika
sense:
Any of several small, furry mammals, similar to guinea pigs, but related to rabbits, of the genus Ochotona, from the mountains of North America and Asia.


lexentry: eng/pike__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: pike
trans_list: piikki | peitsi
sense:
(military, historical) A very long spear used two-handed by infantry soldiers for thrusting (not throwing), both for attacks on enemy foot soldiers and as a countermeasure against cavalry assaults.


lexentry: eng/pilaf__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: pilaf
trans_list: pilahvi
sense:
A dish made by browning grain, typically rice, in oil and then cooking it with a seasoned broth, to which meat and/or vegetables may be added.


lexentry: eng/pilaster__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: pilaster
trans_list: pilasteri
sense:
(structural, _, architecture) A column or short wing wall attached to the foundation wall which provides lateral support, or to support a vertical load that does not fall on the foundation wall.


lexentry: eng/pile__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: pile
trans_list: pino | kasa
sense:
(informal) A group or list of related items up for consideration, especially in some kind of selection process.


lexentry: eng/pile__Noun__1
sense_num: 08
written_rep: pile
trans_list: paristo
sense:
A vertical series of alternate disks of two dissimilar metals (especially copper and zinc), laid up with disks of cloth or paper moistened with acid water between them, for producing a current of electricity; a voltaic pile, or galvanic pile.


lexentry: eng/pile__Noun__2
sense_num: 03
written_rep: pile
trans_list: paalu
sense:
A large stake, or piece of pointed timber, steel etc., driven into the earth or sea-bed for the support of a building, a pier, or other superstructure, or to form a cofferdam, etc.


lexentry: eng/pile__Noun__2
sense_num: 04
written_rep: pile
trans_list: kärki
sense:
(heraldiccharge) One of the ordinaries or subordinaries having the form of a wedge, usually placed palewise, with the broadest end uppermost.


lexentry: eng/pile__Noun__4
sense_num: 01
written_rep: pile
trans_list: aluskarva | haiven
sense:
Hair, especially when very fine or short; the fine underfur of certain animals. (Formerly countable, now treated as a collective singular.)


lexentry: eng/pile__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: pile
trans_list: kasata | pinota | ruuhkauttaa
sense:
(transitive, often used with the preposition "up") To lay or throw into a pile or heap; to heap up; to collect into a mass; to accumulate


lexentry: eng/pile_driver__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: pile driver
trans_list: paalujuntta | juntta
sense:
A machine for forcing a pile, a long beam, into the ground as part of the construction of a foundation; usually by raising a weight and then dropping it on the beam.


lexentry: eng/pilferage__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: pilferage
trans_list: näpistely
sense:
The individual act or recurring practice of stealing items of low value, especially in small quantities, for which the legal term is petty theft.


lexentry: eng/pill__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: pill
trans_list: pilleri | tabletti
sense:
(broadly) A small, usually round or cylindrical object designed for easy swallowing, usually containing some sort of medication.


lexentry: eng/pill__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: pill
trans_list: pilleri | ehkäisypilleri
sense:
(informal, uncountable, definite, i.e. used with "the") Contraceptive medication, usually in the form of a pill to be taken by a woman; an oral contraceptive pill.


lexentry: eng/pill__Noun__1
sense_num: 06
written_rep: pill
trans_list: hitunen | rahtu
sense:
(textiles) A small piece of any substance, for example a ball of fibers formed on the surface of a textile fabric by rubbing.


lexentry: eng/pill_bug__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: pill bug
trans_list: pallosiira
sense:
(US) Any of very many terrestrial crustaceans, of the family Armadillidiidae, a subgroup of the woodlice, that can roll themselves up into a protective ball.


lexentry: eng/pill_tile__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: pill tile
trans_list: pillerilauta
sense:
(pharmacy) An implement sometimes graduated with a linear scale and sometimes decorated designed to cut out with it tablets and ointments from an amorphous medicament mass.


lexentry: eng/pillory__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: pillory
trans_list: häpeäpaalu
sense:
A framework on a post, with holes for the hands and head, used as a means of punishment and humiliation.


lexentry: eng/pillow_talk__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: pillow talk
trans_list: petipuhe
sense:
(idiomatic) Conversation shared by bedmates, particularly intimate conversation after or before sexual intercourse.


lexentry: eng/pillow_word__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: pillow word
trans_list: adjektiiviattribuutti
sense:
In Japanese waka poetry, a poetic device where a certain introductory phrase is commonly used to allude to something else.


lexentry: eng/pilot__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: pilot
trans_list: luotsi
sense:
A person who knows well the depths and currents of a harbor or coastal area, who is hired by a vessel to help navigate the harbor or coast.


lexentry: eng/pilot__Noun__1
sense_num: 11
written_rep: pilot
trans_list: koejakso
sense:
(television) A sample episode of a proposed TV series produced to decide if it should be made or not. If approved, typically the first episode of an actual TV series.


lexentry: eng/pilot_boat__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: pilot boat
trans_list: luotsikutteri | luotsivene
sense:
A kind of boat used to transport pilots between land and the inbound or outbound ships that they are piloting.


lexentry: eng/pimento__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: pimento
trans_list: paprika
sense:
A red sweet pepper, a cultivar of Capsicum annuum, used to make relish, stuffed into olives, or used as spice.


lexentry: eng/pimp__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: pimp
trans_list: sutenööri | parittaja
sense:
Someone who solicits customers for prostitution and acts as manager for a group of prostitutes; a pander.


lexentry: eng/pimp__Verb__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: pimp
trans_list: kuulustella | tentata
sense:
(transitive, medicine, slang) To ask progressively harder and ultimately unanswerable questions of a resident or medical student (said of a senior member of the medical staff).


lexentry: eng/pimpernel__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: pimpernel
trans_list: punka
sense:
Any of various plants of the genus Anagallis, having small red, white or purple flowers, especially the scarlet pimpernel (Anagallis arvensis). [from 15th c.]


lexentry: eng/pimpernel__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: pimpernel
trans_list: Prinssi Rohkea
sense:
(figurative) Someone resembling the fictional Scarlet Pimpernel; a gallant dashing resourceful man given to remarkable feats of bravery and derring-do in liberating victims of tyranny and injustice. [from 20th c.]


lexentry: eng/pimping__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: pimping
trans_list: tuunaus
sense:
The process of modifying a vehicle (usually a car), predominantly focusing on its appearance and audiovisual system as opposed to performance.


lexentry: eng/pimple__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: pimple
trans_list: finni | märkänäppylä | näppy
sense:
(dermatology) An inflamed (raised and colored) spot on the surface of the skin that is usually painful and fills with pus.


lexentry: eng/pin-up__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: pin-up
trans_list: pin-up-kuva
sense:
A photograph, printed in a magazine or other publication, of a sexually attractive person (often nude or provocatively dressed), and intended to be removed and pinned up on a wall.


lexentry: eng/pin__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: pin
trans_list: nuppineula | nasta
sense:
A needle without an eye (usually) made of drawn-out steel wire with one end sharpened and the other flattened or rounded into a head, used for fastening.


lexentry: eng/pin__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: pin
trans_list: selätys
sense:
(wrestling, professional wrestling) The victory condition of holding the opponent's shoulders on the wrestling mat for a prescribed period of time.


lexentry: eng/pin__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: pin
trans_list: keila
sense:
A slender object specially designed for use in a specific game or sport, such as skittles or bowling.


lexentry: eng/pin__Noun__1
sense_num: 09
written_rep: pin
trans_list: pinssi
sense:
(US) A simple accessory that can be attached to clothing with a pin or fastener, often round and bearing a design, logo or message, and used for decoration, identification or to show political affiliation, etc.


lexentry: eng/pin__Noun__1
sense_num: 10
written_rep: pin
trans_list: kiinnitys
sense:
(chess) Either a scenario in which moving a lesser piece to escape from attack would expose a more valuable piece to being taken instead, or one where moving a piece is impossible as it would place the king in check.


lexentry: eng/pin_header__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: pin header
trans_list: piikkirima
sense:
(electronics) A type of electrical connector, consisting of one or more rows of male pins evenly spaced apart.


lexentry: eng/pin_lichen__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: pin lichen
trans_list: neulajäkälä
sense:
Any of certain crustose lichen with small upward-pointing fruiting bodies supposed to resemble dressmakers' pins, including members of the genera Calicium (stubble lichen) and Chaenotheca (needle lichen, stubble lichen, whisker lichen).


lexentry: eng/pinafore__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: pinafore
trans_list: esiliina
sense:
A sleeveless dress, often similar to an apron, generally worn over other clothes, and most often worn by young girls as an overdress.


lexentry: eng/pinball__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: pinball
trans_list: flipperi
sense:
(games) A game, played on a device with a sloping base (a pinball machine), in which the player operates a spring-loaded plunger to shoot a ball, between obstacles, and attempts to hit targets and score points.


lexentry: eng/pinch__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: pinch
trans_list: hyppysellinen | hyppynen
sense:
A small amount of powder or granules, such that the amount could be held between fingertip and thumb tip.


lexentry: eng/pinch__Verb__1
sense_num: 07
written_rep: pinch
trans_list: latvoa | leikata | napata
sense:
(horticulture) To cut shoots or buds of a plant in order to shape the plant, or to improve its yield.


lexentry: eng/pincushion__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: pincushion
trans_list: neulatyyny
sense:
(sewing) A device, originally like a small, stuffed cushion, designed to have sewing pins and needles stuck into it to store them safely; some modern pincushions hold the objects magnetically.


lexentry: eng/pine_nut__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: pine nut
trans_list: pinjansiemen
sense:
The edible seed of any of several species of evergreen pine, especially Pinus pinea, Pinus cembra, and Pinus cembroides.


lexentry: eng/pineal_gland__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: pineal gland
trans_list: käpyrauhanen | epifyysi
sense:
(anatomy, neuroanatomy) A small, pinecone-shaped endocrine gland found near the centre of the brain that produces melatonin.


lexentry: eng/pineapple_bun__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: pineapple bun
trans_list: ananaspulla
sense:
A sweet bun, mainly popular in Hong Kong and Macau, with a crunchy sugary topping that has a checkered pattern resembling the epicarp of a pineapple.


lexentry: eng/pineapple_cake__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: pineapple cake
trans_list: ananastorttu
sense:
A small, sweet, crumbly cake containing butter, flour, egg, sugar, and pineapple jam, originating in Taiwan.


lexentry: eng/pinecone_fish__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: pinecone fish
trans_list: ananaskala
sense:
A beryciform marine fish of the family Monocentridae, with a rounded, compressed body covered in strong plate-like scales fortified with ridges.


lexentry: eng/pinene__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: pinene
trans_list: pineeni
sense:
(organic compound) Either of two isomeric bicyclic monoterpene hydrocarbons that are the principal components of pine resin.


lexentry: eng/pinery__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: pinery
trans_list: kasvihuone ananaksille
sense:
A hothouse or (tropical) area used as a plantation for the cultivation of pineapple plants (genus Ananas) and production of their homonymous fruit.


lexentry: eng/pinesap__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: pinesap
trans_list: mäntykukka
sense:
A myco-heterotroph (Monotropa hypopitys), formerly thought to be a saprophyte, having racemes of drooping flowers.


lexentry: eng/ping-pong_diplomacy__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ping-pong diplomacy
trans_list: [[ping-pong]]-diplomatia
sense:
(historical) The exchange of ping pong players between the United States and the People's Republic of China in the early 1970s, marking a thaw in relations between the two countries.


lexentry: eng/ping__Verb__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: ping
trans_list: pingata
sense:
(networking) To send a packet in order to determine whether a host is present, particularly by use of the ping utility.


lexentry: eng/pingo__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: pingo
trans_list: pingo
sense:
(geomorphology) A conical mound of earth with an ice core caused by permafrost uplift, particularly if lasting more than a year. [from 1920s]


lexentry: eng/pinion__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: pinion
trans_list: leikata siivenkärjet
sense:
To cut off the pinion of a bird’s wing, or otherwise disable or bind its wings, in order to prevent it from flying.


lexentry: eng/pink_noise__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: pink noise
trans_list: vaaleanpunainen kohina
sense:
A signal or process with a frequency spectrum such that the spectral energy density is proportional to the reciprocal of the frequency (1/f).


lexentry: eng/pink_peppercorn__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: pink peppercorn
trans_list: rosepippuri
sense:
The fruit of Schinus molle (and occasionally Schinus terebinthifolia), which is used as a spice similar to pepper.


lexentry: eng/pink_slime__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: pink slime
trans_list: vaaleanpunainen lima
sense:
(paper manufacture) An undesirable pink-colored microbial mass occurring in the slurry used in making paper. [from 1951]


lexentry: eng/pink_slime__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: pink slime
trans_list: muu lihaan verrattava valmistusaine
sense:
(colloquial, derogatory) A meat byproduct produced from scraps by heating and then treating with ammonia to produce a food additive. [from 2002]


lexentry: eng/pink_tea__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: pink tea
trans_list: hienosteleva
sense:
(figuratively, chiefly in the negative, also, attributive) Something (as an event or policy) excessively polite and refined; specifically, one regarded as ineffective and weak.


lexentry: eng/pink_tea__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: pink tea
trans_list: teekutsut
sense:
(historical) A fashionable formal tea party or other social gathering; specifically, one organized and attended chiefly by women to discuss matters of suffrage, raise funds for charity, etc.


lexentry: eng/pink_tea__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: pink tea
trans_list: kašmirilainen tee
sense:
(uncountable, India, Pakistan) A hot drink from the Indian subcontinent with a pink colour, made with gunpowder tea, baking soda, and milk.


lexentry: eng/pinking_shears__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: pinking shears
trans_list: harkkosakset
sense:
(sewing) A pair of scissors with zigzag cutting edges, used to cut fabric: the zigzag edge helps keep the fabric from fraying.


lexentry: eng/pinko__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: pinko
trans_list: ruusu
sense:
(informal, often, derogatory, chiefly, US) A socialist, particularly one who is not completely communist. [from mid-1930s]


lexentry: eng/pinky__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: pinky
trans_list: tenttu | tenu
sense:
(uncountable, historical, slang, Australia) Methylated spirits mixed with red wine or Condy's crystals.


lexentry: eng/pinna__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: pinna
trans_list: korvalehti
sense:
(anatomy, zoology) The visible part of the ear in most therians that resides outside of the head, the auricle; outer ear excluding the ear canal.


lexentry: eng/pinnate__Adjective__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: pinnate
trans_list: parilehdykkäinen | pariliuskainen | pariosainen | sulkasuoninen
sense:
(botany) Having two rows of branches, lobes, leaflets, or veins arranged on each side of a common axis


lexentry: eng/pinniped__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: pinniped
trans_list: eväjalkainen
sense:
Any of various large marine mammals belonging to the parvorder Pinnipedia comprising walruses, eared seals and earless seals.


lexentry: eng/pins_and_needles__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: pins and needles
trans_list: kihelmöinti
sense:
(informal) A tingling or prickling sensation, felt in a limb when a nerve compression is relieved and in other situations.


lexentry: eng/pinto_bean__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: pinto bean
trans_list: pintopapu
sense:
(US, usually, in plural) Any bean of several varieties of common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris), common in the US and Mexico.


lexentry: eng/pinwheel__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: pinwheel
trans_list: väkkärä
sense:
An artificial flower with a stem, usually plastic, for children: the flower spins round in the wind, like a small paper windmill.


lexentry: eng/pion__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: pion
trans_list: pioni
sense:
(particle) Any of three semistable mesons, having positive, negative or neutral charge, composed of up and down quarks/antiquarks.


lexentry: eng/pioneer__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: pioneer
trans_list: pioneeri
sense:
(military) A soldier detailed or employed to form roads, dig trenches, and make bridges, as an army advances; a sapper.


lexentry: eng/pioneer__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: pioneer
trans_list: pioneeri
sense:
(Communism) A member of a children’s organization operated by the Communist Party, typically in the second of three stages toward becoming a member of the Party itself.


lexentry: eng/pioneering__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: pioneering
trans_list: mullistava | uraauurtava
sense:
Involving accomplishments or activities that have not been done before, or developing or using new methods or techniques.


lexentry: eng/pious__Adjective__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: pious
trans_list: muotojumalinen | tekopyhä
sense:
Insisting on or making a show of one's own virtue, especially in comparison to others; sanctimonious, condescending, judgmental.


lexentry: eng/pip__Noun__2
sense_num: 01
written_rep: pip
trans_list: siemen | kivi
sense:
(UK) A seed inside certain fleshy fruits, such as the stone (pit) of a stonefruit or the smaller seeds of an orange or apple.


lexentry: eng/pip__Noun__4
sense_num: 01
written_rep: pip
trans_list: piippaus | piippi
sense:
One of a series of very short, electronically produced tones, used, for example, to count down the final few seconds before a given time or to indicate that a caller using a payphone needs to make further payment to continue the call.


lexentry: eng/pipe-dream__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: pipe-dream
trans_list: nähdä toiveunta | uneksia
sense:
(intransitive) To have a desire or idea which is unlikely to materialize, or to imagine a plan which is unlikely to work; to dream of a near impossibility.


lexentry: eng/pipe__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: pipe
trans_list: huilu | pilli
sense:
(woodwind instrument) A wind instrument consisting of a tube, often lined with holes to allow for adjustment in pitch, sounded by blowing into the tube. [from 10th c.]


lexentry: eng/pipe__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: pipe
trans_list: putki
sense:
A rigid tube that transports water, steam, or other fluid, as used in plumbing and numerous other applications. [from 10th c.]


lexentry: eng/pipe__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: pipe
trans_list: purkauskanava
sense:
(geology) A vertical conduit through the Earth's crust below a volcano through which magma has passed, often filled with volcanic breccia. [from 19th c.]


lexentry: eng/pipe__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: pipe
trans_list: putki
sense:
(computing) A mechanism that enables one program to communicate with another by sending its output to the other as input. [from 20th c.]


lexentry: eng/pipe_bomb__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: pipe bomb
trans_list: putkipommi
sense:
An improvised explosive device consisting of blasting powder or other explosive material encased in a metal pipe to increase the blast effect.


lexentry: eng/pipe_cleaner__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: pipe cleaner
trans_list: piippurassi | piipunpuhdistaja | rassi
sense:
A piece of flexible wire in which tufted fabric is twisted and which is used to clean out the stem of a tobacco pipe or other narrow tube. It can be also used for arts and crafts.


lexentry: eng/pipe_dream__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: pipe dream
trans_list: pilvilinna
sense:
(idiomatic, originally, US) A desire or idea which is unlikely to materialize, or a plan which is unlikely to work; a near impossibility. [from late 19th c.]


lexentry: eng/pipe_organ__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: pipe organ
trans_list: pilliurut
sense:
(musical instrument) The largest of all musical instruments, played from an organ console. The organ produces its sound by sending air through organ pipes- either reed pipes or flue pipes, which are seated on wind chests. The valves controlling each pipe may be actuated electronically or using long wooden poles called trackers.


lexentry: eng/pipe_wrench__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: pipe wrench
trans_list: putkipihdit
sense:
An adjustable wrench (British spanner) with a toothed jaw for gripping pipe, frequently used by a plumber or pipe fitter, to loosen and tighten pipes with threaded connections.


lexentry: eng/pipefish__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: pipefish
trans_list: merineula
sense:
A small fish of subfamily Syngnathinae in the seahorse family, having a long thin body covered with partially ossified plates, the head long, and the jaws elongated so as to form a tubular snout.


lexentry: eng/pipeline__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: pipeline
trans_list: kanava | liukuhihna
sense:
A channel (either physical or logical) by which information is transmitted sequentially (that is, the first information in is the first information out).


lexentry: eng/pipette__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: pipette
trans_list: pipetti
sense:
(sciences) A small tube, often with an enlargement or bulb in the middle, and usually graduated, used for transferring or delivering measured quantities of a liquid. [from 19th c.]


lexentry: eng/pipeweed__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: pipeweed
trans_list: piippukessu
sense:
(smoking) Tobacco prepared for smoking in a pipe; also, the leaves of herbs or other plants prepared for such use.


lexentry: eng/pipeweed__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: pipeweed
trans_list: korte | putki
sense:
Any of a number of plants having thin and straight stems resembling pipes, often hollow or lacking branches.


lexentry: eng/pipit__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: pipit
trans_list: kirvinen
sense:
Any of various small passerine birds, mainly from the genus Anthus, that are often drab, ground feeding insectivores of open country.


lexentry: eng/piquet__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: piquet
trans_list: piketti
sense:
(card games) A game of cards for two people, with thirty-two cards, all the deuces, threes, fours, fives, and sixes being set aside.


lexentry: eng/piracy__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: piracy
trans_list: merirosvous
sense:
(crime, nautical) Robbery at sea, a violation of international law; taking a ship away from the control of those who are legally entitled to it.


lexentry: eng/piranha__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: piranha
trans_list: piraija
sense:
(ichthyology) Any of certain freshwater fish of the subfamily Serrasalminae, native to South America; they are characterised by razor-sharp teeth and a reputation of being ferocious predators (despite most species being omnivorous).


lexentry: eng/pirate__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: pirate
trans_list: piraatti
sense:
Illegally imitated or reproduced, said of a trademarked product or copyrighted work, or of the counterfeit itself.


lexentry: eng/pirate__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: pirate
trans_list: merirosvo
sense:
(crime) A criminal who plunders at sea; commonly attacking merchant vessels, though often pillaging port towns.


lexentry: eng/pirate__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: pirate
trans_list: piraatti | merirosvo
sense:
(by extension) One who breaks intellectual property laws by reproducing protected works without permission.


lexentry: eng/pirate_perch__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: pirate perch
trans_list: piraattiahven
sense:
Aphredoderus sayanus, a North American freshwater fish of family Aphredoderidae: order Percopsiformes.


lexentry: eng/pirate_ship__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: pirate ship
trans_list: merirosvolaiva
sense:
Any ship manned by pirates, especially a large wooden sailing ship armed with cannons and flying a Jolly Roger, as stereotyped in literature and film.


lexentry: eng/pirozhki__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: pirozhki
trans_list: piirakka | piirakat
sense:
Small pastries filled with finely chopped meat, vegetables or fruit baked or fried, from eastern European cuisine, or a serving of these.


lexentry: eng/pissing_contest__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: pissing contest
trans_list: kusemiskilpailu | pissauskilpailu
sense:
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see a competition to determine who can urinate the furthest up a wall.


lexentry: eng/pistil__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: pistil
trans_list: emi
sense:
(botany) A discrete organ in the center of a flower capable of receiving pollen and producing a fruit, it is divided into an ovary, style and stigma. [from 18th c.]


lexentry: eng/piston__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: piston
trans_list: mäntä
sense:
(mechanics) A solid disk or cylinder that fits inside a hollow cylinder, and moves under pressure (as in an engine) or displaces fluid (as in a pump)


lexentry: eng/piston_engine__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: piston engine
trans_list: mäntämoottori
sense:
Any of several types of engine having cylinders containing reciprocating pistons, in which a crankshaft is turned by pistons moving up and down within cylinders; many internal combustion engines and many steam engines have such a mechanism.


lexentry: eng/pit__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: pit
trans_list: kaivanto | kuoppa
sense:
(archaeology) A hole or trench in the ground, excavated according to grid coordinates, so that the provenance of any feature observed and any specimen or artifact revealed may be established by precise measurement.


lexentry: eng/pit__Noun__1
sense_num: 13
written_rep: pit
trans_list: kuoppa | monttu | pelisali | permanto | rumpusektio | syvältä
sense:
Formerly, that part of a theatre, on the floor of the house, below the level of the stage and behind the orchestra; now, in England, commonly the part behind the stalls; in the United States, the parquet; also, the occupants of such a part of a theatre.


lexentry: eng/pit__Verb__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: pit
trans_list: mennä varikolle
sense:
(intransitive, motor racing) To return to the pits during a race for refuelling, tyre changes, repairs etc.


lexentry: eng/pit_lane__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: pit lane
trans_list: varikkosuora
sense:
(motor racing) A lane adjacent (usually on the inner curve) to a racetrack where the competing teams' garages are situated.


lexentry: eng/pit_stop__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: pit stop
trans_list: varikkokäynti | varikkopysähdys
sense:
(motor racing) A stop made during an automobile race at the pit to refuel and perform other periodic maintenance on the vehicle.


lexentry: eng/pit_viper__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: pit viper
trans_list: kuoppakyy
sense:
Any of various venomous snakes, of the subfamily Crotalinae, found in Asia and the Americas, with a deep pit or fossa on either side of the head that enables them to detect prey by infrared.


lexentry: eng/pitch-perfect__Adjective__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: pitch-perfect
trans_list: täydellinen
sense:
(figurative) Utterly flawless and suitable with respect to appearance, atmosphere or tone, expression, or other characteristics.


lexentry: eng/pitch__Noun__2
sense_num: 03
written_rep: pitch
trans_list: heitto | kenttä | nurmi | syöttö
sense:
(sports, UK, Australia, NZ) The field on which cricket, soccer, rugby, gridiron or field hockey is played. (In cricket, the pitch is in the centre of the field; see cricket pitch.) (Not often used in the US or Canada, where "field" is the preferred word.)


lexentry: eng/pitch__Noun__2
sense_num: 07
written_rep: pitch
trans_list: jako | nousu
sense:
The distance between evenly spaced objects, e.g. the teeth of a saw or gear, the turns of a screw thread, the centres of holes, or letters in a monospace font.


lexentry: eng/pitch__Noun__2
sense_num: 09
written_rep: pitch
trans_list: nyökkääminen
sense:
(nautical, aviation) The degree to which a vehicle, especially a ship or aircraft, rotates on such an axis, tilting its bow or nose up or down.


lexentry: eng/pitch__Noun__2
sense_num: 24
written_rep: pitch
trans_list: alamäki | harja | jyrkkyys | lasku
sense:
The point where a declivity begins; hence, the declivity itself; a descending slope; the degree or rate of descent or slope; slant.


lexentry: eng/pitch__Verb__2
sense_num: 09
written_rep: pitch
trans_list: jyskiä | jyskyttää | keinua | keinuttaa | nyökkiä | nyökyttää
sense:
(ambitransitive, aviation, or, nautical) To move so that the front of an aircraft or boat goes alternatively up and down.


lexentry: eng/pitch_accent__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: pitch accent
trans_list: sävelaksentti
sense:
(phonology) Any of a variety of restricted tone systems that use variations in pitch to give prominence to a syllable or mora within a word. The placement of this tone or the way it is realized can give different meanings to otherwise similar words.


lexentry: eng/pitch_simultaneity__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: pitch simultaneity
trans_list: sävelten samanaikaisuus
sense:
(music) Any two or more pitches or pitch classes all of which occur simultaneously, or at the same time. It may be thought of as a more general term for any possible chord. Any chord progression or harmonic progression is then a simultaneity succession, though not all simultaneity successions are harmonic progressions and not all simultaneities are chords.


lexentry: eng/pitched_battle__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: pitched battle
trans_list: valmisteltu taistelu
sense:
(military) A battle which opposing forces anticipate and commit to fighting; a sustained, intense and confrontational fight.


lexentry: eng/pitcher__Noun__2
sense_num: 01
written_rep: pitcher
trans_list: kannu | kaadin | vesikannu
sense:
A wide-mouthed, deep vessel for holding liquids, with a spout or protruding lip and a handle; a water jug or jar with a large ear or handle.


lexentry: eng/pitcher__Noun__2
sense_num: 02
written_rep: pitcher
trans_list: vesikannu
sense:
(botany) A tubular or cuplike appendage or expansion of the leaves of certain plants. See pitcher plant.


lexentry: eng/pitchstone__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: pitchstone
trans_list: laavalasi
sense:
(geology) a natural glass, rich in microscopic crystallites, formed by the rapid cooling of lava or magma


lexentry: eng/pitfall__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: pitfall
trans_list: sudenkuoppa | riski | vaara
sense:
(figurative) A potential, unsuspected, hidden problem, hazard, or danger that is easily encountered but not immediately obvious.


lexentry: eng/pitfall__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: pitfall
trans_list: ansakuoppa
sense:
(literal) A type of trap consisting of a concealed pit in the ground, which the victim is supposed to fall into and not be able to get out from.


lexentry: eng/pith__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: pith
trans_list: ydin
sense:
The soft, spongy substance inside plant parts; specifically, the parenchyma in the centre of the roots and stems of many plants and trees.


lexentry: eng/pith__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: pith
trans_list: ydin
sense:
The soft tissue inside a human or animal body or one of their organs; specifically, the spongy interior substance of a horn or the shaft of a feather.


lexentry: eng/pith__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: pith
trans_list: isku
sense:
The energy, force, or power of speech or writing; specifically, such force or power due to conciseness; punch, punchiness.


lexentry: eng/pith__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: pith
trans_list: katkoa selkäydin
sense:
To render insensate or kill (an animal, especially cattle or a laboratory animal) by cutting, piercing, or otherwise destroying the spinal cord. [from early 19th c.]


lexentry: eng/pitohui__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: pitohui
trans_list: pitohui
sense:
A bird of the genus Pitohui in the family Oriolidae (formerly in Pachycephalidae), endemic to New Guinea, some of which have powerful batrachotoxins in skin and feathers.


lexentry: eng/pitohui__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: pitohui
trans_list: pitohui
sense:
One of several birds of similar appearance, now taxonomically separated from Pitohui proper and placed in families Oreoicidae and Pachycephalidae.


lexentry: eng/piton__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: piton
trans_list: kiila | haka
sense:
(climbing) A spike, wedge, or peg that is driven into a rock or ice surface as a support (as for a mountain climber).


lexentry: eng/pitot_tube__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: pitot tube
trans_list: pitot-putki
sense:
(aviation) A pressure measuring instrument used to measure fluid flow velocity, especially used to determine the airspeed of an aircraft.


lexentry: eng/pituitary_gland__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: pituitary gland
trans_list: aivolisäke
sense:
(anatomy) An endocrine gland, about the size of a pea, that sits in a small, bony cavity at the base of the brain whose secretions control the other endocrine glands and influence growth, metabolism, and maturation.


lexentry: eng/pivot__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: pivot
trans_list: sarana | tappi
sense:
A thing on which something turns; specifically a metal pointed pin or short shaft in machinery, such as the end of an axle or spindle.


lexentry: eng/pivot_table__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: pivot table
trans_list: pivot-taulukko | yhteenvetotaulukko
sense:
(computing) A summary table used for automatic sorting, counting and averaging of the data in another table or spreadsheet.


lexentry: eng/pizza__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: pizza
trans_list: pitsa | pizza
sense:
(uncountable) A baked Italian dish of a thinly rolled bread crust typically topped before baking with tomato sauce, cheese, and other ingredients such as meat or vegetables.


lexentry: eng/pizza_oven__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: pizza oven
trans_list: pitsauuni | pizzauuni
sense:
(informal) A wood-fired brick oven with a stone floor in the baking chamber. (From being an oven found in traditional pizzerias, and an accessory built in backyards for pizza)


lexentry: eng/pizza_oven__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: pizza oven
trans_list: pitsauuni | pizzauuni
sense:
A specialized infrared oven; a squat thin oven which fits a single pizza, that uses high intensity infrared lamps to rapidly blast and bake a pizza.


lexentry: eng/pizza_saver__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: pizza saver
trans_list: pizzasäästäjä
sense:
A small device, typically a plastic tripod, used to prevent the top of a food container, such as a pizza box, from collapsing inward.


lexentry: eng/pizza_table__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: pizza table
trans_list: pizzatuki
sense:
(idiomatic) A small, inedible, table-shaped object that sits on a pizza pie and holds up the top of the box the pie lies in, preventing it from settling into the pie.


lexentry: eng/piñata__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: piñata
trans_list: piñata
sense:
(Latin American culture) A doll or other decorated container that is filled with candy and hit with a hammer or a stick by blindfolded children during birthday parties or other celebrations until the candy falls out.


lexentry: eng/placard__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: placard
trans_list: juliste
sense:
A sheet of paper or cardboard with a written or printed announcement on one side for display in a public place.


lexentry: eng/placate__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: placate
trans_list: lepyttää | rauhoittaa
sense:
(transitive) To calm; to bring peace to; to influence someone who was furious to the point that they become content or at least no longer irate.


lexentry: eng/place__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: place
trans_list: aukio | hima | koti | kämppä | mökki | talo
sense:
(often, in street names or addresses) A street, sometimes but not always surrounding a public place, square, or plaza of the same name.


lexentry: eng/place__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: place
trans_list: sijoittaa | panna | asettaa | laittaa | päästä | sijoittua
sense:
(ergative) To earn a given spot in a competition; to rank at a certain position ((often followed by an ordinal)).


lexentry: eng/place__Verb__1
sense_num: 08
written_rep: place
trans_list: sijoittaa
sense:
(transitive) To recruit or match an appropriate person for a job, or a home for an animal for adoption, etc.


lexentry: eng/place_mat__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: place mat
trans_list: katealunen | tabletti
sense:
A protective mat, usually heat-resistant, placed under a single person's tableware (including cutlery) at the dining table.


lexentry: eng/place_of_articulation__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: place of articulation
trans_list: ääntöpaikka
sense:
(phonetics, of a consonant) The point of contact, where an obstruction occurs in the vocal tract between an active (moving) articulator (typically some part of the tongue) and a passive (stationary) articulator (typically some part of the roof of the mouth).


lexentry: eng/place_of_worship__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: place of worship
trans_list: palvontapaikka
sense:
A place, usually a building such as a church, mosque, synagogue or temple where believers can practise their faith.


lexentry: eng/place_setting__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: place setting
trans_list: kate | kattaus
sense:
Items of cutlery, crockery and glassware, and sometimes a place mat, arranged for a person at a dining table.


lexentry: eng/placebo-controlled__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: placebo-controlled
trans_list: lumekontrolloitu
sense:
(medicine, science, research) Including a comparison (control) group with placebo. (describing clinical trials)


lexentry: eng/placebo_effect__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: placebo effect
trans_list: lumevaikutus | plasebovaikutus
sense:
(medicine, especially, pharmacology) A phenomenon where a person's health improves after receiving a treatment that has no direct therapeutic mechanism.


lexentry: eng/placeholder__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: placeholder
trans_list: paikkamerkki
sense:
Something used or included temporarily or as a substitute for something that is not known or must remain generic; that which holds, denotes or reserves a place for something to come later.


lexentry: eng/placement__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: placement
trans_list: sijoittaminen | sijoitus
sense:
The act of placing or putting in place; the act of locating or positioning; the state of being placed.


lexentry: eng/placenta__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: placenta
trans_list: istukka
sense:
(botany) In flowering plants, the part of the ovary where ovules develop; in non-flowering plants where the spores develop.


lexentry: eng/plagiarism__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: plagiarism
trans_list: plagiaatti | plagiointi
sense:
(uncountable) Copying of another person's ideas, text, or other creative work, and presenting it as one's own, especially without permission; plagiarizing.


lexentry: eng/plagiarist__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: plagiarist
trans_list: plagioija
sense:
One who plagiarizes; or lifts the words, writings, or ideas of another, and passes them off as his or her own, thus engaging in plagiarism; a literary thief


lexentry: eng/plagiarize__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: plagiarize
trans_list: plagioida
sense:
(ambitransitive) To use, and pass off as one's own, someone else's writing, speech, ideas, or other intellectual or creative work, especially in an academic context; to commit plagiarism.


lexentry: eng/plagioclase__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: plagioclase
trans_list: plagioklaasi
sense:
(mineral) Any of a group of aluminum silicate feldspathic minerals ranging in their ratio of calcium to sodium.


lexentry: eng/plague__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: plague
trans_list: rutto
sense:
(often used with the, sometimes capitalized: the Plague) The bubonic plague, the pestilent disease caused by the virulent bacterium Yersinia pestis.


lexentry: eng/plague__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: plague
trans_list: kulkutauti | rutto
sense:
(pathology) An epidemic or pandemic caused by any pestilence, but specifically by the above disease.


lexentry: eng/plague__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: plague
trans_list: vitsaus
sense:
A widespread affliction, calamity, or destructive influx, especially when seen as divine retribution.


lexentry: eng/plaice__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: plaice
trans_list: punakampela
sense:
Pleuronectes platessa (European plaice), commonly found in the North Sea and Irish Sea, with smooth brown skin and red or orange spots.


lexentry: eng/plain_English__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: plain English
trans_list: selkokieli
sense:
English that does not use any jargon or technical or scientific terminology; simple or easily comprehensible words or language, usually denoting a form restricted by good sense alone, as contrasted with a codified form via controlled natural language.


lexentry: eng/plain_flour__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: plain flour
trans_list: puolikarkea vehnäjauho
sense:
(UK, Irish, Commonwealth, cooking) A wheat flour with a medium gluten content, suitable for general use.


lexentry: eng/plain_sailing__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: plain sailing
trans_list: helppo homma
sense:
(figurative) Something that is easy, simple, or straightforward; something that offers no difficulties or trouble.


lexentry: eng/plain_text__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: plain text
trans_list: raakateksti
sense:
(computing) Data which consists only of human-readable unformatted text, as opposed to machine-readable binary data or formatted/structured text. In this sense, the character data in between XML tags may be called "plain text".


lexentry: eng/plainclothes__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: plainclothes
trans_list: siviilipukuinen
sense:
(usually, of a police officer) Wearing ordinary civilian clothes instead of a uniform, in order to avoid detection.


lexentry: eng/plains-wanderer__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: plains-wanderer
trans_list: arojuoksija
sense:
Pedionomus torquatus, a small quail-like bird in the monotypic family Pedionomidae, endemic to south-eastern Australia.


lexentry: eng/plainsong__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: plainsong
trans_list: latinalainen kirkkolaulu
sense:
(music) A form of monophonic chant in unison using the Gregorian scale, sung in various Christian churches.


lexentry: eng/plaintiff__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: plaintiff
trans_list: kantaja
sense:
(law, UK, _, historic, otherwise, current) A party bringing a suit in civil law against a defendant; accuser.


lexentry: eng/plan__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: plan
trans_list: kaava | kaavapiirros
sense:
A drawing showing technical details of a building, machine, etc., with unwanted details omitted, and often using symbols rather than detailed drawing to represent doors, valves, etc.


lexentry: eng/plan__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: plan
trans_list: pohjakaava | pohjapiirros
sense:
A two-dimensional drawing of a building as seen from above with obscuring or irrelevant details such as roof removed, or of a floor of a building, revealing the internal layout; as distinct from the elevation.


lexentry: eng/planche__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: planche
trans_list: nojavaaka
sense:
(gymnastics) A position where the gymnast is horizontal and face-down, using only the hands as support.


lexentry: eng/plane__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: plane
trans_list: taso
sense:
(geometry) A flat surface extending infinitely in all directions (e.g. horizontal or vertical plane); a bounded portion thereof.


lexentry: eng/plane__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: plane
trans_list: siipi
sense:
A roughly flat, thin, often moveable structure used to create lateral force by the flow of air or water over its surface, found on aircraft, submarines, etc.


lexentry: eng/plane_angle__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: plane angle
trans_list: tasokulma
sense:
(geometry) An angle formed by two intersecting planes, measured by the angle between two intersecting straight lines that are in respective planes and perpendicular to the intersection of the planes.


lexentry: eng/plane_sailing__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: plane sailing
trans_list: navigointi tasossa
sense:
(nautical) A technique for navigation using the assumption that the journey occurs over a plane or flat surface rather than the actual curved surface of the Earth, which is sufficiently accurate over short distances.


lexentry: eng/planer__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: planer
trans_list: höylä
sense:
(woodworking) A tool which smooths a surface or makes one surface of a workpiece parallel to the tool's bed.


lexentry: eng/planer__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: planer
trans_list: höyläkone
sense:
(mechanical engineering) A large machine tool in which the workpiece is traversed linearly (by means of a reciprocating bed) beneath a single-point cutting tool. (Analogous to a shaper but larger and with the workpiece moving instead of the tool.) Planers can generate various shapes, but were most especially used to generate large, accurate flat surfaces. The planer is nowadays obsolescent, having been mostly superseded by large milling machines.


lexentry: eng/planet__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: planet
trans_list: planeetta | kiertotähti
sense:
(now, historical, or, astrology) Each of the seven major bodies which move relative to the fixed stars in the night sky—the Moon, Mercury, Venus, the Sun, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn. [from 14thc.]


lexentry: eng/planet__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: planet
trans_list: planeetta
sense:
(astronomy, historical) Any body that orbits the Sun, including the asteroids (as minor planets) and sometimes the moons of those bodies (as satellite planets)


lexentry: eng/planet__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: planet
trans_list: planeetta
sense:
(astronomy, current) A body which is massive enough to be in hydrostatic equilibrium (generally resulting in being an ellipsoid) but not enough to attain nuclear fusion and, in IAU usage, which directly orbits a star (or multiple star) and dominates the region of its orbit; specifically, in the case of the Solar system, the eight major bodies of Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune. [from 2006]


lexentry: eng/planetarium__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: planetarium
trans_list: planetaario
sense:
A display museum in which images of stars and other astronomical phenomena are projected onto a domed ceiling.


lexentry: eng/planetary_gear__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: planetary gear
trans_list: planeettapyörästö
sense:
A system of gears that has a central gear wheel (sun gear) around which others (planet gears) rotate, often within an outer ring.


lexentry: eng/planetary_nebula__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: planetary nebula
trans_list: planetaarinen sumu
sense:
(astronomy) A nebulosity surrounding a dying red giant, consisting of material expelled by the star.


lexentry: eng/planetesimal__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: planetesimal
trans_list: planetesimaali
sense:
(astronomy) Any of many small, solid astronomical objects that orbit a star and form protoplanets through mutual gravitational attraction.


lexentry: eng/plank__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: plank
trans_list: periaate
sense:
(figurative) A political issue that is of concern to a faction or a party of the people and the political position that is taken on that issue.


lexentry: eng/planned_obsolescence__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: planned obsolescence
trans_list: suunniteltu vanheneminen
sense:
A policy of deliberately planning or designing a product with a limited useful life, so it will become obsolete or nonfunctional after a certain period.


lexentry: eng/planner__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: planner
trans_list: muistikirja
sense:
A notebook or software in which one keeps reminders of items such as appointments, tasks, projects, and contacts.


lexentry: eng/planning_permission__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: planning permission
trans_list: rakennuslupa
sense:
(Britain, construction, law) Legal permission granted by a government authority to construct on one's land, or to change the use of the land. [from mid 1940s]


lexentry: eng/planosol__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: planosol
trans_list: pintavesimaannos
sense:
A soil with a light-coloured, coarse-textured surface horizon that shows signs of periodic water stagnation and abruptly overlies a dense, slowly permeable subsoil with significantly more clay than the surface horizon.


lexentry: eng/plant-based__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: plant-based
trans_list: kasvipohjainen
sense:
Based on plants; especially, of a diet, consisting mostly or wholly of foods derived from plants; vegan.


lexentry: eng/plant__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: plant
trans_list: kasvi | kone
sense:
(botany) An organism that is not an animal, especially an organism capable of photosynthesis. Typically a small or herbaceous organism of this kind, rather than a tree.


lexentry: eng/plant__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: plant
trans_list: kasvi | kone
sense:
(botany) An organism of the kingdom Plantae. Now specifically, a living organism of the Embryophyta (land plants) or of the Chlorophyta (green algae), a eukaryote that includes double-membraned chloroplasts in its cells containing chlorophyll a and b, or any organism closely related to such an organism.


lexentry: eng/plant__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: plant
trans_list: kasvi
sense:
(ecology) Now specifically, a multicellular eukaryote that includes chloroplasts in its cells, which have a cell wall.


lexentry: eng/plant__Noun__1
sense_num: 09
written_rep: plant
trans_list: soluttautuja | vakooja
sense:
Anyone assigned to behave as a member of the public during a covert operation (as in a police investigation).


lexentry: eng/plant__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: plant
trans_list: istuttaa | panna maahan
sense:
(ambitransitive) To place (a seed or plant) in soil or other substrate in order that it may live and grow.


lexentry: eng/plant__Verb__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: plant
trans_list: laittaa | sijoittaa | soluttaa | ujuttaa
sense:
(transitive) To place (an object, or sometimes a person), often with the implication of intending deceit.


lexentry: eng/plant_community__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: plant community
trans_list: kasviyhdyskunta
sense:
(botany, ecology) a group of plants of different species which coexist in a habitat under certain conditions, and that may be mutually dependent on each other.


lexentry: eng/plantain__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: plantain
trans_list: ratamo
sense:
Any plant of the genus Plantago, with a rosette of sessile leaves about 10 cm (4") long with a narrow part instead of a petiole, and with a spike inflorescence with the flower spacing varying widely among the species. See also psyllium.


lexentry: eng/plantaris__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: plantaris
trans_list: hoikka kantalihas
sense:
(muscles) A muscle running at the posterior compartment of the calf from the knee to over the hump of the heel.


lexentry: eng/plantation__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: plantation
trans_list: suurtila
sense:
A large farm; estate or area of land designated for agricultural growth. Often includes housing for the owner and workers.


lexentry: eng/plantation__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: plantation
trans_list: kolonisaatio
sense:
(historical) The importation of large numbers of workers and soldiers to displace the local population, such as in medieval Ireland and in the Americas; colonization.


lexentry: eng/planter__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: planter
trans_list: plantaasinomistaja
sense:
Any member of a similar landed class of (often wealthy) farm owners elsewhere, such as plantation owners whose lands are worked by farm workers, wage slaves, or slaves.


lexentry: eng/plantigrade__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: plantigrade
trans_list: kanta-astuja
sense:
(zoology) A plantigrade animal; an animal that walks with the entire sole of the foot on the ground.


lexentry: eng/plaque__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: plaque
trans_list: levy | plaketti
sense:
(countable) Any flat, thin piece of clay, ivory, metal, etc., used for ornament, or for painting pictures upon, as a dish, plate, slab, etc., hung upon a wall; also, a smaller decoration worn by a person, such as a brooch.


lexentry: eng/plaque__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: plaque
trans_list: laatta | muistolaatta
sense:
(countable) A piece of flat metal with writing on it, attached to a building, monument, or other structure to remind people of a person or an event.


lexentry: eng/plaque__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: plaque
trans_list: litteä soitin
sense:
(countable, musical instruments) In the Hornbostel–Sachs classification system: any flat, thin musical instrument.


lexentry: eng/plaque__Noun__1
sense_num: 06
written_rep: plaque
trans_list: läiskä | plakki
sense:
(countable, pathology) A broad patch of abnormal tissue distinguishable from surrounding tissue, especially a broad on the skin.


lexentry: eng/plaque__Noun__1
sense_num: 07
written_rep: plaque
trans_list: plakki
sense:
(countable, uncountable, pathology) An abnormal accumulation of material in or on an organ of the body, often associated with disease.


lexentry: eng/plaque__Noun__1
sense_num: 07
written_rep: plaque
trans_list: plakki
sense:
(uncountable, dentistry) An accumulation of biofilm, or bacteria, on teeth, which may develop into dental calculus (tartar).


lexentry: eng/plasma_cell__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: plasma cell
trans_list: plasmasolu
sense:
(immunology) A form of B cell that produces antibodies after having reacted with its specific antigen in follicle centers.


lexentry: eng/plasma_display__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: plasma display
trans_list: plasmanäyttö
sense:
A flat-screen display, for television or personal computers, consisting of a matrix of cells filled with an inert, ionized gas; three cells (red, green and blue) constituting a single pixel


lexentry: eng/plasma_wakefield_acceleration__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: plasma wakefield acceleration
trans_list: plasmakiihdytys
sense:
(physics) A method of high-gradient particle acceleration which uses the longitudinal electric field of plasma wakefield excited by a laser pulse or bunch of relativistic charged particles.


lexentry: eng/plasma_wakefield_accelerator__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: plasma wakefield accelerator
trans_list: plasmakiihdytin
sense:
(physics) A device in which a drive beam (either laser or particle) produces a plasma wave ("wakefield") that accelerates charged particles in a relatively short distance.


lexentry: eng/plasmid__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: plasmid
trans_list: plasmidi
sense:
(cytology) A loop of double-stranded DNA that is separate from — and replicates independently of — the chromosomes; such loops are most commonly found in bacteria, but they are also sometimes found in archaeans and eukaryotic cells, and they are used in genetic engineering as a vector for gene transfer.


lexentry: eng/plasmon__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: plasmon
trans_list: plasmoni
sense:
(physics, astronomy) The quantum of waves produced by the collective effects of large numbers of electrons when disturbed from equilibrium.


lexentry: eng/plaster__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: plaster
trans_list: laasti
sense:
(uncountable) A mixture of lime or gypsum, sand, and water, sometimes with the addition of fibres, that hardens to a smooth solid and is used for coating walls and ceilings; render, stucco.


lexentry: eng/plaster_cast__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: plaster cast
trans_list: kipsi
sense:
(surgery) A cast made of a stiff material (often plaster of Paris and gauze) in order to immobilize a broken bone for the period of healing.


lexentry: eng/plaster_of_Paris__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: plaster of Paris
trans_list: kipsi | kipsilaasti
sense:
A hemihydrate of calcium sulfate, made by calcining gypsum, that hardens when moistened and allowed to dry; used to make casts, molds and sculpture.


lexentry: eng/plasterboard__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: plasterboard
trans_list: kipsilevy
sense:
A construction material consisting of a rigid panel of several layers of fibreboard or paper bonded to a gypsum core.


lexentry: eng/plastic__Adjective__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: plastic
trans_list: mukautuva | muuntautumiskykyinen | plastinen
sense:
(biology) Capable of adapting to varying conditions; characterized by environmental adaptability. [from 19th c.]


lexentry: eng/plastic__Adjective__1
sense_num: 08
written_rep: plastic
trans_list: falski
sense:
(figurative, informal, of a person) Fake, insincere, especially in a shallow and conformist way pretending to smoothness and glossy flawlessness.


lexentry: eng/plastic__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: plastic
trans_list: muovi
sense:
(figurative, slang) Insincerity; fakeness; a person who is fake or arrogant, or believes that they are better than the rest of the population; a narcissistic, affected person.


lexentry: eng/plastic_art__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: plastic art
trans_list: plastinen taide
sense:
An art form which involves physical manipulation of a three-dimensional medium by moulding or modeling such as sculpture or ceramics.


lexentry: eng/plastic_bag__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: plastic bag
trans_list: muovipussi | muovikassi
sense:
A type of packaging made of thin, flexible, plastic film, starch, or plastic textile, used for containing and transporting food, waste, and consumer goods. (This entry is a translation hub.)


lexentry: eng/plastic_surgery__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: plastic surgery
trans_list: plastiikkakirurgia
sense:
Surgery to repair or revise body parts, especially involving the transfer of tissue; it is done for health reasons, reconstructive reasons, aesthetic reasons, or a combination thereof.


lexentry: eng/plasticity__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: plasticity
trans_list: plastisuus | muokattavuus
sense:
(physics) The property of a solid body whereby it undergoes a permanent change in shape or size when subjected to a stress exceeding a particular value (the yield value).


lexentry: eng/plasticizer__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: plasticizer
trans_list: pehmitin
sense:
Any of various substances added to a material (such as plastic or concrete) in order to make it more pliable.


lexentry: eng/plastid__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: plastid
trans_list: plastidi
sense:
(cytology) Any of various organelles found in the cells of plants and algae, often used for photosynthesis.


lexentry: eng/plate__Noun__1
sense_num: 10
written_rep: plate
trans_list: lautasellinen | pinnoite | pinta | päällyste
sense:
A layer of a material on the surface of something, usually qualified by the type of the material; plating


lexentry: eng/plate__Noun__1
sense_num: 13
written_rep: plate
trans_list: levy
sense:
(weightlifting) A weighted disk, usually of metal, with a hole in the center for use with a barbell, dumbbell, or exercise machine.


lexentry: eng/plate__Noun__1
sense_num: 16
written_rep: plate
trans_list: planssi
sense:
(printing, publishing) An illustration in a book, either black and white, or colour, usually on a page of paper of different quality from the text pages.


lexentry: eng/plate__Noun__1
sense_num: 17
written_rep: plate
trans_list: hammasproteesin pohjalevy
sense:
(dentistry) A shaped and fitted surface, usually ceramic or metal that fits into the mouth and in which teeth are implanted; a dental plate.


lexentry: eng/plate__Noun__1
sense_num: 23
written_rep: plate
trans_list: levy
sense:
(engineering, electricity) A flat electrode such as can be found in an accumulator battery, or in an electrolysis tank.


lexentry: eng/plate__Noun__1
sense_num: 28
written_rep: plate
trans_list: lipunkirjoitusoikeus
sense:
(aviation, travel industry, by extension) The ability of a travel agent to issue tickets on behalf of a particular airline.


lexentry: eng/plate__Noun__1
sense_num: 32
written_rep: plate
trans_list: turkislevy
sense:
(furriers' slang) Skins for fur linings of garments, sewn together and roughly shaped, but not finally cut or fitted.


lexentry: eng/plateau__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: plateau
trans_list: tasaantua | tasoittua
sense:
(intransitive) (of a varying quantity) To reach a stable level after a period of increase; to level off.


lexentry: eng/platelet__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: platelet
trans_list: verihiutale
sense:
(hematology, cytology) A small colorless disk-shaped particle found in the blood of mammals, which plays an important role in the formation of blood clots.


lexentry: eng/platen__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: platen
trans_list: tela
sense:
(printing) The part of a printing press which presses the paper against the type and by which the impression is made.


lexentry: eng/platen__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: platen
trans_list: työstötaso
sense:
The movable table of a planer or other machine tool, on which the work is fastened, and presented to the action of the tool.


lexentry: eng/plater__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: plater
trans_list: peltiseppä
sense:
Someone who installs sheet metal and armour plating, particularly on trains, ships, tanks, and similar items.


lexentry: eng/platform__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: platform
trans_list: asemalaituri | esiintymislava | laituri | lava | puhujakoroke
sense:
A raised floor for any purpose, e.g. for workmen during construction, or formerly for military cannon.


lexentry: eng/platform__Noun__1
sense_num: 07
written_rep: platform
trans_list: platformi
sense:
(footwear, in the plural) Ellipsis of platform shoe (“a kind of high shoe with an extra layer between the inner and outer soles”).


lexentry: eng/platform__Noun__1
sense_num: 09
written_rep: platform
trans_list: alusta | sovellusalusta
sense:
(computing) A particular operating system or environment such as a database or other specific software; a particular type of computer or microprocessor, used for running other software.


lexentry: eng/platform_game__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: platform game
trans_list: tasohyppely | tasohyppelypeli | tasoloikka
sense:
(video game genre) A video game of the genre characterized by jumping (or otherwise moving) to and from suspended platforms or over obstacles.


lexentry: eng/platform_screen_door__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: platform screen door
trans_list: laituriovi
sense:
(rail) One of a series of doors at a train or subway station, at the edge of a platform, that prevent access beyond the platform when there is no train to be boarded.


lexentry: eng/platinoid__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: platinoid
trans_list: platinoidi
sense:
(chemistry) Any of several metals that resemble platinum in their chemistry; especially osmium, iridium and palladium


lexentry: eng/platinum__Adjective__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: platinum
trans_list: platina
sense:
Of a musical recording that has sold over one million copies (for singles), or two million (for albums).


lexentry: eng/platinum__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: platinum
trans_list: platinalevy
sense:
(music, countable) A single or album that has achieved platinum sales, i.e. over 1 million or 2 million.


lexentry: eng/platinum_group__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: platinum group
trans_list: platinaryhmä
sense:
In chemistry, a group of elements with related properties similar to that of platinum, notably high resistance to chemical activity, particularly oxidation and reaction with acids. The platinum group consists of the elements ruthenium, rhodium, palladium, osmium, iridium, and platinum. In the periodic table of the elements they are in period 5 or 6 and in groups 8, 9 or 10.


lexentry: eng/platitude__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: platitude
trans_list: latteus | klisee
sense:
(countable) An often-quoted saying that is supposed to be meaningful but has become unoriginal or hackneyed through overuse.


lexentry: eng/platoon__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: platoon
trans_list: joukkue | plutoona
sense:
(military) A unit of thirty to forty soldiers typically commanded by a lieutenant and forming part of a company.


lexentry: eng/platykurtic__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: platykurtic
trans_list: huiputon | litteähuippuinen | platykurtinen
sense:
(statistics) Of a distribution: having kurtosis less than that of a normal distribution; equivalently, having negative excess kurtosis.


lexentry: eng/platypus__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: platypus
trans_list: vesinokkaeläin
sense:
A semiaquatic monotreme from eastern Australia with a bill resembling that of a duck, that has a mole-like body, a tail resembling that of a beaver, a waterproof pelt, and flat webbed feet (Ornithorhynchus anatinus).


lexentry: eng/plausible_deniability__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: plausible deniability
trans_list: uskottava kiistettävyys
sense:
(politics, business, military, espionage) The organization of clandestine activity in such a way that knowledge of its existence may be denied by those in authority.


lexentry: eng/play__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: play
trans_list: leikki | peli
sense:
(uncountable, sports, with certain prepositions, also figurative) The sphere or circumstance in which a playing implement, such as a ball, is available to be played (see also in play, out of play).


lexentry: eng/play__Noun__1
sense_num: 07
written_rep: play
trans_list: näytelmä
sense:
(countable) A literary composition, intended to be represented by actors impersonating the characters and speaking the dialogue.


lexentry: eng/play__Noun__1
sense_num: 09
written_rep: play
trans_list: siirto
sense:
(countable) An attempt to move forward, as in a plan or strategy, for example by a business, investor, or political party.


lexentry: eng/play__Noun__1
sense_num: 10
written_rep: play
trans_list: esiintymä | kenttä
sense:
(countable) A geological formation that contains an accumulation or prospect of hydrocarbons or other resources.


lexentry: eng/play__Noun__1
sense_num: 15
written_rep: play
trans_list: toisto | toistokerta
sense:
(countable, uncountable) An instance or instances of causing media to be watched or heard, such as by broadcasting.


lexentry: eng/play__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: play
trans_list: leikkiä | pitää hauskaa | telmiä
sense:
(intransitive) To act in a manner such that one has fun; to engage in activities expressly for the purpose of recreation or entertainment.


lexentry: eng/play__Verb__1
sense_num: 07
written_rep: play
trans_list: soittaa | toistaa
sense:
(transitive, of a person) To operate (a device or media) so as to cause sound (especially music) or moving pictures to be produced.


lexentry: eng/play__Verb__1
sense_num: 07
written_rep: play
trans_list: huijata | naruttaa
sense:
(transitive, of a, theatrical company, or, band, etc.) To perform or give performances in or at (a venue or location).


lexentry: eng/play__Verb__1
sense_num: 16
written_rep: play
trans_list: soittaa | toistaa
sense:
(AAVE, intransitive) To kid; to joke; to say something for amusement; to act, or to treat something, unseriously.


lexentry: eng/play_by_ear__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: play by ear
trans_list: soittaa korvakuulolta
sense:
(transitive, and, intransitive, of, music) To play guided by one's musical perception and intuition, rather than from a written score.


lexentry: eng/play_by_ear__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: play by ear
trans_list: tehdä sormituntumalta
sense:
(transitive, and, intransitive, idiomatic) To do by guessing, intuition, or trial and error; to react to events as they occur, often with risk of negative outcomes; to improvise.


lexentry: eng/play_doctor__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: play doctor
trans_list: leikkiä lääkäriä
sense:
(sexuality, usually of minors) To explore or sexually engage with another person's private parts, particularly in the context of roleplay of a medical nature.


lexentry: eng/play_gooseberry__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: play gooseberry
trans_list: olla kolmas pyörä
sense:
(dated, UK, _, slang) To be an unwanted third party accompanying two lovers, to serve as a chaperon.


lexentry: eng/play_hard_to_get__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: play hard to get
trans_list: esittää vaikeasti tavoiteltavaa
sense:
(courtship) To be coy; to feign lack of romantic interest in a certain person, so as to force that person to be more overt in expressing interest.


lexentry: eng/play_house__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: play house
trans_list: leikkiä kotia
sense:
(children's games) To pretend to be a family in the household, acting out housekeeping and different family roles.


lexentry: eng/play_money__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: play money
trans_list: leikkiraha
sense:
Noticeably fake bills or coins intended for use as toy currency, especially with board games, rather than currency in a legitimate exchange market.


lexentry: eng/play_with_fire__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: play with fire
trans_list: leikkiä tulella
sense:
(idiomatic) To put oneself in a precarious situation with a high risk of getting harmed, particularly emotionally or financially.


lexentry: eng/playboating__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: playboating
trans_list: freestylemelonta
sense:
A form of whitewater kayaking or canoeing where the paddler performs various technical moves in one place (a playspot), rather than travelling the length of a section of river.


lexentry: eng/playboy__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: playboy
trans_list: playboy | rattopoika
sense:
A single man, especially a wealthy one, who devotes himself to a life of leisure and pleasure, often sexual, without commitments or responsibilities.


lexentry: eng/playground__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: playground
trans_list: leikkipaikka | leikkipuisto | leikkikenttä
sense:
(outdoors) A large open space for children to play in, usually having dedicated play equipment (such as swings and slides). [1780]


lexentry: eng/playground__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: playground
trans_list: leikkikenttä | temmellyskenttä
sense:
(figuratively) Any physical or metaphysical space in which a person or organization has free rein to do as they please.


lexentry: eng/playing_field__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: playing field
trans_list: pelikenttä
sense:
(figuratively) Any place or context within which competitive activity takes place, such as market competition between companies.


lexentry: eng/playlist__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: playlist
trans_list: soittolista
sense:
(computing) A list of tracks or videos to be played in a particular sequence, as from an audio CD or a streaming service.


lexentry: eng/playoff_beard__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: playoff beard
trans_list: playoff-parta | pudotuspeliparta
sense:
(US, Canada, sports) A beard grown by members of a sports team as a sign of unity or good luck during the postseason.


lexentry: eng/plea_bargain__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: plea bargain
trans_list: syyteneuvottelu | syytesopimus
sense:
(US, legal) An agreement in which a defendant agrees to plead guilty to a lesser charge instead of not guilty to a greater one


lexentry: eng/pleach__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: pleach
trans_list: punominen | punosaita
sense:
An act or result of interweaving; specifically, (horticulture) a hedge or lattice created by interweaving the branches of shrubs, trees, etc.


lexentry: eng/pleach__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: pleach
trans_list: punoa yhteen
sense:
(transitive) To unite by interweaving, as (horticulture) branches of shrubs, trees, etc., to create a hedge; to interlock, to plash.


lexentry: eng/please_repeat_after_me__Phrase__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: please repeat after me
trans_list: sanokaa (minun) perässäni | toistakaa mitä sanon
sense:
A request for the interlocutor to repeat what the speaker says next. Often used in language training.


lexentry: eng/please_turn_left__Phrase__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: please turn left
trans_list: kääntykää vasemmalle
sense:
When giving directions to a person (for example, a taxi driver), indicates that he or she should turn left.


lexentry: eng/please_turn_right__Phrase__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: please turn right
trans_list: kääntykää oikealle
sense:
When giving directions to a person (for example, a taxi driver), indicates that he or she should turn right.


lexentry: eng/pleasure_boat__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: pleasure boat
trans_list: huvivene
sense:
A boat used for recreational activities, such as sport fishing or touring. [from Template:SAFESUBST: c.]


lexentry: eng/pleasure_principle__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: pleasure principle
trans_list: mielihyväperiaate
sense:
(psychology, psychoanalysis, Freudianism) The principle that human decisions and behavior are strongly motivated by the instinctual desire of the id, arising in infancy, to experience pleasure and avoid pain.


lexentry: eng/pleat__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: pleat
trans_list: vekki
sense:
(sewing) A fold in the fabric of a garment, usually a skirt, as a part of the design of the garment, with the purpose of adding controlled fullness and freedom of movement, or taking up excess fabric. There are many types of pleats, differing in their construction and appearance.


lexentry: eng/pleat__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: pleat
trans_list: taite
sense:
(botany) A fold in an organ, usually a longitudinal fold in a long leaf such as that of palmetto, lending it stiffness.


lexentry: eng/plebiscite__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: plebiscite
trans_list: kansanäänestys
sense:
(law, politics) A direct popular vote on an issue of public importance, such as an amendment to the constitution, a change in the sovereignty of the nation, or some government policy.


lexentry: eng/plebiscitum__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: plebiscitum
trans_list: kansanpäätös
sense:
(Ancient Rome) A law enacted by the plebs, under the superintendence of a tribune or some subordinate plebeian magistrate, without the senate's intervention.


lexentry: eng/pleco__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: pleco
trans_list: pleko
sense:
Any of several tropical American fish, of the family Loricariidae, popular in aquaria for their ability to clean tanks by eating algae growth.


lexentry: eng/plectrum__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: plectrum
trans_list: plektra | kynsi | pleku
sense:
(music) A small piece of plastic, metal, ivory, etc., for plucking the strings of a guitar, lyre, mandolin, etc.


lexentry: eng/pledge__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: pledge
trans_list: kokelas
sense:
(college slang) A person who has taken a pledge of allegiance to a college fraternity, but is not yet formally approved.


lexentry: eng/plenary_talk__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: plenary talk
trans_list: pleenumiesitelmä
sense:
A talk during a conference or similar meeting that is scheduled at a time when everyone can attend, e.g. at a time when nothing else is scheduled.


lexentry: eng/plenipotentiary__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: plenipotentiary
trans_list: täysivaltainen edustaja
sense:
A person invested with full powers, especially as the diplomatic agent of a sovereign state, (originally) charged with handling a certain matter. [from c. 1645]


lexentry: eng/pleonasm__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: pleonasm
trans_list: pleonasmi
sense:
(countable) A phrase involving pleonasm; a phrase containing one or more words which are redundant because their meaning is expressed elsewhere in the phrase.


lexentry: eng/pleophony__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: pleophony
trans_list: täysääntymä
sense:
(phonology) The phenomenon by which the Late Proto-Slavic "liquid diphthongs", formed from a vowel followed by a liquid *r or *l, become disyllabic -oro-, -ere- and -olo- reflexes in East Slavic languages.


lexentry: eng/pleroma__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: pleroma
trans_list: pleroma
sense:
(archaic, or, obsolete, rare) Synonym of plerome (“the central portion of the apical meristem in a growing plant root or stem which, according to the histogen theory, gives rise to the endodermis and stele”).


lexentry: eng/pleroma__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: pleroma
trans_list: täyteys
sense:
(Christianity) A state of perfect fullness, especially of God's being as incarnated in Jesus Christ.


lexentry: eng/pleroma__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: pleroma
trans_list: täyteys
sense:
(Gnosticism, historical) Often preceded by the: the spiritual universe seen as the totality of the essence and powers of God.


lexentry: eng/plesiosaur__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: plesiosaur
trans_list: joutsenlisko
sense:
Any of the order †Plesiosauria of extinct marine reptiles, from the Jurassic and Cretaceous periods. [from c. 1840]


lexentry: eng/pleura__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: pleura
trans_list: keuhkopussi
sense:
(anatomy) Each of a pair of smooth serous membranes which line the thorax and envelop the lungs in humans and other mammals.


lexentry: eng/plexiglass__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: plexiglass
trans_list: pleksilasi
sense:
polymethyl methacrylate (polymer of methyl methacrylate), a tough transparent plastic used sometimes in lieu of glass.


lexentry: eng/plicate__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: plicate
trans_list: poimuinen | poimukas
sense:
(biology) Folded multiple times lengthwise like a fan, usually lending stiffness to a flat structure such as a leaf; corrugated; pleated.


lexentry: eng/pliers__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: pliers
trans_list: pihdit | tongit
sense:
A pincer-like gripping tool that multiplies the strength of the user's hand, often used for bending things.


lexentry: eng/plight__Noun__2
sense_num: 05
written_rep: plight
trans_list: lupaus | panos | sijoitus | vakuus | vastuu
sense:
(archaic) That which is exposed to risk; that which is plighted or pledged; security; a gage; a pledge.


lexentry: eng/plimsoll__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: plimsoll
trans_list: koripallokenkä | tennari
sense:
(UK, Irish) A rubber-soled lace-up canvas shoe for sports or onboard ships; a precursor of trainers.


lexentry: eng/plot__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: plot
trans_list: juoni
sense:
(narratology) The course of a story, comprising a series of incidents which are gradually unfolded, sometimes by unexpected means. [from 1640s]


lexentry: eng/plot__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: plot
trans_list: salajuoni | juoni | salahanke
sense:
A secret plan to achieve an end, the end or means usually being illegal or otherwise questionable. [from 1580s]


lexentry: eng/plot_hole__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: plot hole
trans_list: juonellinen aukko | juonellinen epäloogisuus | juonellinen virhe
sense:
(authorship) A gap or inconsistency in a storyline that goes against the flow of logic established by the story's plot.


lexentry: eng/plot_twist__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: plot twist
trans_list: juonenkäänne
sense:
A change in the direction or expected outcome of the plot of a film, novel, or other narrative work.


lexentry: eng/plotter__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: plotter
trans_list: piirturi | plotteri
sense:
(computing) An output device that draws graphs and other pictorial images on paper, sometimes using attached pens.


lexentry: eng/plough__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: plough
trans_list: aura
sense:
(agriculture) A device pulled through the ground in order to break it open into furrows for planting.


lexentry: eng/plough__Verb__1
sense_num: 08
written_rep: plough
trans_list: aurata | kyntää | tehdä ura
sense:
(joinery) To cut a groove in, as in a plank, or the edge of a board; especially, a rectangular groove to receive the end of a shelf or tread, the edge of a panel, a tongue, etc.


lexentry: eng/pluck__Verb__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: pluck
trans_list: näppäillä
sense:
(transitive, music) To play (a single string on a musical instrument) by pulling and then releasing it, such as on a guitar.


lexentry: eng/plug__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: plug
trans_list: pistoke | pistotulppa | töpseli
sense:
(electricity) A pronged connecting device which fits into a mating socket, especially an electrical one.


lexentry: eng/plug__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: plug
trans_list: kehua | kehuskella | puffata | työstää | tärskäyttää
sense:
(transitive) To promote (something, especially a product or service); to mention (something) as if promoting or advertising it.


lexentry: eng/plum__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: plum
trans_list: luumu | luumupuu
sense:
An edible, fleshy stone fruit of Prunus domestica (European plum), often of a dark red or purple colour. [from 8th c.]


lexentry: eng/plum__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: plum
trans_list: herkkupala
sense:
A desirable or choice thing of its kind; a prize selection; a choice appointment, assignment etc. [from 19th c.]


lexentry: eng/plum_rains__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: plum rains
trans_list: [[Itä-Aasia]]n sadekausi
sense:
Also occasionally in the singular form plum rain: the East Asian rainy season from early summer to midsummer in the fourth and fifth lunar months (early June to early or mid-July); also, the rain which falls during this season.


lexentry: eng/plumage__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: plumage
trans_list: höyhenpeite | höyhenet | höyhenpuku
sense:
(ornithology, collective noun) Layer or collection of feathers covering a bird’s body; feathers used ornamentally; feathering.


lexentry: eng/plumb__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: plumb
trans_list: luoti | lyijypaino
sense:
A little mass of lead, or the like, attached to a line, and used by builders, etc., to indicate a vertical direction.


lexentry: eng/plumber's_snake__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: plumber's snake
trans_list: viemärinavausjousi | viemärirassi
sense:
A long, flexible tool, often with rotating blades at its forward end, which is inserted into a plumbing pipe system and used to remove clogs or other obstructions.


lexentry: eng/plumber__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: plumber
trans_list: putkimies | putkiasentaja
sense:
One who furnishes, fits, and repairs pipes and other apparatus for the conveyance of water, gas, or drainage.


lexentry: eng/plumbing__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: plumbing
trans_list: putkisto
sense:
The pipes, together with the joints, tanks, stopcocks, taps, and other fixtures of a water, gas, or sewage system in a house or other building.


lexentry: eng/plumbism__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: plumbism
trans_list: lyijymyrkytys
sense:
(medicine) A diseased condition, produced by the absorption of lead, common among workers in this metal or in its compounds, as among painters, typesetters, etc. Symptoms include lead colic, lead line, and wrist drop.


lexentry: eng/plume__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: plume
trans_list: höyhen | sulka
sense:
(archaic, literary, and, poetic) A feather of a bird, especially a large or showy one used as a decoration.


lexentry: eng/plume__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: plume
trans_list: töyhtö
sense:
(archaic, literary, and, poetic) A cluster of feathers worn as an ornament, especially on a helmet; a hackle.


lexentry: eng/plume__Noun__1
sense_num: 06
written_rep: plume
trans_list: pluumi
sense:
(geology) Ellipsis of mantle plume (“an upwelling of abnormally hot molten material from the Earth's mantle which spreads sideways when it reaches the lithosphere”).


lexentry: eng/plume__Noun__1
sense_num: 06
written_rep: plume
trans_list: kiehkura | pörröhäntä
sense:
The furry tail of certain dog breeds (such as the Samoyed) that curls over their backs or stands erect.


lexentry: eng/plume__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: plume
trans_list: sukia
sense:
(transitive, reflexive) Chiefly of a bird: to arrange and preen the feathers of, specifically in preparation for flight; hence (figurative) , to prepare for (something).


lexentry: eng/plume__Verb__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: plume
trans_list: rehvastella
sense:
(transitive, reflexive, by extension) To congratulate (oneself) proudly, especially concerning something unimportant or when taking credit for another person's effort; to self-congratulate; to preen.


lexentry: eng/plummet__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: plummet
trans_list: koho | luotilanka
sense:
(archaic, nautical) A piece of lead attached to a line, used in sounding the depth of water; a plumb bob or a plumb line.


lexentry: eng/plunger__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: plunger
trans_list: mäntä
sense:
The sliding activator of an exploder, an electrical generator used to trigger electrical detonators such as blasting caps.


lexentry: eng/plunk__Interjection__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: plunk
trans_list: tömps
sense:
Often reduplicated: used to represent a brief, dull sound, such as the sound of a string of a stringed instrument being plucked, or the thud of something landing on a surface.


lexentry: eng/plunk__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: plunk
trans_list: tömähdys
sense:
A brief, dull sound, such as the sound of a string of a stringed instrument being plucked, or the thud of something landing on a surface.


lexentry: eng/plunk__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: plunk
trans_list: sysätä
sense:
(music) To pluck and quickly release (a string of a stringed instrument); also, to play (a stringed instrument) by plucking strings; to play (a piano, etc.) by striking keys; or, to play (a note or tune) on such an instrument.


lexentry: eng/plunk__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: plunk
trans_list: sysätä
sense:
(music) To pluck and quickly release a string of a musical instrument; also, to play a stringed instrument by plucking strings; to play a piano, etc., by striking keys; or, to play a note or tune on such an instrument.


lexentry: eng/pluperfect_tense__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: pluperfect tense
trans_list: pluskvamperfekti
sense:
(grammar, of a verb) Tense of a verb used when referring to something that happened before a past setting or the imperfect; formed in English by adding had before the past participle of a verb, or by adding had been before the present participle of the verb.


lexentry: eng/plural__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: plural
trans_list: monikko
sense:
(grammar, uncountable) The plural number. In English, referring to more or less than one of something.


lexentry: eng/plural__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: plural
trans_list: monikko
sense:
(grammar, countable) A word in the form in which it potentially refers to something other than one person or thing; and other than two things if the language has a dual form.


lexentry: eng/plurale_tantum__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: plurale tantum
trans_list: pluratiivi | monikkosana
sense:
(grammar) A noun (either in certain of its senses or in all its senses) that does not generally have a singular form.


lexentry: eng/pluralism__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: pluralism
trans_list: moniarvoisuus | pluralismi
sense:
(sociology) A social system that permits smaller groups within a society to maintain their individual cultural identities.


lexentry: eng/plurality__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: plurality
trans_list: lukuisuus | runsaus | suhteellinen enemmistö | ääniero
sense:
(countable) A number of votes for a single candidate or position which is greater than the number of votes gained by any other single candidate or position voted for, but which is less than a majority of valid votes cast.


lexentry: eng/plurality__Noun__1
sense_num: 10
written_rep: plurality
trans_list: monipersoonallisuus
sense:
(psychology) Synonym of multiplicity (“the condition whereby a person displays or experiences multiple distinct personalities or selves in one body”).


lexentry: eng/plus_sign__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: plus sign
trans_list: plusmerkki
sense:
(arithmetic) The symbol + used to denote the operation of addition, to indicate that a number is positive, and so on.


lexentry: eng/plutino__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: plutino
trans_list: plutino
sense:
(astronomy) Any planetoid in the Kuiper belt whose orbit, like that of Pluto, has a resonance of 3:2 with that of Neptune.


lexentry: eng/pluton__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: pluton
trans_list: plutoni
sense:
(mineralogy) A body of igneous rock formed beneath the surface of the earth by consolidation of magma


lexentry: eng/plutonium__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: plutonium
trans_list: plutonium
sense:
The transuranic chemical element with atomic number 94 and symbol Pu: a silvery-gray fissile radioactive actinide metal that tarnishes when exposed to air.


lexentry: eng/ply__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: ply
trans_list: vuoro
sense:
(artificial intelligence, combinatorial, _, game theory) In two-player sequential games, a "half-turn" or a move made by one of the players.


lexentry: eng/ply__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ply
trans_list: taittaa | taivuttaa
sense:
(transitive, obsolete) To bend; to fold; to mould; (figuratively) to adapt, to modify; to change (a person's) mind, to cause (a person) to submit.


lexentry: eng/ply__Verb__2
sense_num: 07
written_rep: ply
trans_list: harjoittaa | painostaa | tyrkyttää | uurastaa
sense:
(intransitive, nautical, obsolete) To manoeuvre a sailing vessel so that the direction of the wind changes from one side of the vessel to the other; to work to windward, to beat, to tack.


lexentry: eng/pneumatic__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: pneumatic
trans_list: hengellinen
sense:
(gnosticism) In the gnostic theologian Valentinus' triadic grouping of man, the highest type; a person focused on spiritual reality (the other two being hylic and psychic).


lexentry: eng/pneumatic_bone__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: pneumatic bone
trans_list: onteloluu
sense:
(anatomy) Any bone, such as the mastoid process or those of the birds, that contains many hollow cells full of air


lexentry: eng/pneumococcus__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: pneumococcus
trans_list: pneumokokki
sense:
A gram-positive bacterium, Streptococcus pneumoniae, that causes pneumonia and other infectious diseases


lexentry: eng/pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis
trans_list: pneumonoultramikroskopikosilikovulkanokonioosi
sense:
(nonce) A disease of the lungs, allegedly caused by inhaling microscopic silicate particles originating from the eruption of a volcano.


lexentry: eng/pneumothorax__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: pneumothorax
trans_list: ilmarinta
sense:
(medicine) Presence of air inside the pleural cavity, usually caused by injury either to the lung or the chest wall.


lexentry: eng/poach__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: poach
trans_list: hauduttaa | hautua
sense:
(transitive) To cook (something) in simmering or very hot liquid (usually water; sometimes wine, broth, or otherwise).


lexentry: eng/poach__Verb__2
sense_num: 05
written_rep: poach
trans_list: kaapata
sense:
(business, ambitransitive) To entice (an employee or customer) to switch from a competing company to one's own.


lexentry: eng/poacher__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: poacher
trans_list: salametsästäjä
sense:
A person who trespasses in order to take game illegally, one who poaches; a person who illegally takes animals or plants from the wild.


lexentry: eng/pochard__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: pochard
trans_list: punasotka
sense:
Any of various diving ducks of the subfamily Aythyinae (genera Aythya and Netta), especially the common pochard, Aythya ferina.


lexentry: eng/pocket__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: pocket
trans_list: pussi
sense:
(sports, billiards, pool, snooker) An indention and cavity with a net sack or similar structure (into which the balls are to be struck) at each corner and one centered on each side of a pool or snooker table.


lexentry: eng/pocket__Noun__1
sense_num: 06
written_rep: pocket
trans_list: tasku
sense:
(Australian rules football) The area of the field to the side of the goal posts (four pockets in total on the field, one to each side of the goals at each end of the ground). The pocket is only a roughly defined area, extending from the behind post, at an angle, to perhaps about 30 meters out.


lexentry: eng/pocket__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: pocket
trans_list: pistää/panna/laittaa taskuun | pussittaa
sense:
(billiards, snooker, pool) To cause a ball to go into one of the pockets of the table; to complete a shot.


lexentry: eng/pocket_gopher__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: pocket gopher
trans_list: taskurotta
sense:
Any of the burrowing rodents of the family Geomyidae, regarded as the "true" gophers, native North and Central America.


lexentry: eng/podcast__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: podcast
trans_list: podcast | ääniohjelma | puheohjelma
sense:
A program, especially an audio program, produced on a regular basis, delivered over the Internet in a compressed digital format and designed for playback on computers or portable devices such as mobile phones. [from early 21st c.]


lexentry: eng/podcast__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: podcast
trans_list: lähettää podcastia | lähettää podcastina | podcastata
sense:
(transitive) To deliver (information) in the form of a program, especially an audio program, over the Internet on a regular basis for playback on computers or portable devices such as mobile phones. [from early 21st c.]


lexentry: eng/podiatrist__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: podiatrist
trans_list: podologi
sense:
(medicine) A health care practitioner who specializes in the diagnosis and treatment of foot ailments.


lexentry: eng/podium__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: podium
trans_list: koroke
sense:
A platform on which to stand, as when conducting an orchestra or preaching at a pulpit; any low platform or dais.


lexentry: eng/podium__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: podium
trans_list: palkintokoroke | palkintopalli | palkintosija
sense:
(sports, and, other competitions) A steepled platform upon which the three competitors with the best results may stand when being handed their medals or prize.


lexentry: eng/poetic_justice__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: poetic justice
trans_list: runollinen oikeudenmukaisuus
sense:
(by extension, generally) The fact of someone experiencing what they deserve for their actions, especially when this happens in an ironic manner.


lexentry: eng/poetic_licence__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: poetic licence
trans_list: runollinen vapaus
sense:
Any departure from convention or from factual accuracy taken by a writer to achieve a desired effect.


lexentry: eng/poetical_justice__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: poetical justice
trans_list: runollinen oikeudenmukaisuus
sense:
(narratology) The idea that in a literary work such as a poem, virtue should be rewarded and vice punished.


lexentry: eng/poetry__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: poetry
trans_list: runous
sense:
(figurative) An artistic quality that appeals to or evokes the emotions, in any medium; something having such a quality.


lexentry: eng/pogo_stick__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: pogo stick
trans_list: hyppykeppi
sense:
A toy, used for hopping up and down on, consisting of a pole with a T-bar handle at one end, and spring-loaded footpads on the other.


lexentry: eng/pohutukawa__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: pohutukawa
trans_list: maorihehkupuu
sense:
A coastal evergreen tree, Metrosideros excelsa, native to New Zealand and producing a brilliant display of red flowers with prominent stamens around Christmastime. [from 19th c.]


lexentry: eng/poinsettia__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: poinsettia
trans_list: joulutähti
sense:
A plant, Euphorbia pulcherrima, with rather small and insignificant flowers surrounded by large bright red leaves; native to Mexico and Central America and widely cultivated as a garden plant.


lexentry: eng/point-blank__Adjective__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: point-blank
trans_list: lähietäisyydeltä
sense:
(ballistics) The distance between a firearm and a target where a projectile in flight is expected to strike the centre of the target without adjusting the elevation of the firearm.


lexentry: eng/point__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: point
trans_list: piste
sense:
(mathematics, science) A zero-dimensional mathematical object representing a location in one or more dimensions; something considered to have position but no magnitude or direction. [from 14th c.]


lexentry: eng/point__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: point
trans_list: piste
sense:
Each of the marks or strokes written above letters, especially in Semitic languages, to indicate vowels, stress etc. [from 17th c.]


lexentry: eng/point__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: point
trans_list: pilkku | piste | desimaalipilkku | näkökohta | pointti
sense:
(automotive, mostly, in the plural) Either of the two metal surfaces in a distributor which close or open to allow or prevent the flow of current through the ignition coil. There is usually a moving point, pushed by the distributor cam, and a fixed point, and they are built together as a unit.


lexentry: eng/point__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: point
trans_list: piste
sense:
(typography) A unit of measure equal to 1/12 of a pica, or approximately 1/72 of an inch (exactly 1/72 of an inch in the digital era). [from 19th c.]


lexentry: eng/point__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: point
trans_list: pilkku | täplä
sense:
(usually, in the plural) An area of contrasting colour on an animal, especially a dog; a marking. [from 19th c.]


lexentry: eng/point__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: point
trans_list: kiila
sense:
(backgammon) Each of the twelve triangular positions in either table of a backgammon board, on which the stones are played. [from 15th c.]


lexentry: eng/point__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: point
trans_list: ilmansuunta
sense:
(heraldry) One of the "corners" of the escutcheon: the base (bottom center) unless a qualifier is added (point dexter, point dexter base, point sinister, point sinister base), generally when separately tinctured. (Compare terrace, point champaine, enté en point.) This is sometimes blazoned argent, four points gules; otherwise, it is vêtu.


lexentry: eng/point__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: point
trans_list: osoittaa | osoitella
sense:
(intransitive) To extend the index finger in the direction of something in order to show where it is or to draw attention to it.


lexentry: eng/point_blank__Adverb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: point blank
trans_list: piste
sense:
Horizontally (as the angle at which a projectile is launched); directly or straight (at the target).


lexentry: eng/point_guard__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: point guard
trans_list: pelintekijä
sense:
(basketball) A guard who is usually the shortest of the five basketball positions, and specializes in handling the ball, distributing it to the other players and generally running the team's offense.


lexentry: eng/point_of_departure__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: point of departure
trans_list: alkupiste
sense:
(formal, figuratively) of abstract processes that can be compared to a voyage: initial circumstances. Frequent collocations include, but are not limited to:


lexentry: eng/point_of_inflection__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: point of inflection
trans_list: käännepiste
sense:
(mathematics) A point on a curve at which the sign of the curvature changes; at this point the second derivative of the underlying function will be zero, but positive on one side and negative on the other.


lexentry: eng/point_of_interest__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: point of interest
trans_list: kohde
sense:
A location that is worth visiting because it is a tourist attraction or the base for some type of service such as a restaurant or shop.


lexentry: eng/point_of_no_return__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: point of no return
trans_list: paluurajakohta | piste, josta ei ole paluuta | toimintasäde
sense:
(aviation) The point in an aircraft's flight when there is insufficient fuel to reverse direction and return to the place of origin.


lexentry: eng/point_of_sale__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: point of sale
trans_list: kassa | myyntipiste
sense:
(retail) The location at which payment for goods is made in an establishment that sells goods or services.


lexentry: eng/point_out__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: point out
trans_list: näyttää | osoittaa
sense:
(transitive, idiomatic) To identify among a group of similar subjects, or in a scene where the subject might not be readily seen or noticed, with a gesture of the body.


lexentry: eng/pointer__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: pointer
trans_list: osoitin | pointteri | viisari
sense:
A needlelike component of a timepiece or measuring device that indicates the time or the current reading of the device.


lexentry: eng/pointing-trowel__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: pointing-trowel
trans_list: saumarauta
sense:
A fine trowel, (metal) tool used in construction to shape mortar neatly into the seams which joint bricks, stones etc. in masonry.


lexentry: eng/points__Noun__2
sense_num: 01
written_rep: points
trans_list: vaihde
sense:
(rail transport, UK, Ireland, Commonwealth) Movable rails which can be used to switch a train from one railway track to another.


lexentry: eng/poison_gland__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: poison gland
trans_list: myrkkyrauhanen
sense:
Any specialized gland in some fishes and amphibians that secretes a mucus-like substance containing venomous or acrid material.


lexentry: eng/poison_ivy__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: poison ivy
trans_list: myrkkymuratti
sense:
Any of three ivy-like species of Toxicodendron, known for their ability to cause an itching rash and blistering for most people, through urushiol, an oil that is a skin irritant.


lexentry: eng/poison_sumac__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: poison sumac
trans_list: suomyrkkysumakki
sense:
A woody shrub or small tree, all parts of which cause irritation to humans; Toxicodendron vernix, formerly Rhus vernix.


lexentry: eng/poisoned_chalice__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: poisoned chalice
trans_list: karhunpalvelus | myrkkymalja
sense:
(idiomatic) Something which is initially regarded as advantageous but which is later recognized to be disadvantageous or harmful; an apparently beneficial or benign instrument or scheme for causing death or harm.


lexentry: eng/poker__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: poker
trans_list: hiilihanko
sense:
A metal rod, generally of wrought iron, for adjusting the burning logs or coals in a fire; a firestick. [from earlier 16th c.]


lexentry: eng/poker_face__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: poker face
trans_list: pokerinaama | pokka
sense:
(poker) An impassive facial expression cultivated to prevent other players from determining whether one's actions in the game are the result of a quality hand, or of bluffing.


lexentry: eng/pokeweed__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: pokeweed
trans_list: kermesmarja
sense:
A poisonous North American plant, Phytolacca americana, with reddish stems, broad leaves, clusters of white flowers, and dark purple berries.


lexentry: eng/polar__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: polar
trans_list: napa- | napaseutu | polaarinen
sense:
(geography) Of, relating to, measured from, or referred to a geographic pole (the North Pole or South Pole); within the Arctic or Antarctic circles.


lexentry: eng/polar__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: polar
trans_list: napa | polaari | polaarinen | poolinen
sense:
(mathematics) Of a coordinate system, specifying the location of a point in a plane by using a radius and an angle.


lexentry: eng/polar_bear__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: polar bear
trans_list: jääkarhu
sense:
A hypercarnivorous species of bear, Ursus maritimus, whose native range lies largely within the Arctic Circle.


lexentry: eng/polar_circle__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: polar circle
trans_list: napapiiri
sense:
(geography) Either of the two parallels of the Earth located at the latitude of 66° 33′ 44″ N and 66° 33′ 44″ S.


lexentry: eng/polar_coordinates__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: polar coordinates
trans_list: napakoordinaatit
sense:
(mathematics) The coordinates of a point in three-dimensional space, measured as its Cartesian distance from the origin, the angle measured from the z-axis to a line joining the point to the origin, and the angle measured counterclockwise from the x-axis to this line.


lexentry: eng/polar_night__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: polar night
trans_list: kaamos
sense:
A period of continual darkness that occurs in winter in the polar regions of Earth, during which the sun never rises above the horizon.


lexentry: eng/polar_vortex__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: polar vortex
trans_list: napapyörre
sense:
A large-scale cyclone located in the middle and upper troposphere and stratosphere that surround the polar highs and lay in the wake of the polar front.


lexentry: eng/polarity__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: polarity
trans_list: poolisuus | polaarisuus | polariteetti
sense:
(chemistry) The dipole-dipole intermolecular forces between the slightly positively-charged end of one molecule to the negative end of another or the same molecule. Wp


lexentry: eng/polarization__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: polarization
trans_list: polarisaatio
sense:
(chemistry, physics) The separation of positive and negative charges in a nucleus, atom, molecule or system.


lexentry: eng/polarization__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: polarization
trans_list: polarisaatio
sense:
(physics) The production of polarized light; the direction in which the electric field of an electromagnetic wave points.


lexentry: eng/pole__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: pole
trans_list: seiväs
sense:
A long sports implement used for pole-vaulting; now made of glassfiber or carbon fiber, formerly also metal, bamboo and wood have been used.


lexentry: eng/pole__Noun__2
sense_num: 02
written_rep: pole
trans_list: napa
sense:
A point of magnetic focus, especially each of the two opposing such points of a magnet (designated north and south).


lexentry: eng/pole__Noun__2
sense_num: 03
written_rep: pole
trans_list: napa
sense:
(figuratively, by extension) Any of a small set of extremes; especially, either of two extremes that are possible or available.


lexentry: eng/pole__Noun__2
sense_num: 05
written_rep: pole
trans_list: napa
sense:
(electricity) A contact on an electrical device (such as a battery) at which electric current enters or leaves.


lexentry: eng/pole__Noun__2
sense_num: 06
written_rep: pole
trans_list: napa
sense:
(complex analysis) For a meromorphic function f(z), any point a for which f(z) \rightarrow \infty as z \rightarrow a.


lexentry: eng/pole_position__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: pole position
trans_list: paalupaikka
sense:
(motor racing) The top qualifying position for a race, on the inside of the front row at the starting line.


lexentry: eng/pole_star__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: pole star
trans_list: napatähti
sense:
(star) The star visible to the naked eye which was in the past, is now, or will be in the future nearest a celestial pole of a planet.


lexentry: eng/pole_star__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: pole star
trans_list: johtotähti
sense:
(figuratively) A person, principle, or thing which acts as a guide; a guiding light; also, something which attracts much attention; a centre of attention.


lexentry: eng/pole_vault__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: pole vault
trans_list: seiväshyppy
sense:
(athletics) a jumping event contested in track and field which requires an athlete to carry a fiberglass pole down a runway, plant the pole into a vaulting box and vault over a fiberglass bar, landing on a matted pit


lexentry: eng/polearm__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: polearm
trans_list: salkoase
sense:
A close-quarter combat weapon with the main fighting part of the weapon placed on the end of a long shaft, typically of wood.


lexentry: eng/polenta__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: polenta
trans_list: polenta
sense:
Any of various types and consistencies of a starchy accompaniment to a meal made from coarse maize-meal porridge, sometimes fried or grilled.


lexentry: eng/police__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: police
trans_list: poliisi
sense:
(North America, &, _, historical) A department of local (usually municipal) government responsible for general law enforcement.


lexentry: eng/police_brutality__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: police brutality
trans_list: poliisiväkivalta
sense:
The use of excessive, unjustified force, typically of a physical nature, but also including verbal abuse and psychological intimidation, by a police officer while carrying out, or under the cover of carrying out, law enforcement duties.


lexentry: eng/police_car__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: police car
trans_list: poliisiauto | partioauto
sense:
An automobile used by a police officer when on duty. Usually marked with police livery; sometimes an unmarked car.


lexentry: eng/police_state__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: police state
trans_list: poliisivaltio
sense:
(usually, pejorative) A polity whose government exercises strict and repressive control of the people.


lexentry: eng/police_station__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: police station
trans_list: poliisiasema
sense:
A building serving as the headquarters of a branch of the police force, and sometimes as a temporary place of confinement for offenders.


lexentry: eng/policy__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: policy
trans_list: politiikka | käytäntö | linja
sense:
A principle of behaviour, conduct which an entity (government, organization, etc.) applies or seeks to follow, especially as formally expressed by an authoritative body. [from 15th c.]


lexentry: eng/policy__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: policy
trans_list: politiikka | käytäntö | linja
sense:
Wise, advantageous, or politic conduct; prudence, formerly also with connotations of craftiness. [from 15th c.]


lexentry: eng/poliomyelitis__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: poliomyelitis
trans_list: polio | lapsihalvaus | poliomyeliitti
sense:
(pathology) Acute infection by the poliovirus, especially of the motor neurons in the spinal cord and brainstem, leading to muscle weakness, paralysis and sometimes deformity.


lexentry: eng/polish_a_turd__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: polish a turd
trans_list: hinkata
sense:
(idiomatic, vulgar) To work on a time-consuming and ultimately pointless or impossible task; to try to perfect what is inherently bad.


lexentry: eng/politburo__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: politburo
trans_list: politbyroo
sense:
(communism, Marxism) The governing council and chief policymaking body of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union and other Marxist-Leninist political systems.


lexentry: eng/politburo__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: politburo
trans_list: politbyroo
sense:
(by extension, politics, sometimes, derogatory) A senior governing or policymaking body in a political or other organization, generally consisting of members who are either appointed by the party in control of the organization, or who attain membership through their personal political affiliations; an inner circle.


lexentry: eng/political__Adjective__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: political
trans_list: poliittinen
sense:
(pejorative) Inappropriately motivated by political calculation, as it pertains to elections, power dynamics, ideologies, etc.


lexentry: eng/political__Adjective__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: political
trans_list: poliittinen
sense:
Of or relating to views about social relationships that involve power, standing, influence or conflict.


lexentry: eng/political_asylum__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: political asylum
trans_list: poliittinen turvapaikka
sense:
The protection, by a sovereign state, of a person who is persecuted in their own country for their political opinions or activity


lexentry: eng/political_climate__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: political climate
trans_list: poliittinen ilmapiiri
sense:
The aggregate mood or opinions of a population about current political issues that affect said population in some way.


lexentry: eng/political_consumerism__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: political consumerism
trans_list: eettinen kuluttaminen
sense:
The standpoint that consumption decisions are also political or ethical statements and that consumers can collectively influence the world through their decisions.


lexentry: eng/political_economy__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: political economy
trans_list: poliittinen kansantaloustiede
sense:
(economics, politics) Interdisciplinary studies drawing upon economics, law, and political science in explaining how political institutions, the political environment, and the economic system — capitalist, socialist, mixed, and so on — influence each other.


lexentry: eng/political_football__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: political football
trans_list: kuuma peruna
sense:
(countable, idiomatic) A contentious political issue or problem that is often debated or discussed, but that remains unresolved; an issue or problem which is avoided by authorities and handed off to others.


lexentry: eng/political_football__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: political football
trans_list: poliittinen pallottelu
sense:
(uncountable, idiomatic) Ongoing unproductive wrangling or posturing between political factions, resulting in failure to deal with an issue or problem in a decisive or appropriate way.


lexentry: eng/political_machine__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: political machine
trans_list: poliittinen voimatekijä
sense:
(US politics, chiefly, historical) A local political organization or individual politician that controls a large number of personal votes and can therefore exert political influence, and is therefore often viewed as scandalous.


lexentry: eng/political_opposition__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: political opposition
trans_list: oppositio | poliittinen oppositio
sense:
A recognized political party or group of parties in multiparty political systems that is present in Parliament or some other legislative body and does not control the floor (usually due to being in the minority).


lexentry: eng/political_party__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: political party
trans_list: puolue | poliittinen puolue
sense:
A political organization that subscribes to a certain ideology and seeks to attain political power through representation in government.


lexentry: eng/political_risk__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: political risk
trans_list: poliittinen riski
sense:
(finance) Any financial or other risk that stems from the possibility of a nation changing its policies.


lexentry: eng/political_spectrum__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: political spectrum
trans_list: poliittinen kirjo | poliittinen spektri
sense:
The various political viewpoints represented as a continuum, ranging from the extreme left to the extreme right.


lexentry: eng/political_system__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: political system
trans_list: poliittinen järjestelmä
sense:
A complete set of institutions, political organizations, interest groups (such as political parties, trade unions, lobby groups), the relationships between those institutions and the political norms and rules that govern their functions (constitution, election law).


lexentry: eng/political_vacuum__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: political vacuum
trans_list: poliittinen tyhjiö
sense:
A state of relative anarchy compared to neighboring states, often caused by death of the head of state before a successor could be designated.


lexentry: eng/politics__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: politics
trans_list: politiikka
sense:
(countable) A methodology and activities associated with running a government, an organization, or a movement.


lexentry: eng/polity__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: polity
trans_list: hallinto | hallintokoneisto
sense:
(politics, religion, usually, uncountable) Organizational structure and governance, especially of a state or a religion.


lexentry: eng/polity__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: polity
trans_list: hallintoalue
sense:
(political science, countable) A politically organized unit, especially a nation of people, a class or ingroup that governs it, or the state ruled thereby.


lexentry: eng/pollard__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: pollard
trans_list: karsia | latvoa
sense:
(horticulture) To prune a tree heavily, cutting branches back to the trunk, so that it produces dense new growth.


lexentry: eng/pollination__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: pollination
trans_list: pölytys
sense:
(botany) The transfer of pollen from an anther to a stigma; effected by insects, birds, bats and the wind etc.


lexentry: eng/polling__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: polling
trans_list: kiertokysely
sense:
(computing) A technique that continually interrogates a peripheral or service to see if it has data to transfer.


lexentry: eng/polling_day__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: polling day
trans_list: vaalipäivä
sense:
(politics) The day voting takes place in a local, general, or national election, apart from postal votes made beforehand.


lexentry: eng/polling_station__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: polling station
trans_list: äänestyspaikka | vaalipaikka
sense:
(Britain, Canada, Australia) a place where voters go to cast their ballot in an election or referendum; a voting station


lexentry: eng/pollution__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: pollution
trans_list: saastuminen | saastuttaminen
sense:
Physical contamination, now especially the contamination of the environment by harmful substances, or by disruptive levels of noise, light etc. [from 18th c.]


lexentry: eng/pollution__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: pollution
trans_list: itsesaastutus
sense:
(now, archaic) The ejaculation of semen outside of sexual intercourse, especially a nocturnal emission. [from 14th c.]


lexentry: eng/polo__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: polo
trans_list: poolo | hevospoolo
sense:
(uncountable) A ball game where two teams of players on horseback use long-handled mallets to propel the ball along the ground and into their opponent's goal.


lexentry: eng/polo_shirt__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: polo shirt
trans_list: kauluksellinen [[t-paita]] | pikeepaita
sense:
A casual, usually short-sleeved, shirt with a protruding collar and a small number of buttons extending a short distance below the collar (and not all the way down the front of the shirt).


lexentry: eng/poltergeist__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: poltergeist
trans_list: poltergeist | räyhähenki
sense:
(parapsychology) An unseen ghost which makes noises and causes disruption, especially by causing physical objects to move or fly about.


lexentry: eng/polyamide__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: polyamide
trans_list: polyamidi
sense:
(organic chemistry) Any of a range of polymers containing amide (or peptide) repeat units; examples include proteins and nylon.


lexentry: eng/polyamorous__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: polyamorous
trans_list: monisuhteinen | polyamorinen
sense:
Having relationships with multiple partners, with the knowledge and consent of all involved; engaging in polyamory.


lexentry: eng/polyamory__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: polyamory
trans_list: polyamoria | monisuhteisuus
sense:
Any of various practices involving romantic or sexual relationships with multiple partners with the knowledge and consent of all involved.


lexentry: eng/polyandry__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: polyandry
trans_list: polyandria | monimiehisyys
sense:
The having of a plurality of husbands at the same time; usually, the marriage of a woman to more than one man, or the practice of having several husbands, at the same time.


lexentry: eng/polycarbonate__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: polycarbonate
trans_list: polykarbonaatti
sense:
(chemistry) Any of a range of polymers of aromatic carbonates; they are used to make light, flexible alternatives to glass. Abbreviation: PC


lexentry: eng/polychete__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: polychete
trans_list: monisukasmato
sense:
Any of many annelid worms, of the class Polychaeta, such as the lugworm; they have a segmented body with pairs of bristles on each segment.


lexentry: eng/polycule__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: polycule
trans_list: moniskunta | polykuvio
sense:
A polyamorous group of individuals connected by their overlapping romantic, sexual, or platonic relationships.


lexentry: eng/polycystic_ovary_syndrome__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: polycystic ovary syndrome
trans_list: munasarjojen monirakkulaoireyhtymä
sense:
(medicine) A syndrome characterised by polycystic ovaries, menstrual disturbance, and high levels of androgens or insulin.


lexentry: eng/polycythemia__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: polycythemia
trans_list: erytrosyteesi | polysytemia
sense:
(disease) A rare disorder in which the bone marrow produces an abnormally large amount of blood cells, often red blood cells.


lexentry: eng/polydactyly__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: polydactyly
trans_list: polydaktylia
sense:
(medicine, teratology) A congenital condition in which a person or animal has more than the usual number of digits (fingers or toes) on at least one of the hands or feet.


lexentry: eng/polyethism__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: polyethism
trans_list: erikoistuminen
sense:
The presence of different work activities among different members of an insect community, or at different times in an insect's life


lexentry: eng/polyethylene__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: polyethylene
trans_list: polyeteeni
sense:
(organic compound) A polymer consisting of many ethylene monomers bonded together; used for kitchenware, containers etc.


lexentry: eng/polyethylene_terephthalate__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: polyethylene terephthalate
trans_list: polyetyleenitereftalaatti
sense:
(organic compound) A thermoplastic resin of the polyester family used particularly in the manufacture of plastic bottles (PET) and fabrics (Terylene).


lexentry: eng/polygamy__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: polygamy
trans_list: moniavioisuus | polygamia
sense:
(often, especially in common use) Synonym of polygyny (“marriage of a man to more than one wife, the practice of having several wives at the same time”).


lexentry: eng/polyglot__Adjective__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: polyglot
trans_list: monikielinen
sense:
Containing, or made up of, several languages; specifically, of a book (especially a bible): having text translated into several languages.


lexentry: eng/polygon_mesh__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: polygon mesh
trans_list: monikulmioverkko | polygoniverkko | tahkoverkko
sense:
(computer graphics) A collection of vertices, edges and faces that defines the shape of a polyhedral object.


lexentry: eng/polygyny__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: polygyny
trans_list: polygynia | monivaimoisuus
sense:
The state or practice of having several wives at the same time; plurality of wives; marriage to several wives.


lexentry: eng/polylectic__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: polylectic
trans_list: monisanainen
sense:
(entomology) Of or relating to an insect (especially a bee) which collects pollen from the flowers of a variety of unrelated plants.


lexentry: eng/polymer__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: polymer
trans_list: polymeeri
sense:
(organic chemistry) A long or larger molecule consisting of a chain or network of many repeating units, formed by chemically bonding together many identical or similar small molecules called monomers. A polymer is formed by polymerization, the joining of many monomer molecules.


lexentry: eng/polymerase__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: polymerase
trans_list: polymeraasi
sense:
(enzyme) Any of various enzymes that catalyze the formation of polymers of DNA or RNA using an existing strand of RNA or DNA respectively as a template.


lexentry: eng/polymerase_chain_reaction__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: polymerase chain reaction
trans_list: polymeraasiketjureaktio
sense:
(genetics, molecular biology, organic chemistry) A technique in molecular biology for creating multiple copies of DNA from a sample; used in genetic fingerprinting etc.


lexentry: eng/polymerization__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: polymerization
trans_list: polymerisaatio
sense:
(organic chemistry) The chemical process, normally with the aid of a catalyst, to form a polymer by bonding together multiple identical units (monomers).


lexentry: eng/polymethyl_methacrylate__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: polymethyl methacrylate
trans_list: akryyli | pleksilasi | polymetyylimetakrylaatti
sense:
(organic compound) A thermoplastic transparent plastic manufactured by the polymerization of methyl methacrylate, often used in place of glass - it being lighter, softer and not shattering on impact.


lexentry: eng/polymethyl_methyacrylate__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: polymethyl methyacrylate
trans_list: pleksilasi
sense:
(chemistry) A tough, transparent thermoplastic polymer of methyl methyacrylate; it is used as a substitute for glass under the proprietary names of Perspex, Plexiglass and Lucite


lexentry: eng/polymorphism__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: polymorphism
trans_list: monimuotoisuus | polymorfismi
sense:
(biology) The coexistence, in the same locality, of two or more distinct forms independent of sex, not connected by intermediate gradations, but produced from common parents.


lexentry: eng/polymorphism__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: polymorphism
trans_list: monimuotoisuus | polymorfismi
sense:
(object-oriented programming) A feature pertaining to the dynamic treatment of data elements based on their type, allowing for a method to have several definitions.


lexentry: eng/polymorphism__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: polymorphism
trans_list: monimuotoisuus | polymorfismi
sense:
(mathematics, type theory) The property of certain typed formal systems of allowing for the use of type variables and binders/quantifiers over those type variables; likewise, the property of certain expressions (within such typed formal systems) of making use of at least one such typed variable.


lexentry: eng/polymorphism__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: polymorphism
trans_list: polymorfia | polymorfismi
sense:
(crystallography) The ability of a solid material to exist in more than one form or crystal structure; pleomorphism.


lexentry: eng/polymorphism__Noun__1
sense_num: 06
written_rep: polymorphism
trans_list: monimuotoisuus | polymorfismi
sense:
(genetics) The regular existence of two or more different genotypes within a given species or population; also, variability of amino acid sequences within a gene's protein.


lexentry: eng/polymyxin__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: polymyxin
trans_list: polymyksiini
sense:
Any of several toxic antibiotics, derived from the soil bacterium Bacillus polymyxa, used to treat infections by gram-negative bacteria


lexentry: eng/polynomial__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: polynomial
trans_list: polynomi
sense:
(algebra, strict sense) An expression consisting of a sum of a finite number of terms, each term being the product of a constant coefficient and one or more variables raised to a non-negative integer power, such as a_n x^n + a_{n-1}x^{n-1} + ... + a_0 x^0.


lexentry: eng/polynomial_function__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: polynomial function
trans_list: polynomifunktio
sense:
(mathematics) Any function whose value is the solution of a polynomial; an element of a subring of the ring of all functions over an integral domain, which subring is the smallest to contain all the constant functions and also the identity function. (If the polynomial is multivariate then there is a different identity function corresponding to each variable.)


lexentry: eng/polynya__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: polynya
trans_list: polinja
sense:
(hydrology, oceanography) A naturally formed transient area of open water surrounded by sea ice, especially in polar or subpolar seas. [from mid 19th c.]


lexentry: eng/polyol__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: polyol
trans_list: polyoli
sense:
(organic chemistry) Any organic compound having multiple hydroxyl functional groups, such as polyhydric alcohols.


lexentry: eng/polyomino__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: polyomino
trans_list: polyomino
sense:
(geometry) A plane polyform made by joining one or more squares edge to edge in various arrangements; a similar polyform made from triangles or hexagons (or any polygon that can tile a plane)


lexentry: eng/polyphony__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: polyphony
trans_list: moniäänisyys | polyfonia
sense:
(music) Musical texture consisting of several independent melodic voices, as opposed to music with just one voice (monophony) or music with one dominant melodic voice accompanied by chords (homophony).


lexentry: eng/polyphosphate__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: polyphosphate
trans_list: polyfosfaatti
sense:
(chemistry) any of a class of inorganic polymers containing linked phosphate groups; the low molecular weight polymers, such as sodium tripolyphosphate, are used in water softening and as food additives


lexentry: eng/polyphyletic__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: polyphyletic
trans_list: polyfyleettinen
sense:
(taxonomy) Having multiple ancestral sources; referring to a taxon that does not contain the most recent common ancestor of its members.


lexentry: eng/polyposis__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: polyposis
trans_list: polypoosi
sense:
(pathology) A hereditary disease characterised by numerous polyps that erupt in various parts of the body, especially the colon


lexentry: eng/polypropylene__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: polypropylene
trans_list: polypropeeni
sense:
A thermoplastic resin made by the polymerization of propylene, and used for films, fibres, or moulding materials.


lexentry: eng/polyptoton__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: polyptoton
trans_list: polyptoton
sense:
(rhetoric) A stylistic scheme in which words from the same root are used together, or a word is repeated in a different inflection or case.


lexentry: eng/polysemy__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: polysemy
trans_list: polysemia | monimerkityksisyys
sense:
(semantics) The quality characteristic of a polyseme, a sign (such as a word or symbol) that has multiple meanings (senses), often including multiple similar ones.


lexentry: eng/polysynthetic__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: polysynthetic
trans_list: polysynteettinen
sense:
(grammar, of languages) Characterized by a prevalence of relatively long words containing a large number of morphemes. Typically, the morphemes are bound.


lexentry: eng/polytechnic__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: polytechnic
trans_list: ammattikorkeakoulu
sense:
(UK, dated) An educational institute that teaches applied arts and sciences rather than academic subjects.


lexentry: eng/polytetrafluoroethylene__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: polytetrafluoroethylene
trans_list: polytetrafluorieteeni
sense:
A tough synthetic resin used to make seals and bearings and to create a nonstick coating on cooking utensils.


lexentry: eng/polytunnel__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: polytunnel
trans_list: kasvutunneli
sense:
A tunnel made of polyethylene, used to grow plants that require a higher temperature and/or humidity than that which is available in the environment.


lexentry: eng/polyunsaturated__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: polyunsaturated
trans_list: monityydyttymätön
sense:
(organic chemistry) Of or relating to long chain organic compounds that have multiple double bonds; polyunsaturated fatty acids are essential to human nutrition.


lexentry: eng/polyunsaturated_fat__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: polyunsaturated fat
trans_list: monityydyttymätön rasva
sense:
(fatty acid) A fat or oil, almost exclusively from vegetable sources, containing a high proportion of polyunsaturated fatty acids.


lexentry: eng/polyunsaturated_fatty_acid__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: polyunsaturated fatty acid
trans_list: monityydyttymätön rasvahappo
sense:
(fatty acid) A fatty acid, such as arachidonic acid, that contains two or more carbon-to-carbon double bonds


lexentry: eng/polyurethane__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: polyurethane
trans_list: polyuretaani
sense:
(organic chemistry) Any of various polymeric resins containing urethane links; used in many industrial and domestic applications.


lexentry: eng/polyvinyl_alcohol__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: polyvinyl alcohol
trans_list: polyvinyylialkoholi
sense:
(chemistry) A water-soluble synthetic polymer prepared by partial or complete hydrolysis of polyvinyl acetate to remove acetate groups, having many uses, including as an adhesive and surfactant and in freshwater angling.


lexentry: eng/polyvinyl_chloride__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: polyvinyl chloride
trans_list: PVC-muovi
sense:
A thermoplastic resin produced by the polymerization of vinyl chloride; used as an electrical insulator and in many other applications. Can be compounded into flexible and rigid forms through the use of plasticizers, stabilizers, fillers and other modifiers.


lexentry: eng/pomace__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: pomace
trans_list: omenamassa
sense:
Such residue from apples used in the process of cidermaking; also, a mass of crushed apples before the juice is pressed out.


lexentry: eng/pomegranate__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: pomegranate
trans_list: granaattiomena
sense:
The fruit of the Punica granatum, about the size of an orange with a thick, hard, reddish skin enclosing many seeds, each with an edible pink or red pulp tasting both sweet and tart.


lexentry: eng/pomelo__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: pomelo
trans_list: pomelo | pummelo
sense:
The large fruit of the Citrus maxima (syn. C. grandis), native to South Asia and Southeast Asia, with a thick green or yellow rind, a thick white pith, and semi-sweet translucent pale flesh.


lexentry: eng/pommel_horse__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: pommel horse
trans_list: hevonen
sense:
An apparatus for gymnastic exercises with a cylindrical body covered with leather and two upright pommels, as hand grips, near the centre; held upright with adjustable legs.


lexentry: eng/pompadour__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: pompadour
trans_list: banaani
sense:
A women's hairstyle in which the hair is swept upwards from the face and worn high over the forehead.


lexentry: eng/pompom__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: pompom
trans_list: pom-pon
sense:
A decorative ball made of pieces of soft fabric, tinsel, plastic, or paper streamers bound at the center, most notably held, waved, and shaken in cheerleading.


lexentry: eng/pompon__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: pompon
trans_list: tupsu
sense:
A bundle of yarn, string, ribbon, etc. tied in the middle and left loose at the ends, so as to form a puff or ball, as for decoration or a showy prop for cheerleading.


lexentry: eng/pondweed__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: pondweed
trans_list: vita | verkkolehti | vesirutto
sense:
opposite-leaved pondweed, Groenlandia densa, only plant of its genus, found chiefly in the Mediterranean region.


lexentry: eng/poniard__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: poniard
trans_list: tikari
sense:
(now, chiefly, historical) A dagger typically having a slender square or triangular blade. [from 16th c.]


lexentry: eng/pontoon__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: pontoon
trans_list: ponttoni
sense:
A flat-bottomed boat or other floating structure used as a buoyant support for a temporary bridge, dock or landing stage.


lexentry: eng/ponytail__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ponytail
trans_list: poninhäntä
sense:
A hairstyle where the hair is pulled back and tied into a single "tail" which hangs down behind the head.


lexentry: eng/pood__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: pood
trans_list: puuta
sense:
An obsolete Russian unit of mass, equal to 40 Russian funt, or about 16.38 kg (approximately 36.11 pounds).


lexentry: eng/poodle__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: poodle
trans_list: villakoira | puudeli
sense:
A breed of dog originating in Europe as hunting dogs, and having heavy, curly coat in a solid color; their shoulder height indicates their classification as standard, medium, miniature, or toy.


lexentry: eng/poof__Interjection__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: poof
trans_list: puff
sense:
Onomatopoeia indicating a small explosion with a cloud of smoke; as caused by a deflating object, or a magical disappearance.


lexentry: eng/pool__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: pool
trans_list: lätäkkö | lammikko | piiri | varanto
sense:
A small and rather deep area of (usually) fresh water, as one supplied by a spring, or occurring in the course of a stream or river; a reservoir for water.


lexentry: eng/pool__Noun__2
sense_num: 03
written_rep: pool
trans_list: biljardi
sense:
(sport) A cue sport played on a pool table. There are 15 balls, 7 of one colour or solids, 7 of another color or stripes, and the black ball (also called the 8 ball). A player must pocket all their own colour balls and then the black ball in order to win.


lexentry: eng/pool__Noun__2
sense_num: 08
written_rep: pool
trans_list: panos | potti
sense:
The stake played for in certain games of cards, billiards, etc.; an aggregated stake to which each player has contributed a share; also, the receptacle for the stakes.


lexentry: eng/pool__Noun__2
sense_num: 09
written_rep: pool
trans_list: yhtymä
sense:
A combination of persons contributing money to be used for the purpose of increasing or depressing the market price of stocks, grain, or other commodities; also, the aggregate of the sums so contributed.


lexentry: eng/pool__Verb__2
sense_num: 01
written_rep: pool
trans_list: yhdistää
sense:
(transitive) To put together; contribute to a common fund, on the basis of a mutual division of profits or losses; to make a common interest of.


lexentry: eng/pool__Verb__2
sense_num: 02
written_rep: pool
trans_list: yhdistyä
sense:
(intransitive) To combine or contribute with others, as for a commercial, speculative, or gambling transaction.


lexentry: eng/pool_noodle__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: pool noodle
trans_list: lötköpötkö
sense:
A long, slender tube or rod, extruded from buoyant foam and usually brightly coloured, used as an exercise tool or toy in swimming pools.


lexentry: eng/poor_box__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: poor box
trans_list: runko
sense:
A locked box with a slot for depositing coins into, usually placed in churches to accept donations for the needy.


lexentry: eng/pop-up__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: pop-up
trans_list: ponnahdusikkuna
sense:
(internet) A pop-up advertisement; an advertisement that is triggered to appear on a computer screen when the user accesses a particular web page.


lexentry: eng/pop__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: pop
trans_list: poksahdus
sense:
(countable) A loud, sharp sound, as of a cork coming out of a bottle, especially when the contents are pressurized by fizziness.


lexentry: eng/pop__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: pop
trans_list: limsa | limu | limppari
sense:
(uncountable, regional, Midwest US, Canada, Inland North, Midlands, Northwestern US) An effervescent or fizzy drink, most frequently nonalcoholic; soda pop.


lexentry: eng/pop__Verb__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: pop
trans_list: pompata | ponnahtaa | pullahtaa
sense:
(intransitive, with in, out, upon, etc.) To enter, or issue forth, with a quick, sudden movement; to move from place to place suddenly; to dart.


lexentry: eng/pop__Verb__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: pop
trans_list: poksauttaa | tyrkätä
sense:
(transitive, UK, AU) To place (something) (somewhere); to move or position (something) with a short movement.


lexentry: eng/pop__Verb__1
sense_num: 14
written_rep: pop
trans_list: nappailla
sense:
(transitive, slang) To swallow or consume (especially a tablet of a drug, sometimes extended to other small items such as sweets or candy).


lexentry: eng/pop_art__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: pop art
trans_list: pop-taide
sense:
(arts) A genre of art that uses elements of popular culture, often using techniques from commercial art and advertising.


lexentry: eng/pop_gun__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: pop gun
trans_list: korkkipyssy
sense:
A toy gun that emits a loud pop by firing a cork from a barrel in which a piston slides, compressing the air and forcing the cork out. The cork is traditionally attached to the toy by a piece of string.


lexentry: eng/pop_music__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: pop music
trans_list: pop-musiikki | populäärimusiikki
sense:
Music intended for or accepted by a wide audience, usually with a commercial basis and distinguished from other genres such as classical music and folk music, and nowadays also from rock music.


lexentry: eng/pop_song__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: pop song
trans_list: popkappale | poplaulu
sense:
(music) A type of song from the genre of music derived from rock and roll music of the 1950s characterized by a short, catchy tune and the frequent repetition of a chorus.


lexentry: eng/popery__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: popery
trans_list: paavinusko
sense:
(usually, derogatory, Christianity) The teachings, practices and accoutrements of the Roman Catholic Church.


lexentry: eng/popliteus__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: popliteus
trans_list: polvitaivelihas
sense:
(anatomy) A small muscle at the back of the knee that aids in bending the knee and in the rotation of the lower leg.


lexentry: eng/poppy__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: poppy
trans_list: unikko | unikukka
sense:
Any plant of the genus Papaver or the family Papaveraceae, with crumpled, often red, petals and a milky juice having narcotic properties; especially a common poppy or corn poppy (Papaver rhoeas) which has orange-red flowers; the flower of such a plant.


lexentry: eng/poppy__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: poppy
trans_list: unikko
sense:
(chiefly, Australia, Britain, Canada) A simple artificial poppy flower worn in a buttonhole or displayed in other contexts to remember those who died in the two World Wars and other armed conflicts, especially around Remembrance Day/Remembrance Sunday.


lexentry: eng/popsicle__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: popsicle
trans_list: mehujää | mehujääpuikko
sense:
(chiefly, _, US, Canada) Frozen fruit juice, flavored sugar water, or the like, on a stick, of a size to be one serving.


lexentry: eng/popular_culture__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: popular culture
trans_list: populaarikulttuuri
sense:
The prevailing vernacular culture in any given society, including art, cooking, clothing/fashion, entertainment, fads, films, mass media, music, sports, and style.


lexentry: eng/popular_music__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: popular music
trans_list: pop | pop-musiikki | populaarimusiikki
sense:
(music) Any genre of music that has wide appeal amongst the general public of a society, typically distributed widely by the music industry; typically as seen in contrast to classical music and folk music.


lexentry: eng/popular_science__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: popular science
trans_list: populaaritiede
sense:
An interpretation of science intended for a general audience, rather than for other scientists or students.


lexentry: eng/popular_science__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: popular science
trans_list: populaaritieteellinen | tiedettä yleistajuistava | yleistajuinen
sense:
(attributive) Of, or having to do with science, but aimed at ordinary people as opposed to scientists; intended for general consumption.


lexentry: eng/popularise__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: popularise
trans_list: helppotajuistaa | kansantajuistaa | popularisoida
sense:
(transitive, communication) To present information in a form less difficult for the general public to understand or enjoy, especially by excluding details and jargon found in technical or academic publications.


lexentry: eng/popularity__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: popularity
trans_list: suosio
sense:
The quality or state of being popular; especially, the state of being widely liked or in favor with the people at large.


lexentry: eng/population__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: population
trans_list: väestö
sense:
A count of the number of residents within a political or geographical boundary such as a town, a nation or the world.


lexentry: eng/population__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: population
trans_list: väkiluku | asukasluku | kanta | populaatio
sense:
(biology) A collection of organisms of a particular species, sharing a particular characteristic of interest, most often that of living in a given area.


lexentry: eng/population__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: population
trans_list: perusjoukko | populaatio
sense:
(statistics) A group of units (persons, objects, or other items) enumerated in a census or from which a sample is drawn.


lexentry: eng/population_density__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: population density
trans_list: väestöntiheys
sense:
Average population per unit area; especially, the average number of people who live per square kilometer (or square mile) of land.


lexentry: eng/population_inversion__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: population inversion
trans_list: käänteinen miehitys | populaatioinversio
sense:
(physics) The creation of a system in which more atoms or molecules are in an excited state than in a ground state.


lexentry: eng/population_mean__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: population mean
trans_list: perusjoukon keskiarvo | populaation keskiarvo
sense:
(statistics) The mean (usually arithmetic, but possibly geometric) of all members of a population or all possible values from which a sample can be taken, as opposed to a sample mean.


lexentry: eng/population_pyramid__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: population pyramid
trans_list: väestöpyramidi
sense:
(demography) A graphical illustration of the distribution of a population (typically that of a country or region of the world) by age groups and sex; it typically forms the shape of a pyramid when the population is growing.


lexentry: eng/populism__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: populism
trans_list: populismi
sense:
(philosophy) A political doctrine or philosophy that proposes that the rights and powers of ordinary people are exploited by a privileged elite, and supports their struggle to overcome this.


lexentry: eng/populist__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: populist
trans_list: populisti
sense:
A person who advocates populism (a movement against ruling elites who are presumed not to act in the interests of the ordinary citizen).


lexentry: eng/porcelain__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: porcelain
trans_list: posliini
sense:
(usually, uncountable) A hard white translucent ceramic, originally made by firing kaolin, quartz, and feldspar at high temperatures but now also inclusive of similar artificial materials; also often (figurative) such a material as a symbol of the fragility, elegance, etc. traditionally associated with porcelain goods.


lexentry: eng/porcelain__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: porcelain
trans_list: posliini
sense:
(countable, now, _, usually, in the plural) An object made of porcelain, (particularly) art objects or items of tableware.


lexentry: eng/porch__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: porch
trans_list: kuisti | porstua | pylväshalli
sense:
(architectural element) A covered entrance to a building, whether taken from the interior, and forming a sort of vestibule within the main wall, or projecting without and with a separate roof. A porch often has chair(s), table(s) and swings.


lexentry: eng/porcupine__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: porcupine
trans_list: piikikkö | piikikäs
sense:
Any of several rodents of either of the taxonomic families Hystricidae (Old World porcupines) or Erethizontidae (New World porcupines), both from the infraorder Hystricognathi, noted for their sharp spines or quills, which are raised when the animal is attacked or surprised.


lexentry: eng/porcupine_fish__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: porcupine fish
trans_list: siilikala
sense:
Any of several tropical fish species in the family Diodontidae that are covered with sharp spines and inflate themselves when threatened. [from 17th c.]


lexentry: eng/pore__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: pore
trans_list: huokonen
sense:
By extension any small opening or interstice, especially one of many, or one allowing the passage of a fluid.


lexentry: eng/pork-barrelling__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: pork-barrelling
trans_list: siltarumpupolitiikka | tukipolitiikka
sense:
(politics) The practice of an elected politician giving favours or money to some or all voters in the politician's electorate, or to certain organizations, as compensation or payback for support from those voters or organizations in the past.


lexentry: eng/pork_barrel__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: pork barrel
trans_list: siltarumpupolitiikka | tukiaiset
sense:
(chiefly, US politics, often, attributively) State funds as assigned for local or regional expenditure; especially, central money used for regional projects which are eyecatching or designed to appeal to voters. [from 19th c.]


lexentry: eng/pornocracy__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: pornocracy
trans_list: pornokratia
sense:
(Roman Catholicism, historical, often, capitalized) The period of the papacy known as the saeculum obscūrum (Latin for “dark age”), and also as the “Rule of the Harlots”, which began with the installation of Pope Sergius III in 904 and lasted for sixty years until the death of Pope John XII in 964, during which time the popes were strongly influenced by the Theophylacti, a powerful and corrupt aristocratic family. [from mid-19th c.]


lexentry: eng/pornography__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: pornography
trans_list: pornografia
sense:
The explicit literary or visual depiction of sexual subject matter; any display of material of an erotic nature. [from mid-19th c.]


lexentry: eng/pornstache__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: pornstache
trans_list: pornoviikset
sense:
(slang) A moustache that resembles one worn by an adult film actor, especially associated with the 1970s.


lexentry: eng/porosity__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: porosity
trans_list: huokoisuus
sense:
(countable) A measure of how porous a material is; the ratio of the volume of pores to the total volume


lexentry: eng/porphyria__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: porphyria
trans_list: porfyria
sense:
(pathology) Any of several usually hereditary abnormalities of porphyrin metabolism characterized by excretion of excess porphyrins in the urine.


lexentry: eng/porphyrin__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: porphyrin
trans_list: porfyriini
sense:
(organic compound) Any of a class of heterocyclic compounds containing pyrrole rings arranged in a square or other similar shape; they are important in biochemistry in a form with a metal atom in the central cavity (hemoglobin with iron, chlorophyll with magnesium, etc.).


lexentry: eng/porridge__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: porridge
trans_list: puuro
sense:
A dish made of grain or legumes, milk or water, heated and stirred until thick and typically eaten for breakfast.


lexentry: eng/port__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: port
trans_list: paapuuri | kantaa | liitin | portata | portti | siirtää
sense:
(nautical, aviation, uncountable) The left-hand side of a vessel, including aircraft, when one is facing the front. Used to unambiguously refer to directions relative to the vessel structure, rather than to a person or object on board.


lexentry: eng/port__Noun__2
sense_num: 02
written_rep: port
trans_list: satama | paapuuri
sense:
An opening or doorway in the side of a ship, especially for boarding or loading; an embrasure through which a cannon may be discharged; a porthole.


lexentry: eng/port__Noun__2
sense_num: 03
written_rep: port
trans_list: kantaa | siirtää
sense:
(medicine) A small medical appliance installed beneath the skin, connected to a vein by a catheter, and used to inject drugs or to draw blood samples.


lexentry: eng/port__Noun__2
sense_num: 04
written_rep: port
trans_list: satama | kantaa | siirtää
sense:
(bowls, curling) A narrow opening between other players' bowls or stones wide enough for a delivered bowl or stone to pass through.


lexentry: eng/port__Noun__2
sense_num: 07
written_rep: port
trans_list: portata | siirtää
sense:
(also, networking) A number that delimits a connection for specific processes or parts of a network service.


lexentry: eng/port__Noun__2
sense_num: 07
written_rep: port
trans_list: portti
sense:
A logical or physical construct in and from which data are transferred. Computer port on Wikipedia.Wikipedia


lexentry: eng/port__Noun__3
sense_num: 04
written_rep: port
trans_list: porttaaminen | porttaus | sovittaminen | sovitus
sense:
(computing) A program that has been adapted, modified, or recoded so that it works on a different platform; the act of this adapting.


lexentry: eng/port__Verb__2
sense_num: 02
written_rep: port
trans_list: satama | paapuuri | portti
sense:
(transitive, military) To hold or carry (a weapon) with both hands so that it lies diagonally across the front of the body, with the barrel or similar part near the left shoulder and the right hand grasping the small of the stock; or, to throw (the weapon) into this position on command.


lexentry: eng/port__Verb__2
sense_num: 04
written_rep: port
trans_list: siirtää
sense:
(ergative, telephony) To carry or transfer (an existing telephone number) from one service provider to another.


lexentry: eng/port_city__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: port city
trans_list: satamakaupunki | satama
sense:
A city built around a port, for its defence, to provide infrastructural support, or as parasitic urban sprawl.


lexentry: eng/port_of_call__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: port of call
trans_list: määräsatama
sense:
(nautical) Any port (except its home port) being visited by a ship, especially to load or unload cargo or passengers or to take on supplies.


lexentry: eng/portable_toilet__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: portable toilet
trans_list: bajamaja
sense:
A movable toilet, particularly a portable outhouse used where other lavatories are unavailable (as at a construction site) or insufficient (as at special events).


lexentry: eng/portal_vein__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: portal vein
trans_list: porttilaskimo
sense:
(anatomy) A short, wide vein located in the abdominal cavity formed by the union of the superior mesenteric and splenic veins that channels blood from the gastrointestinal tract and spleen to capillary beds in the liver.


lexentry: eng/portamento__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: portamento
trans_list: portaattomasti liukuva sävel | portamento
sense:
(music) A smooth, gliding transition from one note to another; used especially with stringed instruments, and sometimes on brass.


lexentry: eng/portcullis__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: portcullis
trans_list: laskuportti
sense:
A gate in the form of a grating which is lowered into place at the gateway of a castle, a fort, etc.


lexentry: eng/porte_cochère__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: porte cochère
trans_list: sisäänkäyntikatos
sense:
A porch, or roof without walls over a driveway, next to the entrance of a building which a vehicle can stop in or under to allow passengers to embark or disembark without being affected by bad weather.


lexentry: eng/porter__Noun__2
sense_num: 03
written_rep: porter
trans_list: portteri
sense:
(countable, uncountable, beer) A strong, dark ale, originally favored by porters (etymology 1, sense 1), similar to a stout but less strong.


lexentry: eng/portfolio__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: portfolio
trans_list: ministerinsalkku
sense:
(politics) The post and the responsibilities of a cabinet minister or other head of a government department. [from 1930s]


lexentry: eng/portfolio__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: portfolio
trans_list: portfolio
sense:
(business) A collection of assets; (figurative) any collection of things considered as investments or assets, (rarely) also liabilities.


lexentry: eng/portmanteau_word__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: portmanteau word
trans_list: koostesana | sulautuma
sense:
(linguistics) A word which combines the meaning of two words (or, rarely, more than two words), formed by combining the words, usually, but not always, by adjoining the first part of one word and the last part of the other, the adjoining parts often having a common vowel.


lexentry: eng/poser__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: poser
trans_list: liima
sense:
Someone who, or something which, poses; a person who sets their body in a fixed position, such as for photography or painting.


lexentry: eng/posh__Adjective__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: posh
trans_list: leuhka
sense:
(usually, offensive, especially, in, _, Ireland, Scotland) Snobbish, materialistic, prejudiced, under the illusion that one is better than everyone else.


lexentry: eng/position__Noun__1
sense_num: 08
written_rep: position
trans_list: positio
sense:
(finance) An amount of securities, commodities, or other financial instruments held by a person, firm, or institution.


lexentry: eng/position__Noun__1
sense_num: 09
written_rep: position
trans_list: positio
sense:
(finance) A commitment, or a group of commitments, such as options or futures, to buy or sell a given amount of financial instruments, such as securities, currencies or commodities, for a given price.


lexentry: eng/position__Noun__1
sense_num: 10
written_rep: position
trans_list: yritys ja erehdys
sense:
(arithmetic) A method of solving a problem by one or two suppositions; also called the rule of trial and error.


lexentry: eng/position_paper__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: position paper
trans_list: kannanotto | linjaus | ohjelma
sense:
(philosophy, government) An essay or report which expresses a position, conclusion, or recommendation concerning a contested issue or undecided question and which usually contains arguments or reasons in support of this position.


lexentry: eng/position_vector__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: position vector
trans_list: paikkavektori
sense:
(geometry) Of a point, a vector going from the origin to that point; equivalently, the transpose of the point.


lexentry: eng/positive__Adjective__1
sense_num: 11
written_rep: positive
trans_list: perusasteinen | perusmuotoinen
sense:
(grammar) Describing the primary sense of an adjective, adverb or noun; not comparative, superlative, augmentative nor diminutive.


lexentry: eng/positive__Adjective__1
sense_num: 14
written_rep: positive
trans_list: todellinen
sense:
Characterized by the existence or presence of distinguishing qualities or features, rather than by their absence.


lexentry: eng/positive__Noun__1
sense_num: 06
written_rep: positive
trans_list: positiivi
sense:
(photography) A positive image; one that displays true colors and shades, not their opposites or complements.


lexentry: eng/positive_degree__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: positive degree
trans_list: perusaste | positiivi
sense:
(grammar) That state of an adjective or adverb indicating simple quality, without comparison or relation to increase or diminution; as in wise, noble.


lexentry: eng/positive_economics__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: positive economics
trans_list: positiivinen taloustiede
sense:
(economics) The branch of economics that concerns the description and explanation of economic phenomena and their causal relationships


lexentry: eng/positive_reinforcement__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: positive reinforcement
trans_list: positiivinen vahvistaminen
sense:
The giving of encouragement to a person who exhibits a particular behaviour with the result that such behaviour is repeated.


lexentry: eng/positivism__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: positivism
trans_list: positivismi
sense:
(philosophy) A doctrine that states that the only authentic knowledge is scientific knowledge, and that such knowledge can only come from positive affirmation of theories through strict scientific method, refusing every form of metaphysics.


lexentry: eng/positron_emission_tomography__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: positron emission tomography
trans_list: positroniemissiotomografia
sense:
(medicine) A medical imaging technique which detects the gamma rays produced by positrons emitted from injected radionuclides.


lexentry: eng/posse__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: posse
trans_list: järjestyspartio
sense:
(colloquial) A group of (especially young) people seen as constituting a peer group or band of associates; a gang, a group of friends. [from 20th c.]


lexentry: eng/possess__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: possess
trans_list: ottaa valtaansa | riivata
sense:
Of a supernatural entity, especially one regarded as evil: to take control of (an animal or person's body or mind).


lexentry: eng/possessee__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: possessee
trans_list: sanaliiton jälkiosa
sense:
(grammar) Verb complement in some languages or some constructions of a given language; the noun which is possessed.


lexentry: eng/possessional_adjective__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: possessional adjective
trans_list: possessiiviadjektiivi
sense:
(grammar) An adjective indicating that a noun is in possession of, or has the quality of, some other noun; usually formed in English by the affixation of the suffix -ed, -ful, -y, -ous, -able, -ual, -ish, -ar or -esque, or the suffixoid -like, to the noun being possessed.


lexentry: eng/possessive_case__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: possessive case
trans_list: genetiivi
sense:
(grammar) case used to express direct possession, ownership, origin, etc. Though similar in many ways to the genitive case, it is not always the same. Languages that have the possessive case include English and Quenya.


lexentry: eng/possessive_determiner__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: possessive determiner
trans_list: possessiivipronomini
sense:
(grammar) A determiner used to demonstrate the possession of the object referenced by the following noun; in English, they include my, his, her, our, your, its and their.


lexentry: eng/possessive_suffix__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: possessive suffix
trans_list: omistusliite | possessiivisuffiksi
sense:
(linguistics) A suffix that indicates possession, occurs in some Uralic, Turkic, Semitic and Indo-European languages.


lexentry: eng/possibles_bag__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: possibles bag
trans_list: metsästyslaukku
sense:
A hunter's day-bag of highly varying designs and materials, but usually a kind of a satchel intended for carrying whatever small gear is necessary for the day's hunt.


lexentry: eng/possibly__Adverb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: possibly
trans_list: mahdollisesti | mitenkään
sense:
(modifying a verb) In the realm of possibility; indicates that the action may successfully be performed (is not impossible) regardless of any facts or circumstances known to, stated by or implied by the speaker that might limit the performance.


lexentry: eng/possum__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: possum
trans_list: harvaetuhampainen
sense:
Any of the marsupials in several families of the order Diprotodontia of Australia and neighboring islands.


lexentry: eng/post-Soviet__Adjective__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: post-Soviet
trans_list: Neuvostoliiton jälkeinen | entisen Neuvostoliiton
sense:
(geopolitics, international relations) Relating to the countries which emerged from the dissolution of the Soviet Union, especially in the context of Russia.


lexentry: eng/post-nut_clarity__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: post-nut clarity
trans_list: laukeamisen jälkeinen morkkis
sense:
(internet slang, vulgar) The brief sense of calm and mental acuity experienced by a person after ejaculation.


lexentry: eng/post-production__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: post-production
trans_list: jälkituotanto
sense:
(cinematography, television) The stages of film (or audio) production happening between the actual filming (or recording) and the completed product.


lexentry: eng/post-traumatic_embitterment_disorder__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: post-traumatic embitterment disorder
trans_list: traumaperäinen katkeruushäiriö
sense:
(psychology) A chronic maladaptive response to a severe manifestation of a usual life occurrence shattering a core belief leading to intrusion and on the flip-side disregard for one’s own condition.


lexentry: eng/post-traumatic_stress_disorder__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: post-traumatic stress disorder
trans_list: traumaperäinen stressihäiriö
sense:
(psychology) A psychological condition that develops following some stressful situation or event, with symptoms such as sleep disturbance, recurrent dreams, flashbacks, hypervigilance, depression, dissociation, withdrawal or lack of concentration.


lexentry: eng/post-truth__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: post-truth
trans_list: totuudenjälkeinen
sense:
(chiefly, politics, media) Beyond or superseding the importance of truth; pertaining to an era or situation when truth is no longer significant, relevant, or expected; (usually, pejorative) not caring about factual accuracy.


lexentry: eng/post-truth__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: post-truth
trans_list: totuudenjälkeisyys
sense:
The fact or state of being post-truth; a time period or situation in which facts have become less important than emotional persuasion.


lexentry: eng/post-war__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: post-war
trans_list: sodanjälkeinen
sense:
Pertaining to a period of time immediately following the end of a war; where there is a cessation of conflict.


lexentry: eng/post__Adverb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: post
trans_list: postitse
sense:
With the post, on post-horses; by a relay of horses (changing at every staging-post); hence, express, with speed, quickly.


lexentry: eng/post__Noun__2
sense_num: 01
written_rep: post
trans_list: posti
sense:
(obsolete) Each of a series of men stationed at specific places along a postroad, with responsibility for relaying letters and dispatches of the monarch (and later others) along the route. [16th–17th c.]


lexentry: eng/post__Noun__2
sense_num: 02
written_rep: post
trans_list: posti
sense:
(dated) A station, or one of a series of stations, established for the refreshment and accommodation of travellers on some recognized route.


lexentry: eng/post__Noun__2
sense_num: 06
written_rep: post
trans_list: posti
sense:
(UK, Australia, New Zealand) A single delivery of letters; the letters or deliveries that make up a single batch delivered to one person or one address. [from 17th c.]


lexentry: eng/post__Verb__2
sense_num: 03
written_rep: post
trans_list: postittaa | lähettää | postata
sense:
(UK, Australia, New Zealand) To send (an item of mail etc.) through the postal service. [from 19th c.]


lexentry: eng/post_chaise__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: post chaise
trans_list: postivaunu
sense:
(historical) An enclosed horse-drawn carriage with four wheels, used to transport mail and passengers.


lexentry: eng/post_mortem__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: post mortem
trans_list: jälkipuinti | jälkipyykki | jälkiselvittely
sense:
(figuratively, management) Any investigation after the conclusion of an activity, particularly when said activity produces an unwanted outcome.


lexentry: eng/post_office__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: post office
trans_list: postitoimisto | posti
sense:
(countable) A place (building, office, shop, or counter) concerned with the business of delivering letters, post or mail and selling stamps, etc.


lexentry: eng/post_office_box__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: post office box
trans_list: postilokero
sense:
A uniquely addressable lockable box located on the premises of a post office that may be hired as collection point for mail.


lexentry: eng/postage_stamp__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: postage stamp
trans_list: postimerkki | merkki
sense:
A small piece of printed paper stuck on an item to be mailed, indicating that postage has been paid.


lexentry: eng/postal_address__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: postal address
trans_list: postiosoite
sense:
The address (of a person or business) to which mail is delivered, as distinct from the actual street address.


lexentry: eng/postal_order__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: postal order
trans_list: postiosoitus
sense:
A money order purchased at and issued by a post office for redemption at another post office to a named recipient.


lexentry: eng/postalveolar__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: postalveolar
trans_list: postalveolaari
sense:
(phonetics) Any sound articulated with the tongue near or touching the back of the alveolar ridge, such as English sh in the word shoe.


lexentry: eng/postcard__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: postcard
trans_list: postikortti | kirjekortti
sense:
(post) A rectangular piece of thick paper or thin cardboard, typically used for sending messages by mail without the need for an envelope.


lexentry: eng/postcode__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: postcode
trans_list: postinumero
sense:
(UK, Irish) A sequence of letters and numbers added to a postal address to aid the sorting and delivery of post or mail.


lexentry: eng/postcoital_test__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: postcoital test
trans_list: Huhnerin testi
sense:
(gynaecology) A laboratory test which examines the cervical mucus in the postcoital period, for the evaluation of infertility.


lexentry: eng/postcolonialism__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: postcolonialism
trans_list: jälkikolonialismi | postkolonialismi
sense:
An era or attitude relating to the period after the settlement of one country by another, or very broadly, after the 1960s, when many colonised countries gained their independence.


lexentry: eng/postcolonialism__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: postcolonialism
trans_list: jälkikolonialismin tutkimus
sense:
An academic discipline that attempts to analyse, explain, and respond to the cultural legacies of colonialism and imperialism.


lexentry: eng/poster_child__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: poster child
trans_list: edustaja
sense:
(chiefly, North America, idiomatic) One who is a prototypical or quintessential example of something.


lexentry: eng/posterior__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: posterior
trans_list: perempi | perä- | perällä oleva | perässä oleva
sense:
(anatomy) Nearer the rear or hind end; nearer the caudal end of the body in quadrupeds or the dorsal end in bipeds.


lexentry: eng/posterior__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: posterior
trans_list: peräpää
sense:
(sometimes, euphemistic, sometimes, humorous) The posterior portions of the human body; especially, the buttocks.


lexentry: eng/posterize__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: posterize
trans_list: donkata ilmiömäisesti
sense:
(Canada, US, basketball, slang) To score a slam dunk in basketball against (one or more opposing players) by leaping over them; also (by extension, sports, slang) , to score a goal, a point, etc., in some other sport against (one or more opposing players) in a spectacular manner.


lexentry: eng/posterize__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: posterize
trans_list: posterisoida
sense:
(intransitive, graphic design, photography) To inadvertently or intentionally reduce the number of colours in a photograph or other image, changing a continuous gradation of tone to several regions of fewer tones with abrupt changes from one tone to another.


lexentry: eng/postformative__Adjective__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: postformative
trans_list: postformatiivinen
sense:
Occurring after the formation (chiefly written post-formative, said in Islamic studies of the period following the Golden Age of Islam 786–861 CE).


lexentry: eng/postglacial_rebound__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: postglacial rebound
trans_list: maankohoaminen
sense:
The rise of the lithosphere in areas which were depressed by the weight of a continental ice sheet during the last ice age.


lexentry: eng/posthumous_name__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: posthumous name
trans_list: kuolemanjälkeinen nimi | postuumi nimi
sense:
(historical) A respectful alias used in Chinese or sometimes more broadly East Asian contexts to refer to a dead person, particularly royalty.


lexentry: eng/posthypnotic_suggestion__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: posthypnotic suggestion
trans_list: jälkisuggestio
sense:
A suggestion, given to a hypnotized person, to perform some action after awakening, especially in response to a cue.


lexentry: eng/postimpressionism__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: postimpressionism
trans_list: postimpressionismi
sense:
(arts) A genre of painting that rejected the naturalism of impressionism, using colour and form in more expressive manners.


lexentry: eng/postindustrial__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: postindustrial
trans_list: jälkiteollinen
sense:
Describing the economy of a nation in which manufacturing industry becomes less important and the service and information industries become more important.


lexentry: eng/postmark__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: postmark
trans_list: postileima
sense:
A marking made by a postal service on a delivery, usually indicating the place where and the date and time when the item was received or processed for the first time, mostly serving to cancel a postage stamp.


lexentry: eng/postmodern__Adjective__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: postmodern
trans_list: postmodernistinen
sense:
Of, relating to, or having the characteristics of postmodernism, especially as represented in art, architecture, literature, science, or philosophy that reacts against an earlier modernism.


lexentry: eng/postmodernism__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: postmodernism
trans_list: postmodernismi
sense:
Any style in art, architecture, literature, philosophy, etc., that reacts against an earlier modernist movement.


lexentry: eng/postpartum__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: postpartum
trans_list: synnytyksen jälkeinen
sense:
(of a mother, a symptom, a diagnosis or treatment, etc) After giving birth (often defined as within 30 days after childbirth).


lexentry: eng/pot__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: pot
trans_list: pytty | pönttö
sense:
(archaic, _, except in fixed expressions) A vessel used for urination and defecation: a chamber pot; (figuratively, slang) a toilet; the lavatory.


lexentry: eng/pot__Noun__1
sense_num: 08
written_rep: pot
trans_list: eriste
sense:
(rail transport) A pot-shaped non-conducting (usually ceramic) stand that supports an electrified rail while insulating it from the ground.


lexentry: eng/pot__Noun__1
sense_num: 09
written_rep: pot
trans_list: lasi | potti
sense:
(gambling, poker) The money available to be won in a hand of poker or a round of other games of chance; (figuratively) any sum of money being used as an enticement.


lexentry: eng/pot__Verb__1
sense_num: 12
written_rep: pot
trans_list: käyttää potalla
sense:
(transitive, British) To seat a person, usually a young child, on a potty or toilet, typically during toilet teaching.


lexentry: eng/pot_calling_the_kettle_black__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: pot calling the kettle black
trans_list: pata kattilaa soimaa | pata kattilaa soimaa, musta kylki kummallakin
sense:
(idiomatic) A situation in which somebody comments on or accuses someone else of a fault which the accuser shares.


lexentry: eng/potash__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: potash
trans_list: potaska
sense:
The water-soluble part of wood ash, used for making soap and glass and as a fertilizer (chemically speaking, an impure form of potassium carbonate (K2CO3) mixed with other potassium salts).


lexentry: eng/potassium__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: potassium
trans_list: kalium
sense:
A soft, waxy, silvery reactive metal that is never found unbound in nature; an element (symbol K) with an atomic number of 19 and atomic weight of 39.0983. The symbol is derived from the Latin kalium.


lexentry: eng/potassium_aluminium_sulfate__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: potassium aluminium sulfate
trans_list: kaliumalumiinisulfaatti
sense:
(inorganic compound) The sulfate double salt of potassium and aluminium KAl(SO4)2; occurs naturally as alum


lexentry: eng/potassium_carbonate__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: potassium carbonate
trans_list: kaliumkarbonaatti | potaska
sense:
(inorganic compound) The alkaline salt K2CO3, that is the major constituent of potash; it is used in the production of glass and some soaps.


lexentry: eng/potassium_chloride__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: potassium chloride
trans_list: kaliumkloridi
sense:
(inorganic compound) The potassium salt of hydrochloric acid, KCl; it is used as a salt substitute for table salt, a medication, a fertilizer, and a feedstock.


lexentry: eng/potassium_cyanide__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: potassium cyanide
trans_list: kaliumsyadini | syadini
sense:
(inorganic compound) The potassium salt of hydrocyanic acid, KCN; the colourless crystals are soluble in water, and it is extremely poisonous, and is used in electroplating, the extraction of gold and silver from their ores, and in photography.


lexentry: eng/potassium_dichromate__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: potassium dichromate
trans_list: kaliumdikromaatti
sense:
(inorganic compound) A potassium salt of chromic acid, K2Cr2O7; the orange crystals are soluble in water, and it is used as an oxidizing agent and in photography.


lexentry: eng/potassium_hydroxide__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: potassium hydroxide
trans_list: kaliumhydroksidi
sense:
(inorganic compound) The alkaline base KOH, once known as caustic potash; it has a number of industrial uses, including the manufacture of bleach.


lexentry: eng/potassium_nitrate__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: potassium nitrate
trans_list: kalisalpietari | kaliumnitraatti | salpietari
sense:
(inorganic chemistry) KNO3, a naturally occurring salt, notably used as an ingredient of gunpowder; also used a food preservative and as an ingredient in toothpaste for sensitive gums; historically used in the production of nitric acid (HNO3).


lexentry: eng/potassium_permanganate__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: potassium permanganate
trans_list: kaliumpermanganaatti
sense:
(chemistry) KMnO4, the most readily available commercial permanganate; it is used as an oxidizing agent both in industry and in the analytical laboratory.


lexentry: eng/potato__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: potato
trans_list: peruna
sense:
(humorous, slang, computing) An underpowered computer or other device, especially when small in size.


lexentry: eng/potato_chip__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: potato chip
trans_list: ranskalainen | ranskalainen peruna | ranskanperuna
sense:
(UK, Irish) One of a batch of pieces of potato cut into elongated cubes and fried; a chip or chipped potato, usually larger than American french fries.


lexentry: eng/potato_crisp__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: potato crisp
trans_list: perunalastu
sense:
(Ireland, UK, chiefly, in the plural) A thin slice of potato that has been deep-fried until it is brittle and crispy, and which is eaten when cool; they are typically packaged and sold as a snack.


lexentry: eng/potato_starch__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: potato starch
trans_list: perunajauho
sense:
(gastronomy) A widely diffused vegetable substance found in the extracted material of potatoes used in cooking.


lexentry: eng/potential__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: potential
trans_list: potentiaali
sense:
(physics) The gravitational potential: the radial (irrotational, static) component of a gravitational field, also known as the Newtonian potential or the gravitoelectric field.


lexentry: eng/potential__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: potential
trans_list: potentiaali
sense:
(physics) The work (energy) required to move a reference particle from a reference location to a specified location in the presence of a force field, for example to bring a unit positive electric charge from an infinite distance to a specified point against an electric field.


lexentry: eng/potential_energy__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: potential energy
trans_list: potentiaalienergia
sense:
The energy possessed by an object because of its position (in a gravitational or electric field), or its condition (as a stretched or compressed spring, as a chemical reactant, or by having rest mass).


lexentry: eng/potentiometer__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: potentiometer
trans_list: potentiometri
sense:
(electronics) A user-adjustable three-terminal variable resistor that can be used as a voltage divider.


lexentry: eng/pothole__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: pothole
trans_list: kuoppa
sense:
A shallow pit or other edged depression in a road's surface, especially when caused by erosion by weather or traffic.


lexentry: eng/potlatch__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: potlatch
trans_list: potlach
sense:
(Canada, US, also, figuratively) A ceremony amongst certain indigenous peoples of the Pacific Northwest in which gifts are bestowed upon guests and personal property is destroyed in a show of generosity and wealth.


lexentry: eng/potoo__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: potoo
trans_list: pökkelökehrääjä
sense:
Any species of the family Nyctibiidae within the order Nyctibiiformes related to the nightjars (order Caprimulgiformes), and found from southern Mexico to southern Brazil.


lexentry: eng/potoroo__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: potoroo
trans_list: päästäiskenguru
sense:
Any species of the genus Potorous of the rat kangaroo family Potoroidae, endemic to Australia. [from 18th c.]


lexentry: eng/potty_mouth__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: potty mouth
trans_list: rääväsuisuus
sense:
(idiomatic, euphemistic) The characteristic of regularly using vulgar language, especially strong profanities.


lexentry: eng/poult__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: poult
trans_list: poika
sense:
A young bird, a chick; now especially, a young game bird (turkey, partridge, grouse etc.). [from 14th c.]


lexentry: eng/poultice__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: poultice
trans_list: haude
sense:
A soft, moist mass, usually wrapped in cloth and warmed, that is applied topically to a sore, aching or lesioned part of the body to soothe it.


lexentry: eng/pounce__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: pounce
trans_list: hiekka | sandarakki
sense:
(historical) A type of fine powder, as of sandarac, or cuttlefish bone, sprinkled over wet ink to dry the ink after writing or on rough paper to smooth the writing surface.


lexentry: eng/pound__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: pound
trans_list: troy-naula
sense:
A unit of mass equal to 12 troy ounces (≈ 373.242 g). Today, this is a common unit of mass when measuring precious metals, and is little used elsewhere.


lexentry: eng/pound__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: pound
trans_list: naula | pauna
sense:
A unit of mass equal to 16 avoirdupois ounces (= 453.592 g). Today this value is the most common meaning of "pound" as a unit of weight.


lexentry: eng/pour__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: pour
trans_list: kaataa | vuodattaa | valaa | valua | virrata
sense:
(transitive, figurative) To send out as in a stream or a flood; to cause (an emotion) to come out; to cause to escape.


lexentry: eng/powder__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: powder
trans_list: jauhe | pulveri
sense:
The fine particles which are the result of reducing a dry substance by pounding, grinding, or triturating, or the result of decay; dust.


lexentry: eng/powder__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: powder
trans_list: jauhe | pulveri | puuteri
sense:
(cosmetics) A mixture of fine dry, sweet-smelling particles applied to the face or other body parts, to reduce shine or to alleviate chaffing.


lexentry: eng/powder_monkey__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: powder monkey
trans_list: ruutipoika
sense:
(nautical) A person employed to carry gun powder from the ship's magazine to the gun deck during a battle; in the 18th century Royal British and U.S. Navies, this task (also carrying water) during battles became a permanent nickname for the ship's cabin boys and apprentice seamen.


lexentry: eng/powdered_sugar__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: powdered sugar
trans_list: tomusokeri
sense:
(US) Very finely ground sugar to which cornstarch is added to prevent lumping, mostly used in icings and confections to produce a smooth texture.


lexentry: eng/power__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: power
trans_list: vallanpitäjät
sense:
(metonymically, chiefly, in the plural) The people in charge of legal or political power, the government.


lexentry: eng/power__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: power
trans_list: valta | valtuus
sense:
The ability or authority to control, govern, command, coerce, etc., such as in a legal, political or business sphere.


lexentry: eng/power__Noun__1
sense_num: 07
written_rep: power
trans_list: teho | voimakkuus
sense:
(physics, mechanics) A measure of the effectiveness that a force producing a physical effect has over time. If linear, the quotient of: (force multiplied by the displacement of or in an object) ÷ time. If rotational, the quotient of: (force multiplied by the angle of displacement) ÷ time.


lexentry: eng/power__Noun__1
sense_num: 08
written_rep: power
trans_list: voimakkuus
sense:
(statistics) The probability that a statistical test will reject the null hypothesis when the alternative hypothesis is true.


lexentry: eng/power__Noun__1
sense_num: 08
written_rep: power
trans_list: potenssi
sense:
A product of equal factors (and generalizations of this notion): x^n, read as "x to the power of n" or the like, is called a power and denotes the product x \times x \times \cdots \times x, where x appears n times in the product; x is called the base and n the exponent.


lexentry: eng/power__Noun__1
sense_num: 09
written_rep: power
trans_list: voima
sense:
(biblical, in plural) In Christian angelology, an intermediate level of angels, ranked above archangels, but exact position varies by classification scheme.


lexentry: eng/power_behind_the_throne__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: power behind the throne
trans_list: harmaa eminenssi
sense:
(idiomatic) Someone who appears to be without special status, but who has great covert influence on a person in authority.


lexentry: eng/power_broker__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: power broker
trans_list: harmaa eminenssi
sense:
A person or group having the ability to influence important decisions, especially in public policy, politics, and business.


lexentry: eng/power_car__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: power car
trans_list: vetovaunu | veturi
sense:
A vehicle that propels, and commonly also controls, a passenger train or tram, often as the lead vehicle.


lexentry: eng/power_dissipation__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: power dissipation
trans_list: tehohäviö | tehonhukka
sense:
The process in which an electric or electronic device produces heat (or other waste energy) as an unwanted byproduct of its primary action.


lexentry: eng/power_distance__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: power distance
trans_list: valtaetäisyys
sense:
(sociology, politics) A measure of the willingness of individuals to accept the unequal distribution of power within a society or organization.


lexentry: eng/power_dressing__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: power dressing
trans_list: voimapukeutuminen
sense:
A conservative style of business dress that gives an impression of confidence and efficiency and was used especially by women in the 1970s and 1980s to succeed in a male-dominated business world.


lexentry: eng/power_forward__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: power forward
trans_list: iso laitahyökkääjä
sense:
(basketball) A forward who is the taller of the two forward positions, and is often responsible for scoring near the basket, collecting rebounds and blocking shots in defense.


lexentry: eng/power_inverter__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: power inverter
trans_list: invertteri | vaihtosuuntaaja
sense:
(electrical engineering) A device that converts direct current electricity to alternating current electricity.


lexentry: eng/power_law__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: power law
trans_list: potenssilaki
sense:
(mathematics) A mathematical relationship in which the magnitude of something is proportional to a fixed power of the magnitude of something else (i.e. the relationship takes the form f(x) = ax^k). [from 20th c.]


lexentry: eng/power_line__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: power line
trans_list: sähkölinja | voimajohto
sense:
An electrical wire, cable or conduit, suspended in air by utility poles or transmission towers, or buried underground, used for the carrying of electricity either from a power source such as a generating station to a substation, or from a substation to a building such as a plant, commercial building or a home.


lexentry: eng/power_nap__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: power nap
trans_list: nokoset
sense:
A short sleep taken in the daytime in order to refresh a person and generally terminated before deep sleep begins so as not to leave the sleeper drowsy.


lexentry: eng/power_play__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: power play
trans_list: ylivoimapeli
sense:
(ice hockey) A situation where a team has a numerical advantage on the ice due to one or more penalties given to the opposing team.


lexentry: eng/power_play__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: power play
trans_list: ylivoimapeli
sense:
(sports) A similar situation in other ball games, such as lacrosse, indoor soccer, rugby, and cricket.


lexentry: eng/power_politics__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: power politics
trans_list: voimapolitiikka
sense:
A form of international relations in which sovereign entities protect their own interests by threatening one another with military, economic or political aggression.


lexentry: eng/power_rack__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: power rack
trans_list: kyykkyhäkki
sense:
(bodybuilding, weightlifting) A metal cage consisting of support pillars with adjustable bars and hooks, using for supporting a barbell during heavy weightlifting exercises.


lexentry: eng/power_steering__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: power steering
trans_list: ohjaustehostin
sense:
(automotive) A system for reducing the driver's effort to steer, by using a power source to assist in turning the wheels. (Traditionally hydraulic; now sometimes electric.)


lexentry: eng/power_strip__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: power strip
trans_list: jatkojohto
sense:
A block of electrical sockets that attaches to the end of a flexible cable and allows multiple electrical devices to be plugged in.


lexentry: eng/power_supply__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: power supply
trans_list: teholähde | virtalähde
sense:
That part of a piece of electronic apparatus that provides appropriate voltages for the rest of the electronics from the connected AC source.


lexentry: eng/power_tool__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: power tool
trans_list: sähkötyökalu
sense:
Any of a wide class of tools powered by a motor (usually an electric motor); most especially such tools as are handheld, portable, and not stationary.


lexentry: eng/power_vacuum__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: power vacuum
trans_list: valtatyhjiö
sense:
A lack of centralised political authority, especially following a conflict, revolution, change of power, etc.


lexentry: eng/powertrain__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: powertrain
trans_list: voimalinja
sense:
The group of components in a vehicle that generate power and deliver it to the road surface, water, or air.


lexentry: eng/pozzolan__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: pozzolan
trans_list: potsolaaninen materiaali
sense:
Any material which, when combined with calcium hydroxide, exhibits cementitious properties; often used as an extender with Portland cements.


lexentry: eng/pozzolanic__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: pozzolanic
trans_list: potsolaaninen
sense:
Having the characteristics of pozzolana, a type of volcanic ash used for mortar or for cement which sets under water.


lexentry: eng/practice__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: practice
trans_list: ammatinharjoittaminen | ammatinharjoitus
sense:
(uncountable, especially, medicine, arts) The ongoing pursuit of a craft or profession, particularly in medicine or the fine arts.


lexentry: eng/practicum__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: practicum
trans_list: harjoituskurssi
sense:
(US) A college course designed to give a student supervised practical knowledge of a subject previously studied theoretically.


lexentry: eng/pragmatic__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: pragmatic
trans_list: pragmaattinen
sense:
Practical, concerned with making decisions and actions that are useful in practice, not just theory.


lexentry: eng/pragmatics__Noun__2
sense_num: 01
written_rep: pragmatics
trans_list: pragmatiikka
sense:
(linguistics, translation studies) The study of the use of language, especially meaning, in a social context; it includes extratextual aspects of language including exophoric reference, phatic utterances, and nonverbal channels.


lexentry: eng/pragmatism__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: pragmatism
trans_list: pragmatismi | pragmaattisuus
sense:
The pursuit of practicality over aesthetic qualities; a concentration on facts rather than emotions or ideals.


lexentry: eng/pragmatism__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: pragmatism
trans_list: pragmatismi
sense:
(philosophy) The idea that beliefs are identified with the actions of a believer, and the truth of beliefs with success of those actions in securing a believer's goals; the doctrine that ideas must be looked at in terms of their practical effects and consequences.


lexentry: eng/pragmatism__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: pragmatism
trans_list: pragmatismi
sense:
(politics) The theory that political problems should be met with practical solutions rather than ideological ones.


lexentry: eng/prairie__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: prairie
trans_list: preeria
sense:
An extensive area of relatively flat grassland with few, if any, trees, especially in North America.


lexentry: eng/prairie_dog__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: prairie dog
trans_list: preeriakoira | preerikko
sense:
Any of genus Cynomys, small, stout-bodied burrowing rodents with shallow cheek pouches, native to North America and Central America.


lexentry: eng/prairie_dog__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: prairie dog
trans_list: ponnahdella | ponnahtaa
sense:
(transitive, intransitive, idiomatic) To pop up from a hole or similar in a manner that resembles the way a prairie dog pops his head up from his burrow.


lexentry: eng/pram__Noun__2
sense_num: 01
written_rep: pram
trans_list: proomu
sense:
(nautical, historical) A flat-bottomed barge used on shallow shores to convey cargo to and from ships that cannot enter the harbour.


lexentry: eng/prank_call__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: prank call
trans_list: pilapuhelu
sense:
A practical joke played by calling the unsuspecting victim on the telephone, usually pretending to be somebody else.


lexentry: eng/praseodymium__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: praseodymium
trans_list: praseodyymi
sense:
A chemical element (symbol Pr) with an atomic number of 59, a soft, silvery, malleable and ductile rare earth metal, valued for its magnetic, electrical, chemical, and optical properties.


lexentry: eng/pray__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: pray
trans_list: rukoilla | pyytää | anoa
sense:
(religion) To direct words, thoughts, or one's attention to a deity or any higher being, for the sake of adoration, thanks, petition for help, etc.


lexentry: eng/prayer_flag__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: prayer flag
trans_list: rukouslippu
sense:
A colourful rectangular cloth hung from a thread and strung along mountain ridges and peaks high in the Himalayas by practitioners of Tibetan Buddhism to bless the surrounding countryside or for other purposes.


lexentry: eng/prayer_wheel__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: prayer wheel
trans_list: rukousmylly
sense:
(Buddhism) A rotating cylinder either inscribed with or containing prayers, mainly used by Tibetan Buddhists.


lexentry: eng/praying_mantis__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: praying mantis
trans_list: rukoilijasirkka
sense:
Any of various predatory, cannibalistic insects of the order Mantodea that have a prayer-like stance.


lexentry: eng/preacher__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: preacher
trans_list: saarnaaja
sense:
Someone who preaches a worldview, philosophy, or religion, especially someone who preaches the gospel and especially a clergyman or clergywoman. In a religious context, usually used only to refer to Protestant Christian clergy.


lexentry: eng/preaching_band__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: preaching band
trans_list: liperit
sense:
(Christianity, in the plural) Two bands (strips of linen) worn as formal neckwear by members of the Christian clergy.


lexentry: eng/preamble__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: preamble
trans_list: esipuhe
sense:
A short preliminary statement or remark, especially an explanatory introduction to a formal document or statute.


lexentry: eng/preamplifier__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: preamplifier
trans_list: esivahvistin
sense:
A voltage amplifier for amplifying a low-level input signal; its output is the input to a higher-level amplifier.


lexentry: eng/precariat__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: precariat
trans_list: prekariaatti
sense:
(sociology, collective) People suffering from precarity, especially as a social class; people living a precarious existence, without security or predictability, especially job security.


lexentry: eng/precatalyst__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: precatalyst
trans_list: esikatalyytti
sense:
(chemistry) Any compound that is converted to a catalyst during the course of the catalyzed reaction.


lexentry: eng/precedent__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: precedent
trans_list: ennakkotapaus
sense:
An act in the past which may be used as an example to help decide the outcome of similar instances in the future.


lexentry: eng/precedent__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: precedent
trans_list: ennakkotapaus
sense:
(legal) A decided case which is cited or used as an example to justify a judgment in a subsequent case.


lexentry: eng/precession__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: precession
trans_list: prekessio
sense:
(physics, countable) The wobbling motion of the axis of a spinning body when there is an external force acting on the axis.


lexentry: eng/precinct__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: precinct
trans_list: piiri | poliisipiiri
sense:
(US, law enforcement) A subdivision of a city under the jurisdiction of a specific group of police; the police station situated in that district.


lexentry: eng/precious_metal__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: precious metal
trans_list: arvometalli
sense:
A rare metallic chemical element of high economic value, such as gold, platinum, palladium, or rhodium.


lexentry: eng/precious_stone__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: precious stone
trans_list: jalokivi
sense:
Any gem, such as a diamond or ruby, that is expensive because of its rarity or desirability; especially one set into a piece of jewelry.


lexentry: eng/precipitant__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: precipitant
trans_list: aiheuttaja | edeltävä tekijä
sense:
Something which causes or hastens the occurrence of an act or event; specifically (chiefly, psychology) , something which brings about a mental or physiological condition.


lexentry: eng/precipitant__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: precipitant
trans_list: saostin
sense:
(chemistry) A substance that, when added to a solution, causes a dissolved substance to form a precipitate.


lexentry: eng/precipitation__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: precipitation
trans_list: sade
sense:
(meteorology) Any or all of the forms of water particles, whether liquid or solid, that fall from the upper atmosphere (e.g., rain, hail, snow or sleet). It is a major class of hydrometeor, but it is distinguished from cloud, fog, dew, rime, frost, etc., in that it must fall. It is distinguished from cloud and virga in that it must reach the ground.


lexentry: eng/precipitation__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: precipitation
trans_list: saostuminen | sadanta | sademäärä
sense:
(countable, uncountable, chemistry) A reaction that leads to the formation of a heavier solid in a lighter liquid; the precipitate so formed at the bottom of the container.


lexentry: eng/precise__Adjective__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: precise
trans_list: tarkka | täsmällinen
sense:
(sciences, engineering, of data points, strictly) Consistent, clustered close together, agreeing with each other (this does not mean that they cluster near the true, correct, or accurate value).


lexentry: eng/preclude__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: preclude
trans_list: sulkea pois
sense:
(transitive) To remove the possibility of; to rule out; to prevent or exclude; to render impossible.


lexentry: eng/precognition__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: precognition
trans_list: prekognitio
sense:
(parapsychology) Knowledge of the future; understanding of something in advance, especially as a form of supernatural or extrasensory perception. [from 15th c.]


lexentry: eng/preconception__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: preconception
trans_list: ennakkokäsitys | ennakkoluulo
sense:
An opinion formed before obtaining adequate evidence, especially as the result of bias or prejudice.


lexentry: eng/precondition__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: precondition
trans_list: edellytys | ehto | ennakkoehto
sense:
A medical illness, ailment, or adverse condition that exists before an insurance policy takes effect.


lexentry: eng/preconscious__Adjective__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: preconscious
trans_list: esitietoinen
sense:
(psychology) (of memories) that one is not aware of, but which can be recalled through conscious effort


lexentry: eng/precursor__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: precursor
trans_list: esiaste
sense:
(chemistry) One of the compounds that participates in the chemical reaction that produces another compound.


lexentry: eng/predator__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: predator
trans_list: saalistaja | peto
sense:
Any animal or other organism that hunts and kills other non-plant organisms (their prey), primarily for food.


lexentry: eng/predecessor__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: predecessor
trans_list: edeltäjä
sense:
One who precedes; one who has preceded another in any state, position, office, etc.; one whom another follows or comes after, in any office or position.


lexentry: eng/predecessor__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: predecessor
trans_list: edeltäjä
sense:
A model or type of machinery or device which precedes the current (or later) one. Usually used to describe an earlier, outdated model.


lexentry: eng/predicate__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: predicate
trans_list: predikaatti | maine | predikaattiosa
sense:
(grammar) The part of the sentence (or clause) which states a property that a subject has or is characterized by.


lexentry: eng/predicate__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: predicate
trans_list: predikaatti
sense:
(logic) A term of a statement, where the statement may be true or false depending on whether the thing referred to by the values of the statement's variables has the property signified by that (predicative) term.


lexentry: eng/predicate_calculus__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: predicate calculus
trans_list: predikaattilogiikka
sense:
(logic) The branch of logic that deals with quantified statements such as "there exists an x such that..." or "for any x, it is the case that...", where x is a member of the domain of discourse.


lexentry: eng/predicate_logic__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: predicate logic
trans_list: predikaattilogiikka
sense:
(logic) The generic term for symbolic formal systems like first-order logic, second-order logic, many-sorted logic or infinitary logic.


lexentry: eng/predicative__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: predicative
trans_list: predikatiivinen
sense:
(grammar, of an adjectival or nominal phrase) Modifying a noun from within a predicate. contrasts with attributive.


lexentry: eng/predicative__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: predicative
trans_list: predikatiivi
sense:
(grammar) An element of the predicate of a sentence which complements the subject or object by means of the verb. Predicatives may be nominal or adjectival.


lexentry: eng/predicative_adjective__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: predicative adjective
trans_list: predikatiivinen adjektiivi
sense:
(grammar) An adjective that is not part of the noun clause it modifies, but is linked to it with a copula.


lexentry: eng/predicative_adverbial__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: predicative adverbial
trans_list: predikatiiviadverbiaali
sense:
(grammar) An adverbial that is congruent with the subject of the sentence, present for example in Finnish.


lexentry: eng/predicative_case__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: predicative case
trans_list: predikatiivi
sense:
(grammar) A term that may sometimes be used to describe the case marking a predicative nominative (a noun that renames the subject often following a linking verb), or for the adjective that agrees with it (predicative adjective).


lexentry: eng/predict__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: predict
trans_list: ennakoida | ennustaa
sense:
(transitive) To make a prediction: to forecast, foretell, or estimate a future event on the basis of knowledge and reasoning; to prophesy a future event on the basis of mystical knowledge or power.


lexentry: eng/predictive_text__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: predictive text
trans_list: ennakoiva tekstinsyöttö | ennustava tekstinsyöttö
sense:
(computing) A system for inputting text on a device where individual buttons correspond to several characters that attempts to guess which word was intended (typically out of a writable vocabulary), as opposed to a system where disambiguation is achieved through repeated presses of the same key.


lexentry: eng/predisposition__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: predisposition
trans_list: kehityssuunta
sense:
The state of being predisposed or susceptible to something, especially to a behavior or a health condition.


lexentry: eng/preeclampsia__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: preeclampsia
trans_list: pre-eklampsia | raskausmyrkytys
sense:
(pathology) A complication of pregnancy, affecting about 2-20% of women, depending on location, characterized by hypertension and damage to the linings of the blood vessels of the brain, liver, lungs and kidneys, which can lead to multiple organ failure, convulsions, coma and death. The only cure is delivery of the child.


lexentry: eng/preeminent__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: preeminent
trans_list: erinomainen | esimerkillinen
sense:
Exceeding others in quality or rank; of outstanding excellence, extremely notable or important. [from 15th c.]


lexentry: eng/preface__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: preface
trans_list: alkusanat | johdanto
sense:
A beginning or introductory portion that comes before the main text of a document or book, typically serving to contextualize or explain the writing of the book and sometimes to acknowledge others' contributions; especially, such a discussion written by the work's own author.


lexentry: eng/prefect__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: prefect
trans_list: prefekti
sense:
(historical) An official of Ancient Rome who controlled or superintended a particular command, charge, department, etc.


lexentry: eng/prefecture__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: prefecture
trans_list: prefektuuri
sense:
The jurisdiction of a prefect; the region administered by a prefect, especially as a translation of certain French, Chinese, and Japanese administrative divisions.


lexentry: eng/prefer__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: prefer
trans_list: pitää parempana
sense:
(transitive) To be in the habit of choosing something rather than something else; to favor; to like better. [from 14th c.]


lexentry: eng/prefix__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: prefix
trans_list: etuliite | prefiksi
sense:
(grammar, linguistic morphology) A morpheme added to the beginning of a word to modify its meaning, for example as, pre- in prefix, con- in conjure, re- in reheat, etc.


lexentry: eng/prefix__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: prefix
trans_list: suuntanumero
sense:
(telecommunications) A set of digits placed before a telephone number, to indicate where the number is based, what type of phone number it is (landline, mobile, toll-free, premium rate etc.)


lexentry: eng/prefrontal_cortex__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: prefrontal cortex
trans_list: aivokuoren etuosa
sense:
(neuroanatomy) The anterior part of the frontal lobes of the mammalian brain, lying in front of the motor and premotor areas.


lexentry: eng/pregabalin__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: pregabalin
trans_list: pregabaliini
sense:
(pharmaceutical drug) An anticonvulsant drug used for neuropathic pain and as an adjunct therapy for seizures.


lexentry: eng/pregnancy_test__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: pregnancy test
trans_list: raskaustesti
sense:
a piece of test equipment that determines whether a woman, or by extension, a female animal is pregnant


lexentry: eng/pregnant__Adjective__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: pregnant
trans_list: monisyinen | monitahoinen
sense:
(comparable) Meaningful, having numerous possibilities or implications; full of promise; abounding in ability, resources, etc.


lexentry: eng/prehensile__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: prehensile
trans_list: tarttuma-
sense:
(zoology) Able to take hold of and clasp objects; adapted for grasping especially by wrapping around an object.


lexentry: eng/prehnite__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: prehnite
trans_list: prehniitti
sense:
(mineral) A mineral, a basic calcium, aluminium and iron aluminosilicate, which occurs in stalactitic aggregates or curved crystals, Ca2Al2Si3O10(OH)2.


lexentry: eng/prehung__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: prehung
trans_list: valmis
sense:
(of a door or window) Delivered to the customer as installation-ready unit, already attached to its frame.


lexentry: eng/preimage__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: preimage
trans_list: alkukuva
sense:
(mathematics) For a given function, the set of all elements of the domain that are mapped into a given subset of the codomain; (formally) given a function ƒ : X → Y and a subset B ⊆ Y, the set ƒ−1(B) = {x ∈ X : ƒ(x) ∈ B}.


lexentry: eng/preimage_attack__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: preimage attack
trans_list: alkukuvahyökkäys
sense:
(cryptography) An attack on a cryptographic hash function that is able to find a preimage for a hash; that is, it is able to determine (faster than by brute force) some input that results in a known hash when passed through the algorithm.


lexentry: eng/preindustrial__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: preindustrial
trans_list: esiteollinen | teollistumaton
sense:
Of or relating to the period before the Industrial Revolution and the global industrialisation that followed.


lexentry: eng/prejudice__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: prejudice
trans_list: ennakkoluulo | ennakkoluuloisuus | vihamielinen ennakkoasenne
sense:
(countable) An irrational hostile attitude, fear or hatred towards a particular group, race or religion.


lexentry: eng/prelapsarian__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: prelapsarian
trans_list: syntiinlankeemusta edeltävä
sense:
(Judaism, Christianity) Of, or relating to the period of innocence before the Fall of man; innocent, unspoiled.


lexentry: eng/prelate__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: prelate
trans_list: prelaatti
sense:
A clergyman of high rank and authority, having jurisdiction over an area or a group of people; normally a bishop.


lexentry: eng/preliminary_ruling__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: preliminary ruling
trans_list: ennakkoratkaisu
sense:
(European Union law) A decision of the European Court of Justice (ECJ) on the interpretation of European Union law, made at the request of a court or tribunal of a European Union member state.


lexentry: eng/prelude__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: prelude
trans_list: preludi | alkusoitto
sense:
(music) A short, free-form piece of music, originally one serving as an introduction to a longer and more complex piece; later, starting with the Romantic period, generally a stand-alone piece. [from 1650s]


lexentry: eng/premature_birth__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: premature birth
trans_list: ennenaikainen synnytys
sense:
(medicine) Childbirth occurring earlier than 37 completed weeks of gestation, but later than 20th week, which is regarded a miscarriage.


lexentry: eng/premature_ejaculation__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: premature ejaculation
trans_list: ennenaikainen siemensyöksy
sense:
A medical condition where a man, when initiating sexual intercourse, will experience an orgasm and expel semen after a time period far below the average, generally defined as one minute or less.


lexentry: eng/premier__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: premier
trans_list: osavaltion pääministeri | provinssin pääministeri
sense:
(politics, non-Westminster) The government leader in a legislative congress or leader of a government-level administrative body; the head of government.


lexentry: eng/premiere__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: premiere
trans_list: ensi-ilta | kantaesitys
sense:
The first showing of a film, play or other form of entertainment, often held as a special event with celebrity guests.


lexentry: eng/premillennialism__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: premillennialism
trans_list: premillennialismi
sense:
A concept in Christian eschatology that the Second Coming of Christ will happen before the millennium.


lexentry: eng/premise__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: premise
trans_list: premissi | lähtökohta | peruste
sense:
A proposition antecedently supposed or proved; something previously stated or assumed as the basis of further argument; a condition; a supposition.


lexentry: eng/premise__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: premise
trans_list: premissi | lähtökohta | peruste
sense:
(usually, in the plural, legal) Matters previously stated or set forth; especially, that part in the beginning of a deed, the office of which is to express the grantor and grantee, and the land or thing granted or conveyed, and all that precedes the habendum; the thing demised or granted.


lexentry: eng/premolar__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: premolar
trans_list: välihammas
sense:
A tooth situated in front of the molar teeth; especially a tooth in humans with two cusps which is between the canines and the molars (Latin: singular dens premolaris, plural dentes premolares)


lexentry: eng/premonition__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: premonition
trans_list: enne | enneuni
sense:
A clairvoyant or clairaudient experience, such as a dream, which resonates with some event in the future.


lexentry: eng/premonition__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: premonition
trans_list: ennakkoaavistus | etiäinen
sense:
A strong intuition that something is about to happen (usually something negative, but not exclusively).


lexentry: eng/prenuptial_agreement__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: prenuptial agreement
trans_list: avioehto
sense:
A legal document, signed by both parties before marriage, stating the legal claims on each other's estate upon a subsequent divorce.


lexentry: eng/preon__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: preon
trans_list: preoni
sense:
(physics) A hypothetical point-like particle, supposed to be a subcomponent of quarks and leptons and possibly bosons too.


lexentry: eng/prep_school__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: prep school
trans_list: lukio | preppauskoulu | yksityislukio
sense:
(US) A private or public school intended to prepare its students to gain admission into prestigious universities.


lexentry: eng/prep_school__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: prep school
trans_list: yksityinen peruskoulu
sense:
(British) A private primary school which prepares its pupils for the common entrance examination most commonly at the age of thirteen, and subsequent entry into public school.


lexentry: eng/preparatory__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: preparatory
trans_list: alustava | valmisteleva | valmistelu-
sense:
Of or pertaining to preparation, having the purpose of making something or someone ready, preparative.


lexentry: eng/prepare__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: prepare
trans_list: valmistella | laittaa valmiiksi | varustaa
sense:
(transitive) To make ready for a specific future purpose; to set up; to assemble or equip; to forearm.


lexentry: eng/prepared_piano__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: prepared piano
trans_list: preparoitu piano
sense:
(music) A piano that has had its sound altered by placing objects (called preparations) on or between the strings.


lexentry: eng/preposition__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: preposition
trans_list: prepositio
sense:
(grammar, strict sense) Any of a class of non-inflecting words and multiword terms typically employed to connect a following noun or a pronoun, in an adjectival or adverbial sense, with some other word: a particle used with a noun or pronoun (in English always in the objective case) to make a phrase limiting some other word.


lexentry: eng/prepositional_case__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: prepositional case
trans_list: prepositionaali
sense:
(grammar) A noun case serving as object of a preposition. Prepositions that often govern the prepositional case include "about", "in", "on", and "near". Russian is an example of a language that uses the prepositional case.


lexentry: eng/prepositional_phrase__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: prepositional phrase
trans_list: prepositiolauseke
sense:
(grammar) A phrase containing both a preposition and its object or complement and which may be used as an adjunct or a modifier.


lexentry: eng/preprocessor__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: preprocessor
trans_list: esikääntäjä
sense:
(computing) program that processes its input data to produce output that is used as input to another program


lexentry: eng/prequel__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: prequel
trans_list: esiosa | etko-osa
sense:
(narratology) In a series of works, an installment that is set chronologically before its predecessor, especially the original narrative or (perhaps improper usage) any narrative work with at least one sequel.


lexentry: eng/prerequisite__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: prerequisite
trans_list: edellytys | ennakkoehto | esitietovaatimus
sense:
In education, a course or topic that must be completed before another course or topic can be started. May be colloquially referred to as a prereq.


lexentry: eng/prerogative__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: prerogative
trans_list: valtaoikeus
sense:
A right, or power that is exclusive to a monarch etc, especially such a power to make a decision or judgement.


lexentry: eng/prerogative__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: prerogative
trans_list: kyky | lahjakkuus
sense:
A property, attribute or ability which gives one a superiority or advantage over others; an inherent advantage or privilege; a talent.


lexentry: eng/prescribe__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: prescribe
trans_list: kirjoittaa resepti | määrätä
sense:
(medicine) To order (a drug or medical device) for use by a particular patient (under licensed authority).


lexentry: eng/prescribe__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: prescribe
trans_list: määrätä | säätää
sense:
To specify by writing as a required procedure or ritual; to lay down authoritatively as a guide, direction, or rule of action.


lexentry: eng/prescriber__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: prescriber
trans_list: reseptin kirjoittaja
sense:
A person who prescribes medication (usually a physician, physician assistant, or nurse practitioner).


lexentry: eng/prescription__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: prescription
trans_list: resepti
sense:
(medicine, pharmacy, pharmacology) A written order from an authorized medical practitioner for provision of a medicine or other treatment, such as (ophthalmology) the specific lenses needed for a pair of glasses.


lexentry: eng/prescription__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: prescription
trans_list: säätäminen
sense:
(legal) Synonym of enactment, the act of establishing a law, regulation, etc., particularly in writing; an instance of this.


lexentry: eng/prescription_drug__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: prescription drug
trans_list: reseptilääke
sense:
(pharmacology) A licensed medicine that is regulated by legislation to require a prescription before it can be obtained.


lexentry: eng/prescriptivism__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: prescriptivism
trans_list: preskriptiivinen kielioppi
sense:
(linguistics) The practice of prescribing idealistic norms, as opposed to describing realistic forms, of linguistic usage.


lexentry: eng/presence_of_mind__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: presence of mind
trans_list: harkintakyky | maltti | mielenmaltti
sense:
Focused alertness, good sense, quick-thinking resourcefulness, or stability of feeling and thought, especially in spite of circumstances which are distracting, stressful, or otherwise challenging.


lexentry: eng/present__Adjective__1
sense_num: 07
written_rep: present
trans_list: nykyinen | tämänhetkinen
sense:
Relating to something a person is referring to in the very context, with a deictic use similar to the demonstrative adjective this.


lexentry: eng/present__Verb__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: present
trans_list: esittää
sense:
(transitive, now, rare) To charge (a person) with a crime or accusation; to bring before court. [from 14th c.]


lexentry: eng/present_continuous__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: present continuous
trans_list: kestopreesens
sense:
(grammar) A tense that describes an ongoing action in the present. In English it is formed by use of a form of be with a present participle.


lexentry: eng/present_participle__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: present participle
trans_list: partisiipin preesens
sense:
(grammar) A nonfinite verb form that indicates an ongoing action or state and which can function as an adjective.


lexentry: eng/present_perfect__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: present perfect
trans_list: perfekti
sense:
(grammar) A perfect tense that expresses action in the past (usually completed) with consequences in the present time.


lexentry: eng/present_perfect_continuous__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: present perfect continuous
trans_list: kestoperfekti
sense:
(grammar) A tense that expresses an unbroken action continuing at the present time, started in the past. In English it is formed by using have been with a present participle.


lexentry: eng/present_tense__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: present tense
trans_list: preesens
sense:
(grammar) A grammatical tense whose principal function is to locate a situation or event in the present time.


lexentry: eng/presenteeism__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: presenteeism
trans_list: presenteismi
sense:
(chiefly, UK) The fact of being present at work, especially if one is too sick to be productive, or working beyond the expected hours. [from 20th c.]


lexentry: eng/preserve__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: preserve
trans_list: säilyttää | säilöä
sense:
To save from decay by the use of some preservative substance, such as sugar or salt; to season and prepare (fruits, meat, etc.) for storage.


lexentry: eng/preshared__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: preshared
trans_list: esijaettu
sense:
(cryptography, of a key or secret) Shared between the communicating parties by some secure channel before it needs to be used.


lexentry: eng/president-elect__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: president-elect
trans_list: presidentiksi valittu | tuleva presidentti
sense:
(sum of parts) A person who has been elected to a presidency but has not yet been inducted into office. [from 18th c.]


lexentry: eng/president__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: president
trans_list: hallituksen puheenjohtaja | pääjohtaja
sense:
Primary leader of a corporation. Not to be confused with CEO, which is a related but separate position that is sometimes held by a different person.


lexentry: eng/press__Noun__1
sense_num: 08
written_rep: press
trans_list: punnerrus
sense:
(countable, weightlifting) An exercise in which weight is forced away from the body by extension of the arms or legs.


lexentry: eng/press_card__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: press card
trans_list: lehdistökortti
sense:
A press or media credential issued as identification to newsgatherers who work professionally in media. The principal occupations covered are reporters and writers, photographers, film and video camera operators and crews and other broadcasting workers such as producers and researchers.


lexentry: eng/presser_foot__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: presser foot
trans_list: paininjalka
sense:
(sewing) The part of a sewing machine which rests on the fabric and presses it down upon the table of the machine and against the feed dog.


lexentry: eng/pressure__Noun__1
sense_num: 06
written_rep: pressure
trans_list: paine
sense:
(physics) The amount of force that is applied over a given area divided by the size of this area; force per unit area.


lexentry: eng/pressure_cooker__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: pressure cooker
trans_list: painekattila | painekeitin
sense:
(cookware) A sealed cooking vessel that allows cooking in greater than atmospheric pressure and at a temperature above the boiling point of water.


lexentry: eng/pressure_point__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: pressure point
trans_list: hermopiste
sense:
(martial arts) A specific small area of the body targeted, due to a cluster of nerves being close to the skin, usually not protected by bone.


lexentry: eng/prestige__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: prestige
trans_list: maine | arvovalta
sense:
The quality of how good the reputation of something or someone is, how favourably something or someone is regarded.


lexentry: eng/prestress__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: prestress
trans_list: esijännittää
sense:
(construction) To apply stress to structural components in order to produce a tension that counteracts the loads to which the component is subjected in its designed use.


lexentry: eng/prestressed_concrete__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: prestressed concrete
trans_list: esijännitetty betoni | jännebetoni
sense:
concrete with stresses induced in it before use so as to counteract stresses that will be produced by load; often contains stretched steel bars or wires called tendons


lexentry: eng/presume__Verb__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: presume
trans_list: otaksua
sense:
(transitive) To assume or suggest to be true (without proof); to take for granted, to suppose. [from 14th c.]


lexentry: eng/presumption_of_innocence__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: presumption of innocence
trans_list: syyttömyysolettama
sense:
(legal) The precept that someone will not be convicted of a crime unless (the judge, prosecutor, officer) proves guilt beyond a reasonable doubt and is non liquet, with there being no present burden of proof duty subjected on the accused to prove innocence.


lexentry: eng/presumptive__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: presumptive
trans_list: alustava
sense:
(embryology) Of a cell or tissue: which has yet to differentiate, but is presumed to develop into a particular body part.


lexentry: eng/presumptive__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: presumptive
trans_list: oletettava | oletettu
sense:
Often postpositive, as in heir presumptive: of an heir or heiress: presumed to be entitled to inherit unless someone with a superior entitlement is born.


lexentry: eng/presumptive__Adjective__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: presumptive
trans_list: ilmeinen | todennäköinen
sense:
(often, law) Chiefly in presumptive evidence: providing a reasonable basis for a certain presumption or conclusion to be drawn.


lexentry: eng/presumptuous__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: presumptuous
trans_list: julkea | röyhkeä
sense:
Making unwarranted presumptions or assumptions, often out of arrogance or excessive self-confidence, and thus exceeding what is appropriate or right.


lexentry: eng/presuppose__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: presuppose
trans_list: olettaa
sense:
To assume some truth without proof, usually for the purpose of reaching a conclusion based on that truth.


lexentry: eng/pretend__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: pretend
trans_list: teeskennellä
sense:
(intransitive, or, with 'that' clause, or, 'to' infinitive) To speak or behave so as to give a false or simulated appearance. [from 14th c.]


lexentry: eng/pretender__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: pretender
trans_list: kruununtavoittelija
sense:
A claimant to a throne or the office of a ruler; originally in a neutral sense, but now always applied to a claimant who is held to have no just title.


lexentry: eng/pretense__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: pretense
trans_list: tekosyy
sense:
(countable, or, uncountable) The action of pretending; false or simulated show or appearance; false or hypocritical assertion or representation.


lexentry: eng/preterite__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: preterite
trans_list: preteriti
sense:
(grammar) A grammatical tense or verb form serving to denote events that took place or were completed in the past.


lexentry: eng/prettify__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: prettify
trans_list: kaunistaa | kaunistella
sense:
To make pretty or prettier, to make more attractive, especially only in a superficial way. [from 17th c.]


lexentry: eng/pretty__Adjective__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: pretty
trans_list: sievä
sense:
(often, _, pejorative) Fine-looking; only superficially attractive; initially appealing but having little substance; see petty. [from 15th c.]


lexentry: eng/pretty__Adjective__1
sense_num: 07
written_rep: pretty
trans_list: kiva
sense:
(dated) Excellent, commendable, pleasing; fitting or proper (of actions, thoughts etc.). [from 16th c.]


lexentry: eng/pretty_penny__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: pretty penny
trans_list: mallas | pitkä penni
sense:
(idiomatic, informal) Chiefly preceded by a: a considerable amount of money; a high income or price.


lexentry: eng/prevalence__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: prevalence
trans_list: sairastavuus
sense:
(epidemiology) The total number of cases of a disease in a given statistical population at a given time, divided by the number of individuals in that population.


lexentry: eng/preventer__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: preventer
trans_list: preventteri
sense:
(nautical) An arrangement, made with ropes and blocks, that prevents the boom of a sailing boat from performing a jibe.


lexentry: eng/preventive_war__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: preventive war
trans_list: ennaltaehkäisevä sota
sense:
War started by one of the parties without having received any attack from the other party. This type of war is initiated by states unable to use diplomacy


lexentry: eng/preview__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: preview
trans_list: esikatselu | esimaku
sense:
(computing) A facility for viewing and checking a document or photo, or changes to it, before saving or printing it.


lexentry: eng/preview__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: preview
trans_list: esikatsella
sense:
(computing, transitive) To show something in advance, a facility for viewing and checking a document or photo, or changes to it, before saving or printing it.


lexentry: eng/prey__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: prey
trans_list: saalis
sense:
(archaic) Anything, such as goods, etc., taken or got by violence; something taken by force from an enemy in war.


lexentry: eng/priapism__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: priapism
trans_list: priapismi | kestoerektio | priapismus
sense:
(pathology, uncountable) A potentially painful or harmful medical condition in which the erect penis does not return to its flaccid state (despite the absence of both physical and psychological stimulation), often as a result of a spinal injury.


lexentry: eng/price-earnings_ratio__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: price-earnings ratio
trans_list: P/E-luku
sense:
(finance) The ratio of share price to earnings per share used as an indication of the relative value of the share.


lexentry: eng/price_elasticity_of_demand__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: price elasticity of demand
trans_list: kysynnän hintajousto
sense:
(economics) An economic metric designed to measure how sensitive quantity demanded is to a change in the price of a good/service.


lexentry: eng/price_elasticity_of_supply__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: price elasticity of supply
trans_list: tarjonnan hintajousto
sense:
(economics) an economic metric that measures the responsiveness of a quantity supplied of a good to a change in its price, calculated as the percent change in supply over the percent change in price.


lexentry: eng/price_fixing__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: price fixing
trans_list: hinnoista sopiminen | hintojen sopiminen
sense:
(legal) In antitrust law, collusion between competitors in order to raise prices, at the expense of the consumer.


lexentry: eng/price_level__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: price level
trans_list: hintataso
sense:
(economics) An index of the average market price of selected goods weighted according to certain criteria.


lexentry: eng/price_stability__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: price stability
trans_list: hintavakaus
sense:
(economics) A state of economy characterized by low inflation, and thus a stable value of money. Price stability is one of the central goals of most governments and central banks.


lexentry: eng/price_war__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: price war
trans_list: hintakilpailu
sense:
A situation where commercial competitors repeatedly undercut each other's prices in order to attract buyers.


lexentry: eng/prickly_lettuce__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: prickly lettuce
trans_list: piikkisalaatti
sense:
Lactuca serriola, an annual or biennial plant in the dandelion tribe within the daisy family, the closest wild relative of cultivated lettuce.


lexentry: eng/prickly_saltwort__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: prickly saltwort
trans_list: meriotakilokki
sense:
Salsola kali (syn. Kali turgidum), a coastal, halophilic, annual plant, with succulent, spiny leaves.


lexentry: eng/pride__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: pride
trans_list: ylpeys
sense:
A sense of one's own worth; reasonable self-esteem and satisfaction (in oneself, in one's work, one's family, etc).


lexentry: eng/pride__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: pride
trans_list: ylpeys
sense:
An unreasonable overestimation of one's own superiority in terms of talents, or looks, wealth, importance, etc., which comes across as being haughty, lofty, and often showing contempt of others; exaggerated self-worth.


lexentry: eng/pride__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: pride
trans_list: ylpeys | kopeus
sense:
Proud or disdainful behavior or treatment that reflects such an attitude (of haughtiness); arrogance.


lexentry: eng/pride__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: pride
trans_list: ylpeydenaihe
sense:
Something or someone of which one is proud; that which is the source of self-congratulation and self-esteem (whether reasonable or arrogant), for example


lexentry: eng/pride_parade__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: pride parade
trans_list: pride-kulkue
sense:
An annual parade, held in communities in many parts of the world, celebrating lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex pride and culture and the acceptance of people belonging to sexual minorities.


lexentry: eng/prie-dieu__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: prie-dieu
trans_list: rukousjakkara
sense:
A piece of furniture on which someone can pray, consisting of a cushioned area to kneel on, with a built-in ledge for books. [from 17th c.]


lexentry: eng/priest__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: priest
trans_list: pappi
sense:
A religious clergyman (clergywoman, clergyperson) who is trained to perform services or sacrifices at a church or temple.


lexentry: eng/prig__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: prig
trans_list: moralisti
sense:
A deliberately superior person; a person who demonstrates an exaggerated conformity or propriety, especially in an irritatingly arrogant or smug manner.


lexentry: eng/prima_donna__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: prima donna
trans_list: diiva
sense:
(derogatory) A person who considers themself much more important than others, has high expectations of others and becomes angry when their demands are not met.


lexentry: eng/primal_scene__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: primal scene
trans_list: kantanäky
sense:
(psychoanalysis) In Freudian theory, the first time a child witnesses (and understands) his or her parents copulating.


lexentry: eng/primary__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: primary
trans_list: esivaalit
sense:
(political science) A primary election; a preliminary election to select a political candidate of a political party, or the first round of a two-round election.


lexentry: eng/primary_care__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: primary care
trans_list: perusterveydenhuolto
sense:
(healthcare) The medical attention that a patient receives upon first contact with a healthcare system; either a general practitioner or the A&E or ER department of a hospital.


lexentry: eng/primary_color__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: primary color
trans_list: pääväri
sense:
Any of three colors which, when added to or subtracted from others in different amounts, can generate all other colors


lexentry: eng/primary_colour__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: primary colour
trans_list: pääväri
sense:
(British spelling) Any of three colours which, when added to or subtracted from others in different amounts, can generate all other colours


lexentry: eng/primary_education__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: primary education
trans_list: perusopetus
sense:
The basic schooling given to children up to the age of puberty, including reading, writing, and basic mathematics.


